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The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-09

LORD LYONS LETTER-THE FEELING OF
GREAT BR1TAIN.-The New York Tribune
in speaking of the letter ofLord Lyons, the
British Minister, just published, says:
From beginning to end of this remarka
BILE dispatch, it is manifest that Lord Lyons
ia heart and soul with The enemies of our
Governm ent and sees wholly through their
spectacles. He affords fresh and striking
proof of the fact that the aristocratc caste in
Great Britain are in full sympathy with the
slaveholdiug caste in this country, and
would deprecate the overthrow OF the latter
as premonitory of their own downfall. W.
knew that the British Army and Navy Off
GERS passing through our city or touching
along our coast were uniformly pro-rebel
but we did not before suppose that the
feelings were fully shared, or at least openly
proclaimed, by the official representative o.
their Queen. --ss
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From the New York Express.
Starving Out the Rebels. =

Many journals, founding an opinion upon
the undoubted fact, that, in and near Rich
mond-becasse of the huge rebel army be-
ing there-sc arcity, great scarcity OF provi-
sions, with consequent high prices, re-JumE
to the old conclusion th at all rebeldom is
starving. and that, therefore, the war isabout
over! These editors do otknow, or choose
to forget, that now corn is foot high in
Texas (with the thermometer near, zero
here); high up, too, in Southern Louisiana,
Mississippi, Florids Georgia, and South
Carolina, and that in forty or fifty days
hence, the wheat harvest will begin in por-
tions Of these States. Early grain is cut in
Lower Virginia, sometim es even as early as
May 10th or the 18th, while further South
the season is proportionately earlier. In
deed, as the snow goes off from the hills OF
Maine. the sickle goes into the harvests OF
Georgia.
1t is wisdom, true wisdom and patriotism
too, never to throw dust into our eyes, and
never thus to blind our own perception Of
facts, or conclusion therefrom. The jour-
nails which, at the opening of this war, told
US down with Crittenden and the Crittenden
Com PROMISE there will be no war; 'oue
Northern regiment will march from the Sus-
quehanna to the Rio Grande,' 5000 men
will end the work , the slaves will all rise ,
tho rebels are starving &C., are the nom
patriots, the deceivers, the deluders of the
people. They may know no better, they
may be ignorant. hut not the less mischiev-
Gus in their crassa tgnorantia. To starve out
tho South is impossible, utterly impossible.
To overrun her, and thus subjugate her, is
just as impossible. The Express might de-
light to be able thus to tickle the ears and
eyes of its readers-sometimes to starve the
rebels to death; sometimes to crush and ex.
terminate the EN-; but the public would not
then credit US, as it now does, if we turned
out to be false prophets, every thirty days.
Common sense ever dares to look facts full
in the face, and seeing them, to accept them
if enevitable. -@ 'S+t'
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From the Logan Gazette.
Butternuts, Picked up under our owl



eutternuts, Picked up under our own
Tree.
NONSENSE, GOING TO SHOW THAT THE AD-
MIEIsTRATIoN is THEGovERNMENT.
Ifthe Administration is the Government
why did MT it die with General Harrison, or
General TaylOr2
We suppose the Government was cut
with razor the other day when Mr.. Seward
wounded his hand.
II Lincoln should take the diarrhoes, the
Government would have to swallow burnt
brandy or some other astringent to regulate
its bowels.
If Lincoln should getthe rheumatism. the
Government would have to go on crutcnes.
When Chase takes snuff, the Government
has to sDeeze.
When Welles gave his fat contract to
Morgan, it was a brother-in-law OF the
Government to whom he extended favor
There is a rumor that the Government
drinks tea out of bottle. We do MT be-
lieve the rumor, so far as it relates to tea.
The Government, by skillful and success
full strategy, arrived unexpectedly in Wash
ington, dressed In beautiful Scotch plaid
The Government was once heard to say
that it had not studied the tariff yet, but Ia
tended to do so, as soon as it had leisure.
The Government is about six feet high
has large feet and4ank jaws, and used tc
maui rails when 1t was young.
When Halleck hit Stanton. the Govern
ment got black eye.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-09

