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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-07

A maiden lady sai& to her little
nephew, Now, johnny, you go To
bed early, and always do 50, and
you will be rosy checked and hand
some when you grow mp" John y
thought over this a few minutes and
then observed: well, au-ty, you
must have set up a good deal when
YOU were young"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-07

Jennie June thinks a knowledge
of cooking is what the poor need
most We don't like to dispute
with a lady, but it seems to us
something to cook might be fully
as necessary, though we may be
wrong.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-07

" Here you are reading
borrowed paper agalis. Is usual. 4.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-07

Only three members OF the last
Legislature Of Tennessee we're re-
eIected.
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l.. W. McCORD, Proprietor.

onIeo Northeas, Corner of the square. upstairs
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

force in politics. The proposal to .oFS..l.
the two-thirds rule, which was made
in the Democratic National Committee, was
right in principle, but irrelevant because the
National Committee have no authority to de-
eide such question. The Democratic Ma
tional Convention adopts its own rules
and is the only competent body to de-
eide whether two-thirds of its men,
bers or a mere majority shall suffice
to make q nomination. If tho two-thirds
rule is kept in force it will not only kill off
Mr.. Tilden, Mr. Thurman and Mr.. Bayard,
but Mr.. Hendricks and Mr.. Pendleton, and
give the control of the Convention to its
minority instead of its majority. The two
thirds rule is absurd, and the St Louis
Convention might wisely repeal it.
The selection of st. Louis as the place of
the Convention is fatal to the claims of
any Eastern candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination, and the choice lies
between Mr.. Hendricks, Mr.. Pendle-
ton and Mr.. Thurman, unless the
two-thirds rule should be maintained, which
would kill off every prominent candidate
and commit the selection to accident. AS
things now look all that can be safely con-
jectured is that the democratic candidate
will be taken from the West, and that he will
not be Q conspicuous advocate of hard
money!
The New York herald., 1876-02-24
The Cold Wave and the Gale.

Although it was we'll known that storm
centre was passing over the region OF
the lakes, which would in all prob
ability be followed by high winds
and cold from the northwest, meteo
roloSical observers were fairly surprised
yesterday morning by the suddenness of the
gale which swept over New York. Up to 8
late hour on Tuesday night there were
no other indications of a change ex-
cept the increased cloudiness of the
sky and o slight fall in the barom-
eter. But about three o'clock yester.
day morning the gale commenced with
a sharp fall of sleety snow, accompa.
MED by n freezing northwest wind, which
attained velocity of over twenty-five miles
an hour The humid air that supplied the
moisture which formed the snow was soon
forced eastward by the increasing pressure
of the gale, and the sky cleared rapidly as
the dense wave of cold air advanced over
the North Atlantic States. At noon yester-
day the storm above referred to was reported
as having passed over the Gulf of St Law
renee, the velocity of the wind in New York
city increased from twenty-five to thirty-six
miles and at Sandy Hook from forty-three to
nearly sixty miles per hour. All along the
New Jersey coast the gale swept with greet
force, attaining velocity of fifty miles pei
hour at Barnegat over thirty at Philadelphia
and over twenty-five miles per hour at Bos-
ton. Fortunately, this heavy blow, being of
the coast, was not dangerous to navigation.
The prevailing winds throughout the
United States eastward of the Rocky
Mountains, during yesterday, were northerly
and westerly, which corresponds perfectly
with the presence of high barometer in the
Northwestern sections, where the mercury
stood at 30S3 degrees at Yankton and
3O.60 degrees at Fort Sully. The low barom-
eter, $3.50 degrees extended southwark
from Halifax and marked the centre of in
draught for the cold air in the North and
West.
Our object in calling attention to this
sudden change of weather is to warn our
readers against relying too confidently on
continuance of the fine weather into spring.
We have just experienced a fall of tempera-
ture in twenty-four hours of twenty degrees,
and may expect further decrease before the
mercury again mounts to where it stood on
Monday last At eleven o'clock last night the
thermometer indicated eleven degrees above
Zero The genial airs of January are certain
to be followed by cold, clustering winds in
March. The poor. who are not prepared for
these sudden weather variations, should not
be forgotten when we wrap our overcoats
and fur-lined cloaks around us. BY timely
aid We may help to alleviate their sufferings.
In Gods name let such be rendered promptly
and freely.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24
Monopoly Again.

