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The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-04
NUMBER 81
The Origin of Beauty.

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When the eternal mandate was uttered
that our first parents must loave for Eden,
sadly they turned to leave their bright
abode.
Eve gazed upon the flowers, her earliest
aud latest care, the tall trees with their gol-
den fruit, the sparkling fountain, the river
winding between hill and valley, the birds
whose plumage had delighted her eye, and
whose songs had lulled her to repose at
night and awakened her to fresh scenes Of
loveliness al morn.
Heavy was her heart for she could see no
light. She had brought sin, wretchedness
and sorrow into the world, and ali that was
lovely in life was passed, and all that was
bitter to be endured was in the future
She turned to Adam, and for the first time
in all her misery. remembered that she was
not alone, she had at least one human
friend. .-
Then there beamed upon her face pure
light. radient smile in which was mingled
all of WON ans faith, all her fortitude and
devotion as she exclaimed, "Thank God
we go forth togetheri"
The angel at the gate beheld that look of
marvellous loveliness' that triumphant smile
and sighed; he knew that such beauty was
too high boon to be bestowed upon human
being.
Far better for Eve than when next she
shonld see her face in the fountain, it
should be that of sim tempered, suffering
woman, than joyous spirit, for it would
remind her that henceforth her lot, and all
her daughters, was not to triumph but to
endure.
But the angel stole that heavenly express
ion from the face of our erring mother, az
the lett the bowers in Paradise; he wove it
with the last rays of the sun shed over the
home so lately unsullied by sin, and occa-
s;oually he filings the ETHEREAL vesture over
mortals upon their entrance into this world!
thereby giving them faint shadow OF
EYES last look in Eden, and thus we have
the origin of beauty.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-04
A Provost Marshal and Spunky Post
master.
OFFICE ASSISTANT PRovosT MARSHALL
FULTON, Mo-, April %, 1868. {

FULTON, Mo-. April %, 1868.
1t having come to the knowledge of the
Provost Marshal, of Galloway County, that
certain newspapers, namely: Caucasian,
published in New York city; the Chicago
Times, published in Chicago, ILL.,; the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, published in Cincinnati,
Ohio. and the Crisis, published in Coum-
bus, Ohio, have been, and are yet, being ex-
tensivelv circulated from the various post
offices throughout this county, among the
rebel sympathizers, and it being we'll known
that while protesting to be loyal to the
Government, the doctrines promulgated by
those sheets are of character only tending
to give aid and comfort to rebels and enc
mics of the Government, and to stir up
spirit of discord and opposition to the con-
stituted authorities of the United States,
and thereby strongly tending to bring about
a repetition in this county, of even more
aggravated character, the troubles of the
past summer.
1t is therefore ordered, that all Post
masters throughout this county make returns
to this office of all copies Of the above named
newspapers that may come to their respec-
tive offices for distribution, together with
anv and all other documents of the same
incendiary kind. All persons who have
been or may be engaged in distributing:the
above pamed newspapers, in any manner
whatever, are hereby required to cease at
O nee the distribution thereof.
T. S. STAUBER,
Assistant Provost Marshal.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-04

WoMAN's THIRTY PoINTs".-An old
Spanish writer says that woman is quite
perfect and absolute in beauty if she have
thirty good points. Here they are:
Three things white-the skin, the teeth
the hands.
Three b1ack-the eyes. the eyebrows, aud
eye -lashes.
Three red-the lips. the cheeks. and thS
nails.
Three long-the body. the hair, and the
hands.
Three short-the teeth, the ears, and the
feet.
Three broad-the chest. the brow, ths
space between the eyebrows.
Three narrow-tbe mouth the waist, the
instep.
Three large-the arm, the hip, the calf.
Three free-the fingers. the hair. the lips"
Three small-the breast, the pose, the
head.
Thirty in all.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-04
The Black Heifer Policy.

