smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

WE have the largest stock of extra fine Gus


w tom made goods Of any house in the State
Everything in the furnishing line for gentlemen,
and as we manufacture our own goods, and I'M
port direct from our house 416 Broadway, New
York, we are able and willing to sell cheaper
than any other house no matter who they are
Remember that we sell for cash, and cash only
and one price $4,000 worth of goods, whole
sale or retail.


December 25th, 1S58.-3m
Year: 1859

GENTILEs AND MoRMoNs AT SAN Bernardo
No.-A correspondent of the Bulletin writ
ing from Sand Bernardino, after giving an
account of the late shooting affair at that
place between the Mormons and Gentiles,
says:


At present. do not think you need feel
under any apprehension of difficulty be-
tween the Mormons and Gentiles of this
county. Most of these difficulties are per-
sonal, growing, however, out of the hatred
between the two parties. Threats have been
made that Green and some other Gentiles
have not long to live. If any Gentle should
be ossassinated there will be a general rising
for no one will feel safe from Mormon assas
sins. But SO long as they will fight in open
day, confining themselves to personal mat
ters, outsiders will not interfere and cause a
rupture which can only end in the expulsion
of one or the other parties, and by great loss
of life and property
Year: 1859

PAJARo VALLEY.-The News, of Santa Cruz
Monterey county, states that the average
yield of wheat on the Pajaro bottom lands is
sixty bushels to the acre, but the profits to
the producer are small the cost of seed, rent
of land, price of labor and expense of ship
ping amount to nearly as much as the grain
is worth in the San Francisco market.
Year: 1859

A Louisiana paper, in recording the death
by lightning of two likely negro men," says:
The electric fluid of the clouds seems to be
no respecter of persons. 1t would as soon
kill negro worth fifteen hundred or two
thousand dollars, as "poor white man" not
worth the powder and lead that it would
take to blow his brains out.
Year: 1859

The New York Sun is about bringing into
use an invention in the shape of press that
will feed itself and print both sides of the pa
per at the same time, and with the same
rapidity that one side is printed on the mann
moth Hoe presses now in use by the Times,
Herald, and Tribune
Year: 1859

AT at inquest held in San Francisco on the
body of Hugh Gilmore, who died on Sunday
morning, the jury returned a verdict that the
deceased came to his death from the effects
of morphine, voluntarily taken by himself.
Year: 1859

ABOUT eleven hundred muskets and rifles
have been sold at public auction by order of
the Government. The former brought from
one dollar to two dollars and half a piece,
the latter from one to four dollars each. The
larger part of them were purchased by
citizen of New York, together with fifteen
cannon.
Year: 1859

or The Wyandott Gazette, which
took an open position several weeks ago
for preserving the Free State organiza-
ton until we are State in the Union, in
its last issue says, in reply to an article in
the Republican:


"Give us some good reason for leaving
the Free State organization, and we will
at once forsake the good old ship; but de
stop all this nonsensical ranting and call
ing of hard names, that we 6nd too often
in our Territorial papers. There seems
to be mania running through the Free
State party, inducing letter writers and
editors to say to those disagreeing with
them on some minor point, Stand aside
l am holier than thou-I am every inch
a man and Christian; you have fallen
have turned traitor, are henceforth damned
beyond the power ofredemption.' Is thii
the course of wise men? We recon-.
mend a short pause. Just hold you
horses take breath, cool off little. 1
may be that soms men are really no wors,
than other men,"
Year: 1859

@ Vegetation is now coming forward
very rapidly. The season is said to be
lats, but our observation, extending
through five Springs in Kansas, confirms US
in saying that the season is quite as far
advanced as they will average.
Year: 1859

" We are pleased to learn that the
Free State organization will be preserved
intact in Linn county. The jay-hawkers
stand no chance there. Mr.. WATTLEs
will have tho modification of learning
that his Statistics of Parties in Linn
county" were sadly defective. Our list
/n still Increasing in nearly every part ol
that county.
Year: 1859

On Thursday last, our town was thrown into a
most intense excitement by what was supposed to
le veritable Fugitive Slave Case"


There has been a very pretty girl here attending
sch ,ol for two or three years past to whom one
of the F. F. VS. stands in the double relation Of
father and master. AS master, he sent her here
to 90 to school, and as the acknowledged father
he has paid her boarding and tuition.


