smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864

LOUISVILLE. March l6-Gov Bramiette has
just issued the following address:


To the People Of Kentucky:


FELLOW CITIzESs-In view of the disturbance
of the popular mind. produced by the enrolment
OF slaves for the army in Kentucky, it j. deemed
prudent TO make the following suggestions for
the benefit and guidance of the loyal people of
Kentucky.


Your Indignation should not move YOU to
criminal acts of violence. nor TO unlawful re
sistance. Standing we have stood. and will
ever stand, for the Constitution. the Union. and
the enforcement of the laws we must reDel the
efforts OF rebellion 10 overthrow our Government
by our gallant soldiers in the field and meet and
correct unjust unconstitutional legislation by
appeals to the constituted tribunals of the Gov
eminent and through the ballot box displace in
the constituted modes those who pervert or abuse
the trusts committed 10 them This is the Ony
true mode of maintaining the Constitution the
Union and the enforcement of the laws. The
mere act of enrolling the slaves does not affect
any right of the citizen No draft has been or
dered. nor do we know that draft will be or
dered Ii NAV or nav not.


We should abide by and maintain the laws
and pursue in the modes provided by the re-
medy IL affords If any violence or wrong to the
person or property of the citizens be committed
by officers soldiers OF the United States against
the known laws of the land. make your accuse
ton in the mode prescribed by law. If the com
manding officer refuses or neglects 10 his ell
delvOrs to arrest the officer or soldier under his
command accused. and hand him or them over
TO the civil magistrate for trial, when officially
advised of the facts, the executive of the State
will prefer charges and demand n court martial IN
the Union under the Constitution and in accord
ance with the law. assert and urge your rights.


10 is our duty TO Obev the law until il is de-
clared by judicial decision 10 be unconstitutional
The citizen whose property may be taken under it
for public use will be entitled under the
date OF the Constitution TO just compensation
for his private property so taken for public use,
although the present Congress may not do US
Justice. Yet it is safe to rely upon the Justice of
the American people and appeal to them will
not be unheeded or unanswered.


Peace restored ana the unity of the Govern
ment preserved. we will drive to ignominious dis
grace those who in the agony OF our conflict
perverted their sacred trusts to base of par
tizan ends. and obey aud enforce its just demands
as the only hope OF the perpetuation of free in
stltutlOns


Signed THOs BRAMLErr


Frankfort, March ID, 1864
Year: 1864

youth and maturity arising from the bsnefu habits
Of self-abuse. To which is added observations on
Female Diseases, and other interesting ofthe
stimportance 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 often cents OF four stamps.


We devote entire time and attention TO the treat
men of the various private diseases treated of in pr
vate report Our Dpensayi the only Institution Of the
kind in America which has been Established by special
charter ana this fact should give ii preference the
various quacks of doubtful character TO be foun in al
argecties
Year: 1864

BUSINESS MEN.-"What an amazing
amount of confidence and self-reliance
your friend has, S. never talk with him
upon matters of business, but he impresses
me with humiliatins sense Of my own
infeliority and would as soon take his
judgment upon points of law in business as
any lawyer in the land" The above is
but sample of what we daily hear in our
walks among men, and we can but ask our
selves why is it that this is so. 1t is sim
ply because they have never subjected
themselves to scientific study Of business
primo pies, whereas the friend or neighbor
so much envied for his judgment and self
reliance has perhaps made it a life study.
1t is an indisputable fact and the public are
beginning to learn it, that men do not stum-
bic upon success in business. To be a
good thorough business man in onr times
requires thorough scientific and theore-
teal course of study, and We know of no
better place to pursue such course than
the Illinois School of Trade Chicago, of
which see advertisement
Year: 1864

Vho Use OF NAM


The world was made to be inhabited by
beasts, but studied and contemplated by
man; tia the debt Of our reason we owe
unto God, and the homage we pay for not
being beasts. Without this, the world is
still as though it had not been, or as it
was before the sixth day, when as ye, there
was not creature that could conceive, or
say there was world. The wisdom of
God receives small honor from those vul.
gar heads who rudely stare about, and
with gross rusticity admire his works.
Those highly magnify him whose judicious
inquiry into his acts. and deliberate re.
search into his creatures, return the duty
Of a devout and learned admiration.


