smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

TAKING HIM AT HIS WoRD.-A man late
ly bought gownpiece at sale by auction,
not hundred miles from San Francisco,
and iestingly said that the first woman who
would give him kiss should have the dress
as Gift. A woman Immediately stepped
forth. kissed him and carried off the gown
piece, to the utter discontinue OF the con-
founded Joker.
Year: 1860

TAXABLE PROPERTY OF DoNIrHAN
CouSTr.-The following are the footings
Of the tax list of this County, as given
BY the Assessor. 1t will be seen that
our Township (Iowa) is the wealthiest
Township in the County. as We doubt
not she is the most populous. and the
Year: 1860

. H The Democracy boast that their
Convention, on Saturday, was the largest
ever held in this County-thst at least
Eve hundred people were present. We
learn that just thres-fourths of the party
were there, and that ill but three were
after Office!
Year: 1860

We will take any quantity Of clean cotton OF
linen rags, ct cent per pound. in payment for
subscription, advertising and job work. Save
your rags. and get something for them, instead
Of casting them away. No other kind will be
taken than such a ere named above.
Year: 1860

REPUBLICAN AccpsstoNs.-During the last
week we have heard of four or five Breekin-
ridge supporters turning Republican. lhey
are consistent on the principle Of interyIe.n-
ton; they have only changed as to when
side of the slavery question the Intervention
should be. Heretofore they were for inter-
vening in favor of slavery in the Territories
Now. they are for intervening against it
but for intcrventio on the subject of slavery
both times. One of these accessions was
candidate few days ago, for nomination
from the Breckenridge County Convention
for the Assembly 1t is said that he was
caucused out, SO his name did not go 6etor,
the Convention. Since then he was electeC
delegate to the Republican County Con
vention. If the Lincoln interventionists de
cline to fuse with the Breckenridge interven-
i tionists there are number more OF the lat
ter who will join the former AGAINST tn
principle of non interyention.-PiaeergiH
/ Caitcraidn.
Year: 1860

0LD BLocK.-We had the pleasure of a
call yesterday from our friend, A. Delano, OF
Grass Valley. He was on his way home
from a trip below with his daughter Old
Block looks younger and better than we
ever saw him before. lie really begins to
look handsomer.
Year: 1860

DouGLAs IN NORTH ALABAMA.-Jeremiah
Clemens, formerly editor of the Memphis In
quirer in a letter to that paper from Hunts
yille Ala, closes with the following para
graph;


The result of my observations through the
day is, that Breckingrdge will be beaten in
this county three or four to one Douglas
will undoubtedly get large majority, and
next to him will place Bell, Placing no
great reliance upon the reports hear daily
from other parts of the State, and Judging
only from the feeling manifested in this
stronghold of Democracy, | tell you, with
entire confidence, that you may set down
Alabama as lost to Breckinridge lie could
not carry the State to day, ana will grow
weaker from this time until November. The
only thing which ever gave the secession
party any strength in Alabama was its as
sumption of the name of Democracy, and
when That is torn away, they will dwindle
into faction too contemplate to excite the
fears or disturb the peace Of The country.
Year: 1860

TRIBUTE TO CALIFORNIA WoMEN.-Truer women
than those of California cannot be found in the
wide. wide world. They have come across the
waste of waters, traVersed the dreary plains, to
comfort fathers, brothers and husbands in u far
OIL land. All honor to them whether they dwell
in city or in mountain homes-wLether they
stand by the cottage door, to welcome the miner
after his days toll, or brighten the hearth of
those who are immersed in the day-book and
ledger. All honor to them in the rugged path
of duty which they follow, leaving oldeD homes
and kindred to comfort and minister TO man.
They have made the wilderness to blossom like
the rose, and have transformed California from
great gathering Of mining camps to proud and
happy State, blessed with pleasant homes and
governed by protecting laws Home Joa5H0L
Year: 1860

ADVICE FOR TIE GJRIs. The girls of a century
70 used to be up and abroad before SUNRISE to
gather May dew for their complexion Don't
you suppose they discovered the charm not in
the sparkling glObules Oh leaf and flower, bat in
the fresh fragrant air. and the low bending oak.
boughs brushing their cheeks as thcy tripped by.
They gathered bloom and freshness from every
bank of yioets, and every medallion Of golden,
green moss Nature is always generous to those
who seek her in good earnest, and if the damse Is
OF days went to get May dew, they might
not find much of the article itself but they would
bring back something else quite us beneficial to
their cheeks and lips


