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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-23
What a Coming Down Was There!


President Madison was fond of tell
ing the story of visit made to MIN by
one of his supporters. After due IN
| troductory discussion of the weather
and the state of parties, the voter ex-
planned TO the president that he had
cllled upon him to ask for the Office of
chief justice of the United States. Mr..
Madison was a little surprised, but,
with that ready tact which he had
brought from his diplomatic experience,
he concealed his astonishment. He
took down the volume which contained
the constitution of the United States,
and explained to this Mr. Swearingin-
if that were his name-that the judges
held office on the tenure of good be-
haviory and that Judge Marshall, then
the ornament of the bench, could not
be removed to make place for him. Mr.
Swearingin received the announcement
quietly, and after a moment, said he
thought he would like to be secretary
of state. The president said that that
was undoubtedly a place where man
could do good service to the country,
but that Monroe, like MIR. Swearingin
and himself, was a Virginian, and he
did not like to remove him. Then"
said MIR. Swearingin, '' I will be secre-
tary of the treasury" Unfortunately,
the president said, the present incumb-
ent was a Pennsylvania. 1t vas neces-
sary to conciliate Pennsylvania, and he
could not remove him. "TheD," said
Mr.. Swearingin, CT think I will go
abroad. I should like to go to France"
Do you speak French?" asked the
president kindly. "No, sir, / speak
nothing but good old dominion English
good enough for me, Mr.. President. F"
sc Yes, yes, and for me. But I don't
think it will do to send you to the Mon
sieurs unless you can speak their Ian
guage." "Then I'll go to England"
''Ah, Mr.. Swearinginl that will never
do; King George might remember how
often your father snapped his rife at
Lord CORVALLIS. So Europe was ex
hausted and Mr. Sweringin fell back on
one and another collectorship, naval
Office, district-attorneyship but for
each application the astute president
had his reply. ''I think, then, Mr..
President, [ will be postmaster at our
Office at home" Mr.. Madison had for
gotten where that was but learning
that it was at State Greek, Four Corners,
Botetourt county, Va, he sent for the
register. Alas it proved that the Office
was in the hands of one of Morgan's vet
rams. Impossible to remove him ''Truly,
Mr.. Madison" said Mr.. Swearingin, 81
am obliged to you for your attention to
my case. I see the difficulties that sur
round you. Now, seeing that you can
not give me the chief Justices place,
nor Mr.. MUnroe's, nor the treasury, nor
any of the others, don't you think you
could give me a pair of old leather
6reeche8 ?' Mr.. Madison thought he
could; did better-gave him an order
on his tailor for the breeches and Mr..
Swearingin went happily on his way.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-23
Creating an Inland Sea.

An idea, says Galignani's Messenger,
was started not long ago on the practi-
bility of forming an inland sea in
French Algeria. There exists, south of
the Atlas, a chain of salt lakes called
"Chott," that go from east to west,
following a general depression, which
lies at an average depth of from eighty
to. ninety feet below the level of the
Mediterranean. According to all proba-
biIity, there formerly was a sea there,
of which the ChOtts are mere remnants.
Tt would be easy to restore this inland
gulf by merely opening a short canal
connecting the Gulf of Gabes with the
nearest Chott, according to the descrip-
ton lately given to the Societe de Ge-
ograhie by Captain Roudaire, who as
himself surveyed the Mel-Rhir. He
states that the Chotts situated south of
Biskra are series of shadows, varying
bet 1 cen twenty 10 sixty kilometres in
length, and generally dry IN summer.
They form a chain about 800 kilometres
(225 miIes) long from Chott-el-Faroun
to Chott- MeI-Rhir, which lies in the
meridian of Biskra. An insignificant
chain of downs or sand-hills separates
the Gulf of Gabes from Chott-el-Faroun.
The surface of these shadows, as smooth
as that of barn, is sprinkled with salts
of magnesia, which gives them the as
pect of being covered with hoar frost.
The western bank of Chott-Mel-Rhir,
at the mouth of the Wed-Cedra, is
twenty-seven metres eighty one feet)
below the level of the sea, and its bed
has a slope eastward of twenty-five
centimtres per kilometre, or four tenths
per cent. Should this inclination con-
tinue as far as Chott-Sellem, (sixty
kilometres farther eas0, the latter
would be forty-two metres (126 feet)
below the level of the sea; without this
being ascertained, the latter Chott lies
certainly lower thansthe Rhir. From
various cursory observations, there APP
pears to be no doubt that from the
latter to eChett-el- Faroun there exists
an immense depression, which might be
filed with the sea from the Gulf of
Gabes. The advantages to be derived
from this plan would be considerable.
Sea-ports might be formed at eighty
kilometres south of Biskra; the wander
ing tribes of those regions might thus
be kept in obedience, and the numer-
GUS and Iich oases of the SouTf and
Wed .Rhir, whose dependence from
France is merely nominal, would be
effectually held under rule. The pres
ence of the Esea, moreover, would rem
der rains more frequent, and thus fer
tilize the country.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-23
THE SHADOW OF nEATH.
BY THE AUTHOR OF "JOHs HALIFAX, oEsrLEmA

