smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

here feel, in six months our country would be
free. Ifevery young man in Maine felt in re-
gard TO this war as / feel to-day, he would be
a soldier before twenty-four hours had passed
over his head. But do not say this because
like the army so we'll. No; prefer home
and the society of friends. prefer peace to
war. But rather than our Union should be
destroyed and lost, rather than the flag we all
love as the emblem of our liberty should trail
In the dust, and the last hope of mankind per-
ish, rather than to have all this. say, give me
war until the resources of either the North or
South are utterly exhausted. Perhaps you
may think talk wild, but talk just as feel.
1t has now been nearly two years since en-
tered the army, and had it not been for traitors
at the North, when those two years are up this
war would have been over, and we could 60
home. Now when take these facts into con-
sideration, do you wonder sometimes have
strong feelings? Noone except myself knows
how much l really feel to be sacrificing in this
struggle.
Year: 1863

New Volcano IN MExIco.-A letter from
Mr.. John Xantus, United States Counsnl at
Manzailla, dated Colinia, March 18th, and
directed to the Smithsonian Institute, states
that new volcano broke forth the previous
day only six leagues from town. The erup-
ton came so suddenly and was so violent
that the Ameria river was filled up by bar.
ricade of elected sand mud, and stones to a
height of over one hundred feet. The river
of course was stopped from coming down,
and it is said that north of the barricade the
river is running back and inundating the
forest for leagues. The volcano broke out in
the top of hill only about one hundred and
fifty feet high above the level of the Armeria
river, but was said to be growing alarmingly
every hour. For the previous three days
there had been many earthquake.
Year: 1863

BoHE MANURE.-Save all the bones you


can lay hold of. When you get Quantity
together, pat them in kettle, and cover
them with strong ley. If the weather is
cold, warm occasionally for a few days.
Then look. You will find all your hard
bones soft pulpy mass Here you have
precious stuff. Dilute this and you will have
a liquid manure that will produce growth
that is almost miracle And as many
buckets of water to one of the ley and soft
mass of bones you like; the less water
the less labor; or mix it with muck, and the
muck will be manure. By all MEANS save
your bones if no other way, and you are
determined to be careless, plow them under.
There is wealth of manure of the best
quality in bones and carcasses 1T
Year: 1863

CURE FOR CHRONIC DEsENrERY.-To one
ounce of Venus turpentine any other clear,
semi:liquid turpentine will do-add one ounce
of laudahum CT mix With the turpentine a
small Quantity of pulverized opium, then
take as much wheat -four as will make of the
mass stiff dough if opium is used, water
may be added, ard when thoroughly worked
together, divide into pills Of common size.
For dose, take pill just before eating, and
at any other time during the day when the
disease produces gripping pain. They should
be carried in box in the pocket so as to be
taken when required. The opium at once
alleys irratation and the turpentine not only
heals the ulcers, but acts as a diuretic, re-
lieving by this action the infamed part on
the principle that blister produces counter
irritation.


As general thing this medicine will pro-
dace relief at once-that is, Immediately
but from so three weeks will be required to
effect cure The dist should be plain and
nourishing, and all spirituous ard fermented
liquors are TO be avoided as so much poison.
Year: 1863

"Ths is sound Company"


81 The insurance of certain sum for ones family
is prudence that every should adopt in these
critical times"


' The man that would be respected and loved by
his family in life, and gratefully remembered in
death, will provide his family against want


sAr our most prudent citizens and soldiers are
insuring a competence their families in they
are drafted, or killed in the service it is the only
SAFEGUARD in these critical times" nj :9m
Year: 1863

the rebellion by the show of power As soon
as he found that blood must be be shed, he
sent message to the queen, his wife, to IN
form her of the sad necessity, She was in
the palace, surrounded by the most distin-
guished ladies of the empire, tremblingly
awaiting the issue ofthe conflict When she
heard the dreadful roar of battle rising
around the palace walls, echoing through the
distant streets, she threw herself upon her
knees, and with gushing tears, and in agony
Of spirit. continued in prayer till the uproar
ceased, and eouriers came to inform her that
her husband was safe and the insurrection
quelled. The number slain has never been
known. Their bodies were plunged into
holes cut in the thick ice of the Neva. Thus,
as speedily as possible, all traces of the bat


tie were effaced, and the torn bodies of the
dead foated in the cold stream down to their
ocean sepulchre. Such were the stormy
scenes under which Nicholas assembled the
throne of all the Russias. His subsequent
reign has given him a position in history
among the most powerful monarchs who have
ever worn crown.-Abbott.
Year: 1863

