smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

CoSDIrioH or Society IN NEw Oh.
LEASs.-Ths Delta of last week publishes
the following concerning the eondrtion 6f
society in New Orleans:


Personal seedriy is last becoming s
matter Of doubtful assurance. Men Of
high and low estate are net upon the street
assaulted, and in many cases murderou.ly
used. with an insolent disregard Of law
which argues conviction Of escape from
punishment"
Year: 1861

WHAT the directors of the Humboldt and
Trinity Road propose to do this year we know
not New officers were lately elected, and another
instalment on the stock called for. We trust
the work will go on.-TRINITY JOURNAL.


The Directors propose to push the road through
this year, Mr.. Journal. Roads cannot be built,
however, without the sinews of war;" and as
some stockholders for technical reasons, refused
to pay up their installments the directors were
compelled to enforce the collection by severely
contested suit. After a decision in favor of the
Company it was thought there would be no
further difficulty on this score but we see by
notice of the See. that others are dilatory about
paying up, 1t is the intention of the Company to
push forward the work as fast as the means at its
disposal will allow, with a view of opening the
road this season without fail Xlm5OM Times.
Year: 1861

OLD STAND.
ri THE SUBSCRIBER takes this method of returning
0 her sincere thanks to her friends for the
M patronage her house has received for the past
few years. would respectfully inform the public that
prepared accommodate Boarder-either Transient
or Regulation the most liberal terms.


Her house being situated the South side of Chestnut
street, below Front convenient location to business
Her ia BILE will all times be found amply provided with
the the market Affords Her kept in the best
possible manner rendering every comfort and convenience
to her guest in her power.


continuance of public patronage respectfully solicit
ed MARY s. McCALEB.
December IL, IS60.-dtf.
Year: 1861




A RCHITECT AND SUPERINTENDENT, GoldsbCro'
will furnish Designs and Specifications for Public and
private Building, with full practical working Drawings,
which shall combine constitutional sodty convenience of
arrangement and beauty of form and color with economy
and furnish those intending to build with knowledge of
h appearance arrangement and cost of all improvements
thew may wish TO make.


Office third door South of Griswolds Hotel
Dpc. 90 1860. l7ly&
Year: 1861

Said Bonaparte at one time, What France
most needs is nation of mothers Let Us
have q nation of inGdel mothers, and We eau
all predict the result. God pity the child
who would be cursed with such training
When he leaves the maternal roof and goes
out into the world, how many chords are en-,
twincd about his heart, binding him back to
the home Of his childhood. He was never
taught to bend the knee and say, Our Faith
er who art in heaven In his home the Bi.
bic was a sealed book. His heart never
throbbed, his bosom never felt the deep
pulsations of that spirit which kindlcd Isa.
iah's fire. He never was taught to contem.
plate this life as q school whore men are


trained and prepared for life hereafter He
never learned that there is future to Whic:


we are all Fastening, and that We all mus"


stand before the judgment seat Of Christ, ard


give an account OF our actions. He enters


the world, but is not prepared Tor its duties


and responsibilities Vice comes in its mosc


aluring garb. Crime very soon finds an Ell;


tranca. When the temper comes, there IS


no sainted mother to throw herself betwee>


him and temptation, and thus save her boy


from ruin. AS he looks back upon his past


life, he sees no mother offering up ferve.t


prayer for Gods blessing upon her son. No


mother teaching him that wherever he goes,


or in whatever scenes he may be engaged, the


all.seeipg eye is ever upon him. With a


these sacred youthful associations to restrain
them, boys arc scarcely kept from crime


With none of these influences, they are hur-
ried on to destruction with fearful impetus.
There is no future, say they He'll is fable
accountability myth. We are born for
. pleasure, let us merrily live while VIC oan. a
t few steps and he ends his days, a miserable
r outcast, villain perhaps on the gallows.-
f Such is infdel training; such must be Its re-


suit. How many of the crimes in our cou1-
t try might be traced to this origin-imPro


religious training.


