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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-11-14
Valuable Land for sale.
to an order of the COun-
L ty. Court of Giles county, will, on
Friday neeemheT. 9Th. 1872.

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sell to the highest bidder, on the prem
ses, the tract of 259 acres of land, being
the Southern part of the Phillips tract
of land, allotted to the heirs of Obedi-
ence Benson, decd, situated on the
turnpike road, about one mile north of
EIktOn, adjoining the lands of Atlas
Reeves, Geo. Bowers and others, and be-
ing the part of the Phillips tract upon
which Geo. Bowers once resided. The
land win, perhaps, be divided into two
or more tracts before the day of sale.
TERMs.-Credit of one and two years,
with interest, except a cash payment of
three per cent. Notes with good secu-
rity required. Persons wishing to eX-
anime the lands can call upon George
Bowers or John Patterson, near the
premises. II. H. AYMETT,
nOVI4-td Clerk.
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CTDlIIeCg We have Just issued
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volumes, price 81 each in boards, S.
each in cloth. The two volumes con-
tain over Forty Beautiful VALUES,
sheet " F tJ9 at FAVORITE I least 6r f3 in
from other dealers be particular TO ask
for Peters Edition of Strauss Waltzes,
as it is the only correct MAJ TTEC
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PETERS, $50 Broadway, n. Y.
n0yl4 -2m
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"Ah, ladies'" said an old bon ~
OaHL as he opened a bottle of wine,
what is more delightful than the
popirg Of a champagne cork p
Popping Of the question: unani-
mously cried the ladies.
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Administrators Notice.

4 Il persons indebted 70 the estate OF
~ Elihn Mcdonald, deed, either BY
note or account, are hereby notified TO
come forward and settle the same with
out delay, and persons holding claims
against the same are requested to pre-
sent them for payment
&. II. DISMUKES,
noVT-ita AdBliRfsfrGtOr.
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Chancery Sale of Land.

O1onC01 0d40 u 1eS4A4s
VIM. p. Brown, Admir-, VS.. Elizabeth
Shields and others.
Pursuant 20 a decree Of the chancery
court at Pulaski in the above cause, i
viii, on
Friday, NoU'J &c, 1872,
sell at public sale to the highest bidder,
at Lynnville Station, on u credit of six
months, with interest, the remaining
interest in the dover tract assigned to
Elizabeth Shields, widow of Hugh K.
Shields, decd, out of the lands of her
deceased husband, situated in the 18th
civil district of Giles county, on the
waters of Robertson Fork creek, con-
tanning 30 and 40 acres. Plat and sur
Vey of said land viii be exhibited on
the day of sale. Notes with approved
security will be required from the pur-
chaser and a lien retained until the
purchase money is poid.
Oct24 J. B. STACY, c. C u.
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CbaBceTy Safe Of
VALUABLE LAND
J. S. Gilbreath, Admir-, ct ais. VS.. Ann
L. Cannon ct ais.

J. S. Gilbreath, Admir-, et ais. vs. Ann
i. Cannon ct ais.
Pursuant to a decree of the Chancery
court at Pulaski, for Giles county, in
the above cause, 1 Will, on
Friday, WOU'r %, 1872,
sell at public sale to The highest bidder
on the premises, on a credit of ] and
years, with interest, and free from the
equity of redemption, the lands men
toned in thespleadings, situated in the
18th civil district of Giles county, about
two miles north Of old Lynnville, con-
tanning about 200 acres exelusioe of the
widows dover, and adjoins the lands OF
David Bray and others. Plat and sur
vey will be exhibited on day of Sale
Notes with approved security win be
required of the purchaser, and liens re-
tanned until the purchase money is
paid. VIII be sold in two or more lots
Sale at II o'clock, A. NJ.
oc24 J. B. STACT, c., q Il.
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She7iff's Sale.

