smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

Mr.. Miller Lighthouse keeper on West Sis
ter Island, relates the following story Of visit
to that Island, last winter, of large grey fox.
On New Years day, Reynard was seen ap-
preaching the island, from tbs northwest,
riding on a cake OF ice. The following night
Mr.. Miller lost fifteen fne turkeys-hs had .
flock numbering fifty or sixty-snd in order
to save the remainder he called them home
and shut them up. Efforts were then made
to capture Reynard they would chase him
through the bushes, and when crowded hard
he took to the ice, which was not strong
enough to bear man, and going off 75or 100
rods, turn around, and sit down and eye his
pursuers. In this manner he Kept out Of
harms way. On the last day Of January, Mr..
H. saw the fox take cake Of ice, the wind
blowing strong from the eastward, and leave
in the same direction as that from which he
came, and was watched until he dTiftsfout Of
sight


| A singular feature Of this fox story remains
to be told. Prior to this visitation, Mr. Ms.
flock of turkeys had obtained their food en-
tirely from the woods, but since he shut them
up he cannot get them to leave his premises,
although he has attempted to starve them
to it." they win not go to the woods where
food abounds. Here is a question for nstur-
alists: Do turkeys retain recollection of
the fox raid upon them in the woods, or in
80 days did they forget their former custom
Of obtaining food in the wOods7-75ledo Blade.


-.-- 4af


WAR is all very well in its place and time,
but usually it is better to deal with thesward
than the sword, to use saltpetrs in the beef
barrel than in the gun-barrel, to drive the cart
than the cartridge, to use the scythe rife than
the MIME rife.


A GOOD many piOus people are as careful Of
their religion as Of their best service Of china,
using it only on holiday occasions for fear it
should get ohipped or aawed in working-day
wear.


As hounds easily follow the scent before
the dew is risen, So the Divinity teaches US,
while yet our sorrow is wet, to follow on and
find our dear ones in Heaven.


IN honest truth, name given "a man is
no better than a skin given to him; what is
not natiYely his own falls of and comes to
nothing.


IT adds much to the perplexities Of states
mans position, that the people are pretty sure,
in the end, to hold him responsible for their
own iI-sdvised acts.


WATER, Ike wine and Gre, Is an excellent
servant but bad master. An enthusiast
may become quite as noisy and absorb at
pump as at 3 wine-cask


MEN like horses, start aside from objects
they see impsrfectly. Enmihes, excited by
an indistinct view, would often be allayed by



We should round every day of stirring ac-
ton with an evening Of thought We learn
nothing from our experience unless we muse
open it.


DIPLOMACY may work as much calamity as
a battle; a few ink-drops may cost a nation
more misery and exhaustion than a river of
blood.
Year: 1863

WAR is all very well in its place and time,
but usually 1t is better to deal with thesward
than the sword, to use saltpetrs in the beef
barrel than in the gun-barFel1 to drive the cart
than the cartridge, to use the scythe rife than
the MIME rife.
Year: 1863

ATrEMIr TO BURN TIE CREW OF A VESSEL.


We announced few DAYS since the cap
ture by Deputy Marshal Goldsboroagh, at
hcnt Island, Of sloop called MuuTm,os,
loaded with cOntraband goods, about to run
the blockade. After her capture she was
taken by the guard to Centrcyille, arriving
there on Friday. y guard Of six men were
placed Oh board Of her, fully armed, to pre-
veHt amy attempt that might be made to
recapture her, until arrangements could be
made for her removal to Baltimore or
Washington.


