smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864

\ young nephew Of my fathers captain
sailed with them long voyage around the
globe, and was favorlte with ALL but was
sadly intemperate. Whenever he took
glass of grog Captain Brintnell was accus
toned to say, 'Ah, Ned, there's another
nail in ytur coffin And so it proved, for
the poor lad had so poisoned and fred his
blood that it could not stand the heat Of
the tropical sun, aud be sunk under ex-
posure to it. and died the miserable death
of the drunkard They put in to a little
lonely island and made him grave under
the green sward, hut no loving mother, or
gentle sister could weep over it, no psa I'm
was sung nor prayer offered. The nails
had all been driven in that rough coffin,
and he was laid to rest in 1t until the res
direction morning.


And so thousands are busy to day driv
ing with vigorous blows the nails in their
own c"fiins That soldier who feeds his
growing taste tor strong drink is almost
surely preparing hirnself coffin sh 'ul1
he ever be wounded, or any illness cause
him to be taken to the hospital
Said one we'll conversant with soldier
life, The sick and wounded cold water
men always stood disease and wounds and
opera. ions better than chose who drank
liquor. Disease OF the camp. wounds al...
amuutatiuns were but death warrants for
drunkards


General Ilsveluck also remarks, The med
lea! officers have distinctly attributed the
rapid recovery OF our wounded at Ghuzne
to their iormer abstinence from strong
! drinks


| Testimony to the same effect mi ght be
greately extended Is it not worse than
/ folly, is it not almost madness for any one
| thus to ieopardlze his life for mere no
mentary qualification Is it not virtually
| suicide, a crime which leave no space for
repentance, which therefore has 10 for
giveness? Weigh this consideration


we'll when next you take up the vine cup,
and unless your are quite prepared to drive


another nail home in your coffin, don't quaff
it off Do not pass it to another, but let


the thirsty ground drink it up. 1t will do
20 harm there.


When the youthful Summer6eld was Of
fered brandy to revive his sinking powers


in his last illness. he put it aside, saying,


No; when | die. ] die sober All, dy-


ing in sober, fearful reality Who would


not rather meet his last enemy with clear


vision and full comprehension Of the on


ly way in which he may be vanquished


Thanks be unto God, who siveth us the


victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. -


Correspondence Of Ae s. s. Times.
Year: 1864

The meanest face you look upon the clay of coarses


mould,
Thro' which ray of spirt-day, closewatching you


behold;
Where petty cares have dimmed the glance and 1ur-


rowed IN the brow,
And evil thought sign has wrought beyond erasing


now.
This form so mean so cold so low this seeming soul


less clay,
Wore the grace of babyface and the beauty Of


childhood's day;
Those eyes gazed with eager trust above, around


below,
And mother with pride that was hard TO hide, pushed


the hair from the open brow.
The proudest heart that wakes your pride by the evil


spell of sin,
The harshest that makes hoarse your own fthere


be no watch within;
Tho unlovng, unloyed soul that slight your


hope or fear,
And careless look down your smile frown, il


from separate sphere
That nature cold and proud must yet mysterious ter


rors know,
Must wrestle with Death for each gasping breath,


must be laid in the dust below;
That voice must sink into whispers faint, and mean


est service crave,
And that hand must cling to some humble thing In a


shrinking from the grave.
Familiar thought own call this truth Of our COM


mon lot,
Yet midst jar and strife Of the daily hfe Its lesson is


forgot
We pity Withhold from the naughty dust that must


shroud aud pail endure,
And with loathing shun some world-stalned one that


was once baby pure.
Not worthy IN vain were the fancy tasked from the
actual oft
To the rosy sleep only cradles keep, the shade of
the funeral urn;
The present may all Ioveless seem; be Ger it mem
ory east.
OF the first low cry and the last sad sgh-of the Fu
ture and the Past {. &C.
Chambers Journal.
Year: 1864

cannot tell you when your father will love,
Tor alas, he is drunkard


I heard beautiful boy, scarcely four
years old, lisping this to his mother; and
| pilied him 70 my inmost soul. His faith
er was once rich and happy, and nearly
jioUzsd his little son but IN an evil hour
be begsn to sip the intoxicating cup-the
habit had grown upon him until the peace
of his family was destroyed, and he ty-
rant The beautiful house 10 which they
had lived, was now exchanged tor miser-
able cottage in the suburbs of the city;
and little George doomed to be the COM
panion of the idle and vicious
Year: 1864

these advantages, it was indeed bitter
day


II 40 attic room meanly furnished, sat a
young girl, pale and thin. She was COVER
ing over a scanty wood fire. the best she
could afford, which heated the room very
insuficiently. She was sewing steadily.
shvering from time to time ss the cold
blast shook the windows aud found it's way
through the crevces.


