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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1866-02-02
IFoR TIE CITIzEN.l
THE zEPHYR.
BY GASPARD.

Whence the gentle Zephyr comes we knowsllot
Her soft breath we feel, bathing check and brow
1t gives sweet inspiratian the heart;
We hear tho whisprng accents Of her voice,
Wooing the souls tenderest sympathy
We inhale her richest odore, gently
Freighted from natures sweetest exotics;
But no eye can see whence soft springs the breeze
Nor whittier waited in her course, SO free.
But her home may be on the mountaiG brow,
Where Spreading leaflets fann'd her into being.
And where she inhales from purer sphere,
The breath of Heav'n, and with native dases ~ G
Spreads her sweets, in breathings soft ana joyous,
Where e'er in fancy fight she wings her way;
Or, in some glen, she drew her native breath,
Where the sleeping echo, at her birtll-song,
Again is softly into life aroused. aa
Or, perchance, on the deep blue wave, far out
Her natal echo from the ocean sprang,
Where the washed expense and dread abyss
Her nurses were. The crested caps she rode
In whiten'd sheets wrapped, by vapor;
And spray, as dew-drops, from the briny main,
In playful mirth and sportiye glee, she swept.
But by the howIing of that dread abyss:
AS If there wreck in sulphurous blast,
From Gather, was in the deep engulphed
Then the softer breeze or zephyr gentle,
From her home out on the deep We forced,
And here. as if afraid too loud to sing,
Or, as if SO with her peace delighted,
Her softest voice and sweetest breath assumes.
So, she from all in JOY welcome has,
As they her sweetest, gentlest breath inhale,
And listen to her softest melody.
'Iis a most pleasing sound and one in which
We are by richest sympathy cnwrapp'd.
None save the music of the spheres, is in
Nature like Tito which it seems akin.
And to the echoes Of the woody nymph,
From sylvan boughs, or gentle woodbino sent,
Her soft notes she sings 'Pon every bough,
And spreads her breath on ev'ry blooming rose.
She'll through every lactice sweetly pass,
And merrily 'round the cornice whistle.
She in every chamber, cheering smiles;
Soft soothing the fevered brow she fans,
And new hope in every heart inspires, a.. 81
AS promise in every feature glows.
To the shad'd wood she goes, and with its wlds
In deep and charming symphony she joins;
From op'ning buds and blooms, kiss she steals.
And in sweet hymns, the coral songsters join,
AS their perching boughs delicate and trim,
Bend softly pleasing welcome to the breeze.
She to the Imped streamlet stoops where, as Ts 2
If joyous in her native element,
She sportiyely the lippling wave uplifs, g.
As they in the sun-beams dazzling bright, and
With ten thousand shades, fantastic, sparkle;
In mirthful glee, its shaded banks she laves;
And bright, crystal draught thus laughing sips,
And DER the meadow glides where richest plumes,
In fragrant odors, bend their joyous wave, IN
As with breathing soft, she seems on its face
To melt and lavish much of sweetness there.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1866-02-02
From the Memphis Avalanche
A STRANGE STORY.
A Bit Of Memphis Romance.

