smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

Born Houses of the Virginia Legislature
have adopted the following joint resolutions:


RSsOtved, That we wish to assure the rep
resentatives of this State in Congress, in the
dnhcult circumstances in which they are
placed OF the warm sympathy of this Gener-
al Assembly in the struggle in which thev
are engaged, and our cordial support of every
proper measure they may adopt to protect
the just rights of this State and of the South
the integrity of the Union and of the Con-
sttution.


Resolved That we recommend, in view Of
the public danger. the union Of all elements
OF opposition to Black Republicanism and its
candidate for Speaker on any terms consis-
tent with fairness and honor, whenever by
such union its defeat can be accomplished
and the organization OF the House effected.
Year: 1860

the interests Of free labor. even the distlu.
guished Senator from Illinois only Obtained
majority Of his Legislature through an
unjust apportionment; the popular majority
was against him.


The people Of the great Northwestern
States. now numbering nearly ten millions
of freemen, will ever hold in grateful rec.
election the memory Of those whose states
manlike and patriotic foresight dedicated
the soil upon which they live to free Ia.
Dor; and they are not unmindful of the du-
ty they owe to their posterity. They mean
to prove to the world that the same zeal
for liberty which inspired their ancestors
still animates them. With slavery in the
States Of this Confedency. they claim no
other right to interfere than to unite with
an enlightened Christian would in public
sentiment before which all great wrongs
must sooner or later give way. But in the
broad Territories Of this Union they are
determined slavery never shall obtain a
foothold. The auction block for fellow.men
shall never be established there the crack
of the drivers whip. the clink Of the fe,ter.
or the moan Of the slave mother at the loss
of her offspring. shall never hc heard there,
but those broad plains. those fertile valleys,
and those mountain gorges rich in shin
ing metal, shall be wrought alone by the
willing hands Of free men. As fas, as
thsy are peopled. the school,house and the
church will spring up, and civilization and
refinement will bring comfort and happi.
ness to the entire population.


Mr.. President. a new era is about t.
dawn upon US; the desperate struggle
which has just taken place at Charleston
Is one Of the dying throes Of the slave pow
er. The most important functions of this
Government-excutive,l Legislative. and ju-
dicial-have fallen under lis control and
its immense patronage has been arrayed in
the unholy work Of extending slavery. 1t
must soon surrender the power which it
has welded 50 despotically over the party
in the North and over the whole country.
The slave code which the resolutions indi-
cate will never be passed and the doctrine
that slavery exists by virtue Of the Consti-
tion of the United States viii soon fall into
contempt. A party is about to take pos
session Of this Government, with the same
principles Of the Republican party Of 1900
An enlightened people are thoroughly
aroused to the good work; and they will
reverse the decisions Of your Supreme
Court. and the policy which has prevailed
under Democratic rule; they will make
freedom national and slavery sectional.
Their candidates, LINCOLN an HAMLrN. are
thorougly identified with the interests Of
the labOring classes. from which they have
sprung; and they are thoroughly imbued
with the principles and the love Of liberty.
Around such standard.bearers the hosts Of
the people will gather, and bear them on
to victory. Their Inauguration in power
will restore the Government to its original
design. 30 beautifully expressed in the pre-
amble to tho Constitution, and Z" to form .
more perfect Union. establish Justice. in.
sure domestic tranquility. provide for the
common defence. and secure the blessings
Of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. :"
Year: 1860

NWe have been shown an ingenious in.
vention by gentleman Of this county. in
the way Of self-acting carcoupling.-the
invention of Mr.. l.. Rawson of Quincy. to
whom patent has recently been issued.
The objec: Of the invention. is to do away
with the danger incurred in coupling and
uncoupling cars as now performed with the
pin and link With this coupling it will
only be necessary to run the cars together
to attach them securely to each other. with
out the aid Of the brakeman thus train
of any number Of cars can be coupled simp-
ly backing up. 1t would seem that in this
respect the invention is all that could be
asked but this is no. all the coupling
is 50 arranged that in case Of any accident
by the locomotive. or any car in the train
being thrown from the track, the coupling
must necessarily become disepgaged. allow
ing the remainder Of the train to remain
safely on the track. From a careful exam
ination Of the model shown US, it would
seem that the coupling cannot fail to attain
this desirable object. In cases where q car
is to be uncoupled, it can be done without
incurring the risk Of going between the
cars Cor the purpose.


