smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

Which win be sufficient 70 duplicate lines 70
all or nearly all the paying points reached by
The present monopoly.


The ePrssentTelegTsPh Companieso Of thecoun-
Try have been consolidated into one hzgs
monopoly, and are now earning over
SIX MILLIONS OF DOLLARS per year, or
over one hundred per cent. on the setuaI cost
Of their lines, their present capital having been
wstered over ONE THOUSAND per cent.


THE NATIONAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY
have a recognition rom the United States
Government OF the importance OF their enter
prise, with grant Of the most valuable ran
chises ever conferred upon telegraph COM
pany. No competing line has ever had the
right now granted by Congress 70 this company
to construct and operate lines over every
RAILROAD and NAIL ROUTE In the United
States The position or this corppany difeEs
from that OF any company ever before organ
lied. The question of the RIGHT OF WAY Is
FOREVER SETTLED.


The stockholders Of this company cannot bs
sold out or TRANsFERRED 70 any other
company. The act OF Congress under which
this company has been organized, rohIbitz
any transfer OF the franchises granted.
Year: 1868

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Eokes was convicted of felony ia the
Shelby Circuit Court, and appealed from
the judgment of that Court TO this Court
The Judge of the Memphis Municipal
admitted the prisoner to bail, and took
from him bond to appear in the Circuit
Court at e term succeeding the decision
Of he case by the Supreme Court. The
prisoner fsiled to appear in the Supreme
Court.


Held: That the action OF the Judge of
the Municipal was unauthorized by law,
and the proceeding void. And a capiss
will a0w issue from this Court for the
arrest OF the prisoner.
Year: 1868




The following remarks were made by
Gen. Schurz, on taking the chair as
temporary President of the Convention


Mr.. Schurz said: Gentlemen of the
Convention-Iti is difficult for me to ex-
press how highly l appreciate the honor
you have conferred upon me by this
You will permit me to
offer you my sineerest thanks. This is
the fourth National Convention of the
Republican party. The short career Of
that party has been marked by events
to which coming generations will point
with pride, admiration and gratitude.
The Republican party was born, and in
its very infancy it grappled with pre-
Iudice of race which, until then, seemed
to be omnipotent with the masses of the
American people. Our second onset
broke through that and carried Abrs-
ham Lincoln into the Executive Chair
of this Republic as the great champion
of the anti-slavery cause. Then came the
slayeholders' rebellion, and the loyal
people of this country displayed hero
ism, devotion and perseverance under
distractions and defeat which may
serve as a glorious example to all the
nations on the earth. Applause.
The result of the struggle corresponded
with the great effort. The life of the
nation has been saved. Tie black blot
of slavery has been wiped from our ma
Year: 1868

oned it is the duty Of the Government
to interfere in his behalf. III


Tenth-Of all who were faithful in
the trials of the late war, there were
none entitled to more especial honor
than those brave soldiers and seamen
who endured the hsrdships Of the CAM
lpaigu and cruise, and imperiled their
lives in the service of the country. The
bounties and pensions provided by law
for these brave defenders of the nation
are obligations never to be forgotten; !;
the widows and orphans of the gallant
dead are wards of the people, sacred
legacy bequeathed to the nations pro-
teeting care.


Eleventh-Foreign emigration which
in the past has added SO much to the
wealth, development and resources and
increase of power to this nation, the
asylum of the oppressed Of all natians,
should be fostered and encouraged by
a liberal and just policy.


Twelfth-This convention declares its
sympathy with all oppressed people
which are struggling for their rights.


The following additional resolutions
offered by Carl Schurz were adopted
and embodied in the Platform:
Resolved, That we highly commend
the spirit of magnanimity and forgive
ness with which men who have served
the rebellion, but now frankly and hon
estly cooperate with US in restoring the
peace of the country and the reconstrue-
ton of the Southern State governments
upon the basis of impartial justice and
equal rights are received back into the
communion of the loyal people, and we
favor the removal of the disqualifcations
and restrictions imposed upon the late
rebels, in the same measures as the spirit
of loyalty will direct, and as may be
consistent with the safety of the loyal
people. TCries of "Good ,goodT] y =.


