smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

The Almighty rested one seventh OF the
time of The creation, commanding man ts
observe an equal repose. The neglect c
this injunction will always sooner or later
bring mental, moral and physical DEATH


Rest is an invariable law of animal life
The busy heart beats, beats ever, from ia
fancy to age, and yet for large part 0
the time II Is in state Of repose.


William Pitt died Of apoplexy at th
age Of forty seven. When the desiines O
nations hung in large measure on his doing.
he felt compelled TO give au unremi,tins
attention to the affairs Of state. Sabbath
brought no rest to him, and soon the un
willing brain gave signs of exhaustion. -
But his presence in Parliament was con
ceiVed 10 be indispensable for explanation
aud defence of the public policy. Jude
such circumstances il was bis custom to ca
heal tiy Of substantial food, meat highlJ
seasoned, just before going to bis place, il
order to afford the body that streugth and
to excite the mind TO that activity deemed
necessary to The high tension. Both brain
aud body perished prematurely.


Not long ago, one of the most active
business men Of Epglsnd found his affairs
so extended that he deliberately determined
to devote his Sabbaths TO bis accounts -
He had min of a wide grasp. His views
we're so comprehensive, SO farseeiug, tha,
wealth came in upon him like o flood -
he purchased a countfy seat at cost o.
four hundred thousand dollars, determining
that be would now have rest and quiet -
But it was too late. As he stepped on bis
thresh.bold, after a survey of his late pur.
chase. he became appopectic Although life
was not destroyed, lie only lives to be the
wreck of a man.


1t used to be said that brick kiln
must be kept burning over the Sabbath
it is COW known to be fsllacy. Even
now it is y received opinion that iron blast
furnaces will bring ruin if not kept in con-
tinuol operation. Eighteen years ago or
Eugl!shmsn determined to keep the Sab
bath holy as 10 them, with the result a,
bis book testified. that be made more in six
days than he did before in- seven; that he
made more iron in given Time ia proper.
ton to the haBds and the number aud sz,
of bis furnaces, than any establishment in
England which was kept in operation
curing the Saooath.


In our own New York the mind of q
man who made half million year went
out in the night OF madness by the work
put upon it by variety OF enterprises,
every one Of which succeeded.


"It will take about five years 10 clear
them III" suid an observant master of all
Ohio canal bost. alluding 10 the wearing
/, a h. h. a
on Sabbaths as well as on other days =
as 10 the boatmen and firemeu Of the stea.
mers on the western rivers, which never
lay by on the Sabbath. seven years is the
average of life. The observance. therefore
Of The seventh portion Of our time for the
purpose of rest, is demonstrabIy ply s.
biological necessity, law Of our nature.


Halls Jou rsal of Health
Year: 1865

gyGen Marmaduke; known ss a prominent
officer in the late Confederacy is the FIRST one to
avail himself of The privilege to 30 abroad and
remain without .he United States during the
pleasure of the Government, and has received
passport accordingly. Gen Beauregard has al
so applied for passport, under the same official
order Of the Department of State
Year: 1865

We are not among those who would discour-
age emigration OF Northern citizens OF foreigners
to the South. So far from IT, we believe every
Southern man who looks TO the future welfare Of
the South, ought TO promote suitable emigration


in every possible way.


Lands rich and abundant. Our resources
would prOftably employ population of the right
kind, one hundred fold greater than it is ut pre-
sent. 1t is true we dc not need men OF merely
speculativs habits--mcre seekers of fortunes, to
stay awhile and then leave Us, but We need men
Of means, of enterprise, working men, who would
move our sluggish population togo to work in
good earnest. We need at once 0,000 laborers
employed in the turpentue region Of the State.
We need as many at work in our iron, copper
and gold mines besides every man that can be
gotten to cultivate our fields of cotton, tobacco,
wheat and corn. Moreover we need well skilled
artlZans to work in factories and workshops to
produce every tool, every piece of furniture,
every piece of machinery or mechanism needed
in the State.


