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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-10-12

in the world. are ia ruins. Hun l.
reis of human beings are supposed
to have been destroyed and the less
OF animals, furniture, buildings pro-
visions &c cannot be calculated, al
though it is estimated at one humid
red AMI fifty millions Of dollars.
The city is without water6F gas and
as thousands Of houseiess and hun
gry wanderers are turned out upon
the streets without food, the supply
Of provisions is almost exhausted
The whole cityis-in gloom and an
awful feeling ofdepression pervades
every class Of people. DLen who
were millioaares a few days ago are
now reduced to beggary, and the
suffering entailed upon the thou
sands Of .houseIess and homeless
victims of the fire during the cold
weather, cannot be estimated. The
latest account from the suffering
city are SO conflicting that we can
not at present give any reliable par
ticulaFs of this awful holocaust OF
life and property. The losses to
the insurance companies arc fright
rul. The Eastern Companies viii
probably lose at least $35,o09,000.
The fire has at last been arrested by
blowing up whole blocks Of build
ings with gun powder.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-10-12

of the future IS not dark. The
growing prosperity of the State IS a.
subject OF sincere congratuiation.
The energies Of every inaustri-
al branch are quickened iuto new
life. Diversified sources Of wealth
are daily manifesting themselves,
and are being developed with adj
RANGING enterprise and intelligence.
The bright face of hope peers out
from the breaking clouds, and
ghitc-winged peace casts her soft
shadows upon the rude prints
Of war. With the recital Of our
wrongs let us forget them and bu
~ forever the acrimonies they have
engendered. Let us shape ourpol-
icy not SO much to criticise or jus
tify the past as to improve the fu-
ture. Although success has over
Vhelmingly crowned the united eff
fort Of the people Of Tennessee IN
their first political struggle after
the restoration of tie ballot, yet
the fruits of that victory may be
lost five are not harmonious in
sentiment and united in purpose.
The impotence of some and the
disappointments of Others will now
and then distract our counsels and
threaten our integrity. But let US
stand firmly BY principle, preserve
our organization aud await patient
~ the great developments of the fu-
ture.: in the confident hope Of 2
speedy restoration Of the constitu-
tional liberty to the American PEG
pie.
And may the Supaeme Ruler Of
all things direct our counsels tc
wise and harmonious results.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-10-12
The Great Fire in Chicago.

A FIRE broke out in q planning mill
on Canal street, Chicago, Illinois,
last Saturday, which has resulted
IN one of the most terrible and de-
vastatiug conaagrations ever known
in the history of the world. The
great FIRE in London dining the
reign Of Charles the Second, finds
a parallel in this awful calamity
Five miles of a magnificent city
have been swept by the devouring
element, and ten thousand houses
giving sheIter to over 100000 hu'
man beings have heen burned to
the ground. \ high wind famed
the flames ard drove them with ter
rIble velocity 70 their work ofruln
and desoiation. The entire business
portion Of the city was destroyed.
Al the hanks, express ard news
paper Offices Were- destroyed. fho
RAJ Rosl 3eposs, Including tRat of
tay Illinois Central O10 ofsRs Gpsst
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-10-12
Cotton Crnn Estimates.

\ wide difference in crop est
mates continues to prevail. some
ststements from the interior giving
rs low IS 2,25O,OO0 bales: while
manufacturers and short sellers are
hopeful that the yield may reach 3,
250,0oo. or over Those who are
generally regarded as the best POS
ted and most disintereeted look for
something under three million bales
An early or late frost viii some
what affect these views, although
mention Of the dying outof the top
crop has been reported over eonsid-
cradle sections. which would lessen
the advantage of q late fall.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-10-12
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

