smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

Our investigations 60 to show that the
rearing waves and the mightiest billows of the
ocean repose, not upon hard or troubled beds


but upon cushions of still water; that every


where at the bottom of the deep sea the solid
ribs OF the earth are protected, as with a gar
ment, from the abraiding action ofits currents


that the cradle Of its restless waves ia lined by
stratum OF water at rest, or 80 nearly at res,
that Ii can neither wear nor move the liphtesi
bit OF drift that once lodges there The uni


form appearance Of these micros Jpic shells, and
the almost total absence among them of eny
sediment from the sea or foreign matter, aug.
gest most forcibly the idea of perfect repose at
the-bottom of the sea- Some OF the specimens
are as pure and as free from sea sand as the
fresh fallen snow fake is from the dust of the
earth. Indeed these soundings almost prove
that the sea, like the snow cloud with its flakes
in calm, is always letting fall upon its
bed showers of these minute shells; and we
may readily imagine that the wrecks
which strew Its bottom are, In the pro.
cess OF ages, hidden under this discy cover
Ing, presenting the rounded appearance which
Is seen over the body of the traveller who has
perished In the SHOW storm. The ocean, espe-
cially within and near the tropics, sgarms with
life. The remains of myriads of moving thing
are conveyed by currents, and scattered and
LOGGED in the course Of time all over it's bottom.
This process, continued for ages, has covered
the depths of the ocean as with o mantle, con-
sisting Of organisms as delicate as hoar. frost,
and as light In the water as down Is in the air.


The tooth of running water Is very sharp, See
how the Niagara has cut its way through layer
after layer Of solid rock. But what Is the Nj
agara, with all the fresh water courses of the
world, BY the side ofthe great currents Of ocean,
And what is the pressure Of fresh water upon
river beds in coml garrison with the pressure Of
ocean water upon the bottom of the deep seat
II is not 80 great by contrast as the CUTTERS in
the streets are to the cataract. Then why have
not the currents Of the sea worn Its bottom
away? Simply because they have not been per.
misted to get down to it.-Aa The Year Round.
Year: 1861

most other purposes. the early Summer is
the best time. After pruning in Spring,
there is apt to be troublesome growth Of
suckers, just below the wound. increasing
the evil which il was designed to remedy.
Then, two, tie flow Of crude sap in the Spring
is 50 very strong, il is difficult to stop IT; it
oozes out from the wounds ard runs down,
corroding the surrounding bark and wood,
often engendering decay. But when prun-
ing is done in the month Of June, the wounds
are protected by the foliage, the first strong
upward flow Of sap is over, and the descend
ing sap is elaborated into cambium or new
woo,l, which begins at once to heal over the
wounds, and to preserve them frnm decay.


american dgricuhnist.
Year: 1861

The st. Louis Democrat Of Mon.
day says:


The public must not be impatient
for the clashing of the two great
armies now approaching each other
in the center ofthe State. Tho best
information from Lexington is to
the effect that Gen. Price will make
his stand at that city with the main
body Of his army, and perhaps
choose as his vantage ground the
very intrenchments which were SO
gallantly and successfully defended
dy Col. Mulligan.


To reach him therefore, and give
him decisive battle even within ten
days time, will require cxtraordin.
AIRY exertion on the part of Col
Fremont. lie has forwarded to JEFF
ferson City an immense quantity OF
army baggage, including artillery
and ammunition, the transportation
ofwhich will be comparatively easy
and rapid by railroad to Sedalia,
but the movement Of which across
the country b wagons will noces-
arily be difficult and slow. lftho
enemy, therefore, should not ad,
vance and give battle at some point
south Of Lexington, we must moi
look for any important results short
of the latter part of next week.
Year: 1861

RED HEAD offers apreminm "a of a volume of
a one-horse daily, and three gallons, more of
lager beer, with the froth on, for a Democratic
editor who didn't always know the Missouri
Compromise to be unconstitutional.-N Nevada
Journal


Tow HEAD offers a volume of gone-in
weekly, bound in polecat skin, to any one who
can see the point Of Red Heads wit-Tran-
script.


Nun head knows a Democratic editor who
never did regard the Missouri Compromise un-
constitutional, and has also discovered the
point of Red Heads wit; but he cannot think
Of parting with such valuable information for
so small consideration as the premiums offer
ed above. They won't buy grub.


