smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

LIQUOR SEIZED.-A few days ago 4 soldier
FOR the third time arrested in the city for being in
toIicstsd Information obtained from him to the
place where be obtained the liquor. He named whole
sale merchant. He said thst lame told him in the
street where be could get his bottle hed and that
going 70 the place directed he taken by negro
whose name Dave, into cellar; there the negro
Allied his bottle for which dollars and half de-
msnded, and paid Assistant Provost Marshal Guisn,
took the to the place indicated the proprietor Of


which declared his ignorance Of the alleged transaction.
While the discussion the subject going on, slms
entered who at recognized BY the soldier
the who hsd informed him where liquor could be
had. 4 negro named Dave, also found the
premises The soldier then stated that bis liquor
drawn from barrel and the barrel the foot Of
The celsr stairs Search made and barrel tap
was discovered exactly described Il seized and
with it every other barrel found opened for drawing
from that was in the cellar Il requires particular skill
to eyads the liquor blockade " undetected-
Year: 1862

KEEP COOL-Think cslmly and deliberately.
Confederate money Is worth as much now as it ever was
But in few days may not be as convenient to use II
currency it nov Is Can you make better use OF
II than 70 invest for the benefit Of the Confederacy
Capt Porter has daily applications from those who are


willing to contribute their time energies and necessary
their lives for the benefit their country but being
poor sre unable to provide themselves with a horse
Those who have horses for sale also sppiy TAs yOu
Aavs Conclude hsw much you Tillin to give bin
and inform him either by mail in person OF The
II startling aost be true there exists the
greater reason why his company should be In the field
the earliest possible Familiar with every foot
Of the adjsoent country, he viii know just whsn where
and how to strike. Patriots aid him promptly.
Year: 1862

APPEAL FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS. - DR.. J.
NJ Keller the attentive and skiliu surgeon, to whose
care is committed the General Hospital in this city has
len with the following appeal the citizens Of Mem
ps and vicinity In order be fully prepared for the
wounded who may be sent within the next few days
city l appeal you to the hospital and
take the convnescng to your borsrs Bat little medes
ton attention will be needed in large majority Of the
only the comforts Of your homes being required
prepare the patients for another ght for which they
eager
Year: 1862

The RIVER.-The river, We are happy 10
learn from river friends Is stationary it came
= stand Friday night According to the report Of
Whsrfmaster the hight Of the present food this
place something than three inches beyond hat
Of the food OF 1855 According statements Of the
amount Of snow along the course Of the Missouri
apprehend there much water yet to come down. and
that there will be high river for some time to come
Year: 1862

A correspondent writes of the confisca-
ton bill introduced by Senator Trumbull:


1t will provide for the absolute forfeit.
ure OF all property of Conlederates who
are beyond the reach of judicial process
that situated in the rebellious districts to
be forfeited through the military power;
and that found in districts where the ju-
dlclal authorite= aro not overborne,
through the courts; the proceeds of the
property forfeited, after the payment of
the just claims OF the loyal creditors, to
be kept as fund for the reimbursement
of loyal citizens despoiled of their proper.
ty by the rebellion, and the balance to be
appropriated towards paying the expenses
OF its suppression. Couiederates are also
to forfeit their claims to slaves. who are
to be made free, and tho President is to
make provision for the colonization of
such as are willing to 60, in some tropical
country, whore they can have the protec.
ton Of the governments as freomen. This
or como other policy will probably be
adopted and the subeotwill undoubtedly
furnish the theme OF much of the debate
ol this session.
Year: 1862

The Richmond Whig is informed that
the water at the Salt Works in Smytho
county, Va, is abundant Tor tho produc-
ton OF salt enough 10 supply tho world,
and at a cost not exceeding twenty-five
or thirty cents per b,ishel. This is a
matter OF too vital importance to the
whole Southern Confectionery to bc neg
lccted, and if private capitalists do not
take hold Of the matter at once, tho
State of Virginia or the Confederate
States should giyo such encouragement
us will insure u material increase in the
production Of salt at that place. BY
prompt and vigorous action the capacity
Of Tho works may bo increased in very
short timo to supply all our wants.
Year: 1862

BsS~ A Richmond exchange states that
the Confederate States government has
made arrangements with the Atlanta
(Ga. rolling mill for furnishing large lot
of iron plate for plating vessels Of war
This mill is now in full operation, being
also engaged in filling u large contract for
rolling copper sheets.
Year: 1862

Females nurses 40 cents per day and one ra-
ton.


