smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

SELLING OFF


- AT COST!


In order to decrease my stock have determined
20 close out the balance of my SUMMER CLOTH
ING at cost. All in want Of Summer Clothing are
respectfully invited to call at No. 46O Seventh ST.
opposite Post Qfice, and the great reduction in
summer Ctothlng. jy 12-lm
Year: 1860

l II you wish aonh your wife with elegant display
DE- signs fashions fail copy
Of Mime DEMORESI'S Report Of the Winter Fashions Sold
everywhere at only 5 cents


SINGLE GENTLEMEN,
II you wish TO lay in of entertaining and useful informs
ion for your feminine friend do fail procure copy Of
Nine DEMOktS SIS iustrated Report Of the Winter Fash
IONS Just published and for sale everywhere only


OLD BACHELORS,
II wish know favorable impression the
ladies your acquaintance please them better than you
possibly could In any other way by presenting copy Of
Nine DEMORESqS elegantly Illustrated Report Of the Fash.
ious Sold every " here a only cents.
Year: 1860

4 KIND WoRp.--Readsr. have you ever
paused TO consider the importance of a
kind word. OF the magnitude of good or
evil that may flow from simple act?-'
Think for a moment of the possibilities
that lie eufolded in the nature of every
man, ahd which only need little genial
sympathy and encouragement-a kind
word to develop into splendid results. In
view of this great truth, then, it behoves
us all to take heed how We withhold kind
word or refrain from generous act. We
all know the nature Of kind word we
h4ve all felt the need Of it at some period
of our lives, and ali may feel the need Of
it sgain. Lot us, then, not be chary Of
our kindness to others lest God be chary
of his love tc US.
Year: 1860

EVThe Chicago Zouaves have created
a sensation in New York City. The pa
pers are enthusiastic in praises OF their
drill and perfect training. The Times
thinks the heavy drill Of the New York
military must eventually give way to the
more light and mordern tactics inaugurA
ted by the Zousves.
Year: 1860

When the first elephant came out to
this country and went the rounds down
East, he was q wonder indeed. The keep
used to take him from town to town in
the night, and put him in farmers barns,
an agent riding on ahead to secure GUAR
ters. One night the agent engaged a
barn yard for the accommodation of the
enormous brute, and having done so, re-
quested the worthy agriculturist to secure
bull of his, until then master of the yard.


''Look out for your bull, squire %


"Looh out for yoau ELEPHANT" retorted
the squire. in huge disdain. "My bull is
mighty peart, tell you, and I wouldn' t
advise no elephant to come too nigh to him. -


In due time the elephant appeared
The bull was wide awake: he showed a
firm front to the intruder, and stood, with
glaring eye and lowering front, believing
defiance. But not liking to charge in front,
he made an echelon movement, and screw
ing up his tail and bis courage made a
headlong charge in flank. But the big
brute of India had kept his little twinkling
eye on him, and just in time to save him
self, with one wallop of his vigorous trunk
he laid the 'lord of lowing herds pros
trate on dung hill.


The next day thousand pounds of
tough bull beef werc offered in the mar
kets, and the squire was satisfied with see
ing the elephant.
Year: 1860

A TOILET IN A GILLIAN VALLEY
While I was sitting on a skeleton of a
horses head writing by the blaze of the
fire, I saw two girls dressing for ball
They were standing near stream of wa
ter which was stunning at the back of the
hut. After washing their faces with their
hands and drying them with the lower hem
Of their garment, they put on their gowns
and then, twisting up their hair in a simple,
pretty way, they picked, by the light of the
moon, some yellow flowers which were
growing near them. These they put fresh
into their hair, and when this simple toi-
let was completed, they looked as interest
ing as if ''the carriage was to have called
for them at eleven o'clock.-1roueZs IN
GHiH,
Year: 1860

The EEGL1sa RIFLE MoYEMEyT.--The vol
unteer or rife corps movement has spread its
ramifcations into every little town and vii.
lage of England. There are now enrolled
nearly two hundred thousand, and before two
years they expect to number half q million.
Every one seems imbued with the importance
of this movement against invasion, from the
Queen to the humble subject in the realm.
The volunteers comprise in their ranks the
best of the young men that can be found. Ii
is talked of in English circles to invite the
New York Seventh Regiment of volunteers
to visit England next spring, and go into
camp with a dozen regiments of British rife
men, and compete with them in proficiency
of drill. There is little doubt that the gal.
liant Seventh would accept the invitation
They could make arrangements with some oi
the steamships for a trip out and back at q
reduced price. Such visit would benefit the
volunteer systems OF both nations.
Year: 1860

eIhe following poem BY Bulwer-a bitter satire on
heSIenesss supposed to paint his own experience \
Midnight past Not sound of aught


