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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05
BOOMING MARKETS.
The Recent Advance in Four Great
Staples.


Boston Commercial Bulletin The
markets for tour great staple com
modities--wool, cotton, iron and
leather-are at the present time
very firm, and each of them has re
Gently undergone a considerable
advance or is now characterized by
a strong upward tendency. The
advance in pig iron since the first
of January has been 50 per ton,
and still higher prices are looked
for. The leather market is a
strong one throughout, and though
The actual cases in which higher
rates have been obtained are few
in number, yet buyers are not dis
posed to purchase freely at figures
which they would not have consid
cred for a moment a month ago.
Cotton rules from three to four
cents higher than it did two
months ago, and the advance dur
ing the past week has been fully
one-half cent. Wool is selling free
ly at figures four or five cents a
pound above those which could
have been obtained a month ago,
and the market has been SO fever
ishly active this week that the sales
have amounted to 4,119,900 pounds
"a total which is larger by far
than for any previous six days this
year, and is nearly really if not
quite unprecedented at any CORES
ponding period of any previous
year. 1t should be borne in mind
that the new clips are just now
coming in, and there is every incen
tive toward a restriction of opera
tions at such times, both on the
part of dealers and manufacturers.
Just how much of this recently &C
quired firmness in these four i'm
portant materials is due to specula-
ton, or how much of it is the re-
suit of healthy reaction from the
extreme depression which preceded
it, would of course be difficult to
determine. 1t is not very long ago
that the leather and iron interests
were suffering seriously from over
production and the supplies of
both commodities were supposed to
be excessive. The wool crop of
1873 was believed to be an ample
one, and the cotton crop was the
largest one ever known. That il
may now be found that the existing
supplies of any or all of these i'm
portant products are rather below
than above the requirements of
their respective trades is not i'm
probable. A fair demand for a
very short period will often clear
away Accommodations of merchandise
which looked extremely large in
the midst of dnll trade. But as
much speculative mania is so con-
Cageous, and has so frequently in
terfered to retard returning pros
perity, this would seem to be a
good time for the exercise of wise
caution and conservatism in dis
counting the future. A theory in
regard to the advance in cotton is
that it is due to a prospective short
supply the coming year on account
of the negro exodus, and that the
migration of the colored laborer
vas brought about by spectators
who had this end in view. This
theory, though rather more ingeni
Gus than probable, in the present
instance is not a remarkable one,
considering the age in which we
live
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05
The comptroller,s Estimates.

In the estimates of the Comp
troller, furnished the Governor, of
the amounts resulting from the as
sessment Of various sums it is
shown that the debt of Tennessee
at 50-4 can be met, the current eX-
penses of the State paid and u
handsome sinking fund provided,
with levy of 35 cents on the hun
dred dollars. This not only pays
the interest and the current ex-
penses, but also pays the interest
of the funded school debt. The
amount hitherto supposed necessa-
ry was 40 cents, a sum that has
been agreed on by both political
parties time and again, and there is
no earthly excuse for rejecting this
settlement except the natural per
versity of the human mind. Nor
is this all that would result. Under
the increased stimulus given to all
business affairs there would be a
natural improvement in the price of
real estate that would largely in
crease the amount of taxable prop
erty. That an upward tendency in
values Is gradually taking place
will not admit of a doubt. A real
estate broker told US to-day that
some property he. had on hand
for some time, which he had vainly
attempted to sell, was now eagerly
sought for, SO that he was enabled
to advance the price.
Letters are being received con
stautly both by the brokers. and
the commissioner of migration,
asking for Information as to invest
ments in real estate, as they are
unwilling to accept the government
interest. The sale of 4 per cent
bonds is itself an evidence of pros
perty. The sales became so rapid
that the Secretary was forced
to withdraw them from the general
market, all of them being taken up
by spectators. The. are now dis
posed of in small quantities only,
so that men of small means will
have q place of investment for their
earnings. These facts prove that as
this debt is adjusted property will
appreciate at once, so that in a
very few years the tag can either
be lowered to meet the debt, or
it will provide such q sinking
fund the debt will be absorbed in a
much less time than is now sup
posed, What a glorious old State
we would have if we could once
settle this debt. What a stream OF
settlers could be induced to turn
their faces toward us! What pros
porous times we would have when
all together are united under one
common Democratic Standard
Nashville Banner.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05
THE DEMOCRATIC PROGRAM.
The Appropriation Bills Recon-
mended for Immediate Passage,
but with certain Provisions.

