smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

LEoIsLATuRE.-From what figures we
have'in our possession, we conclude that
very lew seats will hold all the Copper
head members OF our next Legislature
There are but lew more counties to
hear from, and if they roll up the Union
malorities az all the others have done,
there will not be twenty Copperheads
elected to the Legislature in the whole
l~States The Republican majority will be
on q scale Unprecedented.
Year: 1863

MORROW b. LowRIE This notorious,
if not infamous, person made speech to
the Philadelphia Loyal League the other
evening, in the course of which he re-
marked:


"Ehis war is for the African and his
race. The six hundred colored men who
have fallen have elevated the race For
all I know the Napoleon of the war
may be done up in a black package
(Laughter.) We have no evidence of his
being done up in a white one as yet
When this war was no longer than my
hand, | said if any negro would bring me
his disloyal masters head [ would give
him one hundred and sixty acres of his
disloyal masters plantation. daughter
and applause.) The man who talks Of ele-
waiting the negro would not have to ele-
vate him very much TO make him equal to
hims eli" lf."-Je6ersoniam.
Year: 1863

LoNGEv1TY-There is nothing in the system
of nature, which in our present state of knowl-
edge appears unintelgible as the scale of Ion
gevity. 1t must be admitted, indeed, that our
knowledge upon the subject is very imperfect;
for all that is known of domesticated animals.
and the accidental facts that have been pre-
served concerning others, tend to the strange
result that longevity hears no relation either
to strength, size, complexion of organization,
or intellectual power. True it is that birds,
which seem to rank higher than beasts in the
scale of being, are also much longer lived
Thirty is great age for horse dogs usual
ly live only from fourteen to twenty but it
is known that the goose and hawk exceed
century. But fish, evidently lower rank in
creation than either, are longer lived than
birds it has been said of some species, and
of certain snakes also, that they grow as long
as they live, and, as far as we know, live till
some accident puts an end to their indefinite
term of life And the toad 1t cannot indeed
be said that the toad lives forever but many
of these animals which were cased up at the
general deluge, are likely to live till they are
released by an accident in the course of cen.
turies er 1855
Year: 1863

Rain rain rain
Pattering over the window pane,


Singing dismal, sad refrain
To the winds low wall;


Moaning thro the vale.
, rooriem dirgc for the loved and lost,
vor the dreary hearts, on the dark billows tost-
The wild. black bllows of bitter pain,
That snrreth Up tor the noble slain


Rain rain rain!
Sweeping down on the battle plain,


Oh! will it wash out the purple stain
OF the hearts warm blood?


That flowed in food
o,or the terrible field where our brave men fell,
vbIe true men, fighting long and well
For their country and homes, Oh Autumn rain
Srsep down and wash out the crimson stain.


Rain rain rain
Dripping down again and again,


Like teardrops wrung from heart OF pain,
Are they tears from the sky


Are the clouds floating oy
Weeping such crystal drops over the land
Weeping such tears for the brave, noble band
On the battle field, still in their glorious sleep?
While the wind er their unmarked graves lone vigil
keep.
ROME, Pa.
Year: 1863

A MIsTAKE.-lt is mistake to believe
the subjugation of one section Of the
country by another is restoration Of the
Union. All the statesmen Ofour country
have so declared, and the declaration will
soon become apparent to the dullcst.-
He who delays peace for one moment for
the purpose Of crushing out the inStitu-
ton inherited from the founders of our
country, is a disunionists. lie who
would desire to destroy the rights of the
States, is disunionists. lie rejects the
bond of Union, which is the Constitution,
and prefers war and anarchy to rein
stalment of the Union. Sumner and
Wilson and Butler and their followers
are dsunionists, and if their doctrines be
indorsed the Union will be broken into
fragments.
Year: 1863

Corr PLAcE.-Reader. do you ever indulge
in billiards, lager nj the condiments? If
you do, drop into the neat and comfortable qua
ters of our old friend Sieg, and yon can CRAFTY
your taste. He has removed his billiard table
and bar from the basement to the room above,
which he has fitted up handsomely. For the
benefit of the hungry he has free lunch at all
hours
Year: 1863

