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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-07-18

At this season of the year the know
ing young man stands ont in the
moonlight and tenderly says: "Ask
me anything else, dearest, but don't
don't entreat mo to cit down and
wait q few minutes. Jane, those
steps have just been painted. Eve
been there before"
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-07-18

bic homcs-farms tccming with plen-
ty-barns OVERLOOKING with tho fruits
Of your hard earned toile Have you
officers who, 10y tho enforcement OF
tho laws which yourselves enacted,
drive out crime from the lan1-pro'
tect your stock and throw around
your lives and property, the mantle
of protection No! u thousand times
no! Your schools are frauds, your
children growing up i'll ignorance,
your churches the scenes of bloody
brawls, your barns and cribs empty,
your little farms barren wastes, your
stock stolen and your very lives in
danger from tho midnight thieves and
assassins to whom alone the laws
seem to give protection. 1t is idle to
say that Providence has had a hand
in the matter. Then why is it Vir-
giuia, North Cards. Georgia, Ala.
bama, Arkansas, 1ssas, Tennessee,
Missouri and Kentucky, all Southern
States, and growing in IL measure the
same staple as ourselves, arc not in
the same condition us Louisiana,
Soutl, Carolina and Mississippi; The
root Of all oar odrrrsity has been the
rule of the Radical party, this and
nothing else. From your toll comes
the tax you are consumers and poor
producers, and all you eat and wear
must he paid for by your hard labor
The property owner, is assessed with
the taxes and you in the manner of
trade and contract, must pay them
Tor the income ftom your tilling his
land is all he has, and high taxes
means low wagcs-;ind that Is to you
nakcdncss and starvation. Thus you
see how your own acts reach You
through us. Now VIC know that you
will admit this and we desire to close
this article with little plain talk
and as it will be the last, VIC desire
you to take it as a warning and act
accordingly.
The white people intend to carry
the State election this fall, this inten-
ton is deliberate and wnalterable, from
the fact that their rery existence depends
npon it, and that you may enjoy the
blessings which will naturally follow
such an event, blessings made doubly
sweet when you know you were part
ly instrumental in bringing them
about; we desire your cooperation,
and we simply ask you, will you as
sist us in redeeming your State from
the degradation and ruin she now is
in, Or will you follow still the advice
OF those who have placed her thus
Tako time to answer it, aud let your
mind, should you decide affirmative
ly, be at rest for your future welfare
and happiness. We propose to do
for you more than any party has yet
done for you, on tho other hand should
you imagine that the teaching of
your former rulers is correct, aud you
elect to attempt, for it will only be
an attempt, to continue their rule
then you must take The consequences.
For we tell you now, and let it be
distinctly remembered that you have
fair warning, that We intend to carry
the State Of Louisiana IN Novcmbcv
merit, or she ,cill be a Military Terri-
tory.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-07-18
F. G.. GAY.
Secretary.

'For q young woman to begin %
pick lint off q young mans coat co.,
lar" is said to DC tho first syinr!!eS
that the young man is in peril.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-07-18

The Committee Of SEVENTY will
meet here at 10 o'clock A. NJ, on
Monday the Doth inst. A full attend
ance is desired.
MI. CUNNINGHAM.
Chairman.
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Our Friends Abroad.
MILAN, Texas, July IL, 1877

Gentlemen Having learned from
a WAGNER that there was q probabili.
ty Of having trouble in your section
$50 I write to ask that you will in.
form me by return mail as to the true
state Of affairs. Should the ''ball be-
gin to roll" we Of this section might
render some assistance. Let me hear
from you.
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Rates Of Subscription.

Appoint Delegates to attend the
Convention to he held in Alexandria,
Tuesday, September LIST, 1874.
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Railroad.

