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The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-10-15

OrCoarss linens are now manufactures IL
the north of ireland cheaper than cotton, a
Belfast Qrisb) paper states that samples are
shown Of an Irish power-loom lin en- at oto.
= yard, snd calico at sid. yard: The linen
Is undoobtedly the better and more durable
rs we'll as the cheaper article OF the tWo'
though naturally somewhat coarser.
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Perfect Equality with the Whites.


AT the Massachusetts Republiea State
Convention, which naminatsd Governor An
drew & Co., for reelection, the following
resolution among others was adopted:
.'Resolved, That the policy of employing
colored soldiers is wise and just, and should
be enlarged and liberal:zed by putting such
soldiers on a perfect equality aOith wiiites as to
rights and compensation while in the service.
The nation has right to the services of all
its subjects in every part of its domain, and
no pretended or real claim to service on the
part of master or employer, in the South or
the North. should be allowed to interfere
with the primary allegiance which is due to
the country ITSELF"
The Hon. Mr.. Boutwsll-now mem ber
Of Congress elect, and recently an sx-Intsr
nal Revenue Commissioner, was the author
of this, and of similar resolutions. He is
commissioned new to 60 to Washington to
bring about this pc, feet negro and ,U5its equal
ity-as to rights and com pensatious. This
means making officers of negroes for white
soldiers to lift up their caps to, and means,
when the war is over, the Introduction of
negroes into the jury boxes, the family tens-
ment-houses of the poor-in short perfect
equality in every thing
Massachusetts is the bell-wether IN the
Republican flock. She leads and all the
Republicans in other States follow. She Is
now after perfect equality of the negro
soldier with the white.-CF1. Enquire.
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A Touch Above the sublime.

/ caught her tiny hand in mine,
And embraced her slender form,
vowed to shield her from the winds,
And from the worlds cold storms.
She turned her beauteous eyes on me,
While a tear did gently flow,
Till with her little lips she said
C6zfoal1ad yOu let me go.
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How TO TREAT CHILDREN.-Children-
real, live, plump, jolly. roly-poly children
are as scarce as sensible grown up people.
Little, thin, narrow-sho ouldered, angular,
pale intellectualities are common enough.
1t is your healthy tom boy that is the rarity.
What woman was ever less delicate in soul
and pure In heart because she tore her frocks
and climbed treos when she was q child?-
Real, wild, childish romping, with ringing
laughter and twinkling feet, merry dances
aud family frolcs-this is the stuff out OF
which wholesome manhood and womanhood
is made. Children who are under conviction
of sin at five years of age, die of brain dis
ease, or live with hypochondria to torment
the ! fe out of all around them. Sad is the
family that has one or more of such.
don't doubt the mother of the Gracchi was
a sad romp, and / more than suspect Portia
Of immense tom-boy hood. Such healthy
natures could not have developed otherwise
Pity and love the little children. Tolerate
these pets Comfort Nellie over her dead
bird, and don't call Molly's "ittle white
kitty" scat" 1t is enough to break iu-
venile heart to have ones darling snubbed.
How would you like to have your own
Frederick Augustus called "dirty young
one?" The little ones have their tragedies
and com edies, and laugh and weep more
sincerely than you do at Fastaf or Lear
They love, marry, keep house, have child
req, have weddings and funerals, and dig
little graves for dead mice in the garden and
mourn into small white handkerchiefs, and
get brother Jim to write an appropriate in
scfiption for its tiny head board. Is not this
human nature in little. and In its small way,
US deserving of certain respect? You do
not despise your own reflections in concavs
mirror, you know.
Cherish the children; mend the frocks
don't scold them broken toys-for man is
not moro inevitably mortal than playthings.
Don't strip their fat shoulders in winter, nor
roast them in aannels in dog days, because
somebody told you so. Don't drug them;
don't "yarb" them; don't stuff them with
pastry or starve them on chippy bread don't
send them to infant schools at three, or to
fancy balls at ten, nor teach them the COM
mandments earlier than they can remember
Mother Goose.-[ Harper's Monthly.
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when this crue1 war is over y.

