smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864

B6- The Richmond Whig says: "We ven
ture the prediction that rout more disgrace
full than the Bull Run stampede, awaits the
Yankees in most of the conflicts likely to ccclr
during the next campaign. They will have to
enter upon it with all the disadvantage of raw
levies, who will present but poor bulwark
against the gallant veterans of Lee and John
ston. As to the contingent of the three years
men likely to remain in the service, we take
the estimate of Yankee authorities, they will
not constitute force sufficiently large TO i'm
part an air of martial discipline to their new
organization. The Bull Run stampeders were
compared with the material which will com
pose the new army. We see no grounds to
presume that the Yankees will bring into the
field larger force than we will. II they do,
it must, of necessity, be of such material as
cannot, if multiplied into the proportion Of ten
to one, counterbalance the overpowering ad-
vantage which We shall possess in q well dis
ciplined veteran army. No result, however
palpable, achieved now by our arms, can be
received as an index of what is TO be when we
have green horns TO encounter. We do not
desire to underrate, in the least degree, the
fighting qualities of the Yankees. Recently
they have done well, much better indeed than
We ever thought them capable Of doing. Our
predictions as to what is to be the result from
q conflict between the two armies are justified
upon the plainest principles of military sci "
ence. Ne therefore reiterate our expectation
that the Bull Run scene will be enacted with
the increased dramatic effect in more than
one conflict during the ensuing summer
Year: 1864

his bull would be the victor, but al
length the stranger began to have the
best of it, and the deacon fearing the
defeat of his favorite, took hand in the
fight himself. He tore rail from the
fence and rushed at the black bull,
punching and pushing him in the rear,
and striving to drive him back to his
pasture. The attack instead of attain
ing it's object only increased the animals
rage, until with one fierce lunch he laid
his antagonist on the ground, pierced
him through the chest with one thrust Of
his sharp horns, and laid him dead in an
instant.


No sooner had he finished his work
in front, than, like a good soldier, he
made for the enemy in the rear /; and the
deacon made for the opening in the fence
with the believing monster close at his
heels.


Away they went, deacon and bull,
straight for the house, the first putting
and blowing under his fearful speed, the
last paving and believing in manner
to strike terror into frmer hearts than
that of the deacon 1t was a terrible
race but the deacon won it by few
yards, just slamming the door of the house
in the face of the bull, and rushing to
the kitchen for safety In moment he
heard with terror the blow of the mon
ster's head upon the door; second
thump and down it went, admitting
him to the hall


The door of the parlor stood open,
and upon the wall opposite was large
mirror, the pride of the deacon's wife
and daughter, and the choice piece of
their household goods. The bull did
not waste time, but seeing his imagg
in this glass, made one rush, scatterine
the glass in minute particles, and shak-
ing the house with the crash.


By this time the deacon began to re-
cover his wind and his presence of
mind and think Of a loaded gun hang
ing over the mantle in the Kitchen
Rendered desperate, he clntched the
weapon and rushed to the door of the
parlor. The bull spied him instantly
and made rush-his last-for almost
running the muzzle Of bis gun into his
head, the deacon fired, and dead bull
blocked up the hall, deluging the floor
with his blood just as the family present.
ed themselves at the door on their re-
turn from church


The CONSERVATION of all may be i'm
agined, and the deacon had nothing for
it but to make clean beast and confess
his Sabbath breaking, pay the stranger
for his bull, hand over the hundred dol
lars, make beef of the carcases. and
good resolutions about bull lighting for
the future.
Year: 1864

the Virgin Mary Ugarte. who sands


near the ruins and threatens violence to


any one who shall attempt to demolish
the walls.


