smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868


ters to lay tax on the former and none on
the latter; believing that the vehicle kept
for the rich mans pleasure ought to pay
rather than that kept for the laboring man
necessity. The democratic party proposes
to tax both equally.


That beautiful chronometer repeater, with
independent second hand and stop, with
which races are timed in jerome Park, costs
just about as much as an average Kansas or
Minnesota farm. But the Republican Con
gress have levied an enormous duty on the
watch, equal to at least a good years entire
profits from the farm, and an annual pay
ment besides; while thvy make the farm
free. The democratic party proposes to tax
the farm as much as the watch.


The Administer carpet IN a luxurious
parlor is worth about as much as a good
stone farm house in New York or Illinois.
THE Republican party would maintain the
law WlIieh taxes lrsatily the rich man s
tapestry and leaves the work ingnaa' S
dwelling free. Tie democratic party pro-
poses to tax both equally.


A cigar of average quality costs the con
sumer about as much as common loaf Of
bread A bottle Of choice old Madeira wine,
such as some leading democrats Of this city
give their guests, is worth as much as
barrel Of -four. The Republican party in
Congress lave voted to tax the wine and
cigars very heavily indeed; but have refused
to tax the -four and the bread The demo-
cratic party proposes to tax equally every
species Of property, according to its real
value If -four be taxed like old MADEIRA,
and bread ike cigars. the loaf that is now
ten cents cannot be sold for less then twenty
FIVE.


There are rich men who have incomes Of
scores and hundreds of thousands ofdollars
There are poor men who find it difficult,
above their house rent, to get one thousand
dollars Of ready money for their families.
The laws for which the Republican party is
responsible, tax the large incomes five per
cent, but DO not tax the small ones at all.
The democratic party demands the
abolition ofthis distinction; which will take
fifty dollars from the one thousand necessary
to support many laborer' family.


Every man who has access to the laws can
supply scores of further illustrations for him
self Which principle Of taxation do the
voters Of the country prefer? That of the
Republican party to tax those kinds Of
property which will bear it best; or, that of
the democratic party, to tax equally every
species of property, according to its real
value. '?-Tie Ereaaag Post
Year: 1868

Practical EDUCATION. = Education
should consist much more than it does in
learning to dc, to act, to perform. The
successful men Of the world are those who
can accomplish the ends Of life, who can
by their own energy and skill bring about
grand and useful results Our educational
institutions make US learned, cultured, but
not sufficiently actors. One reason why
very often the young men who have but
little education for the schools surpass those
who have lived for years in college walls
is because they have been trained to action.
Action gives health and strength. Culture
gives ease, grace and finish. They belong
together, but have been separated. Let
them be brought once more into some grand
scheme Of education, and we shall have men
and women as the result who can not only
accomplish noble work, but have at the
same time fine scholars, with cultivated
manners, with grace and dignity Of demean-
or.-Herald of Health.
Year: 1868

All in the arms Of autumn lying.
Fading flowers round her signing,
Summer sick and sad is dying.
Now no more shall she be seen,
In the evening deep serene,
Wearing garlands white and green
Fold herin a winding sheet,
Woven all Of blossoms meet
For the shrOud Of maiden sweet
Crimson rose and lily white
Al she had of best and bright
Long have vanished from the light.
Gather autumn 5 palest flowers,
Dank with autumn softest showers
Bring them to her leafess bowers.
Then through winters icy gloom,
She shall rest as in the toub;
Sheeted snow shall shr0ud her bloom
Shroud her bloom, but not forever;
MOrtals die, but seasons never.
When the chains of winter sever,
Spring shall wake her up again,
Lead her forth TO bill and plain,
over wiling hearts to reign.
Year: 1868

the spirit Of the whole shows that the
rebels want Democratic victory. As soon
as it is gained, they propose to quit their
tranquil state, They win then reorgauize
as rebels. They viii defy national author


ity! They win Kill the negroes. They
will drive out all northerners who have
settled among them They will have a
war ofraces, and possibly a southern Demo
cratic republic upon diplomatic terms with
another in the North But whatever they
may elect 10 do, they win do as they please,
and will do all they can TO hurt the North.
Year: 1868

The BLACKS TO THE WHITES. The ad-
dress Of the negroes of South Carolina to
their white fellow citizens is very significant,
The point of this address is in the following
sentence:


"And if we are to be massaered because
we refuse to vote the Democratic ticket; if
we are to be murdered in cold blood because
we will not sell our manhood, then ltt come
we can die but once, and if, as you state,
thirty millions Of white men are going to fall
upon four millions because they are black,
and will not vote for Horatio Seymour and
F. 2. Blair for President and Vice President
of the United States, both of whom have
declared that the negroes have no right to
vote, then 1oe are prepared to die, Lut not to
vote 10 be killed I"


We do no. think logic could be stronger
than this
Year: 1868

TuAT ANNUAL REDUCTION oFTHE STATE
DIRT There are two sublime results before
which the Democracy are now utterly dumb
founded One is the election in Vermont
which ogerwheims the conservative with
some thing Ike the effect produced by
Union victories during the war. The other
is the fact that while John f. Hartranft
has been Auditor General, the State debt
has been reduced at the rate almost Of mil
lion and half annually. There Is no es-
cape from such results. The Democracy
may iterate and reiterate charges Of mis-
management against the Republican party,
but figures show that the debt of Pennsyl
vania has been annually reduced 81 344,092
IA. This is historical. 1t is part of the
official record. Why don't the Democracy
give the figures in the Vermont election, as
well as those showing the annual reduction
of the State debt?
Year: 1868

Editors of the Register:


la this county the Board of Registra-
tion, recently appointed, are refusing to
hold meeting under the law, and ap-
point registrars for the various town
ships. The Act of February 25, 1867,
requires the Board to meet as soon as
practicable (after they have qualifed)
at the court house, and after organizing
the Board, appoint zone loyal and up
right person" for each township, as reg
istrar. In this county the Board refuse
to meet, and they refuse to appoint
township registrars, and we understand
the same is true in the other counties of
this circuit. Tho old registrars who
eau act until their successors are ap-
pointed, all say that they are NO longer
in Office; that they have either been
removed or have resigned, and hence
decline to act. Thus there is to be no
registration.


Various frivolous excuses are given
by the Board and by the township reg
istrars for not acting, so as to make it
perfectly apparent to the dullest COM
prehension that the object is by mis-
orable and dirty trick, to prevent any
further registration. The conduct of
these men is such as to bring down upon
them the just suspicion that they have
been instructed so to act as to defeat all
further registration. 1t is by such
scurvy tricks as these that they expect
to carry the election. How is it, Messrs.
Editors, in other portions of the Statei


CIvIs.


Snnrr,,prp 1899
Year: 1868

or ruin; he believed that grave conse-
quences would ensue were the present
dominant party continued in power
affecting not merely the rights of the
States, but threatening the destruc-
ton OF free government, and depriving
the people of their liberties.


General Richardson concluded by say
ing that such were his reasons for leav-
ing the Republican party, and advo-
eating the election of Seymour and
Blair. He believed the best interests
Of the country require change in the
administration of the Government. No
honest man could be satisfied with the
existing state of affairs. A change, he
believed, would be for the better-the
situation could certainly not be worse.
Therefore, he intended to do all in his
power to secure the success of the Dem
ocratic ticket. He would work earn
estly to bring about that result, and he
called on all true men who loved their
country moro than party, to do the
same. We have only to do cur duty,
and our whole country will be rescued
from the control of the corruptioaists
and reVolutionists who now manage the
Radical party, and we will be rewarded
with united, prosperous and happy
people, and the election of men who
have the good of the whole country at
heart, and who will labor, not for per-
sonal aggrandlzement and party su-
premacy, but to bring peace and hap
piness to the people of this distracted
and unhappy land.
Year: 1868

