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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-03-29
WIN. K. DEGRAFFEEREID.
New ORLEANS. La, March 10, 1867.

New ORLEANS, La, March 8, 1867.
To the Editor of the New Orleans Times:
DEAR SIR In your paper of yesterday,
you have expressed desire to hear the
views of several gentlemen upon the poll
teal condition of the country. find my
name mentioned upon your list, and pro-
ceed, without hesitation, to respond.
AS I have never applied myself to poll
tics, I cannot claim to speak to the wise
statesmen of the country, who are deVOt
ing their energies to the solution of the
problem which agitates the public mind
I can only speak the plain, honest conyic-
tons of a soldier.
1t can hardly be necessary at this late day,
to enter into the discussion of the matter
that is usually brought up in arguing upon
the proposed plan for reconstructing the
Government. Indeed, think that many
of them are not pertinent to the question.
The striking feature. and the one that
our people should keep IN view, is, that we
are conquered people. Recognizing this
fact fairly and squarely, there is but one
course left for wise men to pursue. Ac-
cept the terms that are offered us by the
conquerors There can be no discredit to
a conquered people for accepting the con-
ditions offered by their conquerors. Nor
is there any occasion for feeling of HUI
initiation. We have made an honest, and
hope that may say, creditable fight,
but we have lost Let US come forward
then and accept the ends involved in the
struggle.
Our people earnestly desire that the con-
stitutional government shall be re-estab-
lished, and the only means to accomplish
this is to comply with the requirements OF
the recent Congressional legislation.
1t is SAID by some that Congress will
not receive US even after we have complied
with their conditions. But 1 can find no
sufficient reason for entertaining this pro-
opposition for moment I canRot admit
that the representative men Of great ma
ton could make such a plan in bad faith.
/ Admitting, however, that there is such a
mental reservation, can that be any excuse
/ for US in failing to discharge our duty p
! Let us accept the terms as we are in duty
/ bound to do, and if there Is a lack of good
I faith. let it be upon others.
I am, very respectfully. your most ODE
/ dent servant, JAS. LoNGsTREET.
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For the Citizen.I
In Memoriam.


Gen. G. Wash Gordon-a name familiar
to many-a name respected. cherished, and
loved as be who bore it unblemished. SO
proudly through life-a King among men
He was a rapid thinker, and as a speaker,
remarkable for singular cepiousness of IL
lustratiou, olearness of thought, and great
directness in his estimate of ultimate re.
suits. With prayerful heart and uplifted
hand, he plead with Christian eloquence.
to stay the maddening tide, the rushing
storm whose hurting thunders were heard
from Maine to Louisiana, from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, in vain With his pro-
phetic eye he saw the coming destiny of
his country, and wept as Wellington did
when he looked upon an ensanguined bat
tle-feld. He saw Nation divided, the
soldiers weary march, the pestilential hos
pital and the siupendious battlefield
crimsoned with brothers. blood The
storm burst,
"IIe fought but not with love of strife he struck
/ but to defend,
And ere he turned apeOple'sfo foe, he sought to be
! a friend,
BE strove to keep his countrys right by reasons
/ gentle word,
And siFhed when fell Injustice threw the ehal-
| lenge-sword to sword
He stood the firm, the calm, the wise, the patriot
and sage;
| He showed no deep avenging hate no burst of
! deepest rage"
We find him upon the battlefield of
Donaldson a dauntless Captain with up
lifted sword, rallying and urging his regi-
ment forward in the face of belching can
non, and accumulating death, and ohok-
ing battle-atmosphere,- Still to the rescue,
was his fearless command
The fierce conflict lulls. In loathsome
Bastile upon a little isle in Lake Erie, al
most frozen, we find Capt. Gordon gather
ing his shivering comrades around him,
kneehng in fervent prayer, night and morn.
ing, to Him who governs and rules the
Universe. and He who cares even for the
little sparrow, remembered them in theiI
hour of desolation
Day after day, and night after night
came and went, and Hope long deferred,
brought no complaint as he looked JUROR
wasting limbs, and knelt by the pallet o.
the dying soldier, receiving their farewell
message to dear ones at home
At last, an exchange is determined on
and he is conveyed with other sufferers t.
/ Vicksburg, and there, friends, and prison
er-comrades gather around the death-beC
ST the worn warrior. In strange land
away from loved ties of home, he yield
his spirit to Him who gave it, and Angel
may have wept, as we have, over the dealt
of this good man.
He sleeps by the dark rolling waters o
the Mississippi, and the world has lost on,
of that class of men, few in number, who
, exhibit the combination, so rare and 81
precious, of great head and a noble heart
Nj +
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A. and B. bought so bushels of wheat,
for which they paid 5000. A. paid $780,
90, aud B. $1,000. There being differ
ence in the quality of the wheat. A. agreed
to pay 10 cents more per busheI to have
his of the best. What is the price per
bushel, and what amount does each receive?
March q, 1867.
MEssRs. -EDIToRs The above problem
is Published in your paper of the 22d inst,
the following is a solution of it,
SOLUTION.
A. and B. are partners in the wheat, A.
owns of it, and B. SIS. They sell 90
bushels of it at 10 cents profit on the bush
el, making gain of two dollars. a. is
emitted to 2-5 of the gain, and B. 3.5. AS.
gain is 80 cents, and BIS. S1.2O. A. the
purchaser, being a partner, only pays BIS
gain which is SI2O. A. first paid SEQ
for 90 bushels, and afterwards pays B. his
gain, $1.2O, making AS. 90 bushels eos
him S21.2O or S1,O6 cents per bushel. B
first paid $50 for 80 bushels, and after
wards receives from A. $1.2O, making hii
80 bushels cost him $50, less s1.2o which
is $3.50 or 90 cents per bushel.
ANswRR.-A. receives 90 bushels a
SI.o6 cents per bushel B. receives 81
bushels at 95 cents per bushel.
Respectfully,
=
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Congressional.