la such an atmosphere as this does the In


fdel woman exist and move. 1t chills all her


finer feelings. 1t blots out her hope ofheaven-


her happiness here and hereafter. The grave
: closes over those whom she loves, and she re-
= ceives from it no solace for her wounded
n spirit She neglects her offspring, and the
y become dishonor to her, the pest OF society
and curse to tneir country. God keep the
II youth Of our land from such training as this
6 IF there is any thing for which we thank
y God. any thing for which i son should be
II grateful, il is that, when the dawn OF early
t. youth was upon us kind mother led US tc
: think of God taught us to read the Bible
1t and, in prayers for her own happiness, never
n forgot the welfare and happiness OF her boy
Year: 1861

At the Bulls Run fight Massachusetts boy
had IA hand to hand conflict with rebel, when
one of the Fire Zouaves came up and with his
bowie knife made short work of the rebel. one
of Ellsworth's Zonaves captured rebel and
finding some difficulty in taking him into camp,
ran bayonet through him.
Year: 1861

M1ssuR1.-Brig Gen. John Pope, has made
a proclamation to the people Of Northern Mis-
souri, informing them that he had taken cem
mand of that portion of the State, and would
soon appear among them with force sufficient
to maintain the Federal authority at all hazards
Year: 1861

How TO CA1cu THEx.-Eor the benefit of
all future Florida travellers, enclose in this
letter the following recipe for getting rid Of
fleas who work personal annoyance-authen-
ticating it by the assertion that it is the same
adopted by those ladies who first taught US
Year: 1861

STATE OF MlCHlGAN-County of Cass.--ss.
- At a session of the Probate Court for the
County of Cass holden at the Probate Office, in
Cassapolis, on Wednesday the thirteenth day of
November, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and sixty lone. Present-Clifford Shanahan Judge
OF Probate. In the matter of the estate of Charles
b. Foster, deceased. On reading and filing the
petition duly verified, of Margaret l.. Foster,
praying for letters of Administration, the estate
of said deceased.


ThereupOn 1t Is ordered, that Saturday, the
fourteenth day of December next, at ten o'clock
in the forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of
said petition. and that the heirs at law of said
deceased. and all other persons interested in said
estate, are required to appear at session of said
Court then to be holden at the Probate Office,
in Cassapolis, and show cause, if any there be- why
the prayer of the petitioner should not be granted


And it is further ordered. that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said estate
of the pendency Of said petition. and the hearing
thereof by causing copy of this order to be pub
lshed in the Cass County Republican, a newspaper
printed and circulating in said County of Cass, for
three successive weeks previous to said day OF
hearing &. SHANAHAN


A true copy. Judge of Probate.


November l3, 1861. noy2l-3lw3
Year: 1861

BY the fireside costly seated,


With spectacles riding her nose,
The lively old lady is knitting ~
A wonderful pair of hose.
She pities the shivering soldier


Who is out in the pelting storm, 9
And busily plies her needles ii
To keep him hearty and warm. sa
Her eyes are reading the embers,


But her heart is of to the war,
For she knows what those brave fellows
Are gallantly fighting for.
Her fingers as well as her fancy


Are cheering them on their way,
Who, under the good old banner,


Are saving their country to-day. rff
She ponders how in childhood


Her grandmother used to tell
The story of barefoot soldiers


Who fought so long and we'll;
And the men of the Revolution


Are nearer to her than us,
And that, perhaps, is the reason


why she IS tolling thus.
She cannot shoulder musket,


Nor ride with the cavalry crew,
But nevertheless she is ready


To work for the boys who do.
And yet in official dispatches


That come from the army or feet,
Her feats may have never a notice


Though ever so mighty the feet!
So prithee, proud owner of muscle,


Or purse-proud owner of stocks,
Don't sneer at the labors of women,


Or smile at her bundle of socks.
Her heart may be larger and braver


Than his who is tallest of all;
The work of her hands as important
As cash that buys powder aud ball.
And thus while her quiet performance
Is being recorded in rhyme,
The tools in her tremulous fingers


