smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

AmoIg the interesting news from


Europe brought by the Persia, that il


relation 10 the progress of the cholers


in the Esst viii attract attention. Il


had broken out with great yirulence al


Mecca in May, during Mahomedsn


festival, which had attracted 8 large


conoourse of pilgrems, rated as high in


numbers as one hundred thousand


These Hadjis are crowded together and


their manner of living is irregular and


imprudent They are annually afflicted


with diseases, but this year the cholera


was added as an epidemic. 1T is said


to have been unusually yirulent, and as


many as twenty thousand deaths are
reported to have occurred from this dis
ease within twenty days Doubtless
the number spoken of is an exaggera~
ton, but there is enough to show that
that the pestilence has been very Sc
we're Other accounts say that the mum
Der Of deaths at Mecca and in the neigh.
borhood werefen thousand On the 10Th
of May the cholera appeared at Alex
andris, Egypt, III closely built, un-
clean quarter of the town For two or
three days the deaths were from four to
eight persons, but suddenly they rose
to twenty and forty per day-and on
the 18th there were sixty-one fatal
cases.


On the 25th it was declared that one
hundred and eighty-three persons died
from the disease. On the 26th it was
announced by telegraph that the whole
number of deaths in Aexandria, in six
teen days, from this pestilence, were
1884 1t was also stated that the ehol-
era had made its appearance at Cairo.
AS q consequence, vessels coming from
Alexandria were suspected, and upon a
rumor that steamer, which arrived at |
Marseille.i from Alexandria, had the
disease on board, she was put in quar-
antine The alarm in this case was
thought to be without cause, and upon
investigation it was not discovered thst
there had been any cholera on board of
the ship. Nevertheless, all the Boards
of Health st Mediterranean ports were
preparing for the scourge, and sanitary
preeautions were advocated even in /
England.


The cholera has hitherto moved in
accordance with certain laws, from east
to west, its progress being steady but
not rapid. Having had two visitations
of the epidemic in this country, its pc
culiarities are tolerably well under
stood, and the best methods of meeting
the disease by proper sanitary regula-
tions have also been adopted. In 1882
it was much more severe than in 1850
and the alarm was not as great at the
latter period as upon the previous visit,
when the Ehole country was in state
Of trepidation, and fears were indulged
which very much assisted the destrpc-
tiveness Of the malady. According to
appearances we may expect another
visitation from this epidemic, but from
the lateness of the season and the dis
tancs at which it is at present raging,
it is probable that it will not cross the
water until nextyear We may expect
it next summer, unless its course is
more erratic than formerly, but mean
while it is the part of prudence to pre-
pare for it by the institution of such
sanitary precautions as science and eX-
perience will dictate.
Year: 1865

A CONCESSION TO NAPoLEoNIC IDEAs.-
It has been usually conceded that Wa
terloo was decisive battle, as the em


pire and the power of great Napoleon
ended there. But this is not the opin


ion of the London Times, as may be
seen in an article elsewhere 1t sayE
that Napoleon only was punished, and
the battle decided nothing. for the
ideas as wen as the dynasty of that ex
traordiary man survive and now reign
supreme. The Times suggests that the
annual celebration Of Waterloo shall
cease hereafter in England.
Year: 1865

IL there an Old Democrat in and with
In miles Of New York city that wish and hops
the Internal rebel will into harborf Dr.
HUNTER No Division street. New York city since i63A
for will be hand, with a chemical that viii
demoish dozen OF '"smn Lot them get out N they
Year: 1865

The King Of Prussia in replying TO address from the
Upper House regrets that the House of Representatives.
shows dspos tion to meet his advance He win unsi
tcrably abide by what he said in his speech from the
throne and predicted that the Misunderstanding would
soon disappear
Year: 1865

THE CHoLERA.-We give some space
to-day to a report Of the appearance Of
the cholera in the harbor-brought hith-
er by the steamship Atlanta, from Lon
don via Havre There is good reason at
all times to be on guard against import
ed pestilence. But we see nothing what
ever to cause even momentary alarm in
the cases of ship cholera thus far re.
ported. Overcrowding is the usual
agency at work on shipboard. And
looking to the number of steerage pas
sengers crowded into the holds of the
ocean steamers, it is altogether marvel
Gus that epidemics on board do not rage
ceaselessly from land to land. We have
far more to fear in New York every day
from typhoid and other fevers, than from
Asiatic cholera. We think, therefore,
that the officials are making quite as
much fuss as the occasion calls for. Pas
senger vessels that come here over
crowded must have disease on board
y. Y. Tifees
Year: 1865

