smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

PCss OurpoNE.--A lady friend relates
the following anecdote


"Onr Tabby, like most Of her race, is
very fond Of birds, particularly when taken
young and tender from the nest. 1t was,
therefore with no little anxiety for the well
fare of our feathered friends, that We saw
this spring pair OF them rearing their little
home on an apple tree near our own DWELL
ing, and Miss Pussy's movements were
closely watched; but as they completed
their nest and laid their eggs undisturbed,
they were forgotten for two or three weeks
when our attention was again attracted to
them by the following singular circumstance
Early one morning Tabby's mistress was
surprised by seeing her hastily enter the
kitchen, splitting furiously, her fur erect,
and her whole manner indicating alarm.
On going to the door TO ascertain the cause
of her fright no living object was to be seen
hut robin sitting on the doorston., who
| finding herself observed, instantly flew
away. This incident occasioned much won-
der in the family at the strength Of that
maternal love which could incitc a timid
bird holdly to attack and drive to home the
enemy of her little ones. A few days after
this occurancc, Puss was seen crossing the
yard at full speed. while on the wing just
above her and in hot pursuit was the injur-
ed and Indignant mother. The father bird
has been for some weeks missing and -
supposed that he has been killed, and that
the instinct which tells the mother that up
on her depends the whole care of her help
less brood, has given her this extraordinary
bravery"
Year: 1859

Since tho House Of Representatives hare
been engaged in the attempt to elect Speak.
er, declarations almost without number, that
the South would consider the election Of a Re.
publican President sufficient reason for dis
solving the Union, have been made on the floor
under tue noses Of the Douglas delegation
isonlAlnois; but as jet We have heard no
word o. rcbukc. from my one Of them.
We ask-1a their silence to be taken Us their
endorsement Of the treason II. these words,
and arc wo 10 believe that these dcvotecs Of
popular sovereignty are unwilling to Let tie
majority Of the people Of this nation rule in
accordance with the constitution and the laws?
Have they become partners In that oligarchy
which avows its determination to forever nd
minister this government Or Immediately to
break it down? Why do not these menspeak?
We ask the people Of Illinois why these I've
Representatives keep silenca when such words
are uttered? Arc they rejecting the will of
their constituents, and is Illinois to be set
down as Disunion State7 We do not believe
1t. The heart Of this people is true to the
Union, and these false looms, for ths sake Of
doubtful political advantage, are miarepresent-
ing them IN this emergency as thoy were net-
er miarepreSepted pefi,ret
Year: 1859

Not TO be blest with warrior strength,
To wicld the sword aud wear the glaiye,
Or rise to conqueror's fame at length


Proclairns the good or makes the brave.
To have the power to hide the scorn,


And rise above the hate and strife,
OF those to wealth and title born,


Is the crown'd courage of our life.
What are the swords that prop king


The banners in his army's van
To strength Of soul, that dares to spring


And show the monarch in the many
Kings and the mightiest men Of arms,


Strong as the heads ofrealms they hide
Sport as they may with fortunes charms,
They are ike leaves upon the tide.
In dim of old sepulchres they lie,


The feast of silence and decay,
While the true orld-heart benteth high
And thrones itself upon to-day.
Give inc the man whose hands have tossed
The corn seed to the mellow soil,
Whose feet the forest depths have crossed,
Whose brow is nobly crown'd with toll.
Year: 1859

Another great man has fallen. Rufus
Choate is dead. No particulars are given.
beyond the simple announcement, at the
frontiers of the Western States, that he is
dead


The news is calculated to make a deep
impression upon the public mind. For many
years has this mighty intellect illumined, in
its particular sphere and orbit the out.spread
heavens of fame, and constituted one of the
glories of this western world. In his pecu-
liar province as an orator he was unequalled
by any of his cotemporaries. His eloquence
was like the gorgeousness of an eastern cline,
rich with its fruits and flowers; and the un-
told wealth Of his imagination, surprising
that of all other orators of his time, was
scattered forth with the lavish hand of a
power of expression almost miraculous in it;
character. The thought and the word the
soul and the form of speech that enshrined
it, 'cere one. Palace after palace, dome after
| dome, tower after tower, of thought and i'm
agination, sprung into being at his magi,
touch, and all hearts acknowledged the SUI
premacy of that genius in the midst o
whose magnificent creations they stood
belonged to him, too, to strike the master
chords of human feeling and sympathy anC
no man ever played upon that great heart
strung harp of humanity with more Won
drous skill and power. In close and com
pact logic, he was inferior to Webster, but il
the grandeur and facility of creative genius
he was vastly his superior He was in ora
tory in his sublime moods, what a Milton oi
Byron was in verse, and his speeches were
filled with the rare exaltations that charac-
terize the divine poetic art.


