smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

\ REIGN OF TERRoR.-An army cores
pondent writes from Alabama:


The slave-owners are running their slaves
south of our lines. But they have liking for
freedom, and therefore they stampede to our
lines almost every day since we have been
in the mountains. Men are fleeing to avoid
the,,rebel conscription. Some50 have come in
within the last week. A party OF four came
in last night and say there is lbs on their
way to our lines who wish to enter our army
The poor are loyal to our Government with
out an exception, save the miserable scum of
towns and cities, who are the employed tools
of the rich to do every evil work. The tales
of suffering related by the refugees are afec-
ting. Some of them have come over one
hundred miles, and avoided roads. keeping
ia the woods and by places, subsisting on
fruit and green corn, and travelling only at
night. The south is under a reign of terror.
May God give us victories and there shall
not be left a rebel to lift his hydra head or
wag his tongue against our Government"
Year: 1862

A ToucH OF CoRRcloN--The boats on the
Mississippi have been considered by til guer-
rilla sportsmen as afording a pretty mark
for their rifles. Is keep up the pleasantness
of the thing, whenever this is done latterly. a
detachment of United soldiers is landed. who
burn every house in the place where the
shooting occurred
Year: 1862

THREATENED SUPPRESSION OF THE NEW
YORK HERALD.-The' New York correspondent
of the National Washington, d. C-) Republi-
can says:


The suppression Of the New York Herald is
good deal talked of. That sheet is out this
morning with the reasonable declaration that
this war resulted from the invasion of Southern
rights by Abolitionists. This is a wholesale
and point blank justification of the rebels, and
it is really wonderful that It should have been
ventured upon within two days after the mag
nifcent demonstration in Union Square.


The opinion gains ground that tho Jefferson
Davis Cabinet employ secret service money in
subsidising Northern newspapers to distract
and delude the Northorn public mind, by eulo.
gies upon Generals from whom the rebels
fear nothing, and by assaults upon everybody
who favors an energetic prosecution Of the
war.
Year: 1862

% According to the Montreal Gazette,
an important beard case is to be settled by the
full bench of the Canadian Judges. One of
them has decided that no gentleman practic-
ing at the bar should wear beard The
Judge spoke of long boards as indecent. A
member Of the long robe took fire, denied its
indecency, and declared he would noe sacri-
flee his Jewish appendage. The Judge wish
ed no discussion OF the matter, but would re-
fer it to the full bench. who would doubtless
issue an order upon the subject. The St. John
Morning News, referring to this novel case,
says:


The Judges freak seems so much like
boarding the lion in his den," that we begin
to think the adage was made in anticipation
OF this particular case. Had his honor sug-
gested the clipping of the ends of the lawyers
tongues, we might have thought him a bit of
wag, and that he would have had at least a
shadow of justice on his side. Judge Jeffries
was said TO be the hardest man in ermine that
ever sat upon the English bench but we are
not aware that he ever took exception to the
cut of a mans coat. or the length, or shape of
his beard, when pleading before him. 1t re-
mained for Canadian Judge in the midst of
the light of the nineteenth century, to sit him
self up for Beau Brummel, and gravely die
tate that the beard was an Objectionable iea-
ture, altogether unbecoming a member of the
Canadian Bar.
Year: 1862

g Hon. George Bancroft, the eminent
historian and Democrat, refused to stand as a
candidate for Congress against another Union
man, and in letter says:


For one will not give vote for any man
whose election would be an encouragement to
the rebellion to hold out. /, for one, wW not
consent to send our sons and brothers to the
battlefield, and then betray them at the polls.


