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The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-07-19
SOIdieTs--WhO Shall have the
Honor +?

Our readers are aware Of the fact, that
through the columns of our paper, a lit
tie discussion, QrratAeF disputation, has
been for some time going on between SOL
diers of different parts of the Union ar
my, in relation to who IS entitled to the
more bonor-Who is entitled to the
more eredit-a YeteraD,o ia hundrcdr lay
man.
The subject vas first brought up in the
Sentinel, by a gallant member ofthe 74th,
who wrote over the signature of "1Iiles. !"
his letter was a reply to one which he had
seen eEtoIiug the hundrod-day men, as
he thought, far above their merits We
thought at the time, that "Miles vas
Osevere-that his communication vas
not as well tempered as it should be. But
We could not refuse him admittance to our
columns. We thought he had a perfect
right TO say what he thought in regard
to the matter. Fhe Sentinel has ever been
open to the soldiers. It always will
be,
The letter which aNiIqs' replied to,
however, was a most foolish thing, to say
the very least possible. 1t contained some
superlatigely ridiculous compliments up
on the hundrad-day men. In fact it was
foolish in the extreme. But it was not
the voice of the whole 154th Regiment.
It was merely the voice Of an ambitious
young fellow, who had no appreciation Of
real service, and who was anxious TO write
a strong letter, We think gallant dig
nifed veteran should have paid no atten-
ton to such "stuff, in so much as it was
not the voice Of the hundrcdday men, but
merely the silly sayings of one of their
number And even if 'AIiles" had felt
constrained to notice theeffusion, he should
have condemned its author, and not the
whole Regiment
Thsletter Of ''lIiles, in turn, provok-
ed seyeral responses from the l54th. We
have two or three letters in to.day's paper
in re6orenceto the subject. We also pub
lisb to-day, by request Of the Adjutqnt
Of the 74th, an article from the Chatta-
nooga DIily Gazette, on the same sub
jeot
Now, after all these, Ye haye a request
to make:
Gentlemen, one and qp, please drop the
whole subject.
Injustice to all parties, We think the
m7tter has gone fay enough. For Union
soldiers to quarrel amongst thsmselves is
deplorablo. Please let Us have no more Of
it.
Now as to the question Of honor. Ifany
The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-07-19
Gen. Schenck for Congress.


We see that some of our friends in
the Third Congressional District pro-
pose to put Gen. Schenck on the track
for another term in Congress without
the form ali y of nominating eonven-
ton. We believe in always giving
the people chance to express them-
selves on all such matters as this, as
a general rule, but in this case, we
suppose there is no need of any con-
vention. Gen. Schenck is one of the
ablost public men of the day. In
Congress, last winter, he took a most
noble stand, and a brave one too,
as every body will admit who remem-
bers the terrible excoriation which he
gave the traitor Wood of New York,
and-to use the expression Of the
Lebanon Star-"the late Alexander
Long,
Gen. Schonck is one of the qblest
debators of the day, is as. trueas steel
to the great Union cause, and has no
legislative superior in the Third Dis
trict. We hope to see him reelected.
The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-07-19

When our forces osptared Statnton,
Western Virgins, Che hofels we're eharg-
ing $50 per day for board, or SIS per. sins
gle neal Ths next day. tie price Ct 4
meal in our enrFeusy was slty cents.
The rebels are aborl to recopnizo N Z.
imiiian the First. 4 lettrIs Intercepted
By some Of Gen. Sherman sold'eis.statss,
appaEently upon goo authority, that ron.
resentativrs viii shortly leags Hf6hmmd
for Mexico.
DOnahoeya notorious guerrilla, was sfs
rested the other day in 81 Louis, Where
be was stopping at the sUua States
Hotel. In the early pEff.oft. Esf be
served with Morgan aoooi anyiHg him iu-
many Of his Kentucky raidssg
The rebel Gen. GardueF, EhoRa taken 7
prisoner atsPoFt Hudson, aud has been
e6nfuedin Fort LafayettefO some months,
was recently taken from the fort and sent,
it is suppo ed, to the headquarteFs ofGen,
Foster, in front Of Charleston,
ATERIBLE railroad accident happened 10
an emigrant train at s.. Hilarre, e. w., on
the 2gth ult Eleven cars, with 854 persons
trough Beioit Bridge, and nearly one h6n- :
dred were killed, besides many badly injured
St. Hilarre is ninete9h fIaR MoatFcal
The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-07-19
Lincoln on GaPtlQas BeeRle.

