smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

| them into The bosom OF bis hunting shirt
| While busily occupied in securing the spoils,


the sharp crack of rife and the passage of


oali through the bullet pouch at bis side, caused
! h'm to look up, when he saw three Indians with
| IN hundred yards of him. They being too
numerous for hin to encounter, he seize! his


fiie and took TO fight. The other two as he


ran hred at bun without effect The chase was


continued Tor several miles by two of the In


aiahs, who were the swiitest runners. He of


zen stopped and 'qreed," hoping to get shot


ana kiii or disable one Of them, and then over


come 'ne other at bis leisure. His pursuers al


50 freed and by fanking to the right and left


loFced him to uncover or stand the chance of a


shot.


lie finally concluded 10 leave the level
grounds, on which the contest had thus far
oFeh hFId, aud take TO the high hills which lie
PACK OF the bottoms His strong muscular
i'thos mere gave him the advantage. as he could
ascend the steep hill sides more rapidly than
his 2ursuers. The Indians seeing they could
not oVertake him, as last afort slopped and
hred one OF the balls cut away the handle of
bis hunting knife, jerking ii SO violently against
ms SIDE that for moment he thought he was
wounded. He Immediately returned thief
and with yell of vexation they gave up the
chase. Fleehart made circuit among'the hills
ana Just at dark came on 10 the river, near
where the canoe lay bid. Springing on board,
ne padded down stream. Being greatly fa-
iigued with the effort OF the day, be lay down
IN the canoe, AID when be awoke in the morn
lng the boat was just entering the Ohio river.
Crossing over to the southern shore, he, in
lew days, pushed bis canoe up 10 Farmers Cas-
lie, without further adventure, where he show
"a the rich packages OF Peltry, as the proceeds
u his winters hunt, and displayed the brilliant
iiVer ornaments as trophies of his victory, to
he envy and admiration of his less yenturous
Year: 1860

What constitutes true loveliness2 Not
the polished brow, the gaudy dress, nor
the show and parade of fashionable life
A. woman may have all the outward
marks of beauty and yet not possess q
lovely temperament. 1t is the benevo,
lent disposition, the kind acts and the
christian department.. 1t is the heart
where moekness, truth, affection and
humanity are found, where we look for
loveliness, nor do we look in vain The
woman that can soothe the aching heart
smooth the wrinkled brow, alleviate the
anguish of the mind, and pour the balm
of consolation in the wounded breast
possesses in an eminent degree, true
loveliness of character. She is the reaI
companion of man, and does the work
of an angel. 1t is such a character that
blesses with warmth and sunshine, and
maketh earth resemble the Praise Of
God.
Year: 1860

A Baltimore exchange states that a
young girl about Is years Of age was
accused Of having been guilty of some
misconduct, which she positively de-
MED, and, on being accused, she called
upon God to strike her blind if she
was not telling tho truth. In moment
after, according to her own statement a
film seemed to pass before her eyes, and
in the course Of five minutes she was
totally blind, and has continued sight
less ever since The afflicted victim of
her own impiety confessed that she had
called upon her Maker to justify her in
what was a falsehood.
Year: 1860

HUMAN LIFE.-Hope writes the poet
ry Of the boy, but memory that Of the
man. Man looks forward with smiles,
but backward with sighs. Such is the
wise providence of God. The cup Of


life is sweetest at the brim, the flavor is
impaired as we drink deeper, and the
dregs are made bitter that we may not
struggle when it is taken from our lips
Year: 1860

These figures, even after every allowance
is made for invalids, Inefficient men, and all
the other deduction to be found in military
arithmetic, certainly present force which
is sufficient to alarm Europe.


Alarm Europe2 Why, il ought to alarm
all the world and the rest Of mankind.
Year: 1860

YORK SS.-Municipal Court OF the City OF


Biddeford, March 10th, 1850.


In the above action il appearing that Domini-
Gus s. Pike, one of the above named defendants
is out of the State and has never been notified,
and has no tenant agent or attorney in this
State upon whom TO serve notice, 1t is ordered
by William Berry Judge of said Municipal
Court, that the plaintiffs cause said Domnicus
s. Pike TO be notified OF the pendency of this
suit by publishing in the Union and Journal a
newspaper printed in said Biddeford for three
weeks, and at least ten days before the third
Monday of April next.