You must have fresh ar-you must exercise
and develop those muscles which God has given
you 1t is positive sin to sit shrinking in your
easy chair when nature is crying to you, " We
have hung the heavens with blue and freightcd
the air with balm come and drink in the incense
of our winds, and the gold of our sunshine 7!
Neither must you be afraid of rain or storm
You will not melt nor dissolve Wrap up warm
ly, and then 90 out and bid defiance to snow and
Sleet and torrents. They are friends and teachers
in their way--it may be a rough one but it Will
do you none the less good
Year: 1860

COMING NoRrH.-Stark, the great actor and
tragedian, accompanied by his wife and good
company, will make trip through the Northern
towns this Spring. 1t is to be regretted that our
town is not supplied with a room suitable to
give theatrical performance in. Won't some
body build one
Year: 1860

DIR: FRANKLIN, endeavoring to kill turkey by
an electric shock, received the whole battery
himself when he good naturally observed that
Instead OF killing turkey, he had nearly put an
end 10 the existence of goose
Year: 1860

10 Not long since man who had his arm
in sling called at the residence Of GENTLE
man who owns good watch dog, and stated
that the dog had bitten him. He SAID he was
passing along the rear of the gentleman's lot,
"keerlessly," when the dog reached through
the fence and snapped him on the arlnl The
story was hard to believe, as common opens
out at the rear of the gentleman's fence, and
any one not liking dogs teeth could have gone
ten rods away from the fence, Indeed the gen
tlemsn does not know. certainly, whether his
dog bit the man in the arm or not for be only
has his word for it; and he does not know
either, what the man was doing so near his
fencel We would have wanted to know these
and several other things before we would have
compromised the alleged dog bite, as the gem
tleman did, for $40. The story is certainly
one OF the "dummest" we ever heard.
Year: 1860

The SOUTHERN CONVENTION. Legis.
lature of Virginia will, it is believed, throw
a wet blanket upon the proposition for hold
ing a Southern Convention with view to
the consideration of the expediency of a
separation of the Southern States from the
Union. Mr. Barbour has made a report
from special committee on the subject, in
which he takes Governor Wises ground,
that the State of Virginia can best protect
her rights BY remaining within the Union.
Year: 1860

a1- The Del"ge Fire Company. led by the
Phoenix Band. made dne appearance in their
parade through the city this afternoon They
anticipate "huge" fun at their grand masque
ball this evening,
Year: 1860

~ The prospect for work in meeha nical
branches in this city is not good. at this time
but we learn that good many Of our "well-to--
do" farmers intend tearing down their old
houses. and having large and elegant mansions
erected in their stead. These Improvements
will give work to many Of our idle mechanics.
and by the time the work in the country gets
fairly under way, we may expect business to
begin lively In the city.
Year: 1860

TThose who know Mr.. Forney best--Rs.
Publieans as well as Demoersts-have stated
their belief that had the President given him
the position he SO much desired, he would have
been warm friend aud ardent admirer Of the
Chief Magistrate at this time. There is no one,
we believe, who does not believe such would
have been the result of the Presidents suRariDg
his former pet. The "ool." was sloughei of
into the Republican Camp. and we have a good
rddance of him Ifdissipation don't "scotch"
him, the opposition will have happy time
with him. They must put him on their ticket
for Vice President il they would keep him 10
the traces TIL after the presidential election.
Year: 1860

Oh! it seems to me, my kind friends,
if cold, calculating selfshness only knew
one-half the delight that springs from
generosity we should have fewer ungen-
erous and sordid people in the world
For our part, we wish everybody could
do just one generous and noble act in
their lives in order that they might know
how good it feels. Ah greater, far
greater is the JOY of giving than receiv-
ing. And do you suppose, OH close
listed misanthrope, that all your riches
were intended for yourself? If you do
we are sorry for you, and should advise
you to step into substantial Insurance
Office and secure policy before you
start on your upward journey. every
one for himself is your motto, eh? Oh!
all right; we wish you success in your
one-eyed idea and hope you'll be able to
render it available when you get into
the clutches of the devil. As the old
woman said of Universalism 1t may
be a good doctrine to live by, but a
mighty poor one to die by" Oh! my
friends, don't let your avarice choke up
the avenues of your charity, and never
miss an opportunity to be generous.
Year: 1860

as taught in the Court of King Charles
the Second, they assume as true that:


"Most men are towards; all men should be


knaves, and all the subject matter of debate
Is, only who's the knaYe of he first rate"


