smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864

81 There seems no room to doubt the re-
ports of the horrible atrocities com
mitted by the rebels at Fort Pillow. 1t
behooves our government, then, to take
immediate action in the matter 1t seems
to be the policy of the rebels to hang
shoot, burn, or bury alive not only all
negro soldiers with their white officers,
but also all white Southern Unionists
who enlist in our army 1t is The duty
Of the government to take whatever meas
ures may be necessary to protect these.
They should not be asked to serve in our
armies unless they can be secured such
treatment, when captured, as belongs by
the rules of civilized warfare to prison
ers of war. 1t is of no use to declaim
against the barbarity OF the slavery
besotted and brutalized wretches who
could perpetrate such cold blooded
butchery of prisoners. 1t is due to the
honor and dignity of the government
as well as TO good faith towards the
soldiers concerned both white and black,
either that the thing be stopped short
of, or the latter be discharged, if they
choose, from the service. 1t hardly
seems that anything short of retalia-
ton can beat into the heads of the more
than savages a sense of the propriety of
stopping their internal work Let the
Richmond authorities be notified what
may be expected if the thing goes on;
let the wretches who were Immediately
concerned in the brutal work at Fort
Pillow be eXterminated as murderers
and outlaws, as they fall into our hands;
or let the Southern Unionists in our ser
vice be discharged therefrom and no
more asked TO enter it, Retaliation is
a last and terrible resort, but it seems
the only alternative, and the response
bility must rest upon the monsters who
force it upon us


But the sure way in which to put an
end TO the inevitable sufteriugS and cru
elites caused by this atrocious rebellion
ofSouthern traitors, is TO fill up the Union
ranks to overtiowing and by force of
numbers beat down the rebel armies
Nothing else will or can effectually do
it. And if the story of such fiendish
butchery as that at Fort Pillow does
not instill into a loyal and Christian
people greater hatred than ever of an
institution which alone could rear such
monsters as it alone could precipitate
such rebellion as this upon so benign
q government as ours If this murder
OF defenceless prisoners fails to arouse
the government and the people to a
tirmer determination than ever to put
forth every effort and make every sacri-
fee necessary to the speediest overthrow
of the traitors; why, then, eeey soldier
might as well be discharged from the
federal service; the cowardly doctrines
Of Long, Harris, Fernando Wood & Co.,
be allowed full sway, and ourselves
meekly submit to the tender mercieS of
the butchering 'chivalry." If such acts
as the sacking of Lawrence and the mas
sacre at Fort Pillow are not enough to
stop the clamor for SOLVE branches to
fight the traitors with, then we are
people of towards.
Year: 1864

would surely vote to sustain her SOL
dlers in the field, in such war as this
and as it should be her pride to stand
as she Is. the model OF free, republican
State, we can see no reason, policy or
expediency in her stopping from this
proud position where she stands as
beacon light, to follow the example of
some other States whose political ex-
travagancies should be stunned rather
than initiated. .u.


The nature OF wars 1t to cleanse and
purify from political corruptions but
this valuable consequence of a great evil
would become lost to the country and to
society, political corruption could be
carried into the camp. Military dsci
pline, which has become exceedingly
necessary with us to inyigorate the laws
and strengthen relaxed morals and man
ners, would be destroyed if some general,
colonel or corporal should set up for
Governor of the State, Member of Con-
gress, Senator, or other office, take to
making speeches, promise fllrloughs and
exemption from duty, etc, etc. Our
want of success, even now, is greatly at
tributable to the preponderance of de-
praved political habits over those vir-
tues which are imposed through military
discipline; and far from offering tacili-
for hA of ha tS IN
should be our aim to apply every possi
BILE corrective, 1t was political corrup-
tion that brought on the war, and it is
only by purifying the country from it
that we can either conquer a peace or
secure free and self-government.


Both the spirit and the phraseology of
our laws are opposed to the latitudina-
rian scheme of extending the elective
franchise to absentees from the State.
The law is so jealous of the purity of
the elective francr g that it excludes all
eXtraneous inf1ueI between the voter
and the ballot-box. 1t describes how
many boxes there shall be, in q way
that precludes the idea OF these boxes
travelling around the country, in mill
tary camp following the fortunes of a
regiment and being set up at the time
appointed, whether the regiment be en-
gagged in fight or in the hands of the
enemy as prisoners. And the mode
and manner of altering or amending the
fundamental laws is also pointed out,
and in a way well calculated to prevent
all hasty and inconsiderate changes.


