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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-11-17
A wonderful Railroad Tnvention.

The London Herald says: it is q curl
Gus fact that for the last four years an inveR-
ton which may prove one Of the most use
ful as well as the most wonderful of this
woodworking age has been on view within
an hour drive Of Paris. The general pub
lie are at this moment unaware that at La
Jouchere, close to the pretty village Of Bou-
ginal, they have an opportunity of witness
sing every Sunday the extraordinary sight of
a railway train ascending a steep gradient
without the aid Of steam, and the carriages
of which are destitute Of wheels
This invention is due to a French engi-
neer, n. J.. D. Girard. Il is found Oh a new
application Of an old principle, viz: That q
layer Of water introduced between two metal
surfaces, enables them to glide on each other
with as little friction as n slab of ice on the
polished surface of frozen lake. Mr. Gil
rard has conceived the idea Of applying this
principle to locomotion, and the experiment
he has cen carrying on for the last four
years successfully, demonstrates that it IS
applicable to the propeiling Of railroad trains
] n his system wheels are dispensed with
and there can be no doubt that were his in
yention applied to ordinary railways, an en-
gihe which is now able TO draw train weigh
ing, say 800 tons, at the rate of twenty miles
an hour would with the same expenditure
Of fuel be able to draw double the weight at
double the speed NJ. Girard, however, pro
poses to discard steam as a motive power.
This is the weak part Of his invention-the
value Of which consists in the substitution
Of sledge carriages, instead Of carriages on
/ wheels These carriages are fitted on slides,
/ which fit upon rails Of q peculiar consTuc-
| ton by simply turning a cock, stream OF
/ water is introduced between the slide and
! the rail- and gentle motive power being
| applied, the carriage mounted on the slide,
! shoots forward with q speed which has really
/ no limit beyond the considerations of safety.
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Somebody, says the Wilcox, Ala, Times,
told a story in our Office a few days ago
which shows how the price of cotton Is
kent down. A Yankee who has purchased
end planted near Montgomery, 5n this State,
asked two or three Of his neighbors to ride
over his farm and make an estimate of his
crop. They did so and, being old and expe-
Tienced planters, our Northern friend expec-
fed a favorable decision from them. When,
however, the highest Of their estimates was
that lac would make about forty bales, his
coua tenance betrayed indescribable aston
iskment. GOOD Heaven he exclaimed, 81
have been writing North that / would make
thousand bales y
It is such accounts that make the North
ern people believe that we are growing a
great crop down South.
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BE.aCKs.EETHs, VICES,
Circular and Other Saws,

Screw Wrenches and Tackle Blocks,
Pumps and Fixtures, Grind Stones and
Bearings,
Pad, Door, and other Locks,
Hollow Ware, Castings,
Stock and Wash Kettles,
Blacksmiths Anvils Vices Bellows etc,
Stocks and Dies, Railroad Mauls,
Picks and Burrows Iron, Cast, Blister and
German steel,
Tin Plate and Metals,
French Window Glass,
Guns, Percussion Caps and Shot,
Fishing Hooks and Lines,
PIows and Cotton Scrapers,
Cultivators and Iarrows,
Corn Shelters and Feed Cutters,
Betting and Packing,
Reapers, Powers, and Saw Mills,
And every other article to be found in Hardware Ag-
ricultural Establishment
Agents for acknowledgements &Mar-
vin's---SafeB
Agents also Horss Counter and Platform searses
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Gre The Cedron Bitters one Trial,

