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The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-20
The Kentucky Farce.

CovINGToN KENTUCKY, August II, 1858.
MEssRs ED1ToRs: On Saturday evening,
preceding the election, party of three or
four Of Colonel Jacobs cavalry regiment,
which is to be disbanded in a few days,
went to Oarrcllton and took possession of
the Courthouse, preparatory to the work
assigned them. On Monday morning they
were sent out in squads to every precinct in
the county. At Mill Creek they prevented
the polls from being opened at all At Lo-
Gust, Worthwhile and Carrollton they re-
moved all the legally appointed officers of
election they thought inimical to the Ad-
ministration. and putGadical m en- in their
places. The judges of election had two
different forms of oath to be administered
-one prepared from the act of Assem- bly,,
and the other sent down from here-and
the voters who did not please the judges was
required to take and sign the latter, or he
was rejected. although he may have taken
the first oath. There was not much excep-
ton to this way of proceeding. At Locust,
the officers were ordered not to allow any
one to vote the Wickliffe ticket. at Provi-
dence, in the adjoining county of Trimble,
the judges were required to scratch the
nam es of Wickliffe, &C.. off the poll book
by the soldiers who got there after the cleo
tion commenced. These are few things
out of many. VINDEX.
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NUMBER 10
The kentucky ELECTION Farce.
CoyINeToN, KENTUoKT, August Is, 1858

CovINeToN, KENTUCKY, August 1S, 1858.
To the Editors of the Enquirer:
At the Rutlsnd Precinct, in Harrison
County, the ground was taken by the Ad-
ministration party that all who voted for
Menzies for Congress, or for Mr.. Ward for
the Legislature, would be punished under
the order OF General Boyle. The idea that
the Republicans would have it in their
power to have such punished in that way:
deferred good many voters, who had al
ways acted with the Union partv, from voting
for Menzies and Ward. The voters who
had not heretofore acted with the Union
party were not allowed to vote at all An
order of G. w. Berry, District Provost Mar
shall under the Conscript Law, forbade the
judges of election to take the vote of any
man who had been classed with the Southern
party; the judges of election were to be sent
to Camp Chase if they received such votes.
My informant says that this order of Berry
was sufficient excuse for bad men, and they
fully lived up to it at Rutland, > and he an
derstood the same thing occurred at Cole
Evansville Precinct. Only two men of this
class voted at Rutland, and in the afternoon
'they were arrested, brought back, and re-
leased upon condition that they would allow
their names to be scratched off, which was
done.' They had voted for Merzies and
Ward. No more Infamous conduct was
ever heard of than at Rutland
The proclanations and orders and soldiers
were sent to all the voting places in the
county, and in this way legal voters were
deferred every where. At Cynthiana, the
Captain of the squad disappointed the Re-
pubiicans. He made their outside COM
mittee of challengers leave the polls, and
said that every body who could vote should
rot be interferred with by them. In con-
sequence of this movement, A. II. Ward
got majority of 122 at Cynthiana, and was
elected by or 9 votes. IF the soldiers had
done that much for freedom at the other
voting places, Ward would have been elected
by 500. There was, perhaps, less of out
rage in Harrison County than in any other
county of thisDistrict. COVINGTON.
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From the New York Express.
CONSUMPTION When Did 1t Begin?--
After 1871

