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The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26
A few words TO a Father.

Take your son for a companion whenever
you conveniently can, it will relieve the al
ready overburdened anxious mother of so
much care. 1t will crafty the boy; it will
please the other; it ought to be pleasure
to you. What mothers eye would not
brighten when her child is kindly cared for?
Aud when his eve kindles, heart beats,
and his tongue prattles faster and faster
with the idea of going with faith err" does
she not share her little boys happiness, and
is not her love deepened by her husbands
consideration. so just, and yet too often so
extraordinary? 1t will keep him and you
out of places, society and temptations into
which, separately you nigh: enter. 1t will!
establish coIfi lence, sympathy, esteem aud
love between you. 1t will give you abun-
dant and very favorable opportunities to
impart instruction. to infuse and cultivate
noble principles, and to develope and
strengthen a true manhood. 1t will enable
him to "see the world" ard to enjoy a GER
tain liberty which may prevent that future
licentiousness which so often results from a
sudden freedom from restraint.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26

LANGUAGE OF THE FAcE.-The face, be-
ing furnished with great variety of mus
cles, does more in manifesting our thoughts
and feelings than the whole body besides,
so far as silent language is concerned The
change of color shows anger by redness,
fear by paieness, and shame by bushes
every feauture contributes its portion. Tho
mouth open shows one state oil mind; closed,
another; and gnashing the teeth, another.
The forehead smooth and eye. broWs easily
arched. exhibits joy or tranquility; mlrth
opens the mouth toward the ears, crisps the
nose, half shuts the eyes, and some times
suffuses them with tears; the front wr;nklsd
into frowns; aud the eyebrows over-hang-
ing the eyes, like clouds fraught with temp
ests, shows a mind agitated with pity, OF
writhing under the influence of hate.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26
From the New York Weekly.
Memory's Pencilings.
By L. AUGUSTUS JONES.

BH L. AOOOSICS JONES'
There is little mound of earth that is most dear
to me,
Oer (which there droops most lone and sad, a
weeping willow tree.
No sculptured marble marks the spot; no tomb
stone white and fair;
But it will never be forgot my little boy sleeps
there.
see him as he used to sit, so quiet on my knee;
In thought hear his prattling voice, his laugh
l so full of glee;
feel his soft hands on my cheek, his kiss upon
my brow,
The same as when he was on earth-but he's not
with me now.
Deaths icy hand soon touch'd his brow in un-
timely hour;
And then he almIy sank to test, like some fair
beauteous flower
That blooms at morn, when unto it the sun and
dew is given:
At eve it folds its tender lcaves-its fragrance
floats to Heaven.
saw him in his coffin laid. One kiss-it was
the last!
And tLeu alone 1 knelt and prayed-my first
wild grief was past!
I knew that God had taken him to dwell mid,
realms of light
Another star-another gem-to make bis crown
more bright.
saw them lower the coffin down into the cold,
cold ground,
heard the earth fall on the lid, with dull and
startling sound
Then DER my senses came gloom more deep
than darkest night:
knew that they had hidden Linn forever from
my sight.
Few years shall pass, ere this frail form shall
slumber by his side;
And my tired spirit meet with his, beyond
"Death's chilling Tide"
III hail the hour, when from earths woes my soul
in Heaven is free,
To say, "Oh, Death, where is thy stinga oh.
Grave, thy victoryl"
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26
Concentrated Potatoes.

At factory in Portland. Maine, nearly
one thousand bushels of potatoes are econ
centrated" for the army every day. All
the water is absorbed, leaving about five
pounds of nutriment to the sixty pounds
which a bushel of potatoes averages. and
the appearance of Indian meal. 1t it
cooked by returning the water to it in
boiling state. and keeping it hot from ten
to fifteen minutes, when it swells like starch
and assumes the appearance of potatoes
prepared for the table.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26
The following, from a standard work,

The following, from standard work,
throws light upon an important point:
"Some of the slaveholding States also
wished to secure to themselves the right of
importing slaves, free from any tax or du-
tv. A clause was therefore, at first inserted +,
declaring that Congress should not prohibit
the importation of such persons as the
States might think proper to admit, nor
Law any tax on the persons so imported"
TPitkin, U. s., page 261, vol 2.
This created considerable difficulty in the
convention, and was referred to a committee
of one from State, who reported that the
importance of such persons shall not be
prohr bited prior to the year 1900, but that
a tax, not exceeding the rates on other i'm
ported articles, might be levied. This re-
port was amended, extending the time to
1903, aud adopted by majority of the
States. The States in favor OF allowing the
importation OF slaves until 1908. were New
Hampshire, Massachusetts,, Connecticut,
Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia; those against it were New Jer-
sey; Pennsylvania, Delaware aud Virginia.
[Cin, Eng.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26

MARKS OF A GENrLEMAN--No man is
gentleman. who, without cause. would treat
with incivility the humblest Of his species.
1t is vulgarity for which no accomplish ments
of dress or address can ever atone. Show
me the man who desires to make every one
happy around him, and whose greatest
solicitude is never to give just cause of
offense to any one and l will show you a
gentleman by nature and by practice. though
he may never have worn suit of broad
cloth, nor even heard of lexicon. l am
proud to say, for the honor of our species,
there are men. in every throb os whose heart
there is solicitude for the welfare of man
kind. and whose every breath is perfumed
with kindness.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26
Rnarwi1h1he little Ones.

