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A Hribe of Ten Million Dollars.

A correspondent of the London Ne,os
writes from Constantinople 81 beg to
place before your readers the following,
which may perhaps give them a clue as
to the real reason of Midhat Pasha's
downfall Twenty days before it hap
pened, the sultan called the grand vizier
and told him that he had been offered
Through Il firm of well known bankers
here) the sum of e2,000,0 600 to displace
him, by the representative of n power
which had always shown the greatest
hostility to Midhat, and whose inter-
est it was to displace him at any cost.
But said the sultan, knowing your
fidelity to me, and your devotion to the
throne and your country, have refused,
and always shall refuse, any such pro-
posals, be the inducement offered what
it may Unfortunately, the representa-
tive of this power who tried to bride the
sultan with 100000 appears to have
been successful in corrupting his minis
tiers with tenth of this sum-"
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Brigham YOung's Colony.

The rumor that Brigham Young, Dr.,
is to plant colony of 500 Mormons in
the Mexican State of Sonora is not i'm
probable. Last spring reconnaissance
was made by agents of the Mormon
prophet into Arizona with the avowed
purpose of fixing some permanent set
Elements there, and a number of families
from Utah have since settled in that
Territory. There is now chain OF Nor
mon villages extending from Bear river
southwestward to Arizona. 1t has long
been foreseen by the leaders that the re-
sources of Utah are insufficient to sus-
tain so large population as their hopes
and ambition lead them to anticipate,
even in the present generation. They
must have more room. The bleak and
barren region to the north of Salt Lake
present no inducements; the south offers
good climate, rich soil, and abundance
of water and timber.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-10
UNITED STATES CONGRESS-.
Senate.

Mr.. Kelly (Dem.), of Oregon, presented the
credentials of L. +. Grover, elected United
States senator from the State of Oregon for
six years from March 4, 1877. Read and placed
on file.
An amendment to the appropriation bill giving
ST., 1862 to pay rent to the assignees of the
Dominican government for Samona harbor was
agreed to by "a yeas and nays.
In the Legislative Judicial. and Executive
Appropriation bill the House undertook to re-
duce very large number of salaries which
were fixed by the compromise act of last year.
The Senate restored these salaries, and the
House conferees agreed thereto. In a very few
cases salaries had been reduced slightly.
Mr.. Salisbury Dem }, of Delaware. moved
that the Senate recede from its amendments in
regard to the subsidies for carving foreign
mails. Agreed to-yeas, 80; nays, ii.
The substitute of the Army committee was
agreed to-yeas, 80; nays, % a strict party
vote. The bill was then passed. 1t appropri-
ates s2l, 992, 600 for the army.
The consideration of the Finance bill was
postponed until next December.
The Naval bill, substantially that of last year,
was agreed upon.
Mr.. Logan (Rep.) }, of Illinois, called up the
House bill to equalize the bounties Of soldiers
who served in the late war for the Union. By
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-10

A message was received from President Hayes
announcing the following ~ the selections
made for his cabinet,
William NJ. Evarts, Of New York, to be SecreA
tary OF State,
John Sherman, OF Ohio TO be Secretary OF
the Treasury.
George W. McCrary, Of Iowa to DO Secretary
Of War.
Richard NJ. Thompson, Of Indiana, to DO
Secretary Of tho Treasury.
Charles Devons, Of Massachusetts,, to be
Attornoy-General.
David NJ. Key, Of Tennessee, TO BIO PostmasA
ter-Gcperal.
Tail SEIZURE, OF Missouri, to DO Secretary Of
the Interior
The names were referred to committees for
consideration.
The names OF Mr.. Kellogg, sonator-elect from
Louisiana Collected to), and MIR: Grover, soma
tor-elect from Oregon Collected TOY, were re-
ferred to committee on privileges and elections.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-10
William Simpson sold his farm in War

