smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

will soon be wholly ours; the rebels will
soon be driven out of Louisiana We shall
soon have undisputed possession of Texas
we have now the opportunity of sending
out expeditions to open the country through
North Carolina to the Atlantic; Roseerans
with his formidable army oVerhangs GeOr-
gia, and may soon enter TO invite its in
habitants to return TO their allegiance.


Is this the moment, when were lin the
full career OF victory, when the people Of
the South are beginning to return to their
allegiance, when, as in East Tennessee and
in many other places, they welcome our
progress with public demonstrations of
joy, is this the moment to pause from the
war, call of our armies, aud, as Governor
Seymour yesterday proposed, in a speech
delivered at q democratic convention in
Albany, ask the rebel leaders who have so
long defied the laws what sort of terms
they are willing TO take as the price OF
allowing their followers to lay down their
arms?
Year: 1863

1t is reported from Washington that the
President and Cabinet have decided not to
issue letters of marque and reprisal, but
that instead of this course those parties
who may fit out private vessels to range
the seas in search Of rebel pirates viii be
commissioned in the Federal Navy
Whether this will ensure SO energetic ac-
ton on the part of owners of swift and
staunch vessels as adopt the other course,
we somewhat doubt, but it will avoid pos
sible complications and dissatisfaction
which might follow The privateering sys-
tenn. But whatever is done must be done
quickly. We cannot afford to let the pi-
rates roam as highwaymen of the sea at
large much longer. Nor can we let foreign
nations, calling themselves neulrals, sup
ply the rebels with those pirates as fast as
ship-yards can turn them out It is
said that it is in contemplation to call
an extra session Of Congress to legislate
upon thesnbiect Of this sort of foreign in
terferenee in behalf of the rebels, and
that it will be recommended to either in
terdict English vessels from our ports, or
to lay heavy tonnage duty upon every
EHglish bottom that enters our harbors.
We do not, however anticipate any such
precipitate action as this. That our Gov
ernment should vigorously protest against
any such violations of neutrality as Eng
land is daily guilty Of, we are fully con-
WINGED, but to proceed TO more hostile acts
until such protest has been uttered, would
be too hasiy for the dignity Of the Ameri-
can nation. England has given US provo
cation enough for war, we all know, but
let the prOtest-warning, if you choose
precede any further action. We do not
owe that nation any courtesy, but let US
be magnanimous enough to show it, for
our oWn respect and that Of other nation
alities.
Year: 1863

n AHNGaAL AAaMs


The author Of the "Nazarene" thus
speaks Of President jackson:


g He was q mani Well I remember the
day waited upon himl He sat there in
his arm chair-I can see him now. We
told him Of the public distress-the manu-
faeturers ruined-the eagles shrouded in
Grape, which were carried at the head of
10000 men into Independence Square. He
heard us all. We begged him to leave the
deposits where they were, to uphold the
great bank Of Philadelphia. Still he did
not say a word. At last one Of our mem
bers, more fiery than the rest intimated
that IL the bank was crushed a rebellion
might follow. Then the old man arose-I
can see him yet"


Come" be shouted, in a voice of thun-
der, as his clenched hand was raised high
above his white hair, "come with bayonets
in your hands instead of your petitions
surround the White House with your le-
gions-l am ready for you'll With the
people at my back, whom your gold can
neither awe nor buy, 1 will swing you up
around the Capital-each one Of you on
gibbet as high as Haman'sp


"WheR-I think, says the author, "Of
that one man standing there at Washing
ton, battling against all the powers Of
bank and panic combined, betrayed by
those in whom he trusted-assailed BY. all
that the snake Of malice could hiss or the
fiend Of falsehood howl-when 1 think of
that one man placing his back against the
rock, and folding his arms for the blow,
while he uttered his vow I'll will not
swerve one inch from the course have
taken i must confess that the records Of
Rome-nay, the proudest days of Crom-
well or NapoleOn-eannot furnish an in
stance Of will like that Of Andrew Jack
son, when be placed life and soul and fame
on the hazard Of a die for the peoples
welfare ~ l4 44J9l lffF
Year: 1863

A SAB CAsE.-The Police Court this morn
ing presented sad spectacle. A young
woman was arraigned for being found on the
streets drunk and disorderly the night be-
fore. She was pale and haggard from the
effects of her debauch, and her garments
we're disordered and dirty, yet in face and
form there were indications thas she had
once been beautiful. She was sentenced to
the House of Correction for twenty -one days,
receiving her sentence with the reckless and
grating laugh of the abandoned and lost
We saw her get into an express wagon to be
conveyed to the House of Correction, and as
far as she could be heard she was finging
back curses and impreeatiOns upon the pO-
lice and the Police Court, mingled with ex-
pressions of shocking indeeeney.


