smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

VESSEL FIRED INro.-Yesterday afternoon about
three O'Clock while the wind was blowing heavy from
the Northeast schooner crossed the bar and beat
ing up the channel abreast of the beach of Morris Is
land when she having attracted the attention of some OF
the sentnes Of the batteries fired several blank
trdges her for the purpose of bringing her to- which
the Captain of the vessel paid attention to- but kept
on his course when shotted gun discharged, the
ball from which it is supposed struck her in the bull
warks when she put about and proceeded down near
the bar and anchored.


During the firing it is said the schooner displayed the
United States ensign" but her character and not
her nationality in question, she should Immediately
have come and held intercourse with the commander
Oh the Island. instead OF acting that produ-
ced the impression that she intended to orce passage
Soon after the firing took place, boat from Fort Sum-
ter visited Morris Island sent by Major Anderson to
make enquiry into the of the vessel having been
shot a and also to request permission for his boat to
proceed to the schooner and it is reported that the
boat did 60 the suspicious vessel but Of this have
no certain information.


About six o'clock last evening the steamer General
Clinch with Lieut. L. B. Huger, sent from the city
to look after the schooner and investigate her character
but after proceeding some distance down the channe
they were unable to discover anything of her, and sup
pose that she had gone to sea.


AS the wind was bowing very strong from the North
east she will, no doubt take Southerly course
Charleston Courier, 4th inst.
Year: 1861

The NEW TAR1FF.-Hs Operation at the Nev York
Custom -HouSe-The Morrill, tariff went into effect on
the lst instant, but it is too early yet to how it
works. The New York Times says:


Considerable quantities of sugar were on Monday
withdrawn from bond for consumption the importers
profting by the large difference between "a of cent
pound and "a per cent ad Uat0rem duty under the
tariff of AZ. All goods actually shipped on before
the 9TH of March in under the former rates. and
all goods remaining in bond unclaimed the 1st OF
April on the privilege. 1t will thus be some days
before any perceptibe effect of the tariff can be
perienced at the custOm-house"


The New York World says of the new law:


"The working of it is destined to produce very com
pcated system OF appralsement and consequently will
require nearly three times the amount of clerical force
heretofore employed, and considerable difficulty will bt
experienced between the customhouse officials and th
importers. The bill has variety of defects, the m
porters aege and under the best OF it's working
phases, will be the cause Of much pickering Much lar
ger warehouses will be needed by the SYSTEM from
the fact that the bill cOmpes variety OF goods which
were formerly appraised by quantity, to be weighed
owing to the process which OF the goods are to b.
subjected to, it will be that time will be
cuped in passing the goods from the customhouse de
partment to the importer than by the old tariff. Th
merchants are unanimously complaining of its unairnes
and injustice, and are calling for its repeal


The Herald remarks:


The act allows goods On which the duties are lessen
ed to be withdrawn from bonded warehouses on pay
mint OF the duties therein provided. Importers have
not been slow in finding out this provision, and the
sequence has been that the goods On which reduceC
duty is to be levied have been hurried into public stores
during the past month. The principal articles thus
warehoused sugar, moasses, Manila hemp and ndi
CO. But Monday was the lst of April and these good
could then be withdrawn for the first time at the Lev
rate Importers who had delayed their sales until the
made large Withdrawals of merchandise under the new
rates. About $4,000 worth of sugar and moasse
was thus withdrawn. The work of passing the with
drawals is more than double, and consequently NOR
time consumed in getting the entries through :
This gave rise to much dissatisfaction the part of
| importers"
Year: 1861

OLD STAND.


na THE SUBSCRIBER takes this method OF returning
@ her sincere thanks to her numerous friends 1or the


liberal patronage her house has received for the pas
few years. and would respectfully inform the public ina
she is prepared to Iranslen
Her house being situated on the South side OF Chesnu
street. below Front is in convenient location to business
Her he will at all times be found amply provided witt
the best the market affords Her kept in the bes
possible manner rendering every comfort and convenience


continuance of public patronage is respectfully solicit
ed. MAh1 D. McCAhEb'
December IL, ls60.-dtf.
Year: 1861

