The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-05-13

ters say this IS a sure barometer of a
revival in business.
THERE appears to be a sharp contest
between the cities of Cincinnati and
Louisville as to which shall have the
western connection of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad.
The patrons of husbandry have a re-
markable predominance in the legisIa.
ture of Oregon, seventeen of the thirty
senator's and fifty-four of the sixty rep
resentatives belonging to the order.
SUITS for damages, to a considerable
amount, have been brought against the
Baltimore and Potomac railroad com
pany on account of the recent terrible
accident in which o many persons were
manned.
JUDGES Brooks and Dick, in their
charges to grand jurors in North Caro-
lima, declared the criminal features of
the civil rights act unconstitutional, as
no law could say men are socially
equal.
AT present the aggregate volume of
the United States foreign trade is, ac-
cording to the New York Express, less
than it has been since the year 1871,
with no immediate prospect of recovery.
The Florida season has closed and
the visitors are coming home to get out
of the way of the swamp fever. 1t is
said that 33, 900 visitors have wintered
in Florida, spending there at least S3,-
OOO,OOO
IN the great fire at Oshkosh, Wis,
the other day, ,sixty-nine business houses
and about five hundred dwelling houses
wege destroyed. The total loss is put
down at 50, 800, 600, and the insurance
will amount from $500, 600 to 81 900, 900.
THE time between New Orleans and
Vera Cruz is to be shortened TO two and
half days, by emitting two or three
stops of the steamers. This is done to
encourage traffic between Mexico and
the United States.
A BILL substituting license for pro-
hibition in respect to the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors has just passed both
branches of the legislature of Michigan,
which is the fourth state where similar
legislative measures have been adopted
within a few weeks.
SUMNER travel to Europe commenced
on Saturday. Five steamers left New
York for England and France, carrying
ATT cabin and 5S5 steerage passengers.
Tho steerage tourists were mostly re-
turning immigrants, however, going to
take a look at fatherland.
THE New York Herald gives the value
of the cotton exported from the United
States in 1874 as S244, 233, $50, or 81, =
32l 1876 less than the value of gram pro-
ducts exported, if we reckon pork, lard
and bacon as a condensed form of In
dian corn.
OK the 2lst ult. twelve car loads of
silver coin ore were received at the st.
Louis reduction and refining works,
from Old Mexico. From q single local
ity in Southern New Mexico there comes
to or through St. Louis nearly $50, 900
a month in silver bullion.
The Rome (Ga.) Commercial states
that n merchant of Resaca employs a
number of children to collect bullets
from the hard-fought field. He pays
them five cents pound, and has already
shipped to Baltimore sixteen thousand
pounds at a good profit. He has on
hand two thousand pounds more.
DANIEL O'LEARY, of Chicago, has ac.
complished the feat of walking one
hundred and sixteen miles in twenty,
three hours and eight minutes, in Phil
adelphia. He had undertaken to WALL
one hundred and fifteen miles in TWEEN.
ty-four hours, The time he made i,
said to be the best on record.
The New York Bulletin learns upoI
the best Washington authority that tn,
government will not put in circulation
any of the silver coinage, in pursuanc,
of the redemption act, until gold hal
fallen to about no. as with gold rang
ing above that quotation, the coiI
would be bought up for export.
A NEW ORLEANS correspondent of tn,
New York Times stated that if affairs
IN Louisiana become settled, foreign
company, with a capital of $40, 900, 600
Is ready to come and purchase 400. OOC
or 100000 acres of land in the state anC
settle upon the purchase industriou,
English and German agriculturists.
The English arctic expedition il
nearly ready to start on the dreary
voyage to the north pole. The amount
OF the appropriation to equip the two
vessels was about $500, 600. The
Swedes are also fitting out an expedition
Tor the same purpose. There hav,
been thirty-two arctic expeditions
British and American. since 1s4s
IT is not much to the credit Of Tn,
new Bessemer steamship, which is de
signed to prevent sea. sickness, that or
her recent trial trip between ENGLAND
and France she only made a speed %
twenty miles IN seven hours, Mos
people would not object to be a Ittl
7'"'H'ck' m crossing the English chan