smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869

was on board little suburban steam-
er, four or five years ago, which stopped
at Sing Sing on her way down to the
city On board, also, happened to be my
friend, the Recorder of New York. He
privately called my attention to a young
man sitting away forward, on the
upper deck. &" He is just from the State
Prison." said he, "to which sentenced
him five years ago" The happy fellow
was cleanly shaven, and was cheaply but
not untastefully dressed in mixed dark
gray suit, which was furnished him on
leavening by the officers of the prison.


Without seeming to notice him joined
him after awhile, and, without forcing
myself upon him. He made no secret Of
who and what he had been and was. "If
you had been in that big marble hotel,
as | have been for the last five years"
said he, pointing to the white prison
flashing in the afternoon sun, over the
CLASSY river, "you would be as happy as
l am. L am too happy to talk, in fact
and haven't been much used to talking
lately, either" He told me his brief
story. He had been head book-kee per
in a large dry goods establishment loved
his business, but the luxuIies of the city
restaurants more began to alter his fig,
ures and pocket the proceeds, until he
was suspected, accused, arrt sted, found
guilty and punished. He had never been
in the shower-bath, or worn the yoke, or
been in the dungeon. He had served
out his time without complaint against
hlm for any infraction of the rules, and
he left the prision thoroughly reformed
man. I" 1t was the first STEP" said he,
THAT did it,and thank God " he added,
" it shall be the last" And it was the
last He is nov an honest man, and re-
spected by all who know him and have
known his trials.


/ asked him what was the hardest pe-
rod with him in his confinement, and was
surprised at his answer; "The first two
months" said he, "and the last two. |
was overwhelmed with painful anxiety as
the time of my liberation drew near;
could scarcely eat or sleep; | was almost
afraid | should die before my time was
up"


One thing he dwelt upon, which | will
repeat here-for it Is an evil which must
he corrected-and that is the association
ofyoune criminals with old and hardened
offenders "There we're boys in our
shop" said he, sin for their first offense,
who have been taught lessons in crime (;
and as sure as they come out, will profit
by their instruction from scoundrels who
had twice been recommitted to Sing Sing"
LEWIS GAYLORD CLARK, IN Packurs
Monthly for Jme
Year: 1869

The dew and the flowers for the May;
the greenncss, the grateful shadow, the
growth and ripening for the summer; the
corn, and the grapes, and the gold of fall
ing leaves, and the serene sweetness for
the autum good mems feasts, and the
old folks by the ireside, and the love sto-
ry and poem-all these, and thousand
quiet pleasures beside, are shut up for us
within the white gates Of the winter. Ii
we but keep the spring in our hearts, and
tender and truthful acquiesceuce in the
divine ordering Of THINGS we can ere.
ate the spring in any place, in anysea son.
| have seen men and women who had
never in their lives 80 fine an adornment
as their white hairs and doubt not but
that they may become so to all Of US, pro-
vided we but live as we ought to live, in
marriage or out Of it, and whether we be
richer or poorer. Just stop for moment,
then, my frightened bird, futtering your
faded plumage so wildly on the border of
the stream the water affords but treach,
erous footing at best and remember, too,
that many poor thing has had to stay
under till she died In the first place,
what is all the fright and the flutter
about! Your coat is growing brown, to
be sure; your top.knot droops, and your
song is little thinner and feebler than it
used to be but nature, in spite of you,
will 60 on with her memorable process
and twenty mates, if you could take them,
would not bring back the scarlet bright
ness 10 the wing, nor the rich, golden full
ness to the quaverinS note-not at all.
Then you were born for the tree-lop and
the meadow, and taking into account the
possibility of coming up bedraggled and
smothered, is the old faded coat and the
dropping top>knot worth the price'


But, to drop one smile, let me say more
directly that this lion the ladies are so
much dfedred OF is no lion after all, but
only "Snug, the JOINER Possess your
souls, then, in patience little while, and
he will roar you gently as a sucking
dove" The alarm is wholly false it is
the ignorance and wrong education that
have conjured up the lion that scAres you.
Meet him honestly and squarely, and he
will resolve himself into thin air and van
ish away,


