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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27
sOlemnity of Death.

There is, perhaps, no feeling of our ma
ture so vauge, so complicated, SO mysterious,
as that with which we look upon the cold re-
mains of our fellow mortals. The dignity
with which death invests even the meanest
of his victims, inspires US with an awe no
living thing can create. The monarch on
his throne is less awful than the beggar in
his shroud The marble features-the pow
erless hand-the stifened limbs-O! who
can contemplate these with feelings that
can be defined These are the moekery Of
all our hopes and fears, our fondest love, our
fellest hate. Can it be that we now shrink
with horror from the touch Of that hand
which but yesterday was fondly clasped in
our own Is that tongue, whose accents
even now dwell in our ear, for ever Gained
in the silence of DEATH These black and
heavy eyelids-are they forever to seal up
in darkness the eyes whose glance no earthly
power could restrain ? And the spirit which
animated the clay, where is it now? Is it
wrapt in bliss or dissolved in woe2 Does
it witness our grief and share our sorrows.
or is the mysterious type that linked it with
mortality for ever broken And the remem-
brance of earthly scenes-are they indeed
to the enfranchised spirit as the morning
dream, or the dew upon the earthly flower
I Reflections such as these naturally arise il
every breast. Their influence IS left, though
their import cannot always be expressed.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27
THE Oh CANOE.

The following little poem is from the per
of Albert Pike We give It as a sample Of
elegant diction and graceful rythm
Where the rocks gray and the shore is steep.
And the waters below look dark and deep,
Where the rugged pine in its lonely pride
Leans gloomily the murky tide;
Where the reeds and rushes tall and rank,
Where the weeds grow thick the winding bank,
Where the shadow is heavy the whole day through,
Lies at its moOriugs the old canoe
Ire useless paddles are idly dropped.
Like sea-bird's wings that the hath stopped.
And crossed the railing. one Ger one.
Like folded hands when the orb is done
While busily back and forth between,
The spider stretches his silver screen,
And the solemn owl, with his dull E" toO-whoO,"
Eestess down the side Of the old canoe.
The stern half sunk in the simy wave.
Rots slowly away in its hidden grave
And the green ereeps Ger its dull decay,
Hiding the moulderiug past away,
Like the hand tuas plants Ger the tomb flower,
Or the ivy that mantles a fallen tower,
While many blossom Of liveIiest hue
Springs up Ger the stern Of the old
The currentless waves are dead aud still,
But the light winds play with the boat at win
And lazily in and cut again,
1t floats the length Of its rusty chain,
Like the weary march Of the hands Of time,
That and part at the noontids chime,
And the shore is kissed at each anew
By the dipping bow of the old
Oh, many time with a careless hand,
have pushed it away frem the pebby strand
And padded it down where the quick,
When whirls wild and the thick
And laughed, I leaned on the rocking side
And looked below in the broken tide.
To see that the faces and boats were two,
That were uairrorsd back from the old canoe.
But now, as I lean the crumbling side
And look eeow in the sluggish tide,
The face that is graver grown,
And the laugh that hear has a sober tone.
And the hand that lent to the light skif wings,
Has grown familiar with things
But love to think Of the hours that few,
As rocked the whirls their wild spray threw,
Ere the blossoms moved or the green grass grew,
Ger the mouldering stern Of the old
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27
Decision Relating to Felegra ph Com
panles

DETROIT, July ban important decision
relating to telegraph companies has just
been rendered by the Supreme Court Of this
State in the case Of the W Westarn Union Tele-
graph as. Carew Appeal from Wayne
Circuit Court Cagew telegraphed to Balti
more for forty cases Of oysters. In the
transmission an error occurred, whereby be
received four cases instead Of forty. The
message was written on one Of the company
blanks with the usual printed heading con
tanning the conditions on Which messages
are taken for transmission. The Circuit
Court held that the telegraph company were
liable for the damage suffered by CareWi
treating the company as common carriers
and Carew not bound to the conditions, ua-
less his attention was particularly called 70
them
The Supreme Court reversed tEe decision,
holding that the Telegraph Company are
not common carriers, and that they have
the right to establish any reasonable rules
governing their liability N the impartial
transmission of messages by them; that
whereby on the heading OF q message plainly
printed IL conspicuous letters It Il stated .
be sent on the annexed conditions, the sender
bv signing the message adopts the conditions
aad is bound By them. whsther he reads
them or not: ib IS bis own negligence if be
fails TO notice them
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27
FiIlibustering Expeditions To mexico.

