smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

Here is letter from a wife in Massa-
chusetts to her husband in California. She
don't intend going through this world with
the blues:


"My dear husband As it is now some
time since you left for California | suppose
that you would be glad to hear how We are
getting along in your absence. am hap
py to say we are enjoying very good health
on the Whole. Just at present two of the
boys have got the small pox. Amanda
Jane has got the typus fever. Betsey is
down with the measels. Samuel got hook
ed by the COW the other day, and little Pc
ter has just chopped off three of his fingers
with hatchet. 1t is mercy he didn't
chop them all off. With these tritling ex-
ceptions we are all well and getting along
nicely. You needn't be at all anxious about
US. L almost forgot to mention that Sarah
Matilda eloped last week with tin ped
dler. She needn't have taken the trouble
to elope though, for am sure was glad
enough to have her go.


She was great eater, and find that
baked beans don't go off near so fast as
they did. The way that girl would go in
to pork and beans was caution to the
rest of the family. The COW took it into
her head yesterday to run away; which
was very fortunate, | am sure, for the barn
caught fire last night, and was consumed.
Twas in hopes that the house would 90,
too, for it's very inconvenient; but the
wind was the wrong way, so it didn't re
celve much injury. Some boys broke into
the orchard the other day, and stripped all
the fruit trees. | am very glad of it, for
if they had not, [ presume the children
would have made themselves i'll by eating
to much fruit. Hoping you enjoy yourself
in California as well as We do at home, |
remain your affectionate wife.
Year: 1859

BRUTALITY IN THE ARMY.-Private Allen
son Bently, of Company K, 1st Dragons,
convicted of desertion and horse stealing
was sentenced by court martial, recently
in session at Fort Buchanan, "to receive
fifty lashes with cow hide on the bare
back to be confined at hard labor until
January, 1862, heavily ironed, to forfeit
all pay due him, to have his head shaved
and be branded with the letter ID, to be
drummed out of the service and receive a
dishonorable discharge" Such sentence
as this is disgrace to the army, and the
country, and the individuals who imposed
it ought to be driven out of the service as
unworthy to wear the United States uni
form.
Year: 1859

A COMPLETE OFFsETT-Here is the last
scandal item from New York:


A wealthy down town merchant found a
deficit of $4,000 in the account of one of
his clerks. He called the defaulter to &C
count and told him that if the money was
not at once returned he would arrest and
expose him. The clerk mildly informed
his employer that he reckoned he should
not return the cash, and concluded that he
had sufficient offset. "Offset." said the
merchant, "what do you mean by offset? p
: | mean my wife," returned the clerk.
Not another word was said about the
$4,000.
Year: 1859

II die first, dear love,


Ny mournfal soul made free,
Shall git at Heavens high portal,
To wait and watch for thee
To wait and watch for thee, love,
And through the deep, dark space,
To peer with human longings
To see thy radiant face.
Mid all the stars Of Heaven,


One only shall sec
The earth star of my passion,


Half Heaven for holden thee
All heaven for holding thee, love.
And brightest Of all the spheres,
By thy sweet smile illumined,


Or hallowed BY thy tears.
II die first, dear love-


I feel that this shall be,
Fa heaven will not be heaven


Until it's shared with thee
Until it's shared with thee, love,
I'll linger a. the gate,
Or be thy guardian angel,


To teach thee how to wait.
And when thine hour shall come



And through the yielding night,
/ see thy happy spirit


Upsoaring, robed in light,
Mine shall go forth to meet thee,
And, through the eternal door,
Pass in with thee rejoicing,


Made one forever more.
Year: 1859

Mr. SOARING, of New York, rose to personal OK.
plunation and caused to be read from the Clerk desk
an ract from the Washington correspondence of the
New York Times, to the efieo that evidence had heen
adduced before the committee appointed to investigate
naval expenditures and abuses of navy yards that the
paint purchased for the brooklyn had been used
in painting his Nh SrsRISG's house Mr.. SOARING stigma


acd this the alsehood ofa vile and sandcros
correspondent, and called upon the chairman of the
lect committee Mr. SHERMAN to contradict it, to state
whether not such evidence had been brought before
that committee.


h Mr. SHERMAN of Ohio, promptly replied that moth
ing whatever had appeared before the committee imp
eating Mr. STARRING in any abuse connected with tho navy
yards aud no member of the committee bad given out
any evidence heretofore taken before It, He also said that
at early day next wccls with the permission of the
House. he would submit the evidence aud report of the
committee.


oREGoS


The House then resumed the consideration Of Senate
bill for the admission of Oregon into the Union.