GALLANT.-The Vermont Record puts
on record the statement that young
chap in the thriving village Of Brattle-
boro, having set out with the commend
able purpose Of escorting young lady
to her house one evening, was overtaken
by the rain in the midst of his engage
ment. As he had on new glossy hat
which cost SIS 80 and other things to
match, he made plain statement of the
case to her, and propOsed-well, what did
he propose? Why, that she should run
home alone, and he would slip in out of
the rain. No establishment could
heighten the sublimity Of this plain, un-
varnished relation.
Year: 1865

ADJoURNMENT.-The House have voted
to adjourn finally on Thursday of this
week, and it is thought that the Senate
will concur. This will make short
session, and it is to be presumed that
the members have all been very indus
friOnS
Year: 1865

THAT OLD HoUsB.-We report pro-
gress. The movable house which took
it's "first position opposite the High
School building, right at the crossing,
thereby giving the scholars of the insti-
tuition an opportunity to know by expe-
rience what it is to engage in the pur-
suit of knowledge under difficulties, now
stands directly in front of the United
States Court House. 1t is supposed to
have nearly reached its eliminating
point, and will now rapidly lose its
brightness and finally disappear like the
comet of 1859 in a northerly direction.
Year: 1865

A LUCKY PRINTER.-Mr. f. X. Massey,
the foreman on the HERALD, was out
hunting last Friday, and while standing
and watching for a squirrel, q mink
came behind him and passed between
his legs, when instantaneously he
brought down the breech Of his gun on
the mink's neck and killed him. The
skin Of this animal taken at this season
cannot be worth less than five or six
dollars.


On the same day, while still watching
for squirrel, he heard the sound of
bees and soon discovered the hole in a
maple tree through which they passed
and e-passed. The value Of this dis
covery we have not yet learned.
Year: 1865

w dSuluS GOLI OCJ, -OGLlI lOpo'
To James John8on Provisional GorGWoy, MI
EedgerAe Ga.:


Your dispatch has been received. The
people Of Georgia should not hesitate
one single moment in repudiating every
single dollar of debt created for the pun
pose of aiding the rebellion against the
Government of the United States. 1t
will not do to levy and collect taxes
from State and people that are loyal
and in the Union, to pay debt that was
created to aid in taking them out and
subverting the Constitution Of the Unit
ed States.


l do not believe the great mass Of the
people of the State OF Georgia, when
left uninfuenced, will ever submit to
the payment of debt which was the
main cause Of bringing on their past
and present suffering, the result Of the
rebellion.


Those who invested their capital in
the creation of this debt must meet their
fate, and take it as one Of the inevitable
results Of the rebellion, though it may
seem hard to them.


1t should at once be made known at
home and abroad, that no debt contract
ed for the purpose of dissolving the
Union, can or ever will be paid by taxes
levied on the people for such purpose.


ANDREW JOHNSON,


President Of the United Stotes.
Year: 1865

A SOLDIER came home from the war
with both his legs shot of, and 600
bounty in bis pocket His wife, who had
taken a great dislike to the fellow, on nc
count of his crippled condition, stole bis
money and ran away with it. The ladies
must begin to learn that glory is sufficient
compensation for legs.
Year: 1865

are bound together for the common defense
against European conquest Let us accept
their view that the downfall of one is the ex-
posurc of all to their agressions. Let the first
use of our restored power be to reestablish The
protection it gave our sister Republic. Mex
leo must be relieved from French invasion
and French financial swindlers All these
have been imposed on her during our troubles,
and under the conviction that our power to
intcrposc was effectually destroyed. Perhaps
the moral effect of our restoration and deter
mination, backed by the material power we we
have developed in this war, may be sufficient
to effect the liberation of Mexico If not,
and NJ we are compelled to use force, the
Nephew of his Uncle will probably tind his
Moscow in Mexico. 1nproviding for our own
security by relieving Mexico from a foreign
yoke we shall do an act. whose justice the


world will applaud, if its justice is tainted BY


no projects OF conquest or annexation on our


part. If it shall be, it will plant the seeds Of
! calamity to this nation Gin. Gas.
Year: 1865

A young man stood listlessly watching some
anglers on a bridge. He was poor and defect
ed. Al length, approaching basket well
hlled with wholesome looking fish, be sighed
.If now, had these, 1 would be happy.
could sell them at fair price to buy me food
and lodgingF'


II will give you just as many and just as
good fish" said the owner, who CHANGED to
oveFhear his conversation, ''If you will do me
q triAing favor"


"And what is that ?" asked the other eag-
eFly.


aOnly to tend the line till come back.
wish to go on a short errand.'


