davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-13
The California Mint.

The energy which charaeterzes the administration OF
the Treasury Department is fociby illustrated by the
fact that The buildings for the mint at San Francisco
have been completed. the machinery all up, and the
separating apparatus and everything in readiness the
FIRST OF April TO commence operations. II mistake
not, the for this work made October last
and since that time the machinery OF every description,
together with the endless variety of implements. &c, ne
cessay in such establishment have been procured and
transported to California, and the necessary buildings
erected, and the whole completed by the fret OF April
The following extract from report OF the commissioners.
dated Saa Francisco, March 49, 1854 made the Secre-
iary OF the Treasury, we permitted 10 copy
1--WE have the honor report the arrival of vessels with
materials for the above buildings follows
december 10, 1853 Trade Wind with machinery,
comce, No,
January IL, 1864 Southern Cross, with iron door,
shutters, &c.
January &c, 1854 Pampero, with .epararing appa
ratus
/ February 10, 1854 Morning Light with rolls, &c
The foundations and walls for tho OF the build
/ ine were commenced in November The grade Of the
street having been altered involved the necessity OF re-
modelling the old bndibg, and raising up and putting or
new 8oongs and roof The walls all up the roo
on hoorngs all laid, and partitions and nearly all ples
tered The machinery is all up, and separating app
ratus arranged aud the experimenting architect informs M
that If shpuld have fine weather Tor two weeks iron
this date the buidng would be all completed. and every
thing readiness operations, by the first o
April"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-13
The Murder Of Colonel stemm

We are indebted to s. c. Humes. esq, now In this
city, for extract OF letter received here last night
by Mr. Humes from Capt. j II Strain, suler at Fort
Arbuekle, which is az follows
"FoRr ARsuoKLs, &c, " } March 10. 1854
"DxAR Th. date finds all well Nothing new.
except that Lieut. Tree Of the dsgoons arrived here ew
days since with detachment of soldiers in search OF the
murderers Of Col Semm, Indian agent, and another
eman who recently murdered In the vicinity Of Fort
Belknsp The murder Committed by two kicka-
poos
about eight niles from this place, aud they were bring
ing hin, he made attempt to try and kill one Of the
chiefs make his escape, bot tailed the chief shot him
dead. The other murderer Is still at large, but trust will
be caught 10 day all the kiokspoo. out sfel
him"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-13
Prom Milwaukee Morning News"
rn. Anti, Nebraska Resolutions In the Legh-
Iature Defeated.

We congratulate the friends Of federal non n'srei
ence in The Territories and the opponents OF aoohuo
agitation on the final defeat OF the resolutions oil nue
ton introduced into State legislature in The early ps
of the session. The senate indefinitely posponeo W.
resolutions and the legislature has now adjourned WV
out ever giving them parting thought ibis msy p,T
ery be claimed by friends triumph o. tne P.
Piles OF the Nebraska bill, and the action Of me
senate in thus handsomely disposng OF 'ne qa md
leaves them 10 vote on all questions oil territorial sV
ernmenrs according 10 their individual cenv'cuo' ony
right What thai coursewill be we cannon pein ..nt
mena 10 douht The public feeling IN the stae 'snaS
idly settling down in accordance with ne true
doctrine on this question. The as,Nso.asxaa rhieh
nen has died ont If that may he said 70 have n'e n
scarcelv ever had life or which only sxhib'ied ''ss
an occasional efHgy. bsrnias by lew sh'r'lses 'ose
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-13

QM Israel 4. JAMES, No. 1872 South Tenth street. Philade
general travelling assisted by VIM H. WELD
COLLINS, JAaEs DxERRe HAAaTr, Joe. Burros Gao
r. BUTTON ISAAC M. BoDIsK, EDMUND w. Wiley, WLLIAA L.
WHITMAN, and CKoRsK MoLxoD
Mr. DANIEL DxcKHxxT Of Pennsylvania authorized receive
subscriptions paper, and receipt for the
UyM G. w. JAMES, No. Harrison street, Cincinnati, Ohio
general collecting agent and Texas
assisted by IL. j. THOMAS j. 7. DKsT, W. II. THOMAS, d.
YKsxR @. NJ l.. WsKxAs, A. l.. CHLDs and Dr. W. IRVINE
Receipts Of either will be good.
nMr HxsxY NJ LEwIs Of Montgomery, Alabama, is
travelling the States Of Alabama and Tennessee,
sisted by c. r. LEWIS JAnHs LKws d. LEWIS.
1O-Resepis either of the above will be good
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-13
Harriet Beecher stowe and the Northern Ne.
groes Failing Out.

