smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

Those who are making salt, or think Of doing so,
should not relax their efforts on the supposition
that the demand is likely to fall off to any extent


The fishermen in the eastern part of the State
will want many thousand bushels in March, April
and May. The ordinary daily wants Of families will
require that enormous quantities should be pro-
duced Every family will be found quite willing,
even in the spring of the year, to lay in supply
for next winter Indeed when all the demands arc
considered, it is likely that the supply will prove
insufficient Let the article then be produced as
largely and as rapidly as possible. Let every one
10 at it who can do So and let those who are at it
but in more hands.
Year: 1862

We publish to-day, in another column, the act
recently passed by the Confederate Congress in re-
lation to the enlistment of troops for the War;
This act strikes US as both liberal and just in its
provisions and it is to be hoped it will be the means
of largely swelling the number of troops for the
war.


During the ensuing spring and summer the terms
of some twenty thousand if not more, of the twelve
months volunteers of this State will expire The
places of these must be filled; and it is exceedingly
important to the service and to the Confederate
cause that as many of these twelve months volun-
teers as possible should be induced to reenlist for
the war. If the bounty offered by the Confederate
government should not be found adequate, let the
State add twenty-five or fifty dollars to it 1t is
not expected that all of these gallant men will re-
enter the service. Many of them have business and
interests at home which must be attended to; and,
indeed the country has no right to ask any of them
to return to the SERVICE for which they will have
suffered and done so much at the end of their terms
without offering them not only the privilege of
choosing their own officers, but handsome amour.
in the way Of bounty. The reenlistment of the
twelve months men, or portion of them, will, in
the first place, secure soldiers who are not only well
drilled but Injured to camp sickness of various Sorts
to hardshps and all the inconvenience of military
lfe and in the second place. they will afford an in
valuable nucleus around which inexperienced vol
unteers can rally. There are thousands of these
twelve months men who are disposed to 20 in for
the war, but, for The most part they have 10 sur
plus means, and their families really feel the need
Of their presence at home. A bounty of one hun
dred dollars would enable each of them to leave


n1i.'tnss ,,s., 4.,,i.. rs snme security against
".'-..j is ''''' lies, ~ . sere awav be-
l.e .ie ouruens of war.


We trust this subject will receive the early atten-
ton of our State Convention, which will reassem-
BILE on the Goth instant North Carolina will be ex-
pected to keep at least forty thousand men in the


field as long the war lasts; and every considera.
ton of economy and efficiency is in favor of troops
who will be allowed to choose their own officers
and whose service shall terminate only with the war;


Cotton Seed Soap.


Put co't,n-seed into large and strong iron pot
in small quantities at a time, mash them well with
wooden pestle and then pour in certain quanti-
ty Of common ley, and boil thoroughly; strain in
an ordinary seive, and proceed in the usual way in
drying and cutting into cakes. Since there is eve
ry probability that grease may be scarce in some
parts Of the country the ensuing year, it is worthy
of trial. Let some of our domestic soap-boilers
make the experiment, and report progress, because
hereafter we shall have to wash our hands clean of
tho vhoIo Vopk e
Soap" is the proper article for that purpose
Year: 1862

'heir time of enlistment had just expired and
they had commenced on the 60 days furlough
offered by the government before going into
tho service again, but actuatcd by noble pa
sriotsm they threw up their lurlough and at
Jncc volunteered to come to our assistance
Patriotic "arylandcrs Oppressed Marylandi
when will the day of thy deliverance dawn 7
This company may possibly reach yonr place
to night p


We aro happy to announce that the company
above referred to arrived here by last nights
.tain ED Pug
Year: 1862

AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION WHAT ARE
IA California DiamondsY' Pieces Of crystalired quartz
rock found only in California cut and polished to resemble
which they cannot be distinguished by the best Judges ON
exhibition and for sale at 35 Broadway Duane
street. None other genuine
Year: 1862

SLoPPY.-The condition Of our streets
is getting any thing but pleasant under the
influence Of warm sun. Yesterday was bad
enough, but nothing to what we may expect
II the thaw continues. We advise our lady
friends to hurry up their purchases before the
streets become thoroughly impossible.
Year: 1862

