smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

ally was quite enough to divide and that the inte
rests OF stockholders would be best promoted by
the investment of any surplus in their own stock
We are informed however, that the instruction OF
tho board was not carried into effect and that no
purchases OF stock have yet been effected for &C.
count OF the company. On the 18th of February
the question of the disposal Of the large and in
creasing surplus of the company will again
come up, and II is reported that the diyi-
dend will either be increased to ten per cent, or
sum equivalent to five per cent on the
| capital stock will be added to the present
| surplus. Another property which is being actively
affected by the present state of things is Galena
and Chicago Railroad stock. The advance in first
class bonds has carried the first mortgage of this
company to a premium, and thus the $3.50 900
which mature next month cease to be subject of
concern The company will renew these bonds for
term of years if the holders desire it. If not
they can get the money for them in open market
or at the company's Office, as they choose The
falling in of these bonds has been the only embar-
rassment under which the stock of the Galena has
labored. The property will now take its position
among the undoubted dividend paying securities,
and holders may probably rely upon getting their
ORA per cent semiannually, according to the





management the Galena ought to pay eight per
cent annually.


The price Of United States securities is anoma-
lous. The coupon skies of 1881 can be bought at
9H per cent discount, and the registered at l01S.
At the same time, obligations of the same govern
ment, bearing no interest, and deriving their main
value from belief that they will be convertible
into these same skies, are current everywhere as
money-that is to say, at par. 1t would seem that
30 singular an anomaly as this cannot last very
long. Either the Treasury notes must fall or
government securities must rise. It rests with
Congress to determine which event shall occur.
If proper laws are passed to render the ultimate
redemption Of the Treasury notes secure beyond
peradventure, no reason for their depreciation will
exist, and they will not fall. In this case the ad.
vance of the funded stock of the government to
par, and probably to premium, becomes mere
question Of time.


The Congressional debate of yesterday on the
engraving of government stocks and notes by the
American and National bank note companies of
this city indicates very little information on the
part Of the members who impugned Mr.. Chase's
conduct in the matter. Inquiry will establish the
fact that the government got its work done for ff
teen per cent less than is paid by the banks of this
State under the authority of the Bank Department,
and that the contract made with the New York
companies was an'eminently advantageous one to
the United States government. People are Won
dering whether the Mr.. Ormsby referred to in the
debate is the same person whose name has been
before the public in connection with the Boone
County Bank of Indiana
Year: 1862

The New York Journal of Commerce
observes tba. the substantially entire stop
page of intercourse by letters. newspapers
and travel. between North and Scath, rem
dcrs it impossible for the public mind Of
either to be operated upon BY the ide a.
and intelligence of the other. while they
are both liable to be grossly deceived Is
to tho condition of affairs within the ter
ritories of each other. The Journal of
Commerce proposes, as a partial remedy.
that the circulation of newspapcrs between
the two sections he made as free as it for
merly was.
Year: 1862

In oil criminal prosecutions. the accus-
ed shall enjoy the right to a speedy and
public trial. BY an impartial jury Of the
State and District wherein the crime shall
have been committed, which district shall
have been previously ascertaincd By law.
and to be informed Of the nature and cause
Of the accusation to be confronted with
the witnesses against him to have com-
pulsory process for obtaining witnesses in
bis favor. and to have tho assistance Of
counsel for his defence.
Year: 1862

In suits at common law. where the value
in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars.
the right Of trial by jury shall be preserved.
and no fact tried by jury shall be other
wise re-examined in amy court of the I'm
ited States, than according to the rules Of
the common law.
Year: 1862

correspondence.


