Jlunphis Zsivcrliscmeiils.
No. 276
tE2IPIIIS,
TENNESSEE
ITiZPOIlTISIlS
Aad IKr la
Wines, Liquoi
AND
CIGA 11 s :
LARGEST STOCK
And Largest Importers,
A:.
Lowest Prices hi the citv of
Memphis.
B CALL AND SEE VS. pr7m3
8. U. TCBY. President. E. C. KIKK, Cashier
p tt r
CITY SAVINGS INSTITUTION.
bm-eessurs to OGDEN, TOBY A CO.
UNCURRENT MONEY !
The Highest Market Kates are
Always Paid by
The Memphis City Savings Institution,
SL"CCLSSOUS TO
o ;!:;, tokk v & co.,
No. 1G Jeiiersoii st., for
TENNESSEE,
ALABAMA,
GEORGIA,
ISO UTIIJCAIiOLINA,
NORTH CAROLINA,'
VIRGINIA AND
LOUISIANA
Gold and Silver, and all kinds of
Government Securities bought and
old
inn rS-3m
O. LOWESTCIV& ZSROS.,
Wholesale and KeU.il
DEALERS IN STAPLE AND FANCY
Dry Goods,
."Planters' Supplies,
EI ATS,
BOOTS A N' D S II O K 3 .
G- ats' rurnishing- Cicods, Xtaces,
Erabroiderie,
HOSIERY, NOTIONS, ETC.,
No. 212
MAIN STREET Corner of Jefl'trson
Cussitl, Hill Jb Co.'s old stand,
fehlOrnS
Memphis.
DICKSON CUNNINGHAM,
WHOLESALE
IXo. 300 Tront Street,
MEMPHIS.
TENNESSEE.
Fresh, Corn
ALWAYS OH HAND.
AGEXT FOR COUXTRY
ina?23 Cm
xvn. c. chilis,
Manufacturer of
BUGGIES,
SPUING
WAGONS,
Corner of Second and Gaycso streota.
MEM PUIS. TEXN.
Particular attention paid to Carnage Painting and Repair
ing. All work done promptly, and warranted to give satinfao-
lion, lermscasu
Inar-Itin
. o. loaD. m. 11. ronD
jr. o. foiii & co.,
Manufacturers and Dealers la
Saddlery and Saddleryllardware,
IZltZ-VJCSSi coz.x.111s,
Leather, Gin-Bands and Trunks,
Winu'i old stand, opposite Court Square,
bo. 2oS Main Street, - Memphis. Tr.ss
Greeting : To many of onr old-time customers still living:
Tour notes and aecouuts, now nearly od enough to vote, de
serve the cimnideration, due to aire in the sliai'O of such r-ay-uents
at leait, as you are able and willing to wake, vtithuut
urchfr iuvitati.a froia us. Keajectlullv,
fea4-3u " J. O. FORD.
Attachment Notice.
Before C. II. Anderson, J. P.
Thouis II. Ilanoock vs. J S. Gilmore.
Attachment having been levied on the
property of the defendant in this cause who
absconds himself o that the ordinary pro
cess of law cannot be nerved on him, it is
hereby ordered that publication be made in
the liolivar Dulletin, for four consecutive
weeks, requiring the defendant to appear be
fore me at my office, in the town of Bolivar,
Hardeman county, Tennessee, on Saturday,
20th day of June, ls-67, and defend this
euit, or the same will be proceeded with ex-
parte,
lhis 2ah day of Mav, ls.b.
jel-4t pf$6
C. II. Andeksc.n, J. P. II. C.
Having this June 3d. loT. suggested the '
insolvency of the estate of Nancy Shinault
to the Cl?rkof the County Court of Harde-'
man county, all -persons are notified to file
their claims probated as required by law, j
with said Clerk on or before the 3d day of i
December, 1SG7, or-they will bo forever
Wtrd jfS 4t W. A. Mask, Adm'r.
' i ' 'i-'i ilJ
Vol. II.
Z,ocal m.-H(!vfrlisemculs.
Dry
ds are Down !
After the Late Heavy Decline
m EXCUSE fo:i BAD apparel
Fleming, Ussery & Co.
Dealers in all kinds of Staple and Fancy
. Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS!
Are now prepared to meet the want of the Citizens of this
and adjoining caunuoi, as they Lav. on hand a Mammoth
Stock of
GOODS!
All of which were purchased in the Eastern cities since the
recent heav decline in prices, and in consequence can afurj
to sell them at remarkably low figures.
ladies'
Dross
Goods
All kinds, Cheaper than ever.
