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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20
General Gossip.

Gen. Grant is fast Withdrawing all the
troops from the Southern States.
VigiIant measures have been adopted to
prevent the rescuing of jeff Davis
The last military commission in Tennes-
see is dissolved
The prospect of the admission of the
Tennessee delegation is not very bright.
Speaker Colfax is prospective candidate
for the Republican nomination for the Pres
idency.
Upon very high authority, the statement
is revived that Secretary Stanton is to sue
ceed Minister Adams
A bill has been introduced into the House
to increase the internal revenue tax on cot
ton from two to ten cents per pound
The Chattanooga Gazette intimates that if
an attempt be made to pass a more stringent
franchise law, the Conservatives viii bolt
and leave the Legislature without quorum.
Many Southern leaders, both Union and
Confederate are about to appear before the
Reconstruction Committee and testify as to
the condition of the Southarn States.
The number of National Banks in exist
ence is sixteen hundred and twenty-six, alb
sorbing the S3OO,OOO,OOO capital authorized
by Congress.
At Collierville, twenty-eight miles east of
Memphis, on the NJ & c. r. r., a serious
difficulty occurred last Saturday, in which
one white man and negro were killed, and
gentleman by the name Of Robert Keon
was severely, if not fatally wounded. It
appears that the parties were passengers on
the cars, and that Mr.. Orb. Tilgham had a
pistol stolen FROM him By a negro, who was
compelled to give It back to It's owner. This
did not suit the fancy Of colored soldier
and he took occasion to assume the right to
interfere, and after Mr.. Tilgham had left the
cars shot him from one Of the windows with
q nary repeater, killing him almost instant
Il. The negro then attempted to make his
escape but was killed by his persuers. We
learn that Blr. Keon vas standing near by
when he received the accidental wounds
from which he is now suffering.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20
Important to Persons Having Claims
Against the Government

Many persons IN this vicinity whose prop
erty was damaged by the Z. $ military
forces during the war, viii find the following
instructions to be of great value in prosecu-
ting their claims
The only way to collect pay formere dam
ages committed by the armies of the Uni
ted States is by special act of Congress.
The departments viii not pay damages, and
no court has jurisdiction Of that class of
claims under existing laws.
TO apply for a special act, the claimant
should prepare his or her petition, alleging :
lst, Title to the property or other things
alleged TO have sustained damage, must be
fully set forth by description and value
I'd. BY whom the damages were commit
ted If by the army or navy, state what or
gaRization, regiments, or ships, and who was
the commanding officer and in command at
the time ~
Sd. The damages must be set forth fully
each thing damaged should be described ac-
curately and completely, and the character
and amount Of damages done, fully set forth.
4th. The loyalty of the claimant must be
aVerred and fully sustained by proof
PRooF-The damages alleged must be
sustained by proof, each item fully snd clear
ly proven as to kind, character, value, and
by whom committed The proof cannot be
too clear and plain.
Cases, when intended for presentation to
Congress, cannot be to carefully prepared
the petition should clearly describe every
thing connected with the claim, and the
proof should be taken only to the points
me ioned IN the petition Each affidavit
should have a five cont Internal Revenue
stamp attached and cancelled.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20

