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Y lAKEN UP at Cheneyyille, Parish q
/. =. !, Rapides, BY Captain 4: Haas, abopt
the First Of Nay, ONE GRAMMAR
about seven years old, 15sshandls' high
branded FAR onsone shoulder and SC on
the aother. Also ONE BAY fF'ILLY'
branded as above, three years old, sun,
posed to be q colt of the, gray, mare. Az,
praised by Isaac Johnsonand w. T. Fuqua
the gray mare to be worth $50 and the
colt $40 The owner s requested to come
forward, prove property and pay charges
or they will be sold in thirty days, as The
law directs. ssh Ssa.s 8sssss 3 I
9 Done before me, d. M. CllLLIIA1I, Jus
tlce OF the Peace, Parish of Rapides, this
18th day of May, 1867 9# a hea
e May 22-3t. "A $50 gslY ss.. .s.gs,as.,s
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BOOKS are hard Il, get rs want want Of
~ money, But the:boys and girls must
have something to read, and they onght Il,
III have fresh supplies of feading efcry week
]. Now there are plenty Of monthly papers
I for them; but their old friend-and who
ldoes not remember him and his sGHn !.
pREN's GUIDE in war .times-their old
e If'enh, >. w. BURKE, proposes to give
them the % 50 ssaassfsl lssBfzliq t1isl ISIS
}, EHANDs0MEsT aWEEKL PAPER F,
his Phoenix Printing House can brino ont
flodostliis he must have ,s1safs ssfs7sssss
Hn1dseAs 81 su1sc,y5,,e,s.
And be appeals to the young n,s' folks to helm
Ii'an. lie wants to- know how MANY Win
VOTE 1s. Tor the paper by agreeing to fake it.
Let them send In tlieir long lists Of names
that he may seeshow the vote staantls, and
whether it will warrant him in. commen.
eng " Never mind the money inst vet
4 ne hnds the vote allright,s willie
the publication, and cail Tor the monet
for then he will hold TINT an wilo hayn
!, voted for it by sending up their, mes. will
be under, obligation to subscribe for tba
paper Who saysss Hnrrah for q Weekly
Paper TOR the Boys and Girls r. and what
boy or girl VIII soonest send in TIE longest
list ofsub scribers9 Iss 81 - .sssIiH sas''S
! We shall, in the first number. .beein tina
publication ola a2agsAa
Sequel 70 t, the : Young Maroouers.''
Nearly al tic boys and girls IL the United
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f. SECOND ST B E E Z )
BACH OF THE iICEeHOlJ-5is,I
1 1 STHANkFUIi to his friends and en-,
4 N toners fer the liberal patronage es
4 tended to himfor thespaSt two years. III
| begs leave to Inform them that he is nov
receiving and opening his e as,s 5saru3
| q sisPlRi.IylG I'M, sUrNER STocK
,fof DRY GOODS. OLOTHIG 6. stUsLINs
PRINTS; BOOTS; SHOES, HATS; Also
\ full and complete assortment Of $685.
HdKD.Tl Az, StcRocIERT b. TIN ~ ! AN !
IrG8as .,a An U00DW1E,E! "A 20. -.
aFA NIL Y cH0 IcEsGROCERlEs.
lsae NoTIoNStl,K NICKNACKS.l a
I All these he. offers at low and reduced
/ CASH prices, TO suit the times and please
his customers. ~, 800 ,' WI. ssssaa3
Come an, and ridge for Yourselves = 3
May !, ls67-tt, 3. t GIBSON,
New Goods! New Gools!!
I sSH g9s$ ca fIaS.-----.-. sci .laI Z,
| n WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM
81, my friends and cnstomers that / have
| Just returned from New Orleans, with a
fresh supply of - - '''@ ,s.a !
DRY GOODS, g@ea vi SGD au Vi 4
sa GROCERIES, ,a53y ae ga5
HARDWARE. ssAssi, Ssg3 .a6
a. }.}t TINVVARE. S. a1* ggas
aes ass CR0CKERYWARE,.
a 2 Tags9 a8 @erE. g g;pElsf 2 "a
and many other articles too numerous to
mention, all Of which / will sell at the
lowest CASH prices. I keep constantly on
hand large supply of yg. sa4
. g ( Corn, Cats. and Bran, lil!s
at reasonable rates. I have also ONE
HUNDRED PLOWS: Calhoun pattern.
Peacock and Hall & Spear; Nos, :. II III
and 2, at NEW ORLEANS PRICES.
Give me a call and Judge Tor yourselves,
but don't come, all at once and don't for
get Your pocket books n e, '',tste 49,
Will either advance or give n reason
ablepricefor Cotton. mquirejust aboyethe
ICE HOUSE HOTEL.
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feb 90 If JACOB WALKER,
Succession Of Peter W. Crane,
No. 123-Ninth judicial District Court
5 I. +. Rapides Parish, Louisiana. h@a
NOTICE is hereby given to the eredi
IS tors of this Succession and to oil
other persons herein interested, to
show cause within thirty days from the |
present notification (if any they have |
or cam why the final account present. !
ed by the Administrator of this Estate
should not be approved and homologa- /
ted, and the funds distributed in ac- |
cordance therewith, and the. said 5Ad- I
miGistrator and his security fully dis |
from all further trust and liza
bility in the premises. y. ss@s
Clerks Office, Alexandra, Rapides I
Parish, La, May 22d, 1867, s sada s3
~. j. w. HICKMAN, Clerk
May sod. . 81. ,S q.
= ~ y ..a 50!
J J, GOULDEN, 1s
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II "a 8Ll'u IN be r..
II AyING a steam saw mill within fix,
- and d half miles Of Alexandria,
take this method ofsinforming al person
IN want of lumber. that their orders, di
rected to me and left either at the Post OF
fee, with R. L. Fox, S. W. Henarie Of cal,
tain u. Graham on the Ferry boat, vii
meet with prompt attention "a h. ai.o
By punctuality and inst dealing l hop,
to merit and receive liberal share Of pat
ronage. am prepared to deliver lulnbe,
Immediately s-gasss ,sss.e--.r 4-sey
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and many other articles too numerous 10
mention, all Of which will sell at the
lowest CASH prices. I keep constantly on
hand large supply of. -, -. -
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JAMES LEMUEL PllEAAEcE may iefm' loo1'
: HN THIS CAUSE by reason of the law and
4; evidence, tits ordered, adjadged and
9 decreed, that the Plaintiff, Sarah j. Cham
= bers, have and recover of her Husband,
James Lemuel Pearce, the Defendant, the
sum OF Ten thousand Dollars, (slo0O0, }
With i've per eentum per annum, interest,
from 18th September, 1865-a1id costs Of
snit
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aBuRKE's WEEKLY 10 RsBOYs AND
GIRLS will be q handsome Quayto Of eight
pages, splendidly illustrated, and elegantly
liprinted wial newt ypeson fine white pa,jjer
making in the year a beautiful yolumeaof
over 40 pages, with o fine title page and
Index :e1gsT ssfasss sgssfFa ksfssg aSat9ls o.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-01-05