Every essence, created and uncreated,
hath its final cause, and some positive end,
both Of its essence and operation This is
the cause | grope after in the works Of ma.
ture. To raise so beauteous structure as
the world and the creatures therein was but
His act; bur their sundry and divided oper-
ations, with their prcdestInated ends are
from the treasury of his wisdom.


There are no groteSques in nature not
any thing framed to fill up empty cantons
and unnecessary spaces. ~ What
reason may n 60 to school to the wisdom
Of bees, ants and spiders! What wise
hand teacheth them to do what reason can
not us? Ruder heads stand amazed at
those prodigious pieces of nature, whales,
elephants, dromedares, and cane!s. Th. Sc,
| confess, are the colosusses and majestic
pieces of His hand. But in these narrow
engines there is more curious ma,he matics;
and the civility Of these little citizens more
neatly sets forth the wisdom of their Maker.
| could never content my contemplation
with those general pieces of wonder, the
tlux and retlux of the sea, the increase Of
the Nile, the conversion Of the needle to
to the North and have studded to match
and parallel those in the more obvious and
ne elected pieces Of nature, which without
further travel. can do, in the cosmography
of myself We carry with us the wonders-
we seek without us. There is all Africa
and her prodigies in US. We are that bold
and advensurous piece of nature, which he
that studies wisely learns in a compendium
what others labor at in divided piece and
endless volumc.-Sir Thomas Rr0une.
Year: 1864

THE POWER OF COMMAS.


The following sentence from recently
written novel, shows the Importance of
punctuation:


she enters on his head, his helmet on
his feet, armed sandals upon his brow,
there was cloud in his right hand, his
faithful sword in his eye, an angry glare he
sat down."
Year: 1864

Pm lonesome since he left my side
To brave disease aud danger
To cross DER hill and rolling tide,
And quarter with the stranger.
i'Tis just one year ago this night


lie took his leave in sadness;
But in week his missive read


We'll meet again in gladness.
long upon those ruby lips


To print the welcome token,
Assuring him my sacred vow,


No. never can be broken;
For will ever constant be,


Though lite Is dark and stormy,
To him who is so gallant, brave,
My beau that's in the army.
We spent the hours so sweetly here,
Till Rebellion revolted;
So kind and inning in his way,


That he cosld ne'er be faulted.
But at the alarum Of the drum,


He did both grieve and charm mo,
BY flying to the nations aid,


My beau that's in the army.
The gent who sits at home in ease,
And dreams of fame and glory,
While soldiers groans float on the breeze,
Must hear a diff rent story
Yes, despise the coward drone,
There's nought in HIM can charm me;
But give me him who'd die for home,
My beau that's in the army.
Now if there's one within our land
Whose sympathy Is callous,
l dc not think it would be just


TO stretch him on the gailows;
But let me warn you II you have,
Perhaps tits better for me
To tell you plain you can't cut out
My beau that's in the army.
Year: 1864

kill out right, and Gen. Forrest was badly
wounded in the foot. o..


1t vas to accomplish this work that Gen.
Sturgis was sent some time ago, when he
met with such a repulse, as the loss Of half
his command.
Year: 1864

The FARMEr's BAROMErER.-Take
II common glass PICKLE bottle, wide
monrhed9till It within three inches
OF the top with water; then tax e
Il common Florence Gil flask, re-
moving the straw covering and
cleansing the flask thoroughly ;
plunge the neck Of ,he flask INTO
the pickle bottle as far as it will 90,
and the barometer is complete. In
fine weather, the water will rise
into thr neck of the flask even
higher than The mouth OF the
pickle bottle, and in WIT and windy
weather it will fall to within an
inch of the mouth of the TASK
Before a heavy gale OF wind, the
water has. been seen to leave tho
flask altos sether at least eight hours
before the gale came to his height.
The invention was made by a Ger.
man, and communicated to u Lon
don journal.,-
Year: 1864

