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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-27
Mississippi News.

We clip the following items from the Fri
ars Point Coahomian of the 18th inst.
Three negroes, two of whom were under
arrest for murder and the other for theft,
broke jail at this place on Monday night last.
A man by the name Of Dunn, who left
this place on Thursday, Jan. 10, was found
murdered on the ensueing day, near the
plantation of Mr. RozelL The supposed
murderer has not been arrested.
The High Court of Errors and Appeals
of Mississippi was organized on Mondya
Hon. A II. Handy, was chosen by the Judg
es as Chief Justice, and Samuel Livingston
appointed Clerk.
A negro on the plantation of Mrs. Harrie
AlcOrn Of this county, was foully assassin
ated on Sunday night, Jan. It'll, by, it is sup
posed, another negro, with whom he haC
long been at enmity. The supposed muir
! derer was committed to jail at this place
but succeeded on Monday night last, il
making his escape, by breaking through tn
upper portion Of the Jail
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-27
Miasisainni Central railroad.

Having observed some time ago, says the
Memphis Bulletin, that in extending relief
to railroads, the General Assembly had fail
ed to give that AID to the Mississippi Central
road which was extended to other lines
within the borders of Tennessee, the Mem
phis) Bulletin urged the Importance and jus
tice of such action on the part of the Legis-
lature We are happy to learn that the
Central road shares the good fortune of 9th
er lines, and that under the wise and ener-
getic management Of President West, this
highway of trade and travel, so important
to the richest counties of Western Tennes'
see, will soon be restored to its original con
ditiOn and usefulness.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-27

The New Orleans News of the nineteenth
says = We learn tkat the Navy Depart
ment is now engaged in reftting and pre-
pairing for active service eleven iron clads at
this port, and that theyare rapidly approach
ing completion. 1t is also rumored that
military orders have been issued requiring
vessels bound for the Rio Grande to call at
Galveston, in order to convey troops to the
Mexican border. There is evidently some
thing in the wind
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-27

A motion, it is said, will be made in the
House, in a few days, discharging the Com
mittee on Reconstruction from further con-
sideration Of the Tennessee credentials, and
referring them to the committee on elections.
If the motion succeeds, a similar measure
viii be proposed in regard to the Arkansas
case
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-27

TheiUing IN W8son-Scarcely night
passes that we do not hear of a horse being
stolen, smoke house robbed or some kind
Of roguery For the benefit of the thieves,
we would inform them that some Of their
numbers are known, and that it is only on
account of the peculiar situation Of the
country that they have not been arrested.
A word to the wise etc. Lebanon Her
0Zd
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-27
An Atrocious Sentiment.

The Evansville Indiana, Courier says the
new Governor of Wisconsin, Fairchild in
his inaugural address, speaking of jefferson
Davis, makes use of the following language :
Not until Jefferson Davis shall have been
tried, convicted and hung for treason, and
the fact that treason is a crime which cannot
be committed with IMMUNITY, shall have been
demonstrated, will the people be content >
The man who can indulge or give express
sion to such a shameless and abominable
sentiment deserves to swing himself We
believe it to be vile SANDER upon the Amer
lean people to say that they are thirst
ing for the blood of this brave bus now
fallen and helpless man. Whatever may
have been his faults, his misfortunes eatitIe
him to the sympathy Of all generous hearted
men, while the manly spirit with which he
bears them commands respect The man
who would now demand his life, or taunt
him in his chains, is recreant to every i'm
pulse of decency and magnanimity.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-27

NoTIoE We wish to obtain more sub
scrlbers to this paper and make the follow
ing liberal propositions: To any one who
will get up a Club Of ten yearly subscribers
We will send the BULLETIN one year free of
charge; get up club Of five and we viii
send you the paper for the period of six
months free of charge. We shall ever strive
TO furnish our readers with neat and reli
able journal and viii spare no pains or ex
pense 70 make it accountable to all classes.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-27

Destructive .tfre.-We are panied to learn
that Mr. Bradshaw, of our county, living
near Big Spring, has suffered a total loss Of
his house and its contents by fire We have
learned no particulars further than the in
| mates barely escaped with their wearing
apparel, and In addition to the loss of furni-
ture, provisions ETC., there was $500 in green
backs in the house, which was also destroy
ed. The origin of the fire was supposed to
be accidental Lebanon Herald.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-27

