smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

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A PIoUs DEVIL. We wonder if there be-


Such parsonage. We have often heard of


him, or rather heard the term made use of W.


doubt his exlstance. If he has a being at ali


we think he has gone to look for that other


scarce chap, Mrs. Nobody The term Mons


devil we believe, is applied to those persons


who are In great terror least somebody harm


the Church but are not afraid of doing It them.


selves. 10 this class belong some of the ner-


sons who are engaged i'll the howl against the


trustees of the NJ. f. Church of our town. We


happen to know sCme of these GROWERS, and If


they have any interest in the Methodist Church


other than hereditary one land we don't


know if they haven't forfeited their heritageI


1t is more than their friends suspect To brine


the matter to point 1t is just this the Order
OF Good TemplarS claim that the Trustees ofI
the Church are bound to open the doors moka |
fire, light the lamps, and hand the Cburcb
over to them as often as they choose to call |


That lie says some member of the Order


wen, 1t may be that 1t Is; if it is, what are the
facts in the case? If they are not bound to
obey the Good Templars who are thew to obevS
Lave they anything to say-if so how much
Will the Order fix the bounds? We are not a
trustee, but will make guess, and if we miss
our mark then we have made a wrong estimate
we guess that the Trustees claim the right to
grant or to Withhold the use of the Church. and
n their action are governed by the circumstan. /
es OF each case as they are put before them.
hey want to know who is to use the Church q
nd for what purpose it is to be used. We 4
hlnk they would grant the use of the Church i
0 the Good Templars provided they would tell Is
hem who is to speak and who is to control
he meeting. We have come to this conclusion OF
Om the Tact that we see lecture on India e.
nnounced to take place soOn and have also d"
cen informed that there is to be a KriSs Krinpl.


Ehibtion in the audience room of the Church on
! Christmas. Now we have no doubt but the il
rustrrH think as much Of temperance as they o%.
OF krlsS krngle. Let the Order renew their th|
accompanied by programme, and Il,
: think thoro will be no trouble about the. f~' Ta
utter Xxx FIR
pInL DoJ IL - At ter
Year: 1868

From tie y. Y Evening Msfl


We think that the man who will be-
guile young girl into runaway and
secret marriage ought TO be taken to the
Delaware piliory and vhipping-pOs and
3 goodly round of lashes applied to his
bare back. And we further assert that
any minister cf the Gospel who will
assist at such = runaway and secret cere-
m0ny ought to be communicated from
the church ard society, and should be
shut uD in the county Jail. The fact is
this runaway match " business has
been too hsmefuIIy common Of late,
and there Is need OF the strpng hand of
law to put 2 stop to it. In Dne casesNlis
OF ten these matches prove wretchedIy
and IS such deserve the con-
demraticn Of all who have any care for
the good OF society. Shame say we on
the man who will run away with q girl
to make her his wife, snd shame, thrice
shame, on the minister WhO viii lend bis
hand in such business.
Year: 1868

The Chicago convention yesterday
dominated Grant by scclametion. The
great leaders of theI Republican party
were not nam ed. The statesmen who
had contrived its policy and shaped its
destinies were set aside in favor OF a
military chieftaiu, whose only merit con-
sists in his silence, and whose silence
is due to conspicuous incapacity to
form an intelligent opinion. The nomi-
nation Of Grant, if not surrender In
advance, is a confession OF weakness. 1t
is an admission that the Republican party
has so lost in conscious strength, that
il dares not encounter its adversarles on
field in which the principles and
policy of the two parties shall, alone, be
at issue. Such an acknowledged Is
the precursor of defeat. The people of
this country are just now in no moed to
yield TO the fascinations Of the brass
button. The questions before the public
are too serious to be settled by an appeal
to the memories of war which, thus
far, has been productive of nothing but
dissension and disaster, and the results
of which are seen in the prostration OF
industry and commerce, and IN politl-
cal revolution which has almost con-
verted the Government into Congress
sional despotism. The next election
canvass is to decide whether or not this
revolution is to be consummated; whether
or not an ambitious and vindictive
faction is to rule without regard to Con-
stitutional limitations; whether or not
the executive and judicial branches OF
the government are to be made subser-
Went and subsidiary to the designs OF the
Radical party, expressed through fraud
ulent majority in Congress. 1t is not to
decide that Grant took Vicksburg; or
won the battle of Missionary Ridge; or
captured Richmond; or even that he
acted like a gentleman in the stanton
affair and in his attempts to force the
expulsion of Mr.. johnson from the Pres
idency. These are questions which the
country regards as simply puerile, IN
view of the momentous issues which
are to be decided. And, under this
aspect of the case, the election Of Grant is
simply impossible. Ifhe were the greatest
statesman and purest patriot of the age
he could not carry the weight which
radical tyranny and radical blunders
have imposed on him. On the other
hand, if the Republican party had not
already forfeited all claims to the conf
deuce of the people, it would risk defeat
with such candidate as Grant.


