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Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08

THE SHADOWS OF CHILDHooD-God bless
the little chiIdren.we like their bright ewes.
their happy faces, their winning ways, their
rosy dreams Nothing seems to weigh down
their buoyant spirits long; misfortune may
fall to their lot but the shadows it casts up-
on their life-path are fleetng as the clouds
that come and go in the April sky Their
future may, perchance, appear dark to others,
but to their fearless gazs it looms up brilliant
and beautiful as the walls of fairy palace
There are no tears which a mothers gentle
hand cannot heal, no anguish which the
sweet murm uring of her soft, low voice can
not soothe. The warm, generous impulses
of their nature have not been fettered and
cramped by the cold formalities of the
world; they have not yet learned to vail
hollow hearts with false smiles, or hide the
basest purpose beneath honeyed words
Neither are they constantly on the alert to
search out our faults aud foibles with Argus
eyes, on the contrary, they exercise that
blessed charity which "thuketh no evil ;"
CHARACTER OF A CooUETTE.-T coquette
who courts every man, and the modest wo-
man whom every mau courts are certa inly
two distinct creatureJ. The one may please
us, but the other exacts our homage. The
one attracts our fancy, like painted but
terfly, the other excites our cupidity like a
precious gem. The one we like to waste
time with, the other we desire to possess
Ifevery woman who plays the coqutte's part
could only truthfully ascertain, and clearl "
analyze, the sentiments she inspires in the
bosoms of those she labors so diligently to
captivate, we are afraid she would look on
mankind with disgust and her own sex with
detestation.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08

How Preachers DIF1ER!.-The Rev
GO r Cbeever, of New York, has is
snsd pamphlet in which he declares no
sIoG L"i.,ian can vote for Lincoln In this
n.;on gu, we have some little pulpit-bangers
So declare that Abe Lincoln, who sings
aon0s mn and tells indecent jokes, is Gods an
noipted. T;6in AdU.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08

Tea is now taxed twenty five cents per
pound. Our nation had war once over
the tea tax, and will soon have another on &
for the same cause.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08

EIGHT To SIxTEEN'-Ths experience of
Lord Shaftes bury, as quoted in the following
paragraph, would find full confirmation in
tbe his tory of Am erica crime. If young me
can be kept under good religious or moral
influence till they reach their majority they
are comparatively safe:
Lord Shaftesbury recently stated, in a
public meeting in London, that, from per-
sonal observation, he had ascertsined that
of adult male criminals in that city, nearly
all had fallen into a course of crime between
the ages of eight and sixteen years; and
that, if a young man lived ar honest life
up to twenty years of age, there we're forty
nine chances in.favor, and only one against
him. as to an honorable life thereafter.
This is fact of singular Importance to
fathers and mothers, and shows fearful
responsibility. Certainly, a parent should
the child under sixteen. 1t cannot be a
difficult matter to do this, except in very
rare cases; and if that control is not very
wisely and efficiently exercised, it must be
the parents fault, it is owing TO the parents
fault; it is owing to the parental neglect or
remissnessS Hence the real source OF ninety
eight per cent. of the real crime in country
such as England or the United States lies
at the door Of the parents. 1t IL fearful
reflection! We throw it before the minds
of the fathers and mothers of our land, and
there leave it to be thought of in wisdom.
remarkiug only as to the early seeds OF bodl-
ly disease that they are, in nearly every
case. sown between sundown and bedtime,
in absebce from the family circle, in the
supply Of spending mouey never earned by
the spender-openiug the doors OF contec-
tiouaries and soda founts. of beer, and tobac
CO, and wine shops, of the circus the negro
minstrel the restaurant and dance; then
follows the Sunday excursion, the Sunday
drive, with the easy transition to the com
papv of those whose ways lead to the gates
of social, physical and moral ruin. From
eight to s;xteen-in these few years-are
the destinies of children fixed in forty nine
cases out offiity-fxed by the parents! Let
every father and mother solemGly vow,
"Bv Gods help I'll fix my darling'S des;i-
nv for good, by making home more attractive
than the streets"
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08

A cotemporary calls Ben. Butler "a beast
of the field" OF what J5elde. Not of the
field of battle, surely, for Ben. Butler was
never vet caught in such place.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08

Woma ms body is the pearl-oysters
whether it be brilliant or rough, the pure
pearl wit hin alone gives it value.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08

A negro boy was put up at auction by his
mother in Hudson, n recently and was
bought by lawyer for $1,000.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08

PsonIe had to be dipped out OF be BED ! aton wcsp
.noons during the late heat in " aSniD S'O"
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08

