smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864

was returning from party 1t was
between the hours Of twelve and one.
had just been escort!ng a young lady
home and was on the way to my own.
As | passed along NJ street, the
door of house | had just passed sud
denly opened, and when turned round
to know the reason. saw a young lady
rush out and glance wildly up and down
the street. She ran up TO me, looked at
me for a moment and then said


'Oh, sir, you are an utter stranger to
me but l hope you will excuse the liber-
ty. My mother has been taken sudden
ly i'll, and there is no one in the house
to send for doctor, and | cannot leave
her, could you"


Immediately offered to go for doc.
tor, and, noting the number of the house
whence the young lady came. set off at
once The pleading tones and wild be.
seschiag eyes Of the poor girl 50 haunt,
ed me that ran as fast as could, and
did not stop until l arrived at the house
off skillful physician. who was our fsmi-
| ly doctor. Fortunately he had been sit
ting up late yroaling, and was quite ready
TO accompany me at once. As we went
along | told him the strange circumstan
ces.


When we arrived the young lady open
ed the door, and eagerly thanking me,
hurried of The doctor to see her mother.
She had not liked to shut the door in my
face, and so left II open. which was very
thoughtless but she was in sore grie
for her mother. | felt bound to stand
and watch at the door for fear OF robbers,
and was also anxious to wait till the
doctor left, so that might ask him how
the poor lady was. stood about five
minutes when the doctor came out (muot
as the young lady had done before,
looking around anxiously. He seemec
relieved to find me there. beckoned m,
in, and closing the door, said
/ You must be witness


| followed him into the dining room


where, on the sofa, lay the dying lady


Kneellng by her side was the devotet
daughter. Her tears fell fast on the pill
low, her soft young cheek rested on th'


wi,hered face Of the old lady. her darl
ourls mipgling with her mothers silve
| ,resses. Convulsive sobs. deep, bu


without sound. shook her light frame
and, altogether. the scene was one a


which a strong man might weep.


The lsdy had fallen into sudden fit
and though now brought back to con
seriousness. there was little hope that sh
could live over the night, SO great hs'


been the shock to her worn out frame


The poor lady struggled to rise little


and exerted herself to speak.


MY name is NOT Murray am not


widow--my husband Is still alive: you
!, name. my beloved child. is not Jan


Murray, but Jane c..


, Exhausted. she sank on the pillow, an
J. for few moments we almost though
J tha. life had departed. But not so; f


with sudden effort. she again raise
, herself and cried for pen. and pape
and with great difficulty wrote these fe


words:


am dying-O. why did I eve


leave you. my husband? Receive IN
v poor Jane she is your own child. II
, child OF your own wife.


. ALICE c.
f Witness she gssped. and made
Year: 1864

Receiving Attentions.


Some of our young lady readers may
have reason to thank US for giving them
access TO the following we'll expressed
practical advice. Young men, too, may
proftably take the hint from it. we
find the article afoat without credit, but
are happy to be able to trace it to the
columns of our lively contemporary, the
New Yorker:


"a young man admires pretty girl,
and must manifest it. He can't help
doing so. for the life of him. The
young lady has tender heart, reaching
out like vine-tendrils for something to
cling to. She sees the admiration is
hattered begins soon to love expects
some tender avowal and perhaps gets
so far as to decide that she will choose
"a white satin under the cause" etc.,
at the very moment the gallant that she
loves is popping the question to another
damsel ten miles off. Now the difficulty
lies in not understanding the difference
between "polite attentions" and the
tender manifestations of love.


AdmirngSa beautiful girl, and wish
ing TO make wife of her, are not always
the same thing {; therefore ii is necessary
that the damsel should be on the alert to
| discover to which class the attentions
paid her by handsome and fashionable
young gentlemen belong. First, then,
If young man greets you in loud, free,
and hearty tone if he knows precisely
where to pu, his hand or his hat, if he
stsres you right in the eye, with his own
wide open il he turns his back to you
| to speak to another il he tells you who
made his coat if he squeezes your hand ;
! if he eats heartily In your presence il,


in short, he sneezss when you are sing
| ing, criticizes your curls or fails 10 be
foolish in fifty ways every hour, then
don't fall in love with him for the world |
He only admres you, let him DO or say
what he will.