BIvouAC.-This word is commonly but
incorrectly regarded as of French origin.
It's form is French, but it comes from the
German be,Oeehen, 70 watch or to be on
guard. The true meaning Of it is often
lost sight Of, for whereas it correctly ap-
plies only to those who pass the night un-
der arms or in attitude Of defense, it is
frequently used for any encamping aud
passing the night in the open air.
Year: 1862

MnIrARY.-In this weeks issue will
be found On extensive assortment of mill
tary orders. relating to the appointment
of Gen. Lane to the recruiting service in
Kansas. and the appointment by him OF
Col. Leland to recruit in this District.
We commend this matter to the especial
attention of the fighting men who yet re-
main in Kansas. Government has deter
mined to raise men enough to crush out
the rebellion at once. which is demanded
both by the public welfare at home, and
the growing foreign feeling in favor Of
Intervention. Kansas must furnish her
share: and if they do not volunteer at
once. drafting will be resorted to. There
is not man but would prefer voluntary
enlistment to the humiliation of being
drafted to serve his country. One or the
other must be done speedily.
Year: 1862

We publish the following order from
the War Department, for the benefit o
persons who have been suddenly seized
with desire to travel, or who have dis
covered important business at distanc'
that requires their attention. They will
see that they are positively forbidden tc
leave until the draft is completed. Those
subject to military duty will go at a risk
By remaining at home, they will stand q
good chance of escaping the draft by
attempting to get away. If caught, into
the army they must go:


WAR DEPARTMENT, WAsHINGros. Aug.
S.-An order to prevent the evasion oil
military duty, and for the SUPPRESSION Of
disloyal practices:


First. By direction of the President oil
the United States, 1t is hereby ordered.
that until further orders no citizen liable
to be drafted into the military shall be
allowed to 60 into foreign country; and
all marshals and military officers of the
United States are directed. and all police
authorities. especially at the ports Of the
United States. and on the frontier, are re-.
quested to see that this order is faithfully
carried into effect. And they are hereby
authorized and directed to arrest and de-
tain any person or persons about to depart
from the United Statess in violation of
this order. and report to Major Turner,
Judge Advocate at Washington City. for
further instructions respecting the person
or persons SO arrested or detained.


Second. Any person liable to draft,
who shall absent himself from his County
or State. before such draft is made, will
be arrested BY any Provost Marshal or
other United States or States officer, wher-
ever he may be found within the jurisdic-
tion Of the United States, and conveyed
to the nearest military post or depot, and
placed on military duty for the term Of
draft, and the expenses of his own arrest
and conveyance to such post or depot,
and also the sum of IS as q reward to the
officer who shall make the arrest, shall be
deducted from his pay.


Third. The writ of habeos corpus is
hereby suspended in respect to all persons
so arrested and detained, and in respect
to all persons arrested for disloyal prac-
tices. E. NJ. STANTON,


Secretary of War.
Year: 1862

We are under several hundred and ten
obligations to the Doniphan County Pat
riot for the mixture of sympathy. sugges-
ton and sarkassum" which it worries
out for our benefit. It is true that We
have several times been threatened with
immolation, but never for insulting .
woman, nor did we ever receive public
logging on the street. And notwithstan.
ding the various threats which have been
made against Us. we have never yet ske-
daddled to St. Louis in quest of martyr
dom. leaving our wife to assume our edi-
torial responsibilities, and to be black
guarded BY set Of chivalrous" ruff
ans. We believe. with the Patriot. that
we might 20 to war and not to killed ;
but We have dread Of being wounded in
the bowels. They say some Of the army
surgeons have adopted a new practice
in the treatment of such wounds. in which
cases Providence does not interfere with
science!


If the editor Of the Patriot sees 6t to
toady to and suck favor with men who
have rendered themselves so obnoxious to
tho best citizens Of his town and County.
that it was felt necessary to petition for
their removal, It is bis own affair. We
leave it to him and his neighbors to settle
the matter-with the full conviction that
the latter knew what they were doing.
Bat our style don't run in that channel.
We bate traitor. and pretended Union
men who take especial pains to protect
traitors, and "suckers'' who apologize
for and defend traitor sympathizers.


