smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

The Milwaukee Neus says that "this
gallant officer, commander of the New
Y York Immortal Sixty, Ninth at the Battle
of Bull Run, and DOW prisoner a, Cha, :
lesion, has been doomed, by the chance
the ballot, as one Of those to be hung by
the Confederate authorities in case of the
conviction and execution of the Southern
privateers lately on trial in New York
There is no. the slightest OCCASION for the
brave Colonel to entertain any fear Of los
ing his lfs on this account. There is no
probability whatever that any Southern
priya,eer will ever be convicted of piracy
in any Northern court. All the threats Of
blood in this matter on both sides are mere
bcmbast and tnstian"
Year: 1861

A man may know all about the rocks,
and his heart remain as hard as they are
a man may know all abou. the winds and
be the spor! Of passions as fierce as they;
a man may know all about the stars, and
his fate be the ineteor's, that after brief
and brilliant career, is 9uenched in eternal
night; man may know all about the sea,
and his soul resemble its troubled waters,
which cannot rest; man may know how
10 rule the spirits of the elements, yet
know not hew to rule his own /; man
may know how to turn aside a flashing
thunderbolt, but not the wrath Of God
from his own guilty head; he may know
all that LaPlace knew-all that Shak-
speare knew-all that Watt knew all
that the greatest geniuses have known; :;
he may know all mysteries aud all knoal-
edge, but if he does not know his Bible
villa. shall it avail? oItake my stand by
the bed Of dying philosopher as well as
of dying miser, and ask of the worlds
wisdom as of the worlds wealth, "What
shall it profit man if he gain the whole
world, and lose bis own sou?'


despise not the lights of science; but
they burn in a dying chamber as dim as
its candles. They cannot penetrate the
mists of death, nor light the foot of the
weary traveller on his way in that valley
through which we have all to pass. Com
mend me, therefore, to the light which IL
lumes the last hour of hfe-commend me
10 the light that can irradiate the face OF
death commend me to the light that,
when all others are quenched, shall guide
my feet to the portals of that blessed
world where there is no need of the sun,
and no need of The moon, and no need OF
any created lights; for God and the Lamb
are the light thereof. Brethren, leave
others to climb the sleeps off fame brother
sister, put your feet upon the ladder that
scales the SKY; nor mind. though your
brows a;e never crowned with fading days
if you win, through faith in Jesus Christ
the crown of eternal life DR.. Guthrie.
Year: 1861

cratic paper, says:


alt seems more than probable that
had the Democratic ticket received the
united, unanimous support of the party
throughout the State. that it would have
stood very fair chance of being elected. "


Certainly! and we are glad to have the
Enterprise acknowledge that it did not
give the ticket united, unanimous sup
port" Had that and other papers, upon
whom the party had abundant claim, done
SO, the resul. would be entirely different
Year: 1861

In the District Court of the Ninth Judicial Dis
trict of the State Of California, in and for the
County of Shasta.


/ Samuel J. Griffith VS.. Mary Sophia


Griffith.


Action brought in the District Court of the
Ninth Judicial District of the State of fCalifor-
mia, in and for the County of Shasta, and the
complaint filed in said County of Shasta. in
the office of the Clerk of said District Court
The People Of the State Of California, send greeting
to MARY SOPHIA GRIFFITH, defendant:
VOU are hereby required to appear in an ac
Il tlon brought against you by the above
named Plaintiff in the District Court of the 9th
Judicial District of the State of California. in
and for the County ofShasta, and to answer the
complaint filed therein, Ia copy of which a.-
companies this Summons) within ten DAYS. Tex
elusive of the day of service) after the seryice
on You of this summons-if served within this
County; or, if served out OF this County, but
within this Judicial District within twenty days
or if served out of said District, then within for
ty days-or judgment by default will be taken
against you according TO the prayer ofsaid Com
pant.


The said action is brought to obtain a decree
of divorce from the bonds of matrimony now
existing between you and plaintiff, upon the
ground of wilful desertion and cruel treatment
all of which will more fully appear by reference
to the complaint, copy OF which is hereto at
tached.


And you are hereby notified, that If you fail to
appear ana answer the said Complaint as above
req-ired, the said Plaintiff will apply to the
Court for decree, in conformity with the pray
er OF said Complaint.


Given under my hand and the Seal of this
District Court of the 9th Judicial District, of
the State of California, in and for the County
of Shasta, this 25th day of September, in the
year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hun
dred and Sixty.


