davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

RLDPATH, The ABOLIr1OsIsr--The
Richmond Examiner says the notorious
Red Republican, Abolitioni>t. James Red.
path, has published o card rec nting all
Il former revolutionary doctrines, which
urged war TO the death against the slaves
holder everywhere. lie says that he has
become crnrlnced that b i teachings we're
evil and will, in future, abstain from po-
litical discussions. being impressed with a
more humane view OF the duties of frce>
men to the ensla we'd"
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

PORTRAIT PAINTING.--MIs. A. NJ.
Black, wife of the Rev. B. i. Black, i,
an amateur artist, who now, for the first
tme, offers her services to the public, by
advertisement in another column. w,
have examined some specimens of he,
painting, aud considering the fact tha
she has never enjoyed the benefit Of ar
tistlc instruction, has no books upon the
subject, and no facilities heretofore fol
obtaining the best material, we were very
uuch astouished at the results. The re-
semblances to the originals are very strik,
ing, and the drawing is graceful and
easy. Her efforts have been wholly un
guided, and what has been achieved i.
the result of natural genius.
With some improvement in coloring
which q little time will accomplish, hel
portraits will bear comparison with tn,
works Of many artists who have studied
lu ;he academies, and had the benefit o
,he masters. The prices she charges ar,
almost nominal, but if we do not mistake,
lnd no misfortune should stop her career
many of her early Efforts will be consid
cred valuable family pieces in after times
There is promise of future fame in he
present productions Several females
have risen to high eminence iu this art
aud others may hereafter.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

The .'OS TO RICHMOND" REVIVED
The North is pushing Mcclellan tO light.
The son to Richmond cry is revived.
The New York World, in an article on
the war, says:
The credit Of the government is sink
ing. The people are becoming desperate
ready for anything for relief from the
crushing suspense aud terrible burden Of
40 i,umovable army and war, az once the
most costly, aud tie least profitable known
in the history of civilized communities.
All manner Of factions will arise Abosi~
ion tanatics-Rcd Republican furies--
secession conspirators will grow potent In
he unwhulesome atmosphere of a war cons
Quoted by imbecilities for the benefit Of
contractors. Ir will MT do to wait, and
wait, any longer-now or never.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

sg- The Yankees are actually forcing
England to take part in this war Their
presses give out an agreement made with
certain Irish leaders In New Iolk, that
if the Irish would help Lincoln to whip
the South, Lincoln would help them @
whip England aud set Ireland free Of
course the thing is impossible, for even if
the >ubjugatiun Of the South was possi>
be ID would take a iIalf million of men
to keep u, Conquered and Lincoln would
have none to spare for war with Eng
land
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

SCARCITY OF PAPER ~ Our Memphis
readers form, We believe, but very Inns
tied idea of the great scarcity of paper ia
the Confederacy- The New Orleans Del
"a prints now on manila paper, whose col.
OF IS like that of the freshly cut VoOl 81
Faber pencil. The Charleston Courier
once q mammoth sheet. Is now winding
TO less size than the Nashville Union 9
American; and in Nashville itself, every
paper has been forced to reduce Its SIZE
Memphis Argus.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

aa5- On the l4rh Of December there
were only 250, 900 bales Of American cot.
ton in Liverpool The usual consumption
10 England is $4,000 bales week. Tax
ing the estimate of the Savannah Repub-
lcan, that they will now use 30,0 900 bales
week aud by the i?st Of February the
stock will be exhausted. By mixing East
India cotton with it, the day may be- Pat
off two or three weeks longer, but then
four millions Of her factory labOreTs must
stlrve.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22
C,v,, rs MILITARY AUTHORITY We