And you WILL NEVER any others.
1t not necessary publish long list diseases which
the CEDRON BITTERS specific. In ALI. diseases Of
the STOMACH BOWELS, LIVER, OR KIDNEYS; IN
ALL AFFECTIONS OF TIL + BRAIN, depending upon de-
rangement Of the Stomach and bowels; in GOVT RIIEU-
MATISM AND NEURALGIA and in FEVER AND
AGUE. It IS destined to supersede
cures these diseases hut prevents them.
A Winegassfui of the Bitters
meal viii obviate the bad effect Of the unhealthy
and the person taking against diseases
the most trying exposure.
Sold Retail by GrOcers and Druggists
GteneTaZ2E
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Strong CbardcterS-Strength Of charac-
ter consists of two things, power of viii and
power of selfrestraint 1t requires two
things therefore, for its existence strong feel
ings and strong command over them. Now
tits here we make great mistake; We mis-
take strong feelings for strong character. A
man who bears all before him, before whose
frown domestics tremble, and whose bursts
of fury make the children of the household
quake-because he has his will obeyed, and
His own way in all things-we call him a
strong man. The truth is, that is the weak
man it is his passions that are strong; he,
mastered by them, is weak You must
measure the strength Of a man by the power
of the feelings he subdues not by the power
of those which subdue him. And hence
composure is very often the highest result
of strength Did we never see a man re-
ceive fragrant insult, and only grow a little
pale, and then reply quietly? That Is man
spiritually strong. Or did we never see a
man in anguish stand, as if carved out of
solid rock, mastering himself2 OrOne bear
ing hopeless daily trial remain silent, and
never tell the world what cankered his home
peace? That Is strength. He who, with
strong passions remains chaste; he who,
keenly sensitive, with many powers Of in
dignation in him, can be provoked, and yet
restrain himself, and forgive-these are the
strong men, the spiritual heroes.
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0'i Nv "a 6toou nIClL PuLPIe anu Dl"CA'
Farmers Non hareutors Timothy Tit
comb, in his +" Rual Life says that the i'm
provenents made in farming implements
have not been made by farmers themselves,
but by mechanics and men of science. The
reason why the farmer has not been fore
most in improving the instruments and meth
DDS Of his own business Is, that his mind
has been untitled for improvement by the
cxces 5ive labors of his body. A man whose
whole vital energy is directed to the support
of muscle, has, Of course, mono to direct to
the support of thought
A man whose strength is habitually ex-
hausted by labor, becomes, at length, inca
pable of mental exertion, and makes him
self nothing more than the living machine
of a calling which so far exhausts his vital
ity that he has neither the disposition nor
the power to improve either himself or his
calling. A severe and constant tax on the
muscular system tends to repress mental de-
velopment and make life hard, and hOmely,
and unattractive. Now, experience proves
that this everlasting devotion to labor is un-
necessary and the farmer who, instead of
making himself slave to the soil, applies
his mind to his study, is a man to be hon
Ored. Mind must be the emancipation of
the farmer Science, intelligence, machine
ry-these must liberate the bondman of the
soil from his long slavery. Then, indeed,
the future to him, will be full of hope. The
pillow, under the hand Of science, has be-
come new instrument The horse now
hoes the corn, mows the grass, rakes the
hay, reaps, thFcshes, and winnows the
wheat; and every year adds new machinery
to the farmers stock, to supercede the clumsy
implements which once bound him to his
hard and never ending toll When farmer
begins to use machinery and to study the
processes of other men, and to apply his
mind to farming so far as he can make il
take the place Of muscle, then he ilumin-
ates his calling with a new light, and lifts
himself into the dignitY of a man.
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Scale. of Depreciation.

The following Act, in relation to the scaling of
Confederate Currency, from the time of its first
issue to the end of the war; passed at the recent
session of the General Assembly: - q
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO
ESTABLISH A SCALE OF DEPRECIATION
OF CONFEDERATE CURRENCY.
WHEREAS, By an ordinance of the Convention,
entitled An ordinance declaring what laws and
ordinances are in force, and for other purposes"
ratified the 18th day of October, a. D., 1865,
it is made the duty of the General Assembly to
provide scale of depreciation of the Confederate
Currency from the time of its first issue to the
end of the war; and it is further therein declared
that all executory contracts, sOlvable in money,
whether under seal or not made after the depre-
citation of said currency before the 1st of May,
1865, and untitled Except official bonds and penal
bonds payable to the State) shall be deemed to
have been made with the understanding that they
were solvable in money of the said currency
subject nevertheless, to evidence of different in
tent of the parties to the contract; therefore,
Be it enacted by the General assembly the State
Of North Carolina, aud it is hereby enacted by the
authority Of the same, That the following scale of
depreciation be and the same is hereby adopted
and established as the measure OF value of one
gold dollar in Confederate currency, for each
month, and the fractional parts of the month of
December, 1864, from the 1st day OF November,
1861, to the 1st day of May, 1865, to-wit:
Scale Of depreciation Of Confederate currency, the
gold dollar being the unit and measure Of ratue,
from November 1st, 1861, to Nay 1st, 1865:
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RALEIGH, n. c., THURSDAY,