Ten yeas ago Mr.. was married to
Miss For time all went well with
the happy pair, but whether prompted by
incompatibility of temper or through the
ueddlesome interference of relatives or
friends, eye chronicler'' knoweth not, only
that the demon of discord breathed upon
thei: young love, and it withered as a flower
meath winters chilling breath. And, to
make a long story short, they separated.
Shortly after the separation little daughter
was born, and then divorce obtained-by
which party obtained it matters not. For
nine years-lOng, weary years-they lived
apart, never hearing from or speaking of
each other; and yet both remaining true to
loves first bright dream. The little girl
grew up and was taught to believe that her
father was dead. She had never seen him,
OF been seen by him. All! who shall say
how often during those long, dreary years
the fathers heart yearned for the sight of
his child, and pined to hear the music of
her voice.
And the mother-the wife that was-was
she happy? Who shall tell? Well, On the
day before yesterday the lady, accompanied
by her little daughter, walked into bust
ness house in this city, and met him who
was once her husband and the father of her
child coming out. They stood face to face
for the first time since their separation
nine years ago. Both stopped and gazed
fxedly into each others face. The father
then turned his eyes to the child, and stoop-
ing down suddenly, cought her in his arms
pressed her passionately to his bosom
rained a shower of kisses upon her face;
then, placing her on the floor, - gave one
glance at the mother, and turned to 90.
Hearing his name called in a low tone, he
turned One look, and they were in each
others arms. They were left alone for a
few moments by the considerate kindness
Of the parties present. Then hack was
called, and in thirty minutes from their first
meeting they were married.
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lie, to warrant the flag and feet, but will
really only be used as an immediate basis
of operations for the transfer of active hos
tilities to the Canadian and Irish soils. A
word to the wise is enough And now,
while the quidnuncs grow excited, the wise
will await developements, giving literally
of their means to aid the cause; nor will
they have to tarry long for the fulflment of
all that we herein foreshadow.'
The New York Sunsays the Cuba cleared
for Baltimore, and adds: This is regard
ed as very singular. Vessels of her ton
mage do not usually ply between this port
and Baltimore, and when they sail they
generally advertise for freight and passen~
gers. This the Cuba did not do. Tit be
true that this vessel is intended to prey
upon British commerce, she will reap a fine
harvest before the English can do anything
to oppose herr
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Artemus Ward Insures his Life.

kum to the konclusion lately that life
war so onsartin, that the only way for me
to stand fair chance with other folks, was
to git my life ensured, and so 1 called on
the agent Of ''Garden Angel Life Insurance
Company" and answered the following
questions, which war put to me from the
top Nv a pair nv gold speks, by sleek
little man, with as fat an old belly on him
as eny man ever owned.
1st. Are you mail or femail? If So,
state how long have you been so.
Cd. Are you subject t0sfls, and if SO. do
you have more than one atsa time?
Sd. What is your fteiDg weight?
4th. Did you ever have eny ancestors,
and if SO, how puch?
9th. What is your legal opinion of the
constitutionality of the 10 commandments?
9th. Du you e15I s.,sssr7 en- -8 p gsfE mares
18th, Are you married or single, or aIe
you a bachelor?
9Th, Du you believe in future state?
If you du, state it.
9th. What are your private sentiments
about rush on rats in bed--can it be
did successfully
10th. Hav you ever committed suicide,
and if so, how did it seem to effect you?
After answering he above questions like
man in the confrmiti, the sleek little fat
old man, with gold speks on, sed was in
sured for life, and probably would remain
so for term Nv years. Thanked him and
smiled one NV my most pensive smiles.
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A Small SIGN.


The Nashville Gazette of a recent date,
says that it has ''more than once exhorted
the people of the South, to make the cul-
ture of cotton a secondary matter. Let it
only come in after they shall have amply
provided against having to buy provisions
from the Northwest. Until the people of
that region are ready to award US political
justice, nothing but near starvation will
justify any Southern patriot, in taking a
bushel of wheat or pound of pork from
Illinois or Ohio, at any price.
The same policy should be adopted in re-
gard to the manufactured products of the
Middle and Eastern States. Bat in this lat
ter case our remedy is not so complete, as
in the former. We may be forced, in some
measure, to have more dry goods than we
can manufacture at home, but we are under
no necessity to eat or drink any thing
which is not the product of Southern soil.
In Illinois there are already some persons
beginning to discover that it will be better
for their purses to deal fairly with their
Southern customers
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COLORADO.

The following is the amendment to the
bill for the admission of Colorado, proposed
by Mr.. Sumner, iR. Congress, let week:
provided. That this sact shall not take
effect ~pt upon the fundamental con-
dition that within the State there shall be
no denial of the elective franchise or of any
other rights on account of color, or race,
but all persons shall be equal before the
law; and the Legislature of the State, by a
solemn public act, shall declare the assent
of the State to this fundamental condition,
and shall transmit to the President of the
United States an authentic copy of such
assent, whenever the same shall be adopted;
upon the receipt whereof, he shall, by
proclamation, announce the fact; whereup-
on, without any further proceedings, on the
part of Congress, this joint resolution shall
take effect
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Only two survivors Of all those who par

