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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
The Lime Kiln Club on the Barriers Of
American Libortyn

Am9I4Odu LluoIIJ'
The secretary OF the Lime Kiln Club
reported the following inquiry from the
Office of Secretary of State Of New Jer-
sey; care the barriers of American
liberty being gradually demolishede"
The question being open for discus
sion, Trustee Pullback said he couldn't
see any signs of such calamity. When
an American could open a grocery in
one end Of building, saloon in the
other, and poker room upstairs, 1t
didn't look as If American liberty was
in very great danger
Samuel Shin said he had carefully
studied the subject of the barriers Of
liberty for many years past, and he had
of late come 10 the conclusion that so
long as red-fsced young man could
blow u BRASS horn all the evening next
door to where u child lay dying, the
barriers were all right and sound as a
dollar.
Giveadam Jones observed that he also
kept his eye peeled for any signs that a
central government was seeking to un-
dermine the barriers erected by Wash
ington and cemented by the blood of
patriots. When an American could sit
on dry goods boxes all summer and
make charity support him all winter,
.here need be no alarm for th, safety Of
the Republic.
Several other members spoke in the
same vein, and the president closed the
address by saying:
Il think this club am purity well salts
fled dat de barriers oh liberty am solid,
an on behalf of this organizashun / feel
to assure de kentry at large dat all de
rights an privileges granted by our TO
faders am still wort hundred cents on
de dollah. Now let de Glee Club strike
up dat good old air, 'Gwine down de
Lane, an as we rush fur de doah, it
will avoid complicashuns fur all to re-
member dat de fust par oh obershoes
on de left as you go out belongs to me-"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
On Thirty DAYS Trial.

We will send DR.. Dyes Celebrated Elec.
tro-Voltaic Belts and other Electric Appli-
ances on trial for 80 days to young men
and other persons afflicted with Nervous
Debility, Lost Vitality, etc, guaranteeing
speedy relief and complete restoration of
vigor and manhood, Also for Rheuma
tism, Neuralgia, Paralysis, Liver and Kid
ney difficulties, Rupture, and many other
diseases. illustrated pamphlets sent free.
Address Voltaic BeltCo., Marshall, Mich.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
A sure Cure For Piles.

Do you know what it is to suffer with
piles Ifyou do, you know what lis one of
the worst torments of the human frame.
The most perfect cure ever known is Kid
neyWort. 1t cures constipation, and then
its tonic action restores health to the dis.
eased bowels and prevents recurrence Of dis.
ease. Try it without delay. The dry and
the liquid are both sold by druggists
Globe.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
Fellows IIvpophosphites.

Isa combination Of Hypophosphites. originated
by me In Canada while under the process of pulmO
nary consumption, and which has since been en-
plOyed by the medical profession throughout Amer
ca and England with unprecedented success.
IL contains the elements entail TO the animal
organization, the oxdZing agents and tonics.
n combination with the stimulating agent phoe
phorus possessing the merit Of being slightly aka
line and Ia dispensed in the convenient and paRt
able form Of a syrup.
Its effects are usua ly visible within twenty-fonr
hours and are marked by stimulation Of the appe-
tite, the digestion and assimilation, entering d.
recty into the circulation; II TONES the nerves and
muscles; exerts healthy action of the seerctions;
neither dstnrbs the stomach noriDjurcs the system
under prolonged use, and may be discontinued at
any time without Inconvenience
In word II possesses the siimulauts 10 arouse
the strength, the tOnics to retain IT, aud merit off
high degree Very respectfully,
JAMES l. FELLOWS.
saiH" Do not be deceived by remedies bearing a
similar name; no other prepa' alton lie substitute
for this, Under any circumstances.
FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21

Aliens Brain Food positively cures nerv-
business, nervous debility, and all weakness
Of generahve organs. 81. for IS. All
druggists. Send for circular to Aliens
Pharmacy, 3l5 First Ave-, N. Y. Sold in
Cairo by Barclay Bros.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
AS Thousands Do Testify.

So does Thomas Roberts, Wholesale Grocer,
Philadelphia, who says: Burnett's Coco
aine allays all irritation of the scalp, and
will most effectually remove dandruff and
prevent the hair from falling out"
Burnett,s Flayorign Extracts -The SUI
periority OF these extracts consists in their
perfect purity and great strength. They
are warranted free from the poisonous oils
and acids which enter into the composition
of many Fictitious fruit favors.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
Answer This.