1t is related that man on his death-bed call
ed his wife to him and said: 81 leave my horse
TO my parents; sell him and hand the money
you get for him over to them. But my dog L
leave to you; dispose of him as you think best"
The wife promised to obey. So in due time at
ter the death of her lord, she started to find
market for her animal ''IIow much do you
ask for your horse!" inquired farmer. 81
cannot sell the horse alone," she replied, sbnt 1
will sell you the horse and dog together at a tair
price for both Give me 500 for the dog, vi
for the horse, and we can trade on these terms;
and the cute widow conscientiously paid to the
parents the 81 she received for the horse, and
had to herself the $lO0 for the dog. Was she
far wrong2
Year: 1863

Finally, the remark may be ventured, that the
profession of teaching falls too generally in a
very plain duty to the educational column: and
that is the duty of affording, by subscription
a general support TO newspapers that devote {.
portion Of their columns to the publication and
discussion of school affairs in this way. Prob
ably. it would be found, We're thequestion frank
Iy answered, "why has your educational column
ceased ?"-that the reply would be: awe are
supported in ii by the teachers and friends OF
education of the county, by an increase OF sub
scription,--the only mode by which an editor
can be enabled to continue any arrangement OF
this kind" If this is, and ii is believed to be
the case it is neither polite nor right With
out prescribing or withdrawing his support
from other papers, the teacher or educationist
should, as n fair business transaction, sustain
the paper that sustains his cause.


Apart from benefit to the general cause OF ed
ucation, we have no interest in advocating the
establishment and supportof these departments.
They have taken from this Journal, from time
to time some of its best correspondents, and
they attract, no doubt, subscribers to the pa
pcrs containing them, that would in their
absence reach its list. But be it So. AS to
the decrease of subscribers it can be borne,
and all the more, since it is known to be in IA
vor of the papers that have so materially aided
the good cause. And the loss of the Journals
correspondents is not entire. To be sure, we
do not see their handwriting so often; but then
before long we catch them in print, and put
them in under the head of ''Newspaper Selec-
tons" In this way, things are made even, and
the good work is accelerated.


Good speed then to the Educational Depart
ments. and rich reward to the liberal news
paper proprietors who encourage them.


The extract given above is from an article in
the Pennsylvania School Journal, on tho ed
ucational Departments" of newspapers. 1t
Year: 1863

states some truths which we have long thought
Of putting on paper, but now we need only re-
mark that they apply to our case exactly. Since
''The Schoolmaster Abroad" made It's appear
ance, nearly three years ago, scarcely half a
dozen teachers of the county have written for
it; and we have yet to learn that it has brought
single subscriber TO the paper in which it ap-
pears Nevertheless the Gazette generously gives
mp much of its space (of which it really has
none to spare) for the purpose of fighting the
battles of the schools and teachers Friends,
Is this quite fair Think of it.
Year: 1863

MR. b. +. MEYERs.-


SIR:-Having a leisure moment, / en-
ploy it by writing few lines for your worthy
paper, which hope will be Of some interest to
some of your readers. We are still quartered
on our old camp ground, half mile back of
Beaufort, on which ground we have been en-
camped since the 9th of July last The boys
of our entire regiment, are in good health al
this time. and they would all like to have an
other "whack" at the rebels like they had on
the 22d of October, at Pocotaligo, and / think
we could give them just as many mimic balls as
we did then, and believe, by the way things
are moving, that we will give 'sNIr. Rebel" an
other call pretty soon.