All our fair hopes that we should have a
cheap cable service are to vanish. Here we
have o proposition to consolidate the Anglo
American and Direct cables The details of
the arrangement have not been matured, but
we have no doubt it will be consummated.
The last we heard of the Direct Cable was
when it was advertising for the 'persons who
had cut the wires" If there was not the
specific charge, there was the intimation
very broadly put that the cutting was the
work Of those interested in the other line.
Perhaps the managers find that there is no
way to secure their property and secure a
dividend but to put it beyond the tempta-
ton of rival shareholders to cut the wires
snap the wires. We have never felt sure
that the Direct Cable was anything more
than an effort to compel the other line to
take it at a fair rate of payment AS soon as
this arrangement is made we shall have the
old rates over again. This ocean trade is
constantly increasing, and it is of
the utmost consequence to the peace of
two nations, England and the United States,
that telegraphing should be cheap and unin-
terrupted, and not at the mercy of any
monopoly. There has been no monopoly in
all the history of monopolies as rapacious as
this of the cable company. Thus, when the
HERALD proposed to send a special cable
despatch from Vienna, on the occasion of the
Exhibition, the cable line quietly advanced
the rate so as to profit by the increase in
business. This is like the hotel keepers in
Philadelphia most of whom have been only
too happy to have their rooms one-half taken,
and who now propose to increase the rates
during the Centennial, instead of doing
what they should namely, reduce the rate
on account of the increase of trade and the
certainty of profit There is no reason why
cable line should not make money at the
rate of a shilling word. No ono has ever
honestly tried the experiment To make a
cable success we should educate the people
to it, just as we educate them to read the
newspapers. The increase in population,
the steady growth in trade, would all in
time help the cable business. But the
owners of the Direct line, instead of waiting
for this, have thrown an enterprise that in
time might have become one of immense
public utility into the lap of the old corpora
ton. 1t will now control the Direct line as
itcontrols the French and the English wires.
The true way to settle the whole cable ques-
ton is for the government, in granting the
right to land cable on our shores, to ex-
act stipulation that the rates shall not ex-
ceed certain sum. The governments of the
their own hands. We are tired of monopoly
managed for no other reason than to increase
the gains of the stockholders.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24
wns Babcoek n Party to It.

Section 5,440 Of the Revised Statutes is as
follows:-'If two or more persons conspire
either to commit any offence against the
United States, or to defraud the United
States, in any manner or for any purpose,
and one or more of such parties do any
act to effect the object of the conspiracy, all
the parties to such conspiracy shall be liable
to q penalty of not less than one thousand
dollars and not more than ten thousand dol
lars and to imprisonment not moro than two
years.
There is at least no doubt of the existence
and operation of the whiskey conspiracy.
Even Judge Porter could not deny facts SO
evident
There is no doubt that tone or more of
the parties" have done acts to effect the OBJ
ject of the conspiracy.
"All the parties, therefore, are subject to
the penalty prescribed in the law.
Has the prosecution shown that Babcock
was one of the parties? 1t is not denied by
the defence that he carried on with the con-
spirators the correspondence by telegraph
already published but the defence puts q
forced and we'll nigh impossible interpreta-
ton on the correspondence in order to make
it appear innocent But the point whether
that correspondence referred to the whiskey
conspiracy or referred to some other topics
and was perverted to whiskey conspiracy
uses is one that must go 10 the jury, and the
Jury seems to be honest.
This gives the case bad aspect for the
Presidents secretary, for if that correspond
ence referred to the operations of the Ring
he was, of course, party.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24
Robinson crusoe,s Money.