VIM. Fall, a colored boy of Viii
mington, n. c., had a bad habit Of
trying to explore in his sleep. the
distance from a three story window
to the ground during the dead
hours Of night. This pernicious
habit resulted in fall that was
fall. Indeed it gravitated William
from the third story window in a
block of buildings to the street be
low. ''Oh, what fall was there
my countrymen." His head stuck
two feet deep in the soil and VIII.
liam is now a colorcd angel.
An exchange says s'Brick Pome-
roy is still in Salt Lake, drinking
beer like a Mormon" This being
the case sBrick7 must be engage d
in some of his political hops be-
sides being immersed in Malt Lake
instead ofSaIt Lake
Among the many beautiful fe-
male names that make music in a
printers heart none are cherished
more fondly than the AIMS" The
Crafty will see the point.
It has been said that figures
don't lie but that was before cot
ton. whalebone and panniers were
brought into requisition by the In
dies in order to convince mankind
that female figures can lie if they
want to.
The Debating Society at Hebron
has been zealously discussing the
question, (which gave birth to the
greatest number Of great men, An
cient or Modern times? Our He
bron friends are wasting their breath
on an impracticable question
Neither ancient. nor modern times
ever gave birth to any great men,
and in support of this position we
proudly refer them to every married
man and family physician in Giles
county.
The "Small Talk" editor Of the
Juvenile Department of the Louis
vile Courier-Journat sarc astically
pronounces us "a sweet Poet" We
are sorry to say that we cannot re-
turn the compliment. Posterity
would excoriate our memory if we
failed to disclose the melancholy
fact that our "Small Talk friend is
an elaborate damphool.
The Ku KIux, it is said, are rails
ing a row in Corydon, Indiana. If
anything was needed to prove the
degeneracy Of the order, the fact
of its having made the soil of In
diana the scene of its operations
would convice the most skeptical
person of that fact.
The Union and American and
the Reunion Reform Association,
are pitching in to each other with
frantic energy. The u. and A.
goes for the president Of the Asso
citation because he wound up one
OF his cards with the concluding
passage of Martin Luther's celebra-
tedspeech before the Diet of Worms
If our city contemporary, and the
Re union and Reform Association,
keep mp this hallaboo about q Diet
of worms, we shall certainly send
them a a package Of Fahnestock 5
Vcrmifuge.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-10-12
NeWsnanar LiheraIifr.

The New York Herald proposes
to loan the city OF New York, one
hundred thousand dollars for the
purpose OF carry lag N the City gov
eminent, until the taxes are all
paid.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-10-12
A Graceful Address.

lion. James ID. Richardson upon
his election to the Speakership OF
the Tennessee House of Represen-
tatives, made the following sensi-
bic and graceful speech:
Gentlemen Of the House Of Re
representatives.
For me to say that I am deeply
sensible of the distinguished honor
you have just conferred upon me
in assigning me to the chair to pre-
side over your deliberations gives
but feeble expression to my feelings
on this occasion. I appreciate the
compliment very highly, because I
know it might have been more wor-
thily bestowed by you upon many
other members before me. Iappre-.
ciate it the more highly still, com
ing as it does from the first Legis-
lature elected in Tennessee under
the new Constitution, and the first
to assemble in this hall for ten
years where the people were free to
choose their own representatives
The House has assembled at an i'm
portant period in the history ofour
State, TO legislate for her best in
terest, and when I look upon the
members before me, and see the
men whom I know to be the "bone
and sinew" of our State; men who
for the next quarter of a century,
are to be prominent in her history;
I can well assume that our legisla-
ton will be characterized by an car
nest effort to advance the general
good of the whole people, and re-
store her to the honorable and
proud distinction she once com
handed. We can well afford to turn
our back upon all partisan and pro
scriptive legislation. 1t is true that
many, perhaps a large majority of
US are fresh from political manacles
and political outlawry; that We
have submitted to outrages in leg
islation heretofore unheard of in
a free country; that we have been
compelled to return thanks for be-
ing wrongcd, and to ask pardon for
doing what we believed to be right;
but coming together as we do TO re.
present a great and growing State,
let rs, without malice but with
hearts full Of charity, look to a
promising future and go earnestly
to work, that, when the short space
Of time allotted to US here shall have
passed away, we can return to our
respective homes and receive the
welcome plaudits of a gratiffed con
stitueney, In discharging the on
erous duties Of the Office your par
tiaEity Las assigned me, inexperi-
enced as lam in parliamentary law
and usage, l most earnestly invoke
yoar aid and assistance, and pledge
myself to do all in my power to
prove myself worthy of the honor
done me, and to dispense the bust
ness Of the House in a manner sat
isfactory to you and the people at
large. Again, gentlemen, most
sincerely thank you for the honor
done me.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-10-12
B. D0RMAN & CO.'S
Music Emporium
NO. e3 CHURCH STREET.
n ahshvilIe, Tenn.
Piano and Organ Department:
II. DORMAN, L. ". HOLM rs
Music and 4fusfeal Asyelsaadiss Department.:
JOHN a. BOWEN.
Pianoa 80 Orpans.

We have now in store and are constantly
receiving. the Chickeriug, Bradbury, Grove
steen 81 Fuller, St. Loais Co., Steck, Miller,
and other hFst class Pianos; the Mason &
Hamlin. Taylor & Farley, Estey, Prince
and Smiths American Organs, all OF which
we can guarantee. and sell ~ manafactn-
Ters' lowest 6gRres.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-10-12

sell at pa tic sale, on the premises. the lands
inentiOncd in the pleadings, containing
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-10-12
GOV. Brown INAUGURAL.

