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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

The Editor is at present on short visit
to Memphis, which win account for any lack
Of editorial matter in this issue. Making
virtne of necessity, a sub, (about a sec
ond rate has donned the editorial regalia
and is for the time being, actually running
the machine We feel a little awkward,
but you can imagine, dear resier, you see
us as we encase cur pedal eatrcmitics in the
Editors best embroidered slippers--throw
about us Lis comfortable gown, aye, even
place on our head his jauaty little writing
cap, at an angle Of forty-Gye, slightly pulled
to the front, and proceed to eR6ghten you
by means Of those Indispensable anxiliarios,
"pen, paste and scissors"
la che fond anticipations OF the pleasures
Of the coming week we trust that you are
on such good terms with yourself that you
will smile benignantly on the "sub in his
new role. The fact is, as Christmas ap-
proaches, we all feel more or less hilarious,
and were it not for the Jo,0 price Of cotton
and the high price Of bread and butter; the
taxes and the radicals, we should feel that
we were getting along hugely with all the
world and The rest Of mankind" Though
we do not anticipate any speedy relief Of
these evils, we deem it fortunate that we are
philosophers enough to grin and bear it.
innovation Of our most sacred rights has
become so common on the part of those who
are seeking, by the most unscrupulou'
measures to get possession Of the entire
government, that it rather behooves US tt
cultivate a spirit Of kindness and neighborly
comfy towards each other. Therefore, while
we are enjoying the Christmas festivities
which arc so near at hand, let US not be un
mindful that we ought to contribute some
what to the pleasures Of others.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

4uotHer Ouirdge- Hhits U'0Iaoa Rav-
ished by q Negro-Mrs Smith, a highly
respectable lady living near the smallpox
hospital, started to the city yesterday morn
ing To pursue her daily avocations. It las
been her custom TO come to town very early
in the morning, and yesterday she rose and
started ut about 81 clock She had scarce-
" left tho house, when she was assaulted by
a large burly negro, who succeeded in accom-
plishing his hellish designs. lie then made
good his escape; the police, however, are on
the track, and arc quite confident Of over
t. king and bringing to justice this imp Of
the bureau Memphis appeal l9th
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

LGdies Should Read Nelrsp0pe rs.-It Is
a great mistake in female education to keep
young lady's time and attention devoted to
the fashionable literature Of the day. If
you would qualify her for conversation you
must give her something to talk about; give
her something to talk about give her edu-
cation with this actual world and it's trans
piring events Urge her to read the news
papers, and become familiar with the pre-
sent character and improvements of our
race. History IS Of some Importance but
the past world Is dead, and we have nothing
to do with it. Our thoughts and our con-
Germs should In the present world, to know
what It Is and improve the condition Of it.
Let her have an Intelligent opinion, and be
able to sustain conversation concerning
the mental, moral, political and religious
improvements of our times.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

Before the County Court of Pike county
Miss, a negro recently brought suit against
a white person to enforce a contract made
while he was slave The Court decided,
a patient hearing, that plaintiffs rights as a
litigant, while q slave were in allegiance,
and that upon the removal Of his civil disa-
bilities by the Legislature, his right accrued
to sue on contracts made while a slave, un-
less his owner had previous to his enamel
patton, claimed the benefit Of such contract
The contest was conducted with zeal on
both sides, aud public sympathy was strongly
with the darkey A singular fact connec-
ted with this suit is, that the freedman's for
mer mistress put herself to great pains and
Inconvenience to attend court for his benefit,
when she could not have been compelled by
law to do so, although tho plaintiff had long
since abandoned her service, thus furnishing
further proof that the negroes former own
crs are not unwilling to do them justice
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

Decision Regarding Confiscated Property
Life Estates only to be E0rfeited.-In
the Circuit Court at Alexandria, on Friday
Of last week, in the case Of Hool Ys. Tillis-
ton, in which the plaintiff sued for the re-
coveTY Of city property sold during the war
under decree of Judge Underwood, Judge
Thomas decided that by the provisions of
the Constitution Of the United States, Con
gress could not forfeit more than the life es,
tate Of the party charged with the offense
stated in the act Of Congress providing for
the confsction Of the property Of persons
engaged in the rebellion and that az Daniel
+. Hooi, against whose property the pro
ceedincs was instituted, had departed this
life, the plaintiff, his deyisee, was entitled to
the recovery of the property. An appeal
from this decision was taken and the case
will be carried to the supreme Court Of the
United States.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

