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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE opposition of Senator Conkling
to the recent nominations for various offices
in New York by President Hayes has re-
suited in postponement of their considera-
ton by the Senate Committec-until after
the 4th of March, as is intimated.
The Ways and Means Committee
: have voted to postpone present consideration
of the Hurd Tariff resolution.
THE Select Committee of the House
on the Interoceanic Canal will report favor
ably the bill to incorporate the Interoceanic
Transit Company Che Nicaragua route).
The bill provides for a Government guar
antee Of interest for fifteen years at six per
cent on $50, 200, 900 bonds.
THOMAS CARLYLE, the eminent Brit
ish author, died on the 9th. He was born in
Ecclefechan, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, Dec.
4, 1875.
A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred on
Second Street, st. Louis, on the night of the
9Th, the principal losses being the extensive
wholesale grocery house of the Greeley
Durham Company, o. ii. Peckham & Co.'s
candy mandatory, the Mound City Paint
& Oil Company's establishment, and S. B.
Sale e. Co.'s grocery house. The fire origin
ated in the Greeley Burnham building, and
was caused by the breaking down of plat
form on which was stored a large quantity
Of matches. The losses aggregate haf-a-
million dollars. nearly covered by insurance.
REV. j. NJ. PICKENs, a well-known
Campbellite preacher, and Grcenback can.
didate for Governor of Alabama at the late
election, was shot and killed recently at
Mountain Home in that State, by a man
named Bob Letson. Mr.. PIckcns interfered,
but without success, TO prevent Letson from
shooting William Davidson. The latter was
badly wounded and will probably not recoy-
er. Letson was arrested.
The north-bound express train on
the Texas Central RAILROAD was badly
wrecked nine miles north of Hampstead, on
the evening OF the 9Th. The engine fell
through Cedar Creek bridge, throwing tho
express, two baggage and two passenger
bottom upwards. The sleeper kept tho
track The Strakosch e Hess English Opera
Troupe were among the passengers. Eight.
cen persons were injured, several seriously,
but probably not fatally.
MATTHIAS SALMON, bad character,
He was under arrest for killing man.
THE Senate, on the 9Th, passed the
bill for the erection of public building at
Quincy, H., and also the bill to establish an
additional land district in Kansas. The
House passed the joint resolution for count.
ing the Electoral vote. The Apporiionment
bill was again taken up and several speeches
made thereon.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12

DON'T trouble YOU ,s
thing you are to DOH about the next
the second thing. HeVo man can 90
If he omits it the wheels DO the hrst;
Juggernaut roll over him, lne soclal
him more or less crushed blu ieave
he does it, he keeps in front. ad, II
room to do the next again; and phus
is sure to arrive at something. for he
onward march will carry him with IL.
There is no saying to what perfection
of success man may come, who be-
gins with what he can do, and uses the
means at his hand. He makes vortex
of action, however slight, toward
which all the means instantly begin to
gravitate. Let man but lay hold of
something-anything, and he is in the
high road to success, though it may be
very long before he can walk comforta-
bly, in it.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12
Youths Department.
DICk'S VALENTINE.

A valentine for little Dick!
What can it he aDoutI
He takes it from the postman's hand,
With joyous. ringing shout.
And up the stairs to mammals room,
With steps so light and fleet,
With painting breath and nodding curls,
He climbs on restless feet.
Mamma behalds the dainty note
With wonder and surprised
But is there not a little laugh
OF mischief in her eyes?
- Who sent it. Inammal Read 1t quic.k!
what does the writing say!
uidn t think st. Valentine
Would member me to-day"
So mamma reads: Z" send my love
To Il little boy named Dick,
And should he guess whom may be,
He'll give me Il kiss SO quick!'
Then Dicky boy, he thought and thought,
And wondered: ssWho can be
The buful vallytine which came
To q little chap like mcT'
But If noe chance. to learn the truth
From namma's roguish eyes,
We won't tell Dick, dear little boy,
And spoil his sweet surprise.
Wen keep your secret safe, mamma.
But how Dicks eyes would shine
IL he only guessed how near he is
To his own true valentine!
Mary d. Brine, II, N. 7. Independent.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12

Nothing TO Gush About.


