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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-04-23
A Fieid of Blood.

The heirs Of two brothers named
Jacques and Francois LefeVIe have,
through their attorneys, presented
memorial to the Indiana senate which
reads more like an epitome of a tragic
romance than q narrative of actual facts.
JACQUES IefevFs came to this country
about the year 1850 and settled in Law
renee county, Ind, near st. Francis
vile, on the banks Of the Wabash. For
fifteen years he toiled industriously on
his farm, chopping wood and selling 1t
for~fuel to passing STEAMBOATS,. In 1645
he was murdered-shot while standing
near his wood-pile waiting for an ap-
preaching steamer. An inquest was
held, but the mystic of the assassina-
ton was not solved, and the incident
gradually dropped out of the recollec-
ton Of the people in the nsighborhood-
Eight years later Francois Ilefevre came
over from France 10 collect what might
be due the estate of his brother, and to
live on the farm (; but few months
after his arrival he, too, was shot on
precisely the same spot where his broth
er fell, and his murderer was never ap-
pretended, nor any clue obtained con-
eerning his identity. The Lefevre es-
tate consisted of seventy-three acres,
and since jacques was shot, although
the farm has produced nothing, the
taxes have been regularly paid by the
heirs. They have repeatedly endeavored
TO sell the land since the murder OF
Francois, but notwithstanding the fact
that it was offered as low as $3.50 an
acre, nobody could be found willing to
risk his life by taking up his abode on
this iII-omened place. For this reason
the heirs petitioned the legislature TO
accept the Lefevre estate on behalf Of
the commonwealth, to be devoted to
any public use for tho benefit Of the
county of Lawrence, on condition that
the same will be known as the +" Bloody
Field, " or by any other appropriate de-
nomination reminding the actual gener-
alton of the inpunity somewhat mex
piicable of double murder under more
inexplicabie circumstances at eight
years interval. They also ssk that
the sum Of the taxes paid on the estate
from IS45 to the present time may be
reimbursed to them, and bill drawn IN
the interest Of the petitioner IS now be-
fore the Indiana senate for its action
thereon
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The Gold Fever in Arkansas.

For some weeks past there has been
a deal of excitement in Western Arkan-
sas, growing out of the discovery of
gold on the north fork of the Ouaehita
It is not our province to minister to the
greed for gold, still less to give curren-
cy to statements which may be grossly
exaggerated. It is only proper to say
that there is every reason to suppose
that the district of Arkansas in which
these discoveries are alleged TO have
been made are distinguished by every
geological feature peculiar to gold pro-
ducing districts of California. Itmay be
well to add, as a matter of historical in
teIest, that from time immemorial the
opinion has obtained that rich mining
districts were once known in Western
Arkansas. Newspapers of the earlier
years of this country, often refer to the
system of spurious coinage of silver
practiced in Arkansas. Genuine silver
was found by counterfeiters, and, mixed
with too much alloy, was scattered eve
rywhere In the valley of the Mississip-
pi. It was supposed at a later period
that Murrell's clan had access to silver
and gold mines In Western Arkansas,
used in manufacturing spurious coin
which they diffused throughout the
south. At a remote period DeSoto,
from the day he began his tedious, des-
perate march from Florida to the west,
was constantly told that inexhaustible
gold and silver mines were to be found
in the western mountains. He crossed
the Mississippi and entered Arkansas
in search perhaps, of the very mines
now discovered. In 1928 the paper eur
rency of France, as managed by Law,
the Scotch adventurer, was based upon
the supposed mineral wealth of this
very district of country. Gold in great
heavy ingots was taken TO France and
shown upon the streets of Paris, and
the people accepted gladly promises to
pay based upon supposed boundless re-
sources of golden fortune. But Laws
currency, as has been the fate of most
paper money, became valueless, and the
gold mines of Arkansas were wanting
when French greenbacks were to be re-
deemed. The mines of st. Barke, in
Arkansas or Missouri, of which French
men talked as earnestly and confidently
one hundred and fifty years ago as we
do of the gulches of California, still re-
main undiscovered, unless the present
sensation has some foundation.-1fen
30his ADDedL
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The National Agricultural Congress.


