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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28
Business en- the suez Canal.

From November 18th to March 18th, 209
ships, with tonnage Of I46, ,63I tons, besides
600 small crafts, passed through the canal
The nationalisies of these vessels have been
as follows so English, Al French, %
Egyptian, Is Austrian, II Italian, II Rus
sian, and the remainder German, Spanish.
Portpgese and Turkish Of these 200 have
been steamers and only sailing vessels.
Thirty three were vessels of war. The
growth Of the transit may be estimated by
the following record: In December but 9
vessels, in January I6, in February %, in
March 81. The increase in the receipts is
not less satisfactory. Receipts in Decem-
ber, IS, 426 frances; March 10000 francs.
To this last amount is to be added about
$4,000 francs for fares from travel NJ.
Les8eps, in his report says that iron steam
ers may be built for this traffic which will
carry 900 tons of freight from London to
Bombay, and bring back the same amount,
all in seventy days. The freight, at $50
francs per ton, will leave the shipper a
handsome profit. A sailing vessel for the
same voyage requires eight months or more
and charges l20 frances per ton. NJ. Les
seps estimates that as soon as commercial
movements are regularly established, the
receipts from the canal cannot be less than
60,000,n00 frances by the passing through
of at least 100000 tons.
The American merchant marine, it will
be marked, makes no showing at an-not a
single vessel carrying the United States flag
having passed through the canal
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28
Never Plough wet Soil.

We have often urged the attention of the
farmers to this subject as one of great i'm
portance. Any traveller among our farming
districts can see large tracts Of land that
have been plowed when wet and unfit to be
worked, by observing large, heavy clods of
earth, which, in the hot season, becomes
like heated brick, burning all the roots of
grain or other products near to it. Besides
this evil no seed can vegetate and grow well
upon soil thus cultivated, nor can that soil
give back as much nutrition as if plowed
when in right condition and upon warm and
sunny days, when light and warmth can
penetrate into the soil, and thus greatly
benefit it
We are confident that farmers lose from
ten to forty per cent. of their crop by mat
tention to this matter By little care at
the proper time to plow, by examining the
soil and selecting good sunny days, the soil
will send up its voice in a halo of dewdrop
clouds that will wreathe the plowman with
its approval of his good sense.
As with farms, so with orchards, vine
yards and gardens. No soil should be
worked when wet and soggy. If the soil
continues wet long drain it well, and soon
it will be in working order, but never at
tempt to plow, spade or work it unless in
good condition.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28

We clip from the Holly Springs Reports,
Of the Goth the following items:
We do Hot know that there is an organ
lied band of horse and mule thieves in
Marshall county but frcm tho number OF
horses and mules that have recently disap-
peared from the premises of their owners
We are led to believe that the country is full
ofthieves, and the owners of stock would do
well to keep a sharp lookout for these prowI
ers around their promises. We are opposed
to Ku Klux organizations, or to mobs Of any
| character whatever, but we would rejoice to
| see a few dozen of these scoundreIs hanging
to the limbs of the highest trees in our
forests, as a solemn warning to all other
evil doers. There is scarcely a dav that
passes that We do not hear of some friend
losing his horse or his mule, and if stop
is not soon put to these villainies, the dam
age to the crops of the county will be quite
serious, as men are compelled to have stock
to cultivate their crops, and many who lose
such stock are not in a condition to replace
them.
On last Sabbath, Temperance Hill Church,
situated some ten miles south east of Holly
Springs, was the scene of one of those dis
graceful acts, which, thanks to the reason
and good sense of our people, now seldom
occur in our peaceful and quiet country.
1t seems, after the congregation had assem-
bed and the minister, the Rev w. L. Far
mer, had taken his seat in the pulpit, man
supposed to be crazy, insisted on occupying
the pulpit himself, and commenced a har-
rangue that was anything but orderly and
sensible. Efforts were made to remove him
from the pulpit, but he persisted in occupying
the place, and if force had been resorted to,
it is understood that he had men in the con-
gFegation who would have resisted, even to
bloodshed, any such effort Under the cir
cumstanceS the Rev Mr. Farmer dismissed
the congregation, and all returned to their
homes without having the pleasure Of hear
ing a sermon. We have the utmost charity
for man who has been deprived of reason,
but for the man who encouraged such a
man to violate the laws of the land, we
have not spark of charity, and would be
glad to see the law rigidIy enforced against
all such. To prevent a similar occurrence
in the future, We understand peace officer
viii be on hand at the Church and arrest all
tTansgressors.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28
The Yankees Bet.