Gentleman just returned from Wash
ingtOn relates the following incident thyL
transpircd At the White House, the other day.
Some Gentlemen were present from ihs
West excited and trolblSd about tie COM
missions Or linissiois bf the AdmiRstraliaA.
The President heard them patiently, and
then replied:-.Gentlemen, suppose an she
property you wcIe s. 6rth was in gold and you
had put it in the hands Of RloHdip, 10 carry
across the Niagara river ol q r9Re, would
You shake the cable, or keep shouting Ont %
bin, 'BlondiR, stand upa little straikhiGE,
Blondial stoop little more; 60 little fat-
ter Eeah ii!sle more 20 the north lean
little more t6tAs south No, ron would
hold your breath as well NJ your toRgue,
and keep your hands of until Be wat snfe
over. The Governments are carrying an Ths
mense weight. Untold treasures arc in their
hands They are doing the very hest they
can. Doii't badger. Keep silence, and ven
get you safe across '-
The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-07-19
Clippings.

A friend Of ours, in the 74th, had
the kindness, few days ago, to send
US lot of clippings from the Cbatta-
nOOga Daily Gazette, a live little
Union paper. Here is a dispatch
which it had just received from a
Union soldier at the front:
eve are having a big fight, and
driving the CRITTERS like fun. They
dispute every inch Of ground. Are
now within one and one half miles Of
Marietta, the rebs holding Kenesaw
Mountain. They have evacuated
some of the best works I ever saw
within the last three days. They
think Sherman is II on Aanking."
The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-07-19

The colOred people Of Baltimore have
presented Mr. Lineoln with a splendid
Bible, bound in purple velvet, vih heavy
g'l4 uountings, appropriately engraved,
aud enclosed in a Rslhst case lined WITH
white silk. The total cost WAS SASa.T5.
The inscription upon the presentation is as
follows; 'To Abraham Lincoln, Presi-
dent Of the United States, the triehd Of
Universal Freedom, from the Loyal Col
ored People Of Baltim rr, as Token It
Respect and Gratita.3e Baltimore, 4ih
Jqly, lssiR
The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-07-19
Great American Tea Company,
THE GREAT
American Tea Company
81 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK.
Since its organization, has created new in the
history Of

Since its organization, has created new era in the
history Of
Selling TEAS in this Country.
A Ii cur Teas are selected BY a Professional Tea
a faster, expressly and exclusively for US. and
we never charge over Two Cents [.Q2 centsl per
pound above cost for original packages.
We have but One Price to every one for each
quality, and that price is always marked on each
sqmple package at our store in plain fgQFes.
We issue a Monthly Price ListOf our Teas, which
viii be sent free to all who order tive advise
every Pea Seller to see it. It comprises full as
ssrtment selected for every locality in the States
Provinces, South America and West Indies. In
this list each kind is divided into -Four Glasses or
qualities namely: Cargo, High Cargo, Fine, Fin
est, that every one may understand from descrip-
ton and the prices anuaxed that the Company are
determined toundersell the whole tea trade.
We guarantees to sell all our Teas in original pack
ages at not over Two Cents per pound above cost,
believing this to be attractive to the many who have
beretofore been paying Enormous Profits.
Our business is largely done orders, which we
always execute as well and promptly as though the
buyer came HIMSELF giving true weights and tares,
and always guaranteeing everything; our responsi-
9ility enabling us to do all we promise. Every
dealer can order his teas direct from the Company,
and parties doing business within Five Hundred
1901 miles of New York. can Return Tea bought
Of US if they are not cheaper than they can buy
cseBhcre, and the purchaser is DISSATISFIED with
his bargain, within fourteen [ ltl days, and have
the money refunded to him. Those who are over
Five Hundred miles can have thirty 30 days, and
the same privileges extended to them.
Besides th;se advantages the Company will pay
An Expenses, both ways, if the Teas are returned.
Great American Tea Company,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS,
81 Vesey ST, New York
ROI5-2m
The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-07-19

A Dopghnut Match was one Of The ssa.
tures Of the Fourth" celebration II Win
sted, Conn. Six doughnnts were suspcn-
dcd upon Plus, six feet from tie ground,
and the competitions, with laadS ia, went
at tlem. The man that aie the first on
took prize tf thee dollars.
The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-07-19

A couple Of uiuers at Washoe fought a
duel recently With Pickaxes for weapons.
They we're placed rod apart, aod ad-
vauced on a given signal One hurled
bis pick at his antagonist aud buried ii IN
his eye, Tie wounded mau fingered Ecme
days in horrid sgOny.
The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-07-19
The American Flag.