surprise on the part OF the Republican
organs that their party i'll Maine neg
lected an apparent opportunity to per-
petrate Il neat bit of partisan rascalify,
in depriving an opposition Governor,
duly chosen, OF hls seat. Ihe New
York Times and 1rt0nne, as Wen a.
some OF the lesser organs, larry bubble
over with grateful gush on the subject,
regardless OF the strong animation they
thereby give that partisan purity, IN
hepubllcan hlgh places, Is unexpected.
Iaxing all the eircumstancesin INTO con-
sideratlon, there is really mourning &c
gush about, unless it is the spectacle OF
party doing right when it might have
done wrong. Had there been any self
sacrifice involved the case would have
been different; but there was none.
The wrong which the Republican party
might have attempted couldn' possibly
have succeeded, which IS unquestiona-
bly, the reason why 1t WASH attempted.
preme Court of the State would set its
decision of n wear 400: and if was this
understanding which induced the Re.
publican leaders. Blaine amonp them
70 counsel the course which has been
followed.
With n self-respectinp party there
could hardly have been anv such
.>,>.o+;o, - ,,,ro,,, Jo;,r 80, tel
teIuPlstlioH w "ioHS uoh3 gwen WIN
n prospect OF success AS that which the
,,rr,pG ;,ti,oato tha Mama RonubI;o.ns
s7"' - - ~ 80
nave TeSlSleu. FOr II luil year lneF nave
hepn denouncinp their OnDOnents for At
-:
tenPtiHS " sef1 u ciHuiuaoe, upon
technicality. in defiance OF the popular
will For = like period thew have been
-applauding the Supreme Court for cut
fip1 tbrouob the mashes of tacbnioalitp
o.. a.
ana giving cHecl To me popular VOICE
santed in rapaatino tho attcmnt tbey
" VIZ po NY
ucnouhccl III tHeir OppoueHts, anu
which they aDN)lauded the Judges for
Joro,t;nr n thay foLt :. tan,tod, 70
uo'o"NiS' - eii0J ioi. tohp 'ou ~
make this attempt-and this is what the
or,,,ns ;pSinuat.- thav ,,,ust b.ya haan
'" S' '
mucN belOW any Sfaue OF parLlSanSn1I
with which the country Mt larre is fa
laT--bttfost>HTce ITeSS.
---> --
IS ProfpffiOu 8, and Wages :,
) +,
IT. o-co-.;o, +L,t tLo ,,,o,.I-,,,o,, ~
Inc asseflion LiaC .he "oIhiieh VI
America are benefited by tariff mOnOp-
cI;oS ,voS mot tho otbor dow bv Con
oiAS 's' 10y ~ ~
gresham 1uru III the lollOWlnS re-
marks made to n. newSpaner CORE.
,-.,Jt j.; 1v.,L;,,.+a,
SpoHucHI III w dsilnSton
Protection operates rs a robbery of the
laboring man and the man receiving wages
The agriculturst has no protection except
hill,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12

AFxER continuous session Of forty
one hours OF the British House Of Commons,
during which the Home Rulers used every
parliamentary device to defeat the motion,
the Speakersordered the debate closed and
the Government obtained leave to'bring In q
bill for the protection Of life and property in
Ireland. The Home Rule members then left
the House in q body.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12
After the election of Eugel

After the election of Eugene
Hale as United States Senator we are
not particularly surprised to hear that
there has been an earthquake in Maine.
Good old mother earth cannot endure
all things patiently. If it takes an
earthquake to properly express the
natural Indignation at Hale's election,
however, we should like to know what
can be done to give adequate expression
to the feelings aroused by Conger' $
election. ST. Lonis Republican.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12

HoN. E. B. WAsHBURNE, of Illinois,
on the Sd presented to the State of Missouri
portrait, painted by Stuart, Of Edward
Hampstead. Nissouri's hrst Representative
in Congress. The presentation ceremonies
took place at Jefferson City, and were par
ticipated In by both Houses of the Legisla-
ture, the Governor and other State officials.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12

SECRETARY ScHURz, in response to a
request from the Senate, on the ID transmit
ted to that body largo mass of official cor
respondence lip reference to the Ute troubles.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12
Compiled from Various Sources.

