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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28

Clement G. Clay has been released on pa
role from Fortress Monroe
The population of the city of Mexico is
25O,OO0.
There are rumors of another negro insur-
rection in Cuba.
Nearly all the post Offices in Texas are in
charge of females.
The Planters Academy, near Kosciusko,
Miss, is to be rebuilt.
The small pox is causing considerable
annoyance in Pine Bluff, Ark
The ex-Queen of the French, the widow
of Louis Philippe, died at Clairmount on
the oath uIt.
Since May, 1865, the Government has sold
POI 900 horses for$I4, 100000 They are
still being sold in the South.
The New Jesrey State Legislature ad-
journed SINE die without eleeting a Senator
to the Congress Of the United Stat
! Gen. JEFF, c. Davis has been assigned to
the command of the Department of Ken
lucky, vice Gen. Palmer, resigned.
| The Dead Sea contains more salt than any
other sea. 1t is asserted on good authority
that two tuns of its water yield $50 lbs. of
| salt and magnesia.
The largest OK in the United States is said
to belong to a farmer at WilliamsviIle, Ill
The monster weighs nearly 1000 pounds
The Methodist Conference have set apart
Africans in separate dioceses, to be accounta-
BILE to the Methodist church until they have
bishops of their own.
1t is highly probable that ex-president
Davis viii be tried at Nashville on a charge
of high treason.
The Richmond (Va-) Republic of the 18th
inst says that Miss Palmer, occupying
rooms a. the house of ex-mayor Saunders
died of cholera in that city on the 9Th
| PRoMoTED.-Gen. G. T. Beauregard was
elected President of the n o., J. and G. n
r. r on the 18th. He had for some time
been Superintendent of the same road
Hon. Henry g. Stanberry, of Ohio, has
been appointed associate justice of the su
preme court of the United States for the
South, vice Judge Catron, deceased.
A Catholic priest in Scott county, No.
was recently fined $500 for solemnizing
marriage without first taking the new con
stitution oath.
Mr. a. Pardee, of Hazleton, Pa, has giyer
$4,000 to the Fenian fund, and pledges
himself that as soon as hostilities betweel
the Fenians and England would eommenc
he would increase the sum to 100000.
Hon. Alexander H. Stuart has been Sc
lected to deliver the annual address befor
the Literary Societies of the University {
Virginia at the annual commencement
June
!, A special dispatch to the Boston Dali
Advertiser, from Washington, says. .prepari
tons are making to hold the regular term
the United States Circuit Court in Richmon
next month, and that the trial Of JEFF Davi
for high treason, may be expected within tv
months
III Col jacques, Of the Gilmore-Jscque
peace mission to Richmond, the noted III
II nois Methodist, who was arrested some tin
= ago on charge Of causing the death, by abe
= ton, of a woman he had seduced, and W
released on bail, has given conclusive pro
Of his guilt by failing TO appear for trial
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28
Marriageg ANON the pruses.

The Druses are a powerful tribe inhabit-
ing portion of the mountainous range of
Lebanon, or Pibanus, in Syria. They are
neither Mahometans nor Christians, but
have a peculiar creed of their own, made up
from some of the tenets and doctrines of the
two faiths.
Their women are generally very beautiful,
being fairer than the other inhabitants of
Lebanon, and they are distinguished by the
most lovely dark blue eyes, long raven tresses
and teeth of pearly whiteness The men
generally marry at from sixteen to eighteen
years Of age they take but one wife, and
always choose partners from their own tribe.
The bride is generally from thirteen to four
teen years old Three days before the we'd
ding, the bridegroom, accompanied by his
male friends, goes to the house of his intend
ed, and demands her in a formal manner
from the hands of her father, who formally
gives his consent. Then they agree upon the
amount of dowry which the husband shall
settle on his wife. The bride is led forth a
moment, closely yelled, accompanied by her
mother, who vouches for the purity of her
daughter. The bride then presents her
husband with the khanjar, or dagger, which
serves at the same time to show the protec
ton she expects to receive from him, or as
an instrument of punishment should the
declaration of her mother be false, or should
she subsequently break her marriage vows
The bride, attended by the women, spends
the day gayly in the bath while the bride
groom and his friends amuse themselves
with horsemanship, or in drinking coffee and
smoking chibouka at the house of the bride
father. This continues for two days on the
! third the bride is conducted with consldera
bic ceremony to the house of the bridegroom
closely covered with a red gold spangled
veil, which, in the nuptial chamber, he re
moves, and presents her with tantoor
This he places upon her head, where it re
mains both night and day while life remains
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28