Poor child Life had very black aspect
for her on that winter day. She was alone
in the world There was absolutely no one
on whom she could call for assistance,
though she needed it sorely enough The
thought came to her more than once in her
discomfort, is it worth while living any
longer?' But she recoiled from the sin OF
suicide. She night starve to death, but she
would not take the life that God had given
her


Plunged in gloomy thought she contin-
ued to work All at once step Was heard
ascending the staircase which led to her
door. She arose in some surprise and opened
it. thinking it must be the iandlady or one
of her servants.


She was right 1t was a servant.


Here's letter for yen that the post boy
just brought, Miss Morris


a letter for me = repeated Helen Nor
ris, in surprise, taking it from the servants
hand. 'Who can have written to me?'


Maybe it's valentine, Miss said the
girl laughing. You know this is Valen-
tines day. More by token, I've got two
this morning Ones karaker (caricature,)
SO mistress calls it. just look at it.


Bridget displayed highly embell'shed
pictorial representation OF female hard at
work at the wash tub, the east Of beauty
decidedly Hibernian.


Helen Morris laughed absently, but did
not open her letter while Bird yet remained
"a little to the disappointment Of that
curious damse


Helen slowly opened the envelope. A
bauknote for ten dollars dropped from it to
the floor.


She eagerly read the few words on the
paper-'From ST Valentine ?


Heaven he praised she said folding
her hands gratefully This sum will ena
bic NE to carry out the plan which had
in view
Year: 1864




dent of the Charleston Mercury writes:


Is it not a matter of surprise that, al
though the scarcity and high price of cloth
has been one of the most important evils
inflicted upon us by the blockade, We have
failed to make use of a remedy entirely
within our reach allude to the spinning
jenny, invented by Hargreaves nearly CEN
tury ago. Almost two years since, learning
that one of these machines was in the neigh.
borhood, thought it worth while to pay it
visit of inspection. I found it quite SIM
pie in construction, and such as any good
carpenter could make, excepting the spin
dies of iron or steel, and the metal steps in
which they turn. It's operation is easily
understood, and with it woman can spin
bunch of yarn, as I was informed by the
owner Of the one in question, in one day,
instead of q month-the time required to
spin bunch of five pounds with the single
spinning wheel now in general use all over
the country; or, to make the contrast still
more striking, one woman, with the jenny,
would spin as much 10 year as she would
in thirty years with the common wheel
Further, with the spinning jenny in uni
Versal use, as much yarn would be spun in
the Confederate States in month, as would
require thirty months with the single wheel
excluding the factories.


The yarn can be spun Of any fneness !;
and our experience since the commence.
ment of the war teaches US that, by using
coarse yarn, warm clothing can be manufac-
tured of cotton as we'll as wool, although,
of course, not quite equal to the latter ma
terial


In the making of cloth from the raw ma
terial, the most tedious and discouraging of
all the processes to be gone through, is the
spinning of the yarn. To obtain bunch
of pounds, sufficient to make about Is
yards of cloth, it is required, day after day,
and week after week, to continue drawing
out the yarn yard upon yard, and mile upon
mile In length, until month Is consumed.
In short, the operation would discourage
any but the more patient nature of woman.
A good carder can card pound of cotton
per day. A weaver can weave ten yards of
cloth both operations being far less tedi:
GUS than the spinning. II then the jenny
supplies this great want, is it not important
that at this time it should be generally in,
trodueed throughout the country, when the
procuring of them is in our power. A few
days since looking over some of the old
numbers of the penny Magazine" came
across description Of Hargreaves' iuven-
tion 10 the volume of 1886, and it agreed
exactly with the machine l had seen, and
several of which are scattered through the
country. The original cost of the one l
saw was SO (nine dollars); and before the
war, when cotton yarn could be bought at
eighty cents to one dollar per bunch, it had
sold for one dollar!
Year: 1864

