The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-03-05
TIMELY TOPICS.

VI the terms OF settlement Of
ne Hlrelnlusr question: seems TO he
premature, as it is known from tbe
pest authority that the final eonclnsion
OF the arrangement has TO await the
formal recognition of the new govern.
ment otzking Alfonso by the United
states. The credentials and instruc.
lions under this head ale now on their
way TO Minister Gushing. The preIim-
mary agreement stipuIates for the pav-
mens OF $500 in full satisfaction of
'ne 'lEginius claims of q personal char
@cter, and the abandonment on the part
% Spain Of allreeIamations against the
United States. The Autograph letter
rom Alfonso to the president is purely
formal one, only announcing his &C
cesslon to the throne and expressing his
desire for a continuance of good rela-
hons. No day has yet been fixed by the
secretary of state for the presentation
ot this letter TO the president by the
spanish minister. It is presumed it
VIII not take place until the government
OF King Alfonso shall have been recoe-
hlzed by cur. government, through its
representative at Madrid, and pending
questions Enthusiastically adinsted.
HE house committee which visited
Mississippi to investigate the condition
OF affairs in that state, have submitted
two reports, the republicans uniting IN
majority report, and the democrats in
minority. The former review fully
the causes leading to the election of
crosby from Office. They state that
the regularly elected officers were ousted
from Office, and the entire records.
papers, offices, court. houses, and all
county property unlawfully and riotous-
" seized upon by an unlawful combina-
ton OF men, not only without warrant.
but In direct and palpable violation and
deliberate transgression of ali the prin-
ciples and forms of law known to anv
civilized people. The report concludes
as follows The committee believe
there is an urgent necessity for further
action by this congress, and concur in |
recommending the passage of the eau
Gus bill and the adoption of the follow
ing
Re8otOed, That the violent overthrow
OF law and order in Vicksburg justifies
the application of Gov. Ames for troops
and the action of the president in or
derlnS them sent to that city.
The state of Mas ssachusetts received.
on Thursday last, bids for FIVE Ger
cent gold loan of 81, 100000. Several
bids for the entire amount were made
by different banking houses in New
York and Boston. The bonds were
awarded to firm in the latter city at
log currency. at the present price OF
gold, this is tintamourt to 90 per cent.
"a pretty good figure for five FER cent.
bonds, and showing how solvent states
can reduce their rate of interest and the
cons@4uent burden, even when capital
is most timid.
AN English authority of eminence,
in comparing the cost of government
in the United States and in England,
pnts the national expenditures of the
former at 4" e75, ,45O, 600, against G71,-
900, 900 in the United Kingdom. Its
local expenditure q. G., county and
town expenditures) is about ESQ, $50, ,OCO
against e27, 800, coo, in the United King
dom. The entire pnblic expenditure
of the United States is put down at
Gl34, 100000, against eos. 500, 900 in
the United Kingdom.
THE committee appointed to examine
the Georgia state treasury find that the
accounts of Treasurer Jones are def
cient some sos, 900, and that he has lille.
galIy paid 1852, 900 old bonds. The
committee recommend that Jones Ee
requested to resign. They do not at
tack the integrity of the treasurer, but
condemn the loose system of book
keeping and general admins ration of
affairs.
The Georgia legislature has declared
unconstitutional, null and void, the
second series of six hundred thousand
dollars in bonds endorsed by the state
in 1870, issued to the Macon and Bruins
wick railroad, said endorsement having
been declared binding by the legisla-
ture of 1872. First series bonds, $780,
600, are declared valid and binding on
the state.
THE New Orleans Republican con-
taios an elaborate article claiming that
the Eads' bridge at st. Louis, while it
is en- obstruction to the upper COM
merce, is an engineering failure, and
ihat the Eads' .ietty scheme is one to
delay the permanent improvement at
the rivers month, in tine interest of the
bridge stock and the st. Louis local
railroad rings.
In Illinois the courts have just de
cided that sleeping-car companies are
not responsible for articles stolen from
passengers. In New York jury has
Just found a railroad company guilty of
negligence in the case of bonds stolen
from a party on their cars, and gave a
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