smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

honor to command is here for no
purpose Of war upon Kentuckians,
but to repel those Northern hordes,
who, with arms in their hands, are
attempting the subjugation of a sis
ter Southern State. They have
closed your rivers, embargoed your
railroads, cut off your natural, and
proper markets. left your stock and
produce on hand, and thereby almost
destroyed the value of your lands
and labor. We have come to
open again your rivers, to restore
the ancient markets for your produce
and thereby to return to you the ac-
customed value of your lands and Ia
Dor. They have represented us as
1nurderers and outlaws. We have
come to convince you that we truly
respect the laws, revere justice, and
mean to give security to your per-
sonal and property rights. They
have forced many Of you to take up
arms against us.


We come to take you by the hand,
as heretofore, as friends and broth
ers. Their government has laid
heavy taxes upon you to carry on
this unnatural war, one object of
which is openly avowed to be to set
at liberty your slaves, and the ensu-
ing steps in which will be to put
arms in their hands and give them
political and social equality with
yourselves. We saw these things in
the beginning, and are offering our
hearts's blood to avert those dread
full evils which we saw the Abolition
leaders had deliberately planned for
the South. All men must have the
bullet or none"-said Mr.. Seward,
the present Federal Secretary Of
State. How long will Kentuckians
close their eyes to the contemplated
ruin of their present structure of soci-
ETY.? How long will they continue
to raise their arms against brothers
of the South struggling for those
rights and for that independence COM
mon to us all, and which was guaran-
teed to all by the Constitution
1887?


For many long years we rcmon-
strated against the cncroachments
against those rights, and the insecuri-
ty to that property thus guaranteed
which these Northern hordes so re-
morselessly y inflicted upon us. They
became deaf to our remonstrances,
because they believed they had the
power, and felt in every fibre the will
to "whip us in" We have disap-
pointed them. We have broken their
columns in almost every conflict
We have early acquired Il prestige of
success which has stricken terror into
the Northern heart Their "grand
armies" have been held in check by
comparatively few but stern-hearted
men, and now they would invoke
Kentucky valor to aid them in beat
ing down the true sons of the South
who have stood the shock, and in
bringing common ruin upon Ken
tucky, and her kindred people. win
you play this unnatuual part, Ken
tuckians? Heaven forbid! The
memories Of the past forbid. The
honor of your wives and daughters,
Year: 1862

The capture Of the Fairplay at AIilGksn' 8
Bend, on Sunday night, is another Of those in
staEces of gross csrelessness and over conf
denee, which has already cost the South so
dearly. Ia every misfortune of this kind It has
invariably been the result Of a sel-c0ncsi.ed,
OveTweening confidence Oh the part of those in
terested. After the feet had Withdrawn from
cur vicinity, we all went 10 work as If there
never had been an enemy within a thousand
miles, and our frail steamboats, resumed their
trips up the river entirely unprotected. and self
reliant as in times Of peace.


in connection with the affair Of the FairDlay,
as it is reported to US, we can see nothing but
the most culpBble negligence on the part Of those
who hsd charge of the craft. It is almost in
credible that officers of = steamboat, veuturing
upon precsriOus trip, in unsafe waters. with a
valuable cargo, and numerous psssenge should
be SO entirely lost to all sense Of danger and
prOpnety, as to let their steam cool down and tie
up securely and unc0neernedly, at place where
the enemy might fan upon them at any moment.
Yet such is the report as it comes to us from the
Eairplsy. IL was well known from cur pickets,
as well as by the openly avowed plans of the
Yankees, that they would keep their feet patrol
ing the river between this place aud Cairo. and
this knowledge should have made our officers
extremely careful how 10 venture upon such
trip. Experience is s costly teacher, and every
lesson of this kind that we take puts Us 30 more
expense than would a sufficient guard al along
the whole length OF the river so lar as it IS in our
possessiOn.-Ei J icbSburg Cfi-GR.
Year: 1862

We believe that the public is disposed 70 attach
much less Importance to tins engagement thsn
It's magnitude really deserves. IN every pzrtic-
ular it was sanguinsry and desperate Struggle,
and resulted in a complete and decisive victory
for our arms. Oar forces engaged amounted 10
about eight thousand, whilst those Of the enemy
could not have been less thsn fifteen thousand.
Oar loss was near six hundred killed wounded
and missing; that Of the enemy little, If any.
less than two thousand. We captured Eve hun
dred prisoners, over fifteen hundred stand Of
arms, two splendid Napoleon guns twelve
wagon loads of ammunition, several wagon
loads Of new and excellent clothing, and drove
the enemy two miles beyond the fed Of battle
which we held for two days and nights. All our
dead were carefully buried, and cur wounied Sc
cured and attended to.