= Ladtctmentof IA General grand jury
of Lafayette county, Mis-, have found a
true bill " against Gen A j. Smith, U. s. A,
for burning the Court House and town of
Oxford in the summer of 1864.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-27

The Storm of Friday Night-A furious
wind storm passed over the city on Friday
night commencing about eleven o'clock,
accompanied by lightning and thunder, rain
and sleet, the thermometer falling rapidly,
and finally terminating in quite a fury of
snow In the city good deal of damage
was done to awnings, signs, chimneys, sky
lights, ETC., which were torn from their
places and hurled about in reckless con-
fusion, fortunately without inflicting any
personal injury upon pedestrians who were
so unfortunate as to be caught on the streets
by the storm Among other incidents, we
notice that the "sSireat moral show oppo-
site the Postnffice furled its tent in
very summary manner and several build
| ings in process OF erection were unrOOfed
! and blown down. We also had the melan-
| choly pleasure yesterday of meeting several
| of our friends at the Police station inquir-
| ing for truant ch0peauS which had disap-
peared In the storm and darkness. At the
| river the commotiOn and excitement was in
! tense for about an hour Several coal
| barges broke from their moorings and were
! drifted out into the current and among the
| steamers. They have all been recovered,
! with the exception of shell boat belong
| ing to Brown q Jones, loaded with 10000
bushels of coal, which broke into the stream
and sunk. The loss is estimated at SS,0UO
The most serious loss sustained by the
steamboats, was by the Vicksburg, in the
loss of her smokestacks. She was lying at
the wharf boat of Dan Able & Co. The
stacks in their fall smashed her pilot-house
and hurricane deck badly, and crushed in
about half of the wharf boat roof The
! chimneys were perfect wreck. The dam
| age will reach a sum equal to five thousand
dollars We are informed by Capt Hicks
that the accident will be repaired in time to
admit her departure on Saturday next
The wharf boat was damaged to the extent
Of two thousand dollars Fortunately no
one was injured by this accident. In addi-
ton to the above we learn that the entire
front of w. D. Waldron's cotton shed, loca-
ted on the Pigon roost Road, near the Char
lesion railroad was blown down, and is a
compleat ruin We have no estimate of the
damage done, although it must be quite
heavy as the shed was a very extensive
structure. Memphis Commercial
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-27
Strange RumOrs About Jefferson Davis

Strange Rumors About Jefferson Davis.
A late letter from Washington says it is
now limited that the authorities desire his
escape, and that facilities have been offered
him, but that he 100H't 60 There is little
room to doubt the awkward embarrassment
attendant upon his confinement and project
ed trial Chief Justice Chase does not hesi-
tate to say that he cannot be convicted Of
treason, and Thaddeus Stevens declares that
he is nothing more than a foreign leader,
about as much amenable to the laws of the
United States as Macmillan. l have it
from the best authority-authority which
you cannot question-that Mr.. Davis feels
the most ample security. lie said less than
a week ago, My defense is complete now,
and rests solely upon the law, which will be
administered fairly, l know, in perfect
accordance with civil justice" Mr.. Davis
is at present in good health, eats heartily,
reads a good deal, and possesses, as he said
the other day, a good digestion and good
conscience He receives letters from his
wife three times week, and keeps jour
nal every day.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-27

It is estimated that the war has occasion
ed loss to the parish of Baton Rouge alone,
Of over SI2,OOO,OOO Over thirty parishes
were raided over during the war, and $780,
600, 600 will not cover the loss. This Is estima-
ted BY the Baton Reuge Advocate.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-27

wv. Spicer, formerly n member Of the
cslabra,ed Bluff City Grays died IN
Slsmphis on the l7th,- lie was but lately
married to Miss Hattie Beck, Of Grenada
bliss
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-27

A Berlin correspondent says a great panic
prevails at the Prussian capital in conse-
quence of new and terrible malady which
is now ravaging Prussia twenty-five per
cent. Of all persons attacked die the most
horrible of deaths. Surgeons trace the NAL
ady to a worm that attacks pigs Germans
are essentially pork-eating people, and pre-
fer rare cooked food Intense alarm per-
yades all classes
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-27

The station house at West Point, Miss,
was burnt on the night Of the llth- 1t con-
tanned four hundred t ales Of private cotton.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-27