The destruction produced BY the recent gales is prob
ably not yet fully known though there is some reason
to suppose that in this respect they have surpassed all
which preceded them The arrivals of the last few days
at Boston Holiness Hole, Newport &C.. have brought
us intelligence OF disasters in various directions in some
instances the crews OF abandoned vessels have been
brought n in Others wrecks have been seen with no one
on board leaving room for the most melancholy fears
Of the 207 arrivals at New York during the four days
ending with Wednesday night, exclusive Of steamers
forty mine met with more or less damage. Among them
several men bave been lost overheard others disabled
From Of the brave fellows who follow The Georges
Bank habut fishery forty of whom have already been
reported lost with the vessels this season. we anticipate
dismal tidings, or none which amounts to the same
thing after an absence OF about four weeks Those YES
sells which have arrived at Gloucester since the gale re-
port bad weather, two men lost overheard one badly
hurt &c We think the losses at sea for the year end


ing with the present month will exceed those of any pre-
vious year.-BOStOn Post
Year: 1861

Has a great Christian nation the right
to commit deliberate suicide? This is
in fact the question to be answered by
every Christian man at the North, when
considering his duty in connection with
the present exertions of the Government
to put down an armed and meuacing re-
bellion by military force. Undoubtedly
there are multitudes to whom anything
bearing the name of War, above all Of
Civil War, is in its own nature most re-
pulsive. The conscience of the Norlh
especially. has been so long and SO dill
gently instructed ON this very subject,
and has responded SO earnestly to the in,
struction, that detestatlon of war has long
since taken its place with us among the
deepest and most imperative moral in
stincts and propably upon no other sim
gle subject has such absolute and emphat-
ie uDanimity obtained among all who
have wished and sought the welfare of
their country and the world


1t would not be unnatural, therefore,
if there should now exist the feeling
among some Christian men that the war
on the brink of which we seem to be
standing is outside of, If not contrary to,
the Christian rule; that it is a thing
which Religion hardly justl6es, even ifit
tolerates it; aud that we have oil been
Year: 1861

To secure independence, the practice
of simple economy is all that . necessary.
Economy neither requires superior cour-
age nor eminent virtues; it is satisfied
with ordinary energy, and the capacity
of AVERAGE minds Economy, at bottom,
is but the spirit Of order applied in the
administration of domestic affairs: it
means management, regularity, prudencej
and the avoidance of waste. The spirit
of economy was expressed by our Divine
Master in these words, Gather up the
fragments that remain, so that nothing
may be lost" His omnipotence did not
disdain the small things of life; and even
while revealing His infinite power to the
multitude, He taught the pregnant lesson
of carefulness of which we all stand 50
much in need.


Economy also means the power Of re.
sisting present qualification for the pur-
pose of securing q future good; and in
this light it represents the ascendency
of reason over animal instincts. 1t is
altogether different from penuriousnessj
for it is economy that can always best
afford to be generous. 1t does not make
money an idol, but regards it as useful
agent. AS Dean Swift observes, owe
must carry money in the head, no. in the
heart" Economy may be styled the
daughter of Prudence, the sister of Tenn
perance, and the mother of Liberty. Is
is eminently conservative of character, of
domestic happiness, and social we'll being.
1t aIiays irritation, and produces content.
1t makes men lovers Of public order and
security. It deprives the agitator of his
stock in trade, by removing suffering
and renders his appeals to elass-hatred
completely inuocoous. When workmen
by their industry and frugality have se-
cured their own independence, they will
cease to regard the sight of others we'll
being in the light of wrong inflicted on
themselves aud it will no longer be pos
sible to make political capital cut Of their
imaginary woes.
Year: 1861

pa A prudent man advised his ser
want to put by his money for rainy day
In few weeks the master inquired how
much of his wages he had saved. "Faith,
none at ALL" said he, "it rained yester-
day, and it all went"
Year: 1861

DE it ordained by he Board Of Mayor and Aldermen
- Of the city of Memphis:


That from and after this date dray cart wagon nor
any vehicle whatever shall pass any of the fire hose
belonging 20 the city or fire department whether such
hose have water I'M them cor not
SIC. ANY person violating the first section of this
ordinance shall Je guilty Of misemeanor and shall on
conviction thereof be fined m les, than five nor
more than fifty dollars and all persons violating this
the Recorder.