Paymaster's Clerks 500 per annum, and IS
cents per day when actually on duty.


Chaplain in volunteers Sl46 so.


In addition TO the pay as above stated, one ra-
ton per day and an abunaant supply Of good
clothing is allowed to every soldier. Quarters.
fuel and medical attendance are always provided
by the Government without deduction from the
soldiers paw. Ifa soldier should become disabled
in the line of his duties, the law provides for m
a pension, or he NAV, If he prefer il. obtain ad-
mission into the Military Asylum, which will
afford him a comfortable home so long as he may
wish to receive It's benefits.


To the above pay for private soldiers must be
added the additional 81 month to be paid du-
ring service, the 500 bounty at the end of the
war. which has already been provided for. and
the quarter section of land that Congress will
provide for at its coming session The bounty
and land apply to officers and privates alike.
Year: 1862

has won for itself such renown for the cure Of
every variety of Throat and Lung Complaints;
that it is entirely unnecessary for us to recount
the evidence of its virtues. wherever il has been
employed. As il has long been in constant use
throughout this section we need not do more
than assure the people its quality is kept up to
the best il ever has been. and that it may be re
lied on to do for their relief all il has ever been
fnnnd 10 do
Year: 1862

In the above We have not inserted the frac-
tional parts Of dollars, for convenience sake, in
this matter of but little Importance.


BELOW THE GRADE OF LIEUTESASr


The first column denotes the paw per month
of artillery and infantry, and of dragons and
rihemen when serving on foot The second col
umn denotes the pay per month of light artillery
and of dragons and rifiemen when mounted:
Sergeant Major, Quartermaster


Sergeant PRINCIPAL Musician
Year: 1862

The following statement. taken from official
sources. win show the army pay roll In the firs'
column will be found the nett salary per month
and in the second the total salary per month
which includes rations. servant hire. forage, &c
Year: 1862

For WHAT ARE WE LIVING. How few
break from the stern behests of business
to ask themselves this simple question
Simple, We said, and yet fraught with as
mighty interest as eternity itself Every
day we are winding the chains Of destiny
about US; every hour taking from life
some spice to embalm our memory, or
gall and vinegar to make bitter the rec-
objection of our sojourn on earth.


For what are you living, followers Of
fashion? The night wears away, the
rout is ended, the faded face turns lam
guidly from the mirror, and the beating
temples are pillowed on down ; but where
is the heart? Back in the heated room,
throbbing in the glare Of the gas light,
drinking in the wine of the fatterer,
fsasting on the empty frotb of vanity !!
For the utter annihilation Of all good
anu virtuous deeds-the earth of heav-
ems sweetest blessings. To sing the
death dirge of hope, not as the mother
sings her cradle song with busy hands,
and tho beauty Of maternity mantling
before her face, but as the friendless
stranger walls the coronation above the
sleeper. whose eyes before they closed
we're the only ones that ever smiled on
him.


Was it only to wear elegant garments.
only to add acre to acre, only to think
all the time of ourselves and our inter-
ests that God gave us being2


Some time ago an old man died in
Boston. All his life he had been living
for bag of gold. And to see that old
man on his death bed. how his yellow
eyes and bony fingers fastened to the bag.


Poor old wretch. 1t was very hard
Year: 1862

that what had given him so much JOY in
life should thus forsake him. Better
have been a beggar with the consolation
of having spoken a kind word to a
brother in misfortune then would he
have lived to some purpose.


