smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

formal. Lincoln arose while dcathly silence
pervaded the vast audience, and in a clear
but moderate tone began his argument
! Slowly and carefully he reviewed the testi-
mony, pointing out the hitherto unobscrvetl
discrepancies in the statements of the princi.
pal witness. That which had seemed plain
and plausible, he made to appear crooked as
a serpcnt's path. The witness had stated
that the affair took place at a certain hour in
the evening, and that, by the aid of the
brightly shining moon, he saw the prisoner
inilict the death blow with slung shot, Mr..
Lincoln showed that at the hour referred to,
the moon had not yet appeared above the
horizon, and consequently the whole tale was
a fabrication. An almost instantaneous
change seemed to have been wrought in the
minds of his auditors, and the verdict of mot
guilty was at the end ofevcry tongue But
the advocate was not content with this intel
lcctua achievement His whole being had
for months been bound up in this work of
gratitude and mercy, and, as The lava of the
overcharged crater bursts from its imprison-
ment, so great thoughts and burning words
leaped forth from the soul of the eloquent
Lincoln. lie drew a picture of the perjurer
so horrid and ghastly that the accusor could
sit under it no longer, but reeled and stag
gered from the room, whilst the audience
fanced they could sec the brand upon his
brow. Then in words of thrilling pathos
Lincoln appealed to the jurors as fathers of
sons who might become fathcrlcss, and as
husbands of wifcs who might be widowed, to
yield to no previous impressions, no ill-found-
ed prejudice, but to do his client Justice !;
and as he alluded to the debt of gratitude
which he owed the boys sire, tears were seen
to fall from many eyes unused to weep. 1t
was near night when he concluded by saying
that if justice was done--as he believed it
would be-before the sun should set it would
shine upon his client freeman. The Jury
retired, and court adjourned for the day
Half an hour had not elapsed, when as the
officer Of the court and the volunteer attor-
ney sat at the tea table of their hotel, mes
senger announced that the jury had returned
to their seats. All repaired Immediately to
the court house, and whilst the prisoner was
being brought from the JAIL the court room
was filled to overiowing with citizens of the
town. When the prisoner and his mother
entered, silence roigncd as completely as
though the house were empty. The foreman
of the jury, in answer to the usual inquiry
from the court, delivered the verdict of !" Not
Guilty" The widow dropped into the arms
of her son, who lifted her up and told her to
look upon him as before, free and innocent.
Then, with the words, "Wherc is Mr.. Lin
colny' he rushed across the room and grasp
ed the hand of his delivcrer, whilst his heart
was too full for utterancc. Lincoln turned
his eyes towards the West, where the sun
still fingered in view, and then, turning to
the youth, said, 1T is not yet sundown, and
you are free" ] confess that my checks
were not wholly unwet by tears, and turn
ed from the affecting scene
Year: 1860

NIGHr AIR.-An extraordinary fallacy is
the dread Of night air. What air can we
breathe at night but night air /? The choice
is between pure night air from without, and
foul night air from within Most people pre-
fer the latter. An unaccountable choice -
What will they say if it is proved to be true
that fully one-half of all the disease we suffer
from is occasioned by people sleeping with
their windows shut? An open window most
nights in the year can never hurt any one
This is not to say that light is not necessary
for recovery. In great cities night air is often
the best and purest air to be had in the TWEEN.
ty-four hours. could better understand the
shutting windows in towns, during the day,
than during the night, for the sake of the
sick. The absence of smoke, the quiet, all
tend to make night the best time for airing
the patient. One Of our highest medical au-
thorities on consumption aud climate, has
told me that the air in London is never SO
good as after ten o'clock at night Always
air your room, then, from the outside air il
possible. Windows are made to open, doors
are made 10 shut---a truth which seems ex-
tremely difficult Of apprehension. Every
room must be aired from without-every
passage from within. But the fewer passages
there arc in a. hospital the FQrsnce
Niydtengass.
Year: 1860

