The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-10-19
OLD THAD.-A Washington Telegram Of


OLD THAD.-A Washington telegram of
the 18th says;
Letters have been received from Thad
Stevens, In which he declares his intention
to urge upon Congress as soon as it meets in
November next, two great measures essential
to the safety Of the country The frstis a
general impeachment law, defining offences
upon which an officer may be impeached
and expressly declaring that no officer shall
continue to exercise the power of Office dur
ing his trial The second law in which Mr.
Stevens intends to urge, will provide under
the authority of the constitution and upon
the principles Of the Declaration of indie
pendence, that no State shall have the pow
er to prohibit citizens of the United States,
whatever their race, color or religion, from
voting for President or Congressman This
law will establish impartial suffrage
throughout the Union. Leading Repub-
licans affirm that Mr.. Stevens viii be sus-
tanned by Congress.
Even if Congress does sustain Mr.. Stevens
it does not follow that the people viii sus-
tain Congress Thad., like the Radical party,
is lettering upon the brink of grave dug by
conservative picks and Democratic shoveIs.
The poet Campbell makes the Scotch
Wizard say to Lochie
'' IT'S the sunset of life gives mystical love-
And coming their shadows before"
And so, we take it for granted that the i'm
pending dissolution of the radical party en-
ables the editor of the Nashville Press and
Times to give us an inkling into the state of
the weather two or three months hence He
says:
The Weather.-Large Aocks of wild
geese, ducks crane, and other water fowl
have been flying southwark for some days
past, and the weather seers say that this
early movement Of the feathered tribes por-
tends a winter of unusual severity. Their
flight is also made at an unusual elevation
The same signs have been observed in South
ern Europe
Craze Charge Against q Magishate.-A
Magistrate Of one of the civil districts of
this county was brought before Justice
Meacham yesterday, charged with the en-
bezzlcment of SO, drawn by him from the
county treasury for the benefit of a pauper.
He gave bonds for further appearance
NashciGle Union and Dispatch
If we owned Barnums Gorilla we would
bet him against weazeI that the Justice
referred to Is a radical and that he thinks
none but loyal men should rule Of
such is the penitentiary filed.
JUsr So.-The following paragraph, clip
ped from a Nashville paper of last Tuesday,
will serve to show how Radical Mayor
takes the law in his own hands
The Mayor visited the workhouse Sun
day morning, IN company with City Attor-
ney Allen, and released four militiamen.
who had been incarcerated for various
otenses. This, we believe, is the first in
stance in tie history Of Nashville in which
n Mayor has taken it upon himself to release
workhOuse prisoners.
Henry and William Crockett nephews of
the Hon John Bell, are on trial at Nashville
charged with maliciously shooting into a
squad Of freedmen The charge is a trumped
up one, and no respectable person believes
that the accused are guilty. Radical ,gork
A Conference ofthe colored preachers and
members of the Methodist Church, within
the bounds Of the Memphis Conference dis
trict, will be held in jackson, on the 10Th Of
November.
The Nashville Union and Dispatch Office
was damaged by FIRE on the night of the Sth
inst to the amont Of 81 ,000, which, we are
glad to hear, is fully covered by insurance.
A New York telegram says there is an
utter want Of confidence in the credit OF Liy
erpool firms there