smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

VEINS.


To THADDEUs STEVENS, Chairman of the Commit


tee on Ways and Mcans:


SIR: Why is it that corporations called
"banks" escape Federal taxation? Why
should they not be taxed three per cent. on
their manufactures, as well Us other in
terests? We are taxed three per cent. on
the white paper and all other paper We use
in our business three per cent. on all
the advertising We do-three per cent.
on all the job printing we ex-
ecute. We hare to pay dealers license
for the privilege Of selling our papers to
customers, and every article we use in our
business, such as ink, glue, oil, coal, is also
taxed; and five should happen at the end
Of the year to have any income left uncon-
sumed by taxes, that, too, will be taxed
three per cent. ..


We ask you where is the justice in
grinding newspaper In this style for the
support Of the Government, and letting
the "debt factories" called banks, 60 scot
free? Those favored corporations enjoy
the extraordinary privilege of drawing in
terest on their own debts, while other men
have to pay interest on what they owe.
But in addition to this astonishing privi-
lege, they are also exempted from taxation.
Other people must pay three per cent. on
their business, but the debt-making shops go
clear. In the name Of right and justice, we
protest against the continuance of such
paHiality as an outrage on the community,
and ask in their name, that it be corrected.


Perhaps you reply: If We tax the "debt
factories" the same as other manufacturers,
they will withdraw from the business and
retire their issues. Very we'll, suppose they
do. Cannot Secretary Chase step forward
and fill thevacuum thus created with ''grcen
backs?" The shops called banks have two
hundred millions Of their debts ahoat on
which the uttcrers are drawing about
fourteen millions Of interest per annum.
If they, rather than pay their taxes for the
support Of Government, shall retire their
issues, the Secretary Of the Treasury will
then be able to issue two hundred millions
Of legal tender notes on which the people
will have to pay no interest, but which will
save the Government fifteen millions Of in
terest that otherwise must be paid On bor-
rowed money. We submit that the people
could stand these savings of fourteen mil
lions Of interest paid to the banks, and
fifteen millions Of extra taxes that must be
paid to the Government if that sum has to
be borrowed by issuing bonds.


Butyou may reply, that proposition in
troduccd by you, to make the debt factories
i G. banks taxes like other people,
would not pass Congress. We answer, try
it on and see. We are sure that quite
number Of Western Republicans will cor
daily vote for it, and any Republican will
make an ugly, dangerous record for himself
who opposes it. Besides, we want the
fifty odd Democratic and Conservative"
gentlemen in the House, md the fifteen in
the Senate, to show their hands on this i'm
portant question. Let them vote against
the amendment if they dare-their con
stituents will dispense with their future
services if they cast such vote, We
want the trimmers and skulkers made to
toe the mark. We want justice done to
the people. Respectfully yours


EDITORS TRIBUNE,
Year: 1863

TIE ;IRos-CIAps.-Order have been re-
ceiycd ut Jersey City from Washington to
push forward with oil possible dispatch the
work on the Ericsson battery Weehawken,
that she may be ready for sea at an early kay.
Large gangs Of men are at work on tho vessel
day and night, in order to have her completed
at the earliest possible moment. Tie other
iron~clad vessels building there arc also being
constructed as rapidly as possible. The Ca
manche, intended for the Pacific coast, will be
finished in about four weeks.
Year: 1863

The pursuit after staff officers, not on
stafs, to crafty the troublesome curiosity Of
the Senate, would lead, if persisted in, to
Europe, in the case Of one captain, who Is
probably spending in the cafe Of the Pro-
vincial Brothers, the money he was supposed
to be earning monthly on the Rappahannoek
has led to law office in Cincinnati, and
discovered another captain, in full prnctice at
the bar Of that city, and in the full practice Of
drawing his pay every thirty days! It would
be o mild punishment Of this warrior to
change his name BY act Of Congress, and
have him known hereafter at the bar and In
the army Us Sally Brass.
Year: 1863