Are running a race with time.
Strange that four needles can form


A perfect triangular bound
And equally strange that their antics
Result in perfecting "t the round"
And now, while beginning ito narrow"
She thinks of the Maryland mud,
And wonders if ever the stocking
Will wade to the ankle in blood.
And now she is "shaping the heel,'
And now she is ready ''to bind"
And hopes, if the soldier is wounded,
1t never will be from behind.
And now she is /" raising the instep,"
Now narrowing off at the toe,"
And prays that this end of the worsted
May ever be turned to the foe.
She gathers" the last of the stitches,
As if new laurel was won,
And placing the ball in the basket


Announces the stocking as "done."
Ye men who are fighting our battles,
Away from the comforts of life,
Who thoughtfully muse, by your camp fires,
On sweetheart, or sister, or wife
just think of their elders a little,


And pray for their grandmothers, too,
Who, patiently sitting in corners,


Are knitting the stockings for you.
Year: 1861

THAT OLD HAr.--An old hat is shocking
bad thing. Reader, have you one that is past
wear, and has so long been thrown aside as to
become an object of disgust, and you are just
ready to commit it to the flames to remove il
from your sighti Don't do it, 1t is vaiua-
bic for repairing, as you can easily ascertain
by taking it to the Hat Works of p. ". Wat
son, in Hubbard's Block, Montpelier No
matter how old the style OF how much de-
faced, Mr. Watson will work it over in the
latest style, and give You hat which you
can not distinguish from one Of Beebes best
for which you will have to pay the highest
retail price and at about one half the ex-
pense. Then spare that old hat; Watson 1t
the man to deal with it and save you your
hat and most of your money. If you doub
it, single call at his rooms will convince thu
most unbelieving
Year: 1861

CAPTAIN WILKES AND BRITISH RETALIATION
By thcsteamer Northern Light we have received
information that the West India agents Of the
British West India Mail Steamship Company
have decided to refuse to sell coal to United
States war steamers, by way Of retaliation
for the arrest of Mason and Slidell by Captain
Wilkes. In some quarters this report, if true, is
regarded as an auont courier Of the retaliatory
measures England will take, and as an indica-
ton Of the English opinion Of the seizure. This
is all nonsense. We have as yet received no in
formation that the news of the arrest has reach
ed England, and the action Of the agents of the
West India company is therefore only local, and
the result of local pique, unauthorized by the
English directors Of the company. So far from
John Bull, or the English steamship companies,
making any trouble about this seizure, he will
thank Captain Wilkes for allowing the Trent to
proceed on her voyage unconfiscated John
Bull cares more for one vessel and her cargo
than for all the Masons and Slidells on record.
and will doubtless be glad to be relieved Of
such traitorous intriguers.
Year: 1861

SCHEMES OF THE PoIITIclANS.-Since the re-
publicans have succeeded in electing their
Mayor there are symptoms Of sharp practice
being resorted to by the politicians. In the first
place, the republican Mayor will go into Office
with both branches of the municipal legisla..
ture opposed to him; and if be makes any ap' :
pointments that do not please the Aldermen they
will not be confirmed; and to retaliate for that
refusal the republican Legislature will step in
and aid the new Mayor. This will at once arouse
opposition between those two legislative
bodies, and develope many new schemes but
little thought Of at present. On the other hand,
should the Common Council pass any enor-
mously expensive job, the Mayor will prob
ably veto it, and if the Common Council
manifest disposition to pass it over his
veto the Legislature will again be appealed
to for power to attend to municipal legis-
lative philosophers. Thus we have in the
election of republican to the Office of Mayor
fair prospect Of general quarrel between
the different branches Of the city government,
and we are not sure but that the city will be
the gamer by it, provided that we have some
effective legislation, and the power is given to
the Mayor which rightly belongs to his office.
Year: 1861

