smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864




Some years ago West lndiaman had
discharged its cargo in one Of our docks
at home The ship was plagued by rats
as never ship was plagued Their devas.
tations, their odor, their distinctions, had
been beyond mortal endurance, but there
was no remedy. The captain, who was
still on board, was walked at midnight by
his mate, aud asked to step on deck as
quietly as he could, A fruit ship had ar
rived in the course Of the day from the
Mediterranean, and on coming alongside
had passed hawsor to the West India.
man. "Look thcrc~ whispered the mate,
pointing TO the rope, which in the darkness
seemed to be moving slowly towards the
fruit ship, It was alive with rats, which
in continuous stream were migrating from
the empty ship to the stranger, whose frag-
rance told the tale Of its delicious freight.
Before sunrise there was not rat left on
board the West lndiaman. How it Jared
with the stranger it is needless to say
That is the very spectacle we are now wit
Messing on a world wide scale. The haw-
ser is across the Atlantic, and in one in.
cessant, endless train, hundreds of thou.
sands of our fellow citizens are passing to
richer continent. Its fragrance comes in
letters full of good tdings, and containing
often the substantial earnest Of golden pro-
misses in the shape of notes or orders for
pleasant round sums.


Could we take the same view of human
affairs that the skipper and his mate did Of
their little world, we should tread softly,
and think the less said the better, But
we cannot quite do that. 1t is part of our
crew that is leaving us in this strange
multitudinous fashion. They are passing
generally to another allegiance, to other
, laws, to other institutions to rival interests,
to jealous policy, and, as they think, to
assist in founding au empire, far above even
our heads. But, as they are consulting
their own material interests, and certainly
sparing us some trouble, they are welcome
to so where they please, aud to marry a
ucllGl oOll Iudu NuuV lOll WulCu LllO1 HhNb
been divorced Weare disposed to take a
philosophical view of the movement, and
are glad to find that for once we may bo
both scientific and kind The man who
suddenly reappearS in an Irish cabin with
his pocket full Of notes and gold distribute
ing handsome presents, Sleek comely and
: well dressed asking the girl of his early
choice to share his new home, is a vision
that conquers all our sentimental scruples,
as it appears he has done the remaining
patriotism of Ireland Every such man is
! Columbus in Connaught There is no
resisting him. The odds are tremendous
against Queen Victoria and tenponce day,
tue Established Church and potatoes, the
Union Workhouse and yellew meal--even
supposing we can always answer for our
side Of the comparison.
Year: 1864

Some three years ago a household in our
sister city Covington was thrown into com
motion by the sudden disappearance ola
daughter twelve years of age. She was
tracked to the ferry boat, but whether she
had passed safely over or had been drowned
was not discovered. Patient and anxious
waiting brought no tidings of her. The fren-
zied and unhappy father, although in meder-
ate circumstances, sought the newspaper Off
GERS and advertised reward Of ST., 900 to
whoever should return his missing child :.


All proved unavaiing. Some time after
ward the corpse of young lady was found in
the river near Vevay, about forty miles below
here and hearing of it, he went there but it
was not his daughter.


TiTue wore on, and no tidings came of the
lost child. She was dead to them but they
could uot visit her grave. About twelve
morths since the stricken family moved to
Mexico, and took up their abode in country
foreign in language and customs, in features





with their great loss. 1t might wear away
their thoughts from sadly Illuminating on the
past and enable them, in region devoted to
religious duties, to look more hopefully to-
ward the great future. There they still are.


About week since a steamer arriving
from Memphis was crowded with passengers
who were upon the guards straining their-eyes
to gather into one look the multudinous OBJ
iects which throng the public landing. One,
however young girl budding into woman
hood. sought the outer rail and looked wist-
fully over the naked shore of Covington, to
VIII ere. hid away under clump of trees, was
the cottage of her childhood, hoping IN vain
to see the curling smoke announce to her a
warm welcome within.-Quickly she passed
over the ferry, where long since she had dis
appeared; no one noted or knew her, and she
went without interruption to the door Of her
fathers house. 1t answered no. her knocks,
weeds had grown up rink and rough where
she had left flowers, and no signs of human
life were to be found there.