Through the silent house the wind at his nravars
sat by the dying fire and thought
OF the dear dead woman up stairs
Year: 1860

The summer moon is wandering slow Along the azure path of night, And one by one the stars come forth, To revel in the golden light; And every leaf, and bud, and flower,

 Is futtering like wounded dove, And the soft air is tremulous,

 With sweet murmuring sound of love. On such an eve, long, long ago,

 We stood beneath summer sky. And with the glorious hope of youth

 Our hearts were beating wild and high; The past had been rosy dream,

 That scarcely knew moments blight We thought the future would be crowned With gems more beautiful and bright Oh it was in those golden days

 When love was young, and hope was high We sat upon the moss-grown rock,

 Beneath the crimson sunset sky. And watched the wild waves kiss the beach And the pale moonlight kiss the sea; And stars came down to daily with

 The pearly waves in chiltllike glee. Oh! it WAS long ago. and yet

 The memory of the sunny past Steals OCT my list!ess, dreaming soul. Like some rose-scented twilight blast. Sweet in the winds enamoring kiss

 On beauty's marble sculptured brow; The memory of those golden days

 Are fitting round my spirit now. We sat together till the moon

 Had dipped its chalice in the sea; And planned each bright and glorious dream Of what our future lives might be. And then We parted-you to brave

 The splendid, dizzy heights of fame; For, oh We dreamed its lightning flash Might sometime quiver round your name. And it is so marble form

 That seems a breathing thing of life, Has made thy name glorious star

 That shines above flames mad ming strife Around thy brow the laurels twine,

 In pride nation shouts thy name; But, oh that early dream of love,

 Was sweeter than this need of fame. Oh. down beside the moss-grown rock Again we, lingering, muse once more; And memory sweetly wanders back

 To those bright golden days of yore. And still the same wild dream of love Is burning faithful in each heart; Oh souls that thus have blenN in one, Not even death can ever part!
Year: 1860

ELIZABETH LANGLEY OFFERS FOR SALE
II half of the lot which she resides The ground is
handsomely situated for a small family residence and has
the advantage of two Streets Hargett the south and
Person the east ANY wishing to purchase can be
informed of the terms by calling at the Standard office


February 16, 1850 H-tE
Year: 1860

EDITOR JoURNAL:-I thank you for SEN
ding me the JOURNAL. 1t is just what 1
wanted TO meet the foes of freedom WITH
The reasons why l like your paper is be-
cause you have always been faithful to the
cause of freedom, justice and humanity
Those principles are what my grandfather,
John Cooley, fought for at the battle of
Lexington, and my great grand father, Og-
den, took his pitchfork at the age of "a
years and faced Gen. Burgoyne and his whole
army and fought like man of youth, that
he might hand down to his great grand
sons, and their posterity after them, a land
of fliberty and equal rights. like it be-
cause it opposes men selling their own chill
dren into slavery, like VIM. Wright, of
East Liberty, Ohio, a democrat in the
bounds of my circuit, who took bis own
children, mulato boys, back to Virginia, aud
sold them. He was the man that pointed
my finger at, and told him that many a
man would sell his own wife and children,
but would not wish to be slaves themselves.
He then told me if he had me down south
he would shoot me. / replied that the law
was all he WAS afraid Of, and promised him,
God being my helper, would preach the
truth if he should shoot me in the first at
tempt. The JOURNAL is welcome visitor
because it upholds religion, temperance and
sound morality, and inculcates reverance
for truth and honesty in all things-in pol
itics as we'll as in the common affairs oflife
These are the principles in which l wish tc
live and die, and by them l hope to b.
saved when Christ, who is no respector o
persons or color, comes to Judge the
world.


May the cause of freedom, and free grace
prosper till all men shall be made free
and our nation stand forth redeemed Of he
national sins, and be the pride and glory o
all the nations Of the earth, and all of ou
rulers, both political and ecclesiastical, rul,
ia righteousness with an eye TO the glory o
God, and the bests interests of all men.