The following is Gov Browns
inaugural address delivered last
Tuesday, ii the House Of Repre-
scntativcs. 1t Is in keeping with
the character Of its illustrious a0-
thor, manly. digniGed, statesman-
like and eloquent;
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-10-12
A Day Of Rejoicing for the Ladies.

COMETHING NEW. Ali who have sew
y ing Machines of ans kind can bag for on
u IS = combined attachment Ba=ter and
Guidcr. Tuek-fnarier, Braidef, buffer and
Gafherer. Adjustable Binder, l'emner and
FclleT, to make any width and hold two or
more pieces Of ciOsh together without being
bzstea OF guided. Sl5 worth for 50. Re-
nemberit TT all Sewing Machines. Gail en-
cctf2-5t JOHN E. ROSE agt.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-10-12

A cedarware factory in Edgcfelft-
opposite Nashville, was bursed un
Monday morning last. Loss $50
ESQ, Co igsure3 FOR sFEezye tkeus-
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-10-12
WHEY ARD
County Court Land Sale.

OOuuGJ NOuEC ASt41O SAFE
c White, admir-. vs. Elizabeth Kencrnore
and others.
PURSUANT to decree of the County
L Court at Pulaski in this cause, ] will on
Friday, November 3yd, 1571,
sell at pa lie sale on the premises, the lands
mentioned in the pleadings, containing
81 ACR is
situated IN the 4th civil district Of Giles
county, adjoining the lands of c B White,
Sanford White and others. The land will
be sold on q credit of 6 and ~ months, with
interest from date Notes with good secu-
rity viii be required OF the purchaser, and II
lien rebrincd on the land.
II II AYMETT Clerk,
octl2, 1871 by WM HOUSTON, ID c
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Sheet Wusicd

In shfs Department we have now one Of
The naost thorouah and ehoics stocks sver
oEered IN this section, embracing 81 the old
standard Publications. "a also AID the best
and most a0puiar modern ones both Vocal
aud Instrumental We are also in constant
Feclipt 81 al rev ruhlicati rs. from bUth
ATneiicaa aud kuropean uhlizhirg houses.
Our 0Vs q Musical Mere 2Hdi, /.
a. Tlalin, GHitsr, Harp ard Iinnio S1Fiuz-
AID 81 tact every needed article IN Iii, hite,
lsognfrIEes tb5 very 6est Qualities Iha. can
be }iraeared.
Orders fFom Professors and Teachers
prompzlv filed on tie reretzr terms.
auring end -epairuE Of all knoWn
IhssrerasE,s, = -1e 5esk Hl.nle aaa s. ga
Tssess lfr 49, s-isa.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-10-12
Musical Instruments.

Oar stock Of yiolins, Guitars, Accorde-
oIaz, Flutes, Clar0uetts, etc has been Sc
lsetea with care and is offered at low prices
BEus chi Rocks ana Works.
We offer tbe most conplete stock of Ma
steal Works 10 be found in the entire South.
i embraces those Of the cid masters, aud
all modern ones Of celebrity in Instruction
Books both Vocal ard Inst umertal, IS
also al their leading compositions
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-10-12

LAND FOR SALE.
Samuel Harwells a3n'r. V Wilks Hay
well and others,
+ DURSUANT to decree o: the ChaneeTy
i court at Pulaski, in this cause, I viii, on
Saturday, EOVsmber 4th, 1871,
sell 70 the highest Bidder &C the court house
door IN Pulaski soE a credit of monts with
interest from the day Of sale, and free from
he equity Of reden5p tion, ubout - acres Of
fHE TIA CT OF LAND
ssal.-is u liafwoii a. ed, 1ud ss.5iara Ell
.. "a iis .aa. e set g, suaIi ereeF sifu..-
ssd In tic islsh i-fili-trlet 81 9 les s-.sl ~
o1-thu water e l5fa.lsifsFi- creek, aI54IB
ing The lands at Wi}is sflieIerd, haiaae
liaiNesl- Z SIn5al sid 0lhel-. Notes with
good erLs1ty required and lien retained on
the ianA Tor Tie payment % tie purchase
Inou1g
oeLlz, 49, WF BAL-4aElSzs A.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-02-25
Fire at Denton.

