smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864

accordingly. that IN New York the proclamation Is re
ceved IN the most business like way ana, insiesd on
readily responding old the STATE evideasy makes
up s mind to strike had bargfin with The Pre- deot
~ possibly The best comment on the position
affairs again afforded by The price of gold which, oven
in The presence OF reiterated reports the fall OF Anta
remained at 254.
Year: 1864

'E'he Front.


at no time since the commencement Of the
present campaign in Northern Georgia, have
we felt more sauguine and satisfied with the as
pect Of the situation. The news from the front
is cheering, and of such character as to make
feel perfectly safe and fully assured OF hnal
success The General commanding is con
fident Of his ability TO hold Atlanta against ev-
cry attempt to dislodge him from his strong.
hold.


It is not often that indulge in specUlatiops
especially Of an sang0ine characters, bet
the aspect of affairs is promising That
we look forward without fear or distrust e
successful termination of the present campo gn
Thus far we have acted on the defensive, but
we believe that the time is near at hand when
our army will assume an offensive policy. II
is now no longer matter OF consequence to
suppress welcome piece OF intelligence which
came into our possession several days since, the
facts of which, from prudential motives we did
not deem proper to place before our readers at
an earlier day but now that the expedition
has been operating for some days in the enemys
rear, no injury eau result to the cause from
publishing the Information communicated to u.s.


Gen. Wheeler with three bodies OF cavalry:
numbering in all -- thousand men. crossed
the Chattaboochee river last Thursday night for
Sherman's rear, with view to cut his com'nu
nications and destroy his auppes at Marietta
and other depots along the line of the railroad.


Gen. Roddy started on lest Saturday from
Opelika with picked force to 90 operate with
Gen. Wheeler. ~


1t is stated that still another tody Of picked
mounted men started another expedition an
I Friday last.


With these gratifying facts before Us, we
hope in few days to give our readers . glc-
r ions record of their exploits. The enemy s
cavalry has been materially lessened from re-
cent captures and the severe castgatlon admin.
istered in the recent raids must certainly have
! lad very denoraliziug effect. Our torce Oh
the contrary, is composed Of picked men, well
mounted and equipped, and with such material
and fine field to operate on, we confidently
expect that the result of the raid will be pro-
ductjve Of the mos. serious consequences in et-
fectualy destroying the enemy's line of com
munieation.


! In addition to this movement, otIers are re-
ported on the military chess board, which i. in
! augurated, will undoubtedly free Georgia soil
from the presence OF the enemy. For ourself
we cause for despondency and ad-
vice to all is to keep up stout heart, there
is in the present aspect of affairs nothing to
fear but much to be thankful for. The future
is full OF promise, aud we bid the timid and
weakened cheer up, go to work with hearty
good will, aud do your duty TO the State and
the vandals will soon show their backs to At
flanta. -
Year: 1864

Il like to tend weddings" said Mrs
Partington, as she came back from one
in church, hung her shawl up, and re-
placed the bonnet in the long preserved
bandbox )" Il like to see young people
come together with the promise to love,
cherish and nourish each other. But it
is solemn thing, is matrimony-when
the minister comes into the chancery
with his surplus on, and goes through the
cermony of making them man and wife.
1t ought to be husband and wife, for it
isn't every husband that turns out to be
man. declare never shall forget
when Paul put the nuptial ring on nv
finger, and said, with my goods I thee
endow.' He used to keep dry goods
warehouse then, and l thought he was
giving the whole there was in it. I was
young ard simple, and didn't know till
afterwards that it only meant one single
gown year. 1t is lovely sight to see
young people plight the trough, as the
song says, and coming up to consume
their vows"
Year: 1864