There seems to be no doubt that secret
organizations have been formed IN this
country to plan expeditions from New York
and New Orleans to Mexico, with the osten-
sible object of seeking revenge for the exc
cution of Maximillian by Juarez. The in
formation from New Orleans Is not very de-
finite, but the New York papers contain q
great many particulars of the organization
In that city. The Herald says the fillibuster-
ing corps has taken the name of Maximil-
ian Avengers" and that during the past
week regular meetings have been held by
the sympathizers Of Baximillian at a certain
hotel up town IN Broadway, which has hitfi-
erto borne the reputation Of being devoted
to the Southern party. Here al the arrange
ments Of the expeditionary force, which is
mostly composed Of men who served in the
late Confederate army, have been maturing;
and it is believed that In few days at most,
the corps will put out Whether they pro-
pose going by sea and landing at Vera Cruz
or Matamoras, or crossing the Rio Grande,
is not yet known, although it Is doubtless
already determined By the leaders. The
Express says: 'sThe names of the parties
who are to furnish the money for these ex.
peditions have not yet transpired, but it is
reported that the funds are TO come through
French and Austrian channels It Is not
deemed likely, however, that any such expe-
ditions will be permitted to leave the poris
from which they are intended to SAIL and If
they depart, it viii be without the knowledge
of the United States government
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27

Get Piece Of Grou1ad.-Let every man
aim first Of all to get piece Of ground
eitv lot, or a few acres in the country, or
both The land secured, he viii then be
inspired with tie ambition to build cottage,
IN which he can be free from the exaetions
Of the landlord, and overdue rent bills viii
not trouble him.
Any one with the smallest wages, if be
has only himself TO support, can get the
lard and build the cottage, and the best eFl-
dcnce Of reeklessness Is the neglect Of the
Preliminary step toward Independence.
With piece Of ground one feels that ne
owns something solid that bears him up
through thick and thin" Without the
land he IS at tie mercy Of his fellows. lie
cannot step cut OF the streets or pubic high
way without comm tting "A trespass. unless
he obtains permission Of the land owner.
Get land and be free.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27

A new WEATHER-GUIDE.-T draehms
of camphor, half draehm Of pure saltpetre,
half draehm Of muriate of ammonia, and
two ounces of proof spirits, in a glass tube
or narrow phial, viii make a very good
weather guide In dry weather the solution
viii remain clear On the approach Of
change minute stars viii rise up IN the
liquid, while stormy weather viii be indi-
Gated By the very disturbed condition Of the
chemical combination.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27
A FREE BALLOT.

The Laws Regulating Elections, and
Securing to all Legal Voters Against
Violence, Intimidation, etc.-The
Penalties for Interfering with Voters,
for Illegal Voting, etc., etc.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27

Dull times, says the Penn Yam Express,
are always the best for advertisers. Why7
Because when money IS tight and people
are forced to eeonomise, they always read
the advertisements TO ascertain who sells the
cheapest, and where they can trade to the
best ADVANTAGE.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27

blackberry W1ae.-We give the following
recipe for making blackberry wine, which,
hav ing been iried by contemporary, is
highly recommended
Mash the berries in a tab, and add one
gallon Of boiling water to the gallon Of ber-
ries-Iet It stand q hours, then strain Il,
aud add three pounds Of sugar 70 the gallon,
and Barrel up. Let the bang remain open
about ten days until lomentaeion ceases ana
then close up tight. By the liFatof October
ron viii have wins tbae might be considered
8 luxury upoa a Kings table. L bseolnes
good in a month. but the longer i stands the
better
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27

