American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-05-01
NEWS IN BRIEF.
COMPILED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
Personal AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
GENERAL GRANT arrived at his hom,
In Galena on the 10Th.
DENNIS KEARNEY has been sent to tn,
San Francisco House of Correction and nov
wears the garb of n convict.
Two New York Democratic Stat,
Conventions were held at Syracuse OF
the Goth, the one known as the regular, ,
or Tilden body, the other made up of thu
anti-Tilden or Tammany faction, headed
by John Kelly. The first named elected
a delegation to the National Convention
favorable to Tiiden, and adopted
the unit rule, after having declined to re.
ceive any overtures for conference from the
opposition body. The Tammany Conven.
ton chose an anti Tilden delegation to Gin
cinnati and passed resolutions protesting
against his denomination for President.
TIE Illinois State Greenback Con-
vention was held at Springfield on the 21st,
about two hundred delegates being present.
The following State ticket was nominated:
For Governor-A. j. Streeter, of Mercer
County; Lieutenant oyernor-A. b
Adair, of Chicago; Secretary OF
State-J. l.. Thompson, of La Sale;
Auditor = G. T. Ingram, of jackson;
Treasurer-G. w. Evans, of Jefferson; At
orney-General-H. G. Whittock, of Nor
gan. Presidential Electors were chosen,
with Alex. Campbell and jesse Harper
Electors at large. A State Central Commit
tee and delegates to the National Conven-
tion were appointed.
THE Texas Democratic State Con-
vention, held on the Goth, adopted a resolu-
tion complimentary to Gen. Hancock, but
pledging support to whomsoever the Ma
tional Convention may see fit to nominate.
The Democratic members of the
Senate Committee on Rules and Of the Sem
ate Select Committee on the subject OF
Counting the Electoral Votes will probably
recommend Congress to adopt new joint
rule, providing that In case only one certifi-
cate of the electoral vote Of q State be pre-
scented to Congress, it shall not be rejected
except by the affirmative vote of the two
houses, and that in case of dual returns
neither shall be counted unless the
two houses agree that one of them Is the
true and valid return. The proposition is
substantially the same offered by Senator
Morton in the Forty fourth Congress and
adopted by the Senate in form of a bill,
which, however, failed to receive final action
in that body in consequence of Mr.. Thur
man having entered a motion to reconsider
its passage. The former I'D Joint Rule on
the subject required every electoral vote to
be rejected to which any objection was s,Is-
tanned by either house.
THE Connecticut Prohibitionists have
nominated State ticket, headed by George
p. Rogers for Governor.
THE New York Reform League and
Independent Republicans held State Com
veniion at Albany on the 22d, and adopted
resolutions placing themselves in1exbiy In
opposition to a third-term nomination. 1t
was determined to send delegates to the st.
Louis Convention.
THE Vermont Democratic State Con-
vention elected an unpledgcd delegation to
Cincinnati. General Hancock is reported to
be the favorite of the majority of the dele
gates
THE Virginia Republican Convention,
after a somewhat turbulent session, adopted
resolutions instructing for Grant and en-
forcing the unit rule.
The Georgia Republican State Con-
vention was considerably torn up by the
of the adherents of the various
candidates, but finally elected
an unpledged delegation to the
National Convention. Fourteen of the
are colored. The delegates
are said to be nearly equally divided in their
preferences rs between Grant. Blaine and
Sherman, although the friends of Grant
claim that from nine to eleven Of the twenty
two delegates will support him in Conven-
ton.
GEN. GRANT has accepted an invita-
zion to visit Springfield, H., some time carly
in May.
The Colorado Republican Convention
to choose delegates to Chicago is called to
meet May Is. s'
SENATOR GROVER, of Oregon, who
has been aiIiDg for some time, is reported as
rapidly regaining health and strength.
IT is announced on good authority
that Gladstone has accepted the duty of
forming an Administration, designating
himself as Chancellor Of the Exchequer and
First Lord of the Treasury.
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
MAJOR S. f. CAREY, General Passen-
ger Agent of the New Orleans and Mobile
has accepted the Passenger Agency
of the New Orleans, Chicago and st. Louis
Railroad from May 1.
CAPT. JOHN M. BoFINGER has made
3 contract with Secretary Sherman, under
which he is authorized to raise all the ADAM
doned property now lying in Red River,
Louisiana. This property consists of sunken
gunboats, cannon shell and shot thrown into
Red River above the falls at Alexandria,
La, during General Banks administration.
The contract also mentions the sunken
steamers Falls City, Ed +. Dix, and Emma,
formerly of st. Louis, and some
one hundred to one hundred and fifty other
steamers sunk before and during the War.
The gunboat Eastport, which the Captain
expects to raise, was the largest of the Mis-
sissippi 1otilla, carrying some fourteen can
non, and being very heavily plated. She was
,unk with all her armament aboard. The
condition of the contract is that all material
shall be sold at public auction,
either at st. Louis. Cincinnati or Chicago.
The House Committee on Agricul-
lure has recommended an appropriation of
s25 900 to the United States chronological
for the purpose of enabling
said Commission to complete the investiga-
ion in relation to the Rocky Mountain To-
gust or Western grasshopper, the cotton
worm and other insects injurious TO the cot
ON plant.
A BILL has been introduced in the
Senate authorizing the construction Of u
fridge across the Detroit River, at Detroit,
Mich.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
ADDITIONAL particulars regarding
he tornado of the 18th show 1t to have ex-
ended from Arkansas, through Missouri
INTO Illinois, and as far north as Wisconsin.
In Northern Arkansas and Southern Mis-