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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

The REsULT-A correspondent of the
Memphis Bulletin, under date Of the 9TH
inst, thus refers to the result which the late
elections win have upon the colored men of
that city:
There viii soon be few colored competi-
tors of white men in any department of in
dustry. Before the election there were only
three or four barber shops conducted by
freedmen. Before the war there was but
one a0Htte barber shop in Memphis. and tlis
was maintained by N0rtberR patronage.
Nov the whole system is changed The
first blow struck against the interests of col
ored people was leveled against them by the
Civil Rights bill From the date of the en-
actment ef that measure the writer has
never entered a house, hotel or barber shop
In which negroism was recognized One of
the witnesses who went before the C0ngres-
sional Riot Investigating Committee, swore
that the attempted. but impossible enforce
ment of the Civil Rights Law would destroy
every negro barber and hotel servant, and
coiored hackman, and porter, and drayman
IN Memphis-slow1y and surely this result
was 'consummated. The late election has
finished the task of the Civil Rights Act
None will have colOred helps who can
secure white. COlored mechanics will no
more have fair competition with white me-
Chanlcs.
There is no need for any public action or
any combination of white men There are
natural causes that conspire TO bring about
these results. Let things take their natural
course. Negroes are incapable Of fair and
successful competition, save to the extent
that they were formerly preferred as en-
ployes by Southern people That preference
exists no more, and the end comes. There
Is no resource for the cOlored man. save that
he must 90 to the country or migrate. His
condition IN Northern cities is worse than
here, and blacks must become farm labor
ers."
From almost every town in the State that
we have heard from, the change referred to
in the above article is going on at a rapid
rate. Coming events cast their shadows
before"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10
The London Times on the Execution
of MaximiIian.

Speaking of the execution of Macmillan,
the London Times says
" The worse traits of the Mexican charac-
ter have been exhibited IN this matter, and
1t will impress on the new government a
character which viii not easily be changed
As long as we can remember, Mexico has
been a land of blood The rival factions
have never shrunk from exercising the ut
most rights of victory If the good and the
liberty of peaceful residents were endangered
by the struggles of unscrupulous partisans,
those who did, at least, stake their lives on
the event, and when they failed, underwent
the last extremity of war One might have
hoped that the progress of enlightenment
and humanity might have extended even to
Mexico and that the republican leaders,
taught by the events of the last few years,
would have endeavOred to introduce milder
political code. They have had not only the
remonstrance of Europe, but the ADVICE Of
the United States. Every one is agreed that
such a political state as existed before the
invasion Of the French, cannot permanently
endure They must be aware that these in
cessant disturbances and the desire Of so
many to crafty their ambition at the cost
of the public peace, had their origin in the
recklessness and decentralization Of society,
and that these only be cured by abandoning
the evil traditions Of political vengeance.
But If they have at the first Opportunity re
vIved all that was worst in their former con-
duct, we expect their government will 60
from bad to worse until it falls anew into
anarchy, and compels another Intervention.
Europe is not likely again to interfere, but
a time must come when the United States
viii have to deal with a government which
slew Macmillan"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10
NJ. r. PARRISH. EDITOR.

The jackson Wing, of the Sd, says a re-
port reached that city late Wednesday eve
ming that an armed band of negroes were
approaching the place. The alarm was
sounded, and in very few minutes com
pany Of young men assembled and started
out to meet the insurrectionists. They were
found, twenty-five or thirty strong, encamped
in CampbeIs negro quarters, one mile west
of town. Three young men entered the
cabin and captured twelve negroes and eleven
guns. All the others made their escape.
The poor wretches acknowledged their muir
derous designs, but said they were ordered
to arm themselves by the captain of the mil
itia at that place. Their guns were taken
from them, and the whole party released.
We take pleasure in stating that on the day
of the election the Captain of the militia CO.
operated with the citizens in the preserva-
ton of peace and order
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

4 Gentle Wtfs's ErpzaHation-In the
police court Of Chicago, a wife thus inge-
niously explained very serious charge Of
harsh treatment towards her poor hus-
band:
One day when she was running across
the room, with fork in her hand, he jumped
in the way, and stuck the fork ia his wrist.
Then he undertook to strike her, but she
held up pan Of hot dish-water between
them and he split it all over his head Then
he got stillangry at this accident, and started
TO jump at her, but his head came against
her hand aud be fell down. She took hold
Of bis hair to raise him up, and the hair was
moistened by the not water so it came Of.
Then she saw that IL was of no use to reason
any longer and she left the house.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

