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The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Political Abolitionis1n--.TheE Evils of It's
Success Predicted,

The Tribune office, New York, has been
noted for its energy in getting up and pub
fishing political pamphlets. Indeed, it is
groat on such instruments for enlighteniug
the public mind. and issues them in num-
bers innumerable. In 1874, when tho can
didate of the Tribune for President was Mr..
CLAY, a campaign tract was issued by Gree
ley & McElrath, signed JUNIUs. from which
we m AXE the following extract:
"We are not fond of alarming topics, nor
disposed to excite unnecessary anxiety
But the evils of Political A5olition, rising up
an the North, m ust BIZ faced. and the conse-
quences it tends to must be considered
However averse the people of the free States
may be to slavery (and we believe they are
almost universally SOY. yet we can not but
feel that this remedy Of Political abolition is
a0orse than the disease. first, because the rude
ness and violence of the treatm ent only ag-
oravate it; and next, because they fear that
the edicine, if administered as proposed, =,
will Kill both patient and the doctor. A DIS
SOLUTION OF THE UNION WOULD BE AS GER
TAIN as any effect of moral cause that can
be reasoned on. Nor is it likely that this
would be the end. The political asperities
and exasperations that would grow out of
such conflict, would themselves naturally
be breeders of other convu'sions; and it would
not be strange if SOME CHIEFTAIN or chief
tains should rise up in the struggle. to make
Slaves of all f'eenaen. and bind in stronger
chains those whom, by such means, it is pro-
posed to set free.
I'VE are family of States, bound to-
gether bp a covenant solemnly ratified,
which prescrbes THE RIGHTS of each. In
this family, concord i; beautiful; but tan,i1y
quarrels are the worst of all. Look a. Spain
Will any one say that such a movement as the
POLITICAL ABOLITION OF THE North, does not
put in Jeopardy the peace If this Union, AND
THE UNION ITSELF? And can any hum an
foresight tell what scenes Of strife it is likely
to produce. if it should be encouraged to pass
on its way toward the supreme power of the
nation, which is its avowed aim?"
Political Abolition obtained the ascend en-
cy in the North in 1860 and the conse-
quences. as foretold by the Tribune tract of
1874. are now in part the country, in fearful
and desolating certainty and magnitude; and
the future may realize the prediction in all
its fullness.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06

@Beautiful is old age. beautiful as the
slow dropping mellow autumn of a rich g'o-
rions summer In the old man nature has
fulfilled her works: she loads him with the
fruits of well-spent life; surrounded bv
his children. she rocks him away softly to
the grave. to which he is followed by bless
ings. There is another life, hard. rough :.
and thornv. trod,le with bleeding feet and
aching brow; battle which no peace fol-
lows this side of the grave; which the grave
grasps before the victory is won; and stran ge
that it should be-this is the highest life
Of NJ an. Look back along the great names
Of history; there is none whose life is better
than nthi5-Westminster Review. ~, 4
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06
Stonewall jackson Administers the Sa-
Crament.

On the morning Of a recent battle near
Harper's Ferry. after sermon by one OF his
chaplains, Stonewall Jackson, who, by the
wav is an elder in the Presbyterian Church,
adm Mustered the sacram ent to the church
no m bers in his army. He invited all Chris
tians to participate in this ceremony. A
Baptist the straigh of his sect, thoroughly
imbued with the idea Of close communion.
was seen to hesitate; but the OCCASION. and
tn m an who presided overcame his scruples.
and thus it has happened that the prospect
of fight and the eloquence of Jackson
made Baptist forget that baptism is the
door into the Church. In all Jackson's ar
nv an oath is rarely uttered. A religious
enthusiasm pervades it which makes every
man a hero. Conscious OF the justice OF our
cause, and imhued with the strongest con-
victon Of patriotism. his men are irresistible.
In this incident we have an explanation Of
General Jackson's invncibilitv. and we are
thus enabled to understand why his men
are all heroes and why thew endure without
"a mnrmur the severest har6ships to which
anv troops have been subjected during the
war. When peace is restored. it will be
honor enough for anv m an to say. L belong
ed to the army Of Stonewall Jackson
Knoxville Glenn Register.
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From the Dubuque Iowa) Herald, Oct. ss'
A General System of Plunder in Curtis
Army-Disgraceful Developments.