tend to be able to make articles that are nat.
urally wholly inert possessed of such power.
full medicinal qualities, as to be adequate to
the cure of the most violent disease. In re-
gard to the range Of doses, there is much dis
crepancy among different Homeopathic writ
ers, which shows conclusively that their
observations of disease are entirely valuelcss.
Their doses have an exceedingly wide range.
HAHNEMAN recommends the thirtieth dilution
for common use, and even goes so far as to
say, that even the smell of globulc contain.
ing a ten-thousandth part of drop of this
dilution will, in certain cases, cure violent
disease; still, in some cases, he rcsortcd to
large doses, as in his treatment of cholera
with camphor in twenty grain doses. Home
opathists seem to entertain the idea that there
are innumerable grades of susceptibility, re-
quirng corresponding variations in doses.-
1t is true that these different grades of sus-
ccptibility do exist to a certain degree, still
the Homeopathic ply sician must be possessed
Of very accute powers of discrimination to be
able to tell ga priori' to what exact point in
this scale, each patient belongs, and if he
should chance to err in judgment, and should
give medicine in concentrated form, to a
patient who was so very susceptible as to re-
quirc only to smell of the cork from bottle
containing only a thousandth part of drop
of the thirticth dilution, what could be expec-
ted but that the most disasterous results
would follow? We find that it is no uncon,-
mon thing for Homeopathic practitioners to
change from the sixth to the eighteenth dilution
on the same day, and in treating the same
patient. Here the doctor finds that what was
proper dose for his patient in the morning
is, at noon, many million times too much for
him. Surely his medicine must be possessed
of magic power, to produce such wonderful
effect in few hours. AS fair example of
the consistency of this doctrine, will relate
a case of Homeopathic treatment, that once
came under my own observation. A young
lady had a severe attack of rheumatic fever.





vial containing a liquid; the patient was di
rected to take five drops of this every six
hours. As the doctor was leaving the room,
the patient inquired the name of the medicine,
and wastold that it was liq"or colcis; she
did not understand the meaning Of the term,
and concluding that it must be some new IIo-
meopathic remedy, asked no more questions
Now HQaor ealcis is the Latin for lime uatcr,
and If the doctor was an honest Homeopathist,
he was attempting to cure severe case Of
rheumatism by giving less than 6iilionth
part Of a grain Of lime per day; still this pa
tient had taken many times this amount of
lime, in her food and drink, every day for
years, and experienced no effects whatever
from it. Consistency thou art jewel"


ITO be Continued.)
Year: 1860


can honest mans the noblest work of God"


Pope
We hail YOU as the Peoples choice,
We greet you as the Poor Mans friend;
In you our party all rejoice,
Because We know your name will lend
The same success that first was won a
BY gallant General Harrison.
Though party ties have changed since he
And Henry Clay repose in death,
While you g still live" our aim will be
To aid you with our latest breath
The Poor Mans frend-the Peoples choice,
Will ever make our hearts rejoice. m... ..
You nobly worked your way to fame
Through trials which but few could bear;-
You've won time enduring name
As universal as the air
1t may be- your reward comes late,
But You have gained high estate.
We fling our banners to the breeze
Your name is blazoned on their folds
A name each honest man will please,
Whatever party name he ho -
name that you have kindly lent
The name Of our next President
The time has come when party ties
Should be ignored and cast aside:--
Let people in their strength arise
And crush the domneering Pride r... .
That's held the reigns of power so long,
1t still would govern-riglt or wrong.
The North and South, the East and West,
Have joined on you as nominee,
And not united power can wrest
Your certain claim to rule the Free
The name that you have kindly lent
Wen change to that Of President


W.P. II.
Year: 1860




man Of pleasure is one Of the most wretched bein
q EARTH Tortured by ennu, weary even Of reyelin
'ithout any high noble aims he drags along joyie
re, and passes away by gloomy and remorseess deaf
mere Is the deepest tragedy in the following sanzas:
(who cares for noting alone is free:)


(sit down, good fellow, and drink with meD
With careless heart and merry eye,


He will laugh at the world as the world goes by.
He laughs at power, and wealth and fame;
He laughs at virtue, he laughs at shame. f
He laughs at hope and he laughs at fear;
At Memory's dead leaves crisp and scar. b.. .
He laughs at the future cold and dim; a.
Nor earth nor heaven Is dear to him. "a Es-a
o, that Is the comrade fit for me! ra Hmp .#a
He cares for nothing his soul is free -..af
Free as the soul of the fragrant wine E
Sit down, good fellow; my heart is thine
For need not custom, creed or law; .-....
care for nothing that ever saw. ..,
In every city my cups quaf; .......
And over my liquors riot and laugh.
laugh like the cruel and turbulent wave;
laugh in the church, and laugh at the grave.
laugh at joy, and well know


