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The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13
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! 1t is said of the three most influential
members OF the Convention that formed the
Constitution of the United States, that il
all the debates in that body no one of them
made speech of more than twenty minutes
We have good authority for stating that
Alexander Hamilton. though reckoned
among the diffuse orators of his day, did
not occupy more than two hours and half
In his longest argument on the trial of a
cause. and mis- rival, Aaron Burr, not more
than an hour and quarter. A judge, who
was Intimately acquainted with Burr and
his practice, confirmed this statement. adj
ding that within his knowledge this adVo-
cate repeatedly aud successfully disposed of
cases involving large amount OF property
in half an hour.
Indeed said be- 'on one occasion he
talk ed to the jury seven minutes in such
manner that it took me on the bench half
an hour to straighten them OUT He added.
Il once asked him: Col. Burr, why lawyers
can not always save the time and spare the
patience of the court and jury by dwelling
only on the most important points in their
cases?'
Sir be replied, you demand the great
est faculty of the human mind, SELECTION
He is we'll known to have been one of the
most effective advocated Of his time, and in
this matter, if nothing else, he deserves to
be studied and initiated. We refer to a
single foreign example, an eminent English
baIrister.
asked Sir James Scarlet says Buxton, |
what was the secret of his pre- eminent sue
cess as an advocate He said that be took |
care to press bone the one principal point |
Of the case, without N uch regard to others. |
He also said that he knew the secret of be ing
Short
4 fnd,' said he, that when exceed an
half hour, 1 am always doing mischief to
ny client If drive into the heads of the
ury unimPortant matter, drive out matter
n orc important 1 had previously lodged
here.'
We commend his method, and his reason
'r it, not only to ministers, but quite as ur-
emily to lawyers and m emb ers of Congress.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13

ETERSITY. has no gray hairs.
The flowers fade, the heart withers. man
grows old and dies; the world lies down In
the sePulchre of ages; but time writes on
wrinkles OF eternity. Eternity! Stupend-
Gus thought! The ever present, IN born, nm :
decaying and undying-the endIes chain.
passing the life of God-the golden thread
entwining the destinies of the universe.
Earth has its beauties, but time shrouds
them for the grave; its honors are but the
sunshine of au hour; its palaces, they are but
the glided sepuichre; its pleasures, they are
but a. bursting bubbles. Not so in the un-
tned hours. In the dwelling Of the AL
mighty can come no footsteps of decay
Its ways viii know no darksniug-eternal
1pdsndof fofbids the approach of night.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13

INDUSTRIOUS HABITs.-Tsach your chill.
dren TO be Industrious. 1t is the best pre-
tentative of crime-the BE- st guard ian to
virtue. Read the history of hundreds who
NIL our prisons, and learn that idleness was
the cause of their ruin. Young men of in.
dustrious habits are seldom found in the
sinks of pollution-disgracing themselves
and their parents The increase of crime
among US is chiefly caused by the distaste
OF honest labor; too many would rather
steal than work. IF we would preserve the
coming generation from those sins and vices
which degrade the present times, teach
them good trades, and bring them up to in
dustrous habits. Idleness, late hours, and a
disregarded of the Sabbath, drinkin, and
the perusal of obscene and unprincipal
sheets, are causing the ruin of millions.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13
ABoL1TIoNIsTs GLAD THAT LEE ESCAPED

ABoLITIoNIsTs GLAD THAT LEE ESCAPED
The Philadelphia correspondent of the
Anti Slavery Standard, writing upon the re-
salt Of the battle of Gettysburg, says:
"Our people and papers express much
chagnn that Lee was allowed to escape with =
out another battle. / don't share in the
feeling. On the contrary, was glad when
/ beard he was over the river and I have
seen no reason since for any other emotion.
II Meade had engaged Lee and been
whipped-which was possible-it would
have been bad; if he had utterly defeated
and routed Lee-which was much more than
possibie-it would have been worse The
political consequences could harly have fail.
ed to be disastrous The nation is not pre-
pared for sudden and triumphant suppress
sion of the rebellion. We shall not be
ready till we get black army of at least
100000 men in the field" =
What say the voters to such delightful
n manifestation of the Republican spirit and
Republican doctrinel
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13
NJ Ew
GRAIN, GROCERY
-- ...s +. AND ...
COMMISSION HOUSE,
Corner of Srd & Market Streets,
MAYSVILLE,, KENTUCKY.