Only two survivors Of all those who par
licipated in the war of the Revolution, SO
far as known by the Commissioner of Pen
sions, remain, viz: William Hutchings, of
Penobscot, Hancock county, Me-, aged lol
years, and Lemuel Cook, of Clarendon, Or
leans county, New York, aged 90 years,
and only FIVE widows of revolutionary sol
diers draw pensions from the Government =,
a a yearly amount of two hundred dollars
and Rinety-three cents.
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Gov. PATTON, of Alabama, hss-,,stoed a
bill regulating contracts with -, -
the - lstw' was needed for
them moressz.8 parties making contracts.
He also vetoed bill extending to freedmen
State criminal laws that were applicable to
free persons of color in old timeR. He con-
siders these laws impolitic and unjust, as
applicable now to freedmen. He also We
toed bill regulating the relations of master
and apprentice as relative to freedmen, be-
cause he deems the present laws ample for
the purpose, without aiming at any par
ticular GLASS
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The Fenians Mysterious Promise of the
Brotherhood.


The current reports in feg gard to the
steames Cuba, which left New York on
Monday Z, the 22d inst, and which some per-
sons have supposed to be Fenian priva-
teer, revive the subject Of the proposed war
movements of the Fenians. During the
progress of the fight between the O'Maho-
ney and Roberts parties fthe Brotherhood,
General Sweeney, the Fenian Secretary of
War, promised that demonstration would
soon be made upon Englagsd. Both Roberts
and O'Mahoney have been unusually ac-
tive of late; but beyond the account of the
purchases of arms, there is yet no public
information indicatinga fulflment of the
promise.
The New York Citizen. edited by Col.
Halpine, miles O'Riley,) has the follow
ing mysterious paragraph:
eve tell the, American public-and they
have heretofore found US pretty correct
prophets in everything relative to the Fe-
nian cause--that before ten weeks there will
be-somewbere-an Irish republic existing
on the face of the earth, with flag. an ar
my, port of entry and exit, navy of PR
vateers, and the tacit encouragement both
of France and the United States in the
prosecution OF beIligerent acts against Grea
Britain. Let no one ask US for the presen
where this republic will be located, for ",
cannot answer. 1t must be called a repub
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a Queer Letter. Wilkes Bd
Redivivus. 9-l-t -
The Norfolk Post contains the folldWias

- N'SAASAh = NSs CGHldtAS the IOlED
singular letter:
MOREHEAD CRY. Jan. 5. 1866.
Editor of the Norfolk Post:
StR:-I have just arrived in this piao
from ----, where saw and talked viii
j. Wilkes Booth, the supposed assassin od
your late President. That he would be
| alive after what has occurred in your cabi-.
tal' may be strange, but it is true never
theless. T 3 esd aw
saw him and B. Harris, who left with
him. not four weeks ago. and learned from
him all the bardships that he underwent in
leaving this country. He says that no one.
who has the least regard for truth. will saw
that he was in Ford's Theatre on the 14tb
OF April last, and wonders why no one presL
ent on that occasion did not pretend TO
recognize the man that shot Lincoln until
they were told that it was him by Laura
heeEe, his bitter enemy He did not, how
ever, to me deny or admit that he had done
the deed, but stated that no one could truth
fully say, of their own knowledge. that it
was him. to y -
He declares that Mrs. Suratt was inno-
cent, and wonders how the man that was
killed in the barn looked He learned from
the papers that he had heavy beard, and
had shered or cut it in such an awkward
manner that his (BoOth's) most intimate
friends would not recognize him as Booth.
He thinks not He believed, innocent or
guilty, that if found, he would have been
sacrificed to their mad fury, and concluded
to leave, which he did. And as there can
now be no harm in telling, will state what
he told me-omitting names.
He crossed the river at Georgetown;
stopped the next day near Fairfax Court
House; the next night he was taken near
Middleburg, ETC., and from there near Gum.
Springs, where he remained two days; aud
after more than three weeks travelling
mostly by night, and suffering Severely
he reached Florida, where he was detained
for some time. while Harris, who was not
mentioned in the affair, and who could not
appear publicly, procured a boat, which
they ventured to sea in, and made land in
safety. Booth was Immediately taken sick,
and has been most of the time since. ,-~
In October he was much better, so much
so that he took some exercise in the open
air, but relapsed and was confined to his
room until about four weeks ago. His con.
stitution, in my judgment, is ruined, and L
don't believe he will live long. He was
preparing for change of climate, and ifnoI
relapse has taken place, is probably now ia
another country, where he will meet with
more of his own people, or people from the
same country.
Mr.. Editor, write such poor English
that I fear you will not be able to max
out; but it is the truth, the Wy
and if you wish you may publ
not be in the countrXS
Yours trus5 oJ.F.
+ 4 .t
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1866-02-02

