smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

On the 25th ult Gen. Hatch, com
manding at Charleston, issued an order
directing that planters, after taking the
oath Of allegiance, should assemble the
freedmen, lately their slaves, and in
form them that they are free and
henceforth must depend upon their
own exertions for Their support Equi-
table contracts in writing will be made
by the owners of the land with the
freedmen for the cultivation OF the
land during the present year. Pay
ment will be made in kind, and the
allowance of one half the crop is re-
commended as fair compensation for
the labor, the landlord furnishing
subsistence until the crop is gathered.
These contracts will be submitted to
the nearest Military or Naval Com
mander for approval and Endorsement
When the above requirements are
complied with, protection will be grant.
ed as far as military necessity will
allow; but where no contract is made
the crop raised will be considered for
feited for the use of the laborers.
Should the owners refuse to cultivate
it, they will be considered as endeavor-
ing to embarrass the Government, and
the land will be used for colonies of the
freedmen from the interior.
Year: 1865

Er The old frigate Congress, sunk in
the Nerrtmac raid off Newport News, has
been successfully raised and is to be taken
to the dry dock at tue Portsmouth NAVY
Yard. The iron and copper on her are
estimated to be worth thirty thousand
dollars The successful parties will, i, is
understood, be given .he job Of raising the
CrmJcYi9nI.
Year: 1865

TIE 27th.-Et was supposed tha. this
regiment was on lis way home TO be mus
tered out, bu: we learned Yesterday that
it had been ordered to Brownsville, Texas.
This will be provoking disappointment
to a large number Of persons in this coun-
Y who have fliends in that regiment
Shejoygan Journal


We think tie Journal is mistaken in
tie above, and tia, the Regimen, will be
home in the course of two or three
weeks.
Year: 1865

The Richmond Whig and Richmond Times,
both, speak in terms Of commendation of the
President Message, and the latter hopes that
the cold, calm and resoute craftsmanship of
the President Of the whole nation will eventu-
ally defeat the roaring, raging spirit If faction
which has taken temporary possession Of Goa
gress'
Year: 1865

Speaking Of the exertions Of the ultras in
Congress, The Washington Star says The
issue is apparently to be made over the affairs
Of this District, which is proposed to be
thoroughly Africanized. We are not believers
that Messrs. Sumner and Wade can force their
party ia Congress up to the support Of their
projects Yet it seems probable that they
swlfinduce portion Of it to make such a re-
cord as will inevitably sunderit in twain, and
drive from it the support of the hundreds Of
thousands of voters whose devotion to the
cause Of the Union, rather than to aboltionism
pure and simple, kept it in power in the late
Presidential election" We are not at all sure,
after what has transpired, that the majority OF
the people at the North, will not support
Messrs Sumner, Wade, Stevens, &C., in their
most extreme measures.
Year: 1865

The Marysville Appeal has found out why
the people of the Pacific coast have been ova-
ting Mr. Coifax. It says they want to encour-
age emigration, and when the news gets back
to the East of his popular reception, about sixty
Congressman will Immediately start the plains
across. Ashley is coming along apace, after
some of the ''ovate" perhaps, but we have not
learned that he has got much of that interesting
soft-soap article yet
Year: 1865

The Potter theatrical troupe are playing a
short engagement at Boise City. 1t is the in
tention of the troupe to start shortly for Port
land and San Francisco. The Irwins are still
playing at Idaho City, where We learn, they are
meeting with fair success.
Year: 1865

The freedmen" of the South it is stated
are not convinced of having obtained their free
dom; they can't see it yet, and are shifting
about. The rebels are blamed for not making
the negroes know that they are free.
Year: 1865

