smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

New KIND OF LEATHER WANTED
Strange that all kind Of leather are too
poor to 60 to church in on Sunday
What is the ma tier with all our tanners
that boots can not be made which are
proof against Sunday rain and mud?
Multitudes of people run around all
the week in ordinary weather, and no
harm to them, but if the pavement be
the least wet Of Sunday morning,
they are certain they shall get their feet
soaking wet, and they might as well
order their coffins at once as to go out
in such boots as they have. What is
the mystery that makes leather which
is so impenetrable all Of the other days
of the week, not much better. than
brown paper on Sunday mornings2 Who
will make his fortune by providing the
vast army of stay-at homes with pat.
ent improved church, going boot, war.
ranted waterproof on Sunday?
Year: 1862

Mr.. Charles d. Drake, who was the
orator on the 22d Of February at St
Louis, and who says of himself that he
has been for thsrty years the defender
OF Slavery, 10 the course OF his address
declared the servile inititution to be
"the first, last, and only cause Of the
rebellion" lie said:


"Do me not the injustice, my friends,
to suppose that | thus speak in any spir-
it Of fanaticism against the Institution
of Slavery, or from unison OF sentiment
with those who have long iigJ0rbed the
country with their demands for its abo.
lition. The views | have entertained
for thirty years on that subject remain
unchanged. But THIS WAR against the
Constitution Of my country has DRIVEN
me to the conclusions | have ex-
pressed, as il has tens Of thousands of
others, who, like myself, we're never
associated with any party which avewed
antagonism to Slavery as an article of
its political faith. have uttered the
deliberate convictions of my judg-
ment, on subject which could not
be thrust aside in any discussion of the
present aspect of our national affairs;
and l should have held myself faithless
to the solemn requirements of this hour
if l had failed to speak what l believe
to be the TRUTH, lest, perchance, it set
some teeth on edge, or bring down i'm
precautions on my head"


n ba l;Ga WosI
and we shall triumph as Washington
Let US not convert this war for the Con
stitution into war against Slavery, un-
til it is evident that the former cannot
be saved without the extirpation of the
latter. Let US not be quick to destroy
what has, in effect, already destroyed it.
self The doom of Slavery was sealed
by the South itself, on the day that
South Carolina, in her ordinance of Sc
cession, led off this dance of death
The venom Of treason then entered its
vitals, and its days, whether many or
few are numbered But we're it Ger.
tain to live in this land yet a thousand
years, it is certain that never again will
the impious attempt be made to barter
away our resplendeut Union for an oil.
igarchy of slavery. The aristocracy Of
the kingdom Of cotton has struck it,
first blow at American repubicanism
and it will be its last. The Nation
sleeps no more over its liberties -
Taught, as never before, the incalcula.
BILE value OF its free Institutions, and the
source of their danger, it has already
mounted guard over them; and ever.
more hereafter, by day and by night, in
sunshine and in gloom, the CHEEKY "AW'


Weir of freedom will ring out on the
same air that watts to Mount Vernon
the Nations benedctions on the name
of WASHINGTON"
Year: 1862

MAKING OTHERS HAPPY.-.Have you made
one heart happy to-day? How calmly you seek
your pillow how sweetly In all this world
there is nothing so sweet us giving comfort to
the distressed, as getting sun ray into tho
gloomy heart. Children of sorrow meet us
wherever we turn; there is not a moment that
tears are not shed and sighs uttered, yet how
many Of these sighs are caused by our own
thoughtlessness; how many a daugter rings
the very soul of a fond mother by acts of un-
kindness and ingratitude. How many husbands
By one little word, make a whole day Of sad
hours and unkind thoughts. How many wives,
by recrimination, estrango and embitter loving
hearts, How many brothers and sisters meet
but to vex each other, making wounds that no
human power can heal. If each one worked
upon this maxim day by dsy-"strive to make
some heart happy jealousy, revenge, mad
ness, hate, with their kindred associates would
forever leave earth.
Year: 1862

HAsTY CoNCLUsIoNs.-Thc Vienna
journals relate the following story:-
"a gentleman belonging to a wealthy
family Of this city, gave Os new years
present to his wife, dozen pair oi
gloves. The lady, indignant at whar
she considered the meanness of her lord
and master, took the first opportunity,
when she was alone, Of throwing the
package into the FIRE. When ut dinner
an explanation took place, aud the iras
chile lady was not little annoyed a
hearing that each glove contained q
bank note of 100 forms"
Year: 1862