The Senate passed resolution to ad-
journ at ] 2 M, yesterday. In the House
joint resolutions expressing sympathy with
the Fenians, and disapprobatiOn at the pro
posed British confederation of provinces
on our Northern frontier. Things will
soon become complicated between this
country and England.
House joint resolution to suspend fur
Their proceedings under the act to appoint
a commission to pay loyal slave owners for
slaves enlisted in che Federal army. was
passed in the Senate last Thursday, by a
vote of 50 to z.
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A CoLoRED CAPTAIN.-GoV. Brownlow,
after long and arduous search. has at last
found a cOlored man willing to accept a
commission in the ''loyal militia" Only
a few days since Que Of our leading tonso-
rial artists refused Colonel's commission,
Within the last day or two. however. James
S. Sumner was PrOfered Captaincy, and
promptly accepted the commission, which
he now carries in his brooches pocket
Sumner is well known among the colored
population. Rumor has it that a Major
Generals commission was rendered Frank
Parrish, but that he peremptorily refused
it, Union and Dispatch.
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RICHMOND, VA, March 22.-It will be
authOritatively announced tomorrow that
Gen. Robert E. Lee is in favor of the peo-
pie voting Cor a Convention. and every
man not actually DISTINGUISHED should not
only take the necessary steps to prepare
himself, but to prepare all his friends,
white and colored, to vote. He thinks the
cooperation of all the people, officials and
citizens, should be prompt, and their chief
object should be to get as quickly and
quietly as possible back into the Union
with such rights as are left. He thinks
the oath is such as every citizen not dis
franchised ought to be able to take as a
simple matter of truth and duty as citi-
zens of the country.
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newspapers in the capitals of each Of the
said Confederate States.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted. That
if the owners of the said seized aud for
feited estates shall, within ninety days af-
ter the first publication of the said proyi-
siOns. pay into the Treasury of the United
States the sum assessed on their estates
respectively, all Of their estates and lands
not actually appropriated to the liberated
slaves shall be released and restored to their
owners.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That
all lands, estates and property of whateY-
er kind, which shall not be redeemed, as
aforesaid, in the ninety days, shall be sold
and converted into money in such time and
manner as may be deemed by the said com
missioners most advantageous to the Uni
ted States provided, that no arabic land
shall be sold in larger tracts than five hum
dred acres and provided further. that no
longer credit shall be given than three
years.
The Macon, Ga, papers contain the fol-
lowing letter from Senator Sherman to a
citizen of that place, which is important as
containing pledge that the military re-
construction bill viii be held as fnality,
if acted upon and accepted by the ezcIud
ed States
UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER, Wash.
ington, March 12, I867.-Dear Sir Your
letter of the 9th inst, is received. The
bill you referred to was passed in the earn
est hope that it would tend to the full res
toration of all the States to all their right:
in the Union The sixth section 1 think
too harsh. but it was put in the House a;
the result of opposition from both extremes
At the request of large numbers from the
South, we are passing supplementary &C
to provide machinery of reconstruction
The original bill left all of this to eacl
! State, but there was danger of double or
4 CARNATIONS and conventions, and therefore
to avoid further strife or difference, this
new act will be passed. 1t is merely
scafolding.
Ny earnest conviction is, that the SOutl
should not forego this opportunity to be res
tored to representation and you may rely
upon it, that majority in both House
will adhere to this offer, and execute it il
good faith. and to the letter, if your PEG
pie will do likewise. Neither section ca
he prosperous while the present condition
of military surveillance prevails.
You can do as you please with this.
Very truly yours,
john SHERMAN.
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Land for Sale
On Monday the 18th day of April next,