BEAUTIFUL SPRING AND
SUMMER STYLES !
Hcady-M&de Clothing and Cloihs
for GcuU', Youths' and Boys, at prices to suit all.
Iu large aiul great varietj.
BOOTS and SJfiOES
AH kinds, and of the best brands known to th trade.
Hats? Caps? notions
English, and American
Hardware and Cuitlery
A full Stock.
Worth of Seasonable Goods!
All bought since the decline in Prices.
Call and Examine our Stock
As it is no troul.le
TO SHOW GOODS.
T O 13 .A. C C O !
Of the Finest and Best Brands.
A SPLENDID LOT OF
domestics;
LIXEXS,
TICKINGS, and
TOWELIXGS,
ALL BOUGHT SINCE
Tiie decline in Prices.
FLEMING, TJSSEHY & CO.
Book and Job Printina'.
"Bolivar d3 nil c tin. Office
Booth Side of the Pnblio Square,
BOLIVAR...
..TEN.
wiTaee prepared to rarxT
Iland-Sills, Circulars, Sill-Heads
CARDS, PAXPHLET3.
And Every Pcscrtptioa of Letter Tress Trinting, at
Low and Uniforca Bates.
AVe will Aa onr utmost to please all vrh m.-iy taor os -with
their custom.
LroaL Pi snick printed at shot .-.
rant and r.-uiors en hand tT m!
We k-f War-
iMH i i H A IU
n m i i j i v A r )
A WEEKLY NEWS AND LITERARY JOURNAL,
BOLIVAR,
01
?3
Ultmir bulletin
Is published Every Saturday,
SUBSCUIPTIOX One Cay y One Year Four Dollars, Inva
riably in aiivitnee: One Cciy One Month
delivered. Fiity Cents.
ADVEETISIXC One Square, of ten lines or lesg, 1,(V;
e:vh anl..-''uent insertion Z4) cents; Local
X;liot;3 ii) cents per line.
1 Square 1 month t-2.0 2 months Sl.V) 7i months $S.ftO
2 do 1 do ;i in) 2 do 6. if) 3 do 8.1 n'
3 do 1 do 4. nil 2 do fi.no S do in. (HI
4 do 1 do 7,i.2 co I'ikj s do 12.i
5 do 1 do I'I.iiO 2 do 12. (at 'i do H.IK)
fi do 1 do 12.ii0 2 do 14,ii0 3 do li.iK)
12 do 1 do 2i.0 2 do 2-i.iio 3 do 32.i
25 do 1 do 4.U() 2 do 56,00 3 io t-4,00
. A KSOt N'.'KM EN TS -1n10nnoinr the name of
any r.ersou fur a CVanty t'Sise, Slo, Mate or Federal l.r.
firs The above Terms aud Hates will be strictly adhered to.
frl5 Kt?liL:ifn?, ?.l arriawe. Birth find Death Notir polieited,
and will e wiliinly inserted FREE lF CHAKGE. Obit
uaries will he charged for at advertising rates.
. 7 .
JI- it. PARRISII, Editor.
Hardeman Counts Directory.
Chancery Court.
JOHN W. XIAP.R1S, ff Somerville , Chancellor
FKAXCIS FENTRESS Clerk and Maimer
Court meets 3J Monday ia September and March.
Circuit Court,
W. P. EOND Judge
t. b Mcdowell cierk
Court meets 4th Monday, in February, June and October
County Officers.
JOHN II. BILLS
J. B. HARRIS
Pv. G. CRAWFORD
B. ANDERSON ,
JOSEPH WATSON
J. A. PIPKIN
W. W. McCARLEY
J. II. GROVES
WM. NUCKOLLS
P. M.CRAWFOP.D
MOSES TAYLOR ,
JOHN II. BYNCM
Court meets 1st Monday
Chairman County Court
, Cierk
Deputy Clerk
Register
.......Trustee
Tax Collector
Sheriil
Coroner
.. : -Ranger
County Surveyor
Jailor
Standard Keeper
ia each month.
Federal Officers.
JAMES PYBASS Assessor of Internal Revenue
T. G. PATRICK Collector of Direct Taxes
JAS. PYBASS... Post Mastsr
Dr. 11. BLACK..... U.S. Revenue Collector
JNO. D. USSERY' Agent Freeduien's Bureau
Corporation Officers.
ALEX. RAMSEY" Mayor
R. G. CRAWFORD Recorder
EENT. CRISP Constable
Aldermen. -
W. H. THOMPSON, ALVIX WAEREX, L. B. ADAMS,
H. L. L1GIITFOOT. C. II, ANDERSON. R. G Cbawford
Platform cf the Conservative Party
cf Tennessee.
