smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

brought here last week from Charleston,
S c., and laid beside those of her venera-
BILE father, mother and sister, in our ceme-
terry.


Miss Bates was the youngest surviving
daughter of the late Rev DR.. Bates, for
Iner President of the Middlebury college.
Here the early years of her life were
passed. brilliant and lovely maidens
whose gentle and winning manners drew
all hearts to her. As the years went by,
though she dwelt far from US. to our love
was added strange admiration of the
rare and noble Christian woman she be-
came Hers was an earnest, true life
full of beauty and usefulness. To high
degree of mental culture was added the
charms and graceful finish of much for
eiyn travel But her work is done. Our
Father had need of her, and called her
up higher


On Wednesday last large circle of re-
lations and mourning friends assembled
at the residence of Madame Wainwright,
to pay the last loving tribute of respect
to one SO beloved. The parlors were per-
TUNED and made beautiful by the large
collection of rare and exquisite flowers
sent hither with the remains, bringing
into the frost of our winter breath OF
summer air from the sunny South.


4 brief funeral service was had by the
Rev. DR.. kitchel, and we laid her away
gently in her resting place ''under the
snow.' In the words of Or. X. ''she is
not dead, only gone little way out of our
sight for few brief days"
Year: 1869

A gentleman absent from Nashville on q
business journey received q dispatch from
home to this effect: "Your wife had child
last night but is doing well to-day He
hurried home with very various emotions, to
find there was mistake. The nurse who
signed the dispatch had written "chil,' and
the operator knowing full well that letter
was missing from the word. guessed that it
should end with q
Year: 1869

The suicide of the Lord Chief Justice
Clerk, of Scotland, was caused by chagriu
at the discovery that he owed his seat in
Parliament to bribery. lie ought to have
been Radical member Of our Congress
and such a discovery would not have hurt
him at all unless it should cost him the
aept
Year: 1869

FIX Governor Low sails for his destination,
as our new Chinese Minister, next month.
He is said to be no relation of no the poor
Iudian. Neither is it to inferred that be.
cause he is sent to the Celestial Empire that
he himself is more celestial than other
people.
Year: 1869

A Wisconsin paper alleges that the secret
Of the success of Chicago newspapers lies
in the fact that every man and woman in
the town takes every paper, for fear q di.
vorcs notice in which they are interested
may be published and they not find it out.
Year: 1869

Contracts have been made for the csissons
and foundation Of the towers on the bridge
across the North river, which is to connect
New York and Brooklyn, and the work is
TO begin Immediately.
Year: 1869

John W. Farmer, Of New York, known as
the originator of the soup house charity in
1857, the year of the great panic, when
the destitution of q portion of the people
was unparalleled, died in New York on Sun.
dev
Year: 1869




A correspondent communicates q
recipe for cement used in the king
dom of Tunis for lining water cisterns,
and remarkable for its firm and COM
pact character. The Tunisian masons
take two parts of wood ashes, three of
lime and one of fine sand, which, after
being well sifted and mixed together,
they beat for long time with wooden
mallets, sprinkling the composition
alternately and at proper fines with
a little oil and water. until it becomes
of a due consistence. This cement is
chiefly used in arches, cisterns and
terraces. But the pipes of the acque-
ducts in Tunis are joined by beating
tow and lime together with oil only,
without any mixture of water. Both
these compositions, it is slated, quick
ly assume the hardness of stone, and
suffer no water to prevade them.
Our correspondent states that he pre-
pared this mixture sixteen years ago,
using hickory ashes and linseed oil,
and that the cement has remained hard
and unimpaired during that period of
time.
Year: 1869

NOVEL METHOD OF CATCHING MICE.


A correspondent of the "Journal
of Pharmacy" says: Having on
several occasions noticed mice in our
seed barrels, bethought me of some
method how might trap the little in
truders; they having gained entrance
by eating through the chime. To kill
them with a stick was impracticable,
as the little fellows would invariably
escape as soon as the lid was raised to
any height. 1 then thought of satu-
rating piece of cotton with chloro-
form and throwing it in, then closing
the lid. On raising it again in few
minutes, could find that life hadal-
most or quite departed. Havingfon
one occasion left the, piece of cotton in
the barrel, on again returning, found
three mice with their heads in close
contact with it, and dead. Iu the eve
ming j saturated another piece and
placed it in the barrel, and on opening
it the next morning, to my surprise |
found nine dead mice,
Year: 1869

