smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

MODERN RoMANcE.-Albert rode with
the speed of an arrow to the garden, sprang
like the wind from his steed, climbed like a
squirrel over the hedge, writhed like a
snake through the palings, flew like a hawk
to the arbor, crept up to her all unseen,
threw himself passOnately at her feet.
swore frantically that be would shoot him
self was, however, Immediately heard,
seated himself in blessed delight at her
side, sank on her bosom, swan in sea Of
bliss-aU this Das the ,0ork Of a sscon4.
Year: 1863

The various rumors of the withdrawal Of
the new fractional currency arc without
foundation in fact. The currency is duly is
sued, and preparations are nearly completed
to issue 1t in such quantities as the wants Of
the public may require.


The objection to the papers splitting,
which was raised against the treasury paper
specially, but which is said to be equally
true as 10 all paper, has produced good re-
suit. for it has stimulated the treasury 10
make a paper which cannot be split, de-
sideratuIn never before attained. Such q
paper Is now making in the treasury, and all
the issues will be printed upon it as soon as
sufficient quantity can be manufactured.
Year: 1863

We learn that Lieut.. Cain has received


orders from the War Department, announ-
cling that heneeforthl men enlisted for the
regular army will be credited to the District
in which they enlist, on its quota under the
last call Had such a rule been in force
heretofore, our town would have had credit
for from seventy-fve to a hundred men who
have enlisted here for the regular army. 1t
will help us now, though coming rather
late in the day. There is no longer any
doubt that Burlington viii furnish its quota.
Year: 1863

llosE-sicKNEss N CAR.-0ccuTation is
grand thing, and quite as impor-
tant to the tone and heart Of an army
hard bread ami bacon. The monster
against which DR.. Kane fought So success
fully 10 the Arctic night, with theater and
frolic, wanders listlessl up and down our
camps. Would you bclieye-and Yet it Is
true-that many poor fellow in this army
OF the Cumberland has literally died to 20
home died OF the terrible. unsatisfei hong
ing. home sickness? That it lies at the heart
of many disease hearing learned name >
1t Is languor, debility, low fever, loss OF ap-
petite, slecplessness, death, and yet, through
all, it Is only that sad thing they call nostal-
gia. Who shall dare b say that the boy
wno 4" lays him down and dies, a-hungered
and starving for home, does not fall as veil
ana truly for his country's sake as if a rebel
bullet had found his heart ont? Against It
the surgeon comhats in vain, for '' who can
minister To mind diseased. The loved
ones at home nave something to answer for
IN this business, and it pains me 10 think
that more than one man has let bis life slip
out of grasp too weak to hold it Just be-
cause his dearest friends did not send him a
prescription once a week, price three cents
a letter from home Is some poor fellow
sinking at heart because you do not write
him? II there is, lay my letter down at
once and write your own, and may lie who
sent messenger all the way from heaven to
earth with glad tidings, forgive YOU for de
ferring a hope to some soldier boy. You
would not wonder at my warmth had you
seen that boy waiting and waiting, as have,
for one little word from somebody. Too
proud to own, and yet too sincere to quite
conceal it, he tries 20 strangle the thought
of home, and goes into the battle whence be
never comes forth. Let me relate one incl
dent. An Indiana soldier was struck in the
breast at Chickamauga and fell. The bull
let errand was about done when It reached
him it pierced coat and Undertaking, and
there was force enough left IN 1t TO wound,
if not to kill him it had To work Its way
through precious package of nine letters,
indited bv one dear heart and traced by one
dear hand that done, the bullets power eA-
pended. there it lay asleep against the sol
dier's breast Have you been making such
a shield, dear lady. for anybody? Take care
that it does not lack one letter OF being bull
let-proOf.
Year: 1863

The ELEVENTH Army CoRPs.-The Ele-
venth army corps, which has been in bad
odor since the battle of Charlottesville, but
which fought well at Gettysburg. has Ger
tainly more than redeemed its reputation
now There has been no more brilliant
achievement in the war than the successful
storming of Lookout Mountain by this corps,
under the gallant - Fighting Joe Hooker"
Year: 1863

