smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

As a matter of interest to many Of our
readers, we publish the following law
which was passed by the State Legisla-
ture at its session in January last:
AN ACT to prevent suits against Southern


Soldiers.


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State Of Mississippi, That it shall be un-
lawful to commence or prosecute any
suit or action for debt against any South
ern Soldier who may be called into &C
tual service by the authorities of this
State while he is or may be engaged in
the military service of any of the South
ern States, and every party. attorney or
other person offending against this aci
shall be fined and imprisoned for con
tempt. The fine not to exceed five
times the amount Of the debt sued for,
to be paid to the soldier or his family a.
the court shall award.


Be it enacted, That this act take effect
and be in force from and after its pas
sage.


Approved, January %, 1861.
Year: 1861

knew by the light in his deep, dark eye,
When he heard the beat of the mastering druI
That he never would fold his arms and sigh
Over the evils that were to come:
/ knew that the blood of a patriot sire
Coursed through his veins ike a stream of fire


So took his hand


Aud bade him go,


But he Eever dreamed


That it grieved me so.
Two fair-haired children he left with me,
Who lisp his name at eventide-
The very hour when upon his knee
He used TO fondle his pet and rride;
Alasi they may never again be blest
BY fathers care in the old home nest:
And he never again


May hear the tones,


Or kiss the lips


Of his little ones.
/ know he has answered his country 8 call;
That his breast is barred at high command;
But my heart viii break, l know, if he fall
In the battles front, by traitor's hand;
Yet I murmur not, though my tear wet eyes
Attest the worth of the sacrifice:


IT'S wife's free gift.


Two lives in one


In the name of God


And of Washington.
Perhaps when the maple'leaves are red,
And the golden gloTies of harvest come
I shall wake some morning to hear his tread,
And give him q warm hearts welcome home;
To kneel with him in fervent prayer.
Thanking orr God for his watchful care,


In shielding his heart


From the rebels brand,


Who honored the flag


OF our cherished land.
Year: 1861

| The following is an extract from pr.


vate letter from an officer engaged IN the


bombardment:


Our success has been complete, and ter


ror runs over the whole country. The ne
grocs are wild, and are plundering their


masters houses. The whites have been


driving the negroes away by force and
shooting them down. but they still come
to the gunbOats The moment Gen Day
ton took to his horse on the panic of the
18th, his 200 servants went directly to the


Wabash. This is worthy of notice, as
putting down the nonsense that the slaves
were ready to fight for their masters
/ They surrounded Capt. Ammen in crowds
at Beaufort, one of them calling out in the
joy of his heart. 81 didn't think you could
do it Massa."


After careful reconnaissance off Port
Royal Bay it was ascertained the rebels
had three field works of remarkable
strength, garrisOned and covered by three
gunboats, besides strong land forces, which
the rebels were concentrating at Charles:
ton and Savannah. 1t was deemed proper
to first reduce the fort on Hilton Head,
though to do this great or less fire might
have to be met from the batteries on Bay
Point. At the same time our original
plan of cooperation Of the land forces in
this attack had to be set aside, in conse-
quence of the loss during the voyage, of
the greater portion of our means of disem-
barkment, together with the fact that the
only point where the troops should have
landed was five or six miles from the an
choring place of our transports altogether
too great a distance for successful debarka-
tion with our limited means


1t was, therefore, agreed that the place
should be reduced by the naval force alone.
1 was mere spectator of the combat, and
it is not my province to make any report
of this action. deem it an imperative
duty to say that the firing and maneuvre-
ing Of our feet against that of the rebels
and their formidable land batteries, was
of activity and professional
skill. After the works were reduced l
took possession of them with the land
forces. The work on Hilton Head vase
Verely crippled and many of the guns dis
Much slaughter has evidently
been made there, many bodies having been
buried in the fort, and some 90 or 80 found
half a mile distant
Year: 1861

MUsT HELP UNCLE SAN FIRsr.-A
farmer in Wisconsin had a son who Joined
the Sth Regiment of that State without lis
fathers consent. Several letters were writ
ten by the father TO the son. while the Reg
iment were in quarters at Camp Randall,
for the purpose of persuading him to return.
At last lie wrote him that he must conc
that he had large amount of threshing to
do-that he could not afford to hire help,
if it were to be had. which was hardly pos
sible, owing to tbs number of cnlistments
and that he must rcurn home and help him,
even if he enlisted again afterwards. The
young man replied;


"Dcar Father can't 60 home at pres
eat. l should be glad to help you, but
Uncle Sam has got a mighty sight bigger
job of threshing OH hand than you have,
and I'm bound to sec him out CT the woods
first.
Year: 1861

The following, from the Gazette and
/ Courier, Mass, arc "wOrds fifty spoken.


