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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-08-09
CHILDHOOD.
By GEORGE D. PRENTICE.

'Tis sad, yet sweet, to listen
To the soft winds gentle swell,
And think we hear the music
Our childhood loved so well;
To gaze out on the eve,
And the boundless fields of air,
And feel again our boyhood's wish,
To roam like angels there.
There are many dreams of gladness
That cling around the past,
And from the tomb of feeling
Old thoughts come thronging fast;
The forms we loved so dearly,
In the happy days now gone,
The beautiful and lovely,
So fair to look upon.
Those bright and gentle maidens,
Who seemed go formed for bliss,
Too glorious and too heavenly
For such world as this
Whose dark soft eyes seem'd swimming
In sea of liquid light,
And whose locks of gold were streaming
Ger brows SO sunny bright.
Like the brightest buds of summer
They have fallen from the stem;
Yet oh! it is lovely dream,
To fade from earth like them.
And yet the thought is saddcning,
To muse on such as they,
And feel that NIL the beautiful
Are passing swift away!
That the fair ones whom we love,
Grow to each loving breast,
Like tendrils of the clinging vine,
And perish where they rest.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-08-09
NEGROES DR1LLlNe.-The Brennan

NEGROES The brehham
(Texas) Banner says
DR.. Armstead informs ua that on Mon
day last he went out upon the plantation
of his relative, Mrs. Armstead, six miles
from Brennan, to see how the negroes
were getting along with their crop. In
stead of finding them at work in the cot
ton, as he expected, they had converted
their hoes into muskets, and were going
through the maneuvres of a regular drill.
They broke up as soon as they observed
the doctor approaching, but when ques-
toned about it, they acknowledged that
they drilled every day, when no white
man was about, and said that other ne
groea were doing the same thing.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-08-09

. The University at Penfeld, Ca, has
conferred L. L. D. upon Gen. R. E. Lee
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-08-09

The following private letter from Alex.
H. Stevens appears in the Washington
Latelliqencer:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-26
The Burning of Columbia.

In the United States senate last week,
Mr. Johnson read the following, and moved
It's reference to the committee on military
fairs:
Wild WooDs, Miss, April d, 1866
To Hon. ReUerdy Johnson, United States
Senate:
SIR: A few days ago Isaw in the publish
ed proceedings of Congress that a petition
from Benjamin Rowles, Of Columbia, s c.,
asking compensation for the destruction of
his house by the Federal army in February,
1865. had been presented to the senate, ac-
companied by n letter from Mai~Gen Sher-
man In this letter Gen. sherman used the
following language 'Thev, the citizens of
Columbia, set fire to thousands of bales of
cotton rolled out into the streets, and which
were burning before he entered Columbia
myself was in the city as early as nine,
and saw these fires and knew efforts had
been made to extiuguish them; but high
and stron wind kept them alive. | gave
no orders for the burning of your city, but,
on the contrary. the reverse, and I believe
the c0nAagration resulted from the impru-
dence ofcutting the cotton bales, whereby
the contents were spread to the wind, so
that it became an impOssibilitv to arrest the
fire I saw in vour Columbia newspaper
the printed order Of Gen Wade Hampton,
that on the approach of the Yankee army
all the cotton should thus be burned, and
from what I saw myself | have no hesita-
tion in saying that he was the cause of the
destruction Of your city
This grave charge made against me by
Gen. Sherman having been brought before
the senate Of tha United States | am natur-
ally most soIictious to vindicate myself be-
fore the same tribunal But my state has
no representative in that city. Those who
should be there are debarred the right of
entrance. In these halls there are none to
speak for the SOuth-none to participate in
the legislation which govern her-none to
impose the taxes which she is called on pay,
and none to defend her or to vindicate her
sons from misrepresentation, injustice OF
slander Under these circumstances [ APP
peal to you in the confident hope that you
viii use every effort to see that justice ia
done IN the matter | deny most emphati-
cally that aRv cotton was fred in Columbia
by my order denv that her citizens set
fire to thousands of bales rolled out into the
streets deny that any cotton was on fire
when the federal troops entered the city.
And most respectfully ask Of Congress
to appoint a committee charged with the
duty of ascertaing and reporting all the
facts connected with the destruction of
Columbia, and thus fixing upon the proper
author Of that enormous crime the infamy
that he deserves
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-26
Notes on Engagement Rings.