The nomination of Colfax is a late
sacrifice TO the demands of decency.
Wade's vote on the impeachment was
enough to disgust even the violent
partisans who urged him to 1T and
doubtless this influence contributed to
his defeat before the con vention. Colfax
is a confirmed radical; but he is man
of some ability, and he is free from the
repulsive peculiarities which are Wade
salient characteristics. N 0. Crescent
Year: 1868




One of the M ost interesting episodes OF
the Chicago Convention was that IN
which the notorious Foster Blodgett, late
Mayor of Savannah, Georgia, and a
a brother abolitionist, made a display OF
their antecedents. Blodgetts history is
that he was at one time an exceedingly
rabid Confederate, or rather that he
assumed that character. Soon after the
conclusion of the war he turned his coat
and became fit associate of Governor
Joe Brown. He made himself particu-
larly conspicuous as an advocate OF the
radical negro policy. He finally sue
ceeded in attracting the attention of
some one who knew his history, and who
happened to be aware of the fact that he
had taken the iron-clad oath, which he
had no right to do, and which, taken
under the circumstances in which
he was placed, the law denounced as
periury. He was indicted by the grand
iury, and only escaped protracted resi-
dence in the penitentiary by the skin of
his teeth. His last appearance was IN
the character OF delegate to the Chi
cago Convention. While discharging
his patriotic duties there he was recog-
nized BY an abolition lawyer OF that
city, whom be prosecuted at Savannah,
while Mayor, for being an abolitionist,
and was arrested by bis victim upon a
suit for damages. The complaint set
forth some very serious charges against
Blodgett in regard to his treatment of the
attorney, and the damages were laid at
one hundred thousand dollars, failing to
give security TO which, Bodgett was
lodged in jail, where he is now rejecting
nnon the beauties Of playing whirligig in
notifies This is a fine illustration Of the
old saying Of dog eat dog. Louis
all (hsIrifr
Year: 1868

Viii Not Nose in Ady.-Tbe Honora-
bic Ben Wade has concluded not to
move into the White House during the
present month Of May. He will not
take the oath of office, but that will not
preyent his taking several other oaths.
Year: 1868

The New York Herald. which has al
ways been friendly to General Grant,
and which first nominated him for Presi-
dent, now says:


"The Washington correspondents say
that General Grant has been laboring to
get the President convicted and removed,
and one Of the reports is that be visited
Senator Ross as late as twelve o'clock
Friday night the night before the
vote was taken in the Senate on i'm
peachment-for the purpose Of trying
the power Of persuasion upon that Sena-
tor. IL this be true, General Grant has
brought disgrace upon bis name and the
high position be holds in the estimation
Of ali who love fair play and justice.
His great military fame viii rot save
him from the odium OF such conduoL
The reports are 80 direct and circum-
stsutial that he can not escape the con.
sequences unless be pabhcly declares
they are not true. What does GeuerAl
Grant say7 Has be been using his ia
flueuce upon members Of the High Court
OF Impeachment 10 force a verdict Of
conviction against the President Of the
United Siatesi Let Us have the truth
Year: 1868

Tennessee Of all the rebel States is the
only one fully reconstructed and under
its own government No where is human
life 40 unsafe: female chastity in such
danger property so insecure, and gene
raj crimlnaliiy so prevalent. ls it worth
while 10 reconstruct the other States on
The same basis 7-Pe0rid Democrat
Year: 1868

VIEWS OF JUDGE CHAsE.-The New York
Herald prints private letter of Judge
Chase, in which he says he was not parti-
san on either side on the impeachment;
that he says he shall adhere to his old creed
of equal rights:


They may denounce and abuse me, and
read me out of the party if they choose; l
follow my old rights, not the new. What
the Developments of the future may be l
know not; neither expect nor desire to be
a candidate for Office again. 1t would,
however, gratify me exceedingly if the Dem
ocratic party would take ground which
would assure the party against all attempts
to subvert the principle of universal suf-
frage, now established in eight and to be
established in all the Southern constitu-
tions; then l think the future of the great
cause for which l have labored so long
would be secure, and | should not regret
my absence from political labors.
Year: 1868

General Sheridan in a letter to General
Grant, under date of the twenty second OF
May, thus incidentally speaks of the Indian
question in the section over which he is
placed: ~ have not had single depreda-
ton in my department since 1 assumed
command, and Ihave the greatest desire to
maintain this peaceful condition of affairs.
ton by visiting nearly every post in the
section of country where the Indians were
hostile last year. and in all interviews with
the Indians / was led TO believe that VIC
may be able to preserve the peace the com
ing SUMMER
Year: 1868

The Homer Htad says the crops in that
immediate section are fine. The wheat
crop is fine one; the corn looks fairly
black; cotton is growing splendidly; the
freedmen and the white men are working
bravely; and if no disaster befalls the couR.
try within the next sixty days the year Of
Jubilee will have come indeed.
Year: 1868

The State of Virginia finds her treasury
so impoverished that it will be impossible
to pay the interest on her debt for some
years. There is barely enough money on
hand to meet expenses.
Year: 1868

WHAT WE MAY EXPECT.-The
New York Herald, which warmly
espoused the cause of Grant when he
was nominated, is now showing what
the country has TO cxpectin the event
of his election. The Herald says:


military despotism, supported by
imense taxation and ruling at the will
of an oligarchy Of arrogant politicians
i'm Congress, is what the Republicans
have labored for I'm the past. Within
this simple and comprehensive pro-
gramme lie all their principles, all
their political ideas; and for this pro-
gramme they will labor more ener-
getically and with more resolute per-
sistency in the future. They will ex-
tend the sphere of its operations also.
Grant accepts their programme fully,
unreserved, slavishly, and deliberate
ly promises beforehand, that he will
oppose 10 obstruction to IL, that no
"policy" of his shall stand in the way
of the prearranged policy of the men
who pull the wires of his political eX-
istence. If such n party succeeds in
electing such q President, the country
can judge what must be the result
What Is the conduct of the impeach-
ment managers in their present I'M
vestigation but II forctastc of what
would follow with such men in pow
er? Here we have NIL the personal
rights of the citizen invaded ut once:
without any process oflaw whatevera
man is deprived Of his liberty and
thrust into cell ut the mere bidding
of a political bully: The secrecy OF
the telegraph and postoiiice is violated
as no man would dare to violate
ii in despotic Frances Men who do
such things merely because they have
the power, will know no limit but
that Of their power in enforcing their
WILD
Year: 1868

The following confidential letter
from Chief Justice Chase to a person.
al friend has been handed to me. 1t
so distinctly marks the present posi-
ton and sentiments of Mr.. Chase on
important political questions, that 1
do not feel at liberty to withhold its
publication:


WASHINGTON, May 25, 1s6S.-MY
DEAR SIR You are right in believ-
ing that "shall never abandon the
great principles for the success of
which / have given my entire life" {"
l adhere to my "old creed of equal
rights" without one jot or title of
abatement. 1 shall be glad if the
new professors of that creed adhere to
it as faithfully.


/ am amazed by the torrent of in
vectives by which / am drenched.-
Almost everything alledged as fact is
falsehood out of the whole CLOTH
Where an allegation has n little fact
in 1t, the fact is perverted and traves-
tied that it becomes falsehood. /
know no motive for all this except
Disappointment that impeachment
has not thus far proved q success,
coupled with beliefthatI I have done
something to prevent its being q sue
cess. 1 have not been partisan OF
impeachment certainly; but / have
AS presiding officer over the trial, my
conscience testifies that l have been
strictly impartial; and 1 am sure that
any one who reads the report will say
80. Individually have my convic-
tiOns and opinions, but / hive very
seldom given utterance to them. In
deed, do not think that the case, in
any of its aspects, has been the SUBJ
ject of conversation between myself
and more than four or five Senators,
and then only casually and briefly
No Senator will say that / have
sought to influence him.