On the other hand. If he be merry
with every one else, but quiet with you /;
II he be anxious to see that your tea is
sufficiently sweetened and your dear per-
son well wrapped up when you go out
in the cold: If he talks very low, and
never looks you steadily in the eye if
his cheeks are red, and his nose only
bushes, it is enough. II he romps with
your sister, or sighs like pear Of old
bellows, looks solemn when you are ad-
dressed by another gentleman. and, in
fact, is the most still, awkward. stupid,
yet anxious OF all your male friends, you
may go ahead" and make the poor
fellow too happy for his skin to hold
him


Young ladies keep your hearts in a
case OF good leather, or some other sub
stance, until the fright one" is found
beyond doubt after which you can go
on, and love, and court, and be married
happy, without the least bit Of trouble -
Year: 1864

To MAKE SOAP WITH PoTAsH.-Allow six
teen pounds each OF grease and potash for a
barrel OF soap. The grease should be such as
has been well taken care OF, viz, tried before
1t became wormy or mouldy. The potash
should be about the color of pumice-stone.-
That which is red makes dark soap, unfit for
washing clothes. Cut up the grease into
pieces OF two or three ounces, put il into
tight barrel with the potash; then pour in two
pailfuls OF rain or spring water The soap
will be soonest made by heating the water.
but IL Is just as sure to be good if made with
cold water. Add pailful Of soft water every
day. until the barrel is balf full, and stir il
well each day. A long stick with cross
piece at the lower end, Is convenient fer the
purpose. When the barrel is half full, add no
more water for week or ten days, but con-
tinue to stir it daily. Afler that, add pail
fnl day, until the barrel is full. 1t is Il best
way TO keep soap three or four months before
beginning to use It. spends more econom-
ically. and Is less sharp to the hands When
half of it has been used, put two pals of soft
water TO the rest, and stir it up well from the
bottom. The lower half f'of barrel of home
made soap Is always the strongest Soft soap,
made with clean greare and good potash, is
oil light nankeen color, and is better for
washing fsnnels and white clothes than any
other.
Year: 1864

The Massachusetts, Legislature refuses to
vote funds to assist the suffering East Ten
nesseeans, feeling their own impending
necessities, which have recently been
made manifest by resolution to increase.
their pay to nearly double the present rate
of compensation.
Year: 1864

AsPARAGUs.-Itis is quite surprising that
a vegetable SO excellent and wholesome
as asparagus, is not more generally cul-
tivated in the gardens of farmers. / think
its absence may be attributed to two
causes-6rst because we are obliged TO
wait two or three years after sowing the
seed before gathering q crop; and secondly
the directions generally given for its cal
ture are tedious, and involve so much Ia
Dor as to discourage the novice. In an
swer to the first objection, you may begin
TO realize moderately in one year from
transplanting the roots, or in two years
from sowing the seeds; and in answer to
the second objection, you may raise very
good asparagus without going through
such a tedious process in preparing the
ground and when you once have good


bed started it viii not be necessary TO re-
i new il. ---,f -
Year: 1864

The problem Of suspending life by freezing.
seems to be accunulating data. Perch and
mullet have been carried from Lake Champ
lain to Eastern cities frozen perfectly sold,
and on being put into tub of water. have
come to as lively as ever. A female convict
ia Sweden is in ice on experiment. A man
was found lately in Switzerland, who gave
signs of life after being frozen for nine
months. The power of stopping while the
world goes on may be the next wonder. Ice
houses may soon be advertised with com,
Portable arrangements for skipping an epoch
or waiting for the next generation.
Year: 1864

Two men, named Edward Rowe and Daniel c.
Smith, of the l79th New York, ID Division, oh
Corps, were executed yesterday, for the crime Of
desertion. They were hardened criminals, not
seeming to care for themselves or any one else.


