smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

finest quality is abundant within hundred
yards of the building ground.


Matters il Silver Bow move along lively.
Building is progressing very rapidly, and
we are enly waiting an Improvement in the
weather to commence the drainage of the
gulch. Quite an incentive to building was
given by the news that Sitter Bow had beer
chosen as the county seat.


Considerable sport was occasioned this
morning, by a notice signed &C. B. C.''
advising every one in Deer Lodge county
to look well to- their firearms, as hostile
Indians were lurking in the vicinity, in
proof of which the author asserts that a
man who had "bin +" eight years among
hostile Indians, had seen sjgnal lights burn
ing on high peak to the Southwest Of
this place on the night of the llth inst,
and warning, all to be on their guard, ss as
We are liable to be attact at any momentP'
There is about as much ground to raise an
excitement of this order, as there was for
certain brainless individual of this town
to go to Virginia, soliciting aid from the
Vigilance Committee to put down the ruff
fans and sustain order-loving and peace
able citizens in their efforts to maintain law
and order here. mistake not, if this does
not emanate from the same source, as it
oPP0aAo ooous do oSuslule anu TfUHh as his
statements to the Committee, when apply
ing for the captaincy of the Vigilantes here.
| Quite an addition to the town has been
made by the removal of the county record
er's Office from Butte City to this place and
l need hardly add that Judge Lewis is held
in the highest esteem by one and all, and
will hardly fail to give the same universal
satisfaction as Justice of the Peace as he
has, and still does, as County Recorder.
Notwithstanding the deep snow covering
the mountains, a very lively business in
quartz finding is kept up, and the Record
er's office is crowded from morning till
night by the indefatigable men who are
hard at work develoving the vast mineral
resources of this part of Our Territory
Not day passes, but from ten to to fifty
leads are found. some assaying well up
among the hundreds.


In speaking, in my last, of parties build
here, gave the name of DIR. Crepin. 1t
should have been, Mr.. Ferris. But must
close, promising you moro anon.


| LEAD PENCIL.
Year: 1865




Before United States Commissioner Newton.


The application for the extradton Of Theodor Seydel,
of having forged bill of exchange in Chemnz,
saxony, mere before United States Commits
sioner Newton yesterday and finally settled 80 far
a that official is concerned


Mr. Dttcnhofer counsel for the prisoner stated that
he had produce behalf Of his client,
proceeded to up the testimony adduced on the
part of the prosecuting attorney His principal argu-
mcnts that the prisoner could not be remanded,
unless hst IL established that the crime of forgery
had committed second that the prisoner had COM
mitted that forgery and third that the crime Of
that character which would render Its perperaor liable
to apprehension and trial according to the laws Of the
State Of New York. The counsel read the following
tract the Extradi,ion treaty, from brightly Digest
the United states Laws in support OF his theory that
tradition, must be srch az he stated Provided, that
this shall only be done upon such evidence Of cminaty
as according to tile laws OF the place where the fugitive
or person so charged shall be found, would justify
his apprehension and commitment for trial II
the crime or offence had there been committed !.
The counsel conended that according the papers sent
from Saxony demanding the extradition, and also ac
cord 10 the testimony adduccd there was nothing TO
show that the crime Of forgery had been committed The
word used nearly all the papers cheat and not
forgery and the prisoner referred TO as an agent
and not as principal No person could be held on
submitted the Commissioner would not be justified In re-
mandng the accused The counsel also begged the Com
missioner weigh the with more than the usual
degree In consideration Of the fact that tho
accused had served honorsby in the army Of the Union
In defence OF republican liberties


Mr. Lapaugh, counsel for the government OF Sarony,
replied great length TO the arguments OF his opponent
and contcnded that his guilt identity and everything
else necessary establish the clam TO exradition had
been made out beyond the possibility Of doubt


Commissioner Newton al tho conclusion OF the argu-
ment which four o'clock decided that In view
of all the circumstances Of the case but particularly
view Of the fact that the prisoner himself according
the uncontradcted testimony, had admitted the main
fact namely that he had committed the forgery for
certain purposes he the COMMISSIONER would be
PEELED TO grant certificate In compliance with the
quest of the government Of Saxony


The prisoner received the communication Of the
decision through his counsel without the slightest
hibon Of emotion He merely bowed his head In silent
acknowledgement and sat quietly by In the same un-
concerned manner that has marked hrs dcmcanor
since his arrest


The day Of his departure has not yet been fixed.
Year: 1865




THE SURPLUS FURNITURE OF THE FOURTH, FIFTH


AND SIXTH DISTRICTS DISPOSED OF, ETC.


