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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20
Presidents Thanksgiving Proolama-
ton.
W 8sHIvaToN, October 8.

WAsHINGTov, Oetober8.
Be- TIE President Of The United States
Proclamation Almighty. God our
Heavenly Father, has been pleased to
vouchsafe to Us, as n people, another year Of
that national life whiek is an Indispensable
condition Of peace, security and progress.
That. year, moreover, has been crowned with
many peculiar blessings. The civil war that
was so recently among Us has not been
anywhere reopened. Foreign intervention
has ceased to excite alarm or apprehension.
intrusive pestilence has been benignly
tigated, domestic tranquility has improved,
sentiments of Cancellation have largely pre-
vailed, AID affections of loyalty and patriot
ism have been widely renewed our fields
have yielded abundantly our reYiying indus
try has been richly rewarded, and we have
been allowed to extend cur railroad system
far into the interior reeesses of the country;
our commerce has resumed It's customary
activity IN foreign seas These national
blessings demand a national acknowledge
ment
Now, therefore, /, Andrew johnson, Presi-
dent Of the United States do hereby recon-
mend that Thursday, the % day Of November
next be set apart and be observed every
where IN the several States and Territories
of the United States, by the people thereof
as n day Of thanksgiving and PRAYER TO
in His temple doth every one speak of His
honor. / recommend also that on the same
solemn occasion we do humbly and devoutly
implore Him to grant to our national councils
and to our whole people the divine wisdom
which alone can lead any nation into the
ways Of all good
In Offering these national thanksgiving,
praises and supplications, we have the Divine
assurance that the Lord remaineth a King
forever; those that are meek viii he guide ia
judgment, and such as are gentle shall he
learn his way the Lord shall give strength
to his people, and the Lord shall give TO his
people the blessing of peace.
In witness whereof, ] have hereunto set
my name and caused the seal of the United
states to be affixed Done at the City of
Washington the eighth day Of October, in
the year Of cur Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six, and of the indepen-
dence of the United States the ninety-frst.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
BY the President: WM IL SEWARD,
Secretary of State.
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No. Ia
LooKs UPWARD
Tasy.bal4 too low who ss.ll l.a.s.a d. ......

TAeys build too low who huild beneath tie stars.
Thou didst help me across the t-ockIet.
And over the Iaarshy fen
And through the tangled thickets
And up the roesy glen
But when 7Ts came to the torrent.
Thas dasHd ana fealnsl along,
cutter heart + ree.ied
a grasp more firm and ssran-.
Thau didst lead INC through the twilight.
Sid shadows sauat AID drear;
And with thine arm srouud me.
4 fsEs no doubt or fear
But when the griu deep dsrbsiess
Set in eyezy side,
Ny faint heart sank within me,
crsyed a. safsr glide
Thou didst e3m'o.t me in seasons
OF sadness toll and pain.
Bat when death stood between rs
I looked to thee in vain.
In rain. and wind. and tempest
How constant was thy hold.
But when esrth quaked beneath MS,
J felt thy touch grow cold,
o. strength dearly trusted,
o clazp Of human 1--we.
Ersil reed we fondly lean cu.
How feeble, dost thou prove,
o, silence, dead. unbrokcHs
By friendships tenderes5 tone,
Dark ways that must be troddeu,
Dark tezs stelnIled alone.
A surcr faith mistaken,
The falling heart demands,
a voice from higher regions,
a grasp from unseen hands.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