Man AND WOMAN-The following happy
passage is from the pen Of mrs. Sigourney
" Man might be initiated into the varieties
and mysteries of needlework, taught to have
patience with the feeblcness and wayward-
ness of infancy, and to steal with noiseless
step around the chamber Of the sick, and
woman might contend for the palm of sci
ence; to pour forth elOquence in Senates, or
wade through the fields Of slaughter to a
throne. Yet revolving Of the soul would at
tend this abuse Of physical and intellectual
energy while the beauty Of social order
would be defaced, and the fountain of earth s
fidelity be broken up.
We arrive then at the conclusion that the
sexes are intended for different spheres CON
structed in conformity to their respective
destinations by him who bids the oak to
brave the fury Of the tempest and the Al
pine flower rest its cheek upon the bosom Of
eternal SHOWS But disparity does not ina
ply inferiority The high places of earth,
with all their pomp and glory, are indeed
accessible only to the march of ambition or
the grasp Of full power; yet those who pass
with faithful and unapplauded zeal through
their humble round of duty, are not unno-
ticed by the great taskmaker eyes, and their
endowments, though accounted poverty, may
prove durable ricaes for the kingdom Of
heaven.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

Two young men of the highest respeeta-
bility fought duel near Welby Kentucky.
on the 22d of July. Their names were Lit
tleh-1 Wells and Sanford B. Roberts. A love
rivalry vas the cause. Wells fell dead az
the first fire, and Roberts was shot through
the body, and was in dying condition at
last accounts
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10
The Water Fall

a colored contributor to the columns o
Our Own furnished the following "ili
CANT literati. We have taken the Hbert,
IF changing the versifcation a little. anl
nope his ebonyship viii excuse US:
As you go about the streets,
On any day,
Both lads and Iasses there YOU see
Dressed up in fashion gay
Some thick and some are thin,
While others they are tai
But the one that takes my eye the most
Is the gal with the waterfall!
She goes along the street dressed up
Ia silks and tiltsr hoop.
charming little darling hat
just shaped like a sugar scoop;
But there's something her head,
Just like a billiard ball
o! its sin for you to look
At the gal with the waterfall!
The other day I looked into
A saloon for ice cream,
My feeling I couldn't control
I thought it a dream
An angel flirting in
And for hash did loudly call
I thoughs it a vulgar dish
For gal with water-faIli
The way she hid that hashl
I tell You tFasnt slow
When she thought she had enough
She rose and turned to 60;
Something from her head did drop
It was neither light nor small;
The pepper caused the gal to sneeze,
And she dropped her waterfall!
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

House Fljes az WQrm Weather.-flies
during this hot summer weather, are great
annoyance to housekeepers and others. ator
their benefit we print the following, going
the rounds Of our exchanges 1t IS sim
pie and cheap remedy and contains nothing
poisonous, as many Of the articles recon-
mended for the destruction Of the trouble
some insects do. House flies may be eiec-
tually destroyed by taking half a spoonful
of black pepper in powder, on tablespoon
ful Of brown sugar, and one teaspooutnl OF
cream mix them well together, and place
them in a room where the hIes are trouble
some, and they will soon disappear.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

The Memphis Public Ledger Of the 5th
says. With their salaries, Saturday night,
many Brownlow blacks received their
" walking papers" It's estimated that no
less than five hundred have already been
dismissed for sustaining the party who deem
Conservative white men ft for being robbed
and trampled under foot
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

At Somerville, Fayette county, on Thurs
day, the negroes appeared at the polls seve-
raj hundred strong, armed ike soldiers, al
though detachment Of Regulars had been
sent there to prevent riot. They stacked
arms, voted the radical ticket and marched
away. This is one Of the methods of con-
ducting free election.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

News frona Sissal to July 2Sth, Vera Cruz
to oath, and Mexico to 22d, has been re-
ceived. Santa Anna is still in prison. Moth
ing has been heard Of Marquez as yet The
foreign ministers are unmolested The
press was advocating a general amnesty, but
all agree that some punishment should be
meted out to Marquee and others
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