To secure this, our people must sell their sur
plus lauds-lands that they will not need for
themselves or children, at prices which will in
duce emigration. We need the country to DO
occupied by large white population. Espe-
cialy laboring men, industrious men to teach
US to work as white men arc taught to work In
other countries, and especially to learn the blacks
how to work aud become useful citizens.


There Is no impcdiment to the ingress OF
large emigration Of working business men. II
they come among us to stay with US, TO share
the ills and the blessings of Southern life-to
make their homes with us and to aid 10 building
up the South, they will be received with well
come and with true Southern hospitality. Let
them come, and let our people sell their surplus
landS-RdiejJh Sentinel
Year: 1865

A very good way to encourage manufactures
and increase the number of manufactures
in our midst, is to patronize and promote the
interests and growth Of those we have already.
And while our citizens continue indifferent to
the welfare of those already in operation, and
prefer to send off for articles or buy those
brought from other quarters, rather than pur-
chase those manufactured here, they cannot
expect our manufactures to flourish or in
crease very rapidly. So far as our experience
and observation go, there is little or no dis
position prevalent amongst our citizens to
seek out and patronize home manufactures of
any kind, in preference to those manufactured
elsewhere, aud we think the general testimos
ny of manufacturers, of whatever kind in
Keokuk, will be found in support of the prop
osition, that our citizens seldom buy of them
if they can get the article they want else.
where.


If we would develop the manufacturing in
terests of the city, then let US begin by cult
waiting the habit and encouraging the practice
of patronzing our own Keokuk manufactu-
rers and mechanics in every department
where they can supply our wants. And thus
we will furnish the means by which they can
enlarge and improve their facilities, and be
enabled to produce better articles and at
cheaper rates. That, we take it, is the direct
liberal and sensible way to encourage '.home
manufactures and its beneficial effects will
be seen and realized. while mere talk about
it, without corresponding action, viii amount
to nothing at all.


But there are some branches or lnannf4c-
ture that might be introduced here, and
should be, that will require direct aid, in some
shape, from our citizens, to induce parties to
engage in the enterprise. There are build
ings and lots, and money in the hands of our
citizens that might be invested on some terms
or other in such new enterprises, and thereby
inducement and encouragement could be of
fered to competent parties to take hold We
did not wait for persons to come in from
abroad and take hold on their own notion to
build railroads for us. but our citizens en-
gagged in the matter themselves, with liberal
ity and enthusiasm, and subscribed immense
sums for their construction. viii not every
body admit that money subscribed, contribut-
ed or invested by our citizens in manufactures
would yield larger per cent of benefits to
the city than money invested in railroads? If
any doubt it, let them try the experiment;
and let those who have faith in it, manifest
their faith by their works, for the salvation
Of Keokuk depends upon our manufactures.


The right spirit with concert of action, and
the accustomed liberahty and enterprise of our
citizens, directed in this channel at the pres
eut time, could not fail to result in immense
advantage to the city
Year: 1865

As our city cotemporary is so very anxious,
latterly, TO have it understood that his paper
supports President johnson and his policy,
we call his attention to the following state
ment lately made by him. =.
my mission is the Union feel that if /
can, within my term of office, restore all the
States to their former relations with each
other and the Union, and can bring about ms
WE'LL a harmonious, if not an absolutely fra
ternal feeling between the North and the
South, shall have merted the applause of
my countrymen, and earned an honorable
place in history To the restoration Of the
Union-in spirit as we'll as in fact-1 shall
bend all my energies. / shall permit no for
eign question to interfere with the full deyel
opment of my scheme for such restoration.
have enough to do without devoting my at
tention TO other matters. The Monroe doe
trine is oil right. I believe in it. But there
are greater principles at stake than those in
volved in that question. When the Union is
restored it will be time for talking about for
eign aggnessiuns on this continent. shall
do all / can to make the Southern people
happy"
Howell, yes, or no, do you endorse or con-
denim the sentiments expressed by President
johnson in the foregoing quoted paragraph ?
Constitution.


Certainly we endorse the sentiments quoted
above, in their spirit and letter, and if Presi-
dent JOHNSON can Z succeed in accomplishing
the object in one term, we are in favor of Civ.
ing him another chance by re-electing him.