Equal Representation IN the Tinted
States.-The Constitution Of tho United
States says no State shall be deprived OF It's
equal representation in the United States
Senate, without its consent, not even By an
amendment to the Constitution. Eleven
States are deprived Of such representation
without their consent by the usurpers ~
the RumD tbat now calls itself the senate.
The President has taken an oath 70 main
tain and preserve the Constitution Is i not
mis- duty to see that this provision, among
others, shall be respected, and use all the
means that are necessary to that end ~
Cincinnati EilqUirer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28

The VII Of a Drunkard u die a wretch
ed sinner, and leave to the world worthless
reputation, wicked example, and memory
that is only ft to perish.
/ leave to my parents sorrow and bitter
ness of seul all the days Of their lives.
/ leave to my brothers and sisters shame
and grief reproaeh Of their acquaintances.
leave my wife a broken and widowed
heart, and a life of lonely struggling With
want and suffering.
leave to nay children a tainted name, q
ruined position. a pitifpl ignorance, and tho
mortifying recollection of q father who, BY
his life, disgraced humanity, and at his
premature death joined the great company
Of those who are never to enter the kingdom
Of God
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28

When the corpse Of General Robert Hat
ton was being carried through the streets IN
Nashville, recently, q group OF Federal
officers politely raised their hats ana seluted
It The Banner thanls them for the ebiyal.
~ Of the thonght-foF tho galiantrq ol the
deed. No man Woald have been qsicker e.
do the Ike, Il living, shaa ksthefs I4atten
Such lttle tokens 81 retuFning reosa from
the generous living t8 the gallant dead, do
uors 20 strengthen she bonds OF the Union
than Nh tho laws civil oF uartial So she
world
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28
a SPRING BALLAD.

A gush Of golden sunlight,
A music mid tbs leaves
OF early blOoms whose joyous tune.
Into the spirit weaves
Dreams Of delight and weleOms bliss.
For wealth I'd not fOregoi
Sweet blooms and light. crowd on my sight
By these the Spring I know.
The frozen mould. silent and cold,
Touched By secret hand.
Grows wondroas rife, till bloom and life
Crowns all the pleasant land
Sweet breezes murmur pleasantly,
Tue ice-bound waters few.
And young buds leap from their wintry sleep
By these the Spring know.
rove the tbieket and the grove,
breathe the balmy air;
Each sound seems fraught with gsntlest love,
New life holds conquest there
listen through the forest leaves
Sweet voices come and go
The voice OF twittering choristers:
By these the Spring know.
I've wrsatLed a fragrant ehaplet..
A ehaplst wild, yet fair;
Twas nurtured in the mountain wiIds.
And kissed By wintry air;
PrimrUses and violets sparkle int,
The daisy peeps below
And leaves of green peep out between
By these the spring I know.
Low, fitting clouds Of wintry gloom
Have rolled in shade away
Light comes on wings of choice perfume
To charm the sweet Spring day.
reach the summit Of the plain,
Fresh breezes round me blow,
A. a.
By these the Spring I know.
SPring-time thou hast charm for
I've loved thee well and long,
And thus huInbly to thee
A glad and grateful song.
When on the strangely pOnderinE souls
Comes thy eongeniaI glow,
My heart leaps light with ecstacy-
By this the Spring know.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28

