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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-01
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In view of the fact that large number of
bridges were swept away by the recent heavy
floods, we call the attention of the County
Court to the great Importance of providing
means to have them replaced at once. Good
roads and free bridges are of incalculable
value to any community, and certainly ours
is as sadly in need oG such improvements as
any in the State As Hardeman is fnan-
cially sound and not in the least pressed, we
all cUn confidently hope for prompt and de-
cided action. We have conYersed with
many intelligent tax payers, who reside in
various portions of the county, all Of whom
are frank to admit that although times are a
little hard, individually, just now, they are
willing to assist in repairing roads, levees,
and bridges. Surely the citizens Of Bolivar
will furnish their full quota unmurmuringIy.
Let the lowest bidders and botch patchwork
slide this time, and have the sorely needed
improvements put up in durable style. Over
good roads and free ride to Bolivar, or
any where else in the county, should be the
motto of every man who wishes to see old
Hardeman prosper. True, it Will cost a con
siderable amount of money to make all O
the improvements needed, but when once
done the "agony" is over, and every man
woman and child will thank the honorable
county court for doing its duty. Therefore
we say, do not delay, but go to work, make
the necessary appropriations and have road
and leVees repaired and the bridges rebuilt
as early as possible. Let the Court MAKE
its demands; the people will respond heart
ily and cheerfuliy.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-01

Rev. Van Doren, Il gentleman of unim-
peachabIe character, committed suicide in
Pittsburs few days ago. Extreme poverty
caused him to take his own life This mel
ancholy event suggests TO the mind Of the
eIitor Of the Post, an influential journal in
that city the proprety Of establishing a home
for disabled ministers. Such an institution
would nos fail to exercise a good influence.
AS Il general thing the clergy are poorly
paid, and when they grow old have to de-
pend largely upon the charity oltheir fellow
men for whose spiritual welfare they have
labored during the prime Of their lives.
They must naturally abhor the idea of 60
ing to an aims. ouse. But with such an
asylum as suggested there would be 10 IN
pleasant associations, and by admitting the
representatives of all the Christian denomi
nations on al equal footing, the genera
cause of religion would be strengthened
and Christian charity more fully exempli
! fed
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-01

SUCcEssFUL.-B BY way Of jotting down local
items we will say that the bar of Bolivar, if
not head AID shoulders above any other in
the State is certainly inferior to none and
with Flippin and Fentress to preside, is
making a glorious record. Here we cannot
fail to mention the brilliant success with
which our young and talented friend 7. &c.
Lowe is meeting. In criminal as we'll as in
civil cases he proves himself equal to any
undertaking. Especially in the leading
cases tried at the present term of Court has
he been fortunate,and we bespeak for him, as
a lawyer, high place among the ''sau he
drons' of the Bar. Industry, quick percep-
ton and good memory are Indispensable
to lawyer, and Tom has a vast amount
of each hence his success.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-01

Government troops are going to attack
insurgent Paris. The ladies, in order to
follow the fashions now in vogue at the gay
and beautiful city will have to fight like
wild Arabs the present season.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-01

NJ. s Littlefeld, who robbed the State of
North Carolina of seventeen millions in
bonds, is about to ,ceive his reward At
the hands of the Radical party, it Is said he
is sure to represent Florida, his present
home, in the United States Senate OF
course he can afford to donate few thou
sand of the millions he has stolen to his
Exceliency, the President of the United
States
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-01

In Congress last Thursday while defend
inS Kentucky against the kuklux bill, Gar
rett Davis denounced Ben Butler as id
scDundrel
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-01

