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The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-13
TEN YEARS AGO.

We are astonished when we coriemrla.e
the changes which have been effer'e m m
course Of ten wears, How rarid!v the
sweer;irg tide of time rolls on Tha morn :
ing of life passes off like a dre'm and We
look around in vain for the comra1'"'s ~
our von.hfnl DAYS Whera ar" tn" CAV, N"
beautiful. The harp. with whom we "nre
spor.pd in the srrigrtfreS< ~ v"n'h a"'
:bnovaucv of erinvmert Ttev were mere,
we krew them: We loved them; we r. lo'c"'
with them down T'm"'s sunny stream "ith
rl-asure's frsil barkp; bnt where are they
nowi Alas. they have gone hpfor" W; IN"
whirIwipd Of death drove them rar'div or
ward and they are sailing on e'.rn'.v's w'd"
shorelpss sea. Ths scenes nf our ch'ldh 'd ,
too. fade away; and soon not viSfage "t
them il left as a token that they have eX-
listed. Times stuperdous wheel is ever
rolling on Ten wears mere, and where Will
we he? Onr present friends, our rr"senf
companions, will thew still be here? mo;
tbev NAV be scattered far away, strangers
and in strange land.
Ten wears, and the aspect of things 70
many. ve:y many. will Re rhanee". inc
pale. emaciated miser. that now bends over
his useless gold Che wreck of rninei fami-
lies, and the last for'orn wretehedn'ss')
where vii! he be? lie and the h.sg r
whom he drives from his door. will have
gore to their long homes: his wealth Will
have passed into other han.is. Ten wears.
have passed into other hands. Ten years.
and the student who is now pouring ever
volumns, and seeking with sucn avidifv Tor
knowledge. will have acquired and perhaps
forgotten it. The lovely maiden. whose
mind and person are just matnred-s"e Is
y-pleasure beams in her conHtenance.
and ;ov sparkles in her eye; with llsh'
foot and lighter heart, she steps upon hts
stage, hut alas! ten years and this lover
being will be indeed changed; the bright
facinating smile no longer PLAYS upon her
cheek; her once laughing eve speaks dee =
or of misery now than it ever did OF pleas
ure Ten wears. and what is now beanf'iu
will have faded away like the morning How
er. Ten wears, and mar that sport in the
sunshine of prosperity will be wrapped in
misfortune's gloomiest shade. Zen years,
nnn the m an of business will have settled
his final accounts" the fool will have
grown wise. and the wise will have r'sc"V-
cred his ignorance. The atheist vii! have
found out his mistake. and the Christian Will
have realized his hopes.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-13

LOOKING AT STRANGERS IN CHURCH
Sitting in church one Sunday, frie nd re-
marked to me as a stranger came in, on VIII I'M
nearly all eyes were turned. did you ever
see how people look at strangers coming in
church 2 saying yes. l whispered you
looked too That's the wav-we look and
have our stare out, not expecting any one
else to do the same. ard vet thew d"-and
the result is when a stranger finds himself or
herself the ohjec' of such close scrutiny. they
are placed in an awkward and em barrassed
position, unless they be Of strong nerve
Now persons should have respect for the
feelings of others, and remember how they
should feel were they in such condition
One may say, well. if i. was I. they might
stare > hut recolect that it is easier said than
done. Now, in such case, if your curiosity
is so great, and you must have look. why
do it so you W II not be noticed; for. it is q
very unenyiable situation to q person of
sense. to be the object OF vulgar and curious
securtiny.
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GExrLEMANLY LAn1Es.-Tn a railro

GENTLEMANLY LADIEs-Tn railroad
car. the seats were all full except one which
was occupied by a pleasant looking Irish
man, and at one of the stations couple Of
Young ladies came in. to procure seats.
Seeing none vacant. they were about to go
into the back car. when Patrick arose has
,i!y and offered his seat with evident pleas
ure. 'Bnt you will have no seat for YOUR
SELF responded one of the young ladies
with smile. hesitatlns with true polteness
to accept it. "Niver you mind that"
said the gallant Fl b-rnian. yer welcome
10 it. I'll ride upon the COW catcher to
New York any time for smile from such
qintleman1y ladies!'' and he retired hastily
into the next car. anil the cheers Of his
fellow passengers albany Argus.
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FAMILY COURTESY. - Family iatimss,