We shall rejoice greatly when this cruel
war is over. We shall also rejoice when
people get over singing and whistling and
huming, "When this cruel war is over" II
there is, one thing characteristic of tho
American pople more than another il is
their talent for running tune to death
We could recall quite list of once popu-
lar melodies that have been sent to early
tombs in this way. Their ghosts haunt US
occasionally now in the whG Gezings of de-
cayed hand-organs.
For centuries Luna, the empress of night,
performed her duties with regularity, and
no one thought of prompting her; but a
time came when everybody was exorting
her with more or less discordancy or pathos
to Roll on, Silver Noon etc, as though
she didn't know enough to roll on when
she ought to. A sort of musical lunacy
overspresd the entire community, but it
passed, and the silver moon rolled on the
same as before. continuing the thSukless
and unremunerative task of guiding the
"traveler on his way" unmiudful whether
the "nightingale's song'' is in tune or not.
There was time when the Old Folks a.:
Home" couldn't enjoy the quiet and repose
which age so imperatively demands, but
the fever for singing that melody being
over they sleep well.
We remember how "Old Dog Tray" was
fayed alive across the keys of every piano
in5the country, dragged by the tail through
convoluted brass, and whistled at by every
boy big enough to pucber his mouth. Now,
like the amiable canine whose mistress
name rhymed with cubbard 'the old dogs
dead'-died OF too much playing, singing
and whistling. odd Uncle Ned had his
personal i6rmities shrieksd from one end of
country 10 the other at one time, aud at
arother the 'Poor Old Slave suffered more
martyrdom from the hands of musical am
ateurs than he ever did from Southern
master. But he has now gone to rest,'
and it is q satisfaction to know that he is
free.'
For a season, Way down South in Dixie
was harped upon to such an extent as to in
duce the wish that every body who play ed
sang, or whistled the tune was 'way down.
in the locality alluded to. John Browns
Body has been disturbed in its mouldering
by thousands of vocal resurrectionists, as
we 90 marching on
Now the popular tongue is singing, when
this Cruel War is Over 1t has had the
run of the thesters and fashionable concerts.
and is now all the rage with young ladies
who play the pisno, young gentlemen who
affect the flute or guitar and shrill whist
ling boys. There isn't one in fifty that
knows more of the song than the words
quoted above, yet they persist Sin going it
continually on that one line, like Paganini
on a one-strnged fiddle. There, we just
caught ourselves hummiDg the thing over,
so will refrain from further comment OF
that head unlil this cruel war is over
Cleveland Leader.
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6TAny number of papers may be sent st
nv mail under a two cent stamp, proVloeo
t6ey do not exceed four ounces in weight
This fact, It appears, people will not rem am m
ber. although it has been frequently pup
lished5
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A modest young gentleman at dimes
party. pat the following conundrums 5
"Why are most people who eat turkey
like bab;es2, No reply. The modest young
man blnshed, and would have backed outS
but being urged, finally gave the reason;
Because they are fond Of the breast.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-10-15

An English, writer in his advice to young
married women, says that their Mother z We
married a gardener. But he forgot to add
that in consequences of the marriage the
unrdeper lost his situation
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-10-15

1t Is the highest duty, privileges. and
pleasure for great men and whole souled
women to earn what they possess, to work
their own way through life, to be the archi-
teets of theiE own fortunes.
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wA cotempOrary gets of the following on
"HoNEsr OLD ABE." 3"

'HoNEsT OLD ABE."
Honest old Abe, when the war first began,
Denied abolition was part of his plan;
Honest old Abe has 81 nee made a decree,
The war must go on till the slaves are all free.
As both can't be honest, viii some one tell how
If honest Abe then, hs is honest Abe now.s y
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REV. Dr.. TYNG, a7ias H1eaINsoN.-Th
Rev. DR.. Tying is a Yankee from NJ assachu.
sets. His real name is Higginson, a family
which, more than half century ago, was
notorious fer its bad passions and moral
violence. Col. Higginson who commands
the Massachusetts negro regiment is of this
family. He was thu leader of the abolition
mob at Boston, in 1854, which murdered a
United States officer, who was doing his
duty under the law. In 1857 he headed a
call for "Disunion Convention" at Worces-
ter. Afterwards he signed circular for o
disunion convention which was called at
Cleveland, Ohio. He is a proper tool for the
work of the abolition army. His relative,
DR.. Tyug should be with him, doing the
business of congsnial murder, instead OF dis
gracing the pulpit of a religion Of peace
Old Guard.
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Assistant AdjutanU General

