smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864

There is much samencss of appearance
as well as intelligence among thc people
who are found occupying cells in police
station houses OF morning. Thcy are
far from being the happiest creatures ia
the world However jolly or ob'ivious
some OF them may have been the
night before tho cold gray eye Of
morning stared away all that is visionary
and unreal leaving thc uncomfortable
realities OF wrctcheanass ani prison.


Looking in at the Ninth street station
house this morning and gIancins at the
miserable creatures collected there our
attention was particularly J attracted by 4
prisoner who bore the appearance of
more than usual wretchedaess. lls was
lying on his face upon the tloor of his
cell, and groaned heavily at intervals
We felt curious to know something of
him, aud accordingly questioned him.


What brought you here my friend
He raised himself upon his elbow, dis
closing face battered aai bloody. The
seediness OF his coat was but partially
concealed by coat of mud in which it
was encased. His hat lay by his side
with a terrible mash in it. Eying his
interrogatcr a moment he replied, in a
voice scarcely " Iegible.i'


g." A cold brought me here, sir. How
I wish it would carry me on-only way
can get out of this scrapc."


a cold p


es, sir. A cold was the prcxiinato
cause whiskey the immediate cause


I" Explain"


81 will, He sat up in his Get. /
had a severe cold for week or two past;
tried all sorts of remedies with no avail.
A friend advised me to try whiskcy said
it would knock a cold quicker'n lightning.
objected at first My cold called for
something looseniGg, afraid whiskey would
produce a tishtness. Friend said was
going into decline sure-didn't decline
any longer Took some felt better. Got
into draft going through an alley and
took II little more cold, then took a little
more whlskey. \ man invited me to
drink his health. He was hoarse and
coughed badly, so drank some whlskcy
for his cold. He said that he felt reliey-
cd"


"Qf his cold p


No of twenty cents


"Go on"


81 did go on. l knocked of glass ai-
ter glass OF whskey under the impression
that it was knocking my cold. finally
undertook the job o. curing all the colds
in Cincinnati by the same process. Whls-
key knocked me at length, and here am
my clothes ruinei, my face bruised by the
pavement, my money gone, aud my cold
worse than ever. Let me give you. a
word of advice Never try to knock a
cold with whiskey. You hear me. =
Cincinnati Times.
Year: 1864

A gentleman on his way from St. Louis
to this city, one day last week, entered
into conversation with q lady of quiet
and pleasant demeanor, who sat behind
him, and in the course of the conversation
learned that she was going to Chicago in
in search of employment. She came upon
the train at a small station beyond Joliet,
where she stated she had been visiting for
few days with family in humble cir.
cumstances, to whom she was related by :
marriage


= The gentleman was. very sympathetic
and much interested and gradually her
story all came out. She was widow:
Two or three weeks ago, she left her home
in Rochester, New York, to come West
and obtain employment; she had tried
by advertising to obtain a situation of
some sort in Chicago, but in vain she
was good seamstress, fair teacher of
the piano forte. and was acquainted
with the French and German languages.


The gentleman very kindly and court
eously informed her that she ought to get
husband; she replied that while at her
old home, the thought was too repugnant,
so soon after her husbands death, but
that she had felt differently since coming
West and realizing how completely alone
and unassisted she was in strange
country.


The result was, that her new acquaint-'
ance went deliberately to work, gave her
complete account of himself and bust.
hess, and his list of worldly possessions.
and wound up by offering her his hand
in marriage. She accepted in the same
spirit, and on arriving in Chicago they
were married forthwith. Yesterday the
gentleman returned to St. Louis with his
bride, looking as happy as king, and
the lady no less SO. We trust they
may continue to be so--despite the words
of the poet:


:" If YOU ever should marry remember to wed
A handsome, plump, modest. sweetspoken, well
| bred


And sensible maiden of twenty-instead
OF widow whose husband is recently dead ~
-Chirago Journal.
Year: 1864

