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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14
A Firm that Doesn't Want Southern
Trade.

The following letter has been address
ed to Business firm in Cincinnati. It
iS sslf-exp 'anatory:
BIRyINGHAM, Ala, Nov 81, 1876
Messrs. P. Powell 4 Sons, 238 Main
street, Cincinnati, 0hio-Sirs: Since or
dering the double barrel shot gun from
your firm, l have seen the gratuitous
ventilation which the Louisville Courier
Journal gives you for the unwarrantabIe,
treacherous and dishOnorable use which
yos made of the order of South Caro-
lima gentleman for pistol After send
ing the pistol receiving and pocketing
the money therefor, you hand the order
over to a Radical newspaper for pGblica-
ton, as evidence that the eitiKans OF
South Carolina were purchasing arms to
carry the State by force for the Demo C.
racy.
The merchant who would thus baseIy
prostitute and misuse the private orders
of bis customers is utterly unworthy of
confidence, and his house should be
marked and Stunned hereafter by the
Southern people as they would a house
cursed with the plague. The gun or
dered came to-day per express; but lest
yOu publish my letter ordering it, as
evidence that | am arming with the in
tent of going to Louisiana to "innmi-
date Kellogg, Grant i Co.'S Returning
Board to an honest count, have thought
it prudent to leave the gun in the ex-
press Office subject to your order
Yours, etc, Geo. l.. THOMAS.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14
GEN. 3. p. NEELY.

We are informed that this distin-
guished railroad official has had his
railway jurisdiction extended. Now tb g
line over which he will have control ex,
tends from Cairo, Ill, to Canton, Miss.
This is a deserved compliment to a
public spirited and enterprising citizen
General Neely is a quiet, bat energetic
worker, and his careful concern in ali
the minute details of railroad work
has Injured to the economical admins
tration of the Tennessee Division of the
Mississippi Central, and has made his
Receivership corplets aud profitable
success to the State of Tennessee. His
success as a railroad manager is appre-
ciated by capitalists, and they seek to
utilize still further his services.
Personally, we congratulate him on
this renewed appreciation of his ability,
and as citizens of Bolivar We are glad
that We have in our midst a man we'll
prepared to develop the material re
sources of our section, and who has at
heart the prosperity and advancement
of this immediate locality.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14
INTIMIDATION IN VERMONT.
Discharge ANY of Your Subor di
mates Who Votes the Democratic


Rutland, Vt, special to the New York World.
The following letter was sent by the
superintendent of the Howe Sewing
Machine Company FROM Rochester. n
Y, to their agent at Rutland, Vt, just
before the late election. In Its bias aud
intent 1t is a disgrace to any civilization,
and deserves the righteous Indignation
OF ell lovers of fair play ami justice:
ROCHESTER,, n. Y, Nov. 3, 1876.-TO
the Rutland Office: We wish you to
discharge any of your subordinates Who
vote the Democratic ticket. We be-
lieve that the success of the Democratic
party will be the ruin Of our country
and business, and will not support any
one Tho will not stand by Us in this.
This is a struggle between the intelligent
portion of the community aud the ignO-
rant aud roughs and roWdies of the
cities
Mr.. stockwelI fully cOncurs with me
IN the above.
(Sipned) GEO. B. PETTIBoNE
Write to ali your agents to the above
effect and what We ish.
(Signed) GEO 3. PEFTiDoNE
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14
THE PRESS.
The First Step Towards Impeaoh
ment,
From tn. New York World.


