smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

Mr.. ED1ToR:-The question of one of


your correspondents in your last issue, SIS


not labor honorable2" wakes within my


heart an emotion of regret, that such a


question is needed in this enlightened age,
this age of progress, for it is shame and
disgrace to any nation, that now, in the
noon of the nineteenth century, people are
despised for earning an honest livelihood.
Truly there is dignity in labor unknown
to the drone in the worlds great hive, and
the time is coming when the true nobility
shall be those who have hewn out their
path to greatness, by the labor of their own
brawny arms and brave hearts. There is
too much false pride among the young
people of our race, too much apeing the
airs of city fops and brainless maidens,
whose only passport to good society is their
parents wealth. Our parents have had to
battle with stern oppression, and it is only
by earnest labor that we can place ourselves
upon civil and social equality with the more
favored race. knowledge is power" said
Lord Bacon, and there is no knowledge
without labor. We cannot all be teachers
or preachers, indeed, we have too many of
the latter class already. Some of us must
do the hard work, and with hearts beating
to the thrilling music of freedom and en-
franchisement, the hard-handed sons and
daughters of toll are the true benefactors
to our race. Yes, friend, Worker, labor is


honorable Did not the Supreme Being
speak amid the laundering of Sinai's
Mount, saying: "Six days shalt thou labor
Year: 1860

and do all thy work." and were not the
chosen companions of our Saviour the
laborers of Gallilee7 and shall we doubt
the honor of labor, consecrated as it is by
the infinite Jehovah, and baptized by the
sweat of patriarchs, prophets, and good
men of all ages? Nayl let us rather
rejoice that we have those among us
who are determined to work their way up
to wealth and responsibility, nothwith-
standing the sneers and SCOTS of their ene-
mics. So far from its being dishonorable
to labor, it is dishonorable to remain in
idleness in these troublous times, when
all our energies are required to stem the
tide of tyranny and oppression brought to
bear against us, and l rejoice that l have
been so educated, that when my voice and
pen will not support me, my hands will
and may the time speedily come when
moral worth shall be the standard of re-
spectability, whether beneath the home
spun garb of the laborer, or the jewelled
robe of the millionaire, for in the language
of Gerald Massey,


There's divinity within,


That makes men great WIENER they will it,
God works with all who dare to win,


And the tiue cometh to reveal it."


E. H.
WAvERLY, n. Y, June 80, 1860.
Year: 1860

ed by the colored citizens, the committee
readily consented to its being put at the
disposal of the lessees, who allowed their
colored friends the use of it. The meeting
was accordingly held Neither Arthur nor
Lewis Tappan were present. The meet
ing was not an abolition meeting"


The writer represents that possession
was taken of the large room on the speci-
fed evening wrongfully; that .the Music
Society were greatly incensed; and that
several leading men of the Society, after
arming themselves with iron rungs pulled
out of the balustrades," proceeded to drive
the colored audience from the building.
The facts are these, as represented to the
lessees Immediately afterwards: One of
the officers of the Music Society, having
been cognizant of the determination of the
Society not to hold meeting that even
ing, but ignorant that the use of the room
had been relinquished, passing by the cha
pei that evening and seeing it lighted up,
went in. Seeing that the place was occu-
pied by colored audience, whom he prob
ably supposed had got possession of the
room wrongfully, he became greatly excit-
ed, ordered the orator to stop, and COM
manded the people to retire, AS they re-
fused to do this, he stirred up a score or
two of persons as ignorant of the facts and
as Indifferent to the rights of the colored
people as himself, and attempted to drive
the speaker and the audience from the
chapel. 1t was stated at the time, and be-
lieved to be true, that the white intruders
were rather roughly handled by the color
ed people whose rights were thus trampled
upon, and that not few were pitched
headlong from the windows by a Summary
process"


