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Year: 1862


Dury me in the morning, mother


Oh : let me have the light
or one bright day on my grave, mother,
Ere you leave me alone with the nights
Alone in the night Of the grave, mother


Tls thought of terrible fear
And you will be here alone, mother,


And stars will be shining there.
So bury me In the morning, mother,


And let me have the light
or one bright day on my grave, mother,
Ere AN alone with the night
You tell me OF the sayiour's love, mother
feel u In my heart
But oh, irom this beautiful world, mother,
It's hard for the young to parts
Forever TO part, when here, mother,
The soul is lain 10 stay,
For the grave Is deep and dark mother,
Aud heaven seems Gar away.
Then bury me in the morning, mother,
And le, me have the light
or one bright day on my crave, mother.
Ere I am alone IN the night
Never unclasp my hand. mother,


Till It falls away with thine
Let me hold the pledge thy love, mother,
Till I feel the love diyineI
The love diyine-Oh, look, mother,
Above the beams I see
And there an angels face, mother,


Is smiling down on me.
SO bury me In the morning. mother,
When the sunbeams food the SKY
For death is the gate Of life, mother,
And leads us to the light on high.
Year: 1862

THE Leavenworth Evening Bulletin
now issues morning as well as an even
ing edition. The success of the Bulletin
has been mostrapid and unbounded, and we
hope its worthy publishers may live long
to extend its usefulness and gather snug
profits by their labor.
Year: 1862




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On our mail arrangements (perhaps
more properly non -arra ngements) which
at the best have been none too productive
of the public good, AID which for the last
two months have been particularly and
pertinaciously vexatious, we have werd
to say.


On the first of this month the o Overland
Stage Company-which up to the time of
the removal of their line from this point
on the route had furnished mail to us
was ordered by the Post-ofice department
at Washington to continue the supplying
of mail 10 Marysville twice week.
A month has passed and we as yet are not
aware that any arrangement has been
made by the Company by which to carry
out that order. Il is true that the mail
has reached here on an average once a
week, sometimes by this carrier and some
times by that and it is also true, TO our
personal knowledge, that the mail matter
destined for this place, has, time and
again, been brought to Guittarfs station
or Oketo 0he former fifteen miles from
this place and the latter ten) and instead
Of coming on here returned by the next
mail to Atchison. Eo@ 7afra l


If the stage company have contracted
with any party or parties to furnish this
place with mail, why do they not see that
the contract is fulfilled? They must know
that the matter has been most miserably
managed, and furthermore that the fault
attaches to them. aH a~af sf


But this evasion Of duty, downright
neglect and stupidity on the part Of the
stage company is characteristic of them; -
they are as grasping, soulless and selfish
as the father Of evasions and intri CUES
himself. When running through here
regularly and performing the service of
mail carrier, the company held out the idea
that they were doing it gratuitously, and
that the town ought to feel under great OBJ
ligationsto them for such disinterested ser.
vice! for such magnanimity! Thus most
excellently 60 their vision) were they
pavingthe way for removal and absolv.
ing themselves from their former service
and obligations to this place-thinkin g
undoubtedly that no one would have the
hardihoed to 50 insult their importance as
to question their acts and authority in the
premises. And they did so far succeed as
to cheat US out of nearly a months mail
service, when they we're ordered as we
have above stated to furnish as semi
weekly mail. ~


Our necessities require a daily mail.
The business of the county and town de.
mand it; but if we cannot have that, let
us have with some regularity and prompt
ness that which Government affords US
and pays its contractors for (not) doing.
Year: 1862

Rather Saiy.-Quits a crowd of ex-
cited purchasers and spectators, were
collected around the wagons of salt
dealer on Market street yesterday, who
was wholesaling his stock at the rate
of S1O2 per sack! What induced the
owner to make such o sack .riice of 80
scarce an article, we are at loss to
divine. We are informed that the
county agents have four car loads Of
fine salt on the way to this place; and
that two car loads of it will reach here
Tomorrow Chattanooga Rebel
Year: 1862

A late New York paper says: Coffee,
since the passage of the new tariff act,
and tho worry material falling off of sup.
plies, has materially advanced to price.
One year ago Rio coffee could be bought
at eight and ten cents per pound. At
the present time the price is thirty AID
thirty. five cents.
Year: 1862

y Our foreman and most important
assistant. is still too unwcll to work. -
While this the case it will be impossi


ble Cor us to get out the Bulletin often.
er than every other day. PUB.
Year: 1862

