The Dollar Weekly Bulletin, 1864-04-28

reached the town of Pleasant Hill about 5 o'clock. 'This was the fl st open piece of coontry tbat we had found since we left Natchitoches, and that was only a mile square. - The cavalry had been iu a brisk skirmish during the afternoon. About fifty wounded men were brought in, and a hos hospital - pital hospital was established. .-.... At 2 o'clock on the morning of the 8th. the 1st brigade of our division, com nosed of the 19th Kentucky, 77th Illinois, 23d Wis consin, and 67th Indiana, numbering about i.ouu men, was started in advance, and by daylight commenced skirmishing with the enemy.' We (tbe Chicago Merchantile Bat Battery,) - tery,) Battery,) started at day-break with the2J brig. ade and the 3d division, cumbering about 2.500 or 3,000 men and marched through dense timber until 3 o'clock io the afternoon, when we were ordered to the front. To get to where tbe fighting was in progress, we bad to pass the whole train of Lee's cavalry division, numbering 300 wagons; and as there was only one road through tbe timber, tbey were polled up to our side, and we went by them on a gallop, with our gnns, caisions, battery-wagon, and forge. We had just passed the train when we came to an opening about a mile square, and on the opposite side were our men engaged in skir skirmishing. - mishing. skirmishing. . By this time our whole division was in action, and a brigade of the 31 division. We crossed the field, took a position near tbe edge of the opposite woods, and had just got in a battery, when we heard a ter terrible - rible terrible yell, and saw a line of rebels, unbro ken , charging on our exhausted men, who had been skirmishing all day, and had only a few rounds of ammunition left. Then camo a withering volley of mus musketry, - ketry, musketry, and then our poor 'boys commenced a retreat, but not in order, for there were not men enough left to form a line. We wait waited - ed waited a few moments, until our men bad pas passed - sed passed us, and commence 1 firing upon the rebel lines but could not Btop their progress, and we soon received orders irom uol. ljandrum to limber up and leave, if we ever expected to get our guns off. Two of our horses bad been shot, but we forced them across tbe field, and took up another position in the edge of the timber, firing again oo the rebel lines, which we could see with great dis distinctness, - tinctness, distinctness, crossing the field on . the double- pu.ck. Here Gen. Ranson was shot io the knee, and obliged to leave the field. Lieutenant Throop was felled by . the wind of a shell which "razed his abdomen.' Gen.' Banks was here trying to rally the cavalry, which was in great disorder. Tbe buglars soun sounded - ded sounded the rally a sound that I snail never forget, aod a new line was form ad; but in a few moments both ourflanks were turned, aud were obliged to limber up aod retire a short distaiice. Here another line was form ed, and a few more shots were delivered. By this time the rebels were on both of our flanks, and firing across us in every di direction. - rection. direction. We got our pieces, into the read, and began to retreat, when a scene of great confusion ensued. In the road was that whole cavalry train, faced to the rear, and each man trying to escape on his own book, and tbe road so blocked up that it was an impossibility for any thing to move. Our gun was next to tbe rear piece ,and fired one of the last shots tbat was fired by the artil artillery. - lery. artillery. ' When the rebels got within two rods of us, we received orders to cut the traces and escape if possible. Mr. Dyer, our gun gunner, - ner, gunner, weut to his limber, took out a file and a hammer, and, when the rebels had al already - ready already reached the gun behind ours, he com commenced - menced commenced 6piking his gun, and was captured at his post.' Whether he was wounded or Dot, I cannot tell. , I now began to think of my own safety, and ran down tbe road a short distance; then I struck into the woods until I was exhaus exhausted, - ted, exhausted, when I caught a mule. I mounted him, but wss immediately dismounted by tbe fractious animal. Soon after, I found another mule, mounted him, and was soon out of danger, behind the 19th Army Carps. While our division wa fighting, the 19th Army Corps went into camp about eight miles to our rear, and were afterwards, but too lae, brought up to our succor. .. Of our who'.e division, numbering 3.000 men but 1000 are left to tell of the fearful odds against which they contended' Two regiments of our division were consolidated, and bad in all IIO meu and 7 officers. Ol the regimental officers, tbe highest in rank remaining is a Captain. In our battery 22 men are missing, two are with us wounded, and only one officer Lieut. Roe is left. Captain White, Lieuts. Cone. Tbroop