smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

A Coon PRosREc1 FOR Om SotDERs-We
give brief account in another column OF an


expedition now on foot to establish . colony in


the Yellowstone country, ons Of the rich mine
raj regions Of Idaho, on, The Pacific slope.
Such enterprissa, II managed by the proper
parties, would be very valuable just now as .
provision for our discharged soldiers There
will be some two hundred thousand Of this
class mustered out Of service within q few
weeks, and they are just the men to develop
the wealth Of those magnificent territories
beyond the Rocky Mountains They have be-


come Injured 70 hardship, can live on Yougf
fare, and sleep under the sky. They have al


learned TO build railroads, and corduroy roads
cut Dutch Gap canals, construct bridges and
do all kinds Of available work such - will b
Year: 1865

den's initial proclamation in the task Of the
reorganization of North Carolina under the new
order ofthings. He begins his work like man
of business, and from his intimate and thorough
acquaintance with the people of the State we
have no doubt he will secure thoroughly loyal
men to aid him, and that North Carolina will
be quietly and neatly reinstated in her proper
place as faithful and devoted member of the
Union.
Year: 1865

NORTH CARotiNA--GOvERNoR HoIDEN's PRoC-
IAMATioN.-We publish to-day procama-
ton from the Provisional Governor of North
Carolina, cutting out the necessary work for
the reorganization of the State as q loyal
member of the Union. He announces that as
soon as practicable there will be o day ap-
pointed for the election of State convention,
the duties of which convention, when assem-
bled, shall be to frame new State constitu-
ton, to be ratified by the popular vote, and
to provide for an election by the people Of
q Governor, State officers and Legislature un-
der this new constitution. In the next place
the Legislature, elected as thus provided, shall
choose two United States Senator'S, and then
there shall be an election by the people Of
the members Of the federal House Of Repre-
sentatives, under such arrangements Of districts
as the Legislature may have provided. In the
meantime the Governor will appoint Justices Of
the peace, to administer not only justice
in the several counties, but the oath Of
loyalty, which every white citizen en-
titled to vote is required to take in ad.
vance; and no person who is not known tC
be well affected towards the government shall
be permitted to take the OATH or participate In
any way in this work Ct reorganization. The
Governor puts in an earnest call upon the
white population Of the State to recognize will
cheerfnlness their restoration to the blessing
Of the Union, and their release from the mos
oppressive despotism which the world has eve
witnessed, and he closes with touching appea
to the emancipated blacks to 90 to work lik'
honest. industrious men, and show that the.
truly appreciate the blessings of freedom whicl
they have acquired, and not to be impatient Il
regard 10 political privileges for which they ar


not yet prepared.


Such are the substantive features Of Nr. Hol
Year: 1865

A very interesting and satisfactory account Of the
origin and progress Of the present being waged BY
the republic Of Paraguay the side and the empire
OF raz aud the Argentine and Urueuayan republics On
che other given by Of the HnALD correspondents
Ia B1ouJI AYras Il q result Of the recent war N
Year: 1865

which the subscriber announces to the public that
he will adopt beyond any exception and after


THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1866.


Call and see for yourselves and you will be per-.
ecty satisfied that this is the place TO spend your
money.


IL The highest prices paid for Country Produce
in exchange for Goods at Cash Prices.


/ am satisfied that this mode of doing business is
the best, and determined to make my prices suit
the system which l will adopt after January next
Feel thankful to customers and friends for past IA
vorS, and hope they will come to me in the fu-
turc as in the past; for determined to make it
to their advantage to buy their goods for cash or
trade by reducing my prices. "a nimble sixpence
is better than slow shilling"


nOv29 JOS. ii. PRIMROSE.
Year: 1865

II had rather have nothing to wear than be
out of fashion" said young lady. "You may
be in fashion with the new style of bonnet and
still be nearly in that undesirable nude condi.
tion," was the reply,
Year: 1865

NEW YORK Oct. %.