Editors Times Over the signature of
Geo. w. P. Bowman in your last issue,
notice communication in relation to horse
Rail Road in Northern Iowa. Mr.. Bow
man does not exactly know or does not
wish to tell how he is to obtain means to
build said Road to Postville, but west of
that, he seems to think it very easy af-
fair. When at Postvillc he commences to
sing the same tune that was sung by Dwight
& Co. in 1851. Now Ossian, Calmar and
New Oregon, if you want the road you
must subscribe liberal in stock or you will
loose it as Clerlnont and West Union are
making every effort possible to secure the
Road to that route and the same is said to
Clermont and West Union of this route
| do not believe that this route wishes to
compete with the West Union route for
Horse Railroad on the proposed plan, his
mmuncation implies that the Road is to
be built by the subscribed stock Of the far
mers on the line Of said Road, and they are
required to pay toll for the use Of the
Road until the stock is used up, which is
equal to giving the Road away when in
operation to the individual who does the
wind work


think il we conclude to build the Road
by our subscription and give it away, we
| will dispose of it as Cameron did of the
contracts, give it to our relatives. Taking
Railroad stock in this vicinity is played
out. The people are not be humbugged by
another Dwight operation who is yet in
debt to several here for his board,
who obstructed our wagon road with
trenches and embankments, who threw
down our fences and cut bitches through
our farms and then left the country with
the shovel army at his heels to make him
disgorge their summers wages.


We dc not want a Railroad until capi-
talists will build it, when it is done We will
patronizc it. If it is built on the West
Union route it will suit US quite as we'll
1t is preposterous idea that farmers can
assist in building railroads, while they
have heavy taxes to pay, and their market
blockaded preventing them from receiving
much more than the cost Of raising their
produce. Let individuals who do not re-
present sufficient capital to build the pro
posed Road stand out of the way Of those
that have feeble organization, and will
only play the Log in the Manger.


Very respectfully yours,


G. f. BRooKs.


Ossian Iowa, March, 1862.
Year: 1862

sW Since the loss Of Willie Lincoln,
both the President and his lady have been
screly afflicted in mind and body. Added
to this, the onerous duties Of the Executive
have SO heavily weighed upon his mind as
to bring about an indisposition, from which
he is slowly recovering. In consequence
Of the i'll health Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln
it is probable that no more receptions will
be held during the present session Of Con-
greSS
Year: 1862

~ Some people are ever 81 ching over
glorious dreams forever fed granducr and
happiness passed away pining for the re.
turn of hours gone by. Let them only
look hopefully to the future and life viii
become a pleasant journey. u,
Year: 1862

Ye ask what makes this darkey weep,


Why he like others am not gay
What makes the tears roll down his cheek,
From carly dawn till close of day.
My story, darkeys, you shall hear,


For in my memory fresh it dwells
It will cause you all to shed tear,


On the grave of my sweet Kitty Wells.
CHoRus -


The wild birds singing In the morning,


When the myrtle and the ivy was in bloom,
And the sun on the hills was q dawning,
It was there We laid her in the tomb.
never shall forget the day,


When We together roamed the dell.
kissed her checks and and named the day,
That should marry Kitty Wells.
But death came knocking ct the cabin door,
And took from me my joy and my pride
But when found she more,


laid my banjo down and cried.
CuoRrs -


The wild birds singing, Re.
sometimes wish tha. was dead.


And laid beside her in the tomb
Tho sorrow that bows down my head,


Is as silent as the midnight gloom ;
The springtimc has no charms for mo,


Though flowers blossom in the dells
And that bright form do not see,


Is the form Of my sweet Kitty Wells.
CuoRus


The wild birds singing in the morning,


Ilhen the myrtle and the ivy were in bloom,
And the sun on the bills was n dawning,
It was there we laid her in the tomb.
Year: 1862

LoSDoS, April i.


Dear Sir II have received, through
the hands of Mr. Adams, the minister Of
the United States, your letter of the sth
of March, aud the resolution unanimously
adopted by the Chamber Of Commerce. of
the STATE of New York, on the 9th O.
March.


wish you to convey to the eminent
body of gentlemen over whom You preside
the expression Of my sense OF the honor
they have conferred upon me, and OF the
pleasure which it gives me to know that
the course | have taken in reference to the
events which are now passing IN your
country has met with the warm approval
of those whom they represent accept
their most kind resolution, not only as
honorable TO myself, but as a man!esta-
ton of friendly feeling to the great ma
iorty of my countrymen, whose true SEN
timents believe have not mistaken or
misrcpresented when | have spoken on the
side of your government and people.