One Of them mounted the scafIold smoking a
cigar, and taking hold of the rope gave it a pull
o see II it was strong enough to hold him. Such
lesson will perhaps have its proper effect on
that class Of men who enlist for the mere purpose
Of getting the bounty, with the idea that they can
dc.ert to the enemy with impunlty.
Year: 1864

IANEN.


The sound Of heavy guns was heard on yester-
day evening on the lines LelOw the city.
The firirg, though unexplained, is believed
10 have been nothing more than the shelling of
the Dutch Gap Canal, as the wind at the time
was setting fair from that point. Winter seems to
have set in in earnest; but still there is grand
attack from Grant. He let the golden days OF
auIumn Slip by unimproved, and the winter com
eth wien no man can fight.


We had not eveH a rumOr from Petersburg on
yesterday, which is conclusive evidence that NJ
thing Of Importance had occurred, or was going
on there.
Year: 1864

DELINoUENrs.-Those who had their
property sold for their city tsxss Of 1851
should rsmsnbsr that they lose their title
therein On the Sd day Of February nsxt.-
Those who wish to hold their real estate
should look 10 this after in time.
Year: 1864

The freedom OF speech has suddenly
become very precious in the eyes Of that
party which would not let you express the
miIdest opinion against slavery No,
not they; the bowie- knife and sar-bucket
was their argument They knew that
slavery could not exist under the blazing
light Of free press and free speech; /;
therefore, al such presses and speech
we're ehoked down BY them. And yet,
even If their ISLANDERS were true about
stopping the mouths Of traitors, they set
the example even in times Of peace;
they sowed the seed, and are now reap
! ing the harveet
Year: 1864

AsSENrEEs IHoS TIE ARXY-A correspondent
.! tne Richmond DispdtcA writing from the army
Of Virginia, says!


Our armies need recruiting or the ranks of those
in the field need filling up. How shall this be &C.
complishedf Ny answer is ready at hand Bring
back the absentees, of whom will venture there
is to day not less than fifty per cent of this army
L have recently converSed with the commanders Of
three different brigades this important question
One of chem told me that in his brigade forty per
cent were absent; another told me that in his br-
gade forty five per cent were absent and another fifty
per cent Taking the Of these three statements
as the average it will appear that forty-tve per
cent of this army is absent from it The inquiry
which very readily presents itself to every is,
where are these menI answer that they are at
home detailed as conscript catchers provost guards
passport clerks, attaches to quartermasters, CON-
mssaries, and hospitals, and very large class are
hanging around loose on Surgeons certificates,
whilst not small class are absent without permIs-
sion or excuse and yet the names of these men are
borne upon the muster rolls of honor OF the Army
of Northern Virginia. Ought these things so to be
Can they not be renediedp I believe they can. To
begin the present conscrpt organization of the
State OF Virginia is a positive nuisance. The men
who are thus engaged so contrive that the duty OF
collecting conscTps shall be incidental to their pri-
vate duties rather than the public BUSINESS Of their
lives. The sooner then, all those who are thus en-.
gagged shall be relieved and returned to their COM
mandS the better for the army and the country"


If this be true, then half the army of Virginia is
absent; aud it was stated not long since by Mr..
Hill, member of Congress from Georgia, that one.
halt Of Gen. Bra ggs army absent at the battle
of Missionary Ridge It would be much better, il
the arms must De increased to return these vete
rams to their regiments than to supply their places
with new and raw men.
Year: 1864

A CONSTITUTIONAL GovERNMENT. have uni
formly maintained, as Conservative that the Con-
federate authorities should be rigidly held to the
letter and spirit of the Confederate Constitution,
and that any attempt to set at nsught the Constitu
ton and trample on the rights of the States should
be resisted by the people We are glad to find the
Petersburg Express and other original secession pa
pers adopting our views, but we fear at too late
period to save the Constitution and civil liberty
The last Express says:


ave are devoted heart and soul to the cause for
which We are struggling We would not have that
cause compromised OF endangered, or its lustre dim
med, by any act on the part Of the government Of
injurious or doubtful tendency or Of questionable
moral character. 1t is worthy of all necessary and
honorable sacrifices, and none would more cheer
fully or more promptly submit to such sacrifices
than We. But we are unwilling to submit to any
that are not needed, or which involve q servIle,
craven surrender of our civil rights for the direct
or indirect purpose Of increasing ExecptiTe power
or enthroning military authority upon the ruins of
the Constitution. We will do all that we can to
sustain the government in the exercise Of its legt
mate functions and in its efforts to accomplish, in
the proper way, the great ends tor which it has
been established: But we cannot with clear con-
science, support it in any encroachments upon
liberty, in any violations Of the letter spirit
of our institutions. As long as it confines itself
within the sphere o: It's prescribed duties we will 60
along with it but no longer.


