The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-07-04


ten days considerable interest has been
manifested in our community over the doings
Of freedman named Henry Johnson,
Georgia mig, and an agent of the freedman's
bureau. As near as possible, wen proceed
to give the why's and wherefores of this
modern much ado bout nothing" John
son was owing cur fellow. citizen Henry NJ.
Parker, a gentleman of high standing in
this community, few dollars house rent.
When asked to pay the same &c denied the
account, and used such abusive and insolent
language as induced the gentleman to strike
him with a pailing A short while after
/ this, this same negro stole a lot Of household
goods from James Dunlap, and again got
! into trouble, all through his unruly dispo-
sitIon, and, as a matter of course, got the
worst of it. He then left the county. In
stead Of going before some one Of our mag
istrates and entering his complaint, he went
| to Nashville, where, he says, he had long
! talk with Brownlow-it is a notorious fact
that the Governor has not been in that CITY
for months-and then to Memphis, and
! finally succeeded in arousing the sympathy
of an agent of the bureau, Col. .. .. Brown,
| formerly of Pennsylvania, who came with
him to our town for the purpose of inYeati-
| eating the affair
On their arrival considerable speculation
was INDUCED in, as it vas whispered abou.
that the agent had in his possession United
States warrants for the arrest of two of our
citizens, and that something awful was going
to be done. Time passed. Brown found out
that Mr. Parker was not such a bad man as
the evil minded johnson had pictured;
compromise was talked Of In the mean
time johnson said in the hearing Of two re-
sponsible white gentlemen, that he was
going to be righted, or something Of that
SORT and that on one occasion his friends
had collected here for the purpose Of burn
ing the premises of Mr.. Parker, and that
he and they Aad concluded to wait and see
if he couldn't get justice by the time court
was over, and iutmated that if he was not
satisfied fully, Parker wouldn't have thing
left Here The effort to compromise was
suddenly abandoned, and warrant was
issued upon the affidavit Of Parker for the
arrest Of johnson, who was Immediately
waited upon by Sheriff McCarley and
brought before Esquires Bills and Ander-
son, who, after a careful and patient hear
ing Of the facts in the case, concluded that
| Parker had good cause to fear, from the
threats made by johnson, that his premises
would be burned, required the defendant to
| give a bond Of Eve hundred dollars to keep
the peace for six months, falling to do which
he was placed in jail. Before being locked
up, however, at the request of Mr. Parker,
/ ne went before the Grand Jury, which was
in session, and indicted him for committing
an assault upon his person, which shows at
once that no undue advantage was desired
by Parker or any other citizen, and that he
was perfectly willing to be held accountable
| by proper authority for any violation Of law
on his part From the time Col Brown
made his advent, in company with this mis-
/ chievous Johnson, into Bolivar, he certainly
! has had no occasion, with one exception, to
look upon our people otherwise thana peace
| full and law abiding community. And he
certainly cannot hold this pc pie accountable
| for the exception referred to-the receiving
| Of an anonymous note, advising him to leave
town, and signed Citizen" Who wrote
the note we do not know, but the following
! document will convince any reasonable mind
that this community utterly condemns any
| thing of the kind The note, signed as it
was, was uncailed for, no matter who Brown
is, where he came from, or where or when
! hesgOes No matter whether he is an officer
or not, no one Of this community has the
least right to screen himself behind the
word citizen" and thus entail, possibly, a
hardship and blot upon US ali. Here IS the
document
BOLIVAR, Tenn, July 90, 1868
The UNDERSIGNED, citizens Of the town of
| Balivar and county Of Hardeman, Tenn.
have heard with profound regret that Col
| Brown, an accredited agent, sent here by the
Freedmen's Bureau at Memphis, to examine
and adjust certain difficulties said to exist
here, has been notified by letter through the
post Office to take his departure Immediately,
which said paper is signed A Citizen" We
| do deROuEce Tie same as IUhOtly unauthorized
i by the people Of this community and with
I out the shadow of justification in the author
that we consider the same disgrace to the
heretofore fair fame Of our community, and
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I NAV have occasion to come for similar pur-
poses, 90 on, transact your lawful business
amongst US 'till-it is accomplished and your
pleasure to depart; that this community is
law abiding, peaceful, and will discouute-
nance all such anonymous letters and their
authors, regarding them as the offspring Of
those only who have not the mauiuess to
avew in open day their sentiments and as
such not to be feared
George " Newbern. Mayor r C Crawford, Alderman
I Alvin Warren, ldsrmau Juu Kenny,
I John Warren q W SwiHebTOad
Bills Chm Cn'ty Court b Harriss ok Cny Court
7 b Mcdowell Clk Cir Court w W McCareys Sheriff IL Z
EP McReal, Foreman Grand Jury
} Osborn Z Con & NJ OHara. John b Ruin
Henry Rodgers AIurdaugh Alex Ramsey
Anderson James pvbasg Hill
/ A Nj statler w EGlover G. NJ WellOus
| ]. b Adams J Nelson Jas T0one Jr
/ ! Il Runin W X Hancock G. II D0ron
| J. Owens J ID j \ eWbern
/ Wilkinson Bros ] ~ III nj Parker
I A Harris Il L Punch Hardy Harris
/ Henry AiaFsh JAS Collins john a Baker
| w T.Nyers W II Reynolds w v Robertson
| i II Hancock n W Tate ThOs e Jones
! W $ Brooks " I McCarleY Ihos ID Clinton
! 81 4 Webb Thorn j AZ Richardson
NJ r Parrish, editor A II Fleming Jno II Crawford
, Bolivar Bulletin J NJ Webb p AT Huddleston
I r B Harrison jos Watson u 4 Durrett
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