John Fleming, Esq Of Knoxville, tells a
good story Of Gov. Brownlow's suaerings,
as follows:
A few months ago Brownlow sued Sneed,
Crozier Il Reynolds for damages, and recoy-
cred S25, 900 in the Circuit Court at Knox
ville causing the property of those gentle
men to be sold out, and buying it in at his
own price; property that would, in all prob
ability, in peaceable times, have brought
twice the amount Of the judgment After
all this had occurred, Esquire Knott meets
Fleming, who was one of the Governors
lawyers and aecosted him thus
WELL Fleming, 1 suppose you succeeded
in recovering $25 600 damages for Governor
BrOwnlow for and on account of his suffer
ings as q Union man 2'
+" Yes, Andy, we had no trouble, and we
could have recovered 900 if we had laid
it. just as easy.
+" Well, John, there's no telling how much
that man has suffered When he was put
in Jail at Knoxville / was in there for my
UniOnism, also with about one hundred
others. We cat bull beef and sour bread,
and slept on the muddy floor without cover,
whilst Brownlow had featherbed to sleep
on, and had chicken, coffee, warm biscuits,
and anything that his family and friends de-
sired to send him Great God Fleming,
&
sent to Mobile and Tuscaloosa and treated
worse than damned dogs, while BrownIow
was furnished with a guard to protect him
from the rebels, and sent safely through the
lines to Abraham's bosom. Great God
Fleming, didn't that naGn suffer Well, we
lay in prison, and came darned nigh gtaFv-
ing and being eat up by yermin, itch, etc,
while BrownloW collected some half a dozen
East Tennesseeans in Yankee land organ
lied travelling menagerie, and showed at
fifty cents head children and niegers half
price, and made lots Of money, and kept it
all himself and never fed his animals at all
Fleming, Great God did yott eUer hear Of
such su6eriagl Then he wrote n book-an
abolition boOk-and sold an interest in tho
copyright for sl0,000i cash, and the damned
rebels then sent his family through the line
to him, where they were all feted, toasted
and lionized. Fleming, hon could mortal
man endure such s5tfeT5ngl No sooner had
old Burnside taken East Tennessee than he
and his family were sent bacd home, the u.
5. Government furnishing ambulancess teams
and guards for them. When Brownlow
reached Knoxville, he took possession Of the
custom house as special Treasury agent, at
a large salary, and appointed q set Of rev
enue aids, and he soon collected about $50,
600 worth of abandoned rebel property,
which has never been accounted for to this
day Gyeat God Fleming, didn't that
man suBer
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20
10 O----.

Almost stranger, I have watched thee long
With something more than common interest,
As one amid merry school girl throng,
To mo more sweetly winning than the rest.
And 50 I would be glad if I might write n
Some kindly, earnest heartfelt word for thee,
Which thy face should waken smiles bright
AS those thou lowest best are wont to
I would be glad if any word of mine
Could bring quick flashes to thy dark-brown eyes,
And with unwonted lustre make them shine
Like beauteous stars in lonely midnight skies.
I would be more than glad if mine might be
The rare and happy privilege to bless.
With word or deed. the unknown mystery
OF all thy future life with happiness.
But what can L stranger, hope to say,
Or write, or do, that can affect thee aughti
My kindliest words, If listened to to-day,
VIII, by tomorrow, be to thee as nought
Life lies before thee, full of hidden snares,
Which thy ready confidence may not shun,
And while some false one breathOs his prayers
Thy second hearts love might be won
Woman's pure sunshine rests upon thy brow
WOman's noble heart and mind are thine;
Meath these priceless gifts, o do not bow
To fattsrerS false gIded shrine.
Shall break in upon thy mystic life
With words prophetic that it cannot last,
With warning whispers Of a coming strife,
And skies with clouds of grief and wrong Oereastl
Nay rather be it mine to humbIy pray
That these may be for thee but idle fears
And that in love the great AII-Father may
Gurdeon with peace and happiness thy years.
And if-in sunshine or in storm-the thou
Can to thy heart one comfort lend,
Know that 1 am, and shall be, unsought,
But the less true and earnest friend.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20
Circular and Other Saws,

Screw Wrenches and Tackle Blocks,
Pumps and Fixtures, Grind Stones and
Gearings,
Pad, Door, and other Locks,
Hollow Ware, Castings,
Stock and Wash Kettles
Blacksmiths' Anvils, Vices, Bellows, ETC.,
Stocks and Dies, Railroad Mauls,
Picks and Barrows Iron, Cast, Blister and
German Steel,
Tin Plate and Metals,
French Window Glass,
Guns, Percussion Caps, and Shot,
Fishing Hooks and Lines,
PloWs and Cotton Scrapers,
Cultivators and Harrows,
Corn Shelters and Feed Cutters,
Betting and Packing
ReapeTs, Powers, and Saw Mills,
And article to be found in Hardware or Ag-
ricultuTai Establishment
AGENTS for Marvin 's---former IyStearns &Mar-
vln's---Safes
Agenss also S- Howe's Counter and Platform Scales
nOV-ls-3m
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20
Inportant From nashville.