An attested copy Of this writ and order OF
court thereon that said Domincus s. Pike may
then and there in said court appear and show
cause II any he has why judgment in said
action should not be rendered against him and
execution issue accordingly.


attest WILLIAM BERRY, JUDGE
A true copy Of the original writ and order o.
court thereon.


attest WILLIAM BERRY, JUDGE.
Year: 1860

The proprietor will devote his personal aten-
ton TO this branch of the business and all persons
leaving work with him rest assured that it will
be done promptly, and WARRASTEY TO GIVE SAr-
isFAcTIoN. Engraving done to ORDER Clocks
cleaned and all kin'ls Of Jewelry neatly repaired


invite all to call and me, and will be
happy 70 show my goods, wins ther you purchase or
Year: 1860

II is only very recently that the capital
notion so persistently maintained by certain
astronomers, of the utterly lifeIess waste o.
the moons surface, has been exploded
The wsy the idea got prevalence wac in de.
nying the existence Of an atmosphere around
the moon, state Of things that would of ne.
cessity exclude the existence Of water and
organic lile from our satellite. This theory
led to the further denial Of heat in the lunar
rays, from which flowed O multitude of er-
rors.


But Knox and Melvin have proved BY ex.
act observations, that there is heat in moon.
shine, and Zantodeschi has measured it in
its effects upon the mimosa, while on Eng
lish scholar has demonstrated that the earth
Is colder in the first quarter Of the moon than
it is in the second. Again, moonshine ex.
erts a wonderful influence on plants. Light
enables them to absorb carbon from the
carbonc ncid gas Of the atmosphere, and as
this is their daily work, they sleep at night
! except when the moonlight wakes them up,
and sets them to work again.. So the farm.
er is right who sows the seed Just before the
foil Of the moon, tor the plants come uu
about the time of the new moon and pass
their infancy under the dark nights, but
when the full moon comes it's light sets them
to work. and thus the process of growing is
continued night and day, while a contrary
course is injurious to the tender plant which
requires sleep.


The sailors say that the moon eats up the
clouds, and Whewell and Quetelet have
proved the truth of the observation, by show.
ing that more rain falls in the dark moon
than in its second and third quarters.


Webb has shown by careful comparison
Of the present appearance of the moons
surface with that made by Maedler twenty
years ago that it has undergone great chan.
ges. Several OF the minor crsters have as
sumed different shapes. These changes in.
dicate the existence Of air and water
ScoChi has demonstrated that the peaks OF
the highest mountains of the moon are COW
cred with snow. De Ia Rive has discovered
that what used to be regarded as barren
plains, are extensive forests. Schwabe, the
discoverer OF the periodic times Of the suns
spots, sustains the discovery of De la Rive's.
After q careful examination, he found fur.
rows to consist Of trees, leafess at one sea
son, and in full foliage at another, for the
changes in their appearance are periodic
Hence another proof OF atmosphere ant
water and all the phenomena incident to tht
existence of the elements.


The photography of the moons surface
now going on in the American and Euro
pean observatories, and the special attention
paid to the study OF the lunar surface By
some of the most distinguished astronomer:
Of the day, cannot fail to result in more
wonderful discoveries than these which we
just noticed. We have no doubt, the mass
Of matter Of which the moon is made will be
found to be of the same character as that O
the earth, and subject to similar laws of ex
istence, and that the surface will be foun
to be capable of sustaining organic life
Baltimore Patriot.
Year: 1860

"Ffes Trade" so far as the domestic markets
are concerned, seems TO have been fully deter
mined on by most of the mem bers of the Conn
Gil. The plan will be, TO license traders and
rent them stands and stalls in the market
houses. and then let them buy and sell from
and to whom they can. BY adopting this plan,
farmers and gardeners may bring their pro-
duce 10 market sell it in lump to traders, and
return home with very little loss of time
The only dread, expressed by some, of the
practicability of this plau is in the fact that
the traders may establish a monopoly, and by
buying up the necessaries of life forestaIl the
markets, and extort unreasonable prices for
what they have. To this there are two draw
backs, which traders cannot escape. The first
is that any set OF men who attempt to fore
stall the markets are liable TO presentment
and prosecution. The second is, that vegeta-
bles. fruits butter eggs, etc., must be sold when
fresh, or not at all, and cannot, therefore, be
horded up like -four or grain until the people
are compelled to have them at any price. But
the greatest safety is in the com petition it
will bring about, and the advantages IL will
open to country people to retail what they
have for sale. The trader who has 10 pay q
license and stall rent, cannot possibly COM etc
with the producer who can sell from his cart
free from license or rent and thus the people
will be benefited. In making the change the
Council would do well To require ever thing
to be sold by weight, 80 that equal iustice
would be meted ont TO buyer aud seller.
Year: 1860

