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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18
a Dead DOg-A Live Minister.


Low, Parson Brownlow Preacher Brown
lOw-Minister BrownlOW-Governor Brown
low, of Tennessee-cails President John
son dead dog. If so, Brownlow is brave
enough to attack him. And if Johnson is a
dead dog who would not rather be in his
place than to bear the name of Brownlow,
the reeking, cowardly, red-mouthed, radical,
lecherous treacherous, ranting, praying,
disappearing, carved lava of hell, now sit
ting as Governor of Tennessee In all the
annals of sinners, whelps, hypocrites, dis
semblers, lunatics, blackguards, and blood
loving hyenas of humanity, we know not one
SO saturated with hate and birthstone as this
lantern.jawed structure, dignifed in sarcasm
with the name of man. Who is Brownlow?
He is a reckless radical adventurer He is
an ordained minister of the gospel He is
an illegitimate child of hell, let loose on spec
ulation. He is a blasphemous old tyrant-
a drunken politician--a dishonest Governor
"a bigger traitor at heart than ever was
John Brown, Thad. Stevens, or any others
of that corps of Union-haters. He is a min
lister without religion preacher without a
convert, a Governor without brains. lie has
the tongue of a bedlamite of hell--a heart
without mercy; is an adventurer without
bravery; rascal without discretion liber-
tine without taste and decency; a sinner
without the least show for heaven; a man
with the heart of fend brute by instinct;
a rufian by nature u biackguard by profess
sion; a hypoerite, certain of hell--a foul,
nasty, reeking sore on the political mass of
corruption, to which he belongs; a stigma;
a disgrace; an insult; by.word and re-
prOach to the list of Governors of American
States When he prays it is to the devil
when he sings it Is the drunken rawlings of
fend; when he endorses it is to damn when
he loves it is to destroy; when he speaks it
Is to insult; when he interferes it is to black
en-; when he smiles it is tn hide some of the
deep and diabolical villainies his blasphe-
nous soul is ever planning There is not
devil in Pluto's dOminions but is more of
true Christian-there is not pismire on the
prairie but is more of a warrior-there Is
not a robber in prison but is more honest
there is not beast in the forest but is more
lovable-there is not murderer in the land
bat is more innoeent-there is not fshwO-
man in all Bilhngsgate district but is less of
a blackguard-there is not a lost soul in hell
but Is moreAOf saint-there is not a name
in the history Of traitors but is more patri-
otic-there is not warty, sweaty, Shiny toad
in all the dungeons of the world but is
sweeter, purer and more attractive than Par
son Governor Blackguard Brownlow, the
ranting, lunatic, radical whelp of the devil,
now acting as sGovernOrOf Tennessee. Should
Butler, Stanton and BrownlOW reach he'll the
same day, we would have the devil on earth
at once, for either Of the above named eX-
cresces are more fit to rob, torture and des
troy than all the satanic fends of hell act
ing in concert
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

The evidence designed to show that Messrs.
Davis, Clay and others instigated the plot to
murder Mr. Lincoln, has been published,
and carries with it its own refutation, and
the conclusion of the report shows clearly
enough that those who wrote it do not place
any reliance on the testimony given. We
quote When the Committee entered upon
this investigation in April last, the evidence
in the War Department, if accepted as true,
was conclusive as to the guilt of Jefferson
Davis. The Judge Acknowledgement had
taken the afidaVits Of several persons who
profess to have been in the service Of the
Rebel Government, and who had been pres
ent at an interview between Surratt, Davis
and Benjamin. These affdavits were taken
by the Judge-Advocate-Gener in good faith
and in the full belief that the afidavits were
stating only that which is true The state
ments made by these witnesses harmonic in
every important particular with facts derived
from documents and other trustworthy sour
ces. The Committee, however, thought wise
to see and examine some of the persons
whose afidayits had been taken by Judge
Holt Several of the witnesses, when
brought before the Committee, retracted
entirely the statements i0AicH they had made
IN their q6fdaUits, and declared that their
testimony as giUen originally a0as false an
e0ery particular. They failed, however, to
state to the Committee an inducement or
consideration which seemed to the Committee
a reasonable explanation for the course
they had pursued, and the Committee are not
at this time able to say as the result Of the
investigation they heve made, whether the
original statements Of these witnesses are
true or false"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