The Journalof Commerce discussing the
Constituuionality of the Conscription Act,
SAYS:
To know what the phrase means we
must go back to 1887 aud learn what "to
raise armies" Quoted from the Oonstitution)
meant at that time, and we come to the Gu
rious probability that IN 1877 no civilized nG-
ton had ever raised an army in this a1ay.
Tile conscription is an irvention of later times,
and of q country sohose example is not al
eoays best to foNoD. Can any reader of his
tory point to CONSUMPTION of soldiers for
an army prior to 1887? That is the gu es-
ton. If it was unknown, then the mean
ing of the words as adopted by the fathers
probably did not include the idea of a con-
scription."
The subject of transcription" was pretty
we'll ventilated in Congress in 1914. Dan
iel Webster, of Mass, while resisting con-
scription in that day, then said (alas, we
have not his speech reported in fullD what
in substance. the Journal Of Commerce here
says: Mr.. Webster did not deny the mil
itary Tenures" of the feudal ages, the scu-
tage, the knight service, and all that, by
which the vassal was bound to serve his
lord, the Duke, and the Dake, his Sow
ereigu; nor the base or Gr1'iere law, which {,
like our militia system, used to carry men
into the field for short and Insignificant
terms; but conscription. he averred, was
without precedent, not only in England, but
on the continent of Europe, where the con-
scription was born. Conscription was the
invention of the French Jacebins, as of the
Abolition Jacobins of our day, in the Uni.
ted States. Press gangs existed in England
as long ago 1756--not only it press gang
seamen (Which produced the war of 1872,
but, in the old French war. to press gang
loafers-idlers in the streets, who had no
means to sue out writ of hG6eas corpus
No conscription, it is believed, ever existed
until the French Jacobins invented it, pend
ing the French Revolution.
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The Farce in Kentucky.

The Cincinnati Commercial quote an arti-
Gle and heads it, "a denial that Wickliffe
votes were suppressed by the military Oh!
yes, deny it-deny it-and swear 1t is false;
but the whole State knows it is true
Louisville Democrat.
We have been told by gentlemen who
have asked members Of the Administration
party in Kentucky, whether it was true (the
stories they heard) that they did not allow
Democrats to vote at the late election-that
the following was the reply generally: OF
course not! Do you suppose we would allow
the id Democrats to vote! Why, they
would have carried the State! Of all the
infamous farces ever perpetrated, the Ken
lucky election takes the premium.-Oin
Enquirer.
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What a Republican Paper Thinks. : :

What Republican Paper Thinks. -
The Harrisburg Telegraph, strong Re-
publican paper, says:
"We sometimes incline to the notion that,
had there been no money in the war, had
the men who lead now on the side of Gov
ernm ent been as ipcouupti BILE as those who
led on the same side durin the revolution
of 1776, the war would have been ended in
a single campaign. The lust Of gain, the
the greed of pot0sr, and The temptation of posi-
tion, which noU prevail among very large class
in the free States, has haamucb to do ,oih the
proclonqation of the aodr. Seven oue of every
ten officers noaD in the service deem It to their tn
tercst to oprolong the iOar, simply because with
the end of the war will come suspension
of position and salary, such as these men
never can receive in any civil position for
which their talents fit them. These men
fight to prolong the war. added to these are
a large class in the mercantile and financial
,oorld, men of immense influence, ioto are
anassing colossal fortunes solely By the pro-
lonoation of the aoar. The moment the Fed
eral forces achieve q victory, the price o.
gold and the cost of goods of all kinds, fail
| This is reversed when we are defeated, and
hence it is the interest and the business OF
large and powerful class of men, who pro-
fess to be loyal, to keep the country IN
i constant state between victory and ceteat1
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For the Bulletin,
A new use For Hoop Skirts.

