The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-07-02
Special Correspondence.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, June Is, 1870.

being done by the Tennessee LEGISLATURE
that the members thereof are trying to COM
Iply with the INDUCTION of your old friend
Tommy Beaton, viz: to take big drink
and keep COOL So far as taking the big
drink is concerned 1 think it likely the in
junction is being complied with to the-very
letter, but as to keeping cool, don't think
they can do 1t. During the past week
/ the thermometer has been ranging among
the COS and the lat limestone rocks become
so hot during the day that they have ten
deney to keep the atmosphere warm long
after the old god Of heat has bathed his
heated Aanks in the beautiful waves Of the
Pacific Every one you meet seems to be
IN the fix Of the fellow your old preacher
friend found sitting on the fence, "a sweat
IN and swearin, and a fannin' Of himself
with an ole. straw hat, and a eussin' Of the
9Th Of July, the bird Of Liberty, the Sa-
promo Court, and the President ef the
United States, ali r
a stay Of a few days in this place and a
pretty close Observance of the doings of the
| Legislature leads me to look upon that
august (21 body, so far as the majority Of
them is concerned, as Grand humbug-
many Of them ought never to have been
torn from "the scenes of cliiidhood, and /
have no doubt that their families would be
much happier if they were at home, and
| the good Of the State would doubtless be
enhanced in proportion as the happiness of
their families is increased. ] have an idea
that the people Cl the State would like to
see all of their families made happy by their
| speedy return to those who know how to
| appreciate their great ~ worth. BE that
as it may, Old Harder has no caase to
be ashamed of her nan-Old Joe Rosson is
always at his post and there is no repIesen-
| tive here more awake to and more watchful
Of tho interests of his constituents. lie
has failed in several things that he has pro
posed, not through any fault Of his, but
| through his misfortune in having to depend
on such a stupid set for what he asks. His
proposition to have Hardeman detached
from the l4th and attached to the 18th Ju
dieial Circuit was defeated, in the House,
on yesterday through the influence and
stubborncss Of Mr. Tucker, of Fayette, a
member Of the "Committee on re districting
the State" ! don't sec Why Mr.. Tucker
should be so stubborn in this matter, unless
it be that he wants his county associated
with one of the best Counties in the State,
Fucker and King are the members Of the
=. lGommittee from West Tennessee and are
responsible Cor the outrage that has been
, perpetrated upon the people of lardeman
Eby attaching that county to the l4th Circuit
| know that some of yonr people have i'm
agIncd that Col. Rosson was responsible for
this, but such is not the case; on the con-
{ trary, he has been using every effort to have
{ it otherwise but the Legislature arc 10th to
do anything contrary to the -recommenda-
{ tiun of the committee. Col. Itosson has the
reputaticn Of always voting right and
of always being present to vote, and his
| good sense and influence are recognized by
> the whole House
F. Gen. r. p Nicely, of your place, has been
s here for several days, but left on Thursday
| for home-he has been here in the interest
a Of the Southern Railroad Association, and
: that association has been fortunate in It's
q selection Of Representative. No lobbyist
2 has more influence with the Legislature
lthan Gen. Nicely; he never asks anything
: unreasonable ef the honorable body and
: almost always gets what he asks for.
The idea of repudiation of State bonds
! has been repudiated by the Legislature dur
ing the week, though its friends moved
Heaven and earth to carry their point
E. The bills to rcpudiate the bonds issued tC
the so-ealled "Mineral Home Rail Road
: and to the "Tenn & Pacific Rail Road" have
both been defeated. The Legislature, while
it recognizes the fact that these bonds have
been illegally procured, says that the actl
4 Of the agents of the State shall be made
= good, and that they prefer to pay these
" bonds (if the State Is ever able) voluntarily
rather than to brand the State with ropudi
: alton and finally be compelled to pay then
by the Courts having jurisdiction in suel
cases.
i The report Of the Railroad InEestigatin,
Committee show great frauds in the pro
: eurement Of State Bonds by several of thr
Railroad Companies, and the Attorney Gen
eral of the State has been, or viii be order
ed to bring suit against all parties engage,
in such frauds.
A bill was offered in the House on yesteI
7. day to increase the taxes for this year $
per cent making it 80 cents on the hundre
ID dollars, but It was defeated so far as thi
re year is concerned, but was adopted for tn
70 year 1871 According to the estimate G
the Committee of Ways and Means, "a
revenue to be collectei this year will "a
..'F .'F about 100000 90 short Of defraying th