Are the citizens of New
York to be so inconsistent as to strain every
nerve TO gain the mastery in the field and then
to signify at the polls readiness to faint and
succumb? When the oligarchy of the South
began the war by wantonly' Insulting our flag,
this people rose up with a calm and resolute
earnestness which was surpassed only by the
sublime patience and moderation with which
they bore defeat and mismanagement. and un-
certain guidance. Shall we now proclaim that
this zeal was Il delusion?
Year: 1862

SUBMARINE WoRK.-At Galt's Wharf a
submarine diver is at work fastening chains to
the spiles of that portion of the wharf which
gave way some time ago. He oes down into
the water and attaches the chain to the spile.
when it is quickly drawn up by steam engine.
Year: 1862

Cheaper than any other Place west Of


Chicago,


Can be found at the


BOOT AND SHOE STORE


f. TURNER,
Palace Row, Illinois street, Rock Island.
TITS Stock is one of the largest in the West
his material If the best. his prices exceeding
" reasonable, h store the most convenient of &C
cess, and to an and all who will give him cal
he is ready to show his goods and stand by an
statements he nay make ,,v,n
Year: 1862

habit of self abuse. To which is added observations
Female Diseases and other interesting matter of the Ut


Importance the married and those contemplating
marriage who entertain doubts of their physical ability
enter that state. Sent TO any address in sealed wrap
per. on receipt Of ten cents or four stamps.


devote entire time and attention to the
men Of the various private diseases treated of in pr
vate report DspenSary is the only Institution Of the
kind America which has been tablished by special
charter an@ this fact should give il preference the
various quacks of doubtful character TO be found in all
Year: 1862

-


As nothing promotes more rapidly the growth
and prosperity of country than home produc-
tions, so nothing so much insures and makes per-
manent that prosperity as home economy. In
pursuance Of this latter doctrine, we notice that
some of our merchants are preparing to send
teams down to to the Dalles to transport their
goods to this place. This is a good move on
their part and will, under existing circumstances
result profitable alike to them and their wagon
ers and in the end benefit the community at
large. The merchant by this means avoids the
new lodges of the Steam Navigation Company
"advanee charges" and storage and commission"
at the Dalles, and enjoys the privilege of meas
uring weighing his own freight,-a matter
which when not carefully attended to makes a
vast difference in the sum total paid for freights
Besides this, employment is given to our farmers
and teamsters, and the money paid them for
fseights is kept in circulation at home instead o
being shipped off down the Columbia The
merchant-selling as cheap as can be bought
elsewhere, of course-secures the patronage oi





in the end gets back the money paid out fol
freights; and if not in sum total from the team
ster directly, through other hands in the commu-
nifty into which the money of the teamster i:
paid. The present rate paid teamsters for freight
ing from the Dalles is six cents per pound Las
fall it was brought up for three cents. But al
six cents it is cheaper for the merchant thar
the charges by steamer-they of course being
the better judges of the advantage Of paying {
portion of their freight moneyin goods. Ano:h
er advantage the merchant has in having hi,
goods tran ported by teams is in articles of cas'
goods, which, coming by steamer are charged
By measurement; but by teams he receives then
by" dead weight" and many articles of goods il
this line which will measure ton will not excteC
half ton in weight. TLen, in a large proper
tion of the goods brought to this market, a
present prices, the difference in favor of the mer
chant who has his goods transported by team
is from 80 to so per cent. The teamster can al
SO make it profitable. He can easily max,
one trip per month to the Dales and back
and some allege that they can make three trip
in two months. But granting that they car
only make one trip per month, they must tc
make their business equally as profitable at haul
ing from Wallula, make six trips per month
This they they rarely do; and going thither, thel
must, of course, run. the risk of finding full loaC
ready for them there. In going to tn,
Dalles, they would, of course be sure first of
full return load, These facts are worthy the at
tention of our merchants in general, and if tn,
Steam Navigation Company or their agents art
playing ''grab game"-as is too frequently al
legged for their good name-there is a way t.
keep from being grabbed" by them. We art
not in favor of retrogression, and have no par
ticularly strong desire to see a line of "prairi,
schooners" established between this place anC
the Dalles yet the exigences Of the times anC
the prosperity and advancement of the commu
nifty seem TO demand it.
Year: 1862

WALLA WALLA, May 26, 1862.


EDS. STATESMAN On the road from the
Dalles to this place many "humbugs" to set
the traveller into. The first is the river trail. at
this season especially, and many men have left
the river disgusted ard struck across the country
to find the old road. curSing loudly at those who
sent them by it. At Wells Springs is humbug
No. 2. A man named Morrison has established
bridge, formed of few logs and some brush, on
Butter Creek, 10 miles south of Wells Springs.
10 this unreasonable affair, men, and even those
with teams, are directed, and wagons must be ta-
ken to pieces and ferred across in parts, or re-
turn over sandy road. The Dretense made is
that this route is more direct Perhaps it is but
1t produces large quantity Of discomfort.