In the absence of our foreign. dispatches,
and in view Of the great stagnation in com
mercial affairs since the holidays, we quote
the following concerning the moral market:
Honor-Very scarce-no longer quotable
as a commodity.
Virtue Improving; more buyers than
sellers Holders show but little disposition
to part with the seanty stock on hand.
Honesty-Once found, but now lost for
ever. None to be had
Pqtyioksm-Elat and depressed sales #
small lots of inferior to suit purchasers at
invisible figures
P,Wdence-A small lot in first class hands
but not disposable.
Modesty-Small quantity on hand-nO
buyers.
ReJgio1l-Former stock entirely con-
sumed-no prospects for even the smallest
consignment
Loee-Pure, exceedingly scarce; adulter-
ated, sold only to the unsuspecting, and com
mands highest rates.
Taient-Stock almost exhausted None
on the market
CoHsisteney-Searce as hen teeth, and nc
hopes for a sample.
Truth--Crushed to earth--it may and
then again 1t may not rise to the surface.
Error-Market glutted- to be had any
where and everywhere at less than cost
Seandal-Supply inezhaustable however
we would remark for the benefit Of mon
gers that the crude article is all in the hands
of wholesale dealers, who, we learn, are al
ways happy to supply their customers at the
expense of frail humanity.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-01-05
january 5, 1867

