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NECE1TTg,

1t is understood that ut the meeting Of the
Directors Of tue Board OF Trade yesterday after
noon. it WAS resolved, after much discussion,
to accept tue Chamber of Commerce stock to the
amount of 81, 900, which had been bought a,ao
paid for by parties namcd, without authority,
and that tho said stock be sold again on behalf
OF the Board of Trade. 4 great many members
hope that the latter part OF tho resolution may
prove to be something more than nero paper
weight.
The Fulton Elevator commenced work this
morning, taking in two boat loads Of corn as hor
first essay.
Jo," reports that tho grade Of Northwest
ern" wheat has given SO much satisfaction in
Europe that holders now obtain more for it
in the British markets than for Milwaukee, wheat
OF tho same number. The natural consequence
OF this will be Increased demand for it this
season; and it is probable that an additional in
spector will be placed on duty to attend specially
to this grade OF wheat in Chicago
There were no European ndvices to-day OF
consequence. In English commercial circles
till Monday morning; and tho only indications
OF change during that time ere based upon the
relations OF supply to the retail demand.
THE MARRETs.
The leading produce markets were moderately
active to-day, but less regular. Provisions were
higher, aud broadstuffs ''oG in COLOR with less
of certainty in the complexion Of all the deEIs
th9n is usual, though there were 40 severe huc-
tuations. The supply movement continues fair
in grim, and has been very large in pork during
the past week; but the receipts OF grain are On
the increase, aud tho feeling would l,nve been
much weaker but for tho understanding that
lake freights could be taken on very low ternna.
Jobbers Of dry. goods reported the market
fairly active and firm. The late general reduc-
ton in prices has had the effect to greatly stinu~
lnte the demand, and there is no longer any ap-
pcarance of weakness. The e1trane low prices
now prevailing are likely to develop specu-
1atiye movement in standard cotton textiles, and
that higher rates will be established little in
the season is entirely probable. Standard bleach
ed aud brown cottons are selling 21@@314c per
yard lower than at this time last year,
while denic,s, cottonades, and ticls are 4G5c
lower. Prints which last year wero
selling at 1l14c are now jobbing at 9115c.
The grocery trade WAS moderately active with
but slight change in values. Sugars were OF an
1sc, With which exception yestarday's quotations
wore generally we'll sustained, Rice, si;urs,
molassee, aud teas we're drmer, the tendency in
the latter being upward. CofTees we're being
distributed little more freely, aud we're COM
parati7oly steady. Spices are quiet and easy.
In the dried fruit market there Was fair activity
Notwithstanding the fact that orders were most
Iy for moderate amounts. With the exception Of
raisios, in which reduction Of SC is noted,
former quotations wore unchanged Fish were
in light demand, and pricea were only indiFer-
emily sustained Light stocks alone prevent a
decline. In the cauped-guods market t1ade was
atcks With sozoe lnea selling loToy. No changes
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Tho neaT aFFfoach OF the lst Of 1lay inaur1-
rates tho usual nervous season for landlords and
tenants, these persons taking sdes as bulls
lease. The landlord, Of course, hopes for a rise.
the tenant for decline in price, and, as they
approach each other for the contamination Of
the bargain, there is good deal Of strategy dis
played as to which shall yield the point. This
market at this period, and the present
season is no exception to this general rule
Many Of the houses that are now for rent in the
hands Of agents are put in at prices which feel
the mxrket, that is to say. they set purposly
st higher xatea than owners might be willing TO
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MONETARY.