| believe there is no other country in
which the men nave pcCu 80 iIcc duu ~
prosperous as in yours, and that there is
no other political constitution now in ex-
stcnce in the preservation Of which the
human race is 50 deeply interested as in
that under which you live. This is true
beyond all doubt, when applied to the free
states of your Union. | trust the time
is not distant when it will be true over all!
your vast territory, from the St. Lawrence
to the Gulf OF Mexico. Notwithstanding
much misapprehension, and some recent
excitement, am sure that an oyerwhem
ing majority of the people of the United
Kingdom will rejoice at the success OF
your government, and at the complete
restoration of your Union. While asking
you to convey the expression of my CRATE
fal feelings to the members Of your cham
Der, desire to tender to you my thanks
for the very kind letter from yourself
which accompanied the resolution. | am,
with very great respect. very truly yours,


JOHN BRIGHT.


To 2. Perit, ESD. President of the
Chamber of Commerce of the State OF
New York"
Year: 1862

General Butler Recruiting in New


OTlemuRs


The Memphis Avalanche Of the 18th
inst says:


From New Orleans we have little news,
save the startling announcement that the
Federals are recruiting there, Butler APP
pealing TO the poor and feeding them,
while he strives TO nurse the iTitatiOns
of want into the hatred of the rich
Hunger against patriotism are mighty
long odds, especially with that class now
so apt TO assert that they have nothing
at stake, while the nch have and did not
fight. in the meantime, Butler is freely
feeding them from the stores captured
with the city. He may pick up quite a
brigade there.
Year: 1862

Extreme men in both sections hurried the
nation into civil war The Compromise
Measures of 1850 had disposed of the ques-
ton OF slavery in the Territories and there
was no difference since that time that might
not have been ajusted also; but unfortun-
ately for the Republic, the extreme men who
ayear since had the power to pass measures
OF concilation, like that proposed by the ven
the day ofcompromise was past. The Nation
therefore, is now fully committed to the pol
icy of war and whether it be the best poll
cy in order to preserve the Union and restore
harmony, or not, those States that have de-
cided to remain in the Union are, by the
supreme law Of the land, committed to this
Year: 1862

The militia law of last year is good one.
A military tax should be levied to pay rent
OF armoIies and procure arms. We should
have loO, 900 stand of arms, while. the fact is
we have not 5000, and many of these are
useless
Year: 1862

He received a communication from Secre.
tary Seward on this subject which, together
with the Governors answer. will be submit
ted to the Legislature in seperate paper
The objects which induced the Secrt taty
to communicate on the subject do not exist,
as Congress is in session and will attend to
that matter. Our coast defenses are of vi
tai Importance, but require an outlay too
vast for the resources of the State.
Year: 1862

hundred millions Of pounds in three wears
form not q bad nucleus to respectable ma
tional debt. 1t will be observed that there
is no question here as to where the lenders
are to come from who are 10 sunnly all the
money. There can be no doubt, ol course
that they will rush from all parts Of the earth
to fill up the vacuum in the Federal treasu-
ry. 1t IS, we presume, consistent with all
the experience OF American fnancers that
the more pressing the need of borrower the
greater becomes the zeal Of lenders to assist
him, and the more deeply the security be.
comes deteriorated by mortgage the more
ready the capitalist is to double his adyan.
ces.


For the first time, Secretary Chase gives
US glimpse as to what this security is. OF
course national security means the national
patience of taxation. Mr.. Chase is about to
make the great experiment whether any such
securities exist in the Federal States. He
proposes to raise, by an income tax, the
moderate sum Of e2, 100000. 1t is but fifth
of what we raise by the same tax; but when
Mr.. Chase has obtained his G2,0O0,000 we
shall have faith in his security which we
have not now. He hopes also to get anoth-
er four millions from other direct taxes.
These six millions, when he gets them, will
not go far, as he must admit; but then he
has complete set of excise machinery rea-
dy to get into gear. He is about to tax stills
and spirits, and sugar, and tea, and coffee.
and tobacco. He has an impost prepared
for bank notes, legacies, and carriages; and
-oh, MIR. John Bright, how can your credit
with the North have fallen so low!-he offers
as part security for this mountain Of debt a
duty upon paper!


