smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

days Battles,


Sigels generalship is not flower of
sudden bloom. Az the beginning of our
struggle he was already a veteran, fully
experienced in the arts Of active warfare.
We are not surprised therefore, at the
prominent position which he assumed in
the critical battles of last Friday and
Saturday. II was no slight token Of COM
iidence in his leadership that at such a
time he should have been entrusted with
| such responsibilities. In the entire con
duct of the actions Of these two days
General Sigel appears TO have been the
master mind, originating the plans and
controlling the movements 10 which
whatever success we had is to be attri-
buted.


General Sigeps tactics on this occasion
were so admirable that they make the
battles in which he engaged intensely in
teresting, even apart from those other
conditions which gave them such momen.
tous significance. IL will be remember
ed by our readers that he had iust come
up from the Rappahannock, where he
had for four days held the advance un-
der a heavy fire, and where, too, he had
displayed marked traits of generalship,
such as have rarely been shown this war
Fer two days he had been upon the
march and then, after rest Of only four
hours, he again took the advance in the
most momentous struggle which our armR
have waged with rebellion.


No precautiOn was overlooked by him
which might guard against defeat or iu-
sure success. The General was not miles
IN the rcar, ready 10 come up only after
the engagement was over, to congratulate
his troops on their success, and 10 pen a
brilliant dispatch he was on the field,
acquainting himself with every import
ant position; and long before the light
could reveal his operations 20 q willy foe,
every battery was stationed under his
own eve, aud by his own direction. The
enemy received no warning save that
given by the roar OF Sigels artillery
The advance was not made % random .
scouts were sent out ia every direction,
and all day long they went forth and re.
turned 10 their General, who found time
for caution even In the utm0et fury Of the
contest. His march was rapid but AZ ey-
cry step his troops were unde recover Of
their artillery When the enemy was
Year: 1862

sentiments; presses arc daily alvoca'ing
and encouraging, by every subtle device,
and often with the most hrazen cffrontery
this rebellion, and this most atrocious
treason; and yet the voice Of loyalty,
spoken III tones Of the deepest indignation,
passes them by and they hear it as the idle
wind. The hand Of Justice is not yet
raised to strike them; and they 90 on
with kind Of insane exulting,
scattering fre-brands, arrows and death,
and glory in the al and comfort they are
permitted to give to this most wicked re-
hellion. One thing they must see and feel,
for it must be IS pa1pab1e to them as to Us,
that the nlagnanimity Of a great and loyal
people, and it's long-suFeriDg patience to-


wards, ,perfdious and cowardly men, who


feed and are fed by its bounty, and yet aim
deadly blows at all it holds dear, are be.
yond all that such guilt and crime could


have dared to hope; and that it is mosl
presumptuous to trust that they will endure
| for ever
Year: 1862

The Governor OF Illinois writes to the
President that he has one hundred full COM
panies ready for service under the recent
call for additional troops The quota Of
Illinois under this call is nine regiments.
The Governor wants to know it the Govern
ncnt will not accept the additional regiment.


Illinois gave 10 the country its present
honest and patriotic President, and now she
sends her hardy and brave sons, in greater
numbers than she is asked to do, to stand
by him in his efforts to maintain tile Iuiou
Of the States. All honor to Illinois
Year: 1862

THE horrors OF war can be greatly miti-
gated by that sovereign remedy, Hollo-
ways Ointment, as it will cure any wound,
however desperate, if it be well rubbed
around the wounded parts, and they be
kept thoroughly covered with it. A Pot
of Ointment should be in every mans
knapsack. Only 25 cents per Pot. 2aT
Year: 1862

We extract the following from Agassiz' s


article on methods of Study in Natural


History" in the May number Of the Atlan-


tic Monthly:


Among the astounding discoveries oi


modern science is that of the immense Pc


riods which have passed in the gradual for


nation Of our earth. So vast were the cy-
cles of time preceding even the appearance ce


of man on the surface Of our globe. that our
period seems rs yesterday when compared


with the epochs that have gone before it


Had we only the evidence of the deposits OF


rocks heaped upon each other in regular stra.
ia by the slow accumulation of materials;
they alone would convince US of the long and


slow maturing of Gods work on the earth,


but when we add to these the successive


populations of whose life this world has been


the theatre; and whose remains are hidden
in the rocks into which the mud or sand or
soil of whatever kind on which they lived
has hardened in the course Of time-or the
enormous chains of mountains whose up
heaval divided these periods Of quiet accu-
mutation by great convulsions = or the
changes Of different nature in the confis-
uration of our globe, as the sinking OF lands
beneath the ocean. or the gradual rising of
continents and islands above tor the
filling Of extensive water basins, till marsh
es first and then dry laud succeeded 10 in
land seas-of the slow growth Of coral reefs
those wonderful sea walls raised by the lit
tie ocean architects whose own bodies fur
nish both the building stones and cement
that binds them together, and who have
worked SO busily during the long centuries
that there are extensive countries, noun
tain chains, islands, and long lines OF coast
consisting solely Of their remans-or the
countless forests that must have grown up,
fourished. died and decayed TO fill the
Of coal that feed the fires Of the
human race to-day-if we consider all these
records of the past. the intellect tails to
grasp a chronology for which our expert
ence furnishes no data, and the time that lies
behind us seems as much an eternity TO our
as the future that stretches In
definitely before US.
Year: 1862

The sad snd unexpected removal of our
late superintendent Of Public Instruction
creates the necessity both of filling the va
! caney by Executive authority, and also di-
recting the attention of the friends of educa-
ton 10 some one worthy Of their suffrages.
and OF kindred views and sympathes with
him whose death we are called to deplore
From Governor Morton's well known prac-
teal wisdom, it is probable tha. he will de-
fer filing the vacancy by Executive appoint
ment. till he can avail himself. in the exer
else OF that power. of the aid which the
nomination TO be made in few weeks will
give him in the premises. 1t would be ex-
ceedingly adverse to our educational inter
terests to have the Executive appointment
and the conventional nomination fall on diff
ferent individuals: and peculiarly uufortu
nate for the gentleman appointed to fill the
unexpircd term of Prof. Fletcher's official
service. not to have the sanction of tho pop
ular nomination and the sympathies and CO.
operation associated with such an expression
of the popular preference.


There will be. in all probability, no lack
OF candidates for executive end popular ia
vor, and, as divers names will be presented
to the public through the aid Of the press
and the partiality Of friends, il may not be
amiss to add to that list the name of one
who probably will unite as many of the votes
and enlist as deeply the sympathies and call
forth the cordial efforts of the friends of edu-
cation in our Commonwealth as any other
gentleman of our acquaintance.


He needs only to be named to secure the
approval and support Of all who enjoy the
pleasure of personal acquaintance with
him.


Barnabas C. Hobbs Of Parke county is
man of large educational experience, having
had charge for many years, of fiourishing
Friends School in his own county; a
staunch and tried friend Of our school sys-
TEN. an unweared laboler in the cause of
popular education, n gentlemen of rich and
varied attainments and corresponding moral
worth, and now i'll the prime and vigor of
life. These qualifications and antecedents
wall readily suggest many potent reasons
why the friends of education would rejoice
TO see united in HIM the popular nomination
ard the Executive appointment.


ONE OF THE People.
Year: 1862

Among the curiosities exhibited in the
late Paris Expedition, and promised for
ours, was a huge concave mirror, the in
strument of a startling species OF optical
magic On standing close to the mirror,
and looking into it, it presents nothing but
magnifcently monstrous dissection of
your own physiognomy, On retiring lit
| tie, say a couple of feet, it gives your own
face and figure in true proportion, but re-
versed, the head downwards. Most of the
spectators, ignorant of anything else, OBJ
serve these two effects, and pass on. But
retire still further, standing at the distance
of five or six feet from the mirror and be-
hold you see yourself, not a refection-it
does not strike you as a rehection-but
your veritable SELF standing in the middle
part between you and the mirror. The eff
feet is almost appalling from the idea it
suggests of something supernatural so
startling in fact that men of the strongest
nerves will shrink involuntarily at the first
view If you raise your cane to thrust at
your other self, you will see it pass clean
through the body and appear on the other
side, the figure thrusting at you the same
instant The artist who first succeeded in
finishing mirror of this description
brought it to one of the French kings-if
we recollect Alright, it was Louis Ky
placed his Majesty on the right spot, and
babe him draw his sword directed to his
own breast; he did so, threw down his
weapon and ran away. The practical joke
cost the inventor the Kings patronage and
favor his Majesty being afterwards SO
ashamed of his cowardice, that he could
never again look at the mirror or its owner
| -Enqltsh paper.
Year: 1862

Both Houses of Congress have passed
the important bill authorizing the Presi-
dent to call all the military of the States
into the field to put down the rebellion.