We are now well prepared for winter Should
any come to S. CO. in every respect. We have
plenty of fire wood, consisting of live-oak and
pine, which is the principal timber of this ISL
and, and we don't spare it in taking it in. We
have also very pretty burying- aground to bury
soldiers 1t is neatly fenced in and made to
look very pretty compared with what some OF
the ''solders" burying grounds are. This ISL
and is of very sandy soil; the wind blows the
sand into our tents just like it does snow in the
North. This island suits the bareiootcd negroes
very well, for the sand is soft and pliable to
their feet. This morning there was quite an
excitement among thcncgrocs of thislittle city.
They were going on boat to the negro cncamp-
ment, about four miles from this place, to have
a speech made to them by General Saxton
Military Governor of this island) about their
freedom, and they appear to be as happy as so
many mice. and they are all sure that this is
their ''birthday into freedom" asked one OF
the negro men, this morning, why he did not
60 to hear the speech, to which he replied, 81
am free man, now, and tink wen go to dc
speech, massa Saxton would put me in colorcd
company and den / mus fight. So | tay at
home and do what tink bin right, case I'm a
free man. We have about 5000 colored
folks on this island at this time, and they are
Just as saucy and stingy, as the rebels them
selves. IF you want to buy chicken of them,
and ask the price, they will tell you to pay so
cts. or leave the chicken, and if you want a doz-
en- of eggs you must pay so cts. per dozen.


We have still our share of picketing to do
on this island, and good exercise of drill each
day, with squad inspection every morning, and
company inspection every Sunday morning, and
that is the chief duty which we have at this
place.


Soldering is trade which we are all getting
tired of, and we all long to sec this numbering
rebellion coming toa close; but it appears that
there is something holding it back. In nearly
every battle which we have in Virginia, the re :
Inducements are always kept back until it is
too late, and by that way our brave men are
ofttimes defeated in the very best laid plans ;
at any rate | think there is spoke out of the
wheel somewhere.


We have now been in South Carolina one
year and 20 days, to-day, and you may easily
imagine, how tired we are of this sandy coun-
try. was at negro church, few Sundays
Year: 1863

A western poet has written hymn intended
to be sung by Congress, during its session, inn
mediately after prayers. The following stanza
is specimen: a
From Africa the negro came,


And, O Congress- bless his name:
Stand up, good Loveoy, bless the day
The negro came from Africa.


In him we live, in him we move; e.ss


For him we preach, for him we pray


For him we meet from day to day,
That colored cuss from Africa.
Year: 1863

We had the pleasure Of meeting the teachers
of South Wocdberry m their district, institute,
at Enterprise, on the 10th inst. Every item
on their program was practical and important,
and the exercises were interesting and profita-
ble. The institute is made of the right kind of
material, and cannot fail of the highest success.
Year: 1863

PROSPERITY OF Foo1.s.-I have always maiil- tained that the one important phenomena pre- sented by society is-the enormous prosperity of fools. Show me an individual fool. and l will show you an aggregate society which gives that highly favored parsonage nine chances ou, of ten, and grudges the tenth to the wisest man in existence. Look where you will, in every high place ther. sits an ass, settled beyond lke reach of all the greatest intelects in this world to pull him down. Here is the perfectly hope less booby, Frank he has never done anything in his life to help himself and, as necessary consequence, society is in conspiracy to car y him to the top of the tree. He has hardly had time to throw away that chance you gave him before this letter comes and puts the ball at.his foot for the second time. My rich cousin (who is intellectually fit to be at the tail of the family, and who is therefore as matter of course, at the head fi,) has been good enough to remember my existence, and has offered his influence to serve my eldest boy. Read this letter and then observe the consequence of events. My rich cousin is booby, who thrives on landed property; he has done something for another booby who thrives on politics, who knows third boo5y who ,hrives on commerce, who can do something for fourth booby thri- wing Ut present on nothing, whose name is Frank. So goes the mill. So the creani~ of all human rewards is supped in endless success siou by the fools.- Wilkie Collins.
Year: 1863

out. It was all up and she married young jeweler within sixty days.

 am heart-broken old bachelor. But no matter saw the jeweler the other day. He has bad cough and don't think he'll live through the winter. If Clary should be wid- ow soon, I think could explain matters satis- factorily for Lu is married to the man she loved, and she should go straight to Clary and tell her the truth. e9 @a
Year: 1863

The Liberiaus Reading People.


