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Fremont.

The decline of fortune that has
fallen upon that magnificent adven-
turer, Fremont, will not be surpris-
ing TO those who know the ''inside"
of things. Referring to the recent
public sale of his library, in New
York, the Bulletin says:
Fremont has had checkcred life.
Starting out us an adventurer, he
made his principal reputation as an
explorer aud ''path finder" He was
Il prominent figure in the early his
tory of California, and WAS once
elected Senator from this State.
Fremont has been busy all his life
with great schemes, most of which
were conceived with great boldness,
and some of which were successful
in the hands of men who had more
executive ability. lie has more tl,an
once hren counted amillionare, and
especially when he was the principal
owner of the Mariposa estate. But
that great property slipped through
his hands, most or the gains going to
the other men. More than twenty
wears ago he was counted one of the
most popular men la the country and
WAS nominated by the Republicans
for the Presidency, and made IN un
successful canvass against Buclan-
an. He WAS then owner "a famous
mines, ranches with Mexican titles.
promoter of railway schemes, the
last OF which put him under cloud
in France and in this country. As a
general'in the late civil war, he WAS
not success. No one. however, ever
doubted his bravery. IL is rarely that
mar in this country has more ups
and downs. Fremont can speak frnm
experience of the iickiencss of for
tune as well as of popular favor. IL
affords no pleasure to learn that in
his declining years Fremont Is mis-
eIably poor. He has been very rieh
man, and it j. easy 10 say that he
ought IL have kept his wealth. Like
Z majority of restless men he was
never content with his possessions.
He always had brilliant plans, some
of which he hoped would carry him
still further along the road to for
tune. The man who was "nce desis-
llated by thousands of voters as their
choice for President of the United
States the Pathfinder and owner OF
Mariposa, is poOr--a victim just DOW
tn the ''sliugs and arrows of Outra-
geous fortuue."
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1t may not he GENERALLY known,
says the Shreveport Herald, hut
nevertheless it is Il fact, that Act No.
ia, of 500. has never been repealed,
but is still ia full force aud effect.
1t provides for the mode of collect
ing poll tax from employees. and we
publish the section taat particularly
refers TO the same. It will be seen
that it is obligatory on the employer,
under certain circumstances, to col
lect the same from the employe:
.'Sec 5. The State collector. when
assessing the poll tax on persons
employed by others, shall notify the
employer of said assessment. Said
notice shall authorize and require
said employer to retain the amount
of poll tax out of the wages of ,sai,l
employee, provided the employer at
that time owed the empioye, and If
not the first wages accruing after
that time shall he appropriated to
that purpose, and said notice shall
constitute a debt against such EN-
ployer, to be collected as herein pro-
vided for the collection of taxes. For
collecting this tax the tax collector
shall be allowed ten per cent. a.
commission"
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SENSIBLE AoRns From FRED
DoUGLAs IA a recent speech on
the situation of the coiofed race,
Fsei, D Juy las IN l.le use OF the fol-
loving words:
The very best thing the white
people eau DO for us Is to stop do
my for us, aud leave rs to do for
ourselves. | have told the politi-
c!ans SO everywhere. They have
tome So much for us that they
aearly uudone rs. ii we cant live
nouao,is by oar own l3bor, then We
Ought 10 die. TIE question with
Us Is. vii! We work ~ hard for orr
selves a. hloe w dAd for oar mas
tcrs II W. don't we viii go IT, the
wall, tor liberty is rs essential a
state ii hard work a. slavery - d
l,sgfacefu. slotb Ii is uniS ~
hard labor J..at We can ever catch
up with the white race, AMI by I'M
ijaung their virtues instesd oil
tneir wees. Emigration is Il delu-
SOU and sham. Tie white race
is everywhere on the face of the
,iobe, and we could not get away
from them If we wonid.
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Origin Of Postage stamps.

The origin OF the stamp had a
twang OF romance in it. 1t was 81
years ago that Rowland Hill. while
crossing IA district in the north of
England, arrived at the door of an
ina where Z poStman had stopped to
,teliyera letter. A young girl came
out to receive it; she turned it over
and over in her hand and asked the
price ol' postage. This was Ii large
su'a and evidently the girl was poor,
for the postmaa deunanded ii shii-
ling. She sighed sally, and said the
letter was from her brotaer, bat that
she had no money; aud so she re-
turued the letter to the postman.
Touched with pity; Mr.. Hill paid the
postage and gave the letter To the
girl, who seemed very muelJembar-
raised. Scarcely had the postInan
turned his back when the innkeeper's
daughter confessed that it was a
trick between her and hei brother.
Some signs on the envelope told her
all she wanted to know, but the let
ter contained no writing. ave are
both SD poor" she added, "that we
invented this mode ST corresponding
without paying for our letters" The
traveller, continuing his road, asked
himself if a system giving place ia
such frauds was not vicious one
Before sunset Rowland had planned
10 organize the postal service ON 4
new basis with what success is
known to the world. ......
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Gen. Chalmers, OF Mississippi, has
introduced IN Congress resolution
creating IA new H"aSe committee, tn
be known as ''the Coinm;ttee on tine
Improvement and Commerce oi the
Mississippi river and its tributaries"
Ii this committee does not interfere
with that on the Mississippi leyees,
it will be IA valuable aid Ia the in
terests of the South and West. Our
committee on levees is Il strong one.
one in which We can place the fullest
confidence, and il would he both um-
Just and luwise Ia appoint any new
one interfering IN the least with
those subjects over which it has iu-
risdiction or impeding in any way
the great national work il has before
it; ii, then, this new committee does
not interfere in these matters, it viii
be welcome.
The people of the South and West
have other schemes and matters in
relation to the Mississippi river,
schemes which cannot come before
the Levee Committee, and it would
be far better to refer these matters
to special c'iinmitree ON the river
than to half dozen general ones. The
commerce of the Mississippi in the
near future Is destined to give plen-
ty of employment to ut least two
committees.
Gsn. Chalmers committee is To he
composed of nine members. His res
0lution was referred to the Commit
tee on Rules and will he reported on
in short tiale. Ii is TO he hoped
that the scope of the committee Will
be given.-[N. O. Democrat.
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All Sorts.

