smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

DouGLAs,-The followinh paragraph is from a
leading article of "The World" the very able paper
just established in the city of New York;


The friends of Mr. Douglas must he very sangu-
inc if they expect to see him President OF the U.
States. His nomination will prove empty honor
which will scarcely mitigate the bitterness ola final
retreat from public life at the close of his term in
the Senate.


When history shall render her final verdict on
the merits of Mr.. Douglas as statesman, she will
no doubt lay on him the responsibility of wantony
re-openng a question which had been closed by a
solemn adjustment to which both the great sec
tons Of the country had assentcd and in which they
continued to acquiesce. Whether he laid sacrileg-
ious hands on that compromise by the promptings
of an unchastened ambition, with the purpose of
conciIiating the favor of the South orreay thought
he was serving his country ii cannot now be
doubted that both regards his political prospects
and the public veal, the Kansas-N ebraska bill was
the greatest blunder of his life. The South, in
whose behalf and to gain whose support, he dared
indignation and odium such as no American states
man had ever before encountered, has since turned
against him, and now hedges up the path of his
ambition with an impossible barrier. The great
mass of the people in his own section Of the country
Notwithstanding his manly resistance to the Le-
compton constitution, affirm the justice of the fate
which is pressing upon him.
Year: 1860

What has become of the only national party in
the land? Echo answers--buSted all to pieceSi In
word, there was once a Democratic party but
there is Democratic party no longer. In its place
we now find two miserable factions--two miserable
sectional faclions-with not particle of natonali-
ty about eIthcr.-Can the people unite with either!
Can the people support the candidates Of either?


The only national ticket in the field, and the
only sound, safe and reliable ticket, is that of BELL
and EVERETT. And such is the ticket around which
the people-Democrats and Whigs-should, and
must rally, if they would preserve the Union and
protect the rights and interests of all sections of
common country.-Rch. Wing.
Year: 1860

THE GAINESVILLE CoNvENrToN.--lt will be seen
from the communication we publish this morning,
that the Convention of the National Union party,
whichmet at Clarksvile yesterday nominated John
Ford House. Esq, Of that city, for Elector for this
District and that he has accepted the nomination.
This every reader of the Patriot will be glad to
hear. No selection the Convention could have
made would have given more satisfaction to the
party. Mr.. House is young man. but he has a
remarkably old head-a mind possessing all the
best attributes of age-and in the battle about to
begin he will make such fight we shall be
proud OF. He is the most eloquent stump-speaker
Of his age in the State and sacred and priceless
thing as our banner is we shall see it placed in
his hands feeling more than satisfied that he will
bring it out ofthe conflict unprotaned by foeman g
touch. A more gallant and chivalrouS gentleman
one


"-More mild in manners


More sublimely daring in the fight"
it would be difficult to find in the ranks of any
party. The Clarksyille Convention has done well,
Nash. Patriot,
Year: 1860

ny EDNA CORA.
Dear Mary, thou hast asked of mo
A tribute of my love:
And in my heart remember thee,
Wherever l may rove.
'Tis often asked, but now feel
Tho we for aye may part,
That thoughts of thee will ever steal,
To dwell within my heart.
A passing word or look may bring
Thy image back to me,
That now around my bosom cling
In memory of thee.
Mary, we've met to love- hut now
Our paths again must sever,
And at the stern command bow,
Yet hope It's not forever.
And ere 60 must wreathe for thee
A chapet for thy heart,
To bring a gentle thought of me
When we are far apart.
My heart is but women's, kind,
Loving, and faithful ever,
And ties around thine own would bind
That naught on earth could sever.
wish for thee, OH Mary dear,
A life forever fair;
Thine eyes undimn'd by sorrows tear,
Thy heart unused TO care.
And ere the close of this leap-year-
With every pleasure rife
Oh may you be, my Mary dear,
A joyous, happy wife.
ANTONIA FURNACE, June 1860.
Year: 1860