The proposal was gladly accepted. The
old fisherman was gone SO long that the young
man begun to grow impatient. Meanwhile,
however, the hungry fish snapped greedily at
the baited hook, and the young man lost his
depression in the excitement of pulling them
10, and when the owner Of the line returned he
had caught large number. Counting ont
Of them as many as were in the basket and
presenting them to the young man the old
fisherman said:


81 fulfill my promise from the fish that you
caught, to teach you that whenever you see
others earning what you need, to waste no
time in fruitless wishing, bat TO cast a line for
yourself" f"-Home Monthly.
Year: 1865

It is q w0ndrous advantage to man, in
every pursuit or vocation, to secure an adviser
10 sensible woman. 10 woman there is at
once a suitable delicacy of tact and a plain
soundness Of judgment--which are rarely
combined in an equal degree in man. A
woman If she really is your friend, win have q
sensitive regard for your character, honor and
repute She will seldom counsel you to do a
shabby thing-for a woman friend always
desires 10 be proud of You. At the same
time, her constitutional timidity makes her
more cautious than your male friend. She,
therefore, seldom counsels you to do an impru-
dent thing. By female friendships / mean
pure friendships those in which there is no
admixture Of love, except in the marriage
state. "a mans best female friend is wife Of
coed sense and gOod heart, that he loves and
who loves him. IF be have that, he need not
seek elsewhere. But suppose the man be with
out such helpmate female friendship he must
still have, or his intellect will be without a
garden, and there will be many an unheeded
gap, even in the strongest fence. Better and
safer, of course, such friendships where dispari-
ties OF years or circumstances put the idea Of
love out of the question. Middle life has
rarely the advantage youth and old age. have.
We may have female friendships with those
much older, and those much younger than
ourselves. Molieres old housekeeper was
great help to bis genius and Montaigue's
philosophy partakes both of gentler and lof-
tier character OF wisdom from the day in
which he finds Marie de Gournay an adopted
daughter, "certainly beloved by me- says the
Horace of essaayists, ''with more than pater-
nal love, and involved in my solicitude and re-
tirement as one of the best parts Ofmy being"
Female friendship, is to man -prossidiUm ct
d.slce decus- Bulwark, sweeter, ornament Of
his existence. To his mental culture it is in
valuable; without it, all his knowledge Of
books will never give him knowledge Of the
world.
Year: 1865

Some people take their troubles to bed
with them. II is bad plan, for they are dia-
bolical bed fellows. Even if tired Natures
sweet restorer" whips the spirit of to dream
lard in the midst Of its repinings and forebod-
ings, there is no comfort for it there Of the
last sad waking thoughts are born visible imps
that haunt us in the realms of Morpheus, and
we fight with horror all night long. Happy
are those who can put off their day troubles
with their clothing, and as they assume the
horizontal forget all the annoyances that be-
long to perpendicular life. We have known
people who could do all this-individuaIs who
after struggling from morn till night in Slougha
of Despond, and getting miserably mauled by
the Giant Despair, no sooner slipped between
the blankets than the Angel of Sleep, who
seemed to have been lying in wait there to
bless them, took them on their wings, and
bore them to Elysium. To 6ght over again in
bed the battles of life, as many do in their
slurnbers, is a miserable business. Still more
unpleasant is it to be surrounded in sleep by
all sorts Of vague aud impossible phautoms
which are none the less disagreeable that they
are utterly absurd. The best thing that ner-
vous highly impressible fdgety people can do
after getting into bed, is to lie resolutely still
and try to abstract their minds from the oc-
currences of the day. The power of doing
this is natural TO many, but it may also be ac-
quired by persevering effort. The will OF the
weakest is mighty instrument when fairly
brought into play.-SundGy Times.
Year: 1865