FAMILY COURTESY. - Family intimacy
should never make brothers and sisters for.
get to be polite and sympathizins to each
other. Those who contract th ou ghtless aBd
rude habits towards tbs member Of their
own family. will be rude and thonghtless to
all the world. But let ths family inter-
course be true, tender. and affecticnats and
the manners Of all uniformly gentle and
considerate, and the m member Of the family
thus trained will carry into the world and
society the habits of their childhood. They
will require in their associates similar
qualities; they will not be ss.is6s1
Without mutual esteem, and tho cultivation
of the best affections and theip own char
acter will be sustained by that faita in good
ness which belongs to q mind exercised II
pure and high thoughts.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-13
From the New Albany lind. Ledger.
Inhuman Treatment-.-H0W the AbOli.
tiOniStS DO IT.

tIOuIStS DO
An Abolitionist, living at Noble, Illinois,
recently went to Cairo, where, it seems, they
have regular slave market, for the purpose
OF procuring lot of negroes to work .on his
farm. The negroes were selected, and the
price asked for them paid, when the philan-
thropic Abolitionist got aboard the cars with
his chatttels and took them to his home in
Noble.
After working them several weeks. his
nefghbors gave him to understand that if he
did not remove them back where he got
them, they would burn his house and inflict
other summary punishment upon him. I'm
der these circum tances the Aboltionist
who be longs to the dyed iu-the- wool school,
took the negroes to the railroad; but, instead
Of sending them to Cairo, paid their fair to
Vincennes Indiana.
When the cars arrived at Viucennes the
negroes were put off. They begged ha ard to
be taken further, but of course the nduc-
tor had no right to grant their wishes. Upon
investigation of their condition, it was found
that their Abolition master had sent them
away entirely destitute Of money-only Civ
ing them a single fve-cent piece for the
benefit of the whole number. e.
Among the negroes was a woman who
was not expected to live. from illness, when
put upon the train, and who was wholly
destitute, well as all the rest of the ne
groes, of the commonest comforts. Of course
these negroes will be sent back from Vim
cennes to the brutal wretch who has thus
turned them out upon the world.
The above is but fair Illustration of the
hypocrisy Of the pretended humanitarians
who are so greatly distressed about the
"pOOr negro"
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LINCOLN'S LAST STORY.

Oti Vt DOWulHSs IL 10 huOWIl, Is quart
tered in the White House, and has written
some letters descriptive of the doings there
The following is supposed to be the last no.
table scenes in that house of mourning, and
was obtained through an intimate friends oil
the Major:
We have had an orful solum time here
sence the elecshuns in Ohio, Indiany and
Pennsylvany, and Ioway. Old Abe and
Stanton and Wel!es takes it to hart very
much. and it was more than week after
the noos begin to Cum in before the Pres-
dent could tell story. To-day he reused
up enuff to tell us one: He said the cleo
shun reminded him of hog spekerlatur in
Ilinise, who wanted to buy all the hogs he
could, and to "kontrol the market" He
got all the shinplasters in two or three banks
and opened up an office in Chicago to invite
sellers. One day an old feller cum in, a
mity plane lookin old feller, and wanted to
sell sum hogs.
"Hew many hev ye gor?" aud the spec
ulator.
Il don't know exactly" see the hog dro-
Wal" seq the spekelatur. Il guess I'll
take all you can bring any how,'' and the
figser was nam edit was aooin9 flyer.
"Now." seq the old felur, 'jes give me n
paper saying what you'll do. and pnt in it
that l may deliver them hogs at Chicago or
Alton, or Springfield. Jest AS please.
OF cours.' says the spekelatul, and he
wrote the PAPER.
The old fellow went away. and in a few
days his live pork bsgnn to come in.
The clerk come in one day and sez to the
speculator. cold Benson" sez he, the old
feller's mama was Benson has sent in 10.
OCO hogs. And here is a letter from Spring
field: he has sent in 15 600 there, and the
Alton says he has sent in 10000 there, and
the money has e'en most run out, and he
writes for more"
Very WE'LL sez the speculator. i guess
that III finish the old feller's lot.'
But he was mistaken Every mornin'
more letters-more hogs driven in-more
money wanted. At last the spekelstur be-
gin to be skeered, and sent for old Benson :
who. you may be sure, wasn't far away.
We'll. old teller sez he. you hav' good
many h"gs?' 81
Right smart lot on 'em,' sez the old chap.
III send in 10 OO0 more to morrow
Thunder and blazes! seq the specuia tor
how many on airth hev' you?
Don't know, says old Benson. 1 hev'
big lot to come yit.
See here. old Teller. sez the speculator,
guess you'd better quit dellverin'; Jest keep
the money you've got. and take all the hogs
l hev', and let ne out of that contract!-fur
he'd found out who old Benson was, and
begin to hev' notion of tho size Of his
pile and the strength of his game.
After some diSputin' the speculator made
over his hogs to Benson, and shut up his
office, and went to settle with the banks.
Now. sez old Abe to Stanton, YOU kin
make the application yourself-and may
be you'd better be getfin' ready to haud
ovar things to the Democrats-for they
don't seem to be done deliverin' yet. I'm
afraid, Stanton, we can't control the m arke t.
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Old Aunt Hannah.
BY W. II. HoLCoMBE.