EDIToR USIoS RECORD Some time ago,
you called the attention Of our citizens to a
nuisance created By the 0phir and Feather
River Water Company, Immediately below
town. Shortly after this, Lewis Cunningham
visited our town on some business, and, st his
own request, number Of our citizens met him
at the Office of Mr. Granger, for the p1rpose of
arranging matters. Mr.. Cunningham then and
there solemnly promised US, in the presence of
bis Agent, Hewitt, that the Company would
repair and clean their bitches through and
below town BY the first Of March ard, as to
the pools of standing water which had been
kept up by the Company for years, and made
Oroville a perfect graveyard, our citizens
agreed to remove them at their own expense
From what l knew of Mr.. Cunningham and
his man Hewitt, heretofore, knew that said
promise Oh their part was made with no inten-
tion to keep the same, but only to lull US to
sleep. But l did suppose they would not
interfere with work done by Us at our own
expense; but even in this latter expectation,
was mistaken A few of our citizens went TO
work and tapped the old pools, below town, at
their own expense; but no sooner were they
dry. and the Grand Jury had adjourned, so
there was no danger of a criminal prosecution,
than the Company again turned the water into
the old reservoir. | am inclined to think there
is some truth in what friend told me some
time ago-namely: that the Company intend
to drive every white man from Oroyille, so they
can sell the ground to Cinnamon for mining
purposes. How long the citizens of Oroville
viii submit to this outrage, remains to be seen.
l suppose the Money King" and bis man
Friday consider the citizens of Orovlle so far
beneath them that even pledge entered into
in the most solemn manner, is not binding.


OHE OF THE SUFFERERS.
Year: 1865


EDITOR RECORD As there is some excite


ment with respect to turning water into the
pond below town by the agent of the Feather
river and Ophir Water Ditch Company which
pond is supposed by many to have caused or
aggravated the sickness of last year, wish to
say that have had q conversation with Mr..
explains by saying that it is not the intention
of the Company to run the water into the said
pond, but that it was necessity at the present
time to do so, in order to put 10 some boxes
below the point at which the water was let of
into the pond. He further says that the agree


ment entered into BY the citizens of Oroville
aud Mr.. Cunningham, TO wit that the Com
pany propose to confne their own water within
their own bitches, will be adhered to- He
also says that as soon as the Spring fTeshets
are past the Company will coufne the water
near Orovlle in their own ditches aud the
surplus, if any be run off to the Feather river.
Will not now enlarge on the matter to any
extent. II the Company will confne their own
water in their own bitches, as agreed upon, the
citizens of Orovie will be satisfied, and, if this
is not done, they will be dissatisfied aud find iu
some way remedy for the evil. That is the
long aud the short of the matter Meantime,
think all parties should keep cool and not he
too hasty in regard to the matter OGe thing
is certain, however: the premises agreed npoo
must be kept or in due time, there will be
trouble for somebody. j. u.
Year: 1865

MouNrAIy Car A miner from the noun
tains came into the depot the other morning
with beautiful mountain cat, in q sack, which
he shipped per railroad TO a friend in MaVys
vile. \ skedaddling Of city rats may be
expected, on the appearance ofthis new visitor.
Year: 1865

FoR AMERIcA.-On the last steamer, home
ward bound, were as passengers, the wife and
son, of Q. L. Bush Esq, Of this place We
wish them safe pleasant and speedy trip over
the blue water" to old America, Of which
New York is supposed to be the Capital.
Year: 1865




On the Pacific coast there are still vast
numbers Of men who hoard gold coin or
dust, in sums varying from fifty dollars to
thousands. In this way very large amount
of means lies absolutely idle from year to
year. Hidden away, buried in the earth, or
locked up with care-it is a constant object
Of anxiety to it's owners, and source ol
temptation to lswless men. The owners
expect to visit the Eastern States at some
future time-or they wait only to increase
their store before changing their social OF
business relations; and they are saving their
funds for that occasion. In the meantime
their gold lies nactive-producng nothing
but uneasiness and anxiety-because they
have no ready and safe means Of investment
upon sureties that may be relied upon no,
TO fail them.
Year: 1865

rrHE UNDERSIGNED HAS LOST SIXTEEN


head of cows since January last, that are
branded with the letter D on the left hip and on
the left side. One of them is branded with b
on the left hip and left side; she is blood red
COW.