Nor does it seem polite, in times like
these, to be adopting changes in our
frame of government which had an
swered so well thus far 1t is time
for stability, order permanence and
faith in the soundness of our laws and
institutions. j. W. p.
Year: 1864

IL Official dispatches from General
Sherman fully confirm the brutal con-
duct of the rebels after the surrender of
Fort Pillow, and retaliation in due time
is limited at, says a Washington dis
patch. We also learn, since the first
article on this page was in type, that
both the Senate and House have passed
a resolution, calling for immediate in
quiry into the circumstances of the Fort
Pillow massacre. Even before this ac-
tion, the Secretary Of War had appointed
officers to make investigation into the
matter. We trust this prompt action
will not end in investigation.
Year: 1864

THE DRArT-The Springfield Repub-
leans Washington correspondent says
there is no authority either for the state
ment that the draft has been again post
poned, or for the announcement that it
will be Immediately proceeded with
1t will be commenced as soon as the
provost marshal general has settled his
accounts with the different states, so as
to be able to fix the number to be draft
ted in each. The credits will be given
for all enlistments up to April Is, and
some time must yet elapse before the re-
turns are all received at Washington
1t is not probable that the draft will
take place before the end of the present
month. #..U
Year: 1864

ALToGErHER TOO H1GH.--The publisher
of the Rutland Courier offers that paper
to subscribers for "a cents per year, pay
able in gold Notwithstanding the
present high price of ordinary waste
paper, the above as nearly as we can
calculate without a Howe or Fairbanks
Scale at hand) is so cents and fraction
more than the Courier is worth
Year: 1864

fg Gen. w F. Smith returned on
Sunday from the Army of the Potomac,
where he had been in consultation with
Gen. Grant, and left for Fortress Mon
roe the same evening A movement is
in active preparation
Year: 1864

TAXING NATIONAL BASKs.-An amend
ment to the National Bank bill, allow
ing the states to tax the stock of such
banks for state and municipal purposes,
but not at higher rate than other mon
eyed corporations, has been adopted in
the House with the concurrence of the
committee on WAYS and means.
Year: 1864

The FoRT PILLOW MAssACRE.-Sena-
tor Wade, of Ohio and Representative
Gooch of Massachusetts, have left for the
West as a committee Of the commit
tee ON the conduct of the war, to inves-
tigate the Fort Pillow massacre.
Year: 1864

No 0BJgcrIos.-A lady refused an of
fer of the hand and heart of gentle-
man the other day on the ground that
she had relative who was hung. The
gentleman said that would be no objec-
tion as be had several relatives that
ought to be hung. The matter was sat
isfactorily arranged
Year: 1864

STARING AT LADIEs.-A common form
of vulgar impudence is the staring at la
dies. To do SO in any public place is un-
gentlemanly, but TO avail ones self Of
vicinity, which circumstances render un-
avoidable, is contemplate. The man
who is continually staring at lady across
a hotel table, or in an omnibus, deserves
TO be arrested. Ignorant young men fre.
quently do this under The impression that
it is agreeable to the other sex, and that
they are, in fact,paying them a compii-
ment. Could they know the vexation
and annoyance which is often masked un-
der The air OF calmness with which their
insolence is received, they would think
differently. / have heard a. hotel Of
instances in which ladies delayed their
meals for hours, subjected themselves to
many annoy ances. and even left the house
in order to avoid the presence Of some
conceited puppy, who possibly imagined
that be was recommending himself TO
their good graces.
Year: 1864

~The sympathy rendered 10 the SOL
diers by the Chicago Convention, was
wanton insult. Every line OF their plat.
form implies that their blood has been
iruitlessly shed, and they might have bet
ter stsid at home, and let the Rebels have
everything their own way. What SYM
pathy can such band Of Copperheads
have for the soldier, who regard the war
for the Union unjust and ruinouse How
can those profess sympathy who did all
in their power TO deprive such soldiers of
the right Of suffrage, as they did in Penn
sylvania on the ed of August? What
honest hearted soldier but will spurn such
sympathy from those who have no word
# reproof for Rebels?
Year: 1864

