smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864

Mace Sloper, Esq, in the Knickerbocker,
tells the following story: There was
a fellow once stepped out of the door of a
tavern on the Mississippi meaning to take a
walk mile up the shore to the next tavern.
Just at the landing there lay big raft-one
of the regular ld-fashioned Whalers-a raft
mile long.


Well, the fellow heard the landlord say the
raft was a mile long, and he said unto himself
81 will 60 forth and see this great wonder,
and let mine eyes behold the timber which
the hand of man hath hewn." So he got on
the lower end and began to ambulate over
the wood in pretty fair time. But just as he
walked up the river it walked down, both
travelling at about the same rate. When he
got at the end of the sticks, he found they
were pretty near shore: so he landed and
walked straight into the bar-room he had
come out of. The general sameness of things
took him a little aback, but he looked the
landlord straight in the face and settled it
in his own way:


publican" said he, ''are yeu gifted with
any twin brother, who keeps a similar sized
tavern, with duplicate wife, comporting
wood pile, and corresponding circus bills a
mile off from here"


The tavern-keeper was fond of fun, and ac-
cordingly said it was just so.


"And publican, have you, among your
dry goods, for the entertainment of men and
beast, any whiskey of the same size as that of
your brothers 2"


And the tavern man said that from the
rising of the sun even to the going down ofthe
same he had.


They took drinks, when the stranger said :


publican, that twin brother of yours is a
mighty fine mana very fine man indeed
But, do you know, I'm afraid he suffers a
good deal with the Chicago diptheria p


"And what is that p asked the toddy
sticker.


"It is when truth settles so firm in a man
that none of it ever comes out. Common
doctors of the catnip sort, called it lying
When [ left your brothers confectionery
there was a raft at his door, which he swore
his life was a mile long. Well, publican,
walked that raft from bill to tail, from his
door to your'n. Now I know leg time, and
I'm just as good for myself as for hoss, and
better for that than any you ever did see.-
I always walk mile in exactly twenty min
utes on a good road, and I'll be busted with
an overloaded Injun gun if I've been morn n
ten minutes coming here, stepping over the
blamed logs at that.
Year: 1864

PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION. is the ig-
norance of every day things which makes
our scholars the sport of your rough business
men. They get plundered in the market
and cheated in the store. They are taken
advantage of by the grocer, and imposed
upon by their butcher. Conscious of their
ignorance of what many wide awake eight
year old is familiar with, they shrink from
coming in contact with men in business ways
and go through life one-sided. We do not
believe it would hurt statesman to know
how to sew on button or handle hammer.
We are sure that no divine will be worse for
being familiar with the secrets of the kitch-
en- and the pantry; and we are quite certain
it does not hurt an editor to be a Judge of
-four or good beef Our is a practical people
and we need a more thorough every day ed
ucation of our young men and young women.
The highest society is the most thoroughly
selfkeeping 1t is compatible with the
highest culture to be able to wait upon ones
self For ourselves, we would as soon be hand
ed over to the auctioneer as be dogged by a
valet. But in order to free men from oppo-
sition and fit them for every day duties they
must be trained to them in their youth. A
child will learn by observation and by touch
a thousand things in his early years without
effort, which it would take weeks of hard la
Dor to secure at a later period.
Year: 1864

The following conundrum was perpelEaIcd
at one OF our hospitals yesterday:


What creatures took the smallest amount Of
baggage along when they entered the Ark!


Answer. The Cock and the Fox, they had
Year: 1864

WE have considerably enlarged The DAILY OHIO
STATESMAN, and now print it on plain au hand
sone new type, and clear white paper.
I'm Politics, TIE ONO STATESMAN sin WaIas II
Peace for the Country for the Constitution and oi
Union of equal States with equal privileges, anHr
with equal and exact Justice to all its citizens. We
,rtfor tho Old Flag with not Star Stripe erased
and the Old Union far possible to restore it,
aud or the existing Constitution in its spirit letter
nd purpose.


Upon the coming events of the year, rest the hopes
f the Ieople and Government. We are in the midst
Of bloody and protracted civil war. Its duration
and close depend upon wise. truer and more patri-


Q Policy than we have seen during the present Ad-
ninistration. Wsowe it to the menory OF our Faith


and to the hopes Of our Children the future Of
,ur Country and to the best interest OF mankind. to
,hanpe Policy which is drifting farther and lar
her from the landmarks of our patriotic sires.