On SoAtude-Oh solitude how sweetare
thy charms to leave the busy world, and re-
tire to thy calm shades, is surely the most
ecstatic pleasure the contemplatiYe mind can
enjoy. Then, undisturbed by those who are
fond of splendor, and who prefer pomp and
ease to solid pleasure, it may enjoy that
peace which is rarely to be found IN the
courts Of the great Solitude affords as time
for reflection, and the objects around US in
cite US to contemplate and adore our great
Creator, who has, IN his infinite goodness,
created and endowed us with reason; who
taught US that it was him alone, whom we
ought to fear, love, honor, and obey. In
solitude the contemplative mind enjoys q
variety Of pleasing sensations which im~
prove it. and render it alive to all It's various
beauties which we find displayed IN Tie
great book Of nature. BIest solitude ! may
we never forget the advantages which may
be derived from deyoting part Of our time
to thee, but continue sensible of thy great
value.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28

The Lac Of Homicide You may repel
by force in the defence Of your person,
habitation or property, against any one who
manifestly intends or endeavors by violence
or surprise to commita known felony; such as
rape, robbery, arson, burglary, and the Ike.
But to justify your killing man, there must
be actual danger ;athe bare fear of any of
these offences, however Well-grOunded it is,
is not sufficient without some sovertact." If
therefore, you kill a man who is lying in
wait, you will not be excused. You must
not, in fact make an attack upon others un-
less you can justify a full conviction, on
your own mind that If you do not do so your
own life viii be in danger In the course
Of a sudden broil, you may protect your per
son by killing your assailant, provided you
had no other probable or possible means Of
escaping from him. If yon are walking
along dark lane, and are attacked by gar
rioters, it is your duty TO make your escape
from them if you can you should retreat as
far as you conveniently or safely can before
you turn upon them; and if you cannot
yield a step, without manifest danger of
your life, or enormous bodily harm, then you
may shoot the villains at once. I on may
kill garroter while he is committing the
offence, but you must not shoot him after
the fray is over, or when he is running away,
for that IS revenge, not self-defence. And
you should bear IN mind that you cannot
kill a man for a crime unless it is accom-
panied by force or violence you are not
justified for instance, in killing man found
in the act Of picking your pocket If a man
break open your house at night Chat Isl be-
tween nine P. NJ and six A n. of the follow
ing morning,) you may kin him but if a
man breaks open your house in the day time,
you must not kill him unless the offence is
accompanied by robbery also, and it is no {
- 1.
committed to justify the killing. 1t IS we'll
to know these things
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28

Books OF SOUTHERN POETRY are
says the Public Ledger, quite number Of
Northern houses getting up books of South
ern poetry. We were shown a copy of one
yesterday We, however, advise our readers
not to purchase for the present The great
book of Southern poetry which should be
found on every Southern parlor table and
library Is now in press and will soon be out.
We mean the collection which is being
edited by the gifted w. Gilmore Simms, Esq.
This book will contain all the Southern poet
~ written during the war that is worthy Of
being preserved, without reference as to
what section of the South it was written in,
but with an eye to its merit The book viii
contain from four 20 FIVE hundred pages, and
from what we learn, viii be an honor tc
Southern genius, and viii compare favorably
with any publication yet made in America
The editor, ". Gilmore Simms, Esq, is well
known as being not only one Of the chiel
literary characters Of the South but, Of
America He is an honor to our country
and his book will be one that viii raise the
literary character OF the South to the highest
standard His book VIII be egeriy looked
for. not only in the South and North, bat
also in Europe. It IS for this reason we
advise our friends to hold OF and purchase
something that viii be worthy Of the South
ern reader IN every respect.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28

Important From Washington. Re
publican Senators have three revolutionary
crotchets in contemplation
No l. To deprive the President Of al
power over ofice-holders by removal or 9TH
erwise, and then when he yetoes the act to
override the veto.
No 2 To give the Clerk Of the House
such power in the organization Of new
Congress, that not only Southern members
cant get in, but even the men called 81 Nor
then Copperheads, such as they have been
expelling
No. 3. To make the negroes equal to white
men, In all matters of citizenship, going
even further than the Civil Rights Bill, so
as to COMPEL the States by act Of Congress
to let them vote,
Perpetual session IS advocated until these
revolutionary measures can be put through.
So says the New York Express.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28

What sea makes comfortable sleeping
room9 Ans.-Adriatic "a dry ate
Why Is q mans brewery ike the well Of
the Israeiitss2 Ans--Becauso Hebrews
drink there.
Most ressels are sociabie in their manners,
and have 4 companion way abort thcin
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28
CATEcEIgM FOR THE ENeAaED.