And they act as if they expected US to
believe, upon their interested testimony,
two very false and debasing propositions.
First, that if Lincoln is elected, there
will be rebellion in the South, and sec
ond, that our Government is SO weak
and cowardly that it cannot maintain it
self and execute the laws-and all this
is done as clever trick, to frighten Lin
coin men from the conclusion of their
own judgment and conscience, and drive
them to vote for some ether candidate to
whose support they could never be
brought by any motive more respectable
than Fear, at best, even when genuins :
and honest, is debasing passion, and
makes men do great many mean
tlrin:sss;- which when thecsft~.is.~aff they
are ashamed Of But feal, unreal and
ieigned. stimulated only as cover and
excuse for some mean action, is despica-
.bly vile, Hypocrisy, even when it pre-
tends to be virtuous and brave, is bad
enough, but the hypocrisy of fear and
cowardice is the last poor artifice of con-
scious imbecility. You suggest in your
letter that there may be class of men
who really desire the election of Mr..
Lincoln, but are deferred from his sup
port by tear-the fear that passionate
and unjust men will impute to them bad
motives-the vague fear engendered in
weak minds by the, persistent slanders
against Mr.. Lincoln, imputing to him
not bad acts ncr bad professions, but
secret bad intentions, at war with his
acts and professions and with the tenor
of his life; and you seem 20 think that
my views Of the subject might be help
full to such men. | doubt it; for have
little sympathy with men who lack the
moral courage to act cut the honest c0u-
clusions of their own minds. | advise
every man, however, to do what l try to
do myself carefully make up his mind
which of the candidates, under all the
circumstances, he would rather have for
his President, and then frankly support
that candidate against all opposers, let
who will carp or censure. That is GER
tainly the course of honesty, and, l
think, as certainly, the only course of
safety. For the man who begins by for
feiting his own self-respect, by unmanly
yielding to the dictation of others, will
be seen in the end to get what he de-
serves, the contempt of the very men
who cowed them into submission.


Let every man, then, who really pre-
fers Lincoln support him frankly and
above board; then success will be a vir-
tuous triumph, and defeat will be no
dishonor.


Most respectfully, your fellow citizen.


.,& EDWARD BATES.
Year: 1860

Greatness. IS


All greatness consist in this-in being
alive to what is going on around one; in
living actually; in giving voice to the
thoughts Of humanity; in saying to ones
fellows what they want to hear or need
to hear at that moment; in being the
concretion, the result Of the present age.
In no other way can one affect the
world than in responding thus to its
needs, in imbodying thus its IDEAS
You will see, in looking into history,
that all great men have been piece OF
their time; take them out and set them
elsewhere, and they will not fit SO well;
they were made for their day and gener-
alton. The literature which has left
any mark, which has been worthy of the
name, has always mirrored what was
doing around it: not necessarily dag
uerreotyping the mere outside, but at
least rejecting the inside-the thoughts,
if not the actions of men-their feelings
and sentiment, even if it treated Of ap-
parently far-off themes.
Year: 1860

Gossip. -s. -.,-tEf as


Of all the nuisauces that iufest society
the gossiping nuisance is the most un-
bearable People that want to know
what time you eat your breakfast, and
what you had to eat--who watch from
behind their blinds to see when you go
out and when you come home--and who
are as much interested in the color Of
your wall paper and the pattern of your
curtaius, as they are in the Italian war
or the latest news from Europe If they
would stop at this point, nobody would
complain; but they are not satisfied un-
til they have picked your character and
failings to pieces, with tongues sharper
than thorns. We wonder if they paused
to consider how much time they wasted
in this non-paying employment: 1T Is
the least part of wisdom, says some one,
''to speculate on the petty defects of -ei-
cry day people" !" Only suppose for
moment, that every time we feel inclined
to criticise our neighbors, we should just
turn the telescope in another direction
and spy out some darling fault of our
own. How long would it be before the
world reformed under such treatment?
The best and the wisest man thai ever
lived would find something to alter and
improve, and we are very certain there
would be no time left to find fault with
other peoples failings. If you can't
find enough in your own daily life to
busy your thoughts, you must be a very
uninteresting specimen of humanity -
Let your nelghbors alone-take care of
yourself, and we can warrant your hay
ing enough to do.
Year: 1860

The Pope is said to have written a


melancholy letter to the Cardinals in


France. He looks upon all as lost, and.
although convinced that he shall die by


the bullet of an assassin, he declares he
will not quit Rome under any eendition
or at any price. f.
Year: 1860

It is not to watch children with sus-
picious eye, to frogn at the outbursts of
innocent hilarity, to Suppress their joy
Gus laughter and to mould them into
melancholy little models of aged gravity.


