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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09
No.
Confederate soldier DroWned.

We find the following In the Jackson
Mississippian of the 29th.
We regret to learn that q ". Gordon,
a young man about twenty-three years of
age, a carpenter by trade, and nephew Of
Gen. Gordon, O. S a, was drowned while
bathing IN Pearl river, near the railroad
bridge, on last Sunday morning. He Is
supposed to have been seized with cramp,
as he was q good swimmer Mr. Gordon
was a native Of Virginia, Captain In the
sd Virginia regiment, and at one time
Aid-de-Camp to General r. e. Lee.
While here he has borne the reputation
of an industrious, moral young gentleman.
He leaves two sisters in Virginia, and q
brother, who was formerly Gen E. Kirby
Smiths Adjutant General, supposed to be
in Texas
His body has not been recovered, though
efforts were made to do so. On Friday last
ne received a letter from his sister in Virginia,
written in a very loving and affeetionate
style. Below we give some extracts to show
his standing nj society at home;
I am glad to know that you left behind
you reputation that will ever be remember
ed by all your friends and acquaintances,
especially your soldier friends x When
asked when you are coming back, [ can only
say that you never expect to return again.
: 1 am sorry that your uniform was
lost--I thought at one time to put your sword
and pistol in your trunk, but am SO glad
now that did not do It keep your sword
wrapped in Grape, mourning for our down
trodden States I wear a button from your
coat, with the words Sic Semper IYTannis
From your afeetionate sister,
I. y GORDON.
In the sudden loss of this young man, we
are forcibly reminde9 of the words of Holy
Writ: verify in the midst of life we are in
death" In the very prime Of manhood
with cheeks aglOw with the rosy hues Of
health and all the indications of long life
he is suddenly summoned to appear at the
Judgment bar of God, to render an account
of his stewardship ,, while on earth. Oh,
how careful we should live-spend each day
as though it were our last, and be ready at
moments warning to meet the stern de-
crees of Death.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09

An important improvement IN the eoliec-
ton and transportation Of letters and news
papers throughout the city Of New York
and It's suburbs is about to be inaugureted.
1t is proposed to place under the seat Of each
city car an iron box, with a wide Iaouth ~
the exterior panel Of the car into which
letters and papers may be dropped as the
cara pass up or down. A. the different
terinini Of the railroads postoihee agent
viii empty each box IS the car arrives, an0
dispatch theFcontents 70 the postoihce Tor
distribution
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09

A "REBEL IL W1sCoNsIx-A gentleman
by the name of HaeYers, resident of the
town Of Red River, Wis, was lately elected
to the Office of Town Clerk and Justice Of
the Peace of that goodly place. He was not
allowed to hold the Office, however, because
he had served as volunteer in the Confed-
crate army. Attorney General Gill, of that
State in his opinion on the case, said: " Hay-
ing served as a volunteer in the late rebel
army, you Ferdinand Haevers, have forfeit
ed all political rights under the United States
Government, and that Government alone
can restore them. Having placed yourself
in the attitude Of an alien enemy to the
United States Government, you cannot ezer-
else rights and privileges not accorded to
aliens, who are not enemies. Not having
the right to vote, yeucannot hold Office. No
Republic could live long if its acknowledged
enemies could, without It's consent, partici-
pate in its admistration.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09

HE4vY B3II-A Washington telegram
states that the counsel Of Jefferson Davis is
prepared to furnish bail to the amount Of
slQ,OO0,0OO for thatgentleman's release from
prison in case his trial does not immediate
II take place.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09

The Editor of Brownlow's Nashville organ
would fain be witty at our expense. In this
view Of the case, why are we like the prophet
Balaam2 Because we received the rebuke
Of stupid ass.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09

The recent tornado in Mississippi took a
wide range 1t visited Jackson, Ficksburg,
Natehez, Meridian, Marion Station and
Canton. 1t is believed that crops have been
much injured
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09

President johnson alludes 70 the " foul
whelp Of sin" II is difficult for US to un-
.derstand whether be means Butler, Stevens
Sumner, Philips, Garrison, Greeiy, Orthl,
Julian, the editor Of the Evansville Journal,
OF the Devil, as it applies to either.-l EraHs-
Courier
Undoubtedly his Ezeellency was refer
ing to the ongeared, short-sighted, knock
kneed, jugankled, wasp-waisted individual
that presides over the Nashville Press and
Times.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09

Mr. Wooderaft, who represents Popular
vile in the Legislature, says he must get
home. His wife writes him that they have
4" two calves, ten lambs eight pigs four kit
tens, and-Oh-John, come home
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09