This young woman was once quite belle
in this city, being handsome and interesting.
She was innocent then, but she fell as others
Of ber sex have fallen, and since then her de-
scent to her present degradation has been
rapid and sure, What warning should her
case afford.
Year: 1863

One STEP TOWARDS PEAoE.-One step has
been taken, indirectly, towards peace by the
Virginia Legislature. An act has been pass
ed to prohibit the distribution of whisky
Had the flow of whisky at the South been
stopped five years ago there would have been
no rebellion. A whisky famine now would
be strong preliminary to tn abandonment
of the war.
Year: 1863

pie trees, and there was not word of con-
tention heard among them.


Mother to whom God has given the
blessed gift of song, use it without stint
in your little home circle. Ifyour children
have an ear for music, develope the talent
as carefully as you would a gold mine in
your garden. 1t will yield you far richer
returns in heart and soul wealth Sing
about your work and teach them to join
with you. 1t will Tighten your cares many
fold, and make home more blessed spot
in their memories forever.-Neo York
Chronicle.
Year: 1863

in turn, carried the art into Spain, where
they practiced it during their long occupa-
ton of that country.


The publication of their astronomical ia,
bles in the form Of almanacs was the prin-
cipal means of gradually spreading it abroad
among the surrounding nations; but so slow
was the progress, that it was not generally
established until about the middle Of the
sixteenth century.-Phrenozogical Journal,
Year: 1863

swA German journal relates the follow
ing annecdote on the authority of travel
er recently returned from Africa ga
wealthy Arab residing near the frontiers of
Morocco, lately paid his first visit to Algiers,
and was present at ball On his return
home he said to his wives, "What strange
creatures these French women are Would
you believe it-they absolutely carry an op-
en- umbrella under their petticoats Such
was the idea formed of crinoline by this son
of Mahornetn
Year: 1863

ScoLD1NG AND GovERN1NG.-Some writer
says 81 never knew scolding person
that was able to govern a family. What
makes people scold Because they cannot
govern themselves. How, then, can they
govern others Those who govern well arc
generally calm they are prompt and reso-
lnte. but steady and mild"
Year: 1863

The enlightened man may have clear
understanding of thousands, and even mill
lions, but much beyond that he can form
no distinct idea. A simple example and
one easily solved, will illustrate the observa-
ton. If all the vast bodies of water that
cover nearly three fourths of the whole
surface of the globe were emptied, drop by
drop, into one grand reservoir, the whole
number of drops could be written by the
two words eighteen eeptillions," and ex-
pressed in figures by annexing twenty -four
ciphers to the number IS $4,000, 100000
100000, 900, ,000,000) Man might as well
attempt to explore the bounds Of eternity
as to form any rational idea of the units
embodied in the expression above; for al
though the aggregate of drops is indicated
by figures in the space Of only an inch and a
half Of ordinary print, yet if each drop were
noted by separate stroke like the figure /,
it would form line Of marks sufficiently
long to wind round the sun six thousand
billions Of times
Year: 1863

MORALS or THE MAYA maiden Of uncer-
tain age, whose nephew had just passed his
first examination for the navy, writes to us
how shocked she is to hear from her youth
full relative that "a sea captain in transport
often hugs the Shore" and that he never
even receives repremand for such indec'
orous conduct
Year: 1863

The New York Court Of Appeals has given
decision adverse to the right Of railroad
companies to take streets or highway. for
laying trucks without compassionate to owners
Of adjacent property. The court says 1t is
an established inference Of the Common Law
that the proprietors Of land adjoining pub
Lie highway arc owners Of the fee Of said high
way, aud that the rights Of the public therein
and thereto arc no higher or other than those
Of mere easement, and that the proprietors
on each side Of highway presumptiye1y own
the soil in fec to the centre. It hAs for some
time been doubted whether this docrine ap,
plies to the streets of cities, but this doubt Il
now removed by the decision Of this Court, In
Bisseu VS.. New York Central Railroad, o3 N.
Y. 6l, wherein it is held that there is NO dis,
tinction in this respect between the streets o1
city and highways in the country.
Year: 1863

MES-oP-wAR 10 DEPART PROM NFw YORK.


