smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

enemy into benefits. And there is
hope for the enemy, if he repent ?"


ayes: if he repent and turn from
his evil, the wrong he has done shall
not be remembered against him." was
replied. "Nay the wrong has ceased !;
for Infinite love, guided by Infinite
wisdom has already transformed it
into a servant of good. The evil we
do in the world, so far as its perma-
nent effects remain, is evil only to our
selves. God takes care that others
are not thereby, except to the degree
required for the disturbance and dis
sipation of other and more deeply
seated evils. Whether we mediate
service or wrong to the neighbor we
are equally in Gods hands, and the
effect of our deeds are limited by His
will"


"Have ynn always thought thus ?''
asked Mr.. Ellis.


"l was so instructed" replied the
young man, "but until of late, did
not see il clearly. When the sun is
IN mid-heaven, everything is so bright
around US that we take no heed to
our steps, and often press on blindly,
going astray; but when night falls,
we look up, and note the stars walk
ing by their supreme intelligence. So
have been walking for the last few
Notwithstanding toward the East
and now | see the dawn of coming
day, and feel within me the motions
ofa higher life. But excuse me for
thus speaking of myself Your ques
tions have drawn me out to say more
than is fitting"


"Not a word too much" said Mr..
Ellis. Not a word too muchr' 1t
was on his Ii ps to confess that he was
the enemy by whom the young man s
life had been disturbed; but confess.
ion was withheld. "No good can come
of it, he said within himself Let the
past die. For the future my service
OF the neighbor must be from good
will, and not through the counterac
tiOn of careless or meditated wrongs.


The two men parted, each with g
clearer light in the understanding
and each with desire to do justly
to love mercy, and to walk humbly
before God. Their meeting was of
no blind chance.
Year: 1868

The Atlanta Era says: awe be-
gin to see and feel that Georgia will
go for Grant after all. He will get
from forty to fifty thousand white votes
This added to an overwhelming color
ed vote, together with the GRIT daily
displayed by the Legislature, will do
the work up nicely for the General
Year: 1868

About the year 1928 some young
ladies who were at Cape May had oc-
casion to use piece of tape. One
of them remembered having seen
piece in the window of a little shop.
They accordingly went to it, but the
Irish woman who kept the shop refus-
ed to sell it, saying that it was the
only piece of tape which she had, and
she wished to keep it as a sign that
she sold tape. ~
Year: 1868

and all are warranted TO be


CHEAPER AND BETTER
than can be purchased elsewhere In ths city.
be left either of the CompAnys stores or
sent by post to Headquarters Nos 81 3S vesey
street, the will be forwarded forthwith any part
OF the city without extra charge.
The Company have also selected large quantities Of the


CHOICEST COFFEES IMPORTED.
which they roasting and grinding daily and putting In
pound packages and upwards and delivering In AL
parts of the city without extra charge
Year: 1868

c ~ tuc Ae$IslBiures


MR.. EDIToR:-I notice that the opinion of
many OF our citizens, in regard to the vacancy
in cur Legislative representation, oce STONED
by the death of the late N A. Foster, Esq, is
that no election would be legal until the next
Legislature shall have assembled, declared the
vacancy to exist and informed the city officials
OF the fact. Is this so? think not.


Sec. 6, Article ~, part First of the Consti-
tuition of Maine, declares that, Whenever the
seat OF a member sail be vacant by death.
resignation, or otherwise, the vacancy may be
filled by new election" Is this provision
now operative? If not, when was it annulled? I?
If my memory serves me faithfully, a SINH
lar case occurred in the Windham and Scar
boro district last year, when a new election
took place and the member so elected took his
seat at the same time with those elected in
September. If I am wrong would be thank
ful it some one acquainted with the subject
would set me right; and if am right, why
should not the city authorities order new
election, so that the city may be fully repre-
sented in the organization.


l have heard the name of gentleman me n
toned to fill the vacancy who has filled the
Speakers chair very acceptably during two
sessions, and I, for one, should be very happy
to see him called to that position again


VoTEp
Year: 1868

GEN. How ARB has addressed letter to the
Assistant Commissioner of the Freedmen's
Bureau for Virginia, in which he defends his
action in not recommending in his annual re-
port the continuance of the Bureau after the
first of January. He says that the work Of
the Bureau IN sustaining the freedmen until
they had gained recognized status as citizens
Is accomplished. and that the military COM
manders in the SO lthern States can now pro-
tect them in their civil and political rights and
do all else for them that is necessary, except
in the single matter of education. over which
she Bureau will continue its supervision.
Year: 1868

UNDER FALSE CoLoRs.-Some facts not vet
publish came out before the coroner's jury,
that held an inquest on the body of the seaman
drowned by falling from Union wharf on Mon
day night last


The deceased was an ordinary seaman on
board the schooner Angeline, Capt. Hix, of
Rockland, where he shipped few weeks since.
He signed the shipping papers as William a.
Melville, of Wareham, Mass, aged about 30
He told shipmate repeatedly that that was
an assumed name, and gave him his right
name (but the witness had unfortunately for.
gotten it). He told him also that he had not
been home for twelve years; that when he left
Wareham he ran away, having stolen $4,000
from his father and eoped; that he had since
been wand ering up and down the earth, lead
ing miserable life. By these habits of dissi-
patton he reached sudden and untimely end.
The men who were with him as boon compan-
ions at the time of his death, were not seamen
belonging to the vessei, but were taken ON by
him after the vessel arrived here. One of
them gave his name as John Clark At first
it was suspected toere might have been foul
play in his taking off-but the testimony de-
veloped nothing of the kind. These associates
used all the exertions their drunken condition
would allow in endeavoring to rescue Melville
from the dock, and were evidently much at
fected by his death. The deceased left no pa
pers or letters by which any clue could be
obtained to his friends or place of abode. 1t is
thought that these statements may help to
identify this unfortunate man, whose death
has added another to the unnumbered army
who have lost their lives by sacrificing them to
the Unsuitable demon of strong drink.
Year: 1868

VIGILANcE.-The British Consul, Mr. MUIR
ray, was applied to yesterday for help by two
seamen, who represented that they had been left
behind by the Cunard steamer at New York.
Mr.. Murray, not knowing but that they might
have deserted from the stea mer at too late an
hour for the fact to be known at the Consulate
in that city, was prudent enough to write to
the Consulate at New York for instructions so
that he might receive an answer by Saturday
morning, which, if satisfactory, will enable
him to send them home by Saturdays steamer
from this port. The fact that they had not ap-
piled to the Consulate in Boston was suspic-
ious.


Some time ago young man applied to Mr..
Murray for aid, stating that he had rich rela-
tions in England and offered his note for g5
tor passage home, which he said his relatives
would pay on his arrival. Mr.. Murray gave
the agent of the steamers his preference, either
to take the young mans note, or the govern
ment allowance of two shillings per each day
OF the passage home. The agent preferred the
note, and when the steamer arrived these
worthy relations were found to be hallucina-
tion Of the youths imaginative brain. The agent
thought Mr.. NJ. was responsible, but he proved
to him that he had given him his choice.
Year: 1868

ST. LUKE's CATHEDRAL.-We observed yes
terday morning signs of life about the little
sprout on the end OF the building, in the form
OF box enclosing said eruption. We were
puzzled for time as to the intentions of the
workmen, at first supposing it was intended to
protect them from the cold while finishing the
ventilator. But the amount OF work involved
seeming to be greater than what was required
to finish the object inclosed, we concluded that
it was Intended for some kind of a house. We
believe the City Government passed a law
some time since that no wooden buildings
should be erected over ten feet in height with
out special license. Probably, in this case, the
special license has been obtained.
Year: 1868

The OPERA HoUsE.-The Advertiser and
Argus, not having been SO fortunate as to have
had any positive news in regard to the new
opera house, have chosen to cast discredit on
our article in Wednesdays ISSUE When the
Advertiser states that it had previously writ
ten up the subject, We can only say if it
means that 1t made its statements without
good foundation, we hardly think the proceed
ing can be called legitimate journalism. The
gentlemen who are to build the opera house
are men of ample means, and as we said
ground would broken in the Spring time will
prove the correctness of our assertions.
Year: 1868

EVERYBODY knew that A. Oakley Hall, the
Democratic candidate, would be elected mayor
of Ne~ York. One would suppose where
there was no serious contest and where there
was 10 need of Illegal voting that for once
there might have been au honest election in
Gotham. But this was not the case. There
were the usual number of arrests for illegal
voting and one Republican challenger was ia
tally shot, These things seem to be done
either to keep up discipline" in the Demo-
cratic ranks, or "out of pure cusedness."
Year: 1868

In THE WIND, SHAKING.-The condition of
some of the converts to the cause of Radicalism,
particularly those who are ito the manor born,"
is rather shaky, and reminds US very much of
vessel that has missed stays; they come up
in the wind, but cannot take the other tack, on
account of the iron-clad
Year: 1868

At the last registration in Granville county,
North Carolina, the white people gained two
hundred and forty-f on the former registra-
tion This shows what can be done if the white
men will come up to the work.
Year: 1868

Nature reafirrns the divine law that one
day in seven should be set apart for rest and
worship. Both the brute and human world
need it for their well being Dr. Fare, a
distinguished physician, says: Although
the night equalizes the circulation well, yet
It does not sufficiently restore its balance for
the attainment of long life, Hence one
day in seven, by the bounty Of Providence,
is thrown in as day Of compensation, to
perfect by it's reposel the animai system.
You may easily determine this question By
trying it on the beasts ofburden. Take that
fue animal, the horse, and work him to the
full extent Of his powers every day but one
in seven, and you viii soon perceive by the
superior vigor with which he performs his
functions on the other six days that this rest
is necessary to his well being. Man, pos
sessing a superior nature. is borne along
by the very y5gor of his mind, 50 that the
injury of continued diurDal axertion aud ex-
element in his animal system IS not so inn
mediately apparent as it is in the brute; but
In the long run it breaks down more sud
denly; it abridges the length of his life and
that vigor of his old age which Gas to mere
animal power ought to be the object Of his
preservation. This is simply as physician
and without reference at al to the theo-


logical question.
Year: 1868

DRFIDENT MEN.-When the world was
younger, difident people had much better
chance of success in it than they have now.
Their modesty found favor with the wise
and good, and they were helped along. Pliny
the greatest lawyer ofbis age, recommended
quite young men Of his own profession to
the public, and sometimes refused to under


take cause unless some modest Junior
counsel was associated with him as plea
dor Lawyers don't do that sort of thing
now. 1t does not answer to implore the
favorable opinion Of courts and juries; the
advocate who expects to obtain their assent
to his views must demand it. We have
popular speakers who simply make a noise
in the world" Their heads are empty but
their lungs are strong and their tongues glib.
An ancient writer on oratory says that
flushed face and an expression dashed with
modesty should secure the attention of an
audience. Alasl the evidences of difidence
are death to the prospects Of a speaker in
this age \ man who overcrows his betters
is pretty sure to take the lead. In law, in
business, in politics-aud sometimes even in
church-this rule holds good.
Year: 1868

satisfied that as it is in the clothes you wear
so it is in all other things, to enjoy them and
to get good from them, they must fit you
and be suited to your condition.


The more have thought Of the remarks
of my uncle the more have / been satisfied
Of their wisdom and their truth. - Chizfs
Computation.
Year: 1868

BEAUTY OF OLD PEoPLE.-Men and
women make their own beauty or their own
ugliness. Lord Lytton speaks OF man
s'who was uglier than had any business to
be-, and if he could but read 1t every
human being carried his life in bis face, and
is good looking OF the reverse, as that hte
has been good or evil. On our features the
/ 6ne chisel of thought and emotion are
eternally at work Beauty is not the
monopoly of blooming young men and OF
pink and white maids. There is slow
growing beauty which only comes to per
section in old age Grace belongs to nc
period of life aud improves the longer Il
exists.
Year: 1868

MEN are as susceptible to fattery as wo-
men, Sugar is sweet to everybody. and the
moment particle can be dropped upon the
palate the mouth goes wide open with
bound. Human nature is remarkably preya-
lent in both sexes.
Year: 1868




Toward night, as very hard fighting was
going on near the plaza, it was suddenly dis
covered that the detachment engaged was
almost out Of ammunition The men we're
under hot FIRE, and could not hold their
ground for moment without cartridges.
Taylor's headquarters were mile back out
side Of the town, at Fort Number Cne, a
captured redoubt. Grant who had been
with his regiment from the firing of the first
musket. volunteered to go and find him or
Twiggs, and order up ammunition.


He prepared for his ride behind house,
and then dashed out. The moment he
emerged from cover he was under sweep
ing artillery and musketry FIRE frem forts and
houses But he was probably the best
horseman in the army, and his skill did him
good service. Before running the hot gaunt-
let, he had adopted the posture Of the Ca
manche Indians in similar peril-lying
against the side of his horse, with one foot
thrown over the saddle and his hand clutch
ed in the name. Being on the opposite side
from the enemy, aud shots to harm him
must pass through the steed


His horse was well trained, and with
Grant clinging to him in that awkward po-
sition, and ''bobbing" up and down with
his motion. he started at quick run. On
the way he had to jump an earth wall nearly
four feet high. He made the leap spleu-
didly, and though balls whisted and shells
exploded all around him, Grant had the
good fortune to reach the fort safely. He
found Twiggs, who gave the order to for
ward the ammunition, but before it could
start our troops came pouring back With
great but fruitless gallantry, they had got
into place in which they could not stay.
As Grant himself afterward described it,
they were ike the man who caught wild
ar.-Richards0a'S Grant
Year: 1868

III is best to keep your secrets to yourself
YOU may then feel sure they are yours, and
that YOU are not arousing the jealousy OF
others or creating fears IN your own MIND
that Others know how to wrong you
Year: 1868

Wood ashes and common salt wet with
water will stop the cracks of stove and
prevent the smoke from escaping.


Alum and vinegar is good to set colors
Of red, green or yellow


Sal SODA will bleach white; one spoonful
is enough for a kettle of clothes.


Save your suds ior garden plants, or
flower yards, when sandy.


Wash your tea trays with cold suds. pol
lslI with little -four, and rub with dry
cloth


y hot shove. held over vanished fur
niture VIII take out white spots.


A bit of glue dissolved in skim milk
Will restore old Grape


Ribbons OF any kind should be washed
In cold soap suds, and not rinsed.


If your hat-irons are rough rub them
with fine salt, and it will make them
smooth.


Oats straw is best for filing beds; i.
should be changed once a year.


III you are buying carpets for durability
choose small figures.


A bit of soap rubbed on the hinges Of
doors will P revent their creaking.


Scotch snuff put in holes where crick
cts come out will prevent their creaking.


A gallon of lyc put in barrel of hard
water will make it as soft as rain water
Year: 1868

bodiment of these task masters. Doom
Grant to political death, and the entire
horde Of Vampires and ghouls that are
preying upon labor and the interest Of la.
Dor die with him.


The defeat of Grant is the first step tC
the equalization Of the public burthens
Ii be is made president, the rich viii le
made richer and the poor poorer. That is
certain.


To defeat Grant is to do something to
bring back gold and silver currency,
and to reduce the cost of subsistence to a
point which will enable poor man and his
family to live.


To defeat Grant is to upset speculation
emancipate honest labor from the heartless
grip of dishonest paper money oligarchy
aud restore the mecharic and workingmsn
to the position he is entitled to occupy in
society. Freeborn, white American citi.
zeus cannot always be slaves. Are they
not entitled to emancipation, at least, as
much as the ignorant, debasel. fetish
worshipping negro?


The defeat of Grant meaps lower rents
and higher wages


Fewer taxes and cheaper bread.


y chance for the mechanic to educate
his children, and once more to buy his
wife new dress.


1t means all that, aud a good deal more
besides.


1t will compel the thieves and swinders
to take back seats.


It will bring honest men and honest Ia.
bor again to the front.


1t will stop the stealings at Washing
ton.


1t will ecoaomse the public expendi
tures.


Give enc class no advantage over an
other class:


And q make every tub stand on its own
bottom"
Year: 1868

The next New Jersey legislature is to
choose United States senator The
senate and house will be democratic
The Hon. J X. Stockton will probably be
returned, and reoccupy his seat in time TO
witness the downfall Of radicalism.
Year: 1868

From the Mobile Register, July 81.


A WORD TO THE DEMOCRACY OF AL


ALBANIA.


A thorough and efficient organizat-
ion will secure you a glorious victory IN
November. You can easily carry maj
ority of negro votes for Seymour and
Blair. You must organize a central
club at every county seat-clubs in
every civil district. Let it be compOs-
ed of whites and blacks-ifyou have
but one Democratic negro in the dis
trict or beat, enroll him asa member.
Meet regularly and frequently, and
each member of the club endeavOr to
bring out one ormore colOred Radicals
to hear your discussions. BY this
means you will encourage a spirit OF
independence among them; they will
become enrolled, and when they see
and understand the iniquities of the
Radicals they will condemn them in
their honest hearts. This will bring
about a spirit of persecution on the
part of the Leaguers, which will bring
them into your ranks. Procure i'm
mediately Seymour and Blair badges,
and present them to your cOlored
members.


1t is easy to make them understand
that the reason they have not receiv-
ed higher wages and made more mon
ey is owingto the exOrbitant tax that
the planter has had to pay. 1t is easy
to prove to them that their interest is
thoroughly identified with the man
who owns the land and mules-the
proposition that labor and capital
must work together is simple and
easily impressed upon them.


Impress it upon them that Northern
immigration brings with it Yankee
improvements; machinery that one
man can take and do the work of ten
men. This leaves nine idle; that it
makes lands worth fifty dollars per
acre that can now be bought for five :;
that we require their labor because
we are used to it; and if they force
Radical rule upon us the Yankee will
Overrun the country, and their Occupa-
will be gone, and lands will be so high
that they cannot purchase homes for
themselves and families.


Your club organizations are neces-
sary to protect the person and prop
erty of your colOred friends from the
prosecutions of the League. You
must protect them with your lives;
you owe it to your manhood!


You want money! Money you
must raise the first thing; money to
pay for printing; to put Democratic
cOlored speakers in the field; when
ever you find one that can speak take
him from his crop, pay his expenses,
support his family, and put him out
to canvassing; nor stand upon the
order of his work. Correspond with
Mississippians and get them to send
you help.


DenOunce the Loyal League upon
every occasion organize a Ku-Klux
Klan whenever they organize a League
meet in friendship and peace as Christ
ians should; meet midnight leag-
uers and enemies as manhood dares.
Year: 1868

One of the most significant features
of the political canvass now going on
in the South, is the fact that the DEM
Oeratic party is entering into an ami


mated and, apparently, not altogether
unsuccessful competition with the Re
publicans for the vote Of the cOlOred
people. In Georgia the Democrats
put forward the claim that they will
get, at least, 10000 of the 96, 900 negro
votes Of that State. In Georgia the
Democrats, headed by Howell Cobb,
have formed a sort Of League, the
members of which pledge themselves


not to give work to any negroes who


cannot show that they are members
of some cOlOred Democratic club. 1t
is stated that there are fourteen cOlOred
Democratic clubs in Savannah, Ca,
and that numerous accessiOns" " are
received at every meeting. The bad
ges of these clubs are exhibited by
cOlOred men seeking labor as proof
that they intend voting the Democrat
ic ticket. The Republicans aver that
the colOred men who join these clubs,
do so under coercion to procure en-
plOyment, and that they will "play
pOssum" when the election comes,
and vote the Republican ticket
Washington Star.
Year: 1868

Resolved, That we recognize the
great principles laid down in the
immortal Declaration of Independents
as the true foundation of democratic
government, and we hail with glad
ness every effort toward making these
principles a living reality on every
inch Of American soil.
Year: 1868

Recent explorations show Northern
Minnesota to be perhaps the most re-
maTkable slate region in the world.
The slate ridge is some twenty odd
miles in length and six in width. In
one place are mounds of slate cover
ing a large extent of territory, which
have the appearance of a city, there
being streets, houses and tOWeTs Of
regular shape, the whole presenting q
most singular and interesting appear
ance.
Year: 1868

Time wears slippers Of list, and his
tread is nOiseless. The days come
softly daWning one after another,
creeping in at the windows. their
fresh morning air so grateful 20 the
lips as they pant for it, their music so
sweet TO the ears that listen TO it, until
before we know it, q whole life Of DAYS
has possession Of the citadel, and time
has taken Us for his own.
Year: 1868

n@- In Richmond they have q
new idea in photography, which is to
take the head of lady in the midst
ofthc petals of any kind of u flower
"a rose, tulip, or lily. The profile
appeare almost smothered in q beau
tifnl and highly colored flower, with
a long stem attached, and it looks ~
natural as il it had grown there.