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The military men unpardoned are quite numerous. Among them the following are most conspicuous: Gens. R. E. LEE, Joseph E. JOHNSTON, G. T. BEAUREGARD, Samuel COOPER, Braxton BRAGG, Lieut Gens. John B. HOOD, John C. PEMBERTON, E. Kirby SMITH, Theophilus HOLMES, James LONGSTREET, and HARDEE; Maj. Gens. Howell COBB, John B. MAGRUDER, George E. PICKETT, Jubal EARLY, Sterlin PRICE, E. MCLAWS, HUGER, Gustavus W. SMITH, Mansfield LOVELL, Wade HAMPTON, N. B. FORREST, Dick TAYLOR, S. B. BUCKNER, William MAHONE, GORDON and ELZY.
Only two naval men are excluded – Admiral SEMMES and Admiral BUCHANAN.

The Bolivar Bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 05 Oct. 1867, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

The project of forming a new county out of a portion of the southern part of Hardeman and the south-east corner of Fayette, is still engaging the attention of a good many persons who live along the Memphis and Charleston railroad. In the sections named above. Last week we endeavored to show the exact number of square miles that could be taken from this county – fifty – and asked where the three hundred additional square miles was to come from. So far, the question has not been answered, and, we presume, never will be. If, however, the new county should be formed, we are frank to say that Hardeman county will lose a handsome portion of her best lands and most wealthy and intelligent citizens. We learn that a survey of the proposed county is to be made at an early day. Should the project succeed, LaGrange, Grand Junction and Saulsbury will each strive for the location of the county site.

The Bolivar Bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 05 Oct. 1867, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

The camp meeting at LaGrange closed on the 25th. There were forty five conversions, and a good many persons joined the Church, some of whom were aged, and who professed to find peace by believing in the atonement.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 28 Sept. 1867, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

As we learn, a meeting was held at Grand Junction on last Tuesday evening for the purpose of forming a new county, to be composed of a portion of Hardeman and Fayette, and we deem it proper to inform our readers of the movement, frankly avowing, however, that there is not, according to the fundamental State law, sufficient territory for the formation of a new county, and will quote from the Code, article III, sec. 82, page 87, for the purpose of introducing the subject:

“New counties may be established by the Legislature to consist of not less than three hundred and fifty square miles, and which shall contain a population of four hundred and fifty qualified voters. No line of such county shall approach the Court House of any old county from which it may be taken, nearer than twelve miles. No part of a new county shall be taken off to form a new county, or a part thereof, without the consent of a majority of the qualified voters in such part taken off; and in all cases where an old county may be reduced, for the purpose of forming a new on, the seat of justice in said old county shall not be removed without the concurrence of two-thirds of both branches of the Legislature; nor shall said old county be reduced to less than six hundred and twenty five square miles.”

Hardeman county is 22-1/2 miles one way and thirty miles the other, and consequently contains about 675 square miles. So, it will be seen, she only has about 50 square miles that can be appropriately be the new county, because the law says the old county shall not be reduced to less than 625 square miles. As to Fayette county, it is certain that she cannot five up three hundred square miles. This being so, we ask, where is the territory that is to form the new county? Under the law, we are satisfied that no sane man could or would object to the formation of a new county if there was territory to form it.

The law itself provides for such procedure but it plain and unmistakable, and the facts in the case must necessarily convince every one who reads the section quoted that Hardeman cannot, without violation or a change of the law, contribute more than fifty square miles to the new county. We have deemed it our duty to say this much, at this time, concerning the movement put on foot, knowing that sooner or later, the subject will attract no little attention from abler minds than ours. Certainly the new county could be formed if the territory could be found, and a majority of the qualified voters within the proposed bounds were favorable to the project.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 28 Sept. 1867, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

The button mania prevails at Shelbyville among the young ladies. They all want buttons to the amount of a hundred each. The young man that gives them the hundredth one, they say, is their intended husband. If they don’t get a hundred we are fearful some of them will be sadly disappointed.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 21 Sept. 1867, Page 1. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

The Ledger of the 18th positively asserts that the milkmen who supply Memphis with milk, in many cases use too much water in thinning the lactel down, and says that a milkman furnished one of his customer, as usual a day or two since, with a pint of the chalky fluid, and at the same time unknowingly threw in a small sized minnow that had once, in all probability, sported in the filth of Gayoso bayou! Of course Memphis is a city now!

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 21 Sept. 1867, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

Three hundred and one persons died from the yellow fever in Galveston, Texas, from the first to the 12th of the present month. Intelligence from the Texas and Louisiana coast informs us that the dreadful disease is spreading into the interior towns, and that thousands of people are dying from the effects of the remorseless scourge.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 21 Sept. 1867, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

“Faith will move mountains,” says a wise one, but he did not say that “many citizens of Grand Junction” could move the county site! Wonder if “many citizens” don’t own, in his own name, several building lots near the crossing of the M. & C. and M. C. Railroads? Our devil says he shouldn’t wonder!

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 21 Sept. 1867, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.