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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-10
COMMUNICATED. I

AT. Editor In your issue before last,
Dar1oin advances some ideas about the loca-
ton of the court house his reasoning about
the cost to the people is forcible and correct,
and agree with him so far, but here all con-
nections between us cease. Donot move the
site of the Court hcuse-because it is hal
lowed since the earliest time when men
had to wind their way through the stumps
to reach it, the present site has been the seat
Of Justice The ruins of the old building
are dearer to the people of Hardeman than
the largest new lot in town can be, and we
all protest against moving The subject of
purchasing the lots surrounding the Square
is one of Importance, for the comfort and
beauty of the new Court house depends on
its being the only building on the Square !;
the lots mentioned should be purchased, and
in order to arrive at a fair valuation both
for owners and people, the property holders
should meet and sign a paper, agreeing to
sell their lots at a price to be fixed by G com
mittee of three gentlemen, judges of town
property but not owners of any lot near the
S. uare. I believe this will be agreed to.
Inyit, the attention of the property holders
to the suggestion. Then again, all gentle
men who own property on the streets 'front.'
ing the Court louise Square should be will
ling to subscribe literally to aid the County
in purchasing the required land, to give the
Oficers of Justice and the clients room to
breathe in. There is no doubt but what the
gentlemen referred to will be ready to do
this, and I call on them to take steps to show
their willingness. Do not let US have the
Court house in the edge Of the town, on some
low lot where the Judge will be disturbed
by the croaking Of frogs, or continually an
noyed by the kissing and screeching Of I'M
easy engines and cars. No place is so ap-
propriate as the present lot, The debris
now on it viii well repay the town and
county by furnishing some material for the
new building, and great deal to fill up
and beautify the unsighty holes and ruts
now visible on al the streets. Every man,
believe, prefers the present site, and if 1t
can be enlarged at a reas enable price is
willing to pay It. Our taxes are heavy, but
our means are abundant; and under the wise
directions Of our Couty Court, I know the
burden of our new Cosrt house viii be sus-
tanned on the broad shoulders of the men of
Hardeman without murnar scarcely a
strain.
ANTI-MovER
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-10
NC Election-0moiaI -

The County election came of last Satur-
day, and Notwithstanding the inclemency Of
the weather, quite respectable vote was
polied- There was nothing that occurred
at any of the places where the polls were
opened TO mar the pleasantness Of the con-
test If the registration Office had not been
closed it is more than probable that at least
double the amount Of votes cast, 377, would
have been polled The footing up Of the
votes cast stands thus: For Sheriff, BIT !;
for Circuit Court Clerk, 500; for County
Court Clerk, 3T7; for register, 1853; for Tax
Collector, 226 for Trustee, 265. By this
it viii be seen that there were 152 votes less
cast for Tax Collector than there was for
Sheriff or County Court Clerk, which can be
accounted for, we think, in consequence of
the tickets not being printed with all the
names of the different candidates upon them.
as it is a well known fact that voters, in
many instances, fail to take the trouble to fill
up ticket with the names of persons who
are aspirants for minor Offices. The officers
elected are Sheriff, W. W. MeCarley !;
Circuit Court Clerk, T. B. Mcdowell; Coun-
ty Court Clerk, J. B. Harris Register, Ben.
Anderson; Tax Collector, Pipkin; Trustee,
Watson. Below we give tabular state
ment, which viii serve for future reference.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-10
w. p. BoND,
Judge 18th Circuit.

We stepped into the court room on last
Monday forenoon and were agrseably sur
prised to find the Circuit Court in session,
Hon Judge Bond, of Jackson, presiding
The scene reminded US of former times, Of
those peaceful and happy days when law,
not might, made right, and when the voice
of the sunburnt laborer was as powerful be-
fore tribunal composed of honest men as
the oily tongued military satrap was a few
months since in the presence of a " military
commission" It is source Of congratula-
ton indeed TO know that once more the old
familiar authors and comprehensive statutes
are being referred to and quoted from, in
stead Of orders" 80 and SO from head
quarters so and so, and he must be bad
man at heart, void of all human sensibilities
and gloater over the misfortunes of others
who does not bid God speed to the final
close of every channel that leads to discord,
sectional wrangling or personal chickering's.
Since the sitting of the court large amount
Of imnortant business has been disposed of
and much law and justice meted out. Judge
Bond. in his charge to the Grand Jury, re-
marked that q " holesome public sentiment
should be created, md dwelt, at some length,
upon the many advantages that would arise
from strict and faithful com oliance to all
the requirements of the St.ate Laws. His
charge was nttentively listened to, and was
full Of sound legal advise, every sentence OF
which is more valuable to US now, if strictly
followed, than all the gold in the ElDora' dos
of the West; for, without Peace, Law anu
Order, what are riches worth If unealled
for wrongs are heaped upon US, if we are
denied some Of the rights which we once
enjoyed, let US redouble our energies to ac-
celerate the ever onward moving cause Of
progress, all the while remembering that We
must 90 our duty, aye more, If necessary, to
win back from the chaotic condition in
which they have so long been, those safe
guards to liberty, life and property. In our
next issue we shall try to give to the readers
Of the BULLETIN synopsis of the cases dis
posed in the court over which Judge Bond
presides with so much becoming dignity and
ability.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-10