William Simpson sold his farm in War
rensburg, NO., to Albert Roane, and the
odd part of the transaction was that
Simpsons wife was one of the articles ill.,
cluded in the sale. She made no objec-
ton to the change of husbands, and the
bargain was satisfactory to the persons
concerned; but public opinion was
against it, and they have been driven out
of the neighborhood by threats of mob
bling.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-10

by manufacturers and operators to the then
popular threads. These complaints were
10 loud and well founded that the sale Of
ewing machines was greatly impeded on
account Of the impossibili,y Of obtaining a
thread adapted to their use. Mr., George A,
Clark, appreciating the difficulty, intro
iuced into the American market the now
famous Clark's 80. n. T." Spool Cotton, all
numbers being Six Cord, from . to 100,
which met the demand, did away with all
complaints, and long since established its
reputation as the best thread In use for SOW
ing machines or hand sewing. To Mr..
George A. Clark belongs the credit OF being
the first TO supply those fine qualities Of Six
Cord Spool Cotton with which his name 10
associated. The thread il used and recon-
mended by agents Of the Singer, Wheeler 4
Wilson, Grover 4 Baker, Domestic, Howe,
Florence, Weed, Wilson, Blees, Remington,
secor, Home, Lathrop and other sewing ma
chine companies, The superior quality Of
Clark's 80. N. T." Spool Cotton soon &C.
cured for il an immense sale, but with the
great popularity Of the goods came also
counterfeits which made II necessary for the
manufacturers to adopt a trademark for
their own and the public's protection, and
now upon every genuine spool OF their
thread is the following:
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-10

Total. .$12,9 1884 S11, 1896. SO
Balance in treasury Jan. /, 1877, s9S6.S2.
HOW cLARK's 90. N. T." SPOOL COTTON
ORIGINATED.
Until within few years, the great diff
Guilty TO be overcome in the introduction of
sewing machines, was the objections made
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-10

Baldheaded men are 80 numerous IN
Chicago that an audience in that city is
said to look, when viewed from above,
like cobblestone pavement.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-10
Imports and Exports.

The following figures Of imports and
exports in four prominent parts of the
United States, are interesting:
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-10
The Process Of Manufacture,

Down In the Cotton Fieids-The
Employees' socletles-The Clark
Hose Company-A Grand Re-
lief Society - Employees
Centennial Excursion
The Renowned Eu.
reka Club and the
Thistle Band.
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EXPORTS.

New York 1924 7o5,9O2 s,2s,o1ss47 sa4o, 1850, 26e
Boston ...... 36,Hil,s92 2s,90S49' 2S.335,627
PHILADELPHIA 4U254,O,5 2S,6s6, 1884 81. nos. 905
Baltimore. 3,26,oO7 27,517,9ls 27,5l3,1l1
It will be seen that all the cities have
lost in imports, while all the cities, ex-
cept New York, have gained in exports
Philadelphia having gained the most,
relatively
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-10
CLARTS ONT SPOOL COTTON

How and Where IL IL Made-The
Clark Thread Company-Largest
Works in the New World
Acres of Splendid Build.
ings-Forests of Won.
derful Machinery.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-10
The Appropriation Bills.

The following are the amounts of the
appropriation bills passed this year by
the American Congress, compared with
last
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-03-10

NJ UNI o.
1876. 1878.
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THE FIRST sLUBBrNG FRAME,

from which cans they are passed through
rollers, then twisted to about the size of a
lead pencil, and wound on bobbins, all by
the same machine. From this they go to
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-09-13
Mormon Lying.
Readle,s q Western w,lds.,

W tstcTE W1iObs
The death of Mormonism will not
end Utah's troubles. Instead of rs,
600 fanatics, there will be 10000
infidels-all those of Norman par
entage, having no philosophy to
take the place of religion. The
debris of Mormonism will cucumber
the land for a generation. The orig
inal Mormon converts were from
most hardy and vlrtuous peasantry
of Europe; they came over as rule
in middle life, and Mormonism
could not entirely spoil them
Their children will suffer all the evil
rusults Of polygamy and supersti-
tlous folly, with none of the re-
straint imposed by theocracy-all
the evil and none of the good
There will be a laxity of conduct
and a general flabbiness of the NOR
al fiber, which will not be cured till
they learn by dire experience that
the way of the transgressor is hard.
The Mormon doctrine that "it IS
right to lie for the good of the
church, has made deceit an insit-
tuition. 1t can scarcely be said that
any disgrace attaches to perjury
Jews and Gentiles who live long
among this people too often become
addicted to the same practices; for
say they, "if we don't, they get the
advantage" There is in Utah more
downright lying to the square mile
than in any other region on this
continent; and the religious lying is
the worst of all. Thus stands the
Utah situation: The Jews lie for
gain, the Gentiles from association
and the Mormons "for Christ's
sake,'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-09-13
Brirham Young's Hypocracy.
Beadle,s {. Rsstern Wilds.n