Since the Patriot was commenced, we
have purposely given the editor wide
berth. We have studiously avoided say
ing word in opposition to any of his
"heavy" efforts, many of which we might
have objected to; but we well knew that
an opposite course would have been con-
strned into desire on our part to raise a
personal quarrel with the editor. which
he would have regarded as the offspring
Of jealousy. and would have cried loudly
for sympathy upon the strength thereof.
II it is not his desire to provoke a con.
troversy which would be as unpleasant as
proitless, We advise him henceforth to
pursue the even tenor of his way, and
not. to use a classical phrase, "stick in
his shovel where there is no manure"
Year: 1862

Old L1nsford ~snolled."


Old Lunsiord, on the opposite bank Of
the river. has. for year past. been living
part of the time in the brush has absen-
ted himself from home for weeks at
time. because bis wife kept the American
Gag flying from the house. as a charm
against Jayhswkers; has been playing
the sneak, spy and informer for the Se-
cesb; has been watching for runaway
slaves; and has from time to time been
pretty freely jaybawked-all Of which
gave variety sufficient to make his life
unusually spicy.


Several weeks ago, when JEFF Beeler
made his escape. one Of the young men
who had been acting as escort. came on
to White Cloud with the Kansas delega-
tion, and remained all night. Lunsford.
who was lying in the brush watching.
thought be was prisoner. which mistake
was helped along BY persons who saw q
chance for fun. The next morning, when
the young man went back. Lunsford was
watching for him, and accosted him. in
quiring how be had managed to escape.
Tho fellow. who was posted. replied that
they could prove nothing against him,
and had to let him go. Lunsford then
proposed plan which he had formed, to
destroy the ferry boat. The young man
should go and raise large company Of
Secesh, and let him know when they were
coming. and he would kill beef. kick
over a bee-stand. and feast them glorious
ly. They should come secretly. and re-
main hidden in the woods. as near to the
river bank as possible. He would then
60 to the bank and decoy the boat over.
making believe passenger wanted to
cross and when the boat came, the
crowd should make Sudden rush upon
it, and burn it. In the meantime, be
would retire ont of sight, and when they
went away. be would tie his horses in
the brush for few days. giving ont that
the crowd had jayhawkcd their dinner
and stolen his horses, and thus drive away
all suspicion that he had any hand in the
affair. Which plan the young man pro-
nounced capital.


Lunsford also gave "blessing" to
some of the citizens of W.Iite Cloud, and
stated that there was q Secessionist in
this place who had number of men at
his call. and would at any time give in
formation of favorable time to attack
the town /; and if crowd would come
from Missouri, he and his men on this
side would unite with them and burn the
town,


The young man made note of it all.
and promised to be along some day with
his crowd. Accordingly. to-day, about
twenty-five Of the Union boys of Oregon
called upon old Billy, took dinner with
him. and when they left, took Lunsford
and four Of his best horses along with
them. The horse and feasting part of the
bargain was fulfilled, but old Billy got
more fun than he contracted for He is
now in the Oregon Jail. and will be taken
70 St. Joseph on Monday. He deserves
10 be put through the mill.


Lunsford is a man whose word is not
% be relied upon. and therefore We do not
credit his story about Secesh citizen of
White Cloud. However, the matter
ought to be Investigated, and if it is pro-
zen that any citizen of this town has been
against its well-being, let him
'e made to dance jig that ne never
lanced before!
Year: 1862

This is sound Company


The insurance of certain sum for ones family
is prudence that every man should adopt in these
critical times


The man that would be respected and loved by
his family in life, and gratefully remembered in
death, will provide his family against want"


"All our most prudent citizens and soldiers are
insuring a competence to their families in they
are drafted. or killed in the service it is the only
safeguard in these critical times" nj .9m
Year: 1862

At our Office alone can
purchasers examine the
relative merit of each
stitch, and be guaranteed
ultimate and thorough
satisfaction, by our priv
ilege of exchanging for
either style if not suited
with their first choice.
Year: 1862

The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
Company Is one of the oldest and best life
Companies in this country. The same cash
investment will procure . policy for twice
The amount given BY many other G ctmpanies
Robert 81" psop, agent.
Year: 1862

American politics was not to put the
best man at the head, and then the head
arrange the rest of the members, but
the members first becomes well organ
lied as a political machinery, and then
selects some thing for head around
which they can rally and carry out their
plans through it.


