davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1865-02-17

brilliant, as It consisted simply In enlistIng,
drawing The bounty, und DESERVING, By passes
obtained by the bounty brokers from the OIL
GERS in charge OF the recruiting rendezvous,
WHO were bfibed with from $50 to 500. One
OF Col, Bakers detectives was enlisted en-
Wednesday morning By Casron, who got him
OF on Thursday morning for 500.
s'col. Baker put through his detectives three
times In three days tu succcsaion, getting the
bounty every time. He has en1letsd three men In
New York one daJ. and The following morning
they have reported to him. and then gone 70 Trcn-
ton and re.enlstcd, arrived back In New York nt
"Col. Bska1, desiring to experience himself tho
Enth Of what his detectives told him. enlisted him
sclI snd got Of very easily,
There Is one mum in CxEtle William who is said
to hive Jumped the bounty twenty -eeven times
OF course these bounty jumpers, by their
experience In The game at one point, are only
amproycd'for the business at any other, aud
can make The tom Of the country from New
York to Chicago, cn,isting wherever they
can br'be the proper parties, Or running the
1asx where they cunnot- II probably ac-
counts Tor the fact thct tho last calls lave
Ifooucco SO many credits and so few men.
1ne "holc busanes has had an extensive cf
acct 70 stlmalatc descrtion Of men who have
ennsleo IN good iaith, 10 dcrnoralizc our ar-
m'cs VINO 6ee Tue most desperate, cowatdly
and abandoned OF the hangecs on Of the camns
suddenly growing rich and to stimulate
crime, and 1atten criminals, with The funds
contributed by the Government and the pco
pie 10 carry On the war. We forbear from
prcjudging the merits Of the case a. to any
particular offender, but lot these men be t-ied
and Il one half the crime laid bare by Col.
Bakers report can be nailed by proof to tho
individual criminal, let no man Of them be
pardoncd on confession or on any other pre-
tensc Of clcmency. Let them be hung.
Meantime would 1t not be we'll for our
tfdemocratie' newspapers 10 howl afeH times
, 1865-02-17
FROM ST. LOUIS.

The Rebel Army in Arkansns-Assess-
Ing Rebel Sy1npath1zcra In St. Louis
Loss by the Burning OF the House of
inf
, 1865-02-17

- sons de1ltous ct communicating with th4 Brttsh
Conau erc reaueatd to xaete,3 HIM 1T ST. Louis No.
epeeial lnfarEatcn can be obtained 1t the otcs q
Ms. FRANCIS WILKINS, % Neyno!l!s' E!cck, DeaF-
born s.rtet. adjoining t1s rost OG1ce. J, EDWARD
WILKINS. H. Il. u. Cau.u1 Ut Chicago, residing under
intGuct1ons 1t 81, Louis, MiaooaL telA M9+7t6
, 1865-02-17
FROM SPRINGFIELD

SPEECH OF Hon. Alexander Mccoy, Of
Chicago Horse RailW AZ N1li over tho
EnveFnnrsR VetQs
, 1865-02-17

The following is the comparative statement OF
the imports or foreign dry goods and general
merchandise for the week ending February 10 and
, 1865-02-17

The slight advance In gold In the afternoon gave
a drmer feeling to the usrkets generally, but
buyers nre not disposed to meet the advanced
siews OF sellers, md consequently but little bnsi
ness was done. Wheat sold to limited extent,
at s1-44A@1.4 for No Spring, but subsequently
the market fell back, and closed dull at $1.al4A
1.44S. Nothing doing In Provisions or High
wines, which remaIn nominally unchanged. Oats
were offered at 5sc, without finding buyers
, 1865-02-17

o7nee 0an' T.. .<&z6a9,ebI $S1,+5,SW 81, ,5Ul ES2
Included In the preceding statement are the fol-
lowing dry goods imports for the same period:
For the zrtek. 1865 1854. 1865.
Ent. ut the port... $791,0t7 $a,025,063 ss27,Ssa
Thrown on markft e18.923 2,12s,411 1,0i3,s61
Since JaH.1. 1858, 1861 1SHs
Ent 1t the port. .37,s0s, ,T9s SIS 13Ieas S4bTSoD
Thrown on mark't 7,236;43a 1s,6a7.047 3,970,551
The total exports Of Gold from New York dur.
ing tho week eIding February II, amounted to
$383,953.
The following table shows the export Of specle
from the port ii New York TO foreign ports for
fourteen years, from JannarY to February II,
1865 and for the corresponding period In the 9th.
ef ycarb:
, 1865-02-17