A call has been made by General
Jackson, president, for the third ses-
sion of the National Agricultural Con-
Ga, on May 13. The congress had its
rise in 1871, by the consolidation of the
" Agricultural Congress" a purely
southern institution, with the Tennes-
see Agricultural and Mechanics Asso-
citation. Under the auspices of these
bodies, meeting was held at Nashville,
Tenn, at which eleven states were rep
resented, and where the national agri-
cultural congress was formed.
In 1872, the meeting of the congress
was held at st. Louis. where the st.
Louis Agricultural and Mechanical As
sociation was amalgamated with it.
Last year the congress met at Indianap-
oils, where, after q very successful meet
ing, it adjourned to meet at Atlanta,
Ca, on May Is.
This gathering, representing every
state in the Union. and every form OF
farmers organization, will be of i'm
mense Importance. 'In view," says
Jackson, in his call, Z" of the represen-
tation, aims and objects, and necessity
of such an annual cOnyOcatiOn of rep
resentative farmers and scientific gen.
tlemen, and especially since the farmer
mind Is thoroughly aroused to the ne
cessity of considering with the greatest
deliberatiOn the many questions touch
ing the industrial interests of the coun-
try, and has now become ready for vig-
orous and effective action, there is
every reason to expect a full represen-
tation, and therefore urge upon all
the constituent bodies, and especially
the Patrons of Husbandry, TO be rep
resented.
1T is especially requested that noti-
fcation shall be made Of the appoint
ment of delegates to Charles w.
Greene, secretary, Jacksonville, H.,
at as early date SIS practicable.
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Interrleminr a Chlnaman.

We asked him if he didn't want some
advertising done. he stopped work
long enough to say that he charged a
dollar a dozen, without ironing. We
explained that it wasn't washing We
wanted, but advertising. We told him
how much his business would be IN
creased, how he'd be richer than the
king of the Sandwich Islands in six
months if he'd only advertise. This
seemed to be clear to him, and his face
frightened up as ne said " Business
belly slow nobody got no money We
calmly took cut paper at that. We
carefully explained to him all about hf-
teen cents q line-one Of these things
clear across here every time the paper
was printed. The people. We told him,
would read this ana bhen cope to him
for washing. he took a deep interest
In the whole story, and paid marked at
tention to our few remarks.
You see, Mr.. Hong Lee, We saids
thinking he vas getting along hrst-rate
in English, Z" this is papeT-this here
(putting q finger On it,. g When peO-
pie read they rush OF frantically and
buy Of everybody whose name they see
In the paper. Do you understand ?"
He said he did, and wanted to know
how many piecas We had-whsther they
were big or little. We felt discouraged.
We had worked hard for half sn hour
already, and be all the time thinking
that we were talking about washing
With sn imprecation on the whole race
we went over the whole story again.
even going 50 far as tc figure out % HIM
how many papers We printed and nov
many we expected 70 print. he was ali
attention as before. but when We stop
ped for breath he spirited water on 9
batch Of clothes through his teeth, and
tlilzf saitl - o5oli5 izs MUMMY t-lls -
va brought the cioShes on Monday be
would have them done on wednesday.
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The Drunkard's Cure.

Some months ago a gentleman adver-
tised that he had discovered a sure
specific for the cure of drunkenness. He
would not divulge the secret of what
compounds he used, but furnished the
medicine at so much per bottle. He
did not have so many applicants for his
cure as he expected, considering the ex-
tent of the disease. In fact, the more
malignant cases did not seem anxious
for relief they rather appeared to en-
JOY the malady. A few, however, plac-
ed themselves under treatment, and
some were cured-whether by taking
the medicine, or byI not taking strong
drinks, is not stated. One of the cured
ones had faith in the medicine, rigidly
carried out the directions of the doctor,
and now has not the least taste fo; in
toxicating drinks whereas one year
ago he was an inebriate, and could not
get along with less than a pint to a
quart of whisky per day. He said that,
at some trouble and expense, he had
procured the recipe for the preparation
of the medicine, which he had publish
ed for the benefit of suffering humani-
ty. 1t is as follows Sulphate of iron,
five grains peppermint w-ter, eleven
drachms spirit of nutmeg, one drachnn.
Twice day. This preparation acts as
a tonic and stimulant, and so partially
supplies the place of the accustomed
liquor, 1and prevents that absolute phys
ical and moral prostTation that follows
a sudden breaking off from the use of
stimulating drinks. 1t is to be taken
in quantities equal to an ordinary dram,
and as often as the desire for a dram
returns.
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The Arlington Estate.