Reckon l couldn't drive a trade with you
to day, Square, said genuine specimen of
the Yankee peddler, as he stood at the
door of merchant in St Louis.
81 reckon you calculate about right fer
you can't"
"Waal, l guess you needn't git hufy
abeout it. Now, here's dozen genooine
razor strops, worth two dollars and a half,
you may have EN- for two dollars p
81 tell you don't want any ofyour traps,
SO, you may as well be going along"
"Iyaal, meow look here, Square, III bet
you five dollars that If you make me an offer
for them ere strops wen hev a trade yet"
"Done,p said the merchant and he staked
the money.
Now" says he ohafiingly, I'n give you
sixpence for the strops.'
They're your'n," said the Yankee as he
quietly pocketed the stakes. "But' contin-
ued he, after a little reflection, and with a
burst of frankness, 81 calculate jokes a
joke, and if yoA don't want the strops,
trade back"
The merchant looked brighter.
you're not so bad a chap after all, said
he. "Here are your strops-give me the
money"
"There it is, said the Yankee, as he took
the strops and handed back the sixpence.
"a trade is a trade and bet is bet Next
time you trade with that ere sizpence, don't
Won buv razor strops."
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28

detraet from the votes necessary to elect
his colleague Of the same party. 1t will be
part Of the work Of the party managers to
prevent such results.
The justice of giving the two parties in
each particular Legislature District the pro-
portion of Representatives to which their
respective votes entitIe them, is very obvi-
Gus. Its practical working is another
question. The people are so accustomed to
the old system, and are so likely to be
perplezed by the new, that it viii, of course
encounter very great opposition. If adopt
ed, we belive it viii secure a more perfect
representation of the whole people. and
wiil so far, tend to make politics more
honest. 1t being understood that It is not
necessary TO have a majority vote in order
to be represented in the Legislature, there
viii be less struggle to get the majority
vote; less temptation to bribe, buy or fraud
ulently count it, less partisan blackguardism
and misrepresentation; and more attention
viii be given to the selection of good can
didates, and the candid discussion of the
questions on which, if elected, they will
act
"FLEBIsoIrB. Some inquring wag sent
the following note to the editor of the New
Orleans Times:
"NEw ORLEANS, April %, 1870
Dear n. Enclosed find $40. What the
devil is PleJieite?
"Yours, languidly,
-. C. *** Y"
The importuned editor delivered himself
thus: Measuring our correspondents anxl-
ETY. by his liberality, both gratitude and
compassion prompts an early reply Hav-
ing once passed through a similar condition
of mental exhaustion in endeavoring to
comprehend the "Schleswig-Holstein ques-
tiOn," we can feel our friends dazed condi-
ton over the "Plebiseite," and shall there
for e proceed to answer it.
"a plebiscite is a thing only few feI-
Iers can understand You see, when, in
the course of human events, the policy of
government, in its transcendental relations
with the political economies of State, be-
comes imbued with the spectral analysis Of
abnormal influences, infringing upon the
perpetuity of institutions at once detrimen-
tai and nugatorY to the abstruse interests
of theOcracy, why, then a decent respect for
the opinions of mankind requires the pro-
mitigation of popular analytical manifesto
in which In short, plebiscite'
is plainly plebiscitei' or, in other words,
il Is French for Shoe Flv. don't bodderm
There !"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28
Memphis & Charleston
RAILROAD.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT AND LEAVE MEMPHIS AS
FOLLOWS:

TRAINS ARRIVE AT AND LEAVE MEMPHIS AS
FOLLOWS;
ARRIVE DEPART
Through Ma-DA ...........I2 IS 70 10 m
through presS....... .--.ll lO = " p u
JOrinth Accommodate 1-DAILY-eG-
cent sunday st........ ................. ) o. 4 u
Srand Junction Accommodation, daily
except Sunday, at 3 IS m - m
Express Grand Junction with morning train
the Mississippi Central Railroad for Holly Springs Water
Valley, Grenada Jackson, Nckburg Miss, New Orleans,
La.
At Cornth Okclona mbus, Miss, NJ obile Ala
At Decatur. for Columbia, Nashville. Louisville, Gin
cinnaJi, etc.
At Chattanooga, all places Eastern Alabama, Geor-
gi North and south Carolina Virginia Washington, Baii-
more, Philadelphia, New York
Through M connects at Grand Junction with trains for
Bolivar and jackson, Tenn
At Decatur Athens. Pulaski. Ala. Columbia, Nash
At Chattanooga, mail trains points as
Express Trains.
Baggage checked through.
and further information apply at the oGce
corner II ain aud South Court street.
W ). ROSS, Geu1 Superintendent.
A.A. BARNES. GenI Ticket Agent. oet5
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28

The New York Sorosis resoluted in con-
demnation of the ownership by husband
of his wife as illustrated by the Mcfarland
case, and expressing sympathy with Mrs.
Mcfarland. AL the speakers found fault
with the verdict. and said if the jury were
honest in it Mcfarland should be sent to
the insane asylum. The Sorosisters adopt
ed a resolution Of admiration for Mr.. a. D.
Richardson
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28

lee CREAM.-One pint and a half Of milk
set on the fire with a tin saucepaDi two
ounces of sugar, two eggs, and stir with an
egg beater; pat in some orange rind to
flavor; stir continually while on the fire;
when you see it is about to boil, take off
and strain; wait until it is cool, and then
put into the freezer and freeze.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28

A new minister at New Bedford took a
stroll before breakfast on the first Sunday
he was there, and after walking a dozen
blocks was accosted by shabby-looking
citizen, who had been watching him, with,
- You needn't look any further there ain
id saloon open."
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28
Baptist Church.
Elder DAY breaches every third Saturday tho month
mississippi Central q. z.

GEO. NJ. AGENT, BOLIVAR
Trains pass Bolivar follows
MAIL TRAIT South-ll07 North 422 n
EXPIRES train SeUthlJ 4 ortn, 552 A VI
Freight tran,SOuth-lOl0 srth, i22 II
HF5- ha day. E1T- Express train
every ay-MONEAIS EXCEPTED ga
Connection southwark bound Mail and Ex-
Grand Junction with trains the 81. c.
by the trains going north Jackson, Tenn, with
trains g the NJ o. r. r.
The above sekedu!e took effect MAY 3. 1853
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28

There was a universal vaccination in
Paris, last month-enforced by law. As
many beautiful ladies dislike to disfgure
their arms, it became fashionable to be vac
einated in the leg, We suppose the doctors
were driven to the eztremities by the fair
creatures
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28
st. James Church, Bolivar, Tenn.

eryices every sunday all the Holy Days BY the
RECTOR ". g. GRAY.
for opening Sunday School is.-. s1s o'clock
Morning Service Sundays l055
Evening Service Sunday s..--.......-.... do u
n Holy Days..... ....~.....715 and 4 n
Services twice each day during Lent
From y 4. M, and from to 10 P. NJ. the Rector
be found in his study at th9 Of the Church.
Rz5- The seats Of this Church ALL FREE.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28
Memphis and Louisville q. R.

ARRIVE,
DAY EXPRESS, City Time.........~.... 90 2i5 n
NIGUr EXPRESS do do Zi3 p II leo p n
Ticket OGees 1917 Main and at the Depot head Of
81 ain Street.
Sleeping Cars attached Night Express through
Louisville and Nashville without change
SELL HOWELL, PassezGer Agent
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28
Methodist Church

Services every sabbath at lOJz A. III and p. N, by
the Rev s. 3. SURRAT
SABBATH SCHOOL at si5 A. NJ.
Singing fer Sabbath School Scholars everv Sunday evening
25 o'clock. Prayer Meeting every Wednesday night.
Choir meeting every Friday night Regular Church meet
ing first Wednesday night in each month. HOuEs Mems
prayer meeting every Monday night
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28

a Philadelphian named Beazer insured
hIs life in nineteen different companies, to
the extent of SISI 600, and died
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28

