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Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-05-12

WoMAN.-''As the vine," says Washing.
ton Irving, (which has long twined its
graceful foliage bout the oak, and been
lifted by 1t into sunshine, will, when the
hardy plant is rift by the thun deabolt, cling
around 1t with its caressng tendEiIs, and bind
up Its shattered boughs; so it is beautifully
ordained by Providence, that woman who is
the mere dependant and ornament of man
IN his happier hours, should be his stav and
solace when smitten with sudden calamity
winding herself into the rugged recesses If
his nature, tenderly supporting the droopino
head, and binding up the broken heart.
How TRUE In the language of an emf
neht writer, man courts happiness in a
thousand shapes, and the faster he follows
It, the swifter it fl;es from him. Almost
everything promiseth happiness to us at a
distance, such pitch of estate, such a for
tune, or match for a child, bet when we
come nearer to it. either we Ratl bort of il
pr It falls short Of our expecsafie0s; and il is
bard TO say which of these is the greatest
Our hopes are usualiv
bigger than enjoyment can satisfy, and an
'vil long feared, besides that it NAV never
come, is many times ore painful ard
rouoiesoAe than the evil itself when it
comes,
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-05-12

GORN IN THE EAR--Selected sound
~ corn in the ear always on hand
'.'r~ r. r4= ALEX. MADDOX.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-05-12

FAMILY FLOUR.-The choicest brands
II always kept ALEX. MADDOX,
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-05-12

GORDAGE-Hemp and ManilIa ropes of
~ all sizes from plough line to a ships cable
always on hand ALEX MADDOX
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-05-12

"THE Week OF THE MIND.D-Perbans
thare is nothing more terrible to contem-
plate than the ruin of the mind. Time.
with his passing wing, may smite cathedrals
aud castles, aud leave buttress and battle
ment clad in shroud of living green; but
when it passes over an immortal mind, the
desoiatlon IS fearful indeed. Pilgrims flock
TO ruins as to "a thing of beauty" but the
visitor to one who suffers under the calor;,,
of insanity gazes and shudders. Nothino ~
the picturesque gladens his eve. He o5Iv
beholds death in life, and life in deatb.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-05-12

OAKUM-ChoTce prepareI always on
y hand A. MADDOX
PLOCK AND TACKLE-An assortment
H. embracing all sizes of superior construction
ALEX. MADDOX.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-05-12

French China. Glass and Oueensware,
a .Jfne mean stock at and 6elo0 Cineinnati Drie6s.
X. ALBERr,S
decl1 Model China Store, ID Stra,.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1864-06-22

SUIc1DE.-Last Tuesday man by the
name of George X. Norris, resident of
Epping, aged 23 years, committed suicide
at the Provost Marsbars Office 10. this ci-
ty by taking strychnine. He is said to
have deserted from the army, or refused
to appear OTTER having been drafted. Of
ficers Kent and Johnson went TO Epping
Monday night, arrested him and brought
him here Tuesday morning. lie determ-
ed not TO go to the war, being opposed to
fighting, and especially 10 such war as
this. He alleged, as we hear, that he
had been deprived of every right but one,
and that was the right to die with no
brothers blood upon bis garments, and
that right he should avail himself Of and
therefore he committed suicide. What a
lesson is here furnished for the contem-
plation Of every sober and rejecting mind.
: Portsmouth, (N H. J States and Ur-
ION.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1864-06-22

The loss by fire at Glen's Falls is esti-
mated at 100000; insured for about
$25o,ooo. In proportion to the size Of
the place, this ERE is said to be the most
disastrous that ever occurred this side Of
San Francisco.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1864-06-22
Get q Sewing Maohinel

Whoever intends 70 purchase a good Family
Sewing Machine Of any kind, viii do we'll 70
call at tho NEws Ofice. We can furnish them
ct all times uron the most advantageous terms.
PnoPRILroRs OF THI EBws.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1864-06-22
CONCENTRATED PoT ASH

A T twenty five cents per Can, which, with
-EA-a half dozen pounds Of grease, you can
make fifteen gallons Of Good Soap. Sold At
GRIFFIN'S Drugstore.
pril. rs. '63 [2l3n
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1864-06-22