BANNER Of promise, by freemen unfurled!
Beacon of hope to a waiting world!
Shining above is the starry thFang,
A rift in the murky clouds of wrong
Clouds that shall roll from their beams of light
The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-07-19
Gle 4euta SentenIl.
SETH v. BROWN, Editor.

Tuesday. july 10 1861
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-02


LITTLE THINas.-How many beautiful
action are daily overlooked by US, because
they are SO little and so common Take;
for instance, the mother who has had bro
ken slumber, if any at all, with the nur-
sing babe, whose wants m ust not be disre-
garded; she would fain sleep while. when
the breakfast hour comes, but patiently and
uncom plainiDgv she takes her timely seat at
the table, Though exhausted and weary;
she serves all with the refreshing cup of cof-
fee or tea, before she sips it herself; and Of
ten the cup is handed back to her to be re-.
filled before she has had time to taste her
own. Do you hear her complain, this weary
mother, that her breakfast is cold before she
has time to eat it2 And this not for one
but every morning perhaps through the
wear. Do you call this small thing? Try
it and see Oh, how does woman shams
us by her forbearence and fortitude In what
are wrongfully called little things. All
it is these little things which are the tests
of character; it is by these 'little' self-deni-
ais, born with such self-forgetting gentle-
ness, that the hum blest home is m ade beau
tiful to the eyes of angels. though we fail to
see it alas till the chair is vacant, and the
hand which kept in orderly motion all this
domestic machinery is powerless and cold.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-02
From the Louisville Democrat.
Enlistment of Slaves in Kentucky
LEBANON, KY. May II, 1864

LEBANON, KY. May II, 1864.
Tothe Editor of the Louisville Desocrat:-
Our Provost Marshal Captain Fidler, an
uounced to our citizens yesterday that be
had received official instructions to enlist
all s!aUes that might offer, a0ith or 01ith0ut the
consent of their masters. .... .r.. . q
L examined your paper of the 18th and
the Journal OF the 18Th, and could find no
official order com municating such intelli-
gence to the public.
Yesterday the draft commenced in this
district The counties of Shelby, Hardin,
Bullitt and Meade were drawn-negroes
and whites alike. After the drawing for the
day was over the polls a0ere opened" and
twenty five slaves were enlisted. Ihls
morniog the streets of our town are thronged
with negroes from the country, and the
nun Der of slaves enlisted to-day will be
large.
Is this by authorityP The public are
anxious to learn. If continued, the culti-
walton of all of the large and many of the
smaller farms must be abandoned for want
of laborers. What inform alton can you
give US?
The Governor calls for ten thousand six
months' men to finish the war and save our
1ioyerDmen ent!! How many men, think you,
will enlist in Kentucky under this state Of
things? Will the men who are thus robbed
of their property be anxious to preserve this
Government? a-s LEBANON.
P. S.-Was there an arrangement between
our Governor and the President that slaves
should only be enlisted with the consent OF
their 10 astersf
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-02
a Poor Opinion.

"Brick" Pomeroy of the La Crosse Den,
ocrat, has a poor opinion, as everybody
has. of the Loyal Leaguers, ect. Brick
says: --.-.-..
Lives there man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
- I'd rather be a"Copperhead,"
Or dead Tom Cat on some wood d-shed,
than an Abolitiouist or Loya al Lacquer, too
big fool to keep his m out b shut-too lazy
10 earn an honest living, and too cowsrdly
to take a gun and go to war in defense of
the principles so dear to everybody? If SO,
let him speak out. --
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-02
Barter and Treat.