STEEL PENs.-At the examination Of the
Farmingham Normal School recently, Presi-
dent FELTON, and others made addresses The
President proved to be "sound on the goose"
by historical and philosophical defence of that
much abused animal and by a special eulogy Of
the goose quill. He spoke in strong terms Of
the serious effects Of steel pens their tendency
to injuEe or paralyze the nerves Of the arm. Sad
proof of this influence had come under his own
knowledge. His predecessor, DIR. Walker, and
at least six of his acquaintances, had received
permanent injury from the habitual use of steel
pens.
Year: 1861

layton was sent out from W ebscr on a scouting
expedition, and whilst out came upon an old
man and bis son, who were harvesting. AS soon
is the boy discovered tho soldiers, he attempted
to make his escape and was fired at BY them,
and wounded in the leg. After this, the party
returned to camp and manufactured the account
given by the Press Captain Dayton and his cam
pany are from this place and neighborhood, ana to
persons who are acquainted with him and the ma


tcrlai OF which his company is composed, it would
be useless to contradict his statement. have only
done SO, for the benefit of those who have been


fortunate as not to be acquainted with any OF them.
There Is also statement in the american Of the
l9th INST, giving account Of the capture 0tseve


raj Bridge burners, By party Of Federals under
Jarbnc. In the skirnish Jarhoe is represented
having had his horse killed under him. How this
could happen cannot imagine, the party consist


ing OF iitty men came upon old NJ. Parker whilst
he was on visit to his daughter, and arrested
him without any resistance. Air. Sherts, of whom
they speak, is lad Of IS, and was arrested in the
same manner. Old Mcdonald was not arrested, and
will not be by that party. This Jarboe, who is
thus trying to get up sreputati0n, is a native Of
Romney, where he and his family were raised from
infancy by the charity OF the citizens. AS Il re-
turn for their kindness, he was 50 obliging as to
pilot Col. Wallace, with his command, from Cum
berland to Romney, where they stole everything
they could get hold of, while Jarboe helped himself
with the balance. HANPHTRE
Year: 1861

That bitter Secession sheet, the Richmond
Examiner. With remukab candor, coniesscs
hat the V r irians under arms against the Gov
ernment find three things to disgust them: 6rs.
the hard life Of camp secondly, the bad quality
Of their victuas; thirdly. the consciousness that
those who command them are getting SEX OF Sc
cession. Under this third bead il says:


But there is another and greater grief in the
hearts of our men, which the whole State shares
with tnem-that those are set TO inspect and rule
over them who were bitterly opposed TO the act
Of Secession, and who now abhor that jus, war
which is one of its inevitable Consequences.
What can be hoped Of leaders who believe in
their hearts that they are working treason and
merit the halterl
Year: 1861

a CLERGYMAN in 4 country village desired his
clerk to give notice that there would be no ser
vice In the afternoon, he was going to ctfciGte
with another clergyman. The clerk. as soon I'd
the service was ended, called out: 81 am desir-
ed to give notice that there will be 10 service
this afternoon. as Mr. L. is going fishing with
another clergyman
Year: 1861

REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF MADNESS IN A
HoRsE.-Ose day last week a valuable horse,
belonging to Mr.. Nicholas Smith, Of Bedford,
Mass, was seized with madness, and became
so furious that It was necessary for the safety
Of those about him to eon6ne him to a strong
enclosure. He exhibited bis strange malsdy
By biting bis keeper and dashinE his head
against the sides Of his stall He attempted
10 gnaw his own hoof, in doing which be
broke bis lower jaw 80 that it hung useless.
He bit bis own sides, and finally died after
three days Of terrible suffering.
Year: 1861

A Russian gentleman died recently willie in
railway carriage near Bourges. He measured
more than seven feet around the waist and his
weight was so enormous that it required six men
to move the body from the carriage
Year: 1861