We are permitted to give, in other col
umns, some extracts from advance sheets OF
piquant little work on the currency, writ
ten by Mr.. David A. Wells and enlivened
with spirited illustrations by Mr.. Mast.
light and playful book on so heavy subject
is novelty in the literature of political
economy Mr.. Wells is not only the best
informed of our public men on this class of
questions, but he has the happiest faculty of
making them popular and intellIgible. In
the little work which he is about to pub
lish he has surpassed himself in making a
dry subject attractive, and explaining the
principles of finance in such manner that
any person of good common sense can follow
the discussion with interest and feel that he
is acquiring clear ideas on a great public
question, upon which he has been only con-
fused and befogged by the ordinary argu-
ments. We are sorry that respect for Mr..
Wells copyright does not permit us to
transfer the greater part of his book to
our columns, although it would not appear
to full advantage without Mr. Nast's apt and
amusing illustrations. Mr. Wells takes
as his starting point the meditations of
Robinson Crusoe on the worthlessness to
him of the bags of money which had been
saved from the wreck, and by the illustra-
tive fiction of the island becoming gradually
populous he proceeds to show at what stage
the want of money would be felt, and ex-
plains with singular lucidity the real func-
tions of q medium of exchange. Probably
nothing which has ever been written on cur
rency is so admirably clear and convincing
as Mr. Wells exposition, and the satirical
way in which he explodes the current delu-
sions on that subject is the attractive feature
of the book.
Among the passages which we quote is one
which strikes us as singularly good, although
its full force cannot be seen apart from the
connection in which it stands in the book.
We refer to the amusing illustration of the
milk tickets of the 'Lacteal Association" !"
When the greater part of the COWS on the
island had been killed off or fallen victims
of cattle disease the bright financiers hit
upon the expedient of relieving the scarcity
of milk by doubling the quantity of milk
tickets; but, as these tickets did not increase
the supply of milk, and as the babies of the
island could not imbibe any nutriment from
the abundant tickets, the inhabitants soon
discovered the futility of this expedient,
which has been so knowingly initiated in the
projects Of our infationist financiers.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

TURKEY THREATENING Seryia and Monte
negro with military occupation if the two
principalities do not withdraw their subjects
from the insurrcction reads somewhat
strangely. There are hardly any circum-
stances under which the Mussulman Power
would be permitted to undertake this grave
act without changing the attitude of the
three Empires If the concessions offered
the revolted Herzegovinans by the Sultan
do not terminate the war it is safe to say
that threats Of this nature will not accom-
nlish ii.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

CHraP GAs.-Three of the principal gas
companies Of New York have agreed TO a re-
duction Of the rates per thousand cubic feet
from 50 75 to 81 so. There is no reason that
We can see why the price should be more
Than 50 25. and We believe that it can be fur
nished at 81 and still yield a large profit
The extensive oil movement in Brooklyn
aoubtless entails some inconvenience, while
vaving considerable money to the consumers,
but in bringing the gas companies TO their
bensss they are teaching all monopOlies q
Useful lesson.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

WHEN JOHN QuIxcH ADAMS was elected to
the House of Representatives he found that
he was the owner Of some shares in the
United States Bank. Before taking his seat
he sold his shares. on the ground that, as
representative Of the people, he should not
have an interest in any matter that might
come before the House for legislation. What
a blessed thing it would be if our members
to-day were to be governed by the same
sense Of honor.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

wNsLow, the sanity forger, finds the
rules of the Clerkenwell House of Detention
press rather hard upon him. If men who
are about to commit base acts for their
personal gain had copies of prison regula-
lions and bills of fare and the picture of a
prison cell in their possession we might be
spared great many criminal trials The
great trouble is that every rogue believes he
Fan never be found out.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

THE TARRYTowN FIRE.--The purchase and
equipment of fire engine will doubtless be
the next official act of the Tarrytown viii
sion at a loss of upward of one hundred
thousand dollars, representing the value of a
block of buildings destroyed on Tuesday
night But in times like the present, when
money is tight and business dull, the nom
inal loss bears q small proportion to the
hardships the fire will inaict upon a small
community. Fortunately, Peekskill pos
sessing more foresight than Tarrytown, was
enabled to lend the latter Gre onGina and
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

DoS CARLOS, at last reports, was with ono
of the remaining bands of his followers. He
will hardly oblige Alfonso by remaining to
be shot in general action. An occurrence
like the latter would relieve the young King
very much, who would not like to see the
Pretender escape to repeat his rebellion at
Bomo moro opportune time, and would
rather avoid ordering his execution if cap
kured.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

THE TWEED SIX MILLION SUIT had another
days hearing in the Supreme Court yester-
day, Keyser being the principal feature in
the proceedings. He is right in thinking the
city owes him something, but not in the di-
rection he processes to believe.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