mere Us no say iHS enothS us w
much us that which we hear very
often. that a man does not know
how to pass his time.
Good intention will never justify
evil actions; nor will good actions
ever justify evil intentions.
To liberal mind poverty is a
stimuiant, meanness refrigerant,
selfishness an opiate, and ipgrati-
tude a poison.
We shohld often be ashamed of
our brightest actions, were the world
but to see the motives by which
they are produced.
To sit on sofa between two pref
ty girls, one with black eyes, Jet
ringlets and rosy cheeks, the other
with SOFT blue eyes, sunny ringlets,
and red cheeks and lips, and both
laughing at you at the same time.
We know of nothing more trying.
In Massachusetts only those are
permitted to vote who can read the
English language, pay taxes and can
write their names. Some of it in the
South might have healthy effect
on the morals of office. .s
He had proposed to her, and now
with fear and trembling waited for
her answer. "Only one word" lie
said, ''if bnt to keep alive the fires
of hope within my bosom.n She
looked at him tenderly, nay loving
ly, and her lips moved in accents
that went to the depth of his soul.
She asked him how much he earned
a week.
! If a great city is mart are the
inhabitants all martyrs IN. o..
! Times.
No; the country people who trade
with it are generally the martyrs
| Monroe Observer.
To make q good broil: Leave q
letter from one or your old sweet
hearts where your wife can find it.
/, How dreary seems each hour,
As it slowly, slowly goes,
To the man who sits in anguish
| With boil upon his nose.
'Juge not lest We be juged," was
a copy recently 'set" by a teacher In
one of the public schools. Doubtless
that teacher considers spelling one
Of the ornamental branches.
IL doesn't cost near as much to
take newspaper as it does to keep
IA yellow dog. Still there are lots of
people too poor to take a paper who
have several worthless dogs on their
premises. @ i~ i7a9s m
A printers 'devilr in London
(England) office while waiting for
slow Ginning "take," wrote the fol-
lowing poem on the imposing stone
upon which he was leaning:
/ A fly while walking ON the dome,
OF great st. Peters Church at Rome
Exclaimed, "To me this lofty pile
Of stones seems built in wretched
style.
scarce findone smooth place DER all
The surface of this rugged wall.
Go where | will [ still detect
Some excrescence or some defect"
A spider from his web o'erhead
Had heard the critic speak, and said:
"'Tis not for you, poor puny flies,
To Judge of things of such q size.
This structure was not raised for
you,
But creatures in whose larger view
The workmanship you censure SO
M sign OF ruggedness may show"
! Thus often narrow minded men
Will judge of things beyond their
I ken,
And spy slight fault that cannot mar
And see not where high beauties are.
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SOUTHERN Trade AND INDUSTRIES
Under this heading the New York
Shipping and Commercial List
says: - ga
The Southern trade during the
autumn has probably been more
active aud he;.lthful than in auy
season since the war. The gavi9us
steam lines have had all the freight
they could conveniently carry, and
at better average rates than have
BEEN paid for several years, while
the railway traffic has also shown
substantial gains. Southern trade,
moreover, is now transacted upon
much better basis than it was
during ante-bellum times. The old
plantation system of mortgaging
the future by reckless purchases OF
supplies on long credits, has been
superseded by cash payments aud
short credits, aud in this fespect
Southern trade is upon an equal
footing with that OF the Northern
and Western States.
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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-11-01
IN MEMORY

