The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-03-23

The Union Pacific, ''great nation
al highway" is twenty feet under
the snow.
The new directory of Nashville
and Edgeheld. Tennessee, records
one hundred Browns, eighty seven
Smiths, seventy four Joneses, and
eleven Robinsons.
Alexander II. Stephens, we regret
to learn, is wasting away, and his
death may be expected at any mo
ment. His mentality is the strogest
element he possesses.
It is stated that Bishop Quintard,
of Tennessee, who is row in England
collecting funds for the University
of the South, has been eminent!y
successful.
Gen. Gideon Pillows property
was sold at bankrupt sale ia Mem
phis on the 18th, and purchased by
gentlemen who promptly presented
it to Mrs. Pillow.-Nashville Amer
lean.
Cincinnati has voted six millions
dollars in addition to the ten millions
voted some time since to the Cincin-
natl Southern Railroad That will
insure the early completion of the
road to Chattanooga.
If Belknap deserves impeachment
for selling a leadership for
$4,000, what does Grant deserve
for selling the Collectorship of New
York to Tom Murphy for a $4,000
Long Branch cottage?
at is strange" quoth the Balti-
more Gazette, chat the acquittal of
Gen Babcock has inspired with re-
newed hope the dropping spirits of
Mckee, Mcdonald and Joyce
They all think they are innocent |
now"
The Richmond Wing AYERS it
would be as easy for camel to 60
through the eye ola needle as to /
form any reliable judgment as to
who will be the standard bearer of |
the Democratic party in the next
presidential campaign.
The Springfield Republican very
truly remarks: ITO all practical
intents and purposes, the Democrat
ic candidate for the pres idency is
quite as likely to be designated by
the Cincinnati convention as by the
St. Louis one"
The New York Tribune regret
fully observes: "There will be no
hope for General Schenck's remov
al now. General Babcock's acquit
tai will be taken by the president as
vindication of ali his other friends
who have been slandered."
The preacher in dissenting upon
the cause of American dishonesty, |
says it is spiritual wickedness in
high places, or in other words the
bottle. Another great writer says
it is pie-that is, too high living. |
Another says it is pride-too many
fine dresses and jewelry.
The Fayetteville Express already
has our views on the election bust
ness, plain and emphatic. Give us
a good man who wants to pay the
State debt. If we mast scale, let US
make as much out of it as possible
and repudiate IN toto. No halfway
disgrace-whole hog or none.
Two darky preachers of the Meth
odist Church North are endeavoring
to excommunicate the coloredMeth
odists from a church in Bonham,
Texas, and to confiscate their
church property, on the charge of
their being Democratic negroes.
The New York World calls atten-
ton to the fact that Babcock was
acquitted of theft in st. Louis, yet
two weeks afterward the attorney
general declares that Babcock was
a thief nevertheless, and that he
stole letter from among the Pres
ident's papers.
The New York San says three
months ola Democratic majority in
the House has made it as impossible
for any candidate for the Presidency
who favored or flattered-or used or
protected Grantism, to be elected,
as for Grant himself to get a nom
ination for the third term.
There is new wonder reported
from California; rival valley to
the Yosemite. 1t is in the South
Forks of Kings river, forty-fve
miles from Visalia. The valley is
nine miles in length and has an av-
erage width at the bottom of half
mile. 1t is 5000 feet above the level
of the sea. and its walls are about
5000 feet high. The falls have more
water, but are less picturesque, than
those of the Y osemite
We are reliably informed, says
the Bangor Broad Are, that Capt. j.
| d. Towner, Mine Host" of the
jackson House, at Blount Springs,
Ala, is making considerable improve
ments andpreparing additions to the
Jackson House for the convenience