The FRENCH CABINET has not been re-
modelled yet, nor will President MacMahon
undertake that task until after the supple
mentary elections next Sunday, NJ. Dufaure
holding the portfolio of Interior dd interim,
while retaining his own as Minister of Jus
tice. 1t is gratifying to note that this did
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Gold rose to
ia 1-S The stock market was active on
lower prices. The bears enjoyed field day.
Government securities were firm. Money
loaned at IL 4 per cent. Foreign ex-
change steady.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

THE BLAcR HILLS and the interloping
miners therein were up in the United States
Senate yesterday. 1t will take more than
law to keep the gold hunters off the Sioux
reservation
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

BABcocK's fate will probably be decided
Today, District Attorney Dyer closing for
the prosecution yesterday in telling speech.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

THE ABSORPTION OF KHoKAND by Russia
seems fairly completed and another step on
che road to India may be credited to Mus
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

The HERALD BY FAST MAIL TRArNs.-Ne,cs-
dealers and The public throughout the country
,ciN be supplied loih the DAILY, WEEKLY and
SUNDAY HERALD, free of postage, by sending
their orders direct TO this office.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24
TRIPLE S HE E T.
NEW YORK, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY "a. 1876.

From our reports this morning the probabilities
are that the aoeather to-day iciH be decidedly
cold and clear.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

GERNANIA THEATRE
DER VElLCHENFRESsER nt p. NJ.
VARIETY. atsP.M
TWENTY THIRD STREET THEATRE.
CALIFORNIA AlNsrRELs at p. NJ. Matinee at r. NJ.
WOODS MUSEUM.
THE TRAMP, at s 7. NJ. Matinee at , p. NJ c. s. Nichols
VARIETY, ats T. NJ. Matinee at 2 p. NJ.
wALLACK'S THEATRE.
SHE sTooPs TO CONQUER atsP. M. M Lester Wal
lack
OLYMPIC THEATRE
VARIETY, atsPM
GRAND OPERA HOUSE;
EAGLE THEATRE.
UNCLE ANTHONY, at +. NJ.
BROOKLYN THEATRE.
QUEEN AND WOMAN, at p NJ. Mr. Fred. Robinson
TONY PAsToR's NEW THEATRE.
VARIETY, ats p. NJ.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE
ROSE MICHEL, at SP. NJ.
PARK THEATRE.
BRASS, at = r. NJ George Fawcett Rowe.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN.
EXHIBITION OF WATER CoLORS.
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE
PlQUE. TSP NJ Fanny Davenport.
TnIRTY.FouRTH STREET OPERA HOUSE
VARIETY, at L. NJ.
BowERY THEATRE.
81 sLoCUM, at 8 p. NJ Frank r. Fraync.
PARTISAN VARIETIES.
VARIETY at s L. NJ. Matinee at Z. NJ.
sAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs, SPIN.
GLOBE THEATRE.
BOOTHS THEATRE.
JULIUS CESAR, at sP. NJ Mr.. Lawrence BarrstA
THEATRE CoMIQUE.
VARIETY. atsP.M.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

COMPTROLLER GREENS Plan for reducing
the salaries of the employees of the city gov
ernment, which was framed in reply to a res
olution passed by the Assembly, will be
found in compressed form elsewhere 1t
proposes TO save two million dollars yearly
to the city. A motion to cut down the
Comptrollers own salary was introduced in
the Assembly yesterday, although retrench-
ment in that direction is not apparently con-
templated in Mr. Green's comprehensive
document.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24
Judge Porter ON tho Press.

