smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

There are others, not perhaps 90 outspoken
and noisy. that occupy deeper strata OF fsociety
whose improvements are not less paipables and
whose silent influence upon the comfort and
happiness of society not less striking. True,
the advent of sewing machine, q reaper, or
plowing machine, which at once does the lapor
of q score of hand, Is IN event 30 notable, IN
improvement 80 manifest, that all are impressed
with its Importance. In almost oil such cases
the result Is gained not 90 much by the discovery
of new powers as by the new application ana
combination of those long known and under
stood. What Is yet moro remarkable is, tnat
the new APPLICATION Is 30 simple and efhoient
that we wonder that II had not been thought
Of and applied long before.


Such were our reflections on seeing one OF
Prof Humphe cy's family cases Of Homeopath-
ic Medicines. Comprised In asmall case, which
Is a handsome ornament for lady's table, you
have twenty specific remedies, appropriate for
almost every ailment or disease which may
occur in family, together with concise little
manual of directions for reference and use
The whole arrangement Is simplicity itself, and
the remedies are 20 arranged and labeled that
any intelligent person may apply them ut once
successfully, and thus, In the most important
sense, become their own physic an. No accurate
investigation or study, no balancing OF proba-
bilities, is necessary. Here Is the ailment, -
there the pleasant, sugar.plum remedy. All
this simplicity and certainty Is attained by the
mere combination Of the best Homeopathic
Medicines according to Prot Humphrey theory
and discovery. So simple and common-scnse,
and yet 80 Efficient, does the whole arrangement
appear, and so obviously does II meet the wants
OF family, that We wonder the profession had
not long ago availcd themselves OF i. and that nat
been given to the people long ago. II this new
discovery and arrangement shall have the effect
which il promises to do. of driving from use
the destructive and dcletorious drugs so long IN
vogue, and inducing reliance on nature and
such mild means, it must be considered one OF
the most important improvements Of the age:
and one which suffering and oyer-dosed
world sadly require.
Year: 1860

DIVIDEND. The directors Of the City Bank
on Monday declared per cent dividend for
the last six months. We understand that there
were sufficient earnings on hand, besides pay
ing all the current expenses Of the institution,
to have paid four per cent dividend, and then
thcte would have been left asmall surplus over.


The directors however, thought best not to
declare but 3 per cent.
Year: 1860

Coon BEEF.-That roast Of beef LEFT at our
dwelling, from the meat shop Of John E. Gould.
on the corner OF Liberty and Franklin stree s,
was an elegant onc We had II cooked on the
day we received the good news from Connecti-
cut, and did not perceive that Its democratic
antccedents impaired its good qualities at oil.
We never object to Democratic beef" II the
quality Is good, but we wish It to be understood
that we have insuperable objections to demo-
cratic politics. Our friend Gould can always
buy beef from democrats, and we will venture
that his customers will not turn from his shop
on this account, even though they may be re-
publcans. lie keeps good beef and his prices
no doubt will DO found satisfactory.
Year: 1860

FATAL RESULT OF QuAoK MEDIcINE.-A
man, giving his name as Scherbaik, went to
Wheeling, Va, few weeks since, and put up
at Huseman's Tavern. few days since a
swelling made its appearance on his finger,
but aside from this he felt as well as usual
By some means he fell in with man who
pretended in be a physician, and insisted
that the stranger was very much in need OF
something to regulate his system and purify
the blood" the bad state of which had pro-
duced the sore finger He administered a
few pills, and, in a very few hours, the pa
tient was delirious, and SO continued until he
died-his screams resounding throughout the
neighborhOOd.
Year: 1860

Thrilling sketch of n Female Rope Walk


er-NarrOw Escape of an Intrepid WO-


man from n shocking Death.