would himself think of using muzzle-
loader in cover shooting, if he had the
option of a breech-loader, or who
would like to confront with the former
an enemy provided with the latter.
Then, why delay to place the better
weapon in the hands of our army !?
The smaller the force we maintain as
compared with our neighbors, and the
difficulty we experience in recruiting it,
the more essential it is that we should
forthwith appropriate an Improvement
which multiplies its effective strength,
and makes one man, under certain Cir
cumstances, a match for two or three.
Breech-loader, or some Repeating Rifle,
like that of Spencer, adopted in the
United States, would on the whole be
more serviceable, is matter to be dis
cussed by professional connoisseurs.
Spencer's rifle is a" seven shooter" and
all seven charges are put in at once into
a chamber in the stock, but as the
breech must be opened after each shot
to get rid of the empty cartridge, it is
possible that very little time is gained
and some risk of arrangement incurred
by this additional complication. Such
points may safely be left to the Judge
ment of scientific officers, but the expe-
diency of substituting Breech-loaders
for Muzzle-loaders is another affair.
Scientific officers will never succeed, by
themselves, in forcing the change upon
the authorities, and the only power ca
pable of doing so is the power Of public
opinion.
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AND 1NsEPARABLE.. Webster.
GENERAL REMARKS.

Revenue Stamps may be used iudiscriminately
upon any of the matters or things enumerated In
schedule b, except proprietary and playing card
stamps, for which special use has been provided.
Postage stamps cannot be used in payment ot
the duty chargeable on instruments. - =.
1t is the duty of the maker of an instrument to
af1x and cancel the stamp thereon. 1.-The neglects
to do so, the party for whom it is made, may
stamp it before it is used and if used after the
cannot afterwards be effectually stamped. Any
failure upon the part of the maker of an instru-
ment to appropriately stamp it, renders him liza
BILE to penalty of two hundred dollars.
Suits are commenced in many States by other
process than writ, viz: summons, warrants, pub
lication, petition &c, in which case these, as the
original process, severally require stamps.
Writs of scira facias are subject to stamp duty
as original processes.
The jurat of an affidavit. taken before Justice
of the Peace, Notary Public, other Officer duly
authorized to take affidavits, is held to be
titicate, and is subject to a stamp duty of five
cents, except when taken in suits of legal proceed
ings.
Certificates of loan in which there shall appear
any printed or written evidence of an amount of
money to be paid on demand or at any time de-
signatrd, are subject to stamp duty as Promisory
Notes.
The assignment of mortgage is subject to the
same duty as that imposed upon the original in
strument; that is to say for every sum of five
hundred dollars or any fractional part thereof OF
the amount secured by the mortgage, at time OF
its assignment there must be affixed a stamp or
stamps, denoting a duty of five cents.
When two or more persons join in the execution
of an instrument, the stamps to which this instru
ment is liable under the law, may be affixed and
cancelled by one of the parties.
In convcyances of real estate, the law provides
that the stamp affixed must answer to the value
of the estate OH interest conveyed
No stamp is required on any warrant of attor
ney accompanying bond or note, when such
bond or note has affixed thereto the stamp OIL
stamps denoting the duty required, and whenever
any bond or note is secured by mortgage, but one
stamp duty is required on such papers, such
stamp duty being the highest rates required for
such instruments, or either of them. In such a
case a note memorandum of the value de-
nomination of the stamp affixed should be made
upon the margin or in the acknowledgement of
the instrument which is not stamped.
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LARGE LAND SALE.-The tract of
land belonging to the estate of Henry
Motley, deed, which was advertised in
this paper, was sold pursuant to notice
on Wednesday last, by Chs. L. Powell,
Commissioner There was nearly four
teen hundred acres of it, but the tract
was divided into five orsix parcels, and
sold ill that way. The whole brought
a little over $25, 900, or an average of
some $40 per acre. This land lies d
bout four miles from Danville-Dan-
ciUe Register.
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EDUCATION AMONG THE CoLoRED PEo-
PLE.-We have been furnished the fol-
lowing report of the proceedings of a
mass meeting Of colored people held in
this city on Saturday last, with re-
quest to publish. In complying with
this request, we express our gratitica-
tion at the interest which this class of
our population manifest not only in ed
ucating themselves, bnt in Industrial
pursuits. 1t is fact now becoming
notorious that our colored population
are not only industrious, but well dis
posed, and awhile they thus continue,
they will find that the southern white
man is their best friend.
a mass meeting Of the colored popu-
lation of Raleigh and vicinity was held
in the Guion building on the 2Sth ult.,
to respond to the call of certain citizens
of n North-Carolina to choose delegates
to the State Educational Convention of
colored people to be held in this city
on the second Monday i'll August next.
The meeting was called to order by
E. Williams J. c. Craven was chosen
chairman, and S. T. Blackwell, secreta-
ry. The chairman explained the object
of the meeting whereupon, commit
tee of five was appointed to nominate
delegates to represent Raleigh in pro-
posed convention. After addresses by
Mr.. S. Hinton and others, the nomina-
ting committee made their report and
the following persons were chosen as
delegates to the convention
5. Is. Craven, Lennon Hinton, S. T.
Blackwell, w. T. Williams, Rev. Todd
Palmer, Peter Lane, J. E. Craven, J. b.
Hutchins.
The following persons were appoin-
ted as committee of arrangements for
the convention J. H. McCullers,
Thomas Palmer, S. Rayner, Alexander
Curtis.
Pertinent and racy speeches were
made by several gentlemen, and the
meeting, which was well attended, was
Il success, and was. indicative of the deep
interest felt by the people in the antic-
ipated convention.
J. B. CRAVEN, Chm.
S. T. BLACKWELL, Sec'y.
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THE MONARCH OF THE SEAs.-The
hopes entertained for the safety of this
vessel, which left Mersey for New York
on the 10Th of last March, with six hun
dred and thirty-nine cabin and steerage
passengers on board, have been at
length dispelled by the discovery of a
boat, pitched up on the coast of Kerry,
on Saturday, the It'll instant, and which
is believed to have belonged to the yes
sci, together with number of dead bod
les. The Monarch of the Seas was an
American built ship and ten years old.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

