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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-03-07

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the wind on the lines; fine eambrics Sro>
rubbed on the wash-board; and laces are
torn in starching.
Tablelinen is thrown carelcssIy down,
and nihbled by mice is put away damp and
mldews; or the fruit. stains are forgot
ten and the stains washed in, or "sct."
Table napkins are used to wipe dishes,
aud tea-pots are melted on the stove.
Lard is not well tried out, and becomes
tainted, and rats destroy the "soap grease.
Bones are burned that might be broken
up and thrown into the compost heap
Old shoes, woollen rags, and such accu-
mutations are permitted to lie round loose
instead Of being compostcd for your favor
itc grape vines.
Sugar is spilled around the barrel, coffee
from the sack, and tea from the chest.
Wooden boxes are used to take up ashes.
then the box is pushed aside and forgotten.
Many a family has been made houseless and
homeless in night by such an inadyer.
tencc.
Each of the above items is triffe in H..
selt-and yet in house where all these
trifies were "happeDipg"--jnst imagine,
what place it would be In thesu and.
many other ways careless and inexpcricn-
ced housckeeper will waste without needing.
nay, even without knowing that she
wastes. On the contrary, because sho en-
tertans but little company, buys no fine
clothes, makes her own dresses, and cooks
plainly, she may imagine that she is an ex-
ceedinsiy economical woman and very
superior housek eeper
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
SCHEDULE.

On last Friday the Senate had
under consideration the bill TO set
tie the State debt, when Mr.. Ewing
took the floor and made a caustic
criticism of the majority report and
a sensible and logical argument
against the bill, which embodies the
conclusions of the report He said
the committee was raised ostensIbly
70 investigate the debt, but il
seemed from the report that it was
to attack individual characters In
deed" he said, lit seemed To be un
derstood that the investigating
committee had been used az q means
of wreaking the vengeance Of men
who had various old scores to set
tie, and that, TOO, under the cover
Of closed doors" Mr.. Wilson ex
cepted to the language as unparlia
mentary and a reflection upon the
COZ. mittee and as untrue in point u
fact, and the wrangle that followed
created a cOmmotiOn in the Senate.
Mr. Ewing never lost his temper or
presence Of mind. but justified his
statement by showing it's truth
from evidence in his possession.
He dealt severely with the star
inquisitoriaI practices Of
the committee, showing that no
mans character was safe from sian
derous attacks il such q system was
to go unchallenged. His
speech, as far a. reported in the
was an able effort and on
the righs side of the question.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

Our respected contemporary, the
Ledger, quotes an article from one
of the issues of the Appeal for
June, 1870, in which we urged an
investigation of the Brownlow
bonds. That investigation, if we
are not mistaken, was had, and by
virtue of it the funding act was
adopted and approved by as thor
Oughly Democratic and as thor
oughly honest 4 legislature and
governor as we have now, and
was ultimately approved by the
Democratic party in three separate
State conventions. The Investiga
Jion of the present legislature has
ended in nothing but the traduc
ton Of private character and the
digging up Of dead mems bones
No more disgraceful proceeding
has ever occurred in this or any
other State-not one that will more
surely be punished by the PEG
pie. The majority report is a
schOOl-bOy document alongside that
of Judge Clapp's, which is remark
able for clearness of statement, tor
logical construction and force OF
reasoning Memphis Appeal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
Moderate ccunsels Prevailing at
Washington.

Washington special to the New
York Herald: It seems at this time
at least probable that the House
will be organized with but little de
lay 1t is also probable taat the
session will be short and that mod
crate counsels will prevail VAR
Gus exciting reports spread abroad
from here have no foundation H.
fact. 1t is not true, tor instance,
that the President has suddenly be-
come a fierce and troculent 'stal
wart. On the contrary, the best
Information shows that he has not
changed in has views or policy in
any respect, and II any OF the Re
publican leaders are less hostile L.
him it IS not because he has come
to them, but because they have
drawn nearer to him. He is no
going to slight" Congress, nor l.
Congress going to fight him. |
may be regarded as certain also
that the Democratic party here Is
not going to be controlled by tn,
bummers when Congress assemble
The Officeseekers are all very trucu
lent now, just as the Republican
used to be biatantll
''loya4Y when new Congress wa
about to assemble, but when the
plumber is divided every body's zea
will cool off little, and as the no
bic army of Office seekers was the
main force which demanded an ex
ira session, when its purposes are
accom- plishef it Till not insist on
prolonged session.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