Coils. Edwards and Kellogg visited
our town last week, and submitted a
proposition to a meeting Of the citi-
lens, which will be found in another
column. Atpresent We have not fully
settled in our mind the question Of
the donations asked. We are in favor
Of a Railroad, but are not exactly
ready to favor the donation part of
the business.
That our people should fully under
stand the matter, wv give them q few
figures which show that the cry of
only $500, 900 is not exactly the whole
amount we are called upon to donate.
1t is, at all events, best we should
understand and know fully what we
arc doing, aud what We are to pay in
this matter.
The Railroad Company ask from the
Parish in 20 year bonds, bearing 2 per
cent interest, $2OO.0OO
per cent interest for 20
years on that amont would be 100000
The city is also asked to
donate . ..- 100000
Interest for 90 years at 7
per cent would be 100000
Collectors commissions to
assess aud collect, the whole
amount would be 100000
a.a.aa j.i #os $626.OOO
Making a total of eight hundred
and twenty eight thousand dollars for
q three hundred thousand dollar do
nation-a small amount to go in on,
but q big one to come out.
But at the same time the incalcula-
bic benefit derived from the Railroad,
must not be lost sight of-the popula.
tion-the wealth that would flow into
the Parish.
We will refer to the matter again
next week, and in the mean time we
demand that this Railroad question
shall not be made an issue for the
acceptance or resignation Of the Pc.
lice Jary.-there is plenty Of time and
our assurances to the managers who
have asked Us for this donation, that
~ ,oal give the amount, is as amply
sufficient as theirs of building the
road-simply a question Of honor, and
We consider ours as good as theirs.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-07-18

Thanks to our ever generous friend
Mr.. Emile Cloutier, for appreciated
kindness.
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without character or responsibility
men without ideas, except that of
gain, and to use you for that purpose
they have pandered to all the weak
points Of your nature-fed your pas
sions with tales of brutal slave own
with pictures of burning cabins,
bleeding backs, and all such "bug
bear" argument as only the extreme
ignorant can be made listen to; ex.
cited your prejudices by such stories
as We would return You to a worse
bondage than slavery, should We sue
coed, using for this end a thousand
elap-trap expressions to convey to
your untutored mind, what demons in
human shape must any man bo who
was not a Republican, and Republi-
can Is they judged he should be. The
character and standing Of these men
are we'll known to you, they are in
your midst and with the direct COM
munication You have had with them
for tile past six years, can you lay
your hand upon your heart aud say,
that one practical benefit has accru-
ed to you from it Have you had good
schools and competent teachers!
Have you we'll built and neat church.
es, attended by pious and God-loving
congregations! Have you comforta-
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-07-18

n1Nc AaVciy JOlIieu IholiI, Cs'A We FA"co
any faith in the goodness Of the ma
terial that Kellogg's new General As
sembly will be composed of Shall
we quietly wait the tide of events and
give one more trial to men who have
been judged and condemned? We
will answer the question for ourselves.
It is impossible for them to effect
any good for. tho white people Of our
State; their interests, ifthoy have any
beyond personal concern, are in no
way identified with ours, and what
will be good and living legislation
for them, will be bad and death to US.
Their prejudices imbibed from their
education will last them through life.
We are not willing that any member
of the Radical party in the parish of
Natchitoches should represent US in
the General Assembly or he placed
in any position of trust, either State
or Parochial, for We know them to be
corrupt and would in the future be
the robbers they have been in the
past.
Now the question is, how shall we
redeem our Parish and State /! All
the means by which the colored ele-
mcut could 10 ueutralized for good
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Transient advertisements 81. per square "f
10 linra BREWER. first insertion. Each snbse-
quent inseIticn rs cents per square.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-09
The Truth of it.

The first section of the Civil Rights
Bill is as follows:
THAT all citizens and other persons
within the jurisdiction of the United
States shall be entitled to full and equal
enjoyment of the accommodations, ad>
vantages, facilities and privileges of inns,
public conveyances on land or water
theaters and other places of public amuse-
ment; and also Of common schools and
public institutions Of learning or benevo>
lenee supported, in whole or in part, by
general taxation, and of cemeteries so
supported, etc.
Maynard AMI other republican candi-
dates for Office presume to tell the pub
lie that this does not mean mixed schools.
Certainly they can and do go to more
trou bic to falsify the truth than any men
in all christendom- Why, the very first
sentence reads "full and equal enjoy
ment" This Is plain unmistakable. PO-
liticalIy they remind us of the harp thai
was struck by lightning-and it was said
to be a blasted Iyer
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-09
The Farm-The Crops.

