smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

CONSUMPTION AS AFFECTED BY COMPLEXION.
The Edinburg Medical Journal publishes some
curious observations made by DR.. Beddoc on the
supposed proclivity of phthsis in persons of KAN
thous (rather Yellow complexion. TIE number
OF cases noted was FIVE hundred two hundred and
forty of whom were natives of Scotland, two hun
dred and seventeen were English, and forty three
were Irish. Persons having gray hair were not
noted. These observations not only disprove the
old notion of the special liability of xanthous per-
sons, but 60 far towards proving consumption to
be more rife among dark-eyed dark haired people.
Dark eyes more frequently met with among
the phthiscal (consumptive) people than was any
other color Red hair slightly above, and
fair hair fell little below, the average. Brown
hair counted little than threef fourths of its
proportionate number. Dark-brown, on the other
hand, rose almost as high above the average, and
black still higher, showing an excess in the pro-
portion of more than three to two. The frequency
of black hair among the non phthisica Irish does
not tell much on the average, Ireland furnishes
only forty three cases out Of the five hundred
less than nine per cent. That consumption may
be very frequent among persons of fine skin and
delicate complexion, Dr. b. does not deny; in fact,
he believes that very fair complexion, especially
when conjoined with dark hair and eyes, is very
often associated with procivity to consumption.
1t is also conceivable that the progress of the dis
ease may be in general more rapid in fair than in
dark subjects
Year: 1860

The question has been much discussed among
anatomists whether the properties of the right
hand, in comparison with those Of the left, depend
on the course of the arteries to it. 1t is affirmed
that the trunk of the artery going to the right
passes off from the heart, so to admit the blood
directly and more forcbly into the small vessels Of
the arm. This is assigning cause which is un-
equal to the effect, and presenting altogether too
confined view of the subject it is rarticipa-
ton in the common error of seeking in the mech
anism the cause of phenomena which have deep
er source.


For the convenience of life, and to make us
prompt and dexterous, it is pretty evident that
there ought to be no hesitation which hand is to
be used, or which foot is to he put forward; is
there, in fact, any such indecsion Is this taught,
or have we this readiness given to US by nature?
1t must be observed, at the time, that there
is distinction in the whole light side of the BODY,
and that tie left side is not only the weaker in
gard to muscular strength, but also in its vital or
constitutional properties. The development of
the organs of action and motion is greater upon
the right side, as may at any time be ascertained
by measurement, the testimony Of the tailor or
shoe maker; certainly, this superiority may be said
to result from the more frequent excrtion of the
right hand; but the popularity extends to the
sttution also, and diseases attack the left extremi
ties more frequently than the right.


In opera-dancers, we may see that the most diff
fcult fcats performed by the right foot. But
their preparatory exercises better evince the natu
raj weakness of the left limb, in order to avoid
awkwardness in the public exhibition; for if these
exercises be neglected, an ungraceful performance
will be given to the right side. In walking be-
hind person. it is very seldom that see an
equalized motion of the body and if we look to the
left foot, we shall find that the tread is so firm
upon it, that the toe is not much turned out as
it is in the right, and that greater push is made
with it. No boy hops upon his left foot unless he
be eft-handed. The horseman puts his left foot
in the stirrup, and springs from the right.


We think may conclude that everything
being adapted, in the conveniences of life, to the
left hand-as, for example, the direction of the
worm screw, or of the cutting end ofthe auger-
is not arbitrary, but is related to natural endow
ment of the body. He who is left-handed is most
sensible to the advantages of this adaptation, from
the opening of a parlor door to the opening of
pen-knifc On the whole, the preferences Of the
right hand are not the result of habit, but is
natural provision, aud is bestowed for very obvi-
Gus purpose, and the property does not depend
on the peculiar distribution of the arteries to the
arm, but the preference is given to the right foot
as well as to the right hand.-4Sir Gtas Bell.
Year: 1860

One great source of power in country is its
manufacturing interests and a country which can
be at the same time a large manufacturing and
producing country, is proof against all financial
crises and must be powerful and prosperous
such is the case with North Carolina Producing
within her mountain borders almost every neces-
sary of life but cotton rice and coffee, she has too,
water power sufficient to drive the machinery of a
world With such facilities then, what can not be
here manufactured with profit? First, the large
quantities of sapetre which exists in various places,
together with the immenee bodies of fine wood for
charcoal clearly indicate that the manufacture of
powder would be here, as it is elsewhere, very
profitable, and perhaps more profitable here than
elsewhere.


