smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

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We copy the following interesting para
graphs from the Houston (Texas) Telegraph
newspaper of August 2Sd:


BY the introduction of large agricultural
and manufacturing population, We shall re-
cover our lost ascendency in the Government,
and be able to turn the tables upon our
Northern friends" who know no principle
of Republican Government but the dOmi-
nance of the will of the majority.


We ofthe South hare akicayS opposed that
yhiiOsOphy Of government, but since they
have succeeded in making it the policy Of
the country, and have thereby put the game
ultimately into our own hands we propose to
play the game to the greatest possible ad-
vantage. The time is coming we confidently
predict, If the Southern people exercise any
foresight and energy, when we shall be strong
enough to become the controlling section in
the, policy of the Government and when
men will be glad to swear that they did not
belong to the class who continue to abuse,
insult, and call us "traitors," after the war
was over, simply because they could do so
with impunity. "God moves in a mysterious
way his wonders to perform"


"Let us never cease thinking, planning,
striving, toiling, until the population is OBJ
tained, the wealth and political strength de-
veloped, "Southern chivalry" again in the
ascendant, and Southern ideas controlling
American civilization thus proving that
Southern blood has not been shed in vain"





at may yet turn out that the Union was
better for the South than the cOnfederacy."





"we would have been content to control
!. l,.k "a +. n. H..
will that we should control the destiny of the
North American Continent, let us meekly
bow to His will, "accept the situation in
good faith, and make the best we can of it. "
Instead of suffering the South to be Yankee.
ized, let US SOutherniZe the whole Union.
The conservative men of the North will help
US, They would not help us when we tried
TO get out Of the Union, but they will help US
to resist and control the fanatics in it."


That the introduction of large agricul-
tural and manufacturing population into the
South will prove Of incalculable benefit to
that section and to the country at large we
cannot doubt for moment, but that the
whole Union would be "southernized" there
by is n preposterous idea. As is frankly
stated by the Texan editor, the peculiar ideas
of the Southern politicians were opposed to
'the dominance of the will of the majority. ;"
The Southern philosophy of government was
to give the ruling power into the hands of
the few. The magnates of the land were a
few statesmen, bishops, and generals, who
swayed an arbitrary power over the negroes
and the poor whites, and who were con-
atantly aggressing politically. upon the other
sections of the Union. The Southern heart
was always fred with an ambition for politi-
cal ascendancy in the entire Union, and the
control of American civilization Their phil,
osophy of government culminatedi in the rebel.
lioo just ended and now that the volcano has
spent itss, five SOC already Southern politicians
on the plains OF Texas cOOlly cutting the lava
into ,toppins,stonss IL the S9E''''a' a''''@
Year: 1865

A Coon APPoNTMENr-We learn that the
ever ..hilarous sutler of the Irish Brigade is
to be made Chief Purveyor to the Fenians,
and will probably remove his headquarters to
Cork in a few days.
Year: 1865

of the South than the traitor shareholders or
the peace sneak leaders Of the North in any
matter involving the love Of the Union and
popular government"


Then, anticipating the success of the Dem
ocracy in this movement and on this issue, he
recounts the forces under the cammand Of
the National Democratic Association and fe-
licitates them on the prospect of speedy sue
cess:


Combinations of circumstances seem to have
been providentially prepared to suit our purposes
The 100000 voters who constituted the elective
strength of the great conservative host at the last
election and which would even then have been
triumphant but for extraneous influences, are still
organized and ready to act Add to these the
numbers then estranged by causes now obsolete,
and there can be no doubt that on the issues now
presented tho majority will be overwhelmingly
with us.


But on these stupenduous issues we shall be
sure of the cordial sympathy and support of the
great body of the people of the South. Their al
most unanimous aid can be implicitly relied upon,
swelling our numbers to as great majority as de-
sirable.


And then in support of the views set forth
in this address, the chairman exhorts the
Democracy to put forth their utmost efforts,
land that every individual will endeavor to
make his influence felt through new organ
cations or otherwise"


Under these exhorations and commands of
the official chief of the Copperhead organiza.
tion, which run the party last year on
the ''war failure platform, the Copper
head leaders in Iowa commenced "agitating'
and a number of them, from different local.
ties, assembled at Davenport and after due
deliberation, the State Copperhead Commit.
tee which engineered the campaign in this
State last year, and of which LAUREL Sun.
MFRS is chairman, issued a call for "a State
Convention in pursuance of MAsoS's re-
script.