We copy the following article from the
Holly Springs Reporter of last week 1t
is full of facts and the creation of a
correct, appreciative and comprehensive
mind 1t applies as well to Hardeman
County as to Marshal, and is worthy of
great consideration
The injury done tie cotton by the
drouth is now very manifest and the
worst has not been told We are certain
to max a short crop, less per acre, than
any year since the war In many
nighbOrhOods In this section, it viii
take ten acres to make a bale, others
less, and then in others the crop will be
little short of an average yield. Taken
altogether the yield will be lessened
one third, as compared with last year.
The price, considering this fact, is very
| low and that is doubtless owing to the
early and large receipts pouring In at
every port New Orleans is the only
one that IS behind the receipts Oe last
| year With the little crop they have
made and the little price they are get>
| ting for it, how do our farmers expect
| to make up the deficiency? How buy
J their meat, -four, supplies, pay tn cir
| debts, taxes and the like Can they do
( u? Its right hard, but there is a way.
/ Economic expenditures and save every
! grain of corr, blade of grass and fod>
| der they can Save potatoes, turnips,
/ and feed stutfs with a careful lookout for
| hard winter and hard times Gather
| quickly and carefully what is made and
| prepare 1t for market with pains taking,
that it may command the best price.
Touch corn lightly and put it where the
rOgues won't get it. Encourage your
tenants to stay at home and gather their
crop, for who knows how long this
weather will last Now is a goot time
to SOW wheat and the grasses Don t
wait for winter to set in before yon put
1t IN The ground, but SOW now and you
! will reap an abundant harvest
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-09
The Grasshopper Plague

The citizens of st Louis, and the in
habitants of The cities east and south,
have no conception Of the terrible plague
that has desolated some cf the western
States, and reduced prosperous settle
mcnts to ruin and dismay. From the
frontiers Of Miss ouri, stretching excea>
trio desOlation over kOnsas and NeDras~
ka, an insect cloud has darkened the air
and devUured the substance of prosper
Gus states People have persisted of
hunger-hunger and despair have follow
ed in the track of the grasshopper pla-
CUES. Even now in the chill winds of
autumn these insects are making their
way to the south, and hover like men,
acing cloud over central Missouri
In Lincoln county the crops have been
entirely destroyed 1t is the same in
Furnis, Hitchcock and Phelps. Almost
everywhere over a once prosperous AMI
cultivated country a scene of desolation
spreads. The people are furnishing and
ithout clothing and the necessaries Of
life. Winter Is approaching, and weans
must be raised to aid them 10 all th"
land the appeal for charity is made and
should not fall upon Needless ears. What
Missouri is now, prosperous, peaceful
and happy, Kansas and Nebraska were
but few months since. now their
fields have been turned into w. ste places,
and their perishing inhabitants call
aloud for succor st Louis Times
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-09
D. ]. \ Z " BERN,
r. Is. HURT,
II. VI. POLK.

WITnDRAwN.-The appointments heree
tofore made for Col Casey Young and
Barbour Lewis at Gainesville, Toon' =
Station and Whitesville have been with
drawn and will not be fllei, as the
gentlemen are now busily engaged can
vassing in Shelby and Fayette. All of
the appointments of the candidates for
Representative, Floater and Senator
heretofore made and now being publish
ed in this paper will be filled
Young and Lewis closed the canvass
IN IIardeman at Grand Junction yester-
day, having spoken at Bolivar, Poeahon-
tas and Salisbury Possibly the gentle
men may appear in our county again
before the day Of the election, in which
event due notice will be given.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-09
Last Monday.