On the morning after the fight our artillery
shelled the weeds in which the enemy had taken
refuge, b0s there was no response to our guns
Having attended TO our own dead and wounded,
and also cared for the wounded Of the foe, op-
portunitY was given them to bury their dead,
which they did in full view Of our lines The
number OF their dead must have been large. ss
several hours were occupied 10 their burial and
removal from the field General jackson was
all the while in the thickest Of the fight. and
was within q few PAGES Of General Windsr when
that officer received his fatal shOt.-Ricim0H&
Dispatch, I4th.
Year: 1862

BAPTIsING THE COETRABANDS-The cor
respondent of the New York Tribane, from the
Georgia coast, writes an account of a religious
service for the negroes on a Sunday. After
service some of the pickinuinies were b4ptised,
and it appears from the following narrative of
the affair, that whatever their mothers were,
some Of them had 'illustrious fathers -


WheG the call for parents to bring forward
their children for baptism was made, the num-
Der greatly surprised us. All were arranged in
two rows beginning at the steps of the house
and extending down each side Of the broad and
beautiful walk leading 10 the front gate. On
our right stood father and mother with FIVE
children; then a mother with so many of her
children as she could rescue from slavery and
then perhaps, a father, with two or three child
Ten, and their grandmother, in place of the poor
mother, who had been sold. On the other side
We're children presented by relatives or stTan-
gers, the parents being sold or serving in the
rebel army. AS we passed through the solemn
service of baptising these children in the name
of the Father son and Holy Ghost, from cur in
most soul went up tho prayer that not only
might every one be a true soldier of the cross,
but also that every one might belong to the
army of freedom. Fifty two children were dedi-
Gated to the service of God and freedom on that
occasion These children were of all shades of
color, and it was truly affecting and siekening
to hear, as we did such and similar remarks con-
cerning some Of the children Hoping some
good may follow from it, we give few speci-
mems; Did you observe that pretty girl, JAne2
She is the daughter of senator - And
John, that smart faxsn- haired boy presented by
that tall white Womani That is the son of Mr..
-, merchant from New York There were
some twelve or fifteen children, who have most
mystifying history as regards their geneslogy.


Be ye sure your sins will find you out is a
truth now as well as in the days of Moses, and
if 50, who can tell how many houses, North as
well as South. will yet be visited with plaques
worse than those that fell on the Egyptians
God is lifting the veil that has long covered the
wiekedness Of this land "
Year: 1862

a correspondent of the Mobile Tribune says:
Reader have you ever been at Tupelol IF you
are philanthropist, and have not been here,
come at once. You will have more opportunities
to exercise patience and charity, and display
philanthropy here than at any other place l Wot
Of If you are the reverse Of philanthropst
or practical Joker, this is the precise point for
you to show your wit and display ycur muscle
at Your initiation will commence as you step
from the cars, and before you have foothold, by
being asked if you brought any watermellons
along to SELF Although you may reply in the
negative, with look as fierce as that of the
chief clerk Of post cOmmissary, you arc i'm
portuned to "sell one for two dOllarsp' Probably
you will be amused at this attempt to make you
fruit vender, but your good humor viii disap-
pear when, as you are rushing with the crowd to
the hotel, some one catches your arm and insists
upon your signing provision return, not sp-
peariDg to care that he IS at the moment keep
ing you from your own provision returns.


On one side you hear stentorian lungs brawl
ing out, and you at once have the belief forced
upon you that you are an intelligence Office and
hold out next door to an auctioneer! This man
of voice you find is directing returned soldiers
from furlough to their quarters.


You mingle with the crowd and are asked
where MY reegement is No, you don't know,
and turn upon your heel when a half frantic
passenger, who is to leave on the train just
starting, asks you to come to the provost mar
shsl's office. OF course you consider yourself
under arrest and proceed there, when your com
panion asks you to write him pass to 60 to
Mobile. You are astonished, and 50 IS he, for
the gentleman he was in quest ef had stepped
out, and he took you for him. His anger in
creases with his astonishment as the train is
leaving, and you are fortunate if he don't knock
you down for your failure to be somebody else.


You carry a newspaper in your hand, and are
asssiled on every side" Any more EN- papers
to sell ~ " Is that the Tribune-is Chattanooga
fighting" Say, msester, where did you buy
! that paper ?' Fastening on to the telegraph
office, you are surprised to find Immediately
under its sign" Enquire next door = and you
turn to do 50, but find your mistake, when you
see the following notice posted eonspieuously


This is the Telegraph Office. We have no
time or inclination to answer questions; nothing
for sale or to eat can't fill requisitiOns; don
command the post don't know where any
brigade, regiment, battalion, company, otiicer
or private is' Enquire next door.
Year: 1862

y Colts revolVers are being manufactured
near Macon, Georgia. The IetsgTGPh Of that
city says;


The weapon had just passed the inspection Of
the Confederate superintendent Of aimories st
this place, and contract had been made for as
many as the manufacturers could produce, which
they thought would be, for the present, about
FIVE day. The pistol, TO our inexperienced
eyes, was as wel-fnished as those made by the
patentee himself, and have DO doubt equally as
efficient These weapons are designed for the
cavalry service.


