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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-09
The Condition Of France.

The New York Herald sums up
the present condition of France rs
follows:
The capitalation Of Paris, has,
in reality, made an end Of the war.
It was not expected that it would
be otherwise. Wherever there is
regret now the regret seems to be
that the war was not ended by the
fall Of Sedan and the surrender of
the Emperor. Since that date the
conduct of the French people has,
no doubt, been heroic; but in spite
of all the heroism which they have
been able to evince, in spite of the
enormous sacrifices which they
have unquestionably made, disaster
has followed disaster in succession
so swift and of n character so alarm
irsg that the war details, where they
had net become revolving, created
a deep, strong, earnest desire for
peace. Tt was difficult to hope for
France after Sedan. 1t was more
difficult after the fall of Strasburg.
1t WAS felt by many that the cause
of France was desperate after the
fan of Metz and the surrender of
Bazaine. Since that date none but
the widest enthusiasts have doubt
ed that the complete subiugation
of France was only a question of
time. and. the same classes except
ed, the opinion has been general
that the prolongatiou of the war,
so far as France was concerned,
was a useless waste of time, of
blood and Of treasure. To-day even
enthusiasts are quieted. With the
capitulation of Paris France has
collapsed. Once more in the histo-
~ of Ia sraads nation Paris has been
found TO be France.
1t is safe, we think, to say that
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-09

France was never IN her whole his
tory so completely defeated as she
is at this moment. Was she ever so
thoroughly exhausted? In the year
1914, when the English, Prussians,
Auetrians and Russians eneamped
on her territory and entered her
capital in triumph, debating what
terms they pleased and imposing
upon her a government, France had
had over twenty years ofexperence
of war, either intestine or foreign.
The wars of factions, guillotine,
the wholesale massacres, the wars
of the republic, the wars of the EN-
pire, in spite of the treasures which
were brought to France by the ar
mics of Napoleon, and, notwith-
standing the assistance which was
obtained from willing and unwilling
allies, had sadly told on the popu-
lation and resources of the country.
Relatively and in presence Of the
foe she is, for all Immediate and
practical purposes, weaker in 1871
than she was in 1914 Atthat date
when she succumbed to the foe she
had not sustained so many crush
ing defeats-at least, not in so i'm
mediate succession. We have stat
ed before that a careful calculation
would show that the losses OF
France, including men and treasure
and taking into consideration the
destruction Of her territory and the
effects that must follow from her
terrible prostration and humiliation
are intellectually greater than any
she has experienced in her whole
history. France has suffered more
from this six months war than she
has suffered in all her past wars
put together. She never was so
thoroughly and completely whip
Oed
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-09

Dav. Cox OutWitted-A Coed JOKE.
AIR. EDITOR :-PLEAsANT SMITH.
orr efficient Collecting Officer owed
DAVE Cox an account for wood On
which he had paid all but 81 Cox
drew of his account carefully
struck the balance Of 50, folded it
neatly and presented it to Pleas
6Nr. saving, 81 want you to collect
tbis account forthwith, for I must
have money" PLEASANT opened
the paper aud seeing that it was a
balance of account against himself,
pulled out very quietly $1:50 and
forked it over. ooh, butt says
pave, sits 50 and here's only ST.
50.'' aTrue enough, . says PLEAS
Ant, '.but charge so cents for col
Letting the claim, which makes it
all right, and walked of, whistling
''Granny viii your dog bite" while
DAVE stood looking like a fool.
JOKER.
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PuLAsKr. Feb. 8. 1871.


Mr.. EDITOR II am a denizen Of
Equality Hin," vulgarly called
s'East Hill, and simple mention
Of this fact ought to suggest to a
sensible man what I am now about
to say. Let US all go into the cor
poration with the express stipula-
ton that they are to make us a good
road, and then let the corporation
stipulate that each man in the dis
trict. on the street, is to build a
good sidewalk before his premises.
This is the only way re will ever
get it done. We know it would be
a perilous undertaking for men to
venture on this road to work, but as
it is we could risk a great deal to
relive the most beautiful part Of the
city Of its isolation by making &C
cess and egress easy. As above
stated, this is the most beautiful
section Of our fourishing city, and
truly can it be said that one is
struck still with -naire-ation when
he passes through its principal thor
oughfare. Mr. Editor, you know
that frogs inhabit mudholes and
sich-like; well that is the reason I
sign myself FROG
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Relief for the Suffering French.