TROUBLE IN GETTING Ur.-The Victor was
the steamer which came up yesterday She
passed the junction of the Yuba and Feather
rivers at about 3 o'clock, and proceeded 300
yards when, from some cause or other she
fell back down the current into Feather river
She then started again and got nearly OPP
posite the lower plaza, when she fell back
again, and ran into the south bank of the
Yuba, and up among the trees. Thence she
backed down stream some distance and ran
among the trees on the other bank, where
she stuck for some time. She was backc ed
out after a while, with ropes, and several at.
tempts made to start her up stream again
She would make some progress and then fal
back. Finally she made the rifle. She wai
heavily loaded with passengers and larg,
amount of freight. A good many ladies were
on board, and their huttering excitement
was quite interesting. One of the male pas.
sengers being asked what was the cause Of
the trouble, replied that the crew of the boat
were trying to pull up sycamore tree by
the roots, but had to give it up They think
however, he added, that they will be able to
fetch il as they go down.
Year: 1861

and we doubt not all Union loving men will
patronize an establishment which bears such
an honorable name. 1t will be found in Full
ler's new building, on Second, between D
and Maiden Lane.
Year: 1861

FAMOUS OLD WARRFoRs.-Several old can
non have been recovered from the mud near
Ilutchinson's Island, on the Southern coast.
An old man informed the Republican that
'Ghe guns had been placed there by citizens
of Savannah during the war of 1912, TO pro-
tect the city from invasion by water. lie
was one of the party who took them over,
but it happened before Augusta, as it was
styled, was completed, peace was declared,
and their labors We're brought to n close


There was so much rejoicing over the event
among the garrison that the cannon were
forgotten, and they and the fort abandoned
to take their struggle with the arch-destroy-
er, Time. The guns have been resurrected
from their long sleep of near half a century


and our esteemed friend, thank God still


lives to tell the story which had escaped the
eye and pen of all the chroniclers Of the past
Year: 1861

THE Republicans of Petaluma held a meet
ing on Tuesday last, and resolved not to
make any ticket for the coming municipal
election, but agreed to unite with other par
lies in the election Of the best men for office.
Year: 1861

BACKWARD is COMING FORWARD. RD.-The Con
federate States find it an easier matter to
talk of raising money than to realzeit No
portion Of the authorized loan of Sl5,0O0,-
300 had been taken at the last advices
Year: 1861

PooR QuEEN.-Letters from Paris say the
Empress is haunted. The ghost of the Ouch
ess d'Alba appears to her whenever she is
alone in the dark, and she is wasted to a
skeleton under the visitation The Duchess
of Alba was once one of Louis Napoleon's
loves, and this accounts for the milk in the
cocoanut
Year: 1861

BAD PRAoricE.-A gang of boys old enough
to know better, says the Sacramento Bee, are
in the habit especially on Sundays, of bath
ing in pool of water Immediately below R
street, between Third and Fifth. As the rail
road is a favorite place for promenading, the
need Of having such practices discontinued is
apparent, and it is to be hoped that the po-
lice viii look to it. If these boys will per-
sst in bathing in some public place, the ad
ministration of dose of cowhide on their
bare skin might and no doubt wonld, have q
salutary effect
Year: 1861

and not the Union which has developed
those features of Democracy. And now
that this free labor, and this restless,
throbbing free thought are untrammeied
by the Union, the embarrassment will be
removed. The young giants refuse to be
nanacled.


The Aflicanized people of the South
have precipitated work which we be-
licve advancing civilization and the teach
ing Of Christianity would have, ere long,
demanded at the hands of the people of
tho North. The completely with the
barbarism of slavery, which the latter
have had forced upon them by the Union,
has become more burthensome every year,
and must have been thrown off voluntarily
before the lapse of many years. The
Union has done nothing, in reality for
freedom. Its legislation has been in
favor of slavery, when require to legis-


late between these antipodes. Then why
should free men deplore the loss Of tie
OnionY Separate peaceful existence Of
the sections are preferable to a Union
which is Unsatisfactory to one, and re-
tardS the progress of the other.


The creators of the Union sowed the
seeds of inevitable death at the creation.
They thought to beget healthy body by
an unnatural cross between right and
wrong. They thought to produce sym
metrical, harmonious whole, by blending
two conflicting systems Of industry--two
civilizations. How could they expect TO
be successful, when all history is against
them? All nations that recognize the
right OF one man to oppress another,
sooner or later crumblc into dissolution,
and in that extinction we bound to recog-
nize the decree Of justice. And why
should the American people alone hope
to enjoy immunity from the universal
doom?
Year: 1861