SATURDAY EVENING, April 4, 1874.
The only change to notice in the money market
to-day ia an increasing frmness III exchange
We heard Of ono large parcel sold this morning
b=tween banks at par; but the general quotation
for this day was 25 cents per $1,000 premium.
Bankers supplied customers, as usual, at par.
The demand for money with most OF tho banks
is increasing. This makes them happy, for they
have had moro than they knew how to employ
safely and proftably for weeks past. Some have
made loans as low as per cent, and few to-day
wonld be glad to get quarter to half million
Of frst-c1ass paper at per cent. Usual
rate, 10.
Loan-brokers' rates. SOLO per cent per an
nun. Large, frst-class fEe-year loans can be
placed at per cent. It must always be under
stood that commissions per cent-are to
be added to these figures.
EXTENSIVE FORGERY.
Tho Commercial National Bank received this
morning, from It's corresponding bank at st.
Paul, draft for $S000 purporting to have
been drawn by Ogden, Sheldon, i Co., OF this
city, On the Merchants Savings, Loan, aud
Trust Company. The forger, in order to iden-
tify doubtless, the signature Of the draft, had in
dorsed it. stamp Of certiication by tho 1f.
S., L. & r. Co. is on the face, signed By Phelps.
IT is made payable to exchanges" or bearer,
and the whole is written in bold, business hand,
ceve." Probably the same individual, OF an &C
comphce passed drift for $4,000, purporting
to have been drawn by J. y. F. Coolbaugh i
Co., on, il We mistake not, the Merchants Na-
tional Bank Of 81. Paul. Evidently somebody in
that city is getting hurt
GOVERNMENT BONDS LOST.
Tie last statement OF the particulars Of the
public debt Of the United States contains many
curious facts. OF the old deb. that 1naturcd
previous to Jan. l, 1887, s57, ,G65 has never been
called or tho CH:.t 5-11a TINT
Dec. l. 1871, and at subsequent dates, IS 330, 400
are due, and the money is uncalled for. Holders
Of these bonds will doubtless call for their
cash i'll duo time. but very large sums
fell due from four to ten years ago. and still
remain unpaid. The total amount on which in
tetest is stopped. and which the Treasurer is
ready to pay on demand. Is &c, ,852, 500. In every
largo fire, steamboat and other disaster, more or
less Of the bonds Of the Government, green
backs, and bank-bills arc lost, amounting in tho
aggregate, in . very few years, as these figures
ehow, to very large SUM.
CHICAGO observation-disclosures.
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Withdrawn from store on Friday for city con-
sumption: 1885 bu wheat. ] ,a44 bu corn, 1851
bn rye, 473 bu barley. Withdrawn for do during
the week: 17,125 bu whent, 1920 bu corn,
8,523 bu oats, 7,s48 bu ryc, 9,979 bu barley.
The following grain has been inspected into
store this morning up to 10 O'clock: 72 cars
wheat, 20t cars corn, II cars oats, cara rye,
cars barley. Total, 293 cars, or 1150o0 bu.
Tho following were the receipts and shipments
OF breadstuifs and live stock at this point during
the past week, and for the corresponding weoka
ending g dated:
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CO1I1IEKCLAL.

SATURDAY EyEssa. April 1.
The following we're tho receipts and shipments
Of the leading articles of produce in Chicago
during the past twenty-four hours, and for the
corresponding date one year ago:
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New YoRK April 4.-Honoy closed 4@5 on
call. Exchange dull, with actual business at
S4.84@@4.85 for bankers sixty day sterling,
and 4.8731@4. 50 for demand.
Gold closed at 113h, after selling At 11s1s
and 1881. Rates paid for carrying 1anSed from 5
to fat. Clearings, $G0, 100000. Treasury's op-
erations at the New YORK Office during the week
included the disbursement OF 1886, 900 On &C
count OF interest and in redemption of $40
bonds, and receipt Of s2,570. 900 for customs.
Imports for the week, including dry-goods,
so52, 900. Produce exports, sc, 6,048,0o0. Specie
exports, $918, 8,000.
Governments strong and steady With consider
ablo doing.
State bonds quiet at nominal prices.
Stocks declined Il to Il per cent in the early
dealings, 5Northwestegn common having been
most prominent in the decline al tile First Board
4 partial recovery took place. but this gave way
20 depression after midday. At tho second call
there was some recovery from the extensive de-
cline. Northwestern, Lake Shore, Union Paoi
fc, Wabash, Pacific Mail, and Western Union
were the leading features. The market Was very
dull during tho last hour Of business, and prices
made a blight decline in the general list. In
the final dealings stoadicr tone was observed.
The aggregate sales between 10 and 2 were
$4,000. OF which 10000 were Western Union.
10000 Union Pacific, $500 Wabash, 1900 Pa
citic Mail, and 5000 Central.
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'1nc[udee al cut me1t3 except a6ooldeT7 aud S. ?.
hams.
Flour was more active than on Friday, there
being better order demand for good grades OF
sprug extras, with fair inquiry from the local
trade. There was no change in prices, except
that On the lower grades holders we're rather
moro disposed to shade quotations. Bran was
steady under better demand at yesterdays
range. Sales were reported Of 100 brls white
winter extras on private terms; 80 brls super
fno on private terms so brIs spring e1tras ut
5000; 100 brls do at 35.621l; 100 brls do at
rye at $500. Total, 2,025 br]s. Also. 80 tons
bran at 517.00 on track; 500 brls corn meal at
1896 delivered; 10 tons fine middling at 521 90
10 tons coarse do at 1900 on cars as mill. Tie
Following were the asking quotations 1t the
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-20
The Girls of New Orleans.