In illustrating topic, speaker related
the following as having tianspired "down
east:" ..-.s .sr. 81 ., ..-. s.e.
A country man, who was cute in his own
ewes, at least, called in at a country store,
and announced himself as a customer who
desired to barter. He had brought with him
an egg, with which be proposed to buy q
darning needle for the old woman, as he
called bis wife, when the following colloquy.
took place: -
Countryman--I see you barter .here.'
Trader-'Yes. we exchange goods for any
thing we can sell again. .,..-.r ....-
C.-'Well, I have brought along an egg,
and I want a darniug needle for it,
T.-tGbst's rather small trade, but we
keep our word nevertheless. So here's the
daTuing needie.'
The needle was examined, and then care
fully thrust up the buyers coat sleeve!--
After looking around to see what else there
might be that he wanted, his eyes rested on
the sign Barter and Treat" A new idea
med to fash over him, as he Observed
81 see YOU treat when yon trade. -.
T.--'Well, we, ali, well, we do treat "nen-
we trade, but SO snail trade, we -
G C-fOb. never mind, if you don't keep
your word, how doryon expect TO get cns-
tom, eh?' -
snv rata. What will you have?
cI-Oh, ! never take anything but
brandy --
The decanter of brandy was taken down.
and the customer poured into q tumbler
four fingers width of the liquor. Taking
the glass and turning, to the trader, he said..
Il yer drink brandy without an egg in IT,
and reaching out his hand he took up the
egg he had just disposed of. and broke e
into the glass, but Immediately started
back, k,-exclatning Ny gracious! IT'S
double yoker; say, mister. Wont you give
Us another darpiug nesdisF .I-s
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-02

In town in New Hampshire lived old
farmer P, who was very deaf. On his farm
near the road stood very large tree and
thirty feet from the ground on this tree was
a large knot. As farmer P. was passing one
day he thought he would cut it down to
make a mill post of it. He had been at
work some time, when be thought some
stranger would come along and ask him th e
following questions, and he would make tne
following answers:
What is that tree for?' asks the stranger.
"A mill post replies the farmer.
How long are you going to cut itS'
tUp to that knot p
slow m uch do you ask for itP'
Five dollars -..
I won't give it,
well, if you don't somebody else WILL
As old farmer P. was working away, sore
enough a stranger did come along and the
following dialogue ensued:
Good morning SIR said the stranger.
"A mill post replied the farmer.
slow far is it down to the cornerF
up to that knott -
You don't understand me; how far is it
to the cornerT
Five dollars
CsYou old scamrH have good mind to give
you a whipping|
sWell, ii you don't somebody else will.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-02

A HAPPY WOMAN What spectacle more
pleasing does the world afforl then happy
woman contented in her sphere. ready at ali
times to benefit her little world by her ex-
ertions and u, nsforifiing briars and thorns
OF life iuto roses of Paradise By the magic
Of her touch? There are those who are
thus happy because they cannot help it
no misfortunes dam pen their sweet smiles,
aud they diffuse a cheerful glow around
them as they pursue the even tenor of their
wav. They have the secret of cohtenrment,
whose value is above the philosophers
stone; fer without seeking the baser ex-
change of gold, which may buy some sort
Of pleasure, they convert everything they
touch into Joy. What heir condition is it
makes 10 difference. They NAV he rich or
poor. high or low, admired or foTsaken by
The fckle world; but the sparkling four tain
OF happiness bubbles up in tneir hearts and
makes them radiaptly beautiful. Though
they live in a log cabin, they make it shine
with lustre which Kings and Queens may
covet, and they make wealth a fountain OF
blessings to the children OF poverty. Happy
women are the highest type of humanity,
and we cannot say bow much we owe to
them for the progress of the race. Would
there were enough to go around!
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-02


How many times has the back bone of
the rebellion been broken? How many
tim es has the South been starved out? How
many times has the rebellion been on the
point of giving up from exhaustion? o, so
many timesl Almost as many as months
have elapsed since we began the business of
subjugaling. And yet we are still every
where confronted with armies which we
dare not march upon-wth armies which ,
to tell the truth, we are awfully afraid will
march upon us. Then the rebellion seems
to be like that Titan who, every time he
was thrown to the earth, regaiOed a new
strength We have found it so; and We
shall iud it so even to the end. Eight mil
lions of people whom you compel to fight
for their alters and their homes--for their
property and their lives, are 1itans-they
are never exhausted; never give up. The
end will be that we shall give out. and give
mp irst; just as England, after having vain
ly hurled the might of the most powerful
nation on earth against the Titanic will of
these feeble and despised colonies. gave up
in shame and despair at last. Wear fool
ishly acting that piece of history over again,
with the exception that we, in the North.
play the part of England this time. And
England laughs at our folly, Tor she well
KNOWS the road we are travelling
Guard.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-02

