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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02
John FAIRFIELD.

We take pleasure in setting Mr..
FAIRFIELD right before this commu-
nifty by publishing the following
letter from Mr.. HELM, which will
explain ITSELF
COLUMBIA, Tenn, Jan. %, 20.
EDITOR CITIzEN-DEAR SIR:-I
am very glad to state that BEr. JOHN
FAIRFIELD, whom had arrested n
your city on suspicion of stealing
my overcoat, has proved himself en-
tirely innocent, and I recommend
him to your community as q young
man worthy of confidence, as far as
l know. Respectfully,
DC. HELM.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02

the State and ten dollars 70 each
county in which such company or
companies may have local or
travelling agent doing business. and
if the agent or agegts Of sid com
panies shall take risks without the
payment Of said Stsse aad eounss
tax heTer they so offending shah
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
each offender shall be aned notices.
than one hundred nor more than
Eve hundred deIlars, one-haif of the
fine to go to the informer on con
viction, and the other half to the
State. Clerks of County Courts
shall see that this section is strict
" enforced.
SIC, 8. Be Il further enacted. That
each railroad company and every
other incorporated company, ex-
cept charitable and religious, doing
business in this State, shall pay In
to the treasury Of the State six
mills on the dollar on the amount
of the net earnings of such railroad
company or association; and the
President, Superintendent, Receiv-
er or other head officer of such rail
road company or agent, whose Of
fee is in another State, or associa-
tions, SHAH, on oath taken and sub
soribeds to before a. Justice Of the
Peace or other officer authorized to
administer eaths, show specifically
end truly slIe anae..4Eb of 4.et ~
ceipts for the quarter ending on the
first Mondays IN January, April,
July and October, in each year, and
pay the tax imposed by this act;
said oath shall be fled and recorded
in the Office of the Comptroller.
SEC. 6. Be IL further enacted. That
travelling commercial agents, gene
rally known as drummers, repre-
senting business parties non-resi-
dents of this State, proposing to
sell the goods, wares, merchandise
or manufactures of such non-resi-
dents, either by sample or repre-
sentation, shall pay privilege tax
of fifty dollars per annum to the
State-each county in which said
travelling agent or drummer may
propose to do business, may lay q
county tax of five dollars. Any
person acting or proposing to act
as travelling commercial agent or
drummer, as aforesaid, shall first
procure q license from the Clerk of
some County Court, by paying the
tax as aforesaid, which license shall
not be transferable. A failure to
procure the license herein requir-
ed, shall subject the party SO offend
ing to a fine of one hundred dol
lars, for the use of the State, and
County Court Clerks, Sherifs and
Constables shall see that the pro-
visions of this act are enforced.
SEC. 7. Be itfurther enacted. That
this act shall take effect from its
passage, the public welfare requir-
ing the same.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02
RegeaI Of The Income Tax,

There is good reason to hope that
Congress will soon repeal the in
come tax, and after that beginning
is made toward relieving the peo-
pie of the country from the exces-
sive burdens Of taxation they now
have to carry, perhaps the abolition
of others viii also come. Internal
Revenue Commissioner Pieasanton
stated to the committee on Ways
and Means, that the revenue from
incomes this year would not exceed
$T,oo0,O00, and that it would cost
that much to collect it
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02