~ The Executive Committee Of the Ken
lucky Agricultural Society recently adopted
resolutions in favor of the establishment Of a
National Agricultural Bureau, md requested
the Representatives Of the S.ate in Congress
md the Legislature to lend their influence in
aid Of this object. The Legislature has referred
the resolutions to the Committee on Federal
Relations.
Year: 1860

A child was playing with some building
blocks, and as the mimic castle rose before
his eyes, in graceful proportion, new plea
sure swelled in his heart. He felt himself
to be the creator Of a ''thing of beauty"
and was conscious of new born power
Arch, wall, buttress, gateway, draw bridge,
lofty tower and battlement, were all. the
work of his hands He was in wonder at
his own skill in thus creating, from an un-
seemly pile of blocks, a structure of such
rare design.


Silently he stood and gazed upon his cas-
tie with something of the pride of an archi-
tect, who sees after months and years of
skilfully applied labor, some grand concep-
ton ia his art, embodied in his imperishable
store. Then he moved around. viewing it
on every side. 1t did not seem to him a
toy reaching only few inches in height,
and covering but square foot of ground,
but real castle, itself hundreds of feet up
wards to the blue sky, and spreading wide
upon the earth its ample foundations. As
the idea grew more and more perfect his
strange pleasure increased Now he stood
with folded arms, wrapped in overmasterine
illusion-now walked slowly around. view
ing the structure on all sides, and noting
every minute particular, and now sat down,
and bent oyer it with fondness of "a mother
bending over her child Again he arose,
purposing to obtain another and more dis
tinctive view of his work. But his foot
struck against one of the buttresses. and
instantly with crash. wall, tower, and bat
clement fell in hopeless ruin.


In the room, with.the boy, sat his father,
reading. The crash disturbed him and
he uttered sharp, angry rebuke ; glancng
for moment, towards the startled child,
and then returning his eyes to the attractive
pages before him, unconscious of the shadow
he had cast upon the heart of the child =
Tears came in those fair blue orbs. dancing
in light moment before From the frown-
ing face Of his father, to which his glance
was suddenly turned, the child looked back
to the shapeless ruins of his CASTLE Is it
any wonder that he bowed his face insilence
upon them and wet them with his tears
For more than five minutes he sat still,
as if sleeping; then in mournful kind OF
way. yet almost noiselessly, he commenced
restoring to the box, from which he had
taken them, the many shaped pieces that
ftly joined together, had grown into.a noble
building. After the box was filled he re-
placed the cover, and laid it carefully upon
a shelf in the closet.


Poor child That shadow was deep
one, and long in passing away. His moth
er found him half an hour afterwards, asleep
on the floor, with cheeks flushed to an un-
usual brightness. She knew nothing of that
troubled passage in his young life (; and the
father had forgotten, in the attractions OF
the book he read, the momcntary annoyance
expressed in the words and tone, with a
Year: 1860

COVER THE RIVER"
Over the river they beckon to me-


Loved ones who've crossed to the further side;
The CLEAN of their snowy robes see,


But their voices are lost by the dashing tide.
There's one with ring lets of sunny gold,


And eyes, the reflection of Heavens own hue;
He crossed in the twilight gray and cold,


And the pale mist hid him from mortal view,
We saw not the angels that met him there,


The gate of the city we could not sec,
Over the river, over the river,


My brother stands waiting to welcome me!
Over the river, the boatman pale


Carried another, the household pet;
Her brown curls waved in the gentle gale


Darling Minnie !! l see her yet!
She crossed on her bosom her dimpled hands,
And fearlessly entered the phantom bark;
We watched it glide from the silver sands,


And all our sunshine grew strangely dark,
We know she is safe on the further side,


Where all the ransomed and angels be;
Over the river, the mystic river,


My childhood's idol is waiting for me-
For none return from those cuet shores


Who cross with the boatinan cold and pale;
We hear the dip of the golden oars,
We see them enter the solemn vale,
And 10 they have passed from our yearning heart
They cross the stream and are gone for aye;
We may not sunder the veil apart


That hides from our vision the gates of day
We only know that their bar ks no more


