smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

has been conferred upon him. But we know


that he lives in North Alabama, and that in
that overwhelming Democratic region there is
still strong manifestation not only of repug-


nance but of factious opposition to the Govern


ment of the Confederated States, and it is for
the purpose of recognizing and fostering that
feeling that this appointment has been made.
We have heretofore endeavored to ignore this
disafection in North Alabama, but it seems 10


have now taken such definite form as to require


notice. We therefore note the dnimus of the


two recent popular meetings in that section


At Athens, Limestone county, on the 18th
instant, an adjourned meeting reassembled, at
which resolutions sustaining secession and the
Government Of the Confederated States were
offered and rejected, and in their stead the
meeting, by vote of 139 to SO, passed resolu-
tions demanding that the Constitution of the
Confederate States (then ratified by the Con
vention of Alabama) should be submitted to
the people, and declaring in favor of recon-
struction whenever the non slaveholding States
give suitable guarantees etc. There may not
be anything factious in this, but the Athens
Banner of the 10th, reporting the action of
the meeting, adds that the people Of Lime
stone have no idea of being deprived of the
u
bic occasion arrives, any more than they have
OF surrendering their rights as freemen to the
hftyfour secession delegates of the Convention
who assume TO be the State of Alabama"
This looks like rebeious opposition, and re-
pudiation of the authority of the Convention.


Still more revolutionary were the proceed
ings of a public meeting held in Frankfort,
Franklin county, on the 22d inst, and reported
in the Tuscumbia North Alabamian. The
resolutions reported by this meeting approve
the course of their delegates in refusing to sign
the secession ordinance, denounce the refusal
to submit the ordinance to popular vote, de-
ny the right of secession, declare the Union
perpetual, and announce that they will not
" willingly give our support to the State of
Alabama in her present stand, but will do all
that we can to the contrary !" also, That our
Congressional nominee if elected is to repres-
ent US in the United States Congress, and not
IN the so called Southern Confederacy" There
can be no question that this is faction and
revolulution-it is refusing to submit to law
and authority, and recognizing allegiance to a
foreign power We, and the members gene
rally of the party with which we have been
associated, always acquiesce in the decision of
the State, expressed in a constitutional and
legal manner, however much we may be oppo-
sed to the policy before its adoption History
must do the Whig party the justice to record
that it was never the party of faction or vio-
lence, but always submitted peaceably and
with good grace to popular decisions and the
laws of the land
Year: 1861

SOUTHERN GRIEvANcEs.-I have considered
the nature of these grievances, and their effects
upon the commerce, trade and religion of the
South, and they may be expressed in the fol-
lowing words The Democracy of the South
have lost the offices eff the Government and its
patronage And a large majority of the free
and Independent people of Tennessee, taking
this view of the subject will refuse to go out Of
the Union.-Brouniou
Year: 1861

BEwXRE.-Dogs whose hither ex-
tremitiss are not ornsmsntsd With check and
muscle. according 70 law. will Be in eminent
peril Of meeting With speedy and certain
death at the hands OF the Marshal af.sr the
last Of this month. Owners Of favorits csninss
will please take notice and beware The pure
blooded pete Of the merchant priness Of our
city will find no more favor in Macs eye than
the many surs Of low degree. belonging to the
humblsst citizen. The ediet appeals to oil.
Beware Of the dsv.
Year: 1861

q. AS ne go to press there are twenty four cotton
wagons on our Square, and it Is rather bad
day for wagonipg at that. Business in the
cotton and grocery line is quite brisk. We
would say to our friends in the country to bring
in their cotton, as our merchants have plenty Of
Southern Cohfcderacy rnoney--goii-on hand,
and arc giving good prices Besides, they have
a large supply of all sorts Of family groceries on
hand, which they sell as cheap as they can be
bought in any other market Give our Oxford
merchants trial, and u'ir word for IL yos will
he satisfied with your bargains all round
Year: 1861

all the greet medical discoveries Of this age may be
considered the system Of vaccination for Prtecton
from Small Pox the Geplalic Pill Cor relief OF Head.
ache and the use of QunBe for, the prevention OF
Feyers either Of which is sure specific, whose bene-
fits will be experienced bs suffering humanity long
after their dscoverers forgo ten. .i.sa ,.r's-
Year: 1861