Observations made by Juan several
times since HARRIsoN's election has
gone to convince him that this notion
of his is about right, HARRISON was
not the smartest man, but he was. the
most available-the likliest to take with
the masses. He had had long military
career-had fought the British-fought
the Indians, and had always been con
siGered an honorable and true man, and
though now becoming old, he was de-
serving of respect for past services, and
what higher mark of respect could the
people bestow upon any man than to
make him President of a great and pro
gressive nation, and besides the name
of HARRISON would be as a spell among
the people who had little sympathy with
the political policy in which the Wings
believe, but as matter Of still further
policy, the name of JuoN TYLER had to
be associated with that Of HARRISON so
as to make the chances the stronger
and so "Tippa-canoe and Tyler too" be-
came ballard and a byword in the ma
ton. The results of the election OF
HARRISON on the manufacturing inter
csts of the country, were as we have
already stated. Any how as far as Juan
could Judge, for employment for manu-
featuring operatives became abundant,
and immigrants from otherlands came in
to the country by hundreds and readily
found something to do. It might be
unfortunate, but HARRISON did not live
long to occupy the presidential chair,
and JOIN TYLER happened to be kncad-
ablc-very plant in the hands Of the
cottonocracy of the South, which, to a
considerable extent, prevented the pro
grammc of the Whig party being car
ried into execution.


Tmp ,,T, r.c I
Year: 1862

The city of Providence did not seem
to Juan very desirable as point for
him to locate at, so he concluded to
travel farther. In truth the New Eng
land States in the year 1912 were not
in very fourishing condition; what
with the Rhode Island war, and the de-
preston in manufactures, and the polit-
ical strifes which had been going on in
the nation generally for some previous
years, the country could not be said to
be in very prosperous condition any
where in those days. Gen. Harrison,
however, had been elected president
under the auspicies of the Whig party.
Congress had taken action on the matter
of tariff from which the manufacture
inc intrests of the nation expected to
derive some benefit in the way of home
protection for manufactures, and to-
wards the end Of the year business be-
can to be a little more stirring in GER
tain localities. and the New England
States assumed more and more activity
as gradually the manufactures Of cotton
fabrics and WOODEN fabrics were getting
into operation this furnished employ
ment to operatives Of different dcscrip-

tions and money, Gf pictured paper may
be called such) was getting into clrcula-
ton ;-"the country, as shrewd down
easterner then said sis looking up. -
One feature in this American country,
Juan thought, very remarkable: that IS,
it's wonderful elasticity to-day it may
be all down, business all stagnated,
money tighter than the pelt of a drum,
every interest dropping, melancholy,
forlorn the aspect frightful to-mor-
row all activity, hustle, go-ahead, "up
she goes" and one act of Congress has
amazing power to cripple or expand the
energies of the country. So it was
when General Harrison was elected /;
previous to his election hundreds OF
factories of one sort or other were stop
ped, and machinery rotting; there was
little or no employment for labor, hun
dreds of people in the manufacturing
dcstricts had nothing to do, and hun
dreds of immigrants who came to the
country with the expectation OF better
ing their condition, returned to the
homes they had left worse off than
when they went away, denouncing
America as a miserable poor place.
The Whig party, however, put forth an
effort-a strong effort, General HAIR
RIsoN was made President, and tariff
to encourage home manufacturing was
secured. and it is remarkable in what a
short time the country, New England
especially, began to show signs of life,
and ''two dollars day and roast beef


for an industrious mechanic was not a
mith, especially mechanic that knew
how to make, or operate cloth making
machinery


All this did not happen through any
prodigious capacity that General HAR-
RIsoN in himself possessed any more
than that he was the representative OF
the Whig party, and the intrest which
that party wished to sustain; and some
of the greatest statesmen that America
has yet produced were at that time lden-
tilted with the Whig party. HARRISON
was not by any means the greatest states
man but he was the most available can
didate for the Presidency that the par
ty could nominate, and Juan learned,
when the story of this Presidential elee-
tion was told him, that the policy of
Year: 1862

