smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

colleague from Cleveland once said Of john
Brown" the pearly gates of Paradise"-and
that, too, without the enlargement Of the gates,
Or the lesseniug Of Marshall's bulk. He can,
with his eye of faith, and his universal benev-
olence, see the Falstafian keutackian, this
mountain Of secession mummy, squeeze through
the celestial doors, laughter and lardiug the
golden pavements of the New Jerusalem,
[laughter,l but he cannot exercise little faith,
just The size Of mustard seed, in the presence.
skill and sagacity Of our accomplished young
general.


Oh if there is one thing more beautiful than
another, it IS that trust which we repose in
another in dark hours Of trial and death. It IS
said that reason was the first born, but faith
inherits the blessing. Reason is apt 10 be
iallibla, short sighted eager, impetuous, and
impationt of contradiction while faith is gen
tie and docile, ever ready 10 listen to the voice
By which alone truth and wisdom can e1actu-
ally reach her God has created two lights
the greater light to rule the busy day-reason;
the lesser to rule the contemplative night
faith but faith shines only 50 loag as she
reflects something Of the illumination Of the
brighter orb. Where q man has no faith he
has no light of reason.


There are some things in which man must
exercise his trust The American people, m
Ike my colleague, had read the history Of
General Mcclellan. They know his military
studies, his travel and observation, his practi-
cal railroad life, his mode of dealing with men
and bodies Of men, his prudential reserve, his
unfailing patience, patriotism and confidence in
his own resources. They knew that the enemy
would have been glad to have had him at the
head Of their forces. They know that be has
never blundered; that he is safe, il not bril-
liant; that his power to surprise and combine
are rare qualities of bis military genius; that
his knowledge Of topography, engineering and
field strategy his method and industry, and bis
quick apprehension of military strength and
weakness, eminently fit him for his high COM
mand Knowing this, and reasoning upon this,
now that the night is upon Us, they will keep
their faith in him, and 10 hostile criticism Of
the gentleman here can shake that faith. The
attack of my colleague is Ike that of the
pigmy with straw against giant eased in
adamant"


My colleague is not satisfied with anything
short Of an advance at every hazard. He is
not satisfied with the President, for he defers
to Mcclellan; not satisfied with any com
mander iu-chief, for no one can command even
three hundred thousand men, not satisfied with
what has been done not satisfied with what
is to be done. He would discourage all our
efforts, and make taxation weigh like useless
burden on an anxious and saddened people.
His policy would disorganize the army, and
realise his theology by making a hell upon
earth, laughter, without giving US the salts
faction of the future state, where secession may
have lis eternal doom. Laughter.
Year: 1862

Alssi the weary hours pass slow.


The night + very dark and still,
And in the marshes tar below


! hear the bearded whip-poOr-Eiu.
scarce can see a yard ahead,


Ny ears are strained 10 catch each sound;
hear the leaves about me shed


And the springs bubbling through the ground.
Along the beaten path pace


Where white rags mark nv sentry's track,
In forlnless shrubs l seem to trace


The f0eman's form with bending back.
l think see him erouching low.


I stop and list stoop and peer
Until the neighboring hillocks grow
To groups Of soldiers far and near.
With ready piece I wait and watch
Until mine eyes. familiar grown.
Detect each harmless earthen notch
And turn Euerillas into stone.
And then amid the lonely gloom.


Beneath the weird old tulip trees,
Ny silent marches ! resume.


And think on other times than these.
Sweet visions through the silent night!
The deep-bay windows frinGed with vine:
The room within in softened light


The tender, milk white hand in mine;
The timid pressure. and the pause
That oftumes Overcame our speech
That time when by mysterious laws
We each felt ali in all to each.
And then that bitter bitter day,


When came the final hour to part,
When clad in soldiers honest gray,
pressed her weeping TO my heart.
Too proud of me to bid me stay,


Too fond of me to let me go,
had To tear myself away,


And left her stolid in her woe.
So rose the dream-so passed the night
When distant in the darksOme gen
Approaching up the sombre hight,
heard the solid march of men
TIL over stubble. over sward.


