The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-07-03
GENERAL-

the appointment or assistant secretary OF the
treasury, has been received
The customs receipts for the week
ending June 25: New York, 81, ,648, III; Phil
adelphia, S216, 1868; Boston, $3.50. .335.
E Twin Booth has retired from the
stage-for year. His nervous system is in
such a state that he must have some rest, or
go to his final resting place.
A dispatch from Peekskill states that
Henry Ward Beecher, in answer to a query as
what course he viii pursue in view of the
recent statement of Tilton, says that he will
not break the silence he has hitherto observed.
VIM. B. Curtis, of Chicago, won the
diamond championship medal of the New
York Atlantic Club last week, notwithstanding
he was heavily handicapped. The distance
run was one hundred yards, and the time ten
and quarter seconds.
Mr.. Cresswell is making arrangements
to retire from his Office next week. Mr.. Hale
has not yet signifed to the president his ac-
ceptance of the postmaster generalship. Mr..
Cresswell, in g conversation with friend. said
the reports as to his prospective appointment
to the Austrian mission are groundless.
A Washington dispatch states that
the chief of the secret service division, H. c..
Whiteley, has resigned and that the impression
prevailed that Whitley acted under instruc-
tiOns from some one authorized to direct him.
This Secretary Boutwell, will endeaYor to as
| certain without regard to whom it may impi-
cate.
An execution h wing been issued in
the case of furniture dealer against the Dis
trict of Columbia sheriff proceeded to the
ar,FyI yI,1,x
possession Of the furniture and effects of the
house. Some property had previously been
taken from the hall by retiring members
which they were required to return.
The board to report plan for per-
manent reclamation of the alluvial basin of
the Mississippi river will probably consist of
Gen. Warren and II. l.. Abbott and Mai.
! Beauregard, United States engineers. The
civil engineers are ex-Gov. Herbert. Of Louis
lana, and John Sickle, of Arkansas The exi-
| gencies Of the service may cause a change of
the army engineers, but the civil engineers
are kept.
Phelps, Dodge & Co., published an
answer to the recent speech in congress of
/ Gen. Butler, reiterating many of their former
! statements and asserting: q" We believe Gen
/ Butler knows, but will fully conceal the fact
! that the same error and misunderstanding Of
an intricate law which compelled us, under
| severe penalties, to invoice our goods both at
cash price and at market price, led us in the
case Of a great number Of importations to in
voice their value above cost, and SO resulted
in gain to the revenue and loss to ourselves.
/ immensely greater than the governmen
/ claims to have lost"
/ The postoffice department has been
officially Informed by the French minister of
the ratification of the postal convention be-
tween France and the United States by the
! French assembly. The minister expressed to
the postmaster his desire that the convention
! go into operation the LIST of July, but this
cannot be done, as the first of August is the
date fixed, and the ratifcations have vet to be
exchanged. The charge for letters from
France to the United States viii be ten cents
for the third of an ounce, and from the United
States to France nine cents for the half Of an
ounce. Unpaid letters are to pay the above
rates, with five cents additional postage on
books, newspapers, samples etc. which is
hereafter to be separately arranged by each
country.
The stockholders of the Atlantic and
/ Great Western railroad have ratified the
agreement entered into with the Erie railway
| company on May 6. The indentures bind the
Atlantic and Great Western company to the
} Erie tor ninety-nine years from the 1st OF
May. The property of the Atlantic and Great
! Western company is sold to the Erie company,
the sctual value Of the same to be credited tc
the Atlantic and Great Western company on
account OF dues for labor, materials. etc. &C
/ be paid be the Erie company. Under this
/ agreement the amounts to be paid by the Erie
company are, for supplies TO the 31st of May,
! sSfO. 727; due on March pay rolls sos, 1856
due on April pay rolls, s1s2, $685. due on Apn
supplies, S11O,O 600; due for personal injuries,
5000; due for personal injuries ID suits,
/ S69,O4l. Total, $500 600.