smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

By the steamer Osesola which arrived Yesterday at
Batabano from Truxlo have received letters which
give US an account of the tragca end of the great ibu
ter We insert them below and is highly satisfactory
to note the Christian death Of the celebrated hibuster-
It is great pity that man capable of sneh sentiments
should have led life during which he caused many
disasters 10 humanity.
Year: 1860

pledged to use the power Of the Federal
Government to force the extension of sia-
very wherever tie people are opposed to
it! .s ..r E.....a sa fr.a


tell you, NV friends, that Congress
shall never prohibit slavery where the peo-
pie want tiff can prevent it, (cheers, and
on the other hand, that Congress shall
never force slavery on people who do
not want it if can prevent it. Cheers
[ am equally hostile to the Northern abo-
lition doctline. (Applause } l am in IA
yer Of the good old democratic principle
of non Intervention by Congress with sIs-
very in the territories. 1.-THE people want
slavery they have right to it; if they do
not want it no power on earth shall be
permitted to force it on them. (Cries Of
that's right" and cheers.) If you ac-
knowledge the propristy either Of the abo-
lition doctrine, or Of this secession doe
tr;ne, you are then bound to have the
whole time of Congress occupied with the
discussion of the slavery question.
Year: 1860

The State of New York is great State
the biggest in the Union, aud the New
York State Agricultural Society is great
institution, but if there amt some OF the
a!lfredest big hunbugs crawling around
rs Annual Fair, I'm teapot.
Year: 1860

NKtSS l.. l.. NASH wishes to inform the
JtlLadies Of this community and vicinity
that she is now prepared to furnish them
with the latest style of Millinery and llrns-
Making Rooms at Mr.. Moorcrofts South
East part Of town
Year: 1860




The Simple SEcRET.-Tweniy clerks in
store. Twenty hands in a printing Office


Twenty young men in village. all want
TO get along in The world, and all expect TO
do So One OF the clerks will rise to be
partner, and make fortune, One of the
mposilors will own a newspaper, and be-
come prosperous and influential citizen


One of the apprentices will come 10 be a
master builder. One of the villagers will
get handsome fame and live like pairi-
arch But which is destined 10 be the lucky
indIviduall Lucky There is no luck a.
bout it. The thing Is almost as certain as
the Rule of Three. The young fellow who
will distance his competitors is he who
masters his business, who preserves his
integrity, who lives clearly and purely,
who never gets into debi, who gains
trends by deserving them, aud puts his
money into saving bank. There are
some ways 10 fortune that look shorter than
this The old dusty highway. But the
staunch men of the community, the men
who achieve something really work. hay
ing good fortuEe, good name, and serene
Year: 1860

'WFE, bring me some cold beef said
shihless husband when for the first time
in his life, he discovered that he was more
hungry than thirsty.


There is 40 beef in the house. was the
mild reply.


Fetch me some pork, them


no pork, ether


'WeII, then, let me have some potatoes,
Not Potatoe left


Thunder and lightning get me some
bread, then


The breads ali gone


Well give me knife and fork, and let
me 90 through the motions.
Year: 1860




THE RAILROAD AGAIN.--It will be seen
by an advertisement in another column that
scaled proposals will be received till the Ist
Of December next, for the construction oi
ten miles more of the II. & n. Railroad
So the good work goes on. As we have
before stated, the first five miles of the
Road has been completed, and the tax is
now being collected to pay for the work
already done; and it affords us pleasure to
state that those owing taxes have paid up
readily and willingly. The work upon the
second five miles of the Road is now being
commenced, and we have no doubt will be
vigorously pushed forward to completion
Let not the interest in this highly import
ant undertaking languish, but let us nurture
the spirit of enterprise, which, we are glad to
see, is rapidly developing itself in our
midst.-Heasd. Nal oct. 80.
Year: 1860

aA- The probabilitie es are that the wealth.
er on Tuesday next-the day of election
will be unpleasant. This fact should cause
every Republican to redOuble his diligence
from now till the polls are closed on Tuesday
next, TO have out a full vote on that day.
We can carry this State for Lincoln if we
only succeed in getting all to go to the polls,
who are not unwilling 10 see him succeed.
Wide Awakes! Here is an opportunity to
demonstrate the effectiveness of your organ
ization. We know our confidence in you
is not misplaced.
Year: 1860

HOME PAPERs.-Stick to your home
newspapers. No matter if you are poor
remember none are so poor as the ignorant
except it be the depraved, and they too, of
ten go together. Take your home paper
though it may not be SO large or imposing
as some city weekly, but remember it is the
advertiser of your neighborhood, and daily
business, and tells you what is going on
around you instead of thousand miles
away. Ifit is not printed on as nice paper
as the weekles and as good rs you wish to
have it, pay your subscription promptly
and rely upon the natural pride of the pub
Usher to prompt him to improve it as fast as
possible.
Year: 1860

pen- The New York Herald is feIicitatng
itself on the thought that maybe enough
abolitionsts in New York will vote for Ger
ritt Smith to defeat Lincoln. We doubt
not that all the abolitionists will refuse to
vote for Lincoln and will vote for their own
ticket. 1t is very natural that they should.
But Old Abe can beat Breckinridgeites,


Douglasites, Bellites, and Smithites, ALL
This best bower anchor will soon be carried
away from the Herald and its disunionist
crew.
Year: 1860

STRAYED OR SToLEN.-A Scotch Terrier
Pup, black and grey in color, strayed OF
was stolen about the middle of August
He was about four months old, had his ears
badly cropped, and had scar between his
ayes A reward of five dollars will he
given for him if returned to this office.


2td
Year: 1860

COMMERCIAL LAw.-Among the cases ar
gued before the District Court Of Appeals ut
its late session in this place, was one OF co'Is''
deyablc Importance to the Mercantile c"nmu-
nifty. We refer to the case ni Jones fs .reen
on an appeal from the Judgment Of the Circuit
Court Of SpotSylvania


The main point was whcther in JOINT ac'
ton under the statute Of Virginia against the
drawe. and cndorscr of a protested negotiable
note one of the co-detendantS against whom an
Office Judgment had been finally entered in the
canse m 4 previous term OF the Court, could be
admitted to testify 10 the invnldation of the
note The Circnit Court excluded the egi'
dence. The case WAS then argued before the
District Court. and was decided, without dis
sent, in favor of the appellee (Green).thus
confirming the judgment Of the Circuit Court


This is the first adjudication of this most
important point by an appellate court since the
Code oi Virginia gave the right OF separate
judgments in joint actions,
Year: 1860

WM. FARLEY, of the National Hall" San
Francisco, who fell from the second story of
his house the other day, was not expected to
live at last accounts. He was paralyzed from
the waist to the feet and had been told by
the physician, that there was no hope of his
recovery.
Year: 1860

FALSE PRErENoE.-A fellow named Thomp>
con has been sentenced to the chain gang,
for two days for being continually drunk for
come little time past. He has been in the
habit Of going around. with a whip in his
hand, pretending to be teamster, and get
ting liquor on the strength Of it.
Year: 1860

Tue cABLE-some fifty miles of the At
lantie Cable have been taken up, to a point
extending seward Fifty miles from the shore
of Trinity Bay. Fractures were found in the
cable just where they had been indicated by
the instruments on shore.
Year: 1860

RICHMOND, Nov. 2S.-The official returns continue
to change the prospects as to the final result All
the returns have now been received official except
Wyoming and Webster, and they indicate that
nine Bell and six Brecknridge Electors have been
chosen. There are also rumors of an informalitv
give the entire Electoral vote of the State to Breck
Year: 1860

As the productions Of the year just
closed form q large proportion Of the
elements Of agricultural returns to be
embodied in the coming census, it is
suggested that more than ordinary care
be taken by our people in preserving an
accurate account of the various spro.
ducts of the field; for, although the
census year embraces the period be-
tween the frst day Of June, 1859, and
the drst day Of June, 1860 including
the latter, the amount of agricultural
products is mainly determined the pres
Cnt winter, and unless some care is ex-
ercised the producer is not likely to be
prepared to make O proper return upon
the sudden and unexpected call Of the
consus-agent in the summer. In fact,
it would be we'll if every farmer and
planter would have and hold in view the
importance of being fully prepared with
a statement wherefrom the questions Of
the marshals could be promptly and
correctly answered. The reasons which
should induce preparation now on the
part Of the agricultural community arc
at later period, equally applicable to
all classes Of persons. It is q crafty.
| ing fact, and one oreditable to the intel.
ligenoe Of the American people, that
in taking the seventh census only three
persons demurred to responding to the
questions of the marshals. and they
waived their objections when appealed
to by the officer having the general
charge of that work. We understand
that timely notice will be given regard.
ing the nature Of the information re.
quired for the eighth census, which VIC
hope the public press will literally aid
in spreading throughout the land, and
it is not for a moment to be doubted
that our people, who arc to reap the
benefit Of the knowledge gained, will
manifest a universal and cheerful
olacrity in contributing each their quota
of the facts, which, in the aggregate


60 to illustrate the condition and pro.
gress Of the nation.
Year: 1860

Country boys often feel that their lot
is hard one. They see city-bred
youngsters on their travels and sprces,
at the age Of fourteen veritablo young
gentlemen, with a finished exterior, a
cigar and cane. The young farmer,
at the same age finds himself with a
hoe in hand, and a cheap straw hat on
his head, sweating among the hills Of
corn. He is frequently envious of his
city brother-whisking past him in the
cars, with kid gloves, delicate ringlets,
aud plenty Of money in his pocket.


Mind your corn, boy; hoe it out
clean, keep steadily to tho labor you
have in hand, do it WELL aud in good
time your good days will come too. If
you find farming is not suited to your
taste, or your strength, or your cir
cumstances; if you like mechanism bet
ter, or have a capacity for business, ,-
whatever eventually you engage in,--
it is all the same-you have begun
right. Their fathers and mothers,
will, in tho end, see it, too. Do not
feel envious of the pleasures a hot
house man enjoys, but remember, not
in a malicious, but sober spirit, that
such plants wither early. BY the time
/ you have acquired fixed habits Of in
dustry, and acquired a corresponding
perfection of mind and body, your del
icatoly reared cotemporary Of the town
begins to feel the debiitating effects
of idleness and dissipation. He is not
alone to blame for a weak body and q
profitless mind; it is the result Of q
system, but he cannot escape from its
effects; these he must endure for him.
self, in his own person. His father
may be a professional man, or a mer.
chant, or may be merely rich; the
chances are fifty against one that the
son will not replace the father, Such is
the result of well-settled experience
business falls into the hands of those
who are most competent; il does not de
scend to heirs. 1t is the country boys
after all, who do the city business OBJ
serving meu have often stated this fact
and inquire into the origin of Cleveland
or Boston, or New York, and you vii
find it to be so. All external circum
stances arc in favor Of the son or the
clerk succeeding to the trade Of the ole
! firm; but the son seldom, almost never
dies in the position of a partner of the
house. Why is it? Simply because
habitual industry is wanting-habitua
Incidence is not wanting. With all the
external odds against it, the country
furnishes the cities their principal bus
iness men. IF Intelligent, faithful anc
persevering, and above all, cheerful
and conteuted, the chances are that the
lad with the hoe will eventually do the
business of tho father of the lad in
gloves, who is now luzuriating in his
travels.
Year: 1860

Good Advice to the Girls.


Trust not to uucertain riches, buI
prepare yourselves for every emergen.
oy in life, Learn to work, and be not
dependent on servants to make your
bread; sweep your floors and darn your
own stockings Above all, do not es.
TEEN too lightly those honorable young
men who sustain themselves and their
aged parents by the work of their own
hands, while you caress and receive in
to your company those lazy, worthless
popiniays, who never lift a finger to
help themselves as long as they can
keep body and soul together, aud get
funds sufficient to live in fashion. IF
you are wise, you will look at this sub
ject in the light we do, and when you
are old enough to BECOME wives, you
will prefer the honest mechanic, with
not q cent to begin life, to the fashiona-
bic loafer, with a capital of ten thous-
and dollars. Whenever we hear the re-
mark, "such young lady married a
fortune" we always tremble for her fu-
ture prosperity. Riches left to children
by wealthy parents turn out to be a
curse instead of a blessing. Young
women, remember this, and instead Of
sounding the purse of your lovers and
examining the cut Of their coats, look in
to their habits and their hearts. Mark
if they have a trade and can depend on
themselves-see that they have minds
which will lead them to look above O
butterfly existence. Talk not Of the
beautiful white skin and soft, delicate
hand, the splendid form and fine ap
pearanoo of young gentlemen. Let mol
these foolish considerations ongross your
thoughts.
Year: 1860

Mountains arc made up Of q single
grain of sand, the ocean is made up
of single drops of water; 81 is the
knowledge Of the most learned made
up Of single items collected one at a
time. Don't try to learn too fast, but
endeavor to learn something, however
little, every day. The man that adds
one new idea to his stock Of knowledge
every day, will soon become a learned
man, Every one who is desirous Of OBJ
toining a large stock Of useful knowl-
edge, would do well TO carry paper and
pencil in his pocket, and whenever a
valuable thought presents itself TO his
mind write it down; it is more valuable
than gold. Those thoughts which come
unsought are generally the best, and
should be secured at the moment, for
when once they are gone they seldom
return.
Year: 1860

HyINWARE AT WHOLESALE have now


on hand large stock Of TINWARE, which
am prepared to sell as low as it can be bought
and sec nv stock before going North


NH % HI GREGORY. lis and l2O King ST.
Year: 1860

IA The journal Of proceedings of the
third house" must abide its time until some
future issue. 1t shows the manner in
which legislative proceedings are put
through" at the present session
Year: 1860

is dong good business in the general dry
goods trade, persons dealing with him are
satisfied they get the full worth of their
money. His goods are all of the best quail
ity, his maxim is that good merchandise al
though it don't pay as well at first. yet in the
long run it secures ii good run of customers,
which is the great secret of success. His
stock of shoes is of the best quality and gen
erall y full and complete.
Year: 1860

EvANEscENT CREDIT-A boy at q cross
ing having begged something of gentle
man, the latter told him that he would give
him something as he came back. The boy
replied Your honor would be surprised
if you knew how much money have lost
by giving credit that way"
Year: 1860

WHAT THE HILLS ARE WoRTH.-Two years
ago Frenchman who was tired Of unre-
muneratiye mining, conceived the idea of
planting q vineyard on the summit and
sides of high hill near the old camp of
Esperanza. His first care was to secure
water for irrigation, which be did by con-
ducting the waters of large spring five
hundred yards distant, to the summit of the
hill, where he had banked up a reservoir of
sufficient capacity to answer his ends. He
then put out 1000 yine-slips, and the next
year G,000 more-making in all 5000. They
have grown well; his water facilities are
ample for twice the number of vines he has
planted, and we are informed that his grapes
are of the very best quality for wine-per-
haps the best in the county. Next fall he
will make several pipes of wine, and year
from that time the wine proceeds from his
vineyard will bring him in an income ample
for respectable support This is what in
telligent industry can do with the hundreds
of dry, sterile looking hills, that superficial
thinkers coudemn as waste land.-San -An-
drcdS Ind
Year: 1860

OuR TABLE, it will be seen, is not quito com
plete We shall eli the blanks at an early day
and issue the full table in extra. 1t is the
FIRST time the vote Of the county has been given
complete by precincts, and the Table will be
feuSd valuable for reference
Year: 1860

Srors on THE SuN.-There are now moro
spots on the than have been visible before
for many years; some of them arc visible
through smoked glass to the naked eye. The
Scientific American says that several stars
some of them of great brilliancy, which, from
their ascertained distance, must have been as
large as our sun--have totally disappeared from
the sky; and the question has been raised
among astronomers, whether the light and heat
of the sun are gradually fading away. As this
would cause the destruction of all the plants
and animals on the earth, it is rather an inter
esting question. II is stated that the suns
light and heat are diminished by the dark spots,
at the present time, about one per cent II the
dark spots continue to increase in size and num-
Der, we may well begin to fear that our great
uninary is in danger OF being blotted out.
Year: 1860

| THE VOTE in the State between Douglas
and Lincoln is close, the latter being ahead
some two thousand majority. The coun-
ties and parts of counties still to be heard
from will probably decrease the majority
and may possibly wipe it out entirely
Some eighty-ive thousand votes in all have
been returned leaving probably twenty
five thousand to be reported. The vote in
the extreme counties yet TO be heard from
will probably show considerable Breckin-
ridge strength. Allow the Breckinridgers
but one third of the whole, and sixteen
thousand seven hundred, we will say, are
left for the other parties. 1t is fair to give
Bell one thousand seven hundred of these,
leaving fifteen thousand to be divided be-
tween Douglas and Lincoln. OF these
Douglas must get eight thousand four hun
dred, and Lincoln six thousand five hun
dred to be even. San Luis Obispo, San
Bernardino and Humboldt are possess
ed of a very strong Republical element.
and we think the chances of Lincoln re-
naming ahead are pretty good, but would
not be much surprised if Douglas carried
the State by small majority


We tell the people they ought to be asham-
cd to keep down young man like Charley De
Long."--Harysrite Democrat.


Lord bless your soul, Brother Ridge, they
cant keep him down. Nothing less than Il
milestone tied to his coat tail can keep him
down.
Year: 1860

In family down east there are two
sisters by the name Of pepper. One has
red hair, and they call her Red Pepper;
the other has black hair, end they cell her
Black Pepper. They have brother
whose hair il grey, nnd they call him
Pepper and Salt
Year: 1860

The pcrvcrsion of the good things
of Providence in this country by bad
cookery is monstrous. 1t is one Of
the great sins Of the day, calling for
reform. There are hundreds Of fami-
lies, spending freely for table sup
plies, who have not the least idea
what a good, palatcaOlc meal is. All
the West abounds in the most tender
and delicious beef, and yet there is
not one western man in ten who
knows the flavor of beef. lie thinks
it is about like pork, only 4 little
tougher. He has always eaten il
fried up to the consistency Of sole
leather in salt pork fat, and on the
whole he prefers the real pork. No
wonder. If hc should eat q steak
properly cooked lie would be over
whclmcd by new sensation, and
would be puzzled to tell what animal
it came from. In coffee the sin
against nature is still worse. There
are not probably twenty public houses
in the Union where real coffee has
ever been made. Even if the peas,
the chickory and other vile mixtures
arc avoided, the coffee is 50 concoctcd
H., e "a,
Of thin mud, and all the cream in the
world will not bring it to the lively
golden hue and delicious flavor that
distinguishes genuine coffee. The
woman who can make good coffee
and bread, and cook a steak right,
has got the essentials Of the art
of cuisine, and may he trusted to
perfect herself in all the miner details.
The puddings, the pastry and the fan
cy work are all easy after the first
great principles are mastered.


This may seem a waste of words
over a small matter to those who af-
feet to despisc the vanitics of this
life, but we believe no greater benefit
could be conferred upon American
women and girls than to instruct them
in the culinary art. The comfort and
health Of every family is greatly de-
pendent upon the wisdom and skill
exercised in the kitchen.