The memorial of General q. W. Gus
tbs Lee, in relation to Arlington, pre-
sented in congress by Mr.. Johnston, of
Virginia. sets forth that the estate was
devised by Mr.. Custis 70 his daughter,
Mary Ann Randolph Lee, for life, and
at her death to the memorialisf. her eld-
est son: that Mrs. Lee has recently
died, and the title is now vested in hin;
that during the var a direct tax amount
ing to S92. .O7 was assessed against the
property II the name of Mary A. r.
Lee. and the estate sold and purchased
by the United States. The tax and
other charges were rendered 10 the com
missioners when due, and we're reprised
under a rule adopted by the commits
sioners that the tax could not be paid
by another person for the owner, but
must be paid by the owner in person.
The memorial insists that these and
other facts set forth render the title of
the United States invalid, but General
Lee disclaims any desire to disturb the
purposes to which the property Is de-
voted, and he only asks that the govern
ment will pay him fair and reasonable
price for the estate. In the Arkansas
Hot Springs case, where property was
similarly situated, law was passed re
ferring the adjudication Of the question
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HEAVEN kND HELL.
AA1A In 11ND AtL1aIEl.
what Hefne Says OF the AbOdes OF Bliss
and Vice.


and Woe.
In heaven people amuse themselves
altogether sEperb1y. There they live
is as good as Jager's roast greese fly
around with gravy-boats in their bills.
and feel hattered If any one condescends
to eat them. Tarts cleaning with but
ter grown Wild like sunhowers every
where there are rigulets of bullion and
champagne, everywhere are trees of
which clean napkins futter wild IN the
wind, and you eat and wipe your lips
and eat again without injury to health.
Nothing disturbs your feeling of per
feet happinessi; no pain no vexation !;
nay when one treads on another's
corns and exclaims " excusez p' the one
trodden on smiles as Il glorifed, and
insists ''Thy foot, brother, did not
hurt IN the least quite an contraire, It
only causes deeper thrill of heavenly
rapture to shoot through my heart.
But of he'll you have not the faintest
idea There it is internally hot, and
when was there, in the dog-days, it
was past endurance. Still, it is rank
calumny to say that there the poor
souls are compelled to read all day
long all the dullest sermons that were
CN6E pIlubCu Oh GATlus DdQ rs neil IS,
it has not quite come to that. He'll
appeared to me like a great town-kitch-
en-, with an endIessly long stove, on
which were placed three rows of iron
pots, and In these sat the damned, and
were cooked. In one row were placed
christian sinners, and incredible as it
may seem, their number was anything
but small, and the devils poked the fire
up under them with especial goodwill.
In the next row were Jews, who contin-
ually screamed and cried, and were oc-
casionally Knocked by the iends, which
sometimes seemed odd enough, as, for
instance, when fat, wheezy old pawn
broker complained of the heat, and
little devil poured several buckets of
cold water on his head, that he might
realize what a refreshing benefit bap-
tism was. In the third row sat the
heRthen, who, like the Jews, could take
no part In salvation, and must burn for
ever. I heard one of the latter, as
square built, burly devil put fresh
Goals under his kettle, cry out from his
pot: Sc Spare me 1 was once So
crates, the wisest of mortals. I taught
Truth and Justice, and sacrificed my
life for Virtue" But the clumsy,
stupid devil went on with his work and
"Oh, shut up there All
heather must burn, and we can't make
an exception for the sake of a single
man.
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Simple Manner of Preparing Manure