The specimen before Us was the first fruit of
the skill aud inventive ingenuity in celebrating
machinery and tools for the purpose, and of men


who had never seen pistol shop, or single
tool or pieee Of machinery for making them.
| The machines now in use have all been cOntriyed
and built since last March, and the force Of the
estabhshn.en diverted from the manufacture Of
cotton gins to the making Of Colts reyolvers.
/ With the well-known resources and enterprise Of
I this concern, We need not say the business
under their hands will grow to meet any demand
| likely to be made upon them. This is e strong
I illustration Of the power of the South to supply
I her own wants. We certainly bad no idea that
manufactoTy Of Colts pistols would spring up
near Macon in 1862
Year: 1862

TaE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE SoUTH.-The
mission upon which Mr. Fish and Bishop Ames
have just set out is one purely of charity, un-
connected with politics in any way. They go
South to visit the prisons where our soldiers
are confined, to take care Of them and look
after their welfare, and for no other purpose


The selection of these gentlemen-one Of them
q Christian minister-has been made with a
view to divest their errand Of all political COM
plexion, although some of the Southern papers
pretend to think that they 60 as spies into their
camps. We see no reason why their philan-
thropic mission should be restricted. If the
rebels choose to send commissioners North
to take care of their prisoners there would
not be the least objection to their doing
90, nor would their missionaries be molested in
any way. We trust, therefore, that the benevo-
aent gentlemen who have started for the South
on their errand of mercy will be permitted to
perform their duties without let or hindrance.
Year: 1862

-(Yisd yield give up your power O. unfortunate old
father. or what ID the throne TO your The police
fearful that these words will be received with tremendous
applause do not know what to do, and cannot decide
whether to suppress the passage forbid the perform
Of tho opera such s the delicate position Of the
moment
Year: 1862

against persons politically opposed to him.
Upon each and ell Of these offences Messrs
Greeley and Raymond can be indicted BY the
Grand Jury and tried according to law. That
they ought to be thus dealt with no reasonable
man can deny. They have endeavored to inter
fere with the election by abusing and intimi-
dating their fellow citizens. They have made
their papers public nuisances. They have
greatly injured and prejudiOed the cause Of the
country and assisted that of the rebels at home
and abroad. They deserve the utmost penalty
Of the law


1t is our province to call the attention of the
Grand Jury and Of the District Attorney to
these offenders against law, morality and pro-
priety. We trust that those concerned will also
perform their obvious duties in regard to the
matter, and put a speedy end to the criminal
audacity and malignity of which these persons
have been guilty.
Year: 1862

that their dearest wish, their heartfelt desire, Is
near ct hand "war with England"


Diseased in mind and body. the threats Of the
Jesuits against the life Of his son, the Prince
Imperial. have gained possession of his heart
lie has been told repeatedly that were he to aban
don the Pope the lie Of his son and the conss-
qnent extinction of all his hopes for the trans
mission OF his dynasty would be the forfeit. and
giving way to the fears created by this threat
and the arguments Of his bigotted, supsrstitious
Empress, he has abandoned his former support
ers and gone over, heart and soul to the Pope.


The Emperor perfectly understood the results
Of such course, and he determined be would
prepare to ward them of in good time Thus
he appointed as his Minister Of Foreign Affairs
M Drouyn de 'Huys, q person celebrated
throughout France as hater Of all that is
English and, above ALL Of Lord Palmerston.
Of course the French people understand the
meaning Of such nomination. and its
results will cause them to forget for
the time being the recsntation Of the
Emperor. Already hints of strug-
gle with England are rife throughout
France, while her people extol in significant
terms the strength of the French armies and
navies. Napoleon is we'll aware that all Europe
hates and fears England; that all alike have
suffered from her deceit and treachery, and that
be could do no more popular thing than to
attack her at onoe. But he is too willy for this;
he will grind her into the dust by insults and
contumely, preparing all the while to strike,
and securing from her any aid or sympathy.
Once fully prepared he will attack her with
overwhelming forces, and he will do so fully
and enthusiastically supported by his subjects.
That he is aware Of this we we'll know.
Years ago he made the following remark
"Why does England seek to anger mes Does
she not know that were to declare war upon
her there is not an old woman in France that
would not sell her last shift to give me money
for the prosecution Of the struggle? / alone
keep back this dreadful conflict" England did
know this, and she has bowed down accordingly
to the whims and desires Of louis Napoleon. She
will feel, now that he has abandoned the revo-
lutionary party. that she is danger, and she may
then regret, as she reflects upon her position,
that she alienated from her the sympathy of the
American people. When Napoleon strikes,
and that at no distant day, England will be
friendless and alone--a fitting retribution for
her past course Of deceit and treachery to ALL
Should she fall, none will heave a sigh over her
ruin
Year: 1862