Major Jack Downing hits off the ultra
Adm inistratio policy in the conduct OF the
war in the following pointed style. The
.'black heifer" mark makes loose work, and
is consid erably conspicuous:
The war has been carried on by US just
like old Sol Pendergast's boy plowed.-
Old Sol took his oldest boy Adam, thick
headed feller, out one spring, set him to
blowing He told him to GO to work and
strike a furrow across a field to a "hack
heifer," and then keep on. After giving
this direcshin, old Sol went off to the house
and let Adam alone. The boy started his
oxen in bee line for the black hefer, but
when he got pretty close to her, she threw
IN her tail and ran off in another direcshin.
Adam thought he must follow the heifer,
no matter where she went; he struck aroth
er bee-line for her, and with jest the same
result. When he got cluse to her, the heif-
er give another frisk with her tail, and off
she went. Adam geed his oxen around,
and struck for her again; and so he kept on
all day. At mite the old man cum out to
see how Adam had got along. He found
the field ali cut up, with furrows, zlgzag,
criss-cross, and in every direcshin, and ask
ed Adam wat on arth it ment? WAL ses
the thick. headed numskull, "you told me
to steer for the black hefer," an I've done
it all dav, but the Garned critter would not
stand still, and the furrows are kinder
criss-cross, YOU see." Now ses L 'that is
lest wat Linkin has been doin.' Greedy
told him to steer for the Niger, an the re-
suIt is inst like Adam Pendergast's plowOg
Theirs considerable ightin been done, but
it is all criss-cross, zigzag, and don't amount
to nothin
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-04

"SToNEwALL" JACKsoN.-Many people
suppose that jackson received the title OF
"Stonewal" because he fought at some bat
tie under the protection OF stonewali.-
This is a mistake. At the first battle OF
Bull Run, jackson was Colonel in the
rebel army, commanding a brigade. During
the day his brigade was under mos ter
rife fire from our artillery. Generals John.
ston and Beauregard rode up to Jackson and
suggested that he had better withdraw his
troops a short distance out of range of the
Guns. He replied, mo. 1 think not; my
brigade IS as firm under fire as stoqe-'0aH" s"
After this, his brigade was called by the
rebels 1.-The Stonewall Brigade" The morn =
ing before <he died. in speaking OF his
brigade, he said, "Men who live through
this war will be proud to say to tneir chi.u,
rem, Il was one of the Stonewall Brigade "
He ALWAYS insisted that the term "Stone--
wall' belonged to his brigade, aud not TO
himself.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-04

TIE NEGRO ARMY.-Mr. Stanton has
given assurance, within day or two, OF MS
purpose to protect the negro soldiers IN inc
service of the United States at all hazares.
He will hold white rebels as hostages Tor
the safe delivery of loyal negro soldiers who {.
may fall into the hands OF the enemy: u
a nsgro soldier is hung by JEFF Davis. a
,vbite rebel soldier will instantly be execu-
tad An announcemsntt to that effect will
soon be made. It issaid that Mr.. Stanton
;s sanguine of raising colored army of two
hnndred thousand strong before the year
closes. p Philadelphia Press.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-04
The Shadow of Life.
"All that live must die,
Passing through nature to eternity"

Passing through nature to eternity"
Men seldom think of the great event of
death until the dark shadow falls across
their own, path hiding forever from their
eyes the face of the loved ones whose living
smile was the sunlight of their existence
Death is the great antagonism of life, and
the cold thought of the tomb is the skele-
ton of all our feasts.
We do rot want to go through the dark
valley, although its passage may lead to
paradise; and, with Charles Lamb, we 60 not
wish to lie down in the mouldy grave, even
with kings and princes for our bed-fellows.
But the fat of nature is inexorabe. There
is no appeal or reprieve from the great law
that 6ooms US all to the dust. We flourish
and fade like the leaves of the forest; and
the frailest flower that blooms and withers
in day has net Trailer hold on life than
the mightiest monarch that ever shook the
earth by his footsteps. Generations Of men
appear and vanish like the grass, and the
countless multitude that swarms the world
20 day will tomorrow disappear like foot
prints on the shore:
''Soon as the rising tide shall beat,
Each trace shall vanish from the sand"
In the beautiful tragedy of Ion, the in
stinct of immortality, so eloquent uttered
by the eath-devoted Greek, finds a deep
response in every thoughtful soul. -
1t is nature's propbesy of life to come.
When about to yield his young existence
as a sacrifice to fate, his betrothed Clemanthe
asks if they shall not meet again; to which
he replies: "I have asked that dreadful
question of the hills that look eternal; of
the flowing streams that flow forever; of the
stars among whose fields my raised spirit
hath walked in glory. AL! were dumb. But
while 1 gaze upon thy living face, feel
there's something in thy love which mantle
through its beauty that cannot wholly
perish. We shall meet again Clamauthe."
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-04
The Author Of Sweet Home.