Cutting Glass under WateT loith Pair
of Scissors, bg Nelson K. Che1TilL-It iai
often very convenient TO have a ready means
Of cutting glass to shapes not easily obtained
by means of the diamond. Many are not, /
think, aware Of the fact that glass can be
cut under water with great ease, to almost
any shape, by simply using pair of ordina-
ry nail or other strong scissors. In or
der to insure success, two points must be
attended TO first, and most important, the
glass must be quite level while the scissors
ore applied and second to avoid risk, 1t is
better to begin cutting by taking off small
pieces at the corners and along the edges,
and so reduce the shape gradually 70 that
required, as II any attempt Is made to cut
the glass all at once to the shape as We
should cut piece Of cardboard, it VIII most
likely break just where it is not wanted.
Some kinds Of glass cut much better than
others as far as / know, the softer glasses
cut best The scissors need not be at all
sharp, rs their action does not depend much
upon the state Of the edge, presented to the
glass. When the operation goes on we'll the
glass breaks away from the scissors in small
pieces in q straight line with the blades
This method has often proved very useful
to me in cutting ovals, etc., which would Be
Terv expensive if ground cut; and though
the edges are not 50 smooth as may be de-
sired for some purposes, the method is
think. worth knowing The two hints above
riyen always secure success IN my hands.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27

A merchant by the name Of Bennett,
resident of Tullahoma shot and killed one
of Btownlow's militia the other day while
the soger boy was attempting TO forcibIy
enter his store. Bennett is under arrest
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27
Additional particulars of the execution OF

Additional particulars of the execution of
Maximilian have been received. When
leaving the convent, Maximilian exclaimed
W hat beautiful clear heavens, it is such as l
desired for the hour Of death All three
were dressed with scrupulous care. The
officer Of the firing party begged MaximiI-
ians forgiveness, saying he disapproved Of
the execution. but must obey orders. Maxi
milan replied a soldier must always comply
with his orders; | thank you with all my
heart for your kind sentiments, but expect
that you will comply with the orders Maxi
milan gave Miramon the centre as his
post Mejia's wife run distractedly through
the streets just before the execution carry
ing a new born baby. Juarez refused to de-
liver up the body of Macmillan, and said
itmust be made the subject of treaty. There
was great antipathy towards the Americans
because they asked Maximilians life.
Princess SaIm devised means for the escape
of the Emperor but was betrayed by an Off
Ger to whom she confded the-secret, who
took a bribe Of S25, 900 in demands. She
was ordered to leave Queretaro with the at
tendants a fight Is probably between
Cortena and BeriozabeL Both arc recruit
ing. Contena has been ordered to occupy
the Rio Grande with an army Of $4,000 men
The United States is hated because Of in
reference in behalf Of Macmillan.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27

GLAD OF IT-A radical paper Of recent
date says that Capt Burke's company, 45th
Regulars, VIII remain at Franklin unel the
4th ofAugast Late adgiees say that al is
quiet at Franklin.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27

Ere7y Han his o1on Measure Mate2.-The
following rules, by which every one who
can saw and nail boards, can make his own
measures, is going the rounds of the papers :
A barrel contains I0,T T52 cubic inches.
A box a inches long by l6 inches wide, and
% inches deep-that Is, on the inside-will
hold just a barrel
A half barrel Make box for this "a in
cbes by lG, and IA deep. This will contain
5.376 cubic inches, or jnst half a barrel
A busheL This has 2 $50 10 cubic in
ches. A bushel box will be I6 inches by I6
$40 inches square, and inches deep.
a half bushel 4 box y inches long By
II 2-IO inches wide, and inches deep, will
hold half busheL
a peck. A box inches by 40 inches
square and eight inches deep is peck.
4 half peck Is 8 by 8 inches square, and
4 2 10 inches deep, OF 26S 8 10 cubic inches
a half gallen. This contains l34 4 lC
cubic inches a box Z by inches and 4
$40 inches deep, has just that quantity
a quart by inches square, ana 2-lC
inches deep
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27

4 HaIf Crop.-DuriDg the past week
SAYS the Jacksonport (Ark) Herald Of the
20th. we have talked with number Of the
best and most intelligent farmers in the
county, and they assure as that they viii
make about half crop Of cotton this year
although the prosper was quite unfayo-able
for even a quarter until the recent refresh
ing rains. One of the gentlemen with whom
we talked told Us that he has planted his
last seed Of cotton. lie intends hereafter
to raise corn and stock, horses and cattle.
A very sensible conclusion, but year TOO
late
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27