To MAKE Fruit PIEs.-Ho under crust
should be made to apple or any fruit pie.
1t is always heavy and not 6t to eat
Place a narrow rim Of paste around the
edge OF the plate, and Gil with the fruit
either raw or stewed, and cover il. The
Juice will be retained much better. and it
will save a sight Of butter and -four, which
is no triflng consideration in these days,
and what is of more consequence, save
dyspepsia. which costs more. Afler cut.
ting, they are taken out with spoon,
Year: 1864

EF A soldier who left Des Moiaes
county sometwo years ago, and whose torn
and mangled form shall be proud evidence
OF his patriotism and bravery AS long as
he lives among men, recently addressed .
letter to his betrolhed bride in this city,
Informing her that in the shock Of battle
ne had lost an arm and leg, and in view
of his sad and helpless condition he would
release her from her engagement to him.
The noble girl replied . As long as you
have body sufficient to h ID your soul /
will cling toyop."-[ Burlington Hawk
eve,
Year: 1864

sG- The mark of kuave is his ras-
cality-that of coward is to fire from an
ambush-that of blackguard is his low,
pot-house billingsgate. Bitter water will
not flow from pure fountain, but foul
currents are the legitimate waste Of a
sinking cess-pool. A loyal man is for
his country-a traitor speaks, writes and
acts against it. "By their fruits ye know
them;" they write their own record; they
blacken their own names and seal their
own condemnation. The only law which
they obey is that of gravitation. and the
only virtue they possess is in passive sub.
mission to its power. Down they 60 ire
vocably, and will not stop until they
reach the lowest depths Of infamy aud
degradation.
Year: 1864




The following letter from Gen. Truman r. Sey-
mour was written to 1ir VIM. r. Dodge, of this
city


Ny DEAR SrR-You ask for my impressions Of
the present condition of the Southern Confedera-
cy, aid vol shah have them. For the benefit OF
our cause | wish they might be impressed upon
every soul in the land, that the confidence begot-
ten Of my three mouths observations in the inte-
rior es the South might be shared by every man
who has the least connection with the responsible
ties Of this struggle and | am sure that these
opinions are not peculiar to myself Every one of
the fifty officers Just exchanged viii express the
same: eyerr one of our men, whether from the
jails of Charleston or the pens Of Macon and An
derson7ile. viii confidently tell the same story.


The rebel cause Is fast failing from exhaustion.
Their two grand armies have been reinforced this
Summer from the last resources of the South
From every corner OF the land every old man
and every boy capable OF bearing rife has been
IMPRESSED. willing or unWillingly, and hurried TO
the front. Lee army was the first 50 strength
ered 1t was 70 the expense OF Hoods Cover
nor Brown tod the truth with plainness that
was very bitter but It was none the less truth
Let me extract a few prominent statements rom
his proclamation Of Jaly 9, addressed TO the re-
served militia Of Georgia


OK late correspondence with the President of
the Confederate States satisfies my rfind that
Georgia Is to be left to her own resources to sup
ply the reiniorcements 70 Gen. Johnstons army
which are indispensable to tue protection Of At
lapta and to prevent the State being oyerun BY
the overwhelming numbers now under command
OF the Federal General upon our soil.


But there is no need offurtherreinforcem
as viii be seen BY the accompanying letter Of Cen
Year: 1864

Mr.. Broomal. of Pennsy ylvania, has in.
troduced in the House resolution urging
the government, in the interest of the
free States, to enlist as many soldiers
among the freedmen of the South as could
be obtained, and to encourage descrtions
from the rebel lines by Offering the same
pay and bounlies to such as enter our
ranks as are now received BY white SOL
diers.


We believe that recruiting in the South
would be far more efficient it certain dis
tricts were assigned to the free States In
which they might recruit among the pop.
ulation TO fiji up their owp quotas. There
would be division of labor in such an
arrangement, by which the ground would
be more thoroughly covered the State
bounties would form an additional induce
ment to draw volunteers from within the
rebel lines; and as each State would send
agents TO canvass the district assigned. and
to make public the inducements offered
to recruits, the work would be done in a
shorter time, and we believe far more
thoroughly than it can be done by agents
OF the general government.


Nor do We know of any reason why
Southern white men should not be enlist
ed BY State agents, and receive free State
bounties, as well as blacks. Sappose the
State of New York should offer $500
bounty, with full pay and comfortable
clothing, to all, white or black, within a
certain distrlct--say, including the whole
State of North Carolina-who should
make their way to our lines and enlist !:
and suppose agents Of the State we're sta
TONED at'diiferent points, with ins,ruc
tions to publish this offer far and wide in
the interior; there is reason to believe
that We should be able to enlist. in thirtv
days, enough men to fill our quota. and
every man thus gained by us would be a
loss to the enemy.


