smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

arises alone out of plain and is separate
from both spurs Of the Andes. Its shape
Is irregular and the top is not always
snow-clad. Its name means black-fish
pond, because when an eruption Of water
takes place from this mountain large
quantities of little blackfish are found
in the wster. The general opinion is
that these fab grow in some internal
pond, for all the little streams that flow
from the sides Of the mountain are filled
with them. Several great eruptions OF
water have taken place, but none OF
them did any harm. s Its hight Is 500
meters above the sea, and its situstion
nine miles south-southeRst Of IbaFra,
Year: 1868

young man Who has IateIy bten cuJtlng
quite swath in this city has very singular history.
mot many years ago he was member Of Yale divinity
school, being then apparently fellow OF much promise
tlon with gentleman who IA now professor In Yale
College He remained through his course at the divinity
call and became tho pastor Of wealthy church in
Brooklyn " his talents securing good position for
him In the City OF Churshes7 Soon after, the oil
citement broke out The young clergyman made ven
ture which suddenly neted him 100000 Success turned
his head He went still deeper into speculation, and at
his own request. dismissed from his pastorate.
Thenceforward he served not God but Manmon and by
mere luck In his speculations amassed large fortune
But OF late he been going from bad To He
has been cast out OF his ecclesiastical connections and his
recent stay IN this city has been noted for his lavish
pendture OF money In gaming and his shameless alnonr
with women OF bad character. such his has
fortunately few parallels.
Year: 1868

sing drunken spendtbrIft reels and sprawis about
and vaunts his money. Stoutlegged girls arrayed in
scany skirts walk around with their WATERS and take
orders for drink from motley assembage Of loafers
And presently the current Of the pot-whch hats no,
particularly but itself in wide a"nows down
to Fulton Ferry and then the ferry house is seen and
the ferry-boat sails away, and ship at anchor In the
river is suddenly enwrapped in sheets Of fire. and the
heavy villain perishes miserably discounted, and the
happy denouement OF the drama Is attained,
even in the ferry-slip. 1t must be under
stood that most OF this photography Is very
well DONE But was 1t really worth the doing
Dr Broughams experience must answer He may Justly
that the intelligent citizen who. daily for many
years, has been accustomed to see a lamppost or
pOHeeofcer, drt-cart, the street. may safely be
trusted to recognize these memorable objects when he
sees them upon the stage; but may it also be assumed
that the sight OF these objects presented is more Inn
pressive than all the Of thought all the pa
geantTy Of imagination, and all the spiritual auremens
Of the ideal wOrdl II so, the dramasave as business
pursuits indeed dead and gone. For our part,
though we yet prepared TO rest in that belief
and deem it TO be the duty Of every intellectual man.
in whatsoever sphere OF life ne labOrs TO do the utmost
that in him lies TO lead and mold and elevate public
TASTE rather than follow be nodded and be degraded
by It, Art Is still beautiful and strong whatever may be
the multitude. Let not be too serious,
though Mr. Brougham, we have said. is entitled TO
his Joke and we can laugh with him TO the end Yet a.
Thaekeray said OF the jester.


agUrt-- -. wl..E4h hs
Year: 1868

HOME MADE IcE.-The New Or.


leans Bulletin furnishes the following


interesting "refrigerative" to its read.
ers:


We paid avisit few days since to


the buildings Of the Louisiana Ice
Manufacturing Company, in Jefferson.


These works are, perhaps, The great


est triumph Of modern science. You


may stand 10 the sun, with the per.


spiration pouring from your forehead,


silk umbrella 10 your hand, perhaps,


to protect you against the heat, and


II the same time look upon ice and


snow forming within twenty feet Of


you the same as though you were
standing in valley and looking at


the snow clad top Of mountain. BY


chemical process. too lengthy. and


too scientific to describe to the
general reader, a large basin Of water
strongly impregnated with salt, to