The Democratic House has taken the
frst essential etep towards the restora-
ton in this country of Government of
Law under the Constitution. A com
mittee of seven members was appointed
December 6, with Mr.. Hewitt as chair
man, TO report on the expediency of i'm
pesching President Grant The action
strikes directly at the root of that great
evil the shadow of which now darkens
the country, distuIbs the minds of all
thinking men, and arrests the life of
enterprise end industry For the first
time in our history we are now con-
fronted with the shame and peril of a
disputed succession to the Presidency.
What Is it which has brought this dis
aster upon u&2 Immediately it springs
from this disputed returns of the votes
cast ior Presidential election in certain
States; but vi hat does this dispute spring
from?
Primarily, the evil springs from the
unlawful interference of the Federal
Government with the free and lawful
and orderly strife of parties in the States
In q estipn Withdra8 such iuteEfer-
ence; let these States, like the rest, gov
ern them selves through the unfetter0d
contest of parties. restrained only by
the constitution and the laws, and the
evil will cease. Continue such interfer-
ence, and 20 change iu the mode of
Clectisg the President will remedy the
evil, for whether the President be
chosen by electoral districts, by States,
or by the whole body of the people,
without respect to State lines, the votes
must be returned, and tbe returns may
be falsifed, and ordinarily will be faIsi-
fed, by State authorities unserupulous
and audacious enough to shut out in
spectiOn and cut off appeal, when sus-
tanned by the Federal army, under con
troll of a parry in sympathy with those
authorities and as INSCRIPTIONS and u
daciOus as they. Not Ia this way can
an end be put to the evil.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14
VILLAINY oVERREACHING IT
gELF

The incredible has happened; the i'm
possible has been accomplished The
deed that seemed too daring has been
dons-and, fortunately, overdone. The
Louisiana Returning Board have over
reached themselves, as most rogues do
The fraud they have perpetrated is too
stupendous TO be endured or accepted
even by Republicans. If they had
made HAYES majority IN the State few
hundreds, or possibly a thousand; If
they had allowed the majority on joint
ballot in the Legislature less ridiculous;
had given the State to Nicholas for
Governor, or had allowed the Democrats
the Congressmen to which they we're
justly entitled, the outrage would not
have seemed 80 giaring and great nun
hers Of honest people might have be-
Iieved that this count was honest. But
in their greed they overdid the thing
Tilden's majority in the State, throwing
out all the so-called ''bulldozed' parishes,
was still 1000 Throwing out these
parishes, therefore, and counting the
vote of the rest of the State, therefore,
where no intimidation was alleged,
would still elect Tilden President 1t
was necessary to adopt some other plan.
What that plan was the correspondent of
the New York Tribune tells US as fol-
lows "The Returning Board in compil.
ing the figures of the election has not,
except in one or two cases, rejected the
the entire vote of parishes, but have
thrown out boxes in precincts where
bulldoEing has been claimed to have
been most general, and counted those
where the negroes voted in great mum
hers under the protection of the United
States soldiers. For instance, in most
of the parishes of this State the eolored
voters were advised TO pass their votes
at county seats aud large towns, where
they would be protected by troops. The
white men voted in the precinct where
they lived. The vote of the former has
been counted, on the ground that the
SIsOtOu III 1uou was iIGSi "ulie tHe NO'S
in the latter was thrown out for intimi
dation." In other words where there
VAS a heavy Republican vote, the vote
was counted; whers there was heavy
Democratic vote, the vote was thrown
oud
As we have already said, it is fortunate
that this thing has been so moEstrOuslY
oVerdone. Now, no honest or decen
"spublioan can shut his eyes to the fac
at the awful wrong has been perpe
ited,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14
Sherman's Louisiana Report.
From the New York Herald.


The President sent into both Houses
of Congress the other day the report
made to him By Senator Sherman and
other distinguished Republican poli;;-
clans on the canvass of the vote for
electors in Louisiana. If President
Grant had requested prominent Demo-
Gratis, as well as prominent Republicans,
to visit New Orleans and watch the ac-
tiuu of the Returning Board; or if the
Republicans who went at the Presidents
invitation I'd united with them in their
work the distinguished Democrats pres
ent in New Orleans On a similar mission,
the Sherman report would not be open
to the objection nuss justly urged against
it Its statements, even -Hough they
may be truthful. are impaired By = fact
that they are admi tedly the statements
Of strong Republican partisaus. They
will be further damaged by the endorse
ment of the notorious Louisiana Re-
turning Board, with which Senator Sher-
man has thought fit to accompany them.
it is too late in the day to attempt to
give the Louisiana Frscals a good char
acter. They stand impeached by Re
pub!iCans as dishonest men, capable OF
altering or forging election returns.
They have been branded 10 special
message by President Grant; branded by
an In poriana com mittee of the Republi-
can United States Senate; branded by
two committees cf the Republican II ouss
of Representatives. 1t would have been
better if the document presented to Con
gress had been fair, impartial report
made By men of both political parties
ana free from partisan prejudice and
zeal 1t would haYe been better for the
Sherman report, such as 1t is, If it had
not been accompanied by laudatiGn of
the, notorious Louisiana Returning
Beard.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