We call attention to the extract given be-
low from letter written by soldier in the
army of the Southwest, in regard to the
completely of army officers in cotton specu-
lations and robberies. The letter was writ
ten by young man to his sister, now a resi-
dent Of an adjoining town. and was not in
tended for publication. We have been per-
mitted to make it public, however, and do
so on the assurance that every word is true.
NINE MILES BELOW HELENY(
September 20, 1862. {
DEAR FRIEND: We are yet under march
ing orders. This morning we exchanged all
of the canister shot for solid shot. which
implies that we have got some wall to batter
down somewhere.
Last night aur forces burned another lit
tie town Just on the opposite side from
where We are now encamped. Day before
Yesterday we took transport and went down
the river about eighty miles to get some cot
ton. lou must understand that we con fis-
cate all property which belongs to rebels in
arms and whose sentiments are antagonistic
to this Governmet, and that we have now in
camp Dot far from two thousand negroes,
contrabands OF war-persons whom we use
TO get Cor rather stealI cotton with. and OF
which cotton Uncle Sam never gets pound.
Our camp is always thronged with cot
ton spectators, who seem to be very social
and intimate with our officers Well, to our
trip down the river: The crew consisted of
two companies of the Thirty-third Illinois,
aud one section of Captain Schofield's bat
terry, twenty-five negroes. and a man who
made himself very conspicuous after we
were out of sight of the camp. ard who
afterwards proved to be the overseer of
rebel planter, whose son is a Captain in the
Confederate Army. This overseer was on
board of this Government transport, who af-
ter we steamed in sight of the rebel pickets,
dlsem barked, went to the picket guard, and
in half an nour returned, when our boat re-
<u umed its journey and passed without being
hred upon. Extraordinary. wasn't it? In
an hour we landed at plantation landing,
where we took aboard twenty bales
Of cotton. After this was done, and the
cotton securely slowed away. the overseer
and the Captain of the transport chained
fifteen of the negroes together. when the
overseer. thoroughly armed. drove them
away. Next morning our boat was hailed
by two negroes. Of course we took them
a board, for negroes are contraband Of war.
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How MODEST MAN WAS MIsTAKEN.-The

How MODEST MAN WAS MIsTAKEN.-The
Syracuse Standard says: In Lowell, at a
lecture. = few evenings siLce. a gentlem an
the modest man cf his sex. and no less po-
lite than modest was sitting in a pew rather
remote from the light. A prettv lady sat
next to him. Looking on the floor during
the lecture, he espieh what he thnnght was
the lady's handkerchief, the lace trimmme
edge just visible from under her dress
Turning to his pew mate he sallantlv whis-
pered, you've dropped your hand dkerchief
madam. - and before she could reply he
proceeded to pick it up. Horror! he had
seized the cdge of her pet-skirt. and did
not discover bis mistake until the top OF a
gaiter boot stared him in the face. and the
faint sound Of laugh just n;ppe1 in the
bud by the application of a real handker-
chief warned him of his mistake Moral
Don't attempt to pick up anything with
lace to it before you know what it is.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06

AN ENGINE AND rkAIN OF LARS THROWN
OFF THE TRACK BY REBEL BULL Last
week. as an engine, with twelve empty stock
cars was coming up the North Missouri
Railroad ne ar Florence. an iufuriate'i tnll
disputed its passage bv getting on the track
and throwing up the dirt with his feet in a
furious manner. The breaks were whistled
down, and the train stopped. but all to no
purpose. as the bull obstnately maintained
his ground, as if determined to dispute ev-
ry inch.
The engineer started the trained again,
,hinkino that the obstinate animal would
certainly give way to the iron horse; but in
this he was mistaken. The bull lowered
head and slowly advanced for the contest.
The train was raining so slow, that. instead
of knocking the infuria,ed animal off Of the
track, as it would have done in full speed.
it ran up on it. The consequence was th 9
engine and entire train was thrown from the
track and entirely destroyed. involving a
loss to the company Of between $4,000 and
S25 COO! A rather dear "bull fight.
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MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND.