When I was boy of twelve years. I
was working for twenty five cents week.
with an old lady, and [ had my hands
full, but [ did my work faithfully. I
used to cut wood, fetch water, make fires,
scrub the floor in the mornings for the
old lady, before the real work of the day
commenced. Ny clothes were bad, and
| had no means Of buying shoes, so was
often barefooted One morning | got
through my work early, and the old lady,
who thought | had not done it, or was
especially illhumored then, was displeas-
ed, scolded me and said | was idle and
had not worked. | said had she call
ed me ''liar' | felt my spirit rise in
dignantly against this, and, standing
erect, [ told her she should never have
the chance of applying that word to me
again | walked out the house never to
re enter it no more. l had not cent
in my pocket when [ stepped into the
world. What do you think I did then,
boys? [ met countryman with team
[ addressed him boldly and earnestly.
and offered to drive the leader, if he
would only take me on. He looked at
in surprise. but said he did not think
I'd be of any use to him. go yes. I will,
said |, 81 can rub down and watch your
horses. and do many things for you, if
you will only let me try" He no long
er objected. I got on the horses back.
1t was hard traAeling, for the roads we're
deep, and we could only get on at the
rate of twelve miles per day This was,
however, my starting point. l vert
ahead after this. An independant spirit,
and a steady, honest conduct. with what
capacity God has given meas He has
given you-have carried me successfully
through the world.


Don't be down hearted at being poor,
or having no friends Try and try again.
You can cut your way .haough, if you
live, so please God. | know it's hard
time for some of you You are often
hungry and wet with the rain or snow,
and it seems dreary to have no one in
the city to care for you But trust in
Christ, and he will be your friend Keek
up good heart, and be determined to
make your way honestly and truly
through the world AS | said, I feel
for you becau Sc have been through it
ALL know what it is Go d bless yoa
General Mitchell.
Year: 1864

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Nay be found at his of
.I flee in his shoe store. opposite Lean Thomas IL Co.'S
Store during all business hours, ready to attend to all
business i'm his line n2Sy1
Year: 1864

Fears have been expressed in some
quarters, both OF home and abroad,
that we are approaching national bank
ruptcy. The London Times has repeated
ly prophesed that now, and now the
grand collapse is coming. 1t has not
come. We still go on. But is there no
danger? The following exhibit of a por-
ton of the national assets will do much
toward answering this important question,
and showing that the Union has yet a
promising future before it,
Year: 1864

There are no signs of bankruptcy here );
the assets are so enormously greater than
the liabilities, that only a coward or a
rogue could seriously talk of impending
failure and though in bad hands, in the
hands of unfaithful stewards, this vast
property might be injured, and the fair
name of the great firm which owns it
stained, there is no danger Of such mis-
fortunes while the business managers arc
true to the principles upon which the
business was founded.-Psreaolog5caJ .7our.
Year: 1864

Opor0e10Ms NOrGn Oh NaCmMO00 0-I NO


Valley C~unn and Lees Lines.


We give to-day map Of the several points
In the Shenandoah valley and east Of the Blue
Ridge that are important in The progress OF the
struggle between Sheridan and Early. or. II
the report Of E.rly's removal be true, between
Sheridan and Longstreet That struggle is
now one Of the very deepest interest. II we
running order, then with that road, with the
Lynchburg and Petersburg road and the Ka-
nawha Canal, Lee has three lines Of supply,
and oil of these must be broken up before he
can be forced to fight on Grants own terms
the great final battle for life or death.


None Of these lines is safe. Lees greatest
apprehension lately has been for the Southsde
road, and the events Of the past few days have
shown that he had risked even tho safety OF
Richmond in order to mass his troops where they
could be used for the defence of that line. But
Sheridan's defeat OF Early, and the rapid race
up the valley, brought an unexpected danger
to the Central road, and alarmed Lee lest that
line also should be lost His fears for its
safety are apparent in the fact that scarce as
men are, and necessary as it Is that he should
hold the Southside road, he has yet sent several
thousand men to reinforce the body that be
depended upon to hold the valley and keep
open his communication by way Of Charlottes-
vile aud Gordonsville. The column that
lately swept down the valley and threatened
Washington is now posted solely with view
to cover the Central Railroad and keep It open.
1t is in strong position at Browns Gap, and
If Sheridan leaves it there and moves on he
leaves force in his rear that can cut his COM
nunications. If he attempts TO carry the posi-
tion, he must fight bloody battle at great dis
advantage.


