smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

We are gratied at learning from the local agent of
this road that the stockholders and others not stock
holders, but who properly appreciate the value Of
this great enterprise to our city, are coming forwa I'd
freely to make the loan asked for by the agent upon
pledge OF one share Of five dollars OF the reduced or
new stock for every one dollar loaned redeemable
on the LIST day of January, 1860, with per cent.
interest. y


The security offered for this loan is ample, and
those who contributed to it will aid in bringing about
a most desirable end-in fact, an end which secures
the immediate progress Of the road to the beginning
of the brilliant future which it promises to-wt the
paying off of the entire Indebtedness Of the road and
the securing Of the services President Of the Com
pany, OF j. E. Thompson at present President of the
Pa Central Railroad, man of rare financial abilities
and an able and practical railroad builder.


No enterprise has ever been inaugurated W hich
promised such business advantages to New Orleans
as this and every citizen that owns property to the
value of $780, who is in any wise interested in the
business of the city, ought to come forward now
when his aid can accomplish 80 much, and respond
to the call of the agent. II not stockholder, so
much the greater reason for his contributing to the
loan. In consequence Of his not having been
stockhoder, he has had none of " the burden and
heat OF the day" to bear as others have, and he Is
better able to help now, and should unhestatngly
come to the assistance OF those who have borne it.


Stockholders could not serve themselves better
than by assisting in the present emergency. Al
ready we are reliably informed tnat large amount
OF stock has been sold at par az Louisville and
New York. II the prospect OF the debt OF the
company being paid OF, and OF securing the services
OF Mr. Thompson has thus enhanced the value OF the
stock what may we not expect When tnese desirable
ends shall have been accomplished! What railroad
throughout the vast railroad system IN the United
States can produce such evidence OF public conf.


dence in the ultimate value OF the enterprise as this
Year: 1859




SIR: The following brief statement of facts relating
70 recent action Of the Reformed Dutch Church Of Fourth
street Wamsburgh the application for the funeral Of John
Cook may present be Of some interest readers:
HI The pastor Of that chr rch and It's Consstoy promptly
wiling to grant Of their house Of worship for funeral to
be conducted the usual quiet and exclusively religious way and
made objection having the remains taken 10 the church for
that understood purpose.


But when the Constory had they thought conclusive
evidence OCCASION instead Of being for the
comfort and consolation Of afflicted friends to be converted
into in honor Of Cook they decided that no fitness OF
F<opety claim Of Christian principle could justify them III
granting the church for such purpose.


Those fac do not pronounce upon them nor under


take argue the right the Of views which minds OF o
pose tendencies viii inevitably take Ii due to truth and the
Consory however that both should be fairly presented


Asto personal matter, il may well be said that the
beautiful by DR.. Porter" has not been written and
never was been written An addys contemplated
hut not single word Of Il had been committed TO paper


ResTectfuly yours, ELBEHT 5. PoRIEII
Ncso York, Monday, Dec. 10 1883.
Year: 1859

No Cream for Cofee,-The mar e
on which one of our prominent milk
venders brings the lacteal fluid to
market slipped off bridge on her
way to town on Sunday morning last,
jammed the milk cans to smash and
reduced the quantity of cream for
coffee that morning sensibly. Well
have the mare shod or railing to
the bridge shortly. Can't be without
the qxantum suf: of cream for our
coffee.
Year: 1859

Madame Biscaccianti..-We learn
that this renowned vocalist proposes
to pay Nevada professional visit on
Thursday evening Of next week.
A crowded house is sure to welcome
this queen of song.
Year: 1859

Rob6ing an Editor.-I'he senior
editor of Union Democrat, in the last
issue of his paper, pours out the vi
tails of his wrath On some nefarious
scamp who stole his best sparkling,
Sunday go-to-meeting coat. On read
ing his doleful lamentations,ou our devil,
who happened to be in sympathiz-
ing and thoughtful mood. perpetrated
the following report of the case:


Some thief of hummer rum
sucking bioat-from our friend of the
Democrat stole fine coat, We know
not its cut, whether bobtailed or swal.
low but twas proved to have cost
some thirty-fve dollars. The scamp
was arrested and locked up in jail,
and a counsel employed TO unravel
the tail. This piece Of u suit. when
the Court came to try it, all turned
on the question how the plaintiff
came by it: No precedent was found,
in decision or note. where an editor
honestly owned such a coat; while
the plaintiff was non-sx,ted twice as
you see, the counsel was suited
with the coat for his sfee.-Sonord Age
Year: 1859

SAP GAsR OF fMPosITIoN.-A few
days since an intelligent German from
Jones Bar came into our Office to de-
nounce. as he said, an arrant quack
who has lately taken up his residence
in this city and begun the practice of
medicine. The case he related to us
is a sad one, and may not bs without
it's moral by which the public may
profit. He is left a widower with the
care of two small children and with
out the means to give them that care
and education which is their due, by
the shameful empirisism Of an ass
whom he has not the monay to bring
TO justice. By a course of treatment
of the Germans wife. which all cdu-
Gated physicians condemn in the most
unqualified terms, she was brought to
the grave in few days. Of the ig-
norance, and presumption of the i'm
poster we gave a specimen last week.
The story of the German adds crimi-
hality to his character.