But, we thank God, that Ugarse as
the representative Of superstition was
overpowered, and that the Government
barred it's arm and interposed for the
people. We can see but one cheerful
fact in this horrible slaughter, and that is
that the people have determined to
through off the yoke that has beund
them, and that henceforth they will wor-
ship God in the glorious light ofreli gious
liberty. The day Of superstition in that
country is over. Ugarte henceforward


fades from sight only to be remembered
with shuddering and horror. 1t is anoth-
er sign that the world is moving, and
that the light Of civilization and religious
liberty is beginning to penetrate those
countries which have been tied down so
long under the yokessof superstition and
jugglery The change has been bought
at a fearful price-by a holocaust un-
equaled in the annals of the world. Out
Of the fire comes publication. and the
days of Ugarte are over. Henceforward
his name is synonym of horror. We write
against no sect or faith. We are in
favor offull religiouslberty, and of every
mans worshiping the Deity as he pleases
but we do write against superstition and
Ugarte, assume whatever form he may.
Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1864

Some Englishmen, otherwise well-edtf
Gated, make mistakes respecting the
pronunciation Of the letter III. They
omit it whefeit should be, and introduce
it where it should not A wag supposes
such persons to be thus addressed by
the letter H itself


Whereas have by you been driven


From house, from home, from hope, from heaven
And placed by your most learned society,


In exile, anguish and anxiety,


here demand full restitution,


And beg you'll mend your elccution
Year: 1864

THERE is no such preaching as the
experience which man gives, who has
Just realized the sinfulness Of his
soul. I often hear myself out
preachead by some new convert who
can hardly put words together. Some
say experimental preaching is shall
low. Shallow 1t is deep as the soul
of God Beecher.
Year: 1864

The New York dry goods trade.is
at stand still, and importers are at "a
loss to know what to do, whether to
take their goods out of bond or reship
them to Europe. The prices of many
articles place them beyond the reach
of consumers, and the Presidential
contest will cut down the regular
trade of the country at least one halt.
A considerable amount Of hosiery
and gloves has been reshipped to Eu-
rope by importing jobbing houses. -,
Year: 1864

The heat of the weather continues excessive
ona rho showers we have had, in the last fe"
days. were too slight to cool the atmosphere
We are pleased to learn, however that though
there is still tendency in children to summer
comn|aints, the public health, generally mas
improved within the last week.
Year: 1864

THESE are the watehwords of the People, and with
them the people will rule and the stars Stripes
shall every hill aud In every valley from Ocean
to Ocean, and from Norhernmost to our Southern
most limits Such is destiny by the force Of our
victorious armies such must be history.
Year: 1864

D We refer the reader to the card Of Capt.
McCutcheon, to be found elsewhere The Cap
tain is native of Lower Louisiana, and speaks
both French and English; he will be in town in
3 few days, when persons desirous of joining his
corps will have an opportunity to do so.
Year: 1864

The repeated and heavy calls of the
government for men to fill its armies
has left many schools devoid OF expe-
rienced and sk;llful teachers. This is
misfortune necessarily arising out Of
the unhappy state Of our national af-
fairs, and cannot be avoided. There
fore, it becomes the duty of every one
deslrous OF promoting the interests of
education, to make amends for this
loss IN every way possible.


One way in. which this can be done
is by offering liberal salaries so as to
induce the right kind of young men
and women to engage in the profession,
as we'll as to secure the services of
those teachers of experience and
ability who yet remain. 1t is presum-
ing too much upon human nature to
expect man to teach for S25 when
labor of every other kind commands a
much higher price. This action, then,
raising the salaries, is indispensable if
we wish to retain the labors of all our
teachers


But, suppose there are some depen-
dent on teaching for livelihood, and
who cannot well engage in anything
else, is it right, is it manly, to take ad-
vantage of their circumstances and
compel them to teach for half the sala-
ry they taught year or two ago?
Need | explain this? Everybody
knows that S25, not even upon a spe-
Gle basis, but upon the actual cost of
living and of clothing as basis, is not
equivalent to more than S12 previous
to the war. If those whose duty it is
to fix salaries will consider this well,
they will not, perhaps, think as some
seem to do, the heavy tax imposed by
the war; in the way Of raising boun
ties, or otherwise, a sufficient reason
for Withholding from teachers what is
properly their own.


