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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

lature for an en"bling act and admission of
New Mexico as a state. Referred. Bfr.
Goodin asked leave ~ nffAf : resb1Atiotl
declaring that the people of the United States
constitute a nation to the extent and for the
purposes defined in the federal constitution;
that the rights and powers of the United
States government are defined and limited by
the federal constitution, and cannot be en-
larged or diminished Bxsept By amendments
Is the constitution. Sir. Hatnilt5h ana others
objected. Alf. Springer Introduced bills IL
prohibit American citizens from holding
states in fhFPigh Countries, aid to regulate
elections in Utah territory: Referred. Mr..
HuntOn, from the committee on revolutionary
pensions, reported a bill to amend an act Of
14th of February, 1871, pensiOning soldiers
of 1872, and to restore tn the pension rolls
thtss be-sths whose iiatnes were stricken
therefroisi in consequence of dislOyalty. Re-
ferred. Mr. Barnum offered resolutions for
the appointment of a committee to take
order for experimenting the funeral of Mr..
ii. II. Starkweather, late member from Con-
heUhGht, and that his remains be removed to
EOrwalk, Conn.,, under the charge of the
saFgeant-at-arms and attended by the com
mittee, and that as an additional mark Of
respect the house do nov adjourn. The res
olutiOns were agreed to, and the house
adjourned.
The hotise, on the 2Hth. ihet ds if iii
committee OF the whole for general debate
no business whatever to lie transacted. Vert
few of the seats ar thC Nehiijefs were 6Ccu-
pied. Mr.. Sch1eiseher opened the debate
with speech on the financial question. He
advocated a speedy return to coin basis;
which he held could alone give that conf
depCe necessary to sscttrb Investment of eaijs
ftal and consequent business. He would first
resume payment of the fractional currency
next June, redeemihg S1,OO0,0OO a motith,
beginning with the smallest dehOminatiOn:
Jnen he would commence to redeem legal
tenders next November, by selling $1OOOO,-
600 of gold or silver monthly for iegaI-tender
notes; ueStr0Sins oil the redeemed CURRENCY,
and this plan he would keep up till 1t was all
destroyed. He calculated this could be done
in three and a half years without any shock
to business and then there would be left
national bank circulation, redeemable III gold
and silver, on demand. Speeches on finances
were also made by tIessfs. Ward and Camp
bell, and against protective tariff by Mr.
Mills. and then the house adjourned.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10
Ice Prospects.

So far this winter no ice has been gath
cred along the Hudson river, and as the
season has advanced considerably, with
continued unfavorable weather, the pros
poets for a full crop are considered poor.
The season for storing ice generally COM
mences about the end of December and
ends when the houses are filled, early IN
February. All the large ice companies
and dealers were about to commence the
harvest at the usual time this season,
when the mild weather came and de
strOyed the ice which had formed up to
that time.
There arc probably from 5000 to 5000
men along the Hudson waiting for the
work of gathering ice, and considerable
suffering is reported among some OF
them. The ice dealers of this city have
ON hand a considerable quantity and in
the poorest season manage to obtain a
good supply, although obliged to secure
it from remote points.
The ice business has gone up from
small beginnings to be one of the largest
minor industries OF the country. 1t
employs A capital Of over S2O,OOO,OOO,
and the aggregate sales Of ice are more
than $50, 900, 900 Forty years ago the
capital invested was less than 100000,
and the aggregate sales not more thah
$125,0OO.
Over one hundred thousand tons are
exported to southern cities and foreign
countries. As many persons are aware,
the ice-houses are huge buildings, from
one to two hundred feet in width and
from two hundred to four hundred feet
in length, generally Of wood, though
sometimes Of brick, with double, triple!
quardruple walls, the interstices packed
with some non conducting substance
such As spent tan bark, saw-dust, etc.
with doors closing tightly on each floor
but no windows, and with incline plane:
movable and adapted to each story
without as well as within, and iii the
case Of the larger houses a steam elevator
is EMPLOYED 10 drag the blocks up the
inclined planes and lower them on the
inside. During the harvest season the
work Of gathering ice is pushed vigor
ously, and at some Of the large ice-house'
500 tons are harvested in On hour
Albany EUeHiHg J0rUaGL.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10
DeiaZet.