Young lady, get your lover upon his
las bnt don't let him get you upon them
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08

As our devil was going home with his
sweetheart. a few evenings since, she said
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08

SIRE ENoUGH.-'A Loyal woman, in the
colums oftb World, protests against the
late cali for 500. 900 more What would
the country be worth to me- she asks, 'or
anv other woman, if the last man was gone?
And what is it worth to man, when he
has left it to enter that from which DO
,rovelIer returns? 1 know it is usual to
taIk about the blessings secured to poster
itv. but the idea of doing anything for pos
,cyitv unless it is to plant it some apples
trses i, nonsense: posterity never appreci-
atss it. and it will be just as likely to pos
b.ss some fools, who cannot let we'll enough
alone, and who delight in picking quarrels
is this generation. The best way to secure
- tbaEk ful for them ourselves; and how
nosterity is going to be benefited by kill
mo off all the abe-b bodied men, and the
min and desolatiou Of the country, cauno
conceive. > Syracuse Courier.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08

VIM. G. Bry ant, the aged poet-editor of
the New York Evening Post, gives the folz
lowing sensible advice to voting man who
offered him an article for publication.
My young friend, I observed that you
have used several French expressions in
your ar ticles. [ think, if you will study
the English language, that you will find il
capable of expressing all the ideas that you
may have. have always found it so; and
in all that have written l do not recall an
instance when l was tempted to use a for
eign word, but that on searching, I found q
better one in my own language.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08

SENsIBLE.-Some cynical old bachelor,
who never could find girl to have him,
attemps to excuse his 'sIngIe blessedness'
by the following insinuation against the am
iabiIi,v of Young ladies'. He says:
The reason why good many men don't
cot married is they are afraid to come to the
Scratch
That fellow deserves to have his hair
pulled aud face slapped by half dozen
buxom young girls
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08

An editor at a dinner table being asked if
he would take some pudding, replied in
fit of abstraction-'Owins To- crowd OF
other matter we are unable to hnd room Tor
IL i,-Mark Lemon.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08

The Brunswick Telegraph says: we don't
believe there is a pretty foot in town, Judg-
ing from the leugth OF the skirts ladies' wear
Guess you'll find ont there's some pretty ieet
# won don't stop talking about their skirts.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08

WHAT. THE DEMOCRATS WILL Dot is
often asked what the Democrats mean to do
They mean, as first step, to fill the exc
cutive air with patriotism and to oanlsh
faction and despotism from the admins ra-
tion of the Federal Government. What
next they will. do depends upon what they
can do to restore peace aud prosperity to our
country. They are in the condition OF
a skillfGl surgeon who is called to man
who fell into the hands of assassins. II his
wounds are not mortal he will restore MIN
If Abolition has not killed the Union, the
Democrats will restore it. But at any rate,
they will save liberty from going entirely
down in the whirlpool of blood Circtev'He
Democrat.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08

Jack. fear I shall never get to heavenly
'Why?' asked the knight Of the ink-keg:
Because said she, with melting look,
L love the devil so WE'LL
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08

LINCoLN's PURPs.-The country is infested
-swarming, lousy-yes logged to death.
with appointees under this Administration.
Every worthless scamp has an office-the
only qualification necessary to insure one
favor 10 the eyes of Abraham is to be a
d-n fool, tray out loud against Copper
heads, and favor a vigorous prosecution OF
this niuety-day war. All these poor devils
have to be supported to do the dirty work
of King Abraham, and the laborlng people
are the ones who have to foot the DiiiS
The country is so full ol these olhciaIS' ana
thew nut on such style, and bark around so
vociferouslv, that they are now very appro-
rriateIv denominated .Liucoln's Purps.'-
They are boisterous for a continuance of the
war, as stopping the war would stop their
pay, ergo, the poor devils are very uneasy
at the signs of the times, which indicate
peace-blessed peace Ualon.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-09-08
VOLUME 3 NUMBE r Ia
No MOTHERS IN NovELs-Tbe fact has