Trial Of Capt Fort-When we went to
press last week. jury had just been
empannelled in this case. The examination
Of witnesses was concluded Friday morning
Oct, 5th, and District a ttOrney Harris opened
the argument, In a speech Of about an hour s
length. Col Thos. w Harris opened the
case for the defence, followed Friday evening,
by Col E W UDshaw and Gen. w s
Featherston on the same side. On Saturday,
Col. H W Walter closed the argument for
the defence, and was followed by the
District Attorney, who closed on Senalf Of
the State The speaking was not concluded
until a late hour Saturday evening At
which time the jury retired, and, after an
absence Of about half an hour, returned q
verdict of not guilty Ttere was an attempt,
on the part Of those present to applaud
when the verdict was announced but the
demonstrations were promptly sileEced 10y
the Court lapt Fort however, wac soon
surrounded by his relatives and friends and
was freely eongratulated on the happy
termination OF his suspense. }lo1ig S2TzIlGa
reporter l2th.
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No longer any Ercase f1r being g1cjthout JiaH
Having recently returned from the South
I am well aware Of the great inconvenicnces
to which the Southern people are subjected
on account Of lack Of mail facilities. This
IS. to q very great extent, owing to the oath
with which contractors are required 70 COM
ply, there being but fc@T men at the South
who can take 1t. Having conferred with the
proper authorities, (and obtained their ap
provaiO [ find this difficulty can be Obviated
/ and the mails established upon every Route
Mt the South, and atthe highest rates admis-
/ sible for the people Cf the North or South.
/ Being a national Union lnan, (late of North
/ Carolina, by which mean one thatis alike op-
| posed to the heresies of the extremists North
/ and South ! can take this OATH and thus
/ form the connecting Ink between the South
( eru people and the United States Govern
ment. This propose to do, and to establish
| a mail on every route at the South now des-
] titute Of the samc, as follows
Any person who IS dasitous Of becominga
contractor should address me at once, stating
! the route OF routes for which he desires con
! tracing, (here state the extreme points to be
connected, which Of course, should be on
| some route heretofore eStabiished) will
/ then contract for such route or routes in my
/ own name and let the parties have them at Il
! discount Of p pcr cent ON the annuai
auou- for carrying tue mail 90 said -oute
or routes, which VIII be about 25c. per aile
| for ;lNeekly, 53e. for e seIni-WceEiy. and Zoe
/ for q Ii-Weekiy mail. Tins arrangement
| viii secure tde route to the sub-eonTactors
! substantially The same as if Is were lis own
contract and fre9 9HalttIf ata bette price thar
! could be o55l5aal iu lie U-ua uaT-a h1r-
| there is so mueA EtaetiaoD.
/ Ely peTepti5aE2 or mileage, rs above, VIII
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The steamship Evening Star, which vessel
left New York for New Orleans during the
first part of the present month with several
hundred passengers on board, foundered az
sea. $50 miles east of Tybee, and nearly ell
on board were lost Among those who per
ished were seventy-fve to one hundred wo
men. The captain was also drowned
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d. Hostetter Pittsburg, manufacturer of
bitters, has an income Of 1924, 735-a Iaonu-
ment to advertising
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

What's the latest and sweetest thing in
bonnets? The ladies' faces to be sure.
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A HITl A PALPABLE Hit 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 bill5 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.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

To the People of Virginia, North Caro-
Iin8, South Carolina Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi. Tennessee, Ar
kansas, Missouri, El0ria and Texas.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

The United States has seventy two iron
clads, France forty-two, and the ruler of the
wave, England, only twenty-one.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

Rev. Mr. Law, a Methodist clergyman,
died in the pulpit At Mosherviile Mo,
on the 10th instan+.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

The undersigned residing at -, State of
-, undertake that if the bid for carrying
the mail on the Route No. ~, DC the mum
Der be not given it is not essentially be ac-
cepted by the Postmaster General, the bid
der shall enter into the required Obligation,
or contract to perform the contract, with
good and sufficient securities.
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We understand, says the Clarlsvillo Chron-
icle Of the 18th, that Hon Cave johnson has
rendered his resignation as Senator for this
District The services Of so able and expe-
rienced q 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 will live to see the. Union restored
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

CoTToN.-Few persons think how much
money even 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 viii produce
Sl95,O00,000 and yield the Government a
revenue Of s22,000OoO This sum, diGused
among ali branches of trade and business,
viii greatly relieve the psesent dull, hard
and stringent times The Cotton money
will soon begin to circulate, we hope.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

The cholera has almost disappeared from
Nashville
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

Washington City contains d population Of
81, $50 persons.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20
TTethol Of PAYMENT.