Sumner is giving Grant particular fits,
and exposing that high functionary in real
Puritan style. He delivered himself of
big speech last Monday in connection with
the San Domingo cheat and reviewed at
length the history of circumstances connect
ed with the proposed acquisition of San Do
ming0, deeming the action of the admins
tration as a shocking wrong, an injustice
and an outrage upon the people of the island.
He said the story of Naboth vineyard was
<4vived lie also denounced Gen. BabcOck
as a missionary sent ont by Grant to plot
with Baez for the disruption Of the liberties
of his country. The conduct of Secretary
Fish was severely animadverted on by Mr..
Sumner as also was the conduct Of Secreta-
ry Robson their acts were acts Of war
and in fragrant violation Of the constitution.
He was surprised that Secretary Fish did
not resign sooner, and not become party
to the great wrong which lad been commit
ted
Such men as Sumner made Grant what
he is; such men as Sumner will undo him,
politically, beyond the shadow of doubt.
One day stweek serious difficulty oc-
CURED between w. A. McCloy, enc of the
editors of the Memphis Daily Sun, and the
President and Secretary of the Memphis
Printers Union, in which the gentleman
named sustained painful, though not dan
gerous wounds An offensive article, re-
fecting upon the character of the Union
printers, appeared in the Sun, and being
called upon to retract, and falling 70 do 50,
McCloy got his foot into it, and so did some
of the "boys" The whole affair viii IN
dergo judicial investigation.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-01

The white people of the 9th civil district of
Hardeman county have been paying school
tax for long time. viii some one tell US
what has become of the money? The tax
payers are interested. Why not have free
school in Bolivar?
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-01

nous Ku Klux bill down the threats of
Congressman. The republican members, or
at least .1ajority of them, are getting a
little shaky since the recent Democratic tri-
umph in New hampshire, and are drawing
it little milder on the South.
The I'D Congress, now in session, stands
as follows:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-01

Gewen, one of the drunken fends Who
murdered Hill, the young Columbus lawyer,
in Oklahoma, Miss, short time since, has
beer CAPTURED and is now in the hands of
the officers of the law.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-01
To Candidates.

We are prepared to print election tickets
at less than Memphis prices. Send in your
orders and have them printed at once, on
coed paper. Don't forsake your old friends
in the hour Of your prosperity. Come right
along, and Wen give you satisfaction. Our
motto is good work, low prices, and prompt
pay.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-01

On the 27th ult. fire broke out in Bates
vile, Miss. and before it could be subdued,
destroyed large portion of the town. The
loss is estimated at fifty thousand dollars,
1t originated in the bursting of coal oil
lamp
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-01

The New York Sun-DanaS paper
wants the Democratic party to hob mob with
Sumner fer its nominee for the Presidency
in 1872 None of that in ours, ifyou please.
The great constitutional party-the people
want nothing less than a true. tried, faithful
Captain; such, for instance, as the never-,o-
be forgotten George II. Pendleton, of Ohio.
No turn coats now; they are not needed,
nor wanted. Let them alone in their unen-
viable glory, so they may, wild cat like, chaw
each others threats, and scratch each other S
eyes out.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-01

Boo Hoo.-Don Piatt,t the Washington cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Commercial
has got 1t again" He says that he has
seen Salmon P. Chase that he (Chase)
walks miles every day; eats hearty, and
sleeps ike a child, and thinks that he will
be nominated by the Democracy and elected
President of the United States Stop right
there, Don; that joke is too old and emacia-
ted reproduce the shadow of smile upon the
rosy lips of even the Fat Contributor. Tell
us about the small urchin and the old gent
leman who have beenso elegantly illustrated
in the back part of Noah WIS spelling book.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-01

The blood soaked and numbering mob of
Paris have signally triumphed. A dispatch
dated Paris, March 81, says that the cleo
tions passed OFF quietly and resulted in an
overwhelming Communists majority. The
revolutionary authority is completely domi-
nant The abdication of Admiral Soisset
and the Mayors increases the success of the
revolution, which within a week will spread
to the large towns, and render the position
of the Government in the rural districts IN
tenable." Derlorable indeed is the situa-
ton of France. Now may we expect to
hear Of ruin, horror and disnay.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-04-01
All OF the Above Property EeEng Iga She City OF
Memphis and las Suburbs.

