smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

the only h


Of the yer


q sectional 4 ,..s,,, -.


all, Mr. lincoln will not turn out


to be Black I'epublican-that he


will belle his Professions Of an Sir


repreasiole conflict" and admit


that he was chosen under false pre-
tences by tuning his back upon


The y,ry inen whose appeals to the
deluded consciences Of slave-hating
men and women, have made him
President,


And then, again, how f~eble is


this financial sagacitv OF the Bos-
ton a0ll1ual and its associates, who
fancy they can coerce the South by


not bnying their cotton Why,


statistics show that five-sevenths Of


the cotton that runs the thirty mil


lions Of spindles ii Great Britain,


and feeds five millions Of her pop


ulatlcn, is the slave cotton OF the


South And Size has added eight


millions Of spindles to her manu-


tactures within three years. The


whole North consumes but one.


fifth Of the cotton crop of the slave
States, and this one-ffth England
and France ned for tl.eir new
machinery. While the consump-
ton is Increasing there every week,
the supply is diminishing every
week, and nowhere in the world is
there any increase in the growth of
cotton except in the slave States,
and that only in proportion to the
natural increase there of slave
labor, which these wise men of the
East have SO long 1abored to des-
troy And now, after the mischief
has been done, the value Of pro-
perty and labor reduced every
where al the n orth, hard winter
at hand, and bank and mill suspen-
slons staring every body IN the face,
we are told that the grand remedy
Is to send after no more cotton, but
wait for cotton to come to US
Why not go one step further and
do the true thing, the only honest
thing, if there is any truth in Re
publican politics and morals and
that is, stop all cotton mills. sell
and wear no cotton cloth, and see
# they can stop slave labor by no
longer encouraging and supporting
it as they have done and are doing.


What a spectacle is this mon
strous hypocrisy Of the North
Railing at the sin Of the South in
keeping and working slaves, while
the North lives upon manutactur-
ing the products Of slave labor,
md Massachusetts alone works
10000 slaves to keep her cotton
mills going And now when the
supply Of tie staple and the mar
lets Of the South are barely inter


upteu oy INNS Dattle OI Tie
States" which the abolitionists
nave raised up with their war-cries
ot ''tiyeheaded barbarismn and
'sacr d animosity" and 'sheels on
he neck of the slave power,'
everybody is wondering and fear
ng and doubling whether we shall
De able to get through all this
general and financial
crash and breakup. What has
manly produced this, but this mad
var Of the North on the South,
eliminating in the first election
sycr made by geographical party
If sectional President 2? Boston
Post.
Year: 1860

ii


After struggle between him and lis CON-
petitor which is without precedent in this
district for length and, We had almost said,
bitterness, Mr. I. N. Arnold was nominated
for Congress by the Republican Convention st
Dixon, On Thursday 2ast. The nomination
was rads in accordance with party usage, and
expresses the will Of tie Republicans Of the
district, as it certainly does the will Of the
party in Cook county. We take it for granted
that the bad blood which has been engendered
in the preliminary canvass Of the ziyal candi.
dates will not he remembered .by either purity
now that the struggle has come to Al end
but that tho Arnold men ard Faznsworth men
will engage in new but friendly strife to de-
termine who will do the most for HONEST ON
ABE and the Republican ticket. The great
interests that arc staked on,this campaign do
not admit Of lukcwarnness On the part Of any
Of the friends Of Republican principles; and
the party will not hold him guildess who i'm
perils the success Of a great cause By moping
over small disappointment in the choice Of
Year: 1860

1SouEs7s.-1n addition to the inquest On the
body Of the child accidentally drowned as e'.c-
where noted, Coroner Janea held an inquest
on the remains Of female infant found on The
bark Of the river at the Rock Island r. r. dos.k,
near Twelfth street bridge. Verdict premature
birth
Year: 1860

Professor Rogers has solved the prsb-
lem of seeing through milestone. In a
paper read before the Scientific Associa-
ton at Newport, he says: ..-.....~r


Take = sheet Of fool cap or letter pa
per, roll it up 50 that the opening At one
end shall be large enough to take in the
full size Of the eye, and at the other end,
let the opening be not half SO large
Take it in the right hand, holding it be-
tween the thumb and the fore6ngcr, place
the large end to the right eye, and look
through. with both eyes open to the light
You will see hole through your hand


If you take it in your left hand and
hold it to your left eye, it will BE- the
same You will in both cases be aston.
ished to see that you have a hole in your
hand The illusion is most complete.
Year: 1860

America and could not be successfully answered by the
whole Charlottesville convention if you gave it from
now TO the first of November TO do II in


Could it be contrived, Mr. Editor, for him to catch tie
perpaedc committee Of Senators and CxGovernors ap
pointed to canvass the State at Charlottesville? IL would
be worth SEEING if he could catch the entire squad at
one time and place.