The Sora SEASON is rapidly approaching, and
from present indications, will Commence ear
iier this fall than usual gentleman who
has been on the OhIckabominy within few
days past, Informs us that there are already q
few birds in the marshes, though the wild oat
Is not yet sufficiently ripe tor them q feed
any one can indulge in, who is 1T all familiar
with the use OF towing piece. All that is
necessary 10 make the sport complete, Is 10
have reliable gun, good ammunition, light
boat, strong and skillfui shower, and fair
tide. AS for killing the birds, any one W no
can shoot dunghiil fowl, can kill sora on the
wing for they hy slow aud sleady when in
good order. A few weeks more, and the
marshes will be alive with birds and men
Year: 1860

TWENTY NJ EN BURNED WITH MOLTEN IRON.
AT Russeii's foundry, In Chicago, on Thur
day last, number OF men We're engaged IN
casting, when one of them accidentally spilled
his ladIe OF molten iron into the boots of
another. The agony Of the burn caused the
second man 10 drop his ladie, Inc scalding
contents of which fell upon the man who had
charge of the crane. He let that fail, and in
an Instant the fluid spread throughout the
shop, severely burning about twenty persons.
Some Of them We're horribly burned in the
breast and legs, but not fatally.
Year: 1860

CHASE AND CAPTURE OF AN INDIAN CuIEB
A correspondent of the San Francisco Alta
California, in account Of an expedition agains,
the Indians Of Honey Lake Valley by Ool
Lander, ,of the wagon road ex peditlon. narrates
the par tiealars OF the chase aud capture. after
q gallant resistance, of an Indian chief who
had ventuved away from his companion. He
says:


"Ata given signal two Of our most skiliful
riders started in full chase after the Indian.
aud in open view Of the enemy upon the hill.
The fugitive no sooner saw our men in pur-
suit than he threw his cloak Off and with the
speed of an al telope made for the hills but he
was too late. The race was a hard one his
comrades on the hill saw his peril but dared
not come to his relief. We coun ted thirty -one
mounted Indians emerge from the canon. but
they were afraid to advance beyond IS mouth.
Just at this time the fugitive turned and
saw his object and threw himself dexterously
over on the opposite side OF his horse las the
Spaniards,) the bail passing harmIessIy over
the horse The rider then raised and fred
bringing the Indian to his knees with n bali
from his revolver. As he rode up the savage
ciutched at the rope hanging from the horses
neck; the rider again drew his pistol and fired
The ball entered the neck of the Indian who
held his grip, and with his owing gasp gave
the ewar-whoop, which was answered by his
Comrades from the hili who dared not come
TO his relief A rope was than tied around his
leg and he was dragged into camp The dead
savage was recognized by the Rangers as Big
JIm, O noted warrior of the Snska Cheek
band, one OF the murderers of Mr.. Adams and
the leader OF the parties who had made their
incursions in TO the valley"
Year: 1860

ARMY DEsERTERs.-Intelligen has reached
this city that of the $50 men who were sent
10 Fort Leaven worth, Kansas Territory, thir
ty Eight had deserted on the way. Drunken
ness and an aversion TO actual military ser
vice, were the probable causes OF this deciama-
ton. The pay OF The United States soldier Is
6 good that the recruiting officers are trou-
bled to select men from the crowd OF appli-
cants. Eleven dollars q month for infantry
and twelve tor Dragons with clothes, food
doctors attendance and extra pay for each day
over ten days when the soldier is employ ed
in any labor about the barracks, are not bad
wages for working man, especially as the
pay goes on in al! kinds OF weather, and
whether he is sick or well. No army in the
world is paid we'll as that of the United
States. The cost of keeping up AN army, rank
aud file, is estimated at about SS0U d head
yearly. Such is he general prosperity OF the
country that the government has been Obliged
To fix The soldiers wages at high figure, in
order 10 get strong and healthy men. High as
II Is, IL does not prevent tnem from deserIing-
which they have abundant opportunities TO do
in their frequent passages from one end of the
country tu the other. The frugal Germans
join the army to make money, and prudently
stick 10 il until The end OF their term of SER
vice. when they leave with their entire earn
ingS, buy farm, and live comfortably the re-
mainder of their days. But they are the only
race that seem TO appreciate the trade Of SOL
diering in this country-JoHr. Of Com.


