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The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-04-11

p. 81 date my letter from Big
Shanty, as hear these diggins are to
have that name. Let US all be thankful
We know where We are, For Two years
it has been doubtful whether we were
in or out. My opinion now is that ere
are out, and l hear feamale voice say
whoopee B. A.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

THE ToMBLEss DEAp.-T'he local editor Of
the Memphis Appeal lately paid visit to
the memoriabie battlefield of Chicamaugs
Giving description of that eventfuI place,
he says:
Marks Of the deadly conflict which took
place here are yet easily diseernable, and
even the pebbles which mingie with the
sands of the rocky surface seem TO bear the
mark of blood. The scene is one of wild
grandeur, such as would remind one of a
terrific battle strife From here we walked
along the nights of the ridge and down to
ROssvlile, from whence we struck to the
classic field of Chicamauga, which, in Eng
hsh, means the river Of death. The signs Of
the terrific contest which here took place be-
tween Bragg and ROsecrans are yet very
plain. Here and there you can still see the
hastily thrown up redoubts, the rife pits and
the breastwOrks; while the trees are pierced
with many bullets. Graves, too, are met at
every side, AID che resting place of the YaLS
kee and the gallant Confederate can be
pointed out in almost every direction. 1t is
a melancholy sight to see the battle-ground,
especially So when we think that the Yam
kee dead have been all exhumed and taken
to the national cemetery at Chattanooga, and
the poor rebel" who fought for his home
and tireside without pay, is allowed to mol
der IN the dust, uRhonOred and unknown.
Alas that those gallant souls who fell In the
hope of a brighter day, should thus be for
gotten by those who geUer should forget
them
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

REMARKABLE WEATHER.-The Bossier
Banner, printed at Bellevue La, of date
The 9th, says:
On the 10Th, inst, at noon, we had sum
mer weather, the thermometer at so; IN the
evening, the wind veered around to the north
east, and at o'clock, A NJ, on the 18th,
sieet, hail and snow began to fall rapidly,
and by night the face of the earth was white
with snow and hail, and on the morning of
the 18th, the thermometer stood at 200 in
the air. Our fields aud gardens were green,
and the orchards in full bloom There will
be no fruit raised this year We are now
indeed, left out in the cold in spite of the
efforts of our few Northern friends
P Son Wednesday night we had the
severest frost of the winter and on Friday
morning another snow storm. As we are
going to press, FRIDAY at noon) the whole
country is robed in white, and it looks more
like January in Canada, than March in Lou
isiana.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

We have fallen upon evil times. The last
hope of an oppressed people has been
crushed out by the tribunal to which, in our
confidence in justice and right, we have
looked for deEVeFanee from that most iniqui-
tOas and oppressive measure, the franchise
law. The expectations Of the great mass Of
the people of Tennessee have been sadly dis
appointed. We cannot say that this I'M
looked for decision is the result Of q want
of moral eourage-nOr are we prepared to
admit that it Is based on reason, Justice or
authority. 1t is the law of the land, and
must be so regarded, but the yoke is none
the less heavy, nor the letters none the less
CALLING because they have been fastened
upon Us and riVited by master morkmen.
This decision is nevertheless the death-kueIl
of liberty in Tennessee. The great heart ef
IA oppressed people bleeds by this cruel
thrust e
BY it 100000 freemen 1t is mockery to
call them such now y are shOrn of their po-
litieal rights. They are degrsded-if men
can be degraded by the action of others-tO
the position of serfs They are thrust aside
to give place to their former slaves, who from
this moment are to be the political masters
in Tennessee. But these same people who
are thus so foully dispossessedo of their rights,
are forced TO support a governmental which
they have no voice. The officials who enact
aad put in force the oppressive and Injurious
laws, draw their salaries from the purses Of
the people whom they despoil; the very hire
lings who are to be armed and quartered
upon the citizens to bully and overawe them,
are to eat the breed Of those whom they rob
Of freeman's dearest prerogatiYe.
TeBnesseans, IN times gone by were wont
to be proud Of their noble old State. But
now, alas they must bow their heads in
shame at the sorry picture that she presents
to the world. Her cup of misery is full.
But as we believe in an oyerruling Provi-
dence, so do we believe that these fou
wrongs viii meet with their reward Thai
just Providence which orders all things will
take swift and sure vengeance on the per
petrators of these infamous acts, and in the
firm belief of this assurance, We bid oul
time.-MNrfressb Monitor
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30
Our Necessity.