Some of our young lady readers may have
reason to thank rs for giving them access tc
the following wei expressed practical advice


Young men toe, may proftaby take the hint


from it. We find the article afoat without
credit:


"a young man admires a pretty girl, and


must manifest it. He can't help doing go, for


the lie of him. The young lady has a tender
heart, reaching out like vine tendrils for some
thing to cling co. She sees the admiration; is
Aattered; begins soon to love; expects some
tender ayowal; snd perhaps goes SO far as to
decide that she viii choose white satin under
the gauze, ETC., at the very momen: The gallant
that she loves is popping the question to an
other damsel ten miles off. Now the difficult
~ lies in not understanding the difference be-
tween polite atteEtion and the tender mani
festations of love.


"Admiring beautiful girl, and wishing to
make wife OF her, are not always the same
thing; therefore It is necessary that the
damsel should be on the alert to discover to
which class the attentions paid her by hand
some and fashionable young gentleman belong
First, then, if young man greets you in
loud, free, hearty tone; if be knows precisely
where to put his hands or his hat; if he stares
you right in the eye, with his own wide open;
if he turns his back 10 you to speak to anoth-
er; if he squeezes your hand; if he eats hearth
ly in your presence; if, in short, he sneezes
when you are singing. criticizes your curls, or
fails to be foolish in fifty ways every hour, then
don't fall in love with him for the world He
only admires you, let him do or say what he
will.


On the other hand, if be be merry with
every one else, but quiet with you; if he be
anxious to see that your dear person is well
wrapped up when you go out into the cold;
if he talks to you very low and never looks
you in the eye; if his cheeks are red, and bis
nose only blashes. it is enough. If be romps
with your sister, signs like an old pair of bel
lows, looks solemn when you are addressed by
another gentleman, and, 10 fact, is the most
still, awkward, stupid, yet anxious of all your
male friends; you may Ego ahead" and make
the poor fellow too happy for his skin to hold
him!


Young ladies' keep your hearts in case
of good leather, or some other substance, until
the right one is found beyond doubt, after
which you can go on and love, ana court, and
be married and live happy, without the least
bit of trouble" -1
Year: 1865

On the line of the railroad between
Boston and Albany, one hundred and
twenty-six miles west of the former city,
and seventy -four miles east Of the latter,
stands Chester, Mass. 1t has been a
quiet little village, known only for some
cotton factories and the manufacture OF
some edge tools. Being only twenty
eight miles from the Connecticut river, at
Springfield, an inland center and United
States Arsenal, when the war broke out
sabres naturally claimed the attention of
the manufacturers, and the polishing Of
the hard steel Of these consumed no
small quantity of emery. All of this had
to be imported at great cost from Lon
don, and the high price of exchange may
perhaps have had something to do with
one of the most important discoveries
since the war began-an inexhaustible
supply of emery in this very town, and OF
very superior quality.
Year: 1865

HEARTRENDING KEROSENE AccIDENT.-A
correspondent of the Buffalo Express in Erie
county, New York, gives the particulars OF a
terrible accident which occurred in that place
last Monday evening, resulting in the death Of
Mrs. Uriah Clark and the serious and prboa-
bly, fatal injury of three of her children and q
girl aged thirteen. Mrs. Clark and her three
children were seated at table, on which was
placed lighted lamp, which the girl under
took to fill with kerosene. In attempting
this the blaze communicated to the oil in the
lamp, causing an explosion Of both the can
and the lamp, and instantly enveloping all four
persons in q sheet of liquid FIRE. Efforts was
made in vain to extingush the flames. The
unfortunate mother was burned to blackness
from head to foot, and her features so horribly
dsfgured that her most intimate friends could
not recognize her. She survived till Tuesday
enduring the most intense agony.
Year: 1865

Il appears that those ferocious articles in
the Charleston Mercury, of which the follow,
iug is sample, were written while the editor
was packing up his effects for the flight he
subsequently effected in safety:


I'VE stand to-day as gladiators, stripped tC
the fght-we are ready trained to enter The
struggle, for life as for death. South Carroll
na is ready to become the arena Of the RepuB
lie. Her sons are ready for the contest
Make of her soil military camp-strip her
to the waist; she will not shrink, but give hsr
the gauntlets and her sword, and she is ready
to stand or fall where she is''


stripped to the fight" above mentioned
is evidently misprint, for stripped for the
race"
Year: 1865