Mr.. CLARK, Of Missouri, denied that the rules which
applied TO Kansas applied to Oregon If Oregon should
refuse to accept the present constitution he, as mem
Der of the House. would vote to apply the rule TO her
the future he had voted TO apply IL 70 Kansas And
hereafter he would vote to admit State until it
possessed the required population This rule could not
apply To Oregon because heretofore the rule of admission
had been different and Congress had passed law
thorixing her 10 make constitution and apply for adj
mssion He contcnded that her constitution was not B
violation OF the constitution of the United States and
contrary to the genius of the government for she had
right to recognise alien suffrage, and any State had
right to permit any one to vote she pleased black ar
whiteand regulate her own internal policy. Whenever
that right should be surrendered they did not know how
long itwoud be before law would be enacted prohibit
ing them from voting themselves


He claimed that Oregon ought to be admitted without
regard to population with less than sixty Thousand
because her constitution adopted before t.a passage
OF the English bill and urged her admission upon the
ground it plain 20 every who would nvesti
gate the facts ha she had than hundred thou
sand citizens within her borders He would ask the dele.
Year: 1859

~" Coleman and Starn are now opening large
and fresh supply of Family Groceries, which have
been selected with great care in the city, for this
market. They desire an inspection Of their stock
satisfied it will bear comparison with any heretofore
offered,
Year: 1859

WAR WITH PARAGuAY.-Dates of Dec. indicnte that
the Paraguayans were much cxasprated at the pre-
parations made by the United States to chastsc them
and they talked of defending themselves to the last
Great preparations were being made to this end but
the general opinion in Buenos Ayres was that there
would be peaceabe solution of the question at issue
Year: 1859

When the stars of love were shining
In the golden summer eve,
A Maiden, softly smiling


On the garland she did weave,
Stood in the dewy light
Nor watched the coming night
For the star of love shone bright


When you and were young.
And the gentle smile grew softer,
And the fingers idly wove,
For knew the voice beside her
Had no other tone than love,
And the happy tears would rise
In the maiden's pleasant eyes,
AS she looked into the skies,


When you and Iwere young.
Long years have cast their shadows
Since you and / were young,
But the untried love I.pledged thee
Is pure as when it sprung, .
And thy wrinkled brow as fair,
And thy pleasant eyes as clear,
And thy loyal heart as dear,


As when you and were young.
The sun is fast departing,


And the autumn leaves are sere,
And the wintry twilight gathers
On the silver Of thy hair,
But hold thy hand in mine,
And the star of love will shine
ID the darkness, till the time
When we reach the Happy Cline,


And we again are young.
Year: 1859

We learn that several horses have been
stolen up the creek, within short time
since and, also, some eight or ten we're
taken from individuals residing upon the
head waters of the Little Usage, in An
derson and Allen counties, some time last
week. We also learn that there is band
of lawless fellows, who have threatened
different persons with violence in case
they do not leave.


We are we'll satisfied that there is
determination on the part of some fifteen
or twenty individuals, living in the edge
of Allen, Bourbon, Anderson and Linn
counties, to defy the laws, and disturb
the peace and quiet of the community
The inhabitants of the Little Usage are,
with a few exceptions, utterly opposed to
any such proceedings ; but, for the want
of proper organizations in some of the
counties, it is difficult for them to move
against them. They are desperate men,
well armed, and their sole object is to
pIunder.


The question arises now-how is this
handitti to be broken up? What meas
ures will be the most effectual -? The
longer they are permitted to run at large,
the more difficult will it be to arrest their
course. The peaceable inhabitants in
that region are not match for their op-
ponents, consequently there MUST be a
remedy devised outside of there, which
will bring these men to justice.-Linn
County Herald.