Now that all doubt touching the suffrage
question in this State has been settled BIZ the
recent decision of the Supreme Court in the
case Of Ridley vs. Sherbrook, and we can
take full view Of the political Geld to be
fought over on the first day Of next August
more than ever is it necessary that the con-
vention of the 10th of April should be we'll
attended. We know our enemy, we reason
ably judge of his strength, and should strive
to weaken him 1t can be done. Our
e0urse-justiee--isn not without hope, and it
would be unmanly, mean and contemplate
TO desert it now Men should not hang their
heads and say "all is over now" We as
sert the truth when we say that the Radical
party does not count one-fcurth of the list
Of voters. None know this better than them
selves, hence their unnecessary exertions in
all directions Their activity, as a party,
not their numbers, has brought about the
deplorable condition in which we are 10, and
if the Conservatives will only emulate their
activity, it viii most assuredlv lead as on to
triumph, at least so for as the Legislature is
concerned, if no more. Tie who viii not
work for his own redemption is unworthy of
the rights COW being desired For the sake of
truth, right, and all that makes man, we
ask the people, no matter whether they can
vote or not ito Lut their shoulders to the wheel
and assist all in their power in rolling it
beyond such clod-headed distractions as the
one we print on the first page of this paper,
and which is placed upon the records of the
Supreme Court as decision. Decision |!
Why it smacks of political intrigue as an
unwashed mackerel does of brine How
ever, the question of suffrage, as we said be-
fore, is settled, and now the people must
work Our necessity calls for the proposed
convention. Let each county see that one
intelligent delegate attends, then let that
convention chose the champions of our
cause, and then let us fight the radical fac
ton with an open ballot We must organ
lie and work in concert We must gain
votes by vigorous work "There is life in
the old land yet," but dropping spirits must
be made to thrill by the earnest words which
slumber on unbroken. Every nook and
corner must feel the Importance which il
bears to q common centre, and this can only
be done by rigid canvass, one that viii not
stop short of the village or the hamlet On
next Monday the people will assemble for
the purpose Of attending Quarterly Court
The occasion is a good one, and we do hope
that a meeting viii be called and delegate
chosen to attend the coming convention.
This as oar necessity
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

