smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864

While digging and mining and
fighting in front Of Petersburg, Grant
has not been idle in other respects.
tie has been grading the country in
rear Of his works preparatory to- the
building Of a branch railroad to City
Point, and thereby have rapid and
unbroken line of communication be-
tween all points Of his army and his
main base Of supplies. He is now
busy at work laying the rails on
this new track, and will ere long
have it completed. From those por-
tions of our works nearest this road,
the noise Of the falling iron as it is
thrown upon the ground, can be
plainly heard. We also have it
from high authority that this new
road is in rapid progress.


There seems to be but little doubt
that Grant isreceiying reinforcements
and that he is conveying them to his
left.. Where they come from. or
what the object Of collecting them
on our right can be, we are unable
to state. He may probably contem.
plate an attack on our lines in that
direction, or may be, a further ex-
tension Of his lines around the city.


The enemy's batteries were again
opened on the city yesterday morn
ing, and for an hour or two night
before last. One negro was injured
and one or two houses struck.


From elevated positions around
the city the trains on the City Point
Year: 1864

Your readers have seen many ac-
counts relative to the heavy slSirnlish-
ing that has characterized this cam
paign. lfany Of them desires to see
evidences of it's destructiveness, he
has only to walk up and down our
skirmish line for all hour. He then
can realize what terrible fire the
soldiers ofthis army have undergone
for the past one hundred and fifteen
days. Isaw this morning and meas
ured a white oak sapling, seven inch
es in diameter, literally cutoff about
one foot from the ground by Yam
kee bullets. The underground is
cut to pieces and.resembles a deaden-
ing in the forest Along this line
thousands Of pounds Of led can be
gathered up, not only along the two
sklrmish lines, but in the camps late
ly vacated by the enemy. Officers
of the Ordinance Department ought
to look after and have this lead
gathered up for future Use.


In my walk over the ground be-
tween the two lines, I saw the de-
composed bodies of two Yankees
lying about fifty steps in advance of
their skirmish line and in full view
their own comrades. Here they fall
and died, not one Of their comrades
possessing the charity to aid them in
their sutferings. A little further on
were four others lying huddled close
together in a small copse of woods
where they had evidently crawled
after receiving their death wounds.
AS | stood over the decaying bodies
Of these men, could but sigh and
think how utterly depraved must be
that General, Colonel, or Captain, as
the case may be, who would stand
by and see his tellow-men, his own
soldiers, thus perish for want of at
tention. What can we think of
those brutes wearing the garb of
soldiers, who stand idly by and see
thir brother-soldier die and not make
one effort to give his body decent
soldiers burial at least? Under some
circumstances the desertion of wound
ed comrades in battle is admissible.
but in this case never.


Cor. Cozatna6us Enquirer:
Year: 1864

A MAN WITHOUT MoNEY.-A man
without money is a body without a soul,
walking death; a spectre that frightens
everybody. His countenance is sorrow-
full and his conversation is languishing
and tedious. If he calls upon an acquain,.
tance he never finds him at home, and II
he opens his mouth he is interrupted
every moment, SO that he may not finish
his discourse, which it is fearful will end
with asking for money. He is avoided
like person infected with disease, and ls
regarded as an incumbrance to the earth:
Want wakes him in the morning, and
misery accompanies him to his bed at
night. The ladies discover that he is an
awkward BOBBY; the landlord believes
that he lives upon air and il he wants
anything from tradesman, he is asked
for cash before delivery.
Year: 1864

We are thankful for at least one of dame
fashions freaks: she has turned her back
upon low necked dresses, and rather insists
that collar bones a1d shoulder blades shall
be- covered. 1t is certainly great improve
ment--not only because the study of anato-
my in private parlors is not desirable, and
that American d mses are apt 10 run to
bone as some tall flowers do to seed; and
because spins,ers of uncertain age, fearful of
being outdone by their nieces, presented such
vast expanse of yellow neck and shoulder to
the view at evening parties as were calculat-
ed 10 alarm nervous people very seciousl E;
bat because, since custom obiges us to wear
garments, there can certainly be no reason
why we should leave the most delicate por-
ton Of our frame without protection. Plump
shoulders and arms are pretty But so Get
US whisper) are plump legs. The mother
who could fail to provide her daughter with
stockings would be considered cruel wretch,
vet year ago she might neglect to cover her
chest and arms with impunity. We trust
this state of things is over. We hope that
the wisdom which causes every prudent pa
rent to protect the pretty shoulders of her
little girls with comfortable woolen sacques
or capes will be appreciated that sense will
conquer vanity, and that h little while ii
will be as absurd to see woman in low
uecksd dress as it would to-day to see man
in low-necked coal. Sunday Times.
Year: 1864