It was the turn of the wayward child to
weep and when by inquiry, she found how
far and almost hopelessly she was separated
from her parents, she began to feel desolate
Piqued at some chiding or some punishment
of mother, she had gone upon steamboat;
where female passenger hired her to 60
with her as a nurse. After little while the
war broke out, stopped all intercourse with
the South by the river, and though she soon
found that untried friends but seldom prove
steadfast in trouble, and that the harshnsss
of parent is melting kindness beside that
of a stranger, yet she was unable until lately
to return. A kind lady of Covington has
given shelter to the wanderer until her re-
turn is made known to her parents.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Year: 1864

Watching when the morning breaketh
Der the mountains cold and gray;
Watching when the evening fadeth
In the last long flush of day;
Watching when the stars look gladly
Over all the moonlit sea,
When the night is silent round us


Love, for thee
Holy memories steal o'er me


Of the far distant past:
Fairest visions float before me,
All too bright, too sweet to last
Watching in the midnight dreary,
Longing thy dear face to see;
Watching till the heart grows weary,


Love, for thee
Ceaselessly against the window
Beats the dismal plashiug rain,
Telling stories weird and wretched
OF what ne 'er can come again;
And the night lamp burreth family
On the table cheerlessiy,
And my heart is weary, watching,


Love, for thee.
Watching for the lightest footstep
While my soul is deeply stirr'd
By murnlur meath the easement,
BY a softly spoken word
And I gaze into the darkness,
Rain and darkness, dreamily
Watching, longing, longing, watching,


Love, for thee.
Oh the day succeeds the nighttime
With its floods of rosy light;
Following the gloomy winter
Comes the summer warm and bright.
The light comes to the flowers,
And the Ieafet to the tree,
And all is gay in spring time,


Love, but me.
The iris will mate them gladly
When the year in its prime;
The flowers will smell the sweetest
In the happy summertime,
I, sad, alone, will watch it
The wide, the cruel sea
While its billows bear thee farther,


Love, from me.
Watching all the happy summer,
When the days are long and bright
Watching while the autumn noontide
Fadeth slowly into night:
Watching through the dreary winter,
When tie springs first buds see;
Watching till the heart grows weary,


Love, for thee.
Year: 1864

war into Kentucky aud Tennessee, and
desolate the homes of hundreds and
thousands of good people, who only
asked to live In peace at their old homes,
and under the Government OF their in
heritance, But these comparisons are
idle | want peace, and believe 1t can
only be reached through Union and war,
and ! Will ever conduct war purely wish
a view TO perfect and early success. b


But, my dear sirs, when that peace
does come, you may call on me for any
thing. Then will l share with you the
last cracker, and watch with you to
shield your homes and families against
danger from every quarter Now, you
must go, and take with you the old and
feeble; feed and nurse them, and build
for them in more quiet places proper
habitations to shield them against the
weather, until the mad passions Of men
cool down, and allow the Union and
peace once more to settle on your old
homes at Atlanta. Yours, in haste,


w. T. SHERMAN, Maj Gen.
Year: 1864

The BoUNTIEs.-It is stated that Adjt.


Gen. Washburn has decided that all the
members of the Seventh regiment who
have re-enlisted to the credit of Rutland,
apply on its quota under the last call for
five hundred thousand men. We learn
also that there are some sixty others re-
enlisted to the credit of this town, maxi
ing altogether one hundred and ten. Q
Year: 1864

The cheering prospects of the election of
is giving a decided buoyancy
to Government securities, and reducing the
price of gold very considerably. The cleo
ton of MCCLELLAN, it is now acknowledged
by his opponents, will give peace and reu-
Mon without any more bloodshed, drafts, or
viction is what is giving life to Government
bonds and lowering the value of gold. 1t
gives the people heart, relieves them of
their fears of separation, and assures them
of prosperous future. 1t is the sunshine
of hope warming and cheering the people
over the whole land. Keep the ball movingl
Year: 1864

The following article from correspondent
Of the New York Observer, contains 50
much good sound sense, that we transfer it
to our columns. He hits the nail on the
head in regard TO the prostitution Of our
pulpits. and the object Of reckless polit-
clans, in leading astray the partisan minis
ters who fill them:
Year: 1864