Did you ever know any person to be i'll,
without inaction Of the Stomach, Liver or
Kidneys, or did you ever know one who was
well when either was INSTRUCTED or inactive
and did you ever know or hear of any case
of the kind that Hop Bitters would not
cure. Ask your neighbor this same ques-
ton Times.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21

you suffer from dys jepsia, use
BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS
II you are afflicted with biliousness, use
BuRDOCK BLOOD BITTERS,
If you are Frustrated with sick headache, take
BURDoCK BLOOD BITTERs
II yonr bowels are disord cred regulate them with
BURDoCK BLOOD BITTERs.
If your bloed " impure purify 1t with
BURD0CK BLOOD BITTERs
II You have indigestion you Will find an antidote IN
BURDoCK BLOOD BITTERs.
iyou are troubled with spring compa nts, eradi-
icate them with BURDoCK BLOOD BITTERS.
II your liver IL torpid restore IL TO healthy action
with BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS,
II your liver lie affected you will find shure restor-
alive In BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS.
II You have any species OF humor or pimplc, fail
not to take BURDoCK BLOOD BITTERS.
Ifyou have any symptoms Of ulcers or scrofulous
sores, a curative remedy will be found in
BURDoCK BLOOD BITTERs.
For imparting strength and vitality to the system,
nothing can equal BURDoCK BLOOD BITTERS.
For Nervous and General Debility, tone up the
system with .BURDoCK BLOOD BITTERS
PhcE 81 PER BorTLE; TRIAL BOTTLES, 10cTs,
FOSTER, MILBURN & CO., Prop'rs,
BUFFALO, NY.
For sale by PAUL G. Schulz, G)
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21

THERE is more strength restoring power
in 80 cent bottle of Parker's Ginger
Tonic than in bushe Of malt or gallon
Of milk AS an appetizer, blood purifier and
kidney couector, there is nothing like it,
and invalids find it a wonderful invigorant
for mind and body. See other column.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21

| strongly recommend the use of Eel.
lows Compound Syrup of Hypophosphitss
to all who suffer in any way from disease
or weakness of the Lungs, Bronchial Tubes
or general debility.
j. II. W. SCOTT, MID, Gagetown, N. B.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21

ARE YOU MADE miserable by Indigestion
Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of Appetite,
Yellow Skim Shilol's Vitalizcr Is posi-.
tive cure. 10
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21

Why WILL you cough when Shiloh's
Cure will give immediate relief. Price
10 cents, so cents and 81. II
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
Organized July 18th, 1877, Under the Laws
the state Of Illinois. Copyrighted July
8, 1877, Tnder Act of Congress.
OFFICERS:
BOARD OF MANAGERS:

William Stratton, of Stratton & Bird, Wholesale
grocers; Paul q. Schulz wholesale and retail drug.
gist; Hazen Leighton, commission merchant; Jas.
3. McGahey, lumber dealer; j. j. Gordon, phys
ician; j. A. Goldstine, of Goldstine Il R0eenwater
wholesale and retail dry goods, etc; WIN. r. Pitch.
or, general agent; Hen ~ b. Ellis city printer and
hook binder; Chesley Haynes, Cooper; Jno G.
White, assistant secretary and solicitors Albert
Lewis, dealer In -four and grain; II. Bross, .presi
don't Alexander. County Bank G.. W. Hendricks,
contractor and builder; Cyrus Cloee, gener al
agent; Thomas Lewis, secretary and ATTORNEY at
law; L.. s, Thomas, broom manufacturer; W. II
Russell, contractor and builder q. T, Rudd
agent g. ~ H. IN. o. railaoad Moses Phillips,car-
pointer; II A. Chumbley, contractor, Cairo, Ills.
Rev j. Spencer, clergyman, st Ieuis, Mo; j. H..
Bethune, circuit clerk, Mississippi county, Charles
ton, Mo-; j. II Moore LAWYER, Commerce. Mo. /,
y. Singetarv, physician, Arlington, KY; j. w,
larry, physician, Fulton, Kv. VIM. Ryan, farmer
Murrv, Kv A. steinbach, manufacturer of sad
dlerv, Evansville, Ind. Ike Anderson, secretary
to superintendent G. st. l.. an o. railroad, luck
son, TENN s. Robertson, physician, White
Vile, Tenn; Thomas A. Osborn, harness maker
Bolivar, Tenn. VIM. l.. Walker, "Dixie Adver
Using Ageno," Holly sprincs. Mias
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21