In so brief and hurried notice, we cannot
in the faintest manner, render justice to The
! fame of this newly departed intellectual
light, this truly wonderful man; and per-
haps simple announcement of his death ha(
been as well. But, we shall be excused fol
an involuntary tribute to his greatness, brie
and inadequate as it may be.
Year: 1859

IRoS BRIDGEs.-A number of iIon bridges
have been forwarded from Fort Smith by the
Government, to be thrown across streams on
the road known as the 35th Parallel, on the
Beale route. They are of such strength as
will warrant the safe passage of any weight
that will 90 over them.
Year: 1859

THE members OF the Mechanics Institute at
San Francisco, have appointed Committee
TO meet Mr.. Greeley upon his arrival there
and invite him to deliver an address before
the Institute
Year: 1859

SwTzERLAND.-A telegram from Berne
says that the Federal Council had made ami.
madversions to the Sandman Government on
the subject of the i'll treatment suffered by
the Swiss at Milan
Year: 1859

The Alta is informed that Mr.. Bullock, the
leader of the Tuolumne Brass Band. with
his entire company of fourteen performers,
have taken cabin passage on the steamer
orizaba to Panama, and from thence on the
Northern Light to New York. They will
enliven the passengers on the trip with de-
lightful music
Year: 1859

rEXc1LEMENT IN HOPKINS CouNTY.--A NEGRO IIUNG
BY a NOR correspondent of the Quitman Herald
writing frem Tarrant June u, says:


"On last Saturday night an attempt was made by
a negro man to commit rape on a lady in the vci-
nifty of this town. On Sunday morning he
and committed to Jail. In the meantime the excite
ment had got to such height that the sheriff had to
hurry him back to the Jail to prevent the mob from
taking him in hand. In the course of an hour after
he was locked up in the jail, the doors broken
open and the negro taken out to the timber some
half mile from town, where he was hung to black
jack tree. This evening l write he is still hanging
as he was left.


"The lady, learn, is badly hurt, and is hardly
expected to liye.''
Year: 1859

Whoever is author Of the following gave utter
ance to a vast deal Of truth in a few words. "a
house full of children composes NJ powerful !
group of motives as ever moved heart or hand.
and the secret of many a struggle and triumph
IN the worlds battle may be found throned in its
mothers lap at hcme, or done up in little bundle
Of white flannel. A nations hope, before now.
has been found in basket Of bulrushes Get
ready to be afraid Of the man that children are
afraid of, and be sure that he who hates them, is
not himself worth loving"
Year: 1859

Marrow EscAPE.--A man in Quebec a COL
Iector Of old iron, week or two since bought an
old bomb shell and began to break it up. 1t ex-
Ploded, tore away the side of the shed in which
he worked broke fifty panes of glass in his dwell
ing, but only slightly injured him, and left his
wife and u boy standing by unharmed.
Year: 1859

The sixth auction sale of uuclsimed property in ths
hands of the police will take place this morning at
Center Market. The proceeds are devoted to tha
Widow and Orphan Fund of the Department.
Year: 1859

BIsHoP OSDERDoSR WITHDRAws HIS PErIrGoS.-
B,hop Ondsrdonk, We have just learned, has with.
drawn bis petition to the House of Bishops asking for
a termination of bis senterce. This was done this
morning in an informal manner. Bot this does not
prevent the calling up of the whole matter in regular
parliamentary form, any Of the delegates see fit to do
so The withdrawal Of the petition is looked upon by
the oppor epts of restoration only expedent to
avoid bringing the subject up for debate, and to send
the petition and memorial to Richmond without first
passing them in review here. Evening Express.
Year: 1859

LADIES ON Snow SHoEs.-To those
individuals residing in the lower country,
it may appear rather strange that a
great deal of the travelling here, at this
season of the year. by females is done
on snow shoes, though considered a
somewhat novel means of locomotion a
short time since, it is now becoming so
common as to scarcely attract attention
We are informed that during the late
snow storm nearly all the ladies al. Glib
sonyille attended the parties with snow
shoes-we mean they used them for
underpinning in going to the place where
the "twinkling footed muse" was to pre-
side


