The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16
Male and Female Academy.

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S459, ,746 81, or an average of Sill
936 81 per annum; and from the 1st
of january, 1870, to the 1st of DeceRn-
ber, 1871-the time at which the lease
to Cherry, O'COnnOr d Co, went into
effect-the State paid on the same &C
count the sum of S204, 400 20.
Upon the discharge of a convict, the
lessees furnish him with q suit of clothes
and transportation to the place of his
conviction. / recommend that he be
furnished by the State with few dol
lars in money for his subsistence frohI
the prison to his home. In the manage
ment of the prison, with the convicts
employed in different parts If
the State, with the rights
and jurisdiction of the lessees t.
be maintained, and official protection
afforded TO the prisoners the utmost
care and watchfulness Is required OF
the State prison officials.
CLAIM AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.
have had the claim of the State
against the United State for keeping
prisoners from the year 1862 to ISL
allowed. The State will realize the
sum of S26, ,256 81 cash, after paying
the costs Of prosecuting the same.
BANK STATEMENTS.
State Banks and Savings Banks
should be required by law to make
quarterly statements under oath To the
Controller of the Treasury for publIca-
cation. This is n matter of grave CON
Germ to the public and the State owes
1t to the citizens to compel these insti-
tutions to give information rs to their
condition and operations.
TRAMPs.
The State is infested with a class Of
vagrants who have grown to be an in
tOlerable nuisance, especially in the dis
tricts remote from the towns They
are represented to be persons of u
vicious character who refuse employ
ment, and who rely for subsistence
upon whatever they can extort by iu-
timidation from unprotected citizens,
Existing statutes afford no sufficient St.
curity against this growing evil. Leg
islation sohuld be provided for n sums
mary riddance of the country of these
marauders.
FISH CULTURE.
Under the authority of Senate Joint
resolution No. 15, providing for the
of three Fish Conmis-
one from each Grand Division
of the State, appointed j. B. Turlcy,
Geo. F. Akers and w. W. Mcdowell.
4 formal report from Commissioner
Akers, replete with valuable suggcs-
tiOns, is Transmitted. The State Of
North Carolina has made provision for
Restocking the streams OF that State
with the best varieties Of fish, and
through her Governor, has appealed to
Tennessee foE cooperation in stocking
the tributaries of the Tennessee river.
y small appropriation Will be adequate,
and the justice Of the appeal must bq
recognized when it Is remembered that
we are the equal. if not the principal,
benefciaries OF the labors of the moth
er State in growing fish for streams
that flow into our OWL territory
STATE AID TO YELLOW FEVER SUI FER
ERS.
During the prevalence of the late
epidemic the Treasurer of the State,
under my advice, expended S4971 II
Of the public money, in the purchase
of supplies for the sick at various points
in the infected districts. Vouchers for
the expenditure are in the hands Of the
Treasurer, and l respectfully ask for
an appropriation covering the amount.
CONTRIBUTIONS
for the yellow fever sufferers were sent
from all parts of our own State And
from the imperial city Of New York
down te the most unpretending village
in the land, from Canada and from
the old world, golden gifts were made
for the relief of our sick and destitute,
with an overfowing generosity that
claims recognition from the Representa-
tives of a people upon whom these
timely henefactions we're conferred.
RAILROAD, TELEGRAPH AND EXPRESS
COMPANIES
During the prevalence of the late
epidemic these corporations rendered
Invaluable service. The relief cuntri-
buted in other States and localities
was distributed without ch..cgn, and
the freest correspondence was permit
tel by the telegraph lines upon the
same terms A conspicuous service
like this should lie recognized in
resolution Of thanks.
LIEUT.. II. II. BEENER, L. 8. ARMY,
commanding the relief boat sent ont
by citizens Of the northwest to supply
the wants Of the vellow fever sufferers
along the line of the Mississippi river,
died of the fever at Nicksburg, Miss,
on the 18th of October last The cX-
pcdition was moved by the noblcst
phiIanthrophy and sustained by Il
courage that has excited the sensibili-
ties Of the entire country. Tenncssecans
were bcncfciaries of this enterprise.
1t would be becoming, therefore, in
their representative to notice in fitting
terms the death Of It's heroic commun-
der.
CONCLUSION.
My two terms Of office cover tho
longest period Of financial distress
,nown to the history Of the State
This condition has brought difficulties
# administration and Of personal duty
that / have enjeav0red to confrnl with
nv hest iudGment and to perform wifi