The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-13
Judge Guilds Charge to the Grand
Jury,

Jury.
We give below an extract from the
charge of his honor, Judge Guild, to the
grand jury of the present term of the
circuit court:
/ come now to charge you upon high
misdcmPanOr which Is so common in the
land, and which it is now your high duty
to notice, and bring the offenders to jus
ticc, whOsOcveT they may be. | allUde
to the vicious habit of carrying about
the person concealed weapons. More
than half the homicides which occur
grow out of this debased practice. When
| was a boy, the bullies of one creek
would meet those of another creek upon
the muster ground, ring would be
formed, and a fair fight was had; no con-
cealed weapon was drawn and a citizen
slain; all their muscles were brought into
play, which ended in a Snock-dOwn and
an occasional bite-nO one slain. But,
now, the desperate, with his pistols
buckIed around him, seeks his victim, in
suits an unarmed man sensitive of his
honor, and if he make an effort to repel
the insult, the pistol Is drawn, a new
grave is m2de and a helpless widow and
orphans are left to mourn the loss of hus
band and father This evil practice j.
one of the Of-shOOts of laZiness, and in
disposition to pursue some yirtuOus and
! Iaudablc employment which will always
secure a reasonable living and bring
home to a young man an honest rcpUta-
tion. Whenever young men depart from
! this laUdable course, put on and wear
! broad-clOth, silks, kid-glOvcs and pru-
nellas," attend upon gambling houses and
saloons and idle away their precious time,
! they are sure to fall into vicious habits {:
such characters as those who lUiter about
whisky shops and attend regularly upon
! gambling heils, think themselves dis
graccd if they have never killed their
man." 80 they arm themselves with the
| deadly pistol and seek an occasion in
which to use it, that they may be lion
| lied by the gentler sex, thinking it will
give them position or caste with them,
! who in every age have appreciated
! bravery-but the bravery displayed by
men should be courage exhibited in de
! fense of their country and not the bully
! ism of the murderer. We are fallen upon
evil times-carrying pistOls-dress and
| parade-giviHg entertainments attended
! with the extraordinary expenditures,
| such as 10 honest calling can afford. Too
much extravaganza and too little work
are the fruitful causes of most of the
evils of our time. Genuine miTth and
| virtue are undergoing a decay; in the
cities especially, they are stifcd and be
| coming extinct In this train Of vicious
habits is this disreputable practice OF
| CARRYING concealed weapons. The jurics
Of the country and a virtUOus public
sentiment should Danish this habit from
| the land as they have driven dueling
and the bowie knife beyond the border,
of civilization.
FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS IN THE UNTTEI
/ tSTATEs.-There = are three hundred and ter
German newspapers issued in this coun
try, fifty-eight Of which are published il
PENNSYLVANIA and fifty in New York
The French tongue IS maintained il
twenty-cight papers, Of which five are il
| New York city and mOFC than twice "a
many in Louisiana. scandinavian Is
big word, and the language it signifies j
| a very strange one TO us natives, but ]
mas its place in journalism to the eEten
of nineteen papers, two of which are il
New York, while eight are in Illinois
There are seventeen Spanish newspaper
!. in this country, seven Of which are j.
New York. The importance of tn
Dutch population of Michigan Is show
by the fact that five newspapers ar
{ there published in that tongue, whil
New York has only one. Our Ian
f guages are represented in the Journalist
of America, and even the heather CHI
T nee" has an organ published in IA
2 Francisco. The Chcroke. tribe of In
2 dians also has a small paper issued in il
/ peculiar tongue. There j. a paper /
} New York devoted TO the Jewish il
; terest; but this Is issued in Engiis
instead OF the original language Of tn
a Hebrew.