Under this order, the Provost Marshal
General of the District subsequently, issued
circular CT instructions to his subordinates,
of which the concluding sections is as fol-
follows:
Whenever, in the opinion of Provost
Marshal or other officer, the conduct of
citizen in this District demands the atten-
ton of the military authorities, he will
forward to these Headquarters, without de-
lay, and through the usual military chan
nels, q statement of the charges against said
citizens, and a summary Of the evidence
substantiating them,as explained in General
Order No, As, Headquarters District of
Kentucky.
No arrest will be made until an order
based upon an examination of this statement
is issued to that effect from these head
quarters except when the officer prefering
the charges has reason to believe the accused
party would escape, and the interests OF the
service be compromised by delay. Iu such
cases report of the grounde Of this belief
will accompany the charges.
By order of Brig. Gen. BOYLE.
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Robbery and Arrests in Lewis.


On last Friday night party consisting of
some ten or fifteen persons, armed with guns
and pistols, went to the house of Mr.. George
Rea, an old and respectable citizen of Lewis
county, and after calling several times for
Mr. Rea, dem andiug his gun and watch, and
threatening to shoot him, broke open his
door, and completely demolished all the
windows of the house, took his gun and
watch, which was handed them by a son Of
the old man, and then proceeded to help
themselves to whatever they wanted, taking
bed clothes, window curtains, wearing ap-
parel, &c. Not satisfied with this, ther
wsntonly destroyed the furniture in the
house and insulted some of the female
members of the family, one of the party
compelling daughter of Mr.. Rea to kiss him
presenting pistol at Der breast and threat
ening to shoot her if she refused. After
satisfying themselves with plunder they left
the house, threatening to return the next
night and burn it, unless the Rea family
left tho county before that time. On the
next day Saturday, information was given
to the proper authorities which led to the
arrest of three of the party implicated in the
commission of this gross outrage. On Mon
day last, the examining trial was held be-
fore Esquires Boyd and Ellis, at Tollesburg,
and the three persons under arrest, whose
names are VIM. Harris, VIM. Fuller and
Geo. Hines, were held to bail in the sum
of three hundred dollars each for their ap-
pearance at the next term of the Lewis Cir
cult Court.
We are also informed that Moses Ruggles,
charged with shooting Captain Cottingham
and Lieutenant Sticklett some time since,
and who made his escape from the jail of
Lewis County where he was lodged for safe
keeping, was again arrested on last Saturday
night at his home in Lewis, and on NJ onday
was brought before Esquire Boyd, & Ellis,
and waving an examining trial was per-
mitted to give bail in the sum of three
thousand Dollars for his appearance at the
next term of the Lewis Circuit Court.-Ecgle.
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Whereupon some fellow Of the practical sol
md without any Imagination and not possessir
he divine aflatus' attempts to destroy the lit
Illusion of David, as follows:
ST. PETERS REPLY.
Full eighteen hundred years or more
I've kept my door securely tied,
There was no ''littie angel" strayed,
Nor one been missing all the while.
did not sleep as you supposed,
Nor left the door of Heaven ajar,
Nor has "little angel" left,
And gone down with falling star.
Go ask that s'bIushing bride" and see
Ifshe don't frankly own and say,
That when she found that angel babe,
She found it by the good old way.
God grant but this-I ask no more
That should your number still enlarge,
That you will NOT do as before,
And lay it to old PETERS charge.
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order of Brig. Gen. BOYLE.
STEPHEN e. JONI

Capt. aud Provost Marshal Gen. Dis. Ky.
The instructions contained in this section
of the circular of the Provost Marshal
General, as will be observed are founded on
the third section of General order No. 4S, of
" hich this section Of the circular is but the
expansion. Ordor No. As, referred to in the
first paragraph of this section, prsscribes GER
tain very excellent rules for the guidance OF
officers in preferring charges against the per-
sons in the District. General Order No. ~
is thus complete and effectnal remedy Tor
the gievous evils we have particulsrized,-
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Coniugal Poetry.