NO MOTHERS IN NovELs-The fact has
recently been stated by writer on modern
novels and noVelsts, that few authors of
fiction attempt to introduce to their works
the character of a mother. Dickens bas
very few in the many volumes which hs
has written. None of Miss Bront's beroines
nave a mother; and even Sir Walter Scott
ana MISS Edgeworth rarely introduce the
cnaracter' The heroines of fiction have no
lllo'nerS' Il, 1here are exceptions, but they
are rare. The simple natural relations of
life furnish small scope to the invenf;va
genius OF writers, who aim not so rnrcb m
instruct as to startle and amaze, No one
can have read novels without having had
the conviction forced upon the mind that
secrecy and misunderstanding, not so saw
deception, underlie every work of fiction
BY an outspoken word or candid avowal Of
the truth, the long drawn, torturing array
OF circumstances would melt into the air,
and the romances be turned into resltv of
daily life. This: necessity of deception
dou uotless has much to do with the ex-
Pulslon OF mothers from the pages of
novels. The heroine must remain the VIC
tim OF attentions and suffsrings from which
DO one mas authority or power to free her.
But still stronger cause for the omis-
ION exists in the fact that heroine must
be suffered to act ou t,without restraint tboae
natural impulses and wild passions of her
heart which any mother, however worldly,
grieves to behold exemplifed in daughter:
Liberty of speech and liberty of action
are lnseparable from the brilliant heroine of
sensation novels. She could never be sub.
Jected for moment to the gentle check of
a mothers presence and loving glance.-
Thus the mother is dispensed with as an
element quite too dull and commonplace to-
be compatible with popular taste.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-10
LOCAL NEWS.
Nfw YOEk AND TIE VICINITY.

1Bg MCCLELLAN MAS Mn rISs. =,
rn''u Square, tonight, prorpiacs to he grcat
d,moustr,t.ol, iud. .,n2 t.oIn the rrrrsrs,iols in
p-lyr.sa 'or IN. "ccarpr. Tito yarious Ward
Gu 5 VII taarcb to ttc sccue ~,th banners sud
Iuus.c, AMI n,ita.ous have been cv'sn.,d o. the
di.c,..-,cd soldiers ~ or city, .nd Sto to Ne
Mt. ,ntl & I.'d, and accommodations viii i- st
np.,t Tor theu. -Four l.r,'e stanos WE hs oreted,
one a which v,l' BE- devoted " rer'nan orator,
WHO will -. < tho lsuguage of der Fddtrl"d.
GYa! ia's al Ecsine,t Rand viii be- ir Attendance
AT the principal sin,, .ud p''y national Hhd . pS-
lsrn.rs a, 10 ociocs, '1..g risi'I" "li' take
p.4c,, s,nid tla,o ~ treaur.s sd 'onSfeve
o.s,ts wiNhIiu show soar l.. form" upon
w.i,h the repds OH. C,'..l pr"gose TO r'''le IN
tic sppropl bir election.
FAGp 1rirs At TItE DCs,kTNG SALooSs.-
II .iagh tr,rs" AL ''neIil'l taS bills" ever
were bcneiie,nl TO ma sri. 4 is experienced in tho
recent rsc in the price of w'hshey, hcretoiore uie
"a the bsss uf-n which entsrpridng liquor des-
ers nsnuac, ired first class Brandy, Port, Sherry,
Madcir4, and other fluids for tho intoxicston OF
the human race. II speculators ever were Of scr.
vlce 70 the community their operations In distilled
liuucre have tctcfttsd society mort eGoctuay than
all the temperance pledges taken since tht
mission Of Father Mathew 70 this country
Although sono peoplo will drink rum without
regari 10 tho price demanded for tppe,
tho great majority of moderate drinkers ar,
learning TO count the cost Of NIP" before
going into bsr-roorn to ask for it. No thoughtful
father of family will invest the price Of loaf d
tread in solitary drink Of tho villnnous stuff, for
merly sold for three cents glass. Few men will
take their companions into . drinking saloon. II
they conscious that the 'reat" involves an ex-
pendture equal to pair Of shoes and stockings Tor
the baby. Individuals earning two collars de-,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-10
News Items.
.Bs H4orapa to "a, str ro,i su-.i

