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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

in the direction his troops were
moving. His face was little flush
ed as it was turned back toward
Gen. Lee, who nodded approval to
what he had said. The sun rose
unclouded and brilliant, gliding the
hill-tops and penetrating the vapors
OF the valley, rising as gorgeous as
did the sun OF Austerlitz, which
proposed such an impression en- the
Imagination OF Napoleon. 1t should
be remembered by the people OF,
the South, for its rays fell upon the
last meeting in this world Of Lee
and Jackson.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

A Nashville man has sued, joint
ly, the city and 8 mercantile firm
for $40, 900 damages for injuries re
revived by 8 bale of cotton falling
on him.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

MEMPHIS, Jan. 17.-John Amos,
convicted, last Wednesday, at Gov
ington, Upton, county, Tenn, Of
murder In the first degree, and SEN
fenced to be hanged next March,
dropped dead, to-day, at the Jail
He had been brought here Friday
for safe keeping.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

A bill looking TO the election of
postmasters by the people wasintro
dused in the house of representa-
tives yesterday by Mr.. Carpenter.
OF Iowa.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27

A piece OF beef is much more ten
der aud juicy when the animal hes
been fed on roofs than beef made
where 10 roots have been fed.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-27
How Much it Takes.

One thousand laths will cover 70
yards of surface, and ii pounds of
nails will put them on.
Eight bushels Of good lime, 10
bushels of sand, and l bushel OF
hair make enough mortar to plaster
100 square yards.
A cord of stone, 8 bushels lime
and 4 cubic yard of sand will lay 100
cubic feet of wall.
One thousand shingles, laid four
inches to the weather, will cover 100
square feet of surface, and five
pounds OF nails will fasten them on.
One-fifth more siding and floor
ing is needed than the number OF
square feet of surface to be covered,
because of the lap in the sidin &
and matching of the floor.
Five courses Of brick will lay ]
foot in height on q chimney; six
brick in a course will make q hue
inches wide and II long, and eight
brick in a course make q fue eight
inches wide and 10 inches long
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-02

mond, in which he said: II would
use my best endeavors to secure
vote of the people sanctioning set
Element at 3. per cent for forty-Gve
years on basis of $32, ,080.62.
And this settlement being ratified, j
would enforce it by the Legislature
and Courts, whose powers j believe
fully adequate thereto. ] would do
this because / believe It to be right"
The sum of $32, 977, 090.62 was, in
1879, the amount which Malone adj
mitted Virginia to owe, and which he
declared should be paid as a matter
of right. But in his speech in the
Senate last March lie stated what he
considered to be "cvery dollar Of the
just Indebtedness of Virginia" say
ing: eve believe $l9,665, l76 TO be
the just and equitable measure Of oar
public debt, and per cent thereon
the limit of our ability, as well as a
fair rate of interest; we propose to
settle at these figures as final dis
position of matter which is kept in
controversy, to the injury of the State
aid her creditors, and only to the
bone0tof brokers and philanthropie
syndicates." Here is a difference Of
of 1881 ,91a.62. What has become
of it? Mahone says it should be
eliminated" and that is what he
and his allies propose to do. Other
people say it is to be repudiatcd.
1t is only a matter of terms. The
fact remains that he is attempting to
shirk the payment of $13,000000,
which two years ago he declared to
be a just Wheeling Register.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-02