Our dispatches announce the withdrawal
of Meades forces TO the north side OF the
Rapidan; and the resumption Of its former
positions. Difficulty Of getting supplies and
the improhability that an attack on Lees in
trenched position could be made with sue
cess joined to the advanced state of the sea
son, are assigned as the reasons We are not
surprised at this movement. We have at no
time been able TO believe that an advance on
Richmond was the prime object Of the late
operations OF the Army of the Potomac: but
that it was to crowd Lee, 30 as to deter him
from sending reinforcements to the rebel
forces at Chattanooga and in front Of Knox
vile. For the present Lee has kept Rich
mond safe from attack: but 1t has been at
the expense of Bragg at chattanooga, and of
L1ngstreet at Knoxville, who doubtless have
called loudly for reinforcements, but could
not have them. While all is going So well
at the centre, we can afford to wait awhile
tor the destruction of Lees army and the fall
of Richmond
Year: 1863

The sale of the Government five-twenty
bonds has been light for the last week, but
as the bonds Of the new series viii be ready
next week the sale is expected TO increase
with rapidity. After Monday the Govern
ment agent will he able to deliver the print
ed bonds to all who wants them, which he
has not been able to do for a month back.
Year: 1863

The following is deceptively promulsated
under the head of geological information
..The black tapir is found IN many districts oi
Supatra. but the red fapir is found chiefly In
the District of Columbia.
Year: 1863

battle he said that we killed ten 10 their
one. told him that that might do TO
tell people that didn't know better, dc. ;
well, We got on the general principles OF
the war and its conduct, and of course
Gen. Mcclellan came into consideration,
and the impudent little Abolition squirt
said Mcclellan was either a traitor or a
coward" Ben could hold no longer, and
said II was lie ! The officer began to
open his great coat aud find the way TO
his pistol, and said he allowed no man 10
speak to him that way. Ben said "he did
not care for IL vas id lie, and the
man that said it was a liar, and ought to
be kicked" looked for a little fuss. but
lost no time in making up my mind to
pin the villain to the ground with my
bayonet ifhe attempted to shoot, and
probably my looks betrayed my intention /;
for the little pimp cooled bis patriotic
zeal Tor his master Greeley, and found
some adjustment about his coffee necessa.
ry thst required his immediate attention.
This same officer was previously boasting
about his coolness and bravery in time of
danger and said he was sleeping all day
on Sunday when the battle was raging so
fieroely. Ben took occasion to tell him
that that was about the amount of inter.
est he felt in the cause Of the Union-so
he got the one hundred dollars per month
and had but little duty to do he was per>
fectly willing TO let the battle rage, ard
the war to continue so he was not expos
cd to danger and continue TO draw pay
The fellow began to think he was getting
in bad company and dropped the conver.
sation as soon as possible.


The time is soon up now 10 start again
on our march and lam sleepy, and should
have been sleeping instead Of writing,
were II not tor the interest | know you
feel in our condition. Ben is lying on the
bunk asleep and all is quiet in camp, the
boys are drowsy and tired.
Isaac Smith was in the
fight and came out safe. Only two of Co.
K, boys, S4th Regiment, are left Some
were killed, some wounded and some ta-
Ken prisoners. Isaac did not know those
that were left.


George Loire, Perry Erise, Geo. Miller
and two other boys ofour company we're
left behiod on picket duty and have not
came up yet; am little anxious for
their safety, but hope for the boSt.


WIN. CARR.
Year: 1863

PORTRAIT OF CONTRACTOR. Greely's


fancy sketch, or true portrait rather, of a
swiudliug Government contractor, s fine
piece Of humor, and if it were not too
sorrowfully true, might well excite ''un>


extinguishable laughter"


If we had the artists hand and eve ne
cessary for the purpose and equal 10 it, we
should like to model contractor of the
cormorant species; and 10 lecture upon
this lay,6gure through The tax,paying
cities and hamleis OF the North. The
face should be of brass moulded from guns
long since burst the heart of iron made
from bits Of unserviceable mortars the
paunch should be stuffed with rusty pork
and mouldy bread but the feet should be
OF pure treasury gold around the shoul-
oers we would drape n piece of canvass
cut irom discarded tent upon the legs
we woulo put pair Of shoddy inexpressi,
oles IN the hand we would place A pistol
dangerous only TO the user; while shoes
with paper soles should guard the golden
feet = the whole 20 be placed for the adj,
miration of a tax.ridden community nm
on chair constructed from the timber of
some condemned transport, bought for a
great price and not worth little ONE
We appeal TO P. T. Barpum, ESQ the
great patriarch Of showmen, if that figure
would not draw at twenty-five cents, with
reserved seats ut City.
Year: 1863