The extraordinary bill for the
settlement of tie State indebted
ness introduced in the Senate by
the committee which is controlled
by that extraordinarily opinionated
st sman Col. John H Savage, is
a decidedly remarkable production.
At first glance one might suspect
tuaJ the committee have designedIy
perpeLuated a cruel and heartless
joke on the legislature and the
State but a more charitable con
struction would lead one to believe
that the gentlemen who framed the
document were absolutely ignorant
of the issues involved. If. as seems
to be the case, they based their
conclusions on the report of the in
vestigating committee, we can read
lily see how they were misled, al
though we cannot excuse them Tor
the utter lack of Judgement dis
played. The bill is too ridiculous
for criticism, and we will be greatly
deceived if it meets with any public
favor Murfreesboro News.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
CITIZEN
often Numbered bis denunciations

often Numbered his denunciations
q ainst the "auricuIar cen fessionaP'
OF the Romish church; yet there
cannot be found on the face
OF the globe a Catholic priest
who having shrived a dying man
would dare profane the sanctity of
mis- holy office as this East Tennes-
see priest Motheral, has done. 1t is
said that, in his Impotence to IN
bosom himself, he wrote or sent
word to Governor Marks that he
had a very important revelation to
make-a dying confession To DIS
close. Whether this be true. we do
not know For Governor Mark
sake, We sincerely hope it is not.
But for the majority of the commit
tee, who seem to have sought with
eagerness a. ter this dish OF disgust
ing flthiness, and to have served it
up with aiacrlty for the delectation
Of the public, we cannot see what
sufficient Justification or apology
can be offered. 1t cannot be ex-
pected that any man of proper
ffeling and common intelligence |
will give any credit to The deposi
ton or u man who shows, by the /
very nature of his own testimony, |
hat he deserves to be damned to /
everlasting fame Besides, were 1
very word of his deposition true.
t has about as much relation to
he State debt as to the Chinese
immigration problem.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
CONGRESS-.
Opening Of the Extra Session-An
the Old Officers Elected IN
the House.

The extra session of Congress
met Tuesday. The old officers were
elected The organization was
made by the democrats without de
lay or trouble Mr.. Randall was
elected on first ballot-receiVing
IA votes, Garfield I25, Wright ID
and Kelley 1. The following Off
GERS were re elected: Adams, Clerk;
Thompson, Sergeant-at-Arms; Field,
Ooorkee per; Stewart, Postmaster:
Rev. W 2. Harrison, Chaplain
The Senate met and adjourned
without organizing. The officers
elect OF the House were nominated
the night before in democratic eau
Gus. Gen. WhitthOrne nominated
Mr.. Randall in caucus. He was
not the choice OF Gen. Whitthorne's
constituents, but We presume he
was not aware of the fact. He is,
however, an able man, good speak
er, and above all a true democrat
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
The Candidates fer the speakership.

Mr.. Blackburn is tall and wiry
He is a genuine Kentucky frame.
He is as gaunt almost as Henry
Clay, and nearly as tall. He is in
the prime OF life, just turned forty.
Like all KentuckIans, he is fond OF
a horse, and his long mqstache may
often be seen streaming behind his
ears as he spins along the road be
hind some fast-stepPing thorough
bred,
Mr.. Randall is below medium
height, his neck is short, bis face OF
the square type and smoothly shay
ed. He has 4 square, prominent
lower jaw, and thin, strait lips.
which are ordinarily compressed.
He 1arGhalls facts and arguments
With ability, but MS voice is harsh.
thin and unmusical. He is a trifr
near sighted, wears glasses, and has
-allen into the habit OF carrying his
chin high in the air, snd his head
peaked little on one side.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
Legislative.