French papers overflow with anecdotes
respecting the lamented and popular
Deiazet She was a great admirer of
the first Napoleon, and when she heard OF
the second marriage Of Marie Louise she
exclaimed, Indignantly: How could
she? If that great hero had ever 50
much as kissed my hand | never should
have washed it again y
Once, when she was at Caen, she took
a fancy to visit the market on a market
day. There, among the noisy pdysGnncs,
who were crying their wares and disput-
ing the prices thereof in their loudest
tones, she noticed one who was the most
active and popular Of them all, and whose
face seemed strangely familiar. DeJazet
was about to approach her, when the bell
of the market sounded the signal for
closing. The market-woman climbed
into her cart, whipped up her horse, and
disappeared. Her face, however, haunted
the actress 50 persistently that, finding
out that she occupied a small farm not
far from Caen, Dejazct resolved to pay
her a visit On arriving ut the farm,
she found its proprietress in Tue act Of
peeling carrots for soup. On beholding
Deiazet she started to her feet with q
shrek, and carrots, knife, and all, went
rolling on the ground.
Virginie 7" she cried.
Theodore :" exclaimed her visitor,
who in the market-w0man recognized
one Of the former stars of the Gymnase,
the beautiful and gifted Madame TheO-
dore, who, wearied Of her profession and
its triumphs, had ten years before quilted
the stage and disappeared from Paris.
The two former comrades embraced each
other warmly. Drawing Dejazet into
her little parlor, she pointed out to her
the wreaths of silver and Of gilded
laureIs that hung against the wall, the
sole remaining relic of a brief and brill
liant rarenr-
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10
LATEST NEWS.
sDs-FH Ann wEST.

The annual death-rate In New Orleans
Of negroes is double that of whites.
FOrty-three carloads of iron for the
extension Of the Trans Continental railway
have just been received At Sherman, Texas.
Bob Hatton," the premium hog of
Wj'seh county, Tenn, weighs eleven hun
dred and forty pounds, and is by no means
fat.
Work is to commence at once oA the
forty mile gap between Little Rock and Pine
Bluff, on the Little Rock, Pine Bluff and
New Orleans Railroad.
Aagustan, a negro, is the man who
assassinated ex Senator Offutt, of st. Laun-
dry parish, Louisiana. The murderer was
pursued into a swamp, but viii probably be
captured.
The new census OF Texts shows that
the state has population OF about one mil
lien, two hundred and seventy-fve thousand
as compared with population of eight hun
dred and eighteen thousand five hundred
and nineteen III 1870.
California's wine product ia 1875 s
stated at eight millions of gallohs. The snp-
ply is greater than the demand. The makers
have, in convention, decided that two-thirds
Of it might be proftably made into brandy if
the government would reduce the tax,
Sioux Indians, under Sitting Bull, at
tGcked white party hear Fort Pease, on
Yellowstone river, January 2d, killing one
man and wounding five, besides cutting of an.
other party of nine men. The Indians arr
several hundred strong, and It tMaa feared the
entire garrison would be massacred unless
speedily assisted.
Captain Eads, In recent report, says
that there are only one hundred more mat
tresses to be laid to bring the ietties up to
| lOw-tide level, and to obtain twenty feet of
water on the bar; that over a million cubic
| yards of earth or deposit have already been
excavated from the bar between the ietties,
/ and that two million more yards will increase
the depth to over twenty feet,
Robert Austin, possessed of a fendish
desire to kill somebody, and not particular
as to his victim, deliberately murdered
Henry Greene, who had invited Austin to
his house to stay all night, in White county,
| Tennessee, last Sunday night After hfihg
the first and fatal shot, as the body was fall
ing, Austin steadied it with one hand and
drove q bullet crashing through the dead
mans temple, the blood and brains spatter
ing over the murdered and the murderer
alike. But Austin was not yet satisfied witt
his iendish work. Still holding the body
up in his grasp, he sent a third ball through
Greene's heart, pushed the mutilated corpse
from him, leaped upon his horse and rode
away.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10
Cameron's March Across Africa.