Picture to yourself number of ladies
with wooden appeadages, twelve or
fourteen feetin length, buckled on after
the manner of skates, coming down the
hill at a 2:4O rate, with crinoline and
merino floating in the breeze, and You
will imagine sight to which we have
lately been treated. Occasionally the
seraphs lose their equilibrium, the bal
ance-pole takes an aerial fight, and af
ter It goes the performer, and then fol-
lows ground and lofty tumbling, in
which ease and nature prdominate over
ciegance.--M Mt. Messenger.
Year: 1859

VOLcANo.-The Honolulu Adrerteser
has the following account of visit to
the great volcano on one of the Sand
wich Islands, now in a state of eruption:


Some of the finest scenes of the flow
were the cascades, or falls. formed in it
before the stream reached the plain.-
There were several of them, and they
appeared to be changing, and new ones
formed in different localities as new
streams were made. One, however,
which appeared without change fortwo
days. must have been from eighty to one
hundred feet in height. First there was
a fall, and then below there were cas-
cades or rapids. To watch this fall du-
ring the night, when the bright red-hot
stream of lava was howing over it at
the rate of tel miles an hour, like water,
was a scene not often witnessed, and
never to be forgotten. In fact, the lava
near its source had all the characters
tics of river of water flowing rapidly
along, and gurgling with cascades, rap
ids, currents and falls.


On the afternoon of our arrival at the
camping ground, a new stream started
some few miles below the crater, which
had evidently been damned up by some
obstruction, and came rushing down with
tremendous noise and fury through
the thick Jungle which lay in its track,
burning the cracking trees, aud sending
up a thick smoke almost as dense as that
from the crater. This stream, from the
time it broke away from its embank-
1nent. moved along at the speed of two
miles an hour until it reached the vicin-
ity of our camp, when its progress was
checked, and it moved not more than a
quarter of mile an hour. But it form
ed grand sight. Here was stream of
lava rolling over the plain, twenty or
twenty five feet high, and an eighth of
a mile in width, though its width varied
a great deal, sometimes broader and
sometimes narrower. 1t was, in fact, a
mass or pile of red-hot stones, looking
like pile of Goals on fire. borne along
by the liquid lava stream underneath.
AS it moved slowly along, large red
boulders would roll down the sides:
breaking into thousand small stones,
crushing and burning the trees which
lay in the track. 1t is impossible to
give true conception of the immense
force and power of this lava stream,
bearing along as it does an almost in
conceivable mass. 1t reminds us most
vividly of the breaking up of the ice in
a large river; only the Imagination must
stretch the comparison and suppose the
ice piled up twenty-five feet, and thus
borne along by the cnrrent beneath, the
whole width of the river moving at the
same time, crushing and breaking, and
piling up cones and irregular masses on
top. But even this comparison is far
below the reality. To be conceived it
must be seen. =,
Year: 1859

MAsQUERADEs IN MILwAULEE.-A great
masquerade ball was given in Milwaukee
about a week ago. The Meas Of that city,
in the course of an article describing it,
says ''One gentlemen fell in love with
his own sister, while another man danced,
talked, and promenaded with gentleman
in woman's dress three hours, in the vain
hope of finding out who the dear creature
was. One young man took his mother to
the supper, and great was the surprise Of
both on learning how matters stood. One
of our leading merchants gave his ring to a
young lady if she would raise her mask
that he might see her features, when it was
his own sister, who he supposed was at
home with the toothachel Two gentleman
got in warm dispute as to who certain
lady with black domino was, and after
making wager of two bottles of champaign,
found out the young lady was the younger
and mischievous brother of the losing
party"
Year: 1859

Back from the road, there's little cot,


Just around the bend of the mountain,
Where merry brook comes leaping down,


Till it reaches brimming fountain;
And day by day, as You pass that way


You may notice little maiden,
Tripping along DER the dewy turf,


With a brimming ever laden.
Back from the road. there's stile that leads,


To palisaded river,


Where the mOonbeams revel the live-long night
And the white sails gleam and quiver;
And oft YOU may smile, to see at the stile,