Of all PERSONAL ornaments, the fnger-ring
Is, perhaps, the most ancient, and has been
the most extensively worn. The philoSo-
pliers Of antiquity regard it as uhe emblem Of
eternity, and it Is pleasant to connect this
idea with the affection Of which it Is the
symbol
A ring has been used in all ages as a gift
of love or token of berothaL Since the
beginning of the present century it has been
called an engagement-ring, and, as young
ladies well know, 1t IS worn on the index
finger Of the left hand; but our fair friends
may not be equally aware that, as it was the
precursor of matrimonial alliance, it was
formerely designated as d pr1nubial or
pledge-ging, when it was worn on the
fourth finger at d period however, when
cur maternal anCestOrs-less romantic, it
would seem, than their fair descendants
wore that charmed circlet on their thumbs
Originally the pronubus was made of iron
consisting (ike the modern, but tasteless
weddine-rlng) of a plain hoop subsequent
", 1t was made more massive-suficientl
t. adn1it Of some precious gen., or a suitable
device.
Although not mentioned in the Bible, the
traditions Of the chosen people inform
US that engagementrings have, for ayes,
been used by them, at she espoussls before
marriage, and are said to have been intro
duced as substitutes Tor the pieces OF gold
paid on purchase Of the bride, in accordance
with an ancient custom called co emp
ton" alluded to in the 34th chapter Of Gen
/ esis The laws of the Hebrews require the
1 ring to be "a certain value, and must have
+ been acquired by the Bridegroom neither on
+ credit nor by gift This being properly
/ certified, it Is put on the bride finger, and,
! SHOULD the ceremony not be further pro-
+ ceeded with no other marriage could be
/ contracted by either party without legal
divorce
IF we admit It's authenticity, the most re-
! Harkable engagement ring now in existence
/ IS, undoubtedly, that which continues 70 re-
/ ceive unb0unded veReration in the cathedral
Of Perugia, about eighty miles from the city
Of Rome. This relic is bravely affirmed tn
be the very ring OF espousal which Joseph
gave to the Virgin Maryl ln the Talmud II
is stated that such a financial pledge had
passed between them. An able contributor
to a London magazine tell as that It Is made
Of one whole stone--a green jasper, hollow
ed out-itseif forming both hoop and bezel
unalloved with any metal The device cui
upon It Is obscure, although the fondly ere
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-26

duIous can trace in It the features of the
Psalmist Of Iseral-the royal ancestor of
the Virgin.
The early Christians, who also used the
pronubus, introduced. together with a bet.
ter faith, better metal for their rings
transmitting the iron badge of servitutde
into a circlet Of pure gold-the least cor
ruptible Of fmetals-indicating at the same
time, both purity and duration. Instead of
pagan cupids. the new device consisted Of
two right hands. clasped together, betoken-
ing a vastly improved conception of the re-
ciprOcal duties, and the equality of the two
contracting parties.
At the period of the Reformation, the en-
gagement rings of the more opulent mem
bers of society frequently contained rubies-
emblematic of exalted low" "-setroun with
diamonds, indicative Of "duration" Than
this none other could be more appropriate
and of such was that which Martin Luther
presented to his betTothed. Although gen
orally understood as token of affeotiOn
rings were frequently gwen with very DIFF
ferent sentiments. Photius relates that a
man who had become tired Of his wife pre-
sented her with ring of divorce Having
placed it on her finger, he adds (Which is
much to the lady's credit that she received
1t with the same docile obedience with
which she had formerly accepted the we'd
ding-riug
On searching the classics, we find that the
Greek sentimentalism first gave mystic sig
nifcance to rings, as they engraved upon
them legends or notices typical of love
and devotion. From Juvenal we learn that
at least during the Roman Empire-the
man put a ring on the finger Of his betruth-
ed as a pledge of his fidelity Readers of
English history may remember the story
which connected the death of the Earl Of
Essex with a ring given to him by that old
eoquette, Queen Elizabeth, who engaged that
when it should be sent to her as a sign of
his being in trouble. she would protect
him. The ring was really sent by Essex
tercepted by the Countess of Nottingham
VIII, on her death bed, divuIged the secret
to her royal mistress, who declared that
although God might forgive her, she never
could"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-26
No.40
The Civil Rights, Bill.