TIE STATESMAN will do all it can to aid in bring
ing about this change; and hence the Publishers in
yite support and encouragement from all those who
while wishing for a good NEWSPAPER, also wish to
have q sound Constitutional journal.


Wepublish paper in which we seek to give the
truth. Our Commercial Reports, our Markets, our
Political and General News carefully freed from
.he ensational character, and We seek to make The
STATESMAN trustworthy in every particular.


For News, for Instruction. for Good Morals. for
Sound Political Sentiments, for Steady Defense OF
American Institutions. Take, Road and help to Cir
,ulate, THE OHIO STATEsMAN.


The WEEKLY OHIO STATESMAN is one OF the
argest, cheapest, and best printed Papers in the
West. Each number contains a complete resume Of
1.-THE Military and Political news of the week. the
atcst telegraphic and market reports carefully
prepared collection of literary reading for the hom'
and family; and an abundance Of paragraphs upor
every topic of interest or Importance. The Wid'
circulation already obtained by this paper is an ev
aence of its popularity and Of its being adapted u
the wants of the people.
Year: 1864

81 could not look in the face Of my gal
liant comrades Of the army and navy, who
have survived so many bloody battles, and
tell them that their labors and the sacri
fee OF so many of our slain and wounded
brethren had been in vain; that we had
abandoned that Union for which we have
so often periled onr lives" No Clelian' s
Letter Of Acceptance.


And yet he accepts a nomination upon
a platform and by party that tells them
that very thing. How can he look them in
the face after that?
Year: 1864

j. rom The New ork News.


The columns of this paper bear witness
that we have lsbored to harmonize the
Democratic party. Whatever concession
we could make that did not involve a sac
rifice of the immut able principle to which
this journal is dedicated, we have granted
Our most fervent desire was TO see con-
summated the unity and concord of the
Democracy 10 this Presidential campaign.
Believing that the life of Republicanism
depended upon this issue. we made every
effort to conciliate the conflicting senti-
ments that were arrayed in opposition to
the present Administration; for we believed
that the defeat of Mr.. Lincoln would re-
move the chief obstacle to peace


But. above all the claims of expediency,
the principle to which we are irrevocably
bound sways absolutely. and demands our
fidelity beyond all other considerations
We have matared and strengthened the
peace sentiment from its germ. We have
been faithful to it throughout the ordeal it
has passed. an ordeal that it could not
have survived if within its own essence it
had not possessed the elements of eternal
ilie, thc tfutn tuat may Ue DRiucn out not
destroyed. To that principle that is the
guide of our political action throughout
this crisis, and that commands the journal
we have devoted to its interests, we are
linked by bond that cannot be loosened.
AS we stood by it steadfastly, when to do
SO was to court persecution and to invite
oppression. we shall surely not desert it
now. in the day Of its strength, when, in
fact. it rules the political situation. The
suffrages of the Peace men are essential to
the triumph Of the Democracy; but the
Peace men cannot give their sufrages in
violation of their principles. To be true,
thei efore, to the Democracy, We must in
sist that its principle be honestly repre-
sented in this canvass and fairly put at is
sue at the polls. ....fQrIi "a. ,.-,.-s


The Daily News, however great its ia
fuence among those that accept it as the
organ, Of their political creed. could not
render that Influence available in support
of the doctrine of armed coercion Of the
States, and if it could it would not. We
earnestly hope that the States may be re-
Year: 1864

We print this week leader from the
New York News, and letteR from the
Editor of the Metropolitan Record. of thst
city, both taking ground agaf,st General
Mcclellan since Ibis letter Of acceptance
was published. although they were previ-
ously supporting him on the Chicago plat
form. These articles show the deception
of the Chicago tricks,ers, and prove that
the design of the men who constructed the
platform, was to acknowledge the indie.
pendence of the Sonth. The News is so
intensely rebel that it bolts the domination
as soon as doubt appears that the success
of the Chicago nominations might not re.
sult in a permanent disruption of the
Union. 1t was willing to be party to a
fraud on the people. but does not mean to
run the risk of being cheated itself.
Year: 1864

