smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860




FEARFUL RA1LRoAD AccIDEST.-The ex-
press train on the Central Ohio Railroad, due
at this city Monday night at HAS, when
about eight miles this side of Cambrige, ran
off the track, killing both the engineer and
fireman. We understand that the train was
behind time, and the engineer was endeav-
oring to make it up, and consequently was
running at a fearful rate Of speed. The tire
on the driving wheel came off, and doubling
up, threw the engine from the track, when
rounding curve. The fireman, Charley
Russ, was instantly killed, butthe engineer,
Mr.. James Frease, was caught by the legs
with portion Of the wreck and held fast in
a recum bent position, and the boiling water
from the engine poured slowly upon him,
scalding him to death. Poor fellow, we knew
him well-he was brave, noble hearted,
but somewhat daring and reckless man. He
died an awful and torturing death. He beg
ged the passengers to kill him at once and
put him out Of his misery, or to release him
from his horrible situation, but they we've
unable to extricate him until life was nearly
extinct and the consciousness Of suffering
had passed away.


The track of the road was torn up for
nearly three hundred yards, and the engine
and tender is a complete wreck. We under
stand that none of the passengers were seri-
ously hurt, although they ran narrow
chance of losing their Lives. The c. o. r.
R. has been particularly unfortunate Of late
In sustaining damages and loss Of life by
similar accidents.-Cot. jour. 17h
Year: 1860

EDIToR LRADER.--In your report Of the
procession on Monday evening you made no
mention of the Wide-Awakcs from Warrens-
vile.


OF course the omission was unintentionAl,
and it probably occurred from the fact that
they formed in the procession Immediately
after the Newburgh Wide-AwakeS, and
were probably estimated as a part of the
Newburgh delegations, as they had no ban
ner to designate that they were separate
delegation.


make this correction because think
that men who will come, as some Of them
did, over ten miles to join in our procession
and then march till near midnight in the
city, should have due credit for their efforts.


TT NJ ADDIsOy
Year: 1860

OFFICE HOLDERS Sixty five
gentlemen of San Francisco have issued an
" address to the National Democracy" They
take the ground that Douglas was not regularly
nominated by the National Democratic .Conyen-
ton that therefore Democrats can vote as they
please at this time, without having their party
fealty called in question and therefore ask the
Democracy to go with them in the support Of
Breckenridge and Lane. OF the sixty names
attached to this document, t10enty-nine are those
of Federal office-holders, and the balance, OF
their relations or dependents. The poor devils
were compelled to sign the document \ re-
fusal to do so would have caused the blood to
spirit from the jugular of every mothers son Of
them, from Collector of Customs down to Gus
tom House scavenger,
Year: 1860

TRINITY CouNTY.-The Democracy of Trinity
are pretty much all one way of thinking-that
is, that Douglas and johnson were regularly and
fairly nominated, and that all friends of the
good old Democratic organization are therefore
in honor bound to support them Trinity will
give the regular ticket very large majority
but little less than will old Shasta. Mark the
prediction
Year: 1860

sa- The Douglas and johnson Democratic
Club Of Horsetown have had manufactured a
hag even larger than that which now floats in
front of the COURIER office. From this evening
until November next it will proclaim to the peo-
pie of Horsetown that Douglas and Johnson are
the regular Democratic nominees for President
and Vice President
Year: 1860

SIsKlYoU.-Our reports from Siskiyou are to
the effect that the regular ticket will sweep that
county by very large majority. Indeed, ac-
cording to what deem reliable accounts if
there is not remarkable revolution in public
sentiment between this and the day of election,
the "great North" will, Notwithstanding the
split in the Democratic ranks, roll up its usual
Democratic majority
Year: 1860

PINE GROVE House BALL.-Our friend Free
land, Of the Pine Grove House, Sierra township,
announces public ball at his place on the 18th
of September Extensive preparations for the
occasion will be made, and no donbt largo
crowd will be present.
Year: 1860

The Red Bluff Beacon of this week refers to a
class of politicians who may be found in every
community in California They seem to think
that the mere locality of their birth -place-be-
ing north of Mason and Dixon's ine-is prima
tdeaa evidence of their unsoundness on. the negro
question, and hence abuse their native hills, and
denounce the people among whom they were
born, in manner that cannot but excite in the
breast of any Southern gentleman feeling of
contempt Even Yancey, being proud, State
loving, high-toned and chvalrous gentleman
while he would gladly accept their aid in ac-
complishing the dream of his life the estab-
lishment of a southern republic-would loath
them in his heart. British gentlemen, in the
days of the Revolution, loved Arnolds treason,
but they despised the traitor.