VIM. M. Ferry Jr., Manufacturer
of Stationary and Marine, high or low press
ure Engines, Mill Gearing, Iron and Brass
Castings, Ottawa Iron Works, Ferrysburg,
Ottawa Co., Mich. Post Office address, Grand
Haven, Mich.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1864-06-22

George e. Hubbard, Dealer in
Stoves, Hardware, Guns, Iron, Nails, Spike,
Glass, Circular and Cross-cut Saws, Butchers
Files; and Manufacturer Of Tin, Copper. and
sheet-Iron Wares. job work done On short
notice. Corner Of Washington and First sts.,
Grand Haven, Mich.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1864-06-22

John H. Newcomb, Dealer in Dry
Goods, Groceries, Provisions, Crockery, Hard
ware, Boots and Shoes, etc. Stale Street.
Mill Point, Mich.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1864-06-22

j. II. Davis, Merchant Tailor, Dealer
in Gents Furnishing Goods, Broadcloths, Cas-
siuaeres, vestings, &c Shop, Washington St.
I'd door below the Drug Store.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1864-06-22

SoME hearts, ike primroses, open most
handsomely in the shadows Of life.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1864-06-22

Miner Hedges, Proprietor of the Vic
tor Mills, Tnllmadgc, dealer in Merchandise,
Groceries and Provisions Pork, Grain and
Min Feed. Shingles, &C., &c. Lamont, 0tta-
wa County, Michigan.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1864-06-22
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Twelve lines or less (Minion) make square.
Business Cards. not exceeding six lines, $500.
Legal advertising atlegal rates, hfty cents per
folie fer the first and twenty-five cents per folio
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Advertisements unnccompanied with written
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Job Printing,
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lion. must be addressed TO the Publishers.
J.&J. W, BARNS, Publishers.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1864-06-22

j. f. Chubb, Manufacturer of and
Dealer in Plows, Cultivstors, Threshiug Ma
chimes, Rcapers, Mowers, Hay Presses and all
kinds Of Farming Tools and Machines. Ag-
rioultural Warehouse, Canal Street, Grand
Rapids, Mich.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1864-06-22

Robert w. Duncan, Circuit Court
Commissioner, Grand Haven, Mich.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-21

worldly And then the next step in the thought
might happen ever hereafter 10 nee, the Ecyp.
tan whose bones lay there For II such a meet
ing should take place, il Is highly probable that
by that tine TIE American will think AZ little Of
The events of A ID. 1864 as the Egyptian Of the
events OF b c, 1864, and there will not seem 70
them any great SPACE between the two classes Of
events
The lesson Of antiquity IS always the lesson of
human weakness and The brevity OF human Ia
Dor JUst now il is good lesson TO learn.
Clergymen, as well as lsymen, are too ap; to for
get the lesson. in times OF excitemeat- We are
all fond Of expressing our confidence in the de
signs OF God, wi,h reiereoee.to our country: but
If We could put ourselves for moment into the
position toward our own country which that old
Egyptian occupied on Thursday night with ref
erence to his, namely. three thousand years IN
advance, surrounded by men and women specu-
lating about the history of America; or. still
better. il we could but look bsck from a remote
point ia the future ages beyond the duration OF
the world itself. then the events which now mag
Nifty themselves and obscure Ger vision. might
possibly. would probably. take CT new forms. il
indeed they did not sink into insignifcance.
here are better lessons to DE Learned from an
Egyptian mummy than praise OF the Greeks
What is Greek or Egyptian Bowf What will
American be few thousand centuries hence!-
N Y our. of Com ~ NfIL- I4n
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-21

While tao large audience at the Cooper lnsti
t1te were waichingshe pscess OF unwnppiDg the
mummy Of as-xu Gent e, ptian on Thursday
night. gentleman addressed the assembly. aud
devoted his remarks 10 ridiculng the conserva-
tsm of ancient Egypt, which he con,rasted with
the " Yankeeism N" Of Greece He m.de erave
error in his facts. but he made graver error.
cording 20 our notion in mistiking the spirit Of
the occasion. and ;he lesson 70 be taught By the
scene. lie riGicgled tie old Egyptian a con
sentative. On such sn occasion. one would
think IL impossible TO avoid the reflection that
the lapse Of time casts into utter iusgnifcance
the political opinions of met. and reduces 10 the
n.sFest tTifes gboss considerations which. a. they
come before living men and struggling nations,
seem 10 shake The earth Ind obscure the very
heavens
The lesson Of that hour 90 tie audience should
have been. and 70 thinking men was. the silent
contempt With which the old Egyptian face on the
mummy case regarded the men OF the 18Th cen.
tury. What dd the nan who lay there care for
u or our contestsi And still deeper lesson
-ht did be care now ftr The contests Of old
Egypt which oucs interested him, 10 toe wars OF
tho shepherd kings. the builders of the Pyra
mits the sonv1lsions which shook tbs Eastern
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-21
twenty-five Thousand widows.