Miss Judy O'Mulligan, aged thirty-eight,
An elegant Creature, excspt that her pate
Is as red as the bows on her bonnet
Her little pug nose of a "lager beer" hue;
Her eyes of a color 'twixt yellow and blue,
And her mouth plenty large for the words to
come through
Without any extra strain in it.
Miss Judy o. NJ. then if rumor be true,
Has given room for a sonnet.
Imagine this maiden in toggery fine,
In lacings and fxings of every design,
In a six foot diameter crinoline,
As she gracefully sweeps down the street.
There's pride in her step rs she moves DER the
pave,
And grace in her hand as she gives it wave
To a silly old 'bach" who would fain be her
slave
And PROSTATE himself at her feet.
As she foated down Dauphin with airs of a
queen,
And passed by the square in its foliage of green,
"OhI what a sweet Creature, - cried each of the
throng
Which Chanced at that moment to be passing
along,
But the proud little Judy she needed them not
And kept on her course 'Lwixt walk and trot'
She kept on her way we stated before,
Her journeys end reached in grocery store
Which is numbered (large fgures) 504,
Where she always done her "tradin."
Into this Judy turned with a smile on her face,
Ahd bowed to each Clerk with very fine grace;
And each one of them would have lost his place,
Ere he slighted the lovely maiden.
The gentle Miss Judy while looking around,
And asking if this thing and that thing
sound;
And pricing lard, sugar and bacon per pound,
To know how much she'd be " takin."
The affable Clerk turned moment his head,
To hear what another young Clerk badjust said; &;
When quickly the maiden with top knot of red,
Meath the folds of her Crinoline dextrously sped
An entire midding of bacon.
All! Judy O'Mulligan little you thought,
When paving the Clerk for the things you had
bought,
That the clever, obliging young fellow had
caught
You in the act of stealing bacon.
But rather ashamed to accuse you of tbieving,
He waited to notice your movement when leaving
To see how your load could be taken
And telling the Clerk where the goods shouid De
sent,
She smiled "good evening" as homeward she
went,
Not dreaming the Clerk followed after.
But the gentle Miss Judy had lost all her grace.
The weight of the bacon impeded her pace,
And the young man behind her grew red in the
face,
In vain to suppress his great laughter.
There is an old adage of: "Murder will out"
Without our assistance to bring it about;
And the saying holds good against stealing
Thus it was with poor Judy, who, crossing the
street,
Raised the front of her dress to exhibit her feet,
A fashion not yet quite forsaken;
When mischievous newsboy the bacon espied,
Dropped all of his papers, "ohI Crackey," he
cried
"Boys, 'ere's new way to hang bacon"
LOUISVILLE, August, 1868. #.x.*.
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The Imam GUS. Election in Kentucy.

The Infamous Election in Kentucy.
NEWPORT, CAMPBELL Co., KY, Aug. 10, 1888.
To the Editors of the Enquirer:
1 have waited for some days to see if any
correspondents would give to the public tn Q
ways and means by which the Abolition
party, aided by the military, carried the
State at the election held last Monday.
I now desire to add my mite to the list of
outrages recorded in your paper.
My experience at the polls in jamestown
Precinct was of FIVE minutes duration, but
that was enough to show the drift of m tiers.
Two scoundrels were employed to challenge
Democrats, to threaten, to bully, and even
knock down, in all of which they had the
protection of the soldiers. These latter do
ing tn cir share in aiding Bramlette, Smith &
Co., by ordering voters from the polls
Many Democrats did not attempt to vote,
knowing that they would be subject to in
suit and violence if they did so. So out
rageous was one of these challengers, that
one of the judges, who is also Deputy Sheriff
of Campbell County, called for the sergeant
commanding the troops to restrain this
rowdy, whereupon the rowdy threatened to
take him from his desk, and actually at
tackled him; the soldiers also rushed at the
Sheriff with charged bayonets, and would
have killed him had he not drawn back.
A Judge of election calls for aid from the
military, they respond by menacing him
with bayonets. Had General Smith any
thing to do with these outrages? 1t looks
suspicious.
The Democracy of the free States should
be we'll informed of the methods which Lin
coin takes to place his satraps in power in
the States of Kentucky, Missouri, Western
Virginia and Mary land. SMITH.
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John Brough, the Abolition candidate
for Governor of Ohio, in a recent speech at
M Marietta, declared that he was for prosecu-
ting this war until slavery was wiped out
and externinated," and that be never will
consent to an adjustment of the present diff
culties until slavery is abolished. 1t is
now being we'll established that the war is
being prosecuted to "wipe out slavery
not to restore the Union of our forefathers
Johnny Brough is suitable abolition can
d idate
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OffICE OF THE JUDGE AONOCA1E 0ENEhALl
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, 7
New York, Aug. Z, 1858.
To His Excellency Horatio Seymour, Governor OF
the State of New York:
SIR: In accordance with your directions
have made the most thorough exanina-
ton practicable, into the manner in which
the draft of conscripts under the act passed
at the last session of Congress, has been ap-
portioned. For that purpose, I proceeded
to Washington, and conferred upon the sub
ject with the President and also with the
Provost Marshal General. 1t gives m great
pleasure to state that both these gentlemen
manifested an earnest desire to give me all
the information in their power, and they
also expressed their wishes and their deter
mination that the draft sh ould be made, as
far as possible, just, fair and equitable, in
every respect.
To show that the result is not to be in
any degree attributed to any special circum-
stances attending the election of 1860. 1 give
also a similar statement in respect to the
election last fall:
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Have We a Central Despotisml
MR. SEWARD TO LORD LYONS.