keep il from freezing, is deprived Of


it's caloric, and reduced to temper
ature below the freezing point. Into
this basin are inserted cases made Of
tin, air and water.tight at the bottom
and sides, filed with water, these
cases are covered on top, and in less
than two minutes the water inside is
frozen. and you may take out a cake
OF ice, some three inches thick, twelve
inches wide and three inches long.
The rapidity with which the water
is csngealed gives the ice q milky
appearance, and hence some persons
have been led TO believe that the ice
contained ammonia, and was not
pure. The truth is that the water
used for the manufacture of this ice
10 Mississippi River water, pumped
a long distance from shore. and then
distilled, hence the purest kind of
water, and as it does not in any way
mix with the water impregnated
with salt and to a limited degree
with ammonia, the ice manufactured
il Of the purest kind imaginable. We
are indebted to the Superintendent,
Mr.. Labarre, for courtesies in show
ing us over the extensive works,
Some 24O by so feet. and explaining
to us the modus operandi. There
are now two machines in operation
capable Of making each twelve tons
Of ice per day, and four more ma
chimes are in process of erection.
The company can now furnish ice at
the rate Of three fourths Of a cent per
pound, and if the people will only
patronizea the establishment. this
price can be reduced to one-half cent
per pound.
Year: 1868

Inscriptions as Frank Blair is he is
ashamed TO join with the s!anderers of the
Democratic party in denouncing Gen. Grant
as coward and cotton speculator Pos
sibly he would not object to abusing his op-
ponent If his experience as politician did
not teach him that such curses come home
too roost The World considers Gen. Grant
''a supple jack, +" drunkard, prosecutor
and a peculator of cotton. Other Democrat
ic papers heap upon him insults still more
gross. Frank Blair has $ nse enough to see
that this policy, instead of injuring Grant
only disguts fair minded people with the
party that stoops so low. In his speech at
Leavenworth, Kansas, Blair said Il desire
to speak of Gen. Grant with the greatest
respect for his services to his country. |
shall never allow myself to speak of him
otherwise than with the greatest respect |
don't think we can gain any advantage by
misrepresenting him or his services. We
leader, and if honesty cannot teach them to
respect the great General who conquered the
rebellion, perhaps self interest may.
Year: 1868

The Democratic State Comm ittee are cir
culating a table, which may Or may not be
correct, setting forth each county share Of
the national debt and consequent burthen
of taxation. 1t seems to US that this must
prove an unlucky document-a continual
reminder that but for the Democratic party
there would have been no rebellion, and con
sequently no debt and no taxation. We
feel like thanking Senator Wallace for thus
establishing the rascality and treason of his
own party.
Year: 1868

When Woodward was running for Govern
or of our State, the Democracy openly as
serted that should he aud Seymour be elect
ed, no Union troops would be permitted to
pass to the front through New York or Penn
sylvania-that the Government would be
throttled by Seymour and Woodward. and
the war ended Seymour is their first choice
to-day
Year: 1868

WEAE AND DELICATE CHILDREN
Are made strong by the use of either of these
remedies They will cure every case of MARAS-
MUS, with out fail


Thousands of certificates have accumulated in
the hands of the proprietor, but space will allow
of the publication of but a few. Those-it will be
observed, men of note and of such standing
that they must believed.
Year: 1868

1t is well established fact that fully one half
of the female portion of our population are sell
dom in the enjoyment , of good health; or, to
use their own expires l. sion, never feel we'll ~
They are languid devoid of all energy, extreme
ly nervous. and have appetite To this class
of persons the BITTERS, or the TONIC, is espe'
cially recommended
Year: 1868

There is no medicine extant equal to these rem
edies in such tone and vigor is impaired
TO the whole system. the appetite is strengthed,
food is enjoy tho stomach digests promptly the
blood is purified, the complexion becomes sound
and healthy. the yellow tinge is eradicated from
the eyes. n bloom is given to the cheeks, and the
weak and nervous invalid becomes strong and
healthy being.
Year: 1868

Our Democratic friends express a good
deal of admiration for General William
Tecumseh Sherman Well, here is an ex-
tract from a letter written by him some
time since to General Fitzpatrick, of New
Jersey:


have observed with interest your po-
litical conflict il New Jersey. 1t is really
provoking, hardly worthy of a
serious thought, but rather Of satire
aud ridicule, the squirming of the poll
ticians called Copperheads, who opposed
the war from every conceivable motive,
some from sheer cowardice, others to op-
pose political party, some because they
thought we could not whip the South, and,
now that it is reduced to demonstration,
have hard work to explain their conduct,
even to themselves. ] have ne patience
with that class of men, and believe that the
| people OF the South have more respect for
rs who belabored them soundly than for
the Copperheads who, nominally their
! trouble. -
Year: 1868

The New York Herald thus concludes a
long article on the I" Reign of Confusion in
the South r -.....- i, .-...


