smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

Total bread


stufIs........ lO69S. .29s 9,76O,5OO


To the above must be added the large
amount detained iR bdHSitu in the canals.
The increase in the stock of corn is remark
able. Last year the stock in Chicago was
s75,07l bushels, against same time this year
30l3,9O0 bushels.


The crop prospects for the present year
in the country are, upon the whole, quite
encouraging. The dcought Of last year did
not prevent the sowing down to wheat of
an increased area and the appearance at
this time Of the fall-sown wheat is very
good. The planting season this spring is
so far favorable. From the fact that the
last two crops Of corn have been below the
average, we have some reason 10 expect a
turn in the season which will give US a full
crop Of that grain the present year.


Hopes of abundant haryests. both at home
and abroad, may be indulged in, and may
be realized. But, even supposing there
shonld be no disappointment, we do not
imagine the price Of wheat will experience
any considerable fall. Corn aud some Of
the other grains will probably be lower,
but such ls the consumption of wheat. that
the demand NAV be expected to pres. hard
upon the heels Of any such supply as may
be reasonably ce!ruiaJed uf0a.
Year: 1868

We shall constantly admonish the Southern
people to he self-Teliant, and shall do what we
may he able 10 induce the establishment Of
manufactures in our midst for our home pro
ducts 70 this end we will pay special attention
10 the COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturing.
and exert ourselves TO encouraFe the diversif-
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
nsnt Of Southern resources.
Year: 1868

And kindred topics. we shall also give an ex
teusive variety Of valuable ami interesting mat
ter-the best adapted 20 the farming classes o.
our state, which will, in great measure sup
ply the place Of a family agricultural paper
Year: 1868

The following is from the Reveries
of Bachelor" by Ike Marvel:


A poor man without some sort of re-
ligion is, at least, poor reprobate, the
football of destiny, with no tie linking
him to infnity, aud the wondrous etern-
ity; and is even worse, fame without
a heat, rainbow without color, flower
without perfume. A man may, in some
sort, tie his hopes and honors to this
weak, shifting ground tackle, to his bust
ness, or the world; but the woman with
out the anchor called faith, is drift and
wreck A man may clumsily continue
a sort of moral responsibility, out of re-
lation to mankind; but woman in her
comparatively isolated sphere, where
affection and not motive is the control
ling motive, can find no basis in any
other system or right action but that of
faith. A man may craze his brain, or his
thoughts, to truthfulness, in such poor
harborsge as fame and reputation may
stretch before him. but woman-where
can she put her hopes, in storms, if not
in heaven And the sweet truthfulness
that abiding love-thst enduring hope
mellowing every page and scene of life,
tightening them with pleasant radiance,
when the worlds storms break like an
army with cannon2 Who can bestow its
all but holy soul, tied to what is stronger
than an army with cannonp Who has
enjoyed the love of Christian mother
but will echo the thought with energy,
and hallow it with tear ?"
Year: 1868

Gov. English, Of Connecticut, in his
inaugural address, delivered May 9th,
discusses with great ability the questions
Of the day, from which we make the fol-
lowing extract:


"Is Congress or the Constitution su
preme2 And the question involves the
issue whether our constitutional govern
ment is failure; for il Congress is su-
preme, the Constitution is useless-and
il Congress can stiae the judiciary, and
strike down the Executive, il Is supreme.
And the same power that keeps the South
under the bayonet now, may rule the
North in the same manner when II will.
By the same reasoning which justified
Congress in its overthrow Of the execu-
tive department to-day, the suppression
Of any State Government may be COM
pletely justified tomorrow. In fact, il
Congress is supreme, a revolution has
been accomplished, and we no longer live
under the government we have sworn to
support This is the ordeal through
which the country is passing. 1t is not
the part Of wisdom to hide its difficulties
or it's dangers. They demand the solemn
consideration of every American citizen,
for with them at last the decision will
rest If this matchess Constitution OF
ours, based upon the right of the people
to govern themselves in their own way,
through their State organizations, and
secured from the abuse of centralized
power by the separate and independent
action Of its great coordinate depart
ments, is to be abandoned, it can only be
because the people for whom it was pro-
vided, and upon whom its benefits have
been showered, so desire. The people OF
Connecticut, trained from their early
days to regard no government as lawful
which is imposed upon people without
their consent, have watched with Jealousy
the assumption of extraordinary power
by Congress, and especially the indica-
tien of desire to control them in the
regulation of their right Of suffrage and
citizenship, and have unmistakably de-
clared their dissatisfaction with that revo.
lutionary policy which requires the over
throw of the Constitution for its success.
Nor do permit myself to doubt the signs
of a rising sentiment throughout the
country which will save the American
people the charter of their liberties, and
vindicate their own capacity Of self-gov-
ernment. turn gladly from a subject,
the seriousness of which has compelled
me to address you thus at length, but
which is attended with painful impress
sions, to those matters which are peculiar
m our local povernmeutn
Year: 1868