Since the consolidation OF tho provost marshal dis
trcts of this city large amount OF useless furniture and
draft machinery has been accumulated at the various
Offices designated the future headquarters Of those
officers who still cling tenaciously to the idea that their
services will be permanently required. The Fourth,
Fifth and Sixth districts having been consolidated the
furniture draft Wheel handouts, and all tho parapher
MALTA necessary to three provost marshas machines
were hudded into the building No 174 Hudson street,
the present headquarters Of the consolidated districts
and as majority Of the individuals who had this
ponderous machinery have had their official heads ampu
tated Captain H West the present incumbent Of the
Office in obedience To orders from headquarters sold all
the useless articles Of furniture at public auction to the
highest bidder yesterday morning. Mcssrs. Leeds Y
the auct oncers and the articles to be sold
previously arranged in proper order for the nspec
Of customers, who present in large numbers
half an hour before the sale commenced


The first articles offered for sale were five stoves, be-
longing to the Fourth district They Of an inferior
quality and badly rused but brought together $40 80
Three largo hard wood desks disposed Of and real
lied SIS SIC SO and s13 so EACH Three pairs Of hand
cuffs which in the days OF the draft were looked upon
with shudder by many poor conscript were sold at
81 SO per par Tho draft wheel OF this district, that
rotary engine Of terror whose every revolution an
the fate Of unfortunate individual in the
tton took place for its possession Many faceous re-
marks indulgcd in at the expense Of those who
formerly kept II in notion which, in the days Of strict
military discipline would be looked upon reasonable
by the high military functonares who presided the
destines of all the able bodied male population of New
what rse going put the article did not transpre
brought 50 So copying press and stand wero sold
for $12 Besides the above largo quantity OF small!
articles such as inkstands blocrs &C. were disposed
Of at nominal prices which concluded the sale for the
Fourth district.


The furniture OF the Fifth and Sixth districts next
offered for SALE and consisted of about the number
and quality Of articles the Fourth and brought about
the prices Mr.. OGrady was the purchaser OF the
sswheel, for the Fifth district for the sum of S9


The terms of the sale cash. and the articles
all taken away rs soon the sale concluded.
Enough furniture has been retained TO serve the present
purposes of the Office.
Year: 1865

Troops to Ls entirely Withdrawn from the South


1t is understood in Washington, that it is con-
templated by the President to entirely Withdraw
the troops from the South, in short time, leav-
ing the States lately in rebellion to re-organza-
ton on the basis Of civil government, precisely
as they stood before the late war; with the ez-
ccption of sla~ery. This policy is said to have
arisen through the good sense of the leading
Southern men themselves, in accepting the pre-.
sent position Of Affairs as disclosed in the inter-
view between President johnson and consider
able deputation of their leading men, at the
White House, the other day. Thus, the late
slave States will have hardly soldier left among
them, save sch as may be required to- garrison
the several forts; and those, as in the Northern
States, viii be retained in active service only for
the purpose of meeting any emergency that may
arise from the action of foreign powers.
Year: 1865

VJTE have on hand large Stock of Hardware,
w consisting of many articles which are
quite necessary for builders, and as VIC wish to
carry on the Dry Goods business exclusively, we
will sell off the entire stock at as low figure as
they can be laid down here from New York.