OF CLAUDE SWIFT REYNOLDS, infant
son of W.D. and Inez Reynolds, was
born Aug. 10Th, 1874, and died Oct I'D,
1877. aged years, ] month and % days.
Little Claude was a very aneetionate
child. His winning ways and infant
prattle made his parents home an Eden
"A paradise-on earth. But now, alas
all this is past. The music OF that dear
voice is hushed, and the links Of the
household chain are broken. 4ester-
day the angel came, amid the sobs and
tears Of the stricken parents, grandpa
rents, uncles and aunts, and bore away
the bright spirit OF their precious boy
TO bis home in Heaven. To-day with
breaking hearts they gave his body %
the grave, TO wait until the pendulum
OF time shall make it last vibration, and
the resurrecting angel shall bring him
up clothed in Immortality, when theJ
4 shall meet and live with him forever
/ Farewell. little Claude; thou art at rest
/ IN the better and more congenial CLINE
There thou mayst pluck and regalt
myself on the ambr0sial frutt, bath'
and bask In sea OF boundless love
I walk the sunlit streets Of the heavenly
I Jerusalem, and wear crown Of lmmor
I TAI glory. o, happy, ., blissful hons
Of thine, little Claude!
Weep not that little Claude
4. taksn from you now
Before the ills ofliio had power
To eioud his fair youpg brow.
Than bid each vain repiniuR cease
Ard hush each nurm'rng sigh.
For blessed are the young who thus
In lies sweet morning die.
FrELDSo.
VALE Mills, oct. 2Ith, 1877.
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The community was somewhat
surprised last Thursday evening
when it was learned that Mr.. Alex.
ID. Brown OF Columbia and Miss
Jennie Anthony of this county had
Just been married by Rev. A. G..
Dinwiddie at the residence of Capt.
). L. Hill in Pulaski. This would
have surprised no one a few months
ago, but all had begun to think that
the matter was off and that the cou
pie would bow to the opposition of
stern parents. Just as everybody
had given them out, however, they
steal a march and are safely off be-
fore opposition could be material
lied. Certainly Mr.. Brown has rea-
son to be happy, for a purer and
handscmer woman does not live
than his wife, May they live long
to be happy.
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Marriad

On Thursday morning, Oct. 10Th,
at the residence of the brides moth
er, Cornersville, Tenn, by the Rev.
j. NJ. Brown, Mr.. JOHN CAMPBELL
of Murfreesboro, Tenn, to Miss
NETTIE f. SUMTER of this village.
Thus Murfreesboro takes away
the pride and beauty of Corners
vile. As the soft whisper of the
morning breeze brushed from the
check of both leaf and flower the
tiny dewdrop of a nights slumber,
the happy young couple launched
their boat upon the matrimonial
sea. MAY Heaven smile upon that
bark, guide smooth end peaceful
voyage We heartily congratulate,
as well as envy, our Murfreesboro
friend in the possession of gem
so rare, for none but fortunes spe-
cial favorites are blessed with such
a bride. Several handsome bridal
presents decorated the occasion.
After the warm congratulations
of friends and relatives, the worthy
groom, bidding US adieu, left with
his lovely bride for, his pleasant
home near the above city. ALA.
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goeaI Aews.
Killed with a Base Ball Club.

Lewis Kelley struck Solomon
Harwell on the side of the head with
a base club last Saturday at his
grocery at Richland Creek bridge
near Elkton, knocking him sense
less and killing him within a half
hour. We hear that a man named
Rogers carried a turn of corn to
Kelley's grocery near the bridge
and exchanged it for a quart of
whisky, upon which he and Harwell
got drunk Rogers and Kelley got
into row and Kelley put Rogers
out of his house. Harwell then
took up the fuss and invited Kelley
out to fight. Kelley stepped out
and dealt him a severe blow with
the club, after which he never spoke,
Kelley then fed to unknown parts
There was a game of base ball in
progress at the time. DR.. Glaze
was summoned from Elkton, but
Harwell was dead before he got
there. He found that the skull was
not fractured, but that death en-
sued from conclusion. We hear ht
said that the blow would not have
been fatal if the man had been sober
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Lynnville.

Our town is rather quiet this
week; the farmers are busy sowing
wheat and gathering crops; cotton
Us coming in very fast, and is sold
as fast as it comes in. The price is
very low, about $50 for the best.
Mrs. Helen Walker and her son
Gordon returned home from Texas
last Friday. They were met at the
cars by host of friends to welcome
them home. Gordon is improving
very rapidly and anticipates return
ing to Texas in January.
Our town is still on the improve.
The Montgomery House is being
repaired and will be one Of the best
hotels in the State. The table is
supplied with the very best the mar
ket supports. The railroad men
say if man wants to get a square
meal 90 to Montgomery's.
Miss Kate Fry was in town this
week. She is quite belle and has q
good many admirers. Misses Sallie
Smith and Sallie Wagstaf were also
in town. We welcome them, and
hope they will visit us oftener. ii
II. Fleming, one of our enterprizine
merchants, who has been absent sew
eral days visiting relatives in We
tumpka, Ala, returned home last
Wednesday. There are a good
many cases of measles in Lynnvill'
and vicinity. The ladies wear asa
foetida around their necks and the
gentlemen drink tar water Tor 1
preventive. Mr.. J. Ed. jackson o
Pulaski was in town last week col
lecting taxes. Mr.. @. II. Witt hal
been sick for several weeks, but is
now able 10 attend TO BUSH ess
Rev. w. Weakley preached a yerl
impressive sermon at Old Lynnvill'
last Sunday. He is a good preach
or, and beloved by all.
There will be a grand hop at tn
| Thompson house shortly. HuT.