smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

DR.. STRICKLAND writing from Hilton
Head, South Carolina, to the Christian
Advocate and Jour,sal says:


Notwithstanding all that has been writ
ten on the subject, one must see for him
self to form a correct estimate Of the agri>
cultural resources of the South. The sell
which has the appearance of barren sand,
and would he ''given to salt" by North
erner, is the richest imaginable. We are
encalnped in field mile long and a quar-
ter of mile in breadth, two thirds Of
which, when we pitched our tents, was
white with the third picking of cotton Of
quality the most beautiful and valuable
in the world, and the remaining third
brown with unpicked corn of large ears
and white hard grains. Better corn we
never saw, nor finer yield per acre for
It's quality. Sweet potatoes are found in
great quantities and Of the most delicious
flavor, and the same may be said of all
other escuIents of the garden. Large guam
titles Of cotton have been found on this and
the adjacent islands in barns. much of
which is ready for market. What will be
done with it We know not, but if shipped
to market it would yield a handsome reve-
nue., and help to pay the expenses of this
iniquitous rebellion. The corn is being
brought into the fort from the island, and
we counted the other day fourteen wagons,
each drawn by four horses, loaded with
this valuable product


1t is all folly to talk about starving out
the South by the blockade Of ner ports.-
The cotton might be all consumed to day
and the South would only suffer in her
want Of luxuries; while the corn, rice, po-
tatoes and hogs and cattle, with the fish,
oysters and wild game, would prove abun
dant for all necessary demands In our
estimation, the taking and holding of all
the Southern ports SO far from conquering
the South, would amount to nothing more
than slight inconvenience, which can
readily be submitted to so long as it can
maintain its independence. This is, doubt
less, fully understood by the South, and
till she can bring her resources fully to
bear in meeting the necessary demands for
subsistence, her slaves will be put, as they
have been in numerous instances, upon
short allowance, and even this difficulty
will be obviated wherever our army advan-
ces as it is the policy of the government
to treat them as slaves and support them.
1t strikes US that such policy while it
prolongs the war, is Of great advantage to
the enemy, in relieving them from burdens
and enabling them in the evacuation of a
town or plantation, to leave behind them
the old, sickIy and worthless portion of
their slaves.
Year: 1862

THINGS THAT | HAVE SEES.--I have
seen a farmer build house so large and
fine that tie sheriff turned him out OF
doors.


have seen young men sell good farm
tnrn merchant, break, and die in an insane
hospital.


| have seen farmer travel about SO
much that there was nothing at home
worth looking after.


have seen a rich mans son begin
where bis father left of-weaIthy; and
enI where his father began-penni-
less.


have seen a worthy farmers son idle
away years Of the prime Of his life, in dis
sipa.ion, and end his career in the poor
hUrea.


have seen the disobedienre of son
bring down the grey hairs Of his father
with sorrow to the grave.
Year: 1862

attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Mantowoc, and car now promise to give
prompt attention to all professional business
entrusted to him.
~ Collections made in any part Of the State
For few weeks bis Office will be found at
his dwelling house.
Year: 1862

E If there bad been no slavery" we
hear it sung for the thousandth time,
"there would have been no rebellion. -
Very likely. II there had been no aboli
tionism, would there have been any rebel
lion .-.-
Year: 1862

/ wish this war was ended,
And father was at home,
Then mother would not cry so much
oh why don't father come?
I'm sure my mother loves me,
But why, cannot tell,
She makes no more new clothes for me,
But sews on clothes to sell.
] asked her once about it,
But mother would not speak
She only pressed me to her breast,
While tears fell on my cheek.
I'm sure there's something very bad
Has happened, for know
Ny mother did not do this way
About twelve months ago.
/ am too young to reason much,
But think it very strange,
That Just because dear fathers gone
That everything should change.
Tor since he went away the man
That used to bring us bread,
Has ceased to come along this way
I'm thinking he is dead
7 600 tho rniil,-'ron still goes by,


rot tell


t our house,


is bell.


bo used to be


nd clean,
Will not bring Ma one bit Of meat;
think be is right mean.
told my Ma to change them all,
And try some other men
She sighed, and then came down her cheek
Big tears, like drops of rain.
Ma used TO have nice furniture,
But why, cannot say,
She let a man who had cart
Haul nearly all away.
l wish this war was ended,
And father was at home
Then Ma, I'm sure, would smile again
Oh! when will father Gomez


~ o. Delta.
Year: 1862

HALTER BREAKING YoUNo CoLTs.-
There is as much advantage in beginning
early with colt as with boy. 1t Sc
rious business to most farmers to break n
stout four year-old to the halter, and to
handling; but begin with sucking colt,
and you have an easy task. He takes
gentle handling, may soon be made fa-
miliar with the halter, and do your bid
ding. After little training, the boys
can lead him to the pasture aud TO water,
which will be good lesson for them, as
well rs the colt.
Year: 1862

THE BEST TINE TO PRUNE.-An old
clergyman is quoted as defining this time
to bo "when your knife is sharp" He
was certainly half right, for smooth
clean cut is very essential to the healing
of the wound. But there is very great
difference in the healing of wounds on ac-
count of the season in which they are
made. Pruning done in March and April,
especially if large limbs are removed, Of
ten Injuries an orchard for life. The sap
oozes from all the pores and runs down up
on the bark discoloring and oftentimes
destroying it-called scalding. Without
other protection, decay begins, and in
few years you have hollow limb.