A. WARDS LAST AND BEsT.-The following is
the latest emination from the illustrious show
man: d" We don't, for instuns lack great len
rails, and we scrtinly don't lack brave soJers-
but there's one thing wish we did lack, and
that is our present Congress. | ventur to say
that if YOU sarch Goddlemity' footstool all over
with ten -hoss power mikrscope, you won be
able to find such another pack of poppycock
gabblers as the present Congress of the United
States of America. Gentlemen OF the SENT
House, you've sot there and draw'd your pay
and made Summer complaint speeches long
enough. The country at large, incloodin the
undersigned, is disgusted with you. Why don t
ron show us a statesman-somebody who can
make q speech that will hit the pop lar hart rite
under the Great Public weskit? Why doa you
show us statesman who can rise up to the
Emergency, and cave in the Emergency head
Congress won't do. Go home you mzzeraoie
deyils-go home At special Congressional


lection in my district the other day, delib'ritly
voted for Henry Clay. admit that Henry is
dead, but inasmuch as we don't seem TO nave
live statesman in our National Congress, let US
by all means have frst-class corpse
Year: 1864

A CTION BROUGHT IN THE DISTRICT Court
N of the 9th Judicial District and the COM
plaint filed in the county of Trinity, in the office
of the Clerk of said District Court.


The People of the State of California send


greeting to PETER ARCHAMBEAUL


You are hereby required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above named Plain
tiff in the District Court of the 9th Judicial Dis
trict, in and tor the county of Trinity, and to
answer the complaint filed therein Ia copy of
which accompanies this summons,) within ten
days texcusiye Of the day of service,) after the
service on you of this summons, if served within
this county or if served out of this county
then within forty days,-or judgment by default
will be taken against you.


The said action is brought to obtain a decree
of this Court for the foreclosure of n certain
mortgage described in the complaint and exc
cuted by the said Peter Archambeaul one of the
defendants herein named the 26th day of
July, A. D., 1862, to secure the payment of a
certain promissory note given by said defendant
Peter Archambeaul on the 26th day of July
1862, to said plaintiffs in the sum of $ ,O00
with interest Mt the rate of y per cent. per
month from date until paid, together with costs
including 0 per cent for counsel fees, that the
premises conveyed thereby may be sold and the
proceeds applied to the payment of said note or
the amount now due thereon, and in case such
proceeds are not sufficient to pay the same, then
to obtain an execution against said Peter Arch
ambeaul for the balance remaining due, and also
that the said defendants and all persons claim
ing by, through under them, may be barred
and foreclosed of all right, title and interest in
and to said mortgaged premises, and for other
and further relief, and if you fail to appear and
answer the said complaint as above required,
the said plaintiff will apply to the Court for the
relief therein demanded.


Given under my hand and the seal of
- the District Court of the Ninth Judicial
LIS, District, this Second day of June in
- the year of our Lord One thousand,


Eight Hundred and Sixty-four.


2l A. J. LOOMS, Clerk.
Year: 1864

Judge Carter, Of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, bas decided that Congress has
the power to make paper currency Legal ten


der FOR all debts. The decision is considered i'm
Year: 1864

MAN is glorious poem; each life a
canto, each day line. The melody
plays foebly at first upon the trembling
chords os his little heart, but with time
gains power and beauty as it sweeps
onward, until at last the final note dies
away, far above the world, amidst the
melodies of heaven Goethe.
Year: 1864

Great as this disparity is, it will appear
still greater when the character of North
ern exports are considered. What were
theyi Cotton goods and breadstuffs,
chiefly. OF the former, the South is to be
credited, Of course, for the raw material !;
and Of the latter, very large proportion
was the product of the South shipped
through Northern ports.