No vocabulary can furnish language
sufficiently strong in commentator Of that
excellent and indispensable article known
as tie J. Monroe Taylor Gold Medal Soap.
The lady having aught to do in any houses
hold department, from the wash tub to the
finest needle work. should not fail to sup.
ply herself with q years stock. 1t only
requires person to use it once to use their
whole life. Most of the grocers sell it.
Year: 1864

DR.. Lardner says :--"It is a startling
fact that it the earth were depeD dent
alone upon the sun for heat, it would
not get enough to keep existence in ami


NAL and vegetable life upon its surface.
II results from the researches of Pouillet
that the stars furnish heat enough in
the course of the year to melt crust of
ice seven'v-fve feet thick-almost as
much as is supplied by the sun. This
may appear strange when we consider
how immeasurably small must be the
amount of heat from any one of those
distant bodies. But the surprise van
ishes when we remember that the whole
armament is so thickly sown with stars,
that in some places thousands are
crowded together within a space nc
greater than that occupied by the full
moon. The eye can not see moro than
thousand at the same time in the
clearest heaven, yet the number isprob
ably infinite From the first to thu
sixth magnitude inclusive, the tota
number Of visible stars is 3, 3,129."
Year: 1864

In one of the fierce engagements with
the rebels near Mechanicsville in May
last, young Lieutenant of a Rhode
Island Battery had his right foot so
shattered by a fragment of she'll that,
on reaching Washington after one of
those horrible ambulance rides, and a
journey of weeks duration, he was
obliged to undergo amputation of the
leg. He telegraphed home hundreds of
miles away that all was going well, and
with soldiers fortitude composed him
self to bear his suff0rings alone.


Unknown to him, however, his mother,
one of those dear reserves of the army,
fastened up to join the main force
She reached the city at midnight, and
the nurses would have kept her from
him till morning. One sat by his side
tanning him as he slept, her hand on
the feeble fuctuating Pulsations which
foreboded sad results. But what wo-
mans heart could resist the pleadings
of mother then In the darkness she
was finally allowed to glide in and take
the place at his side. She touched his
pulse as the nurse had done not WORD
had been spoken, but the sleeping boy
opened his eyes and said, "that feels
like my mothers ha md who is this be-
side meP 1t is my mother turn up the
gas aud let me see mother


The two dear faces met in one long,
joyful, sobbing embrace, and the fond
ness pent up in each heart sobbed and
painted, and wept forth it's expression


The gallant fellow, just twenty one,
his leg amputated on the last day of his
three years service, underwent opera
tion after operation, and at last, when
death drew nigh, and he was told by
fearful friends that it only remained to
make him comfortable, said che had
looked death in the face too many times
to be afraid now" and died rs gallantly
as did the men Of the Cumberland
TCor. N. Y. Post.
Year: 1864

The Fortune Teller. ~s


The following are some Of the super
stitons Of the past;


January.--He that is born in the
month of January will be laborious, aud
lover Of good vine, be very subject to
fidelity, yet be will be complacent and
withal a 6oe singer. The woman born
in this month, will be a prudent house
wife, rather melancholy but yet good
tempered.


February.-The man born in the
month of February will love money
much, but ladies more, be will he stingy
at home, but prodigal abroad. The lady
will be humane and affectionate to her
mother. ...... .. ........


March.-The man born in the month
of March will be rather handsome he
will be honest and prudent, he will die
poor. The lady will be jealous, passion
ate and a chatter-box. ,.......


April.--The man who has the mis-
fortune to be born in the month of
April will be subject to maladies he
will travel to his disadvantage, for he
will marry rich heiress, who will make
what, no doubt you understand The
lady Of this month will be tall and stout,
with agreeable wit and great talk
May.-The man born in the month
of May will be handsome and amiable
he will make his wife happy. The lady
will be equally blessed in every respect


June.-The man born in the month
of juno will be of small stature and
G possionately fond of children. The lady
t will be parsonage fond Of coffee shc
] will marry young.