May sail with us o'er life's stormy sea,
Yet somewhere, l know, on the unseen shore,
They watch, and beckon, and wait for me!
And sit and think when the sunsets gold


Is flushing river, and hill and shore,
shall one day stand by the water cold,


And list for the sound of the boatman's oar.
shall watch for gleam of the tapping sail;
shall hear the boat as it gains the strand:
shall pass from sight with the boatman pale,
To the better shore of the spirit land
: shall know the lauea v-l.a have gone before,
And joyfully sweet will the meeting be,
When over the river, the peaceful river,


The angel of death shall carry me.
Year: 1860

Now is the time to protect yourself against
the destructive attacks of worms. Last year
very general attention was directed to the sub
ject of poisoning the horn blower, which propa-
gates the worm, under the influence of a state
ment from planters who had saved hsindreds of
dollars by attention to the matter. The crop,
however, was singularly exempt from the worm,
almost universally, so far as we could learn.-
There is no reason, to anticipate such eXemp-
ton again, and throughout the Tobacco country
attention should be at once drawn to the subject
of exterminatng the destroyer The, remedy is
this, as described and used by Mr.. VIM. Shep-
herd, of Anne Arundel county:


II bought several ounces of cobalt-the cost
is about 81 for 20 ounces-and had it beat up
to an in1palpable powder | put about two or
three ounces into a haf-pint flask, and added
honey and water in about equal parts. / put
three or four or six drops of the poison in the
jamestown blossoms where they grew, and col
lected others and placed them in the seed heads
of the Tobacco, in different parts of the field.
The bowers'' would partake of the poison in
these flowers with great relish, and found it to
be most deadly in its effects some would be
deprived of the power of flight almost in an in
slant others would fly to the nearest tree where
they would be found dead the next day by scores;
and the number found in the Tobacco and around
the field was astonishing. After using the pol
son diligently for about week, there was scarce
ly GLOVER to be seen on the place and, as
consequence, very few worms on the Tobacco"
We would add that if the jamestown weed is
not on hand, the poison may be distributed about
on plates or saucers. Also that the mixture is
liable to become sour, in which case the elbow
er" will not eat it.


Should there nevertheless be the usual 'sglut"
Of worms in July, be careful to destroy them at
once A flock Of turkeys, well kept to their
work, will be very effective while the Tobacco,
is small, but cannot be relied on Afterwards
american Farmer
Year: 1860

In Trinity Churchyard, there is an inscription
on a tomb, so singularly and affectingly beauti-
ful, We cannot forbcar to record it, and the emo
lion awakened in the bosom ola stranger 1t
Is 8 E.1@g pile of masonry surnlounted by a
slab stone, on which are deeply cut the follow
ing words


"MY MOTHER!


Tile trumpet shall sound and the dead shall RISE ~


There are no other letters or characters to be
found on the slab or pile. If there is one in
scription in the thousand languages that are, or
have been, of earth, fitted to retain its sublime
meaning through every period of time up to the
resurrection morning, it is this The writer
seemed aware that names would be forgotten,
and titles fade from the memory of the world.
He, therefore. engraved the name by which he
first knew her who gave him birth, on the stone
and the dearest of all names, that of MOTHER,
shall sound thrill through the heart of every
ore who may ever lean over this monumental
pile. If any shall wish to know further of her,
who had a child to engrave her most endearing
name upon rock, he is sublimely referred to
the sounding of the trumpet and the rising OF
the dead, when he may know all.-Nev York
MiyrOr
Year: 1860

er VINO w Wnlppeu ADe L1ncOln.
Our contempory, the Democrat, the other day,
in announcing the fact that DR.. Cartwright, the
pioneer Methodist clergyman of the West, was
to lecture here, gave the following anecdote, as
related by him, and added that it would "bear
repetition" In view of certain fact we think
cit will bear repetition" and here it is from the
Democrat, as DR.. G. related it.