Butter Creek is humbug No. g. Here the
traveller is directed to leave the trail strike for
Birch Creek and the upper crossing of the Una
tlla. This is a sandy stretch of twenty-five miles
without water except just now, and then it is
mostly ire.


About six miles from Umatilla river is humbug
No. 4. AT this place notice is given Of an oppo-
sition ferry five miles below the ferry of Omev Fry
This humbug processes to have a ferrv-boat; but
the boat is so small as to be dangerous. and after
crossing it is twenty-five miles to Wallula. without
wood, grass or water, and over fifty miles to Wal
la Walla, over a sandy route and as barren and
dry a desert.


Three days since, l met two men from Powder
river who told me they had about a peck of quartz
rock which they intended to have assayed. They
also had some gold from the same place, and sta
ted that it was taken at Powder river for barter
at SlS per ounce. Many of those returning told
me that they would have gone on but were out
of the necessares of life-and there are few. who.
if asked, do not speak in some degree well of the
prospects


All the rivers and creeks are very high. Butter
Creek is nearly onefouIth of a mile wide and very
mirey-a small bridge and willows are of some
use, but not much The best advice to give to
strangers coming through this country at this sea
son is to keep the wagon road and for those on
the way to Powder river it is perhaps the best to
turn off about one mile after crossing Butter creek
but think that until high water is past. time is
saved by crossing the Umatilla at Fry's ferry and
re-crossing at the upper crossing Of the Umatilla


A man keeping house little above the upper
ferry, has shortened the route to Walla Walla
about two miles by stalking out a straight and toll
erably level road, ntersectng the old road about
eight miles from Wild Horse creek This is the
only change made on the way that is not hum
bug. Y1AToR.
Year: 1862

1t has for long time been believed that an or
ganized band of horse thieves had their habitaton
at some point between this place and the Dalles
and the recent frequent disappearance Of horses,
both from the farms of settlers in this valley and
along the road and from travellers passing through
the country en- route to the mines, has confirmed
this belief. Many of our settlers here have lost
a large proportion of their stock, both horses and
cattle, by this mysterious disappearance" and all
their efforts to recover them have been made in
vain. In some instances, persons on their way to
the mines have been left without a horse to pack
their goods. A young man, while hunting for
lost horses, in the Blue Mountains, some fifteen
miles from this city, last week came in sight of a
large band of horses, with four men who seemed
to be herding them. Upon his approach, the men
mounted their riding animals and drove the band
rapidly off into the mountains. He followed them
some distance, until their maneuvering convinced
him that they were horse thieves in charge of a
band of stolen animals, and being alone he did
not deem it safe to follow them. Upon the rep
reservations of this young man an armed party
left this city on Monday morning to go in quest
of this band, but they returned on the following
day without having made any discovery-too soon
of course, to scour the country thoroughly. II
such band of thieves exists in th4 upper country
and there can now he but little doubt of this fact
the interests of the people demand that they
should be hunted as the robbers were in the early
days of California with rifles, and shot, as their
deeds deserve, like wolves The process of law is
too slow for the punishment of such outlaws, and
we hope soon to see a system inaugurated that
will rid the country of their Internal presence.


FARMING. The farmers generally throughout
the valley are preparing to put in large crops Of
grain the coming fall There will be demand
and a home market for all the grain that can
be produced in the valley for the next two years
at least ard farmers, in putting in their crops
should remember that they can always command
price equal to the price in the lower country
with the cost of transportation added. The cost
of transportation alone insures a large prices be-
sides, merchants will not ship articles of produce
here unless they can make a profit on them
The producer here. then, has the advantage o
first COST transportation and profit. With the
large rumber of miners now in the upper coun-
try, together with the prospect of a continued
increase to their population, as we'll as in the
towns springing up around u.s. the idea of over
stocking the market is not to be thought Of. The
farmers here, by not holding their products at
too high figure, so as TO keep out opposition
until their own stock is exhausted have the pow
er to rule the market, and also by looking
well to their own interests, TO make the Wala
Walla valley the wealthiest agricultural district
on the north Pacific.
Year: 1862