and Barr, are all captured. Not one of our boys showed any cowardice, but stood by their guns until the last, and, when I left tbem, reba on both aides of the woods were calling on us, with frightful oaths, - to halt; but I was determined to escape if possible, aod succeeded by tbe favor of a gracious Prov Providence, - idence, Providence, for surely only a charmed life could have withstood the shower of bullets with which we were surrounded and at all times- Tbe 19th Corps checked the rebels, and held them for twenty-five minutes, when they were obliged to retire, wb:ch they. did slowly; and,-as night came on, the 'bloody conflict ended.' "... V , . . ' " Tbe next morning, the 9tn,' Gen,' A. J. Smith came up with, hie command, and we wera ordered to accompany onr' wagons, which comprised all that'we had left, and they were ordered to come here as tjulct as possible. , ' " r." The town we are cow in is four miles from Natch itocbss on the Red River. Tbe fight took place four ' miles from the town of Mausfield.Da Soto Parish, La. " ' Oo the 9th Gen. A. J. Smith, who im immediately - mediately immediately relieved Gen. Franklin, whipped the rebels badly, captured twelve suns. and BOO' prisoners. - This ij the latest news that I bve from the front. .-.. Grand Ecore, Red Riter, April 10. WaleftNatchttocrhBaon-the-6th. On the .'V

clock in the morning, and started for Shreve Shreve-port. - port. Shreve-port. We got on a few - miles, -when we heard cannonading ahead. , Presently our captain who was Chief of Artillery of the 13th Corps) came back, and ordered us to move to tbe front, saying. 'They are fight ing like h IU' We moved forward about eight miles on tbe double quick, and when we eot to thescena nf option. T. found h spoke the truly. -The balls were flying as - . . thick as ba listones, while tbe artillery kept up a ueiigntiul bsss to tbe trembling of tbe musketjry;' Our battery (the Mercantile) was loaaea who canister, and commenced firing. We were on tbe le't. The rebels charged tbe left of the ine, and. we had to fall back about a mile. We stayed there for over ao iiour, and. then were driven back agaio.. Our guns were playing tbe "devils tat too" on tbe rebel ranks. We were char charged - ged charged three times, but drove the rebels back every time. j many, owing to superior numbers against us, our forces had to re treat. r - - : ; Our corps (the 13) was all cut to pieces, aod so we fell back to this place five or six miles from the battle-fiield. to reorganize. We brought our guns back two miles from the field, and tben had to leave them, as the road was all blocked up with the train, We lost twnty-four pieces of artillery all there were in the fight. Our Captain and two Lieutenauts were captured; Lieutenant George Troop was mortally wounded. Sev Seven - en Seven men were wounded, and twenty-two are missing. . General A. J. Smith came up the next day, and whipped the rebels, taking 2,000 prisoners and sixteen pieces of artillery. He sent word to the rebel Genersl Price saying that be would fight him all tbe way to oureveport, and not take another prison prisoner. - er. prisoner. "Jenny," said a landlady to her servant, "was there any fire io the kitchen last night while vou were setting up?" "Yes.marm." said Jenny, ' there was a spark there when I went down, and . I soon fanned it into a flame." The landlady looked suspicious at Jenny, but the innocent girl went on scrubbing, and humming "Katie darliDg." TheMdmmies of Thebes. Messrs. Ayer & Co. have received from Alexander a cargo of rags to pay for their, medicines, which are largely sold in Egypt. Tbey are evi evidently - dently evidently gathered from all classes and quar quarters - ters quarters of the. Pacha's dominions the cast-off garments of Hadjis 'abd Howadjis white linen turbans, loose breeches,' and flowing robes. Not tbe least part of their bulk is cloth in which bodies were embalmed and wound for presevation three thousand years ago. Tbey are now to be made into paper for Ayer's Almanacs, and thus, after hav ing wrapped tbe dead for thirty centuries, are used to warn the living fiom the narrow house which they have so long inhabited, and to which' in spite bf all our guards and cautions, we must surely go. Daily Eeve Eeve-ning - ning Eeve-ning Journal. Facts to be Considered. In the year 1830 the West Indies exported 17,000.000 pounds of cotton. The United States ex ported less than 18,000.000 pounds. Thirty-three "years later slavery was abolished in the British West India Islands. Six years after emancipaation the West Indies exported only 866.156 pound? of cotton, and the United States 743,941,061, pounds. In 1790 the value of the exports of Hayti was S28.000.000. In 1800, or sixty years after emancipation, tbe exports from Havti amounted to only about $23,000,000. In 1800, or sixty