CooLIE LABOR AT THE SoUTH.-The Le-
gislature of Tennessee provided for m
Emigration Commission, and Rev. Hermann
Bokam is in our city in the capacity of
commissioner. His views as to the real
need of the South are correct. They do not
accord with the movement toward China for
laborers. He says that the trouble with the
South has been the want of n solid middle
class. There had been until very lately
the aristouracy Of planters and shareholders
on the one hand and the slaves and igno-
rant poor whites on the other. No middle
class had existed to carry forward progress
sive ideas and insure social and political
stability. Hence the war and the great
debt that now oppresses the nation. Mr..
Bokam properly regards the efforts now be-
ing made to obtain millions Of coolies as
unfortunate, since they arc calculated to
supply the place of the late slaves on the
plantations, and to prevent the building up
Of the much-needed middle class. He says
that the Germans of Tennessee will array
themselves against these new attempts to
virtually rcGstablish slavery, and it is to be
feared that the Chinese question will be-
come one of great magnitude and embar-
rassment throughout the whole country
Cincinnati Times, July l6.
Year: 1869

THE RIGHT SPIRIT.-Under this caption
the New York Times says:


Disfranchisement and disabilities arc
as dangerous as now they are unnecessary
The republican instincts of the American
people revolt against them. They are M
cver-prescnt memorial Of strife which VIZ
should endeavor to forget-a constant source
Of irritation, fostering on one side misuse
of power, and on the other n sense of harsh
ness which makes hearty reconciliation vir'
tually impossible,


at remains for the President to guard
against the revival of prescription by the
arbitrary action of the district commanders
as is evidently contemplated by Genera
Candy in Virginia. The President has al
opportunity of perfrcting a work which IL
the case of Virginia owes much of its sue
cees to his broad and generous policy.


1.-The value of the service rendered by
General Grant in this connection is Ell
hanccd by the pressure to which he has
been subjected by the selfish schemer:
whose intolerance takes methodical anC
even a profitable shape. Wendell Phillip:
is not alone in demanding the proclama
ton of martial law. over the South nor Dc
the Virginia supporters of Wells lack back
ers in their attempt by fraud and false
hood to Illustrate the election in that State
Phillips's demoniac haste knows no bounds
and the hypocrisy of the Wells party II
equally unscrupulous."
Year: 1869

For GENERAL CANBY.-The New York
Tribune of the 23d says:


ave fail to see the wisdom Of the deci-
sion General Candy is said to have reached
to compel every mcmber-elect in the Nir'
ginia Legislature to take the ir0n-clad oath
before admission to his seat. We cannot
see the necessity of imposing exactions in
the case of Virginia that were not though:
ncedful for Louisiana, and we judge the
Presidents decision to submit the question
to the Attorney General Il wise one. What
ever may be the result: We hope nothing
will he done to drive into the Opposition
those Virsinians who have Loyalty accepted
the new situation of affairs, and who stand
ready to ratify the fifteenth amendment
Let us take the good We can get, and not
imperil the amendment by clamoring be-
cause We cannot get more"
Year: 1869

THROUGH TO San FRASeTsco.-By the
advertisement of Captain Gentry, general
ticket agent of the Richmond, Fredericks-
burg and Potomac Railroad Company, it
will be seen that through tickets to Cali
fornia cah be had of him. So that any one
who wants to visit the golden city can pay
his way here, and there's an end on it. BY
and by we shall have the through line uid
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, and it
would be we'll to set the fashion Mt once and
get in the habit of travelling to the Pacific.
We should open commercial relations there
in order to prepare freights for our great
road.
Year: 1869

Az UNGRATEFUL BEDFELLOw.-A few
nights since Isaiah King, young African,
allowed Charley Black, charcoal-hued spe-
cimen, to share his bed with him. Isaiah
went to bed leaving $50 gold watch in his
pocket. He was awakened during the night
by the falling of his watch to the floor. He
picked it up and returned it to his pocket
and went to sleep again, not suspecting any
thing wrong. When he awoke in the morn
ing his guest had disappeared, carrying his
watch with him. On Friday he caught him
and on Saturday had him before the Mayor
and Charley Black was sent under the hill
to await Indictment.
Year: 1869