DY virtue of writ of vendi expOnas
ID to me directed from the Circuit
Court of Giles county, in favor of Isaiah
a. Alternately and against +. F. Aber-
nathy, / will sell to the highest bidder,
for cash, at the courthouse door in Pu-
laski, on
Saturday, N0Uenaber I6, 1872,
the undivided interest of f. 7. Aberna-
thy in and to a tract and parcel of land
in the Doth civil district of Giles county,
supposed to contain about Us acres, adj
joining the lands of Hartwell Lucy.
Coleman Lloyd, Monroe Smith and 9TH
ers. Levied on and to be sold to satisfy
said yendi exponas in my hands.
Oe24 r. A. MITCHELL, Sheriff.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-11-14

There is one comfort left US any
how. We know how to beat Grant
next time. Wen nominate him.
Courier Journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-11-14

Victoria Woodhulrs arrest has
caused many enquiries as to the
particular cause. She published a
very lengthy and scandalous article
concerning Henry Ward Beeeher
and the vile of Theodore Tilton. In
the same number she made the most
filthy declarations Tin regard to Mr.
Cballis) that were ever printed IN
apv naner in Christendom.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-11-14

Gen. Grant prevailed on one side
at the late election, and general
apathy on the other Cour- Journal
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-11-14

Sunday is the key of the arch
which spans the week past and the
week to come, and under its beautl-
full and peaceful expanse, the rich
and the poor, the high and the low
sit down together in the same
churches. and bend the knee at the
same altar, for neither wealth nor
station can be asserted on the Sab
bath day.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-11-14

Originally the term Of human life
was a thousand years; hut that was
before there were doctors.
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Notice TO Creditors.

4 Ii persons holding claims against
n the estate of A. @, Steel, decd, are
hereby notified to present the same, du-
" authenticated, on or before the LIST of
January next, or the same will be for
ever barred. LEN OLIVER,
nOVI4-2t administrator.
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Notice to Creditors.

A Ii persons holding claims against
"A the estate of f. NJ. Bennett, decd,
are hereby notified TO file the same, du-
" authenticated, with the Clerk and
Master of the Chancery Court for Giles
county on or before the Sd Monday in
February next, or the same VIII be for
ever haired.
oc24 J. B. STACY, c. & N.
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hand that might have been delivered
to customers. had it not been for the
horse disease. In one store alone
there were 100000 worth of wool
stored, which was awaiting delivery.
Minor, Beall & Hackett had their
store packed full, having only put in
the last of their winters stock three
hours before the fire enyeloped it all.
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VIM. GRAHAM,

Carriage Manufacturer,
Would give notice to the citizens OF
Giles and surrounding counties that he
is prepared to supply them with every
variety ofpleasure vehicles, such as
Carriages, ROckaways, BarOu-
ches,.BUggies,. TrOttingIandi
Spring Wagons, &c.
Persons wishing anything in his line
will find it to their interest to give him
call. All kinds of Repairing done
with neatness and dispatch
All Work Warranted.
may2-6m
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The Quo WarrantO Cases.

One immediate effect Of the recent
amnesty bill Will be disposed of nearly
if not quite all the cases pending in the
United States Courts. known as the ouo
uarronto cases. The prohibitions from
holding office, made by the 18th Consti-
tutional amendment. having been left
subject to act Of Congress- and having
boon rendered nugatory by the amnesty
bill, As to III persons not excepted from
its benefits, the ;'rnalties, Of course, 20
with the abolition of the prohibitions.
II is stated that tie District Attorneys
throughout the country will he instruc-
ted to dismiss all such suits that may be
pending. \ large number Of the people
OF Tennessee have been subjected to
much annoyance and expense, by these
prosecutions, or rather prosecutions, and
we congratulate them upon their deliv-
erence from the malice of their local on
pression.-PrpSs and Heruld.
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Col. j. R. Cooke,

From the Nashville correspondence OF
the Athens Post, we copy the following
which appeared in that paper last week
! am glad to notice such II popular
expression here in favor of your former
fellow-townEman, Col !. b. Cooke, for
Supreme Judge. During the week Of
the Convention | had n pretty good OPP
~portunity to catch the drift Of the cur
rent, and / feel that I do not risk any
thing in expressing the opinion that he
will he overwhelmingly elected. His
well known ability aud qualifications as
n lawyer and iurist are generally recog,
nizod, and I hear but one expression
here, and that in for Cooke. Ny iulor,
nation from West Tennessee, derived
from private sources, IL that he is the
choice Of the popular voice in that Di,
vision. East Tennessee YOU know more
of than | do,
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Combs on Greeley,

The venerable Lcslie Combs, of Ken
lucky, is out for Greeley, He says:
We shall have II repetition Of the
storm Of 1910, which | helped to raise,
III You remember, aud | will blow blast
or two, old as / am, for the wonderful
poor printer b0y-tho secoad Franklin.
| believe ho will carry every former
slave State, ~ well rs New York, Penn
s~ylyania and parts Of New England. IL
SAY nothing Of the great Northwest and
the Pacific frontier. He is exactly the
reverse OF Grant.
First, he is well qualified, and under.
stands what craftsmanship means,
Second, he is ~kind-hearted and gen.
tie M Il wornan-unreyengeful and gen.
erous to ris opponents.
Third lie il a sober man-always has
been not IL formed or unreformeC
drunkard.
Fourth, he is in honest man, not NJ
oiice-seIier, or receiver of all sorts o
gifts, or partner in NIL manner Of villa
nous rings TO plumber the public treas
lrv.
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Duty Of the Day.