Gossip and SLander.-We have known a
country society which withered away all to
nothing under the dry rot of gossip only.
Friendships once firm as granite dissolved
to jelly and then ran to water, only because
of this; love that promised future as en-
during as Heaven ard as stable as truth,
evaporated into morning mist that turned to
a days long tears, only because of this; a
father and son were set foot to foot with the
fiery breath of anger that would never cool
again between them, only because of this /;
and a husband and his young wife, straining
at the hated lash which in the beginning had
been the golden bondage Of GOd-blessed
love, sat mournfully by the side of grave
where all their joy lay buried because of
this We have seen faith transformed to
doubt, hope give place to grim despair, and
charity take on itself the feature Of black
malevoience, all because of the spell words
Of scandal, and the magic mutterings of
gossip Great crimes work great wrongs,
and the deeper tragedies of human life
spring from its larger passions but woeful
and most melancholy are the uncatalogued
tragedies that issue from gossip and detrac
ton most mournful the shipwreck made of
noble natures and lovely life by the bitter
winds and dead salt waters Of scandal So
easy to say, yet so hard to disapprove-thrOw-
ing on the innocent all the burden and the
strain of demonstrating. their innocence
and Furnishing them as guilty If unable tc
pluck out the stings they never see, and tc
silence words they never hear. Gossip and
SANDER are the deadIiest and cruelest weap-
ous nan has forged for his brothers hurt
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

The ReUiUal Of Leprosy.-It is stated in
some of the foreign journals that this terri
BILE disease of the Scriptural era, and which
was endemic throughout Europe from the
tenth to the sixteenth century, is now devel-
oping itself in various parts of the world
with all its ancient repulsive charaeteristics
1t prevails extensively in two widely sun
dered countries, the West Indies and Nor
way. In the latter, according to statistics
recently published, there are no less than
two thousand lepers The tubercular form
of the disorder, which is much more common,
and unfortunately much more horrible than
that which affects the joints, is pronounced
by the physicians incurable. Meanwhile, it
is satisfactory to know that it is not conta-
gious Multitudes of lepers perished miser-
ably in the early ages, abandoned to their
fate in consequence of the universal belief
that whosoeyer touched them must necessa-
rily share in their calamity. The malady
is very rare in this country, and it is hoped
that it will be long time before we are
afflicted with this scourge.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

The Origin Of the Riot-We are inform
ed by a respectable gentleman, a disinteres-
ted and elevated spectator of it. indeed, by
more than one, that the affair on Monday
began thus: a procession of armed negroes
were coming up Burgundy street, preceded
by a band and flag flying AS It passed
Canal street, white boy made some remark
or cry at them. a negro from the process
ion fired on him but missed An aid of the
Chief Of Police and an ex-policeman dashed
in and secured the negro There was some
disposition shown by the residue, melted
by another on horseback, to rescue him, but
the police appeared in force and checked
the effort then.
The procession of negroes, with their
band, then proceeded toward the Hall, the
people, as is usual, pressing along beside
them. When they were about entering it
the same boy, apparently, or some other,
again made some taunting remark, when the
negroes turned and fred with revoIvers a
number of shots not only at him, but at the
police, who were trying to take him away
The firing then became general, both at and
by the police, when the negroes, who did
not leave at the time, disappeared within the
building and the police then undertook to
clear the street and keep the space open in
front of the building clear. 1t was not un-
til they were fred upon heavily from the
building that any effort was made to enter it.
-NeJ0 Orleans PicdyH1e
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

