smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

TELEGRAPH TO SANTA RosA-The Democrat
at the above place is of the opinion that a tel
egraph line connecting with the State Line
at Napa, and extending through to Mendo-
emo, would be good investment for some Of
the telegraph spectators to take hold of.
Year: 1861

No MATL.-Owing TO the late severe storm
the Red Buffers had no mail from below
since Saturday evening last, until the other
day. The river was several feet higher than
during the last rain The creeks filled their
banks and some of them were nearly impaa-
sable
Year: 1861

celebrated Winans' steam gun La Noun
tain has discovered that the rebels are mount
irg two very lasge guns On seH.ls Point,
probably with the idea Of annoying the ship
ping At Old Point, if not the Fortress ITSELF
Year: 1861

Dey- The blockade will destroy several i'm
portant branches Of business at the South, such
as getting timber and lumber of all kinds,
which has employed good deal of capital and
labor. The cotton planters will go on with
that production, in the expectation (not un'
reasonable that their crop will finally get out to
market.
Year: 1861

The OBsEQUIEs.-The remains of Colonel
Ellsworth will be removed this morning at
eleven o'clock, with appropriate ceremonies
and honors, from the Executive Mansion to the
Baltimore depot, whence they will be taken to
the family residence in New York.
Year: 1861

n1- We learn aathentically that before the
recent adjournment of the Montgomery Con.
gress, JEFF. Davis urged upon the leading mem.
bers the absolute necessity Of direct taxation to
the support of his Government But the Con.
gress did nothing of the sort, aware probably
that direct taxes could not be collected, and
that the attempt to collect them would precipi
tate q counter revolution.
Year: 1861

A ABuBBLE.-Wheneve the South is advanced
upon, the country will see by what mere bub-
BILE its credulity has been imposed upon. All
the treatment this bubble ever needed, was
pricking. Instead of armies Of one, or two
hundred thousand men, this rebellion does not
count more Than fifty thousand in its military
ranks, poorly armed, with no commissariat, and
exceedingly poor raw material for soldiers. They
were tried in Kansas five years ago, and
thoroughly whipped out, although outnumber.
ing their opponents four to one.
Year: 1861

PAPER MoNEY-It is stated that of eleven
millions of circulation in Illinois bank notes,
eight millions have been dscredited, and are
worth but forty cents on the dollar, and the re
naming three millions cannot be converted
into specie or exchange without a sacrifice Of
twenty per cent.


Illinois suffers more by this swindlng cur,
rency, than it does by the present political cri
sis, severe as it is. Aud indeed, the whole
country has suffered more from paper money
than it has from war, pestilence, and famine
combined, including the seven years struggle
which was the price Of national independence
Year: 1861

We WAGE No WAR The following, from
the Chicago Times, the late Senator Douglas
home organ, isjust to the point:


Ir is NOT We have received since the ap-
pointment of Mr. Browning as the successor
of Senator Douglas, numerous letters from
different parts of the State, asking "lf the
country is not engaged in an abolition war p
The intensely partisan position of Gov Yates,
in the Senatorial matter, forms the burden of
argument used by most of the writers to
prove that it is. We do not propose to pay
any attention to his position in the present
crisis 1t is of very little Importance to any
body save himself Such men will be swept
away by public opinion at the end of their
official teTms. 1t is scarcely worth while to
mutllate n corpse.


But the question as to aboiitionism is de-
serving of an answer, and ours is in the neg
atiYe The United States are waging no war.
for any purpose They are simply perform
ing the first duty of governments and indi-
viduals-selt-p preservation. How shall this
be styled aboitiouism ? In all society there
must be order-some restraining cohesive
power The duty must reside somewhere to
crush rebellion and sustain government. To
conceive anything different is to recognize II
social state which rarely exists among the
widest savages. The obligation of a nation
to sustain. through their rulers. their nation
ality and territorial integrity is universally
acknowledged among civilized men-an ele-
mental painciple in statesmlnship. 1t is like
air, water, food to animals-the very cond
tion of life. No discussion, then, is needed
upon this point
Year: 1861

DIRECTIONS FOR SKATIEs.-A Skater of
thirty years, experience, who has taught his
children in fortnight, writes the following,
directions:


Begin by walking on the ice crossing the
feet at each step, and they should practice
it also who can only run forward on the in
side edge, if they wish to become proficient.
Walk any ten PAGES forward, crossing the
one foot over the other at every pace, and
then walk the same line backward, crossing
the one foot behind the other at every pace.
You will get fall or two at first, but in a
few lessons you will find that you can do it
without them. AS soon as this is accom-
plished with moderate facility, still adhering
to the crossing the feet which is the whole
secret, let the foot follow the skates, and you
win find that you are, insensible as it were
rolling both backward and forward on the
outside edge. 1t is a simple truth, aud is 8
mechanical certainty, as the leg once crossed
and skate on each foot can only rest on the
outside edge and the balance of the body in
that position has been learnt.
Year: 1861

ALARMING DISTRESS IN LOEDoN.-The dis
tress in the metropolis continues to fear
full extent. Indeed, it seems to prevail in a
degree much more than proportionate to the
extent Of the population of London over
other towns in the Empire, and this must
arise from the immense number of persons
resident there whose living is only procur-
able when the weather is moderate.


The police offices are besieged every morn
ing with men and women who are in dis
tressed condition and though the benevo-
-lence, which so strikingly characterizes lthe
inhabitants of London, has been put into
active operation, yet there must be great
mass Of suffering which never meets the
public eye.
Year: 1861

MoDR OF SAVING FUEL IN Coal MINES
An immense amount of coal is wasted at coal
into the proper size for market. The coal
dust which is thus made and thrown aside
as unstable, is of the finest quality. The
question is now asked whether there is no
way TO save this valuable fuelP In England
that way has long since been found. The
coal dust is combined with coal tar, pressed
into brick shaped blocks, and fetches good
price as fuel for steamships, excellent for
burning and convenient for packing in their
coal bunkers.
Year: 1861

lno OnlCagO evening JouTfldt OOSerVes'


"Literature" does not include, az most men
seem to think, whatever is put in type, and
wears the fashion of a book; it has to do
with heart as well as head, and nothing else
and nothing less can be worthy of the name.
As the late lamented Henry Reed well said :
'tbe great Characteristic of Literature, its eS-
sential principle, is that it is addressed to
man as man: it speaks to our common hui
man nature it deals with every element in
our being that makes fellowship between
man and man through all ages Of mans his
tory and through all the habitable regions Of
this planet. IL is the relation to universal
humanity which constitutes literature 1t
matters not how elevated, whether it be his
tory, philosophy or poetry in its highest as
pirations; or how humble, it may be the
simplest rhyme or story that is level to the
unquestioning faith and untutored intellect
Of childhood; let ii but be addressed to our
common human nature, ii is literature in the
true sense of the term.


No man can put it aside and say, Ut con-
Germs not me-" no woman can put il aside
and say, "h concerns not me-" The books
which do not enter into the literature of
language are limited in their uses, for they
hold their intercourse with something mar
rover than human nature, while that which
is literature has an audience chamber capa-
cious as the soul of man-enduring as his
immortality. IL mas voice whose rhythm
is in harmony with the pulses of the human
heart. 1t is this, and this alpne-this uni
versality-which places book in Nations
literature. 1t matters not what the subject
or what the mode Of treating-be there but
one touch of nature to make the whole world
knit is enough to lift it into the region of
literature.


A London linen draper writes treatise
on Angling, with no other thought, perhaps,
than to teach an angler subtle craft, but In
fusing into his art so much of Christian
meekness so deep feeling for the beauties
of earth and sky, such rational loyalty to
womanhood, and such simple, child-like love
Of song, the songs of bird of milk-maid, and
of minstrel, that this little book on fishing
has earned its life of 200 years already, out
living many a more ambitious book, and
Izaak Walton has place of honor amid
British authors, and has the love even of
those who have learned the poet moralists
truer wisdom,


"Never to blend Our pleasure to our pride


With sorrow ofthe mean sst thing that foes"


The culture that is put on like coat, soon
lpeGrs through to the wearer, and is hardly
worth making up. "He can be gentleman
when he pleases," said one. "Then he will
never please to be any thing else," was the
pointed reply a remark as true ofthe higher
and truer uses of knowledge, as it is of man.
Year: 1861

But it Is unnecessary to enumerate tho many
cases in which these purely vegetable medicines
have been successful but let us enquire: Why
they 30 universal ia their happy effects


Because they purify the blood aud thus reno
vate all cause Of disease in the system.