Again. manufactures of wooden goods Here the
wool can be raised and will be if there is demand
for it, We know that at least one mandatory of
this kind is carried on proftably in this State,
though its proprietor brings some of the wool he
consumes from Europe


Further, the manufacture of Linseed Oil. This
business is carried on in small way-there
being one manufactory in this county owned by
Mr. Coleman. There is still room for many more.
This section is peculiarly adapted to the growth
of fax, and were there a demand, large quantities
would be raised


Then too, would comein the manufacture FLAX
en- goods.


These manufactures can be carried on now and
there's no contingency as to Railroad to be put n
There are other articles, when we shall be blessed
with means of egress to the world, will demand
the attention of our people The manufacture of
iron and iron utensils must, then, be carried on.
The Cranberry iron is said by judges to be the best
in the United States or the world-we easily
infer what excellent nails and tools it would make


And when We have Railroad Cotton Factories,
Paper Mills and various other works can be put up
Ill Al
if to be independent of the North the
South must manufacture for ITSELF and when that
is to be done Western North Carolina will present
many attractions to the eye of the builder as
any other section of the country earth.-Ashe-
uHte (N CO. Adroca'e.
Year: 1860

New York correspondent of the Richmond
Enquirer thus speaks of the custom of New Years
calling in that city:


The old Dutch custom of making calls on New
Years day, is kept up with great vigor at each
returning new year. This observance of the day
is alse kept up in Albany, and has extended to
other cities


The male sex of all ages are expected, be the
weather what it may pay their respects to their
lady acquantances, wish them a happy year,
and thus renew social good wishes. Hence, on
New Years day, there may be seen numbers of
gray haired sires. middle aged gentlemen, young
bloods with their first boards moustache, and
the beardless youth, with white kid gloves,
vending their way through the streets to the
hospitabe mansions of their respective friends
where plentiful board of good cheer awaits them
prepared by the presiding lady of the domicile;
and in her ABSENCE by the mademoiselles Of the
establishment. Some seen trudg ging forward
on foot and others going forth in public conveyances
or in carriages. 1t is immaterial whether you
have not seen lady since the previous new years
CALL it is considered to be perfectly in the bounds
of etiquette to call again to her the following
new years day. Nor is it considered improper for
you to visit lady whom you have never before;
provided, your call is made in company with an
acquaintance of the family


On these occasions the lady of the house often
exhibits her ambition or estimation to such
extent (where her wealth justfes) to make her
receptions of the most gorgeous and brilliant
character. And all who have prepared to receive
those friends are pleased to receive as many calls
as rossible. Some of them keen regular lists of
calls in order to compare them with those kept by
other ladies.


The most numerous calls are made by young
men, where the handsomest and most accomplished
young ladies reside. When a large throng of
young bloods are seen visiting house it is almost
a certain indication that presiding belle is the
star of the household


Visits are appropriately made at any hour
between 10 A. M. and 10 o'clock P. NJ. Tn
cases of indisposition or from other causes your
lady acquaintance freceives company New
Years day it is appropriate for you to leave your
card. And if it so happens that you from any
unforeseen difficulty unable to make'calls on New
Years day. it is expected that you will, next
day, send an excuse with your card to those with
whom your social relations most intimate.


No lady is expected to be seen abroad on New
Years Dav, hence a stranger arriving in New YORK
on New Years Dav. might imagine. judging from
the people he in the Streets that it was CITY
of males. from which the females bv some strange
freak had disappeared or were imprisoned in their
houses.