The ADVISORY committee of the
House and Senate Democratic eau
Gus held long consultation on Sat
urday last with reference to the
pending political legislation, and
decided to recommend the immedi-
ate passage of the appropriation
bills, but containing a provlsc that
no portion of the money shall be
used for the pay, transportation,
equipment or sustenance of any
troops used for police purposes or
to keep peace at the polls. 1t was
further decided to recommend the
passage of the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill In
substantially the same terms as
last wears bill and for the same
amounts, except that they shall be
more infinitely specified, and except
also it shall not make any provis
ion for the pay of supervisors or
deputy marshals of elections. The
new bill will, however, contain a
CLAUSE providing that no officer shall
be appointed or obligation incurred
for any object for which a specific
appropriation shall not have been
made by Congress. This clause is
already on the statute book with
thu. exception of the words. cor OBJ
legations incurred" and there is
also an existing law which prohib
its the diversion of any appropria-
ton to a purpose different from that
for which it has been specifically
made. The committees next agreed
to recommend the passage of sep
arate measure embodyiDg those sec
tions of the vetoed appropriation
bill which provide for the amend
ments of the lay concerning the
method Of drawing juries and for
the total abolition of the juror S
test oath. In view of the iaccss that
the President in his veto message
makes no comment on these provis-
ions, 1t is believed he will promptly
approve them when presented to
him by an independent bill. 1t was
argued, in behalf of the adoption of
the programme above outlined, that
the President cannot justifiably
withhold his signature from an APP
preparation bill, merely because it
omits to make provision for partic-
ular objects, and in the anticipated
event Of his approving the pres
enJ bills, the Democrats will have
accomplished for next year exactly
what they would have accomplished
for an indefinite period of time by
the former bills, and what they may
continue to accomplish by similar
legislation as long as they remain in
power. In response to an objection
made by few of those who partici-
pated in the meeting that the adop-
ton of this policy would be con
strued into a break down on the
part of the Democracy, its advoca-
tors made point that although
there have been individual utteran-
ces in favor of withholding supplies
in the event OF y failure to create
the enactment OF political clauses
originally embodied in the appropri-
alton bills, it is not true that any
such stand has ever been taken on
authority of the party. On the
contrary, the question whether such
a stand should be taken has never
been acted upon by the Democratic
car4us of either branch of Congress,
or by the Caucus Committee until
this afternoon. The joint meeting
was adjourned till Monday.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05
rHoRouaHsREDs.
Messrs. Brown & Gibson's Annual
Sale-A Large Attendance and
Lively Bidding.

A special to the American from
Spring Hill said that at the annual
stock sale of Messrs. Campbell
Brown and Thos. Gibson on last
Wednesday, eight different States
were represented among the buyers.
The crowd was large, there being
nearly a thousand people on the
grounds, and bidding was lively =.
The prices for horses ruled higher
than for several years past Cattle
and sheep were somewhat lower,
but at fair prices. The highest
price on horses was nine hundred
and fifty dollars for Lizzie Second,
a five year-old mare by Trouble
Jerseys sold from $45 for bull
calves to $40 for cows. Shorthorn
yearllngs sold from $50 to sos, rul-
ing below their value. Sheep
brought from Sc to $50 for thor
oughbreds and an average of $3.50
for grade ewes and lambs. The
aggregate of the sale was $1O,55O.
Capt. Kidd sold one hundred head
of horses and cattle and three hun
dred sheep within five hours, in his
usual happy style. The marked
feature of the sale was the sCrong
demand for really first class animals
and the sharp contrast in prices be-
tween thenl1and others of inferior
quality hSzdhy and encouraging
sign for the future of breeders in
Tennessee. Fully half OF the stock
sold goes out of the State.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05
THE PULASKI CITI1E1N-