One Of the worst things with which the
government has to contend is the variable
ness of public sentiment. To-day, on fire
with limited success of the federal arms.
patriotism is predominant and one would
suppose there was no such word as fail
Tomorrow, slight reverse may occur and
this same jubilant public, begin to grum-
bic at the imbecility of our rulers and
talk of compromise and uselessness of at
tempting to carry on tie war, if we arc
always doomed to be defeated. The great
consideration which is to win US the yictO-
~ is an untiring zeal in the righteous
cause-a patriotism that viii not yield to
discouragement, nor finch at disaster If
We are only fair weather patriOts-willing
to sustain government only so long as it is
entirely and overwhelmingly successful
then it were better that we give up at once,
surrender our country, and close the fight
by an ignominious yiclding to the traitors
and rebels. What is needed more than
anything else among our northern commu-
mites, is spirit of dOggcd determination,
a perseverance that will do and dare, de-
spite disaster and defeat, till our glorious
cause is successful. The enemy. having
the advantage of long preparation, being
ready for offensive operations before we be-
gan to move, have far more cause for dis
couragcment than We have. They have
gained, as yet no material advantage.
Year: 1861

The English arc said to love high birth
for its own sake; perhaps this is rather
questionable. Put lord down in any
middle class society, with indisputable
proofs of his nobility, and with indisputa-
bic proofs alsothat it is only worth ora
hundred pounds year. and nev~r likely 70
be sgo1tA more, and-we may fairly doubt
whether he would be even as much re-
spected as the curate of the parish, what
with the sense of pity and that of dispro-
portion. s
Year: 1861

Our real strength lies in the pcrtinacious
courage and endurance Of orr people 1t
is an endurance under defeat, courage
that rises superior to every encouragement


that will show the true patriotism of our
people We must take the bad with the
good. We may meet with severe cheeks,
but VIC shall sometimes be conquerors, if
We persevere. But we cannot defeat the
enemy if we give way to every adverse in
fuence and offer to give up the strife after
every little repulse. Ours must be a no
bier courage. We have not yet begun to
fight. Our armies are only just organized ,
they are not yet half full; our home re-
sources for obtaining money have only Just
begun to be drawn upon. while our adver-
saries have as large an army in the field as
they can possibly raise and are already ad-
mitting that they can get no more money.
Every days delay makes the government
stronger while it renders the rebels weak
er.


1t is of no use to abuse our government
officials or our Generals. We may berate
Lincoln, or Cameron or Mcclellan or Banks
or Fremont, but it will not help matters.
We must school ourselves to take what is
in store for US, standing ready with endu-
ring energy and indomitable pluck to raise
another army as soon as one Sis destroyed,
or N send ont another feet as soon as one
is decimated. If we havn't the courage to
endure six months war without falter-
ing we are unworthy sons of those sires
who fought seven years under much more
discouragiug circumstances than can ever
befal US.
Year: 1861

CAANaE OF POLICE QuARTERa.-The rooms
in the southwest corner of the basement of
the Court House for the occupancy of the new
police officials, will be In readiness to-day.
Hereafter all police business will be transact.
ed at the new rooms, which were formerly the
City Marahals office, SO that Rehm is at home
Year: 1861

RUIZ OvEn--A little girl Of five years Of age
who vas in comprny with her mother, was
knocked down byn horse and buggy on the
north approach to Rush street bridge yester~
day, and the wheel Of the vehicle passed over
her chest. It WAS thought the child was not
seriously injured. The lady WIS resident Of
Aurora, and wife Of one Of the C. B. & Q. RR.
coudu tora
Year: 1861