The moral of the story should not
be lost. It is safer to employ in all
eases an old established physician, of
good reptile. than a new conner who
pompously boasts of the blood of Blu
cher or any of his generals, without
either education, sBnse or the decu-
ments to substantiate his claim to that
honor or any other.
Year: 1859

DIR. Harlow, superintendent of the Maine in
sane hospital, sets forth the connection between
dyspepsia and insanity in the following impress
sive manner:


"Among the many pathological conditions of
the physical system connected with insanity
there is none more common than deranged
state of the stomach and bowels. Rarely do we
meet an insane person in whom we do not find an
irregular appetite, indigestion and constipation.
Not unfrequently these symptoms exist for long
time previous to the development of mental dis
turbance, and are, as we believe, among it pri-
mary causes, which, with early attention and pro-
per treatment, might be removed, and save the
individual from becoming an unfortunate victim
to the dire disease. Many delusions and hallu-
cnations, so common in large class of the in
sane, such as the presence Of poison in food and
drink, the sin and evil consequences of eating,
the existence of snakes and other reptiles in the
stomach, many, and undoubtedly do arise from
some peculiar morbid, irritable state of that or
gan. Nothing tends so much 70 change the
stomach from normal to an abnormal condition
as the present dietetic habits of our people, and
Year: 1859

RULES FOR TRAvELING.-The following rules
are important to travellers, and are not as wide
ly known as could be desired:


It has lately been decided that applicants for
tickets on railroads can be elected from the cars
if they do not offer the exact amount of fare.
Conductors are not bound to make change


All railroad tickets are good until used, and
other conditions good for this day only" or
otherwise limiting the time of genuineness, are
of no account.


Passengers who lose their tickets can be
elected from the cars, unless they purchase
second.


Passengers are bound to observe decorum in
the cars, and are obliged to comply with all
reasonable demands to show tickets. Standing
upon the platform, or otherwise violating rule
OF the company, renders person liable to be
put from the train.


No person has any right to monopoize more
seats than he has paid for, and any article left
in the seat while the owner is temporarily alb
sent entities him to the place on his return


The above rules are based upon legal decs-
ions.
Year: 1859

During the year 1857, the President of GER
tain bank, situated not more than 100 miles
from great city, became convinced that his in
stitution was rather short of specie and in con-
sequence, he found it rather difficult to make
up his returns under oath each week. After
deyising one means after another for months,
he finally hit upon new process, which sue
ceeded admirably. Having an acquaintance of
long standing with a gentleman who occupied
an important position in the Post Office, he ac-
costed him one morning as he was passing the
bank, by saying, my good fellow, l want you
to accommodate me little, without discom-
moding yourself in the least" The official re-
plied ii have no objections to doing SO upon
such favorable terms, but tell me how it can be
done?'


The President putting his lips close to the
ear of his friend, very blandly said "In your
official capacity in the Post Office, you retain in
your possession large sums Of money from
week to week. Now what l want you to do is,
to let me have about $4,000 in gold, which l
can use to swear on in making up my returns,
and whenever you want it, III return it."


"But | cannot do that, my dear sir the
thing is impossible. Besides which, you might
by mistake use some of this coin, and thus ruin
me-"


"Not at all my friend. You can put it in a
Dag ana sea- IL up, ana can return IL on tne
days you may want it, and thus make it serve
for us both in making up our accounts


The official could not be induced to agree to
the arrangement then, but did finally consent to
retain the proposition for few days, and then
give the President an answer.


In the course of week, the President called
upon his friend, and asked him for the result of
his delay.


He answered. "Now if do this thing, you
must understand that an exposition would ruin
me forever, whilst my doing it is certainly to
your advantage; l will, therefore, consider you
under the greatest obligations to fulfil your
promise of never opening the bag"


"Of course, sir" the President replied: 81
will here swear to you, upon the honor of a
gentleman, that the bag shall never be opened
whilst in the banks custody, or its officers, and
that it shall be returned to you whenever re-
quired."


