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WHAT IL EXPECTED.
4 chronic dulluess prevallB in and about the
Custom-House in these days between
seod-timo and harvest. The work Of tho
Government counsel, 30 far as finish
ing the drawing Of the indictments
to be presented to tho Grand Jury on thor re-
turn Is concerned, is practically ended, and
when tho Jury como together on the 18th inst.
no time wiil be lost in laying before that body
the results Of tho past few weeks labor The
Grand Jury, With becoming neeknesa, will re-
turn tho indictments into court and will then
probably take up A1r. Roots case and
indict that absurd individual. There, it would
seem, their labor would end SO far as whisky
matters arc concerned, unless they. should be
called upon to patch up some old indictments in
case they fail. The Government counsel say
that no further delay in the matter Of
TIE TRIALS
will be allowed If they haze anything to say
about it. They have the evidence all in shape,
forward. and nro anxious to take up the trinls
and put them through as soon - possi-
ble. Until the trials come OF, and
until the Grand Jury meets, It is not
very probable that the newz-usill will turn out
anything OF great Importance IN connection With
revenue matters in this district.
Gen. Webster was quite unwell yesterday, and
was obliged to leave hia desk for the day.
JUDGE RAMOS
viewed the statement Of the 6tdnts- -Nitnng,
which TOOK back the charge against Gen. Web
ster, and appied 1t to the Government counsel
very cooly. He denied that any Of the counsel
had been derehct in their duty regarding the
apprehension Of Mr. Root. As for himself he
did not know Root at aij, and never knew.
there Was such man until Collector Jones told
him about Rehm hav1ng evidence against Root,
IND, coming from that source. the frat inapree-
sion Was that an effort was being made to draw
The Government into same sort Of q compromise.
That was the fact about it, and when Mr. Rebm
wis invited TO 70 before the Commissioners, il he
bad the evidence, aud swear out a ua11ant for
Boots arEesk the Government Attorney saying
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gELKNAP'S BRIBERY.

BELknAr . bh1b1nI.
u;nts Of a Probable Serious
Fitch in the Impeachment
Proceedings.
n,rsb, fbe Witness, Finds the IT.
nasphere Of Washington
UnWholes0me.
il 0oat-Tails Believed to Be Now
Waving in the Breezes
Of Canada.
rhe Fort Sill Affair One Of
Many Of the Same Sort.
ep, Slstum lids Ills Testimony to tho
Post-lradcrS}tlp i1tqQltleS.
lany Persons About the Departments
viii Be Asked Disagreeable
Questions.
Incidents of the Early Life Of the
Fallen Secretary.
Tie Court Martial Proceeding in 1.-The
Cases Of Robinson and Armes.
Characteristic Comments Of En-.
g|ist7 Newspapers.
Ths Air Of the Capital Full Of Exciting
Runors.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12

E&- Horatio Seymour says: Men
should not seek to hand down sectional
hate as a heritage to those who are com
ing upon the stage Of political action
and merely to CRAFTY their passions.
The Republicans do this because they
are forced to do it to save themselves
from discussions fatal to them. This
Government cannot be we'll administered
until it acts in harmony with the change
in business and social habits brought
about by the condition Of eur afflirs.
These changes are not temporary; they
must become for many years the settle
usages of our people. Official life must
come down to them and must 60 through
the same struggles and trials which have
brought down private life to safer rules
of conduct In no other way can the
weight of taxation be lifted off from
labor and commerce The Republicans
may say they sec and feel this. | hope
and b elieve as party they d.; but they
cannot correct evils in the face of their
own acts and of the solemn declarations
in their Conventions, that their policy in
The past has been wise and benefcent
They demand in their resolutions that
the people shall at this election approve
OF what they have done in the past and
commend it foE future guidance. Two
years ago they resisted the election of
Democratic House of Representatives.
That body may not always have acted
wisely or we'll, but no man denies that
its exposures OF wrong, the reforms
which it made and the reforms which It
induced Republican officials to make were
of the utmost importance t. The Ameri-
eau people.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12
THnMAs D. ELnRTDGE.