Relief for the Suffering French.
The war has mate sad havoc IN
France. The restoration of peace
Will reveal a vast amount of destitu-
ton among the French people
The two millions Of Paris, com
pletely eaten out, have now 10 be
fed from day to day from the limit
ed supplies of the German invest
ing army, though very extensive
arrangements are in In progress in
Brussels, and London particularly,
for the shipment Of supplies to the
exhausted city. The urgent neces-
sites Of Paris, therefore, viii be
provided for; but the whole north
ern half Of France, by the armies Of
both sides, has been CLEANED of its
horses, cattle, swine, sheep, poultry,
-four, grain and vegetables, and
gaunt famine over all those desola-
ted departments stares thesufering
inhabitants in the face. The win
ter has, so far, been one Of unpar-
alleled severity in France and Ger
many, and it is only half ended, and
it will be five or six months before
any fresh supplies can be drawn
from the soil
Here is a field for American char
ity as urgent as that Of the Irish
potato famine of twenty-five years
ago, and it involves probably more
suffering people than twice the
whole population Of Ireland. In
the case Of the Irish famine the q.
S. government furnished several
vessels for the transportation Of
supplies to the unhappy island, and
our people of all nationalities gen
erously filed those ships and others
too. Now this widely prevailing
destitution in France suggests a
similar plan Of operations. Chair
ty fairs are a good thing IN their
way, and our late German and
French fairs in behalf of their sick
and wounded soldiers from this war
were great successes; but the gen
eraI desolation entailed upon poor
France calls upon this city and this
| country for something on larger
scale than fairs or for something
more than a system of fairs. The
government, as in the case Of Ire
land, should furnish some vessels
for transportation purposes, and in
this city and in all our cities meet
ings should be held and committees
of responsible men should be APP
pointed to collect contributions of
money, food and clothing for the
suffering French people; in short,
by complete arrangements with the
other side, q systematic plan Of OPP
erations should be adopted to make
sure, as far as possible, Of the trans
mission of our means of relief to the
suffering French.-N, r Herald.
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MAGIC Arnica Imminent is not in

MAGIC Arniea Eminent IS not in
tended to act solely upon the skin
and thus cause only a temporary
lull Of pain, but by its powerful
penetrative power it reaches thro'
the muscles to the very bone itself
and produces a reaction which no
other means can produce. This
combines writing itself all the new
est discoveries in regard to the
treatment of diseases by external
means and some of the ingredients
have never before been thus united.
It has, by its success, achieved an
exceeding rapid and permanent
popularity. All druggists keep it.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-09
Sudden Death.

Or. ". II. BURDETT, Of Nashville,
who formerly resided in this place,
died very suddenly last Monday
evening from heart disease. He
was returning home in his buggy
after having visited a patient when
death suddenly overlook him. The
horse he was driving carried him
home, and the grief of the wife at
seeing her husband corpse can
better lie imagined than described.
DR.. BURDETT had large circle Of
friends and acquaintance herr.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-09
American PhilanthrOpy(?) and Pa
fPiOtism (?).

A few gentlemen from Ireland,
whose Fenian propensities openly
aYowed brought down upon their
heads the vengeance of the British
government and caused them to be
imprisoned for a while in British
prisons, have arrived in New York.
They were released from prison by
the government, but were banished
from the country. 1t is but natural
and just that the four hundred thou
sand countrymen of Emmett who
reside in New York should greet the
exiles on their arrival with superb
bundant enthusiasm. That they
did so is nothing strange to any
one who is familiar with the warmth
and generosity of the Irish charac-
ter. But the American political
combinations, the rings and cliques
of parties in New York must needs
affect a gushing sympathy for the
exiles, their suferings and their
cause, which under the circumstan-
ces we think could have been be-
slowed to more advantage at home.
They besiege the exiles, give them
money, infiict stupid addresses up
on their ears and pursue them with
a disgusting amount of Aattery and
adulation. Now every sensible
nah among the exiles knows that
these politicians are not putting
themselves to all this trouble and
expense for the sake Of any love
they bear Ireland or the cause of
Fenianism. The exiles know, as
does everybody else, that these phil
anthropie demagogues are only bid
ding for the Irish vote. England
too knows that in this instance
American philanthropy does not
rise above self interest and she GER
tainly don't feel insulted. Now, the
Irish do right to honor their exiIed
countrymen. They are willing and
able to do all for them thata bound
less gratitude can suggest, but we
think that the money spent by the
New York politicians could be APP
piled with better grace and certain
ly with more christian charity to
relieving the suffering people of
France-that France whose assist
anee alone enabled the American
Colonies to achieve independence.
Then these politicians who are hor-
ror-struek at British tyranny and so
lavish in caressing its victims would
do well'to spend some of their mon
ey in putting down tyranny at home
and sympathizing with some of its
in the Southern States
There is a wide field for their phi
lanthropy in South Carolina, Louis
lana and other Southern States,
where the people are exiled from all
political rights by Republican des-
potism.
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PUBLISHERS CONVENTION.
Proceedings Of the Tennessee Press
Association.