In the fight now waging on the
part of the Administration against
Conkling we should think every fair
minded man-asde from policy
would rather extend his sympathies
to the latter Whatever the merits
of the controversy it is an act upon
which no good. citizen can reflect
with pleasure that an Administration
that owes its very existence to man
could turn the whole force of the gov
ernment upon him to rend and de
stroy him. Had Conkling remained
silent New York would have been lost
Without New York and its prestige
Garfield would never have been cleo
ted President. 1t is one man pitted
against the whole Government, and
the latter has hundreds of offices
with which it is attempting to lure
and seducc Conkling's friends from
him. Office holders whose bread de-
ponds upon time-serving, newspapers
bought up with patronage, and syeo-
phantic correspondents may all fling
stones at Conkling, but it is like SO
many jackals at the heels of q lion.
We are not discussing it from Dem
'ocratic stand point of policy. If we
were we would say let the fight wage
for it is to our interest that discord
be bred among our enemies, but we
believe we have the manliness to de-
ro2Hce the attitude Of the admins
tration in thus bounding down one
man by its patronage and its illimit-
able means as despicable and con-
temptible. 1t is personal fight of
Garfield using the resources of his
position, against the one man who
made his election possible.-Kaaac-
Id Gazette
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-02

New York by iutrignes and bargains
in the line of republican States. The
Star Route frauds were born of the
greater electoral frauds of 1877.
Only an expenditure of corruption
money in sans unprecedented and
colossal defeated Gen. Hancock. The
stalwarts furnished not only the
money but the working brains of the
republican party which used the
money. When the brains are out
how can the party live? Bribery
and conspiracy at Albany may APP
point an administration Senator in
the place Of Mr. Conkling, but the
condition of the republican party
will only be made the worse thereby.
The facts Of the story cannot long be
concealed. When Congress assem-
blcs there will be n serious effort
made TO secure legislation for the
adequate prevention of such corrupt
practices at Federal elections and
for real reform of the civil service. !
The Star route business, Mr.. Win
dom's cold proprietary interests
and the expenditure of money to de
feat Gen. Hancock-all these will he
surely and thoroughly probed Mr.
Conkling at least clearly knows what
the.result will be of that probing :
". Y. World.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-02

In the present condition Of things
any republican may wake up any
morning and find himself infamous.
What Democrats have been saying
TO an unbelieving generation about
republican leaders for years republic
cans themselves are now testifying
to- And it is one of the greatest
mysteries of the world that for many
years intelligent republican voters
have gone on electing to office men
whose records were VIGOROUSLY bad,
and have refused to listen to the
truth when it was told them. A year
ago if Sessions, the New York briber,
had been the republican candidate
for governor Of New York and Sey-
mour the Democratic candidate, the
chances are that Sessions, the most
corrupt of politicians, would have
been elected. The one good re-
suit of Conkling's investigation com
mittee at Albany will be the making
of general corruption among republi-
can leaders so certain that honest
men can never support them again
s Fdt3naont Inder.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-02
A TRIANGULAR FIGHT.

Another triangular contest is now
fairly started in old Virginia.
Mahone's readjusters have their
ticket in the field.
The straight-out republicans will
hold convention on the oath Of
August to nominate full straight
republican ticket.
The Democrats are now engaged
in choosing delegates to their nomi-
mating convention which meets at
Richmond in the 4th of August.
Malone is just now trying either
to capture the republican convention
or to divide it.
The straight republican committee
at it's meeting on Tuesday last,
bounced Lewis as chairman because
he had been nominated on the read
juster ticket. The meeting which
was held on Tuesday was originally
called by Mr.. Lewis, but he afterward
changed the date of the meeting to
the 28tll and did not put in an APP
pearance on Tuesday. Eighteen of
the twenty-seven members of the COM
mittee were present, and decided to
hold State Convention at Staunton,
August oath, for the nomination of a
State ticket, and also declared that
only straight-out republicans could
vote for delegates, or be eligible as
for election as delegates. Another
meeting of the State Committee is to
be held on the 2Sth, and the mem
bers of the committee whose sympa-
thies are with Mr.. Lewis will then
endeavor to have Mondays vote
authorizing a convention to be held
In August reconsidered.
In the meantime Malone is trying
to shape his campaign in all cases so
as to hit the game if it is deer and
miss it if it is calf. He does not pre-
tend to be a republican in his own
field of operations, yet he is anxious
to be on such terms that it will
amount to the same thing, while if
he leaves his party affiliations trifie
Undecided it will be easier to hold
the readjusters who claim to be Dem
ccTdLS.
But he cannot capture the honest
republicans or the honest Democrats
by his tactics. His followers will
represent the most unprincipled set
of scalawags which ever made up a
party, and in Virginia it will not be
very numerous, we think. Tile issues
are old enough for every man in that
State to understand that the sole ba-
sis OF, and only reason for, the exist
ence OF the Mahonc party is to repu-
date the State debt.
There ought to he no misunder-
standing about this,if we let Malone
himself tell whether it is Republication
or not. Two years ago, in February,
1879 Malone made speech at Rich
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-02
A Potential Step.