And fields where lay the golden sheaf,
saw the lantern Of the guard


Advancing with the night relief.
:" Halt who goes there 2" my challenge cry;
II rings along the watchful line,
81 Relief" | hear a voice reply,


advance and give the countersign!"
With bayonet at the charge wait,
The corporal gives the mystic spell;
With arms at port l charge my mate,
And onward pass, and all is well.
But in the tent that night awake,


| think if in the fray fall.
Can the mystic answer make


When er the angelic sentries call?
And pray that Heaven may 50 ordaiu,
That when | near the camp divine
Whether in travail OF in pain


l, too, may have the countersigu,
Year: 1862

BE Harry Now.-This forever looking
forward Tor enjoyment, don't psy. From what
We know Of it, We would as soon chase butter.
flies for living, or bottle up moonshine for
cloudy nights. The only true happiness is to
take the drops Of happiness as God gives them
to Us, every day Of our lives. The boy must
learn to be happy when he is plodding over
bis lessons the apprentice when be Is learning
his trade; the merchant while he IS making
his fortune If be fails to learn this art, he
viii be sure to miss his enjoyment when he
gains what be sighs for,
Year: 1862

\ SOUTHERN EDITOR TELLING THE TRUrH-
\ great deal Of simulated indignation has
been reused against General Butler, on ac-
count Of his rather coarse order respecting the
ladies of New Orleans Now, while We I'M
qualiiedly condemn the style of his pronuncia-
mento, we cannot withhold our censure from
those ladies who, so far forgetful of that mod
csty and reserve with which woman should al
ways encircle herself, have stepped from the
pale OF womanly propriety, and insulted stran-
gers in the very streets of their city. When
this is tbe case, women always subject them
selves TO censure, if not insult Neither time
nor circumstances viii shield ker from the in
eyitable consequence; whether her intentions
are insulting or otherwise she is no longer in
vulnerable when that beautiful shield she holds
before herself and contact with strangers is
Withdrawn for suspicion always attaches itself
to such demonstrations.


Is there any father who would wish to see
his daughter haunhng through the streets, and
insulting those in whose power fate has thrown
the city Of his residence or on the contrary,
how would Confederate officer act, should a
lady, or woman with Federal proclivities,
publicly fauut the stars and stripes IN his face,
and use insulting expressions in the streets
where his duty to his Government had called
him


Is it not better, is it not more consonant
with the nature of women, to shrink from all
contact with enemies and strangers, and thus
vindicate her sex from unworthy suspicion,
and insure protection from insult and abuse.


mississippi Beacon, June 18th.
Year: 1862

The increased demand and present spur
in the cotton market is pretty we'll under
stood to be caused by the promise made by
the Government to a few favored parties,
that cotton bought aud held by them shall
be exempted from destruction in case of
danger of the approach of the enemy
When those parties have gone to the ex-
tent of their meaDs or wants, there is likely
to ensue decline. What sort of justice
that is which favors foreigners rather tnan
citizens, Or prefers one class Of citizens to
another may possibly be explained some
day, but whether right or wrong, planters
would do well to take advantage of the op,
portunity.


Our advice to planters is, do not specu.
late for higher prices, sell and pay debts,
it is not only the part of prudence, but a
patriotic motive should prompt to such a
course. Confederate mouey, like every
other commodity, depreciates because the
supply exceeds the demand-there is more
in circulation than the channels of trade can
contain. Revive the trade in cotton and
use is Immediately found for the surplus.
The currency is good, but hasbecome stag
naut-revive it by keeping up its circula-
ton, sell your cottoi and pay your debts,
and enable your creditors to pay theirs,
and we shall hear very little more talk a.
bout the depreciation of Confederate mon,
ey, the supply will be no more than equal
to the use We shall have for it.--AuguSta
Chronicle and Sentinel
Year: 1862

throw an eleven inch solid shot down upon
her 1t penetrated to the gunroom and
killed eight white men and one negro, and
slightly wounding twelve others. This shot,
save ten or twelve holes through her smoke
stack, was the only injury received by the
now immortal Arkansas. Her injuries will
all be repaired by tomorrow, when she will
commence the process of "clearing out
the Mississippi right and left of Vicks-
burg.