4 young lady, having set her cap for
rather large specimen Of the opposite sex,
and having failed TO win him, was telling her
sorrows to a couple Of her confdents, when
one Of them eomforted her with these words
Never mind, Mollie, there j. as good fish
in the sea as ever vet was caught" " Mollie
knows that" replied her little brother, but
she wants a whale"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09

On the 2nd inst business was almost en-
tirely suspended in the northern cities in
respect to the memory Of the late Gen.
Scott.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09

ToURyA the 18th of July next
the citizens Of Holy Springs are 70 hold q
tournament at=that place in aid Of the monu-
mental society Of Marshall county. How
would It do to have little fitting here in aid
of the monumental fund Of Hardeman
county?
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09

A Western paper, in describing the debut
Of young orator. says that he broke the
ice felicitously with his opening sentepce,
and was almost Immediately drowned with
applause"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09

A basket maker named Rhinehardt, of
Kingston, New York, has been arrested on
the charge Of killing six illegitimate infants.
Of which he was the father.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09
important Law.

The following IS a true copy of the law re-
Gently passed by the Tennessee Legislature
in regard to the rights of Persons of Color"
AN ACT to define the term Persons of Color"
and to declare the rights Of such persons.
SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State Of Tennessee, That
all negroes, mulattoes, mestizos and their
descendants, having any African blood in
their veins, shall be known in this State as
persons of color
SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That persons Of
color shall have the right to make and en-
force con tracts, to sue and be sued, to be
parties and give evidence, to inherit, and to
have full and equal benefits of all laws and
proceeding for the security Of person and
estate, and shall not be subject to any other
or different punishment, pains or penalty,
for the commission Of any act or offense
than such as are prescribed for white per
sons committing ike acts or ofense.
SEC 3. Be it enacted, That all persons of
color, being blind, deaf and dumb, lunatics,
paupers, OF. apprentices, shall have the full
and perfect benefit and application Of all
laws regulating and providing for white per-
SONS, being blind, or deaf and dumb, or lu-
natics or paupers, or either (in asylums for
their beneft) and apprentices
SEC. 4. Be it enacted, That all acts or
parts OF acbS or IaHSY moons lsbenJ Hel6h1Ll5
are hereby repealed. Provided, That moth
ing In this act shall be so construed as to ad-
nit persons Of color to serve on the jury.
And, provided further, That the provisions
of this act shall not be so construed as to re-
quire the education Of cOlered and white
children IN the same school
SEC. s. Be 1t enacted That all free per
sons Of color who were living together as
husband and wife in this State, while IN a
state Of slavery, are hereby declared TO be
man and wife, and their children legitimate
/ " entitled to an inheritance in any property
| heretofore acquired, or that may hereafter
/ be acquired BY said parents, to as fail an ez'
tent as the children Of white citizens are
now entitled, by existing laws Of thi5 state
SIC. G. And be it further encted. That
this act shall take effect from and after lti
/ passage.
Passed May 26, 1866.
VIZ. HEsEEi-L,
Speaker OF the House Of Representatives.
JOSHUA B FRIEEsOS,
Speaker Of the Senate.
& correct copy Of the original act on hl'
in nv Office. A. J. FLETCHER,
Secretary Of State.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09

The Tennessee legislature having passed
the Civil Rights bill, all the Freedmen's
Courts Of the State are abolished.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09

The new London waterworks will cost
$45,000,O00, and viii supply daily 100000,
600 gallons to the huge metropolis.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09

It is said that the so-called Congress viii
adjourn sine die about the first Of July.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09

The President has refused to pardon
Raphael Semmes.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09
TO MY MOTHER.

I've wandered far from thee, mother. .sr ~
Far from my happy homes
I've left the land that gave birth,
In other cIInes to roam
And time then has rolled its years
And marked them my brow;
Yet have often thought of thee
I'm thinking Of thee
I'm thinking on the day. mother
When at my tender side,
You watched the davgning Of my youth;
And kissed N your pride;
Then brightly was my heart lit up
With hopes Of future JOY,
While your bright fancy honors wove
To deck your darling boy.
I'm thinking Of the day. mother,
IT'S When, with anxious care,
You lifted up your heart Heaven ~ r.-.--z.
Your hope, your trust was there;
- Fond memory brings your parting word,
While tears rolled down your cheek;
The long last loving look told more
Than even words could s8eak
I'm far away from thee, mother,
No friend near now,
To soothe m with tender word,
Or cool my burning brow;
The dearest ties affection wove,
Are all torn from
They left me when the trouble eamei
. They did not love like thee.
I'm lonely and forsaken aow,
Y
Yet still would not have thee know,
How sorely I'm distressed;
know you would chide mother,
You would not give me blamej
But soothe with your tender words,
And bid me hope again.
would not have thee know, mother,
b How brightest hopes decay;
The tempter with his baleful cup
Has dashed them all away;
And shame has left its venom sting
To rack with anguish wild
Yet still I would not have thee know
The Of thy child.
Oh, have wandered far, mother,
r- . Since deserted thee.
And left thy trusting heart to break,
Beyond the deep blue
Oh mother, still / love thee well,
Andlong hear thee speak,
And feel again thy bamy breath
Upon my care-worn cheek.
But al there is a thought mother,
Pervades my bleeding breast
That thy freed spirit may have flown
To its eternal resti
And while I wipe the tear away,
There whispers in my
A voice that peaks Of Heaven and thee,
And bids seek thee there.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09