Unanlmonsly Idoptod in Conven
tion, at XJashvill?, Tenn.,
.pril IS, 1C67.
Thc Head to Victory !
We, tlm Conserv.it.ivc Union men of Ten
nessee, adopt the following platform cf prin
ciples :
1st. We are in favor of the Union of the
States under the Constitution of the United
States, and pledge ourselves to support and
maintain the same.
'2d. Wo are the friends of peace and civil
law, and that these jrreafc objects can be best
promoted by legislation roeoirnizina; equal
and exact justice to all exclusive privileges
to none.
3d. We r.re in favor of immediate resto
ration of our disfranchised fellow-citizens
to all rights, privileges and immunities of
full and complete citizenship.
4th. Than our colored fellow-citizens, bc
ino; now citizens of the United States and
citizens of the State of Tennessee and voters
of this State, are entitled to all the rights
and privileges of citizens under the laws and
Constitution of the United States and of the
State of Tennessee.
Gth. We are opposed to the repudiation of
the national debt; and are in favor of equal
taxation, as the proper method of paving the
same.
Gth. That the' establishment of a standing
army in our State in time of peace, is a fla
grant and dangerous encroachment upon
the rights and liberties of the citizen;
heavily oppressive to the tax-payer, and evi
dently designed to overawe voters atthe
ballot-box.
7th. We cordiallv approve of the patriotic
efforts of Andrew Johnson, President of the
United States, in defending the Constitu
tion, preserving the Union of the States, and
maintaining the supremacy of the laws.
CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The following gentlemen comprise the
Central Executive Committee:
CoL John Baxter, of Knox,
lion. James Jones, of Creene.
" Charles S, Camerou.ot Shelby.
" Dorsey I. Thomas, of Humphreys.
" John C. Gaunt, of Davidson.
" Win. li. Campbell, of Wilson.
" A. A. Steele, of Marshall.
Lo, the Tnrn-Coat
Be it remembered that one Cv S. Mercer
is editor of that radical organ, the Nashville
Press and Times, and be it also remembered
that he was editor of the Nashville Daily
Union in 1SC2, and in an issue of that paper
of June 19, 1S82, he wrote as follows:
'"We must get rid of the free negroes.
Our safety and our happiness alike demand
that we provide them with a home. The
foolish outcry against the cost of doing this
is idie talk. So soon as the work is fairly
begun the expense will be but trivial. A
treiity might be made with the Liberian
government by which the colonist might be
placed under a limited apprenticeship for
two or three years, so that our government
could receive coflee, palm oil, dye-woods,
ivory, and the oiher articles peculiar to At
riea in part recompense for the expense of
transportation."
Mercer now says that the negroef com-
pose the "sheet anchor of radicalism." Like
Brownlow. Muiiins. Stokes. Smith, and a
I i .. r i i ii ,. ,r
l-c- .if r.rlioT" l.-.T-al !.- -TiiPTj thA f-.i fur or
II V ' . V 1 M III . v . i . i. . - - - - ,
j the Press and Times has lopped over too i
; suddenly but yesterday he was the negroe
persecutor, to-day he is Sambo's tqiiaV.ziny j
friend. Extremist; are selfish, time-serving j
adventurers, and should be cast aside by ;
boneet, constent men. Possibly, in his ig
norance, the negro may be duped by these
turn coats for a season, but sooner or later
tht-y will learn 1 y bitter experience how
cruelly they have been deceived.
Throughout Middle and East Tennessee
an abundance of superior wheat has been
gathered. Price fl.'O per bushel.
DEVOTED TO THE
HARDEMAN COUNTY, TENN., June 29, 1867.
I1Y LTEAET 13 HUITGY T02 THEE.
Aioce ly the star-li jj'ited window
The soft breeze was threading my hair.
As if lie cool ogers of woman
Were peeking to drive away care!
The bright lights were burning in Heaven,
The sky was so tranquilly blue !
Ah! the soft-fingered breeze and the starlight
Remind lae, Jlary, ef j ou !
And I thought if the stars were nnkiadled
With a light all ange:ic above.
1 kastr of two orbs that wera lighted
With the impulse and glory of Love!
So alone by that etar-lighted window
A song came gushing and freo.
Ai d the burden was: " Mary, 'dear Mary,
My heart is linnjry for thee!"
It-alia may boast of her beaut iei.