Capt. Brown is one Of Mississippi's most
gallant sons. His home is in Issaquena
county. He was in the U. S. N. 81 years
ago, and commanded the Niagara up to the
disruption Of the Union.


should have mentioned in the details
that the enemy piled up and burned i'm
mense piles of stores on the other side Of
the river, and transferred all their troops to
the transports and sent them down stream.


The Yankees of the upper feet, madden
ed by their utter and signal defeat by one
Confederate naval vessel, have been vigo-
rously bombarding Vicksburg all day with
out doing any injury save to buildings.


Citizens and "contrabands" from the
other side of the river report that the canal
which the Yankees have been digging has
been finished, but that the amount of water
in it will not float even the smallest sized
steamboat. They have also completed a
railroad from bend to bend, by means Of
material taken from the Vicksburg, Shreve-
port and Texas Railroad. The river is
falling so fast, and is now too low for their
canal to be at all efficient before next
Spring and unless they can dislodgc our
batteries planted below its lower month, it
will be utterly useless to them, and, in the
event that those batteries are forced to
withdraw from their present location, they
can be easily transferred to some other
point, from whence they will be turned up.
on any transport passing by, unless convoy.
ed by iron clad gunboats 1t is suggested
that it will take at least three gunboats to
accompany one steamboat in "the free nav.
igation of the Mississippi"


There are no indications of another gen.
eral attempt to take the city of Vicksburg.
Itis claimed that our batteries totally ruin
ed two of their men.of-war in the great
fight, two weeks ago, and that they now lie
moored near the mouth of the Yazoo, in a
helpless condition. There will be no land
fight at Vicksburg. The pressing demands
made upon Lincoln elsewhere will keep all
his available force engaged, and allow no
force to come to Vicksburg, Their shells,
thrown in irregular!y and enthusiastically,
nearly every day and night, hurt no one,
and damage the houses bat little.
Year: 1862

the seizure of the Trent prudent men
deeply regretted the necessity Of conflict
which was certain to be misrepreseuted and
misunderstood. A war professedly waged
for the establishment of Southern Indepcn-
dence would be still more invidious, and it
would not involve unanimity at home. 1t
is impossible that England should wish to
establish or maintain negro slavery, and it
by no means follows that an alliance with a
slaveholding community would imply any
favor to the institution which might be in
cidentally assisted; but the negotiating
North would echo the fercest denunciation
of the Abolitionists against Power which
connected itself with the insurgent slave.
owners. Against much less obloquy it is
not easy to set off any counterbalance ad-
vantage which would make an American
war expedient.


Least of all, would it be profitable to
follow France into struggle which would
necessarily be controlled by alien counsels
and motives. Just action in war is not re-
commended by the experience of recent
years in the Crimea, in China, or in Mexi-
co. Good faith aud friendly feeling are no
sufficient security for lasting community
of interests and it might suit the purpose
of France to make peace or continue the
war against the wish and opinion of the
English government. In either case a
withdrawal from the alliance would be ell
ther dangerous or discreditable, and yet the
objections to perseverance in joint action
might be still more insurmountable. The
quarrels of two allies with common enemy
are never altogether identical. 1t might
become necessary to mix up questions of
Mexican policy or of insults on the French
flag with the main object of terminating a
ruinous civil war. The mere want of cot
ton is not precisely the same in character
and in result, as it affects the trade of the
TWO countries. An armed intervention in
the South would probably be popular at
Lyons, but it would certainly meet with
general disapprova at Lancashire. On the
whole, it is better not to engage in an un-
certain partnership; it is inexpedient to
undertake the gratuitous duty of coerciug
the Americans into commerce ; and it is
not even desirable to offer or to undertake
a mediation which might probably end in
an armed intervention by England and
France.
Year: 1862

which may Abolish Slavery.


