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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-12

neA- In Detroit, on Wednesday, race
was run between three horses and three
Indians, the latter running three and a
fourth miles to the borses' six. The
Indians won in fifteen minutes and
thirty-fve and a half seconds. Mr..
Deerfoot subsequently ran a quarter OF
a mile in l:O4f.
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rayr The Parisian Cab Companv 4

nay The Parisian Cab Company is
said to own $500 vehicles, and employ
68l5 persons, 1925 being drivers. Not
withstanding their strict regulations,
they estimate that their drivers rob
them of many thousand dollars yearly,
and they expend $4,000 year for
" spoilers to detect this thievery.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-12

neA. The first wrought iron rail ever
made, the american artisan thinks,
was probably made by rolling, in 1920.
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ENGLISH EEMALE BITTERS,


A compound that is actually restoring health
to more sickly females than all other remedies
combined. IL only proposes 10 cure those
Uterine Complaints peculiar to tho female sex.
1t is Endorsed by the medical profession all
over the country. rs it is no secret nor patent.
and effects cures bona tide cures after.all other
means fail.
OLD AND YOUNG FEMALES
Have long needed medicine that would relieve
them of all those Female Complaints and
Irregularities which prove so troublesome all
over the Southern country, and they can now
confidently rely upon the curative powers Of tho
English Female BiFers. 1t arouses. restores
and regulates. lis cures are rapid and perma
nent If troubled with painful. suppressed or
irregular Menstruation, Hysterics. ,Leucorrhoea
or Whites, Fallingof the Womb, liberation of
the Womb. Chlorosis, and all those symptoms
THAT YOUNG GIRL,
Whose bloom has departed from her cheeks /;
whose eye has lost its lustre; whose intellect
has lost its brightness; whose countenance
ciated. feeble, lifeless, repulsive with palpita-
ton of the heart, swimming of the head. cold
feet and hands, can be restored to perfect health
and beauty by using the English Female
Bitters.
MARRIED LADIES,
As you value your life, and health, and per-
sonal charms; as you are now troubled with
some complaint peculiar to your sex: as you
have been under treatment of some physician
without benefit; as you have nearly concluded
that your ease cannot be reached let us insist.
lot us urge you to aside your fears and pre-
judices, in regard to sadvertised remedies, for
one time in your life, and try one single bottle
of English Fomale Bitters.
We arc well aware that many persons snu
at the idea of using an article that is adver-
tised, and we know of many ubbing individ-
uals in this community, and if they had their
way, many OF them would snub all you sickly
females in your graves. Cannot a worthy medi-
cine be advertised? Send Immediately, and
procure bottle q TINS powerful Uterine st aaS
and color Sold by all Druggists.
J. p. DR0MG00LE & CO., Proprictors,
39l Main street. Memphis.
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B@" A Mississippi chemist is said to
have discovered a method of manufac-
turing a golden fluid for writing.
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The fortieih Congress will still have
the opportunity, fit has the wisdom and
the courage, 10 provide for q uniform
national system Of suffrage, and Of edu-
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vOTTR. WIFE

Possesses charms in proportion to her health
and she measures q husbands love by the inte-
rest he evinces in her welfare while she is sick.
Now. if you wish to retain in tact your wife's
that she regain her health and former beauty,
Won should. by all menns procure one bnttla vi
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USsELl. GROVE &CO., GAYOSO PLA-
Is ming Mill, 2l2 Adams street, east of the
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IL, tors and Commission Merchants, No. l3l3
IInion street room 26 Lee Block, 3-t
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DEILLY & REEADY, DEALERS IN GRO
IL ceries and Plantation Supplies, l43 Main.
DICB & ENGLE, DEALERS IN DRY
IL Goods, 224 Main street.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-30
ConAseation.


The american Union says The system
of robbing the people at the hands of the
government, involved in the idea of eonfs-
cation, will fail of Its purpose. It is a
bird that will foul it's own nest. Lt is q
chicken that will come home to rooss. It
is an engineer that will be ''hOisted by his
own petaEd." L is guillotine that will
take off the head Of it's inventor.
What is confscation for It can allege
but two pretexts. lst. Punishment Of
those against whose property tits directed.
Cd. To create fund to pay the debt which
rebellion created. So far as the first is
concerned, the punishment will be some
thing like the punishment inflicted upon
Sampson by the Pltilistines when he pulled
the temple down over their heads. He
died. and they died. To enforce suck a
law, if passed, would require an army OF
officials. including courts, uaarshals, in
formers, witnesses. jurors, &c, &o., whose
salaries alone would absorb the entire pro-
ceeds of coniscation. The condscated
property, at forced sale. would find few
bidders, and the greater part would go
back on the hands of the government. 1t
could not sell for enough to pay expenses
and if it goes on to give it away, it will
find that it will have to protect the donee
in his possession at an expense of life and
Of treasure, st which the Northern States
will revolt with aunanimity, not now an
tieipated. AS for bringing money into the
Treasury to pay the debt, it viii, on the
contrary, add to the debt. The utter pros
titution of all business at the South when
it is attempted, and the consequent cessa-
ton of revenue from that section, will in
crease the already heavy burdens Of taxa
ton upon the North, and at the first colleo-
ton of the :ax, the eyes OF the Northern
people will be opened to the enormities Of
the confscation humbug, and they win
rise up and put an end to it and its authors.
Nobody but an arrant fool viii ever buy
real estate at confscation sale. Nobody
but rogue will accept Of gift Of confs-
Gated property. The whole scheme Of con-
fscation is a cheat aud bumbug, which
even the unlimited power of a moboeracy
can neither invest with responsibility, per-
manency or safety. It may be attempted.
We cannot tell. But if it is, and when il
is, its results viii verify what is written
above.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-30