The evening was occupied by A. B. Nagruder, Esq in


very successful efOrt-a speech replete vito sound
sense interesting detail and able argument No gentle
man, in fact, made more agreeable impression.


Tie meeting was fnally closed by Mr. GilmeT, who
forced TO out by the most csmorous calls. He
addressed himself this occasion particularly TO
the ladies' aud is not be denied that he swept every
thing before him ia that field.


Look out for the best Wing vote given in this
county, and that too Notwithstanding the party has been
divided and demorased by county squabbles than
in any other LEGALITY Of the State for tine passed
Year: 1860

Scientific men and others who have thoroughly
tested the merits OF the Vesper Gas or Air Light,
pronounce the best and cheapest light now known.
Numberless stimopals being received daily
from all quarters vOuohiHg tor the excellence OF this
light, d few OF which gwen below.
Year: 1860

How strange it will be love-how strange wh-a
we two
Shall be- what all lovers become
You rrieid aud Mithlyss-I cold aud untrue;
You thoughncsS of M and careless of youi
Our pet names grown rusty with nothing to do ;
Loves bright web unravelied, and rent and worn
through,
And life's loom left empty-ah hum


All, me


How strange il will be
How strange it will be when the witchery goes,
Which makes me seem lovely to day
When your thought of me loses its coleatr de rose,
When every day serves some new thought to
disclose
When you find I've odd eyes aud an every day
nose
And wonder you could for moment suppose
was out Of the commonplace way


Ah, me!


How strange it will be-
How strange it will be, love-how strange when
we meet
With lust chill touch of the hand
When my pulses no longer delghtedly beat
At the thought Of your coming, the sound of
your feet;
When watch not your going, far down the long
street
When your dear loving voice. now SO thrillingly
sweet
Grows harsh in reproach or command


All me


How strange it will be
How strange it will b., when we willingly stay
Divided the weary day through
Or, getting remotely apart rs we may,
Sit chilly and silent, with nothing to say;
Or coldy converse on The news Of the day
La a wearsome, old dmarried folks sort of way ;
| shrink from the picture--dOnt you?


All, me


How strange it will be
Dear love, If our hearts 90 grow torpid aud cold,
As SO many others have done-
If we let our love perish with hunger and cold
If we dim all lilps diamonds and hruish its gold
II we choose to live Wretched and die nnconsoled;
Twill be straugaat Of all tainss that ever were
told
As happening under the suu


All, me!


How strange IL will be
Year: 1860

THE FAITH OF A IIEArHEN Can anything
excel the sublime faith exhibited by Socrates,
when sentenced to drink the hemlock The men
who in this age boast of their superior spiritual
condition, and call him heathen, may receive
lesson from the old philosopher. Hear him


am persuaded that my death, which is now
just coming will conduct me in to the presence
of the gods, who are the most righteous COVER
nors, and iuto the society of just and wise men
and derive confidence from the hope that some-
thing of man remains after death, and that tho
condition of good men will then be much better
than that of the bad.
Year: 1860

MoruERs BABY.-That pretty one asleep
blue eyes, WaXen-iddcd, sealed from mother S
smile tiny hands, laid softly together in white
eternal peace dainty check dimpled Tor the
last time with mother passionate kiss amber
locks camhed smooth away from the sweet baby
face-sublime in its shad0wless calm-that little
life was pleasant snatch of song, learned 10y
mothers heart among the psalms of the morning,
and lost in the noises Of the day. Lost oh,
never! Down in the solemn sanctuary IN the
royal temple of that mothers soul, the melody
lives on. All her ear may be heavy yet with
the rattle Of the graveclay on the small, dark
coffin lid-her lips numb with the last chill kiss
her eye dim with stranng to catch, through
the msts Of the valley OF shadow, CLEAN OF the
golden gates where her baby went in-but the
love lives on! The mother is true to her heart,
and to the memory Of the deep seraphic JOY that
buddcd with the being Of that little one asleep.
Even though, in after years, when the innocent
smile shut down in the coffin shall have burst in
to blossom, covering the wee, green grave roof
with a beautiful type of the resurrection and
the life" she kneels among the lilies and thanks
Him who hath said suffer little children to
come unto me. D. Emma iijco Byo'eHe.


