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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26
The Trouble in Europe.

The New Orleans Crescent says The
difficulty between France and Prussia has
arisen so suddenly that the public have
scarcely had time to comprehend it's origin
and progress. Indeed there can scarcely be
said to have been progress in an affair in
which the transition has been SO sudden
from the irst misunderstanding to the verge
of actual war. 1t is to be presumed, how
ever, that the conflict is caused by the
rival pretensions of France aud Prussia to
the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. This
little State has long occupied very peeu-
liar position in the European system-in
some respects similar to the anomalous sit-
uation of the Dano- German Duchiss prior
to the war of last year. Luxemburg be-
longed at various times to different powers
first to Spain, then to France, then to
Austria, then again to France, and, finally,
in 1914, it was settled on the king of Hol-
land, by the allied powers. Nevertheless,
as the Inhabitants were generally Germans,
the Duchy was constituted member Of
the Germanic Confederation, and its chief
city, Luxembourg, was made federal fort
ress and garrisoned by Prussian troops
The Duchy of Limburg, another province
of Holland, held similar relations with the
confederation. When the Germanic body
was broken up last year, Count Bismarck,
on behalf of the Prussian government, de-
clared that the king Of Holland could not
be expected to join the new, or North Ger
man confederation, for Limburg but that,
as to Luxemburg, negotiations were re-
served.
This declaration indicated a desire on
the part of Prussia to acquire the Duchy,
and it is understood that, during the last
year, Count Bismark has exerted himself
with the government Of Holland to secure
Luxemburg either by purchase or by pro.
curing its re-entrance into the new confede
ration.
There have been no indications of uu.
i pleasant relation between the two powers
growing out. of these circumstances
except in the columns of the Dutcl
newspapers, and these have continually at
tackled Prussia with great acrimony, accu
sing her Of Unsuitable ambition and cove
tousness. In the meantime France step
ped in and offered to purchase the Ouch!
evidently IN order to check the growtl
aud pretensions of Prussia. OF course,
movement ofthis kind would lead to a con
flict Of views and policy which is yer.
likely to end in war. France proposed t
leave the decision of the question, as t
between herself and Prussia. to the wll
Of tie people of Luxemburg; but it doe
not appear that this sort of solution of th
problem meets with much favor at Berlin
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

The Memphis Ledger of the nth. sa9s
Admiral Semmes,s once the renowned COM
mander Of the Alabams, and at this time
the editor Of the Memphis BslllstiA, viii
favor the public Of Memphis tO-night with
a lecture on the cruise of that vessel. The
nautical reputation of Admiral Semmes is
unsurpassed by that of any man in history.
If, under his comma md, the Alabama was
not the 'fmistress Of the sea- p she was GER
tainly the scourge Of the ocean. It COM
compelled the commerce of the North to
seek foreign bottoms and the protection Of
foreign flags. Vessels that had gone out
laden with the rich products Of all coun-
tries, and confident of rich return, came
home with dropping banners and empty
huils, or went down 20 the bottom of the
ocean,. Dismay oversperad the Norths and
drove the Navy Department to despefa
ion. Expedition after ezpeditioa was or
ganized to catch The daring vessel. but 81
to no purpose. When she was supposed
to be ia European waters, she was sweep
ing along the American coast like hurIi
cane. We of the South all remember with
strange viyiduess how the story Of The
achievements Of the Alabama thrilled Us
We often heard the exclamation 80 for
thousand Alabamas u Semmes wat
classed with Lee, Johnston and Jackson
Every nation honored bis genius and dar
ing. if it did not sympathiss with th,
cuse for which he fought. This peerless
naval commander may be seen upon on
streets every day, and those who homo
him as one of the South's chief ornaments
jostle him without knowing in whose pres
ence they are. Tonight he may be seen
and heard, and known.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