The Despot's heel is on thy shore,
Maryland My Maryland.
His touch is at thy temple door,
Maryland, My Maryland.
Avenge the patriotic gore,
That fiecked the streets of Baltimore,
And be the battle Queen of yore,
MARYLAND, My Maryland.
Hark to a wandering sons appeal,
Maryland. My Maryland.
Nv mother state, to thee | kneel-
Maryland, My Maryland.
For life or death, for woe or veal,
Thy peerless chivalry reveal,
And gird thy beauteous limbs with steel,
Maryland, My Maryland.
Thou shail't not COVER in the dust,
Maryland. Ny Maryland.
Thy beaming sword shall not rust,
Maryland. My Maryland,
Remember Carroll's sacred trust,
Remember Howard's warlike thrust,
And all thy slumbcrers with the inst,
Maryland, Ny Maryland.
Come for thy shield is bright and strong,
Maryland, NY Maryland.
Come for thy dalliauce does thee wrong,
Maryland, Ny Maryland.
Come to thine own heroic throng,
That stalks with liberty along,
And give new Hey to thy song,
Maryland, My Maryland.
Dear mother burst the tvran.s chain,
Maryland, My Maryland.
Virginia should not call in vain,
Maryland, My Maryland.
She meets her sisters on the plain,
Sic .SfmDre is the proud refrain,
THAT battles millions back again,
Maryland, Ny Maryland
I see the blush upon thy cheek,
Maryland, My Maryland.
Bu. thou vast ever bravely meek,
Maryland. My Maryland.
Rnt I.o, there surges forth a shrek,
From hill to hill from creek to creek,
Potomac calls to Chesapeake.
Maryland, Ny Maryland.
I hear the distant thunder hum,
Maryland, Ny Marylsnd.
The old lines bugle, fife and drum.
Maryland. Ny Maryland.
She ;s not deaf. nor dead, nor dumb.
Huzza! she spurns the Northern scum!
CT h,s,,bes- she burns, she comes, she come
MARYLAND, Ny Maryland.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06

No I Amt NEITHER.-'Look hero, You
boy, you're annoying me very much said .
nervous old gentleman to an urchin who was
muching candy with an infinite gusto at the
theatre. the other evening.
No 1 ain't neither returned the little
urchin. I'm q gnawipg this ere hunk Of
candy
Nervous old gent winked both eyes. and
collapsed, while diminutive psntaloons
'chawed' and ground away with inexpres'
sible satisfaction.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06
NUMBER 20
From the New York Sunday Mercury.
The New Belief.

Without comment, we pu blish the follow.
ing devout production, coming to our table
from devotee in the city churches. That
there is considerable human nature in it. ho.
body can deny.
TIE ABRAHAM LAUDAMus.
Wepraise thee, o Abe! We acknowledge
the to be sound OF the goose
All iankee-land doth worship thee, ever
lasting old joker.
To thee all ofice-seekers cry aloud, 'Flup.
keydom.' and all the powers therein.
To thee, Stanton and Welles continually
do cry. Bully. bully. bully boy with glass
eye.'
Washington and Illinois are full of thy
majesty and thy praise
The glorious company of Politi cal Gene.
rails praise thee.
The goodly fellowship of Postmastsrs
praise thee.
The noble army of contra ctors praise thee.
The mighty Republican institutions
throughout all Columbia do acknowledge
thee
Ihe father of infinite proclamations, thine
admirable true, and only policy.
Also Brevet Lieutenant General Winfield
Scott, the Com forter.
Thou art the King of rail-splitters, o Abel
Thou art the everlasting son Of the late
Mr.. Lincoln.
When thou lookest upon thee to run for
the Presidency and deliver the Union, thou
didst humble thyself to stand upon the Chi
cago Platform
When thou didst overcome the sharpness
of election, thou didst open the White House
kitchen to all believers.
Thou sittest at the right hand of Uncle
Sam in the glory of the Capitol
We believe that thou shalt not come to bs
re-eiected
Nevertheless we pray thee help thy ser
wants whom thou hast kept from JEFF Da-
vis' and Foreign Intervent;on.' Make us
to be remembered with thy favortes in Office
everlasting
OAbe! Save thy people and bless thy
parasites! Govern them and increase their
salaries forever!
Day by day we puff thee.
And we exalt thy name forever in the
daily papers.
Vouchsafe, o Abe! to keep Us this day
without change Of Generals!
o Abe! have mercy on the Army Of the
Potomac!
OAbe! let thy mercy be upon US, a. cur
trust is not, in Stanton.
o Abe! for the have voted. let me never
be drafted!
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06