We should be careful, lest, while our
schools are suffering from sources over
which we have no control. we our
selves voluntarily infict additional in
jury upon them by refusing to supply
in sufficient quantities that material
without which, the whole machinery
lacks in healthful, vigorous and eff
cient action. M
Year: 1864




THE CHRISTIAN SPIRIT ILLUSTRATED IN WAR.
know not why the military spirit should be
supposed to beone of harshness, intolerance, or
indulgence, in verbal expletive, particularly in
war of patriotism, when tie humblest soldier
and citizen have an interest as deep ard abb
ding in the contest as the highest official. In
such a war strength lies in that haraRny of ac-
ton which is the result of common ihterest in a
common cause in that exalted sense of Loyalty
which has its home in the mind and soul, which
discipline can never create, and which harsh
discipline, or the discipline which proceeds
from regard to the cause, may impair or des-
troy. The Christian spirit, as illustrated by Lee
and Jackson, by Kirby Smith and Polk, the
spirit which softens the harshness of military
authority, tempers discipline with considers
tion, and leans to the spirit of the Gospel, with
out sacrificing the letter of the articles OF war,
is the true military spirit, and will do more to
strengthen the bands of officers and men, more
to create holy and unconquerable ardor in an
army, than all the martinetism which ever sport
ed epauettes or fonrished sword.
Year: 1864

table showing the value Of tAe old issue Of Con-
Eederste money, when discounted for the new issue
OF Confederate money, at the rate of three dsars in
old issue for two dollars in ISSUE from So. to
$500:
Year: 1864

The following verse is net often quoted, jet
it has SO much power that it ought 10 be re-
membered:


A pebble in the streamlet scant,


Has turned the course of many o river,
a dew drop on the baby plant


Has warped the greas oak forever.
Year: 1864

introduced under and upon tho whole
or any portion of any avenue, street.
or alley, and also to cause the same
to be suitably paved and repaired, and
to be at oil times properly cleaned and
watcred, and also to cause lamps to
be erected therein, and to light the
same, and to pay the cost thereof ont
Of the funds Of the ward in which
such improvement shall be made /; this
provision not to be construed as re-
pcaling, but being intended as auxiii-
ary to the power they already possess
to make local improvements on the ap-
plication Of the owners Of property
benefited thereby. - ...-


Sec. Q. And be Il further enacted,
That Immediately upon the approval
Of this act the said Corporation shall
designate some proper officer thereof
whose duty it shall be to see that the
provisions Of this act is promptly exc
cuted, and that the principal avenues
and streets of the said city are so
cleaned and watered as to be at all
times reasonably clean and free from
dust and also to keep the pavements
and sidewalks upon said avenues and
streets at all times in suitable and
proper repair and it shall further be
the duty of the said Corporation to
take such measures as they shall
deem wise to promote some uniform
and general system of drainage for
said city.


Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted,
That in all cases in which the streets,
avenues, or alleys of the said city
pass through or by any of the proper
ty of the United States the Commits
sioner of Public Buildings shall pay
to the duly authorized officer of the
Corporation the just proportion OF the
expense incurred in improving such
avenue, street, or alley, which the
said property bears to the whole cost
thereof, to be ascertained in the same
manner as the same is apportioned
among the individual proprietors of
the property improved thereby.


Approved, May 5, 1864. -a
Year: 1864

FArRBANK's ScALEs.-About thirty
five yeas ago. the Messrs. Fairbank' s
invented and began making platform
Scales, which effected a complete
change in the manner of doing such
business as requires weighing, and
without which it would be impossible
to do the present immense amount Of
business in the country. Since then
they have given their constant person
al attention to the business, making
all such improvements and adding
such notifications as their experience
has shown to be desirable. During
this time many other kinds of scales
have been invented. and more or less
tried by tbe public, and mainly thrown
aside, while the business of the Messrs.
Fairbanks has steadily increased from
year to year, their scales now stand
ing higher in public estimation. and
their sales being very much larger
than ever before. This shows very
strongly the excellence and durability
of Fairbanks Scales.
Year: 1864

Hon. S. p. Chase has resigned the
office of Secretary Of the Treasury,
and the President sent to the Senate
the name of Hon. William P. Fessen-
den, of Maine, as his successor. The
appointment was confirmed unani.
mously.


President Lincoln sent in to the
Senate tho nomination Of Senator Fes.
sender a. Secretary Of the Treasury
without having previously consulted
Mr.. Fessenden on the subject. He is
understood to have accepted tho ap-
pointment. although at first he was
extremely reluctant to do go. owing
to the impaired state of his health.
His labors as Chairman Of the Senate
Finance Committee have been very
arduous and he desired rest. He is
thoroughly conversant with the sub
ject of our national finances and is q
gentleman of sterling integrity of char.
acter. Following his appointment,
Government securities went up and
gold went down. A good omen.


