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NAJOR-GEN. 81 LER'SN Jews
a BIBLE ffNr ,rON uE IOiiIiN
GOWN ,TON ~ >fNESS.
un,c. aud the Nn,ck Republicans het'"t
Ahead tor the Man In the " mite Mouse u"e
House. and Perhaps Both. against Hin.


,,. u...t-. a..
tcuuu- o. tu-.l -~ 10 ,'' i'"
for" 'hr departments For som, ',"'- pas, th,r'
Ll,, been "a runner that he uiul Senator Blaine
.,,.r..l t tar,i,, ANA f.r.ot their old time
.t d. e.. .,.. ..,t
lu't's. political ana ln.rty anu u'V' ru'T7 ana
tY. Dlt lu o. uNi' AMI tu' Dtrr lh the
Hons, lead the Eadioni Republican re-
,,.., ,coins, ti,o uol,,y Of in. Admin str,tion
N"N '-niiiS' i"' l't ~, W. N'''.''' ~ u"
". "n, ji., ,il m,'', g. ", t,,,l0r ia,,
eynns w9,n ~, Mas ~, is, slslg-non
fNV'-,ni, 9 u . .l'ae Oh ui' '.u ~" ',tl
In r'rly, +" inc ingnr' wnnt ne thought on ~,
I'N Ul VI anu lN'' ",1h, ~, 7'''l
Tw whole country y hnpN W" have all n'n
Nu',hs ,"S ui,' l"r ,n Ii'~,'' ',.la'd
cav ulsp,hsau"h inc l'0htra rlll'hhlun. H'p
moves ina nys'rriou- way his wonders to ugf-
.l,n AZ vui Hu"II' .lI- uuu ~ h,'lll-'i 'l'.
sull' UlW''h lh' S. liun~' are hl an 'hl lh
run, tno i,vn am lhy i9mo are iylha Town ,I
.iil W. 'N' D. l''uli ~ W.
Uwr p"li,'al sPut, cont Sis ana r'ari ai9
W., now. anu oih'r. never was SUI n'~-'d
condllon oi Affairs.
W6nTp Jew lew niin..s pa9.rc "In. nHii, -ni .aa
ml.9nn, OF ms Louisiana Commission bust,
III, from a snail $780, 1''ar III. IL * AN
i.'.m "i i,. hinle ani alter l9mhllns oyer IT
,ur.ps fnrinl ',' H., H. fr,, ''' ""
=, I' ,' ,i w. a., ,l ,l1 70, hi-
Ties. Tho hcgimninl Of tl, opeator ol ,"d
! ga i'.aa WIZ ,oa oge.i s. ',a ec,aa.' .'as',
~, "n, ara h'''her eo'd nor "e" va" 'icw thee cut
" my mouth
scrn n on t6a, text as applied to the Admin s.,
tration in Parsun Newman church. H. cor-
England VI tholiet Coni.rrn.' "a low dave ago =
Those ministers represent the sentiments OF
tho New England M.tholi-ts Every ono of
them is k,pnhlirin. The ,old fashioned r.
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THE FREEDMEN's 81 RElU
The Work OF settling the Claims OF Cotored
Soldiers and sailors.

WAsHtNoToN. April s.-Thc work of set
thing up tho affairs OF the late Frccdmcns Blu
rolu. now in charge Of The AdJutani General If
the Army IL progressing, slowly. Il is confined
stri.tly to tn payment Of claims " colorod sol
dior~ and sailors and their heirs. for bounty.
arrears of pay, pri1e money. &c. II is cstinatcd
that un the l-t al July next There will remain
unpaid about 900 clnws which have been
allowed. aggrrgatng $500 900. and that during
the fiscal year ending June 80. 1873, there will
hc received from the second Auditor approved
rlhiws amounting h. t24O.OOO MIX my u total oi
'jiDom "a b., paid from Juls 1877. T." Juu'3O
l0l~. Ihp whole amount dshur-ad during the
fl 'al wear cuiing juno 30. ! 10. was f52G.3lt.
urt Tor tho H. Al year rudiu- Jun" 80. 1876,
t2hnf7. The appropriation tu dvlray III" ~
y 'u-r- after diug th, paymcnt " houutics, e.,
iur the year ending June 30 1876. was tj.uOu,
OF which tJI.2t~ wis "Npt uutd Ihc Whpi"
number Oi culurrd soldiers mustered In during
the war was lGIb2i; uf these N5.l23 were mus
tered out. ~ 1l6 were dis 'hurLHd Tor UhySls NJ
disability. 81 500 died. liSS1 dr-t rtcd. ljll
were Killed IN action. .3iI were missing in A.
ton. and the others wcrc DISCHARGED tor V1ri-
Gus causes. transferred To the navy or OtAt 7
branches Of the service.
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r,li:i,.