The Memphis Bulletin of the IS inst
says We have information from Nash
vile that a movement has been concocted
there, among certain members of the Legis-
lature, to introduce bill into the House of
Representatives providing for suffrage and
political equality on the basis of intelligence,
regardless Of color or rebellious antecedents
We are also assured that there is a good
prospect of its speedy consideration and
adoption.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20

W,bo BIZ Arp is--The Crockett fTezas)
Qltid BuRc thus descibes who Bill Arp is;
Bill IS an old friend Of ours, we having
known him years ago when ne was con
nected with the Rome ga Grubber. ).
a Is Judge Charles H. smith, Of Rome,
Georgia, formerly law partner Of Hos - W.
IT. Underwood before the war Elember OF
Congress from the Rome DISTRICT II was
a Judge Of the Inferior Court oi ffoyd
county several years ago, and is now
bona fde candidate for the Ssete Soeate.
The best part Of the thing IS there IS reai
genuine Bill Arp ferryman on Inc EsoNstll,
near Rome from whom Judge saith got
bis start as y. 4 The real Bill 9 aooat.as
qs,od rIua r0ce IS .hc fictitious Bli S or
paper
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20
The President Insists upon his Policy.

It is understood, says the Washington
correspondent of the New York News, IN
der date of the 18th inst that the members
of Congress from the Southern States, both
Senators and Representatives, will present
themselves in a body, at an early day, with
their credentials, and ask to be admitted to
their seats; and that at the same time, or
just before, the Presidents Proclamation
will appear, declaring the restoration of the
Union complete, and those States entitled to
their full representation in Congress If the
Radical majority shall refuse to admit them,
then, it is said, the President will at once
make use Of those measures of which the
Constitution gives him the control, to make
the power Of the Executive felt Up to this
time he has endeav0red to conduct his Adj
ministration without coming to an open
breach with the Republican party. But he
thinks he has waited long enough now, and
if the Radicals are determined to make the
issue, he viii not shrink from it He
knows that he will be supported by the pee
pie at large, and In Congress by Democrats
and moderate Republicans He is deter
mined that the South shall be no longer de-
prived Of its Just rights, and if the Radicals
in Congress force him to extremities, they
viii only have themselves to blame The
Radicals are aware Of this determination Of
the President, and are alarmed about it. as
the article in the Chicago Tribune of De-
cember 3Oth shows But the President will
not be deferred by such attacks from the fear
less discharge of his duty.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20
I0o Q2a R2n

AOtttl dU-, ,tzbg gOoU
The value represented by these stamps is
3,207, ,I99, so The same writer says that
the entire number supplied by the National
Bank Note Company up to the present time
is one billion three hundred millions. To
meet q demand SO vast, the presses are
sometimes run night and day, and to avoid
error in accounts, daily balance Of the
business is struck In furnishing S40,000,-
0O0-uot q single loss involving eensure 10
the company has occurred, and the stamps
are printed, perforated, gummed and
packed, (for delivery from the Company's
Office to all the United States post ofiees)
for u cents thousand.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20
Axes, Hammers, Hatchets, Files, Rasps,

Axes, Hammers, Hatchets, Files, Rasps,
Chisels and Gauges,
House, Ship Carpenter, and Railroad
AIDES and Axes,
Augurs, Saws, and DrawingkniYes,
Iron and Steel Squares,
Trace, Wagon, and Coil Chains,
Dog, Halter, and Jack Chains,
Planters, Garden, Cane, and Grub Hoes,
Butt, Strap, Window Blind, and other
Hinges,
Frying Pans, Corn, Coffee, and Paint
Mills,
Patent Balances and Steelyards,
RazOrs and Razor Strops, Curry Combs
Flour and Meal Selves, Wire and Wire
Cloth,
Cotton and Wool Cards, ShoYeIs and
Spades.
Manila, Hemp, and Cotton Rope,
Hand, Bench, and
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20

Tire Secretary of War, in compliance with
a resolution of the House Of Representa-
tives, has furnished IA statement Of the num-
Der Of volunteers called for by the Presi-
dent at various periods. The first call was
for 75000 the second, in July, 1864, for
100000, and the third, in December, for
0,000-namely
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20
Something About Stamps.

The contract for furnishing the stamps
vas given IN 1851 to the National Bank
Note Company, which now annually supplies
220,0000,O00 more stamps than IN the iirst
year Of the contract During 1865, so far
the Company has furnished the Government
400000,000 stamps, and the demand has fre-
quently exeeeded-a a million and halE per
diem The following win be read witt. in
terest
The largest number ever delivered II one
day being ., 5,Szs,S95. The consumption Of
stamps OF different values may, be under
stood from statement Of the proportions
manu- iactored IN the month Of March last,
when there were delivered to the Govern
ment of
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20
Charge and Specification Againts
Capt Semmes.