7 will sell TO the highest bidder before the court
i house in the town Of Pulaski, about 179 acres of
land lying the waters OF Big creek, IN civil dis
trct Is, in Giles county, adjoining the lands Of
SebOTn Tucker on the east, the lands Of John Ball
the south, the lands of II. Cook and B. Petty on
the west, and the lands of Robert Laird on the
north, on which Ealon and Washington Carpenter
now live, and on which there two dwelling hou-
and other Improvements, which was conveyed
to me by deed of trust on the 10th day of Sept,
1850, secure the debts therein mentioned and for
which the same viii be sold. Said deed is recorded
in Book a. A, page 6O7, in the Registers office
at Pulaski. Said land will be sold a credit Of six
and twelve months, taking notes with good security
and retaining lien for the purchase money.
mar29-4t J. g. LESTER, Trustee.
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A Good Farm for Sale.

I offer the remaining portion Of my Land for sale,
L containing over 800 acres, lying miles from
Prospect Depot, in a good neghborhood. Has on
II two settlements, abundance Of water and timber,
about 175 cleared and under good fence, i'm
provements tolerably good Cotton gin and press
horse mill, good apple and peach orchards. deem
it useless to give further description would
like to see before purchasing.
TERMs:-One half in hand before possession is
given, the other to suit purchaser by paying inter
est. Land bound for the remainder.
marS-4t CAREY GILBERT,
Poplar Hill Giles CO., Tenn.
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Proceedings Of the Supreme Court.

A4UVOOU4HSo u S4LO D4P OLLIO OVU4I'
NASHVILLE, March 21st, l867.-Brom-
field L. Ridley, VS.. Freeman Sherbrook.-
By Judge Shackelford. Petition dismis-
sed. This case involved the constitution
ality Of the Franchise Law, the Court hold
ing that the right to vote was a political
privilege that the Legislature under the
ConstituHoEs had right to give or with
hold, and that the amendment to the Con-
stitution of 865lconferred upon the Leg
islature first, to assemble the power to lin
it the elective franchise, and that the law,
with its amendments, was constitutional
and binding.
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ON Saturday, the Both day Of March, 1867. will
~ sell to the highest bidder at thccouTt house door
in Pulaski for cash, tract Of land lying on Pigeon
Roost creek, bounded on the south and west by the
land Of David Maxwell, tho north and ,ast bv
shout twenty acres. LEVIED on as the property Of
james McNeice to satisfy a Fl Fa in my hands. is
sued from the circuit court Of Giles county in favor
Of T. EdTuundsOn. a. HEDEN
mar Dp'ty Shift
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The Worcester Spy boasts that the Re-
publican party possesses about all the
wealth of the whole country. There is
too much truth in this boast, for it has
swept into its pockets nearly every movea-
bic thing it could lay its hands on in the
whole Southern half Of the country
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Tribute of Respect.

