smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

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The following letter was received by
contraband at Fortress Monroe from
bis late mistress:


| "ASTHoSY: / have nd you have
been making = great "a of money,
and as we are in Williamsburg and
have no support, & William cher hus.
band) is away and cannot hear from
him, ! send You this to let you know
that we are in need of everything.
have no meat no money Of any kird
tina, will pass. want you to send me
some bacon & sugar, and coffee and
other things you can get that need,
nave no money to buy a thing with.
You have had twelve months freedom
TO make money int is time to do
something for me and my children
they are in want of clothes, and the
winter is coming and if you do not send
me some money they will perish witt,
! the cold, for wood is very high, and |
am not able to buy any now 10 cook
with, we have done all in our power fu.
you until you left rs and can YOU hear
of your masters children stary yiaa and
you able to work and help ,hemnot, no
cannot think it.


i should like to sec vou give me a
little help every month it would keep
us from want send what YOU can get
for me by John King he will bring it
safe be is doing all he can for his mis-.
tess he does not let them want for
anything | never should sent You this
I If | had not been in want as you have
not done anything for me all this time
il you consider yourself free it is vour
dnt. to do what you can for ne and ny
two children / shall expect yon to 10
all you can if John King does not come
mp soon you can send them by Sam
SinP,8ins he belongs to Mrs. Eliza Jones
tell him to bring them to Mrs. Tilfo.l
where We are now send ,hem rs soon SIS
you can.


From your mistress,


HANNAH ID. WEsTwoD.'
Year: 1862

We are not at liberty to giiyeour readers
any definite information in relation to Gen
Grants position or the strength Of his col
umn on the Tennessee. They must, for q
few days, remain content with the assur-
ance that he is thought to be in no danger,
and that when the expected battle comes
of, be will he sure to conquer q victory.
We regret to hear that there is good deal
OF sickness in his camp-the effect Of the
wafer Of the country and the usual expos
tire Of the men in the wet weather that
they have encountered The cases in the
hospital are usually mild, and yield readily
TO treatment; but they are far greater in
number than we could wish When q
fight may be expected we cannot say, as SC
much depends upon the willingness Of ths
enemy; Int if the rebels make q stand al
all they will be soon overcome.
Year: 1862

We publish this morning the call for d
Republican Delegate Convention to be held
On Friday Of next week, for the nouina-
lion Of municipal candidates, with the ap-
poi0tmcnts Of ward elections to be held on
the DAY preceding. This is the first call in
The field, but the next ten days will witness
the awakening Of contest which, though
il may not equal some Of its predecessors
in pa1tizan importance, will be not the less
:mror1ant to The interests Of both
city and State Our people have
talked about candidates in a pros
pectiye sense. They may now can
1ass the matter in earnest Those who
prefer that this April election, in the city
1uade historical by the Chicago platform
should lie an endorsement Of Abrahan
Lincoln and Of his emancipation message
than that it should be promise in advance
for the SUCCESS Of the Egyptian Constitution
will appreciate the terms upon which th
above call has been based It is sufficient.
broad for all p.triots to stand upon, bu
will not admit Of carrying the Egyptian in
50ui:y. Happily indeed if that issue doe
not become involved With the other.
Year: 1862

A Long Island lady gives this to the Ameri-
can Agriculturist as her method to get full
quantity of butter (equal to grass butter in
Winter: The cream Is skinned each day,
and placed at once in kettle, and tho kettle
put into hot water to prevent scorching J, and
put over the fire. The cream Is allowed to
scald, without boiling It is then put into a
vessel, and set aside; each days cream being
in like manner scalded, and added to the mass,
until enough for churning is obtained. The
churning is commenced Immediately after
adding the last days cream, which brings the
whole to proper temperature, without thin
ming by the addition Of hot water In this
way she gets as good butter in Winter as in
buttermilk
Year: 1862




We notice 30 many methods Of cutting and
preserving gratis, in agricultural and horticul.
tural journals, and 90 many conditions attac he'd
to some Of than, as though the simple process
Of cutting Of piece Of last years shoot of Z
pear, apple, plum or other fruit tree, and
keeping Il until wanted for grating, were
shrouded in great mystery, and could be i'm.
parted only By lsbored instruction.