The NEeRo-THEIR Only HoPE-Some
two "r three weeks ago we published par
agraph which was intended to draw the at
tention of the voters Of this Congressional
District to the fact that an election would,
in ali probability, be held throughout this
Suite in February next for the purpose Of
choosing members Of the foTtieth Congress,
and at the same time suggested that our pres
ent Representative, Dr. John w Leftwick,
would be the most suitable person to run
against the Radical nominee, and went so
far as to say that Dr. Leftwick friends could
easily win the race. The Nashville Press
and Times, communicated the article re
ferred to, says:
When the Bulletin figures up the col
ored Republican vote, it will announce a re-
suit very diiferent'from that which it so con-
fidently predicts. Tennessee will not have
a solitary JOhnsonite in her next delegation"
And So it is the negro, is it Mr.. Times,
that is to crush out such men as he who now
represents this District in the Congress of
the United States Is is not fot the purpose
Of benefting the freedman that you wish to
clothe him with the elective franchise, but
purely for the sake.iof attaining the selfish
ends at which you and your party are aim
ing. So long as you can make his cause a
hobby or his back a stepping stone, you will
strive toiwheedle him into the belief that
the party you represent is his best friend
but the negro, like the great human race
which they belong to, are beginning to see
through your far-fetched friendship, and, il
allowed to make preference at the ballot
box, will side with those whom they have
known only as friends, benefactors and kindly
advisers. No, Mr.. Times, you are mistaken
the negroes Of West Tennessee will not vote
the Radical ticket--pass the negro bill OF
any other bill you please Their old mas
ters can beat you on that plank. Rest as
sured of one thing-This District will send
no negro equaitist to Congress.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-01-05

Is Alabama State or a Territory ?-The
question Of the status of the Southern States
lately in rebellion is about to come before
the United States Supreme Court for decision.
A man named Jordan was recently brought
before the Federal District Court sitting In
Montgomery, Alabama, on a charge of felony
and having been found guilty was sentenced
by Judge Busted to twenty-one years i'm
prisonmenk His counsel have determined
to apply to the Supreme Court for writ of
habeas corpus on the ground that Alabama
is not State, but territory, and as such
Judge Busted District Court had no legal
status The matter will thus be brought
fairly and squarely before the learned judges
of our highest judicial tribunal, and if they
will meet the question openly and render
a plain decision we may expect solution of
what is now very complicated political sub
ieoE
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-01-05

Some few years ago there was a notary
public in Washington, an old and highly
respected gentleman, who had held his Office
through all the political twistings and turn
ings Of our capitol for nearly twenty years
A young friend was in his Office one day, and
while sitting by the table picked up small
old, leather-covered book which, upon being
opened proved to be "Taddeus Of Warsaw %
He casually remarked to Mr.. Smith, the
notary:
Is see you have a copy Of Thaddeus
Warsaw here
"Thaddeus Of Warsaw" was the reply.
" What do you mean
Why, this is copy Of it.
Thaddeus Of Warsaw" exclaimed the
old gentleman lie snatched the book, gave
one glance at it, and then cried out, +" For
twenty years / have been swearing people on
that book, thinking it was a Biblel Ali
those oaths aih't worth the paper they are
written on
That very day he patronized the Bible
Society Agency, and got Enely-bound copy.
which could by no possibility be mistaken
for a novel
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-01-05

WORSE AND WoRsE-The negroes of this
section, in fact, of all the surrounding coun-
try, are becoming more and more worthless
as the days Of freedom roll over their heads.
Indeed, it is almost impossible to get the
majority of them to make permanent mr.
rangements for the present year. Even on
places where they were the most kindly
treated they show perfect indifference as to
their own welfare, actually refusing to en-
ter into any contract that would be binding
upon them for twelve months to come. IL
you ask one to contract with you, ten to one
you are answered in the following manner:
I don't want to be servant for any body
Tn gwine to work for myself dis year
white folks can do dare own work-dey amt
no better dan niggers no how" If great
change does not come over them before the
planting season sets in, we are destined to
have in our midst set Of the veriest nui-
sauces that ever disgraced a community
For their own good, they should be forced
90 change their present course; for If they
dc Rot want and misery will be their lot ere
this year Ia brought TO a close
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-01-05