! The girl is very much attached to her father
but from the fact that he is engaged in buying ur
slaves in Virginia, and shipping them south, she
has had the good sense to refuse to return to that
State for fear she might share the same fate. Last
winter strong effort was made to induce her to
return to Virginia and large promises were made
to her by her father if she would do SO /; but she
declined. AS last resort, her mother was sent
over to persuade her to co. but she still! refused.
Her mother, on her return, was shipped South


the colored people, and others here, believing that
it was the intention to chip both mother and
daughter, if the girl could have been obtained.


On the day above mentioned, thefather, in com.
pany with a very bard looking customer, both well
armed with revoivors, called to see the girl. She
having full confidence in her father, who had al
ways acknowledged and treated her as bis daught
err was not at all alarmed-iu fact, it rs said she
had written to him to send, come and bring hei
some money-but some Of her friends. believing
that the design was to kidnap her, raised such 9
cry Of murder" and all other cries, that the towr
was instantly alarmed, and quite crowd was soor
lcongregated TO ascertain the cause Of the row
The Yrginians solemnly protested their pacifr
ntentions-th. father protested that he had com
to visit the girl and pay her bills. without any in
tention Of taking her away that, in fact, he IA
emancipated her, and 10 proof Of this, Shove
what purporied to be deed Of emancipation
which he offered to give her. This instrumen
however, on examination, was found to be of I
validity. This act tended to increase the susr
cion. All things, however, would have gone ,
smoothly but for the fury Of one of the negroe


who had private wrong Of mis- own to revenge.
Year: 1859

: sires, is pro-Slavery, call us so. If believing
in and supporting the doctrines that each
State Of this confet"racy has the right to
form its own local laws and institutions, to
suit its own interests and views, not incom-
patible with the general constitution of the
whole, is pro-slavery. Be it so.


IF fbeleving and advocating the doctrine,
that Iowa or any other State, has the right.
by virtue of the general Constitution. to pass
laws recognising and governing slavery with
in its own limits, is pro-slavery, We plead
guilty to the charge.


We hold that each individual State now,
has the same right That each individual State
had, when the whole was formed into one
Union. Bad as slavery existed then, by en-
actment of laws of individual States, virtu-
ally arising from the organized system Of
the whole, and not haying since been changed
it yet lives by the same power that it did
then. And hold that in accorda, ce with
the principles laid down in these views,
have right to live in Iowa or any other
State in the Union, and advocate as State
policy the doctrine of establishing slavery
in it, or have the right to oppose its intro
duction. Or if | should live in State where
slavery already existed, would have the
right to advocate the doctrine of its abolition
there, as a better policy for that State:
These are what conceive to be legitimate
doctrines with regard to slavery, so far as
States are concerned.
If | lived in place where slavery existed,
and thought, that in that place it had a
tendency to corruption, as matter of policy
| should oppose it,-not because it is within
itself sinful, for do not conceive such to-
be the case, but like any other relation of the
human family, evils might grow out oft
and then would oppose it. live in Iowa,
and as matter of policy, I advocate free
State doctrine for it, for believe the inter-
ests and happiness Of its people will prosper
better without slavery, than with it.
Year: 1859

AT the October election vote is to be
taken on the question of authorizing a
loan of $17,440, for the construction of a
Jail for Douglas county. Such a. building
is needed, and the tax may better be
levied now than to defer it to future
time, and furnish an excuse for lawless
proceedings towards those accused OF
crime. 1t is argued that it is useless to
arrest criminals because there is no secure
place for their confinement, and the PEN
atty of the law cannot be enforced. This
has been the excuse for the self-styled
Vigilance Committee in their course
against persons whom they chose to sus-
pect of completely with horse thieves
To put an end to this plea, and to furnish
a safe place Of confinement for criminals,
it is necessary that commodious and Sc
cure structure be erected at once.
Year: 1859

We have been reading the debates in
the Wyandott Convention on the question
of menorializing Congress to annex
Southern Nebraska, to ascertain on what
grounds that measure was rejected.


