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THE BULLETIN.
PUBLISHED EVEKT THUESDAY JZY :
ROSS fc O SSEB,
Editors ancf Proprietors. L
MAYSVILLE, JUNE. 39 1864
OirGold closed in New Yoik Tuesday,
From the Cincinnati Times.
The HatIoa of affairs in the East is
, 'scarcely plain to the public understand
ing, as the general anxiety demands. The
' sndden cnttioz off of oar official war bol-
'. letios creates a void which the people will
, fill op with rneh speculations as may sng-
Zgest tbemselYes. The operations ot Lee
are ereatly mystified. From one source we
learn that after garrisoning Eichraond and
. Petersburg, and boldinz with slender .force
the lines between, be has not only detach
ed nine .brigades to operate against .tinnier.
bat bas guarded bis still unnroicen rauoaas
, with Jarge numbers, jueanwnue, no
Tisions Richmond, and looks to wearing us
" ant should he be driven to stand a siege.
"We bare to take Petersburg, wnen me
, breaking. of all bis roads will follow.
' ' a v .nrf iIiIai ha has mored S heaTV
Iforce to the east of Grant's army, for some
.purpose as yei uueipl.iuwi.
. Geo. Graot's position entirely commands
the town of Petersburg and the railroad
r communication through Petersburg the
only one between Richmond and Weldon
the town being also commanded by the en
emy's works en tbe north side of the river,
and, therefore, not to be occupied by us so
.1. j1f m - i n I. th. Vion3 nf
JOBS as IDUBO wuiaa iBUiaiu iu w mmumv v
J- . n . a, ' 1 -
tne ueDeis J or an practical uuiuuom vui
," guns f (op all continuous communication by
Vrail between Richmond and points south of
- Petersburg.
We now have some reason for the move
mnt n( tha Federal arm v to the south of
Petersburg, the more especially as it is now
, seen to have covered the operations against
the Weldon railway. Ooe more road, that
Uidino in Tlanvilla. will claim the atten
tion of the Lieutenant General, when the
'main avenues for the transportation of top-
plies may be said to have been thoroughly
iovested.
Al luaiimg uuio iw nuum po
this morniDg'tf dispatches that GeBeral
Grant is preparing for a movement on Fort
Darling. General Foster is busy In that
direction.
Gen. John Morgan is stated to have
; reached Lewisburg. Western Virginia with
'. 2,000 troops on .bis retreat from Kentncky.
- Heavy firing was heard on the 26ih in the
"direction of Burmuda Iluodred. General
Botlet'd fortifications at that point are said
to be impregnable. It is stated that the de-
fenses of Washington are not more care
fully .constructed. .
We learn from Gen.' Sherman's depart-
ment that od tne ma a nag oi iruce was
' sent in by . General Pillow demanding ol
Col. Watkins the surrender of Lafayette.
It was a refused and a fight ensued, io
. which tha Rebel, commander was badly
From the telegrams received this morn
ing, it seems that the attack on Sheridan's
- force was one of great fury, and that the
fight raged for some time with great sever
ity. He, however, repulsed the Rebels, and
brought off his trains in safety. Hie loss in
killed, wounded and missing )s set down" at
'600.
Wafhisgtoit, June 28.
. A dlnrmteh from Sherman received this.
morning report that yesterday we made an
unsuccessful attack on the enemy's posi
tion. -. We lost between 2 000 and 3.0C0. par
ticularly heavy in officers. Geo. Marker is
reported mortally wounded; Col. Danl. Mc
-i -1 I: L: rl T);.. R7lh
. Ohio, verv seriously; Col. Barndel!. 40th
-Illinois, and Col. Augustine, 55th Illinois,
killed.
We took a few prisoners, but don't sup-
wA in AinA.I Kaaw Irtaa nr tha AnsmV.
aa he kept behind parapets.
istgneuj a. ju.oTiHivat
8pecial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
-- Washington, Saturday, June a.