At a regular meeting of Pulaski Lodge,
No. 10, I. o. o. F., the following resolu-
tons were adopted
WHEREAS, The Advise Creator and
Preserver of the Universe, in His Myste-
rious Providence, has seen fit to take from
the Order our much esteemed Brother,
John Clegg, and it being due his memory
that we pay this last tribute of respect,
Therefore,
ResoZUed, That in the death of Brother
Clegg, the Order has lost a member, who
though sometimes remiss and forgetful Of
the duties and obligations of true Odd
Fellow, was nevertheless imbued with
those principles of Odd Fellowship that &C
tuate men to deeds of charity and benevo-
lence one who was ever ready to relieve
the distressed, visit the sick, and admins
ter to the wants of the widow and orphan.
RESOLVED, That we recognized aud es-
teemed our departed Brother as an honest
man one that never lost sight of, or ceas-
ed to practice, the principles of Friend
ship, Love and Truth" the links" that
bind US as a band of Brothers, the best and
surest safeguards against the ills of life
and a respected citizen, devoted hus-
band and tender father.
Re8oIved, That we cincerely sympathise
with the bereaved wife and family Of the
deceased Brother, in the great loss they
have sustained.
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the
Lodge be instructed to forward a copy OF
these resolutions to the family of the de-
ceased, and that the Editor of the Pulaski
| CITIZEN be requested to publish the same
in the next issue of his paper.
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]. NJ. c., looses sight of the problem be-
fore he completes the solution, and it is
therefore, incorrect. In the problem he
will see that A. is to pay $50, and B. $50
no more and no less. Now, the question
is, how much wheat did each get for
the money paid RESPECTIVE and what
price did each pay.
ANSWER TO PRoBLEM.-MR. MCCORD:-
Here is the answer to problem contained IL
your last issue:
A. pays within fraction of s1.o6 10
per bu., and gets within a fraction of Is
As bushels.
B. pays within fraction of SO 1;5 cents
per bu., and gets within small fraction OF
81 l. bushels.
A sol ution will be furnished if desired.
Pulaski, March 25.
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InsoIvent Notice

HAVING suggested the insolvency Of the estate Of
Il Robert +. Mathews, decd. to the county court
Of Giles -ounty, those having claims against the
same are notified to file them duly authenticated
barred. Tmar29-4tI WM. MCKISSACK, admir-.
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WASHINGTON, March 24.-The President
has been urged by prominent Republicans
and others to release jeff. Davis on his
own recognizance, because there IS no
prospect of Chief Justice Chase holding a
court in Virginia so long as that State is
under control of military authority, he
deeming it beneath the dignity of Judge
of the Supreme Court to preside in dis
trict under such control. There is good
reason for saying that within the next ten
days Davis will be released, upon his own
recognizance to answer when called upon.
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For Rent

A BOUT 200 acres of land lying on Richland creek,
II miles west of Pulaski, being a part of the well
known Clack farm. 1t Is in good repair and equal
to any land in the State in fertility soil and adapta
ton to the cultivation of cotton, small
grain, and will be rented upon very liberal terms.
KINS on the premises. mar 15-2t
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FOR SATH

A NO. Mich COW, Q years old next April. will
u have her second calf by 10th inst. Sired by Dr.
Patterson's bull Of Davidson CO., ont Of an old
isshoned crunpley horned cow-with by Duke
Of Gilcs-kiHd and no faults. Price R75
Also. one year old Bull, (DurhaIn) descended
from SIR. Z. Aitchenson Alexander stock. Roam,
very large.
One Bull calf q yr. old, Of Gen Harding mich
stock.
An extra year old Black Jack-siFed by my i'm
from Henry Clay's stock
Thoroughbred Colts and Fillies, Saddle do do.
Jacks, Milk stock, Cashmere Goats-wool and NUT
ton combined, Sheep, Berkshire Hogs, --latest i'm
portatiop,) Game Chickens, English and Sumatry)
pure white Ducks Black and Tan Terriers, &c,
&c, bred and for sale by
GEO. T. ALTMAN.
Mile South Of Cornersviue,
MARLIN Giles county, Tenn,
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Masonic NC+ica.

