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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-11-29
Proclamation BY lie Governor,

JAMES d. PORTER, Governor of the
State of Tennessee, to the Voters of
the 9th Senatorial District of Ten
nessee, the Pictorial District COM
posed Of the Counties of Haywood,
1Iardeman and Madison, and the
Counties of Wilson Marshall and
Haywood:
WHEREAS, Vacancies exist in the office Of SEN
W atur in the Furticth General Assembly, for
the sixth District, composed Of the counties of
Bradley, Ioudun MciCS McNIiun, Monroe and Polk,
caused by the resignation of Hon II. \. Chambers;
in the Office uf Floating EgprSsCn tative from the
counties OF uardeman, Madison and Haywood,
caused by the resignation Of Hon George G. Porter;
in the ufire uf Representative for the county Of
Wilson, caused 10y the resignation of Hon. J. +.
Stokes; in the Office of representative for the
county Of Marshall, caused 10y the resignation Of
Hon. W n Cowdiu IN the ofls'c OF Representa- tiVe
for the county Of Hay wu, caused by the resignation
Of Hon. 4. \. Freeman
Therefore by virtue 90 the power and authority
in me vested 10y the Constitution and laws Of the
State, do hereby urirr election 10 be hcld in the
counties of AIcMinn, MrigS, Monroe, LoudOn, Polk
and Bradley, IIardcman, Hay wOpd, Madison Mar
shall and Wilson, on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER LIST. 1877,
to all the vacancies, respectively and the sheriff,
of said counties will on that day op"n and hold an
election AT various voting places in their TespcC-
provided by Law
In testimony whereof, have hercunt,
sct-Iuy official signature, and have
lSS / caused the seal OF the State OF Tennis
80 see to he affixed ut the Executive lie
partment in Nashville, the 9th day
JAMES .. PORTER.
BY the Governor
; a. y f;tHus Secretary Of STATE
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Memphis 3 Charleston Railroad
GOING EAST.

MEMPHIS, Aug, 23.-On and after sept. /, 1877,
the following passenger schedule will be operated
GnTD-G
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The Weekly Sun.

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Death Bed of Gen. Forrest.
Another bright light has gone out Ono by one
the soldiers OF the Lost Cause" cross the river.
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are grouped soTrOwfully around the great Cavalry
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One CUumn .se0O
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The Bail season.