The substance of President Johnsons re-
marks on the subject of reconstruction in the
southern States, during q recent private in.
terview with him, is given with the President 8
approval BY Maj Geo. L. Stearns.


The President in reply remarked that the
Democrats claimed that he had gone over to
them intimsted that the Democratic party
had discovered that he vas in advance Of it,
that it was now trying to come up to his
standard, and he hoped it would succeed in
doing so. He re-enunciated his doctrine that
Notwithstanding the so-called secession of
certain States, they were never out of the
Union, but that by their rebellious course they
had forfeited their civil government, to re-
construct the machinery Of which, as soon as
practicable, he considered the chief duty
osthe times. This, he says, cannot be done
in moment, but such great and happy pro-
gress is being made in it that the result some
times appear to him Is dream. He did not
expect forever to deprive them of their civil
rights, even q majority of those who we're ex-
cluded BY the amnesty proclamation, hut he
intended that they should sue for pardon, and
thus realize the enormity of their crimes. He
is in favor Of fallowing those negroes and who
have served in the army, those who can read
and write, and those who are possessed of
certain other qualifications to vote, but does
not think it is polite, or that he has the right
TO force these conditions on the white people
of the South, though he believed that they
will ere long concede this privilege to the
freedmen. The President also favors basing
representation in Congaess on the number OF
qualified voters instead of on population rs at
present IS
Year: 1865

A correspondent of the Cincinnati CONNER


cial, writing from Mobile, gives sad account


of public sentiment in Alabama. He speaks


of the suspension of the functions of the


Bishop and clergy Of the Episcopal church in


that State, for opposition to the Government,
by military order, and says that hostility is


universal and that it is only restrained by the
presence of the troops. The writer says:


"Few persons in the North are aware of


the true status of the people of Alabama.


The northern press generally give out the idea


loyalty, and that the work of reconstruction
is going on smoothly and promptly. This is
an error Without exception, Alabama is
the most disloyal and insubordinate State in
the South Her offices are filled with origi-
nal secessionists, or with rebels, who are con-
quered physically, but acknowledge no change
Of sentiment. There is not single loyal pa
per in the State, and if . northern man were
to establish one, its patronage would depend
upon the army and the few resident Yankees.
The entire press of the State seem to devote
their whole editorial talent, which is very
slender, to denunciations of the policy of the
Government, to slurs, ISLANDERS and false.
hoods in regard to the management of the
Freedmen 5 Bureau, and to cowardly inuen-
does against the existing military power.
They dare not openly denounce an officer,
but, by degrading his Office, they hope to rid
themselves of wholesome rule. They de-
nounce, and worse than criticise, military


order, and wind up with blarneying compi-


ment to Major General Woods, or some dis


trict commander who is responsible. They
fill whole columns with falsehoods concerning
the negro, and insults to the Freedmen Bu-
reau, and finish by some slathering fattery of
Gen. Swsyne, or some subordinate officer
connected with the Bureau management.
Very frequently they commence and continue
long, weak, but insulting, comment upon
Government policy, or speculation upon the
future action Of the Northern States, and end


with ridiculous, and certainly distasteful,


praise Of the President. They speak in terms


barely within the limits of decency, of every


member of the cabinet, and then declare that


all their hopes for happiness, peace and jus
tice are centered in Andrew johnson, the


9 true son of the South"


That is precisely the state of feeling and


the policy amongst the northern copperheads,


and at heart we presume the Alabama secesh


are quite as loyal as the copperhead support


ers of the Presidents policy in the North
Year: 1865

they will not fall short very materially
The cotton secured by the surrender oi
Dick Taylor and Kirky Smith, is under.
stood to embrace simply that which was
held by those armies for the benefit OF
the rebel government, and not the prop,
erty of private residents, in those depa t.
ments.