Approved November 5h, 1901


JOHN PARK, Mayor
Year: 1861

We are now prepared to manufacture our
goods with dispatch, as our force is much larger
than heretofore


We have the best Of w0rImen, and no effort
will be spared on cur part to give entire salts
faction to all who may favor us with their pat
rOnage. n0IO-3m
Year: 1861




Cotton Crisis.


Sir William Aitherton, AHoraey-Gaueral and
n p. for Durham, lately addressed "a meeting
of his constituents in the Town Hall OF that city.
We make the following extract from his speech,
as reported in the London Herg'd:


The sword did not bind. It sudarod: and it
seemed to be next TO impossible that, in the
event Of one or the other oI those States being
victorious in the field, q union should not be
brought about in consequence which should
either resemble the original Union, or which
should have in itself either the elements of ad-
vantage or durability. Il must be the wish OF
every one that that unfortunate struggle might
come to an early close, and that bl00dshcd in
these countries might cease.


But that struggle had an aspect rather inn
pOTtant to Us in its bearing upon the commerce
and industry especially of the northern parts of
this country. Let them take the case of the
county OF Lancaster, with very extended pop
ulati0n, with millions upon millions of capital
invested in mills and machinery, IN the mauutac-
ture Of cotton. The employment Of the people,
the employment of capital, the employment Of
machinery, all depending upon the raw material,
and Withdraw cotton from Lancashire, and how
bread was 90 find It's way TO the mouths of the
workmeu, It was very difficult to understand
Therefore, it was impossible, without hazarding
any prediction to look this great evil in the face
and 10 consider the possibilities Of the coming
winter without great alarm-at least anxiety.
Year: 1861

stood, while the Chaplain aud Winser looked TO
the staircase by which We had descended and
the adjoining chambers / ran down stairs to
see if anything was threatened from the story be-
low, but it soon appeared there was no danger
from that quarter. However, We were
not at all disposed TO noye from our
position. From the opening doors, and
through the passages, We discerned
sufficient number Of forms TO assure US that we
were dreadfully in the minority. | think now that
there was 10 danger, and that the single assall-
ant acted without concert with any body; but 1t IS
impossible to know accurately, and it was cer-
tainly doubtful question then. The first thing
10 be done was 10 look TO our dead friend and
leader. He had fallen on his face, and the streams
of blood that flowed from bis wound had lit
eraly flooded the way. The Chaplain turned him
gently over, and stopped and called his name
aloud, ut which thought then he mlrmured in.
articulatey. presume was mistaken. and
am not sure that he spoke word after being
struck, although in my dispatch ! repeated sim
gle exclamation which | bad believed he uttered.
II might have been Brownell, or the





Winser and | lifted the body with all the
care We could apply and laid it upon bed in
room near by. The rebel flag, stained with
Lis blood, and purified BY this contact from the
baseness of its former meaning we laid about
lis feet. 1t was at fret difficult to discover the
precise locality of his wound, for all parts Of his
coat were equally saturated with blood. by
sIx. half an1u INIT
coat. we found where the shot had penetrated.
None of US had any medical knowledge, but We
saw that oil hope must be resigned. Never
theless, it seemed proper to summon the surgeon
as speedily az possible. This coild not easily be
done, for, secluded as We were in that part of
the town, and uncertain whether an ambush
might not be awaiting US also, no man could
volunteer to venture forth alone, and to
90 together and leave the ColOnels body
behind, was out Of the question. We won.
dered at the long delay Of the first company,
for the advance of which the Colonel had
sent back before approaching the hotel, but We
subsequently learned that they had mistaken
street, and gone little out of their way. Be-
fore they arrived we had removed some of the
unsghtiy stains from the Colones features, and
composed his limbs. His expression in death was
beautifully natural. The Colonel was singu-
lary handsome man, and, excepting the pallor,
there was nothing different in his countenance
now from what all his friends had so lately been
accust ,mod to gladly recognize. The detach.
ment was heard approaching at last, reinforce
ment was easily called up, and the surgeon was
sent for. His arrival, not long after, Of course
sealed our own unhappy belief. sufficient
guard was presently distributed over tho house,
Year: 1861