DGcKNsoy-The Democratic Staadlrd, published
az Concord, New Hampshire, in the course Of an
able article, under date Of Jan 7lh, uses this
language;


But we are frank and candid. Our candidate
against the field, is Daniel S. Dickinson, the pre-
eminent patriot and statesman Of the Empire
State lie is of the tried and true. The people
know his ability, his experience, and his noble
devotion to his whole country. lie has more of
the stern and true virtues of the Old Roman, than
any other man who has lived since the days Of
Andrew Jackson. We know of no man in the
country whose name would, in the present ext
geney, prove such tower of strength to the
Democratic party.
Year: 1860

NEw YoRK. Jan. l3
Tn Secretary Of the Navy has directed the
the commander Of the lroqucis to procure .
New Jersey pilot to take that vessel to sea, but
applications in that quarter have met prompt
refusal.


Two other Government vessel. are now de-
tanned at the Navy Yard in consequence OF tho
refusal Of Mr.. Teucy to pay the pilotage fees
Year: 1860

~


In every foreign region Of the globe the title Of
American citizen is held in the highest respect,
and when pronounced in foreign lands, il causes
The hearts OF our countrymen to swell with honest
pride. Surely, when We reach the brink OF ths
yawnng abyss, we shall recoi with horror, from
the last fatal plunge. By such dread catastro-
pie, the hopes of the friends of freedom through
cut the world would he destroyed and long night
Of leaden despotism would enshroud the nation.
Our example for more than eighty years would
not only be lost, but it would be quoted as coz
elusive proof that man is unfit for self government
Il is not every wrong, nay, it is not every grievouo
wrong which can justify a resort to such fearful
alternative. This ought to be the last desperate
remedy of a despairing people, after every othet
constitutional means OF Cancellation had been ez-
hausted We should reflect that under this free
government there is an incessant eb5 and flow Of
public opinion. The slavery question, like every
thing human, will have ;s day. l firmly believe
that it has already reached and passed the culmi
mating point; but if, in the midst of the existing
excitement, the Union shall perish, the evil may
then become ifrepsrable. Congress can contribute
much to arrest it, by proposing and recommending
to the Legislatures of the several States the rem
eay for existing evils which the Constitution has


itself provided for its owl preservation. This has
been tried at different critical periods of his
tory and always with eminent success. 1t is to
be found in the 5h article, providing for its own
amendment Under this article amendments have
been proposed by twO-thirds of both Houses Of
Congress, and have been ratified by the Legisla-
tures of three!ourths Of the several States, ana
have consequently become parts Of the Constitu-
:ior. To this process the country is indebted for
;he clause prohibiting Congress from passing any
law respecting an establishment of religion, or
abridging the freedom of speech or Of the press,
or the right of petition. To this we are also in
debied for the bill of rights which secured shs
people against any abuse of power by the Federal
Government Such were the apprehensiOus juStly
entertained by the friends Of State rights st that
period as to have rendered it extremely doubtful
whether the Constitution could have long survived
without these amendments.


EXPLAIN TIE coNsTIrUTIOS.


Again tse Constitution was smehdsd by the
Year: 1860

"The clause in the Constitution Of North Caro-
lima, prohibiting Jews from holding Office, is blot
upon the good name of the Commonwealth and
should be rescinded 1t is probable that another
effort will be made at the next session of the Legs-
lature to secure its removal. The mode of effect
ing the object is matter of indifference to us, but
we cannot withhold our approval of the movement
and the expression of our hope that it will sue
ceed. As Presbyterians and friends to civil and
religious liberty, we regard the clause as odious
and intolerant, and shall rejoice to seet expunged
from our Constitution. ~. G. Presbyterian.


More than two years ago, this paper was the first
in the State to take the ground now occupied by
the Presbyterian and several other journals, as to
the political rights of the Jews


" We now take occasion to express the opinion that
the clause of the Constitution of North Carolina
which forbids that ministers who have the care Of
souls, shall occupy seat in the Legislature is an
infringement upon the rights of citizenship, and
an invasion of the principles of religious liberty.