If Mr.. Conkling's withdrawal turns
out to involve his final and pcrma-
nent separation from the Garfield adj
ministration, it will be found that he
has taken a very potential step in
American politics, especially since
Grant gives him so unreservedly the
support Of his name fame and inhu-
ence. Mr.. Conkling has made it i'm
possible for the administrator here
after to control the result of State
election in New York, Connecticut or
in any Of the doubtful States. He
has made it impossible for the Adj
ministration to prevent the Democ-
racy from settling their quarrels and
healing their differences. Even if
the Administration with the help of
Malone and Reputation could gain
Virginia or any other Southern State
the gain would he more than coun-
terbalanced by the loss of New York,
Connecticut and other Northern
States. The real character of the
step Which Mr.. Conklihg has taken
can only be clearly revealed, so far
rs he is individually concerned, in
his own future course. The assump-
tion now is that Mr.. Conkling sees
in 1881 what Mr.. Schnrz and other
republicans thought they saw in 1872
the impossibility of maintaining
any longer the cohesion, through the
public plumber, of the republican par
ty. The republican party received
as fatal blow in the elections of
1874 and 1876 as the National Dem
ocratic party received before the war
in the repeal of the Missouri compro-
mise. The Union and tile National
Democracy were kept in line by the
force of party discipline and old ira
ditions during the Administration of
President Buchanan but the wound
was mortal. History will relate that
the republican party was finally
struck to death as American parties
60 in the Presidential struggle of
1875. When reconstruction had fail
ed to bring any considerable number
of white votes into the ballot boxes
of the South, the doom of the repub-
lican party as then constituted was
pronounced. If the republican par
ty leaders had bowed to the popular
will in 1875 the nation would have
been the gamer and the republican,
party itself would not be so democrat
lied as it is today. Mr.. Conkling
has been forced into his career ia
New York since 1877 by the fraud
through which Mr.. Hayes was seated
in the White House. That impressed
upon him the odious work of keeping
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-02
TWICE HsESUHsHsEsC'TEEs.
a Lady Buried Twice. and Fins
ally brought to life.

A woman in Snicarte, Mason coun-
ty, ILL.,, to all appearances, died. But
q few weeks previous to this she had
given birth to child, and was appa-
rently well. She soon aftcrward very
suddenly sank away, and to all ap-
pearances gave up the ghost. The
body was kept until the next day,
when it was inclosed in a coffin and
taken to the grave yard, followed by
a great many mournful friends. In
laying her out her arms were tied to-
gether above the elbows with strip
of cloth, so that her hands would re-
tain natural position across her
breast. At the grave some Of her
friends wished to view her remains,
and the coffin was opened that they
might do So On removing the lid
over the glass they could not see
through the moisture on it, and it
was then seen that one of her hands
had been torn loose from the band,
and was lying by her side, and her
arms were as timber as one alive.
The circumstances bore upon the
minds of several present, but still
they could not entertain any notion
but that she was dead. Her hands
were again placed in position across
her breast, and retied With the same
strip Of cloth, and she was buried.
After returning to their homes sew
eral of the parties who had noticed
the singular appearance Of the corpse
commenced to talk it over, and they
soon raised doubt in their minds
that she was dead. About 5 o'clock
the same evening several went to the
grave and took the body up. On
opening the coffin they found some
fresh moisture on the glass of the
coffin lid, and her hands were again
broken from the strip of cloth that
botind them, and they were both lying
by her side, and, instead of her limbs
being in the least rigid, they and her
fingers were flexible. Notwithstand-
ing all this, they could not convince
themselves but she was dead and she
was reburied. The matter was gen
orally discussed in the neighborhood,
and by the following Sunday the ex
element had grown so great that 1t
was decided to re-exhume her the
following day. The next day Mon
day. after she had slept beneath the
sod for four days and nights,she was
again resurrected and taken to her
home, where she has been slowly but
gradually improving. Her friends
entertain the strongest hopes of her
recovery, which, if she does, will be
a remarkable occurrence, long to be
remembered by the people of Sni-
carte. The way in which this affair
was managed was, to say the least,
very singular.-N. Y. Ne,os.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-02
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsinNGroN, d. c., /
June 25th. (