In the shade of the dark browed mountain,
The maiden, leaning her dimpled arms,


As she comes from the trimming fountain
Back from the road, TIRES linden tree,


Where the wild birds sing and hover,
And where, in the hush of the dewy eve


Sits the maid and her dark-eyed lover;
His black locks damp with the mists that fell
As he sailed up the flowing river,
Her pure heart light with joy that none


But the sailor-boy can give her.
Back from the road, there's little mound
Half hid by weeping willow,
Where the hare-bell waves, and the winds at eve
Bear dirge from the lonely billow;
And oft-times there, you may pause to list,
How the sailor-boy is weeping,
As his damp locks shadow the hare-bells pale,
Where his early love lies sleeping.
Year: 1859

LEAVES ARE CHENIsTs.-Have you ever
considered the amount of surface single
tree presents to the atmosphere? Measure
a leaf; take the area of one side, multiply
it by two, 1.-THE number of sides, and that
product by the number Of leaves on single
treel This surface is all necessary to the
growth of the tree. If you take off part
of the leaves, those which remain, grow
broader; they separate from the atmosphere,
and swallow the food adapted to the wants
Of the tree. Think of this, reader. Here
is suggestion for some interesting pencil
work. You have pencil and a power to
use it. Burn plant, and how small a
portion remains as ashesl Where is the
balance? In the atmosphere. Where,
then, does the plant obtain this organic
matter for its construction? Not akegeth-
er from the atmosphere direct But when
we consider that each square inch of the
surface of the leaves of some plants contain
from 10000 to 10000 mouths, which
absorb and assist in preparing the food for
the plant, we may form some idea Of their
importance.
Year: 1859

and death with me. Can you get me to it?
Have you got an engine here? Where is
the Superintendent" ?"


The section master had an Office near by
and the two went to find that official and to
procure an engine. The traveller stated his
case-he must 90 on could not delay
and offered the officer $3.50, if he would
put him on board the train. This strange
demand and strange offer caused the sta
ton master to hasten to do What he could.
The fire was not out in the engine that had
drawn the train to that point-the bargain
was settled-a draft given on New York
for the $3.50. and in ten minutes the trav-
eler started with an engine to overtake the
flying Express.


After rushing on for some thirty or forty
miles, some connection gave way and the
engine was stopped-the engineer found
the difficulty, and in a very few minutes
had wooden pin whitfield out and fitted to
supply the deficiency. With this, on they
flew. The train had, of course, many miles
the start of them, and despite the wooden
pin the engineer crowded Oh the steam and
tore through the country at a fearful rate.
Thirty miles of the distance passed was run
in t,ceRty-Sere,a minutes, but the engagement
was that they should overtake the train,
and do it they must and do it they did,
but not till more than one hundred miles
had been run. and they were approaching
Toledo. Having at length overtaken and
stopped the train and hurried on board, the
traveller went eagerly to berth in a sleep
ing car. and took therefrom carpet-bag
containing $4,000. His treasure was
safe-none had molested it, and dismissing
his faithful courier, he went on his way re-
joicing at the success of his perilous and
exciting adyenture-C Clereldad LedIar.
Year: 1859

Relating 10 the Lewistown Reservoir.


Section L. Be 1 enacted By the General Assem-
BIZ OF tic STATE OF Ohio. That for the purpose of
settling with the Miami hydraulic and mauufac-
turing company for the construction of the en-
largement of the Lewistown reservoir, and can
ceiling the contract relative to said enlargement
between the state and said company, the sum of
ninety one thousand one hundred and sixty sew
Year: 1859

9slT Let no false delicacy prevent the inya-
lid from seeking medical Gelief-the card of DR..
L. J. Czapkay, to be found in another column,
indicates where to obtain a reliable and COM
petent physician. 1t is seldom that we are called
upon to bear testimony in favor of the skill of
the physician, but a sense of duty as well as
justice demands that we should not pass Dr.