SO. Thacher's arguments againstitwe
that it would jeopardize the power of the
Republican party in Kansas, add one-hali
to the expense of the State government,
swell the power of the river counties, pre-
vent utterly any land grant for railroad
between the Kaw and Platte rivers, fur
nish pretext for making the Kaw river
the southern boundary, and insure the
defeat of the Constitution.


Mr.. Winchell reiterated the political
phase of tho question, maintaining it to
be the duty of the Republicans to main
tain their power, and asserted that the
measure was in fiat contradiction to the
wishes of the people.


Mr.. Richey openly avowed that local
and political considerations governed him
in voting against it.


Dir. Mcdowell replied to various objec-
tions, showing that it did not multiply
the State Offices at all, nor increase. the
State expenses at all. "0n the contrary,
instead of increasing the State expenses,
it furnishes us with country rich in ag-
ricultural wealth to enable US to defray
the State expenses of Kansas" gain
instead of loss. He pointed to the fact
that the Territorial Legislature Of last
winter had memorialized Congress in fa-
vor of this annexation, thus representing
the wishes of the people of Kansas.


s. D. HoUsroN, of Riley county, replied
at length to the objections. He main
tanned that the annexation of Southern
Nebraska was popular, and 'thst the party
that refuses this will be trailed in the dust
before ten years" The region asking TO
be annexed, was a rich agricultural coun-
-ty, comprising the beautiful, high, rolling
prairie belonging to the Blus river and
the head waters of the Nemaha. If a
land grant of Eve or six millions of acres
of land was to be asked for, it was neces-
sary to include within our domain region
from which we could get good land
land second to none in the Territory
He was not afraid Of half dozen river
counties in the northeastern part of the
State controlling the whole government
The day was coming when a State gov
ernment would be put in operation, which
would create debt of at least two or
three hundred dollars, to be paid within
the succeeding twelve months, and it
certainly would be foolish to exclude the
large amount of taxable property in that
rich agricultural region. It was not at all
certain whether the Pacific Railroad would
go up the Smoky Hill Valley in Kansas,
or up the Republican Valley. He had
Year: 1859

w nateVer may De the result OF the vote
on the Wyandott Constitution, the people
should not fail to administer severe re-
buke TO those who outraged justice by
adopting such q yillainous apportionment.
No earthly excuse can be made for group
ing large counties together, and forming
Representative districts, merely with the
view of controlling the politics of the Ter
ritory. The plea that the Democrats
would have gerrymandered the new State,
had they been in power, is no justification
for Republicans. The latter profess to be
honest men. governed by PRINCIPLE, and
when in power, by their wisdom and fair
dealing they should have shown the
world that they could be trusted with the
affairs of government. They have not
done so, and ''they deserve defeat" as a
proper retribution for their iniquity; and
so ear as we are concerned, our vote shall
be cast in such manner as to defeat
them.


sour party, right or wrong" is motto
worthy the spokesman. We repudiste it,
and In the language of the GREAT Greeley,
''spit upon it." as unworthy of freemen.
Parties should be just as honest as indi-
viduals, and when they cease to be such
they should be abandoned, and new ones
should be built up in their places.


The Pro-slavery party of Kansas, by
its unparalleled frauds, terminated its ex.
istence much sooner than it would had
honesty and fair dealing characterized its
history. The Republican party, in its et-
forts to perpetuate its power, forgot jus
tice, and their reward will follow. Hun
dreds will vote for the Constitution who
despise many of its features, for the pur-
pose of inaugurating State government
thinking thereby to end the days of terror
of which Kansas has been SO prolific from
her first settlement At the same time
it is their intention to vote for such mer
to administer that Constitution as will la.
Dor to Establish justice" under it.