irt subscriptions TO tic 1cycn-,,lrty Ian. e.
amount o. t2s>sN.
rv,Ss, sr,Gr,vr s Co.'S MI, No. I. - Water
ford. Il. L. Vas entirely destroyed by ire Monday
night. 1t wa, running on army woolcns and er,-
poyed go operatives. The loss - over $4,000;
in-urc, tn con-i iorsble extent.
ii.taAL brBSgv lately msdc series II raids In
II r.ia, ny which he DESTROYED scver.l hiid.ses
over cfrcts nri r',crs, and enp'urt-i locomotive
ard seven cars 90 tho rHl-osd between Ri.iwin
7'i Fcfnarita .l-o coptlrci a qIault, o' ans,
.rta- sud ,upp.us. We now b,.d Hsavlu aud
Comp Alton.
ErNor' arc r.fc n ErFslo, y Y, ofA rclcl raid
that city ly -cccss.oniets am ther sympaih,ser.
from Cansds. T. arpcare that the provost .m.rshal
o. the citr was lei to believe 4 ai the ro,cs In Can
~, al orsanisci an exp 'dition N bum Rrflso
sud DESTROY the csn,l locks At IoctTort. uela.d
tie matter hc:o.c Sajor-Gcucral D,. who said that
ae aware Of the existence Of such - plot hu,
WAS unable t. provide any means b. defeat u; hu,
he advised that mc,surc, lo ta.cn by the cit zcns
A. II eNigenry oi the case might require.
ONt hundred irdirns stac' "a train ~ min,
r',g 'Us . mile east of Plumb Cr,.t, Nebraska, IN
Monday mornin. l.'t. Trey tillel sll the men
with she train, hurnNl NE wagons aud droyo Of
a., t,Hct. Two women md four children Il is sup
| pp.cd were tsscn prisoners. The hi'ans nrc-
wors lc'i snothcr train ttrce times near 10,
| same place, b.; were dryon of. 1hty siso burn
81 ,~enly--cyra v ...ons At Point Ranch aud drov
| oH the stool. Ahoi, 1oOn IN ,hcr baud diyyc %,
| 'omc s,och ir1ul Dayton. They we're purs,ei b.,
a -'nnll number of truof- 70 lle llu', whcro n,
Indians were found t. he i0 force, ~ aftr L-.e
slrn'-h our incu were ,.mpe,iod 10 retire. wi,i
! the lla4 IT three men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-10
From North Carolina.
Rebel Rims iund batteries, Itr,

Nfitbsrn, Augfst The fo!low.g terms are
r.lon frnrn The Nc'vtcr n 1IGEs
'An petition from Noi,o.k tr,vcrsci ,hr3ugb
the Aluomsrle counter, On SATURDAY and sunday
last, fliowins cIoeoly upou thc heels Of one roo,
Ncwocru, clearing or, blockade runners ana Oh
tain nr important info ruation."
''!lc rebel ram Albcrnsrie !s now comraudol
by Mani, formerly OF the Florida, aud Is 10 ihor
on e. repair, aud lays abreast oi the Custom House,
~ yuuuth."
Alo:Ncr rohel ram II n the course Of comrlct n
at L WAR ~ i'rry, and they are pushing r,ery
nerve .. 21.at.t 4 md hring u down ou tic river
vitl tie 10 Ho,d.
\ d4-nond.,AlI,i co..ns battery ts bscn
c.mC ted, curry .u- tw,o guns to SIDE " h Nuc'.
the ie,is pr prsc 10 t,4cua t.c mouth cot l. Eoa.
noto E'rc. ltey hsSr a'so cou.truut,l .. tort,
Inoup,uy l.. gun. ana = i"N pound Parrot. IT IL,
mouth o' he river. Fe7s Gray snd W. ELL. have
Looa totally i,'uo'is-c-.
Attempts are Icing inado " ,ne rcDes 80 r.,se
tie kinkcn : u,hlrli.
heg. P.o. DoHort.' x hi. city trn,l,, preyi-
1ris to .hc occaraton OF seSt-rn ny toe Fc 'cral
frr,c, IN 'nvc't-- 4 con,s. bullets lnr the rrhog,
and promoter Al general ol $ .le,n mann. re-,
hna brn apE o,7tod L.,pt:.iu All \. Q. ". IN the
un.t'd Statc. serv'ce.
NeSncrl ga now f.u q. s-0a.s ...n -. loyal
s.4tc. rrc~',ituy for their several qu''f'. We ~
lleye oil Massachusetts,, set, o.'cr' to largest
Pile aud l'c coored A. 70 ner a'. .llard with
| alacriE. So las gined quite . reputation N be-
ing the pioneer in the ruitnc Of color1 soldiers,
and in seeing that they had all of thcir tights.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-10
Collision on the Hudson.

AIbdny, Aug 9.--As the Troy steamer vandcr-
hili was coming up the river this morning, Just
before daylight and when q short distance above
the K4nderhook upper light, she ran into tow OF
canal loa,s, sinking three of them and damaging
her own bow 81 much that tho water was soon
several inches deep in her lower cabin Tho steam
pumps were Immediately set to work, but as the
wctcr seemed 10 gain upon them, IL was found ne
oesssry 10 run her ashore, and 1t Is feared that her
hull hss sustained additional injury thereby. In
the meantime, the seambost St. John, which WAS
short defiance hahind her. ran alongside, and
took % her passengers. No one on board hs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-10
General Intelligence.
70, MAJ To M, Nss rorf sun. ]