God grant but this-I ask no more
That when he leaves this world of sin,
He'll wing his way to THAI bright shore,
And find that door of Heaven again.
The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1863-11-21

soLEMNITY OF AN OArH.-One Of
those rather peculiar geniuses known
upon the Apalachicola as timber get
tiers, went down to the port Of that
namo with q very valuable raft of CO.
dar and other choice timber that he
desired to ship for Cowes and mar
ket, or some other town of equal
Importance. Ono of the requisites
to make clearance was to make
certain oath before the collector, for
which purpose he appeared before
that dignitary, who made out the
form of an oath, which, among 9TH
er things, stated-'you do solemnly
swear that no part of this timber
now sought to be shipped by you,
was cut upon the public lands of the
United States, and
Stop, stranger What is that
you say2 / must take my solemn
affidavy to that2'
yes
And that l cant ship that raft Of
mine, if I don't3'
Yes
'And does other fellers what comes
down here with RATS take that oath2'
Sometimes.
you may 60 ahead, stranger;-l
can afford to lose that timber-it
has got to be shipped, any way you
can fix it.
uncle Sans land said he, as he
walked off after taking the oath
'how in the thunder do know where
his lines run. | reckon that oath is
nothing but form, no how
The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1863-11-21
Bafnabas and his Boots.

Barnabas came to Columbia one
cold day lately to attend to some
business. After two or three drinks
to enable him to do his business cor
rectly, and two or three more to keep
him comfortable on his way home,
he mounted his horse and started on
the back track.
Barnabas had not got many miles
from town, Notwithstanding the H.
quor he had taken to keep him warm
before his feet began to feel that the
evening was not so comfortable as it
might be, and looking about him he
.espied what he supposed to be the
sdeclining embers of 8. FIRE which was
in reality, the phosphorcscent light
emitted by some decarying fish which
had been thrown by the roadside by
some passing wagoners.
Barnabas dismounted from his
horse, and drawing off his boots, very
coolly warmed his feet by the burn
ing stump, alias dead fish ! When
the right temperature had been reash-
ed, he mounted his horse, leaving his
boots for the next passer-by.
AS he journeyed homeward, he un-
fortunately lost his way, and arriving
at farm which he could not recognize
he inquired of some negroes whether
be was in "this neighborhood or tho
next" and having been informed
that he was in "this neighberhoed,'
he rode away perfectly satisfied F! We
learn that since this adventure be-
came known, Barnabas has been
greatly annsyeda by few inquisitivc
saucy, grown up boys, who frequently
inquire of him " if he has found his
boots? ?"-Temperace Advocate.
The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1863-11-21

was beginning to look blank, and l
was just thinking that he was going
to give up and acknowledge the
corn, when, suddenly, by dextrous
twitch, he threw one out on the bar
counter.
Yankee stopped moment to CITY
foul, 8 but seeing that one had been
gained on him by his hesitation,
swallowed it, dust and all. The
next went clear over the counter on
the floor, and the next, and the next.
The Yankee evidently began to
see The game, for instead of losing
tine 1expostulating, he went scramb-
ling over the floor after the oysters,
which now flew to all corners of the
room, only waiting to give them
wipe on the sleeve Of his coat before
engulping them.
Thus we were kept in doubt which
would beat, until R. capped the eli
max by making one alight-acciden-
tally, of ceurse--raght IN the spit Oor.
The astonished man gazed for mo-
ment at the oyster, as it lay, halt
embedded in the dirty saw dust, and
then dropping his fork, made
straight coat tail out of side door.
As the door closed upon him, all
hands Joined in a hearty laugh at
the expense of the vanquished hero,
in which Rs voice was most con-
spicuous; but weful change came
over his countenance as he examined
the stakes which just handed him.
You may Judge how the laugh turn
ed, when he exclaimed, in q voice
not unlike the rumbling of distant
thunder
Counterfeit, by the eternal /
The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1863-11-21
INFLUENCE OF SMILES.

