smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

once asked a native Hindoo what he
thought a wife ought to know. Why
said he in order to be good wife, she
must know two things. And what are
they =? First, she must know the way to.
the bazaar to buy what is necessary for
the house; and secondly, the way from
the bazaar home again. Knowing this
she knows sufficient for a good wife.


Now it is true that this man was Of the
lower caste, whose wives alone can go out,
yet similar answer in principle would
be given by high caste men also, whose
wives must never leave their homes.


What do the native females Of high
caste do the whole day? They must not
GO out ; they can see and hear nothing
beyond the four walls; they cannot read !;
they have no Books How do they spend
their time? Generally they form little
community, consisting of the wife, the
mother, perhaps grandmother, the child
ren, perhaps some widowed sisters
They do the necessary cooking5 cleaning,
ETC., and when that is done they chew betel
leaf and areca nut, smoke their hookahs,
relate the filthy stories of their gods and
godesses Overland over again to each other,
worship the house idol, not unfrequently
have quarrel, and when they have moth
ing else to do, they sleep, orwhat is next,
aud what none but a Hindoo nale
or female could do, sit down on their
mats and think-of nothing. Toa Euro
pean this would be impossible, but TO
the vacant mind of Hindoo, particu.
larly female, it is an easy thing DR..
UUman.
Year: 1861

Col. Harris of the OHIO Field Notes,
an acknowledged authority on the sub
iect, writes as follows in regard to the
best kind Of horse for lady, his manage
ment, etc:


THE bride of a lady's horse should be
a single rein curb-never snaf1e to be
pulled upon-requiring the strength Of a
thread only to guide and direct the ami
mal, and drawn only when the horse is
required to be stopped at all other times
to be kept slightly in hand or permitted
to lie gently on the arched neck of the
beautiful creature, permitting him to look
abroad upon things and see the road that
he is travelling; starting with bound
into a graceful canter at tie leaning for
ward of the rider, without the use Of the
whip or other incentive"


We had supposed double bride was
preferable that is, curb and snafie, either
of which could be used as occasion re-
quired The majority of English ladies
use such a bride


The pace of a lady's horse should be
long rather than short, that the rider may
bend gracefully forward, and not be jerked
backward at every step, IN the most vui,
gar manner immaginable. A lady -eques-
trian must never appear in hurry 1t
is unbecoming and ungenteel, and shows
plebelan blood; and many instances are
on record, showing that horse knows a
gentleman or lady at sight as well as
most of US"


An English lady of rank and wealth,
now in Egypt, writes home as follows :


u fear you may deem me rather boast
ful of my horsemanship when | tell you
that two Arab horses which threw their
cavaliers lid not throw me- The cause,
however was not in my skill, but in the
very remarkable prediction these intel
igent animals feel toward the weaker sex.
Let the widest and fercest Arabian be
mounted by woman, and you will see
him suddenly grow mild and gentle as a
lamb. | have had plenty of opportupi-
ti1s to make the experiment, and IN my
own stable there is beautiful gray Arab,
which nobody but myself dare ride. He
knows me, anticipates my wishes, and il
diciously calculates the degree of fatigue
| can bear without inconvenience. 1t Is
curious to see how be manages to quicken
his pace without shaking ne and the diff
ferent sort of steps be has invented to
remedy contradictory purposes. Horses
being as liable 10 forgetfulness as other
organized beings my incompatible gray
would allow his natural ambition to over
come his gallantry, aud if another horse
threatened to pass him, would start OF
with the speed Of whir.wind. Woe to
me if, under such circumstances, | were
to trust to the strength of my arm, or the
power Of the Bride! | knew the gal
LIANT charger better. Leaving my hand


loose, and abandoning all thoughts OF
compulsion, | would take to persuasion
pat HIN on the neck, call him by his
name, beg him to be quiet, and deserve
the piece of sugar waiting for him at
at home. Never did these gentle meaus
fail. Instantly would he slacken his
pace, prick up his ears as if fully com
pretending his error, and come back TO a
soft ambIe, gentle neighing as if to crave
pardon for his momentary otfense."
Year: 1861

Restore the Fugitive Ay, when
The Son of God deseends again


And bids me never more to do


As would fain be done unto.
Restore the Fugitive Twill
When Gods own voice in man is still,


tHd wrong is right by Gods decree,


And light and air no longer free.
Restore the Fugitive No. neer
While I've home, a shelter, where


The prosecuted one may bide.