Mr.. Jas. Clizbee, who is the assignee Of
one half of the patent. Informs US that he
shall endeavor soon to get permission to
fally ties. the invention On the NJ. S. d n.
|. X. K. He asserts tha. the cost Of this
coupling will be but little, if any, greater
than that now in use. Should it prove uT-
on testing it, to perform as is claimed for
it. it cannot fail to be useful invention
Branch Ca. Republican.
Year: 1860

~ PRETTY FANcY-B. F. Taylor, one of the
finest Western poets, writes: i"When the day
begins to go up to heaven at night, it does
not spread pair of wings and fly aloft like a
bird but it justs climbs softly up ladder 1t
sets it red sandal on the shrub you have wa
tered these three days, lest it should perish
with thirst; then it steps to the tree we sit un-
der, and thence to the ridges of the roof
From the ridges to the chimney, and from the
chimney to the tall elm, and from the elm to
the church spire, and then to the cloud, and
then to the threshold of heaven; and thus
from round to crimson round, you can see it &c
as though it walked up red roses"
Year: 1860

na-A Democratic paper down east says the
Black Republicans are going to nominate
Blondn for-tte Presidency this year. as he
can stretch a rope from the dome of the eapi-
tol to some point up Salt River, and take the
whole party up in a wheelbarrow!
Year: 1860

ABSENCE OF MlNp.-The first Lord Lettle1
ton was very absent in company, and when he
fell into the river by the. upsetting of a boat
at Hagley. it is said of him that 'sh che had sunk
twice before he recollected that he could
swim"
Year: 1860

TALE OF AN ELEPHANT.-Tell my grandchildren, said the late Right Rev. Daniel Wilson, writing home from India, that an elephant here had disease in his eyes. For three days he had been com pletely blind. His owner, an engineer officer, asked my dear Dr. Webb, if he could do anything to relieve the poor animal. The doctor said he would try nitrate of silver, which was remedy, commonly applied to similar diseases in the human eye. The huge animal was ordered to lie down, and at first, on the application of the remedy, raised most extraordinary roar at the acute pain which it accustomed. The effect, however, was wonderful. The eye was, in a manner, restored and the animal could see. The next day when he was brought, and heard the doctors voice, he laid down of himself, placed his enormous head on one side, curled up hIs trunk, drew in his breath just like man about to endure an operation, gave sigh of relief when Ii was over and then. by trunk and gestures. evidently wished to express his gratitude What sagacily! What lesson to us oi patience
Year: 1860

Like dreary prison walls

 The stern gray mountains rise, Until their topmost crags

 Touch the far gloomy skies; One steep and narrow path

 Winds up the mountains crest, And from our valleys leads

 Out to the golden West. dwell here in content, Thankful for tranquil days; And yet, my eyes grew din,

 As still I gaze and gaze Upon that mountain pass,

 That leads--or so it seems To some far happy land,

 Known in world of dreams. And as watch that path aU0t Over the distant hill, A foolish longing comes

 My heart and soul to fill; A painful, strange desire

 To break some weary bond; A vague unuttered wish

 For what might lie beyond In that far world unknown,

 Over that distant hill, May dwell the loved and lost, Lost-yet beloved still; l have yearning hope,

 Half longing, and half pain, That by that mountain pass "a They may return again. Space may keep friends apart, aas Death has mighty thrall; There is another gulf 4.tes3 Harder to cross than all; ec@ Yet watching that far road, 4 5 My heart beats full and fast; If they should come once more, If they should come at last See, down the mountain side The silver vapors creep; They hide the rock cliffs, They hide the craggy steep, They hide that narrow path ...-.. That comes across the hill, Oh, foolish longing cease,

 Oh, beating heart, be still!
Year: 1860

Sd. Do you remember that Douglas did not vote on the Tariff in the Senate last wlnter2 He lodged it. But do you re- member what he said the other day in his Philadelphia speech He told the people of Pennsylvania that if they would help him put his hand on the slavery question, he would give them all the protection they want. tIsn't wink as good as nod , etc.
Year: 1860

This faded flower that you see,


Was given me year ago,
BY one whose little dainty hand


Is whittier than the snow.
Her eyes are blue as yiolets.