THE New York Assembly has passed
bill prohibiting consolidation of telegraph
companies.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12

TIE Pennsylvania Legislature took its
fourteenth Intellectual ballot for United States
Senator on tho list. the vote being-Wallace,
IS; Oliver, 76; Grow, so; scattering, Is.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12

HORTICULTURAL HALL, valued at
$4,000, and Beth Eden Baptist Church,
valued at S150, 200, were burned at Philadel-
phia on the alst. The former was insured
for $50 900, the latter for $4,000.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12

THE Ways and Means Committee win
report bill in favor Of abolishing the tax on
matches, bank deposits, including savings
banks, bank checks, patent medicines, per-
fumery, etc. The Committee refused to
adopt the Recommendation Of the sub-com-
mitteeto abolish taxes ON bank capital.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12

PUG dogs of the truly heightened sort
wear fur collars on their embroidered
blankets, >,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12

A rAsaInsn s1kus Falls
Division ofthe st. fsuI, ~ hsota & Mani
toba Railroad, on II I'd, nsar Elk River,
was throWnfrom the track and rolled down
an embankmcnt sixty feet high. Many of
the passengers were badly injured, one or
more Il was thought fatally.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12
MISS PAKNELL, sister of the Irisl

MISS PARNELL, sister OF the Irish
agitator, and Mrs. A. NJ. Sullivan, wife of
the member from Meth, are forming La
dies Land League for the purpose of con-
tinuing the work Of relief should Mr.. Par
nell and his followers be arrested under the
provisions of the coercion bill now pending
I'm Parliament. Miss Parnell Will be Presi-
dent of the League and Mrs. Sullivan Vice.
President.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12

THERE was an exciting scene in the
British House Of Commons on the I'D. Mr..
Parnelf denounced the arrest Of Michael
Dasitt in unspairing terms, and the other
Home Rule members cheered him yocifer-
ousiy and cried ''shame!' The Speaker
called upon Mr.. Gladstone to move his reso-
luton Of urgency, when Mr.. Dillon rose, but
the Speaker refused to recognize him. After
being several times warned, and refusing to
yield the floor, Mr.. Gladstone moved Dillon's
suspension. Amid cheers, and cries Of
SHANE" from the Irish members, the Speak
er put the motion and IL was carried. Dillon
then refusing to withdraw, he was forciby
removed by the Sergeant-at-Arms. The
other Irish members then severally rose,
were s'named" by the Speaker and their
suspension moved and carried. After the
so-called obstructionists had I'll been elected,
Mr.. Gladstone moved the bill for the pro-
lection of life and property In Ireland was
urgent. The motion carried and the House
adjourned.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12
NEWS IN BRIEF

H--rN -Y Drr-r
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"a
sOomplled nom tsflous sources.
~
.,u.,as,h,,inr consoIid.,ion 90 t.Iscr.n
comn.nie..
--
THH Pennsylyania Legislature took i
fourteenth Intellectual ballot for United Stat
Senator on tho 1st, the vote being-wallac
IS; Oliver, IS; Grow, 30; scattering, 13
SECRETARY ScHURz, in response to
ted to that body . largo mass of official col
respondence Up reference to the Ute trouble
IS-
HORTICULTURAL HALL, valued
$4,000, and Beth Eden Baptist Church
valued at S150, 200, were burned at Philadel
phia on the 3st. The former was insure
for $50 900, the latter for $4,000.
hs .osaoenl nay HS..A.H'eu '.'.'1 !,
MH.., :. - ..n, 49, ". s"..r. r NJ
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DNnIon - tne ST. sms - :" -. a.e-..
sooa nAufoeus ON u Sos 6H
an embankmcnt sixty feet high. Many o
the passengers were badly injured, one o
more il was thought fatally.
The Ways and Means COMMITTEES vii
report bill in favor of abolishing the tax oil
matches bank, deposits, including saving
banks, bank checks, patent medicines, per
frmery, etc. The Committee refused t.
adopt the Recommendation of the sub-com
mitteeto abolish taxes ON bank capital.
Anrrrc.rYoxo f leadinr. Indiana Re
nublicans have been ON . visit. to Mentor 4
nv>-.rs 40 fhe president elect the claims n
their STATE M 4 scat in the Cabinet IT
s,fd that Mr. New was the first choice of
,,.t,-;,v - ~. commi,t.. Tor . r,.binet No
.5st,,, hut NO ;ni;y III, al name was pre.ente,
a. NJ C,r6.Id
-
THE President. on the I'd. Transmitted
IN Congress, the report Of the Pouca Commits
sion Recommended bv a message recommend
ing. The. efIuc.tion OF Young Indians
9. The Allotment to the Indians Of Lands II
sevcralty; 3. Fair compensation for all land
not required for Individual allotment; =. In
vestmg them ultimately WIN inc rign's O.
ciuzensnips
.,s c,t;n,,,,,.- s..s;o, ~ f,r+v
srD-,,,e. -. :, C...-...
one houls " 'ne Di,,isn HDu.e =. Oo'.n n"'N
ou n,. "nien sue nome . n Sseu 49,
palisAme- ~ u SAs .'s n. "n
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.nu o'.'n"on' o.'Anev .oAo one ~
PHI iof inc pfo.sc''on " iiie .nu pIopeIty -
ireiano- Inc Homc nu'e n'e"oeis 'nen iei'
INC nousc IN oouy-
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noh- z. d. " ASHnohNE, Vi AinoiS,
portrait, painted oy stuart, OF Bdwaro
hemps'eaa' A,ssourrs ms. Aepresenia'Ve
In congress. Inc presentation ceremonies
look place a. JEFFERSON CITY, ana were par
uc1pafed IA Dy ootn Houses OF tine Legisla-
ture' the Governor and otner state omciais.
MISS fARNELL, SISTER OF tne lrlsh
agitator, and Mrs. A. N. Sullivan, wife OF
the member from Meth. are forming La
dies Land League for the purpose of con-
tinuing the work Of relief should Mr.. Par
nell and his followers be arrested under the
provisions Of the coercion bill now pending
I'm Parliament. Miss Parnell Will be Presi-
dent of ~ TenCI1e and Mrs- Sullivan Vice
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12