Madeira correspondence Of the London
Telegraph gives further details respect
ing Lieut.. CamcrOn's expedition. The
gallant explorer, in traveTsiDg the
breadth Of the entire continent, from
Zanzibar TO Angola, met on the whole
with a favorable reception from
the natives. He reached Benguella
on the 7th and Loandaon the 18th
of November, with tifty-seven easo
coast men, all in good health. It
was Cameron's intention to remain at
Loanda until an opportunity arrived for
sending his men home around by the
Cape TO the east coast. Of course, the
especial interest attaching TO his mission
Is the great question Of the connection Of
the Congo with the great eastern lakes.
It appears that he followed ii large river
flowing out Of Lake Ianganyika in q
southwesteriy direction, tracing its
whole course till he came upon a new
lake, which be named Livingstone"
From this body OF water a second large
river runs westward, which the Heuten-
ant, having traced it for a considerable
part Of its length, believes to be the
Congo. It would seem that be was una
bic to continue along the river on ac-
count Of meeting a tribe Of hostile na-
tives. He had to choose between hght-
ing his way through these untrlcndly
tribes. with the risk OF losing all his
Journals and papers, or of taking differ
ent direction. The latter alternative
see med preferable, and though II pre-
vented the absolute veTIhcatlOn OF his
important discovery, he has personally
NO doubt that the stream flowing ont of
Livingstone Lake and Congo are one
and the same.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10
FROMwAsHINGTON.

The investigation of the Alaska Com
merciaI company viii result, It IS said, in an
nulIing the existing contract and leave the
secretary of the treasury free to advertise
for new proposals. The Alaska purchase
cost the government, at currency rates, Sio'-
OOO, 600, for which less than three per cent.
interest is obtained in the letting of the seal
fisheries. Responsible parties are willing to
pay,six per cent, on the amount invested for
the privilege OF taking seals on the islands Of
ST. Paul and st. George.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

SEVERAL years ago noted highway
man was arrested in the south Of Ireland
and curiosity drew numbers to the jail
to see the man loaded with irons who
had long been a terror 10 the country.
Among others was a banker, whose notes
at that time were not held in the highest
estimation, who assured the prisoner
that he was very glad 10 see him there
at last. The highwayman, looking up,
replied: "Ah, sir, / did not expect that
from you indeed, I did not, for you
know well that when all the country re-
fused your notes, took them"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

AN English paper rsays that it is thought
IN many quarters that the Jews are going
to purchase the Holy Land of Turkey,
with e view of going there in a body.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

PRoF. TAYLOR LEWIS says that an
idea of Ged who merely started the
universe and then left it to evolution
:" is exceedingly attenuated"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

A LITTLE five-year-old was told by his
grandmother that all such terms as by
golly," "by jingo," by thunder" etc,
were only minced oaths, and but little
better than any other profanity. In
fact, she said, she could tell a proiane
oath by the prefix "by." All such were
eaths. Well, then, grandmother,
said the little hopeful, there's a big
oath in the newspapers, by telegraph. ."
The old lady gave it up.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

The Philadelphia coal exchange has
decided, in consequence of a glut in the
market, to stop all mining from the 9TH of
February to the 1th Of March, inclusive.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

lT is now ascertained that Winslow,
iS'e Boston forger, sailed from New York
for Rotterdam, Holland. He laid his
plans well, as there is no extradition
treaty with that country.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

The school Children Of America an
nually Pay $4,000, 900 for schools books
oi which it is said the publishers pocket
$33, ,Oe0, 700.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

ASNoUSCEMES Announcing the name Of a Per
for County Office, IS; state Once, S0 Federal
0f1ce, SIS. Invariably in advance
Religious, Marriage, Birth and Death notices
eited and viii be willis gly inserted free Of charge.
Obituaries, Masonic and other society notices Of
deaths. etc, viii be charged ten cents per linz.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10
IRISH SONG.