A NASAL INJECTOR free with each bottle
of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. Price so
cents. 10
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21

SHILons CURE WILL Immediately relieve
Group, Whooping cough and Bron-
chihs. IA
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21

Su1IoH's CATARRH REMEDY positive
cure for Catarrh, Dipthcria and Canker
Mouth. 10
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21

OVER 100000 Howe Scales have been
old. Send for catalogue to Borden, Seleck
d CO., General Agents, ST. Louis, Mo. (3)
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21

'HAcKMETAcR,' lasting and fragrant per
fume. Price 25 and so cents. 10
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
THE MINE.

The mine can he traced from the era
ter to the spot where the Federals turn
ed the first sod The long gallery is
marked by caying in of the earth, and
the shaft has filed up and caved in un-
til one would not know what it was
Right at this point, and what first sug-
gested the idea of the mine, the lines
SIRE so close together that one can stand
st the crater and hurl apeach-stone into
the thicket where the Federal pickets
were stationed AT no other point on
the lines around Petersburg were FEEDER
al and Confederate able TO look in each
others eyes 1t is hardly twenty steps
across the cotton-feld to the edge of the
thicket, and here for months not hand
could be shown that a dozen bullets did
not whiz for it. When there was no fir
ing, the ConfederateS in the fort and the
Federal pickets in the thicket could con-
verse in ordinary tones of voice. -,
When Grant swung around he pushed
on until Lee checked him, and then
stopped right here and began intrench-
ing. This made very irregular line.
At the crater the Federals held the
thicket along the creek, the railroad be-
hind it and the forest still further back.
Hardly eighty rods above, the Confeder.
ates held the same thicket, creek and
railroad track.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21

For DYSPEPSIA and Liver Complaint
you will have printed guarantee on every
bottle OF Shiloh's Vitaliker. 1t never fails
to cure. IN
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
THE ORIGINATOR.

1t is said that the idea of tunneling
under the six-gun Confederate fort at
this point originated with Pennsyl-
vania miner who was serving in one of
the regiments in Burnsde's corps. A
lieutenant in q New York regiment is
also mentioned, and had the mine been
q success probably dozen men would
have stepped forward to claim the hon
or No matter who carried the idea TO
Burnside, he grasped at it. War means
horrible wounds and sickening sights
and death in a dozen terrible forms, but
in a war between civilized nations men
do not look upon such weapons as mines
with much favor. A direct attack upon
this six-gun fort would have resulted in
repulse If it could be blown out of the
way there would be gap in the Con
federate lines through which whole
brigades could pour. One brigade
through that gap and Lees lines were
gone.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21

The beauty and color of the hair may We
safely regained by using Parker's Hair
Balsam, which is much admired for its
perfume, cleanliness and dandrufI eradicat.
ing properties.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
SMALL P0X
II r ADICAT r. ID

44@A4AAzlAIAA1 lI xLIt- IlIIIL-1-i
Contagiol destroyed.
Sick rooms purified and
made pleasant,
Feyered and sick per
sons relieved and re.
fresned by bathing
with Prophylactic
Fluid added to the
water.
Soft white compilations
secured by its use In
bathing.
Impure air made harm
less and purified by
eprinkling Darby's
Fluid about.
To purify the breath,
cleanse the teeth, II
can't be surpassed.
Catarrh relieved and
cured.
Eryslpelas cured.
Burns relieved instantly.
Scars prevented.
Removes all unpleasant
pdors
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
THE WORK.