The best remedy, undoubtedly, will be
to induce the Governor to call an extra ses-
sion of the Legislature, and pass another
amnesty biz. 1t is easier to forgive an
injury than to punish it.
Year: 1859




1t is truly gratifying to see that the
people remain true to their pledges, and
have determined not to abandon the
Free State organization. Every day we
see stronger and stronger evidence of
fixed purpose to keep the Old Free State
bark afloat until we have fully entered
port. "Don't give up the ship" rings out,
clarion loud and shrill, from thousands of
Kansas homes and hearts at this time.
"Why," inquiries the multitude. "should
We drop the Old Free State party, which
has borne us on through storm and vic
tory to this hour, to give place to a new
organization =? What occasion is there
for dividing our Free State forces by ma
tional tests, when We have no voice in
national politics ? Why organize new
party, which will drive one third of our
strength into the arms of the Democracy,
at time like this Are we so strong
that we can afford to part with so much
of our strength ? If we allow ourselves
to be thus controlled and thus divided,
shall we not be shorn of our best locks,
and so greatly weakened thereby that we
will become an easy prey to our opponents,
like Sampson 2"


Thus feeling and thus reasoning, the
masses have resolved;to sustain the Free
State movement. If defeat follows, then
upon those traitors who proved false to
their pledges, and thought moro Of office
than their obligations, more of position
for themselves than the triumph of 6
great PRINCIPLE, be the anathemas. Re.
lying upon the business Of their cause
and knowing that Heaven approves O.
fidelity to honorable pledges, they vii
remain true to the end, and they hope, TO
the sake of justice and the cause OF Free
dom, to triumph. If they fail, with tn,
lamented HENRY CLAY they will cx
claim at is better to be right than b,
President"
Year: 1859

In several conversations with Gov.
ROBINSON, in regard to the organization
of parties in Kansas, he has made ex-
pressions antagouistic to the immediate
organization of the Democratic and Re-
publican parties, and as ne had shown
sympathy for lac Free State organization,
and expressed an intention of defining
his position in regard to parties" we had
gathered the idea that he was with us in
the movement to perpetuate the Free
State party, agreeably to tha pledge of
its founders, "until Kansas was a State in
the Union"


In preparing the call for our last weeks
issue, We recollected our conversations on
the subject, and as we expected to see
him in person before going to press, we
took the liberty Of adding his name to the
call, with the intention of dropping it, if it
was not satisfactory to him. As the day
passed, aud we were about ready for
press, we penned paragraph, in which
we stated that ,ce had taken the liberty of
adding his and Gov. ROBERTS name to
the call, taking it for granted, from our
understanding of their positions, that they
favored the movement. When we pass
ed 1t up TO the compositors, the forms

were made up, and just ready to throw
upon the press. The workmen were
unwilling to delay the paper at that late
hour, hence it went to press without the
explanatory paragraph. The letter of
Gov. RoAINsoy, which wo publish else
where, defines his position, and though
he does not appear to be fully with Us at
present. he is with us in determination
to defeat the aspirations of the .dema-
goyues who have been principally instru-
mental in calling the 0sawatomie Con-
venton.


1t is pleasure to know that the Big
Springs movement does not owe its exis-
tence to leaders, neither does it look to
them for success. 1t originated with tho
PEOPLE, and from them it will derive its
support, and from them will come its
triumph.
Year: 1859

Free State Delegate Convention embracing all those who
posed the organization the and Republican parties
Kansas until the Union and who
of making Kansas Free State will be held Big Springs


the 18th day of May 1885, reoganze the Free State party
Kansas upon the basis of the Big Springs PLATFORM adopted 1855


Each county district will be entitled the representation
said Convention provided the Act Of the Legislature of 1885,
calling the Constitution
The of the old Free State party ant it, the people of Kan
to-day indebted for their prosperity and their


still prosperous future. Let its be fulfilled Let all


eemen of Kansas forward and their protest against


violation Of the solemn by the
of Kansas Big Springs Sepember. 1850 ---.-
Year: 1859

OF The General Laws Of Kansas
Territory are now in good state Of for
wardness over five hundred pages being
completed. Were it not for the delay
necessary to prepare the index, we should
expect to see them completed, and ready
for the binder, by week after next The
laws will be ready for delivery to the off,
Gers entitled to receive them. within one
month Of the time work was commenced
on them last year.
Year: 1859

