smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

casualties incident to campaign life
These returns were kept with great se
crecy, in order to prevent the enemy from
becoming acquainted with our weakness,
Another disadvantage was also felt in the
Limited number of our suitable weapons of
war, and believe it will be found, on ex-
animation, that the most approved and
tried arms in the hands of our troons were
captured from the enemy in battle -
These, and many other Incidents Of a like
nature, if brought to light, would exhibit
the greatest disparity between the two
opposing forces, if not alike in the number
OF troops, as you have exhibited in your
tables, Mt least of sufficient Importance to
satisfy Ievery nnprejudiced mind that We
were constantly laboring, throughout the
contest, nnder every possible Disadvantage.


L perceive by the printed prospectus of
the southern Historical Society" which
you were 80 kind as to send me, that time
must be given in collecting the necessary
facts which are to be the basis of this inn
portant work, before it shall he prepared
ana given to tho public. To this end il
VIII be my endeavor to contribute from
time 10 time, such facts as may he on.
abled to collect, and as may be deemed Of
consequence by the society.


With great respect have the honor TO
be your obedient servant,


g EOOpER
Year: 1869

A correspondent of the New York Re-
public, writing from Yorktown, thus
speaks of our standard drinking water, and
also remarks on the deleterious effects on
the system by the use of we'll water


Another point should be borne in mind
by every one intending to locate within
one hundred miles of the seacoast or in
any place where malarial diseases prevail.
It is, under no consideration use spring or
we'll water for drinking purposes. This
rule is habitually violated, and, as con-
sequence, nine out of every ten persons
are more or less affected by the diseases of
the climate. It is we'll established fact
that these diseases are almost wholly caused
by the use of spring or we'll water; and the
remedy is of the simplest; yet the persisten-
cy with which this water, everywhere bear
ing the seeds of disease, is used, and the pa
tience with which ague and the various form
Of marsh fever are borne, has no parallel out
of the dominions Of the Sultan. The
remedy is good and ampe cistern. But
simple and cheap as 1t Is, and we'll estab-
lished as is its effectiveness, not one fam
lily in hundred i'll the country Uses one.
Consequently diseases Of malarial type
are prevalent IN the latter summer and
early fall months; and though not often
fatal they have q very depressing effect,
both mentally and physically, upon all who
fall under their baleful influence. Inyear;
gone by, the listless and forlorn appear
ance of many inhabitants of the pine reg
! ions, especially the poorer ones, was at
tributed, by Jealous ihilanthropists, to
the blighting influence of slavery, but the
modern observer sees i'll the paid conn
tenances and slovenly movements of these
dwellers by the marsh and fen, only the
unmistakable traces of fever and ague.
Year: 1869

Among the proceedings which took
place in the Senate chamber of the Vir-
ginia Legislature on Tuesday the Rich
mond Wing records the following:


"While the roll was being called, Colo
mel Walter FL. Taylor, of Norfolk, (the Ad-
jutant of General r. E. Lee during the
war; stated that his name was not on it,
and proceeded to explain why it was not
there. On finding, yesterday, that he was
one of the seven Senators whose certif-
Gates had been retained Ey General Candy,
he went to head quarters this morning,
and on asking General Candy why this was
the case, that officer replied that he had
been informed that he was clerk of the
Circuit Court in the year 1914. He told
General Candy that he was then only six
years old, and convinced him that he la.
bored under no disability that would pre-
vent him from taking his seat as q Senator
from Norfolk. General Candy thereupon
said he would have his certificate forward
ed to the Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
This had not yet bceu done, and he was
consequently unable to qualify as re-
uuirPd "
Year: 1869

"The tomb of Adam ! How touching it
was here in land of strangers, far away
from home and friends, and all who cared
for me, thus to discover the grave of
blood relation. True, distant one, but
still a relation. The unerring instinct of
nature thrilled its recognition The foun-
tain Of my tilial affection was stirred to it's
profoundeGt depths, and 1 gave way to tu-
multuous emotion. leaned upon pillar
and burst into tears. l deem it no shame
to have wept over the grave OF my poor
dead relative. Let him who would sneer
at my emotion, close this volume here, fox
he will find little to his taste in my Jour
neyings through Holy Land. Noble old
mamie did not live to SEQ his child
And I-I-alas I did not live to see linn.
Weighed down by sorrow and disappoint-
ment, he died before ! was borne, 900
brief summers before was born. But let
us try to bear it with fortitude. Let us
trust that he is better off where he is.'
Year: 1869

effect and after the admission OF the atate into
the Union, only received four votes.