The work was done by old coal miners
working in regular gangs, and the shaft
was sunk about 800 feet from the fort,
and went down twenty feet before the
gallery branched off. The gallery was
wide enough for two men to work
abreast, and over four feet high. One
of the greatest troubles was in survey
ing the route, and even when the gal
lery was under the fort no one felt ex-
actly sure within six or eight feet A
little science, and great deal of guess
ing, however, struck the right spot, and
galleries were then dug to the right and
left for distance of thirty feet.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
DIPTHERIA
PREV ENTED

y uolNlh VII Slphtcu.
ship fever prevented by
its use.
In cases of death in the
house, II should al.
ways he used about
the corpse-it will
prevent any nnpless-
\ ant smell. An anti
dote for anin al or veg.
etable poisons, stings,
&c.
Dangerous efllnvias Of
sick rooms and hospit7
ais removed by its use
Yellow fever eradicated,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
SIXTEEN YEARS AFTER.

Up tho hill, past the burying grounds,
and as the roads fork ! look for signs OF
the crater. There are the signs. Away
TO the left and high in the air are the
buzzards sailing in slow circles. ! found
them at Sharpsburg, at Winchester, at
Malvern Hill at Cedar Creek saw
them lowering over score Of different
battle-felds. That was the first thing |
looked for as | rode along the dusty
highway towards the fighting grounds.
When the buzzards could be seen there
wds no need to ask further information.
AT Malvern Hill there were hundred
of them fluttering over the field where
the corpses had lain thickest. AT Cedar
Creek could have killed them MS they
sat on the breastworks and uttered their
horrible notes. At Charlottesville |
drove one off the stone erected 10 the
memory of Stonewall Jackson, and over
in the field where blackened chimney,
rotting cannon wheels and hillocks of
earth mark the spot where Hookef
massed his guns, half hundred of the
croaking birds disputed the ground with
me.
THE CRATER.
And so, turning to the left, l ride
down a footh-path running between n
cotton and a peanut field and find my
self at length in front of hill covered
with pine and peach trees. This hill is
the crater. When once You have climbed
It's side it is no longer hill. You look
down into an irregular hollow ahundred
and fifty feet long by from twenty to
forty broad, and that hollow will live
forever in our war history as the crater.
Weeds, grass and the young peach and
pine trees hide much of the horror Of
the spot, but one who has time to tarry
can place everything as it was on that
morning of July 80, 1864, when it was a
hole twenty-five feet deep and full of
dead and wounded Federals.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
FIRING INTO THE CRATER.


After the Confederate fire had been
trained on the space between the thick
ct and the Crater, those who attempted
to retreat from the latter met certain
death. Some of the killed on this spot
had four bullets in them. The Confed-
crates at length crept close enough to
shoot into the Crater itself, and then oc-
Cured the slaughter among the negro
troops. They had come in last, and
were consequently most exposed.
SOME STRANGE STORIES.
In that narrow space, scarce forty
rods square, the Federals lost nearly
1000 men and the Confedcrates 1000
On Sunday morning when Grant sent in
a flag of truce and asked permission to
bury his dead, he found them corded up
on each side Of the trenches and awaiting
him. Hardly corpse was handled by
the burial party which was not hit moro
than once; and many of them were
struck five and six times, There are
now on exhibition at the Crater, by the
owner of the farm, muskets with three
or four bullets imbedded in the stocks,
gun-barrels with nattencd bullets welded
to them, and dozens of other evidences
TO prove the truth of the words of one
of the Federals who came out alive:
"lf there Is any hell hotter than your
old rebel Greer, don't want to get
within million miles Of il, M Quad
IN Detroit Free FrcSS.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
UNsUsPEcTING VICTIMS.

The Confederates within the fort were
totally unsuspicious of what was going
on beneath them. Once, when one of
the wing galleries was being excavated,
soldier who was lying on the ground
suddenly called out that he could hear
the sounds of digging, but those to
whom he appealed said that it must be
rats burowing their way in to get in at
the provisions. Again, a negro who
had been within Burnside's lines re-
ported seeing the shaft, but the men
supposed the Federals were digging a
well.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
"FoRwARD! FoRwARDW

Wild with excitement the officers cried
Forward and company after company
and regiment after regiment tumbled
into the pit on one side and tried to
climb out on the other. All organization
was at once lost, and the horrible sights
in the pit dampened all enthusiasm. 1t
was a mob in the Crater-a shouting,
struggling mob, and when one got out
three fresh men charged in as the as
saulting columns advanced.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
WAITING.