Now it is beyond our capacity to conceive
that any soldier or 'sany other man. except
a Copperhead can unite in this movement oil
deny that ii is an out and out unmitigated
Copperhead affair.
Year: 1865

body. The felicitous adder was slowly burn
ing in two, and busy engaged in impre8na-
ting his asonized system with his own venom.
The joyful rat had lost his tail BY falling bas
Of iron; and the beauti6c rabbit, perforated
by red hot nail, looked AZ if nothing would
be more grateful than cool corner in some
Esquimaux farm-yard. The members Of the
delectated convocation were all huddled TO-
gether in the bottom of their cage, which
suddenly gave way, precipitating them out Of
view into the depths below, which by this
time we're all blazing ike the tabled Tophet.


CONTINUATION OF THE STRUGGLE.


Meanwhile the lion and the tiger were con-
tinuing their contest, now with the advantage
on one side, now on the other; and the boa
was slowly tightening his fatal coils round
the painting body Of the honess, which, how
ever, bit and struggled, lscerating the striped
skin of its adversary terribly. The floor was
already crimsoned with blood, while the com
mingling Kisses, howls, yells and rosrs utterly
surpassed all efforts at description.


THE WHALES AND AILIGAroRs IN TORMENT.


At this moment the flames rolled again into
the room, and then again retired The whale
dreadful torments. The water in which they
SWAN was literally boiling. The alligators
dashed fercely about, endeavoring to escape,
and opening and shutting their great jaws in
ferocious torture; but the poor whale, almost
blind, with great ulcers bursting from his
blubbery sides, could only feebly swim about,
though blowing excessively, andr every now
and then sending up great fountains of spray.
At length, crack went the glass sides Of the
great cases, and whale and alligators rolled
out on the floor, with the rushing and steam
ing water The whale died pretty easily,
having been pretty well used up as before.
A few great gasps and convulsive flap or
two Of his mighty fukes were his expiring
spasms.


One of the alligators was killed almost i'm
mediately BY falling across great fragment
Of shattered glass, which cut open his stomach
and let out the greater part of his entrails to
the light of day. The remaining alligator be-
came involved in controversy with an ana
conda. and joined the melee in the center Of
the blazing apartment.


CLOSE OF THE THRILLING scESE.


At this moment the floor, undermined by
fame, gave way with an awful crash, and the
living, struggling howling, withering mass
was launched into gulf Of red and yellow
FIRE, sending up whirlwind of smoke, sparks
and cinders to the very heavens.


The last object / saw was the polar bear
upon a white hot square of shset-iron, with
all the hair burned from his hide, and stand
ing stark and stiff. and rapidly baking
brown.


Before the whale went down with the rest,
a stream of spermaceti ran from his carcass
down the sides of the building, taking fire
and making impromptu candies on colossal
scale
Year: 1865

Before Judges Ingraham, Clerkc and Barnard


NAY 1.The american Guoxo Company Us. ne United
States Gpaao Coupdny-This was motion TO dissolve
an injunction obtained by the plaintiffs against the
PENDANTS, restraining them from taking any guano from
Rowland Island, and from interfering with the palntns
title TO the property The plaintiffs claim their title to
the island by virtue Of act of Congress which gives
such islands TO the first discoverer The defendants
hold that according to the act OF Congress question Il
IL necessary for the dscoverer to Continue n actual
possession and occupation Of the land discovered
that the fact that the plaintiffs In possession OF
the island when the defendants along and occupied
rendered the plaintiffs title TO the estate null and void


The case for the plaintiffs argued by exJudge
Whiting who laid great stress this OF Congress
and maintained that his clients title TO the land
clear and hardly worthy of dispute ExJudgo Efnott
replied on the part OF the defendants and held FIRST
that the PLANTING authority to take possession Of tho
island not derived from Congress- but simply from
the Secretary Of State and that II derived from
the act Of Congress the fact that they vacated the island
for time left the property free TO the next conner


