The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-04-07
A Noble work.

No!. John McGayOck az5donatea q beau
tiful spot Of ground nearthe town Of Frank
lin in which the remains of the nlartyrsof
the South who fell in the bloody battle
fought at that place are to be inferred A
board Of directors now have the work in
charge, ~aud solicit contributions from the
people to. enable them to further their an
dertakingssS in removing the unottaizremains
Of he7beroes who fell on,ithe feldss.hepe
ClsBuru yielded up rlis.life too 6eInetef .ess
peeialIy-set apart f5F the purpose. This is
right, il is just. and the noble eXamPleFof
Col. McGayoek should be initiated. at least
to some extent every a1nan who claims 90
revere, the memory Of the tried and true who
gave up. All Of this life in their cQuntry's
cause Many were the noble forms tliatfell
onthe baths felduef Franklin there s.
scarcely eommuhity in the Western Di=--ll|
trict but What furnished a hero then and
there = when news. of the terrible conflict
spread over tie land IIlanyan eye grew diII,|
and many heart grew sick and faint while. 4
SORROWS and regrets crowded thickr and fast
around the docnnated circles Of home. ISL
4 you would do your duty, contribute to the
i fund which IS necessary to remove all th,at
I remains Of Che dead heroes, of Franklin TO-
PLACE wbere.yodf chHdren's ehildrenrcani
I drop a tear over collected dusb6r those
; who did TIER duty weif All commdnica-
4 tions should be addressed-to w Il s Hill
president Of th6 Beard V6F sInaAagers for the
removal and ihfer1nent of the remains of
T. the Confederate soldiers at franklin, and
4 all contributions should be sent toIlHNF
I Woodbridge, treasurer, at the same place
/ VIII SOME one start the good work here2 a
sulHciency Of means has not been procured.
yet, and it is earnestly desired that the 8tc-
i Gayock Cemetery be reared into monument
/ Of beauty where eYergreens and sweet scent
ed flowers wilIish6 their beauty over the
remains Of those whose memory mus ever
remain fresh and green long after all who
are appealed to now have passed. over the
4 river of. death. .-HHa. iaTa9 v.1yitaIagu9
/ : sd1 zaI g57i-
The entire available force of tie C6nfsde-
raey55 February 4th, 1865, was $4,000 men
\ The Liberals. and Imperialiats. are bush-
whacking each other in Mexico 5dt a5e-e
4 Postop and Walker were. reelected to the.
d legislature from Shelby county, Goodag;dz
oUp-to 70 o Clock last Thursday night no
i action had been taken on the recently. vetoed
i Civil Rights Bill st 40 ssrra. ta.zl 5ma,
4 Spain has at..Iast departed from her time
4 honored custom. of refusing recognition to
d signed treaties with five of the Central Amer
any, her.1refractOfyo children. She has
/ erfcan Republics thus for the FIRST time ad I
Il hitting their Independence and yielding
q her claim to THEN. sovereignty. 57oHa sgu.o.
Il Brady Y johnson, Of Maryland, at tie
d instance of Gen, Grant, has been released
from confinement and arrest by President
4 ToI,5s,+s 5G eII. -1Toi -aluigmsI sL- 1-uIbIci
i H5IT8iIftlf5 iii lu 1907 saJ s.ise ..sG1fG uE rt
u Governor Brownlow has offered a reward
2 of five hundred dollars for the apprehension
of David Baker and John Duncan, for the
murder of Geo p! Montgomery, IN Monroe
county, on the 9th of last moBth?Ta sgnH11
Several small squads of Fenians have gone
to Hachiag Maine, to embark for New Bruins
wick. Killian leads the expedition, support
ed by Downing and others hsEal909 .e5a
All Government patronage is to be Yiths
drawn from every paper that is unlayorable
to- the Presidents reorganization policy.
!, Look out for prolonged ho.wlings from the
radical sheets,adt r. sro 7r.f fsaa5.5 ms.
T E-E, Editor s--RandOm Shot has replied
to Darwin and myself. besides wounding sew
i efal other people and things, His only idea
! seemed to be that III order to be. certain Of
n hitting something he must fire at all things
for. one shot in the border of my article /
thank him, never having intended to be face
tious, I am proud and happy that l was, and
that it was discovered by a gentleman who
~ was .seuttling round generally and had no
time for particular persons. Allow me to
say, he has named himself correctly, but to
= make his first, and let US hope last shot, SO
successful, his piece (Qf head p must have
been loaded with promises of lots (of httl5
= things!) near the new location. ,- ...-
Did not the county receive the present
= Court house site from the persons who own
or did own, property around the Square
: and upon the faith of the county, and be
cause the Court house was to beupon tn
present site forever, these owners went Il
work and improved handsomely the whole
? Square, If property is worth more on tn
!, Square it is owing entirely to the fine bust
" ness houses built around it, and is it just t
5, do any thing that might injurc those i'm
o proyements, unless by doing So can bene
- fit the county largely
d | maintain that the present site is larg
n enough by itself and would only be beaut
fed by the addition of the lots adjacent t
d it, and it Is not absolutely necessary to pun
/, chase, but if we don't as a county, buy th
e lots, we lose chance Of Identifying on
F. town that we viii never cease to regret.
l. know also that the large owners are willin
IS to take a fair valuation; if they do not dc
n nate, it is because men have ceased to Civ
i, to counties unless by doing so they can aid