The following thrilling sketch is from the
recently published photographed Teminis-
cences of Leslie, the artist:


took little Harriet and Caroline, with
Rebecca and William Clark, to the gardens of
the Eyre Arms Hotel, where there was an
exhibition of fireworks, &c. woman was
to ascend n rope across the gardens, three
hundred feet in length and sixty from the
ground at its greatest hight. She pro-
ceeded slowly, in consequence, as afterward
ascertained, of the rope not being sufficiently
tight and when she was within o short dis
tance OF the end she stopped being unable
either TO advance or 90 back. The ascent
had become so steep from the slackness of
of the rope that she could not proceed step
higher neither could she stoop to take hold
of it without throwing away the balance
pole, and had she done that she must have
fallen. For some minutes she continued
stationary, her husband calling to her from
below to go back. was too far off to hear
her reply; but il was evident she could not
venture to turn round. Her situation became
every Instant more perilous; and was about
to leave the garden, fearing she would lose
her presence of mind, and dreading to sec
her fall, and that my little girls should wit
ness so horrid a sight.


| should mention that, MS it was quite dark,
she was only made visible by fireworks ex-
ploding around and below her. The top of q
ladder now rose from the midst of the crowd,
| but when perpendicular it was not long
enough to reach her feet, and there was an
other moment or two of suspense, with cries
| and screams from the crowd. A table was
then brought from the innyand kept in per-
pendicular position by two men at the foot,
while another ascende1. There were loud
| cries of Don't let the ladder touch the rope''
as he went up. The top of it rose but foot
above the rope, and he could use but one arm
in saving her, as with the other he had to keen
| hold of the ladder r. .r


II seemed, therefore, scarcely possible that
he could help her. After few moments
consultation, lie called to the crowd to stand
| from below. She threw away the balance
| pole, and at the same instant stopped toward
the ladder, and falling across the rope, re-
manned suspended, with one leg oveTft, and
her arms holdiugto the ladder. 1t was with
some difficulty that her preserver managed
TO remove her to the ladder; but as soon as
lie did, she descended RAPIDLY, amid the cheer
who saved her iseenfed in some danger him.
self for he remained for short time sus
| pended by bis'hnnds to the rope with only
one foot on the step of the ladder. But h(
soon rigfted himself and reached the ground
left the children and, mixing with thu
crowd, asked her preserver if he was related
to her; he said "No," and that he was only {
servant. ~ .frEEH . EHNI p.
Year: 1860

week or too ago four creditors started from
Boston in the some train of cars, for the purpose
of attaching the property of a certain debtor in
the State of Maine. He owed each one sepa-
rately, and each was suspicious of the object Of
the other, but dared not say word about it,
So they rode, acquaintances all, talking upon
every thing except that which they had most at
heart. When they arrived at the depot at Far
mington, which was three miles from where the
debtor did business they found nothing to 'sput
them over the road" but a solitary cab, toward
which they all rushed. Three got in and refus-
ed admittance to the fourth, and the cab startM.
The fourth ran after and got upon the outside
with the driver. He asked the driver if he
wanted to sell his horse. He replied that he did
not want to-that he was not worth more than
$50, but he would not sell him for that He
asked him if he would take 500 for him.
eyes" said he. The fourth man quickly paid
over the money, took the reins and backed the
cab up to bank-slipped it from the harness
and tipped it so that the door could not be oper-
ed, and jumped upon the horses back and rode
off while the ''insitlers" were looking out of the
window feeling like singed cats. He rode to
lawyers and got a writ made and served, and
his debt secure, and got back to the hotel just
as the "insiders'' came up putting and blowing.
The cabman soon bought back his horse for
$50. The ''sold" men offered to pay the sum,
if the fortunate one, who found property sufi-
cient to pay his own debt, would not tell of it
in Boston,
Year: 1860

A DOUBLE CoMPLIMENT.-An action was
brought in the Bristol County Court to recover
the value of two casks herrings supplied in
1854, and on the judge asking the reason of the
unusual delay, the plaintiff said he had lost sight
of the defendant for some time and when he did
find him he could get no settlement. He re-
peatedly asked defendant for payment, and the
latter at length told him to :;go to the devil,
upon which the plaintiff said, II thought it high
time to come to your Honor" a remark which
was received with roars of laughter, in which
the learned Judge Joined.
Year: 1860