July.-The man born in the month o
, July will be fat, and suffer death for thu
wicked woman he loves. The female o
this month will be passionately hand
I some, with sharp nose and fac bust
+ she will be Of rather sulky temper.
I August.--Thc man born in the mont
n of August will be ambitious and cour


ageous /; he will have two wives. Tn


lady will be twice ma red, but her sec


ond husband will cause her to regre
k her first. r.... .,.g '1a ar.
}, Siptember.- who is born in thu





n month of September will be strong an,
/ prudent, but will be too easy with hi
g wife, who will give him great uneasine ess
$ The lady will be round faced and fair
: haired, witty, discreet, aud loved by hel
frESnds. ." .....
D ,October.-The man born in thi
c month will have handsome face an
: horid com plexiOn he will be wickeC
and always inconsistent. He vii
promise one thing and do another
e aud remain poor. The lady will b
t pretty-a little fond of talking g-wil
have two husbands who will die Of grie


she will best know why.


Novemb ber.- The man born in tbi


month will have foe face and be ga,
deceiver. The lady Of this month viii


be large, liberal, aud full of novelty.


December.-The man born in thi


month will be good sort of person
= though passionate. He will devote him
S self to politics, and be loved by his wife
= The lady will be amiable and handsome
u with good voice and well-proportioue,


body, and very honest.
Year: 1864

A cute lawyer, pleading for burglar
against whom the case was clear, con .
tended thOt as he had been caught be.
fore he had introduced more of his per
son than the upper part into the house
iu question, asked: "Can a man be said
to enter house when only one half or
his body was in and the other half eut2"
81 shall leave the whole matter to the
jury. They must judge of the law aud
facts as proved" replied thejudge. The
jury brought in verdict of guilty" as
to one half Of the body from the waist
up, and mot guilty" as to the other
half. The judge sentenced the guilty
half to "two year" Imprisonment, leav-
ing it to the prisoners option to have
the "nOt guilty" half cut off or to take
it along with him.
Year: 1864

A RULE FOR SPELLERs TO REMEMBER.
Many otherwise accurate spoilers are
frequently puzzled In determining the
relative position of e and in the words
ending in eive or ieve. Such will bs
greatly assisted by remembering the in.
variable rule, that when the preceding
consonant is letter which comes after
in the alphabet, comes after i in the
word, as believe, reprievei but when
the preceding consonant comes before i
in the alphabet, comes before i in the
word, as receive. . 80 I
Year: 1864

The correspondent of the New York
Herald, with the Army of the Potomac
publishes an unfinished letter written
by rebel officer to his mother Sand
captured by our forces. The following
admission is important and doubtless
true, as the writer had no possible in
ducement for deception: boa


"The spirit of our army is no; so
good as it was some time since; all are
talking of going back into the Union.
This is the ignorant class Of course. |
declare | become SO vexed with them
sometimes L can hardly govern myself.
The great misfortune with us is that the
greater part Of our land is composed Of
just such men," ...
Year: 1864

LIFE BORROWED FROM LAMB.--ln a
recent number of the Leipsic Medical
Gazette there is case Of successfully
practiced TRANSMISSION of animal blood
into a human subject; "twelve ounces
from the veins of lamb having been
iujected with benefit to a local patient
Year: 1864

Every man must patiently abide his
time. He must wait. Not in listless
idleucss, not in useless, pastime, not in
querulOus detection; but in constant.
steady, cheerful endeavor, always will
ing, fulfilling and accomplishing his
task, "that when the occasion comes he
may be equal to the occasion" The
talent of success is nothing more than
doing what you can do well, without q
thought of fame. If fame comes at all !,
it will come because it is deserved, not
because it is sought after. 1t is very
indiscreet and troublesome ambition
which cares so much about fame, about
what the world says of us, as to be al
ways looking in the face of others for
approval, to be anxious about the effect
of what we do and say, to be always
shouting to hear the echoes of our own
Voices Longfellow.
Year: 1864