We learn from high authority at Bowl ing Green, that Gov. Rector has written the Secretary of War to the effect that the first Arkansas regiment, under the com mand of Col F. R. Cleburn, had been fur nished by the Military Board of this State with sufficient clothing to suffice during the remainder of their term of service, and advised that functionary not to pay the men any communication money. We know none of the facts touching this matter of our own knowledge, but are advised from quarter in which we have every confidence, that the representation of Gov. Rector IS without fact to sustain it; the fact being, as we are informed, that the regiment in question has never been supplied by the Military Board, or any other State author ity, with five hundred dollars worth ofcloth- ing since 1t entered the service or became organized. We are further informed that the State assumed certain obligations in re- lation to this regiment, at the time 1t was turned over from the State to the Confed- crate service, none of which has she fulfill cd or kept. These delinquencies on the part of the Military Board, or our governor, if he be responsible, are outrages upon a chivalrous and patriotic body of men, and deserve the unqualified Indignation of the entire people of the State. It is we'll known that three companies of the first Arkansas regiment, to-wit: the Philips and Harris Guards and the Yell Rifles, have been sup piled with clothing by their friends at home for which the State has never provided in any way. We mention this fact that we may characterize the conduct of the func- tionares implicated i'll the manner their conduct so richly merits.

 Gov. Rector either misrepresented the facts to the Secretary of War. or else stat ed what he might have known, had he given himself the trouble to ascer- tain, was untrue In either event he has shown himself miserable apology for high public tuctionary, and will be made to atone fer the wrong perpetrated upon our gallant friends. The matter will be presented before the proper department at Richmond with the view of establishing the facts of the case, that this odium may attach to those who are to blame.

 We understand paper is in process of preparation By one of the regiment in ques- tion, giving full statement of facts in re- laton to the matter at hand, and will be given to the public in due and proper sea son. We await its forth coming with more than ordinary interest. It is proper and right that history should be vindicated, and knowing the author as we do, we feel con- ,fdent that 1t will be fully vindicated in this instance .-Heleno Shield.
Year: 1862

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Year: 1862



 Dept, No ?, Pocohontos, Fe5., 1862

 The question is before us: shall we or ganize, arm and march to join the army of Missouri, and battle for independence on her soil, where she invites, nay, implores us, to come; or shall we wait to see that gallant and struggling State down-trodden in the dust, manacled and lost--her broad fields and rich granaries opened to supply the tyrant's hordes as they march trium- phantly and unopposed to invade our own homes? Shall we strike down the enemy whose gripe Is upon our brothers throat, and who only waits to see his last gasp to attack us; or shall we stand by and sec our brother perish and meekly await a similar doom? The case is before us for our decision, and 1t is no dream of the i'm agination, but stern reality, and we must decide 1t. We have voted to be free. We must now fight to be free, or present to the world the humiiating spectacle of a nation of braggarts, more contemptiblc than the tyrants who seek to enslave US.

 The flag of our country is waving on the southern borders of Missouri-placed there by my hands under authority from our chief magistrate. It represents all that Is dear to us in life. Shall it wave there in mel ancholy loneliness as fall leaf in our primes al forest, or shall it's beautiful field and bright stars Haunt in the breeze over the proud battalions of Arkansas, of Texas and of Louisiana as they are marshaling to do battle with Missouri for victory, for independence?

 Awake! young men of Arkansas, and arm! Beautiful maidens of Louisiana smile not upon the craven youth who may finger by your hearth when the rude blast of war is sounding in your earl Texas chivalry, to arms! Hardships and hunger, disease and death are preferable to slavish subiec- tion, and nation with a bright page in history and glorious epitaph is better than yassaled land with honor lost and a people sunk in infamy.

 EARL VAN DORM,

 Mojor General.
Year: 1862



 GEN. VAN DoRN's CALL.-On arriving at his Head Quarters at Pocahontas, Gen. Van Dorn issued the subioined call on the people to rally to his army. Like the preparation which should be made. by the soldier before he responds to this call by going to the army, it is brief; and like the work of the true soldier, it is patriotic, earnest, vigorous, and to the point. Gen. Van Dorn is known as an able and Skilliul commander, whose course has been a series of successes, Read his call, and do not stop with reading it, but go to his assis- tance if you are able to do so, and, If you are not able to do soldiers duty, do all you can to enable and induce others to go. To THE You've MEN OF ARKANSAS, TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA