smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

az A Correspondent of the Washington
Dispatch writes:-


On Monday of August term of Greene
County Court, held at Snow Hill, application
was made for license to sell liquor in that vii
lage, and when the motion was made, Mr..
Faircloth, the County Solicitor, presented a
request from the Commissioners not to grant
license to any person to retail liquor in that
place. The Chairman took the vote, which
he did by requiring each one to hold up his
right hand, when there was but one magis
trate found to vote for, and six against the
wish of the applicant, and he who voted fol
it, was, before the adjournment of the Court
so drunk, that he had to be carried from the
Court room, and the Grand Jury presented
him and all the grog-shops in the place az
public nuisances.
Year: 1859

The ACCIDENT TO THE GREAT EASTERN.
dispatch to New Orleans papers gives the fol-
lowing account of the accident which occur
red on board the steamship Great Eastern,
during her trial trip. Five of her fremen
(as reportcd) were instantly killed, and a
number of others badly wounded by the ex-
plosion of the feed pipe casing to one of her
tunnels:


The furniture and cabin of the steamer W ere
considerably injured The damage thus sus.
tanned was estimated at e5.0u0. Otherwise
the ship and machinery sustained no serious
injury MIR. Scott Russell had undertaken to
repair the steamer, and engaged to have her
ready for sea within three weeks.


The explosion occurred Oh fhe 9th Sept,
when off Hastings The funnel was blown
into the air, tearing to pieces the grand sa-
loon and doing great damage to the internal
fittings of the vessel The guests on board
had just quilted the saloon, and all forum
atey escaped injury. The explosion was ter
rife, but the ship resisted the shock, the frame
sustaining no injury. The accident made so
little difference in the movements of the shin
that her engines were not stopped till she
reached Portland, her place of destination
The Coroner's inquest on the tiremen killed
showed that the supply of water to the boil
ers, through the water jacket, was stopped
because of the failure of the auxiliary pump.
ing power Secondly, that tapin the stand
pipe, which acts as IA safety valve, was turn
ed, apparently Intentionally, so that the pipe
was useless. During the trip, the Great
Eastern was almost without motion, when
other vessels met with were tossing on a
stormy sea.
Year: 1859

TERRIBLE AcoIDENT-An awful accident
lately occurred at the Killingsworth Spring
Mandatory, Clinton, Mass, which is thu.
related by the Boston Traveller:


man named Thomas Cregan had one o
his hands caught between two powerful roll
ers by which one arm was drawn in. and as
he put up the other to pull the first away
that was also caught The rollers are moi
more than half an inch apart. and through
that narrow space both arms were drawn
clear up to his shoulders, and crushed to a
shapeless mass Being thus forced up against
the machine, a cog wheel underneath caught
him in the lower part of the body, and tore
open the abdomen and entrais, inhicling in
lures too horrible to relate. Strange to say
he lived from IL a. NJ. to p. M, when he
died
Year: 1859

MINING ENTERPRIsE.-A company from Co
lumbia are engaged in sinking shaft at
Slab Ranch, near Angels Cdlaveras county,
whichis noticeable, says tie San Andreas In
dependent, from the fact that it can only be
worked two months or so in the fail of the
year. This is the third season they have
been engaged at the work, and are now only
one hundred and ten feet down. The pre-
ventiOn ofthe work going on constantly, is
caused by the influx of heavy stream of
water. They raise the dirt by horsepower
and are boring through stream similar to
the blue gravel found in the deep shafts at
San Andreos. The cost of sinking is two
hundred dollars per week.
Year: 1859

JEWISH BALL.-The fourth annual ball of
the Hebrew Benevolent Society takes place,
to morrow night, at the Pavilion. Over a
hundred and sixty tickets had been sold as
early as Monday last, and there will be a
large attendance. The best music obtainable
in the country will be present, and a magnif-
cent supper will be given. We can safely
say that more brilliant anniversary ball has
never been witnessed in the walls of the Pa
vilion than this one promises to be.
Year: 1859

THERE is majority of % Houstonites in
the Legislature of Texas This warrants the
belief that the victor will be sent back to the
national Senate on the occurrence of the first
vacancy in the Texas delegation.
Year: 1859