And she's blonde, and very fair,
And sunset tints are not as bright


As is her golden hair.
And there are roses in her checks


That conc and go like living things;
Her voice is softer than the brooks


That flows from hidden springs.
She gave II me with downcast eyes


And rosy flushes of the cheek,
That told of tender thought, her tongue


Had never learned to speak.
The fitting worl had just been said,


And she was mine as long as life;
gently laid the flower aside,


And kissed my blushing wife.
She took 1t up with earnest look,


And said, "Oh! prize the Gowcr -
And tender tears were in her eyes


at Is my only DOVER"
She brought me Faith, and Hope, and Truth
She brought me gentle thoughts and love :
A soul as pure as those that float


Around the Throne above.
But earthly thing she nothing had,


Except this faded flower you see;
And though ii. worthless in your eyes,
IT'S very dear TO me.
Year: 1860

q raft used up their last poor allottcments OF
bread and water, and watched withBinking
hearts their poor stock decrease. Or no
might describe In manner that somc people
would laugh at, the gradual sinking OF .
family which had lost its means through do
gree after degree in tho social scale, till tho
workhouse was reached at last. But I do
not think that there Is anything really anus
up hold alter hold to which hc had clung,
and sinking always lower and lower and
there Is no doubt that, In physical sense.
wo soon como to do this In tho process OF
growing old.


Thcrc iss peculiar sAdncs in thinking Of
cxcrtions Of body or mind to which we were
once equal, but 70 which wo arc not equal
now. You remember The. nok -. earnest
Swift, conscious that the "dccay at the top"
had begun, bursting into tears as he read
one OF his early works, and cxclaiming,
Heavens, what genius | had when wrote
that !" What Is there moro touching than
tho picture Of Sir Walter, wheeled like .
child through the rooms at Abbotsiord, and
suddenly cIclaiming. Como this Is sad
idlencss, [" and insisting on beginning 70 die
tate new tale, in which the falling powers
Of the great magician appeared 30 sadly that
large Us its marketable value would hayo
been, II never was suffered to appear In print.
Probably o sense Of enfeeblcd iacultis is o
sadder thing than the sense Of diminished
physical power.


You do not like to think that In any TO-.
pcct you are falling Of. Youare not pleased
ut being told that ten years ago you wrote
palmer hand or spoke In roundcr voice.
1t Is moritfyingi to find that whereas yoa
could walk at tho rate Of five miles an honr.
you can now only accomplish three and q
half. Now in a hundred ways, and ut every
turn, and by host Of little wounding facts.
VIC are compelled TO feel as We grow old that
we arc falling OF. As the complexion
roughens, as the hair thins of, as We como to
stoop, us wo blow tremendously II We attempt
to run, tho man OF no moro than middle ago
is conscious Of q physical dccadencc. And
advancing years mako tho wise man sadly
conscious OF mental decadencc, too. Lot
us bc thankful that IL physical and intellect
ual decline must come nt certain stage OF
growing old, thcro arc respects in which, 90
long as we live, We may have the comfort OF
thinking that VIC are growing better. Tho
higher nature may daily be reaching nobler
deyelopcmont when " heart and flesh faint
and fall, when the clay tenement Is turning
frail and shattered, the better part within
may show in all moral grace rs but little
lower than the angels Age need not ncces-
sarily be dark and unlovcly," as Ossian
says 1t is: and tho conviction that In some
respect, that in the most important Of oil
respects, wo are growing better. nds'might-
lily to strip ago Of that sense Of falling on,
which is tho bittcrcst thing about il.
Year: 1860