Many intelligent men have con-
cluded that Brigham was honest in
his religious professions. can not
agree with them. / might reject all
other evidence of his hypocrisy,
but | cannot reject his own. Again
and again he has virtually admitted
that his religion was a mere conve-
nience. To a young Mormon
friend of the writer, whom he was
urging to return to the fold, Brig
ham said: at makes no difference
whether you believe in it or not; we
need y you; just come along and be
baptised, and pay up little of your
tithing, and it will be all light"
To another he said: ats no con
Germ what you believe; I've got as
good a right to start a religion as
Christ, or Mohammed, or any other
man." And yet again when speak
ing of the vote of each semi annual
conference indorsing him as
prophet, he said: 81 am neither a
prophet nor the son of a prophet,
but / have been profitable to this
people" Since then the Gentiles
have usually designated him ''The
Profit. There was a time, l think,
when he believed his religion and
worked hard for it; but as he rose
in the church he learned more, and
became what he practically calls
himself, a philosophic infidel. A
man whose conviction depends
largely on his interest, with hap
py power of self-deception, a great
deal of cunning, some executive
alb ility, and behind it all an i'm
mense physical potency, with little
mercy or conscience to temper it
such, in brief, is Brigham Young.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-09-13
Our Dried Fruit Abroad.

American beef is find ling a for
midable European rival in Ameri.
can fruit. The Pail Mall Budget
says that t'the foreign demand for
American fruit is now so great that
Europe and Australia will take
nearly all the fruit, fresh and dried,
(dried peaches excepted which the
United States can land in their
markets in good condition" Since
last October England has taken
100000 barrels of apples from this
county, and it Is estimated that she
will take $4,000 per week. The
Budget also says "The working
classes of Germany and the work
ingmen and miners of Australia are
the chief customers for American
dried fruit abroad, but the poor peo-
sic of England and Russia buy to a
limited extent. AS long as dried
apples can be exported from New
York at five or even at seven cents
n pound, the workingmen of Europe
and Australia will buy all that can
be spared. The business of eX-
porting fruit is one that has been
chiefly built up since 1865. In the
eleven months ending July l, the
fruit exported amounted in value to
50, 1881, ,OOO."
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-09-13
A Wrong Policy Expanding.

The workingmen of Memphis
have organized a "workingman's
party and propose to enter the
municipal contest in that city. and
the next State election as separate
organization. The impolicy of this
character of movement by the work
ingmen we have pointed out in a
series of editorials. Our object was
the common good, and it is to De
regretted that the workingmen can
not see and profit by the supreme
opportunity now presented for CO.
operation with the rural masses I'M
der the Democratic banner. The
great body of our agricultural pop
ulation, and the people of the towns,
are now for the first time in
the history of the country, in full
sympathy with the laborers of the
cities, railroads and mines, in the
purpose of resisting the encroach
ments of capital and revolutioniz
ing the financial policy of the gov
ernment. But if the workingmen
of the cities persist in their sepa
rate organizations, they will inevi-
tably ALLEVIATE the sympathies of
the rural classes and it may be
postpone the day of deliverance.
This has been the history of all such
movements in the past and we see
no reason why the future shall not
be judged by the record already
made. Success against the grind
ing monopoly of the National bank
ing system, the harsh expressions
of bonded gold debt, the hurttul
exactions of a ruinoIs tariff system,
the insupportable prostration of
contraction, can only be achieved
by and through the Democratic
party, for the various classes and
interests struggling for such refor-
nation, cannot be concentrated in
any other political organization.
This fact, we have an abiding faith,
will be fully appreciated by the
workingmen before the period for
another National election rolls
around. In the meantime the
Democratic party will maintain
faithfully its traditional policy ofac-
tive sympathy with the masses in
their efforts to achieve true prosper
ity and happiness.-Jackson Tribune.
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Brigham's Capacity.
1Now York Herald Letter |