Garret Davis, of Kentucky, offered in the
Senate the following resolutions, which will
be acted upon probably Monday next:
Besolved, By the Senate and House of
Representatives, that three years of civil
war, in whieh the enormous expenditure of
blood and treasure bas no parallel in the
world's history, and wbose wide-spread
rapine and diabolical cruelties have shock
ed Christendom, and which from alternative
success has produced no essential results,
prove that war was not the proper remedy
for our national troubles.
Besdved, That if the people of America
would have and restore their shattered Con
stitution, and avert from themselves and
'their posterity the slavery of a military des
potism, of a public debt, the interest upon
which all the avails of their labor and re
sources will never meet, they must bring
th'.a war to a close.
Besolved, That the Preaident or the United
States be and he is hereby authorized to
' propose a cessation of arroa and an amnesty
to the authorities of the Confederate States
of America, with a view to hold a Conven
tion of the people of all the States to recon
struct the Union; and tf that can not be ef
fected, then that said Convention agree up
on the ' terms of a aeparation of the States
without the further effusion ol blood and of
lasting peace among them.
Banner of Liberty.
We welcome to our exchange list the
Banner of Liberty, a sterling Democratic
rtACK paper, published io Middletown, New
York. Tbe2?anfr is sn old and able sheet,
sod was discontinued in 1851. It Is now
revived, and comes to us with n much im
proved appearance. It is an unwavering
ad vocate of civil and religious liberty, with
out respect to creed or nativity. It will
also contain a large variety of literary and
miscellaneous matter, of the most interest
ing cbarscier, and a weekly summary of the
most important news.
The Banner cf Liberty is published by
;G. J. BEB,.Eiitor, at the low price of $2
psr year. Those of our readers who want
good Eastern paper can not do better than
to subscriber for it.
- Address G. J. BEE BE,
Middletown, New York.
For the Bulletin.
The Annual Examination of the pupils of
the Maysville Institute was held. In the
Court House, in this city, during four days
of last week. , We attended the exercises
everyday, and caBnot help expressing oar
admiration of everything that occurred.
Each day was the spacious building well
filled with the relatives and friends of the
pupils.
The examination of Prof. Suite's pupils
began on Monday, and for two days was as
searching and satisfactory ss the most ardent
friend of education could desire. The vari.
oas classes in Mathematics, Classics, the
Sciences, &c, were in turn questioned, and
presented nndoubted evidence of severe
study and thorough understanding of the
subjects under consideration. . The various
Declamations, by tbe younger boys, added
no little to the interest or the occasion. On
Tuesday night occurred tbe Anniversary
Exercises, consisting of Original Debate and
Orations. To say that the exercises were
exceedingly interesting, would be but to re
peat the opinion of the very large and in
telligent audience that lent anrattentive ear
to tbe eloquent youog gentlemen.
On Wednesday morning Miss Pabke's
classes assembled for examination, and
throughout that day and tbe one following
they fully sustained the high reputation of
their School. The system of examination,
as pursued by the accomplished Principal,
is peculiar and never fails to give satisfac
tion to all concerned. Not content with
questioning tbe youog ladies herself, Miss
Fa eke places books and topics in the hands
of some one of the audience, with the re
quest that the questioning shall be impartial
and thorough. The pupils, almost without
sn exception, failed in no instance to elicit
the warmest praises of their friends. Each
day extracts from tbe Star, a piquant little
sheet edited by tbe youog ladies of the In
stitute, were read, and elicited much ap
plause by their witticisms and local hits.
An exceedingly agreeable feature in this
examination was the Musio, ocder the
direction, respectively, of Mrs. Mulljns,
and Prof. Albert. These accomplished
Musicians and the pupils under their charge
contributed much to the enjoyment of tbe
audience.