We have advocated his scheme to prohibit
slavery by an amendment Of the Constitution,
In order ''to facilitate the restoration of the
Union - and we still advocate the pol
/. icy of Furnishing leading traitors in order
ito make treason .odious." We have no
doubt that these measures, with such others
I as may BE found advisable to crush the spirit
of rebellion and class legislation in the South,
will eventually facilitate the restoration Of
the Union," and promote the happiness of
the Southern people Of all clssses, in the
words Of Mr. JOHNSON, without respect to
color y.,l.s 8 =. assgss


And we do specially approve President
JoHNsoN's policy in regard to the MoxloR
doctrine and our present duty.
Year: 1865

The loyal press of the country almost
unanimously denounce the insolent and
vindictive war waged by the self-consti-
tuted hero of Fort Fisher upon the Lieu
tenant General for telling the truth. The
Toledo Blade says;


HBen. Butler is organizing his forces for
a war upon Gen. Grant. Butler, if ne
keeps on long enough h, will kill himself
His proposed assault on Gen. Grant is
suicide. He accomplished good in New
Orleans and in consideration thereof he
was tenderly dealt with for his blunders
in the field.


"There is no use in the harri-karri he
proposes-there is no necessity for his rip
ping up the bowelA of his reputation
Gen. Grant always knows whereof he
speaks, and is as ugly customer in Re
ports as he is in the field. In the coming
contest, Butler Us. Grant, We have no doub
the popular voice will be for the Illinois
hero"
Year: 1865

We learn from the Columbus Journal
that Adjutant General Cowan has ready
for the press, and will ask the Legislature
to authorize the publication of volume
with the above title. 1t will contain an
accurate list of all soldiers from Ohio reg
iments, dates of enlistment and muster,
age, and dates of promotion, transfer,
death or discharge and history of each
regiment from its organization to its mus
ter-out, together with general history of
the State of Ohio, in military view,
since the commencement of the rebellion.
Year: 1865

The Democracy have found new mar
tyr. They have been making much cap
ital out of the arrest and trial-by court
martial of one Martin Baker, of Licking
county, for desertion; claiming that it
was done because he had instituted suit
against the judges of election in his town
ship on the charge of unlswfulIy refusing
to receive the ballot of a legal voter, they
having rejected his vote under the act dis
franchising that class of Democrats known
in classic nomenclature as 'iskedaddlers."
A writer in the Columbus Journal shows
that Baker was not only deserter from
the draft after his name had been drawn.
but that he emphaticelly told the judges of
election that he 'sssas drafted and run a,oay.
and went to Canada to keep out of the
service" He was convicted of desertion,
and has been appropriately sentenced
We sympathize deeply with the afflicted
father whose gray hairs this untoward
event is likely to bring down in sorrow to
the grave, for we understand that he, with
heroic devotion worthy Spartan moth
er, was willing and anxious to sacrifice
his last son in the "last ditch" and de-
sired Martin the martyr, instead of migra-
ting to Canada, to go South and aid his
friends, the Davis Democrats, to slight it
out on that line.T
Year: 1865

This statute, under color of which the
military outrages have been perpetrated
in Kentucky at late elections, has been
repealed 1t disfranchised those who had
been in the Southern army, and did not
allow them to vote-CincinRGt Enquirer


The Democratic Enquirer calls it tout
rage for men who go from loyal State
take np arms and go through four years
war in attempting to subjugate that State,
and then impudently return to it after
failing to accomplish their fiendish pur-
p Sc. This is practical apple on of
the State Rights doctrine as advocated
by the Democracy Estate Rights"
in the Democratic sense, means the right
of State or Individual to commit treason.
but does not include the right of a State
to punish its traitorous sons.