HOME ENTERPRIsE.-Last Thursday, IN
company with our clever friend Col NJ. T.
Polk, we made visit to Leatherville, two
miles northwest of this place, on the White
vile road, and found that it was a place with
busy life Astounding" Leatherville is de-
cidedly a manufacturing village, and under
the fostering care and experience of its en-
terprising founder and proprietor, Paul T.
Jones, Esq, is destined to exert no little in
fuence for the good of the people of this
county. The first establishment into which
we were shown was the Pottery, wherein
jugs, Jars, pipes, and all kinds of earthern
ware are made in abundance and with won
derful rapidity. This is an important
branch, and is under the management of a
most excellent workman Next we were in
troduced to the intelligent workmen who
preside over the lanyard and workshops
Here genuine leather is manufactured, as
well as saddles, made upon the celebrated
Estes tree, which, we think, is an improve
ment upon the Hope tree of Texas, together
with boots and shoes of every description,
from the finest kip skin pump to the heav-
lest brogans, all of which are sold at the
mandatory for less than Yankee made
goods of the same style. AS proof of this
we will state that we saw there heavy sewed
calf skin boots marked down at SI4, and we
are satisfied that no Eastern made goods of
the same quality can be sold here at less fig
ures. The Estes saddle-tree is made at
Leatherville also Next we were shown
into the Foundry, where castings Of all
kinds are made to order This is also a
feature at the little village, and the cast-iron
plows moulded there and stocked in a room
adjoining the foundry, is fast winning a rep
utation for adaptability to the soil of this
section that will cause an increased demand
aud compel the proprietor TO enlarge his
facilities for their manufacture. Besides
the aotiveness that now prevails at Leather
Vile, we learn that Mr.. Jones intends to
build during she coming summer, just at the
foot of the hill onsFhich is situated his
Novelty Works - the pottery: saw,
grist mill and cotton gin, the machinery of
which viii be run by the waters of Pleasant
Run creek, for which purpose race three
quarters Of q mile has been cut, and which
is large enough to accommodate volume of
water of sufficient force to drive twice the
machinery necessary for the improvements
mentioned above. 1t certainly would be of
great benefit to this entire people if we had
in our midst few more such liberal, enter
prising men as the owner of Leatheryille.
Such men, and only such, can change the
tide Of prosperity, and chain its food
near orr doors 1t is the duty of good
citizen to patronize home enterprise ifyou
need anything, purchase it from home
mandatory if you can by this line of
policy We will sooa become selfsustaining,
and be enabled to keep at home in constant
circulation money that would otherwise find
It's way into Northern pockets and be lost to
as forever Patroaize home industry, that
is the keynote to our future welfare.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

HORSE THIEVES. Holly Springs Re-
porter of the 29th inst says:
One of the horse thieves, convicted at the
late term of the fernando Court, and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary, has published
letter in the Peoples Press, duplicating
several men by the names of Hurst, who
reside in McNary county, Tennessee, as
being at the head of band of these out
lawed horse thieves He says that they
steal horses from Tennessee to sell in Mis-
sissiPpi, and return with stolen horses from
Mississippi TO sell in Tennessee.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

a New Orleans, telegram of the 9th,
inst says that General Sheridan has issued
an order removing from Office the Mayor of
the city, the Attorney General of the State,
and Judge Abel of the First District Court
of New Orleans. Edward Heath has been
appointed Mayor of the city, B. L. Lynch
Acknowledgement and W. w. Howe Judge
Reports from points above on the river
state that the levees are giving way, and that
the whole lower valley will probably be in
undated.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

A Washington telegram of the 9th says
that the Supplementary Reconstruction bill
is to-day officially promulgated by the Sec
rotary of State
The Controller of the Currency gives no
tice to the holders of the notes of the First
National Bank of Newton, Mass, the Ten
nessee National bank of Memphis, Tenn,
and the First National Bank of Indiana
that such notes viii be paid in the lawful
currency of the United States on presenta-
EiOn at the Treasury.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30
Petition to Sen Land to Pay Debts

In the County Court Of Hardeman County.
Archibald Summers, admir- Henry Jones.
William Jones' decd, heirs Of S6eel JORsa deed Thomas
Harvey and wife Lucinda, Calvin Clayton wife Win-
fred LaviAia Jones, Frank NJ Jones.
1t appearing to the undersigned, Clerk and
Master of said Court from the petition
which is sworn to, that the defendants above
named are nOn-residents of the State of Ten
nessee; it is therefore ordered that publ
cation be made in the Bolivar Bulletin -
for four consecutive weeks, requiring said
defendants to enter their appearance in said
cause on or before the first Monday in May,
1867, and plead, answer or denur to said
petition or the same will be taken for con-
fessed and set for hearing expaTte as to
tLem. JAS B. HARRIss, G. e NJ
March 80, 1867. pf $3.50 MARIO It
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