1t is very old fashioned way of indicat-
ing friendship. Jehu said to Jehonadab. SIS
thine heart right as my heart is with thine
heart? If it be, give me thine hand 1t is
not merely an old fashioned custom it is a
strictly natural one, and, as usual in such
cases, We may find physiological reason, if
we will only take the pains to search for it.


The animals cultivate friendship by the sense
OF touch as well as by the sense of SMELL
hearing and sight for this purpose they en-
pioy the most sensitive parts of their bodies.


They rub their noses together, or they lick
one another with their tongues. Now, the
hand is part of the human body in which


ne sense of touch is highly developed and,
AFTER the manner of the animals, we not on
ly like to see and hear our friend, 1--WE do not
usually smell him-though Isaac, when his
eyes were dim, resorted to this sense as a
means OF recogntlOn,) We also touch him
and promote the kindly feelings by the con-
tact and reciprocal pressure Of the sensitive
hands. Observe, too, how this principle is
illustrated by another of our modes of greet
ing. When We wish to determine whether a
substance be perfectly smooth, and are not
quite satisfied with the information convened
by the fingers, we apply it to the lips and
rub it gently upon them. We do SO, because
we know by experience that the sense of
touch is more actively developed in the lips
than in the hands. Accordingly, when we
recprocate the warmer feelings we are aot
content with the contact of hands, and we
bring the lips into service A shake Of hands
Sutfices for friendship. in undemonstr.tive
England at least; but kiss is the token of
more tender affection.-Dr. Humphrey.
Year: 1864

North vii rise en- masse to defend ii out
it will become city of hospitals the church
es will be used for the SILK and wounded, and
even the Minnesota block (now the Douglas


HospitaD may be devoted TO that purpose


before the end of the war; Gen. Stewart
inquired, What justification is there for all
this Douglas replied, There is no just f.
eaiion nor any pretense for any. If they will
remain in the Union Will go as far as the
constitution viii permit to maintain their
rights, and | DO not doubt but majority O.
Congress will do the same. But said he.
rising on his feet and extending his arm, 3 il
the Southern States attempt to seeede from
this Union without further cause, am in IA
vor of their having just SO manv slaves sna
just so much slave territory as they can hold
al the point OF the bayonet, and no more.
Year: 1864

A06 NA6v 6AdNU NVN VEN


The disaffected outs with the Administra-
sion at Washington have "went and gone and
done it." The Cleveland Convention has met.
and brought forth, the result Of their labor falling
almost still-born upon the community. Even
our enthusiastic Fremont club in Junction failed
to ratify the ticket


The Convention nominated John C. Fremont
for President, and John Cochrane for Vice Presi
dent. The Democracy made o pronosition to
them to nominate Grant for President and Ere.
mont for Vice President, and they would unite
The Convention rejected the proposition. Both
nomination. Fremont stating that if any other
man than Mr.. Lincoln should be nominated al
Baltimore he would decline.


The Baltimore Convention met last Wednes
day, and its seems to be conceded that Mr.. Lin.
coin would be nominated on first ballot. 1t was
contended by this faction of political shystera
that the Baltimore Convention ought to be post
poned, for the reason that the excitement incident
to the campaign might detract from q vigorous
prosecution of the war. The mass of the people
have been and are now overwhelmingly in favor
Of Mr.. Lincoln, and those who did not enjoy
his confidence sought to use Mr.. Chase as q
means to accomplish their unpatriotic and dis
honorable scheme. But Mr.. Chase possessed too
much integrity. and they clung to Fremont. q
man who has already been honored by the Re-
publican party far above his merits. and placed
him in the field before the time which they as
serted was too soon to open the campaign. Had
any large and respectable portion of public SEN
timent demanded the postponement Of that Con.
vention, and the nomination of Fremont, we do
not belive that it would have exhibited itself in
such an act Of gross inconsistency.