On Thuraday night the Court Hoase was
densely crowded to witness tbe Graduating
Exercises, and the performance of an His
torical Cantata. Three youog ladies, Miss
Alice Ficslin, Miss Amanda Miskb, and
Miss Jessie Howe, received tbe honors of
the Institute; and showed, by their scholar
ship and deportment, that they well de
served tbe Iiigh encomiums which were be
ctowed npon them. The Diplomas were
presented, with appropriate remarks, -by
Judge Collins. The Cantata was present
ed in a style unsurpassed by anything of a
similar Dature ever before presented in this
city. Tbe various characters were well re
presented, being appropriately and chastely
dressed. Tb grouping around the bust of
tbe "Father of his CoCitry," presented one
of the most beautiful living pictures we ever
beheld. Raphael, with magic pencil, could
not produce upon canvas tbe rich, glowing
beauty of that charming scene.
Nothing occurred to mar tbe harmony of
the evening, and at a late hour tbe audience
dispersed, well please! with what they had
seen and heard. LINDEN.
GUERltlLLAS ON THE OHIO.
Their Designs and Movements.
It is simply nonsensical to attempt to
disguise the fact that there are several gangs
ot guerrillas at tbe present tn tbe bordering
counties of Kentucky, committing all kind
of outrage, and as they have been so far
unopposed by any k ederal force, they are
baving things altogether tbeir own war.
On Tuesday last a gang, whose number
we did not learn, entered Brandenburg,
robbed tbe citizens fired on tbe steamer
Shingles as she passed up, and recruited a
num ber ot men tor the rebel service. They
remained in town until next day, and are
said to have belonged to Ca'pt. Jesse's
command.
Oo Tuesday about 4 o'clock in the after
noon, some 250 guerrilas, under command
of Cipt. Jones and Major Walker Taylor,
left Cloverport, where they had been com
mitting their outrages, and marched for
Hawesville, where they arrived about half
past 7 tbe next morning, stopping outside
tbe town and encamping, where tbey re
mained until after dinner.
Tbe same parly bad previously visited
Stephecport, where they captured Col. Ben.
Allen, who commanded tbe militia. He
was secured and taken away, treated in the
meantime with the greatest indignity. At
Stepbenport they robbed the stores and cit
zens, and carried off a number of horses.
They entered tbe town of Cloverport
about 1 o'clock on Wednesday, broke open
the storea and helped themselves to what
tbey wanted, stole a number of horses, en
listed a number of recruits, and then left
for Hawesville, 1o wbich place a portion of
tbe gang bad previously been sent.
Tbe guerrillas had things all their own
way in Hawesville, and robbed and rioted
indiscriminately. They broke open the stores
and took such goods aa suited them, stole
too nest norses to be found in tbe town sod
acted tbe banditti generally. In tbe eve
ning they left Hawesville, as tbey stated,
and as ia believe !, for Owensboro, wbich
own tbey declared they intended to attack
capture and burn. Iq ibia arrangement we
tbiuk tbey will be disappointed; and if tbey
should attack the town tbey will receive
tbe soundest kinj 0f a whipping, as there
is a sufhcient ederal force atationed there
for its deleDse.
Why a sufficient cavalry force is not sent
in pursuit ol these robbers to annihilate
them is a matter of tbe greatest wonder
Tbey are doing an immense amount of mis
chiel, and are daily adding to tbeir strength
by volunteers. We are iuformed that one
buodred and sixty recruits joined thera io
tiaucock county alone and a larga number
were recruited iu Meade and other border
couuties. Tbe authorities in Kentucky
should dosometh:ng without another mo
ment' delay to rid the border of these cut
throats. Louisvile Democrat.
The Terrible Fight at Petersburj on
Saturday A Bloody Repulse. '
From the New York News' Battle-field corres
pondent at Petersburg.
We have no braver General than Han
cock; no braver soldiers than those com
manded by him. They have done more
fighting since the campaign opened than
any other corps in the army, and all their
work was well done. The First Division is
a Boble one, and it bas had noble leaders,
Sumner, Richardson, Hancock I Under
such teachers it must learn much, else it
would be dull Indeed. Yet with so bright
a record, it can not alwaysfsucceed. It was
thrown against fire and death at Coal Har
bor. It carried the worka there, carried
them bravely and at a fearful price, but
could not bold them. It attempted to car
ry the worka at Petersburg and failed.