RtcaziRg AladdjH's PaZace-A Paris cor
respondent writes, concerning the Exposi-
ton building:
This building is now almost terminated
and rises in the midst of the surrounding
park like gigantic colosseum. In connect
ing the various parts of the iron framework
no less than 100000 rivets have been used
and 100000 holes bored. 1t has taken
$4,000 square meters of glass for the win
dows Of the great machine gallery alone,
while the skylights contain 10000 meters.
One of the most remarkable features in
connection with this building is the rapid
ity with which the works have been carried
on. In the month of August, 1865, nothing
had been done beyond the adoption of the
plans, and the first contracts were not con-
cluded till the following month Of Septem-
Der. In October military exercises were
still gone through in the Champs de Mars,
and now the palace, with roof and windows
complete, stands there as a mighty mOnu-
ment of modern science and industry. In
a short time the interior fittings and decora-
tions will be finished, and the whole aspect
of the Champs de Mars changed as if by
magic.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

d W{fe.-JeremY Taylor says: If you
are for pleasure, marry: if you prize rosy
health, marry. a good wife is Heavens
last best gift to man; his angel of mercy
minister of graces innumerable; his gem of
many virtues, his casket of jewels her voice,
his sweetest music her smiles his brightest
day; her kiss the guardian Of Innocence !;
her arm the pale of his safety, the balm Of
his health, the balsam of his life; her indus
try, his surest wealth her economy, his
safest steward; her lips, his faithful coun-
sellers her bosom, the softest pillow OF his
cares and her prayers the ablest advocates
Of Heavens blessings on his head
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

Prof J. c. Armstrong has resigned his
position as Principal of the Huntsville Male
Academy, which he has held for the last
three collegiate sessions.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

Horace Greeley has shocked the sensibil
tiles Of his party by his late letter in a man
ner from which they viii hardly recover
sufficiently to vote for him 1t was quite as
much as, they could endure for him to be in
favor Of amnesty as compensation for i'm
partial suffrage; but his late declaration in
favor of amnesty at al hazards, is horrify-
ing to them. One paper thinks he is in
favor by it of releasing Davis, so he can be-
come a candidate All Of them find some
fault Greeley seems hardly to belong to
his party, and is fatty accused of deserving
its principles That man should be wise
enough to know that entire peace and har-
mony can never be resorted while large
number Of the most influential citizens are
subjected to pains and penalties, IS rather
more than RepubIicanisIa will admit We
must decline, however, to take Greeley in
the Democratic party. We fear he would
soon fall back into some of his old freedom
shrieking'' ways, and would be going for i'm
partial suffrage, or no representation to the
South, as he has been before. He talks well
now but nc can't be trusted.-LouiSrtU,
Democrat
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

Hogs are selling at 81 and cents gross at
Hartsvipe, Sumner county, Tennessee.
Owing to the sudden decline in prices, there
will be comparatively few hogs sold.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

Pork is selling at 8 cents per pound, net,
at Bristol, Tennessee. Little is coming in
at that price Corn brings 75c per bushel
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

A Washington telegram says: The Dis
trict Franchise bill DISTINGUISHES all who
gave aid and comfort to the rebellion.
The Senate passed the District Suffrage
bin this afternoon, without the educational
or property qualification.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

Head Center StepheHs-The Dublin Ma
ton Of November "a, says: As might be
expected, the Government Is not idle or I'M
observant at this critical time. Circular
after circular has been issued to the con-
stabulary directing them what precautions
to take for the safety Of their barracks i'm
pressing on them the necessity of attending
closely to their drill in field movements, and
commanding them to be especially vigilant
in their watch after suspicious characters"
and their look out for James Stephens. The
Dublin garrison is taken out once a week to
be exercised in strategic movements in the
neighborhood Of the city. Some reinforce
ments have arrived during the week And
it is currently rumored that 3 large number
of warrants for suspected persons are in
the hands of the Dublin Police, who only
await a " ord f.Om the Cas- tie to put them in
execution.
Since the foregoing lines were written, we
have found that rumOr of the arrival of
James Stephens In Dublin has begun to cir
culate throughout the city. OF its truth or
falsehood we know nothing but the rumOr is
| certainly afioat, and among parties affecting
to be we'll informed.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

The cause of temperance is gaining great
strength at Chattanooga and the Division of
the ons ofTemperance is increasing rapidly.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22
A. lincoln.

Another Batch Of Charges against the
Presidential Radical Washington letter
writer says:
1t is well known that he has given away
the property of the United States to the
amount Of more than fifty millions in
Southern railroads-I do not mean to say
that he has simply returned to Southern
companies roads taken possession of during
the war, but that he has made them n
present Of valuable connections, iron and
rolling stock, the actsal cost Of which to
the United States was not less than fifty
millions. He certainly had no law for this.
At Memphis, for instance, the rebel mill
tary authorities had made important and
very costly connections between the several
roads entering that city to facilitate the
transportation of rebel troops. With the
fall Of Memphis of course all this became
the property Of tho United States What
right hadsMr. Johnson to give it away, any
more than to donate the guns captured al
Richmond and Nicksburg2
But Thad. Stevens has pledged himself to
prove something more than the mere dOna-
ton of what didn't belong to the President
TO give away He has promised to show that
certain parties intimately connected with
the President have been peounarily benc
flied by the transaction to an immense
amount; that In fact that the whole power
exercised, or pretended to be exercised
under the prerogative OF pardonlng vested in
the grossest possible torm-that OF barter
or sale.
IL is Tor Mr.. stevens to make out case
against the President, or failing in that, to
confess that his hostility to the President
has been carried much beyond the limits
justified by any system Of political ethics
ever known to this country This country
will demand from him the one or the other
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