Children are troublesome, at times. in
asking questions and should be taught not
to interrupt conversation in company. But,
this resolution being made, we question the
policy of Withholding an answer at any
time from the active mind which must find
so many unexplained daily and hourly
mysreries. They who have either learned
to solve these mysteries, or have become
Indifferent as to an explanation, are not apt
to look comp passionately enough upon this
eager restlessuess on the part of children 10
pepetrate causes and trace effects. By Civ
Ing due atten ton to these troublesome
questions" child's truest education may
be carried on. Have little patience then;
and sometimes think how welcome to you
would be an interpreter, if you were sad
denly dropped into some foreign country,
where the language was for the most part
unintelligible to you, and you were bursting
with curiosity about every strange object
that met your eye.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26
ssGoIIY Use Free!',

On Thursday, about nine O'Clock, parties
around the round house were startled by a
loud cry-"golly Use free--dey don't get
me again. A search revealed sable son
of Africa, clad in blue shoddy, armed with
Springfield rifle and fixed bayonet, and all
the panoply of an American soldier.
When he had recovered his breath and
had time to answer the numerous questions
of his curious fellow country men, be told
them that when he enlisted, the colonel
promised him all sorts of good things, but,
added he. pathetically, when dey got me
in de barracks found dat was no better
den a white, and so left-and here goes
for Chatham - Windsor c.. ". Record.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26
Mrs. JEFF. Davis.

A recent visitor at Richmond says that
Mrs. Jeff. Davis dresses very plainly, and
usually walks when she goes out. When
she does ride it is in a plain carriage =,
drawn by two horses and driven by negro,
who is by far the most consequential per-
sonage of the two.-She has had many rich
dresses and some superb articles of jewelry
sent to her by the friends of jeff Davis in
Europe; but these she seldom wears, except
upon state occasions.-She very rarely goes
to places of amusement but is always seen
with her husband at church.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26
Extraordinary Story.

The Boston Pioneer makes the follow
ing extraordinary assertion:
"From a reliable source-the most relia-
BILE which can be desired-we learn fact
which stands without parallel in the history
of republican government and representa-
tion, and which renders it difficult to de-
eide what we ought to be more surprised
at: that it was at all possible, or that it has
not yet become public. The fact of which
we speak is this: Mr. Seward at the time
when the FreGch Invasion was in progress,
delivered to the French Minister, Mercier,
from the archives of Washington, all the
plans and maps from the campaign Of Gen.
Scott, in order thereby to facilitate the as
sassiDation of the Mexican republic. In q
country like N Mexico, such plans and maps
have quite a different value, from what
they possess ir an open, cultivated, and to-
pographi ically known territory. They have
the value of deadly weapon; bat even
were they worthless, their surrender would
be an act Of low dishonor. infidelity and in
fanny, which no government could commit
without becoming the object of universal
contempt For such an extraordinary act
there must exist an extraordinary motive
What can it be?'
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26
How the Athenians Losrthelr Liberties


Secretary Chase, in his speech here, spoke
Of his visit West, and that be got rid of his
greerb backs. His words were: "Since left
Cincinnati have lost my voice and nearly
all my greenbacks" He does not give the
amount of greenbscks that be 'lost' with
his "voice" but, according TO Addison,
Philip of Macedon used green backs in
stead of his voice to destroy the liberties Of
the AtheBian people. The people ofAthens
not having the advantage Of "com m on
schools like the people of Ohio, Chase may
have conceived it necessary to add Uoice to
gree qbGcks to make the dose palatable. Ad
Olson. speaking of gold being used to seduce
the people of Athens, says:
"a man who is furnishe ed with argum ents
from the mint, will convince his antagonist
much sooner than one who draws them
from reason and philosophy. Gold is a
wonderful clearer of the understanding, it
dissipates every doubt and scruple in an in
slant; accommodates itself TO the meauest
capacities; silences the loud and clamOrous,
aud brings over the most obstinate and in
flexible. Philip Of Macedon refuted by it
all the wisdom of the Republic of Athens,
confounded their statesman, struck their or
ators dumb, and at length argued them out
of their liberties.'
History seems to be repeating itself very
RAPIDLY and unfortunately for our once great
country. Our political opponents now in
power seem to have only studied the very
worst side OF it. The saying that "when
the wicked rule the people mourn" origina-
ted from Just such history as our rulers are
repeating. Such rulers are 'people haters,
and to hear them mourn is music to their
ears-[Columbus Crisis.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26
What we Owe to Lincoln.