Czapkay by, without something more than a
mere mention. Unlike the greater portion of
those who thrust themselves and their nostrums
before the public, whose practices are empirical.
DIR. Czapkay is a gentleman of rare medical and
scientific attain ments, having held the position
of chief surgeon of the liberatng army during
the late Hungarian Revolution, and is possessed
of all the requisite experience and skill for the
successful practice of his profession. 1t is to the
care and advice of such physician we would
commend all suffering from the effects of sexual
or private disease, feeling assured that in all
such complaints, whether arising from infection,
indiscreton self-abuse, loss of virility he can
guarantee from his extensive practice, speedy
and permanent cure. To those suffering from
the effects of physical and mental debility, we
would say, let common sense take the place of
false modesty, and seek such advice as will save
you from an untimely grave, and lead you back
again to pristine health, consult DR.. Czapkay,
whom we cheerfully endorse as a skllful and
tried physician, capable of coping with and sue
cessfuly eradcatng those self-inhicted miseries,
the evils of empirical practice and all diseases
of seminal nature. DR.. Czapkays rooms are
on Sacramento street, opposite Pacific Mail
Steamship Office San Francisco. n27:3m
Year: 1859

re- As there is an evident misapprehension
as to the motives Of the Senate caucus in pro-
posing to remove Senator Douglas from his po-
siton as Chairman of the Committee on Terri
tories, it may be proper to state that there was
no retrospective feeling policy with regard to
the Lecompton issue on The part of Senators. 1t
was simply following consistent precedent in
not allowing him to occupy an important politi-
cal position inimcal to the views of the party
and to the majority of the committee If the
views of the Chairman of the Committee on
Commerce, or of the chairman of any other COM
snittee, were inimical to the majority, the same
course would be pursued, independent of polit-
cal antecedents.-Cor. Of y. I. Herald.


Stuff The Senate did not expect that the
Lecompton Constitution would be presented to
them again. Therefore their action could not
have been induced by desire 20 save the Ad-
ministration from being embarrassed again, by
the opposition of Mr.. Douglas, on that question.
Hence il is all nonsense to say that there was,
in this matter " no retrospective feeling poll
cy with regard to the Leeompton issue on the
part of Senators"
Year: 1859

PoT AND KETTLE.-The New York Times for
upwards of a week has been very abusive of the
President because the Herald succeeded in Sc
curing copy of the message in advance of its
contemporaries. The Times accuses the Pres-
dent of having furnished the copy to the Herald
himself, which is very preposterous. The TIMES
torgets that ii secured the previous Message of
the President and published it in advance of the
other papers, precisely as tie Herald did last
week. Did the President furnish it then, and
was the act wrong on either side IN. T. Cor.
S. Z. TIMES.
Year: 1859

Things in Mexico still remain unchanged
being thoroughly and completely mixed-pre-
senting the most perfect specimen of a politico-
revolutionary ola podrida ever witnessed, even
IN country where the absurdly incongruous
political melange is spectacle of such frequent
occurrence


The Mexicans seem TO be nation of fools
OF more sprightliness, however, that the famous
Dogberry, for while he requested his clerk to
write him down ass, they accomplish that
very inconsiderable chirographical feat for them
selves.


There does not appear to be one single sober
minded, sensible, practical man among all the
public men of this unhappy Quixotic nation,
who is able to "ride upon the whirlwind and
direct the storm" which is now desolatng that
fair country. They are all military pretenders
all aspire to the Craftsmanship without pos
sessing the first essential qualification of Chief,
to wit, common sense-all aspire to be Presi-
dent, without having the most important requi-
site of statesman, to wit, common sense They
appear to be a stupendous batch of Don Quix-
otes, who have no earthly aim other than fight
ing wind-mills.
Year: 1859

Holders Of the foregoing Warrants are hereby
notified that said Warrants will not bear interest
after this date, and unless presented within sixty
days from this date, the money will be applied
upon Warrants next in order of registry. Said
Warrants cannot afterwards be paid except by
order of the Board of Supervisors.


JAMES C. HAYBURN,


County Treasurer
Year: 1859

THE WANDERER.-This SLAYER, which put into
a port of Florida and there landed a cargo of
slaves from Africa, is thus referred to by south
ern paper:


"We are authorized to state that the story
about the yacht Wanderer bringing three hun
dred slaves to this country is simply ridiculous,
from the fact that she could not possibly accom-
modate more than half that number


" The truth of the matter, as we are informed.
is that she had on board but eighty negroes,
who were selected on account of their health.
vigor, size and strength, that they were treated
with the utmost care on the voyage, and finally
landed in good condition at some point between
Florida and Georgia. where they readily brought
seven hundred dollars each, making an aggre-
gate of ffty-six thousand dollars. We have a
letter from the coast of Africa, from which we
gather that the Wanderer was up the Congo
river in October last