just now negroes of the south
are crowding into Kansas. 1t is a
wild, foolish move on the part of
these people. They cannot hope
TO control the great State of Kan
sas, nor VIII they better their condi-
ton by the change of States
Kansas is not the country for these
people. They can do well in the
cotton States if they are let alone
by political office hunters, but we
fear that certain men have learned
to trade in human beings for the
sake of Office. 1t is evident to our
minds that the negro fares better
among his people in the south than
he does among strangers. We have
seen the negro in northern and
western cities, but we have seen
him only as mental as a rule. He
can never hold Office in the old free
States, however much his pretend
ell friends may weep as doth the
hypocrite. We say frankly to the
colored citizens of the United
States that they will find better and
truer friends in the States where
they were born than in the north
or ia the west. Any citizen of any
race or color must have the right
to change his residence if he wills
to do SO, and he must have the pro
lection of the laws wherever he
may choose to let down his tent.
The colOred citizen is the equal be
fore the law of any other citizen
and may OF right claim all that other
citizens can claim. We believe
that the South fully understands
these matters and will see that
these unfortunate people are not
imposed upon. I he whites of the
South have as much at stake as
have the colored people IN estab-
fishing justice between the races
One race cannot prosper by the de-
struction of the other race. Politi
cal equality is all that the constitu-
ton contemplates, social relations
being left to regulate themselves.
Let the colored people remain in
the south, the place of their birth.
= National Citizen Soldier.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

A grand union picnic was given
last Friday by r. F. Boyd aud B
A. j. Nixon's schools on Mr.. yucca
rello's place, about one and half
miles from town. The boys com
posing the Chickasaw and Mosquito
Guards, which belong to the two
schools, marched upon the square
and after going through their man
ual of tactics, which was very inter
esting and amusing to the bystand
ers, marched out to the grounds.
The girls were conveyed to the
grounds in the omnibus and Bag
ons. After upwards of three hun
bred people had arrived sumptu
Gus dinner was prepared by the pa
rents and friends, to which all did
justice, When dinner was over, a
May Queen was crowned, having
twenty attendants. This was an
enjoyable occasion to Nu present
The teachers desire to return theI.
heartfelt thanks to Mr.. Zuccarello
for the use of his grounds.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

We have received letter from
Mr.. Summers and one from Mrs.
Summers from Fayetteville claim
ing that they have been greatly
wronged by the card of Mrs. Nor
ris published last week. We had
nothing to do with it whatever. 1t
was published as an advertisement
and charged for as such. They en-
close to us a receipt in full from Mrs.
Morris, which, however Mrs. Nor
ris says was obtained by depositing
with her an insolvent note and
some plated sleeve buttons which
she accepted as simply better than
nothing. AS to the character of the
parties we know nothing. We saw
nothing wrong with either of them
and beg to be excused from partici
patton in the controversy. Mrs.
Summers exhibited good creden-
tials while here, and we supposed
they were genuine and that she
bore the good character they gave
her. We have not assailed it nor
do we intend to now, with the pres
ent lights before us. In fact, we
intend simply to have nothing what
ever to do with the controversy
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

If we are to have soldiers at the
polls at the discretion OF the Presi
dent. or any one whom he may auth
orlze, of course we must be prepared
to accept the logical and inevitable
results of the supremacy of military
over the civil power. When the
soldier appears as the conservator
of the peace, the constable subsidies
and retires.- Montgomery Adver-
tiser.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05
The Hayes Boom. ="

st. Louis Republican: Stanley
Matthews, of Ohio, ex-assistant act
ting President expresses the opin-
ion that if Mr.. Hayes had not de
clineG a re election in his letter OF
acceptance in 1876, he would I'M
doubtedly be the nominee of the
party in 1880, and prove the strong
est candidate that could be put in
the field, stronger, even, than
Grant himselE.p AS Mr.. Hayes was
never elected, however, what force
attaches TO anything that he might
have said about reelection?
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