The following IS an extract respecting the
author of "Sweet Homer
AS 1 sat in garret here (n Washington)
watching the course of great men and the
destiny Of party, l often met with strange
contradiction, in this evenifu life.
'The most remarkable was that of j g.
Howard Pavne, author of Sweet Home l
knew him personally. He occupied the
room under me for some time, and his con-
Versation was so captivating that L often
speut whole days in his apartment. tie
was an applicant for Office at the time
consul at Tunis-from which he had been
removed. What a sad thing it was to see
the poet subjected to all the humiliation o!
office seeking. Of an evening he would
walk the streets. On such occasions he
would give me a history of his wonderlDgs
his trials, and all cares incident to his SEN
sitive and poverty. How oiten'' SAID ne
once. I have been in the heart of Paris,
Berlin, and London, or some other city, and
heard persons singing or hand organs play
inc Sweet Home, without a shilling to buy
the next meal, or a place to lay my bead
The world has literally sung my song until
every heart is familiar with its melody
Yet / have been a wauderer from my boy
hood. Ny country has turned me ruthless
ly from my office, and in nv old age have
to submit 20 humiliation for my bread.
Thus he would complain Of his hopeless
lot. His only wish was to die in foreign
land, to be buried by strangers, and sleep III
obscurity. Poor Payne! his wish was
realized He died at Tunis. His remains
should be bro1ght to this country and a
monument erected to him by the homeless.
with this inscription: "Here lies j. Howard
Payne, author of Sweet Home!' A wan
derer in life-he whose songs were sung IN
everv tongue, and found an echo in every
heart. never had a home. He died in for
eign land"
IMMoRTALITY. How beautiful is the fol-
lowing gem:
"Why is it that the rainbow and the cloud
come over us with beauty that is not oi
earth, ard then pass away, and leave us to
ynuSs on their faded lovelineSs? Why is II
that the stars which hold their nightly fes-
tival around the midnigh: throne, are pla-
ced above the reach OF our limited faculties
forever mocking us with their unaPProacn :
able elery? And why is it that the bright
forms of human beauty are presented 10 our
view, aud then taken from US, leaving tne
thousand streams of affection to flow oacE IN
Alpine torrents upon the heart! we are
born for higher destiny than that OF earth
There is a realm where the rainbow ne
YER fades, where the stars will be set ont oe'
fore us like islands that slumber on the
ocean aud where the beautiful thing tina
masses before us like meteor, will stay In
our presence forever"
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-04
The Comic Poet,

When from my room l chance to stray
To spend an hour at close of day,
I ever find the place most dear
Where some friend treats to lager beer.
-SGcranleHtO Age.
Ahl yes, my friend ofcity life,
Sure such Il eat cures srch strife,
But better than such dose by far,
' " Placer Herald.
Such pleasures may suit baser minds,
But with the good no favor finds;
We think the purest joy in life
Is making love to ones own wife.
-Voleana Register.
Most wise your choice, my worthy friend,
In Hymen's joys your cares to end;
But we, though tired of single life,
Cannot boast of our own wife,
And so when meath our cares we faint,
Wehy to kiss the gall that ain't-yet.
Reporter.
That lager beer will provoke
Bile, while "fine Havanas" end in smoke.
To court ones wife is better far,
Than lager beer or vile segar.
Kisses, the dew OF Loves young morn,
Break on the lips as soon as born.
These are all uought TO the greatest Joy
The first proud glance at your first born boy.
-EUeniag Ledger.
iTis true boys a wished for blessing,
But then suppose the frst's a girl
A dear sweet child, with ways caressing,
With pouting lips and faken earl,
With dimpled cheek and laughing eye,
To come and bid "papa" goodbye
So whether boy or whether t'Other,
Embrace the babe and then the mother.
San Fran. Globe.
All the above are but mere sounds,
Gaining paragraph as they go the rounds;
But here is something that surely wins,
'Tis when your wife presents you twins;
The lager beer and fine segar,
Are nought to this greatjoy,
The first proud glance
At both girl and boy,
As in the arms of the mother,
You turn first from one to t'other,
And in an ecstacy of glee,
You first embrace, then kiss all three.
Burlingt0n Gazette.
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Thirty in all.

