smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

The sad and painful intelligence is con-
firmed Father Slattery is dead Wewould
fain have won him back from the dark shadow
of death in which he had been so long lying
Such prayers as we could in our unworthi-
ness offer went up sincerely in bis behalf lie
was one of our warmest, truest, and noblest
friends. We loved him as a man, respected
him rs a Minister of Christ, and hoped that
he would long live to adorn the position
which he so well and so worthily filled.
But Death has been inexorable, and we must
bow to its stern decree.


Father Slattery was man of uncommon
endowments, and his natural gifts were i'm
proved by culture rare and perfect, for a
man of his age for he was only in his Goth
year when he died. His efforts in the pulpit
were characterized by great vigor of thought
and force of expression, and his controversial
productions for the press showed the man of
intellect and the scholar.


His loss it will be hard to meet. His place
few can supply. And we record his death
with pang no words can express.


A telegraphic dispatch informs us that the
funeral ceremonies at Sacramento will be
performed, today, by the Right Reverend
Bishop Alemany; after which the honored
remains will be brought to this city. Upon
their arrival, high mass will be observed, and
they will then be buried by Father Morris,
under the tower Of the Catholic Church.
Year: 1860

TMBUoroo, October 9, 1860.


EDITOR DEMooRAr-DEAR SIR Il presume
you'll find space in a column of your valua-
ble and widely circulated paper, wherein to
insert small item from "Timbuc" friend
To convince the people in the interior, that
our metropolis is not behind the age, will
give you few particulars, concerning our
late ball, given by Mr.. Landregan at his no.
tel on Block street, opposite Theatre alley
on Friday. October 3. at was O grand and
pleasant affair to be sure. and everybody
present on this occasion must say, that the
proprietor did all in his power to make it so
Dancing for the million" and pretty faces
of the crinoline sex, which are generally
scarce on such occasions, were here in abun-
dance. What shall we say for the supper :?
gotten up under the supervision of Professor
Gadge, gentleman of great ingenuity, it
was undoubtedly the best table ever spread
on this side of the Yuba. Jack Clark, our
Chief Engineer, who acted as floor manager.
was dressed to kill, and never before did he
took SO captivating, as he did that night,
"and he did his business right up to the han
die, you bet" Soon after supper, the CHIEF
was called away, through the ringing of the
fire bell to false alarm in the first district
The Hon. Sam Hoffman then oficiated as
floor manager, and you may rely on it, he
didn't neglect to pay all possible attention to
the fair sex. At in the morning, with a
general expression of satisfaction all round,
the ball closed. But, before the crowd dis
persed, the proprietor cordially invited US to
Partake of glass of Heidsiek, when all glas-
ses were filled, three hearty cheers were Civ
en- for Douglas and johnson and three for the
proprietor. This was the last act in the
great play. Yours, SAD.
Year: 1860

New Dry GooDs Read the advertise.
met of Fletcher & Hobson in this mornings
DEMOCRAT They have just received an
endless variety of Fall and Winter dry goods
Ladies and gentlemen of the most fastidous
tastes ought to find something to just suit
them at Fletcher & Hobson's.
Year: 1860

Much excitement has existed in Saint
Paul during the past few weeks in con-
sequence ofthe disappearance ofa slave
belonging to Mrs. Prince of Mississippi.


We don't believe in Slavery, and re-
joice that Minnesota is free State, but
when people come up here from the
South. and, relying upon the honor and
good faith of our people, bring along
with them their servants, we don't think
1t looks well nor do wo believe it right
for us to interfere and coax off these
servants and then raise the "hue and
cry" of Slavery in Minnesota. Our
Southern friends come here TO spend a
few weeks in the summer, to enjoy our
climate and admire our scenery, and
spend their money. They have been
assured over and over again by the
press and by letters, that they could
bring with them their servants. and tba,
30 lar as our people were concerned
they would not tamper or meddle with
them. They have believed these rep-
reservations, and relying OH their truth.
nave come here with their servants.-l
1hey know as we'll as we do, that under
our law no man can be a slave here.
ahey came with the certain knowledge,
tna' their slaves are free on our SOIL ifl
tney choose to avail, themselves oft l


But they are willing to run that risk


ana we never can join the cry Of "slav--
cry IN Minnesota" on this account
On the contrary we think it looks Too
much like trying to make political
capital" out Of small things. s9a
Year: 1860

