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Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30
Finger Nails.

The use OF the horny excrescences with
which Nature has armed and protected the
ends of our fingers ;and toes, are obvious
enough, one would think, TO the meanes,
comprehensious; but the philosophers, who
ometimes mystify subjects that are essen
TALLY simple, have assumed that mans ails
afford key to the primative nature and
habits of the race. Aristotle assum es th at
they were intended to be used like heotal-
ons of bears. for the digging up of vegeta-
BILE food. Mandevills also argues, in his
story of The Bees that the breadth and
comparative weak ness of our nails afforded
proof positive that Providence did not orig
inally intend US to prey upon animals, but
to scratch up living like.fowels, out of the
ground A more stupid theory Gould scarce
ly be conceived, since it requires as strong
and as sharp talons to dig into the solid
earth as to grasp and lacerate sheep or
deer. The grizzly bear is a digger, and
looks at his talons. They are more formi-
daoie than those of the tiger. The old
Raolnnlcal doctors had some odd notions
ABOUT nails. They hold that the bodies OF
our nrst parents were in the beginning per.
iectiy transparent, but that after the Fall
tney became Opaque, the nails being the
DOL y vestige left of their form er luciditv-
Orlgen had somewhat similar belief. His
noIlon was that Adam ard Eve. previous To
tne lem ptation, were beings of radient
light, and that the coats of skins subse-
quentty bestowed upon them were merely
the tesh muscle. bone and liga,neut. on
which we. their offspring, travel at the
present day. Judging from the avidity
with which some people gnaw their nails.
one might suppose that these excrescepces
were intended as rat;ons; while on the 9th
er hand, one not unfrequently encounters
more elongated specimens Ola shape and
hue we'll calculated to destroy the eauilib-
ru m of sensitive stomach.
Onychomaucy, or divination bv the nails.
was once favorite branch of the art of for.
tune telling, and we believe it is still prac-
tlced by some Of the charitans who profess
to look into futurty. The 'omeus of nails,
are thus summed up in De Planev's In
iernal Dictionary The whit;sh specks
fortell trepidation; the black marks terrors
and paDgers; the red, which are rare. sor-
row and wrongs; white specks of pure whits
are the happy forerunners of hopefuluess |
and good fortune. The black marks, we
may add, are the least rare, and can gen.
orally be removed with the aid of a nail |
orus n and some soap and water We have |
seen fine miniature painted on a thumb |
nall, and handsome cameo fashioned ont
ot the heathing of big toe. Our own
Idea OF finger nails is that thew were be- |
slowed upon man to enable him to pick nm |
inconsdered trifes.' Pick pockets saw
hey find them of great use to their more |
delicate manipulations. 1t is asserted that
The gentle sex sometimes employ them as
weapons of domestic warefare, but that of |
;ou.se is bit of slander.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30
A Good Joke by a Rebel General.
lCorres. Cincinnati Commercial.l


Col. .Schaffer, chief of staff to Gen. Butler,
and Gen. Ould, the rebel commissioner of
exchange, are the best of friends, and in
their official interviews are always pleasant
and agreeable to each other. A couple of
weeks ago they were chatting at City Point
over matters and things in general, when
Col. Schaffer picked up map of Virginia,
and glancing at it casually, it occurred to
him that there was good.si!e for a very
large city in the neighborhood of City Point,
and expressed his astonishment that it had
been overlooked so long. Said he, with
great seriousness:
3 "If had the capital would invest it
right here. It's bound to be big city some
day or another :" ..
Ould kept his eyes on the m ap for awhile
and then, looking at Schaffer, remarked,
hardly able to suppress a smile that was try
ing to force its way out:
at seems to me, colonel. that instead of
building new city, you had better take one
already built"
"Sam," said the Union colonel to his SER
want, "get that black bottle out of my
bAsket;" and the rebel joke was washed
down with old rye. H.. .-....-.,..
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30
PEARLS.
BIZ CHARLES DICKINSON.