Dr. Tar. of the Denton JoUFhqR, visited
Elktou, Oh Monday last, but we We're
absent from our office when he called. A
fire broke out in the building next that in
which the Journal printing office was
located, and the damage to the type and
fixtures of the Journal by fire and water,
and the unavoidable hurry which is insep-
cradle from such occasions, was quite scri-
GUS The Cecil Company has an insurance
on the Office which will probably cover the
loss, but the injury resulting from having
printing Office knocked into "pi,' can
only be estimated by those who have to
restore order. The Insurance Company
will lose quite heavily by the fire. The
proprietor of the Journdlhas our sympathies
for his misfortune. We can well appreciate
the annoyance and loss from having his
business thus rudely interrupted by fire,
loss which Insurance Companies cannot
remedy.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-02-25
A Home Truth,

A correspondent in urging the advan-
tages of the proposed railroad from Elkton
to Niddletown, in last weeks Democrat,
takes the following very significant view of
the farming interests of this county. The
same views have frequently been urged by
THE IVhig. The writer says:
"After all, this section of country has
got to turn attention to the fruit business,
and in order to do so we want quick transit,
to enable us to grow perishable commodi-
ties. AS we cannot compete with the great
grain growing States, we must have rail
road facilities or our communities and
counties must decrease in value.
In conclusion l must say for the benefit
of all, that the farmers must abandon the
use of patent manures, and go back to the
old tandards-ashes, lime and home made
manures. Farmers should not buy what
they can make. They should take more
interest in making manure, and this is
saving of money. If tic course Of farming
continues for another ten gears as 1t las FIR
tie last ten, our county aciW be In a destitute
situation. The county is not as fourishing
as ii tcas before tile 1o0r, md one great cause
Is tie use Of bogus nlahures. Farmers can
not buy both, one or the other must be
abandoned, and | say throw off all fimsey
mauures and take the good. The neglect
of ashes, lime and barnyard manures is the
cause of our poverty"
The italics are our own, and the declara-
ton contained in that part of the writer's
remarks, is a startling fact which should
claim the earnest consideration of our
farmers. Fruit growing would not prove
so remunerative in other parts Of the
county as in SassafIas Neck, to which sec
ton the above remarks are more particu-
larly applied, but q departure from the
exhaustive system of patent manure and
wheat farming here urged, is applicable to
all parts. For five years our farmers have
complained of poor crops, and all this time
the price of grain has been running down,
showing that the crops have been general
average through the grain supplying parts
of the country, and that increasing thin
ness Of lands, together with less favored
climate for the production of cereals, is a
fact that stands face to face with our agri-
culturists. The decrease of grain farming
and fruit growing-the latter in those
localities which experience has proved
adapted to it's the only way out of the
slough of despond in which our agricultural
friends are at present laundering.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-02-25
Call for State Educational and Work.
ingmen's Convention.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 18th, 1871.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 18th, 1871.
To THE CoLoRED MEN OF MARYLAND.
Fsllop Citizens:-IIaving been duly ap-
pointed = Committee to draft Call by
very many Of our most influential citizens,
we issue TIE following Call for State Con-
vention of colvIed men, to assemble in the
city of Baltimore, at Douglass Institute,
Oh Wednesday, March LIST, 1871, at 12 NJ.
The objects of the Convention are:
1. To organize our brethren throughout
the State into Educational and Labor
Unions, for intellectual improvement and
the general elevation of the race.
.. To call the attention of the people of
our State and nation to the prescribed and
unjust position which we, as American
citizens, are compelled to occupy in this
our native commonwealth.
3. To mutually consult with each other
as to the best mode of securing for our
selves and our posterity homes, land, edu-
cation, character, influence; and to cult
vate art, science, industry, temperance,
economy, morals and religion.
4. To further, by whatever influence we
can bring to our aid a full recognition of
our manhood, and fair chance through
the race of life.
We cannot but expect good results and
lcSpOuoc W d CoHNeIet
for the above stated objects, and anticipate
the hearty and continuous cooperation of
our brethren from the counties and cities
of our State, i'll working out the great
reform, tending towards giving equal
chance to all human beings.
Any correspondence or information rela-
tive to the Convention will be received and
attended to by VIM. II. Wood, Correspond
ing Secretary, No. II Lexington Street,
Baltimore, Md. Respectfully, Yours,
Rev. J. r. V. Thomas, DIR. Jno. w. Creek,
Dr. W. r. Revels, Capt. r. NJ. Piper,
Thomas Landy, Nicholas Gillard,
Rev. J. II. W. Burley, J. M. Murphy,
DR.. II. J. Brown, Col. A. J. Kelly,
Henry w. Martin, DR.. d. r. Hudson,
John w. Luca, Rev. J. d. S. Hall,
Moses Ball, VIM. r. Spriggs,
Augustus Roberts, DR.. Jno. w. Clark,
John p. Jones, Thomas Chester,
James Jackson, j. ii. Douglas,
Rev. J. ]. Herbert, Lewis Washington,
Walter Sorrell, r. Fl. Williams,
Rev. II. II. Webb,
p. S.-Each county will be entitled to
send ten DeleoateS Baltimore city will be
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-02-25
ELKTON AND MIDDLETOWN ROAD