All these special directions are useless. We
which We think will Be certified to by All
persons who have obtained gratis from us, OF
course gratuitously, and know how to set
them, their name being legion.) We rarely
ever fail In setting fruit graft from our own
cutting. As soon as we can get into the
grounds, between this time and the middle OF
February, when there is little or no frost, the
gratis are cut, and where the trees stand In
cultivated soil, as ours mostly do, the grafts
are stuck, one by one, In the ground at the
foot Of each tree, thus preventing all mistake
vated-and In large standard trees we deem
such cultivation unnecessary-they are placed
elsewhere and labeled. They are stuck In the
ground three or four inches and left there
until needed, mp TO the last Of May, withou.
injury. Cherry gratis should be secured now
and buried in the ground.


We have sent gratis by mail thousand
miles, wrapped in oiled silk or muslin, with
entire safety. When scions or seeds, or any
thing else requiring care Is sent by mail, the
postmaster should be notified Of it by q word
or two OF caution endorsed on the letter or
psc gage.
Graft-cuttings can be dispatched with eouaI
safety 10 any point, by careful packing In
boxes or bundles, In moss or In oiled muslin.
For these the moss Is the Gym0ntotcss
Telegraph
Year: 1862

lie the COWS head up pretty close and
high, and pass strap round her hind legs,
bringing them pretty close together. She
cannot kick then, IL she wants 10. and by
gentle treatment and coaxing you win soon get
cows are made % by the harsh treatment of
mixers. II Q COW kicks or starts, what Is
more common than TO see the mixer Whip
and scold at her until the animal Il really
frightensdl Gentleness Is the best In al
eases, and with the aid Of strap, as aforesaid,
you can tame the most inyeterate kicker.
Year: 1862

HAVE YOU SUBSCRIBED FOR THE WEEK.
LY STAR, TO BE MAILED TO YOUR


FRIEND OR RELATIVE?
1T IS THE BEST DOLLAR WEEKLY INTHE


WORLD!
ITS WASHINGTON NEWS Is UNEQUAL.


LED!
ITS GENERAL NEWS IS UNSURPASSED
BY THAT OF ANY TWO DOLLAR


rea WEEKLY!
IT'S AGRICULTURAL MATTER WILL BE
WORTH TO ANY FARMER A HUN.
DRED TIMES ITS YEARLY COST.
ITS HOUSEHOLD RECIPES WILL SAVE
TEN TIMES ITS COST EACH YEAR


TO ANY FAMILY.
The Number for this Week, to Be o1r on Fri
day Morn'ng-pries Three Cents-,oiH
bsG remarkably interesting one.
Bcery Person at a distance acho acould Keen
Posted tc1th reference to schat is really
going on here TN these interest
ing times should rseeive it
regularly.
CALL AT ONCE AT TIE STAR OFFICE


AND SUBSCRIBE FOR TT
Year: 1862

The London Examiner concludes an article
on the Mason and Slidell question with the
following language;


Behind the Trent affair looms black and
large the blockade question, phich Francs is
resolved TO bring TO an issue. We may be
obliged by truth to agree with her as to the
principle and facts, precisely as she has
agreed with US in the Trent affair; but as we
proposed to act without her CO operation in
that instance, so as to the blockade we may
leave her to act without ours. For it would
have bad look if we were to raise one cause
of contention Immediately after another was
disposed of, and especially as our conduct
might be suspected of being influenced by
commercial interests. France can well go
alone in this matter, and we have heard it
we'll suggested that with very good grace
she might suggest to the American Govern
ment that a truce with the South for year
or 50 might dispose of the difficulty about
the blockade, and give the two parties time
to cool, and to consider what is for their real
and permanent interests without any preiu-
dice to their respective claims or detrimeut
to their powers, ifit should be their final de-
termination to resume hostilities.
Year: 1862

Mr. CAMERoN's FAREwELL,-The officers of
the army took leave of ex Secretary Cameron
at Washington on Monday. Mr.. Cameron
spoke as follows.