Resolved, That we recognize the great
principles laid down In the immortal
Declaration of Independence as the
true foundation of democratic govern
ment and we hail with gladness every
effort toward making those principles a
living reality on every inch of American
coil
Year: 1868

How much the heart may bear, and yet not


break!


How much the flesh may suffer and not die
question much ifany pain or ache
Of soul or body brings our end more nigh.
Death chooses his own time; till that is sworn


All evils may be borne.
We see a sorrow rising in our way,
And try to flee from the approaching i'll;
We seek some small escape-weap and pray
But when the blow falls, then our hearts are


still,
Not that the pain is of its sharpness shorn-


But think it can be borne.
We wind cur life about another life
And hold it closer, dearer than our own
Anon it faints and falls in deathly strife,
Leaving US stunned, and stricken, and alone
But ali we do not die with those we mourn


This also may be borne.
Behold we live through all things-famine,


thirst,


Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,
All woe and sorrow; life inflcts its worst
On soul and body-but we can not die,
Though we be sick, and tired, and faint, and


worn;


Lol all things can be borne!
Year: 1868

VTAvING permanently located himselfwoud
/ 1 respectfully inform the Citigensof Water
town and vicinity that he is prepared to do all
kinds Of DENTAL WORK All work warrln-
ted to give entire satisfaction. Office on Main
Street over Post office.
Year: 1868

a HORRIBLE CANNIBAL SToRY.-A
horrible tragedy is reported from the
island ofF'Ui, South Seas. The Rev.
Thomas Baker, with an assistant mis-
sionary and six native teachers, went
to visit some inland tribes, and he and
his party were brutally murdered by
one of the tribes, who are described as
the must confirmed cannibals. The
writer says: ''In this town Uongtown)
there lives a notorious cannibal, with
whom I had little conversation. He
pointed me to a pile OF human bones in
the fork of an orange tree under which
we were sitting, and assured me that he
had eaten the men of which each bone
there was representative, and that he
had kept these bones as memento of
his cannibalisn. Many other things
did this inhuman wretch make known
to ME, and his countenance, and more
than ordinarily worn teeth, only helped
to convince me that he had literally
been 4 bone crusher! To have listened
TO this mans statements sand told,
too, in the presence of those who could
have contradicted them if false-would
have removed forever from the minds
of some the idea that Fijians are not
lovers of human flesh. This vile can
nibal confirmed that, as for eating,
nothing was comparable to human flesh,
not even fowls or pork"
Year: 1868

ereignity, is, that they expressly ceded
the right 10 punish treasOn-n0t treason
against their separate power, bat treason
a0ainst the United States


Nor is this doctrine of the sovereign
tv and supremacy of the Union danger
Gus to the rights of the States. Danger
and mischief have hitherto come from
the opposite belief, as all attempts at
instruction, nuIlificatiOn and rebellion
which have yet occvrred in the history
of the country amply attest. And the
lessons given US by the trainers Of the
Constitution correspond with those Of
experience upon this subject


Says Madison IN the Eederallst;


Several important considerations
have been touched in the course Of
these papers which discountenauce the
supposition that the operation Of the
Federal Government will by degrees
prove fatal to the State Governments.
The more I reU0IUe he subject the more
I am persuaded that the balance as
much more likely to be disturbed by the
grepOnderaRce- of the last than Of the
first scale


Again Madison says:


"The State governments will have
the Advantage Of The Federal GOUe79l-
nleat, whether we cOmpaTesthem IN re-
specific the immediate dependence of
the one on the other; to the weight of
personal influence which each side
will possess to the powers respective
" vested In them to the predileCtIOD
and probable support of the people;
to the disposition and facility of re-
sisting aud frustrating the measures of
each other


Mr.. Hamiltoa spoke with even great
er emphasis to the same effect:


The Convention probably fOresaW
what it has baen-the principal aim of
these papers to iuculcate-that the
danger which most threatens our pO-
litical welfare Is that the State govern
ments will finally sap the foundations
of the Union and might therefore
think it necessary, in so cardinal a
point, TO leave nothing % construc-
ton


Again says Hamilton:


1T will always be more easy for the
State governments to enCrOaeh upon
National authorities than for the Ma
tional government to encroaoh upon
the State authorities.