By way OF comment upon the above,
another rebel Journal says: -..r .


at may be doubted if the world ever
saw a similar showing, A crop worth
three hundred millions Of dollars, nee
essary to the we'll being and peace of
the world, totally excluded from the
markets of the world! Of the crop Of
1860, about eighty millions dollars had
been sold up to the first Of January
OF the last crop, only half million
dollars worth in the same length OF
time" ..
Year: 1862

No provision is made Tor the pay OF
cha aplains, and they are not recog-
nized by the Government, except when
specially assigned to a post by the War
Department When sent with regi-
mcnt of volunteers, the State must
make provision for their payment.
Year: 1862

1t is fortunate for Royal Houses and es-
pecially for those of the despotic type that
their private sayings and doings are seldom re-
ported; for whenever We obtain glimpse of
the interior life of despotism it sickens US.
Truly has it been said by distinguished essay
list, that "the Masters of mankind, when
stripped of the artificial pomp which invests
them in public, resemble nothing so nearly as
the meanest of the multitude" There are
sound philosophical grounds foI this opinion.
The very highest and the very lowest of the
human race are equally beyond the influence
of that wholesome CONTROL to which the inter-
mediate classes are subjected, by their mutual
dependence, and the need they have of the
goodwill and esteem of their fellows. Those
who are at the very bottom of the social ladder
are beyond the sphere of this influence; those
who stand on the topmost round are above it.
Persons who have nothing to gain are pretty
much in the same position, relatively, to the
rest of the world as wretches who have nothing
to lose; and both are equally apt to disregard
the maxim of reckoning ones self last, which
is the basis of all politeness, as well as of all
benevolence. We find, accordingly, that ab-
solute monarchs, however respectable some of
them may have been as monarchs, have gener-
ally been positive brutes in their families
Frederick William, of Prussia, the father of
Frederick the Great, starved and beat his wife
and children; and was accustomed, after hAV-
ing eaten his dinner, to spit into each dish lest
they should partake of the remnants of the
meal Peter the Great compelled the Czarine,
Catherine, to associate with vile creatures,
most of them scullions and washerwomen,
whom he had ennobled and raised to the dig
nifty of ladies-in-waiting and amused himself
frequently with Gaming his entire household,
from the Empress down. In fact, whenever a
prince or princess tells tales out of school, as
sister of Frederick the Great-the Margra-
vine of Barioth-did some forty odd years ago,
or we get, by any means, a peep behind the
veil, judiciously interposed between the public
eye and the private history of absolute sover-
eigns, we invariably find that the objects OF
vulgar worship are as brutal, as violent, as ne
gIectful of all the usages and proprieties of de-
cent society in their palaces, as the most de-
based of their subjects in the wretched novels
to which misery has consigned them. Thus
do the extremes of vicious power and vicious
poverty meet on common level of abasement


Let us be thankful that our system of govern


ment exempts US from the curse of rulers to
whom vice is privileged, and that our social


system is but little infested with those dregs Of


humanity that seem inseparable from despot-


ism, and in fact its complement.
Year: 1862

A YOUNG lady who shows an admirers let
ters to his rival is not to be trusted. No girl
who is incapable of dishonesty would ever be
guilty of such q shameful trick. On the other
hand, no girl of spirit can ever be won by a
sulky or stupid fellow who will nope and poat
in the presence of gentlemanly and agreea-
bic rival, instead of behaving in . sensible and
pleasing manner.
Year: 1862

EMANCIPATION IN MISSOURI One Of the
most distinguished lawyers in Missouri has
written a private letter to Prof. Leiber, of
New York, giving cheering account of the
progress of the emancipation cause in Mis-
souri,. He says.


1t is a fact which think no one acquainted
with men and things will deny-and have
heard it of late repeatedly noticed--that tho
ablest, the most energetic and the most rising
men of the State, as a class, are either already
openly out for emancipation, or in sympathy
with it. In St. Louis, of course, it is far in
advance of its statas elsewhere; but public
opinion throughout the State is fast yielding
to the logic of facts, and many who two years
ago would have been furious at the thought,
now see and admit that it is our only saliva
ton. i can make no predictions as to time or
mode; but it is little to say that we are twenty
years nearer that blessed result than in 1860.
The Total Loss at the Richmond battles.