The following is the charge and specifca-
ton prepared by the Secretary Of the Navy,
againstCapt. Semmes, the commander Of the
Alabama
CHARGE-vIOLATISG THE UsAGEs or WAR.
Specifc0tioR-In this, that on or about
the 18th day Of June, 1864, off the entrance
Of the port of Cherbourg, France, the said
Rapheal Semmes, being then in command
Of the rebel steamer known as the Alabama,
and an engagement having taken place be-
tween the said steamer and the United States
steamer Kearsayge, ordered or permitted a
white flag to be hoisted on board the said
rebel steamer, and took the opportunity Of
the cessation thereby causcd in the engage
ment, and Of the trust reposed in him, to
make bis escape from the said rebel steam
er for the purpose Of avoiding the actual
surrender Of his person as a prisoner Of war;
and the responsibilities thereby incurred +;
and did, subsequently without having been
exchanged as d prisoner, engage III hostii-
ities against the United States.
GIDEON WELLS,
Secy Of the Navy.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, NOV. 25, 1863.
-s-a-l-s---
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20

This information was called for to facili-
tate the business Of the Special Committee
on the War Debt Of the loyal States, to
whom it has been referred.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20
Corner Monroe,
Memphis, Tenn.

We have been engaged in the Hardware business in Mem
phs for twenty years. and have the pleasure Of in
forming old friends and the public generally that
receiving q very extensive stock Cf Hardware,
stock such kept before the and enabled offer
inducements Country Merchants. Planters, and 9TH
who may be wanting anything in line Our stock
sists in part Of the following;
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20

St Louis is cndeavoring to rival CInein-
natl Some enterprising individuals have
established another pork house there
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20
Aldermen.

Z. P. NIcNEAL, R. S. HARDY. L. B. ADAMS, JOHN
A BAKER, JAMES PYBASS, R. G. CRAWFORD.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20

srrsad vhsfe'er tic earth has searsd her tarane.
Aua I've rsaevned "a accents yst unknown
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20

EYRE, Jan. 18th 1866.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20
NOlin Violin to A. J. Quart, Esq.
LOCAL

Well, Quartz, it's e'enamost time ware
answerin your last letter, which, I here take
to say, came dooly to hand, and
which pleased me amazinly, especially that
part in which you so noBly defended JEFF
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-21

I now return the bill to the Senate, in
the earnest hope that measure involv-
ing questions and interests SO important
to the country, will not become law
unless upon deliberate consideration by
the people, it should receive the sanction
of an enlightened public Judgment"
The following is shadow of Mondays
doings in Congress. 1t will be noticed
that the two bodies are feverish
Senate. Mr.. Clark reported back
House bill giving the consent OF Con-
press TO uniting Jefferson and Berkeley
Counties TO West Virginia. The bill
| will be acted on hereafter.
Mr.. Wilson introduced joint resolu-
ton to disband the militia force in the
late rebel. Gus states, and to forbid their
re organization. He read letter from
Generals Thomas, Swain, Hartsuff, and
Others of the Freedmeu's Bureau, in the
Gulf States, showing the necessity for
the measure. .
The President objected to the intro
duction of the resolution, saying that
Congress has no right to disband state
militia. ~.
The message will be delivered to-
morrow
House. Mr.. Mckee introduced q res
olution, which was referred to the Com
mittee of the Judiciary, proposing an
amendment to the Constitution, to pre-
vent any one who served in any Office
under the confederacy from ever hold
ing office under the United States.
MIR. Bromwell introduced resolutions,
declaring that the States which did not
renounce their allegianceto the Federal
Government are the only proper ones to
adopt amendments to the Constitution.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
The House adopted, by large MAORI
tv, resolutions declaring that the rebel
lion deprived the people of the South OF
all civil government, that 1t therefore
becomes the duty of Congress to enable
them to organize State Governments,
and that the condition of these states
fully justifies the President in the sus-.
pension of the privilege of the writ OF
ha6eas corpus, and the President is also
justified in maintaining military posses
sion and control, and has entitled him
self to the thanks of the nation by en-
ploying the war power for the protec-
ton of Union citizens and the freedmen
in those states.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-21