GOVERNOR CHURCHILL has submit
ted to the Arkansas Legislature telegram
received by him from Jay Gould; lin which
the writer, after abiding to the fact that
himself and friends have invested largely in
railroad property ip Arkansas, says he re-
grcts TO hear that illiberal legislation Is now
proposed, the effect Of which will be to check
further proposed new Investments in the
State, and urging the Governor "to counsel
such wisdom in legislation as will attract
capital, and promote settlements and I'M
proyements, rather Than drive 1t away"
The Governor adds his Endorsement to the
above, by expressing the opinion that "any
unfriendIy legislation in regard to railroads
nj the present time would retard the pros
perity Of the State for years TO come"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-12

MICHAEL DAvITr was arrested for
not reporting himself to the police In accord
. anes- with the conditions Of his ticket-of-
leave. The detectives, on arresting Davitt,
drove to Kingstown, where the prisoner was
placed on board the mail steamer for London.
Upon his arrival there he was taken before a
police magistrate and then transferred to
Millba;,~ Prison and re-invested with the
garb Of convict. The proceedings before
fhe magistrate were private, but it is ofici-
ally announced that Dayitt was ordered to
'hni4h the remainder Of his sentence of penal
seryitude.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-14
BREVITIES.

The Superior Court Judges of San Fran
cisco have given as their opinion that active
members of the National Guard are exempt
from jury duty 1t is not to be presumed,
however, that the citizen soldiery will be de-
barred for this reason from serving their coun-
try in the jury-box if they have leaning
that way.
A man whose name is supposed to have been
Peter Derwin committed suicide in San
Francisco on Wednesday by taking opium
1t was believed that he was from Sacra-
mento, and that he was an expressman, but
the name does not appear in the directory of
this city.
Fourteen carloads of cattle were shipped
from this point to Ogden yesterday also %
OF barley and l of beans. There were at the
same time II carloads of merchandise, l of
salmon and of honey shipped to the East.
Mrs. Patrick Manning, who resides at 910
G street, fell from the wall which surrounds
st. Joseph's Cemetery, on Wednesday, and
sustained compound fracture of one of her
lower limbs.
The hydrant will be shut off from to II
A. NJ. to-day on the south side of X and north
side of l., between Second and Sixth streets
Fill your buckets.
A carload of -four from this market was
shipped to Cotton, Southern California, yes
terday, and carload of lumber for Benson,
Arizona.
Bishop II. II. Kavanaugh will preach this
evening in the Seventh-street NJ. E. Church
South.
Twenty carloads of cattle passed through
from Winnemucca for San Francisco yestsr-
day.
H. F. Mills of Sacramento will arrive by
overland train from the East to-day.
There is a message at the Western Union
Telegraph Office for j. R. Ripley.
No immigrant passengers from the East
to-day
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-14
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