~God has written on the flowers, tAat
sweeten the air-on the breezs that rocks
the flowers upon the steun-upon the ram
drop, the sprig of moss that lifts its head IN
the desert-upon its bsd. chsmosFs' upon
every penciIed sheet that sleeps IN tns
cavern of the deep on less than upon the
r,;ghtv snn that warns and cheers millions
of creatures which live in it's iight-uPon
all His works he has written-"None liVeth
for himself" 80. -
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Assistant Provost Marshal.
Posi- OFFICE. FULTON, Nay 1, '63.

EOST-OFF1CE. may OO'
The above order was banded to me on
Wednesday last, and would respectfully
notify the people OF this county, and espec-
ialIy those who get their mail matter at this
office, that do not belong to t.j. stauber, or
am / subject to his orders:
1 do not recollect that 1 have ever DISC
beyed any legal order, nor do expect to do
so. If any person asks any thing of me in
a proper manner, it makes no difference
how humble their position in life is-evea
though it be a loyal citizen of african descent
Il will use my utmost influence to accom-
modate them; but where any person as
sumes authority that does not properly be-
long to them, and they undertake to domi-
neer over Captain Isaac D. Snedecor, they
NAV expect to find an impediment in their
way larger than they expected-say about
215 pounds.
ISAAC D. SNEDECOR. P. NJ.
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rA Minister writes thus sensibly
to the Eastern Argus:

to the Eastern Argus:
When a minister throws his cloak OF
morality over a political question, and dls-
cusses it in such a manner that all present
can read his motives, and his political
preiu6ices, as easy as he can read his notes.
is he not political preacher!
I detest political preaching from moral
and rezi0ious considerations. It tends to
lower the dignity of the pulpit-to corrupt
Christianity bring into disrepute the Of
fee of the ministry-to create strife among
brethren-to convert into n Babel the
church of God Such ministers should
give up their commission to preach; the
church can do better without them; and
should they leave the country, the, pure re-
publicanism would sustain no loss.
When the storm of adversely whistle
around you, whistle as btavely yourself, per
haps the two whistles may make melody.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-04

ADVANTAGES OF WEDLocK.-None but the
m arred man has home in his old age
None has friends, then, but ne; none bus he
knows and feels the solace of the domestic
hearth; none but he lives and freshens in his
green old age, amid the affections of his
children. There is no tear shed for the oil d
bachelor; tn ere is no ready hand and kind
heart to cheer him in his loneliness and
bereavement; there is none in whose eyes
he can see himself reflected, and from whose
lips he can receive the unfailing assurances
of care and love. No. The old bachelor
may be courted for his money. He may
eat and drink and reyel, as such things do;
and he may sicken and die in hotel or
garret, with plenty of attendants about MIN,
like so many cormorants waiting for their
prev But he will never know what it is to
be loved, and to live and to die amid a
loved circle. He can never know the COM
forts Of the domestic fireside.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-04

A WHEELBARRow LOAD OF GREENBAcKs
FOR A HAMA lady who was alarmed at
the small quantity of cotton she Obtained
for five dollar greenback. recently express
ed her fears that the time might come wnen
She should say, "John, load up the wheel
barrow with grsenbacks..and go and buy a
ham," .>
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-04

Envious persons 4re. for the most part,
ungrateful, mean, proud, impotent and ma
licious; they lie nnder double misfortuuS;
common calamity spd common blessing fall
heavy upon them; nature gives them share
in the 6rst, and their i'll nature m the latter:
apd having their own trouble, and the hsp-
piness of their neishbors to disturb them .
thew need no other Ingredients Of misery
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-04
LIES HApp1Esr PERIOD. = Kingsle!