Mr.. Spencer w. Cone undertakes to say
that the transactions of this evening were
the beginning of the riots that took place
in 1884 and 1885, and that they were oc-
casioned by the attempt of the Abolition
lists and their colored friends to obtain
wrongfullg the room in the chapel that be-
longed to the Music Society; and he has
given narration of pretended facts about
as wide from the truth as could well be
made. For aught I know, he may inag
inc his statement is correct. In the follow
ing particular it may be, viz: that the as
sault he describes as made by infuriated
men upon an unofending colored audi
ence, who were in rightful and peaceful
possession of hall where they were lis
tening to literary discourse from one of
their number, was the origin Of the dis
graceful mobs that occurred in this city
about quarter of century since. But
these disgraceful mobs were not brought
about by any wrong conduct on the part
of the anti-slaverY people or the colored
people, but were occasioned by audacious
attempts of pro-slavery men to repress free
discussion and a vindication of the rights
of man. The anti-slavery cause, however,
has, under the di 5ine blessing, triumphed
over the Vaccinations of the enemies Of the
Constitution and free speech, and we have
now a prospect of an increased triumph of
free principles. l hope that Mr.. Spencer
W. Gone will feel their animating power,
and become truthful advocate of correct
principles and veracious narrator of pass
ing events Yours truly,


LEWIS TAPPAN.


July 4, 1860.
Year: 1860

They say these stars do shine more bright
Than those of the Northern zone,
And these skies do glow with warmer light
Than freedoms land doth own.
They tell me that where the bondmen flee
My brothers starve and die
But oh l would go where my kith are free,
And with them in their cold graves lie.
No greater boon than this crave,
For this my spirit yearns
The spirit of freedom, though but slave,
Within my bosom burns.
And in this hut so dark and drear,


Gazing out upon thu sky.
swear for freedoms shore I'll steer,
And free myself or die
No more the white mans whip shall scar
This body bruised and sore;
I'll steer my bark by the bright north star,
And sail for freedoms shore.
BALTIMORE, June 3, 1860.
Year: 1860

! must relate my first and last expert
ments in training my oldest boy to keel
family secrets. lie was chatter box, ant
as he often visited among strangers withou
the, was fearful he would tell more tina,
he should. So taking him on my knee
said


My dear, you must never tell anything
we say, or let out any plans to any one
especially to Mrs. Jonesp


His quick mind comprehended me il
an instant, and with very confirmed look
lie promised obedience. A few days after
be entered my room with an air of triumph
and said


Mamma I minded you. Mrs. Jones
asked me when YOU were going to New
York, and said, I can't tell you, for my
mamma don't wish you to know any Of her
plansp


In my CONSERVATION I was tempted to
reprove the innocent boy. but, upon mo.
ments thought, let the matter pass know,
ing that it could not be explained or ex
tenlated, and preferring to lose the friend.
ship of Mrs. Jones, rather than sulIy his
pure. trusting spirit with lesson of worldly
policy. When has younger brother, more
quiet boy, but equally fond of visiting, and
a great pc: and darling with all who knew
him, because old enough to betray family
secrets, gave him no caution. futtrusted
10 his common sense. One day, on return
ing from an errand at a neighboring house
he stood awhile absorbed in thought, and
then said


Mamma, what shall say when people
ask me. what is your mother doing!'
and, what did you have for dinnera'


what did you say, my dear 2 said I.


Why said be, looking basbfalIy saside,
4 say, guess it is time for me to gog
Year: 1860

CLERICAL SATIRE.-Two persons were once
disputing SO loudly ON the subject of religion
that they awoke a big dog which had been
sleeping on the hearth before them, and he
forthwith barked most furiously. An old
divine present, who had been quietly slipping
his tea while the disputants were talking,
gave the dog a kick, and exclaimed: "Hold
your tongue, you silly brutel you know no
more about it than they do"
Year: 1860

OBITUARY GREF.-Something ought to bC
done to prevent people from giving vent tc
their grief in verse when they are bereaved
What fate too hard for the man who ap
pended the following lines to the announce
ment of young lady's death in neighbor
ing city:


"A few weeks ago she was to be bride,


But now the grave her lovely form doth hide"
Year: 1860

GwIS VS.. BucHASAN.-It is reported that
even Gwin has come down on Buchanan
"like thousand of brick" or, in other
words, qunrreled with the venerable tenant
of the White House. The cause is said to
be want of attention to the mail accom-
modations for the Pacific Coast on the part
of the Postmaster General, who has been
sustained by the President 1t wont do.
The game is brash one, but it wont win
There is no rnse BY which the venerable
Doctor can reinstate himself in the good
rraces of the people of this State SO as to
be reelected Senator. Neither quarrel
nor fight with Old Buck will help him
a jot. The people do not believe him to be
sincere in his professions of devotion to the
interests of the Pacific Coast.
Year: 1860

| want it understood this is not Raf1e or
Git Entertainment. 1t is designed to obtain
work and customers, and to this end every one
who VIII bring me work to do in the jewelry.
Matchmaking or Daguerrean business / will
present with as many tickets as they will ey.
pend dollars in my line. Those who want
watches cleaned or repaired, or any Jewelrv or
Daguei rean work done have only to ply me the
regular price. ,,fhe work will be warranted
watches for one year, and besides obtaining the
work at the going rates they will receive as
many tickets in my great distribution as they
expend dollars for work. Remember that I
will Lot raise the price Of my work. Purchss
ers need not have the work done now. bat at
any time hereafter the tickets will be good for
watch repairing or likenesses
Year: 1860

THRILLIHG acknowledgements OF a
BODY FORTY YEARS AFTER BuRIAL.-Not
many years since, certain miners who
were working far under ground, came up
on the body Of poor fellow who had
perished in the sufocating pit forty years
before. Some chemical agent To which
the body had been suhjccted-an agent
prepared in the laboratory Of naturc-had
cffcctually arrested the progress Of decay.
They brought it to the surface, and for n
while, till it crumblcd away through ex-
pOsure to the atmosphere, it lay an image
Of a fine sturdy young man. No convul-
sion had passed over the face in death
the features were tranquil; the hair was
black as jet. No one recognized the face =;
a generation had grown up since the day
on which the miner went down his shaft
for the last time.


But tottering old woman who had
hurried from her cot on hearing the news,
came up, and she knew again the face
which through all these years she had
never quite forgot. The poor miner was
to have been her husband the day after
that on which he died. They were rough
people, of course, who were looking on
liberal education and refined feelings
are not deemed essential to the man
whose work is to get up coal or even tin
but there were no dry eyes when the
grey.headed pilgrim cast herself on the
youthful corpse and poured out to its
deaf ear many words Of cndcarment I'M
used for forty years. 1t was n touching
contrast-the ono so old, and the other so
young. They had both been young these
long years ago, but time had gone on
with the living and stood still with the
dcad.-Frd=erS Wdgdzine.
Year: 1860

A GREAT Run OF HERRING AT THE HEAD OF THE
CHEsAPEAKE.-HaU Grace, Nay THE fisher
men are now in the midst of their fish harvest The
Chesapeake Bay is perfectly alive with shad and
herring. The herring coming up in immense
numbers and the fishermen making fortunes.
Bond is said to have caught from 1900 to 1900
barrels of herring at one haul Osbourn, at the
Battery, caught 1000 barrels at one haul, and
everybody is catching from 800 to 500 barrels per
day. This run of herring is said to be the largest
for thirty years.
Year: 1860

fHoroGRAPHY.-A very remarkable fact comes
out In connection with the volume of Lord Brough-
ans Mathematical and Physical Tracts" just
published by Messrs Griffin. One of the papers,
on the subject of light and colors, was published in
the Philosophical Transactions for 1876. The copy
sent to the Royal Society contained remarks on the
effect OF exposing plate of ivory stained with nj
trate OF silver to the rays of the spectrum and also
on the result of submitting the plate to the rays
passing through small aperture into dark room.
These suggestions were considered by Sir G.. Bag
den to relate more to art than to pure SCIENCE and
were accordingly omitted from the published copy.
Had they appeared, it is morally certain that they
would have led to the immediate discovery of pho
Biography fifty years earlier than its actual intro
duction. In spite of its abstruse nature, new ed
ton OF the volume was required in a week-Eng-
lfsh Paper.
Year: 1860

