smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

We yesterday heard of serio-eomic in
cident which occurred not hundred miles
from here, that must have been decidedly
should prove valuable story for the Pc
rusal of jealous husbands.


One of our most respectable citizens,
who is blessed with one of the best and
prettiest of wives, and one little "responsi-
bility," had been absent from home for some
days. His spouse, during his absence, had
discharged the servant girl, and employed
in her place the wife of soldier who had
Just returned from the war.


The little woman being lonely in her
husband S absence, had induced the soldiers
wife to share her bed with her. On the
night the loving husband returned, the wo-
man had, before retiring, been engaged in
repairing her soger mans coat, and had
carelessly thrown it upon chair in the sit
ting room. The anxious husband returned
about II O'clock and admitting himself
with his night key, found everything quiet
and noiseless, struck light, when the first
thing that attracted his attention was the
soldiers coat upon the chair near his wife's
DcuiOutb. shS iho"
ster seized him, and stealthily throwing the
light upon the bed, he saw his wife repos
ing upon the same pillow with masculine
appearing person; the woman who wa'
with her wearing her hair shingled and be
ing coarse featured.


He was for moment transfixed will
rage, but soon determined to wreak thu
drest revenge upon the supposed guilt.
pair He soon procured deadly weapon
and with murder in bis eye, advanced TO
ward the sleeping couple. Attbis junctur
the soldiers wife awoke, and seeing the
to her-strange man approaching with saw
! age aspect, jumped from the, bed with


scream. and made a dash for closet, wher
she was for moment safe. This of cours
awoke the wife. Her attempts to lear


what the trouble was were fruitless. Th


enraged husband would not listen. Ii


rushed to the closet and dragged forth ,h
1 trem bling woman from her hiding pac,
j Upon bringing her out TO The light and di


covering her sex, the scene may well /


imas ined, but we shall not attempt TO d.
scribe it.-Elmira Press.
Year: 1863

SLEEPING IN CHURcH.-Dr. A., of
Cambridge, was once rather embarrassed


by an occurrence in his congregation. An
insane man who had received public ed.
ucation, and was strongly attached TO the
doctor, had observed in The forenoon Of a
warm summer Sabbath, that several of the
congregation slept in time of sermon. To
prevent the recurrence of the evil in the
afternoon, the maniac, having filled his bo-
som with wind-falls from a neighboring or
chard, posted himself in a convenient station
Year: 1863

A country youth who had returned home
from London, was asked by his anxious
father if he was guarded in his condnct
while there. "Oh, yes" was the reply"
was guarded by two policemen part of the
time"


A wag says that in journeying lately, he
was put into an omnibus with dozen per-
sons, of whom he did not know single one.
In turning corner shortly after, however,
the omnibus was upset and then" said he,
:" found them all out"
Year: 1863

CoSvERsATIoN.-Surely one of the best
rules in conversation is never to say thing
which any of the company can reasonably
wish we had rather left unsaid nor can
there anything be well more contrary TO
the en'is for which people meet together
than to part unsatisfied with each other or
themselves.
Year: 1863

assaults Of domestic enemies The world ap.
plauded the heroic struggle of the Fathers OF


the Republic; let us not prove ourselves to
be degenerate sons 44 " Il enf
Fellow citizens Of the Northwest, if we look
to the other nations of the earth, we will find
several at this time participating in the
great carnival Of blood. History seems to be
lending plausibility to the theory advanced
by some, that war is the normal condition of
man. Let us however, pursue war only as
the most direct channel to peace. Amid the
din Of strife within our own borders, we can
still hear and respond to the cry of famine in
England and Ireland, and individually, as
Americans, we cannot turn a deaf ear to the
voice of struggling liberty in the land of
Kosciusko.
There are lessons to us in the battle-cry re-
sounding now from the Carpathian Hills and
in the wailings that come up out of the City
of the Montezumas, as we'll as the nearer ap-
proach to our own doors of the tramp of SOL
dery and the clash of arms. Who can read
the crimsoned record of Poland and Mexico,
for generations past, without deriving there
from a salutary admonition, neuer to consent
to a dismem6er'uent of this Union! Who
can ponder upon their intestine strifes, the
divisions of their territory and government,
the prey they have become to the ambition
and rapacity of neighboring and distant mon
arches, without an involuntary shudder at
the parallel suggested of our own beloved
Republic, thus dismembered, and bleeding at
the feet Of foreign despots. b....