A young lady being told by a friend thas
silk dresses were very much worn, replied
that she knew it, for hers had two or three
holes in it.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28
Presbyterian Church.
FRANCIS P. MULLALLY. Pastor


SUNDAY Scho0l A. "
Bible Ciass on tuesdays, AT T. N
Prayer Meeting Thursdays. at.....-..........7
Services every Sabbath, at I0]4 A. NJ. and p NJ
Seats all FREE.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28

a Georgian lately paid for a bushel Of
meal in gophers, and received three mud
turtles in change.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28

Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Services follows Sab5ath in each month by
DR., A A MOOREMAN Fourth Sabbath in each month by
WaI. M. NOEHENT.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-05-28
Aldermen.

} J EEELY, L b ADAMS. JOHN WARREN, r 5
HARDY, FRANCIS FENTRESS, G. NJ. WELLONS
Magistrates and Constables.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-01-22
Hawai- ii and Japan.

The ,Japauese Enyoys, who arrived here some
four weeks since, sailed for San Francisco in the
bark Comet on Thursday. The chief object of
their mission related to the japanese laborers,
brought here some two years since, under some
what peculiar circumstances. One of the Yoko-
hama papers, published at the time of their de-
parture, stated that they were taken off against
the protests of the japanese authorities, who
attempted to stop the sailing of the vessel, but
were utwitted by the parties engaged in obtain
ing and shipping the laborers. 1t is but just to
add, however, that the country was at that time
in a etate of revolution, and that those who
shipped them claim TO have had the authority OF
the defeated or Tycoon party, to make the ship
ment. The Mikado's party, however, came into
power, disapproved of the emigration of these
laborers. and sent these ENJOYS to investigate
their condition, and demand their return.
They are evidently OF high rank, and have the
bearing Of officers of authority, who are not used
to being tempered with. This was exhibited in
their recent tour around Oahu, in which they
were accompanied by several officers of this Gov
ernment, His Excellency the American Min
lister, and his Excellency the French Commits
sioner. On reaching a plantation where Japanese
were employed, they were ordered before the
ENJOYS, who CURLY asked each, if he had COM
planned of having been kidnapped, or wished to
return to Japan. If the answer was in the
affirmative, the laborer was ordered to prepare at
once to leave for Honolulu and Japan. No
excuses or apologies were received, but the
Envoy's decision was final. In all about forty
Japanese have been withdrawn from service, and
are to be returned to Japan in the Il. w. Wood,
which sails on Saturday next. A portion of the
laborers, who are satisfied with their places and
service, are allowed to remain and complete their
engagements, while all who are dissatisfied are
taken away.
This, our first official intercourse with the
Japanese Government, shows that it is disposed
to act promptly where the interests of its people
are concerned, and protect their rights. What
will be done with these laborers after their return
to Japan, we may never know but it is not i'm
probable that some of them will forfeit their
heads, while any japanese officials engaged IN
sending them off will doubtless be compelled to
commit hari-kari. The Enjoys have now all the
proofs and facts connected with the case, and we
may rest assured that no japanese will be allowed
to leave Japan hereafter under similar circum-
stances. We do not wish to be understood as APP
proving of the action of The ENJOYS in taking OF
their countrymen, nor this Governments course
in yielding so quietly to their demands.
We presume that those who have had their
japanese servants taken from them. will be reim-
bursed in some way. Government having taken
the responsibility of receiving them on their
arrival, and disposing of them to others, knowing
the circumstances attending their procural,
it only should bear the loss.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-01-22
Hawaiians as .Jurymen.