When tho delegates to the National
Democratic Convention meet ut Balti-
more, if they attempt to sell tue party,
ignore its honored principles and COM
pei Democrats to follow political trick
sters into the Republican, camp, they
NAV look out for the beginning of trou-
bic.
Let there be 1T that convention an at
tendance from all parts of the country.
or men who are not delegates. Let
them he there to indnrSe the nomination
il it he Il Democratic, or to UHite n once
in II call for II MltiOHai DEMOCRATIC
Lpnr'niiOH, and the nomination Of Demo-
cratic candidates for the Presidency ard
c"-Presideucy. aud for the reorganiza-
ton Of the Democratic party on a basis
Of principles.
Victory or Defeat.
But no cowardice or Sinking the re-
Sponsihillty Of u contest when the rights
and libeltieS OF the people orthe preser-
;Ntror Of a Republic il concerned.
Others may do rs they please, They
may buy, sell, bargain, traffic and be-
Tray
They may follow Greeley into the par
ty he il sick OF, and which is sick of him.
They may indorse him or any other Re-
publican in their desire for that peace
which exists when the lion and lamb lie
down together, but when tho lamb is
inside the lion, nothing short Of II DEM
ocratic candidate will suit us. The re-
h5lon which is good enough to live by,
is good enough to die by. SO with poll
tics and principles,
While the followers of Greeley are
citing to Democrats who will support
him, lot them lear IN mind that here is
one Democrat, and one Democratic pa
per, which goes direct from this office
to ftlr"r hourpd Mrcp Lwd,rd and SIR
ty7toD' poSi-oD,c"S, which WILL NOT
SuupGrt or iudOrsr Horace GreelCy for
the Presidency, no matter if II thousand
conventions nominate him, orii oman
tain our position and defend our prn-
ciplc, we part company with every sub
ocrlber whose name il on uur books.
"Prin"ipa, NON Homincs."
PrincIpleS-not NEIL not politicians,
whose policy is Office, plunder and posi-
tion. pomcroyy Nrn,ocraL.
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Monroe County Tax Sales.

