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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-06-16

Friends and patrons, one aniall,
Your at;eation To my biz" woll1 cali;
Tins a.c dull an money tight.
Bat il these times I'm looking for light;
To those who are building rigs without nunhcr,
Iwou'd niOrm--IhiA IS the place TO buy Lumber;
sly motto is this; ''Qlick Sale7 ard Small Pruht,"
For business is healthy Gnd tEinl much of 1t;
In atty my Lumber ia second 10 none,
and as for Shingles, keep No. /;
Some may not loul; at it in the liyht do,
And for l'.o-e have n quality No. ,;
And to those WHO are palticuar-as some may be-
| sull have snoth,r quaily called No
have good seasoned Lumber, Dressed up nice,
Which will sell at low cash price;
Such as Flooring, Ceiling and Siding, .bo,h Rough
and Dressed,
Lath, Bsttens and Surfaced Lumber, all Of the
best;
also have Rig Lumber NJ all kinds,
At prices to compare with oil aud hard times;
All kinds of Timber kept constantly on hand,
And box Of Gig ,rs Of very good brand;
My f,cllties for sd ing are surely without number
always keep good teams to deliver good Lumber
So if yor want Lumber, Rough, Dressed, Sof, OF
Hard,
You viii find Just what You wan at II S's Lum.
her Yard.
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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-06-16
GOING WEST.

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excepted, for !ovsand, C,'uinta'i ami tie We.
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-15

efforts to apprehend him He eontrived to
successfully evade his pursuers, but re-
Gently, as we are informed, it had been
agreed that he should not be moiested, and
he was not expecting any further effort to
effect his arrest On Monday morning,
however, as Gibson and his family were at
breakfast, Mrs. Gibson saw g squad of cav
airy, headed by the Deputy Sheriff of Car
roll county, coming up the lane leading to
the house. The Deputy Sheriff is North
ern man, and on "A previous occasion meeting
Gibson, be had declared that If he ever
came for him he would take him; at which
time Gibson told him if he ever came for
him to come in front of his squad, as he
wished to meet him first When Gibson
saw the Deputy Sheriff and squad approach
| ing the house, he directed the ladies of his
fanily-his wife, sister and sister-in law
to go into the kitchen, he remaining In the
room alone The Deputy and two men dis
mounted at the gate and came to the door
of the house, leaving four of their number
| behind The Deputy called Gibson by
name, saying he mad come for him. Gibson
went TO the door with his Eix-shOoter in
his hand--his shot gun was empty and his
rifle sent away for repairs-and as he
opened the door the Deputy raised his gun
90 fire. Gibson then shot him through the
bOdy--it is thought fatally-and discharged
several shots at the two soldiers, wounding
both of them badly through the body. The
soldiers at the gate, in the meantime
opened fire on Gibson, one ball striking him
In the head and killing him instantly.
Capt Gibson was Z very clever and &C
cOmplished gentleman, and probably &
drawer or more gallant man never lived
He went to Virginia with the Sunflowel
Guards. Ben. Humphreys company, at the
commencement of the war, and was made
Captain of the company when Humphreys
became Colonel Of the regiment,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-15
Annexation of San Domingo to
the United States.

It seems as though the island of San Do
mingo was coming under American control
sure enough. A Washington telegram of
a late date is as follows
The treaty of annexation of San DONNA
go to the United States was negotiated by
President Boez and our commercial agent,
Mr.. Perry, at the city of San Domingo
This treaty, with the recent Message of the
President OF the United States, will be sent
to the Senate tomorrow. OF the truth of
this statement there is no doubt
The governing motive for the acquisition
of San Domingo is its geographical posi-
ton to the country as a means of national
defense, as we'll as its general maritime
advantages hence, as a preliminary, the
lease of SANTANA was effected and the iuris-
diction of the United States established over
that part of the territory of San Domingo,
Several Senators who are cognizant of the
particulars of the negotiations, privately
assert that San Domingo is of as much i'm
portance to the United States as the Island
of Cuba, if not more; that the acquisition
of one will easily lead to the possession
of the other.
1t may be that the President of the
United States will, in his message, recon-
mending the ratification of the treaty, and
Sltlt0 MS EOdSOHS IOE ueROLl1LlO0.
| 1t is certain, however, that he has stated
them to some of his most intimate political
friends Although the text of the treaty
cannot now be publicly be made known
there is no doubt that it contains the follow.
ing propositions:
l. The United States stipulates to pay
the sum of 81 100000.
2 This money is to be devoted to the
! liquidation of the obligations of the Repub-
lie of San Domingo, including the redemp
ton of its currency, which is represented
to be of comparatively small amount
| g. In case the obligations to be assumed
| by the United States shall exceed the before
mentioned sum of one million five hundred
thousand dollars, the public lands of Sar
Domingo are pledged as surety for excess
4. The iquidations of obligations is to be-
intrusted to commissioners. who are to b,
appointed by each of the contracting parties
5. In consideration of the discharge o
| these obligations, San Domingo cedes to thG
| United States all forts, docks, cusUomhouses
and all other public buildings, arsenals, etc.
and complete Jurisdiction over the territol y
6. San Domingo to be annexed or &C.
quired as a territory and not as State, anC
subject to the legislation of Congress in the
same manner as territories Of the United
States.
| Z. The treaty to be valid to all intent
and purposes when ratified by the Senate
of the United States and confirmed by
vote of a majority Of the citizens of Sar
Domingo.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-15