About two o'clock, on Saturday morning,
the sentry on guard entered the cabin for
moment, where the remainder of the guard
were sitting around the stove, when the
cabin door was suddenly closed and locked.
and Il half dozen men rushed on deck. In
a moment the mulzles of blcd-barrelled
guns were protruding through the window,
with demand for the guard to surrender
The stove pipe was also closed, and the
men were confined in the little space, not
more than six feet square, nearly sttled with
smoke. They demanded the delivery of
their muskets rs the terms of surrender,
which was complied with by handing them
through the window. They then demand
ed their side arms, having in the meantime
broken open the matches of the vessel and
set fire to the cargo, threatening to burn
them up if they did not comply with the
demand. They finally gave up their pistols,
when, with an oath, they told them they
would now burn them up with the vessel.
and all OF them left and took position on the
wharf


In the meantime one of the guard sue
ceeded in breaking out panel in the cabin,
and made his way through the burning car
go to the deck, when they threatened to
shoot him if he hid not go back, but were
evidently afraid to create an alarm by the
report of the rifles. The others used the
stove rs ram against the door and succeed
cd i'll breaking it open. On reaching the
deck they were all ordered to come ashore.
and were taken on boats some distance
down the creek, when they were landed and
marched short distance, and told that they
might then return.


! The assailing party were muffied with
handkerchlefS and otherwise disguised, so
that not one of them could be recognized.
! 'J w" VI 'iiC P""'S' VIM "eIc eNllently
strangers, acted as spokesman, and were
most brutal i'll their threats after the men
were disarrned


The intention undoubtedly was to burn
them in the vessel, as they were all nearly
stitied with smoke, and the flames from the
burning cargo was rapidly approaching


them. The vessel and the cargo were en-
trely consumed, and the ruflans made their


escape. They are supposed to have come


from Kent Island, and hopes are entertained


that they will be arrested and punished as


their dastardy conduct deserves.-BaLlin0 y,


Com. AtlrertisT.
Year: 1863

slave States, In South Carolina for an ex
ample, no man can vote unless he holds
ten thousand dollars worth of property, or
owns ten negroes.


Bayard and Salisbury have both advoca-
ted the right of secession. They want Del
ware to Join the Southern Confederacy, and
to bring about that end, they are doing all
in their power to embarrasS the General
Government and countenance the rebels
Suppose they succeed? Poor men of Della
ware where will you be- Gen. Butler tells
you, and he is Il democrat, that he found
out when i'll New Orleans that this war was
waged by the South that they could estab-
hsh a government in which the rich shall
rule the poor The declaration unblushing-
ly put forth by the Southern Contederacy,
is, that it is their determination to establish
government, Gin which the right Of suf-
frage shall be greatly abridged" What
does this abridgement mean? Why simply
to establish government in which the poor
are to be deprived of the right to vote.


Norkingmen ofDelaware are you prepar-
ed for this If you are, then indeed, are
you sunk deeper i'll the slough of slavery
than had hoped. ButI cannot think YOU
are. You are honest, but deceived You
think you are following democracy when in
truth you are following Old Federalism,
personified in Buchanan, Bayard & Co.
The writer of this is a democrat, of the
Jefferson school, and can show the docu-
ment to prove that he was one ofthe first
men III the county to nominate Gen jack
son and yet these sham democrats cali him a
olack Republican. A. p. o.
Year: 1863

II is useless to talk about love in a cottage. The
little rascal always runs away when there is no
bread and butter on the table. There is more love
in full flour barrel than in all tho roses and posies
and woudbines that ever grew.
Year: 1863

Dying SPEECH OF = YELLOW WoLF but
a few weeks ago, Yellow Wolf was one ofthe
Indian chiefs stopping at the Patee House in
this city, on his way to Washington He
soon sickened and died there The following
is his dying speech, and it equals in pathos
and eloquence the speech of the celebrated
Chief Logan. rendered historic by the pen of
Thomas Jefferson. Tell my people," said
the dying hero of the wilderness, q that en-
treat them with my last breath to live in peace
with the pale faces. Tell them that have
seen the Great Father and that he has prom
ised to take care of the red man. The Great
Spirit has ordained that | should fall asleep
beneath the shadow of my Great Father that
90 To the eternal hunting grounds in the full
faith that my nation will preserve peace with
the sons Of the Great Father. I have ever
been friend of the pale face, and the inher-
itance | would leave to my nation is that they
conduct themselves so as to merit the smile
of the Great Spirit, who watches alike over
the red man and the pale face
Year: 1863

