smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

three thousand dollars, eve-y cent of
which you can recover


The astOnished lady could not speak for
some time but when she recovered from
her surprise, she could only express her
gratitude in tears; nay, more, she offered
US half the amount; bat we merely told
her that it pleased US more to have Justice
done her, and be instrumental in adding
to the happiness Of those VIC considered so
worthy as herself and husband.


When we left We promised to call on
her soon again, and in the meantime to
make arrangements for her to receive her
just dues from her unworthy uncle.


The old man demurred a little at first !;
but when he found he could wrong poor
orphan girl no longer, he paid the note
with interest-begging US not to expose
him.


Surah's hNS&ES>IS S-e:rsA1sed the farm on
Wbicb be resided. stocked it Eell. and is
now an Independent farmer. Two happi.
er souls it is difficult to find than Sarah
and her husband. MAY prosperity attend
them to the close Of life.


We often call at the farmhouse Of our
friends, and spend there MH.>1' r AsAppy
hour. 1t was but a week or two SiRcC
we saw them, and they seem as cheerful
and contented as it is possible for mortals
to be,
Year: 1862

generously paid. shall never forget your
kindness


do you wish to take the bureau awayp'


i have spoken to cartnsn Who will
call here in short time, and have it re.
moved out Of your way; for suppose YOU
will be glad to get rid of it,


Not ut all | am pleased that was in.
strunental Of little service to you, and
II ever you need assistance, shall always
be ready to render it,


i thank you, sir, with all my heart


AT this moment the man came for the
bureau, and bidding US good evening, the
young lady left the room.
Year: 1862

BEARING UP.-When the clouds lower
the most heavily, then it is time to bear
up the most strenuously. IL strength is
ever needed, it is then. BY provision Of
Nature. too, it is possible for one to put
forth such strength at the very time it is
chiefly in demand. Goldsmith writes in
one Of his pleasant essays that a man
should beware oi the very appearance of
poverty and trouble. if he would have help
from his friends; if they sec that he can
get along without them, they will stand
at his elbow with their aid; buti they find
him always in the dumps, waiting for 9th
erS to do for him, and unwilling to do for
himself because he is expecting help from
them, they are not the fools to put their
shoulders to his wheel to help him out.
That is what the time-worn phrase means
keep a stiff upper lip The people
pass these phrases around from hand to
hand, as they do smooth,iaced coins; and
they show what they are worth to the
mass by the wear they have received in
being transferred. Everybody knows how
much better it is to hold up than to be
cast down, let the weight Of the troubles
be what it may; would that each persons
temperament would permit him to prac-
ticc and carry out theory which he be-
lievcs to be so true. The hold fast dog
is better dog than any in the pack
Some fly to other occupations, fancying
them lighter than that which they have
been following; miserable miStake-therc
is no road in life that is not full of rocks
and rutS--none that does not jolt the wa
gon and continually threaten it with an
overturn. All we can do is to drive on
WHY ston and cry? The whole process
sion will pass by while VIC mop up our
tears, and we shall be left out Of any ac-
count anywhere.
Year: 1862

POLITICAL PREACuERs Hon Joel Park.
er, formerly Chief Justice Of New lamp
shire and now law Professor at Harvard
College, is very felicitous in the following
remarks on political preachers:


II need hardly say that respect and
reverence the clergyman who gives evidence
that he daily appreciates the high and holy
nature of his mission. And | do not deny
him the right at the proper time and in
tn proper manner, Of discussing importsus
political principles. But when clergy.
man assumes to know more of constitu-
tional law than those who have spent their
lives in the investigation of its principles,
he is apt to exhibit himself as an unmiti.
gated ass"
Year: 1862

We Must Fay.


1t is not in the order Of Providence that
such blessings as our imp, rial Constitution
has given should be assured to half a con
,inent, and to future centuries, without one
terrific season of strife and agony 1t could
not he rooted and Sanct.ied without one
mighty conflict, in which it's benefits should
be thoroughly realized, and the race receiv-
ing them should partly earn them.


Our first settlers fought with winter and
famine and sayages. to keep the seeds OF
liberty from being rooted up. They fought
with French and Indians, marching hun
"reds of miles through The unknown will
derne>s to conquer the right to their vast
frontiers. Eight years they stood the storm
of the revolution, seeing the land stripped
of riches to the very bed rock, that they
| might earn the right OF entering, as one
people, the path Of national experience and
greatness.


