smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

WHY GOLD IS NOT SOLD IN BosToN.-Secre-
tary Boutwell, writes the following reason to a
Boston gold broker for not selling there: 81
found upon inquiry that the receipts of gold at
the Boston custOnl-house do not exceed the paw
ments, hence we could not sell gold in Boston
without shipping it from New York, while in all
ether cities where gold is sold in small quanti-
ties, tie receipts exceed all ordinary payments
in COIN"
Year: 1869

THE PENSION OFFICE COMMISSION sent to the
Southwest some time since to examine into al
legged frauds in pension papers is still at Nash
vile. They report to the Pension Bureau that
they do not find the Wholesale frauds that were
charged when the claims from that section were
suspended. The Commission will continue its
Investigation some weeks longer.
Year: 1869

THE IION-CLAD MIANTONONAH, now being
prepared for sea at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard, will shortly be put into commission and
leave for the West Indies. Her officers have
been ordered to report on the 18th instant.
Year: 1869

AMONG other names now prominently men
toned in connection with the United States As
slstant Treasurership at New York, is that o
Henry e. Davies, late of the Court OF Appeals o
that State.
Year: 1869

ter chance than other boys and than some thousands
of men and women equally eager to see the race
But there he was. and not content with that adVan
tage he OF the steamer which carried him. and Win
it the Harbor Masters boat. got in the way OF the
umpire, when near Barnes Bridge, and hnany shu1
out that official altogether from view OF the racing
boats. The act was rude one in itself, and mignt
have had serious consequences, the umpire eeine
person immensely more inporrant on TINS occaslon
than any number of princess There is 30 much
aunkeyism in these matters that 1t was delightful
to find The Times this morning sharply criticising
both the offending Harbor Master and the Prince
Still better is the remark OF the decorous
Spectator, thatI princes who get In the way
on such occasions ought to be dueked Oh as tailor
would be in the same circumstances. Shades OF
Prince Albertl what are we coming to- when such
things can be said There is no doubt that frince
Arthur has contriyed to make himself by this act OF
intrusive precedence considerably unpopular. What
more nearly and more unpleasantly concerned me
was the crush of steamers at the bridge. Last year
the courtesy of the umpire-offered to me as 80
many other courteses have been, solely because 1
am an American-gave me place on his boat. This
year. knowing that Mr. Chitty had but six places at
his disposal, to which at least six hundred friends
had better claim than ], bought ticket Tor q
boat reputed the fastest on the river, and which
remembered as having been, last year, the only oAe
to keep alongside the umpires. But the the unsea-
manlike crowding Of the steamers brought on ca
tastrophe which was almost inevitable. A tug lying
next but one to us got her gunwale jammed under
the sponsons of padde-boat was heeled right over
at the moment Of starting, wbirled around and lay
dead across our bows We lost our chance OF shoot
ing ont from the uck Of steamers and had 70 De con-
tent with distant view of the Oxford and Cam
bridge outriggers, and with very near view OF the
sterns of some twenty steamboats,, which showed us
the way up the nver. The start itself we saw wen
enough.


Oxford stole quietly out at 35 and pulled from their
boathouse to the starting point receiving not single
cheer from the banks or from the boats, They were
wrapped in dark blue pilot Jackets Cambridge
showed few minutes later in light blue. Popular
sympathy with the azure colors has oil along been
unmistakable, but there were few cheers. The dull
cold seemed to have frozen all the enthusiasm Short


as is the distance over which the two crews rowed to
their stations and easy the stroke 1t was not
bad chance to form some judgment on their styles
Cambridge was very nice in finish outside OF tho
boat; but there was an unmistakable power In the
Oxford crew which boded iii for the popular hopes
When they stripped there was the same difference IN
the appearance of the men, Oxford in fact, was not
much heavier but looked bigger, and her men being
more evenly distributed in the boat gave the whole
crew an air of fitness and proportion which Cam
bridge had not Crewsa and weights were as follows;
Year: 1869

CHICAGO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO
VESSEL CAPTAINS. The Chicago Tribune
says: ''The buoy at the mouth of the
the river, which was taken up last fall


was set on Tuesday by Captain T. W.