This gentleman, as Repu blican Elec-
tor, has had two tilts with Judge C!app,
tho Democratic Elector The first one
1T Bolivar, and Eldridge then and there,
accidentally, it seems, failed to snaFl at
the Democracy; but when he reached
Toon's Station, feeling sure under the
lashing of the day previous, he unlim-
bered and charged his battery with fllse
statements and spiseful hissings at Til
dsn and his followers. But Judge ClaPp
spiked his guns, and sent him bowling
to his lair. Socrates tells how demons
possessed the ancieLts. aud made them
alopt strange doctrines aud exhibit wild
delirium. EI1ridge has some such a
spell upon him. When Democratic the
tre4 are advanced he Sc ms wild as sn
infuriated bull. and throws dirt from
every hoof No wonder he finched, for
Young aud Cltpp had terribly gured
him. But the venom he manifested
showed that B rbour Lewis had iaocu-
2a,gei him with some of bis own virus
The only thing Ell lridge wants is to Gil
mis- larIsr He 5hts for commissary
srores lie must be terribly hangry.
Ills lean, lank look tells tIa. he has been
our shivering in the c)ld.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12
GER BRAxToN BRAGG

On the 27th Of September this famous
MIN dropped dead in the streets of
GIlves'on, Toxt~. The cause Of his
su iden death was syncope, pro iuced by
organic isease Of tue heart III was a
native of North Carolina. and died in
the sixty-frst year of his age. Ono by
ono our marked men move on to join
she mar ching millions into eterR ty
They serve their aye and retire TO give
place to others. Gen. Brlgg was a sol
dior by education and long service. His
name and fame are not only inseperably
associated with the Americo-Mexican
war annals, but are link ID with the
cherished memories of the Lost CIuse.
As one by one our worthless fail asleep,
the living learn lesson that their hearts,
too, are beating tune al marches to the
grave" Human ambition is only trIly
heroic when directed to make better tbs
age in which the actor lives Our great
znon should 8 e to it thai in d}ing they
leave behind them a legacy of gond rath-
er than a legacy ofeyil. W hen a grandy
good man dies nc lives on and forever in
the reproductive power of his greatness.
Hence living Is perPetually transmissive
an its influence und teachings
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12
THE OCTOBER FIGHT.

This week will probably decide the
Presidential election. In Ohio, Indiana
and West Virginiu State elections take
place, and from them very correct opin-
ion can be formed as to the result iu
November Indiana is cl.imel by tie
Democrats, while the Republicans claim
Ohio. Even this latter State is doubt
tuL Within the limits of these two
States the Democracy is fighting the bat
tLe of tie Constitution, Of Reform, of
Love, If order aNd good government
f r the patriotic people of the whole
country. Upon this decision hang inn
portant interests. Unless RepublcaDism
IS checked, we will take another step
forward in establishing a stronger gov
ernment, with supreme, dictatorial pow
er concentrated ia Washington The
life Of liberty is imporilIed The eddy
ing concentri3 currents Of Republican
politics are tending to the focal point of
q Lolder federalism all this must be
arrested, or tho iudividualism of the
private citizen will be swallowed up in
the RraspiDg demands of centralized
power. Before this issue Of our paper
reaches it's readers,we hope a great Dem
ocratic victory 10 Oaio and Indiana will
have been announced Sualig ht glim-
mers in the skies.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12
A BLAoKmA1L1NG CANDI DATE.

A BLACKMAILING CANDI DATE.
VIM A Wheeler, the Republican car
didate for Vice President, was one of the
trustees Of the st. Lawrence, Ogdens-
burg and Champlain Railroad HIS CO.
trustees were Charles S. Elitidge of
Boston, the associate of Fisk and Gould
in the management Of the Erie Rail
road, and Charles s. Brown Of OSdens.
burg. At that time the reorganization
IF the road was being carried on in the
int rest Of the stockholders. By this
reorganization, Wheeler and his associ-
ates lost their position and their salaries
Cf 5000 per year or rather would have
lost them had it not been for Whe-lcr's
shortness, which it is difficult TO distin-
guish from rascaity. lie went to Alba
uy and smuggled through a bill giving
the trustees the right to appeal from tha
reorganization proceedings, and with
that law n his pOckct proceeded to black
mail the trustees to the tame Of $40 900.
by threatening to take an appeal aad
carry it Cn for years to the ruin of the
raad, unless the stockholders would pay
him and his fellow trustees four years
salary in advance for services they never
could render The stockholders paid the
money, anu Wheeler, EldrIdge and
Brown pocketed $4,000 each. The
stockholders having saved their goods
from the clutches of these men, then
brought suit to recover the blaokmail,
but the suit came off before Judge
james, who is a relative Of Brown g.
Edward Pierrspont was one of the
counsel for the Stockholders The case
Is BOW ia the Supreme Court of the
United States, and tue $4,000 is still in
the pocket of VIM. A Wheeler, the Re-
publican candidate for President. By
the way, what income tax did VIM. A.
Wheeler pay from 1865 to 1852 He
certainly gos the 10000, and if it could
not be called earnings it was surely
buth income and net profit.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12
The Elections.
OHIO AND INDIANA.
CONFLICTING TELEGRAms.