Letters on slavery from the Old world,
Written during the for the Presidency Of the United
States in 1867 which AIDED letter Lord BRoUsHLN
the JoS BROWN rad and hr ei reference result Of the
Presidential election and its consequence BY jams W


late United ates Minister to ulkey
Year: 1861

For many years we have been extreme.
ly fortunate in culuvating tomatoes f; al
ways having early, large, fne-Aavored
ones. We don't know that our plan Of
cuItivaung is different from that of any
body else who gives attention to raising
this delicious and healthy fruit. Some
Of our friends who have eaten tomatoes
grown BY US. want to know show in the
world we succeed SO well" and we pro-
pose very briefly to give our plan:


In the first place we are particular
about the seed; they should be saved
from the very first perfect tomato that
ripens. Then they should be started
early, in hot bed, or box kept in a warm
stove room with plenty Of light. When
the frost is out Of the ground and sufTi
ciently warm to transplant, put out the
plants, being careful to protect Of nights
and cold days as long as there is any
danger Of frost this can be done by
placing empty nail kegs, boxes, or two
boards thus A over the plants. by the
time it win do to turn them completely
out-of-dOors, they are beginning to bloom.
As soon as 8 or II healthy blossoms op-
/ pear, commence "pinehing;" don't allow
another shoot or blossom to grow until the
fruit commences to ripen; then you may
allow about as many more blossoms, bot
no more vine to grow. Keep the vine Of
the ground by allowing it to run over
lattice, or brush placed close around it.


This is our plan, and by the practice Of
which, as before said, we never fail 10
have early, large and fne-havored tona-
toes. If any body has a better mode.
let US hear from them, and well adop; L..
Year: 1861

Mn. EDITOR: AS the object of the
Farmer is 10 afford tillers of the soil an
opportunity by, or medium through which
they may give each other the benefit of
experience in farming in the West, pro-
pose briefly to give the result Of an ac-
cidental experiment in blowing:


Last year I put two of my boys atwork
breaking up my corn ground. One a good
stout boy able to do mans work to
him I gave a strong heavy team, and he put
the plow in deep, turning up the soil from
below. The other boy, being small and
not able to Go heavy work, l gave n
light plow and team that he might the
more easily manage them. The result,
of course, was that his blowing was shall
low, compared with that of the elder boy.
They were at work in the same field and
plowed land about. The difference in
the corn on the different lands, from the
time it came up until it ripened, was as
tonishing. That on the lands plowed deep
came up sooner, and fairly ran away from
the shallow plowed lands. When I
gathered my corn the difference in yield
was still more astonishing. The deep
plowed lands yielded fully one-third more
corn than the others.


My doctrine is, to raise good corn, in
breaking up, plow deep.


may state that last year had in corn
over one hundred acres, and l think il
averaged 65 bushels to the acre,


wv. HALL.


Nemaha Co., yNeb
Year: 1861

As pomoIogy is yet in its infancy in
our Territory, i may not be amiss 70 lay
before the readers of your joarbaIHa few
facts relative to its treatment and cul-
ture


The location inplanling out an orchard
is the first requisite, and should be looked
after closely in a prairie country. A
north or northeastern slope wodld always
Year: 1861

GgYM My dear boy, said a kind
hearted school mistress TO an unusu-
ally promising scholar whose quar-
ter was about up-my dear boy,
does your mother design that you
should tread the intricate and thorny
path Of the profession, the straight
and narrow way of the ministry, OF
revel amid the flowry field of litera-
ture?


No marin, replied the juvenile
prodigy, dad says he is going to see
me at work in the tater ratce.
Year: 1861

GY There is a divine out West
trying to persuade the girls to FORE


go marriages. He might as well
try to persuade young ducks, that
they could find a substitute for water
Or resebuds, that there is something
better for their complexion than
sunshine. The only convert he has
made is q maiden lady, aged sixty.
Year: 1861

Merit -Honday.-As the day of election for
delegates to the Convention draws near. the
various candidates and their particular friends
are bestirring themselves actively. The peo-
pie regard it with much deeper interest than
they exhibit in an ordinary political canvass,
and few men will give pledge to any one's
support without cool and calm reflection. It
is for this reason that sober reason has taken
the place of the boisterous excitement that
usually prevails in the streets on the eve of
an election. Everybody knows that on its
result depends the decision of a momentous
question, which affec Is not the present alone,
but all succeeding generations
Year: 1861