We like the month of June for prun-


ING. better than all others. If the work
is done soon after the new wood begins to
form, the wounds made by !hc removal Of
small limbs will be nearly covered over
the Same season they are made. Tho
leaves makes such n demand upon the
wood for sap that none of il escapes from
the wounded pores. 1t is also favora-
bic time for thumb pruning. BY watch
ing the growth of the shoots upon young
trees they may be brought into symmet-
rical shape without much use Of the knife.
.Jlne.
Year: 1862

The NATIONAL DEDT.-The Washing
ton Daily Globe of May 10th, says;--
"There is high authority for the state
ment that the national debt is now about
six hundred millions of dollars, on which
the average interest is not more than
four and half per cent"
Year: 1862




We tako Il for granted that the authorities here will
decline accedng 10 the late request Of General Sge TO be
relieved from his present command. This request grew
doubtless out OF his dissatisfaction with the failure 70
assign TO his corps certain regiments recently raiscd
which the Governors Of the states In which they were
raised promised TO send to him No such agreement or
arrangement between those functonares and General
sge could be binding on the department, which mJet
necessarily assign troops as they come into the service


st where the exigencies Of the moment require them
o. imperativey We are persuaded that little re-
n, ct will open the eyes OF General Sge to this fact as
well as to tho further fact that the President and War
Department have nj all times done every possible
tlfng 10 crafty him. The trouble between them
lorcby illustrates, nrst, the embarrassmens to the
service growing OF the interference OF Governors
acting as such with the disposition OF troops raised for
tho public veal rather than be commanded by any parti.
car general and also the than folly OF disposng
of troos any other end whatever than that OF using
them and where they for the time being best sub
scrv the cause for which they wore brought into the
srvi ..


P.s--we may not inappropratey remark that the
Cove lately here also understood TO have vrtu.
ally assumed the right only thus TO assign the troops,
hut III than instance the generals In the way OF
insisting vehemeniy that should have this COM
mani another that command, and that others should be
removed from their command Sc no All this Is IN OK
Keeping with the doipgs OF the political leaders that
have, up 10 this tc brought so many delays and re-
verses on arms.


II will be readily perceived that 10 permit the Cover
nors Of States TO assign troops 10 special officers, would
be virtually conccding 10 them the right 10 make or
make generals In command.
Year: 1862

to read the indications Of the popular will,
when the war broke out, than they are
now. The people care nothing for McClel-
Ian. Their former respect for him is de-
stroycd by the character Of his defenders;
and their pity for his fall by the nature Of
the defense.
Year: 1862

The twilight fades along the west
And gathering shadows gently weave
Night sombre veil; while in my breast
They bring gloom-a strange unrest
That comes alone at eve;


Yet, not for earth, in shadow drest,
Does now this troubled spirit grieve,
For night is loves and pleasures zest,
And morning. din comes soon at best,
Its silence to relieve 5Tsi.
The evening star, with gentle ray,
Smiles sweetly from the glowing sky,
But sinks in loveliness away,
Enamored of departing day
The first to shine, the first to die
So beauty fades at loves decay;
But not for these, the restless sigh,
For morn shall find all nature gay,
And 'morrow's eve again display
Loves peaceful orb on high.
And yet, my spirit is not free;
Sad memories my heart enchain, if
Whose sullen breathings bring to me,
Afar, as from the sobbing sea,
A mournful, wild refrain--
mistaken mortal woulds't thou be
Enraptured of thy life? In vainl
Beauty shall bloom, and love, and glee,
But youth that made them sweet to thee
Shall never be again"
Year: 1862

Colonel FOrney writes to the Philad ell
phia Press:


"I know that there are those in thu, free
States who will resort to every artif.ce 10
turn the Presidents proclamation into a
means Of injury to the common cAuse.-
God help our country in this her last trial
Attacked by traitors in the South, betrayed
by ingrates in the North, she now, more
than ever, needs the service and support
of her children. Will not her many suf-
ferings awake the fire of affection in the
hearts Of those who have heretofore been
deaf to her appeals? A strange nation, in
the condition of the free people of this
country, would excite the sympathy Of
these sympathizers with treason. But they
are Indifferent to the cause of the mother
country that bore them, on whose broad
breast they have grown rich and great
Out of every act Of the Administration to
protect and preserve the Government,
these wretched partissns fabTicate new ell
ements of strife and dissension. There
is-there must be-a limit to this atrocious
treachery in our midst. The people should
see to it, or they are lost. If the authors
of the rebellion, the advocates of Breck-
inridge in 1860, and Of his reasonable
doctrines of 1862, are now permitted to
SOW the seed of a new reyolt-in fact, to
lay the groundwork of a peace that would
breed unending war-six months more
will find the loyal States broken into a
dozen fragments, the dependents of a
united South, and prey of the jealous
monarchs of the Old World. There is q
way to crush and anticipate this great
danger. The people must rebuke the
shameless demagogues who, under the
cloak of loyalty, are toiling on the side of
rebellion; and who, in opposing Mr. Lin
coins Administration, expect to see that
of jefferson Davis taking its place. The
Presidents proclamation will give these
sympathizers with secession in Pennsyl-
vania and elsewhere another chance to
show their hands May it also teach the
people that the toleration of such treason
is the certain forerunner Of the overthrow
of the Republicl
Year: 1862

The Richmond Dispatch, speaking edi-
tOrially of the rebel army and Congress,
doles forth in the following melancholy
strain:


We again take occasion to implore the
Congress of the Confederate States to pass
law for the recruiting Of our army
They have been here now six weeks, and
have literally done nothing but talk. The
very spirit Of the miserable old "Logoc-
racy from which we have separated,
seems to animate them. The House has
passed one conseription bill, and the SEN
ate has passed another, and the provisions
Of the two are so discordsnt that it would
take the most acute lawyer in the Confed-
eracy to reconcile them. They seem utter
ly incapable of comprehending the spirit
Of the age While everybody outside is
painfully anxious for the safety of the
country and the cause, they seem to be in
tent on nothing but securing their own
popularity at home. We hope they are
better than they appear to be, but to an
outsider they seem to think it quite as great
misfortune to lose a vote as to lose a
country.


Have these men forgotten the experience
OF last session. Have they forgotten the
disgraceful hurry with which, after utter
iy neglecting the public safety for months,
they fed from Richmond upon the first
approach of McClellan's army2 Do they
wish to repeat that disgraceful exhibition ?
VIII not one suffice? If they are not sat
ished, we tell them that they are taking
the best possible steps to bring on the ne
eessity Of another stampede. If they will
not recruit the army, and that shortly,
there is nothing more certain than anoth-
er armed invasion.


Was there ever such criminal folly as
that in which the Confederate Congress is
at present indulging2 Last year, while
they were talking and wasting time, the
enemy raised, armed and disciplined q
force of 700 men. We all reeollect the
terrible consequences. Now the enemy is
doing the very same thing. Still they ap-
pear to have forgotten all about the last
session, including that stampede.


Our armies want recruits. They have
fought most valianuy and most success
fully; but their losses have been heavy;
they must be recruited if we expect them
to continue their victorious career. Still,
80 long as the enemy is at a distance, we
can see no hope that it will be done
Year: 1862

THE LONDON TnfEs.-The Duke Of We'll
hngton very clearly Epressed his idea ci
the honesty and fairness Of this lesding
journal" when he wrote in reference to
its abuse of him:


/" The truth is, I refused to employ a rel
atiTe Of the editor Of the Times in my fam
lily and that is the reason he has accused
me Of corruption"
Year: 1862

The rebel Senate on the 23d passed the
following bill:


Section l. The Congress of the Confed-
crate States Of America do enact, That the
President be and is hereby authorized to
call out and place in the military service
Of the Confederate States for three years.
unless the war should have been sooner
ended, all white men who are residents of
the Confederate States, between the ages
Of thirty-fve and forty-fve years, at the
time the call or calls may be made, and
who are not, at such time or times, legally
exempted from military service.
Year: 1862

Our naval reporter yesterday visited the
yards in which iron-clad ships are building
for the Government In them all the ut
most energy and industry were visible
The following is rough estimate of the
number of hands employed in the different
nlaces named.
Year: 1862

The Recent Battle In Kentucky.


