smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

In what way do you spend your leisure
evenings? idleness-in frivolous amuse-
ments--or in the company of those who
will corrupt your morals? Remember il
you would prepare yourself for future
usefulness, you must devote every spare
moment to study. First, be industrious
in your several employments during the
hours OF business; never complain that
it is your lot to work; count it an honor:
go about it with cheerfulness and alacri-
ty; it will become habit, and by becom-
ing so, will be a pleasure and delight
Make it your business to promote the in.
terest of your employer; by taking care
of his, you will learn to take care of your
own.


Remember, that it is one of the beset-
ting sins of the young men of this ex-
travagant and indolent age, to endeavor
to get rid of work; to seek for easy and
lazy employments, and the consequence
is that many of them turn out worthless
vagabonds. Avoid this whirlpool as you
would plague-spot; Danish from your
bosom the dangerous desire to do with
out work. Labor is honorable, dignifed;
it is the parent of health, wealth, and
happiness; look upon it as an invaluable
blessing, and never as burden and a
curse. Shun idleness and sloth; pursue
some honest calling, and be not ashamed
to be usefnl
Year: 1859

An American gentleman relates, after
leaving paper of which he was the edit
or, and returning on visit he wrote a
leader for the new editor, and he really
thought it good, better than he had writ
ten for months. Next day he met an old
acquaintance with a paper in his hand :
"Ah !" said he, this paper is but mis-
cradle thing now-nothing like what it
was when you had it"-and pointing to
the article he had written, he continued !:
"Look, for instance, at this thing; who
would read such trashy stuff as that?-
Why didn't the fool let you write the ar
ticle2"
Year: 1859

A new trick was developed last season.
which is quite ingenious. In cutting up
the hog, the whole of the back bone is
left attached to one of the sides, and then
by simply removing the ribs from the 9th
er, clear side is made with less of the
bone than in the usual way. The side
with the back bone attached, is packed
as mess pork, or smoked as bacon, thus
compelling the innocent buyer to pay for
more bone than they should. This hav-
ing been brought to the notice of pork
inspectors of New York and New Orleans,
they are determined, it rs said, to pass no
pork SO put up in future,
Year: 1859

How TO KEEP HORSES FAT.--If l were
asked to account for my horses legs and
feet being in better order than those of
my neighbors, should attribute it to the
four following circumstances. First, that
they are all shod with few nails, so placed
in the shoe as to permit the foot to expand
every time they move: secondly, that all
live in boxes instead of stalls, and can
move when they please thirdly, that
they have two hours daily walking exer-
cses when they are not at work: and
fourthly, that have not head stall or
rack chain in my stable. These four cir
cumstances comprehend the whole mys-
terry of keeping horses legs fine, and
their feet in sound working condition up
to a good old age.-Mihes.
Year: 1859

Hear the wise counsel and the warning
voice Of that old conservative paper, the
Raleigh Register.


THE NEXT PREsIDEscY-How TO SAVE TEE


We copy in to-dsy's paper an excellent
article from the Lynchburg virginian,
commenting upon one from the New
York Herald. Both articles are worthy
of profound attention, and as such, we
commend them to our readers





1t must be apparent that the Democra-
cy at the North is utterly powerless as an
organization of itself to lend any aid in the
defeat of Black Republican candidate.
How then, we ask. car the defeat of such
a candidate be xchiSyedf II. the entire
South, Wings, Americans and Democrats,
voted as one man for Democrat, he could
not be elected, unless he got "a electoral
votes in the free States. New York alone
could secure the election of Democrat,
but no one believes or can believe that
her vote will be cast for such candidate.
The indications by the last election in
Pennsylvania clearly demonstrate that at
best, Democratic candidate could have
but the very faintest hope of carrying that
State, and even if he did get her 27 votes
he would be 7 votes short of an election,
and where are they to be looked for9 Pos
sibly, and only possibly, in Indiana. So
we see that with Democratic candidate
running single handed against Black
Republican, the chances for his success
would be of the most forlorn kind, and
the fate of the Union would hang by q
thread as attenuated


-"As ever spider twisted


What then is to be done? We answer,
what has been suggested by the articles
which we copy. The Democracy cannot,
with their Independent organization, car
ry the next Presidential election and re-
tain the power of the Government. If
they make an attempt and fail, as we
firmly believe they will, Black Republi-
can will be elected, the Union will be dis
solved, and all the incalculable conse-
quences of this, the most momentous
event ever occurring in the tide of time,
be entailed upon the country.