But what have we ever paid for the Con
Stitution, the most bcneticent parchment
ever dropped into the vii history of ti,en !?
Nothing in blood, in devotion, in hp-oic
suffering. Providence, having shown us in
>eventr-tive years of its blessings what il is
worth, and having just completed the area
and symmetry of the nation it is to rule,
calls on us to rally to it; to prove ourselves
worthy of it, and, through our fidelity. to
lift it into authority through all our Amer
ica for centuries t. come


We shall have to suffer more in it's behali,
and we must BE- ready to say that we will
If our prosperity was not now so great we
should be stronger Labor throughout the
North is now so well paid, that there is no
stimulus but patriotism no added incite-
ment of actual want to renew the wasted
army and swell its brigades The rebeliou>
States have nothing else to do than to fight
Their slaves till their farms, and so furnish
grain and meat. Their money is worth
less; Their trade with the world cut off :;
they have no employment for half their
white population but fighting, and drafting
sweeps them from idleness into resistance
to the beneticent charter which is rightiuly
sovereign over them If we could be smit,
ten by war half as severely as they are, we
should conquer. Perhaps Providence is
m"rcifully appointing that for us.-T Starr
Hing.
Year: 1862

Tue INNER MAN.-Our earthly lives may
waste and wear like the dropping sand
but the inner lie can never waste and
wear Time writes no wrinkles upon its
brow. 1t is no fieeting shadow, no vast
ing dream. 1t must remain unimpaired
until it reaches that beautiful land where
angels dwell, and rejoice forever in the
presence Of God.
Year: 1862

FTyHIS desirable mechanical arrangement has now
Il been in a sufficient length of time to show
that il gives entire satisfaction and actually Is the
more valued the more il is used.


This invention is a step in advance of all others in
the Spring Bed department embracing little more
of their eXcelrences and yet happily overcoming all
their defects. IL is flexible hair, and yet
peraye to bring itself into place with great facili
ty. 1t is adapted TO the invalid. the aged and old.
and all who linger in suffering and weakness. They
are made of good material warranted strong and du-
rable, and not liable to get out of order.
Year: 1862

FLOUR AND GRAIN IN STORE.


The following table shows the amount
Of Flour and Grain in store in this city on
the 12th day Of April, compared with that
of last wear Of the same date:
Year: 1862

The N. Y. World Republican)
quotes the following from President
Jefersons first Inaugural, as suita-


Bile text for the times.


/ The diffusion of information and the
Earraignment of all abuses at the bar of
public opinion; freedom of religion;
freedom Of the press; freedom Of person


ander the protection Of habeas corpus;


and trial by juries impartially selected
these principles form the bright con-
stellation which has gone before US, and


guided our steps through an age of rev.
olution and reformation. The wisdom
I of our sages and the blood of our he


roes have been devoted to their attain
ment. They should be the creed of our
political faith; the text of civil instruc-


tion, the touchstone by which to try the
services Of those we trust: and should
we wander from them in moments of
error or alarm let US hasten to retrace
our steps and regain the road which
alone leads to- peace, liberty and safety.
Year: 1862

Let then the aged woman be no longer


the object of contempt. She is helpless


as a child, but as child she may be
learning her last lesson from her Heav-
| tenly Father. Her feeble step is trem-
bling on the brink of the grave; but her


hopes may be finally planted on the bet
ter shore, which lies beyond. Her eye
is dim with suffering and tears; but her
spiritual vision mag be contemplating
the gradual unfolding of the gates OF
eternal rest. Beauty has faded from


her form; but angels in the world of
light may be weaving wreath of glory


for her. Her lip is silent, but may be


only waiting to pour forth celestial


strains of gratitude and praise. Lonely


and fallen and sad, she sits among the
living; but exalted, purified and happy,
she may arise from the dead Then run
if you will from the aged woman in her
| loneliness, but remember she is not for
saken of her God!
Year: 1862