Col. May, Chairman Of the Railroad Committee, has
given notice that the committee viii hold session on
Tuesday next, at 81 o'clock p. M, to consider the
Broadway Railroad bill, and to listen to what the
friends and opponents have to offer for against the
project and who may desire to be heard win have op-
portunity before final action shall be taken by the
committee
Year: 1861

GREAT DISCovERY.--AmOng the most important Of ell
the great medical discoveries of this age may be cons
cred the system of vaccination for protection from Small
Pox the Cephalic Pill for relief Of Headache and the
Of Qninne for the prevention of Fever either OF
which is sure specific, whose benefits will be expcricnc
ed by suffering humanity long after their dscoyerers
forgotten.
Year: 1861

~ Did you ever have the Sick Headache? Do you
remember the throbbing temples the fevered brow, the
Oathng and deust at the sight of food. How totally
unfit you for pleasure conversation study. 0nr
of the Oephallc Pills would have relieved YOU from all
the suffering which you then experienced For this aud
other purposes you should always have box of them
hand to use as occasion requires.
Year: 1861

We have now on hand q full stock of Saddles and Harness, and are offering inducements to per sons wanting goods in this line. We would call particular attention to an assortment of Wagon, Stage and Dray harness of our own manufacture. Persons wanting goods in our line will find it to their interest to examine our stock before pur- chasing elsewhere.

 marS-Gm. J. w. ARMSTRONG x co.
Year: 1861

gSr Owners Of coal oil wells who want
to do their work by steam, can purchase
tip-top. boiler, exactly suitable for that kind
Of work, at low price. It is in all respects
as good as new, and is large enough to run
Eve horsepower engine. Inquire at LEADER
Counting Room l i.ti--. If
Year: 1861

WELL DoSE.-The Council has appointed
q committee, consisting Of three Of its mem
bers, to act with the Mayor and President
Of the Council in extending an invitation to
the President elect TO visit Cleveland on his
way to Washington. The Mayor and the
members Of the Council are empowered to
receive and to entertain their guest on be-
half Of the city.
Year: 1861

SUDDEN DEATH.-On Tuesday, e lady liv-
ing in the neighborhoOd Of Clinton Park,
fe.l dead from her chair upon the for. She
had sat down with a little child in her arms,
having just returned from q walk with her
husband. The child was somewhat injured
Oy its mother falling upon it.
Year: 1861

REMovAL.-The cdi.o,ial aud count
ing room OF the DEMOCRAT AND News will te
found hereafter 10 the second story Of Gfigg
block. Perry street The entrance il at the
main door way Office at the head OF the
flight, fret door the left.
Year: 1861

HARD ROAD TO TRABBLE. -Ex2ressman
Colby tells us he encountered the severest storm
he ever experienced on his late trip to the up
per part OF the county In going from Eureka
to Orleans Flat he spent the entire day on Mon
day last. To the Magenta aume from Eureka
he travelled on snow shoes, but the snow ad-
herring to the shoes he pulled them off, and
and n half miles from the Magenta hume to
Snow Point occupied five hours of hard travel
ing. The snow was three feet deep and not
solid enough to bear the weight of the express
man. Mr. Colby was two whole days coming
from Eureka to Nevada, distance of twenty
miles. Some of these expressmen certainly
earn their money.
Year: 1861

GIFT ExrERrAINMExr.-The Gift Entertain
ment of Hose Co. No. l, comes off on Saturday
evening As Number Ones have never asked or
taken a benefit in any shape from the citizens
of Nevada, they are the more entitled TO the
favorable consideration of the people at the
present time. We hope spirit of generosity
will be abroad, that all the tickets may be sold.
There are many valuable prizes to be distrib-
uted.
Year: 1861

DEATH FROM A CAvE.-A. B. Bell was killed
in the diggings of Robt. Morrow L Co. on Gold
Flat, on Wednesday afternoon. He was piping
against a bank and stopped to pick up a stick
of timber, when a quantity of earth of toms
weight come down upon him, crushing his face,
breaking his neck and several ribs, and killing
him instantly. Bell was somewhere about 40
years of age and leaves wife and family in
Guernsey county, Ohio.
Year: 1861

FREEZING HIGHTs.-We are having a success
sion of biting cold nights. which are gladly
welcomed by fruit raisers. Such weather will
have tendency to keep fruit buds back, and
save the crop.
Year: 1861

We are willing to support the Union as
long as it is Union; but we are not will
ling to support a fragment. That is our
defined position. Make the most of it.