II will interest our readers to peru5e the fol
lowing extracts of letter from a lady in Bait
more, dated March 3Oth TO a gentleman whC
fought in the battle Of Kernstown After con
graduating her friend upon his safety the writer
proceeds:


"Our polluted streets and city were honored by
the presence of the brave Virginians taken in ia,
fight They were kept in jail until they wert
SEM t0 Fort Delaware. Only two or three per
sons were allowed to see them
You cannot imagine the excitement about oul
poor prisoners The jail was fairly besieget
with crowds Of ladies' while loads Of clothing
aud all sorts OF deicacies were sent them The
day after they arrived it wsxTeported that more
were coming and the streets were lined ,yitl
trieads ready to receive them IS they deserved
Ladies were provided with flowers to stTHw ia
their path; but there We're no more to come


When the prisoners were taken away, hand
6eTchiefs were waved, the people cheered, and
everything was done to show them our real feel
ing For a time We forgot the Yankees in our
midst, and took complete possession of the city
What would have been done, if any of you had
been brought here as prisoners, cannot imagine
Thank God, you are safe, fighting in fearful
necessity Even your enemies could not help
bearing testimony 70 your bravery and valoI
They say they never saw such splendid fighting;
and old Shields says, in his report, 't5e bravery
and iscioIne Of the enemy was such that in
The wholefgnt and retreat there was never the
slightest panic l wish you could have held
your ground, but hope for better things next
time.


] suppose you viii stand by the Just cause
until 1t is triumphant, as it must be sooner OF
later. / admire your heroic jackson, as Capt


- called him. and think Col Ashby a real
hero. ! have watched his course for a long time


! hope the StonewsH will be stronger next
t,u,n. AMI the enemy be dashed to pieces against
it. The Yankees are desperate. They have col
lccted the largest army they can, and they ere
armed equipped, and provided in the best pos
sible style, and enraged that the rebels won't
give mp They ere really vengeful but the firm
determined spirit Of the South, never daun5cd-
if driven Oh at ono place appearing in another
must overcome them at last
Year: 1862

The MUTILATIoN OF Treasury NuTEs
Evidence has been received at the Treasury
Department that the work of mutilating treas
ury notes has become quite business, and not
an UnpTOf able one For instance. the mu:ila-
tor takes one ten dollar note. and tears OF a
tenth part of one corner, and passes off the note
for ten dollars, nobody questioning that II is
perfectly good. He takes another note of same
denomination, and tears oil tenth part On
another corner, and so ON, until he has secured
four corners. Then be takes another note and
tears out piece from the upper side right; from
another note piece from the upper side left,
next to the corner; from two more notes d D ece
is extracted from the lower side right OF one.
and piece from the lower side lett OF the other.
From the ninth note he removes piece from the
right of the middle, and from the tenth aud last
note piece from the left middle Then be has
ten parts OF what appears 10 be "a single ten dol
lar treasury note, which hc iugrniously pastes
together, and passes of under the plea that the
note was accidentally torn in pieces, but is new
ertheless just as good AS if it was whole Siugu-
lar as II may SEEM tins business has become So
extensive that the attention of the government
has been called TO it, and it is decided as the
only et1ectuRl way OF checking the evil. Not so
redeem any note at par unless it is whole and 10
deduct one dollar for every tenth part OF O. note
torn of, and in that proportion for larger amounts
removed l make the above statement upon the
authority OF the Treasurer of the United States.
Northern Paper.
Year: 1862

SUlCDE-John Nouisey was found on
Monday hanging dead in the cellar OF Nj Mcbride, on
Main street, the No 6 engine house. An inquest
was held over the body by Esq Richards when verdict
returned that lie to his death by hanging him
self He was formerly keeping drinking saloon some
where in Mississippi and had been short time in this
city, where he saving wood and he had been sui
ferng from sickness The motives that led the fatal
aa. are not known. probabIy- poverty and sietness
Year: 1862