London Cor. of New York Tlmes.I


have already told you that when Mr..
Disraeli made his concluding speech on
the Irish Church debate he was excited.
The real facts may now be mentioned,
for the Premier seems resolved to make
the occasion historical instead of suffer
ing it to be forgotten. When he began
his speech he was very much exhausted,
and after a time he turned to friend
who sat beside him on the Treasury
Bench, and asked for glass of weak
brandy and water. Finding, it is to be
presumed, the benefit Of this mild Pota-
ton, he had it repeated, and before he had
finished he drank three glasses of the mix
ture. His speech, at the beginning, prom
ised to be one Of the finest ever delivered
in the House Of Commons, and members of
all parties were warmed to enthusiasm, in
spite of themselves, by it. 1t soon, how
ever, began to be almost incoherent, and
moved BY compassion for the Minister,
the House cried, "Divide, divide" Mr.
Disraeli took the hint, but before he sat
down, he, in the most confused and ex-
cited manner, made his now celebrated
charge that his rival opposite, Mr.. Glad
stone, had made formal alliance with
the Ritualists and the Pspal party for the
overthrow Of the English Institutions.
The House was somewhat disturbed by
the scene, but as Mr.. Disraelis drinking
had all been done under their own eyes,
and the Circumstance Of his being in i'll
health was BY this time generally known,
there was no disposition TO treat what was
really misfortune as an ofense. II was
exactly the Incident connected with Pres
ideni Johnson's installation repeated in
the House Of Commons
Year: 1868

Oar lady readers should be informed
that the liquid called benzine, which
they use so freely for removing grease
and stains from clothing, ia very dan
gerous article. 1t is one Of the sub
stances distilled from petroleum, and is
highly volatile, inhammable, and, when
the vapor is mixed with air, is explosive.
We have frequently observed phial of
this fluid standing in close proximity to
a lamp or gas fame, and the odor per-
vadlng the rooms. A very small guam
tity is capable of doing irreparable mis-
chief The contents of q four ounce
phial, if overturned or evaporized, would
render the air Of common room ex-
plosive, and whole family might be Sc
riously burned or lose their lives from it.
1t should never be used in the vicinity OF
fame, and it is important to remember
that, through the medium of the escap-
ing vapor, when the phial is uncorked,
fame will leap to it through space of
several feet Benzine is often sold un-
der various fanciful names; and, there
fore, any article procured from the drug
gists for removing oil or grease from ia
brics should be handled with the utmost
care.-Erchdnge.
Year: 1868

the results OF another half-ce1tury OF
peRee with the rest Of the world, and
absenee If Internal dissension, we feel
IS though we could not too strongly en-
treat our felIow-citizens to consider
whether 1t is not far better to submit to
temporary wrongs, until such time IS
they may be peacefully righted, rather
than 10 the heat OF passion to endanger
the safety of the entire nation.


A spirit OF moderation cultivated by
such considerations, mutual concessions,
rather than arbitrary and unyielding de-
mand, on the part of those portions Of
our common country. whose interests
may sometimes appear to conflict, viii
secure the united prosperity Of all. The
absorbing questions to which the think
ing minds of the country ought to be di-
rected, are those OF political economy.
The vitality Of the country Is so great
that the wounds received in the late dis
astrous contest will soon close, If they
are not irritated by the revival Of old is
suss.s


Wkimplore all sections, then, to strike
hand ard Din in aD effort TO advance
the ihErests Of the entire country. Do
lard cur fertile valleys shall bios
q; our streams blend their music with
The hum Of machinery; cur lakes, riv-
efs snd railroads be laden with COM
merce, and present business stagnstfon
give place to universal and healthy ae-
dvity.
Year: 1868

the preeent rate OF taxation would
amount to as much money es the people
could well afford 20 pay, and, indeed, to
as much as they ought to be called on
noa0, to day, under esy emergency.


think the law taxing insurance com
panies ought to be changed at once, 30 SIS
TO collect from each company at the time
OF taking out or renewing licenses all the
tax that is charged. Advantage has been
taken of the equitable Law passed ct the
last session of the Legislature by so
many companies that but little more has
come into the Treasury from that source.