CIVIL Us. MILITARY AoiHo
nresented to our readers in our last issue,
.ha .roument of our esteemed confrere Of
the Estate Gazette" against the position
we had assumed with regard to Col. Bor-
lands proclamation; in response to which,
we have only to express our dissent from
his conclusions, aud in general terms the
grounds thereof. The power of attach
ing property and sequestrating it, is a
sovereign power, belonging to the supreme
power of the State, except in so far as it
may have been delegated to the Confede-
rate States by our adoption Of the Con-
federate Constitution. We suppose this
cauDot be controverted Whether this
power has been tran sferred or not, is not
now the question. For the purpose Of
the argument, We might grant that it has
Ii will not necessarily follow that a SOW
ereign power, granted 10 the Confederate e
states, thereby devolves upon any officer
in the employment. of said Confederate
States, without some Legislative act of the
General Government for that purpose 1t
Congress had passed an act, authorizing
all or any commandants of divisions, or
particular districts, in their discretion, to
lag an embargo upon expectations, or to
seize provisions Tor the use Of tleir re
spcctive armies (basing the same on its
general war nakirg power,) then the
question would be whether said pr,clpma-
tlou came within the purview of the act. q.
In the absence Of any such act, we COO
tend that the mere holding of military
commission, or the exercise Of a military
command, Uf greater or less extent, does
~. confer that authority. The military
power always Of right should be subject
to The laws of the land. The old latin
maxim "arma cedant toya,' is based upon
the high necessity of this principle, to the
life OF liberty.
The laws of the State of Arkansas per
init the fr,e sale aud expectation of all its
products. Ii in the exercise of its war
making power the COnfe lerate States
should prohibit the same, then the ques-
lion would be whether the laws were, or
we're not constitutional. In the absence
of any such legislation, then the exercise
of the power by any subordinate com
mander does set up the military au.
thority over the civil; for the civil au-
thority is after all only the enforcement
Of laws through proper channels. When
proclamation of commander forbids
and Furnishes amongst citizens, not sub
ject to army regulations, any acts or con
duct permissible by the laws Of their own
State, and the laws of the Confederate
States, we hold that it is, if carried out,
a subjection of the civil to the military
authority, and, as such, dangerous as a
precedent; however excusable ou account
of its particular circumstances.
We have thus fairly and candidly ans
wered the argument of our neighbor OF
the Gazette on what we have treated as
an abstract question We feel it our duty
to present this side Of the question To our
readers, and have given them ample
chanc. of contemplating the other. That
is enough. Let them tvrm their own
conclusions.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

sdT The Fort Smith News states the
Indians under Opotheleyhola were still
camped in the vicinity of the late battle
ground, and had prepared for fight by
cutting down trees about the encampment
making defences generally, aud was in
no wise inclined to give back.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22
How TO MAKE CAND1Es-Nr

How TO MAKE CANDLEs.-Mr n A.
l>nm haas discovered new and valuable
process for making rood candles frosn tai.
low, equal to the star. Is il this: To a
qna't uf tallow add TWO or three leaves of
the pricky pear, aud boil cut All the VA
ter that may gather. When Of the right
consistency, mould in the usual way. We
are Vt the opinion that little alum would
improve the candles--Orford Iatrlli-
qcHcer
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

HoGaIsH TRICK And would any
body believe Capt. Billy Moss would have
been the one to perpetrate it? But it is
even SO, and (tcs think a capital anecdote
besides. We went home day or two
ago. 'and found our little folks all astir
about the cutting up of a magnificent
porker. We wondered much at the ap-
paration, until we got "hard 6sted farm-
er's" note, and then we understood how
it come. Excuse US, captain, for being
saacy. We've been eating sausdgeS.--
They make fellow jocose, somehow!
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22
A FORMIDABLE DEFENCE find
the following paragraph 10 the New Or
leans Delta

leans Delta:
Speaking about the river, we desire to
! state, for the benefit of 'the Doctor, :"
that the Qualifications down the river are
completed and ready for the reception of
his messengers. Under the superinteud-
ence Of Mr. ]. NJ. Reed, one Of the finest
earthworks ever erected. anywhere. now
stands in the way Of hostile visitors from
that portion Of the country If the enemy
desire to test the strength of one hundred
aud forty-two heavy guns independent Of
field artillery and infantry, all that is ne
cessary is to give Us trial. The land
will be improved down that way if a Fede-
raj grave yard should be started there
some fiue day.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

The WASHINGTON MALE AND FEMALE
AcApEMIEs.-It 1t will be seen by the ad-
vertisement in another column, that the
second session of these schools commences
on the second Monday in February.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

6 sg All persons having claims against
the State for Quarter Master supplies,
&c &c, are referred to the advertisement
of J. W. McConaughey, Esq.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