Steele, Harbor Master. It was placed
on the wreck of the Nicaragua-the same
position it occupied last season. Harbor
Master Steele informs us that the south
end of the north bar has washed off, and
is deposited on the north side of the buoy,
and that vessels should keep about one
hundred feet north of the buoy-coming
in the same as during the summer of 1867
opening the old piers, and steering for
the center of the river, until abreast the
buoy, when it will be necessary to haul
up trife to the small house west of the
lighthouse. There is fourteen feet of
water on the bar. On Thursday there
was fourteen feet in the channel with
the wind blowing fresh from the west.
Year: 1869

CHICAGO, April Sth 1869.


IF our citizens wish to have a time of
rejoicing or make strangers welcome, the
usual manner is to have big drunk. !"
Chicago has witnessed many in the past
and extensive preparations are already
under way for huge one in the future.
The Union Pacific r. r. will be compile
ted in about four weeks and the event
must be celebrated. A grand excursion
will pass oyer the road and the celebrities
from all parts of the Union will be wined
and dired in the Garden City. Cur City
Council are limited in their appropria-
ton and arrangements are being made for
private subscriptions The Board of
Trade will take hold of the matter and if
there is not a good time in the ordin-
ary sense of the term ] am very much
mistaken.


The woman rights party gained some
what Of victory during the past week
in an organization called the Y. NJ. G.
Association Ilyceum from which it was
proposed to exclude women. The society
is strictly literary and no reason with a
shadow of sense was urged against max
it open to ALL The woman party earri-
ed the day and all persons are now entit-
led to admission.


Navigation is now fairly opened and the
effects are rapidly being felt in CONNER
cial circles. Our usually busy streets are
crowded more than ever and the huI-
dreds of warerooms and salesrooms beto-
ken full tide of business A prominent
railway man has somewhat surprised the
public by statement that railway freight
can easily r. tEought down ca lsye.
Year: 1869

The dead lock in the Indiana Leg
islature continues; the democrats refuse
to qualify. and SO quorum cannot be OBJ
tanned. All this is done to prevent the
majority from ratifying the constitutional
amendment in regard to suffrage. What
a high minded, patriotic and enlightened
set those Indiana democrats are, to be
SIlra
Year: 1869

For CHIcAGo The tug Kitty iS,noke
is to be sent to Chicago for lob as she
cannot make any money at Manitowoc
$50 says the Sentinel : ,Sheboygan
Times


And the Sentinel don know anything
about it. The tug Kitty Smoke will no
doubt remain here where there will be
plenty of business for her.
Year: 1869

The newspapers report so many gifts
to the heroine Of Lime Rock, Miss Ida
Lewis, that it is the general impression
that she has received some thousands Of
dollars, while the fact is that ell her pc
cuniary receipts in the way of presents
amount to only $500 The callers have
become so numerous recently that they
occupy nearly all her time and leave her
very little for rest or labor. The number
has often reached o.e hundred in a sim
gle day, and on Monday OF last week
there were one hundred aud fifty. 1t is
understood that somebody is engaged
upon an autobiography of Miss Lewis.
Year: 1869

y short time since at a wedding IN
Carolina, a young lawyer moved
that one of the company should De
selected "a President, that this Presl-
dent should be duly sworn to keep
entirely secret all the communica-
tions forwarded To him in his official
department that night, and that each
unmarried gentleman and lady
should write his or her name on a
piece of paper, under IL place the
name OF the person they wished 10
marry, then hand it 10 the President
for Inspection, and il any lady and
gentleman had reciprocally chosen
each other the President was to in
form each of the result, and those
who had not been reciprocal in their
choice wereto toe kept entirely secret.
After the appointment OF the Presi-
dent communications were accor-
dinghy handed up 10 the Chair, and
it WAS found that twelve young Ia
dies and gentlemen had reciprocal
choices, and eleven of the twelve
matches We're SolemniZed.
Year: 1869