The first time l ran for office in Sangamon
county, | was on the north side of the Sangamon
River as we say in the West, elcctioneerng, or
rather, trying to get acquainted with the people,
for was at that early day great stranger to
many of them. Passing through bushy point
of underground, near ferry, where l intended
to cross the river, heard, just before me, some
one talking very loud.


reigned my horse to listen. heard some
one say that Peter Cartwright was id rascal;
and so were all Methodist preachers they would
all steal horses, and that it was a scandal to the
country that such man as Cartwright Should
offer himself as representative of the county,
and that the first time he saw him he intended
to whip him for his mpudence. This surprised
me little, and looked around for some way
to pass the company, but there was no path
that could see and the brush was SO thick that
could not get through. So summoned all
my courage and rode boldly up and spoke to the
mtn. There were six of them, and as | learned
none Of them had ever seen me. So l said


"Gentlemen, who is it among you that is 60
ing to whip Cartwright the first time you see
him ?"


The man who had threatened spoke out and
said: 81 am the lark that is going to thrash him
WE'LL"


Said l: cartwright is known to be much OF
a man, and it will take man to whip him
mind you."


20. no !" said he, II can whip any Methodist
preacher the Lord ever made"


"WeH, sir" said /, "you cannot do it and
now, tell you, my name is Cartwright; and
never like to live in dread if you really intend
to whip me come and do it now"


He looked a little confused, and said, ooh
you can't fool me that way; you are not Cart.
wright"


I "Well." said l, s'that is my name, and am
a candidate for the Legislature, and now is your
time; if you must whip me, do it now."


He said, "No, no, you are not Cartwright al
all you only want to fool me"


BY this time we had moved slowly to tht
boat, and when he got on it, he broke out in E
fresh volley of curses on Cartwright. / said tt
a gentleman on the boat, t'Here, hold my horse; :
and stepping up to this cursing disciple, l said
sternly to him, "Now, sir, you have to whir
me, as you threatened or quit cursing me, or
will put you in the river and baptise you in thu
name of the devil, for surely you belong to him.


This settled him, and strange to say, wher
the election came off, he went to the polls ant
voted for me, and remained ever afterward my
warm and constant friend.


The fact which makes this story worthy o
repetition, is that the man who ran against Mr.
Cartwright for Representative of Sangamor
county, and was beaten, was Abe Lincoln the
Republican candidate for the Presidency. y.-Ro
chester L1.iO1
Year: 1860

IN the village CT ~ lFeu man
who had once been Judge of the county,
aud was known all around by the name of
Judge b.. He kept store and saw
mill, and was always sure to have the best
of bargains. on his side. by which means be
gained an ample competency, and some did
not hesitate to call him the biggest rascal in
the world. One rainy day, as a number
was seated around the stove in the store, he
began as usual to tell Of his great bargains,
and finally wound up. Nobody ever cheated
me, nor they can't neither''


Judge. said an old man Of the company,
I've cheated you more than you ever cheat
ed me.


How so said the Judge


If you'll promise you wont 60 to law about
it, III tell you.


Lets hear! cried half dozen voices at
once. Well bear you out in it-go on


I'll promise, said the Judge, and treat in
the bargain, if you have.


Well do yon remember that wagon you
robbed me out of?


never robbed you out of any wagon,
said the Judge, [ onl y got my own
Well, I made up my mind to have it back,
and,


But you never did, cried the Judge.
Yes did, and interest tool.
How hundred the now enraeed Judge


Well, you see, Judge, [ sold you one
day, a very nice pine log. and bargained
with you for lot more. Well, that log |
stole off your pile down by your mill, the
night before, and next day sold it to you,
That night drew it back home, and sold
it to you the next day, and so I kept on
until you bought your own log Of me twen-
ty-seven times


That's lie cried the mad Judge run
ming to his book and examining his log ac-
counts, you never sold ne twenty-seven logs,
OF the same measurement.
[ know it, said the vender in logs By
drawing it back and forth the end wore off,
and as it wore, I kept cutting it off until it
was only fourteen feet long-;just ten feet
shorter than it was when you first bought
it, and when it got so short drew it home
and worked it into shingles, and the next
week you bought the shingles and then I
concluded that I had got my wagon back,
and in my pocket book.