4 writer to the New York Citizen who
is evidently familiar with the South, hav-
ing campaigned over it as Union officer,
and observed much on his marches, con-
firms with respect to the whole South what
we know to be true with respect to Tennes-
see. "When hear says he, ''of North
ern people taking about loyal UniOnists, I
abominate the color of my skin, and would
any day rather shake hands with an honest
nigger who was earnest (and seyen-eighths
of them were) in the fight against the
North, and who was afterwards deluded
into the notion that the North held his
truest friends; would much sooner shake
his hand than that of Parson Brownlow, of
Tennessee, or John Minor Bolts, of Vir.
ginia, to say nothing of the eaaailIs who
have crspt into favor or power on the Shout
ders of supposed Unionism."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-30
NUMBER So.
Turnips-Growing With Com.


The present prospect is that We shall
have an immense crop of corn in Tennes-
see this year, but our farmers should make
provision for saving as much OF this corn
as possible, by feeding their stock on other
crops to as large an extent as possible
TuTnips will be found very useful as food
for hogs and COWS, and every farmer can
have large or small crop as he may de-
sire. Turnips sowu by the 18th of this
month viii produce well, and with a favo-
rabie season later sowing will come to
perfection. It will be well to sow SCOT,
lime or a mixture of two or more of these
over your farnips. Ellis. 30 Old urilsr 81
busbandrys says. TuTnips aoozss absat
tWenty-four hours after they are up will be
entirely secured from the fy." Some ad-
wise, and it may be well, if not too much
trouble, to leach SCOT and sprinkle the
young turnips with the liquor. McNahon.
in treating Of the cultivation of turuips,
says: .f.....-
'sThe plant should be left from seven to
twelve inches every way this must be
regulated according to the strength of the
land, the time of sowing, and the kind of
turnips cultivated strong ground and
early sowing always producing the largest
roots. f-r a.E
The width Of the hoe should be in pros
portion to the medium distance to be left
between the plants, and this to their ex-
pected size. .,s...-r.
The critical time Of the Grst hoeing is,
when the plants, as they lie spread on the
ground, are nearly the size Of the palm of
the hand; il, however, seed weeds be
numerous and luxuriant, they ought to be
checked before the turnip plants arrive at
that size, lest being drawn up tall and slsn-
der. they sho0ld acquire a weak. sickly
habit. A second hoeing should be given
when the leaves are grown to the height of
eight or nine inches, in order to destroy
weeds, loosen the earth, and finally to reg.
ulate the plants a third, if found necessa-
ry. may be given at any subsequent period.
Here will the farmer exclaim against the
expense and trouble of hoeing but let
him try one acre in this way, and leave an
other of the same quality to nature, as is
too frequently done, aud he will find chat
the extra produce Of the hoed acre win
more than compensate for the labor bestOw-
ed"
Those who have no ground which they
can conveniently set apart for turnips alone
can plant this crop among their cern. Il
is much better for the farmer to occupy
the soil monopolized by the exhausting
weeds with some crop that will contribute
to his resources, than to have it filed with
such productions, and which will not only
"sap the land" most wretchedly but foul
it by multitudinous seeds. The seed may
be plOwed in or if the ground be clear of
weeds; the seed my be sown just before
a rain and allow that to cover it. A large
crop Of turnips may be produced in this
way, which viii be found valuable for feed
| ing stock
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-30
The Secret of Happiness