CATECHIsM FOR THE ENGAGED.
Before I trust my fato to thee,
Or place my hand in thine,
Before l let thy future give
Color and form to mine
Before I peril all for thee.
Question thy soul tonight FOR me.
! break all the siighter bonds, nor feel
One shadow Of regret
L there one link within the past
That holds thy spirit yet
Or is thy faith as clear and free
As that which can pledge to thee
Look deeper still. If thou eanst feel
Within thy inmost soul
That thou hast kept a portion back,
While 1 have staked the whole.
Let no false pity spare the blow,
But. in true mercy, tell me SO.
Is there within thy heart need
That mine cannot fulfill
One chord that any other hand
Could better wake or still
Speak now, lest at somo future day
ny whole life wIEEer and decay.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28


The terrible tornado, says the New York
Day Book, which recently visited Indiana
also extended into southern Illinois. 1t is
estimated that not less than thousand per-
sons were killed and injured by it As the
tornado advanced. apparently with the mod
crate speed of locomotive, the most extra
ordinary spectacle of trees, crushed houses,
wood rails and objects that seemed to be
horses and cattle, borne on by the storm in
dense volumes of dirt and dust, all in the
most inextricable confusion. The very heav-
ems were filed with the contents of farms.
Every object seemed torn from the earth and
folded upward. Houses were taken up bod
lily and dashed overhead. and perfect deso-
lation spread over the valley. As the lorna
do advanced the indications of its course
were very deceptive, appearing to point in
all directiops This effect probably came
from the revolution going on in the volumes
Of dust and salphuric smoke that enveloped
everything in the valley, and which at times
seemed to roll and spread in all directions
The whole country was inundated, and the
soil in some places washed down to the sub
stratum Of clay, as though the clouds hsC
burst and flooded the earth with oceans o
water at once
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28

Our selection of SPRING AND
SUMNER Goods are daily expect
ed to arrive, and it would be well
for purchasers to note this fact, as
our- purchases were all made after
the late HEAVY DECLINE.
eD ~ HABRTNGTOS CO
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28

At wedding in New York last week the
father Of the bride had the bad taste to pin
ten one thousand dollas grecnbaeks 70 his
daughter point laec veil
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28
Preparations.

IS pR. SAMUEL GILBERT, so celebrated
- avns Aaa he iaus ssayavs yssEs Il the toasus
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28
Ohronic Diseases.

49, aost lnerass Medical Practice n the South has at last
6ntsd allow aeveEa q ne rast setenea Trnsaies .
repaired ana sld Tlfietlry medlcne5 This resou
ss sneelG1l11 the rsPeate4 a1aetntons of
thE ben sit 0f ht1 relllFslble
sliu snt - she irporshty q giving especial At
of the WEittgs appcatona msde T. him fCF
ssaiiptsul those vhoss eeaniaf Or bus
k.hs preclude iha possibility q applying IL person 70
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28
Hardeman County Directory,
Chancery Court

JOHN " HARRIS. Of SOmeryilIe....... Chancellor
FRANCIS FENTRESS Clerk and Master
Court meets 2d Monday in February and August.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-28
EDUCATIONA Al.