Let no man, proud Of the title Of an Amer
ican citizen, entertain for an instant the idea
of the disunion Of these States, except as
fraught with incalculable evil in the extinction
Of our proud nationality, and in establishing
among us the enduring reign of the Moloch
of War, &C. % $751;"
Year: 1863

: Our gallant standard bearer has resolved
to remain with his regiment in the field, not
withstanding numerous solicitations to visit
various parts of the State and talk with the
people on the exciting questions of the day
We trust that his friends throughout the
State will see that he looses nothing by thus
sacrificing his personal interests for the pub
lie good. Such patriotic zeal is rarely to be
met with in the politician. Col. Stones mo-
tives IN entering the service of his country
were of the purest kind, and the honors and
emoluments Of the highest Office in the gift
of his fellow citizens will not tempt him now
to desert his post before he can be spared
from it without injury to the sacred cause in
which he is engaged.


The following letter, setting forth his pur-
pose to forego an active political campaign, is
published in the State Register: -a


rgt KEoKuK, Iowa, July 8, 1868.


DEAR SIR Your letter has been received.
| am also in receipt of numerous letters from
my friends in different parts Of the State,
making inquiries in regard to the approach
ing political canvass, and desiring me to visit
their counties and address public meetings,


desire you to inform our friends through
out the State, that am now on my way to
Vicksburg, where expect to remain until
my regiment, now much reduced, is relieved
from active duties in the field, and can be
spared from it without detriment to the public
service. 1t is but just to say that, in accept
ing the nomination at Des Moines, there was
no understanding or agreement, on my part
at least, that should resign my commission
in the army before the election, and engage
in the political canvass of the State. Indeed,
l should not have accepted the honor, so
generously rendered me, upon any such
terms. The noble men with whom have
served so long in the field, have higher
claim upon my services, than any political
friends in the State; and yielding to what
conceive to be an imperative public duty,
shall remain with them as long as my pres
ence there may be needed. So far as | am
personally concerned, feel but little solic-
itude as to the result Of the coming election.
If had preferred civil Office to the hardships
and perls of the soldiers life, / should have
remained where was at the commencement
of the war.


Should the people Of Iowa in their SOW
ereign capacity choose me for their Chief
Magistrate, will accept the trust, and en-
deavor faithfully to discharge it. If other
wise, shall cheerfully abide by their will,
and remain with my comrades in the field, if
life and health are spared me, until the prob
lem of this war is solved. Entertaining
firm confidence in the fidelity and patriotism
of our people, commit to them the vital
cause, of which am nov an honorable rep
resentative, with the same reliance that |
would our glorious flag to those who have
borne it so triumphanty over the battle-felds
of the West. .-....


Very respectfully, your ob't servant,


W. NJ. STONE.


THos F. WIrHRow, Chm State Cen. Com.
Year: 1863

Cool FOR THIS WARM WEArHER.-In an
article on the designs Of the French In Mexico
the Times has the following:-"The time is not
far distant when no copperhead or secession
journal in our midst will dare sustain the
schemes Of Napoleon IN Mexico" This is re-
freshingly impudent on the part of journal
which has all along been the warm panegyrist
and defender Of the French Emperor, so much
so as justly to bring upon it the suspicion Of
being his paid advocate.
Year: 1863

IycREDuLrTr ABOUT THE FALL OF vIcxsBrRe.-
In many Of the rural districts Of France there
are people who believe that the First Napoleon
still controls the destinies Of the empire. The
only thing we know OF that matches this "a
the doubt that continues to prevail In regard
to the capture Of vicksburg. The Official des-
patch OF Admiral Porter and the semi-orlcial
assurances received from Washington have all


proved insufficient TO bring conviction home to
the minds Of the skeptical. And these are not
merely secessionist sympathizers, but.msn Of in.
telligcnce and undoubted loyalty. What does
this hardness Of belief prove' Simply that the
War Department has 80 often played upon the
Year: 1863

liverance draws nigh, and we sincerely trust
that the administration will begin to brace
itself up for the great trials Of statesmanship
which will next be demanded at Its hands. We
hope, in . word, that President Lincoln, ad-
herring to his own sagscious policy, will aim at
nothing more In his measures Of peace than
the simple restoration of the Union.
Year: 1863

