smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

| On Tuesday last John Jackson arrived in
our place from up the Feather river on foot
and carrying saddle, saying that he had
crippled his horse few miles above, and
that he was then on his way to his home a
few miles below Nicolaus. On Wednesday
night, about 10 o'clock, he arrived at the
house of Martin Bnder below Hook Farm,
called for his supper and wished to stop all
night. Mrs. Bader got his supper, and all
went to bed. After breakfast on Thursday
morning Mr.. Bader started to Capt. Suffers
on business, Jackson saying that he would
remain as company for the lady until HE
(Bader's) return Mrs. Bader then gathered
her clothes and started to the slough which
ran few rods from the house and commence
ed preparations for washing. About an hour
after this two gentlemen rode up to the house
and inquired for Mr.. Bader, when jackson,
who was Just coming from the spot where the
woman was afterwards found murdered COW
cred with perspiration and looking confused
replied that Mr. and Mrs. Bader had gone to
Capt Suffers A short time after this Bader
got home, and not seeing his wife, called
aloud for her several times without any an
swer, which alarmed him 20 much that he
concluded to 60 to the corral to get his horse
and make search for her, but to his surprise
Jackson met him at the bars with his revolver
presented, and informing him that he could
not leave there alive, cooked his pistol and
pulled trigger but the cap alone exploded.
Bader then searched for his pistol, but it was
gone lie ran to his shotgun, which he had


loaded the previous evening, but both bar
rels were discharged Having given his horse
to Jackson who demanded it, he caught an
other and they both left the house together
the one to give the alarm, having become
fearful of the fate of his devoted wife, the
other TO make his escape.


The alarm being given the fend was soon
arrested, and the body of the ill-fated woman
found in the slough, near by her washing
with finger marks upon her throat, a bullet
hole in her left breast and one on the right
side of the back bone; and upon a more close
examination by three ladies present. another
bullet hole was found in the side Upon
search, Bader found that his trunk was minus
$50 or $50, and his Colts revolver. 1t was
afterwards found on the person of Jackson.
Justice Speagle being present summoned
Coroner's Jury who being duly sworn pro-
ceeded to an investigation; but the enraged
populace without did not await their deci
sion. knowing that there was not the least
possibility of a doubt of his guilt, they threw
lasso around his neck and ran with him to
a convenient tree There they threw the
rope over limb. Jackson was then asked
to make his confession, which he refused to
do remarkng that he had nothing to say.
Upon this the order was given to haul away,
when he was suspended about thirty feet
from the ground, where he still hangs"


Those were days of summary vengeance.
Year: 1861

ARE WE BELLIGFRENTsl-In the New
Times we find the following;


Exchange Of Prisoaqs.-A telegram from
Washington says;


"The question of the exchange Of pris.
oners which has been the subject of con.
siderable consideration, has not vet been
decided. President Lincoln is firmly op.
posed to any recognition of the rebels as q
belllgerent power.'


However disagreeable it may be, Presi-
dent Lincoln will probably be under the
same necessity of recognizing this fact, as
he is of recognizing any other. Even he
must be tolerably well satisfied by this
time that the country is at war with some
body that is entitled to be called a pow
err" lie can neither cheat himself nor
the county into any delusior as to the
magnitude of the contest, by refusing il a
belligerent name. The exchange of pris-
oners is an incident of all wars-not be-
cause both sides, or either side, claim to
much more humane to exchange prisoners
than il is to hang them The country
will be much better satisfied to support
this contest, with both men and money
when it learns that it is to be waged in
accordance with theusages of civilized and
Christian nations.
Year: 1861

We are reioiced to find that the renowned Chemist
of New England, DR.. AVER has at length turned his
attention to the disorder which hangs like blighted
on our community. Our section is as healthy as any
other, with single exception, and that is the Fever
and Ague, which haunts us on every side, But his
remedy does cure, as we should know it must, ifhe
made it. Cast out this baeful distemper from among
us and ours is one of the lovoles spots in the West
-ISentine, Fairfield I0ird
Year: 1861

TIE 0LD AND TIE NEw YEAR-Another
year has been laid in the tomb of the Past,
and standing on the threshold Of a new era,
is it not proper tn 1t we should pause and
look back, that we may gather something
from the experience Of the past which may
guide US in the future The year dead was
as eyentful as any which history presents
eventful for good, and we fear for evil. But
it most concerns US as individuals. Let
each ask himself TO- day, "What progress
have I made What good have I done2-
How far have advanced toward the great
end for which I was ordained, since the
commencement of the year 1s6Oqp The
man or woman who can commence the New
Year with q clear conscience is happy in
deed; but the best of US may draw some
thing from the past which shall work to our
profit and honor in the future, and that man
oragoman omits great duty who fails Il
commence the New Year upona more right.
eous and elevated basis. To one and all W,
wish glad and happy New Year.
Year: 1861

MIDSIeHr.--The funeral dirge Of the Old
Year and the greeting to the New Year were
played on the Trinity Chimes at y o'clock
last night. The solemn stiffness gave an
impressive effect to the sweet notes.


The firing of guns and pistols also told of
the death of The Old Year and the birth Of
the New.
Year: 1861

TIE CARRIER BoY.-To-day the Carrier
Boy who sfor twelve months in heat and
cold, storm and sunshine, has faithfully left
your paper at your door each morning, viii
ask you to purchase his New Year Address.
Do not refuse him, for he is worthy Ct ell
he asks, and the mite you VIII not miss viii
cheer his heart and encourage him in bis.
daily task.
Year: 1861

DUoKED.--A lad skating on the river near
the foot of Bath street, yesterday afternoon,
broke through the ice and received a thor
ough drenehing. Skaters should be careful
how they venture about cracks and air
boIaa
Year: 1861

against, and attempting to destroy the Gov
ernment. But, after my great campaign
ing, have exhausted myself, If not YOU -
lCries Of go on, go on l ask you,
in this great free State where three-fourths
Of the revenues are collected, where is the
great emporium Of the New World, ask
you in the name Of Freedom, and of govern
ment, and Of law, to look this question


luarely in the face, to bring home to the
judgment-seat Of an indignant people who
dares to apologize for or wink at this rebel
lion, who demands 10 destroy this great cita-
del Of liberty. ask you to arraign him as
traitor. care not whether he does it as Q
politician or a spy whether by ranging him
self openly against the Government or by at
tempting to array a party to annoy-to
oRnoy-the administration of the General
Government The question Of the election
which is pending will take care Of itseK
This great popular moyement--rWby, the
only danger is that it won't have opposition
enough to steady its course; that there won't
be enough opposition to reckon in the column
of scattering" That will take care of it
self 1t only comes in aid of this great and
mighty movement which stirs the popular
foundations down 10 the very center and
rises up as high as human imagination can
go, anu eX'eu1S on elmer nanu 10 tne re-
motest ramifcations of the nation. feel
deeply on this question Of the Constitution
and the Union, and am for seeing this re-
bellion put down, because | know and feel
that We know that We owe all that we are Of
this great and good Government. Cheers.
And ] see and know, and you know with
me, that If this Government is put down, if
this government is destroyed, free govern
ment, free institutions, will be destroyed
with it. 1t were better that this whole gen.
Grafton should be swept from the face of the
earth-for in few years We shall all be laid
in the dust--ifour great and free institutions
shall be preserved. To the old men say,
furnish the wisdom OF your counsel. To
woman say, lend your gentle auxiliary
prayers, and stay up the hands of your broth
ers, husbands, and fathers. To the young


men / say, in the words Of Hamlet, 'Listl
list oh list if ever thou didst thy dear
country love- yes; come forward swell up
this great army of freemen, and march for
ward until this rebellion is put down; until
the Constitution triumphs; until the Stars
and Stripes are planted upon every fortress
and every State Capital; and then let one
great hurrah go up that will shake every


monarchy in Europe, and make even this
great country trembls to its popular founda-
tions. Enthusiastic and long continued
cheering.
Year: 1861

On Sunday evening the hull Of the
good old ship United States, in which
Decatur captured the Nacedonian, was
taken possession OF at the psvy yard by
an efficient crew and towed down to tie
narrow part Of the channel mile below
Fort Fosfolk, where chs was moored
across the channel and sunk. Only a
few feet brought her ir contact with the
bottom and the naval force that shall
attempt TO pass up TO our harbor must
hold parley with the old veteran Ill.
they can persuade hes to stand one'
side; while IN the meantime the shot and
shells from The two forts above. one on
the right and the other on the lof, are
bamBpering awsy at them with the big.
gsst sissd shot and shells, '.r n -
Year: 1861

OUR CREED.-We believe in snall@farms
and thorough cultivation.


We believe that soil loves to eat as well rs
its owner, and ought, therefore to be ma
nurcd


We believe in large crops which leave the
land better than they found it-making the
farm and farmer both rich.


We bclieve in going TO the bottom Of
things, and therefore in deep ploughing, and
enough OF it. All the better if with Il sub
soil pow


We believe that every farm should own a
good farmer.


We believe that the best fertilizer of any
SOIL is a spirit of industry, enterprise and
INSTRUMENTATION this, lime and gypsum,
bones and green manure, mari and guano will
bc of lttle use


We believe in clean kitchen, a neat wife
in it, a spinning piaao, clean dairy, and a
/ clean conscience.


We firmly disbelieve in farmers that will
not improve; in farms that grow poorer
every year; in starving cattle; in farmers
boys turning to mechanics and clerks; in
farmers daughters unwilling to work, and in
all farmers ashamed of their vocation, OF
who drink whisky until honest people are
ashamed Of them GeUeSee Farmer.
Year: 1861

time comes. no voice from petty semi-se-
cession journals will be needed to arrest
both army and government. The troops.
themselves. will ground their arms. No
power In the land will compel them to
prostitute the flag of their country. for un-
justifiable purposes. Until that time
comes. and we hope it is far distant, the
democracy will render cheerful and pat
riotic support to the flag of their country.
In the history of the past they have been
loyal. and they are not to be seduccd at
this day into the camp of treason and re-


bellion.
Year: 1861

addition Of twenty Ave per cent win be made on the
above rates for Special Notices.


Agsntz and cities win be allowed twenty
ave Der advertisement Of kind
will be inserted at less than regular rates.
Year: 1861

A telegraph dispatch from Philadelphia on
the 24th is as follows:


The Richmond Whig copy of which has
been received here, in an editorial on the war,
says; "All the indications point to long
war" After commenting on what it terms
the safer policy of acting on the defensive,
which has been adopted by the rebel Generals,
policy which the editor fails to appreciate
and showing the supremacy the federal forces
have gained, threatening the whole coast and
able to assail at any point, the extended from
tier of the South, the following declaration of
despair is uttered:


"The possibility of our success is not within
range of accident 70 prevent our subjugaton
or determination is all we can hope for. We
have no skill in strategy and know nothing of
the means at the command of our generals.
But, if this is all that is left US we had as well
be looking out for terms of submission and
the sooner the better. An endless war, which
affords no opportunity for either victory or
revenge, is oootless undertaking. The
Southern people who have offerd themselves
and their all for the prosecution of this war,
and have placed implicit confidence in the men
invested with Its conduct, have looked for
something better. 1t is not to be denied that
a sense of unqualified distrust is gradually sup
planting this generous confidence that sus
piclon is gaining ground that all the advances
of our position have not been profted by as
might have been that the war has not been
prosecuted with the yigor and energy demand
ed by the emergency. We hear muttering
complaints apart from those connected with
the quartermaster commissary and medical de-
partments, growing out of the appointment of
so many civilians to high command. Many of
these appointments have filled the country with
apprehensions of disaster"
Year: 1861

4 LAKE MouNTAIN.--The mountain above
Canal and Long Clutches, known as Humbug
mountain during the late storm has been dis
charging an immense volume of water about
half way up. This mountain has always been
known TO posses a great basin Of water in the
interior, but never known to discharge it be-
fore. There is another outlet Oh Long Guleh.
which is also supposed to be discharging water.
Those who witnessed it think it curiosity
well worthy visit. Great belief has always
been entertained that this mountain contained
rich diggings, and if tunneled would produce
both pay-dirt and water to wash. A shaft was
once sunk in the top over fifty feet deep. seve-
raj years ago, but the parties gave up without
Perseverance in practical manner trinity
Journal.
Year: 1861

SINGULAR MEETING OF A FATHER AND Son.
A young man, only about three months from
the Atlantic States, was travelling through this
section of the mining region few weeks ago,
in search of employment, when by chance he
came to some miners, at work in this township,
and found one Of the company to be his own
father, whom he bad not seen nor heard Of. for
over five years. The boy found work in that
claim Calaveras Chronicle.
Year: 1861

EFFECTS OF Madame Saqui,
a few weeks since, performed on the tight rope
at the Hippodrome, Paris She is now SO
years of age, and is forced to dance by the
Proaigacy of her son who squandered on wick
ed women fortune she earned in her youth.
The only creditable thing the boy ever did was
to blow out his brains
Year: 1861

SOME gold discoveries on the Tejon road, in
the southern portion of the State are attract
ing considerable attention.


HUMBoLDr is to be the headquarters of Col
Lippitts regiment. The Colonel and two com
panies are ordered to that locality one company
to Fort Alcatraz, and two companies to Santa
Barbara.


THE Shasta Courier is informed by good
authority that Major P. B. Reading lost on
his farm in that county, by the late flood,
about $4,000 in stock, etc.


IT is said that the amount of property de-
stroyed by the flood in Trinity county cannot
be less than S200000,
Year: 1861

ROCKVILLE II. R.-In relation to this
much talked of road the Attica Ledger has
the following


This road will be built. 1t is only a
question of time. But the northern term
ination is the question that will have to be
decided soon. If Attica desires to have it
here, and will make an effort, it can easily
be secured for US we think. Is it better for
US to have it pass six or eight miles east OF
US, or bring it to us direct, and make the
connection with the Valley Road here? II
we do the latter it should be done early, and
not grudgirgly, that we may be able TO get
a control in the management and dispensa-
ton of favors, to use to our own advantage,
to the extent of honorable, fair dealing.
Year: 1861

arms, without drill, without money, to
ARA yourself against n powerful North
now united? Are you 10 take part in
this war which is not your war? Are you
to go TO selfdeslruclion because other peo.
pie are mad? a few political madcMps
have commenced this rebellion in the
South. They have fired the Southern
heart by thousand ingenious processes
they lave induced the Southern people,
who were ignorant of tle North, to be-
lievc that the Northern psOple were
cowardly, lean, hungry Yankees. with
out food. without money, without
everything. But now, finding that the
day for bullying is past-that the North is
nnited aud powerful, no wOuder that they
try To get the people of Western Virginia
to guard these frontiers Of four hun.
dred miles. The people of the West
will not be drawn into this moose
being prepared for their dc3lructiou.-
They have had nothing to do with this
war and they will have nothing to do with
it. They will not tight their brethren OF
the South, nor will they fight their breth-
rem of the North But they will defend
iheir 6rcsides: their homes. and their FAM
lilies from foes of all kinds, whether for
eIgn or native. Let any military COM
lnhnder undertake to muster tins people
into the service OF the South, aud he will
hnd l'imself,as was the case not long since
in this county, minus his cooked hat aud
epausettes and standing on his head in a
mud puddle, with bis legs dangling in the
air Let any civil officer undertake to in-
timid"t" this people with threats of hang
Ing for treHsom, and he may tiul that they
will adjudge him to hed traitor


The people of Northwestern Virginia
know their rights and


knowing. dare maintain thom
Year: 1861

PARsoN BRowSLow, of the Knoxville Wing, is
quite hefty on Secession. In late article COM
menting on the forced loan to sustain the Fire.
eating army in South Carolina, he says The
Palmetto State is in the condition of the fellow
who said, 1t is nothing to get married, but it is
HI to keep house,"
Year: 1861

lieVe you to be q very correct ana e.
Unable young man, but Annie is en-
titled to look higher.


That is what Mrs. Grafton said, in
substance to every remark the young
man made, and he was finally obliged
to retire from the conference in dc.
spair.


But where mans wisdom fails,
woman's wit often steps in and avails
much


When Annie heard from her lover
the report Of his conference, she
leaned her head on her dimpled hand
and said with a smile:
We won't give up.


What! do you really think you
can bring your mother rounde said
John eagerly.


1 have strong hopes. I know my
mother better chan you do, John, and
l can arrange some way or other te
manage her. I don't exactly see
yet. but I'll set myself a thinking,
and guess something or other will
turn up.


But if there shouldn't Annie, do
you think it right she should separate
us2 Won't you promise to be mine
at any rate2


No, John, I won't promise to do
that. I should not want to leave my
mother alone.


Then l am afraid, said John, in a
responding tone, that there is no
hope for us.


Fie, John, do you mistrust my
power7 said Annie, shaking her
head at him. If that is the case, I've
a great mind to say I won't marry
you, even if mother does consent.


Anything but that, Annie, but you
know when your mother once gets
her mind made up about anything,
she isn't apt to give up very readily,


know that my mother has some
strong points Of character, and it is
one Of these that rely on for success.
I won't tell you anything about it just
yet, but I'll let you know before it
comes of.


With this agreement they separated
John not knowing whether to hope
or despond, but he felt that if ever
Annie became his wife it must be
through the result Of her stratagem.


n


1t was, perhaps. a week after the
conversation detailed above, Annie
had taken her mothers decision quite
calmly, much to that lady's satistac-
ton, for she loved her daughter, and
would have been panied to see her
grieve.


This particular morning, Annie
was unaccountably carless. She
managed to break a pane of glass in
the sittingroom, without the slightest
apparent necessity for so doing. AS
it was a cold day in November, and
this was the room where they usually
sat, it was matter that must be rene
died at once.


There. we shall have to send for
Mr.. Wyman to come and put in q
new pane, said her mother.


! have an errand down in the vii
lage, said Annie demurely-I will
call and tell him to come.


You had better do SO, said her
Year: 1861

We predicted last week that marrying
would soften the editorial disposition Of Dan
Gelvieks and smooth off the asperities of his
political man. We have the evidence of the
truthfulness of our prophecy before us. In
the last Mountain Democrat he copies what
he styles a " plausible opinion of the Freka
Union, in favor of union of the two branches
of the Democracy A few weeks ago he was
fighting purely for principle, and therefore
couldn't begin to think of uniting with the
spurious Douglas Democrats.
Year: 1861

Ten YEARS OLD.-The Sacramento Union,
the best newspaper in the State, has entered
upon its eleventh year. The Union is pre-
cisely one year older than the COURIER. We
cannot refrain from boasting, as We have
done about once year for five or six years,
and yet without ever getting the Union to
acknowledge this fact, that we were one OF
the original proprietors of that paper-and
that the project originated with Job Court
and ourself, during a walk up the Sacramen-
to levee- We know the Union has always
published different tale from this, but we
know that other tale is false.
Year: 1861

A RESTAURANT in San Francisco is 275
feet long by 80 wide, without post or pillar,
and will accommodate from fifteen to sixteen
hundred persons at one meal. Supposed to
be the largest establishment of the kind in
the world,
Year: 1861

DepGED THE MAIN PLANK.-Have our Re-
publican friends, who have so long been pro-
claiming Uncle Abe second Jackson, failed
to note the fact that, in his Inaugural, that
remarkably brave, fearless, .Iacksonian in
dividual lodged the main issRe-ignQred tho
chief plank of their platform-=the very plank
containing the principle upon which the
canvass was conducted and he elected? Tho
great and vital doctrine of the Republican
party is, the right and duty of Congress to
prohibit slavery in the Territories. Nowhere
in his Inaugural does Uncle Abe touch on
this vital principle of his party, this chief
plank of the Republican platform
Year: 1861

The House having under consideration the report from the
select committee Of thirty three


Mr.. HUTcHINs said


Mr.. SPEAKER When Milton was about
to record a revolt against the government
of God, he thought it not unworthy Of him
to invoke the guidance of that spirit


--athat doth nl efer