Is ii Yankee Trick ?-lt is given out
and until the arrival of Admiral Goldsboro
will cause no little interest-that the fellow
arrested at Alexandria, Egypt, as John II.
Surratt, one Of the parties implicated in the
assassination of " Honest Old abe is not
the right man, and that his passing himself
off for that obnoxious individual, was a ruse
to get home free of expense. The story is
that Bohemian went to Egypt expecting
te pay his expenses by writing for the press,
but that his letters could find no paper viii
ling to pay for what was merely trans
criptof the guide books; so he ran out of
funds, and was put to his wits ends to get
home. He heard that Surratt had made his
escape from Rome, and he thought now was
his chance. He gave it out, very CONFIDENT
ally. to a loyal American, that he was the
very identical Surratt, and in two hours he
was in the hands of the United States con
sui, put aboard a ship of war, and is being
brought home in the most agreeable manner,
without expense
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

The Murfreesboro Monitor of Saturday
says: The cold weather this week was very
favorable for hog-killing, and large amount
of pork was brought to market Prices ranged
from to 81, and some sales have been
made ats cents"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

The GalIatin Examiner of Saturday says ::
" The weather the past week has been in
keeping with the season-raw, .inclement,
with several days of freezing temperature"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

Governor Brownlow has commissioned B.
NJ. Tillman, Esq, as Attorney General for
the circuit composed of the counties of Bed
ford, Rutherford, Wilson and Cannon.
The citizens of Franklin, Tenn, have or
ganized fire company. Arrangements
have been made to place their engine in
working order.
The welLknown actress, Mrs. Julia Thor
man, formerly Miss Julia PelbY, committed
suicide in Cambridge, Mass, on Saturday,
the Sth inst
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

Federal Court at Knoxville adjourned
Saturday, Dec. 8th, to meet the first Mon
day in. January The Grand Jury were
not charged
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

The rails on the Nashville q Northwestern
Railroad have been lnd from Hickman,
Kentucky, to within forty miles of Johnson
Vile. Trains will commence running over
the entire line by the first Of next March.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22
When Did the States Get Out of the
Uninn


The policy of the Radical leaders, says
the able Louisville Courier, pre-supposes
that the Southern States did at some time
get out Of the Union. When it was they do not
state. They do not even tell us whether
they fought out, whether the acts Of seces-
sion took them out, or whether it was their
surrender took them out If they are out,
they must have got out in one or the other
of these ways. From the fact that it was
never admitted that they were out during
the war we are left to infer that they got out
since the war. Every one is familiar with
the fact that while the war was going on
every department Of the Government main
tanned the position that the rebellious States
still constituted part of the Union. The
President, in his message, enumerated these
various acts Of recognition, and if anything
could add strength to his argument on this
point it would be The following letter from
President Lincoln to Gov. Stanley of North
Carolina 1t is precisely to the point.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON,
September 26, 1862
Hon Edicard Stanley:
MY DEAR DIR. lOuE HOI6 inform uE NE
that you will leave for North Carolina soon,
is received, Your conduct as Military Gov
ernor Of that State, as reported to me by
General Burnside, and as | have heard it
personally from yourself, has my entire APP
probation, and it is with great satisfaction
that | learn you are now to return to the
same capacity, with the appreciation of the
War Department
shall be much gratifed if you can find
at practicable to have Congressional elections
held in that State before January IT is my
sincere wish that North Carolina may again
govern herself conformably to the Constitu-
ton of the United States
Yours, very truly,
A. LINCOLN.
Mr. Lincoln says the Courier, was desir-
Gus that North Carolina ST ould be represen-
ted in Congress though the representatives
should receive the votes of but one-tenth OF
the qualified voters of the State. In June,
1868, he declared that " the people of I4oisi-
ana shall not lack an opportunity for a fair
election for both Federal and State officers
by any want of anything in my power to
give them.
These facts are only additional to the ar
gument of the President, but they serve tC
give it strength and exhibit the gross and
inexcusable Inconsistency Of the Radical
party.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