Castle or grave, and side by side.
Restore the Fusitivel The law
Is like the cords that Samson wore,


And nature, were each thread a chain
Mould snap thousand such in twain
Year: 1861

Never fish for praise-it is Dot worth
the bait


Men of many words are generally men
of many pufs.


To offer advice to an angry man, is like
blowing against tempest.


If you treat your interiors with famil-
iaritv, expect the same from them.


Let all your JOKES be truly jokes. Jest
ING sometimes ends in sad earnest
Year: 1861

WITH CLOTHING AND RATIONS.


Soldiers enlisting in tho Regular Service fare
much better than in the Volunteer. They have
the best of provisions, and when sick the best
medical attendance.


Office op Brady street entrance just below cor
ner Of Second. See American Flag.


The only recruiting Office for the regular army
n the city
Year: 1861

The Franklin Revis'o, one of our ablest country
exchanges, and paper that held up for the Union
as long as there was hoPe, speaks thus


We publish to-day the message of Gov. Harris to
the Tennessee legislature ste the exclusion of our
usual variety" The document is calm and dignifed
in its tone, and while we forbear any comments on
the other points in the message, we most heartily
endorse his recommending of 'the perfecting of an
ordinance by the General Assembly formally de-
clarng the independence of the State of Tennessee
of the Federal Unon renouneing its authority. and
resuming each and every function belonging to &
separate soveregnty and that said ordinance, when
it shall have been thus perfected by the Legislature
SHALL at the earliest time practicable be submitted
to vote of the people to be by them adopted or re-
iected.


The mode recommended will be, as much the act
Of the people, as if they had elected convention
for the express purpose of severing our connecIon
with the Federal Union and has the advantage Of an
immense saving of expense 1t behooves US 70 nus
band our resources much as possible. ne LUZ
the Legislature will lose no time IN pefiechng H,e
ordinance and submitting it to fair and drec' FO'e
of the people
Year: 1861

EG@T The following article from the Trans


cript of yesterday, is directly to the point:


"The entire State, from San Diego to Siski-
you, is alive with the Union meetings and
Union Clubs, These demonstrations appear
to be spontaneously produced by the eff
fervescence of popular sentiment, unpolluted
by partisan intermeddling. The California
people, untrammeled by their imaginary
fealty to certain political cliques, have a
wholesome and abiding love for the American
Union, which will display ITSELF in spite of
the tyrant of party organizations. This exu-
berant manifestation of the Union sentiment,
springing from all grades, classes, and parties,
is not to the taste of the men who assume to
be political leaders. The Union sentiment is
fixed fact-a something that can neither be
annihilated nor rsubdued-and, therefore, the
political leaders are disposed to make the best
of it by turning it to their own account
Hence the efforts that have been made to
create a Douglas-Demo ocratic Union party
and Republican Union party; thus prosti-
tuting the no5lest impulses of the California
people to the base purpose of giving power
and place to ambitious schemers.


SIT would be pleasant to learn what pecu-
liar points of politcnl difference dissociate
the Douglas Democrats and Republicans,
and force them to maintain their last years
organizations. Twelve months ago the only
question which separated these parties was
popular Sovereignty" That question was
placed in its grave by the action of Congress
near the close of the last session. The
ground on which this question stood, was
the Territories and that ground was effec-
tually knocked from under its feet On all
other questions and issues-the preservation
of the Union, allegiance to the Federal Con-
stitution, acqniesence in the constitutional
requirements of consttutionally created
Federal Administration, and strict avoid
ance of any interference with the domestic
institutions of the States-on all these prin-
Piles these parties agree like sworn brothers
Then why, since there is no apparant cause
of antagonism between them, can they not
be permitted to coalesce on the great and
paramount question which now agitates the
Republic? The only answer to such very
natural query is, that the coalescence of
these parties would rot promote the person
al interests of certain aspirants for Office
Year: 1861