No doubt many thousands of Northern Demo-
Gratis honestly support the Breckenridge ticket.
Being honorable men, however, you never hear
them denounce their native States, nor the peo-
pie thereof. 1t is only those unprincipled fellows
who do this, and who denounce as " a id Alb
olitionist" every man who does not think as they





born and raised in slave State, where all his
| relations still reside Hence his denuncation
is the more withering:


If there is any set of politicians we are down
on, it is those who have been born and raised in
the North, and educated where Abolitionism
stalks abroad the land, and then move South
or to California, and become even more intense
| ly Southern than if they had been rocked in a
cradle by little negroes which they knew they
would fall heir to, educated in college
among the hotspurs of South Carolina Mis-
sissippi. Who is there that cannot point out
numbers of these men2 They so much fear that
the idea may get abroad that they are Repub-
licans, that they go around and abuse every
thing Northern, and call man an Abolitionist
if be does not go as strong on the pro-slayery
question as themselves. Now we have always
thought that if three-fourths of these Northern
men with intensely Southern principles were
living in Ohio they would be acting with the
Republican party.
Year: 1860

Gov. Weller, in his speech at TIE San Fran
cisco Breckenridge ratification meeting, declared
that one of the chief drawbacks to his going for
Douglas was, that q his cause had fallen into
the hands of some men in this town 1San Fran
ciscol for whom never was so fortunate as to
have any respect" That is, one great reason
why he goes against Douglas is, that men for
whom he had no respect are supporting him.
And yet he has the effrontery to call himself a
personal friend" of Douglas and to claim, in
another portion of his speech, that be is influ-
enced by love Of principle alone! Pohl Rare
friendship is that which permits a man to aban-
don friend because some obnoxious persons
may see fit to befriend him Rare democracy
is tnat which will induce man to go against
friend, because disrespectable people go for
him And rare old-style Democrat is that
man who, like Gov. Weller, has the efrontery,
while alleging such reasons for going against
Douglas, to claim to be actuated by love of good
old Democratic principles alone Oh, yes, a
rare old Democrat is Gov. Weller, and IL still
rarer old demagogue.


Would any body believe that man who would
announce as reason for his going against one
toward whom he claimed TO stand in the rela-
tionshp Of personal friend" that disreputable
men were befriending him-we repeat, would
anybody believe that man of such exceedingly
exalted political morality would in the same
speech confess that he had once voted for a
gambler of thirty years standing, for Sheriff of
San Francisco, against Jack Hays, for the sim
pie reason that the thirty years standing gam
bier had been regularly nominated ? Well, Coy.
Weller is so reported, and no doubt truthfully
Year: 1860

TnE CONCERT LAST EVENING"
concert given at Metropolitan Hall last even
Ing by the Davenport Orchestral Society, as
sisted by the Philharmonic Society. the Msner-
chor and amateurs. was numerously attended
The music vas excellent and the concert was a
decided success
Year: 1860

wereAcowards rather than traitors. there
were still excellent regiments among them
VINO would have been more than strong
enough under capable general. The
feeling among these troops was that they
were all sold out, aud the commanding
officer of the foreign legion had felt so
strongly about it, that when ordered lust
before the armstlce not to stir step, nor
hre gun, he had gone to the com
mandcr-in-chief: and with tears in his
eyes, offered him his sword, protest.
ing against taking any share in such d
burning disgrace. The bombardment
was just as bad as all the rest Of the per-
Iormance,-as cowardly as it was ILL
judged. The soldiers had been badly
treated, and were deserving in crowds: and
even the Swiss and Germans were dis
gustcd with the want of faith kept with
them, in not fulfilling the terms of enlist
ment, and were deserting like the rest
he asked me what people said in the city
about Garibuldt's plans, and the immcdi-
ate prospect, and | replied that no one
Knew anything except the General him
self "Wcll, said he, 81 will tell yon the
universal belief among us. 1t is that the
embarcatlon of our corps is purposely to
be delayed until there is rising in
Naples, so that we may not be there to put
1t down. You will see we shall not get
back to Naples till it is all over there"
Do not suppose that believe all this my
self only want to show you what the
condition of tho royal army is Yet he
said that even now, demoralized as the
troops were, there were still enough good
ones left, with the help of the eighteen
hundred Swiss, to hold their position, aud
drive Garibaldi out of the city, in spitc of
bMrricndcs aud I'LL
Year: 1860

TALK WITH a NEApoLIrAN OFFICER.