twenties. T3B;
LIVERPOOL, January 2-Noon.-CottOn
brisk-demand unchanged; sales estimated
at 5000 bales; uplands, sd.
New York, Jan. Cotton easier, mid
ding uplands 35c Gold I33.
CINCISNATI Jan. 2-Hogs are dull at
7 40e07 As; Flour frmer
New ORLEANS, Jan Cotton unchanged !;
middlings, 333 Sugar advanced to l0c. for
Louisiana fair
MEMPHIS Jan. 3.-Cotton advanced + cent;
middlings 3i032.. Lard, in kegs, 14f9l5 Sc;
Bacon, clear sides, 1910 I4e.; dressed hogs
500 Gold, I3I@132.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-01-05

Wonaan Suffrage Radical Press of
the West, which are so fierce for negro
suffrage, are making all sorts of fun over
the idea of giving suffrage to women. If
negroes are to vote generally, women will
not long be excluded from the ballot Those
who begin innovations will find it hard to
stop. 1t is easier to break the dikes than
to mend them, and this the Radicals, by and
by, may find to be true, both to their cost
by the negro suffrage question before the
war, and between "agitation," gallantry,"
equality" {" liberty" etc, the few women who
demand all this, will in time carry the day.
N y. Express
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-01-05

AN EvENTFUL YEAR.-The present year
. bids fair to be one Of momentous occurreu-
ees Great changes must and will be brought
about ere another Christmas morning breaks
In upon US. The peculiar and inexplicable
condition Of our national alTairs-the dread
and doubt which hangs over the crowned
heads of Europe-the muddy Mexican ques-
tion-the political chaos into which we have
fallen-all point to stirring scenes in the not
very distant future. The muttering thun-
ders that survived the old year are still echo
ing and rolling along the clouds of mist
which shut out the eVentualities Of the year
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. As we
sit and muse over the never-to-be-recalled
scenes of the mournful past, that God-like
attribute, the mind, instinetively turns to the
hereafter, and search as it may for some
true CLEAN of hope and perfect security, it
fails to rest upon one single point that can
be accounted tenantable. Why, we may ask,
is this unstableness ? Who has brought this
dread uncertainty about2 1t certainly can
not be the work of those who so sadly de-
plore the Indebtedness of their present con
dition. But it is the natural consequence
following the bad teachings of bad, ambi-
tious men Why are we not at peace Who
is it that breathes a spirit Of vengeance when
no arm is lifted to strike. the despoiler Of our
honest AS the questions rise one upon an
other, the mind leaps away to the desecra-
ted halls of American legislation, and there,
- ,,o,,r,fr1 s;louco l;ro,ors bo,,oat ~ Al y 1900
dome that once echoed back the voice of
him who said the Union must be preserved"
o, that the great patriots bones could leave
their feshless graves and confront the in
carnate and execrable devils that seem bent
on long career of murder, bloodshed and
plumber. No wonder the present year is
thought to be fraught with'great and radical
changes. Evil men and evil measures must
fall beneath the onward march Of Truth
and Right, even if the bloodiest page must
yet be written for the great volume which is
to record the history of the nineteenth CEN
fury. Great wrongs are to be rooted from
their seemingly fast hold upon twO-thirds of
the American people, and if we mistake not,
the present year will bear witness to scenes,
compared with which, those of the last five
or six years, will sink into insignifcance.
The American Union has not filed its mis-
sion yet, and its enemies must succumb to
the destiny that will guard and shild it from
every quarter. Do not feed upon the delu-
sion that Peace has come-if you believe it
has, the next great blow will be more keenly
felt The prospect before us is a dark one
and full of trouble.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-01-05

Some years ago there lived in Central
Pennsylvania quite talented lawyer named
peadinga at the public 'I bnr was S'a 9o@e
times untitled for his legal duties, yet in
his worst conditions never lost sight of the
fact that ne belonged to that hOnored fra
ternity. On returning home one night after
having been hand and glass with some
of the stars" he was met at the door by
his wife, who accosted him with, Van
G., you're drunkr' Assuming a some
what lawyer-like yet quizzical expression, he
replied, C Mrs. Van G., beg your Honor
pardon, but that is a question which admits
of argument"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-01-05