. It was 6 o'clock when this division, now
commanded by General Barlow, was or
dered to cbaigs the enemy's works. To
reach them the enemy must traverse an ex
posed slope of 500 yards. This ground wan
covered with 6tumps and entangled brush.
Tbe works were on the ridge above. They
consisted of a line of earthworks with re
doubts at the angles. The embrasures con
tained guosjtbat swept every foot of tbe
slope and plain below. It was across this
plain through the tangled bush, and up this
fire swept slope that Barlow's men were or
dered to charge. And they mu;t charge
without firing. When soldiers can return
shot for shot and blow for blow danger loses
half its terror; men mast be brave as devils
to push through a storm of bullets and
sbrapbell and not return a shot. But Bar
low's men rushed against the storm, and
hundreds of them fell and were passed by
tbeir comrades. Tbey almost reached tbe
works on the crest, while the flames from
cannon and muskets darted out against tbem
bright and red as tbe setting sun.
Tbey staggered and fell back, and the
rebels held their ground. Tbe brave First
Division lay under tbe guns until morning.
Next day Burnside's corps was at hand.
Ho bad arrived and taken position on Han
cock's left. In the evening one division of
the Ninth and a portion ot Barlow's divis
ion charged the same works. This time
tbe weight was irresistable. Tbe works
were taken, also some guns and prisoners.
Tbe men fought well every where.
Barnside and Barlow broke through the
enemy's centre. In advancing they were
exposed to an enfilading fire from all the
forte and redoubts. Tbe ground behind
tbem waa strewn with dead1 and wooded.
More than a thousand fell, but tbe works
were taken, and the enemy had to retire ou
right and left. They had to retire, but not
in retreat. No, they had 4still stronger
works beyond, and back to these they weut.
There they now stand, and cut our tnea
down in hundreds when tbey attempt to
charge.
In tbe morning an attempt wars made to
carry this line, but it failed. The loss was
very severe. The enemy's gun swept ev
ery approach, and tbeir wearied men bad
been replaced with fresh troops. At half,
past five this evening anoth-er attempt was
made, but tbe worfts were not carried. Alt
last night and to-day tbe din and- rattle oi
musketry resounded from left to right, but
its heaviest part was front of Buroeide
and Hancock. During the nig-ht one brig
ade of Birney'a Division- was entrapped.
Tbey charged silently down slope, across
a ravine at the bottom, and half way up the
slope bey oc d. A rebel fort was on- the crest
above, and rilla-piu for sharpshooters were
all around.
To advance agarniCrbie fort would be de
struction to all. Many feW before the dead
ly rifles of the sharp shooter To return
would be as bad, for the enemy bad- dis
covered their presence, and would not al
low tbem to co back in peace. The bIodb
jthej bad descended by was directly under
tbe emlv'surea oi me lort so tney had to
lie fiat on tbe ground all night, and when a
force went to their re'iet in tbe morning,
tbey found tbe fort abandoned.
The Fifth corps on the left gained some
ground this evenicg. A portion of the 6th
Corps has arrived and taken position. Tbe
troops are all trustful and confident. Tbe
Confederates are firm and defiant. Their
position Is one of great strength. Their
works are fully manned, and they still have
a great army beyond the Appomattox.
Gen. Hancock has suffered greatly from
his old wound. He must seek rest. He
was relieved to-day by Gen. Birney.
There bas been some suffering for want
of rations. The advance oo Petersburg was
so rapid that the supply train could not
come up in time. But they have arrived
with full supplies, and the men are now
ready for the next struggle.
The Confederates hoA the railroad.'
Troops have been rushed into Petersburg
by thousands. Lee is said to have taken
command.
Gretna-Green was made famous by the
facility with which, despite opposing fathers
and obdurate guardians, tbe "Blacksmith"
there welded loving hearts together. Aber
deen, Ohio, was long a theme of praise for
the frequent feats performed of tbe same
nature by tbe "Blacksmith" Sbelton there.