The gay season 81 fashionable society has
uo" begun, and It viii last until Lent comes
IL Il bfi4i period Of pleasure pursued as
business.
Inc crescent ana cross BAH nj the A'm-
'iny oi Music last week. was the INST sf'~L
eV'h' 81 the lashloiaple winter ana IL Is
giatllj ing 10 reflect That while IT furnished
"'nu-"iu'ht' 90 dh opportunity Tor display,
J." hunui"ls 81 Wel'-'l'-eed people II was
also IN" means 81 collecting seven ar 'iSht
Thousand dollars Tor the sex ana woundHd
Turks AMI Russians. Moreover, it gave Us
achane" to show that in tnh cause Of char
lty and humanity distinctions Of race and
rDliS!on do not count in New York, The
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willing TO fund at fifty cents on the dollar,
| sacrificing onc-half their claims for the
sake of being assured the other half. Why,
then, are some of the bonds of this issue
! classed as valid, some a. worthless. and
some as uncertain Tho answer to this
question carries us back to the shameful
corruption in the management OF South
Carolinas finances during the supremacy
of the CHAMBERLAIN Ring.
While honest investors were buying South
Carolina securities Of K1NrToN in Wall
street. KlMproN's confcdcratcs at Columbia
were issuing bonds under laws passed by
hribod Legislatures. and issuing bonds for
which there was no law whatever, as fast IA
they could work their printing presses.
Nobody has ever been able to determine the
exact total Of the debt thrown upon South
Carolina by this gang of thieves. Four
years ago Mr.. PIKE, In his book, " Tho
Prostrate State estimated II at S3O,O0o,OO0.
The State Investigating Committee of 1873
reported IL a. s29,l5s,9i III the three years
1868. 1869, and is7o the American Bank Note
Company alone printed s22,5io0OO of paper
for the CHAMBERLAIN Ring. Bonds that
had been redeemed or refunded were boldly
sent to k1MpToN to be sold over again.
When the limit placed by law upon one
series (the conversion" bonds had been
reached the swindlers began once more at
the beginning numbering the fraudulent
bonds in a different cOlored ink and putting
them on the market side by side with the
genuine. The great seal of the State was
brought North by SCOTT. and an issue Of
bonds was made at one time in n room OF
the Metropolitan Hotel in this city, and Mt
another time In house of Infamous char
actcr and with the assistance of a notorious
woman.
When il became evident that the impover-
ished State could never carry the enormous
burden put upon it, the Republican Lcgisla-
ture OF 1873 passed law repudating about
six millions Of the tainted conversion
issue, and providing for consolidation bonds
at fifty cents on the dollar These CONSOLE
dalton bonds. therefore. represent previous
bonds Of various degrees Of validity, and We
suppose that the Commission, with the as
sistancc of an expert, has cndcavored Ia
trace each bond back to the original claim
upon the state to determine whether it Is
based upon an honest debt, Il doubtful debt,
or Il fraudulent debt.
III" result j. spllleNnal astonishing. ny
the committees report only sl.29l,0)O Of the
debt is recognized a. valid while nearly
100000 is rejected altogether, and $780,
coo Classrd as doubtful"
1t j. possible to overlook the fact that
the DRIFT OF sentiment in South Carolina is
toward reputation of the whole debt.
The question is last passing out of the plane
of common honesty into that of political
policy. The politicians, HAMPTON aud the
rest. who are figuring and int iguing for
Senatorial honors. are rapidly taking adj
vantage Of the division in public opinion
about the State debt to further their own
schemes for personal advancement.
This last PROPOSAL to scale down an in
dcbtedncss already once scaled down will
not be likely to strengthen the credit Of
South Carolina.
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fill the floor with maskers. This second oc-
casion always appeals to- the people who en-
Joy the display " taste. even if IL Lc accom-
panied with some eccentrici,ic-. though it Is
Only justice to say that The managers of the
Ccrclc d. Harmonic conduct their ball in 4
very crcditablc manner. and that IT, profits
are wisely distributed. On The 2Gth OF jan
uary the Old Guard, an Independent militia
organization give their annual hall at the
Academy Very likely some of the rcgl-
ments of the National Guard will also apply
for the use of the building. though the hard
times make these affairs less popular with
our militia organizations than they used to
be. Still, the militia regiments may find
this winter as they have found in the past
that brilliant and siceessful ball is the
most fruitful means they can use to recruit
their ranks. The young men who ROMAN
unobserved in the lobbios, sadly contem-
plating their sober black suits, envy the
gorgeous apparel of their military friends,
so confidently winning feminine interest
and become ready to listen 70 the seductions
OF the recruiting sergeant
On the 5th of February the French Cooks
Association gives its regular annual ball at
the Academy, and then may be seen and
tasted some of the highest triumphs Of the
noble art Of gastrophy. This is a ball
which appeals to every person of refine
ment, and 1t is always one of the most nota-
bic of the fashionable winter. The chief
feature of it, of course is the spread for
supper, and that is invariably as attractive
TO the eye of artistic culture as to the apre-
tite fo good cookery.
The Licderkranz Society give their ball at
the Academy ON the 9Th OF February, and
thereafter come the ball of the Elis, aud
the Chldreu's Carnival ball. with MARTHA
WASHINGTON reception on the I'D OF febru-
airy for the st. Johns Guld.
Altogether. it looks as If people who can
afford to pay for It will have this winter all
the dancing they wish FOR.
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Commodore vauderb,lc. Modc.,y.