Why Is a bald head like Heaven BE
cause there is no parting there.
F. II. CLARK, well known merchant Of
Memphis Is dead
Smyrna times., 1866-01-17

of the States, be far from beneficial In this
State, however, where there were but few
slaves, no very serious disadvantage can result
either to the agricultural labor in which thew
were chiefly employed, or to the slaves them.
selves, who can readily find employment in the
occupations to which they are accustomed.
The intempcrate discussions Of the slavery ques.
ton tor years occupied too much the attention Of
the people Of the country, and produced at last it,
Legitimate fruit Of war between the two sections
The result has been that slavery has ceascd to exist
and III that result many perhaps acquicscc i'll the
expectation that this element of dscord having been
removed, no other will be found TO disturb the ma
tons peace. In such antcipatiOns, tear, it would
lac folly Ia indulge. The men who have been chiefly
responsible for the agitAtionE which have culmina.
ted IN the sad scenes through which have passed
IN the last four ycurs, haVr renewed in other forms
thrr attack upon the public peace. Stimulated by
their success IN procuring the abolition Of slavery
they demand for the negro the right Of suffrage
and seek to place him, politically at least, upon an
equality with the white man. That men bearing
the impress of superiority plainly marked by the
hand Of the Creator SHOULD seek 10 reverse His de-
crces, and place themselves upon equality in rny
respect with an inferior race, is most strange and
almost incredible, yet such is the fact strange and
Incomprehenshlc as il may seem. If, however, the
people OF Massachusetts Vermont, Of any other
State. desire to bostow the elective franchise upon
]
right so to do, and perhaps the people Of Delaware
or Mary who do not choose to act would
have no right TO complain. however impohuc they
might deem such policy to be. But when they
sceG to Impose their views upon the States VIII, re
there aTe large negro populations, their ne5
frcnce becomes justly offensive and inIolerablr.-
That those who advocate the extension Of suffrage
TO the negroes in the Southern States ure actuatcc
by desire 20 ongender strife and bloodshed hctwccr
the races might perhaps he uncharlIabe 10 suppose
but such madness only be accounted for, wlthou
Ihe Impulat on Of improper motives upon The princi
pIs shat men are sometimes given over TO blindness
OF mind that they may persist III punishment
of their cnmes While the negroes of Ihs country,
an interior and dependent race are justly enl-d t,
the sympathy and cOmmIserslOn due tn interiors the,
have no culIn OF right TO the privilege OF YOuHg.
the Interests OF DDIh The negro and the white
peTauVely require that the distinction betW cen III
pOliuca status Of the Should be as mark,i -,
daIInct a. The cOor insiacby impressed upUr III u
! by the Creator. COVE SALISBURY.
Smyrna times., 1866-01-17
WHOLE NO. 598

THE Poor OF NFw YoRK-lIumanity cries
Shame :" when in these days of luxury and
extravaganza such facts as the following com"
to light. Would that there some law ~
which those who thus : grind the faces OF the
poor could be brought to speedy punishment
That they will eventually reap as they SOW
there is no doubt During the recent invcSti-
cation into the sanitary state of our city, was
n so-callcd improved tenement house. whose
owner stated that the halls were never lit, and
that they were almost totally dark during the
day.
What rent do you pay asked on" Of the
visitors.
"Seven dollars month answered the mo-
thcr, and We find it pretty hard to make
things meet and pay our expenses.
$ You work at artificial flower making,
see, remarked a gentleman " how much can
you make a day at that
"Wcll. said the woman g three can make
by working from seven o clock in the morning
until nine at night--ahout one dollar and a
quarter. We gt fre cents far erery t'relee
gross IRE mdkcr
This woman said that She was obliged to live
in such place, but that she knew that it was
one Of " the most horrible places on the face
Of the earth, -HurpcrS Hcckly.
Smyrna times., 1866-01-17

FACTS FOR THR CURIoUS.-Ifa talow can
die be placed in gun and shot at door, il
will go through without sustaining any injury
and if muskct ball be fred into water, it will
not only rebound, but be hattencd as if free
against solid substance
A musket ball may be fired through a pane
of glass, making the hole the size of the ball
without cracking the glass if the glass be sus
suspended BY thread, it will make no differ
ence, and the thread will not even vibrate. -
Cork, if sunk two hundred feet in the ocean,
will not rise on account Of the pressure of the
water.
In the arctic regions, when the Thermometer
is below zero, persons can converse more thar
mile distant. A mother has been distinctly
heard talking to her child, on still day, across
water a mile wide.
Smyrna times., 1866-01-17