In the same body a resolution Was offered that
in view of doubt expressed about the legality of
this Leg gislature it will after its admission into
the Union, re. enact the l4th and 18th amcni
mente.


The reanlntinn WAS refsrrnd
Year: 1869

if anything on the brain that does not
most nearly concern him and his. NJ.
The young man who passes his time
in idleness, or if industrious, squanders
all his earnings on dress or drink, evil
IDENTIFY has brain that is not suscepti-
BILE of such impressions as are of the
greatest Importance to him.. Every
young man should have three things on
the brain-1. Self-improvement;2 2. Inde-
pendence and 8. No marriage until he
has secured home in which to truly
organize the family relation.


There are so many who disregard all
the plain suggestions of wisdom that
the influence of weakness in the superb
or organ is entirely just; and when men
and women act in an utterly irrational
manner, it would not do them very
great violence to say that they are BRAIN
less.


The best advice to every one is to
straight way get something on the
brain. If a single idea is as much as one
can manage, do let him take that and
press on with all his mind, might and
soul. 1t were better to take the idea
which most nearly concerns ones well
fare in life. If the brain is capable OF
more, take on more-the more the bet
ter. If one cannot get anything on the
brain but money, then pursue money
pursue it vigorously-do your best. So
if any great moral or political idea takes
possession of the whole organ, then pray
for and work for it. Show your friends
and neighbors, and the world also, If
possible, that you are in earnest.


Do not suffer it to be inferred that be-
cause you have no great thought or OBJ
ject in life, nothing on the brain, you
L
taking on anything. 1t is the arbiter Of
every ones destiny. 1t is better than
thousands in cash. It is the hope of the
poor man, and should be the pride of
the rich. Without it the millions that
may be inherited will be lost; with it
families are raised from penury and deg
radiation to the head of affairs. Get
something on the brain, o, young man,
and that speedily.
Year: 1869

WAR OF THE IDLE AGAINST THE
BUsY.-Not the least of the troubles OF
a busy man is to protect himself, as he
sits in his office or goes about the ways
of the world, from the great banditti OF
the idle. Does an idle man like conver-
sation; he seeks it, not from some man
equally yawning and vacant with him.
self, but with some active and we'll
plenished mind which cannot properly
spare him a moment, though he gener-
ally contrives to take an hour. The idle
never think of plundering the idle; they
are set of luxurious dogs, aud regard
no booty as worth having, unless it be a
serious deprivation to its former owners.
AN hour or two filched from half en-
ployed man, they regard as very poor
spoil. They know he can make it up
some other time. 1t is the fully or over
occupied man whom they like to prey
upon. Five minutes from such person
is a greater acquisition than q whole
day from one who has only little to
do.
Year: 1869

IMMORTALITY OF THE BEAUTIFUL
There is nothing-no, nothing-beauti-
full and good that dies and is forgotten.
An infant, prattling child. dying in
its cradle, will live again in the better
thoughts of those who loved it, and
play its part, though its body be burned
to ashes or drowned in the deepest sea.
There is not an angel added to the hosts
of heaven but does its blessed work on
earth in those VIII loved it here. Deadl
Oh, il the good deeds of human creatures
could be traced to their source, how
beautiful would even death appear! for
how much charity, mercy, and purified
affection would be seen to have th cir
growth in dusty graves.
Year: 1869

THE most common error of men and
women is that of looking for happiness
somewhere outsidesof useful work. 1t
has never yet been found. and never
will be while the world stands. OF all
the miserable human beings ii has been
our lot to know, they were the most
wretched whs have retired from useful
employments in order to enjoy them
selves. tat
Year: 1869

IT is not generally known that the
leaves of geranium are an excellent
application for cuts where the skin is
rubbed of, and other wounds Of that
kind. One or two leaves must be bruised
and applied to the part. and the wound
will bs oicatrized in q short time. l.
Year: 1869