B During the thunder storm of Sat-
urday night, the lightning struck the
rod on the tall spire of the Con-
gregational Church in this village, ran
down the rod to the last link above the
ground, where it darted through the WALL
of The church, chipping off fragments of
the wall outside and knocking off the
plastering inside, and found itself inside
small room used as receptacle for
brooms, burning fluid, etc. Here it burst
door open,' tariug off the casing found
an iron rod which had been used as
door spring, wrapped in piece of carpet.
ing and standing only few.inches from
a bottle of burning fluid, melted some
solder off from this rod and singed the
carpeting; scorched broom handle, and
ran down, as is supposed, upon gas pipe,
and so into the ground. The joint in the
lightning rod outside, where the electric
ity left it, was so loosely connected as al
most to fall apart, and it was doubtless
owing to this fact that the accident oc-
cured, which fortunately resulted in 50
little damage. This joint in the rod will
be better secured to.day.-Ru.land Her.
aid.
Year: 1864

Probably more perplexing or more
painful responsibility has never devoived


upon the President than that of making
good his order threatening retaliation for
any violation OF the laws Of war upon


our colored soldiers Military justice and


military expcdieDcy--to say nothing of


personal consistency alike demand that
this order shall be made to apply TO the
Year: 1864

Bs1 The proposal to postpone the
time of meeting Of the Republican
presidential nominating convention
from June to September is being urg.
ed with suspicious earnestness by the
radical wing Of the Republican party


The same people who deprecated the
premature agitation Of the presidents
ial question, while they were secretly
sending around circulars in favor Of
Mr.. Chase, are now clamoring for a
postponement of all discussion on the
snbject of candidates until the sum-
mer military campaign closes. We
presume that this is in the hope that
by that time something will turn up
to make "Honest Old Abe an impos-
sible candidate. The summer cams
paign may dispose, they think, of both
him and Grant, and then the field
would be clear for Chase Or Butler
So all that our readers may see in the
radical papers touching the propriety
of postponing the Republican con-
vention means, in plain English'
"Down with Lincoln. Let us betray
him, but let us avert the consequences
of betrayal as long as possible
Year: 1864

other, then let the rites of lawful wed.


lock be solemnized. For great as such


a calamity would be, the mischief would


be less than must spring from an irreg-


ular and capricious connection.


But it is Of no Use to reason in this
manner on the subject. 1t is plain as
can be that the whole business is as
lawless as robbery, and as wicked as
sacrilege. No matter whether the
Southern States are to be dealt with
politically as in the Union or out of it,
we declare that In our humble judg-
ment the proceedings by which north
ern churches are seeking by means of
the war to get possession and controf
of religious property in the South is
an outrage on religion and morality
the apology of single exam
pie in the history Of the world. We
cannot account for the attempt at such
ecclesiastical brigandage on the part
Of men of intelligence and piety with
out referring to the utter confusion of
thought SO unhappily characteristic Of
JuT lluGS. . -.. o..
Year: 1864

NEGRO VoTINa.-The city council
of Washington are taking action a.
gainst contrabands being allowed to
vote. The Star says there are more
than twenty thousand of them there.
It severely deprecates the legislation
that will confer on them the right of
suffrage; but the majority Of the Abo-
litionists in Congress are for it, and
will probably carry it.
Year: 1864

THE IDAHO ELECTION-The election in Idaho
Territory will take place on the 10th inst. 1t
is generally thought that the vote for Delegate
Will be close Both parties claim that their
candidate will be elected. From what we can
learn it appears that there has been little change
in Idaho politics since Walace's election Tie
same politicians figure at the head of their re-
spective organizations, and it is confidently as
serted that matters are in no better shape than
before. The triumph of either party will not be
q matter of surprise
Year: 1864