The effort which has recently been made
TO impute excessive vanity to Commodore
Vanderbilt is thoroughly refuted by the follow
ing letter written by the venerable Commodore
~ Mr.. Bonner twelve years ago.
1t is true he afterward furnished to Mr. Par
ton the desired facts for a biographical sketch.
but while doing So manifested throughout the
same spirit of modesty which charactcrizes
this letter
No. BOWLING GREEN. Feb. 90. 1865.
MY DEAR SIR. ! have received your note OF
the 18th instant, wherein YOU kindly request me
to relate TO the bearer Mr.. James Parton such
incidents as might enable that gentleman 70
make sketch OF my life. with view TO lis pub
icat ion in your valuable and Interesting journal.
The friendly relations existing between rs
would indu me TO ac1edc To- your single re-
quest: hut | feel that the very kind and very
fntt, ring terms in which you are pleased to ex-
press your wish impose ON me additional obi
cations: and | am therefore compelled To
throw myself on your known generosity when
ASK you to relieve me from The Hppearan. GO 81
seeming to court prominence that 10 be frank
with YOU. Is loreirn to my taste.
Although IL has been my aim TO fulfil credit
ally the duties OF life. in whatever pos itiou
might hc placed. / have never been ambitious OF
steadily pursued the unohtrusive tenor Of my
WAY: AMI now. more than ever, that feeling
POSSESSES me.
Trust. therefore. You will not think | am ask
| ing too mu'h when ! seek b" eAcus'd from
! the duty our note 50 kindly invites. Il as
sure mat there Is no one whose request in this
particular | would more chrrriuliy comply
| with. nor one whom would always more gladly
! servo. NcN truly YOURS, [. NANpfhDlLr,
i. S-iioase inform Mr.. James Parton. and
| thus save lin further trouble. {. '.
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rlJK WITH Rem BUTLER.
Letting other Congress Throw Bricks
while he Quietly Enjoys the sport.

Gen. Butler put on his incredulous look
IL an adept at doing so-whcn the reporter
asked him what he thought Of some OF the
recent exciting scenes in the Senate. He sat
in an easy chair in his favorite parlor. No. /.
ut the Fifth Avenue Hotel and in his lap lay a
newspaper. A little saffron rose. somewhat
faded. dropped rather YEARLY from his coat
lapel. and one OF his dainty slippers had been
cast of as though for greater case.
What do I think of the exciting scenes in
the Senate What scencs?'
well. for instance. the crossnrc between
Conking and Gordon"
All What do you know about II ?"
Nothing excepting the printed reports"
No more do l." and the General looked very
hard at the reporter; but. while his eye was
stern. there was just faint CULVER of fun about
the corners of his lips.
But surely. GENERAL you must have heard
II saw somethine about it in the newspapers.
srf ro aS Sa Wy SSY scn Mfs q to
tive session. Every Senator is bound to reveal
nothing. That being SO, ! must suppose; OF
course, that the corrssp9indonts hayo written rite.
then. am 70 form A., opinion Of that, which it
fer to presume o qua not take place y,
Hamlip, Ransom. and others"
We'll. who knows whether that Is genuine or
took place In secret session."
But. suppose II is all true"
Then some correspondent must have hidden
in the gallery. or some Senator or senators
must have roycsaled Secrets
well. if tho last supposition Ia true some
body ought 20 be expelled from the Senate
Well. General. that was desperate struggle
for party supremacy. that took place over tho
admission Of Kellogg and Butler"
Apparently the Senatorial struggle referred
to was not Of the slightest interest to Gen. But
4" Oh. WE'LL" he said. in a nonchalant manner.
There WAS no reason before the committee Tor
Keeping Butler out. and Kellogg certainly was
Then ii Kellogg was legally elected Packard
WASP"
Il always thought Packard was and is the
legally elected Governor OF Louisiana to-day,
General. the newspapers ask continually
why you are 30 silent in Congress now.
Eyldoniiy THIS pleased inc denernl., Why
hn-ha-l am-ha-ha-so silent. Well. suppose
know why II ans. one does. know why do
and don't do. II l am satisfied. what is there
One newspaper says YOU will be heard when
the time comes ,,., A.. ~.
oral. suppose shall. | don't see how i can
| very well be helped Because. you soc. II the
| time doesn'; come. Of course shant be heard
| from"
Plainly the General was in non-committal
| mood. Even the Silver bill failed TO draw from
him any more positive assertions than that he
| believed II would become IA law. The little
glances, the expressive smile and that one un-
| controable feature Of his lips, betrayed the
General In n manner that his words did not. II
| was apparent that although the General Is said
| TO have his hat full OF bricks. he fnds ia Con-
grcss other hats fun. and lac is quietly lying 10y
and Watching the fun and havoc which concus-
| slOns from other bricks than his are making.
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Attempted Arson.