Possibly the detection of Senator Stewart
of Nevada, may enable the radicals to pass
this measure fer obliterating the States,
as the Louisville Journal aptIy STYLES it, but
the force of their blow at the people of the
South has been effectually broken by the
Presidential veto, with Its merciiess, crush
ing enclosure of the enormities aud the stu
pidlties of radical legislation The bill may
pass, but it will become a dead letter on the
statute books and the Supreme Court, even
as now constituted, viii not fail to pronounce
it unconstitutional Meanwhile, the New
York Herald Is waging an effective para~
graphic waF-a species of fire by fle-against
it. as may be seen by the following, taken at
random, from q late issue of that eccentric
journal:
Is this a white mans government for white
men? The Civil Rights bill says that it IS
not
Shall negroes sit in Congress, IN the Cabi-
net and other high stations side bv side with
white men2 The Civil Rights bill says that
he may.
Shall the negro intermarry with our
daughters, and take equal place in our
households? The Civil Rights bill says that
he shall
Are we to have negroes representing this
government as United States ministers az
the courts Of France and Engiand2 The
Civil Rights bill says that we are
Shall negroes intermingle with our refined
ladies in steaming hot theatres, bali rooms
and opera houses ? The Civil Rights bill
declares that they must
Shall our children zee negro in the Presi-
Dental chair? The Civil Rights bill pro-
Vides for such a contingency.
Shall the farms of the great West and the
whole country be owned by negroes, and
white labor be made subservient to negro
prOprietorship The Civil Rights bill pro-
vides for this condition of things
Is a negro five times better than a white
man. that the former should vote immediate
ly, while the latter has to undergo five years
probation, if be brings his skill, labor and
money to this country from abroad The
Civil Rights Bill declares that the negro is
five times better.
And last, but scarcely least
Shall negro supersede Grant as General
in-Chief Of the United States Army2 The
Civil Rights Bill says that he can do so.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-26

Secret o. Mdgic-RObert Houdin con
cludes his memoirs with a chapter Of Arab
miracles, which he explains. The Aissiapo
eat pounded glass. Houdin powdered some
for himselfan ate it, and he AYERS his ap-
petite for dinner was improved By the same.
They walk on red-hOt iron with bare feet
and pass their tongues over white-hot
plates Of iron FrOf Semetrici discovered
that by rubbing into the skin a solution Of
alumn eyaporated to spOngy state, it was
rendered InsensIble to the action Of red
hot iron. lie rubbed himself with soap,
and found that even the hair did not burn.
lie rubbed the alumni into his tongue, and
tapped the glowing metallic surface without
pain. Houdin then tried passing his hands,
slightly dampened, through a stream Of
melted iron, and found, as others have
done, that It left no scar on him Al
English cOniurer used to thrust a sword
through his Dod7, shove a knife up either
1ostril TO the handle, and thus spitted, sing
q song Houdin bought the secret Of the
invuInerable, and now divulees It. The
performer was very thin. With q waist
belt he trapped his tender paunch down
upOn the vertebrai column, substituted n
card board stomach FOR the compressed part,
covered all with flesh colored tights be-
tween the true and false abdomen he fas-
ered a scabbard covered the apertures on
the sides with rOssttes, placed a sponge
filed with red liquid in the scabbar1, and
then thrust in his sword, which came out
filed with bogus blood, Of course The
pug nosed mounteband enjoyed a physical
conformation which permitted the detfeate
and frightful Performance.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-26
LEONA.
BI JOHN G. SAKE.