AT present there is no encouragement
offered to southern whites TO enlist under
the Union flag. At Vicksbure. We have
heard. some were refused who offered
Year: 1864

themselves. Nowhere is any bounty Of
fered them. The easiest way to amend
this, and draw this class to Us, is to let
free States which have still to fill their
quota labor among them by means of re-
cruiting agents. Let it once be known
that not only is Southern private assured
of free pardon if he comes to our lines,
but of $500 in greenbacks-equal to
$4,000 in rebel currency--and many of
them will presently be found fighting
under the Union fsg.-[N. Y. Evening
Post
Year: 1864

WORTHY OF IMITATION friend,
A j. Wilkinson, following the patriotic
example Of several Of our citizens, yester-
day gave $50 as private bounty to the
first man that would enlist aud be mus
tered into service, and placed the money
in the hands of the recruiting officer with
that understanding. flour citizens will
but take hold of this matter with will
ing hand enough recruits may yet be
raised in this township to fill our quota
and thus save the disgrace of a draft
Will you dc it?
Year: 1864

COMFORTABLY TIGHr.-We saw two
individuals at a late hour last night, each
trying to take the other home. One was
very drunk and the other tight. 1t was
clear ease Of the blind leading the blind.
The pursuit of knowledge under difficult
ties is no comparison to the pursuit OF
lodgings under the pressure of tight
ness in the whisky market.
Year: 1864

s- The telegraphers and the news
papers still persist in confounding Judge
Miller Of Wisconsin with Judge Miller Of
Iowa, and laying the sins of the former
on the head of the latter.
Year: 1864

E Go to the Medical College this
evening at 7 o'clock, and witness the
comforting of degrees upon the gradual
ing class.


A good Band will be in attendance,
and the exercises will be interest ting.
Year: 1864

s4y> The large pile Of freight which
has been lying on the opposite side of the
river at the depot is at length nearly all
removed, and there remains but three or
four ear loads more. The blockade Of
freight on this size is still Increasing aud
lies piled up in huge piles the whole
length Of the levee.
Year: 1864

A healthy tonic, gentle stimulsnt and unequal
led morning appetizer. Prepared in ripe old
Bourbon Being used TO the exclusion of
all other Bitters in more than fifty United
States Army Hospitals, and milicns of private
families, and is the only popular medicine
which has been especially ersmpted from
stamp tar by the United States government.
on the ground of its having been adopted as
standard remedy by the medical profession
Year: 1864

= EORGE APPEL having fitted up his shop ir the
most approved style Is prepared shave, Dress
HAIR shampoo, ETC. all who may favor him with call
He HIl also attend Bleeding Gaping and LeechinE
short notice and in the best manner OF the science


The perfect satisfaction warranted in all cases as
Year: 1864

Headache, Costirsness, and kindred diseases,
arising from a disordered condition Of the
Stomach, Liver, or Bowels. Let erery one
Ay these agreeable Bitters; once tried and
used, they viii recommend them with CONT
dence to all others who are in need of whole
some, agreeable and e1fectual tonic. The rap
idly Increasing demand for these Bitters has
induced me to give them publicity, so that
thousands who have not used them, may try
them and be convinced Of their efficacy
Year: 1864

SOMETHING LIKE CURsE.-A considera-
Bile sensation has been GREETED m Mexico by
the circulation very extensively Of printed
paper headed "CenSures of the Church" I"
declaring that any person who should pre-
sumo to convert to his own use or usurp, un-
der any pretext whatsoever, property belong
ing to the Church, should be "cursed in his
house and out of his house, in the city and
out of the city, waking and sleeping, eating
and drinking, sitting and walking; he is to
be cursed in his flesh and in his bones, from
the tip Of his toe to the top Of his head the
vengeance denounced by God against the
children of antiquity is to fall upon him;
his name is to be effaced from the book Of
the living, and not to be inscribed in the book
of the lust his lot and inheritance is to be
with the fratricide Cain, Dathan, and ADRIAN.
with Ananias; he is to perish on the day Of
judgment, devoured by eternal fire, with the
devil and his angels"
Year: 1864

The Journal Of Commerce thus discourses
upon cemeteries:


A place to bury our dead out of our
sight IS the saddest of all requirements
which men have. A place to 90 10 ones
self and lie down in peace when the work
and WEAKNESS are over, this is not SO pres
sing demand. Men seldom buy graves
for themselves. They leave that to be
done by those who must bury them. But
they are compelled to find resting places
for those who are dependent on them.
Abraham was very old man before he
was compelled to make that mournful pur-
chsse-the first rt corded use of circula-
ting medium in the history of this world
and it was not until his old wife wss
dead that he went to the owners of the
cave Of Macphelah and purchased it for 3
burial place.