"HtCHWINKN-Eece 10 dsY, 50 bhls; shIp
- M hnfs Market neglected and entiroiY nomios
II II isas16. There vera buyers 1t tho insids aal
'e4fI e4HfInYETae: msskst i duli Qaot.sloas arc IN.
changed, He 1uoto: =:
, 1865-02-17

IN the following recommendations Of The Boards
Of Trade Of Boston and Philadelphia On enequt-.
, 1865-02-17

NEW YoRK, Feb. 16.-General Ord has been
assIgned to the permanent command Of the De-
paztment Of Virginia.
, 1865-02-17

FIkG1T-Green App1es are IN changed Wiki q cooj
nand. Dried Apples. With light receipts and limit
e1 demand, are dun. and prices ara hardly "a tirr1
Nc note decline of4c peEs y. Other dried Muit:
sre quiet and unchanged. We quote:
, 1865-02-17
BONDS.

Thsse boud1 aEs row worth premium OF mine per
cent, ncl1dinR gold interest or1 Eov. which makes
the actnhl profit the 7o loan at cnrrent rates In
cluding interest, about ten per cent per annum be-
eides 1sa exemption from Stats ard municipal 1xa-
aoHs Ehtca adds from 0ns to three per cent MORE So
eordng to the rats lev1ed other property Tbs IL
teEest Ia paid sezntannuany by coupons attsched to
each note, which may ha cut Oh and sold to snY bssk
OF banker.
The interoat amounts to
Ono cent per day on n $50 nose.
Two cents per day 0u 4 800 st
Ten !" 4HnO -
90 " a1O00 IS
81 " j" s3OfO 0
Notes Of all the Determinations named will ha
promptly furnished upon receipt OF ubscriptIous.
This Is
, 1865-02-17
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
From South Carolina-Com-
munication Cut Of with
Virginia.
The Expedition against Will
mington.
CLOSING SCENES OF TIE ILL.,
NO4S LEGISLATURE,


obstacles in his Way-Caunonunfnrr
at CharleAton- Wade Hamptonss
Cavalry.
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NJ. egzAxra-lt IL really astonishing to ne th3t
, 1865-02-17
U. S. .7-30 LOAN,

1y authority Of the Secretary Of the TEeasu1y tho
undersigned has assumed the General Subscription
Agency for the sse OF United States Treasury Notes,
bearing seven and three tenihs per cent terest pee
eu1uD, known ss tho
, 1865-02-17

Here gold opened on the street at 203 md closed
at 2o4. On the Stock Board, sales we're msde in
the morning at 2o43 9al}, md In the afternoon at
24l9so5. The demand, however, WIS very light.
Cook county scrip Vas In better demand to-day,
and it sold at tbs morning session Of the Stock
Board at 814e2, and in the afternoon at ss4Gf.
The report that the draft will be delayed to alloH
tho wards to Ill their quotas by recruiting has
tended to strengthen the market somewhat, and
forced some OF the "short sellers" to buy.
Government bonds .are buoyant and active.
tiTe-t~enties, under tho Liverpool steamers
news Of an appreciation Of per cent advancsd
In New York to-day per cent, the market closing
there at 11e. Here the demand was active at 109fN
110. without sellers. Tenorttes were in demand at
1921, with sellers at 1osfd109.
The following ara NcsArs Pre.tnn Willard L
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-03-24

MADE 4 MI>rAKE,-A Connecticut
farmer has boarded about a ton of butter.
waiting until he could realize seventy-fvc
cents per pound for it. lie is now offered
thirty to thirty-siX cents per pound. ac-
rorIins to quality. The Springfield Uu-
~ Of Saturday, says that some of the
-rocerv men there who bought up large
Quantities of butter at 81 and 80 cents
per pound, are now selling the same at
- cents. In New York it Is said that
.ar-e quantities have recently been sold a,
.ow as 10 cents per pound.
An Augusta. (Ga.) paper SAYS there are
'WtY.fre mites OF engines. cars and other
abroad stock standing in the vicinity o
Charlotte, 5. c., which will fall into the
lands FISHERMAN provided he touches at
mat place. Report says he has. and thai
i.. railroad property has been destroyed
The cultivation of frogs as an article O
!opd Is largely carried on III the neighbor
l''"d of New York. One Of the principa
"o'eI' possesses ponds for its exclusive use
Where the Succulent reptiles can grow VI
'roin lively tadpoles, unmolested by pick
cr&l boys.
>il'': NJ. Herring, the safe man, had :
u u"cA III The procession at New York
-h'"''.y' over which was the motto. "Oul
country 5 safe The procession was ex
'enslvely Used for advertising.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-03-24