Splendid containing Miss
all IS choice and valuable Real
any distribution ever before offered to the public
A.
each Also each,
ed a GURUS lin rates
L. G. HOLLENBE3G o Sons Memphis Tenn
by the bem
nd
ha ieveryar npIaced
regular selling f D. BARNUM co Jewellers,
and
Manage
b o he dwn to ia
Bsg~pace the FIRST DAY o JUNE-Gd
Tickets, Circulars as
ri
PaSSmOT9 & ESufffn,
Real Estate Agents and Managers,
49 Adams street, Memphis, Tenn.
We respectfully refer to the citizens of Memphis
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-05
LATEST TELEGRAMS
ESPECIAL TO ruE GOLD HILL DAILY NEWS bf
TIE wrsrKRN UNION TELEGRAPH LINE.l
FROM SAN

SAN FRASc1sco, Dec. 81 p. NJ
The Hawaiian Government has agreed
to pay g., 900 per month for IS months
to Webb's Australian line, contingent
upon the steamers touching at Homo
lulu.
Six companies Of the Fifth Cavalry,
which arrived from the East yester-
day, sailed OH the Newbern for Arizo-
ma via Colorado river.
The Mexican Consul, DR.. Rivas,
gives notice that the port Of Masda-
lena, Bay Of Lower California, will
remain open to foreign and coastwise
commerce until the S1st instant, when
1t will DO closed by q decree Of the
Supreme Government, and not by or
der of the late Collector.
Owing to the detention Of trains on
the Union Pacific Railroad, the Aus
tralian steamer Moses Taylor will not
leave until the end of tho weekday
not fixed. - 50
Private letters from Washington say
Vincent Collyer Is practically shelved,
and no further interference from him
In Arizona matters need DO feared.
The First Regiment National Guard
California, Colonel BARNES command
Ing, will not 60 to Sacramento In full,
but the officers will.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-05

A REVIVAL preacher says the tough
est customer he ever come across was
a rough old fellow in the valley Of the
Green Mountains, who approached
him at the close Of the evening, with a
very long face, and asked gravely
"Did I understand you to say that hell
was q lake of fire and birthstone ?"
"Yes," said the divine, thinking he
had succeeded in making an impress
sion upon an obdurate heart, and en-
larged upon the honors of the place.
"Nonsense !" interrupted the listener,
al don't believe ono word OF it; you
pile 1t on too thick. A man wouldn't
live q minute In such place." "But
they'll be prepared for It," says the
preacher. "oh! they will, will they?
Well, I'd Just as soon be there as any
where, then ~ and off he walked, per-
satisfied, whistling as gay as q
lark.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-05

GREAT efforts are being made lat
terly by the Democratic leaders to es-
cape responsibility for the extrava-
gance and corruption Of Tammany In
New York City ; but the record Of the
Democratic State Government does not
show to much better advantage. In
1865, when the administration was In
the hands Of the Republicans, the to-
tai expenses Of the State Government
were $476, s93 65; In 1870, when
every department Of the State ad-
mlnistration was in possession Of the
Democrats, the expenses amounted to
$S23,473 80 - an. Increase Of $780,
$40 So, or moro than seventy per cent.
And these men who have thus nearly
doubled the expenditures Of the great
State Of New York, and who are so
fatally complicated with Tammany
corruption, arc the same who are as
piring so eagerly for the control of the
national finances. In what contrast
to this Democratic wastefulness and
thlevery Is the Republican administra-
ton Of the Federal Government, by
which, despite a great reduction OF
taxes, nearly ten millions Of the pub
lie indebtedness Is discharged every
month! And how 500 would this
come to an end II the Tammany De-
mocracy should obtain the manage
ment Of the national finances? The
Democracy In power may be ornamen-
tai, but It is certainly neither econom-
ical mol useful.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-05
Overland Dispatches
SPECIAL tothe GOLD HILL NEWS
IMTELLIoEN e.

PORTLAND, Me-, Dec. 5.-The total
loss by the destruction Of the North
Yarmouth flour mills is $3.50 600.
Among the insurance Is $1,000 In the
Union Insurance Co. Of San Francisco.
New YoRK, Dec. 5.-The Tribune in
commenting on the Presidents Mes
sage, says: ..oi the whole We find
more to approve than to condemn In
this message and believe that 1t will
be favorably regarded by a large ma
jority Of the American people" The
Times says Of the Presidents policy,
as set forth In his message: ave are
much mistaken If the most exacting
can find in it any recommendation or
oversight on which to base serious COM
plant. 1t will strengthen the belief
ofintelligent people in his sound sense,
and sympathy with a better feeling In
the country" The Tribune says: son
the whole we consider Blaine's cast OF
the committees good ones, and we COLI
graduate the House and country on
the distribution Of labors which pro-
misses signal energy in the dispatch oil
business"
The Times edltorially says the With
drawal Of Secretary Fish will DO an
nounced shortly. = IE -'aa.
A dispatch from Washington says
the correspondence of the case Of Ca
tacazy, late Russian Minister, will be
called for in the Senate tomorrow,
and will be probably promptly sent In
on Wednesday. 1t is also stated In
Washington dispatches that an effort
will soon be made to put Sumner back
on the Foreign Relations Committee.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-05