SECRETARY WELLES on THE TRENT SEIZURE
We publish this morning congratulatory letter
from Secretary Welles to Captain Wilkes and
the officers and crew Of the San Jacinto, thank
ing them for the eminent service they have rem
dered the government by the arrest Of the rebel
emissaries Mason and Slidell. The point of
this letter which deserves especial notice is its
remarks upon the legality Of the seizure. While
some of our thin skinned journalists have been
consulting Vattel, Puffendorf, Wheaton and
host Of other writers upon international law,
and laboring desperately to prove that white is
white, Secretary Welles accepts the fact as in
disputable, and assures the gallant Captain
that, while he did his duty in arresting Mason
and Slidell, he should also have seized g the
vessel which had these public enemies on
board" and reminds him that the forbearance
excusable in this instance, must not be permit
ted to constitute precedent hereafter for in
fractions Of neutral obligations This is the
correct, common sense view Of the case and in
deed so obvious was the justice and legality of
Captain Wilkes act that the President regards
it as a commonplace police arrest, and does not
think it worthy Of mention in his Message The
idea Of England causing any trouble about the
matter is ridiculous.
Year: 1861

Clerk. Wepresume that the lobby, as usual, will
have something to say about this, and perhaps
decide the question, as in the past. Thus no
sooner are the politicians out OF one fight than
they are forced into another. No peace for the
wicked
Year: 1861

THE SHERIFF FEEs.-We understand that a bill
has been prepared, to be introduced in the next
Legislature, on an early day Of the session, re-
ducing the Aes of the Office of Sheriff. The fees
Of that officer have already been reduced by
the Board Of Supervisors several thousand dol
lars. During the canvass preceding the State
election the clamor was so strong that Super
forced to move the reduction Of fees on the re-
ports from some Of the minor courts from fifty
cents to thirteen, making difference Of several
thousand dollars in the receipts of the Office on
that class Of business alone An attempt will
be made to make still further reductions at AL
bany and we are informed that the movers in the
project contemplate including the Office ofCounty
Year: 1861

fHB FAMINE IN IRELAND.-The suggestion
whicd we threw out a few days since for the ap-
preparation by Congress of a sum for the pur-
chase Oh food for the relief Of the starving poor
Of Ireland has met with very general concm-
renee from the press and public. AS measurs
of benevolence, 10 would only be repetition in
another form of the aid afforded by us to the
poor Of that country in the famine Of 1846-47.
Since theD however, the Irish people have ac-
quired an additional claim upon our sympathy.
Our adopted citizens of that nationality have
throughout the present crisis of our affairs been
among the most devoted, unselHsh and selfsacri-
icing supporters of the Union. There - no
way in which we could 80 we'll attest our sense
OF their patriotic conduct as by allecatiDy
by vote Of the national legislature Q
sum sufficient for the purchase Of seve-
raj cargOes Of breadstuffs for the relief
of their suffering kindred Gaun. famine is
stalking through the land, and before the slow
machinery of English official aid can be brought
to interpose 1t will have swept away thousands
of its population. Whatever Is to be done for
their relief on this side should therefore be
done promptly.


1t has been objected by some that, in tho
present ticklish condition of our relations With
England, the passage of a vote by Congress for
this purpose might be taken in the light Of an


insult There may be something in this. Where
there is disposition to quarrel the best inten-
tions are subject to misapprehension. Perhaps,
on the whole, the better plan of carrying out
the object in view would be by calling public
meeting of our citizens and inviting subscrip-
tions. Our leading merchants should stir in the
matter, and request of the Mayor to take steps
to give effect to the feeling so generally mani
Tested in regard to it. The example once set in
New York. would be Immediately followed by
every city, town and village in the Union.
Year: 1861

The HEALTH BILL REyIvED-The parties
who have for several years past been paying
regular annual visits to Albany to lobby for the
purpose of securing the passage Of a Health
bill, of powers numerous ana extensive, are
again on tie move for the same project. We
to the rural districts for the purpose Of securing
pledge from the country members before they
re.ch Albany, thus to insure its passage at an
early day. In this the republicans 4ope to get
control Of one or two more departments in the
CITY.
Year: 1861

RAILROAD JoBs-Now that the elections are
over there is general rush after the special
jobs for the next Legislature. Especially is
this true in regard to the Broadway Railroad
project, there being no less than three schemes
for a railroad in that street. The managers Of
each are working night and day, preparing for .
grand rush to Albany the moment the Legis-
lature assemblies. Our citizens may therefore
look for grand struggle for that prize with the
Tribune the organ of one clique, and the Times
for another. The probable result will be, that
after fighting each other until they are tired a
compromise will be agreed upon, and the long
coveted prize secured. The property holders
along Broadway, who have SO long fought the
schemers, will have to bestir themselves, or a
railroad will be forced upon them by the
coming Legislature The railroad philosophers
claim that the complexion Of the Legislature
just suits their purpose.
Year: 1861