Tas ehits iiossoil= on The bog 5bd the leaves are
off the trees, a.
And the singin' birds have scattered across ihe
stormy
And oh tits winter.
Wild, wild winter,
Wild the lonesome wind Sghin' forever through the
trees.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

The Northampton, Mass, bank rob-
berry, turns out to have been tremen-
dous haHt for the cracksmen. 1t is esti-
mated that over 100000 in money,
stocks and bonds were gobbled by the
robbers.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

Wild the spring the fresh leaves they'll laugh upon
the trees.
And tie litis they'll huttcr back wid their songs
across the seas,
But I'll never rest ia wild thy head on Patrick :
knees
nd for me twill lie winter,
Wild, wild winter,
Wid the lonesome wind sighin' forever through the
trees
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

fios green the leaves wsre sprihgin', how glad th'
birds were siugin'
VIXEN rested in the meadow v4d me head on Pat
fiCks knets.
a iId on twas spTiRg-time,
Sweet, sweet spring-time,
Wild de daisies all danCin' before me in the breeze
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

MIR. MENzTEs, who has just published
a valuable work on forests in England,
says that lightning never strikes dead
trees, but always selects the strongest,
and those full of sap. 1t is we'll worth
knowing that the ivy often acts az
lighbing conductor.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, IT,, con-
tributes an article to the Atlantic Month
ly' in which some interesting statistics
are given, showing that the deaths by
raii are lower than from almost any other
cause. For instance, he shows that more
deaths occur from falling down stairways
nm the city of Boston in proportion to the
population, than occur on the railroads
OF Massachusetts in proportion to the
persons travelling.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

MEssRs. FLOOD & O'BRIEN, managers
of the consolidated Virginia and Cali
fornia mining companies, announce their
determination to send a specimen to the
product of these mines to the centennial
for exhibition. They are preparing to
put working force on their mines large
enough to turn out ten million of bullion.
This will be shipped to Philadelphia in
June. There will be one hundred and
fifty tons of it in the shape of three thou
sand five hundred silver bars; and it will
require train of fifteen cars, bearing
ten tons each, to carry it. This ten mil
lion dollars worth Of silver will be the
product of one months working Of a
crevicc in the earth one thousand two
hundred feet in length. 1t is stated that
the Weld of these two mines for the
present year win be twenty-one million
dollars.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-10

The hanging" question is being in
vestigated in Great Britain in the inter
csts. not of the condemned criminal alone,
bat of humanity. Prof Haughton, of the
university of Dublin, who has given the
subject good deal of attention, repro
bates very strongly The use of any method
which fails to produce instantaneous
death, and recommends a long drop with
the knot under the chin.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-06-02
changes in she River.

Bars are cropping out along the river
in sight Of the bluff. At the foot of
Mound City chute a sand bar now juts
out from the Old Hen Island and
stretches into the river a quarter Of a
mile thereby throwing the current far
into the bend or against the bank Of the
Arkansas shore. Heretofore the chan
mel or deep water was found along the
shore Of the Old Hen at that point where
now a high sand bar has formed as an
obstruction. This is no doubt the effect
of the Devils Elbow cutoff, which shows
what changes have been made as the
river falls. Should this process of bar
formations from the Old Her Island con.
tinue the bend in the Arkansas shore
will continue to deepen or become more
acutely curved aud in'the course Of tim'
Memphis may be like Vicksburg-on
lake-caused by the river breaking
through in the bend above the city anC
passing down through Hopefeld Lake
leaving an island in front Of our city.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-06-02
A E POLITICIAN.
Who theSOuthaFn Democratic Dele.
gates to ST. Louis viii so FOR.