BAD LucK.-A wooden legged amateur
happened to be with skirmishing party
lately. when she'll burst near him. SIN ash
ing his artificial limb to bits, and sending a
piece Of iron through the calf Of soldier
near him. The soldier 'grinned and bore it
like a man, while the amateur was loud and
emphatic in his lamentations. Being re-
buked by the wounded soldier, be rep lied {.
Oh. yes; its all we'll enough for you to bear
it. Your leg didn't cost anything. and will
heal up; but paid 5000 cash for mine.'
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06

A DIFFICULT QUESTION ANswERED.-Can
anybody tell whv. when Eve was manufac-
tured from one of Adams ribs. hired girl
wasn't made at the same time to wait on
her?
We can easvi Because Adam never came
whining to Eve with ragged stocking to
be darned. a collar string to be sewed, or a
glove to be mended. right away. quick. now!'
Because he never read the newspapers until
the suu had got down behind thu palm trees
and stretched himself yawning out.
'Ain't supper most ready, nv dear?'
Not he. He made the FIRE and hung over
the kettle hims IT, wei venture and pulled
the radishes and peeled the b,nsnas and did
everything else he ought TO do! He milked
the cows and fed the chickens. and looked
after the pigs himself. He never brought
half dozen friends to dinner when Eve
hadn't any promegranates, and the matro
season was cveri He never STAYED till elev-
en- O'Clock to a war meeting hurrahing for
the ont candidate. and then scold because
moor Eve was CRYING inside the gates. To
be sure. he acted rather cOwardlv about ap-
pie gathering time, bnt that don't depreciate
his helpfnIness about the garden! He never
plnved billiards, or drove fast horses, or
choaked Eve with cigar smoke. He never
loafed around the groceries while solitary
Eve was rocking little Canes cradle at home.
In short he did not think she was especially
created for the purpose Of waiting on him,
and vast under the impression shat it dis
yraced man to tighten his wife's cares a
little
That's the reason that Eve did not need
hired GIRL, and we wish it was the reason
none of her far descendendants did!
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06

POLISH PIETY.-In removing to a new
farm it is always customary in Poland to
have it solemnly blessed by priest. In
fact Gods blessing is invoked upon every
undertaking, and trivial domestic arrange
m ents and duties. No cook will as much
as put batch of bread into the oven with
out having first In ade the sign Of the cross
over it. to ensure satisfactory result. One
of the national characteristics is strong relig
ious feeling. and an ever present conviction
of wa;chful Providence.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06

@A large lumber dealer, at Gardner, fell
into the river. and wa, in danger Of drown
ing. Efforts were Immediately made to res
cue him BY floating boards from a pile on
the wharf. The drowning man, seeing that
the boards came from his own pile, cried
ont to the men to pick for the wane edge
pieces
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06

A young lady-a sensible girl-gives the
following catal ,ugs of the different kinds OF
love: The sweetest, mothers love; the
longest, brothers. love: the strongest wo-
mans love; the dearest. mans love; spd
the sweetest, Ion sest. strongest, and the dsas-
eJt foye-a love Of bonper.'
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06

be full recompense for the laborious camp
aign into which we have entered to-nigh-,
and what we do not now enj'y. the blessings
of law. order. and civil and social liberty.
lGreat applause.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06

What Is the difference between a good
soldier and fashionable young lady7 One
faces the powder, and the other powders the
face.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06

CSrIt is to be feared that many a woman
tears her hair ostenta,ionsy at her husbands
death. after having torn his much worse in
his lifetime.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06

0JWisdow is an ocean that has no shore,
it's prospect is not terminated by an hsrizon;
it's center is everywhere, and its eireumfer-
ence nowhere.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06

0E'Are you near sighted, Miss? said
an impertinent fellow to young lady that
did not choose to recognize him. Yes. at
ahis distance can hardly tell whether you
are . pig or q puppy.'
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06

0tIf you have a scolding wife. trust to
time; old age may bring you the blessing Of
deafness.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06

@If the medical dogma is true that like
cures Ike the bite Of . cstshould be treated
with eat-nip.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-11-06

