smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

aWe think that we have good reasons for believ-
ing that party is being organised hereto bring out
candidate for the Office Of Governor, who will 60
before the people IS an opponent the present Ad-


inistration Of the Confederate States and endeavor
to rally party IN opposition to it {. -


The above is from the Raleigh Register. It is
possible the Register has found "a mares nest
That paper is in the secrets Of The faction which it
supports, and it may have unwittingly betrsyedits
designs. If it be the design Of any one, however,
to bring out candidate for Governor, who will 60
before the people opponent of the present Ad-
mnistration of the Confederate States the Register
has given us the first clue to it that we have heard
Certainly we have heard Of no such design among
the conservatives with whom we converse. The
fact is and it need not be disguised that the most
devoted friends of the Confederate Government in
the South are to be found among the conservatives.
The worst complaint among them that We have
heard Of against Mr.. Davis, is endorsed by the
Register-" that the Administration has made MIS-
takes" member of Congress, a secessionist who
passed through this place some days ago, we learn
admitted that the conservatives the best friends
in that body Mr.. Davis had. The most severe criti-
cisms and the sharpest attacks which have been
made upon Mr.. Davis and his administration, have
been made by the most violent original seeesionists
Many of the sharpest spectators and extortion-
ers-many who have made most out Of the gov.
ernment and out Of the people in this war, are
original secessionists and Mr.. Davis warmest pro-
fessed friends The greater part of those who have
paid least out Of their private funds to support the
war-who have hired substitutes and refused to 60
to the war, are original secessionists. We have
heard 1t said within few days that sundry persons
in this State refuse to take Confederate notes for
property debts, and anxious to invest all they
have in real estate and that they are to large ex-
tent among the original secessionists. The most
bitter denouncers of the Standard IN the State,
| are those who have no good excuse for remaining
out of the war, but are seeking Office or running
about the country to make money or keep out o.
the army. And these are the men to talk about
traitors! If Burnside were to get among them
they would, as some of the class have done ir
Newbern, if report be true be the most subseryien
will fly if they can on the approach of the enemy
but if their property holds them they will succuml


in an instant.


But to the "mare's nest" of the Register. Th


conservatives, and many of the secessionists, ar


opposed to the management Of the inefficient ad


ministration of public affairs in this State. The.


are determined, we believe, to put an end to tn


rule of that faction in State affairs as soon as pos


sible. If beyond this, there is any design to or


pose President Davis, it must be found among thos


with whom the Registsr co operates, or that branc


of the dsstructices who are little too ultra for th


Register.
Year: 1862

We have several times alluded to the lack Of Ia
borers and the existence of large tracts of open
can't lands in Western Counties. We have been
anxious to direct the attention of our Eastern PLAN
ters who have negroes rendered every day more
liable to be demoralzed by the near approach to
them of the Yankee forces, to those Counties.


We have been little surprised that our Western
friends have not invited their Eastern brethren by
advertisement and other means to remove their force
up the country. If they want to hire hands rent
lands let them give notice by advertisement through
the papers.


The following remarks of the Salisbury Watch-
man on the demand Of Western hospitality towards
our Eastern brethren, we commend to the attention
of our Western readers:


"The hospitality of the people of Western Caro-
lima is likely to be called forth this spring and
mer, by our refugee friends Of the East who have
been driven from their comfortable, well-furnished
homes by the ruthless invaders Of our soil. 1t is
not for any one to say what should be the exact
measure of kindness shown to these friends by US
who have been more fortunate than they simply by
geographical location But the best rule of conduct
in reference to them has been laid down by Infinite
Wisdom-do unto Others as you ,o0uld haoe them do
unto you. In their condition, we would desire, and
could appreciate an act of kindness and hospitality
and there should be some pains taken, therefore,
and some self-denal made for their accommodation.
They will need boarding houses, or houses to live
in. Many of them have sacrificed to the cause Of
the South almost entire estates and may have need
to economist the remnant Of their resources. They
should be assisted in this far as practicable and
in every way made to feel that they are among
Year: 1862

We again admonish the people to meet at an early
d.y in all the Counties, and designate their prefer
ence for Governor and members Of the Legislature
They have the right to make the selection. We are
ready to submit to their decision, but not 70 eau
cuses or ciques The popular voice is evidently for
VIM. A.. Graham for Governor, but let the people IN
their primary meetings say so, emphahcaily and
Enthusiastically.
Year: 1862

