smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

The following is passage from re-
markable statement in the Cork Eromiuer.
bearing upon tho continued flight of tho
population, from that part alone. to the
newly adopted land of the irish Celtic race


Each week secs the departure, on on ay


erage, of six hundred persons. the great ma
JGrl'y Of whom arc young mon and women
between eighteen and twenty years of age.


TO Imagine tho effect OF this drain upon the
community. wo might instance, that if these
six hundred were drawn from town like
that OF Bantry, there would hardly be a
young man or woman left in it. The actual
numbers are greater than the population of
many largo villages and fortnight's draft
at that rate would utterly depopulate co
considerable town as Millstreet. Remem-
6erlng that almost every one of these nor.
sons is of condition to be of actual value to
tho communicable men as farm laborers
or mechanics, the women either in agri-
cultural labors or as servants, or still more
important, rs healthy mothers of strong
children-it is oasy to conceive how terrible
IS tho loss to tho country. Nothing can
impress this fact upon the mind so strongly
us actually witnessing tho crowd preparing
for thoir departure. Among the entire
number there is not an indication of sonaor
or misery; not single rag on the back of
lis owner indicates that he or she is flyinp
from poverty not a weak limb or a paIe
cheek-scarcely wrinkled face, indicates
that tho country is getting rid of burden.
Sturdy. athletic young men, healthy and
strong girls, often of extraordinary beauty.
form the groat bulk of this departing crowd
On Thursday week wo witnessed no less
than four hundred such preparing to take
their departure in the Edinburgh Captain
Kennedy.on of the vessels of the Liverpool.
New York and Philadelphia line. A rumor
had spread shortly before tho arrival of the
ship that certain number would bo OK
clndad for want of accommodation. and the
despair evinced by those who thought them
selves shut out was as great as if they were
tcld they had lost every hope. When the
tenders came to bear away tho passengers,
there was frantic rush even on the part ofI
those whose places were secured. as il they
fanciod that some unlucky interposition
would shut them out. The news that all
could be taken was received as if some
precious gifts had boon showered among
them.
Year: 1861

An angry letter is much fercer than an
angry speech. There the words remain
scorching, not 10 be explained away, not
10 be aioned for by kiss-not to be soft.
ened down by the word Of love that NAV
follow SO quickly upon spoken anger.
This at least should be rule through the
ietter-wri'ing world, that no angry letter
be posted till four and twenty hours shall
have elapsed since il was written. We all
know how absurd is that other rule of
saying the alphabet when you are angry.
Trash! Sit down and write your letter;
write it with all the venom in your power;
spi; out your spleen at the fullest; it will
do you good. You think you have been
injured; say all that you can say with all
your poisoned eloquence, and crafty
yourself by reading it while your temper
is still hot. Then put it in your desk;
and, AS a matter Of course, burn il before
breakfast the following morning. Be-
lieve me, you will then have double
qualification.
Year: 1861

A COURT SCENE.-A man, who bad never
seen the inside of court house until he was
introduced as a witness in case pending in
one of our district courts, sitting last fall in
tho northern part of the country, being
sworn, took position with his back to tho
jury, and began telling bis story to tho judge,
Judge R-n, in his bland and courteous
manner, said, Address yourself to th Q Jury,
SIR" The man made short pause, but not
comprehending what was said to him. con.
tinued his narrative, His honor was then
more explicit, and said to him: "Speak to
the jury, sir--the men sitting behind you on
the benches" The witness then turned g.
round, aud making an awkward bow, said,
with great gravity of manner, "Good morn.
ing, Fgentlemenl"
Year: 1861

A LADY waited on doctor to purchase
some fashionable remedy that was to cure
everything. "Lose no time. my dear
madam. in using it, said the doctor,
"for in less then week it will be out of
fashion,"
Year: 1861

AIR AND WATER.-Set pitcher of water
in room and in few hours it will have
absorbed nearly all the respired and per-
spired gases in tho room. the air of which
will have become purer but the wator utterly
filthy. The colder the water is the greater
its capacity TO contain these gases. At
ordinary temperature a pint of water will
contain pint of ca-bonic acid gas and
several pnts of ammonia. This is nearly
doubled by reducing the water to the tenn.
perature of that of ice. Hence water kept In
For the same reason the water in q pump
stock should always be pumped out in the
morning before any is used Impure water
is more Injurious than impure air.
Year: 1861