r HAVE JUST OPENED A GRAIN,
i GROCERY AND COMMISSION STORE in
the house formerly occupied by Jas. G. Brook
over northeast Corner of Third & Market SITS.
will pay the highest market price IN Dash
or w HEAT, RYE and BARLEY.
have Just received full stock of Groceries,
Sugar, Molasses Coffee, Tea, Rice, Fish, Tobacco,
Salt, &C., &c. together with a general assort-
ment of all articles in he Grocery line; all war
ranted to be ofthe best quality. My goods have
sold for Cash or Country Produce, at very small
profits. |'" Fs--.-
l have also on hand large stock of PURE
OLD BOURBON WHISKY.
Commission, Storage & Forwarding Business
attended to with promptness.
All persons DESTROYS of getting the worth of
their money, will please give me a call.
june 10Th, 1862. BEN PHISTER.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13

0TLittle Ike, three years and half old
went to church for the first time. His
mother gave him penny to put in the con-
tribution box, which be did, and sat quiet
Tor few nom ents. and then wanted to know
candy
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13

Apes are probably human creatures who
were left unfinished because they were made
SO late on Saturday that Sunday put a stop
to the work.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13
Position of Brutus J. Clay not Satisfac
tory to the AboIitionists


satisfied with this gentleman, lust elected IL
Congress from the Ashland District as the
successor of the Hon. ] :. j. Crittenden. The
Cleveland CO., Leader thus denounces bin
Il says:
POSITION OF BRUTUs J. CLAY.
"This gentleman, just elected to Congress
In the Seventh Kentucky District (the late
Mr.. Crittenden's) is, it seems, one of the
peculiar Kentucky UnioDists, and as YVES his
predecessor, Mr.. Crittenden, 10 in faUo1. of
The Union. but opposed to the Administration
and its measures! These Kentucky Union
lists are self-stultiied men,,
I'm a letter accepting the nomination, Mr.
Clay said he was, and always had BEEN for
the preservation of the Constitution and the
Union, and for vigorous prosecution of the
war to subdue the rebellion, and if elected
would vote for the necessary measures TO
carry on the war to the extent of the ma
TONS present resources. He also declares:
H'At the same time, am opposed to the
policy OF the Administration, as to the abo-
lition of slavery, and the eulisting of slaves
a. soldiers. and while IN the State Leoisla-
ture voted for the various resolutions
which were passed condemning those mea-
sures.
I" / am not. and have never been. in favor
OF emancipation, either gradual, i'm M ediate.
or compensated
ut may be that Mr.. Brutus Claws posi-
ton is an improvement over that of the late
John j. CrittendeL's, but we are unable IN
see 1t. These Kentucky politicians are
self stultifed, self-emasculated political eu-
nuchs, whose aid is a negative quality, and
therefore inutile. They are in favor of the
preservation of the Union, but oppose the
most vigorous and important measures Of
the Administration to save it. Can folly go
g. ..-s .--
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13

An up country editor pays his respects to
newspaper borrowers thus: MAY theirs be
life of single blessedness; may their path
be carpeted with cross-eyed snakes, and
their nights be haunted with knock-kneed
tom-cats J"
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13

FLOWERS How the universal heart of
man blesses flowers! They are wreaths
round the cradle, the marriage altar, and
the tomb. The Persian in the far East de-
lights in their perfume, and writes his love
in nosegays, while the Indian child of the
far West claps his hands with glee as b g
gathers the abundant blossoms-the illumi.
Dated Scriptures of the prairies. The Cupid
of the ancient Hindoos tipped his arrows
with flowers, and orange flowers are bridal
crown with US, nation of yesterday
Flowers garlanded the Grecian altar, and
hung in votive wreaths before the Christian
shrine. All these are appropriate uses
Flowers should deck the brow of the YOUTH
full bride, for they are in themselves love-
Iy type of marriage. They should Irvine
round the tomb, for their perpetually renew
ed beauty is a symbol of the resurrection
They SHOULD festoon the altar, for their
fragrance and their beauty ascend in per-
Petual worship before the Most High.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13