WALxEH AND PosToN ESDoRsED-And
Nominated for Reelection. - We learn
from the Memphis Bulletin of the 9Th that
the night previously, several hundred citi-
Gems were convened in that city at the
Exchange Bs'ilding, TO hear Messrs Walker
and Poston. who recently resigned seats in
the General Assembly to prevent the passage
Of the Fletcher Brownlow Franchise Act
Both gentlemen made exesilent speeches,
both were nominated for re election BY
exclamation. When they closed resolutions
we're presented by Col Loaand, approving
their action and pronouneing them their
ebossn candidates The action Of the late
Convention at Nashville was accepted as
that Of the Presidents adherents in Mem
phis. and a resolution approving and com
mending the course Of the Senator from
this county, Judge Smith, was unanimously
adopted
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-10

The election in Shelby county, last Satur-
day, resulted in the election of: P. M Win
ters, Sheriff Leonard, Trustee; Garwin,
Tax Collector Safarans, County Judge;
Jno. League, County Court Clerk Meehan,
Giro uit Court Clerk.
Below we give the full vote as it reached
US. The vote is not quite full, but near
enough to judge by, as only two districts
were to be heard from, without voters sufh-
Gent to make decided difference
Sheriff, Winters, 2, O99; Felts 1889.
Trustee Leonard I,229, Giles 384, Day
1877, Capers 357, Merriman 457; Bond 262
Tax Collector: Garvin ,6Sl, Priddy 705,
Brooks I52, CONNER 432, Caldwell 1862
County Judge Leonard 829 Dickinson
$40, Morgan $50, Safarans 916, Smith l78
County Court Clerk: League ,242, Ware
397, Bridges 1876, Scudder Is, Hogan 81,
Irrelevant 780, Kennedy 2, scattering IA
Circuit Court Clerk: Meehan 1878, On
ley 40I, Stewart 800.
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The Duty 0fths People Of tie South at

THIS Hour
The Louisville Journal In a able article on
this subject, very truly remarks that the on
y assistance the Southern people can rem
der the President is in the exhibition of a
devoted loyal spirit, in words as in acts
Every word uttered in the South against
the Presidents policy. every act tending to
stir up strife, every denunciation of the
North as such, every keeping the promise to
the ear but breaking it, to the hope, is a
god-send to the radieals-precisely what
they want and blow at the President,
which, in its inevitable result, must come
back to afiict the Southern people
Every circumstance denoting real or
seeming disloyalty in the South is eagerly
caught up by the extreme organs of public
opinion, distorted and magnifed They
come to as nearly every day full of reports
Of disloYal words and doings, outrages upon
the freedmen, aud the like now in one
Southern State and then in another for the
purpose Of Strengthening the opposition in
Congress to the President, and, if possible
to defeat his great work. There can be no
question that these reports-nine-tenths
of which, we believe, are either base fabri-
cations or mountains made out Of molehills
have produced an impression upon the
North, and abetted the opposition to the
President in Congress, to the manifest dam
aging of the cause of restoration. Every
thing that relates to this is now thrust into
the nav of that committee of fifteen on
% reconstruction" from which it may or
may not return to daylight during the
present session of Congress. The policy of
the extremists is evidently to stave off &C
ton as long as possible, and keep the
Southern States in the condition of con-
quered provinces.
It may be that the Southern representa-
tives viii not be admitted by the Thirty
ninth Ccngeess, and in this case, the lques.
ton will go to the people at large, and con-
stitute the engrossing question at the elec~
ton of the next Co ngress. The President,
as Commander-in Chief of the army, could,
in such contingency, withdraw all soldiers
from the Southern States, and leave them to
their own government but whether he
would deem it advisable and prudent to do
so will Of course depend upon circumstances
which need not now be discussed The
members of the present House of Repre-
sentatives were elected during the late war,
and they appear to reflect, not the spirit of
peace and Cancellation, but that Of war and
! evaporation.
If the people South pursue judicious
course, they can greatly mollify Northern
public opinion, and atthe next Congressional
elections in the North, give those who sus-
tain moderate policy, equal justice and
patriotic principles chance to obtain con
troll of the popular branch of Con gress, and
re-elect Andrew johnson. The Southern
people must do justly, keep their tempers,
and bide their time. And, further, they
must and they wilI-if not demented-giye
the Administration an enthusiastic and un-
animous support 1t is their only chance
Of escape from the perils which surround
them
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-10

