smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

were marked on the list to 60, were going
that day or the next. But they were doom.
ed to disappointment. By some unaccoant.
able obstacle, the men of this camp, excap,
what were in the hospital could not 60, and
the next thing heard of the commission sent
out by the governor, was in the Philadelphia
Inquirer in which it said they with two hun
dred and fifty men had just passed through
that city en- route for their own state.


But it seems there was no thoughts of
leaving the convalescents, for yesterday Mr.
Holbrook was making arrangements to send
them home, and ow it seem quite prorable
that ere this letter reaches its destination
another and the last squad will be on its way
to much better place for recruiting their
health than here.


All honor to good old Vermont" say the
boys; for although she moves slow yet it is
with effect and means something substantial
No greater credit is due state than when
she looks out for the comfort and welfare of
their soldiers and Vermont being the first
to take step in the right direction, deserves
and will have the thanks of all those who
take al interest in the welfare Of those en-
listed in the service of their country.


TO those who have desire to help those
who need assistance, they will have a chance,
and that too, nearer home, and although Your
correspondent remains behind, he will feel
none the less pleased to learn that his suffer
ing comrades are in good quarters-to use a
military phrase-and in good hands. I'm
doubtedly the state will be imposed upon by
some feigning sickness when they are able
to be in their regiments or on duty, but this
ought not, and | am sure, will not deter
her from doing all she can for those de-
serving assistance. Still, for those feigning
sickness when they have none there is an
expense. The prospects are it will be very
likely that those who remain here will not
have an opportunity to go to their regiments
for a long time, and one can hardly blame
men for trying their best to get out of place
that is full of suffering and disease. These
men will have an opportunity to go to their
regiments quicker from their own state than
from here, for presume they will be sent
direct to the army instead of being sent to
any convalescent camp.


They have commenced moving the men in
to the barracks as fast as completed, and in
a north or six weeks, it is quite probable
they will all be completed and the men in
them. G.
Year: 1863

we'll to post up the names of those literary
mercenaries, who sell themselves to a bad
cause. They may be wanting our patronage
and money at some future time. The writer
to the Mobile paper distrusts the London
Times, and believes it is secretly the enemy
Of the South, and that it thinks the utter ru-
in of the South will be the making of India.
This may be so-but the Times will undoubt-
edly print for the confederate envoy 10 the
press so long as his funds hold out.
Year: 1863

Mr.. EDITOR:


Now while our prospects are Frightening,
and our hearts are filled with glad hope
while our army takes new courage, and
thirsts for another opportunity of striking for
its country, let our friends at home do some
thing that shall show the world that they
Lave men and brighter hopes, that they have
formed new and strong resolutions, which are
bound to effect materially the cause We are
fighting to maintain. While they examine
the present state Of affairs, and study care
fully the prospects of our being able to put
down the rebellion, within a short time which
every faithful loyal citizen cannot fail to do
they must necessarily discover, that they
have very important duty, now to perform.
Let them then thoroughly examine, and pre-
pare to promptly discharge it.


All can be but mindful of the fact that
the term of enlistments of our two years and
nine months men, will very soon expire
Should the weather be as bad as is usual
during the remainder of this season render
ing the moving of our army impossible, (and
the excellent weather we have had thus far
leads US, greatly to fear iD how little would
they be able to accomplish, during the re-
naming part of their term, especially as We
may have to calculate upon moderate move
ments, even after good weather shall return.
1t takes large army some time to get under
way fairly, and then it moves very slowly
In discharslns our two years men, We lose
many Of our very best officers and men.
Couple with these our nine months men,
and it makes breech in our army, which
Will be felt severely, unless care is taken, in
| lime to provide for it. What is to be done :?
We are by no means sure we shall not want
as large an army after the month of May
next as We want now, and as there is great
chance for the army being prevented from
operating much this winter by bad weather,
and even II 1t can operate may suffer such
reverses as to require much time to recruit,
and thus rapidly consuming the precious
days, it seems to devolve upon US as faith
ful supporters of our cause. to take prompt
measures for preventing the above facts
proving an embarrassment to the county.