Only waiting till the shadows
Area little longer grown;
Only waiting till the glimlner
Of.the days last beam is flown;
Till the night Of earth is faded
fsem the heart, once full of day,
TIL the stars of heaven are breaking
Through twilight aoft and gray.
- - ~ Sses's'
Only waiting till the feapers
Have the last sheaf gathered home;
For the summer time has faded,
And the autumn winds have come;
Quickly, reapers-gather quickly
The last ripe hours of my heart
For the bloom of life is withered,
And hasten to depart.
Only waiting till the angels
Open wide the mystic gate,
At whose feet l long have fingered,
Weary, poor and desolate.
Even now l hear the footsteps,
And their voices far away;
If they cali me I am willing,


Only waiting to obey.
Only waiting till the shadows
Are little longer grown;
Only waiting till the glimmer
Of the days last beam is flown.
Then from out the gathered darkness,
Holy, deathless stars shall rise,
By whose light my soul shall gladly
Tread its pathway ~ the skies.
Year: 1862




There can be no greater blessing than
to be born in the light and air of a
cheerful and loving home.- 1t not only
insures happy childhood-if there be
health and good constitution-but it
also makes sure virtuous and happy
manhood, and a fresh young heart in
old age. I think it every parent duty
to try to make their ehildren's child
hood full of love and childhood's proper
joyousness; and 1 never see children
destitute Of them through the poverty,
faulty tempers, or wrong notions of their
parents, without heart ache. Not that
all the appliances which wealth can buy
are necessary to the free and happy un-
folding OF childhood in body, mind and
heart-auite otherwise, God be thanked:
but children must at least have love in
side-otherwise young life runs the
greatest danger in the world of wither-
ing, or growing stunted, or sour and
wrong, or at best prematurely old, and
turned inward on itself
Year: 1862

Let us not pass an opinion too hastily,
ON the actions Of others. It is better
not to judge man too harshly. If we
must err it is better to err on mercy 8
side. Better that ten deadly inj uries
should go unrevenged than one inne-
tcent person should be made to suffer.


We can never accurately judge of a
mans heart by his outward conduct
because we cannot place ourselves pre-
cisely in his situation, to look upon life
and it's affairs with his own particular
estimate. We can never be surrounded
with the same influences that surround
him, OF be acted upon by the identical
impulses which act upon him. We can
not see life from his individual stand
point, and therefore we do not know
but that if we were placed in his cir
eumstance we should do even as he has
done.


Let US, therefore, be charitable one
to another, for we know not how soon
ourselves, may require charity and for
giveness at the hand of our neighbor.
Year: 1862

Some feelings are to mortals given,
With less of earth in them than heaven;
And if there be human tear
From passions dross refined and clear,
A tear so 1impid and so meek
1t would not stain an angels check
'Tis that which pious fathers shed
Upon a duteous daughters head


Lady Of the Lake.
Year: 1862

demonstrates beyond all possibility Of
doubt that he is no, qualified for Pro-
bate Judge or any other Office where
records are to be Kept.


There may be other Offices the duties
Of which he could discharge. but Ger
sainly they must not be those of record.


We do not make these remarks out
of good or ill-wili to either of the gen.
tlemen named. but simply to direct az
tention 10 very important subject. to
which this little scrap of history fur
nishes = good introduction.


No man can properly appreciate the
scored right Of suffrage. or faithfully
discharge his duty as voter. who trifles
with that right, or carelessly and un-
thinkingly deposits his ballot in the box.
He is voting to bless or injure his ccun-
try. as he shall elect good or bad men
to Office. He should calmly. candidly
and conscientiously consider what he is
doing. how his act will affect his coun-
try, and to what extent he is RESPONSE
bIe to that country for his acts. If he
goes rashly. thouyhtlessly to the polls,
or to make jest Of the right he has TO
do so. which cost the blood and treasure
Of our Fathers. and the privation and
tears Of our Mothers. he is an anw or,hy
citizen Of this free Republic. and it is
more than probable his exercise of the
right which cost SO much 10 secure. will
prove . bane instead of blessing to
his country. Will not our readers seri-
ously ponder this subject in all its bear
ings. and be more than ever careful to
rote for their country and her best inter
ests. aud not idly or to crafty some
personal pique or selfish purpose? In
lelligent aud rejecting voters are sadly
needed all over the country. and have
been for years.