FLNNDREAr -on FRIDAY, April c. Mrs Jane Flau.
tIDHu
Funeral from the residence of her daughter Villa place
linton HV Norri~t At ". TIE siaN. Friends ui
tht family invited iu attend
'Akkl~'N Suddenly. on Anril : ~ rheumatism OF
the heart Knberi u Harrison. ~ hi.u-d t,ar
Friends and lauvc, respectfully invited o. itt, nj
hc funeral tn ~lsv N, 10th hi. late
dDuc Grlui - np f 81 AN Astoria services 90 lc hchi
90 flr T. tNuf. h N-f ria. l. / tt ttVlNsk
GRACE AZ t,r,' urNnt ,u SUNDAY. ApUl =. 1877 VII.
liam SIN u VI Dhall anI tic late MARY Grace. a.td rs
NfUr- amt = months
Tho relative. hii friends Of The family are invited io
Hffi suicnt rtqur At - AnthuuN'. tNurr b.
omit tn, -liN at 10 O'Clock, thence Go
calvary Cemetery ~ "a 4
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s. Alps m. Williams. Cnpe iiavu March p Port an
rrntc lith, savaniia I'D. CattH-ea 4tt, AMI Nsplu
wall 2~th.
= Eaiilan. k,mpton savnnnah April T.
SsGiauyu. 81 arse. HN.frn
S.thtsprtHtt. Nlu.uHi. Portland
- Geo " CNdr. Ius.u. ,Nrr-iHh ApTh D.
:. Asnos smith Iiiiia,i, rlia.
=. Al entnwn Tsifle. rhiiHdo luhin
Silip Admiral kHtsl,up. RfrmD
RIA a. e. ~fsrfuid Marc ct. Ntylcs
Hirh Victoria ferl Linds,, Porto ,aheno Dec as VIA
Nil nt.ull Uanvr. Hu.'oi
Br'K Nc.ta Thur-tn Liverpool
$50 tic usual river ami cutstwi-o vessels
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MfRINE TNrELLTGENCE

MINIATURE ,tu,NAc-riits nav go
Sun rises .... . 800 sun sets % 1873 Moon Uses q ~
wAtkt-tnis uAN
Sandy HOOK . ~ Gov f.ani. JG Hell Gate, o.
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q. Nn'lrstrrs Hyporhosphite Of Lime .u
ZOO >'l' III diuggists Z amt - per hottie ~; .Y
y 3'nt Manchester a Go, 80 John ST., Sew iork --.'
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used Olllle's Tnst"lo-s Cod Liver Oh vs. N
.rm az N'l cherry rod t5 druggists Dcpotu noN
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,miu MIX u llagn"sia. those agonizing com
i'A'"'s 'OAI II' u"..iisln, and siaNcL-.ids
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Shipping.