SLIPPERY PLLoEs.-Yestsrday, the side
walks all over the city were covered with
ice. They seemed to be disposed to rebel
against the ordinance that placed them,
and to offer resistance 10 being trod under
foot any longer. We saw several falls which
were calculated to rather disturb the equan-
unity of the unfortunate sufferer as well as
that of bystanders whose sympathy is usual
ly in such cases, apt to display itself on
the wrong side Of the mouth. A gentleman
who is just recovering from the effects of q
fall, which confined him for three weeks,
wishes US to call attention to the ordinance
for the regulation of sidewalks, whose 4th
section provides, that every occupant of
every tenement which has a tagged walk
about it shall have it cleared "of snow, ice
and dirt by nine o'clock in the forenoon of
each day"
Year: 1861

We are now living in the age of REBEL
ion. The South, not content with having
had the control Of our Government almost
entirely ever since the formation of the Con
stitution, are now endeavoring to break up
our glorious Union, merely because for once
the power is taken out of her hands Overt
acts and hostility have already been COM
menced against the Federal authorities, and
where it will end, no man knows.


If there ever was a time wien every man
should take good newspaper, which will
keep him posted in regard to the news Of the
day, now is that time. Such a newspaper
is the LEADER.


In addition to the important matters oe-
curing in our own country, the news from
Europe, for at least the year to come, will be
of stirring interest. The heroic and patriotic
GarIbaldi in struggling to build up a liberal
and united government in Italy; old thrones
are crumbling into ruin-society is in a
transition state.


The great advantages in taking a Home
paper, like the Leader, over the Eastern
Weeklies, are these;


Owing to our great Telegraphic arrange
ments, we are enabled to give news three to
FIVE days earlier than can possibly be deliv-
cred by Eastern papers. The LEADER gives
more home news, both political and current,
than can be done by. Eastern contemporaries.
The postage on the LEADER is l3 to 26 cents
less year, than on Eastern papers. The
columns of the LEADER will be enriched by
the effusions of correspondents from all parts
of the Union.


There is one service that we solicit from
our Republican Friends, and that is, to lend
their aid in getting up Clubs for the coming
year. Let it be remembered that we need
just the kind of assistance that can only be
derived from friends scattered through the
country, and if each one will feel that be
ought to act, and take hold with a will, we
can commence the new year with a subscrip-
ton list greater than we ever had.


One hour in twenty-four spent in reading,
and ONE DOLLAR per year, will give the
running history, as it transpires, OF two con-
tinents, besides vast amount of information
on every subject and in every department OF
knowledge. There is no man who is not
able to spare the dollar and devote the time
for such a return.


After presenting the above, we hope our
friends will exert themselves to back US in
our enterprise.
Year: 1861

sIoSoR BIITz.-The Magician had fair
house last night in spite of the rainy
weather. To-day is the last opportunity to
see those trained eanaries.


Yesterday afternoon he extended an invi-
talion to the Orphans and to the Industrial
School, which was accepted by both.
Year: 1861

AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT the Wells
Vile Patriot please note that, at the going
down Of yesterday s sun, with one hand upon
our breast, We made profound bow to the
East. This was intended, not as a religious
ceremony, but rather, as a recognition Of a
handsome compliment, and was as much as
to say" We are your debtor, 0 Friend Of
the Patrioti" Verify there IS much in a
Year: 1861

Coin ConORT.-The Plain Dealer says


Yesterday afternoon q young lady who was
skating on the old river bed broke through
the ice, but was extrieated BY young gem
tleman who accompanied her. She was ter
ribly frightened and her screams were heard
for q considerable distance.
Year: 1861

An extra copy will be given to the getter
up of the Club, for his trouble; when a club
reaches as high as fifty copies, Tri-Weekly
will be given; and when it reaches one hun
dred, copy of the Daily LEADER will be
Year: 1861

THE Michigan CExTRAL.-Below we give
the earnings of the Michigan Central Rail
road for the third week in January, by
which it will be seen that the road gains
Ss,s51,9s over the corresponding week in
1860. We.learn that the earnings for the
fourth week will also show large gain
The earnings are as follows:


1oeI 1oRo
Year: 1861

A Tepnessee Journal on the Present Cris


n- sn,s-Adyscaey of the Independence OF the


The Memphis (Tenn.) DulIetin says:


The whole country is now arming, and
men are every where preparing for the shock
of civil war. The call Of the Government
for large bodies of men is responded to with
alacrity in some parts, with reluctance in
others, and in some is promptly refused. No
slaveholding State is likely TO reply favor
ably, and it will be with difficulty that
efficient aid can be drawn from several Of the
free States. Indiana and Illinois are not
prepared to make war on Kentucky and
Tennessee, nor will they be, without further
provocation. The eight slaveholding States
still acknowledging their fealty to the
Union, we hope, may continue firm and
united. They hold in their hands, and may
continue TO hold, the balance of power.


Concert Of action among themselves Is
easily secured, and conciliation is their true
policy conciliation of the Southern Con-
Federation on the one hand, and the States
of the Northwest on the other. To the one
they owe alliance, by the strong bonds of
identity Of ofinstitutions and interests, and to
the other by profitable commerce and
friendly association. A position in the least
degree hostile toward either is eschewed
and condemned. Independent of both,
these eight States can well afford to Guilt
vate the most amicable relations with them,
and even close alliance for the common BEN
eft of all. Certainly, it is net their policy
to decline proffers of friendship made by
either, any more than it is to unite with
either in such manner as TO place them
selves in a subordinate position.


Virginia has only to take bold stand
against oppression and usurpstion, and her
seven sympathiziDg sisters will rally round
her with frmness and vigor; while so large
portion of the great West will concur in
the proceeding as TO render 9 war between
the North and the South impracticable, and
finally result IN peaceful arrangement of
present difficulties. We hope and trust
there may be no Secession, laying the
groundwork for future dissolutions Of gov
ernment, but bold and decided revolution
rather, which shall leave the associated
States at full liberty 10 form among them
selves "a more perfect Union," and more
substantial and enduring Government.


Surely these eight States embracing q
population exceeding 1000, 600, and grasp
ing the central and most favored portion Of
the continent with their exemption from
the burning summers of the South, and the
freezing winters of the North, extending
their territory, as they may do, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, have it in
their power to organize their own independ-
ence, and to maintain II against the world.
And it may be safely left with them TO de-
termine whether they will admit any num-
Der Of non slaveholding States, and upon
what terms.
Year: 1861

DEFENSE OF MAJOR AsDERsoS.-The Bos-
ton Journal says:


The accumulated accounts Of the reduction
Of Fort Sumter only confirm the conviction,
entertained by the people at large, Of the
perfect fidelity and admirable conduct Of
Major Anderson. He did all that could pos
sibiy have been done in defense Of his posi-
tion-held out wonderfully, in fact-and
yielded and marched out Of his no longer
spirit and pluck. His brief dispatch to the
Secretary of War tells the whole story with
true sOldieFIy pith and modesty. AlIhonor
to the gallant Major Let all who have
allowed any circumstances TO suggest doubts
In their minds of his patriotic Integrity, at
once exonerate him in thought, OF in word II
necessary and let the lovers of the Union
everywhere remember and forever cherish
the name of Robert Anderson.
Year: 1861

Here 10 a curious story, told by London
police detective officer TO relation of mine.
l vary no important fact, and merely alter
names. Henry RanthorPe was literary
man. he had made some slight success as a
provincial journalist and political phamph-
leteer, He had atrsgedy in his trunk, a plot
comedy In bis head, and one five-pound note
In bis pocket; aud he must needs come up,
in the naughtiness Of heart, stirred by
Year: 1861