The most common error of men and wo-
men, is that of looking for happiness some
where outside of useful work. It has never
been found, when thus sought and never
will be, while the world stands; and soon
er the truth is known the better for every
one. If you doubt the proposition, glance
around your friends and acquaintances,
and select those who appear to have the
most enjoyment in life. Are they the
idlers, and pleasure seekers, or the earnest
workers? We know what your answer
will be. ~
Of all the miserable human beings ii
has been our misfortune to know, they
were the most wretched who had retired
from useful smyloyment in order to enjoy
themselves. Why, the slave at his enforo-
ed labor, OF the hungry toiler Tor bread,
we're supremely happy in comparison.
Earnestly would Repress upon young
minds, the truth We have stated. It lies
at the foundation Of al well-doiug, and
weIl-being. 1t gives tEanquility and pleas
ure to the youth just Stepping across The
threshold Of rational life. as wall as shs
man whose years ars beginning to rest up,
on his stoop Shoulders. Be ever engaged
in useful work, if you would be happy
This is the great secret.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-30
WhiatIinr-

Next 10 laughing. whistling is on one of
the most philosophical things in which a
fellow of good spirits can indulge. Whist
ling is a proper prescription for keeping up
the eourage-it might better be said good
spirits. Some genial philosopher has well
said on this subject. that whistling is a
great institution. It oils the wheels of
care. supplies the place of sunshine. A
man who whistles has q good heart under
his shirt front. Such man not only works
more willingly, but works more constant
ly. A whistling cobbler- will earn as much
money again as cOrdwainer who gives
way to low spirits and indigestion. Mean
or avaricious men never whistle. The
man who attacks whistlers throws stone at
the head of hilarity, and would, if he could,
rob June Of its rOses-August Of its mea-
dow laEks.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-30
A aDivine' Scandal.

We see our exchanges are giving one
William Smith, Radical Divine, eonside-
Table notoriety. Smith formerly preached
Radicalism, and forgot the doctrines of
our Savior, at Monroeviile, this county
While there he seduced his own sister-in-
law, little girl thirteen years old. He
succeeded in his hellish designs by point
ing out to her sundrY passages Of the scrip
ture, which he said justified his conduct,
and which he declared made it obligatory
on her part. For six years did this divine
Radical carry on illicit intercourse with
the girl, and during al that time be has
been denonnci1e 9he Dsmoorssic party as
bad. The girl was induced through the
oficiousness of the robber of heF chastity,
to marry the brother-in-law. By his first
wife, of the divine. The wedding was has
tily conceived, and the act as hastily con-
summated. in order to hide the shame of
the girl which would soon be known
The husband, however, withdrew from the
polluted woman, and left her to seek shell
ter with her seducer. The above We learn
from the Van Vert Tunes, aud We see by
the Ligonier BannsFs that the thing, Smith,
was to have addressed Radical pow WOW
in that village last week. 'Brelhren, let
US pray."-Fo7t Wayne md Democrat.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-30
Budding Fruit Trees.

From about the middle Of July to the
last Of August is considered the most IA
vorable time to bud fruit trees. It is a
simple operation. requiring no special art,
and is performed in brief period. To the
novice. we will explain the process-well
knowing that old fruit culturalists need
no instructions. Budding is the introduce
ton Of the bud of one tree beneath tho
bark Of another. This should be done
when the new wood is in its most vigorous
growth. A bud is taken from branch Of
this years growth. with small portion Of
the bark, cut lsngthwise. This is inserted
beneath the bark Of the tree intended to be
budded-sIight incision being made to re-
eeive t Tbe esess or shfs bark are then
raised and the bud pushed in. a bsudage
Of cloth, bass or corn husk, is strapped
round, and then the Job is completed. Care
should be taken not to bruiso the bud or
bark. Some Of our best fruits are pFopa.
gated in this way Union and Bispateh.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-30

One Of she most healthy and nutrleious
vegetables is the okra, which is raised in
such an abundance in our climate. We
are surprised that 80 little attention is giY-
en- 70 preserving it for use through winter,
when it can be done 30 easily aud cheaply.
The following recipe for doing il is fur
nished BY one Of our most practical and ex.
perieneed gardeners and agriculturalists
Take clean barrel, sprinkle salt ia the
bottom, (cOver the bottom j then lay down
a layer Of Okra evenly over the surface Of
the salt then, on this, another layer Of
okra, as before, and 30 on till the barrel is
full /; or you have put IS much as desired.
covering the whole, when done. with
thick layer Of salt Union asaa DisDasek.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-30

The Memphis Ledger says The day is
near at hand when 10 white man will dare
own in the South that he ever belonged to
the Radical party. Ii man would so in
TO genteel society he is obliged TO shave.
dress and clean up occasionally. Dirty
fellows are not admitted there, The day
will come when moral 1epers win be shut
out also. But how is it with men who
now go with the Radical side Dare any
man call it the honest and respectable one?
To go with the venal who are ''on the
make, " after the loaves and fishes, wrong
ful ofice-holders and ofice-hunters, and
renegades from all armies and all parties,
and who for selfish and demagogue purpO-
ses, are leading an ignorant herd Of blacks
to rum themselves and their country.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-30