1t is stated that General Longstreet
has availed himself of the benefits of the
amnesty proclamation, and sought for
pardon under it, which there is every
reason to believe will be granted. There
are renewed reports of an intention to
bring up General Lee for trial on a
charge of treason, but on careful inquiry
l am satisfied that such a proceeding has
not been seriously entertained. General
Grant and Sherman, it is said, have both
expressed themselves as opposed to any
action of the kind, on the ground that il
would be a palpable violation of the
pledged faith of the Government, which,
in the terms of the surrender. is fully
committed to the protection of the Off
GERS and men of the surrendered armies
Year: 1865

From the vicksburg Herald May %


For several weeks past the revival of
business in this city is quite notable
fact. The streets have been througed
daily with people from ;he country, and
the crowd still continues. Every de-
partment of trade was going ahead with
a perfect rush. Cotton buyers weIe
thicker than money changers in the tenn
pie, or iddlers in HI. They were raw:
enous for cotton, smelling it atar off, and
pursuing the wagons laden with the sta
pie with the most untiring zeal. They
swarm around cotton bale like ants on
o crumb, and are as hard to shake Oft as
the itch. There is money in cotton, and
good many euterprising men have
found it out The country people. GER
tainly have no right to complain of a
want Of attention to their interests on
the part of the cotton brokers and busi-
ness men of vicksburg. for they nurse
them faithfully. Yesterday, Washing
ton street was white with cotton bales,
and ctammed with wagons 1t was al
Year: 1865

The President is said to be undisturb-
ed by the ndiscreet utterances ot cer-
tain ultra Republicans in favor of negro
suffrage, nor will he move one inch i'll
supnort of the same unless the States in-
terestea shall first take lead in that di-
rectiOn.


Letters from Mobile bring information
that the cause of the great explosion In
that city was being Investigated. There
were reports to the effect that the ca
lamity was the work of design, but OF
this no positive proof has been adduced
as late as the Goth, and the impression
there was that the explosion was purely
accidental.


II is ascertained on creditable authori-
ty that the subject of convening Con-
gress at an early day, say 1st of October,
IS being considered by the President
A variety of reasons are urged for this
action, among them the fact that much
Inconvenience is being experienced in
consequence of the failure of the Civil
Appropriation Bill last session, and also
that a great amount of time Unjust neces-
sarily be consumed in setting the cases
of members from the revolted States.


I hear, on good authority, that he
Government has now at its command in
the South about $4,000 bales of cotton,
which will be sent North as soon as the
necessary arrangements can be made for
its transportation. As there is, however,
included in the above amount more OF
less cotton that is claimed as the proper
ty of loyal residents in Georgia and Ala
bama, it is possible the round figures
have given may not be realized, though
Year: 1865

ST. LOUIS, June 6.-The majority
against the new Constitution will doubt
less reach ten Thousand Scattering re-
turns from the interior mainly favor the
constitution, but its adoption is 10y no
means certain.
Year: 1865

New YORK, June THE Tribune an
nounces that the President will soon Is
sue a proclamation restoring the prlvl-
lege of habeas corpus ordering very
general clearance of military prisons.
Year: 1865

THg ANNUAL CONVENTION THETA DRLrA Cm
FRArERSuY.-The twentieth annual convention Of the
Theta Delta Chi Fraternity will In this CITY, the
Astor House, this morning. and will continue for period
of two days large number of delegates already in
attendance having arrived in this city last evening from
the various colleges Of the Northern States where this
society has houshed with equal vgor both before and
since the 1t is understood that the object of
the convention assembling this morning will be TO
cessfully inaugurste looking to the rehabliA


on OF those chapters OF tho body chartered throughout
the colleges of the Southern States anterior 10 the
and whose connection with the parent chapter situated
in Union College, has like many other assocatons been
violently suDdered by the untoward fortunes attendant
upon the great struggle just closed and which has
in no respect done violence TO any
interest south Of Mason and DIxons line than those
Of literature and art The deliberations Of tho
Theta Delta Chi will be unusually interesting, owing to
the Efforts 10 be made TO solve this question Among
those OF the elder members who expected TO attend
are Hon George ID Kellogg Mark Smith, Esq William
J.. stone, Esq. Mr. Charles A. Stetson and number Of
others The annual Grafton will bo pronounced by Mr.
Stone and the annual poem by Hon John Hay late pr
vate secretary 10 President Lincoln and attached 10
the Legation OF the United States at Paris At the
nual dinner which will take place in the evening" IL Is
understood that several speakers will respond 10 the
tomary toasts Of the occasion.
Year: 1865

