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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-12-12
The Absurdity Of Fiat Money.

Oswego Times: This is a term
invented by the Greenbackers. 1t
means money made by the simple
command of the government. "Let
this piece of paper be money" says
the Secretary of the treasury, "and
it is money!" say the Greenbackers.
This is the doctrine advocated by
the Greenback financiers of this
city. Said one of the most respec-
table orators; "Whatever the gov
ernment calls money, is money. If
the government takes a piece of sill
yer or gold and prints upon it, this
is one dollar it is one dollar. Ii
it prints upon a piece of paper, or
cloth or leather" said the orator,
q this is ten Thousand dollars it is
ten thousand dollars" Waxing
eloquent with his subject, he ex
claimed: Yea, if the government
take a potato and print upon il,
this is ten thousand dollars IT is
ten thousand dollars, and the capi-
talist should be compelled to re-
ceive it in discharge of debt for
ten thousand dollarsr' And these
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TWO BABIES.
THE RABY OF l77s

THE BABY or IT'S.
Iwonder how got here, but
I'm very glad came,
For everybody groets me with
A sweet and pretty name.
"a darling" and ga cherub,"
And "an angel from the skies;'
And here I've found another heaven
Right in my mothers eyes.
She had a mother ages back,
Whose name they say was Eve,
And who an apple ate, which made
All generations grieve.
But If I'm q direct result
OF this, her bad example,
! do not grieve at all-indoed
I'm glad she ate that apple.
THE BABY or 1878.
Pray what am from what evolved
In this creation Tudei
Did / survive in fttest way
From protoplasm erudef
nr from the whirl Of cosmic dust
And primrodeal germs
What is the last result, this ]
Which kicks, and wTithes and iquiTms
Ny father views me through glass,
Inspecting nail aud joint,
To note the grand development
From infusorial point.
He mutters OF Ascidians,
Aud anthrOpoides,
And OH If / could only speak,
soon his mind would case.
For, gazing back At him, ! can
Indubitably see
The traces in his bearded face
OF simian ancestry.
-Carlotta, in the Boston Commonwealth.
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DIPSoMANIA.
Rev. Dr.. S. P. Crawford in tho Nov.
Number Of the Ladies' Pearl.

Dipsomania literally means"thirst
mania" and is applied TO drunken
ness. 1t is an intense satiable de-
sire for alcoholic drinks, and
when once contracted, is the most
formidable Of all diseases, wholly be-
yond the power Of the human will
TO overcome. IL Is a disease, most
usually Of Periods or paroXysmal
form, periods of remission, lasting
one, two and three weeks, some
times from two TO six months; the
paroxysms lasting n corresponding
period, eliminating most usually,
in delirium tremens. Drunkenness
is disease Of the body-a disease
usually Of long duration-but OF all
forms Of disease there is none more
surely fatal in the end than this.
When fully developed there is no
disease more difficult 20 cure. or
all bodily and mental Affections,
know Of none more p!tiablc than
the confirmed drunkard. lie has
neither the will nor the power, the
physical or moral appliances at his
command. Ia the eyes Of society
he is an ontcast and a lepcr, and
usually has but little sympathy.
Much more might be done than is
done for this unfortunate class. We
must recollect that the foundation
Of his moral deprayity is laid h. the
abnormal condition Of his physical
nature brought about by alcoholic
poison, just as other cases Of insan
ity are brought about from iunc-
tional or organic LESSONS from other
causes. But we cannot here enter
into the best method Of trentinR
this disease. foF we know not what
would be best. Like diseases Of
any other character, what would
cure one would not cure another.
So IL is with drunkenness. Each
case is a problem Of Itself % be
worked out. Sad as IL may seem,
vet IL is true, that little hope can be
expected In the advanced stages Of
drunkenness. Like many plaques
that infest the land, our hope o. cs-
Gaping the evil lies in tho proven
ton Of Il.
A thirty years experience from a
medical standpoint, has convinced
me that no man is safe who will al
low himself 70 tamper with alcohol.
ic drinks, in the most moderate
form, and that no man can habitu-
ate himself 70 the use Of spirits IN
the moderate quantities, without
shortening his days. AID most usu-
ally dying drunkard.
There can be- no such thing as n
temperate use Of spirits. II we
would prevent drunkenness we must
"touch not, taste not" ! we
cure or ameliorate the present state
Of drunkenness, we must 60 down
into the gutter and take a fallen
brother by the hand and raise him
up. surround him with sym iathy
and love, physical and moral appli-
ances, and II he falls raise him
again, aud again, seventy and seven
times. The Church and all the
moral powers must throw n gordon
canitarie around the rising genera.
tion. Our only hope for the cure
and prevention Of drunkenness, Is
in the religion OF Him who went
about doing good.
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Giles County Cases Named in the
Order of Their Filing.