few days since, at meeting OF what they call 10
tina, State the Massachusetts State Council OF Colortd
Americans" the following resolutions were adopted:
"Rtsoced That when Mrs. Stowe promised the colored
people this country large donation from the funds col
lecled from her end and in Europe for the ss'ao
shment OF school adapted wants. we reJoiced IN
The hope OF great and lasting good 10 our race from mar
noble enterprise.
.Rssopsd That her late refusal make that eontfbn
ton in aid of has filled with sneignsd r'
greet and notification and compelled to believe thai she
has acted upon by other influences han the dcss'
OF her good heart"
This ne eds no comment.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-13
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL is, 1864.

A. o. P. NICHOLSON. EDIron
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-13

material having been committed by our reporter
in skechipg The proceedings which took place IN the
House OF Representatives Tuesday last reprint that
portion OF them 10 place the matter in its true light:
"Mr. Jones, OF New York would ask the una nimons
consent Of the House for the introduction Of the following
resolutions
"Rs,oirsd, That the joint committee printing be re-
quesed inquire into the popriey Of publishing such part
OF the Of 1850 relates vital and mortality stats
tics for distribution among the medical faculty OF the United
States"
There was no objection, and the resolution INTRO
duced and adopted
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-13

The citizens Of Aspnwail, New Granada, being unable
10 secure from the authorities protection for their persons
and property hav. formed themselves into vigilance
committee to accomplish that end ID G. Queen was
chairman OF ME meeting held. which prompted the or.
sanization. and r. r.. Foster secretary.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-13

The Franklin monument subscription 10 Boston Is pro-
crossing with remarkable spirit. and the prospect now
seems to be very fair that the required $4,000 will be
obtained within q short time.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-13

Denomination OF coins on hand at the mint OF The United
States at Philadelphia, April s. 1854
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-22
Home ana Women,

Our homes; what are their corner-stones
but the virt,re of women, and on what
does social well-being rest, but on our
homes? Must we not trace all other bles-
sings of civilized life to the doors of our
private dwellings,? Are not our hearth
stones gunrded by holy forms of conjugal.
flial, and parental love, the corner-stones
of Church and State-more sacred than
either, more necessary than both? Let
our temples crumble, letour public edi6ces
and our halls of justice be leyeled with
the dust; but spare our homes! Let no
socialist invade them with his wild plans OF
community. Man did not invent, and he
eannotimprove or abrogate them. A pri'
vate shelter to cover in two hearts dearer
to each other than all the world; high walls
to exclude the profane eyes of every hui
man being; seclusion enough for children
to feel thatemother is holy and peculiar
name--this is home; and here is the birth
place of every secret thought Here the
Church and State must come for theiI
origin and support. Oil spare our homes
The love we experience there gives us oul
faith in an ingnite goodness; the purity o
disinterestedness of home is our foretast'
and our earnest of better world. In re-
lations there established and fostered, d.
we find through life the chief solace ant
I Joy of existence. What friends deserve
the name, compared with those whom |
birthright gives US?
! One mother is worth a thousand friends
one sister trner than twenty intimate com
fpanions, We who have played on tn
same hearth, under the light of the. SAM
smile, who date back to the same seem
and season Of innocence aud hope, il
whose veins run the same blood, do WI
not find that years only make more sacre'
and more important the tie that bindsg-
Coldness may spring up distance sepe
rate; different spheres may divide; bu
hose who can love anything; who con
tinue to love at all. must find that tn
yearning for these is the strong spark j
our expiring affection.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-22
And Ellen looked up with the look Of