AS ! am recognized as principal in tl6s
mQtter payment must necessarily come
( Through me can however, give the par
! ties drafts on the Sixth Auditor of the United
states Treasury for ali the quarters ,og which
contract may have been awarded, ami these
can be presented one at n time as they fall
same as # the parties were BONA FIDE CON
Tractors. Ia this case the expense (Z2 per
/ cent? rboaid be paid hv or before the expir-
/ alton Of the first quarter after the commence
/ inent oil, service; otherwise payment for this
/ quarter viii be drawn by the undersigned
/ eNpeDses deducted, and the residue, with
/ drafts for the remaining quarters, forwarded
! to the parties carrying the mails. II persons
/ prefer, I win draw and forward their money
at the end Of every quarter without extra
/ charge. would, however, prefer that they
! accept the drafts, in order that they may
( have the matter in their own hands.
1t would Se "a source of much qualification
to me If i be the means of extending mail
facilities to the Southern people. Their at
| tention is therefore respectfully called to this
natter As am not required to cut dOwT
! by competition, it would doubtless be 10 thei
interest TO maze speedy application before
/ any modification is made in the test oath, II
order that they may obtain these routes a
the highest rates admissible
Persons cOaiding 70 my care mayrely upon
fair and prompt dealing All accepted bid.
will be entered upon the books Of the Post
office Department where they VIII be opel
60 inspection
All letters of inquiry relative to the fore
going should contain a stamp and be addres
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

Brownlow is foul; but one Of the Ten
nessee tourists and senator is Fowler.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

Maynard, member of Congress from
Tennessee, said in recent speech, that
the negro viii soon intermarry in your
families and be welcome in your parlors
This is Mr. AIayhard's complexion, politically
and sociallg
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

MISS MARIA S. CU.mIHGs, the author of
The Lamplighter," and other stories, died
in Dorchester Mass, on the 80 inst
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

The Oregon House Of Representatives
has passed the Constitutional Amendment
by a vote Of 25 to %.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20
-EEen'phis .Gdrea-siseaaeslss.
DF. sAmUEL GILRERT,.


he most lucrative Medical Practice n che SOUTH has q ias
con9cuted ~ allow several his reInelieo
be prepared and sold proprietary medcues This resom
tou mas been engendered ~ che repeated solicitations Of
thosa tho have experienced che benefit his remarkable pro-
sessiona ski ana By the upo iby % giving especial -
prescriptions by those whose peiay ccums-arce bus
mess habits preeude tie possibility Of applying person to
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

The loss by the burning Of Brenham
Texas, by soldiers recently, Is now estimated
at SI53, 700
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

B5~See advertisement on our first page
I'VE have been acquainted with Mr. Ty-
son for some three years, and consider him
reliable and Of business habits such as to
render the work be has undertaken a success.
- Washington Constitutional Union
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

The President has appointed James r
Hood, of Tennessee, to be Secretary Of
Colorado Territory, Mr. Hood is we'll
known journalist
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

Bsy" References, (by permiszion,) G. ".
Samson, ID d. LID President of Columbia
/ College Hon Charles Mason, President
National Democratic Executive Committee,
also Patent Attorney
The foregoing has I believe, been pub
/ lished in but three papers South Judging
/ from the business that has been received
/ from the readers of each of these papers the
amount would be quite large if 1t were gene
/ rally noticed. Editors throughout the South
/ viii therefore insert the foregoing for six con
! seoutive weeks and forward bin with marlzeg
/ copy Of paper containing the same, directed
/ as above
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-20

Bishop SouIe is the oldest Methodist
preacher in the world.
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TETTER OINTmHNrI
Diseases OF The SE1iEl.

lAa most excellent preparation for the Of that elias
maladics usually termed
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-05-18
Ma dam Scandal.