Perhaps our commander-in-chief expects
to end the war within the next three or four
months. Perhaps he will but as we are not
positive In regard to the matter, and as past
experience has taught US to make timely
preparations, for foreseen events, it seems ito
me that now is the time to begin to think
about filling the places of those soldiers who
are soon be mustered out of the service


1t must appear plain to all, that consider
ing the vast numbers We are losing and are
likely to lose in battle, together with the mum
Der to be discharged in the spring, our army
must be very much reduced, unless new reg
lments are organized and drilled in time tt
take their places. Surely but few such bat
ties as the battles of Fredericksburg and Mul
treesboro are necessary to reduce our army
to an hundred thousand, saying nothing o
the effects of disease and as our armv il
met by one equally as large at nearly ever,
point, it certainly seems to me, however i
may seem to others, that our army cannot b,
Year: 1863

Eternal spirit of the chainless mind


Brightest in dungeons. Liberty! thou art
For there thy hab.ion is the heart


The heart which love of thee alone can bind.
And when thy sons to fetters are consigned
To fetters and the damp vaults dayless gloom
Their country conquers with their martyrdom
And Freedom form finds wings in every wind.
We arrived at Charleston on the mornin
If the oath, and were at once escorted to th
Year: 1863

4 Hint To MEDICINE jAkERs--If any per
son who are obliged to take offensive med
icine would first take bit of alum into the
mouth, they could then take the medicine
with as much ease as though it We're as much
sugar.
Year: 1863

One lazy day farmers boy


Was hocing out the corn,
And moodi.y had listened long


To hear the dinner horn,
The welcome blast was heard at last
And down he dropped his hoe,
But the good man shouted in his car
My boy hoe out your row.
Although hard one was the row.
To use a plowrnan's phrase:
And the lad as sailors have it,


Beginning well TO haze.
/ can, said he, and manfully


lie seized again his hoe;
And the good man smiled to see


The boy hoe out his row.
The lad the text remembered,


And proved the moral well,
That perseverance to the end,


At last will noble tell,
Take canrage mln resolve you can,
And strike vigorous blow;
In life's great field Of toll,


Always hoe out your row.
Year: 1863

STARTING BuLDs.-One reason why SO
many arc disappointed in getting a
good bloom from bulb for window
plants, is that they do not keep them in
q cool, dark place unit, the roots have
made a good start This IS Absolutely
rccessary. They should be excluded
entirely from the light, and kept away
from warm closets and cupboards, and
when once good mass Of roots have
put out, the stem Will grow rapidly on
being brought to light aud warmth and


ward fou by fine bloom.
Year: 1863

Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Has resumed the practice of his profession in
Aanitowoc, and car now promise to give
prompt attention to all professional business
entrusted to him.


~ Collections made in any part of the State.
For few weeks his Office will be found at
his dwelling house.
Year: 1863

only allied to you through the strong
bond of one humanity? Through an
guisb, every woman of the land will yet
be taught to say to all sufferers left of the
martyr host "You are my son, you are
my brother, to nourish and cherish" 0,
loosely let us hold our idolsl In these
sacrifcial days. there is nothing that we
can call our own, nothing that we may
not be called upon to offer up We can
not evade the fact of our epoch. For our
country, for the sin of its past, for the
fate of it's future, this whole generation is
to be sacrificed.


While his comrades eat, drink and be
merry, young man lies in the wards dy-
ing He is one of the victims of the
Fredericksburg slaughter, brought here
yesterday. When DR.. Baxter asked him
his name he pointed to his mouth. His
toungue had been shot away. A pencil
was offered him to write his name; he
lifted up his right arm, his hand was
shot off, One leg was shattered, and so
terribly gangrened that it was amputated
but too late to save his life; be is dy ing
without murmur.