The real ground of denunciation
is tlQt / have not been partisan OF
conviction; and this denunciation i
am willing to bear. They may de-
nounte and abuse me and read me
out of the party ifthey choose. fol-
low my old lights, not the new.


What the developments of the future
ture be l know not. neither expect
nor desire to be q candidate for office
again. 1t would; however, crafty
me exceedingly If the Democratic
party would take ground which would
assure the party against all attempts
to subvert the principle of universal
suffrage established in eight, to be es-
tablished in all of the Southern con-
stitutions. Then, l thiiik, the future
of the great cause-for whice have
labored so long-would be secure, and
l should not regret my absence from
political labors.


SALMON p. CHASE.
Year: 1868

The Committee of Ways and Means
Tor mean ways) at Washington has
prepared a new tax bill comprising
two hundred and eighty-nine Sec
tions. The people think they have
tax bills enough, revenue assessors
enough, revenue collectors enough
and taxes enough to pay. They are
ground down to the earth by the tax
laws with which the Jacobin party
of corruption and extravaganza, that
resolves in favor of honesty and tcoh-
omy, proposes to start the incoming
administration under an additional
tax law of two hundred and eighty
nine sections. Shall we hurl this
party power and wipe out their end
less tax bill, or shall we, like slaves
and fools, give them further ease OF
rule and ruin that oir utter destruc-
ton may be accomplished?
Year: 1868

THE CRoPs.-The Lexington, Miss.
advertiser, says that between LeSiiig-
ton and Vests station the corn crop
was never more promising. Cotton
looked duh and uncertain and very
backward for the time of year. There
is much grass and the planters will
have heavy work to keep it under
The crops are the same In Alfalfa
county.


The Vicksburg Herald says the
crops are of character to gladden.
the heart of the toilihg farmer Corn
Is fully grown and tasselling finely
but Is greatly in need of rain Just at
this time. Cotton is thriving wonder
fully under the hot and clOudless skies,
and is fully month farther advanced
than at this time last year. Should
this part of the country be blessed
with good rail-, II is almost certain
that such crops will be made, as have
not been garnered in the South since
the war.
Year: 1868

CHEAP TRAVEL IN THE SOUTH
The Western and Atlantic Railroad
has taken the initiative in reducing
the rates of travel transportation to
three cents per mile. This is good
move, and the example will be fol-
lowed, no doubt, by other roads
Tickets at $50 for one thousand miles
are issued, and so arranged that hold
ers can travel from one mile upwards,
at their option. Whatever the dis
tance travelled Is deducted from the
face of the ticket, and the Company
remains bound for the residue of one
thousand miles. This is an excellent
arrangement, convenient and Valua-
BILE TO those whose homes are long
the line and whose business calls
them often to Atlanta.-[ Sdsdnndh
Herald.
Year: 1868

A gay and festive female who hal
been masqueradlng In pantaloons,
high top boots, and other masculine
paraphernalia, for four years past, and
melting the jealousy of all the beaux
in her particular circle, has just been
discovered IN New York, where she
was engaged TO be married to u young
lady in Madison avenue.
Year: 1868

An Indiana Radical says, that Col
fiix was dominated instead of Wade
because the Convention did not want
to "make the tail of the ticket o d--d
sight bigger than tile head" IL didn't.
Year: 1868

GALVESTON, June 27.-The question of the
division Of hestae up in the Convention today
Mr. Smith sro7e have the boundaries so changed that
Galveston might gct tho entire control OF the harbor
For this purpose it's proposed to line due South
om the mouth OF trinity River to the Gulf The eastern
members vigorously ought the measure.
Year: 1868




The London Review tells this sad
story: GA poor woman drowned here
self in the Thames last week, as the
Coroner's Jury found, 'whilein a state
of unsound mind through distress
Her husband had for six months been
unable to make more than six shillings
a week, out of which he had to pay IS.
Sd. a week rent, Is. Sd. for the loan Of
barrow to carry on his trade of 'gehs
eral DEALER and to support wife and
four children with the remainder. The
wife, who was sucking her youngest
child all this time, did her best to con-
tribute to their resources. She made
slop shirts at penny shirt, and for
the better sort of shirts she used to get
I'D. to 14d., and even as much as I'd.
But to earn even this pittance she has
to find her own needles and thread.
For weeks these poor creatures, Who
bore the highest character for industry
and good conduct, would go without
tasting meat they lived on bread-and
dripping, when they could get it.
Wien the father had no work they lived
on nothing; and the daughter says that
her mother used often to say to her 4:
80, my, Polly, amt it dreadful; We
have got nothing again to eat to-day"
These poor people never applied to the
wOrk-house. They thought of doing
so, but refrained in the hope, as the
husband said to his wife, that Perhaps
there will be better luck another day"
Year: 1868