Men boast of their hearts more than of
their heads. but are more anxious to have
their heads admired than their hearts.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13

Great battles bring rain; nature throws
coIu water on the wars of earth and washes
the bloody stains from her bosom,
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13

ia young lady.would sack her lover with
out hurting his feelings, let her give him the
sack she has on-contents included.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13

The boy that drives a flock of geese is
quite as respectable quill driver" as most
votaries of pen and ink.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13

A CHRONIC DEsERTER "A man was re-
csnt! arrested in Detroit, he having desert
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13

0TThere lisa world of beautiful mean
ing in the following rather liberal trausla-
tim from Freeville:
''As the clock strikes the hour, how often
we say, Time flies; when tits we that are
passing awaY.n IL
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13
CLOVER & TIMOTHY SEED.
OS Bbls Glover and Timothy Seed, Just reed
III and for sale by BEN PHISTER.
NEW GOOD 81!
Linen Cambria Dress Goods;

Percals and Chintz Muslins. A large lot of the
best Prints; Irish Linens; Linen Diapers and
Toweiing; Table Linens; Napkins; Marsailes
Quilts; Plain and Plaid Jaconetts; Nainsooks;
Mulls; Striped, Plaid and Plain Swisses; Fans of
all kinds; Jaconett 81 Swiss Flouncings, Edgings
and lnsertings; Valencenes and Thread Laces;
Linen and Cotton Laccs; Ladies Jaconet tt and
and Grenadine Wells; Fancy Wells; Mourning
Wells; Linen and Cambrc Handkerchiefs Kid
Gloves; Picknett and Silk Gloves; Kid 81 Beaver
Gauntletts; Hosiery of all descriptions; French
COrsetts; new style Hoop Skirts.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13

OANDLES.--Sta & Summer Mould Candles
" of best quality, at BEN PHlSTER'S
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13

DICE--the pure Carolina Rice. for sale by
HI June 10 BEN PHISTER.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13
CARPETS g. MATTINGS;

A desirable Stock O.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13

TNEA-a very Ierior article, the best import
i ed, in store and for sale by
ius;l9 BEN PHISTER.
The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13

TOBACCO of all grades and prices, for sale
Il By BEN PHISTER,
june 10 Cor. 3rd 81 Market streets.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-21
From west Tennessee.

We learn through gentleman from Okla
Iona that 400 West Tennessee, ans arrived
there On Monday. unarmed, but on their
way to join the army They had enough Of
Yankee domination, and had forsaken their
homes to escape from it. Banding Them
selves together in numbers 50 formidable.
they ran the Yankees, who doubtless, sup
posed they we're armed, into their stockades,
and SO pushed their way through, before
the enemy found out how powerless they
were The object Of these men, who are a
fine-looking, intelligent set, embracing SONS
persons of considerable wealth, is, to be
mustered into the Confederate service. to
procure arms. and then, as their own choice
Of field Of action to return to Tennessee.
They had submitted to many outrages, but
the announcement that the CONSUMPTION for
the Yankee army was about to be enforced
was more than they could endure. For the
sake Of their helpless families they could
abstain from fighting, though unwillngly,
but no alternative is now left them, and they
are determined to fight il out to the end
HL1EiEe Rerls{er
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-21
NO. 27
i picture Of Lincoln.