Cities are the inventions Of later times
than the days Of the patriarch The cns-
toms of burial have varied in different
places and different periods of the world,
and the aggregation of men in various
parts of the earth in large towns and cities
soon made q necessity unknown in pa n
srchal times, to-wit the public cemetery.
Cities of the dead; grand assemblies Of all
the people of the different streets and
houses, hotels and places of abode Of
every name and nature, in common dust
Here we lay our dead, write their names
on marble, and make them thence
forth the property of the world, for
all to know. He would be thought
insane who should put on the door-plata
OF his house the names eff his wife and
children, adding a new name as each new
inmate came, But he only fulflls reeog-
nized custom who earves on marble the
name Of each who, being dead, has been
gathered 10 the assembly in the grave
yard. And in all age and countries this
custom has probably prevailed One may
not know, indeed, whether Isaac carved
his fathers name, or any sign Of his
patriarchial grandeur on the front
/ Of the cave at Hebron, nor indeed
is it altogether certain that there was any
; written language then known to the son Of
| Abraham. But it Was not long after that
! when Egyptian tombs began to contain
the histories of the dead and later still in
: Greece, in Syris, in Italy, everywhere a.
civilization advanced, the tomb was mark
ed as a public book, to be read by all,
! nmementO mort, as well as a monument.
Some of the most touching relics Of the
ancient tombs are the memorials of living
affection, which survived the death Of the
beloved. Irene sleeps in peace" is the
quaint and suggestive inscription on a
tomb in the Roman catacombs Fare
well, Attidia," IS the simple memorial Of
anotheris love. Thousands of these in
scriptiOns exist-all found in cemeteries.-
For it is very seldom that the dead of old


villages and country places are found, or
any record of them. The modern plough-
share goes over them and they are LOST
Bat in the old cemeteries the names Of the
dead are often preserved, and we Of these
latter years read and wonder who was Ire
ne, what the beauty of Attidia, when they
lived and died, and whether they were wOr-
thy of the tender love that placed these
brief memorials over them.
Year: 1864

We notice that some of our ''nice young
men, in this city who have heretofore act
ed with the Union party, are now making
great show of their admiration for little
Mac and making pnblic their intentions
to vote for him. These poor kid-gloved
sneaks give the profound reason for sup
porting Mac that he is a young man 1t
has leaked out however that these delicate
gentlemen are in mortal fear of being
drafted, hence their readiness to go for
peace at any price. We commend these
"sweet young men" to the tender mercies
of our Union loving ladies.
Year: 1864

Sammy Cox telegraphed to Cleveland a
year ago, in reference to the State election
of 1863. that the State had gone to HI
bv 10000 majority" This year Sammy
has followed the State. He is beaten for
Congress by over two thousand majority
on the ONE vote. Poor Sammy
Year: 1864

The Democratic gains have been enorm-
Gus, and so close is the vote, that it is doubt
fll how the State will go.-Plai'a Dealer.


Whew Morton has carried Indiana for
the Union by a majority unprecedented in
the history of the State. The above is a
sample of the Plain Dealers election re-
fnrDE
Year: 1864

COLUMBUS, Oct. u.
A private dispatch from indianapolis
this evening says that the returns are in
complete, but that there is no doubt OF the
success of the Union ticket in Indiana by
at least 10000 majority, and that we have
carried, it is thought, nine out of the eleven
Congressional Districts.


Simon Cameron lelegraphs that we have
certainly gained two Congressman in
Pennsylvania, and that there is large
Union majority in the Legislature on the
joint ballot
Year: 1864

Last nights Plain Dealer stated that
Oberlin gave 800 Union majority last fall.
This is a mistake. That town never even
polled eight hundred votes, much less
gave eight hundred majority for anything
or anybody.
Year: 1864

Returns from the city election show the
reelection of Mayor Chapman over Ster-
ling, independently by large majority.
The vote is not yet all in.


The New Constitution will have from
5000 to 5000 majority in this city