Her radiant Hebe-like girii
Illspania in troubadour music
Jlay eing of her orbs and her cutis
Cut give me thy cheek where the lilies
Are fair as the foam of the sea.
And thy soul when it echecs the burden :
" Jly heart is hungry fur thee 1"
I know no', I ask not if others
Are rarer or fairer than thou
In thy soul there is love and devotion.
And beauty f.r me on thy brow !
In sunshine or c!oud gentle ilary
0 1 day-star and night-star to me!
I shall sing in my soul but this burden :
"3Iy heart it is hungry for thee?"
Ceeuked. The New York Post (radi
cal), of the 14th, lashes the lawlessness of
Brownlow and his conscience bereft party
in this style :
The Union men of Tennessee are making
a serious mistake in gratifying the'r revenge
ful feelings ; they have even more interest
in the preservation of law and order than
their enemies; and they will in the end be
the heaviest losers by their own offences.
Their region needs a larger population, more
industrious and skilful men, and more capi
tal, but they will get neither while the laws
are violated there as they seem to be. More
over, all violence injures the violent at last.
It brings on a reaction, from which they will
suffer; it demoralizes those who act in it;
it gives the country and themselves a bad
name. It hinders their advance in pros
perity and wealth It perpetuates strife
and hatred and family feuis. Let them
tale heed while yet there is time."
There is not in the Northern States to
day either a Statesman or a politician that
sides with the home, Tennessee radicals, nor
does a single radical paper in that section
of the country approve the doings of the
Brownlow party.
What a Loyal League is Made Of.
Some one has said that a Tennessee loyal
league is made up of haters of liberty de
stroyers of peace, prosecutors of men, de
filers of law, sowers of iniquity, reapers of
corruption, workers cf evil, scorners of
mercy, movers of sedition, apostles of the
devil, and demons expelled from predition,
who hold lying to be a virtue and honesty a
vice, Brownlow a saint, patriotism, treason
and midnight oaths a sacred covenant, who
meet at the dark hour of midnight, when
honest men aro asleep, to plot against wo
men and children, curse newspaper editors,
spit venom, invoke wi a'h, destroy peace, cre
ate dissections, break up churches, defile re
ligion, proselyte ministers, stir up strife and
send out emissaries to lie, steal, pilfer, rob,
cheat aud defraud ; who are roving, sneaking,
skulking and prowling through the country
like hungry sheep-killing hounds.
It seems to be conceded in Republican
circles in Washington that there will be a
July session of Congress, Old Thad. Ste
vens lavors it, ami tne asniniton cnroni-
cle of the loth inst. contains a double-leaded,
two-column article, which has been sent to
all of the Republican members, calling upon
them, in the most positive language, not to
fail to be present at the meeting in July. It
declares that the recent telegram forwarded
to certain journals, that an extra session
would be called in August, by the Executive,
was sent with the President's sanction, and
that it is a mere ruse to prevent a July ses
sion. The Republican Congressional Com
mittee are represented a3 recommending a
July session.
Education does not commence with the
alphabet. It begins with" a mother's look
with a fathers's smile of approbation, or
sign of reproof with a sister's gentle pres
sure of the hand, or a brother's noble act
of forbearance with a handful of flowers
iu green and daisy meadows with birds'
nests admired but not touched with creep
ing ants, and almost impossible emmets
with humming bees and -glass bee hives
with pleasant walks and shady lanes, and
with thoughts directed in sweet and kindly
tones, and words to mature to acts of be
nevolence, to deeds of virtue, and to the
source cf all good, to CJod himself.
A. J. Fletcher is coming to West Tennes
see, so a radical paper says. He is to speak
at Lexington on the Sth of July, at Hun
tingdon on the 10th ot July, at Tresevant on
he 11th of July, and at ircnton the 12th of
Tin Chr.,il,! t- t t he Junct on hv nil
m i ir,, '- ,W.o,v r-o
means, 'lhere is a handfuil oi duped ne -
groes in that neighborhood, and they'
"kiss him for his mother."
ad they 11
Hunting a Place. In the 5th Congress,
ional District (Nashville), there are five anx
ious persons in the field for a seat in the
White House, so-called. Their names are
Col. M. A. Price, John Timble, D. II. Ma
son, O. B. Young, G. W. Bayne. It is
thought that at least a half dozen more will
enter the race. Woniej who'll get G06, the
j lucy number t
j I'aedosed Julius Sherod, a convict at
: te penitentiary, who had served out nearly
t a year's sentence for 1 ireeny, wa-i relaed
! yesterday on a pardon from Gov. Brownlow.