HEAT-In the region of country be
tween tbis and Magnolia we have observed
an unusual breadth of wheat sown-some-
times hundred acres 10 the field, and a
large quantity everywhere. We suppose
this is general with our planters, and
there need be no longer any apprehension
about bread next year, unless the crops
should be total failure. Let Us then
put In a reasonable amount of corn, being
sure to have enough, take care of our
hogs aud cattle, and make all the cotton
bes es we are able to cultivate. We will
want it next year for sale.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

aas- Plcayune Butler has forty thou.
sand men on Ship Island. This is sixty
or seventy miles from Mobile, on a direc,
line; twenty five miles frora East Pasca
goula; twelve miles from Biloxi, and still
nearer to other towns aud settlements.
Biloxi, at which point the federals have
landed troops. is only eighty-fve miles
from New Orleans.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

pG- Thanks, Doctor, for that counter
felt $40. We laid it under apaper weight
to look like old Investigated pipe of
old Virginia, and almost made believe we
were comfortable,
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

~ We are requested to oannounee that
there will be Sacrameptal meeting at
the Baptist Church next Lordsday Ser
vices at IL o'clock A. Nj.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

CHANGE IN BUSINESS. BY referring
to our advertising columns, it Will be seen
that Mr.. j. S. Britt has sold his mercan
tile establishment to Messrs. W. IL. Britt
and Isaac Lawrence.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

PfcTUREs.-A. l.. Warner is again at
his post, able and ready to accommodate
all who desire good picture of themselves
or friends.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

- The telegraph line from Little
Rock to Fort Smith is completed to "a
poin; beyond Lewisburg, in Conway c,un
"; say oo niles, one-third of the Who'll,
distance.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

aV A great complaint is made Of the
scarcity of cotton cards. The usual price
was sixty cents and now two dollars is of
tered., They are easily made. if the wire
can be procured. The enterprising maj
who can set up manufactory of wire In
the South would be public beuefactor.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

sEA- There is no docbt but that in three
II not more; of the federal States such of
the convicts as will agree to proceed
south and destroy property by setting fire
to houses, bridges and factories, have
been released. Their own papers admit
1t, and their prison returns prove it.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22
WANTED,

At this office, a boy Of Ia or 10
years of age, to learn the printing
business.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

rA- Two Major Generals .na ate
Brigadier Generals, in the Couie1
service, were born In the North.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

~ The Wing says that Vicksburg = !,
turning out from eight to ten brass can'''
per week. Some of them are rlned'
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

~J. III. Green, better known as "tos
reformed gambler" holds the positiOa o.
captain in an Indiana regiment.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

@- Gen. A. w. Jones, Of Missouri
who is forming legicn Of i,rkansians to-
Gen Prices army, has been highly s1s' ~
cessful in his mission TO Richmond.
will have clothing, arms and MUNITIONS d
war In Abundance True Democrat
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

S@- 1t. Myers, of the Bright Sta
Rifles, left yesterday on his way from hi.
home in Lafayette to camps. He has
with him some of the finest looking boy,
as recruits you could pick up of a sum
mer's day. Young, we'll behaved, modest
fellows, so far as We could observe them.
and all, as we have been assured, of the
most honored and respectable families Of
their vicinity. That is good stuff for sol
dlers--or rather such are soldiers ready
made. Their names are as follows:
Mark Sheffield, Elijah Sheffield, Thos
j; Lirtlefeid, Richard Jolly, James c..
Weaver, Abuer II. Weaver.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

Id- The llth regiment, Arkansas u
fantry, Col. Smith has joined Jeff- INV
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

Mr Our State Land Office ba. beor
crowded with pre-emptors for the last ,v,
months to such an extent as to occupy the
agent day and night. 1t has been i'm
possible to trapsact all the business befor,
the day OF sale, and much Of it has bee,
deferred over. These are all actual set
tiers, or improvers. 1t indicates the ra
pldlty with which our lands were beip,
occupied before the war, and the basis W.
have, in this stalwart lot of pioneers, fo
an immediate spring upon tide of pros
perlty. With the first calm of peace Al
kansas will resume the development O
her resources, and her progress will b
beyond our calculations.
Washington telegraph., 1862-01-22

ssS- A inanufactory Of matches has
been started at Batesville, in this State.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-06-05
BraiNs Against Hair.