Z. E. EwING-Dear Sir i beg TO make
few suggestions favorng the railroad
from this place (Elktonl to Middletown.-
Last winter charter was obtained for
road from Elkton to Massey's Cross Roads.
This road will connect at Elkton with the
p, W. & b. Railroad, nd thereby all
roads meeting at Massey's. The proposed
road to Middletown will necessarily have
to take the same route as the Massey's. !
propose to use the Massey's charter and
make lateral to Middletown. BY SO doing
nine miles of the Massey's road will be
completed at but little expense, rs the
whole nine miles will he on the bed of the
old Eastern Shore Road, which is graded
to Bohemia Rver-some twelve miles. AT
the point where the Eastern Shore Road
crosses the county road from Bohemia
Manor to Middletown, the distance would
not be over four miles perfectly level
country. At this point l would have
depot, and in 4 few years, / venture to say,
it would be one of the greatest peach depots
and all the adjacent country is particularly
adapted to the growth of that valuable
fruit. l have been informed that the p,
w. & B. Railroad wants coal road to the
Delaware Bay. If SO, let them relay the
old Frenchtown Road, where this road will
cross it, to the Delaware Road, distant but
five miles, and they have continuous road
from Elkton to New Castle. l have under
stood that the corporators of the Elkton
and Massey's Road say that if Baltimore
city will subscribe 100000, they will make
both roads-to Massey's and Mddletown.
The road to Middletown will not cost, it is
said, over $4,000. If this route was
explained to the business men of Baltimore
that it connects that city with the Eastern
Shore of Maryland and a large part of Del
aware, (by either route) l am sure they
would subscribe the necessary amount of
funds, and the road might be in operation
by next winter. CITIZEN.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-02-25
Notice to Creditors.

This is to give notice, that the subscriber of Cecil
county, hath obtained from the Orphans Court of said
county. letters Parliamentary the personal of
CHARLOTTE ii. MOORE,
late of said county deceased All persons having claims
against the said deceased hereby warned exhibit
the sane with the vouchers thereof duly authenticated
On or before the Eth day of January, 1872:
they may otherwise, 10y law, be excluded from all benefit
of said estate. All persons indebted to said
requested to make immc'at" payment to the subscri-
her. Given under my hand this 18th day of February,
1871. JOSEPH I. REYNOLDS.
Executor of Charlotte H. Moore, decd.
Trst-REuBES D. LAMAR, Register.
Feb !. 1S1l-Gw
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-02-25
PUBLIC SALE.
h So IN, W

The undersigned. having rented her farm will offer at
Public Sale, the premises, Bay View. Cecil co., Nd
Wednesday,, tile sM day Of March, 1871,
the following Stock and Farming Implements:
l good driving MARE > good work aud driving
HORSES good stock. and in good condition.; Patchen
COLT, coming years old partly broken: black COLT
. years old ) fine MICH COWS: Yoke firstrate
WORK OXEN pair young STEERS Young Bulls;
Hcifcrs; , Shuats: Sheep: Donkey.
twohursr Power and Thr,Shcr. nearly new Steel
tooth Hay Rake, l Excelsior Mower, Wheat Drill
Grain Fan. Corn>lellcr, Roller, Cider Mill, Root Cutter
Straw Cater. Grin,stunr Wheearrows tlrrc-lorsc
Wagon. l two-h"r'" Wagon. Ok Cart. Germantown
Wagon, F,llingop Buggy. new Basket Slri H. Donkey
Cart and Harness. Carriage Tongue and Yoke Ok Yokcs
Wagon Cover and Bows, (largc sizc,) good Wagon
Harness. Pl"w Gears. Bri,llcs and Collars good Ri,n.
Saddle. idy's Side Saddle. Ok Chain Breast Chains
Cow Chains, Sh"vels Forks, Spades. Rakc, Hoes
Cradle. Moving Scythes, Bramhc Scytles Post Spade
and Post Ausrrs large Milk Cans and many other
articles not herein mentioned.
TERMS OF SALE.--All SIMS of so and under cash:
on all sums so. credit # Six Months will ha
given. the purchaser giving his Note. with approved
security. payable at the National Bank of Elktun and
to draw Interest from the day of sale. if paid when
due: > per cent of for cash, all SO
G5-Sale To commence at 10 o'clock A.
ELIZABETH REGARDS.
Feb % lSIl-"w* SAMUEL BURNS Auct.