an angel. Is
She went from us. Oh, the last mo-
ment of that parting hour has burst itself
into my being forever. Could the human
heart bear the agony Of parting like that,
realized to be indeed the last--lighted by
no ray of hope for eternity. Would not
reason reel under the pressure.
twas hard to bear, but have no words
to tell Of bitterness. She went to her mis-
sionary life, and we learned at last to live
without her, though it was many a month
before the little ones could forget to call
on "sister Ellen" in any impulse of Joy,
grief OF childish want. Then the start
and the sigh: cob, dear, she's gone"-
the fresh tear would flow. 90
Gone but not lost, for the first marriage
in the family opened to us fountain o.
happiness pure as the spring of self-sacri-
fee could make it. Our household dar,
ling had linked us to world of needya and
perisbable spirits--a world that asks 70,
the energy and aid of those who remain
in the dear country of their birth. GOO
bless her and her charge. Dear sister
Ellen, there may be other breaches in thu
family-we may all be scattered 10 tht
four winds of Heaven--but no change car
come over us like that which marked thl
First Marriage.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-22
Ths worla-what compoaes 1t

+ Owing to the indeGa igable investiga-
tions of the analytical chemists, and to
their zeal in the cause Of science, there is
scarcely substance in the world that has
not passed through the ordeal of their
crucibles and test tubes. From them we
learn that our world is made up of but
comparatively few substances, so few, in
deed, that we are struck with all wonder
and astopishment, when we consider the
innumerable variety of form and character
into which those elements are capable OF
being moulded. We have all the animate
and inanimate creation, the plants, the ami
mails; we have the rocks, the earth, the
air, and water, in their endless variety;
and yet the substances Of which they are
composed do not exceed sixty. On closer
examination our wonder increases, as we
learn that of these elements no less than
forty-six are metals, in the ordinary sense
of the word; five are gaseous bodies like
the air-which, indeed, consists of two
gases out Of these five; and the remainder
are substances of an intermediate charac-
ter, of which sulphur and charcoal are the
types. Therefore everything that we can
see or touch pertaining to our world is
composed of ono, two, or more of these
elements, We know of no one substance
that contains moro than Six of those OH
ments; and in general way there ar
rarely more than two or three blended togetI
er toproduce one result. Thus, thew @
an egg is made ofsix elements; a fintston
of only two; piece Of wood consists Q
three elements. These three materiel
are the types Of the portions of the worl
to which they belong. Though one ston
differs from another, and one wood fror
another, and one flesh from another hesf
yet their composition is similar and {
nearly the same element. 1t is the nature
quality and property of these several els
ments that constitute the study of chen
istry-not medicine, for that is but mel
branch of cbcmistry--the composition {
all things. By analogy, the analytic,
chemist can state with certainty the prir
cipal qualities and composition of ever
thing placed in his hands, what use
make Of it, and how it is to be applied ft
the welfare and benefit of his fellowman.-
: Court Jouraal.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-22
Got HIM thare.


.' While a number Of lawyers and gentle.
men were dining at iWiscasset'a a few years
ago, jolly son of the Emerald Isle ap-
|peared and called for dinner. The land
lord told him he should dine when the gem
ftleinen were done eating. eh
"Let him dine among US" whispered o
limb Of the law, ''and we shall have sone
fun with him." i2 .l.si 's'9's,ftAA
The Irisbman took seat at the table.
"You were not born in this country, my
friend" said one, a.3 ~ .s ~
"No, sir; l was born in Ireland"
'1s your father hving?" ss
"No, sir; he is dead" ~
--'.What ie your occupstion9''
Trading horses"
"What was your fathers occupation"
"The same as mine." acB
"Did your father ever cheat any ono
while here?" .,t,
81 suppose he did cheat many, SIR
where do you suppose he went to2"
"To heaven, sir" 's .iaa -h} biao
"Has he cheated any one there"
"He has cheated one, believe"
"Why did they not prosecute hims,'
/ because they searched the whole king.
dom Of heaven, and couldn't find . law
yer?" .-
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-22
Look To Your SEED WHEAr.-It is