When the tax collector comes arond
with his warrant; when we have to go and
buy stamp to put upon deed. note, &c,
when we have to take out license to buy
or sell, when we go to the store and pay
forty cents a pound for coffee instead Of ten;
when we look at our public debt and fDd i,
accumulatiDg at the rate of over two mil
lions of dollars per day; when we look at
our sons and brothers dragged from their
homes to fight in war they abhor; and
when we look at the vacant chair, or new
m nade graves of those who have died, let us
remem Der that all these we owe to Mr., Aora-
ham Lincoln and tho party that support
him. ~ ~-.v ~ 81
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26
"a For the Bulletin.
NAaA Lines to Mile Chose. -.N

lVlUetI E.tt--- !t.- ,..s
When hideous sin gave gloomy sorrow birth,
And mared ,ip one, short hour, glorious plan,
Three Heaven born Sisters kindly came to earth,
To bind the broken heart of fallen man.
Wi tn him to dwell did Faith and Hope consent;
While love,-Alas: the thing has grown un-
common .....-
With better taste, her fairly footsteps bent
Toward the laughing eyes oflovely woman.
But, Ahl the choice tho kindly meant for peace,
Proved for mans happiness not wholly wise;
For ever since, his torments but increase,
When e'er he looks too long in sparkling eyes.
Therefore, young lady, since the stands thus,
Would you not thus have fates consPire to treat
me,
Take my advice, your only means sjust
To close your 'witching eyes, dear, when You
meet me.
Maysville, KY, Nov. 18th, 1858. G..
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26
Administration Democrats.

The following, from the Newton IN. c.
Herald, hits the nail right on the heel
where every bogus Democrat ought t. e
hit: .. ......
1--WE are at loss to distinguish between
the "Administrdtion Democrats" of our
country and out-and-out Abolitionists. uu-
less it be this: that the Aboltionists have
had the manliness not to end orse the Ad-
mnistration until it came square up to their
idea of right and wrong; while these "Ad-
ministration Democrats endorse it, no mat
ter whether right or wrong. o. the two,
the Abolitionists are by far the most respect
able, because they will not approve what
they profess to believe wrong while these
men approve by their acts what they knoao
and sometimes admit to be wrong.''
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26

@It is well to put on record the fact
that Senator Trumbull. we believe it was,
some Republican at all events, in speech
IN Chicago at the time of the excitement
about suppressng the Times, of that city, by
General Burnside, said:
Although it may not enhance the esti-
mate mary of you have of me, will say
that have taken in my house for two years
an Abolition paper which had for tn motto
at its head these words: The Constitution
and the Union are a covenant with death
and league with bell!' Oerisive laughter.)
And 1 will say farther that abraham Lincoln,
to my certain kno,OLeGge has taken that paper
and read it. (Laughtsr) Yet nobody
shought of accusing me Of treason, aud 1
never was called to an account for it by any
of my Republican friends who cams to my
house."
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26
None but ABOLITION Soldiers Wanted. i.

Il We .oant no soldiers under our banner t0hose
sen tinaents are similar to those of Mr.. Justice
Woo4soard. d Philadelphia Press.
Mr.. Justice Woodward agrees in views
with Gen. Mcclellan, as testified to by the
latter hope the aoolitionists will get
enough men of the kind they want to fight
the war while the war is carried on accord
ing to their policy. We shall now look
with interest to see them step forward.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26

A judge in India is reported to have thus
addressed a prisoner be fore him, prior to
passing sentence: "Prisoner at the bar,
Providence has given you good degree of
health aud strength. instead of ,ohich you go
about the country stealing ducks"
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26

@Robert j. Walker, in 1856, said:-
eff my voice could even reach the Repub-
lican party, I would say. re-assemble your
convention, re-nominate your candidates, if
you please, elect them if you can, take all
the spoils, but tear down your African plat
form ere you endorse it at the polls and give
to the South perfect justification for with
drawing from the Union.''
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26
Rose in the Window.