Nor FOR TRF UNIoN.-No excuse is left
any intelligent mind for now supposing
that the Administration is prosecuting
this war to restore the Union or maintain
the Constitution. Ifit ever had such an
intention it has given it up. The Aboli'
ton pressure forced the President to
back out. The leading and potential or
gans of the Republican party, who con-
troll its policy and guide its actions and
distribute and enjoy its patronage, have
recently, without an exception, proclaim
cd in distinct tones that the seeded
States are not to be admitted into the
Union until the destruction Of slavery
1t is now avowedly, what it has always
been designedly and practically, war for
the freedom Of the slaves and not for the
restoration Of the Union, and the man
who favors its prosecution, knowing the
fact, with whatever excuse he may give
for his conduct, is an AbolitioniSt and
doing the work OF an Abolitionist.
Year: 1863

The Chicago Times has report of meeting
of Democrats Of Montgomery county, Illinois,
held on the 10th Of March. The following rsso-
lutions were reported by the committee and
adopted without dissenting voice:


ResolDed, That we view the act Of Congress,
called the conscnption act, as one that is cslcu-
lated to overthrow the sovereignty Of the States,
and the featurss Of which release from service
the rich and force the poor 70 do the fighting i


RssolUsd, That, in the opinion of this meeting,
no war should be wsged or prosecuted by any
administration under this government unless
the objects Of the war have such merits as meet
the approval Of the people; and that we view
the c0nscription act as an open sv0wal Of the
administration at Washington TO compel the peo-
pie Of a portion ef the States to prosecute a war
against the people Of the other States, whether
the objects Of the war meet their approval or
condemnation.


Resolved, Thet we believe the people are the
source of ali power in our system ef govern
ment; and, when any administration shall at
tempt to coerce the people by military force and
intimidation TO support measures, abhorent to
their feelings and against their Judgment, it is
a struggle between the administration and the
people, and in such contest the will of the
people ought to prevail, but if any Federal ad-
ministration shall be strong enough 10 force the
people into the support Of Odious measures, civil
liberty Is 1T an end
Year: 1863

The Treasury department is highly grati6ed
with the zccounts received daily Of an increased
Improvement in national finances. The news
paper rumors as to what Chase win or will moi
do upon the subject under recent congressional
action are altogether unauthorized
Year: 1863

The following are the closing para
graphs of Senator SUMNER's great ar
ticle on State Rights and Congressional
Powers-one Of the ablest political pa
pers Of the day:


This is a rule oflaw, and an instinct
Of humanity It is aself-eyident axiom,
which only tyrants and Shareholders
have denied. The brutal pretension
thus famingly advanced, to re-enslave
those who have been set free, puts us
all on our guard There must be no
chance or loop-hole for such an intoler-
able, Heaven-defying iniquity. Alas |.
there have been crimes III human his
tory; but [ know of none blacker than
this. There have been acts ofbaseness;
but [ know of none. more utterly vile. =
Against the POSSIBILITY Of such sacri-
fee we must take bond which cannot
be set aside, and this can be found in
the powers of Congress.


Congress has already done much.
Besides its noble act Of emancipation.
it has provided that every person gull
ty Of treason, or melting or assisting
the rebellion, sshall be disqualified to
hold any Office under the United States"
And by another act, it has provided
that every person elected or appointed
to any office Of honor or profit under
the government of the United States,
shall before entering upon its duties,
take an oath, s'that he has not voluntar-
lily borne arms against the United States
or give aid, countenance, counsel or
encouragement, to persons engaged in
armed hostility thereto, or sought or ac-
cepted OF attempted to exercise the
! functions Of any office whatever under
/ any authority, or pretended authority,
in hostility to the United State :
This oath viii be bar against the re
turn to national Office Of any who have
taken part with the rebels. It shuts
out, in advance, the whole criminal
gang. But these same persons, reject
ed by the National Government, are
left free to hold Office in the States
And here is another motive to further
action by Congress The oath is well
as far as it goes, more must be done
in the same spirit
Year: 1863

