The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-04-01

TlCniy observed MS iat65 Dub We can
not endorse the manner OF his execu-
ton, as it was done in violation Of
civil law. It is Infinitely better for
society in all cases to rigidly adhere
to the tenets of the law, sanctioned
By immemorial usage.
Items from the Courier Journal. /
The Government should bear in
mind that if the Piegan massacre is
to be .aLoned for BY some military fu-
nerals, il is high time that a court
martial were organized for the prep |
aration Of the corpses.
An Ohio doctor has written and !
printed an essay to prove thai man is !
a vegetable. It is the duty Of ,saRs'l
body to place that DECOR Or his
under lock and key. I
Mr.. Gladstone says the Feuian
prisoners are well treated. and he
thinks. without daring % say. that
iflhey were hanged they would be
much better treated.
An exchange llkeus Gen. Grant to
Scipio. Grant certainly resembles
the great Puuic soldier in one res
pect. He is much under The ipau-
enoe Of his father.
Sec. Fletcher pretends to think
thai the Kukluz are lying in wait for
him. AID 40. while theyJlie in wait,
he lies in Washington.
Congress should eitheFsabolish The
position Of brolher-in law to the
President, or require it TO be self
sustaining -
The Radicals have elected their
sheriff in Davidson county. in which
Nashville is situated, This is all
right; but because they have not cleo
ted their candidates everywhere else
they want to reconstruct the whole
State. It is just game Of grab.
Congress is Wasting good deal of
time over the admission Of S,n Do
mingo. The time might better be
given to the admission Of Georgia
and Texas. And yet-aud yet, what
is the use of admitting them if they
are to be kicked out again? Now,
this is a couuEdrum We should like
to have some one answer for
Our Washington cor
recent letter, spok
of Gen. Thursion,
tradicIs that OF See
Thurston is Rep6Us
the army from Ohio and
through the wal, occupy
rank as a staff officer. After
he married in Tennessee, where -
now resides.
Among the regular newspaper cor
respondents at Washington are Grace
Greenwood LiPpincOtt, Mary Glenn
mer Ames, Shirley Dare Duuuing
and Harriet Prescott Spoford. Ma
~ Ann jones, Sarah Jane Brown
and Ann Elaz Smith were among
them also. but they soon found thei'
names unsuited to the business, and
they quit.
1t is said that Mrs. Grant objects
to having negroes at her drawing
room receptions. while Grant himself
will receive a neg,o delegation any
day to the wclusion Of white one.
If these q gs are true, how ,ong
may we haS 10 see farneny in the
bed chamber of the White house?
Henry Ward B4echer has suffered
much from the charce%f profane
swearing. but the reader will know
how unjust the charge was when tits
said that he recently burnt down an
old mill on his farm because he was
sometimes tempted to say it wasn't
worth a dam.
A divorced wife in iowa recently
annihilated her old enemy. the hus-
band, who had married again, by GO
ing over and introducing the small
pox into his family. Gen. Sheridan
ought to make that woman his chief
of-staff.
An exchange says John Browns
portrait is to be hung up in the Kan
sas State CAPITOL This is to he
done in order that the Radical major
ity in the Legislature may be con-
stantly reminded that they deserve
to be hanged.
The new bill VIII ich Summer is pre-
pairing abo.ishes the term "white" as
applied to the executive mansion,
and requires that the building shall
be painted brown-just the color of
Revels-and called the Great House.
Gen. Sherman laughs at the idea Of