Proceedings OF the tennessee Press
Association.
The Tennessee Press Association
met in the gentleman's parlor Of
the Maxwell House at Nashville, on
last Friday at 70 a. M, President
Geo. z. Puryis in the chair. The
following gentlemen we're present:
Ia. Hood, RogersviIle Journals
Knoxville Wing and Register.
DE-. Wallace. McNIinnyille New
Era.
J.R. Beasley, Winchester Home
Journal.
R. E. Binford, Franklin Review
L. W. McCord, Pulaski CITIZEN.
James Buford, Giles Press.
Eben Hill, Jr., Lincoln County
News.
Archie Thomas, Springfield Re
cord.
Thomas Boyers and J. W. Brown,
Gallatin Examiner.
S. A. Cunningham, SheIbyville
Commercial
W. a. Wade and r. I. C. White,
Lebanon Herald.
j. B. Killibrew, Ira P. Jones and
j. o. Griffith, Union and American.
T. W. Neal, Dyersburg Gazette.
G. E. Purvis, Nashville Banner
7. II. Baker, jackson Daily Tel
egraph, Humboldt Index, NIcKen-
zie Times.
W. J. Ramage. Knoxville Press
and Herald.
H. NJ. DoaIz, Clarksyille Tobacco
Leaf.
7. D. Kirby, Chattanooga Times.
w. R. Handy, Paris InteIligencer
w. A. Wade, (Rep.) Lebanon
Free Press.
A. S. Horsley,- Columbia Herald.
L. P. Speek,. Morristown Gazette.
F. NJ. Duffy, Carthage Vidette.
J. S. Ward, Ladies' Pearl
Theo. Trauernigcht, Nashville
Correspondent.
w. l. Westbrook, Brownsville
Bee.
A. Tyler, Memphis Appeal.
A. j. Kellar, Memphis Avalanche
Don Comeron, Jackson Wing &
Tribune.
R. o. Whitehead, Mckenzie
Times.
The minutes Of the previous
meeting were read and approved,
The Committee on Constitution
and Bylaws reported a Constitu-
ton and Bylaws, which were
adopted.
Several alterations were made in
the Constitution which we have not
space to particularize.
An election of officers for the
ensuing year was held and the fol
lowing gentlemen were chosen
Geo. Z. Puryis, President.
Ira P. Jones, Don Cameron and
W. J. Ramage, Vice Presidents.
r. L. C. White, Secretary,
A. S. Horsley, Treasurer.
The Association dined on the
day Of its meeting with Messrs. NJ.
KEAN & Co, the munificent propri-
etors of the Maxwell House. The
dinner was superb, the wines, excel
lent, and all of the quill-drivers
present united in according all hon
or and many thanks to ''mine hosts"
of the Maxwell.
On Friday night, after magni-
cent supper at the Battle House,
given by the veteran landlord of
Tennessee Gen. JOEL A. BATTLE,
the association proceeded to the
Capitol, when they were entertain
ed by a fine address from Col. 4.
j. KELL4R, Of the Memphis Ava
lanche, and q poem from DR.. r. I.
c. WHITE, the talented editor of
the Lebanon Herald. On Saturday
the Association met again and af-
ter transacting business of interest
to the publishers Of newspapers
throughout the State, adjourned.
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a Tart Letter.