1t is alleged by Col Forney, in letter to
the PhiladelrAia Press, that conspiracy is
being Matched by the rebels North and South
TO foist disloyal members from the South In
to the Congress of the United States for the
purpose of discrediting the national securi-
ties, and utterly repudiating the national
debt


We have scarcely any doubt of the truth
of this statement. A large portion Of the
members of, the Democratic party were dis
loyal at heart during the rebellion, and are
sore and dissatisfied now that it has been
suppressed by force of arms; and as an off.
set to their discontinue, their suffrage will
invariably be given to persons, who. If NOT
openly disloyai, were all the time aiding and
abetting the rebellion in secret. A maiori.
ty Of such in Congress would as surely repu.
diate the national debt as the morning would
succeed the night and we are but little sur
prised to learn that they are already LAY.
ing the ropes to bring this unmitigated
SEQ undrelism about. Forewarned is fore.
armed, and the people should heed these in.
dications with watchful eye, and allow nc
man to represent them in Congress or Sen
ate, that is not unequiyocally pledged to the
payment of the national debt.
Year: 1865

This distinguished son of Tennessee has
been elected TO Congress, and did SET
forth his views in speeches here and there
to the people, The following remarks re-
Gently made by him are not without inter
est -


"a great clamer is made against negro
suffrage. | do not think that majority Of
the American people have determined to es-
tablish this measure Internationally, but if
you desire to prevent it, hostility to the gov
ernment will not keep it off, but will rather
hasten its establishment. lfthenatlon finds
that all Its efforts to reclaim a rebelllous
population are in vain, it viii be very apt to
give suffrage to the negro population, who
have through all this war proved its fair
and faithful friends. This measure, in this
event, will be adopted as an indispensable
means of establishing loyal civil government
in the South, when the seditious white pop
ulation refuse to submit to the laws and dis
charge their duties as prudent citizens.


Some of you threaten to rebel In that
case. You tried that once before, when you
were great deal stronger than you are
now, and you know the sad result w hat
will your rebellion amount to? 1t would
only give the nation good cause for doing
what it would now avoid. As Major Cen
,eral Logan said in a speech the other day !:
Let them rebel again, that is just what we
want Now, if you want to live at peace,
obey the laws and turn away from those un-
principled politicians who cry out Blue
bellied Yankee, sAbolitionists, and Mig
ger equality, to get your votes. They are
the same men who asked you before the
war, how you would like to see your daugh-
ter marry big buck nigger.


Much has been said about the radical
ism of Chief Justice Chases views on the
subject of negro suffrage. Mr.. Chase be-
lieves that as the white Unionists of the
South are in the minority, very largely, SC
in many localities, it will become matter
of absolute necessity to enfranchise the
black population, which is universally loyal,
in order to prevent the rebels from regain
ing the government of their respective
States at the bailot-box. He believes thai
the nation will be compelled to resort to ne
gro suffrage for representation, especially
the South. Now, henation was not eager
to resort to emancipation, but you forced :
resort to that measure by obstinate rebellion
1t hesitated to enlist negro soldiers, but wa
forced to arm them by the continued rebel
lion of the South, and it found that they
made very good soldiers and could shoot Al
well ss any body. This revolution is not yel
over, and great many Of these subjugatet
rebels are acting and talking very boldly
Rest assured, that if you still defy the ma
tiond government, the nation win be forceC
to think seriously of putting the ballot int
the hands of loyal negroes, to enable then
to vote down tho rebellion,
Year: 1865