have used my clairvoyant eyes till |
am almost ready to believe that I am at
the Christmas dinner, and not in my chair.
If have only deluded you as we'll ]
did not intend to pardon Providence to.
day, but | have. Somehow inevitably
tend back to the innate conviction that the
power above all knows best. Still l feel
a twinge to think that / am not at the
soldiers dinner. But then one feels SC
much more comfortable in a forgiving
mood. A quarrel with anybody that las.
ted more than FIVE minutes would make
me very unhappy, wouldn't it you, Re-
publican. Strange that we rebel oftenes'
and longest against the Hand which leads
us through the dark. A sweet friend
sitting in the shadow of great sorrow
writes me beautifully and truly; "Th'
compensations of eternity may show III
why we suffer here, but in our presen
limited knowledge we can only find repos'
in the quiet of entire submission"
NJ. G, A.
Year: 1863

hoiSh% Pioeoo'eu Wy mdDy DatVcries duu
earth-works. Their artillery completely
commanded the field where the 4th Vt.
was. This field was held by the 4th, and
three batteries-the rest of the Division
lying back towards the river, behind some
ridges, which gave them some little pro-
lection, but were good deal exposed to
shell. You now, perhaps, have some lit
tie idea of our position AS their artil-
lery commanded the field which we were
holding, the attack had to be made on the
left, out of the range of their guns on
the hill, on the right. If larger force
than skirmish line had come out on the
right in the rear of the 4th, they would
have drawn the fire of the artillery on
the right. But single regiment deploy-
ed as skirmishers gave but small mark
to open upon, consequently it did not draw
their fire. Well when our men advanced
into the woods rebel battery came out to
give our men raking cross fire, and with
it came large regiment of infantry. The
fire from these would have been awful for
it would have moved down our men, as
they were so largely massed in so close a
place.


Before us was what we ought to do, and
must do, and that was to drive back the
battery and infantry before they opend
on our men. To do it, we must advance
right up in the face of those guns that
would pour death and destruction into ou,
ranks The order "toraoard' was given
and not a man was seen to shrink. Stead.
ly on we pressed, to within three hundred
yards of the battery, which now had got
into position and the mouths Of the can.
non were facing us. Oh! There comes
the smoke from the cannon and the grape
and canister comes cutting through oul
ranks, doing its work of death. Now We
are giving it to them with our rifles. w
can see our shots tell, and they falling
fast; look (! the regiment is breaking anc
running for the woods We cheer ant
give them another volley and send thu
men belonging to the battery after them
leaveng their guns behind.


Now if we had support we would charg
and take the battery. But we have non
and cannot have any, as the artiller.
on the hill would cut them to pieces, s.
we hold our position, but our men ar
coming out of the woods on a retreat ant
we have to fall back with them, in th
rear Of our batteries. The "Old fourth
did the work if a brigade, and have go
the credit for doing it too. We lost


captain and IL men killed and 81
wounded, during the engagement. ha'
a bullet 60 through the top Of my car
grazing the top Of my head just clos
enough not to draw blood, but cut tn
hair off about as close as there was an
to cut.
Year: 1863

A friend in Cambridge sends us the fol-
owing, and we publish it because We have
no doubt anything from the regiment in
which are so many Lamoille County boys
will be read with interest
Year: 1863

THE War News IN WALL STREEr-In Wall
street, as in every other part of the city, the
war news produced a very depressing effect
yesterday. Gold huctuated with every rumor,
All stocks were high except those Of the gov
ernment; for stocks now sympathize with gold.
To-day the news will be more thoroughly un-
derstood, and its effects will be still more ap-
parent Radical stock is out Of the market
completely.
Year: 1863

GENERAL HooKER AND Hrs RuBTcoN.- On the
2Sth Of April we published several extracts
FROM General Hooker's evidence before the
Committee on the Conduct OF the War. Amongst
them was the following Questlon-"To what
do you attribute the failure of the peninsular
oampaignf" Answer--'I do not hesitate to say
that II is to be attributed to the want Of general
ship on the part Of the commander" The effect
Of the depressing news received yesterday was
to orevivc in the mouths Of many similar inquiry
relative to the brief campaign just concluded
on the Rappahannock. The reply exhibited
remarkable concurrence of opinion with that
made by General Hooker on tho occasion re-
ferred to; "want Of gensralship on the part of
the commander
Year: 1863