The first section provides that whenever
the President shall call forth the military
of the States he may specify in his call the
period for which such service will be re-
quired, not exceeding nine months; and
the mi litia so mustered in shall continue
to serve for the time specified, unless soon
er discharged. If by reason of defects In
existing laws, or in the execution of them
in the States, or any of them, it shall be
found necessary to provide for enrolling the
militia, the President is authorized to make
all the necessary regulations, so as to in
clude all able bodied men between Is and
As, and the number shall be apportioned
among the States according to their popu-
lation. When so enrolled they shall be or
ganized in the mode prescribed for volun
teers.


The second section authorizes the Presi-
dent to call one hundred thousand volun,
teers, as infantry, into field, in addition to
the number already authorized by law, for
the period of nine months, unless sooner
discharged; and every soldier who shall
enlist under this law shall receive his first
months pay, and also twenty-five dollars
Year: 1862

dard of the Union, and bear it aloft until it
shall float in peace and security, and be ev-
erywhere respected aud honored.


ifesotucd, That a general armament is re-
qulred by every consideration of policy and
safety, and the Government should lose no
time IN filing up cur armies and putting the
whole sea coast in a state of complete de.
fence.


Resotced That it be recommended to the
Common Council of the city of New York to
offer bounty of twenty-five dollars to every
resident of the city who shall after thirty
days, enlist into any regiment now in the
field
Year: 1862

The President informed the different
committees that rooms were ready for their
reception, so that they could meet at once
to discharge the duties assigned to them.


On motion, the Convention adjourned
until half past two o'clock this afternoon.
Year: 1862

THR NATIoHAL SCHEME or FINANcE.-Ths
suspension of specie payments by the banks
will favor the adoption Of Secretary Chass's
scheme of finance. 1t relieves Government Of
The odium ofsubstituting a paper for hard
money circulation, all circulation being paper
now. Government can give the country q
good National currency in place of that Of lini.
ted individual or local bank credit.
Year: 1862

The following interesting and prac-
t'Ical information is from a correspon-
dent of the Country Gentleman:


Fifteen. years ago, noticed a plot
of cabbages, the large firm heads of
which l could not account for from
anything apparent in the soil. On as
king Tire -oWner how he made from
such a soil so fine and uniform a crop,
I found his only secret was that ihe
hoed them while the dew was on. 4.
He thought that in this way be wat
cred them, but of course the good re-
suited more from the ammonia than
the moisture Of the dew.


/ adopted the practice the following
year, and with the result was so well
satisfied, that [ have since continued
and ndrecommended it to others. There
will be a very great difference in the
growth Of two plots of cabbages, trea-
| ted in other respects alike, one Of
whi3h shall be hood at sunrise and
the other at midday: the growth Of
the former will surprisingly y exceed
that Of the latter.


A story in point sometime since
went tie rounds of the agricultural
press, Of which the substance follows:
A small plot Of ground was divided
equally between the hired lad Of
farmer and son, proceeds of its culture
to be their own. They planted it
with corn, and a bet was made by
them as to which should make the
best crop. At harvest the son came
out some quarts behind. He could
not understand the reason, as he had
hOed his twice q. week until laid by
while he had not seen the hired lad
hoe his plot at all and yet he hadgained
i+the wager. 1t turned out the win
ner's crop had been hoed quite as. fro.
quently, but before his rival was up
in the morning. Providence, it seems.
follows the hoe Of the early riser
with a special and increasing reverb.
But there are exceptions. Guilt
vating while the dew is on, manifestly
benefits such gross feeders as cabbage
and corn, but there are plants very
impatient OF being disturbed while
wet The common garden snap and
running beans are. examples; and If
worked while wet, even with dew,
the pores Of the leaves seem to be-
come stopped, and the whole plant is
apt to rust ana become greatly injur-
cd. Whether the Lima beans and
other legumas are as impatient of be-
ling hoed in the dew, 1 have not ascer-
tanned. Experiments should, how
ever, be tried the coming season ON
all hocd crops.
Year: 1862




As hands are scarce this season,
wages high, and various kinds of la
Dor is urgent, just at the time when
Indian corn needs most attention,
we need to make our horses and horse
hoes perform all that is practical
We need to keep the agricultural pro-
position distinc tfy before the mind
hoe corn with the horses.


