smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

We take from the April number of the
Pacific Enpositor, the following interesting
sketch of an interview between Henry Clay
and Rev. DR.. Hill, editor of the Presbyterian
Herald, of Louisville, Kentucky. 1t is
written under the above caption, as fol-
lows


GA few weeks prior to the death of the
Hon. Henry Clay, when be passed through
our city, on his way to Washington, at the
request of a Methodist minister from one
of the northern states, who had never seen
the greatest statesman, we called with him
to see him. He was quite feeble and spoke
of his death as probable event in a few
months. He stated that nothing but deep
and abiding conviction that the union of the
states was in imminent peril could have in
duced him, in his state of health, to leave
the quiet OF his own home and 60 back to
the Senate, the seat of so many of his strug-
giles and great achievements. The opinion
was expressed by one or both of US that the
danger of disuniOn was greatly overestima-
ted, and that if it ever came to the test it
would be found that there were very few
who would be mad enough to rush into dis
union, either in the north or in the south.
He shook his head ominously and replied


"Gentlemen, if have studied anything it
is the genius and spirit of the American
people, both in the North and the South,
and tell you there is danger. There is a
spirit rising up in both sections of this Re-
public, which if not speedily quelled, will
bring about severance of the union of
these states, not in two, but in half dozen
little petty republics, or despotisms, as the
case may be-" 1t was replied that on sew
eral former occasions the north and the
south had been arrayed against each other
in bitter hostility, but that the hostility had
died away and the parties restored to more
than their former friendly relations. "Ah,"
said he, "that was before the rise of modern
abolitionism. Fanaticism cannot be con-
trolled, and especially religious fanaticism.
The churches of the country then stood
together, and in their great annual assem-.
blies they drew the bonds of the union and
brotherhood together. Now most of them
have been rent asunder, and they are acting
as dividers rather than to bind the country"
Said he, "Gentlemen, you are both of you
ministers OF the gospel, and tell you that
this sundering of the religious ties, which
have hitherto bound our people together, I
consider the greatest source of danger to
our country. If our religious men cannot
live together in peace what can be expected
of us politicians, very few Of whom profess
to be governed by the great principle of
lover"


"If all the churches divide on the subject
of slavery. there will be nothing left to bind
our people together but trade and COM
merce. That" said he, "is very power
full bond, admit, but when the people of
these States become thoroughly alienated
from each other, and get their passions
aroused, they are not apt to stop and con-
Year: 1860

and some in favor of medicine.) But
little did / think they were going to
take the course with my patient they
did.


As soon as left, they took possession
of my patient, and commenced what
in my humble opinion, was work Of
death to the young man. They raised
a window and admitted all the cold all
possible into his room; when had been
very careful to preserve an even tenn.
perature; took the patient from the bed
where he was warm and in free per.
spiration; removed large blistering g
plaster from his chest, which had we'll
nigh drawn to fullness; removing
mustard from off the extremities and
applied to his bare blistered breast ice
cold water. Under this treatment the
young man survived some seventeen OF
eighteen hours.


And, to conclude the heart-rending
scene, they stood over the young man
while he was gasping in the agonies OF
death, shouting and singing, writhing
and clapping their hands in apparent
exstacy in their blasphemous works.
The old disappearing, God mocking
demon (BansiD stood by him with bis
hands closed, in which he said he held
Johns spirit, had held it for some time,
and could hold it as long as he chose.
And the woman, or rather maniac, who
ordered me to leave the room the night
previous-exclaimed that it was the
happiest day she had ever witnessed.
And thus they kept up a constant
harangue of indicrous and disgusting
expressions, accompanied by immune
rable and indescribable gestures and
manipulations until the young man
died; while all that he seemed inclined
to utter in his last Struggle, was "Jesus
have mercy on my SOUL"