A Ii the members OF Pulaski Lodge, No. l0l, Free
II and Accepted MasOns, are hereby notified to bo
present at the next stated meeting of the Lodge
Monday night the 1st of April.
By order of the Lodge. Q. c. ALTERNATELY,
mar Is st Sec V.
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Steam Saw 81 Grist Mill
FOR SALE

WE offer for sale Steam Saw and Grist Mill,
w with everything about it in good running
der, and in good locality for timber. We have
enough poplar timber purchased to the mill for
five years which we viii sell with the mill, and
there is a great demand for lumber in this part Of
the country. Also, fine iron axle log wagons
every thing petecrOss cut saws, axes and tools
necessary for repairing machinery. Our corn Mill
grind 200 Bushels in 10 hours, and the mill
can cut 5000 feet of lumber in the same. time.
Terms made koowD application to either of
Mt. Pleasant, Maury CO., Tenn, where either of
US can be found at any time.
mar l5-lm CROSS e DOUGLAS.
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The resolution adopted by the House of
Representatives Saturday makes no appro-
priation of money, but merely provides
that Gen. Howard shall, from funds now
standing to the credit of his Bureau, relieve
distress and suffering among all classes OF
people in the South. The resolution went
through the House by yeas SO, nays 81.
The Senate concurred il the action of the
House.
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The Presidents veto message of the
supplementary reconstruction bill was re-
ceived in the House of Representatives
Saturday at Q o'clock, being the twelfth
veto message received from the President
within fifteen months. 1t was read and
carefully listened to by the House, and
without one word of debate of dilatory
motion, the blu was passed over the veto
by party vote of ia to 81. 1t was sent
to the Senate and was there passed without
any debate, by vote of 40 to 7. It was
then declared by the President of the Sen
ate to be the law.
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Reports from the Northwest, Kentucky
and Virginia, all represent the wheat crop
as remarkably promising.
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The Richmond Enquirer indorses the
course of Wade Hampton and other prom
inent Carolinians, as indicated at the Col
umbia meet ing of freedmen, on the 18th
inst, and urges the people of Virginia to
adopt promptly course of conduct cal
culated to bring about harmony between
the white and coIlored elements of the pop
ulation
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MISSISSIPPI Moves FOR AN INJUNcTIoN.-
The MissisSiPpiaa learns from undoubted
authority that Judge Sharkey telegraphed
to Gov. Humphreys for permission to file a
bill in the name of the State of Mississippi,
to enjoin all proceedings to subject the peo-
pie of that State to military rule, under
the recent act of Congress. and that the
Governor Immediately replied, giving the
desired authority. Since the the Governor
has received a telegram from Judge Shar-
key upon the subject, stating that the
prospects are good"
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TENNESSEE HOUSE,
Pulaski, Tenn.
FRANK HANsO&, Proprietor

HAVING just reftted the establishment and sup
IL piled the rooms with new and comfortable fur
nituTe, carpets, DC, the proprietor is pleased 20
nouuce to the travelling public that he is prepared
to accommodate them in as good style as any hotel
IN .he country. Neat and oblging walters, AID ev-
erything to render guests comfortable. Board per
month $50; per week with lodging, 3d. per day with
lodging 50. jan25-1y
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GOIITMRTTS

THE old veteran, Columbus, is withdrawn from
the public, having served faithfully to a good
old age, and wish to reserve him for ourselves.
Those who bred to him last season and failed TO get
a colt, win be served this season according 20 con
tract. mar22-lm FRANK MAXWELL 81 co.
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.Advices from North Alabama state that
the inhabitants living distance from the
railroads are in danger of starvation, and
unless relief reaches them soon, the whole
range of counties in the Sand mountain re-
gion will be depopulated. The recent
floods destroyed over three thousand bush
els of corn, and large amount Of food
sent by relief associations to sufferers.
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Monuments.

G. W. WOODRING is now prepared to furnish
Marble Monuments Of any quality, style OF size, TO
order. Call and examine his sketches and drafts.-
The monuments are delivered at the cemetery, let
tered and finished in the highest style of art cheap
or than they can be bought anywhere in the United
States. fsbl5-4m
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The City Council of Memphis made an
appropriation of $500, 900, by vote of
six to eight, to pay the Metropolitan police.
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Pedigree.

Young Commodore was sired by Commodore, the
property of John NJ. Bolts of Virginia, he by Bos-
ton sife Of Lee, mpte Lexington, &c. out Of Ro-
sale Sommers, dam of Revenue, Financier, &C.
Boston was by Timoleon and he by Sir Archy.
Young CommOdOies dam 3 said to be by Gold
boy, he by Industry and he by Sir Archy. have
in my possession the pedigree Of Commodore run
ming back for more than century through the best
stock of Turf Horses that the racing calendar gives
any account Of. mar 29-1m. VIM. PERRY.