OF course, one ought to hate mercenary
soldier, and especially one of the King of
Naples. Very likely I should have hated
him if he had been coarse and brutal, but
as he was very handsome, young and we'll
bred, in fact quite an extraordinary gentle
manly fellow, the thing was different
His ideas were just about what had
supposed they would be. He and his
division had arrived on the second day of
the fighting, and had not even been in
Ere. He had personally nothing to brag
of and nothing to be ashamed at But
he declared solemnly, as his own belief,
and that of the whole corps, that the King
had been betrayed; that the city might
easily have been held; aud that though
the greater part of the Neapolitan troops
Year: 1860

PoRcINE WAR.-The Mariposa Gazette thus
reproves two Sabbath pigs:


Two pigs fought for an hour in the Plaza
of this place, on Sunday, to the extreme
qualification of our aristocracy. The young
aspirants in the ''manly art" were about
alike in weight and appearance, except one
had a long tail and the other stump-he
having met with an accident, probably, at
some period of his early history. A great
deal of noise was made and the public tran
guilty much disturbed. One individual
piously inclined, hunted the District Attor-
ney to make complaint of the desecration oi
the day, and found him--betting on the
stump-tailed pig against the County Trea-
surer and the County Recorder. There
should be preaching in this place every Sab
bath.
Year: 1860

Here is a genuine Yankee idea The Ger
man journals announce that a company OF
English capitalists have made an application
to the King of Naples for concession for
the extinction of Vesuvius. The principal
seat of the fire of that volcano is situated
several thousand feet below the level of the
sea. By cutting canal which would carry
the water into the crater, the fire would be
completely extinguisbed, and the operation,
which would cost only two million of francs,
would restore to cultivation land Of ten times
that value.
Year: 1860

In Congo, the Princesses of the royal FAM
lily are allowed to make their selection OF
husbands from the mobiles of the realm and
the happy men have to prepare themselves
for their duties and honors by several months
of solitude. To ensure conjngal fidelity
not on the part of the wife, who enjoys the
greatest freedom, but on the part of the hus-
band-whenever he leaves the house, TOM
toms are beaten before him, and at the sound
of them all women must hasten out of the
way.
Year: 1860

Mr.. Q. Rice has invented machine TO sew
hydraulic hose, which is destined to work a
revolution in hose making, reducing the
price to a great extent. The machine sews
three parallel seams a half inch apart at
once. The seam is fiat, the hose is double,
and consequently the needles pass through
three thicknesses of canvas interapped.-
The hose passes over cylinder to be sewed,
The stitch is solid and substantial one,
and the work finds great favor with miners.


NeUdda Journal
Year: 1860

Says the Amador Ledgv: But few honey
bees have been imported into this part of
Amador, but those that are here have done
exceedingly well. Not a swarm, SO far as
we have heard, has been lost. The sources
from whence they can collect honey are al
most boundless, and last during the whole
year. At this season of the year, there is no
flower so fascinating to them as the Manzan-
ita, which is abundant from the lowermost
foothills to the summit.
Year: 1860

SILVER ORE SMELLING IN NEVADA The
Nevada Jomnal says that the Metalurgic
Company OF that city, are about to establish
an assay Office in Virginia City for the pur-
pose of testing the ores of silver, with a
view to smelling on large scale at their
works in that city. They propose to trans
port the ore thither, and feel assured that
they can do so and extract the metal as
thoroughly and cheaply as it can be done
anywhere else in this State or in Europe
Year: 1860

GoLD OF NO VALUE.-Here's good hit at
the silver mania, from the Sierra Democrat :