Last Sunday morning a fire occurred in
the Navy Y ard Memphis. By which SO GOO
worth Of property was destroyed. j. K
Cbristians& 90. aud Crowder 4 Co were the
principal suferers By the fire.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27

Why Is mouse ike lead Of hay Be-
Gauss the cat'll ear il.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27

LEaAL BLkNEs printed a. short noties. We keep War
snts and Executions On hans foF Ials
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-27

We, the Conservative Union men of Ten
nessee, adopt the following platform Of prin-
cinles-
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-02
Corrsspondence from Chicago.

Dear Series Editor:-I, last week, as you know,
| attended the Crosby Opera House Art Assoca.
tion and Wheel of Fortune, and made the
acquaintance of some of the first families.
mean those families who bought the first
tickets. may add, however, that none Of the
first families came out last; and the family of
an tag1culturist, whose wife does not wear p
waterfall, and who had heretofore been reckoned
among the last families, come out first and has
been made even greater than Mohammed, in
that he had never been to an Opera House until
an Opera House came to him.
J, In order to make sure of not getting the
building the owning of which, learned, had
ruined Mr.. Crosby, bought my ticket late; in
deed, believe it was the last ticket bought.
Nevertheless, l determined out here, in case
should draw it, to superintend the delivery of
it TO me in person.
When arrived found a regular bank panic
occasioned by the snow-banks refusing to break
although run upon by locomotives and other
contrivances heavily; neither would they llqui.
date, on account of the continued spell of cold
weather. Another feature surprised me; / am
amazed at the immense SHOWS (nosel on the
Face of Nature.
The wheels that were TO contain the numbers
and the prizes were placed in the room on
Saturday, consequently many of us had the ad-
vantage of practising drawing lucky numbers
before the day of trial, had we been so minded;
but our honor prevented any attempts of the
kind
When the drawing in the hall commenced,
we all considered the large paintings, valued at
thousands of dollars, as nothing, so long as that
Mordecai of the Opera House lay hid away in
the wheel. Even ticket l90,999, held by your
Own Correspondent, and which was awarded
the splendid
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-02

But blOods are up IN the United states'
Wellj-Wouldst have low bloOds in the
No; high bloOds-high-in in both United States:
So high that, seeing their United States,
They scorn TO stoop from such United states
Solely 20 please poor DIS United States"
Dwelling upon the tact that the earliest
English sonnets-those of Sir Thomas
Wyatt-chiefy turned upon illegal attach
ments, Hunt regards this as literary curl
oslty, and thereupOn gossips pleasantly. In
Shakespeare's sonnets, however, ''the love is
Of so true nature," and they so carefully
conceal from view the object OF the poets
passion, that "they conquer all obiection,v
Spenser, says Hunt, uttered noble and sweet
notes Raleigh wrote one sonnet so excellent
that it makes us wish he had written thou
sand Coleridge's sonnets give but olimpses
of his genius. OF the living Hunt avoids
speaking, indulging in only one exception in
the case of Mrs Browning-living when Hunt
wrote; now both are dead.
This posthumous work of Leigh Hunts
the essay which bears his name is really a
volume in itselt-has permanent value, aside
from its sharp characterlzatons of literary
men. 1t is followed by a dsuuisition on
American sonnets and sonneteers, written by
the editor-a shorter but very comprehensive
account of the writers OF sonnets in this
country. The earliest American sonneteer
was David Humphreys, born in Connecticut
in 1853, and the catalogue is continued down
to the present day. There is an earnest ex-
preston of regret that Stoddard has not cul-
tivated the sonnet to its utmost limits, and
there is also a generous estimate of other liv-
ing writer's. Among the American sonneteers
whose productions are quoted in the second
volume are Allston, Bryant, LongfelloW Per-
cival, Tuckerman, Boxer. Lowell Taylor,
Aldrich, Hayne. Anne @. Lynch Mrs. Botta),
Mrs. Hale, and Mrs. Kinney.
The "Book OF the Sonnet" is an essay, a
cyclopedia, and a history; and, covering a
field not before thoroughly explored, is pecu-
liarly attractive.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-02