Without further detail or comment,
l am Truly yours, &C.,


]. II. WOODS.
Year: 1860

nEFAULT having been made in the condition
IL of certain mortgage, bearing date the
twenty third day of May, in the year Of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and ffty-five execu-
ted by Joseph NJ. Smith and Eliza Smith, his WIFE
to Oscar Jones, and recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds, in the County of Cass and
State of Michigan, on the twenty fourth day of
May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-five, in Liber F of Mortgages
on pages thirty EIGHT and thirty-uine, on which,
said Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the
date of this notice, the sum of three hundred and
seventy -four dollars (S37400) and no suit or pro-
ceedings at law for the recovery thereof having
been instituted: Notice is therefore hereby given
that by virtue of power of sale contained in said
Mortgage now become operative, the premises
described therein, to wit The north west quarter
of the north west quarter of section eight, also
ten off the north end of the east half of the
north east quarter of section eighteen all in town.
ship number seven, south of range number fifteen
west, in the County of Cass and State of Michigan
will be sold at public vendue, at the Court House,
in Cassapols, in said County of Cass, on the
eighteenth day of February next, at the hour of
two o'clock in the afternoon to satisfy the amount
then due on said Mortgage and costs.


OSCAR JONES' Mortgage.


Dated November 3Oth, 1852 decS-33w13
Year: 1860

Too late to plant the tender seed,
The sowing time is past;
Too late to prop the tender vine
That feels the wintry blast!
Too late to rear temple new,


The building time is o'er;
Too late to shift the rudder now;
l hear the breakers roar
Too late to gather fruit again,


The orchard trees are bare;
Too late to search the fields again;
The cleaners have been there.
Too late-alas to win me back
My long neglected love!
Too late-ah, no-not yet too late
To hope for rest above.
Year: 1860

from which mankind suffer large part of the globe,
the consequence of diseased action the SYSTEM induced
by the poisonous masm of vegetable decay This eXha-
aon is evolved by the action of solar heat on wet SOIL
and with the watcy vapor from While the
below horizon this vpOr fingers the earts surface,
and the virus taken with through the lungs into the blood
There irritating poison the internal vscera
and excreting organs body. The liver becomes tor
pd and fails to secete not only hia virus but also the be
from the blood Both the virus the bile accumulate
the circulation produce violent constitutional disorder
The spleen, the kdnevs and the stomach sympahze with
liver disordered also Finally the instinct
organism attempt eXpe the noxOus intu
son concentrates the whole blood of the body in the inter
excretores force them out The blood leaves
the surface and ushes to the central with conesVe
Violence This the CHILL But ut in this effort it falls
trail organs rushes to the surface in another eor
to expe the irritating poison through that other great ex
cretoryhe skin in this also fails, and the system aban
dons the attempt exhausted and waits for the of
strength repeat the hopeless effort another day These
are the fits or paroxyss of FEVER AND AGUE Such
sutiona disorder will of course undermine the health Ii
is not removed.


We have labored to nd and have found, antidote,
AYERS AGUE CURE,


which neutralzes this malaous poison in the blood and
it this affecting disorder with perfect certainty
And does more rather does what Of more service to
those subject to this infection If taken in season it expe


from system is absorbed, and thus keeps those
who free from its attacks keeps the system IN health
although exposed to the disease Consequently It not only
induced by this malignant influence such as Kemtent
ache Bilious Headache, Bilious FeVers Neuralgia, Rheu
masm GOut Blindness TOothace Earache, Catarrh Asthma
aptatons Painful Affections of the Spleen Hysterics Col
c Paralysis and Painful Affections of the Stomach and Bow
els all owhch when arising from this cause, will be found to
less the intermittent type. This " AGUE
the of these arrangements and
the disease.


This accompshes by stimulating the excretores to ez
pei virus tie system and these organs by degrees
become habted do this their Office of their accord
Hence arises what dcctlnatGtOn. Time may ac
compish end but often life is not long enough
sacrificed in the attempt while this AGUE CURE does
at once with safety We have great to believe
this is urer we'll safer remedy for the whole class
diseases which caused by the masmatc necton thai
any other which has been discovered and it has still anot
er important advantage to the public which is, that 1t
cheap well as good.





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Year: 1860

WOULD SELL five six hundred of Land off the
upper part of my Plantation, Cape Fear, adjoining
the Mausby Tract at White Hail. Running from the River
to my back ne there is low land cleared, and
very rich meadow land to clear with back lands attached
a suitable distance from the River to build for health.
will sell the above property reasonable terms, my
Ob Ct in selling is that have more land than want.