JOHN ANDERSON,


Clerk
Year: 1861

HsE@ The famous palmetto tree is not indie
enous to South Carolina soil, nor can it be
grown there. The sandy, salty soil, from the
adjacent islands, is brought to the main land.
and the roots of the tree are imbedded in it
Without this the tree perishes in about the
same time the Republic would for which it is
the assumed emblem
Year: 1861

EF The surest way to prevail on a Young
couple TO get married, is to oppose them. Tell
them you would rather see them in their
graves" and twelve months after their baby
will pass you twice day in o willow wagon.
Year: 1861

TIE MODERN STATKsMAS.-In Sherrard
Clemens speech on Tuesday, in which be
gave such offence to the disunionists, be drew
the following picture of the type Of statesmen
which has been so common al Washington Of
late


"a statesman must now not only narrow
bis mind and give up to party what was
meant for mankind, but he must recede as
submissively as blind horse in bark mill
10 every perverted opinion which sits, whip
IN hand, on the revolving shaft, at the end Of
which he is harnessed. To be diamond of
the first water he must stand in the Senate
House OF his country, and in the face Of for
hefzi"" necnlascln~ar "a ha rrS, 44I'7isua-,r
patriotism TO the State on whose local pas
siOns he thriYes, to the country where be prac-
tees court, or to the city where be haunts in
all the meretricious dignity OF aDoge Of Ven
ice. He can take an oath TO support the
Constitution Of the United States, but he can
enter with honor into conspiracy 10 over
throw it. He can, under the sanctity of the
same oath advise the seizure Of forts and ar
senals, dockyards and ships, and money, be-
longing to the Union, whose officer he Is, and
find most loyal and convenient retreat in
State authority and State allegiance"
Year: 1861


One balmy summer night, Mary,
just as the crescent moon
Had thrown aside her deecy veil,
We left the gay saloon;
And in green, sequestered spot,
Beneath a dropping tree,
Fond words were breathed, by you forgot,
That still are dear to me, Mary,
That still are dear to me.
oh we were happy then, Mary
thus In our after years,
The world would be a paradise,
And not q vale of tears, Mary,


And not vale oftears.
live but in the past, Mary
The glorious days of old!
When love was boarded ip the heart,
As misers hoard their gold
And often like bridal train,
To music soft and low,
The by-gone moments cross my Dram,
In ali their summer glow, Mary


In all their Summer glow.
These visions form and fade, Mary,
AS age comes stealing on,
To bring the light and leave the shade
OF days forever gone!
The poets brow may wear at last
The bays that round 1t fall;
Rut love has Tose-buds of the past
Far dearer than them all, Mary,


Far dearer than them all!
Year: 1861

The words seemed strangely familiar out
she could not tell where she had heard fhem'
and yielding to the impulse, she obeyea the
voice. and asked G od not to forsake her. All
of sudden, there came tremendous sea-
which swept completely over the lighthouse
SCATTERING the thick panes of glass, and pour
ing in a stream of water at her feet. WAL
auailed and trembled, but only for moment;
for she felt that now or never she must De
faithful to her lamp. What If the glass
around that should be crushed also Ana
now the rain and the leapIng spray came
rushing in, but this time another sound came
to her ears, and she trembled anew as sue
heard the boom of a gun, and knew IT was d
signal from some vessel in distress. ohe
peered through the window, but cold see
nothing but the black night, and the dashihe
foam sent her back again. For weary hoars
she watched the lamp, never suffering ts
lipht to dim, while her form shivered WIN
cold. and her garments were drenched Win
the spray that still poured in.


AT last, (and o how long the night n nal
seemedJ N, d. the gray morning dawned The The
wind had subsided, aud the rain came down DOWN
more gently, when, lifting up her tired ne neaa S;t
from the bench on which 1t had tailen' " all
Year: 1861

of major general has been bestowed
on my gallant and chivalrous friend,
Gen. jackson, and it will be my pride
to serve under him, and to render
him all the aid in my power in pre-
serving the soil of Georgia intact
from the ruthless footsteps Of the in
vaders.


With such dashing leader backed
by the noble and gallant men of
Georgia, who will combat for all that
is dear and sacred, our wives and lit
tie ones can lie under their own vine
and fig tree with none to make them
afraid.