The following message from King Abra
ham was recently delivered to Congress
Fellow Citizens of the Senate and Hous,


Of Representatives:


Herewith is the draft of the bill to com
pensate any State which may abolish sla
very within its limits, the passage of which
substantially as presented, respectfully
and earnestly recommend.


ABRAHAM LINCOLN.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States Of
America. in Congress assembled, That
whenever the President of the U. States
shall be satisfied that any State shall have
lawfully abolished slavery within and
throughout such State, either Immediately
or gradually, it shall be the duty of the
President, assisted by the Secretary of the
Treasury, to prepare and deliver to each
State an amount of six per cent. interest
bearing bonds Of the United States, equal
to the aggregate value of - dollars
per head ofaM the slaves within such State,
as reported by the census of one thousand
eight hundred and sixty; the whole amount
of one State to Le delivered at once, if the
abolishment be immediate, or in equal an
nual instalments if it be gradual, interest
to beginruuniug on each bond at the time
of delivery, and not before.


And be it further enacted, That if any
State having so received any such bonds
shall, at any time afterwards, by law, re.
introduce or tolerate slavery within its lin,
its, contrary to the act of abolishment, upon
which such bonds shall have been received,
said bonds so received by said State shall
at once be null and void in whosesoever
hands they may be, and such State shall
refund to the United States all interest
which may have been paid on such bonds
Year: 1862

A milkman was awoke by a wsg in the night
with the announcement that his best COW wss
choking. He forthwith jumped up TO save the
lie Of ihis animal. when 10! he found q turnip
IN the mouth OF his pump.
Year: 1862

There are evident signs, says the Atlanta Con-
fedsraey, of reaction in prices, not in all arti-
cles. but in those that have felt the influence of
the law of demand and supply to some extent
The articles OF salt and iron are feeling their in
fuence. The high prices of these commodities
above the average advance, have stimulated their
production. Labor and capital are being rapidly
diverted into these from other channels of en-
ployment The class of articles which depend
on natural causes for increase of supply-de-
pending on seasons and the elements-are more
gradually augmented in quantity and reduced
in price. Grain and provisions are generally, of
course, in this category. Another description of
commodities of which the supply is received
from abroad, requires the renewal of CONNER
cisl intercourse with foreign countries to in
crease the supply. But our reliance upon re-
suetion of prices is a case Of more general ope-
ration, to-wit the lessening of demand from the
contraction Of the currency. The enhancement
of prices generally arises from that increase Of
demand produced by too great an abundance Of
money. If the treasury note currency were re-
dueed one-half there would be a corresponding
fall of prices, because there would be proper.
Tomato falling of in the demand for nearly all
articles.


The two measures which will most effectuslly
| contribute to this result are Ist The increase
of taxation by the Confederate government
ID. The conversion Of the greater part of it.
floating debt (tressury notes) into funded deb
of bonds and stocks. The approaching session
of Congress win give rise to plan of inLerna
taxation that will augment the revenue, anG
give stability to our monetary and funding sys
tens A well digested scheme of direct taxa
ton by the Confederate government will ensbl,
it TO retire q share of its treasury notes while j
will further attract investors to its bonds snC
stocks. Such plan of revenue will act benef
cially on both parts of our fiscal system, Ou
currency and our bond and stock debt, giving
Year: 1862

steadiness to the former and imparting higher
value to the latter The late State guarantees
to that debt viii operate in tho same direction,
improving the currency and rendering the Con-
federats securities objects o. Investment. These
ends are in a course of gradual accomplishment
without decisive victories with such victories
they would be rapidly achieved.
Year: 1862




Corporal Merrill, in his letter to the
Rochester Express relates the following
romantic story:


I have before stated that some of the
private soldiers, from the upper room, were
employed in Tie officers quarlers-a service
which they gladly aoceped as aGording su-
perior rations. among these was Corporal
Nh, Of New York, young man Of
wealthy parent:ge, of attractive manners,
good intellectual endovments-aud wi,haI
handsome as Apollo"


At the request Of some of his officers he
was occasionally permitted to visit the lower
floor and on one occasion was permitted to
leave the prison on parole for the purpose
of purchasing supplies. While thus passing
through one Of the main thoroughlares,
Nh was accosted by a little girl, who
presented him with boquet at the same
time pointing to a young lady on the oppsite
side Of the street as the donor. The Corporal
acknowledged the gilt with a polite bow, and
proceeded upon his mission. The lady, ap-
parantly fascinated followed him at a distance
to his prison, and as he entered it shs recipro-
Gated his bow, and leisurely walked away.