Respectfully yours,


PELEG COOLEY,


Wesleyan Elder.
Year: 1860

conscientious scruples against Witnessing
such feats, and furthermore, his performan-
ces have already been described by ADLER
pens than mine. Suffice it to say that he
fully equaled Prof. Solomon in his tight
rope walking the other day in Fremont,
for which splendid performance I under
stand he received from the gushing liberal
ity of his audience the vast sum of five
dollars, which is an astonishing amount,
surely, when We consider that between three
and ten thousand persons were present.


After Blondin's exhibition closed, we
rode back to our hotel, and dismissed our
guide. We had eaten ono meal rather
cold and poor at that, and when I went to
settle my bill was very afFably informed
that couldn't pay more than three dollars.
Very reasonable, 1 thought, and hurried
aboard the cars for Buffalo. My wife and
myself had been at the mighty cataract, q
don't mean the hotel so named) and in the
neighborhood, from Il A. NJ, to P. NJ, Of
the same day, and been generously re-
lieyed (not by any pocket-picking operation
at least by none in violation of statute
law of only ten dollars. In consideration
of this tremendous experience, don't you
wonder, Mr.. Editor, that anybody should
try to dissuade me from writing notes Of
travel? / did, and furthermore think no
body will deem me unqualified to give
those who purpose visiting the "big dam," q
little important advice. And will, in this
wise:


All who are determined to go, should
stay at home; but if they will 90, and must
take their wife, let her stay at home; and
if she insists on going, take along bushe
Of crackers, herring and cheese to appeasC
your appetite-you can get plenty of water
at the Falls; if she says you must board al
the International or the Cataract insist or
sleeping on an Indian blanket in the woods
of Goat Island, or in Turpin Tower, if
however, she must lodge at the hotel, make
her walk to all the places of interest; bu
if she is determined to ride, let it be in 1
wheelbarow; if that does not suit land very
likely it won't) procure a hack or bus, sh
will doubtless prefer the latter; in fine,
she will have her own way, let her, and pa,
the necessary expense without a grumble-
buy everything that is offered for sale, pa,
as much as is asked, get away as soon a
you can, and put your conjugal foot dow
that nothing will tempt you to revisit tn
Ni-hag- harry F-halls. Do this and than
for his disinterested advice, VIAToR.
Year: 1860


My home is in the valley
Where the gentle breezes come,
Far, far away from the busy strife
Is my Green Valley Home.
love to hear at close of day


The brooklets gentle hum;
And see it slowly wend its way
By my Valley Home.
'Tis sweet to hear the merry songs
When gentle sprlng has come,
OF birds that sing in joyous throngs,
Around my Valley Home.
love the bright and gorgeous flowers
Which in the vallies bloom;
But sweeter far are those that grow
Around my Valley Home.
Beauteous is the bright moon light
Which IN the evening spreads
Her silver mantle Ger
My sweet Green Valley Home.
And should from thee ever stray
Midst other scenes to roam
Ny thoughts will wander back with joy
To my Green Valley Home.


BLANCHE BERNARD.
Green Valley, 1850.
Year: 1860

which be could become SO was by going
into the niger interest. They told us
that Slavery could not 90 into any of the
Territories 1t had made desperate ef-
fort to 60 into Kansas. and only by the
most extraordinary sacrifice and efforts
was Kansas saved to Freedom. Ought
not Kansas to be permitted to come into
the Union and what should be said of
the attempt to bribe the people of Kan
sas with 100000 of acres of land to
come in under the Lecompton Constitution?
There was territory west of Arkansas in
to which slavery would 20 if not prevent
ed. When Douglas organized the Terri
tory of Kansas he made its southern line
the parallel of 81 deg. instead of 36 deg.
30 min, in order to add 80 miles to the
Indian territory, which he was sure would
be Slave State. 1t should be our work
to redeem this territory to Freedom
ears ago Congress increased the State
of Missouri, by five counties out of the
territory consecrated by the Missouri
Compromise. Now he was for white men
aud women in the Territories. He went
for consecrating the Territories of the u
Dited States to the white race; he was for
white wives and white daug ghters. He
would call the Democracy the Negro
Democracy. and in fact there was so u uch
fusion and confusion about it that it ought
to be called the Mulatto Democracy
[ Loud laughter and applause. He would
have the black man in the tropics, for
which he was made. This would be easy
to do when the South asked US to help
them do it. If be were down South, he
would vote for John Bell as the blow a.
gainst the Negro Democracy-in fact, for
just the same reason for which he would
vote for Abraham Lincoln here. Mr..
Smith alluded to the remark of Mr.. Sew
ard that Slavery could not 60 into the
Territories unless the African slave-trade
were re- e-opened He did not believe in
this. The more area given to slavery the
more slaves there would be a century
hence. But it was not merely question
whether weswould permit Slavery to con-
tinue to be the motive power OF the Gov
ernment. Why did those thirteen Whig
Senators vote for measure in which they
did not believed Because they wers bid
den to do it by the slave power. He was
for having and end of this control. He
did not mean to make an attack on the
people of the South. Had they not read
the speech of Winter Davis Throe
cheers for Winter Davis. Could We con.
ceee of the necessity of an armed police
throug bout the country herei No, but
it vas necessary in the South. The slave
holders constituted but very small pro-
portion of voters; the great mass OF the
Southern voters lived in og-cabins and
hunted wood -chucks, and they had been
persuaded that the Republicans wanted
to free all the negroes and make them
their equals. They were told that the
whole North were full of John Browns.
They howled down the real statesmen ot
the South by their lies about the North
He was for a Union with the patriots oi
the South, end be was sure that it would
be secured under the Presidency of Abra
ham Lincoln. Great spplause.)