Allow me to thank you for the high
(and nnderserved) appreciation You
place upon my character as a soldier,
and to assure you that at a moments
notice I will be ready to battle for
my mother-Georgia.


am, with great regard,


Your obedient servant,


w. H. T. WALKER.
Year: 1861

The ScHooLNAsTER AT HoxE.-The
following copy Of Rules was handed ia
us BY person who picked it up on the
premises of country schoolmaster in
York County. Pennsylvania. It must
have been q novel sight to see him "reo-
tify" those scholars that did not "apply''
with the rules -


Rules To which the School
is TO be conducted after You are dismisd
in the Evening you are to leave the school
house Immediately and each on 60 his
way home And no hollering roning after
others and taoking or qusrlling or fight.
ing 9rd if You pass BY any Body You ore
not to hollar and mock them you are to
pass by them in civil maner either going
to or from school If there is any Of you
that don't apply with the above Roles
shall be Recti6ed the next morning
Year: 1861

tropolis. AS to those who paid their mon
ey for the purchase of the home and grave


are they not Northern barbarians, inferi-
ors, mudsills! and if John A. Washing
ton, who sold the piece and took the mon
ey, could subsequently join the enemies of
the Union, why should not Miss Cunning.
ham of South Carolina, following this H.
iustrious lead, take the place unto herself


and her section, and with pleasant smile
bid her recent loyal lady associate polite
farewell? 1t is a good bargain all round


Although, Washington was a national
man, and loved the Union, and fought for
it, and stood by the Constitution, vet his
homestead was in Virginia, and if by an
agreeable fiction the Northern dupcs can
be led to believe that in paying their mon
ey they were really securing it to the whole
country, so much the better; for as recent
events have shown, the South have not on
ly kept Mount Vernon themselves, but the
money paid to dedicate it to the country;
thus enriching themselves without any loss,
and securing handsome residence for life
to Miss Pamela Cunningham. 0 f
Year: 1861

GentIemen:-It has been reported at
Cleveland and at divers other places, that
such of the members of Company H., 9TH
Reg, who lately came to camp, and enlist
ed for the three years service, to take the
place of such as had been discharged. were
homesick. sick Of the service. tired of try
ing to help their country in this her time
of urgent need and wish to be discharged
after long service of Is days.


This is falsehood and is so proclaim
ed by all of the persons about whom the
tale is told, more especially the boys from
Bristol; and it is to be hoped that the
fame of patriotism will not be extinguish-
ed in their breasts in the short space of
six weeks, under the weight of few triv-
ial hardships not worth mentioning.


The object of writing this article is be-
cause the men are feeling badly for fear
that such false reports may reach their
homes, and cause uncasiness in the minds
of those left at home.


ONE OF THEM.
Year: 1861




The new charter provides that one mem-
Der OF the Board Of Public Works shall
be taken from each Division Of the city. It
does not say that each Division shall elect
one: The whole Board will be elected on
general ticket. This is right and proper.
In making nominations tomorrow, the
Convention should observe the same rule.
The whole Convention should pass upon
the merits of each candidate, selecting one
from each Division. As the candidates
have to stand poll in all the Divisions, so
the Convention should act as 4 unit in its
scrutiny and selection Of the candidates.
By adopting this mode, the party will have
additional safeguards against imposition.
A cunning, unscrupulous tricks.er might
readily manage to secure majority Of the
delegates Of the Division in which he lives,
and yet be very unpopular candidate
and unit to be elected. He might be
very obnoxious to the people Of the
other Divisions, AMI in consequence be
defeated and drag the rest Of the ticket
down with him. But let the whole Con
vention make choice Of each candidate,
and these dangers will be in great degree
removed or avoided. The selection Of q
Board Of Public Works is altogether toe
important matter to be left to the man.
agement and disposal Of selfish and cor
rupt demagogues. Three Of the very
purest and best Of Chicago's citizens should
be nominated and elected. VIII our peo
pie pay few hours attention to this mat
ter, and see that it is done right? We can
only give them honest advice; it is for tht
citizens and tax payers 10 act.
Year: 1861

Our full and intensely interesting special
dispatch from Washington comes frsm
our special te1egraphic correspondent,
whose position is such that he cannot be
deceived as to the Intentions Of the Presi-
dent and his Cabinet We offer it to our
readers as the SUMMARY Of the present
plans Of the Cabinet, and as conclusive Of
the scope and aim Of Republican policy.