MARSHALL s. BROTHER.
Sep. s, 37-tf.
Year: 1865

- A reasoning man, with love Of adven-
ture, at first feels alarmed and his impulse


is to run away; and if he has no motive to
stand. he probably does run But at each
additional exposure he grows less timid. and
after hearing canister and grape about his
ears dozen times, begins 10 think he is
not destined TO be hurt. He still feels rath-
erruneasy, perhaps but the danger acquires
a sort of fascination and though he does
not wish to be hit, he likes to have narrow
escapes, and so voluntarily places himself
in a position where he can incur more risk
ai After little while be begins to reason
the matter reflects omit he doctrine Of prob
abilities, and how much powder or lead is
necessarily wasted before any man is killed
or wounded Why should he be, he thinks
so much more unlucky than many other peo-
pie So reasoning, he soon can bear the
whiZzing of bullets with tolerable degree
equanimity though heinvoluntarily dodg
es, or tries 10 dodge, the cannon balls and
shells that go bowling about his immediate
neighborhood. 20


~ In the afternoon he is quite different
creature from what he was in the morning,
and unwittingly smiles to see Il man betray
the same trepidation which he himself ex-
hibited few hours before. The more he
is exposed to fire, the better ne can bear
it land the tinid being of to-day becomes
the hero ofto-morrow. dhe who runs from
danger on his first battle, field. may run into
it ont the next. and court the hazard once
so dreaded Thus. courage, as it is styled,


is little more, with most men, than custom !;
and they soon learn to despise what ia often
threatened without causing them harm.
Year: 1865

A correspondent relates the following,
which seems almost too good to be true


Ben. Davis, as his neighbors call him, had
a very fine melon patch. One afternoon
while in the village store, he overheard
some boys plotting to help themselves to
the fruit without being invited. Ben said
nothing, but on his way home set his
to work to head them off. As he was pass
ing, large black snake crossed his path.
which Ben succeeded in capturing alive
He Immediately went TO his garden and
selecting the very finest watermelon, cut il


in two very carefully scooped ont the in
side. and by meaus oc~negs the Inside
fastened it together so nicely that one
could scarcely detect the seam lie then
plugged il. and forcing the snake IN head
6rst made an secur1 and left 1t in plain
e;ah, Tbat pl1snt of course he lay con


ceslad ne.rI by to witness the sport. Short


l.. ..rter nine o'clock. three boys came, aud
each selecting the finest melon he could
fnd, started away, with Ben following at a
safe distance They proceeded to an ont
building not far distant, struck a light, and
prepared for good time, Ben looking on
through the cracks Boy like, the largest
one was taken first, 81 guess its hollow"
said the boy ripping thr ugh one. side with
his jack knife, well soon see what's in it,
continued he, turning it over, and then
came scream of terror from all the boys
as the snake glided out among them, and
away they scrambled, leaving the other
melons untouched, and it did not make
them feel more comfortable to hear the mp


roarious laughter Of Ben as they took fight


The story spread through the village, and
they soon found they had paid dear price
for their free melons. For weeks, wherev


er the boys saw the thieves, they would SET
up hiss, and the culprits would be glad
to retreat out of sight to hide their shame.


This calls TO mind the story of a clergy
man who suspected one ofhis neighbors Of
stealing hay from his barn. One night he
provided himself with dark lantern, and
watched for his coming. He saw the sus-
pected man go to the barn, take out as
much hay as he could carry on his back
and start for home. The clergyman stole
up softly behind him, and opening his liant


ern set fire to the hay behind his back
1t flashed up instantly aud the man drop
ped it and ran away in the greatest terror,
A few days after the culprit came to the
clergyman and confessing the theft, asked
forgiveness. He said that while he was
carrying away some hay, the, fire of God
came down upon it. and he could not rest
until be was pardoned. The clergyman
freely forgave him, but did not for long
time tell him how the hay came to take
fire ~ p" '.tttesf.s- ~ ~ lats rft ~ t"t
Year: 1865

OERAEEMENI OF STATE I


WAsHINGroS, March IL, 1865 !
The President directs that all parties
who are now or shall hereafter be found
within the United States who have been
holding intercourse or trade with the
insurgents of the Confederate States Of
America, if they are citizens Of the
United States or domiciled aliens, be
arrested and held as prisoners of war
until the war shall close, subject, new
ertheless, to prosecution, trial, and con
viction for any offence committed by
them as spies or otherwise against the
laws OF war. The President further
directs that all non-residents and for
eigners, who are or who shall hereafter
be found in the United States who have
been or shall have been engaged IN vio-
lating the blockade of the insurgent
ports, shall leave the United States
within twelve days from the publication
of this order or from their subsequent
arrival in the United States if on the
Atlantic side, and forty days if on the
Pacific tide of the country. And such
persons shall not return 10 the United
States during the continuance Of the
war.


