The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-01-20

/ Wnitcn pledseQ me anaZlnIy, especially that
part in which you so noBly defended JEFF
ferson Davis.
Christmas, with its merry fases and happy
hearts, have cum and goned since you wrote,
and have been enjoyin myself immensely
and perniseusly-that is, in several loeali-
ties; but I have returned to Eyrie with a
hart full of love TO all men-the radicals
excepted. While I ware on the wing, I
stopped a few hours at Corinth, around
which clusters so many brite and bitter
memories. I could see but little except old
forts breastYorks, and graves, with small
! sprinklin of houses. The last time ware
thare, General Greea and ne, with a few of
cur friends, stopped at the Corinth House,
! but as General Rosecrans and his friends
ware u few hundred yards east of thare, we
concluded not to stay for dinner The note
l made in my diary is, "Corinth viii be a
notorious place for years to cum"
Since you wrote, have seed several things
of interest in Mr.. Bullytin- mans noospaper,
and elsewhare. In the first phase, in addi-
ton to Quitz, you, and me, we have more
new brethren than a few" First, Mr..
Jinkings cum down on US like thunder
storm and 1 ware skeered, but I flosofed
little, and thot probably he ware a young
animal what ware not well broke, and that
he ought to kick little for make -beleave.
Somebody says poetree are a compound of
sentiment and fiction. If this is so, Mr..
Jinkings are a poit and We welcome him as
SUCH We wanted just sich writer in the
kore. He is good writer, and must cum
agin.
Then, thar's Izanears, who talks soft
soder and quiet-like around the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen, just to get them to
fix up the pavements. When he succeeds,
I'm goin to give him puff In the mean
time, we would be glad to hear from him on
" Treason and JEFF. Davis Imprisonment
His voice may benefit us in this matter.
Next Gums Lucius Level, who has an
ide-ah to develop want it developed, and
if it is a beautiful one as I expect it will be,
we viii envelop him.
The next Is a Mr. Alvin Alley-our poet
bard, whose song is only the more beautiful
when his notes tremble with the harmony
Of the grand old organ.
Ali right; Phlunkey Hall are grad-duly
fllin up. But thare are a man who Gums
out wonst in while, called d" Many Siter-
zuns. 1 don't know what to say about him.
If he are bully man, want him to say so.
If he have many heads, 1 want to see him;
but if he are just one man-no bigger, nor
higher, nor lower than other men, want
him to sine his name ike other folks, and
quit tryin to rub sand in our eyes. If he
don't, the rest of US will lay the fat of our
swords on him, and dub him the omnibus
man though hang me if L don't think
his spurs are already on. So much for his
name. His last piece was splendid, and he
completely chawed his men. l tell you he
got them when he cummenst his Brief They
amt goin to talk back at him, you bet.
Law pints is law pints, and you can't soft
soder them.
Quartz, you are overlastinly dovelin me
about Charity. I writ pease about it
wonst, and got somebody to correct it and
spell the words rite, but I concluded that
folks what lives in glass houses oughtenter
throw stones, so 1 determined to let the
preachers tend to their own biziness Char
ity are beautiful in theory, but sumhow peO-
pie don't seem to take to it as lovinly as
babies 40 to milk IL Il man looks out for
hisself nowadays, folks say he are selfish.
If he have big heart, with great sympa-
thies, and an open hand, folks say he are
fool Even if he ware to adoo-kate it. folks
would call him visionist so you see why
am mum.
The other day ] seed noospaper from
Cairo with communication in it from
somebody in jackson, Tenn. He told the
editor several things about jackson, but the
sum and substance Of his letter ware that
the ladies around thare tux on powerfully
over Northern men. For fear our ladies
may be alike misrepresented, 1 viii just in
form those men up there that that feJIa1
must have seen them at time when he
couldn't tell black from white, Ieastwise, the
premises considered, its my opinion if they
hare to see them at all, they would prefer to
stand on the verge of the " great pit, and
look down in it at them. Wonder if they'll
take? 1 was borned in that county, and it
riIes me all over to see jist sich 15ctions.
Quartz, git nader and nader every day
about JEFF Davis bein kept in prison. At
furst I sorter thot they might be sum sense
in it, but as days multiply into weeks, and
weeks into months, and nobody don't want
to fte, and haven't got nuthin to fte with,
and wouldn't fte if they did have, can't
see what the fools want tc keep Davis for
They can't convict him of treason accordin
to our laws; and if they intend he shall
hang why, they've got the power to do it,
(only I think it viii cost sum Of them
power and if Mr.. johnson wants to have
him tried and convicted just SO he can par
don him, and show off magnanimous, his
amnesties viii already do very well in that
line; and haven't forgot about Mr. Davis
kindness to Mr. Johnson's family when he
was President; so 1 think they'd better stop
their faolfshDess