chased by dogs, and bis Cabinet to yoke of oxen
tied on opposite sides the same plow and bound
to pillow the same field TO the end This associa
lion OF ideas which has been so often trided with,
is perhaps the most serious and important symp-
tom of the utter incapacity of our President TO
6Il the post be occupies. 1t shows what standard
he takes of human affairs, and by what vulgar
aud common process be thinks they may be set
tied. seriously minded man would not GER
tainly seek in the "reminiscences of HE youth
solution for the problem of State affairs, nor
strive to discover in the way bulls are fighting,
scheme for the subjugation of his enemies And
when think that this man is a candidate for re-
election to the most responsible office of the
country, / do not know which to deplore most,
the blindness and ignorance Of the party who is
supporting his claims to power, or the affront
which such choice inhicts upon the intelligence
ana honor of the American PEOPLE.


Mr.. LINooLN A COMPARATIVELY GREAT NAN


Another of Mr.. LncoIns misfortunes is to
have believed in himself, in his Cabinet, and in
the purity of the radicals Ii perhaps K
cusabIe enough for him to think great deal of
himself The immense power with which he was
invested having suddenly raised around him
atmosphere ofservility, meanness and incapacity,
led him to the conclusion that he was superior to
others, and he believed IN his greatness because
his creatures were small His confidence in his
Cabinet was produced nby another cause. 1t
sprang from the fact that each member eompos-
ing il, having more experience and ability than
he had himself, had no trouble to convince him
OF their own indispensability Then he was
afraid of the self-assumed Importance of certain
men aud factions OF the Republican party. He
believed in clubs and bar room influence, in New
York kilograms. and in wide awake lanterns. He
was sc on tussed, however, by the waves of the
hungry factions he had called to his assistance.
Radicals and conservatives. themselves divided
into cliques soon waged in his presence fero
cious and relentless war. Mr. Lincoln spent in
adjusting their quarrel the time which he ought
to have devoted to the success Of cur arms and
to the restoration of the Union. To-day be sees
his errors, and Intends | understand, to exclude
the radicals from his Cabinet He has now fallen
into the arms of the conservatives. aud his par
tialits for the Blairs-a partiality which made
him commit the imprudence of overlapping the
sphere of his legitimate action-is the best evi
dence of the policy he intends TO pursue on that
subject
Year: 1864

Correspondents Of the N. !. World


WASHINGTON. May 2


The Chevaer the Count Gurowski has re-
peatedIy offered the service of his brilliant talents
and intimate knowledge Of Cossack character to
assist in writing an autobiography of Mr.. Lin
coin; but il was hot deemed available Oh account
of the similarity between the literary productions
OF the count and his would be subject, il might
afford chance for the Fremont faction TO make
political capital by charging the authorship upon
the President himself Aside from that, the
count is seriously afflicted with chronic disease,
vulgarly known as drivel, now somewhat preya-
lent in the capital, and which renders him un
available for any useful historical purpose


None OF the books that have been written
about Mr. Lincoln. not even the latest collection
of his jokes. have done anything like justice to
the better or worse authenticated gossip hat is
continually floating about in official and other
communities here. in regard to interesting per
sonal habits and demeanor of the head OF the
nation. IL is always interesting 10 know how a
high official appears in those moments when he
unbeuds himself from the cares of state. and re
poses on the simple right of being like any other
man-an individual.


Men and women who have acquired more or
less fame generally chary of exhibiting them
selves in this condition, well knowing that they
are often wanting in those qualities which make
the individual great in social life. Widow Be
dott for instance who NAV be quoted without
institutinS a comparison. once received a letter
from her publisher. who expressed a curiosity to
know how she really appeared in personality,
which she replied to, perhaps wisely, in limited
description, merely announcing herself as having
Year: 1864

alluded above to some new regiments that
had recently been formed in Texas. Ii is said
that these composed entirely of volunteers,
and mostly of young men who have recently
reached the military age The basis OF the or
ganizatous were home guards. which were formed
as long as two years ago. But when General
Magruder was sent to his present command in
Texas he found that these companies of home
guards (for they had not a regimental organize


ton at that time) contained more youths. boys of
from fifteen TO seventeen, than old men. He
conceived the design, therefore. of raising some
regiments composed entirely OF Young men. and
he encouraged by every means in his power, the
young men to come forward and join these asso