In the Chancery Court of Hardeman
County, Tennessee. No GA r. ID
Martina n Erwin vs. Felix G. Erwin
Petition for divorce.
In this cause it appearing from the
petition of complainant, which is sworn
to that the defendant, Felix e. Erwin is
q nonresident of the State of Tennessee,
and resident Of the State of Alabama.
IL is therefore ordered by the undersign-
ed Clerk and Mas CT, that be make his
appearance, herein, at the Court Hous-,
in the town of Bolivar, Tennesses, on or
before the 2nd Monday in January, 1871,
and plead, answer or demur to said petit
ton, or the sans will be taken for CON
fessed and set for hearing eXparte and
that copy of this order be published
once a week for four successive weeks in
the Bolivar BULLETIN
This 18th day Of December, 1876.
A copy.
Attest: JAMES FENTRES5, JR.,
Clerk and Master
Jesse Normsnt, solicitor for complain
ant. .desl4 4t
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

The electoral vote of Oregon deter
mines the election of Tilden and Hen
dTicks, giving them 185 votes, the con-
stitutional majority. The proceedings
of the Electoral College of Oregoa were
strictly in accordance with the laws Of
that State, and the vote was cast and
certified according to law.
If, as has been claimed by the Repub-
licans, Congress has no power to go be-
hind the returns from the seyera! States
then Tilden and Hendricks must be de-
clared elected by the Vice President.
If, en- the other hand, the Senate and
House of presentatives determine
that they have the right to 60 behind the
certified vote of the State of Oregon
then they must look into the validity oi
tn vote as certified from the States cI
Louisiana, South Carolina and Florida
In that case, as the actual vote in al
three States was cast for Tilden and
Hendricks, Congress must decide thai
the electoral vote of those States be
given as the majority of the people
voted. thus electing Tilden and Hen
dricks by 204 instead of IS5 votes
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14
1877. NEW YORK. 1877.

The different editions Of THE sun during the next
year will be the durisE the year just
passed To daily edition will eek days be sheet
four pages and sundays sheet Of eight pages
sheet eight RACES the dimensions
ter that already fam liar to fri mes.
The SUS Will continue to be the strenuous advocate
Of reform and and Of the substitution Of
star esInanship. Wisdo and integrity 70 hollow pre-
im5eeiiity and fraud in the admini- -
lie Affairs It will sOntsnd for the goverEment af
by frauds in the ballot box aud the
ing Of votes emf rced by military viosnce 1t will
deaTOr supply its readers-a body far from
million Of soul sWlth most careful, cOmplee and
trustworthy accounts of current events, ahd will
ploy for this purpose and carefully selected
FtRf Of reporters and correspondents It's reports
and viii doubtless continue deserve snJcy
hatred of those who thrive by Puudrng the Treas
ury by uturPing what the law does not give
while it will eHdeavor merit the confdencs Of the
public BY defending the rights of the people against the
sneroA chments Of uuIustiird power.
The price Of daily will be - oath
S6 so year post PAID with the Sunday edition s. 20
The SUNDAY edition alone eight pages. 81 20 year,
The WEEKLY SUv. eight pages Of Sc broad columns.
viii be furnished during 1877 the rate Of 81 year
post psid.
hs benefit of this large reduction fcm the previous
rate Ter The be enjoyed by individual sub
scrbers without the necessity Of making up clubs At
the time f Of friends choose TO "a in
tending eirculat ion, shall be grateful them
aud every suck person WhO sends ten sub
scrbers from pl viii De eHtiisd to copy Of
the for himself without charge At dollar
wear postage paid the Of paper and printing
barely rePafd considering the size Of the
the quality Of its coateats confident the
pie will consider THE EGEtY SUN the cheapest news
Pspsr published in the world AID We trast also
the very best Address
THE sun, New York City, n. Y.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14
The Biggest Load of Cotton.

