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


case Of Mr.. Davis by Congress.
Dr. A. p Dostie has been appointed Sur
veyor of the port Of New Orleans.
Estimates are now before Congress for
deepening the mouth Of the Mississippi
river
An acting Inspector General has been APP
pointed for the department Of Louisiana.
The estimated late damages by ice at St
Louis is $4,000
The Louisville Courier says Gen. Hood
proposes entering into business in New
Orleans
The cattle plague is destroying the ans
mails in the Paris Geological gardens Even
the birds and gazelles are nOtspared.
It is said that Southern claimants of seats
in Congress are much discouraged Mt the
present state Of affairs.
The President on the 18th, informed ape
plieants that no more pardons would be
granted at present
Juarez has written the Mexican Consul
from chihuahua, Dec 1st. that all the lmpe-
rialists' efforts to conquer the capital have
proved futile.
A passenger train en- the Johnsonyille
and Nashville railroad was precipitated
through a bridge, at Livingston Springs, on
the 7th, and it was feared that all on board
were lost.
Many of the negroes in injury county re
fuse to make contracts, and farmers and
| planters are procuring help from Georgia.
The Lebanon Herald and Register have
been united. In union there is strength
The smallpox has been prevailing in
Nashville for two years, and that ,ity is still
infected with this most loathsome of al dis
eases.
In Chicago two hundred and scventy-fve
divorces were granted last year.
On tae 18th inst, Mr. Frazier, Of the Sen
ate, introduced a bill, which passed on its
first reading, to establish penitentiary for
East Tennessee. Hunkey boy The best
thing of the season-proyided he will have
it made large enough to hold all the white
man haters in that section, and then pass
another bill to put EN- all in it Build the
edifee
Nearly all of the best business houses
in Lagrange, Ga, were destroyed by fire on
the 4th inst. Loss heavy.
The Pamela Star comes to as in an en-,
larged form, looking as neat as pin, and
full of choice reading matter. The Star is
a most excellent weekly, and merits the sup
port due first class paper. Long may il
shed its Starry influence over the sons and
daughters of Mississippi and never fail tc
reach our sanctum, as it always is wei
come visitor
We have received the first number of tht
Memphis Daily Post It is a live paper
and worthy of support. The Post is des
tined to become thriving and popular
institution, as it possesses the essentials
of success.
A gentleman by the name of whitney
was brutally murdered and robbed at ThOmp
4 sons station, on the Alabama and Tennes
see railroad, near Columbia, on the nigh
of the 9th, by some unknown person
e We learn from the Maury County Her
o aid that the Odd Fellows of Columbia eel
/ ebrated Che 8th of January in becoming
o manner. Rev. Jesse B. Ferguson dcliverc,
s the Grafton.
r, A Washington special to the Express say
e it is believed the Committee on Reconstruc
S ton contemplate the organization of fou
d subcommittee Of three members, and
It vide the South into four travelling district
g for these committees to visit and report t
e Congress some time in the spring or sum
IS mer.
It In the House of Representatives, on til
n 10Th, Mr.. Stevens, of Pa, offered q resolutio
L instrueting the Committee on the Judiciar
e to consider the expediency of so amendin
e the act of 1865 relative to the test oath, {
IS to allow lawyers to practice their professio
to without taking said oath on an equal fOOtin
y with other professions. Adopted.
s. The news from the Rio Grande is a lit
e exciting. Fillibustering has commenced
"a earnest. a force had crossed from Clark
re vile, Texas, and captured the city of Bagda
e and garrison. although fired upon by Il
/
to sells. Mejia, with 200 men, was report,
II to be marching upon Bagdad, where Escob
do and Crawford were reported to be wran
ling as to who was commander-in-chit
= Further Intelligence ill be looked for wi
interest.
ut The negroes on Red river were in arms
h few days ago, and tryed to murder the white
d but failed They marched to another pla
v to await reinforcements, where the militia
70 captured them all without serious difficult
ID and arrested their accomplices on the sc
If eral plantations, where arms and ammur
: ton were found in large quantities. II
in freedmen in that section had positively I
pr fused to work.
On the 9th inst Hon Horace II. Day,
New York, addressed the Chamber of Con