Because they act powerfully upon the sscretieus
Of the body aud remove all impurities at once.


Because they do not reduce the ry5teHi bat inVig-
orate ft--thns requiring restraint from pleasure
or business during their operation.
Year: 1861

way pond or lake near the new geological
gardens. The Emperor, though stout and
growing corpulent, skates well, and even
gracefully, and does the ''Outside edge, or
Ee dehorS, as the French call it, with great
dexterity and precision. He enters with
much good humor into the "fun" of the mo-
ment, and shoves about" the court ladies
on their sledges with right good will and
polteSsei He is certainly very extraor-
dinary man and while he has shown US
that he can rule over and bend to his will
the most ungovernable nation on the face of
the earth, and lead its armies to battle like
a grand capitdine, he is at the same time ex-
pert in all the minor accomplishments OF So
cial life, and rides, shoots, and, as might
have been seen yesterday, skates better than
most of the people who spend their life in
doing nothing else.


The Empress was not of the party. She
is said to be still low spirited and out Of
sorts. The gossips pretend to say that
" other circumstance" also affect her spirits
and her temper, and that the presence at
Court of certain Duchesse is a continual
cause of jealousy and discomfort. l would
not advise you to pay much attention to
these stories of the back stairs of the palace.
That his Majesty is far from immaculate is,
! believe, tolerably well known but Louis
Napoleon is good natured man, by no
means unkind in disposition, or harsh to his
domestic circle, and very fair husband t'as
kings go l'-P Paris Correspondent Of Plita-
delphia North american.
Year: 1861

ANOTHER SERIOUS ACCIDENT FROM
CRISoLINE crinoline accident happened
on the 18th ult., at brilliant ball given by
NJ and Madame de Errazu, at their mansion
in Paris, to a young Spanish lady, the
daughter of professor who was formerly
tutor to Queen Christmas s children. While
walking around an illuminated fountain in
the conservatory, her dress caught FIRE, and
in moment the flames we're over her head.
The people about her despairing OF extin-
gushing the fire by any other means, con-
trived to throw her bodily in the water,
from which she was taken out very much
injured, but it is hoped her life will be
saved.
Year: 1861

THERE is very common tatalism
in Christendom, which is always
brought to support every kind o.
iniquity, and that is-that God per-
mits it. The argument is that of ar
old reprobate who, being caught in
his hoary age SHINING as hard as
ever, remarks, with the utmost sur
prise, Why, I've always done So
I've been stealing and cheating for
sixty years; and people have been
stealing and cheating ever since the
world began. Why on earth do
you interfere with me? Are you
wiser than God, and hasn't He
always permitted it."


Stated in this way the argument
is ridiculously transparent; bet no
more so than it is in every other.
Brigham Young can quote you the
nations that have encouraged poly
gamy-and God certainly permitted
It, or there would have been no
polygamy. History is full Of lusts,
murders, rapines, and tyranny:
What theni Are these things good
things? Is the fact that a crime has
been committed q reason that it
should continue to be committed?
The great Teacher taught other,
wise. That it was said by them OF
old time was not a reason with him.
He told us that God can in no just
sense be said to have permitted what
is not according to perfect love and
charity. God wills only what is
right. If, therefore, anything II
repudiated by the universal human
instinct, God does not Wilt, though
fits sbe as venerable. UNIVERSAL ane
easy, as lying.
Year: 1861

remember this, my dear child, un-
less your resolutions are strength
ened by the help of God, you will
not be able to keep them; for, tho
spirit indeed is willing, but the
flesh is weak. Remember, also,
that He graciously promised to help
those who ask Him In faith"