A beautiful and fascinating young
lady Who lives nesf this piAce in g
svee rtrai fetrsas where lashi0r
tlten intLde, got 4 giimpse
gay galds 4 fer Gays age
and was attracted by one Of her pc
cnlsar charms, viz: Asr eaFss. One
slfmpss 81 FAshioa's profnse ring
iesn che soul e thea aielion azlls
she lonksd to see herowR fair brew
adorneei with similar chsrmss Al
though nature had been Jewish in
her gifts to our heroine, she had de-
MED her the ecireling wreaths Of
golden hair'' that the poet so elo-
quently described. Bnt art could
furnish what nature had refused,
and the fair young deyotee Of fash
ion called into requisition. the ser
vicesofa city friend who sent her
by express an elegant cluster Of
eight dollar cnrls, sufficiently pref
ty to make nature blush with shame
at arts triumphant innovations up
on her especial province. The ellrls
were recefved-the maiden deity
adjusted them upon the summit Of
/ her graceful head and prepared TO
/ take q horse back ride with q gem
/ tleman friend that afternoon. The
| ride vas taken, but the blasts Of
| Boreas loosed the artificial ripssets
i nom the head Of their fezf owner
! and bore them out Of her sight, and
while. she. wac zsnvOasCiOus Of her
loss Upon her arrival home her
mirror revealed the sad misfortune
without disclosing the whereabouts
! of the missing curls. Imagine the
distress of the maiden-her sweet
ringlets with the hopes Of wearing
them to church on the FIRST pretty
dayz-witA their city associations,
their eight dollar memories, had
vanished perhaps forever. We can
not describe Aer feelings-we are
no Woman-we caS't sufficiently
comprehend the magnlSQde of her
loss ga few sad days eSSpseds' =
as the Romaneists Of the New GaTl
Ledger would say, and on one SOM
bre afternoon, when the heavens
/ put on a suit Of gray alpaca and
wintry winds howled through the
leafless trees, DC, an old brindle
COW belonging to the familylof the
young lady herein mentioned walk
ed slowly up to the milk-pen and
10 and behold upon her venerable
horns were hanging the identical
eight dollar eurls that our fair young
heroine had lost. The oldest inhab-
itants Of that neighberheod said
that no haRdsomer cow than that
had ever appeared in those parts
He moreover said that she was got
ten up in the highest style Of the art
and in accordance with the princi-
pies laid down in Dem0rest's FASH
ion Magazine and Godey's Lady's
Book. Fss7
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02
NEWS SUMMARY.

A letter from Paris says that
while nine persons including la7
dy, were at breakfast in 3 house on
the Plateau de AKRON q German
shell descended on the table and ex-
ploded, killing al but one Of the
party.
A grand banquet was given at the
Arlington House in Washington
last Thursday by Congressman s..
S. Cox in honor of Gen. Frank P.
Blair, lately elected U. S. Senator
from Missouri. Hon. Horatio Sey-
mour and other prominent Demo
cratic politicians were present. So
Twenty-Five wildcat and fox
scalps we're received by the Comp
troller of the State at Nashville on,
the 25th. Seven wolf scalps were
received on the day previous. The
State allows s. for each wolf scalp
presented. ~ 5bn-
Mr.. A. K. Gardner, a bridge
builder Of Knoxville, fell from a
bridge near Kingston the other day.
He was carried to Knoxville the
next day but expired shortly. He
was an excellent workman and had
only been married two weeks.
A horrible shooting ARRAY occur
red at Harris Station on the N. &
D. R. R. last Thursday between a
white man named VIM. Allison and
a negro. They had a trivial dis
pute which resulted in the negro
discharging ten buckshot in Ali
sons thigh. He then shot the ne
gro in the heart, killing him instant
". Allison's wound is of such a
serious nature that he is not ex-
pected to recover - -
The Tennessee Press Association
meets at Nashville tomorrow.
A mechanic Of Davenport, lowe,
has invented machine that manu-
features gas nom water, and he is
using it in his house with much
success. ss'-i3
The Tailor ofLouisvilie KY, pur-
chased a whole buffalo to breakfast
his prisoners upon Everybody in
Louisville wants to be put in Jail in
onsequenee- spa5 soa
Wayne county has the oldestcit!
izen. He is 115 years old, if the
court knows herself.
Neri Lowe, of Green Hill, Wilson
county, committed suicide on last
Thursday by drowning himself in
the Cumberland river near that
place. He was a highly respected
citizen and no cause is assigned for
the rash deed.
4 serious riot occurred at Knox
vile the other day between some ne
gro laborers on the railroad at that
place and the citizens. The riot
originated in an attempt of the po-
lice to arrest some disorderly ne
groes, when the former were assail-
ed by some forty or ifty Of the lat
ter and driven of. The police, how
ever, we're reinforced by a large
posse Of white citizens and eventu-
ally oyercame the negroes. A good
deal Of shooting was done but no
body vas fatally hurt.
The COurier1Ournal records a
fearful number Of house burnings
by negroes In Kentucky.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02
The Tennessee Legislature will