We have heretofore urged the discontinuance of individual shnplasters, and we hope that per son continues to issue them. We glad to see by the following expression of sentiment, that our. Grand Jury are alive to the interests of the coun- try, and from an intiInation by them infer that the law will hereafter be strictly enforced against assures of shnpasters Some of the best citizens in the State have heretofore issued shnplasters because they were needed, and as the jury says, with an honest intention of redeeming the ame," but great quantity of spurious currency has been put n circulation by virtue of the license afforded by necessity and public sentiment. A practice so liable to abuse and so much abused should be stop ped. There is no longer any necessity for any person issuing shinpasters. We can have sound currency, sufficient tor the wants of the commu pity, without them Let them be driven out of circulation, and to that end let every person whs receives a sufficient amount present them, when he can, for redemption By this means and by re- fusal to take them, We can in few months get rid of all shnplasters. We commend the views of the grand jury, particularly to all concerned, in issuing shnplaSters
Year: 1863

Wcwou1d all have declared, in the assurance


Of perfect trust, that, should rebellion dare
to lit Its armed hand against the Govern
lncnt, or treason raise its serpent head,
that whatever other parties might do or
suffer to be done, this great Democratic
party, claimed 10 be so loyal and patriotic,
won'd rouse itself with more power and
wrath than ever before, and smitc down
and tramplc out both treason and traitor
in fury Of rage, and with syiftncss Of
vengeance such as it had never before dis
played. But, to our great disappointment,
and fearful apprehension, this has not been
the case. We have looked, in well found
ed alarm, and seen, in tlis hour Of their
greatest need, the country and the
Union appealing to au for help,
and the Democratic party, or Its profcssed
leaders holding back, refusing to come to
the rescue, speaking words Of hope and
cheer to rebels and traitors, and even in
some instances shamefully strengthening
and increasing their power and defense.
The question has been asked, in terrible
doubt, whether the malignant and primal


cause and source of this unnatural rebel
lion, whether slavery had also spread Its
subtle poison all through the Democratic
party, and SO corrupted and enYcnomed
its blood, that its heart had ceased to beat
with true and loyal devotion to the Union,


and felt no longer its old noble and gener-


GUS pulsations Tor freedom, and the rights OF
man. Men gazed with trembling, and saw
all that was precious and cherished in the
country, threatened By the violence and per
| fidy Of this monstrous treason, and yet the
Democratic party in u sul1cn and ugly
spirit Of obstinacy and faction, refusing to


show its fealty, and do its bounden duty.
! 1t muttered and grow1ed out its miserable
excuses, that doing one thing was going
too far, and doing another thing was not
going far enough 1t threw obstacles in
the path, or filed it up entirely, and then


abused men for not going forward. 1t cut


the sincws, or fcttered the uplifted arm,
and then ral]ed because it did not strike.
In manifold ways, to the disgust and alarm
Of all true and loyal men, and its, own
shame and disgrace, when treason was in
full career, and armed rebellion in open
day striking at our life, it left it in doubt
whether the great Democratic party was


for the Union and the country, or against


both; whether it would take sides for


secession, or against it.
Year: 1863

said shall fail duly to enter the removal and
transfer, as aforesaid, in the circuit court Of
the United States, agreeably to this act, the
state court, by which judgment shall have
been rendered, and from which the transfer
and removal shall have hccn made, as aforc-
said, shall be authorized, on motion for that
purpose, to issue execution, and to carry into
effect any such judgment, the same as if no
such removal and transfer had been made.
And prOrided also, That no such appeal or
writ of error shall be allowed in any criminal
action or prosecution where final judgment
shall have been rendered in favor of the de-
fcndant or respondent by the state court
And if any suit hereafter commenced the
plaintiff is nonsuitcd or judgment pass against
him, the defendant shall recover double
costs.


Sec. 6. And be It .fIyfhcr enacted That
any suit or prosecution described in this act
in which final judgment may be rendered in
the circuit court, may be carried by writ of
error to the supreme court, whatever may be
the amount Of said judgment.