Gentlemen: am deeply sensible of the
honor you have done me by your presence
on this occasion. We have been associated
together in a great work. have had the
army grow up under my hands from one of
small proportions to be one of the greatest
establishments in the world. l have la
bored to make it worthy Of the country and
the cause we were defending. Ia the dis
charge of my duty, where such vast interests
were concerned SO much feeling enlisted,
have, doubtless, in some cases given oifense.
In cases still fewer, l may have felt offenses
given; but they are so few, so slight, that
can not remember one. dismiss all thought
of them. Of all these officers present, there
is scarcely one that l have not appointed
scarcely one without my name TO his commits
sion. allude to the fact only to assure you
how deep the interest must feel in you. At
all times in life, and wherever | may be,
shall cherish the most earnest wishes for
your welfare and success, for the glory OF
our arms, and for the prosperity of the
country.
Year: 1862

The following is verbatim copy Of the
certificate attached to the return Of the post
master in Shawnee County, Missouri. 1t
would hardly be proper to give the name of
the office. This may be some disciple Of
Artemas Ward; if so, the pupil has beaten
the master. Artemas might as we'll shut
up shop: there By eirti6y that the four
going A Counte is as neer Rite as no how
to make it if thar is any mistake 1t is not
Dun q Parpers
Year: 1862

SENT TO THE REFORM acHooI.-John Cog
Ian, a lad about thirteen years old, was sent to
the Reform School on Saturday, for stealing
the money drawer Of the bar attached to
Ma1mie Garden.
Year: 1862

SECRECY OF FRFEMAsoNRY.--


Freemasonry, said Benjamin Frank
lin, | admit has its secrets.


1t has secrets peculiar to itself,
but Of what does this principally
consist 7 They consist of signs and
tokens, which serve as testimonials Of
character and qualifications which are
conferred after due course Of instruc-
ton and examination, they are Of no
small value; they speak universal
language, and are a passport to the
support of the whole world. They
cannot be lost SO long as memory re-
tains its power. Let the possessor
of them be expatriated. shipwrecked
or imprisoned, let him be stripped of
everything he has in the world, still
these credentials remain, and are
available for us as circumstances may
require. The good effects which they
have produced are established by the
incontestible facts Of history. They
have stayed the uplifted hands of the
destroyer; they have subdued the
rancor ofmalevolence,a land broken down
the barrier Of political animosity and
sectional alienation. On the field Of
battle, in the solitudes Of the unculti-
waited forest, or in the busy haunts Of
the crowded city they have made
men Of most hostile feelings, and the
most diversified conditions, rush to
the aid Of each other with special
joy and satisfaction that they have
been able to afford relief to a brother
Mason.
Year: 1862

none ol il with - into cur future


life, and whilst here, II time, i is so


sneumbcred with care, perplexity and


anxiety, Tia, Il can afford but lii-


tie enjoyment. The same can be


said also Of the hoasrs, titles and fam


ily distinctions, and besides Of what


worth or value are they, for this life


only, compared % the hOuOrs and dis


tinctions which are 10 be bestowed


and enjoyed more equitably, as well


as enduringly through the long ages


Of eternity, in the life 10 come here


after. As to the qualification Of


pride, in show, dre1s and fashionable


parade, may merely suggest that


none can equal in gaudiness and dis


play the insensible flowers Of the


field, or even the peacock, and other


birds Of the air. | might alss speak


of other sources Of sensual and tenn


poral enjoyment, bu. | deem Il who'll


" unnecessary. as my object and de-


sign is, to point out and refer to what


/ consider as the only source or


means Of enjoying true happiness in


this life, and the preparation therefor


in the life hereafter. In the first


place ] would observe that no happi-


ness can be enjoyed except in COM


munion or community; SO il has been


decreed and pronounced by the Al


mighty, who brought US INTO being,


who said when man was 6tst created
upon the earth, "that il Is not good
that man should be alone That by