/ will give SIS 90 head Tor any Information
of these cattle, so as to enable me to recover
them. u,c


Two miles b lew New Castle, Placer TO- Ca''


May 9th, 1856.
Year: 1865

Patent Horse to carry his master


Needs no spur to make him go faster;
Runs along cheerIiy soon you stride him,
Ready to go wherever you guide him. &
I'HESE horses rapidly over any good
l road, sidewalk park grounds, with a grace
fui cantering motion, propelled mainly by the
tcetght OF the rider, alternating motion from the
saddle to the padals, In the act OF rising to the
motion of the horse, and with about the same
am ut of exercise to the rider in riding live
horse, ana with about the ssame amount of exer-
else to the rider as in riding live horse. They
may be started, stopped short, or controlled in
going down hill, by the rider. They will run up
a moderate ascent, if the road Is hard and firm
They are directed By the 5ridle- As the motions
identical, it is a good mode Of training for
equestrianism. They unequalled a means
for agreeable and healthful out door exercise, all
the year round, for adults well as for girls and
boys OF two years old and upward. Girls ride by
using the slde-sadde horn-those under ten years
old usually ride astrde. The size fer boys strong
Snough to carry man of 800 pounds weight. On
the sidewalk or level ground light carriage with
a child in it be attached and drawn Any per-
son having but one leg ride perfectly well.


For prices enquire the office of this pap er,
send stamp for circular and price list


STEPHEN w. SMITH.


49S Broadway New York.
Year: 1865

y
anywhere else on the globe.


Nor arc these tho only evils which the
poor man of tho South has reason to ap-
prehend from Yankee subjueation. Tho
hardships Of war arA at present. the
great grievance Of his condition<-war,
one Of the most terrible and, at the same
time, the most universal and inevitable
of the Affections Of fallen man. n theJ,
expect to avoid tllis bx submission %
Yankee destination, they NH discover,
when too late, that they have made the
most egregious and tragical Of human
Llunders. If the South succeeds, it is
probable that, with her present expe-
rience, she will carefully avoid war with
any and every foreign Powe-. She has
no quarrels to adjust with any nation
but the North. Her policy will not be
one of territorial aggrandizement, n
such, in any respect, as to bring her q


collision with other countries. Her soil
is productive Of staples essential to the
commerce and manufactures Of the
world, and. she will be, besides, one Of
the most valuable Of their customers
They will, therefore, be no more inclined
to quarrel with her than she with them.
The only hope Of future peace and quiet
is in the success of the Confederacy.-
The North, on the other hand, already
proclaims that, as soon as the rebellion is
crushed, she will punish England for-thc
wrongs inflicted npon her in this war,
and drive Macmillan from his throne.
Her policy is one Of territorial aggran-
dizement. She has determined to have
Canada, Mexico and Cuba. And who
will be her instruments to accomplish
these objects? Who will be her
soldiers? Will she 60 to Ireland
then, or to Germany, or rely upon
negroes? She does that now rather than
draw upon her own precious population.
But she would not do it in q future war,
when the white soldiers Of the South,
whom some Of her own generals admit
to be the best fighting men in the world,
could be drafted into the service. The
poor men of the South would be forced
into the United States armies, andcpm~
PEELED to fight the battles Of the North
against England, France Spain; against
any and every Power that stood in the way
of Northern revenge and cupidity. Their
bones would bleach every battlefield
from Canada to the tropics, and their
wives and children be doomed to endless
servitude and starvation. They would
then know what that thing means in re>
atty: "a rich mans war-a poor mans
fight"


We honestly believe that the welfare
and happiness of Southern poor men are
as much involved in the success of this
struggle as any other class of the COM
munity-more so than the rich, who
can leave the country and escape bru-
tality and degradation in foreign lands.