A religious cotembOrary says very justly
"The idea of respectable employment is the
rock upon which thousands split, and ship
wreck themselves and all who depend on them
All employments are respectable that bring
honest gain. The laborer, who is willing to
turn his hands TO anything, is as respectable a
the clerk or dapper stUre-tender. Indeed, the
man who is ready to work whenever worh
offers, whatever il may be, rather than lie idle
or beg, is far more respectable man than one
who turns up his nose at hard labor, wearie'
his friends with his complaints because be car
get nothing respectable TO do, pockets theiI
benelactions without lhankfulness, and goes or
from day to day, a useless, lazy grumber.'
Year: 1865

Female lovelinesa never appears to SO good
advantage as when set of with simplicity cI
dress. No artist ever decked his angels with


towering feathers and gaudy jewelry; and our
dear human angels il they would make good
their title to that name, would carefully avoid
ornaments, which properly belong to squaws
and African prineesses. Those tinselries may
serve for effect on the stage or on the ballroom
Acor, bat in daily life there is no substitute
for the charm Of simplicity. A vulgar taste
is not to be disguised by gold end diamonds
Year: 1865

to cling to her idols until they are sbivered in-
to atoms By the inexorable logic of events
A political revolution in Kentucky may assem-
ble Legislature which will have wisdom
enough to consult the best practical interests
of the State, and conscience enough to do
that which is right in the eyes of God, but the
odium will still remain with Kentucky Of
being as tardy and reluctant to embrace free
dom, as she was eowardly and slow in fulfilling
her obligations to the National Government.
Pittsburg Ckronicle.
Year: 1865

lead to the conclusion that there was
something wrong, as the matter now
stands we will have to be contented
with accounts. We have need unless
some one of the gunners shall have es-
caped to their own lines.


1t is reported that General Breckin-
ridge will be appointed to the vacancy
in the cabinet of the Secretary of War.


The Sentinel and Dispatch have articles
similar to the above.
Year: 1865

l.


Governor Brownlow having been queS-
toned as to his platform, replies through
the columns of his paper the Knoxville
Wing, as follows :39aw5s.b i7s, viaa D. assd
ioMWe are for the Union as it is, and the
enforcement of the laws as they are, both
State and national, until every rebel lays
down his arms, is killed off in battle, or
in private, or is hung-until this wicked re-
bellion is crushed out, and men cease to
abuse the Federal authorities, or talk trea-
son even in private life. We are for no
compromise with rebels who have been in
arms against the Federal Government three
or four years, and have only laid down their
arms because they were achipped we are
for no truce with rebels no pardon for pi-
rates, no completely with thieves, and no
parley with murderers. We are. for the
political party which will stand by the
country, sustain the United States Govern
ment and not think of withholding men or
means from the President. until the nation
has asserted its independence of organized
nYobs at the South and in the North, and
until the whole world shall see and ac-
knowledge our power to crush out the great
conspiracy.


awe hold that no man, in any section
of the country, North or South should be
permitted to hold Office until he has taken
an oath that he has never done, written, or
said anything against the authority Of the
Government. of the United States, or in
any way given aid, comfort, or encourage
ment, to its enemies, or to the men waging
war against the Government. Being gross
ly deceived by men in the South, who went
into the rebellion,5 we will never support
any man for any Office of honor or profit,
who was a. secessionist, or who aided in the
unholy work Of expressing the Union peo-
pie in the South, or who persistently advo-
Gated the prosecution of the war brought
on at the South. i'os Azg 'A tnN
81 rsDenying the right of secession, we hold
that no State has ever been out of the
Union, and consequently we deny to Con-
gress the right to regulate the franchise
question, holding that each State, after
having elected a loyal Legislature, shall
say who are loyal voters and who are not |;
provided that no State shall enact law on
this subject at war with the provisions OF
the National Constitution."ha Iaa 4 sgsu
Year: 1865

The following lines owe their origin to the fact of
the authors having discovered buebrd building its
nest far back in the chamber Of the twelvepound
Napoleon guns Of the battery of which he is member


early in,the month Of March last :7gl r1s rrfvn
OOH dgUI The Nest in the Gun. u blGe