years after emancipation, the exports from llayti amounted to only about $2,500,000. In Jamaica, a rich and beau tiful island, the exports amounted to $15,- 000 000 In 1809. lint in 1S53 they amount ed toouly about 4 000,000. . The rich plan tations are going to decay," and wretched wretchedness - ness wretchedness is apparent on ever hand. ' Emancipa Emancipation - tion Emancipation was a curse to both blacks and whites Neither were in so good a condition nor so happy as they previously were. Lono's Spee ch. Tbe . speech of Alex Alexander - ander Alexander Long, of the led District, has raised a devil of a rockery amoDg tha Abolition members of that negro debating society as will ba seen from the congressional proceed ing in another column; aod they bave re resorted - sorted resorted to their old experiment of trying to expel, the member who makes a speech which they are noable to answer. We do notagree with all the views expressed by Mr. Long, but the action of the Abolition Speaker, aod his followers, are without pre precedent, - cedent, precedent, and, if successful, will sweep from the land the last vestig of . free speech. Why was not Bingham, Stevens, Lovejoy, and others, expelled for avowing openly, on the floor of Congress, tbat they dul not wish to sa tne union renoreut Ana wny are such men as Pbillips.Thompson, acd others, who boast' that , tbey labored long to dis dissolve - solve dissolve the Union. voted the use of the Hall of Congress, and from this same Speaker's desk, preach disunion. .The reason is ob- vious tbey are Abolition raiscegenatiomsts. If all tbe Abolition members of Congress, and of the Cab net the President included, who bave uttered secession sentiments on tbe floor of Congress, were expelled, there would be few of them left. It seems that a Demoorat caa give no greater offense in these uays. tuan to utte- sentiments that a few years ago formed the whole matter of the Abolition spencers, both on the stnmp, and tte floor of,, Congress. Hancock Cour. TO0B FCRXTiHED BT THE STATES TO TBE Abmjeb. Thestatement,reeeotly made in th rebel Home of Representatives by a member formerly well knows i political eircles at the north, showe in round num number, - ber, number, thai number of me- that have been foroished to the rebel armies by the re re-snaetiva - snaetiva re-snaetiva Btates since the war began: A a a-bama - bama a-bama has furniahed 40,000 men; Florida, 51000: LooWana. 36,000'; Z,ZL(ri. 40.000: N..ith Carolina. 35 O0O; Th rurolin. 25.000; Tax. 20.000; Vir ginii.. 103,000; Arkansas, 28.000; Tennessee '

Mb."Editob: If have TcelVec ted aTfew faots and figures,' which' I present to.. your readers, that they may be enabled to under stand tbe question of' Southehi Aggressions,' so much talked of, before the war. I hope if tbey meet the- eeof. honest Republicans thev will give them their attention.' Truth and justice ever will prevail against false falsehood - hood falsehood and injustice. t The war of 17?6 which resulted in the Independence of America! was begun hot with the purpoie of separating the colonies from tbe mother country, tbatdid not enter into the design of tbe patriots of that day. Tbey were not at the outset revolutionist! nor secessionists, but fought to 'maintain the tizhteof British freemen, thev renialed op pression, acd id doing so against obstinacy, conquered their freedom and their inde pendence. ioesides tbe thirteen colonies wjicb. re volted, there were other British possessions In America; there were Nova Scotia, Hew Brunswick, and Upper acd Lower Canada But these refused to join with the thirteen colonies, and to this 'day tbey are under British dominion. 'The war was carried on, and lodepen dence finally acquired bv New York, New T T -i ' -1 ' .1 . J Virginia, North and South Carolina, Geor gia, and tb'e New England States, then but four ;n number, viz: New Hampshire, Mas sachusetts, Connecticut and Kbode Island. Tbesse constituted the oriininal thirteen States, and all the other states now in tbe uuiuu are maeoiea to mem lor tneir posi tion as btates in tbe Union. Tbe Territory' arrf'iired ' with Indepen dence, from Great Britalc." extended from New Brunswick and Ihe Caoadas on tbe North, to the Northern boundary of Florida on tbe boutb, and from the Atlantic Ocean on the East, to the Mississippi River and lioaisiaoa territory on tbe West. 1 he area of this domain, is upwards of SO4.C00 square miles aU E.st of the Mis Mississippi - sissippi Mississippi River. 