GEN. d. Ii. HILL AND THE BATTLE OF
CHIoKAMAUGA.-Whi the writer of this article
was in the vicinity Of Chattanooga, in the autumn
of 1868, he Communicated two or three letters to
the Charleston Courier, which freely animadvert-
ed upon the military judgment Of Gen d. Il Hill
darrg tho battle of Chickamauga The informa-
ton on which the opinion, not merely Of the cor
respondent, but of others, was based, was derived
from conversation with those who were supposed


to be familiar with the principal details connected
with that battle. In our last ISSUE however, We
published extract from review Of the cam paign
Of Gen Bragg at Chickamauga, which appeared
In a recent number Of the Richmond Enquirer,
written; as that journal intimates, by one author
lied and certainly fully competent to do Justice TO
the subject. Ia that article, it is plainly stated
that the causes of failure in the campaign around
Chattanooga due to Gems. Longstreet, Polk
and Hindman. Without questioning the truth or
tasity of this allegation, we remark briefly that
the name of Gen. ID. Fl. Hill does not appear in
the article in any light which detracts from his
well earned reputation-a fact which conclusively
shows that Gen. Bragg had no fault to find with
that officer, and that SO far his judgment or his
acts on that occasion are concerned, he is as much
above imputation as any other officer who did his
measure OF duty on that eventful day. Were it
not So Gen. p. Fl. Hill, long before this time
would have had his position defined by Court of
Inquiry. r,..,- '..r


Under these circumstances it is an act of ius-
tce not more to Gen. Hill than to ourselves that,
having made free use of his name in public man
ner, we should, in the public manner, with
the light of the revelations before u.s. confess that
we were misled by the information to which we
had access, and that that justice was not done to
him which subsequent revelation proves to be his
due.


We are prompted to make this frank avowal by
no SuppeStiOn of Others and by no other nnotiva
than desire to compensate for all errors of judg-
ment on our part, which may have had the effect
of marring, in any degree, the wholesome infiu-
ence which should ever attend the presence and
authority of a commanding officer Colunpbia
CdrOLiai0H. l-
Year: 1864

EsR It is stated that the enormous freight
charges on the Railroads prevents Supplies of pro-
visions from reaching the various cities and towns
of the Confederacy. A correspondent Of the Rich
mond Enquirer speaking on this subject: says:
"Permit me to tell the good people of Richmond
one great reason why your market is so bare of
country produce. Here it is: On all sach
ticles as we send in baskets, buckets, boxes. &c
the freight on the DanvilIe road is from six to
eight times as much as we used to pay the wagons
in old times, before the road was butt, and then
half as much to bring the empty vessels back
again, making the cost Of little box about as
much as we used to pay on a hogshead oftobacco"


We suppose something prevents provisions from
coming to market, but it is not always the railroad
freight, (though that is unnecessarily high,) but
an indispostion on the part of producers to SELL
It seems that some Of them would suffer their
grain to rot and the people to starve before they
would SELL There are enough provisions in the
Confederacy to supply all if those who hold sur
plus would sell it.


Crops IN Texas The Houston Telegraph of
February 10th, says:


''The weather is extremely favorable to farming
operations We are glad to learn that planters are





power. We believe that plowing is being done all
over the country, and in of our low country
lands, corn planting has already begun Ii frost
does not effect early planted corn any more than
it did last wear, that planted now will escape he
best crops we saw in this region last year were
planted in the last week in January"


n9g@ IF we at home perform duty as faith
fully as the soldiers the tented field and the
battle ground, it will not be long before peace and
comfort, ease and happiness, shall revisit our
homes, and the bright of prosperity again,
shine over our land in it's efulgenee, lighting up
with happy smiles the countenance of her indie
pendent sons and beauteous daughters


FIREs.-We understand fire occurred at
Cherokee Ford on the 18th ut. The Furnace,
Rolling Mill and Iron House were consumed; and
it is reported that the Nail Factory also Ge-
stroyed. Loss very heavy.


We learn that the dwelling house and kitchen
of Henry Moss of York District, S. c., was CON
sumed by fire Monday night last All his
wheat and corn burnt, and nearly all his fur
niture.-Shelby Eagle.
Year: 1864

Our informant states that but for the proximity
Of the James and AppomattoX rivers the enemy
would have been compelled 10 eyacuate Prince
George for lack Of water The Blackwater is en-
trey dry, and has been for two weeks, and all
lesser streams in the county have been dry for a
much longer period.


The Yankees have large hospital camp about
two miles from City Point, between the Apo
mat.oX and the City Point road. So great has
been the scarcity Of water, that they have dug a
canal from The AppomattOX TO the camp. They
have also brought a steam fire engine from Balti-
more, with which they pump water from the
ditch and thus supply the great necessity. Here
tOtore they have been compelled TO bring the
water from the river in buckets and barrels,
which was very tedious as well AZ labOrious job.