American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-04-05

present Congress who were also members O
that OF '6l, the year Of the war. or thu
other members of that famous Congress
Yuiee 10 President. of a Florida railroad, Ly.
man Trnmbuilis practising law in Illinois
Harlan has retired with comfortable for
tune, Clinglnans is living, quietly in NORTH
Carolina, Judah p. Benjamin is lawyer In
London, and Jefferson Davis is living In
| Missfssippf. iFs'@ - tfTa '
Elk Gov. +. A..STRAwof New Hamp-
shire is complete mental and physical
wreck His reason rs unseated, and a
paralysis Of the throat renders articulation
impossible. Over work is the cause. i--
MINISTER STUUGHTON has been
grieyously affected by the severity of the
Russian winter, and has been obliged by his
physicians to 90 to. Seuthern Italy, where he
will stay for several months.
JOHN M. MORTON, a son of the late
Senator Morton, who has been special
agentiin charge efthti6ov ernment Interests
in Alaska, and who was dangerously i'll at
Sitka for several months at the time of his
fathers death, has been appointed Consul
at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands. 3D., itt.,.
The Secretary of War has ordered
the Army upon their own application, un-
der the law authorizing the retirement OF
officers who have seen 80 years. continuous
service. or are above so years of age: COL
onel De Tr0briand, Thirteenth Infantry;
Colonel Floyd Jones, Third Infantry; Col
onel l. n. Palmer, Second Cavalry; Colonel
WI. Elliot, Third Cavalry Major IN
Robertson, Third Artillery. A number OF
officers have also been retired on account of
wounds or disability.
HENk4 A. . ,b1NsUk Of chicago and
Robert W., Mitchell of Memphis have been
nominated members of the National Board
Of Health. .itD --.'f "
NELLIE, the IS yclr-old daughter of
ex-Gov. Hubbard "a Hartford, Conn. has
eloped with and married her fathers COACH
man, good-lookfng young man named
Fred .Shepsrd.a The sfairs has nsturelly
caused atrsat sofia Se1satidn. The. happy
couple are spending the honeymoon In New
Haven. ~ DHn
The President has nominated An
drew d. White, President of the Cornell
University, for the German Mission, and
Cornelius 6. Logan OF illinois, relative of
Gen. Logah, as Minister to Central Amer
lea, "easrAin St>sYi eah EAlhA HiiN
. JOHN W. CosHtAN ,tsxuC ongre ssman
from the Third District of California, died
on thee61sFs0e5s SEf Sat
!. The Czarsis axpectsd insBetlinsto "
tend the Emperef's golden wedding. II tA4e
next. sJu3E 5af uu1I f,4l3Hi,lI T.
PRINCE WAIDRMAR, the third son OF
the Crpwa Prtnes q GeRany2disd - heart
disease on the 27thq
Hon. ISAAC EDWARDS of Albany, N.
Y, well known lawyer, committed suicide
on the 26th while temporarily insane.
THERE ne hi sexIGovefn6rs in the
Senate-Messrs. Anthony, Booth, Burnside,
Coke, Garland y Groonne, Glover, Hamlin,
Hampton, Harris, Houston, ] kellogg. Kirk
wood and VANCE. atuaii OF i.U BnE
PROF. PROCTOR writes to a friend
that he thinks of coming to America next
winter Hswodn haiebten berato see the
has since died i =. > II Y - : T.
COUNT Won MoL1KE trecently .cele.
brated at his seat in uolste;n the siXtietf
anniversary OF, bis entrance, into military
service. Congratulations reached the yet
eran strategist from all quarters. 81
HON. JOSEPH MEDILL, editor Of the
Chicago Tribune, has gone to California to
spend some months in recuperating his
somewhat impairedIphysicaI condition. +
PROF. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. Min.
lister TO Spain hasy obtsi ned leave Of absence
andv MIKE sasp hoae AS ssh,neE !
1T is more than limited, by one Of the
Paris papers, that the reason why the youth
full Napoleon has gone to fight in England
is to be found in his attachment to the las
unmarried daughter of Queen Victoria
Whether he hss gone iathe hope that stra!
bullet maypptanI end to- hfs anguish pve
the impossibilfty OF finding favor With Oh,
Queen, or whether he hopes to ingratiat'
himself and return as warrior to claim
royal bride, is not made very clear.
DEAN STANLEY has given Queen Vic
toria such enthusiastic accounts Of the Ubit
ed States, that-it is thought likely that sh
win tiAt pHRp spNners he
daughter Lou .iss s. new home at Ottawa also
FRED. DOUGLASS writes a long lette
to the PhfiadeiphfaH Press in opposition +
the schemes for negro colonization. H
thinks that the negroes, IL placed in a sepa
rate territory, would meet the fate of tn
! Indians. seS0H Dgs e7Es bTsi r
GEN. GRANTwiu visit Siam at tn
invitation Of the King.
THE Ohio Democratic State Conven
tionlb called tomssspt gpbusonJpne 4
Hon. n. Y. RIDDLE, ongfessma
from the Fourth District OF Tennessee, com
mitted suicide II Nashvilie,I "a Gshs s29tf
while temporsTiyibsatles ~
THE Rhode island Greenback-Labo
State Convention Nominated Samuel Hill fc