REMARKABLE ATTACK BY SWARM OF





BEES.-A singular occurrence took place at
Antrim ILL.,, on the Sd inst. A swarm. of bees,
belonging TO a Mr.. Decker, came out Of the
hive IN great fury, and attacked man by the
name of Munger, who was crossing the field
al the time, some thirty or forty rods off, He
undertook 10 flee to the woods, but the bees
were before and behind him so thick that ne
found il Impossible to ruu. He then commenced
a fight with hat in hand but he was very sooI
overpowered, and fell down with faintness,
and would SOON have died had not son of
Mr. Decker-who was at this time approach:
ing from ano ther direetion-rushed TO the res
cue, when the singers left Munger and com
menced an attack upon young Decker, who
fled with all speed to a shed or granary, in
which was favorite shepherd dog chained
The bees immedia tely lefG the young man and
attacked the poor dog with such fury as TO de-
priye him OF life before he could be let loose.
Ii is said the dog actually killed more than a
quart of bees in his vigorous defence. Mr.
Munger and Mr. Decker we're in a dangerous
state for some hours, but are now recovering
Cor. Detroit Tribune.
Year: 1860




STEAM ON CANALS.-Mr. Scott Russell re-
Gently read very Interesting paper on the
shape of vessels before the Institute of Naval
Architects. His experience as to the shape OF
sternS OF vessels showed that they shou Id have
acycloldal curve, in order 10 prevent the ad =
verse action of the "replacing'' or following
waves. As TO the wave 1T the bow suppus i 81 z
the vessel to have power enough to go fas ter
than the water could spread itself, he said that
the water would rise up and stand at both sides
Of the boat until the load had passed, and then
fall down into the hole left behind it, He rur.
rated the following singular and important
fact: ain u shallow canal in Scotland where
the carrier wave travelled only seven miles an
hour. he had compelled boat to go ten miles
and he found that the water not only rose up
but lifted the boat IN ii, So that she drew less
water than before, and actually went easier Al
ten miles an hour than at five. Had not rail.
ways come into fashion at the time, the coun.
try would have been covered with little
troughs, and people would have been riding or
the tops of these waves in an easier and
cheaper mode than by any other means theE
known"
Year: 1860

A man never knows what he has read
until he has either talked about it or
written about it. Talking and writing
are digestive processes which are abso-
lutely essential to the mental constitution
of the man who devours many books
But it is not every man who can talk
Talking implies, first of all, a readiness
on the part of the speaker, and, next, q
sympathetic listener. 1t is therefore as
a digestive process the most difficult, If
it is the most rapid, in its operation
Writing is difficult affair; a man may
take his time to it, and not require q
reader; he can be his own reader. 1t is
an easier, although more formal, process
of digestion than talking. 1t is in every
bodys power; and everybody who reads
much makes more or less use of it, be-
cause, as Bacon says, if he does not write,
then he ought to have extraordinary
faculties to compensate for such neglect.
1t is in this view that we are to under
stand the complaint of a well known
author that he was ignorant Of certain
subject, and the means by which he was
to dispel his ignorance-namely,b by writ
ing on it. 1t is in. this view that the
monoitorial system of instruction has its
teaching. 1t is from the same point of
view that Sir William Hamilton used to
lament the decay of teaching as part
of the education Of students at the uni
vcrsities. In the olden time it was
necessary to the obtaining of degree
that the graduate should give evidence
Of his capacity as a teacher; and in the
very titles of his degree, as magister,
and doctor, he was designated teacher.
GA man never knows anything" Sir
William used to say, "until he has taught
it in some way or other-it may be orally
it may be in writing book" 1t is y
grand truth, and points tine moral
knowledge is knowledge, say the philoso.
pliers; it is precious for its own sake, it is
an end to itself. But nature says the
opposite. knowledge is not knowledge
until we use it; it is not ours until we
have brought it under the command of
the great social faculty, speech; we exist


for society, and knowledge is null until


we give it expression, and in SO doing
make it over to the social INSTINCT


Blackcood.
Year: 1860

Ea-Tho piety Of the humble and OBJ
s,ure is less imposing but it is more vital,
as it is more simple, than tha. which cme-
mates from unapproachable superiority,
The mountain torrent may dash down.
ward magnifcently to the plain, and roll
on in splendor to the ocean but it is the
little streamlct, winding around in the
valley, and revealing hero and there the
traces Of its brightness and purity, that
fertilizes and refreshens the earth.
Year: 1860