We believe the venerable "Squire" who
made so many heart happy, bas parsed
away, and has left none to pursue hie con
venient vocation, reaoe to his memory!
He had a record as Ion? as tbe moral law,
and large numbers of tbe present generation
bave cause to remember him with grateful
ness, for without bia amiable and accom
modating offices, tbey would not now be
on the stage of action. Cairo Democrat.
We are hippy to inform our friend of the
Democrat, that our venerable Squire ''still
lives" to confer the hymeneal blessing upon
all those who seek his magic power. Not
long since we had tbe pleasure of accom
panying a fleeing couple to the Canaan of
tbeir longings, and witnessing the facility
with which tbe old gent makes two loving
hearts ioto one. It was a lovely eve that
we, seated behind a pair of fast trotters.
annihilated rpace, and left ye angry 'parients
far in tbe rear, to muse upon tbe vanity of
humm affairs. Reaching Seven Acredora,
tbe Rubicon was speedily crossed; and io an
incredibly short time the twain were one.
Long may the far-famed Esq. perform tbe
duties of bis office to the blessing of all un
fortunate lovers.
0OA fight took place on Wednesday, at
Hunter's Point, near New York, among
some negroes who were holding a pic-nic.
The police drove them off with knives and
pistols. Twenty negroes were iojured,' and
two are paid to have been killed.
From the M t . Vcrn on B an ner.
Interesting Correspondence.
Pleasant Township, Knox Co.. Ohio,
June. 16, 1864.
Dear Sib: Inasmuch as you are one of
the delegates from this Congressional Dis
trict to the Chicago Convention, both we
and our neighbors are anxious to learn your
views as to tbe true line of conduct to adopt
in order to secure tbe return of peace, and
the preservation of our liberties. " " '
Very trulv.
ROBT. MILLER,
WM. LAHMON.
Gen. G. W. Moroan.
Mt. Vernon, O., June 17,1864.
Gentlemen Your note is belore me, and
with pleasure I comply with your request.
There is always danger of civil war among
a free people, resulting in the overthrow of
liberty; and I do not believe that mere force
can restore peace, or preserve the Uoion.
In my humble judgment, wisdom and pa
triotism alike demand an armistice: and I
believe that a cessation of hostilities would
result io an honorable and a happy peace.
An armistice is an agreed suspension of
hostilities between belligerents for a specifi
ed time, and for a given purpose. In wars
between civilized nations an armistice al
ways precedes peace, though sometimes re
sorted to for other purposes. None but
barbarian powers pursue hostilities to ei'
termination, and extermination or complete
exhaustion of both contending parties, would
be the necessary result in all wars, did not
the opposing parties aree"to suspend hostil
ities so that the question in dispute might
be submitted to the arbitrament of reason,
after brute force had failed.
During an armistice the hostile armies
maintain their respective positions, and if
terms of edjrrstroent are not agreed upon,
hostilities can be recommencad . But as a
general and almost invariable role.an arrow
tice is followed by peace. The proposition
for an armistice generally comes from the
victor.and thus- after the battle of Solfarino,
gained by the French, the Emperor Napo
leon proposed an armistice to Francis
Joseph of Austria, and" peace was tbe result.
Without magnanimity there can be o
real greatcesi, and the absence of it ia the
certain evidence of a want of proper self
respect. Tbe cause of the Ucion has been
nobly vindicated on more than- a hundred
battle-fields, and the deeds of our soldiers
have reflected immortal glory npon our
arms. But our enemy bas been equally
brave, and although we hate Secession, we
accord arr honest admiration for the horoism
wbieh bas half redeemed a mistaken cause.