ABsoLUTIsM IN AMERICA So insolent,
saws the New York World had the Admin
istration become in the matter of arbitrary
arrests, that the Secretary of State, while
endeagoring to vindicate the vitality of the
Goyernme ent to Lord Lyons, illustrated his
position by saying: ,s49 :
"My Lord, can touch bell on my right
hand and order the arrest of a citizen in
Ohio. Lean touch the bell again and order
the imprisonment of a citizen in New Yorks
and no power on earth but that of the Pres.
ident can release them. Can the Queen OF
England, in her dominions, do as muchf"
And yet it is termed disloyalty to protest
against the investment of the Federal au-
! thGrities with such powerl "Be we men,
| and such dishonof?" r
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Speech of Judge Kelley, of Philadel
phia, at Hartford. sf.r.

Judge Kelley, of Philadelphia, made
speech to the Republicans in Hartford, On
Monday evening. March %. The EOentng
Press reports the speech. From the report
in the Press we copy the following:
81 am toll that the details of that bill
the CONSUMPTION Act-do not please the
Copperheads. 1t was never intended to, but
only to catch some of them and make them
Heht. But it will be resisted, say some
AS true as there is God in Heaven, If the
law can not be executed without, i would
march an army of blacks from the South
with a bayonet at the back of every Copper
baad who should attempt to resist" Zap
plause. l-Prcvidcace { r. ID Post.
Judge Kelley is Republican mem Der o
Congress from Philadelphia.
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HERE AND THERE.

Some murmur when their sky is clear,
And wholly bright to view,
If one small speck of dark appear
In their great heaven of blue;
And some with thankful love are filed
If but one streak of light,
One ray of Gods great mercy, gid
The darkness of their night,
In places are hearts that ask,
In discomfort and pride,
Why life is such weary task,
And all good things denied;
And hearts in poorest huts admire
How love has, in their aid
(Love that has never seemed to tire),
Such rich provisions made.
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SUSTAINING THE GovERNMENT.-It may
almost invariably be noticed that the men
who make the greatest pretensions to sus-
tanning the Government are themselves sus-
tanned by the Government. They earnestly
call upon the people to pay the taxes and
bear the burdenslof the war, but they man
age through petty Federal appointm ent, to
appropriate liberal share of the peoples
money for their own be neft. They are op-
posed to any means by which this war m ay
be brought to an end. Secure in their per-
sons from secesh bullets, they are fos others
giving the last dollar so that tb ey can get it
they are patriotic only in proportion to the
amount of money they can get. They are
the class of men that are noisy and are grow
ing rich off the extremities of the country
and the sorrows of the people. r..
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The POINTS OF MILITARY INTEREST
There are several points through which our
armies have to reach the heart of tle rebel
liop, all of which, in turn, are destined to
become the scenes of deadly contests. These
points are:
The line of Duck river, from Shelby
Vile to Chattanooga:
2-Vicksburg. 6-Charleston.
3-Port Hudson. 7-Wilmiagton.
4-Mebile. 8-Richmond.
5-Savannah.
Chattanooga commands Northern Georgia
and Alabama, as Vicksburg and Port Hud-
son protect heIMississippi. The coast cities
must fall in succession before the end is
reached, aud it may not belong before Char
lesion and Savannah are in the hands of the
Government. General Hooker is now get
ting his army into good condition, and is
only he Id back by the state of the roads
General Rosecrans, no doubt, is retarded N
the West for the same reason. But this diff
ficulty will soon be removed Exchange
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TeIegraphic FaIsehoods About the Wa

TeIegraphic FaIsehoOds About the War
The New York World thus alludes to the
telegraphic falsehoods of the lastweek. II
says: - 2t
Within the past few weeks we have been
told that the Yazoo Pass Expedition was a
success, which was false; that twenty -odd
transports and seven thousand men had been
captured at Yazoo City, which was false;
that Haines' Bluff had been taken, and
Vicksburg evacuated, which was false; thai
Admiral FarraguPs whole feet had passed
the Port Hudson batteries, which was false;
that the Indianola had been recaptured as
good as new, which was false; that the Lake
Providence canal was 'all right, which wal
false: that the famous 'cut off was ready
for service, which was false; and finally
that Union fleethad reached the Yazoo by
means of the Sun Flower River, which wal
also false.'
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-09