When day her golden gate unbars
The mussels of the ocean rise,
And catch the tear. drops of the stars
That issue from their closing eyes;
And then, 'tis said, they sink again,
And fix their sea shells to the sod,
And guard, in silence, meath the main,
Those dew-drOps from the skies of God:
The sun looks down through all tho days,
And bright illdmes the parent shell,
And nourished by his genial rays,
The little jewels shine and swell,
Till all their mystic growth is dons,
And joined and freed from baser things,
These lovely offsPrings of the sun
Become the pride of courts and kings.
And thus caught, in days of youth,
Thy truth and precepts, which, sublime,
Were nurtured by the rays of Truth;
And moistened by the dews of Time;
And now, when years with onward roll
Have passed me in Life's may whirl,
l ope the casket of my soul,
And 10! thy precePts are peafl:
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30

A SCRAP OF HISTORY Y-"One day wbaS
the seven wise; men of Greece wers at the
proposed: -
Which is The most perfect popular Gov Gov
no superior
THAT said Thales. where the inLabit-
ants are neither too rich nor too poor!'
!; That said Auacharsis the Soythiau
where dignities are always conferred upon
the B., ,vlrtuous and never upon the base.".
lhat,' sam Cleolmlas. where the citiz ems
fear blame more than punishment,
That said Chilo, 'waere the laws are
more regarded than the orators.'
But Solon's opinion seems to have great.
est weight. who said, W here an insult done
10 the meanest subject, is an insult upon the
whole constitution
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30
Love, Hope and Forgiveness.

Love, hope, and lorgive;-there's charm yet
unbroken,
Whose radiance was not enkindled to die;
The rose reft of blossom, though shorn, leaves a
token,
Oatliving the frowns of wintry sky.
And why should the heart DER is failings be
brooding?-
The spirit so lofty, give homage to strife!
Th7ugh care be expressing, ambition deluding,
Love, hope, and forgive;-'tis the watchword
of life.
Oh Loveis the symbol ofHeaven's high dover,
Gem-woven by angels, for mortals to wear,
Like beautiful sunbeam that follows the
shower, ..
Illuming each impulse, and ing the tear:
And Hope hath shield against weapons of sor-
row;
A balm for the wound of each thorn by the
way;
F rgiveness!-we know not who'll need it to-
morrow,
Though walking erect in the right path to-
dIy.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30

The Federal military officers and othor
white dependents of the Administtation on
the sea Islands of South Carolina treated
their niger friends scandalously In the
10 the late meeting in that region to sp,pout
deieg ates to the Baltimore convention: =
The niggers are large ma ajority Of the pop-
ulation of the islands; yet only six niseers
were appointed delegates to Baltimore
whilst ten white m en- were thus b honored =
Can niger flesh and blood and wool stand
that? Is there not danger of an indisnant
rebellion of the black element of the aboli.
ton party against the light-colored elemeu,!
Has not the former element been taught bv
the latter element that it has been denied
condition of equality long enough? Look
out, oh earth, for war the elements,'
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30

HoME.-If there is a word that fills the
heart with joy, it is "home." Home is an
old word, yet it has iuvincible power th a:
can never lessen or wear out. There is no
other word in language that clusters so
many pleasing affections and that so power.
fully excites our feelings. We are bound
to it by ties of early affection, by years of
childhood, by fathers aud brothers. friend =
ship, by a mothers and sisters love-
Home; murmur but its name, and what
happy recollections shoots through the
heart. and our brain is wild with emotion.
Our spirits, however depressed by sorrow or
affliction-however much We have been
stunned by the rough change of life, some
times turns to the memories of "home.
sweet home" -- ...
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30

PASSION Flower The New Haven Herr
aid gives the following interpretations of
this curious and much admired flower, which
will not be unlnteresting to the devotees Of
Flora: a
The leaves resemble the spear that pier
ced our Saviour's side; the tendrils; the
cords that bound his hands, OF the whips
Apostles-Judas Having betrayed; AID Petor
deserted; the pillars in the center the cross
or tree; the stamina the ham ntisr: the style6
the nails; the inner circle around the cen
tire pillar the crown of thorns; the radiance
theiglory. the white, the flower the emblem
OF purity; and the blue the type of heaven.
On one sspeciesth passifora alta even drops:
oi i, blood are seer. upon the cross or tree
=. ue 1ower continues three days open. ard
then disappears; thus denoting the rssurrec-
ton.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30
What's in a Kiss!

There's g formal kiss of fashion,
And a.burning kiss of passion,
A fathers kiss,
A mothers kiss,
And a sisters kiss to ffiove.
There's traitors kiss for gold
Like serpent's clammy fold,
A first kiss,
A stolen kiss,
And the thrilling kiss Of love.
A meeting kiss,
A maiden kiss,
A kiss when fond hearts sever;
But the saddest kiss
On earth is this
II kiss 10 pGrtforeee+.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30
VOLUME 8 NUMBER q