The meeting adjourned at late hour
with three cheers for Lincoln and Ham
lin.
Year: 1860

A writer in the Homestead has great
faith in the efficacy of peck of onions
for Kidding cows or oxen OF lice. He
claims TO have found them an infallible
remedy in bis practice. They also give
tone to the stomach, and are especially
yslusble in hot weather, when working
cattle will lie in the shade at noontime,
and refuse to eat
Year: 1860

People have left the Territory by hun
dreds, and it nay be said by thousands
some going to Iowa and Illinois to win
ter and others not Intending TO return
They have left iu consequence Of the
drought aud impending famine
Year: 1860

The Contest.

 Only three more working days remain before the election.

 We hope every Republican voter in this coul,- ty is impressed with the importance of the con- test and the magnitude of it's results. Its inn portance extends far higher and deeper and wider than mere local contest. The anxiety and the interest is not confined to this State alone, deep and wide as it is. The eyes of all New England, of New York, of the great North West, are upon us.

 WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING ron?-For the glori- ous principles of our fathers of humanity, of re- ligion for lands for the landess! for freedom ot the territories from the curse greater than the curse on Cain, than the famine and pestilence of former nations than the fire and the sword in these later years, against the curse, that once en- tailed, is lasting! for the final fiat upon the dia- bolical system of human servitude

 In this nineteenth century of the Christian era, in this year of Christianity eighteen hundred and sixty, in this eightyfourth year of our boast ed American freedom, this battle between free dom and slavery eliminates. Shall CONNECTICUT battalions be the first to falter? Shall New England's solid phalanx be broken? NEW HAMPSHIRE answered NO and answered in trumpet tones Shall we answer back in feeble, faltering voice? No! No thousand times NO! The smoke shall not be cleared from the contest of next Monday, before the shout of vic tory shall ring throughout the land and from the granite hills which have not yet ceased echoing with the notes of triumph, to the peaks which rise in the far West as if to catch the sound, shall leap the live thunder of victory, and pro- claim the welcome word that CONNECTICUT HAS DECLARED FOR FREEDOM!

 For this glorious end, for this overhanging vic tory, we beg of every Republican in the county to uork rhile Me day lasls The other side are working every available means, they are working with the desperation of men already defeated but unwilling and ashamed to fly. Money is being poured in by rivers from outside the State to carry this election in their favor. New York merchants are made to bleed-bleed-b bleed, to retain their Southern custom, and Southern mas ters-who buy and sell them far more effectually than they do their negroes, for they buy and sell body and soul

 More money has been sent into this State this spring, and will be USED by the Democrats, than has been spent here, since the time when blessed Bill Bishop" was sent hence to Washington with seventeen plurality.

 Thank heaven, people of this county are not bought and sold like cattle. Intelligence, hon. esty, dignity, teN, after all!