Breakfast should be eaten in the morning,
before leaving the house for exercise, or labor
of any descriptions; those who do it will be
able to perform more work, and with great
er comfort and alacrity, than those who
work an hour or two before breakfast. Be-
sides this, the average duration of the life Of
those who take breakfast before exercise or
work, will be a number of years greater
than those who do otherwise. Most persons
brgn to feel weak after having been engag
ed five or six hours in their ordinary avoca-
tons; good meal re.invigorates, bu. from
the last meal of the day until the next morn
ing, there is an interval of some twelve
hours; hence the body in sense is weak,
and in proportion cannot resist deleterous
agencies, whether Of the fierce cold or mid.
winter, or OF the poisonous miasm which
rests upon the surface Of the earth, wherever
the sun shines upon The blade of vegetation
or heap of of1al. This miasm, is more sol
id, more concentrated, and hence more NAL
ignant about sunrise and sunset, than at
any other hour Of the twenty four; because
the cold of the night condenses it, and it is
on the first few inches above the soil in its
most solid form; but as the sun rises it
warns and expands, and ascends to point
high enough to be breathed; and being ia.
ken into the lungs with the air, and swallow
ell with the saliva into the stomach, all weak
and empty as it is it is greedily drank in,
thrown Immediately into the circulation Of
the blood and carried directly to every part
of t'e body, deposting its poisonous in.
tluences at the very fountain head of life
When in Cuba many years ago, we observed
that the tavorite time for travel was mid.
night; and the old merchants of Charleston
may remember that when deadly fevers pre-
vailed in hot weather. they dared not ride
into town in the cool of the evening, but
Midday was accounted the safest. We
know, from many years living in New Or.
leans, that it was when the evenings and
mornings were unusually cool, balmy, and
delightful, the citizens prepared themselves
for still greater ravages Of the deadly epi
demc for the first few days following.


If early breakfasts were taken in regions
where chis and fever. and fever and ague
prevail, and if in addition brisk fire were
kindled in the family room, for the hours in,
Guiding sunset and sunrise, these troublesome
maadies would diminish in any one year,
not ten fold, but a thousand fold, because the
heat of the fire would rarely the miasmatic
air instantly, and send it above the breathing
point. But it is troublesome to be building
fires night and morning all summer, and not
one in thousand who reads this will put
the suggestion into practice, it being so
"troubesome," requiring no effort to shiver
and shake by the hour, daily for weeks and
months together; such is the stupidity of
the animal man!


HuWs Journal of Health.
Year: 1861

REMOVING SMALL INSECTS FROM TREES,
Erc.-Many insects may be readily removed
from trees, by giving the tree sudden
blow with hammer, which cannot be re-
moved by shaking the tree; and if a piece
of wood be held against the tree and then
struck sharply, the bark will not be injured
by the blow.


If sheet be first placed on the ground
around the tree and it then be treated as
above, the rose bug and many other insects
may be readily removed. and in less time
than by any other process.
Year: 1861

j. A. SPENCER, Ese-!Sir: l had resol-
we'd in my mind to reply to no letters ad-
dressed to me from any one, concerning the
manifold questions that have Of late gained
a footing in our distracted country. But as
l have frequently had the same interroga
tions propounded to me by others, and as
your letter seems to be dictated in a spirit
of kindness, seeking information only,
have concluded for the present to waive my
resolve and reply, giving YOU permission to
dispose of my answer as you see fit.


You ask Had the Jurisdiction of the
crime committed by Brown and others, been
surrendered to the Federal Government and
Judgment thereon delayed until the 4th of
March next, would you W have exercised
the pardoning power" answer: have
carefully reviewed the testimony in said case,
and in my opinion Brown committed no of.
fence against the Federal Government mer-
ting such severe punishment as he received
The most he committed against the Federal
Government was gross misdemeanor. Had
been the Governor of your State | might
have pursued the course he did. Yet even
then there was strong mitigating circum-
stances. Brown was no doubt a monomani
&C on the subject Of negro slavery; and as
such, close confinement would have been
more in accordance with the dictates of JUS
tice


To your second, reply in the negative,
for this reason: said decision is hostile to the
advancement of Republican principles and
therefore attended with danger in govern
ment like ours.