For what are we living? Settle this
all important question for yourself before
you sleep. Clean from the reapers Of
the hour at least one hour from every
twenty-four, of which you can say, Il
gave it to my neighbor and he blessed
me-
Year: 1862

@Prentice says: "A chap some-
times comes in our Office and sits hour
after hour without telling one word Of
truth during the whole time. He can
outsit hen, and outlie the devil He
must be one Of the telegraph reporters
for the Associated Press
Year: 1862

To MAKE CANDLEs-Take ten pounds
OF taliow, put it in one pint of milk
and two tablespoonsful Of soda, and
boil it until the milk is all evaporated
then strain the tallow, and put in six
drops Of aquiafortis to the pound of
tallow. Make the wick about the size
of that used for star cand1e-darn-
ing cotton makes the best wick. This
will make a tallow candle that will
burn clear, last long and will not run.
Year: 1862

executive Oillcc, baton Rouge,


April 25th, 1862.


The extraordinary efforts of the enc.
my to capture our chief city have been
successful. 1t is our duty now to de-
prive him of the fruits of victory. !


] therefore order the destruction Of
all Cotton within the limits of Louisia-
ma bat is in danger of falling into the
hands Of the enemy, and | direct the
Militia officers in~ttle several parishes
to bxecntesff,is order. In case those
officers should not be able to act with
sufficient promptitude, let the torch be
applie1by persons appointed by the
several Police Juries In those par
ishes bordering on the Mississippi
River, the citizens and planters must
act themselves lin cpmsumating this
destruction, upon the first approach of
the enemy, in case neither of these au-
thorities should have time to issue the
necessary orders. If it is practicable
to haul the Cotton in the interior, out
OF the reach of the enemy, let it be
done, but if not, it should be burned
on the water courses or on the planta-
tions.


The patriotism of the people will, of
itself, prompt them to this sacrifice.
Ny object in issuing this order is to
systematic their efforts and ensure
the general and complete destruction
of the crop, rather than permit it to
fall into the hands of our foes.


/ will not attempt to conceal from
you the full effect of the serious loss
we sustain in the fall of New Orleans,
but we are as far from being conquer
ed now, as we were when the vandal
hordcs that noWpollute our soil were
Year: 1862

In advance. So 50


At the expiration Of the year. S


No subscription discontinued until all
are paid.


No subscription will be received for a
shorter period than ycaT unless accompanied
by business advertisement.
Year: 1862

STEAM FACTORY OF OILS, CHEMICALS AND


SOAPS, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
y the systematic arrangement, completeness and sci


entic profcienty and practical skill and experience
well as in the decided advantages which their locality a
ords them for laying in their stock of raw material
nomcaly, these works confidently claimed to have
NO SUPERIOR in the country.


Our merchants have therefore, longer any occasion
to send their orders the north for SOAP liable the
accidents and delays and in the rates
ducing the necessity of keeping heavy stocks Of the
modify hand; they supply themselves with
just as good an article, Just cheap. and in just
such quantities only if they choose will meet the
weekly demands Their business from RELIABLE HOME
ISsr1ruTIoS PELICAN CHEMICAL WORKS


New Orleans May 24 1857
Year: 1862

EYES DOx'T LE.-lt is more difficult 10
make the eye lie than any other organ ne arc
possessed Of. TO tell what q woman ssys,
pay attention to her tongue. If you wish to
ascertain what she means. pay attention to her
eve. To talk in opposition to the heart is one
OF the easiest things IN the woAd-to look
this opposition. however, is more difficult than
algebra.
Year: 1862

In the House Of Lords, on the 10Th of June,
Lord Brougham, on behalf of his noble and
learned friend Lord Lyndhurst,) whose
health, as their lordships would be glad to
hear, had greatly improved of late [hear, hear, I
asked for the correspondence which had taken
place respecting the capture of this vessel by
the Americans, and the recapture- of this YES
sci from the prize crew. He understood that
there had been some correspondence. upon this
subject, and he wished to know from the noble
Earl whether there would be any objection to
produce that correspondence. ,-ra.,I s., n


Earl RUSSELL have no objection tolay the
papers before the House, as the correspond
enee is now closed, and Lord Lyons in his last
letter promised to send it home Immediately.
The opinion of law officers was taken upon
this question, and they stated that there was
no power in this country to surrender the YES
sci, or to give it up to the United States Gov
ernment. 1t was at that time supposed there
was no precedent to refer to; but have been
informed this morning that there is prece-
dent, singularly enough, when the British
Government demanded from the American
Government the surrender of vessel which
had been recaptured by the crew after being
seized as a prize. Mr.. Adams, the grand
father of the present American Minister
in this country, was then President, and be
replied that there was no precedent for such q
demand. The result was the British Govern
ment failed to obtain the redress they sought
from the American Government. Hear, ano
laugh.
Year: 1862