I ATLANTA. Georgia, is supposed to be the OBJ
llective point OF Sherman's (NoFth Georgia)
expedition, has had population Of twenty
six thousand Inhabitants, among whom are
a liberal sprin Killing of NORTH erners, who are
| the most demonstrative and extreme seces-
sionists in the city. 1t is located in ap el-
eVatec and salubrious section in the State.
| upon the dividing line in Fulton County:
9etween the cotton- growing aud grain pro-
ductlon regions, and ia three hundred and
ten miles from Savannah, three hundred
and seven miles from Charleston, and one
hundred and seventy FIVE miles from Mont
gomery. Ala, 136 miles from Chattanooga.,
3l2 miles from Knoxville; and 100 miles
from Richmond. 80 -
-Four railroads communicates with Allan
ia, and form junction there-tbe Western
or Georgia State Railroad and the MasoE
and Western Railroad, and the Atlanta-
montgomery r Railroad. In the spring Of
lo5o. John G. Calhoun, on his return from
the Commercial Convention at Memphis:
stopped several days at Atlanta, and pre-:
dicted that it would be the greatest inland
city OF the South and at no distant daY
the capital of the South ern Confedefacy;
the cornerstone of which, he maintained.
would be African slavery. Althouoh the
rebel capital is at present at RichmoDd the
Puohc sentiment Of the south has already
located it permanently at Atlanta, provided
he Confederacy does not collapse.
There are quarries of the very finest
granite at Stone Mountains, sixteen miles
from Atlanta, on the Georgia Railroad, and
the people of that city is determined, when
this cruel war is OVER to rear stfuctHres
more magnificent than those of Greece or
Rome, tall as the Tower OF Babel. and
more durable than the Pyramids. Atlanta
is the greatest. military depot of rebeldom:
and it is here !tbat the naval supplies are
stored.
There is an armory at atlanta, d chsmi-
cal laboratory, and sword factory. Shells:
solid shot, siege. guns, field pieces and
mountain howitzers are cast. Percussion
caps, cavalry saddles, artillery harness, gun
carriages, ambulance, army wagons, fonts;
and all the shoes and clothing for the Wes.
tern Department., are made at Atlanta
Ihe armory turns out miuskets OF ths
Springfield pattern, and rolling mills stretch
the plates for the rebel iron-clsds. Large
Quantities of meat are packed there for the
army. 1t may we'll be termed the most
nourishing city of the Southern Coufeder-
acy though the first house was built there
as late as 1874. 1F -
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30

How GEN BANKS MAKES WAR.-A New
OIleans corresponding of an Eastern Re-
publican journal. in speaking of General
Banks of Red river expedition says: With
his usual brilliant sagacity, be sent cayal-
ry force and wagon train six miles long
to dislodge him. The wagon train was
loaded with champaign. ice, jellies, potted
meats. hair cloth chairs, sofas, spring mat
tresses and other necessaries of a vigorous
campaign. --.... --....--r
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30

In discussion with temperance lee
turer, topper asked, IF water rots your
boots what effect must it ave on the coating
of your stomach?' -.b
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30

WHAT'S the difference bttween a le gal doc
ument and Cat? One has paws at the end
of his clauses, aud the other has clauses at
the end Of its pawses. .
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30

1t is rumored that Secretary Stanton has
borrowed of Gen. B. F. Butler his 4smark-
able key to Richmond to aid him in uu-
locking the obstinate mysteries Of that un-
decipherabie dispatch from Gen. Grant
II thatfails him he will next send for COL
Cults, the keyhole expert.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30

BE CoNrENT.-There Is boy who ocnuIy
wanted marble When be had the nal
be b 2, ne only wanted 9 bali whe1 be had the
baii pal ne only wanted q kite; and when ho
happy. ,s'--.' " : 90 i "0'
There was man who only wanted mon,
ey. When be had money be- 'onIv Wv ,vanta5t %
a house, when he had house be opIT
wanted land, when he had land he only
wanted coach; and when he had money.
a q. house. land aud coach, he wanted rniofe
than ever.
Be contented with little, for much willi
have m ore, all the world over.
Why is a hen immortal? Because hst
son never SETS
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30

The japanese Ambassadors are getting
expensive to France. Their travelling exe
Penses Tor two months have cost &l2.OOO.
Maysville weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1864-1866, 1864-06-30
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

A square is Twelve lines of this size type
s1ual to about 100 words of manuscript.
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1864-12-09