1 be territory lying to the west of the Mississippi River, was at tbe time of the American Revolution under the dominion of France and Spain; it extends from the British possessions on the North, to the Rio Grande on tbe South, and to tbe Pacifis Occac on the West, and including Oregon and California, contains an area of over 2,- 000.CO0 of fquare miles. TbeUoited States at this Toomeot claim dominion' over all this vast tract of country from tbe Atlantio to the. Pacific, embracirz an area (Including Florida purchased la 1818) of about 2.900, 2.900,-000 - 000 2.900,-000 square miles.' At tbe date of the Declaration ' of Inde Independence, - pendence, Independence, all this immense territory was slave territory, and every signer of the Declaration of Independence the signer from Massachusetts equally with the signer from South Carolfua was either himself a slaveholder, or wis tbe representative of slaveholders. During tbe period from the close of the Revolution to tbe year 1799, slavery was aboli.hedln Pennsylvania, and the States to tbe East and North of it. So at that latter date, seven of the original thirteen States had become free States, and six re remained - mained remained slave States. Previous to the year 1803, the United States held oo territory west of tbe Missis Mississippi - sippi Mississippi River, aod tbe territory east of tbt River, not organized into States, was tbe domain of several of the thirteen States as follows: Tbe territories of Vermont aod Maine, which . were the domain ot New York sod MassacbusetU, respectively, were admitted iuto tbe Union as free Slates, Ver Vermont - mont Vermont 1791. and Maine as a balance to Mis Missouri, - souri, Missouri, in 1820. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wis Wisconsin, - consin, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota,-forming what was known. as the North-west territory, was the'domain of Virginia, and was slave ter territory. - ritory. territory. t .... . . Kentucky, was likewise tbe property of Virginia; Tennessee, of . North Carolina; Mississippi and Alabama, of Georgia and South Carolina." . - - In 1783,-Virgioiaof her own free will and without price, ceeded the North-west terri territory - tory territory to tbe United Stales. " Th s immense domain,' in area equal to 2G0.0O0 square miles.was by conseut of Vir Virginia, - ginia, Virginia, divided into five free States, hh stated above viz: Ooio, Indiana, Illinois Michigan aod Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota; about one third part of this latter State, is of that Virginia territory. Tbe aggregate area of all the free states cat of tho Miss-iBsippi Kivor, is 466,663 eq. miles. Of which Pennsylvania, Now York, New Jen?y, nd the New England SUtos, togother contain but. 162,435 sq. miles And the other States of Ohio, Indiana, l.linois, Michigan, Wiscousin.ani Fart ol Min " nesota all donated by Virginia. contain together au area of 280,227 eq. miles Aggregating to " 466,663 sqv miles . All of which was fobmeblt 6Lave te& te&-situet, - situet, te&-situet, but itow all fhbk tkr&ito&y. It is thus seen, bow -VIRGINIA is en entitled - titled entitled to the once endearing appellation, oi MOTHER OF STATES;" it is also seen t7t OI,D VIRGINIA , has donated of her own territory and of her own free will, an arei greater iu extent (by nearly 100,000 square miles) than the total area of tbe States of New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania and tbe six .New, England States. Does the' donation of this Immense do domain, - main, domain, the consenting tbat it shall be a free territory, exhibit a spirit, of aggression on the part of tbe slave power? Let men who desire to be just acd whosre searching after truth read tbie array of facta anq ponder well over tnemv In 1805, tbe Louisiana territory was pur chased from Francethis comprised Texas, and. all tbe territory of the Unite! State, Wet of tbe Mississippi River, with tbe ex ceDtion of the Cilifornia purchase, and con tained abont 1.500000 square miles: all of which was slave territory . - a ha lima n tli a unrchasa of Florida from Spain, iu 1819, and io order ta quiet

staple was restricted to a very small quan quantity. - tity. quantity. The time and expense requisite to' clean it made tbe cultivation nf it fA, tu- marker, except to a very limited! extnt in unprofitable business. . Immediately opori the suggestion of Mrs. Green. Mr. Whi'tnir set his genius to work, and fioall fncceed fncceed-ed - ed fncceed-ed in making the great idea a great reality. But like most inventors, he fared badly. . He was the victim of very many and very trying annoyances. . When his invention' was fully matured and hii machina nar1 finished, the building containing it was en entered - tered entered by night and the machine was stolen Before he could complete another aud se cure a patent, other machined .were con constructed - structed constructed from his model and were In tiper tiper-ation. - ation. tiper-ation. He eventually obtained fifty thous thousand - and thousand dollars from the Lesislatura of RnntW Carolina a per centum for five years, for the' use of bis machine; but after repeated law lawsuits - suits lawsuits BDd