The following is a list of Giles
county cases pending in the Su-
preme Court, named in the order of
their Hing and in the order in
which they will be called. The
Court will finish hearing the Sew
enth circuit, then take up the Tenth
circuit, beginning with the law
docket of Robertson. After hear
ing the causes on the tenth, the
Court will take up this, the ninth
circuit. No cause will be heard by
the Court filed since June l, 1873
that is after No. 80 on the Equi y
docket or No. 10 on the Law docket.
EQUITY DOCKET.
1. VIM NJ Whitley VS.. John G. Chap
man ct ais.
2. Geo W Moore ct ais VS.. j f Henry.
3. Furman 81 Co. VS.. James Mcmillan
ct ais.
4. Davis vs.. Allen & Hardy VS.. Davis
S Davis VS.. Hardy ct ais.
3. VIM Bate ct ais VS.. Lucy NJ Houze
ct ais.
6. Louisa Hill VS.. w J Hill.
z. L NJ N Jones VS.. Beasley Cobb ct ais.
8. w j Hammond VS.. VIM NJ Beasley ct
ais.
8. Giles county VS.. II NJ Spofford ct ais.
10. Jno G Brown, Adm. VS.. Il G Gard
ner ct ais.
IL. J I Fisher VS.. Malone &c Houston.
II. Mary Z Carter by next friend VS..
Dale, Ross 81 Withers.
13. Chas L Hainey VS.. A Z Martin ct ais.
II. Edgar L Cox VS.. Mary Mcdonald.
10. Martin z Wood VS.. Rob't L Evans
ct ais.
16. Thos G Taylor VS.. Thos Holly ct ais.
II. Eliza Buiord ct ais VS.. A Cox ct ais.
Is. G B Lester VS.. Jas ii Lester ct ais.
10. Eliza Kennedy VS.. NJ II Butler ct ais.
20. Jno +. Redd VS.. JnO + Brown ct ais.
IL. p ii Ezell ct ais VS.. Jno ID Wright
ct ais.
%. Marion Childress ct ais VS.. F r Bur-
rus ct ais.
%. Morgan, Thomas & Co. VS.. c II Pull
len ct ais.
"a. VIM p Appleton and wife VS.. Isaac
Smith ct ais.
25. S j Roberts VS.. Thos G Jones and
Jones VS.. Roberts.
26. Jas + Amis ct ais VS.. Lewis B Marks
ct ais.
81. A G wella VS.. F F Pollard ct ais.
2S. Z L G Aiken VS.. Geo 4 Suttle ct ais.
20. jackson w Cox VS.. Il b Cox ct ais
30. G N Ordway VS.. II G L White.
81. b Wagstaff VS.. A Cox ct ais.
81. Willis Whitfield ct ais VS.. Jno + Gill
bert ct ais.
33. w J Ridgeway VS.. NJ e Eddins and
Shelbyviile Savings Bank VS.. w J
Ridgeway.
"a. Virginia S Reynolds VS.. Thos w
Reynolds ct ais.
80. X J Anderson VS.. Ed + Everly.
SO. James NJ Kimbrough vs.. w j Ham
monds.
81. Elijah NJ Carter VS.. AN Carter ct
ais.
3s. Eliza MeNeese ct ais VS.. Benz.
Franklin ct ais.
80. Newton White vs.. A NJ Carter et ais.
40. ii May VS.. ii y Cramer ct ais.
Al. A X Garrison ct ais VS.. A l. Hamey
ct ais.
AZ. VIM NJ Stevenson Ex. VS.. A A Ste
yensOn ct ais.
43. A A Stevenson vs.. w p Stevenson
ct ais.
A. r A F Jackson VS.. Fannie w Rut-
ledge ct ais.
45. A ID Smith vs.. Nashville Life Ins. Co.
46. I A Gordon ct ais vs.. Jacob +
English ct ais.
AZ. Jas z. Potter ct ais VS.. Edward Per-
kins ct ais.
IS. F II Bunch ct ais VS.. Jones NJ Har-
dy ct ais.
40. Wheeler & Wilson Mfg Co. vs..
Paul Augustine g. Co.
80. f w Holly and wife VS.. r. r. Lanier
ct ais.
CRIMINAL DOCKET.
/. Jno w Reddick vs.. the State.
LAW DOCKET.
/. II NJ Spoford Ex- vs.. Stratton, Che
ney & Roy.
2. ID c Orr ct ais vs.. L 4 Cox et ais.
3. Rob't Hawkins vs.. Jno c Patterson.
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Motion cortiorari and suporcedoas.
Blank VS.. Blank.