We have pointed out some of the prin
cipal objections to the Wyandott Consti
tuition, The people, in voting upon it, Dc
SO with their eyes wide open. If they
feel disposed to sustain the fraud, with
the hope that good will grow out of it, WI
have nothing to say. Originally we wer,
in favor of framing State Constitution
The act under which the Convention wa.
called, agreed, to the very letter, with {
recommendation of the HERALD OF FREE
DON of more than year ago. Our objec
tioDs are to the details Of the Constitution
and to those all our arguments have beeI
directed. In the hands of honest men
its faults could probably be corrected /; bu
the arch-scoundrels who have purposely
made it what it is, that they might over
ride the popular viii, if left to administer
ii, would make it the instrument of per.
manent oppression. The foul blot shoulC
DO wiped out, as was the case with thu
bogus statutes. Our opinion is, that th'
best way to do it, would be to strangle i
ere IL has an existence, Ia Lecompton
II the people shall think differently, ther
we will join hands, without regard to par
ty, in opposition to the Republicans, ant
labor to see that they are SO etfectually
scstcbed that they will never desire agair
to repeat the experiment of rObbiDg ever
a portion of the people of their inheren
rights.
Year: 1859

The EaRey Farmer recommends the ap-
plication of three or four bushels of sail
to the acre on wheatland, as a means Of
increasing the crop, and Fastening it to
maturity eight or ten days earlier than
wheat on similar land not salted, which
may often save-ths loss of half the crop
BY rust or the midge. The salt should
be applied when the wheat is put in
Refuse salt from pork packing establish
ments. which can be had at cheap rates,
is the best for this purpose.
Year: 1859

@ Every newspaper in Kansas, which
had an existence prior to the spring Of
1857, is sustaining the election of Judge
JOHNSTON to Congress. We are truly
glad to welcome the Topeka Tribune into
his support, and we are equally rejoicad
to observe that Mr.. Dow is no longer con-
nected with that paper.
Year: 1859

4 Punch thinks medicine pledge il
fearfuliy wanted in England. He says in
no other country is so much medicine
drank. When the teetotallers have put
down the drinking of spirits, they must
direct their attention to tho putting down
of the enormous consumption of medicine.
The drug shop is almost as destructive an
agent as the public house and where you
find the one, you may. be pretty sure that
the other is not very far of.-Chieago
Times.
Year: 1859

An anonymous writer, generally supposed to
be the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, after de-
sOribiug how, when boy, he stole cannon
ball from the Navy Yard at Charlestown, Mas
sachusetts, and with much trepidation, and
more headache, carried 1t away In that univer.
sal pocket of youth, bis hat, winds up with the
following reflections which, though philosoph-
ically trite, are conveyed with much force and
freshness


When reached home, had nothing to do
with my shot did not dare to show 1t in the
house, nor tell where got II, and after one or
two solitary rolls, gave 1t away on the same
day to Prince-streeter. fsNY


But, after all. that six-pounder rolled good
deal of sense into my skull. think it was the
last thing thafI ever stole, (exceptng q little
matter Of heart now and then,) and it gave me
notion Of the folly Of coveting more than you
can enjoy, which has made my whole life hap
pier. 1t was rather severe mode of catechis
ing, but ethics rubbed In with six pound shot
are better than none at all.


| But see men doing the same things-going
into underground aud dirty vaults aud gather.
ing up wealth, which will, when got roll round
their beads like . ball, and not be whit softer
because IL is gold instead of iron, though there
~ uOt u tuHu W0i nbCCb Wno Will DcleNc
that.


have seen man put himself to every hu-
initiation to win proud woman who has be en-
born above him. and when be got her, he walk
ed all the rest Of his life with cannon ball 10
his hat.


have seen young men enrich themselves
by pleasure In the same wise way. sparing no
pains. scrupling at no sacrifice of principle, for
The sake, at last Of carrying burden which no
man can bear.


All the world are busy In striving for things
that give little pleasure and bring much care
aud am accustomed in my walks among men,
noticing their ways and their folly. to think,
there Is a man stealing cannon ball or there's
man with ball on his head know 1t by the
way be walks. The money which clerk pur-
lons for his pocket at last gets into bis bat like
a cannon ball. Pride. bad temper. selhshness,
evil passions, will roll man as If be had a ball
on his head Aud ten thousand men in New
York will die this year, and as each one falls.
his hat will come off and out will roll an iron
ball. which for years he has worn out bis
strength 10 carrying.
Year: 1859

