smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

to be raised under the recent call Of Lin
coin, and 100000 more by draft Of the
militia. The order appears officially in
the Northern papers, but the circumstan-
ces under which We issue this mornings
paper forbid its publication


This action ofihe government al Wash
ington had created the widest excitement.
IN the North, and the war feeling had
greatly subsidized IN its enthusiasm The
opposition to the order was not to be dis
guised


The Examiner then copies extracts
from Northern papers on the subject, and
concludes


Brief as these paragraphs are, they are
enough TO show that this order for draft
will cause an immense reaction in the
popular mind Of the North, and We shall
await the next news from the North and
Northwest with much interest.
Year: 1862

in the homes which your arms have de.
Tended.


Let such reflections rs these cheer and
strengthen you whenever you encounter
renewed hardships and dangers. Re.
member that, although YOU may not have
at present an agreeable appreciation OF
the scenes and events which are passing,
and Of which each one of you is himself
part, you are, nevertheless. laying up
Tor yourselves treasures Of memory, which
you will not hereafter exchange for
wealth or for houors, or for any consider
ations whatever. Remember that you
are winning not only the appreciation Of
your friends and fellow. men, but that YOU
are preserving your honor from stain,
your homes from pollution, and your
conscience from self accusation.


That the mutual confidence and re
gard which exists at present may remain
unimpaired throughout our lives, IS my
most earnest wish and desire, and lhs,
you may pass safely through these days
OF trial ard trouble to the enjoyment Of
all the choicest blessings OF peace, is my
constant PRAYER.
Year: 1862

The course of the stock market has been down.
ward since last Monday. This has mainly been
due to the absence Of news. An impression pre-
walls that operations of decisive character are on
foot, and the public are unwilling to buy or sell
until they know something Of the result. Pending
the dulness, some Of the spectators have been
getting out pretty heavy short line in Central
Erie and the Western shares, and thus supplying
at lower prices what little demand there exists. II
is not probable that the prevailing inactivity will
last long, In the course of q very few days mill.
tary operations OF the first magnitude will proba
bly, be developed, which will revive the dormant
spirit of speculation, and once more give
employment to the commission houses. OF the
course Of the market the leading members Of the
Stock Exchange seem to have but one opinion
They look for an advance in the price Of railway
shares and bonds, and likewise OF federal securi.
ties. Opinions are not so uniform with regard to
the bonds Of the slave States. Most persons re-.
gard these securities as very doubtful property,
both in consequence Of the ruin which the present
nefarious rebellion has brought upon the slave
States, aud also on account of the radical dishon-
esty which it has developed among the people Of
Virginia Tennessee and the other insurgents. In
Wall street, three years ago. Virginia securities
were considered almost as safe as the bonds of the
federal government. At present, among thinking
men, they are classed with Mississippi bonds and
utterly discredited.


The only event Of any consequence in the railway
world last week the declaration Of the dividend
on the Toledo shares. A considerable effort
had been made by the spectators to prevent
the directors making this dividend. We pre-.
sumo, however, that they know their own bust.
ness, and that they are not ignorant Of the arQu.
ments which the street operators have so loudly
urged against the declaration of q dividend
at the present time. If the crops of the West do
not fall below an average there is no reason wby
the Toledo should not preserve its place on the
dividend paying list for many years TO come. A
falling off in the receipts Of the Illinois roads IL
reported. This is due partly TO the want 90
storage room at Chicago, the granaries at which
place are full Of gran and partly to the high rates
of freight exacted by the roads between Chicago
and the seaboard. We have received letter from
Iowa setting forth in strong language the hardship
inflicted on the farmers Of the far West by the
present high railroadfreights. Our correspondent
may console himself by remembering that the
Year: 1862