The Court reserved It's decirOnS
Year: 1865


OURS THE CR0SS-THINE THE CROWN



Many Of the trimmings Of an elaborate character
On the front of house the bust Of Abraham Lin
coin, supported by black velvet studded with thirtysix
golden stars, with the motto
Year: 1865

Cellars under dwelling. houses are gen.
orally deemed indispensable. They are
certainly very useful but there are
evils Of such magnitude connected with
them, that some have advocated their
demonstration. They are almost
universally manufactures of foul air,
which finding its way upward by means
OF doors, windows, stairways and crew.
ces in the floors, diffuses its noxious
elements through the rooms above and
becomes a fruitful source of disease
and again, they serve for harbor for
rats and mice, in the mode in which
they are usually constructed, affording
access to the side of the walls from be-
low. 1t is necessary, however, that they
should be infested with vermin or half
filled with rottiug garbage to produce
the results complained Of.


The surface of the earth is filled with
decomposabe substances, and Whenever
air is confined in any spot, it becomes
saturated with various exhalations dele
terious to health Means must be pro-
vided, therefore, for their thorough
ventilation, or cellars must be totally
abandoned. A cellar, to fully serve its
purposes, should be cool in summer,
impervious to frost in winter, and at all
times free from moisture. The walls
should rise one or two feet at least above
the level of the surrounding ground,
and should be laid in good lime mortar,
or at least pointed with it. The thick
ness of the wall should not be less than
fifteen or eighteen inches and if the
house walls above be built of brick or
stone, two feet is preferable.


The cellar should have a connecting
drain at its lowest corner, which should
always be kept free from obstruction !;
and each room in it should have at
least two sliding sash windows to Sc
cure a good circulation of air. In very
cold climates, those portions of tho wall
above the surface Of the ground should
be double, either By means of distinct
thin vail, on the outside, or by lathing
and plastering on the inside, and be
furnished with double windows as
further security against frost. An out
side door with fight of steps is de-
sirable in every cellar and especially in
one connected with a farm house,


1t should always be borne in mind
that, in constructing cellars particular
care should be taken to have all its
walls and their connecting surfaces with
the ceilings above, all perfectly tight
and secure from the egress and ingress
of all vermin, however dimin utive.-
A due observance of these hints with
those given above in regard to keeping
the cellar clear from all rubbish and
decaying vegetable matter, will ensure
any house from the presence of vermin
i Herald of Health.
Year: 1865

"WHAT is TO BE, WILL BE - l
knew an old man who believed that
"what was to be, would be-" He lived
in Missouri, and was one day going out
several miles through a region infested
in the early times, by very savage In
dians. He always took gun with him,
but this time found that some of the
family had it out. AS he would not go
without it, some of his friends tantalizcd
him, by saying there was no danger Of
the Indians that be would not die un-
til his time had come anyhow. eyes" "
says the old fellow, "but suppose l was
to meet an Indian, and his time had
comr, it wouldn't do not to have my
gun"
Year: 1865

All know that the less we exercise
the less health we have, and the more
certain are we to die before our time.
But comparatively few persons are able
to explain how exercise does promote
health. Both beast and bird, in state
of nature, are exempt from disease, ex-
cept in rare cases; it is because the un-
appeasable instinct of searching for
their necessary food impels them to
ceaseless activities. Children, when
left to themselves, eat a great deal aud
have excellent health, because they will
bo doing something all the time, till
they become so tired they fall asleep;
and as soon as they awake they begin
right away to run about again; thus
their whole existence, which is inter-
estipg and pleasurable. The health of
childhood would be enjoyed by those
of maturer years, if, like children, they
would eat only when they are hungry,
stop when they have done, take rest in
sleep as soon as they are tired, and
when not eating or resting, would spend
the time diligently in such muscular &C.
tivities as would be interesting, agree
able, and profitable. Exercise without
mental elasticity, without an enliveu-
ment of the feelings and the mind, is
of comparatively little value.