~ M.
Suggested By Holman Hunts F.cts, e.
Weary, half weary of the work of life.
The just-begun and never-ending strife,
Jesus of Nazareth, the carpenter,
God-given, twenty years agone, to her,
jesus, the Lords AnoInted, free from sin:
The Way, by which far-off heaven we win
The Door, through which We may all enter in,
Christ, Son of Mary.
Our cross, like thine, too soon its shadow throws,
Tired Son of Mary:
Our birth-crowns, that our mothers treasure up,
Are melted oft into one bitter cup
They drink, like Mary !;
The shadow of some strange accursed tree.
Where their dear sons give up the ghost, like Thee
Great Son Of Mary.
o full of life, with all Of hfe's lawful joys
Calling upon Thee in mellifuous noise,
Full of mans strength to do Gods Whole he be5est.
The noOn-tide labor bringing evening rest,
Yet through all this, Iove-wiser far than these.
The shadow of the cross Thy mother sees
Heart-pierced Mary.
But Thou, with those divine eyes, free from fear,
Thou seest the rest, remaining even here
And all Gods people. all His children poor,
Whom Thou namest brethren: knocking at their
door,
And by-and-bye, Thy earthly travail DONE
Death consumrnating what Thy life begun.
Thoult say "Come unto me, each weary one
1 am Son of Mary"
o Son of God, and yet the womans seed,
Bruise Thou our serpent SINS even though we bleed,
Forgive if we, too. tired ere work be done,
Alone-no, Mary:
And in the day of evil, anguish-rife,
Remember us Through this, our mortal strife,
Lead us to Thine everlasting life,
Christ, Son of Mary.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-23
Following Il Buck to Sea.

During the camp hunt on st. James
Island by some of our citizens, an Incl
dent occurred which is perhaps without
a parallel in the annals of hunting, and
deserves to be recorded. A large buck,
closely pursued by that famous stag
hound, old Ring, belonging TO Mr.. Hop
kins, took water and headed right out
to sea; the dog, without hesitation,
boldly followed him in his voyage over
the dark and treacherous waves"
They were watched with intense inter
est by the hunters until each was
mere speck upon the surface of the sea,
and until they were finally and totally
lost to VielU. After some time, when 1t
was supposed that both dog and deer
Lad found a wateFy and perhaps a
bloody grave, in mortal combat, or been
devOured by shal KS, small object was
discovered, which proved to be old
Ring, returning from his long swim,
much exhausted, but reaching the shore
IN safety. But, to the great surprise of
the SPECTATORS, after a time the deer
also appeared in sight, making right
for shore, on reaching which he was
shot down by one of the hunters
Tallahassee FIOridian.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-23
Cushing to Jeff. Davis.