Whe copy the following from the St


Paul Times. What tho editor says here


is well said. He says he publishes a


paper according to his idea of right


and justice; and that he will do right


whether it Pleases or displeases We


believe it. The editor ofthe Times en-
Joys reputation for independence ard
sincerity, at least, in his political views.
We are doing as the editor Of the Times
says he is. We are publishing a paper
according to our own views ofright and
1ustise; and look to no man to guide US,
and care for no mans displeasure, sstie
our Judgment to no mans coat-tail, "
and are influenced by no cliques Party
dletatlon we despise, and partizan ran
cor we contemn. We never wear the
mnzzle, and have dislike to paddock
What we think, we say, and it does not
make any difference whether party pcli-
cy says "that never will do" or not
Political winking and shying are not for
US Such enterprises, selfish aims, hy-
pocritical cant, sit t"like a upon
some shoulders but never upon ours
Let those who like that kind of practice,
enjoy it. It will do for a season. II
has, however, an ephemeral existence
and then the people say ''enough Of
1u."


But to the Times article After re-
terrIng to our remarks in relation TO his
publication Of the resolution censuring
this paper. he says


We publish paper according to our
own ideas Of right and Justice. We are
quite willing to hear both sides of oU
questions and then we claim the prerog-
ative of expressing just such an opinion
as we believe to be correct. We tie
our Judgment to no mans coat tail, or
the coat-tail of any party; when we
think we are right, we shall not stop to
inquire whether our course will offend
or please this or that man, but the great
point we wish to reach will be, is it lust
and IN this matte~, as in other matters
we shall endeavor to make this the DOM
lnant idea. We regret that the New
ERA should have given the slightest
cause for want of confidence in its
course. while we equally ragret the
hasty action of our Republican friends.
We reiterate, that it is our belief, that
the NEW ERA is honest in its advocacv
of the election of LINCOLN.
Year: 1860

Lyons snail weighing about lis 40 pounds, be
tween 30 IS Of dark skim dark hair and dark
heavy eye heavy and down
Had when he left dove coioed and blue cotton pants


shos maker trade and is supposed BY to be making hi
Way to Lawrence or Wayne county. junel2
Year: 1860

lie said it in u calm, kind, evenly modulated
voice, but her cars were finely enough chordod
to perceive tho deep emotion that lay beneath.
lie said it, looking down into the dark, soft,
tender brown eyes. " Bat think there is q
providence in our mecting,' he added.


They sat down and talked long together
talked of the times gone by, and Of the causes
that separated them, while thoir hearts beat
only for each other--ol the weary years that
had passed for both Of them since then-of tho
actual present in thor lives.


o have motborless child" he said at last
- q tender little ching that love, and to-day
| find her body purple with bruises from the
cruel hand of q servant Florence, will You be
a mother to that child? You Lave anoble boy
who is slathcrlcss let me be to-hm father
Oh, Florence there his been a great void in
our lives. a dark and impossible river has flow
cd between us for years, But We stand at last
together and if tie old love fills your heart as
it Ills mine, there are golden days for US in the
future"


And 50 it proved. The lady and her son did
not so back to England, but passed to the Nor
chants stately residence, she becoming its mis-
tress, and he finding home there and truor
father than the one he had, in former years cali
cd by the name.


"Do good as you have opportunity" Only
a week before the lads application to the mcr-
chant, had this injunction been urged, in his
hearing, by an eloquent preacher, and the words
coming to his thought, led him to call back the
boy after his cold, almost unkind rcpulse.


Many times he thought of the incident alter
wards, and Of the small event on which such
lifelong issue hung, almost trembling in view
of what he might have lost, had that slight op.
portunity for doing good been neglected.
Year: 1860

A PROTEST AGAINST EARLY RIsINa.-Dr Hall
in the February number of his Journal of Health
says:


One of the very worst economies of the time
is that flched from necessary sleep. The whole
sale but blind commentator of early rising, is
as mischievous in practice as it is errant in the
ory. Early rising is a crime against the noblest
part of our physical nature, unless it is preceded
by an early retiring.


Multitudes of business men in large cities count
it a saving of time if they can make a journey OF
a hundred or two miles at night by steamboat
or railway. 1t is ruinous mistake. 1t never
fails to be followed by want of general well
feeling for several days after, if, indeed, the man
does not return home actually sick, or so near it
as to be unfit for full attention to bis business
for week afterwards.