-,
w r. f'.., n M ~ 'oin 'ht't,A m rNahNc no" .Fer'Fe
-'..' N"v''' ", NY IN In. r'N''I'9 nom Az
~'''''s '''''' ~ ""'" S''"''"" '" .''y'
l. 'e undrrstcoI tNa' 4 c7rnmsui Of tue Ve'e-
80 he.eryc Curps mas bean rendered to General
So ~.
Tr,,.yorp yo-kinro,-,s clubs have so. 90.
t,it..',J IL" rr't,nI tb,r.c..r, ,,., k, ,,,o,,i,,,
I, IN ,so arc.l, crl.lr'zcd.
Al ,ru-r n, vcv-,,,,. v,.s -ef,,ol ,t.,,,.., d.,.
Il 4 zoo ,,J ,,i y. ,,b y.,i,t Won, m q. ~
ti,.I,,h.. il, ,ho b.tb-bo',s., u,Y, ~, ,... - =,
w.t.., ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-10

vsnic-ttt Wa injured or los,. tn, Il II reported
that two brothcr- who were sleeping IN the frr-
castle Of one o the canal boats were either killed
or drowned. 4 propeller snd barge Scre scnt
down frum this city, this morning, to bring up he
frc .ht wrch has sustained lus hslc damage.
1hc air has hong hccn fllcl with smoke from tho
burning Noc,ls. which hangs in ,hi,A folds over
TIE rivct snd 10 this circumstance the s~'idcn, .
at.rilutad
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-10

Court "a rportNl y have convrnci IN Saturday
let, and Ater dis suo1ns aoinc preliminary ar
rsugemcuts s'jouro-d until Monday. phen che
evan nation of witnesses W n cSuum-nce The fol-
.''vins ssd to cowrrisc 'hc iciNl ft a.. cpurt
Major ten. ". :. Hsnccst, y. :. Vols, P-esiisnt {;
liig. ecu. u. u. AyrcsS Y. :. Vote. btl.. zen Y.
II. N.lo,- l. :. Vols. Colonel '. = hrivct tnsyor.
Tor Generl and judge Advocate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-10
NEW YORK WEDNESDAY. AUGUST TO- 1864.

persons tbs, the State should r,se re AMI kesp
II permanently in the field 'or hcr ,icfer.e. Arart
rom other constsfs,ions II is to be obacrvcI that
'he espnse II such a measure wcuh 10 quite bc-
you'd the present ability " the Silie TorAise and
MAINTAIN an srmy NJ ffcru regiment. land sny
smaller force would lc insdepus,e) would involve
an annual expenditure Of more ttan Ghccn millions
Of dollars.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-10
,oiiisieu on TIC baltimore and " shin sion
kaiirOad-l.oeso OF Lie.

B.'tU,-e, iugus. "a collision occurred last
c,enn., not lar iroin tie other side oi lhs Relay
H,use. ls'wecn the tive o'clock - n f-cm wash
ing M on train from Baltimore. by which thirty
p'tsons are rcportcl Killed and wounded. Among
the li"i "a ba~y-age master. tut no names of he
Killed or Wouujcd have vet been ,.certaincd ami
no information regarding the cause Of the aecider.
has br,n received.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-10
Prom. OF Blockade kuuuiup.

An En,i'.h rspcr gives oinecrrious In, rn'suon
r'sr~f.ng Tie profits Of horLaie running. \ IN
sIc trr, q shows hv copy VI bona III, account
cost 4>Lx6a. ~ This amount aa.W1 went tc thr
carts i.r one nsin'h's serNico, $1,000 for 'tNr
out AMI In, and other equally large to otcets,
eo1ncer- and ',her.. all ~ whom, =, view II the
r'Sks incurred. wee paid tho most hNral wrs"t,
evel The ou..hegvcts receiving eHN = month.
Ass.nt 49, heavy expenditure, The following Is
gwen ou Nc ,redh ,ide ~ the caruings;
so lalrs VI COTTON f'r Government. ...... stNNn
N irics p. cotton Tor owners ............ sNuN
R'trtu rciltt, iur Government. AomO
Return freight for owners .........-....... W~N
issen crs ........... .........s'..s lY'"'"
Thus in cs.c of .uccc.sfl trip the operators
mst. monthly proht vi s9,i35. It's I" hc re-
reirhorcd however. tina very often he vessels en-
gag'Si iu tN.- business are 'apiurcsi NJ their first
venture. entaihnp heavy lN-s. several iorei n
houses have been a'mos. not entirely rulnri by
ther miShaps in this bus.nos