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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23
D estroy the Cotton seed-The Only
Sure Remedy fer the South.
IDA GLENN.

MEMPHIS Tenn, Oct 80, '67.
EDITORS MEMPHIS APPEAL:
l wish, through your paper, to propose to
the men Of the cotton growing States a
novel but sure remedy for the ills that
threaten to overwhelm Us. 1t is short and
easily understood. l propose to every
planter to destroy all his cotton seed except
six bushels, so that no man can plant over
two acres next year. Who, then, will agree,
after feeding what his stock viii eat, to
destroy all his seed except six bushels?
The present crop has absorbed, or lost,
one-half of the capital of planters, and
another crop at present rates, viii reduce
our whole planting interest to beggary.
Eastern capitalists, who control the price
of cotton, always raise the price the eve
OF planting time, to stimulate production,
and depress the price when cotton comes to
market Then let the shout 60 forth from
every Southern hill, destroy your cotton
seed Let it be echoed back from every
valley, destroy your cotton seed!
Respectfully,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23


Heary Seizure Of Diamonds.
BILE excitement was oceasioned yesterday
evening by the appearances on our streets of
an Individual by the name Of McCain, who
sold, or attempted to sell, large amount Of
valuable diamonds, watches and other
jewelry.
He was totally ignorant Of the immense
value of the commodity he was offering for
almost nothing. Oae Of the diamonds alone
was worth fully So 900 while the aggregate
value of the lot could not have been less
than 0,000. There is little doubt but that
this valuable property belongs to General
Wade Hampton and the Preston family, of
South Carolina. The watches bear their
superscription.
The man says he found them in the woods
two years ago, where they had been buried.
He was promptly arrested by Policeman
Bridwell than whom there is not n more
energetic officer In the city, and viii be de-
tanned until some one arrives to claim the
property. Gen Hampton has been tele-
graphed to By Mr.. J. r. Cooke and Mayor
Luttrell, and viii, no doubt, take immediate
steps to put himself in possession Of his lost
valuables McClain says he has at home a
large lot of Silverware and other jewelFy
found at the same time
We should not omit to state that but for
the prompmess and honesty Of Messrs.
Smith Dc Lyons, jewelers., this capture
might not have been made, or the property
passed into the hands Of some one, for
trife, less scrupulous, who would have ap-
propriated it to their own uses.
a dispatch has been received from Gen.
Wade Hampton, of Columbia, S. C., saying
the property belongs to him. The jeWelry
is now in the possession Of Smith & Lyon
who hold Is for the OwTrer-KHorUskle Free
Press, l0tb inst
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23

More than year ago watch and chain;
worth one hundred dollars, was stolen by a
burglar from Albert Parsons, Of Springfield,
Massachusetts. A few evenings ago the
property was found between the window and
the outside blinds of 8Ir Parsons window,
with a note advising Mr.. Parsons to take care
Of his watch hereafter.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23
olutiOn Of Partnership.

By mutual consent, Mr. JACOB HOFF-
HEIiIER witbdraWn from the holse q n & J. Hod-
heimsr. taking effect f September 1857 al debts "a
ehaula ba paid the ali
nahiitiesara assumed ~ thsu- The business viii De eou-
tnud heretofore tie style and
Arm Of NATHAN AtL4 ltEAiIEh b CO
Msmnhl1 TesH, sept e ls67. sspt2s5t
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23

The Cleveland Banner notices rumor
that Secretary Fletcher has renounced the
radicals and desires to join the Democratic
party. The rumor is unfounded Fletcher
butted his head against the Northern ad-
venturers and bummers a few weeks
aro and killed himselE
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23
The Northern and Southern Farmer.