The right of trial by jury has been the boast
of free governments ever since the days when the
Barons wrested it from King John at R~unnymede.
There have been, however, some who questioned
the wisdom of the practice, especially in this
country, where it has frequently been remarked
that a trial by a native jury was little less then a
farce. But the late case of the Sylvas Us. Ma
haOlelua, before the Supreme Court in this city,
presents some noteworthy features for the opposite
view of the question, and goes to show that a
Hawaiian jury is sufficiently educated to be en-
trusted with the adjudication of questions of
right between man and man without respect of
persons. This appears more emphatically, when
it is remembered that wealth, influence and power
were arrayed on the side of the party defendant
in this particular case.
The facts, as they appeared by the evidence,
are briefly these The mother of the Sylvia boys
became possessed, previous to the establishment
of the Land Commission, of an ahupuaa or
division of land on Molokai, known as Kupeke.
On the land was a fsh-pond, of some twenty
acres in extent, well stocked with mullet and
other kinds of fish. In 1888, Kekauluobi, the
then Premier, gave the late John Young the
privilege of taking fish from the pond in question.
In the then unsettled state of land titles, it was
quite common for the chiefs to make such gifts,
but it did not GUST the original holder, Mrs.
sylvia. John Young continued to exercise the
privilege of taking fish from the pond, during
his life, and after his death the license, as it
might be termed, was continued by his brother,
James Young, the Governor of Maui. After the
death of the latter, p. Nahaolelua, the defendant
in the case under review, was appointed to the
governorship of Maui, and was tacitly allowed to
succeed to the slicense " of taking fish from the
pond of Kupeke. In 1858, the Land Commits
sion award was made, granting or confirming the
entire ahupuaa to Mrs. sylvia, who was now
deceased and her heirs, the two plaintiffs, de-
manded possession from Nahaolelua. Though
the legal right was plainly enough vested in
them, the Governor held possession until 1867,
taking from time to time large quantities of fish,
which sold readily at Lahaina. 1t was for the
proceeds of the sale of the fish that the suit was
brought, and damages laid at $4,000
The verdict for the plaintiffs is, to say the least,
remarkable, when we look at all the attendant
circumstances of the case. On one side was
wealth, ank-the highest in the and-and a
formidable array of counsel, including the Prime
Minister &C The King. On the other was simply
the right of poor men, against the aggression of
power. All honor to the Hawaiian jury, who
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-01-22
M
JANCARY -, II

JANUARY -, 1870
In his Message TO Congress, President Grant urges that bsdy
TO encourage the establishment Of an American steamship line
u Europe BY pcovidins a subsidy. This probably refers to
the project q building new and very large steamships which
has received the approval Of some 81 the wealthy capitalists
af New York, Eh0 have signifed their readiness To oahh the
vessels as son a. Congress gives tn necessary encourage
mont. To give an idea Of the size anil capacity We quote TIE
Glowing stattstcs- p~seaeiBg them with the remark ihat te
large-t European AT antic steamers are now about S,OOO fohs
burhen, NitI capacity for 100 cabin and I-z0o steeragehasI
seugerss
LsHgth On water line, 500 feet length over all, 5iSset;
5reSith q beam, 20 feef breadth over az, 70 lei
depth of hold, y feet Tonnage 5000 tons freight caIacny'
300 tons coal capacity. 900 tons weight 81 bull and out
IT. 1000 tons launching dr#uEht- Q feet : uchas I"Oe
guea 18th boilers, water, &C. 200 Ions drIught OF water,
i ieet ; inches passengers and cargo &-OtO dranghto o. NNal
line, Is Feet . inch-~. As planned, these steamers would nave
t~hird-cHlss emfzrants. The whole q the storage can reYdiy
BE- converted Inb1 freight rom. ami the sec0ni-ciass lIte
TlCus, being Constructed with shifting bulkh-sds- can ais .
male available Er cotton anil other feghtag=- These vessels
are % have two vertical beam engines earh, Win llOIACh
cylinders aE-l y feet stroke q piston and ~ arranged ~ 70 u
On each SIDE Each eusius viii have a s~PAraie set OF DoItrfs'
d1ytled by a wafer-ught bUtEead, 20 that OIs engine Sn a.
ways - intact IN the event 81 az - ctteut-
The entire coffee crop Of tn world - about T2oOOoOoO BIS
&C this Brazil produces more than Ons-haf including the variety
known a. Rio Java supp5es I~4JOOO,OuO lbs, Ceylon 5O'OOoOOO,
~ Domingo 4O!OOOOOJ Porto Rico AMI Cuba 20,OOO,OOO, Ven
ezueIa 25OJOO9O, Sumafm z~5-OOOOOO. The United States
Consume more than Oue-thiTd % ali the coffee PrOducel-Great
Britain, with about the same population, using not more than
oue--eveufb a. much.