l. Exercise is health-producing, be-
cause it works off and out of the sys.
tenn its waste, dead, and effete matters;
these are all converted into a liquid
form, called by some "humors," which
have exit from the body through the
'pores" of the skin, in the shape Of
perspiration, which all have seen, and
which all know is the result Of exercise,
when tho body is in a state of health.
Thus it is, that persons who do not
perspire, who have dry skin, are al
ways either feverish CT chilly and are
never we'll, and never can be as long
as that condition lasts. So exercise,
by working out of the system its waste,
decayed, and useless matters, keeps the
human machine "free;" otherwise it
would soon clog up, and the wheels of
life would stop foreverl


2. Exercise improves the health, be-
cause every step a man takes tends to
impart motion to the bowels; a proper
amount of exercise keeps them acting
once in twenty-four hours; if they have
not motion enough, there is constipa,
ton, which brings on very many fatal
diseases; hence exercise, especially thai
of walking, wards off innumerabls dis
eases, when it is kept up to an extent
equal to inducing one action of the
bowels daily.


3. Exercise is healthful, because the
more we exercise the faster we breathe
IF we breathe faster, we take that much
more air into the lungs; but it is the
air we breathe which purifes the blood
and the more air we take in, the more
perfectly is that process performed, the
purer the blood is, as every body knows
the better the health must be. Hence
when PERSONS lungs are impaired, HI
does not take in enough air for thu
wants of the system; that being tn,
case, the air he docs breathe should b.


the purest possible, which is out doc
air. Hence, the more a cOnsumptiv
stays in the house, the more certail
and speedy is his death. Halls jour
nal Of Health.
Year: 1865

New YORK, june "A commnnica-
tion was received on Monday at the land
office, from the Surveyor General of Kan
sas, covering contract ordered for the
survey of lands on the direct route from
Sioux City to Montana and Idaho, and
the opening of road on the route "a
Year: 1865

New YORK, June2-The ironclads and
monitors attached to the West Gulf and
Mississippi squadrons are to be laid up,
now that the rebellion is finally over
These will not be brought North, but will
be laid up at some convenient point in
the Mississippi river or one of its tribu-
taries not yet decided upon.
Year: 1865

GEN. MEAGHER ON THE TREATMENT OF THE
SoUTH.-In a speech recently delivered in
St. Paul, Minnesota, by Gen. 7. F. Meagher,
be dscoursed in the following strain upon
the motives which should actuate the North
in the present state of affairs and the man
ner in which the South should be treated /:


IL 81 II Il IL


The next question suggested by the events
of the day, and the new condition in which
the Southern States find themselves in rela-
tion to the terms and disposition which the
people of the loyal States should extend to
the former, and the good will and friendship
they should manifest toward those whose
manly acceptance Of what they consider to
be their adverse fate, entities them to the
respect and consideration Of their more for
tunate rivals in the field. The answer to
this question is already set forth in the con-
ditions of the surrender at Appomattox
Court House. 1t becomes the people Of the
North, and it seems to me to be a sacred
obligation with them, to treat the people of
the South with an honorable propriety and
o gallant generosity. A policy or bearing
other than that indicated in the military
surrender, will counteract the success Of
our arms, keep the wounds of the South in
Hameu, pTOuuCe al lrTcpuraplc uilehabioh
and overshadow with opprobium the laurels
of the North.


Defeated as the South has been in its
great scheme to install another government
and nationality ON this continent, and win
the royalty of Mississippi-having fought
in the teeth of the most crushing odds and
disabilities with soldiership that estab-
fishes them in history as the most masterly
revolutionists of any age or country-and
the National government resumes its sway
with weightier authority than it ever held
before, and an admitted superiority over
the oldest and grandest powers, it should
be the aim and object of the people of the
North and West so to conduct themselves in
their social and political relations with the
South, that the latter, even in the hour of
their capitulation, and amid the havoc that
has swept their fields and cities, shall be
induced to entertain one regret Only-and
that the manly and generous regret that
they ever struck a blow against the United
States and coveted the humiliation of our
flag.
Year: 1865