Thursd2y.-House.-HOuse bill
to erect an asylum for the insane
in East Tennessee was amended by
Mr.. Gardner so as to erect a like
institution in West Tennessee. AT
ter a lengthy discussion the bill as
amended was rejected 40 to 20 on
the plea OF economy. It was stat
I'd in the discussion that nine hun
dred lunatics were lying in jails in
the State unprovided TOR, with no
hope Of restoration to reason and
with nothing 70 ameliorate their
pitiable condition but death. 1t
was charged there we're half q mil
lion dollars in the treasury, and as
the Democrats in the Legislature
did not propose to settle the debt it
might he used 60 good advantage
in the erection of these two instita-
tons.
House bill making it a plenary
Otfense to carry concealed weapons
passed third reading.
At the night session an attempt
to pass on the third reading house
bill TO levy the same tax as is i'm
posed on our merchants on drum
mers from other States selling
goods at retail by sample failed.
The bill did not apply to CONNER
cial travellers selling to merchants at
wholesale. 1t was asserted that
letters had been received from mer
chants In var Gus towns IN the
State, appealing to the legislature
to place these retail sample mer-
chants on the game footing as
themselves as TO taxes. BY it's &C
ton the house virtually resolved
that it was well enough to tax
home merchants for the support of
he government, but welcomed the
'etaiI drummers into the State as !.
luxury OF free cost.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
What Mr.. Lamar Did Say IN the JEFF
Davis Debate.

Mr. LAMAR-The only difference
between myself and Jefferson Davis
Is that his exalted character, his
pre-eminent talents, his well estat
lished reputation as a statesman, as
| patriot, and as soldier, enabled him
"a take the lead in a cause to which
cOnsecratsd myself and to which
every fiber of my hearE responded
There was no distinction between
the insult to him and the Southern
people, except that he was their cho
sen leader, ana they his eLthusias
tic followers, and there has been no
difference since. Jefferson Davis.
since the war, has never couuseled
insurrection against the authority
OF this Government. Not one word
has he uttered inconsistent with the
greatness and glory of this Ameri
can republic. The Senator from
Massachusetts, can point to no ut
terance Of Jefferson Davis which
bids the people OF the South to
cherish animOsities and hostIlIties |
to this Union, nor does he cherish |
them himself. The Senator-lt |
pains me to say it-not only intro |
duced this amendment but be |
coupled that honored name with |
treason, for, sir, he is honored |
among the Southern people He
did not only what they sought to
do; be was simply chosen to lead
them in the cause which we all
and his name will Contin
ue TO be honOred for his participa
tiO1 al that great movement which
inspired an entire people, the peo-
pie who we're animated by motives
as sacred and noble as ever inspired /
he breast of Hanpden or Wash
ngton. / say this as a Union man
10 day. The people of the South
irapk their inspiration from the
'ountain o. devotion to liberty and !.
20 constitutional government. We
believed that We we're lighting for it,
md the Senator cannot put his fin :
ger upon one distinction between
he people of the South and the man q
whom Senator has to day selected !
or dishonoT as a repI esentative of
he South. Now, sir, a 90 not wish =
o make any remarks that viii en-
lender any excitement or discus
ion, but / say that the Senator
rom Massachusetts, connected that
anne With treason. We all know r
hat the results Of this war have at :
aehed to the people OF tie South :;
be technical crime of rebellion, and :,
re submit to it; but that was not =
be sense II which the gentleman :,
sed that term as applied to Mr. a,
'aFis, He intended to fix vii! =,
OF say be iEt2nded, but the inevi- -
Ible effect OF 1t .was-to afix upon :,
lis aged man, this man broken in
'rtune' suffering from bereaEe-
ent, an epithet OF odium, an tmpu \
zion of moral turpitude. Sir. it n
.quired no courage TO do it; it re-
aired no magnanimity W do it; it in
quired no courtesy; it only re- m
aired hate, bitter, malignant, sec r.
Onai feeling, and a sense of per
nal impunity. TAe gentleman, 1
.ileve, takes rank amoaa the Sc
tristan statesmen. He might To-
we learned a better lesson even lai
om the pages of mythology. When ch
was bound to the rock. fuI
vac noS 90 cage, but a vuIture sh
al buried his beGE al the tortured pa
ais Of the victim.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
The State Debt Discussion.