The following statement, which comes from
an official source, may be relied upon as per-
fectly correct enumeration of the Union losses
during the six days' battle before Richmond .
Year: 1862

ford for some -four, if the man Howe would
give me pass out of town l went over to
him, and he gave it. Then told William
and my family that 1 would go alone to Frank
ford for the flour, which greatly surprised
them and caused much remonstrance. But l
did go alone, and thee sees, friend, how much !
have since strayed beyond the mill"
Year: 1862

A young lady, in the State of New
York, was attacked by the small -pox.
She was gay and thoughtless, and had
been much admired for her comeliness
and beauty. When the disease made its
appearance, she became distressed at the
thought Of losing her beauty, and mani
tested her concern, by speaking frequently
of such a dreadful event. Her mother,
with deep soIicitude, seemed to sympa-
thize with the daughter in these fearful
apprehensions. They conversed on the
subject, and spoke of the probable intlu-
ence which the circumstance would have
upon the future prospects OF the unfortu


nate young lady. While dwelling in hel
mind on this gloomy picture, the messen.
ger of death suddenly and unexpectedly
stood be fore her, clothed in terrors. He
bade her silence her wicked complaining
and follow him and lay her beauty dowl
in the grave. There was no resisting the
mandate. She yielded almost instantly
to the stern command, and the worm:
reyeled on that beauteous brow she would
so sedulously have preserved. The soul
that seemed not to be thought of. NJ
care had been taken to preserve it pur,
and spotess, or to cleanse it in the foun


tain of Savour's blood. What an TN
slightly thing is beauty i'll the grase.
Year: 1862




A Camp Dennison correspondent of the
Cincinnati Times gives this sketch of the
life Of soldier;


Notwithstanding all that we hear
about the hardships incident to the life
lot a soldier, there are none who enjoy
themselves so much as the men. in the
ranks. They experience draw backs, it is
true, but who does not !?


They complain little of hard bread
and fat pork, but those who remain be-
hind are afflicted with dyspepsia, conse-
quent upon too high living. After sol
diei has been year Or two in camp, lie
seldom complains at any thing like the
sailor, he is fascinated with his strange,
wild life; and though he would gladly
leave the service, he would as gladly re-
turn in week. / met boy of sixteen
yesterday, who was connected with Col
Taylor's Fifth Ohio Cavalry at Shiloh,
and who got his discharge the day the
army entered Corintb, and who left swear
ing never TO return yet he was about
the first recruit under the last call of the
President.


&c remember him well during the siege
of Corinth how sick he was of the SER
vice yet he declared he was sorry he
left it before the boat showed of from,
Pittsburg Landing. A short time al
home, and he was away to the wars again.
But disposition to get out OF present
situation is not peculiar to the soldier,
who is there but imagines every one else
happier than himself?


&c 1t is not to be wondered at that the
new recruit nlanifests some dissatisfaction
An entire change in his mode of living
takes place with suddenness which star
ties him. He expects to be led into The
discipline by degrees, but he is not.


+" It is rather ludicrous to him to be
mustered in file to the first meal of which
he partakes after entering camp. But
when he returns from the war, ten to one
he will march his wife and children up to
the table, single file--perhaps on the
double quick to the music Of the boiling
teakettle.


"Those who have been in camp week
have learned to be merry; but it is on the
eve of battle that soldiers really enjoy
themselves. | witnessed more merrimeul
during the siege of Colinth, when the ar
my was behind the last parallel, and wher
a battle was expected momentarily. than
at any other period. If there is a time
when universal languor reisns, it is whel
there is prospect oil freInaining in state qa'
for a long period. -
Year: 1862

'' The last word" is the most danger


Gus of internal machines. Husband and


wife should no more fight to get it than


they would struggle for the possession of
a lighted bomb-shell. Keep an Epictetus
in your dining room, to read while wait
ing for the completion of your wife's
toilet. Married people should study each
others weak points, as skaters look out
for the weak parts Of the ice, in order to
keep off them. Ladies who marry for
love should remember that the union of
angels with woman has been forbidden
since the flood. The wife is the sun of
the social system Unless she attracts,
there is nothing to keep heavy bodies,
like husbands, from flying off into space.
Wives, be lenient to the marital cigar