From the number Of wagon loads of corn
tha. are being delivered a. our Depot every
day. We should think our Quartermaster, Can
tain Fenabie, at this place, is meeting with
considerable success. in tho way CT proeu, ing
corn for the Army Of Virginia. Every far
r'sr who has any 10 epare appears to be awake
to the demands Of his country. There is an
abundance Of wheat in our District, aud the
corn crop now. We may safely say. is made
which will be very heavy. There is but one
portion Of our District that We hear any com
paint from relative to the corn crop-every
other section has produced as good crop a.
the land is capable Of growing Therefore ole
A'heville will soon be able to contribut largel,
to the necessities of our army, in the way o
corD, at least.
Year: 1863

had friend in youth,


My purse and my heart to share,
And no brother could be more true than he
For my fortune then was fair
But when it grew clouded he left me-
Fled like bird in the air;
And the world was dark, so dark


For the rain rain'd everywhere
had true love, too,


A maiden with soft brown hair;
The clasp of her hand was warm in mine
And her eyes had loving shine
For my fortunes then were fair


But now she, too, has left me
To battle alone with care;


And the world is dark dark, dark,
And the rain rains everywhere!
Year: 1863

Mayst Thou die among thy Kindred
When death-dews are falling


On thy pallid brow,
And the hearts mystic fountain
Is ceasing to flow,
When a strange chill is creeping
Der every limb,
And thine eyes soft lustre


Is fast growing dim
May kindred be round thee,
And loved ones be nigh,
To soothe thy Affections,


And breathe sigh for sigh.
Bright skies may bend DER thee,
Fair lands may surround
Kind friends to attend thee


May ever be found.
Yet when thou art summoned


To tread the lone way,
To pass through the valley


Where dark shadows stay,
Thoul't yearn for the presence
Of those early loved,
And list for the voices


Of friends thou hast proved.
o, then amongst kindred


May'st yield up thy breath
And lie down with thy fathers
In the still halls of Death.
Year: 1863

BEST TINE TO SLEEP.-Two colonels
in the French army had dispute whether
it was most safe to march in the heat Of
the day, or at evening. To ascertain this
point, they got permission from the COM
manding officer to put their plans into
execution. Accordingly, the one, with
his division, marched during the day,
although in the heat Of summer, and
rested all night; the other slept in the
day, and marched during the evening
and part Of the night The result was,
that the first performed journey Of six
hundred miles without losing single
man or horse, while the latter lost most OF
his horses and several Of his men.
Year: 1863

BUYING APPLES OF A SECEsH WON
ANA correspondent Of the Chicago
Eoonjng Journal tells the following good
story, relative to our troops trading with
an Arkansas woman:


"Confederate money is the onl J thing
that can be used here, except specie.
Green backs won't 90 the people think
them worth less than the paper they are
printed on 1t is truly astonishing to
sec what confidence they have in their
rebel shinplasters. One morning, some
of our soldiers went to the house Of a
wealthy citizen (rebel,) TO purchase ap-
pies. The lady replied that she would
mot take our money in payment, nor
would she sell to Fed This blockaded
the game, and the large pile of fine
apples in the cellar remained untouched
But an idea struck one of the boys, and he
resolved to have some apples by strategy
The general had given orders that moth
ing in the houses should be molested !;
hence strategy must be resorte0 to. One
of the soldiers was stripped Of his uni
form and clothed in the socesh garb of
'butternut.' A small pile Of confederate
shinplasters in his pocket properly pre-
pared him for the enterprise. Two sold
icrs with fixed bayonets, marched him to
the kind lady house as a prisoner. The
prisoner then told his tale Of suffering,
not only Of himself, but Of his compan-
ions and prisoners. The good lady SYM
pathized deeply with him, and sold a
bushel Of apples for fifty cent confed-
crate shinplaster. The prisoner should
cred the apples, and the guard marched
him into camp. The strategy worked,
and the boys are now doing thriving
business with fifty cent shinplasters, and
manufactured prisoners, to the complete
conquest Of the rebel apple pile. How
long before the old lady will smell rat
is yet to be seen"
Year: 1863

In THE LAST EXTREMITY. ~ Ihe
wretched straights, says the Louisville
Journal, that the rebels are put to ior
fighting men are evident from the Tact
that they have resorted to third con
scription to include all men between the
ages of As and 55, jeff Davis having
proclaimed that the maintenance Of the
Confederacy depends upon the raising
of seventv-fve or hundred thousand
fresh recruits within the next few weeks.
The rebel President said ''the next two
months" and this was said some weeks
ago.


