The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-12-04

I OiSO HEO " Uc tue ueliSutS Oh rnatrlmOOy.
! INDIAN TEADITIoN.-Among the Semi
mole Indians there is singular tradition re =
garding the white mans origin and superb
ority. They say that when the Great Spirit
made the earth. he also made three men, all
of whom were fair compile xioned; and after
making them he led them to the margin OF
small lake and babe them leap in an wash.
One obeyed, and came out of the water
purer and fairer than before; the second
hesitated to moment, during which time tn e
water. agitated by the first, become muddcd,
and when he bathed he came out copper
colored, the third did not leap till the water
became black with mud, and he came out
its own color. Then the Great Spirit laid
before them three packages, and out Of pity
for misfortune in color, gave the black ian
the first choice. He took hold of each of
the pack ages, and having felt the weight,
chose the heaviest; the copper colored then
chose the next heaviest, leaving the white
man the lightest. When the packages we're
opened the first was found to contain spades,
hoes. and all the impleme nt of labor; the
second enwrapped hunting, fishing and war
like apparatus; the third gave the white man
pens. ink and paper-the engine of the mind,
the mutual improvements, the social link of
humanity, the foundatian of the white m ans
superiority.
@They are telling good story in Troy,
New York, as follows:
cit was rumored that a gentleman known
to be loyal citizen had secession flag
flying from his house. OF course there was
tremendous, and an excited party started
for the premises. On reaching the house it
was found to be lady's balanoraZ that had
had been washed and hung from a back
window to dry. The husband avowed his
determination to stand DO that flag as long
as he lived, and the effervescent crowd ex-
ploded and disappeared"
WoMEN's LABOR IN BosroN-The Boston
Herald says: we are informed that largo
number Of women in this city and vicinity
are hired to make wooden shirts for soldiers
at the pitiable p;ttance of five cents apiece!
They are hired by contractors who get good
prices out of the Government, and are grow
ing rich out of the business. We are fur
Their informed that a smart woman can make
two of these shirts in day, thereby earning
ten cents. If she makes more than two she
m ust slight her work, and then the soldiers
suffer part of the swindle. The women who
are forced by stern necessity to do such work
at sach price, or starve, may be the wives,
daughters or sisters of soldiers, who have |
fallen in battle, or who still stand with the |
nag of the Union with the Army of the Re-
public
This happens in the capital of the State
which is so much concerned about the con-
iition Of the poor negroes In the South.
GEN. Prices Son PARDoNEp-The Presi-
lent has given Brig. Gen Edwin r. Price,
on Of Major General Sterling Price, both
# the Rebel army, free aud full pardon of
II reasonable, felonious, and ott or crimes
nd misdemeanors, whatever, against the
United States, committed up to the 18th of
november Gen. Price was taken prisoner
ONE time since. paroled by Gen. Halleok,
nd afterwasd exchanged for Gen. Prentiss.
subsequently, he resigned his com mission in
ne Rebel army, and his friends appealed for
is pardon. While on his parole. and resi-
ing in Charlton county, Mo-, he is said to
ave exerted himself to maintain peace a nd
roer oy driving off the guerrillas. and it is
aonsht by some Of the Union men of Mis-
,url, that his pardon will have a beneficial
fleet ia Missouri.