There is much talk now-a-days about
womans rights but mention it here
only to say that, if women would, first Of
all, assert their inalienable right to grow
old, in marriage or out, as they may
choose, they would thereby so far push
out the walls Of the worlds superstition
as to come peaceably into the possession
of much ground likely, as matters stand,
to be held long while debatable. -ALIcK
CARY, IN Pdclarfs Monthly for Nay.
Year: 1869

Men are not born, but are made, Ges
MUS, worth power Of mind, are more made
than born. Genius born may grovel in
the dust; genius made may mount to the
skies, Our great and good men that
stand along the path Of history bright and
shining lights are witnesses Of these truths.
They stand there as everlasting pleaders
70 employment. Now what is true of
men in this respect is equally true Of wo.
men. Unemployment is the instrumental
ity in making men, it is equally so in
making women. There is something no.
BILE, grand, glorious in woman, She is
the impersonation of spiritual beauty.
But all females are not women. There
are scores of them who are only female
humanities and scores more who are
only ladies. A lady and a woman are
two very different things-one is made at
the hands of fashion the other is the
handiwork Of God through the instru-
mentality of useful employment. We
know that young man thrown upon his
own resources is more likely to be a great,
good man, than when Graded upon the lap
of luxury or fortune. Why is it 7 Simply
because he seeks employment, and depends
upon himself for what he is to be and do


He leans not on another, and hence grows
strong by standing alone, A woman can
no more be true woman than a man
can be true man without employment
and self-reliance. l would have every
boy and girl in the whole country taught
to make their own living at some useful
employment; no matter if they are rich.
How many women there are over whose
heads time drags heavily They have
nothing to do. The dull round of society
is irksome. They have stood at the toilet
till everything there is fatiguing. They
have talked over and over their little
round Of fashionable nonsense. / know
that many noble women are weary of such
life. They are tired Of being dolls. They
would be glad to be women and fill the
places Of usful, energetic, resolute women.
Lite is given for employment; our powers
are made for activity. The idler is a
lcech on himsef-his own despoiler. An
idle woman is as base thing as an idle
man. She was made to be self,reliant
and useful. A drone in any hive is a
base bee. know young women have re-
fined ideas of delicacy ; sometimes imag,
inc it is vulgar to be useful that delicate
hands are evidences of ladyship. They
ought to know that delicate hand is an
evidence ofa soft head. Ladyship and wo-
manhood are two things. A soft hand
and faint heart may make one, but not
the other. Womanhood is put on by in
dustry in the pursuit of good. 1t is made
in the field of noble employment


REV GEORGE & WEAVER
Year: 1869

Teachers often make 4 great mistake
in supposing that children cannot clear
" understand human nature. \ lit
tie child will often, as by instinct de-
tect the presence OF wickedness i'll the
grown man, will distinguish the good
and pure from the base and corrupt,
with as uncrring certainty as the learn
ed philosopher, with all his acquired
knowledge OF humanity. The child
often feels instantly what the man
takes time to reason out. The child
may not be able to analyze his feel
ingS, may not be able to give reason
for what it feels, but its intui,ions arc
generally correct.


Teachers pel er make Z greater mis-
take than when they try to deceive
their pupils 1t cannot easily be done.
A teacher gains nothing by pretend
ing TO know more than he really does
know, or by seeming to be anything
else than what he really is. Let hm
seem to be what he is, and nothing
more ana nothing less. Il he cannot
work problem that may he brought
to him, he will gam, instead OF lose By
frankly owning it. Let him own that
he has not worked an example, and
does not see how to work it, and then
sit down with his class, and work it
with them and it Will create feeling
OF mutual respect and friendship II
some one Of the class works it before
be does, 50 much The better. \ teach
er should thoroughly prepare himself
for anything that may come up, bat
let h.m not seem to be beyond max
inc mistakes. Humility in the teacher
will make his pupils none the less
tractable, They Will be all the more
willing to learn If hs mauites:s 4 wilt
ingnesS to learn, even from them. \
teacher often feels it his duty to pun
ish severely, any case OF deception in
his pupils. Then let him beware how
he attempts to deceive them, even in
the slightest particulaG.-L Iowa School
Journal
Year: 1869