WHEN money is to be made the Radi-
Gals do not stop the column of fraud
and knavery to allow their sable allies
to pass. They will rob a one-legged
negro soldier, MANNED white man, or
the national Treasury, with the same
readiness. The Philadelphia Press says
in the recent investigation into the col
ored bounty frauds, "ffty-three cases
were found in which colored men who
had enlisted as slaves, and were cOnse-
quently entitled to one hundred dollars
bounty, received three hundred dollars
each, which is the amount paid under
the bounty act to free men. This list
of these cases was in the possession OF
the Congressional Committee when
Colonel COBB made his whitewashing
report, in which he stated that no
frauds had been discovered. What be-
came of the extra two hundred dollars
is not known Colonel COBB, who
made this "whitewashing report" is a
leading Radical from Wisconsin, and
doubtless had good reasons for wishing
to cover up the tracks of his party
friends in this matter of cheating the
negro soldiers. But it is the old story.
Whenever the Radicals are entrusted
with power, they use it to cheat the
people and plumber the Treasury. Not
even respect for the ''colored troops"
who "fought bravely," could prevent
the Radicals from stealing portion of
their bounty.
Year: 1868

The carpet-baggers have been sud-
denly awakened to the important fact
that the war is ever, and that the peo-
pie, who during the rebellion, quietly
submitted to the most unpardoRable
excesses, on the part of the Radicals,
are disposed to submit no longer. They
demand full and correct account of
the stewardship of the party in power


Fourteen hundred millions of dollars have
been wrung from the unwilling pockets
of the taxpayers during the past three
years. What mas become of this appall-
ing sum of money! These three years
have been years of peace, and yet the
expenses of the government are larger
than at tho close of the war. What,
the people ask, has become of these four
teen hundred millions Of dollars Has
this amazing sum been applied to the
payment of the public debit Not
dollar of it. On the contrary, the pub.
lie debt has been increased-more than
thirteen millions having been added to it
during the past month. What then,
in the name Of the people, we ask, has
become of the fourteen hundred mil


lions collected by Federal tax gatherers!
Speak out, ye canting hypocrites; speak
out, and tell the honest masses how you
have spent their money. Has not the
standing army which yOu are maintain
ing in the South, for the purpose of
giving ten Southern States over to me-
gro rule, swallowed up hundreds of
millions of it Has not your black
abomination-the Freedmen's Bureau
which is only another name for one of
TIE most gigantic Political frauds ever
perpetrated upon an honest and coniid-
ing people, gulped down a hundred
millions or moreH Have not your un-
pardonable extravagances in every de-
partment of the government made way
with still ether millions Answer
these questions like honest men. If
you are the high toned party you pro-
fess to be, and are willing to stand
upon your record, answer the question.
What has become of these fourteen hun
dred millions 1t will not do to say
that this money was used to pay off
the soldiers at the close of the war. They
were paid with the money appropriated
for another year of war, and this money
was realized by the sale of seven-thirty
bonds after the war had closed We
await an answer.-PhilddelphiG Age.
Year: 1868

Rock by baby-your fathers slave
To the fanatic fool and the Radical knave,
And even the cradle you sleep in, poor dear,
May be sold to pay taxesin less tnan year.
he works for you harder each day than before,
But each night brings him home to lessening


store;
For Of all that he earns there's but little it


leaves
After feeding pet negroes and Radical thieves.
He's taxed for the hat that he wears on his


head;
The boots on his feet, and the sheets on his


bed;
Every rag that he wears, every morsel he eats;
His tea and his coffee, his bread and his meats,
The pot they are cooked in, the cup that he


fills;
Every instrument used on the land that he


tills;
Every tool that he works with; the lamp that


he burns;
The thing that he works on; the wages he
On the stove in the kitchen, the coal, toO-still


higher;
AyI even the match that sets light to the fire.
On his pipe of tobacco, his whisky and beer;
On Che medicine he buys for you, poor little


dear.
Te The taxes he pays, we now see no end
No, not even death crushed humanity's friend.
They tax cen his coffin, his shroud and his
grave;
And his baby must starve and his widow must


slave
To hide in the earth he has hopelessly titled,
The,heart-broken husband whom TAXES have


killed.
Rocka by baby; sleep on whilst you can,
Thank God for the years ere you grew to


man;
For though your father to-day is slave
To the fanatcal fool and the Radical knave,
He'll vote for you, baby, that you may be


spared,
The curse and the ruin your parents have


shared,
And prays that your life may be saved from his


shame
And the birthright of freedom be more than


name.
Rock by baby; sleep sound while yOu may,
And your father will work and your mother


will pray,
That the Radical sharks, with their taxes and


lies,
May be swept as a cloud from Americas skies,
And new bow Of promise be set in the air
With the conquering banner of SEYMOUR AND