Pursuant to agreement all Of the cam
Iidates 10 whom our people are direct
ly inter tel-Col IL {. Young, Hon
i rbour Lewis, H. NJ. Polk, r. b. Hurt
and u. J. Newbern-met at the Court
room last Monday afternoon n large
assemblage Of the voters of this County,
among whom were many negroes, but
the latter were far less in numbers than
at any similar meeting held since the
war, they evidently having had almost
enough Of political teachers and Office
seekers to do them for q long time to
come. Still there was enough Of them
present to welcome their champion and
TO make glad mis- political bowels when
he aped the low comedian for them. As
to Mr. Lewis speech we do not believe
that the negroes appreciated it, as he was
n OF quite as strong for the Civil Rights
bill as some of them would have him to
be.
Messrs. Newborn, Hurt and Polk in
turn occupied the stand but few mo-
ments each, having agreed to give way to
Col. Young and MIR. Lewis, the day be-
ing far spent before the room could be
secured on account of Quarterly Court
being in session. Each gentleman how
ever, came forward, announced his can
didacy and position uPon the leading is
sues of the day and was greeted by ems
thusiastic applause.
Dr. Newborn introduced Col. Young.
That gentleman proceeded to deliver one
of the best political speeches we ever
heard. lie was close, calm, dignified and
courteous throughout and while he
assaulted the misdeeds Of the dominant
party with the powerful weapons of truth
and Justice, laying the roltenness of rad
ical rule open at every blow, even his
formidable opponent was compelled to
acknowledge him n man in every way
qualified to represent this District in
Congress or anywhere else, and We dc
Mr. Lewis the justice to say that when
hs took the stand-having been intro
duced by Col Y,ung-he said so in no
m ensured terms.
We have not the space to give our
readers resume Of the speeches made,
and will only say that the first political
battle between the Democratic and Re.
publican nominees Cor Congress of the
10Th District Of Tennessee was a model
one and worthy Of imitation. Each gen
tleman earnestly advocated aud defended
fhe claims ana dogmaS of his party, but
as Col. Young had all the facts on his
side and carried the war into Africa, as
matter of course he was the victor
The result was victory to the Democrat
ic party and no one will question it. The
very best feeling prevailed throughout,
and We do not remember of ever attend
ing political meeting where there wa:
such good order and gentemauly bearing
one with another.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-09

Troops are still moving toward L0uS
isiana, as if grim visaged war" had not
"smoothed his wrinkIed front. If
they are not to be used for political purS
poses, and Marshal Packard and Gen.
Emory say they are not, what are they
TO be used in Louisiana for ?-HoWSton
Telegraph,
Going there for scalps, as a matter
of course. Haven't they been out
West, and didn't they make dead fail,
ure to lift the hair Of Grizzley Bear,
Howling Wolf or Rolling Thunder
and do you suppose that the commander
in-chief of the pale faces Is going to
have his gallant hash eaters butted
about by Kansas BufF,lo bulls or their
ros,eriors exposed to the merciless ar
rows of half an hundred crazy Sioz
Indians Get out you Lone Star block
head; you don't know the country you
live in Let EN- 90 to Louisiana, that
land of heaJhens, whore they can fight
the battles of the old Tornado Of the
White House
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-09
Maynard as a Fisherman

Pliable, oily-tongued Horace Maynard
is certainly fishing for the tail>end ofthe
Presidential ticket in 1876. Here is
what the Chicago Tribune says about
it:
Mr. Horace Maynard has vQntured
something upon the dark and tempeatu-
Gus sea Of independent politics, with
which he has heretofore been scarcely
acquainted, by approving and promising
to support unequivocaliy the new civil
rights bill The convention which nOm-
mated him avoided this issue. lie is,
therefore in advance OF his party, and
may expect to be accused Of treachery
by his party associates. We rejoice that
he has come down from the fence the
event will show whether be has come
down on the wrong side for political
preferment. The suspicion in Washing
ton is that he does not expect TO be elect
ed governor, but Is making n bold at
tempt upon the Republican nomination
for Vice president in 1876 IL is absurd,
Of course. to suppose that Mr. May
nard has been betrayed by honest cons
vlctiOns into political suicide.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-09
Original Attachment

State of Tennessee. Hardeman Counsv.
J. II. SannOner W. @. b. Imam.
In this cause, it appearing by affidavit
that the defendant, G b inman, is isistly
indebted to the plaintiff. and Is a nom
resident Of the State, so that the ordinary
process Of Law cannot be served 90 him.
and an original attachment having been.
levied on bis property, it Is therefore or
dered that publication be made in the.
Bolivar Bulletin, n newspaper published
10 the town Of Bolivar. for four successive
weeAs, commanding the said q. ID. In
man TO appear before me at my efice in
the toxin Of Salisbury, Tennessee, CrviB
District y o. TO Of said county. on Satar-
day. the 30th day Of October, 1874, and
make defence 10 said suit against him,
or IL viii be proceeded with er ports.
Thistle 22nd day OF September, 1874
J. e RUSSELL, j P.
seP254t For fiardeman County.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-09

