smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

cbanged was she now that none bent to
do her reverence. I noticed her sitting
alone. with n discontcnted look, long af-
ter 7 had left her side. Her husband,
by the attentions he paid her during the
evening, might have been UNCONSCIOUS
of her presence.


But there was another ludy in the
room who was all the while the centre
of an admiring circle. None, perhaps
consid cred her face beautiful; but to
eyery one who looked upon it came
perception of beauty that associated with
individually. In repose her features
were plain. yet not repulsive in the
slightest particular. But when thought
and feeling flowed into them, every eye
was charmed. There was a nameless
grace in her manner that gave additional
power to the attractions of her counte-
nance.


Twas half in doubt at first Of her
identity, as I gazcd upon her from dis
tant part of the room she looked in my
eyes, so really beautiful. But the pres
ence of my old friend in the group, my
old friend who had been wise enough to
prefer beauty of soul to beauty of face,
and passing over, added another to the
circle which gathered around her.


There was nothing obtrusive in her
conversation nothing of conscious pride;
but calm, and at all times, earnest ut
terance of true sentiments. Not once
during the evening did I hear word
from her lips that Jared the better feel
/ ings.


The good are beautiful + Many a
time did this sentiment find spontaneous
uttersnce in my heart as | looked upon
and then turned my eyes to the discon-
tented face of another, who few years
ago carried off in every company the
palm of loveliness.


Yes, here WAS the impcrishable beauty.
Maiden would you find this beauty :?
no matter if your features were not cast
in classic mould, this higher, truer beau
ty, may be yours if you will seek for it
in the denial of selfshness, and the re-
preston of discomfort. The good are
beautiful, lay that up in your thoughts
Treasure it as the most sublime wisdom.
Gather into the store-house Of your
minds sentiments Of regard for others !;
and let your hands engagc in gentle
charities To do good and TO communi-
cate forget not. If tempted to murmur,
think Of your many blessings; if to re-
pine, think of the thousands who are sick
and suffering. Be humble. gentle, for
bearing, and above all, useful. These are
the graces that shine through the outer
covering of the soul, and reveal them-
selves in light and loveliness to all eyes.


The good never grow homely as they
grow old. The eye may grow dim,
and the cheek lose its freshness. but in
the place of earthly charms will come
spiritual beauty, upfading as eternity.
Year: 1863

ES- In a ehancery suit, one of the
counsel, describing the boundaries of his
clients land, said, in showing the plan
of it:


I'VE lie on this side my lord


The opposite counsel then said And
we lie on that side


The chancellor, with good humored
grin, observed


If you lie on both sides, whom will
We have me to believe?
Year: 1863

Commissioner Lewis has directed that
III persons who prefer claims against the
government shall file with the bureau to
which the claim is addressed proof that
hey have taken out a license required
~ the internal revenue law.
Year: 1863

re- An old soakcr being found in
the gutter one rainy night, the water
making a clear breach over him from
head to heel, was asked By a passer-by
what he was doing there.


oh said he, I agreed to meet a
man here.
Year: 1863

The IDLERAEveTy thing within US
and about US shows that it never was in
tended that man should be idle. Our
own health and comfort, and the welExge
and happiness Of those around us, all re-
quire that man should labor. Mind, body,
soul, all alike suffer and rust out by idle.
ness; the idcr is source Of mental and
moral Offences to everybody around. He
is a nuisance in the world, and needs
abatement for the public good, like any
other source of pestilence.
Year: 1863

PHYSICIANS agree that when the eyes of
a corpse are opened about two days after
death, and the pupils are found to be
mixed up so that nothing Of them is to
be seen. but the whole of the eye is de-,
solved into wheyiSh or jellied mass,
then real death is evident. When this is
wanting, death is uncertain.
Year: 1863