The Tennessee Legislature will
adjourn sine die on Monday next
Senate bill for the relief of Federal
and Confederate soldiers passed
third reading in the House Tues
day. The bill torepeal an act pass
ed Jan. is, go, to establish the
Tennessee Agricultural College was
called up on a message from the
Governor disappearing the same,
when the House refused to pass it
over the veto.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02

TIE EDITOR of the Shelbyville
Rescue, because we copied his arti-
Gle on the Sheafe- TiIlman question,
presumes that we differ politically
With cur contemporary of the Giles
Press. On that particular subject
(viz: the Sheafe- Tillmsn contest, }
the Rescue reflected our views, but
whether these views were endorsed
by the Press or not, it is for that
paper, not us, TO say. The CITIZEN
is entirely conservative and iude-
pendent in its political views-dem-
ocratic TO the core, if that distinc-
ton places us in active hostility to
radicalism-5ut ROt eztyene. We
hold politics to be of secondary i'm
portance to the South just now, and
shall therefore devote but little of
our space to discussions Of parti-
ian character.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02
SIC af So PranertY.

The Legislature has authorized
the Gosernor to sell all real estate
belonging to the State, except the
Capitol and grounds, the Peniten-
tiary, the Lunatic Asylum, and any
other real estate the Governor may
think absolutely necessary TO retain
for the interest of the State. Ger
tain property at the Hermitage is
also excepted
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02

The Tennessee Legislature his
passed a bill changing the qualihca-
tions ofjurors. Il provides that no
juror shall be incompetent BY reason
O. having formed 81 opinion nom
any published statement Of the Of
Tense which the party arraigned Is
charged, unless the writer Ofthe ar
ticle processes to have been wit
ness Of the fact. which must affirm
atively appear. A good law md
one much needed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02
LIE Sheafs-TilIman Canfest

The United States House Of Re
representatives. has decided that Lew
Is TILLaAN is entitled TO a seat in
that body, over Capt. G. A. SHEArE,
che representative legally elected
by the people of this COMPRESSION
al District. The Radicals, having
an overwhelming majority in the
House, this Ubiquitous decision is
not to be wondered 1t. What was
at one time a matter of wonder was
that Col. Lewis TILLnAN, a man
who, notwithstanding his Radical
proclivities, had a character for
honor and. integrity above the ma
jority of bis party leaders in this
State, should have consented to oc-
cupy the seat in Congress to which
he knew be was not legally elected
This, too, when Col. TILLxAN dur
i1g the canvass had positively
pledged his word of honor that if
defeated by majority Of the vo-
tiers Of the district. he would not
accept a certificate from BRoWELoW.
Col. TILLMAE having forfeited his
word by accepting the certificate as
well IS seat in Congress to which
he knew he had no right, leaves the
people whom he misrepresents with
out any material at this time out
of which to manufacture wonder at
his now retaining the place after his
Radical brethren have decided in
his favor. Col. TILLMAN, however,
is not altogether destitute Of shame
for he has written a letter TO the
Union and American, in which he
attempts to make people believe
that he does not, or did not remem-
Der of having made any promise to
refuse the certificate from Brown
Low if SHEAFE was elected. Col.
TnLMAS's letter itself is the best
evidence in the world that he did
make such a promise, for it is full
OF feeble attempts st evasion and
puerile efforts to defend his soiled
reputation. This is all We ever ex-
pect to say of Col. LEWIS TILLMAN.
we leave him to the pangs of his
conscience, if ne has any.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02
The New Revenue Law of the
State,

ONgssDs
Believing that the provisions of
the new revenue law lately passed
by the Legislature viii prove inter
esting to all Of our readers, we pub
fish below the entire law as it was
passed by both houses:
Section 1. Be Il enacted BE- the
Gsasral ASSEMBLY Of Tennessee. That
the State tax on every hundred dol
lars worth of property, upon which
taxes are by law allowed for State
purposes, shall be sixty cents.
SEC. 2, Be if further enacted, That
in addition to the ad valorem tax
to be paid by merchants or their
capital, they shall be liable and re
qufred to pay q license tax equal in
amount to the ad valorem tax:
PROVIDED, that in no case shall the
license tax be less than FIVE dollars;
and section Of the act passed
January 10, 1870, entitled IAN act
to amend the revenue laws Of the
STATE" is hereby amended in ac-
cordance with the provisions of
this act
SEC. 3. Be L further enacted, That
the first OF chapter q Of the acts
OF 1870, entitled ian act to tx the
State tax on property" is hereby
repealed
SEC. I. Be 4 further enacted, That
every travelling or local agent Of
any ineupaace soulnIsaay, whether
State or foreign, doing business in
ttis State, shall pay an annual priv
ilcge tax Of twenty five dollars to
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02