That merrily, merrily laugh at woe.
terribly laugh, with an oath and sncer,
When think that the hour Of death is near.
For know that Death is a guest divine,
Who shall drink my blood as drink this wine
And he cares for nothing king is he!
Come on, old fellow, and drink with me!
With you will drink to the solemn past, "f
Though the cup drain should be my last.
will drink to the woman who wrought my woe,
In the diamond mornings Of long ago.
To a heavenly face in sweet rspose! r.. n.. ..
To the ly's snow, and the blood of the rose!
To the splendor caught from Orient SKIES
That thrilled in the dark Of her hazel eyes;
Her large eyes wild with the fire of the South;
And the dewy wine of her warm, red mouth
I will drink to the thought Of better time
70 innocence gone like death-bel chime
will drink to my soul IN its terrible mood,
Dimly and solemnly understood.


And last of all to the Monarch Of Sin,
Who has conquered that place and reigns within!
My song Is passing; 1t dies away;
l cannot tell It is night or day!
My lreart is burnt and blackened with pain,
And horrible darkness crushes my brain.
Through awful clasms plunge and fall
Your hand, good fellow, die--that's all. r
I cannot see you-the end is night
But we'll laugh together before i die
Then cover me--will you9-with grassy sod, ~.
The feared CT man, the accursed of God
Year: 1860

PERsEvERING DoG.-A boast being made OF
the obedience of Newfoundland dog in
fetching and carrying, the master put mark.
ed shilling under large square stone by the
roadside, and having ridden on three miles,
ordered the dog to go back and fetch it. He
set off, but did not return the whole day
He had gone to the place, and being unable
to turn the stone, sat bowling by it. Two
horscmen came by and saw his distress, and
one of them alighting removed the stone, and
finding the shilling, put it in his pocket, not
supposing that the dog could possibly be
looking for that. The dog followed the horses
for upwards Of twenty miles, stayed in the
room where they supped, got into the bed.
room, got the brooches in which the fatal shill.
ing had been put, made his escape with them
and dragged them through mud and mire
hedgeand ditch to his masters house.
Year: 1860

man OF pleasure Is Of the most wretthed beings
on EARTH Tortured by ennui, weary Of reyeling
life and passes away by gloomy and remorseess DEATH
There the deepest tragedy in the following stanzas:
Year: 1860

We were astounded yesterday, on open
ing the Rockport Democrat of June I'd, to
find copied into it, accompanied by au edi-
torial endorsement of its genuineness, the
resolution said TO have been adopted at d
meeting in Springfield, H., in October, 1854,
in which Abraham Lincoln took an active
part, said resolution taking extreme anti
slavery ground. -


This slander we exploded thoroughly
after its publication in the Enquirer few
days ago, by extracts taken from a speech
of Lincoln'S, wherein he PROVED, the resolu-
ton said to have come from him, a base
forgery. The Enquirer has not had the
hardihood to repeat the SANDER since, nor
the manliness to retract it.


We did certainly expect fairer play from
the Rockport Democrat, and trust for the
sake of its reputation for candor, thatt it viii
undo the wrong it has done to whilome
resident of Spencer county. We shah wait
with some anxiety to see the course of the
Democrat in this matter.
Year: 1860

WAsHNGToN, June At will be recol-
lected that Pacific Railroad bill was recon-


nitted by the House to the select committee
on the subject, in order to remove the diff
Guilty of the subject, and TO render
the franchise more secure This morning
in the committee Mr.. Fenton offered an am
endment, which was unanimously agreed to,
providing that the grantees or their asso-
ciates shall not be or become vested with
any grant right or interest secured by the
bill, otherwise than in the corporate char
acter and capacity to he first acquired by
them or such of them as shall accept the
terms and conditions of this act, and State
jurisdiction in and through which the con-
templated railroad shall be constructed.
Year: 1860

OUR LOCAL REPoRTER-Mr. RoLLIN DE-
FREES, formerly of the Indianapolis atlas, is
in our employ as Local and River Reporter.
He is young gentleman Of intelligence and
energy, and we doubt not will succeed in
throwing much interest into his department
when he becomes well acquainted with our
city and its people. Our friends will oblige
us by giving him any information within
their knowledge that is likely to possess
general interest.