of it nights. Don't tell 'em about it."
Once convinced that it was too late TO OBJ
tain reprleve-no official short of the
department commander having the power
to grant it, and there being no time TO
obtain it from him, and having cried his
cry out-he quieted like a weary child
and listened to all the chaplain could say
to aid in preparing him for the eternal fu-
ture- Kneeling on the soaked, swampy
ground under the dripping roof of that
gloomy cabin in the dark and stormy
night, he folded his fettered hands and
meekly said his little evening prayer and
committed himself in seeming confidence
TO his Heavenly Fathet's care. He could
not read, but he had been taught in one
of the blessed mission schools of New
York. and appeared TO have a simple
child-like faith in God. Probably he had
not been addicted to vicious habits He
said, when asked about the way he spent
his evenings, that he "always worked in
the factory daytimes and when evening
came was tired and went to bed early .
His father and mother prayed with him
and taught him to do right ''f your
life should he spared, asked the chaplain,
:" would you love God and try 10 serve
him." "Why, yes" he answered, Il
always did love him." as though in his
childlike trust he had no consciousness of
enmity with the Father to whom he had
been drawn in grateful confidence After
his first hard cry, the thought of death did
not seem to occupy him. He was too
much of a child to fully realize il Just
before he went out to be shot, he turned
to the chaplain and asked, as in boyish
curiosity. IF l die to-day, will my soul
90 right up to heaven. to-daya" Arriv-
ing at the field of execution. he was not
at all disturbed at the terrible prepara-
tion>. lie walked up TO the open grave
and looked inquiringly into it without a
shudder. and then he turned to gaze at
the firing party as though he saw only
kind-hearted comrades there. He kneel-
ed again TO pray as calmly as if he were
to lie down in his own little crib at home
Just As his arms were being bound, a bird
flew by, and he twisted his head around
to follow with his gaze the bird in Its
flight aS though he should like TO chase
it: then he looked back again at the
bright muskets with soft and steady eve
As before. .'Let me kneel on the ground
and rest on the cotfin.'' he said as they
fixed him in position. "No, kneel on
the coii;n.'' WAS the order. So kneeling
there he settled himself down into a wea-
ry, croaching posture as though lie were
10 wait thus a long and tiresome time
He had hardly taken this place before he
fell back dead with every bullet of the fir
ing platoon directly through his chest
three through his heart He uttered nev-
er a groan nor did his frame quiver-
Even such boys as that are here shot il
they desert. But are they guilty above
those who sent them here I'll c. T..
m .Si,rmgfeM R.pubHodn-
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-03-24
Peculiarifies of Oil Wells.

There Is nothing more uncertain than
an OIL we'll If ii graciously chooses 70
do so, ii yields oil in great or small guam
Titles; but if Its will be perverse, no
amount OF coaxing will draw out the
oieaglnous treasure Neither can ii be
safely predicted that well which Yields
dozen barrels to-day will Weld one to-mor-
row. They have well in Athens county
Ohio, says correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Gasette, which, when sunk to the oil
rock, suddenly spouted forth such stream
of oil as to threaten the oleaginouS over
flow of all that country But after Il
short time the flow subsided. and from The
reservoirs hastily construed in the ground,
one hundred barrels of oil We're atierwarl
collected Since that there has been hut
one well that .'blowS." As the workmen
express IL That well, saon after beng
opened, began TO throw out oil TO tn.
hight OF twenty feet, but only for a short
time Last summer, for a considerable
time, If observed a REGULAR period of twen-
ty-four and one-half hours between these
''blowlngS." each day the phenomenon
occurring half an hour later than ON the
preceding day At last, when the time
for its blowing reached far into the
night, ii lost It's regularity, and NOW secms
10 be governed by no law, but sill keeps
blowing almost daily When supplied
with a pump and engine ii Sfubbornly re
fused TO yield AT all, and the engine and
pump were taken away, when the well re
summed IFS blowing
From another well nothing was rot for
several weeks but water: After being
sunk. and giving the usual indications OF
oil, it was tubei and prepared for pump
inc. To the dismay of the company.
only water was obtained as the result of
the first days work Water abmdanfly
flowed the second day but no oil The
third day WAS but 4 repetition of the first
two, and the We'll Was about TO be ahan-
doned. One member of the company,
however, suggested the idea that the wafer
might be exhausted by constant pumping.
and that then oil would be obtained. Be-
ING an obstinate man his counsel prevailed
and day and night, without cea>ing. The
tireless engine pumped wafer whole fort
night; still no oil. Another fortnight
and only water appeared: another AMI
another. when 10 the flow OF water ceased,
anl the flow of oil began, Eight weeks
Of constant clinging TO a theory brought a
triumph TO the obstinate member, and a
reward TO the whole company On one
occasion since, when for some reason the
engine was stopped for half an hour, ii re-
quired nearly twenty-four hours pumping
to clear off the wafer Again, when a
belt broke and caused stoppage of fifteen
minutes. the same thing occurred The
Well is now kept constantly running. and
produces from twelve to fifteen barrels 4
day"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-03-24
VIII the Negro Fight against Us