Worthless FO,oer.-An individual bearing
the charming eognomen of Robert Flower,
was taken into custody yesterday by officer
Seal, on a charge of stealing coat from a ne
gro. 1t is strongly suspected that Bob is the
author of some other roguish transact ctions of
which the police have lately been on the
scent-though we cannot say that it was
through the agency of their olfactories that
this crushed fragment of Il bouquet yesterday
came to be incarcerated.
Year: 1861

Dredging.-The steam dredging machine of
the James River and kanawha Company is
At work at the mouth of the ship lock, in this
city, removing the deposits of mud that have
accumulated in the bed of thu river at that
point. Tie ingress and egress OF large ves-
sells will thus be greatly facilitated
Year: 1861

bursting ofd Ptpe.--A water pipe, near the
bridge beyond the city Jail. burst yesterday
morning, but the damage was subsequently
repaired. The water in these pipes is now
supplied from twenty four inch mains, and
the pressure from above is so great that an
occasional burst is unavoidable
Year: 1861

The State Cnarea,ion, to meet in this city on
the 18th inst, win probably hold its sessions
in the hall OF the Mechanics Institute. The
location is not only cen tral, but the hall is q
large one, and the various an te rooms are ad
mirably arranged for the meeting of commit
Year: 1861

Brooke AreRue.-Any one who has been
upon this much used fhoroughfare since the
lst of January, will agree with us that its
residents have good reason to complain of mu-
nicipal neglect. 1t is q complete bed of mud,
months, and when summer comes the dust is
lntolerable. The Council, at very small ex-
penss, could have the avenue gra velled which
is all the Improvements asked for by the citi-
zens OF that neighborhood. Gravel can be
obtained i'll abundance near the Branch, and
the city carts in few weeks might spread it
the entire length of the avenue 1t seems to
us that the proposition ought 10 commend
itself to the Council and we hope some public
spirited member will introduce it at the next
meeting. Its adoption would conGuce to the
comfort, convenience, health and safety of
portion OF our citizens, who have a right to
expect some legisla ton for their benefit
Year: 1861

NOBLE When Capt. Armstrong
was about TO surrender the Pensacola ma
Wy yard his daughter, after vain endcay-
ors TO persuade him not so to act, demand
ed of him dozen men, and SHE would pro-
tect the place until aid came but no be
was a traitor in his heart, and must 50 aci !;
the dear old flag was hauled down from
where it had SO long waved, and the rem
egade Renshaw run his sword through il,
venting his spleen upon the flag which had
SO long kept him from starvation. Human
nature could not stand it, and the brave
woman seizing the flag, took her scissors,
and cut from it the Union, telling them
that the time was not far distant when she
would replace il unsulied, but for the
stripes, she left them as their legacy, be-
ing their just deserts.
Year: 1861

How Az Army MovEs.--'Thcre are 4
great many things beside men aud guns
essential 10 an army, and commander


about to lead an army into hostile coun-
try, first sees that the commlssarat is well
provided with provisions, and that there
are ample means of transportation, and
that there is a reserve Of ammunition and
clothing, and a good supply Of hospital
stores and medicines All the prelimina-
ry arrangements for the march having
b zen carefully made, the " order of march
is communicated to the several command
ing officers of divisions, brigades and regi-
ments, but not published in orders. The
troops are distributed according TO the
character of the country. In a very open
country, a large proportion of cavalry
would be at the head of the column but
generally il is distributed throughout the
line. The artillery should be in the rear
OF the first foot regiment. An advance or
rear guard Of mounted troops-one or two
ompanies-should be detailed each day
and The regiment that has the right of line
one day should be next day in the rear


In woody or mountainous country, de-
tachments or fankers and skirmishers are
thrown out to the right and left of the col
umn, at a distance of one or two hundred
PAGES, to keep sharp lookout, and pre-
vent any such disastrous and gratuitous
experiences as those painfully and recent
ly familiar to us in connection with the
ambuscade on the road TO Vienna.