but meanwhile / had remembered the Colonel:
carnestness about the telegraph seizure, ard OBJ
tained permission TO guide q squad of ZOuaYes to
the Office which was found to be entirely open,
with all the doors ajar, yet apparently deserted.
1t looked little hkc another chance of q sur
prise. The men remained in charge. presume
it was not wholly in order for me, civilian, to
start upon this mission, but i was the only per-
son who knew the whereabouts Of the Office and
the Colonel had been very positive about the
matter. When Ireturned to the hotel there was a
terrible scene enacting. A woman had run from
a lower room to the stairway where the body
Of the defender Of the Secession flag lay, and
recognizing it, cried alond with an agony 80
heart-rending that no person could witness it
without emotion. She flung her arms in the air,
struck her brow madly, and seemed in every
way utterly abandoned TO desoatiOn and frenzy.
She offered no eproaches-appeared indeed al
most regardless of our presence, and yielded
only to her own frantic despair. 1t was her
husband that lad been shot. He was the pro-
prietor of the hotel. His name was James 7.
Jackson. WInser was confident it was the same





and told us he was boarder. His wife, as
said, was wild almost to insanity. Yet she
listened when spoken TO- and although no cOnso-
laton could be offered her by US for what she
had lost, she seemed sensible 10 the assurance
that the safety of her children, for whom she
daDgered.


1t is not from any wish TO fasten obOquy upon
the slayer of Col. Ellsworth, but simply because it
struck me as a frightful fact, that say the face
Of the dead man wore the most revolving ex-
preston Of rage and hatred that l ever saw.
Perhaps the nature Of his wound added TO this
effect, and the wound was something 80 APPALLING
that shall not attempt to describe it, as it i'm
pressed me. 1t il probable that such result
from bullet.wOund could not ensue once in
thousand times. Either OF Brownell's onslaughts
would have been instantaneously fatal. The saber-
wound was not less effective than that of the
ball. The gun which Jackson had fired lay
beneath him, clasped in bis arms, and as we did
not at first all know that both barrels had been
discharged, it was thought necessary to remove
it, lest ir should be suddenly seized and made use
OF from below. In doing this, his countenance
was revealed.


As the morning advanced, the town,peope be-
gan to gather in the vicinity, and guard was
fixed, preventing ingress and egress. This was
done to keep all parties from knowing what had
occurred, for the Zouaves were so devoted to
their Colonel that it was feared if they all were
made acquainted with the real fact, they would
sack the house. On the other hand, it was not
thought wise to let the Alexandrians know thus
carly the fate of their townsman. The Zouaves
Year: 1861

DON TMEs.-The cheap English
cutting 20 heavily into the cir


the London Times that its price
.educed. The enterprise of the
rinting House Square is as great
It ii does not tell as it used to do.
nd special occasions the Times
It and special efforts to come out


on ordinary occasions it is more
behind than before its cOtempo-


lie the ground is cut from under
that clever German Jew, Mr..
10 provokingIy supplies the same
70 penny paper as to the lordly


of Puddle Dock. This one fact
ant in lowering the influence and
Times.
Year: 1861

He would soon he in place where be could
meet the question. [Applause.l He was
among those who love their country better
than slavery. ..