delays, he felt obliged to fesort tc another and more profitable source of in come. Ihis was tbe tuaoufactura of fTr; arms for the Government, in which he may have displayed less inventive genius, but re realised - alised realised more wealth than in the invention iY the cotton gin. Thus one of tha most tiifgs inal and productive Inventions ot the nine nineteenth - teenth nineteenth century, which has given millions ofl millions of dollars to the citizens and (hf Government of the United States; and it the world at large, left the inventor hlm hlm-selfjto - selfjto hlm-selfjto seek bis means of support from anoth another - er another source. So it fares with most invent tors, w ' By the use of the cotton-gin three hurts dred pounds of cotton can be more, perfectly cleaned in the same time without it. i The stupendous advantage from this inventiqu gave a new value to all co'ttdn-growin'g lands. .. It speedily became a great and growing source of. wealth, hot only to' the Cotton States, but to our entire country,' and to all commercial nations. Judge Johnson of Savannah said:. "The whole interior of the Southern States was languish languishing, - ing, languishing, and its inhabitants emigrating, for want of some' object to engage their 811001100? and employ their industry, when the inven invention - tion invention of this machine at once opened views fo' them , which set the whole country in active motioo. From childhood to age it has pre presented - sented presented to us a lucrative employment, in individuals - dividuals individuals who were, depressed with' poverty and uunk in idleness have suddenly risen to" wealth "od respectability. Our debts hate been paid off, our capitals bave increased, and our lands have trebled themselves in. value. We can not express the weight of the obligation wLich the country Owes; lo this invention." ; : I The manufacture and sale of cotton fab fabrics - rics fabrics soon became a great and lucrative busi business - ness business with our northern manufacturers and merchants; exportatienjfurnished by ccftten became an important source of wealth to ship-builders and owners, and the duties on cotton poured many millions annually into' the National Treasury. While tbe cotton gin has been building our Lowell and Man Manchester, - chester, Manchester, and increasing wealth and indus industry - try industry in all parts of our country, it has been performing a similar service on the other continent, and making its benefactions tbe inheritance of the human race. . It is stated on good authority, tbat previous to 1799 no home-grown cotton was exported from the' United States the small quantity shipped bence being from the West Indies and till the cotton-gin came into use, near the be beginning - ginning beginning of this century, tbe entire aoBual value of our exported cotton did not exceed four or five million of dollars. In 1856-7 it bad reached the sum of one hundred and thirty one millions of dollars' per annum. annum.-The - The annum.-The quantity of cotton absorbed by our home market has been about one-fifth' of onr entire crop, and has" been tria'd to' pro produce - duce produce five timei its original value by tbe in in-ddstty - ddstty in-ddstty employed in its manufacture. Thus' over a hundred and fifty millions if dollars more, or nearly three hundred millions pf dol lars a all, bave been annually added to Ihe wealth of this country by cotton, tbe abnn-. dant production is due. to the invention. of the cotton-gin. Kev. Hulbafd Winalow,' D. D. . The Deaft. Orpheus C. Kerr, the' His Historiographer - toriographer Historiographer of toe Mackeral Brigade, while lately approaching the Capitoliatt City, en encountered - countered encountered a man or father id bis own' Johnsonian words: . . "When very near the city, oh my return. home, I met a chap weigbieg about 225 pounds who was on his" way to' a' lawyeVt to get bis exemption from me aran uojy filed. .....- . "Bee here, my patrlotia invalid," . urM skeptically, "bow do' yon come to b "I am exempt." says he in a profoundly melancholy manner, "because I am.' suffetf ihg from a broken heart." ... . . . Hem," say I . -.r "It U true." says he, sniffing dmaUy,! asked tbe female of my heart to have ace. 6b e said I hadn't postage stamps enough; to' edit her ideas of peisonal rev'anoey.auff ste didn't care to do my washing; That" was was-enough - enough was-enough ;'mv heart la broken and I am to' an able-bodied man. , . . "Drafting, ray boy, is of a patere tt.Hf-' elop the seed of disease in tft hitfierto' healthy hotean. system." ; . , If a cian during fifty yeti chaws every, day two inches of eolid plug tobacco-(and mUMftria An it. it would amount a th end Hf that time to 9.SC0 feet, or a tdlle and .,,. 0f Bolid tobacco, halt an men totes MUU1UU1 v ojw - w What filth and folly!' - : -;jv. ';-." .