GlrlhoOd's sunny DAYS are over,


With to-day:
They. with all their wayward brightness,


Pass away.
Woman's earnest path before me


Lieth straight;
Who can tell what grief and anguish


There await?
Guide me, Father, God of mercy,


On the way:
Never from thy holy guidance


Let me stray.
Give that need of JOY or sorrow


Plcaseth Thee,
Whatso 'er Thy will ordaineth


Best for me.
In the shadow and the darkness


Be my star;
In the light, lest radiance dazzle,


Go not far
Make me patient. kind and gentle,


Day by day
Teach me how to live more nearly


AS pray.
That my heart so much desireth


Grant me still;
Ii that earnest hope accordeth


With Thy will.
Should Thy mercy quite withhold 1t,


Be Thou near;
Let me feel | hold its promise


All too dear.
Here, upon Life's very threshold,


Take my heart;
From Thy holy guidance let 1t


Ne'er depart.
When Life's stormy strife is over,


Take me home
There to be more fully, truly,


Thine alone. Ezra
Year: 1868

The following is too good to be lost. We clip
it from an exchange paper, and respectfully call
the attention to it of certain persons who feel
disposed to spread in the newspaper line:


A young man who ardently desired wealth,
was visited by his Satanic majesty, who tempt
ed him to promise his soul for eternity, if he
could be supplied on this earth with all he could
use. The bargain was concluded-the devil
was to supply the money, and was at last to have
the soul, unless the young man could spend more
money than the devil could furnish. Years
passed away-the man married, was extravagant
in his living, built palaces, speculated widely
lost and gave away fortunes, and yet his Golfers
were always full. He turned politician, and
bribed his way into power and fame, without
reducing his pile Of gold He became '.flli-
buster" and fitted out ships and armies, but his
banker honored all his drafts. He went to St
Paul to live, and paid the usual rates of interest
for all the money he could borrow, but though
the devil made wry faces when he came to pay
the bill yet they were all paid. One experiment
after another failed; the devil counted the time,
only two years that he must wait for the soul,
| and Knocked the efforts of the despairing man.
One more trial was resolved upon-the man
started newspaper. The devil growled at the
bill at the end of the first quarter, was savage
at the end of six months, and melancholy in
nine, and broke "dead broke" at the end Of the
year. So the newspaper went down but the
soul was saved.
Year: 1868

In the regions where green crops are turned
under for manure, there is diversity ofpractice.
Some ploW when the crop is in the most succn-
lent state. The rule for clover is when the
heads are about half turned brown. The reason
offered for this practice is, that the bulk of the
crop is then the greatest, and it undergoes most
rapid decomposition in the SOIL Others do not
plow in clover till late in the fall and after it has
been pastured. The reasons they give for this
practice are-1st, that turning in the clover
green makes the soil sour, and has a tendency to
produce sorrel. 2. 1t has a bad and injurious
effect upon subsequent crops 8. In waiting
until fall, you have the advantage of pasturing,
and if the cattle are kept upon the pasture, as
they should, everything the field produces is re-
turned to- it, a. More carbonaceous matter is
returned to the soil, What you lose in tops, you
gain in the roots of the clover, which have four
or five months longer to grow. 5. Better crops
follow. Some of the best farmers in Pennsyl-
vania follow this method altogether. Others
will wait until the following spring, and turn in
the clover just as it begins to grow.-Rtchmond
Farmer.
Year: 1868

Statistics are generally dry affairs, yet often
carry with them a moral, and sometimes become
of thrilling interest. The secular papers have
lately published certain statistics prepared by
Mr. Wells, Special Commissioner of the Revenue,
which are full of meaning. They relate TO the
amounts of money received during the year
1857, by the retailers of Intoxicating beverages
in the United States. The arrangement of the
table is by States, and the figures are from the
sworn returns made to the Government for pur-
poses Of taxation, and are below rather than
above the truth.