The edit.r of Tie Chattanooga ReCet.
draws The ioll"sin ing picture Of the Gorilla
President Of alI the Yankees.
Abraham Lincoln ia man above the
medium height He rassts the six foot
mark by ala Inch or two. Fse IL raw
boned. shanrble- gated bow-legged, knock
kneed, pigeon toed. swoo- sided. shape
less skeleton in very tough. very dirty,
unwelco,ps skin. His hair is, or was
black and shaggy, bis eyes dark aud fire-
Less Ike coal CRATE in WRITER time. Ills
lips are largs and wotrade beyond the nat
tural level Of che face. bat are pale and
snseared with tobacco juice. His teeth are
filthy. In our juvenile days We were
struck with yirgirs descriptions of the fer
ryman, who rowed the disembodied souls OF
men over the river of death. Lincoln, II
our memory fail us not. must be near
kiusman of that official of the other world.
At all events, they look alike, and, if re-
lationship be claimed when Abrahans
reaches the ferry, he will be able, we do
not doubt, to 20 over free of toll. In the
next ulace. his voice Is course, untutored.
| uaESu, TIC SUlCc VI Uuo " uO uuo nV AosSAASSs
and less moral nature His manners arc
low in the extreme, and, where his talk Is
not obscene, it is senseless. In word
Lincoln. born and bred a rail-splitter, is
rail-spltter still. Bottom. the weaver, was
not more out of place in the lay of Titania
than he on the throne Of the republic.
And this is the man. who incapable of o
stronger or higher inspiration than that Of
revenge, aspires to be master Of the Sonth.
as he is of the enslaved and slavish North.
This is the man who bids armies rise and
| fight, and commands and dismissas Gener-
| ais at will This is the man who proclaims
[as such could only dol the equality of the
races, black with white. This is the man.
who incites servile insurrection, ordains
plunder and encourages rapine. This is
the man, who tretAbles not at the horrible
butchery which heaven will call him to an
swcr for, yet quakes, like an aspen. at the
approach of peril to his own poor carcass.
This is the man in fine, who has been Sc
lectcd by the powers of evil as the only fit
representative in all America, to do such
dark deeds as the dark ages only know,
deeds which civilization bushes to record
and men 10 other lands refuse to credit.
Kneel down and kiss his regal feet, men
of the South
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-21
MISSISSIPPI.

Our accounts from Mississippi are Of the
most encouraging character. When the or
der was given by Gen, Johnston for the re-
treat of the army from jackson, number
of men who were attached to the Missis-
sippi Regiments and were eager to shed their
last drop of blood 10 defence of her soil and
capitol, temporarily left the ranks without
leave, to take last adieu Of the loved ones
at home, who we're left in the lines Of the
enemy. Every man who has spark of hui
man kindness in bis BOSOM while he may
not justify, will appreciate and tolerate the
motives which prompt ed to such violation
Of army regulations Weare happy to learn.
upon the most undoubted authority, that
these men are fast returning to their places
to fight, and to fall, if need be. withersoev-
or the fortunes Of the war may carry them
In this connection, it is proper to add that
Mississippi has been made to bear more
than her share Of the odium Of the late al
legged desertions," which, by the way,
have been greatly exaggerated. We know
what We say to be true, when we assert that
the same motives which prompted some Of
the soldiers from Mississippi to leave their
places on theretreat from jackson. influence
ed Louisianians aud Arkansians also to turn
their faces homeward, With the exception Of
a few noted examples Of submissive hacks,
to whom more Importance has been attached
than was merited, we are proud to know that
the spirit Of the people Of that whole State
is still unbroken.
BY the chances of the war, a majority Of
her sons in the hour of her severest suffer-
ing were on the fields of Virginia and Ten
ncssee, but the laurels which they have won
will not wither in the grasp Of the Missis-
sippians who were led by Gen. Joseph +.
Johnston Hiss.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-21
& SECTION K.

DIVISION No g. - On all profits made by
any person, partnership or corporation. du.
ring the year 1862. by the purchase within
the Confederate States, and sale, during
said year, Of any -four, corn, bacon, pork,
oats, hay, rice, salt, iron, or tho manufac-
ture Of iron. sugar, molasses made Of cane,
leather, wooden cloths, shoes, boots, blank
cts and cotton cloths, bat not to apply to
purchases and sales made in the due course
of the retail business, a tax Of ten per cen-
tum is to be levied and collected on the 1st
day Of July 1863 or as soon thereafter as
may be practicable.
Question. Are you liable to taxation
upon any profits made by the purchase and
sale within the Confederate States. Of any
Of the articles or subjects enumerated in the
above division No g. Of this schedule, du-
ring the period therein specified? if liable,
set forth the same in detail, in list No. 8.
Answer.-
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-21
A Good sign.