RW You say a horse has no reason, but only
instinct, and that instinct is only word to COW
er the humiiating fact that you don't know
what you are talking about. Ignoble caveat
Why not be bold enough to say that when a
horse chooses between corn and fodder, it is
mind inpels him, and that he is as immortal as
yourself. May be you think this would be con-
descending. May be the horse, on his part, ap-
prehends your conclusion, and thinks you are as
great simpleton as himself with an additional
touch of vanity.
Year: 1860

A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.-The following
beautiful verse contains sentiment which
many Of our readers will recognize in feeling
they have no doubt experienced, but never knew
how so touchingly to express:


s'Oh never breathe lost ones name,


When those who loved that name are nigh;
1t pours lava through the frame


That chokes the breast and fills the eye;
1t strains chord that yields too much


Ofpiercing anguish in its breath,
And hand of mercy should not touch


A string made eloquent by death.''
Year: 1860

boldly declared,


Gone to destroy is murder by the law
And gibbcts keep the lifted hand in awe:
To murder thousands takes spccous name,


Wars glorious art, and gives immortal fame. !"
Thus by a very easy process of logic we reach
the conclusion that no real glory can attach to
the names and deeds of those who, to achieve
renown or to win the imperial purple, have
waded through a sea of human blood. All such
characters, who have fought against the cause
of right, deserve nothing but the eXecrations
and curses of humanity! Their fame is fnfamy.
But how is it with the self-conqueror Has
he just cause for war with himself? Most un-
doubtedly he has. Constituted of moral sense,
reason, judgment, and will as to his nobler ma
ture, and endowed with appetites, emotions and
passions as to his lower, the former; of necessity,
must rule the latter Their subordination to the
law of his reason and judgment is as necessary
to his happiness as is that of the subject to the
ruler in order to good and wise government
The sensual or emotional nature must thus yield
to the mastery of the intellect and moral sense,
because rational enjoyment of life and its bles-
sings is impossible without it. All men have
the right to be happy; but unless self is conquer
ed, happiness is impossible; therefore the right
to be happy involves the necessity and duty of
self-conquest! Hence the moral hero has Just
Cause /W tCu Will nllllSelI IL is tue price vi HIS
happiness. He must ''conquer q peace" by con-
quering himself


/ The COST of these two species of war is an
other item for consideration in making up a
true verdict. What dtd the h1umphs Of the
great warriors Of history cost Who can an
swer that question! How much treasure and
blood How many millions did they say to
secure to their names and deeds the eulogy Of
history and the Immortality of song? Alas
that there should be solitary niche in human
annals, or any place in the noble creations of
poetic genius for such crime stained spirits =
Human figures, by no conceivable combinations,
can cipher out the cost of these bloody wars!
| But how different and more glorious are the
triumphs of self-conquest They cost neither
blood nor treasure No ruined cities, or wasted
countries, or desolate homes, or crushed hearts
follow in their train. 1t has been said by an
able writer that s'a rational conquest is more
honorable to a rational creature than brutal
one. 1t is victory that does no body any harm
no lives and treasures are sacrificed to it"


Considering, then, the character of the enemy
conquered, the just reason for the conflict, the
nature of the victory achieved, the moral is in
comparably superior to the military hero
Bringing to the issue brave will, heroic action
and reliant trust in God, such spirit is without
a compeer in the annals of martial heroism-


Upon that battlefield on which self is slain, ht


wins what never historic chieftain won-a gooC
conscience, an honest fame in the world, an6
life everlasting after death


- Rladeasbnrg. July II.


