The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-27

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this crevasse. tits reported it has stopped the
running Of trains on the VicksbHrg and Shreye-
! pert railroad.
! The louisville Board of Trade have
| adopted a resolution asking congress to extend
/ aid to the Texas Paeiicra railway, and resolution
requesting Kentucky congressman to urgea
change Of the bankrupt bill now pending, so
as to provide for uniform amount Of exemp-
ZION throughout the country without refer
| ence TO any state law in the matter.
The jury in the case of the Grant
parish prisoners brought in a verdict of not
| guilty. AS to Alfred c. Lewis the jury said
there was no possibility Of agreement. AS to
the others they were discharged by Judge
Wood, and we're remanded, on motion Of the
district attorney, who announced that there
were other indictments against them.
A special from Salisbury, n. c.,
states that the internal noises heard in Bald
Mountain resemble those heard in Mt. Etna
preparatory to volcanic eruption. Throughout
the entire county and for distance OF sixteen
miles extending into the adjoining counties
these are not.only heard, but'a trembling andre
verberation of the earth is perceptibly felt. No
signs of fire or lava have yet been discovered.
The state of West Virginia having up
to this time refused to pay her share of the
! state indebtedness prior to the war, and hay-
ing declined proposition for arbitration,
measure has been offered in the legislature at
Richmond, directing the attorney general to
bring suit against the state of West Virginia
i'll the Supreme court of the United States Tor
| one-third Of the public debt standing in the
name of Virginia on the 10th day of April,
1865, including interest to that date.
4 special from Forrest City, Ark,
states that Hon. John W. Fox, judge Of the
eleventh judicial circuit, vas shot with
double -barreled shot gun, on the 21st, by r.
P. Aldridge, and died from the effects of his
wounds The origin of the difficulty is not
definitely known, though it is thought it
grew out of some remarks to Aldridge by
Judge Fox, while the latter was on the bench.
Aldridge is now in the custody of the sheriff
The last information from the scene
of the tight between the notorious Younger
brothers and the detectives, near Monegaw
Springs, no, is that the detectives engaged
we're Allen, OF Chicago, and Beckworth, of St.
Louis. The former is still at Roscoe NOR
tally wounded. The latter escaped. 1t is
further stated that James Younger was woun-
ded in the affray and his capture is expected
the north just after the murder of Whicher,
near Indianapolis, which leads to the belief
that they had a hand in the murder.
Nike Mahon, alias NJ. L. Mason, has
been presented before the city court of
Louisville, KY, on the charge of swindling.
It appears that Mason has flooded the south
with letters addressed to various parties rep
resenting himself to be proprietor of the At
lantic house, in that city, and has in his pos
session trunks and money belonging ito a
relative of the party addressed who died at
his house. He requests the payment of a bill
against the deceased and the valuables will
then be forwarded. Hundreds of letters con-
tanning money have been received to Mason's
address in the last few days. He was once
peddIer in the south, and availed himself of
his extensive acquaintance.
IheExpositor, of AshevilIe, \. O., OF the
| 18th, contains the following: "Bald Noun
tain, in the edge OF Mcdowell county, has, for
many weeks, shown alarming signs of volcanic
movements. The unsettling of their table
ware and jostling of houses for many miles
around, the hasty melting Of the snow and the
internal mutterings from within, have startled
the natives into alarm and CONSERVATION. An
old blockade whisky distiller, who had been
making whisky in contempt of revenue Off
GERS for five or six years, heard the Iumbling
of the mountain, and suppo ing the day Of
Judgment had come, came out of his hole and
aba ldoned his distiIlery, and called in his
neighbors to pray for him. For the last sew
eraI days grand PRAYER meeting and revival
has been going on in the neighborhoOd of
Bald Mountain. These whisky sellers think
that the Judgment day is near at hand, and
are praying ferveutly. The terrible noise in
the mountain was heard distinctly at Marion
and Old Fort"
The following from Marion, the coun-
ty-seat Of Mcdowell county, in which Bald
mountain is located, is the latest and most reli-
able information yet received: Bald noun
tain, in the southwestern part of Mcdowell
county, was shaken few days since by vol
canic throes, and some Of the inhabitants in
the neighborhood became much excited and
alarmed However, one of the Oldest cti-
zens Gays that the shock was not severer than
in 1872 We have no reliable information of
the emitiOn OF either fire or smoke. For the last
twenty days the greatest excitement has pre-
vailed in the vicinity of Bald mountain III conse-
quence of the subterranean convulsiOns. The
people for miles around assembled in a
vacant house aud engaged in devotional exer-
cises for sixteen days and nights Under the
ministratiou of Revs. George and Billy Logan,
Baptist preachers, and J. NJ. Sumley, Meth
odisi minister, about one hundred made pro-
fession of religion. The closing scenes of the
meeting are represented as most pecuSar and
wonderful
The suits brought in the o. S. cir
cult court, before Judge W. B. Woods, by ]
L. Macardy, of New York, and Stern Broth
ers, of England, holders of Louisiana bonds,
againt Auditor Clinton and other Louisians
state officers, to compel the collection OF
state taxes 30 pay the interest on the face oi
their bonds and to enjOin the enforcement OF
the funding bill, has been decided. Judge
Woods in an eiaborately written opinion held
l. That no mandatory injunction could issue
to compel state officers 20 do an affirmative
act until final decree, and that an injunction
to compel the levy Of taxes was a mandatory
injunction. 2. That the Circuit court could
not pursue injunction in equity, because
] the mandamus is a proper legal remedy, ant
although the court could not issue a manda
, mus until final decree, that was no reason
for Interference in equity by injunction. 5
That though the court might enjoin a statt
officer from doing injury to third persons un
der an unconstitutional state law, a sui
against q state officer to enforcCa contract Of
the state was either suit against the state,
which could not be entertained, or suit
against nominal parties without interest
and should be dismissed. The restrain.
ming order was therefore dismissed, anC
the injunction prayed for refused, witt
costs. The judge intimated that the cases
were of such importance that they nigh
probably be taken at once to the Supreme
; court OF the United States.