The world has never seen such ' battles,
either in point of numbers or dauntless in
trepidity. We have sent to the field more
than two millions of men; and nearly if not
full one-half of thera have gone down to
their graves More than one-tenth of the
population-of the loyal States, have been
actual combatants' in this-war. Whole re
gions of country bave been made desolate;
the busy bum of workshops has been bash
ed, as if palsied by eternal death; the plow
has been left in the middle of the furrow;
and the father, the husband and' tbe son,
bave. alike gone out to battle. And yet,
naught, absolutely naught haj been gained
towards the restoration of that grand and
noble Uoion, formed by our fathers. I say,
then, for a time let the torrent of blood be
stayed ret the olive branch supplant the
word, and Heaven-born reason take the
p!ace of force. Victory has crowned our
banners-on unnumbered fialds, and magnan
imity will add luster to our arms.
Say to- our countrymen of the Souths
"Let us reason- together. Your homes are
draped in mourning, and" so are ours. Many
of your noblest sons have perished on the
field of battle, and such alas, is- the case
with us. We are coantrym-en, and we have
been friends, and even now, amid the red
storm of battle, we are proud of eacB other's
deeds. Te honor the names of Lee, of Sid
ney Johnson and of Jacksonr and you re
spect those of McClellan, of Grant and of
Sedwick. Let us tall? fogettrer and call
back the sacred memories of the past.
Washington was yoor's and" outs'", and
Franklin and Madison sat side by side in
the conventton which framed the great
Constitution."
Reason is the attribute of the gods car
nage is the festival of fiends. Then let as
assemble around the council fire, and for
once imitate our brothers of the forest and
smoke the calumet of peace.
In a word, let the result at Richmond be
what it may, let us declare iu favor of an
armistice of sixty days. We can make the
proposition with honor, because it would be
done on Southern soil. We blockade all
tbe ports of tbe South. not in our possession,
and the great Father of Waters is ours from
its source to its mouth. But we want peace;
we want Union; we want a oessation of tbe
carnage of war; and these blessings can on
ly be attained through an armistice.
In my letter to tbe State Central Com
mittee io September, 1863, 1 decouooed the
policy of President Lincoln in refusing to
reoeive Alexaoder H. Stephens as Con
fedederate Commissioner; and, since then, I
bave frequently urged tbe appointment of
Commissioners on our part, to meet with
others to be appointed by the authorities at
Richmond; and I again respectfully advise,
what I have so often recommended before.
With earnest hopes for the preservation of
the Uoion, and the return of peace, I re
main, gentlemen, vour obliged fellow citi
zen, GEORGE W. MORGAN.
To Robt. Mjllkr and Wm. LahmoN.
(7The library of Yale college has just
received from the Emperor of Rassia a fac
aimile copy of the celebrated Greek manu
script of the Holy Bible, found in 1859 at
the convent of St. Catharine, on Mount
Sinia, by Dr. Tischendorf, well known as
ooe of tbe most learned students and critics
of tbe sacred texts. The New TestameBt
is complete, but in the old Testament some
books and parts of other are missing.
It is amusing to hear a man who has just
brain enough to believe that his wisdom
and intelligence is needed to held society
along, prate about the inherent weakness
of woman's mind. You can see how strong
his own must be, but cannot help wishing
be had a little more power of discernment,!
that would enable him 'to see himself as
as others see him
A serpent frequently destroys the harmo
ny of one's domestio relations. - In the case
ot Othello it was a handkerchief another
style of a wiper.
. Britannia asi Japanued Ware!
A FINE STOCK OF BRITANNIA WABB AND TEA
TEATS AND WAITSH3, vtry cheap, at
dedcl7 R. ALBERT'S 2d street.
The Horrors Attending an Invading
Army. ,
A correspondent of the Elmira Guztita
with Sheftaan's army, bow penetrating iuto
the heartof Georgia, writing from the neigh
borhood of Dalton, says: .
We camp on lar,e and beafltiful planta
tions, and spread desolation unavoidably be
fore us. As we advance we make as clean
a sweep of live stock, as the enemy have of
their slaves. When abandoning their plan
tations, all the blacks are run further south.
We have been told that tbey are moving
them by thousands, of late, and that this
was very much of a slave farmed district.