1t lis positively asserted that the Emperor
Napoleon and the Emperor Francis Joseph
will at an early day again meet to settle the
question involved in the treaty of Villafranca.
Switzerland is designated as the place of
meeting.
Year: 1859

The work of cutting channel through
the bar at Oakland is delayed for a time in
consequence of the bursting of the boiler Of
the dredging machine, on Friday. One o.
the hands was somewhat injured by the ex-
Dlosion
Year: 1859

The German Rifle Club, in San Francisco,
held their first anniversary festival on Mon
day. They marched with music through the
principal streets of the city. In the evening
there was prize shooting, and ball at Volk's
Garden, in honor of the occasion.
Year: 1859

CHARJEsTowN, Nov. lS.-Despatches from Charles
town say that there no cause for alarm and there
has been no trace of any kind of an attempt to res
cue. Some four or five suspicious characters were
traced but driven off. The whole alarm is perfect
ly ridiculous and without foundation. There is a
nv in sight
Year: 1859

uThe Junior, who went North to day, was
unable, up to the moment the train started, to
discover the "nub" TO the mention of his name
this morning in the Journals article on "City
Traps" If it was intended as a covert insinu.
alton against his loyalty to the "Game Law"
he protests against its use in that connection,
as he is able to prove his reverence for The en-.
actment. If his name was employed for the
purpose of rounding sentence gracefully, and
give point to IN article which seemed to have
been written merely with that especial aim, he
authorizes US to say that he has no obiectOnsi
but thinks the thing might have been done
with less effort, and more effect.
Year: 1859

sS-A witness, Jolly, plump old lady, in
the Supreme Court at Worcester, ON Thurs.
day, was asked what time certain train Of
cars passed her house She replied that
she commenced knitting at three o'clock,
and had knit twice around the leg of a
stocking, before they came along, The next
question, of course, was how long il would
take to knit twice around. The Judge here,
in his usual quiet humor suggested that
that would depend upon the size Of the
stocking. To this the witness remarked
that tho stocking was for herself, aud that
they could exercise their own judgment as
to the size, and guess bow long it would
take-Boston Transcript
Year: 1859

DoS'T Do ir--We regret to hear that persons
are engaged in catching bass off their nests in
the Miami and Mad River. Thisis very wrong,
as every body who knows any thing about fish
and fishing certainly must know. Warren
Phillips, and the old style offishermen look up.
on such conduct as dishonorable; and while
we do not desire to be rude, We must say that
it rather squints that way. We hope. for the
sake of fish, aud the honor of the profession,
that the practice will cense.
Year: 1859

o. The Deluge Fire Company did some
good throwing last evening, putting fine
stream considerably over the top of the Third
street Presbyterian Church spire, distance Of
l4O feet from the ground. The 4's have a
splendid engine and appear to understand the
working of the same. They have also large
company, and are an important arm to our fire
Department..
Year: 1859

MoRTALITT AMONG CATTLE IN ILLSoIs.-Du
ring the past six months, thousands of cattle
have died in Southern Illinois, from disease and
starvation; but within the past ten days, in the
vicinity of La Sale, about 200 cattle which
were turned out to grass, have died by disease,
and from eating some poisonous weed, In 1874


many cattle died in that section in the same


manner as they have this season.
Year: 1859

U'The man with the new hat was at the
Depot this morning, just two minutes after the
Excursion train started for Sandusky. He made
his calculations to go along Love of admira.
tion lost him the pleasant trip; he had stopped
on the corner Of Main and Third to display his
new tile TO a crowd Of friends
Year: 1859

ES-S Some one has been giving excel
lent directions as to how persons may
make themselves miserable. Can any Of
our readers find herein a parallel to his
own case?;


Sit at window and look over the way
to your neighbours excellent mansion.
which he has recently built and paid for,
and sigh out, 80, that l was rich mani"


Get angry with your neighbcr, aud
think you have not friend in the world.


Shed tear or two, take a walk in the
burial ground, continually saying to your
self, when shall l be buried here?"
sign a note for your friend and never
forget your kindness; and every hour in
the day whisper TO yourself; 81 wonder
If he will pay that note?" Think every
body means to cheat you Closely cx-
anime every bill you take, and doubt s
being genuine. till you have put the own
or to great deal Of trouble. elieye ey-
cry shilling passed to you is bit a six,
pence crossed. and express your doubts
about getting rid of it, If you should take
IT, Put confidence in nobody, and be.
lieye every man you trade with to be a
rogue. Never accommodate, il you can
possibly help it. Never visit the sick or
afflicted, and never give farthing to the
poor. Buy as cheap as you can, and
screw down to the lowest mill. Grind
the faces and the hearts OF the unfortunate.