Hoping the above will prove satisfactory


am, sir your ob't servt,


Signed A. LINCOLN.
Year: 1861

A New SAFETY VALvE.-An important
Improvement in safety valves is chronicleo
by the Alta. That paper says:


The invention is known rs "McCarthy's
Automatic Steam Boiler Safety Valve" 1t
is simply pipe leading from the boiler into
a small chamber in which is valve made
to raise when the pressure of steam gets
beyond a certain degree. The raising of
this valve admits discharge of water from
the boiler through another pire leading
from the chamber directly into the furnace,
where, in the form Of violently elected spray,
it serves to ex'nguish the fire to any extent
desired, and thus removes the cause of an
explosion.
Year: 1861

ATLANTIC AND PACIF LEvEL.-Some thir-
ty or forty years ago an opinion generally
prevailed that the Atlantic is six feet higher
than the Pacific at the Isthmus of Panama,
Col. To;ten has exploded this old popular
error by series of careful dwellings, from
ocean to ocean, on line of the Panama
railroad. lie found the Atlantic and Pacific
to he exactly coincident with each other in
the same telular curve.
Year: 1861

EDS. STATESMAN This country is vast field
for the agriculturist and stock-grower; and with
the right kind of tillage, great portion of it can
be made to yield almost fabulous crops-and
what land is not tilabe is one of the best of pas
lures and will support immense herds of stock.
The winters being mild and dry, stock can be
" wintered out" In fact, nature seems to have
provided for this T; for the summer being dry and
the waterng-places not very plenty, the cattle
cannot run all over the hills for want of water
but when the rains set in, in the fall, they can
range back on the pasture that has not been
touched during the summer This is a great
cattle and sheep-growing country, but it is not
adapted to woOl-growing. The wool cannot be
worked up into cloth, being brittle, so to speak,
from the effects of the alkali, which exists in
more or less quantities from the Dalles to Snake
river. But for mutton, this country cannot be
excelled


All kinds of grain grow finely here and the
gardens, by proper cultivation, do well. The
smut affects the wheat, as it did in Oregon few
years since but the farmers must vitriol their
seed wheat, and thus remedy this evil.


Many have resorted to the system of irrigating
their gardens, which / think does more iujury
than good. The land here needs warming in
stead Of cooling, which is done by turning on so
much cold water. Again, the water only damp
ems the earth few inches from the ditch for if a
hole be sunk in these highly irrigated gardens dry
dirt will be found within a foot of the top of the
ground after having as much rain as we have had
this fall. If the farmers and gardeners would
underdrain and plow their land deep they would
get better crops.


In my opinion, the farmers are pursuing a
wrong course in regard to their wheat crops, by
holding it at so high price that by the time the
millers -four it up it costs so much that flour can
be shipped from middle Oregon and more than
compete with the -four merchant of this valley
The farmers in this valley are holding their
wheat back this winter, waiting for large price,
while the Oregonians are drawing theirs through
the mud to market, and when the spring trade
opens, Oregon -four will be shipped here by tons,
and the farmers here will find their market
blocked. They have got the -four in Oregon,
and they will find market for it somewhere.
But if the farmers here would put their wheat
down to a reasonable price, so that Oregon -four
could not be shipped here, they would have the
thing in their own hands. ANXIOUS.
Year: 1861

Did you ever consult the mirror to ascertain
could, PAIR of feet and crows at that, at the
corners of your eyes-to see if that gray hair
somebody charged you with having yesterday,
nothing but the peculiar reflection ofthe light
and not much winter than the ace of spades after
all? But the mirror is nothing to go to for infor
nation; it reflects to very little purpose If you
would know what age is doing for you, look upon
the face of friend you have not seen in ten years
and the story is as plain as apike-stafl There is
something or other about him you cannot quite
understand his features are little sharper, the
expression of his eyes little colder, of his brow
little harder, of his mouth a little frmer To
be sure his laugh hasn't gone but then tooth or
two has. He is the same, yet not the same, but
somewhat harder and rougher, and not so much
of him as of old.


But the strangest of all is his hand. That has
grown old faster than his face. How soft and
smooth it used to be, you remember, and plump





upon the back of it, and you and he used to read
each others fortunes, and lifejourneys, in the
meandering currants that flowed on so quietly
Just under the surface. But it is more like claw
now, as if he used it in digging; then it is brown
as October the full rounded muscle has shrunk
away from the veins, and they stand out like
ridges in falow. Veins indeed they look
like handful of whipcord There is knotty
look and knotty feel about the joints, as if you
were grasping handful of walnuts. Then,
again, his hair has grown wiry or bristly, or gray
or thn or something that it was not for the truth
is, it is growing upon an old head You think as
you look at him, SIS it possible! and he keeps
you company with his wonder "How it can be,
and in that look, you have seen yoursef-as he
sees you-as they all see you-as you are.-B.
Taylor.