Correspondence of the Courier Journal.
NASHVILLE, March 10, I879.-It
is your correspondent's deliberate
opinion that the present Legislature
will adjourn without passing any
bill looking to the settlement of
Tennessee's Indebtedness. The
Senate has been wrestling with the
subject for the past thu ee days
The widest latitude has been in
dulged in by the speakers, and
much irrelevant matter has been
Jagged inLO The discussion, tending
TO still further confuse the tangled
labyrinth of facts, figures ana spec
uIatiOns. The foundation for the
debate is the bill introduced a few
days since by Senator Savage, emit
tied, "A bill TO be entitled AN act
70 settle the bonded debt of the
State The State credit men, l. O.,
those in favor of accepting the
bondhOlders' proposition OF sixty
cents on the dollar, regard the bill.
or its main features, as unwise and
politic-nayl they even 90 so far
as to declare it dishonest, and, al
though IN 9 hopeless minority, they
lose no Opportunity 10 expose the |
sophistry and fallRcy Of those who !
advocate the passage of the above |
bill 1t is quite certain now that /
The democratic party in this State
Is hopelessly divided on this ques-
ton, while che republicans are a
unit for State credit, aad therein
lies the danger to the perpetuation !
Of democratic power in Tennessee.
TEMPER AND PASSION.
Take, for instance, the exhibition
Of temper and pass en- displayed on
the floor Of the Senate yesterday by
Senator's Ewing and Wilson, both
men of exceptional habits, morals
and manners, and both statesmen OF
y-democrats,
90, be it remembered. The pIucky
title Senator from Giles, Ewing.
lad the floor and was opposing the
savage bill above quoted. In the
.onrse Of his argument he took oc-
aston TO refer TO the majority re
,srt Of the Committee on the State
Jebt, and referred in fearless and
arcastic terms to the inquisitorial |
lethod adopted to secure evidence /
D sustain the policy of the majority I
f the present Legislature. In /
ather round terms Ire claimed that I
ne evidence was so gathered and t
naped as to wrcak personal malice /
nd further personal am bition This e
rought the Chairman of the Com
littee, Senator Wilson, to his feet t
a furry. He protested that the 2
harges made by the Senator from :
lies were unrOunded, antrEe, and t
ased, If indeed founded at all, upon q
lere street rumor. For a time a ;
apid, running colloquy ensued, and il
was apparent TO all that both OF o
lie honorable gentlemen were
lually excited and determined. g
enator Savage judiciousIy applied C
u TO the troubled waters, and J
peaker Ray exercised his author t,
} IN a manner so firm and per b
nptory that order was soon re- G.
oEed. This incident is only the tt
ltcropping of the mutual anImosity Il
ltertaIned by the members of the pi
ctlons composing the Democracy d
Tennessee. es
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
a Black Plague" in Alabama.

Montgomery Advertiser: The
Mississippi papers state that a fatal
disease has broken out 10 the eoun-
ties bordering the Alabama line.
which Is pronounced by the physi
clans as BLACK Messles"-and bv
the negroes as tie BLACK Plague"
1t Is represented to be very con
tageous and unusually fatal, not =
single case thus far recovered. The
disease Is also reported to be rapid
ly extending into Alabama, and the
papers along the border demand
that a commission of the most
prominent and experienced physi
cians OF both States be Instantly ap
pointed 70 examine into the charac
ter of this disease and provide some
means or checking it.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

The average legislator has yet
to learn that his zeal and efficiency
are not TO be testsd b. the number
of bills he introduces. II ne could
be persuaded TO decay himself the
questionable glory of originating a
dozen or so OF oils, aud employ
his talents in defeating the many
uuc0Dsidered measures that are
read from the Clerks desk, he
would be more likely 70 acquis him
self with credit. If all OF the fool
ish bills that are offered in the Leg
islature. ana which die of their own
Stiffness could be published in full
Tor general information, the list
which would rarely be a very snort
one, would not make a favorable
impression on n too eonfiding pub
lics---f Aarffeesboru Newa
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

The New York Herald has a long
article on preachers salaries, from
which we gather that the average
compensation of clergymen, of all
denominations. city and country. is
less than $500 a year. Beecher's
salary, once $3.50, is now $4,000 a
year, with u three months vacation:
DR.. Halliday, who does the real
work of Beecher's passionate, gets
SO. OO6; Talmage receives So, 900;
Morgan DIX, $4,000; DR.. VIM.
Hepworth's salary is $1,000, which
he says is never paid him; DR..
Storrs gets $4,000; DR.. Culver. IS
600; DR.. Hall, S15,OsO; DR.. Potter
$4,000; DR.. Tiffany. $4,000; DR..
Morgan. $4,000, DR.. Tying, SIS.
600; DR.. ChspiR, $4,000 to sol.
600. The Methodist clergymen
in the cities range from 81, 600 to
$4,000, the Presbyterian from 81
200 70 $40 600. and the Congrega
-ionalists from $1,000 to $40 600 i
The EpiscOpahans average $4,000. |
The Baptists and the Unitarians /
81, OOO.-I Courier journal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20
a Reign Of Blood in Texas.