CHINAMEN FOR MINEs.-A wagon load of Chi
namen went up to Lewiston on Tuesday to work
in the mines on the bars along Snake river
The Cinnamon have already become pretty gen
orally informed in regard to the new miners law
lately passed at Orc FinO, and it will not be
long before that whole upper country will be
overrun with them. As the mining camps be-
come less productive and labOrers follow up the
richest diggings, it may be safely assumed that
other mining localities viii shortly follow the
example of Orc Fno in the matter of introdu-
cling Chinese laborers Heretofore the miners
have very generally prohibited Cinnamon from
working the mines of the upper country, by
their local district laws, but it is apparent that
those laws will not exclude them much longer.
If the people Of Idaho desire to keep this class
of people from working the mines they should
see to it and have their next Legislature pass a
prohib.tory act to meet the case.
Year: 1864

Montgomery Blair, Postmaster-General, is no
longer a member of LincOln's Cabinet. No
cause is assigned for his dismissal, other than
he did not agree with the Cabinet. He will
probably throw some light upon the matter be-
fore long. His influence will most likely be
brought to bear in opposition to Lincolnis re-
electon--thats some comfort.
Year: 1864

The following Is an extract from letter of
a gentleman, who is not a politician and has
heretofore taken no part in political affairs,
who happened to be In Chicago at the time the
so-called Democratic National Convention was
In session.


81 was in Chicago during the late Demo-
cratic National Convention, and must write Of
1t that 1t was such an assemblage as never,
never wish to see or be near again. Treason,
most dark and damning treason, was there
talked and acted; such as l never believed any
person or party gathered under the broad folds
of the glorious old flag could be capable of.
Not one word Of praise had they for the brave
and heroic dead, who have given up their all
that our country may live. Not one word OF
condemnation for those who have betrayed
their country. hope shall never see another
body of men whose every act stamped them as
enemies of a land which has enriched and pro,
tected them.n
Year: 1864

THERE COMES A TIME.
There comes time when we grow old,
And like sunset down the sea,
siopss gradual. and the night wind cold
Comes whispering sad and chillinglyi


And locks are gray


At Winters day.
And syes OF saddest blue behold
The leaves all dreary drift away,
And lips OF faded coral say,
There comes time whom We grow old.
There comes time when joyous hearts,
Which leaped as leaps the joyous main,
Are dead to all save memory.
Az prisoner In his dungeon chainI


And dawn Of day


Hath passed away,
The moon hath Into darkness rolled,
And by the embers dark and gray,
Ihear voice In whisperssy,
There comes time when We grow old. .
There comes time when mannoods prime
Is shronded In the mist ofyears,
And beauty, fadng like dream,
Hath passed away In silent tearsj


And now how dark.


But oh the spark
That kindled youth to hues Of gold,
Still burns with clear and steady ray,
And fond affections lingering say,
There Is time when we grow old.
There comes time when laughing Spring
And golden Summer cease to be;
And we put on the Autumn robe,
To tread the last declivityi


But now the slope


With rosy hope,
Beyond the sunset we behold
Another dawn. with fairer light.
While watchers, whisper thro' the night
There comes time when We grow old.
Year: 1864

At the beginning of a new year, it
is natural to review the past. We
cannot avoid recurring to the breach
es made in our domestic or social cir
Gle. Nor can the philanthropist or
patriot stop here; but must extend his
retrospect to the ravages disease or
war has made in his State and in the
Union. Let us briefly glance at the
latter in this aspect. In doing this,
the mind naturally reverts to the be-
ginning Of the present fratricidal war,
and takes in period of about two
years and three>quarters. During
that space we have been happily free
from the devouring pestilence, except
as it has followed in the bloody track
Of relentless war.


We have before us the synopsis Of a
calculation Of the loss Of life on the
Federal side in this war, said to have
been made by Edward Mansfield, Com
missioner of statistics for Ohio. We
do not vouch for the accuracy Of the
figures, but take them as we find them.
Mr.. Mansfield gives the following ia,
bic, as showing the number Of Federal
troops killed and wounded in the va
,,in,lS on ,tannrn ants narnnd.
Year: 1864

DR.. EoBACN's S-oAscH BITrERs.-Wc profess
to have more than q superficial knowledge of the
healing art, and while we are fully prepared to ad
NIT that humbug is but another word for imposi
tion, aud, therefore. do not allow any advertise
ment or notice to appear in our paper that has the
least tendency to corrupt the human mind, we are
always glad to recon mend what we believe to be .
real boon to society, and having made expert
mental use of DIR. ':oback's Stomach Bitters, We
bear testimony to their real, genuine and very
beneficial use. DR.. RS biuers far surpass any
preparation of the kind we have ever used; and We
urge all who need mild, safe, and most agreeable
tonic, to try this medicine at once. If you try it
once you will be sure to try it again. 1t is just
the thing for the stomach in hot weather.-TEa
(Ohio) Democrat, of May So '6l.