There is no place where a man can SEQ
so much whisker in the same space of
time as during stroll in Broadway on
pleasant afternoon. Hair is assiduously
cultivated in New York, and the crops
are larg' The man of fashion would not
consider his face in full dress il you could
see his mouth. He keeps it embowered
in mass of fibres, through which he
strains his soup to make them grow
Do the ladies like that sort of thing? OF
course they do. A man with his lips
hidden in hair, pair of wing ike whis-
kers, and a beard as long as turkeys
tail, is "duck," in their estimation -
To be sure, the elegant fellows do not
look very intellectual gentlemen that
run to hair seldom do. Nature appor-
tions her gifts impartialIy. To some she
gives an abundance of brain, to others a
superlluity of fibre. The former can only
be properly developed by study, the lat
ter is easily brought to the highest per-
lection with dye and grease and one who
is ignorant of fashionable weaknesses,
can have no idea how many adorable
creatures prefer cultivated whiskers to
cultivated minds,
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-06-05
Nothing like Personal, Expcri-
CnCc.

a country girl whose sister had mar
ried badly, was about to take the moose
herself. How dare you get married ?"
asked a country cousin of hers, "after
having before you the unfortunate exam
pie OF your sistor?" The young girl re-
piled with spirit, II choose to make trial
myself Do you ever see parcel of pigs
running to a trough of hot swill? Tho
first one sticks in his nose, gets scalded,
and then draws back and squeals. The
second burns his nose, and stands squeal-
ing in the same manner. The third fol-
lows suit, and he squeas too. But still
it makes no difference with those behind;
they never take warning from those be-
fore, but all in turn thrust in their noses,
just as if they hadn't got burned or squeal-
ed at all. SO it is with girls in regard to
matrimony. And, now, cousin, hope
you are satisfied"
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-06-05

before he can ever begin bis work OF
murder, then he sacrifices his own sub
iects by thousands butchers peace
ful farmers by tens Of thousands-and
yet his march of victory is not even be.
gun. Then if he conquers the capital
city of the covenant, victory is sure -
Behold the city is in his grasp, yet, still
the hosts of freedom defy him, even from
the huts of Valley Forgel
"And now, as last resource, your
king comes to the man whose head yes
terday was sought, with high reward,
to grace the gates of London-he offers
that rebel Dukedom "A viceregal scep-
tire! And yet that rebel tramples the
Dukedom into the dust--that rebel
crushes into atoms the name of such a
king"
'Ah, never spaniel skulked away from
the kick of his master as that General
Howe cringod away from the presence Of
ashington--mou his horse and
was gonel
One word with regard to the Ngod tory,
who beheld the scene from yonder bushes,
which alternate wonder, admiration, and
fear.
That tory went home--"1 have seen
George Washington at prayer" he said
to his wife. "thc man who can trample
upon the name of king as he did
pray to God as he prayed--that man
cannot be a rebel or bad man. To-
morrow l will join my sons at Valley
Forge"
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-06-05

circumstances what you make it. Re.
member the motto our old mathematical
professor used to give us, when we came
to very hard problems, I'VE can, because
we think we cam
SO Ida walked back to her snowy.
though far less comfortable home, with
strong resolutions in her heart to profit
by her friends example. 1t was Joy in
deed to her sincerely devoted husband.
who had been led into some extravagan-
cos by desire to crafty his young wile's
taste and wishes.
1t was with JOY which only prol rie-
torship can give, that Laura and her hus-
band set about improving and adorning
thoir country home. Oh there is zcst
about such efforts, when one feels that
the result of his labors are not liable, in
another year. to pass into other hands.
What an interest in every shrub set out,
in every tree planted, in even every green
leaf which breaks the black garden mould,
giving promise of early vegetables fresh
from ones own soil
If a man is but the owner Of humble
cabin, he is more likely to be sober, in
dustrious citizen, his wife q happier wo-
man, Il better manager, and his children
will be better educated and fitted for high
er social positions, than if the father own,
ed nothing in which to take an interest
in his hours Of relaxation.
A home is within the reach of nearly
every diligent, persevering worker in our
favored land but remember that thrift
and economy go hand in hand. There
is homely old saying worth ponderiag 6
in these hard tim S:
Industry will make a man purse,
and frugality will find him strings for it.
Neither purse nor strings will cost him
anything. If he draws the strings as
frugality directs, he will always be sure
to find an honest penny in the bottom of
it - PeterSon'S MuO0zi1e.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-06-05