From the Paris Constitutional (in prominent type)


June 2ol 2 aaus 4nEfaE


From the numerous extracts from the Eng
lish newspapers which we have published dsv
by day, it Is visible how the idea of a media
toas in America has gained ground in Eng
land In France that idea has been no less
warmly received, and we have before us more
than q hundred provincial journals which, in
reprint ting the article from the Constitutional
gave their full adhesion to it, Can such an
expression of public opinion in two great
countries hike France and England remain
without effect We do not think so; we en-
tertain the profound conviction that the cAuse
is gained, and that mediation is simply a cues
tion Of time. From our very heart we wish
that the hour for that mediation would strike
as soon as possible. Where is the man who
does not grieye at the thoughtsof the torrents
of blood which may still be she'd, of the de-
vastation which daily increases in America,
and Of the suffering which threatens the in
dustrial classes of Europe2 But we never
deceive ourselves; 1t is evident that mediation
cannot be proposed with the certainty of reiec-
tion. II is for the governments to seize upon
q favorable, opportunity. We hope that the
moment is not far of, and, more than ever we
are convinced that mediation is the only
means to put an end to this terrible struggle.
To the friends of humanity and peace we re-
peat, calculation is the only possible termina-
tlon of the war" To the friends of liberty
and of the dignity of man we repeat, "1dedia-
tion is the best guarantee for the abolition of
slavery
Year: 1862

A NEW WORK on Central Africa states on
authority of "an old negro who has been q
great traveller" that there are dwarfs in that
country whose ears reach to the ground, and
are so wide that when they lie down one ear
serves as mattrass, the other as covering
The aold negro" is probably identical with the
sintelligens contraband' to whom the daily
papers are so frequently indebted for war
news.
Year: 1862

For long years the Aboli;ioaists have
worked for the eradication Of slavery. ard that
by force. Il 50 happens that by fo7ce. now.
the Republicans are desirous Of producing, the
same result The motive Of each party Is in
our opinion Identical Certainly the ultimate
effect Is the same, if the purpose succeed
that is TO say, the Union viii be destroyed. 1t
is monstrous perversion of the truth. to saw
that the Onion can be saved By the destruc.
ton of its fundamental law"


That is to say-savery IS the cornerstone
of the Union remove it from the insursent
States and the Union is gone The flnda
mental law of the land is slavery. Yet the
Beacon SAYS elsewhere the rebellion must
be crushed at every sacrifice :" BoSh


Marysviile Appeal.


The logic is this. and it is comprehensive to
all clear minds that the Consultation of the
United States recognizes slavery in the States
in which it exists that there Is DO power
vested in the Federal Government TO uullifv
that local law by virtue OF which slave proper
/ ~ is held, and consequently TO undertake the
abolition of slavery in the States thus alluded
/ to, is to violate the fundamental law of the
land. Ii dees not follow that the fundamen.
tai law of the land is slavery" It is simply
true, that the fundamental iaw recognizes slave
/ ~ in the manner stated.


/ The Appeal quotes Us as saying that the
rebellion must be crushed al every sacrifice.
/ We are in favor of seeing it crushed at every
sacrifice but that of the Constitution. The
Constitution is the foundation and life of the
Union. That destroyed, and the Union itseli
is destroyed. And it matters but little wheth-
er ii perish at the hands of open enemies or
pretended friends, or we may say mistaken
friends. We DO not consider, as The Appea
does, that in order to preserve the Union, it i
necessary to destroy slavery. To destro,
slavery the fundamental law must be violated
and when the fundamental law is SET aside
why then the Union, so far from being pre-
served, ceases to exist. \ new Union NAV b,
erected on the ruins of the old and new
Government be based on a new Constitution
but ii is for the old Government and the olc
Constitution that Democrats contend Th,
Republicans have denied in times past tha
they intended any radical change in the Gov
ernment. They have denied that they pnr
posed revolutionary movement. but il seem


now that they plainly avow they 1rW RADICAL,
change aud deliberately revolutionize w
think they will find one huge difficulty in thei
way, to wit: The President of the Unite,
States We think he will say to the abolition
radicals. thus far shall ys 90 and no farther
and when he so declares the Democratic part,
of the North will sustain the decree.
Year: 1862