uss shaded glasses to relieve the cye from tae glare OF
the sun a. this increases tho irritation which Ia an
stssndsns :ss ant upon the disease A it apparent
particles and afford complete protectionl to
the eye the patient must be careful to
notice when any PARTICLES find their into the eye
and take Immediate to prevent their unpleas.
ant effects Their presence viii te indicated by very
slight tickling sensation about the achrymal dnct and
should be Immediately removed by washing the eve out
in water at common temperature. II the process is
delayed few moments after this symptom Is dscerned
the patient will be compelled to go through one Of
the unpleasant processes which those afflicted with the
disease constantly experience. On retiring at night
after the spectaces removed wash the ont with
water a. above and apply little sweet beef or mutton
taow to the inner surface OF the eye and the bridge Of
the nose. In the morning a. soon as the eyes are
thoroughly washed, put on the spectaces and keep
them until bed time An essential part of the treat
keep the hands clean and abstain from touch
ing any fruit such peaches or pears, &C., as the pos
and the fuz from the fruit adhering to the
hands transferred TO the eyes and nose and increase
the irritation which peculiar to the disease fuAsr
more in riding in railroad car the precauton should
be taken TO have the head protected with vail. The
system during this should be kept In heatny
condition. II this treatment is followed closely it will
almost entirely protect the patient from this disease
and make the period Of its duration tolcrabe hot
agreeable 1t frequently affects persons who are labor
ing under other difficulties such Catarfh Bronchial
or Asthmatic affections In such cases these difficulties
largely aggravated to render such patients al
most unconscious Of any other disease But there can
be doubt but early and constant Observance of the
treatment here prescribed will far modify the irrta
ting relieve them from the very unpleasant
experience In the period during which the Hay Fever
prevails. In the where the disease Is left to
ITSELF it rarely leaves the patient before the LIST Of Co.
tober."


At the suggestion Of Mr.. Havemeyer prescribed
this treatment in several cases to which I was
called last season. and to my qualification found that
1t was in every case most successful.


Mr.. Hsvemeyer's experience. feel certain. will
prove valuable to very many professional and nonpro
essona readers of The TRIBUNE, and have taken the
liberty of calling their and your attention to it.


ROBERT 8. NEWTON, NJ d.
Year: 1865

ABOUT SLEEP.-TheFe are two kinds o
sleep the complete and the incomplete
Complete sleep is q temporary metaphys
ical death, though not an organic one
The heart and lungs perform their Offices
with their accustomed regularity. 1t is
characterized By tOrpor Of the organs o.
the brain, of the external senses, and o.
voluntary motions. Incomplete sleep is
the activity of one or more of the eere
brian organs, while the others are in re-
pose this occasions dreaming.


Sleep is variously affected by health
and disease. Man in time of health sleeps
TRANQUILITY. He arises in the morning, re-
freshed and prepared to go forth to his
daily labor. New strength is given him
hngoor is gone; and all the faculties, both
mental and corporal, are recruited. But
the sleep Of disease is far different 1t is
short and unrefreshing; disturbed by
fearful sighs and fightful dreams


Of" StupOr and sleep are different, though
supposed by some to be synonymous. In
both there is insensibility; but it is easy
70 wake Q person from sleep, while it is
sometimes almost impossible to arouse
one from stupor. II is frequently the case
in sickness that the patient lies for sevc-
Ial days in stupor, totally insensible.


Though sleep be natural, and necessary
to the languid mental and corporeal facul-
ties, yet it is frequently brought on by
come external cause. Heat produces sleep.
We witness it in the summer season; it
is common to see the laborer devoting
an hour in the heat Of the day to Sleep
A heated church and dull sermon are al
most sure to bring sleep. The heat of the
church might be resisted, but the sermon
is irresistible. Its monotony falls in lead.
en- accents on the ear, and subdues the
most powerful attention. Variety, wheth.
er in sight or sound, prevents sleep /;
whils excessive monotony of all kinds is
apt 70 induce it. Excessive cold, as we'll
asheat, produces sleep. A person with
out sufficient clothing on his bed will find
It difficult to sleep at night but it is o
fact that sleep is produced before death,
when freezing takes place.
Year: 1865

A SAILOR, while explaining the third
figure Of a qundrille to his messlnate, thus
described il:


"You first heave ahead, and pass your
adversary's yard arm, regain your berth
on the other tack in the same order, take
your station with your parner in line,
back and Gil, and then fall on your heel
and bring up with your partner. she then
maneuvres ahead, off alongside of you
then make sail in company with her until
nearly astern the other line, make a stern
board, cast her off to shift for herself re-
gain year place the best way you can ,and
let go your anchor"