It must be so as the amount of labor done
on plantations this season is great. The large
fields of wheat, corn, rye, tobacco and cot
ton, in the most flourishing condition, indi
cated the prosperity of the country. Inmost
instances tha inhabitants flee before as; only
the poorer class remain at home. It is tru
ly heart sickening to see so beautiful a coun
try ravaged and destroyed. These fine farms
and pleasant homes are truly unequal in
any country, but the hand of war will lay a
scourge on them tbatj a century can not
efface.
On nearly every farm we noticed a cot
gin, in wbich were stored thousands of dol
lars worth of the finest cotton. On the 19th
we again confronted tbe enemy at Csssville
who barricaded the town, and intended to
make a stand, bat late in the afternoon he
evacuated the pltce, and our forces occupied
it. During the battle all the inhabitants
vacated the town, that was sicked and pil
laged by the soldiers. Oa entering one house'
we saw a soldier, donned in the habiliments
of some Southern ladyblack siltc dress, a
pink dres honnvt, while cm the floor in mu
tual ruin lay a largo and costly vase, that
had been hurled into a hundred doflar mir
ror, added to the confused mixture, was an
nihilated piano smashed sofa broken chairs
cVc. While making my way to camp, 1
saw a Rplendid oil painting of the 'surrender
of Yorktown," sirsperrded' from the side of
an old supply wagon, for the gratification- and
classic tastes of soma mtrle driver.
A correspondent of the N. Y. Express
writes as follows of tbe sufferings now expe
rienced by the defenceless and helpless-women
and children of Georgia:-
The section of Georgia- through which
this army has passed is literally striped of
every thin?; what little the rebels left has
been absorbed by on-r forces. 1 witnessed
a sight yesterday which I pray I may never
witness again. I have seen death upon the
battlefield in all its most horrid forms; I
have seen whole platoons of brave men
melt away before the iron storm of battle,
but was never so vividly impressed with a
true realization of the horrors of war as I
was yeslerdy.
I strolled farnp a winding ravine between
two range of hills. When a considerable
distance from camp, I came npon about
twenty women and children, huddled to
gether, partakers of each others wretched
ness among the hills, in a state of starvation.
Close by was a rude, newly made grave,
where one of their number had been iaid in
the ground, who they said starved to death.
Sucbr a group of misery I never saw before.
No couch but the ground, no shelter bat
tbe pitiless sky, and not a morsel of food!
I turned from the scene sick at heart that 1
could do nothing for them, and to think that
thair lawful protectors were just across tbe
hills engaged in fierce battle for destruction
of their country. Leaving the spot I saw a
woman hurrying across the field wringing
her bands in a state of despair borderiog on
madness. But enough of this.
The Fort Pillow Massacre. The Rich
mond correspondent of tbe London Times,
after a reference to Forrest's incursion, in
which not a word is said of the massacre at
Fort Pillow, adds?
The European reader will know what
estimate to place upon the extravagant
stories with which the papers of the United
States abovKidin regard-to the treatment of
the garrison at Fort Pillow by Gen. Forrest.
They remind one of tbe fables so exten
sively circulated yist after the first battle of
Manassas.-"
This is a very easy way to gloss overlhat
atroeity so as not to-shock liuropean readers.
""'Tisaseasy as lying" says Hamlet. Chi
cago Journal.
And why could cot yottj it, as well?
To a gentleman, rho has been accurtomed
to acknowledge that there is a right and
wrong, and bas been taught to respect vera
city, tying must be a very difScult matter.
But those who raised tne atrocious stories
about tbe massacre at Fort Pillow, found it
quite easy, and so it seems does the Journal,
to insinuate that the ''extravagant stories"
were true. It seems tbey of England are
pretty well posted as to tbe Munchausen
stories put forth wherever the negro is con
cerned, and place the proper estimate upon
the most exaggerated and atrociously ex
travagant picture (!) of tbe bloody and re
lentless war. The carnage in proportion to
those engaged, was very great at Fort Pil
low, but the atrocities complained of WERE
NEVER COMMITTED and the idea or
of burying men alive was but the creation of
Ignorance and falsehood, devised to cover
transactions scarcely less hideous, and enor
mities at which humanity shudders. Cairo
Democrat-
Any one would as soon expect a bullet
from a rosebud, as an ugly word a from a
lady's mouth.