A NcHoR IrNr r;ytdy 5 MA NNb & STEAMERS.
10 GtNsGuW. LONDONDERRY, OK LIVERPOOL.
10 AonpoNl y pIES' ilfssSthH!ff sA!l iapw
IlENhtH~oS BROS t4'uts
DIHEcT LINE no FRANCE. ,arl,mouth =
- "a, ,,tngrsl Trrn-augnuc 'ma,nN' steamer -.
''''' w. iotiIs IL Ulail> Raot !, nroair,iy '
INMANS h,NEx NAN, ,sGgilN ifig,isyroot
cry or i,a>6io"N NIX ~, t'N XIII
ciii OF HEitliS sn,uriav. XIII Is at j f "
flon Pier ., Norii r,''r
CAuIN, .nl sip9 gold Return uckct. on favorable
siloon- state Rooms smoNug ami Bath Rooms amiI
iouv q DALE AGENT,
u anil 1913 Broadway. Sow N1rt
NATIONAL L IN IL and 81 North river
'h roa orrrvsrowS 'kSiD' EiSARgErrd1d6ia' y A.
spain NQrl .iu .nN VI ENpt .MaN itAM
Issue. All VIZ, ,, Xxx, , '' ,i ", ,
= - HURST M,n,icr
pacific MAILANDPA TRANSIT
srEANsurLNEs
For california, iarsn cnln, australia, New Zealand.
oRsVSVfRsS,lsco' VIA ii@niars oF FtSluA
fGdN sAS lfiAS5is9or6 3is,.,S "HSSGpCGIiSS%o
FROM siS rgtS,l,cG 10 stSnNici isiAS66s." x,tts.'
steamer eli, 81 NlW i5k W' Nh, S,y Apri g.
- tW ir'ight or pa--usr Apply tu
WV T.. CLYDE A co, OF u ! BtLLAY. Supt.
0BuWln. irccn fDrfo0' Canal Il.
I)Io>EER LINE NusrKALIAN PACKETS.
NAV 20
To mechanic domestic servants ahorcrs &C. finder
arran1rucnt with the Government of Now south Nas.
argwed cnsrtnl. ar carried 10 sydney, Australia,
" CAMERON 90.
20 south William Il. Now York
STtTE LINE OF STEAMERS
- 70 rLASuOW. bELfASf ant LpNDpNDERRX
From Pier o.. IuOt uf tdntl e.. y H.
CT 4 d D a. 4 ..rtft
STATE on INDIANA fhur~nV Nnul ~
SI f IlI d q . ID IT D..
l~rtN BALDWIN NCu. AGENTS - Broadway
stlrl-f ureNi.Ht g. Broadway and 40 Company pier
fufu. 'AnHl -.
'I'UE AMERICAN STEAMSHIP COM
4 lANl or ililLAu.APfiiA
PHILADELPHIA AND LIVERPOOL LINE
The only frun-atianuo liza. saii,l AM tc American
ft. ~uHuF every Thur ~iay from Philadelphia. and
M,ine SHAY rom Liverpool
THE RED STAR LINE
c1rr,n thc o., i-ttu ini tnitcd state. mails Sailing
.'ffA tNi s 'ly.. Wtrnlt y from Philadelphia aud
Sew York Direct ant on
For rates NJ passage and other Information tpulyt,
fErkk WRIGHT SONS, u,ral A-rut-
81 Walnut It, Philadelphia
~ Broadway. Ncw York
WHITE STAR LINE.
FOR QUEENSTOWN AND LIVERPOOL.
CELTIC ........... ......... Apul ~ r
GkNNANIC ..... .... Anrii -.
BALTIC ... Ami ~ 3 z. "
Prom White star Dock Per - Norih ri,cr
CABIN. 40 aWai.hrs saloon So ami $40 GOLD H..
turn ii Scts IN favl cratic terms Si.errge rs
tuEflS. Agent. - Br1aI~a,. sew York
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special Noitss.

TUr GWitTr$T PAIN REIIEvTR ~
lNE N'fLp b. tk ivhi As NtNLiIAN ilNlNtNf
fna well as eat rial lutiN n has
lstu Wurrfn' a fDr NirN lr-. nii 5000 tUue Co.
fHfH.t Dr. cures tN ..NO 49, NIUsU-n. $500 Throat.
fl4u. 300 N lut.. ti X Ift Chest. Group. ulrrilt.
D,ilc and sA-N- 40 person sluud - 10 NIAoui
sold o, tIt dii -. -.
HLNIK'~ PILLS.
Tho lroat Tn-l.n f.m.N fHr e.f and rheuna.
u.in Ron 80 fu. u ., D., nar u rantcn -ou
i-D if-. ga - %. fIu 30 y ~.Il NtI. irI-.l-,s
r. ". STEW ART. TuT STEAM CARPET
cleaner an |
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itlIs.Cllmcous.
A -UP-TOWN ADVERTIsEHS