We hardly think Southern Democrats
really expect the Democracy to carry the
country at this time. If they do they will
find themselves mistaken, for through the
criminal acknowledgement Of the Northern
Democratic leaders qll the political beacon
lights and landmarks now to be seen are
pointing the way for General Grant TO
reach the White. House. The Southern
Democratic leaders must continue to work
with untiring energy. They must smash
up the foreign Radical influence over their
own native born negro population, and in
the end they will see their efforts crowned
with success and their sunny land. freed
from panic and terrorism, every one secure
in his person and his property, blossom
ike the rose and reach again the pinnacle
OF prosperity.


The Herald draws a glowing picture OF
the condition Of the South when colored
men become Democrats. That time is far
remote.


L
Year: 1868

Col. Forney says that Salmon P.
Chase Qho Chief Justiee) Is pioneer
of just principles, aud ga very pillar in
the tcmple of liberty


SO. There is equally good authority
for saying that this Same Salmon p,
Chase IS not in favor of Impeachment,
and that ho will not become IN tho least
enthusiastic over tho Presidential and
Vice Presidential nominations that
shall be made by the Republican Party
at Chicago in May,-IStatesmsn.
Year: 1868

My baby boy lies on my breast:
How early and supremely blest
To know no sorrow or unrest
My baby bny lie- on the bier:
Earliest flowers of the year
Gather, to shed their fragrance herei
Ny baby boy lies in the tomb:
Low voices answer from the gloom,
within the grave there yet is room !
Ny baby boy lives in the sky:
Where worlds in careless beauty lie -
And shall see him by and by,
Year: 1868

Mark Twain writes from Washington
to the Chicago Republican:


was standing, all by myself, in the
committee room, reading a vast law book
and wondering what 1t was about, and
whether the plaintiff had done so and so,
OF whether it was the defendant; and
which of them they found guilty; and
low the mischief they ever knew he was
guilty when the words were tangled up so
md noting, with qualification the refer
,nces to Perkins Y. Bangs, lIo. Rep. iii,
&C., whereby it was apparent that if one
lid not get mixed up enough in that book
there were others that could finish him
md wondering also at the bewildering tau
tology Of the said aforesaid book afore-
said, when youth to fortune and to fame
unknown hourished in in the most frisk V
way, and came to a halt before me. This
Young man had u moustache that dmmed
t re lehtneSs of his countenance about as
,our breath dims the brightness of razor
md he bored down into IL with his fingers
and rave it a twist which was sineularly
gratifying to him, considering that no ef.
ect was produced upon the moustache by
the operation. Then he tilted his little
soup dish to the port side OF his head with
ais gloved hand, and said


Hello,


said " Hello


He looked surprised. Then he said
" Do you belong here?"


[ was Just finishing sentence abou
Perkins V. Bangs. [ finished it and OBJ
served: The weather is very fine


He whisked nesvously up and down the
room couple of turns, and then stopped
before me and said " Are you the CLERK
Of the Judiciary Committee?"


said in the urbanest manner


In view Of the circumstances that OF
so short an acquaintance you betray 81
much solicitude concerning my business
will venture to ask what you may hap
pen to want with the Clerk of the Judlcla
ry Committee ?"


That is not answering my question
Are YOU the Clerk Of the Judiciary Com
mlttee


| In view of the circumstances that OF
so short an acquaintance you betray S
much solicitude concerning my business,
will venture to enquire what you may hap
pen to want with the Clerk of the Judlcla
ry Committee


THAT don't concern anybody but mt
What | want to know is, are you, or al
YOU not the Clerk of the Judiciary Con
mittee p