State of Tennessee, Monroe Counyt.
Circuit Court, May Term, 1872.
Whereas, NJ. G. Wright formor Tax
Collector of the public Tax for the coun-
ty of Monroe and State of Tennessee for
the year 1869, do report the following
tracts or parcels of land as having been
assessed for State and county taxes fer the
years 1868 and 1869, that the taxes
thereon are due and unpaid, and that the
respective owners of the same have
no goods and chattles within their limits
of said county of Monroe, on which he
can d~estrain for said taxes, to-wit:
Atkinson, one tract of land valued at
$500, lying in the 18th civil district, con-
tanning $50 acres. Taxes due for 1869,
S. IS, collectors fee, 81, clerks fee, 81 so,
printers fee, 81 So. Total, 80 95.
Edward Ragsdale's Heirs. One tract
containing 100 acres, value $500 90, ly-
ing in the 18th civil district, Taxes due
for 1868, S337t. Also the same tract as
the property of Luther Ragsdale for the
year 1869. Value $500. Taxes, SO So,
one poll, 80 Is, collectors fee, I |, clerks
fee, 81 so, printers fee, 81 so. Total,
$l2 O7I.
Dunlops Heirs. One tract of land
situated in Goth civil district, containing
1920 acres. Value 81 600. Taxes duo for
the year 1869, $l3 so, collectors fee,$l 90,
clerks fee, 81 so, printers fee, 81 So. To-
tai, SIT 6a.
Upton, Galloway, Glenn & Co. One
tract containing 6056 acres, situated in
goth civil district. Value $500 Taxes
due for 1869, $6 80, collectors fee, 81,
clerks fee, 81 so, printers fee, 81 so.
Total, $40 80.
1t is therefore considered by the court
that judgment be and is hereby entered
against the aforesaid tracts Of land in the
name of the State, for the sums annexed
to each, being the amount of taxes, costs
and charges due severally thereon, for
the year 1868 and 1869. And it is or.
dered by the court that the said several
tracts of land, or so much thereof as shall
be sufficient Of each Of them to satisfy the
taxes, costs and charges due scverally
thereon, be sold as the law directs.
Witness +. h Griffith, clerk of our
said court, at Office in jacksonville, the
second Monday of May. 1872.
IHa. Il. Il. GRrrrIrH, clerk.
In obedience to the foregoing order Of
sale to me directed, | will expose to pub
lie sale, at the court house dor. in Mad
isonville, Monroe county, Tenn, on tho
first Monday in July next, the foregoing
tracts of land, or SO much thereof, as may
be necessary to satisfy the aforesaid taxes,
costs and charges dae severally thereon
unless the same be previously paid.
.a,a, f..la NJ. G. WRIeHr,
Late Tax Collector, &c.
May 2lst, 1872.
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Q law this session, IA the Radical faction
have not the requisite maloriE We
don't believe il this iuiumous measure,
conceived IN malice aud brought forth
in hatred, was II law, tina. the large mass
of the nestues would ever have pvailel
themselves Of the privileges afforded nm
der it; they would have taken the sepa-
rate accommodations offered then by
railroads, and other public institutions,
hut u few of the mischief makers Of their
race would have created trouble. This
mosi probably wonld have Soon stopped,
US the judicious use Of Il few good clubs
would have soon learned these impu-
dent Scoundrels their proper phees, and
the matter would likely regulate itself.
But thank God the Measure will not
become II law Mt present, and perhaps
never.
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TAursda \ May 30, 1872.
ma Enterprlse for the Campnign.

We are now about to enter upon n
great political campaign. A President,
a Governor, Congrsssmen and members
TO the Legislature arctic be elected this
fall, The people want information and
must have it. We shall endeavor to
keep our readers fully posted in the
news Of the day, aud therefore make
this liberal offer to all citizens OF this
and the adjoining counties.
We will send tho ESTERPsrsE from the
first Of June, until the 10Th Of December
next, for one dollnr, cash in advance
Send in your names gentlemen at once.
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Amnesty and Civil Rights Bills.

The Cincinnati Convention has been
productive Of Il good result; it has
hurried the Amnesty bill through Con-
gress, which has been signed by the
President aud IL now IL law. II relieves
everybody lnboring under disabilities
imposed b, the l4th amendment. with
the exceptions. Numbering some two
hundred Of Senator's and Representa-
tives Of the thirty-siXth and thirty-sev-
snth Congresses, ana officers in the judi
cial, military and naval services Of the
United States, heads Of departments and
foreign Ministers Of the United States.
Thin restores to inli citizenship, alarge
class of our fellow citizens who were,
under the infamous Legislation OF the
meanest Congress that ever assembled,
natural born Foreigners and again
places them in n position to be honOred
by the people with pubic trusts, i'm OPT
portunty the people will readily seize.
The day of small men, who have well
neigh run evory branch Of our interests
to ruin has passed, and they will now
take their proper places, from which they
were S0mited forth by the general con-
fusion and corruption attending recon
strnctiOD.
The Civil heights Bill as it passed the
Senate is rs follows: Be il enacted, That
whoever being 1t corporation or natural
person o. owner in charge Of any public
inn, or any place Of public amusement
or entertainment, for which Il license
from any legal authority is required, Of
any line OF stage coaches, railroads or
other nleals of public carriage Of pas
sengers and freight, shall make any dis
tinction M to admission cr accommodate
ton therein of any citizen OF the United
States because, of race, colorOr previous
condition of servitude. shall. on convic-
ton thereof. be iined not less than five
hundred dollars, nor more than five
thousand dollars Gnr each %offense. and
the person or persons or corporation so
offending shall be liable to the citizen
thereby injured in damages, to be re-
covered in an action Of debt.
Section 2. That the ofIenses under
this act and actions to recover damages
may be presented before any Territorial,
District, or Circuit Court of the United
States having jurisdiction of crimes, Mt
the place where the offense was CHARGED
to hRgeibsen committed, with u right of
appsai Or to- havoa writ of error, in any
caseIto; tie Supreme Court Of the United
Statss. II Sa,ss, ,.l,., n. !, :.
Itghas been sent back to the House of
Representatives for its Concurrence, and
as there are a large number of bills on
the Speakers table TO be acted upon, and
as it requires a tworthirds vote to take il
MP ont of its order it viii hardly become
a-N.-A H.
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4 rural Grant organ III Penusylyania
says; The Democracy cannot vote for
Il nun who went to Arkansas to bail
jeff. Davis, and to Harper's Ferry to
help hang John Brown; who is in favor
OF Protection for New York and Free
Trade for Pennsylvania; and who was
imprisoned in Paris for defrauding his
creditors, and in Fort Lafayette for ad-
rocating Secession We submit that
there are New York editors who might
sit at the feet Of this provincial and learn
things. The skill with which he ON
presses into half y dozen lines SO much
invention, reminds Que Of TINT thesis
written by u competitor in u Civil Ser
vice examination who was required To
write a grammatical sentence containing
the words pig, Toai, doctor.. or3rhdr. Tie
result WIS; "A goat is stronger than a
pig IL goat looks ut you and 50 docs the
doctor hut u goat has four legs and u
boy who amt got ne mother il on
orphan il he amt got no father ne is
two orpnan.-Trtburf. %
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A special from Jefferson City Missou-
ri, states that Col. John c. Birch, Of the
Nashville Union and american, tele-
graphs Gov. Brown. Of Missouri, that
action Of the Tennessee Democratic Con
~vention in declaring against nominations
by the Baltimore Convention, is the
universal sentiment Of the Democracy
of Tenpessee,-JDDeaL {. .
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As to the whole question Of the abol-
ishing Of capital punishment, says the
american Presbyterian, we agree cordial.
" with n member of the French Corps
Legislatif, who said, Certainly, certainly,
only lot Messieurs, the murderers set us
the example, na..Hi f'
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MOsby.