Gov. Bullock, of Georgia, has APP
pointed a negro named Jas. NJ. Sims
formerly a carriage driver for the
Hon. j. E.Ward, of Savannah, Ga.
Judge of the District Court of the
1st. Savannah senatorial district,
and at the same time appointed T.
r. Mills, of the Savannah bar, Dis
trict Attorney for the same court.
Sims is reported as utterly unfit for
any judicial position whatever. Mr.
Mills has declined the appointment
and returned to Gov. Bullock his
commission, accompanied with q
tart letter from which we extract as
follows; whilst 1 should be plea
sed to fill the Office in question I'M
der a Judge of high character, pos
sessing good legal attainments and
intellectual culture, I cannot for one
moment entertain the monstrous
proposition Of accepting it under
the embryo Judge appointed for
the position. In this connection I
may say that I have no desire to
misinterpret the motive your Elk
cellency in the above appointment,
but cannot refrain from the opinion
that it must have been done as a
purposed-insult to myself, and thro'
me to the bar ofthe eastern division.
IF 1 am correct in this opinion I de
spise the effort Whilst / have new
er known. or seen. Jas. NJ Sims I'M
til about one month. ago, I can safe
" say that in his appointment your
Exeellency has done more to dis
grace Executive Office Of Geor-
gia than in any previous error of
your administration. He IS dis
grace to your Exeellepcy, and his
appointment a lasting memento Of
an attempt By q Governor Georgia
to soil and degrade the judiciary
Count Bismarck the Prussian Pre-
mior Is reported insane We don't
believe it. He's gebtoomneh sense
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% the County Court of Lawrence.

W. W. Neal and Joseph Wisdom, admir- VS..
Judith Wisdom and others.
7 n this case it appearing to the court from
/ the patition Of petitioners that one
Of the defendants, F.. H Wisdom, is a non
residents OF tbs State Of Tennessee, SO that
the ordinary process OF law cannot be serv-
ed on BIN: On motion it is therefore or
dered by the Court that publication be made
for four consecutive weeks in the pulaski
Citizen," q newspaper published in Pulaski,
Tenn. requiring the said defendant to APP
pear before the Judge of the County Court
of said county Of Lawrence. at the court
HOUSE, in the town of Lawreneeburg on the
First Monday in March next, and plead,
answer or demuT to said petition, Of the
same viii be taken as confessed, andsset for
hearing ex paFte as to them.
feb9-46 w. A. GILMORE, Clerk.
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THE STATE REVENUE.
An Important Law Regulating Its
Collection.

The following revenue law has
just been passed by the Legislature,
and is being distributed to the tax
collectors of the State by Comp
troller Pennebaker:
SEcriox /. Be 1t enacted By the
General assembly of tie STATE Of Ten
nessee, That every official in the
State, charged with the duty Of col
lecting State Revenue, shall on the
first Monday of every three months
deposit in one Of the designated
State Depositories, or forward di-
rectIy to the Treasurer ofthe State,
every dollar collected by him, or
them, or their deputies, during the
preceding months, and shall, at the
same time, subscribe to an oath to
be administered by an official hav-
ing a seal of Office, that with such
deposit or payment into the treasu-
ry, he has turned over all moneys
collected by him, or them, or their
deputies, during the preceding
months, as State revenue. after de
Quoting such commissions as are
allowed by law.
Sec. .. Be it further. enacted. That
embraced in such sworn statement
of every dollar so received, and if
in Tennessee Bank notes, a full
statement shall be set out Of the
parties who have paid Tennessee
money, and shall note on his tax
book the kind of money he received
from the tax payer, and shall speci-
fy in his receipt to the taxpayer
the kind of money paid, and the
amount of kinds, if more than one.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted; That
it shall be misdemeanorsin Office
for any Tax Collector, his deputy
or agent, or other revenue officer
to be engaged directly or indirect
" in the buying or selling of Ten
nessee money. or to permit any par
ty or parties to occupy any part. of
any Office occupied as a Revenue
Collectors office, and engaged in
selling or offering to sell to tax-Tay-
ers Tennessee money, and for each
violation of this act or any part
thereof, shall, upon conviction, be
fined not exceeding one thousand
dollars, and imprisoned, in the dis
erection Of the court, not less than
thirty days nor more than six
months, and removed from Office.
Sec 4. Be Il further enacted, That
in all convictions under this act,
one-haIf Of the forfeiture or fine
shall go to the informer.
SEC. ). Be Il further enacted. That
the provisions of this act shall not
be so construed as to apply in any
manner to moneys which have been
collected by the various revenue Of
fcers previous to the passage of
this act, and which have not by
them been deposited
SEC. 8. Be aJurtAer enacted. That
this act take effect from and after
its passage, the public welfare re
curing it.
Passed January .. 1871.
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NEWS SUMMARY.
The Catholic institutions Of Men
pllis are worth nearly $500, 900.