A WIDOWS Use OF THUNDER Every
time storm came on she would run into
Mr.. Smiths house he was widower) and
clasp her little hands and fly around till
the man was half distracted for fear she
would be killed, and the consequence
was she was Mrs, John Smith before THREE
thunder storms ratified ever her head.
Year: 1863

Bay- The Democratic State Central
Committee have issued call for State
, Convention to assemble at Des Moines


on the 10Th day Of May next "to nomi-


nate candidates for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, and Judge Of Supreme Court


to be supported at the ensuing October
election


This call bears indisputabe evidence
to the eager haste of the Tory leaders to
organize their forces for party action
The election does not occur until Octo-
Der; the convention meets IN May, near
ly .Fcc months previous. Such is the
zeal for party that though the nation is
ngagcd in desperate struggle to main
tain its existence, the attention of the
people must be directed to a greedy
scramble for Office and power Where is
the use in calling Convention at all
Mahony is already nominated for Gov
crnor .-Dar Go-cn"
Year: 1863

WHISKY AND NEWspApERS.- glass
OF whisky is manufactured from, perhaps,
a dozen grains Of corn, the value Of which
Is too small to be estimated A pint of
this mixture sells for one shilling, and,
if of a good brand, is considered well
worth the money. 1t is drank in a min
ute or two 1t fires the brain, and shar-
pens the appetite, dcranGcs and wcakens
the physical system. On the same side
board on which this delicious beverage
is served hes a newspaper. 1t is cover
ed with half a million Of types-it brings
intelligence from the four quarters of the
globe, The newspaper costs less than
the glass of grog, the juice of few grains
of corn, but i, is no less strange than
true, that there is large portion of the
community who thiuk corn juice cheap
and the newspaper dear.-S Scientific
American
Year: 1863

The effect Of peace on the Southern
ConIo icracy is thus summed up by the
Charleston Courier:


What will be the effect OF peace,
whenever it does come, upon all who
are affected 10y this war, is clear 50 tar
rs these States are concerned but u
all others fall interest and doubt. With
Us, those who have gone TO the field
will roturn to the pursuits they have
fOrs;lI>cn. The resumption OF these is
ut once beneficial to thom and to their
country. Although many new enter.
priSes have been excited by tho war,
there arc but few which will necessarily
expire with its close. Tho factories OF
various kinds which have been put in
operation, the preparations which have
been made for arms and munitions OF
war, the building of ships and other
vessels, will all experience i'll the now
necessities of our Confederation an
ample field tor their complete develop.
ment. 1t is one Of the chetcst bless
ings Of that peace which will be vouch-
safcd unto us, that when it is declared
the passions which war eXcitcs will be
INSTANTLY Gained; while the revenge
Of the enemy will long live u teach us
! how careful we should be of that free.
dem which cost Us 50 much to secure.
Year: 1863

The enforcement Of the enrolment act Is the
subject Of much consideration and discussion
among the officers and men in the army. The
desire among them is universal to sec 1t rlgidly
and fearlessly enforced. Having spent two
years in the field, probably altogether the hard
est of the war, they are anxious that some of
those who have been living in security and com
fort at home should step in and help them fin
ish up the work.
Year: 1863

The court of appeals of New York has made
a decision adverse to the right of railroad COM
paniee to take streets or highways for laying
tracks without making compensation to own
ers of adjacent property. Five of the judges
Concurred in this decision, one gave no opinion,
and two dlssented.
Year: 1863

The New York World thus takes
the portrait of the New York 1lri-
bune. 1t says: :a4as.usiI 15g


"The Tribune is not only5do
what it can editoriallyAto create
civil war through the Northeand
in New York city, but is using its
ewsEcolumns for tht same purpose.
The horrors and miseries of the
past week are not enough tosatisfy
its gluttony tor mischief, but it
must invent news to addto theex.
citement, and blast toleverthe fair
fame of our sity, The story to
which it has given currency, of an
attack upon"a funeral procession,
and maltreatment Of q corpse, is o
lie from beginning to end: there
is not one word of truth in i. But
the most monstrous and devilish
invention of all was the story that
the password of tho Irish was
"Burn the heretics.' We have
made inquiries in every official
quarter, and no one had ever heard
ofsuch password untilitappeared
10 the Tribune. We have no hesi-
tati0n in saying that the most
bloodthirsty brute who figured
in the late carnival of crime is as
saint from Heaven comparedwi
the conductor of public journal,
who in a time like this would add
the blazing wrath of religious fan.
aticism to tho raging passions
which are shaking the very founi
dations of society. There is no
one with an atom of conscience
and humanity who can desire to
see a Know Nothing and Anti
Papacy party again mako it's ap-
yearance in this country. No one
could wish it but Titus Oates"
Year: 1863