NEGRO SHOT.-At : o'clock last night por-


ton Of the guard duty in the cry pursued person
capped prisoner not could not learn-on jefferson
street between Main and Front Of the guard fired
the running man. but the bullet missed It's aim and
struck the foot Of negro standing Titus grocery
store The woan5 Is not serious This firing in the
streets dangerous Thing for the citizens and if every
man who now carries weapon is to be allowed to use
it in crowded streets it viii lead 10 painful results
Year: 1862

The following report was presented and adopted by
the Board


Your committee beg leave to report that the tar roof
inc placsd upon the market houses by Ar Mills IN Isc
0f the tin roofing removed by him under an order Of M
BOARD has proved complete failure aud that he h. r
1ursd put the same in good order, and upon failure
to do So that the City Attorney be instructed to tae for
feiturs upon his bond.


CONCLUDED TOMORROW
Year: 1862

On the first night that Cooper performed on the


Cincinnati boards, the following amusing varia-


ton was unwittingly introduced into the PLAY.


which was " Othello." Among a large audience,


composed of every description Of people, was


country lass. Now the innocent Peggy had never


before set foot within the playhouse. She en-


tered just as Othelo makes the defense before the


Duke and Senate of Venice The audience were


unusually attentive to the play, and Peggy wos


permitted to walk in the lobby until she arrived


at the door Of the stage-box, when some one


handed her IN without Withdrawing his ewes from,


the play; wLile her beau, country boy, was com
PEELED to remain in the lobby Miss Pegg stared
about her for moment, as if wondering if she
were in the proper place, till casting her eyes on
the stage she observed several chairs which werc
unoccuped. Perhaps this circumstance .alohc
would hardly have determined her to take sbe
step she did, but she observed that the people on
the stage appeared more at ease than those among
whom she was standing, and withal more sociable
and as fate would have it, just at that moment
Othello, looking nearly toward the place where
she was situated, exclaimed, "Here comes the
lady! y The Senators half rose in the expectation
OF seeing the gentle Desdemona appear, and
Othello advances two steps to meet her, when.
10 the maiden from the country steps from the
box plump on the stage and advanced toward the
expectant Moor 1: is beyond human power to
give any idea of the confusion that followed. The
audience elapped and cheered, the Duke and Sen
ators forgot their dignity while poor Peggy was
ready to sink with CONSERVATION. Even Cooper
llmsef could not refrain from joining in the gen
sr9 nerriment. The uproar lasted for several
minutes, until the gentleman who handed her into
he box helped the blushing girl out of her un-
pleasant situation. 1t was, however, conceded on
Ill hands that lady never made her debut or
he stage with more eclat than Miss Peggy
'-G7pers Magazine.
Year: 1862

MINNIE MNDEN.-We have another letter
quite long and elaborate one, from our fierce
little rebel correspondent Minnie NIinden." She
declines our suggestion as to the personal inter
vew and we withdraw it. She is kind enough
to say that she would not have US -assassinatet3
and adds;


"No, would have the vampires rioting in your
own bosom to feed upon the bitter fountains there
in moekery of the miseries of your Efe-I would
doom you an outcast, wandering Salathiel, with
mountains to fall upon, but rot crush seas to
submerge, but not drownj FIRE to torture, but not
consume. Like the Fairy of Ariosto at times. I
would assume the serpents shape, and, cong
about as if to beguile you with their sorcerss. l
would hiss you with the mocseries of SELF till life
should be to you torment and curse"


Why, Minnie Minnie what terrible little
woman you must be We wonder whether YOU
expect ever to get married. We should think
that any prudent young fellow, even though
rebel, would as soon marry the DEVILS daughter
and keep house with his father-in-law You saw
you would like to assume serpent's shape and
coil Ground us and hiss US. All, well, we don't
know but we would rather have you coil around
US and hiss US in that shape than coil around us
and kiss us IN your present one.


But you are certainly smart girl, Minnie, and
we have some hopes of you. May be, as the
weeks and months move on, you will grow wiser,
and give up your treason, and adopt the teach
ings of the Louisville Journal, and bless the dear
old flag, and marry patriot, and invite us TO the
wedding, and name your first baby after US.