BLAIR.
Year: 1868

II the people of the North could but


be brought fully to understand the
length, breadth, height and depth of
Radical extravaganza and corruption,
they would rise en- mGsSe and summarlly
hurl that party from power. In every
department of the Government under
Radical control fraud and wrong rule
supreme. We have before us a pam
phlet entitled the "VeRtilati0R Of ,he
Radical House Of Representatives.. We


wish that a copy of this pamphlet could
be placed in every taxpayers hand
1t is clear erpose taken from the OH
cial records, and developing an amount
of rascality and general thieving on the
part of those having control of the
moneys set apart for Government ex-
penses which may fairly be said TO be
without parallel in the history of any
country. We give single general item
from this category of fraud, which We


commend to the notice of taxpayers
As we find space we will from time to
time present others. In 1864 the ex-
penses of the House of Representatives
for the current year were S353,G3O In
1868 they have already amounted to
S725, ,555, with 100000 to be added as
additional compensation to somebody


Now, let it be remembered that this


does not include the regular salary oi


members, five thousand dollars year


or their mileage. The alarming in
crease above shown is the increase il


the contingent expenses of the House
Year: 1868

At funeral in an Albany church a
day or two since quite a sensation was
created in the following manner: A
member Of society which attended
the funeral of their deceased brother re-
maincd outside the church, stating that
he had made a VOW never to enter one.
In the midst of the services, while the
clergyman was delivering his remarks,
the aforesaid member stuck his head in
at the door and in loud tone Of voice
shouted out about as follows: "YOu had
better hurry up things in there-we
don't want to wait out here all day" 1t
is needless to say that everybody pres
ent was very much astonished and in
dignaut, and the society will sxpel the
attending member
Year: 1868

PEOPLE in the North do not care a
button what few men in the South
say; they want to know what the Radi-
cal party propose to do to reduce taxa
tion, and restore peace and prosperity
to the country, in case they are given
another four years lease of power.
Upon this point they are as mute as
General GRANT at reception.
Year: 1868

A RADICAL cotemporary says "the
debt statement cannot be prepared for
publication at least until Saturday of
this week, and probably not until Mon
day next. twill show some increase"
This is preparing the way for the addi-
tion of few more millions to the bur-
deRs of the people. Even peace is a
costly blessing under Radical rule.
Year: 1868

SCHOOL BOYS CoMPosTIoN.-A sheep
is about as big as a dog, though they
are better than dogs, cause dogs kill
sheep, but sheep don't kill dogs except
once when a man wanted to break his
dog of sheep killing, and so held him
and let an cid sheep butt him till he
broke his bones into little fine pieces,
about as big as a piece of tooth; and so
that was the way that dog got broke;
and | guess he wished he had
learned some other business beside
butchering-don'ty youi
Year: 1868

DURING his recent tour in the West
GRANT expressed himself in relation to
negroes and foreigners, in this wise:


The Democrats are making a great
fuss over negro suffrage. AS for me,
think that our colored fellew-citizens
have as good right to vote as the for
eigners have.


Whom the Gods wish to destroy they
first make mad
Year: 1868

A friend informs us that, last week in
Patrick county, q traveller who was
stopping over night at house where
no one was at home but two ladies,
heard a noise down stairs and started
to see what was the matter. On getting
to the head of the steps he saw negre
man starting up, when he fired upon and
killed him. Immediately another negro
made his appearance who was likewise
shot and killed. The travelerthen went
below, and came upon another negro In
the room occupied by the ladies and
killed him. On going to the bed he
found the girls lying with their throats
cut and dead. The names of the parties
he did not learn.
Year: 1868

IuE price of one days work in each
week is taken from all mechanics and
IaJorngmen to pay for the support Of
ldIe negroes in the SOath and other
Radical extravagances. How long will
they continue to support such party
Year: 1868

Srnvcx Uxsounp Borron The contract
ors on the Moline dam struck several un-
steady places on the line Of the new dam
wall. and are obliged 70 dig down until .
solid bod 10 reached. as it is necessary to
have a solid foundation for the wall
Year: 1868

From the New Albany dal Ledger. April IS.