A good chemist, one endorsed by the
Smithsonian or Brownsonian institute, could
make fortune up here. In Sierra county
there is, at a moderate estimate, 5000, 900
in gold washed each week. IF some cheap
process were known of galvanizing about
half this product to resemble silver. we
would attract immigration, sell claims at big
figures the square foot, people would quit
their quartz mills and ranches to settle here,
we would chronicle combinations of the
cornstalk lead, and Mr.. Chemist would get
his money and leave To be sure, the ad-
venturers would be very much vexed when
they should find that the metal was gold
only, whereas they were invited to dig sill
yer; but in time they would be reconciled,
and thank their stars for the modification.
Year: 1860

Since the introduction of my Schiedam Aromatic
schnapps into the United States, number of Liquor
Mixers in New York. Boston, Philadelphia and San
Francisco have been engaged in putting up mixed and
poisonous Gin in and jugs. to be pamed off upon
the unwary for my genuine Schnapps At first, they
boldly counterfeted my name, but stopped that
by causing several of them to be arrested. They
conne themselves to closely initiating the appearance
and shape Of my bottles and the peculiar wrapper
which have always used. viz: YELLOW PAPER,
printed with RED and BLUE INK, PASTEB0ARD
pRINTEDCAp
Year: 1860

MONEY PANIc.-A rumor got into cir
culation yesterday that the banks here had
thrown out Southern currency. This is MT
strictly true. We trust there will be 10 more
excitement raised than there is actual cause for.
1t will only make bad matter very much
worsr. Let us await the re, ult patiently. II
there is TO be pauic we can only grin and
bear it if there is not, go much the better.
Year: 1860

The Dukes bell sounded very violently,
and when the servant entered, he was seen
standing beside the table.


"What have you done with the book l
was reading last night? | laid ii there, just
there" striking the table with his hand
"and you have taken it away. What
have you done with il?"


81 never saw it, your grace; l nevel
touched it,"


"But you must have seen it, and you
did touch il. Where is it?"


And then he would 60 into a towering
passion, and walk up and down the room
blaming erybody till the servant retired
BY and by he would recollect that he bad
taken it into another room. and left il
there, upon which he would ring the bel
again, and on the servant showing him
self he would ask some ordinary question
The answer being given, he would reply
in tone OF marked kindness:


"Thank you. | am much obliged 10
you"


The valet perfectly understood that
this was as much as if he had said: 81
have done you wrong, pray forgive me. >


His theory was. that the governing
power must never confess Limsel! in the
wrong; so he took this way OF smoothing
the feelings of his domesiics.
Year: 1860

He is the Oldest son OF Victoria, who
is the daug ghter of the Duke OF Kent. who
was the son OF George the Third. who
was the grandson Of George the Second. J..
who was The son OF Princess Sophia, who
was the cousin Of Annie. who was the sis.
ter OF William and Mary. Mary was the
daughter, and William the son,in.law OF
James the second, who was The son OF
Charles the First, who was the son Of
James the First, who was the son OF NJ ary,
who was The grand daughter OF Margaret,
who was the sister OF Henry the Eighth,
who was the son of Henry the Seventh.
who was the son OF the Earl Of Richmond,
who was The son of Catherine, the widow
Of Henry the Fifth, who WAS the son OF
Henry the Fourth, who was the cousin OF
Richard the Second, who was the grand
son OF Edward the Third, who was the
son of Edward the Second, who was the
son Of Henry the Third, WHO was the
son of John, who was the aon Of Henry
the Second, who was the son Of Matilda,
the daughter Of Henry the First, who was
the brother Of William Rufus, who was
the son Of William the Conqueror, who
was the bastard son Of the Duke Of Nor
mandy, by a tanners daughter Of Fa'
laise.
Year: 1860

Ho ! ye who at the anvil toll,


And strike the sounding blow,
Wbere from the burning irons breast,
The sparks fly 10 and fro,
While answering to the hammers ring
And fires intcnser glow
Oh while We feel Ills hard 10 toll
And sweat the long day through,
Remember it is harder still


To have no work 10 do i
Ho ye who till the stubborn soil,
Whose hard hands guide the plow.
WHO bend beneath the summer sun,
With burning check and brow
Ye deem the curse still clings 10 earth,
From olden time ill now
But while ye teel lis hard to toll,