Write soon, Mnnie.--Lomsville Journal


owe see said Swift. IN one of hi. saroa.tie
Year: 1862

ONE of tie editors of New Orleans paper,
after being put to learn the printing business,
went to court a preachers daughter The next
time he attended the meeting, he was taken down
at hearing the minister announce as his text,
." My daughter is grievously tormented with
devil"
Year: 1862

RUNNING JOHN BROWN INTO THE GRoUND.-
The Rev. Parker Psbury. in a political speech
recently made at Albany, n Y, is reported to
have said:


John Brown, like mighty angel, came down
from Heaven, and if the powers would have per-
mitted would have bound that dragon rof seces-
SION for a thousand mienial years and forever
You seized that first, grandest hero of the nine
teenth century, and hung him upon a cross-the
submest as well as saddest, spectacle since the
scene upon Cavalry, that yelled the very heavens
in sackcloth and darkness. John Brown taught
US the way but the people would not learn. He
cane, the very God made flesh, and pointed the
road but the people and the Government would
not walk therein. He was almost literally the
way and the truth, and he would have been the
life; but the nation was not worthy. sometimes
think that on that fearful morning, The I'd of De-
cember, 1885, as he bowed his head and gave
up the ghost, that the recording angel wrote in
the ledgers Of heaven, Of this nation, It is fin
she'd"
Year: 1862

Beneath a shady tree upon some elevated
ground near the bank Of the river, men and wo-
men removed their outer attire, and then went
down merely in linen garments to the waters
edge, where beside an old dry tree trunk which
leaned over the water stood an athletic figure,
with black, shaggy head, and chest covered
with hair-more like Hercules than John the
Baptist-naked to the waist, and standing t6 his
middle in the water. This man received in his
sinewy arms the pilgrims as they stepped down
to the river, into which by the help of an assist
ant he gave them hasty plunge at the same
time as it seemed to me, little violently, he
pressed down with his hand their heads under the
water. This was repeated three times to each
person. But the broad shouldered, black-haired
herculean Baptist had such good tempered. TO-
vial expression, that we could see very plainly
that he was accustomed to the business, and that
they who came to him had nothing to fear. The
baptized then mounted up the hill again, and re-
sumed their garments in the shade of a large
tree; women helping one another in so doing.
and the men performing the same good Office for
men. Beautiful young women, gray-haired old
women, youths and old men, children of all ages.
were thus plunged into the river. The children
cried numerically, but it was to no purpose to
the river they must go, and overhead three times
in succession end not till then were they restored
to the mothers. There was here no fervancy as
when John the Baptist baptized in the river Jor-
dan or repentance in preparation for the kingdom
of heaven both by word and expression, as pow
erful as the rocks of the desert. It was not in
his case frivolous sport. People here seemed
to 60 into the bath as to some pleasant church
festival.
Year: 1862

Some one asks the Editor of Noah's
Times and Messenger the follwing ques-
ton:


Sometime since made the acauain-
tance of a very pretty lady, who is both
wealthy and accomplished, and think
somewhat proud j have met her several
times during the past few weeks, in the
city and at her fathers country house, by
her special invitation. She has a large
circle of acquaintances, and among them
q suspect) more than one gentleman who
Year: 1862

A SINGULAR IscIDENT.-ALNOsr A CArAs-
rRoPHE.-There is popular superstition that
cat, If allowed the opportunity, will suck
the breath of child;' though bow this is ac-
comPlished is not apparent Cats are sub
Jected to much suspicion, and, indeed, no
animal petted by man is at once so much ad.
mired and detested A circumstance came to
our knowledge recently which seems to indi-
cate that the numerous charges made against
the feline race are not altogether unfounded


The other evening, at q residence only q few
miles from this city, cat was discovered
sitting upon the chest Of little boy four years
Of age, her mouth placed close to the child's
lips, and the cat evidently very much ab-
sorbed in the operation. An effort was made TO
drive the cat away, BY speaking sharply TO her
She paid no attention to this, and was equally
unmindful Of q series Of blows with q stick.
The cat was finally fairly pushed of the BODY
Of the child and OF the bed. She was ther,
pushed out Of the room and down the stairs; she
could not be driven in the usual way She had
q bewild cred, wild look all the time, and exhib-
tied q sign Of fsrocity by springing upon the
servant who was forcing her down stairs
The cat was Instantly killed as q warning to all
cats not 10 be too intimate with sleeping chill
dren. The little boy woke up during the noise
which was made, and was naturally somewhat
frightened. He did not seem to be injured