CARELESS DRIvgR.-A negro driver drove
oyer a small white child on Broad street
yesterday and bruised it quite badly. This
is the second case of careless driving that
has occurred in this vicinity lately, and
steps should be taken to prevent q repeti-
Year: 1869

The constitutional amendment is no v before
the LEGISLATURE, having been formally commu-
nicated to that body by the Governor last
evening. 1t WILL OF course, be ra.ide1, but
whether or not we will have lengthy debate
thereon remains to be seen. Our Democratic
any means to defeat the measure, and we would
not be surprised, il vote is deferred until the
ordinary and usual business before the LegIsla-
ture rs disposed OF, to see Withdrawal of these
men to leave both houses without quorum, as
has already been done in another State to
accom- plish a similar object. Hence, it well
behooves the Republicans of the Legislature to
act promptly on this subject, and make the
amendment the order of the day until 1t is dis
posed Of Indeed it is so well understood that
Il could be passed, with great justice to all con
cerDed, without discussion. Harrisburg State
MfLnr0.
Year: 1869

"a renegade is worse than ten Turks
The Herald, desertiug GRANTS falling
fortunes, verities the adage. Here is a
paragraph in which, by circumlocution,
that paper calls the President liar:


Grant and Johnson came In collision
while the latter was in office, and the
difference between them came down at
last to point of veracity, which WAS
determined in favor of Grant by the
majority, rather on general principles
than specific facts. But in view of a
short experience of Grant in office will
not that difference stand new exam
iuationI


Here is another in which by direction
it accuses him of vindictiveness, despot
ism and smalness ofspirit:


Grants viudictive attention to every
body who held office under johnson, fol
that reason merely, is an indication o.
n small spirit. He has no more reason
to assume that everybody who held
office under Johnson is corrupt than tn,
next President will have to assume tha
everybody who held Office under Gran
was his cousin.
Year: 1869




BEN BUTLER made speech at Glou-
cester, Mass, on Saturday, over the SOL
diers' graves, in which he let loose a
rhetorical blast against England The
following is a specimen passage:


Hereafter, when the Gloucester boy
shall say to his father, where are the
fishing vessels that you once had rs the
dependence of your old sge'' the man
shall answer "Boy, do You remember
the smoke YOU saw from the eastern
point when a childi That was your
fathers vessel burned by pirates sent
out from British ports by British buIld9
erS, who were cheered for SO dong by a
British Parliament.


If the Gloucester boy ever asks any
such silly question, which We very much
doubt, the "old man" will not waste
wind upon any such reply. He will be
more apt to say, II sold the internal old
rotten tubs during the war to the Gov
ernment for four times their worth;
they all sunk but one, and that BEN
BUTLER used as a powder boat at
Fort Fisher. The proceeds invested
in Government bonds, untaxed, that
are worth about twelve per cent. in
interest and exemption every year, and
l want to repeat the speculation if
BUTLER can only get up war with
England
Year: 1869

We are pleased to see that you have
decided not to pass by the graves of
the Confederatos sleeping in your lines,
hut to divide each year, between the
blue and the gray, the first floral offer.
ings of a common country" Knowing
your valor upon many a hard con-
tested field. we appreciate your
magUanimity in not passing by
the Southern dead, and rest assured
that in paying our respects to he fallen
heroes OF the unhappy conflict, the
Union and Confederate dead will each
receive that token of respect due to
their valOr. Yours, &c,


MANY EX- X-CONFEDERATES OF w. Va.
Year: 1869

BULLOCK, of Georgia, iuficts himself
upon the citizens of his native village
in New York State, under the pretenSe
that he is nc. safe in the State which Is
compelled to own him as Governor.
Year: 1869

1t is well established fact that fully one
half Of the female portion Of our population are
seldom in the enjoyment Of good health, or, to
use their own expression, never feol well
They are languid devoid of all energy, extreme.
ly nervous, and have no appetite.


To this class Of persons the BIrTERS. or the
TONIC, is especially recommended.
Year: 1869

PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,
And feeling the hand Of time weighing heavily
upon them with all its attendant lie will End
ia the use of this BITTERS or the TONIC. IN
elixir that will instil new life into their veins,
restore In a measure the energy and ardor Of
more youthful days, build up their shrunken
forms, and give health and happiness in their
YaF,
Year: 1869

Alas that such phrase should ever
sully the lips of an American woman
Well may we strive to hide somewhat of
its dcformity under Q foreign dress, when
we speak lightly and carelessly. amid the
flow of playful conversation, of q mar
rtoge de concendnce," as if we were not
uttering in those words high treason
against man honor and woman's purity.
For what does TIE phrase imply, but the
desecration of that sacred bond-the last
relic of that glorious Eden life-that di-
vine picture of happiness upon which the
smile of the All-loving rested as He pro-
nounced it very good the profaning
of the sanctuary Of {! home" over which
the shadow of that lost Eden still fingers :?