The flour and grain trade of Indianapolis
Indiana, is said to amount to $1,500,000.
The New Orleans Picayune acknowledges
the receipt of a potato weighiog 26 pounds
from Matamoras.
Some pathotogista claim that diptheria
has been occasioned by tbe introduction and
use of kerosene oil.
Gently the dews ra o'er ma stealing, as
tbe man said when be had five bills present
ed to him at one time.
Who was the first carpenter mentioned i n
the Bible? Pharoah, when be mado Joseph
a ruler.
There are eleven hundred different relig
ions in the world, No excuse ibr a marT't
not having any, surely.
A young middy who was making his first
voyage, had so severe an attack of seasick
tbat he threw up his commission.
.'Terrible pressure iu tbe money market,
as the cat said when the keg of specie rol
led over her,
Special Notices.
l-Let those who have doubted the virtues
of Bull's Cedron Bitters, if any such there be read
the following Certificate from gentlemen' well
known in this community, and douht no more
Its general introduction into the army will
save the lives of thousands of our soldiers.
Louisville, Kj., June 8d, 1S63.
"We, the undersigned, have seen the good ef
fects produced by the use of Dr. John Bull's
Cedron Bitters in case of general debility and
prostration of the system, and believe it general
use would prevent disease and relieve much suf
fering. Among our soldiers particularly would
this be the case, especially those who are ezposcd
to miasmatic influences in the Southern climate.
Maj. Philip Speed, Col. Int. Rev. 8d Diet. Ky.
Chas. B. Cotton, Col. Port of Louisville, Ky
Col. K. Dent, Prov. Marshal Geu'l of Ky. '
Eev D P Henderson; Vice Pres. Sanitary Com
Harney, nughes & Co., Publishers, Democrat!
Geo. P. Doern, Prop. Louisville Anzeiger.
Hughes & Parkhill Wholesale Dry Good
Dealers, Main St. Louisville, Ky.
Davis, Green & Co. Wholesale Shoe Dealera
Main St. Louisville, Ky. '
Hart & Mapother, Lithographers, corner of
Market and Third Stsr. Louisville, Ky.
Julius Winter, Clothing Merchant, corner nf
Third and Market Sts. Louisville, Ky.
Capt.S.F. Hildreth, of Steamer Mai. Anderson
Maj. L.T. Thus ten, Paymaster O. S. Array
C. M. Metcalf, National Hotel", Louisville
Col. Jesse Bayles, 4th Ky. Cavalry.
George D. Prentice. Louisville Journal.
See advertisement in another column.
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Of the best manufactories, at from $25 to
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Commercial
MAYSVIL-LE MARKET.
Thursday. June 30.IS63.
S ii par New Orleans, 20 to 23c
Molasses. New Orleans, Bbls fl 10(21 l&f
naif Bbls. n 151 20. '
Coffee 43c. to 4 kv
Wheat Kod fl 501 65; White fl 7S.
Fi.orir. Sellinsr at from $3 2na 90.
Whisifey. AFarket firm at 1 50.
Crush Srar, 2rc.
Gran " 2fic
Loaf "- 2kv
Bacon Sides 15; IlamslS; Shoulders T2Ks.
Lrd.-14 to 15j, per tt.
Hemp. $135 per ton.
Tobacco Se!iirjf at 7?16c Ibs.
Mackehfl. Barrel $15$ Half bbls. $3.25"
Quarters, No. 1, S4.75.
Sazt. 00c; bushch
Kice 11c. Vb.
Feathers. 12 cents 2sr;
Flax Jeed. $2 50 per bushel'.
Hemp Seed. $3.50 per bu&hel.
JOHtf C. HAVRJtfEYER & BRO.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
In LEAF TOBACCO,
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