A1,na Dickinsoa's CEirography.-The
Ripon Commonwealth publishes a very pretty
letter from Anna Dickinson, apologizing for
the failure to keep her appointment there.
It says about her handwriting:
Miss Anna E. Dickinson writes such a
horrid fist that it is next to impossible to
read her letters. Printers get so they can
read almost nything, but we had stumper'
IN trying to make out her letter published IN
another column. We don't know whether
it is exactly right or not but it is as near to
it as we can make out her hieroglyphics. !"
On the 9th inst a desperate encountre
took place in the town Of Sweetwater, East
Tenn, between Capt VIM. jenkins, late of
the G. s. A, and two brothers, named Nc
Gaughey, and friend of theirs, in which
all four of the combatants were killed Capt
Jenkins was mortality wounded, but succeed
ed in terribly avenging himself before he
died, as he, in rapid succession, fred fatal
shot at each of his assaiIants.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

a grand trunk railway is to be built con
Meeting Chattanooga, in this State, with New
Orleans, La The road will pass through
the city of Mobile, and work is to commence
on the road in four months. 1t viii cost
81. 100000
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

A son of the ex-President Iturbide, of
Mexico, died at the Clarendon Hotel, New
York; on the. 18th
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

A man recently committed suicide be-
cause he discovered that he was his own
grandfather" VIII not some one convince
Thad. Stevens that he is the grandfather of
the devil Public Ledger.
1t can't be did He knows that he is the
devil himself!
The Old North State is sound to the last
For instance
RALEIGH, n. G. Dec. 13.-The Constitu-
tional Amendment was rejected in the Sen
ate to-day by a vote of one to forty-four, and
in the House by ten to ninety-threc.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

The Venice correspondent of the London
Telegraph, writes Italy, as l heard an
American gentleman, under the influence
Of patriotic sympathy and eunningly con
cocted maraschino punch, declare last night
at Florian's. Italy is free from the Andes
to the Himalayns, and the Austrian auto
graph no longer dominated the city Of the
Quadroons That Yankee undoubtedly
studied geography in the British newspapers.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

During the past week, beef was selling at
Lebanon, Tennessee, at 4 to &c per pound
Not So.-We learn that the rumored par
don of Honorable Jacob Thompson is not
true; the President refused peremptorily to
allow him the privilege of returning home.
Holly Springs Reporter, l4th.
A correspondent of the Boston Ad7er-
tiser (Rad.) who attended the Norfolk Vir-
ginia, railrOd celebration, writes home:
" So far as the rebel officers are concerned,
they made the best speeches. exhibited the
most genuine feeling Of friendship, and
were decidedly the most companionable peo-
pie we meet"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

The Lebanon Herald Of Saturday says:
Since the decline in the prices of pork
our farmers have concluded to bacon thier
meat, and We hear Of very few sales this
week.
The three great cOnquerors Of the verdi
are Fashion, Love and Death
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

Some persons would be astonished 10
learn that the phrase, escaping with the
skin or my teeth, is from the Bible lt
occurs in Job, chapter 10, verse 20, ami the
correct reading is My bone cleayed to
nv skin and to my flesh, and / am escaped
with the skin of my teeth.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

It has been resolved by the Society of Al
umni Of the Virginia Military institute that
n 50 memorial chapel should be erected in
the center Of which shall be marble statue
Of StOnewall Jackson, and on the walls
tablets conmemmorating those scholars Of
the Institute who fell ia the war just closed
Busts of Generals Rhodes and Garland and
Col CrutchfeId viii also be placed in it
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22
.srea0 .gdUsrsisss.sesss.
g Our Own Southern Bitters.''

To you, fellow-citizensE.of the South, we
one- TONIC BITFERs eonoootsd reference
ses specially prevalent in latitude.
We do not claim brethren the North Pole
that cur nostrum viii physe
ambition takes modest fight and only demand FOR
our Bitters restricted Jurisdiction.
They claim restricted application to certain class Or
complaints They assume DeEaagemsnt Of the so-
aoh Disturbances Digestive Functions, and that
raj lasude and condition, resuitinso long
hot,
The Palate and Stomach Reconeiled.
In addition to the medical virtues, these Bers
bued with a viii oaPtivate the most fastidous
nalats We claim in this tonic to have solved deu
proble Of reeonong Of the body with the indu
reuoe Of the taste We ask nothing but te pr
oner,s right 4 fair trial CHI EBBEKTTk CO..
oc7ms Depot, tMemphis, Tenn.
ATWEEE & GHElHzHAW,
A N III n d N " " 9 n r A w
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

In the British army, 1t Is announced, or
ders have deem issued for the practice of a
running drill For the first two weeks Of
practice the men are not to run a greater
distance than 500 yards daily; the second
TWO weeks 1t may be Increased to 500 yards,
and the third To 600, or more than a half
mile. After that 900 yards daily are TO be
run, the men practising on alternate days
with and without arms and accoutrements
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-12-22

The Old North State is sound to the last