We are willing to support the British
Union as long as it is n Union; but We
don't go a derncd cent on ireland as frag-
ment. How DO you like i, Mooney? That's
all we can make out Of it,
Year: 1861


Oh say not we through life must struggle,
Must toll and mourn alone;
That no human heart can answer


The beatings Of our own.
The stars look down from the silent heaven,
Into the quiet stream,
And see themselves from its dewy depths
In fresher beauty gleam.
The sky with its pale or glowing hues
Ever painteth the wave below;
And the sea sends up its mists to form
Bright clouds and the heavenly bow.
Thus each does of the other borrow
beauty not its own;
And tells us that no thing In nature
Is for itself alone.
Alone, amid life's griefs and perils,


The stOutest heart may quail;
Left to its own unaided efforts,


The strongest arm may fail
And tho all strength still comes from heaven,
All light from tod above,
Yet we may sometimes be his angels,
The apostles of his love.
Then let us learn to help each other,


Hoping unto the end;
Who sees in every man brother,


Shall find in each friend.
Year: 1861

The intelligence conveyed by the mail to Eu-
rope of the state of New Zealand will dsspate
any hope entertained by the Ministers of an early
termination of the war. Every development of
that conflict confirms the predictions with which it
opened. Men who have lived in New Zealand
who were familiar with the native mind-the pc
culiar character of the country, and the latent
causes OF the contest, were assured that it no
agrarian dispute-no local difference to be settled
by crack of rifle or stroke of pen. They saw that
II was the result of long course of preparation,
in which the native mind had been taught to re-
gard the colonization of New Zealand as threaten
ing their existence as people. We have not per-
haps yet reached the time when the sober judg-
ment of history can pronounce upon the conduct of
men whose mistaken philanthropy has led to this
confusion and bloodshed. There are no advisers
more liable to mistake than those who overlook all
the political causes which modify the conditions of


people. and interpret upon abstract or benevolent
theories the rights of aboriginees.


We repeat what We stated months ago. that there
is no way of effectualy oonquering New Zealand
bat by its military occupation. This could be most
cheaply and effectively done by special enlistment,
having colonization for its ultimate object The
troops would thus be gradually converted into cti-
zens, and as the British power was consolidated
the military combination would dissolve. II is of
no use for troops to attempt to follow I'D the na-
tlves. Their property is not tangible. They can
not De overtaken. Inc losses OF a guerilla war
would be probably greater on the side of the Brit
ish than the insurgents. The policy of the Gov
ernment is to deal not with the natives but with
the country, and by the establishment of great
centres of colonsatIon to make it impossible for
the natives to do other than submit to the authority
of the Crown, while giving them the general ad-
vantages of British law. If this policy be not
adopted, perhaps the next wsest course would be
to make the best terms possible with the insurgents
to renounce the exercise of sovereignty over
them, and to draw off rapidly as possible the
white population into those islands where thew
may have their lives and industry respected Never
was there an insurrection in which the British au-
thorities were more clearly in the right-never
one less founded upon personal grievance. The
natives demand the virtual surrender of royaI au-
thOrity, and if we not disposed to resist this
demand by an effective army the better way is to
recognize it and abide by its consequences A
long war is drawn out by absurd negotiations,
which can yield nothing but tremendous bill of
Year: 1861

@ In 1893, King Williams Dutch Guards
left England, and as they marched through London
a spectator was heard TO remark that Hans made a
much better figure now that he had been living
ten years on the fat of the land than when he first
came over. GA pretty figure you would have
made, said Dutch soldier, if we had not come"
Year: 1861