A HARD SHE'LL SERMoN,--"My breth-
rcn," said hard shell Baptist, who was
holding forth one Sunday, "If a mans
full of religion you can't hurt him.
"There was the three Arabian Chill
dren, they put 'em in fiery furnace het-
ted seven times hotter than it could be
het, and it didn't singe a hair on their
heads.
And there was John the Evangeler--
they put him-and whore do you think,
brethren and sisters. they put him?-
Why, they put him in a calbornic OF
bilin' lie, and billed him all night and
it didn't fazo his she'll,
"And there was Daniel-they put him
into a lions den. And what, my fellow
travellers and respected auditors, Go you
think he was put into the lions den for?
Why for praying three times day
Don't be alarmed, brethren and sisters ;
! don't think any of you will ever get
into a lions den -
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-06-05
GOrQlsln't do Nt.

In Schoharie county there lives a man
whose addiction to swearing is such that
his name has become byword and a re-
proach but by some Internal thermome-
ter, he so graduates his oaths as to make
them apply Y to the peculiar case in hand
the graver the mishap or cause for anger,
the stronger and more frequent the adiur.
ations. His business is that of gatherer
Of ashes, which he collects in small guam
titles and transports in an ox-cart Up
on recent occasion, having, by dint Of
great labor, succeeded in filling the vehi-
Gle, he started for the ashery, which stands
on the brow Of a steep hill and it was
not until he reached the door that he no.
ticcd, winding its tortuous course down
the long declivity, line of white ashes.
while something short of peck was in
the cart. "Iho dwelers by the wayside,
and they that tarry there" had assembled
in great force, expecting an unusual
mathematical display Turning, how
ever, to the crowd, the unfortunate man
hcaved a sigh, and simply remarked:
"Ncighbors, it's no use l can't do JUS
tice to the subject"
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-06-05
nottrp.
TWENTY YEARS AGO.

How wundrous are the changes, Jim,
Since twenty years ago,
When gals wore wool en- dresses, jim,
And boys wore pants of tow
When shoes were made Of calfskin,
And socks of homespun wool,
And children did hall days work,
Before the hour Of school.
The girls took music lessons, Jim,
Upon the spinning. wheel,
And "practiccd" late and early, Jim,
On spindle, swift and reel
The BOYS would ride "bareback" to mill,
A dozen miles or so,
And hurry off before twas day
Some twenty years ago.
Then deorle rode to meeting, Jim,
In sleds instead of sleighs,
And wagons rode as easy, Jim,
As buggics nova days
And oxen answered well for teams,
Though now they'd be too slow,
For people lived not so fast,
Some twenty years ago
o, well do | remember, Jim,
That "Wlson's Patent" stove,
That father bought and paid tor, Jim,
In cloth our gals had wOve
And how the ncghbors wondered,
When We got the thing to go,
They said 'twould burst and kill us all,
Some twenty years ago.
Yet, everything is different, Jim,
From what il used to was,
For men are always tampering, jim,
With Gods great natural laws;
And what on earth we'ie coming TO,
Docs anybody know!
For everything has changed so much,
Since twenty years ago.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-06-05

The SUNFLowER.-The value of this
plant, which is easily cultivated, and or
namental to the garden, is scarcely known.
The seed forms most excellent and con-
vcnient food for poultry, and it is only
necessary to cut off the heads of the plants
when ripe, tie them in punches and hang
them in dry situation, to be used as
wanted. They also not only fattcn rap
idly every kind of poultry, but greatly
increase the quantity of eggs they lay
When cultivated to a considerable ex
tent, they are also capital food for sheep
and pigs, and for pheasants. The leaves
when dried form a fodder for cattle the
dry stalks burn well and form an abund-
ance of alkali, and when in full bloom
the flower is most attractive to bees.