A long time ago, in the western part
of England, there lived an aged couple,
whose time had passed away since
early youth in the everyday round of
Earm-life, and who had never been
known to have the least ill-feeling to-
ward each other, since the time when
good old Parson Harlot united them
in the holy bonds Of wedlock, twenty
five years before. So we'll was the
fact of their conjugal happiness known
that they were spoken of far and near
as the happiest pair in England. Now
the Devil (excuse the abrupt mention
ofhis name) had been trying for twenty
years to create what is called ''fuss
in the family" between these old com
panions. But, much to his mortifica
ton, he had not been able to induce
the old gentleman to grumble about
breakfast being too late or the ole
woman to give a single curtain lee
ture.
After repeated efforts, the Devi
became discouraged, and had he no
been a person of great determination
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-05-18

thy or oppose with madness. Kings
are lifted up or thrown down, nations
come and 90, republics flourish and
wither, dynasties pass away like IA
tale that is told; but nothing is by
chance, though men, in their ignorance
ofcauses may think so. The deeds
of time are governed, as we'll as judg-
ed, by the DEGREES of Eternity. The
caprice of fleeting existences bends to
the immovable Omnipotence which
plants Its foot on all the centuries,
and has neither change of purpose nor
repose. Sometimes, like Il messenger
through the thick darkness OF night,
it steps along mysterious ways; but
when the hour strikes for people or
mankind to pass into a new form OF
being, unseen hands draw the bolts
from the gate of futurity; an all-sub-
DUNG influence prepares the minds of
men for the comig revolution; those
who plan resistance find themselves in
conflict with the will Of Providence.
rather than with human devices; and
all hearts and a UNDERSTANDINGS.
most OF all the opinions and Influences
of the unwilling, and wonderfully at
tracted, and compelled to bear for.
ward the change, which becomes more
an obedience to the law of universal
nature than submission to the arbitra-
ment OF man.-H0n. George Bancrott.
PURITY OF CHARACTER.-Over the
beauty of the plum and the apricot.
there grows a bloom and "a beauty
more exquisite than the fruit itself,
soft, delicate flush that overSpreads its
blushing cheek. Now, if YOU strike
your hand over that, and it is once
gone, it is gone forever. for it never
grows but once. The flower that
hangs in the morning, impearled with
dew-arrayed as no queenly woman
ever was arrayed with jewels-once
shake it, o til at the beads roll
of, and you may sprinkle water over
it as YOU please, vet it can never be
made aga n what it was when the dew
/ fell silently upon it from heaven. On
a tlosty morning you may see the
panes 0fglasS covered with landscapes
mountains, lakes and trees, blending
in u beautiful, fantastic picture. Now
lay Your hand upon the glass, and hy
the scratch of your finger, or By thl
warmth of the palm, all the delicate
tracery will be obliterated. So there
is i'll youth beauty aud purity oi
character, which, when once touchel
and detiled, can never be restored
a fringe more delicate than frostwork
and which when torn and broken, vii
never be bere-embroidered. 4 man VIII
has spotted and spoiled his garment
in youth, though he may seek to MAKE
them white again, can never who!.
do it, even were he 10 wash then
with his tears. When a Young MAJ
leaves his fathers house, with til
blessing Of a mothers tears still We
upon his forehead, il he once loose
that early purity of character. it is ;
loss that he can never make whol
again, Such is the consequence oi
crime. Its effects can not be eradicq
:, ted; it can only be forgiven.
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BARTON, VERMONT, FRIDAY, MAY lS, 1866.
On the Bridge" :"
BY PROF. c. s. II.