ONE Coop THING IN NAzARETH.-The
rebels at Richmond set us good example
in one thing. Any contractor or furnish
er found guilty of cheating soldier is
hung. This is an abrupt mode of settling
his earthly affairs, but, if ever Lynch law
is allowable, it is in the case of sharpers
and sharks who prey upon soldiers who
are fighting at Sll per month.
Year: 1861

SANDS sARsAPARILLA.-The pOpu-
larity acquired by this truly invaluable medicine is
as extended it is richly merted. II the tens Of
thousands of scroulous ulcers which have been ccS
tried and permanently healed by this extraordinary
antiseptic had each tongue, chorus Of testimony
would attest its efficacy not only in scrOfula and all
external manifestations disease but in dyspepsia,
bilious complaints general debility and the various
internal disorders in which it affords speedy and last
ing relief
Year: 1861

Two weeks from to-day is the s5th Anniversa- ry of the birthday of the American Republic. The day will be celebrated throughout the loyal States as it has never before been commemmo- P rated from the beginning. The exigencies of tae times and the crisis througb which our na- .sion isapassing, will command hearty recogni- ton, by an loyal people of the United States, of the blessings which have been for nearly a cen. suvy enjoyed by our Republic, and will draw forth z more universal response for The day we eel ebrate," than has ever yet been manifested

 It shouldSbe commemmorated first and fore most, with thanksgiving and praise to Cop, that He, in His mercy, has permitted us from so small beginnings to grow to such mighty power, thst He has so signally blessed and prospered our growth, and has led us out of the perils of infancy and the dangers and temptations of youth, and has brought our present perils upon us to be struggled with in vigorous manhood that He has given as Mss co'y7ics wherewith to prove our strength, and to purify and elevate us, while reminding us still of our dependence upon Him in whose hands are the destinies of nations, and through whom and in whom we shall tri- umph and be strong, since our cause is right eous one, and the war which is upon us is for the upholding of Freedom and Free Institutions ee Government

 Kgainthe occasion should be one of renewing our vows of fealty and loyalty to the Government under which we have lived and prospered so many years, and to register our VOWS, that so Long ss we have arms to defend, or lives to lose, or money to spend; they shall all be offered in the cause and for the preservation of our glori- ous Union.

 Nor should the occasion be one of less joy and publication than usual. The event which it commemmorates cannot be better celebrated than e old John Adams recommended, with pomp and games and shows, and we do no greater rev erence to the day than by making it wholly day of Jubilee.

 And 50 let tAis Fourth of July be celebrated In every town in the County, with every possible demonstration of loyalty, thanksgiving and ju bilee.
Year: 1861

filed to overaowing, 90 that shippers have
had to pay unreasorably high rates Of
freight to get it sent to market. Had the
farmer sent only one bushe1 to market
where he has sent TWO, freights would not
probably have advanced beyond &c. per


bushel to BufAlo-whereas the current
rates have been, during the past week, 13a
15c. per bushel at present the carrying
capacity Il fully equal to our receipts-our
stocks hare been very materially reduced
and there is better prospect for bread
stuf1s abroad With moderate receipts of
grain, therefore, it is highly probable that
feights will be reduced to a much lower
figure than is now baid; and every cent
which comes off freights will 70 On grain.


Our readers will thus see how imnor-
tant matter it is that the farmers should
hold back their corn. By so doing thew
will probably get just as much for one
bushel as they are now getting for two
the country will be enriched, and vessel
owners will get fair paying freight and
do well, which ir war times is the most
they OF any other interest ought to expect
Year: 1861

If Bethel covered our faces with our hands
rather than our heads with glory, and Wen
ma was not a particularly brilliant victory for
the record of our histoeic muse, the eases Of
Individual nobleness which have been elected
by these ill.encounters, by their addition of
moral force, may 60 far 10 balance the loss
Of physical prestige suffered by our arms.-
In the one we have not triumph to be sung,
but VIC have a Grebe and Winthrop 10 be
remembered. In the other, though we boast
no military success, we may congratulate our
selves on such heroic faith and patience.