LOOK To YoUR SEED WHEAr.-It is
asserted by Mr.. E. Weston, of Bloomfield,
Main, thasa large proportion Of the Wheat,
threshed by the usual power machines, is
resumed for all seeding purposes, by hay-
ing the root sprouttorn off Hebelieyes that
by this mode Of threshing ne:fosrth Of the
seed Wheat is destroyed, and the most val
liable and perfect portion Of it; and hence
that only three-fonrths ofthe actual guam
tity Of seed vegetates. He says: In our
flour-mills may be seen the caps ofthe root
sprout, blown or fan, under the hopper,
by quarts at the time, besides that which
is blown out above. One farmer told ms
he had tried the experiment by accident
ally having barrel Of wheat ,threshed by
hand, and sownwith another bsrrel thresh-
| ed with a amachine, andthe difference was al
least one-quarter. Formly, the wheat
was threshed with fail and winnowed in
the northwest wind, and then the seed Ia.
ken carefully from the northwest corner
Of the pile, SO that very little was sown ex'
cept in the FIRST order of kernels. Some
| went 50 far as to select heads from the larg'
est and best groth by pulling them from
sheaves. A gentleman, who tried the las
experiment, had a quart of wheat which
was sown on acorner Of the field: and ht
assures me that he could see the difference
in the grain forty OF fifty rods. the plants
being darker, broader leaf and tallel
growth. ai Ess
II, If there is any thing in this statement
lie should receive attention without delay
4 AS this is the first time we ever saw any
reference to the subject, we should like thI
|, opinions of our practical tanners upon il
|, They are usually close observes in matter
II of this kind 90, seriously affecting tAei
linsreSth and NJ therefore swait ed1iiicz
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-22

We never could understand how people
can get taste of opium fastened on them.
We tried small quality Of 1.-THE other day
for "a ''pain eternaly." Wewere ordered
to take two pillsa day fer four days. The
first dose was really delicious. It gave
us pinktinged sleep, filed to the brim
with girls made of rose-leaYes. We indul-
ged in dreams of the most oriental order.
In one of them we had mother-of-pearl
hand-sled, with golden runners. With
this we glided down a rain bow made OF
ice cream, and brought up on a terrace,
the supports of which were great spars ol
emeralds. The second night things began
10 change. About the supports of the
terrace anacondas began to appear, while
i'll the distance lot of green monkeys
with their tails burnt off, were quarrelling
about the propriety of making apin-cush'
ion ofus. The third evening matters grew
appalling. The terrace had gone, and SC
had the rainbow and the girls made o
rose-leayes; and in their stead we had ,
bed filed with rsttlasnakes, and on th,
head-board four grizzly bears pulling att
hawser, one end Of which was fastened t
our neck and the other to an iceberg
That men should use opium for day doe
surprise in the least; that they should d.
SO, however, for month seems reall,
wonderful. Rather than become confirm
ed opium-eater, we would throw ourselye
into E,na, We can imagine nothing mOr'
! terrible. -DMcknaaR. la
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-22

Here is beautiful thought Of that
strange compound Of Scotch shrewdness.
strong common sense, and German myst-
cism, or uncommon sense--Thomas Car
lyle: When gaze into the stars, they
look down upon me with pity from their
serene and Silent spaces: like eyes gGsten-
ing with tears, over the little lot Of, man.
Thousands of generations, all as noisy a.
our own, have been swallowed by time,
and there remains no record Of them any
more, yet Arcturus, and Orion, Sirius, and
the Pleiades are still shining in their cour.
ses, clear and young as when the shepard
first noted them for the plain ofShinar!--'
What shadows we are, and what shadows
we pursued" 4 A
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-22

A singular property Of glass is shownia
the fact that when the furnace, as the
workmen term it, is settled, that metal 10
perfectly plain and clear; but if, by acci,
dent, the metal becomes to cool to work,
and the furnace heat is required to be
raised, the glass which had before remain,
ed in the open posts, perfectly calm and
plain, Immediately becomes agitated or
boiling. The glass raises in Z mass q q
ed worthless. A change is however, i'm
mediately affected, by throwing tslmb
| Ter Of water upon the metal, when the ag
itation Immediately cases, and the glass 80
sumes its original quiet and clcanness.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-22