The Catholic institutions Of Men
pliis are worth nearly 100000.
A Hftle Nimrod fred into flock
Of wild turkeys in Virginia the 9th
er day and killed a large gray eagle.
Smith & Dover's cotton yarn fac
tory in Andover, Mass, was burned
Sunday. Loss, $4,000.
The Germans of Evansville, Ind,
fred a salute of "A guns Saturday
in honor of the victory Of Germany
The surrender of Paris was cele-
brated by the Germans Of Cincin-
natl, Baltimore, and other cities, by
bonfires and Examinations.
A dispatch received from Yicto7
ria says that the Legislature Of
British Columbia has accepted pro-
posals of confederation with Cana
da.
The ladies Of Boston and vicinity
held a preliminary meeting yester-
day to organize efforts for sending
relief to the sufferers in France.
The roof of the Erie locomotive
shop at Newburg, n. Y, fell Sun
day in consequence Of the heavy
weight of snow upon it. Four en-
gines we're smashed; loss, $4,000.
A farmer in Prairieton, has a tur-
key that has laid 100 eggs in 100
days, never missing a lay by sick
ness, a circus, or anything.
Patrick FINLEY, an employee at
Bingham Bros distillery, at Evans
vile, Ind, was crushed by the fly
wheel at that establishment the 9TH
er day. Stepping from the ladder
into the wheel, in the dark, he was
instantly killed.
A brutal husband in Marblehead,
Mass, went home in a state of in
toxication recently and threw his
wife out Of doors, breaking her leg.
1t was set and doing well, when a
night OF two ago he returned again
under the influence Of liquor and
deliberately broke the limb again in
two places.
The farmers Of Iowa have formed
a secret association for mutual adj
vantage under the title of sThe
Patrons of Husbandry." It's ope-
rations viii extend as to the price
of produce, and viii have an i1npor-
tant bearing upon the grain market.
So rapidly are members coming in
that by spring it win number, it is
said, at least ten thousand.
John Hanlon, the Philadelphia
'.beast, who rayished a little girl
of seven years Of age some two
years ago, injuring her so badly
that she died before he had complet-
ed his heIlish purpose, was hung in
that city on last Friday. He made
no confessions. His death was uni
versally demanded by the commu-
nifty and he did notreceive the least
spark Of sympathy.
A correspondent firm oSmithville,
De KaIb county, furnishes the par
ticulars Of horrible murder in that
county on-the night Of Jan. 29th.-
A man name John Preswood went
to the house Of Jas. Billings about
midnight and made an attempt to
enter. Mrs. Billings resisted for a
time, but was finally oyerpowered.
AS soon as he effected an entrance
he killed Mrs. Billings with an az,
and also wounded a little daughter,
aged about thirteen years, whose
person it is supposed he attempted
to violate. Mr.. Billings was absent
from home, having started several
days previous on a raft to Nash
vile. Mr. Billings is supposed to
be in Nashville at the present time,
and viii be little prepared for the
shock that awaits him.
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Pulaski, Feb. s, II.
I have noticed occasionally in
Your paper editorials, articles,
items, communications, impreca-
tons and considerations upon
Giles county public roads. l hear
also that the "heads of the county
are devising and putting into exc
cution every possible means to re
lieye the county of debt. Ny rca-
son for writing this is to look at
this question in business point Of
view The financial condition Of
the county is a business transac
ton, governed by the rules chat GOV
ern the merchant or mechanic, and
the cardinal rule is that you must
invest something before you can
make anything. Now, what is the
use in having this organization call
Cd a county if you simply levy tax
es to pay its officers fordoingnot
ing? Why beso penurious2 The
national debt is the strength OF the
government The proper thing is,
go deeper into debt by building
pixies, aad in doing SO you furnish
the means of relieving the county
ofthe whole debt. With good pixies,
the increased value Of real estute
and tie impetus given to trade and
all manner of Industry would soon
bring back the principal expended
and in a short time the interest
would make us rich. This is sim
pie and true to tie letter. EVERYBODY
sees we need pikes-everybody
wants piles-cverybody is willing
TO pay his pro rata for pixies. Then
wis in tho name of ali that is en-
terprtsing and economical don't ey-
erybody raise such a elamor for
pixies that the Honorable County
Court can't withstand the appeal.
Why not have them? Everybody
says WHY. Why, Oh why?
WHY?
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to the highest bidder, at Prospeet. Depot,
by the State Of Tennessee to Robert y VIM.
Tucker, situated in the 1st district Of Giles
county south Of Elk river adjoining the State
line, and adjoining the lands of A Tired w hit
field, Isham Z. Trotter, and others. The
land is very valuable for the timber upon it.
Title perfect. -.--
TERMS 800 cash and balance in s u
months, with interest. ~
feb9 II. II. A.YMETT, Cl'k. Co. CT.