II young PURDy's confession il true, two
Of his accompliccs would seem to have been
guilty Of an attempt at arson. According
to his account they proposed to set fire to
the warehouse from which the thirty thou
sand dollars worth Ol property was alb
stracted in order to cilace all traces of
their crime; and two barrels OF oil were ac-
tually carried upon the premises in further
ance of this intent.
The building being II warehouse, situated
rs II was, we suppose the offence. if COM
plctei. would have been al son in the Sec al
degree, punishable 10y imprisonment in the
State prison not more than ten years nor
less than seven; while the attempt subjects
hnlf tho form.
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How the Money Goes.
During the discussion in the House on the
shameful Deficiency bill, Mr.. ATKINS, Chair
man Of the Committee on Appropriations,
made the following observations:

cha, DO. .,,,.,. ,,. ,..,, ,,.,.,,,.,
h,ty r,rc i.allo.ouon TO- arrro,..,,c si''o ior tie
Hot 'rnss CO.. mission wheh J. 'oi ONE reluctantly a.
nr 49, "'' wa ",' 'su .''"'
nr,.r t,,,s ,h', mn. com,.,..,. each o., wn,.en.m
Ter. draw. soa da, has teen io,t of duty tut very
i'ur ct The time d-nns the ra't wear oae Senuemsn
"'' ''' ',I'n ','s ~, '"o '.'''' ,'' u, was "p
,.'r., .ev Ii..,,..ire rtn, ina, We are ha,, !,
permanent corm..an a. tho Hot surn.. and that hi.
r'~t'aHon. winch the courts ct the country have de"
,' 'e'.-' to u'' 'o'''''H'" '' WAL eventually ''''S
ih.7 i 'he Appropriation WINCH 'i'i 'ii''-
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Startling D,.eoveric. In \ .,ronomy.
Ira. 10 HufGiny-I AMI Duiir
Mr. frl az 20 tit,rnin Lonuaothod "A