The following paragraph is the beginning
of leading editorial in the st. Louis Demo
crat, the leading Republican paper of the
West:
KEEP FAITH.
We hope it may not be the intention Of a
majority of the reconstruction committee
to propose new conditions for the admis-
sion of Virginia We do not like to hear
the Republican party accused of bad faith
and to feel that the charge has to sustain
it fragrant violation of an agreement pro-
posed by Congress itself and accepted by
the people of Virginia, The Republican
members of Congress had the power to
prescribe whatever terms they pleased, and
under the lead of this same reconstruction
committee Congress did declare by law
that Virginia should be admitted TO repre-
sentation upon complying with the condi-
tons then agreed upon and stated. With
perfect propriety, the people of that state
regard this act as a formal pledge of the
honor of the government to stand by the
proposal then made, and having fully con-
sidered the conditions imposed they &C
cepted them, fully, uHreservedly and
promptly. If Congress now changes the
proposition, and refuses to do as it has
pledged itself to do, unless Virginia accepts
certain other conditions, no honest man can
| defend that Congress against the charge of
bad faith.
Commenting upon tie above, the Chatta-
nooga Daily Times, says:
| We are glad to see this prompt protest
against the Infamous proposition to exclude
Virginia from representation, coming from
so influential Republican journal, but we
have serious doubts as to its efficacy in
preventing the accomplishment of the out
rage The course of the Radical leaders ir
Congress shows that they have but one faith
to keep and that is the pledge made by
themselves to themselves to retain place and
power at all hazards After q time the
people of the North will realize their sir
in permitting these outrages. and then they
will try to save their own liberties as vel
as those of the South. We only hope they
may not find themselves bound hand ant
foot when that time comes.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-15
THe suenEME BeNcH -Thc nomination of

The SUPREME BENCH The nomination of
Judge Strong, of Pennsylvania, to the va
cancy on the Supreme Bench, is decided on
Judge Strong was elected in 1850 as demo-
crat 20 the Supreme Bench of Pennsylvania,
but afterwards became a Republican, and
about a year since resigned.
1t is reported that Mr. Franklin Dick,
a native of St Louis, Mo-, will be nominated
by the President for Associate Justice Of
the Supreme Court of the United States, in
place of Judge Hoar, Immediately after the
rejection of the latter by the Senate. MIR.
Dick is a warm personal friend of the Presi
dent, whom he has known many years, and
with whom he is on terms of great intimacy
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-15
Trust Sale of Town Lots

|, By virtue of deed of trust, to me exc
cuted, by d. A. Robertson. on the Goth day
of December, 1869, and of Record in the
Registers Office of Hardeman County, Ten
nessee, trust deed, Book A, Page 247, L
will, on Thursday, the 10Th of February
1870, on the Lots in Salisbury, sell the fol-
lowing Town Lots in the town of Salisbury,
tO-wit: One vacant lot in said town on the
south side of the Memphis d Charleston
Railroad, it being lot purchased by d. A.
Robertson of j. 81. Sannoner, on which T.
G. Moore & Co.'S house formerly stood, and
which house ID. A. Robertson moved up on
the hill Also one lot purchased by ID. A.
Robertson at sale of J. Fl. Robinson's
Lots, made by J. 3. Franklin, Trustee,
lying between D. A. Ferguson's store house
and VIM. II. MurPhy's store house. Terms
Of sale-Six months credit, bond and ap-
proved security required of the purchaser,
and lien retained on the lots until the
purchase money is paid. l believe the title
TO above lots is good. but will convey only
such title is vested In me as Trustee.
d. A. FERGUsoN, Trustee.
Jan. Sd, 1870
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-15
Your Humble Servant,
Bolivar, Jan. Is, 1870.