A curious scene was witnessed the
other day q. st. Petersbur.h, in Rus
sia. The first regiment of the 1mperi-
al horse guards were drawn up in line,
when Young officer, dressed IN full
regimentals, was led up to the Colonel
of the regiment, who struck him IN the
tacc, took his sword from him, told two
other officers to tear off his uniform, and
then had him clad in the coarse uni
form Of a private Of ihe line. The Off
Ger thus degraded had stolen money
from one Of his comrades, and com
mi,ted number Of iorgerles. lie was
reduced to the position OF private II
the line, and to serve for life as such in
one of tho Eastern Districts OF the En-
pire.
Year: 1869

We have found a school IN this
county where the director would not
furnish the teacher any chalk. We
hope the people will cease complain
ing Of poor teachers so long as they
elect such ounces for school officers
Year: 1869

No reasonable farmer will dispute the
importance Of having workshop upon his
premises. and especially those who have
boys to bring up. Boys will be busy, and
if opportunity is not given for q full en-
ployment of their time, either with work
or sport at home. they will seek. diversion
abroad, which will not usually result pro-
fitably. A farmer gives his experience
and opinion upon the matter in the sub
Joined sensible talk:


How many farmers do we find that have
not the ingenuity to repair rake, or other
small farm implement. Were they bro't
up on farm? Yes. Well, then. why
is it? Some may say they are Of that uu-
fortunate class of mortals that are not gift
ed with their share of ingenuity. This is
a great mistake. If you will take the
trouble toinquire of them what they spent
their time at when young, they will tell
you farming. Was their father farmer?
Yes, the best in the neighborhood, they
may say. Well what did he employ him
self and boys at rainy days? 20 nothing;
when it rained too hard to work, we gen.
orally spent our time at the village, in the
stores and tavern. You know that boys
want rest sometimes" Very true. but is
there no other enjoyment for boys than at
the tavern and stores? Had the father
had workshop. with selected lot Of
tools. would not those boys had some job
for a rainy day. such as a little cart,
sleigh, wagon or boat to make or repair ?
There are very few boys who do not have
such things to make. Thus by having a
small workshop. boys soon acquire taste
to handle tools and tinker up many little
Iplaythings of their own.


When older, the knowledge gained will
be Of great service to them in making and
repairing implements on the farm. But
there are habits which they acquire in
spending their leisure time at the village,
which is the ruin Of many promising boy,
for where do we find village now, in
which there is not one or two taverns,
where the temptation appears to be strong,
Judging from the number we generally
find in them getting spirituous liquors to
drink? s.A


When all farmers learn to make their
homes attractive for their boys and them
selves !? Afew good books. one or more
good agricultural papers, and last, but not
Ffe1St, AsMOfkea0W D. ts..S Sy -
Year: 1869

Charles Dickens says that ''the
first external revelation of the dry rot in
men is tendency to lurk and lounge; to
be at street corners without ineligible
reason; to be going anywhere when met;
to be about many places. rather than any;
to do nothing tangible. but to have an
intention Of ofperformiug q number Of tangi-
gible duties Tomorrow or the day after" !"
Year: 1869

subsidies and first mort gagc bonds, and the
companies, who arc also the contractors,
have pocketed both the subsidy and the
mortgage bonds-leas what the building Of
the road actually cost. Wepresnmc TINT lit
tie relief will be voluntarily given by those
oor,norants, who will continue to plunder
the public in the most merciless manner
until the next session Of Congress, when o
united effort must be made to have the
charges reduced to d proper scale. Con
gress has the power to prescribe the maxi
mum rates for fares and frcights which the
companies may be permitted TO exact iron
the public
Year: 1869

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the Republican party, and gave all the infd-
ence of his illustrous name toward the fullest
and most perfect restoration of the Union. vi
all the Rebel commanders, Gen. LonGstreet Is
the most unpopular with the Rebels of the
South. His unpopularity, however, is only for
day; in another generation it will be seen
how truly wise and great he has been. .a


Now, what shall we do with such man 7
Senator Cameron thinks we owe him punish
ment, isolation, vengeance. President Grant
believes that by appointing him to an office in
New Orleans, he gives the best pledge to the
true men Of the South that he means to deal
generously by them, and welcome them back
into the Union. Senator Cameron's policy
is simply that of passion. President Grants
is the highest craftsmanship, and Wis
dom. The men who fought with Gen.
Longstreet are our brothers in many respects,
our kinsmen, our fellow-citizens, the men upon
whom we must depend in future war. the
leaders of many large communities IN the
South. who are, for veal or woe, to be our
fellow citizens, under the protection OF our
flag, and to undergo all the duties of citizenship
If we follow the policy of Gen. Cameron
we only isolate this large community
and say to the Southern people: "The crime OF
rebellion is an objectionable sin, yOulive with
Gus but you are not of us you are aliens, and
"you have life itself only by mistaken mercy"
The President says "The past is buried with the
"past in war we showed vengeance, in peace we
"show magnanimity. Now, if you will come
'"back to us in good faith, we welcome you as
"our brothers and our fellow-citizens."