CeANr AID NApoLEoN When Napoleon was
IN Egypt he said TO his soldiers, Forty cen
turies look down on you from the pyramids"
General Grant has the advantage of Napoleon
and bis soldiers and the pyramids too From
the top Of Lookout Mountain he looked back
upon forty centuries and ahead upon a long
Presidential term. With th:s experience and
observation to guide him, he will make just the
President we wan. to settle this rebellion.
waioh dc has nearly pu! down already.
Year: 1863

are bound to have one country, one
flag, and one destiny. Aud what coun-
try shall this be? What but the couu-
try you had before the rebellion raised
i pariicidol hand to strike it DOWN.
That country with the incubus Of Slave
ry wiped away; a country that, like
weary man that has laid down by the
roadside to rest, has risen again. and is
marching on to its great destiny. What
Hag? What other than the old flag,
which h as given protection and honor
to your sires and yourselves from the
day of the Declaration to the present
time? What flag, but that which smiles
on your peaceful assemblage to-day
Stand by it then, let it be the flag Of
this Union restored; rear it aloft to float


forever. Or when it falls, if fall it must
let there be nothing around it but crum-


bling walls, and nothing above it but
the Angel that shall speak the end of


Time and the beginning of eternity!
Year: 1863

lCONCLUD i


THE GOVERNMENT HAS POWER TO PRO.
TECT ITSELF.


There is no doubt of the power Of
the Government to protect itself. II
you saw an incendiary applying the
torch to your house, would you wait un-
til he was caught aud convicted, or would
you take a club and knock him dow d?
What the individual may do, Govern
ment may do. 1t may say to its citi.
zens: "You are preventing the enlist
ment of soldiers in the army; you are
sowing dissension among the people;
you are affording aid and comfort to
the enemy; therefore we propose To put
you in some place where you can talk
to yourself for a time" If this power
is not inherent in the Government, is
is not worth a rope of sand, and the
man who has the power and does not
exercise it, is not worthy to be recog-
nized as ruler. Applause.] Sup.
pose we admit that the Constitution has
been strained little, it is not strained
any further than Old Jackson strained
it down in New Orleans when he arres-
ted Judge Hall. [Cheers How we
gloried over it, and how we cheered,
and what bon6res we burned, when n
tardy Government paid back the uu g.
just fne which the old hero had paid.
| [Chcers. Now, my Democratic friend
do not take that all back; l cannot do
it, upon my word, cannot. G"No, no,
you are right Let us either say this
Government is all right in taking away
these elements of discord from among
us, or let us do the other thing, post
pone it till by and by.


BE HoNEsT-BE LOYAL.


Is this time to be fighting the Gov
ernment, when the Government is fight
ing the leaders Of a rcbellion-in thi





day of trial? Would you tear dow
the temple because some unbeliever
comes among the faithful? Would yor
tear down the enlightened institution o
Christianity because some hypocrit
may do deeds of darkness and crimei
Would you abolish all the institution
of learning in the land because abuses
have crept in?


Are you going to stop the progress o
this war because some Internal Copper
head has been unmasked and put in
dungeon? ["NO, no." and cheers. :,
If you would you are not the people
take you to be. Then if you do not lik
to indOrse this thing-if you do no
like to indorse Mr.. Lincoln's Admins
tration, you ought 10 say swell, let thi
matter alone for the present if there i
anything wrong we will not cal
them back, but put men Of trust an
, honor in their places"


THERE MUST BE UNITY AMONG US.
} We cannot afford to quarrel amoni
ourselves at this time. 1t is neithe
good sense nor good Judgment, to sa
f nothing of good patriotism. Have W
served so long in the party ranks tina
we are bound to oppose the Govern
mcnt, if administered by our politica
opponents, because one of our part
has been sent off to rest in prison 70
: having abused the use of his tongue2-
: Or must we needs follow tho part
: banner, even if boFRe BY s9mo FOOLS
Year: 1863