This import of general merchandise is fully
equal to the average Of former seasons, and the
remuneratve prices at which most Of these articles
are selling prove that the country needs them.
They will have to be paid for, however, in great
part, in gold, which the bankers are already buy.
ing for export. We can well spare q large guam
tity of gold II is to be hoped however that Con.
gress will not fail to perceive the opportunity which
our increasing importations offer for an increase
in the tariff. Nearly all the articles enumerated
above, and especially foreign dry goods tea, su-
gar, coffee, hides lead and wool, will bear much
heavier duty than they now pay. With some of
These articles an increase Of duty, while imposed
merely for revenue purposes would have tha effect
of developing important industries at home. An
increase in the duty on lead for instance, would
develop our production of the article and emanc.
pate us from our present dependence upon foreign
countries for supply-a matter of national import
ance in view Of the uncertainties Of the future In
creased duties on foreign dry goods and hardware
will likewise operate very benefcially on important
branches Of domestic industry, though it is not
likely that for some time to they will reduce
the volume Of our mportations. Our export OF
bullion last week was about the usual average dur.
ing the present year. Our export of produce was
heavier than usual Of late. In a day or two in
terlal navigation will reopen, and then exports
will increase.


The following are the comparative Custom House
tables Of the trade Of the port for the week and
Year: 1862

AGE OF TIE EARTH-The following is from
Agassz S article on Il Methods of Study in Ma
tural History" in late number of the .4Aantic
Monthly:


Among the astounding discoveries of modern
science is that of the immense periods which
have passed in the gradual formation of our earth
So vast were the cycles OF time preceding even
the appearance Of man on the surface of our
globe that our own period seems as yesterday
when compared with the epochs that have gone
before it. Had we only the evidence Of the de
posits of rock heaped above each other in regular
strata by the slow accumuiatons of materials,
they alone would convince us OF long aud slow
maturing of Gods work on the earth, but when
add TO these the successive populations Of
whose life this world has been the theater, and
whose remains are hidden in the rock into which
the mud or sand or soil Of whatever kind on
which they lived has hardened in the course of
tDe-Or the enormous chains OF mountains whose
upheaval divided these periods Of quiet accumu-
lutions by great conVllsions-or the changes of
u different nature ia the confgufaions of our
globe, as the sinking Of lands beneath the ocean
or the gradual rising Of continents and Islands
above it, the wearing Of great river beds, or
the filling of extensive water basins, till marshes
first and dry land succeeded to inland seas-or
the slow growth of coral reefs, those wonderful
SEA walls, by the little ocean architects whose
own bodies furnish both the building stones and
the cement that binds them together, and who
have worked so busily during the long centuries,
that there are extensive countries, mountain
chains, islands, and long, long lines OF coast con-
sisting of their remains-or the countless forests
that must have grown, iourished. died and de-
cayed, to fill the storehouses of coal that feed
the fires of the human race to-day-it we con
slider all these records OF the past. the intellect
fails to grasp chronology for which our expe-
rience furnishes no data, and the time that lies
behind us seems as much au eternity to our con-
crption as the future that stretches indefinitely
before US"
Year: 1862

THE MAGIC TABIE.--Here is a method by
which ladies may be made to divulge the secret
of age without knowing il, aud thus gentlemen
can learn whether they are paying their devoirs
to seventeen or thirty, providing the lady be not
over sixty three Hand the table to the lady and
request her to tell in which columns her age is
contained. Add together The figures at the top
OF columns designated. and you have the secret:
Thus, suppose her age TO be seventeen. You VIII
lind number seventeen in the first and fifth col
umns, and the top figures make seventeen. Here
Is fhn fn1lln
Year: 1862

We learn that there are various pretexts being
resorted to in order to avoid being enrolled con-
scripts. Stout, able-boded, athletic young men are
getting positions agents to buy articles of food
and clothing, also horses, mules and wagons, think
ing thereby they will avoid being put in the army.
These things be done well by men over for
ty as by younger men. There are Also many dis
abled soldiers who unfit for active service, who
are as honest and capable any men in the coun-
try, who would make excellent agents. The men
who attempting to evade the lazy, arc, however,
mistaken as to its provisions. They are just as
liable to be enrolled as If they were not gov
ernment agents. "a Tennessee Volunteer" the
other day, made known the fact that many men
were getting employed by government contractors,
hoping thereby to avoid conscrption. All this will
not avail them. 1t is the duty of the enrolling Off
GERS to enroll all such, and if they are exempt the
proper authorities will grant them exemptions
Let it be known how many men liable to conscrip-
ton are employed as agents are working under
contractors. The exemption law was not made to
enable men to avoid the cOnscript law, and such
perversion of its provisions should be looked after
by the govcrnment.-C Chattanooga Rebel.
Year: 1862