Now that the rebel Congress has de-
cided to put negroes into their army the
above question is important. We are
not so Sangulne as some that the blacks
will not fight for the rebels for the des-
potism that the traitorous leaders have
held over all within the Contederacy has
been we'll nigh complete; yet the inclina-
tlOn of the entire race of blacks is for the
Union cause. Every account we have
read tor the last two years OF escaped pris-
onerS, or of our advancing and victorious
armles-wherever the negro has been
found he has proved himself loyal to tn,
Union. The following letter from one
who was formerly slave, is of interest as
touching this point
FOKr IiCKENS, Fla,
Dec. lG, 1864, and Jam u, ls65.
Dear Friend When our regiment
arrived at Fort Plckens, after leaving
Philadelphia, cannot tell the joy l felt
at seeing my brother there, who had eS-
capped from slavery in South Carolina
like myself. | knew him at once, but h,
did not know me, as we had not seen eac
other for seven years. We had both be,
come men in that time. and both are now
serving our country against the rebels.
who held us wrongfully in slavery Oul
mother was not born Il slave. but our ia
ther was, and so they held all of us a;
slaves l have not as yet been in any
regular battle, but have been on scouting
parties number of times The last scout
we were on we met the rebS, who had
six companies of coiored soldiers with
them, all armed with guns. As soon a.
the colored soldiers among the rebels saw
our colored troops they threw down thcil
arms and ran over TO Us, crying out: sc,
me free, ne are .fiee' This comes of put
ting arms in the hands of slaves to secure
their own bondage. 1t will always be 50
for they all know who are their friends
What will the proposed 200, do whel
armed by their masters ? We shall speed
lily know
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-03-24
ANecdOte of flames Bell.

James Bell of Walden got into a quar-
rel that ended in a law suit, and being to
poor to employ council, had to plead his
own cause. lie eventually drove his an
tagonlst from the field, and was ever after
that engaged in legal business He was
admitted to the bar of Caledonia county,
at the time when it was composed of a
constellation of many of the first order of
talents, among whom he was received a.
peer, and in mother wit perhaps surpass.
ed any one of them He had an imme
persuasive influence with jury, and when
his antagonist had finished a labored plea
and thought his mountain stood strong, 6
few playful sallies from Bell, or a stroke
or two from the scalpel Of satire, and he
would find the whole fabric tumbline
about his ears.
At one time he was attending cour
in a neighboring state, where he was j.;
stranger. The counsel on the othur side
was man af prclention, wealthy, influ
entail, and much of a egotist. He ha(
made great effort for his client, repre-
sentng the wrongs he had suffered a.
without parallel, and worked Limsel
up to very high point of commisseratiol
tor his much abused client. Mr.. Bel
arose with Il very solemn face, but queer
twinkle OF the eye, and said he thought
they would all feel it a privilege to joir
in singing, "Hark, from the tombs a dole
full sound, he struck the old minor tim,
in which the words We're then sung. an,
sung the verse through. The speech O
his opponent was on the poise between tn
pathetic and ridiculous, in the minds O
those present-the ridicule flashed upol
them. and the house was in roar Whel
the merrimcnt subsideI, he went on will
the plea and very soon gained his cause
Vermont Record.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-03-24
The Danger. and HOW to Meet 1t.

