American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-05-31
SUPERINTENDENT KIpDJ.E Of the New

SUPERINTENDENT RIDDLE of the New
York Public Schools, who caused a great
sensation recently by the. publication of s
book containing purported communication:
| from many eminent persons now in the
| Spirit Land, has been forced to resign or
account of unfayorable criticisms of his
! book.
THE President has nominated Eugene
| Schuyler of New York, Consul General al
Rome, and also the following Consuls; Jud-
son A. Lewis, Sierra Leone, at that place
Wilson Hing, Pennsylvania, at Birmingham
VIM. F. Grinnell, New York, at Bremen
Alex. Mclean, New Jersey, at Guayaquil..
THE will of the late Judge Asa Pack
er of Mauch Chunk, Pa, bequeaths for the
permanent endowment of Lehigh Universe
ty, Bethlehem, $l,5O0,00O, and for Univer-
sity library, $500 900; ST. Luke's Hospital,
Bethlehem, $300,O00; st. Marks Episcopal
Church, Mauch Chunk, $4,000. Several
additional requests are kept private for the
present.
SUPERVISING ARCHITECT HILL, hav-
ing been full exonerated from the charges
brought against him in connection with tn G
construction of the Chicago Custom house,
has been reinstated in Office.
ALEXANDER of Battenberg, the new
ly elected Prince of Bulgaria, is just Sugars
old, He is said to be an extremely hand
some and winning youth, accomplished and
amiable, 8 good rider, a good dancer, and a
good talker.
GENERAL GRANTS cottage at Long
Branch has been put in good order, and it
is supposed he will spend much of the sum-
mer there. ss
SENATOR EDMUNDs will take his fam
lily to Europe at the close of Congress, and
will spend some time at the German springs
for his wife,s health.
SENATOR MATT. CARPENrER of Wis.
consin As years ago was boy doing chores
for his board in the h 1tse of Governor Dill
lingham of Vermont.
BENJAMIN DIsRAKLI and John New
man years ago were playmates. The one
was of Hebrew and the other of Puritan
parentage. The one is now Prime Minister
of England and Christian; the other is
now q Cardinal of the Roman Catholic
Church.
SENATOR BRUCE has named his youth
full heir Roscoe Conkling Bruce.
PRESIDENT HAYES will spend a part of
his summer vacation at his home at FIRE.
mont, Ohio.
GENERAL PEMBERroN, vino surren-
dered vicksburg to Grant, has become a
resident of Philadelphia, and petitioned
Congress for relief from political disabili
ties. He will soon publish sharp attack
on General J. Z. Johnston of Virginia, who,
he thinks, has misrepresented and injured.
him in official statements concerning the
military operations of the rebellion.
Elk UNITED STATES DIsTRICT-ATToR
NEY D. T. CoRBIN of South Carolina, who
returned to that State counsel in a rail-
road case on trial before hief-Justice
Waite, has been held to bail at the instance
of the Attorney General of the State in a
civil suit pending against him for the recov-
cry of "a, 700.
STnBaaiensssof sArchbishep Purcell
of Cincinnati has fled schedule Of assets
and liabilities Of the sArchbishops and his
brother, Edward Purcell. Ihe otafamount
Of claims b -, es7 ,65l.l9; total assets, ST.
ISL, ss9.47, Of whfck amount $lls, 1886 % is
classed as doubtful or worthless.
TAE general tore Of Ahe, CORES pond
ence to the National Departmental Ag-
riculture is hopeful of a revival of in
dustry throughout the country, and the
surplus of unemployed labor is growing
less. Good labor can generally find
at fair prices. Many are
idle because they will not accept the re-
duced prices offered. SET
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, the great
anti-slavery agitator, died in New York,
City on the oath, where he was on visit to
his daughter. He was in the 10th year of
his age.