A correspondent who went to see the
Mardi Gras festivities at New Orleans
saw something else. He writes :
5" New Orleans bellies, by the way,
would have been fit welcomers of the
ancient Minnesong. have heard much
of their beauty, but never studied it
with occasion until now. I6 is up TO its
metropolis are the most superb-looking
In America. They are brunettes, the
most and best of them, with an ele-
gance of carriage and figure, a contour
of feature and pose of manner that
are matchless. They say that the peas
aDtry IN certain districts of Spain carry
yet in their faces the grandeur of the
faded Castilian no5IesSe. These New
Orleans beauties, lifted tenderly down
q dozen generations of close blood, are
more queenly than the portraits of their
French mothers, that have hung for
centuries in their parlors. Some of
them are like chiseled penciled figures
out Of marble, with the soft dash of
Guido's brush or of .Petrach's song in
their faces, and the ripe southern blood
flushing up to their temples, under the
pure surface of their veins. The. ex-
quisiteness of their style take your
breath with an exclamation of admira-
G1Ols Euu sign Oh I0IlSI- rs you PASS
Their native and city state are the hori-
zon of society and of the world to these
superb creatures they are reared un-
der the solemn shadow of Catholicism
they are local in their attachments as
Venitians their culture is narrow, but
they gather in their loins the gate of
expresses, and in their eyes that glance
filled with the wisdom, the cunning, the
refinement, the magic of womanhood.
The Boston beauty offends you with her
look of intellectual pertness; New
York puts on the face of her charming
favorite the stamp of their eager ex-
travagance in the west we have not
settled to our features yet, and femi-
nine comeliness is without a type. The
New OrlC ans belle stands alone as far
from the placid demeanor of the '' Flu
ture City" as from the lilies and Ian
guors" of the south, and offers the eye
the satisfying compliment of taste.
There is but one drawback. Her man
ners impose. You must see her IN posi-
ton. The. lifting of an eyelid or the
glitter of her teeth may be Olsen
chantment. st
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-20
SOUTH-

An unprecedented influx of northern
ers is reported from Florida.
The steamer Edgar Stuarb has been
seized upon libel for seamen's wages.
Hon. A. Fl. Stephens is still confined
to his bed and is in very feeble condition.
On the morning of the 14th, the hang
ing of Sid Wallace, at Clakkesville, Arkansas,
passed Of quietly, except that Sid gave few
unceremonious kicks.
John E. Bassieux, of the Richmond,
Va, Dollar Savings bank, has been arrested on
criminal charge in connection with his man
agement of the institution.
A large portion of the finest cotton
lands below Memphis are under water, and,
owing to heavy rains, breaks are constantly
occurring in the levees, especially between
Memphis and Helena, on both sides of the
river.
The union passenger depot at Deni-
son, Texas, the Adams and Texas express Of
fees adjoining, thirty freight cars laden with
merchandise and lnmber, and number of
valuable sample trunks, were consumed by
fire on the 14th. Loss $40, 900.
A deficit of at least $57, 900 has been
found in the account of Adolph Hammers.
late tax receiver of Louisville, Ky. Hammers
had considerable property besides an insur.
ance OF $4,000 on his life, which viii proba.
bly, be contested.
During riot in South Wheeling, Va.
a man named Blattner received two pisto
balls through the lungs. He is still living
but no hopes of recovery. Two other persons
were severely injured. The disturbance aros,
from evidence gived in court.
A crevasse is reported in levee OF
the Mississippi eide of the river at Sunfowe
landing, forty miles below Friars Point. CAPT
Lee, of the steamer Phil Allen, says the over
flow is not so bad as reported between Mem
phis and Helena, and thinks the damage will
be comparatively light.
A dispatch from Brownsville, Texas
says: A band ef Twelve Mexicans, well armed
drove sh19ugh thiclly populated rancho
about 200 head of cattle on the night of th,
9Th. Depredations OF this Sort since Cortina'
reign at Matamoras, are becoming more fre
quent than before. The United States troop
are too few in number to protect persons an,
property.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-20
The Indian Box Trick.