The Common Council of New York, have passed
resolution inviting the Prince of Wales to visit
that city when he comes over ON his trip to Canada


Strawberries are selling in New York at 81 per
quart
Year: 1860

he fret ragarded as luxury. Jail life loses its at
trantion ciS With its novelty. He went there from
choice and with flourish .,i NOW he writes letter
wants to know when and how he is to get out?
Year: 1860

NOBLE SENTINENTS-This Is an agreeable
world after all. If we would only bring our
selves to look at the subjects that surround us
in their true light, we should see beauty ghe q
we beheld deformity, aad listen to harmony
where we heard nothing but discord. To be
sure, there is great deal of vexation and
Hnxhy to meet; we cannot sail on a summer
coast forever; yet if we preserve a calm eve
and steady hand we can 30 trim our sails and
manage our helm, to avoid the quicksands,
and weather the storms that threaten ship
wreck. We are members of one great family;
we are travelling the same road, and shall ar
rive at the same goal. We breathe the same
air, are subject to the same beauty, and shall
lie down upon the bosom of our common moth
er. Ii is unbecOming then that brother should
hate brother; il is not proper that friend should


deceive friend; il is not right that neighbor
should deceive neighbor. We pity that man
who can harbOr enmity against his fellow; he
Ilses hall the enjoyment OF life; be embitters
has own existence. Let US tear from your eyes
the eolOred medium that invests every object
with the green hue Of jealousy and suspicion;
turn deaf ear TO scandal; breathe a spirit of
charity from your hearts; let the rich ousbin0s
of human kindness swell up as a fountain. go
that the golden age" will become no fiction,
and the islands Of the blessed bloom in more
than Hyperion beauty"
Year: 1860

RENEWAL or THE STRIKES OF ENGLISH OPP
RATIvEs.-The London papers state that the
building operatives are preparing for a renewal
Of the mine hours movement" and fears are
entertained that general strike is at hand
The operatives have addressed memorial TO
the association Of master builders, in which
they state that their sgitstion will not cease
until the mine hours boom has been conceded


In this memorial they say the operative
builders hours Of toll ''are at least equal to
the clerks and the warehouseman's, the dis
tsnee between his home and his place of work
is in general longer, his right to mental i'm
prOvement as sacred, his needs greater and the
claims Of his family to his personal superin-
tendeDce as obvious and urgent" They tell
the masters that the determination 10 secure
this amelioration is too deeply rooted in their
nearts for any amount Of resistance to turn
laem from their purpose, and that the chief
eheet OF any seventies 10 which they may be
exposed IN consequences Of this demand, will
Ds % deepen their attachment 10 the cause for
wnlen they have suffered, and TO strengthen
Their resolve TO persevere in the agitation until
success has crowned their endeavors.
Year: 1860

RAILROAD ACCIDENr-ONE MAN KILLED.-A shock
ing accident occurred Friday morning on the
Long Island Railroad, as the train was emerging
from the cut on the descending grade between East
New York and Bedford. A COW had lain down on
the track, and was not seen by the engineer until
it was impossible to stop the train. As it pressed
over the body of the animal, the locomotive, bag
gage and milk cars, and one of the passenger cars,
were turned off the track and overthrown. The
locomotive turned "bOttom up" and one of
the fremen, named James Lynch, was crushed to
death beneath it. The engineer and conductor
were also badly injured. Considering the nature
of the accident, it is quite wonderful that the re-
suit was not more tragical.
Year: 1860

The New York Court of Con mou Pleas,
judge Brady presiding, bas decided that
in cases of divorce the female eide Of the
house must pay its own debts from the
moment the decree of divorce is render
ed. The case is that of Mrs. Forrest,
Who resisted payment of a claim for dry
goods amounting to 1852, on the ground
that she was then the wife of Mr.. Forrest,
the question turning upon the point of ap-
peal from the decree of divorce It'll pend
ing. The Court decided the appeal was
only for the purpose of settling the ques-
tion of aliDony
Year: 1860