When man leaves home on business, it is al
ways important be should have his wits about
him that the mind should be fresh and vigor-
GUS, the spirit lively, buoyant and cheerful. No
man can say that it is thus with him after q
night on railroad car or on the shelf of steam
boat.


The first great recipe for sound, connected,
and refreshing sleep is physical exercise. Toll
is the price of sleep.


We caution parents, particularly, not to allow
their children to be walked up OF morning; lei
nature wake them up, she will not do it prema
turely; but have care that they go to bed al
an early hour; let it be earlier and earlier, unit
| it is found that they wake up of themselves in
full time to dress for breakfast. Being walked
up early, and allowed to engage in difficult ol
any studies late and just before retiring, has Civ
en- many beautiful and promising child bralr
fever, or determined ordinary ailments to the
nrodu ction of water on the brain,
Year: 1860

A proud man and an humble one will both
admit that ''hnmility is virtue" Nothing is
more common than similarity of sentiment in
opposite characters. l dare say a fox and a
goose, if they could speak, would both concur
in saying that poultry ought to be we'll fed.
Year: 1860

The following is an hitherto unpublished
speech by successful competitor for the prize
at the Boston skate race q few days slnce:-
"Gentlemen-I have won this cup by the use OF
my legs; trust may never lose the use OF my
legs by the use of this cup"
Year: 1860

az the foot of Rutgers Square, New York She trades
between New York and st. JagO in the Island of Gu
ba The Captain allowed me to use his name, and to
refer to him as evidence for the truth of what is here
set down.
Year: 1860

InanEuFntion Of The Perry Statue.


The following has been adopted by the
proper Committee as the programme of the
Inauguration of the Perry Statue to take place
at Cleveland on the 10th day of September
next it being the 47th Anniversary of the
Battle of Lake Erie.


y 4 ORDER OF PROCESSION. % Z p


Gen Fitch, Grand Marshal of the Day.
Year: 1860

How MAN LOST HIS FORTUNE, HIS WIFE AND
HIS JAw.-Tbe New Orleans correspondent Of the
ST. Louis Republican writes:


Some time ago told you the story of the
Frenchman who married in this city, visited
Paris with his wife and her mother, was arrested
there and thrown into prison for debt from which
he was released by his mother.in-law only at the
sacrifice Of their joint fortune, and was cast off
by his wife. who probably at the instigaton of
her mother) refused to live with him, taunted
him with being pennilcss jai-bird, and return
ing to this city, took measures to obtain divorce.
A decidedly bad streek Of luck. one would think.
but 1t did not end Mt that. Tho wife found
that there still fingered in her bosom certain emo
tions of pity. and perhaps love, for her untortu-
hate husband and the result of q brcfindulgonce
of these aa,ialc feelings was reconciliation. the
withdrawal Of the divorce suit, and the reunion
of the strange pair under the maternal roof
They lived together peaceably enough for time,
but recently the husbond conceived desire TO in
vest the remnant Of his mother nlaw's wealth in
some speculation, n proposition to which she re-
fused her assent In vain he importuned her;
she had faith in neither his business capacity nor
good luck and finally he declared desperately,
that il she would not consent to arrangement
Year: 1860

Es- It is the general wish of all parties that the bitter personal feuds in this State should cease. Nothing would be more gratifying to us. We are determined here after to avoid everything of a personal character, and we believe that the people of Arkansas will sustain us in this course.
Year: 1860

4Aoi1A 1uotlbut1Uu.

 MR EDITOR:

 With your permission. propose to prepare for your paper, short series of articles under the above caption. They will embrace a brief his toric sketch of the efforts made in behalf of the blind, in this and other countries; together with such items ot interest as 1 may be able to glean rom documents, now in my possession, or which may be able to obtain. As this subject will he brought before the legislature during the coming session, and that body be called upon to decide, whether the blind of Arkansas shall remain in their present helpless and dependent condition, or whether, like those of the adjoining states, they shall be furnished with the means of becoming useful and happy, it is hoped that anything which will throw light upon this interesting and import. ant question will not be thought out of place.