GUNPowDER FOR THE PEoPLE-The Govern ment
has authorized the Nitrc Bureau in the Confederacy
to exchange one pound of gunpowder for two pounds
Of slltpctre, with any citizen desiring to obtain the
powder. This will be an accommodation to the
people and will benefit the Government at the same
time, as it may stimulate the people to engage in
the manufacture Of saltpetre The process is very
simple, and can be easily learned.
Year: 1862

PRIcE.-This worthy, who has so often
fought and run away, that he now lives to
fight and run another day, is said to be at
Corinth, Miss, with the Napoleonic. The
writer hereof went to school. some twenty
years ago, in that vicinity, and it may be of
some consolation to this brace of fellows to
know that ace too have been seundly thrashed
by " Yankee" in that vicinity long before
either one Of them had-arar- stole or
Year: 1862

NoRTHwARD.-Several hundred pack mules,
and great many miners, have passed this
place during the week, on their way to Sal
mon river. Dozens from this vicinity are
preparing to start. We hope that all may
have success in that quarter, but very well
know that net one in a hundred will realize
any part of his expectations. With Indian
wars, and starvation, the charms of this new
Dorado will disappear.
Year: 1862

insure Tho successful issue Of the campalsc'
is to push IT on ~ rapid and decisive termina-
ton. Never was delay more dangerous than
with us at the present time, and yet never were
the chances of war more fneur favor. We have
vast and well equipped AMY. an emcien'
feet, and all the resources which contribute 10
make victory certain; and while we ass gaming
in strength the rebels are rapidly hecoiSIng
more hopelessly feeble and demoralized. Ac-
ton is all that we want to secure the triumph n
the federal arms and restore the seeded States to
the Union and for that there is every prospect
that we shall not have long to wait. With
peace at home there will be little danger of me-
nance from abroad; but if there should be,
the great republic, mighty and well armed, will.
be fully prepared for the emergency, and look
defiance on the world. We. shall be more pow
erful as a nation than before; fresh i'm
petus will be given to our prosperity, and a
new and glorious era will dawn upon republi-
canism. Knowing what to do, therefore, let us
do it, and that quickly.
Year: 1862

GEN. SIGEL-Too Coon A SoLDR.s TO DE sEr
AsDE.-Our German fellow citizens Of tSs city
have been holding several public meetings "a
regard to the treatment of General Sigel, result
ing in his resignation as an officer Of the United
States Army. At their last meeting our sym
pathizing Germans appointed committee Of
thirty to report upon the subject at future meet
ing the measures which it may be deemed
proper to adopt in behalf of General sigel, as
q representative in the army of the German
element of our loyal people We are quite
sure, too, that the German sentiment o, Ids city
is the German feeling Of the whole country, a,c"d
that, beyond afew foolishly jealous army Off
GERS, it is the feeling Of our loyal soldiers and
people Of oil nationalitiss.


General Sigel has proved himself military
leader of rare experience, abilities and bravery.
We think it may be said Of him, without
injustice to any other officer, that his achieve
ments at Carthage and Springfield exhibited
degree of military skill, selfpossession, COOL
ness, energy and activity unsurpassed in the
history of this war. He is too good an officer
TO be set aside, when, from his peculiar abilities
and great experience as general, he would be
accepted yith enthusiasm by any brigade or
division of the ARMY as their leader. Some
thing, too, in this NATTER is due to our German
citizens, whose patriotism iirflling the ranks of
our army, East and West, has Won the admira-
tion of President Lincoln, his Cabinet and the
country. We respectfully, therefore, submit
the case of General Sigel to tha special atten-
tion Of the President, and with the hope that he
will speedily reinstate this distinguished officer
at the head of a brigade or division, whose
duty it will be to take some position where
military skill acd cool sagacity and courage
will be especially demanded. Sigel at this
crisis, when our combined armies are about to
move upon the enemy, should by no means be
permitted to remain idlesfrom inattention to his
jpst claims. We are confident, too, that Presi-
dent Lincoln, in this matter, will see that jas
tics Is done.
Year: 1862

