The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-12-30
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ters COY. Carroll had them station
ed i'm field ns South Nashville
where he. visited Them soon and re
. ceiyed each company. In 4 day Ol
two they were nl8rclIcd to the arse
nal, where every private was furnish.
ted with \ muskGt aRd few grounds
of blank cartridges. lie went tC
camp every llav. ana after drilling
I them they were 7n8Iclcti, fronting
each other, about sixty yards aaPart
/ and ordered to load and elevate theiI
4 pieces and fire.. TIC cannoh and
! small rms were all fired at aonce,
/ which was heard Tor. many miles,
] Although there we're such large
! crowds present and much shooting OF
blank caUridcs, we think hatn0 ac-
/ cident happened, 4sur-f .s
From some unforeseen occurrence
I the expected guest did hOt.arrivc at thC
/ ime cXpecteds agld. tie militia bocaIi1C
impatient to go home to their farms.
+ Gov. Carroll visited the. camps ard
kassured them tilat AafayetEe was de-
Flaved bv steamb0at disaster. and
| that he would arrive an foug days.
| He was cheercd and q pledge was
Z given by accIamati0u 10 wait 4 that
/ long. On the third day Gen. T., ar
rived at night. Th3 city was uIumi-
mated, which made the street AND
/ square as light as day, and "Auld
f Lang Syne" was played by the band.
The next day Gen. L, visited the
camps, drawn by four fine white
/ horses, in an elegant carriage. Gen.
/ Jackson, GOV. Carroll, james *.
Polk, q beIieve) and DR. Shelby were
in another carriage, drawn By fine
white Stccdss They passed all along
/ the line with their heads uncovered.
+ The Marshal then ordered all teams
+ to be uuloosed from the carriages.
! The soldiers marched about sixty
( yards fronting each other, fifteen
hundred on each side, elevated their
pieces aud fired several rounds, the
/ cannon also fireing at the same time.
/ On the eIleXtddy,aiH the morning,
Gen. l. inG suit went to a rOstrum,
/ made under an arch which crossed
/ the street at NirhoFs corner, and ou
/ which ~ Is ssW ritteu IN large zcapi-
tais, "WHLCOME LAFAYETTE"
( lLNichol's corner IS the Southwest
/ corner ofAIar.lct street, as it enters tbe
/ Square, and i now used as an auction
house. 4 portion Of the arch spoken
oc renIaiued upon the-st1e oFthe build
ing until within II few yesrs since
+ ED.7 Soon after. he cot on platform
I an cid soldier who had served under
him mounted the stand and shook
! hands with him. Gen. /. recognized
/ him, and after a clever hug and a free
| shedding Oftears by both, Gen.,Iack-
tsOn gave the old soldier q seat among
the distinguished guests, .'aa
At night sen. J.. gad suit met u
crowd OF young ladies IN II g base
mcnt OF Masonic Hall. where Miss
I'ruIdv, daughter oftiie Hon. Felix
. Gruudy. delivered a niea speech to
him. IncE eil sICQS hands with the
Nations guest, after which he and
many others went into the Lodge
room where had 40 right TO 90.
ON tie next morning General !.
took breakfast at the c2mDs. There
we suppose, on account of OR father
being pioneer and TWO of our broth
d, CrE serving under Gen. jackson, !
was inuodacci TO General Lafayette
by Gen. Jackson. and seated in 4
chair on his left. Here / had a full
+ Wow Of the old General. He was low
in stature, bBt heavy set, and wore a
black wig. lie had . fuG face, large
+ head Witha tall, prominent forehead ;
/ his couHtensnce showed lis noble
. ness OF soul, and his age was; 1 sup.
pose, sixty or siXty-fTe years. Soon
after breakfast they dismissed the
troops Gen. 7, and all went 10 The
college lAe soldiers went nome. Ny
mother sent ne tue mare / mount
ed her and rode TO the college. There
Prof. Lindsey read g fine speech to
( Gems. lafayette ana Jackson. zen
. Lafayette rose and made u few re-
m3rks in reply, which J could not
understand well, rs It was broken.
! Gen. Jackson got up aud gave the
number Of the people OF The thirteen
colonies at 100000 WHEN our indC.
pcndence was achieved, and put it at
2O,O000 coo then. lie spoke Of the
hardships our fathers had II the war;
and allCdcdto the noble deeds Of the
nations guest. He said that the gteat
chart Of fiibcTty, the American Con
StiJu,iOn, formed by oJT fathers, had
been sustained by wholesome laws
and able judicial decisions; that We
were the most happy and pr0SpGrou.
people OF earth. His eye kindled
then, as perhaps il did when lle-gaiu-
ed the greatest and most JloOdlesS
victory, and sent Packeuham homo
in apipG ofram. lie then held uf
both hands t0ward heaven and eX
claimed with great emphasis: MAY
the GoD Of tie universe perpetuatC
Ctr civil and religious liberties, anL
{ { nj Ia
forever This was answered by iouC
aud iong cheers.
President Lindsey conferred TIC
h0nory degrees Of the college up0I
Gems. lafayette aHd Jackson. On
the ciese Of the exercises Sen. ,Jacl1-
SON invited them 10 the Hermitage, ]
among others receiving an invitation
There / saw Gen. I.atdvette presca
Z the pistols OF General Washington L
General Jackson. / called few
weeks ago atthe Hermitage to see I'll,
pistols again Col. jackson inf0rmct
me tliIt Gen. Jackson had Willie
them TO George Washington LaFay
cite, and that they were in his posses
sion in France. They were flint
lock, silver mounted pistols; .
know OF 40 man ia 4 aerica NOR
worthy ot tais lgcment0 of Tespec
Than yOUrself,S Gen. Jackson thank
ed him for the honor conferred. aut
said: II hope / Uill HotadisgFace IN,
giiLs then vent 70 nay home,
part OF the $40, eighteen miles cast. o
Nashville, named In my fathcr's bio
graphy. sa
HEN. MEEEEs ACtARLAND.
A 8arkey IA Louisiana. was reeeIstl,