After this exposition of the State Rights
doctrine, how terribly severe is the follow


"You betray your disloyalty to the fun
lamental principles of our government by |
IHVoviifty W the Vital uoCJrIne OF State |
Rights"


Hostility to the vital doctrine" is good. |
Are we to infer from this that the copper
lead has received blow in the vitals
nd does that account for the writings of
he snake2
Year: 1865

CHICAGO, December Pa terrible case of sufEoca-
ton from gas occurred at the Bremen Hotel No. 1877
Lake street. Saturday night resulting in the death of
five men, and perhaps six. The victims all slept in
the same room, and it is supposed that after retiring
the cap of the gaspipe, which was merely stuck on
with wax fell off, allowing the gas, under full press
ure to enter the room. Five of the men were found
dead yesterday morning. Another was still alive
lnSt nirht hut insensihla
Year: 1865

The Emperor of Russia has just carried
an important reform by the reconstruction of the
courts Of justice and the appointment of trial by
jury. This is considered of the most satisfactory
Of Alexanders many reforms, and it is thought by
the most hopeful that, before long, constitution
will be granted eanferrlE inEtitutols
Year: 1865

VERY HIGH CHuRcH.-A peculiar feature of the SER
vices az the Episcopal Chapel of St. Albans in Forty
seventh street, New York, on Christmas Eve was to
nave nave been midnight service. with the admnstra-
uon oi the Eucharist. This is said to be the first
tne that any such service was held in Protestant
church IN this country though the pratice is not an


uncommon one In England with the ecclesiastics of
the High Church persuasion. "a
Year: 1865

In the supreme court al EaSt OalnDrIuge
Mass. verdict of ST. 250 in favor of Sarah l.. Tit
comb, and of s. 600 in favor of Sarah A. White was
rendered against the Fitchburg Railroad for injuries
received on the morning of the 18th of June, 1860
by the plaintiffs, through the alleged negligence of
the defendants in the management of their train, and
in not keeping in repair the bridge and the fence con-
nected Herewith over their track in Newton street.
in the town of Watham.


Some excitement has recently been crea-
ted in the medical circles by the discovery Of method
of removing cancers and cancerous tumors without
the of the knife but simply by the application of
certain chemical agents to the parts affected. Exper
ments are now in progress before some medical men
of high standing in Philadelphia The new theory is
attracting as much attention the recent discovery
that Laughing gas" can successfully be administered
to patients instead of ether and chloroform durus
the performance Of painful surgical operations.
Year: 1865

The Savannah Republican thus quietly disposes of
the rumors which have been very prevalent of late in
regard to the purposed uprising of the negroes in the
South


So much has been said by the Northern press In
regard to the probabilities of nsurrectionary move
ments the part of the freedmen and so little pains
have been taken by the press of the South to correct
these misconceptions that many men in the North
actually believe there is necessity for the adoption
of the most stringent measures by the Government
order to repress them. To come nearer home. it has
been asserted on what was deemed very reliable
authority that in the immediate neighborhood of the
city of Savannah there were unmstakable signs of
preparation to that end, and the day was aarmingly
near at hand when the affair would eliminate in the
most brutal atrocities that the wickedness of man
ever conceived 1t is to and to readers if
there can be discovered any foundation whatever for
such reports. 1t is fair to presume that we in
such close proximity to danger of this kind would
be most likely to be made of the fact long be-
fore any positive evidence would be received at so
great distance-that if our social existence rested
on such thin volcanic crust, we would be the first
to perceive the symptoms of an eruption. Nothing
has transpred to induce to credit the existence of


state of affairs so deplorabe, either in this vicinity
or elsewhere in Georgia. and we unhesitatingly pro-
nounce all such false, sheer political
circulated and commented upon for party purposes.
Year: 1865

Gold Pens,
In solid Gold Holders!
In solid Silver Holders!
Suitable for Ladies!
Suitable for Gentlemen!
Twill please the ladies and the men.
Each line they write they'll bless the pen:
The giver bless, and praise the taste
That gave for use and not for todste-


