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The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-10-01
From the London Times, of 9TH inst.

From the London Times, of 9TH inst.
The UhiOn NeVertO be Restored by thl
Sword.
The desertious from the Southern armies
of which President Davis recently had t.
complair are said in the last intelligence tc
continue, and vast numbers of deserter;
were reported to be in the mountains near
/ Chattanooga, awaiting the Federal advance
| The fact shows nothing but that the armies
are faint t-heartej, aud is no proof whatever
that the Southern people are changing their
mind. Precisely the same symptoms oc-
CURED in the first war of independence oi
the States, and President Davis has no such
difficulties in this way to contend with as
harrassed Washington when, in 1776, his
whole m cans of.resistance to the BritiSh h con-
sisted of a miserably ilI-clad, iiI-fed army
of three thousand dispirited men. Even if
we look upon this war as a mere struggle
for conquest, the North can not be successful
while there remains only resolute minority
in the Southern States determined to fight
to the last.
But, though faint hearts in the South may
despair, they are not likely to pardon the
Invaders who have forced them to humilia
ton. Every victory that the North exults
over deepens and extends the hatred which
they have created in the Southern people.
Fort Sumter destroyed, and the faVorite city
of the South bonn barded and ruined, are
not spectacles which will win back the re-
volted States into the Union. Every cap
tured city will absorb an Northern army,
and every Northern army of occupation will
be a constance source OF renewed hatred
and enmity to the "Y ankees." The Federals
may go on in their career of conquest, and
the cities of the Southern coast may fall
into th cir hands one by one; but every vic
tory adds fuel TO the original fame of Sc
cession. When two nations go to war upon
some definite ground of quarrel, the battles
and seges are fair trials of strength; the side
which finds itself the weake est may consent
to a compromise, and the two nations, who
have no further disagreem ent, may unite
again in honorable friendship. But when
nation like the South is fighting for bare
existence, all terms Of submission are i'm
possible. The invader may Gu. deep into
the country, bat the soul of the national life
escapes the sword, aud mis- cruelties only
quicken the pulse of the heart of inde-
pendence. the Fenerals may gain point
after point, but they can not couquer the
hatred which they have raised and infiamed
themselves. Not ths least hopeless feature
of the struggle, too, is the furious passion
for war which it seems to be rousing IN the
Northern mind. The insatiate rage of con-
quest grows by what it feeds upon, and
every capture of city or defeat OF an army
only rouses an appetite for further deStrIc-
ton and fresh victories. So long as the
Federals can fight, and get the means oil
fighting. so long they will be willing and
eager to fight, and, beyond question, SO long
they will have to fight. 5.s.---..- ..-...
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VIII we Recognize the Memories that
cling to US Here in the Mysterious
Hereafter. 80 '..' -
Time, the great reyealer 6f what seems
clothed in mystery to day, teaches US, that
what is earthly must return in therend to
the chaos from whence the most dazzling
splendors Of the world emerged; time that
! never tarries on, his march, be it full OF
happy or piaintive melodies, shade, or sun
shine. shadows or realities. whispers in our
ear. that all we see or know, we think or feel
must psrtake- of the same inevitable fate and
immutable decree that isstamped on NATURES
fairest works; and then as many bark goes
down, share one common resting place this
side of that tunexplored region whittier mill
lions upon millions of travellers have gone,
though none have ever returned to tell of its
matchless gIores or neffabe delights. r..
The History of what has been, what l0ilI be
if embraced within single volume, would
perhaps all the more forcibly impress US with
the belief as we dwelt upon each page, that
human worth is as mutable as its joys are
often -tasteless; that its loftiest aims and
most buoyant imaginings. in the face Of
every reality are feetiug and vain. But
surely it cannot be that memory we here
have SO fondly uursed; memory that ball
lowed our infant years, and SO sweetly ap-
pealed to our impulsive moments, must
likewise perish when Time shall be no
more; that we will recognize it no longer
when the spirit has been freed from lis frail
tenement; and then when carried in the
Eternal Presence, will there find no trace, no
recognition of its beautiful truths! @
Ye, who whom the cares of the busy day
are DER, are accustomed to mediate, deeply,
calmly, dispassionately, ask yourselves tie
question, t0hat is me,noryF The answer
will be-. ...-. --.-.
'Tis the light that hallows life, g F.. o
A ray profound upon the brow -a !
Ofmental might. . @ .....-s.s r s |
An echoI. Time the passing souhdis
Amirror, its bright surface shows, I
Hope, fear, grief, love, delight, regret,
A generous spring, beam which gIows,
Song after ard star have set;
A leaf nor storm, nor blight can fade,
An arch in Times bereaving sea;
A perfume from flower decayed;
a treasure from Eternity -
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GIoryNo Use to Dead Niggers.