Owing m great part to the malign infu-
ence Of seditious journal in North CARROLL
ma, called the Raleigh Standard, there has
been some detection exhibited recently 10
the gallant old North State, and we have
heard faint breathings Of aprobable neccssi-
ty for reconstruction; which being interpre-
ted, means to sucumb to the government Of
the hated Yankees. aud make the best terms
possible We blush to own that there are
| such men as the editor of the Standard in
North Carolina, and in our glorious State
too But they are contemplate in numbers
and not able to bind this proud old Com
monwealth in chains and slavery to the
fortunes, Of Abraham Lincoln Thank
| Heaven. there are men enough still, in both
States to thwart all such counsels- men
who would rather sacrifice all they have.
and see the land which gave them birth,
sunk in the midst of the ocean, than to have
! it profaned. and degraded by therule Of YAM
|kee pro consuls or domestic traitors. They
are true to the blood that flows in their
veins, and to the memory Of the glorious
men who have given their lives to this
cause.
It was meet and right thea, whilst trea-
son was rearing its head at home, that the
gallant men who have carried the torn and
blood stained banner Of North Carolina
through all this terribls war-from the day
{ it was FIRST unfnricd at Bethel should send
from the field their indignant remonstrance
against the course of those who would have
them inglorionsly lay down their arms. and
make terms of submission with the murder
lers of their martyred countrymen. Brave
/ ly have they spoken out Nobly have they
indicated the aspersed honor Of their State.
Three regiments have declared their abhor-
trehce of the doctrines Of the Raleigh STAN
dard, and their irrevocable determination
to battle for independence. Let others du
likewise, until every regiment from North
Carolina shall indicate that domestic trait
Tors, who foment dissatisfaction, aud seek
the shameful humiliation Of their State, by
laying it in humble submission at the feet
Of q vulgar and despicable tyrant whose
hands are rocking with the best blood Of
their people-will BE held to a fearful reck
oning when these men shall have conquered
peace with the foe. And let those men
Woo have been so untrue to their State. and
to their comrades IN arms, as to yield to the
seductions Of these false teachers return to
their posts Of duty in the army; remember
ing that only they who endure to the end,
shall be crowned with the honors which a
grateful country will award to all who con
tribute to her independence and glory.
| Lynchbrry Iirginiaa.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-21

4 SUBSTITUTE REFUSED. The Hartford
(Conn) Times tells the following amusing
incident:
The draft gives rise to some novel Incl
dents, Of which we give an example: a
man. who shall be nameless, was drafted.
His wife was sorely distressed at the bare
idea of parting, and was vainly endeavor-
ing to invent some excuse for getting him
exempted. when knock was heard at her
door, On opening the door she found
rather rough looking chap, who accosted
her thus
s.Madsm. hear your husband has been
drafted"
Eyes, SIR" she replied. che has; bus
goodness knows how am to spare him."
"Well, madam I'vc come to offer my
services as substitute for him."
IA ,ohat ?" asks the BOW excited lady.
II wish to take his place answered the
man.
"You-9ou take the place Of my hus-
band, vagabond I'll teach you to insult a
poor lone woman in distress, you mean,
dirty wretch" cried the prospective widow,
accompanying her remarks with discharge
of dirty water at the head of the astonished
substitute, who fed hastily down the stairs
just in time to escape the pail, which fol-
lowed tho water. The last heard of him he
was flying into recruiting Office on Asy-
lum street, where he though Of enlisting as
private rather than venture again to offer
his services as substitute" which he
now believes to be more trying and deli
cate relation than that of Artemus Wards
sepisodes !"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-08-21
The Double Quick.

Among the batch of Yankee letters taken
from the prisoners received at the Libby
Prison, in this city, are some verses writ
ten by Disguised Yankee, ''entitled The
Double Quick" II has been handed US tor
publication, but one ssanza will suffice:
"Now, all Jon chaps who would enlist,
Dou't leap before you look.
If you wish to fight for the Union.
60 in on your own hook.
For, if soldier you become.
1t will be your last kick.
To the devil you surely will be drove.
At headlong double quick"
CHORUS.
con, am miserable, am miserable.
To all have TO stick
The old saA horse il passable,
But d--m ;he double quick,
TIE poetry Is not the most exalted, bue
the sentiment expressed is. perhaps, genu-
inc, ana is entertained by nine senth's OF
the rank ans! fsie Of the Yankee army -.
Rich EIa0.ats.