GrWe have given notice heretofore OF
the fact that "raised" Treasury Notes were
in circulation. A popular deception of the
kind has been praeticed upon the twos,
which have been raised to ffties, one OF
which is in the possession of Marshal Akers'
of New Albany. The note is raised from
genuine two, by cutting the large figure nifty
from fifty cent postal bills and pasting them
in the upper corners of the two, while the
small figures fifty are pasted in the four cor
ners on the back of the bill. The words
"two' in the scrolls on the lower right hand
corner of the bill are erased with pencil.--
There are raised fiyes and twenties, got up
in the same manner. A careful examination
will detect the imposition.-Lou. Journal.
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This last nick name
applied to the Democrats, has its derivation
from the brown-dyed clothing of The farm
ers of Illinois. Democrats who are used to
be called names-locofoco, copperheads :
bucktail, &c.,-accept this without mur-
mur; accordingly, out West, they begin to
wear butternuts as breast pins, and charms
on their watch chains and elsewhere. The
nut can be cut into very pretty devices; the
meat is most excellent, and the wood, which
is softer and more richly tinted than the
walnut is excellent for CABINET MAKING
Herkimer On. y Democrat. 4
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The THREE HUNDRED DoLLARs.-'fhe
blessings of the Government, like the dews
of Heavens, should fall alike on the rlen ana
poor,' has always been the motto OF the
Democratic party. but our opponents have
revs,sed the rule.i Special privileges are
orapted the rich. The poor mails son. who
Sos M three hundred dollars, is forced By
Consoript Act into the service, but the rich
M an,s.son, by paying three hundred dollars
car avoid the last ditch aud the 'woodel
lbox.' 'e74 ~ Azfel1 Fs
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TIE BALLOT Box AND THE JURY Box
These are the strongholds of the Dem ocracy
and it is by and through them that they re-
sist the unjust and unconstit utional enact
ments of an abolition Congress. Our oppo-
nents threaten force, and in some parts OF
the country attack the press by means OF
their mobs. The Democrats are law aoid-
ing men; much as they oppose the unconsti-
tutional acts of a minority Congress, and
the whole tribe of swindling contractors,
they are content to meet all those wrongs by
the ballot freely exercised-not by the
bayonet, though their opponents threaten it.
They will also resort to the courts, and the
jury box, not the cartridge box, when their
rights are invaded. The black Republicans
wish to inaugurate civil war when they
find that ballots fail them. The Democrats
second no such violence as that. They will
put down the whole tribe of despots by the
ballot, as they overthrow the reign of terror
in the early history of the Republic.-NeW
Haven Register.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-09

A NOVEL SYSTEMATICALLY year or two
ago hotel keeper N a popular place of
summer resort, refurnished his establish
ment, and supplied his bedsteads with cot
ton beds. About month ago, the price OF
cotton attracting his attention, he emptied
his beds, brought his cotton to New York,
and sold it for enough to buy hair mattresses
instead, and still leave some three thousand
dollars profit TN. Y. Post. s
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6JNew Jersey does not want any more
of the colored population, contrabands or
otherwise. The Assem- bly, has passed bill
declaring that every negro or mulatto COM
ing into the State is to be transported to LII
IBERIA or the West Indies, at the expense OF
the State. This is rather inviting the con.
trabands' in than keeping them out, for it
New jersey means to be at the expense OF
their deportation, those who do not want
them will send them all to that State: ~
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-04-09