Citations The stirring appeals which he made
were not without effect and the result is that
there is now in Texas volunteer force OF ten
Thousand men, organized into regiments, well
armed, and in tolerable state Of discipline


These rev regiments have never yet been in
active service. but il is proposed by General
Magruder to have them at once brigaded with
Year: 1864

rebel army west Of the Mississippi, in order that
they can take part in the campaign Of this
summer. This will raise the number Of troops
in Lieutenant General Kirby Smiths department
70 fortY-seven thousand men.
Year: 1864

IfrlS50 there were less than seven hundred
thousand acres OF land under cultivation in
Texas. In 1860 the number of acres under cul-
tivation amounted to two millions six hundred
and fifty thousand. Last year it was estimated
that three millions of acres were under cultiva-
ton This year the number of acres cultivated
will not exceed that figure But the whole three
million of acres will be worked to the utmost de-
gree of productiveness. What that will be can
be readily seen.
Year: 1864

Ra- The Radical State Convention ol
Missouri did the right thing 10 sending
delegates to the Baltimore Convention,
and now we trust that the Baltimore Con.
vention will exhibit a like wisdom and
good feeling by admitting these delegates
to represent the State in the Presidential
Nominating Convention. =


Do that aud adopt thoroughly Radi-
ical anti-slavery platform, and the Con-
vention will reunite the party of the U MON
and secure complete success to the cause
Of the country. There need Be no
trouble on this score if the delegates Of
the Convention have tithe of the saga.
city and patriotism that we are inclined
to place 10 their credit.
Year: 1864

THE hat was passed round in q certain
congregation for the purpose Of taking up
a collection. After it had made the cir
cult of the church. it was handed TO the
minister, who, by the way, had exchanged
pulpits with the regular pastor, when he
found not penny in it. lie inverted the
hat over the pulpit cushion and shook it.,
that its emptiness might be known, then,
raising his eyes towards the ceiling, he
exclaimed with great fervor, II thank
God that | have got back my hat from
this cnncrcCation :"
Year: 1864

GEN. HooKER.-Itis is understood that
Gen. Hooker will be assigned to new
department, to be composed of upper
Maryland and portions of Pennsylvania
and Virginia. The force he will have will,
it is believed, be large, to operate in the
valley of the Shenandoah against the reb-
els and possibly invest Richmond from
that direction. This will be but carrying
out Gen. Grants original intention, but
in executing which, Sigel utterly and
Hunter measurably failed.


Preliminary to the campaign in the
Valley will be the work of driving the
rebels from the border, for which the
force now in the neighborhood is probably
quite sufficient. We look for military
operations in the Valley of considera Bile
magnitude. bearing directly on the siege
Of Petersburg and Richmond.


There are those, however, who maintain
that Gen Hooker win supersede Meade
as commander of the Army of the Poto-
mac. This. we repeat, is quite unlikely,
although a change at an early day is not
improbable
Year: 1864

Started this morning on an expedition,
with x days rations, and from
his usual success and energy it is to be
supposed success will attend him. lie viii
nodoubt x i and DESTROY such
other works as may be of benefit to the
rebel cause Gen. Garrad and Gen. Nc
Cook also
Year: 1864

WAR DoINGs. The emigration across the


plains was never so large as it ID this sea
son. The 81. Louis papers state that ac-


counts from all the territories agree in


speaking of the emigration as being be-


yond all previous report or calculation
At one time during the month of May up
ward of one hundred thousand people


were journeyiug westward, in all sorts OF


conyeyances, between Denver City, sules-
burg, and the Missouri frontier. The
steamers between that city and San Fran
cisco never did so large business. These
facts indicate the estimation in which
thousands Of people are beginning to hold
|their native country. Finding no hope
of return TO reason and peace on the
pat Of The controlling element they are
Eilying from the wrath TO come, aud thus
|by their very absence are Fastening the
|dosolation and ruin 50 much dreaded by
\ ull true patriots.
Year: 1864