In view, as 1 said before, of the eli
Year: 1868

Rev Pliney H. White, president of the
ermont Historical Society, writes to the
Historical Ma yazine g In Vermont the
coinage Of money took place at later
date than in any other of the states. This
was not quite a necessity, but it was re-
suit OF that sturdy independence which
characterized ali the movements of the
Green Mountain boys Refused admit
tance to the Union, they felt perfectly as
sured that if the United States could do
without them, they could do without the
United States in regard to money in re-
gard to all things else. In 1IS3 the leg
i>lature granted to Reuben Harmon, Jr., OF
Rupert. the exclusive right of coming cop
per money within the State for two years


He had already made preparations fol
coming, and would perhaps have engaged
/ IN the business as a private enterprise, a
others had done in other states, but the
/ legislative appropriation and the exclasiv"
privilege were worth having. He was
required to give bonds in the sum of five
thousand pounds, and to make no coin
weighing less than a third of an ounce
Troy His establishment is described By
the historian of Rupert in the Vermont
Quarterly Gazette, as follows:


His mint house was located in the
northeasterly part of the town, little
east of the main road leading from Dor
set to Pawlet, on a small stream of water
called Mill Brook, which empties into
Pawlet River. 1t was 4 small building.
about sixteen by eighteen feet, made OF
rough materials, simply clap-boarded, un-
planed and unpainted. At the east end
was the furnace for melting the copper and
machinery for rolling the bars; in the
middle Of the room the machinery for cutting
and at the west end, that for stamping.
The latter was done BY means of an iron
screw attached to heavy timhers above,
and moved by hand with the aid of ropes
Sixty coppers per minute could be stamped,
although thirty was the usual number.
The mint building is still standing (lS61
but its location is entirely changed, hay
ing long since been removed to the edge OF
the adjoining town of Pawlet where it is
now used as corn house.


In 1856 the legislature granted Harmon
an extension of his privilege for eight
tirst three years without compensation,
out requiring nm TO pay INTO the treasury
OF the State two and half per cent OF
all that he should coin during the remain
der Of the term. The weight of the coins
was fixed at four pennyweights fifteen
grains each. Harmon then went into the
business somewhat largely, taking nine
other persons into partnership, and carry


ing on an esta ablishment in Ulster County,
New York. as well as in Rupert. As
there are no coins extant of later date
than l7SS, it may be presumed that the
business was not continued much, if any
after that year, and that the State Treas
ury was never any richer for the two and
a-half per centage reserved.
Year: 1868

tered about the plantation with broad,
shallow trays, made of plated grass or
bamboo, strapped over their shoulders and
supported at their waists; into these they
were gathering the coffee, some of the ber-
ries being brilliantly red, some already be-
ginning to dry and turn brown, while here
and there was a green one not yet quite
ripe, but soon to ripen in the scorching
sun. Little black children were sitting on
the ground and gathering what fell under
the bushes, singing at their work u monot-
onous but rather pretty snatch Of song, in
which some took the first and others the
second, making a not inharmOnous music


As their baskets were filled they came
to the administrator to receive a little
metal ticket on which the amount of their
work was marked. y task is allotted to
each one-so much to full-grown man, so
much to a woman with young children and
so much to child-and each one is paid
for whatever he may do over and above it,
The requlsitlon is very moderate one, SO
that the Industrious have an opportunity OF
making little money independently. At
night they all present their tickets, and are
paid on the spot for any extra work.
From the harvesting ground we followed
carts down to the place where their burden
Is deposited. On their return from the
plantation the negroes divide the days har-
vest, and dispose it in little on the drying
grounds. When pretty equally dried, the
coffee is spread out in thin even layers over
the whole enclosure, where it is baked for
the last time. 1t is then hulled by very
simple machine in use OH almost all the
fazendas, and the process is complete. At
noon we bade good bye to our Kind hosts
and started for Juiz de Fora. Our stage
was not bad imitation of Noahs Ark, for
We carried with us the beasts Of the field
and the birds of the air and the fishes from
the water to say nothing of the trees from
the forest
Year: 1868

GAIL HAMILTON AS a CONSERVATIVE
Female suffrage appears to be toregone
conclusion it remains for us to prevent 1t
so far as possible from being conclusion
in which nothing is concluded. Right or
wrong, England and America seem tending
towards universal suffrage, and in fact, as


in terms universal suffrage must include
female suffrage. Not attempting or de-
string to interfere with those who would
hasten our steps, l feel more concerned
that there should be preparation for IT