Through a village in the mountains,
Where my boyhood days were passed.
Rushing down from far off fountains
Runs, river clear and fast
Ger a chasm, deep and narrow,
Just below the whitened fall,
Where the torrent like an arrow
Shoots along the spray wet wall,
There rustic bridge is hanging
With its airy, swaying floor
High above the waters, spanning
All the gulf from shore to shore.
Bending there low DER the railing,
In my boyhoOd days of dream,
have spent the hours in sailing,
Sailing up the hurrying stream;
For to wayward fancy's seeming,
Gazing on the food below,
Through the air. flew in dreaming,
While the waters ceased to flow;
Yet forever when l landed
From my voyage up the flood,
There my phantom ship lay stranded
Where the bridge had always stood.
And the old bridge still is hanging
On its pillared walls of stone,
With its massive mossy timbers
Hoar and worn as years have gone;
But the restless, rushing water
Still beneath is hurrying past,
With its current clear and fast.
Such is life, across times river,
Thus for each a bridge is thrown;
Bending DER the railing ever,
Each enraptured, gazes down,
And with 'wilGered sense believing,
That we fly past vale and hill,
In our dreams ourselves deceiving;
In our places stand we still.
Thus " the thing that hath been shall be >
Only man grows old and gray,
And when death shall close our dreaming
Only he shall pass away.
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Horace Greeley's Ride to Placervle

When Mr.. Greeley was in Califor-
MIA, ovations awaited him at every
town. He had written powerful lead
ers i'll the Tribune in favor Of the Pa
ciic railroad, which had greatly en-
deared him to the citizens Of the Col
den State. And therefore they made
much Of him when he went to see
them,
At one town the enthusiastic popu
lace tore his celebrated white coat to
pieces, and carried the pieces home to
remember him by.
The citizens of Placerville prepar
ed to fete the great journalist, and an
extra coach, with relays of horses wa;
chartered of the California Stage
Company to carry him from Fulson
to Placerville-distant forty miles
The extra was delayed aud did no
reach Fulsom until late in the after
noon, Mr.. Greeley was to be fetet
at seven o'clock by the citizens of
Placerville, and it was altogether nee
essary that he should be there at tina
hour. So the Stage Company said t.
Henry Monk, the driver of the extra
Henry, this man must be there by sey
en- o'clock tonight And he answer
ed, The great man shall be there
The roads were in an awful state
and during the first few miles out o
Fulsom, slow progress was made.
Sir said Mr.. Greeley, ARE yo
aware that | must be at PIacerville {
5 seven o'clock tonight? 2
I've got my ORDERS laconically RI
piled Henry Monk,
Still the coach dragged slowly 70
ward.
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During marriage ceremony the
bride was sobbing immoderately while
the knot was being tied.
"What is the matter, my young wo-
man p asked the official.
"Oh! SIR replied the bride, ''it's
because it's forever"
NO, nc" rejoined the parson, "that't
a mistake-a great mistake it's not
forever. Death puts al end TO the
engagement.
On hearing this the bride dried hel
tears. and was consoled.
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WELL PUT. The London Spectator,
an English paper that stood by us all
through the war, says that if the Amer
leans adopt the Presidents policy,
"all the results of the struggle will
be thrown away except debts, wounds
and widowhoods." This is plain to
every unbiased observer, and it is
one of the strangest things in the
world that all loyal people are nor
united against such policy. To ad
NIT rebels to an equal share in th'
government is bad enough, but to give
them double, as the Presidents plal
does, is worse than folly, it is down
right madness.
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MOnoV Returned in Full

,F, atter few days use of GODFREY'S CA
| TARRH REMEDY. is effects a.e Hnsayislac-
tory. Sold by P. C: GODFREY only, No S3G
Broadway, New York; s. a boy; few require
more Ii is he prescription of one OF the most
eminent of living successful medical professors
and surgeons IN the United States, and is known
% lie 4 scientific, safe. and successful remedy
Occasionally case may have passed to an incu-
rable statc for man was born TO die; but that
none may be imposed upon, the above offer is
made in accordance with the printed statement
on each boz.
March 7, ,1S66-l4