smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

have got to treat these men just as they de-
serve to be treated The bullet in the field,
and the halter in the prison. [GoodIl This
may look like hard way, but remember that
to-day you are fighting for the very existence
Of this Government, and remember too that
100000 men who are to be called out within
the next 80 or 40 days are to do battle for the
maintenance Of the government.


Now my friends, is this Government worth
preserving? It is not for ourselves alone; it
is not merely for this generation of men, but
for the unborn millions that hope are yet to
enjoy its blessings. For three-fourths of a
century we have been enjoying the benefits Of
this Government and extending the banners
of the Republic. Ny friends of Champaign
and its adjoining counties, and Miami and its
adjoining counties, you are called upon to raise
two regiments of men. Every man among
you has got to put his shoulder to the wheel.
If you cannot go yourself send a substitute to
the battlefield. Ifyou have not got the bone,
the muscle and the strength, you have got the
means to support some mans family who is
able and willing to go to the war therefore
give literally your means.


know we talk of the expense of this war.
Who ever heard of war that was not expen-
sive? For tmee-fourths Of century you have
been living in peace and prosperity such as
has never visited any nation, and now what
is your property worth if your Government
goes down? Your bank stock, your railroad
stock, and all your valuable property through
out the country? Answer me that. Your
wealth will be well invested if it takes one
half of it to support the Government


Look at the men of the South who are try
ing to build up a state of society based upon
negro slavery-they are giving their thOus-
ands and tens OF thousands, as well as their
labor, for the purpose of upholding the REBEL
ion; and shall it be said of the men of the
North and of the State of Ohio, that we with
held our means from the support of the best
Government the world ever saw You are
called upon to fight, with men and money, the
great battles of the Republic; and let me say
to you, one and all, acquit yourselves like men.
Be strong be valiant; for God never gave a
better cause to any man or set of men than
that which now calls for the men and means
of the North, for the purpose fsupporting this
great and good Government.
Year: 1862

We find nowhere more sensible articles or
more uncompromising in opposition to the
traitors and their Northern sympathizers than
in Harper's Weekly, which, in the beginning
Of this career was positively proslavery.


In the last number we find the following
vigorous reply to the constant yelping Of
Northern defenders of slavery:


Whenever vigorous military measures are
proposed there is a cry from certain people
and papers that the war is for the mainten-
ance of the Constitution and the Union as it
was. Certainly tits; but what then? What
is the Union as it was? It is the Union of
the people living in thirty-tour States under
one supreme national government which by
the Constitution as it is empowered to return
obedience to its authority from every citizen
in the land, by military force if necessary.


That is what the government is doing
This war is the effort of the government to
reduce armed rebels to its authority. By the
Constitution the President is made Comman-
der-in- Chief and to use the military power
to suppress insurrection. When that military
power is counted by hundreds of thousands,
and confronted by hundreds Of armed men,
when bloody battles are fought, cities besieg-
ed, and stern blockade established there is
war between the government and insurgents,
who are at once traitors and enemies, and
who arc to be subdued by every means known
to war.


When the government acts under the clause
of the Constitution which authorizes the mill
tary suppression of the rebellion, and ali con-
stitutional rights inconsistent with state OF
war are suspended, for institutional immunity
against the taking Of his life by the govern
meut, except after due process Of law; mean
ing Indictment, trial, etc. But the govern
ment took the life of Sidney Johnston, at Shi-
lOh, without any indictment or trial whatever.
Was it an unconstitutional act? Not at all.
It was Just as constitutional as the hanging Of
Gordan. For the Constitution as it is author
ICES the use of military measures, after due
warning, as much as it guarantees individual
life and liberty, aud when the Union as it was
is restored, every citizen who has lost his life
by military necessity will enjoy all the civil
guarantees for it.


And so whatever else may fall within the
scope Of military necessity. BY the late law
passed in the House, our army are to be FED
at the expense Of the rebels. Every citizen
has a right to own property, but the grain anc
cattle Of every rebel will be promptly seizet
and appropriated to the use Of the govern
ment wherever the army needs it. Does tina
interfere with the Union as it was? No; i
is simply an integral part Of the necessary
MILITARY operations to re-restore the Union a
It was. In like manner, the slaves Of every
rebel who have been used against the govern
ment are liberated. Does that interfere witt
the Union as it was? Not at ALL 1t is only
mart of the constitutional means to restore th,
Union as it was.