As we bow IN penitence and Il HuInIII@VIv1 Ue7
fore God this day, let our prayers S2 up
to his throne for pardoning mercy for our
grievous sins and in one great heart
throb Of love and desire, for the triumph
Of the cause of universal liberty and hu-
manty in our land, and thrcughout The
whole world. Thus our hearts and our
conduct will correspond with our words
of contrition, as we say, "come and let
us return unto the Lord for he hath
torn, and he will heal us /; he hath smit.
ten. and be will bind us up"


.wriiten inst after a rspniss before Petersburg
Year: 1864

right against the wall, ard under it was q
hollow like the nest of a-great bird, and
in that nest lay the lskeleton of a newborn
infant. ,f|aa


( A moment Irving Haywood stood pale
and trembling the next he spread his
silk handkerchief, collected within it those
tiny bones, and replaced the stone. s.s


After that he took with him spade
and went out from his dwelling in the
lonely midnight 1t was a short path to
the church-yard ; and easy to Chamber over
the low paling; harder work to open the
grave of Maud Haywood but he did it;
laid those little bones upon her coffin, re-
placed the turf, and went home again
And from that hour was never troubled by
the vision which had well nigh driven him
mad. -


Irving kept the secret 70 himself fol
years but he knew the story of Maud
Heywood's life after that night The
secret that no living being had ever guess.
ed before. ssss - sta
Year: 1864

We learn that the Austrian ruler of Mexico,
Maximilian, received the promise from Louis
Napoleon that he should have a loan of fifty
millions of dollars to carry to Mexico, but
MaIimilian was only able to obtain eight NIL.
lion OF the sum with which to initiate his empire
and establish himself upon the new throne of
Mexico. The Mcxicans will make short work
Of Max. If he cannot make better show than
eight millions of dollars.
Year: 1864

At quarter past 12 o'clock to-day, gold
was selling over tho counters in New York at
225.


The New York Commercial of yesterday after
noon says


There was crowded attendance at the
gold room this morning, but no transactions,
owing 10 the gold bill having yesterday be.
come law. A strong disposition was mani
tested to have discussion of the matter. and
determine upon some measure of resistance To
the new law. 1t was finally thought best to
adjourn sine die. The provost marshal was in
the vicinity of the room, but found no occasion
to interfere, though at one time it appeared
likely that policeman would be required to
settle political differences among the excited
members"


The Evening Post has the following;


"GOld is selling at 2O2 by the brokers, who
are buying at 200. In foreign exchange the
business Is totally suspended, In consequence
OF the new law, which is regarded as likely to
inJure considerably the foreign commerce OF
the country


An important meeting of bankers and brok-
ers Is TO be held on Wednesday at the Chamber
OF Commerce, with view to urge the repeal
or modification of the mschievous enactments
Of the gold BILL"
Year: 1864

New YoRK, August 9.-Rumors are rife of a
Rebel raid on the city OF Buffalo by secession
lists and sympaihizers from Canada.


The details are not known, but It is UNDER
stood that the Government has been informed Of
it. The military of this city have been held in
readiness for any outbreak.
Year: 1864

HARRrsBuRe, August 9.-The mossago OF the
Governor is now being read to the Legislature.
II Is paper that may well be commended to the
earnest consideration ofthe people Of the State,
as containing matter ofthe highest possible i'm
portance.


We cannot speak too highly Of the spirited
manner in which the Governor resents the mis-.
statements and insults which have been persis-
tcntly heapcd upon the people Of Pennsylvania
ftom certain quarters and the elevated tone he
assumes in speaking Of the State, aud her sacr-
fees and fidelity. He gives us a truthful
history OF the r,cent raid, and OF the barbara
ties inflicted upon the people of Chambersburg,
and clearly demonstrates that the people OF that
town were pOwerless for their defense, and that
the responsibility does not rest upon them or the
State. The Governor shows the necessity of
more efficient protection to the border, and the
continued efforts made by the State authorities to
procure It.


The Governor then proposes o plan for the
defense of the State which, if adopted by the
Legislature, think will be entirely with
in our pecuniary means, and will produce
military organizations sufficient in nun
Der to give us at all times ample domestic
protection against raids and invasions. We sim
cerely trust that the plan proposed may be speed.
lily adopted and that a bill may be passed a.
once to carry out the plan suggested.


