American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-21

cepted the tender OF the British Embassy 10
Russia
THE President has nominated Charles
Z. Henry, of Ohio, United States Marshal
for the District OF Columbia, and Frederick
Douglass, Recorder of Deeds for the District
Of Columbia, rice George a. Sheridan, re-
signed.
GEN. MELIKoFF, Commandant of st.
Petersburg; Dobaza, Minister of Finances;
Nicolai, Minister Of Public Instruction, and
Giers, Minister of Foreign Affairs, have all
rendered their designations to the Emperor
of Russia.
THE monument to StonewaH jackson
was unveiled by the Association of the Army
of Northern Virginia at Metarie Cemetery,
New Orleans, on the 10th. Fitz Hugh Lee
and Jefferson Davis addressed an immense
gathering.
The Marquis of Lorne has commune
Gated to the members of the Canadian Gov
eminent his determination to retire from the
Governor Generalship. 1t is intimated that
his lordship's relations with the Gladstone
Ministry are not altogether harmonious.
THE Car reviewed $4,000 of his
troops at st. Petersburg on the 18th. He rode
up and down the lines on horseback, fol-
lowed by the Empress in an open carriage.
The public were not admitted to tho
grounds. 1t is said the soldiers were ex-
ceedingiy enthusiastic.
THE Cowpens monument was I'M
veilcd at Spartansburg, S. c., on the 18th,
with impressive ceremonies. The granite
base and the pedestal Of the monument were
builtby joint contributions Of the old thirteen
States si..l Tennessee, and the bronze statue
Of Gen. Morgan was contributed by Congress.
A DUBLIN dispatch says: A bailiff,
employed by Lord Dundalls, while return
ing from q wake. was shot through the lungs,
receiving "a mortal wound. His assassins
were concealed behind hedge near Dooken.
John Hefferman, prominent Land Lacquer,
has been arrested ut Cork, and several other
arrests have been made near Castlebar, I'M
der the provisions of the Coercion act.
ANOTHER Republican Senatorial eau
Gus was held on the 18th to consider the
pending party crisis. 1t having become evil
dent to the Senators that the President
would make no concession or compromise in
regard to the Robertson nomination, It was
finally decided, without any formal vote but
by common consent, that Senators should be
released from the obligations imposed by the
previous caucus and should be at perfect
liberty to act according to their individual
Judgment in disposing Of this and other
contested nominations.
ORDERS have been issued from the
Post-ofice Department to discontinue the
steamboat mail service at once on the fol-
lowing routes in the South and Southwest:
Memphis, Tenn, to Wittsburg, Ark, 40
miles, cost Of service and route Sl2, 1873 per
annum; Camden, Ark, to New Orleans, GIL
miles, cost Of service $1,000 per annum;
Jacksonport, Ark, to Batesville, Ark,
50 miles, cost Of service, s., $50 per annum;
Little Rock to Fort Smith, Ark, go miles,
cost Of service, 5000 per annum. In addi-
ton to the routes mentioned a score or more
short routes South and Southwest will be
discontinued, and at an early date other and
larger reductions and discontinuances of
what the department regards as unnecessary
routes in various sections of the country may
be expected.
ONE F. D. Wilcox, of Portland, Ore,
but formerly Of Arkansas, has commenced
suit at Denver, Colo, against ex-senator S.
w. Dorsey, for compensation for getting up
petitions for ''expedited'' star mail routes
in Oregon and Washington Territory. A
large number of alleged letters and kilograms
from Dorsey to Wilcox are published, giving
explicit directions for getting up the petit
lions and for sub-letting contracts. OF the
routes thus manipulated, one from Eugene
City to Bridge Creek was "expedi-
ted' from $2,4Gs to $21, 400; one from
Dallas TO Baker City, via Canyon City, from
s., 2SS to $72,a20, and one from Canyon City
to Camp Mcpermott from $2.Sss to
81 800. These CONTACTS are all made IN the
name of J. N. Peck, B. W. Dorsey's brother
in-law. Another expedited" route, held by
j. W. Dorsey, q brother Of s. w., is from
Dallas to Lakeview, the compensation being
raised from s3,0ss to $50. 800.
THE marriage Of the Crown Prince
Rudolph Of Austria and the Princess Ste
phanie of Belgium was most fmposingly
/. solemnfzed 1t the Church Of Augustine at
Vienna on the 10th. An immense multitude
collected in the streets through which the
royal procession drove to the church. An
hour before the commencement Of the cerc.
mony the church was denseiy crowded by a
brilliant and striking assembly. A fanfare
Of trumpets signaled the arrival Of the cor
tege at the church door, where it was received
by The Cardinal Won Schwartzenberg at the
head Of his clergy, and their majesties took
seats under the canopy over q throne. The
bridal pair proceeded to their places before
the sanctuary rails, where they offered short
prayers. After a brief address from the Car
dinal the marriage ceremony was proceeded
with. Al ibe moment the rings were ex-
changed pcxls broke forth from the bells of
the city and salutes Of artillery were fired.