In A BAD FIx.-An old Republican, III
conversation with Democratic neighbor, the
other day, confessed as follows:
"I own that the Republican party is in
rather a bad fix. The Democrats have ev-
identity got majority in the free States,
and if the war turns out unfavorably they
will have still greater majority. On: the
contrary, if the war is successful, and the
South comes back into the Union, it viii
be adding all that aud much more to the
Democratic strength. So let the war g
which wayit may, it is death to the Re-
publican party.-Quincy Herald. .
This explanation of things probably ex
plains the present desperation of the Ad
ministration party. .ssE.
EWhy are. darned stockings like dead men
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LOUISVILLE, March 3l.-Major Ciarenc ]
Prentice, with two subordinate officers Oh
the Confederate army, came into Louisville
early this morning, were arrested this eve
ming, and sent to Camp Chase.
Our forces are closely pressing the rebels.
They captured one hundred and forty rebels
near STAN ford, and recaptured 1000 head
of cattle, which the rebels were taking from
Kentucky
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0TIf the Aboitionists call Democrats
'copperheads,' why don't they call them
selves 'Diggerheads,' as coptradistinguish-
ing term? The Democracy are as bitter a:
copperheads upon the enemies of the Con-
stitution, while the niggerheads are willing
to trample that sacred instrument in the
dust, rather than fail to emancipate the ne
groes of the South .-L Louisville Democrat.
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Important Trade and Currency Order
'rsfI yirff BY General Banks