inridge wing Of the party had the real
leaders in it, and that ultimately the
Democratic orgdnizotioa aeougd faU into
their hands. 1t has done so, and they
are just as reckless, as fatuitous and un
patriotic as was Breckenridge himself.
In New York, you have sort of mixed
breed, piobald and speckled, which may
be called ,Seymourites But you will
not have them long. The times admit
Of no quibbling There can be but two
sides in the country and no public man
or party can live before the tribunal Of
the people who undertakes to setup Con-
stitutional bubbles and teehnicalities
against the fulfllment of his duty to
the National Government. Nor is any
party to live in opposition to the Presi-
dents Proclamation of Freedom. The
men who acquire their freedom under
the Proclamation will hold it, and the
| Nation aciU support them an 1t. While
you are talking about modes of "recon-
struction," Tennessee will be free, Mis-
souri, will be free, Maryland will be free,
and other States will soon follow, till
the banner Of Freedom floats unstained
upon every wall of the great Republic.
Esto .oerpetno-events shape the future.
The mind Of the Nation rises up to
meet them, and forms its policy upon the
necessity.


And what are the prospects Of the
Democratic party in its present hands :?
It had majority Of two to one in Cali
fornia, and the party has been almost
swept from existence by the breath of
the people Maine was once the strong
hold Of Democracy. Lost by it's Pro
Slavery proclivity, a revival was attempt
ed on the Anti War policy; and where
is the Democratic party? Overwhelmed
in its own ruins! It is now fighting in
Ohio under the banner of the convict
Vallandigham. Where it will be you
will soon hear. What it Will be in New
| York you can tell better than [, but this
| know, that if New York supports the
present Democratic party, she will be
the clone star," the spared monument
Of what was once the great Democ-
racy.


There is a great lesson in the events
which are SO rapidly passing by us, but
that lesson is chiefly for the young and
the aspiring. Let them read it well.
The country has been thrown into con-
vulsions and nearly destroyed by the
political demagogucs Of the South p
What do they get as their reward ;?
! Death, ruin, and infamy forever! 1t is
sought to be convulsed again by dema-
gogues Of the North What will they
have for their reward Political ruin,
defeat, disgrace, and the scorn Of pos
terity. Let young men read and profit
by this great lesson, vouchsafed for their
instruction.


A VETERAN OBSERVER.
Year: 1863

Not such great whileago our thread
was spun between the finger and the
thumb, and all our cloth woven in the
clumsiest Of hand-rooms. Now, by
means Of spinning jenny, and weav-
ing machinery, one person will make as
much as two hundred yards of cloth in
day. Before the invention Of the cot
ton gin, one person could not prepare
one pound of cotton so easily as he can
now prepare one hundred pounds. Que
grandmothers could hardly knit onr
pair Of socks in a day-now, by means
of machine, one little girl can turn
out hundred dollars worth Of knitting
materials in a day. A few years ago
we were told it took seventeen men to
make good pin; now the machine is
fed with the raw material, which is not
touched again until rolled up in paper
pins. In Providence, r. l., there is to-
day machine that takes strip Of met
al from a coil, and makes two hundred
and thirty inches Of delicate chain out
of it in a day The metals are no
longer worked by hand-a slow, wear
ing process; they are shaved, sawed,
bored, and hammered, with the great
est ease and accuracy, as if they were
Of the softest pine.


An instrument has been contrived
and perfected Of exceedingly delicate
powers, which measures the operation
of mind itself-tells the exact time it
takes for a sesnation from the finger to
the brain-two -tenths Of a second Go
into certain India-rubber store in New
York, .and you will find hundred diff
ferent articles made from that one sta
ple--only y few years good for nothing
but to rub out marksand, furnish active
iawed people something to chew AS
wood gives out, coal pits are found
everywhere. We begin to fear for
lights with which to illumine our houses,
and make all things cheerful; when 10 !
oil is distilled from coal, and We even
have streams Of it spouting out Of the
ground for us to ill our lamps with =
Coal tar, once regarded as useless, is
now manufactured into many different
articles, some Of them Of great value
Scientific American
Year: 1863