who thesOutheFn Democratic Dele.
gates to 81. Louis viii go For.
New York Sun. 31stl
Gen. Thomas !. ClinEman, Of North
Carolina, is at the Aston House. For
fourteen years previous 70 the war Gen.
Clingman was a leading Southern mem
Der of Congress. He was appointed by
Gov. Bragg, of North Coroliaa, a Sena-
tor in Congress ia 1858, and elected a
Senator by the North Carolina Legisla-
ture in 1860, serving with such men as
JEFF. Davis, Calhoun and other notable
Sothern fire eaters, until Fort Sumter
was fired upon, a year later.
General Clingman, fifteen years ago,
was the first man, intellectually and DO
litically, in North Carolina. When JEFF
ierson Davis lett the United States
Senate to accept the Presidency of the
Confederacy, General Clingman also
left the Senate to take command of a
brigade in the Confederate army. Since
the war he has had but little to do with
politics. Yesterday, in conversation
with a Sun reporter, the General said:
we all look to New York and Wash
ington for news about the Presidential
election. To the Democrats in the
South, Bagard, Hendricks, Thurman,
fTilden or Hancock would be equally ac-
ceptable as a candidate. The Southern
Democre will rely entirely on the judg-
meut of the party North for a candidate.
From my State the delegates will 20 to
St. Louis ~unpledged."
will the Southern delegates insist
upon the nomination of a %Southerner
for Vice-President, General2' asked the
reporter.
"Oh, 40; no former s~lave-owner will
ask or expect the Democratic nominal
ton for Vice. President. The Southern
Democrats know we'll enough that the
Northern Democrats would not vote to
nominate q Southern man for Vice.
President if he were proposed. We will
be perfectly satisfied if we can elect the
ticket, though the candidates are both
from the North"
What is the general opinion Of the
Southern people about a candidateY
asked the reporter.
They will be perfectly satisfied to
see Gov. Tilden nominated. They leave
the choice of a candidate in the hands
of their Northern brethren, and all our
delegates will go to Cincinnati IN
pledged"
who do you think is the strongest
candidate2" asked the reporter.
well, there are several mentioned
: and l am sure that our party in the
South will poll as many votes for one
Democrat that has been mentioned in
connection with The Presidency as fol
another. The World, | see, fayors Gen
. Hancock. | think General Hancock
!. could get as many votes in the South a!
t any other nan from Democrats.
s General Clingman expects 10 be
t delegate to St. Louis. he will 30 IN
piedped.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-06-02
Brieham Youug's Ambition.

From the Galv ton News
Brother Brigham Young,Ssor, as Mrs,
Partington has it, Bigamy Young, is get
ting tired of the intruding Gentiles at
Great Salt Lake, and proposes an exodus
toward the land Of God and liberty, 1t
appears that his pioneers, who have been
spying out the advantages Of new loca-
tons, have already made considerable
preparations for the saints in New Mex
co-established several settlements in
fertile valleys, laid out towns, built
houses, constructed irrigating bitches,
and prepared the way for q large mum,
ker Of other Mormons, who are expected
to follow.
In explanation OF the movement, 1t IS
said that the arrangement was made with
Brigham Young several years ago to 60
10 The region traversed by the route Of
The Texas and Pacific Railroad, settle
upon and occupy it, and ultimately take
H. contract for building that portion O.
the line. 1t is now argued that the re
moyal of a large body Of Mormons TO tht
new settlements is the result Of prepare
atoms 10 resume work upon the road.
The San Francisco Chronicle asserts
that Gov. Axtell, formerly Of Utah, bu
now Governor of New Mexico, has 70
months been quietly working. paving thu
way for the establishment Of a new Nor
mon empire in the latter country, witt
an ultimate view to the occupancy o
old Mexico.