Though no harm was done, evil might have
ensued had not the cat been discovered and
removed. Her weight on the child's chest
would necessarily reduce the quantity Of air
inspired, and tend TO cause suffocation, while
the child would inspire only carbonis acid gas
taken from the mouth Of the cat. The tive
causes might induce death even. They may
have originated the superstition that a eat
''suckSthe breath of child"


The ease Ia interesting and novel, and may
serve the PaTpose of elisiting inquiry and
patting sonle parent Oa their guard against
the treseheroas and siealthy peas with which
their children plsy.-N y. Com.
Year: 1862

THE ACTION OF THE CONVENTION. The N.
c. Convention has agreed to take a recess from
Tuesday the 25th inst. until the 2lst of April,
unless sooner convened h5 the President. The
Convention passed an Ordinance to pay North
Carolina's portion of the War Tax from the State
Treasury and collect it from the people hereafter


We think this is unfortunate act of the Con-
pared to pay the tax than they will be for
eral years hereafter, and we think most of them
had made arrangements to pay and would do it
willingly. The amount will have to be collected
at some time and we fear at time when the taxes
for State purposes are the highest. If any Of the
counties are rendered unable to pay by reason of
invasion, the State might have assumed the pay
ment Of the tax for those counties and collect it
from them hereafter. But most of the coun ties
are ready and should have been allowed to pay
The action of the Convention will cause trouble
and distress hereafter.


The Convention also passed an Ordinance to pay
a bounty of $50 to volunteers for the war. This,
added to the bounty of $50 offered by the Confed-
crate Government, makes one hundred dollars for
each soldier who volunteers for the war. This
bounty is also to be paid to those already enlisted
deducting the ten fifteen dollars paid them here
tofore. This liberal proposition is made in order
to avoid draft, which will have to be resorted to
unless the required force is soon obtained. We
will publish the ordinance in full as soon as we
obtain a copy.
Year: 1862

The Above report was made on the 9th Dec, ls6l-
since that time enough have entered the service
to increase the number to over 10000.


We may also add that probably two hundred men
have Joined the service South Carolina from this
part of the State.
Year: 1862

WHIsKEY.-The panic of the whiskey dealers,
in Richmond on the seizure of Corn by the govern
ment, has extended to Petersburg. We learn
from the Express that fair to good article can
now be bought at s6 per gallon, which is little
more than most lovers of the beverage are willing
to pay for it. The Express says that the act Of
Congress, authorizing the seizure of purchased
for dstilline, gives satisfaction to all who favor
GOOD morals
Year: 1862

We have convincing and multiform proof that


the people of the South especially the great rural


population, was never more resolved than they are


now to fight out the to the bitter end. The


effect OF this determined feeling is seen in the


growing determination to re-enlist, which is found


to prevail in every regiment of our volunteer
army. Parents and kindred at home are writing
patriotic letters to the young men in camp, who
are responding to their appeals in the most graft
flying manner. lt is not the volunteers who are
much to be appealed to in this case as their
kindred at home. If these latter do but say the
word there is not one volunteer in ten who will
not re-enst. 1t is said that some Of the officers
in the field are discouraeing re-enlistmcnts in
their companies and regiments, desiring them
selves pretext to leave the service of their
country. The officers who would act so base
part would have joined the service at all, if
they had not, by mistaken use of the appointing
power, been seduced isto the service by tempting
commissions. But ten times stronger than the
influence Of these unworthy characters is that of
appeals from home. Let but this latter influence
be eXerted by patriotic fathers, mothers, and
young women, and the cause Of the country will
be safe beyond contingency.


Really, the inducement is very great indeed |
which urges farmers and yeomen to exert this
influence upon their sons in camp. If the Yam
KEGS should succeed, as they now aim to do, in
fastening their enormous debt upon the South, |
even in equal share with themselves, our country
is utterly ruined. The land would literally groan
under taxation, and scarcely any man could call
himself solvent, for scarcely any of the leading
pursuits of the country would get through the
year without debt after paying taxes. Submission
to the enemy would be ruin outright; and our
farmers and planters have nothing to do but to |
fight the battle through to the bitter end. This |
they are more determined upon now, if possible,
than at any former period of the war.