The following is a copy of Caleb
Cnshing's letter to Jefferson Davis:
WASHINGTON, March 20, 1861.-DeGr
Sir: Mr., Archibald Boon, for the last
six or seven years a clerk in the attor-
ney generals Office, desires from me
letter of introduction to you, and he
desires it not in view of anticipating ad-
ministratlve favors, but that he may
have the honor of your personal inter
cou Sc. OF this l take pleasure in as
suring you, be is eminently worthy,
southern man by birth, family and af-
fection. He has carefully studied and
ably discussed In Mr.. Debow's Review
and other southern works, the lamenta-
BILE events which have been gradually
undermining and have at length over
thrown the American union. Whilst q
practical man, he is also ripe and ac-
complished scholar, with, indeed, pre-
dominant literary tastes and habits. In
the discharge of his official duties he
has combined to a singular degree the
purest integrity and most enlightened
intelligence with modest contentment
in'his lot, having more than once declined
offers of more conspicuous employ
ment in the public service. He now
resigns his present Office from senti
ments to that which alone he can feel
to be his country, namely, the confed-
crate states, from one of which CTexas)
he was appointed. most heartily COM
mend him as a gentleman and a man to
your confidence and esteem, and am,
with highest consideration, your obedi-
ent servant, @. CUSHING.
Hon. Jefferson Davis, PTes't Confed-
crate States
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-23
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
SOUTH.

The little steamer Frank Forrest,
from osceoIa for Memphis, it is reported,
struch snag a. the head of island 4Oand,
sunk. No lives were lost.
p. @. Armijo, the well-known sheep
king, of New Mexico, committed suicide last
week Tuesday night at Santa Fe, by shooting
himself through the body, the ball passing
near the heart. He died Wednesday morning
disappointment in love is said to be the cause
of this rash act.
j. b. Thompson died at his home in
Harrodsburg, KY, Jan. 2, aged "a years. He
was member of congress in 1910 and several
successive terms. In 1851 he beat Robert
Wyckliffe for acknowledgements after a me-
morable and brilliant contest. In the same
year he was elected to the United States
senate.
In Princeton, KY, some days since,
George Petit, while drunk, fired pistol into
crowd OF little boys almost instantly killing
Charlie Scott, aged 10. Petit was arrested
and at the trial pleaded that he was entirely
ignorant Of what he was doing at the time of
the killing. He was held in S15 900 bail to
answer the charge of involuntary mansIaugh-
ter.
The board of trustees of the Wander
bilt university held three days session at Mem
phis last week, Bishops Maino and McEnt yre
presiding. The board ordained that three de-
partments be opened the 18th of next JANUARY;
the Revs. DR.. Summers of Nashville and Sbipp
of South Carolina were elected and thr,e e pro
fessors in the theological department and three
professors in the literary and scientific de-
partment, viz L. @. Ga1and of the uniyer
sity Of Mississippi, J. @. Wills of Central col
lege, Missouri, and n L. Lupton of the uni
versity Of Alabama. The board will meet
again at Nashville in April, when the other
chairs will be filed and the organization be
completed.
Dudley White, colored, charged with
the murder of John Gazzett under very brutal
circumstances, in Nuhlenburg county, KY,
few days since, was taken out of the county
jail at Greenyille, by body of armed men,
with their faces covered, and hanged to tree
near by. The jailor attempted to resist, but
several men presented guns at his breast and
ordered him to deliver up the keys, which he
did. At the examining trial of White, the
day before, the prisoner was guarded by
large sheriff's posse, and such was the disorder
in the courtroom that it was finally postponed.
1t is said that the names of some of the par
ticipants in the hanging are known, and pro-
ceedings will be taken to bring them to JUS
tice.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-23
A Claimant to the English Grown.

Here is a circular, Just out, admOnish-
ing us that another claimant has APP
peared. the estate in this case being on
iy the crown of England. Thomas
Frederick George Guelph, 4 Thornhill
Crescent, Barnsbury, London, prOclaims
his ability and resolution to prove that
he is "Duke of York, rightful and law
full descendant by the legal marriage
between George the Third and Hannah
Lightfoot, and entitled to the arms OF
Hanover and the dragon of Wales,
and that the so-called Prince OF Wales
els only entitled to the arms OF SAKE
Coburg-the arms that were his faith
er's." Tom I. (as we will eli him for
short) writes: My mothers father
(the Rev. David Davis, who was a strict
Protestant minister, and the last male
descendant of Llewellyn, the king OF
Wales). after having been dead many
years, was excommunicated by priest
on Palm Sunday in the year 1872, at 81.
Albans, Brooke street, HolboFn, E. q.
This is mysterious, but looks as If Tom
I. had two strings to that bow with
which to shoot the golden apple from
Albert's head. But the Tichborne trial
must encourage him. How much Will
IL cost TO prove he is not the son OF
George lii. and Hannah Lighttoot
1t is odd how long that pretty little
Ouakeress Hannah haunts the roya
house. Poor King George, when he IN
dulged in that Irritation, could have had
little idea that it would give rise to two
parliamentary debates, and two costly
trials, with no end of scandals. 1t is
said that Queen Victoria has not been
SO gay since her husbands death as on
the day when she heard of the death Of
Mrs. Rives-the old lady, who, until
three years ago, sat by her freless
hearth fumbling over the papers which
Cin her belief, and that of some of the
best lawyers of England entitled her
to the crown and now Hannah, so re
peatedly laid to rest, starts up in a new
avatar.- Cincinnati Commercial Letter.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-23
A Short Session Predicted.