CALVIN j. DICKSON.
Oct SGT.
Year: 1860

EpIroRs COURIER 1t may be considered i'm
modest to speak approvingly of our own acts, or
even to mention good or patriotic deed that we
have done, and l do not know with certainty
that would have penned this communication
for the purpose had in view, had not similar
scraps appeared in the public prints throughout
the State for the past six months, wherein many
communities have been lauded for their contri-
buttons to the national work-a Washington
Monument.


To " "vindicate the truth of history" and for
the purpose of giving some data to the future
historian who may undertake to give history
of the monument-its rise and progress deem
it but just to the citizens of this euphonous-
STYLED village TO state that in one day, during
the month of September last, the sum of seven
ty-two dollars was subscribed towards the
Washington Monument, and forwarded to Wash
ington to the proper officers the succeeding mail
after its collection. A duplicate draft could
have been seen ever since that period accupying
a prominent position in the window of the Post
Office at this place. As very near every other
portion of California who have contributed a
dollar towards this work, have had the benefit
of public acknowledgment through the papers
many places having five times our population
rot having contributed half as much-it is not
improper, | conceive, to have mention made of
it. | am informed that it is the largest contri-
button. in proportion to population, made in the
State for this purpose, and that the /" end is not
yet" Credit is due, in great measure, to
Chas. Mcdonald, the acting Post Master at this
place, for his exertiens in behalf of this fund,
but his immoderate nlodesty has prevented him
from giving it to the public. This community
is not more liberal than its perhaps
some would call it cose-fsted, aud probably the
truth is very nearly told-but amidst "the wreck
cf matter and the crash of worlds" they should
have credit for their patriotism in behalf of the
Washington Monument.


There has nothing Of more than an ordinary
nature transpired in this section of the county
since the meeting to approve Gov. Downey's
veto of the Bulkhead scheme, which was as or
derly, intelligent and enthusiastic meeting as
ever attended in the State


Politically everything is breathless at present
anxiety is on the tip-toe for news from Charles
ton-not even curse for Douglas from quar-
ters that have been in the habit of venturng
them for tWo years past have even been told
by Democrat who has taken delight hereto
fore in comparing Buchanan to jefferson, that
Maj 7. T. Magee will get out the guns and fire
a salute in the event of the nomination of the
Illinoian A few of the simon pure, however, still
hold out, aad say they will vote for Seward if
the Charleston Convention acts so discourteous-
iy. Nous yerrOns.


Miners are doing as well as they have been
in the habit of doing for the past six months
Plenty of water, bat few buyers. EDrcE.


Horsetown, May 3, 1860.
Year: 1860

Directions for making Prepared or Self-Rising


Flour, that can be set aside or used at leisure ::


To each quart of -four add one teaspoonful Of
B. I. Babbitt's Salaratus, and two of his pure
Cream Tartar, and what salt is required; mix
them thoroughly together while dry, and set
aside for use. Flour prepared in this way will
last three months for the reason that the flour
keeps the chemicals seperate from each other ;
1t can be used up in the usual way, and baked at
once Use this prepared Flour for Bread Bis
cult, or any kind of Sweet Cake or Pan Cakes
until you want to use them.
Year: 1860

To make Bread and Cake with Sour Milk
ITO each pound or quart of Flour add one


i heaping teaspoonful of B. T. BABBITT'S
pure Salaratus, and what Salt is required. Mix
well together, by passing all through seive.-
Then add as much sour milk as will make the
dough the usual thickness; make it into small
loaves, and bake at once.
Year: 1860

Take one pound of B. T. Babbitts Salaratus
and two pounds B. 7. Babbit's pure Cream
Tartar, and mix them thoroughly together, by
passing them two or three times through
sieve. Directions for use of the Yeast Powder.
or Baking Powder, after you get it made as
above: To each quart of flour add two heaping
teaspoonsful of the Yeast, or Baking Powder
wet with milk, or water, as usual, and bake at
once in quick oven. The Bread should be in
small loaves-Biscut in the same way. You
will find the above Yeast Powder, or Baking
Powder, far superior to any in the market, and
very much cheaper, because it is fresh made
Either of the materials viii keep, separate from
each other, ten or twenty years, without injury,
while when mixed together, they will not keep
good over three months. You will readily per-
ceive that the fresh is the kind to be used saw
ing the expense of tins, etc, in which it is put
up.