See advertisement seS
Year: 1864

MILL FOR THE MAMMOTH CoMPANY.-We are
informed by the Trustees of the Mammoth
Quartz Mining Company that they have re-
ceived Information that the machinery for
their mill will be shipped from San Francisco
are now engaged in getting out timber, and
preparing foundation for the mill, and will
be ready when the machinery arrives. They
expect to have their mill running by the first
of July, at farthest
Year: 1864

GUsToM QUARTZ MILL.-Word has been
received from the foundry that the machinery
for the Spring Greek custom mill will be for
warded about the fifth of April. and by the
time it arrives every thing viii be ready to
place it in position for work This compan,
are taking hold of their work with great en-.
ergy, and will soon be crushing quartz from
the many rich gold bearing leads in this vi
cinity
Year: 1864

STOCKHOLDERS in the Daniel Webster and
Original Twenty six Mining Companies will
that the annual meeting for the
election of Trustees takes place the first week
in April See notices in another column.
Year: 1864

TowEa House BALL.-It is only necessary
for Us is say that the ball to take place at the
managed by the same proprietor as the one
given last year at that place, and which gave
such general satisfaction to all who attended.
For drive, and as a resort for pleasure. the
Francisco
Year: 1864

PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNp.-We are requested
by School Trustees to call the attention of
those of our citizens who have subscribed to
a fund for keeping open our public school.
and are delinquent, that unless payment is
promptly made every month the school will
be discontinued so soon as the funds on hand
are exhausted. The importance of keeping
open the public school for more than three
months must be apparent to all, and no means
that can be devised will render it so practi-
cable to continue the term, as the one already
adopted. The additional expense, when borne
by all, is but trifing, and parents should feel
it their duty to come forward with their sub
scriptions, at once.
Year: 1864

The relative matter of national power
and state rights, as principle, is no other
than the principle of generality and local
lty. Whatever concerns the whole. should
be confded to the general government;
while whatever concerns only the state
should be left exclusively TO the state"


Under every government and in every
community, few are to be found who fail
to comprehend the value of this principle
and the propriety of sacredly adhering to
it. With that few, originates the popular
discomfort: the sacrifice of public interests:
the burden of taxation; and the strifcs of
men upon the battlefield, which curse
mankind. Will they never learn ?-1 Mil
waukie News.
Year: 1864

The New Nation, in an article OH the
relation of the Press to the Administration,
makes the following curious revelation:


But what is to be thought Of an admin
istration that Is afraid of its friends-of the
presses that helped to put it in power.
1t argues something rotten in Denmark
The raid Of the Administration against tAe
Press of the country. was not intended so
much for the disloyal journals as for the
loyal or Republican ones; but the latter
saw its purpose, and got out OF the way.
1t was deliberately contemplated at one
time to pounte down upon certain Repub-
lican journals and to thrust into the ma
tional forts two or three of the principal
Republican publicists ofthc country, if not
more; and the execution ofthis design was
only delayed in waiting for public opinion
to harden sufficiently to make it safe for
the Administration to enter upon 50 haz-
ardous an experiment. Public opinion,
however, did not rise to that pitch OF indu-
ration to justify the movement; and the
scheme was, fortunately for It's projectors,
abandoned. Indeed, public opinion, By de-
grees, rescued the Republican press from
the dangers Of administrative intolerance;
and that press is beginning to reassert its
right Of speech, with decided success"