For some inexplcabIe cauae, the corporal
was not again permitted to go ont, and a
negro-I should have mentioned that quite
a number of servants were in prison-was
dispatched in his stead. The negro had not
proceeded far when he was met by the
young lady referred to, and the sequal to the
was developed in a package with
which he returned to the officers quarters
and delivered to Corporal M-n- It was
found to contain q new suit of clothes, and
upon one garment was pinned small card,
neatly inscribed with the name Of his benelac-
tress-
Year: 1862

We are sorry to hear Of the death of Sum
ner A. Webber, Esq, on the morning of the
Goth inst. We are not informed of his dis
ease. Mr.. Webber was somewhat past the
prime of life, was a membDr Of the Windsor
County Bar, and had been lawyer of some
emnence. He had been several times mem
Der of the State Legislature, and was once a
prominent candidate for seat in Congress
from his district, being defeated by only a
very few votes. He had acquired hand
some property, and was man universally
respected. He was a man of uprightness OF
character, of cultivation and refinement. He
was kind neighbor and good citizen, and
his loss will be much felt in his town and
vicinity. He leaves a son and daughter-tht
only surviving members of his family-tC
mourn his decease. His son, of whom much
praise may be spoken, will probably succeed
him in his profession. g.
Year: 1862

MUSTER RoLLs.-fhe proprietors of the
Rutland Herald announce that they shall soon
publish in neat pamphlet form, the Muster
Rolls of the several Vermont Regiments
The pamphlet will contain over one hundred
pages; will be bound in substantial covers,
and will be sold for fifteen cents. The usual
Discount will be made to the Trade.
Year: 1862

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF PoroMAc, Aug
AT Malvern Hill everything was quiet
during yesterday.


1t was reported last night by deserters and
contrabands that the rebels had been moving
from the vicinity of Richmond all day in large
force toward Malvern Hill for the purpose of
rctaking the position.


Three thousand exchanged prisoners arriv-
ed yesterday afternoon from Richmond.
Those belonging to this army and fit to do
duty were sent to their regiments. The 9th
ers leave for the north to-day. No officers
were among them.


There is no truth in the statement that this
army is used to protect rebel property as re-
ported in the case of Hill Carter. During the
two days battle at Malvern Hill from eight
hundred to a thousand wounded men had their
wounds dressed at this house, the ladies free
ly tearing up the sheets and pillow cases for
bandages. While the army was passing, a
guard was posted to protect the women and
children. The horses and cattle are grazed
on his farm, and his negroes are working on
our Notifications. All applications for their
return have been refused.
Year: 1862

MISSOURI. learn from the Rich.
mond Examiner of Wednesday, that at the
instance of Congress, the Secretary Of War
has prepared an estimate of loan to the
State of Missouri for military purposes
The estimate is for one million Of dollars,
which is to be applied, With consent Of her
authorities, to the pay of her troops prior
to their muster into the Confederate service.


The Dispatch of the same date announ-
ces the arrival of Gen. Price in that city.
We are glad to learn from it that the army
at Springfield is nov much larger than it
ever was, and in better cordition. The
Southern cause in the State enllsts the sym
pathies Of every class Of citizens, except a
very triaing minority. Many even Of those
in arms opposed to us, under the auspices
of the Lincoln State Government, sssaTe
friendly towards the Southern cause, and
would join US Immediately, if practicable.


As it is, desertions are of daily occurrence.


Very recently over FIVE thousand of the
State Guard" or Union State troops, join.
ed Gen. Price, and have since proved them
selves valuable acquisition to his forces.