Notwiths tan d in g Brigham
Young's boast that he was a great
financier, and the general belief that
he successfully conducted a number
of profitable business enterprises, it
is fact that every legitimate bust
ness enterprise with which he con-
nected himself was a conspicuous
failure. He made vast sums of
money and died immensely rich In
bank and other stocks, houses,
lands, etc.; but his wealth was the
spoil of the most gigantic and un-
scrupulous robberies ever perpetra
ted. He stole millions from the
people whom he invited here-stole
them outright, in the name of the
Lord. He extracted them in the
forms of tithes, gifts, temple funds
and other specious devices. For
nearly a quarter of century he
managed to keep 100000 people in
comparative penury and ignorance
that he and the favorities who sur
rounded them might thrive. His
avarice and his love of power, which
survived other lusts of the flesh act
i've in him in the days when Joseph
Smith revealed polygamy that he
and brother reprobates might with
impunity desecrate the beds of
neighboring husbands in Nauvoo,
enabled him to become opulent, III
spite of business incapacity which
was puerile.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-09-13

A Baltimorean raises up his
voice to expostulate with those of
his fellow citizens who are pre-
pairing TO emigrate to Kansas, and
he says in a lugubrious aside, "God
forbid that they should become the
victims of one-tenth of what l have
seen and heard" He asserts that
many of the people of Kansas have
to live in sod-houses that often fall
in and crush the inhabitants; that
building materials are very dear,
and that under the most favorable
circumstances there are hardships
and privations in store for immi-
grants. He tells of tough sod land,
of wormy corn, of drouth, of grass
hoppers, of chinchbugs. No fami-
ly of persons should start for the new
State with less than 81, 900. He can,
he says, take the money that amor
binary frame house and stable In
Kansas, is worth and with it buy a
well-improved little farm in Mary
land. This man of Baltimore may
have overdrawn his picture, but ev-
ervone who has seen much of life in
new country is well aware that pl-
oneers do not live on honey and
battle in wine during the first five
years of their settlement 1t is al
ways good for the would be emf
grants to consider well his land OF
promise before he packs up to seek
n
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-09-13

OF peaches the Connfry Gcntlemda
says: "The liability 30 rot Ia Hale =
Early just at ripening has greatly les
sened its value, and we recommend cau-
ton In planting It extensively. Cor
ledge's Favorite Is a reliable and valua-
bic sort In most localities. Crawford's 3
Early has a wider approval IN this
country than any other peach. Craw-
ford's Late stands well, but Is poor
in many places. The old Red Cheok
Melocoton is usually regarded as super
ceded by these, but lstill has good
deal of merit as market sort. Stump
the World, we fear, may be too late for
your latitude Northern New York;, !,
otherwise il Is an excellent peach. Old
mixion Freestone would probably sue
ceed better, and Large Early York Is a
popular early sort. Among the now
sorts the Amsden and Alexander are
well worth trying on a moderate scale
on account OF their extreme cariincss
combined with desirable qualities.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-09-13
The Happiest Period in Life.