Many may be misled by this move. The free
dom loving Germans are to some extent with
this movement They would never throw their
influence for slavery. or render it powerless to
aid the right. It is as plain a. MONDAY tha.
this Fremont move will certainly, and 10 calcu.
lated, we believe, to aid the Copperhead peace
men. This is the light in which their papers
view it, and they rejoice exceedingly. The
Germans cannot question Mr.. Lincolnis anti.
slavery standing. while his record is consistent
and made we venture to say as fast as sny other
man could have done it. The Emancipation
Proclamation. the abolition of slavery in the
District of Columbia and the Territories, the
employment of LOG. 900 colored soldiers, are sufh
cient to convince the most ultra that in his
hands the solution of the great problem Of uni.
versal liberty can be safely con6ded.
Year: 1864

MltHetaIJIIa9


# you coald march, as have done, over the
iela of battle and gaze upon the dead you would
LIT np your hands ia borrow at the dreadful scene,
and cry .larae on those who viii not render just
praise due to those who there offered up their
lives for their country Icsnnot describe the aH-
fal sickering scene Of the Dead the dying and the
wounded as they lay on that field, bat suffice It to
say, that they lay close to and upon the breast
works Of the enemy, and not one white man did
see among them Thelarge number Of negro dead
should silence forever the mouths Of those Who
kept Themselves far back out Of harm say, and
who say that the cowardly eonduct Of tie atg-
ge4s7 was the cause Of the disaster The army Is
III good spirits, and although little disappointed
at the result Of Saturday operations, but conf
dent thai, what we failed to acconplish that day,
Eil be fully completed at time not far distant


We feel sorry that property has been destroyed
il Ghalnocrsburg Pa bussI know express the
declared sentiments of this army when say that
when tias peopleof as large a town as Chambers
barg viii allow, without making an effort to de-
fend themselves, two hundred and fifty rebels to
come and set fire 10 their DWELLINGS,, they are en-
t itled to but little sympathy and know they
have none from this army. Our soldiers down
here feel that rebel raiders are the best recruiting
officers vfe could send North VIII close in the
words of. IA schoolnasSer to parent who complain
ed to him of the conduct Of his children at home
DO you keep your children in order at home and
depend upon il ! viii keep them in ave of nie at
school Dc you at home n the North take care
of the rebs when they come up there, and rest as
sured we wih take Gaze Of them down here.


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Year: 1864

affected and many strong man shed tears -
y hen the fire eommeneed { Rebel Colonel riding
ap 70 burning building, threw into the ire pa
per, SAVING here goes my commission it
may cost me my life. but / car. & stand this
Year: 1864

An old bachelor in New York offered a lady
a pony for kiss. She gave him the kiss.
lie refused her the pony. She sued him.
lie pleaded "no consideration. The court
decided that a kiss was legal consideration.
Certainly it has always been matter of earn
est consideration with US, and we have no
doubt, with good many other young fell
lows.-LouisriHe Journal
Year: 1864

At the present time when grain is high, it
becomes necessary for those who keep hogs
to study into the best mode of feeding them,
so AS to have them thrive. The following
judicious and timely remarks on this sub
jhct, are taken from the New Hampshire
Ctlltiuotbfi .. n...


In one respect, farmers commonly show
the worst Of their management in tattenlng
hogs These animdls appreciate. Ind enjpy
cleanliness, yet there owners make them hive
in dirt, and then charge them with fond
ness for filth. This is oppression and SLAM
der combined. Every person familiar with
their habits, know that when clean straw
beds and other comforts ere given them,
they are scrupulous 10 keep them clean. -
When shut up in narrow pen, where they
must eat, sleep and live in one apartment,
they cannot but be uncomfortable and such
a condition greatly retards their thriving
A ''hog pen has become proyerblaiy re-
pnlsive place this is the owner fault, and
should never be suffered. There is no Fea-
son whyi it sheuldnot be neat and attractive.
We hear farmers who raise grain say they
have more straw than they can use, while al
the same moment their fattening hogs have
not enough Of it to make dry and clean
bed. f "w .yys.,.