CAMp MANGuH.-We continue to hear complaints
Of the want of accommodations for sick soldiers at
Camp Mangum and Of the refusal to grant furloughs
to sick soldiers. We hear that one reglmentha
on the sick list more than half its number In
some cases seven to eight men are crowded into
one tent one-half Of these frequently oeing too
sick to 60 on duty. We trust the Governor himself
will take this matter in hand and see to it that bet
ter care is taken Of those who are sick in camp and
that furloughs granted in every case and grant
ed promptly, where they can be granted without
injury to the service 1t is much better every way
that the sick should be allowed to go or be carried
home, where they will receive atten.ions which can
not be Bestowed on them il camp, and where they
will much sooner recover their health We repeat,
what we said in recent issue, that every kindness
which is compatible with proper discipline should
be shown to the brave men who have come forward
to fight our battles.
Year: 1862

During the late severe spell of weather,
the people of this place have been led in
more than usual degree to feel the want of
efficient mail facilities between this and the
lower country. One mail a week is what
may justly be denominated very slow
COACH and yet this is all the contract of
the Post Office Department calls for. Mail
service once a week between this place and
the Dalles was frequent enough, perhaps,
in earlier times but at the present tri-
weekly coach service, at least, is most earn
estly demanded, and we shall be greatly
disappointed in our anticipations of the ln-
crease Of business Ill tLis line, if daily mail
is not needed to meet the public demand
before the close of the coming fall We
have no doubt the contractors have been
quite as punctual in the delivery of the
mails as the government has been in paying
for the service. There is an evident ten
dency on the part of the government to de-
crease rather than increase our mail facili-
ties, which is evinced in the fact of the dis
continuance of the service to Colville To
whom we are indebted for this retrograde
in postal affairs, at time when the demands
Of the country are rapidly increasing, wiser
politicians may be able to discern. 1t is
possible that our present delegate in con-
.gress don't like the people of Colville, and
that he has been indulging in a bit of retail
iation.


We are Of opinion that petition, setting
forth the facts connected with the mail ser
vice at this place, and the grounds for the
establishment of tri-weekly line of coaches,
containing the signatures of citizens, and
sent forward to the department, would be
influential in effecting the desired change.
Such petition should be forwarded imme-
diately, in order to reach Washington by
the first Of March next, at which time the
annual proposals for contracts are issued.
The service required by the department is
stipulated in the. proposals, and the CON


tracts are let in the month of July.
Year: 1862

self somewhat unpopular with many of his patrons
by selling old papers for the latest dates, when he
had others on hand which he was holding for the
purpose of rddng himself of little bad stock
This is a species of sharp practice which will
not admit Of being played more than once.


Tracy & Co.'S messenger makes his appearance
about every two weeks-sometimes three-so you
see We are rather hard up" for news. But
even thus infrequent, we consider it God-send
and Lord what would we do without it?


You must not fail to send ne your paper i'm
mediately. I will send you money by first op-
portunity.


Yours respectfully NJ S.
Year: 1862

FROM THE MINEs.-Mr G. H. Miller,
of lLossman & Miller's express, gives us a
few items from the mines. He states that
the snow is from ten to fifteen feet deep on
the mountain from Slate Creek to Florence,
but that travel in and out has been constant
enough to keep the trail in a passable con-
dition for animals. Provisions seem to be
plenty in the mines. No mining is being
done, excepting an occasional attempt by
some, with the use Of fires and the constant
application of hot water to keep the rocker
free from ice. At the mouth of Slate creek
Mr.. Miller met party just in from point
above that place on Salmon river, who re-
ported the discovery of better mines than
those in the neighborhcod of Florence
They had quite a large quantity of gold, a
specimen of which, worth four dollars, the
expressman brought down. They came
down to the mouth Of Slate Creek for pro-
visions, and Immediately returned. The
precise situation of these diggings could not
be learned from the discoverers
Year: 1862

justice to the oppressed that prompt
ed it and, although the freedom of
the Slaves had been made to appear
as lucid as sunbeam, had not tirat
same necessity arisen, it remains a
question yet to be solved, whether the
Administration would have endorsed
that freedom or implicitly sanctioned
their re-snbiugation to Slavery. And
yet from the course pursued We have
little ground to doubt.


