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

Special dispatches from Washington, Sun
day morning, said there was COED reason for
that the President would, on the
4th Of July, issue a proclama-
ton of general amnesty We believe no
act Of the President would be more in ac-
cord with the general sentiment Of the
country
The New York EUening Post (Rep,) in
noticing the resolution before Congress to
pardon particular citizens of the South, very
properly asks: " What is the use Of cOmpli- |
mentiDg this, that or the other Southern man
with a pardon by special act Of Congress ? /
Why not pass a general amnesty = And it |
adds: The country VIII be very glad when /
q general amnesty IS announced. Exclusion 1
has now lasted long while; and the farce |
Of holding Mr. Davis to trial has got to be |
very tiresome." The Post undoubtedly in !
terprets correctly the general sentiment and
wish Of the country, and we hope the Presi
dent will issue the proclamation suggested
Nothing could be more appropriate for the
day, nor more becoming to she people Of the
North.
The Cincinnati Commercial says
The propriety of issuing a proclamation
Of general amnesty has long been a subject
Of much deliberation by the President, and
| has been discussed from time to time IN
Cabinet meetings The subject has lately
been urged upon the President by persons
OF all shades of politics. and from present
/ indications the proclamation Will not be
/ long delayed. It will embrace all the eX-
1 ceptions made by the proclamation Of Au-
! gust including all army and navy officers
! above the ranks of Brigadier General in the
/ army, and Captain in the navy but will not
1 affect officers Of the Confederacy now under
! Indictment General Lee viii, therefore, be
/ included in the contemplated proclamation
The Memphis AppeaE Of the Both thus
puts to rest
4 Sensation Canard-The Appeal and
! AraZaHcHe of Sunday copied from the Nash
/ vile Banner an article Of some length,
stating that a daughter of DR. Peters had
! arrived In St Louis where she was about
to enter a convent and take the veil We
| know DR.. Peters, and are able emphatically
to state that there is not a single word Of
truth in the statement to which we have al
/ luded. Miss Peters is on a visit to St
! Louis, but has no idea of entering a con.
vent and taking the veil. On the contrary,
she will return to Memphis and reside here /;
nor has her fathers grief become a fixed
| melancholy, or the Church his resource.
The suicide Of the son, also, was not in any
degree caused by the domestic troubles
spoken of in the article from the Banner,
copied from the st. Louis Times, but by de-
preston of spirits at the loss of many
friends in the Confederate service, and his
own wounds.
A telegram, dated Nash lille, June 29tb,
says
Intelligence of the attachment Of the funds
sent to New York by the State and railroads
to pay the July interest causes much indig-
nation. Suits viii be Immediately instituted
to enjoin the Board Of Finance from issuing
any more new bonds.
Negotiations are in progress to lease the
Nashville and Northwestern Railroad to the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. The
Directors Of the latter road will decide the
matter tomorrow.
In Memphis, on the 29tb uIt, Captain
Ben. Garrett and J. K Kelly got into
shooting scrape. Kelly attacked the Cap
tain, fred on him once and attempted to shoe
again, but his pistol snapped. Garrett Their
drew repeater and shot Kelly twice, botF
balls producing serious wounds Carrot
gave himself up and was taken before the
f proper authorities, and after patient hear
ing was honorably acquitted, he having
acted in self defense.
A notice of recent steamboat explosion
+ in a Western paper ends as follows TIL
Captain swan ashore So did the chamber
maid; she insured for SIS, 1000 and loade,
with iron"
Why is a grocer out of business like al
eel2 Because he hasn't got any scales