Well may the angels weep-those pure
and holy beings who sang the nuptial
strain in the bowers of Paradise, when
Adam received from the hands of their
mutual God and Father his other and
ISdeaE self-who rejQieed over the two souls
henceforth to be united in one-in love,
in duty, and in praise-when they behold
woman, young and lovely, leaving the
home of her youth, going forth into the
world with one who is hcnceforth to be
her companion and protector-pot BECAUSE
it is he whom her soul loyeth-pot because
her affections are entwined about lim-but
because il may be her parents request
because he can provide for her the COM
forts, perhaps the elegancios of what she
calls life; because she will, by joining her
lot to his, acquire certain position in
" the world;" but man for whom she
has little or no more liking than she has
for any chance acquaintance or admirer.


Or, alas it may be still worse than this.
This young creature, with heart that
had it been left unspoiled by the false
teachings of the same society, should have
been fresh and pure, yearning after true
and holy affection, is about to sell herself
to one who is an excellent match for
her." for he has an excellent estate Of:
man who lives to hunt, to shoot, to give
dinners-who will :" hold her little bet
ter than his dog, little delrer than his
horse," but from whom all that is pure and
good in her recoils. Yet she will take
this man in the presence of God, for her
dearest earthly associate, and boldly utter
the lie to His minister to love and honor
such a man.


Oh, when we think Of what marriage
ought 10 be-what to loving and truthful
hearts it is, and then turn to the fearful
picture of what it is too often made by these
marriages of convenience, we'll may we be
every sorrowful."


When, fresh from the hand of his Crea-
tor, Adam stood forth in his strength and
beauty, Gods vicegerent on the new and
lovely earth-nature with enchantment |
surrounding him on every side, and speak
ing through her thousand voices the prai
seg Of the bepefcent Lord of all still he
Year: 1869

One Of the fashionable churches of New
York, which tried to draw crowd by hav-
ing handsome young ladies act as ushers,
has been laughed out of the practice
The church got to be known by the name
of the church of the holy waiter girls.
Year: 1869

A young lady who was rcbuked by her
mother for kissing her intended, justified
the act by quoting the passage What
soeyer ye would that men should dc unto
you, do you even SO to them.
Year: 1869

The Atlanta papers say that there is
movement on foot to build railroad from
that city TO Station No. l3, on the Central
railroad. which, it is said, will shorten
the distance from that place to Savannah
between twenty-five and forty miles. The
Central railroad proposes to build the
new road for the purpose of connecting
that point with the new route to the
West, which will be opened when the
Cincinnati and Southern railroad is
built. By reference to the map it will be
seen that this is an air line t. Savannah;
and, with all the connections complete
between Cincinnati and Savannah, by
this route, the latter city will naturally
be the port of entry for the whole West.
Savannah will then be nearer Cincinnati
than anv seaport city, except Baltimore,
and the great difference in the grades on
this route and the Baltimore and Ohio
road, will give the route decidedly the
advantage
Year: 1869

Washington correspondents state that
the grounds about the White House have
been closed, and that the public are de.
MED access to them as usual. No such
action could have been taken without
the knowledge of the President, and it is
altogether probable that it has been done
bv his express command. We are glad
to see the journal condemn this Presi7
Dental exclusivencss, as it does as fol-
lows:


"As this has always been favorite re-
sort for promenaders-particularly wo-
men and children-and as no attempt
has ever before been made to barri-
cade them, the subject, although trifling
in itself, occasions a good deal oi pas
sionate feeling Ihe
White House grounds, and the White
House itself have always be en- open to the
public. upon the theory that the ruler OF
a free people, himself only temporarily
| elevated from the ranks of common citi-
zens, should be accessible by his con"
stituents, who are his equals.in politl-
cal and social sense. President Grant is
the last man who can be expected to put
himself in opposition to this most reason
ale view


an Europe, the rulers surround them
selves with magnifcence and luxury, and
tten crafty The people by making them
easy Of approach. Even aristocratlC
Victoria does not deny access to hei
splendid lawns and observatorles. In
France, the beautiful gardens of Versail'
les, and the galleries of art at the Louvre
are open to the inspection and enjOymen
of the public. Upon the Continent, ever
the palaces of mOnarchs and magnate
are thrown open when not actually oc'
cupied by their owners, with very sligh
restrictions as to admission. 1t is no
likely the President Of our republic will
show himself more exclusive than j
the Emperor of Austria, or the Gar o
Russia"


Grants "modesty" does not allow hin
to be gazed at by the people who usu
alIy promenade on the White HOus
grounds. This is in keeping with hi
aristocratic mode Of travelling He can
not travel to Long Branch in the mod
of conveyance provided for the public
but he must have man Qfwar place
at his service for himself and family q
the peoples expense lie has alread
assumed the ownership of the Whit
House grounds and the Navy. Wha
Dnvt AlbdnU 1rQHS.
Year: 1869

The radical omnibus seems at last to be
full A notice from the Secretary Of state
at Washington is to the effect that there are
DO vacancies in the Department, either at
home or abroad. Since the Inauguration of
the late lamented, no such O Jam has been
experienced. There was always room for
zone more," whether that one was ransing
RECONSTRUCTED" rebel or faded new Eng
land Spinster.
Year: 1869

A decision from the Supreme Court Of
the United States is expected in December
on the consttutonality of the legal tender
act. 1t is generally expected to be adverse
to the consttutonality of the act
Year: 1869




EcKF0RG vs.. HAYMAKERs-DEFEAT OF THE


HAYMAKERs BY SCORE OF ~ TO IA.


The famous Haymakers met the Eckford
Cub for the first time on Saturday last at the Union
Grounds and much to the surprise Of themselves and
many Of the 1900 spectators present sustained defeat
This was but another example Of the uncertainty Of
base ball One good result is attained from the defeat
tho gamblers who only disgrace the national game lost
largo amounts The large party Of blackegs who accom-
pany the Haymakers for the sole purpose Of betting laid
their money at long odds their faYorites and lost
The pests who hail from this city also returned to 1t
much poorer than when they left 1t. Through the
utter incompetency of the umpire the game
was prolonged to q most tedious iellgth lie
grounds spoke OF the wrongs Foul balls on the third
bounce were him sufficient to declare man out one
of his most garng violations OF the rules was 20 ask


fielder he had caught tho striker out But the Umplre
had as Inc Was was not In things than several
of the PLAYERS They should remember tndt 70 them the
ITmplres word Is law and they should l2bde by IL and
not seek intimidate and force him to make decisions
contrary to his own Judgment. Several or the Hay
makers were very much fault In this regard-CraYer
especially called at 1925, aud the Iaynakers
went the bat the contest would have been interesting
had IL not been prolonged over three hours
Martin although by no means In good condition yet Tor
play pitched splendidy throughout the nine innings
Iracy with the exception OF two muhs played IN Ills
usual rstclass manner Nelson did better tlan he hes
them muffed considerably upon the whole did very web
Crayer Of the Uaymakers In consequence OF the puned
condition Of his hands, not elective as usual De-
hind the bat but the condition OF his hands was no e4-
over dozen passed balls scored against him. Ihe
balance OF the nine, as general tnhg played we'll Out
we're foolish In suppOsng that they had such an easy task
In dispOsng Of the Brooklynltes Appended Is Tue iuA
Year: 1869

The Chamber of the Supreme Court has been
removed from the nconyenent room hitherto occupied
by It the bfOwn-stone building and will be held
and after the third Monday Of this month IN its
the new County Courthouse.
Year: 1869

WATERING RoADs.-A paper was read
before the British Association on this sub
ject, tracing the history of the practice
from the time Of throwing water from the
cutters with shovel, to the watering cart
Of the present day, which inadequately
does the work in London, for instance, at
the cost of half a million (gold) per sum-
mer. The paper states that pound or J
pound of chloride of calcium and chloride
Of sodium mixed to gallon of water,
thrown into the watering cart, hardens
and concretes the surface of road to
such an extent that no dust arises. Also
that the saving of water is Is per cent;
that the deliquescent salts are also anti
putrescent; and, that much cost Of read
repairs is saved.