The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-09-19
GRIFTINGS

AAAl4'CAA ~ $500 '1N- E-@-99
/ Between nine hundred and a
thuusaud papers support the Gin
cinnati nominees, and some Of them
are the abIes5 journals in the cOun-
try.
Queen Victoria has sent a snuff
box TO Mr.. Stanley. He is in no
danger of being snuhed out, however
his exploits may be sneezed at
Yankee editor, recently married
states editorially, we are living al
this moment under absolute despO-
tism.
Some men are ike cats. You
may stroke the fur the right way fol
/ years, and hear nothing but purring
but accidently tread on the tail, and
all memory of former kindness Is
obliterated.
It IS a question in the Rule oI
I TEr e: II one Dent receives 81, 00C
and another Dent $500 for the APP
pOintpeRt Of a Consul 70 CallaO,
how much does Gen. Grant receive.
The report that Miss Ida Greeley
is engaged to be MARI ii is prema-
ture. She is engaged to be mistress
of the White House after the 4th ul
March.
It was Gov. oIcC1eg and not Gov.
Brown who wanted to have the Con
stitution turned into a Creed, The
Liberal candidate for tire Yiee-Presi-
deucy is not = sectarian and not q
fool.
Gov. PierrepODt says he has been
a Republican since 1850, and
will not exchange his Republicanism
for Grantism. He is sure Wess Yir-
ginia will roll up 3 grand majority
for Greeley and Brown.
Mexico is the richest bat also the
poorest country IN the world. But
her new President has borrowed
half a million dollars, which is the
most encouraging sign ofreeOvering
the nation has shown for years.
The Administration papers are
exquisitely reticcnt as to the tract
of land Gen. Grant received from j.
Russell Jores, of Galena, just before
he received an appointment as Min
lister to Belgium. Gen, GRAFT is a
man of deeds, we are told. So it
would seem.
Somebody having applied to us
for a method by which he might
cure his daughter of her partiality
for young gentlemen, is kindly in
formed that there are several meth
DDS of reform. One way is to skin
the young person; another is to put
her into a we'll and drop few loads
Of gravel on her head another is to
bind her ankles to an anvil and up-
set her out of boat,
Elk. Governor Orr of South Carroll
ma says that when he was a member
of the Legislature, a few years since,
the legislative expenses were $50, 900
a year. Now they amount to $780,,
600. Then the employees of the
General Assembly numbered twenty
or thirty, now 400. OF the 400 that
are paid only part or them do
anything. This is one of the finan-
cial felicities of the carpet-bag gov
eminent, invented and sustained by
the Administration.
A correspondent wants to know
what the indebtedness of the South
ern States is in round numbers
At the beginning of the Grant reign
it was about $40, 4I5, 500; at the he
ginning Of the present year it was
about $2I5, 100000, about twelve
millions more than the total inIebt-
edncss Of the other twenty seven
States. Raising debts is & species
of agriculture the carpet bag rulers
seem to understand very thoroughly.
One Of the advantages of the pre-
sent rule in the South appears in
the cost of collecting the revenue
In Illinois it costs two and in New
York it costs three cents to collect a
dollar; bat in North Carolina it
cost ten cents, in South Carolina
eighteen cents, in Texas twenty four
cents, and in Arkansas twenty seven
cents to collect a dollar. This is
one Of the financial felicities OF the
carpet-bag dynasty.
The Administration organs and
orators Icy To make a vast deal Of
capital ont of Mr. Greelcy's editO-
rails for the last twenty FIVE years.
Mr.. Greeley has been in the habit of
printing his opinions upon current
matters and important questions
every morning for thirty years
That in some Instances he was mis-
taken merely proves that he is hus
man; that his opinions were usually
sound AID have had the sanction of
history proves the sagacity of the
man. Suppose Gen. Grant had
printed his opinions every morning.
One of the tricks of the Grant pa
peTs and speakers is to convey an
impression that the rich business
men are afraid OF the Greeley move
ment, ard Mr.. A. I. Stewart was
quoted rs saying that Dir. Greelcy's
election would prove disastrous to
the country. Mr.. Stewart has taken
pains to pronounce the statement
false. No business man with brains
imagines any such thing. Business
does not suffer from 4 removal of
depressing restrictions, nor credit
from the eradication of fraud and the
revival of honesty.
Europe is specially Interested in
the coming conference of the three
Emperors Of Germany, Austria, and
Russia, what docs it mean? Do they
propose to commit some new crime
against freedom? Or is it only a
matter of friendly chit-chat? Or do
they propose TO revise the map Of
Europe again? tits sincerely hored
that the latter is not their object, as
that map has been altered so many
times since we first began studying
geography that VIC have already e1
teTely lost our recouiug. Another
ch; nge ami We shall be disposed TO
throw mp the whole thing in despair.
sTI,o n.,v,ts bav-, foIror o,l,.ort,r~,