There are other valuable suggestions in the
paper, but have only time to notice the closing
sentence OF the Message, in which the Governor
declares that the object in calling the Legislature
was for the adoption OF public measures and that
such only should engage the exclusive attention
OF the Legislature during the session.


| understand this TO mean, what certainly the
people expect, that no private legislation will
engage tie attention OF the Legislature, and that
this session will be made profitable in the adop-
ton of such measures as the exigencies demand.
Year: 1864

AN APPEAL to PEOPLE of COMMON
SENSE and those who desire TO have the AFFLICTED,
BENEFITED.


READ AND REFLECT.


READ AND REFLECT


READ AND REFLECT


READ AND REFLECT


READ AND REFLECT
READ AND REFLECT
has boen from time immemoria the object Of
pst. to find some remedy for the Ills Of life scientific .lr
has for explored every in order to discover ,a
hidden secret has been however reserved for modern
to bring before the world the great destroyer Of ..
and in HOOFLAND's GERMAN BITTERs are coreept,,..s
all those virtues which tend promote healthy vigorous
life Unlike the generality Of biters they are not an sicohos
mixture but pure tonic composed entirely Of vegetable sus
stances. They are positive cure for ~


DYSPEPSIA
Year: 1864

\ . -. u w C'AVo 49, Wv. -


All is quie: in FROM, and the election is
going of, but the result Of this will not
show how the Presidential Election will
60. Quite = number that would vote the
Republican ticket, have not received their
tax receipts yet. The opposite party is
more punctual in sending receipts and
paying taxes. They have paid taxes for
men Who are very much obliged for the
receipts, but at the same time vote the
Republican ticket, or l may say the Union
ticket. Confidence in Little Mac is fast
dying out in the army, and l think the
coming Presidential election will sink the
Cops SO low that they will never rise.
Lincoln is bound to win the day in the
army, and We feel confident that there are
enough loyal men left at home to assure
his maj ority there also. The boys are all
well and the Co. numbers twenty men for
daiy. 6. Y. b.
Year: 1864

Let him ply his broom at Norfolk. The place
viii canonize him by and by, IS sure as he Ia
man.


But Norfolk and Hilton Head are only be.
gfnuings. The whole South needs to realize
how much is contained In that word Jrsr: and
in nothing more fnl1y than in relation to the
anuttcr of education


This thing may be thought premature while
the war lasts. But the war has already left
in our hands an immense Southern tcrrito1y:
and were the war to close today, that terri
tory would stay where it Is. But it is well
to be looking duties in the face, somewhat
before they press upon us. Our heads will
Dc clearer end our hands earlier ready to the
work,
Year: 1864




A correspondent Of the Confederate who belongs
to the Home Guards writes as fellows to that paper
from Kinston:


"The blueness of the three beef shanks furnished
seventeen of US for one days rations, defes COM
parison the almost etty blackness of the wretched
compound made from the spout of a smut machine
called -four, beggars description. Some body ought
to be hung; either the miller who put up such
stuff, or the A. @. NJ. who purchased it for the
army. No man or dog on earth can eat thereof for
q week and live This is no idle complaint; some
of us are old soldiers and have lived roughly, but
this is wholly unbearable."


Whereupon the Confederate utters the following
words Of comfort:


"The rations will be bad to begin with, but bet
ter will come round in time 1t is better to begin
at the bottom Of the ladder and 60 up than at top and
come down. Our friends are having about as bad
fare now as they are likely to have"


Could the fare be worse, if what the correspon-
dent says be truef mo man or dog ON earth can
cot thereof for a soeek and lioe" Why are these
men treated in this way? The Stafederates of Raj.
egh draw their fine -four and corn NEAL their lard,
their sugar, their wood, and their bacon, at low
rates. and some Of them, Learn, sell their bacon
at high rates to our shopkeepers; but our soldiers
in camp arc put off with what-as this correspon.
dent says-would kill dog. But one of the or.
gans Of the Governor assures them that their fare
will be no worsel Very consoling indeed.
Year: 1864