National wealth consists in surpluSses.
II we consume all we produce, we shall
never become rich. The above figures
show very clearly which section of the
Union has paid our bills abroad-which
has added to the wealth of the country
Men may theorize as they please about
compensated labor proprietary labor
and all that; the fact is, that nothing but
slave labor is going to produce cotton in
this country at present, and every man
who encourages the sudden and violent
abolition Of slavery, not only does the
negroes a great practical wrong, but con-
tributes to the ruin Of everybody else.--
We will not undertake to talk of the pos
sibilites Of this war; but we know that
some things are not possible; among
them, to dictate the relation which shall
exist between the whites and blacks of
the South,or to raise cotton very success,
fully by the agency Of Provost Guard.
Either Union or disunion will give US
cotton again sometime, but subjugation
or determination, never. Wber the peo-
pie no longer listen to demagogues and
follow the teachings Of fanatics, we shall
be better and wiser and capable of ending
the war honorably and satisfactorily
But until then it will be vigorously
prosecuted" in ruinous and wicked Alb.
clifton crusade.
Year: 1864




WheR We ssea uda exultiHa in the
hope that slavery is % be abrSpty de-
strCysd BY this War, We know he is eth
er . tOol or fanatlc--if indeed, these
terms represent two distinct characters.
It might be profitable to consider the ef-
feet Of this sort Of emancipation upon
the negroes themselves 1t might be
prudent. IS N=srStAin whether it would not
have disastrous effect upon the labOring
classes Of the non .slavehOlding States.-
But this We do not propose to do now
We will only say that however severely
the losses and the griefs Of this war may
fall upon the white race of the North or
the South, they will be light compared
with the "lreedom" Lincoln and his par
ty propose to give to the slaves. Many
Southern statesmen have held that large
portion Of the South would be better
without slaves than With them for the
institution has been perpetuated in such
portions rather from motives Of humanity
than Of profit, and some of the border
States would have abolished slavery long
ago had it not been for the mischievous
interference Of the Abolitionists with the
domestic institutions of the South. That
interference engendered irritation and ILL.,
feeling, and provoked the secession Of the
Southern States. The Southern people
have been the best practical friends the
negroes ever had, or ever will have, as
they will find, to their grief, if their des-
tinies are ever committed to the tender
mercies Of AbolitioniStS


But let that pass. The proposition in
hand now is, that the North cannot de-
strOy slavery abruptly without destroying
herself The proposition may seem reck
less, but facts will establish its correctness.
A few figures will mako this clear to the
dullest. The common impression is that
the North is very rich and the South very
poor. 1t is true that there is great deal
Of wealth in the North, but it is not that
kind Of wealth which is available in com.
merce. Our soil produces, in the aggrc-
gate, crops of great value; but they are
almost entirely consumed at home, and
consequently do not contribute to the
available wealth of the nation for purposes
Of foreign trade. Let US compare the ex-
ports Of the North and South for the last
year Of peace. The entire exports were
$276, $50, 400. OF this, according to Of
icial statements, the following were Of
Year: 1864

INcoNPArIBLE.-Mr. Voorhies declared
in Congress, that Mr.. Lincoln dare not
receive propositions for Union and peace,
because he knows that his party cannot
outlive the gar, and that his power and
the restoration of the Union are incom
patible. There is not Shoddyite IN the
Union who would have su; ported Lincoln
had he supposed that Lincoln's election
would have restored the Union and put
an end to the war. Shoddy coins money
out Of the war, and it is to his interest to
clamor for its continuance:
Year: 1864

A LONG WAR.-LincOln says he will
consent to no Union nor end Of war, ex.
cept on condition Of the abolition of slav-
cry, and as the South will never consent
to abolish slavery at his dictation, the
war promises to be interminabIe. The
prospect is bright one for the American
people.
Year: 1864

are the most active and thorough pills that
have ever been introduced.


They act so directly upon the Liver, excit-
ing that organ to such an extent as that the
system does not relapse into its former con-
dition, which is too apt to be the case with
simply purgative pill


tTtev arc rpallv a
Year: 1864

0rThe hat was PASSED around In d cars
tain congregation for the purpose of taking
up collection. After making the circuit
ofthe church it was handed to the minis
ter, who by the way, had exchanged pull
pits with the regular preacher, and he
found not penny in it. He inverted the
hat over the pulpit cushion and shook iEi
that its emptiness might be known, than
raising his eyes toward the ceiling he ex-
claimed with great fervot: 1 thank God
that got my hat from this congregation.
Year: 1864


God, and myself, have lost by my fall;
The veriest wretch that goes shivering by,
Will take a wide sweep, lest wander too nigh;
For all that is on or above me, know,
There is nothing that's pure as the beautiful snow
Year: 1864

of the enrolling officer to give notice by
publication in newspaper of the county,
Of the time at which such application
shall be heard and notify said board when
they will be required to hear sucb appli
cations. That all other duties in reference
to the enrolluent shall be performed as
directed in the act to which this is
supplement aud that the physician SO ap-
pointed to hear and decide on applications
for exemption shall receive for each and
every day so employed the sum of five
dollars and the county commissioners or
dollars per diem, to be paid out of the
State Treasury.