The dav after New Years is the ladies' turn to
make visits. which thev improve almost to the
same extent as the males during the preceding
day.
Year: 1860

IT'S the last hog of Autumn,
Left squealing alone;
All his grunting companions
Are butchered and gone;
No pig of his kindred, &
No porker is nigh,
To help empty the swill-trough,
Or share in his sty.
I'll not leave thee, thou lone one,
To starve in the pen,
Since thy mates are all pork now,
Die thou shalt with them.
Then thus do offer


The knife to your throat,
And thou shalt be picked
Like every dead shoat.
And may be present


When thou art the treat,
For ham, souse, and sausages,
Who would not eat?
When people are hungry,
And beef can't be had,
For calming the appetite
Pork is not bad.
Year: 1860

GAMNG.-The act passed this session
wakes gambling, as defined by section one
OF act of 1857, misdemeanor, punishable
by fine of not less than one shundred dol
lars, nor more than one thousand dollars
and imprisonment in the County Jail until
the fine and costs of prosecution are paid ;
makes no provision against by betting
which. by the abatement from the former
law in this respect, may be said to be en-
couraged under this act. Re-enacts section
three of said law. District Attorneys shall
receive fifty dollars for every conviction
penalties for permitting games to be carried
on IN any house same as that of keeper of
gaming table. Failure to answer a witness
summons to constitute misdemeador pun
ishable as in above cases; as to fine and i'm
prisonment, discretionary with Judge
Moneys collected to be paid into the County
Treasury.
Year: 1860

A MORMON ELDER ON FEMALE
VIRTUE.-Elder Amasa Lyman, one of
Brigham Youngs pet beasts, preached
a sermon at Salt Lake on the occasion
of the anniversary of the founding of
the Mormon Church, in the course of
which he used the following language:


Toyou that have daughters, l would
say-watch over them, or by and by you
will come to your friend, with a pitiful
face, saying-O, my poor daughter, she
is gore. Where? To Camp Floyd, to
the States, and to the devil. 0 my
daughter, that we have raised carefully,
and we thought she would live to honor
US; but, alas she is gone. If your
daughters associate with those that have
no interest in the truth, advise them to
discontinue their intimacy with such
persons, and enjoin upon them the ne
cessity of pursuing that course that will
preserve them in purity and keep them
in truth. If your daughter will go,
what then? Why, let her go; do not
break her neck to keep her, for she
would uot be in heaven if her neck was
broken
Year: 1860

vEvHE subscriber takes this method of informing the


IL citizens of California that he has refitted his
room andis prepared to take all kinds of Pictures
known to the Photographic Art, unsurpassed in the
word that he has made special for per-
sons coming from d tant parts of the State and would
say to all such that provided perfect satisfaction
given, he will not only not charge for work. but will
pay them for their time and trouble in calling.


Those arrangements have been made in view of the
fact that the country ocked with unskilful opera
TORS whose work is not only wanting in chemical effect
and everything that constitutes good picture. but
owing to the improper use of the chemicals employed
they are rendered pershable and worthless.


To avoid the mpositions practiced the citizens of
this and the adjoining counties, and travellers
most respectfully invited to call upon him at his
in Grass Valley, where he will be found ready at all
times and in all kinds of weather. take pictures i'm
the best style by all the various processes known
some of which follows:
Year: 1860

HNTs.-If you wish to keep your town
from thriving, refuse to take your home pa
per; turn cold shoulder to every young
mechanic or beginner in business; look up
on every new conner with jealous scowl,
or as suspicious person; discourage all you
can; if that won't do, cry them down; or
rather, go abroad for your wares than pay
your money at home; and above all, don't
advertise, for if you do, the town will grow
IN spite of all the efforts that may be made
TO prevail against it.
Year: 1860

STEAM WAGoN.-A steam wagon
has been constructed at the Vulcan
Foundry, San Francisco, which is said
to work admirably. Its steering appa-
ratus is something after the model Of a
ships wheel, with this difference, the
rudder being wheel in front of the
wagon. The critter is intended to convey
lumber from the mills at or near Timber
Cove to the place of shipment.
Year: 1860