The Nashville Union and american
saws that Maynard game is n bold one,
but will not win with Porter. 10 all the
speeches made thus far by the Civil
Rights candidate be has studlously avoid
ed National questions, except where
forced to the defensive. HIS whole re
,Td a. public man has BEN made in
Congress there all his sins of omission
and commission have been committed.
We marvel not that he seeks to dodge
such issues and play the aggressor by at
lacking the Democratic State admins
tration Porter, however, is man Of
pluck and back bone, and drags him
back 10 the starting point
Radical organs, like the KHorUiUe
Chronicle, and Chattanooga Times, see
the effect of ali this and cry foul,
whenever Maynard record or the Civil
Ri.hts bill is referred to; but to the
people Civil Rights is tie question Of
the canvass, aud by il must Maynard
stand or fall.
On this point the Press and Herald Of
Wednesday says The Washington
county Republicans had been gleefully
counting upon Judge Porter being
weak speaker as com pared with May
nard. They were disappointed, and at
Porter's rejuInder were absolutely thun-
derstruck Judge Porter gave Maynard
a severe excpriatiOn, and although May
nard spoke with his usual ease and Wig
or, yet he had a weak cause, lodged
the great issues, and failed ANONYMOUSLY
to- drive Judge Porter out of q single pO-
sition The Narragansett will have to
dance to the Civil Rights music all over
the State thOuph he fain would hear the
funeral refrain Of John Brown.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-09

In the County Cosrt Of Hnrdemuu
County, Tennessee
+ VI. Myrick and wife ct ais rs heirs Bt
Law Of Issao II Moore, deceased reti-
to sell Land No 9G4, K d
1t appearing from affidavit in this
cause that the defendants Thomas Bailey
and wife. Eliz ,beth Bailey lanes Camp
and wife. Mary Camp, James Farrell
and wife. Elrar ora Farrell, w VI Park
and wife Elizabeth f. Park, W = Luck
ey and Nife. Susan A. Luckey, John
Norman and " f. Willie Anne Norman.
Issac II Cross VI. +. Cross, VIM 4.
Moore ana T. W. Cross are nun-resI
dents Of Tennessee, it Is therefore order
Ell that they make their appearance
herein at the cnurt house in Bolivar on
or before the first Monday in November
1874 and plead, answer or demar tu the
petition in this cau5a or the same will
be taken for confessed ~ 10 them and
set for hearing Xpnrte, and that copy
of this order b. published once week
for tour consecutive weeks in the ID Iivnr
Bulletin. A copy aft"-s
Sept IL 1874
". & DORiON. c. Z NJ.
Wood a McNeHl S"lic rs for Petitioners.
sruf2J V +
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-09

SMARTLY MIxED-A French Journal,
printed at MAJ settles talks about the
Beecher scandal in the following man
ner:
A bitter quarrel his broken out be,
tween three prominent American cler-
gymen, Beecher, Silion and Moulton, on
account Of certain love letters addressed
to Mrs Beecher Stowe by Silton, which
had somehow or other been got hold Of
BY Aoulton.- Silton, we are further in
formed, on his part charges Beecher
with having seduced his youngest daugb-
ter, Miss Florence Silton, and sues him
for $50 600 damages. Mrs.
Beecher Stowe is the mother of the fa-
nous Uncle Tom, the we'll known blind
pianist, who created a few years ago,
such a Juror in France.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-09

State Of Tennessee, lIarjeman County.
W. W. X. Elliott, surviving partner Of
Elliott * Ia. vs. Guy Smith.
Before d. J. Newborn, J I.
IN this caase, it app airing by affidavit
that the defendant Guy Smith. is Justly
indebted to the plaintiff in the sum Of
l0J dollars and interest thereon, and
Is a nonresident Of the State, so that
the ordinary process Of Law cannot be
served IN him, and an original attach
ment Of garnishement having been Gxecu-
ted and returned before me
1t is therefore ordered that publication
be made in the Bolivar Bulletin, . news
paper published in the town Of Bolivar.
Hardeman county, Tennessee, for four
successive weeks. commanding the said
Guy Smith 70 appear at my Office in Boil
var, before me, on Monday, the lyth day
Of October 1871. and make defense to
said suit against him, or it will be pro-
ceeded with ex narte. This the 10th day
Of September, 1874
-. } Ne NBERN. }. +.
selSit iiardeman County. Tenn