a. nv =" '''
Nt ll,r ihirfiNorr fnr ritv SIS AZ tho only author
il.I NI.iunnnlN Vruemrht 'li' t.,
- .lA.iN. fn0r N il-f 4. tN Or " . aud
SOS vt 2.l ST. nupu-iu' trhui itit lluu, Aui so
fI.A. ,Iru.i 90. l1il H., unul p T.
NurNtrh change.
INKI'INTIRS.- Wanted tn .lui,l..c.n lnl.u..c
I ,llrui. shoulder url I'D, mll et planes. Adlru.-
q nlr'iii.N ottruinr 81
nINOI.Cls 'ally amt quietly oNft.nri ior inooin
i pauhuIiN, AC. residence uunrr' ,-irN ttr .ut,r
ti,.' ltNtir.' ,Nl,ronfr 4 GOODRICH Attorney
al Law. ~ %. tri|nri st.. thtri-o III
INVOICES lcpnlN ATTAINED. uu Ioi N.Wr, uaNlnenfs
- fltiit kitk KING, lawyer Ald NuiAr, Fublc Is St
Mars place"
HIGHEST CASH PRICE paid ini oll g,lI amt
.Nvr al TN odd ,ihi ,l,d tsriN n t ~ John It,
nIItIOTus. ALI. WHITES. from = 10 -
~ l,,t All. fKItt.N IINOLEi VI, the best Substitute
Tor oil oluins a speciality. -
LORD TAYLOR.
Grand. corner Chrsstie, and Nianh :, Forsyth It
Use nNWBOVn's IUIsH FLAX THREAD.
y 1t MIll Stand The t.
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NrArr I,Nror ,rrNMrn~
WHITE STAR LINE.

FOR QUEENSTOWN AND LIVERPOOL
CELTIC ....... ......... ........ April a. r VI
tiNNANlt Anrii ~
BALTIC ...-.. April -. 3 z n
Prom White star Dock Per - Nori ri,cr
Cabins 40 aWlisirs saloon $50 ami filus1h L..
turn tickets on fivl rattle trr'ns Sisern-e. -
J cuHriS. AGENT. - BrHt4wa,, Sew York
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The Senate.

The Republican leaders are be-
ginning to fear that all is lost. The
House Of the next Congress is Dem
ocratic; the Executive is not Re-
publican according to the accepted
standard, and now there is a chance
that the Senate will slip out of
their hands. The Senate is very
close at best, or worst, and the new
discoveries in South Carolina of
bribery OH the part Of Senator Pat
terson will. it is thought, make it
necessary for that body to expei
him. This, together with the cleo
ton of Democrat in his place,
would make change of two votes.
Then, there is the probability that
the Republican Senators will be di-
vided on the question of supporting
the Hayes policy and Administra-
ton; and if the Democrats should,
as they ought to do, and probably
will support them, in a body, in ev-
cry test vote, they may become the
controlling power in the Senate. 1t
is very unpromIsing outlook from
Republican point Of view; it
strengthens the suspicion that the
Republican party has been over
thrown, and must consent to yield
place to its old antagonist.
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Henry N. Stanley.

jackson Tribune and SUM-
The civilized world is now ring
ing with the name of this dar
ing explorer, and after two years
seclusion in the wilds Of Africa, he
reappears on its Western coast,
having made a transcontinentnl
tour. The riddle of the ages has
been solved, and the sunless crypt
of the Nile has been unsealed,g and
gcographcrs may now with certain.
" erase from their maps, Shnt
they have been pleased TO donomi-
nate the "unexplored regions OF
Ethiopia" Stanley has identified
the Lualaba and the Congo as one
river and the same stream, and has
followed il from its rise In the La
custrine basins 20 It's mouth. The
march of Stanley aud his men
through the wilderness reads like n
romance. The savages hung like
demons on his front, flank and rear,
and decimated his ranks with show
ers of poisoned arrows. The for
tob ~ oOAlC lAaNto wan wv WIN
TO be penetrated, and the heroic
party had literally to cut It's way
through the jungles. Driven from
the land route, Stanley sought safe
ty on the friendly bosom OF the Lu-
alaba, which he describes as a broad
river choked with islands, and tum-
bling with cataracts. He found
the savages who dwelt upon its
shores, most implacable, they re-
fused all gifts and secuted all ef
forts at Cancellation, and from the
mangsoves that fripged its banks
came the pestilenco and the arrow.
But at last Stanley reached the
coast, and has added another pagc
TO the current history Of the times.
This expedition reflects honor upon
its hackers. 1t was set on foot by
the New York Herald and the Lon
don Telegraph. and the liberality
with which they have sustained II,
deserves a ct recognition every
where.
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curiositiss of Grating.

