smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

With full knowledge Of the responsibii-
ty we Incur, we are forced to say that after
the battle of Bulls Run, some things were
done which we cannot cordially approve.
Although High Chivalry prides itself upon
regarding all the nictties OF polite life, and
assumes to be the especial guardian Of all the
social virtues, we are panied at being com
PEELED TO say that ungenteei practices were
INDUCED in by the gentlemen under the com
mand of the Frenchman Beauregard. For
example: The gentleman rebel who was
found wounded by Connecticut soldier. aud
was by him carefully lifted to shady place,
and furnished with a cooling draught, dis
played great rudeness in shooting his bene-
factor through the heart The act was not
in conformity with the Chesterfeldian code.
1t Was improper. We trust hat we do not
offend. when we say that the act was ungen-
tlemanly


Then, again, the bayonetting Of wounded
Federal troops upon the roadside was uncalled
for. We trust that we d. not offend, when
we say that it was discourteous and impoile.
But worse than all, the firing. repeatedly,
upon hospital filled with wounded United
States soldiers, was offensive. w deprecatc
such things. We would not for the world
offend the patrons of the Express, but we
cannot refrain from expressing the opinion
that the burning of wounded soldiers by
firing n hospital, is highly uncharitablc, and,
as we said of the previously named acts I'M
gentlemauly and discourteous. We hope
that the "cIever gentlemen" who are engaged
under jeff Davis, will try and avoid these
practices in the future. We appeal to their
fraternal love, their reputed good breeding,
and their horror OF all rudeness, and meekly
hope that our men may hereafter be saugh-
| tered according to the rules Of civilized war
fare. How can we arrive at peaceful sou-
! tions" unless the rebels conduct themselves
genteelly. The peaceful inclination of the
Davis traitors is well enough known by us,


but how can we expect to convince the peo-
| pie Of the North of their lamb like desires,
while wounded Northern soldiers are burn
ing in church temporarily used for hospi-
tai We have n desire to be moderate and
conservative, and that is our reason for al
luding to the subject we are on. We beg of
the Express to aid us in our endeavor to eu-
tivate feeling of fraternal affection between
the burners and the burned. Let modera-
tion prevail
Year: 1861

WILL ENGLAND TAKE SIDES Whether
England will interfere in favor Of one OF
the other of the belgerents which now


are at variance in this country, seems te
be very common topic Of conversation
and much doubt is felt by all parties as tt


her decision. We observe that the Nev
York Tribune and other Administration
papers are criticising her conduct in very
severe terms, which 60 to show that they
st least are fearful England will take side,
with King Cotton! John Bull has hi,
hands full in watching Ireland.
Year: 1861

BATH1NG HoUsE.-Some enterprising
German is erecting bathing house on
the south side of the river 1t is needed
but we suggest to the pro
prietor that he remove it to better loca.
tion.
Year: 1861

E- The Irish linen trade is seyerel


affected by the war in this country. Th
.hand loom linen weayers in end near Be
is. have been thrown out of employment


aud are consequently reduced to want.
Year: 1861

crops and such other combustbe property on
their premises as could not be removed, Itis
certainly to be regretted that, in the confusion
that prevailed, this very proper step was not
more generally taken. Bnt the first surprise
Mt the invasion has now died away, and l
think the northern government may reckon,
without fear Of mistake, that 1t has obtained
the Yeiv last bag of cotton, and also the last
contraband that it can ever hope to seize by
bouncing upon the coast Of South Carolina.
Concerted arrangements between the planters
and the military authorities have wisely been
made by which TO plantation will IN future be
abandoned until the crop is utterly consumed,
the gin-house and other buildings destroyed,
the live stock driven off, and the hands re-
moved to the interior In the most exposed
localities-that is, the islands adjacent to Port
Royal-on which the enemy may al any mo-
ment make his appearance, the work OF
destruction is already commenced. For the
past few days gangs of negroes from the sea-
coast, laden with such effects as they can
carry, and followed by droyes of mules
and horses, have been passing through
this city on their way 10 the back country.
Night before last the whole atmosphere in
the city and for miles around Notwithstanding
the bright moonlight, was hazy and lurid.
Many could not account for the phenomenon.
1t was the effect OF the wholesale conflagration
of cotton now going on at Edisto and other
islands intervening between Port Royal aud
Charleston, Whenever the marauders choose
to land, and it is useless to disguise the f. ct
that they can land at a great many points
they will find nothing but devastated fields,
deserted by all save the avenglng presence of
the partisan r;tiemen. The patriotic sacrifice
which has been made by our planters is all
the greater when we consider that the crops
of the past season have far exceeded the best
ever before known"
Year: 1861

WASHINGTON, December ~, 1861.