Provost Marshals and marshals Of the
United States will arrest and commit
to military custody all such offenders
as shall disregard this order, whether
they have a passport or not, and they
will be detained in custody till the end
of the war or until discharged by a sub
ssquent order Of the President


fSiqnedl W. II. SE8ARD,


Secretary OF State
Year: 1865

THE TornSAMENr.-The young gem
tlemen OF this place intend having grand
tilt on Friday next, IN the Village These
are always occasions of much liIarity and
good feeling, and we anticipate large at
tendance.
Year: 1865

BUSINESS PRosPEcrs IN TowN.-Oar
Village is once again assuming somelhing
of its old appearance. Trade is reviving,
now stores are being opened, and our quiet
streets again present cheerful, business
aspect. Some Of our merchaits have laid
in choice selections Of goods at the North,
q number are still abs. nt, and all are
taking hopeful view Of the future. Our
cotton buyers arc prepared to offer the
most liberal prices for the great staple, and
all kinds of produce can readily be dispo


sed Of in the way Of barter or otherwise.
With the coming forward Of the crops the
scarcity Of money will be less severely felt.
Gold and silver are the principal medium
Of exchange, though gr' enGacks circulate
freely among oup merchants. Everything
in the future depends upon the proper al
just Of our labor system, and tue due de-
velopement Of our agricultural resources.1
Year: 1865

Eds. STATEsMAN:-It may not prove
uninteresting to some of your readers tt
learn through your estimable paper few
facts relating to the neigbboriug Territory
of Idaho.


Although the writer Of this article is
hardly qualified to say much regarding the
resources and qualities Of idaho as a min
ing or agricultural region Of country from
observation, he may be allowed to deal with
affairs pertaining to that Territory as they
now stand and what place she is destined tc
occupy, as Territory that embraces with
in her extended limits all the requisites fol
great and wealthy commonwealth and
what is required to develop the various re.
sources of which she is possessed in so emf
nent degree


Without calling into question the wisdom
Of the former authorities of Idaho, who had
it in their power to contribute much to her
peace and stability, [ look to the future
which now presents to our view so encour-
aging an appearance, and speaks so fatter-
ingly as to what may be accomplished un-
der pure and judicious executive manage
ment. Let us glance for a moment to the
subject of the duties of the Governor and
Secretary of Territory. Their duties are
plain and well determined by law, and are
not of a complicated character requiring the
assumption of special powers and discre-
tion not confded by the laws Their path
way of duty is broad and well defined. The
appointment of Governor and Secretary
of Territory made by the President in pur-
suanee of the laws of Congress, is not in
tended to act as a check on its growth or
wealth or to treat the people as if they were
unfit to choose their own officers. They
are commissioned for the purpose of foster
ing its elements, encouraging and aiding the
development of its resources and laying a
sound foundation by assisting legislation,
whereon is to be erected the structure of a
free State.


The Executive of Territory is enjoined
by the established policy of the General
Government to see that the laws of Congress
and those of the Territorial Legislature are
impartially enforced within the limits of the
country over which he exercises authority.
If this intent be judiciously carried into ef-
feet the mission of the Executive is one that
can be made of auspicious importance to the
General Government and to the future well
fare and interests of the Territory.


Let us turn to the important question of
emigration and calculate what per cent du-
ring the coming year will find a home in
your sister Territory The writer of this
speaks from knowledge gained by recent
travels through most of the Atlantic States
The class of people who have determined to
establish home in the States and Terrific
ries west of the Rocky mountains, will COM
prise that portion of the inhabitants of the
insurgent States known as refugees, who
have been compelled to seek an asylum
within the peaceful borders of the Northern
States from the calamities Of civil war,
Year: 1865

SPRING has come at last. The farmers
throughout the valley are taking advantage
Of the prevailing good weather, and are bus
lily engaged at ploWing and putting in their
spring crops
Year: 1865

LUMBER YARD AT WALLULA.-Mr Linkton,
of this place. intends to establish Lumber
Yard at Wallula as soon as the roads become
good for teaming The lumber will be hauled
from the mill and from the lumber yard in this
city.
Year: 1865