TIE lNEwsPAPER.-Therei is noroyal road
to learning. The brain, full of knowledge.
whose activity sends CLEANS of light over
our daily pathway, has been acquired by
hard and cons tant study. Every book and
newspaper which the careful or careless
reader picks up. is filed with the results of
laborions investigation. Take the single
issue of a daily paper and see in its selec-
tions of news, in its editorial leaders, its f.
nancial articles, its reviews. its mere druid
gerry of daily facts, its quips and quiddities,
its philosophy and fun. how much care and
labor must have been bestowed to furnish it
all with the regularity of ones meal.
1t makes no pretensions. 1t is furnished
to every man for a fraction of what his ice
or any one of the simple luxuries of his
household costs him, and yet it is, teeming
with thoughts which are constantly in9u-
encing his actions, and forminsthe opinions
of his children to govern their after lives
Into the columns of The daily press come
the matured opinions of the greatest think
ers and statesmen of the Old World and the
new.-Boston Courier.
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The Emperor Of Austria, who is winning
hearts in Hungary by his frank manner
and liberal principles, is expected to make
his coronation unusually brilliant and mem
orable, by passing an act Of amnesty, which
will allow every Hungarian exile to return
to Hungary. Il is said that Kossuth's 3
name will head the list. -rl
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IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE QUARTER
MASTER GENERAL.-The Quatermaster Gen
eral refdses to pay for property used during
the war for military purposes in the South
ern States. The following decision has just
been made in case where vouchers had
been given; by order of commanding
general, for the use of blacksmith shop
and tools belonging to a loyal citizen of
Winchester, Virgins:
"Wiuchester was hostile town, captur-
ed from an enemy who did not surrender
on terms, but were driven out by force of
arms; everything in it was prize of war; as
at Atlanta and Charleston, buildings were
occupied for shelter of troops, and for sick
and wounded soldiers. It does not appear
that the Military Department should order
payment of any rents under such circum-
stances.''
We understand that this decision will
apply to all similar cases arising in the
Southern States, even where the claimants
produce evidence of loyalty.
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HOMESTEAD OF HENaY CLAY.-The home
stead of Henry Clay, the Ashland estate,
consisting of three hundred and twenty f Te
aeress was on Friday sold by Mrs. ]. B.
Clay to John B. Bowman, Regent Of the
Kentucky University, for the sum Of $780,
600. It is designed by the purchaser 10
transform it to the Agricultural College Of
Kentucky. Possession, we understand,
will be given Immediately.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1866-02-02

e. CoLoRED ARTsTocRACY,-T following
characteristic case eOfaristocracyis recorded
as having come off lately at Staunton, Va:
f'One of the Northern school marms,'
who is there employed in teaching the
freedmen, told a sprightly negro girl that
she must not call the woman with whom
she lived, mistress-that she was just as
good as her or anybody cIse.' Prelty soon
the girl asked her teacher what business
she followed before coming South to teach.
4 was bonnet-maker,' was the reply.
We'll, said the girl, gathering up her books
and making for the door, I'm lot going to
'sOciate wid you any lOnger-you say is
excl to my mistus, and she don't 'sociate
wild bonnet makers"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1866-02-02