The inhabitants of a thriving
burg in Pennsylvania assembled, as
was their custom, to decide what
number (if any) of licenses the
town should petition for from tho
county court, from whence they
were issued. There was a full
attendance. The magistrate pre-
sided, and the physician, deacon,
and pastor of the village were on
the platform. One of the most
respected citizens, after a short
speech, moved that the meeting
petition for the usual number OF
licenses, and not give way to any
excitement. When it was about to be
universally adopted, and the presi-
dent was going, to put the motion
to the meeting, and ali eyes were
instantly turned in that direction,
there was an old woman, poorly
clad, and whose careworn counte-
nance was the powerful index of no
light suffering; and yet there was
something in the fash of her bright
eye that told that she had once
been what she then was not. She
addressed the president, and said.
with his permission, she wished to
say few words to the meeting.
She had come because she had
heard they were going to decide the
''license question:


you said she, call know who
am. You once knew me as the
mistress Of one of the best estates
in the burrough. / once had a
husband and five sons, and woman
never had kinder husband
mother never had five better or


more affectionate sons. But whera:
are they now ?" @


doctor, I ask where are they


now? In yonder burial ground


there are six graves filled by that


husband and those five sons; and
! o! they are all in drunkards'


graves! Doctor how came they to


be drunkards You would come


and drink with them, you told them


temperate drinking would do them


good. And you, too, Sir (address-


ing the pastor) would come and


drink with my husband, and my


sons thought they might drink with
j. safety because they saw you drink .
i deacon you sold them rum,


which made them drunkards. .You
have now got my farm, and all my


property, and you got it all by rum.


And now I have done my errand.
and will go back to the poor house


for that is my home.


"1ou, Doctor. you, Reverend.


Sir, and you, Deacon, I shall never
} meet again until meet you at the
} bar of God, where you, too, will
meet my ruined and lost husband,
, and those five sons, who through
your means and influence fill the
; drunkard's graver'


; The old woman sat down. Per.


feet silence prevailed, until broken


by the president, who rose to put
!. the question to the meeting
''Shall we petition the court to issue
: the usual licenses to the borough
for the ensuing year?" and then
one unbroken ssNon' which made
: the walls re-ocho with the sound,
: told the result of the poor old
WOman's appeal.
Year: 1869

THE Imperialist, about which SO
much noise is made just now, is
said to have been started and is now
conducted by q parcel of New York
Democrats, who are sincerely of
the opinion, which we find so often
expressed in the Democratic news


papers, that the Government OF
the United States is failure, the
Constitution no longer of any
account, and the liberties Of the
people destroyed. There is strong
probability of the correctness OF
this report. The difference be-
tween the Imperialist and the Dem
ocrotic press consists in this: The
former offers a substitute for the
popular fiasco. the latter contents
itself with simply pronouncing the
experiment of self government 6
tlelusion; the one carries its reason
ing forward to practical conclu


sion, the other declines to help us
out of q predicament. AS the Re
publicans have faith in the Gov.
ernment, and believe the Constitu-
ton capable of Improvements by
rigorous amendment. and insist that
self government is destined to have
its vindication in great nationality
embracing the whole continent, it is
absurd to charge them with the
establishment of newspaper in
which to advocate a radical change
in tie form of government and the
surrender of civil and politica
power into the hands ofan autocrat
The Imperialist is the genuine fruit
of Democratic assertions and ar
gument.-C Gin. Commercial.
Year: 1869

The following is a translation Of
a hitherto unpublished letter writ
ten by Louis Napoleon just after
his escape from the Fortress of Ham
to the editor Of newspaper to
which he had contributed during
his imprisonment. In a certain
poverty and awkwardness Of diction
it is faithful to the original, which
was evidently not intended for pub
Ecation


My DEAR MIR. DEGEoRGE: The
desire ct once more seeing my faith
er in this life has made me attempt
| the boldest undertaken that | have
ever attempted, and for which l
needed more firmness and courage
than at Strasbourg and Bpulogne,
| for l was resolved not to endure the
| ridicule that fastens on those who
are arrested under disguise, and 4
failure would have been no longer
endurable. But to come to the par
ticulars of my escape:


You know the ford was guarded
by fore hundred men, who furnished
daily guard Of sixty soldiers, who
were on duty within and without
the fort; furthermore the door OF
the prisonzwas guarded by three
jailers, two Of whom were always on
duty. 1t was necessary, therefore,
in the first place, to pass before
them, then to traverse all the inner
court before the windows Of the
Commandant having reached there
it was necessary to pass through tue
gate where were an orderly and 4
sergeant, a gatekeeper, sentinel
and finally. post of thirty men.


Not having been willing to estab-
lished any communication { with q
corruptible jailer Or so), disguise
was of course, necessary. Now as
several rooms of the building l in
habited were undergoing repairs. ii
was easy to take the costume of q
workman. My good and faithful
Charles Thelin procured blouse
and wooden shoes. / cut off my
mustache and took a board on my
shoulders.