Grant and Sheridan will end way to get
over this difficulty, as both have gotten
over others. Sheridan is perhaps nearer
to Charlottesville than Lee supposes, as
Grant is much nearer to the Southside
road than Lee would like him to be.
Lee already sees how preoarious is his hold
on the Southside road. With Grant 80 near to
that road as he now is, Lee dare not keep
large force at Burkesvile Junction, for fear
that it would be cut of; and thus Grant can
by q single march, and perhaps small fight,
close up at once the Southside and Danvillo
roads. Lee would thus be left with only one;
therefore he will take great care OF that, and
we shall have yet, NO doubt, some pretty large
operations before Sheridan destroys the road
at Gordonsvile and Charlottesville; but We can
not doubt that he will do il.


II will be seen by the order Of General
Grant, riven in the letter of our correspondent
with Sheridan, that Grant has made up his
mind to put an end ct once and forever 10 the
foolery that has so long made the valley dis
grace to as Hitherto that valley has been
justly styled the rebel granary. II has fed The
rebellion at Richmond, Il has been harbor 10
hordes Of guerillas, and II has furnished CON.
venisnt avenue for the invasion OF The North;
for the rebel armies could advasos down that
vsiiU when starved out at Rlohnoed and nnd
Year: 1864

This fable, entitled "The White Man and
the Snake" is one Of several collected by
DR.. B.cck, as current among tho Hotten-
tots "a white man, il is said, met snake
upon whom large stone bad fallen, and
covered her 80 that she could not rise. The
whito man lifted the stone off the snake.
but when be had done so she wanted to bite
him. The white man said, Stop le. us
both 60 first to somo wise people, They
wentto the hyena, and the white man asked
him, is it right that the snake should want
to bite me, though helped her when she
lay under stone and could not rise j? The
hyena (who thought ho would get bis share
of the white mans body said: Ifyou were
better what would it matter 2 Then the
snake wanted to bite him, but the white
man said again: Wait little, and let ns
60 to other wise people, tba, l may hear
whether that is right They went and
met The jackal is it right that the snake
wants to bite me, though lifted up tho
stone which lay upon her = The jackal re-
piled: i do not believe tina. tho snake
could be covered by o stone and could not
rise. Unlcss saw it with my two eyes, l
would not believe it. Therefore, come, let
US 60 and see the place where you say it
happened, whether it can be true They
went, and arrived at the place where it had
happened. The jackal said Snake, lie
down and let tbysef be covered The snake
did so, and the white man covered her with
the stone but, although she exerted her
self very much, she could not rise. Then
the whte man wanted again to release tho
snake. but not the stone. She wanted to
bite you, therefore she may rise by herself.
Then they both wont away, and left the
snake under the stone"
Year: 1864

WE may set it down as an axiom, that
dsresrect to others is incompatible with
selfrespect, and he who is indifferent
with their feelings can have none but in
different feelings Of his own. The bitter
word is not the strong word. The great
est vigor of thought or act is not violent;
i. breaks no law Of courtesy. The light
ming is silent and playful-it is the rent
and wounded air that walls In thunder.
Year: 1864

A HoTEL.--It has for long time been
a subject of much surprise and COM
ment among strangers passing through
Walla Walla, that the place could not boast
of better hotel accommodations. We now
learn that some parties below are making
arrangements and will soon be here to COM
mence the erection of a large hotel building.
It will be completed during the summer and
fitted up in superior style, ready for the ac-
commodatiou of the public by the first Of
August 1t will be great improvement to
the town and will no doubt yield the pro
iector8 a handsome income.
Year: 1864