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Year: 1865

cal fact Of the abolition Of slavery, together with lie nu
merous trains OF important consequences such as the
destruction Of the prepondeance Of tho large planters
oppose the extreme radcasm Of that class who would
the negro TO his own detrment and the ruin Of
the country above his normal condition as the working
consider the Calhoun doctrine OF State rights,
with its logical c0nseq and seces-
sOn-as forever decided against by the issue Of the
present conflict We will avoid the bitter and malignant
spirit which present distinguishes the press in dealing
with whose magnitude at least should make them
respectable; and will tone OF kindness and
moderation, heal possible the wounds
which have been inflicted In the long and terrible ssSe
now 20 fortunately ended
Year: 1865

Tho buildings of the Lincoln hospital have
been converted into Government army repair
shops, and thirty-fve acres additional ground
has been inclosed for the purpose of erecting
more buildings for such use. The repair
shops in the First ward are to be removed to
this localitv
Year: 1865

PREVENTION OF THE HoovE.-When neat
cattle and sheep eat too much red clover,
their stomachs soon become so much inflated
with gas that, without immediate relief,
they often die ina few hours. We have
known neat cattle to be hoven and die, in
defiance Of all efforts to save them, oven alter
they had been grazing in a clover field more
than two weeks. Where they can have ac-
cess to other grass, they will seldom eat
enough clover to make them bloat, but, as
soon as they are required to snbsist entirely
on red clover, unless they have FREQ access to
an abundance ofsalt, thero is great danger
that they will eat too much. We have al.
ways been accustomed to keep salt in tub
in the field where livestock were grazing on
red clover. and the animals would eat freely
Of it many times a day, and we never had an
animal affected with the hoove Us long US the
salt tub contains good supply.
Year: 1865




The following will be read with interest
by the curious:


l viii mention but one or two items. A
grOphic writer upon Japan some time since
made the world acquainted with the most
graceful and beautiful, and at the same time
wonderful, of all the feats performed by the
jugglers Of that country. They were the
top and butterfly trick. A top is set spin
ming in ale air, on its descent it is caught
on 1seGA II, Of sword, where it whirls
metrily; then it is brought along the keen
edge 10 the handle; then it renews its flight
to be again caught, and ultimately it Is sent,
like miniature Blondin, across a silken
thread which is invisible to the audience;
meantime it descends the slack, sometimes
ascends the hill, but is always sure Of foot
and walizes its way over the narrow path
from the boxes Of theatre to the back o.
the stage as readily as across a drawing
room. The butterflies are cut out Of many.
colored paper, and fly about as if endowed
with life. In obedience to the wave OF far
they fly high or fv low; now they fut,el
over lady's boquet, now they light upor
the spray of wreath, now they gyrate
molL-liie. round gas-jet. This feat alOn,
is sufficient TO take the town by storm.
Year: 1865

A modern writer on Nature and Art has
spoken of the gradual but sure decrease of
body in the Alps mountains; his thoughts
and observations the traveller may easily
verify. 1t is written of men that they all
do fade as leaf. The hills, also, are
wasting and wearing away, and slow ly run
ming down to the sea. The valley is wit
ness TO the mountains weakness. The
glazier puverzes the rock, and every
mountain streamlct carries down its contri-
button to the plain, perhaps each drop
sand grain. The waste Of the mountains ls
forming new earth. Nearly every Alpine


lake is a proof Of this. The Rhine depos-


its in lake Constance have formed large
delta. What was formerly O large bay in
Lake Lucerne is now marsh, and in other
part the rocks that one little brook has
brought down have nearly stopped naviga-
ton. The earth that the Rhine has gather
ed has shortened the southern horn Of Lake
Geneva nine miles. By observing and
weighing the amount Of sediment in a cer-
tain quantity Of water taken from a gazIer
streamlet, the number of tons which Mont
Blanc annually loses was at once estimated.
1t thus becomes matter almost within the
range Of mathematical calculation to COM
pute the number Of years when the noun
tains shall have yielded their strength, and
when the chill shall have been made low" "
Year: 1865

"LET every soul be subject unto the higher


powers. For there is no power but of God !;


the powers that be are ordained OF God


Whosoever therefore resIsteth the power, re-


sisteth the ordnance of God; and they that
resist shall receive to themselves damns!ion. +"


Rom. xiii. l, 2.