Ever since the world began this
has been disputed question, and
ever since the world began the ma.
jority of the people have generally
misjudged. Thoroughly dissatis-
fed with any present time we cast
about for a golden age. We cannot
find it in the future, as the cloud OF
uncertainty hangs on the horizon in
that direction. We are compelled,
therefore to explain the past
The immediate past, with its
facts and disappointnents, is too
fresh in our memory TO allow us TO
throw the required halo about It,
and so we continue our journey un
til we get to the point where memo.
ry grows dim and the imagination
works actively, and we cali that the
hale, halcyon period of life. This
distant future and distant past are
both creations of the fancy.
To say that childhood is the hap
piest period Of life is to suffer IN
suit TO Providence. The child is al
best but a bundle of possibilities.
He is a creature Of unframed i'm
pulses, of undeveloped affections.
HIS mind is like a CRATE in a well
ordered house. The coal is there.
The kindling wood is there, and
the whole will break into a blaze
when touched with a match. Nov,
before the match has touched IL, is
it pleasanter and more profitable
sight than half dozen Jumps OF
camel coal enveloped in n royal
blaze, and filling the room so full OF
light and heat that one forgets the
wintry sleet without; childhood,
with its sugar plums and its toys,
will be inferior 10 manhood with its
burning enthusiasm and It's lofty
ambition.- Ex.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-09-13
Big Crops and good Prices.

In an article on "Big Crops and
Good Prices" the Chicago Tribune
says:
Good crops and big prices will
set She transportation interests on
their legs again. The railroads
can again earn money without op-
pressing the producing and shipping
community; they can pay interest
on their bonds and dividends on
their stocks, and they can in justice
to themselves restore to their en-
ployes something like their old
wages, and thus put a stop to the
labor troubles that are now so seri-
ously threatning the country. The
banks will come in for their share
of the generalimprovemento of things
instead of capital rushing into A
per cent bonds, it will be engaged in
moving the crops and promoting
the enterprise and speculation that
naturally grow out of lively ex-
changes. In the Northwest and
Southwest the grain crop in rich
abundance is already certainty;
nothing short of an extra natural in
reference can affect it disastrously.
In the South, the cotton and corn
can be seen to grow, so rapid and
hearty is the progress. All other
sections are similarly abundant,
with the exceptions of California,
where the dews of heaven have fall
en- very sparingly.
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A COlOred Editors Position.

Jas. A. Scott, former colored
student of Maryyille College. is cd
itor of The Advance, Birmingham,
Alabama. In his last issue the Ed
itor says:
"The signs of the times point as
surely as the needle 70 the poles,
that there must be new departure
in politics by the negro in this
country. The one great question
of his liberty being secured, by law,
by the sanction of the whole nation,
as well as the genins of our govern
ment, the question OF his allegiance
to any particular party, enmasse,
forces itself upon every intelligent
mind, is it best for him to cling to
the shadow of the past of party
affiliations, for the sake of the
shadow when the substance has de
parteds The cry of his liberty be
ing endangered has lost its force,
only as it serves the purpose OF un-
principled politicians and dema-
gogues. The most advanced states
men of all political parties, as well
as the majority of the nation, North
and South, regard the question of
the negro's manhood settled by
the amendments to the Constitu-
tion and the organic laws of the
land. The methods of reconstruc-
tion in all the Southern States are
accepted by the whole country, the
rights of the States to manage and
control their own affairs, to alter
their Con stitutions, enact State and
municipal regulations, as TO them
seems fit and proper, is accepted on
all sides and by all the people.
This fact, then, places the negro in
the same relations, in every State
as every other class of citizens, un-
der the same regulations, subject to
the same obligations of law, with
the same amenities and protection.
This being true he must lose his
separate distinctiveness Of the past
as n ward of the nation under re.
construction, and assume his minori-
ty as full fledged American citizen
Assuming these high functions
and duties, he must act from the
same motives in politics, which act
uate any other intelligent man. He
must vote with the local interests
of his State, city, county, or ward,
where he resides; and his political
opinions must take the same direc-
tions that his white fellow citizens
do if their interests are indentical;
or in other words he must be a Re
publican if it be to his interes. TO
vote 50, or Democrat il his inter
est and the welfare of his country
demand It. He Is no longer to be
the dupe OF politicians and dema-
gogues, no longer to be heralded by
Republicans, but stand up like a
free man and vote as he pleases.
He must enter every field of in
dustry, thrift, and successfully
grasp every appliance which will
elevate him to honor and respecta-
bility, owning no party rs his mas
ter, and no clique as his guide.'