lets wait little longer, Tom!
Before we westward go:
Let's wait for old Aunt Hannah's sake,
'Twould break her heart. know.
Look at her in her corner there,
Her head is white as snow;
The last leaf of the good tree
We cannot leave her so,
In this old mansion was she born,
Her JOYS and griefs were here:
How we'll she loved and nursed rs all
Through many a changing wear
See how she's smiling at the fire.
And whispering something low.
She's thinking of our Christian times,
o, long and long ago!
Beside yon crumbling garden wall
Our gallant father lies,
Our good old mother at his side
Aunt Ha- nah closed their ewes.
She was the playmate of them both,
Some fifty wears ago
To leave those dear old graves behind,
'Twould break her heart, l know.
When the dear old soldier parceled ont
His treasures great and small,
Aunt Hannah lie would give to none,
lie gave her to us all.
We laid his good sword on his breast,
For he had charged ~
Whist old Aunt Hannah fnelt in tears
All, Tom. we cannot 90!
Her failing sands will soon be out,
The kindly angel come,
And leai the good. OIL. faithful soul
To her great Master'~ home,
And hon we've marked her simple grave,
And droppld tear or 30.
Wei: urn the ashes of the past,
And westward gaily go!
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-13

EYES DoN'r LIE lit is more difficult to
make the eve lie than any other organ we
are possessed of. To tell what woman
SAYS, pay attention to her tongue. 1t you
wish to ascertain what sne means, pay at
t-ution to her eye. To talk in opposition
to the heart is one Of the easiest things 10
the world; 10 look this opposition, however,
is more difficult than algebra.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-13

FA case of horrible superstition in
Hungary is thus narrated in letter from
Reka:
"A few days since, farmer residing 10
the commune Of Bazos. denounced bis
daughter law as a a0itch, and said that it
was she who prevented rain from falling.
He moreover affirmed that for several
months she had neither eaten. drunk nor
slept, and that whenever a cloud appeared
in the sky she went out into the courtyard
and made GESTURE with her hand by which
she drew down the m DISTURB to herself. and
so could 10 without drink. In consequence
Of the denu notation the authorities had tho
won an examined by the mdwivss. whs
found on her body wtch's mard Of sll the
colors of a rainbow. She was then told that
she must submit to be cauterixed, snd If not.
the people of the commune would burn her
on pile of thorns. The unfortunate we-
man was compelled to allow herself to be
cauterized by her own aunt, with . rad hot
silver coin and with the help Of church
key. Two days after Providence sent Us .
good fall of rain. but there wss also hsil,
which damaged tho corn. Thst arose, 40.
cording to the people of the village. from
the witch hcraft not being properly cured by
the cauterization.'
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-13

"My gracions. said Ike" if some fairy
would give me wings. wouldn't 1 go 20
Mars. and Vents, and Jupiter, and all the
rest Of them
"And Satan," said Mrs. Partington, striking
in: 'and I'm afraid you will go there whether
you have wings or not"
Ike whistled and turned the subject to ao
orange the young lady had.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-13

In new raised corps. Q soldier observed
to his con,rade. who was an Irishman. that
a corporal was to be dismissed from the req.
ment. A'Faith and indeed replied the irIsh-
man. I hope it is the corporal who 10 50
troublesome in our company what 10 his
name?. asked tbs other. ."Why,. srrsb.
dear honey. it IS a;*p1lss 1lsHsis sk~ot, b be
ehcPe. -'i = O.
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A contraband was being escorted to the
forti6cations yesterday by a soldier, be was
met bv another 'gemm an ob COLOR
'Hellow. Ike. whar ye gwine with dat
gard?'
Use gwine out 10 reinforce de army
is dat SOP
yes! I'm gwine to de n,ort;fcations to
dig trenches.'-LouisviRe Democrat.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-13

PRETry WoMEN-Of all other views
man may, in time. grow tired: but in the
countenance Of women there is variety
which sets WEAKNESS at defiance. 'rhe di-
vine right of beauty says Junius SIS the
only divine right man can acknowledge.
and pretty woman the only tyrsnt he is
not auth horizad 10 reslst.'
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-13