Look at the rebellion. It was tho't.
less, par,ixan and selfish voting that
brought i, upon the country. Especially
was this the case at the South where
ignorance prevails and in those portions
Of the North where large numbers could
not read or write their own names


This is subject Of deep Importance
and vial concern, but one which is too
much neglected.
Year: 1862

LATE FROM BowL1se GREES.- Says
the Memphis Aealanede Of Wednesday:


We learn from a. friend just from
Bowling Green that matters are quiet
there just now; that large amount OF
provisions had arrived and was stored
in that city for army purposes; that
the large number Of Federals which had
crossed Green river bad been driven
back by Gen. Hindman; that all the
produce, houses and mil,s north of
Bowling Green had been destroyed, so
that the Yanke could find no shelter
and no feed; that the roads had been
plowed up, and trees felled across them
to stay the advance of the Yankee; and
that sixty days would not elapse before
teu thousand good and true Southern
men would rise up in the. rear Of the
Yankee army and fight their way
through to General Buckenr
Year: 1862


society something better than sham
and men something more reliable than
experience has taugiltshim to believe.
Let the young man fight the battle OF
life with courage and skill and the old
man console himself with the reflection
that


There is calm for those who weep fsla
A rest for airy. pilgrims found j. q. asna
And while the moudering ashes sleep q


Low in the gr und,
The soul, OF origin divine, Il. i
Gods glorious image, freed from clay,
In Heavens eternal sphere shall shine


A star of day !r' n
Year: 1862

was nothing more than q, mere raid OF the Con
federates. The Morning Post denounces in
bitter terms, the proclamation Of Butler IN re-
lation to the ladies of Now Orleans, and thinks
that the government is bound to recall and
court martial him It says such an act as this,
if not promptly aisavowed, Will soon turn the
scale finally and decisively in favor Of the cause
Of the Confederacy.


LATEST The Paris Patrie gives rumor Of
an approaching negotiation TOR joint offer Of
France and England to act as a mediator IN
American affairs


The London Times editorialy approves Of
the plan Of mediation, and says that Europe
ought not to look calmly on the impending
struggle and if the offer Of mediation be de-
layed, the more important question, that OF
negotiation with the Southern Confederacy
may have to be considered


The Iimes' advocacy Of a mediation had
no effect whatever upon the Liverpool cotton
market.


CoMMEHCIAL-LIvER June l2.--Cotton
firm and unchanged. Flour steady Wheat
firm, with an upward tendency Corn quiet,
steady and unchaged. Provisions very dull
Consols 9l2M:9ls. American securities steady
but unchanged
Year: 1862

odi they would make the start and say
TO their comrades, come, am going to
do my part toward ending this war, I
have now stnid at home TOO long, and
let other men from other States that is
as good as am, protect mo and mine.
This war has to be fought ont and We
are the men to do our part. We must
and will go, should be their cry, But
Mr., Editor, is that the cry to day in Ma,
son county? / think not, Wait until
the evening shades hll upon your quiet
village, and then make your appearance
on the street and watch the bold and
well timed step of two or three of the IA
vonle Home Guards, as they pass the
windows where are seated some of the
fair sex You see them dolf their mill
tsry cap and pass along, never dreaming
who they owe for their privileges and
caring less, SO they ere allowed to loaf
around he streets aud public Places
For M part, am nothing more than a
private in this war, but | would love to
have the opportunity to drill a few Of the
Home Guards, these long aud hot days
with KhaP5ack with so lbs weight on
their backs. ItupPaafs to me tha. we
might make soldiers out Of them in the
course Of .imo, it we had fair opporm-
nifty There is Just one way to settle
this difficulty, and that is TO bring out
these Home Guards,-lot them guard
roads and hold positionsin the rear OF
the army, and let Us who have been 10
the service for the last twelve or fifteen
months and let our leaders push US for.
ward. We will DO the fighting. We
don't ask raw.recruits to fight, but we
would like to see them show disposi-
uon to do something Tor themselves, for
their State, orlor their country Now,
men Of Mason County, you know that
you will either have to go as volunteer
or draft, just one of the two. In few
dsys yoa viii have no choice, SO you that
ME men and arc worthy Of the name aud
want 10 serve your country, project your
homes. your friop,!s and Yourself if you
wish to get iu good cavalry company
you can do SO, by rOportins Soursslyss
a. sommerviile to any of the officers 10
|, end Va. Vol. Cavalry, and
wo will take you in. We have a good
set of officers and men who have been
tried aud found efficient