We invoke then, the casting away of all
the ordinary party platforms" and the
unioE of conservative men everywhere,
for this one time at least, on the single
platform of saving the Constitution and
the Union.


This done, and done as it may be, eff
fectually. We can afterwards with i'm
punity differ upon subjects of an unim-
portant character.
Year: 1859

LEGENDARY SHoT.-We are credibly in
formed that Mr. Burton Lovejoy, of JAS
per county-killed one of his own negroes
on Friday night last, under the following
circumstances:


He had some apprehensions that his
Gin House would be fired, we do not know
upon what grounds his apprehensions
were based, but on Friday night, he took
his gun and stationed himself in view of
the Gin House. He had not been wait.
ing great while before he saw some per-
son stepping up to the Gin House. He
waited until he saw match lighted; and
while he was in the act of applying it to
the house, Mr.. Loveoy fired at him, xii
ling him instantly. When he came to
examine the culprt, he found that he
was one of his own groes.-Covington
Times,
Year: 1859

ELoPEMENT IN GALLIpoLIs.~Romance Is
on the qui vive in Gallipolis, Ohio An
old gentleman, about fifty years Of age
or SO, eloped few evenings since, with a
beautiful ard interesting young girl of
fifteen. In such haste was the lover of
the young lady that he carried her off
without bonnet or any kind Of head dress.
They were hotly pursued by the anxious
"parent" of the latter, and received sew
eral salutes in the rear Of his shot gun,
but without any injury Whatever,
Year: 1859

We extract the following from the New
York correspondence of the the New Or
leans Crescent:


say it without fear of contradiction.
that do not believe the Democrats can
elect any Presidential candidate in 1860
The Black Republicans will elect Seward
easily, unless the Southern Opposition
extend their combination North, and run
ticket with VIM. c. Rivcs, or some 9TH
er equally good conservative man in the
Northern States. That policy would de-
feat the Republican Presidential candi-
date, and if the Opposition" candidate
was not elected, he would at least pre-
vent the election of Seward, and give it
to the Democratic candidate. But should
no such course be pursued, and only two
candidates be run for the Presidency, viz:
n Republican and Democrat, then | say
VIM. II. Seward will be the candidate Of
the Republicans, and miracle only can
prevent his election by the people in 1860.


There is no use of concealing prospects
ahead, or the political chances of both
parties in the Presidential election in
1860. The Charleston convention may
nominate anybody they please; the pros
poets of his election is not two chances in
ten this day, and they are not likely to
improve in the next eleven months and
five days.
Year: 1859

DEKALB CouNTY.-The following ap-
pears in the local column of the Nash
vile Patriot of the Both ult:


Take EN- Do,cn.-We have never seen
the lamp-posts recently put up at one of
the entrances to the Capitol; but we are
told that they are three figures repre-
senting morning noon and night-three cast
iron female women with every bit of their
dry-goods scorched off by the hot sand
used in casting.


In short, naked.


The gentleman from DeKalb, sent down
to legislate in the Southern end of the
Capitol, took squint at these female
lamp.posts in q state of nature the other
day, and was as much shocked as if he
had unconsciously grasped the wire of
balvanic gattery. lie Immediately walk
ed into the House, and Indignantly re-
quested the body therein assembled to
join him in virluous resolve to haven
'em taken down and hid.


The gentleman from DeKalb is of the
opinion that Shakespeare was laboring un-
der mistake when he remarked that
beauty when unadorncd is adorned the
most" or that the remark is eminently
inapplicable to beauty in the form of fe-
male lamp posts.