But against this tender-footedness
of the Administration and this subser-
vicnce to the remaining fragments of
the Slave Oligarchy, the North is a
unit. Yes, Frcedomia lifts up her
mighty voice in tones Of rebuke to a
spirit so dastardly, and compromising,
with the foe that has well nigh work
ed our ruin The embodiment Of
northern sentiment and northern feel
ing is arraycd in unyielding antago-
nism against policy so strong in its
tendency towards letting the serpent
live. Not Abolitionists,--no Repub-
licans only, but Democrats, once so
named. now clearly see that Slavery
is the real cause of this deathstrugglc
for our national existence. And not
only is it almost universal throughout
Frecdomia, but the border States,
though they see the entire overthrow
Of slavery is inevitable, finch not, aud
are waging the war to triumphant
conquest. AS ever yonrs,


PETER PERDY.
Year: 1862

How many thoughts gave thee!
Come hithcr on the grass,
And If thourt count unfailing


The green blades as we pass.
Or the leaves that sigh and tremble
To the sweet wind of the west,
Or the rippling of the river.


Or the sunbeams on its breast,
I'll count the thoughts l give thee,
My beautiful, my blest
How many joys owe thee!


Come sit where seas run high,
And count the hcaving pillows


That break on the shores and die,
Or the grains of sand they fondle
When the storms are overbl pwn,
Or the stars in the milky zone


And I'll count the joys owe thee,
My beautiful, my own.
And how much love proffcr!


Come scoop the ocean dry,
Or weigh in thy tiny balance


The star-ships of the sky,
Or twine around thy fingers


The sunlight streaming wide,
Or fold il in thy bosom


While the world is dark beside
And I'll tell how much love the,
My beautiful, my bride!
Year: 1862

ANY person obtaining Ave Subscribers, and forwarding
the money shall be furnished with copy of the Intcli
gencer for this service long the number shall be
kept good


business pertaining to the paper can be transacted
with the Publisher any day the Office o Publication.


Communications may be addressed to the Editor, who
will promptly and faithfully respond to them.
Year: 1862

wax. He cstechised the Old 3sdy aleu-
her house wifery, for the bfesd was 1.
right as the butter. The old lady said
her health was feeble; she cos7a do b.
little, and Jenny had the uaie man.
sgement. He made some ros d-about
inquiries concerning Jenny. aid learned
that she was a hearty. blaek-haired,
black-eyed lass Of about two and txeu-
ty; had never seen q piano or'altended
ball, but knew the Assemhiy's cate
chism, could sing Old Hundred 10 q
charm, spin fax, and darn stockings,
and had then gone to town vith butter.
He fingered, but she was detyed, spd
when his excuses for staying kefe ex-
Ehassted, besfarted. He 6oaI6 Rot get
the good butter out Of bis mind, and
how happened it know not, be soon
found his way there again. and the re-
suit of bis adventure was that be made
wife of Jane McKean. And now
one lump Of his wife's butter is worth
more than all Joe's would make in a
month. There's no use in going to
market; the keepers of genteel boarding
houses in the neighboring villages send
and take il at the highest market price.


Now the main difference in these
two women arises from the manner Of
training. though there is no difference
in natural disposition. Old madam
Sly never looked on to see that Sally
did up her work right, but suffered her
to shy off her work as she chose. and
though a good house-keeper herself,
was altogether too indulgent, and like
some other mothers, thought more OF
getting Sally well married than Of
making her fit for a wife; while madam
Mexican was determined Jenny should
be fit for any mans wife, whether she
got married or not. Perhaps there is
no more certain criterion by which to
judge of woman's general character
for nestness and housekeeping than BY
the quality of her butter. Find on the
farmers table a good, solid, properly
sailed, well-worked slice Of butter, and
you need not fear to eat the cakes or
hash; but see a slush of balf-worked
butter; salt in Jumps, and sprinkling
of hair and flies legs. you may be
certain that if you board there very
long, death will not be obliged to wait
much for you to finish your peck Of
dirt.