The law taxing merchandise ought
also, in my opinion, to be changed.
Better tax goods but once. The two
per cent" law brought more money into
the Treasury than the present law does.
Many notifications, changes, ETC.,
might, with great profit, be made in the
laws OF the State bearing on and very
seriously affecting its finances; and new
laws might be enacted which would
greatly profit the State financially; but
as there is s bill now in the hands of
your Judiciary Committee, which has
been prepared specially with regard 70
the subject alluded 20. ! viii only add
that I mcst respectfully request The House
to give that bill deliberate and fsvora-
ble consideration, for l esn assure your
honorable body that | know of my owB
owledge-knOwledge that has been
hammered out on the anvil of expert
ence-that there is great necessity for
every section of that bill as proposed to
be amended and enacted into la.


From the foregoing tables it viii be
seen that the cardinal and all important
truth thereby elicited-a truth which
may be REGARDED as the tutelsry deity Of
the State, calling on the Legislature to
interpose its power and authority in be
half of its injured credits this, that the
policy of issuing bonds to railroads which
have been taken out Of the hands of the
company and put into the hands OF Re-
ceivers, that is, of the bonds, the roads
and all their assets, and who have for
longer or shorter period Of time so man
aged the foads, the bonds and the assets,
as to prevent the State from receiving
one single dollar, can no longer be toler
ated. This is the great change the flnau-
cial Interests of the State call for. To
the consideration of it must respec; fully
and earnestly call the attention Of your
honorable body.


Your obedient servant,


G. W. BLACKBURN, Comptroller.
Bank OF TenneSsee-OGieiaI Report Of


its Condition.
Judge Watson, President Of the Board
~ nirootora Of tho Rant IF Tauua=eaa
Year: 1868

Bank OF Tennessee-OEieiaI Report Of


its Condition.


Judge Watson, President Of the Board
OF Directors Of the Bank Of Tennessee,
gives the following statement In a report
to the General Assembly, showing the
present condition Of the Institution
Year: 1868

The Democratic principle is the old
one Of allowing every State to govern it.
self-mako and repeal its own laws. The
Grant party propose to govern the States
by military and by negro rulel !.
Year: 1868

ERoBBERs ON CHURCH HuL.-This peace
full and quiet portion of the city has until
recently escaped the raRages OF the pea
nut-seliing freedmen, but within: the last
few nights they have commenced opera,
tions in that quarter. On Thursday night
q citizen on Franklin street near the brow
Of the hill found negro man on his pre-
misses, and upon being ordered TO do 30 the
fellow surrendered at discretion but on
his way to the cage he escaped, and was


fred on five times by his captor, but with


ont avail. He escaped unhurt. In an


other locality Of the same hill an attempt


was made in the early part Of the week 70


enter the, storeroom of gentleman, nus
being heard they were scared OF. Citi-
zens living in the less frequented portion
Of the city should be on their guard for
these gentry, who have been ordered by
Hunnicutt to remain IN the city and save
their. votes. They cannot all get work to
do. and in order to get something to eat
resort to stealing.
Year: 1868

The HABEAs CORPUS CASE OF CHURCH.
WELL CoMBs.-The prisoner was again


brought before the United States Circuit
Court yesterday. and counsel were
promptly in attendance, but owing to the
serious. indisposition of Judge Underwood
the case was adjourned until 10 O'Clock
this morning. r- .g
Year: 1868