We are permitted to publish .he follow
ing letter from soldier of Wheeling, now
in the army in Kentucky, to his sister here,
descriptive Of the recent fight:
Year: 1862

me Po5tagC to any part Of tile United States will
be but TWENTY-kOUR GENTS a year for GBIaek
wood and but FOURTEEN CENTS year for each
Al the above prices the Periodicals will he fur
Year: 1862

mand a ready sale at the highest pricess Even for any purpose, those dropped early. if kept thrifty, gre better. Another advantage is their being weaned earlier in the season longer is thus afforded the ewes to recruit be ore winter. If the ewes not likely to be in order for a good supply of milk, lamblng time should be deferred til the grass starts, when few days upon green food will improve them for sucking very much. The period of generation is about five mouths, often few days less, so that where it is intended to have lambs the first d y of April, bucks are used the first of No venlber They should not be allowed to run at large in the flock. 4 mixture of tar, oil, lamp blak k and rosin. for marking at this time: is very useful. Types of soft wood are easily made. l adopt this course. When oue is served, one leap being sufficient, or two st most, the buck is taken away and kept as quiet as possible for an hour or so, when he is put with another and so on. In this way ons: male will go to quite a number without injury. When the ewes are served, they are numbered from ore upward, as they come to turn. The number and date being registered, the time to expect the lambs Is very nearly known. A day or two after their birth, corresponding figure is put upon them. This

 method is highly advantageous in separating a

 flock, or, by knowing which has the best lamb,

 in ascertainng the breeding qualities of each,

 and preserving their pedigree.
Year: 1862

If any of our citizens desire to see how
swamps may be formed on the tops of high
hills, they can have an excellent opportunity,
by looking at the excavation now making for
a cellar on Spring street, above Clark. A new
street has been laid here, from Spring to Dan
forth streets, across what has been called
Emerys Swamp, which lies between these
streets, and holds in the spring and fall pond
of water several feet deep, in some parts of 1t.
The excavation for the cellar exposes the fol-
lowing strata,-first, a rich, black vegetable
mould, from eight to twelve inches thick then
distinct layer of drift material, about eight
inches thick, composed OF what was once
white sand, now discolored by the water per-
colating through it from the superintendent
earth, and intermixed with earth and large
number of pebbles, principally of white quartz.
Below this drift is sedimentary deposit of
white sand, SO free from pebbles, as to be
suitable for making morter for the cellar wall
without sitting. This sand is-about two feet
Year: 1862

GorTsCHALK's GRAND CONCERT. - The
fashion of Portland assembled en- masse last
evening at tho New City Hall, and were there
treated to as brilliant an entertainment in the
musical line as the most fastidious ear could
desire. 1t were impossible for us to convey an
idea of the style, the skill and the time in
which some of the most difficult pieces were
executed, nor indeed would it become us to
individualize any of the performers, suffice it
te say that this has proved to the public of
Portland the eminent ability of L. M. Cots
chalk to please the most delicate and suscepti-
BILE musical ear.
Year: 1862

The State Of New York, in 1861, borrowed
one million dollars upon its seven per cent.
bonds, in anticipation of the State tax, to pro-
vide for the public defence. The money was
raised for the purpose of equipping troops
The bonds mature on the LIST of July, and
while the State pays other debts then matur-
ing in specie, the comptroller proposes to
meet these bonds in currency.


The presidents of several leading banks have
addressed him upon the subject, urging that
the subscribers for the stock had no reason
when subscribing, to suppose that these bonds
would not be paid in the same way as others,
and that they could then have invested their
money in government stocks at much less than
par.


The comptroller replies that the loan was
made for the United States, and is to be paid,
If desired, in the currency of the United
States it is held by banks and may be paid in
the currency furnished by the banks; that it
was made in anticipation of tax, and will be
paid by handing over the tax just as it was
collected. He also says


Il also admit that when you took the bonds
you had no reason to expect that they would
not be paid in specie il desired. But you will
also admit that you had no reason to expect
the banks, to which they were mostly issued
would suspend specie payments while their
vaults were full of specie, nor that the United
States would make irredeemable Treasury
notes legal tender in payment of the tax up
on which they were issued"


The banks insist that the honor of the State
is affected by the proposed payment in cur
rency; but this the comptroller does not ad-
nit. We apprehend, however, that he might
find in case another loan were offered, that the
decision in this case might have more to do
with the facility of negotiation than he is now
willing to allow.-[Boston Advertiser.
Year: 1862

lB-If Bro. Felch had been fully posted
when he credited an item in relation to the
Bath ship-yards to the Evening Times, he
would have known that it was an estray from
the Daily PRESS.


aVQuite smart shower passed over this
city last evening, accompanied by vivid flashes
Of lightning and heavy peals of thunder.
Year: 1862

eB Dwellers along our Western rivers NAV
asswcl be On the look out for rise Of no ordina-
~ magnitude VIXEN the break up comes. First,
as to Chicago, the oldest inhabitant is author
ity for the statement that VIC may expect an
unusual freshet when the first general thaw
takcs place, unless it comes very gradually,
for the absence Of the usual January thaw this
past winter has left the ground in the country
covered with heavy body Of snow and ice
The Mississippi too will be on N unwonted
rampage when its spring ftcshets come down
from the great depth Of SNOW in its upper re-
glons, where even the labors Of the loggcrs
arc seriously 1mpeded from this cause. AL
this will conc to be heard from in time.