smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

outside of the clear requirements of the
constitution, whose authority the war was
declared in order to re-establish, we say
amen and amen. But when men talk
about demanding peace because both sides
are wrong, then we part company.


The rebellion was unjustifable and
wicked, therefore the Federal Government
was right in endeavoring to establish its
constitutional authority by force of arms,
if there was no other way to regain its lost
jurisdiction.


Many wise men believed, and still be-
ieve, that discreet councils would at least
have retained the border States in the
Union, but our rulers chose the sword, and
by the sword they must now abide. Very
slender as is our faith in the ability of the
Administration to conduct the war to any
successful conclusion, we see no path of
safety or of national honor, but to hold it
square to the position it has itself elected.
Public opinion must plant itself squarely
against every step in that path of cen
tralized despotism towards which the pres
ent policy is so rapidly tending We shall
lose mulh end suffer much in the unequal
contest with power, but it may be we shall
be able to preserve at least the semblance
Of country for that better day when pow
er shall revert back again to the people.


WASHINGTON Uaion
Year: 1863

THAT'S A FAcT.-A venerable old man
says: ''Let the slandered take comfort
it is only at fruit trees that thieves throw
stones"


The old man is right. Whoever saw
thieves throw stones at the birch, maple or
elm trees? The more fruit the tree bears,
and the richer it is, the more it is likely to
attract the attention of the thief. No man
that tries to do his duty to his fellows, and
endeavors to live to bear the fruits of true
religion in his daily conduct, can for mo-
ment suppose that he will pass along
through life without being slandered more
or less Such man will of necessity
have some enemies and these enemies
will try in every way to injure him, and
among others, they will not be slow in
stirring up the polluted waters of defama-
ton and SANDER A man who has no enc
mics is milk and water nothing. We
would not give three figs for such man.
He who has anything, who makes his mark
in the world, who does good, will have en-
emies; and if he has them, he will be sure
to be slandered. Let him then, be COM
forted in the reflection of the venerable
man quoted above ut is only at fruit
trees that thieves throw stones"


! AwKwARDNEss.-W Women have a per-
nianent advantage over men. Not only
does tiniidity in them naturally find more
graceful expression, but they can generally
find something Legitimate to do with their
handsome little occupation with the
needle, the shuttle, or the fan--to mitigate
the pains of embarrassment, from which
mems hands have no safer refuge than the
pocket, most other expedients proving
worse and often mischievous alternative
And if hands are a difficulty to the shy
man, what can we say of legs, which, we
presume, women need never think of, as an
incumbrance, at all ? How is he to keep
them in order, so that they shall not be-
tray the perplexity of his soul. What an
infinite variety of bad tricks, with these
particular members, does not the demon of
sheepishness suggest to its victim in the
hour of trial What postures What os-
citations! Who does not remember the
curate immortalized IL Shirlet, who, in the
critical moment of his c6urtship, contrived
with his own hands to tie hiS legs SO firm
| ly together with his handkerchief,
that he could not see himself at liberty
when retreat from the scene of discomft-
ure became essential?


Each moment makes the dearer, as thee prudent
husband said TO the extravagant wife
Year: 1863

Misrepresentation of the Union Democ-


racy.


Much has been said by the Abolition
radical press of Oregon and this Territory
about the democratic party being the Sc
cession party, the Peace-on any terms par
ty, Copperheads, traitors, with many other
expletives of the same sort. There are
very few democrats in the territory, and IN
Thurston county particularly, but what
have to acknowledge this compliment from
the hands of the radicals. They arrogate to
themselves all the patriotism and all the
loyalty, and at the same time ShameleSSly
proclaim that in time of war there is no
constitution This sentiment has been
avowed here in Olympia, from high stand
point and to which we may have occasion
to refer hereafter


So far as the accusation goes that the
democrats are for peace on any terms, it is
only necessary to say, that the men who ut
ter this foul SANDER do not believe it them
selves. The democracy are not of the rad
ical school for peace Measures, for the
reason among others that they could not
trust that kind of men to make peace
They would be sure to do it on the most
dishonorahle and disastrous possible terms,
and most certainly at the price Of disunion.
Utterly subversive of all possible good as
we believe to be the policy pursued by the
Administration in direct hostility alike to
constitutional obligations and its own de-
clared intentions, still we can see no safety
but in demanding a vigorous prosecution
of the war.


