American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-30
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

JAMES MCHENRY, who has been
prominently connected with American rail-
way enterprises, notably the Atlantic and
Great Western Railway, has failed in Lon
don for nearly million pounds sterling.
Mr.. McHenry is an American by birth but
has resided abroad for many years.
. Y DIR. WILLIAM O. MOSELY, Jr., a
young and talented American physician, n
native of Newburyport, Mass, was killed
recently in the Alps by fall from preci
pice.
MR.. JUDAH p. BENJAMIN, it is stated
by the New Orleans Democrat, has recently
bought beautiful Partisan residence for the
comfortable sum i'm cash of 800, 900 francs.
1t is added that this large sum does not ex-
coed one-half of his yearly income from his
practice in the English courts. The Demo-
crat recalls the fact that Mr.. Benjamin,
IA years ago, after the dispersion of
the Confederate Government, tramped
on foot from Central Georgia to Florida, and
escaped in an open boat to Nassau with a
single ten-dollar gold piece in his pocket,
which he gave to the negro who rowed the
little boat. He is said to preserve an I'M
changed sympathy with and devotion to his
Louisiana friends, and to look forward en-
Enthusiastically to revisiting the State and those
old friends.
ADMIRAL GORE-JoNEs, who has for
several years been naval attache to the Brit
ish Legation in Washington, has been APP
pointed Admiral and COMMUNICATIVE Chief
of the West India squadron. Capt. Arthur
is named as his probable successor.
JOHN X. HUBBARD, n prominent citi-
zen of Wheeling, w. Va, and late Repub-
can candidate for Congress in that district
committed suicide at Green Spring Run, on
the 18th, by shooting himself through the
brain. Deceased had been laboring under
mental depression for some time past. He
leaves large family and wide circle OF
relatives and friends. His brother, Hon. C.
ID. Hubbard, represented the district two
terms in Congress.
REV. w. II. TILLINGHAsT, Rector of
Trinity Episcopal Church of Detroit,
Mich, who was camping out oil Fox Island
Mt the mouth of the Detroit River, was acct
dentally shot and killed on the 18th, -by the
careless handling of a revolver by young
man named Wright.
Gov. CROsswELL of Michigan, who
is widower of 81, is about to be married to
Miss Lizzie Musgrove of Charlotte, in that
State. The young lady is pretty, wealthy
and still in her twenties; she was graduated
| at Olivct College not long ago.
THE President has appointed Philip
o. Wales of Maryland to be SurgeonG ener-
al of the United States Navy and Chief ol
the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, vice
j. Winthrop Taylor, retired. DIR. Wales
was formerly Medical Inspector of the Navy.
SENATOR CoRBIN of South Carolina
recently bo'eht 5 10, 900 worth of experience
in Colorado, according to the Denver Ne,es.
He invested that sum i'm alleged gold bricks
which the holder had ''acquired in "a way
which prevented him from disposing of them
himself, and which he would sell at a great
sacrifice"
! DE LEssEPs, promoter of the Panama
Canal scheme, is preparing for his journey
to the United States. His wife will accom-
! pany him.
| Coz. JAMES O. BROApHEAD of St.
Louis il President of the American Bar Az