Little brothers can do much to
cheer and comfort the hearts, Of
little sisters, and, there cannot be
a more lovely sight, than to see
q family where a family take q real
interest in each otherswelfars. The
great thing we should aim
at, should be to make others
happy. But to be successful we must
be careful to attend tolittle things;
and we must be careful to do things
cheerfully and in a kind spirit.
Little boys and girls should always
speak kindly and courteously to one
another, kind words, smiling looks,
and nice behavior are very chsEp
things, "Dsar brother James I
want to tell you something very
nice-T know it will please you
"Whatis it,dear sister, why, Jane
and Invent out this morning for .
short walk, and we met Uncle
William just as we creased the
creek. He was looking at some
stones, and he had some flowers in
his hand and he calledus to him and
told US that the valley of Ohio was
once the bed ofa large lake, and
he said that the flowers should
remind US of what We should be,
that is, flowers of the church on
earth, that We might become fit for
the kingdom of God In heaven.
he said that we might see the wis.
dom, goodness, and love Of God in
flowers, trees, stones, blades Of grass
and cara of wheat and corn. Uncle
William is coming to the Sunday


school some sunday to tell US about
| flowers in the church.
Year: 1861

Domestic happiness has intrinsi
worth; it may be realized in pov
erty; it is internal; above the con
troll of circumstances. Such hap
piness is a flower of paradise that
has been suffered to stray beyond itt
walls. and though with us it does
not bloom in original perfection
yet its blossoms, as we may gather
them, are too lovely to leave US in
doubt whether it is worth our cul'
ture. Of all earthly goods, this il
Heavens best gift to man. Whilst
there is no other kind Of joy that
can compensate for its absence II
may alike gild the mud walls OF the
cabin, or shed vitality and warm IN
over the cold state of the palace
There is no condition of life to
which it may not add untold price
Monarchs there have been who have
heard the exulting shout of victory
have Joined it for a moment, then
inly sighed; rsbellious sons were
a thorn IN the heart whose ranking
prick was felt to kill all joy. Mer'
chants may have amassed theil
millions; their names may have
been honored in various parts Of
the globe; but in a moment when
success and security have attended
some favorite scheme OF hazardous
enterprise, in all the bitterness Of
anguish the soul has whispered,
"This is but mockery to him who
would ask it to atone for the alb
sence of domestic love-" Poets
have lived whose brows have beer
wreathed by a fascinated natior
but whose spirits have loathed thu
laurels, for thorns grew at home
But never monarch, merchant, no
poet found domestic bliss ajoy to-
much. He who has once possessed
it would not barter it for all OF
earth besides.
Year: 1861


he induced him to inter the thtCket
by the sweet-gum, where the bloody
deed was consumated; and the rob-
berry accomplished, he dragged the
body to the spot where myself and
my friend had found it.


Thus it was, that a noble and af-
fectionate animal, with a wonder.
full intelligence, not only pointed
our the murderer of his master, but
the very spot where the terrible
crime had been committed, thus
being the instrument, in the hands
of Providence, of retributive JUS
tice.
Year: 1861

~We once heard of Q rich man
who was badly injured by being run
over. at isn't the accident, said
he, that I mind that isn't tho
thing, but the idea of being run
over by an internal swill cart,
makes me mad.
Year: 1861

No. -lnattention to the present
business, be 1t what it will; the do
ing one thing, and thinking at the
same time of another, or the at
tempting to do two things at once,
are the never-failing signs Of a lit
tie, frivolous mind.
Year: 1861

The city has been excited to-day by a
silly rumor that the government had agreed


to surrender Mason and Slidell to Great
Britain, and that they would be at once de-
livered up. There is not the slightest foun-
dation for the report. No such proposition
has been entertained. In fact the govern
ment has determined that the British COM
plication shall be secondary to the rebellion.
No other matters, however important will
avert the attention of the government from
its continued efforts to crush the rebellion.
Year: 1861

Ry virtue of the secret proceedings in the State
Convention on Tuesday last, the officers Of she
MINI and the Custom-House were called upon day
before yesterday by properly qualified officers Of
the Convention and requested to transfer their
allegiance from the United States to the State Of
Louisiana. They did so, under the conditions IN
posed by the Convention; and yesterday they all
took the required oath of allegiance to the soyev
eign and independent State Of Louisiana.