"Came the parties by their attor-
neys anG the defendants attorney
moved the court TO quash the exc
cutlon.
"And Be it Further Enacted.
That said committee so appointed
shall have power 70 send for per
sons and papers and 10 employ
clerk and stenographer; And il ap-
pearing 10 the satisfaction OF the
court that the judgment on which
said execution issued had been paid
before execution issued" DC, DC.
The appearance Of the above
among the papers in a certain cause
IN our Circnit court now in session
will be readily understood when IL
is remembered that two prominent
members OF the Bar at this place
we're recently elected 10 the Legs
lature, which is shortly TO assemble
AZ Nashville.
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4. Jn) Hindman VS.. Gardner, Buckner
e. Co.
5. Patrick Dinken VS.. Mayor and Aid.
of Pulaski.
6. j M Tanner VS.. NJ b l. Gordon.
z. J. and N r r Co VS.. Jno 9 Conner.
8. VIM / Rainey VS.. Augustine
Dishongh.
0. FIR Kellum VS. w w Gordon.
10. w ID Carpenter ct ais VS.. w ii
Black ct ais.
IL. Mayor and Aid of Pulaski vs., VIM
A Gilmore ct ais.
II. S G MofIett VS.. G w. McGrew ct ais.
13. A A Dickerson VS.. ID J Ingram.
II. VIM l rainey VS.. Dyonitia White.
10. Benson & Co. VS.. Hill q Ballentine.
16. Willis Worley VS.. w = Wood ct ais.
II. w w Gordon VS.. G A Litterer.
Is. Dick Doughty VS.. + r Kellum.
The Giles county docket will
probably be taken up about the lst
of February.
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TALMAGE.
The Man who Has Succeeded Beecher
in the Admiration Of Brooklyn.

st. Louis Republican Letter; Tai
mage is dancing about in his pulpit
like a tomcat on a spiked fence. He
is telling the young men just where
to go to find the worst place (al-
ways an interesting item to the Y.
M. G. Al He is describing those
forms of dress which on women are
best calculated to mislead and en-
snare men, and solid chunks of his
sermon are given as directions to
dressmakers next day. All Brook
lyn fiocks to the great showing-up
sermons on Sunday, and early Mon
day morning they take their notes
of Talmage as a directory and start
sightseeing for themselves. Be
tween the pastor and Arbuckle's
cornet, Talnage's tabernacle is most
like circus of any Of the sensa-
tional churches just now. Beecher
seems to have faded out like an old
style daguerreotype. In presence
and in spirit Beecher seems to be in
a washed out condition. Time was
when he was as forid, as gay and as
inspiring a spectacle as a red fan
mel shirt on q clothes line-when
his discourse was spiced with wild
flights of fancy and capital bits of
descriptive acting. No longer does
he prance; no more does he act; he
starts in the orthodox jog trot from
the text to the doXology in his ser
mons OF to-day, and does not bolt
the pulpit even once. To the pill
grim who crosses the ferry Sunday
morning and ksPlymouth church,
Beecher is now a disappointment.
and the sensation seeker turns and
rushes for the trumpet which pours
its blasts forth from the Tabernacle.
Once inside, he is as satisfied as the
small boy at Barnum's. He sees a
spare, angular figure, with long
arms and loose legs, and with very
straight, spare, sandy hair, with tiny
little watery eyes, receding head,
and mouth like a Goldfish. / al
ways detected a familiar look in
Talmage's face, and passing a fish
stand the other day l recognized
the likeness. Stiff and stark lay
huge Goldfish, his eyes dim and his
mouth wide open. If that mouth
bad only shrieked, This, my
doomed hearer, is the seventh gate
of hellp' the illusion would have
been complete; it would have been
! Talmage himself.
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OF the South Pass within q narrow
channel. The success of this great
enterprise is already assured, and
ships of the largest tonnage have
20 difficulty in passing in and out
of port through the Jetties. 1t is
already demonstrated that the com
pletion of this work will add eight
or ten cents to the value of every
bushel of wheat shipped by the river
route to the outside markets of the
world. Iu this work James b.
Eads has done more for the agri-
culture of the West than any man
living. If he is encouraged to ap-
Ply the same principles to the i'm
prUvement of the river channel, the
Mississippi will become in fact, as
well as in name, great inland sea,
offering wholesome competition to
railway traffic, and annually trans
porting many hundred millions
worth of produce to the Gull,
whence it will go 10 the best mar
kets. But turning back from the
river to the rail, it is amusing to
see the change that has been
wrought in Missouri within the last
thirty years. In that time many
millions have been expended in
building steamboats,, houses, barns,
and making other improvements.
The money invested in railroads
has not been lost, for it has doub bled
the population and quadrupled the
/ value of property. A railroad with
out competition, and in the hands
of a selfish corporation, sometimes
becomes a curse rather than a bless
ing, but the evil must be cured by
building more roads. If we fight
the devil. with fire, we must fight
railroads with rails. This is just
what the South and West are now
doing to lift from commerce the
| blighting curse of extortion prac-
ticed by the present line to the Pa
cific. First of all, the country de-
mands the completion of the Texas
Pacific as an open highway through
the Southwest, free from dlscrimi
nation, combination or extortion, as
provided in the bill now before
Congress, and such is the strong
popular feeling in favor of this en-
terprise. that the bill is likely to be
passed in the next few weeks.
As to the Missouri Pacific, on
which rode to-day, it's manage
ment is so fair, and the road itself
is in such excellent condition that
its immense business is no matter
of wonder to any one. In coming
to this point to-day we met nearly a
! dozen heavy trains loaded with all
the products of Missouri and the
country beyond-produce enough
to have full freighted u score of
Missouri steamers, and in two days
instead of six, these trains bring
their burdens from Kansas City or
other distant points to St. Louis.
Have nothing special to write
from Jefferson City; in fact, as YOU
know, l seldom try to head off the
Tightening in the matter of news.
Hoping in the future to send you
some pleasant things from Wash
ington and other points, remain as
ever, Yours, J..L. T.
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A TRAVELLERS NOTE. BOOK.
Our Western Commerce, by Rail and
River-our Need of Greater
Facilities.
TCoTrespondence OF Inc t1tlzen.T
JEFFERSON CITY, Dec. 6, rs.