The 9th Maine Regiment enjoy a reputa-
ton for daring-in fact they dare do any
thing. Said their brigadier to a colonel in
the same brigade who inquired how far he
should extend the piekets: Place the New
York regiment as far out as you dare, station
your own men half a mile further, then 90
half mile beyond that. climb the highest
tree you can find. you will see the 9th Maine
boys ont two Of three miles, stealing corn
without their runSlr
Year: 1863

CANINE DEBUr--While Martin. the wiz
ard, was performing in that portion of ven
triloquism whore be pretended to be killing
rat, 50 close to nature did he approach that
animals cry of distress, that a noted rat
terrier got upon the stage and appeared very
anxious to get at the box where he thought
tae rat was. disappearance brought down the
house Stockton Beacon.
Year: 1863

on a LITTLE GIRL IN THE FOURTH YEAR or HER AGE.
He voice was as sweet az the vioet's breath,
But that voice is hustled in the stiffness ofdtaih
Her eyes bright as the Lilies that wave,
But that eye wqucnchd in the damp ofthc grave
Her form was as fair the cypron's brow,
But that form hath no fashion Of cOmeliness now;
Her graees pure as the dew drops that fall,
But the hand ofthe SPoier hath ruined them all.
She has gone from this prison Of sorrow and pain,
Where the fetters of earth cannot bind her again;
She hps gone from these bowers that knew her before
" here the voice Of affection can IN, u her no more;
She is miss'd from the path that wind. down the gl de-.
She is missd from her l ynatcs that in the shade
She is mssd where the wild flowers breath TO the air
! But most is she missed IN the dear parents care.
They weep for The lost by the moons silver sheen,
They wall for the loved as .hoy gaze on the green
They mourn for their pride in the morns early breath
Bus their plants cannot break the deep sum 1rs Of


death.


Her playhouse still stands in tho sycarnore's shade,



And the clean broken china still lies as twa. laid.
Her doll and her mantle their visions assai
And her little green bonnet still hangs on the nail
Ne more can she blossom in her innocent prdc
No more she walk to the church by their side
NOmore can she cheer them by morn or by night,
Or swell the fond song of parents delight.
There is green vir dure, there is no soft bIoorn
Witha the cold walls of the dark, silent tomb;
Yet as dark as the tomb is, and cold as its breast
Are the bodies of all who have gone there to rest.
But the spirit all cheerlcss shall rise from that rest
TO the realms of the just and the land Of the blcst
Through the blue fields Of ether exulting shall roam
Till the song Of the seraph shall welcome il home.
The sorrow and signing no more shall prevail,
Nor pain distress shall their victims aS>ail.
There the song Of the ransomcd in harmony swe
And the God ofall glory in holiness dwells.
Year: 1863

To The citi.sns of Boston


The peace and good order Of this city have
been violated by an assembly of rioters and evil
disposed persons, and still further violence is
threaten,d therefore deem it my duty 10 ask
the aid OF oil citizens in supprcssng any tumul-
tuous assemblages that may be gathered, and in
bringing to condign punishment all violators Of
law and good order and also deem 1t my du-
ty to warn all persons who have been or shall be
engaged in making depredations upon property,
in assaultng individuals, or in any way disturb
ing the public peace, that ful preparation has
been made for any exigency their conduct shall
create


The good order and quiet Of the city shall be
preserved at all hazards, and those who riotously
attempt them shalt be brought to punishment,
whatever vigor may be necessary to these ends.
That innocent parties may not suffer with the
guilty, all persons whose duty does not call
them into proximity to keep away from them
aud all parents and guardian, are earnestly de-
sired to SEQ that the minors under their control
are not in the streets after sunset.


