American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-12-21
Ameer's Answer to the titimatuIn.

received and read from beginning to end the
to the letter dispatched by Nawab Ghofan
i Eusss NIX, Khan an WITH regard to the express
ming of your letter. referring to the fIfend'ss
character of the Mission, and the good will
of the British Government. leave it to your
universally admitted, to decide whether re-
lance can be placed upon good will If evil
snd good viii raa coiisi.ss o. ess "s H .hsm
it has not been manifested by the various
Tytshes expressed and proposals made by
the officials of tits BOD gfaated Goyerpment
proposals which from their natu,e IL Aas
these referred to my undutiful son, the ill
starred wretch Mahomed YakOob Khan, and
was contained in letter addressed by OFF,
L was written in that letter that If Yakoob
friendship With Ifshaiistan vii ' be ir@ 1d
cetnented; otherwise it will not" There dire
lar nature. which contain no evidence Of
good will, but which, on the contrary, we're
IN As sEs on ts d
regard to my refusal to receive the British
would appear from my conduct that was
actuated by feelings of direct hostility to-
E1cellency, on the contrary; that the officials
iss ths snssslon ssets noe inaaamfsa ~ ans
fish Government, nor do they intend that any
insult or affront should be offered, but
this Government might be affected by the ar
rival of the mission. and that the friendship
which has now existed between the two Gov
ernments fer several years might be an
initiated. A paragraph In your Excellency's
letter corroborated the sfatsments WHICH
feelings OF apprehension aroused In the minds
OF the people Of Afghanistan by the mere an
Government to send q Mission t, Gatul be-
fore the Mission itself had actually started or
arrived At Peshawur have subsequently been
cellency's letter that 1 should be held re-
sponsible for any injury that might befall the
that should be called upon to pay compen-
sation for any loss they might have Suffered j
meet with tl-treatment at my hands the
British Government would at once take steps
to protect them. Had these approximations
Mission been really friendly, and no force or
threats OF violence used. the Mission would,
as a matter of course, have been allowed free
passage, as such missions are customary and
of frequent occurrence between allied states.
am now sincerely stating my own feelings
when I say that this Government has main
tanned and will always maintain the former
friendship which existed between the two
Governments, and cherisheS no feelings OF
hOseilfty or opposition toward the British
Government. It is also incumbent upon the
of respect and consideration for the greatness
and eminence of their own Government. they
their well disposed neighbors or to impose
the burden of grtevous trouble upon the
shoulders of their sincere friends; but. on the
contrary, they should exert themselves to
maintain the friendly feelings which have
hitherto existed toward this God granted
Government, in order that the relations be-
tween the two Governments may remain on
the same footing as before. And II, in accord
ance with the custom of allied States, the
British Government should desire to send a
purely friendly and temporary Mission to
this country, with a small escort, not exceed
ate nded the Russian Mission, this Servant of
God will not oppose its progress.
THERE is a clergyman in an Ohio
town, who, though he may be as harm
less as a dove, can not be said to be as
wise as the ordinary serpent. A young
man recently rushed into his presence,
declaring that he wanted to be married,
and that he would call in about an hour
with the young ally who was about to
become his bride. He had Travelled a
considerable distance in haste; a part
of the result whereof was that he had
not in his pocket quite as much money
as he would like to have, yet he would
be happy to pay the minister 50 as a
wedding fee, if that would be satisfac-
tory. The amiable clergyman told him
that this would be enough, although he
had sometimes enjoyed the good luck of
marrying people who paid more. The
young man then said that he felt the
sum to be SO small that he preferred
that the bride should not know it, and,
for the sake of pleasant effect on her,
hot ha n1o
lend him then and there 80, which he
would add to his own 49,. and thus hand
over a $5 bill as the wedding fee. That
seemed to the clergyman both harmless
and ingenious, and he willingly handed
the young man 81 note. With cheer
full alacrity the youth stepped out of the
ministerial presence, saying that he
would return in an hour with the lady !;
but neither he nor his lady has been
heard from since, and the clergyman is
beginning to lose faith in human ma
ture. Hereafter, at that parsonage, all
wedding fees are to be cash, and no ad-
vances made.
A MINNEAPOLIS physician, whose
cinchona recipe for the cure of drunk
ards recently attracted attention, rec,
ommends this highly carbonaceous mix
ture in the treatment of consumption /:
One-half pound finely cut up beefsteak
(fresh), one dram pulverized charcoal,
four ounces pulverized sugar, four
ounces rye whisky, one pint boiling wa
ter. Mix all together, let it stand in a
cool place over night, and give from
one to two teaspoonfuls, liquid and
meat, before each meal. The value OF
this method of supplying sufiiciency
of carbon in form that may be readily
appropriated is obvious.
WET pepper. it seems, throws off grea,
quantities of carbonic acid gas. On
board an English steamer in a Chinese
port lately, quantity of pepper was
taken on board, part of which had
been wet with rain. Next morning 8
Chinaman went into the hold and fell
senseless. Four English sailors went
down to render assistance; they, too
became senseless, and finally all five
after a ventilation of the hold were founC
dead.
THREE or four couples, ranging III
age from so to IS years, have married
in Benton County, Ark, in the last feN
weeks. The last couple were equal in
age, and aggregated just l20 years.