We have seen conflicting teIegrams
from these Ssates, some Indicating Dem
ocretic success, while others. show Re
publican gains. Notbiog definite can
be ascsuainsd until full count is made,
as The seutsst is4eIoss= and viii require
exact additions.
Tho telegraph wires being controlled
by Republican, sympath,zsrs the frat re-
ports must be receive ed with many grains
Of allowance. The following is the latest
up to last night Special to the BULLETIN
from the Appeal Office, Memphis:
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. II, 1876.
Indiana doubtful yet, and Ohio so
close We cannot tell how it has gone.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12
ROBSON AND SOME OTHERS

Secretary Robson continues to d.
rect the Jersey canvass from the Cattell
mansion at Monmouth Beach, that is,
the house called his, but the Cattels
built it and paid for it, and put it in his
name. The New Jersey politicians hold
some weekly rendezvous there, but the
Secretary ia extending his plan of Oper-
ations to other States, and to Ger tain
extent directing the canvass IN Delaware.
Ia that State Stewars L Woodford CT
New York is the leadlng Radical card.
lie does not speak much 10 his own
State this year, because . reEiEai of the
"Reminiscences OF his participation in the
rlave trade established by testimony
before court some years ago has ren
dered him apprehensive of meeting ;he
fate OF DittenhOffsr, who was driven
out of Ohio by the proof Of his being
an nccompolice of the Whiskey Ring.
and the largest gamer by its operations
under the two duilar tax in New York.
DitteDhuffer was appointed a Judge by
Morg IN, and it turns out that Morgan,
Weed and Senator John Sherman of
Ohio, were the largest Profters by the
scheme which advanced the tax on whls-
key g gaIlon, and exempted stocks on
hand from the operation Of the act. IN
der the s. tax, the Government was de-
frauded out of over six hundred million g
Of dollars, hich is one of the debts of
gratitud> due from the country to such
patriots as Morgan, Seward and John
sherman
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12
Questions for Every One to An
SWer.

Are you troabIed with Indigestion,
Constipation of tae Bowels, Dyspspsia.
or any disease of the Liver? Have YOU
suffered fcc gears and found rsliet
from the use Of medicine Do YOU
have faint appetite, and are you tr5u-
bed with feelings of languor? Ii you
have these feelings We know you hag>
not tried the new discovers, MERREL' )
HEPATINE, at Hammer & Kings drug
store. lt Is pronounced By all as the
best LIVER Medicine in the wOrli. Two
doses Will relieve the worst case of Dys-
pepsia or CONSTIPATION of the Bow
els. Each boFtle contains ffty do-es,
aad teaspOOnful Of this medicine in at
wiueglassfui Of water three Tins a day
or one day. pr iducas a most wonderful
eh ange. Where the system is run down
with loss OF energy and appetite, or Dys-
Pepsia, with all its train Of evil, is effect
ing IS deadly " rk, this remedy, MER-
kEL'S ilEPATINE, never fa:ls T. briar
about a speedy aud permanent cure.
Inoss vino doubt the merit and virtues
OF this medicine, and live from day to
dly without trying the HEPATINE,
have our sympathy, bat can not be cured
unless they take the medicine
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12

B4- Commander Shu(eIdt in charge
of the Bureau of Equipment and Sup
plies of the United States Navy, who is
to be advanced out of his regular turn
of promotion, has a son who is a clerk
with the Walton Bros, Liberty street,
New York. whose chief business is naval
contracts. On all the contracts obtained
by the firm, youRg Shufeldt gets a com
mission The firms caboose contract
was only one instance Of the kind. The
matter has been brought to the item
ton of Secretary RobesOn, but Shnfeldt's $
promotion IS to take place all the same
1t is q singular fact to note that what
ever contracts are awarded, either the
Waltons or a brother-in-law of one of
the partners, who is dummy" manage
20 get it.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12
EDITORIAL INKLINGs.