Multiplied extracts from these two
great writer's on the Constitution to
the same general purport might be
produced That Washington believed
with Mr.. Hamilton on this subject was
notorious. In the address issued to
the people from the Convention which
framed the Constitution, and signed
by Washington, the object to be at
tained by the new framework is spoken
of as the consolidation of our
Union"


Such were the teachings Of the
fOundes ~ the Republic, and they
constitute the only basis upon which
the Union can be permanently main
tanned. That government is the best
which retains the greatest power es-
sential for preservation and at the
same time extends the largest liberty
to the individual citizen. And such
We would have the peoples govern /
.ment-tbe government of the United
States. Ordained and established by
them, it is sovereign and supreme, be
cause it represents the sovereign will
of the whole people.
Year: 1868

A map peddler has been delightinE
every body but his immediate victims
in the region Of the Green Mountains,
by a strikingly original plan for eva
ding his tavern bills. His plan is 20
stop at a farm house and ask for a
nights lodging and food for himself
and horse. When his bill is presented
in the morning, he astonishes the farm
er by asking TO "seo his license to keep
a tavern q" The document not being
prOducible, he reserves his stamps"
and proceeds on his way until the ap-
prOach of night affords an opportunity
Of enligbtening another victim concern
ing the laws which regulate tavern
keeping.
Year: 1868

The Chinese laborers on the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad work for about
one dollar a day and find themselves
They import rice and dry fsh from
China, live better than at home and
save half Of their wages; but, upon the
whole, they are slow workers, blt re-
liable and steady Those who come.
expect to return home after q few
years. It is principle with them to
remove all the dead who die here back
to their fatherland, and ibis ia done.
There are those at home who look af-
ter the dry bones thus received, and
inter them again as a sacred duty, and
with a seeming religious satisfaction.
Some 5000 of these Chinese laborers
Railroad last year.
Year: 1868

Postmaster General Randall was
trife over-zealons, in his readines to
back the President against Grant, as
man of veraeity. The Postmaster
General goes on to state that he had


carefully read the correspondence In
question, and particularly the letter
Of the President to General Grant, da-
ted January 81, 1863 and goes on to
quote from it-certifying that it is a
true and faithful account Of the con
versation that took place at the meet
ing of the Cabinet. It turns out, how
ever, that this extract from the letter
he read so carefully aud particularly,
forms no part Of the Presidents
letter Of January 81, but is a quotation
from newspaper article. 1t is very
doubtless, from this whether the SUI
perserviceable. 2. G. ever read the
correspondence. He was simply ready
to serve his master, and took the first
thing that came to hand, containing
what he supposed would cover the
case, best please the President, and do
the most damage to Grant. Randall,
however, is one of the smallest great
men that the century has produced
and Is of little consequence, take him
as you Will.-Cin. Commercial
Year: 1868

DOMESTIC FAULTs.-IOmes are more
often darkened by the continual recur-
renee of small faults, than by the actual
presence of any decided vice. The Eaa-
tern traveller can combine his force and
hunt down the tiger that prowls on his
path; but be can scarcely escape the
musket0es that infest the air he
breathes, or the deas that swarm ths
earth he treads. The drunlzard has
been known to renouuce his darling
vice; the slave to dress and extrava-
gance her besetting sin; but the waspish
temper, the irritating tone, rude, dog
matte manners, and the hundred name
less negligences that spoil the beauty of
association, have rarely done other
than proceed till the action Of disgust
and gradual alienation has turned all
the currents of affection from their
course, leaving nothing but q barren
track, over which the mere skeleton Of
companiOnship stalks along.
Year: 1868

R6s~ The facetious Litchfeld correspon- dent of the Winsted Herald errs in confer ring an extra H upon former editor of this paper, as he also does in attributing to him the paternity of recent article in the ENQUIRER. We are obliged to the Editor of the Herald for setting his correspond ent right on these matters. Whether the subject of this compliment is able to "e,goy quite poor health" we are not certain. If he can, we may presume he might be able to enjoy even the Litchfeld correspondence of the Winsted Herald.
Year: 1868

The attention of our readers is directed to the advertisement of Goes Dyspepsia Cure, in another part of this paper.