To-day it is cold and very rainy.
Yesterday and the day before it was
cool. If the weather continues cold the
wounded will get along finely. | will
write again tomorrow Of our late mar
ches.
Year: 1862

broke bright and beautiful, but the bat
tie did not open with the day. Our
troops were re-posted, and everything
prepared for another contest Scouts
were sent out, the woods in the advance
were shelled, but no reply and no It'd
ings were brought from the enemy
save sskedaddled = Still, our army lay
in its advanced position till far in the
afternoon, when it advanced still further,
and encamped on the creek side, where
the day before the rebel army lay in
fancied security.
Year: 1862

I am informed by men who have
traversed the field, that the rebel loss in
killed is not less than loco. This is
not guess work, for over eight hundred
still lie unburied Their wounded are
in our hands, and are over two thousand
in number. Their loss of officers is
proportionatc One Brigadier and sew
eral field officers are known to have
been killed. Quite spirited fight was
had over the body of the Brigadier,
which was recognized by the three stars
and wreath of fbullion The rebels tried
to take it from the field, but were pre-
vented by our artillery. The efforts Of
our men were equally vain. The rebels
at last gained it, however, but not with
out great slaughter.
Year: 1862

The exact location of the creek on
whose banks the late terrific battle was
fought, may not be traced in the "war
maps" cxtant, and [ will therefore give
you its exact locality. 1t is in Boyle
county, one mile from Perryville, and
three miles from Maxeille, two small
towns in the Northwestern part of the
county. 1t is some ten miles west of
DanyilIe, the shire town, and nine miles
south-by-west of Harrodsburg, the shire
town of Mercer county. The country
for miles around is very broken, being
no less than a succession Of hills. The
creek is now dry, and is fed by these
hills among which it worms, turning
and branching toward all points of the
compass. The hills on its east are very
high and irregular, while those to the
west are lower and more even and wave
like. Deep ravines and low valleys in
tersect them. The ravine through which
the creek flows has steep, broken sides,
and is wooded, but taken as a whole the
hills and ravins of the battle field pros
per are under cultivation, or are clear of
timber The rebels main position was
on the hills east Of the creek, and in a
strip of timber which girts them, with
now and then a break from the ex-
treme right to the extreme left. From
the foot of these hills the ground slowly
ascends as you advance, and, save two
strips of timber of few acres each, is
open. Do not think it level, for it rolls
like rolling prairie. A strip Of tim


ber, somewhat like that in which the
rebels were posted, runs along a rise to
the west of these open fields, and in
them were posted our army, and over
that open field was fought the battle
Our army gained its position early in
the day, and for artillery duelling the
Generals could not have chosen better
one. The rebels main position was a
splendid one They had their artillery
we'll posted, and handled their infantry
superbly. The creek bottom and the
roads in their rear facilitated the move
ments of their troops, and the ravines
concealed their columns, many of which
advanced to within close rifle distance
before they appeared in view, sbut with
one exception (the capture Of battery
the advantage Of ground gave them no
decided success. A defeat with such
decided advantage makes our victory
more brilliant,
Year: 1862


lost its Major and brave lot of men,
The regiment now consists of but four
companies-have consolidated. Lieut.
Willie Collins had a narrow escape, a
bullet cutting through his coat and graz
ing the skin just below his left arm pit.


THE FIRST REGIMENT,


the severest sufferer of the Wisconsin
troops, looks small-but there is enough
left to be felt; as Bragg will find in the
next encounter he dares to stand
again. | visited the General Field Hos
pital yesterday and shook hands with
some of my old mates who were so un-
fortunate as to be wounded. Major
Mitchell I found in good spirits. He
is wounded in the left leg above the
knee, the ball passed diagonally through
Year: 1862

This I account for by their intrepid dar-
ing and the unmistakable signes of their
uniform. The rebel officers dress them
selves massumingly, and are therefore
not as easily distinguished by the marks
men.