J. AUoUsrsxE sIaEA1oos
Qn-sn Of Egypt. am leaving
must tear myself away,
the magic Of thy grieving,
81 woeld bind me to thy sway
Wen, charmer, going
oin the dark and mysterious Nile
Were know enchantlnent's flowing
ensnare me Ia thy smiles
Enaa llElcoutroIling madness,
oaid plunge in the abyss
Ia0ment OF pure gladness-
s on Clsopatra's kiss.
1fen this pomp, oh, queen, 50 regal
must rush across the foam
alUss not desert the Eagle,
AoT iorgetful be of Rome.
81 theu'st cut beyond tie healing,
has reached my inmost soul
Sqenl what IS all this feeling
s2Ver which I've no controls
Where, oh where's my steel-Clad arunor
3iast manhood thus deprave
81 she godsi III yield nOs, charmer--
Never yield to be thy slave
O htt this. iB nnadnees bIindneFsl
VII every heart-tll7cb quell
Burst Through this Plgtonien kindness,
And the magnet Of thy spell.
What, no there bring up my legions
Let me hear the laundering drums g.. Z
/ wsll leave these haunted REGIONS
Tell my men their leader comes
Queen, farewell-this triumph's grander
Than PhaTsalia's day of fame,
Macedonian Alexander
Can no greater victory claim.
Sorceress now leave thy blisses,
And tear me from thy wiles,
lamentations and thy kisses,
And the magic of thy smiles.
Once more on the field of duty,
Thy entertainments / defy
Rome has conquered DER thy beauty,
Sweet incantatrice, goodbye rF
Helmsman, steer the galleys foamward,
Toward the Capitolian dome:
Shout, for we are sailing homeward,
70 our own imperial Rome.
MEMPHIs, tenn, Oct. 1866.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

SHAMEFUL.--ThS colored people Of the
South ara the real producers of cotton
They perform the labor Of planting the
seeds, cultivatiug the plant aud gathering
the lint. Under the free system Of labor,
every eolored man is, whether hired OF
otherwise, a producer Of cotton for himself
Now this cotton, the product Of colOred
labor, is. no matter what the state of the
market may be. taxed fifteen dollars on the
bale By the Radicals who profess to be
the best friends of the negro. And yet
these Radical hypocrites expect TO get the
colored vote.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

The editor of the San Antonio (Tsxasl
Ledger was robbed lately. He feels ugly
towards the internal cuss, for he calls him
an "unkind, i'll : 7nered, ungenerOus. un-
feeling, unprinciplsd. uncharitable, villsin-
Gus, sacriligiOas, sneeking, creeping. dia-
bolicaL low down, internal cuss, william,
rascal, thief. robber, burglar and dam
phool." Il.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

AtSH DAANatho ~OAs VI sAAc-- 4 . @--~--7'4
GENERAL HOOD.
General J. B. Hood is now the head of
a large commercial house in this city. He
received me very cordially. and expressed
his views in a very candid and clear man
ner If do not mistake the tenor Of his
conversation. he is in favor of cheerful
and ready compliance on the part Of the
South with the terms of the Sherman bill
and the act supplemental thereto. He en-
phatically declares that from the Potomac
to the Rio Grande, the people earnestly de-
sire peace. prosperity and unity, aud thai
further resistance to the Government never
enters their minds. a. the same time be-
feels that the South can never swallow the
policy of the Radicals, which is so diamet-
rically at variance with the Constitution as
interpreted by those who framed it. He
has never considered that the South should
surrender any right under the constitution
excepting slavery, and that having once
more become good citizens under sthe
Union, they should be protected 10 their
rights Of property, and not be asked to be-
come parties 70 the Acknowledgement Of
men they had selected to represent them
/ in the forum or the field.
While he is very glad that the South
has not had anything to do with giving
the negro the right of suffrage. he is in
favor of gracefully yielding to the demands
Of Congress. and giving the negro the
privilege of voting, convinced as he is that
the negro's interests are Synonymous with
those of his old master, and that he viii
vote the Conservative ticket throughout
The only fear that he expresses is that
Congress may go farther, aud con6scate
the property Of parties who participated in
the rebellion. He is very firm in his be-
lief that the negro will vote with the South
ern people, unless Congress, by promises
to eonfseate the property Of rebels for
the benefit of negroes, bids higher thar
the South for the negro vote. The General
believes that his people will generally reg
lister and exercise the franchise privilege
under the law, and expresses the hope
that the people, North and South, will
] unite in determination to keep the Radi
cal majority strictly to the landmarks o
the Constitution and law. He emphatieal
ly denies that any portion of the .SOutherr
people, and especially the soldiers of tht
Confederaey, are dislOyal to the Govern
ment of the United States, or that they
have not accepted the verdict of lead ant
iron in good faith.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