Texas groans over the number of
its thieves, murderers and scoun-
drels. There are now in the State,
1t Is said, an average of four muir
ders per diem, while the govern
ment Is so weak that it does not
try TO protect its own Witnesses on
the stand. Lately a States wit
ness in q murder case was knocked
down and stabbed in the streets of
Palestine by half a dozen friends of
the murderer. In other counties
the shooting and assassination OF
States witnesses is now Of almost
weekly occurrence Great fault is
found with the inef1ciency of Gov
Roberts administration. 1t started
put by revoking all rewards for the
apprehension of murderers offered
by its predecessor, and openly de
dared that it is not its policy to
1ring back into Texas fugiGives
rom justice Exchange.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

The democrats have agreed pom
their plan Of action when Congress
meets. After the organization is
Effected, the legislative, executive
and judicial bid sill be reported an /.
disposed of promptly, just a. it
passed the last house As q very
prominent member expressed it the
other day, Not an additional i
will be dotted or q y crossed" Il
viii go to the Senate and be passed
there with as little delay as possible.
Meantime the House will do moth
ing. Not even the army appropria-
ton bill viii be touched until it is
seen what Hayes proposes to do. If
he sees fit 10 approve the legislative
bill, then the army bill will be
passed as quickly as possible, aud
Congress will immediately adjourn.
So Gays the Washington Post, and
it knows.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

The Athens Post hits the nail
pump on the head when, in speak
ing Of the ez-DdrEs Investigations"
that are being carried on by iegisla-
tive committees, 1t says: That is a
nice piece of business! Make dam
aging charges against parties, IN
spUed. not from n sense OF justice
or a regard for the public veal, but
mainly by personal spleen, malice or
something worse, and then seek to
convict them on "a pdrte evidence.
without al opportunity to cross ex-
anime or be heard in their own de
Esase. Whether guilty or innocent
the parties charged have rights
which neither the Legislature nor
any other power can legItimately
deprive them of, and there is a lat
ent sense of justice in the public
Eaipd, which, when aroused, will
tolerate nothing of the sort"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

Texas papers are praying for the
whipping post The san Antonio
Herald has heard Of a negro who
stole box of sardines valued at
twenty cents, and who was sent To
the Penjtentiary at cost of 81, 600
to the State.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

The reputation ring is dead. A
thunder Ciapp struck it last week
and it was shivered from eend to
eend. The minority report of Sen
ator Clapp is the ablest State paper
of the times. IL took the stiffening
oct Of the majority report and the
filing out of Gov. Marks message.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

Vice-Presideht Wheeler is going
home to take q rest shortly after
the beginning of the extra session.
Judge Thurman, who viii be the
Demo cratic president pro aezapors
will, therefore, be called upon to
perform the active duties of the
presiding officer of the Senate.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

The reduction Of the tax on to-
bacco 70 16 cents goes into effect
May Ist- The other provisions Of
the revenue bill. which embrace i'm
PoFtant notifications of the exist
ing law, take immediate effect, with
this exception.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

The secrets of the confessional
sad the statements of a dying psI
low shOu 4 be as sacred and inTio
late as the sanctities of the sepul
ehre; and he who is capable of vii
fully violating the one or the other
should be ostracised and treated as
pariah.- Athens Post
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

Old Zaek Chandler is prominently
mentioned Is The republican candi
date for President No associate
upon the ticket is set selected, but
We suppose it will be the devil, as
he is the most 6ttin' est To go along
with Old lack.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

where shall we find restY~ asks
a religious weekly. My daa: sir.
the very best place to find rest. and
q plenty Of II, is to become a clerk
In a dry goods or grocerg store
that does not ADVERTISE Cleveland
Banner.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-03-20

Memphis Dispatch to the Ameri-
Gao; Reports of the fall of sulphur
rain continue to come from points
down the Mississippi. Steamboat
men bring samples looking like
regular sulphur. At Sardis, there
was a sulphur fall, and it sIso rained
a tee iRch alligator. II battles sci
enEFfie research.