The following account appears in Re-
publican paper, the Philadelphia Nortd
AMERICAN: --.-s-
The other day, coming up by water from
Chesapeake City, we had opportunity at
St. Georges lock to converse with genuine
chattel. The African was keen-witted. and
evidently knew on which side of his bread
the butter was spread. Disclaiming any
notion of 'tampering with negroes we man
aged to obtain the ideas of this darkey about
m alters and things in general. We give
his answers precisely as be made them:
Whats your name, boy"
Washington, marser.' --s
Are there any slaves in this neighborhood"
'Not Jest in dis yer neighborhood. There's
right smart of em dough down furder.
belong to Mr., and dere's three more
sides me- --
How many do you know of in this neigh
borhood?' @ p
'Well, takin' about five mile around.
reckon may be dere's thirty or forty. Ders
amt but sixteen hundred of 'em in de whole
State.' r.. s.-.
You can read, Washington?' ...-
Well jest little, marser.'
Did you ever feel desire to be free?
Not much. Niggers here can just walk
away VIII enever they please. Mi keeps
gwine on sixty year old. Ny farder lays
under de Spitzbergen apple tree in de or
chard. reckon lays dere one day, too
Wouldn't you like to live further North?'
. No. sir. No uiggers like 10 go norf
don't want no better place dan st. Georges:
fl was young, I'd like to be free. and
make home for de chilren. Dey's all dead
now, and me and my old woman calculates
to lay by de rest of 'em.' Sss
d There are great m any free negroes here:
Don't any of them enlist in the negro resi-
ments forming in different places"
NO sab, they don't care about hghtln,:'
Don't they care for their eDslaved people?.
'Dey ought to but dey dot. Dey's-
mighty mean niggers yer. Dey's all too
'fraid for deir own skins. Dey think oEe
live niger is worth dozen brgadiers.'
Don't you think they would like to SHARE
in the glory of the colored troops at Port
Hudson -.... o.. -
Dunno, sab. Dey says dat glory is 6ns
thing, but it amt much use to dead nig-
ger. Dey's mean niggers dey is. Dey only
cares for eatin' and drinkin'.'s 80 ifs
By thls time the lock was filed, aud the
African limpeG away. @ ast
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Mary.

The light thatsbines in Ma1Ys seyes s'=.-
Is kindled at sone magic shrine; E'
It's fount is summer evening skies,
And, earthly still, is still divine.
sl- lr ...t... .. --- -f-a - - N~-
The breath that sweetens Mary's lips 81
fs stolen from the conscious rose;
Which strives their crimson to eclipse,
When blushing in her cheek it glows.
Grace, like faint harmories intwined. -7-
Floats round my Mary's every motion;
And softer than the dying wind, - ~.
Her sweet voice claims the souls devotion.
But, loyeliest crown Of all her heart,
With loves affections gushing free,
Like heavenly light informs each part, -.
And, dearest Mary, throbs for me. H.,
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-10-01
Failure of Franklin's Expedition.
Correspondents New York Herald
GENERAL WEITzEL's Division, j
10th ARMY CoRPs, STEAMER BELvIDERE,
7 MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Sept. II, 1868.