Tom-Say, Pomp. 'liable darkey tell
me jist now dat jeff Davis gwine to tailiats
bout de Presidents prcclamation-he's
gwine to declare all de niggers in de Norf
States slaves ar:er de just OBJ Janewary
next
Pomp-'Brpss me alp
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-----.1 HHd dTtHE, aUu Soon 81.
An Englishs very drunk. On returning
that porteo ditch, where Pat discovered
terwar after looking at him for some time
o bcmed, "Arrah. my honey, you said it
I.as meat and drink to youi by Eny soull It is
much better thing. for it is ,oasni'g and
ol0inq toor -rf,
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4 hope my little daughter said a mother
one m ornins. that you will be able to con-
troll your little temper to day! Yes moth
er, and / hope you will control your pig
temperP - 80
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The Hillsboronsh G,s.tte Of th 1ns de-
tober places Mr.. Vail ,ndigharConvsnsioa
m asst b cad, for Governor-
c;u;on ofthe next UemTn to On yr;.hc.,
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daughter is fraI and delicate, and We hope
that you will submi it to have your claws cut
Oft and your tusks drawn, because they
might do very serious injury to her, The
lion submitted, being very much in Iove.-
His claws were cut off and his tusks drawn,
and they took clubs then and Knocked him
on the head.' Laughtsr.1 / replied.
think, about in substan this--that 1t was
an exceedingly interesting anecdote, aad
and very apropos but not altogether satis-
factory answer to me.
"We had before that conversed sitting in
a semi circle around the President; but Mr..
Reeves rose from his chair, and, with Dig
nightly and an eloquence have seldom
heard surpassed in the course ofmy life. he
appealed to him. He told him he was then
a very old man; that there never had been
throb of his heart that was not in favor OF
the perpetuaton of the Union; that be came
there with hope and a wish TO perpetuate
it, and that all his efforts had been exerted
in endeavoring to procure such guarantees
as would perpetuate it; but that he desired
to say to him. and be said it with trembling
voice. in order that he might know, and not
say thereafter that he was not fully warned
that he agreed with every word had salo
with regard to the horrors of this antipated
war, and that if he did resort to coercion.
Virginia would join the seeding States
Nay, sir he said, 'old as am, and dearly
as have loved this Union. in that event l
go. with all my heart and soul.' Hear.
hear. Mr.. Lincoln jumped up from his
chair, as Mr.. Reeves was standing. advanced
one step toward him, and said, Mr.. Reevesl
Mr. Reeves! if Tirgina will stay in, will
withdraw the troops from Fort Sumter
Mr.. Reeves stepped back and said, MT. rres-
ident, have no authority to speak Tor Flr.
ginia: but if you do that it will be one OF
the wisest things you have ever done. 20
that and give us guar antees, and can oniy
promise YOU that whatever influence l pos
sess shall be extended to promote the = MON
and to restore it to what it was
1--WE then all of US got up and were stand
ing. He said, We'll, gentlemen, have been
wond ering very much whether, 1t Mr. Doug
las or Mr.. Bell had been elected Presid ent.
YOU would have dared to talk to him as
freely as YOU have to me- did not exact
lv hear the answer, but I am tod that Mr..
Guthrie answered him about in this way:
Mr. President, if General Washington ec-
cupied the seat that you will soon fill. and
had it been necessary to talk to him as we
have to you to save such a Union as this.
for one should talk to him as we have to
you Hear, hear.
"There the conversation ended, and the
deputation went away with the impression
that war was impossible. Thsy were, how
ever. soon undeceived. The President en-
tered upon the duties Of his Office with de-
clsratlon that if there was collision it should
not he his fault, at the very time that ne
was preparing an arm ament in New 1ork 20
reinforce Fort Sumter. The Confederates
then, observed Mr.. Moorehe cad, chose to hrs
first in self-defense. and took the fort before
the armament came there"
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-03-13
NO. 81. 81. - .