The column having been formed at halt
or quarter distance, and the baggage train
assembled in the rear, protested by a
guard selected from each regiment for its
own baggage, the columns are put in mo-
ton and the march commences with the
same regularity as would be observed by
regiment moving III or ont Of a garrison
town, the bands playing, the light infant
ry with arms sloped and those Of the rifle
men slung over the shoulder the officers
with swords drawn, exact wheeling distan-
ces preserved, and perfect silence OBJ
served. After having proceeded a short
distance in this manner, the word Of com
mand, route step" is given by the gem
eral at the head Of the leading battalion,
and passed quickly on TO the rear. The
captains, instead Of continuing at the head
Of their companies, draw back to the rear
of them, that they may see any men Of
their respective companies who attempt to
quit the ranks without leave. The sol
diers then march and carry their arms il
any manner convenient to them, converse.
ton and smoking being ordinarily allowed
Year: 1861

There are two reasons why you should
not interrupt an editor when be IS writing,
one is, that il is apt TO put him ont--the
other is you might get put out yourself,
II be has got thick boots on.
Year: 1861

upon the ramparts until Secession is silenced;
until the roar of artillery has ceased. Then
we shall have peace, enduring perpetual
| peace, and as monsters arc seldom born of
the same generation, we shall have no more
of their Secession in the present century or
the next This Government is the Goveril-
ment OF tho American people. 1t is ours to
use, ours to enjoy, but il is not ours to sub
vert, We are trustees. We are charged
with sacred trusts. All we have to do is to
bask in the sunshine of its blessings. But
cursed be the unholy ambition of him that
attemps to destroy it, | regard him and treat
him as traitor to his kind God will set q
mark upon him too; but it will not be like
the mark set upon the first murderer of man
for that we set for safety-but this will
be set for destruction. And God grant that
1t may be 80. Amen" 1t will be time
enough to struggle over who shall admins
the Government when we are sure We
have one to administer. He who is not for
it is against it. have determined to fight
this battle out, but on no political grounds.
stand upon the Constitutional ground of
my fathers. There will stand, and animate
my countrymen TO stand with me, and when
once we shall have peace restored-when
we shall have put down rebellion, when we
shall have encouraged fidelity when peace
and prosperity shall again greet us, then let
us see ii any part of any State is oppressed,
If any individual is wronged, if any are de-
prived of their rights, see that equal and ex-
act justice is extended to all. This is a
great crises, not only in our affairs but
i'll the affairs of human liberty. The
Angel of Freedom, after coursing over the
wide expansc of waters in the Old World,
found no rest for the sole of her foot until
| she lowered here. Here is her resting place.
God of my fathers, o protect her. Let us
go toward to this great work representation
not merely as members Of political parties,
but as American citizens, cheer s, bound
to carry out the work our fore fathers began,
by the exercise of every energy, moral and
material. Here is our glorious Ship OFFS State,
with its ensigns streaming, its Stars and
Stripes sorodolont ofhopc, carrying gladness
whenever seen by the true hearted, and we
hail it as the noblest emblem of earth, Heav-
en- bless that noble ship.


I'VE know not what master laid thy keel ?
What workman wrought thy ribs of steelP


Who made each mast, and SAIL aud ropeH
| What anvils rang, what hammers beat?
| In what forge and what heat


| Were shaped the anchors of thy hope"


MIR. Dickinson retired amid great cheering.
In the evening the meeting was continued
in front of the Wall Hotel, and addresses
were delivered from the balcony by the
| Hon. l.. Elhanon Smith, the Rev. Thos. Ii.
Ward, Geo. Landon, Esq, and Gov. Dickin-
Year: 1861

r.T' The human hair varies from the
25Oth to the 600th part Of an inch in
thickness. The silk worms silk is
about the 5O00th part Of an inch thick;
but tho spiders line is six times finer,
and a single pound of this delicate but
strong substance would be sufficient to
encompass the earth.
Year: 1861

AH E'or he BeSt.-Blessed are they
that are blind, for they shall SEQ no
ghosts.


Blessed are they that are deaf, for
they never need lend money, nor lis
ten TO tedious stories.


Blessed are they that are afraid of
thunder for they shall hesitate about
potting married and keep away from
political meetings.


Blessed are they that arc ignorant,
for they are happy in thinking that they
know everything.


blessed is he that is ugly in form and
features, for the girls sha'n't nnolest
him.


Blessed is she that would get married
but can't for tho consultations of tho
gospel are hers.


Blessed are the orphan children for
! they have no mother to spank them.
Year: 1861

4 n THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH
d Judicial District, of the State of California in
and for the County of Butte.


lmogene Gilbert VS.. Alonzo Gilbert.