An exchange says: ga poison of any
conceivable description and degree Of pO-
tency, which has been swallowed, intention
ally or by accident, may be rendered in
stantly harmless by swallowing two giIls Of
sweet oil. An individual with a very
strong constitution should take twice the
quantity. This oil will nsutralize every
form of vegetable or mineral poison with
which physicians or chemists are acquaint-
al
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-30

GRAEr.-It cannot be denied that Gen.
Grant is the MOST prominent aud influen-
tial man iu the republic at the present time.
He is chary man in words, and eau
tious man in acts. Circumstances have
led him in the last few days, to depsrt
from his usual retieence and speak in an
act which is louder than words. The re-
tention of Stanton as Secretary of War
vas part of the Congressional Radical
programme. Grant sau sponte, has been
the means of defeating it. The New
York 7ribune-the Ajax lebanon of the
Radical press, and the frankest knightliest
journal in the country-boldly leads the as
sault upon him, and essays to prove that
he has distinctly delared himself opposed
to Congress, and allied his influence with
the Executive administration.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-30

The Daughter Of . Kentucky Radical
Gives Birth to 3 Negro Child.
The following is from the last number OF
the Henderson KY. Nsaos
A gentleman from Hopkins county has
Just informed as that daughter Of Mr..
Mat. Givsns. of that county. has lately
given birth 10 a negro child-the father
being former slave. The sable sire, on
learning of the state Of affairs. made a
rapid exit from the place. Mr.. g., the
father, who is highly respected citizen,
is almost crazy on account Of the occur
renee. We are told that Mr.. Givens has
affiliated With the Radicals. and that proba-
bly, his own argument induced the poor,
foolish girl to look with undue favor on
her sooty lover.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-30

PROFITS OF ADvERTIsENG.-A dealer
who advertised with US two years since to
the amount Of fifty dollars. told us a few
days since that as near as ne could calcu-
late he had realized eighteen hundred dol
lars from the transaction. Perhaps It is
not often that the circumstances admit of
anything like an accurate calculation Of the
profits of advertising, yet experience has
demonstrated beyond question that they
are very large Le'0iston Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-30

The question is nov fairly presented to
the people of Tennessee, says our Knox
vile cotempOrary, whether the negro or
the white man shall control the right of
property of every man who may discharge
any freedman because Of his political pVin-
Piles. It will matter nothing for what they
are discharged. If it be from larceny, for
neglect of duty, for disturbance about the
household, or it matters not what, they can
apply, under the bill proposed by Cover
nor Brownlow, to some Bureau Court and
have the proprietor's property cOnfseated.
We refer to this matter again simply TO
inquire whether the owners of property
are willing to allow themselves to remain
in the power Of a former serVile race? +? Or
whether they are willing to accept the chal-
lenge and relisve themselves of the i'm
pending danger. Ifwhite mems property
is to be coufscated because they don''
want to employ the negro, let them get rid
of the negro at once.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-30

4Itis reported that in many portions Of
the South the negroes are bringing suits
against their former masters for wages
from January !, 1863. the date of the
emancipation proclamation, to the end Of
the war in 1865, during which time, al
though free by law, they we're held in
bondage. and received no compensation
for their services.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-30

COckriI. Woodland and johnson, the
three Conservatives elected to the Legisla-
ture at the recent enacted farce, would do
themselves lasting justice by refusing to
serve. Let the loyal, radical rascaLs have
things their own way for two years more,
and Tennessee win be made to blossom
like eOOn's tail on a coal Of fire i-BOli.
cal Bulletin.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-30
The Bdoth Familr.

During Mr.. Bradley's speech in the Sur
ratt case, at Washington. Friday. in refer
ring to the diary cf Booth, he said
They suppressed that diary which exoul-
pates Mrs. surratt that diary which
shows who and what the man vas-a ia
natiO and a madman-his grandfather,
Richard Booth, was the most thorough
Red Republican who ever settled in Amer
lea. and his grandson inherited the traits of
that grandfather. It is we'll known he
aided slaves to escape from Maryland,
which his son. the elder Junius Booth paid
for. The grandfather named his SOB, the
great actor, Junius Brutus, and his. first
grandson Junius Brasus. sud taught both
son aud graadson to idolize the memory Of
the great Brutus that killed Caesar in the
Roman capitol. j. Wilkes Booth was an
accomplished scholar, and moved in the
best society, but he had running through
him this vein of insanity, aud above it all
flows that indescribable affection of son
for mother. Wonderful was the power
he exercised over men, wonderful his pow
er on the stage, making his $50. 900 a
year ~ l SIX
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-30

I OF the four of the Suratt jury who fa-
vored conviction, one was born in sMassa-
chusetts, one in New York, one in Ger
many and one in Scotland and Of the
eight who favored acquital. one was born
10 New York-the rest we're natives of the
the South.