Old members of the house begin TO
predict a short session. The ground
for this prediction in the fact that there
is no surplus In the treasury TO be leg,
islated away. At best, four-hfths OF all
the bills introduced look to the expen-
diture of public money, directly or IN
directly; but as there is no money TO
spend beyond what is absolutely neces-
sary TO meet the requirements OF the
regular appropriation bills, 1t follows
that all this mass of Legislative. Pro.
positions will have to go over until next
session without definite action. Inc
folly of spending time upon measures
which cannot be passed, however merl-
torious they may be, for want OF money
TO nav the demands they make upon
the treasury, begins to be apparent.
Beside the empty treasury, there IS an
other circumstance that viii help TO
shorten the session. Ali the members
of the house will have TO go before
their constituents for reelection next
fall. and all are therefore interested IN
making as economical a showing as pos
sible of the results Of the sessions
work.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-23

BAzAINE's FoRTUNE.-A correspond
ent who writes as one having authority,
says that the report that the personal
fortune OF ex-Marshal Bazaine will
barely suffice for the payment of the
costs of the late trial, is quite IN
founded, Bazaine being worth many
hundreds of thousands more than the
costs could possible amount to. His
wife is wealthy, having large estates in
Mexico, from which she receives regu-
larly handsome revenue. 1t is said
that she will sell the fine residence they
lately had constructed in the fashlona-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-23
LOOK!


The pencil narks you see around THU
paragraph (thHs) mean that yen spb-
scriptiop is out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure In extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons
but cash alone will pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such .
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.
q We enter No new names on our.
books without the money in advarce.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-23

bic quarter of the town, the Champs
Elysees, and with her children take up
her residence near the fortress at Ste.
Marouerite
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-23

THE skunk is no respecter Of persons:
He is just as friendly TO the owner OF
one suit of clothes as to the owner OF
dozen, and, if anything, a tFitie more sos
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-23

A SMART Danbury woman does the
work for a family of nine. milks two
COWS, and keeps track of thirteen con-
tinued stories,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-23

q. 5. North Polar eIped1tlOn, IN Winter
quarters, Thank God harbor, lat. 81
deg. 38 min. N, Ion. 81 deg. A min.
W., Sept. "a, 1871.
The reading of this document, com
ing like a voice from the arctic grave of
the gallant commander of the i'll fated
expedition, deeply affected the hardy
sailors who had shared his hardships
and barely escaped his fate. 1t was
written in reply to a letter to Capt.
Hall from his ships company, assuring
him of their unswerving fidelity.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-23
The SanbOrn Inquiry.

1t must be comfort for the people to be
able to pick up paper, without having the
eye blurred with the heading of the San
burn Contracts For months this matter
has filed the city dailies until at last it had
become a nuisance almost unbearable. But
the inquiry is at last ended, and it now be-
comes duty on the part of Congress to wipe
out the real iniquity, in shape of law which
has allowed the Treasury to be swindled out
Of more than quarter of million of dollars,
under pretense of paying for services in col
lccting but twice that sum. Under ordinary
care, and really in the natural course that
collections were making, the gross amount of
uncolected taxes, from railroads and estates,
say 500, 900, would haveigone into the Treas
ury. But there was a nice nest egg for
partizan favorites just out of the law as it
was, and hence new law was passed and
Sanborn & Co, were afforded a chance to
slip their arms into Uncle Sans pockets
clear up to the shoulders. They took adyan
tage Of the situation and feathered their nests
TO the tune of $250,00O, by merely copying
from railroad guides and official records.
thus drawing into their nests dollars which
were already on the way into, or really in,
the Treasury. The swindle exposed, the
means by which under show of law it was
consummated should be wiped out without a
moments hesitation. Congress will be greatly
derelict in its duty until this redress of a
most grievous wrong is accomplished The
people have become tired of being robbed,
and the sooner they are relieved from the
grasp Of the robbers the better will it be all
around for those in power
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-23
Civil Service Reform.