In connection with this matter, we may
be permitted to say that dissatisfaction
with the meagerness Of the information
brought us BY the arrangement Of the as
sociated Press, and with the 11nreliability
OF that dished up by the sensation papers
Of the metropolis, we have determined to
incur the great expense Of special cores
poadcnt ut the seat of government, and
daily special dispatches copious enough
to give our readers correct idea Of all
passing events which have bearing upon
the great issues now presented to the peo-
pie of the West. We need not say that
the expense Of all this is heavy; bat We
rely upon the friendship and generosity o.
our friends to make us whole. For then
4pa 1aber
Year: 1861

The Republican primary elections will be
held this afternoon in the different Wards, at
the places ramed in the published call. A
general turn-o Mt Of all true Republicans is de-
sired. We want the rank and file to take the
management Of this City Convention into
their own handa this time We hope that
schemers ami tricksters will be told that their
services are not needed on this occasion. The
cry Of "eIque dctation" has been so often
heard that many people begin to think there
is good Cause for It. It Is true that the prince
Of cliques and cabals is the one who has made
the most noise about it; but th2t don't help
the matter. Let us have q Convention 30
fairly aud squarely held that not even the
father Of cliques can bring that charge against
Its proceedings.


1t Is desirable that the Ward COMMITTEES
shall provide plenty Of paper and pens so that
every Republican citizen may make up his
own ticket for delegates; or, that he may
change or scratch rs many names on the
printed tickets offered him, as he desires.


We earnestly hope that each voter will be
careful to have no delegates On his ticket but
the very best and most respectable men Of his
acquaintance in his Ward. A little circum
spection on the part Of each voter will weed
out the scaley names, and thereby save pre-
sent trouble and future loss.
Year: 1861

COUNSEL To VoLUNrEERs-How TO Par
PARE Fon THE CAMrA1GN-The following
hints to volunteers. which we clip from an
exchange, are timely and should be needed :


TO OUR YOUNG SOLDIERS.


l. Remember that in campaign more
men die from sickness than the bullet.


2. Line your blanket with ore thickness
of brown drilling. This adds but four
ounces in weight and doubles the warmth.
3. Buy small Ind;a rubber blanket, to
lay on the ground or throw over your
shouide..s when on guard duty duringa a rain
storm. Most of the eastern troops are pro-
vided with these. Straw to lie upon is not
always to be had


4. The best military hat in use is the
light colored soft felt, the crown Icing suf-
ficiently high to allow space for air over
the brain. You can fasten it up as a con-
tinental in fair weather, or turn it down
when it is wet or very sunny.


8. Let your beard grow, SO as to protect
the throat and lungs.


6. Keep your entire person clean; this
prevents fevers and bowel complaints in
warm climates. Wash your body each day
if possible. Avoid strong coffee ami oily
meets. Gen. Scott said that the too free
use of these, together with neglect in keep
ing the skin clean. cost many soldier his
life in Mexico.


I. A sudden check of perspiration by
chilly or night air often causes fever and
death. When thus exposed do not forget
your blanket.


CAN OLD SOLDIER"
Year: 1861

the interest of humanity, Of civilization. of liber
ty. of fraternity, and Of Christianity itself, when
we say that this ought to stop. 1t can never
stop, however and ought never to stop, short Of the
recognition of the independence Of the Southern
Confederacy. The North will have to come to it,
sooner later. and the quicker they make up their
minds to do it the better. This is the ultimatum
of the South.


The North seems now to be almost entirely unit
ed in sustaining the aggressive policy of the Lin
coin Administration. We are much mistaken,
however, if there does not soon appear strong
peace party there, after their first phrensy of
ctement has subsided. They must see that this
war is As inhuman as its results to them will be
disastrous. If the North is not given to utter
madness, the people of that section will accept the
advice of the Mayor of Hartford. that the Difficult
ty between the two nations be adjusted by nego-
tiation and compromise.
Year: 1861

We are authorized to announce JAMES GREGG
Esq.. . candidate for the position Of Delegate to
represent this County in the State Convention,
in session at Little Rock


. He has consented to run at the solicitation of


MANY FRIENDS
Year: 1861




Gen. James Fl. Lane arrived in this city
Yesterday, on his return from Washington.
He is authorized to organize three compa-
MES of cavalry. in addition to the two regi-
ments of infantry already ordered into the
United States service from Kansas The
Government will furnish the entire equip
ment, with the exception of horses. Each
man must procure his horse. for which he
will receive full value should the animal be
killed while in the service. The cavalry
companies will be composed of picked men.
1t is also the intention of Gen. Lane to
form battalion of artillery, and tender
the same to the Government.