gleness ofpurpose day by day, and when we
lie down at night commit ourselves and our
country to God. Let us seek out the sorrows
OF the war that we may be in holy communion
with all suffering innocence and devotion, that
our hearts may be graciousiy enlarged to love
our country, mankind, and God.
Year: 1863

When the party now in power were
laboring to overthrow those national and
constitutional doctrines which for so
many years had given happiness and
prosperity to the American people, they
exhausted every means to bring the poor
laboring man to their support, promising
high wages, prosperous times, light taxes,
freedom OF person, speech and press"
national peace" and numerous other
great improvements upon the wise and
good national government which had
given US surfeit Of prosperity. But
how fares the poor man to-day. Where
are the high hopes inspired by the treach.
erous promises Of the authors Of ruin?
Their labor is in many cases injured OF
destroyed Their pay is in deprecated
currency, and for every yard of muslin
/ pound Of coffee, or other articles Of con.
sumption they are forced to pay an in
crease, in some cases twice or three time
the amount that they used to pay in for
mer times. Suppose they labor for on,
dollar per day and buy muslin at 40 cent.
per yard, they can get 2 yards for their
labor. Two years ago, their days work
at one dollar would have brougot them
eight yards Of muslin Of the same mate
rial. Here then is the difference, and
what is it but a reduction of their wages
from 8 to p. But again, their freedom
is usurped, and they themselves are forced
to leave their homes or give the last
means they have to gain exemption from
the field. The conscription falls upon
them. The rich speculator, who can
profit by their reduced labor, can buy
his exemption and not feel the loss, but
the poor man whose family needs his
support, must leave them perhaps home
less and endure the hardships and perils
of war. Can it be that laboring men
are still blind enough to support this ever
changing and yet nameless, and souless
party, that are now in power. II mat
ters not what has been your previous po-
litical sentiments, your own freside and
deep necessity demand that the princi
pies of former years should be reinsta
ted. They protect the poor ana rici
alike. Can any man mistake his duty
Is not the fearful present argument enough
that change is indispensable.-Nort'
| Democrat.
Year: 1863

One of the most absurd practices prev
alent at this season of the year, is that
of pulling off the foliage of grapes, in
order, it is said, to ripen-the fruit, Those
who do this say they can't bear to see the
clusters so shaded; they know the sun
shine woud color them. And so they
thrust right and left, covering the ground
with green leaves. This is an error
The ripening of fruit depends upon the
presence and successful working of we'll
formed and healthy foliage and vigorous
vines. The leaves are the lungs and
stomach of the plant. Through them it
breathes; them it digests its food. aud
prepares nourishment for the fruit and
the whole vine. Go to the sides Of the
forest, and you find the blackberry de-
veloping large and ripening up finer in
partial shade than in the sunny field
Go little further and you will find the
wild grape growing luxuriantly and ri
pening perfectly where the sun seldom
shines; certainly, where it never reaches
the clusters, and where no one pulls Of
ths leaves. Some of the handsomes
clusters ever picken in our garden huns
all summer in the shade of leaves, anC
on the North side Of the trellis- bar. Th'
leaves had the sunlight all day, but th'
fruit did not. We have no doubt tha
one reason why the costly varieties OF thu
country show SO much hslf-ripened fruit
is because the gardeners so perpetually
meddle with the foliage
Year: 1863

1t is well known that the Abolition.
lists have not only established reign oI
terror all over the land, but have substi.
tuted Mob Law Of the worst character
wherever they have the strength Of mum
bers to enforce il. But this mob spirit
has been carried to such an extent by the
"decency party" that some Of the lead.
ers, who can see into the future little
further than the mad caps who control
the machinery are becoming alarmed.
and are entering their protests against
the illegal and diabolical proceedings of
the m obocrats.


The special correspondent Of the Gin
cinnati Commercial (Republican), in
giving report of the proceedings of the
Republican meeting at Mt. Gilead, thus
rebukes the mob spirit of the bogus
"Union" speakers in various parts of the
State. 1t must be borne in mind that
this testimony comes from political OPP
ponent:


Dad CONDUCT OF UNION MEN.