Il is generally admitted BY newspapers
throughout the country that the winter has
been al exceedingly fair one for farmers,
There has been snow enough to protect
the wheat, and there is every pgospees cf
abundant crops. Such news is always
cheering at this season Of ths year. and
those who are prone to indulge gloomy
fOrebOdings, may find comfort in turning
their attention % the agricultural regions,
from whence come the greatest necessities
of life.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

Famine is in the South. The gaunt
spectre sglsres in with hollow eyes upon
almost every household Men, women
and children wither beneath his ghasly
glance. Millions Of wailing cries Of hunger
and starvation sound dolefully upon the
breeze. All the blood in the veins Of faith
ers and mothers is turned to tears because
they cannot answer the prayers Of their
pale and wan little ones for bread, the
bread they cannot give Grim Death
alone is gorged in that most unhappy sec
ton. +
Mercy and pity and charity are not ex'
tinct in the hearts of our people. Hun
dreds of movements are made throughou
the country, some of them in the mos
faDatical parts of it, to mitigate the horrOri
of Southern famine. Even the benevolen
poor take from their pockets, in so holy
cause, what they can i'll spare. But 10
while all these things are done, heartiesl
wretch, more thing of hell than earth
rises in the American Congress and pro
poses to wiring Eve hundred millions o
dollars from the suffering and perishiug
section |! And by many the accursed pro
position is received with favor and ap
plause IT'S enough to shock mankind
and all the deyils-except perhaps MOlOch
Louisville oJoarnal,
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sibility of that Before the Southern Pio-
pie become parties to so great wrong
they would still remain out and suffer. By
admitting the Constitutional Amendment" "
be said, Gas proposed. and sending Rsdi-
Gals to Congress from these States, We
would be tying the hands of the Northern
Conservatives and lending ourselves to the
overthrow of the constitutional govern
ment Of our fathers, acts which We can not
consistently consent to.
GENERAL wHEELER.
I called also upon Major General Whee-
lsr. the celebrated cavalry raider. The
General, to use his own words, is ''in ia
vor of peace, security and unity of the
government" He declared be was no
politician, but the war having ended disas-
trously to the South they should accept the
verdict IN good faith. and extending the
hand Of fellowship, unite with ell true pa
triots to maintain the Federal Union and
perpetuate its glory. 1 was very much
pleased with the spirit manifested by the
little sa5ssur. who is evidently sincere in
the views he advanced. He declares that
ever since his parole he has eschewed poll
tics and turned his attention to business,
and that every Southerner should endeavor
to advance the material interests of his
country in preference to quarrelling with
the victor for the purpose Of securing bet
ter terms.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

One reason why the Southern papers do
not make so much 'jubilatiOn'' over the
Connecticut election as some of their Con-
servative contemporaries II the North do,
the Richmond Whig says, is ''becauss
they have forgotten how to crow over cleo
tion results"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26
GENERAL BUcKNER.