! No, and forever mol 1t will be the Cniol
as It was in the very intent and words of tn
fathers; the Union as it was meant to be, an'
the Union by Gods blessing as the children
| of those fathers mean it shall be.
Year: 1862

DURING the Presidents visit to the Army Of
the Potomac he dismounted, assembled the
ramparts OF the newest fortifcation, and brief
ly addressed the soldiers. He said he had
come to see for himself and to know the situ-
alton of affairs, and that he should go back
satisfied. It was said they had been whipped.
It was not 50, and never would be. He knew
the men he saw around him would provS
equal to the task before them, and never give
up without going into Richmond. He had
been unable to sleep from anxiety, but sfteE
he had seen and heard. he should go back to
Washington satisfied that it was all right iVitb
the AIzsy Of the Potomac. He declared his
confidence in the army and its commander, in
all the men and all the officers; all, alike were
men deserving the confidence o. the country.
He was cheered at every sentence.
Year: 1862

A PAPER that speaks of the cheering evil
deuce Of the patriotic determination Of the
people to sustain the Government publishes
a substitute for coffee by which those using
it may avoid the coffee tax.
Year: 1862

TuosE who are not in the neighbOrhood OF
bakers and cannot procure the fermentation
called yeast, may make better substitute as
follows. Boil one pound Of, -four quarter OF
a mound Of brown sugar and little salt, IN
two gallons Of water for an hour When
miIkwarn1. bottle and cork it close, and Ii
will be ready for use in twenty-tours hours


Scientific AmeJTcQn.
Year: 1862




Vanity FAIR is severe on Fremont 1t
says:


With the Zoe most formidable and active all
around them, this Major-General throws US
his command and comes to New York, his
excuse being that the appointment Of General
Pope " degrades" him. But he doesn't resign.
1t is understood that he is still a MJor-Gen-
eral in the army, drawing his pay the same as
ever; and it is whispered in certain quarters
that another department" will be given this
man. Very good. But let it be depart
ment in Fort Warren, for the General who
deserts his command and his country upon so
ainsy an excuse as Fremont gives, ought to
be shut up. In some countries he would be
shot. We respectfully suggest to Mr.. Seere-
tary Stanton that If it be right to keep Gene
raj Stone in close confinement all this time
without letting that officer or the public know
what earthly reason there is for his incarcera-
ton, that the Imprisonment Of John G. Ere
mont, who, as everybody knows, has proved
a precious humbug, might not be entirely i'm
proper. We are sick of Fremont He Is the
worst in the business.
Year: 1862

THERE is also reason to believe that the
President receives no small amount Of advice
from politicians, who intrude upon him with
their opinions, and who are sometimes rather
more emphatic than courteous. "I tell you,
Mr.. President" said Senator one day, "un-
less proposition for emancipation is adopted
bv the Government, we will all 60 to the
ID. At this very moment we are not over
one mile from HI" Perhaps not, replied
the President, /" as believe that is just about
the distance from here to the Capitol, where
YOU gentlemen are in session. - Wash. Cor.


TIE FReG TRADE.-The Auburn (N. "
Advertiser says the catching Of frogs at Mon
tezurna has become quite considerable trade.
It adds: "FOr three or four seasons past
men have made the impaling oflrogs their
business. Every other day they ship from
Auburn barrel Of frogs for the New York or
Buffalo market They make very handsome
wages. The uethed Of securing these bassG
Drofundos OF the marshes is very similar to
spearing for fish. The men paddle OF through
the marsh IN the night with dark lantern
They approach the haunt of the frog very
quietly. and, when near enough, throw then
dart with a certainty acquired by practice, al,
ways hitting them back Of the head killing
them instantly. The headquarters are then
carefully skinned and cut of, placed III barrels
and sent to their destination. They generally
secure two or three hundred in night ano
are paid So a hundred.
Year: 1862

WASHINGTON, Thursday, Sept 4h.


Information has been received here that a
number of persons from this city, with others,
were yesterday on the late battle field attend
ing to the burial Of the dead. and TO the com.
fort and removal of the wounded About
twenty surgeons were with the party.


1t is further stated that number Of our
citizens, including the government clerks, were
undoubtedly captured on Monday by the
ertmy who were engaged in harrassing Gen.
Banks on his retreat from Warrenton.


Their going to the battlefield to perform
the duty assigned them wthouta flag Of truce
was very unsafe proceeding


The paroled prisoners who arrived here say
that they were well treated by the rebels, ex.
cepting in the matter of food.


They also state that the report was preva
lent among the enemy that General Ewell had
died of his wounds and that General Lee was
slightly wounded in the hand by the acciden
tai discharge of his own pistol
Year: 1862

There is an air of confidence and security
to day though the clerks are required to be
enrolled, and ruInors are rife that the militia
is about to be called out. But before they can
accomplish anything, the danger will have
passed
Year: 1862

whether cancelled or not; and said eertih-
Gates OF sale Of the collector or deputy coll
lector, where the subject of sale shall be
securities or other evidences Of debt, shall
be good and dyalid receipts TO the person or
party holding the same, as against any
person or persons or other party holding,or
Claiming to hold, possession of saeh seem
rites OF other evidences of debt.