BALL AND POLE RAIsING.-The reader must
not forget that we are to have a gala day in
this place next Thursday sort of Fourth
of July-to which every Union man, woman
and child, far and near, is cordially invited.
The exercises will open by the raising of the
splendid flagstaff, over one hundread and
fifty feet high, now being prepared in
front of Schardin's Saloon, upon which the
stars and stripes will be run up, to National
music by the San Juan Band, and float
proudly to the breeze. In the evening the
capacious new Theater will be dedicated by a
Grand Ball, which, there is every reason to
believe, will be largely and brilliantly at
tended. Let the town be full of people.
The more the merrier. There will be ample
room and accommodations for all.
Year: 1861

Before either of the party central commit
tees met, or action of any kind was taken
by those protesting disinterested loyalty to
the Government, it was known that general
belief existed that all past partizan differ
ences would be forgotten, and an organiza-
ton effected upon the broad platform of the
Union, with no other plank in it but the one
plainly expressed determination to stand by
suppressing rebellion. While this hope was
being fondly INDUCED, the Douglas Central
Committee met and passed series of reso-
lutions against which no Union man could
have taken exceptions, if one unnecessary
word had been omitted. But after doing
their work well after devising splendid
platform for the coming contest; the term
"Democratic' was introduced before the
phrase "Union Party" The effect was to
forfeit the sympathy and cooperation OF
the Republicans, Union Brecknrdge men,
old Wings and Conservatives. 1t was like
dropping crystal of strychnne into COB
let of sparkling champagne. The entire
draught was poisoned and those for whose
palates it was prepared, put it from their
lips and would have none of it.


This committee, it is evident to every one
except blind party leaders, should have act
ed in concert with the other central COM
mittees, and prepared just such platform.
without the use offensive expletives or
obnoxious qualifying adjectives. Such a
course would have been not only in accord
ance with the almost universal wish of the
intelligent masses, but in keeping with the
demands of these perious times, when coun-
try demands sacrifice of party and of intrig-
uing politicians. AS the case now stands, a
horn has been spoiled but no spoon made.
The ofice-seekers are exultant, and nearly
every one else disappointed. No alternative
is left but for the people to act for them
selves, and this, we are pleased to say, they
are giving pretty decided indications of an
intention to do.
Year: 1861

men of this vicinity are anxious that the
Union Club of Nevada should take immediate
steps for calling County Convention, to
meet in that city as soon AS practicable to
select delegates to a Union State Convention,
which, we are led to believe, will be called
to assemble in Sacramento on or about the
10th Of July. Action is demanded. Party
must be crushed out. The people are
moving. Let those who would oppose their
march stand clear.
Year: 1861

This Mill has just been completed and is ready to
supply LUMBER of all kinds, and in any quantity at
short notice Having the very best of Timber and all
the modern improvements in machinery, we can give
entire satisfaction to those who may favor US with
their patronage.


Dec. s. 1860 CLARK eco.
Year: 1861

The People Can Govern Themselves.
However much monarchists and the enemies
of popular freedom may affect to believe the ex-


pertinent of the people to govern themselves


failure, on account of the rebellion of a portion


of the Southern States, we who have enjoyed


its blessings under National Constitution inn


partial and benefcent in all its features, know
better. This experiment is now two-thirds Of a
century old; in which time the prosperity of all
the States in the Union has been unexampled


Our laws, educational system and our Republi-
can institutions in all their varied forms, have
become the admiration and envy of mankind
throughout the habitable globe; and these facts
alone, without citing others, have been sufficient
to demonstrate, that the base of the fabric was
well founded, and if, in any particular it has
failed to meet the ends designed, the fault has
not been with the system, but those who neglect
ed to enforce it.