Twenty five thousand widows are receiving
pensions under the law passed recently. TWEEN
ty-6ve thousand widows made by the present war
BY its bullets and bombsbels, its cannon balls
and bayonets, ts wounds, its camp fevers and
privation. Twenty five thousand receive pen
sions; how many thousands do not, we are not
told AS though he who fell on the first day OF
battle did not spill as much blood for his coun-
try as he vino tell on the last Many do not
know whether their husbands lie under southern
sod or languish in Southern prison. or who will
watch and wait for him long after the magnolia
blossoms on his grave Twenty-Five thousand
widows. How manv orphans? How many
cbildess mothers 7 How many betrothed maid.
ems. whose young hopes have been npped. and
whose hearts are scared aud scared for life =
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-21

We may set Il down as an axiom that nature
i not only capable of producing now all articles
that she bias ever produced, but tha, she Is and
will continue TO produce them until she substi
tu,es something better. Perhaps our meaning
will be better understood by applying ii to
single article. Suppose. FOR instance. we take
the one an which we all have 80 deep interest
petroleum This j. known 10 be hydro carbon
composed OF Two gases These gases are prim-
AIRY elements. indesuuctible and enhaust!ess in
quantity One OF these, hydrogen. Is a cousti-
tuen, Of water. and. OF course. j. as nexhaustible
az the ocean. The other is constituent IN all
vegetable forms and in many Of our rocks One
hundred pounds OF limestone. when burned. will
Weld but sixty pounds The part driven of by
burning IL cArbonic acid Underlying the "old
rock" i stratum Of limestone Of unknown
thickness. but known 10 be upwards OF 1000
feet in depth The water failing on the surface
and percolgting through the porous sandstone
that under,ics the old rock becomes charged with
salt. potash. saltDetre. and other chemical in
gradients. md finally reaches the limestone rock
and decOmposes H. the carbon in the rock and
the hydrogen IN the wster uniting form oil,
while tie oxygen is vet free 10 ascend 20 the az.
nosphere or unite with minerals aud form oxydes
The reverse OF this process i seen in burning the
oil IN lamp. theovygen in the atmosphere unit
ing with The carbon in tie oil. forming carboric
acid and. with the hydrogen. forming water.
thus completing the circle The question l. FIRE
Queutly ssked. when will the oil become exhaust.
Cd We shall answer. when the ocean 10. and
not before New Y ork SUI
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-21
set us stand by our Con.,ir.,ioo

We are distinguished from all other nations
which now exist, or ever have existed, by living
under written NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. oma
mating directly from the people and unalterable
10y the Legislature. In other countries the legis-
lature is sovereign, The power Of making law
il the supreme power in State But we made a
new discovery in the science of government
Sovereignty. and legislation are no longer with
us, or ought not 10 be, convertible terms The
only sovereignty We acknowledge Is that OF the
people. Our constitution is the supreme law.
Acts OF the legislature are subordinate 10 IL Let
Us then cherish tins fundamental law. Let US
revere our constitution In this revolutionary
age, in the midst Of the horrors of this wretched
civil war. it is well to have something that is
stable aud stationary-sone ground to stand on
that Is not constantly sliding from beneath our
feet-some landmarks TO guide US that fixed
and immovable
Let u beware. then. how we lay rash hands
on our constitution. Let - resist, by all the an
fue0ce ~ our power. hasty and illconsidered
amendments, come IN whs, specious garb they
may. II true IN reiereace 70 anything in the
world, il Il As to changes IN our constitution that
4 is better p" TO bear the Ills We have than fiv 70
Others thatwe know not Of lie. Us remember
Lord BacOu's caution, - IL Is good also not 70
try experiments in States. except the necessity
be urgent, or the utility evident and well to be
ware that IL be the reformation that draweth OF
the change. and not the desire OF change, that
pretendeth the reformation; and that We should
IS tbe Scripture saith. make a stand upon the all
Gent say. and then look about Us aud discover
what IS TIE straight and right way. and walk
ther Ell !"
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-21
General Dix,s Last Order-A Rupturc
Proba bic BetSyeen the two Govern
From the Toronto Leader, Dec. Is.
STARTLING NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.