ANOTHER OFFICE.-Messrs. Baker and
Day have opened an Assay Office at the up
per end of Main street in this city. They
have made several assays, and we believe
have their establishment in full working op-
Grafton.
Year: 1864

New BRIDGE.-A new bridge is being
erected by order Of the County Commission
ers on Mill Greek, on the Wallula road,
three miles from this city. This bridge will
cbviate the necessity of coming into town on
the north side of the creek during high wa
Year: 1864

N1ppED IN THE BUD.-A farmer who
resides in the valley, informs us that the
cold weather the first of January destroyed
the peach bud, and he thinks there will be
very few, if any, peaches raised in this sec
ton this season This is unwelcome news
The peaches raised here are much superior
to those produced in Oregon, and if the buds
had escaped injury there would have been
quite large crop Of the fruit gathered in
the fall
Year: 1864

KECovLRING.-Jo ohm II. Scranton, late
editor of the Golden Age, and now an in
mate of the California Lunatic Asylum, is
said to be recovering, and will soon be able
to leave the Asylum. BY the time Scranton
RECEIVERS the present editor of the Age will
be fully ripe to take his place.
Year: 1864

SUPPOSED MURDER.-A party Of fifteen
or twenty men left Florence last summers SO
we are informed by gentleman recently
from there, to go to the States Uio Benton.
Since their departure nothing has been heard
from them, and it is supposed they were
murdered either by "road agents" or In
dians If murdered at all, it was quite
likely done by the former, as our informant
says they had large amount of gold dust
with them He could not give us the names
of any of the missing men.
Year: 1864

Orr FOR BoIsE.-A considerable number
of miners have taken up the line of march
for Boise during the week. We have no
ticed several going out a Ia the Salmon
river emigrants two years ago-on foot, and
two or three men with one pack horse.
Year: 1864

Gen. Halleck has expressed his be-
lief that the last grand and desperate
effort will be made in the Spring by
the rebels to transfer the real fight
ing to Northern soil. They cannot
subsist their armies in their own des-
olated region, from all the most fruit
full parts of which slaves have been
withdrawn into the interior cotton
States. 1t is difficult to determine
whether their new campaign will be
due North into Pennsylvania again,
or across Kentucky into Ohio, using
Longstreet's present position as q
base Of operations. All the secret
advices received at the War Depart
ment show that a Peter the-Hermit
crusade against the North is now be-
ing preached throughout the Confed-
eracy, and that they are conscripting
into the ranks with ruthless violence
everything human that is able to bear
arms
Year: 1864

A letter from the Army Of the Poto-
mac to the Boston Traveller says:
Notwithstanding the large number
of furloughs and leaves Of absence
granted in this army, its forces are
daily augmenting. When those now
at home and others who will be al
lowed to come shall have returned,
the Army Of the Potomac will be
larger and more efficient than it ever
was before. Our troops generally
are in fine spirits and excellent ply
sical condition, They have plenty to
eat, and that which is clean, whole
some and nutritious. 4=They4sares
warmly clad and comfortably housed
and though their quties are cot Ii ght
neither are they wearing and burden
some"
Year: 1864

command discovered small wooden
tenement, in Lightwood alley, three
doors from Meeting street, to be on
fire, and, summoning help, promptly
extinguished the flames before they
had gained any considerable headway
The fire was evidently the work of an
incendiary, and pistol shot was


fred at the parties who were engaged
in throwing water into the burning
building. The perpetrator of this
fiendish crime has not yet been de-
tected.
Year: 1864

There is charming tradition con-


nected with the site on which the
temple Of Solomon was erected, 1t


is said to have been occupied in COM
mon by two brothers, one of whom
had family; the other had none.
On the evening succeeding harvest,
the wheat having been gathered in
separate shocks, the elder brother
said to his wife: "My younger broth


er is unable to bear the burden and
heat Of the day; will arise, take of
my shocks and place with his, with
out his knowledge" The younger
brother being actuated by the same
benevolent motive said within him
self: "My elder brother has family
and | have none; | will arise take of
my shocks and place them with his
without his knowledge. Judge of
their astonishment when, on the
following morning, they found their
respectiveshoc undiminished. This
course of events transpired several
nights, when each resolved to stand
guard and solve the mystery. They
did so, when, on the following night
they met each other half way between
their respective shocks with arms full.
Alas! in these days how many would
sooner steal their brothers. whole
shock than add to it single sheaf.
Year: 1864