So far as any democrat, or any portion
of the democratic party enter their solemn
protest against the war being carried on,
and the country plunged Into an unfathom-
able abyss of debt and dishonor for the
sole benefit of the everlasting Niger, we
say Amen So far as they would stand as
solid wall Of opposition to every step
Year: 1863

We give the following from Rochester
journal, to illustrate to the gentle reader
the style of tongue lashing in which somo
hard-hearted editors indulge, leaving the
author Of it to the tender mercies of the
indignant fair:


Young women are full Of tears They
will weep as bitterly for the loss of a new
dress as the loss Of an old lover. They
will weep for anything, or for nothing
They will sccld you to death for acciden-
taly tearing a new gown and weep for
spite if they cannot be revenged on you.
They will play the coquette in your pres
ence, and weep when you are absent
They will weep because they cannot 90 to
ball or to tea party, or because their
parents will not permit them to run away
with a villain, and they will weep because
they cannot have everything their own
way. Married women weep to conquer
Tears are the most potent arms of matrimo-
nial warfare. If a gruf husband has
abused his wife, she weeps and he repents
and promises better behavior. Women
weep to get at their husbands secrets, and
Sney also weep When Lnelr own secrets have
been revealed. They weep through pride,
vanity, folly, cunning and weakness. They
will weep for husbands misfortunes
while they scoid him. A woman will
weep over the dead body of her husband.
while her vanity will ask her neighbor
how she is fitted with her mourning The
widow Of Ephesus bedewed the grave of
her spouse with one eye, while she squint-
ed love to young soldier with the other.
Year: 1863

The following "a r0PISoS," in relation to that
mart of section of the enrolment act, which says
sswhere there are two OF more sons OF ageo OF i1-
firm PARENTS subject draft, the father, or If he
he dead the mother, may elect which son shall be
exempt is published and will hereafter govern


ss'The only son Of aged and infirm parents oe-
pendent &c. is absolutely exempt; but where
there are two sons, both subject to draft until
an election is maze by the parent, and the one
elected should be removed from the list Alter the
draft is made the persons drafted are no Longer
subject to draft, but TO duty, and parent cannot
secure the practical exemption of two sons from
military duty by waiting until one is drafted, snt
thon elect to exempt him


JAMES B FRY,


aueIo-d3w Provost Marshal General.
Year: 1863

"GRow MORE Wool. This cry. is heard
throughout the land. A gentleman writes from
New York to the Cleveland Wool srotcer and
Manu- jacturer as follows: t'fea229 soa i Il


The manufacturers Of wool in this country
require more of the raw material grown here
than is done. Is il not a singular fact that
while we are exporting food 10 all quarters Of the
globe, produced in the West and brought here
for shipment at great expense, we are importing
wool fourteen thousand miles transportation as
well as from Great Britain, where the annual
rent ofIland is as much as freehold per acre in
Wisconsin and many other great States. We
shall consume this year sixty million pounds Of
foreign wool ; at the same time the home grow.
er never prospered as highly and bis prospects
for the coming crop are brilliant Good farm
ing requires an abundance of sheep, and in
my observation Of too long q period to be
written, have never known skillful wool
grower whodid not make it profitable. an


Mutton is as dear in this market as 1t Is in
London. Cannot you stir the great farming
interest Of this country to give double the at
tention to sheep husbandry, and relieve ourselves
of the burden Of paying 50 many millions away
for an article we can SO well supply A@


y lr7I Hlst
Year: 1863

There was nothing doing after the time Of our
last quotation, and l52Hs was the best that was
offered.


The bank statement Of Saturday last is less sat-
fsfactory than the one Of the previous week; but
the exhibit is not calculated to create any serious
alarm. The following shows the aggregates of
Year: 1863

Bwns aud Scalds are of such frequent oc currence, that every family shoulc know what to do for them immediately. The following have been Thoroughly tested, and may be relied upon as eficacius If the Burn or ScdlI is not very deep, or the skin broken, though it may be blistered some apply raw cotton spread out or caried and laid in considerable quantity di- rectly over the burn. Bind it on slightly, and let it remain some time. When it is removed the fire will be found to be all drawn out and it may be dressed with the Salre recommended below. Simple as it may appear this is the best application for burns of this character, that has ever been tried.