Speech of Hon r. G. Hutchens-The
The Political Campaign in New York.
q remarkable and Eloquent SPEECH for the
Union and Constitution, Delivered at tile
Democrof'c Headquarters in Mew York-
The Democratic and abolition Rule Contras-
ted
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-12-17
"Just Dropped In

A SHADOW passed our window, the door
opened; hooking up, we saw the form Of
Mrs. Partington before US.
"Tve Just dropped in" she said.--Dropped
in and she weights one hundred and fifty il
she does an ounce. She held out her snuff
box as she said Good-morning, filed with
Rhodes Delectable.
Ike was by her side, and before we had
time to prevent it, he had both arms stuck
to the fy-paper on the desk before US.
"Tve just dropped in to ask" she said, as
we looked up inquiringly. "what sort of a
crop the cessasionists will be likely to get
from planting cannon, that see something
about in the papers. I don't believe it will
come up"
"Perhaps it may" we said, fayOring the
idea, +" we see many sprouts about in uniform
that are evidently sons of guns, and il, as Mr..
Field has said, a soldiers sire and grandsire
may be a sword, why not gun have its de-
scendants 2"
Msy-be-so," said she, frightening upi
"may-be-so; it isn't the most unlikely thing
that never came to pass, and that may be
why guns wear breeches declare that
never thought of that before"
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-12-17
A Pie Indeed.

THE appreciation of good living is
vastly heightened by long diet on sol
dier's ratiOns. An Ohio volunteer in
hospital at Frederick City, Nd, was re-
Gently treated to a chicken pie, and the
way it affected him can be imagined from
the following;
" At nine o'clock we make our rounds
in the barracks, which occupies US till
dinner at twelve. This consists Of roast
beef, nice potatoes, and chicken pie
such pie was never before seen. 1t is a
pie indeed Ia subject for hymn and
glory; pie to be held in reverence as
Mahommedans pay the Osaba-evidently
the production of a great artist. 1t is
more an AcrOpolis, or temple than pie;
worthy of being served to an alderman
amid anthems; not made to be opened
with knife of Sheffield, but carved with
blade of Toledo or Damascus. 1t may
be considered as poem, a composition
Of talent and chickens, of genius and
crust. Into such pie was it that Bion,
the philosopher, wished himself meta
morphosed, that wisdom, in his form,
might captivate the sons of men. Hen
cOOps are depopulated to furnish forth
its mighty cOneave. 1t is pie under
whose dome one might wish to live or be
content to die, appetite grows by feeding
on it its very sight is better than to eat
aught else eatable. It dilates the soul
and ezalts the character to be in the
same room with so noble creation of
gastronOmic mind. When the pie is in
ruins it reminds me Of the Coliseum.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-12-17
Inhumsn Trsatnsat--HOw the AbOHtioaiass
no It.
GEO. S. boutwell,,
Commissioner.


An Abolitionist living at Noble, Illinois, re-
Gently went to Cairo, where, It seems, they
have a regular slave market, for tie purpose
of procuring lot of negroes for work on his
farm. The negroes were selected, and the
price asked for them paid, when the philan-
thropic AboEtionist go. aboard the cars with
his chattels and took them to his home in
Noble.
After working them several weeks, his
neighbors gave him to understand that if he
did not remove them back where he got them,
they would burn his house and infict other
summary punishment upon him. Under these
circumstances, the Abolitionist, who belongs
to the dyed-in-the wool school, took the ne
groes to the railroad, but, instead of sending
them to Cairo, paid their fair to Vincennes,
Indiana.
When the cars arrived at Tincennes the
negroes were put of. They begged hard to
be taken further, but of course the Conductor
had no right 10 grant their wishes. Upon in
vestigation of their condition, 1t was found
that their Abolition master had sent them
away entirely destitute of money-only Civ
ing them single FIVE cent piece for the bene-
fit of the whole number.
Among the negroes was woman who was
not expected to live from illness, when put
upon the train, ard who was wholly desti-
tnte, as well as the rest of the negroes, of the
commonest comforts. Of course, these ne
groes will be sent back from Vincennes 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 humanitarisns
who are so greatly distressed about the poor
negro."-Ne7g Albany Ledger.