The friends of Mr.. Chase say that
his resignation is the contamination
of purpose long entertained, and de-
laycd only by accident that he was
determined to leave tho Cabinet, and
had prepared his resignation before
Frank Blair made his violent assault
upon the Treasury Department and oc.
casioned the appointment Of an inves.
tigating committee that he could not
honorably retire while this investiga'
ton was pending /; but that since the
Committee had reported, exonerating
him from all shadow of censure, he
availed himself Of the FIRST moment
when it could be done with honor to
percmptorily resign. 1t is added in
addition that the coldness with which
his financial propositions to Congress
were received strengthened his deter
mination to resign.
Year: 1864

AccDENr.-A distressing accident
occurred in independence on Tues.
day from the carelessness of firearms,
resulting in the death of Miss Elizabeth
Chandler, an interesting young lady
of that place. Her brother was home
from the war, and while he and bis
sister were handling pistol, it acci.
dentally went of, sending q bullet in.
to her forehead. She lived but three
hours. The brother became frantic
on account of the accident and has
since attempted to take bis own life.
Year: 1864

start the bulb of the beautiful flower,
And feed the bloom of the wildwood bower
rear the blade of the tender herb,
And the trunk of the stalwart oak curb;
force the sap Of the mountain pine,
And curl the tsndrils of the vine
robe the forest, and clothe the plain
With the ripest of fruit and the richest of grain
But the noblest work that's left to me
Is to nourish the healing CHERRY-TREE,


Whose virtues have the power to save


Consumtion's victim from the grave


The spell is broken-the captive free,


Hurrah hurrah for the Wild Cherry tree


See advertisement.
Year: 1864

CTATE OF MICHIGAN County of Saginaw
~ SIS.


At session Of the Probate Court for the county
Of Saginaw holden at the Probate Office, in the
city Of Saginaw, on Monday, the twenty ninth
day Of February in the year one thousand eight
hundred and sixty four. Present, Luke Yelling
ton Judge Of Probate In the matter Of the os-
tate Of Linnie ". Weeks, minor. On reading and
filing the petition duly verified, Of William X.
Weeks showing that he has minor child under
the age Of fourteen years, by the name OF Linnio
Il. Weeks, that said mintr is siczed Of certain
real estate situate in the county Of Saginaw aud
that It Is necessary to sell the same for her ed
ucation and support and therefore asks this
court to grant license TO sell tie same. There
eighth day Of March next at ten o'clock In the
forenoon, be assigned for the hearing Of said
petition, and that the next Of kin Of said minor,
and all ether persons interested in said estate are
required 10 appear at session Of said Court then
TO be holden at the Probate 0fice, in the city of
Saginaw aud show cause, if any there be, why the
prayer Of the petitioner should not ne granted
And u is further ordered that said petitioner
give notice 10 the persons interested in said es-
tate, OF the pendency Of said petition, and the
herring thereof by causing copy Of this order
10 bs published in the East Sdgindp Courier, n
newspaper printed and circulating in said county
Of Saginaw, three successive weeks, previous 10
said day Of hearing 23S-3w


LUXE WELLINGTON
"a true ccpy,). Jugde Of Probate.
Year: 1864

THE BLACK FLAG.-Gov Letchor
stated in his address at Danville, Va,
that the late Stonewall Jackson was
in favor of conducting this war under
the black flag, and so expressed his
sentiments to him seven days after the
secession of Virginia, proposing to sci
the example himself by first carrying
that flag in the face of the enemy.
Year: 1864

at Alexandria, on Red river, to Major Gen
eral Steele but on arriving off the mouth
Of that river, the gaBboats could give them
no information as to the whereabouts OF
that officer. In consequences of this they
C c,ntinued their voyage TO this city, and on
arrival were no better able to tell what
they Wee to do. There is urgent need for
soldiers here, and being within departs
ment where civil and military law are both
manufactured for the occasion, l was de-
tsrmined to use them at once, and so they
were sent up to Port Hudson.