The smoke always hides the most dis
agreeable part OF the battle. The wife
who would properly discharge her duties
must never have soul "above buttons
lhe HbeftleS OF the world have been Won
by mutual concessions. Let the husband
who would acquire the privilege of asking
friends to dinner without notice, reniem.
Der this when his wife hints at a new
bonnet. The wife's want is the husbands
opportunity. Notwithstanding the asser


ton of mathematicians, the marriage ring
is circle in which husband and wife
have the problem set of making all square


Don't trust too much to good temper
when you get into an argument. The
Indians produce FIRE by the rubbing o


the driest sticks. Sugar is the substance
most universally dlffused through al


natural products Let married peopl,
take hint from this provision of nature
Year: 1862

He who never forgets his old friends,
and cherishes his attachment for them as
warmly as ever, no matter how much
time, space or fortune have kept them
apart, is one of those rare beings with
whom Heaven has endowed the earth,
that society may not utterly ,wither,
through the influence of ingratitude, sell
fshness and incessant changes in life


AS you advance in life, make new ac-
quaintances, but never forget old friends


How much happier the human race would
be if they followed this advice; those
who parted. meeting after long absence
not with lessened interest in each other
as now, but as brothers meet brothers,
their affections more glowing than ever.
Year: 1862

DoN'r WRITE THERE" Don't write there"
said one to q lad, who Was writing with dis-
mond pin, On pane Or gIass IN the window OF
q hotel


why ?" said he.


Because you can't rub it out"


There are other things which men should not
do, because they cannot rub them out. A heart
10 aching for sympathy. and . cold, perhaps a
beartess word is spoken. The impression may
be more durable than that Of the diamond upon
glass. The inscription on the glass may be de-
stroyed BY the fracture of the glass, but the i'm
preston On the heart may last forever. On
many . mind and many heart there are sad in
scriptions. deeply engraved, which NO effort can
erase. We should BE- careful what We write on
the minds Of others.
Year: 1862

HoNE MUsIc.-We take it to be true, that
wherever you hear . good deal of music in a
house. that dwelling 10 tenanted BY happy
family" If you hear domestic going gleefuly
about her work, and tightening her labors with
q song. you take it for granted that she has
neither discontented temper nor scoldng
mistress. Girls that "don't like their places"
are far more likely to 60 moping and grumbling
about the house than to hum a pleasant ditty
or csrol q roundelay. Then if you hear the
"yOung ladies' of the house," rithout the accom-.
paniment of the piano, trilling popular air or a
merry catch, you may be sure they are light
hearted and happy, and as good as they are
cheerful. And what stronger proof of happiness
all around can there be than the evening social
concert, when old and young, male and female,
make melody with their voices as in their hearts,
Iu some houses the very purrng of a cat is mu-
sic, while the warbling Of canary bird is sweet
er far than the most dulcet of operate voices.
And the great recommendation of home music is
that it is cheap IS well as joy speaking and joy
inspiring.
Year: 1862

AMONG THE HosPIrALs.-If you wish to know
what you enjoy, take yourself to the soldiers
hospital, and talk with that boy of lost limb or
bloodless cheek. or 60 in and see upon that lit
tie bed in the corner, one who few months
since, was as happy ard healthy and of as high
hope as yourself, but who is just now pushing
out upon the stream over whose waters but one
voyage is made; or 90 further, and look upon
the relics in the knap.ack-room, Of men who will
walk no more upon the battlefield in proud ar
ray, nor be iDspirited ever more BY the shri


whistle Of the fife, nor walk in the early dawn
BY the beat of the drum. Or the sound of mus


kerry, or the thunder OF srtillery-whose form:
rest low aud STILL uncsncious of the breezes o.


spring, the laughable sunshine of the summer


or the vail Of the autumn and winter blsst. &c
to such q place, and come away better mar
than when you went in.-Rev. J. T. Mitchell
Year: 1862