SALMON BERRIES. The North Cal
ifornian, of Humboldt county, states
that there is no wild fruit superior to
the salmon berry. A bush laden with
this golden fruit is beautiful; the large
and delicious globes amid the luxuriant
foliage of the parent stock, tempt the
hand to gather, and the lips to taste
their excellence. It is strange that
more attention is not paid to the cult
vation and improvement of this plant.
AS far as experiment has been made the
result has been satisfactory.
Year: 1860

SENTIMENT IN WESTERN NIEGNIA-The Pruntytown
Va) Visitor refers uneasy feeling which prevadcs
northwestern Vagina on the negro question 1t says
the people of that region "are beginning to open their
eyes to the unjust oppressive laws taxation, all in
consequence Of the institution of slavery and while they
are willing that their eastern brethren may own many
slaves they please they unwilling to be ground to
the dust to pay taxes to protect and defend institu


ton with which they have but little interest and less
sympathy Our people are unwilling much longer to
bear these expressions They are not willing TO be made
poor and kept poor to enrich their aveholdng brelh
rem Of the east while slave property is almost wholly
exempt from taxation Western Virginia has borne
with injury upon injury insult upon insult and outrage
upon outrage until "forbearauce to be virtue
Year: 1860

For the last five weeks the Directors of the branch
of the Farmers Bank of Virginia located in Lynchburg,
have been dcadlocked not being able to elect Prcsi-
dent Every Wednesday that Icing discount day, they
ballot but each side remains firm, and no election is
ma
Year: 1860

We have not received the official pro- ceedings of this body, but learn that it nomi- hated T. c. Hindman for reelection to Congress. Itis needless for us to say that this was against our desires and feelings and, before the convention, we did what we could to have another preferred, but af ter the people in convention express their choice, we submit We accordingly regard Mir. Hindmand as the democratic nominee, and as such put his name on the list of can didates, believing it our duty to support him. We do this not grudgingly, not re- luctantly, but from a sense of duty. We are democrats in deed as well as in name and at all times yield our personal preju- dices to the legitimatoly expressed will of the party.
Year: 1860



 In the Enquirer of this morning is an ar ticle appropriated to me by it's editor, Solon Borland, in which my motives in connec- ton with my duties as delegate to Charles ton are impugned. If the relations, which subsist between that gentleman and myself, were known to the citizens of Memphis, 1 should feel reply to be unnecessary As it is, 1 desire to say that my proclivities for Mir. Douglas were well known, both in and out of my own State, and for months previous to the State convention, and ought to have been known to even this editor for the Desha resolutions, of which 1 was known and stated to be the author, were published in one or more of the city papers at the time, as l learn. My opinions were so often written and spoken that not mem- Der of the convention but distinctly under stood my position, and not one of them, but will bear witness, to the falsity of the charge of this editor. That 1 should have been selected delegate to Charleston by an almost unanimous vote considering N[r. Douglas friends were in decided minori- ty) is personal compliment of which I oHdh 0Ncl lco1 Juotly plOutl, anu III rctuTH for such generous confidence, 1 can say to those had the honor to represent, search the record, and they will find no vote of mine, in conflict with their instructions, for Mir. Douglas, but the instructions followed out to the letter. And if I am censured for not stampeding with this new party, I can only say 1t was not written, and that my sense of duty led me to consult the integrity of the democratic party, and not its dis memberment. That 1 was entitled to the expression of my own individual opinions, at all times and on all occasions, was but the operation of the right of every freeman, and those l represented were the last to have desired to abridge that right, for they we'll knew that the slightest intimation of that kind would have been met by me with expressions of the most ineffable scorn and contempt.