The best of causes may have impru.
dent advocates, who, against the advice
OF the judicious, may conduct themselves
improperly toward their oppouents.-
We have been grieved 20 see such con-
duct at several Of the Union meetings we
have attended recently; and, and, in the
hope Of checking its increase, we feel it
to be our duty to speak of it here. 1t is
the intolerance of certain class of Union
men toward their opponents, which man
ifests itself by assaulting every man who
halloos for Vallandigham, not only on
the ground where Union meeting is being
held, but in the public streets where ali
have equal rights. Until the war shall
be declared in the North, and we think
disloyal persons can be maraged here
without that-no man has a right to
knock another down for the expression
of his opinion. 1t is violation of law,
which, if allowed to increase, as it seems
to be doing, will end in anarchy and
bloodshed worse than war. II is the
spirit of the mob, and not of law
abiding good Union citizens. 1t caused
sad forebodings to see this kind of con
duct in Delaware and in Mt. Gilead; and
more shocking was it, in the latter place,
after one had been knocked down, to see
his companion fleeing for his life. with a
crowd of score or two pursuing ant
picking up bricks and stones to hurl a
him, as though he were wild beast
Such conduct is the legitimate fruit o
the advice given, we are sorry to say, by
one Of the Union speakers recently, tina
when men were seen wearing butternu
emblems, Union men should quietly ap
proach them and tear them from thei
fastenings. We could hardly believe
our ears when we heard it, for it is sc
utterly at variance with the observance
of law and order and SO in keeping with
what they have always condemned in the
opposition. We do not believe he though
seriously of what he was saying
Year: 1863

There are three members elected to the
Federal Congress to represent the First,
Second and Seventh districts of Eastern
Virginia, about whose real sentiments
very little is known; /; but as they were
chosen under military protection we must
class them for the present on the side OF
the administration. The relative strength
will thus stand, with the liberal admiss-
ions in the States yet to elect; in favor OF
the administration, 81 /; opposition. "a
On all questions relating to the war there
will be found an overwhelming majority
in favor of its vigorous prosecution oi
the suppression of the rebellion and the
re establishment of the Union.
Year: 1863

The French preserve grapes the year
round by coating the clusters with lime.
The bunohes are picked just before they
are thoroughly ripe, and dipped in lime
water of the consistency of cream. They
are then hung on wires, and when dry
are dipped the second time, and then
hung up to remain. The lime coat keeps
out the air and checks any tendency to
decay. When wanted for the table dip
the clusters in warm water to remove the
lime.
Year: 1863

Sir David Brewster makes The following re-
marks relative to the sun: $50 strong has beeu
the belief that the sun cannot be habitible
world, that scientific gentleman Was pro-
nounced by his medical attendant inssne, be-
cause he had sent -aper to the Royal Society,
in which he maintained that the light of the
sun proceeded from dense and universal aura,
which may afford ample light TO the inhabitants
beneath, and yet be at such Q distance aloft as
no. to be am ong them; that there may be water
and dry land there, hills and dsles, rain and
fair weather, and that as the light and the sea
sons must be eternal, the sun may easily be
conceived 60 be far the most blissful habitation
of the whole system. 10 less than ten years
after this apparently extravagent notion was
considered q proof of insanity, IL was main
tanned by Sir William HerscheI as a rational
and probable opinion, which might be deducible
from bis own observstions on the structure of
the suu." lt.
Year: 1863

~ The suspension Of the ha6eas corpus


has been. so far qualified by consent Of the
President, that hereafter the civil courts will
be allowed to take all cases for the discharge
of minors, improperly enlisted and Illegally
detained by the military authorities. This
announcement is made by the Adjutant Gen
eral in dispatch to Simon Stern, Lawyer
of New York
Year: 1863

As this City has been almost stripped of i'
military force to aid in repeling the invasion
of Pennsylvania, the order OF Gov. Seymour to
organize thirty new regiments here and in
Brooklyn, for home defense, will give uniyer-
sal satisfaction and relieve the feeling Of anx-
isty which the sending of Of the militia had
begun to occasion. The necessity of having u
force in readiness in case of emergency was
one which could hardly escape the vigilance
of the Mayor, and steps will be Immediately
taken for the organization which the Governor,
by his order issued yesterday, has authorized.