The following men-of-war, which were ordered
by The Navy Department to prepare for sea at this port
are ready TO depart and will probably get their
sailing orders within o few days
Year: 1863

Wilmington blockade II il said that he found
no less than eight of the ships quietly lying at
anchor in Beaufort harbor. and upon boarding
one Of the vessels he found all hands asleep.
SO, bad an enemy desired, he could have
made her an easy prize Other things not
creditable to naval discipline are reported;
but we shall withhold them until we see what
official action is taken ia reference to the sub
ipct
Year: 1863

HAVE WI STREET CouaIssioNsR- 1t il gea-
orally supposed that a person by the name of
Cornell has official charge OF the streets Of this
city; but II is doubtless popular error II 10
mere than probable that Mr., Cornell ia defunct
and buried out Of the way and out OF sight We
are led to this conclusion by an observation Of
the condition of :be Fifth avenue o, the Park
entrance. Our laws provide thai the Street
Commissioner shall see that all distractions
are removed from the streets and as this law i.
completely ignored in reference to the place
alluded 70, and as we cannot suppose that a
New York Street Commissioner would. if alive,
neglect his duty, wo are forced to believe that
Mr. Cornell was annihlated in the recent cleo
ton and buried under the ruins Of Tammany
Hall.
Year: 1863

eleventh hour a. the accepted chieftain proper
on the administration side, aad they are Gene
raj Grant and General Banks The politicians
of the administration camp at Washington may
fatter themselves that, having the Cabinet and
Congress in their hands, they have only to
name their candidate in order to walk over the
course; but we predict that if they are not con
trolled by the army ia their nomination they
win be flanked and defeated by the army in the
election.


We await the Presidents Message a. the
starting point from which the paties and party
Issues of 1864 will be organized and brought
into the field. AS we now stand, the politicians
on both sides and the fragments of the political
parties Of 1860 are all adrift upon the waves of
great political revolution, which remains to
be shaped into tha new order Of things that ia
to come.
Year: 1863

coLrRrsR. Va, Dec Z. 1868.


oJR CAVALRY ACTIVELY EsPLoyRD.


While the Infantry corps of the Army Of the Potomac
settling down with all the appearance Of going into
winter quarters the cavalry corps busy than
ever. Squadrons constantly the scout looking
after Mosby's gangs OF guerillas and bushwhackers


Stuarts rebel cavalry also frequent incursoas to
the country this side Of the Rapdan and pick up num
bers OF our struggling soldiers


BRUTAL soI.olKs sy aRsns


day or two since q soldier OF the regular brigade OF
Buords division Of our cavalry into the house O.;
two brothers named Gwa. on james City road to pur.
chase milk for his commanding officer, who
on duty ia the neghborhood He met by
ona Of the brothers with . drawn revolver, while
the other behind him with an axe and struck him
senseless by blow upon the back OF the head He was
then thrown into the cellar for dead like dog This was
in the evening Before light the revived and crawled
out of the cellar towards his camp On his way he met
Lieutenant Ash, With squadron going on scout, and
informed him Of the treatment he had received. LIEUT..
Immediately surrounded the house and arrested the
Gwns who at nrst denied their guilt. and charged the
deed upon Southern soldier but finally when confront
cd With tho man, confessed aud urged as their excuse
that they thought he going to steal their corn aud
as that WAS alt they had TO livs on, they did not
mean he should have it, The mon wore secured





was found that /. the rendezvous FOR bushwhack.
ers Several chests, flied with suits OF citizens cloth
ing aud Union and rebel uniforms promscuously were
found besides suffers goods and the upper shelf OF
closet was filled With bottles OF liquor Such property
as could be carried off taken aud tho rest burned
with tho house and ouibuildngs.


The brothers Gwtn taken to General Mcrrt's
headquarters to await trial IF the cavalry troops had
their own way a drumhead court aud few feet OF
picko, rope would end their career These have
been well known IN Cupeppe, where they bore the rspu
tation Of being rather simple aud inoensivo.
They are small farmers, unmarried aad one old black
servant kept house for them.