l -
Year: 1860

0ETFrom the number of petitions presented
in the Legislature asking that some effective ac-
tion be taken, to prevent the further immigra-
tion Of negroes to the State OF Ohio it is evident
that the attention of the people is seriously d.
rected to the subject, and that the conviction
is prevalent that something Of the kind is ne
cessary to protect the white. laboring population
of Ohio, from the disastrous and evil effects that
must result from an indiscriminate immigration
OF negroes to this State The legislation of
many Of the Southern States excluding free ne.
groes from habitatlons in them and compelling
those now there to leave the States referred to,
will of necessity bring within the limits of Ohio
a large population of character not to be de-
sired, unless it be excluded from our State by
timely legislature. There is no valid reason
that can be offered why the State of Ohio
should be made the receptacle for all the free
negroes that may be expelled from the South
ern States, and if permitted te make their hab-
itation among us, the effect will be ruinous to
the moral, social and pecuniary interests Of the
white laborng population of Ohio Instead of
the clap trap catch words of the Republican
party about free labor Us. slave labor with
which the people have been uselessly annoyed :,
we shall have very soon practical question Of


negro labor Us, white labor in Ohio The Re-


publicans will take their position in favor ofthe
former and the Democrats in favor of the latter
This legislature will refuse to respond favorably
to the petitions ofthe people, and the question
will be vital one in our State elections in 19-
60 and 1861, when the people will return
General Assembly that will protect the White
Labor OF Ohio against the influx of such pop
ulation as we have referred to.-Statesman.
Year: 1860

Under this heading the Cincinnati Enquirer
speaks of the probability ofseveral of the States
following the example of Arkansas in excluding
free negroes, and says:


"The result Of this will be, that the poor
banshed wretches will come pouring in upon
US by hundreds and thousands. Unfit for
residence in new countries, and without the
industry necessary to subdue wilderness; shut
out by stringent laws from the other free States
of the West, and kept from those that are fur
ther north by the coldness of the climate, Ohio
will be in fair way to be overrun by swarm
the destitute and improvident, and the ques.
ton, what is to be done? will be forced upon her
by circumstances of the most imperative char
acter. Little as the event in question may ap-
pear to some, it is one that will be sure to beget
long train of consequences, nor is it unlikely
that, among other effects, it will disclose the
weakest point in our Union, and exhibit dan
gers 10 the Contcderacy hitherto unforeseen, and
against which no adequate protection has been
devised. Enough may now be seen to indicate
that the end is not yet and that there is more
than enough of bitterness in store for the fu-
ture."
Year: 1860


The ninth ballot was unanimous for James
K Polk, of Tennessee, new candidate, taken
up at the eleventh hour.


CONVENTION OF 1848.
In this Convention the two-thirds rule was
adopted by the following vote:
Year: 1860

The Hon. II. Holbrook makes the following
statement in the New England Farmer:


"The land had, for many years been under the
washing effects Of shallow blowing and severe crop
ing with rye, until at length it was quite exhausted
and abandoned to pasturage, yielding scant her.
bragg in the early part of the season, but bocom-
ing dry and sere by midsummer, and remaining
SO through the remainder of the year. My friend
found that the surface was of little or no account
any way, but thought there might be some hopes
Of making productive land out of the subsoil
He accordingly commenced upon piece of the
tract, OF about five acres, putting in his uni
versal sod and sub-soil plow ten inches deep, in
the month of November, and turned up soil Of
yellow ioam, fine grained and free from stone, and
that bad never before seen the day. In the spring
following, the plowed land was manured broadcast
at the rate af about twelve cords per acre, and
cross -plowed with sharp steel plow, turning the
manure under four or five inches deep. The field
was then narrowed furrowcd out in rows each way,
a tablespoonful ofsuperphosphate put in each hill,
and the piece planted with corn. 1t yielded about
seventy bushels of sheled corn per acre, and the
next year a good crop of oats, and is well set
in grass for moving field. Other portions ofthe
condemned old plain undergoing similar
process of deep plowing and high culture, with
good results: and this desert will doubtless soon
blossom as che rose.
Year: 1860

Genteel it is to have soft hands, !.
But not genteel to work on lands:
Genteel it is to lie abed,


But not genteel to earn your bread;
Genteel it is to cringc and bow,
But not genteei to sow and plow;
Gentecl it is to play the beau,
But not genteel to reap aud NOW,
Genteel it is to keep a gig.