Beauty is ever that divine thing the an
clients painted it; and though it may some
times prove fatal legacy to an ill-trained,
weak minded girl, yet it is oftener blessing
than otherwise, and mothers ought to strive
by all proper means to make their daughters
beautiful and engaging as well as virtuous
and truthful-and beauty can be so greatly
promoted, nay, it may be almost created,
bY watchful care and knowledge


Any child that has tolerable features may


ooa fresh aT S6oa aq tenbg+ hfpgtd aRd bE


Beauty of expression is the most enduring
and highest kind ofbeauty, and the express
sion of the countenance is undoubtedly more
to be controlled and improved by culture
than is fairness of complexion. Every day
we see faces ugly and distorted by crOssness,
anger, revenge and sensuality, which were
once bright and lovely with the innocence
and smiles of childhood What has chan
ged them so greatly, if not coarse food and
bad passions2


Every cross, jealous, proud, scornful feel
ing, like every blow of the chisel upon mar
BILE, serves to carve a line upon the features,
and each time such feelings are INDUCED,
the work of the invisible carver is deepened,
until the face is made ugly by unkind and
unholy thoughts and passions.


In the same way kind, pure thoughts,
gentleness of word and deed, leave their
impress making bad compilations and COM
mon features almost radiant with the beauty
of goodness.


Education, both intellectual and moral,
increase beauty; countenance beaming
with intelligence, united to gentle winning
manner, win always be thought lovely by
sensible people, if it has no other charm,
and this beauty will endure through life


Any one may prove the power of edu-
cation upon the features by noticing the
ignorant, vicious children who are sent to
school of reform, where hey are properly
fed and instructed. Day by day, as they
receive new ideas of right and wrong and
think new thoughts, their eyes brighten,
their cheeks assume deeper color, and the
whole expression of the face changes


How noble are the faces of most men
known for their culture and geniusl so noble,
that in any crowd they would be noticed
and remarked upon, though unknown. 1t
is not that they are, In the common aecep-
tation of the term, handsome men, but be-
cause education and intelligence has wrought
upon their features till they are granda as
the sculptured faces of heroes and demi-
gods. IF every mother and teacher would
but take the requisite care in the physical
and moral culture of the young, in two gen
erations the appearance of the race might
beyastiy improved.


Let every guardian ofyouth then, Impress
upon the young how they disfgure their
faces by Ill temper, idleness and deceit, and
beautify them by kindness, truth and dill
gence in cultivation of their minds.
Year: 1865

Professor TheophiIus Parsons, in his ex-
eellent address to the President, signed by
leading citizens of Boston, says:


For example, let us compare some of the
Southern States with those of the Northern
States which come somewhat near them in
population on the basis of the last census.
Ii We take the whole population of each
State as the number which measures the
right of representation, and suppose that
the white men alone of the Southern States
cast the votes of the States, brief caleula-
ton will show that every hundred of the
white inhabitants of South Carolina will
have as much power through their represen-
tatives as two hundred and forty of the peo-
pie of Iowa one hundred white men in Mis-
sissippi will equal two hundred and twenty
men IN Louisiana viii equal one hundred
and nlnety-eight in Maine; one hundred
white men In Alabama will equal one hun
dred and elghty-three In Connecticut; and
one hundred white men in Alabama and
Louisiana together viii equal one hundred
and eighty-nine in Indiana. It is therefore
apparent that if, as the Constitution re-
qulres, the cOlored men of the South are all
counted in to measure the right of represen-
tation, and are then all disfranchised this
must operate proportional disfranehise-
ment ofthe people of the North and West.
How long can it be believed that this ine-
quality will be endured? On what right or
reason does it rest IF it be that the col
ored race of the South are all wholly disfran-
chised because wholly unfit for the right of
suffrage, is it also true that the white voters
OF South Carolina are about two and half
times better fitted to exercise this right
wisely and patriotically than the people of
Iowa?