HEADQUARTERS GENERAL WEITzEL's DIvIsIoNl
18th ARMY CORPS, STEAMER BELvIDERE,
| MISSISSIPPI RIVER Sept. Il, 1868.
The expedition of the Nineteenth A rmy
| Corps, Major General franklin comm and
ing. which left New New Orleans on the 4th
inst, has returned, without accomplish ing
the object for which it was dispatch ed. All
the preliminary arrangements were made in
the most expeditions aud secret manner,
and tho promise of success was most f1atter-
ing up to the very lsat moment, when. a
com bination Of those unfortunate accidents,
which no human foresight or determination
can prevent or overcome. turned victory
into defeat and rendered rugatory all the
efforts of the gallant Off GERS and men COM
posing the expedition, compelling them to
relinquish for the present the attempt, and
return to the base of operations at this place.
Object OF THE EXPEDITION.
The aim, of the expedition was the occu-
patton of Sabine City, situated on the right
bank at the mouth of the Sabine River, the
dividing line of Louisiana and Texas, point
of great strategic Importance as a base of
operations against eth er Western Louisiana
or Eastern and Central Texas. The city is
only forty to forty-fye miles from Calves,
ton by land and about sixty miles by sea;
from Houston, the Capital of Texas, it is
distant about sixty miles, and is connected
with it by branch railroad from Beaumont.
This railroad is not in operation at present,
portion Of the track having been torn up.
The distance from the mouth of the Missis
sippi is two hundred and eighty miles.
We lost two gunboats in this expedition
the whole crew of one of them being de-
stroyed. The Commercial, remarking on the
above, says: '.. -.= -..s ~.-
''The accident which caused the return
of the expedition was the uuex pected power
of the rebel Notifications at Sabine Pass
The gunboats were worsted in endeavoring
to force passage, and the expeditionary
army had no alternative but to return and
try some other opening. The failure of the
expedition will not be regretted, if it results
in diverting the troops to more vital field
of operatious.' -a5 - ia#
The Commercial does not think Texas
worth looking after at present.
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d Oooe in while Wide Awake of 1850
really gets his eyes opensd. and sees things
The Harrisburg Union tells the following:
eAs one of the drafted men came out of
the Marsha's Office day before yesterday,
Just three hundred dollars shorter than when
be went in, he cast his glance around upon
the lugubrious faces of the expeotant throng
standing in the hall, whose hour had not
yet come, and soothed his kindred spirits
thus: Boys. three years ago was q gay
Vide Avaks. and wore glazed cap at my
own expense; but the coal oil was said to.
be free. They are now settling that coal
oil account: I've paid mine. and here's the
reoeipt in full Saying whioh. ne dourished
is : vet true. that the gods sell their sOodsat
their own fair price, including the coal oils
of course, and many man now stands. ag
our friend mentioned above. thinking OF
torch -hghis aud soliloqoizins to himself
that e as the whirlisig of Time briBs<
about bis revenge
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-10-01

The MIssI ssIPPI Nor OPEN.-The river
trade which igas to hare been resumed Upon
the capture of Vicksburs. has not been ef-
fectsd. The reason is. that the Eve per cent
tax levied by Mr.. Chase. on everything
passing down, makes il cheaper to ship
gods to New York and around by sea, than
directly down the river. AL things ara bent
toward enriohing the eastern capitalists
We had intended to publish letter to the
Cincinnati Gazette. ventilating this matter
with appropriate comments; but ourspaee is
preoccupied. Tie fact Is as stated above
Crisis. es~ --'a- - ( = -
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BY T. WARD.