We give place elsewhere to an
obituary notice of Aunt Aisle
Brown, a colored woman much re-
spected in this community for two
generations. In addition to what
is there said of her progeny, which
is known to foot up 2ll, she also
had children in Louisiana, and
their progeny if known would run
these figures up to 800 or more.
Her teeth were as good as they
we're hundred years ago and
pearly white, and it is said that she
could crush a hickorynut with them
as late as n week ago. She was
born in Powhattan county, Va. a
hundred and twenty years ago, and
remembers well incidents and per-
sons of revolutionary times. She
frequently spoke of Gen'l Greene,
whom she knew well. She was by
generation the oldest person in
this section of country, and we ex-
pect perhaps the oldest in the Uni
ted States.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

Memphis Appeal: The supreme
court at Jackson, yesterday, in the
chancery case of r. j Black, dis
missed the bill of complaint on the
ground that the suit was prema
turely brought. The merits of the
case were not considered by the
court. The last general Assem- bly,
of the State enacted law limiting
the fees of county court clerks, trus-
tees, and various other officers, to
$4,000 per annum. Mr.. R. j.
Black, clerk and master of the chan
Gerry court of Shelby county, made
test case, which resulted as above
stated. The dismissal of the bill on
the ground that the suit had been
prematnrely brought, leaves the
matter just as if the contest had
never been made.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05
They Abide Steadily in Good
EYnrIrS

Generals G. T. Beauregard, of La,
and J. A. Early, of Va, still continue to
faithfully and energetically discharge
their duties as Commissioners on behalf
of the State and People, and will give
the next grand Semi-Annual Drawing
OF the Louisiana State Lottery (the l09th
in number of monthly drawings), their
personal supervision, and assume the
sole management of the distribution
which oceuFz>~promptly at noon on
Tuesday, June 1879, at the Opera House
in New Orleans. For further informa-
ton address, ere it is too late, NJ. A,
Dauphin, p. o. Box 692, New Orleans.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

The boot is on the other leg it
seems. Some time ago there was
an absurd story of bribery on one
side of the Spoffor5 Kellogg case,
and now it seems the proof Is just
the contrary. The investigation of
the case will commence this week,
and the Courier-Journal says Judge
Spofford has evidence in his posses
sion to prove that a number of the
members of the 'Lomsiana Legisla-
ture who voted for Kellogg we're
bribed. We suppose there is scarce
iy any doubt of the fact, and we
trust the proof is at hand.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

He rushed down stairs and out
upon the street and meeting our
local editor eagerly inquired: Laps,
where can l find a lawyer, right
quickT' Laps, forgetting himself
in the excitement of the moment, in
nocently pointed to Fount SmithsOn.
The man employed Fount with q
big fee, and when Laps came to him
self and reelected how he had spent
so many sleepless nights over the
ways and means to procure client
and how he had just let one slip, he
began to realize what a fool he was
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

The Courier-J ournal correctly re-
ports the sum and substance OF
President Hayes message to be an
expression of opinion that the adj
ministration must have the power
to arrest and incarcerate voters on
election day to prevent them from
voting with the democrats. 1t says
he is the electioneer in-chief for his
party and is running the machine
for 1880. The democrats will take
the wind out of hIm by voting the
appropriations all the same.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05
In; Chancery at Pulaski
APRIL RULES, 1879.

&c Anthony ct al, VS.. Graves Wells ct al.
1T appearing to the Court that the names
i and residence of the heirs Of Fannie Wells
are unknown and that no application has
been made by or for them to the Clerk and
Master of said court for their interests in the
estate of John Graves, decd. tits therefore
ordered by the court that the Clerk and Mas
ter of said court make publication in the Pu-
laski Citizen, for two months, requiring the
persons claiming to be entitled to said fund
to come forward and establish their identities
and their right to the same, by the next term
of this cou-t to be held at the court house in
Pulaski on the LIST Monday in September,
1879. BY order of the court.
aprlO-2m J. s. STACY, G. dS NJ.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05
SALE OF LAND.
II Cnurt ofn ;la. 7