The Times Brownsville special announces
the abandonment of all flibustering schemes
which have agitated Mexico since the exc
cution Of Macmillan.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

The Secretary is instructed to send to each
one of the above agents copy of the ad- :
dress of the General Agent and instructions
as to their duties that she also send a sub
scription book to each agent and all proper
forms.
On motion of Mrs. E. P McNeal, the Sec
retary is instructed to urge the district
agents to solicit donations of such articles
Of childrens clothing, bed clothing. and
such school books (second-hand or new as
may be spared by the contributors without
inconvenience.
On motion, decided that this society hold
a regular meeting on the first Thursday in
September, and monthly thereafter, the
President having power to call a meeting
whenever deemed necessary by her.
On motion, carried that the editor of the
Bolivar Bulletin be requested to publish
the proceedings of this meeting.
On motion, this society adjourned to meet
again at o'clock a. m on the first Thurs
day in September, at the Roper House.
A ~ ACTON, President
SALLIE W HILL, Secretary.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

The great tunnel of the Central Pacific
railroad at the summit of the Sierra Nevada
is nearly completed. It Is expected that the
first locomotive viii pass through on the
18th of the present month.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

The tournament at Water Valley, which
came off on the lst, was a grand success. A.
C. Brewer, St Elmo, Knight Of lie Boeage,
took the capital prize, and was proclaimed
Right Royal Knight, and crowned Miss Jen
ME Phillips Queen of Love and Beauty. G.
w. McKie, Knight of Released Chief
crowned Miss Ella McConnico first Maid of
Honor
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

The Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, Souta in a Pastoral address, have
requested their whole Church to observe
Friday, the 10th inst, as day of fasting
and prayer; and also that in every pastoral
charge a meeting be commenced on the
Sunday preceding the Fast Day, to be con-
tinued over the Sunday following.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

a London telegram, dated August 3, says
that dispatches received to-day from Athens
brings the intelligence that the Greek Gov
ernment has announced its determination
of declaring war against the Sublime Porte
on the lst Of September, should the hostili-
ties against the Christians in Gambia not be
ended by that time. Great military prepara-
tions are being made for such contingency,
and orders issued calling out the entire re
serves Of the kingdom
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10
HELP THE ORPHANS {!
HARDEMAN AUXILIARY SOCIETY
List of Officers. District Agents, and
Proceedings Of the First
Meeting.

At Clarksville, Tenn, Is located an asylum
for Confederate orphan children. The aims
and objects of the institution were published
in the Bolivar Bulletin last week, and we
now give full list of the officers, members,
and agents of the society organized here for
the purpose of aiding the Asylum.
OFFICERS.
Mrs. Rev. a Acton, president; Mrs
Jerome Hill, secretary; Mrs. R. A Wood
treasurer.
Charter Members.
Mrs. a. Acton, Mrs. Jerome Hill, Mrs.
R. A Wood, Mrs. E. P McNeal, Mrs. DR..
Newbern, Mrs. Charles Wood, Mrs NJ. A.
Pirtle, Mrs. A Nelson, Mrs H Harkins,
Mrs Jarmon, Miss Mary Jones, Miss Kate
NeeIy.
Vice Pres5dents.- A. McNeal, Mrs
DR.. Tate, Mrs. R. S Hardy, Mrs. S Bray,
Mrs Jo Tate, Mrs. J. II. Bills, Mrs. A
Miller, Mrs. W. c. Gray, Mrs w H. Thomp
son, Miss Irene NcNeal, Miss Amelia David,
Miss Mag West, Miss SaIlie Pybass, Miss.
B. Macon, Mrs. G. w Newbern, Mrs. J. J.
Polk, Mrs j. s. Burford Mrs. j. s Robin
son, Mrs. J. B. Franklin, Miss Mary G.
Marsh, Mrs. Gatis, Mrs J. c. Prewett, Mrs
J. c. Williams, Mrs. Mary Chairs, Mrs, F.
Oats, Mrs. c. w Perry, Mrs J. Crawford,
Mrs. James Casse Mrs. Fannie Webb, Mrs.
E. G. Crisp, Mrs. Wiley Fort, Mrs. L. Saw
age, Mrs. Mcdonald, Mrs A. Ramsey, Mrs
Robert Walton, HRS. Pitser Miller, Mrs.
John Miller, Miss Sophia Talbot, Mrs. H. c.
Fentress, Mrs. Swinebroad, Mrs. Beecher
Adams, Mrs. John Kinny.
PROCEEDINGs-NAME OF AGENTS.
At a meeting of the Hardeman County
Society, auxiliary to the Tennessee Orphan
Asylum, held at the Roper House, in Boil
var, Mrs Ann Acton, President, and Mrs.
Jerome Hill, Secretary, were present the
following members Mrs. E. P. McNeal
Miss Nary Jones, Mrs Harkins, Mrs. DR..
Newbern. The following proceedings were
had:
On motion of Miss Nary Jones the fol
lowing District Agents were appointed, and
the Secretary instructed to notify them Of
their appointments
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