4
The celebrated box-and- bag mystery.
! which has bewildered all London, put
| New York in fever of excitement, and
for few days puzzled the knowing ones
of San Francisco, has by accident come
| to an untimely end. The cat was let out
of the bag recently at the California
| theater, IN San Francisco. The trick is
to overcome an apparent impossibility.
A person securely tied IN a sack is to
| pass from that confinement to the in
| side of q locked box, additionally Sc
cured by strong cords wound around,
and the knots of the cords tied and.
sealed The bag is similarly secured
/ by. the mouth being tied with ropes,
and the knot of the rope sealed with
wax. How, then, is it possible to effect
an exchange from a secure bag to a still
more secure box ? That is what the
professor .does-in the Oakland leaves
for the audience to bring to light if they
can. Some Of them did SO on. Monday
night. Those who were seated on the
right-hand side. of the parquette, near
the stage, saw the vigorous investiga-
ton made by one of the inspectors-he
wore number mines, double soled, and
investigated W th his fOot-disturbed it
in such fashion that the beholders drop
ped on the little trick. How? Why, the
solid piece of wood at the end, securely
nailed and screwed, was bogus as to
size and securing instead of taking up
the whole space at the end, and appar-
emily held by strong screws, it was In
two parts, with a space of an inch be-
tween, and this vacant space hid by the
broad iron bands securing 1t the screws
are only heads and do not penetrate by
lifting this board it comes out of sock
ct IN which it fits snugly, and in which
it is held by spring-when lifted, it
swings like gate, pushing to the inside
of the box. Now, with this aperture
discovered, it is only. necessary to find
the person who can push aside the ropes,
crawl in, and replace the ropes and push
the wood back into place, making it APP
pear like the solid end again. The seals
have not been disturbed, nor the rope
cut, nor the knots united nor the locks
picked. Granted. Now, how does the
person escape from the sack, leave the
knots undisturbed, the sack uncut, and
take advantage of even the simple plan
of getting into the solid wooden box !?
Not very easily, even by the plan sug-
gested in the New York papers, but with
very little difficulty, If the person has
concealed IN the Turkish costume du-
plicate bag, with duplicate knots, and
duplicate seal then it is only necessary
to cut asunder the confning sack, hide
it in the recesses of the garment from
which the other one is taken, crawl into
the box and await the result This lat
ter discovery was made at the previous
exhibition, when the bag was returned
from the audience-a careless throw
sent it just to the foot-lights, and before
it could be rescued was slightly scorched
by the gas flames. When the trick was
completed, the bag remaining was not
at all scorched. And thus is exploded
mystery that was incomprehensible
until a kick of a number-nine brogan
revealed it.-ALta- Californian.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-20
General Sheridan Is in reneint Of dis.