The New Orleans Picayune Of late date,
in remarking upon the blight that has fallen
on the planting interests of the Southern
States by the destruction of the negro labor
system and the desoIating hoof of war,
draws the following contrast-which all viii
confess in some of its features is just-be-
tween the farmer in the Northern States
and the Southern planter. The necessities
of the case will in the future, to a greater or
less extent, compel the adoption of the ad-
vice given by the Pieayune Hard work,
economy and personal application must
take the place of the loose system of farm
ing through agents and by proxy, and the
thriftIessness and extravagance which has
heretofore characterized the business of
cotton planting:
The Northern farmer gets rich because
for one thing-he cannot run in debt as
here. There Is no one to make him adj
vances by the thousand and ten thousand
dollars. If he is industrious and hard
working, he may get few months loan to
meet his personal expenses, but none to
hire or provision laborers withal- If be has
valuable land, he may mortgage it to borrow
pectations. He therefore must raise little
things which sell readily, and not all Of
one crop, to be brought to market at the
end Of the year As he cannot borrow
money to buy mules and horses, he tries to
raise them, and he takes constant care of
such as he has. Care, economy and a self
supporting policy constantly adds to his
store. He has few purchased delicacies,
but many homemade comforts He Is so
necessarily always at home that he makes
it a place Of contentment, and neither city
nor village hotel soaks up much Of his
means.
Why cannot our planters do as we'll 2
We speak only Of and to such as are fit for
a planting or farming life, for man with
out the industry or courage to work viii not
do well IN that or any other mode Of life ;
but a man whose fingers know how to plant
and whose will Is good to plant, can carve
out Of this decentralization Of negro labor,
and this defeat of cotton as the only money
making crop, such good fortune as viii
amply compensate him for present losses.
To initiate the farmer in his divers crops,
to see to the care Of swine and breeding
stock, to use his small economies, and, like
him, to be his own salesman, may appear
belittling but, after all, il is a nobler life
than that Of him who is a slave to debt for
his sustenance, and who knows, as be dashes
along in his broadcotb, that the merchant,
If not the tailor IS wondering when be Will
get paid for It. We must reverse our mode
Of planting, if we would thrive; and
whether the worm or the cotton conquer.
this is equally true.
Hafalltbks Cure for Tooth-Ache-Th fol
lowing is recommended by one of our ex
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23
Family Groceries,

All Of Vhieh win be sold very prices we cannot
be undersod. Persons wishing bpy wiz ana greatly .
their to gFa cal before purchasing slssere
NEWBERN, TATE & GO. Z
September 2sth. 1857 -
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23

SNGULAR.-Tbe local editorsof the West
Tennessee Whig has seen a sweet potatoe
that resembles a snake, and thinks the slip
from which it sprung must have come from
McNairy county.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23

4 settlement with A. IIarvey, adm r estate
\. \. and E. New. deed.
A settlement with James Pankey admr
estate Geo. NJ. Williams, decd
& settlement With E. Reaves adm'r estate
IT. J. McKinnie, decd.
a settlement with J. B. Conner, admir- es-
tate Ann Conner, decd
A settlement with B. Johnson, admir- es-
tate-Bryant johnson, deed.
A settlement with W McKinnie, adn'r
estate D. MeKinnie.
a settlement with c. and J. A. Cox, adm'f
estate Eli Cox, decd
A settlement with A. P. Moore, guardian
Of r. AI Durham.
A settlement with Thos. G. Jones, guar
dian of 0ctayia Polk, Jr.
A settlement with w. NJ. Norment, guar
dian of Hrs B. A. Harris, decd.
A settlement with J. B. Simmons, guar
dian of WoTrelI heirs.
A settlements with G. Il. Campbell, guar
dian Of NJ. J. Campbell
A settlement with l. n. Campbell, guar
dian Of E A. andJ. J. Campbell
An inventory estate Geo. M. Williams,
des'd D. by Jas. Pankey, admir-.
An inventory estate Zella Thomas, decd,
by B, Thomas, admir-
An inventory estate S. Dudley. dec'i, by
J. J. Polk, exr.
An account sales estate S. Dudley, decd,
by j J. Polk exr.
An account sales estate G. A. Williams,
dec'e, BY J. Pankey, adu'r
An account sales estate David Chears,
decd, by ] j Polk, adm'r.
An account sales propErty oetayia Polk,
Jr., by I. G. Jones, guardian.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23