CONFESSED AT LA>F--The London TINES,
in it's review of President Iohnaou's message,
makes this confession:
"Therc is, at least, this happy resul L Of the
first great American disruption, that there cam
NOS possibly be a second To obtain that hay
py certainty, a million lives, an unfathomable
debt, and few other triaiGg ineonyeniences
cannot be thought too much for an empire
with 50 grand destiny before it. There is
this sweet use in advcrsity; this good out Of
evil. The Old World prophesied utter ex-
tinction, and behold new birth combining
the vigor Of youth with the experience of a
past age. The system has done all this the
machine has righted itself.
Smyrna times., 1866-01-17

ny, the bride was sobbing immoderately while
the knot was being tied What is the mat
ter, my young woman asked the official -
"Oh, sir" replied the bride, Its because
it's forever" No, no., rejoined the par
son; that's mistake It's not forever
Death puts an end to the engagement" On
hearing this the bride dried her tears, and
was consoled
Smyrna times., 1866-01-17
Tar pad By Phila. WI q Bait r. r.
Aggregate for II months, s94, 1872. 60
Aggregate from all sources, $95, POS. 80

1t appears from the foregoing statement that
40 steamboat, except the Ariel, plying to and
from different points in this State, has paid
tax during the last year, and she only for the
months Of March, April and May. If all the
steamboats, which have conveyed passengers
" and from this State had paid what they ART,
!astly due under the law taxing carriers by
SWSeaahl, Wa, and the tax from the Philadelphia,
g. %nIhhlngton and Baltimore Railroad Company,
.or 1he month Of November, should equal the
sIherase tor the eleven mouths preceding, the
,,.s ,aos amount from this source would not be
hn.d,nan ,nan from one hundred and six to one
sn1;a 1ea and ten thousand dollars for the year
''s 'fe Ssss u Ueemper fus ruu SUI
Smyrna times., 1866-01-17

EvAsIvg A few days ago young school
mistress was taking down the names and ages
Of her scholars at the commencement Of the
term. She asked a little white headed boy !:
Buh, how old are you My name aim
Bub, it's John. "Wcll, said the school
mistress, what is the rest of your name -"
We'll, what is your fathers name?@ " You
needn't put paps name down, he ain t commin
to school any ; he's too big to go to school -
well, how old are you?" Il amt old at
all, I'm young!"
Smyrna times., 1866-01-17

We have often heard of the height Of eI-
travagance; lately We heard an instance of the
A man of immense wealth in one of our large
cities was sick At length, after some weeks
of illness, he died, during the hours Of night.
A child, only heir to his vast estate, sat by tho
window, the next morning. watching the, ad.
vent of the physician. As he approached the
house, the berraved one lifted the sash, and
cried out, = 1t is all Or,y, Doctor; you need"
come in "
Smyrna times., 1866-01-17

The following story is told of the Rev Or.
Moore At an association dinner, q debate
arose as to the use of the rod in bringing ul
children. The Doctor took the affirmative
and the chief opponent was a young minister,
whose reputation for veracity was not high. =
lie maintained that parents often do harm 10
their children by unjust punishment, from not
knowing the facts of the case, why, said
he the only time my father whipped me, was
for telling the truth" 9 We'll" retorsed the
Doctor, it cured you Of it didu't III?
Smyrna times., 1866-01-17

IMPORTANT IF TRrE-A correspondent Of
the Scientific Amertcan says " If you have a
rent, or if you are towing it up stream. ali YOU
have TO do TO keep it dry Is this: bore a hole
through the bottom and insert a piece Of tin
or iron half round through the hole, lettin: il
extend few inches below the bottom of the
boat and all the water will run out without
any labor think a ship at sea could he kept
aAoat if you could keep her going four mile.
per hour"
Smyrna times., 1866-01-17

We seldom eat lunch but if you like some
thing nice in the middle of the day, take fine
oyster and wrap him in the thinne:t Jacket OF
the finest bacon-IaSten with the tlneSt silver
xnrv thin toast, and put him mto Dutch
oven Show him thr fire not too long and
sat him, multiplied, Of course, by the power ot
Y",r appetite There be worse things.
Smyrna times., 1866-01-17

The Fifth Avenue Hotel pays SsO, 600 rent 0
tba ST. Nicholas and Metropolitan $1,000 ;
cncb c the Astor and New York 500, 900 each !;
| mud the Everett $4,000. A. T. Stewart owns
pe ,he Metropolitan and the st. Nicholas, and
William D. Assur owus tbe AstuT BcvS.
Smyrna times., 1866-01-17