But enough. The case is clear. Be
hold the Rebel States in arms against
that paternal Government to which, as
the supreme condition Of their con-
stitutional existance, they owe duty and
love; and behold all legitimate powers,
executive, legislative and judicial, in
these States, abandoned and vacated.
It only remains that Congress should
enter and assume the proper jurisdic-
ton. If we are not ready to exelaim
with Burke, speaking of Revolutionary
France, "it is but an empty space up
on the political map" we may at least
adopt the response hurled back by Mir
abeau, that this empty space is a vol
cano red with fame and overAowing
with lava floods. But whether we deal
with it as ''empty space" OF, as ''volca-
nc" the jurisdiction, civil and military
centers in Congress, to be employed
for the happiness, welfare and renown
of the American people hanging
slavery into freedom, and present chaos
into Cosmos Of perpetual beauty and
power.
Year: 1863

How TO BE HApPY-Happiuess is
easily attainable in any position of life.
ANY body can be happy-only love God,
and love to do good to all around you,
This is the secret Of true happiness
Let the incredulous unravel; they will
be satisfied of its truth, and feel better
for the effort. "Practice makes per-
fect;' and therefore the more they prac-
tice this truth in their daily lives, the
more. solid and perfect will be the foun-
idation Of their happiness.
Year: 1863

There are but two ways In which this
contest can be ended One is by re-
yolutionizing a given portion Of their
territory and have then come aud ask to
be admitted into the Union. Another is
to bring il all back or that part 0 it
which does not come back in the first


way, bound to the triumphal car of vic
tory. (Cheers.) There is no witchery
about this. This precise thing has been
done in the case Of West Virginia. She
asked to come back and has been receiy-
ed back, and she is the entering wedge
of the series Of States which will come
back that way, But il they do not come
back we are bound TO su6jugate them,
Year: 1863

Let Lee drive Meade into Wash
ington and the SUCCESS Of the Democratic
peace party would be no longer doubtful y
says the Richmond EnQuirer-the organ
Of JEFF. Davis.


There is an intimate relationship and q
waIm sympathy between Northern Cop
perheads and Southern Confederates. a
defeat Of the rebels On the battle field doe:
nearly as much harm to tie Copperheads
as to the Contederates. When therebellion
is crushed by the bullets Of our soldiers
the Coppc1hcad party will be tumbled into
the came grave BY the ballots Of the loyal
citizens. In Life they were united. In
death let them not be divided.
Year: 1863

A PLAGUE.-For several days, ana nights
past we hAvs bseni plagued with specios q
fly, the body having the. appearance Of a
worm ; we do not know what their true
name is, but We have heard them called the
Green Bay Fly and also the Fish Fly.'
They inhabit the Green Bay Country, and
it is supposed arc brought here by the late
north brcezes. They are frequently seen
around the trout brooks, from which, prob
ably, they derived the name of !. Fish Fly
Last Friday night they came in great
swarms. Our me' chants were obliged to close
their stores. The windows and sidewalks
were covered with them, in some places IN
inch or two deep. During the evening fires
were built in the street to attract them from
the stores, and bushels of them swarmed
into the fires and were consumed. In one
instance fire Of straw was started, and the
rush into it was so great that the fire was
actually put out.
Year: 1863

Fnosr Saturday night there was heavy
frost in the low land. in some parts OF this
County. Mr.. Chandler, Of Belle Creek, says
his Corn is cut down as with fire. We
have been Informed from second hand sources
that it was so severe in the vicinity Of
Pine Island, that ice formed to the depth
OF an eighth of an inch.
Year: 1863

Where is the snow


'1is not long ago
1t covered the earth with veil of white
We heard not its footstep soft and light,
Yet there it was in the morning bright
Now it hath vanished away from sight.


Not trace remains


In fields or lanes.


Where is the frost i?


They are gone and lost
The forms of beauty last night it made,
With pictures rare were windows arrayed;
" Be silent" it said the brook obeyed
Yet silence and pictures all did fade


At the smile of SUM-


All was undone


Where is the rain ?


Pattering it came,
Dancing along with merry sound,
a grassy bed in the fields it found:
Each drop came on the roof with q bound
Where is the rain ? 1t hath left the ground
What good hath it done,


Gone away so soon


Ever, ever
...@s Our best endeavor
Seems to fail like the melted snow
We work out our thoughts wisely and slow;
The seed We SOW, but it will not grow
Our hopes, our resolves-where do they go?