Lnioii ana JJi-patcn, Izln
1 '
Of course Mr. Sherod joined the loyal
leaguers, and swore that he would vote the
Brownlow ticket.
"The dog law taken efT-ct next Monday
morning " Jjc.sjport Hera Id.
A dog law. sometimes called the franchise
Pet has been in operation in this State fo'r
. , . , . . 4 rr . r
soma time. It is the eonntrate d fc-ectof -
few very small luindlv pups !
1 ae LOIKicv-llC'iIi online I'a3.-tu j
ight hour law. It has also passed the j
House, and vill go into operation on the
first of July.
7T7V
II.
INTERESTS OP THIS PEOPLE.
An Important Huling'ia Bankruptcy.
A3 many new and intricate questions are
likely to arise in the settlements under the
bankrupt law, it is well for all concerned to
be informed of decisions as they are made,
from time to time, by authorities entitled
to weight. The law report column of the
New York Tribune of the 13th instant, con
tains the. following proceedings in the United
States District Court, for the Southern Dis
trict of New York:
An important order was made yesterday
by Judge Biatchford, involving the construc
tion of the 2 1 st section of the Bankrupt
act. The learned judge has set the example
of putting a liberal construction uronthat
section, by granting a stay of proceedings
on an order of the State Court for examina
tion of a judgment debtor, wiien the credi
tor has not proved his claim. The follow
ing papers will explain the matter fuily:
THE PETITION FOR THE ORDER.
In the District Court of the United States
for the Southern District of New York.
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Horatio
Keed, Bankrupt.
To the lion. Samuel Biatchford, Judge of
the District Court of the United States for
the Southern District of New York : The
petition of Horatio Reed of the city and
county of New York, and the State of New
York, respectfully represents that your pe
titioner, on the 7th day of June, 1?G7, duly
iiied his petition in bankruptcy in the ofiice
of the Cierk of said Court, as appears by
the certificate of the Clerk of said Court,
that one of the debts contained in the
schedule annexed to said petition is a judg
ment in the Supreme Court of the St-ae of
New York, for the city and county of New
York, by Walter S. Vose and James F.
Joyce, against you" petitioner, on the 18th
of Augut, I860, for $1,103 72, and that au
order 'was entered in said action on the 24th
day of May, 1867, requiring your petitioner
to appear before one of the Justices of said
Court, on the 4th day of June, 1867, and
such further days said court should name,
and make discovery on oath concerning his
property; that your petitioner has duly ap
peared in obedience to said order, and said
examination has been adjourned until this
twelfth day of June, 1867, at one o'clock in
the afternoon ; ttiat your petitioner has ap
plied to the attorney of said Vose & Joyce
named in said order for an adjournment of
said examination appointed for one o'clock
to day, and acquainted said attorney with
the due filing of his said petition in bank
ruptcy, and showed said attorney said cer
tificate thereof, but said attorney has re
fused to adjourn said examination.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that an
order of this court may be entered staying
proceedings under said order for.examina
tion, and ail proceedings in said cause on the
part of said judgment, creditors, and their
attorneys, until the question of your peti
tioner's discharge in bankruptc3r shail be de
livered, and for such further or other order
in the premises as to the court shall seem
meet. IIokatio Reed.
Francis C. Nye, Attorney fur petitioner.
THE ORDER OF JUDGE BI.ATCUFoKD.
The petioner in this case having, on the
7th day of June, 1867, duly lilcd his peti
tion in bankruptcy in the ohice of the Clerk
of this Court, for the purpose of obtaining
tli3 benefit of the act ot Congress, approved
March 2, 1867, entitled " Aa Act to estab
lish a uniform system of bankruptcy
throughout the United States," and ic ap-
pcar;::g to toe suci&iaction oi tins court,
that Waiter S. Vose and Jaaies V. Joyce ob
tained a judgment in the Supreme Court,
State of New York, against the said Hora
tio Reeu, on the 18th day of August, 1860,
for the sum of $1,103 78 damages and costs;
and that an execution upon said judgment
against the property of the said Horatio
Reed has been duly issued and returned
wholly unsatisfied, and that said judgment
is a debt provable under the said act; and
that proceedings are now pending in said
judgment in the Supreme Court, by means
of an order for the examination of the said
Reed as a judgment debtor, issued on the
24th day of .May, 1867, by the Hon. Josiah
Sutherland, one of the justices ot the said
court.
Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered that
all proceedings under said order, and all
further proceedings upon the part of the
plaintiffs in the said judgment, upon the said
judgment, be, and the same are hereby, upon
the application of the said Horatio Reed,
stayed to await the determination of this
court in baiik-upccy, on the question of the
discharge of the said Horatio Reed under
the said act, until the question of hi dis
charge thereunder shall have been deter
mined by this court.
Samuel Blatcueord.
Louisville Convention Abandoned.
The chairman of the committee appointed
by the Democracy of Kentucky has given
notice that the convention heretofore called,'
for the 4th of July, at Louisville, will not be
held, as tha call had not been generally and
favorably responded to throughout the coun
try. We quote his language in this connec-
tion :
"Notwithstanding the desire of many
for such a convention, it appeared that a nia-
i i ' M
jority c f the Democratic party in Kentucky ' suggested before our County Court, puhli
and elsewhere are not convinced of the im- j cu,;,jn was ade. The party, at the time,
nortance and necesitv at this time, and l.e- j ... , .r,, .,. , ... . . ....
have that the energies of the party, should ,
he devoted to local convention, meeting au
I townshiporganizationsinthedifTerentSiutes,
i4, . ' , .,.., ;a
vnnil ,.,nrpss;on.
vond expression.
" We think proper, therefore, (although j
the State Convention is not in session.) to j
eonform to the will of the majority, as ex- j
pressed by the Stato Central Committee, and
by leading members of the party, by with- j
drawing the invitation of" the State for a
General Convention of the Democracy at j
Louisville, and requesting Democratic cdi- .
tors to republish this notice. j
" J. R. Buchanan, Chairman." j
Death of John Manlet. The Fayette
Falcon, printed at Somerville, says :
We learn that John Manley, an old man
upwards of sixty years of age, who resided
near Oakland in this county, committed sui
cide on thfc 17th inst., by shooting himself
through the neck with a 6 hot gun. It seems
that he had been very .much deprecse 1 in
spirits for some time caused by the death of
his wife, and on the morning of the 17th, he
gave directions to his daughter as to what
disfxjsiiion he dt-sired should be made of his
property, telling her that he inteuded killing
himrlf on that day, and in a short time af
terward tick up his gun and went out to a
I crib a short distance from the house, ana
i l l.icin" tlit- muzls of the gun close to Ins
, j::i2ienng a wound from which 1,
from the house, and
died in a few minutes. Tiie d ;cea-s 1 k-aves
I a large family to mourn his unuappy late.
m i a i n
Gaih-tin is being rapidly improved, and is
i fast filling up with a mechanical and luerc.-tn.
tiU population.
h
No,- 47
Ear the Buliiar Bulletin.
OLD II AIDS.
In the Bolivar Bulletin of June the Sth,
quite a censorious article appears in public
print for the inspection of that unhappy
class of ladies iu our country who have
never been able to marry, because they are
not admired, courted, nor loved by any one
outside of themselves. Old maids would
like to marry, but why should a man bring
around him a inSuenco that not even a pes
tilential insect could not live in.
The lifu of an old maid is a tedious one,
Sighing for some old gauder to come. -
"Carret"' is a place where useful material is
placed for safe keeping and future profit for
the family ; but inasmuch as old maids are
generally rejected, and considered useless
dumber, unsavory salt, good for nothing, it
was thought wise not to store old maids
away in that apartment of the building, un
less their old age, and their delapidated
minds i?nd bodies would produce "mildew"
and rust in tho midst of that which is
good.
Cobwebs are peculiar to old maids, or at
least some of them have much to say about
them. Reason for it, I suppose, is that they
need all such webs to make their waterfalls
and supply the place of their departing hair
as they grow old.
In an article of May the ISth, I give some
good advice to the corrugated old maids of
our country, and we are still in sympathy
with them, and honestly wish they eouli
marry some one if he is able to undergo the
misery of such a life with such a being. -
Mr. Editor, one thing I will now mention.
I think ic is very much in the way of mar
rying. They talk too much, and generally
appear too anxious to solicit attention from
the ganders. You know, sir, that " modesty
is a quality that highly adorns a woman,"
and I believe good old Dow expressed the
truth in part when he said about the talking
of old maids :
Nature partial in her ends
Made man the strongest :
Justice to make amends
Gifted old maids with tongues longest.
And it is generally thought the gift of a
long tongue, as well as a homely faces, make
much against this contentious part of our
population.
Y'oung men are too cunning to be snatched
up by old maids old batchelors aud wid
owers prefer young ladies aud widows.
Hence the old maids must settle down in
lonely solitude, among their own cobwebs
poetry, and sing the doleful song with bur
dened, oppressive, burning sighs.