EE- The addition of "ah" to SEN
tence, in exhortation, is considered by
some an essential aid, but sometimes IL
has very ludicrous effect as in the case
Of the man who said, "that though in the
early part Of his life he had been opposed
to God, for twenty years he had been
living on the Lords side-ah p'
Year: 1860

SHALL leave in few weeks for the H. purpose of purchasing a Spring and Summer stock of Goods. But cannot do so unless can get some money to go with, I therefore hope all persons who know themselves indebted to me. either by note or account, will come forward and settle the same without delay. have been help ing you Tor some time by selling you goods on a credit. You now bave an opportunity of belnino me. GEO. s. MORPJSOH

 January g, lS6O
Year: 1860

A REPORT having gained circulation A that Mir. Dean, of Cincinnati, is interested with me in the mercantile business in this town, and in consequence of that, am in favor of a cer- tain line of steamboats and doing all l can against all other boats and owners of boats, 1 desire to take this method to state that the report is entirely without foundation-that the person who got up such report, is base at heart-that the end he had in view is low, mercenary and selfish. In my bu- siness transactions have always made it point not to know one man from another, and have al- ways found if attended to his own business well, he would not have time to misrepresent his neighbor. l could point out the source from whence the above report emanated, but will notice it no further than to state he has recently been discharg ed by his employer for his lying propensities.

 Jan. Is, 1860. GEO. s. MORRISON.
Year: 1860

A MYSTERY CLEARED UP-A WOMAN MURDERED
AND Her BoDY THROWN INTO THE RIvRR.-0n the
I'd of November last, a woman named Mary Dav,
who had been living in the house of George konig,
on Eastern avenue, near Caroline street. left the
house for the purpose of going to a farm ofKonig's


on Back Neck, where man named Leaf lived On
the 4th of November, man named John Russell,
who also lived on Ronig's farm, but who had been
in the city on the I'd of the month, went to his
house, but Immediately returned to the city and
stated to the officers of the Eastern district police
that he believed that murder had been committed,
as the floor of his house was covered with blood,
and both Leaf and the woman Mary Day were
missing. On the 5th, Captain Morris and Lieut..
Thompson visited the premises, and found the floor
reported covered with blood, and also Leafs gun
with the barrel broken from the stock, and guam
tity of female hair and cotted blood on the butt of
the stock. A thorough search was made for the
body of the woman, but no trace of it could be
found. A number of brick, which had been lying
near the house, were gone, which led to
the supposition that they had been used
to sink the body in the stream. Leaf was
seen two days after the disappearance of the woman,
but left the neighborhood since, and has not been
heard from. The circumstance of the girls disap


pearance had almost been forgotten, when, on
Thursday last, the body was found, washed ashore,
near the spot where the murder took place. The
evidence of violence the body left no doubt that
she had been foully murdered. Her right thigh ex-
hibited the marks of a severe gun shot wound,
which had passed through the leg. The scalp
was taken from the top of the head, and the skull
crushed in. One side of her body was black


caused by severe beating, and several slight


wounds were on other parts of her body. Hanging
to her left arm was bag, the bottom of which was
rotted out. This bag was no doubt filled with the
missing brick, then tied to the arm and the body
cast into the water. A coroner's inquest was held
over the body, but there was evidence adduced


to criminate any person, and accordingly the jury
rendered verdict of ''death from violence, at the
hands of person or persons unknown to the jury"
No doubt exists but the woman was murdered by
Leaf but he has escaped, and at present nothing is
known of his whereabouts. .-se


REPORT OF THE CRY CoMPTRoLLER.-Th annual


report of the Comptroller of the city has been pre-
sented to the City Council. 1t gives detailed ac-


count of the expenses of the city for the past year.


but adds but little to the exhibit of the citys nan-
Year: 1860

Mr. COMPTON called up bill to protect wild fowl
in the waters of Maryland The provisions of the
bill are of most stringent character, and were
opposed by large number of the members. At
ter much unmportant discussion the bill was final
ly made the order of the day for Wednesday next
In compliance with order of the House of the
18th, the Comptroller reported a statement of the
amount of taxes levied and paid into the treasury