The report Of the civil service commission,
Owe ing the progress of the reform for the
pastyear, with an accompanying message from
the President, has been presented to Con
grcss. From this it is gained that the reform
has not proved a complete success. So far
as it has worked in the Departments its action
has in a measure been good, but in places
outside of these the rules adopted have
proved impracticable 1t is alleged that if
the Senate sanction the rules, and agrees to
be held by them, general success of the system
will be the result, and the President, mem
bcrs Of Congress and heads of departments
be relieved from influences prejudicial to good
administration. La conclusion the President
recommends appropriations to continue the
work in its present form, &c.
We may be in error but we see no reason
30 coincide with the President In this matter.
Instead of giving the matter ofappointments
into the hands of a set of pedantic political
pecksniffs, we conceive that the Civil Service
would be vastly benefited by abolishing the
present system altogether, and forming the
whole people into commission for the pur-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-23
The Arkansas Troubles.

And now the muddleis in Arkansas. And
pretty muddle it is too, with danger of
bloodshed and disgrace to the State. In
November, 1872, an election for Governor
was held in that State, and Elisha Baxter
and Joseph Brooks were candidates In
January 1878, the Legislature met and after
opening and counting the votes, declared
Baxter to be the Governor elect. In pursu-
ance of this decision Baxter was sworn in and
proceeded to discharge the duties of the Of
fee. Brooks and his friends were dissatis-
fed with this, insisting that they were cheat
ed out of the count and, of course, out of the
office Two suits at law were at once inau-
gurated to oust Baxter and place Brooks in
possession Of the Office. One was by the At
torney General, in shape of quo 1carranto in
the Supreme Court, citing Baxter to show
10y what right he held and exercised the of
fee. On this proceeding the Court decided
that it was without jurisdiction, and that no
Court had jurisdiction to decide contest in
relation to the election of governor
The other suit was brought about the
same time by Brooks on his own account
in the Circuit Court, against which, in view
of the decision of the Supreme Court, Bax-
tcrs lawyers filed a demurrer. The case lin
gcred until Monday of last week, when
Brooks Counsel, in the absence of Baxter's
representatives informed the Court that it
was agreed that the case should be submitted
without argument After two days considera-
ton the Court ovcr-ruled the demurrer, and
without notice of its action to Baxter S
attorneys, who were absent, allowed udg-
ment to be entered on the demurrer, and a
writ of custer against Baxter to be issued
There was nothing like fairness in the action
OF the Court, and the whole subsequent pro-
ceelings look as though the Judge had init
mated to Brooks what its action would be,
TOR the latter was prepared to act vigorously
at once. He had a body of armed men
ready and, the Sheriff accepting their servi-
ccs, in less than five minutes after the writ
was issued the office of Gov. Baxter was
carried by coup de mann and he turned out
molcaS roLeaS. The result is civil war in
Arkansas, its capital occupied by armed men,
and two Governors endeavoring to render
confusion worse confounded, in State which
has never yet since the rebellion began,
enjoyed the blessings of peace.
What the result will be cannot well be told.
but the haste to steal a snap Judgment, and
the total want OF fairness on the part of
Brooks and his adherents in their efforts to
obtain control Of the Gubernational chair.
while the back of his opponent was towards
them, neither reflects credit upon them nor
promises much for the prosperity of the
State.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-23
ANOTHER WICKED MINISTER,

WILKEsBARRE, Pa. April 10 Early
in the present year the Rev. R. II. Viii
hanson, pastor of ST. Stephens Episcopal
church in this city, was charged with fre.
quenting houses of illfame and with other
CONDUCT unbecoming a minister of the
gospel. He denied the charges, but the
vestry, acting upon what they considered
strong proof, deposed him from his pas
torate and lately appointed a committee
of investigation and this week Mr.. Viii,
Hanson appeared before them and con,
fessed to his improper habits. No final
action has yet been taken in regard to
his case.