LIFE's HAPPIEsT PERIOD. - Kingsley
gives his evidence on this disputed point.
He thus declares: "There is no pleasure
that have experienced like a child's mid
summer hcliday-the time. 1 mean, when
two or three of US used to go away up the
brook, and take our dinner with US, and
come home at night tired, dirty, happy,
scratched beyond recognition. with great
nosegav, three little trout, and one shoe
the other having been used for boat, till
it had gone down with all hands, out of
soundings How poor our Darby days, our
Greenwich dinners. our evening parties,
where there are plenty of nice girls, after
that Depend upon it, man never expe-
riences such pleasure or grief after fourteen
as he does before, unless. in some cases in
his first love- making, when the sensation Is
new TO him.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-04

TRg FECuNDrTY OF. RAFs.2Fhe farmers
Gazette (EDglish) atserts and proves by
figures that one, pair OF rats VIII nave pro-
genv and descendants amounting to no lesS
than 65l $50 in three years. s.o
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-04
THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND DRAFT

1NG.-A Washington dispatch says:
.eAttornev General Bates has prepared an
opinion. which, it is said, is accepted by the
Department. that the law OF Congress re-
garding the payment of three hundred DOL
lars in lieu of service, and when person Is
drafted. is mandatory, and that this sum,
and no less, must be fixed in all such cases.
bnt il is also held that this only exempts
the party from that particular draft when
the money is paid; and that similar ilaoili-
ty is incurred upon each and every draft"
The blue of heaven refreshes the eye OF
the soul when it rests upon it, as mucn as
the green of the earth does the body.
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When from my room l chance to stray
To spend an hour at close of day,
I ever find the place most dear
Where some friend treats to lager beer
70 A1o
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-03-30
DENER s.!

THE FOLLOWING NAMED SOLDIERS,
/ enlisted for Old Regiments, have deserted
from Camp Mcclellan, Davenport, Iowa:
CHARLES GORTUN, born in Tenowoe county,
Michigan, % yesrs old. mschinist, enlisted Nov.
18th, le6s, At DavsnI ort, by Capt VIM fursel, Tor
three years. Gray eyes, auburn hair, ford COM
picx,on, Fl ~ inches in height. deserted on
sunday tho 2.st day Of Decem Der. 1862.
ALBERT TEEPLE, born 10 Mciienry county,
Illinois, 20 years old, Occupa ion farmer, enlist
ed Now 25lh, 1892. At Davenport, by Capt VIM
Pussell tor three years. Blue eyes, brown hair,
forid complexion, Il 81 inchee high. deserted
on SUNDAY, the 2lst Of december. 1892.
ALBERT PRINCE, born in Frederick county.
Mary land, 81 years old. farmer by occu, alton. en-
listed September 9Th. 1862, at keokuk, by Maj Ir
William Belknsy. for years; has grey eyes,
.rown hair, iair complexion, B feet inches high
for tho 18th Infantry.
j.. l.. BRADEN, born in Decatur county. Indi-
ana, aged % years, by occupation . farmer, on
listed Ut davenport, Iowa, august ID, has hazel
eyes. black hair and dark complexion, height 8
feet 10 inches.
WILLIAM d JONES. born in Orarge county,
New Cork, aged "a years by occupation = car
black eyes, sandy hair and dark complexion,
height feet inches.
JOHN hOCGhfEN, born In Hardin county,
OHIO, aged ~ years, by occupation . farmer. en-
listed 81 Davenport, Iowa, September 20, has grey
eyes, light hair Sad light complexion, height 5
ieet 614 inches.
Any oLc apprehenliug any one or all Of said
por,stion and subsistence, together with q reward
Of FIVE dollars. when said dcs. rtcrs arc returned TO
the Com nsnding Officer Of Camp Mcclellan.
r. NJ. LlTTLtK,
Captain I'd Iowa Infantry, Commanding Camp
Mcclellan. Davenport. dec %. 1852 DIFF
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-03-30
a VEHsKABLE PunLic FuxcrIo,

a VENERABLE PUDLiC FuHcrIoyARy.
AT the late town meeting in Barre,
Mass, Lyman S'bley was elected Town
Clerk for the forty fifth year. lie frs,
held the office in 1916, and retained it
ever since, with The exception Of the
year 1855, when Americsnisu"
ousted INN. lie is now 70 years OF
age. Mr.. Slbey served in the the Leg
islatures Of 1924 ma 1925.