Now no one who understands the SUB
iect at all, can suppose it possible Tor
the new conscription Of old men to fur,
nish seventy-fve or hunGre thousand
men or any thing like that number
From IS to So is old age in the South ti ];
indeed pretty old age anywhere; Inc
two first Southern conscriptlons having
exhausted the class of young men ana
the class of middle aged men, the rebels
themselves cannot and do not expect
much from their conscription Of a class
regarded in all countries as past military
duty.
Year: 1863

PoIsoNoUs RYE CoFFEE-A German
family, consisting of eight individuals,
in New York city, were all taken sick
at once, about week ago. 4 physician
having been called in, he pronounced
them suffering from the effects OF pois-
on. Upon examination, itappoared that
they had been in the habit Of using rye
coffee, which they had Obtained for
twelve cents per pound. This coffee,
upon being subjected to a chemical an
alyzation, was found to be mixed with
some poisonous weeds, which had prob
ably grown in the same field. None OF
the family are III danger, and they are
all recovering. AS rye coffee is daily
becoming more generally used, it be-
hooves all who partake Of it to see that
it is pure.
Year: 1863

SOMETHING NEw-A plan has just
been tried on the Northern Railway, in
England, for receiving the letter-bags at
the intermediate stations without stop
ping the train. By means Of a ring the
bag is attached to post on the line, the
engine is provided with rod so disposed
as to catch the ring, and thus carry off
the letters. By similar contrivance
bags are left by the train, when necess-
ary,
Year: 1863

The estate of Matrimony' is one
Of the United States tits bounded by a
rino on one sideand cradle on the other.
The climate is sultry till you pass the tro-
MICS Of housekeeping, when squally
weather sets in with such power as to
keen all hands as cool as cucumbers,
For the principal roads leading to this 5
interesting state, consult the first pair OF
blue eyes you run against
Year: 1863

AcclDENT-A young man named J ohm
Paynter, while at the German Brewery
in this city a few days since, got his right
hand cought in some of the machinery,
BY which he lost the thumb and a por-
ton Of each finger Of the unfortunate
hand -IrjJ3Re.
Year: 1863

WATER PRooF BooT SoLEs, The
Scientific Amerjcan says if hot tar is
applied to boot soles, it will make them
water proof Let It be as hot as the
leather will bear without injury, apply
ING it with swab and drying it in by
fire. The operation may be repeated
two or three times during the winter, if
necessary. 1T makes the surface Of the
leather quite hard, so that itwears longer,
as well as keeping out the water.
Year: 1863

THE INVENTOR OF INK-The Chi
nese think that the inventor of ink was
one Of the greatest men that ever lived
that he enjoys a blessed Immortality,
and is charged with keeping an account
Of the manner in which all ink is used
here below, and for every abuse of it he
records black mark against the ofen'
der.
Year: 1863

nn Everything useful or necessary IS
cheapest. Walking the most wholesome
exercise water the best brink; and plain
food the most nourishing and healthy
diet. Even in knowledge, the most
useful is the easiest acquired.
Year: 1863

sEThe Secretary of the Navy has
received voluminous dispatches from
Rear Admiral Dupont, il reference to
the attack on the blockading fleet off
Charleston. The officers commanding
the various vessels Of the blockading
feet make the following statement:


"We deem It our duty to say that the
result as published il the Charleston pa
pers are false in every particular. No
vessels were sunk and none were set on
fire. Two vessels alone were injured
the Mercedita and Key Stone State
After the firing had ended the blockade
continued as before No vessel ran in
or out this port that day, nor was any
attempt made to run the blockade These
are the facts and we do not hesitate to
state that no vessel came out beyond
the bar after the return Of the rams be-
tween Z and S P. n. to the cover Of the
forts.
Year: 1863