Action brought in the District Court of the Fif-
teenth Judicial District and the Complaint filed in
the county of Butte, in the Office of the Clerk of
said District.


The People of the State of California send Greet
ing to Alonzo Gilbert:


You are hereby required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above named Plaintiff,
in the Distric Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Dis
trict of the State of California in and for the Coun
ty of Butte, and to answer the complaint filed there
IN, Ga copy of which accompanies this Summons)
within ten days, Exclusive of the day of service
after the service you of this Summons if served
within this County; or, if served out of this county
butin this Judicial District within twenty days;
if served out fsaid District then within forty days,
or judgment by default will be taken against You.
: The said action is brought to obtain Judgment of
this Court dissolving the marriage relation existing
between you and this plaintiff, and for such
other and further relief as to the Court shall ap
pear equitable, and you fail to appear and answer
the said complaint as aboye required, the plaintiff
will apply to the Court for the relief prayed for in
her complaint


Given under my hand and Seal of the
49,, District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial
SEAL. District, this 4th day of December, in
'--' the. year of our Lord One Thousand


Eight Hundred and Sixty.


H.M.PHIPPS, Clerk.
ds By c. G. LINCOLN, Deputy Clerk.
Year: 1861

A GLASS OF BRASDY.-"A glass of brandy
can't hurt anybody. Why, know person,
yonder he is now, on high change, specimen
Of manly beauty, portly six-footer. He has
the bearing Of . prince, for he is one of our
merchant princes. His face wears the hue of
health, and now,. at the age of fifty odd, he has
the quick elastic step of our young men OF
twenty-five, and none more full of mrth and
wit than be, and | know he never dimes with
out brandy and water, and never goes to bed
without terrapin or oyster supper, with plenty
of champagne more than that he was never
known to be drunk. So here is living exem-
plar and disproof of the temperance twaddle
about the dangerous nature Of an occasional
glass; and the destructive effect of the temper
ate use of good liquors.


Now it so happened that this specimen of
safe brandy y-drinker was relation of ours
He died in year or two after, of Chronic Di-
arhoe, a common end of those who are never
drunk, nor ever out of liquor He left his
widow splendid mansion up town, aud clear
five thousand a year, besides large fortune to
each Of six children for he had ships at every
sea and credit at every counter, but which he
never had occasion to use. For months before
he died-he was year in dying-he could eat
nothing without distress, and at death the
the whole allmentary canal was a mass of dis
ease in the midst of the millions, he died of
inanition. This is not the half, reader He
had been steady drinker for twenty-eight
years. He left legacy to his children, which
he did not mention. Scrofula had been eating
up one daughter for fifteen years another in
the mad house; the third and fourth of un.
earthly beauty there was kind of grandeur
in that beauty, but they blighted, and paled
and faded, into heaven we trust, in the sweetest
teens; and another is tottering on the verge of
the grave, and only one is left with all the
senses, and each of them is weak as water
Why, we came from the dissecting room and
made note of it, it was so horrible-HaWs
Journal.
Year: 1861

YNHE UNDERSIGNED are lesirous of calling the


L attention of the Printers and Publishers of the
Pacific Coast to their very extensive stock of Print
ing Book, Cap and Letter Papers, together with
general stock of Goods suitable to the trade now on
han
Year: 1861

THE Boy ORAToR-The Chicago Times of
recent date, says On Monday night last,
the Court house was crowded to suffocation
by hundreds who came to hear the boy orator,
little Willie Campbell. Master Campbell as
tonished all who heard him. For ourselves we
can truly say we never expect to "look upon
his like again." In all that constitutes a true
orator, he has few equals among the ablest
men of Illinois. His manner is COOL calm and
collected his knowledge of the political histo-
ry of our country is extensive and exact his
gestures are marvelously appropriate and ex-
pressive; his language well chosen, correct
and elegant, and his argument clear and con-
elusive. Occasionally he warns up with his
subject, and pours forth such burst of eloquence
as electrify his audience. The common i'm
preston of all who hear of this remarkable lad.
bat who have not heard him themselves, is
that his speeches must be merely well delivered
recitations, well committed to memory; but
every discriminating hearer soon banishes any
such impression. His whole manner and bear
ing prove that this is not So and we must con-
clude that he is one of those human marvels
only appearing once in generation.