The BONES OF BATTLEFIELDs.-If thert
are sermons in stones, books in :u3pi Il
brooks, the bones of batt!efields also dis
course with an eloqnence of their own
Homiles have been often enough preache ed
on the horrid glories of war and many a
moral is yet to be embellished with later
instances of that wholesale human sacri-
flee, historically and popularity known as a
great battle. Nevertheless war will con-
tiDue to redden the green fields of earth
AID write its crimson endorsement across
the charters of nations, as lcng as peace is
not in the hearts of men, and might is
made, in the final argument of every secu-
lar controversy, the only measure aud def
milton of right. 1t the future had a ton
que as sincere aud truthful as that of the
past, many an illusion of hope might be
corrected, many a dream of ambition dis
solved, many proud and fanatical pre-
sum ption checked and hum bled, be fore thcy
invoked battle and slaughter to plead their
cause. But the voice of the future is oLly
the echo of human passions. The dead
past is left to bury its dead, and record his
tory for it's dead. 1t may tell us that the
calsm:ties of war are not necessary, that
the glores Of war are hideous and internal
mockeriss unless they illustrate the triumph
of justice aud benificence over malien nifty
and wrong. And yet, hereafter, as hereto
fore men will doubtless be seen marching
by thousands to their graves as to their beds
exalted by the pride, pomp and circum-
stance of glorious war, and travellers will
moralize over battle6elds yet to be fought,
and the bones of whose heroes may be COL
lected by some enterprising agricalturist to
m anure turnips and cabbages. as has already
been done in other instances. one of which
is thus mentioned in an old English paper:
TRAFFIC IN HUMAN BoNEs.-A ship la
den with bones from Hamburg. arrived at
Lossiemouth, on the 25th of October, the
property of an ag;leulturist OF Morayshire,
and intended for manure. The Ister of
the vessel states that the bones were coliec-
ed from the plains and m arsaes of Leipsic
and are part of the remains of the thousands
of the brave men who fell in the sangupa-
ry battles fought betwixt France and the al
les in October, 1873 What comm enta-
ary is this upon military glory aud how
true is the exclam alton of che poet, ITO
what base uses we may return, HoratioP'-
English paper, 1928.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-02
Bend Beneath the Blast.
BIZ rINLKr youNsoN.


When sorrows tempest round us roar,
And overWhelm the soul;
o, trust thou not in worldly pride,
or seek the tempting bowl;
But with firm and trusting heart,
Bend low beneath the tlast; .
And lie above who chasteneth thee
Will raise thee when lis past.
The lofty oak, the mountain pine,
So stately in their pride,
Must bend oil, break before the storms
That on the night winds ride;
While the meek willow lowly stoops
Before the raging blast, o.
And lifts its head in beauty decked,
When storms and clouds are past.
So.thou, o, man, must lOwly bend,
When sorrows round thee press;
They may be angels in Disguise
To lead to hapPiaess;
y, trust to Him who rules above,
And. bend beneath the blast, -.I
And He will raise thy dropping soul
When storms of life are past.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-02

MORALS AT WASHINGTON 1t is a sad
and shocking picture of life in Washington
which our correspondents are giving u.s.
A bureau of the Treasury Department
made house of seduction and prostitution
The necessities of poor and pretty women
made the means of their debauchery by
high government officials. Members of
Congress putting their n-istresses into clerk
ships in the departments. An honorable
Senator knocked down in the street by a
woman he had outraged. Whisky drink
ing ad Hbitum. The. government cheated in
contracts aud openly robbed by its employ
ees. Writes our most careful correspondent
"a long resident OF the Capital. Wash
ington was never quite so vilIanously cor
rupt as at the present time. In the palmy
days OF Southern rule. Of slavery, there was
not half the corruption there is now. We
do not doubt this is strictly true; and we
re beat, itis a sad and she cking picture
Springfield (MAss) Republican. ...-