The Cultivator is responsible for
the following description of curl
osity in the grating line. which
shows what may be done by a care
full pomologist: I'VE can graft the
apricot on the plum, and the peach
on the apricot, and the almond on
the peach thus producing a tree
with plum roots and almond leaves.
The wood of the stem will consist
of four distinct varieties, though
formed from one continuous layer.
Below the almond wood and bark
we shall have perfect peach wood
and bark, then perfect apricot wood
and bark, and at the bottom perfect
plum wood and bark. In this Curl
Gus instance we see the intimate
correspondence between the bark
and leaf, for If we should remove the
almond branches, we might cause
the several sorts Of wood TO devel-
op buds and leafy twigs, each Of its
own kind. Each section OF the
compound stem has its scat Of life
In the cambium layer, and the cam
blum Of each reproduces cells Of its
own species out of common du-
trien fluid.
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A Good Word for Local Papers.

The New York Times say5' "You
might as well forget your churches
and school-houses as TO forget your
local paper. 1t speaks to ten times
the audience your ministers do. II
is read eagerly each week from be-
ginning to end. 1t reaches you all,
and if it has lower spirit and less
wisdom than sermon, it has a
thousand times better chance you
going as it does to almost every
house, you owe it 20 yourselves TO
rally literally to its support, exact
from 1t as able and high toned a
character as you do from any edu-
Gator in your midst. 1t is not be-
meath Your notice and care-for it
is your representative. Indeed, in
its character, il is the consumma-
ton of importance, interest and
welfare of you all. 1t is the aggre
gate Of your acquaintance, and you
cannot ignore it without most mis-
erably deprecating yourselves"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-04

Col. Allen E. Higdon, the tall
Blackjack of the Lynn Greek, is out
for the legislature next year upon a
platform of principles that defies
scrutiny and commends itself to
the dear people. The ColonePs
wonderful prescience has grasped
the wants of the future, and when
he comes to lay his case before the
people he win do it with zest that
will carry conviction and beat down
opposition. His first plank is, the
re- establishment of the whipping
post for al. petit ofienses-every
man to have one on his premises
and DO his own whipping. His
next is the annexation of Maury
county to Giles and complete dis
memberment of Whitthorne's En-
pire. He will pay the State debt by
taxing lawyers, and declare the rad
| lCtl lJdlbl Observation-Disclosures bAO NOiis
He will abolish courts of record
and give magistrates universal ju
risdiction. He will declare that
part of the constitution unconstitu-
tional which holds unconstitutional
the constitutionality of the dog
law, and shoot any mans sheep that
tries to bite him. He will abolish
education as a qualification for be-
ing able to read, and make it COM
pulsory. He will give State aid to
the building of a monument over
the defunct carcass of the Grange,
and declare Lynnville the Capitol
of the United States. He will whip
any man who dares oppose these
views. This simply gives the drift
of his ideas.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-04

Baltimore Gazette.
An old. but virtuous looking gen.
tleman, seemingly from the rural
districts, got into car and walked
its full length without receiving an
invitation to sit down. Approach
ing one gentleman who had a whole
bench to himself, he asked: as
this seat occupied?' eyes, sir, il
is" impertinentlNreplied the other.
"Well," replied the broad shout
dered agriculturist, II will keep
this seat until the gentleman
comes" The original proprietor
withdrew himself to one end and
looked insulted. After a while the
train got in motion, and still no.
body came to claim the seat, where
upon the agriculturist turned and
said: "Sir, when you told me that
this seat was occupied you told me
lie"-such was his plain Ian
guage-"I never sit near liar if
can avoid it; / would rather stand
up" Then appealing to another par
ty he said "Sir, may 1 sit near youi
You don't look like liar" / need
hardly say that he got his seat, and
that the original proprietor thought
that there was something wrong
about our social system.
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Tribute of Respect.