into the Union as a State, but having a slavery constitution, and though formed out of the Louisiana territory, which bit the treaty of purchase with France was guarantied as slave territory, tbe New England faction raised a violent opposition to its admission with its slavery constitution, and the agita agitation - tion agitation was such, tbat the safety of tbe Union was tben greatly endangered. The ques question - tion question was however for a time settledt by the admission of Missouri as a slave state, but with a proviso, called tbe Missouri Compre iniseby which it was agreed, that from that time, slavery should be, prohibited (Mis (Missouri - souri (Missouri be! 8? excepted) north of tne latitude of 36 deg. 30 min.; and that no state should be admitted . with slavery formed in terri territory - tory territory north of that Hoe. Free states might be admitted, from south, but do slave state state from north of tbat lioe. It was at this date (1820) tbat the higher law doctrine was nrst broached: then it was. that sectionalism originated. This compromise Jefferson de denounced - nounced denounced as "the deatli-kncll cf the Union." - IVxas, as above stated, formed a part of the Louisiana ' purchase, and having been ceeded to Spain, on tbe purchase of Florida, and being attached to Mexico, with the suc success - cess success of tbe Mexican Revolution, became one of the Mexican States; afterwards, by her own revolution she became iu turn, inde pendent of Mexico, aod was then ra-aouex- ed to the United States. The Mexican war followed, and Cali fornia was acquired and purchased from Mexico, and was admitted into tbe Union. Now, what was tbe relative proportion of free aod slave territory of tbe Uoited States at tbe date of Lincoln's electiou? : . Tbe proportion of slave to free territory (I include tbe entire area, whether stales or territories) west of the Mississippi, was as follows: Entire area, say about 2,000,000 a. m. Ol'jhia, at tnedote of Lincoln eleo- tion iho area oi fits territory was 1,535,251 s. m. Tho area of tlavt territory was 631.464 a. ra. Total square miles 2,016,715 s. m This area of 1.335,251 square miles of free territor", is divided into ihe following States, or territories to be formed into states, viz: Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Dacota h, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and California, twelve states, or to form at least twelve states, with at least twenty four United States Senators. Ihe area of 631.461 square miles of slave territory, is divided into Missouri, Arkan Arkansas; - sas; Arkansas; Louisiana. Texas. (Indian Territory.) New Mexico and Arizooa, six states or to form ax with but twelve Senators.' To sum up, we have a total area, thus: E-tst of Mississippi Eiver S04 00? s. m. west " " js,uuu,uvu s. m. Total 2,804,000 a. m. This, which at the time was all slave tebbitoby, stood as follows, at the dato of Lincoln's election: Free soil East of Mississippi Eiver 468,663 a.m. 1'ree soil West " " 1,333,251 6. in. Total Free soil . 1,301,914 a, m. Slave soil E:tst of ilisalssippi Kiver 442,754 s.m. Slave soil West ' 6Sl,46l!i.m. Total elavo slave soil . . 1,122,215 a. m. Excsss of free soil at tbe date of Lincoln's election 679,699 a. ra. And 6HOWINO a gain of free soil for the North s;sce the Declaration of - Inde pendence, as loiiows: Total, Deo. 1S60, aTea of the IT. Sta.es, whicawas unsiave sow, J ul 4. 