A smile is a thing of beauty
Whether living on the lips Of glad
some youth, or Pickering on the dy-
ing featurese of worn-out age, it holds
it's beauty still. Whether making
loveliness yet more winsome, or rend-
ering ugliness less repulsive thanslts
wont, a smile yet holds its nature,
yetitis beautiful. Magic lurksthere
in, aud sways the human heart as
words never can-quickens itaqqlet
pulse or soothes and calms the EuEri.'
ed throb, as they may need. and alls,
beneath the encouraging sinf1ueds
one sweet, upholding smile the heart
itself may change its mood-may
yield its intent, if not cast out forever
its evil promptings and its dark pro
pensities. And so may the smiles OF
derision madden beyond what the
utmost words can do, even as the
smile of praise will spur humanity to
great and noble deeds beyond the ap-
proach of all other prompting. Its
silent power smiles in the heart and
heals some new made thrustas sweetly
and gentle as falls the mysterious
dew from heaven. And the smile of
love 1t beams in the mothers eyes
as she sees beauty in her infants face,
and silent laugh of unknown joy
from her darling babe. l plays with
stronger and more thrilling magic on
the maiden's lovely countenance as
her hearts idol meets her far-seeing
eye and draws near to let her lock of
love lose none of it's precious value in
needless distance between them
And with deeper, purer joy it comes
to the wife's glad face when her hus-
band fond gaze tells her how much
is gained since he first called her wife.
Holy, beautiful indeed, is the smile
of fathomless love. Tso seldom, in
deed, does it live-too seldom Tighten
heavy cares and earthly sorrsws-too
seldom does it have birth-too often
does it soon leave life's pathway,
even if fairly born and dearly well
coined there. j. A. L. b.
East Cleveland, 1868.
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Decidedly Rich.

Montgomery, Colonel of black
regiment, thus addressed them on q
recent occasion:
II am your friend. | made the
first antislavery speech ever made in
Kansas. I was the first man that
employed negroes in the U. s. SER
vice. | fought six years in Kansas
for nothing, and I do not come here
for pay. can make $4,000 year.
l get only $4,000 here. | sacrifice
my ease and comfort Cor enjoy my
self at home). l have fought U. s.
soldiers. There is general now in
the rebel service a0hon, I fought, killed
his horse from under him, and took
him prisoner ,0hen IN the United States
service. l would have been hung
long ago if had held still.
You ore a race Of slaves. A few
years ago your fathers worshipped
snakes and crocodiles in Africa. Your
fathers partake ola beastly character.
Your religious exercises in this camp
are mixture Of barbarism and Chris
tianity. I am disgusted with the
mean, low habits you have learned
from the low whites. | hear them
say to you, "Bully boys, bully boys,
don't take this pay. What do they
mean by this2 Do you mean to bull
ly the government out Of your money,
or that you are stubborn as bulls?
Education expands the brain and
improves the features. Your features
can be improved. Your beauty can
not recommend you. Your yellow
facer are evidences Of rascality. You
should get rid of this bad blood. My
advice to you is, the lightest Of you
must marry the blacklist woman.
The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1863-11-21
Artemus Ward on His Travels.

He was apprenticed to printer in
New Hampshire. One day he had
dispute with his employer, who
threw him down stairs he saw in q
moment that he was prejudiced, and
he bade him farewell forever. 1t
was touching parting, such as might
bring tears from the eyes of Capt.
Semmes, of the English neutral war
steamer. During his journey home
he had to eat something he had no
money he could not -"Wam-
paneag cannot beg'-therefore he
became repairer of clocks; he stopped
at farmers door, and asked if be
had any clock that wouldn't 60? p
The farmer said he had, and he said
he would make it go. He took it to
pieces and then ate dinner, looking
upon the wreck Of the clock, and per-
fectly aware that he could never put
it together again. He told the far
mer that be felt dizzy, and would 60
out into the free air. Immediately
after getting cut Of the house he flew
like the "light gazelle'' or anything
else that goes very fast. Thus our
political clocknakers take the nation
al clock to pieces, eat dinner, and
never want to see it put together
again. But the hour had passed
when his lecture should have been
concluded, therefore, he had no time
to explain the ghost question. He
you'd, however, sail for California
in few days, and would speak On
the ghost question there; ladies and
gentlemen holding tickets to this
lecture would be admitted without
extra charge.