In memory Of TONNE HTTTE, who
died at the residence OF his father, Peter
w. Hitte, oD jenkins Greek, on the 18th
of Sept, 1877: God has seen fit in His
kind providence to remove from our
circle our friend, classmate and pupil.
He has been afflicted with heart troub bic
for several years, and bore his afilic-
tons with Christian fortitude, and was
heard to remark to his class
mates when they would lament his not
being able TO take part with them,
@Boys, never expect to enjoy the
pleasures Of a schoolboy's play ground
again, but / am willing to submit 70
Gods will.'- He was all kindness, and
those that knew him best loved him
most. Let me say 20 his bereaved pa
rents, the cold sod now covers that
Youthful breast and hides him from
your view, yet bright angels knowing
your anguish and the bitterness Of you,
sorrow. wept over you and are now re-
foicing In Heaven over another bright
gem that has been transferred 70 their
little band. Although you have treas
ared him IS a gin sent from God to con-
sole you in your ripper years, be ye re-
conciled 70 Gods win, Cor your loss i
His eternal gain And 70 his sisters
and brothers, No more win he join YOU
in your fire-side conversations. He
gone, but you can 90 to him. WeeI
not, but live 80 that when you press q
dying pillow you may say like T0mmie
GODS win be done. He viii be hover
ing around your bed 70 wan you away
70 join him in that Celestial City.
l. ~ - "
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-04
For the Cltizen.l
A Basket of Chips for Ezra Howe

Thanks for the invitation TO your
Arcadia. There is a ring and spur
in it that sounds like the word nd
erty shouted to those in bondage
Here in this fashionable world there
is not a whit moro enjoyment than
old Lots wife had after her saline
metamorphosis.
All if we could only have known
in time of your Arcadia, we would
never have invested in adjustable
bustles" and 'pin-backs." The
knowledge comes too late, alas
We are obliged to have pnrgatory
some how before leaving this worio
oven and as we are in, we must en-
dpre Few, indeed, of the many
wise apophthegms which have oee1
uttered from the time of the Seven
sapes of Greece to that OF poor
Richard have prevented a single
foolish action, and we submit nun
bly, now to the sad consequences
and vet our heart brims over 10
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-04
A Little Delay Fatal.

1t is well known that Julius C@
sar might have escaped assassination
in the Senate chamber if he had
read deliberately letter put in his
hands by one informed of the con
spiracy. The same fact is true Of
one or two of the French monarchs
who persisted by the assissin's
knife. But the delay of a few hours
to open these important letters rem
dered escape impossible.
We have never seen the following
incident before, but it is vouched
for by DR.. McChesney, of Trenton,
reliable authority:
The success of Washington at
Trenton has been considered as the
turning point in the war of indie
pendence.
Yet few persons are aware upon
how slight an event this critical ac-
ton was made to hinge. On the
Christmas eve when Washington
crossed the Delaware, Col. Bahl,
the commander of the Hessians sat
in private room near Trenton en-
gagged in drinking and playing
cards.
A tory, who had discovered the
movement of the American troops,
sent a note to the Colonel, with or
ders to deliver it in his own hands.
The messenger found his way to
the house, and negro opened the
door, but refused him admittance,
took the letter and delivered it to
the Colonel, who was shutting for
a new game.
oupposing the letter to be unim
Lportant, or not stopping to think at
all, he went on with his play. The
reading of the letter would have
thwarted the design of Washington I;
but the love of play conquered the
ColonePs prudence, and gave sue
cess to a worthier cause, involving
the loss of his life and army, and
ultimately the freedom of the colo
MES. Little did the Colonel think,
when he was shutting those cards,
that he was losing the greatest
game that was ever played among
the nations of the world.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-10-04
For the Citizen.l
curiosities.

Mr. EDITOR viii give you the
dimensions of some trees, vines,
DC, that have come under my OBJ
servation. My father pulled up a
careless weed in his garden Kat
measured 81 inches in eircumfer-
ence and 10 feet lops This weed
was about y months old when
pulled np There is vine on Rob
erson's Fork known as the cow itch
that is 90 inches in circumference.
There is papaw bush about three
miles from here that is % inches
around. There is an apple tree in
my uncle's { R. NJ. ORR orchard that
is s feet and inches around, and
about go years old. There is a
pear tree in the same neighborhood
that is 8 feet around aid about &c
years old. This tree was about &c
years old before it bore fruit. My
great uncle bored an augur hole
through it at that age, and it has
never failed to have fruit since
There is a lynn tree on my father
land that is IL feet around. Their,
is a poplar tree on Mr.. Doggett''
land that is 26 feet around and II
feet to the first limb. 1t retains it
size remarkably well up to the frs
limb. Mr.. w. w. Orr of Bradshaw
handed me cotton square that haC
two bolls. one of which had 2
locks, the other A, making 30 locks
1 intended sending you the bolls
but lost them. r. j. ORR.
BLUE CREEK, Sept. oath.