JEFFERSON CITY, Dec. 6, rs.
A ride on the Missouri Pacific,
from the State Metropolis to the
State Capital, is not a matter OF
special wonder, or likely to inspire
the brain of a gushing correspon-
dent, yet every mile of the way is
full of suggestions upon subjects
that now engross the public mind.
Two hours ride brings us to the
banks of the Missouri at South
Point, and the Big Muddy looks as
melancholy as the river Styx, which
it resembles in having any number
of sticks peering above the surface
of its low tide. This used to be the
great channel of commerce through
Central Missouri, and scores Of
steamers would pass a given point
almost any day in the spring, sum
mer or autumn months, but its
commercial greatness has fallen into
a state of gloomy decadence. The
railroad has said to it, "Water is
very good to drink; good to irrigate
and drain a country; good to form
seas and oceans for international
commerce; good to wash with; good
to cleanse the sewers of cities, and
promote health; good to refresh the
earth with the former and the lat
ter rsin;' good for some other
things, but when it comes to the
matter of inland transportation you
see this narrow river of steel on
your banks, with its feet of vessels
that roll instead of float along, and
go at a speed of twenty, thirty, or
forty miles to the hour. To me is
given the carrying trade of the
world. Where time is not an oh
ject, you can still carry heavy and
bulky freights, but the world has
become fast in its old age, and what
with steam and eleotricity is grow
ing faster every day"
Thus said the railroad, with much
truth, and some .sophistry in its ut
terance The great national chan
nels of commerce in the West have
been neglected and overlooked in
the universal furore about railroads
The Mississippi and the Missouri
with other leading tributaries of the
Father of Waters, form the natura
outlet to the ocean for the grandest
and richest industrial empire in the
world. Many of these rivers have
their course through an alluyial
soil, and they naturally draw into
their channels, not only great quan,
titles of earth, but branches, logs
and whole forest trees, frequently
changing the course of the stream
widening and Swallowing the chan
mel, until they become almost unfit
for navigation. AS water carriage
on the seas, or good river i:
cheaper thar it can be furnished by
rail. the grand problem now is to 81
improve these inland waterways oi
the West as to fit them for cheaI
and easy transportation. The moutl
OF the Mississippi has heretofore
proved a great obstacle TO naviga
tion between New Orleans and the
seaports of. the world. The accu
minated soil and debris from twen
ty States and Territories found it.
way To this point, and partially
closed the outlet to the Gulf o
Mexico. Americas distinguished
engineer has overcome this Difficult
ty. and caused the great river Il
open its own mouth by the system
/ of ietties which confines the wateI
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The Centaur Linimenfs are OF
two kinds. The White Is for the hu-
man family the Yellow l. for horses,
sheep and other animals Testimonials
OF the effects produced by these remark
able preparations are wrapped around
every bottle, and may be procured Of
any druggist, or by mail from the Office
OF the CKSTAUK Co, 40 Dey ST., New
York City. feb2s-ly
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Suit the Action.