TsP.s, g.;:s 2, A.. sie; . 70 b P's at The 's'iF'
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-08-22

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.
The National Academy of Science met
at Northampton, Massachusetts, last
Tuesday. This Academy was incorpo-
rated by act of Congress approved
March 3, 1868, consists of fifty members
selected for eminent scientific ability
and attainments, and is intended to
work alone and in cooperation with the
Government in furthering the interests
of science more Immediately profitable
to the Government and country. Some
of the foremost scientific men of the
country were present. The order of
business was arranged. Papers were
read during the morning session on a
Photometric Method, by Professor o.
N. Rood on Normal Map ofthe So
lar Spectrum, by Professor Walcot
Gibbs on the Tracers of Glaciers
der the tropics-by Professor Louis
Agazzis. All these elected questions
and discussions. The latter, which en-
braced the result of Professor Agazzis'
explorations from the Valley of the
Amizon, called out so lively interest
aud discussion that the subject was en-
tered to be carried over to the next
meeting. Many valuable papers have
been entered for reading, and an inter-
esting and profitable meeting is antici-
pated. The Academy will adjourn on
Saturday.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-08-22

INDIAN TROUBLES IN THE FAR WEST.
"A Leavenworth dispatch of the 7th
instant says the Indians made raid up
on the settlements on White Rock, a
tributary of the Republican. They
were dressed in soldiers uniforms and
armed with revolvers, sabres and car
bines. They stole all the provisions,
clothes and horses from the settlers, and
captured woman and her child and
took them with them. After commit
ting the most fendish outrages upon
her they left her insensible. She was
found the next day and brought into
the settlement. The Indians gave the
inhabitants notice to leave, stating that
they were bound to have their hunting
grounds, and would hold them or die,
and said that there were a great many
bands organized to drive the whites
away from their hunting grounds. The
Indians in the Powder river country
have been stampeding stock and COM
mitting other depredations in New
Mexico. They Iassoed a Mexican and
drove off a large amount of stock.
Troops have been ordered on the from
tier by Generals Grant and Pope. The
greatest excitement exists there.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-08-22
AUGUST %. 1866.
had afterwards been supported strongly
= -

had afterwards been supported strongly
for one Of the positions vacated.
To the first part of this paragraph,
/ reply, am insensible to the charges;
The ordinance vacating the offices of
those who had disowned, by solemn
oath, their allegiance to, the United
States, affirms that, byso doing, they
had broken their faith with the State as;
member Of the Union, and Hereford;
had no right, when the State returned
to its duties to the Union, to claim the.
Offices thus forfeited. I belieue thss to
be true ). and that the Convention, as a
supreme body, had the rightful power
thus to declare. But why should Judge
Howard urge this opinion of mine a.
gainst me, when hes advocated the
clauae in the proposed constitption con-
cerping the new mode Of appoipsing
Justices OF the Peace, wherein It is pro-
yided, that I. at the first County Court
after the election, the term of office of
the present Justices shall expire" not
withstanding they, like himself, were
appointed during good behavior ?"
The defence of my course upon the
vacation of Offices, now arraigned by
the Judge, has long since been laid he
fore the public. l am content to refer
to it for my vindication.
The second part of the paragraph is
calculated to suggest the insinuation
that my advocacy Of the ordinance va
eating offices, might have been promp-
ted by desire to fill one of them my
self If such may be the inference, I
can assure the Judge, that as one of my
friends, he need never to think the less of
me, because somebody might believe it.
The most honest men have fallen under
false suspicious. No public man, for
fear of it, ought ever to lie frightened
from his duty +; no truly honest and pa
triotic man ever will be.
The task OF my defense against this
suspicion is an easy one. In the first
place, l have no accuser at home; and
in the second place, there is no human
being, who can say that ever sought
his influence for the exalted office for
which was supported strongly If
any person, therefore, should accuse me
of intending such thing, when l sup
ported the ordinance vacating offices, [
can hear the accusation without feeling
nerve unstrung, and can sit securely
in my innocency Of any such selfish or
unlawful purpose while engaged in the
discharge of public duties. When l
consented to serve in the Convention,
and took the place, with which my con-
stituents honored me, did so only, be-
cause was induced to believe, that,
from the part had borne in the unhap-
py and bloody struggle, Just then end
ed, in the complete subjugation of my
State, l could be of some aid to reani-
mate its lifeless form. If l shall have
succeeded in any degree, however small
I shall be happy. If l shall have failed.
l shall ever be consoled by the reflection
that / failed in a worthy cause.
Respectfully yours,
B. F. MOORE.