 That the public may understand the pri- vate malignity that induced the article al luded to, it is only necessary to state, that that gentleman and myself had, several years ago, a personal difficulty, which led to challenge He refused to fight, and l then posted him to the world as a coward, a liar and scoundrel, and from thence for
Year: 1860

ward beneath my notice, or that of and other gentleman. Writhing under the weight If such denunciations, it Is easy for the public to understand the low malice which prompt ed his article against me. With this ex- planation leave the miscreant to the con tempt and infamy to which he has hereto fore been consigned, and promise the pub lie uot to trouble them again with any fur ther notice in any way of the miserable wretch, since, under the circumstances, 1 could not do sowlthout dishonoring myself.

 T. B. FLOURNOY.
Year: 1860

Every now and then the abolitionists brag oftheir underground railroad operations, and of the number of slaves forwarded to misery in Canada The escape of such slaves is held up as evidence that the state of servi- tude is an unhappy one and the institution of slavery a wrong. Tried by their rule their institutions must be much worse For every slave that leaves his master at least three apprentices run away from thell masters at the North. That they are not pursued and caught is simply because white slave labor is so cheap that another can be procured with less trouble The master has only to apply to the overseers of the poor and he gets child for ten or twelve years, for board and clothing. If then, leaving service is any evidence, the appren- tice system at the North, must be worse than slavery at the South.

 Again: more wives of northern men, in proportion to theirnum bers, run away from their husbands than slaves from southern masters Therefore, marriage IS worse institution than African slavery.

 The cant about buying and selling men and women and taking them from their families can be answered in the same way. Last year, fellow advertised for gover- nesses or teachers to come to the South, and actually engaged dozen or more, took them to New York and decamped with their baggage A man can go to-day in any of the New England States and hire a hundred young women to leave their rela- tives and come to the South as teachers, or to be employed in some pursuit followed by females Five hundred dollars will take the flower of the family from the domestic hearth Indeed, labor there is so plentiful and so little demand for it that an advertisement for clerk has been answered in one case by seven hundred persons. Governesses, nurses and female attendants will go all over the world for less sum yearly than ne gro wench hires for at home. After all it is the name. If we called ours apprentices, or helps, or even serv ants, and would drop the word slavery, the cry would cease As far as the actual servitude goes, the negro of the South does less hard work and is better paid for it than the white laborer at the North.
Year: 1860

CRoPs.-We have discouraging accounts of the wheat crop from the northern and northwestern portion of the State The late frosts and cold weather in April have seriously injured it. However, we hope these reports are much exaggerated.

 Cotton is generally up and the planters say there is every prospect of good stand. Corn too looks well, and so far we have fair prospects. The high water season has not come yet, but it is possible we may have no rise in the river this spring of an unusual height.
Year: 1860

DEAR SIR-The frost last fall and this spring has, am afraid, ruined our wheat in this section, and as if this was not enough, the rust seems likely to take what the frost left. Our corn looks bad, but favorable seasons may bring this out

 see in the New York Day Book of the slst ut, report of debate in the Con- ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. was much pleased with the remarks of Parson Kettle in the conference, and I.sug- gest if you have space, that you renu5lisb it in the True Democrat Such conserve tive sentiments may yet prove a leaven for the whole lump at the North. God grant 1t may prove so.

 Your friend, l.. Rp

 NorE.-Our copy of the Day Book of that date has been mislaid, or we would take pleasure of examining the speech of the Rev. MT. Kettle and republishing it as requested.
Year: 1860

MT. YERKEs-

 Dear Sir: The True Democrat is irregu- lar in its visits to us, while the Old Liner reaches us regularly by every mail "What can the matter be-" If it be in your pow CT to rectify this irregularity it would give us pleasure to have it done.

 In the great political warfare that is now being waged with such violence we are all deeply interested, particularly as some of us are candidates.

 Respectfully, etc, R.K. G.

 We will do all in our power to rectify the irregularity alluded to.
Year: 1860

We hail this action as an evidence of the desire of the democracy to keep up their organization as national party, and willingness on the part of the Arkansas democracy to make one more effort to ob- tain justice for the South through the na- tional democratic convention to be held on the 18th June next. We sincerely hope and trust the delegates appointed may all attend We look forward to their labors with the confidence of glorious result.