The position which Gen. MoCLHLLAN occupies
at present, before the country and the world is
one which, since the days of Napoleon the Great,
no General ever held before. Young and COM
paratively inexperienced suddenly raised to the
chief command of an army of over half mil
lion Of men, and in the midst Of war OF re-
belliou such as history has not yet recorded, he
is an object Of the deepest solicitude and inter
est. To hurry him onward to battle before he
feels himself ready to engage the enemy, and to
be constantly crying for forward movement, is
wrong, when the great responsibilities of his
position are duly considered. 10 conducting
this war, he. like the President, las not the
shadow Of precedent, either in the old world
or in the new, to fall back upon, but must rely
entirely on his own judgment and the untried
proWess Of an army Of civilians, three -fourths
or more of whom never saw battle field nor
knew anything Of military movements. One
wrong step on the part OF the General or single
battle lost especially if that lost battle should
be the first one fought-would ruin him forever
IS a commander, in the eyes of an anxiously
watching world.


tits to say the least, unkind, if not positively
cruel. therefore, on the part of Congress and
novioes generally, to attempt to push McCLRL-
Lam into a fight before he feels himself ready so
to manage his forces as to come out OF it with
banners flying and shouts of victory bursting
from the bloody field, as will win from all peo-
pies aud oil nations their highest eclat and admi-
ration. What if he does seem to move slow
The responsibilities which environ him are
fearful, and the daily labors that are exacted
from him ore sufficient to whiten his youthful
locks, and,-if he ere not possessed of hercu-
lean mental strength and courage,-would urge
him to turn away from SO vast and unprecedent.
Year: 1861

The Raleigh IN. c. Standard, in a tribute
to the memory Of Col Charles F. Fisher, who
fell In the battle OF Manassas, says:


Col. Fisher, we suppose, was about forty
eight years OF age We believe he was { a
year or two at West Point, and that be after
ward prepared himself for the practice Of the
law. He edited for year OF so paper in
Salisbury. He was an able and accomplished
writer and good speaker. Hs was a mem
Der Of the State Senate in 1S54-5j, and dis
tinguished himself by his earnest advocacy Of
liberal system OF internal improvements.
Soon after be was called to the presidency Of
the North Carolina railroad, m which capacity
he evinced great energy of character and busi-
ness talents Of high order. He resigned this
pooition but few weeks since to take COM
mand of the splendid regiment which was
raised mainly By bis own eXertions.


His regard for his men, and his efforts to
render them comfortable, knew no bounds. Our
correspondent-One Of his own oficeTs, who
writes from Winchester under date Of the 18Th
speaks in the wa NEST terms Of bis devotion
to the service, and Of bis unwearied efforts to
provide for bis men. Col. Fisher was Of ar
dent temperament. frank in his intercourse
with others, unaffected in his manners, modest
and brave. II was natural, therefore, that be
should have many friends. He has fallen glo-
riOusly in a noble cause Itis believed be was
slain before the victory was fully won, while
engaged IN sustaining the heavy pressure on
the left wing OF our army.
Year: 1861

e1S' The Bridgeport Conn Farmer saws
Before Lincoln undertake to write another
message on the Union being older than the
States, he had better gather a few facts from
some twelve yeaT-old school boy. A more
miserable lot of trash than the last presiden-
tial message was never before published. II
is mass of absurd ststements-statement
which have not the least shadow of truth
about them"


We trembie for the editor of the Farmer.
There are men in the new military prissn on
staten Island, for saying less harsh things
than that.
Year: 1861