We are decidedly of the opinion that suspen.
sion of the writ of habeds corpus at the time
and under existing circumstances, would be an act
uncaed for and dangerous to the public interests.
We cannot, therefore, bat deprecate the movement
that has Just been made in that direction in the
Senate, by one Of its members, and hope that it
will meet the fate that it deserves"
Year: 1864

Congress, it is said is doing this and that thing
to please the soldiers Principals Of substitutes aud
other exempts are to be swept into to please
the soldiers The last man" is to be taken from
the farm and workshop to please the soldiers. This
sounds very WE'LL but how can it benefit the soldersf
We tell Congress how to please the soldiers and
at the same time do justice-rdiss their odgss, and
see to it tdt they are not tyrdnnized oOer By their
officers and see to it also tbIt their sOGges are
promptly paid When due. This would be something
practical The private soldier is now getting only
what is equivalent to fifty cents month in specie.
What he gets will not more than keep him in to-
bacco Shame, shamel The private soldier ought
to have at least forty dollars per month in OOnfede
rate currency, and then he ought to have the right
to appropriate part of his wages to purchase meat
and bread from the government stores at govern
ment prices for his family. -


A soldier writing FROM the camp near Orange
Courthouse, says:
I'VE have no meat to-day, and our comnissary
says there is none for US. We are situated where
we can buy nothing except from suffers and sharp
ers, and the prices we have to pay them would eat
out months wages in twenty. four hours. One Of
the suffers was mObbed last night" .......5 .


We have seen letters from soldiers complaining
in bitter terms of the high prices for rent and pro-
visions demanded of their families by certain wor-
shippers of Mammon at home. The man who raises
his rent on soldiers family, or who refuses them
provisions for Confederate currency, ought to be
taken up and placed in the fore front of the hottest
battle. And the Confederate officer who refuses
Confederate money from any body for any thing,
ought to be dismissed from Office


DestructiVes who live by the government and
oligarchs who fear the power of the people, may
call this demagoguism, but It is the truth We do
not care what bad or selfish men think or say of
when we know we are doing right
Year: 1864

We make the following extract from letter from
one of the most intelligent and patriotic citizens of
Western North. Carolina: ...-..


"I have been paying some attention to the leg
ishton Of the present Congress, and j have been
struck with the part taken by members protesting
to represent States in which they have few or no
constituents. These members go to man for the
most exactng and oppressive conscript and tax laws
when those laws willnot reach o single man or q
single dollar in their own States. I protest in the
most emphatic terms against such injus ice. Tax
alton and representation should go together. -
One strong reason, 1t seems to me. why we should
have State Convention is that slavery exists sole
ly by virtue of our State laws. Then, Is our State
government should be overturned in this reyolu-
ton, the only tenure by which we hold this species
of property will be destroyed. From Il e progress
already made by the enemy in over-running the
country, fear such will be the result Hence, the
great importance of our State while she possesses
State government taking such action as will Sc
cure this species of property and that action can on
ly be taken in Convention. ! am deeply impressed
with the fear that if the war should be indefinitely
prolonged slavery will be destroyed beyond redemp-
ton"


There is food for reflection in the view taken Of
the institution Of slavery by our CORES spondent-
We feared and so declared at the time that seces-
sion would limit slavery both as to territory and
duration; and we now apprehend that if the war
should be continued twelve months longer, with no
greater success to our arms than has crowned them
for the last twelve months, there is great danger
that the institution will be hopelessly destroyed
These are eur honest convictions, and we do not
hesitate to utter them. We went to war to protect
and preserve the State sovereigntes AMI to defend
and perpetuate the institution of slavery; but if it
should appear that we are likely to lose both, as
rational beings we should pause and consider well
the direction which things are taking.
Year: 1864