WATCH AND WATT. THE UNION
TT THE DAY1S DAWN. u
ING l. THE HOUR OF DELIVER.
ANCE APPROACHES re- 50 ..si e.eni
1t was these significant announcements 2
that caused the arrest Of John Minor
Bolts and twenty other suspected citizens
of wealth. character aad position, and
the proclamation OF martial law. Hao5
The Richmond Express urges summa7'
ry measures for checking the progress oil
treason and advocates the arrest and ex-
ecution Of the conspiraiors. .' 'A'N wy
IL was thought that Colonel Coreoran
and CoIoosl Wilcox would 5snoWheld ass
hostages for Geperals BuckBer and Tilgh,
man. bat this was merely rumorod. Col;
onel Coreoran end Colonel Wilcox apd
other Federal prisoners have reached
Richmond. 1s n.s sag !alap .8i
There was great panic al Richmond.
which was caused by the recent defeats !,
Of the Rebels. TIE leading traitors ex-
hifii the greatest irepiGaiion. aN
FT MvSRoE, March A flag oftruce
was sent over 10 Craney Island to. day,
ibut no passFugsrs returned. f,4jssgt .,s
ATLANTA. Ga, Feb. 2S.-Tbe Coufed.
seracy this morning states that Gen. Bush
rod johnson escaped from Fort Done!son
and reached Murlressboro' last Sunday
Heavy rains have recently fallen, and the
roads fiom Nashville are greatly damsg-
1 ed.
The Richmond Dispatch says Col. ecr-
coran, aud Wilcox, and other Federal
prisoners, to the number of one bundredj
arrived here on Friday from Columbia.
S. G., and are awaiting traDshipment to-
Newport News. They. however, may not
start for several weeks TO come, as the ar
raugemens for sending them away Lave
not been completed. 's $500 Us
Col. Wilcox is the officer who acted as
military Governor OF Alexandra, when it
was frst occupied by the Federals. :.
1t is reported from Richmond that Johh
Minor Bolts has heen arrested aud thrown
into prison for mauilesting Union pro-
clivi, les. 81. t-e 81. q. .sG p G.t
I Richmond papers publish genera! or,
ders 20. 9, dated Adjutant and Inspec-
tor Generals Office, Richmond. March l.,
wherein JEFF. Davis proclaims martial law
over Richmond and adjoining country for
ten miles. All distills.ion of spirituous
liquors and their sale is forbidden on ac-
court Of the decentralization of the army
aud the prevalent disorder. ~ w
I All persons having arms Of any des.'
cription are requested to deliver the same
to the Ordinance Department on or be-.
fore the 5ih Of March; otherwise, they
i would be seized. -fA 't+l ''''
: The Richmond Dispatch says; "This
measure will be hailed with satisfaction
: by all classes" ...l..5,t
u AcUsTA, March "A gentleman Just
s reached here. says on Saturday morning,
!, Commodore TainalPs feet engaged ons
p. Of the Federal batteries near Savannah,
'e and lost one man, killed. The feet then
" retired. ... Ef...'. -,-.f .se a.s
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HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM THE
....f .,.,ti SOUTH, .i..-y.E ..-H

How tile Nasheiile Ran the BlockOds-
Union Placards in Richmond-John ~.
Bots and Other LSading Union Men
Arresisd-Mortial Lao Proclaimed al
RicAatond-Ndra, Skirmish Near Sa.
vannah. --e-,
BALTMoRE, March 5.--A lie ;ter from
Fort Monroe, published in the American
of this city, says that yesterdays Rich.
mond Dispatch announces that the Steam
er Nashville came direct from Southamp-
tor to The North Carolina coast. aud aP-
preached the blockadiug vessels with the
Union flag.
The Nashville went UP directly under
the guns of The bloCkading vessel. almost
within haiiing distance, and then passing
her, raised the rebe. flag and moved di-
rectly toward Fort Macon.
The blockading vessel Immediately dis
covered the deception And started 10 pu,-
suit ofthe Nashville, and followed he'
until within range Of the guns OF For
Macon. Several shots we're ired al tht
Nashville. but she reports that no BODY
was hurt. She claims to have bropgh
into Wilmington valuable cargo of banl
note and printing paper, ,sg
The Richmond Dispatch calls attention
to the mysterious writing on the wall, in
dioating that Union coDspirators are a
work. Among these writings are the fol
lowing: ~.
ATTENTION, UNION MEN I
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-03-13
From the Upper Potomac.

i rCHARLEsrowN, Va, Marcel, II 6.-rRqlis
ble intelligence states that the rebels arc
in full force at Winchester They, have
completed formidable earthworks On this
side mounted with 60 guns. '79ssi eag
The work on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad progresses rapidly. yd ,era e
! All the commands Of this division are
Iingtbs best condition and anxious for an
attack by the enemy. .roi,s2so a-i ga
mA scouting party Of cavalry reports
that Ashley's rebsl cavalry list night at
tempted TO cut them of when near Berry.
vile, but were foiled'in the attempt.
j Four regiments, with four gun bat
terry, attempted on the Sd inst, TO flant
Colonel Geary near Bovelsville, but were
driven of without a battle. 'r
I