SUDDEN CHANGE OF ToNg.-The papers in
this city that sympathizs with the rebels at
the South, "a few days ago were as belligrent
as any fire eater could desire. Now they
are whining for peace. And pray who has
broken the peace? Gentlemen, you have
armed and demanded and inauguratcd war,
and the war is yours and not ours. But you
can have peace, whenever you lay down your
arms, and submit to constitutional govern
ment and seek any redress you think you
need by constitutional means.-N Y. Com.
Year: 1861

THE SECESSION CoNsPIRACY.-Senator
Douglas, in one Of his last speeches, made
use Of the following language:


There has never been time from the day
that Washington was inaugurated first Presi-
dent of these United States, when the rights of
the Southern States stood frmer under the laws
of the land, than they do now; there never was
a time when they had not as good cause for dis
union as they have to-day. What good cause
have they now that has not existed under every
administration?


Ifthey say the territorial question-now for
the first time there is no act Of Congress pro-
hibiting slavery anywhere. III be the nom
enforcement of the laws, the only complaints
have heard, have been Of the too vigorous and
faithful fulhlment Of the fugitive slave law. Then
what reason have they2


The slavery question a mere excuse. The
election of Lincoln is a mere pretext. The pre-
sent secession movement is the result of an
enormous conspiracy formed more than year
since, formed by leaders in the Southern Con-
federacy more than twelve months ago.


They use the slavery question as a means to
aid the accomplishment of their end. They de-
sired the election Of Northern candidate by
ect iOnal vote in order to show that the tive sec
tions cannot live together. When the history
of the two years from the LecOmpton charter
down to the late Presidential election shall be
written, it will be shown that the scheme was
deliberately laid to break up this Union.


They desired Northern Republican to be
elected by purely Northern vote, and then as
sign that fact as a reason why the sections may
no longer live together. If the dsunion candi-
date in the last Presidential contest had carried
the united South; their scheme was, the North
ern candidate successful, to seize the capital
last spring, and by united South and divided
North hold it. That scheme was defeated in
the defeat of the dsunion candidate in several
of the Southern States.
Year: 1861




Buffalo Commercial has the following:


On Friday as the members Of one of our vol
unteer companies who were being practiced in
the musket drill by gentleman who, although
not of their corps, was acting as Lieutenant
for the day, the latter said: " / will teach you
the manner of surrendering arms, so in case
you will ever have to do it, you will know how
to do it gracefully" The Captain of the Com
pany standing near, Immediately responded ::
" Hold on, Lieutenant, I'll teach them that
myself" lie seized musket from soldier
standing near, raised it to his shoulder a mo-
ment, as in the act Of firing upon an enemy.
Then letting it drop from his hand, he initiated
the action Of man shot through the heart,
staggered heavily forward and fen upon the
piece. He sprang up again in a moment and
cried: "Thats the way this company will sur
render arms!" A tremendous shout broke
from the ranks: "That's the kind we learn,
surrender and die at the same time, never mind
the grace Of it. And the "gace of it " was
discarded.
Year: 1861

The several Auditors Of the Treasury Depart
mert are required, OF the end of every month, TO
make report OF tie amount Of business trans.
acted during the month; such report tO state the
number Of accounts unsettled. the number dis
posed Of, the number unattended to or in arrears,
with such explanatory remarks ss may be re-
quired. The clerks in each bureau report to its
hsad. The effect of tho system is to throw light
upon the desk OF every man in the Department.
once q month.
Year: 1861