Ina,Iis NWHGirfifu anil NIiiisr.
Mr.. Lick of California bcquoathcd n few
years ago in his Will noarlya million dollars for
n great tel. s'ope. One OF Tho trust-D-. Mr., \;
= FLOYD. las Jus, returned from an rNt"ndcd
tour, during whi n b. collected all tlr iuforna-
ton he could obtain in rcgord 60 the constrlc-
ton of great les .op :. Tho cOn'lUrlor- he
has arrived al arc th,sc Two tel' scopes should
le c0u~fru 'ed-on "a er"nt tractor IF the
ar.s4i pO--! le -iIn the OBJECT glass az lcusi 90
in lies IN diameter. the other q relHciiug trl.-
scope. OF which the mirror should h' NJ least
feet in diameter adapted To use two kinds Of
mirrors. ono "A speculum metal cil-ctor. and
the other a sllNrr'd glass reflector.
A. the observatory and the mounting of such
instruments cost about Is much rs tho instru-
mnut- themselves, II - contemplated Ia use
hail of the funds donated for tho instruments.
and the other han lor the observatory aud
mnlntng.
Mcaro confident that II this plan is rraliz,d.
startling discoveries are IN store. California.
with it, monster t'l'-. ops. aldod hy IL ,icHr
sky and otherwise favorable situation for as
lronomioal research, will und doubleday take the
lead in discoveries of which tho-, of the moons
Of Mars. mude with what is now th lar.,' q re-
Tractor IA tue wurli, have given Ms a iorctaste
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The verdict against Mr. SPENCER X.
GREEN for the full amount. with interest. of a
bond executed ly him under the prcienre Of
making up a deficiency insthe Assets OF the
Third Avenue Savings Bank il important not
only to the dcposiiors Of that institution but 20
thousands who have money locked up in other
broken or suspended banks. II WAS quite a
common thing. n few years ago. when bank
was in such hopeless condition that. even with
North and South Carolina and similar securi-
ties valued AT par. real estate ut fancy prices.
and furniture aud fixtures at cost. the assets
could not he figured out us equal to the liabil-
tics, for the directors whose acknowledgement
AMI fraud had brought the concern 10 its des-
perat condic' p 30 sign papers making them
selves personally liable for the amount OF tho
acknowledged ~ l'irncy. They do not seem tu
have dreamed that they would ever be required
to fulfil the engagement thus entered into.
Their object was 10 square of the semi-annual
statement. give their institution an appearance
Of soundnr :. aud continue ~ receive and mis-
use the saNIn.a II dcios tors. There is not a
single instnnrr known 90 the public II a trusioo
vino thus pledged himself coming forward and
icdcemiug his ll Ggc when called uIon. Tn.
verdict against Nj. GLLLS means that these
honds aIe valid claims against the persons who
iened them. and that the money due upon
them must be paid. il the law IAN compel lay-
Ilcut
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stay In Paris he camt announced his intention
of honoring vfcron IuGo by visit. When the
old poet heard of GRkrs intention. he simply
remarked: " Has he hen not read what wrote
in LAnnce Terrible? have nothing to re-
tract" Somebody mist have explained matters
to Gen. GRANT. Ho lid not insist on the visit.
The comments OF tbr Gd''Dis on the episode
are 50 severe upon the cx-Prcsidcnt that. for
the peace Of mind oithosc who have GRANT in
training for 1880. va refrain from publishing
tn nm.
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The massing Of troops along the Mexican
border is going on rapidly. The riot at San
Elizario furnishes plea for concentrating
on the upper Rio Grande the Ncw Mexico
,,sarfsons ard the Texas rangers, wAlIe
other troops are gathering on the lower part
Of the river. Supplies in quantity are NOV
ing from st. Louis To- Texas. AT SHERIDAN's
headquarters a bid for recruiting comes in
The complaint that the In,ian frontier has
been uncovered by the despatch Of troops TO
III Paso. No doubt HAYES is expected to so
TO the end of the tethcr that Congress gave
him fol- army increase, and then to stretch
the tether or break It,
(. Meanwhile, Gov HUBBARD continues his
frantic shreks for help. The Sheriff Of Ell
Iaso county, whom one would naturally ex-
pect to be bcloagucred. II anybody has an
uncut telegraph at command, with which he
sends word that "our State troops will all
be massacred unless relief can be had at
once" This is the sheriff who announced
that Mexic6ns had invaded Texas, whereas
1t Is already admitted at army headquarters
that the Mexicaps did not cross, aud that
the authorities ON the other side have issued
orders against crossing. Nevertheless, ten
companies march from Pores department.
and as many more from ORp's to helm
Sheriff KERBER.
We have M hesitation in exnressing tho
heliof that the nroscnt riots nj san Flizorin
b,vo ,oep n.adlcs.lv and vautnul, hro,,,,h,
on hv tho worry rounlo who nn,v nrnf..s .n
f.ar n massacre who renrescnt n locol hro,vl
asa Mexican Invasion and who fomontcd
similar disturhnncne tv, nnnths o,,n nh.
official dpGnatebgg nf AZ
had burrad IN III paso bv Gon sttrntp, x,s
direction. during the sentomber riot show
,hat IA. nonuln.o of SAN Lli1,rio ucc,,sc,l
zion A. now nj a d.sire IN ,uas.a,.r, oy,r,,
.Amari,nn, in I'll poso eouut, harmed M
nne Iiout Rrcvrp sovs.
-. 40. 80, ....,.,...,
HI. ,,rcr> to the cnecttnethe .oAi no,
nS., rat,, giving them the i w " he eat s,le ami that
he would tar' NE ooi''yJ re''.'
Here, then. We have the three conditions
on which the populacc released their pris-
oners when peace was established. Now,
we find Judge BLACRrR of FL Paso county
showing to San Antonio reporter, few
days before the beginning Of the present
riot. letter from Sheriff kERBER. saying,
IN reference TO the salt riots. " have now
twenty rangers; something to keep M a de-
fence with. but not enough to attack
is, make arrests with Thus it is clear
that at this dntc Nov q, the very people
at San Elizario who had been arrested ana
released, under the agreement spoken of by
Lieut.. RUcKER, were plotting to break it 10y
prosecutions.
A second condition, as We have seen, was
that HOWARD, the salt superintendent.
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meeting ~ tho anthracite coNl trade yoeter-
day, agreed uuon ihe "slanhslulc ~ Bonn rouro
wit, one pics,nlAuye Of each interest, an equitable
distribution the entire rrnlu uon among all interests,
Aconc ssun of rhch interests teht 60 manage IT. own
sales and MAKE its own llct- rat 'ahl-hins Ioiut
coal cNrhansr Tor the sal" az coal, ,stnhshus penalty
o ~ % per ton inr over shipment ~ quotas. amt rnNd
mA ilm out o which such pCnaurs shall he payable,
o hlteen e,nls per ton on all coal mined
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Mr.. HAYES having lost his hold on the
party that ran MIN Tor president. ne is now try
ing 10 recruit a party among those who believe
he was not clc ted. This is a great deal worse
dilemma than ever JONI TYLER or ANDREW
JOHNSON got into.