Captains and Pursers of Vessels arriving port will
please deliver ali packages intended HERALD to our
regularly authorized agents who Steam
Yacht fleet The New York Press do not now
collect marine reports attend to the delivery packages
will be by the following extract from proceedings
Of the regular monthly meeting held March 1865


Resolved, That and after April 1885, the Associated
Press win discontinue the collection of ship news In the
harbor OF New York Passed unanimously


~ The Office of the HERALD steam yachts JAMES and
JEANNETTB is at Whitehall slip All communications from
and consianees the of inward bound YES
sells will be forwarded free of charge.
Year: 1869

The regular meeting OF this organization was held
last evening at Armenia Hall, Second street. In the
absence OF the president the vice president Mr.. c.


Fleske, occupied the chair. After the usual routine
business had been transacted the chairman stated
that the executive committee had made thorough
canvass OF the ward the Seventeenth) and that the
result was most gratifying. They were determined
as an association to vote the straight Tammany
ticket, and relied upon the promise OF Mr.. Charles
@. Cornell that Tammany would allow them to nom-
mate their own candidates. The remarks OF the
chairman were received with considerable applause.
Year: 1869

General RosECRANs, the Democratic
candidate for Governor of Ohio, is
Catholic, as many of our readers know.
His military record and career are
known to the whole country. The po-
litical views which he entertained dur
ing the war are less generally known.
Suffice it to say that they were at the
very opposite pole of conservatism.
During all that time there were no
murmurs against him becanse he was a
Catholic. But now that he is the can
didate of the Democratic party for the
highest Office in the gift of his
State, the spirit of religious intolerance
is invoked to his prejudice. The one
point urged against him by the Radical
party press of Ohio is, that he is Cath
olic. He was not "rebel" "copper"
bead" conservative, even. From the
Radical point of view his politics-that
is bis record-cannot be impeached. He
is only assailable on tho side of his re-
ligion. The disguised Know Nothing
ism of the Radical party, which has
been smouldering under the surface for
years. is now jetting out in sharp
tongues of flame all over the State. A
Catholic, it seems, might be trusted
with the destinies of the country on the
battlefeld-with the lives of tens Of
thousands of the children of Ohio-but
he cannot be entrusted with the Office
of Governor This is not bigotry simply
it is imbecility.
Year: 1869

Without any special complaint, except grad.
ual declnation Of bodily strength and nervous
erergy, will find in the TONIC A FOU NTAIN
OF VITALITY ANDEYIG0R AS RE
FRESHING AND EXT HILERATING As
A POOL IN HE DESERT TO THE SAND
SCORCHED AND PAINTING TRAVELLER
Year: 1869

The Yosemite Valley is thickly dot.
ted with the ruins OF Aztec or Toltic
cities and Notifications, in some of
which timbers exposed to the storms
and blazing sun Of that trying climate
are yet to be seen in a good state of
preservation, showing that the build
ers must have disappeared at a com
paratively recent date.
Year: 1869

Your admirable needle woman is the only
seamstress that defes extortionate men. They
cannot cheat it, nor starve it, nor deprive 1t Of
sleep, nor tire it out, nor make its hands weary.
II is n worker that is match for the most un-
wearied and avaricious manufacturer. At last
am thankful that there is machine woman
that cannot be oppressed nor kept in suffering
--Rer. Henry Ward Beecher.
Year: 1869

Notice below the opinions Of several eminent
ly popular, as well as practical and discerning
men in regard to the utility of sewing machines


There is not an invention ofthis inventive age
which honors American genius more chan the
sewing machine. No family ought to be depriv-
ed of its benefts.-Ne,o York Independent
Year: 1869

They will force the industry of women into a
thousand new channels, and emancipate her
from the cramped posture and slow starvation
of needle work. Ultimately nearly every COM
Portable household will have its sewing machine.
--Neir York Tribune.
Year: 1869

Pick and click


Goes the type in the stick,
As the printer stands &C his case;
His eyes glance quick, and his fingers
pick


The type at a rapid pace;
And one by one as the letters 90
Words are piled u2steady aad slow
Steady and slow,


But still they grow, -
And words of fire they soon Will
glow;
Wonderful words that without a
sound
Traverse the earth to the utmost
bound;