Oh, weak and foolhardy reformer, -.
To substitute women for wine, .,..-
The glow of whose presence is warmer
Than the sunniest juice of the vine, - Il
Believe me, less fatal are juleps
Than women in witchery skilled;
For there oozes more venow from two lips
Than ever from grain was distilled.
Who barters for beauty his whisky,
The change will be certain to rue;
For her eyes shed spirit more frisky
Than turks in the best ''mountain dew"
Ahl those eyes at each meeting so merry
You'll find to outsparkle cham pagne;
And ringlets more golden than sherry
Will fuddle as well the poor brain.
Aore tapering necks than the bottles,
With mouths more bewi:chingly crowned,
Will pour from their ravishing throttles
a stream that a sage would confound,
If wine makes us brutes, love is able
To turn US to fools with like ease
If one lays us under the table,
'Tother brings us at least to our knees.
After dinner when warmed with good eating
'Tis woman, not wine, VIC should flee;
"Perfect Loves" chGSse-cCfe more heating
Than even abused "cau Gs Cie."
Still at table some mischief she's brewing
Oft feet scrape acquaintance below
All, no heol-taPs so pregnant with ruin
AS those hidden taps of the toe:
And hands, between courses at leisure
Make friends when there's no one to mark,
All! less poison yield grapes under pressure
Than fingers thus pressed in the dark.
AS home reels the topper of beauty,
How crimson his image poor elf
How fevcred he sleeds! how his duty ..-E
Is left to take care ofitself.
When thwarted, how palsied his powers,
Till he sinks in despair at deaths door;
Oh, if woman her victim tins lowers,
Say, what can the bottle do moreG
No spirit so ardent as woman's- .. .-s ..
So sure to intoxicate man
Her touch is deZiriun treDaeus, ,..-s. ~
Than mad lens him morn than the can. ?
The glance of her eye is"blue ruin,"
Her blush Is the Dlooo VI thS vino,
Her pout is q pznc6 in whose brewing
Tart, spirit and sugar combine.
So sparkling, so beating, 50 heady,
No hope for her victim appears; t
Should her smiles only render him giddy,
He'd be surely made drunk with her tears.
Not the grape-ju juice of Eden made Adam
So stupidity forfeit his all;
But the lure of his volatile Madam
Led him tipsily on to hisfail.
Cleopatra made Anthony reel, '-'---.
When the hero chose her for toy
And for Helen large hosts took the field =
'Till down fell the stout walls Of Troy.
Not Tho wines of fair Cypress. the rover'
So sure, as its women beguile;
Bettor rest where he is, "halfseas over" '----
Than steer for so fatal an isle. -, 81. e.
Oh, then, thun such q tempter as this Is,
Noseomnence so Hazardous COURT : ~ =
Who embarks on the waves Of her tresses,
Will Rrieve that he ventured from port.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-10-01

Criticism Upon Gereral ROsecrans.
The New York RorlG. in speaking of the
late battle in Tennessee, says:
That such failure would annihilate the
military reputation of General Rosecrans is
the least important of its consequences. The
genera. who, enjoying the unlimited conf
.dence and support of the Admin stration,
was permitted through long season of sp-
parent torpor to mature his plans and pre-
pare his m cans of action; who was suffered
to await the triumph of General Grant over
the inuumerable difficulties of the Vicks ksburg
campaign, without being required to lend
that officer the lest efficient aid or oo-o opera
ton; and who, when Vieksbarg had fallen,
and in its fall had carried away the whole
fabric of the rebel strength in the Southwest.
was allowed to enter into the fruits of that
heroic enterprise; the general who thus,
favored by fortune and political friendship,
chose his own time for striking at the enemy
a final aud decisive blow, can not we'll sur
vive the recoil of that blow in ruin upon
himself and his army. f'r
But this, we repeat, is but minor issue
of the events which may already have come
to pass in Eastern Tennessee
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-10-01

PAY YouR DEBTs.--The Indications are,
that this country is approaching greet
financial crash. It may be deferred year
but it may como much sooaer.-Let those
who are 10 dshs take warning aud pay up,
while money Is plea.y aGd let those who are
cut of deb. remain so. When the crash
does come it will be one OF the most terrific
that this nation ever sxperienesdl and come
Il must At no distant day D0rks cosaty
Dsa,oeyds e.g- 45s = 4
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-10-01
The Texas Expediti5n:

The steamship George Cromwell, from
New Orleans, arrived at New York on Fri
day night, bringing advices to the 18th inst.
The Post saye: FL ls
Correspondence of the 11th announces
that combined movement, by three dis
tinct columns, had been made, probably for
Texas. Several thousand men were coz
veyed by the Opelousas road from Algisrs
to Brashear City, and to Bayou Beuf, the
whole force under the command Of General
Wash burne. Almost simu ltaneously Her
ron's men moved up the Mississippi toward
Red River. General Franklin's division
mean time embarked on transports, and
moved down the river to ward the Gulf
There was a rumor, however, that Frank lin
was on his way back again, owing to dis
aster to the gunboat Clifton. at Sabine Pass.
Itappears that this vessel, with the Sa-
chem, were there attacked by the rebel bat
teries. Captain Crocker, of the Clifton, fired
broadside; but in turning TO fire the other
broadside, his boat grounded and stuck fast
on the fat He was exposed to a very heavy
fire. Some of the soldiers or sailors on
board, without Crocker's orders, ran up
white flag. In view of his hopeless condi-
ton, Captain Crocker turned one Of his
largest guns and fred through the machin-
cry, completely disabling the gunboat. He
then spiked his guns. f.-. 80
Meanwhile, two rebel gunboats came down
and captured the SIchem. FrankEn's gun
boats and transports entered the pass just in
time to see the last of the brief action.
One or two soldiers escaped from the Cliff
ton and SWAN toward Franklin's transports,
and were taken on board. Tney say that
there was not man in the afterpart Of tn
Clifton who was not killed or wounded by
the fire from the batteries on shore. Those
remaining on board were Of course, taken
prisoners. Captain j hnson ard his men on
the Sachem are also prisoners, and his gun.
boat was taken.
The Clifton is believed to be wreck, aud
useless to the rebels.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-10-01
AMUsIwa TnINas We MEET IN MANKINp.- =

AMUSING THINGS WE MEETI MANKIND
1t is amusing to hear gray headed old m an,
who amassed fortune in his younger days
by keeping tipping shop, now say he
would, had he the power, imprison any ma q
or whose prem ises drop of the poison could
be found.--It is amusing to hear an old
deacon, who has the faculty to pile up his
wood for market, SO that seven feet will
grocer from the church because he sold him
thirty-one ounces of sugar for two pounds.
1t is amusing to hear member of the
church. who, in youth, sowed his wild oats
by the bnshel. propose that the church in
vestigate the circumstances under which
brother Jones calls on sister Smith so often,
innocently forgetting all the while that sit
takes rogue to catch .'-It is
amusing to hear a man who made his first
ten thousand by a mere accident in specula-
ton, now whine over the want of business
tact in the young men of the present day.
1t Is amusing to hear a hardened politician i,
whose political conscience is SO tough that
you can m axe no impression whatever upon
it with the sharpest axe of honor that can
be found, sigh with pioas horror over tn
want of principle in those who oppose his
political creed d.--It is amusing to hear a
man who has just brains enough to believe
his wisdom and intelligence IS actually need
ed to help society aloug. often prate about
the weakness of woman's mind. You can
see at once how strong his own must be, but
cannot help wishing he had a little more
power of disoernn ent that would enable i'm
"to see himself as Others see him."
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Women or Wine.

introduction ofWomen in place of Wine aten-
tertaihmentsI -.. l.
have tried both 80 those who would part take,
May choose between the headache and the heart
ache. . -. s'.s p q ? Byron
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Pat, you have dated your letter week
ahead. 1t is not so late in the month by one
week, you spalpeen.' 'Troth, boy, indade
am it's meself tnat is wanting sweet Kath-
leen' to get it in ad vance of the mall
Shure, I'll not care if she gets it three days
alore it is written, me dariint.'
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-10-01

Why IS THE WAR PRoPRkcTED?-The
Albany Statesman. Republican paper, an
swers as follows.
"Ths Government can and should close
.up the rebellion by the Iss Of NoVembar.-
If il fails to do this, the blame falls on Ss-
ward, Weed s., Co., who wish to carry the
war into the next President Election, in
order to make capital that may,innEs To the
benefit of the army sud navy eontEac toTsi
sutIeEs and other sPee9iAtors.z @
+-----71 - - n -Ir !.
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I On bearing clergyman remark. t'Phe
world ia full of change" Mrs. Partington
said she could hardly bring her mind to be-
lieve it, SO little found its way into her
pocket.