\. W. LtScoLS, Jr., Mayor.
Year: 1863

MYSTERY OF LAw-Frederick the
Great, century ago, wished to enlarge
his possessions and his palace. A GER
tain mill obscured the view, and he offer
ed the Prussian fair price for it. He
refused to sell it because it was pater-
nal estate Frederick then ordered the
mill to be torn down, which was done -
The miller stood calmly by, saying that
he would abide by the law. He must
obey his sovereign, but the law did not
compel him to sell his mill till be chose.
He appealed to the courts, and the courts
decided that Frederick should rebuild
the mill. This he cheerfully did, thank
ing God that he had court not inau-
enced by impartial favor. Twenty years
ago the present owner Of the mill became
involved and offered to sell it to Fred
erick William, the successor of Frederick
the Great. The sovereign refused to
buy, but freely gave him $4,000, saying
that the mill must stand, as monument
of the triumph oflaw, and Prussia stands
to day as constant monument OF the
majesty Of land. It is not beneath the
dignity even Of her emperor to be sub
missive to law.
Year: 1863

In the first grand days of the prophets Fl
God stood with His armed men; a-i 7.
In the last grand days of the Christians


lie standeth with them again.
His presence then won the battle ##
That was for the Christ to be;
And his presence now is conquest


For the Christ that made them free.
And the early strife was holy, ty


By the peace it ushered in ; a 4
And the later in Gods commandment,


BY the peace it hath to win.
For the peace of Christ hath millions


Accepted the battle trust aaa
And yet, till His peace is perfect,


Shall war for the right be just.
War for the right unshaken,


To partake not Of a sin; E +tta
War with its outward horrors,


And the heavenly peace within.
The right is the peace eternal, @s


And thus is this Christmas morn - SIS
Rich in that days fruition -a,e MI
When the Prince of Peace was born.,
Year: 1863

CLERICAL VITA Uniyersalist cler-
gyman of Wisconsin, who has recently
returned home from term Of service as
chaplain to regiment in the army Of
the Cumberland, spoke at a town meet
ing the other day, and IN the course of
his remarks touched on the atrocious bar
barities of the rebels my friends he
said, Il have always preached to you
against any such institution as hell, or
future punishment but my experience
within the last few months has modified
my opinion somewhat I believe there
is hell provided for those wicked devil;


as a military necessity


4 When a man has learned how IN learn
Year: 1863

The reader will find in another part Of to-day g
Intelligencer Proclamation of the President of
the United States, ordering suspension of the
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus throughout
the United States, as far as regards certain class
of cases. This proclamation is issued under the
first section of the act of Congress approved March
Sd, 1868, "reating to habeas corpus and regu-
lating judicial proceedings in certain cases" The
first section of that act is in the following terms:


Be enacted by The Senate and House Of Representatives
of the United Sta'es Of Amerea in Congress assembled
That during the present rebellion the President of the
United States whenever in his judgment the public safe
y may require it, is authorized suspend the privilege
the writ OF habeas corpus any case throughout the Uni


ted States any part thereof And whenever aud wher
the said privilege shall be suspended aforesaid
military other fficer shall be compelled in answer to
any writ of habess corpus to return the body of any per
detained BY him by authority of the Pres-
dent but upon the certificate, under OATH of the officer
having charge ofany detained that such person is
detained by him prisoner under authority of the Pre-
sdent, further proceedings under the writ of hsbeas cor
pus shall be suspended by the judge court having
the said writ long said suspension by the President
shall remain in force and said rebellion continue
Year: 1863

This is an explicit avowal Of his purpose to re-
gard the war as at end just so soon all resist
ance to the Union shall have been conquered. Ii
he docs not mean this his language is juggle OF
words, and none surely will impute to him any
such unworthy concealments of thought. 1t is
obvious, therefore, that he either expects the war
to last until all slaves shall have been actually
freed in the process of restoring the Union, or is
prepared to accept restoration Of the Union with
slavery undestroyed in quarters where it has not
been reached by the contact of our armies. In the
former case slavery will not have been destroyed
by the proclamation, but by military operations /;
and the latter suppositon the proclamation will
be equally confessed to have fallen short of its end
leaving the student of history to wonder, in any
event, why it ever was issued. But when in the
clear light of what was really accomplished by it
all men shall be able to see that, as ga military
measure" the proclamation did nothing for the
Government but very much against it, they will be
only the more ready to perceive the force of the
"pressure" under which this paper edict was ex
torted from of the most practical and, if left
free to follow his own primary convictions, Of
the most sensible of Presidents.
Year: 1863