This gentleman's views are somewhat
peculiar. He has always argued, and still
insists. that when any people are oppressed
they should resist, and if necessary use
force for aredress Of grievances. He con-
siders that the rebellion was begun at Wash
ington, when encroachments were made up
on the Constitution, and efforts made 10
oppress the South. He declares that be
entered the service to resist usurpation,
and he still adheres to the idea that the re-
bellion was justi6able; yet he is for cheer
fully accepting the results, and gracefully
yielding, to such demands as the conquer
ors make, provided the manhood of the
people is not jeopardIzed. The General,
in course Of conversation, remarked, 81
think that the endurance Of wrong that we
cannot avoid is very different from making
ourselves parties with others to effect
wrongs. To apply that to the present
| mergeucy-Congress has deprived US Of
our Constitutional rights We ought to en-
dure it as patient people. and bide time
when Conservatism, will restore US to our
former condition Of things"
On the question of negro suffrage, the
General said the South must cbeerfully
accept it, and use the negro at the polls,
teaching them that their interests are iden-
tical with those Of the whites that they
must consolidate the people and send to
the State Convention men who truly ex-
press the sentiment of the people, which
are opposed to disfrauchising such men as
Lee, Beauregard and JOHNSON, who were
elevated to the poaitlons they filed BY ths
voice Of the people. II men Of this class
are to be disfranchised, the South should
not be parties to it, but let the responsible
ty rest upon Congress. In answer to tht
question whether he thought the negro
vote would be thrown for the Conservatives
he adds: ''We can diyiyide the vote il
the cities, but IN the country We can yot,
the negro easily" He expressed his de
sire to see tbe South filed up by industri
GUS laborersand capitalists from the North
but he feared in few years this might re
suit disastrously, for his experience show
ed that the Northern men after few years
residence, become even more ultra South
ern than the natives of the soil, and tn
Southern people might have difficulty il
holding them in check. He believed mos
of the people would register and exerois
the franchise, but they never would vote
it involved the disfranchisement Of thei
leaders Let the Radicals take the respon
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

The Southern State Governments are IL
legal, because they did not ratify the Con-
stitutionol Amendment. II they had rati-
fed. there would have been no military
bills, and the assembled wisdom Of the
nation" would not have placed 8 falsshOOd
on record.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

A gold medal of Abraham Lincoln. the
product of penny subscriptions by French
workmen, has been struck in Switzerland
and been presented TO Mrs. Lincoln. Ma
poleon refused permission to have it struck
in any of the imperial mints. A bold
man, that Napoleon and. we are afraid, a
little disloyal withal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

RECENT ELECTIONS. recent cleo
tions show great gains for the Democracy,
and indicate a change in the tide. The
Democratic majority in Columbus, Ohio,
is three times as great as it was three years
ago. They have carried Chillicothe. Ohio,
by majority of FIVE hundred, a gain of
two hundred over last fall. The Radicals
have carried indianapolis township, In
diana, by greatly reduced majority. The
Democratic gain on the vote of year ago
is 783 votes, the Radical majority being
only 424. The whole Democratic ticket
was elected in the city Of Peoria, on the
ed inst. The Democratic gain in one
ward. the Fifth, was 81. These are cheer
ing signs, but two years must elapse be-
fore political revolution ould be Of any
value to the people. The Radicals hold
everything. ng.-Memphis Ledger.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26
The Obieets Of the War.
THE PROMISE !


ResOtged, That the war is not waged on
our part, in any spirit of oppression, or
for any purpose of conquest, or for inter
fering with the right or established ipsti-
tutions of these States, but to defend and
maintain the supremacy of the Cons titution,
and to preserve the Union, with all the
dignity and rights of the several States un-
impaired Congress, July, 1861
THE FULFILLMEET
Negro emancipation suspension of the
habeas corpus; merciless conscriptiOns /;
spies aud informers national debt; op-
Pressive taxation negro suffrage aud ne
gro equality social disorder impaired
credit Radical usurpstion the Sherman
Stevens military subjugation bill. to des-
troy the rights Of the States. overthrow the
Constitution, and prevent the restoration
Of the Union.-Radieai Legislation, 1867.
SANDERS, issuing from beautiful lips,
are Ike spiders crawling from the blush
ing heart of a rose
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

A case Of hydrOphobia is being treated
with apparent success at Beck's station,
near indianapolis, by Bromide of POTASH
um. The account Of the case does not
state prescisely what the treatment is, but
only gives the fact as we state It, and that
the patient is understood to be TecoV-
eriDp,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

a Confederate soldier aamsd Brooks Was
taken prisoner seme three years ago, and.
while in an Indiana prison, Whitfield out ..
model of a cotton press. He claims that
with the help of good gin he can pack .
bale Of cotton, weighing Eve hundred and
twenty-five pounds 10 two hours.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

SLoBBERING IN HoRsEs.-A coFrespon-
dent of the Boston CuIsivator says that
this is a disease in horses. Saltpeter, e
tablespoonful for dose, he has found to
cure the worst case he ever had, and has
not found it necessary to giveaa fourth
dose. He gives a tablespoonful in the
morning. and in three days, if she horse is
not free from it, he repeats tho dose.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