B. I. BABBlTT was the first man who made
Yeast Powders, and well knows they will not
keep good over three months. When you get
them from the stores they are not fresh, because
they pass through so many hands before they
reach the consumer.
Year: 1860

--LATEST FhUM THE EAST.


EXCITEMENT IN ALEPPo, SMYRNA AND CoNsrANTG-


NoPLE-FEARs OF AN OUTBREAK AT THE CAPITOL.


Correspondence Of the London Times


CoNsTANTINoPLE, July 25.- By
the last accounts from Aeppo it appears that great
excitement prevailed Murders in the street were
OF frequent occurrence, and there reason to ap-
prehend an outbreak at any moment.


In Smyrna, too, mems minds have been moved
by the occurrences at Damascus, and each of the
Consuls has written to his own Government re-
questng that vessel of war may be placed on the
station The Mussuman population of Smyrna
amounts to about Al, 900 souls. The Christians are
some lOO,OOO in number. Of the latter nearly
three-ourths are Greeks, and these seem to be the
only source of anxiety. They have been buying
arms and ammunition, and although this was, in
its origin, merely defensive measure, it is
thought possible that it may assume another char
acter, as the possession of weapons of offence shall
increase the consciousness of their own power in
the minds of the Greeks. The massacre of Chios
has not vet been forgotten.


Even here, in Constantinople, the probability of
rising of the Mussulman people has formed the
staple of conversation during the last few days
There are doubtless reasons why every precaution
should be taken, and Ministers appear fully awake
to the fact In the Fanar and at Ayoub strong pa
trolls of troops have been going their rounds during
the last two nights. The same course has been
adopted at Kadikeui, and believe at Scutari also
do not believe that any alarm should really exist,
but every street row is exaggerated into a collision
between the Turkish police troops and the Chris
tians. Throughout yesterday it was said that arms
and powder were being eagerly bought up, and that
there was none of the latter article to be had for
love or money. To test the accuracy of this,
walked into shop in the High street of Pera this
morning, and asked for some. Several different
qualities were at once produced, and | possessed
myself of pound case of Curtis and Harvey at the
usual price.


The Constantnople correspondent of the New
York World writes on the oath ult.


On Saturday last, the American residents here
received further notice from their Minister that the
greatest caution was necessary to be observed as
affairs here were in very troubled state, and an
outbreak might occur at any time.


On Sunday, under the pressure of outside influ
ences, the Armenia Patriarch went to Hasskey to
quiet the outbreak there. He preached to the peo-
pie in the Armenian church of the quarter and ex
horted them to be quiet and to go about their bust
ness. But the mob outside so violent that he
did not dare to leave the church without police
force to protect him. The mob cried out "YOu
stirred us up, you urged on, and now you say be
quiet and go home. We won't be quiet or go home
unless you pay us for all the time we have LOST


Since Sunday have heard of no serious outbreaB
anywhere in the city; but it cannot be denied that
all classes in most excited state. You need
be surprised to hear of still serious trou
bles.
Year: 1860

CHILLICoTHE, Aug. 1.-THE Bell and Everett
state Convention yesterday nominated a full electo-
raj ticket and candidates for Attorney General and
one member of the Board of Public Works No
nomination was made for Supreme Judge
Year: 1860

A SULPHUR SHOWER IN THE SoUTH.-The
Charleston papers notice the recurrence of a
phenomenon which is called in some parts of
the State the 'Withs Butter" and in others
n Sulphur Shower" During the high
winds Of spring large quantities of vegeta-
BILE pollen fill the air and fall upon the ground
like fall of snow. To many it is source
of vague and superstitiOus fear.
Year: 1860

DEATH OF AN OLD SOLDIERS WIDow.-The
Virginia papers notice the death, in Norfolk,
of Mrs. Mahaney the widow of soldier of
the Revolution. She was over hundred
years old, and had drawn pension for half a
century. She was sufficiently active to do
her own work until within few weeks other
death. One or two children survive her, who
are themselves over three score and ten.
Year: 1860