 Let us then be up and doing Let us work even against money, against influence, against the quivering lash of Southern masters, if we must, and if we DARE! Every man to his post and his post the Ballotbox! FOR FREEDOM! is our watchword, LIBERTY! our rallying cry, THE UNION our song of victory!
Year: 1860

For the Litchfeld Enquirer. TO THE DEMOCRATS OF LTTCHFIELD. understand that the Democratic Probate Con- vention for the Litchfeld district, on Saturday last nominated John E. sedgwick as the Demo cratic candidate for Probate Judge. I do not suppose that any one can be at loss to know how through whose influence such nomi. nation was brought about-and the purpose to be accomplished by it. At a glance, everybody must understand that John E. Sedgwick is being used as mere cat's-paw for the purpose of grati flying the malignant hate of one upon whom the democratic patty of Ltchfield and vicinity look with unutterable loathing and contempt. And are Democrats to vote this ticket? Are we to vote for Republcan--in preference to Demo- crat? If We are, in Gods name let us make our own selection-such selection as the wants of 1 the Probate district demand. Have we no Demo crat in the party? Has it come to this that we must take 8 Republican, or all events, if a Democrat. one whose democracy is not old enough to approach the baptismal font? and one also who has been put in nomination, not be- cause he has any sympathy with the Democrats, but because of a political hatred to certain Re publican nominees.

 ask again then, if Democrats are to support this nomination. Before 1 will do it, I will sup port CHARLES ADAMS.

 Democrats must throw aside their own party. and put forward this miscral le nomination mere- y for the purpose of gratifying the fendish spirit of one or two men, who are destitute of moral influence in or out of the party.

 For one shall not support Mir. Sedgwick.

 A DEMOCRAT.
Year: 1860

TTON-XVTH DISTRICT.

 Tke Republican Convention for the Xvth Senatorial district, was held at Wolcottv;,le on Saturday last. The action of the convention cannot but be satisfactory to the Republicans of the district. The selection of Judge Goodwin, as the Republican candidate to represent the dis, trict in the State senate, was, we believe wise and judicious selection, and we cannot but look upon it with pride-honest, sincere, and heart felt pride-a feeling which, we are very confident the Republicans of the district will heartily acquiesce in; and acquiescing in it, will support him ac- eerdingly. We have presented for our support a man of the sternest integrity of character and purpose, an ardent lover of right, truth and jus tice, from the support and maintenance of which no temptation, no inducement can swerve him. He is strong and a decided advocate of the principles of the Republican party, man of much experience, of keen penetration, of sound judgment, in word, man in every way worthy to represent the district in the State senate Can the Republicans of the district do themselves greater honor than by supporting him with zeal and alacrity? The times demand this of us. Every consideration of duty demands it-duty to the cause in which we are engaged-the hopeful anticipations of the future-the desire to dissi- pate error the spreading of the great cause of human liberty-all conspire to demand our SUD- port. He is known to be man of sound prin- ciples-none can dispute that-and the wants and the interests of the district will be safe in his hands. These interests he will not desert Principles he will not sell Money will not in auence him from right and duty-and the cor. rupt will not dare to approach him. His cleo. tion will give dignity to the senate, and the Re publicans of the district rejoice in the thought reflected therefrom. Let us then come up to his support with strong faith Tn the integrity and character of the man. A United States Senator is to be chosen by the next legislature. We want a man to reflect our views and sentiments. Judge Goodwin will do it-do it earnestly promptly and ehectually. REPUBLICAN.
Year: 1860

JOHN HoPsoS is the candidate for Senator against Pliny Barton.

 Voters, you have your choice? Which will you have? One votes in the Senate to send back La Fayette s. Foster to the United States Senate. The other will vote to break the phalanx of New England and put an apologist for SLAVERY in the Senate Chamber.

 KENT will roll up an immense majority for her popular son. Will every town in this district do likewise?
Year: 1860

The Eureka Lake Ditch Co., have laid out
a town site on piece of land owned by them
at Arnods ranch about seven miles from
san Juan up the Middle Yuha ridge, facing
Humbug Canon and surrounded by some OF
the finest scenery in the mountains. The EN-
bryo town is christened by the ambitious
title of Lake City, The company sell lots at
a merely nominal rate, and say they will ap
ply the proceeds to public Improvements
such as laying out park and garden. Sew
eral houses are already built, and occupied
as dwellings shops aud hotels.
Year: 1860

The Missouri Legislature paid no attention
to the proclamation of Governor Stewart,
calling another extra session. The proclama-
ton did not have the seal of the State, or the
certificate OF the Secretary. Even had it
been in proper form, it is said that the Leg
stature would not have noticed it.