An exchange says that BY laying piece
OF charcoal on a burn, the pain Subsidies
immediately. By leaving the charcoal on
one hour, the would is healed, as has been
demonstrated on several occasions. Il viii
not cost much to try it.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

II, as the poet says. ''beauty draws ug
with a single hair. what oh, What rnust Be
the effect OF = wategEali 90
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

A Doctors wifs attempted to move him
By tears.
''Ann." said he, ''tssrs are useless. I
have Analysed them. They eoatain = lit
lie pbosphOrats Of lime, some chlOEata Of
sodium aud water
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

A dowB-east contemporary advocates fhs
establishment Of Summaries for young
ladies' where spi nOlogy, knitOlogy. weave
ology, oookolOgy, etc, can be taught-sho
graduates to receive the graduates to re-
eeiye the degree Of +. W, or Go foE wives.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

CURE FOR HrDRoruoBtA.-The Indian
aPOlis Journal says: Miss EIler, young
lady living at Beck's station. twelve miles
north of this city. who vas receatiy at
tackled with hydrophObia. is new rapidly
recovering. Bromide Of Potassium frsely
given effected the cure.
What a triumph for chemistry if this be
trina
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

Those people Who turn up their noses
at the world, might do we'll to reflect that
It is as good world as they we're ever IN,
and better one than they are likely ever
70 get mo again.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

The HeraLd's Charleston dispatch says at
a meeting Of the prominent citizens Of that
place on the Cd inst, it was unanimously
agreed that the freedmen should be ehtitl-
ed to ruu some one Of their color on the
white mans ticket to the convention aud
State Legislature. The meeting vas COM
posed, IN large proportion, Of old Demo-
Gratis and secessionists, and General Wade
Hampton sent letter to it, urging the pol
icy Of giving the negroes representation.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26

DvERTIsIEe.-Prentice Of the Lofts.
vile JOsr7sa5. in its issSe Of the ssth ult.,
says ''We have been carrying on the LOus
isviile JOsrnal bstween thiFty-six aud thir-
ty-seyen- years. Daring that time We have
known no man Of business in the city TO
fail who advertised literally. And We
have known 10 man 70 succeed in any con
siderable, if even in respectable degree,
who oidg't advertise literally
.sWife, I am TO live but few hours as
most--I shall soon be in heaven."
''You'n never be any nearer than you
are now. you old brute You'd look we'll
stuck up in heaveu--I think see fou
now"
''Dolphus, DOlphusl IL hoarsely grOWl-
ed the old man. ''bring me my cane and Let
me larrup the old trollop once more before
die"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-26
THE 80 VIC ED Us.
What Generals Hood, Buckner and Whee-
Ter thinks Of the Situation.

New Orleans Cor. of the n. z. Herald.l
GENERAL HOOD.
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-08
CESAR ON THE EUPERCAI

Gen George H. Thomas, who was nomi-
mated by the Radical Convention in this
city on the 22d, for the next Presidency,
has written a letter to Mr. Senter, the
mover Of the resolution which closes as
follows
But being fully aware Of my disqualified
ton for the high and responsible Office for
which find myself nominated so mex-
pectedly, csunot think, for one moment,
Of allowing my name to be used in connec-
lion Herewith. Having been educated as
n soldier, and served for the past twenty
wears in the army, ! am much better quail
ted 20 continue my duties as a citizen Of
the United States in that department Of the
government than in any other. l therefore
have to request that you will make known
my sentiments in the matter to the citizens
Of Tennessee.
/ remain, most truly, yours,
Gro. II. THOMAS.
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-08
Destltnfion I'm AInhnmn.

CINCRNATI, March THE committee
appointed by the Chamber of Commerce to
examine the claims Of committee now
here from Cherokee county, Alabama, re-
garding the restitution of the people in
that county, reported to the Chamber to-day
that about five thousand people are wholly
destitute of food, and recommended that
donations be made Immediately of money
or corn to meet their necessities. The pro
prietOrs of all the boats running in the
Memphis and New Orleans trade offer to
carry donations thus made free of charge to
Memphis.