Such things around the court house of
DeKalb might not look any too well, but
several years will elapse before any body
else will be shocked at them here.
Year: 1859

THE BEAcoNs yIEws.-The R. B. Beacon,
while it endorses the sentiments embodied in
the (Holden) resolutions thinks the facts OF
the case will not warrant their applicability to
Mr.. Broderick." The reader will excuse the
contradiction herein because of the honorable
and fair sentiments subjoined:


True, the Ninth Session of the Legislature
attempted to instruct our Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress in relation to their votes
upon the Kansas question, requiring them to
support and do all in their power to carry out,
the policy of the President Yet it is equally
true that at the time of the passage of these
resolutions, the question had never been passed
upon by the people of this State, it had never
been made an issue in any election, and we con-
tend that Mr. B. had the same right to exercise
his opinion in relation to what would be the
future political course of the whole body polite,
as any member composing the Ninth Legislature,
that voted to instruct him upon that point.
Year: 1859

The NEXT GovERyoR-The Nevada National
supposed to be for Weller) says it is intimated
that the contest for Senator, to fill the vacancy
of DR.. Gwin two years hence, will be settled in
the next State Convention that the nomination
of man for Governor will point him out as the
The National is indignant at the idea.
Year: 1859

Bslg@ The Beacon hopes the Joint Committee
on the Constitution may suggest the propriety
of doing away with the Grand Jury system al
together" Our neighbor will perceive by refer
ence to the Constitution of the United States,
that article fifth of the "Amendmentsn is slight
ly in the way of the accomplishment of his
wish
Year: 1859

RSJ" Why does not the Sacramento Register
redeem the promise it made some days ago, to
compile Register" of Lobby Members, and
the measures they respectively advocate? Do
not postpone it for fear that you have not a COM
plete list. You can amend it daily. Give it to
US at once
Year: 1859

Hor AIR ENGINE-The press of the Sac
samento Union is now driven by one of En-
IesoaTs caloric engines. 1t occupies but lit
tie space, is perfectly safe, easily managed
and remarkably economical The cost OF
running one in the Office of the Cincinnati
Press for SIX months was but fifteen dollars
while the expense of steam engine for the
same period would have been upwards OF
four hundred dollars. The hot air engine is
perfectly adapted to every purpose not re-
quiring immense power.
Year: 1859

How Coal OH IS MADE.-"There are Sc
veyal rows of retorts, each of which con
tains twenty-five tons Of coal, and this
amount is worked off as a regular charge at
each operation. The principal of action
embraced in these retorts is said to be to-
tally different from all others it is exactly
the same as that of smoking a pipe of to-
bacco, and on this account it is called the
'meerschaum.' Each of these retorts is built
of brick, in the form of huge pipe bowl
and when the coal is packed in, the fire is
kndled on the top with anthracite. The
draft of the heated products down through
the coal is effected by steam power, and the
oil vapors that are carried off below are con-
densed into crude oil and pass from con-
Quoting pipe into a tank. The operations
are under perfect regulation to prevent the
camel coal undergoing combustion"
Year: 1859

Express is Informed that the Commissioners
have determined to locate the State Reform
School a few miles above that city, on the
Feather river, The site selected is said to
be beautiful one, combining every advan-
tage fer an institution of that kind.


The city authorities are considering pro-
position to purchase and donate site,
Year: 1859

SToP THIEF.-Some wretch, who loves a
first rate newspaper better than honesty, fire.
auently abstracts from the mail our copy of
the Sacramento Union Entertaining the
complimentary suspicion that he also appro-
PIRATES somebody's copy of the Press, we in
sert this plea that he will let the Union slide
with a faint hope that he may see and heed
IL
Year: 1859

OVERLAND MAlL.-The papers below say
that Haworth, President of the California
Stage Company, offers te carry daily mail
from Sacramento to st. Louis in twelve
days, for one million dollars per annum. IF
he can and will do it, he ought to be allowed
to. The money now expended on the three
overland and one ocean mail routes would
more than pay what he asks. Give US the
daily overland mail and a sufficient number
of passenger coaches, with military stations
and a telegraph along the route, and we can
afford to wait for the Pacific railroad until
capitalists are ready to build it without ask
ing the State to incur an immense debt for
their assistance. In the meantime, let us
send all our correspondence the overland
mails now running, as the most efectual
argument in favor of their improvement.
Year: 1859