Messrs. Brockett & Carter inform as
that the steamboat Grand Republic LETT
Vicksburg for New Orleans at II o'clock
last right, Monday, the 4rh inst with s.
l4S bales Of cotton. This is the largest
load ever carried bT any boat. The
Grand Republic may take some more
cotton whilst on her WAY to this city
NeH Orleans Pic0yvne, Dec. 6.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

CHAMBERLAIN has pardoned all the
members of the Board of Canvassers
who were imprisoned by the Supreme
Court for contempt Judge Bond sustain
him. A conflict between these two au-
thorities is threatened.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

Undersigned having this Gay suggest
ed to the Clerk of the County Court the
insolvency of the estate of A. w. Fits,
deceased. All persons having claims
against his estate are hereby notified to
fiie the satne, dolly proved and authenti-
Gated according TO law, with the Clerk OF
the County Court of Hardeman county,
Tennessee, By the llth day Of June,
1877, or the same will be forever barred
Ia Law and equitg.
JAMES s. LAMBERT,
Administrator Of the estate of A. ".
F'itts, deceased. decl4 #
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

The Louisville Courier-JOurnaE spe-
cial Washin gt0n correspondent, says
Tilden is determined to be inaugurated
as President, and that the DEN ocrats in
Congress are resolved to pursue bolder
and more energetic noIiev.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
Bolivar, Tenn, Dec. IA. Is76.
SUPREME COURT DECISION
BELL COUNTY CASE.

Frank Fentress, Esq, of Bolivar, re-
ceived on Tuesday evening, a telegram
from Jackson, announcing that the Su-
preme Court had affirmed Chancellor
Livingstone decision in the Bell county
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

IT is rumored that the Radicals pro-
pose coup d etat by seizlng Washing
ton, March 4th, like the French did Paris
when they seized that city to project a
Napoleonic revolution.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14
A Vote that Can be Counted Out

Taking that great belt of States which
extends from the Connecticut river to the
Mississippi. namely, the States of Con.
necticut, New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, we
have two Gfths of the population and
three-iourths of the welth aud power of
the Union. No other body of Sta es sur
pass these IN intelligence, in resources,
or in patriotism. These States cast T3E
out of the $50 Electoral votes of the
whole Union. A fact to be remembered
is that in the election of November last
Samuel j. Filden received a majority of
the aggregate popular vote cast ia these
seven great States. -Nel0 York Sun.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

honest returns in accordance with the
Constitution, bow to the majesty of the
law, and then every citizen will feel a
renewed confidence in our institutions,
and the whole world will hold US in
higher respect and honor.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

HEwIrF so tangled Grants mind that
he said "He didn't care a damn for the
Supreme Court His Excelleney is
bilious over the election frauds.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

THOsE three Congressional Commit
tees are at work IN the South overhaul
ing those election returns, hence all is
quiet along the lines.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

THOSE distinguished Northern Demo-
Gratis, Palmer, Trumbull, Bigler, Smith,
Julian and Watson, who visited Louisiana
in the interest of fair count, have
made sn able and exhaustive address to
tie far-minded men of the country. 1t
silenees Senator SheEman's mendacious
report.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

The Senate, through committee. is to
review the late election in Oregon, Ala
bama, Mississippi and Georgia.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

II is SAID that Grant is resolved to
perpetuate the power of the Republican
party irrespective of all political conse-
Quenees
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

A DEMoORATIO Legislature in Louisiana
is to be set up as in South Carolina, and
General Nichols to be installed Cover
nor.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

A PLOT has been discovered among the
negroes at Abbeville, South Carolina,
to indiscriminately murder the whites.
Sixteen have been arrested and are IN
iail.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

CoNGREss will adjourn for the hoIi-
days on the I5th.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

JOHN MoRRIssEY declares all pools on
the Presidential election off.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14
TILDEN AND HENDRICKS
ELECTED.