The steamer Cora 81 bound from Louis
vile to Cairo with heavy cargo, sunk in the
Ohio near Henderson on Sunday.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

Prentice, in the Louisville journal, says
g Congress holds a session to explain one Of
its own laws. Perhaps it viii hold another
10 explain Its explanation.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

The Hon. C. C. Washburne and two
daughters, of Wisconsin, sailed from Bos-
ton, the other day, for England. he was
one of the best commanders we had in
Memphis under Federal rule during the
war.-M Memphis Bulletin.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

DEATH TO ALL FoREIGNERs.--The Chicago
Times says The letter of Escobedo, an
nouncing his intention to make clean work
of the detested Gringos. and proclaiming
" death to all strangers, was a genuine let
ter. Its authenticity is established, and the
atrocity of its sentiments is augmented by
the official accounts given in Mexican jour
After the prisoners had been condemned to
death, Escobedo promulgated the following
savage order:
Soldiers-Tn the name of the nation, he
who solicits pardon for the three condemned,
or either one Of them, viii be shot imme-
diately"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

SELF-CoNOEITED.-A great many people,
while reading newsr apers, now and then
discover grammatical or typographical errors,
and some are so exacting should they see
an error in the journal which they are pc
rusing that forthwith is launched at the
poor typo thousand pointed arrows from
The critic bow To such " hasty plates Of
soup we would say that even in one page
of this paper there is over one hundred
thousand letters, figures and characters j;
every one of which has to be placed in its
proper place, or an error is the consequence.
To illustrate: An Arkansas editor took it
into his head that he could do the type
setting for his paper, discharged his "jur,"
and went to work. Here is a fair sample of
his undertaking:
I'VE tqinE Mo shvll do most Oh OOr wn
seating type heaLaf4er may
tvLk gBout its blEing difficult TO SET t5pe,
bu4 We don't erperienoE much difficulty
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

SMUT IN WHEAT-Mr. a Pickett, of
WinnebagO county, Wis, writes to the Ru
raj New Yorker that in his experience of
twenty years as a wheat grower, he has "not
found brine of any use to prevent smut in
wheat; it is good to take out oats, and light
grain and other substances, and perhaps
facilitates the growth of wheat. The rome
dies I have found for smut are lye, lime and
vitriol. Ashes answer when sifted on the
seed while it is moist The wheat will not
hurt if it remain some hours otter being
coated with either of these substances, be-
fore being sown.'
L. T. Williams, of Troy, Pa, soaks his
seed IN strong brine, then Sits over it slaked
lime he puts it afterward in box and let's
it stand day or two before sowing
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10
nrR cRoRg;

This Company issues Policies on lives on
all plans and favorable rates as other
while it regard 70 residence travel
profits divided annually among IFS policy hold
ers prompt the payment Of losses having paid S4O
600 city in the last eight months, as follows;
G. P. Ziakagraf IS OO0 @ A. Harrison..Sl00 600
n H. Williams -. 5 600 e. De F. Mgrgan-..... 5000
John h. Page..... O.00O Gen. S. P. Baukhead. 5000
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

Ex-Confederate General Louis I. Wigfall,
formerly United States Senator from the
State Of Texas, is about entering upon the
practice Of law IN England in connection
with American cases.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10
OFFICERS.