THE SEA SERPENT, -THE MONSTER CAUGHT.
The Yarmouth (Alass) Register says that the
iar-famcd sea'serpent has lately visited that
port, and was chased up narrow creek and
caught. He turned out to be a horse mack
erel, measuring over eight feet in lensht and
weighing 3l6 pounds. The Register says:


1t is the opinion Of experienced fishermen
that this is the fish which has given rise to
the belief in n sea serpent. When it is run
ming ut it's ordinary speed in search of prey
it moves along just under the surface of the
water, producing n wave which rises UP in a.
series Of corlugations for about one hundred
feet in "a straight line, before it falls off into
the ordinary Spreading wake produced by
body moving through the water. This ap.
pearance in moderate weather so closely
resembles that Of a huge serpent moving over
the surface Of the water that it is difficult,
even for those accustomed to the appearance,
to realize that it is nothing but wave, and
it is not strange that, when seen for the first
time, it should strike The beholder with teT-
LOT.
Year: 1859

The steward of the Maryland Club House
has for some time been missing various sums
of money, amounting in all to Sl45, but
could not fix the theft on any one until yester.
day morning, when his suspicious were excited
against negro servant in the house, and watch


was accordingly set on him, and he was soon de-
tected in the act of taking a sum of money which
had been put in desk. He was arrested bv officer
Christopher and taken before Justice McAllister.
who committed him to ;aH
Year: 1859

The Milwaukee Ne,os tells of an Irishman. who
while at work in stone quarry near that city saw
an animal, which he recognized as one of his neigh


bor's kittens, glide under large fat stone upon
hold the stone while be got the poor thing ont
without hurting it. Getting down upon his knees
he reached gently under the stone, and drew the
cat gently forth; then dropping her instantly he
"HoOly ither! ,ohat has she been aitino % 1t was
a skunk was
Year: 1859

NOVEL ADyERrIsEMENT.-The recent publication
the article ofMr Douglas in Harper has called
forth variety of comments from the press, as
might have been, and doubtless was expected. One
of the best hits have seen is from the Louisville
Courier, which thus ridicues the Little Giant.
"He has at last turned essayist, and appeared in
HarPer's Monthly in a terribly heavy compound of
inconsistencies, follies, and absurdties What the
Little Giant will do next the Lord only Knows
Can't the Cincinnati Enquirer tell US what next?
The Douglas madman of the Enquirer was in
caucus with the Little Giant at Cincinnati and
may be supposed to know what is in the future
May we not at least expect to see in the Enquirer
and kindred sheets very soon, such an advertise
ment as the following:
Year: 1859

RED RIVER RAFr.-Another attempt IL
shortly to be made to remove the great Red
River raft, which has obstructed navigation
in that stream for the last ten or fifteen
years Its location is in Arkansas, short
distance above Shreveport, La.
Year: 1859

of which would have elected rejoinder
from the friends of the gentlemen specified
Assuming this as a statement of facts, we
would ask, would not the friends of the
gentlemen in question be unmindlul Of their
duty, and do injustice to their own in-
stincts, did they not repel that which they
considered as unjust aspersions upon the
character and conduct of the accused. In
such proceeding, would not injustice be done
them, or otherwise would they not be stul-
tilted by such course of conduct. This
brings us to the consideration of the ques-
ton at issue, which is briefly this; 1t is as
serted by number Of the friends of our
present Delegate in Congress, upon the
floor of the House, that no personal allu-
sion was made in connection with the ap-
pointments said to have been procured by
him; that the name Of Judge FTzHUGH,'
murderer" or indictment" was not in
the bill of particulars presented for the con-
sideration of that body in the speech made
by Mr.. Carter; that it was an after thought,
and one designed to have direct bearing
upon matters which it is to be presumed
action will be had, not only immediate, but
remote, and which some assume to think
are more or less connected.