NO CROSSING RAPiDAN Foats ay TIE REnLs.


There have been recent attempts by the enemy to
cross the Rapidan in force in this vicinity


The First aad Third divisions of cavalry are between
this town and the river aud tere been alarm
skirmishng OF consequences have tue division trains
been ordered to the at ali


Rraoe IN RFPEasxce TO TIKI GENERAL aSADs


rumor IS current here day and from apparently
reliable source the effect that General Meade Is soon
to be relieved Of the command OF this army by Major
General Peasanton, OF the caya'ry corps It desmed
very proper move at this OF the year nasnuch
nearly all the winter operations must DO performed by
the cavalry, anr they should be directed by officers
perenced that branch OF the service General Pleas
anton has gainefa high reputation a skul AID GAL
winter months with little infantry support whsa needed
Year: 1863

DIR. SUNDERLAND ON NATIONAL SIss.-Ths
announcement made by Rev. DIR Sunderland
pointed for a fast yesterday preach sermon.
which it was understood would be somewhat
pelliical, had the effect of bringing out q very
t large ga gatnsrlng, sa male & and female: Long be-
was crowded, and il was found necessary to
put seats in the aIsles, while many of the con-
gregation occupied seats on the steps of the
pulpit, and large numbers were standing all
about the church.


DIR. S. occupied an hour and a halt in the de.
livery OF his sermon, and it was admitted by
all to be a splendid effort in composition and
delivery. After detailing what he considered
the duty Of the people and setting forth the
manner in whic h the day should be observed
TO make it acceptable TO God, he referred to
some of the great sins OF which ii was the duty
of the nation to repent in sackcloth and ashes
Among these sins We're practical rejection of
the Gospel Of Christ by SO large a mass of the
people, idolatry, neglect Of Gods ordinances,
violations of the Sabbath and profanity, cor
ruption Of manners and morals, and cruelty
and oppression towards the Indians and Afri-
cans. DR.. Sunderland's reference to the slave
ry question and the evils and wrongs Of hu-
man honda ge was listened TO with marked at.
tention, and the feeling OF the audience occa.
sionally manifested itself In warm applause


He believed Slavery was the apple Of discord
which had brought out all this bitterness and
woe. He did not believe any one portion Of the
people were alone to blame for cruelty to this
unfortunate race, and the injustice practised
upoA inc ANeSlO, was OF lLSeI1 10 SINK
the whole nation into the nethermost pit Of per.
dltion. He believed that the time had come,
when nothing short Of just such war as we
are now engaged in, would open the eyes ofthe
people He believed it was the design of GOD,
that African Slavery should pass away, and
Slavery was doomed when the first gun was
fired at Anderson and his bra We band. within
the walls Of Sumter. (Applause Mr.. Sunder-
land, however, appealed to the audience not to
thus interrupt him. There were those who
accused him, (the speaker,) of being an aboli.
tonist and who alleged that he departed from
the path Of Clerical duty.


He defined his position, which was that he
was In favor of the abolition of all sins, great
and small, and in that acceptation he was an
abolitionist. He was particularly severe upon
rebel sympathizers who remain in the North
under the protection Of q government they
affect TO despise, and thought they should be
sent South whore they belong In conclusion,
he said this sermon would probably be denom-
mated political one; and he argued to show
that because man was in the pulpit, it should
not deter him from doing his duty for the
country in times like the present


DR.. Sunderland's remarks did not create anv
of the excitem ent some had anticipated, from
the nature Of his announcement on last Sum
day.
Year: 1863

BALTIMORE, May 1.-The statement that the
Government has purchased a large tract of
land Of the Canton company, Baltimore, for
an arsenal, and that the Northern Central
Pennsylvania Railroad company had pur-
chasee of the same company portion Of their
real estate in East Baltimore, are alike untrue
The last purchase made by the railroad COM
pany of the Canton company dates as far back
as 1SS3-4
Year: 1863

DEcisIoN.-The Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue has decided that manufacturers OF
sized or bleached wrapping cotton twine or
cord are liable to an advalorem duty Of three
per cent on the amount Of sales Of their pro-
duct Their liability to pay an advalorem duty
Is not at all affected by the tact that the twine
cord or thread has previously been assessed
and paid tax in its raw state
Year: 1863

In the United States District Court persons chsrg
ed with resisting the military authorities IN the of
descriers, were convicted Of treason.