But not genteel to hoe and dig;
Genteel it is in trade to fail,
But not genteel 30 swing a fail.
Genteel it is to cheat your tailor,
But not genteel to be a sailor;
Genteel it is to fight a duel, ssral
Bat not genteei to cut your own fuel;
Genteel it is to eat rich cake,
But not genteel to cook and bake.
Year: 1860




'In North Carolina they 1.-THE democrats] have
attempted to make their party creed part of the
teachings of YOUTH by electing partzan trustees of
our University, and by excluding from participa
ton in the management in that institution, all
whose subserviency to the behests of party could
in any wise be doubtful Opposition PIotform


1t is significant fact and true it is signif-
cant, that the Legislature Of North Carolina has
been under the control of the Whig party, almost
exclusively from the time of its foundation to with
in few years passed. and the trustees of the Uni
versty, scarcely without exception, have been
chosen from among the partizans of that organiza-
ton, and no one has before raised the howl of
complaint. It was all right for the opposition
party to fill its posts of honor with its mem
bers, but 1t is cruel and outrageous for the Demo
cratic party to do so. But is the assertion true?


The Democratic party during the last Legisla-
ture were willing, if we rightly remember, to allow
the opposition portion of the trustees to be elect
ed We well recollect that this sentiment prevail
ed in the Senate. But the opposition could not
would not agree among themselves upon tick
ct; aud thus it tha. democrats were elected.
But we submit the question, does it not come in
bad grace from the opposition Convention, nine
tenths at least of whose members present, were
third degree Know-nothings, who had taken the
most solemn oatbs to vote down and oppose, social
ly and politically, everybody who were not third
degree Know nothing and the nominee of their
order, to denounce in such bitter terms others for
prescription on political groundsf Apart however
from this, if the Democratic party has at any time
been disposed to prescribe men for such reasons,
the oaths which these same individuals have taken,
has prompted it to do so and they have only to
blame themselves fer the grievances of which they
complain Hinston Seatiael.
Year: 1860

If so, and pay him. He has many drafts upon
him every day for lumber and labor. These cash
articles. Men can't work without eatng-f0ur, bacon
lard &c, are cash articles. caunOt do work without
lumber; and have pay for what | get delivery.


have large amounts due for work done; some have
been due for Il long time and positively say
those accounts must be closed.


still continue to carry on the business my old
stand and have for sale Sash Doors Blinds &c, and
can manufacture anything in that line to order at short
notice Orders respectfully solicited and promise to
sell cheap for cash have always done and for cash
only. JONAS RUDASlLL


March 81. 1860
Year: 1860

THE VIRTUE OF A TIN PAN AT THE END OF A
Docs TAIL.-We have been informed by an Off
Ger of the United States army of most remarkable
instance of ingenuity and presence of mind in a
sergeant of the army, which occurred a few weeks
ago. by which he saved his own life and the lives
of his party


\ sergeant, with about twenty-five soldiers, had
been sent out some miles from Fort Defiance, New
Mexico, to guard some stock which were sent to
graze, when unexpectedly they found that the
party surrounded by about 400 hostile Narvajo
Indians. The brave and skillful sergeant took
position on an eminenee and by volley from their
long shooting rifles at first drove off the savages,
who. however, soon rallied and were preparing to
storm the small party on all sides. The sergeant,
in taxing his brain for expedient by which to
convey intelligence of the desperate peril in which
his party was placed, took single dog which had
accompanied the party, fastening to his collar a
note written with a pencil, informing the COM
mander at the fort of his situation, took tn-cup
in which he put some pebbes fastened it with
string to the dogs tail and turned him loose, know
ing that in his fright he would run to the fort.
He dashed with his greatest speed to Fort Def
ance; the note was discovered and read Straight
way a party was sent to the rescue, and arrived
just in time to save the lives of the whole party.
This sergeant justly merits commission, which
we hope will be awarded him by the President.--Er.