BY virtue of execution issued out of the Circuit
Court for the County of Jefferson and State of Wis
conSin, 7 of benjamin b. Morris and to di-
and delivered against the goods and chattelS
lands and tenementS OF Lyman Boomer have levi
ed upon all the right title and interest which tho said
Lyman E. Boomer had on the 18th day of September
A D. 1859 any time thereafter in and tc the fol-
lowing eScrbed real estate situate in the City of
Watertown County of Jefferson and State of Wiscon
sin to The South quarter of Section nine in
Township Eight North of Range fifteen east, also the
North half Of the South East quarter of the
tion and much of the South East fractional quar-
section eight, and range aforesaid lies
on the East side of Rock River and north of a line
commencing at the South East corner of said Section
eight ana running North S5 degrees West to Rock
River. also the North Eo-e section eight
aforesaid VIII ch shall expose for sale and sell at
public auction so much thereof as is ary to
make the amount of said Judgment with interest and
cost to the highest bidder the Planter Hotel
the city of Watertown in said county Monday the
I4th day April 1859 the hour of O'Clock in the
afternoon that day satisfy said judgment inter
est and costs HEBER SMITH,


Dated Feb -, 1862. Sheriff Jefferson County
Gill. Barber & Fribert, PIf's Att'ys. 3S:6w
Year: 1862

Perhaps an angels hand led her; heaven
only knows.


Themoen was high in the sky; shadows
of evergreen bushes lay thick and dark to
the right, and to the left glimmered the
lights from the windows of her home. A
solemn purpose possessed her, strangely at
variance with the folly of her mission,
and with her hand upon her bosom she
stood for moment looking down into the
crystal waters of the well.


Then she began her walk. Slowly she
circled the little foot-trodden path; once,
twice, thrice, looking always over her left
shoulder, looking with terrible earnestness
at the dark shadows of the evergeens-for
there was a still darker shadow there, and
as she paused it moved and came out in
to the moonlight, standing there with its
arms extended toward her.


1t was the form of the man who had
once been her promised husband. She saw
him plainly as she had ever seen him in
the body and the flesh, and in that sight
lost consciousness.


When she recovered warm arms were
about her, warm tears falling on her faeeP
and she looked up to see again the features
of her vision. No spirit this it held her
to its heart with the clasp of life and love,
and uttered words of tenderness and sor-
row.


Then, as she listened, he told her of
long years of toll, of an altered life, and of
an honorable name made in far-off land,
and of the yearning he had to see her face
once more 81 never meant to speak to
you," he said, ''only to look at yon from
afar; but could not help it when you
were so near me, for I love you as aman
never loved before"


And she put her arms about his neck
and clung to his bosom with trembling
hands, and said only-"Never leave me
again, never, never"


The West Wind sailed next day. but
Rose was not on board: a new mission
had been given to her and she fulfilled it.
In that home, of which true repentance
and life of virtuous effort has made a
happy spot, she lives an honored and be-
loved wife, cheering the heart so long
bowed down by sorrow and contrition, and
showing in her every action that the words
which she heard from that rough preacher IS
mouth have never been forgotten, and
that the light to which he pointed lie the
beacon of her life.
Year: 1862