The Louisville Journal says that Congress
has voted $4,000 guns for BrownlOw TO en-
able him to maintain his despOtism in Ten
nessee. For such an infamous deed Con
gress deserves to be Iashed with the spiked
tail Of Satan. Tennessee's despOt viii be
sure to put his $4,000 tools into the hands
of , ,0A0 Of the most blood-thirstY creatures
be can find
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

INTERNAL REVENUE LAW.-The reduction
in taxes under the amendments to the Inter
nal Revenue Law, takes effect on and after
March 2, 1866. All exemptions date from
the morning of that day. The income tax
now to be returned upon the income of last
year viii be paid according to the new law.
One thousand dollars thus returned is ex-
empt and all above that pays uniform rate
Of 5 per cent. The returns must now be
made in March, instead of May, as under
the old law
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

Notwithstanding the excessive cold
weather experienced in this county during
the first part Of the present month, which,
by many, was thought sufficient to kill both
bud and blossom, we yet entertain hopes for
a fair crop Of fruit the coming season. By
close examination we find that the plum and
peach trees are possessed ofan abundance
of healthy blooms. The apple trees have
been unharraed.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

BONDED WAREHOUSE 81 Hoffheimer.
176 Front street, Memphis, dealers in grocer
les and plantation supplies, have established
a q. s bonded warehouse in which they
have about 1000 barrels of liquors of all
kinds. Merchants and planters should
make note of this, and call on the Messrs.
Hoffheimer when in Memphis.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

The Wolves AND-THE WOLVES LIE DoWN
ToGETHER.-Th Nashville Press and Times,
commenting upon the recent decision of the
Supreme Court In the Ridley Us Sherbrook
case, says that it was contrary to the expec-
tatiOns Of three-fOurths of the people. Well,
that's the truth. The people did allow them
selves to be deceived, and were foolish
enough to think that Radical court would
boil to side with a Radical Legislature.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

JUsT.-A law which passed the Missis-
sippi legislature on the 2lst of last February,
reads as follows:
Sec. l. Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Mississippi, That every officer or
soldier in Federal, Confederate or State ser
vice who may have committed any criminal
offence against the laws of this State, while
acting under orders at any time during the
late war between the Confederate States and
the United States, be and they are hereby
fully pardoned.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

KENTUCKY CONSERvATIyEs.-At the con-
vention which assembled at Frankfort some
time since, the following persons were
chosen as champions of the conservative
party of Kentucky, every one of whom, we
hope, will be elected
John l. Helm, for Governor; }. W. Ste
vensOn, for Lieutenant Governor; J. NJ. Rod
man, for Attorney General; d. H. Smith,
for Auditor; J. w. TAFT for Treasurer; J.
A. Dawson, for Register of Land Office and
4. I. Smith, for superintendent of Public
Institutions
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

WEsTwA. D.-The cars on the Union Pa
cifc railroad, on the. 25th inst reached
point four hundred and ffty-three miles
west of St Louis. Every day sees an addi-
toinal mile of track completed
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

The Polk BATTERY-O ficers, non-com-
missioned officers and privates knowing the
names of men who died in service, or were
killed in action, belonging to the company,
are requested to forward such names to me
Immediately, stating the date of death as
near as possible. II. T. POLK,
Bolivar, Tenn.
1t is to be hoped that the above request
will be complied with at as early day as
possible The Monumental Society of Har-
deman county, of which Mrs R. P Nicely is
president, is anxious to perfect the work
which has been voluntarily taken in hand.
Commissioned, non-commissioned officers
and privates who served in the lost cause,
and who are acquainted with the names of
persons from this county who lost their lives
in battle or disease during the war, are ur-
gently requested to forward information to
the society at once, as monument is to be
built sacred to the memory of the Confede-
rate dead, on which their names are to be
engraved.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

DUEL.-It is said that a duel takes place
to-day at MiIliken's Bend, on tbs Mississippi
river. between Col E. NJ Yerger, of the
jackson Aississippian, and l. NJ Partridge,
of the Vicisburg Herald Cause, an often
sive article that appeared in the Herald.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