In mechanics we are accustomed to
compute the strength of one horse as
equal to five active men in .cHltivating
corn; one horse with a skillfUl man,
will perform much more labor than
this; and with an tnskillfQI Iaborer to
handle the cultivator or horse hoe,
much less. There is need of the ex-
ercise of much skill in cultiyating corn
and potatoes, in order to save hard La
Dor.


In the first place, it is highly i'm.
portant to have the eultivator or horse
hoe in good order The teeth or
diggers should be not only sharp but
well polished so that the earth will
slip well. When the teeth are rusty,
and the earth adheres to them, the
work Will not be performed half as
well, usually, as if the surfaces were
bright


Let them. be PIT on q grind stone
and well polished before they aroused;
and when they are not in use let them
he oiled or vanished to keep them
from rusting. Now, in order to per-
form the operation of cuttivatiug or
horse hOeing. corn in a skillful man
ner, it is nece sary to run as closely
to the corn rows as practicable
This viii cut up and cover all the
grass and weeds, and leave but little
to he performed with the hand hoe
But if a laborer is not an actfre, SILL
ful workman, or is carless, and allows
the horse hoe to move along hap-haz-,
ard, and does rot make an effort, to
run the cd1tiTator close to the rows,
there will be vast amount of hard
labor to be performed with the hand
hoe


When farmers have raw hands or
mskillfuf workneny tEfey should spend
an. hour or two with them in showing
them how to handle a horse hoe or
cultivator, with skill and efficiency,
in order to save hard labor. We
may tell some laborers how to per-
form this or that job, a half dozen
times, and they will not be able to do
it as they desire. But trke hold of
the implement yourself, and let them
walk by your side and direct their
attention to the most important man
ipuIations, and they will soon learn
if they have but little gumption--to
cultivate Indian corn and potatoes in
the best and most (arm-like manner.
Year: 1862

ParsOn BrOWnlow is known to be a decided
pro-Slavcry man, but he is not one of the sort
who are thrown into sp2sm of Indignation
every time the word freedom is mentioned
lie tells you merely, in reply, of the practical
difficulties of emancipation, and it would seem
from a conversation that he had lately with
the editor of the Evangelist, that he is not un-
willing to see the experiment tried. The
Evangelist says:


As we had The privilege OF meeting him in
private few evenings since, we took occasion
TO sound him on his point, wishing to see il
he was as touchy on the subject as some loyal
men at the South, who profess to love the
Union much, but seem 10 love Slavery more
Parson Brownlow, we are happy to say, is not
one of that sort. Though, as a Southern man
lie sees ali the practical difficulties in the way
and is disposed 10 move slowly and cautiously
he is not at all frightened by the "mad dog
cry OF abolitonist One of his suggestions
struck us as showing so much of shrewdness
and common sense that we cannot keep il
back. lie said "As emancipation was al
experiment be thought it would be well, be
fore trying it on a large SCALE to begin with
single State, and he would suggest that, just
by way of experiment, TO see how it would
work, they should begin with South Carolina
There he would like to see the Government
emancipatc the slaves, and contiscate the other
properly of the rebels, and then turn them
out to grass ~


This is good suggestion and if there is
to be any compromise when we shall como to
the settlement of the quarrel between the
North and South, we trust that BrownIow':
motion will form part OF it. Slavery is no.
where more inveterate and powerful than il
South Carolina; and if emancipation should
succeed there, it might be taken as proved
that it would succeed well everywhere. Gen
Hunter had the same thought in his head, but
he was, perhaps, little irregular and prema-
ture in carrying it into execution.-N. Y
Pot.
Year: 1862