Sec. 7. And be it .f3rthcr enacted, That
no suit or prosecution, civil or criminal, shall
be maintained for any arrest or imprisonment
made, or other trcspasscs or wrongs done or
committed, or act omitted to be done, at any
time during the present rebellion. by virtue
or under color of any authority derived from
or exercised by Or under the President Of the
United States, or by or under any act of Con-
grcss, unless the same shall have been COM
menccd within two years next after such ar
rest, Imprisonment, trespass. or wrong may
have been done or committed or act may
have been omitted to be done: Proridcd,
That in no case shall the limitation herein
provided commence to run until the passage
Of this act, so that no party shall. by virtue
of this act, be dcbarrcd Of his remedy by
suit or prosecution until two years from and
after the passage Of this act.


APPROVED, March 3, 1868.
Year: 1863

To show the devilish malignity of the par
ticipators in the late riot in New York, we
copy the subjoined account of the murder Of
O'Brien: t.1 a.


The mob made rush at him, and in an
instant he was knocked down, trampled un.
der foot. and the heartless, cruel mob were
upon him. His revolver was taken from
him; bis sword was broken into; fragments,
and every Ass that could get withiA reach s.,
every club that could be brought to bear;
every brick or stone that could be thrown
with true aim; every heel that could hit the
head Of the unfortunate man, were put into
requisition. In moment he was beaten in.
sensible, which fact is the only consolation
left to his friends, for the cruelties and indig-
mites offered afterwards to his body, had
they been endured by being capable Of feel
ing, would have been too horrible for be-
lief f.


Having been struck to the earth, he was
seized by hundred hands and dragged into
an alleyway, out of the sight of his wife and
children, and also almost in sight of his
troops, who, of course, had no idea of the
atrocities being perpetrated on their COM
mander, and there he was beaten and kicked
and dubbed for hours. The first blow was
struck this officer about 2 P. M.,-hc did
not die till P. NJ. All the intervening time
he was surrounded by the crowd, who refused
to permit any one to render him any assist
ance, and when humane druggist went to
him and gave him drink Of water. the mob
entered his store and gutted it from end to
end.


For all these hours this man lay there.
watched over by some Of the mob, and
whenever groan, or sigh, or heavy-la-
bored breath gave. token of life, there was
always a ready foot to kick his bleeding
head, or ready hand to dash his head
against the paving stone. And this where
his wife and children could almost see him
and hear his groans. At about 6 p. NJ, or
perhaps before, Father Clowry, clergyman
Of the Roman Catholic Church, who had
witnessed the whole scene, vainly endeavor-
ing to prevent the deed of violence, entreat.
ed permission of the mob to administer to
the dying man the Sacrament of Extreme
Unction. He argued to them, The man is
already dying; he can never recover You
have done your worst; now pray let me re-
move his body, and render to him last Offices
of our church" The answer was, "You
can do your Office here, and we will protect
you in it, but no one shall remove the man
from where he lies" Finding all further re.
monstrauce useless, the Rev. Father gave to
the dying man the consolation of the church
as he lay. He remained with him till he
died, which was at o'clock. Even then,
the mob would not permit him to be removed
but threatened with vengeance any one who
should approach the bleeding body. At
about 9 o'clock P. NJ, q new riot in another
direction attracted the attention of the crowd,
and, taking advantage of the lull in the ex-
citement, Fathers Clowry and McNulty OBJ
tanned possession Of the body, procured >
cart from the street. placed the corpse upon
it, and with the help of some bystanders
conveyed it to the dead house Of Bellevue
Hospital. fa'ts fi' 1Hei'aa'-'''. eeaR
Year: 1863

~ Some scientific person has made
the discovery that the sun is gradually
dying out, which is the cause Of the spots
on it. and that in several thousand years
it will be entirely extinguishsd. snd the
world will freeze up. II that's the case.
we shall sell out, As soon as possible.
and leave the country. r.
Year: 1863

teered to accompany US, and will leave
with us this morning, and will doubtless
do excellent service as scouts. We leave
here at seven o'clock this (Thursday)
morning, with the expectation of camp
ing out about four miles north of Hos
kinsvllle, so as to be ready to make the
attack in che morning. 1t may be that
these rumors are nothing more than
scare, but any way, they are implicitly
believed here, and it appears probable
that they may be only too true; but be it
peace or war, | shall communicate with
you as soon as l can get some definite
idea as to what will be the result of our
mission. F.C.