The best Liniment in the world for
man or beast is Coussen's Lightning
Liniment. For Rheumatism, Lame
Back, Pain in side, Neuralgia, Corns
and Bunions, it Is a certain cure, and
for SPAWN, Ringbone, Calls, Cuts and
Scratches on animals, it is the best rem
sale by G.. a. Pope & Co. sepl2-tf
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Why Hesitate?

We have no hesitancy in recommend
ing Coussens' Compound Honey of Tar
as an unfaiiing remedy for Coughs and
Colds, as we can give the most substan-
tial and weighty evidenee as to its vir-
tues. Ii has cured thousands, and its
increasing popularity is abundant proof
that IL is appreciated In vigorous cline
where Coughs, Colds and diseases OF the
Throat and Lungs abound. II you wish
to obtain speedy relief IRON these afiec-
tions remember that Coussens' Com
pound Honey of Tar is the best remedy
id the world, and is only 90 cents a bot
tie. For sale by Sumpter & Lacey.
janl0-eow-1y-2
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George Hurston and


George Hurston and Joseph
Fulton were two chivalric young
men of Salem, North Catolina, who
quarreled, met in the twilight OF
last Friday and shot at each other
in the manner Of "the code" Full
ton was carried home to his mother
dead, and Hurston took TO the road
as fugitive murderer.
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The pencil marks you sec around this
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
scription is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested to pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure In extending
credit to our friends and patrons, but
cash alone viii Yay our expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to strict cash
rule. We hope you will comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such a
course, and renew your So scription
without delay. We solicit your favor.
EE- We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advance.
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Cure your horses OF sweeny, Rlng-
bones, ,Sprains, SPAWN and kindfui dis-
eases by the use Of the diamond Oil.
Price. 75 cents per bottle for iaie at
Sumpter & Stanley's, Corner Drug
Store. det5-u
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EStray Notice.

TAKEN up and posted by Barns, oo-
tober seth, ISIS, in district No IL, Giles
cou,' ty, one Dark Brown Mare, blind IN
risbt eve, about lSIS hands high, nve OF SIX
wears old, appraised at $40. p..r
1nvoI -sts W +. ALEAANDEk, hAhgot'
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A BARGAIN!

WISH 10 sell l25 acres of Land near fu,
i laski-a par. of the DR.. Carter farn--alI
well,set in Grasses, with good ienee, ana
being convenient to town would make q
splendid dairy farm. For ParueniHaaTs P, !,Ha,,l shu
terms apply to hob1 hODHS'
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~ Here you are reading
borrowed paper again, as usual.
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CRIMINAL DOCKET.
/. Jno w Reddick vs.. the State.
Law DOCKET.
1. II NJ Spofford Ex- VS.. Stratton, Che
ney & Roy.
2. ID Orr ct ais vs.. L + Cox Ct ais.
3. Rob't Hawkins vs.. Jno c Patterson.
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1mee thcastcorner Of the square Upstairs
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-11

headed and sagacious statesman. g The
house Of Baring,1 said mir. Sturgis, g Messrs.;
McCullocfI g. Co., and the Council OF For
eign Bondhoiders, are all aiming Tor the
same point by different lines. Weafe SIM
ply anxious to secure settlement |, and shall
be gratified whether it be effected through
US or through the agency ofzothers.
It will be noted that Messrs. McCulIocf
& Co. and the corporation OF foreign bond
holders both attach great Importance to the
course which Messrs. Barring may adopt.
No Vireinian needs to be told that the
grand old house OF Barring has always cher
ished warm friendship for the Old Do
minion. II anybody can help us out OF our
troubles Messrs. Barring can, and / believe
will. Messrs. McCnlloch & Co. estimate
that two thirds OF the funded debt is held
in England, and hence it is gratifying to
know that the English bondholders are
kindly disposed.
Until this debt question is settled no Vir-
ginia enterprise, however excellent in it.
self, has any chance Of securing aid from
England. '.Put the debt on sound basis,'
said Dir. Hyde Clarke to me. "and English
capital will open your miness' extend your
factories, and the yeomanry OF England
will develop your agriculture" This is ex-
acty the truth, and it ought to be taken
into account by the honorable gentlemen
who will shortly assemble for the transac-
ton of public business in Richmond.
It is probable that Il meeting OF Virginia
bondholders may shortly be held in Lon
don, in which case Joseph B. Dunn, Esq,
Of Petersburg, and myself hope to be al.
lowed to attend the same. ST. ANDREW.