The Land Office in the prosecution of
its design in obtaining full knowledge of
the great mineral regions of this continent,
has recently sent an examiner to make re-
port concerning them in Washington Ter
rltory. He followed the surveyed wagon
road route from Fort Walla- Walla in
Southeasterly direction to Lewiston, which
is at the head of steamboat navigation, and
the depot for the Nez Perces and Salmon
river mining regions Here, for miles
around, the land has been located upon
and claimed by American citizens. The
Indians are powerless, except to complain,
and are often the subjects of cruelty on
the part of the whites, who sell them whis-
ky and practice every species of imposi-
ton when they are in state of drunken
ness. There are broad tracts of country
that are sandy and unfit for culture; but
the narrow valleys of streams are fertile,
as are belts ofland running back from them.
About these are woodlands, and the Ca
mas Prairie, towards the Salmon river,
containing two hundred thousand acres of
land, which is well wooded and watered.
The slopes of the mountains in the same
direction are well calculated for grazing.
The examiner is satisfied that the reports
of gold products in the Salmon river are
not exaggerated. Some claims yield from
five hundred to two thousand dollars per
day. The general average to man is
twenty dollars. There is rich mineral
region of eleven miles in circumference
about Florence, on the Salmon river, on
which there were thirteen hundred claims
worked by over four thousand men. Some
five thousand on the first of June were
preparing to prospect up Salmon riv-
er to Utah. The gold fields on the
Clear water and it's branches, are extern
sive, but not as rich as those of the Sal
mon river. Ten dollars day is the aver
age product to man in the former. Here
are some twenty thousand men employed,
and the number in all of the locations is
rapidly augmenting. Settlers of course
desire surveys to be made in the regions
of the mines, and they are recommended.
National Intelligencer.
Year: 1862

From the New York journal of Commerce.


One by one we lay down our noble dead
in the dust of the land they have
loved, and that dust becomes more dear to
us as we incorporate in it more and more
of the humanity we have cherished.


Among the brave men who have gone
out to battle, none was more worthy of
the name we have placed at the head of
this article Christian Patriot than Sam
uel F. Willard, of Madison, Conn, Captain
in the 14th Connecticut regiment. Those
who knew him well will bear witness to
the truth of the estimate. But it is not
for the sake of praising him that we write
this article. It is because he left brief
record of both Christianity and patriotism,
which we think both instructive and
mournfully interesting, and which we are
permitted to use. 1t contains much that
is of a private nature, but we venture to
intrude on the privacy which surrounds
every mau's home affections, for the sake
of giving this complete picture of the
American volunteer soldier, the loving
husband, the devoted patriot, the trusting
Christian, going out to battle in the cause
to which he willingly gave his life. No one
can read the record without emotion-no
one will fail to say such men as these are
the men to make nation strong" The
diary from which we extract the following
was found in pencil, on the person of Capt.
Willard. It was his method of keeping
notes to be forwarded to his wife, from
time to time, and the record here covers
the Sunday when the battle was fought at
South Mountain, and the Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday which followed, clos
ing with the last days battle at Antietam:


On TOP BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, }


WEST OF FREDERICK CRY, :


Sunday noon, Sept. IA, 1922


The regiment has just halted for a rest after
climbing these mountains for miles, and as sit
upon its summit I dot down word to you. The
view from here is beautiful indeed, but am too
tired to write much, but you can contrast the
difference. While you and the good people of
Madison were sitting quietly in the church, the
Scranton Guards were tOiling away up these
mountains in defence of our country This is
our ninth days march, and we are all about
worn out with fatigue and hunger; being OIL
the march, we have no opportunity to get any
thing to eat but hard bread and pork. To-day
we started on our long march on hard bread and
coffee alone; marched till four o'clock. Weare
now in line of battle in the Middletown Valley,
right in sight there is an artillery engagement
nothing very serious.
Year: 1862

Falling leaves and falling men!
When the SHOWS of winter fall,
And the winds of winter blow,
Will be woven Natures pail.
Let us, then, forsake our dead
For the dead will surely wait,
While we rush upon the foe,
Eager for the hero's fate.
Leaves will come upon the trees:
Spring will show the happy race:
Mothers will give birth to sons,
Loyal souls to fill our place.
Wherefore should we rest and rush
Soldiers, we must fight and save
Freedom now, and give our foes
All their country should-a grave!


-.Neac York Eoening Post
Year: 1862

Gen. CLAY. This gentleman, who has Just
returnen from Russia, arrived here yesterday
morning, and is now the guest OF he Secretary
OF the Treasury. We saw him few minutes
yesterday He is in full vigor. The country
will expect good deal OF him in the field, and
will not be disappointed,
Year: 1862

The GOLDEN GATE.-The agents at New York
state that there were two hundred souls on
board, passengers and crew, when she was
burned. All that is known, as to who was
lost, and who saved, is contained in the follow
ing dIspatch