the reciprocating Influences Of society


We enjoy all the happiness of which
we are capable, and | may add not
only in this life, but aho in the life
hereafter. But now the question re-
ours, how are we TO csmport ourselves
in society, and in ouT intercourse with
each other, SO as to be productive of
the greatest amount of social happi-
ness and enjoyment The answer
evidently is, that il must be in such
manner as TO elicit mutual friend
ship and esteem, and that by contrib
uting to each Others welfare, so far as
in their power, by acts of kindness,
gentleness and charity, that the wants
of the one may be supplied by the
abundance Of tlp other, and at all
times and on all occasions, to speak
kindly, as wellas to deal kindly with
each other. we nave al longest Dht
a little while 10 remain in this life,
and our wants are limited TO our nee
essary comfortable subsistence and
support, and the surplus Of what we
acquire or posses beyond our actual
needs, we ought freely to dispense to
him who wants Or is destitute Of the
same, and thereby cause double
blessing TO descend upon him who
gives and him who receives, and in
all our intercourse with others in this
life, to follow the directions and in
functions Of our Savior, when upon
the earth, that il to love one another,
and to do good to each other as We
may have occasion, and we shall not
only promote our happiness here but
secure It hereafter. SENEx.
Year: 1862

w AsltINbiONt OIt. l1y lohZ.
4NesHa Editors:--Once more in
this eventful epoch, will /, with your
permission, address a few lines to
you, and your readers. From my
present stand point, am not vain
enough 10 suppose that anything from
my poor pen will be Of much interest
to friends at home but nevertheless,
communication from even a poor
soldier may partially interest some.


Some may query as TO why my
communication is dated at this dis
tance from my regiment and to all
such ! will say that | am here in
common with many other soldiers for
the purpose Of recruiting my poor
health.


Since being here what strength i
have had to spare has been devoted
TO visiting the numerous hospitals in
the city and vicinity. And perhaps a
word in regard TO them may not be
void Of interest. In perambulating
the streets Of Washington one can
hardly 60 amiss Of hospital. Very
many of the churches and public
buildings are now used for hospital
purposes, and upon every vacant
square or plot Of ground within the
city is being. or is already erected
substantial barracks for the same pur-
pose-the number in each varying
all the way from one hundred to
twenty-five hundred. ] find the con-
dition Of the inmates as good as ] ex-
pected. although there are now many
faults and errors that should be cor
rected.


think the government is doing all
ii can for the hospital department, but
II Is large machine 10 run, and the
consequence is that errors win exist.
| think there is loo little attention by
the surgeons in charge, paid to the
selection Of ward masters and nurses.
Ia many Of the hospitals there are no
female nurses at all, and ! am salts.
fed that but very small share Of the
soldier nurses are properly qualified
to administer to the wants of their
more unfortunate comrades.


4. a satisfaction, although not a
very pleasant ore, TO 20 among our
sick and wounded and either by word
or deed to conduce to their comfort.


In looking aher the welfare Of
those OF my own company who are
in hospital, / have come in contact
with many others from our own State
who are In like condition. In con-
versalion with different ones, some
thoughts hare arisen 10 my mind,
which woold Ike to suggest to our
friends al home. | am well aware
that the people Of Vermont have been
quite liberal in contributing to the
wants and comforts of their invalid
soldiers ba, ] am afraid many Of their
contributions have taken a wrong
course st lesss, am cons inoed that
bm suall portion a them have
Year: 1862

'ams at Fulton street, and how people had TO wait
there for an opportunity TO pass, evidence that
relief was needed The necessity growing
stronger every year. Numerous modes for relief
hal been 'cpos'd, such As elevated tracks, under
ground parallel roads, and opening side
streets All VI these projects had created great deal
OF excitement and public discussion but still the street
remained without relief He read letter from gentle
man in Philadelphia showing how those who formerly
opposed road in Chestnut street were that they
had seen its practical operation, favor Of it, There
we're now over ve hundred omnibuses running in Broad
way, and careful estimate showed that one hundred
cars would carry the same passengers and do 1t better
ana the cars, all knew, took up but little more super
hcal space than an omnibus. The would
also De saving Of time The in the city now go at
the rate Of SIX miles per hour, while the omnibuses go
but FOUR This was enormous saving OF time when
is considered that upwards Of forty thousand passengers
ride every day through Broadway It would give those
who wanted further up town for cheaper rents an
opportunity to do so, without occupying any time
in going back and forth The friends OF this bill desired
that ali interests should be protected and II this bill
not perfect in that respect then let it be made