The ORIGIN OF NEW ENG
LAND THANKsGIvINGs.-There is
a story told by Franklin of the good
old Puritans of New England, which
the more rational members of the
English Church might perhaps do
well to ponder. The poor people,
forced, from their homes by the fierce
intolerance of the blessed martyr,
whose martyrdom led to the bless
ings of liberation, felt at first exceed
ingly melancholy in the savage coun-
try of solitary wilds and deep forests
in which they were compelled to So
.journ, and for a series of years kept
the anniversary of their arrival as a
fast and the oftener they tasted, the
more melancholy they became. At
length at one of their meetings, on
the eve of an anniversary, when the
usual fast had been proposed, an
honest farmer rose and moved an
amendment. They were all getting
very comfortable, he said, if they
could but see it. The farms were
improving and extending, their crops
becoming every year more weighty,
and the country less wild; they were
living in peace, too, and enjoying
liberty of conscience and he moved
therefore, that, instead of holding
their anniversary as a fast, they
should forthwith convert it into a
day of thanksgiving. The sugges-
ton approved itself to the judgment
of the meeting ; and fast was suffered
to drop, and the day of Thanksgiving
substituted in its place; and from
that day forward the colony contin-
ued to prosper.
Year: 1865

MANY of the satirical aspirations
cast upon old maids tell more to their
credit than to their disadvantage. Is
woman remarkably neat in her per-
son, "she will certainly die an old
maid" Is she frugal in her expen'
ses, and exact in her domestic con-
Germs, "she is cut out for an old
maid" And if she is kind and hu-
name to the animals about her, moth
ing can save her from the appellation
of an old maid" In short, we have
always found that neatness, modesty
economy and humanity, are the nev-
er-failing and admitted characteris-
tics of an old maid.
Year: 1865

How POETRY IS MADE.-Bay-
ard Taylor, in his last novel, has a
satire on a female poet, who held
"literary receptions in New York,
and entertained her guests with ac-
counts of her own poetry, and the
way she made 1t. This is her story
of the fine phrenzy" of compost
ton 81 feel the approach of in
spiration in every nerve; my husband
oftens tells me that he knows when
l am going to write, my eyes shine
so. Then l 60 up stairs to my study,
which is next to my bedroom. 1t
always comes on about three o'clock
in the afternoon, when the wind
blows from the South. | change my
dress and put on a long white gown,
which 1 wear at no other time, take
off my stays and let my hair down
my back. Then l prance mp and
down the room as if l was possessed
and as the lines come to Inc | dash
them on the blackboard, one after
another, and chant them in loud
voice. Sometimes l cover all four
boards, both sides, before the inspir-
alton leaves me. The frail body is
overcome by the excitement of the
soul, and at night my husband finds
me lying on the floor, in the middle
of the room, panting-panting
Year: 1865

CAUTlON.-Thep public are hereby
cautioned not 10 buy or negotiate for the follow.
ing certificates of stock in the Overman Gold and
Silver Mining Company, as the save been sold ac-
cording TO law. and will not be transferred on the
books of the company, excepting the balance re-
rusnli.
Year: 1865

cauroued not to buy or negotiate for the follow.
ing certificates Of stock in the New Oregon Gold
and Silver Mining Company, aS the same has
been sold according TO law, and will not be trans
ferred on the books of the company:
Year: 1865

Tho community will be gratned TO learn ssys tne
Dansle he0Ser that the Piedmont Railroad n now 6OAg
much better ssrvics than formerly Of me moe
serious cutes which werc In the way Of the running
partially overcome and we may confidently look for
SIN further movements The couAtry scarcely aware
OF obstacles the management OF the road have 10 conr
tend with
Year: 1865

WASHINGTON, August ii Encouraged by the
progress of events in different parts of the world
and especially the abolition of slavery through
out nearly the whole Of the United States, aud
the prospect of total prohibition OF il in thi,
country by Constitutional Amendment. the
friends OF emancipation in Brazil are at work in
efforts looking to its extinction in that Empire


Already propositions for partial emancipation
there as will be seen by an article introduced
in the Brazilian Senate. with good pros
peet Of becoming legal enactments. IL success
iul In these measures their advocates intend To
continue their efforts for further concessions in
the matter, aud hope before many years they
will be able to effect the complete abolition OF
slavery in their country.