The exclamation Of the Judge was drown
cd in the shouts Of the bystanders, and the
log drawer found the door without waiting
for the promised treat. And to see a mad
man, you've only to ask the Judge if he
was ever shaved.


A SISTERS INFLUENCE. II was drunk
once" said young man to us, the other
day, land [ shall never forget it, In COM
pany with several other jovial fellows, was
induced to drink pretty freely, and, by the
time got home, [ scarcely knew where l
was, or what was doing. | was put to
bed and how long laid there do not know;
but when [ awok6, my sister was sitting
beside the bed, engaged in sewing. The
moment her eyes fell on my face, she burst
into a food Of tears, and wept as if her heart
would break. - Overwhelmed with shame
for my conduct, then formed a resolution
never to get drunk again [ have adhered
to that resolution for some years, and l
mean to keep it p


Gg-A bill is pending in one of our west
ern Legislatures to empower women to make
contracts. They should by all means be
authorized to contract-they have expanded
too much.
Year: 1860




SARCASTIC SENTENcE.-Old Elias Leyes, for
merIy first Judge of Windsor county, Vermont,
was strange composition of folly and good
sense, of shrewdness, and want of good cultiva-
ton. The following sentence, it is said, was
pronounced upon poor ragged fellow, convic-
ted of stealing a pair Of boots from General
Curtis, a man Of considerable wealth in the town
of Windsor:


''Well, said the Judge, very gravely, before
pronouncing the sentence of the court, intend
ing to read the fellow lecture, ''you're fine
chap to be arraigred before the court for steal
ing, They say you are poor; no one doubts it
who looks at you and how dare you, being poor,
have the impudence to steal pair of boots -
Nobody but rich people have the right to take
such things without paying! Then they say
worthless-that is evident from the fact that no
onehas ever asked justice to be done you all
by unanimous consent pronounced you guilty
before you were tried. Now, you might know
you would be condemned. And, now, you
must know that it was a great aggravation that
you stole in the town of Windsor in that large
town to commit such an act is most horrible
And not only 60 into Windsor, but steal from
that man, General Curtis; this caps the climax
of iniquity. Base wretch! why did you not
steal the only pair Of boots which some poor
fellow had or could get? and then you would
have beeu left alone; nobody would have troubl-
Year: 1860

once heard young lady say to an indivi-
dual: "You countenance to me is like the rising
sun, for it always gladdens me with cheerful
lock. A merry, cheerful countenance was one
of the things which Jeremy Taylor said bis enc
mics and prosecutors could not take away from
him. There are some persons who spent their
lives in this world, as they would spend their
lives if shut up in a dungeon. Everything is
made gloomy and forhidding They go mourn
ing and complaining from day to day, that they
have so little, and are constantly anxious, lest
what they have should escape from their hands
They always look upon the dark side, and can
never enjoy the good. That is not religion
religion makes the heart cheerful, and when its
large and benevolent principles are exercised
man will be happy in spite of himself


The industrious bee does not stop to complain
that there are so many poisonous flowers and
thorny branches on its road, but buzzes on, Sc
lectng his honey where he can find it, and
passes quietly by places where it is not There
Is enough in this world to contend about and
find fault with, if men have the disposition


We often travel on a hard and uneven road
but with a cheerful spirit, and a heart to praise
God for His mercies, we may walk therein with
comfort, and come to the end of our Journey
with peace.
Year: 1860

R%A young lady being addressed by gen
teman much older than herself, observed to
him that the only objection she had to union
with him was the probability Of his dying be-
f,re her and leaving her to the sorrows Of widow
hood. TO which he made the apt and delicately
complimentary reply, BLESSED is the man who
hath virtuous wife, for the number of his days
shall be doubled"
Year: 1860

ed themselves about the act. For your iniquity
in stealing in the great town of Windsor, the
court sentences you to three months imprison-
ment in the county jail-and may God give you
something to eat