Mr. A. T. Stewart next spoke referring tho business
interest that opposed 10 it. There another
Broadway in the world and any rule that would apply to
other streets would not to that He stated that there
were over eight thousand licensed and four thousand
licensed vehicles in New York majority Of which. at
some hour of the day, in Broadway and railroad
would, in his opinion increase the difficulty He argued
that railroads had injured the business Of the Bowery
and would rum Broadway II the right was given to
bud road there the city should receive the benefit


Mr. d. II Haight followed, corroborating the state
mens Of MIR. Stewart The blockup in Broadway
not III MS opinion, caused by the vehioos passing up
and down the street. but by the crossing Twelve We
hicles per minute or ossed at Fulton street


Mcssrs. Solomon and Parmalee said few words in
opposition.


Mr. Ward replied. declaring that two or three who
were hero now opposing it were at one time applicants
for the grant.


The hour for the evening session Of the Legislature
arrived just as he got under way and the committee ad
jOurned until tomorrow morning.


The Albany and Susquehanna Railroad bill was ordered
to third reading in the Senate tonight


The Assembly was engaged all the evening making
amendments to a little bill for schools in almshouses


At meeting of the Canal Board held yesterday a re
solution was adopted, without dissenting voice. direct
Ing hat the six cent canal bonds that fall due between
this aud the LIST Of July amounting about hundred
thousand dollars shall be paid in gold They have thus
decided that gold the currency OF the state This &C
ton at this timo, must be Of decided benefit to tho
State in future negotiations and will the secu


.ics the best in the market
Year: 1862

because have thought that my services, however hum
pie were needed; but that the enemy
Prayz ny his defeats at Bethel AM MANASSAS and
my duties at this post slight and easily be
aischarged by the senior captain and the adjutant,
nave deemed the occasion suitable make the ap
plication.


As ! shall bs compelled to visit Richmond Smithheld
ana Norfolk 10 make the necessary arrangements and
considerable time must be consumed in procuring
sci 70 go TO Old Point and this is the first only
application have made TO look after my individual
serests trust you will be disposed to grant the leave
for two weeks from the Sth of August.


IT. with your superior knowledge the wants OF
vice, your judgment shall sanction this application and
grant my petition shall feel very gratefl but If
otherwise, shall cheeriuy make the sacrifice OF both
interest and feeling to the public good.


IN conviction that your decision whatever may be
VIII be just both to the individual and the State have
servant, T /, CARY


Lieut. COL Thirty second regiment Virginia Volunteers
Year: 1862

extremes of generosity. Buckner, in fact, has
learned the painful lesson that "the days Of
Southern chivalry are gone" We suspect that
had he not been hemmed in so tightly he would
have practised the chivalry of Floyd, in steal
ing off under cover Of the night. Chivalry is a
good thing in its way; but it must not stand in
the way of our Union soldiers if it expects to
be handled with kid gloves and sprinked with
lavender General Buckner's greatest feat of
chivalry was his profession of loyalty to Ken
lucky, while plotting to arm his secession asso-
ciates at her expense to drag her out of the
Union. The chivalry of Buckner was, there
fore, very properly treated by General Grant.
The chivalry of the rebels. from the lombard
ment of Fort Sumter all the way through, has
been very much like that of Buckner-the
height Of pomposity and impudence.
Year: 1862

ylc opening Of the Chambers took place on the ed
ui'imo. The King IN the course Of his speech dA re-
form of tho representation necessary and The present
time IL favorable for that purpose Bills will oe laid be-
you FOR the organization Of general church assem-
bies for changes In the criminal and maritime laws.
The important development given 10 the military sys
TEN foreign countries requires from US great sac
ritces. "a


TIE speech concluded with an expression Of his Afses
tvs satisfaction the formation Of volunteer rifle corps