That the Governor shall have author
ltv to make and enforce all orders which
may 10 his judgment be necessary to
carry out the provisions of this act, and
to effect speedy enrolment and organ
ization of the militia of the Ccmmon-
wealth.


SEC 8. That the Quarternaster Gener-
al be and he is hereby authorized to sell
any unsuitable or unservicable ordinance
belonging to the state .reaury, and applied
if deemed necessary by the Commander
in.Chief, in addition to The appropriation
above named, toward the purchase of
ordinance and ordinance stores.


SEC 10. That where the brigade fund
of. the county is net sufficient TO pay the
assessors, as provided by the third section
of the act to which this Is supplement,
the said assessors shall be paid by the
several cities aud counties in which such
ASSIGNMENT is made
Year: 1864

Peace in the clover scented ait,
And stars within the dome;
And underneath, in dim repose,
A plain New-Enghana home.
Without, widow in her weeds,
From whom all joy is flown,
Who kueelS among her sleeping bal
And weeps and prays alone


Atlantic MOnthly for
Year: 1864

HANGED HIMSELF TO SAVE EXPENSE.


The Chicago rribnne puts the issue
thus: When you hear coppcrhead
bewail the expense of this war, and
assert that it must bc stopped to save
an enormous wnr-deht, tell him the la
menta1le story Of old Green, the Chi
cago banker, whom most OF our Chi
cago readers will remember was tried
once for his life, on charge of wife
murder, the most frightiul feature of
his situation was the invasion of his
cherished hordes A new trial was
granted him ON technical grounds


lie forthwith called a council OF war
in his cell. in the Chicago Jail, and
gravely discussed with his attorneys
the probable cost of going on with
the case. Thoroughly alarmed at the
financial cxibit he hanged himself in
his cell the same night, to save the
expense. The peace demag gaes
would bring this Union TO the same
fate on the like grounds, but until
poor old Green's act is approved by
honest minded men the presnt peace
schemes will hardly pass muster as
the best policy.
Year: 1864

As the time is at hand when families are
making their plans and preparations for the
ensuing year, we deem it appropriate to Of
fer suggestion. Much more than hereto.
fore should housekeefers and farmers make
their arrangements for meeting all their
wants by home industry and enterprise.


1t will not do to rely upon importations.
Already the blockade has closed all our At
lantic ports except Wilmington; and twen-
ty grim steamers lie as watchers off the
mouth of the Cape Fear, like so many gri-
malkins at mouse hole. We shall have
no reason to be disappointed or surprised if
the port of Wilmington should be closed
ere many months. Nor must we rely on
our factories. Look how the prices of their
products have already assembled until they
have become onpurchasable by the multi
tude. This is all according to the laws of
trade we are told, and therefore to be ap-
proved ind spplauded, but q protection
must bs found, and it is to be found in
home production. Besides, the number Of
these mills has been reduced by fire, and
the machinery of those that remain will not
last forever.


A hundred reasons combine to urge upon
every family to look to its own resources
The hand card and the hand loom and the
spinning wheel, whose music is sweeter far
than that of the piano, should be found
everywhere. Allwho can should grow their
patches of fax and cotton. All should
have sheep, if but few. Our forests fur
nish dyes as various and as bright as the
tints that make their foliage so glorious at
"the turn of the leaf" With these mate
rials, there is no reason why our ladies
should not be clad in beautiful apparel, ). the
product of their own industry and taste !;
while they may clothe their husbands and
sons fine enough for kings. There is not
farmers wife who may not easily provide
clothing for all herservants, and make some
to sell besides. 49,.


And how much more Independent and
happy should we all be, if thus providing
for ourselves! A fig for blockades, We
might we'll exclaim nor would be any lon
ger exposed to the extortiouer's grip. And
those eventualities of the future to which
we have alluded would bring no terror to
us. Earnestly, therefore, do We advise ev.
cry man to make every arrangement in
his power to provide for the clothing of his
family from his own resources, and thus
make himself Independent of manufacturers
and blockade runners.-Rich. Sentinel.