What doth remain?


Memory and pain. 49,.


Nothing is lost


No snow nor frost
That come to enrich the earth again
We think them when the ripening grain
Is waving over the hill and plain,
And the pleasant rain springs from earth again


All endeth in good


Water and food.


Never despair;


disappointment bear.
Though hope seemeth vain, be patient still /;
Thy good intents God doth fulfill
Thy hand is weak His power will
Is finishing thy life-work still


The good endeavor


Is lost all never


Christian Inquirer.
Year: 1863

"Here's our heart and here's our hand''
in all sincerity to all those loyal Demo-
Gratis who preferred their country to par
ty. The country owes them debt of
gratitude. Every Democrat who voted
for Curtin is moral hero. The Douglas
Democrats have at last discovered the
great mistake they made in permitting
the Breckinridgers to gain the control Of
their party. If Douglas had lived, it
would not be so. That patriot would
have kept his party steady for the Union.
His death threw it into confusion. His
friends, however, will now rally and throw
overheard the tricksters who crept into the
chief places in the party. We would not
only thank Douglas men, but many who,
believing them to be thoroughly loyal,
voted for Bell and Breckenridge. These
voters proved their patriotism by voting
for Curtin.
Year: 1863

Most of our Democratic friends bow to
the verdict of the ballot-box with graceful
Difference. They beat us, a trfe, last
year, on small vote: They this year lose,
by large majority, on a greater vote.
They know they are fairly, honorably de-
feated Though against their judgment,
they submit, as good citizens ever should
but as slaveholding Rebels did not.
Indeed, some of our minority neighbors
have a smile in one corner of their mouth,
as if they rather liked it. And more than
one have said they have voted their last
Democratic ticket.


Others, unfortunately, look cross-blue
almost as disconsolate as a "starved
mule chawing thistle!" Especially do
those orators and editors who have lied
the worst, and tried most to deceive the
honest people, take it hardest. They
have staked all against the Government
working with the Rebels -
and lost. They think everything is ruin
ed. simply because a slavery-loving man
is not elected Governor of Free Penn'a
But they should console themselves with
the fact that we have a Governor true to
the nation and to the loyal people, and
that the Union is to stand thoug h any and
all present parties fall.
Year: 1863

This shows what WORK will do. As
a general rule, people receive as truth
what they READ and HEAR. If they hear
and read truth, they vote accordingly: if
they receive error, they vote wrong. The
lesson is-Diffuse correct information, and
the Election Returns will be right And
the coming Winter will be the best time
to occupy the public mind with political
Intelligence by means of discussion, news
pers, and pamphlets. Let the Union
Leagues continue their organizations
sowing good seed, in quiet times, to bear
fruit in the next political harvest.
Year: 1863

water on the houses of white men, to
prevent the conhagration from becom-
ing general The mob threatened that
the engines would be torn TO pieces if
they attempted to play upon any other
buildings than those designated, As
there was no room for doubt that these
threats would be summarily executed,
if necessity compelled that course, it
was deemed proper to cater to the wishes
Of the mob in tnut respect


The Free Press gives long account
Of additional outrages, the flight of the
negro population to Canada and to the
woods, the arrival Of military compan-


es, and the gradual dispersal Of the
.'ioters late at night Of the same day.
Year: 1863

A WATERLOO ANEcDoTE.-We have it
from an eminent survivor of the battle,
who was with the Duke and Lord UX-
bridge at this crisis, that on the Duke
giving the order to attack. Lord Uxbridge
urged him to wait until the Prussians
were more in condition to support gen
eral advance. The duke turned round
and answered in good humor, " Mo- in
for a penny in for poundi it's my turn
now." But Lord Uxbridge, not content
with this reply, ventured to remonstrate
again. The Duke then rose in his stirrups,
looked Lord Uxbridge sternly in the face,
and said very angrily " DO you suppose,
sir, do not know how to command an
army 2" Lord Uxbridge at once left the
Duke to command his army, rode off to
lead the last cavalry charge, and lost his
leg.-EdinJurg ReUieao.