Two Confederate soldiers, on their return
to their home in Northwestern Louisiana, fell
in love with the same girl and seeing no
other way Of deciding which should have
her, agreed to settle the question with mus
kets, they to start towards each other from
points half mile apart. and scout up "
through the brush, and take their chances
respectively. The signal for the start hav-
ing been given by a neighbor's firing a gun,
they took to the brush and began to play
Indians But one of them soon made dash
for the log cabin Of the girls father, and
cOaxed her to run away with him. The other,
after scouting" cautiously around IN the
brush till near dark, came out, and suspect
ing some game, went to the cabin where his
beloved resided, and there learned Of her
elopement from her mother, who was privy
to the transaction. Astounded atsuch treach-
cry, and mortified by his defeat, the bafled
lover slept outside the door and blew his own
brains out with his musket.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

WHAT THE ABOLITIONIsTs CAN BOsT OF.-Sa-
ladin, the Persian Emperor, who had march
ed in triumph and blood through Syria, Mes
sopotamia, and the richest part or portions
of Arabia, and from Tripoli in Africa to the
Tigris, and from Zemen on the Arabian Sea
to Tauras, ordered, when dying, a chief to
take his shroud and march with it upon a
staff through the streets of Damascus, saying,
" This is all that Salladin the conqueror has
left of his many conquests; this is all that he
hath left of his many victories. Now that
Puritan AbOlitionism is dying, it can boast
of more than could Salladin Looking back,
it can point to a divided, broken country, to
an impoverished, enslaved people, to States
that have been crushed out, to debt of mil
lions upon millions of dollars, and to graves
that no one can enumerate, to hundreds OF
homes made desOlate, and millions Of acres
once teeming with richness laid waste, to q
people maddened with wrongs and outrages
perpetrated upon them, to hordes of negroes,
once happy, now worthless, starving, thiev-
ing and numbering, to a currency without
foundation, and Government without JUS
tice, honor or mercy, to a flag drappled in
the blood of THOSE it should have protected,
and made the emblem of despotism to those
who were once free. Dying as Puritan Abo-
litionism is now, this is all that it has left to
boast of. It is enough, though-not to be
forgotten. Salladin had his shrOud to ac-
company him on his last and long journey,
and Abolitionism can take with it the re-
membrance of the miseries it has meted out
and the ghosts of the thousands it has mur-
dered
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

Typographical EIror-A curious typo
graphical error appeared in a morning paper
recently. In giving an account of an in
quest it was stated 4" The deceased bore an
accidental character, and the jury returned a
verdict of excellent death I"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

Official returns of the census, taken by the
City Assessor, make the white population of
St Louis 204, ,327. The nationalities are
given as follows Irish, 26,136 Germans,
1851; French 1888; English, 1909; Amer
ican, 1896; other nations, 4l53 Only
one in 48 of the total population is over go
years of age; nearly one-half are under 2I.
The oldest person found was Bohemian
woman l03 years old.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

Accounts from Charleston, S. c., repre-
sent the crop prospects for cotton aad corn
very gloomy. The injury has been occa-
stoned from want of rain, and these crops
are now considered beyond remedy. The
rice crop, where planting operations have
been resumed, is in a lourishing condition.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

March Of ReJ5Re1leak-A cobbler living
In Baltimore, thus announces his calling:
Surgery performed here upon old boots and
shoes, By adding Of the feet, making good
the legs, binding the broken, healing the
wounded, mending the constitution, and sup
porting the body with new soles Advice
gratis.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

Through TO Memphis-Just as we are
about going to press, we learn from Mr..
Goodhue, Superintendent of the Memphis,
Clarksville and Louisville Railroad, that the
line viii be open through on Monday, the
18th inst Two through express trains each
way daily-without change of cars. Trains
North viii leave ClarksviIe at sos, a. H.,
and 3.35, P. b., making close connection at
State Line for Nashville.
Trains South will leave Clarksyille at Los
P. 81. and 2:05 A. NJ C20rksUtLLs Chronicle.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

Retort Of Napoleon.-When Napoleon
was only an officer Of artillery Russian
officer said in his presence, with much pride,
81 My eountrymen fight only for glory, but
right" replied Napoleon, each of them
flight for what they are IN want Of
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18
No. /
TEE pRUNKARp,a pAueHrER.