Ii all this only ego forward" as mercan-
tile people say, we shall congratulate the
Federal States upon being as well taxed
community as any respectable, old fashioned
kingdom Of the Old World. Whether such
young tax payers will bear such weight all
at once must be matter of experience.
Boston used not TO like tea duties, and even
under the present enlightened Government
of the United States some timorous man
might have objections to take the appoint
ment Of Income Tax Commissioner in one
of the Western States. We do not find any
estimate oil the cost of the collection of these
taxes or of the new machinery Of excise. We
presume that patriotism will supply all the
costly expedients of Europe, and that all
these impOsts will be voluntarily paid into
the exchequer. If this should be so, Mr..
Chase will get some fourteen millions TO.
wards his expenditure Of seyenty-slx millions.
find yet IL is still dubious ,chether 10 this eI-
pendiiure is NOT TO be added the trifing con-
tingency Of a wdr with England.
Year: 1862

The subjoined communication, we take
the liberty of saying, is from lady, the
wife Of Senator Harlan, who left here i'm
mediately after the battle Of Pittsburg
Landing and remained two months in
personal attendance upon the sick and
wounded soldiers OF the army engaged in
that terrible struggle. The same active
benevolence which carried her to that dis
ant Geld Of painful duty, is manifested
in this exposure Of abuses, with the view
to their correction.


THE HosyssAL AT CORINTH.


MEssRs. EDIroRs: In passing through
the encampmsnts and hospitals of the
Western army, near Corinth, some things
which witnessed daily. and almost hour
ly, struck me rs very unwise in the
management Of our army afiairs, which
could be and ought to be corrected


Hundreds of our brave soldiers are dy-
ing daily for the want Of proper nursing
and care, and suitable food and clothing.


Civilians, not officially connected with
the service, are, asa general thing. care
fully excluded from the lines; and when
volunteer nurses aud surgeons are admit
ted on the solicitation of aid societies,
frequently on large pay. very few of them
will perform the unpleasant drudgery in
cident to camp life among the sick 10 the
deld or in hospital, or if they attempt its
faithful performance, they soon weary Of
such toll and leave for their distant
hpmes;--so that the regular surgeons are
compelled to fab back on the old army re-
gulation. of demanding detail OF men
from the ranks for nurses; but for some
time past the army has been so reduced
by sickness and death, that the officers
have not been able to furnish the requisite
number Of we'll men, and this labor has
consequently devolyed on the Gonzales
cing--the sick and wounded, in the mean
time, suffering extremely for the most or
dlnary attentions. And although our
patriotic ladies' all over the land are ply
ing their fingers day and night to keep up
hospital supplies Of clothing, wagon loads
of these goods, after being used once, lie
on the gronud in the rains for weeks, and
rot for the want Of persons to wash them
/ have seen hundreds Of wounded men
lying in the bloody garments in which they
were shot down in battle or on picket
duty for weeks, without the possibility Of
change, occasioning stencil almost nm
endurable, in which the poor fellows were
compelled to live day and night, until
removed to their distant homes, or until
they were ready 70 be carried TO sol
disr's grave, which was too frequent.


Now, why not employ the contrabands
who swarm around our lines, Whenever
permitted by our generals to escape from
rebel masters, in the hot and unhealthy
climate Of Tennessee and Mississippi, to
assist the nurses and to serve as cooks and
washers for our sick and wounded men,
They are acciimated; they ara accustomed
to the heat and outdoor life, and would
gladly serve for their subsistence alone.
The washing Of the necessary changes Of
clothing for our sick and wounded would
more than compensate for the expense in.
CURED, to say nothing Of the incalculable
service they could render soldiers able to
bear arms, in performing the labor and
Year: 1862