1776 - 2,804 000 s.m. Tolul area ot'alnve soil, Deo. 1860 1,122,215a.m. Total ghin of free 6oil for tho North from tne ueciarauon or lndepandeuce to Lincoln's elec election - tion election . ' - l,6Sl,7S5s. m. Do these figures show Southern aggres sions? But, let us look a little further, tbe majorities In Congress, of free state Repre sentatives, over slave state Representatives, was 1 ' In 131125, )n 1323-84, In 1332-42, ' la 184243". . . In 1S.V2 W. A majority which more than doubled itseif in 40 years.' Do these figures show aggres sions of the Satitb? ' - Should not these fignres sathfy inquiring minds that the South bad not been aggres- five? - But what have tbe North to say . in justification of the refusal long, before the war of many ot tne jNorinern states to sur render fugitive slaves ss required by the Constitution of tbe United States? What have Northern Governors and Northern Legislators, sworn, to support the Constitu Constitution, - tion, Constitution, to say,, iu justification not only of this refusal but , of. the , enactment ot tneir to called) "personal liberty bilts;" wt'ful nulli fication! Bills which made it a penal of- lence, on tne part oi any oi tneir citizens, to a:d in maintaining the provision of the Con stitution?.. .Was tbe John Brown raid a Southern aggression? An honest man is al always - ways always ready to do justioe even to bis enemies. Truth cannot loLg be bidden. E. 0. e. Abolition loyaltt. We copy the fol lowing, from Mr. Grinnels remarks in tb House of Representatives, While speaking upon tbe Lonz expulsion resolution:- . - . . il .1 . I wonia, remarxea ur. urmuou, r eay a tnousana times, ie' ma ouuuwj m divided, the 8outh" go theii way all slave, and tbe North all Iree. than to see the country once more under Democratio role This sounds very rauoh like 'rule or let the country go to- tbe devil,' 1 nat is tne Radical programme, and rather than fall into tbe arms of the Uemocracy, m wouiu fall into the arms of Jeff Davis. Hamilton, Telegraph. ' ' Rude white boy Clear the track, nigjerl Small American oitiaea of African de scent Now you jes luff ma looet,. I guess you'll wish you waa a nigger yourself. afoce d is war's o ver.- - c : ; ; : . v u ": ;. i

A square la 'Twelve lines of this site type tjual te about 100 words of manuscript s , S 'S S a S o-. CO.. 0Q O. 1 Insertion 1.0J$1. 75 $2.60 $3.00 $6.00 10 Insertions . 1.60 2.50 8.50 . 4. 0O 8.00 15 8 Insertion S.00 8.60 4.50 6.6010.00 80 Joe Month 8.60.8.60 5.00 .60 15.80 25 Two Months 4X0 COO 8.00 10.00 20.00 80 Thiee Months 5.00 7.50 10.00 12.60 25.00 85 ftix Months 7.50 10.00 12.50 15-00 85.00 60 One Tear 10.00 1 5.00 20.00 25.00 5000 80 THE BULLETIN. ' rUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY' " , n Editors andProprletofs.' MAYSVILLE. - APRIL 28 ' ' RfTne following brief history of lire is from the pen of Barry Cornwall! Day dawned... Within a curtained room, Filled to faintnens with perfume, A lady laid at point of doom ' ' Day closed.- A child had seen the Bght, But for the mother fair and bright,' f f Bhejestod la ndi-earalng nlghtc '.:;1 Spring came. The mother's grave was green, And near it oft times was seen, A ginlle boy with thoughtful mein. - - . i - ' i Years fled.' He wore a manly face j t And struggled in the worlds rough race," . And won at last a lofty place. ' 1 And then ho died I Behold before ye : . Humanity V sum and glory, Life, Death, and ell thefe is of glory. - SPRING. Come, gentle, apirit-latigfclng Spring, Oh, hasten with thy magic wand! ' To every lieait new gladnea "bring, And spread rejoicing through the landl Bring verdure for the mountain bleak, Give fire unto the fading eye, . New health unto the wn.ting cheek, Soft moonlights in & purple sky. Wedded Bliss. God blew the wives, They fill our Uvea "With little bees and honeyi They ease life's shocks They mend our socks, Bat don't they spend the mCraejf When -we are sick, They heal us quick That Is, if they love nsf If not, we die, ' , ; And yet they cry, And raise tombstones above Cs. "what a Freost Joukhai. THINK. Never before have we felt a depression equal to that which assails us at this moment. Three years have now elapsed since the commencement Of the war. A debt