Brco over your misfortune your lack
OF talents, aud believe at no distant day
you will come TO want Lot the work
house be in your mind; with all the hor-
rors Of distress and poverty. Then you
will be miserable TO your hearts content
(if you may so speak, )sick at heart and
at variance with all the world. Nothing
will cheer or encourage you; nothing vii
throw a CLEAN of sunshine or ray o.
warmth into your heart. All will be ~
dark and cheerless as the grave.
Year: 1859

What Brougham writes has often Cicero
man flow, but seldom Ciceronian finish. His


mind has immense energy and eXpansiveness,
/ without any elevation or originality. He


Is one OF the least suggestive of speakers


ana writers. Thought with him is a force,
| never a fruitfulness lie is steam-eneino.


kind OF man. 1t has been disastrous to
| him that he has been associated with the
Wings without being thoroughly Whig.
He should have been the leader of Eppland's
democracy | am unable to estimate his
scientific pretensions. 1t is difficult how
ever, to suppose that he brings that genius to
science which he does not carry into Iitera
ture. As in everything else he is perhaps in
science only an orator. He can spread him
self over larger surface than any living
man; but probably no living man can go 50
little below the surface or rise so little above
it. Though he has worked hard for the edu-
cation of the people, he has had most i'm
perfect idea thereof The illuminism of which
he is the champion would place the people
no nearer the dwellings of the gods While
Brougham has nothing in him of the true
reformer, it would not be either fair or gen.
erous to denounce him as charlatan Want
ing the earnestness and depth of the true re-
former, he Is no farther a chaTlatan than
arises from his morbid uneasiness. And this
uneasiness he would never have felt, never
have manifested, if he had not strangled
down the demagogue in his heart. As an
author, he cannot descend to ease without
descending to slipslop His carelessness is
always clumsiness-never a happy bound of
unconscious beauty If he had played his
natural part as demagogue, he might have
been the greatest of orators; but no effort,
no culture, could have made him good
writer. Cicero spoke well because he wrote
WELL but the more magnificently Brougham
declaimed, the worse would he always have
written. No demagogue can be master of
the pen. The rude potencies which rouse,
which vanquish the multitude, cannot be
turned into artistic shape. And, whereas
the demagogue should be as much dominated
by unity of purpose as the prophet, Broug-
ham has aimed as much at versatility as Vol
taire. What of Broughams utterances has
democratic pith and democratic meaning,
that, and that alone, will future ages deem
worthy of an affectionate or admiring glance:
the rest will perish. We have not wished to
speak of the demagogues vocation as a very
lofty one; we have simply striven to show
that, low or lofty, it is the natural vocation
Of Henry Brougham.-Ihe Critic.
Year: 1859

A CARD.-It is a well known fact among medi-
cal men, that there has long been wanted a good and
reliable preparation of SARSAPARILLA, as nearly
all that manufactured in the East CONTAIN SPIRITS
and some ofthem even MERCURY, although protesting
net to do soconsequently for all cutaneous diseases,
etc, they injurious instead Of beneficial Now in
the preparation offer TO the public we are willing
TO show the receipt to any one-no matter who-DoC-
TOR OR NO DooroR-as every man has right to know
what he is taking:
Year: 1859

PRoroRrloNS OF THE HUMAN FIGURE.
The proportions Of the human fg-
urc are strictly mathematical. The
whole figure is six times the length
of the loot, Whether the form be
slender or plump, this rule holds good.
Any deviation from it is departure
from the highest beauty Of proper.
ton. The Greeks make all theil
statues according to this rule. The
face from the highest point of the fore
head, where the hair begins to the
end Of the chin, is one-tcnth OF the
whole stature. The hand, from the
wrist to the end of the middle finger,
is the same. The chest is a fourth,
and from the nipples to the top of the
head is tie same. From the top OF
the ches to the highest point Of the
forehead, is seventh. II the length
of the face from the roots of the hair
to the chin be divided into three equal
parts, the first division determines the
point where the eye brows meet, and
the second the place Of the nostris.--
The navel is tue central point of the
human body, and if man should be
on his back with his arms extended
the periphery Of the circle which might
be described around him, with the ma
vel for its centre would touch the cX-
tremitcs of his hands and feet. The
height from the feet to the top of the
head is the same as the distance from
the extremity OF one hand TO that o.
the other when the arms are extcn.
ded. These are general measures OF
the species.
Year: 1859