South Carolina negroes are warmly
supporting TIlden.
The cOlored Senator Bruce, of Miss
issippi, is out for Tildne.
Federal Generals Hancock, Warren
and McClelen are for Tilden.
The New York Herald ADVISES the
colored people to go solid for Tilden and
Hendricks.
Georgia has gone Democratic By
$4,000 majority, and Colquiit has been
elected Governor.
-Casey Young so riddIed Ellridge at
Bolivar that he returned to Memphis to
recover from the castigation.
Bob Ingersoil believes the ere is no
hereafter. The morning after election
he val wish there had been no hereto
fore
Casey Young has made a brilliant
canvass of Hardeman AMI now goes to
Fayette to marshal there the Democratic
host.
Hayes is a member of the American
Allianee--the new know-nothing organi-
z4tion. He would prescribe every for
eigner and Catholic in the country.
That supervising rogue Mulett,
who was discharged by Br1stow, ha,
been mployed by Boss Shepherd for tb
Government and given the pay of SI2
per day and s. extra for board. Suca
is Grantism.
What would those firm and stern
patriots who gathered about the bllzing
fagors in the dark hours of the old Revo-
luton have thought If some prophetic
vision had shown them what we all see
now2 Might not their hearts have fail
ed? Might not Henry's fiery speech
have drivelled into freezing indifference?
IF Edwin D. Morgan, the Republi-
eau candidate for Governor Of New York.
would return to the United States the
money he has uHjustIy obtained from it.
he would not have any money left for the
corruption fund in Indiana and Ohio
He has always played Fagin to the Re-
publican ring thieves. Orth was a ras-
cal, but not rich, conseque ntlY be bad
to withdraw. Morgan, q man much
more experienced iu rascaliry, is kept in
the field because he can furnish the only
Radical rgument-pleuty of money.
-Leonidas arrested the Persian in-
vader, Wallace at Sterling and Bruce at
Bannockburn, preserved the honor aud
herOism of Scotland. William Tell drove
tyranny and despotie N from Switzerland
and established a Republic amid her
Alpine silver lax =, the "embattlsd
famers" of Lexington and Yorktown
BUNDLED the English lion, and now, nv
! cOuntrYmen, let the indignant and
aroused freemeu of our land not with
the bayenet but with the ballot come
forward in November and save our i'm
periiled Union. Let Tilden be our Tell.
United States Senator Bruce, color
ed, of Mississippi, said upon the floor
of the Senate, THAT President Grant
was not only hypoerite but liar, who
had made promises in words to break
them in acts" That he (Bruce) chad
been led to look upon the Republican
lea~ers as the true friends of the South,
but he could freely say that in his iudg-
ment they were hypocrites." Let this
outburst of indignation pass from lip
to lip that the eoIOred people throughout
the South may know the judgment
passed upon Grantism by distinguish
ed representative of their race.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12

Sheridan mot Phill one day being
dressed in a very handsome pair Of new
boots, met a friend, when the following
dialogue ensued:-''Those are handsome
boots, Sherry, who made them r. "Hoby."
"How did you prevail on him p "Guess.' -
IL suppose you talked him over in the
old way "No-that won't do. now"
Then, when they came home you order
ed half a dozen pair more i' "No."
..Pcrhaps YOU gave a check on TanmeT-
zlay, which you knew would not be hon
0red p No, no, uO-iu short. you might
guess till to-mor~osy, before yon hit It; ]
n il fer them -
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12
ART GALLERY,

also known as Memorial Hall, is 300
feet no; thwsrd Of Main Exhibition
Building. It is a thoroughly fre-proof
building of granite, glass and iron. and
designed to remain as permanent me-
morial Of the Nations fr~t Centennial
anniversary, aud a repositarg for paint
ings, statuaTy. aud other orxs Of art
The building is 365 fees by 2IO feet so
feet in height, has a spaciors basement
ana is surmOunted by a dome. IT,
dome rises from the centre Of tie lice,
100 feet from the ground The large
figure on the dome persorates Columbia
The figure at the corner typify the four
corners of the giIbe. The entrance Is
by three arched dOOrways, each 40 feet
high and Is feet wide, opening into a
hall The maid corniee is surmounted
cy q balustrade with candle brass
Each pavilion displays a window 80
feet high and 10 feet wide.
More anon, CARxATloN.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12