Married hope is forever gone.
And fond ones are flown ;
o w ay niy fate to atoue
In this bleak world alone.
Make good use of whatever has been
loaned you by Providence, though mn have
seemingly neglected you. Heaven never
will. Happy consolation, as you are old
and still advancing.
N. B. There is an article in the IJalfYite
Bulletin, of June the 22d, which savors too
much of personalities, therefore I cannot re
ply to it. The controversy started upon the
importance of "Old Maids" and "Bache
lors." I have endeavored to use tho terms
in the plural form, without any personality,
as I regard feelings. Another reason, no
"Old Maid Monstrosity of 35" overwrote
it hence I cannot Cre at a man over the
bhouldcrs of a lady.
Take Your County Paper.
The following incident illustrates the folly
of refusing to take your "home paper."
The Marion (Ala.) Commonwealth says:
Last week a gentleman called in at our
office and asked to be entered on the books
as a subscriber t r t-IiG Commonwealth.
"I've already lost 5 4-3 by being without
my count' paper," said he, "and 1 have at
last determined that it is cheaper to take
the Commonwealth than to loe a second,
sum of a like or larger amount."
On being questioned as to how he had lost
the sum named, he answered :
"A certain estate against which I held a
claim for 5 lo, was advertised for linal set
tlement, and the settlement was made and
confirmed before I knew that any such thing
was thought of.
1 did think I was too poor
to take the paper, but 1 can afford 4 better
than 1 can 45. "
We showed, last year, how one of our
friends hut $S0 by not being a subscriber;
now we have another who lost $45. And as
these cases only came accidentally to our
knowledge, it is fair to presume that many
others exists of which we know nothing.
In addition to the above we can state-that
; a gentleman who lives in North Mississippi
stated to us that he had lost $4C0 in a simi
lar way. The insolvency of an estate was
claims after limitation, lust his money, was
bitterly disappointed, came to this office,
paid us four dollars, and is now apermanent
subscriber. Experience is a dear Bchool.
Will jou take the paper?
Defined Aright. T. W
Scott, Conser-
vative candidate for the Legislature
from)
MeNairy county, in a published circular to
his fallow-citizens, savs :
. . i
ere give voii mv vicwa wit i rcar-j
to what I call the 'radical party. They are
not the party viho fought to restore the
Union, but they are the party who, during
the existence of armed rebellion, when uan-
.i . 2 ...fiiaii in f!iir nr.'-
L,r..,;rtn tw ihe war was not waged to
free the negro, but wns only waged to rc- ;
: store tiie Union. So soon as the danger ;
; was over and the rebellion put down by the !
' constitutional partv, this very radical party !
! became the most fighting party the world;
; ever saw. They then exacted other and j
', more strenuous conditions than tbosCrc- i
' quired bv the gallant Generals who received !
' the r-urrender. The radicals bow dt-man l ,
confiscation, disfranchisement -and cxtcrmi- ;
' nation for all v. ho disagree with them, tak-'
. ingto tl.eir bo ms all classes, regardless of
! rnce,Vo'or, quality or antecedent, provide 1
that they will energetically support their
; will anti-republican party schemes. The:
j Union, the Constitution and equal justico to
! all : the ur.hKirv subi-'. -t to the civil law ; the
.peophi the jiwmaki.'ig power aud he Con-
etitution the tupn-me law f the land, is the
platform upon which I stand
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AT.HAUSAS. -
His Interview vnih. Elias Heeler.
A traveling correspondent of the New
York Herald, writing from Fort Smith, says:
Jis a further exhibit of the prevailing po
litical sentiment here, a fitting companion
picture to the above will b a brief account
of my interview with Major Rector, so
widely known from his connection with the
Indians r.s Government agent His short,
robmt figure, broad, genial Jace, large
double chin and peculiar style of wearing
his hair, done up in a cue, showing him
gentleman of the old school, have not t een
forgotten in Washington, where he has
figured largely in years past; and neither
have been forgotten the thousand and -one
anecdotes told of him as a singularly ec
centric but most intelligent and sensible
gentleman
" That is the hell and damnation of pet
ting old," v as his opening remark as I was
introduced to hira. " 1 Lave to use two pairs
of spectacles now, and then I can't see worth
a damn." And aa ho said this he laid down
a newspaper he we.s reading and shoved
upon his forehearl his spectacles.
lie gave some very pleasant reminiscences
of his past experiences among the Indiana
from his first coming here forty-two years
ago, recited some lively anecdotes about
General Scott and General Taylor, gave a
humrous resume of his life at the Nation
al Capital, and then branched off into his
views of the war and the present political
situation.