MEXICAN MINE.-Many improvements have
lately been made in and about this mine. The
principal improvement, however, is in the
means of raising the ore dug in the mine. For
a long time past the ore has been wheeled in
barrows to the hoist-way, where it was shovel
ed into tubs and hoisted by means of horse
whm to the upper chamber of the mine near
the end of the main working tunnel, thence
carried out along the tunnel in cars to the
dump pile. By the new arrangement the ore
will be hoisted up a vertical shaft sunk con-
siderable distance back Of their old buildings
at the mouth of the main tunnel. and about on
line with the Ophir buildings. Here, over
their perpendicular shaft, they have erected a
large frame building, with wing or covered
way running west from the main building some
foriy-6ye feet and enclosing the broad and deep
cut. at the end of which is situated the vertical
shaft leading down into the bowels of the mine
two hundred and seventy feet below. The
arrangements for hosting the ore up this shaft
are different from anything of the kind we have
seen in the Territory. The power is supplied
BY very neat little engine, which sits at one
end of the main building and drives the hoist
ing apparatus. planted just beside car track
running to the shaft. 10 each corner of the
shaft are square timbers running from the top
to the bottom and serving as guides to square
frame of stout iimbers which. having grooves
in the corners. slides up and down along them,
as sash slides in its frame. In the bottom
part Of this frame, which ascends and descends
as above described, is a section Of car track
corresponding with the track running through
the building, where the frame is properly sus-
pended in the shaft. This frame is raised aud
lowered in the shaft by means of a stout cable
attached to its top and operated by the hoist
ING apparatus Now for the mode of hosting
with this machine A car is loaded in the bot
tom of the mine and pushed forward TO the
shaft and upon the section of track in the
frame, when up goes frame, car and all, to the
surface. Here it stops in such position that
the car may be pushed ont of the frame and
along the car track to the dump pile.


Territorial Enterprise.
Year: 1862

FLoRENcE MINES,-The Dalles Mountaineer
says, the water in the ditch at Florence is
frozen up, and the cold is 50 intense that the
mining season may be considered closed The
gang Of thieves who infested the vicinity Of
Florence, the past season. are scattered. The
presumption is, that they are stationed along
the roads leading 10 the mines"
Year: 1862

A MINERAL GLEAYER-Observing a Mexi-
can day or two since, sitting apart, asserting
and pounding up rock, apparently on his own
hook. we exercised our reportorial privilege
of asking few questions. as to what particu-
lar line of mining he was engaged in. For an
swer we were tod by the dilapidated Hdago
that he was not exactly owner in the 0phir
nor yet in any other mine but that be de-
pended for his supply of rock altogether upon
such pieces of stray stuff as he could pick up,
and, in fact, that he was sort Of mineral rag
picker. Sometimes he would secure chunk
dropped from a passing wagon, or left in re-
moving heap from the mouth of some shaft
or tunnel; sometimes he would find bit that
had escaped from the cargo of a burro or been
otherwise accidentally dropped, and sometimes.
we mentally calculated he would abstract a
bit from the exposed sacks of the Spanish or
0phir, But however he procured his stock in
trade those morses, it seemed, amounted to
enough in the aggregate to keep him busy,
and even afford him a very fair income-bis
daily earnings running from three to twelve
dollars per day. Like all of this class who
have been brought up in the silver regions of
Mexico, he had quick eye to detect the char
ter of ores. readily distinguishing the rich from
the poor at glance. Going about in the most
likely places for finding these fugitive bits of
rock, it is his custom to gather up a quantity
and repairing with it to large stone-having
first assorted it-break it up into small pieces,
which he afterwards pulverizes and treats with
a method of his own, which he assures US is
mueto bueno. Our interview with this hom-
bre set US TO rejecting how rich must be the
mines when such stray fragments could pay a
man for looking after them. and how varied
are the means by which mankind get living.


Virginia City Daily Union.