a young man, who had left his home
in Maine ruddy and vigorous, was
seized with the yellow fever IN New
Orleans; and, though nursed with de-
voted care by friendly strangers, he
died. When the coffin was bciag
closed, "Sror,' said an aged WON IN
who was present, "LEr Me KISS HIM FOR
HIS MornER~


Lotmc kiss him for his mother;


Ere we lay him with the dead
Far away from home, another


Sure may kiss him in her stead
How that mothers Ii p would kiss him
Till her heart should nearly break
How in days to come she'll miss him
Lctmc kiss him for her sake.
Let me kiss him for his mother


Letme kiss tho wandering boy,
1t may be there is no other


Lett behind to give her joy.
When the news Of voc the morrow


Burns her bosom like a coal,
Sho may feel the kiss of sorrow


Fall as balm upon her soul.
Let me kiss him for his mother!


Heroes ye, who by his side
Waited on him as brother


Till the northern stranger died.
Heeding not the foul infection,


Breathing in the fever. BREATH
Let me, of my own election,


Give the mothers kiss in death.
"Let me kiss him for his mother!"


Loving thought and loving deed
Seek nor tear nor sigh to smothef


Gentle matrons, while ye read.
Thank the God who made you human.
Gave ye plying tears TO shed;
Honour ye the Christian woman


BENDING o'or another's dead.
Year: 1859

The author Of the following lines
must excuse US for changing the heading.
Wo have good reasons for this. Some
people are SO sensitive that they might
get angry at US, even when we meant no
harm. T&o author can cut out the poem
aud send il in letter 10 the young
LADY, Ep.l


TO Miss OF WlNCUESTEP
Year: 1859

~ Quite stream OF muddy wat
er came rushing down the east side of Bra.
dy street yesterday afternoon caused by
the opening of pond on sixth street.
formed by the late heavy rains. At first We
thessht tho Missouri river had broke loose
from her course and turned into Iowa to
make new connection with the Mississip ippi,
Year: 1859

ALTERED BILLs.-Bills Of the Morgan
Bank Of Georgia" altered by pasting the
words "State Of Illinois" over the words
Estate of Georgia. are in circulation in
this vicinity We saw man yesterday
who was on his way TO Pixies Peak, who
had four So bills OF this bank. He said it
was paid to him by a banking house in
Lyons. lie started back yesterday, and
will probably give the individuals who
fosted this stuff upon him, particular fits
They serve good securing up.'-Da
venport Democrat.


For the credit of our city and her Bank.
ing Houses, we hope that the above para
gre h is untrue in the broad sence in which
it harged. and but for seeing that notice
in t. Davenport Ddmscrat, which has a
long ,meller for "cats," we should have
lence, inasmuch as it is undergoing legal
investigation. If the accused person is
guilty. as charged, no punishment which
the law can inflict upon him will Re too Sc
we're, nor ought he, in our opinie to be
countenanced, nor spared the sever est cas-.
LEGATIONS Of the public press. Any man
who would Intentionally take the advan-
tage Of the ignorance of another. and pass
upon him such worthless trash as Morgan
money, particularly when he knew him to
be geing out q the country, is not a safe
man to have in communicate is robbery
of the meanest kind, and if we have bank
ers or any one else in our city who will do
such things we will not be slow in warning
the community of them. We do not believe
that We have


It is, perhaps, proper for us to say. that
the accusation does not rest against any
one connected with the Branch Of the State
Bank, of this city. and that n the course of
q week or two the whole matter will be le.
gally Investigated, till which time the pub.
lie are expected to suspend judgment in the
case.-Lyoas ADVOCATE.