Thanks to our vigilant and clear-headed
correspondent in Atlanta, we have at last the
story of the expulsion of the negroes from the
Georgia Legislature. The Southern agents OF
the Associated Press are either Rebels or Cop
perheads, and we have learned to distrust
every item of news they send III any way re-
lating to politics. These busy gentlemen are
apparently more anxious TO make public
opinion for Seymour and Blair than to write
the news. The evil is beyond our protest, and
all we can do is to warn our friends against
placing any confidence in these fctions, and
to procure them the news at our own expense


We Deg a careful study Of the calm and
temperate statement Of our correspondent a
greater outrage has never been perpetrated un-
der free Government. 1t adds lngratltude to
Injustice. When the Legislature first assembled
there were some thirty Democratic members
who had served in the Rebel army, and who were
therefore ineligible to Office. The negroes
might have visited upon them the Inerted pains
of rebellion, by excluding them, and insisting
upon oaths or conditions of loyalty. If they had
been vindictive men, if they had been moved
by any dread Of the future, or any vengeance
for the past, they had only to keep these Reb-
els from the House and demand the election Of
loyal men. These Freedmen had received Suf-
frage, and they replied by granting Amnesty
By a magnanimous and solemn vote they de-
creed that the Rebel members should be admit
ted to their seats with all the rights and priv
ilepes of loyal men. What use do they make
of their new power7 A resolution was suddenly
introduced that, under the new Constitution
men Of color were not permitted to
L &C t1,o II
that under the old Rebel law any man
who had more than one-eighth of negro blood
in his veins was ineligible to office. This law
was of no more force than the laws of the
whipping-pos and iron collar. 1t belongs to n
past era. and is as dead, in all respects as
Slavery and the Rebellion. 1t was made
precedent, however, and after a little delay
resolution was passed declaring that twenty
five men who were supposed to have negro
blood in their veins were not members of the
House. Upon this question the negroes, as
parties interested, were not allowed to vote.
Four other men, who were supposed TO have
less than one-eighth of the negro blood, were
for the present permitted to remain.


We might challenge this action upon many
grounds In the first place, we find a law
which is as dead as the law of primogeniture
quietly disinterred, and made to serve an nm
just purpose. If this law is Justly interpreted,
then there is no reason why the Legislature
may not remand the whole negro race to
Slavery, and find warrant in the old State law
of Georgia. In the second place, we find
large body of duly elected legislators prevented
from voting upon question vitally important
to the country. Twenty-Five men are suddenly
told that they are DISTINGUISHED, and, although
duly elected to office, they are removed with
out taking, in any sense, the wish Of the
people.


Granting the Rebel reasons for this outrage
to he valid, twenty five men might be expelled
Year: 1868

cent: the French about four and half. We
should be able TO fund at least at the French
rate but for the fear of Reputation. And, If
our Debt were funded at four and half per
cent. the saving in interest from the rates
we now pay would of itself cancel the entire
nrincinal of tle Debt within half century.


Mr.. McCuloch still persists i'll keeping on hand
500. ,OO1 in Specie from which deduct the
amount of his Certificates of Deposit (S2j 16l, ,G2O
and his net coin surplus is SG74OS,2St. In our
Judgment, here are at least S50,000,0O0 of coin
boarded which might far better have been
long since expended in buying up matured
Debt. Had this $5O,0O0,OOO been SO applied two
years ago, it would have extinguished more
than sGOOO0,OOO of Debt and saved over 81
600, of Interest. The coin, liberated from Its
prison. would have done vast good; the eX-
tinction of so much Debt would have increased
the market value of all our public securities.
II would moreover, have diminished the temp
tation of employees to peculate and OF burglars
TO rob. These convictions we have repeatedly
expressed but Mr.. McCullOch has q way oil
his own. Now that lie is out for Seymour ana
Blair. while admitting that their financial plat
form. if carried into execution, would prove as
ruinous az it is rascally, we do not expect any
good from him. He will doubtless do his best
to help his ticket; and raising the credit OIL
the Government and the market value OF It's
bonds will not help elect Horatio Seymour to
the Presidency. We are, therefore, prepared
to see the worst possible face put upon our
Financial condition hence till after Election.