KEEPING Garages We have no reason
to change our old mode of keeping cabbaGcs
through the winter; and to those who have
not stored theirs we again commend it rs all
that is desirable. Take up the cabbage by
the roots-set it closely together in rows up
to the head in soil, roots do,cn the same as
it grows-driye in posts at the corners OF the
bed and intermediate spaces it necessary.
higher one side than the other-nail strips
of board, lath or anything else that will ans
wer on these posts-lay upon these old boards,
doors, or if you have nothing else bean poles
and corn fodder. so that the roofwill be clear
Of the cabbage and allow the air to circulate
CLOSE up the sides with yard or garden otlal
Of any kind-and your cabbages will keep
all winter, fresh and green. and be accessible
at all times, or nearly so, the frost not being
nearly so severe under this protection as in
exposed places. We have pursued this plan
for years and 1t has always given satisfaction
Remember, exclude moisture never mind
the frost, which is benefit rather than an
injury. Germantown Telegraph.
Year: 1863

honor you. John Bright
With your head up In the light,
In your honest English might
Standing forth for Truth aud Right;


You're man
And that's q good deal said,
In these days of strife and dread
Days OF manlincss stark dead,


Or stark mad.
Year: 1863

CONDITION of DIxrE.-A letter from vicks-
burg says that never since the history Of this
unfortunate war, has there been such dcstitu-
tion and dependency South as now. Tho
vigorous enlistments in the North and the
hearty support Of tho Government, would
crush them in this vicinity, and thoy would
never have an opportunity Of seeing another
battle. They have dcspaired Of being able
to defend themselves. They hope for no for.
cign Intervention and Northern sympathy.
The troops ut Canton are without shoes or
blankets, and they hava no mcans Of trans
portation except such as the railroad affords.
When they capture one Of our men, the irst
thing they do is to search his haversack.-
His pocket receives the next attention. IL
they were satisfied Of united North the war
would end. This is what the Confederate
troops say.
Year: 1863

An English engineer has invented q printing
press which will print $4,000 sheets off newspa''
per on both sides in an hour, The paper from
which it prints is on tho web on the reel, and
after passing under the type is cut in sheets. The
machine does without feeding and the reel Of
paper that it feeds from is uDwound by its own
action.
Year: 1863

Sidney Smith, in his work on Moral
Philosophy, speaks in this wise Of what
men lose for want Of little brass, as it
is termed: t..


"a great deal of talent is lost. to the
world for the want of little courage!
Every day sends 10 their grave number
of obscure men, who have only remained
in obscnrity because their timidity has
prevented them from making first eff
fort, and who, if they could only have
been induced to begin, would, in all
probability, have gone great lengths in
the career Of fame. The fact is, that in
order to do anything in the world worth
doing, we must not stand shrivering on
the bank, and thinking Of the cold and
danger, utjump in and scramble through
as well as we can. 1t will not do to
be perpetually calculating risks and ad /
justing nice chances it did all very well
before the food, when man could
consult his friends upon an intended
publication for a hundred and fifty years,
ana tnen i've TO see itS success 1Of SIX
or seven centuries afterwards; but at
present man waits and doubts, and
consuIts his brother, and his uncle, and
his first cousin, and his particular friends,
till one day he finds that he is sixty
five years of age; that he has lost much
time in consulting first cousins and par
ticular friends; that he has no more
time to follow their advice. There is
so little time for oyersqueamishness at
present, that = opportunity slips away.
The very period Of life at which man
chooses to venture, if ever, is SO confined
that it is no bad rule to preach up the
necessity, in such instances, Of a little
violence done to the feelings, and Of eff
forts made in defiance Of strict and So
ber calculations.
Year: 1863

We doubt if better argument for i'm
proved agriculture can be given than is
found in the speech Of an Indian Chief
to his tribe in the far West IT rer
thus:


'Do you not see the whites living up
on seeds, while we eat flesh? That the
flesh require thirty moons to grow up,
and is then often scarce? That dach OF
the wonderful seeds they SOW in the
earth returns them a hundred fold
That the flesh on which we subsist has
four legs to escape while we have but
two legs to pursue and capture it
That the grain remains where the white
man puts it, and grows? The winter
with US is the time for laborious hunt
ing-to them period Of rest? For
these reasons they have so many chill
dren and live SO much longer than we
do. | say, therefore, unto every one
that will hear me, that before the cedars
Of our village shall have died down
with age, and the maple trees Of the val
ley have ceased to give US sugar, the
race OF little corn sewers will have ex-
terminated the race of flesh eaters, pro-
vided their huntsmen do not resolve to
become sewers"


