The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20


Washington City contains population Of
81 $50 persons
d. Hostetter, Pittsburg, manufacturer of
bitters has an income Of 1924, ,735-a Iaonu-
ment to advertising.
Rev Mr. Law, a Methodist clergyman,
died in the pulpit al Mosherviue, Mo,
on the 10th instant.
The United States has seventy 1.-TWO iron
olads, France forty-two, and the ruler of the
wave, England, only twenty-one.
Brownlow is foul; but one Of the Ten
nessee tourists and senator is Fowler.
Bishop souIe is the oldest Methodist
preacher in the world.
A large silk factory is about to be estab-
Eshed in California
The less by the burning Of Brenham,
Texas, by soldiers recently, IS now estimated
at sI53,700
The President has appointed James r
Hood, of Tennessee to be Secretary Of
Colorado Territory, Mr. Hood is a we'll
known journalist
The Oregon House Of Representatives
has passed the Constitutional Amendment
by a vote of 25 to D
Miss MARIA S. CU,pmSGs, the author of
" The Lamplighter," and other stories, died
in Dorchester, Mass, on the 80 inst.
Maynard, member Of Congress from
Tennessee, said in a recent speech, that
the negro viii soon intermarry in your
families, and be welcome in your parlors
This is Mr.. Maynard complexion, politically
and socially.
A HITl A PMPABLE HIr!-We are
indebted to President Johnson for the most
terse and truthful explanation of the Freed
mems Bureau Bill Said the President at
New York:
What is that bil5 Nothing more or
less than the transferring of four millions
of slaves from their original owners to new
set of taskmasters, with the United States
to pay all the expenses, and the taskmasters
under the Government to reap all the Profits
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CorroS-Few persons think how much
money even a short crop Of cotton will yield
the South this year at present prices Est
mating the crop at 100000 bales, which is
about what it viii be, at $50 per bale about
a fair average price, the crop will produce
Sl95,O00,000 and yield the Government a
revenue Of S22, 100000 This sum, diGused
among ali branches of trade and business,
viii greatly relieve the pscsent dull, hard
and stringent times. The Cotton money
viii soon begin to circulate, we hope.
We understand, says the ClarksviIlo Chron-
icle of the 18th, that Hon Cave johnson has
I rendered his resignation as Senator for this
/ District The services Of so able and expe-
rienced g statesman are sorely needed in the
councils of the State, but Mr. johnson is
/ physically incapacitated for the labors of the
Office; and were It otherwise, the Radicals
would again exclude him from his seat We
! hope he viii live to see the Union restored
and his fellow-citizens enfranchised.
!
/ Columbus Inquirer, write some remarkably
truthful paragraphs sometimes; but never
/ yet has one compressed so much truth in 90
small a compass as the one who penned the
following, which we find credited merely to
an Il" exchange"
Editing a newspaper is a good deal like
making a fire Everybody suppose that he
can do a little better than anybody else. We
! have seen people doubt their fitness for apple
! peddling, or driving, aud counting laths
/ but in all our experience, we never met with
that individual who does moi think he could
double the circulation OF any paper in two
months,
The Iron Mountain Railroad was sold al
y O'Clock Thursday, 9th ult., at the Cour
House in st Louis The first bid was made
by G. " Dreyer, Esq, one of the director.
of the read, who offered S2,O00O0O This
was followed by an offer of 100000 from
Mr. r. 4. Watt representing the State O
Missouri to whom the road was finally
knocked down for the sum of 100000
-a-.o.-s--
Popocatapetl has been recently explored
by party, at the head Of which was Senol
/ Don Juan b4uStctS 1ueJ report Jde cit-ecl
accessible and inhabitable. Millions of ton.
of sulphur are lying there, and in many
places in pure state. It can be carried
to the summit Of the volcano, and fron
thence to the base of that eternaIly snow
crowned mountain, at an expense Of only
fifty cents the hundred pounds. The shortes
distance through the base of this gigantic
and snow-topped volcano IS thirt-eight miles
The crater could easily accommodate the
cities of New York Boston and Philadel
phia with all their parks and drives.
Trial Of Capt FoTt-When we went Il
press last week. jury had just beer
empannelIed in this case The examination
of witnesses was concluded Friday morning
Oct, 5th, and District Attorney Harris openes