called the Lamb Knitting Machine, and
is manufactured and sold by Company
of the same name. in the city of Spring
field, Mass. 1t is truly wonderful lit
tie weaver. Constructed on principles
whose simplicity enhances their inge-
nuity, it performs the work of twenty
four hours in thirty or forty minutes
Stockings, scarfs, caps, Tides, every
thing, in word, belonging to this de-
partment of industry, can be expertly
and expeditiously achieved by this little
rival of our Grandam's skill. Now, we
do forget, with all due Difference to the
Spirit of Progress, that this same Knit
ting Machine, like all other novelties, is
an innovation; neither do we forget
that we cling to old institutions.
Grandma's knitting needles! What re-
| freshing "reminiscences arise at the men,
ton! The Babes-in-the-wood, linked SO
tenderly i'm their last sleep, and covered
so benevolently witha winding sheet of
leaves by the plying little birds-Cinde-
rilIa, now in the ashes, now in princely
coach riding-the pathetic vision oflittle
Red Riding Hood-anda thousand other
tales of fairy or goblin-how they min
| istered to the wonder-loving imagina-
ton of childhood as those Needles per
formed their evolutions! Grandma
could scarcely tolerate the buzz of the
curly-headed prattlers; she would have
no leisure to satisfy their craving for the
marvellous, or to touch the pure fonn-
tains of their graceful, ever ready SYM
pathy, if she were operating on Lambs
Knitting Machine. Besides, she could
no more see to work that than could the
Grandma of Red Riding Hood see the
cruel stratagem of old Wolf the deceiver.
Never fear. Grandma shall keep heI
dear familiar relics; she shall still retain
that snug corner by the chimney side,
while younger fingers and younger optics
shall gaily handle that very unique ant
cunning weaver, Lambs Knitting Ma
chine, to be procured at the Corner store
of Mr.. w. HI. Stiner, Agent, No. Main
street. corner Of Bank.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-21

resolution to build himself up with the
House of Delegates. AT fife same time
the law maker proceeded to announce
that he favored military government in
preference to the control of civil au,s
thorities, and particularly our democrat
ic form of government. The confessors'
on this occasion were Capt. John Clark,
of Norfolk, and Maj. r. S. Davis, Of
Boston. Richmond correspondence OF
the Ne,0 YorkISmes. ~
The Illinois State Agricultural Execu-
tive Board, at their meeting in Spring
field, have unanimously passed reso-
luton calling upon the President of the
United States to dismiss Isaac Newton,
| Commissioner of the United States
Department of Agriculture, and asking
the State delegation in Congress to this
end.
| The Richmond Dispatch of yesterday
| says: A notice in this mornings Dis
pdIch announces that the Examiner
will reappear on Wednesday morning.
The President, it is understood, has
authorized Mr.. Pollard to continue its
publication.
A hen hain't no sense. The american
Gardner, a journal devoted to greens,
potatoes, pork and hens, states that a
hen twill sit upon an oval brickbat rs
readily as upon an egg." t.
"A New York lady, with a fortune OF
$10O, 900, recently married apoor barber
That comes of the modern extravaganza
in hair dressing. The barber reached
the lady's Golfers by tampering with her
locks. ..
Ten thousand persons gathered at the
i ri in FOL
| day last week, to witness the evOlutiOns
of Miss Carrie Moore. The crowd would
have increased, but the ice objected to
Carry More. .,i...
The Atlantic aud Great Western Rail-
road Company has purchased the Rich
mond, Indiana and Chicago Road, with
the intention of laying a double track
from Dayton to Richmond.
A house was burned at Holmes Hole
last week, being the second dwelling
house destroyed by fire in period of a
hundred years. No wonder the people
call their settlement Holmes Whole. l"
The brooklyn plasterers stick to their
"strike" with regular ceiling whacks
They declare that they will not be
driven to the wall, but will 60 to the
scaffold first. ~.
The Winan cigar ship expects to cross
the Atlantic in four days. A wine tan'
cigar ship ought to be pretty fast one.
We presume she will take convoy to-
back-her t 2ti
The young men who were drowned
in the Ohio River, at Evansville, In
diana, on Thursday, are d. q. Evans,
Samuel Grammar, John M. App, and
w. Il. Stockton.
The difference between occupation
and iness-Maximilian occupies the
throne of Mexico, but has no business
there.-BOstOn Post.
A hunter in Colorado killed six fawns
in one day, and sold then for hand
some sum. There was 1.-The thrift that
follows fawning."
Robert Carey, father of Alice and
Phoebe Carey of literary fame, died in
Cincinnati, Ohio, last week.