My advice is to young farmers, to
make it a sine qua non in a wife that she
makes prime butter; and the young
ladies who aspire to be farmers wives,
had much bsiterbe imperfect in 6lagree
most Important art of making butter,
which smoothes not only the sharp cor
ners of crusts and crackers, but will
smooth asperities of the husbands tenn
per.
Year: 1862

We received good cash job Of work on
Saturday lasi-sad such chances, these
times, are net to be iesPisei, you know
the execution Of which was very important
to parties concerned, but which prevents
our issuing more than one half sheet this
week.. But this has Good News enough
for q whole week.
Year: 1862

%Wc can assure our Volunteers that we
take much care TO send them our paper,
regularly, aud hope the mail arrangements
to them viii soon be as satisfactory as they
are from them. BE not discouraged, for
your many friends all like to hear from
you when you have any news.-EDIToRs.
Year: 1862

street to procure them; that the hand
full of change which the young man
threw into her basket procured her
necessarics till other means fortunately
reached her.


In answer to the clerk inquiry as to
what clue he had to direct him in his
search, he replied


"My mother marked you, sir, al
though you walked off SO quickly, and
her description of the color Of your
eyes and hair, and of your height are
correct. Furthermore she heard your
companion call you BILL and say
something about the wharf; SO I've
been into every store on the wharves
where there were any Williams and
and overhauled about two dozen Bills
but didn't run alongside the true Bill
till l found you, sir. There" contin-
ued the sailor, "that's my yarn. | felt
| could not rest easy till thanked you
and that's what Eve called to do. -
My poor old mother is well provided
for now, and I'm second mate Of a
ship. God bless you, sir! I'll never
forget your name, and may you never
know what it is to be poor!"


And the sailor wrung the hard Of
his benefactor.
Year: 1862

In the Zollverein Department of the in
ternational Exhibitian has lust been
placed wonderful piece Of mechanism,
only few days from Hanover. All our
readers know the difficulty Of Awakening
early in order to catch morning train.
Here is piece of mechanism which will
not only ring a gentle alarum to rouse
light sleepers, bnt it will at the same
time strike light for a lamp, and an
other to boil a cup of coffee. Ifthe first
alarum be not enough louder one will
follow sufficiently sOnorOus toawal6en the
dead If even this should prove insult
ficient, the mechanism will, after short
interval pull off the night-cap, If the
sleeper wears one and in the almost inn
possible case Of q continued slumber after
all this, the machine, as if disgusted at
such laziness, will tilt the sleeper out on
the floor In fact the mechanism does
everything almost but shout the hour in
the sleeper's ear. An extraordinary
amount of ingenuity has been expended
upon this combination eff clockwork, and
springs, lucifers, and levers. tfrI


We copy the above from one of our
foreign exchanges. This invention is no
touch to one made and patented in this
country, and illustrated on page 32, Vol.
XI. (old series) SoTNgIFIc AMERICAN. In
stead of going through the process of
coaxing and cajoling the sleeper to
arouse, the Yankee invention referred TO
by one operation tips the sleeper out Of
bed, thus avoiding all the useless and
complicated details specified above. The
Zollverein invention, however is the
more polite one Of the two, and is, no
doubt, better adapted to operate on per-
sons of nervous tendencies. [-Scieatjfc
american.
Year: 1862

Some weeks ago our enterprising neigh
Dor up street, asserted that he lad good
reason to believe that lodge of X. G. C's
existed 10 this place, and intimated that its
assertion was based upon facts within its
knowledge.


The crcuit court Of this county ad
journed recently without finding any in
dctments. although ten of the twelve
were Republicans. 1t is fair to presume
that if any such reasonable organization
existed here. that body would have pre-
sented indictments for the sa re. as did the
grand jury at Indianapolis. Did our
neighbor go before the grand jury and i'm
part the knowledge Of the facts in his pos
session? If not. why? If he did, why
did not the grand jury find a bill?


The truth is. that the charge Was male
for buncombe. No such organization ex
ISIS here. and nobody knows that fact bet
ter than our i5hbor. Bat what 1ust the
public think of the reliability of men who,
for mere partizan purposes. brand their
nelghbors with the crime of treason with
out single fact upon which to found the
charge?


We shall see whether the Republican
will have the fairness to acknowledge It's
error
Year: 1862

Constitution is our safeguard, STAND By
THE CoNsTITUTfoN--N. J. Aryus.