Lsona, the hour drsweth nigh
The hour we've waited long,
For the Angel to open door through the SKY,
That my spirit may break its prison aad try
It's voice in infinite song.
Just now as the sIurabers of night
Came DER me with peace-giying BREATH
The curtain half-lifted. revealed to my sight
Those windows which look on the Kingdom of Light
That borders the River Of Death,
And a vision fell solemn and sweet
Bringing CLEANS Of a morniug-it land
saw the white shore which tie pale waters beat,
And I heard the low ull they broke at their feet,
Who walk on the eoholess strand.
And 1 wondered why spirits should cling
To their clay with a struggle and sigh,
When Ifs's purple autumn is better than spring,
Aud the soul flies away. like a sparrow, sing
In . climate where leaves die.
Loona, come uose to my bed
And lay your dear hand my brow;
The touch that blessed in days that are aed,
And raised the lost roses Of youth from the dead
Can brighten the brief moments
We loved from the cold world apart,
And your trust was too generous and trEs
For their hate oerthrow; when the sanderer dart
Was ranking deep in my desolate heart,
was dearer than ever to you.
thank the Great Father for this,
Fac germ in the future viii blossom to bliss.
And the forms that love and the lips kiss
Never shrink at the shadow Of PaiR.
by the light Of this 7 an taught
That my labor is only begun,
In strength this hope struggled and fought
With the egons Of wrong, till my armor has caught
The CLEAN Of Esernity's
Isona look forth and behold
From head and from hillside and deep:
The day-king surrenderE his banners of gold.
The twilight advances through woodland and wold,
And the dews are beginning to weep
The moons silver hair lies uncurlsd.
Down the broad-breassed mountains away;
Fer sunsets red gl0ries again shall be turIed
On the walls Of the west Ger the plains the world
shall rise in a imitlsss day
20 but weep not DER my tomb.
Nor plant with fraiI flowers the sod
There is rest among rsses tho sweet for its gloom,
And life where the lilies eternally bloom,
In the balm breathing gardens Of God.
Yet deeply those memories burn,
Which bind me TO you and to earth.
Aad I've sostmes ght that my spirit would yearn
In the place Of its beautiful home return,
And visit the land Of its birth.
II would even be pleasant to stay,
An6 walk by your side to the last;
But the Iand-breeze of heavens beginning to play
Lifs's shadows meeting eternity's day,
Aud its tumult is hushed il the past.
Leona. good bye. should the grief
That is gathering now, ever be
Too dark for your faith; you viii long for RELIEF,
And remember the journey. though lonesome is brief
Over IoyzIaud aad river
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-26
&c Templa al Tliann I'll Enha.na..

4A5 A5Aplo O 4Jlana aB Eph6zls
This temple was built as PIinv saws. on q
soft foundation to guard against earthquakes.
| The foundation, therefore, was laid in a
swamp: wool and charcoal were interposed
to absorb the wet, and the arches form a sub.
terraneaE labyrinth, In which the water stag
mates. The superstructure bears all the evi~
dence of al edifce which was DESTROYED eight
times, and took two hundred and eighty years
in building. 1t now consists of several wells
of immense blocks of marble, the front of
which are perforated with small cavities, in
to which were sunk the shanks of the brass
and silver plates, with which the walls were
faced. In several places where the walls
have fallen, they have exposed corntces and
mouldings ETA former ediflee against which
the newer walls had been built up.
Some of the vast porphyry pillars, which
formed the front pOrtico, still lie PROSTATE
before it; but others were brought by Con-
stantine to his new city Of Constantinople
The heather temple was dilapidated, to
build the Christian church of Santa Sophia,
in which these pillars are again become the
great support of an ant-Christan edifce.
But the most interesting circumstance Of
this building to me is the great illustration i
give TO the Acts of the Apostles. Here Is
the place where St Paul excited the commo-
ton, among the silver and brass smiths, who
worked for the temple, and over the way was
the theatre, into which the people rushed,
carrying with them Caius and Aristarehus,
PauTs companions. Hence they got full
view of the magnificent front Of the temple
which they pointed out as that (which all
Asia worshipeth," and in their enthusiasm
they cried out " Great is Diana Of the Ephe-
SLAMS p
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-26
100 bales. $50 rbsr at I5e