Look at this case, in which the dry brevi-
ty of the telegraphic dispatch becomes a sub
Inner kind of epic for the occasion. No la
bored culogy could melt us like these six
lines about that " one man who leaned on
his gun against tree, and was scoldcd by
his Lieutenant for not falling promptly into
line, when he answered simply, l wish l
could-look at my arm which was dangling
at his side. He uttered no complaint. That
man died this morning from loss of blood


And what harangue Of trumpet tongued
speaker could so rouse US out of the shame
of ineficiency and the bitterness of repulse
as the remembered words which our brave
boys whispered as they lay dying among the
rocks of Vienna Stand up for the Union
boys, and stand firm for the old flag !!
were expressions uttered in their last mo-
ments by several heroic fellows who were
mortally wounded


One of the Ohio boys, John R. Barnes
of the Cleveland Herald, as he lay dying
family said to a comrade, Sing the Stal
Spang glcd Banner : but he fell asleep in the
eternal shadows before his request could b'
complied with.
Year: 1861

On the day of the memorable engagement
at Bunker Hill, Gen. Joseph Warren, then IN
the prime of life, joined the American ranks
as a volunteer.


Tell me where can be useful said he,
addressing Gen. Putnam


'On to the redoubt,' was the reply; you
will there be covered


Il came not to be covered returned War
rem; tell me wherc shall be in most danger,
tell ME where the action will be hottest


At the meeting Of the Committee of Safe
ty, previous to the battle, his friends earnest
lv strove to dissuade him from exposing his
person.


i know there is danger replied Warren,
but who does not think it sweet to die Tor
his country?'


When COL Preston gave the order to re-
treat, Warren's desperate courage forbade
him to obey. He fingered last in the redoubt,
and was slowly retreating, when British OH
Ger called on him to surrender. Warren
proudly turned his face to the Toe, receiving a
fatal shot in the forehead, and fell dead in
the trenches,
Year: 1861

TIE NIGHT SuADows-A wonderful fact
to reflect upon, that every human creatures
constituted to be that profound secret and
mystery to every other. A solemn consider
alton, when | enter great city BY, night
that every one of those dark clustered houses
incloses it's own secret that in every beat
ing heart in the hundreds of thousands OF
breasts there is, in some of its imaginings, a
secret to the heart nearest it Something OF
the awfulncss, even of death itself, is retera-
Bile to this. My friend is dead, my ncighbor
is dead, my love, the darling Of my soul, is
dead it is the inexorablc consolidation and
perpetuation of the secret that was always ID
that individuality, and which L shall carry
in mine to my life's end. In any OF the bu-
rial places of this city through which | pass,
is there sleeper more inscrutablc than its
busy inhabitants are, in their innerm0st per-
sonality, to ME, or than l am to them ?
Dickens
Year: 1861

AvoID DrCEprIoN.--Persons who practice
deceit and artifice always deceive themselves
more than they deceive others. They may
feel great complaceney in view Of the success
of their doings but they are in reality cast
ing mist before their own eyes. Such per-
sons not only make false estimate of their
own character, but they estimate falsely the
opinions and conduct OF others. No person
is obliged to tell all ho thinks; but both duty
and solf-interest forbid him ever to make false
pretences.
Year: 1861

The telegraphic alarm last evening was caused
by the burning of some straw in the second story
of house at the corner of Cu8tomhouse and
Chartres streets. Nothing but the straw was
damaged.
Year: 1861




Montgomery Aplil T. lsBl.
In pursuance of an act Of Congress authorizing A
loan of Five Millions of Dollars and directing tbs
Secretary of the Treasury to establish Sinking
Fund from the export duty on cotton, for the pay
ment of the principal'and interest of the same do
hereby establish the following plan for the said
Sinking Fund:


The Treasurer Of the Confederate States shall
keep separate account of all moneys paid over
BY the collections of the customs as the net pro
ceeds of the export duty on cotton, and from thn
said moneys he shall pay the scmannua! Interest
which shall accrue on each first day Of MARCH :;
whenever an amount shall be placed in the Tfea.
sury sufficient to pay the interest to accrue in the
following September, he shall reserve the same for
that purpose, and the surplus proceeds Of the duly
received up to the said first OF September remain
ing after payment of all interest and expenses OF
the management of the debt, shall be applied to
the purchase from the lowest bidder of The Bonds
or Stock Certificates issued under the said act.
Public notice shall be given in gazette at the
seat of Government for thirty days, and at such
other places as the Secretary of the Treasury may
direct inviting proposals from holders for the sale
to the Government of the said Bonds aud Stock, to
be accepted at the discretion of the said Secretary
Of the Treasury, where the bids shall demand more
than the face OF the Bonds or Certificate.


G. G. NJ MMENGER,