Az old revolutionary patriot warns the people
against large standing armies in time of peace.
But viii not the rebels admit that standing ar
mics in time of peace are better than running
ones in time Of war
Year: 1862

A phonographic counterfeit Of FIVE dollar
Treasury notes has been detected at St. Louis.
The Democrat, which describes 1t as follows,
says ID Is well calculated to deceive:


Compared closely with the genuine bill It was
found to be about a sixteenth of an inch longer
and the paper bsrsher and sitter. The sigma
tures show more plainly on the back of the bill
than in the good money, and the shading OF
the engraving is heavier and darker. Other
defects would probably be disclosed on very
critical examination. II is likely these coun.
terfeits have obtained a wide circulation here
and elsewhere; and II will become necessary
for the people to be a little more careful in
handling "greenbacks" than they have hereto
fore been. 81
Year: 1862

Amongst the many accomplished Off
GERS who have been called into position
and surround the indetaticablo Post
Master General, none stands more prom
inent nor have gained more popularity
in the discharge of their varied duties
than Hon John A. kasson, first assist
ant in that department. He is blessed
with prepossessing appearance, polish
ed manners and gentlemanly demcanor,
and the courtesy with which he attends
to the innumerable, and to the casual OBJ
server, vcxatious applications and intru-
sions upon his time and patience, is the
subject of general remark. Ever at his
post, and possessed Of an extraordinary
ability for business, and a comprehensive
knowledge Of the complicated machinery
of Post Office affairs he is enabled to
dispatch business with degree Of ease
to himself which seems incredible. Few
men of his age can be found who could
fill his position and discharge its duties
with the same advantages to the Govern
ment He is withal an ardent Republi-
can and was amongst the most active in
the nomination of President Lincoln,
and his election He is, therefore as
might be expected, an enthusiastic sup
porter Of his Observation-Disclosures
missing in his hostility to traitors at home
and rebels in the field. The future Of
Mr.. kasson is full of promise He is
destined to FIJI larger space in the po,
litical arena, one which we hope will be
a wider field for his varied requirements
none which can, however, reflect more
credit upon him nor his capacity. But
we trust it will be less arduous and more
remuncrativc, c,-Neoa pa Journal.


A colored regiment is in active op,
Grafton at Hilton Head, and is not to be
disbanded. A company is detailed each
day to work on the pier in loading and
unloading vessels. They are progress
ing finely, and they show an eptitude fol-
military manouycrs that one would hard
ly expect to see.


Hon. B. +. Wade, the distinguish
ed Senator from Ohio, has son in oul
army before Richmond recently another
son, a school boy of sixteen years Of age
enlisted in the military service, under
late call of the President for additiona
troops.


Tue MULATTo EMANcIpATIoN.-Th
order of the Confederate government 70
the enrolment in the rebel army of al
mulattoes within the widest range Q
military age, creates no astonishment
The outcry against black soldiers is onl,
intended for US. The rebel. never make
point Of color in war, nor do they
always make it in love
Year: 1862

The undcrsi ,ncI committee made the
following report which, on motion, was
adopted :


We the committee on public buildings
haze examined the same and report as
follows: Found the Jail in need OF some
repair in door ia, tening; two Of the cells
have not sufficient bidding there is also
one hcdstcad wanting. There IS also
some repair necessary on the water con-
luctor on the north side Of the court
house. We would recommend that the
board make appropriations to meet the
expenses. We would also recommend
that the county clerk be authorized to
rent any vacant rooms i'll the ccnrt house
or any property belonging to Cedar conn-
tv. or under the control Of said county.
We do not recommend that there be a
eel! finished in the basement Of the court
house. All Of which is respectfully sub
mttcd.


r. RrTTEEFIELD.


s. r. HorGHToH,
Year: 1862

We have just obtained copy of the cartel
which has just been concluded between the
two billigerent Confederacies, for the exchange
of prisoners of war. We publish it for the
public information
Year: 1862

The appearance Of tho hill and woods sbclled by
General sges division attests the terrific shower Of
missiles that foil upon them. Walking over the ground
10 ediateIy after the fight Of the encmy and the pur


suit by our forces, found IL thickly strewn with dead
aud wounded most Of them having fallen by the deadly
artillery piojcctfes. Tree after tree shattered or
perforated by shot and she'll and many were filled with