The MAYoRALTY ELEo1ToE.--The SUCCESS Of
the republican candidate for Mayor will bAing
about numerous changes in the city govsrnment,
and already there is considerable commotion
among the politicians and Office holders in re-
gard to the prospects in this line. The nume-
rous rum0rs that are afloat in the city in refe-
renee to the probability of the success Of Mr..
Gunther over Mr.. Opdyke originate from those
VINO expect to be cut short in their Offices as
soon as MIR. Opdyke seats himself in the Mayor
atty chair. 1t is an old game, and has been re-
peated dozen times in this city, got up for the
purpose of diverting attention from themselves,
and in hopes Of really bringing about a change
IN the result. The same mode was resorted to
when Wood was successful over Barker, the
Know Nothing candidate; but in this case, US
then, they will not be able to accomplish any
thing. The plurality of Opdyks can hardly be
overcome by any informanties discovered in the
returns The politicians may as well prepare
themselves for their fate, and such as are in
Offices where they can be reached by the new
Mayor elect had better pack up their traps and
prepare for an evacuation.
Year: 1861

Information has been received at the nenar+.
ment Of State from the Consul General of the
United States at Havana, Of the issue On the 18th
ult1no., Of royal decree by which all import
duties upon common ships bread are taken of for
a. term Of fourteen months from the date OF the
publication Of the royal decree in Havana, The
came decree also reduces to one half the import
duties upon cons corn meal and potatoes,
Year: 1861

W1scoKsN BAEKs.-We have before Us the ouAx.
terly report Of the Bank Comptroller Of the State
Of Wisconsin. The banks are shown to be in
much better condition than they we're six months
ago. We take the following from the synopsis at
the close:
Year: 1861

CAPT. BARKER's HoRsE-Capt. Barker Of
the Dragoons, brings with him from Virginia
the splendid black mare presented to him On
leaving this city. She comes back 1amed and
probably worthless, from IN accidental pistol
shotHom one Of the Dragons, the ball passing
through one fore leg and lodging between the
hoof and psstern Of the other. She is q noble
animal, and yet It is feared will see no mora
service,
Year: 1861

Born OF us.-Freind continually visit
ed his patients in state of intoxication.
To one lady OF high rank he came in such
IA state of confusion that when in her room
he could only grumble to himself, Drunk
--drunk-drunk, by God :" Fortunately
the fair patient was suffering from the
same malady as her doctor, who (as she
learnt from her maid on returning to con-
sciousness) had made the above bluff COM
ment on her case aud then had gone away.
The next day, as Friend was sitting in
penitent state over his tea debating what
apology he should offer to his aristocratie
patient, he was relieved from his perplex.
ity by the arrival of note from the las
dy herself, enclosing handsome fee, im-
ploring her dear DIR. Friend to keep her
secret, and begging him to visit her dar'
ing the course Of the day.
Year: 1861

ter becomes more attractive as time passes
away.


But let US come down to our own times
Many have complained that our Government
had not accumulated larger army and navy !;
but who docs not now see that this would but
have increased the power OF the enemy -:
that it is by kind Providence we are
called upon 10 create navy AFTER rather
than before this great rebellion. On all
sides we hear expressions of JOY that we
have yet preserved to US the remarkable chief
who has so often led our armies to victory
Is there in this no Providence Is there
none in enriching us just now with the gold
of Europe? in giving US plentiful har7ests
in uniting the people of the North. almost as
one man, to save the nation? What people
have been exempted from trial; and in our
case, was there not positive necessity? Is
not God teaching US great and sautary les
sons9 Amid all the colnmolions OF the past
and the present, there is voice like the un-
dertone of The sea, continually SAYING Fear
not for am thy God He can even over
rule our recent repulse for the ultimate sue
cess of our arms, and the more complete over
throw Of the present !ebellion