VINO SHOULD PRAY.-First of all, let
Abraham Lincoln pray that his "marble
heart" may be softened; that the bitter
curse inflicted by wicked rulers may be
removed; that the voice Of Rachel for
her children crying" may no longer dis
turb the startled air !; that bloody war may
cease, and that the angel Of peace may
ouce more spread its white wings over q
sorrcwing land bending beneath the heavy
blow Of national Affections Let those
around and near him pray-pray that
their cOunsels may be free from partisan
venom and malignant spite; that their ac-
tons may be governed by an honest zeal
for the welfare of their PROSTATE country;
that oil fraud and corruption may be ban
iShed from their midst, and that they may
be spared the fearful crime Of having aid
cd and abetted in their country's ruin i
Let all the people pray-pray that their
priceless liberties may be preserved; that
illegal arrests, unlawful banishments, and
violations Of personal rights may no longer
prevail; that integrity may dwell in the
heart Of their servants, and public virtue
once again assert its sway in the high
places Of the government; that the crimes
which have degraded the bad men in
power may give place to official purity
and rectitude; that wrongs may be right.
cd, outrages redresscd, error rebuked, and
that justice may again be recalled to a
land from whose borders she fled alright
cd and dismayed, when the dark shadow
Of coming despotism fell upon her path
Way.-Kentucky News.
Year: 1863

PoLITIcAL PREAcHERs.-Let US COM
mend to those clergymen who are in the
habit Of preaching politics to their hear
ers, the following from Adam Clark, the
great Commentator. Clergymen who in
troauce politics in their pulpits are slaves
OkmammOn, not servants of God:


Political preachers neither convert souls
nor build up believers on their most holy
faith. One may pique himself on his 10y
atty, the other on his liberality and popu-
lar notions Of government but. in sight
Of the great Head of the Church, the first
Is sounding brass, and the second tink-
ling synbal.


When preachers of the gospel become
parties in party politics, religion mourns,
the church is unedifed, and political dis
putes agitate even the faithful of the land.
Such preachers, no matter which side they
take, are 10 longer messengers Of glad
Gdings, but the seedsmen of confusion
and wasters Of the heritage Of Christ.


And the views Of layman as distin.
guished as Edmund Burke, should also
possess some influence even in these de-
generate days:


Politics and the pulpit are terms that
have little agreement No sound ought
to be heard in the church but the healing
vOice Of Christian charity. The cause Of
civil liberty and civil government, gains
% little as that Of religion by this confu-
sion Of duties. Those who quit their
proper character to assume what does not
belong to them are, for the greater part,
Ignorant both Of the character they leave
and Of the character they assume. Wholly
unacquainted with the world in which
they are 90 fond Of meddling, and mex
perienced in ell its affairs, on which they
pronounce with so much confidence, they
have nothing Of politics but the passions
they excite.
Year: 1863

A HIr AT ARMY CHAPLAINs.-An army
correspondent sends the following, which
is hard hit at pretty large class of army
chaplains: "A captain in the division, a
German and very strict disciplinarian:
had his company drawn up for the usual
Sunday inspection. One dirty scrub, who
oft times before had offended the captains
idea Of soldierly neatness by having filthy
arms and clothing, excited his ire to such
An extent that for some time he was in
doubt as to what punishment he could in.
flict adequate to the enormity Of the offence.
At last the idea struck him; the punish.
ment had been found. "You dirty rascal |!
You disgrace the company, punish you
severely. Yeu shall attend divine service
this day, be dam if you DON'T" And
cautioning the sergeant to see the full pen
atty inflicted, dismissed the company, salts
fed that in future there would be no more
dirty arms or clothing on inspection.
Year: 1863

The whole function Of the artist in the
world is to be seeing and feeling crea-
ture; to be an instrument of such tender.
ness and sensitivencss that no shadow, no
hue, no line, no instantaneous and evanes-
cent expression of the visible things around
him, nor any Of the emotions which they
are capable of conveying to the spirit which
has been given him, shall either be left un-
recorded, or fade from the book of record.
1t is not his business either to think, to
judge, to argue, or to know. The work Of
bis life is to be twofold only: to see, to
feel.


The thoughtful man is gone far away to
seek; but the perceiving man must sit still,
and open his heart to receive. The thought
ful man is knitting and sharpening himself
into two edged sword, wherewith to
pierce. The perceiving man is stretching
himself into four -cornered sheet, where
with to catch. And all the breadth to
which he can expand himself, and all the
white emptiness into which he can blanch
himself, will not be enough to receive what
God has to give him.