Those who have been constant readers of this
paper will bear us witness that ne predicted,
last summer, that if sectionalism and dfanaticism
were permitted to rule at the ballot box, the
present condition of things would surely fol-
low The fanatics of the North are mainly to
blame, but we of the South too have erred.
We erred in the campaign by our dissensions,
and we err now by our divisions; and so we
say, if the crash is to come let it come Wait
ing will not better prepare US to meet it. If
the Union cannot be preserved upon principles
of equality, for which all good men should de-
voutly pray, let it be smashed and let it be
smashed now-as soon as all the Southern
States can confer and agree upon plan by
which they will come out. He have labored
for its preservation and we will still labor, if
such service can be of any avail, but if not, let
the worst come; anything is preferable to the
present paralyzed condition of business and
commerce.


We see that some of our contemporaries are
calling upon the Legislature to pass stag Eaao,
similar to that of Georgia, indirectly repudia-
ting Individual debts. To this we object Let
>N|o "N''' SOiAiS INV, 81 Illdt, we ever
be able to start anew on the ruins of all that
was recently so glorious and so prosperous.
each individual may know where he stands, and
what his position is. A stag 1aao looks to re-
pudiation, though it may come in mild form
and in an insidious garb Let the people of
North Carolina adopt no such system of dis
pensing with, disposing of, or of compromising
their debts Let US face the music now, and
know at once how low we are to be brought by
the intriguing arts of politicians and dema-
gogues, for they and not the people are respon-
sible for all our present troubles Will law
suspending the collection of debts by execution
for twelve months benefit our people? We
certainly think not. Then let US know the
worst,-square up as near as we can, and start
atresh. If men outlive their income a day of
reckoning, sooner or later, must come and the
staying OF it off for a season only causes it to
fall with redoubled force when it does come
We hope that a sense Of justice ndmoral right
will prevent our Legislature passing any
such unconstitutional enactment, for it does
not require the proft2nditv of a law-giver to de-
termine that it is unconstitutional and that the
last condition of that man who would take the
benefit of such enactment, if passed. would be
worse than the first is as as that night fol-
lows day. Then, we say no stay law for the
people OF this Commonwealth
Year: 1860

federacy and that there is yet no just or sum-
cient cause or invasion or our lnshfutlons,
as to authorize resort to secession or revolu-
ton.


County and we believe of North Carolina do not
look to disunion as remedy for any of the evils
which threaten peace; but we rely on the
Constitution and on the patriotism of the whole
people for just and equal settlement OF all
the questions that now unhappily disturb the
country.


Resoired, 5th That the Federal Union is a
main pillar in the edfce of our real independence,
the support of our tranquility at home. our peace
abroad-of our safety-of our prospeTlty-of Ethe
very liberty which we so highly prize; and that
we have just reason to distrust the patriotism OF
the authority of South Carolina, or those who IN
any quarter of the country may endeavor to dis
unite and weaken lis bonds.


Resotred, 9Th That the present eNigency OF
our public affairs does not in our opinion, require
any action the part of our Governor or Legisla-
ture, looking to conference OF the people of the
Southern States; but when. IT ever that necessity
shall arrive, the people, as the primary source OF
all political power will determine for themselves
when and what action they will take in the prem
ises.


Rasolred 7th, That urge upon our General
Assembly in session. the Propriety of the passage
of resolution by that body. appealing to, and
demanding, as an act OF justice to US from all
those Northern States that have passed laws OBJ
structing the due and faithful execution of the
Fugitive Slave Laws enacted by Congress, the
prompt repeal of all such laws; and upon their
failure 10 answer our just demands, that proper
legal, social and commercial discrimination be
made against them.


Union Meetings have been held and strong
Union Resolutions passed in Pasquotank and
Camden.


Onslow has also held meeting and passed
Conservative resolutions, which may be found in
Year: 1860

We. frequently get requests from subscribers
bv letter and otherwise, not to stop their papers
that they will be in town and 0tfend to 1t,
&c All this will not do We must and shall
treat all alike, and so if you want the paper
continued send 50 by mail before your time is
out : if not we shall certainly stop the paper
though you be our best friend. 1t is our rule
and we shall adhere to it.