WE TAKE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING TO
our old patrons and the public Of Oregon and
Washington Territory generally. that after two years
importing our line Of goods that defes competition
also, that we are selling goods in our line at San
Francisco Prices, and guaranteeing them to be
genuine our stock being at all times subject to the
strictest chemical analyzatOn.
Year: 1862

The Nashville correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press says:


herewith transmit to you extracts
from Governor Andrew Johnson's letter
to President Lincoln, criticising the
course pursued by General Buell. while
in command of the Army of the Ohio.
This letter would have been sent to the
President Immediately after it was writ
ten, had not the guerrilla Morgan cut of
all communication with the North. But
here it is:
Year: 1862

Slavery when they saw that haby," said
an officer to me as we stood looking at
it "They now wish to fight it to the
death" -eara -


OH that we could send that baby
round to all the forts and all the regi-
ments, to make them VOW hostility to the
death to Slavery Who shall say that
this little "Sarah" may not be the very
babe and sucking prophesied of in olden
time, that should perfect the praise of
the Lord, sent here among the negro ha-
ters of the army, to help to redeem our
beloved and suffering country from this
terrific war; She would be sweet little
strategy" perchance, to keep half the
Army of the Potomac from laying down
their honors, when Emancipation be-
comes law, the lst of January, 1868.
Year: 1862

ter of it, however hard il may be. The man
who hopes no more than to escape censure
and who accordingly aims at nothing more,
seems to work from below his task Is a.
bove him; +; he is cowed BY it. Let us resolve
that We shall always give praise when we
can. You will find many people who are
always willing to find fault with their SER
wants, if they do anything wrong, but who
never say an approving word when they do
right. You viii find many who do the like
as to thier children. And only too often
that wretched Management breaks the
spring Of the youthful spirit. Yes many lit
tie children are cowed, and the result is
either permanent quiescence, never to be
got over, or fierce reaction against the
tyranny that embisered early years,-a re.
action which ay somtimes cast off the
bonds of natural affection, and even of
moral restraint. How It encourages and
cheers the cowed little fellow, growing up
in the firm belief that he is hopeiessly wick
ed and never can do any thing to please
any one, to try reward as a change from
constant punishment and bullying. have
seen the good effect upon such an one of a
kind, approving word. How much more
cheerfully the work will be done, and how
much happier man he will be who does it.
A poor fellow who never expects he can
please, and who barely hopes that he may
pass without censure and abuse, will do his
task very heartlessly. let us praise warm
ly and heartily wherever praise is deserved.
And If we weigh the matter,we shall find that
great deal of hearty praise is deserved in
this world on every day that shines upon
it.-Rer. a. FL. Boyd.
Year: 1862

LEG Or MtTroS RoAsTEp.-Al leg of
mutton intended for roasting should be kept
longer than for boiling it should be care-
fully attended 10 during the time it is hung
up, coiistantly wiped to prevent any mnsti.
ness on The top and below the flap, and in
hot weather lightly busted with -four or pep
per to keep of the flies !. The kernel in the
thick part Of the leg should be taken out
by the butcher, for it taints first there
and the bloody part of the neck should
also be cut of when first brought In.


Remove the thick skin very crefully /,
trim off the piece Of flank that adheres to
the fat, and flatten the fat with cutlef-
beater or chopper cut off the knurkle, and
knick the cramp bone, TO allow it 10 be-
come more plump, as in haunch. Put
little salt and water into the dripping-pan
to baste the meat in at first but then use
only It's own gravy. Serve with jelly.