The Electoral Colleges met at the
Capitals of the several States on the 9th
inst, aud voted for President and Vice
President of the United States, with the
following result:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

GRANTS impeachment hangs fire.
Rightly so.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14
The Best Cotton Ever
Planted in Texas.
Two to Four Bales per Acre

up lands; and will furnish numbers Of good cert r.
Gates tsstifyiDg to the absve all who will send
their and address also circulars with full iufoF
mstica And 1 again offer these seed for sale and
refer 20 the guaran
the ssed to be fresh and genuine And this
travelling agents but zeal directly
ith the farmer allowing them make the commission
heretofore given agents. enabled TO put the
seed down % the follow z prices
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14
AND THE-
New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago
RAILROADS,

A through train leaves Jackson, Bolivar
and all ia utermedirte statiens, every mora
ing for Memphis, returning same even
ing, with fo,lowiBg time table.
TO MEMPHIS.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

This train stops At All regular stations,
and a. Tag ststions when RscessaFy.
Round Trip Tickets on sale at Mem
phis, TO Bolivar and Jackson, at rei1eed
rates M. :. Jay.
may25 Gen. Pess and Ticket a ct.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14
1ERCAMTILE.
Dry Goods.

A DAMS, WELLONS & CO, west
n side public square, Bolivar TeRr.
A RMISTEAD 4 POLK, Bills block,
NAeast side public square, Bolivar, Tenn.
II KAHN & SONS, southwest corner
H. public square, Bolivar, Tenn.
T A. WILSON, south side Pablic
= . square, Bolivar, Teua.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14
Bolivar Business Directory.

Business Cards. not exceeding ) lines
inserted IN this Directory, at So 90 pc
annum.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

Thus giving Tilden and Hendricks the
COnstitutionatmajority.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14

And / warn people against buTing reed fTOn any
agent TOR viii have agents except for
myself and the olly place you get the Chsatham
Cotton Seed warranted and genuine. and direct
from the proprietor will Sc from my "ce in Houston
and if yOI buy agents peddiing them, you have
risk them being the Cheathsm seed. VI this pro
tect both ourselves and the farmer from being imposed
upon by numerous agents who will doubtless food the
proposing sell the Cheatham Cotton Seed and
claiming to be authorized age nts Of
CLUB RATES AND TERMS
Any getting up club take FIVE bushel Of seed
aud sending 500 o. cash. viii send him bushel
cash, viii send the gs-ter up two buskei extra.
Our terms before will cash aud order to save
o. D. express charges require the cash accompany al
orders.
Money be by post office money order. regis
tered letter by and the seed viii be shipped
by freight express directed except the dollar
packages, which viii send by mail
To Grange Masters or SecFe-
tarieS
Who desire get up their Oranges will
special arrau gemeRs if they will apply Also
parties Uesiring to canvass for orders
Parties ordering for club must send the and
address Of each party and the Of seed they take
ship direct to each if they prefer Il,
will sh IL all the seed together reliable merchant.
which viii T. Ike the freight lighter
Be sure to send your address for pamphlets eircu
lars, ETC., and Vrder early the supply VII be limited
j. Y. CHRISTIAN. General hgent,
Box 500. HOUSTON. TFxAs
once up stairs. opposite the Postoaice. dea7 sn
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14
MIN RESIDENT NOTICE.

THE Sun, New York City, n. Y.
dscTl 6t
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-12-14
TNsOLVENT NOTICE.

Jesse Normsnt, solicitor for complain
ant. .decl4 4t