Simple Manner of PrepaI ing Manure.
Almost every Western Rural reader
who has wintered calves knows that, by
adding daily a little bedding to the
floor, the accumu' alton in the spring
Will be found in state Of gentle fer
mentation. The reason is not so gener-
ally known except by gardeners who are
well aware that the more the manure is
compressed the slower the fermenta-
tion. The true reason is that the con-
slant tramping of the stock excludes
the air, and without the oxygen of the
air it can not ferment strongly, decom
position being simply a more rapid or
slower burning.
This idea has been utilized by GER
tain Won Horskyfield, in Bohemia. By
his method much time and help is
saved. II also does away with cellars,
tank, pumps, etc OF course there is
but slight loss from the escape of gases.
The plan is as follows "The ma
nure is not removed from the stable un-
til il reaches the height of about five
feet the straw for bedding is cut into
lengths of about five inches, rad thus
more readily absorbs the LIQUID por-
ton and facilitates the distri0ution of
the manure in the burrows. The entire
mass is constantly compressed by the
weight of the animals, AMI thereby kept
moist, while air and. consequent putre-
faction are excluded. After about three
months this manure is carried t. the
field aud Immediately covered in the
burrows, where itreadiiy decomposes and
yields all its strength to the soil, fully
doubling its usual value, according to
yon Horsky6eld's experience. Besides
this, we know from our own experience
that the air in the stables is never
tainted by exhalatlons injurious to the
health of the cattle. - Western Rural
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LOOK

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph Cthus) mean that your sub
scriptieF is out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at cnce.
We would take great pleasure in extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons,
but cash alone VIII pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such a
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.
81 We enter no new names on our
books without the money IN adrarce-
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Says a writer No description can
give sn adequate idea Of the intense
rieor OF the six months winter IN
Spitzbsrgen. Stones crack WITH the
noise Of thunder in q crowded but the
breath Of the occupants viii fail in
fakes Of snow vine and spirits turR 70
les the snow burns like oauslie; II
iron touches the skna it brings the fieah
away with It the soles Of your stock
ings may be burned of your feet before
vcu feel the slightest warmth from the
FIRE linen taken ont Of boiling water
instantly stifsns to the consistency Of 6
wooden board and heated stones viii
not prevent the sheets OF The bed from
freezing. IL these Ert the effects OK a
climate within an alright, fre-Warm-
Cd, crowded hut, what must they be
among the dark, storn-lashed moun-
tain peaks outside -
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By AND By.

What VIII 1t matter, by and by,
whether my path below was bright,
whether It wound through dark or light
Under gray or golden sky,
When look back on It, by and by?
What win It matter, by and by,
Whether unhelped toiled alone,
Dashing my foot against q stone,
Missing the charge OF the angel nigh,
Bidding me think Of the by and BY 2
What viii It natter by and by,
whether with laughing joy went
Down thro' the years with a glad content,
Never believing, nay, not j,
Tears would be sveeter by and by7
What viii it matter, by and by,
whether with cheek 20 cheek I've lain
Close by the pallid angel, Pain,
Soothing myself through sob and sigh:
" All viii be elseWise by and by27
What viii It matter7 NauRht If I
Oniy am sure the way I've trod,
Gloomy or gladdened, leads TO God,
Questioning not Of the how, the why,
If but reach Him; by and by.
What viii care for the unsbared Sigh.
II, in my fear OF slip or fall,
Closely I've clung to Christ through all,
Mindless how rough the path might lie
Since he VIII smooth It by and by2
All 1t viii matter, by and by,
Nothing but this That Joy or Pain
Lifted me skyWard, helped 70 gain.
whether through rack or smile or sigh,
HeaYen-home-ah in all, by and by
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A Convention of Confederate Surgeons