CAN THE ETHIOPIAN CHANGE HIS SKIN "A
curious case, which will, perhaps, answer the
ouery above. of q dark mnlatto changing to a
white man, is 10 be seen in one of the servants
at the United States Hotel in this city. Three
years ago. this man was Of dusky brown CO.
lor, not having white mark upon his skin |;
now one Of bis shoulders. his back. and one arm
il perfectly white, having gradually become so
from the action Of nature alone. II is very
probable this man will become perfectly white
10 time. but II is to be hoped. nature will not
make the rule work both ways, for however
much it may please negro to become white,
we feel sure that the white men who wish they
were black, are scarce.-Co Columbus Journal
Year: 1859

A WIToH ExoRcIsED.--A friend has narrated
u curious and rather amusing fact which lately
occurred not far from this city. He says that
one of our city physicians was cent for night
or two since in hot haste, by man living
somewhere In the suburbs, with the informa-
ton that bis wife was bewitched, and In q most
dreadful condition. The doctor demanded to
know the nature of the attack, but the visitor
only impored him to hurry up and see for him.
self. On arriving at the house. the lights, aud


hurry aud hustle within showed that something


sure enough was the matter. Several women


were Ia the front room who rushed ut the doc


tor on his arrival, and led him fearfnlly to-
wards the door Of an adjoining room. On
opening this. the inmate. who was the wife of
the proprietor of the house. ran at him without
speaking a word, but with eyes staring and
the saliva running down the chin from the
mouth which remained wide open her hair
disheveled, and her whole appearance fright
ful TO behold. The women fed from the place
screaming, witch witohl and the scene,
occurring as II did after midplght, was decided
ly thrilling The patient was unable to close
her mouth, and was herself nearly frightened
into Mysteries. The doctor however, at onoe
perceived what was the matter In gaping i'm
moderately the lady had put her jaw out of
joint, and 10 her panic the few ignorant per-
sons supposed. and made her believe that she
was bewtched The disciple Of Galen intro-
duced tho end Of o ladle. aud with dextrons
movement snapped the jaw back into its place,
and thus exercised the witch.-S. n Times
Year: 1859

A FEW days since We gave notice that
our columns were open to both sides for free
discussion of the usury question. We have re


ceved the following communication which we
publish without comment:


| To THE EDIToR or THE DEMOCRAT AND News
notice you have opened your columns for q
fair discussion of the proprety Of pleading
usury. and what is to be thought by an hon
est. contract abiding people Of lawyer who,
for money. will advise his client to break a
contract made. by pleading usury. l will,
therefore. with your permission, make few
suggestions:


Money, unlike all other kinds OF property,
has q superior yet fluctuating value; is by our
National Government made lawful tender !;
/ is the most sought after, and often must be had
at whatever cost. 1t will command the high
est price in market and will in fact command
the title to any and all kinds of property
Hence the rant of wisdom IN legIslating as to
its value. There would have been no such
legislation but for the reason that capital &C
cumulates in the hands of the few, andi eager
ly sought after by the many, who, being in the


majority, attempt by such legislation to com
| mand their ne ghbors money at their own
price; thinking themselves popular with the





pie shall pay for the use of money not their
| own Holding that il higher rate is agreed


upon by the parties. for the use OF the money


borrowed, the borrower-the person who, per
haps, by loan is saved from ruin, or on the 9th


er hand makes enormous profits out OF its use
may legally violate his solemn promise to his
benefactor by pleading and proving usury, thus
cheating the lender out of what all enlightened


jurists would declare due him, by contract and
agreement, il the lasp did not provide to the
contrary. The law being unjust, it is unjust to
plead it. If it i. unjust for the borrower to
avail himself of the law, how much more 60
must it be for third party. "a lawyer to in
terfers in the matter and assist dishonest bor-
rowes to break promise made in good faith
to the lender. Any counsel who will lend him
self to assist such client in breaking con-
tract, to commit wrong. or to do anything
that is not strictly honorable, moral and equit-
able, will certainly fill their offices with scoun.
dres to the exclusion of all honest men, and


will sooner or later scratch poor mans head.
The borrower who will plead usury to cheat
the lender out Of his interest. will swindle his
counsel, whom he despises, out of his fees.
VERITAs.
Year: 1859

The Rock Island Aryus says that the
merchants # that place have been doing bet.
ter business so far this fall than for two years
past, and they attribute much to the fact that
they have taken pains to advertise extensively,
and let the people know what they can do.