ORIGIN OF THE WoRD HELL.-Loki, son Of
Farbaute, the Giant, one Of the prominent
personages in n orse or Scandinavian mytholo-
gy, fair of face, but i'll in temper and tickle in
mood-known as the backbiter of the gods and
spokesmen of evil counsel-begat three children,
according to the Edda-the scripture Of that
mythology witch in Jotuheim, the Land
of Giants The first was Fcnris Wolf, fated
TO be the bane of Odin at the day of DOOM
Jormungrandr. the huge snake encircling the
world in its coil, was the second. The third
was the daughter Hel, thus referred to in the
Edda g Now when the gods heard that this
kindred was being bred up in Jotenheim, and
found out by soothsaying and spaedom, that
much mischief would arise from them, knowing,
too, that from such stock evil was to be ex-
pected on both father and mothers side. All
fader had the children brought to him, and the
worm or snake he cast into the sea that lay
round all lands, where he grew So that it coll
ed itself round all the earth, and bit its tail
with its teeth. Hel, the daughter, he cast in
to Nfheim, and gave power over niue worlds,
to share them among the men that were sent
to her. Those were all who died Of sickness
or age. She hath great dominion, (says the
Edda) and her yard walls are very high
Hunger is her dish, starvation her knife, care is
her bed, beating cliff is tie threshold Of her
hall, which is hung with grief. She is half
blue and half the hue Of flesh, easy to know,
and her face is stern and grim" Such was
the derivation of the word Hell, the name of a
place applied to goddess, where all is cold
and darkness, but our notions of He'll have had
quite another source, in quite another quarter
of the globe in the east, where cold Is regard
ed as delightful and agreeable, as FIRE was in
the northern Imagination.
Year: 1861

The EYE.-Yain and forgotten are all the
fine offers of hospitality, if there is no holiday
in the eye. How many inclinations are ayow-
ed by the eye, though the lips dissemble !
How often does one come from a company in
which it may easily happen he has said nothing;
that no important remark has been addressed
to him, and yet, in bis sympathy with the
company, he seems not to have a sense of this
fact, for a stream of light has been flowing into
him and out of him through his eyes. As
soon as men are off their centerS the eyes show
it. There are eyes, to be sure, that give no
more admission into the man than blue berries.
There are liquid and deep wells that man
may fall into there are asking eyes, and as
serting eyes, and prowling eyes, and eyes full
of faith, and some Of good and some of sinister
omen. The power of eyes to charm down in
sanity or beasts, IS power behind the eyes,
that must be victory achieved in the will
before it can be suggested to the organ but
the man at peace or unity with himself would
move through men aud nature, commanding
all things by the eye alone. The reason men
do not obey Us is, that they see the mud at the
bottom of our eyes. Whoever looked on the
hero would consent to his will being served ;
be would be obeyed-Eners0l.
Year: 1861

Far away TO the bright Southwest,
Where the sunset clasps the sea,
Where the broad paeific's billowy breast
Heaves and surges in wild unrest,
| turn, bright land, to thee,
And dream of thy skies, and thy melodies,
Comes to my soul, with the cheer
That soft winds bring in the early spring,
Saying that summer is near.


So, Golden Gate
turn to thee with a heart elate.
Twas thought poet heart might claim,
Southwest land of ours!
To give thy rock-bound shores a name,
To live alike in song and fame,
With glowing skies and flowers.
To thy bilowy bay is royal way,
That leads to land of gold;
And the sea-lions guard with watch and ward,
Thy shining stores untold,


o, Golden Gate!
Oped to a land in promise great
Ships more precious than argosies
OF orient climes have gone,
Freighted with life and its mysteries,
To breast the storms of Southern seas,
And the blast of fierce Cape Horn.
By the desolate shore of the Land of Fire,
Till the broad Pacifc's swell
Bore them away to the sparkling bay
OF the land love so we'll


The Golden Gate,
Where the myriad ships of the nations wait.
Oh hath not every soul dream
Ola Southwest land that lies
In light more pure than a golden CLEAN
That out of the gates of the west may stream,
Or the mornings Orient dyes?
These silvery chimes are tuneful rhymes,
Which poets sung of old
And the sparkling sand of whose distant strant
Is bright with sunset gold


The Golden Gate,
Where dreams, like ships at anchor, wait.
Such, Land of Song art thou to me;
From a Northland bleak and cold
I send my barque and its freight shall be
All blessed hopes and the melody
That minstrel lips have told.
0, beautiful land. with thy golden strand,
Shining for evermore--
Sweet Land Of Song have loved so long.
I shall yet regain thy shore


At thy Golden Gate,
Like an anchored barque, my soul shall wait.
Year: 1861

LIVE CATTLE WEIGHED BY MEAsURE-1he
only instrument necessary is a measure with
feet and inches marked upon it. The girth is
the circumference Of the animal just below the
shoulder blade. The following table contains
the rules to ascertain tie weight of the ami
mall


Ifless than one foot in girth. multiply super
fetal feet by eight.