$50. %. And be it further enacted. That
II shall be the duty OF all llpersons Of lawful
age and all guardians and trustees, Wheth-
er such trustees are so by virtue of their
once as executors, administrators, or other
iduciary capacity, to make return in the
list or schedule, as provided in this act, to
the proper officer of internal revenue, of
the amount of his or her income, or the In
come Of such minors or persons as may be
held in trust as Aforesaid, according to the
requirements hereinbefore stated, and In
case of neglect or refusal to make such re-
turn, the assessor or assistant assessor shall
assess the amount of his or her income, and
proceed thereafter to collect the duty there
on in the same manner as is provided for in
other cases of neglect and refusal to furnish
lists or schedules in the general provisions
OF this act, where not otherwise ineompat-
ible, aud the assistant assessor may in
crease the amount of the list or return of
any party making such return, If
he shall be satisfied that the same
IS understated: Provided, That any party
in his or her own behalf, or as guardian,
or trustee, as aforesaid, shall be permitted
to declare, under oath or affirmation, the
form and manner of which shall be pre-
scribed by the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, that he or she was net possessed
OF an income of six hundred dollars, liable
to be assessed according to the provisions
OF this act, or that he or she has been as
sessed elsewhere and the Same year for an
income duty, under authority of the United
States, and shall thereupon be exempt from
an income duty; or, if the list or return Of
any party shall have been increased by the
assistant assessor, in any manner as afore-
said, he or she may be permitted to de-
clare, as aforesaid, the amount of his or
her annual income, or the amount held in
trust, as aforesaid, liable to be assessed, as
aforesaid, and the same so declared shall be
received as the sum upon which duties are
to be assessed and collected.


TO BE CONTINUED
Year: 1862

Why do We have so many dull and
listIess scholars in school, and even
listeners to the Word of God on the
Sabbath The answer is often found
in the close, confined and inn
pure air of the place. Many teach.
ers and preachers never appear to
have made this important discovery.
Every church, school-room, kitchen.
sleeping-room, workshop or manufac-
tory, should have some SYSTEMATIC
plan of ventilation very open struc-
tnres may not require this, but places
as close as most churches, school
houses, and dwellings are, do abso-
lutely require something of this kind.
The best plan in a church or school
house is to have ventilator placed
overhead, and So constructed that it can
be closed in cold weather if desired.


A square or round opening or "scut-
tie" that can be covered with a
board, is easily made, and will an
swer. The next best method is to low
er the upper sash of window, part
or all of the way owing to shrinking
and swelling of the wood, this is not
so easily done. E1~


We desire to call attention to the
subject treated upon by our cores
pondcnt, especially as far as it relates
to school-houses. There has been iu
the past but little attention paid to
this in the erection of our country
school-houscs, many of them being
built with but seven or eight feet "bc.
tween joints and with no provision
either for the ingrcss of pure air or the
egress of impure air. The eensequcr>
ces to scholars, of being compelled
to spend six long hours each day, brea-
thing the pestIlential atmosphere cx-
halcd from q score or two of lungs.
can be readily conceived by all who
have any knowledge of the laws oF
health by which we arc governed anu
we very much question the benefit OF
an education, even if one could be Oh
tainad under such circumstances, pur-
chased, as it would be, at the expense
of health, for we have no doubt thai
many have contracted disease in suci,
buildings, from which they have new
er recovered.


We would urge upon all who have
control of school-houses, the utmost
Importance of providing ample means
of ventilation
Year: 1862

IL is with great sorrow that we record the
death Of this distinguished gentleman, at his
residence in Brsttleboro' on the 9Th instant.
We learn that he was taken severely in with
fever some three weeks since, and that his
disease made rapid progress. until it quenoh-
ed one Of the most cultivated intclects and
genial hearts, that our State has produced.
Mr.. Bradley was eldest son Of the Hon. VIM.
G. Bradley Of Westminster He was we be-
licve, graduate Of Harvard College. He has
been a successful and eminent advocate and
lawyer for more than twenty FIVE years in
Brattleboro'. lie had a discerning, rapid and
comprehensive mind ,--an elegant and varied
culture. He was quick and ardent in his
sympuhies. lover Of truth and justice, and
ieryid hater Of all shams and Hypocrisy
lie was member, for Bratteboro', Of the
House Of Representatives for the two years
in which the State House controversy was
waged, and distinguished himself as the
leader in debate, in that most exalted and
brilliant conflict. If it had not been for tho
indrmity Of his deafness, which prevented
his hearing all the points Of dis ussion, no
man that Vermont has produced would have
surpassed him in the debates Of the halls OF
legislations.