Go. feel what have felt;
Go, bear what L have borne
Sink meath the blow father dealt,
And the cold, proui worlds scorn!
Thus. struggle on from year to year.
Thy sole relief the bitter tear.
Go, weep as have weps
Ger a loved fathsr's fall;
See every ehsrish'd premise swept
Youths sweetness turned to gail:
Hopes faded flowers strewn al the way
That led me up 70 wOman's day
Go. kaesl as I have knslt,
Implore, beseeeh and pray
Strive the besotted heart to melt.
The downward course to stsy
Be cast with bitter tears. aside.
Thy prayers buriesqusd. thy teaFs de6sd
Co. stand where have stood,
Aud see the strong man bow
With guashins teeth. lips bathed in blood.
And cold and Iivid brow
Go, catch his Wand'ring glance and see
AIirrord there his souls misery
Go, hear what I have heard,
The sObs Of dark despair,
As memory's feeling fount had ssirrd.
And its revealings there
Have told him what he might kaes bsen
Had he the drunkaIds fate forssseR.
Go to my mothers side
And her crushed spirit cheer
Thine own deep anguish hide
Wipe from her cheek the tear;
Note her dimmed eye and furrowed brow.
The gray that streaks her. dark hair now.
Her toil-worn frame, her trembling limb,
And trace the ruin back to him
Whose plighted faith. in early youth.
Promised eternal love and truth
But who, forswOrn, hath yielded up
This promise to the deadly cap,
And led her down from love and light,
From al that made her pathway bright,
And chained her there mid want and strife,
That lowly thing-a Drankard's Wife
Aud stamped on childhood's brow mild.
That withering blight-a Drunkard's Child
Go, hear, and see, and feel. and know.
All that my soul hath felt or known
Then look upon the Wine-cups glow;
See if its brightness attone
For the misery it hath wrought.
Or the sorrow it hath brought.
Tell me hate the bowl
Hate is s feeble word
l loathe, abhor-my very soul
With strong disgust is stirred
When e'er I see, hear, or tell
OF the dark beverage Of he'll.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

True 10 the Last "A letter from ex-Gov.
Harris, published in the Fayetteville OBJ
server, says
/ hope and expect to make myself COM
Portable here ere long, and expect 70 lige and
die in Mexico. l have nothing 70 regret in
the past except the blunders which lost US
our independence. BY own course was
taken from stern sense of duty, and long
and sober reflection confirms and strengthens
me IN the correctness Of the opinion on
which ] acted
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

Mrs. Henrietta ". Davenport of Helena,
Ark, has just been notified that she has
fallen heir to an estate worth 100000 in
Scotland.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

Young 4nerica at the WheeL-A we'll
known clergyman was crossing Lake Erie,
some years ago, upon one of the lake steam
ers; and seeing a small lad at the wheel,
steering the vessel, he accosted him as fol-
lows:
My son, you. appear to be a small boy to
steer so large boat
Yes, sir was the reply "but you see
eaR do it, though"
Do you think you understand your busi-
ness, my son p
q Yes, sir I think do.
Can you box the compass p
Yes, sir.
Let me hear you box it.
The boy did as he was requested, when
the minister said
Well, really, you can do It Can you
box it backwards p
4" Yes, sir
Let me hear you
The 10y again did as requested, when the
minister remarked,T
q declare, my son you do seem to IN
derstand yOurabusiness.
The boy then took his turn at question
asking, beginning
Pray, sir, what might be your business 2
am a minister Of the gospel
"Do you understand your business p
81 think | do, my son.
"Can you say the Lords Prayer?'
Yes
"Say it.
The clergyman did so, repeating the words
In a very fervent manner, as though trying
to make an impression on the lad.
Well, really" said the boy, upon its con-
clusiOn, you do know it, don't you Now
say 1t backwards"
"Oh l can't do such thing as that. OF
course"
Y on can't do it, eh 2" returned the boy.
Well, then, you see | understand my bust
ness a great deal better than you do yours.
The clergyman acknowledged himself
beaten, and retired.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

Didn't you tell me, sir, yoa could hold
the plowY said farmer to a green Irishman
whom he had taken on trial
Arrah, be aisy now said Pat How
the deuce can / hold il, and two horses
DRAWN It away from me Bat give Il TO me
in the barn, and be jabers, llhouid it with
anYbolEI.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

An Irish gentleman parting with lazy
servant-woman, was asked. with respect %
her industry, whether she was what is term
ed afraid Of work oh. nDt atall, said he
not at ali she'll frequently lie down and
fail asieep by the very side Of II
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

Eight hundred thousand francs will be
in prizes at the Paris Exposition
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

From his mothers they tore him
Urged him to the field Of strife,
Where death-deWs gathered Ger him
Ere he yielded up his life.
\ Twas not his TO brave the battle
Or the Northmens pointed steel
Cared he for Honor's prattle
Nor the pride that warriors feel.
No stone is here tell the story
OF his bcyhood his worth;
Nor the day when torn and CORY
Soldiers placed him meath the earth.
Yet there's who feels heart-fOod
Rising in her sge-dimmed eye
AS she prays in lone wido whood
That they may meet again high.
When the night is cold and dreary
Angels watch his scattered ashes.
Pale stars, when the grows weary.
Keep their watch with ftful flashes.
Like his-who sleeps by NebO's mountain
Soon may be this boys grave;
Pure his soul win seek the Fountain,
Far beyond Jordan's wave.
AUGUST, 1866. ALVIN ALLEY.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

The quantity of wheat sent from California
to Europe this year is 10000 tons.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

60 Mrs Mullowney's chriztmast pudding
shall 90 in next week, says an Irish editor
in notice 70 correspondents We admire
his taste. May good digestion wait on ap-
r,nfffa 90
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

An Irishmsn, swearing the peace against
his three sons, thus concluded his affidavit
" And this depOnent further saith, that
the only one of his children who showed
him any real flial affection was his youngest
son, Larry. for he Heger struck him bsheR BE-
ssQs 10sgH.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18
BOLIVAR, HARDBMAN COUNTY, TENN, Aug 49, 1856

The cotton crop of South Carolina is re-
ported small and the rice crop large.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

AT WAR-Spain, with the Spanish Amer
lean Republic.
Paraguay, with the Argentine Confedera-
ton, including Brazil and Uruguay
Mexico, with Maxamilian.
Russia with Turkestan.
China, with Tae Pings
Austria, with Prussia and Italy
Turkey with the Danubian Principalities
Involving more than tliree-fourths of the
civilized world, concerning whose military
operations We receive daily telegraphie
disnatehes
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

Spain declares she has no intention Of
the war against Chill and Peru.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18
ORIGINAL.I
81 UNKNOWN WARRIORS GRAVE. -

The following lines suggested while viewing the neg
leeted grave OF youth place
ring the late disastrous war:
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The Difference for Sambo.-ATr Oil
phant, an Englshman, who has written
some true and many amusing things about
the events of our civil war, shows the ma
ture of the change wrought IN the condi-
ton of the negro, by the following anecdote .
a invariably asked every negro | con-
versed with whether he thought himself bet
ter or worse of than formerly and as inva-
riably received for answer that he was in
some respects better, and in some worse
One fellow on board a steamer illustrated
the difference thus: If, when | was a slave
had tumbled overheard. the boat would
have been stopped, l should have been
picked up and put by the fire to dry, because
/ was property, and then given a hundred
lashes for falling overheard. But now, if
fall overheard, oh, it is only a cursed niger,
90 ahead and ! should never be picked up
at all In word, the negro used to be a
dog with master, now he is a dog without
ONE
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-08-18

We are now Offering the public FOR CASH, Of the
Dry Goods and Groceries
brought Hardeman County We buy for cash. sell for
cash. and matter of offer inducements over
those who sell on time
liquors Of any kind kept for sale by this house. but
given the purchase and Of Dry
Doods and standard Groceries.
Summer Dress Goods greatly reduced fig
ure them out in order make
the Fall and Winter trade.
Mr. R. e. Wilkerson returns his thanks his
patrons them that he desires
call all those who wish money dealing with
legitimate mercantile house. juy2l-3m