From two to three hundred Minnie rifles.
with sword bayonet attached, are now on
the way to Kansas. in charge of Captain
Stockton. They are intended for the use of
the cavalry companies.


Eg The body of a man was found in the
river yesterday. just below tho mouth of
Lees Creek. and was supposed to be that
of deck hand, that was lost from the
steamer Leila. on its last trip up. He fell
off from ths0boat between this place and
Fort Smith. Justice Sr1vEY, held an in
quest, and verdict was rendered accord
insly.
Year: 1861

H.ae Famine in India


The news from India is frightful in
the extreme; "famine is devastating the
country The London Times Of the
29th. in an article on the subject, after
alluding to the fact that the famine is
created by drought, says:


1T is drought in land whore the
sun bakes up the soil almost to the hard
ness Of pottery, and where the earth,
without rain in the accustomed season,
is an impenetrable crust. Where irriga-
ton works the scarty waters will suffice
to produce scanty crops, but where there
are no such works there is vegetation to
be found. Mr.. Edmonstone, the Lieu
tenant Governor Of the Northwestern
Provinces, had himself seen that in a
march Of twenty miles there was not a
green blade in any direction. Families
were fleeing away from the delth which
threatened them. Emancipated multi
tudcs were dropping and dying by the
way And all this, we are told, is but
the beginning Of the terrible calamity
which threatens to involve a population
reckoncl by one of the speakers of the
Mansion-house at seven millions and Il
half. Of these it is stated that two mil
lions and half are actually starving"
Year: 1861

We publish this celeb ated song, as pecu-
ltarly appropriate at the present time, together
with all account of the circumstances under
which it originated:


\ gentleman had left Baltimore with flag
of truce, for the purpose of getting released
from the British fleet friend Of his who had
b .en captured at Marlborough. He went as
far as the mouth Of the Patuxcnt and was not
permitted to return, lest the intended attack on
Baltimore should be disclosed. He was there
fore brought up the bay TO the mouth OF the
Patapsco, where the flag-vessel was kept under
the guns OF :. frigate; and he was compelled 10
witness the hombarlmeut of Fort Mlierry,
which the admiral had boosted he would carry
in few hours, and that the city must fall
He watched tie flag at the fort through the
whole day, witliTan anxiety that can be better
felt than described, until the night prevented
him from seeing it. In the night lie watched
the bomb shells, and at early dawn his eye was
again greeted by the toudly-waving flag Of
has country.
Year: 1861

n FROZEN SAAP'


A whaling vessel, which sailed from


London in the year 1910, found ill the


Polar sell Il ship imbedded in the ice, with
sails furled, and no 81 gns Of lite OH board.


The captain and some Of the crew, de-


scendins into the cabin, found coiled


upon the floor a large Newfoundland
dog, apparently asleep, but when they


touched it they found the animal was
dead, and frozen as hard as stone. In
the cabin was young lady seatcl at
the table, her eyes open as if gazing at
the intruders in that desolate place
She vas corpse! and had been frozen
in an apparently resigned and religious


attitude. Beside her was a young man,
who it ppeared was the commander Of
the brig, and brother to the lady. He
was sitting at the table, dead, and before
him was a sheet of paper, On which was
written, ''our cook has endeavored to
strike light since yesterday morning,
but in vain; all is now over" In an
other part Of the cabin stood the cook,


with the flint and tinder in her hand,
frozen in the vain endeavor to light the


fire which alone could save them. The
terrors Of the seamen led the captain
from the spot, who took with him the
| log book, as the sole memento of the


ill-fated ship. ItaPpeared that she also


was from London, and had been frozen
in that place over fourteen years.
Year: 1861

something will
property belonging We
country With
things in





nn and thus threatening the existence and under all
government which bound by the nothing this
the under
and faithfully support In doing this Yorker
Year: 1861

ROBERT W JOHNSON and JoHx PoPE at the fol-
lowing times and places, will address the people
upon the present troubles of the country, and
the policy it Is wsest to pursue for the interest the
hon and the future security of the State Of Arkan