Three hundred dollars to meet State and
county taxes, family expenses, worth Of
land stock and implements, wear and tear,
etc, and where YOU bank on borrowed cap
ital-repay Of principal and interest
Let Cotton Alone The mules and the
Federal Government and the niggers will
eat all the meat and give YOU the polished
bone. You, poor cat, viii pull out the
cLeStnuts but the monkey, your master by
right Of brute force, VIII MUNICH the tooth
some kernel Put the plowshare, friends,
to riczly staHd and then Ie5 cotton alone,
Plant corn rorn is bread and meat-will
keep body and soul together-wiil satisfy
your hands when hunger begins to pinch
en- in the fall will keep you afoat til
next vear-and cant be taken away though
capital should be so blind as to denv you
farther time to pay.
Our contemporary believes
3. The great mass Of the North are willing
20 let YOU prosper ifyou can, but they are
blind to the devilment plotted against YOU
and need an earthqUke to open their eyes.
Once wake them and the Five Cent Tax viii
sleep with Hector. They viii learn the
first lesson IN political ec0nomy-that ty
TERay dan pay, and viii demand politically
what we again and again financially advise
beseech and adjure-Lct Cotton alone.
There Is a good deal Of sound phlosO
ply in this With a five per cent tax, a
poor crop Of cotton with & scant supply ol
eorn and meat, IS very close kin to starva
ton. 1t is not tuo late to plant corn where
the cotton has failed
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-26

Gen Stoneman has sent the result of the
investigation into the Memphis riots to the
War DEPARTMENT A detailed statement of
the origin, progress and conclusion of the
troubles accompanies his report lt ap-
pears to bear very strongly upon the soldiers
who commenced It while the negroes are
blamed for participating in it. He thinks
that if the latter had been kept out of the
riot. it ould have been suppressed almost
st its inception.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-26

A gentleman was describing to Douglas
Jerrold the story Of his courtship and mar
riage-h0w his wife had been brought up
in convent and was upon the point OF
taking the veil, when his presence burst
upon her earaptured vision, and accepted
him as her husband Jerrold listened to
the end of the story. and then quietly re-
marked: All, she evidently thought you
better than nun.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-26
..T.et nottnn Alnne .,

Under this heading the Augusta Ga, Con
stitutionalist has very strong article ad-
dressed to the planters Of that State, advis-
ing those whose stands Of cotton are bad,
frorp defective seed, or from the late iniuri-
Gus rains to plough up the crop and plant
is urged with great force, is based upon the
small remuneration which the planter can
expect to derive from his cotton crop, under
the unfriendly legislation threatened in
Congress Look. says the paper from
which we quote. but at this plain estimate
for an hundred bales, four to the hand, and
see the justice of this advice, given you,
through us, by men well known IN this
State, whom you love and trust:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-26

The famous military road Of Rome was
constructed by Appius CIaudius Caesar, cen
sor, in the year 3I3 B. c., and has since
been known as the Appian Way. 1t orig
inally extended from Rome to Capua, but
was finally carried to Bfundisium which
became the great stopping place for those
who wished to cross over to Asia Miner It's
whole length was three hundred and fifty
miles. 1t was from eighteen to twenty feet
in width, and had paths for foot passengers
on each side. 1t was built in the most dura-
bic manner being paved with blocks of the
hardest stone, fitted with exactness into each
other
a greater achievement than the construc-
ton Of this highway, was the building Of
our great " National Road between Balti-
more, Md, and St. Louis, Mo, by way Of
Wheeling and Cincinnati. In point Of con
struction it is not at all inferior to the Ro-
man road ard bids fair to be even more en-
durable. 1t was constructed IN the face Of
far greater difficulties, for, while the former
is In low ground, the National Road
crosses the great ranges Of the Allegheny
and Blue Ridge Mountains It's total length
IS nearly a thousand miles 1t was built
by the United States Engineer Corps, and
previous to the building of the railroads was
the great highway between the East and
! West
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-26

Mr.. stevens was asked in the Houss
the other day where he found the authority
to make appropriations for schools, asylums,
and other expenses upon the freedmen. He
replied in the law Of conquest
The law Of conquest may give a right to
the money Of the conquered, bat we never
heard before Of its ever giving right 70 the
money Of the cOnQuerors
We have 10 pay our full share ofthese ez-
penses, and, 30 far as Democrats are con
cerned, perhaps an application Of the law Of
conquest to them may not seem improper 70
Mr. Stevens; but then. Black Republicans
viii have 10 pay too 60 that the Constitution
is as little aprotection to them as TO us. Per
haps those intelligent gentlemen are wiling
to be taxed TO have us taxed If so, they
are likely to get enough Of that lu1ury--H.
r World
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-26

Our selection of SPRING AND
SUMNER Goods are daily expect
ed to arrive, and 1t would be well
for purchasers to note this fact, as
our purchases were all made after
the late HEAVY DECLINE.
AZ E3 RAR6ISGToS ( CO.