Iafallibke Cure for Tooth-Aehe The fol
lowing is recommended by one of our, ex-
changes as a sovereign cure for tooth-aehe ::
Mix eqeal quantities Of pulveFized alum
and common salt, wet small piece Of cotton
and apply it the powder which win adhere 70
1t and then place the cotton in the hollow Of
the tooth. On the introduction of the
mixed alum and salt a sensation Of eoldness
is experienced, which gradually subsidies and
with Il the torment Of the tooth-aehe.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23

Twelve Coolies from Cuba were imported
at New Orleans on last Friday. They are
under agreement to work twelve months,
from daybreak to dark, with two hours IN
tsEmission, for sI4 in greenbacks per month.
They cost $50 each for passage.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23

The masses have one privilege lett says
an exchange They rise at FIVE twenty and
work till ten forty at night 70 earn money g
pay seYen-thirtY interest r. bcneheiaers.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23

A New York correspondent Says The
Germans and oshes Radicals are % laseF
heads
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23

Avery religions old lady being asked her
opinion Of the organ in church. the FIRST
on is san awful way t. spend tbc sabbath.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23
OFFICE IN MEMPHIS
No-42 Madison Street,
DeSOto BLOCK.


General Agents, Memphis, Tenn
Fer West Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas, 70 whom
al applications Insurance Agencies should be sd
6 aeessra. j. ID. NCM AHDA.
NEWTON s. OTIS.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23

nea- ANNOUNCEMENTS S-An Annouucing the name Of
ny person Ior County once 81 State Federal SO.
% The above Terms and Rates viii be strictly adhered
Religions, Marriage Birth Death Notices solicited
and viii be Willingly inserted FREE OF CHARGE Obit-
uarles viii be charged for at advertising
NJ. R. PARRISH. EDITOR.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23
Bolivar 84ltetim.
Is published Every saturday,

Copy One Year Three dollars. inva-
Ti96ly IN advaneei One Copy One Month
delivered. Fifty Cents.
.TISING-0ne Square, Of ten lines or less. 81. 90
each subsequent insertion 50 cents; Loea
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23

-ith A. P. Moore, guardian
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-11-23

h c. and J. a. Cox, adm'f
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-12-19
NJ Die Moden,celt, edited b.

@s Die ModenaOelt, edited by
Franz Lipperheide, in Berlin, is
the leading magazine of fashion
in Europe. 1t is the best work of
the kind that we know-just what
is needed by Southern ladies. The
January number contains sixty
eight illustrations, with a diagram,
by which patterns can be cut for
any garment that is shown. The
directions are so clear and minute,
that any lady who sews neatly can
make fashionable and elegant gar
ments for herself, her Children,
andeven her husband, forpatterns
for gentlemen's clothing are also
given. Our readers who desire to
order it, should address Mr.. S. T.
Taylor, No. $40 Canal street, New
York, enclosing 80 cents for copy,
or So for a years subscription.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-12-19

The average price in New York
for fourteen years preceding the
war was hardly over 10s cents
If it is argued that the lOs cents
was in coin, it should also be re-
membered that that price was free
from a tax of ~ cents per pound
that has to be paid now.
During this period of fourteen
years the Southern States had vir-
tually a monopoly of the cotton
supply. The result of the war
has changed that. The crops of
India, etc, are already ample to
prevent anything like scarcity
of cotton, and they are increasing
every year. But the most seri-
Gus fact connected with the sub
iect is that rival cotton-producing
countries compete with labor that
is not one-quarter as expensive as
ours.
This is an unpleasant view for
not only the planter but for all
classes, and none more 30 than
the freedmen.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-12-19
Extension Of the Fran
chise.