The argument against popular government
has not been furnished by those who appreciate
its benefits and who are greatly in the majority
With them the proof of its superiority is self
established. Liberty in the largest degree has
friends of freedom, who contend that the Govern
ment has been failure; and the most convinc-
ing refutation that could be given to the charge,


is, that its theory stands directly in opposition to
the extension of human slavery. Resistance to
the s'cordon of free States" which was rapidly
encircling the South, gave rise to the Southern
Confederacy. The fear of absorption has placed
hostile weapons in the hands of its people, who,
it may truly be said, are borne forward by fren-
zy which cannot be of long duration. When it
subsidies they will be prepared to acknowledge
their error, and thus furnish an additional and
the strongest of all evidence, that popular gov
ernment, rightly administered, is the grandest
and best of all human institutions.
Year: 1861

A Coop SUGGEsTIoN.-It would be i'm
possible to secure that combined action
necessary to the successful holding of
State Union Convention at Sacramento on
the 18th inst. The following suggestions,
therefore, made bE the Sacramento Union,
strikes US favorably, if there should be a
failure on the part of county conventions to
meet and appoint delegates:


A meeting of from twenty to forty of the
prominent Union men in dozen counties,
selected indifferently from all parties, would
be ample to determine upon the propriety of
calling Union Convention. If call were
determined upon, those names would give to
it dignity and authority which would insure
delegations from every county in California.
We make these suggestions simply because
we see no proposition for concert Of action,
and because we are taught by experience
that all such movements must be systematized
before success can be considered as prospec-
lively certain.
Year: 1861

WE clip the following from the lengthy list of
resolutions adopted by the Douglas State Central
Committee


ResoiUed That the people of each county be
requested TO meet in convention in their respec-
tive counties, upon the 18th day of June next,
for the purpose of electing delegates to the
Convention in such manner as they may deem
proper.


ResOlUed, That the basis of representation in
the State Convention be one delegate for each
county, and delegate for each 250 votes
Year: 1861




The boq,.s tankefs haye not got through
with Illinois get This State is mine
hat they have worked with wonderful
assiduity and profit The great wild
caters have ret,re6-one with fortune Of
millions, shaved of the earnings d. the
people, others with lesser sums, but
enough 10 maintain the state Of India
nabobs.. The fellows who, like the Chi
nese in California, wash up the tailings"
and make fortunes from the leaSings Of
bolder adyenturers, are now plentiful in
these diggings, and they are looking in
every direction for that which will put
money IN their purses The Convention
is 10 meet soon for framing new Consh-
tuition, and Just now their attention is
directed to it. The one subject which,
after the ordinances that secure and
perpetuate personal liberty and public
security, is Of more Importance than any
other, is that which relates to Banking.
The freemen Of Illinois, who have never
had a good currency, need to exercise
the soundcst discrimination IN the choice
of their representatives Who will consider
that matter and incorporate it in the fun
damenta1 law- Mcn who have made
Finance q study, and who have
emancipated themselves from the absu1e
notion that paper promises to pay, which
pass for money, are an Indispensable
adjunct OF civilization, and who d.
not, because commercial and man
nfacturing communities sometimes fut
bank paper convenience, jump a
the CONCLUSION that without banks Of issu
OUT agricultural communities Ike th
Ststes Of the West ara impoverishe


these are the candidates who shoul
be selected in reference to this Ban


Question which will be the great bon
Of contention when the Convention
meets. Wild-catters ought to. and II ri
seek public safety, must be, excluded
Such Of them as are not debanehed ami
incapable Of just legislation, are craze'
and unfit to assist IN framing the orgaui


law. Let the people see to it IN time!
Year: 1861

meut ef the United States has informally ex-
pressed q friendship for the present Govern
ment OF Aexico, and Willingness to do any.
thing that Is proper and feasible to insure her
exemption from the dangers by which she Is
menaced Il Is understood that some AmerI-
can capitalists have already initiated and nearly
perfected arrangements by which they viii at
onee advance any sum which cur Government
may desire to facilitate the settlement Of the
matter.
Year: 1861

A LADY BAcHELoR.-The Lyons journals
state that among the candidates for the degree
of Bachelor of Letters, during the present ac-
adenical session in that city, is young lady,
who being compelled by reverse Of fortune to
become governess, has had the perseverance
to carry her studies much farther than usual for
her sex. She passed through the first exami-
nations with great credit, and there is every
probability that she will be the first 6dchelere
admitted by the University Of France.
Year: 1861