An artist need not be learned man: in
al! probability it will be disadvantage to
him to become so; but he ought if possible,
always to be an educated man: that is, one
who has understanding Of his own uses and
duties in this world, and therefore of the
general nature of the things done and ex.
listing in the world and who has so trained
himself, or been trained, as to turn to the
best and most courteous account whatever
faculties or knowledge he has. The mind
of an educated man is greater than the
knowledge 1t possesses; it is like the vsult
OF heaven, cncompassing the earth which
lives and fourishes beneath it; but the
mind Of an uneducated and learned man is
like caoutchouc band, with an everlasting
spirit Of contradiction in it, fastening to-
gether papers which it cannot open and
keeping others from opening.
Year: 1863

TIE NEW YoRK POLICE COMMISSIONERS
It was rumored in New York on Saturday, that
Gov. Seymour had gone SO far as to infor-
ma1ly designate partisan Police Commission
ers, and the removal Of the present Board
was predetermined before. an investigation,
and even before lc had been inaugurated. The
occasion Of each haste is said to be to avoid
the necessity Of sending the new names to
tile Senate,
Year: 1863

who dc not submit az the true adamant, upon
which the pillars of our government must rest,
and they are harden ed by the trials. And let
each guard himself or herself (for the women
of our land have portion in this work.
AGAINST the influences which may essail them.
..Lead us not irto temptation" strengthen us
against fear. Protect US against our sensual
love of ease, or sordid worship of mammon.
Enable us to look beyond ourselves, to the
future of our children, to see them free from
the domination of hated race, happy in the
enjoyment of congenial institutions. May we
sacrifice for this all that we have. Nav we be
willing to lay our lives down also, as thousands
have done for us, in order to accomplish it!


This should be our prayer. 1t will be
that of those who are plrest amongst us in
their love of country. And. acting upon it,
their names will be clothed with honor here
after, as of those found faithful in the times
that tried mems souls; whilst those who falter
and succumb will be covered with shame. and
find the virtues of their earlier deeds covered
and hidden from the sight of men bv their later
detection.
Year: 1863

Be1~ The whole Northern people are in an
immense turkey pen. They have an easy way
out of their troubles if they only had the saga
city to see it. II is by the somewhat humbling
channel of recognition, and it requires a stoop-
ing process to go through it. In place of tn at
they are running around in confusion, with
heads up, seeing the light of the old Union
shining through the cracks which they never
can penetrate. If some crafty old gobler of
an Abolitionist does not yet show them the
way out, they will wear themselves out with
fruitless efforts, and be taken by some remorse-
less tyrant for his uses. The Peace Democrats
think they see brilliant opening into the
light at Reconstruction. They are wasting
their time there badly.
Year: 1863

1SBunASrE.-In another column VIC publish the
statement OF the Charter Oak Insurance Company
OF Hartford, Conn, made to the Superintendent Of
New York, receiving therefor certificate OF author
ity to do business in that State,
Year: 1863

B9s@ Another hero. An incident of
the siege of Washington is given in a
letter from Massachusetts officer, from
which it is copied in the Boston Post
When the pilot of the steamer Escort
was shot in the head, be grasped the til
ler for twelve minutes afterwards, steer
ing his boat safely beyond the rebel bat
terry, exclaiming that if he could only
take General Foster safely by, he was
willing then to die. ioHe accomplished
his wish, and nobly perished in the gal
liant performance of his duty.
Year: 1863

Busted.-The Campbells are not coming !
we mean the Campbells whose bills are
now posted throughout the city 1t is stated
to us that the Camel who carries the hump
containing the funds of the party got his
back up, and cleared out. The vacuum thus
created caused rush of hot air to the Cap
tain's Office, and that point not being sup
piled with a safety-valye, the concern expIO-
ded. The shock of the calamity is sensibly
felt in this meridian If the Manager is
alive we hope he will call and relieve US of
the anxiety we feel on his account
Year: 1863

forever. and restoring the authority of the
Government. The traitor who will remain
and concoct plans to betray us into the
hands Of the miserable scoundrels we are
fighting ought not go unpunished. l don't
think Parson Brownlow's place way down
below. half hot enough for them; il ought
to be heated seven times hotter for their
reception than for ordinary sinners. am
out Of all patience with them"
Year: 1863

A policy that continually makes mat
ters ,corse. cannot be otherwise than
wrong. A policy that makes Union
men fugi,ives. cannot be otherwise than
disastrous.


The only part of Missouri now free
from an impending reign Of terror is
that portion embraced in the District
of the Border, under command OF Gen.
Ewing; and Ewing's radical policy is all
that saves Union men in his District.
He was too sagacious to act upon or
accept the Missouri policy.


