The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-08-03

middling il Nashville yesterday.
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Gold closed in New York yester-
day att.I2A Tennessee Bonds were
&c. for old Issue aud 7sc for new.
Tbs Exposition To-Day aud It's
Future Influences.
TIE grand Ezpositien at Nash
willie last Spring gave 3 powerful
impetus 70 every branch Of indus
sry 10 the State. It's progressive
influences left sn indelibls imprint
"a tie farmer, the merchant, the
arsisan, the mechanic and the man
ufactarsr, aud to-day II IL remem-
bsred With exnberant pride by
thousands upon thousands Of Ten
ussseans. That Exposition was
not only an honor to our State, but
Il awakened glorious visiohsof fu-
tuFe prosperity, wealth and impor-
tance tn the minds Of our induStri-
81 population, that viii end full
realization "a the advancing years
Of fGtarity. Il reminded q noble
people that laurel wreaths could be
won away from the battle field, that
Ceres could bestOw honors as glo-
rfous and far more enduring than
those Of Mars. II displayed TO
other States, indeed 70 the whole
country, the yirtuous aud glorious
spectacle Of q State whose broad
bosom had been trampled down by
the iron heel Of soldiery, and ruth
Iessly desolated BY the unsparing
hand Of civil war, emerging from
her fiery trials accepting with sub
lime patience the fats of fate, dis
cafding q sword which had ever
gIistened in the front ranks Of war
and graEpiRg the pruning hook, the
spade, the trowel and the chisel,
and exhibiting at the greatest Ex-
position ever held in the South, the
W0aderful fruits Of her labC r. Out
Of the ashes at the magic invo-
cation Of progress, sprung the
young Phoenix. And the people
Of the State are indebted for these
grand results to the unconquera-
bic pluck and indomitable energy
of few public spirited gentlemen
ct Nashville. Indeed, there were
Ssry few OF them, and their prof
ed enterprise while in it's incipien-
ey vas the subject Of so many dis
astrous prophecies and dismal fore
bodings, that If theirs had not been
hearts Of oak, IL would have been
abandoned. But the march Of inn
provement and progress cannot be
stayed and their grand triumph
now atones for the trials they were
called upon to sustain. To-day
an Exposition-Giles county's first
Of this character, but let it not be
said It will be her last-will be Civ
en- under the auspices Of a society
whose members have epulated to
the fullest extent, the noble exam
pie Of the pioneer Exposition Com
mittee at the capital Of the State.
with equal liberality, pluck and
energy, they have set on foot a
movement that we believe is destin-
fed to elevate Giles county to the
proudest position in the State. In
no spirit Of exaggeration or ephenn-
eraI enthusiasm do VIC uphold the
Exposition beginning to-day, as the
ueant courier Of a prosperity that
our people have never dreamed Of
before. properly sustained land
We believe the local pride, il moth
ing else, Of one of the most fertile
sections Of the State viii gallantly
uphold it), it will prove an uner
ring index finger pointing out the
way to unbounded wealth and pros
perity. Then let our farmers, oul
fruit growers, our housewives and
all the people, make this an Exposi,
tion which shall Iesound with the
fertility, the industry, the taste, el
eganee aud refinement Of Giles
county. Let the purple grape with
Itierimson blood sparkling ia native
wine, the rosy checked peach, the
golden faced apple, the luscious
pear. the tropical apricot, the scar
let and amber plums, and all tho
varieties Of an abundant fruit crop
together with the trophies Of house
keeping, OF art, skin and industry
gathered in grand profusion in An,
toinette Hall tell By an eloquent
silence Of how 3 great county is
determined to be in the foremost
ranks OF progress.
s London telegram announces
the death OF Hon. Jno. Sliden, but
gives no particulars OF his demise.
Sir. Sliden was born IN New York