The Nashville and Chattanooga railroad
is again IN running order. Trains 60
through without delay.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

MORE AND MoKE.-Congress has deter
mined that no Southern State shall be adj
mitted into the Union unless such State first
provides for the education Of the negroes.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30
County!
TnsoIventeR Yofice-

All persons having claims against the estate
of Susan Fl. Knight decd, are hereby no
County Court Of Hardeman County, duly
authenticated according to law, for pro rata
allowance, on or before the twenty-ffth day
of September, A. D. eighteen hundred and
sixty. seven, or the same will be forever
barred in law and equity. l have this day
suggested the insolvency Of said estate.
March %, 1867 L. 7. KNIGHT
rnnr4n drn,r Of Enran II z nirht an..f
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

BROKE JA1L.-During the present week
two notorious horse thieves escaped from
the Jail of Marshall county, Miss.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

We welcome to our exchange list that neat
aud readable paper the Weekly Intelligent
Ger, published at Paris, Tenn, by w b.
Porter. We hope it will come to US regu-
larlv
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30
RTsse advertisements.
NOTTCE!
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HIS. JIM H. NQs 9eCAstaA4 UfE10As
WATER FALLEEs EfIss, March 20 1851
The Stockholders sf ths Mississippi Central Railroad Com
pany win convene at the Oes Of said company at Water
Valley, Miss, TUESDAY, 23d Of April. at 10 o'clock
20 consider and determine the proprey Of accepting
the bill passed during session the Legislature
Of this STATE auhOrzing the said Company Change
notes-
By order Of the President.
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

MEMPHIS CITY SAVINGS INSTITUTION,
SUCCESSORS
OGDEN, TOBEY & CO.,
(So. I6 Jefferson Etreet.)
Dealers in Exchange Coin. Bank Notes Stock, &C. Col
econs made all accessible points in the United States
Corrected Weekly for the Bolivar Bulletin.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

England. Ireland Scotland s. % ner E
Erauce. Switzerland Belgium = ar f5r a
tEermaEy-Sl u for gold thaier= 81 a ~ pr.s.i.,
gEildar exc for ggildsr.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

The first of next month the new income
tax law goes into force. By the provisions
of this law, one thousand dollars, instead of
six hundred will be exempt from tax
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

A COOP MAN GoNE-Thomas B. Laird,
senior editor and publisher of the Shelby
vile American Union, died at his residence
in that place on the 2Ist inst Long years
ago it was our pleasure to make the ac-
quaintance of deceased, and the memory of
the pleasant hours we have spent together
will ever he an oasis in the desert of life.
Mr.. Laird was an honored member Of the
Masonic and Odd Fellow brotherhoods.
Nav his virtues bloom,
Living still beyond the tomb.
His sOrroWing wife and weeping little ones
have our heartfelt sympathy, for we do feel
that they have sustained an irrepairable loss.
Peace to the ashes of our former friend.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30
NOTICE

Parties indebted 70 the house will please
call sad sss, sad al tha havag ssina sgEin us ars
rs4ussssa - psesalt tsas.
Fus1s3E l. q. EEHlFW 4 ca
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30

COTToN.-On the 9th, cotton was quoted
dull in Liverpool 43& for middling uplands,
On the 2Sth, in Memphis, middlings brought
27@29, while gold was quoted at 1873 buy
inc
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-03-30
w. H. ToDD.
W. III. PARIS.
II. Z. BIRD.

It is proper TO state that Todd says he is
Cineinnatian, while Bird claims to be from
Louisville. Parks is the same person who
some time ago, ran of and left his bonds
men with the bag to hold" and was ar
rested in Southern Illinois, a few weeks
since, by our fellow citizen John B. Rufin.
1t is the general impression that Bird is the
shrewdest of the trio, and very hard bird
TO keep Gagged. The refugees have, doubt
less, returned to their old familiar hauDts