A Good Gold Pen!
Year: 1865

BY HARRIET E. PRESCOTT.
Sooner or later the storms shall beat
Over my slumber from head to feet;
Sooner or later the winds shall rave
In the long grass above my grave.
| shall not heed them where lie.
Nothing their sound shall signify,
Nothing the headstone's fret of rain,
Nothing to me the dark days pain.
Sooner or later the sun shall shine
With tender warmth on that mound of mine
Sooner or later, in summer air,
Clover and yiolets blossom there.
| shall not feel in that deep laid rest,
The sheeted light fall over my breast;
Nor ever note in those hidden hours
The wind blown breath of the tossing flow.
Sooner or later the stainless SHOWS
Shall add their hush to my mute repose;
Sooner or later shall slant and SHIFT,
And heap my bed with their dazzling drift
Chill though that frozen pail shall seem.
Its touch no colder can make the dream
That recks not the sweet and sacred dread
Shrouding the city of the dead.
Sooner or later the bee shall come
And fill the noon with his golden hum;
Sooner or later on half paused wing
The blue-birds warble about me ring:-
Ring and chirrup and whistle with glee,
Nothing his music means to me,
None of those beautiful things shall know
How soundly their lover sleeps below.
Sooner or later far out in the night,
The stars shall over me wing their flight:
Sooner or later my darkling dews
Catch the white spark in their silent ooze.
Never ray shall part the gloom
That wraps me round in the kindly tomb ::
Peace shall be perfect for lip and brow
Sooner or later,-Oh why not now!


-Atlontic Monthly for October.
Year: 1865




vile Journal has the following:


Uncle Sam is certainly pretty hard
customer to deal with. For instance If he
wants your horses, he will send one of bis
officers to take them from your stable
summarily and unceremoniously, fixing
his own price on them without consulting
you. Then you must follow the impress
ing officer to his headquarters, generally
somewhere in the street, and get his Ger.
tificate that your horses have been taken.
Then you must 60 with the certificate
to the quartermaster and procure the pro.
scribed vouches from him. Then you
must 60 to the provost marshal and
take stringent oath of loyalty and bring
two witnesses to swear that you always
have been loyal in word and deed and are,
and have been citizens of the place and
then you must sign three copies Of the
oath you have taken, and your two wit
nesses must afx their names to three
copies Of their sworn testimony as to your
loyalty and citizenship. Then you must
60 to the clerk Of the county court and ob,
tain his signature and half . dozen stamps
to the. triple certificate Of citizenship you
present to him. Then you must take the
documents back to the provost marshals
office to get a FINAL certificate from one o;
the functionaries there and have everythihg
put in proper shape. Then you must 60
to the quartermaster general, and, If he
happens to be in funds, you will, after
signing double receipt, get your money.
And at most Of the points named fee is
due fiom you. .u
Year: 1865

81 ~Lynchburg letters state that the growing
crop of tobacco in Virginia Is almost too insig-
nificant 10 be worth mentioning. During the
war the cultivation of this staple was almost
entirely abandoned, and is not likely to be re-
sumed to any considerable extent. There is a
considerable activity in the market at present
Large quantities OF tobacco which have been
held over for two or three years are daily ar
irving
Year: 1865

J. 7. Township No. TO.
appearing 10 tho satisfaction OF the Court by
The affidavit OF the Plaintih that the above nam
ed Defendant Is indebted to him the said Plain
tii in the sum OF s II u. ana that the Plaintiff
iendant. and ii appearing th the Defendant is
not Il resident OF the county Of Placer, and that
his place Of residence is unknown TO The said
Plaintiff aud on motion Of Plaintiff, il was order
ed by the Court that service Of the Summons in
the the above entitled action be bad upon the
said D. A. Howard, by publishing the same in the
Placer Herald, weekly newspaper printed and
published in the town OF Auburn, Placer county,
at least once a week for the period Of three
months; and it is further ordered that copy Of
Summons in said cause be forthwith deposited in
the Post Office directed TO d. 4. Howard at his
last place Of residence known to the officer.


II. W. STARR,


J p Township No. 10.
Year: 1865

ES Work at the Springfield armory 10
being rapidly reduced. Twelve hundred
hands have already received their "walking
tickets" and eight hundred more will soon
follow, which will leave au operative force Of
eight hundred
Year: 1865

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