A gentleman who came from Cincinnati,
by way of Seymour, yesterday, says that
fearful scene was witnessed on the Jeffer
sonville train, caused by the rawlings OF a
crazy woman. This unfortunate woman,
il seems, had got on the train at fndians
apolia, with her three children, and was on
her way to meet brother in Louisville.
Soon after the train Ieft the Union depot,
she commenced FAving, broke several panes
Of glass out of the car windows with her
fist, and tried to make her escape through
the door of the car while the train was in
motion The car was filled with ladies,
many of whom were terribly frightened.
All the efforts Of the male passengers to
quiet the insane woman proved of no avail,
until she was finally thrown down and tied
with line.


When he train arrived at Jacksonville,
il was with difficulty that four men could
get out Of the train with her, aud when they
did succeed they failed to get her in the
Louisville omnibus. They finally had to
give it up as a hopeless job, and she was
let go. The last our informant saw of her,
she was wandering along the of JEFF
. .fersonyille, with her three children drag
ging after her.


This woman seemed 10 have some sane
moments, during which she conversed ra
tionally. She stated that her husband had
left her, and had married another woman.
This story was perhaps only an insane va
gary. She seemed to be passionately fond
Of her children, to whom she clung with a
mothers love. How this demented woman
came to be travelling without protector is
a mystery that will bear solution.
Year: 1868

The Jeflersonyille reporter of the Louis
Vile Democrat tells Of very good-looking
woman, who applied TO well known law
yer of that city TO know lchoss Uife she lCGs.
This was little beyond the legal talent of
the attorney, as he did not know the cir
cnmstances, but he was soon enlightened
10 relation to it, in this wise: The lady
said her first husband went to the wars,
and sometime afterward she learned that
he was dead. After wearing the widows
weeds for a considerable length of time,
she married again, and for four years has
been enjoying the marital relations with
her second spouse. Last night as she was
passing along the street, some one tapped
her upon the shoulder, and addressed her
with "How are you, purtyY She did not
recognize the individual, but il is needless
to say that it was husband No. l. EKpla-
nations followed and matters left for fur
ther consideration. Both husbands claim
her, and the woman is in rather an awk-
ward fix. She is inclined toward the first
husband, and husband No 2 wants her to
fly with him to some more congenial cline,
at least, where no dead husbands make
their ghost-like appearance to interrupt
his connubial bliss.
Year: 1868

The world at large do not understand the
mysteries of newspaper; and, as in
watch the hands that are seen are but the
passive instruments of the spring, which is
never seen so, in newspaper, the most
worthy causes of its prosperity are often
least observed or known. Who suspects
the benefit which the paper derives from
the enterprise, the vigilance, and the
watchful fidelity Of the publisher Who
pauses TO think how much of the pleasure
of reading is derived from the skill and
care Of the printer We feel the bemishes
of printing, If they exist, but seldom OBJ
serve the excellences.


We eat hearty dinner, but do not think
Of the farmer that raised the materials
thereof, or the cook that prepared them
with infinite pains and skill. But a cook
of vegetables, meat, pastries, and Infinite
boa6ons has paradisaical office compared
with an editor. Before him pass in re-
view all the exchange newspapers. He is
TO know Gll their contents 10 mark for
other eyes the matters that require atten-
tion. His scissors are to be alert, and clip
with incessant industry all the little items
that together form so large an interest in
the news department.


He passes in review each week every
State in the Union, through the newspa-
per lens. He looks across the ocean and
sees strange lands, and following the sun,
he searches all round the world for ma
terial 1t win require but one second :
time for the readers 10 take in what two
hours' search produced. By him are
read the manuscripts that swarm the office
like flies in July. Ii is his frown that
dooms them; it is his hand that condenses
a whole page into line it is his stern
ness that restricts sentimental obituaries,
that gives young poets twig on which to
sit end sing their first lays.


And the power behind the throne, 10
newspapers as in higher places Is some
! times as Important as the throne ltseii
Correspondents, occasional or regular,
stand in awe at that silent power whlch
| has the last chance at sn article, and may
send 1t forth in glory or humility. And az
short, as the body depends on good diges'
ton, 50 the health Of paper depends upon
that vigorous digestion which goes on bJ
means of the editor.


Ought they not TO be honored AND
since little fame attends them, they should
at least have their comforts multiplied


From that dark and dismal den in Whief
they have so long had purgatorial resi-
dence, they are at length translated