LOST CAUsE.-There is a Court in Ten
nessee that don't know herself; she's
bewildered, foggy, mystifed and adrift upon
lite's ocean; scared almost to death and
don't know what to do! Poor thing; give
her a bottle of Impending Crisis or
dose of " Congressional Globe" We allude
to Judge E. T. Hail. of Knoxville.
The Kingston East Tennessean, of the
6th says that Judge Hall, in his charge to
the Grand Jury, stated that owing to the
unsettled condition of affairs In this State,
the probability of Federal interference,
and the notification of the late gubernato-
rial election, rendered his position some
what embarrassing. He was at loss how
| to proceed; the court didn't exactly know
herself True, he said, it deyolved upon
him to adjudicate according to the now ex:
listing laws, but should Congress subse-
quentiy declare the present Legislature. IL
! legal, and all their past actions null and
void, their, (the grand jury labor would go
for nought The Judge was evidently i'm
pressed with the idea that the present
state Of affairs was all wrong, and that if
Congress did not tip the whole thing over,
it was not for the lack of good reason for
so deing 1t was inferred, therefore, that
to this belief or view of the case, is due
the continuance of nearly the entire docket.
Commenting on the above, the Chatta'
nnoga Daily Times remarks:
We think it high time for the reorganiza
ton of our Judiciary when a Judge on the
Bench is frightened into obstructing the
course of Justice by the mere threat of un.
authorized Congressional int rferenee. Such
craven Judges are not what free people
need for the protection of our liberties
The duty of Judge under the laws is per
fectly plain. aud he has no more right to be
influenced by what he may hope or fear
from Congress than he has by .hribe from
one of the parties before him. The recon
struction of our Judiciary should be one OF
the first duties of the Convention.
We fully coincide with the Times, and
urge upon the Convention the Importance o
recons tructing the Judiciary of Tennessee
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-15
Death Of a Gallant Man.

We copy from the YazoO City, Miss
Banner, of the eth inst
Captain Tully Gibson, who was killed at his
house in Sunhower county day before yes
terday, the 4th inst, will be buried in our
cemetery to day. We have heard the sub
stantial facts attending this unhappy
occurrence, and will briefly relate them for
the benefit of our readers Ii will be re-
membered that Capt. Gibson was engaged
in the disturbances in Sunfower county
some weeks ago, which resulted In the
killing and wounding of several negroes,
and since that time the authorities both
civil and military have been making great
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-15
BULLS
S A r S 4 P RILL A
A Good Reason for the Captains
Faith.

Read the Captains Letter and the Letter
from his mother:
BENTON BARRACKS, Mo, April 80, 1866.
DR.. John BuIL-Dear Sir Knowing
the efficacy of your Sorsaparilla, and the
healing and beneficial qualities it possesses,
| send you the following statement of my
case:
I was wounded about two years ago-Wss
taken prisoner and confined for sixteen
months. Being moved so often, my wounds
have not healed yet ] have not sat up 3
moment since | was wounded. | am shot
through the hips. Mygeneral health is i'm
paired. and l need something 70 assist ma
ture. have more faith in your Sarsaparills
than in anything else. l wish that that is
genuine. Please express me half dozen
bottles. and Oblige.
CAPT. C. P. JOHNSON, St Louis, So.
P. S.-The following was written
April 80, 1865, by Mrs Jennie Johnson,
mother of Capt Johnson:
DR.. John BisLI-Dedr Sir My husband,
Dr. G.. ). johnson, was skillful surgeon
and physician in central New York, where
be died, leaving the above C. p. johnson 70
my care. st thirteen years Of age he bad
chronic diaFrhsa and scrOfula, for which
gave your SarsapaTiila. IL cured bSDs. j
have for ten years recommended u 50 many
in New York, Ohio, and Iowa, for scrofula,
fever sores, and general debility. Perfect
success has attended it, The cures Effected
in some cases of seTofifIa and fever sores
scere almost miraculous. | am very anxiOGs
for nv son 20 again have recourse 10 yOsr
SarsapariIla He Is fearful of getting q
spurious article, hence his writing 70 you
for it. His wounds were terrible, bat BE-
lieYe be will recover.
Respectfully,
JENNIE JOHNSON.
For sale by j. II. LARwILL,
Bolivar, Team.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-15
Constitutional Convention,