The heart of the country was right, and
all great thoughts come from the heart. For
the rebels there can be no true success. De-
feat to them would be bad, but victory would
be worse. In the latter case the energy of
the North would be aroused to sublimity,
and the rebellion would die of itself, The
only peril which he feared was some new
concession to slavery. From all such peril,
good Lord deliver usl [Amen ] But by
"Justice" we would be twice blessed, and SO
would we elevate the slave.
Year: 1861

was turned against the enemies Of our country.
The Govern mtnt had not the means Of de-
tending itself where they were most needed.
This committee came forward and applied the
remedy and averted the danger.


The General, in few additional words,
hsnked the committee in his,own behalf-he
kneg it had the sincere and most grateful
thanks of the Government-and closed, bid
ing the committee an affectlonste good by.
Year: 1861

MARION, o., November "a shocking
murder was committed FIVE miles east Of this
place last night about seven o'clock. While
Mrs. Levi Ulch was sitting in her room,
knitting, some one fired at her through the
window. One ball passed through her
breast and lodged under the skin of her
back. Another ball and seven shot struck
the wall at her side. She died in about an
hour afterward. No clue to the perpetrator
Year: 1861

the visions Of universal peace indui-
ged in by some harmless enthusiasts
despite the uplited voice of reason
and religion; despite, too, the gene
rally resistless pleadings Of self.in-
terest-now, as then, there are periods
Of national excitement, and one of
these is at this moment passing over
the North American continent, when
the pruning hook is transformed in
to a spear, and the plowshare bea-
ten into the sword. At such mo-
ment it is vain to hope that "the
Still small voice" of reason can hush
the storm Of passion, or that even
religion can rein in the fiery steeds
Of war.
Year: 1861




on MIR. Lincoln's message, and shows
it small favor. The Times is courte-
GUS and cautious, but nevertheless
closes it's review with these signif-
cant words: "When we prefer
frank recognition "of Southern inde-
pendence by the North, to '.the poll
| cy avowed in the Presidents mes
sage. "it is solely because we fore
see, as bystanders, "that this is the
issue in which, after infinite loss and
humiliation. the contest must re-
suit


Cores Advertisers remarks are so
pithy and pointed, as we'll as brief,
that we subjoin them


Perhaps no great battles may be
fought, but the war will not be the
less disastrous on that account, and
the continuous blockade of the South
ern ports will inflict a blow on the
commerce of the world, the effects of
which may be felt for many years to
come. The main question which
presses for our Immediate considera-
is. how long can that blockade 5e
enforced 7 This, to us in Lanca-
shire, is most momentous question,
and it would afford us not a lit
tie satisfaction. if we saw our way
clear, to say that the blockade could
not possibly be enforced beyond
the close of the present year.


Since the commencement of this
American difficulty our editorial trum-
pet has given no uncertain sound.
Our sources of information have sup
piled US with early and reliable IN
telligence of what was passing on the
other side of the Atlantic, and we
therefore fatter ourselves that our
words will have some little weight
with the commercial community, and
especially with those who are most
deeply interested in the prosperity
Of the cotton trade, when we warn
them that a dearth of cotton, such
as was never experienced in this
county in any previous period of it's
history, may overtake us in the course
Of the next six months, unless our
Government awaken to sense of
the awful consequences which would
flow from such an event, and insti-
tute more active measures than any
which it has hitherto employed to in
duce the United States Government
to yield to fate and acknowledge the
independence of the Confederate
States. It must come at last to this
We can see no other solution of the
difficulty.


The Northern States have the pow
er to prolong the war indefinitely.
The Southern, if defeated in the
field, cannot be finally subdued. The
folly of the contest thus waged is
consequently apparent to us in En-
gland as the folly of that contest
which we waged with our American
brethren towards the close of the last
century was to some Of our then
wisest statesmen. Nations, however,
are not wiser now the passions Of
men, when once lashed into fury, are
not more easily calmcd. Now, as
then, Notwithstanding the rapid pro-
gress Of civilization, Notwithstanding