1t is as clearly part of the religion of ministers
of the gospel to have the of souls as it is of
laymen to be members of the Church


The Protestant minister of the gospel is as good
citizen, so far as history defines the expediency
of discrimination, Roman Catholic layman.
Judge Gastons defense of the rights of Catholics,
in the Convention which made the Constitution,
was successful, and has added a halo to his fame
And yet that same instrument excludes ministers
OF Christ from the halls Of legislation What in
consistency!


1t would be difficult to show that laymen, COM
municants of the Church, may be safely admitted
to the Legislature, for reasons which would ex-
cude ministers. ....


We deprecate the fall Of preachers into the
political dscords of the day-and we also depre-
cate a similar fall of laymen-the one is as good
or bad as the other. We should be sorry to see
minister neglecting his appropriate duties in the
pursuit of office; but we aware of no cause why
the Constitution should hedge up the preacher to
his appropriate work, and leave other people free
to indulge in neglect of it. A preacher, by
preaching, does not acquire legal immunities; and
certainly he should lose His religion should
more be fenced in by legal disabilities than the
religion of other people.-N G. Chrisfn Adyocatc.
Year: 1860

GENEALoGY OF THE PRINCE OF
WALES He is the oldest son Of Vic.
toria, who is the daughter Of the Duke Of
Kent, who was the sou Of George the
second, who was the son of the Princess
Sophia, who was the cousin of Anne, no
was the sister of William and Mary
Mary was the daughter, and William the
son inlaw of james the Second, who was
the son of Charles the First, who was the
son of James the First, who was the son
Of Mary, who wos the granddaughter Of
Marga, ct, who was the sister Of Henry
the Eighth, who was the son Of Henry
the Seventh, who was the son of the Earl
of Richmond, who was the son Of Gather.
inc. the widow of Henry the Fifth, who
was the son of Henry the Fourth, who
was the cousin of Richard the Second.
who was the grandson of Edward the
Third, who was the son of Edward the
Second, who was the son of Edward the
First, who was the son Of John, who
was the son Of Henry the Second, who
was the son Of Matilda, the daughter Of
Henry the First, who was the brother Of
William Rufus, who was the son Of Viii.
liam the Copquerer, who was the bastard


son Of the Duke Of Normandy, BY tan.
,er's daughter Of Falaise.
Year: 1860

Have the courage to keep out of debt
as long as possible-absolutely ifyou Can.
Debt is species of slavery, The cred
itor owns the debtor to the extent of his
claim, for what does the word "claim''
mean if not this? In taking our advice,
you will be but obeyiug the good scrip
tural exhortation to "owe no man any
thing"


Have the courage to wear your old coat
or gown until you are able to buy another
upon the good, old fashioned " pay as
you CO. principle-ay, and do not be
afraid to have it known why you prefer
this course. Your neighbors will think
none the worse of you for your honest
frankness. On the contrary, they will
think all the better Of you. if they are
people whose good or bad opinion is
worth considering.


Have the courage to live on two meals
day-ay, even one, if two of the three
you customarily took in better times
would now have to be procured with
"false pretcnses," in purchasing with
P 'omise to pay, which you know in your
lumost heart there is no prospect of your
meeting.


Have tho courage to own that you are
poor! No one whose opinion is valuable
will think any the less Of you for your
frankness, but will rather esteem you the
more highly.


Finally, have the courage to be truth
iai, honest and just-just to your own
sense of right, as we'll as to the sense Of
others. And so you will maintain your
self respect, as we'll as the respect Of your
neighbors, and these will constitute 90
small capital to start afresh with, when
"better times shall have re appeared,
as ere long they will to all who have the
courage to be just in their dealings and
prudent in their expenditures.
Year: 1860

from the St. Louis Democrat.
'Tis wondrous strsn ge-it looks 30 dead,
And yet feel nt fear;
Ny body lies upon the bed,


And an standing here!
Dead! dead! what an earthly word!
All! now I.see il all!
was wont to laugh at the truths 1heard
OF the life behind the pail;
or the death in life and the life.in.death-
And held that the ceasing of the breath
Was the final end of all.
But have fed from what is dead,


And will warm the clay no more,
That lies 40 senseless on the bed,


Deafto those who deplore
The absence Of the living ray


That saved the body from decay,
And held the worm in awe.
But what will my darling say to this
When she hears l have passed away,
And knows the lips she was wont to kiss
Are palid curves Of clay1
Will she die for the want of the olden bliss,
Or live for the hearts decay
Ny only wish is to see her now
Great Heaven! and can it be!
There she lives with her curllit brow,
Dreaming q dream of me;
Dreaming dream Of the man that stands
Here by her side tonight;
And kisses the white Of her he avenly hands,
And her eyelids' vailIng light.
All! I know that will 90