If less than three feet and more than onc
multiply superficial feet by eleven.


If less than five and more than three, multi
ply superficial feet by sixteen.


If less than nine and more than seven multi
ply superficial feet by twenty three.


If less than eleven and more than nine, null
tiply superficial feet by forty-two.


Example; Suppose the girth of a bullock
to be six feet three inches length, five feet six
inches the superficial area viii be thirty-four;
and, in accordance with the preceding table,
the weight will be seven hundred and eighty
two pound.


Example: Suppose a pig to measure 10
girth two feet, and length one foot nine inches.
There would be three and half feet, which
multiplied by eleven, gives thirty-eight and a
half pounds as the weight of the animal when
dressed. In this way the weight of the four
quarters can be substantially ascertained du-
ring life
Year: 1861

POVERTY THE PARENT OF FUx.-Poverty
runs strongly to fun. A man is never so full
of jokes as when he is reduced to one shirt and
two potatoes. Wealth is taciturn and fretful.
Stockholders would no sooner indulge in a
hearty laugh than they would lend money on a
second mortgage. Nature is great believer
in compensations Those to whom she send
wealth she saddles with lawsuits and dyspep-
sia. The poor never indulge in woodcocks, but
then they have a style of appetite that con-
verts number three mackerel into salmon,
and that is quite as well.
Year: 1861

DE- Oh she was an angel. Looking back
over our shoulder, We watched the lovely being
as she fioated down the street, feasting our
eyes on her beauty. All at once we heard
splash and a groan, and all was dark. About
an hour after this. we learned that a gentleman
while looking back at lady, had walked into
cellar, and was severely hurt.
Year: 1861

EXTRACT from the second speech of Andrew
johnson, in the Senate:


"Treason ought to be punished North or
South, and if there are traitors they should be
entitled to traitors reward. Applase. He
said that South Carolina early had prejudice
against government by the people, and that
secession was no new thing in that State. He
referred TO the early history of South Carolina,
who claimed at one time that they were ready
to go back under the dominion Of King George.
He read an address of the people Of Charleston
to King George in 1880, saying that they nev-
er intended to dissolve that union, lamenting
the struggle of Independence, protesting love
and zeal for that Government in 1888 by South
Carolina. Then they were restrained and their
pride humbed and men who speak in this
Convention now say that they have had an in
tention to dissolve the Union for forty years.
The question now is, are the other States going
to allow themselves to be precipitated into
ruin by South Carolina? All South Carolina
wants of the more Northern States is men and
money. What does South Carolina propose
to give to Kentucky and Tennessee? All
South Carolina wants Of Kentucky and Ten
nessee, and the other States Of the Northern
portion of the South, is to furnish men and
money. When we find her prosecuting con-
test for Mexico or elsewhere, Tennesseeans and
Kentuckians win be very desirable to help in
the battles. What protection can South Car
oliaa give Tennessee and Kentucky, if her
negro property needs protection We have
got the men, and will have to pay for it, and
not South Carolina, which has been an apple
of discord in this confederacy from my earliest
recollection to this time, complaining of every
thing and satisfied with nothing. l think
sometimes it would almost be Godsend if
Massachusetts and South Carolina could be
joined together, like the Siamese twins, and sep
arated from the Government, and taken of
into somo remote, some secluded part of the
ocean, and fastened there, to be washed by
the waves and cooled by the winds and after
they had been there sufficient length of time
the remainder of the people of the United
States might entertain a proposition for taking
them back. Laughter For they seem to
have been source of dissatisfaction pretty
much ever since the confederacy was formed,
aud some operation or experiment of this kind,
think would have beneficial effect on them.
But we must try to do the best we can with
them.
Year: 1861

ABSENCE OF MIND-The foreman Of
Grand Jury in Arkansas, after administering
ing her the Bible, presented his Own phiz, say
ing, Now kiss the book, madam He did
not discover bis mistake, until the whole jury
burst into a roar
Year: 1861

gsg- Look up.7 thundercd the captain of
a vessel, as his boy grew giddy while gazing
from the topmast- The boy looked up, and
returned in safety Young man, look up, and
You will succeed. Never look down and des-
pair. Look up