The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-05-08
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The pubAc printer Is working his force %
its Utmost cApaeity IN order to finish al docu--
Hients ordered by Congress in time. to. have
them fraaked before the S5th Of June. He
sexpects to have 10000 volumes ready By the
18th Of that month. aud ain no5iAy Congrezs-
men to that eject. 80 that they can come and
i=Lrlbute their quotas II they-see 1T
The Surreme Court has decided the case
q the AIr4taaI LIE Insurance Company ofNew
lork Z. Ferry, a case Of suicide by poison
me cout BsldE that tie Acts sh9E thereason
q the daceased to have been so impaired that
hiz suicide was not his voluntary. intelligent
ast. On these facts it Is held that the com
pany is liable, although the policy provided
against suicides 9Th
The Secretary OF the Treasury has directed
the Assistant Treasurer at New York to sell
81. .O0O, 600 in gold on the first, third, and fifth
I ThrrsIays. ana $500 600 on the second sid
fourth Tbursdsyz ia Al si1 nalIliOns Of dollars
and to buy i've hundred thousand dollars
Ftonds on the first, and nve hundred Thousand
on the third Wednesday in May, in all one
million Of dollars. Secretary has also directed
| payment without rebate, on and after Monday,
2sth inst. Of the interest due on the bonds
Nay /.
-Tt, es5r.tni.siosss A.sf E.lsrnal iIssEs6aae
VIII Soon fssue 4 cifcuiar 'rsquffngf collectors
Of internal revenue TO make two returns dur
ing the month Of May. from the 1st TO the
18Th. and from the 18th to the 31st, in order
that liabilities fer the nsw. bonds may be
deteffnined
The Richmond Whig publishes some i'm
purtant lsgsers Supplied by Governor BeteAer
aud received from Generals Robert z Lee
and Ss0seWaH Jackson not heretoEOre printed.
The first gives an account Of the causes OF the
failure Of the West Virginia campaign in 1861
General Jackson's Iesters are the one resign
ing his command on the 31st OF January, 1852,
and another to Governor Lstcher explaining
that it t1-as- done -bscanssOf ausinfsrfereaaa
with IA corunand by the O0nfeder4ts Scores
tarv Of War. Governor Letcher took the re-
sponsibflity Of preventing the acceptance Of
the resignstion-l HIs esignation was 'pEor %
the memOrabls valley eanpaisnsof Jael1sOHfn
1852
The War Department has made extensive
arrangements for the protection Of engineer
ing parties on the Northern Pacific Railroad-
lAbout ortv'oouipani6s Of al HFansheA II tie
seryie #iII couzposs the expeditioas Which
-EartsAJune fifteenth, Cal Stanley command
ing. The expedition VIA remain in the field
untiI the 18th Of October il its services are re-
quired for that leagth Of time, andmag, at the
discretion or ths ednlnnaudine ofasep BE kept
cut until the 1st Of November, but not later
This expedition has been organized by Gen
Terry. commanding the departnnent OF
Dal,otah. under instructions Of the General OF
the Army. saat-t l.
--Dorman B. Eaton has decided 10 accept
the vacancy on the Civil SarviGe Board vacant |
made by the resignation OF Geo. ". Curtis.
The court has decided case 147 Planters
Bank Of Tennesssevz Union Bank Of Louisi- |
ana. This was & amt brought by the Planters
Bank 20 recover the balance Of account from /
the Union Bank The defense was that the |
remittauces made by the PlanteFs' Bank and
the collections made for it BY the Union Bank
we're in Confederate money as the tiua. when |
New Orleans, where fhs natter baulcfs loested
was occupied by Confederate forces, and that
subsequently, the balance duo 70 the Planters
Bank had been paid over to the military
authorities Of the United States by order Of
Gen. Banks. The court hela this 20 b no
defense. aud that a lender Of Confederate
money, when demand for peyrnent vas made,
such money being Of no valHs, did not eX-
fihguish the debt Tins e0urt 7uf1trHsg thg
iyzdg grneut holding that Gen Baifks Rad no
uuthoritv 70 order the debt Of the Planters
Banz to be paid ever 70 5lss Iaili sAzs asth0ri-
tfss. and that obediezce 20 that orisF IA not
ex5uerate the Union Bank. Justice StrOng |
delivered the opinion.