Mrs. Rev. a. Acton, president; Mrs.
Jerome Hill, secretary; Mrs. R. A. Wood
treasurer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

SALL1B W. HILL, Secretary.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-08-10

Ex-Vice Consul for her Britanic Majesty
at Shanhai.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-04-30
THE SCENE THIS MORNING,

General Grants Father Pleads for a
ResPite-GOVernOr Cox Is lnexOrable-
The Execution to Take Place-COndi-
tIOn OF the Condemned This Morn
ing, Etc.
ESPECIAL DESPATCH TO THR EVENING TELEGRAPH
CINCINNATI, April 3O.-LiUtle has transpired
to-day in connection with the Hughes MUIR
derers, Goetz has had an interview wsth his
mother, and Cases sisters have been to see
him every day. Aulgus has become very
patient, and is attached TO the Catholic Church.
Goetz, who has been careless so long, has had
a hard struggle TO keep up his courage, but so
far he has succeeded.
A great effort has been made to secure the
communication of Cases sentence. Jesse Grant,
the father of General Grant, visited Governor
Cox in person in company with the sisters ofthe
condemned man, but the Governor refused to
do anything for him last night. A telegram
was sent to the Governor asking respite for
thirty days, andto this writing 90 o'clock A. M }
| no answer has been received and 1 feel sure
there will be no respite.
Case now admits he is eighteen years old.
| Several citizens were with the prisoners last
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-04-30
THIRD DEsPATCH.l

THIRD DESPATCH.
Preparations for the Execution - Sad
Scenes In the PrisOn-The Friends of
the Doomed Men visit Them-CuriOus
Confession OF GOetz, Etc.
ESPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE EVENING TELEeRAPu.l
The Doomed nt Breakfast.
CINCINNATI, April 3O.-The prisoners slept well
last night and Sc early this morning, eating
q hearty breakfast, and partoolk literally of
whisky. They appeared composed, and say
that they have made their peace with God
Goetz says he would not accept a Communication
of sentence If it were rendered him. His sem
ttnce he added, was just, and he would die with
a cruclhx in his hands,
Touching Scenes.
Case's mother, who is too old and feeble TO
visit him, yesterday sent a message to him by
Rev. Joseph Embery: "rell him" said she, that
my heart is broken-thatI would have died for
him, but if he will only die Christian, it is
all ask; it will be relief" When the mes
sage was delivered, the boy wept for the first
Time since his incarceration.
Aulgus' aunt from, Louisville, visited him this
morning She is the only relative he has in
this country; she raised him from child, as he
was an orphan, and feels almost a mothers
love for him. He was very little affected, but
she swooned, and was carried away by her
attendants. She is the sister Of his father, and
striking resemblance. Case says he dreamed
last night that his sentence had been COM
muted, and he says he believes it will be so; but
there is no hope.
Governor Cox VIII Not Stay Execution.
kilograms from Columbus state that the
Governor refuses to interfere, and that the law
will take its course.
Notwithstanding the assertion that he has
hope, Case was very much detected.
Statement of GOetz.
When Goetz first confessed, he stated that
his object, which was unknown to the
others of the party, was to kill r. b.
Smith, the employer of Hughes, the vic.
tim, and that a man named Mcfarland had
agreed to give him five hundred dollars for the
job, and had paid HIM only one hundred and
fifty of it, He described Mcfarland, if he
could not be found.
Very few believed this at the time, but the
prisoner reiterates it this morning, and says
he will die soon on the scaffold.
Preparations for the Execution.
All the preparations are complete and the
execution will take place about l o'clock this
afternoon. The scaffod is covered by cam
vass, and less than fifty persons, including
officers, clergymen, and reporters will he pre-
sent.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-04-30
| FOURTH DESPATCH. ]

A GIeRm OF Hope, and how It was
BIghted In Cases Case, Etc.
[sPTCIAL DESPATCH To THE EVENING TEL sGRAPH !
A few minutes since Mr.. Richardson, Cases
attorney received despatch from Governor
Cox stating that he would not respite the cul-
prit except upon a recommendation from
Judge Mu dOCh.
The sister of Case ran Immediately to the
Judges residence, but he refused even to see
her. If there was any question as TO the doom
of Case that settles it. After the receipt OF this
intelligence. Case appeared terribly detected,
but said he would brave it out as best he could.