Flre.-Yesterday about noon the large
new building Of Judge Whitney, on Main
street, was discovered to be on fire. It
was fortunately exGnguished without any
serious damage. Inexcusable careless
ness was the cause; leaving ashes in a
wooden box, sitting in the house.
Year: 1861

|


WAsHINGroF, Dec. %, 16G0
| Mr.. EditOT~-WIlen Providence wills shat an


event shall come to pass, all thngs facilitate the


accomplishment Of its purpose. Tbs dissolution Of


this Union was diyncly ordered, ~ I consider.
The design being, my faith in the goodness Of


the Deity leads me to believe, to rescue true
from false people. It was not for nothing that
the Children of Ham were brought to this country
and made subjecs to system which, aloze of all
others, can make them Christian and civilizsd and
which, at the san7e time, reconciIes, as no other
system yet devised by man can, the warfare of
capital against labor,


Is not tho, hand Of Providence visible in The
daily advance of the present fevolutionz l th5k
SO. See how the efforts of good men and of bad
meThere alike conducedt to one and the SAINT, end
Every attempt at compromise made by the bess
men ut the North has been of 10 other service
than to widen the breach. Every position yielded
by the Southern submissionists has etiffened the
necks CT the Republicans and made the gulf more
and more impossible. ,


We mast fight; that is pain to all men. We
must shed each others blood, before we can
begin to quench the fever of hate and restore that
respect essential to good understanding. The
North will not yield; the South cannot. Words
won't bring peace. We have tried them again
and again to no purpose. What is left, but the
sword? Nothing. That is the only argument
which will be listened to.


We must have q banner to fight under-one that
will symbolic the purity of our cause and the plcrv
of the goal to which our empire tends. The stars
and stripes are torn and tattered into 6lthy rags
What shall our banner be? None other than the
" Southern Cross" The idea seems to have come
into the minds of many Southern
men. Here fifteen Southern States. as
would arrange them:
Year: 1861

ana wish to bring this state of things about. We


respect them too highly for that, and have too


much confidence in their loyalty and patriotism to
think for an instant that they would tamely sur
render the rights and safety of their section into
the hands of enemies; but we are constrained to
say that, in our opinion, they are on the wrong
track and are doing precisely what the Abolition
lists desire them to do. "C0operation means de-
lay delay means submission to Abolition rule
and submission to Abolition rule means ultimate
derradatinn and min
Year: 1861

sirf WIN them--in order that you may wander
away IN search Of fellowship and sympathy among
states which have industrial systems co uparativey
unlike yours, some of whom are indeed with you
whilst Others, on their own admission and npon the
record have Black Republican colonies in their
midst who vote Black Republican tickets, and to
whom the 5nstitution Of slavery though CO u1eni-
ence, Is by no means a necessity!


Secession is to compact where compact is at all
possible; 1t is to take advantage Of the historical
moment; it is to defend the pass of Thermopylay
and give time for our resources to be husbanded
and as sure as reason and logic exist it is to bring
with US, in the event. every State having a like
destiny with OURS
Year: 1861

Fellow citizens, the border States cannot consent
to remain allied wish the North after we have left
them; for poweress, as they are now in the Union,
what would be thei. influence, weight or conge-
quenee, then? If they remain, will it not be to
procnre such terms Of future Union as NAV be
compatible with the safety and honor of ALL or fail
ing in this to come at last in sisterhood and nolt
zeal association with us2 They cannot feel as
keeny as VIC do the pressure; for what is but
slight puncture to them, is sore and grieyous
wound to us. Are We asked the reason? Let the
statistics show
Year: 1861

SUMMARY JUsTIcE--A beast in human
form. by the nrme of Goarde-anda green
goard he ,cas-for the double crime of rape
and murder upon an honest widow woman
in Brush Creek, Madison county, suffered
the just penalty of being hanged, few
days since. by Jury of citizens organized
for that purpose.


This wretch not being satisfied with his
brutal outrage upon his victim, after its
Preparation for the second or third time,
inhumanly murdered and sunk her in the
bottom of a creek. The evidence to the
Jury of his guilt, being of an indisputable
character, but little further ceremony was
had, other than hitching him to the end of
rope and susPending him to limb. Just
thrice Just +! And this should be the re-
ward Of all such rascals.-Arkansian.