When was young man, there lived in
our neighborhood farmer who was usually
reported to be a very liberal man, and uncom-
monty upright in. bis dealings. When he had
any produce off his farm TO dispose of, be
made it an invariable rule to give good meas
ure-rather more than could be required OF
him. One Of his friends observing him fre-
queutly doing so, questioned him why he did
it-told him be gave too much, and said it
would not be TO his advantage. Now mark
the answer of this excellent man: "God Al.
mighty has permitted me but one journey
through the world, and when am gone
cannot return TO rectify mistakes" Think
of this. But one journey through the
world
Year: 1862

II is energy Of viii that is the soul Of intel
lect; wherever it is, there is life; where it is
not all is dullness, and despondeucy and DESC
lation. People who have no experience of it,
imagine that it is destructive TO the nerves,
exhaustive to the animal spirits; that it aggre-
Yates the wear and tare of life excessively
But this is an idle notion, as idle as the habits
and humors of those who entertain it.
leave it 10 any man who knows its real effect
to strike the balanc5-to compare the exhaus-
Iion Of an indoent day with that of an active
one; to say in which OF the two cases the sub
ject IS in better heart for work, and filter to
undergo It. Whatever we may be about, one
thing believe, is certain, that, if the spirits
ore bent by energy, they are utterly wasted by
idleuess; at worst energy can only end by re-
taxation, il is superior TO it for a while, and
possibly at last may fall into it; whereas ide-
ness Is actually relaxation from first to last


and can be nothing else. But even this view


favorable as it is, is yet not favorable enough
to be just. The fact is that violence is not
necessary TO energy any more than Tyranny is tc
kiDgsliP; on the contrary, the gentest ener-
gy docs the most work. Energy, literally from
the Greek, is inward workngness; the bloom
ing ofthe flower is energy, the increase OF the
fruit is energy, the growth of the body is ener-
gy-yet in all these there is no violence; the
efficacy is not destructive, but vital; without it
the whole frame must fall into corruption


with it, instead of corruption, we have life
Year: 1862

In storms the dreary day closes,


All hushed is the twittering glee
OF the swallows that sang for me,
And hushed is the orioles song;
For summer hath gone with her roses,
And Autumn comes trailing along
Ger the tomb where the lilly reposes,
Sad Autumn comes trailing along
But alas the Summer hath taken


Not only the roses gay,


Not only the flowers away,


Not only the orioles lay
But haiti left me entirely forsaken,
Having taken afar to her home ser5i.
My darling. who will not awaken,
When nature no longer is dumb,
/ knew it would be in Autumn


Alas that Autumn should come
Let the lilly not murmur that sleepeth
Far down in the cold, dreary earth
For it hath, in waiting. birth $50. s
To beauty and Spring time mirth
But the heart of the poet that weepcth
For her that is fairer far
Than the roses and lilies are.
watch that it endless keepeth-
Like the watch of a lonely star.
Year: 1862

The United States of America shall
have the right to appoint consuls and
other commercial agents for the pro


lection OF trade, to reside ut such
places in the dominions of China as
shall be agreed to be opened who
shall hold official intercourse and cor
respondencc with local officers of the
Year: 1862

ANY person obtaining Ave subscribers and forwarding
the money, shall be furnished with copy OF the lntci
gencer for this service hong the number shall be
kept coed.


Business pertaining to the paper can be transacted
With the Publisher any day at the Oc" 90 Publication.
Communications be addressed to the Editor, who
WiilpromptIy and faithfully respond to them.
Year: 1862

In all future personal intercourse
between the representatives of the
United States of America and the
encouragement or governors. the
interviews shall be had at the official
residence of the representative of the
representative of the United States of
America, whichever may be agreed
upon between them nor shall they
make any pretext for declining these
interviews. Current matters shall be
discussed by correspondence, SO as
not to give the trouble of a personal
meeting.
Year: 1862

Relations of peace and amity be


tween the United States and China
being established by this treaty, aud
vessels of the United States being adj
mitted to trade freely to and from The
ports OF China open to foreign com
merce, it is further agreed that, In case
at any time hereafter China should be
at war with any foreign nation what
ever, and should for that cause ex.
clude such nation from entering her
ports, still the vessels Of the United
States shall not the less continue to
pursue their commerce in freedom and
security, and to transport goods to and