LOVE IN HUMBLE LIFE.--In East Boston, a
few weeks since, was borne to the grave, a
maiden wife Of less than twenty years of age.
Her husband and lover, young man of
twenty three, was a mechanic They had
loved each other from childhood and were
to have been married some six or seven
months since, when she was Frustrated by
consumption. Nearly all his leisure from la
Dor was passed at her bedside, cheering her
with prospects of restored health, aud a life
of happiness but the fell disease was too
firmly implanted in her system to leave any
hope of recovery When the physician in
formed her that death was inevitable, she
expressed desire to partake of the Sacra-
ment of the Lords Supper, and her wish was
grat6ed Her lover procured a carriage, sat
by her side, and bore her in his arms to and
from the Lords table. She returned to her
bed never again to cit in life About a
fortnight before her DEATH she said that she
had only one earthly wish ungratihed; she
desired to be united to him who had loved
her SO long and SO truly, in the hope of be-
ing his in heaven. lie conld deny her moth
ing-he married death Bostered up by
her pillows, and supported in the embrace of
her mother, she was united to her lover her
feeble voice was hardly audible in respond
ing to the questions of the marriage cere-
mony. She was his, and said she could die
without regret. From then until she passed
away, she was unable to speak above IL whis
per but she appeared happy, and though
wasted to skin and bone a pleasant smile left
its impress on her face, as her soul returned
to God who gave it.
Year: 1860

PRETTY LITTLE SHAKEREss RuNs OFF VIM,
a YoUNG MANI is well known that tLa
Shakers do not marry The sexes are kept
entirely separate. That as Il sect they flitt-
fully and rigidly adhere to this principle can.
not be doubted. But sometimes human ma
ture bursts out among the younger brethren
and sisters, and they go off and get married.
The doors of ShakerdOm are forever after
barred against them while they live rs man
and wife The Shaker village at Warrens-
vile, some six miles from the city. was re.
Gently the scene of an elopement


Lizzie Martin was adopted by the Society
when she was eight years old. At that are
she thought celibacy was very nice ar
rangement. But when she reached the in
teresting age of II she slightly changed her
mind. She encountered pair of black ewes
one day, said eyes being the property Of a
young man named Murray She thought
there could be no harm in those ewes and
wished the owner of them would renounce
the world adopt long waistcoats and take up
his abode with the Shakers ntogetber So
she could see him and talk with him every
day. But the young man did not incline ia.
vorably to long waistcoats, and after he and
sister Elizabeth had had few stolen inter
views she began to doubt the pre- eminent
benehcence of long waistcoats herself The
Shakers learned of these interviews, and in
accordance with the teachings of their be-
lief, tried to prevent her seeing him more -
They meant well, but of course their efforts
were not crowned with success. Quite the
contrary. When young girl gets her mind
made up that young man is about as near
right as he can be, her parents or guardians
may as well "let her went" without any fuss
for she is bound to go.


Recently two friends of Mr.. Murrav-a Mr.
Foote and u student in the law Collepe in
this city-arrived near the Shaker settlement
at the close of the day. They fingered near
until dark, when they passed the house con
tanning the pretty little Shakeress. She
knew of their intended ADVENT and PROMPTLY
answered the signal they gave her. Soon
she appeared in the street and ACCOMPANIED
them to Doane's Corners, where Mr.. Murray
awaited her. The meeting was ardent. The
young lady was attired in her plain Shaker
dress, but that garb could not disguise her
beauty, which is of the dazzling kind The
couple are zone" by this tine and we extend
our blessing after the manner of stage fathers


"The course of true love never did run smooth
Year: 1860

The result of census of 1860, which was
commenced all over the country on the LIST
of June, has been yariously estimated, some
people calculating that it will show popu-
lation in the United States of thirty five
millions, which is probably too large a figure


The likelihood is that the population of the
country at the present time is about thirty
three millions, which will show an increase
of ten millions since 1850. or about thirty
seven per cent We find that the average
increase each decade since the year 1900 was
thirty-hve per cent-varying from thirty
three to thirty-seven per cent. The same
ratio of increase for the last decade would
therefore make the population of the United
States in 1880 about thirty three millions.
Year: 1860

ARIZONA GOLD MINEs.-The following para
graph is from a letter lately received in San
Francisco from the newly discovered gold
mines in Arizona:


II have just been talking to man who has
washed out 500 out of a hundred pans o
dirt; and in numerous other cases which hav,
come under my observation, the miners have
taken out from one to three dollars to the
PAN"