Z. S. senator FRkSg ?. BLAIR
cast his first vote in The Senate in
favor Of repeating the income tax.
On that question be differed with
the rest Of. his democratic friends.
who are 81 On the other side.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02

The steamboat w. R. Arthur,
from New Orleans, exploded her
bsiler IA miles above Memphis on
the morning Of the 2sth. The boat
then took ire and burned until the
bow sunk. About so lives we're
lost. She had on board over B, 900
bales q cotton,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02

r. R. Butler (Rad. } Congressman
from East Tennessee vas tried
forgery, in the Cris4iual Court Of
the District of COiunbSa on We'd
nesday'25th. It will be remembered
that ne forged some Pensiez papers
RE was acquitted as might have
been known.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02
NOTICE

THE creditors Of ouarlss 7. Mayfeld will
i appear at the Office Of the Clerk and
Master ofths Chaneefy Court st Pulaski, on
or before the 18th Of February, and prcYe
their claims properly against said estate or
tho same viii be rejected.
Feb. 2-st W. F. BALLEE7EyE, c. q 81.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02

ESend as Thirty-two dollars
and twenty names for the CiTISEs
one year.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02

THE CITIZEN viii be a good fami-
" paper. It viii be a good NEWS
paper. Everybody should take it.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02

VS. WISH that our usually esarto-
ons contemporary Of the AtheHs
Post weuld give as credit faz Gar
litorial paragraphs when he uses
them. - q
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02

Goodsaddlc horses at Rainey and
Brothers
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-02-02

Fine Sunday a.tarn outs sc Raj
uey and Brothers.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-18
An Important Step.

FROM tue Sf Louis RepUo.I al.
The ku-klux proclamation turns out to
be most important step in a new policy
to be pushed toward the South. It is now
known positively that for more than six
weeks, or ever since the Ku-klux commit.
tee of Congress returned from the South,
the administration has had under consider
alton a policy to be enforced. not only
against the so-called ku-Klux organizations.
but in the administration Of federal civil
affairs in the South.
There was no substantial difference of
opinion among the President and the Cabi.
net and the leading Republicans who ia
vored this new order OF things, except as to
the time when it should be enforced. and
that accounts for the delay until after the
October elections. The proclamation is,
therefore, but the fOrerunner of martial law
and the suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus as provided by the fourth article of
the act OF April 20. This says that
any ku-klux organization or combina-
ton shall be deemed rebellion against
the government, the limits of which shall
be prescribed by proclamation. and who,
by commanding the insurgents to disperse
before the privileges Of the writ of habeas
corpus, are suspended. A prominent mem
Der of the government, and also leading
Republican, stated to-day that the arrange
ments of the civil and military for whole
sale arrests of members of the Ku-klux
klan had been perfected. and that the coun-
try would be surprised, if the proclamation
was not not needed. by the arrest of we'll
known Southern men.
Inasmuch as it is averred that outrages
in the South are provoked by corruption of
office holders and the plunder of the people,
it is the intention of the President to begin
a warfare against all corrupt federal otfi-
cials. and to invite the cooperation Of all
good Republicans for the displacement Of
bad State officials. This is to go hand in
hand with the enforcement of the ku-Klux
law, until it is settled that there is a lasting
peace in the South
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-18
WHOLE NUMBER 1884.