An editor in Iowa has become so hollow
from depending upon the printing business
alone for bread, that he proposes 70 sell
himself for a stove pipe at three cents a
foot
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09

The following beautiful and touching lines
We're written several years ago by young
man who, at that time, was serving out a
term in one of the Ohio penitentiaries,
where he had been placed for committing
a deadly assault upon fellow creature while
under the influence of strong drink He was
an almost entire stranger in this country.
No one who reads the following tribute which
he pays to the memory of his mother will
say thath did not possess a heart full of pu-
rity and affection in his caImer moments );
and had it not been for the tempter
with his baneful cup he probably never
would have been forced to record the sad
announcement that his brightest hopes had
been dashed away :"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09
VIZ. HHsRELL,
q snrffnTraa

Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
JOSHUA B. FRIEEsOS,
Speaker of the Senate
& correct copy Of the original act on file
in nv Office. A. J. FLETCHER,
Secretary Of State.
Nashville, May % 1866.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-09
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depth OF interest, with rcsoee. admiration, and no
not with tears, but a ccrs Ii moisture on the eye
lids"-the result, be lyfa'ly adds of reading by
bad light or too long, or 700 late-nothing else.
4" honor her" he continues, "b because she was moi
a man, and coul not nave been If sho had tried;
nor bne, but woman, whose brain was all heart
and who fuldllcd her mission Of the friend, and hel
more sacred mission Of the comforter, right nobly.
" Her gh-soundng distractions only yelled hei
intense belief in and love Of living PERSONAL les
She was splendid proof Of how divine athing q
woman may be made
Mr.. Robertson wss in the habit Of reading the
works of James Marlincau with pleasure and profit
The influence Of me thoughts OF that powerful
writer can be traced through many of his sermons
Theodore Parker he also admired for bis eloquence
carnestness, and learning, and his indignation
against evil, and against forms without spirit,
though he was not blind to his characteristic faults
To certain point, indeed no recognized tho value
of Unitarianifm in spite OF his sincere attachment
to the established church. He regarded the Unita'
rians as entrusted with the task of exhibiting more
fully than others the truth OF the Humanity OF
Christ. Still with his comprehensive grasp OF in
tccct he did not fail TO study and reverence the
great American champion OF Calvinism, Jonathan
Edwards.
The death of Mr.. Robertson took place before he
was forty years of age. During the twelve years
that have elapsed since that time, his name hai
been more and more closely connected with Free
dom of religious thought and tho humaniLinG
elements of Christianity. The recent publication
of these volumes has given fresh interest TO his
character and hs history. No biography of late
has met with such a universal and enthusiastic
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the warmest sympathes Of the heart while 1t send,
vigorous and healing impulse 10 the intellect.
The example which II presents of truly manly
mana man Of masculine courage and vomany
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saint in feelin,,-a man VINO loved nothing 80 well
as truth but whose passion for truth was softened
! by a tender reyerencc,--a man with sublime faith
in the future but alive TO all the sacred association
Of the past.--a man who blendet with the most
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seryative spirit in behalf Of all that is august
venerable, and ennoblng in the traditions OF ages
such an example is singulorly attractive TO the
| Imagination and full OF all sweet and wholesome
influences. His writings hitherto published have
left deep impress on the religious world; bis
biography Will send grateful SAVIOR into all classe.
OF society.
New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-15
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THI.OTGH TIE SOUTH.

E ofiou-PIanting-The PrS.pects in North
Cnroiinn-NorthcrnC Cap,tai and Labor
Tie Scarcity Of Farm Hauds-TkS
Negroes Distr"-tf"i-Foreig" Labor
4 Number Of Foreigners Arrive-Th"
social Feeling Arrival Of Troops
The County sceured-SOuthcrn Life
4 Home OH the Old Piansniisn-Eiee
tios Day-Reb~I, Kc.eIscted-Asother
Agent of the Frcs sdmen's Bure~s Muy-
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