The following bill was introduce
ed in the Senate by Senator Frier-|
son:
Be 1t enacted By the General As
senbly Of the State of Tennessee,
That the following propositions,
as amendments to the Constitution
of this State, be submitted to the
qualified voters OF the State, &C
cording to the Constitution, for their
ratification or rejection; and if
ratified by them in a constitution
al manner shall become a part of
the Constitution:
SECTION /. No man shall be
disqualified for holding Office, or
sitting on juries, or exempted from
military duty, from paying poll
tax, in this State, on account of
race or color. F.gs
Sec. 2. Every man of the age
of twenty-one years, being citi-
zen of the United States, and a
citizen of the county wherein he
may cast his vote six months next
preceding the day of election, shall
be entitled to vote for members of
the General Assembly and other
civil officers of the State, county
and district in which he resides.
P'oUided, No person who, hav-
ing taken an oath as a member
of Congress, or as an officer of the
United States, or as a member of
any State Legislature, or as an ex-
ecutive or judicial officer OF this
or any other State, to support the
Constitution of the United States,
and shall have thereafter engaged
in insurrection or rebellion against
the same, or given aid and COM
fort to the enemies thereof, shall
have the right to vote for mem
bers of the General Assembly, or
other civil officers for the county
or district in which he resides.
And Prorided further, That the
disabilities~imposed by this section
may be removed by the General
Assembly, by join resolution, upon
the recommendation of the Gov
ernor.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-12-19

QUICK WoRK.-A Yankee by
the name of Allen,in Virginia, rode
to the courthouse on the day of
election; was elected by negro
votes one of the members of the
Convention; was followed, arrested
for stealing the horse and commit
ted to Jail, and will be sent to the
penitentiary for stealing the horse,
instead of taking his seat in the
Convention. His colleague, in
the Convention, is said to be a
respectable negro.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-12-19

We notice in Western paper
the fact that there is a merchant
in the town in which the paper is
printed, who whenever a man
buys good bill of goods from him,
makes the purchaser a present of
the village paper, in which he ad-
vertises for one year, and thus he
manages to keep the customer con.
stantly reminded of his business,
and he will never forget such a
present. Should that man give
his customers two dollars in green
backs or in goods it might soon be
but when he is once a
week for fifty-two weeks placed in
receipt of his friends bounty, can
any one doubt its being a good
way to advertise?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-12-19
Glad News.

1t is with pleasure that We lay
the following letter before our
readers. The Railroad may now
be considered a "fxed fact" and
Mr.. Davenport is the very man to
put it through:
DECHERD, Tenn, Dec. II, 1867.
Mr.. Editor The Winchester
and Alabama Rail Road will be
Immediately pressed to completion
to Fayetteville, and all persons
having produce to ship will have
the means of shipment over the
Road, as it will be completed as
readily as the track can be laid
down; and all facilities will be Civ
en- to ship the produce of Lincoln
that can possibly be furnished by
the Road. Respectfully,
d. E. DEvENPoRT, Receiver, &c.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-12-19
PUBLIC SALES.
Clerks Sale of Land

TN obedience to decree of the
j County Court Of Lincoln county,
Tennessee, pronounced at its De-
cenber term, 1867, in The case of
Peter Cunningham, administrator,
cs. Andrew j. Grills and others, /
will attend on the pr, misses, on
Friday, January 3rd, 1868,
and offrr for sale to the highest bid
der, a TRACT OF LAND belong
ing to the estate Of William j.
Grills, ST., deceased, lying in Lin.
coin county, Tennessee. District No.
"a, on The waters Of Flint River, and
bounded as follows :-Narlh by the
lands Of j mes Cunningham, Est
by the lands OF Peter Cunningham,
South by the lands of Peter Gun
bingham and George W. I. Heath,
and West by the lands of George
w. l.. Heath and l.. P. Ny rick, con-
tanning by estimation
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-12-19
Detective Bakers Stolen
'r Letter Story.