Put rose IN the window. If you are in
grief. the care and the pleasure of attend
ing to its daily wants will lead your thous hts
from their darkness into the light as gentle.
ness and beauty. If you are happy. 1T Will
be greater JOY to watch the unfolding oios-
SONS; if innocence attend your footsteps
you will hold sweet communion with the
emblem of innocence.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26

GRev. DR.. Tying. in late sermon,
says:
1.-The African race is the embodiment of
the highest type of humanity, and that as
the emotions are superior to the intellect, 50
is the African the superior of the Caucasian ,
If DR.. Tying's congregation believe their
pastor is neither crazy nor fool, we think
they ought to be consistent, to allow the
superior" negro to possess at least equal
social aud religious honors with the whites.
What right has the "inferior Caucasian" to
push the Superior African" into back seats
at those altars where his nature stands near
est allied to Deity. Unfortunately for this
th cory of this Reverend fool, the African,
unless taught by the white race, never dis
covered even the existence of God. Unless
saved from his own mental and mora! dark
ness by the white man. he worships snakes.
Dan Book
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26

If those who preach the Bible doctrines
of religion are servants of the Lord, and
those who preach politics, &c., servants of
the devil we are inclined to the belief that
"Old Splithoof'' has the most workers at
present.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26

A locomotive engine will carry 200 tons
at cost Of fuel scarcely exceeding the cost
of corn and hay which a pack mule con-
sumed, be fore the LOGON olive was invented,
in conveying load of three hundred weight
an equal distance The same difference of
cost would be saved the community by
using steam engines upon city railroads in
stead of horses, and every saving Of cost is
so much capital set free to employ more la
Dor, and add to the general accumulation
of wealth
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26

FKossuth lives near Turin, poor and
wans, aud his wife in consumption. Carl
bsldi is on his island farm at Caprera, lam Q,
but cheerful, with an income Of $500.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26

or Lord Lyons in recent letter home
declared that it was "the policy of the party
in power to prolong the war;" He declared
Just the plain truth.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26
PRINTING PRESSES, pULPIrs AND PErr1ooArs.

These are the great levers that govern
the world. Withou; them the bottom
would fall out, and society would become
a chaos again. The press makes people
patriotic, the pulpit religions; but woman
sways all things. There would be no going
to church if there were no girls there; neil
ther would their be any going to war were
the soldiers to meet with no applause but
from the masculin es. Without the sun
shine shed by woman the roses of affection
would never grow, nor the flowers OF elo-
quence germinate. In short, she is the en-
gine of life, the great motive power to love-
valor, civilization. In proof of this truth
all history speaks mpet-tongued.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26

Addison said:~ Beauty snon grows ia,
miIiiar to the lover, fades in the eye and
nails upon the sense" The poet might
have added; But true heart and gentle,
forsiving disposition will grow brighter and
brighter, and more endearing amid the
wrinkles Of age"
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26

A yourg lady should take heed when an
admirer bends low before her. Fhe bent
bean is dangerous.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26

Keep your temper in disputes. The cool
hammer fashions the red hot iron to any
shape needed.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

A square is Twelve lines of this size type
equal to about 100 words ofmanuscript.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26

A young lady, on being asked what call
ing she wished her sweetheart to follow,
blushiugly replied husbandman's.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26

GUARD AGAINST VULGAR LANGUAGE
There is much connection between the
words and thoughts. as there is between the
thoughts and actions. The latter are not
only the expression Of the former, but they
have power to react upon the soul aud
leave the stain of their corruption there!
A young man who allows himself to utter
Que vulgar or profane word, has not only
shown that there is foul spot in his mind;
but By the utterauce of that word he ex--
tends that spot and infames it till, by in
dulgences, it will poliute and ruin the
whole soul. Be careful of your words as
we'll as your thoughts. If you can control
the tongue so that no improper words are
pronounced by it, you will soon be able
also. to control the mind, and save that
from corruption. You extingu ish the fire
by smothering it. or by preventing bad
thoughts from bursting out into language.
Never utter word anywhere which you
would be ashamed to speak IN the presence
of the most refined female, or the most re-
ligious man. Try this practice little
while, and you will soon have command of
yourself.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-11-26
Washington Under the Reign q
~~ Father Abraham

We hear much about Washington 10 the
Abolition press, since New England Pietv,
aud Shoddy have driven out Southern so.
clety. Aud the exclamation is 30! how
Washington has changed-how charming a
CITY it is now!" etc.
To give the people little insight into
the morals ofthat city since the ad dvant of
Abolitionism, we publish the following,
whereas and resolution. taken from the
Washington Star, of November l3. and
which was introduced into the City Cosncil.
"In the Common Council last night Mr..
Utermehle introduced the following resolu-
tion:
Whereas The experience of this city has
demonstrated that bawdy and gambling
houses cannot be successfully prohibited,
and that the exper ence of other cities has
equally demonstrated that under proper
license and particular police surveillance the
evil may be in measure obviated and REM
edied; Therefore
ResotUed, That the joint committee re-
Gently appointed TO suggest amendments to
the char;er, be, and they are hereby, res
quested to incorporate in the proposed
amendments giving to the corporation the
right, power and authority to tax, license
and regulate bawdy and gambling houses.
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