Monday morning 1 saw the work
men come in at Ct o'clock. When
they were at work Charles took
some drink to them in a room, SO
as to get them out of my way: he
was also to call one keeper up stairs
while Doctor was talking with the
others.
| Meanwhile, was hardly out oi
my room when / was acosted by 8
workman, who followed me, taking
me for one OF his comrades; at the
foot of the staircase ] found myself
front to front with keeper. Luck.
lily put the board before his face
and reached the court, always hold
ing the board between myself and
the sentinel and those whom l met


When passing before the frs
sentinel 1 let fall my pipe, but step
ped to pick Zip the pieces. Then ]
met the officer Of the guard, but he
was reading letter and did not no
tice me. The soldiers of the pos
lat the gate seemed to wonder at my
Year: 1869




The Kenton Republican of last
week says:


1t is often said that the course of
true love never runs smooth and
many ardent lovers find it to be
true.


This was the case with a young
couple that arrived in this town a
few days ago for the purpose Of
launching their craft on the sea Of
matrimony.


The story as we learn it is as fol-
lows:


A youth by the name of Everett,
residing within dozen miles or 50
of Columbus, became enamored Of a
faic daughter Of one Of his neigh
bors and resolved to win her for his
wife. The girls father was not
exactly pleased with the course
matters were taking and put a veto
on the young mans liberty to call
at the house. But love, like coal
oil on fire, becomes brighter the
more you try to extinguish the
fame, and SO our young lovers re
solved to fly from friends and
home


On Sunday evening they took
their departure for Indiana, but
finding unexpected difficulties in the
way, they turned their course to
this place, where they arrived on
the Monday night train and took
rooms at the Reis House.
! Fearing to remain long enough to
send for some friends in the coun,
try, they resolved to leave the hotel
as early as possible to avoid pur-
suit and capture. So procuring 6
team at the livery stable, they took
an earley start westward, but mis-
sing the road they should have
taken. were nearly to Ada before
discovering their mistake. Some
time in the afternoon they fount
the friends of whom they we're ir
search and aid was at once prof
fered to procure the license. b;
the time that was obtained 1t was
late in the evening and the wedding
was deferred till Wednesday morn
ing, when the marriage ceremony
was duly performed, the twair
we're made one, and after dinner
they returned to the Refs House
ready TO meet and heartily weicom;
any friends from home who nigh
be on the lookout for their wei
fare.


And sure enough, when the nigh
train from the South arrived, i
brought an uncle of the young
lady, in search Of the wanderers
but finding them already married
and safely slowed away in the bes
room Of the Refs House, he con
cluded to retire and will probably
renew his acquaintance with then
this morning.


They are a neat looking couple
rather young for such move il
life, but we sincerely wish then
true happiness and long and pros
!. porous life journey.


We learn that they belong tt
good families and when they return
will no doubt be gladly welcomed
back to home end friends.
Year: 1869

A MAN who committed suicide a
few days since in Detroit left q
note, the first sentence of which
read thus: "This world is full OF
trouble. Those that are not trou-
bled naturally will make it for
And the poor man
might have added. that those who
have real troubles bear them better
than such as have imaginary ones
Year: 1869

The LAW OF AbvEitrlsINd.-In
New York, the othcf day, the Law
Of advertising was well oludicatod
The publisher Of n daily newspaper
sued the Stand.trd Life Insurance
Company in the Supreme Court, be
fore Judge Fithian, for u bill of $773
on account of advertising. The
company resisted payment on tho
ground that they had authorized
but one insertion. Therp was nc
proof. However, Of this. There was
no order to that effect on the bill,
and the company did not attempt to
deny they saw the advertisement
continuing in the paper and tsliled
TO cotthtermafd it. When an ad-
vcrtisement is received in q publ
cation Office without the number of
insertions marked upon it, or the
Insertion paid for at tho time. the
publisher cah Know nothing Of the
advertiser respecting. the number of
irscttiors desired, and as he can do
nothing until advised by him, whose
business is it to attend to the mat
ter, lie can charge for. every inser,
ton given the advertisement until
Otdeitd out.
Year: 1869