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Each subsequent insertion, on
Liberal deduction made, by special contract, to
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Court advertisements will be charged 20 per
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SPECIAL NOTICES charged SO per cent higher
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Insulting THE AMERICAN FLAG-The
Nashville Press and Times says the
particulars of the insult offered to the
Union flag at Gallatin, in this State, on
the night Of the Fourth of July, are e.
ven worse than at first reported. The
flag was not only torn down, but the
disappearing and sacreligious Union
haters actually tied one end oft to the
tail cfa COW and the other end of it to
the tail of dog, and then drove them
through the streets, while the sa-
cred symbol of the country was gdra-
ged through the dirt and trodden under
foot.
At Tullahoma, Tenn, on the Fourth,
the Sheriff Of the county attempted to
have the stars and strip taken down
in disgrace, but was prevented by some
who were a little more reconstructed -
than himself.
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And, achereas, Many grave and difficult disputes
may arise between executors, administrators,
guardians and trustees, and their legatees, distr-
butees wards and eestxysQne trust, in the settles
ment of their accounts and trust arising from the
sury notes and bank notes, incident to and grows
ing out of the late war; and that law suits and
expensive litigation may be obyiated. EF.ss.s.s
Be it further enacted That in all such cases, the
parties are hereby empowered to form full and
perfect statement of the case both sides, which
case shall be committed 10 this determination of
one OF the Judges of the Superior Courts, chosen
by the parties, who is hereby apthoriEed to CON-
slider and determine the same, according TO equity
and good conscience: R,ovided, hoaceter, That pQs
part of this section shall be construed to estqp or
hinder any person from proceeding in the usual
course of law, if he shall deem the same necessary
A true copy a,5g .. A. ENGE4HAAD,
= ttTE0 Senate
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rIHE NEW LINE FOR BALTIMORE,