STARTLING news FROM wAsHIsGrox.
The most important news which has come
from the Federal States since the war COM
menced viii be found in our columns this morn.
ing. On the morrow after the release of the St
Adams raiders, in accordance with the law. We
receive intelligence OF three movements of great
Importance to British America which have been
made at Washington. General Dix issues an
order, in pursuance of which Southern raiders
from our borders are. il they escape back, to be
followed into Canada; the Senate votes 600
600 20 place SIX revenue cutters--n reality gun
boats-on the lakes. aud resolution has passed
one branch of Congress, the House of Represen-
tatiyes, by very large majority. calling on the
President to give the requisite notice to terminate
the reciprocity treaty, but not without an append
ed provision that measures may be taken 10 re
construct the treaty on a new basis
The coincidence of all this news reaching Us
on single day is not perhaps so ominous as
might az frs. glance appear. The order of Gen
Dix was, of course founded on the release of the
ST Albans raiders, but the. building of the reve-
nue. cutters a foregone conclusion. even be-
fore the notice 10 terminate the arrangement
with England restricting armaments on the lakes
had been given And the resolution about the
reciprocity treaty was passed before the decision
in the case of the st. Adams raiders was known
at Washington. and the day before il had been
given. This resolution reaches us by mail. the
telegraph to the Toronto papers having unac
countably omitted all notice Of il Neverthe-
less, these movements are ooiinous, aud some OF
theui seem 10 point to possible rupture between
7 the Uuited States and England The order OF
Gen Dix has the appearance of rash act; but
We are not prepared TO say that in no possible
case would it be justifable for beliigerent
power to follow raiders into a neutral territory.
Every country is expected to preservethe neu.
traliiy OF its soil; and one Of the pensties of
the iniracti9n of this rule is that the country
which neglects or is too weak to perform this
duty is liable to be the battle ground of other
belligerents. But 1t is clear that the power
claimed by General DIX, II il may be exercised
at ali should only be resorted TO in case Of the
clearest and most extreme necessity. American
precedents wotld not Justify the order. There
Is reason for the utmost vigilance on the part OF
our government to prevent raids being organ
lied against a nation with whom we are at
peace; and we trust that 1t will not be found
wanting in this duty The raids from the States
on Canada, during the rebellion in the latter
country, were numerous; and England actually
apologzed for the only act of retaliation to
which she ever resOrted-the destruction Of the
steamer Caroline
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-21


An effort il being made by the employees to
increase the pay Of the clerks in the Executive
Department in Washington city. The New
York Tribuue oppose, the proposition iOrihe fol-
lowing reasons:
There i no dispute about materia facts We
readily admit that it costs lar moTe--probably
twice a. understanding in currency. TO 1--we in
Washington today as it did four, six. or ten
years ago. We admit that a clerk who has
family on his hands can with difficulty maintain
il in respectable idleness at Washington on 81
2OO TO 81 500 yer apnum. We admit that the
vicinage of hostities and the depreciation OF our
currency bear hardly upon the clerks. This Is
the case on their side. aud We ainit every title
Of H. We urge taxation, lOans--anything
you please. to appreciate our currency.
so that sl.2U0 per annum may be worth
a. much a. 81 600 now i But sc dider tom
the clerks on this vital point: We co~end that
a Government salary should never be raised
and especially not wheh the Government IL so
imperiled aRd is tuances so erbarrasseis y ours
i al preseu,--sO long a. competent. deserving
PERSONS stand ready u perform faithfully aod Ua-
exceptionally The serssces requ;ref for tie Star
les now paid Thu IS onE position land the
whole Of t. We may be all wrong in the prem
ises; bot here is ground. and neither the
clerks sorrow nor their Indignation Is likely %
shake i"
The Tribune suggests ,he true remedy for the
present inadequate pay Of public officers. The
salaries or compensation should not be increased
ia amount. but the currency which they receive
should be appreciated 10 near gold standard.
The cost Of living has only uomiualiy increased,
and nearly every article Of necessity can be
purchased With gold at very nearly the
same rates that they could be four years ago
And. a. the Tribune remarks. even With the
present depreciation in the currency any number
Of persons competent to perform the dutios. Of
government sslsried officers stand ready totskel
the places at the salaries now paid. Instead. !
then, Of increasing salaries which il viii DE diai-
cult 70 diminish in the future to meet what We
all hope to be only temporary exieeney. le,
shem remain At the old rates. bot make the com
pebsaiiou equal TO what il was ey eth er appre-
eating the paper currency 70 abouta gold value.
or else pay The salary 10 gold or IL equivaIen, in
currency rf.N
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-21
ILL., the coming pork season:
3.2sI.IO5
2,3l0,46s
95O.s36