THE CHARAcTER OF LOPEZ ExPOsFD-At
an intsrview with Mr.. Porter c. Bliss some ad-
ditional and important information was OBJ
tanned In regard to affairs in Paraguay, by q
reporter Tp connected with the New York Sun.
Ine most interesting part of his conversation
turned on the character Of the Dictator Lopez,
which proves him to be deserving of ANYTHING
but sympathy from the civilized world. From
this picture OF him he seems to be duplicate
of the most cruel and sensual of the emperors
of ancient Rome. This man about the year
1852 was sent on a mission TO Paris by his IA
tber, where he became enamored of French
woman, the wife OF q surgeon. She was per.
son of great beauty aud imposing appearance,
bnt unhappily fraii, having left her husband
and become Femme de Uile. When Lopez
left Paris, this woman followed him not long
after, and became his mistress in Paraguay
There she had six or seven children, the Oldest
being boy of fourteen, who is noted for being
particularly fat. He has proved himself Sme-
thing OF soldier, however, as he now holds
the rank of captain in his fathers army, hav-
ing rizen from the grade of corporal.


Lopez's French concubine did not become
mistress of the situation, as often happens in
such cases. Her influence over him was not
great, although she was able to be of some
service to Bliss and Masterman during their
imprisonment. She still retains many woman
ly instincts, but seems to have been able to
make little impression on the savage and desS
potic Lopez. He himself is man both beast
ly and cruel. It is said that he is a voluptuary
Of the worst sort, and that the young girls of
any beauty in his dominion are subjected to his
passions. He is Mormon and Turk combin-
ed. In natural disposition he shows the traits
of tiger. The public are led to believe he is
fighting for liberty, and that his banners are
supported by willing followers But nothing
could be further from the truth. He brought
on the war by an endless and impertinent In
terferance in the difficulties of Brazil and
Uruguay, and commenced hostilities himself
with Brazil. He had premeditated the war for
a long time previous, as he had been busy for
months In accumulating arms and ammunition.
Instead of governing by law, he rules his sub
ject by fear, and even his French mistress
would be glad to escape flom him now.
Year: 1869

To Let with Board.
A S pleasant Front Chamber and Bedroom as
IA can be found in the city; heated by furnace
and lighted by gas; near City Hall, Post Office and
business portion of the CITY,


Address p o Box 1922. ja26eodtf
Year: 1869

Attorney General Hoar, in his letter to
Secretary Boutwell, on the question about
the Union Pacific railroad, says he bas care
fully considered the law and is of opinion
that the line begius as the railroad company
have cOntended at the one hundredth meri-
DIAN. The line from Omaha to that POiLt
b. ing treated as one of the branches. The
treasury had declined issuing any more
bonds till this question was settled.


The D mocracy of Pennsylvania have not
adopted the policy chosen by the faithful in
Ohio, but have nominated ASA PAcKEE, an
ugblushing, hardened, unrepentant copper
head, of the most venOmOus sort, as their
candidate for Governor. They have con-
cluded to sail under the old serpentine
palmetto flag once more.
Year: 1869

H7AyING facilitiss superior to any Book Binding
IL Establishmentin this part Of the country, and
equal to any in the United States-esst or West-we
are enabled to execute work in any style from the
most Elsgant Turkey Morocco, to the plainest Half
Binding, and at even
Year: 1869

A PoULTIcE TOR FELoss- Take castle soap, and scrape large or small quantity, according to the amount wanted, and simmer in new milk till it farms paste as cream cool and apply. You will find this one of the best poultices for felons or any kind of yelling that needs poulticing, and far supe- rior to bread and milk. Try it, ye afflicted.
Year: 1869

At the late revision of the Carmelite
Nunnery on the Whradchine, in Prague,
Bohemia, the committee found in the
cellar an iron bound door, securely fast
ened. On inquiry the lady abbess was
unable to state where the door led to or
where the key TO it could be found, al
though she had been living in the same
nunnery for twenty-five years, and an ex-
animation of the lock showed that it had
been frequently used. The committee
were obliged to send for lock smith, and
the door being opened it was found to
lead into a long passage at the end Of
which were two more locked doors, the
one on the right leading into cellar con-
tanning large quantity Of casks filled
with wines. The other led to a
flight of stairs at the top of which there
was another locked door. which, having
been opened, the committee, on entering.
found themselves in the chapel of the
Monastery of Saint Loretto of the Faith
ers Capuchines, on the Whradchine.