The Democratic S ate Central Commit.


tee of Pennsylvania In an address to the
citizens of that Stale, puts forth the fol-
lowing sound old fashioned Democratic


doctrine:


AS Democrats, and as therefore Loyal
men, we can know TO other principle OF


political action, but to uphold the Govern
ment and obey the laws, and that the best
evidence of our firm purpose 10 do SO is,
that as part Of the people, We will de-
mand the maintenance Of the Constitution
in all its parts and the preservation of the
Union in its perfect integrity, and that We
will hold all men, North as well as South,
who assai our Constitution, in whole or
IN part. as disloyal men, and the enemies
of the Union Of these States. President
Lincoln. IN his inaugural address, quoting
the entire provision in the Constitution Of
The United States, relative to the return Of
fuglives from labor from any State, truly
said that he found that provision "as plain


y written in the Constitution as any 9TH
er; and in the same address, he Justly de-
clared, 81 have no purpose directly or in
directly to interfere with the institution Of
slavery where it exists. | believe l have
no lawful right to 90 SO, and have no in
clination to do so." Yet the Abolilionists
of the North are to day bringing to bear
upon President Lincoln fearful pressure
to induce him to exert all the power which
his official position in present crcumstan-
ces affords, to act counter to this plain pro
vision OF the Constitution and to his own
pledge to the American people. This
pressure has been 81 great that the Presi-
dent, in his high position, was induced to
appeal to the Union loving Congressman
from the Border Slave States for relief.
Let the whole loyal people of the State of
Pennsy ylvania come forward in mass NEE
tings, and with one patriotic and deter
mined voice give e>assurance to President
Lincoln Of that relief which he seeks. Let
us assure him that the only relief he can
ever obtain is from the loyal masses mum
bering at least 800, 900 men in Pennsylva
MIA alone, who are firmly resolved that as
they are the source of all power, and are
the supreme power In the land, they in
tend to "preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution of the United States" against
all it's foes. whether Abolitionists or Seces
sionists.
Year: 1862

The Treasury $40 notes already issued by
our government during the war sell at
par. They were deprecated 2H per cent
by the ridiculous rumors that Mr..
Chase was paying them to contractors. If
any were paid that way the amount did
not reach $4,000. But when it is known
that the interest will be paid for the new bonds
in coin, there is no reason that the demand
notes based upon them should 60 below par.
And when the war is terminated all United
States stocks will rise to their former high fyure
for all the capitalists Of Europe will eagerly
purchase them, as the safest and most profitable
Investment in the world None will desire the
American government to redeem its bonds; for
if any holder wishes to part with what he owns
he will have no difficulty in getting gold for
them in the market, so good will be the credit
of the government, and so secure the invest
ment, resting, as it does, upon the faith Of the
,ehole people and the pledge Of their aohole pro
pesty, amounting to si1teen billions Of dollars!
Year: 1862


shortly to be brought before Congress for the
reduction Of the pay of the army is a measure
which we do not hesitate to say is exceedingly
i'll advised at the present time. 1t is true that
the government ought to study economy as far
as possible, without injury to the public ser
vice. But we have come to the conclusion tha.
to reduce the pay of the army would be to i'm
pair its efficiency to some extent, by creating
dissatisfaction among the officers themselves
and increasing the embarrassments of their
families. If retrenchment in the government
expenditure is needed--and we think IL is-let il
be made in the'pay of the persons holding civil
appointments throughout the country. The
army is only temporary expense, and when
this war is over II will be disbanded as rapidly
as it was created. 1t is now engaged in a strug
gle upon which the very integrity Of the Union
depends, and we ought re- 10 begrudge the
money we pay for the services Of our gallant
defenders. We consequently trust that the bill
will be defeated.
Year: 1862

A QUAKER was once forced into a fight
with quarrelsome neighbor. After lit:
tie scufiing the quaker's nose came into vi
olent contact with the other mans fist, caus-
ing his nose to bleed profusely. He became
enragel, and Immediately took his opponent
down, when, getting astride of him, he ad:
dressed him thus . Friend, | won't hurt
thee. neither will strike thee, but | will
let my nose bleed in thy face, y which he did
to his own entire satisfaction, and to the
great disgust of his adversary.