This is a small office. We presume, so
far as the mere gathering of the customs is
concerned, Gen. Longstreet is better
man than nine-tenths of the people of New
Orleans who will be acceptable to Gov. Brown
low and Gen. Cameron. He will do his duty;
he will serve the country, and no public inter-
est will be injured by his holding this
office. That is the practical consideration.
higher thought is, that by the confirmation
of Gen. Longstreet nothing remains OF the
past rebellion but bitter memory. The duty
of the present is peace and loyalty. If you
intend to keep the dark memories alive you
will invoke the vengeance of the Govern
ment; if you mean to forget the past and
accept the responsibility of the present,
assisting the restoration of the Union,
and giving to the Constitution and the laws
a sincere and earnest support, then you are
our fellows in citizenship, and share with us
the blessings of the Union. Senator Cameron
can do no wiser thing than use his great in
fluence in impressing this lesson upon the South.
1t is a short sighted policy which would rebuke
President Grant for nominating Gen. Long
street to an Office. We can hardly think that
the Senate will refuse to confirm this selection.
and our only regret is that it has not been
done as promptly and cordially as the nomna-
ton was made.
Year: 1869

We do not know what pretense of necessity
there may be for the action of the State
Senate yesterday in prohibiting the use OF
steam on the upper end of our Second Avenue
Railroad. But we do know that the step Is
one in the wrong direction. Steam
ought to be and can be safely used in many
localities on street railroads, and we should be
passing laws to encourage rather than to pro-
hibit it, Will not the House watch for and
strangle this nwise measure
Year: 1869

We see it stated that the Senate amend
ments to the notorious Indian Appropriation
bill are sure to send it to Conference Com
mittee Considering the luck the House has
lately had in that mode of conducting legislaT
tiOn, it is perhaps unnecessary to remind IL
of the great danger of its getting beaten
thereby. We trust, however, that every mem
Der of the large majority in the House. winch
we know to be opposed to the jobs usually
fosted into this bill, will remember that we
can stand its entire failure better than we can
bear being plundered. Let the Jobbers under
stand that. whether at risk to the bill or
not the swindlers shall be kept out.
Year: 1869

Nothing could be in better spirit than the
remarks of our new Collector of the Port, the
other day, to the gentlemen engaged in the
Custom House: In my humble Judgment


he said, "it is wrong and improper for any
"empoye to receive, directly or indirectly,
outside of his salary, anything for the accommo-
dation of any private citizen" But we wish the
Collectors language instead of deferentially
resting the case upon his "own humble judg-


'ment,n had pointed to the ldp, which visits
heavy penalties upon the practice deprecated,
and to tho oath that every clerk must take
before drawing his salary, which includes a
solemn declaration that he has not been guilty
of it. Yet, in spite of the law and the oath,
Mr. Grinnell may find, if he chooses to
inquire among the acQuaintances of his subor-
dinates that nothing is more common or open.
The families of Custom House clerks are noto.
riously supplied with the finest wines. Their
wives have marvellous presents Of silks.
Their cigars bear no sort of propor-


ton to their salaries. Among their friends
they speak of the presents from this
captain and that passenger, in the most un-
concerned matter-of-fact way. The Collector
can find all this out very readily, if no will
only take such ordinary steps as merchant
or banker does to ascertain the conduct Of n
clerk who is manifestly spending more than
his honest income. We are glad " soc that
Year: 1869

1t is proposed at Albany to abolish our whole
City Market system, and sell out our nulsances
known as City Markets. The measure is wise
and needful, and should command at least
every Republican vote.
Year: 1869