81


It is very evident that Gen. Burnside standard
of "loJalty" falls far below that erected by GER
tain selfstyled expounders of civil duty, who
find the highest evidence of patriotism in the un-
conditional support of the Administration, without
regard to the merits or demerits, the advantages
or disadvantages of any particular measure or
line of policy which may be temporarily adopted.
With these time-servers "whatever is, (ofhcially,)
is right" Principles, motives, results go for
nothing in their calculus. However clear man
may be in the advocacy of principle which comes
in conflict with some administrative cxpedent,
however pure and patriotic may be his motives,
and however cogent he may be in his conviction
that any particular act or course of proceeding
will lead to disastrous results he is hidden to
ignore his principles" check his impelling emo
tives," and close his eyes to impending "results,"
lest in the normal exercise Of his intellectual and
reasoning faculties he may seem to fail in the
function of that perpetual assenaton to the wisdom
peace, becomes, we are told, the highest style of
patriotism in time of war.


The patriotic and loyal population of Kentucky
do not understand their duty or interpret the
rights of freemen. They canvass the measures of
the Administration with only the more solicitude
because issues SO tremendous are suspended on the
wise or unwise determinations Of our rulers in this
great crisis of the nations fate And we all know
in what sense they have recently spoken, upholding
the Constitution and Government of the country
with steady and unfaltering hand, but for this
very reason condemning any measure or policy
which seems to them violative of the one or inju-
rous to the other. And it is of such men that
Gen. Burnside, in a recent speech delivered at
Lexington, did not scruple to speak in terms of
the highest praise and admiration, when he said
that he had found Kentucky the most loyal
State in his department, and had SO reported at
Washington. He had found more strictly loyal
men here than in Ohio or Indiana, though the
latter was his birth place."


We make no such comparisons between the
"loyalty" of Kentucky and that of Ohio or
Indiana, but we note this testimony of Gen. Burn
side to the steady patriotism of those who are
seen to be none the less faithful to the obligations
of civil duty because they are unwilling to adopt
the language of fatterers and parasites


While referring to this subject we wish to
remind our readers that two Conventions have
recently been held by professed friends of the
Administration, with radical proclivities in the
States of Missouri and of Kansas, and that in
both of them the military policy and proceedings
of the Administration in that quarter are arragned
in terms of great severity and acrimony, and a
change demanded in tones of imperous defiance.
We have waited some time to see whether those
who are so intolerant of conservative dissent from
certain acts of the Administration would have
any thing to say in rebuke of such contumacy
proceeding from radical sources, but thus far we
have waited in vain. Comment is unnecessary
Year: 1863

Cen RosEcRANs writes to the Government that the
rebel conscrps are running into bis lines by hundreds
and desire to join his army lie says in his letter that
Tennessee is how more loyal than his State Of Ohio


Republican
Year: 1863

mot all of death to die. We do not
die wholly at onr death; we have mouldered
away long before. Faculty after faculty,
interest after interest, attachment after attach
ment disappear we are almost torn from
ourselves while living year after years sees
us no longer the same, and death only CON
signs the last fragments of what we were to
the grave.
Year: 1863

The Races. The match between Belle,
Michigan Joe and May Queen came off at Po.
cahontas course yesterday. Belle won the
first heat, Michigan Joe the second and Belle
the next two, winning the race and the stake
Michigan Joe and Belle are evenly matched,
and there is very little difference in their
speed. May Queen did not come up to her
reputation, from some inexplicable cause.


The race was an exciting one, and passed
of te the infinite enjoyme mt of all present,
Year: 1863

The Election up to the time Of going to
press, the election in the city passed of
quietly and peaceably, more SO than on form
er occasions A very heavy vote is already
in, and the indications are that the aggregate
vote will be in excess of last fall