We are now getting our ofice-force or
ganized 40 that we can safely promise a
paper entirely up to the demands of this
thriving and enterprising city. We are
not given to boasting, but think the facts
will bear us out in the claim we make that
the Evansville journal has generally been
up with the times. We do not intend that
it shall lose this reputation while we con-
duct it.
Year: 1860

Which greatly facilitates the process of Teething by
softening the gums, reducing the indamation-will
allay ALL PAIN and spasmedic action and is


Sure to Regulate the Bowels,
Dependupon it, mothers it will give rest to yourselves
and re1iefand health to your infants.


We have put up and sold this article for over ten
years, and can say, in confidence in truth of it. what
we have never been able To say
Year: 1860

Lanes MAJoRITY.-We are told that a
mistake has been discovered in the count Of
the vote in one township of Dubois county,
by the correction OF which Colonel Lane 8
majority would run up to over 10000. The
vote is so one sided there that recount
will make no difference in the result but
we hope some of the few Republicans OF
that county will confer II favor on the cause
by making a recount, just for the satisfac-
tion of the party, so it can be said that the
majority for gallant Hal is 10000. 1t is
close To that now, but we want to see the
figures raisel to 10000 or over.
Year: 1860

DIpN'T co TO THE PoLLs-Tt IS an ascer-
tained fact that in Scott Township, this
Comfy, there were twenty or twenty five
Republicans, in Perry from thirty to fifty,
and in Union from ten to fifteen, who
didn't vote at the State election. Now
it is too bad, that any Republicans should
stay away from the polls when so much is
at stake as there was then Amy one who
will neglect to exercise this great privilege
of American citizen at amy time when
he can possibly get to the polls, ought to
be DISTINGUISHED two or three years, so he
can appreciate the advantage he enjoys in
being able to choose his own rulers.


Republican voters enough can be named
who, had they voted, could have elected
Hugo joint Representative, thereby giving
the party that much more weight at the
Capital; cut Laws majority in his own
county down to a nominal figure given
Lane handsome majority over Hendricks
and the whole Republican State ticket over
date for I -surer; and swelled our vote
generally very materially.


We hope this failure to call out oar fall
vote will have the effect to inspire Repub-
Iicans with more determination in future,
! and to induce them to perfect their
! organization throughout the county


Now let us see whether, at the Presiden-
tial election, those Indifferent voters cannot





the good work in which We are engaged.
Year: 1860

FINE OYsTERS.-We have seldom had the
pleasure Of eating so fine oysters as were
furnished us yesterday by FRANK FELKER


They were from the celebrated house Of
Maltby, Baltimore. We advise our friends
who incline TO oysters to give Fclker a call.
Year: 1860

ESSs- The Buffalo Express says the fusion
party of that State is becoming like tie
FrenchmAns punch, with a little sugar TO
make it sweet, Il little lemon to make it
sour, little brandy to make it strong, and
a little water to make it weak"
Year: 1860

We believe he will be- elected. Should he
be chosen by his countrymen to that exalted
seat, and should he by any contingency he
called to the Presidential chair, we can rely
on it that It man is there who will never
cast, by any act OF bis, any discredit on his
own good name, the honor Of his party, OF
the glory of his country.
Year: 1860

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A MISER.-Michael
Baird, Tor Bear, rs he is sometimes called J
who lives near Little York, Pennsylvania. was
a miserable miser. His father left a valuable
farm, of five hundred acres, in the vicinity of
York, with some farming and household ari-
cles. He kept tavern for number of years,
married. and raised four children lie accu-
mulated an immense estate, which he reserved
So tenaclOusly that he never afforded n dollar
for the education of his children. He never
was known to lay out one dollar in cash for any
article he might be in need of; he would either
do without it, or find some person who would
barter with him for something he couhl not
conveniently sell for money. He farmed largely
and kept large distillery, which he supplied
entirely with his own grain He kept team
for the conveyance of his whisky to Baltimore,
where, when he could not sell for money at a
price to suit him, he bartered for necessaries
for his family and tavern In this way he
amassed an estate worth four hundred thousand
dollars.