The SERFs.-The Russian Govern
ment has recently published interest
ing statistics in reference to the eman-
cIpation Of the serfs. The emancipa-
ton ukase was issled on February 10,
1851. and at that time in Russia and
Europe there were Jos, l5s land-own-
era, who employed 9,797, 1888 serfs as
agricultural laborers on their estates,
besides 900,971 household servants held
In the same condition Of bondage. In
Guiding women, tho total number Of
serfs was upwards Of a. 900, 900. The
103, 15s landowners possessed about
100000 600 acres Of land, Of which
about 20, 900, 900 were occupied by the
serfs for their cottages and gardens.
By the emancipation ukase the land
thus occupied by the serfs was to be-
come their property after the payment
Of its value by instalments. In ten
years after the promulgation Of the
decree Of emancipation, 8,474. 613 serfs
have become absolute proprietors of
IL, 1881, lib acres of land. Another
period of ten years, 1t Is calculated,
must elapss before all the serfs are
emancipated. The popular notion
that emancipation has ruined the no.
bles and enriched the Eerfs, 1t Is ar
gued, Is entirely fallacious. Tho no.
bles still possess the greater portion
Of the land, each one still retaining on
an average 1884 acres, while the peasant
owns only two acres. In the less pop
ulous parts Of Russia the land lies UNI
cultivated, in consequence Of the want
Of laborers; but this state Of affairs, IL
Is commended, Is to be attributed to the
conduct Of the mobiles, who, before the
emancipation, were in the habit Of
sending the most intelligent serfs to
the towns to learn trades, and then
claim q large share Of their consider
able earnings. In this way the num-
Der Of hands on the estates were re-
duced.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-05
The Beard Question.

We are not aware that any special
data exists, whereby an opinion could
be obtained as to the habit in regard to
beard INDUCED In by our universal
father, Adam; but we may presume
that, being In all respects q man Of
pronounced masculine habits and fea-
lures, Adam, not being troubled with
any Of the fashionable fripperies and
a Ia modes of his ~posterity, wore his
beard waving In the breeze Of Eden, a
spectacle for angels to marvel ut. But.
however that may be, we all know that
the %patrlarchs, and those who succeed
ed them for many generations, wore
their boards amply. The Greeks were
beard-wearing people, rs were most OF
the nations called "barbarous"i in those
days. Fashionable Romans sometimes
dispensed with their boards, and gave
great attention to their curled and
scented hair but when the barbarians
entered Rome they found the grave
Senators furnished forth with reverend
boards which they might pluck In con-
tumely. All Europe, savage and civ.
ilized, until within q comparatively
recent period In modern times, wore
their boards, which, with their long,
lowing locks, was Indicative of their
freedom. 1t has only been within the
last few hundred years that fashion and
art have combined to decree the mode
Of wearing the beard. First tho whis-
kers were banished, leaving the NOUS
tache and imperial; the face was
shaven clean-a fashion which lasted
for many years-and following that
ensued the habit Of q simple tuft Of
hair In the region Of the ear, as was
customary in the beginning Of the
present century.
While Americans for many years
have followed their own views with
regard to wearing the beard, custom
in England has been very arbitrary In
the matter. Twenty-Five years ago a
full beard In the streets Of London was
a great rarity. The o~lean-shavcd chin
and upper lip was then the rule. But
since that time q great change has come
the English mind and face. The
upper and middle classes Of England,
under the age Of forty, now almost
universally affect tho beard and NOUS
tache, although the working-class still
cling to the smooth upper lip and
whiskers on the face.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-05
Fire Am.nx tho Pri..tnE onee..