in progress, when some scamp thinking that
the thing had gone far enough, seized kettle
of boiling water that happened to be on the
stove and threw its contents into the crowd.
There was an instantaneous suspension of hos
tilities-a sudden getting away from the spot,
and expressions used that would not look well
in print Not one Of the combatants escaped
without brUise or blister; some were severely
scalded on the head arms and legs, and one un-
lucky hombre who happened to be in am nyert-
ed position at the time that the shower fell,
it is said, will have no use for chair or u
stool for sometime. On the following morning
warrant for the arrest of Dutch baker No.
was issued and given into a constables hands
for service. Unfortunately, the officer was on
a spree, and went with good deal more whis-
key than sense in his head to discharge the
duty finding the baker on horseback and about
leaving the place, he supposed that that person
was endeavoring to avoid an arrest, and he at
once resorted to force to accomplish what might
have been done peaceably. A little scrimmage
occurred, in the course of which the officer
struck at the man with knife, which fortu-
nately passed the mark it was intended for, but
struck the animal upon which the man was
sitting, inficting an ugly and perhaps fatal
wound. The baker managed by some means
to get off and went to Yreka, where he was
subsequently arrested and lodged in jail, and
the constable was left to sober off, and calculate
his chances for an investment in defunct horse
flesh.


During the recent snow Storm a mail carrier
by the name of Polk, started over the Salmon
mountains with the mail, and not reaching his
destination within a reasonable time it was
feared, and in fact so reported, that he had per-
ished. few days later, however, his friends
were very agreeably surprised by his arrival
among them. lie missed his way in the storm
and wandered around several days, SUFFERING
from the cold and getting his feet badly frozen.


Several new quartz lodges have been struck
recently near Orc Fino, which prospect so well
that arrangements are being made to erect a
mill in that vicinitynext spring. 1t is to be done
by joint stock company who have capital suf-
hcient to carry 1t through and make a safe and
permanent establishment of il.


AS expected, the reported silver lode dis
covery, near this place, which mentioned in
my last, turned out to be a hoax. 4 couple of
Mexicans while prospecting for quartz struck
a vein Of sulphurets which they pronounced
silver ore; they brought some Of it to town and
some sensation fellow got piece of it to have
assayed but in its stead he sent the assayer
piece OF genuine Washoe silver ore. The re-
turn, Of course, was astonishingly rich, and the
result number one excitement which soon
subsded ON the facts becoming known


An enterprising individual is about to estab
lish broom mandatory at the village of Fort
Jones. A little determination and perseverance
will, have no doubt, make ii a profitable con-
Germ, for that indispensable article can certainly
be manufactured at home cheaper than they
can be imported. C.C.G.
Year: 1861

A husband, finding that his wife
received splendid presents from an
aGlnirer, thought it would be unwise
not to show her what dangerous
ground she stood upon. She had
been driving out one morning with a
lady, and Went to the dining room
Immediately on her return home, in
tending to shew her purchases to her
husband. No husband, however, did
she hnd--but what, for the moment
delighted her the more-the table
covered with jewels! The transport
ted Alicia eagerly advanced.


How beautiful - she exclaimed
aloud, as she tried the brilliants upon
her arm and fingers, and alternately
put down one ornament to admire
another. 'I did not see, even at
court, such diamond necklace as
this'' she continued. Il wonder
where they came from


Suddenly she spied i beautiful
box to hold bonbouS, set in diamonds,
and of a particularly beautiful shape.
These bOnntereS Were much the fash
ION at that time, ard the dutchess OF
G. had displayed one at the opera
house, which had been the envy and
admiration Of all present. To have q
more elegant and precious box than
her grace Of d.; to set the fashion OF
that shape; to show her fair tapo,
fingers, to advantage, as she present
ed it to her neighbors-how many
sources of delight to a fashionable
belle! Instantly the ornaments wer.
replaced and forgotten; nothing bu
this delighted box deserved a thought
She was so much engrossed by he,
admiration, that she saw no. her hus
band until he stood before her.


"Oh, Mr.. Chairville,,' she CRIED
with childish joy, "see how magni
Year: 1861

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may hear OF any local, or other items. that
will prove of interest to our readers, viii
favor us by handing in the same at the Office


the News.
Year: 1861

From present appearances we may
expect to receive intelligence Of tre-
mendous fighting. Every days in
telligence portends in that way. May
the grace of God be with us; and
may our army rout our enemies, and


cause them to fly in every direction.