Where my true affections are,
And what love below or above
Will be my guiding star;
And the light that see cometh to me
Undimmed by the clay which lies,
Stiff and cold and growing dark,
In the glow of the tropic skies.
o! the narrow space was coRpassed in,
Chained to a lump of earth,
And darkened by clouds Of grief and sin
From the moment of my BIRTH;
But am free As thought can be,
And am where my wishes are
And pure and bright with the lucent light
That flows from the Lord afar.
Making me shine with the rays divine
Eternity cannot mar.
Year: 1860

TWICE BLOOMING sTRAwBERRY YNEs.-NTa-
OF our friends say their strawberry vines are
now blooming and bearing fruit second
ume- A Horticultural friend whom we re-
lated the same statement says, it is attributa-
9ie 70 the dry weather Immediately after the
fEuiting season in spring, and the second
growth now made by reason of late showers
Year: 1860

We are pleased to see through the Tribune that
Mr. L. has an idea of acceding to the suggestions
OF the Wilson Ledger to publish his auto -biogra-
ply. The record of his eventful life would prove
both highly interesting and instructive.


In noticing this matter in the Tribune Mr.. L.
uses the following language:


But one consideration would impel us to take
upon ourselves the great labor which autob1-
ography would require ); and that is the hope of
realizing the means in part to pay our debts,
which fell so heavily upon us in the late disrup-
ton of our business We know that the chief
claimant, who alone has just demands Of mpor-
tance, would not allow Us to suffer days anxiety
and pain to receive the whole of his 1t seems 10
us no man ever had such friends as have, and
the case we speak of transcends all the other
friendships we have received on earth, if they
could be combined in


So it is not because any one embarrasses or dis
turbs us that we desire to make money out of this
project but trust only to do our best for those
who have done their best for us and because it
is our duty to make of all the lawful means
placed in power by Providence, to accomplish
this object"
Year: 1860

The Opposition party of Craven are to meet at
this place on Wednesday the 9th instant, to
nominate candidates for the Legislature. We
learn that it is the intention of the party to bring
out full ticket to be be composed of the best
talent of the party. This is right, for the demo-
Gratis have nominated good men, and in the event
of the Opposition putting forward their best men,
let the victors be whom they may, the county
will be sure of goodI representation. We con-
slider our local interests of as much if not more
importance than the election of a United States
Senator.
Year: 1860

EXPLANAToRY.-We are surprised that any
one should have construed our article in yester-
days issue as reflection upon private
schools; certainly we had no such intention, and
we think that nothing but ver-sensativeness
could lead any one to think So We need pub
lie school-we have none, and we have determined
that our people shall have rest until they do
something in the premises True the Trustees of
the Academy rent one room in the building to a
very worthy gentleman who has small school
there, and who we doubt not is a good teacher
but his is private school and by means meets
the wants of a community as large as this. The
Academy, as far as any efforts at education the
part of the Trustees is concerned, might as we'll
be burnt to ashes. The town is full Of private
schools, and, in some instances they no doubt
meet the wants of parents but the great shed,
the masses, are not reached by them. and hence
want public school where boys may be pre-
pared for College or business, and we mean to
agitate the subject until the thing is accom-
pills he'd.
Year: 1860

MURDER OF WoMAN,-The Fayetteville
Courier says:


A friend in Lumberton writes concerning the
murder in that place:


ga most shocking and brutal murder has been
discovered in our community to-day. The body
of person supposed then to have been drowned,
low n w i Iumberton~ A jury was T summoned, and
upon examination it discovered to be the
body of woman dressed in mans clothes, and
that she had been murdered in a very cruel and
barbarous manner. A blow had been inflicted
on the head crushing the skull and the throat
cut from ear to The body soon identi-
fed as that of the wife of Benjamin Rhodes, liv-
ing ten miles below Lumberton. She left home
on Friday morning with $4,000. Suspicion
pointed at once to Hardy and Carody Barnes,
who have been arrested and lodged in Jail at
Lumberton. The facts thus far collected, show
clearly deep and hellish plot. The citizens are
wild with excitement and Indignation.