FOOLISH FARMiNo.--As there will be
fancy.iarming, SO there will be, doub less,
great deal of foolish farming. BY foolish
farming is understood that kind Of proceed
ure which every man might foresee would
be Improbable to the farmer. II M
We frequently hear men saying that
their fathers, with little labor and trouble,
could raise much lager crops than they
can now by the same or any other process
Yet they will strenuously contend that the
way Of their fathers is always to be perpet-
uated. They have full and clear evidence
that the soil has been exhausted--that it is
not now productive; but they will learn no
better way. They;know that they make
no profit from; farming but they continue
it! Their soils grow poorer and poorer
every year; ye. they contend that it is the
very best way of farming, What folly
What blindness!
There was hundreds, and / presume to
say there are thousands. Of farms in New
Hampshire which are now in such an ex'
hausted condition that the whole proceeds
of them yearly would fall below the cost
Of cultivation and the taxes assessed or
them. Ii a man could have one Of them
given TO him. and be obliged to pay taxes
upon it and hire it carried on, be woulc
sink into debt every year. This is too
tinue the case in future, for such ofour far
mers seem to despise the very idea 0
learning anything about farming. The.
look upon our agricultural societies as
, piece Of speculation" and upon ell idea
, of agricultural Improvement as "a hum
bug"
There are others who continue to us
the most miserable tools as they can bu
them cheap. Nothing is done well o
their farms, for there are no tools wit
: which anything can be done we'll The
deficient culture is followed by defcieI
crops, and an absence of profit 1t cost
: them as much labor for poor crop as
would have costfor good one, Ifa goo
crop would have affored moderate prof
r a poor one leaves a loss to the farmer.
Another folly in farming isto cultivat
t more ground then can be manured. In a
/; such cases loss is certain to the cultivate
q Nothing else than high culture affords
: real and lasting profit Crop the groun
e without manuring it, and you will lo'
= money by it, and the ground will becom
s worthless.-There will, undoubtly, contiI
: ue to be such farmers.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-22

PROFITABLE FARMING. Farmers will in
future time come to understand that the
earth and the air are both full Of wealth to
them. They will understand the deeply
Lsaaea r,ay and tlIn hard pan which is
hidden far down in the ground are worth
something more than merely to hold tb'
world together. They will be found open
i ing deep and broad drains, in the opera
tion of which they will obtain valuable
material for topdressing on their upland
and at the same time make their lowlands
of much value by relieving them Of sur,
plus water. They will discard the idea
of little manure, as requircing much labor
and tending to penury. High cultivation,
without fancy farming, will be the way Of
the successful farmer, of future time.
The importance ofthoughly pulyeriSing
the soil will be better understood, and the
value Of the subsoil. Men who know little
or nothing, by experience, about the use
of plows, and other farming implements.
and men who can understand no principle
of science, will not much longer be trusted
and credited in making and recommend
| ing such implements. Farmers will have
all those things tested by since and by ex-
pertinent. The plowman will also come
under new orders. He will learn that his
object is no more to the plowing over as
much ground as possible in a day, but TO
thourghly plow and pulverizeeyery inch Of
ground he goes over.
The condition of responsibilities will be
some what changed. The young man vii
not think 1t dishonor to him to work OF
farm. The young women viii no more
think herself degraded by familiarity wia
the kitchen. Intelligence. industry, use
fulness, viii measure merit, and establish
a title to respect These things we oughI
to consider now,-M. Coneing' 'saddress
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-22

An Irishman who was very nearsighted,
about to fight aducl, insisted that he should
stand six PAGES nearer TO his antagonist
than the other did to him, and they were
to FIRE at the same time. This beats Sher-
idan's telling Of a fat man who was going
to fighta thin one, that the latter's slim
figure ought 10 be chalked on the Others
portly person, and if the bullet hit him
outside the chalk line. i was togo for
nothing 81, ol.,..,., ,...r erss &. ba
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-22

o, sin, how you paint your facel how
you hatter us poor mortals, unto dasthy--
You never appear to the sinner in your
true character; you, make fair promises
but you never fulfil one; your tonge is
smoother than oil, but the poison Of ssps
is under your lips. M n
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-22

Fanny Fern thinks tits provoking fof :
woman who has worked all day mending
an oldcoat ofherhusband's, to end loyss
letter from another women in bis pockets
Most likely. S sr
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-22

Not long since an FISHERMAN, while on
his way to Boston. was stopped BY rob-
Der, and requested to hand over his mon
ey, or have his brains blown out. CO."
said the traveller, quietly, elbow awayl Its
better to go to Boston with brainst than with.
out money" .t .5.. j. ...,,ss'a ..is