We publish to-day an important opinion from the
Attorney General of the State IN relation to the
right of the Confederate government to tax State
prouerty. In our next We shall publish an opinion
Of the Attorney General in relation to the power to
tax Railroad and Banking corporations.
Year: 1864

81 prefer the Standard to any other paper. I
am only fourteen years old, and have earned the
money / send with. my knitting needles, when not
employed OF my mothers business I promised
myself that when got enough money to pay for the
Weekly Standard six months, I would put it to
that use"


We enrol the name of our young friend with
great pleasure on our subscription list We have
doubt it will be said Of her when she is woman,
"She looketh well to the ways Of her household,
and eatcth not the bread ofdleness "and Of her hus
band, - He is known in the gates, when he sitteth
among the elders of the land"
Year: 1864

COUNTY FUsDs.-The County Treasurer
announces that be has funds on hand tor the
redemption OF county warrants registered in
the month of February, 1861. We are glad
to note this improvement in county finances,
and hope tha. another year will see the indebt-
edness entirely paid of. 1t would be good
thing for the tax payers Of the county, but q
severe practical joke an scriphoders, if the
Board of Supervisors should authorize the
Treasurer to purchase "Greenbacks" for the
redemption of outstanding warrants. This
would be no harder on scrip holders than it
will be if the Legislature, as they probably
will before they adjourn, make "Greeubacks"
receivable for taxes We do not advocate
the proposition. We DO not oppose it. We
hold no scrip. We don't care. We are just
looking at the muss which Republicanism is
about to inaugurate.
Year: 1864

The RANRoAD.-The amount of iron Lee
essary for the completion Of the track from
Roses Station to Oroyille, has been received
and about thirty days will put it down. The
prospect for speedy completion of the road i;
good. The work of laying the track is now
progressing. and depots and turn tables will
soon be in readiness in OrovilIe.
Year: 1864

The CURRENCY QUESTION Legislative
correspondent of the San Francisco Bulletin,
says, 1T is rumored that large landholder in
Butte County intends TO make tender Of
greenbacks in payment of u heavy amount of
taxes due by hi1 If the tender is refused, he
will carry the case up to the Supreme Court,
should the Inferior conrt decide against, and
obtain from the highest Judicial tribunal in this
State decision fully meeting all those points
OF the question which were evaded when Judge
Field was on the Bench, and when Attorney
General Pixley made an argument against
greenbacks and against bis own private con-
victions. The determination 10 tinker with
the currency question this winter is very
strong. Those legislators who favor the en-
actment of law making the national currency
receivable for taxes contend that in reality
such a law is not needed, aud affect 10 believe
that the Supreme Court will be bound to de-
eide in favor of government paper if such q
case as the above mentioned comes squarely
before it.


P;xley has paid his Butte county taxes with
in the past week. He has therefore, abandon
ed the idea of paying in greenbacks. He
could not successfully combat the argument he
made against them when he was Attorney
General. Then be did not want his salary in
deprecated paper now that he is out Of Office
/ and tax payer he would like TO have green
backs made receivable for taxes. Lord what
human deprayity. if republicans are the true
type
Year: 1864

TIME ABOVE ARE ALL COPPER DISTILLED
Il from the choicest selected grain, and are never
offered in the market within three years after dis
tiation.


The stock now on hand is from four to eight yean
old.


These Whistles have been well and favorably
known during the last six years and the constantly
increasing demand for them attests to their excel
lence and uniformity of quality They are CON-
into this market


sa- For sale by all the principal dealers in the
city.


DICKSON, DE WOLF ( CO.


5u-4Tis Sole Agents San Francisco.
Year: 1864

Will accomplish this desirable, reliable revolution
in the system, regulating the secretions, giving
tone to the animal juices which dissolve the food,
strengthen every relaxed nerve, muscle and fibre
and bring, the whole machinery Of vitality into
vigorous and healthfal play.