But whatever might have been the quail.
ties that dtted him for a public career, he wa.
most eminent in social and private life. His
rare stores of information aud culture, were
open to his friends, and he had few equals in
the genial exchanges and conversations oi
social life. His reading was extensive and
recharche bis memory was retentiye; his
style Of conversation was playful and capti-
waiting, and always appropriate to his theme
his perceptions were quick and vivid his H.
lustraiions apt and beautiful, and his whole
air and manner, reminded US Of the school OF
the elder times in which he had his training
The death Of such man is public calamity,
and in common with his nearer associates and
neighbors and friends, we would lay small
tribute Of our high appreciation Of his worth,
on his fresh made grave.
Year: 1862

We learn with pain, the death Of the As
sistant Surgeon Of the 9TH regiment Of VT.
Volunteers He was seized with typhoid few
or in camp, some two weeks since, and not
withstanding al the care he received in the
hospitals at Washington, 1t terminated his
life on Sunday last. DR.. Shaw was edueat-
ed at Dartmouth, and though yet young
men, ranked high in his profession He is
another added to the long list Of victims of
noble sons of Vermont to the deadly malaria
of the Virginia swamps. Disease is more
deadly than the bullet, and to those who sub
ject themselves TO both, for the sake Of our
country's cause, to those who die from either
in her service, we owe an unmeasured debt
Of honor and gratitude We tender our cor
dial sympathy TO his afflicted friends The
only brother OF Dr. Shaw was killed we be-
lieve, on the st. Joseph railroad in Missouri,
last fall And this event finds still heavier
sorrow on the broken hearted family. We
commend them to the comforts Of God.
Year: 1862

n Let the cost Of blood and treasure be
what it may, We hope this war will continue un-
I'll . white citizen Of the United States, who
earns his bread in the sweat Of his face, shall
in every way, socially, morally and politically,
in bis own and in the estimation of The public,
be the equal Of him who owns niger TO sweat
for him. This equality npst not only be at
Washington, bus in all tkeesates ana Terrific.
riss wherever our Gag aoass. In Republican
Government, founded upon justice and equality,
there should be no distractions.


1t was the doctrine Of the Old Whig and Dem.
ocratic parties In their life times and is now the
firm belief of numerous and highly respecta-
BILE class Of old ladies in male attire that there
Vas and is no earthly way We can ever get along
At all in this country except to let the Southern
fire eaters have their way. This saMe class even
now are scared almost to death for fear We shall
mot conduct the war in a manner pleasing to
Rebellion. They are afraid JEFF. Davis L Co,
who have their last man in the field and are
doing all that men, yes, all that devils are sup
posed to be capable of doing, to overthrow the
Government, they are afraid Davis Co. will
take offence at our mode Of warning upon theu'
get mad and do something dreadful We hope
the war will continue until this class shall learn
that the slave-owners and slave-breeders are
not only not Gods, but that they have no Divine
right TO govern the nation, and are really fash
ioned out of no better clay than other men.


TThe British Government, in anticipation
Of q war, has shown its i'll manners by Withhold
ding exequators from some Of our newly ap
pointed Consuls new consul to Dublin was
rec emily appointed and repsirng to his post
forwarded his credentials to Mr.. Adams, our
Minister to London, on the 10Th Of November,
to be laid before the British Government, and
yet, up to the 26th Of December, period of
about six weeks, be had not received his exc
quator, a discourtesy unusual in the history of
nations at peace With each other. Not only is
the consul to Dublin, the seat Of Government
in Ireland, thus deprived of the opportunity to
properly represent his country, but several 9TH
or consols to ports in the British Islands are in
the same position. The old consuls still retain
their posts, and If not actual secessionsts, it is
well known that they afford aid and comfort to
the rebel emisssries who swarm in every impor-
tant town and city, indoctrinating the people
through the press with false views of the war
and of the state Of the country, and scheming
to enlist the British Government on the side of
the Southern Confederacy
Year: 1862

IT was the gath OF June. The weather was
very warm, and the sun, at times obscured by
clouds, all the signs of the sky indicating a
booming rain storm. For the last five miles We
had followed a sort of wagon track through the
woods, keeping a sharp lookout for the enemy,
OF whom we saw no signs. Il must have been
a little past ~ O'Clock when We came out of tie
woods into a cleared fed of six or seven acres,
while another similar field, separated from the
first by fence, in the iarthest corner OF which
stood the log cabin Of a settler, From the first
of those clearings, between the second field aud
the wood, ran a rough sort of lane, fenced on
both sides with a good, strong worm fence


The column, containing about go men, entered
the lane, and We began to think halt would be
ordered aud tho men allowed TO refresh them
selves during the extreme heat of the day, But
in Ihis We were doomed to Disappointment


Just as the rear Of the column had become en-
closed between the two fences, in the land, o
shower OF bullets came from the woods, killing
and Wounding several of our men, For little
white there was great confusion, and the men
/ stood bewildered, not kuowing what to do,
/ though We had all been under fire often enough,


TO be In measure, considered veterans. We


were then ordered to retreat 10 the first clear
ing, and about the first thing saw, after turn