PoYERrY's FALSE PRDR.--A religious
.cotemporary says very justly: The idol


Of respectable employment is the rock
upon which thousands split, and ship,
wreck themselves aud all who depend up


on them. All employments are respec-
liable that bring honest gain. The labor
Ter who is willing to turn his hands to a
by thing, IS as respectable as the clerk or
fdapper storo tender, Indeed the man
who is ready to work whenever work Of.
fers Whatever it may be, rather than lie
|idle and beg, is far more respectable
man than one who turns sp his nose at


hard labor, wearies his friends with biz


complaints because he can get nothing
Respectable to do pockets their beneiact
ions without thankfulness and goes on


from day to day, useless, lazy grum
bier"
Year: 1864

The INSIDE OF DIxIE.-A letter from
Gen. Sherman's army, giving the infor-
nation brought by one of our incur
sions into the interior, particularly into
Georgia, says:


Socially considered, the South is de-
scribed as!being as gloomy and as cheer
less as it is otherwise prosperous. The
absence of nearly every adult white man
from the household, and the redoubled
multitude of negroes, give an air of dis
NAL loneliness to the whole land, which
is described as something appalling. We
who are near the army miss nothing,
but they wandered for days as through
a great desert. Every one between ten
and sixty-fve is put into the army in
one county they found a gray haired pa
triarch who told them there were but
Twelve white male persons old enough
10 be called men in the county.
Year: 1864

sGy" The Richmond Dispatch thinks
that the success of the Northern Copper
heads in the presidential election, de-
pends upon the successes of the rebel
armies and the Copperheads seem to
be very well aware ofthe fact. The lat
ter consequently do what they can to Sc
cure the defeat of our brave troops, and
what they cannot do in that way they
endeavor to accomplish by misrepre-
senting in favor of the rebels every mil
itary event and producing the impress
sion that we are everywhere con-
tinually suffering defeat. A party among
us depending for success upon military
reverses to our armies fighting to save
the Union, is truly patriotic one
Year: 1864

The New York Tribune prints let
ter from a conservative Georgian advo-
eating system of gradual emancipation
as one of the bases of peace and reunion
in accordance with President Lincoln's
suggestions. The Tribune gives d quasi
Endorsement to the proposition.
Year: 1864

vermont SUGAR.-We see that it is
estimated that sugar and syrup enough
were made last spring in the State Of
Vermont to furnish all the sweetening
necessary for the entire population one
year. Isn't it worth while for farmers
to think more about preserving or plant.
ing sugar naples ?-If1Nns.
Year: 1864

The SEVENTH RRGMENT.-Two cars
full of the re enlisted veterans of this
regiment reached here Saturday after
noon from Brattleboro, and those not
belonging here passed on with the train
They are all tough, hearty, brave looking
fellows and deserve warm welcome
home. All the re-enlisted men of the
regiment, some three hundred and sixty,
received their furloughs at Brattleboro
on Friday, for thirty days from that day.
The remainder, fifty-eight in number,
who did not re-enlist remain at Brattle-
boro and expect to be mustered out to-
morrow.


We learn that the regiment met with
a good reception at Brattleboro where
they were reviewed by Gov. Smith, Adj.
Gen. Washburn, Gen. Phelps, and Others,
after which they were invited to sup
per.


The regiment has been remarkably
healthy for the last year, only one man
having been lost in that time.


The depot was crowded here on Satur
day with the relatives and friends of the
veterans, and the greetings exchanged
on their arrival were warm and hearty.


We are requested to say that an article
will be inserted in the warning for our
next town meeting, under which town
bounty may (and of course willy be voted
to those OF this regiment who have Re-
enlisted upon the quota of Rutland.


FRUIT syRALERs.-Many of the citi-
zens of this village and vicinity are suf-
fering great annoyance and considera-
BILE loss from depredations in their gar
dens and orchards. The trees are not
only stripped Of their fruit before it is
fairly ripe and ready to be gathered, but
in some cases the trees themselves are
ruined or greatly injured. They are
having similar trouble in some, other
towns of the State, where the citizens
are said to be establishing night watch
es armed with guns loaded with powder
and salt for the benefit of the sneaking
thieves. A similar course is being taken
here by some of the sufferers, we under
stand, and the small villains should take
warning. If one is caught Ae will sure
ly be made an example Of Severe meas
ures are needed, and will be adopted to
put stop to the wretched business.