my Lord, can touch bell on my right
hand and order the arrest Of q citizen In
Ohio. can touch the bell again and order
the imprisonment of citazen of New York.
and DO power on earth butthat of the Pres
ident can release them. Can the Queen of
England in her dominions, do as much?"
just as q matter of curiosity we would
like to see the Secretary touch the New
York "bell'- Washington RevieU.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-20

INK STAINs.-H Housewives who are horri-
fed at the sight of ugly ink stains will like
to get hold of recipe for removing them
The m oment the ink is spilled take a little
milk and saturate the stain, soak it up with
rag and apply more milk rubbing it we'll
in. In few minutes the ink will be COM
Dletely removed.
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The SADNESS THERE is IN BEAUTY.-How
truly did Shakespeare say: Il am never
merry when I hear sweet music" How
often has a golden sun set or silver night
brought a sadness to the soul-a sadness
without pain. Oh the laps of some river,
or the strains of some sweet tune, filled
eyes with tears that had no thought OF sor-
row. And the landscape where flowers
grow close to the edge Of Heaven, that with
such charm of summer sun and shade, make
vestibules for Paradise, and US willing to be
gone-how often they grow dim before our
eyes, and yet there is no rain. Sometimes
in breathless nights, when earth is full of
leaves. and sky Of stars, there seems to be a
melancholy music in the mere shining of
the moon. and we wish it would liDger for
ever. And why are these things So unless
we are born to something fairer than this
cloudy world? Memory cousecr ates the
Past to beauty, and binds the thought there
of with links of lovehpess, sweeter by far
than garlands of fresh fowers.-The chain
that chafed having made TOO FEW ARRESTS
RATHER THAN TOO MANY.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-20

BLACKBERRY CoBDIAL.-To two quarts of
black berry juice add one and half pounds
of white sugar, half an ounce of nu tmeg,
half an ounce of cinnamon, one quarter of
an ounce of cloves, one ditto of allspice,
boil together for short time, and when cool
add one pint Of brandy.
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We now have returns from elghty.eighs
counties in Kentucky. The vote for Gov
ernor is as follows:
Bramlctte. 62,soo
Wickliffe. 1918
Bramlette's majority. 470s5
Twenty-Five counties remain to be heard
from. It is now perfectly certain that Bram-
lette's whole vote will prove, beyond ques-
ton, that even had every rebel in the State
been permitted to vote-tbat is to say if
the oath of loyalty had not been required
the Union ticket would have received a
heavy majority. Tho Copperheads must
now acknowledge that their party is the
minority party in that State. The figures,
however, will not be given in the disloyal
papers. They will keep up terrible clam
or about military suppression, and thus
keep the facts from their readers Gazette.
Our cotemporary is altogether too fast in
jumping to conclusion. There are about
$4,000 to $50, 900 voters in Kentucky. If
Bramlette has polled one half of them, it
is because many thousands of illegal votes
were taken throughout the State, in order
to make respectable show. The oppo-
nents of Bramlette, not being allowed to
vote, could not aud did not challenge the
right of his supporters. If a man had
Bramlette ticket it was all right, and went
into the box whether he was legal voter
or not. This fact is susceptible of proof all
over the State. The friends of Bramlette
lad every /. thing their own way. and voted
any and every thing without opposition
We presume one half of his vote is fraud
ulent, and could not have been polled if
Wickliffe challengers lad been permitted
to exercise their functions. Again: Thou
sands voted for Bramlette because in conse-
quence of certain military orders they re-
garded their property, if not their liberty.
in peril if they did not; and believing that
he was to be chosen any way, they cast
their suffrages for him. With fair and
unrestricted vote and canvass Bramlette
would have been beaten 5O,0OO.-Enq.
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@What is that which by adding some
thing to it will become smaller, but if you
add nothing will grow larger?
A hole in q stocking.
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@The man who tried to arrange his
hair with honey comb, has been trying to
catch whale on . sandy hook.
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"Wen, Uncle Sam, do you see any differ
snce in Mr.. P. since he joined the church -
"Ob, yes," said Uncle Sam, "a great dill
ference. Before. when he went out to mend
the fences on Sunday he carried his SIX on
his shoulder, now he carries it under his
oVeTcoat."
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The age of young lady is now expressed
according to the present style of skirts by
saying that 1s sprines have passed over her
haadI
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Why is blacksmith like safe steed?-
Because one is a horse shoer aud the other
is a sure horse.
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From the New York World, August 18.
The Conscription in New YOrk-.-The
Judge Advocate Generals Official Re-
bOrt-ExpOsure of the Partisanship
and Injustice of the Quotas.
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Kentucky Election.