Uncle Abe mast take command Of
things in Missouri, or the State will be
a scene of carnage from one extreme
to the other, and the border will see no
peace. Let him send Ben. Butler to
manage the Department, and order will
soon be restored. And let him do it
,cit1som delay.
Year: 1863

tseems now that the Eastern Diyis-
ion of the Pacific Railroads.&c. far as
our State is concerned-is TO start from
Wyandotte and run straight up the Kaw
valley on this side of the river. This
being the conclusion of the new COM
pany, some things must follow.


Lesvenworth city is thus thrown out
on side track. But there is too much
capital in the commercial metropolis Of
Kansas to be SO slightly ignored. The
leading city Of all the upper Missouri
the one where more business is done
than in al the others put together, per-
haps-is not to be left out in the cold.
20 long Is there can be found house
in which TO obtain shelter and FIRE 10
warm by. Leavenworth will have a
Railroad. She ought to have one. As
. mere locality We care nothing for her
more than any other city; but for the
interests Of Kansas. as State. We do
care. We desire the best thing for the
State. That best thing is 70 make Leav-
enworth the starting point, in Kansas,
of the Pacific road.


But Is this cannot be done we are for
the next best thing. which is 10 run a
road from Leavenworth to Cameron, or
to some point on the North Missouri
road. and thus secure an eastern con-
neciion, ,and then unite with the Pacific
road At the nearest accessible poin'.


As We have previously said, the true
policy for the company 10 pursue is 10
start from Leavenw orth: bring the Kan
sas City road and the tap from Cameron
both to the star'ing-poius. and then run
westward on the one line. This would
secure to the company the certain con-
troll Of all the travel. and place it in a
position that would obviate the uecess-
i:y and cut off the desire for rivalry.


There are two great lines Of travel;
one goes to St. Louis. thence south and
east; the other to Chicago. thence by
the lake route to New York and New
England. TO bring all this travel into
one uunk line through Kansas and west
ward is now u the power of the Com.
pany OF the Eastern Division OF the
Pacific road: but they are about 10 throw
the golden opportunity" away, and
have some rival company TO share the
business with them, to the loss OF both
perhaps. Men often discover their mis-
takes when it 10 too late TO remedy the
evils or gain the advantages over which
fortune gare them control.
Year: 1863

From the first We have steadily op.
posed the policy which is now ripeuine
to anarchy 10 Missouri. II the United
States pays the troops 10 the field. the
President should command and control
them. This thing of a war within q
war will never answer. There must be
one head to . government and one
supreme leader in military AFFAIRS
The wisest Of all teachers said eye can.
not serve God and Mammon. And i,
is as true to-day as it was eighteen
hundred years ago. We put i.in a lit
tie different shape; ''ye cannot server
the Union and Slavery" A good
patriot can no more love Slavery than
good Christian can lore the devil.


The Missouri policy is pro slavery
or at any rate It is not anti-slayery-
and is, therefore, at variance with the
Emancipation Proclamation Of the Pre-
sident and the policy of the Admins
tra,ion based thereon. lis antagonis-
tic TO the calm declar alton of Mr.. Lin
coin. uttered long ago. that he would
do nothing contrary to his desire fo'
.he freedom Of all men.
Year: 1863

We have never been able to perceive
that true patriotism consisted in de
nouncing the Administration or its
chosen leaders, either in the cabinet or
the field. On the contrary. We are i'm
pressed with the belief that it is the
duty Of every patriot to hold up the
hands of officers in command, so long
as the government keeps them in au-
thority.


If they are incompetent. present the
facts 10 the President. He is honest,
he is true.h is capable. and any proper
array Of testimony he will regard. But
mere elan,or he ought not to heed. for
clamor is not resorted 10 when facts OF
any thing substantial can be used in its
place. 1t is a weapon which only dem
agogues delight u use. The best man
in the world may be cried down BY
popular clamor, and that, too. without
committing fault. As long as Gen
eral is in command, help him. not pull
against him. thus weakening and even
destroying his usefulness TO the country
This last is queer way Of showing
loyalty. truly! Ifa General is incom-
petent. one who has stood by him
and tried to make him efficient. will
have more influence with the Admin
istration in obtaining his removal than
il he had beea known. open enemy.
and working against him all the time;
and for the very good reason that the
President and Secretary Of War will
..alieye be is not Influenced by pas
sion and enmity. but by patriotic mo-
lives, in asking for his removs.. Hence
it is best always to be candid, fair and
honest-to stand by the Administration
and all its officers while they occupy
places Of trust; and only ask for re.
movals for ineficiency-never on per-
sonal, political or malicious grounds.