 If the burn is very severe, apply to it poul- tice of ground Slippery Elm Ba,k and sluilk This poultice is made in the same way as q Bread and Milk poulticc. Scald the MIX, and thickcn it with the ground Elm. Bark. When it has been spread Mick on a cloth, cover it well with Olire or S,oeet OI, The poultice should net be suffered to get dry. but must be changed often. After the pain and infam a. ton have been removed, dress it with the salve recommended below.

 Where it is impossible to obtain the Eln, Bark, F0tatoes or Tm7sips sCraped fine, make a good application. C0a Wa'er is also excel lent to apply. is always at hand and may be uccA OGAOAS 0uy VtiicA iACt&uc Vdu uC plOCuIcu Linen or muslin cloths may be wet with 1t ap- piled and often renewed. The relief is often times immediate, and the part is kept from blislering.

 Spirits of Tvpcntise, mixed with Speel Oi (eqnal parts of each,) applied toa burn will soon remove the pain, where the skin is unbro. ken. W tfs i fspt ti

 Should the blisters raised by burn break, and the skin drop off. dust the raw surface thickiy with Wheat flour and allow it to re- main. It will soon form crust that will off actually protect the burn from the air. In a few days it can be taken of, and the wound dressed with the salve recommended below.

 Sometimes hot water or liquids are taken into the mouth h or swallowed when this hap pens, let it be gargled with Borax Water lmade by dissolving one Ounce of pulverized Borax in Quart of Rain Water,) and a mu. cilags of Slippery Elm, be freely drank also give the patient occasionally a portion oi Olive Oil.

 When the burn degenerates into an ulcer, and difficult to heal, in consequence of proud flesh, sprinkle over it occasionally little pow dered Burnt Alum, and dress it with Salve or a Bread-and- Milk Poultice, the ssme as any common sore. ss ~
Year: 1863

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County Of Ottawa, SIS
At a session Of the Probate Court fort coun-
~ of Ottawa. holden ut the Probate Office, In
the village Of Grand Haven, on Monday the
ninth day Of February in the year one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.-
Present, Augustus w. Taylor, Judge of Pro-
bate. In the matter Of the estate of Joseph
T. Brown, deceased,


ON reading and fling the petition, duly YER
~ fled, of Daniel q. Brown, Administrator
Of the Estate of said deceased, praying for rea-
sons therein set forth that he may be empower
ed and licensed TO sell certain real estate belong
ing to the estate of said decensed, for the pur-
pose of paying legal demands against the estate
of said deceased and the expenses Of admins
tering the same. "


Thereupon it is ordered, that Monday, the
sixth day of April next, at two o'clock in
the afternoon, be assigned for the hearing OF
said petition, and that the heirs ut law Of said
deceased, and all other persons interested in said
estate, are required TO appear at session OF
said court, then to be holden at the Probate Of
fee, in the village Of Grand Haven, and show
cause, If any there be, why the prayer of the
petitioner should not be granted. And it is fur
ther ordered that said petitioner give notice to
the persons interested in said estate, of the PEN
dency Of said petition, and the hearing thereof
by causing n copy Of this order to be published
in the Grand Haven News, newspaper printed
and circulating in said county of Ottawa, four
successive weeks previous TO said day of hearing.


AUGUSTUS w. TAYLOR,


POI 5w1 Judge of Probate.
Year: 1863

The Bounty FUND BILL.-This bill
passed the lower branch of our Legisla-
ture providing for raising money to meet
the Indebtedness Of counties, on account
of bounties raised for volunteer purposes,
has been before the Senate, but was sub
jcct TO SO many contractions here, exten-
sions there, and alterations everywhere
that it is adjudged that the House will
scarcely recognize single feature Of the
original, when sent back for its approval
But the bill will doubtless become law,
in some shape, and with such provisions
MS will answer the desired end in view.
Year: 1863

Letter writers from Washington recent
ly intimate that it is the design of the
President TO call into the service from
60O,0OO to 100000 more troops, and
that the call would be made soon after
the final passage of the Conscription Bill.
That bill has now passed both branches
of Congress-the Senate by very large
majority and the House by 1l5 TO 40
votes-and has received the signature of
the President doubtlessly before this, and
is, therefore, the law of the land. AS be-
fore intimated we look upon the conscript
act, outside Of State rights or sovereignty,
as eminently just in its provisions, and as
well calculated to give as general satisfac-
ton by the liberality of its terms rs such
a law could well be framed allowing
conscripts the privilege of providing sub
stitutes or of paying certain sum of
money, in lieu of services due, and receiv-
ing, in case Of becoming attached to the
army, the bounty and other inmunities
now provided for volunteers, and exempt
ing only those whose private relations re-
quire il. Though many there are who
grievously complain and look upon a fur
ther call for men entirely unwarrantable,
so long as those already in the encmy's
country are permitted to rust out by in
activity, or die victims TO the climate and
the exposures of camp life, yet, if the call
is made, let it meet with prompt res
ponse on the part of all. Prompt and
willing obedience to the laws aud consti.
tuted authorities is a cardinal virtue, and
no good citizen will ever try to evade or
shrink from the legitimate obligations
they impose upon the people, and any at
tempt at resistance TO draft would be
deprecated by all sober-minded citizens,
and would not fail TO receive the frown
and detestatiou of the great mass Of the
people. And in the language of tho He
ro of New Orleans, /" The constitution il
must and shall be preserved" We are,
as we ever have been, for our ,ohole coun-
Try, first, last and forever.
Year: 1863

NO Organs of the human system are more impor-
~ tant to health and comfort than the EYE and
EAR. and yet none are less understood or more neg
lected. They seem TO pass common observation.
aud yet every part of the body is dependent upon
them for life and health.
Year: 1863

Remember that ''to err is human" and that
both the public and the post office clerks are
alike subject TO human infirmities. And be
sure you make use of the gracious gift of
charity-
Year: 1863

MISFORTUNE OF BEING TOO CELEBRATED. -
Notwithstanding our little townsman,s Mr.
Chas. S. Stratton, Or as we are wont to call@aln,
General Tom Thumb, issued twenty-five hun
dred invitations to the bridal reception held at
his mother house on Thursday last, the desire
to see him and his tiny bride seems greater
than ever. Whenever these thimblesfull of
humanity apear, they are instantly surround
ed by crowd Of old and young. Their every
movement is watched, and if they venture out
of the house, they are pounced upon by
the crowd which is always In waiting. If they
ride out, their carriage is pursued By pedestrians
and equestrlans, who form a train more hume
rous as we'll as more motley than that OF any
monarch in the universe. fthey come into our
city on shopping excursion, the store which
they happen to patronlze is tiled with new
customers who cram every corner, mount
chairs and counters, and place the windows,
show cases and goods Of the unhappy merchant
in extreme peril.


The little General complains that he is
obliged to encounter similar troubles IN what
ever town or city he and his petite wife chance
to visit If they venture out OF their room
when in hotel they are instantly surrounded
by the Brobdignagean multitude, and in sever
al instances they have been nearly suffocated
within the living wall which suddenly sur
rounded them Their parlor and dining room
are frequently invaded by an army Of curiosity
mongers, and nothing short Of double lock
and pair of patent bolts has proved sufficient
ly powerful to preserve the sanctty OF their
bed chamber This inGnitesimal man and
wife propose to visit Europe soon, but their
fame has Of course already preceded them,
and the momentous question arises, what can
they do to arrest this terrible result OF too


Ccrf
tLat 1ha Ennarol ehon]d revise and reverse his
decision that his wife shall not be exhibited.


It is very evident that with all their wealth,
Mr.. Charles S. Stratton and his beautiful little
wife, Mrs. Lavinia Warren Stratton, can lind
no peace at home Or abroad unit! in some way
public curiosity is satisfied -BridyTport 'St"".
Year: 1863

MS Central showed marked weakness at one time,
ana declined twenty per cent from the highest
price, but 1t also was taken at 40 I25 for for
elgn'account, which relieved the market and gave
courage to holders. Harlem fuctuated as wildly
as usual. From IT'S early in the week it fell on
Friday to ll5-a fall Of sixty per cent-then raj
hed TO l5o, closing yesterday at l32. The under
standing OF the street is that compromise has
been effected between the company and the stage


interest. Hudson dropped from $50 to l35, with a
small business, and Pacific Mail from 232 to 22O.
New York Central exhibited good deal of firm
ness; the decline, even on the worst day of panic,
was only a per cent This is mainly due to the
fact that number of lenders prefer Central
as collateral to any other security. Cleveland
and Pittsburg fell twelve per cent from the
highest point, with very limited business. The
directors meeting to be held on the lst proximo,
will decide on the question of dividend. Galena,
Toledo and Rock Island held their own pretty well
through the panic partly in consequence of the
fact that their stocks were better distributed than
some of the New York shares. Governments be.
came very dull, and the inquiry for them ceased
altogether; but there was no pressure of stock on
the market. Should the bankers persevere in
keeping money close for day or two longer, a
number Of government securities would be sold
by parties who can do better with their MEANS
Holders Of debt certificates can make hand
some turn by selling the certificates and lending
the money to the brokers at II per cent and COM
mission; for it is pretty well understood that q
fresh issue Of certificates, which will keep the
price down, cannot be delayed beyond the lst
proxims.


We have paid no attention to the injunction
lately obtained against the payment of the divi-
dends on the Chicago and Alton stock, because
we knew that it was mere stockjobbing dodge,
intended to depress the stock in order to enable
certain parties to buy. The company has pro-
badly been heard on the case by this time and
the injunction dissolved. The very parties who
obtained it make no secret of their belief that it
cannot be maintained. Western judges do them
selves and the bench no credit by allowing them
selves TO be made the instruments of stock
jobbers. There are no roads in the country doing
better business. q with better prospects, than
those which run through the State of Illinois from
north to south.
Year: 1863

We had the pleasure, day or two since,
Of Witnessing the operation of moulding
silver "brick," while on visit to the assay
office of Messr.. rhea|l Il Co. Now Mr.
Theall, although a man much addicted to
"retorts," is most eur Gus gentleman, and
is ever ready to give any reasonable infor-
"Theall," j." and if he does not tel! you 'the all"
he will at least tell you as much as it is
worth your while to know. Persons who
have only seen the assay offices of California
can have but very poor idea Of an office
of the same kind here. They are apt to
consider the business of the assayer as being
of light and agreeable naturo-but little
more dirty and laborous than that of a
matchmaker or jewe er-when the reality is
that Washoe assay Office is about the next
thing to an iron foundry. In one of our
large assay Offices there is a great deal of
heavy AID unclean work to be done--hot
work, too, some of it. Each Of the principal


assay offices in this city use three or four
hundred bushels of charcoal per month, in
melting bullion. The sight of the men
handling the glowing crucibes, and pouring
the blood red streams Of molten metal, is
strongly suggestive Of similar operations to
be seen in iron foundries The bars are
formed in iron moulds. When one of these
has been filled with the melted silver it is
covered with piece Of plank and quantity
of oil introduced into the mould upon the
red hot metal When the oil has been
poured into the mould the plank cover is
shut down, and the oil presently bursts out
in flame, streaming out in every direction
in red blaze from under the cover. The
ohjec. in burning this oil on the surface of
the molten mass Of metal is to prevent its
cooling too rapidly on the surface thus
marring the appearance of the bar by forming
deep indentations on its upper surface, as is
sometimes seen in bars where this precaution
against shrinking on the surface is not used.
After the bar is sufficiently cooled it is taken
from the mould, and two assays made of it;
one Of these assays is made from piece of
metal clipped from the lower corner of the
bar, and the other from piece cut from
the upper corner and opposite end. If these
two assays are not exactly alike the bar is
melted over, the molten mass being well
slirrod to insure thorough and even mixture
of the gold and silver in the mass, when a
new bar is made, which is again assayed, and
If still not correct, the melting and mixture
is continued until the two assays agree


when the value Of the bar is calculated, and
the bar stamped with its weight, fneness
and value, both in silver and gold, when it is
ready to be sold or shipped Enterprise.
Year: 1863

The following is the full vote of the State re-
Gently canvassed by the Legislature. We have
included Lake county, which was not received in
time by the Secretary Of State to be canvasscd
with the other counties:
Year: 1863

APPLES FOR WINTER.-Apples keep be..
when left upon the trees until quite late in
the season. A white frost, and even slight
freezing will not njure them. Pick carefully
and leave them in the orchard or ont house
to sweat for few days, and only tske to a
cool cellar when there is danger Of their
being injured BY hard frost.