The Liberia Herald gives the following
item, which reflects great credit upon The
citizens Of the young republics


"Of all the adults in Liberia there can
not be found, out Of every ten, three that
cannot read aud out Of every fifteen, five
that cannot read and write to some extent.
With the youth the proportion is still
greater. Out ofeyery ten, you can find no
two, Of the smallest size, who cannot read
and write


H With what anxiety do they await the
arrival Of the regular mails. Let the mail
boat be day or two behind the tine, and
then there is a general talking, a wishing
from every source for her arrival. And
when the mails arrive there is a general
rush for letters, fer papers, for the news
These being delivered, you may see par
ties going in different directions, each
with one or more packages Of papers
Then comes the reading. For day and a
half, and often longer, everybody is read.
ing. A few days after the arrival Of the
mail, and the general reading is over,
comes about the conversation, and this
continues until the next mail. It has moi
only been SO, during the American war
but for ali time.
Year: 1863




We have repeatedly stated, and the fact is
well understood by all, that when We speak,
at the present time, of the Democratic
party" we mean that portion Of it which is
rallying under the Democratic banner Of
opposition to the Government There are
thousands of loyal, patriotic Democrats
who have cast aside party allegiance before
the superior claims of the country. To
these men belong honor and admiration
But TO the Democratic party, as a party,
belongs shame, for its ignOble self-imposed
work Of thwartiug instead Of maintaining
the Government and its officers.


Those faithful Democrats who are in the
army are among the soundest and most
unconditional Union men, and when they
speak, it is in tones the very opposite Of
those which come from the copperheads
at home One Of the most striking Of
these instances is that of the 10th Penn
sylvania regiment, in camp at Beaufort
The resolutions declare that the enemy TO
the prosecution Of the war at home is not
less calculated to weaken the energies Of
the Republic than the rebels in the field F;
that the Northern cry Of apeace
and compromise" strengthens the
rebels; that the Proclamation Of Emahci-
patton and the Conscription law are well
calculated TO strengthen and inyigorate
the national cause; that the peace resolu-
tiOns Of the New Jersey Legislature are
eORardly and degrading; and that they,
drafted men, acknowledge the right snd
necessity of the Government to draft her
citizens in the present struggle The
Colonel commanding the regiment, in a
card attached to the resolutions, states that
his command is decidedly Democratic, there
being but seven Republicans out Of the
thirty-six officers whose names are attached
to them, and the proportion Of Democrats
being even greater in the rank and file.


These men went into the war with Dem
oCratic sentiments, and if they have
changed them, it is the inevitable eQnclu-
sion OF wars experiences.
Year: 1863

THE OLD GAME.-A man hailiDg from
Franklin Mills, Portage county, was swim
died out of $40 last evening on board the
Cincinnati train at Crestline. A stranger
accOsted him, and told him pitiful tale of
losing his money and having two sisters on
board whose fare he wished to pay to Cleve-
land. He would leave his gold watch as Sc
curity for the money until they should reach
Cleveland, where, he avered, he had a
wealthy uncle Of whom be could obtain the
money and redeem the watch. OF course the
gentleman from franklin Mills saw no more
of the distressed stranger. An examination
of the watch developed the fact that it was
of brass, and totally destitute of bowels.
Year: 1863

The following article from that able
journal, the Baltimore American, the
most Influential newspaper in Maryland,
deserves to be read by some people in
Tennessee


HOW THE PEOPLE OF MARYLAND MAY KNOW


AN "ABoLITIoNIsT."


If there are those in the State of Ma
ryland-and of course there are-who
are not up with the rush Of events, peo-
pie who start in their waking dreams At
the stigma cast by Southern Secession
lists on all who differ with them, as be-
ing the devotees of "Aboitionism" we
would remind all such that the attempt
TO confound Emancipation" and "Abo-
liiion" is a signal failure and is no
more regarded by the real Union men of
Mary land than the breezes which come
across the disloyal States from the Gulf
of Mexico.


And more than this. We would re-
mind the secessionists here that the dis
loyal msdmen of the South, by the abuse
of the terms "Abolition" and Abolition
ist," have cRused them in manner TO
lose their force that when they attempt
to utter one sweeping condemnation
against all who do not believe their ex-
treme doctrines they bring themselves
and their opinions and denunciations in
TO utter derision and contempt We
quoted in our last issue the Southern
Literary Messenger--published at Rich
mond-upon the assumed prerogatives of
slavery ard for the benefit of such as
may have forgotten former definition
of it of the term "Abolitionist," we give
the following:


An abolitionist is any man who does
:" not love slavery for its own sake as
"Divine institution, who does not wor-
shipit as a corner stone of civil liberty,
"who does not adore it as the only pos
"sible social condition on which, perma-
"nent Republican Government can be
created, and who does not in his inmost
"soul desire to see it extended and per-
"petuated over the whole earth as a
"means of human reformation second in
"dignity, Importance and sacredness to
the Christian religion. He who does
mot love African slavery with this love
is an Abolitionist."