If there is wrong anywhere. labor
to make it right-from the President
down; but do it calmly and from pure
love of country; not because you love
this man or hate that one. II q policy
is wrong, show it to be so; il General
is incompetent. prove the fact. These
are our views in brief; and we believe
they are sound.
Year: 1863

dawn frightened little the half lighted
room, the shadow of death stole over bis
face. Would not God in mercy grant
some word of love and remembrance to
that far away mother ? o how anxious
ly we prayed for it. 1t seemed that it
was not to be, for the wild delirium still
rushed on, until at last bis eyes closed,
and we deemed him dead. Touching
his face TO see if it we're so, he stirred
and then, in clear, cheerful tone, thai
rose SO strongly above the groans and
sighs of other sufferers, said, Tel moth
er all | wanted was one drink of water
from our cold well and that / wss al
ways for God and my country That
was all; he laid quiet few minutes,
tden passed on to the world where no
sound of strife ever comes, and where
God himself bends to welcome those who
for truth dare to die.


Louisville, February, 1868.
Year: 1863

ASSOCIATION WITH SUPERIOR IN


TELLECTs.-I would not be domestica


ted all my life with a person of very su-
perior capacity to my own: not, if !
knew myself, at all from any considera-
lions of Jealousy or self-comparison, for
the occasional communion with such
minds has constituted the fortune and
felicity Of my life; but the habit of too
constant intercourse with spirits above
you, instead of raising you, keeps you
down. Too frequent doses of original
from others restrain what lesser
portion of that faculty you may possess
of your own. You get entangled in an-
other mans mind, even as you lose
yourself in another mans grounds. You
are walking with tall varlet, whose
strides outpace yours to lassitude. The
constant operation of such potent agency
would reduce me, am convinced, to i'm
becility. You may derive thoughts from
theirs; your way of thinking, the mould
in which your thoughts are cast, must
be your own. Intellect may be impair
ted, but not each mans intellectual
frame. CHARLES LAME.
Year: 1863

The Black Brigade Last evening about
Z oclocka German who was passing along
Jefferson street on his ~ay home from his
work, happened to jostle against a darkey
who was taking a strut along the street, where
upon Mr.. Cuffy struck the German and
knocked him down. Two or three men that wit
messed the affair made after the BLACK Bri-
gade, who mizzled down an alley. Who
says the negroes won't 6ght2
Year: 1863

New Goods, all the Time.-Just now
the rush for Dry Goods and Notions exceed
anything of the kind ever before witnessed
in this city It seems as though goods are
attractive and indispensable in proportion ss
the prices 60 up! The tact is money is plen-
ty, and people seem TO want to get clear Of
it, We are reminded Of this subject by see
ing the crowds who are constantly filling the
store Of Darst & Brother, Main street, nearly
opposite the Court House, in quest of all
manner Of goods This firm have just re-
ceived large and handsome stock of Goods
from the Eastern cities, and we advise the la.
dies--and gentlemen, too,-to at once call
and see and make choice of what they deAire
"before everything is looked over" The
Brothers Darst will have New Goods right
along and will not be excelled by any firm
in the West.
Year: 1863

Letme in secret come to thee,


Let me in secret, let me go;
Our happiness the less would be.
Were all the world our joys to know.
ls -E J.
And let no glance of thine disclose
How far our hearts are lost in love;
The island Of our bliss arose


From out the sea it towers above.
OF Eden is true love the fruit,


That must be plueked by two alone;
If it serpent's eye pollute,


Its sweetness is forever gone.
Year: 1863

sEWesley's War Tableaux will be again
exhibited this afternoon at three o'clock in or
der that the children may have an opportuni-
ty to see them. This evening there will be a
grand exhibition at the usual hour The great
variety of these splendid war scenes, both by
sea and by land, is such that they can but be
admired by all who witness them. They night
ly draw good and fashionable houses, and all
will do well to witness them before they leave
our city.
Year: 1863

nVWe would call the attention of our
readers, and especially of those who are in
quest of clearinghouse, to the advertise
ment Of the Payson House in another column.
A gentleman of our acquaintance, who has re-
sided there, speaks in high terms of the neat
ness and order OF the whole establishment.