HOME lNDUSTRY.--StOrieS told to children to
stimulate them to fidelity and industry are not
always myths. Two boys, not far from this
place, were, few days ago, tugging away like
little heroes at a piece of work assigned them by
their father, expecting no other reward than his
appreciation and the consciousness of having
done right. They did not stop to repine at the
necessity of labor, or watch other boys who
might chance to pass along the highway less
probably employed, but persevered with unre-
mitting effort until their work was finished, and
then taking care of their tools, they set out to
their father for further direction. The elder one
having his clothes soiled, and being very mod
est boy naturally, took somewhat circuitous
route in order to avoid observation by very
nice family on the direct way. The younger
one, however, thinking more OF his comfort than
his clothes, selected the nearest way. Now, it
happened that these Two honest boys, while at
their work, had been closely observed by a
wealthy man who appreciates the value OF Ia
Dor and deprecates idieness. This man, when
he saw that their work was nearly finished,
went out by the way where they were expected
to pass home to meet them. When the little
fellow came along he stopped him, and told him
how proud he felt, in this age of pride and de-
generacy, to see two boys who were not asham-
cd to work-gave him some kind words of ad-
vice. and then placed III Dis nanuS I'VE dollars 10
money that the occasion and lecture might not
be forgotten. The little boy tripped along home
with light step and joyous heart, feeling that it
was good thing to work.


The kind gentleman appreciating the motives
which led the larger boy by different way, and
because he was some years older, sent him, by
the hands of friend, just double the amount,
with kind words of graduation and advice, cal.
culated to make the impression that "labor is
honorable"


There is no doubt that want of employment
is the cause of the present degeneration, and
parents who do not teach their children to work
are even worse culpable than those who fail to
teach them to read. The educated idler stands a
good chance to become villain, but an energet-
ic citizen, though ignorant of the beauties OF
rhetoric, and arts of logic, is worth his weight
in gold in any community Madison (Ga) Vis-
3tor
Year: 1860

That was beautiful idea of the wife of an l.
IRISH schoomaster, who, while poor himself, had
given gratuitous instruction to poor scholars,
but when he increased in worldly goods, began
to think he could not afford to give his services
for nothing:


-'Oh James, don't say the like of that" said
the gentle hearted woman, ''don't; poor schol-
ar never came into the house that didn't feel
as if he brought fresh air from Heaven with
him. never miss the bit | give them-my
heart warns to the soft and homely sound OF
their bare feet on the floor, and the door almost
opens of itself to receive them in"
Year: 1860

MORALS OF Sorrow But for the sorrows of
the heart, where would the affections find their
strength2 Our virtues, like the aromatic shrubs
of the forest, only give out their sweets when
their leaves are bruised and traU'pled. He who
has not felt sorrow may be scarcely said to have
known love; since the most precious joys of the
soul arise from sympathies that are seldom
known till they are sought, and never sought
till they are necessary to soothe an infirmity or
satisfy need.
Year: 1860

all checkered over with celestial flowers
by the mystic hand of refraction. Still
always it is beautiful-that blessed life
water No poison bubbles on its brink /;
its foam brings not madness and murder
no blood stains its liquid glass; pale wild
ows and starving orphans weep not burning
tears on its clear depths; no drunkard's s
shrieking ghost from the grave curses it
in words of eternal despair Speak out,
my friends would you exchange it for
the demons drink, alcoholic"


A shout like the roar of the tempest
answered, "No p


Critics need never tell me again that
back-woodsmen are deaf to the divine
voice of eloquence for I saw at that mo-
ment the missionary held the hearts Of
the multitude, as it were, in the hollow Of
his hand, and, the popular feeling ran in
a current 50 irresistible that even the
duelist, Watt Forman, dared not venture
another interruption during the meeting.