1t is credibly reported that on a certain
occasion distinguished advocate made his
address to the jury uncommonly rich in
classical references. He ''roamed with old
Romulus, soaked with old Socrates and
ripped with old Euripides;" but, in the midst
of the glow and murmur of admiration thus
excited, the practical counsel on the other
side inquired ''what all that had to do with
the laws of Wisconsin ?" In a similarly
practical spirit Judge Porter might fairly be
asked as to two-thirds of his harangue in st.
Louis, what all that has to do with the case
before the jury. Exactly what connection
there is between the impeachment of Andrew
johnson by the Congress of the United States
and the trial in ST. Louis of man accused of
the mean roguery of conspiracy to steal
it would probably trouble any person to tell
who might be possessed of an imagination
less fiighty than the distinguished counsel
But Judge Porter did not deliberately intro
duce that great case. He plumed his orator.
ical wings for swoop at the press, but got
lost somehow and tumbled and tumbled,
anxious enough to land anywhere with
safety, and came down sprawling fair in the
middle of the impeachment trial, where he
managed to say few words for poor old
Andy, fancying no doubt, that the jury are
all democrats. But why should Judge Por-
ter in his oratorical flights hawk at the press
What is his quarrel with the newspapers
Because the papers had charged that Bah
cock had received money from the st. Louis
Ring. Well, was not the testimony on the
trial irresistibly to that effect ? Does Judge
Porter believe that any one of the jurymen
is lunatic enough to credit the testimony
of the letter carrier to the con-
trary? Because, further, the newspapers
have said that Babcock acknowledged
the receipt of the money by letters and tele-
grams. Well, was not telegram aclnowl-
edging receipt of ''Yours, with enclosure"
shown in court and was not tho failure to
show letter only due to the fact that Bah
cock dare not produce his correspondence
with the men in st. Louis for that period
Because, further, the press had said that
Babcock had grown rich and bought houses
in Washington. Well, the sum of his recent
investments there is given at $139, 900. Does
| any OAO uSAJ ~ Ouubc AOAtSi SNAuSu1ll
felt that he had bad case. He had to ac-
count to the jurymen for the impression that
the testimony had made on their minds. He
could not assail the testimony, but he might
/ give them the notion that they had got it all
from the newspapers, and that the newspa-
pers would publish any story that was bad
enough. Judge Porter's dealing with the
newspapers, instead of the testimony, is one
moro to be added to the many practical con-
fcssions that counsel have made in the
course of this case of the guilt of their client.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

BRooKLYN's BorroMEss Prr.-The people
who are not weary of having the Beecher
scandal rehashed for them have prospect
of lively reading for some time, for after in
dustrious Plymouth has Topped off tie heads
of councils, investigations and trials fresh
heads pop forth at every cut The fruit
less endeavor to get at the ''bottom
facts, as the truth of the mat
ter is called, has recently suggested
that the scandal is bottomless pit wherein
the atmosphere becomes hotter and more
Objectionable the deeper inquiry goes. If it
does not exactly fill this description there
are many believing Christians who sincerely
wish the whole scandal in that portion of the
next world which the above comparison
suggests, even if they would make few
honorable exceptions to the people included
in it. Bacon might then be a fryer, and "the
mutual friend" would be Moulton still, not
TO sneak of the outlook for devilled Bowen.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

SO avert a greater calamity than actually
happened.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

VOLUME ........................No 55
The New York herald., 1876-02-24
NEW YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.

JAMES GORDON BENNETT,
PRoPRIEToR
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

GERMANIA THEATRE
DER VEILCHENFRESSER, ut SIP NJ.
The New York herald., 1876-02-24

cov,y.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-07

More Testimony OF their Esascality

YANKToN, March GA young man
named A. Brown was arrested here Sat
urday night on advices from " Washington
to hold him as witness till called for by
the Committee on investigation in the
war department 1t Itappears that Brown
was clerk few years ago for Evans Il
Smith. and subsequently for Evans & Co,
at Cheyenne agency, in the Indian terri
tory, and knows good deal about the
relations of Evans Il Co. with Marsh and
Belkuap. He says Evans & Smith paid
$4,000 annually for the Cheyenne agency
and Evans Il Co, $4,000 for Fort Sill.
He corroborates the statement of Dec.
Terry, previously reported, regarding
! Orville Grants connection with Belknap.
aud says Evans & Smith obtained the
Cheynne agency from Grant Grant
represented Belknap in the disposition Of
the sutlerships, and when he could not get
his price for them he would stock them
with goods and run the business himself
He kept himself throughly posted regard
ing the business done at the various point,
and no trader could deceive him by mis-
representation. He always knew, there
fore, the exact value of each post, anc
made the suffers come to his terms. He
knows several persons who could give
valuable information regarding post trad
erships and would willingly do SO but fol
fear of being prosecuted themselves.