 This truly valuable Medicine is recom- mended by all who use it. Read the cer- tifcates.
Year: 1868

The Pacific Railroad hastens toward completion. No peaceful enterprise of ancient or modern times was ever prosecuted with such energy and persis- tence. The two mountain ranges of the Conti- nent have been successfully crossed, and within & year we shall have unbroken communication be- tween New York and San Francisco. At the latest dates there remained only gap of 52O miles be- tween the Eastern and Western portions. The line is being extended from both directions as fast as labor and means can grade and lay the track. tho Central Pacific Company having put down six miles in single day. By the close of the year, it is thought tho gap bo reduced to less than 300 miles, possibly to less than 200.

 Thus far, the Central Pacific Company have sold their own First Mortgage Bonds, as fast or faster than they received the corresponding U S. Bonds on the road built, and in some cases it has been necessary to issue certificates calling for the form or, as soon as the Company could deliver them. It is not improbable, therefore, that the whole of their First Mortgage Loan will be disposed of be- fore the through connection is made, and perhaps before January next. The advantages of these Bonds, as well as much information concerning the Road, is set forth in our advertising columns of this issue.
Year: 1868

I. That there Is no reason whatever for the propo-
sition that Mississippi 70 not now State Of the


That not only is se state Of the Union. but her
people have the rights Of citizens OF q State; t3


s That whether she be or be not State or has or
has not the rights of State, the people there re-
siding cannot be subjected 70 military government
by the Congress of the United States; and


T. That therefore, the petitioner, McCardle. Ii en-
titled TO his release nom the military commission
which presumed TO sit In Judgment upon him.


And when such Judgment Is pronounced as Ihope
and pray II may be- 1t will, trust, be the endeavor
OF all good to promote by their counsel and ex.
ample the acquiescence OF the other departments OF
the government As 1t is your right In the last resort
upon all that come before you TO give fnal In.
depreciation to the constitution so II Is the duty OF
all citizens TO respect and accept your interpre-
tation There Is need TO strain the authority OF the
government. The constitutional amendment not
only abolishes slavery and makes freedom the RUE
throughout the country but 1t gives Congress the
power TO enforce that article by appropriate egtsa-
tion and TO see that the freedom OF every man, Of
every race and condition Is maintained.


IL was the boast OF an English orator and states
message from the king to his faithful commons re.
specting the expedition to Portugal that wherever
the standard OF England Is plaDed there foreign
domination shall not come" II we Will firmly main-
tain the constitution OF our fathers as modified by
the great amendment, we shall be able to make II
greater boast that where the standard OF America
is planted there shall be neither foreign domination
nor domestic oppression.
Year: 1868




The way either to do good or to be good
In this world is not TO be weary IN we'll
doing. The slightest particulars are impor.
tanI. Every stroke counts We do ono
duty and that opens the wny TO another.
and that to still another, and so on from
step to step, ill a substantial character is
forrnrd. The slight additions that arc
made from day to day are hardly percepti.
lie bu, in the end, the separate blocks
have reared the mighty pyramid. II we
wait Till we can execute some great deed,
and become saints and heroes in day, We
may waste life In vain expectations, and
suffer bankruptcy Of character at last. The
fhll.storcd hive Of honey is not the spoil Of
one flower alone, hut Of many. So must
some good be attained every day, como
new truth learned, some vigorous resolu.
lion made and soIne old ones repaired.
Until we are faithful up 10 the full mark Of
our ability, we never can tell how much
we loso even by one failure in duty, ono
slight deviation from the bright and shining
way Of moral rectitude and holiness.
Year: 1868

Tho balmicst sleep wo have ever expert.
enced wus when We were nestled In the old
trundle.bcd with curly haired brother just
turned out Of the parent nest to make room
for a new customer. but uundle.bed
dreams were soon ut an end, for when the
next customer cume we were crowded out
Of the trindIe bed to make room for tho
next that was turned ont of the parent nest,
and SO they keep alternating for years, until
we are fairly turned out into the world. o!
where are the iulc heads that we have kiss
ell n thousand times DER rs they nestled In
the old trundle.bcd! Some OF them have
grown old and grey, and others arc resting
on their everlasting pillow in widely.sepa.
ruted lands.
Year: 1868

The reader should bear in mind that in
New England six.scvenths Of the cultivated
land is IN hay. In the middle States about
one halt. In tho West less than one fourth
while In the South hut small fraction N
thus improved. The Department cnleav-
ored to ascertain the cost per ncre Of raising
aud securing these crops. The returns ure
incomplete, yet favorable to New England.
They show that the expense Is less in pro
portion as hay predominatcs.