Here, now, we have the authoritative
exposition from the headquarters of the
Confederacy which is to make vast
number of people in Maryland supreme
lv unhappy, since the bulk of them must
find themselves obnoxious to that term,
none other than which is so fatal to all
social and political standing! What do
they think of it? Who will give in his
adhesion to the Rebel Confederacy, the
cornerstone of which is slavery" sub
scribing to the creed thus laid down?


But, seriously, who is to keep up with
the mad assumptions, the foolish dreams,
of these "gone daft creatures-the de-
votees Of the Slave 0ligarchy? How
much further will they go to provoke the
derision, and pity and contempt, of the
whole civilized and Christian world ?
FurtheE and further adrift in their wild
calculations, they vainly suppose that
mankind will abide by any standard they
choose to set mp, History in all its past,
presents no such extraordinary case.
Year: 1863

The rebels are out in the marshes and
swamps of Mississippi hunting up con-
scripts and Union men with dogs. If a
man opens HIS mouth in favor Of the
Union, he is hung upon the spot On
Gazette.


Well, did not two leading rebels Of this
State advertise in the newspapers of this
city for bioodhounds TO hunt Union menF
Rebellion is the same thing everywhere.
Year: 1863

A general order has been issued taking
out Of the hospitals every enlisted man
Except hospital stowards) who are fit for
duty. II is thought that several thousand
will thus be speedily obtained, as large
number are employed in various ways
about the hospitals who have been fit for
active duty for months. The result has
been n great reduction Of the number in
larger hospitals in this city.
Year: 1863

GEN. GRAsT--We learn from the Ga
lena Advertiser that Gen Grant is on
his way home to Galens, and is expected


to arrive there in time to be present at
the Grand Union Mass Meeting which
is to come off this week. THIS is good
news, and we bope it may prove true
The thousa nds assembled there would
rejoice to welcome the "conquering hero
of the West
Year: 1863




We suggest to the working Democracy Of
the North, whom their office broken lead
ers are endeavoring to dragoon into the
service Of the Southern aris'ocracy. bat
tie cry for the next national. campaign Let
the,tex Of the campaign be. Wages for
Labor" and let them bear in mind, that
the instant this principle is fully recogni
zed, vast region will be opened to them
which has hitherto been usurped by the ne
gro and his lordly master. We want the
Southern country opened up to white la
Dor, and the only way to accomplish that
is to secure wages to all labor. The
lordly ladies. who live upon the work of
other men, will then gladly employ the
labor which is most profitable and the
best. AS for the negroes, they viii 70
largely into the standing army of the
country, and as it is we'll known fact
that soldiers do not produce themselves
a large portion of the problem of their fu.
ture will be clearly solved. Let the true
Democracy therefore. rally TO the cry OF
Wages for Labor" II is the only one
which is worthy oftheir name and prin
cple, and it will do more, by its very
sound, to defeat the Northern miscreaDts
who are endeavoring to mislead them to
the support Of the Southern aristocracy
and treason than all other argum ents com
bincd. The opposition 70 the text will
cone solely from sristoorats aud traitors
Therefore it will prove the best touch.
stone for the separation of the mocratic
masses from their infamous leaders, tina,
could be applied. Wages for Labor p
--Wilkes' Spirit. s
Year: 1863

We cannot take any notice Of aaony-
nous letters, whethsr friendly or un.
friendly. No one need waste his time,
ink and psper in sending us a letter to
which he will not subscribe his name.
Remember this, everybody. We throw
all anonymous letters into the Gre.
Year: 1863

In Consequence of the ncrsase In tho price OF paper
and every other material used in q Printing -oAios
we have been compelled raise the price Of paper
TO 25 cts. per week, 81 per month 10 weekly or
monthly subscrbers and $40 year to yearly sub
scrlbers which must In all be paid In advance.