We are Of the opinion that the Advocate
will find just such individuals in that vicini-
ty, and they cannot too heartily condemn
them.
Year: 1859

CnANGE.-After the present week,
the Davenport and Ksokuk Company will
run their boats through to Dubuque and
Galena. This new arrangement will of
course require more boats. which will be
forthcoming at the proper time. The Black
Hawk is expected here in day or two. and
we understand that the War Eagle will also
be added : the line. This will afford .
daily line between X eokuk, Davenport and
Dubuque, the boats of which are among the
finest on the river The plan Of arrange
ments will be made public in a few days,
when we shall be able to give further par
ticulars.
Year: 1859

MARRYING a BRoTHER's WIFE or WIPES


SIsrER.--lt is sometimes interesting to no
tCc the widely different estimates put upon
the same act, by the same people, at different
periods,-the rCVl criminality or innocence
of the act itself remaining the same all the
while. 1t seems to furnish commentary on
the imperfeotion Of human laws. For in
stance, for marrying brothers wife or
wles sister-a thing now generally regarded
as a very innocent affair, if not highly com
mendable-a Massachusetts, law Of 1895, en-
acted that every man and woman so offend
ing should be set upon the galous for the
space of one hour, with a rope about their
neck and the other end cast over the gallows
and in the way thence to the Jail should be
severely whipped, not exceeding forty stripes
And also every person so offending should
forever after "wear capital /, two inehes
long, and Of proportional bigness, cut out in
cloth of a contrary color TO their clothes, and
scwcd upon thrtr upper garments ON the out'
side Of their arm or ON their back, in open
view" And If they Mere found at any time
afterwards without the ~ so worn. during
their abode in the province, they we're to be,
each time. publicly whipped, not exceeding
fifteen stripes,
Year: 1859

The THREATENED OVERFLOW of the river was
acted upon in Council last night. By reference to
the report of the Council proceedings it will be seen
that both Boards passed resolution authorizing the
Surveyor to combat the river by raising the levee.
Year: 1859

The WAsHOE DIeGNGs.-We were permitted


yesterday to peruse q letter from J. w. Has


tings, who left here some four weeks ago fol
the newly discovered diggings near Wsshoe
valley. He says the prospect there is much
better than has been represented, the only
drawback being the lack of water in the i'm.
mediate vicinity Of the lead. A company is
being formed to consist OF one handred shares,
at 500 each, for the purpose of erecting ma
chinery to crush the rock. They have taken
up water privilege on Carson river, about six
miles from the lead, where they purpose erect
ing mill, and the rock will have to be hauled
that distance. 1t will cost some two thousand
dollars to construct road from the lead to the
and the company expect to be ready
for crushing the rock in the course of aix weeks
Ar. Hastings thinks the quartz lead is richer
han any ever found in California.
Year: 1859




E.W. Maslin, the Administration candidate
for District Attorney, 1 am credibly informed
has recently been asserting that he never be-
longed to the Know Nothing party.


In this city. upon one hours notice can
produce incontestable evidence that he was net
only member, but also, that he was a Jealous
officer, of that organization.


Below present few literal extracts from
an article written by Mr. Maslin for the Nevada
Journal. and which appeared in that paper as an
editorial on the 5th day of September 1856:


"The Democracy present pitful aspect. In days
gone by, they wont to call their forces from the
four corners of our confederation. Now, behold how
fallen Once they justly held some clam ma
tonal party. Now, the broken and dishonored frag-
ments lie scattered around, serving only to remind
us of its former glory, like the dreary wild shore OF
the Dead Sea- which, inhabited by loathsome, filthy
hordes, remains forever, fearful monument of the
sins of great people. 1t is true, without doubt,
that the Democracy are denationalized'


We are an American dyed in the WOOL and will
adhere to the American party, while stick of its
superstructure survives dissolution, and will try to
annex 'Americanism' to any party we may Join, in
the event Of the dissolution of the party. But we
have no fear. 1t will never be destroyed 1t is i'm
WORTHWHILE American blood flows in and out OF
American hearts, it will exist and individual hearts
must stop beating at the thought of their birthrght
the great collective heart of the nation will
to throb over the great issue. We have destiny to
fulfil and we will do it. Our present means and
preparations may be inadequate, but the crisis will
bring forth the remedy of men and measures-brine
forth the full, clear unmistakeable evidence of the
purity of our principles and intentions"
FAIRPLAY