-
The Bullettx gives the following ac-
count Of tho most recent fire in San
Francisco:
A few minutes after 6 o'clock on
Saturday evening, the compositors Of
the Bulletin noticed a very brilliant
light Issuing from tho windows OF
Howard P. Taylor & Co.'S press-rooms
on the third story of the building No.
5l4 Commercial street. A reporter Of
the. Cal heard the cry of "fire" from
the compositors, and In less than n
minute had turned In an alarm nom
Station q, which was promptly an
swered by the Fire Department, under
charge OF Chief Scannell. By the time
of their arrival the flames had gained
considerable hold and threatened the
total destruction Of the building. The
space between the rooms Of Taylor s.
Co, and the Bulletin and Cal editorial
and press-rooms Is not over ten feet,
and The flames bursting through the
first named placed the latter In danger.
rhe firemsn could not get water we'll
ON the fire except through these two
offices, and through them 1t was taken.
On the first arrival Of the firemen 1t
was observed that tho fire was most
intense in one corner of the room
where stood an old gasoline meter,
and It sis believed that this was the
cause Of the fire. The material In Tay-
lor s. Co.'S office was Of the most icom-
bustible nature, and soon gave way to
the flames. The flames were confined
to the building In which they origina-
ted, totally destroying everything on
the third floor, all of which was occu-
pied by Taylor s. Co. Their loss Is
81, 900, covered by an insurance Of
s. $500 in the Home Mutual. The par
ties damaged by water are rs follows l
Bulletin and Cal rooms, $500; w. A.
Hughes, liquor dealer, below the above
offices, 800. insured In the IEtna for
81, 500; Francis & Valentine, printers,
on the floor below Taylor & Co., lose
about $4,000, which Is fully insured.
| Wilson s. Evans, dealers in guns, etc,
lose several hundred dollars. The
press-rooms Of several papers beneath
| the office Of Francis 4 Valentine were
| slightly damaged by water.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-05


PRINCE ALEXIS, Of Russia, Is the
third son Of the Emeror Alexander II,
and was born on January IA, 1850. He
bears the name Of Alexis Alexandra
witch or Alexis, the son Of Alexander.
He is q Grand Duke and Chief Of the
Infantry regiment OF Ekathermenbourg
and Of the first division of the Finland
fleet. The Prince Alexis has received
a good German education, as we'll as q
thorough military training In military
and naval tactics. He Is reported -
In favor Of liberal principles, and as
opposed to the reactionary policy Of
the old Russian party, Of which his
elder brother, the Cesarevitch Alexan-
der, Is the head.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-05

THE press, as we'll as right thinking
men throughout the country, unite in
unqualified condemnation Of Judge
Lake in his disgraceful and murderous
street attack upon Charles DeYoung,
Of the San Francisco Chronicle. As q
Judge on the bench, eminent lawyer,
and head Of a criminal court, he knew
full we'll the proper course to pursue
in obtaining legal and adequate re-
dress for any real or fancied injury re-
celyed at the hands of DeYoung, and
his very position should have pre-
vented him from setting so shameful
and criminal an example. Like an
ordinary rough or bully, he bounced
upon . man physically his inferior,
and with deadly weaponsin his hands,
made a very apparent attempt to kill
him. In the eyes and opinion Of all
good men, there Is no extenuation for
this foul offense and example, and
Judge Lake has disgraced himself for
ever,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-05

The MAaDALENA BAY DrFF1cuLTY.-
Parties who arrived In this city Satur-
day morning from Magdslena via San
Diego, says the San Francisco Bulletin
of yesterday, oorroborated the report
of the trouble In Lower California,
between the colonists and the Mexican
soldlery. According to the statements
Of the ~coloniss, they were hustled out
Of the country rather unosremoniously
and entertain anything but friendly
feelings .towtrd the Mexlcans. Some
anxiety Is fit for the American set.
tiers who are located at various points
remote from the coast, and who had
no knowledge of the revolutionin pro-
gress. The United States steamer
Saranac will preserve the dignity Of
the American nation, and protect the
settlers, having arrived there ere this.
The parties from Magdalena report
having left at San Pedro the bark
Glimpse, from Puget Sound ; brig
Tanner, from Puget Sound; the brig
Eclipse ssiled on the 30th ult.; the
schooner Fanny Jane was discharglng.
On tho LIT instant, off Point Concep-
ton, passed the schooner Ellen Cath
crime, from Magdalena for this port.