SA1E OF IE,ks
BRFsufN. November nth ,HGt.
GRSrKu OmpsR No 4
| Whilst the meu urc,s.ary 10 d.
CTS ge with prompfucss an local duIirs
required % " forces of mi. corps wit
he furnished commanding officers are re-.
minded Of Tho planting iork ard other
Interests. ne protection ard cncourpg,
merits IF wblcl Is necessary 10 our CON
ilnued prosperity ssa people No more
neu Will be- called ont than j. nec,a,sarg
for the aiihfl di.chn.e. Of 'he daly tn
b. performed al they should be relieved
10y 9th r. . lrh uie' walls IA will esiab.
tish a rule alternate duty by Which
each one Nsl perform his part Of The
miitary ,arycr and al the same tins af
ford the b 81 predictions nd encouragement
to tho. Iu. r'~f3
III ~ arvg-l apphc tons or he
tails. laiuer lat killed mechanics and
miller 'hu company commander will ru.
duf,r 'IrI.ol sheihcr there Is disabled
u tied -a,ilar iu hl. co.iy or man
to Au nompuy mh' for active service,
NH' ''H Na-t 'th q. tit lN. I'I HHiNu tut
detail Z asked lh' Objects Of the law
auf orir7- ~ las subject are t. have ~
lpca tne Ion. uy person. disabled u
~ ~r''f fi thus send 10 'he field the
hr-c owf.- of aA|. ondod men ktp ont
sss dail.s lnr'c rules apply 10
'.l. rps Iur. mN' be co. ols5 places
lo, Those 9h 81 abb for active setYtce.
on" have tlt n,1's of obalH.ng cot.
rcc' Information on THESE points Md they
vii hc he'a p.asiolc '@ then acts ~
regard 't.r'o
III Officers Nll bog held accountable
10 public property cotton 'aN 90 siud, w
any other property bel" gigg '' ,hr tvn-
hdn'al ~air- They "iH we special
ORDER, 10 ih.H men ir b ''slaul 20 r.
porting pubs % lrrly Ime'r t"' 90 benz
~ Nhsi7i ar Wy1-d. 90 tle.r coua'l Or
district and. armne usl mri they
VII lmmel'ald. Al ont d -n'n"sn' num
Der ct men 70 guard orp.ac, 'a- property
10 sale aud secure position. aad Irporf
lh' facts. tostthr wlth ,hr uaH. ul toe
nNlc,F " Ffsa' IN who's. ,tAfge III.
property was ~. . ia. n"E..c, of MAS o
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1864-12-09
CLOTHING ron SOLDIERS


OFglcg Cutsy Ci1rtlNG BtgsAul
T. MD
SIR Yon arc du-ted to orgenit, In
Ark, Nor,h la ani iexas, eocirties for
the manufacture Of aruy cloth az For
this prrpos, ,oa will adopt snch rul.s aud
regulations as may appear To you list ard
proper
The organizations when completed will
he reported to this Office. when material
will be distribut 4 to them FOR r,arulac.
tare into clothing Liberal iuducen,u..
will be offered by you for al work hat
may he done. IN TIM connection.
Wv Object is TO create resources FOR the
msnuhciure OF ten thousand suits monthly.
Our nec.ssi,ss are such that /, must be
done. and ryly 90 yoor cnerg, and the
cordial co operstion OF our ADDE'S 10 attain
sgcce.s.
Respectfully
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1864-12-09

ADMINISTER ATOR's NOTICE

I ETItRS of administration were grant
I'd to the undersigned. apou the estA,e
Of Frances smith deceased az the Octo-
Der term ~ tie County Court ol Harrison
coanty. Texas, pertaining Ia estates Of DE-
ceased persons, sc. Al persons, there
fore holding claims agaius. the said 's,ste
or against the esiat. Of Nathan smith
are requ.rsl o present their claims sgas~~,
the two s~id estates Immediately 70 John
r. W illiams VI Marshall IsSss OF to The
spdsr.ignoi ~ Fspniu county, Texas, asd
those indebted Ia oiilrr OF the estates, vii
make pay nent to Joan 7. " illiams Of
Marshal. Texas
GIDEON SMITH Admit
Nov II. Ga nl0-6t
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-16
Nominntion Of NIr. Fessendcn.

The Washington correspondent OF Inc
Springfield lMass.) RepNDIieon says; Ssy,, Ia Nj
On Thursday night Governor Tod sent nls
declination and Mr.. Lincoln went to bed on
1t. AS he says, before morning ne was saI-
isfied that Pitt Fessenden was the man.
Early Friday he ordered the nomination 10
be made out and Major Hay took It down
to the Senate. Five minutes after he had
left, Senator Fessenden entered the Presl-
Dental apartment and was soon discussing
the situation" Mr.. Lincoln did not tell
him what he had done, but discussed Mr.:
Chase's resignation for short time ana
then said, !" Mr.. Fessenden, Ihave made q
new nomination this morning which trust
you will approve; / haye sent your own
name ini' Mr.. Fessenden was great
lyr surprised and amazed. He replied,
"You must recall 1t; you can overtake
Hay with messenger now II You VIII
Please send for him at once for cannot
possibly take it. My health will not per-
nit me to think of it for moment" Butthe
President was firm. "Y0u must take II"
he said, and later in the day he sent word
as follows: "Tell Fessenden to stick
Meantime kilograms from all parts OF the
country came pouring In upon him, con-
graduating him upon his admirable seiec-
tion. At night Mr.. Lincoln was IN flne
spirits, and he exclaimed to Mr.. Seward
who was present: 1.-THE Lord has never
vet deserted me, andI did not believe he
would this timel' 1t was MIR. Lincoln's in
tention to send i'm the name OF ex-Gover-
nor Boutwell, IL Mr.. Fessenden had posi-
lively declined.l It. etI #al9sir,o =.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-16
An AHactIng Incident.