General Banks has recently issued an inn
portant order in reference to trade and our
rsncy in New Orleans 1t directs that Uni
ted States Treasury notes. having been made
legal tender for the payment of debt, ex-
cept for duties ab~the Custom House shall
be received and paid out without discredit
or depreciation; that refusal to receive such
notes in payment of any debt or clam, shall
be held aud is declared to be discharge pro
tanto of such debt or claim; and that any
person who shall attempt to discredit or de-
preciate the currency of the United States
in favor of any other paper currency, shall
forfeit to the use of the government the
merchandise which shall be made the basis
of such transaction, and his commercial ad-
vantages to the use of the people. In adj
dition to this, all special contracts made to
exclude or discredit the currency of the
United States are prohibited, and declared
to be invalid. srt-
All transportation of coin or bullion to any
State or section heretofore declared to be in
insurrection. is absolutely prohibited, except
for military purposes and under military or
ders, or under special lice nse of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury. And no payment of
gold or silver shall be made for cotton or
other merchandise within any such State or
section. All cotton or other merchandise
purchased or paid for therein. directly or in
directly, IN gold or silver, shall be forfeited
to the United States. o4a
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49, y ri
A FALSE IDEA ExPosED-The Louisville
Democrat makes the following well-timed
remarks in reference to the idea of pntting
down the fsbslliop first, and then looking
after our own liberties:
No proposition is more untrue than that
we must crush the rebellion before we try
to preserve our Constitutional rights. There
is no antagonism. between the Constitution,
and hostility to rebellion, except when the
Administration makes them antagonistic.-
IF it does this, we have right, and it Is
duty, to refuse men and money until the Ad.a
ministration submits to the Constitution
The object of the refusal of men and money
is to force it to this. We must not submit
to the dogma that we shall not defend our
Constitutional rights till the rebellion u
over. It is gross Misrepresentation to say
a people are incapable of defending theiEi
Constitutional rights in a time of war. They
can and must do it then, Of all other times;
for, in such times, they are most in peril
The time is now-aIways now-and never
hereafter. A people who are not always
jealous of tn cir liberties, are on the high
road to lose them. Why can not they, Ia
time of war preserve their liberties? or why
is the duty less urgent? Are they less wiseT
Are their liberties less dear to them-les1
worth preserving? In peace or war, in pros-l
perity or adversely, the time for people to
hold and maintain their liberties is now, al-
ways now. Hereafter is always too late"
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z WARIdKE INFLUENcE OF H1sToRY:-All II
the'entertainment and talk of history is OF
nothing almost but of fighting and killing,
and the honor and renown which are be-
slowed on copsuerors. who. for tn e most part,
are mere butchers of mankind, mislead
growing youth. who by this means come to 1
think slaughter the laudable business oI
mankind, and the most heroic OF virtues
.John Ioeks, .r r. ~ -..ss
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The CoNscRIPrIoN AoT.-Iustructions,
which are being prepared by the Solicitor
of the War Department, for Provost Mar
shals to carry out the Conscription Law, are
nearly completed. They clothe each Fro
yost Marshal with ample authority to carry
It out at all hazards, even at the point oi
the bayonet
Philadelphia Enquirer, (Republican.)
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PAYMENrs TO THE ARMY.-H is stated
that within the last ten days $4,000 ,0oo
have been paid to the army, and within an
other weeks time all the soldiers VIII have
been paid of, or funds will have been pro-
vi6ed for that purpose up to March l.
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6FHon. Charles r. Buckalew, the new
Senator from Pennsylvania, writes of the
restoration of the Democratic party to power
as follows:
"Then this party, with an old history
identified with the glories of the country,
binding it to sympathy and affection in
every quarter, with no selfish, local or fanat-
ical passions to weaken or m:slead it; with
generous, even-handed, impartial, time
tried creed, conformed to the Constitution,
and springing naturally from its principles
this party, thus qualified to speak to the
whole land, and to be heard with affection
and reverence, can and will command these
wild waves of human passion to be still, and
rejecting alike the fanaticism of Boston and
of Charleston, will rebind these great States
together in enduring bonds of interest and
sympathy" -..- is
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CHEERFUL TEACHERs.-How much does
usefulness in the world depend upon a
pleasing demeanor and an agreeable man
ner? We have often seen efforts to do
good prove fruitless because of the harsh
or rude way in which they were done.
When Lord Peterborough stayed for a
time with Fenclen, he was so delighted
with his piety and amiability that he ex-
claimed at parting, eff l remain here any
longer, shall become a Christian in spite
of myself l'' Could such an idea as that
be formed in your home, dear reader?
AS teacher Of the young, it is of the
greatest importance to cultivate cheerful
and friendly spirit. Children are very sus-
ceptible and observant, and they are easily
repelled by hasty look or an unkind word.
In the brief memoir of poor old woman,
the writer observes: 81 always felt how
beautiful the Christian character appeared
in Jeanie, and that even the irreligious must
have admired it. She was spoken OF
among the children as the old woman who
loved God.' 1 never knew them bestoW
the same appellation upon another. She
had a very happy way of winning the art
less affections of children, and never mis-
sed an opportunity of dropping an earnes
word to them about that blessed truth
which must become all little children II
| learn, telling them that they would be pre-
pared for length of days or fit for early
death. Her cheerfulness and kindness o
heart showed itself in peculiar kindness o
manner.--Teacher's Treasury.
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rWenden Phillips now proposes that
the President declare the slaves in the bor-
der slave States free. That's the next step
forward and it will be made, and there will
be found Kentucky radicals willing to give
men and money for the purpose. Is3y
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6TIf the negro comes between mo and
my Government, the negro must go down."
say the Kentucky radicals. Why not say
plainly-"If the Constitution comes between
me and the Lincoln Administration, the
Constitution must go down." That is what
it means. l~.-s q "a P. .-s '..-sl
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THE PROBABLE Action OF Gov. SEYMOUR.
-"Sentinel," the intelligent and reliable
Albany correspondent of the New York
World. in speaking of Governor Seymour,
says: .-..3-
"While Governor Seymour is thus the
calmest of all Executives, he does not forget
the power that the people, by their supreme
will, the Constitution, have placed in his
hands. To him is given the power to arrest
the completion of an unjust law. In him is
confided the highest of all powers, the COM
mand of the armed force of the State
Doubtless he will be too wise to use these
great powers except for the good of the peo-
pie who have made him Governor.
Doubtless he will be both wise and firm
enough to use them, all of them, whenever
the people need that constitutional Protec-
tion themselves have created. And the
highest order of liberty is constitutional re-
straiut. 1t has been so from 1855 to 1888"
There is much significance in those words.
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sYhere is now an odor of loyalty about
Washington says an exchange, coutrastln
the past with the present. What peculiar
odor the editor means can be found out by
visiting W wheat-fiel6 fnll of negro laborers
about the middle of harvest.-Louisville
Democrat. - F' -s,-
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nrThe officer who called the roi OF the
paroied Federal soldiers in Houston. Iexas'
was Lieut.. Todd, brother OF Mrs. Lincoln, !,
who is described as taii tat, ana saVase
against the Yankees.