June Z0tn,
The use of men like Senator SEES
sions and John |. Davenport in poll
tics is dangerous to any party But
for the fact that these two men, and
others like them, represented the adj
ministration in New York, in it's CON
test with Senator Conkling, there is
little doubt that two Senators friend
ly to the administration and opposed
to Conkling would have been elected
there long ago. AS it is, there seems
to be no possibility Of such an cleo
ton. Democracy and deccncy have
denounced these men for years, but
the republican party seems to be not
only friendly to them, but to be ruled
by them. In attempting to give the
President "a good character" the
other day, little Davenport swore to
confidential interview held by him
at the White House, in which he was
instructed by the President to select
u us. Marshall for New York. Sensi-
BILE republicans in New York, who
know that men like Conkling and
Platt were not asked for suggestions,
and who believe what Davenport
swears to, will have an odd idea of
President Garfield. Just how much
of Davenport's testimony was true,it
is impossible to tell He told exact
~ what suited his purpose, there is
no doubt.
Here in Washington the party is
making the same mistake. There are
charges against officials and contrac-
tors in the Post Office department.
To get at the bottom facts in these
cases was the ostensible and proba-
bly, the real intention of President
Garfield aud Postmaster General
James in ordering an investion. But
the scum Of Washington conducts
the investigation, and, in certain
sense, represents the President and
his Cabinet. These star route pros
ecution cases have rapidly degener-
ated from an impartial inquiry to a
low intrigue of petty informers against
men who had always stood well, and
are now only suspected Of crime. The
evidence collected and manipulated
by men such as have immediate con
troll of the cases in the name Of the
government, would not convict
tramp before an intelligent Washing
ton jury. Any time within the past
twenty years would have been q good
time for the republican party to die,
but L do not recall any. moment so
appropriate for its death as this when
in the fight at Albany it is represent
ed by Sessions and Dayenport,and in
its reform work in Washington by q
low grade Of informers and detect
ives.
Rumors of changes in the Depart
ments are many, and current belief
is that the President and his Cabinet
have consulted at Long Branch dur
ing the week upon the names of men
to fill the places in which changes
had already been decided upon. 1t
is GENERALLY held to have been q mis-
take on the part of the President
that he did not early in his adninis-
tration put fresh men in nearly all
the places of Importance in the city.
So far, few changes have been made
except such as were den anded by the
fact that fraud appeared to have been
committed by the outgoing officials.
CARROLL
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-02
"uIIE OHIO CROyyD.o
e cm n isceacesO Of Senator COnE
Ting and the Electoral Count.