Send 50 and we will send six copies of the
paper to one office, one year.
Year: 1860

We have been derided by few extremists
because we have expressed love for the Union
and desire to preserve it if possible with hon
or to the South. Two weeks or more ago we
defined our position, and though We arc not
now for immediate separate State secessi0n we
think that we are as fully alive to the honor of
the Sauth and the interests of the South as
those Who hold themselves ready to Hiss and
Sneer at every sentiment uttered which looks
towards peaceful settlement of existing diff
culties


The following from the Richmond Wig ex
presses so fully, so entirely and explicitly our
own position that We copy and endorse its eve
ry sentence, word and letter:


'In the first place, then, we are for exhaus-
ting all rational and honorable expedicnts for
obtaining a redress Of Southern grievances in
the Union, before taking up our hat and walk
ing ont of the Union To this end we are for a
State Convention-for Convention of the
Southern States-and for general Convcn-
tion of al the States. And if, through the in
strumentality of these various Conventions, we
cannot effect an adjustment of the differences
and difficulties existing between the North and
the South, then we are in favor not of secession
but of sep0rati0n upon fair and Just terms to
be arranged by the aforesaid Convention of all
the States. In the terms of separation, if no ad-
justment can be had and separation must come
we shall demand a fair and equitable division
of all the property of the United States, inclu-
ding, of course, the South's just proportion of
the army and navy. If such division of the
army and navy, of all the public property of
| the United States, including likewise the pub
lie domain, should be refused US by the North
ern States, then we shall be in favor neither
of peacea6le secession nor of peaceo6fe separ-
alton, but of immediate war, and war to the
knife, and war to the 'bitter end'


Now we ask does the honor safety of the
South demand that any man should go farther
than zoe do? We think not
Year: 1860

South Carolina atmosphere seems to possess
peculiar destinations for aholitionists notwith-
standing the rough treatment they occasionally
receive at the hands Of the Palmetto bows One
was found " bobbin round'' at Chester on Tues
day last when tie boys becoming satisfied that
the climate would not be likely to Improve his
condition, told him to ''hold up' The Char
lotte Bulletin tells the tale thus:


The Vigilance Committee met to-day-a man
by the name of Yerdon was tried for tamper
ing with slaves and using. .incendiary language
the Chairman appointed Committee Of 5 to
select jury TO try him, and they selected Is
citizens who, after hearing the evidence, SEN
fenced him to receive so lashes on his bare
back and have one side of his head shaved and
one side OF his face blacked, and at one o'clock
tomorrow the Marshal of the town to escort
him to the Railroad, and fron'thenc to Con
cord, N. c., and deliver him to the proper a,l-
thorities to receive punishment for his bad con-
duct IN that place, or vicinity. The law was
strictly enforced at half after two o'clock this
afternoon
Year: 1860

Thus spoke one "who spoke as never man
spake" ''The poor ye have always with you "
Yes. christian man and christian woman, we
have them here in this community, and would
# not he we'll for those whom God has blessed
with an abundance of the good things of this
life to enquire as to their condition now that
tho weather is bitter cold and fuel and provis-
IONS at very extrayagant rates We are no
sermonizer, nor do we very strongly advocate
forcian missions especially when the poor that
..vc have always with you" are starving; but
we do believe in the duty of every community to
look to its own people who may be in distress.


The times are full Of trouble; all business is
prostrated labor is getting scarce, and hence,
though we need not apprehend that squalid
poverty and abject misery here that is to be
found at this season in all large cities, yet it
would be strange were there not some instances
requiring charity. Nor should those who are
"clothed in purple and fine linen and who fare
sumptuously every day" leave all for the
preachers, vest-ymen and stewards to do No.
let each one realize that it is an individual mat
ter and that there is an individual responsible
ty. and above all, that the eyes Of Him who
said g the poor We have always with you" are
upon us all.