We now have returns from eighty-eigh.
counties in Kentucky. The vote for Gov
ernor is as follows:
Bramlctte. 62,So0
Wickliffe. 1915
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-01-17

A WORD TO BOYS AND GIRLS ABOUT
ORDER.-Li tie friends, pu; things right
back in their proper places. Never
leave Ihlngs all about, helter-skel er,
topsy- urvey-never. When you use
any ar icle-hoe, shovel, rake, pitchfork,
ak, hammer, tongs, boots or shoes,
books, states, pencils, writing apparatus,
pins, thimbles, pin cushions, needles,
work baskets, every article of house.
wifery or husbandry, no matter what it
is--the very moment you have done
using it, return it to its proper place
Be sure 10 have special place for
every hing-a place for everything, and
everything in lis place. Order, order,
perfect order, is the watchword-
heavens first law. How much precious
time is saved (aside from vexation) by
observing order-sys ematlc regularity
And little folks should begin early to
preserve order in every hing-form
habits of order. These loose, slp-shod,
sla ternly habits are formed in child
hood, and habits once formed cling for
life.
Young friends, begin early to keep
things straight in their proper places ;
neatness, order, economy, sobriety-
everything just, honest, pure, lovely,
and of good report.
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Maryland and its Finances.

The Baltimore correspondent of the Phil.
| adelphia Inquirer thus writes of the finances
of the State Of Maryland, up to the closing
Of the last year.
1t affords me pleasure to present to the
public, upon perfectly reliable and we'll in
formed authority, very brief account of our
state finances at the present time, which
speaks most hattcringly for MARYLAND. In
the past year she has added one hundred and
eighty thousand dollars to the sinking fund
and paid the war tax of three hundred thou.
sand dollars collecting in and redeeming all
the bonds issued for State defence.
With this already accomplished there is at
present balance in the treasury Of over a
half million dollars, and the six per cent
| State stock is selling readily at one hundred
and twelve, a premium of twelve per cent
| Thus | present You our finances in nut
shell. How striking is the contrast in this
respect between loyal Maryland and disloyal
Virginia. The one is rich. free from fnan
clal embarrassments, prosperous and happy
fiourshing to fair extent in commerce,
agriculture, manufactures and industrial
pursuits, with the Stars and Stripes to pro-
tect her; the other (Virginia) is next to
bankrupt, her fields laid waste her com.
merce, agriculture, manufactures, ruined,
and her industrial pursuits paryalyzed, and
every foot of her sacred soil trampled down
hence cannot find the once proud, opulcnt
and happy Old Dominion in condition to
make the brief though encouraging state
ment given above in reference to the present
condition of Maryland. The same compar.
ison may be instituted with all other South
crn States misled by sccessionists and plung-
ed into rebellion.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-01-17
Female College,
BORDENTOWN. n. +.

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1 Delaware River, 30 miles north of PhiladrI.
ph'n' 1t has been in Successful opcr alton for
moro than ten years. md is one of the most hour.
ishing institutions of learning in the country.
special attention is paid to the Common and
Higher branches of English. and supe,r nIvan.
tases furnished ip Vocal and Instrumental Music,
Drawing, Painting. French AMI Latin urc taught
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Persons coming from the South can leave VAL
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Dale, Whalcyvillc Thos Mallalien, Millingon