80 Weokomember what she cost; but know she
would be a costhly pewsent, ha, hal We must
do our best TO wival her, and s-sincerly hope
that bweaking 1.-THE may be the only bweak-out
there may be between the Bwitish thwOne and
your own fellahs.
II hath p-pleased your Honor TO refer to your
thelf ath former editor, and now a new Mayor
/ s-Bhould think that from your habit Of being
up at night ath an editor, tho people would thay
you thet on them like a nigit-mdyor. Ha hal
r. s.-Ifever come to your country like my
brother Albert did, 1 would exthpect you
w-would give fellah a hrst-clath notice in
your paper, which ith pwivate matter.
Yours, thintherely, ALFRED.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-02

january.
Monday, IS, Visit OF Indian SavageS TO
Andy at the White House, TO solicit Gov
erDment pap for themselves and their
papooses.
WWesdRy, 29.- Cold suap-the oyster Boats at
Red Bank froze fast TO the City Ice Boat,
preventing the steamer from coming up
TO the city.
wednesday, 3O.-The President Keeps an
open house at Washington. lt is the i'm
preston OF the newspaper reporters that
Andy can keep hotel"
Thursday, 3I.-Meeting OF City Councils
Councilman Smith apologies for running
away with the bill on the salt ques-
tiop. He said with so much salt in the
debates, they got TO be quite dry.
February.
Friday, 1.-1mportant arrival-the arrival in
our city of n General Thaw There was a
Ees great deal Of running in the streets on
account ofit-the sidewalks were full.
Saturday, 2,-SEEtEs COLUMN DAY. The
Editor having been rendered free pass
to Laurel Hill Cemetery, his vaut-ing
ambition leads him TO initiate Prince
Alfred and to respectfully decline the
present.
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now lying in perfect order off League Island,
fasJ in the ice. Indeed, at present, she is
the fastest boat in our noble Delaware.
beg you win accept this stately iron clad
as gift to an English Duke from an American
Mayor. Captain Schellinger would have been
instructed to hold her subject to your orders,
had she not been already held fast enough by
the ice at the Horseshoe. The unbounded hos
pitality with which we treated your elder bro
ther when he was here, and the first-class
notices gave him in the North american and
United States Gazette, of which 1 was then
editor-in-chief, will always be remembered
by me, and sincerely hope you will not de-
prive me of doing something for yourself in the
advertising line.
have the honor to remain yours,
MoRrnN-
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-02
EslSssS FOR BOsTON-vIA NEWPORT

r - GOh DOolON-Nl Ia NEW GOhl
uiiRRaaasis1la14II--ii--is AND FALL RIVER
Ine boston and Newport line, by the splendid and
superior steamers NEWPORT, METROPOLIS, OLD
COLONY, ana EMPIRE STATE, of great st ength and
speed, constructed expressly the navigation Leng
Island sound running in connection with the Old
Colony ana Newport Railroad
street. "
u he steamer NEWPORT. Captain Brown, leaves
Newport
= The steamer OLD COLONY Captain simmons leaves
at Newport.
These steamers are fitted up with commodIous state
rooms, water tight compartments, and every arrange
ment for the security and comfort OF passengers
are Afforded by this nights rest on board and
arrival al Newport proceed per railroad again. reaching
Boston early on the following morning.
baggage master Is attached TO each steamer who
receives and tickets the baggage and accompanies the
same TO Its destination
steam er runs in connection with this line between
Newport ana Providence daily, Sundays excepted
Freight 10 Boston taken at the rates as by any
other regular line ana forwarded with the greatest e
petition by an express Train which leaves Newport
every morning (Sundays exceptedl, at O'clock for
Boston and New Bedford arriving at its destination
about ii A, M
on Pier No % North River For rooms ana berths
apply on board If is deslrab to secure them In
advance, apply TO - u, LITTLEFIELD, Agent,
NO. " BROADWAY, New York.