A leg Of mutton Is usually roasted whole,
but Gun be divided advantageously for q
small family. Cut the knuckle into good
sized joint, and boil il until tender but
put coarse paste over the lower paff Of
the thick end to keep in the gravy, and
roast it; or if the skin be raised gently from
the outside of the leg. to about six or seven
inches wide, two or three good slices may
be cut off for steak, and the skin fastened
down with skewers.- Cook Book
Year: 1862

The following sketch of the death and
burial of William Scott at the battle near
Lees Mills, in which so MANY of our brave
brothers bore testimony TO ther devotion to
their country with their blood, we copy from
the Philadelphia Recie,o -


Never until we stood by The graves Of
the Green Mountain Boys did we realize
how much stranger is truth than fiction.-
Y our readers will recollect last summer a
private was court.mariialed for sleeping on
his post out near Chain Bridge, on the Up.
per Potomac. He was convicted his SEN
tence was death the finding was approved
of by the general, and the day fixed for his
execution. He was youth of more than
ordinary intelligence he did not beg
for pardon, but was willing to meet his fate.
The time drew near the stern necessity of
war required that an example should be
made of some one his was an aggravated
case. But the case reached the ears Of the
President he signed pardon and sent II
out, the day came. Suppose" thought the
President, my pardon has not reached him.
The telegraph was brought into requisition /
"Bring up my carriage" he ordered. 1t
came, and soon the important state papers
were dropped, and through the hot broiling
sun and dusty roads he rode to the camp,
about ten miles, and saw that the soldier
was saved


When the Third Vermont charged upon
the rife pits. the enemy poured voley up
on them The first man who fell, with six
bullets in his body, was William Scott, of
Company X. His comrades caught him
up. and as his life blood ebbed away, he
raised to heaven, amid the din of war, and
the cries of the dying, and the shouts Of the
enemy, prayer for the President, and as
he died he remarked to his comrade that be
was no coward and not afraid to die.


He was inferred, in the presence of his
regiment. in little grove about two miles
to the rear Of the rebel fort, in the centre
of group of holly and vines few cher
ry trees, in full bloom, are scattered around
the edge. In digging his grave skull and
bones were found, and metal buttons, show
ing that the identical spot had been used in
the Revolutionary war for our fathers who
fell in the same cause. The chaplain mar
rated the circumstances TO the boys who
stood around with uncovered heads. He
PRAYED for the President. and paid the most
glowing tribute TO his noble heart that was
ever heard. The tears started in their
ewes as the clods of earth were thrown up
on him In bis narrow grave, where he lay
sbrouded in his coat and blanket.


The men separated; in few minutes all
we're engaged in something around the camp
as ihotgh nothing had happened tinustial !;
but the scene will live upoh their memories
while life lasts the calm look Of Scotts
face. the seeming look of satisfaction he felt,
still fingered; and could the President have
seen him he would have felt that this act Of
mercy had been wisely bestowed. Bot the
cannon's roar is to be heard toward York
town, and We mtst be off to the scene.
Year: 1862

To Cook DEIIcATE OMELErTE.
Break eight eggs In stew-pan, to which
add teaspooniul of very finely chopped
onion, one of chopped parsley, half ditto
Of salt, pinch Of pepper and three good
tablespoonfuls of cream beat them we'll
together, then put two ounces Of butter III
an omelette pan, stand Il over sharp FIRE,
and as soon as the butter is hot pour in the
eggs, stir them round quickly with spoon
until delicately set, then shake The pan
round. leave it moment TO color The osass
lette, hold the pan in a slaniing position.
just tap it upon the stove or range TO bring
The omeletie to proper shape, and roll the
flap over the spoon turn il upon your dish,
and serve as soon as DONE Take care not
10 do it too much. An omelet,e cooked in
this way is very delicate.
Year: 1862

CHEER FoR THE DIsfIEARTESEp.-h
is sad thing when any person old or young
goes through his work in a eowed spirit
do not mean. goes throug it in jaded. heart
less way merely, but goes through it in the
bare hope of escaping blame. A great
mart of all that is done in this world is done
in this way. Many children, many serv-
ants. many clerks, and even several persons,
20 through their daily round thrs. l need
not say how pOUrly that work will usually
be done which the man wishes just to get


through without any. great reprcSaiion; but
think how unhappily it will be done, and
what a miserable training Of heart and
mind it is. II seems to me that few people
do thier work heartily, and really as well
AS they can. And people whose desire It IS
merely to get through somehow, seem TO
stand TO their work at level below it. The
man who honestly does his best, works from
above his task is below him he is mas