"Very well you recollect that shall want it
returned every Saturday morning" said the of
fetal, at the same time handing the President q
very heavy bag of coins superbly sealed up
The parties shook hands and parted, well pleas
ed with each other and the rest of mankind.


The President kept his oath to his friend
most regularly every week; he sent for the bag
OH Wednesday morning. and returned it on
Saturday morning, with the seal unbroken.-
This continued during the summer and fall Of
1857 nearly up to the time of the general sus-
pension of the banks On the Friday of the
week before the general suspension, the bank
in question experienced quite a run from its note
Year: 1859

domestic difficulties said Mrs Partington,
'comes in different guys-some is quarrelling,
some is poverty, and some is something else, but
this is the greatest of 'em ALL She pointed to
paper as she spoke which chroncled six children
at birth. "There's difficulty" continued she,
Sand how the poor mother will overcome it is
more than l can imagine. Only think, six
mouths to feed, six dresses to wash, six heads to
comb, six cases of chicken pox to take care of,
six measles to look after, six to pull out of the
water, six to keep from getting run over, six to
buy books for, and six to get places for when
they grow up declare don't see how she can
ever get over it." No wonder that she saw the
difficulty when she found it so hard to manage
one, who even then was trying the experiment
that he had seen Blitz perform of balancing
plate on his finger, to fall in a moment to irrem-
ediabe smash.
Year: 1859

Great men never swell it is only three-cent
individuals, who are salaried at the rate of two
hundred dollars a year, and dine on potatoes
and dried herring, who put on airs and fashy
waist-coats, swell, puff, blow, and endeavor to
give themselves a consequential appearance
No discriminating person can ever mistake the
spurious for the genuine article.
Year: 1859

as the brain is in immediate connection and SYM
pathy with the stomach, its effect upon the former
is obvious. Many headache and sleepless night,
many tit of sickness eliminating in hopeless in
sanity, have their root in the quantity and quail
ty of late supper"
Year: 1859

/ The college building is sufficiently com pleted to be used for collegiate purposes. It is situated on the elevated plateau, near the arsenal, on grounds of great natural beauty, which, with the planting of shade trees and judicious ornamentation, will afford campus of large extent and mag

 nifcence. The building is some y feet wide, by S7 deep, in hanked by two towers, each four stories high, while the main build

 ing is three stories. The main entrance is from the west, through double gothic door, The hall or vestibules are like an inverted T, thus l.. The left leads to room in the tower, and to the door of one of the recitation or lecture rooms. The right leads to the great staircase, which is a fine piece of workmanship. The main hall leads to large, long room, to be used for chapel or lecture room. Each story is divided alike, giving three large rooms and smaller one. We shall, at an early day, give our readers drawing of the col- lege and plan, which will convey better idea of it than any words of ours. It will then be seen that 1t has been so planned that it may serve hereafter as the main building, by adding wings to it, or by building a similar edifice near it and connecting the two, it will serve as a wing to noble pile of buildings. The view from the upper rooms and from the tower, is magnificent one, bounded by the mountains of north and west Arkansas that stretch across the heavens their line of blue The building will be warmed in winter by stoves or grates, though it seems to us that the plan adopted in other places of dispensing with these things and warming the whole estab- lishment by means of heated air, would be cheaper and more convenient. The large, central, gothic windows in front, should be so altered as to be thrown open, thus afford
Year: 1859

The differences between caucus and a convention are many The latter, compos- ed of delegates, may well declare principles,

 or in the party nomenclature of the day, lay down platform. These, with the candi-

 date selected, are presented for the approv-

 al and support of the members of the party.

 The legislative caucus, last winter, that

 nominated Senator Sebastian, is denounced

 by MT. Hindman, because 1t refused to

 adopt platform or, as he says, because it

 voted down the Cincinnati platform. We have yet to learn that a legislative caucus can bind party by its acts, or that de- claration of principles by it would be enti- tied to any more respect than the opinions of the same number of men elsewhere.- We desire to present to our readers some facts in connection with the re-nomination of Mr. Sebastian. We took no side in the contest between the aspirants for the Sena- torship. Every paper in the State that took any part in it, with the exception of the Southron, Fort Smith Times, the Traveller and, perhaps, one other, opposed the successful aspirant. The merits and demerits of each man were fully and fairly canvassed and in spite of all the opposition