At meeting of the physicians of At
lanta, Ga, presided over by DR.. J. 2.
Logan, resolutions we're adopted, call
lng q convention of surgeons, field and
hospital, of the confederate army, to be
held at Atlanta, on the Doth of May
next. The cooperation of the medical
staff of the heex-confederat navy is also So
licited. The convention is called In order
for the Advancement of science, to rescue
from oblivion all the important medical
and surgical facts developed in the con-
federate army and navy record. The
resolution says
Immediate action is considered alb
solutely necessary. Since the war,
medical staff have died, ,vand yearly
others are added to the list, and their
valuable medical and surgical expert
enee entirely lost to the profession.
For the success of this great scientific
and historical association, il is earnestly
recommended that the ex-confederate
surgeons of each of the southern states
at once take such steps as viii secure a
delegation. Besides the contributions
to science, the social features of the or
ganization, the revival Of old army as
sociations, viii be of no secondary in
terest. The railways of the south, with
their usual courtesy, viii no doubt grant
excursion tickets for this most impOE-
tant occasion.
The call is headed BY DR.. S. P.
Moore, surgeon general @. 5. A. DIR.
Hunter Mcclure, medical division,
Jaekson's army; and DR.. s. Il. Stout.
medical division hospitals, army Of
Tennessee.
The medical and surgical history Of
the federal army, during the civil war;
is preserved IN 8 very large gathering
of official records and anatomical draw
ines and samples. Ia a government mu-
scum at Washington City, and is coz
sidered invaluable by the students and
professors of medicine and surgery.
The proposed confederate record,
fxom the lapse Of time and the difficulty
of obtaining the official records, viii
not be so complete as that st Washing
ton, but cannot put present incidents
equally as valuable to science.
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The comparatively severe loss in
French's division was accounted for its
positiOn-on the descending crest of
Kenesaw-where it was exposed to the
fire of about fifty guns and by the
turning of his line of skirmishers.
That of Cheatham's was principally
in the reserve, which fought in open
ground, unprotected by intrenchments.
From the number of dead counted
from his breastworks, Lieutenant Gen
eral Hardee estimated the loss of the
troops engaged with his corps at five
thousand and in his official report,
dated July Both, Major General Loring
estimated that of the Army of Tennessee,
which assailed his corps, at twenty-five
hundred.
think that the estimate of northern
officers OF their killed and wounded on
that occasion, "near three thousand,
does great injustice to the character of
General Sherman's army. Such loss,
IN the large force that must have been
furnished for decisive and general at
tack by an army of almost a hundred
thousand men, would have been utterly
Insignificant trifing to discourage,
much less defeat brave soldiers, such
as composed General Sherman's army.
It does injustice to southern marksman-
ship, too. The fire of twenty thousand
infantry, Injured to battle, and in
trenched, and of fifty field pieces
poured into such columns, frequently
wi hin pistol-shot, must have done much
greater execution.
DEATH OF GENERAL POLK.
The death of General Polk is thus re-
counted:
In the evening, of the thirteenth Lieu
tenant General Hardee expressed ap-
prehension that Bates division, posted
on Pine Mount, might be too far from
the line occupied by his corps, and re-
quested me to visit that outpost, and
decide if it should be maintained. We
rode to it together next morning, ac-
companied by Lieutenant General Polk,
who wished to avail himself of the
height to study the ground in front of
his own corps.
Just when we had concluded our ex-
animation, and the abandonment of the
hill had been decided upon, party of
soldiers, that had gathered behind us
from mere curiosity, apparently tempted
an artillery officer whose battery was in
front, six or seven hundred yards from
us, to open fire upon them at first
firing shot very slowly. Lieutenant
OeHeTal L ok, uncOuSclOusiy eApOseO Dy
his characteristic insensibility to dan
ger, fell by the third shot, which passed
from left to right through the middle of
his chest. The death of this eminent
christian and soldier, who had been dis
tinguished in every battle in which the
army of Tennessee had been engaged,
produced deep sorrow in our troops.
Maj ior General Loring, the officer next
in rank in the corps, succeeded tempor-
arily to its command.
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HR. MARaOgFAr's remark to his son
Aleibades, who is studying for a law
yer, is a good illustration Of the saga
sity OF that extraordinary man Yes,
the world owes You q living. my boy
said he. - bat be careful that It doesn' :
take advantage Of the statute q linaita-
tions.
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to the Court of Claims, and it Is pro-
posed to follow the same course with
reference to the Arlington estate
Courier Journal.
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TExDxHbx stroking the Boft, silkeB
ed ewes with q glance that told what
fountains Of parental love were running
over in his breast, Mr. Marrowfat ailec-
tionately muFmured s'Nc, Artaxerzss,
you can't learn 60 chaW tobacker as long
as your dad is boss OF this rancho. 7
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IcE CREAM viii be sent from New York
70 Jacksonville, FIorida, inEefrigeratora.