In his remarkable testimony be-
fore the Congressional Impeath-
ment Committee, Detective L. G..
Baker swore that he had seen a
letter from Andrew Johnson to
jeff. Davis, written while the for
mer was Military Governor of
Tennessee, in which he communi-
Gated valuable information to Da-
viz, such as would have subjected
any man to hanging as a spy;
that this "had been taken off An
drew Johnson's table in Nashville"
and that Brownlow had employed
a colored man to it. The Union
and Dispatch inquired why Brown
low was silent in regard to the
statement. The inquiry has
brought out letter from John
Brownlow, Of the Knoxville Wing,
to the Union and Dispatch, in
which he says:
By Governor Brownlow 1 am
directed to state that he had not
seen an account of Bakers testi-
mony until he read it in your is
sue of today. Further, that if
Baker made such statement as
is attributed to him, it is wholly
false and without foundation. The
Governor says he has no knowl-
edge of such a letter as is referred
to, and does not believe that Pres
ident Johnson ever wrote letter
to jeff. Davis or any one else,
giving aid and comfort to the re-
bellion. He does not believe that
Andrew Johnson's treachery to
the republic antedates his accession
to the Presidency.
The testimony of Baker, as
published in several papers, attri-
butes the statement Gov. Bron-
low is alleged to have made to one
of his sons. As Gov. B. has but
two sons, the reference is made
to myself or my brother, Capt.
James P. Brownlow, of the regu-
lar army. So far as l am concern
ed, the statement is an unmitiga-
ted and unfounded falsehood. For
my brother, who is in Arizona ter
ritory, / feel authorized to make
the same statement.
Finally, / would express the
opinion that any honest jury would
convict Baker of perjury upon his
own testimony.
BY publishing the above you
will oblige, Yours, very respectful
ly, JOHN BRowNLow,
Editor of the Knoxville Wing.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-12-19

Capt. VIC, Bright, son of Gen,
John NJ. Bright, of Fayetteville,
has been elected valedictorian of
the graduating class in the Com.
mencement exercises of the Medi.
cal Department of the University
of Nashville, which will take place
in March next. At the election
there we're some eight candidates
for this honor, and Mr.. Charles F.
Heron, during the war Adjutant
of Nixon's Confederate cavalry,
stood next to Capt. Bright.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-12-19
Facts For Creditors Of
Bankrupts.

For the benefit of those of our.
readers who are interested, we
publish the following facts:
All proofs of debts against the
estate of a bankrupt, by creditors
residing in this district, must be
made before a register.
Unless creditors thus prove their
debts and file the same with the
register having charge of the case,
they will not be allowed a share
of the bankrupt's property and es-
tate.
If the debt is on open account,
or is shown by note or judgment,
the same must be exhibited to the
register by the creditor, and must
be verified by a deposition in wri-
ting, on oath. setting forth the
demand, the consideration, &c.,
&c. The register has blanks for
this deposition, and will charge
from 81 to 81 so for taking such
proof.
The creditor or claimant must
testify, always, unless absent from
the United States, or prevented
by good cause, in his own case.
No creditor can oppose the dis
charge of a bankrupt, or have any
standing in court, unless he proves
his claim.
The validity of a discharge in
bankruptcy cannot be successfully
contested by creditors of bank
rupt, on the ground that it was
'fraudulently obtained, if the fraud
lent acts were known to these
creditors before the granting of
said discharge.
A discharge in bankruptcy re-
leases the bankrupt from all debts,
claims, liabilities, and demands
which were or mighthave been prov
ed against his estate in bankrupt
cy.
Unless creditors appear before
the register upon the day speci-
fed to select an assignee, with
their debts proved, it will devolve
upon the register to appoint such
an assignee.
Creditors can prove their debts
at any time after a petition is filed
in court and before a discharge is
granted.
The assignee reports to the
court (the register within twenty
days after assuming an assign
ment of bankrupt's estate, the
articles set off to the bankrupt as
exempted.
Creditors may take exceptions
to the assignee's determination
within twenty days after he files
his report.
Creditors desiring to have a bank
rupt examined, touching his es-
tate, may obtain an order for such
an examination by making motion
therefor, and paying the register
his fees, and paying all costs occa-
stoned before said motion and ex-
animation.