1t thappened to me once to be wandering
with some companions through the highly
orthodox Canton of Vaud on Sunday af-
ternoon. If the reader turn up the whites
of his eyes, I tell him he has no right to
presume that my journey was not one of
necessity and mercy. We selected for our
nights resting place a small house of en-
tertainment-the equivalent of the village
ale-house at home. 1t was crammed to the
throat with the Protestant peasantry of the
district, smoking, drinking, and recreating
themselves with billiards and other house
games-a strange preference, l thought it,
to outdoor sauntering in that sultry eve
ming, but that was their affair DESTROYS
to walk in the cool of the morning to Yver-
den, we asked if breakfast could be pre-
pared for us so early as four o'clock. The
good woman of the house-a model of
clean respectability and civility-bade us
observe that it was Sunday evening, and
that in consequence, she would be engaged
with her guests until late hour, with
which early rising would be incompati-
BILE. But she would do her best for US
Breakfast would be made ready for us; we
would find it in the guest-chamber, and we
could rise and proceed as we thought fit.
So we paid our bill before going to bed
Through my sleep heard the click of the
billiard balls far on in the night. When
we rose we found silence everywhere, and
a comfortable breakfast awaiting us, and so
sailed forth in the fresh morning air,
through the dewy fields and woods, reflect
ing pleasantly on that primitive simplicity
and on the faith of mankind which prompt
ed our hostess thus to deal with set of
travel-worn strangers of uncouth speech
and queer manners, and that, too, in the
district where the British tourist was an
unknown phenomenon. have sometimes
doubted if the concentrated force of all
Forbes Mackenzyism and teetoalism will
ever produce a like faith that knows no
guile among our own pubhcans.


The incident became, by the way, oddly
mixed up in my mind with an anecdote
current at the time, relating to visit by
an eminent pastor of this same Canton de



Vaud, to a distinguished Presbyterian di-
vine in Edinburgh. Rising, according to
the custom of his district, about six o'clock
on a Sunday morning, and wandering
through :he deserted rooms, he found in
one of them piano, whereat he sat down,
and was enabled to solace himself for some
minutes with the performance of the


Chantons tous le Canton dc Yaud
Year: 1862

Slow, stealing through the twilight haze
cloud of slumber drOppeth DER me;
dream tonight of other days


As many fool has done before me,
And from the crowd of phantoms there,
One sweet pale face looks out above me
Alas, the flower ! used to wear


Alas the heart that used to love me.
Your eyes were gray when last we met
l wonder if they're any grayer
l used to pray to them, my pet


But now Pm nothing of a prayer.
Your voice think was very sweet
'Two1ld sound to-nighta great deal sweeter
And ah, the hours were very feet,


Told gently off by Loves repeater.
Your heart was very true, my pet,


| cannot say that mine was truer;
For | who used to WOO, forget


Sometimes that e'er I've been a wOoer,
But you forgot your vow, my pet,


Even in the moment when you gave it
So it were idle to regret


The sorry chance that did not save it.
I think never saw you sad


They tell me that you still are merry;
With eyes that sparkle gay and glad,
And lips that have the tint of cherry
That all your pretty, winning ways,
So arch and wayward, wild and willful,
Remain as in the golden days


Except that you are grown more skillful.
Fade, gentle vision, from my sight


do not trust, do not doubt you
But l am happier far tonight,


My darling little pet without youl
l warrant me you have no lack


Of lovers new to teaz5 and worry
So could | call the old days back,


I wouldn't do it in a hurry.
Year: 1862

"AND WHAT DID PETER SAY PA clergyman
had been in the habit of getting ale from a GER
tain saloon keeper named Peter-and one Sun
day morning, just before sermon, he had sent his
man for quart of the beverages the man did
not return until the parson had chosen his text
from the pathetic Scriptures where Christ reprOves
Apostle Peter for betraying him. "And what
did Peter sayP" asked the clergyman; aud he
repeated the question, "And what did Peter sayP"


The man-who had just entered the church
door in time to hear these two questions put, with
vehemence-naturally thought the question
was directed to him concerning the beer and as
the eye Of the parson seemed to demand cate
gorica answer he cried out at the top of bis voice
to the amazemsnt of the preacher and congre-
CATION. "He says, sir that you can have no more
ale until you have paid up the last score" Here
was a clincher, and the roar of the congregation
proclaimed the triumph of the proverb-that
great is the power of truth, and it will prevail.