The distinguished Republican public
lists" allude to must have been Greeley,
Beecher and Tilton. Can this be the rea-
son why these three worthies are not in
favor Of the denomination sf "Honest Old
Abe?" 1t may account fer the milk in
that cocoa nut. There is a moral in this
fact, however, which the Republican press
should heed Had the Administration
succeeded in muzzling the Democratic
newspapers, nothing under heaven could
have saved the Republican press from the
same fate New York World.
Year: 1864

The detailed account Of the recent la


mentable affair in Coles county. furnished


by cur special reporter and printer else


where in this sheet. exhibits abolitionism
in two of its most marked characteristics,
viz: malignant brutality when the power is
its own to inhict injury, ard the most alb
ject eowardice when it is in danger of
punishment for It's atrocities In Coles
county, it has for months made the return
ed soldiers the instruments of every sort Of
partisan insult and outrage upon demo-
Gratis, and the instant it was threatened
with retaliatory measures, it dug holes in
the ground for Its own security Suck is
in Coles county, and as it is
there, so it is everywhere.


Deplorable as the event at Charleston is,
it may hare its salutary uses. 1t may
teach abolitionism that there is limit to
its atrocities. and admonish the superior
military authorities that soldiers, stimuli
ted 10y abolition malevolence and rum,
must not be turned loose upon quiet, peace
ful, and unoifending people 1t may ava
ken those VINO most need to be awakened
to the condition Of things which Is grow
ing up under the reign of lawless violence
in the land, and bring all parties to a real
izing sense of the great fact that there is
no safety but in THE LAW If these shall
be its uses, lamentablc as the event is, It's
occurrence may avert impending dangers
with which its consequence is
ii ninutive indeed Chicago Times
Year: 1864

I'D, must give it up Now that the old
measure has vndcated itself, and the new
has proved to be such weak reliance, are
not its advocates ready to make a surren-
der, and to fall back upon that which wis
dom has established? 1t can now be seen
who are the truest friends of the national
credit, and who are they who proclaim its
promise worth but sixty-six on the hun
dred


But while we point to this sad result of
the weakness and folly which have bro't
such discredit upon the nation, We are by
no means ready to despond and give up all
as lost. 1t may be that the turning point
is not reached, and we must submit to
further humiliation before we can begin to
retrace our steps; but the change must
come at last Repentance is ever bitter
and we are now strcwing the way over
which we must return, with curses that
will wiring the nations heart. We shall
be sadder, as we'll as wiser. when we turn
our faces toward the point from which we
have strayed; but the grief will not be un-
mixed with hope. We commend to the
whole people, the Slimmer of truth which
is presented in the official acknowledgment
that the currency so long and so loudly
commended to them as the equivalent Of
cold, cannot be maintained at its nominal
value. The admission has a logical con-
nection which cannot be severed, and may
be regarded therefore as the beginning of
a reform that has been too long delayed.
IN. !. journal Of Commerce.
Year: 1864

y LEADING administration journal Of
New York proposes platform for its par
ty at the coming election, from which we
give few extracts, in order that the peo-
pie may see where the nation is going un-
der the lead of the atrocious fanatics who
now control the government:


The acknowledgement of the freedom
under the emancipation proclamation, OF
all the slaves in the rebel States, as CONF
plcte ard HregersIie fat which neither
through any subsequent Congressional en-
actmeEts, nor through judicial decisions,
can be made of no effect.


''iJsoluts contiscatiOn of the property
of the rebels not included in the proclama-
ton of amnesty by the President Dis
membcrment and division of the ccnfsca-
ted estates into small parcels for white and
black settlers and soldiers under the exist
ing laws for the public domain.


An amendment Of the constitution
which shall Cor all time prohibit slavery in
the entire jurisdiction of the United States,
and everywhere under the protection Of
the flag.


The recognition and establishment of
the principle that citizenship of the United
States can be gained by every inhabitant
thereof.


unconditional subordination Of the
separate States to the ercius,ue sorerciyaty
of their general government in national
questions"


The rebel must lie poor-spirited indeed
who would not prefer the last ditch" to
the humiliation of such settlement of our
difficulties - Erchange