To me, female suffrage. in the form IN
which it is proposed, shares with equa


suffrage. though in less degree, the
character of an experiment whose result
is doubtful. Manhood suffrage has noble
ring to it. But it's warmest advocates d(
not mean precisely what they say. NJ
suffrage is meant to be absolutely universal
absolutely unrestricted. Lunatics are de


MED it, Notwithstanding that the poin
Year: 1868

TuE nvINa SnnonA>sr- Tho following
is told bv delegate at Mission Ridge:


1--WE met four soldiers bearing back
comrade on a blanket. The men halted
when they saw us and laid down their
burden, asking if we would see whether
the coor-sergeant was badly wounded. |
knelt down by him and said, Sergeant
where did they hit you ? Most up the
ridge sir | mean, sergeant, where did
the ball strike you p Within twenty
yards of the top-almost up No, no,
sergeant; think of yourself for moment ;
tell me where you are wounded > and
throwing back the blanket l found his up
per arm and shoulder mashed and mangled
with a shell. Turning his eye to look for
the first time on his wound, the sergeant
said, That is what did it. 1 was hug
ring the standard to my blouse and making
for the top 1 was almost up when that
ugly shell knocked me over. IF they had
ct me alone little longer-two minutes
longer-I should have planted the colors
on the top. Almost up; almost up We
could not get the dying soldiers attention to
himself. The fight and the flag held al
his thoughts; and while his ear was grow.


ng heavy in death. with flushed face he
was repeating. Almost up, almost up.
The brigade to which he belonged had car
ried the ridge and his own regiment. rally
ing under the colors which had dropped
from his shattered arm, was shouting ths
victory for which he had given his youns
life, but of which he was dying without th'
sight"
Year: 1868

where sanity ends and insanity begins Is
often indeterminabe. Foreigners are de-
med 1t, though no one questions that Count
Gasparin on his arrival in America would
know more of our political philosophy,
our practical tendency, and national needs,
than an ordinary Irish laborer after five
years residence Minors are denied it
but many a lad of eighteen or fifteen. and
not few of twelve years, understand the
issues better, and are far more able to vote
mtelligently than many of our naturalized
citizens. Strictly speaking, then, no one
advocates universal suffrage. All are IN
favor of limitations, and limitations which
must often be somewhat arbitrary, though
follow, the great natural lines Of distlnc-
ton. There is therefore nothing unnatural
nothing inconsistent, nothing unrepublic;n
IN an endeavOr TO restrict still further the
suffrage. Surely in a country like ours in
ability to read and write is as strong pre-
sumptive evidence of incomp p4teney to
exercise the right of sutferage the ioct
Of being only twenty years old. L SHOULD
be glad to 90 further, and not onl y have
the standard of qualification higher, but,
Notwithstanding the antiquity OF tie idea,
make the possession of property. Prop
erty suffrage has indeed an aristocratic
and odious sound-beside manhood suf-
frage Il mere materialistic tinkie, but gov
ernment itself we want chiefly for
materialistic purposes, chiefly to keep
men from preying upon one another, and
50 give ample room for all excellence to
flourish Government deals very largely
with property interests, and it seems as il
those who earn and dispense property are
the ones to understand best the laws which
control it. He who cannot manage it for
himself is hardly the one to manage it for
other people. The aristocracy of prop
erty suffrage may be very democratic
aristocracy. In our country the race is
open to all. | would have the ballot
made a noble and desirable possession, a
sign of capacity, of ability, of worth
something to be striven for, a guerdon as
well as power And when it is thus en-
nobled, let it be open to all who can fulfill
the conditions-men and women. black
and white
Year: 1868

they have yet 10 learn that you are
neither dismayed nor demoralized, aud
that in the pursuit Of right you know no
such word as fail.


Arouse the people again for the con-
flict. Bring to the polls every Democratic
vote. For right and justice give back
right and justice. For outrage and wrong
return the full measure of retribuuon.


The work to be done 10 no holiday
sport 1t is the last battle for the saliva.
ton Of the republic, the preservation OF
the Constitution, aud the supremacy OF
your race.


Work and fight as men engaged in
such cause should work and fight.


By order of the Democratic State
Committee. WILLIAM A. WALLACE,
Chairman