A California editor some time aao re-
ceived long document, which be was re-
quested 10 put under his editorial head.
gratis. lie complied by placing il under
his pillow, and expressed his determination
to serve similar communications in the
same way. f g
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81 never SO to church." said country
tradesman to his parish clergyman, 81 al
ways spend Sunday in settling accounts. %
The minister Immediately replied, You
will find the day Of judgement viii be spent
in the same manner.
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GEN. Pillows ExPERIENCE w1rH THE
New SYSTEM OF LABoR.-The Nashville
Union publishes the following latter from
Gen. Pillow, late of the Confederate army,
addressed to General Howard:
Rajor General o. o. HoroarR, Commission
er, etc., Washington:
1t affords me much pleasure to inform
you that have been successful beyond my
most sangpine expectations in engaging la
Dor for all my plantations in Arkansas and
Tennessee. 1 have already engaged about
four hundred freedmen, and have full conf
dence of making a success of the work.
have given, in all cases, the freedmen
part of the crop of cotton, and I allow him
land for the cultivation of vegetables and
coru for his own use, without charge there
for. I could have engaged one thousand
laborers if had needed that number.
My brother, who adopted my plan of
work, succeeded in engaging laborers for
three places he is working. 1 have put one
large plantation under white Iaborers from
the North upon precisely the same terms
engaged freedmen. feel anxious to try
the system of white labor of that character
for the plantation. Knowing the interest
you feel in the success of the system of the
freedmen, and feeling grateful for your
kindness to me, I fell it to be my duty to
communicate the result of my work thus
far. With the assurance of my personal re-
gard and respect, I am, general, vergcre-
spectfully.
(Signed) GIDEON j. PILLOW.
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JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE.-The Louisville
Courier thinks that John @. Breckinridge
would make first rate Kentucky United
States Senator. It says:
could a better, an ADLER, or more gal
lant man be sent there? Would he not
honor that body more than it could honor
him? Would he not stand there agithom a
feer an eve. ything aUhich constitutes true
greatness, and reflect dignity and credit by
his association upon a set of men who are
fast bringing reproach by their mediocrity
aud fanaticism upon the time honored repu-
tatIOn of the American Senate, made illus
trious by the names of Webster and Clay?"
The Philadelphia Age rebukes the Radi-
cal press of that city for their persistent and
| slanderous attacks on the South and It's
prominent men. 1t points them to the fac
that even the most unscrupulous of thC
New York press has more magnanimity
and that the result will be to drive all South.
! eru trade from Philadelphia.
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.l(Jos@H FE1EDBERoER.

WRITER'S upon entomology and zoology,
have observed and commented upon the
fact, that no animated being is without It's
parasite. The minutest insect, when its
proportions are enlarged to almost gigantic
size under the lenses of powerful micro-A
scope, Is found to have other insects, stilIa
more minute than itself, preying upon its
system. Nor are parasites confined to the
animal and insect kingdoms. Botany treats
Of plants which are without the means of
presiding nutriment for themselves, but
obtain nourishment Immediately from other
plants, to which ttey attach themselves and
whose juices they absorb. - 70
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Chas. Decker is believed to be the small
est man living. He was born in Missis-
sippi, and moved to Memphis when ten
years Of age, and has been engaged there
for the past ten years selling periodicals.
He is now twenty years old, and thirty six
inches in height, and is well known in
Memphis for his smartness and inleili-
gence.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1866-02-02

The fanatics of this country claim to be
the only pure patriots. Dr.. Johnson, of
dictionary fame, was an acute observer OF
human nature, though a rather testy old
fe low, and somewhat given to Pungent
criticism. He must have had the radical
gentry of the present day in his minds eye,
when he defined fauatacism to be ga spe-
cies of robust ignorance, . and patriotism.
as ''the last refuge Of a scoundrel.''
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FRUIT TREES!
NOTICE.

A IL persons having left Watches at my shop pre-
IA vious to Sept'r 18th, 1863 arc hereby notified 10
call for them within - days they Will be sold TO
pay the bills.
jan I2-Im T. CORY.
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Tor the misdsed talents entrusted to their

Tor the misused talents entrusted to their
care. lax e-l 4a
OH human naturel what strange phases
you present to an observing eye. The gay,
the sorrowful. the talented, the obscure, the
believer, the rich and poor, yet all passing
along to the unknown world.
What are riches, talent, wealth, power or
fame, placed in the balance with eternity?
Mere baubles that do not, or rather ought
not. satisfy the cravings ofthe heart. Days,
weeks, months and years follow each other
in succession; but we should consider how
we shall pass away as a scroll. and the an
gel of God shall declare-''Time was butts
no longer.''
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DEaIvATIoS OF KIssIs sIsG.-Buss, to kiss.
Rebuss, to kiss again. Blunderbuss. two
girls kissing each other. Omnibus-to
kiss all the girls in the room.