Two officers, wounded in the battle be-
fore Petersburg, were going home last Fri
day by the Erie route. When the train
neared Oswego, Q well dressed lady, accom-,
panied by child and gentleman, entered
the car and took seat in front of them. AS
the officers talked over the recent engage
ments at Petersburg, informing each other
of various acquaintances who had fallen,
one remarked: sThtre was Captain War
wick, OF the 10th New York, as brave a fel-
low as ever lived; he wassshot through the
head and instantly killed." The lady re-
ferred to Immediately sprang from her seat,
and throwing up her hands exclaimed,
''Oh, don't say thatl he was my husbands
and then burst into an agony Of tears
This was the first intelligence she had re-
deived of her husbands DEATH The child
with herwas his daughter, and the gentle
man his.brother. There were very few dry
eyes In that car during the rest of the
journey to Elmira. a.-Ne,o York Commercial
Advertiser. IN
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-16
From The Louisville Journal.I
A Case of Seduction.

A few days since Captain of the Sixty
third Indiana, who had been home on fur
Tough, Returned to this city, bringing with
him beautifnl young girl Of the Hoosier
This young girl was brought here by the
Captain, after he, by false promises, had ac-
complished her ruin. Upon their arrival
here the girl was taken to one of the lowest
dens of infamy in the city, where she was
left by the Captain. rC0.
The sister of the girl, married lady,
came to this city yesterday in search of her
lost sister. She was traced to the house of
i'll fame, kept by one Mrs. Hudson, where
the sister went with the hopes of reclaim
ing her sister. When she reached the house
she was attacked and badly beaten by the
inmates of the house. These facts were
made known to the officers of Barracks No.
], who dispatched guard to the house,
but when they arrived there the young
girl was not to be found, and the inmates
Of the, house denied knowing any thing
about her. The Captain who SO far dis
gracet himself should be arrested and Sc
yerelv punished ftffets
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-16

FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN PICKETs--A cu-'
rious rebel visitor came stealthily into our
lines at Petersburg one night during last
week. He was invited to remain and par
take of bountiful repast-coffee, pork, and
@hard tack" Consent soon followed the
request. While refreshing his inner man,
our guards were regaled with many story,
diverted with many quiet ydrolleries and
quaint sayings. There something strange
In these meetings-where those who but
the day before cursed each other In the heat
of battle, and before early dawn, at the
sound of bugle horn, may slay each other
when full of the bread eaten socially to-
gether. This man came by night, not to
gain information, but to eat his supper.
During the day our pickets had been twit-,
ting them with what they had for supper.
Soft bread, sour kraut, and potatoes had
Just been issued. The rebels would not be-
lieve this to be "true bill" Hence this
mans visit. No one in imperfect health
could relish food with so much gusto. He
had brought with him that excellent sauce
of late years grown fashionable-hunger.
After staying his inordinate appetite with
a marching ration, he took his departure.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-16
To,n YYooils on MUSLIN.

Tom Woods of The Ohio Patriot always
writes to some purpose. Hear him:
MUsLIN.-There has been considerable
joking upon the words raising of muslin
but it has now got so high that these words
are about played out and the people who
don't want to white-wash and go naked,
will be compelled to raise something else.
Unbleached muslins are selling for 70 cents
In New York. During the latter part of
last week there was a grand rush at the
stores for cotton goods, in the fear that there
might be still more extravagant advances.
It will not be long till it will take poor
man two days work to get q yard 0fmuslin.
By this time the brains of the people should
begin to act. They were paralyzed for q
while, but time enough has elapsed for the
thinking substance to recover. Under the
old Democratic rule everything was cheap
and times were prosperous. War Is the
cause for hard times and high prices. Stop
the war, blot out the debt, and in two years
Democracy can bring back prosperity. IL
you want shirts, vote the Democratic tick
ct. Ifyou don't vote right, you will show
you are a shiftless fellow, and your wife
will be pretty much in the same fix.