The increase of intemperance in the last
four years has been most rapid and alarm
m-. We are fast becoming n nation of
drunkar,iS. The fact that this and all the
kindred social vices inevitably attend a
state of war should not make us inditfer-
ent 10 the evil or hopeless of lis removal.
The public disgrace of inauguration day
ought 10 arouse the people 70 the true stale
OF affairs and the perilS it involves
Drunkenness prevails TO a fearful extent
in the army. among the officers much
more than the rank and file: and if the
disasters and losses occ,lsioned by this one
thing during the war could he picked out
and set 10y themselves. the array would be
most startling. The increase OF drunken
nes> in Congress has of late been very
painfully evident And the license of the
camp and the capital have come up like 4
wave of desolation sweeping over the
whole land. The generation Just coming
to the age of manhood are exposed TO fear
iul temptations on every side. and the
current sets 50 strongly downward that all
efforts 10 arrest 1t seem nearly hopeless
1t Is time 10 make stand against the
evils that threaten our destruction Let
us throw up inirenclrments and hold what
ground is still left TO Us, or We shall soon
he hopelessly in - the last ditch Social
corruption will do us more injury than ths
war. Ii there is any vital force in our
morality. any saving power in our relig-
ion. any real efficiency in our Christian
and retormatory institutions, now Is the
time TO make il manifest Unless We cal
stay the progress of drunkenness, icenti-
ou>ness, gambling. and general social de-
bauchery that is setting in upon Us, the
war will give us Union saved bv the de-
Struction OF its people. 1t will he thous-
and times more costly in loss of morals.
than of men and money
There can be a reform. Let the di>-
grace of the 4th of March I've the sigma
AMI the prOvocation TO effort The Sen.
ate has done well TO expel liquors from
its wing of the capitol. Let the peopl,
make such demand for public decencs
and morality at Washington that tn,
House shall he compelled to follow th.
example of the Senate. Let the vice presi
dent b. given to understand that he ca
save himself from deserved Impeachment
only by leading a sober life for so long (;
time as he shall represent the nation be
fore the world. And let the people max,
Ii understood that hereafter, whoever ma,
be nominated by caucuses or conventions
no drunkard or debauchee can have theil
votes. We must 90 back to first primer
pies, and begin the reform at the source;
OF power, with the people themselves
They have been too tolerant of vice ant
dishonesty in their representatives: the!
have been loyal TO the caucus AT the ex
pense oi loyalty to virtue and the publi
welfare Henceforih We must have homes
and sober men at the helm, or We g
down.-.SprmgtSed Republican,
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-03-24

HORRIBLE-The Portsmouth Chronicle
is informed that a few days since, large
bull dog confined in a house at the north
part of that city, seized an infant child
lying in a cradle and tore away one side
of its face and before the brute could be
secured, he grasped the child by the throat,
and shook it until life was extinct. Not
withstanding the dog tax, and the utter
uselessness of the entire canine race, and
the frequent occurrence Of horrible things
like the above, and even worse, where
people die Of hydrophobia, the dogs are
on the increase all about us. Is it wise
to trife with human life in this way
Better that every dog in America were
dead than that one man should die OF
hydrophobia.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-03-24
Old PrOrerbS about UOmea.

As the good man saith, 50 say We,
but As the good woman saith, 80 ii must
be.
A little house We'll filled, a little land
we'll titled, and little wife well willed,
All women are goo'l-good for some
thing or good for nothing
A virtuou> woman. though ugly. IS the
ornament of the house
An ol,edient wife commands her nus
band
A mans best fcrtune-or his worst-is
wife
An enemy TO beauty is a foe 10 nature
All are good lasses; but where come
the i'll wives frael
A woman eonoeals what she knows not.
A lass that has many wooers off fares
the worst
\ man must ask his wife leave 10 thrive.
Fools are wise men IN the affair al
women
Every man can tame slrew bui he
that hath her.
Ladies VIII sooner pardon want OF sense
than want of manners
Bare walls make gadling housewives.
You may know a foolish woman l,1 her
finerv.
Women are wise en- a sudden, fools on
premeditation.
\ good wife is the Workmanship of a
good husband. And sToc roasl,
Two women in one hoase,
Two cats and one mouse,
Two dogs and one bone.
Never could agree as one.
Choose a wife rather by your ear than
Your eve
Many blame the wife for their own
thriiil,,S lite.
Women laugh when they cln AMI weep
when they will.
Beauty in WON m Is ike the flower I'm
spring, but virtue Is like the stars of
heaven
Women grown had are Worse than men,
because the corruption of the be-t turns
to the worst
Beauties without fortunes have sweet
hearts plenty, but husbands none al all
Far-fttcllel AMI dcar-bought Is good for
the ladies
There Is many good wife that can't
sing and dance well.
The society of ladies is the school of
politeness.
The rich widow cries with one eye ami
rejoicc- with the other
He that tells his wife news i but newly
married
No woman Is ugly when She l. dr,---ed
She that is born a beauty l. hall married
She that hath ;lm Ill husband shows Ii
In her dress.
j Saith Solomon the Wi~e. '--A good wife
is a good prize
She WHO is born handsome i born mar
ried.
Who has a bad wiie ha- purgatory ior
a neighbor-
The cunning wife makes her husband
her apron
The more women look in their glasses
the hes they look to their houses.
There Is one good wife IN the country,
and every man THINKS he hath her.