Animals can never thrive wen unless kept
clean. The rule applies to swine as weH az
to horses. D Every one knows that well
groomed horse is better than a neglected
one with shabby coat. Nearly the same
result has been found when this treatment
is applied to swine. Let every manager lay
down this rule, that hog pen should never
be distinguished by its odor twenty feet dis
tant. ~ eY.-t yi -..r. . Ia


The sleeping apartment should be sepa-
rate, and kept perfectly clean and dry, The
other portion should be cleahed out at least
twice day. and the manure at once mixed
with muck loan, coal ashes, etc., to make
compost and destroy the odnr, which is as
injurious to the health of swine to breathe
rs it is to men and women. o.. ... /


1t is not necessary that a piggary should
cost five hundred dollars that it may be kept
in splendid orderj cheap and simple struc-
ture may be subjected to the most perfect
system of cleanliness. The satisfaction it
will afford to the owner, the comfort to the
occupant, and the profits. to the purse, will
be three fo'd compensation.
Year: 1864

The Philadelphia North American gives an
account of the excavation OF an old pauper
burial ground in that city, for the purpose
of laying the foundation of buildings, that
is horrible. 1t says: Three cellars have
been dug to the depth of seven feet, the
whole course of which was dug through
masses of coffins. Many of the bodies dis
inferred were in remarkable preservation
We saw coffin opened there the other day,
containing the body of woman, so natural
in appearance as to cause an Involuntary
exclamation from those gathered around it,
There were noother cerements upon 1T than
a single under garment, probably worn
during the last sickness. There was no
mould upon it; and on it itinindelible ink was
vet legible female name. Strange to say,
a jar of the coffin by one of the rude labor
ers shook into impalpable powder-causing
to disappear like a dissolving view, what
five minutes before looked like slumber-
ing being. The coffin in which this was
contained was of walnut, singularly sound
and clean. People who saw it pronounce
that the dead body must have beena victim
to cholera, hastily inferred, for it was in the
centre of many Others, made rudely OF un-
planed pine, that the coffin was exhumed.


Case after case OF skulls, skeletons and
bones have been hauled away, and cart
loads of broken coffins have been approprl-
ated for fuel by the poor people of the
neighbol In the sides of the cellars
may be seen the tiers of coffins, and deep as
has been dug, the bottom tier has not been
reached. The lot, extending nearly from
Eleventh to Twelfth street, is said. to be
equally full Of human remains. Some boys
whom we watched yesterday, scraped the
| soil from cOffin-lid In the bottom of one
| of the cellars, and taking out the skull used
it as a ball. The sight is not pleasant.
Year: 1864

SECRETARY STANTON compliments Ohio
for the promptitude with which she sent
her farm.hands to battle. Those who know
how to ''weigh solid pudding against empty
praise" will hardly consider fair words a
compensation for empty granaries.
Year: 1864

On the afternoon and evening of Jan. 2lst,
the good people of westford. nearly two hundred
in number, gathered at my boarding-place (the
house Of C. c. Jackson), where was permitted
a very pleasant visit with them; made especially
so by the presence of large number of friends
from the sister churches OF this place


The very liberal donation they left me "a sum
Of over s9l in money, after all expenses were
deluctcl,) shows their appreciation of and re-
speet for the Gospel Of Christ, and was but the
natural expression Of their kind and generous
hearts.


wish to acknowledge to them, through the
columns Of this paper, my heartfelt gratitude for
the pleasure Of their company and for the gift Of
their hands And it is my earnest prayer that
they may receive from the hands of a gracious
God IAN hundred fold now in this time. aud in
the world to come eternal life


b. F. LIvIyGsroS.
Year: 1864

Thomas replied in a brief letter TO his father
az follows This letter is now with q friend in
this city, and may be given to the saitary
fair


MY Dear Father: Your kind letter Of
instant is before me have perused and
digested its contents and, am obliged to return
you my warmest gratitude for the kindly
admonition it contains The destination
you direct me to 20 will be strange TO me,
and have deemed it the part of a dutiful son
to request of you letter Of introduction.
Hoping soon to hear from you. | remain your
most obedient and dutiful son.