The Memphis Appeal, speaking Of
thts geutlerns gu says;
Colonel Mosht of Virginia cavalry
fame. told Grant he would support a
Democrat II nominated at Baltimore.
II no such nomination vac made, he
(Mosby) would support the Republican
who bid highest, by proposing generous
terms, for the Southern vote. Such is
the statement of u private letter from
Virginia. Mosby is no Radical. As be-.
tween Greeley and Grant, he coneeives
himself under no obligation to vDte for
either. He did not make himself "an
accessory before tho hct7t to the Cincin-
natl Convention, and was not bound by
its action IA we we're.
The GAINESVILLE Chronicle says:
The Democratic general convention
will meet in Baltimore on the 9th Of July.
We hope it will attempt no nomination
should it do otherwise, it will prove n
fatal blow to tho Democratic party-or-
ganizOtion and no less fatal to popular
liberty, ms secured by local s~elf-gOysrn-
NEXT, aud the Nashville Convention act
ed wisely In i%nstructins the delegates
from tennessee to oppose the nomina-
ton of Democratic ticket. If, however,
the northern Democrats override this re-
solve, aud make n nomination, it should
be accepted as proof of want Of sympa-
thy with the suffering South and repu-
dated as both uniriendly and unpatrio-
A..
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All roads that lead from Greeley are
military highways. All roads that &c
to Greeley are old fashioned, peaceful
turnpikes, where every milc-post dimin-
ishes the distauc &C between Ms and "the
good time coming" ar.r. a.. ,
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Our Provision Market has been quiet
during the past week, with prices ruling
about the same Ms at last review. '
Bacon, continues firm, with reduced
stock aud good demand prevailing at
full prices, Corn, market steady; prices
firm and tending up; stock reduced.
Flour, an active demand continues for
high grades. Oats, weaker, in anticipa-
ton Of the new crop. Butter, the re-
sfipfs more liberal and prices tending
downward, Eggs, in better supply, Mt
124 to l5c per dozen ut shippers marks,
and 16 to II counted out.
Very Respt,,
Cox, JACKSON 4 Go.
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A few friends will go and bury us.
Affection will reara stone and plant a
few flowers over our grave; and IN a
brief period the little hillock will bo
smoothed down, aud the stone will fall,
and be broken, and neither friends nor
strangers will be concernedto ask which
one of the forgotten millions ofthe earth
was buried there. Every vestige that
we ever lived upon the earth will have
vanished away. All the little memorials
of our romembrnnce-the lock of hair
encased in gold, or the portrait that
hung in our dwelling, will cease to have
the slightest interest to every living be-
ing.