Tho minority of the Legislature is s absent Unless
q compromise is effected with tho majority further
legislation win BE- had the present session.
Year: 1863

W WAsHINNIUNi MITtH = Into.
despatch has been received from General Grant
which has given much encouragement to the President
and Secretary OF War They express the utmost conn
dence OF favorable results yicksSurg II seems that
General Grant asks only four Ave days Of good weather
complete entirely all his arrangements which are such
that the military authorities convinced they will
result not merely in tho capture Of vcksbug but also
Of the rebel army concentrated at that point.
Year: 1863

cessities. At the very moment when
everything indicates a speedy and
successful termination to the contest,
they would have US throw down our
arms, crawl to the feet of Rebellion
and beg to be spurned and spit upon.
Bat the Northwest has again done her
full duty. She has repudiated these
Copperlaeads, from Ohio to Colorado,
IN SO emphatic manner as to re-assure
the South that we are In earnest and
united in gaining q peace by force Of
arms. And it only remains for our
people, at future elections, to be as
true to themselves and to the cause of
which they have always been the
ablest champions, as they have shown
themselves in the recent political con-
test. Then, in the long years Of peace
and prosperity to come, shall it be the
verdict of 4 grateful posterity THE
NORTHWEST SAVED TIE CoUNTrY.
Year: 1863

The fact may be considered AS ac-
knowledged that the cause Of the
Sou.h's originating this rebellion was
ITS failure to secure for slavery the at
tribute of nationality. For over thir-
ty years, the slave interest has ruled
this country, almost, if rot entirely, alb
solately. For that period it has made
our Presidents, and, having made
them, controlled them to the fullest
extent; for that period the principal
Departments of the government have
been under the immediate manage
ment of southern men; for that peri
Cd they represented this country in
most of the foreign courts, while the
clcrkshlps and lesser appointments
constituted political poor-house for
the needy scions Of Spendthritt chiv-
airy. During all this time, slavery
was continuously securing to itself
larger and larger grants of power
The political history of our country
for that time is little more than reci-
tai Of demands on the one part, and
concessions on the other The last oi
these demands was that slavery should
be permitted TO walk over the plains
of the " est clad in the imDTcgnabIe
armor Of q constitutional guaranty. -
1t was at this point in its career Of in
science and oppression that it was
banked.


This slave oligarchy had been sus-
tanned Ii the exercise Of this immense
power by the political strength Of the
South, aided by the assistance which
it could always command from the
North. These two combined gave II
the balance Of power, aud for SO long
time turned our government into 3
mere machine for the aggrandizement
Of the SHAREHOLDERS But III the mean
time the Northwest was making steady
progress toward commercial and po-
li,ical power, until at length this bal.
ance of power was no longer with the
South. 1t was as much the census 0!
1860 as the result of the Presidential
election of that year, which brought
on the rebellion the one dcmonstra
ted that the Northwest was control
ling political influence, and the other
that that influence was to be exerted
for the cause Of resistance to slavery's
slsurpations. These facts appeared II
all the force of mathematical certain
ties, and the South, with a madness
hard to comprehend, thought to re
gain its lost dominion by secession.


The Federal authority was resisted
the flag insulted, and our country
very existence thrown on the sterl
arbitration of war. And here again
has the Northwest enacted a splendi,
part. SO hard have her sons presse,
upon the track of armed treason tha
the rebellion, to-day, can scarcely b
said to exist outside the States {
South Carolina and Georgia.


Another desirable result has bee
achieved. There exists among us


party whose tend and aim" is to ii
up the hands Of the government so a
to make it unable to work out its ow
salvation. A more unpatriotic an.
unprincipled organization never exist
ed in this country. 1t would coin pc
litical capital out OF the country's ns
Year: 1863

Ny DROPS TO CURE Suppression of the


Menses, from whatever cause, though care
should be taken to ascertain if pregnancy be


the cause, as these Drops would be sure to
produce miscarriage; they will also certainly
PREVENT conception, if taken two OF three
days before the monthly period; therefore,


wish it distinctly understood, that do not
hold yselfresponsible when used under such
circumstances