Such was his attachment to money that he
was never known to credit single dollar Ia
any man. Upon the best mortgage + security
that could be given he would not lend cent
He never vested one dollar to public funds
neither would he keep the notes of any bank
longer than he could get them changed. He
deposited his specie in large iron chest until
ii would hold no more. He then provided n
strong irOn-hoOped barrel, which he also filled
After his death his strong boxes yielded two
hundred and thirty thousand dollars in gold
and silver


The cause of his death was as remarkable rs
the course Of his life. A gentleman from Vir-
ginia offered him twelve dollars a bushcl fer
one hundred and ten bushels of clover seed
hut he would not do it for less than thirteen
dollars, and they did not agree. The seed was
afterwards sent to Philadelphia where it was
sold for seven dollars per bushel, and brought
in the whole five hundred and fifty dollars less
than the Nirginian had offered for it. On re-
ceiving an account of his sale, he walked
through his farm, went to his diStillery, and
gave directions to his people; he then went to
his wagon house and hanged himself
Year: 1860

STRANGE OCCURRENCE AT \ AFCNERAL-The
Chicago Times of Friday last. has the follow
ing account of a singular incident at funeral:


One OF the Strangest occurrences happened
yesterday, at the funeral of Michael Guthrie
who was accidentally killed the day previous
on the Northwestern railway, which we have
ever been called upon to chronicle The fam
lily OF Mr. Guthrie, consisting of wife and
three children, had made extensive arrange
ments for the accommodation of the friends of
the deceased at the funeral. large number
Of carriages and numerous assembly of mourn
erS were present, when the undertaken Mr.


Berry, arrived with the hearse. About the
same time, another carriage. containing a lady
richly and fashiOnably dressed, was driven to
the door. The woman alighted and entered
the house. To the astOniShment of the assem-
bly,. to all of whom she was total stranger
she greeted the children of Guthrie rs her own
and they in turn addressed her as Their mother
manifesting the greatest joy, mingled with sur
prise at seeing her. The wife, on the other
hand was cOnfOunded. She knew not what to
say. nor what to think of this sudden and
strange appearance of one who claimed also to
he the wife of the deceased, and who was sd
dressed by his children as their mother. She
knew herself to be their stepmother, having
been married to their father in due legal form
and in the full confidence that his first wife
was dead This suppositiOn being now over
thrown by the sudden appearance Of one claim
ing to be that deceased wife, the other wife be-
gan TO upbraid the children for not telling her
that their mother was living. Their real
mother (for such the stranger wss) assured her
that the children were not to blame, as they.
as we'll as their father, had reason to believe
her dead. She had deserted her husband in
the city of ST. Louis, where they lived, and
shortly afterward caused an announcement of
her death to be published in the newspapers of
that city But she was not dead. Leaving
St Louis she had lived in Chicago, not know
ing that her husband was here, until she saw
the account of his death in the papers yester-
day morning She had come to reclaim her
children and to behold for the last time on
earth the form of their father.
Year: 1860

ADVERTISING NG-Discontinuing to advertise is
like taking down ones own sign. 1t is sort of
intimation of retirement from business, and the
public treat 1t as such. Or they may regard it as
evidence that something has gone wrong, which
requires privacy for investigation. Whatever
astrOus. Now we advise all our readers who
may have fallen into the common error of the
season. TO come out Of their holes. to put up the
signs once more, and to advertise in as many
papers as they did in the best times While bust
ness creates advertising, it is equally true that ad


vertlsing creates business. 1t creates talk and
stir in business circles, and reminds people that
they have no right to be leading drones lives
even though the times be dull. And even in the
worst of times advertising always pays we'll, and
the more Of it there is the gSeater will be the cir
culaton of money, and the sooner will be restored
d condition of prosperity y.-Phiiadeiphia Bulletin.