General Sheridan is In receipt of dis
patches from Texas, which report that twelve
or fifteen Comanches were recently killed out
OF their reservation while marauding.
MIR. Sumner died comparatively poor.
The public money never stuck to his fingers
About all he had were his books, his pictures,
and dwelling which was given to him.
The Missouri state grange has mem
bership of over 100, 900. KANSAS reports /, 600
oranges, and North Carolina 235, with 2. 600
members. There is great enthusiasm in the
order at present.
Ex-President Millard Fillmore died
at his residence in Buffalo on the night Of the
9Th. He was conscious TO the last. In reply
to question by his physician, he said, {" The
nourishment is palatable." These were his
last words. Death was painless. A
There is already an active discussion
of the claims of prominent men to succeed
Mr.. Sumner, and the selection must take place
on the second Tuesday after notice of the va
cancy has been received. 1t is probable that
the choice viii be made on the oath.
The secretary of the interior has
asked that troops be sent to the Ute reserva-
ton in Colorado, with instructions to notify
al duIuoIiz6u "illto pSTSODS tHaJ no one VIII
be permitted to go upon the reservation, and
that those who are trespassing must abandon
it Immediately or be forcibly removed.
The last acts of Mr.. Summer in the
senate were to present petition praying for
the appointment of commission of inquiry
concerning the alcoholic liquor traffic, a re-
monstranee against the extension of patents,
and an effort to defeat the centennial appro-
priation bin. He left his supplemental civil
rights bill still pending.
Archbishop Purcell, of Ohio, as well
as Rabbi Wise, of Cincinnati, has taken pub
lie position against the women's temperance
movement. Like DR.. Wise, the archbishop
expresses the opinion that the moderate use of
stimulants is not, in itself, sin or crime, and
that, at all events, it cannot be prevented. He
declares that he is in favor g Of imposing as
heavy "a fine, or license, on the vendors of
wines and liquors as they can bear, and of in
exorable closing, by allthe penalties known to
the law, the vile bar-rooms where bad liquor
is sold"
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desk, preferring not to deposit it in a
bank, as the times were rdther Sc pan.
ieky," and the tighter and scarcersmoney
was the more the squire thrived. He
was cautious, safe man-this Squire
Clinch-and yet bold and successful
one, too. His wealth increased year BY
year, for he was ever on the lookout to
turn the nisfortunes of others to his
gain. Still the money lay in his desk.
waiting for the accomplishment of its
selfish purpose, while it ought to have
been in circulation, and a portion of It,
at least, paying honest debts.
But few there are who are without an
hour of disaster at some time in their
careers, and Squire Clinch was no ex-
ception to the general rule. There was
a burglary one night. The 'squire's
house was entered noiseIessly, and
while all the inmates slept, his desk
was silently and quickly opened. In
the morning he found the lock on the
floor, the lid tipped back end the green
backs gone A great alarm was raised
and detectives set to work. but no clue
to the money or robbers could be found.
His money that had lain so secluded
and, as he imagined, SO safe, was gone
beyond recovery. And with 1t went the
bC1l-NAOAAsl1 E5ICCnOdCA WHICH. We nave
mentioned. Instead of accomplishing
the good it might have done, it was now
serving bad purposes In thieves hands.
What fate
Which greenback was the more to be
envied-that of Luke Preston, whose
career carried it over so omany checkered
scenes, and whose passage in its multi
form divisions from hand to hand was
in every case n message of ofadness a
token of honesty, and promoter of
prosperity, or that of Squire CIinch,
whose only change from the dull mo-
notony of its useless, selfish life was
such a disastrous one? ~s =sf Z
Let those in whose care the destiny
of greenbacks may be placed take warn
ing from these two cases, and so act on
the lesson taught as to make the world
prosperous, their neighbors glad, and
themselves richer in the return sure to
follow
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-20
WEST

The whisky war has fairly opened at
Omaha.
Gen. Marmaduke is the granger can
didate for governor of Missouri.
A bill has passed the California legis-
lature advancing women TO educational offices.
Dispatches from Northwestern Iowa
report continued suffering among the settlers
in homesteads in Oseeola, Lyon and other
counties in the extEeme northwest, caused by
the failure of the crop.
All the freight trains on the Central
Pacific railroad, caught in the snow blockade,
have been abandoned for the present. At
Summit valley the snow is twenty-five feet
deep on the level. Several engines and snow
plows are of the track. One eastern abound
passenger at Reno. The other westward pas
senger trains lie at Loano. Another east
bound lies at Halleck. At Cisco over six feet
OF snow had fallen during the storm.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-03-20
Character of. Gen. Lee.


In his late speech delivered at AtIau-
ia, Gen, b. E. Hill pays this deserved
tribute to the character of Robert u.
Lee
"Wben the future historian comes TO
survey. the character OF Lee, he will
find it rising like a huge mountain
above the undulating plain Of humanity,
and he will have to lift las eyes high
towards heaven to catch its summit.
He possessed every virtue of the other
great commanders without their vices.
He was a foe without hate, q friend B
without treachery, d soldier without
cruelty, and a victim without murmur=
ing. He was a public officer without
vices, q private citizen without wrong,
christian without hypocrisy, and a
man without guile. He was Caesar
! without his ambition, Frederick with
! out his tyranny, Napoleon without bis ,
selfshness, aud Washington githeut
his reward. He Was obedient TO author
/ ity as a servant, and royal in authority
as true king. He was gentle as a wo-
man in life, modest and pure IS a VIZ
gin IN thought, watchful as tRomans
vestal in duty, submissive to law as
Socrates, and grand in battle as Achn-
1au - q .r-.