The colonel of the regiment, Orph. re-
ported them as veteran regiment, winch
alarmed the enlisted men. exceedingly, and
they voeiferously declared that 1T was no
such thing; that they had not been three
weeks mustered in and knew n drill. To
clnch the nail, they declared that as they
came down the river, they were fired on by
guerrillas several times and that all along
the lower points the officers hid themselves
below, out Of danger and out of sight-a
circumstance which they declared would
never have occurred in veteran regiment.
should think not.
Year: 1864

Came from sinner or from saint
Cast them in for the fire is faint


The fire is faint, and the frost is strong,
Aud these old letters havo lived too long
How welcome once it matters not,


Their worth away with time has sped,
The love is over, the hope Is dead,
And the old friend has forgot.
Cast them in they're hard to keep,
And will not let ones memory sleep,


For hints of age, and tales of charge
o but the turns Of life are strange
The rid whereof they speak is gone
How bright they came and how dim they


part


These passing ages of the heart,
While life and we wear on.
Cast them in, why should they last,
When the light we read them by Is past
And never again will gild our days.
Uplike a banner goes the blaze
1t is waste paper and nothing more;


Sone have been treasured up for years,
Some ara blotted with heavy tears,
And some our dreams read Ger.
These are sprinkled with many vow,
The love was never as warm snow


Those by trus:y hand were penned =
Woe is me for that friendships end
There goes apsge of boyish rhyme
That was sheet of good advice
We took our own way on thu ice,
And learned the worth of it all in time.
One glossy curl of wavy gold
Was hid in this burning letters fold
'ris long since that golden head grew gray,
Aud the grave where it Tssls is far away
Upon its light the broad fame flashes;
And there they lie, in what all our aims,
Seekings and strivings, hopes and sche mes
Must come to-dust and ashes


FRANCIS Brown.
Year: 1864

Who have injured themselves by certain practice iu
duleed in when alone habit frequently learned from
evil companions at school, the effects OF which are
nightly fet, when asleep, and II not cured rsn
dss marriage impossible, and destroys both MIND ana
body, should apply Immediately.


What pity that young man, the hope OF his eoun-
try the darling OF his parents should be snatched from
all prospects and enoyments OF life by the
of ieyatne from the path OF nature and ndulgng IN
certain secret habit such parsons MUST before con-
nInIuP
Year: 1864

The most reliable rumor is, that the
transports Ohio Belle, Laurel Hill, City
Belle, Bella Dorma. and Mitte Stephens,
have all been sunk by the confederate bat


teres at Shaggy Point, between AleXan


dria and Fort DeRussey, where they some
days before rad destroyed the steamer En-.
ma, of which YOU already have advices -
This report comes from the gunboats at
the mouth of Red River as well as from Sc
cession sources 1t is known that the Nit
tie Stephens had her cargo on board at Al
exandria week ago, bound down and her
non-arIival had for the last four days an
noyed her captain, who is here severely
wounded He now believes her lost.


There is further report that the two
Bellies had on board a regiment OF Ohio
troops. 1t Is not believed that the boats
were destroyed, but that they were compel
led to make landing and that the troops
have surrendered. 1t is moro than likely
that the boats have since been destroyed
if taken, for gunboats have gone up the rv-
er to drive OFF this snag battery and open
the blockade.


There is no reason to believe the accounts
that have been sent forward of the saugh>
ter of the negro soldiers taken on The EN-
ma. Nothing is known about them, either
pro ,r can. They may have been killed or
not; any statement that they have been put
to death is a mere matter of inierenH.-
The confederate otfic-rs. prisoner. here,
with whom have conVersel, declare they
have no orders to take the lives OF negroes
any more than other soldiers, bat they can
never consent to give up their slaves, when
ever they retake them, or to exchange a
white man for negro. They explain the
Fort Pillow affair by pointing out in their
account that the flag Of truce was fred
upon before the messengers tad got back
~ their lines.
Year: 1864

reflect that sound mind and body the most neces
sary requisites to promote connubia happiness. In
deed without these the journey through life becomes
weary pilgrimage the prospect hourly darkens 70 the
view: the mind becomes shadowed with despair and
filled with the melancholy reflection that the happiness
of another becomes bligated with our own,
Year: 1864

City railways on the American plan are now
in use in the city Of Copenhagen, and at the
Hague. The latter city Is connected with the
Watering-place ScheVeningen. by horse railroad
passing through tunnel Of green trees