The question Of difference in this matter
is simply this: Mr. Carter alleges that the
speech referred to is, to all intents and pur-
poses a faithful transcript Of the one de-
lirered by him on the occasion. On the
other hand, we are told. that it is asserted
by large humber of the members that he
either did not make use of the personal and
exeeptionable language which he employs
in the published speech, or if he did they
have no recollection whatever of such Ian
guage being used.
Year: 1859

cisco, by which the writer designed to send
It. We shall illustrate: letter designed
to be forwarded to Washington City by the
steamer of the 5th December reaches San
Francisco some day or two after that date,
of course it must lay in the Office at San
Francisco nearly fortnight before it goes
on its mission. But this is not all--the
people of the whole of Puget Sound (save
Browns wharf, where one or two families
reside, and where the steamer makes its
short stay are forced to wait fortnight
to answer their letters; for the steamer
stops few minutes, sends boat ashore,
takes the mail, and of it goeS-the mail
at Olympia being closed before the mail
brought by the steamer is opened. At
other towns on Puget Sound it is even
worse than Olympia. The present arrange
ment cannot benefit them in the slightest
degree. They cannot be, for Olympia is
the only town on the Sound where the
steamer pretends to have any communica-
ton. Will not the present session of the
Legislative Assembly make on expression
on this important subject? viii not our
Special Mail Agent report to the Depart
ment these grievances under which we Ia
Dor? Are we to be inSulted because so
remote? Is this pampered monopoly to
receive its hundreds Of thousands from the
national treasury for its transportation of a
mail as benefit 10 our people when il is
Just such benefit us the cup of Tantalus !?
Will not our officials represent ia proper
colors these misdeeds 10 the National Gov
ernmentY Rather let us once more be
made appurtenant to Oregon, let us receive
our mail by the river and overland than
thus continue. AS at present fixed it is
but little better than having no mail at ALL


We might 60 on and refer to the whole
course of this company on this coast, in
our waters, to our merchants, to our peo-
pie; bot we refrain from alluding to any
thing but the transportation Of the mail.
We urge upon the Department these our
grievances, shall we urge in vain?
Year: 1859




In another column of to-day's paper will
be found q speech purpcrting to have been
delivered by the gentleman whose name
heads this article.


In our issue of Dec II, in an article
headed "the Legislative organization, &c, "
will be found the following paragraph:


"And we would here say to members of all parties
In both Houses should any Of them desire the publi-
cation of their views in Speech on any subject that
may come before the Legislature the use OF our col
umns Is hereby freely proiered to them, provided
they furnish the manuscript embodyng such views as
may have been presented by them


We wish it distinctly understood that
we are, and ever have been, at all times
and under all circumstances, prepared and
willing to comply, on our part, with the
above extract. We defy the most bitter
enemies Of this paper, or of the Democratic
party, to designate time when even
communication has been sent to us for pub
lication, and that if it did not appear, a
good, sufficient and justiGable reason was
assigned why publicity was not given to it
We are quite certain, indeed, that but very
few communications on any subject, and
containing any merit whatever, have ever
been excluded, upon personal, political, or
any other grounds.


Concerning speeches made by members
Of the present Legislature, our ouly regret
is that more are not furnished for publca-
tion by the gentlemen upon the floor of
either House, We hold that every mem-
Der has right to be heard publicly through
q newspaper, no matter to Which political
party he may belong, or the subject be
upon which he may have presented his
views, in order that his constituents may
be advised as to the course he is pursuing
upon matters touching their interests, and
whether or not, upon his return to them,
they can give an intelligent expression to
the remark, well done, good and faithful
servant"


Whilst we assert that our columns are
untrammeled and uushackled upon the sub.
ject matter referred to, we nevertheless
hold it to be our right and duty to know,
whether or not speech made upon the
floor Of either House be transcript Of the
record furnished for publication. This
view Of the subject comports to the letter
with the paragraph above quoted. We
would esteem the conductor of a public
journal unfit for his position, false and re-
Creant to his duty, were he knowingly to
permit matters of personal and private
character to be lugged into a written and
published speech, that was not distinctly
set forth in the one delivered, without
making proper allusion thereto. For ex-
ample; A gentleman occupying an official
position, (say Delegate to Congress) is as
sailed by member of the Legislature in
consequence of certain appointments that
it is claimed he has been instrumental in
procuring. Upon the same floor are friends
Of the several appointees, who only await
direct and personal allusion to be made,
in order to make reply. We will suppose
that no such allusion has been made, and
that afterwards, in the printed speech,
names are given, and language made use