From San Francisco exchanges Of January l8th.l
Duties paid at the Custom house yester-
day were $l3, sos 90; making a total of
1925, 49, II for the month.
The old Pacific Mail steamship Consti-
tuition has been stripped of everything
valuable and is to be broken up.
The suit of All Ho against Ho Sheng,
yesterday referred to Commissioner Sulli-
van, is the first Chinese divorce suit ever
brought in California.
Apprehension is felt for the safety of the
German schooner Tlalok, which left this
port OF the llth ultimo for Esquimault,
and at last accounts had not reached her
destination.
Four cases of smallpox were verified to-
day In one house, mother and her three
children, and the patients were sent to the
smallpox hospital No deaths from that
disease have been reported since Tuesday
evening.
Wells, Fargo & Co. have closed their
Offices at Georgetown, Greenwood, Todd's
Valley, Forest Hill and Michigan Bluff,
because of the frequent plundering of their
treasure boxes. They say they have lost
more by robbery than they have earned on
the routes during the past ten years.
The bark Guy G. Goss arrived from Yo-
kohama yesterday, and reports that on
December 25th, Thomas Peter fell from
the main topgallant rigging overheard, and
was drowned. The ship was hove to for
two hours and every exertion made to save
him. He was native of Antwerp, aged
40 years.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Knights Templar Triennial Union was held
at Sanders Hall last evening. H. NJ. New
hall in the chair. The following signifed
their acceptance of the Office of Vice. Presi-
dents William NJ Petrie Sacramento !;
Charles Forman, Virginia City Joseph a.
Hyde, Butte City, Montana J. S. Stew
art, Salt Lake City, Utah I. McF. Pat
ten, Portland, Oregon. A large number Of
members were enrolled.
In reply to communication of Major
General Barnes. in regard to the liability
of militiamen to do military duty, presid.
ing Judge Wilson of the Superior Court
has given the following opinion Z" | am
clearly of the opinion that all active mem.
bers of the National Guard are exempt from
liability to act as Jurors under our present
laws. l have also submitted this question
to each of the other Judges of the Supe-
rior Court of this city, and am authorized
to say that they fully concur with me in
this view" AT the request of Judge Will
son for list OF active members of the
National Guard of California, General
Barnes has issued orders requiring each
company commander to forward list to
his headquarters.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-14
A COUNTY WITH NO COUNTY SEAT AND
TWO NORTHEAST CORNERS.

In the Political Code, Section 1928 (Hit.
tells Codes and Statutes, vol. l, p. 495), the
boundaries of Sacramento are defined, and
the point In the channel of the south fork of
the American river, one mile above the head
of Mormon Island, is declared to be the
northeast corner, while the point of closing
the boundary, to wit on the Sacramento
river, at point west of the place of begin
ming, Is declared the northwest corner (the
point of beginning being on the northern line
ten miles north of the mouth of the Amer
lean. as it was March 80, 1850. This bound
airy IN point of fact was correct, and while
metes and bounds govern, irrespective of the
declaration as to corners, the Legislature saw
mt to delare and name the corners. In 1S77-S
a bill passed amending the law SO
as to cut off a portion Of the county
by emitting an island, but the cor
ners were not changed. Nevertheless
the Sacramento delegation that year per-
mitted an error to go into the bill which
gives the county two northeast corners, on
opposite sides of the county, geographical
puzzle that is a curiosity. The statute of
1878 Amendments to the Codes, p. ~ de-
clares the point above Mormon Island to be
the northeast corner, and also declares the
point of closure to be the northeast corner,
to wit, the point ten miles above the mouth
of the American. The new section, which of
course blotted out the old codes section, also
omitted and thereby repealed these words,
county seat, Sacramento city," and so from
that time the law declaring this city the seat
of government of this county has been of no
effect, and, so far as The code is concerned
the territory has hadn county seat On the
l0sh instant MIR. Hittell of San Francisco,
compiler of Hittefs Codes and Statutes, in
troduced bill in the Senate correcting the !
error by re-enacting the amended section of
1878 and adding the necessary declaration |
that Sacramento city shall be the county seat,
but in his bill there is perpetuated the error
of declaring the point of closure the north
east corner, when it is the northwest, and if |
the bill is not amended Sacramento county |
will continue in history with the distin- |
guished honor of being tue only county in the |
State with double-headed northeast corner |
and no northwest corner at all, all which |
must be so, for the laws Of the State so de. |
clare, while if the bill is defeated, the county
viii enj " the no less peculiar position of be-
ing county without a county seat-a county |
with county government, but no lawful |
place for the transaction of its business.