After the close Of such war, as we have
had for the past four years, and the like Of
which the world never before witnessed, it
is surprising to see how few crimes are
committed We subjoin a statement, from
the Grand Jury of this county, which will
be read with pleasure by every one, a we'll
wisher of the country It shows to all, the
quiet, honest, and loyal disposition of our
people, in contravention Of what men, even
in high official position in our own State
wish to represent US. Judge Bond has also
added his testimony. It would be a good
idea for the Grand Juries of all the counties
in the State, to make statement, in their
Official capacity of tho peaceful condition
of the counties they are in and in that
manner prove false all that journalists of
radical temperament have said and written
cOntrarily and to our detriment
GRAND JURY RooM
Bolivar, Tenn, March 9, 1866.
The undersigned Grand Jurors OF the
present (March) term of the Circuit Court
for Hardeman county, coming as we do from
all parts of the County, take pleasure in Civ
ing this, our united testimony, to the law
abiding, peaceful and orderly department of
tho entire population of the County of Har-
deman.
We sincerely believe our people accept in
good faith the issues of the war with full
purpose to abide by the same.
We make this statement public to coun-
teract any unfayorable impressions which
may have been made by certain officials not
knowing our status-to the end that justice
may be done
Danial B. Sain, Foreman.
G. H. Dorion Sr. VIM. A. Naylor.
II. w. Prewitt j. S. Lambert
Abraham Cox. II s. Robertson.
w. G. Cheshier Samuel Henson.
Andrew Turner VIM Murphy
T. J. Cliff David c. Hull
A. J. Moore, officer of Grand Jury.
1t affords me sincere pleasure to add my
testimony to that of the Grand Jury, to the
orderly department of all those who have
been called upon to attend the session of the
Circuit Court AS far as I know or am in
formed, the Grand Jury, the members of
the bar, the officers of the County, and the
conservators of the peace have cheerfully
co-operated with the Court at its present
session in administering the law and dis
psnsing Justice, and have no doubt of the
loyalty Of the people of Hardeman, and of
their determination to sustain the authori-
ties, both State and Federal
w. P. BoxD,
Judge 18th Circuit
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-10

thanks generous public for liberal pat-
EaT3-sn 7. A. OSBORN.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-10

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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-10

NoTIoE We wish to obtain more sub
scribers to this paper and make the follow
ing liberal propositions: To any one who
viii get up Club Of ten yearly subscribers
we viii send the BgLLETIN one year free of
charge; get up q club of five and we win
send you the paper for the period Of six
months free Of charge. We shall ever strive
% furnish our readers with a neat and reli-
aba journal, and will spare no pains or ex-
pense TO make it acceptable to al classes.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-10

The Paris Pasrie gives report that
Seward is about to send eoncilliatory dis
patches to France, intimating the readiness
Of the United States to proclaim neutrality
10 Mexico subject 70 certain conditions.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-10
HARDY & WILSON.

The undersigned has formed a partnership
with J. 4 WFLsoA IL tbs zsgsaHtils business. undss ths
STYLE e Hardy 3 WilE1a-
Re EePes = b lsFag pasreaisss hsrsEossrs ask
ny el9 frisads fsT sksr liberal patredaEe
fsllT-la s HARDT.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-03-10

A Washington special, says Mr.. Pollard,
of the Richmond Examiner, having vainly
in voked The President to recind Gen. Ter
rvs order for the suppression of his paper
applied to Gen Grant by whose order his
paper was suppressed. At the close Of the
interview, Grant quietly remarked that be
would receive any written communication
that might be forwarded here from Rich
mond, but could not at present give his
decision in the matter Grant announced
his intention to suppress all Southern news
papers which make similar bold denuncia-
itons against the Government
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News Summary.

Cotton in New York a. Gold 1881.
Co ton has declined in Liverpool.
1t is believed that Virginia would be loyal
but for her editors, who control public senti-
ment largely.
It is stated by Gen. Thomas that Alabam-
ians are anxious to have their State restored,
but are not personally friendly to Union
men.
Mr. Seward has declared in the most en-
Phatic terms that he is responsible for the
position the President has assumed in
opposition to Congress.
Portions of the police and negro popula-
ton of Richmond, Virginia, had severe
skirmish with firearms last Friday night
The military interfered before much blood
was spilled.
The official returns from Davidson county,
show that Patterson has been elected sheriff /;
Love, Circuit Court clerk Nichol, County
Court clerk Diggons, Criminal Court clerk;
Wilson, county trustee; Glenn, county
Judge Collins, revenue collector
The New York Herald suggests that the
only practicable method of restoring the
Union during the present reign of Radical
ism, is for the Southern States to send col
cred representatives to Congress. No doubt
they would be received with open arms by
Stevens, Sumner, Wade & Co.
Thad. Stevens, upon being asked last even
ing, says a Washington dispatch of the 5th,
if he intended to vote for the admission of
Tennessee, promptly replied, yes, and gave
the following reasons for doing SO Should
I vote against It the impression would be
created throughout the country that the
happy relation between President johnson
and myself had been disturbed, therefore I
have determined to vote for the admission Of
Tennessee this evening.
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Real estate to the value Of s2e,3To chang
/ hands in Rutherford county, last week
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