The constitutional convention assembled
in Nashville at noon last Monday, all of the
members being present but nine.
Mr.. B. Gordon, of Hickman, the only
member who was in the convention of 1884,
was called to the chair, and returned thanks
for the honor. Mr.. Gordon felt confident
that the deliberations of the convention
would be characterized by wisdom and
prudence, and all the official acts such as to
tend to the welfare of the State and all her
people.
Baxter, of Knox, introduced d resolution
that members of the convention take an
oath to support the Constitution of the
United States.
Jones, of Lincoln, offered a resolution in
lieu that members and officers take an oath
to support the Constitution of the United
States, and to demean themselves with a
view to the best interests of their constit-
uents and country.
The resolution in lieu was adopted and
oath of Office administered.
Gen. John.C. Brown, of Giles, was elected
permanent Chairman of the Convention.
A large number of resolutions and propo-
sitions to amend the State Constitution were
offered in the Convention on the 18th.
Among them were propositions in favor of
restricting the right of suffrage to white per
sens only, and prohibiting the Legislature
from passing laws embracing more than one
subject, and from authorizing the inter
oF ole
from restricting the right of parties to con-
tract for the rate of interest, not exceeding
6 per cent on moneys actually loaned.
A bill providing for lengthening the term,
of the Governor, and clothing him with the
veto power.
A bill for the election of county clerks
sherifs, tax collectors, registers, corOners
and rangers by the Magistrates of the Quar-
terly Courts, and for the appointment Of
clerks of court of record by said courts.
In all probability the Legislature will fl
the State tax at 60 cents on the one hun
dred dollars.
A bill for the election of United States
Senators, Secretary Of State, Comptroller
and Treasurer, by the people.
A bill instructing the committee to repor
what changes are necessary in the judicia
system; providing that citizens may prose
cute claims against the State for receiving
the disqualifcations as preachers from hold
ing office; allowing every county which hai
population of one Thousand member il
the Legislature; and against infringing oil
the rights of municipal corporations with
out their consent
One proposition asks that the right o
suffrage be confined to those white person
who had paid all State and county taxes 70
year previous to the time of Offering t
vote
All the propositions were referred to Con
mittees, and it will be several days befOr
anything is reported for final action.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-15

Ho, JoxNY On the 9th inst. the Democ-
racy of Memphis elected John johnson
Mayor by large majority, beating Lynn
the straight-out radical candidate, and Sam.
Walker, the Avalanche OF third party Ben
gal Tiger man. The defeated Junkies
through John Donovan, filed bill of in
junction and tried the game of hokus -pokus
thinking and wishing that they might be
able to Gerrymander the choice of the peO
pie ont of his seat on the shabby plea that
he was not citizen of the United States
The injunction was dissolved, and Mr.
johnson is now Mayor of Memphis
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-15
BULLS
CEDRON BITTERS
AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS.
Arkansas heard from.
Testimony OfATedicaI Men.
December 1868.

Stoney Point White CO., Ark, May %, &c.
Dr. John BulL-DeaT Sir Last lfebru-
airy was in Louisville purchasing drugs,
and got some of your Sarsaparilla and
Cedron Bitters.
My son~inlaw who was with me in the
store has been down with the rheumatism
for some time, commenced on the Bitters
and soon found his general health improved.
Dr. Gist who has been in bad health, tried
them, and he also improved.
DIR. Coffee, who has been in bad health
for several years-st0BGch and ttUer affected
improved very much by the use of your
Bitters. Indeed the Cedron Bitters has
given you great popularity in this settlement
I think / could sell a great a quantity Of
your medicines this fall-especially your
Cedron Bitters and Sarsaparilla- Ship me
ria Memphis, care Of Kicker d Nicely.
Respectfully,
b. WALKER
Prepared By Dr. John Bull at his LabOra-
tory, Fifth street, Ky.
FOR sale by J. H. LARWlLL,
Bolivar, Tenn.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-15

The Western Union Telegraph Company
will receive Messages at and for all Stations
on their lines, East of the Mississippi River
and West of the Province of New Brunswick
for transmission during the night, at one
half the usual tariff rates provided, how
ever, that the tolls on any message at half
rates shall not be less than twenty cents.
1t is positively asserted that Stonewall
jackson died, not from the effect of wounds,
but of pneumonia.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-15

Rev Mr. Cook, of the West 7th street
Methodist Episcopal Church, New York,
eloped with young lady named Jones and
left bis wife and two children behind. The
young lady's big brothers are on the war
path, and it is thought that the Reverend
scamp will be handled rather roughly in
case they find him.