THE NEW LINE FOR BALTIMORE,
i carrying the GREAT HARNDEN EXPRESS
FREIGHT, leave Norfolk at So o'clock, p. m.
The new and elegant steamers
GEORGE LEARY, Capt. S. Brakeman,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
JAS. T. BRADY, Capt. d. c. Lands,
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
The steamers of this line have unsurpassed ac-
odatons, being all and constructed
with great regard to speed comfort and safety,
and the tables equal to first class hotel fare
Travellers ping North via Scaboard and Roam
oke Railroad, can purchase tickets to Portsmouth,
where coaches will be in waiting to convey them
and their baggage FREE of CHARGE to the New
Line Steamers. Ample time afforded to make
sure connection and the fare under any circum-
stances as low as by the Old Bay Line.
Travellers going via Weldon and Petersburg
and Norfolk and Pet tersburg Railroads can procure
through tickets at Petersburg and have baggage
checked to Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York.
This line connects at Baltimore with the Rail-
roads for all Principal Cities North and West
Through Tickets sold on the Boats, and Passengers
and Baggage transferred from Boat to Cars Free
of Charge.
Passengers, Baggage and Freight transferred to
and from Portsmouth and New Line Steamers
free of charge.
Leave Baltimore from Spears Wharf, foot of
Gay Street, at O'Clock, p. IN.
H. V. TOMPKINs, Agent
sep 22-134 1yS At Norfolk.
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PLANTERS, ATTENTION !

T AM CONSTANTLY NEGOTIATING
l. sales of and Mortgages upon Southern
Real Estate.
A large amount of
NORTHERN CAPITAL
Is now seeking opportunity for
Investment South.
AM EMPOWERED TO PURCHASE
100000 ACRES OF COTTON
LANDS IN THE GULF
STATES.
PLANTERS AND OTHERS,
wishing to sell, mortgage take partners in
working their lands, invited. to apply to
me at once. =
ID. j. M. A. JEWETT,
46 Washington, Street,
BOSTON, MASS.
References:
A F. DEvEREux & Co.,
Boston, Mass.
EDMUND RICE, ESQ.,,
Cambridge, Mass.
WILLIAM L. PALMER, ESQ,
Salem, Mass.
CAPT. j. B. GREGORY.
Hamilton, Mass.
GEN. WILLIAM A OLMsTEAD
Troy, N. Y.
DUDLEY C. CHANNEL, ESQ,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
CHARLES G. FILLEY,
.z. New-Orleans, La.
~ CHARGES MODERATE. 81
All Letters must enclose a Stamp.
July IA, 1866. 5o-tw-6m
ZINE OLD wINEl -2@'a :.
40 GALLONS OLD AND DELICIOUS SOUP
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PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S
THROUGH LINE TO CALIFORNIA,
TOUCHING AT MEXICAN PORTS,
And Carrying the United States Mail.
THROUGH IN TWENTY-FIVE DAYS.

Steamships on the Connecting on tile Pa
Atlantic: citfc soith the
ARIZONA, COLORADO,
HENRY CHAUNCEY, CONSTITUTION,
NEW YORK, GOLDEN CITY,
OCEAN QUEEN, SACRAMENTO,
NORTHERN LIGHT, GOLDEN AGE,
COSTA RIGA, MONTANA,
&C., &C., &c.
One of the above Large and Splendid
" Steamships will leave Pier No. AZ, North
River, foot of Canal Street, at IL O'Clock, noon
on the Ist, I1th and 21st of every month";
then on the preceding Saturday. for Aspinwall
connecting, via Panama Railway. with one of the
COmpany's Steamships from Panama for San
Francisco, touching at Acapulco.
Departures of 1st and 2lst connect at Panama
with Steamers for South Pacific and Central
American Ports. Those of the 1st touch at
ManZanillo.
A discount of one quarter from steamers rates
allowed to second cabin and steerage passengers
with families. Also, an allowance of one quarter
and school-teachers. Soldiers having honorable
DISCHARGES, half fare.
One hundred ponnds baggage allowed to each
adult. Baggage masters accompany the baggage
through, and attend to ladies and children with
out male protectors. Baggage received on the
dock the day before sailing, from steamboats,
railroads, and passengers who prefer to send
dow. early.
An experienced Surgeon on board. Medicine
and attendance free.
apply at the Company's Ticket office, on the
Wharf, foot of Canal Street, North River, N. Y.
July Z, 1866. 47E3m.
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