 a majority of Sebastian's friends were elect ed to the legislature He had not only a majority of all the members, but of all the democratic members. The August elec- tions demonstrated that he was the choice of majority of the people. When this fact was ascertained it was evident that to defeat him resort must be had to cunning and trickery. Having majority, his friends had no need of caucus, for his election in the General Assembly would have followed his nomination. It was his opponents who needed a caucus, for in that, and nowhere else, could they hope to defeat him. It was demanded and his friends assented to it, At the beginning of the session and until the day of his election, his enemies were plotting, planning, coaxing, threatening and intreaguing to defeat and set aside the will of the majority. Outsiders, whose personal enmity to Sebastian was known, held secret meetings day after day, night after night, and consulted with the know nothing opponents of his as well as with others This was not all. Mr. Hemp stead's friends throughout the State will be surprised to learn that proposition was made to throw him overheard and unite on another in order to defeat Sebastian. It is true that the caucus voted down the reso- lutions drawn up by dictatoral outsider and framed with view to set aside their choice. But in doing so. they stated that the caucus was not place to lay down a platform for the party. Their action could not bind the party and had they been offer. ed the ten commandments and refused to vote Tor them, 1t could not have affected the truths of religion any more than refusal to readopt democratic resolutions could af-

 feet the truths of democracy They owed

 It to themselves as free white men tc

 spurn dictation from an outsider. who

 was there for the avowed purpose of defeat

 ing the expressed will of the people-wh,
Year: 1859

was there for the undemocratic purpose of substituting his will for the will of the ma iority. He failed, ignobly failed, as he de- served to, and as We pray every demagouge may fail who attempts to ride rough-shod over free people or their representatives.

 The next point sought to be made, is that know nothings were admitted into the eau GUS. If they had been excluded the result would have been the same, or MT. Sebas- tian's majority would have been one less.- It would not have changed the result. If they had such horror of know nothings being received, why in the name of consis- tency did they receive and count the votes of know nothings against MT. Sebastian?

 This warfare against him was begun long before. His crime was that he lived at Helena and was in the way of an aspiring adventurer.

 Had the schemes succeeded and Mr. Se- bastian been defeated, though it had taken the vote of every know nothing in the leg ~lslature to have done 1t, the same men who now denounce the caucus would have extoll- ed and defended it, and sworn as fatly and Justify that it was right and proper, as they now swear to the contrary. The dis grace, if any, that attaches to the demo- cratic party in that affair arises from the ac- tion of outsiders who, protesting to be de- mocrats, undertook to gag and control free men in the discharge of their duty, to set aside the will of the people, to overcome by trickery the will of the majority and who disgraced themselves by their actions and were rendered ridiculous by miserable fail ure. If any man can be found who will deny that if that caucus had defeated Mr. Sebastian, the same men would now praise and defend who condemn it, he ought to be noted as one to whom no falsehood is too. great to utter, or to call whom fool would be basely fattering his intellect.
Year: 1859

SRI have received your letter of the 10th of this month, and also the petition of many citizens of Craighead county, ask. ing how provision may be made for hold ing terms of the circuit court in the new county of Craighead, in the absence of any law fixing the times of holding the circuit court in that county.

 It appears that the General Assembly omitted to fix by law the times of holding the circuit court in Craighead county, but, in section 15 of the act establishing the county it is provided, "That the temporary seat of justice for said county of Craig head shall be at the store of William Pur. year"

 I will now quote from decision of the supreme court of the State of Arkansas, in the case of "Dunn against the State," which you will find on page 252, of volume ?, of cases determined in the supreme court of Arkansas, and printed in the year lS4l, !, "The common law defines a court to be a place where justice is judicially admins tered,' and therefore to constitute court there must be place appointed by law for the administration of justice, and some per son authorized by law to administer jus. tice at that place must be there for that purpose. Then, but not otherwise, there is court, and the judicial power of the State may be there exercised by the judge or person authorized by law to hold it; and 7 the loec prescribe 70 hne for hold;ng Me court, Me judge might laagtuly Hold a when, and as otten, as he chose''

 Taking into consideration all the laws upon the subject, and this decision of the supreme court, it is clear, to my mind, that the judge of the first judicial circuit of the State of Arkansas might lawfully hold terms of the circuit court in Craighead county as often as the public interests shall require the holding of such courts.

 Most respectfully,

 Your ob't serv't,

 ELIAS N. CONWAY.

 LEWIS H. SUTFIN, ESQ, Clerk of Craig head county, Lochbee, Arkansas.
Year: 1859

ing free ventilation and cross currents of air during the summer.

 The principal, with the professors and tutors, are daily expected, and the institu- tion will go into immediate operation. This is noble enterprise, and as it is under the patronage of large and hourishing benevolent society, it cannot fail. Its maintainance is and should be matter of state pride, and we predict that the num- Der of applications for admittance will be as large as to any similar institution at the opening session.