 In these papers l shall make free use of the words of others, whenever they appear to suit my purpose better than my own; my only object being to benefit that unfortunate class with whom have been more or less intimately connected for the last twenty five years, and with whose sorrows and joys can most sincerely sympathize.

 Europe and the civilized world are indebted to
Year: 1860

DEATH FROM MSKATINa.-A son Of Mrs. Lewis,
who lives in Canada, just across tho river from
Black Rock, fell on the ice a few days ago


while skating, and received such severe inju-
ries that he died in a short time.
Year: 1860

Nothing can be fully explained. In every de-
partment of knowledge, if We go a few steps from
that which is visible upon the surface, We come TO
absolute mystery which no man can explain. Ask
the most learned surgeon to explain the motion OF
the hand. he tells you that the hand is at one
end of bone which has jDint at the other end
that band of flesh, which he calls muscle is at
tacbed end to this bone and at the other end
to another bone beyond the joint, In such a way
that, when the muscle contracts, the bone moves
upon the joint and carries the hand along. nerve
leads from the brain to the muscle and carries the
influence by which the will acts upon the muscle.
If you ask the surgeon how the brain acts upon the
nerve, and the nerve upon the muscle, he can tell
you no more than the smallest child or the most
ignorant savage can. What the nervous influence
is-wbether it is a fluid or n vibration, or whether
it is something different from either of these-is
known to God, but it is not known by any Of the
children of men.


We see pebble fall to the ground, and we are
told that it is drawn by the attraction of gravta-
ton; but what the attraction of grayitation is
how it reaches up from the earth and takes hold Of
every atom of the pebble and pulls it DOWNS to
an unfathOmed mystery. There must be some
material connection between the stone and the EARTH
This was so plain to Sir Isaac Newton that he re-
garded the person who denied it as incapable Of
comprehending the proposition. But If We pass
our hand between the stone and the earth we can





eyes, and yet We know that there is some matter
interposcd between the two bodies which draws
them together with tremendous power. We know
some OF the properties Of gravitation; we know
that it draws all ponderous bodies together with
force prOpOrtiOned 10 the quantity Of matter which
they contain, and in inverse proportion to the
square of the distance between them. But what
its essence is, and how it takes bold of matter,
no human being has ever learned.


Oxygen is more ready to enter into chemical CON-
bination with zinc than it is with copper but why
this is so not all the chemists In the world can tell
Vast indeed is the amount Of knowledge in regard
to chemical affinity; what substance exhibits its
power with the greatest energy, how it manifests
itself In thousands of curious and complicated and
Wonderful operations. all in accordance with fixed
and infallible laws, have been learned by patient
and laborious study Of many among the greatest in
tellects of our race but what the essence Of chem
ical affinity is, or how il takes hold of the atoms
which it moves, has never been ascertained.


five attempt to understand thoroughly any fact
whatever which comes under our observation, we
shall find that few steps will bring 10 the dark
gulf of profound and unfathomed mystery. Car
lyle says: 81 Sooty Manchester, it too is spanned
by the skyey frmament, and there is Life in it,
and Death in it and it is every whit as unimag-
Unable, as inconceivable, as the Oldest Salem or
prophetic city,"
Year: 1860

The Supreme Court of Vermont


has decided that railroad COMPANY
IS not liable TO one person in lis ser
vice for su injury resulting from
the negligence of fellow servant.
The court held that this exemption
extended TO The conduct Of all the
employees OF the company who are
engaged in the common business Of
operating the road, whatever relation
Or subordination to each other.
Year: 1860

fa


HEART ECHOES-
Old sopgs! they ring upon the brain,
/ Like whispers from the far off spheres
And with their thrilling spell revive
/ The garnered love of bygone years.
What though beneath the sod they lie,
That pale array of bonored dead;
/, In hues immortal round the heart,
Still, still hallowed beam they shed.
Old songs! Inever guessed how large


A space was in this heart of mine,
Till one dull eve by chance found


A well worn book, whose every line
Came back to me as clear as though


But yesterday I'd laid down,
And there found the wish hed-for clue =


That spoke Of days for ever flown.
Oh, when amid the world of doubts,


o. light aud shade in which we stray,
We seek some charm by which to drive


Some temporary grief away,
Let them who love such pleasure. court
The fayorites who entrance the throug;
For me, I'll find homelier scene.