Then, is there any doubt in the mind
of any man as to his duty in this son- E
test? That it is his as every mans duty
to give his best efforts to the end that
we may settle the rebellion and build
up this Government strong again, as
God Almighty designed it to bc, and
what we are trying to make it.
Year: 1863

feeling of sufoca.ion. Raise him to a
sitting posture--remove all the bandages
| from the throat-ihrow n shawl over his
head, and put vessel of hot vinegar
and hops under it, and let him inhale as
much as possible of The steam. If the
patient be young, dilute the vinegar with
water. Let the patient drink freely of
fruit acids, sparkling cider if you can get
it, or cranberry juice diluted with water,
and sweetened to the taste. Lemonade
and the juice Of cooked apples, tamarnd
water, or anything of that nature. This
is to counteract the tendency to decay or
putresence and if given in sufficient
quantities TO wit what the patient will
crave, will destroy all fetid smell of the
breath and saliva discharges, so that
there will be no contagion in the room.
Good beer, porter or pale ale is good for
both gargle and drink, and should be u.s.
ed unless the symptoms are inAammato-
ry. But any and every drink should be
made nearly if not quite blood heat. We
cannot understand how cold can be 9th
erwise than fatal in diptheria, for just as
far as the throat is diptheric it is dead.
Decay, after the death of an organized
body, is arrested by cold or heat. If the
body is to remain dead, cold will preserve
it an statu quo-but if it is to be restored
to life, as in the case OF drowned per-
son, or the extremity of person dying,
it is always heat that is applied. Last
and most important, the patient must
take nourishment. This can most easily
be given in the form of oyster and beef
soup, or soft cooked eggs, or tender beef
steak"
Year: 1863

| ical hate of all that is around them, thus


making it necessary for them to favor


something remote, as all mankind will


have some party to favor. There never


was an honest neutral in the world-no


human being remains unbiased he win
favor secretly, if not openly, one side or
the other.


Col. Wilcox.--Do you expect any SER


vice from these men p?


Ed. Ruffin.-Yes sir, indirectly much.


We expect them to harass your Govern


ment, to sow dissension among the peo--
pie, to deaden enthusiasm, throw gloom
and dependency over the people, and
little by little weaken their faith in the
Government, bring desire for peace,
prevent you from drafting, and finally, do
more to defeat you than Southern brave
ry and skill in arms. You think this
will never happen, but it will. l know
your people--they have had too much
liberty-they think 'liberty of speech
means, say what you please, no matter
what hurt it will do. They call equal
rights the right to do as one pleases, no
matter what injury it will bring on 9th
ers. They will abuse the Government,
and say things that win injure it, and
yet if any one tries the iaw on them they
really feel prosecuted Now, we know
these fellows, we know they are misera-
bic ours, we despise them, and yet they
aid us greatly. But when we first tho't
about making a great nation, an empire
with slavery as the foundation, we felt
that both the Abolition party and these
white liyered fellows would equally him
der; the one from principle, perhaps, the
other from cowardioe. We learned this
when the plan was formed TO capture
Cuba. During Buchanan's term we
made both public and secret attempts to
buy or capture it. In the first we were
defeated by the workings of the Aboli-
tionists, in the second by the holding
back of what we had thought our north.
ern support. 1t became a fixed thing
from that time that in order to make a
great nation and extend our conquests
and carry slavery into Central America,
Mexico and the West India Islands, we
must get rid of the North, and SO the
long matured plan was resolved to be
carried into effect as soon as Buchanan
left the Presidential chair.


These are the views of great leader
in this rebelion--a man of powerful in
tellect and great frankness-he spake
from what he knew of both North and
South.


These ideas seemed to us strange then
they appear differently now. There
can be no doubt but that his views of the
causes of the war were correct but yet
there is faclt beyond which he did not
reach--the great antagonism of free and
slave powers-the hospitality of human
ity against the oppression of ambition.
Year: 1863

ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE FACE
DEMOCRATS. Those who advocate the
restoration OF the relations between the
North and South, on the basis of an
equality of rights under the constitution,
will, perhaps, get their eyes open little
by the following estimate put upon their
share of the coveted equality by the or
gan of the Confederate government in
Richmond:


1--WE have committed many errors in
our treatment of the Yankees. Not the
least has been in regarding t h m as
something better than they really are
They are by nature menials, and fitted
only for menial duties. They are in open
and fragrant insurrection against their
lords and masters, the gentlemen of the
South. In the exercise Of their assumed
privileges, they deport themselves with
all the extravagant airs, the insolence,
the cruelty, the cowardice and love OF
rapine which have ever characterized
the revolt of slaves. The former lenien-
cy of their masters only serves to aggra-
vate the ferocity of their natures. When
they are again reduced to subjection and
taught to know their place, we must
take care to put such trammels about
them that they will never have an op-
poriunity to play these tricks again."
Year: 1863

ABOUT FEET.--The French foot is
meager, narrow and bony. The Spanish
foot is small and elegantly curved, thanks
to its Moorish blood, corresponding with
the Castilian pride, high in the instep.
The Arab foot is proverbial for its high
arch-'a stream can run under the hol-
low of his foot is description of its
form. The foot of the Scotch is large
and thick. The foot of the Irish is fiat
and square. The English foot is short
and flesby, The American foot is apt
to be disproportionally small.
Year: 1863

BY Nebo's lonely mountain,


On this side of Jordan's wave,
In vale in the land of Moab,


There lies lonely grave:
And no man dug the sepulchre,


And no man saw it e'er;
For the angels of God upturned the sod
And laid the dead man there.
That was the grandest funeral


That ever passed on earth;
But no man heard the tramping,


Or saw the train go forth.
Noiselessly as the daylight


Comes when the night is done,
And the crimson streak on oceans cheek
Grows into the great sun.
NoiselessIy as the spring-time


Her crown of verdure weayes,
And all the trees on all the hills


Open their thousand leaves
So, without sound of music


Or voice of them that wept,
Silently down from the mountains crown
The great procession swept.
Perchance the bald old eagle


On gray Beth-peor's height,
Out from his rocky eyrie


Looked on the wondrous sight;
Perchance the lion, stalking,


Still shuns that hallowed spot;
For beast and bird have seen and heard
That which man knoweth not.
But when the warrior dieth,


His comrades in the war,
With arms reversed and muflled drum,
Follow the funeral car.
They show the banners taken,


They tell his battles won,
And after him lead his masterless steed,
While peals the minute gun.
Amid the noblest of the land


Men lay the sage to rest,
And give the bard an honored place.
With costly marble drest,
In the great minstrel transept,


Where lights like glory fall,
And the choir sings and the organ rings
Along the emblazoned wall.
This was the brayest warrior
That ever buckled sword;
This the most gifted poet


That ever breathed a word;
And never earth's philosopher
Traced with his golden pen,
On the deafness page, truth half so sage
As he wrote down for men.
And had he not high honorI


The hillside for his pail,
To lie in state while angels wait


With stars for tapers tall,
And the dark rock-pmes like tossing plume'
Der his bert wave,
And Gods own hand, in that lonely land,
To lay him in the grave!
o lonely tomb in Moab's land
o dark Beth-peor hill
Speak to these curious hearts of ours,
And teach them to be still.
God hath his mysteries of grace
Ways that we cannot tell;
He hides them deep like the secret sleep
OF him he loved SO we'll
Year: 1863

eY A certain lawyer had his portrait ta-
ken in his favori,e attitude with his hand
in his pocket. Many thought it good
likeness of him-but an old farmer re-
marked-"It would be much more
striking likeness if be was painted with
bis hand in some other body's pocket"
Year: 1863

BORROWING AND LENDING.-This is
poor business to both parties. The pro-
verb, The borrower is servant to the
lender" is now often reversed. Owners
of tools are excessively annoyed by hunt
ing up what some one has borrowed-of-
ten to more than its value. Never lend
a tool, unless the borrower will promise
to bring it back "to-dsy." And if he
does not, go for it the moment it is due.
This will show him that you expect
promptness, which will do bim a substan-
tial kindness by teaching him good man.
ners, and you win have the tool ready at
hand the moment it is wanted
Year: 1863

egT Naomi, the daughter of Enoch
was five hundred and eighty years old
when she was married. Courage, ladies
There never was goose so grey,


But some day, soon or late,


An honest gander came that way


And took her for his mate
Year: 1863

T>O RENT AND FOR SALl.-Ths proprietor of
Store on Penn: avenue wishes to sell his
splendid STOCK Of Fancy and Assorted Goods
and rent the etore. The Good Will Of his custo.
mers to the purchaser Inquire ut the Star snice