But the People can and will pay their Debt
| This is not nearly so difficult an undertaking
as was the overthrow of the Rebellion. Let
us survey the past and take courage:


fn;,eJ Sotes less cash IN Ne
Year: 1868

We published yesterday an address written
by the negroes of South Carolina to their white
fellow w-ctizens. The point of this address is in
the following sentence:


"And II are 10 be massacred because we refuse 10
vote the Democratic ticket If 10 be murdered ia
cold blood because will not sell our manhood then II
conceive die but once; and II. you state thirty
millions Of white going TO fall upon four millions
because they black, aud will not vote for HoTato
Seymour and bdlr Tor President and Vice President
OF the United States both OF whom have declared that
the negroes right to VOTE then prepared "a
die bul not 20 u0ts 20 be killed"


We do not think logic could be stronger
than this
Year: 1868

The London Times is rather in favor of the
annexation of Mexico to the United States,
but does not think the time has yet come.
We thank The Times for its expression of
opinion. but we are decidedly opposed to any


annexation schemes now. We have as much
country as we can manage, a good deal more
than is necessary, aud some of it about as
troublesome rs Mexico would be. When we
have reconstructed the South and attended "
Year: 1868

If Mr. Secretary McCullOch would only re.
member that it is his business to see that the
revenue is collected, and not to worry about
the election of Seymour and Blair, we should
probably have an end of what the reporters
call "the Internal Revenue imbroglio" in
Washington. The Secretary made very good
president of a bank, but in his present position
he has shown himself To be as unstable as water.
Year: 1868

our financial business, if wc find ourselyd
hampered Tor want of room, it will be time to
talk OF the annexation of other territory but
before We think of buying the Cordilleras we
had better wait till we. have settled the
Rocky Mountains
Year: 1868

NogK oR STkByE This is the law
and the penalty from which there is nc
escape Thousands are trying d
eyade IT. some by making their fellow
men work for them, others by depend.
ing on money inhented or accumulated
in former years, but without avail II
idle, they starvc in the midst of plenty.
They may eat 10 The fnll but eating
without exercising Is against the laws
Of nature, and yerY soon the stomach
refuses to digest the food. the body Is
not nouriHhsd, and the man literally
starves when he feels no hunger. The
hands, the brain and the heart must
work TO live II you dodge the labor
81 learning lessons, you at tho same
time, miss the strength Of intellect
which mental work brings, and the
mind viii pine for want ofnourishment.
Thousands have starved their wits in
tins way, until they wonder how it is
that Others carry away III the prizes in
lille. Many starve their hearts by ney-
er exercising them with noble emotions.
Sellishness eats into the nature like
cauker, leaves the man hungry for af-
lection; but love is the price Of love,
and he that Will not work in this field
must accept the penalty 1t is an error
to think that work was a penalty i'm
posed on man for having violated Gods
command Mans nature is such that
activity is the law of his being, Every
muscle and nerve calls for employment,
that IT may remain in health, and there
can scarcely be more terrible punish
ment than solitary confinement, whore
the eye, the ear and the hands must
remain idle. A slow, painful death will
surely result. So then, boys and girls,
strive to love work, and not to shun it.
Though you may be as rich as Astor or
Stewart IN money, yet your own nature
will suffer the pangs Of poverty without
active exercise
Year: 1868

MxiNG FLoUR WITH MKAL. The deal
ers IN Chicago are charged with mixing
low grades Of wheat flour with corn, by
grinding white corn meal with mid
dhngs, 50 as to make -four more fair
and thereby getting one or two dollars
more per barrel for ii. Flour mixed in
this way may bo readily detected By
mixing thinly with water and leaving d
short time TO settle, when the corn
meal will settle 70 the bottom q the
glass.
Year: 1868

This magnificent Stove stands in the aamo re-
lation TO other stoves as the precious jewel from
which it derives its name does to other jewels.
Profiting by past experience, we have thrown
into it all the commendable qualities OF the
most popular Stoves and have added Inventions
of our own, rendering it the best combination
of philosophy and mechanics now in the mar
ket, and making it q perfect stove. By the ar
angement the combustion Of gases is perfect,


and greater efficiency is obtained to perform
what we claim for it, with great diminution in
amount of fuel necessary. It is unequalled in
every particular. in beauty, in workmanship, in
durability, and as homo necessity is peerless.
II is q self feeder, and not likely to get out Of
order We earnestly invite comparison Of this
stove with others, and feel confident is great
superiority will insure the preference This
handsome and economical stove is for sale by


SEPT ENOCH GRIMES, 43, King ST..