And labor all day through,
Remember it is harder still


TO have no work to do
Ito ye who plough the seas blue fields,
Who ride the restless wave,
Beneath whoNe gallant vessels keel,
There lies yawning grave,
Around whose bark the wintry winds
Like fends Of fury rave
Oh while you feel It's hard to toll,
And labor long hours through,
Remember it is harder still


To have no work TO do
Ho ye upon whose fevered checks
The hectic glow is bright,
Whose mental toll wears out the day
And half the weary night,
Who labor for the minds o. men,


Champions Of truth and right
Although We feel your toll Is hard,


Even with this glorious view,
Remember il is harder still


To have no work 10 do
1Io all who labor--al who strive
le WELD lofty power. strength,
Do with your might, do with your
Fill every golden hour;
The glorious privilege to do


Is mau's ost noble dover,
Oh toy your bitrhright and yourselves
To your own heart be true
A weary, wretched lie is theirs


Who have no work 10 do
Year: 1860

"Bubbles," Of the California Golden
Era, furnishes that paper, under the head
OF "Notes and Cogitaticns," with the fol-
lowing:


l begin to believe that, nowadays,
money makes the man, and dres, the gen.
tleman.


begin'to believe that the purse is
more potent than the sword and the pen
together.


l begin to believe that those who sin
the most during the week are the most
devout upon Sundays.


begin to believe that honesty is the
best policy--to speculate with until you
gain eveiyoody's confidence {; then line
your pockets.


begin 10 believe in humbugging the
people out Of their dollars. 1t is neither
stealing nor begging and those who are
humbugged have themselves to blame.


begin TO believe that man was not
made 10 enjoy life, but keep himself hon
orable in the pursuit and the possession
Of riches.
begin 10 believe that the surest reme-
dy for hard times and tight money mar.
ket is an exfrayagant expenditure on the
part of indiViduals-to keep the money
moving.


begin to believe that none but knaves
are qualified to hold Office under the gov
ernment, with the exception Of few nat
ural born fools and lunatics.


begin to believe that piano fortes are
more necessary in family than meat and
potatoes.


begin to believe that a boy who doesn't
swear. smoke and chew tobacco, may be
a very good boy, but is naturally stupid.


begin to believe that if the devil
should die, one half OF the world would
be thrown out Of employment.


begin to believe that he has most
merit who makes the most noise in his
own behalf and that when Gabriel comes
not 10 be behind the tmes-he, too,
will blow his own horn pretty loud.
Year: 1860

LIEBERr's PRESENTATION RAFPLE.-We learn
that the tickets in the gift enterprise Of Mons
Liebert are being disposed Of SO rapidly that he
will probably be enabled to distribute the pri-
Ess by the middle OF April, instead Of the mid
die Of May as at frst intended. More than half
the tickets have been sold, aud parties desi-ouS
OF trying their luck should secure their tickets
without delay. Ticket buyers will get the
worth Of their money in pictures, and at the
same time will be entitled to an elegant prize
should they be SO fortunate as to hold the lucky
numberL
Year: 1860

A cheerful letter in the n. Y. Herald
from Texas, giving an account of the hangings,
poisonings and burnings, which diversity exist
ence in that happy commonwealth, will afford
immense relief to Republicans. We copy the
nlest eeRsoliag 4parag lAph


: The excitement growing out of tlrse mat
tiers has killed off all Conservative feeling in
Texas. You may now note down every Texan
as a disuhonist. They do not care what you
all do at the North. We believe that this
state of things will continue SO long as the
Union lasts; therefore, the great majority Of US
do not care how soon the crisis comes. We
believe it is bound to come, and it had as well
do so now as at any other time. We don't care
the oss of copper whom You elect President
If you elect Douglae Or Breckenridge or Bell,
this hollow Uuion will continue I; few years
longer; and if you elect that miserable old rail
splitting abolitionist, A be Lincoln, you only
hasten. by a few years the event which is
bound to transpire. Therefore, let every n or
thern man do as he chooses. If be is "a black
Republican, and at the same time in favor of
the Union; let him not fear to vote for Lincoln,
for disunion is bound to come npon US at no
distant day, and there is no use of prolonging
the miserable affair."


The Union 1cM slde-nothing can prevent
its Sti>on. Texas has spoken, and relieved
the North of all Responsibility. So we can
vote for Lincoln with the same tranquility that
we could vote for any other candidate. We
experience great comfort in this knowledge.