of six sixteen - teen sixteen hundred millions stares us" in the fade and nearly baif a million of onr soldiers have been utterly 'used up. The elastio hope which buoyed1 the earlier stages of the .struggle has largely faded oat, while, so fsr as the Confederates' are concerned, they are better oil to day, to sustain three years moro of contest, tben at any previous period Cf the war. The manufactories they a: first required are now constructed agriculture end the science of subsistence have taken a settled shape: and all the sufferings and sacrifices which are necessary to season, a people to exploit, have been endured. .Moreover, they feel that the period of pro probation - bation probation which foreign powers limit for Strug " gl'Dg populations to earn the name of oa oa-' - ' oa-' tionality, is very Dearly up.' Is it not, there ' fore, painful, nay, alarming, tb.it, at such a crisis, mediocrity and doubtful purposes should wield the entire rfway? Yet such is tbe case? and as we dwell upon it, we are almost driven to believe that God not only is Dot with ns but against us. lie has con confounded - founded confounded our judgments, divided our coun councils, - cils, councils, and delivered us into tbe hands of tbe feeble, tbe faint-hearted and the blind. 5 Willie's Spirit. 1 ' " " ' Kiko Georcb and Kino Abbahav. To how bow closely our government bss copied the acts of tbe British King towards our Re Revolutionary - volutionary Revolutionary fathers, we quote tbe charges tbey made against King George as follow: "He caused a stamp act to be pissed. lie made tbe military above the civil power. -He sent men into banismmenl and exile ."without authority or law. He excited the fiigroes . to., insurrection " He disregarded ILe Constitutions and laws of the colonies." ; Has not Abrakam L:-ncola done ell this, and even more and worse? No truthful man will deny it.' These acts drove our patriotic ancestors into rebellion, and tbe whole ' civilized world held them justified therein. But we 6ubmit to these tyrannical acts in ' the hope that tbe people will remedy and " reform them by peaceful meat.s ibrdngh tbe ballot-box. As long as that hope ex ex-- - - ex-- exists, and as long as tbe ballot box is free, . so loBg will tyranny be tolerated. Bui .il tbe great right ef suffrage shall be seriously infringed, if disposition be shown to take "awaylroTD tee-people that great palladium 'of tbeTr liberties, submission W tecome a crimACd disgrace. 'Let oaett-rn power tbiok -ef-tWtv- -t . ' HtAvX sJibebtiohs. A , Detroit paper . mentions a centleman of a atatutical lata 1 of mind who has kept a careful record of

.' i . .i nr , . ... From the New York Observer., , . 1 . , The Cotton Grin; j' ' Its author was Eli Whitney, Dorn in WestborvMas'c, 1765, died !n New Haven. Haven.-Conn., - Conn., Haven.-Conn., 1825. The writer 6f this" article at attended - tended attended bis funeral. ri Ur" WhitDy after graduating at yale College, res!dedysome time in the $outb. $outb.-mostly - mostly $outb.-mostly in the family of the widow Green, in Georgia, perusing the study of IaTw.. Hav Having - ing Having occasion to notice his mecbaoicalgenits Mrs. Green suggested ; bis -fnveotitnr a ma machine - chine machine to el'm na e the seed from coTtoS. It It-took - took It-took a negro a whole day to cleafi a single pound of the green cotton seed, and thus the most valuable variety of that imnortonf.

" the desarlions from tbe rebel army, since r.theSrsi; Bull run, as tbey have been report. ed in the jonriia; from timetotime and tbesom. total shows that three miliieo and ' three hundred thousand rebel soliiera haTe abandoned the confederacy and come with car in lines. , , , . . - A mischievous brain hatches a great many falsehoods, but the brood cannot generally be r.ajsed., . -j- t .'.i ...... I . -i JL t ;