Words thar shall make


The tyraut quake
And the fetters of the oppressed shall
break.
Words that can crlImble an army'S
might,
Or treble its strength in righteous
fight.
Yet the type they look but leaden and
dumb,
As he puts them In place with finger
and thumb;


But the printer smiles,


And his work beguiles
BY chanting song as the letters he
piles.


with pick and click.
Like tie worlds chronomcter, tick
tick tick
O, where Is the man with such simple
tools


Can govern the world like L?
With printing press, an iron stick
And little leaden die,
With paper Of white and ink of black
| support the Right, and the Wrong
attack.
Say, where is he, or who may he be
That can rival the printer


power?
To no monarchs that live, the wal
doth he give


Their sway lasts only an hour,
While the printer still grows, ant
GOO only knows


When his might shall cerse tC
tower
Year: 1869

81 wish l had an education" /"
says one. 81 am determined to
have an education, says anoth.
er. That education Is a good
thing, is proposition assented
to by all sensible persons.


What is this thing approved
by all, desired by some, and
earnestly striven for by others?
What is education? We must
know what a thing is, in order
TO take wise measures to Sc
cure it. / wish the reader
would pause lor a moment, and
see whether he can give a def
mite answer to the question.


Let us vary the form Of the
question: What is an educated
man? A manis educated when
his body and mind are trained
10 do what he was made to do.
The horse was made for a GER
tain end.-waS made TO do GER
tain things. A trained horse is
one that is capable of doing
what he was made to do, as the
servant of man. a trained or
educated man is one who is
capable of doing what he was
made to do as the servant Of
God.


Body and mind both require
training. The hand is capable
CT doing many things. The
hand of an infant can dc but
few things, BY exercise,
strength and skill are acquired
The muscles Of the hand may
be so disciplined that the fin
gers may skillfully touch the
keys of the piano, and call
forth sweet music. This skill
can be acquired only by prac>
tice-by faithful perSevering
practice. Studying treatises
on the anatomy Of the hand OIL
on the science of music, will
not give this skill. 1t can be
acquired by practice only. All
the powers of the body are de-
veloped by exercise.


The mind was made to dc
certain things. The mind ol
an infant can do butfew things
The powers of the mind, like
those of the body, are devel'
oped by exercise. In order
that it may do with ease and
efficiency what it was made to
do, it must go through 4 course
of practice. This course ol
practice is the process of edu'
cation. 1t will be successful in
proportion as it is wisely di
rected and faithfully performed
The process of education is the
process of forming habits. Hab
its are formed by the repeated
and regular performance Of
acts r,T L


What are the menta. habits
of an educated man? He has
the habit of attention. He has
control over his mind, as the
pianist has control over his
hand. He can turn off his
thoughts from one topic to an
Year: 1869

a. TO the na result It is only to be hoped that IN
the end-and the sooner this end comes tne Delter
Tor our city and the growing commerce seeking ~
inlet and outlet through this channol-these present
expectations will be fully realized
Year: 1869

'He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the
Lord" Therefore, If any OF our citizens have not
yet been TO the fair at the Odd Fellows Hall for
the benefit Of the Seventh Street Orphan Asylum,
they had better 90 tonight for it is the lsst time
that they will have q chance of invest ng their
spare cash on such good security. We made our
usual rounds lsst evening, and found everything in
full blast and everybody connected Herewith in
his or her proper place, busily engaged. Stand
No. l was just as busy as ever, and dispens-
ed any quantity Of crab gumbo, chicken
salad, "corn bresdr 1--WE mean the best
sugar cake we ever tssted) and black
coffee. Stand No. required 50 many
beautiful creatures to attend to its numerous
callers that we got bewidered before we could
count them, and 40 drifted in the passing current
of humanity until we came in front Of stand No.
8, with its beautiful notices. Here We found
those ever-busy mstrons, doing their best TO sup
ply large crowd Of friends with the many useful
articles displayed. At Stand No. paper and
printers ink cannot do justice TO it, therefore we
will not say any more, for IL would take river re-
porter 10 describe the beautiful cakes exhibited,
IS The contributions from the many floating
palaces Of the "big muddy" Table No. was
the especial attraction of very large bevy Of the
most beautiful orphelings we have ever seen col
lected in one spot.