PURSUANT 70 an order of the County
l. Court of Giles County, will,
On Saturday, June Doth, 1879,
Sell to the highest bidde, at Lynnville Sta
ton, tracts of land one containing rs
acres, one of AZ acres, one of As acres, and
one of acres, all lying. contiguous and form
ing one tract-situated in the 18th district of
Giles County, about three miles north west
of Lynnville Station, adjoining the lands OF
Mrs. Cannon and others and being the lands
which formerly belonged to VIM. Bray and
lately purchased by d. j. Ingram.
Terms OF sale-CredIt of and 12months
with interest. Notes with good security re-
CURED of the purchaser and lien retained
Win be sold free from the equity of redemp-
ton. p II. EZELL, Clerk.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

On Saturday. june 7tb. 1870

On Saturday, June 7th, 1879.
IN my premises, / will sell to the highest
" bidder 7-12 interest in an Autumn q
Taylor Vibrator, belonging to the estate OF
Albert Buford, dee'd This Thresher has
been run only two years, enc for the public
and is good as new, and has given entire sat
isfaction both to tho public aud its owners.
Terms made known on day of sale.
CLARA L. BUF0RD, Adm'x,
my29-2t of Albert Buford's estate.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

1t is estimated that the Tennes
see wheat crop will reach twelve
million bushels. While the yield
will be below the average, it will be
of most superior quality.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

It is remarkable that on the day
Charley Foster was nominated by
the RAIDS as candidate for Governor
of Ohio that the mean thermometer
marked S2.7. s to Z is the mean
radical cabal-the very meanest, in
fact
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

1t has been discovered that the
Murfreesboro thieves, house burn
ers and murderers were bound to-
gether by an oath, which required
them to release another when ar
rested, either by the use of money,
fire or pistols.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

Governor Marks has proved him
self a true executive officer. His
conduct at Murfreesboro in the in
terest of law and order has secured
him the praises OF all classes of the
people of the State. Lynch law
must be put stop to or it will put
a stop to the machinery of the
State. We must have law and or
der at any cost. Every honest
man in the State will sustain
Marks Memphis Appeal.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

At EwelPs, Wednesday, Capt.
Phil. Kidd sold for Brown d. Glib
son 100 head of horses and cattle,
and 300 sheep in five hours. The
aggregate of the sale was $l0,550
enc mare bringing $3.50.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

Gen. James Shields, late u. s.
Senator from Missouri, died SUDDEN
ly in Ottumwa, Kansas, on Saturday
last. He was visiting a niece and
and lecturing. Was in usual health,
ate hearty supper, wrote several
letters and died before bed time.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

| write this in memory of my
dear grand ma. On that memora-
BILE night, the last of May, when all
nature seemed 10 repose in deep
silence, grim death laid his finger
upon the pale cheek of face by me
held sacred, and the angel of bliss
waited the liberated spirit to the
blissful zion to await our coming.
RoB'F L. KING. .
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

ROME, June Thirty new era
tiers have opened in Mount Etna.
They cover several square miles and
all pour forth lava. The eruption
of VesuvIus Is also still increasing
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

The democratic policy as deter
mined upon at Washington is the
true one. Some may say that it is
a back down We think not. But
no matter. 1t is right. And being
right, it matters not whether it is
back down or a back up.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

Mr.. J. +. Baugh, OF Elkton, Tenn,
formerly a student here at Neo
phogen College, was circulating
among his Gallatin friends last
Thursday night. Since he left this
place he has been student at the
Louisville Medical College, from
which institution he will soon grad
uate.- Gallatin Examiner.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05
Strayea.

A bay horse, no spots, blind in
left eye, badly shod, ten years old
or more. Thought to have gone to
wards Pisgah. Information gladly
received and any trouble suitably
rewarded. Laps. ID. McCord.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-06-05

Old Mount Htna Is on a rampage
again. The villages about her base
are IN jeopardy. The lava is flow
ing from two apertures, and the vi
entity is getting rather warm.