Turkey and Persia are likely to settle their
present difficulties in peaceable way. But the
relations between the two great Mohammedan
Powers are likely to remain as unfiiendly as
those between Turkey and Greece.
Year: 1869

The Alabama Claims - The Thunderer


Asks, WHO'S Afraid, in the Event of


WARP


From the London Times. Feb. p


Mr. Johnson can scarcely be aware
of the extent of this repugnance to
war, and this single wish to save
only the national honor, when he
tells the good people of Manchester
that a war must be vastly more dis
astrous to this country than his own.
There is not the slightest necessity
for importing such a calculation into
the controversy. The material re-
suits are really out of the question
altogether. We are quite aware that
in the event of war We shorla not be
able to render effectual aid to our
Canada dominion, and that our fell
low-subjects out there would either
have to fight at terrible disadvant-
age, or mOrtify our pride by antici-
pating defeat and yielding to terms.
In a material point of view that
would be no loss to this country.
The suggestion that numerous Ala
bamas would scour every ocean in
search of the British flag, and lie Iii
wait in the crowded track of our Aus
tralian galleons, is a thought of re-
taliation that must be only too ma
tural. But neither is the menace ne
cessary nor is it so certain that we
should find the odds against us i'll
this sort of warfare. Our ancestors
were robbers and pirates, and the
Americans are q st&p further from
that origin than we are, for we are
an earlier link in this chain. Two
ships did all the mountain of mis-
chief that Is laid to our charge, and
if it is strange that they could be al
lowed to get ont of our ports, 1t Is
very much stranger that they should
be allowed to scOur an entire ocean,
and threaten every pathway OF COM
meree If our neglect, our red-tape-
ism, and our stupidity were so great
as to arouse suspicion and bred mis-
trust, what is to be said of the Amer
lean a AdaairaliIy How can Mr.
Johnson be sure that Hbat has nap
pened will not happen AGAIN. MS
argument requires that both circum,
stances and national character shoula
change Oh both sides of the a tlantlc.
We are To become irresolute, back
ward and ehary. We are to become
insensible to that honor which, II
where, we console ourselves we
have maintained on the sea. we are
TO be incapable of doing on a gIahu
scale that which was latelS uoHe
here on the smallest possible scale,
i9seguiariy and surreptitiously, yet
with astounding succes9. The crime
charged against those priyateers was
that they we're British in every re-
spect whatever, except flag anu
captains commission. On the other
hand, the Americans are TO do on a
colossal scale what they failed To do
in miniature. BY their own estl-
mate, they lost more in the late war
by ships that durst not show them
selves at all, but kept in harbor, for
fear of those two monsters than by
the actual captures Then, III the
present state OF American politics,
W ho can count on the permanenee OF
the status quo in any respect? How
would 4 foreign war operate on the
Federal question Wonderful and
un1xr led things have happened
on ffat fabulous soll; witness lbs
death or manning OF. a million men
in the field. What has happened
may still happen. So also may that
which has not happened, nor even
been imagined.
Year: 1869

The new Congress contains large
infusion of new members III both
bodies. AS most people do not keep
track of these changes, we give a
list OF them, noting the names of the
new Senators and those whom they
supersede, and also the new Repre-
sentatives and those who drop out of
Congress to make room for the new
corners. The politics of those COM
ing in and those going out is desig-
mated by the letters X and D:
Year: 1869

Captain Young 70 be Prosecuted.


The Board OF Metropolitan Police Commissioners
met yesterday morning. when the opinion OF the
counsel to the Board was received and read.


OPINION OF COUNSEL


On the foregoing facts we have no hesitation in
saying that in our opinion the money received by
Captain Young does not belong to him. but when
received by him Immediately became Q part OF the
"P0lice Life Insurance FUND.- and be recovered
by the trustees OF that fund. The Board adopted the
following resolution


Resolved That the counsel Of this Board hereby In
sruced 10 slit against John s. Young, late
police captain m this police district 10 from him the
by HIM for by him such
police captain Of the police said DIS
ct in arresng concerned alleged to have been
concerned In stealing bonds and other securities, the
property OF the First National Bank Of New Windsor Car
county Nd and In of the said stolen
secues whether tie said moneys 20 received by hs said
Young were received reward, gin present for said
servces and that copy Of the testimony and proceedings
the trial Of the said Young before his Board be sent TO
said counsel.