Your Obedient Servant,


SPENCER SSULCER.
Year: 1862

wAsniSoroS, August eS.-FifIeon
presses are kept busy night and day at
tho Government printing office, printing
the tax bill blanks, and new presses are
being put in today to rush the work for.
ward still more rapidly. The mails arc
also going out loaded down with blanks
for the officers already appointed, Every
effort is being madeto be ready to put
the law in force by tho LIST of seP'em'
ber,
Year: 1862

that all our citizens who have any regard for
the public health, morality and pleasure will
keep an eye upon the attempts Of the managers
of our municipal Rings to get possession Of
the Centra! Park. Every man, woman or child
who has enjoyed or expects to enjoy the bene-
fits Of that Park is interested in keeping 1t out
Of the hands of rowdies and panderers to row.
dies. No doubt tho honorable members of the
Rings" would manage TO find gold mine
somewhere in the Park, from which they might
fill their own pockets at the expense Of other
peoples; but if any one wants to zee how .
Park is cared for under municipal control, let
him look at tho City Hall Park or the triangle
at the Five Points.
Year: 1862

'THE CORPORATION PRINrINa.-Let the people
remember that the money now spent in Corpo
ration printing is mostly bestowed upon news
papers which conceal rather than publish the
Corporation advertisements; that Our democra-
tic municipal Office holders use a large part Of
the patronage of the city government to sus-
tan the rad.ca, republican papers, and that
this misusage OF the public moneys is intended
evidently as bribe for future or hushmoRey
for present concealnenta of rogueries We
hope and expect better things Of the new city
officials, who come into power on the LIST Of
January next; and if thorough, honest reform
is begun in this city il may be soon extended
throughout the whole nation.
Year: 1862

in view Of the political bearing Of such facts
that the Emperor is persisting in his offers Of
mediation in American affairs He is desirous,
doubtless, Of convincing his people that he Is
doing all that lies in his power to put an end
90 the present unfortunate state OF things.
Otherwise there could be no object in his per-
severance in course in which he stands isola-
ted, and which, if followed out to its logioai
consequences, must involve him in overwhelm
ing difficulties.
Year: 1862

example Of General Jackson In new CRbinet,
including, especially, the Treasury, ths War
and the Navy departmental in addition to the
Department Of State.


AS for Mr.. Secretary Seward, II will. by the
impartial historian Of these times, be said Of
him that he stood in the criminal Cabinet of
President Lincoln--as General Cass stood in
that Of Mr.. buchanan and Us Secretary Marcy
stood in that of poor Pierce-a lead and
shoulders above his fellows, and the master
mind of the administration. Rut more
than this will he said Of the present
retiring Secretary of State. 1t will be said Of
him that, coming into this office witA the ante
cedents of the most ultra of Northern radicals,
lie proved himself model of conservative
statesmanship. not only in regard to our deli
cate foreign relations, but in every contingency
in which his official voice or Individual views
were called for touching the domestic policy Of
the government and the prosecution of the
war; 1t will be said Of him that, reso!utcly
casting aside all considerations of personal
ambition and part san schemes, he devoted his
energies as Secretary Of State TO secure the
harmony of the Cabinet the success OF the ad-
mnistration and the prosecution of the war
not for the Jack-o'-lantern OF negro emancipa-
ton, Unicn or no Union bu: for the restoration
of the Union


We know tlat ii has been fer some time the
desire of Mr.. Seward TO retire from Cabinet
in which Presidential intrigues and cross pur-
poses, and blunders and corruptions, rule the
hour. We know that il will be a welcome re-
lief to him TO escape such company; but who
ia to take his place President Lincoln would
retain him at all hazards, we believe, if he
would only consent to reconsider his resigna-
ton. But we az prehend that it is too late for
this; and SO the momentous question still re-
ours, who is to take the place Of Mr.. Seward
In the Cabinet IF il Shall prove 70 be sound
and able conservative, then we may anticipate
some other encouraging step in the same di-
rection; but if radical Of the Sumner, Wade
or Wilson stamp is to be installed in the State
Department, without any compromising Cabinet
change in favor of the other side, then we may
anticipate the transmission OF this war as Pre-
sident Lincoln's legacy to his successor in Office
The issue is with Mr. Lincoln, and we still hope
for the best.