And lul me with some dear old song.
Year: 1860

Oe of the main issues in question
in Mary land at the approaching eIqc-
ton, viii be the manner in which
slave property is taxed. The State
Constitution declares that slaves
shall be taxed as persons, and one
side stands by this prosiso in the
constitution. and tie other on the
other hand is striving TO have this
changed so that slaves may hsnce>
forth be taxed as property.
Year: 1860

There is well in Clay county. In-
diana, which puzzles all philosophers
in those parts. When the wind is
from The South there IS eight feet OF
water in the well; when the wind is
from the North the well goes dry.
This is phenomenon Of more than
usual interest.
Year: 1860

WORKING Our HIS FINE "A man
in Springfield, Ill, said to be worth
$4,000, is working in the streets OF
that city to pay a fine of Sl3, levied
upon him for being accessory TO
keeping a house Of ill-fame. 1t will
take over twenty days to square bis
account.
Year: 1860

Too MuCH STUDY.-Tne School
Committee have forbidden the as
signment Of lessons for study out
Of school in the Boston school for
girls The city ply sician had b.
come convicted Of the alarming evils
resulting from such studies.
Year: 1860

The only species Of tree which
abounds here is the slippery elm
These trees are SO slippery that e
squirrel can't climb them without
dipping his paws in Spalding's Pre-.
pared Glue, small bottle Of which
he always carries suspended about
bis neck. There are a few maple
trees here, but no sugar is made, as
nothing but oil runs oct when they
are tapped.
Year: 1860

DEBTOR AND CREDITOR There are
two classes in society. those wbo
owe money and those 20 whom it is
owed. The latter class, the capital
lists, are commonly considered to
occupy the most enviable position;
hut in seeing the way in which bank
rnpts sometimes live, one is tempted
TO think that .hose who live on the
interest Of their debts enjoy more Of
the luxuries Of life than those who
live on tbe interest Of their debt.
ors. ENs
Year: 1860

c. Prentice, of the Louisville Journal,
puts some very pertinent questions to the
wordy chaps who are constantly threatening
secession and disunion. He asks them for
what will they secede or dissolve? Is it
because tie people of the Territories are not
to be forced to have slavery when they do not
want it? Is it because of the passage of a law
by Congress to keep slavery out of the Terri
tories? If they are to dissolve the Union at
all. he argues, it must be on one of these
points, for, as he truly observes, these are the
only real issues presented in the present
aspect of our national politics, so far as the
question of slavery is concerned.
Year: 1860

The election of Forney to the Clerkship
of the House places him right where "Old
Buck' will stumble over him every time he
goes to take a look through the Capitol. II
is severe rebuke to the President, and We
don't think his meditations can be of the
serenest and saintliest characteriwhen he sees
his ex-friend occupying so high position
right under his nose.
Year: 1860

CT Memorials to the General Assembly,
like the following, are in circulation in this
State, and numerously signed:


"The undersigned, portion of your con
stituents, beg respectfully to urge upon your
consideration the expediency of so changing
the Revenue System as to exempt from Tax
alton all permanent improvements made upon
the soil of the State, and limit the Taxes for
all revenue purposes to the personal property
and the lands and town lots of the State, dis
tinct from the improvements, which are in a
more peculiar sense the products of labor,
industry, and enterprise Of the people, which
We believe ought not to be taxed for the ben
eft of the speculator and nonresident free.
holders, who purchased millions of acres Of
land of the State to be sold again on specula.
ton, after the lands have been made valuable
by the enterprise and Improvements of the
resident free-holders = this to US appears
unjust towards the citizens of the State, and
can at least be partially remedied by so levy
ing the tax as to exempt improvements, which
would equalize the burthens of Taxation
between the resident and citizen and non
residents, which is but just and fair, ant
which we ask may be done now"
Year: 1860

No DANGER-The Toledo Herald hopes
never to see the Democratic party achieve
such disastrous victory" as the election of
Pennington. There is no danger that they
will achieve victory of any kind. But what
were they aiming at when they tried to elect
Know Nothing Smith Speaker?
Year: 1860

C.EAH1SG SILVER ORNANENT3,--li
you would restore the virgin "bioom
to your silver ornaments, cut some
fakes Of white curd soap, and put them
into a saucepan Of water to simmer
You must then sew the ornaments up in
a muslin bag. and place them in the
liquid for about ten minutes whilst on
the fire.