THOMAs CLAY"


Cincinnati Enquirer.
Year: 1864

by the Maryland Legislature


Rssolred, By the General Assembly of
Maryland. that the Administration OF Abra-
ham Lincoln deserves and receives the hearty
approval. and will secure the cordial cooper
alton Of the General Assembly. That this
General Assembly approves the policy Of the
Administration in the conduct Of the war,
and especially on the subject of the restora-
tion Of the seeded States, approves Of the
Amnesty Proclamation of the President, and
Of the conditions there laid down, as will
necessarily be practicable and essential to
the future safety Of the country, and that
the reelection Of Abraham Lincoln TO the
Presidency OF the United States is the earn
est desire Of the vast majority Of the loyal
people of Maryland"
Year: 1864

The Senate has not yet acted on the amend
ment, but, it is said, will undoubtedly agree
with the House


The result viii be an instant increase in
the price Of drinks, or the reduction Of
the quality, as there is no Government tax
upon water. The quantity of liquor sold
Will, probably, not be much les-ened, dealers
having so much on hand. But topers
must congratulate themselves that they DO
not live at the South, where whiskey sells
for about Its weight in Confederate money.
Year: 1864

1ue BAH at the Lake House last week
was, We hear, a very pleasant affair, select
assembly being present and the dancing he
iu- kept up tail a reasonably late hour The
music was furnished by Gilmore's band from
Boston
Year: 1864

ars about one thousand man LEFT on shore
BY Gen. nutler's army, who did not get
OF on account of the surf on the beach,
they will be taken of in the morning and
the soldiers wilfthen besent home. In the
bombardment Of the 25th, the firing was
slow for several hours. The enemy had
two guns on the upper battery, and man
aged to strike several vessels, though not
doing much damage.


accompanying the report is q letter
from Gen. Butler with Admiral Portsr's
reply to Gen. Butler. It says, upon land
ing troops and accompanying Gen. Welt.
zsl In q thorough reconnaissance of Fort
Fisher, they we're both of the opinion
that the place could not be carried by as
sault. as it was left substantially unim,
paired by the FIRE from the feet


Nothing but the operations of a regu,
lar siege would serve to reduce the fort.
These were not in accordance with in
structions, and, as the weather came on





unfavorably. General Butler gave orders
for re-embarking. General Buffers en-
gineers sustain the opinion that the fort
was practically uninjured by our bonn.
sbardment of it. Admiral Porte. IN reply
to General Buffers letter. sad he
ordered q large ship to 60 to Beaufort for
l.. - IL L.
continue it. He stated they had COM
menced to fire rapidly, and could keep
all the rebels out of sight until the
troops were within twenty yards of the
fort. He was of the opinion that an as
sault could be successfully made, but
would not wish to place his Judgment in
opposition to that of General Weitzel,
who made a survey of the works.
Year: 1864

We clip the following from the Sacramento
Union


TEE TAX on GoLp AND SILvEE--The proposi-


ton 70 tax the produce Of the gold and silver mines
five per cent, which the House Of Representatives
hastily adopted. IS not approved by the Senate. A
substitute. imposing tax OF one-half of one per
cent. il the shape Of stamp duty 70 De collected
st the Mints snd the assay Offices, and forhidding
under heavy penalties the exportstion Of any
quantity OF the precious metals derived frem our
mines upon which the tax has not been paid. was
adopted By the upper branch Of Congress The
Secretary Of the Treasury favors this substitute
and We think that upon mature consideration Of
the arguments upoa which il is based, the House
will concur. Since this important question was
first preached at Washington. circumstances
against the pro posed action have been transmitted
from the Pacific coast and several influential jour
nals in New York have deprecated hasty and ig-
legislation upon the subject The capitalists
of the East who have recently manifested dispo-
sition to invest heavily in mining enterprises, rein
force the pressure from California Nevada and Col
orado. The Senate amendment imposes q light
tax in such way that the producers OF the prec-
ious metals will not be vexed by the collection and
yet the Government viii obtain more revenge by
this plan than by any system of collection Of our
individual miners or corporations. No revenue
officer will be sent to hunt the honest miner"
from placer to placer. The tax IS too light to dis
courage the more extensive and costly operations
of mining corporations, and these companies are
relieved from the prospect OF Government lnspec-
ton In short. under this plan, the Government
will get the needed revenue without depressing the
chief industrial interest Of the Pacific slope or
creating discomfort which might be turned to dam
aging account by kuayish. disl0yal politicians
The action of the Senate gives shape to the wisest
and most lenent scheme of taxing the yield of
gold and silver mines which can be expected IL the
present condition OF the National Treasury.