This solemn admonition was given by the


divinely inspired apostle "to all that be in


Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints, -
&c, see Rom. i. Z; and we presume all who


fear the Lord will admit that it also applies
to the same description Of people in all places
and throughout all time: and from the fear
full declaration that 'they that resist shall re-
ceive to themselves damnation," we are i'm
pressed with the terrible magnitude Of the ad-
monition. Perhaps there has never been a
time when clear and scriptural understand
ing of these words was more greatly needed
by the people of God than the present.
There is certainly at this time much diversi-
ty of sentiment, arising probably from a rep
rehensible carelessness in reading and lack of
serious investigation OF the subject We pro-
pose in this article to make careful exami-
nation of the text, and we ask of our readers
to adopt our conclusions only so far as they
are sustained by the words and spirit of our
God.


First. What are the higher powers which
God has ordained, and to which every soul is
required to be in subsection on pain of dam
nation Webster gives to the word po,ger
no less than twenty-five distinct definitions
many of which are totally inopplicable to the
manifest meaning of the word as used in our
text, but among his definitions is that of au-
thority to rule or govern, which is evidently
the sense in which tue word is used by our
apostle Accepting this definition as clearly
by the context, we pass to en-
quire,


Secondly, for the source ofan legitimate au-
.hority to bear rule, sway or government over
the children Of men. The popular theory of
the wise and learned Of our day is that all
power to rule is derived from the people rul-
3D. This may be so in all republican govern
nents; for it is upon this theory that all
such governments are based, but the popular
sentiment, "Vor Populi, vog Dei,' is not in
harmony with our text The voice Of the
Year: 1865

THE situation was this, so far as it is
not contrabaud to tell at once: Joshua
badger had had fall from a baycock
when he was very young, and it bumped
his head some, and made him otherwise
feel unpleasant, but no serious conse-
quences were supposed to have occurred
to him at the time, as his pretty face was
not marred, and he ate heartily, and his
sleep was sound Immediately afterward


But as he grew up, his grandfather said
that that fall had made him over-cautious
and undecided. His grandmother died,
and when his parents followed suit, josh
ia thought he could do no better than to
hire out to Farmer Daisy, who had one
wife and two daughters.


Lena was two years older than Joshua;
and Fatima was two younger; and one
day, when Joshua was twenty, he lean
ed upon his hoe by the pigsty, and thus
considered


Let me see, am pretty fellow, and
which do love the best, Lena or Fatima
I have lived for several years in this small
family, and am likely young man, as I
am likely to live one year longer, and
then be twenty-one. But I have my
doubts which I ought to marry. Of
course 1 could have either, but which
Lena is older and leaner, and Fatima is
younger and fatter. But here am in
doubt. Shouldawi be older or younger
than her husband? If she is older,
doesn't she have more experience2 IF.
she is younger, isn't she likely to mind
him better This is one set of doubts.


Then here comes another set. A wife
ought to be healthy, as it costs less. But
which promises most health, fat or lean?
Some say lean, some say fat, which would
be Fatty. But then it is a doubt wheth-
er Fatty, in four years wouldn't be as
lean as Lena-perhaps leaner. Time
tries all, and again, Lena might pick up
and grow fat again, and then again she
might not be 50 we'll off as she is now
They are about equal in ether respects. |
1 am much troubled to choose between
these two Daisys. But perhaps love is
the main thing, and guess I'll wait and
have the one who loves me best. But |
how to go to work and find that Out2 I
must plan a plan.


When next the doubtful swain found
them together he told them, in confidence,
that he was going to get married, but
would not say to whom, and now he
watched the effect upon them.


Lena looked grave, and Fatima laugh
ed at him.


This caused him a new set Of doubts,
and he felt vexed at both.


This is harder work than farming
What do these girls mean2 Perhaps
Lena looks sour because she's jealous,
which shows she loves me. And perhaps
Fatty laughs, and pretends she don t care,
in order to hide her love. And perhaps
she snickered because she thinks I am
Year: 1865

The old tom cat, as he sat by the fire,
Bit piece of the fender and then did expire,
The flies on the ceiling, their case was the worsn,
For they blew themselves up with Spontaneous


combustion