TIE DISASTER IN THE VALLEY.-1t is stated that
Gen Early has issued an address to his troops, in
which he attributes his recent defeat to 1.-THE dis
graceful propensity to plumber and panic" we
hove heard from soldier who was in the recent
engagement in the Valley, that our troops had won
signal victory and then stacked their arms and COM
msnced to plunder the battlefield, when the fed
erals suddenly attacked them, and the result was
the loss of many cannon and total rout But
the men are not alone to blame for this. Gen. Ear
IL himself is said to be not free from censure.-
There we're no panics, no stacking Of arms to
plupder the battle field under Stonewall Jackson.
Gen. EARLY had larger army than Stonewall
Jackson ever commanded and if the latter had been
living and in his place We should have had very
different account from the Valley of Virginia As
it is we can only deplore these reverses, and "pck
the f:ut ard try it again." Success is the test oi
merit in military enterprises. Tried by this test
Gen. Early has been found wanting. Thousands Of
brave North Carolnians, including the gallant Ram:
seur have bitten the dust in these Valley cam
naipns and what makes this fact the more distres'
sing is they have probably died in vain. Gen. Ear
" ought to be forthwith removed.
Year: 1864

The TRUE FIRE OF THE FLNF-In the Hoston
Conference, in session at Bristol last week, our ven
erable friend Bishop Early, in the course of de-
bate upon some question, incidentally alluded to
the expression that "the taking of Richmond was
merely question Of time" The Bishop remarked
that he did not think SO, and further said that if
he thought there was any danger that Richmond
could be taken, he would be for adourning Confer.
forthwith, and going to Richmond to assist in
tearing out every log and brick to prevent it."
This is the true fire of the flint and should be tho
determination of every man, old and young, in the
Confederacy. -Lyneh6urg Republican.


What could the venerable Bishop accomplish by
"tearing out" the clogs and bricks of Richmond ,
That is the very thing the Yankees trying to do
with their big guns.
Year: 1864

We prefer independence to every thing else. The
Standard seems to prefer any thing else to indepen.
dence-Richmond Sentinel


We reply in the language Of Mr.. Stephens
"Without liberty, would not turn upon my heel
for independence" We want liberty and indepen-
dence, and if we cannot obtain both We shall regard
the battles of this revolution having been fought
in vain. The Sentinel prefers one master to anoth'
err We have no choice between masters. This is
the difference between the Sentinel and Standard.
The Standard is still true to the great principles
which the revolution was commemorative Sentinel
is false to those principles.
Year: 1864

Our SABLE DEPENDENrs-We were grati6ed re-
Gently by hearing from highly intelligent and in
fuentia citizen of Charleston the expression
views which had often occurred to our own minds
On very interesting and important subject The
subject Of the remarks which gratified US was the
negro The precise point which gave Us pleasure
was the earnest and eloquent expression Of the idea
blessing, kindller feeling than the part of
the master for his slaves They have proved them.
selves for the most part 50 faithful 50 docle, 50
true to their only friends earth the masters God
has given to them, that there is not Southern
heart that will not beat more tenderly towards these
affectenate dependents than ever before. We look
confidently to slavery shorn of all its abuses 80
far as may be in any way practicable, within very
short time after the close Of this war. So mote it
be.-&outhern Pres6yterion.
Year: 1864

can act for the relief of MANNED INDECENT SOL
diers" authorizes the Governor to furnish an art-


fetal leg, at the expense of the State, to every in
digent soldier Of Alabama who has lost leg in the
military servlce-Aont Aduertissr


Before the late election for Governor in this State,
our Surgeon General by order of Gov. Vance, ad-
vertised in the newspapers that North Carolina
would establish mandatory Of artificial limbs for
her maimed soldiers; but since the election we have
heard nothing of this commendable enterprise. No
doubt the Surgeon General would most cheerfully
superintend work at once SO patriotic and phian.
thropc, but in this as in other matters he must act
according to the orders of the Governor
Year: 1864

Our SLAVE CoDE.-At the late session Of the
Georgia Baptist Association, resolution was unani.
mously adopted by the body declaring the laws Of
Georgia, in their failure to recognize and protect
the marriage relation among our slave population,
to be essentially defective, and that they called for
reformation-Bib. Recorder.


By the law of North. Carolina, and we presume
by the law Of other slaveholdng States, free ne
gro is not permitted to marry slave. The object
Of the law is to prevent free negro from having
slave wife. What would be the effect of freeing
those male slaves in this State between eighteen and
forty five, who married, in order to place them
in the armyP Would it not at once divorce them
from their wives!