At half-past o'clock on the morning
Of the 30th 1t would be break Of day II
would also be the hour when even
watchful soldiers would regard the dan
gers Of the night as passed and feel sleep
Juggling at their cye-lds. Long before
that hour Marshall's brigade Of Ledlie's
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-01-21
PLACING TIE POWDER.

When the mine had been finished,
Grant suddenly discovered that it was .
grand thing and certain to work, though
during its progress BURNSIDE Tunnel
was as much jeered at as Buffers Dutch
Gap Canal Powder was brought up for
it and carefully carried through the
long, dark hole until eight tons were
heaped under the fort. Then single
sentinel held the place until Grant
should be ready.
GRANT WAS READY
On the 30th of August. He had sent a
force to the north Of the James to COM
pei Lee TO draw off some of his force
from the Petersburg lines, and every
Federal fort the length of the long line
was ordered to open fire from every gun
at given signal. 1t was hoped that
this terrific fire would keep the Confcd-
crates from rallying to repulse the col
umn Of assault at the fort to be blown
up.
WAITING,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-20

| home: 81 came to San Francisco with Gen
Comfy, the American minister whom your
President recently recalled. He il glorious
fellow, the best you have cent Ne; 20 Telisble
and so modest. AZ we came into San Fran
cisco the customs inspector asked him if be
had any hing 70 declare. Yea he said, i
have nearly 500 manila cheroois' ICheap,
mild cigars The inspector said he thought
it was 100 many. Very WE'LL said Comfy,
T'll pay the duty them Nonsense spoke
up and said to the inspector: Sir, this is
your minister TO the Hawsiian kingdom.
The inspector imme diately tore up the paper
declaration, and said he had never met such
modesty in retiring minister"
Alter this story was ended l said: "Coi.
Judd, that was President Hayes sppoiniee
and near friend"
swell" Confined the grand chamberlaip,
you don't always send us that sort OF min
ter. The United States i. disparsged by TOO
many of its political Adventures displacing
good men like Comfy. We gave him a
splendid banquet. Indeed, every body loved
him."
L asked the chamberlain about the Amer
lean attempt 10 buy the Sandwich Islands
twelve years ago.
"That was the scheme of Gen. McCook, :"
he said, "once American minister there, and
a pleasant fellow then. H. cam: back once
and wsnied 10 see the King. The ministers
would not let him do 80. He came 70 me
and said that they put him of. told him
] would 90 and sse the King, Who wea Al. =
summer villa Of HE, by the sea. He told
une TO bring Mr.. McCook out that afternoon
After We arrived ] perceived that some cen
fdeniial proposition was on the visitors
mind and started to go away. The King sd-
drs ssed me 10 the Hawaiian language, re-
guessing me not to leave tue room. That
amounted TO command, being from the
King. So heard Mr.. McCook Offer S. ,000,-
900 for the islands The King gave him no
encouragement whatever, and the errand,
which had been specially made for the pur-
pose, WAS without result"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-20
LORENZO DOW CROCKETT,
The COunterEeiter Who Passed Himseif
or as q Grandson of Dayy
Crockett.

The Huntington Republican says that Lo-
renzo Dow Crockett, who has been pass ng
himself off a grandson of the renowned
Davy Crockett, first member of Congress
from the Memphis District, il notorious
counierfeiter, and no relation whatever of
the historic Crocketts. This notorious coun-
teIfeiter and cosmopolitan scou ndrel wss moi
a member of Hawkins's regiment, as we are
informed, further Ihan for time as a sort
of a camp follower; nor was he ever a slave
owner. The illustrious Davy Crockett YVES
known by quite a number of marked
characteristics, prominent among which
was his proverbial honesty, and
he seems in an eminent degree to have trans
mitted this good uality 10 his posterity, sf
nothing dishonest has ever been charged to
any of them. This culprit seems to have
known something Of the character and his
tory of Davy Crockett, but, ingenious as be
may be, he cannot palm himself off as 8
grandson of that great man that our people
have honored and loved. There are a mum
Der of old men now living in Carroll county
that knew Davy Crockett personally. Fol
twenty i've years Dow Crockett has been en-
gagged in the nelarious business of "shovins
the queer" and for that length of time coun
terfeit money has been known in Benton
county as Crockett money"