Those friendly 'to'ex.Senator Cork
ling, as well as those hostile to him,
are just now indulging in remin-
iscences touching his career as u
public man and a politician. A gen
tlcman prominent in public life and
who has been in position to know
much of what may be called the in
ner politics of the last six years, said
to your correspondent day or two
ago:
's1n many respects it is misfor-
tune that the people Of this country
are kept in ignorance of many inter
esting and important facts relating
to public affairs and public men. Do
you know that the latter politics Of
the United States have been affected
much more than is generally suppos-
ed by the electoral count contest of
1867? For instance during that
winter much occurred to disturb and
elnbitter the personal relations Of
prominent men in the republican par
ty. Have you noticed that ever since
that contest Conkling and Edmunds
have not affiliated cordially with
what has come to be known as the
Ohio crowd Of republicans"
at is an interesting historic fact
that during the winter of 1867 that
crowd, including Hayes, Garfield,
Sherman and Foster, were the lead
ing spirits in q movement, or you
may call it q conspiracy, to bring
about the count of the electoral vote
by Ferry, who was then President
Pro TEN. of the Senate, and there is
every probability that they would
have succeeded had it not been for
the determined and indignant oppo-
sition of Conkling and Edmunds.
These two Senators labored night
and day to thwart the scheme which
the Ohio clique were attempting to
carry out. For their efforts they
were privately denounced and hound
ed in manner and measure which
naturally exasperated them and from
that day to this they have had but
little respect for or confidence in the
Ohio crowd.
"You may remember that elaborate
two days speech made by Conkling
on the electoral commission bill. In
stead Of discussing the merits cf the
bill he devoted nearly all his time
and strength to an argument against
the authority or right of the Presi-
dent of the Senate to count the vote
or to decide any disputed question
whatever. That speech was intended
to crush that Ohio conspiracy, and
it did, although John Sherman in
the Senate and Garfield in the House
afterward attempted to counterfeit
the effect of it by making ingenious
crafty pleas in support of the theory
that the Vice President had the con-
stitutional right to count the vote.
"ln the inner movements at that
crisis many things occurred which
tended to widen the chasm between
Conkling and the Ohio crowd and it
has been growing wider and wider
from that day to this. Public senti-
ment just now appears to be strong
against the recent course OF Mr.Conk-
ling; but the public is ignorant of
much that has happened during the
last five years. Mark this: Senator
Edmunds, though he may not approve
Cohkling's bold method of opposing
Garfield and Blaine, has no more re-
spect for these two leaders of the AID
ministration than has Conkling'-
Washington letter.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-02

At odd times during rainy days,
ETC., it will be profitable to look over
the machinery and utensils used in
haying and harvesting, and see what
needs to be bought or mended; and
thus be in readiness when the clover
is TO be cut or when the wheat is
ripe for the harvest.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-02
OfBOY'S and CHILDREN'S SUITS at
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80 to 81 SmithfeId St., Cor. Diamond St.
Price List

&c for Children's Kilt Suits. 3
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81 81 to So 9S for Children's Finest
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81 10 TO 81 80 for Boys's Cheviot
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SOC to VI 70 for Boys Cashmere
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Children's best quality Dress Suits
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50 As to So rs.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-02

Philadelphia has discovered that
colored lard is being palmed off as
butter. Passing off pigs feet for
spring chickens will probably be the
next deception. = Philadelphia
Chronicle.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-02

Why railways are not pushed with
greater vigor into the vast ore depos-
its and finest timber lands on the
continent in West Virginia, is mar
vel, considering its Importance to
Pittsburg. Liberal subscriptions
have been made in several counties
lin that region and the people are
Sclamorous to have an outlet in this
direction Pitsburq Post.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-02

Grants friends ought to send him
a fresh lot Of cigars. The old ones
have failed in their power Of keeping
his lips shut.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-02

Arrangements are being made by
English capitalists to start a cotton
factory in New Orleans. $4,000 has
been paid by them for site.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-02

THE New DOMINION and Wheeling
Weekly Mtefttgencer, $3.50 a year.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-02

The republicans Of Virginia are
going to get out full State ticket.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-07-02

50 10 to SO 81 for Boys English
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50 90 to "a 10 for Children's Fine
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