"Asa native of Virginia," he remarked,
and a true Southern gentlemen I took sides
with the South during the war. 1 think,
though, it was a fatal error not accepting
the terms offered in 1S63 by President
Lincoln."
" What is your opinioa of Jefferson
Davis I asked.
" lie is as straight as the Lord3 Prayer."
" How do you think reconstruction is get
ting on ?"
Y"ou will have to ask," he answered,
pointing with his right hand ceiling ward,
"some one far more knowing on thesa. mat
ters than I profess to be. My opinion is
that other revolutions are to follow the late
one. p.nd that in twenty years from now we
will have several republics in the United
States. T.ix without representation won't
do. People won't stand it"
Ex-President Davis to be Killed if
Found on TJ. S. Soil.
A Washington correspondent of a Penn
sylvania paper says :
" When it was found that Davis was to go
on bail, a matter which every one there looks
upon as a virtual discharge, the excitement
among the veteran soldiers knew no bounds.
The result had been published days before,
and half expecting it, a meeting was privatly
called at which some sixty discharged sol
diers were present, who bound themselves
sacrtdly together under the name of the
" Andersonville League," every member sub
scribing to a solemn oath that if justice
failed in its duty they would take justice in
their own hands.
This brotherhood no man was qualified to
enter but those who had suffered either from
wounds or imprisonment in the rebel pens
during the war. It now extends to New
Y'ork, Philadelphia and Button. While the
bail was being arranged by the Court at
Richmond on the day set for the trial, a pa
per was handed to Davis' counsel, Charles
O'Conor of New Y'oi k, warning him of the
existence of such a league, and naming two
men in the courtroom as members. These
men were seized as soon as they left the room
and not released until Davis was in New
Yrork. According to the oath, as long as ho
remains on foreign ground he is safe.
Daniel Webster once remarked : " Small
is the sum that is required to patronize a
newspaper, and amply rewarded is its pat
ron, i care not how humble and unpretend
ing the gazette which betakes. It is next
to impossible to nil. a sheet with printed
matter without putting into it something
that is worth the subscription price. Every
parent whose son is away from home at
sehool should supply him with a newspiiper.
I well remember whit s marked difierenco
there was between those of niy schoolmi t33
who had and those who had not accede to
newspapers. Other tilings being equrl, she
first were always superior to thu Inst in da
bate, composition, and general intelligence."
General Marquez, commanding the City of
Mexico, Las executed General O'Uarron,
commander of the post, for treasonable cor
respondence with the Liberals. He has also
arrested one hundred and sixty Liberal sym
pathizers in the city, and threatens to exe
cute them and burn the capital if Maximil
ion and his Generals are harmed.
About one hundred clerks will soon be
discharged from the Treasury Department
and Quartermaster General's office in Wash
ington. Lack of fucds to pay is the causa
j affecting tho latter, while in the Treasury
the amount of work is greatly reduced.
The cash-box of Ameneopolis XXXVII,
which, according to an inscription upon the
obelisk of Luxor, that monarch Jost on aa
excursion to the country, has just been found
in tho province of Fayoam, I'rypt The
recovered treasure is worth about $10,600,
000. On a recent Sunday, some negro eoldi'sra
took possession of the seats in. the Episcopal
Church in New Iberia, La, whereupon the
clergyman closed his book and left the build
ing in possession of tiie intruders.
i Hi Sill
Judge A bell's letters to 1 'resident Johnson
have been published. He charges that all
Gen. Sheridan's acts have been unconstitu
tional and subversive of liberty.
The old court house at Raleigh, Shelby
county, was struck by lightning a few day
j since. Several persons were eenyualy in.
jure J.
There is a melancholy cf-rtainty of another
famine in Ireland. The potatoes have failed
and the intestine trouble ht.3 made bad
worse.
Can't Stanu Tim Rt"3 DaviJ A. Nunn,
the radical nominee for Congress from this
: district, has hat!j refused to wako a hit
of
appointments with Dr. Leftwich.
The voting i
of tho ten recon-
structm
fctates Is
estimated at C61,00
whi
t;, and -1 12,QJ0 blacks.
A a attempt is being made to remove Isaac
NewtotJ, commissioner of Agriculture, from
o2c;3.
When have married i
!e massed thr-t-
the alphabet of Ivvc? Wi.cn they Lave
to ba be.
Why cannot yoa
fro'ui overflowing its
it you can't.
prevent t:i
L.uiks?
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