In consequence of the sickness of Coroner
Cary,tno inquest has, as yet, been held upon
the bodies of the two children who were found
day or two ago near Clifton. The whole
matter is still surrounded by mystery which,
in all probability, the most rigid investigation
will not be able to dispel. .f
Year: 1859

OREGoN.-The Washington Star says: The pub


lie that, by formal understanding
among many of the Republican party members, it
has been determined on the part of those of them
parties to that understandings to make opposition
to the Oregon State bill party matter. 1t now,
however, turns out that considerable wing of the
Republicans refuse to be trammeled after any such
fashion in their action upon it-refusng point
blank to combine to effect any amendments to the
bill, likely to leopard its enactment ere the close OF
the session.
Year: 1859

The New Bedford Mercury says that one of the
most reliable merchants of that city estimates that
a fleet of whale ships to arrive the present year,
will result in loss to their owners of sum vary
ing but little from million Of dollars. This
enormous loss is attributed to various cause.-the


success of the feet the fall in the price of OIL the
extravaganza of fitting and the bad management
of masters in the re-tting of ships principally at
the Sandwich Islands
Year: 1859

On Monday night-the coldest night on record
IN tins vicinity young man in Plantsville,
of Ransom Gladdng, made wager that he would
walk from O'Clock till sunrise the next morning
in the open air without an overcoat. An oblong
square staked out, 60 by "a feet-covering the
railroad track, and enclosed by rope. The feat
successfully performed by him-and what is
marvellous, without being touched by the frost
The trial grew out of discussion by some young
men, of the severe cold of that evening, and the
power of human endurance. The New Haven
Register thinks Gadding must be blessed with
constitution equal to that Of the United States
Year: 1859

Mr.. VIM. Bradford, the oldest printer in the State
OF New Jersey, who died in Trenton few days
since, born in the camp at Valley Forge, where
his father was serving his country as soldier, his
mother following the fortunes of her husband. He
was for a number of years publisher in Philadel-
phia and afterwards assumed the management of
the Trenton State Gazette
Year: 1859

ADVANTAGES OF WOMEN OVER MEN.
Some one sums up the advantages
of women over men as follows: "A
woman may say what she pleases to
you without being knocked down for
it. She can take snooze after din
ner, while her husband has to go to
work. She can go forth into the streets
without being invited to treat at every
coffee house. She can paint her face
il it is too pale, and -four it if too red.
She can stay at home in time of war,
and wed if her husband is killed.
She can wear corsets if too thick
other fixing, if too thin. She can eat,
drink and be merry, without costing a
cent. She can get divorced from her
husband whenever she sees one she
likes better, She can get in debt all
over, until he warns the public by ad.
vertisement-not to trust her on his
account any longer"
Year: 1859

Mysterious RITES AND CEREMoNIEs.-To-
day as we labor at our accustomed vocstions, the
hum of the busy world sounding in onr ears and
preserving a business like air over the town, there
are being enacted, away up in the wilds of Mime
sofa, far from the steam whistle or the haunts Of
trade, dark and mysterious ceremonias which are
witnessed only by those discreet ones who can
"forever after hold their peace" as TO what they
sec and hear. There, where no stately ediices or
crowded warehouses betray the money grasping
and spending spirit of the age; where but the
green trees are the pillars Of Gods Eternal Tenn
pie, aud the green grass the dainty carpet, woven
by natures hand; where the music Of the water
fall echoes with fitting response to the dirges Of
the ceremony, there is being celebrated to day,
the Feast of the Nine Cardinals" by right wor-
thy Sons of Malta, under the auspices and drec-
ton Of the Cincinnati and Chicago lodges. A
large number have gone from each Of those Cities
to participate in the spectacle. We are assured by
Son of Malta that the exercises will be of the
most solemn aud impressive character such as il
falls to the lot of morlsls seldom 10 see. The Or
der which has so strangely aud rapidly sprung NJ
all over the Union is immensely wealthy, and on
this the first public exhibition Of one ofthe grand
est Feasts Of the Order. we may be satisfied tina


everything will be conducted on scale of mag


niacenee rarely equalled. We shall wait patient.


for q report from the excursionists.
Year: 1859

MINING IN TIE KERN RIVER DIsrRIor.-A
correspondent of the Tulare Record, writing
fro m Keysville, Buena Vista county, says
that everything there is in a most wretchedy
collapsed state. and adds:


However, we still have hope and energy,
and with these we may yet find ourselves at
some future time hourishing and prosperous.
Many of the quartz veins which have paid
well heretofore, are not now being worked
and those that are, are worked on a limited
scale, hence our gloom and want of prosper
ity. This arises in great measure from the
want of capital, and the heavy expense in
cured in getting out the rock, now that many
of the best veins have been worked to a great
depth-and it requires more time and labor
to obtain even c.half the amount of rock
that it formerly did.
Year: 1859

TEuAMA MISEs.-At the newly discovered
mines in Tehama county, those who have
finished their wheels and commenced wash
ing are said to be doing WELL IS per day to
the hand being the probable average amount
taken out. Quite number of persons are
awaiting the rainy season to thoroughly
prospect the country in the big bend above
Red Bluff.
Year: 1859

Has NOT REsIeNED.-The San Francisco
Times states on authority that General Will
liams has not resigned his position as State
Senator The rumor Of his resignation grew
out of the fact that he stated to some friends
his intention to resing on account of his
pressing business arrangements.
Year: 1859

AN ExAMPLE.-The example of the young
man Burns who has been arrested for en-
bezzling the funds of Langton d Co., of this
city, to so large an amount, should be a warn
ing to a good many (far too many,) young
men in Marysville, who are posting the same
road which, unfortunately for all his pros
poets in life, he took. He first became in
volved by gambling. Strivingto recover his
losses. he became still more deeply involved.
Finally he began to use money belonging to
his employers. Unable to repay it, he con-
cluded that discovery was inevitable and dis
grace certain, and, feeling that all was lost,
he stole large additional amount to that
which he had already squandered, and en-
deavored to make his escape to the Atlantic
States. The sequel is known. He was ar
rested, made full confession Of his guilt, and
must of course be sentenced to the pcniten-
tiary. What Executive clemency may dc
for him remains to be seen. AT any rate, he
is disgraced young man.


We repeat that this example should be a
warning to a good many young men in this
city. They imagine that it is very smart to
gamble 1t is a very fine thing to "bucll at
the tiger" They spend all the money they
can make betting at faro, in some by-hole or
other which has escaped the eye of the police.
These youths are on the sure road to ruin.
The most of them are dependent upon small
salary for their support. Some of them have
mothers and sisters whom they are under
obligations to maintain. They are amply
able to do it, by prudence and economy, but
if they "buck at the tiger" they will sooner
or later be penniless. Then comes the huge
temptation to poach upon the drawer of the
employer. A first sin sets on foot a second
and ere he is aware of it, the lately homes
and high minded young man is a thief and {
felon. Let such be warned in time
Year: 1859

INDICTMENTS FOR LARoENY.-The Supreme
Court of this State, in the case of the People
against Ball, who was indicted in Sonoma
county for the crime of larceny and found
guilty, have reversed the judgment and re
manded the cause for further hearing, on the
gound that the indictment did not sufficient
ly describe the property charged to have
been stolen. The Court says;


"The property is described as "three thou
sand dollars, lawful money of the United
States" This description is not sufficient
In an indictment for larceny, money should
be described as so many pieces of the current
gold or silver coin of the country, Of a par
ticular denomination, according to the facts
The species of coin must be specified


The Court cited an opinion of the Supreme
Court of Tennessee, that an indictment charg.
ing defendant with stealing "ten dollars
good and lawful money Of the State of Ten
nesssee," was bad for want of description.
Year: 1859

IHE STATE PmsoN.-A correspondent Of the
Morning Call, writing from San Rafael, states
that since the decision of Judge MeKinstry,
favorable to MeCauley, the discipline and diet
OF the prisoners have become as they were
previous to the first outbreak in July last.
MeCauley has given strict orders that when
ever 1t appears to the man in charge of the
cannon that gang of men outside the wall.
are endeayoring to escape, to fire into The
crowd, regardless of who may be amongst
them.
Year: 1859

PERsoxAL-We had the honor of visit,
yesterday, from Father Delahunty, the elo-
quent young pastor of the Catholic Church at
Downieville lie was in company with our
much respected friend Father Slattery, whose
guest he was during his short sojourn in the
city. He goes up to Downievile this morn
ing, having been on visit to San Francisco.