The decrease of fattening cattle is also great,
the table Of tenths will show il TO the reader, in
each Of the States, but for want of necessary
data we cannot estimate the numbers.
ft will be seen that the quantity of old wheat
GU hand is much below the usual amount Ii Is
from two to four tenths, or from 10 20 40 per
cent less than il was in September, 1863 II i,
on 10 average, 30 per cent less IN the greatest
wheat producing States High prices have
brought the new wheat early to q large amount
in graperies of buyers, but old wheat may be
considered source pa s1o9teJ
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-21

kxExrrs The exemp,s under the present
CONSUMPTION lAs ere follows: All aliens
over -, al under 10. those who have been
drafted AID furnished substitutes or paid con uu
'taicn. and those who have furnished substitutes
IN anticipation OF draft. those who are physi
cally disqualified, those who have served two
Years IN tie army or navy during this war ana
been honorsblv discharged All who are exempt
untrr either OF these items should see that their
names ate STRIKES from tie rolls. ,osave trou.
bic when draft comes.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-21
BoARp OF TRApE RooNs.
To Hs,E1celIeucy, Abraham Lincoln. Presid,

y
To His'Excelleucy, Abraham Lincoln. President
Il of.the United States:
The board of trade of the city OF Detroit deem
it public duty TO call the attention of your ex
cellency to the misuse of the public funds by
G.. Berry, collector Of internal revenue nj this
point.
For over three years the country has been GOV
ered with shame and filed with dismay at the al
most daily discoveries OF frauds upon the govern
ment. The ease with which those implicated
have escaped justice has been premium to
crime Taxation has aroused the people 70 n
sense Of these enormtes, and it is not to be sup
posed that heavy burdens will be borne patiently,
aud without murmuring. where such conduct IS
permitted. and goes unpunished. We have ar
rived az point IN tho fortunes OF the couagr,,
where the government must show its power and
honesty. TO retain the respect and support of the
people-when justice in its sternest form must
overtske the wrong docr. leaving no hope OF
pardon or escape We sincerely believe these
sentiments will find response in the heart Of
sour excelency. We are of the opinion that ex
allied social position, wealth, official station po
litical influence, and previous good character.
should initiate against, and not in favor Of
those who betray social trusts and violate i'm
pcit confidence All these advantages are safe
guards thrown around such persons. that men OF
tation.
Many near and dear relatives, and friends OF
the members of the board have offered up their
lives on the battle field as willing sacrifice for
the public good. and consider any further
favor OF lenency toward those who do so much
10 unhinge public confidence an outrage ON the
memories and a blot on sbe patriotism Of the
fallen brave. In their name aud in the name of
the many burdens We 50 willingly bear. we pray
that YOUR excellency will take such steps a. will
eiectGally save the country for the future fro m
these most dsgraeeGGl doiugs of dishonest and
uniaithiul men. For our own part We will never
cease 10 hold up such men to the public scorn.
and incite the public AZ large 20 demand from
those in authority the immediate trial conviction
and punishment Of such offenders
With great respect this board remains YOUR ex
cellencys faithful and obedient servants.
A motion 10 indefinitely postpone The address
Was lost A motion to lay on the table FOR one
week was adopted.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-21

"A tunnel through Broadway. New York. /.
again az agitstsd subject /, will eos. s.. $50.
600 per mile 20 DO it