With these facts and figures before him,
the Maine farmer will do well to consider
before he decides TO migrate. LEISURE.
Year: 1868

HAVE heard story tonight relative
to the writing of General Grants letter
of acceptance, which may he interesting
to the admirers of the General. A
prominent gentleman called on the
General yesterday morning at his head
quarters, and the conversation turned
on the Chicago nomination. by the
way" +" said Grant, II have to write that
letter, and as lie said so he turned to
his desk and wrote it in a few minutes.
When it was written he called in the
members of his staff and read it to them.
Only one word was objected to- and the
General yielded and changed it. The
whole thing did not occupy moro than
ten minutes, and it was copied and put
into the mails within half an hour.
Il Washington Letter.
Year: 1868

THERE In an individual in Detroit
who proposes to sail over the falls of
Niagara in an india rubber lile-boat.-
The shape of the boat, and its peculiar
mode Of construction 30 as to make
the operation safe one. are fully des-
cribed. Thirty thousand dollars is the
price at which man risks his life in
this foolhardy experiment that can re-
suit in no good even IL successful. If
there Is any law against suicide on either
side of the Niagara, surely this is a case
that ought to be looked aftery
Year: 1868

The Dayton Ledger, Vallandigham's
organ, says of that branch of the Dems-
cratic party which it represents "If a
WAR Democrat of the Marble Halpine-
Haunting lie school is chosen standard
bearer of the party, his defeat is newt
able, because the wing known as the
Peace Democrats will not support him
If at all, at least with no degree of zeal
land they are power in the land,
Year: 1868

LETTER FROM MR. BEEoHER. Cos hocton (Ohio) Democrat having interpolat- ed @ word in Q sentence of Henry Ward Beecher'r letter to the Boston Advertiser which perverted the meaning, the Editor of the Coshocton Republican wrote to MT. Beecher on the subject and received the following reply:

 '.Peekskill Aug. 13, 1868.

 'Dear Sir: You ask mo whether I wrote the following sentence:

 ''Rey. Henry Ward Beecher in the clos ing sentence of letter to the editor of the Boston Daily Aduertiser utters an honest sentiment in the following:

 " There will be no third candidate be- tween Grant and Seymour. It will be a fair fight between rugged Democratic) honesty and plausible craft. -Coshocton Dena0cTdt.

 q did not. The word Ldemocratic] was interpolated by the editor of the paper from which it comes on purpose to deceive his readers. regard Grant as an upright honest man, of good administrative skill the very man to be president in times 1 which require steadiness, clear sense, and tried patriotism. l not only believe administration will be as remarkable as his military career.

 ''Since the men who sought to destroy this government are rallying around Sey. nnour it is fit that all men who stood up for the Union should gather about Grant. It is an honor that will not happen twice in man s life time to have chance to vote for such man as Grant. No young man can we'll afford to throw away his chance. Even if done, it ought to be in favor of some better man than he who, through all the years, from 1860 to 1868, studied how to help southern treason without mourning the risks and pains of overt and courage ous reasonable acts.

 am very truly yours,

 CHENEY WARD BEEcHER."
Year: 1868

1VOO11V ton said:

 ''The old government was honored at home, and respected abroad; taxation was light and plenty blessed the land"

 If this were 50, thon why did Ham pton wage furious bloody and protracted war to destroy "the old governmental" Those whom he and his associates now traduce gave half million of lives and five thous- and millions of money to preserve that government. These southern gentlemen should know that tho people of tho north estimate at it's real value their present so- lieitude for the honor of ''the old govern ment." The advice they arc so layishly rendering in the pending campaign is not relished by loyal men of either party. If they really desire the election of Seymour, prudence if not modesty would bow them to the rear. They don't look we'll in front.