No Rebel to Haze Public Land in the
House'of Representatives on Wednesday, the
following was adopted:
i" Res0lDed, That the Committee on Public
Lands be instructed TO inquire into the ex-
nediency Of so amending the act approved
June "a, 1866, for the disposal of the pub
lie lands for homestead actual settlement in
certain States therein mentioned, as to require
the applicant from and after the Ist of Jan
uary, 1867, to make oath that he has not
borne arms against the United States, or
given aid and comfort to its enemies"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-01-05

The treasury detectives nave obtained pas.
session of one of the most dangerous eOun-
terfeits in circulation. The note is a fine
imitation of the $50 legal tender with the
vignette likeness of Alexander Hamilton
and is an exact counterpart of the genuine,
except some slight errors in the engraving
The easiest way to detect the marginal line
of the figures running around The back of
the note. On the lower left nand corner
viii be observed the figures $50 instead of
so as in the genuine. The mark Is quite
plain and wiz insure detection Of the coun-
terfeit
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-01-05

Heavy Damages. Athens Post states
that the suit of Mr.. VIM. Hunt against
w. H. Tibbs and others, for arrest and i'm
prisonment during the war was decided in
the Circuit Court for McMinn county on
the Dist ult by the jury awarding damages
to DR.. Hunt to the amount of $4,000. Sew
eral suits of this character in East Tennes-
see have been decided as this has, and others
will likely be decided in the same way.
We presume these cases will be passed by
the Supreme Court
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-01-05

Beauty-Let me see a female possessing
the beauty of meek and modest deport-
ment-of an eye that bespeaks intelligence
and purity within-Of the lips that speak
no guile let me see in her kind benevolent
disposition, heart that can sympathize
with distress; and l will never ask for the
beauty that dwells in ruby lips, or the flow
ing tresses, or snowy hands, or the forty
other ct ceteras upon which our poets have
harped for so many ages. These fade When
touched by the hand of time, but those ever
enduring qualities of the heart shall Outlive
their reign, and grow brighter and fresher
as the ages of eternity roll away
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-01-05

PARIS December PIP M-tIen Dix was
presented to the Emperor yesterday by Mr..
Biglow Gen. Dix in delivering his creden-
tiaIs referred to the tradition of friendship
of the two nations, and expressed a hope,
in the name of the United States, that it
may be perpetual The Emperor in re-
spending, said that the very friendship to
which he alluded, constituted sure guar
antee that no misunderstanding will sever
that friendly relation now existing, and that
two governments would be of mutual advan-
tage to the industry and commence of both
and that it would likewise continue to secure
and guarantee pOpularp progress and the march
of civilization
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-01-05

EaITTHE RoR TIE BOLIVAR BULLETIN 81 A. A.
Bsautiiol Stranger What thought shall pen
10 picture ny reverence FOR thsel
What word can j use what reference make
To via thy dear friendship to mel
II I call thee charming. brilliant gay,
A heart full Of kindIisst emotion.
TWould be bat drop compared 70 the wests
That flls Etsrnity's ocean
Il say that thy eyes srs besocns Of love,
Thy nusio the sOng-bird's superior,
DO not ny choice, and only szposs
A pen and q mind inferior.
Ihsn what shall say l-may name thee
A beautsous wildwood flower p
All 9 III call thee THE RosE BUD-s bud
From the Old DSniaiOns fair bower!
BOLIVAR Ian. . ~
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-01-05

There Is news that Escobedo was muir
dered by Canales. A general insurrection
of all parties occurred at Matamoras on the
capture of EscobedO and Canales, as the
representative of Ortega, had Eseobedo put
to death on the morning of the Dist, and
then assumed command himself Perpara-
tons were making for a general fight, and
chaos ruled the hour in Matamoras TalIa-
hassie Brough, the Brownsville courier to
New Orleans, brings news of the escape of
Ortega to the interior just as he left The
announcement of the hanging of Escobedo
was being believed
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-01-05

A local preacher was "churched" for trap
ping on Sunday He plead in excuse that
one of his traps was set Immediately by the
path that led to his mornings appointment,
and seeing fox caught by the leg in it, he
thought it better to put the thing out of its
misery than to let it suffer till next day.
This was received as satisfactory, till one of
his examiners asked whether he had not set
the trap again2 "Well said he, with most
expressive gesture with his thumb and fore
finger, q barely set it r