The characteristics Of Spanish wit is excess
i've statrIinc>S. OF their proverbs, He vino
nas nothing to do. ret him buv = >I.;p mary
4 wIie From many ch.drvu AMI little
bread good Lord deliver Us = \ fool Is
French wit i, charac;crizcd Iy .tiat<<,. bril-
lianry, deXtcrity, point hrcvcty. In rrpartec
the French are unriva!lrl Their conversation
i, not only an art, hut fine art In punnins
they are uneaguaed In no literature are
there So many proverbs which speak disparag-
ingly of the fair sex. = Man is fire woman is
tow--the devil comes and blows y wo-
man conceals only what >ho doesn't know, :
4" To get chickens one must coax the hen. -
" Scratch people where they itch. '-Iry. IN
neil
Smyrna times., 1866-01-17

AN EHGLIsu INuERITANcE--ThS late MIR.
Cohden used to tell the following anccdote
- When in America" said he, " asked an
American lady why. her country
could not rest satisfied with the immense un-
territories it already. possessed, out
must ever be hankering after the lands OF its
ply was, TOh, the propensity is very bad
one | admit but we came honestly by it, for
we inherited it from England. "
Smyrna times., 1866-01-17

Truth. The heaviest fetter that ever weigh.
ed down the limbs of captive, is as the web
of the gossamer, compared with the pledge OF
man of honor The wall of stone and the
bar Of iron may be btOkeU, bvt The phghtfa
wcr3 rsTvr.
Smyrna times., 1866-01-17

A SINGULAR CASE-About fifty-fvc years
ago, a young gentleman and lady formed an
association, as young people often do, and it
was supposed by their friends that it would
terminate in matrimony But for some reason,
best known to the parties, the association was
dissolved, and they separated The young
man subsequently married aud lost three wives,
the last one within the last eight or nine
months The young lady married. and lived
with her husband over tifty-thrcr years, and
raised numerous family Durin. the last
year her husband died The lady remained u
widow about eleven months, when her former
suitor made an advance to her he being about
srvcnty-fvc years old and the lady seventy one,
and they were married The lr,ltir> ar y-
ing i'll the vicinity OF Lyan po>t-otti"e. Su-que-
hanna county. Pennsylvania, and die Gentleman
gave his consent to the plt.icalion ot TN, no
tee -n0atro5e RsiDhlG"I.
Smyrna times., 1866-01-17
Jack HOrmer---EIi> True History.

Who has not heard Of this famous indivi !.
ual? Who does not remember Of being told III
his youth about lack lIorncr? And who has
not enyicd him his good fortune when he
Sat in a corner eating Christmas pie,
Put in his thumb
And pulled out IL plum
And says what pretty boy AIN p
Have the children ever inquired who wa,
J2cky uOrucr! Here is the tradition =
" hen Henry VIII. suppressed the monas
terles and drove out the poor old monks from
their nests, the title deeds of the Able o
MellS-including the sumptuous grange built
BY Abbot SelWOOd-Were demanded by the
commissioners The Abbot Of Glastonbury
determined that he would send them to Lon
don, but IS the documents were very valuable
and the roads invested by thieves, it was diff
cult to get them safely to the metropolis. Tu
accomplish this, however, he devised the fol
lowing plan he ordered pie to be made--a>
fine pie as ever smoked on rciectory table
inside he put the documents-the finest lining
:! pie ever had since pies were made-he en-
trusted this dainty to 4 lad named Hurner t.
carry up to London, to deliver it safely into
the hands Of those for whom it was intended
But the journey was long and. the day wa,
cold, and the boy was hungry, and the pie wa
tempting, and the chance Of detection wa
small. So the boy broke off piece of pie an.
beheld the parchment; he pulled it forth, in
nocently enough-wondering how it could have
reached there-tied up the pastry and arr,je
i'll town. The parcel was delivered, but tn,
title deeds Of the Mells Abbey Estate wer,
missing had them in his pocket; thcs'
were the juiciest plums Of the pie. Great wa
the rage of the commissioners, heavy the ven
gcance they dealt out to the monks. JacL
kept his secret, and, when peaceabe time'
were restored claimed the estates and obtain
ed them. Whether Mr. HOrncr deserves the
title of good boy bestowed on him by the
nursery lament is more than doubtful howev
or, that's the story.