History shows the truth of these pro-
phetic words.
Year: 1863

The following extract from a letter
written by private in the Union army
on the Potomac, contains so much good
sense that we cannot refrain from CIV
ing it place in our columns ::


have been the most favored of all
the company, and have often been told
that there was not single man in it
that stood his ground like myself |
followed certain rules


Kept myself clean, and got my
clothes washed every week at all times
when practice BE-


2 Ate nothing but the regular army
rations, except occasionally few apples
and vegetables.


3 Left whiskey and tobacco alone at
all times.


4 | trusted God for health and
strength, and for the aid Of his support
ing hand in all trouble; and he has not
failed to sustain me. For this [ have
nothing to return but my humble thanks
and a willino heart in his ser1ico, saade
so by his grace in answer TO many pray
ers


These are the best rules for soldiers
life we have seen. They look to the
welfare of beth body and soul. They
prove the truth of that Scripture which
saith, Goodness is profitable unto all
things" If every soldier would adopt
them, how blessed would be the expert
ence Of our armies! How happy the
hearts of those who write letters How
happy the homes to which they come.
A firm faith in God fits us fol the life
that now is, and gives glorious prom
ise Of that which is to come Cultivate
it, seek it and be favored.-,S. S. Times.
Year: 1863

The proportions of the human figure
are strictly mathematical. The whole
figure is six times the length OF the foot
Whether the form be slender or plump
this rule holds good. Any deviation
from it is departure from the highest
beauty proportion. The Greeks made
all their statues according to this rule
The face, from the highest point Of the
forehead, where the hair begins, to the
chin, is one-tenth of the whole stature
The hand from the wrist to the middle
finger is the same The chest is one
fourth and from the nipple to the Sor
of the head is the same. From the top
of the chest to the highest point Of the
forehead is one-seventh. IF the length
OF the face, from the roots Of the hair
to the chin, be divided into three equal
parts, the first division determines the
place where the eyebrows meet, and the
second the place where the nostrils.
The navel is the central part Of the hu-
man body, and if man should lie on
MS bacf with his arms extended, the
periphery of the circle which might be
described around him, with the naval
for its centre, would touch the extremi-
ties OF his hands and feet. The height
from the feet TO the top Of the head is
the same as the distance from the ex-
tralaity of the fingers when the arms
are extended.
Year: 1863

He who has home, has not the
sweet pleasure of life he feels not
the thousand endearments that clus-
ter about the hallowed spot to ELL the
void Of an aching heart and vile away
its leisure moments in the sweetness of
life's joys. Is misfortune your lot, you
will find a friendly welcome from hearts
beating true to your own. The chosen
partner Of your toll has a smile Of APP
probation when others have deserted, a
heart to feel your sorrows as her own.
Perhaps smiling cherub, with prattling
glee and joyous laugh, will drive all sor,
row from your csreworn brow, and en-
close it in wreaths of domestic bliss.


No matter how humble the house may
be, how destitute its stores, or how poor
ly its inmates are clad if true hearts
dwell there, it is yet home-a cheerful
prudent wife, obelient and afectionate
children, will give their possessor more
real JOY than bags Of gold and windy
honor


The home of a temperate, Industrious
honest man, will be his greatest joy
He comes to it weary and worn but
the sound Of the merry laugh and happy
voice of childhood cheers him-a plair
but healthy meal await him. Envy
ambition and strife have no place there
and, with clear conscience, he lays hi:
weary limbs down to rest in the bosom
of his family.
Year: 1863

PRAYER-FiIl up the void spaces
Of your time with meditation and prayer.


They are the safest who are most in
their closets; who pray, not to be seen
Of men, but to be heard Of God.


1t is a comfort to Christians apart to
think their prayers meet before throne
Of grace; and their persons shall meet
before throne of glory.


There wants nothing but believing
prayer to turn promise into perform
ance.


God is great God, and therefore he
will be sought; he is good God, and
therefore will be found.


The breath of prayer comes from the
life af faith.


Whatever you want, 90 to God by
faith and prayer, in the name of Christ.
and never think his delays are denials


They that spend their days in faith
and prayer, shall end their days in peace
and comfort. j MASON.