said counties, all arms, ammunition, uni
forms, DISCUSSES and other means and inn
plements used, kept, possessed or controlled
Dy them for carrying out the unlawful pur-
poses for which the said combinations and
consplracies are organized; and
whereas, TAe insurgents engaged in such
rnlawful combinations and cOnspiracies
persed and retired peaceably to their re-
spective homes, and have not delivered to
the marshal Of the United States, or to any
Of his deputies, or to any civil officer of the
United States within said counties all arms,
ammunition, uniforms, DISCUSSES, and other
means and implements used kept, pos
sessed or controlled by them for carrying
out the unlawful purposes for which the
combinations and cOnspiracies are organ
lied, as commanded by said proclamation,
but do still persist in the unlawful combi-
nations and cOnspiracies aforesaid.
Now, therefore, l, Ulysses 5. Grant, Pres
ident Of the United States Of America, by
virtue of the authority vested in me by the
constitution Of tho United States and
the act Of Congress aforesaid, do
hereby declare that in nay judgment
the public safety especially requires
that the privileges Of the writ of habeas
corpus be suspended to the end that such
rebellion may be overthrown, and do hereby
suspend the privileges OF the writ OF ha-
beas corpus within the counties of Spar
tans6urg. York. Marion, Chester, Laurens,
Newburg, Fairfield, Lancaster and Chester
field. in said State of South Carolina, or by
any of his deputies or by any mill
tary officer Of the United States,
or by any soldier or citizen acting
under the orders Of said marshal, deputy,
or such military officer within any one Of
said counties, charged with any violation
of the act of Congress aforesaid, during
the continuance of such rebellion.
In witness whereof have hereunt0 set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed Done at the City of
Washington this seventeenth day of Octo-
Der, 1871, and Of the independence of the
United States of America tne ninety.sixth.
z. S. GRANT.
By the President:
j. c. BANCROFT DAVIS,
Acting Secretary of State.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-18
The Ma9nOlia.

This little weekly paper, published by
Mrs. A. NJ. c. Massena, comes to us in an
enlarged form, printed on exceedingly clear,
white paper. The announcement is made
that the Magnolia is to be entirely inde-
pendent hereafter, which being translated,
means that it will be no longer controlled
by the Customhouse clique or any other COM
bination Of political charlatans The editor
is. however, Republican by nature, and can
be depended upon to be true to the best
interests Of Louisiana. We notice that the
Nagnoiio appears as the champion of the
Police Board, while one of the State officers
comes III for share of left-handed compli-
ments.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-18
Wherefore University.

Among the educational institutions in the
country, needing and deserving the con-
tributions Of those who regard education
as fundamental necessity, is the Wnber-
force University. located in Green county,
near Nenia, Ohio. 1t is, to use the language
of the New York Herald, the only university
in the country, founded and owned by col
oced men, and has already done a good
work in preparing many young men and
women as teachers. Mr.. John Cousins, the
president Of the board of trustees, is now
in this city soliciting subscriptions in aid of
the university. His credentials are in
dorsel by President Grant, Chief Justice
Chase. General o. 0. Howard and others.
Mr.. Cousins will remain in the city several
days, and will make his headquarters at
No. 2lb Common street. President Grant
gave to him. for the university, the munifi.
cent sum of five hundred dollars.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-18
FOREIGN.

Cholera Epidemic In Constantinople-Hav
ana Sugar FreIGhts-JuareZ re.elect.
ed by Mexican Congress-Csanimous
Vote for Him - Mexican telegraph
Wires Cut.
CONsTANTrNOPLE,O October II The cholera
is again epidemic. There have been sixty
deaths in two days, nine of whom were
Englishmen.
HAVANA, October l6-Freights per box
on sugar from northern ports of Cuba to
the United States, 75c; from southern ports
81 so y hhd of sugar.
A steamer from Vera Cruz has arrived,
bringing late dates from the Mexican capi-
tai. Juarez has been reelected president
by Congress, receiving 10S votes, all that
were cast. The opposition abstained from
voting. Everything was quiet in the city.
The telegraph wires between the capital
and Matamoras had been cut by Trevino
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-18
AMCSEM EMENTS.
St. Charles Theatre.

The Lingards played Ellie" to an ordi
nary house last night. but did not elicit
much commentator nor inspire the au-
dience with vim enough to make it interest
ing. This evening there will be an entire
change of bill. and the charming French
comedy Delicate Ground will be pre-
sented, together with the lively two act
play Of Naval Engagements" with Lin
CARDS new representations.
Academy of Music.
The engagement Of the Hart. Ryman &
Barney minstrels is drawing to close
This evening there will be an entire change
Of programme, and new novelties and stun
ming sensations will be produced to the per-
feet satisfaction of an audience that is
always delighted at minstrel performances.
Secure seats early.