Remember that the Fair closes tonight. Bet.
ter late than never.
Year: 1869

a few words upon piece of paper, and
placed it where his eyes fell upon it daily.
1t was a Life Lesson which he wrote
there-a lesson which thousands of us
should learn and practices


"Suffer no word to escape thee of thy
neighbor which thou wouldst not have
thy neighbor know" -.......
Year: 1869

DROP CAKE.-Take half pound o.
-four, half pound of butter, half pound
of sugar, half pound of currants; mi,
all together, then add two eggs, a glas.
of brandy, aud the rind and juice of :
lemon.


To DRESS MUTToN HAMs.-Soak tht
ham for FIVE or six hours In cold spring
water, unless it has only recently beer
cured, then one hour will suffice, put il
into cold water, boil gently; it will be
done in two hours and half. 1t is ca.
en- cold.


Quick WAFFLEs.--Mix -four and colo
milk together to make thick batter
To quart of the flour put six beater
eggs, a tablespoonful of melted butter
and teaspoonful. of salt. Some cook.
add quarter of a pound of sugar, anG
half nutmeg. Bake them immediate
ly.


Poor MANS RIcE.-One quart of milk
four tablespoonfuls Of flour, stirred W
with little milk, then stirred into the
boiling milk. Take from the fire ant
pour into dish; beat four eggs and
stir in while hot. After it becomes f..
little cool, sprinkle over the top one cur
of white sugar and little grated nut
meg; pour over that one cup Of wine.


PoTTED Ok ToNauE.--Boil tender ar
unsmoked tongue of good flavor, anG
the following day cut from it the quaint
ty designed for potting, or take for this
purpose the remains of one that has al
ready been served at table. Trim of
the skin and rind, weigh the meat, minct
it very small, then pound it as fine al
possible with four ounces of butter tt
each pound of tongue, teaspoonful O
mace, half as much Of nutmeg ant
cloves, and q tolerably high seasoning
of cayenne. After the species are wei
beaten with the meat, taste it, and ado
more if required.


To Boil CoRNED BEEF.-Wash it thor
oughly and put into pot that will holt
plenty of water. The water should b,
hot; the same care is necessary in skim
ming it as for fresh meat 1t is not too
much to allow half an hour for ever,
pound of meat after it has begun to boil
The goodness of corned beef depend
much on its being boiled gently ant
long. If it is to be eaten cold, lay it
when boiled, into coarse earthen disl
Or pan, and over it q piece of board th'
size of the meat. Upon this put cleal
stone, Or n couple of flat-irons, or som
other heavy weight. Salt meat is yer,
much improved BY Being pressed.
Year: 1869

It is said that the President has made the
nomination Of j. Russell Jones, as minister
to Belgium, personal matter and that out
of regard for the Executive, and with but
little for Jones, he will be confirmed. When
the President makes bad nomination on
his own responsibility, he adheres to it the
more firmly. Jones is not a relative, but
has the distinguished honor of being a
"warm personal friend" of Grant which as
passport to position, is nearly equal to con.
sanguinty.
Year: 1869

Senator Ross made personal explana.
ton in the Senate, on Wednesday, relative
to the published account Of the interview
between himself and the President o few
days ago. He said that while tho language
said to have been used on that occasion was
incorrect, he had had an interview with the
President, at which he was both panied and
surprised when the President told him that
any man who had served for the last year
aud half under Andrew johnson was not
a Republican, and could not hold office un.
der him. He denounced the policy Of re.
moving men from office simply because they
had held positions under Johnson.
Year: 1869

The action of the President in appointing
his relations TO office, may have been too
harshly criticised after all, The President
had reason to know that members of his
party seeking oiiics for themselves and their
friends, would impose upon him in making
of the fitness Of applicants,
and his only safety was to choose men whom
he knew personally. If in this way he has
chosen unfit persons, he can at least console
himtelf that he has not been deceived, and
that whatever peccadIloes they may ex.
hibit, will be family matters.
Year: 1869

For our own and the convenience of regular
advertisers, and to prevent any misunderstsnd-
ing, we have carefully prepared and scaled the
rates of advertising in the GAZETTE, for the year
1863, and present the following table OF space