PALATABLE MEDICINEs.-Ayer's Cherry
PICTORIAL Il honeyed drop Of relief;
his Cathartic Pills glide sugar@shod over
TIE palate; AM his Sarsaparilla is a nee
tar that imparts vigor to life, restores
the health aud exDels disease. I Water
ford PA } Advertiser
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12
Memphis and Return.
Every Day Except Sunday.
MaMPHIS AND CHARLESTON
AND THE-
New Orleans, st. Louis and Chicago
RAILROADS,

A through train leaves Jackson, Bolivar,
and all in teTmedirte stations, every morn
ing fer Memphis, returning same even
ing, with following time table:
TO MEMPHIS:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12

This train stops at all regular stations,
and a. flag stations when necessary.
Round Trip Tickets on sale at Mem
phis, to Bolivar and jackson, at reduced
rates. NJ. :. JAY,
ma65S Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agt
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12

The rates quoted via Norfolk includes
meals aud staterooms on the Old Domin-
ion steamers, between Norfolk and New
York. This is indeed a splendid route
for excursionists.
NJ. s JAY,
General Passenger aud Ticket Ag't
maY2j
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12
NEW YORK
AND OTHER E4 STERN CIFI ES
wETaoUE CRANaHI

This IS the only line running Pullman
Southern Sleeping Cars from New Or
leans, Mobile, jackson, Miss, Aontyom-
cry, Grenada. Decatur, jackson, Tenn,
and Nashville To Cincinnati without
change, connecting at that point with all
lines running Pullman aud Wtgner
Palace Sleepers to Toledo Detroit, irand
Rapids, Baltimore, Washington, s -ndus-
ky, CIeveland Buffalo, ALBANY, SAIaman--
ca, and New York without change.
This is the only line running its entire
trains bet6sen Louisville and Cincinnati
and the only line by which passengers
from the South en- route 10 Eastern and
Northern cities (not in through Sleeping
Cars) can avoid a tedious haul through
The city of Louisville, by changing cars
at the Short Line Junction with l. s. o.
: K r three miles south Of the city.
where an elegant diuing ball u located
under tie management Of the Railroad
Companies.
Through sleepers from Atlanta, Chat
tanooea, Little Rock Merophis snd Vioks-
burg, make dis eet connection ~ Short
Line junction with through Sisepers to
New York. Philadelphia, and other ciies
via this line
During tho Centennial
Exhibition at Philadelphia Tickets via
Line will be soli at all tiekos OHices 10
the South and Southwest &C greatly re-
duced rates.
ASK FOR TICKETS VIA
Louisville and the Short Line
The snly Line Tnnning through care to
Eastern Cities. For ssl- &C a. the
Tirket Offices in the South AL
Southwest
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12
MACHINERY HALL.

This Is 542 feet from Main Exhibition
Building; it is l ,402 feet long aHd 800
feet wide, and has an annex on the
south 2USx2l0 feet 1t is extremely at.
tractive in appearance, durable IN con
structIon, AMI covers about IA acres.
Along the south side are placed the
bOiler-hOuses and small buildings for
epecial kinds of machinery The west
ENTRANCE aft rds the most direct commu-
uIcatiOn with Georges Hill, which point
affords the best view of the entire Exhi-
nItIon Ground. Including the upper
floor, the building provides IA acres of
Hour space. The principal portion OF
the structure is one story In height,
the interior height TO the top of the
ventliators in the avenues being 20 feet,
and 10 the aisles 40 feet. The prone
nades In the avenues are Is feet in
width, IN the aisles 10 feet. The snper-
structure consists of soid timber col.
umns, supporting roof trussei, construct
ed with straight wooden principals and
wrought iron tiles and struts The QUEER
walls are built Of masonry, to the height
Of feet, and above that are composed of
glazed sash placed between the columns.
Portions of the sash are movable for
veEtilatiOn. Louvre ventilators are in
troduced in continuous lengths over
both aYeaues and aisles
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-10-12
STATIONS.
NORTH.

The Louisville, Paducah and South
western Railroad connects at EOrtonvill0
with st Louis & Southeastern Railroad.
At Louisville with lines diverging for all
points North and East.
Take tickets, ana ship your freight via
Fulton and Paducah for Louisville and
the East. EDWARD p. WILSON,
Gen. Freight and Passenger Ag't,
Louisville, Ky.
D. f. WHTTCoMB, Genl Sup't. jelly