Budleigh Salterton was some six
years ago the scene of new thrilling
incident. Six infant children, one
Wednesday morning, got into a boat
on the beach, and a mischievous boy
showed it off. The boat drifted away
to sea before the children were missed.
Terrible was the agony ofthe mothers
when they knew it The preventive
men went off in all directions: every
boat was on the lookout till far into
the night. Daylight returned, and
still there were no tidings of the
helpless children; the day wore and
still nothing was heard about them
they were lost either in the expanse
of wide ocean, or buried within its
Unsuitable depth A Plymouth traw-
Ter, fishing on the following morning
early, saw something floating at q
distance; he bore down to it, and dis
covered it to be boat-and in the
bottom the six children cuddled in
like a nest Of birds fast asleep, God
having mercifrlly given them that
blessed solace after a day of terror
and despair. The trawler took them
aboard, feasted them with bread and
cheese, and gladdened their despair
ing little hearts with promise to
take them home. Between 3 and 4
o'clock in the afternoon, the trawler
was seen in the offing with the boat
astern. All eyes were turned toward
him, the best spy-glass in the town
was rubbed again and again, and
at last they fairly made out that it
was the Identical boat-none to be
seen in the sloop. Intense was the
agony of suspense, and all alike
shared with the parents. At last
the trawler came in, and the word
went around "they're all safe, and
many stout-hearted men burst into
tears, women shrieked with joy, and
became almost frantic with their in
supportable happiness.


1t was, indeed, a memorable day
and a prayer, eloquent for its rough
sincerity, was offered up to Almighty
God, who, in His infinite mercy, had
spared these Innocent children from
the perils and terrors of the sea dur
ing that fearful night. Five of these
children were under five years of age,
the sixtd being but nine years DID,
Britisy Workman.
Year: 1864

The man that laughs is a doctor
without a diploma his face does
more good in sick room than a
a bushel of powders or gallon of
bitter draughts. People are always
glad to see him;-their hands in-
stinctively 90 half way out to meet
his grasp, while they turn involun-
tarily frem the clammy touch of the
dyspeptic who speaks on a groauing
key. He laughs you out Of yeur
faults, while you never dream Of be-
ing offended with him, and you
know not what pleasant world you
are living in, until he points out the
sunny streaks on its pathway,
Year: 1864

SANITARY CAuTIoN-It will be remember
cd by our citizens that some time since ball
was had in this town. the profits of which
were to be appropriated for the purchase of
brass musical instrument. The ball was a
success the instruments have been purchas-
matter" and there is no occasion for alarm
because of the noises heard nightly in the
central part of the town. Bless your dear
souls ! it's music. We have taken pains to
investigate the whole thing, and now speak
of what we know
Year: 1864

In Marysviue- and that be is now prepared to
accommodate all who may call upon him.


The proprietor feels confident that the reputation
Of the house under his former management, and
under the late proprieers, of being the best hotel
in the city, will not suffer under mis- future controk


Umnibuses Will convey passengers from the
steamers and cars to the Hotel free of charge,
Attached to the house is large and well selected
Library, to which guests have free access.


n5 W. c. STOKES.
Year: 1864

BANNER CouNTY.-For all time since the
establishment of this free Government, i: has
county or his precinct the banner one of the
State. This ambition has always been
commendable, but now it is a holy ambition,
and we believe Shasta county may entitle
herself to that distinction We ask the loyal
people of this county to give us the glorious
privilege of recording that Shasta county is
the Banner County Of the State of Califor-
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