The business Of both institutions will go on an
interruptedly, usual. Vessels clearing from this
port hereafter will, of course have to accept their
clearances from the State of Louisiana


The nature of the transfer and of the obligations
taken by the Mint and Custom House officers may
be seen in detail, in report of the secret pro-
ceedings of the Convention on Tuesday Lass, yes
terday made public.
Year: 1861

FANCY Dress AND MASKED BALL.-We are in
debted for tickets Of invitation to the managers OF
the grand fancy dress and masked ball. to be
given by Jackson Fire Company No. Is, at Odd
Fellows Hall this evening. The occasion will
doubtless be delightful one-mirth, pleasure and
gaiety will rule the roast If opportunity allows
we will be glad to avail ourselves OF the courtesy
of the managers,
Year: 1861

mu2i, and it wouid. As she went
to her room for the night, she at
tempted to pray as usual, but it
gave her no relief; the conscious
ness Of sin was upon her, and any
effort to pray only brought what
she had done more wildly before
her. She sometimes felt for Il mo-
mcnt that she would go to her
mamma and tell her frankly all
about il, and ask her forgiveness.
But how could she acknowledge
so naughty an act? She had not
courage; she could not do N0i,
She tried to sleep, but no pleasant
dreams came to her relief. The
sun had crcpt far in upon her pill
low when she awoIic, her head was
aching, and the first thought that
rushed over her mind was the
broken frlit-dish. All this suffer
ing for one wrong act! thought
lIettio and the unhappy little girl
buried her face in her hands and
wopt.


By and by her face and hair
were put in order, and with Il fall
toring step she went down to the
brcakfast-room. The moment she
opened the door, she saw by her
mammals couutcnaUcc that the
unfortunate affair Of the peaches
was discovered. Nothing was said
for the time, and Hottie tried to
eat her breakfast; but she had no
relish for food. AS they were
leaving the breakla5t-room, Mrs.
Williams said to her little girl,
"Come up stairs, Hottie | wish to
talk with you a little while Het.
tie well understood the subject Of
the conversation. She could bear
it no longer. Bursting into tears,
she followed her mamma to her
room, and falling upon her knees
confessed her fault. The folly as
well as the wrong of such a pro-
cecding was set before her as a
mother only could do it. The les
son learned this time lasted the
little girl through life. She was
never known afterwards to touch
anything her mamma had put
away. In after-lifc she often re-
fcrred to the broken china, and
when she-diA, she was surerto men
ton what she suffered from trying
to take one peach which did not
belong to her.
Year: 1861

On Saturday, the 2Sth uIt., Hugh
Sutherland, a fisherman residing
in Lunnasting, Zetland, with the
intention Of visiting his daughter
in Whalsay, left his house at six
O'Clock in the evening with a small
boat. When lie had proceeded
halfway across the sound, which
is five miles broad, the boat sud-
denly capsized, and he was thrown
into the sea, After a struggle or
two he succeeded in getting hold
OF the boat, but it continued for
some time to roll over among the
waves, so that he was often under
water, and always rose up again
on the lee side. AT the time the
accident happened the tide was
going south, and consequently it
carried the boat along with it, the
man at the same time holding by
the keel, which was only ten feet
six inches in length.


For three hours the action of the
wind and tide made her move in a
southwest direction toward Nest
ing, and when she was within half
Il mile OF the Nesting shore the
tide then turned, and she was car
ried in a northern direction toward
the cast point Of Lannisting, the
wind blowing all that night still
breeze from f. S. Il. About six
o'clock on Sunday morning the
boat was driven ashore two miles
to the north Of Suthcrland's house.
When within a few yards of the
land she struck q stone and went
to pieces, and with the assistance
of one of the broken boards the
poor fellow was able 10 reach
the shore. But here another al
most insurmountable difficulty pre-
sented itself. The cove or narrow
creek into which he had been
driven by the wind and waves was
surrounded by high and perpen-
dicular rocks, the lowest part OF
them being fifty feet high. There
is just one place where it is posi-
bic to climb the steep ascent. AS
he viewed with anxious eyes his
pcrilous position, q melancholy
thought came into his mind that,
though he had been delivered from
the dcvouring deep, it seemed as If
he was still doomed to perish.
Cold, drenched, benumbed, and eX-
Year: 1861

If we stopped to think how every
word spoken in the presence of a
little child, affects its future, for
good or evil, we would all be far
more considerate in our speech.
1t is astonishing how, for days,
children will ponder over a careless
word or sentence which no one
supposed they had even heard, and
at some critical moment use it
themselves, with a most startling
and horrifying effect. How an i'm
patient, petulant word shocks us
coming secondhand from those in
nocent lips! Then, alas ! we see
and deplore its real deformity, and
realize how potent is our influence
over these observant innocents, not
only at all times, but at every mo-
ment of time in which they arc in
our presence.