And when they had been in fault, It
is not simply to punish them on account
OF the personal injury that you have
ehanced to suffer in consequence.


Nor is it to overwheln the little eui-
prit with angry words; to stun him by
deafening noise; to call him by hard
names, which do not express his mis-
deeds; to load him with epithets which
would be extravagant, if applied to
fault OF ten fold enormity; or to declare
with passionate vehemence, that he is
the worst child in the world and destined
for the gallows. s.,.,.-,.,.-.....-,......,..-..-.


But it is to watch -anxiously for the
FIRST risings of sin and to repress them;
fts-esatraet the earliest workings of self
ishness;s to repress the first beginnings
OF rebellion against rishtful authority;
to teach an implicit and unqpestioning
and cheerful obedience to the will of the
parent, as the best preparation for future
allegiance to the requirements of ths
civil magistrate, and the laws of the
great Ruler and Father in heaven.


1t is to punish fault because it is q
fault; because it is sinful and contrary
to the command of God, without refer
Ience to whether it may or may not have
been productive of immediate injury to
parent or others,


1t is to reprove with ealmness and
composure, and not with angry irritation;
in few words, ftly chosen, and not
with a torrent Of abuse;-to punish as Of.
ten as you threaten, and threaten only
when you intend and can remember to
perform; to say what you mean, and ill.,
fallibly do as you say.


1t is to govern your family as in the
sight of Him who gave you authority,
who will reward your strict fidelity with
such blessings as he bestownd on Abra-
ham, or punish your criminal neglect
with such curses as He visited on Eli.
Year: 1860

breath of air, and no freshness enlivenedF
the close furnace into which the sky and
sea were converted. Painting and swelter-
ing, all of us were idle and listless enough
but the General moved among the various
groups upon deck with kind and apt word
for each of them, eviucing that readiness
of recognition, that perfect accuracy of re-
collection, that memory of men and things
and circumstances, however triaing, which
are ranked among the innate privileges Of
royalty. He had on his usual dictatorials
suit, consisting of the ,unfailipg flannel
shirt, with a silk baudsna kerchief thrown;
loosely and widely round the neck BY way
of scarf, light grey trowsers, and the
modern wide.awake hat with the turn.up
brim. The prodigious breadth Of the Gems
erals shoulders, his colossal chest, and the
natural dignity and lion.like majesty of his
countenauce again and again incline be-
holder to overrate his real stature, which
is certainly not above the middle size
You must go near him, and measure him
by the standard of common men, before
you recover from the error into which awe
for that commanding figure leads you
The hair, on nearer inspection, is dark
hazel, almost black, darker by far than the
beard, which is tawny or reddish. he
wears the hair rather long. The beard is
full, and relieves the length Of the oval
face, which might otherwise be thought
excessive. The temples are somewhat com.
pressed about the region Of the eye, and a
very strong oblique compression is observa-
BILE about the eyebrows The cheek bones
are high, and the nose comes down between
them in perfectly straight, long line, even
with the slightly slanting forehead. The
complexion of that small part of the face
which is not hidden by the beard is not
merely bronzed or sunburnt, it has pecu.
liar sanguine hue, thickly studded with
endless freckles. This remarkable tint,
the features, the color of the beard, joined
to the calm, but deep expression of the.
eye, all contribute to give his coantenance
that unmatched character which won for
Garibaldi the appellatiod=of the thionface.'
Year: 1860

WHAT WE ARE MADE Or-Ths following il
from an article by Oliver W. Holmes:-If the
reader Of this paper live another year, his self
conscious principle will have migrated from
his present tenement to another, the raw mate
mails even of which are not yet put together
A portion Of that body of which is to be, will
npen in the corn Of his next harvest. Another
portion Of his future person he will purchase,
or others will purchase for him headed up in
the form Of certain barrels Of potatoes. A third
friction is yet to be gathered in the Southern
rice-feld. The limbs with which be is then to
walk will be clad with flesh borrowed from the
tenants OF Eany stalls and pastures now un.
conscious Of their doom. The very organs of
speech with which he is 20 talk 30 wisely, plead
20 sloquently, or speak effectively, must first
serve his humble brethren to bleat, to below,
and for sll the varied utterance of bristled or
fsathered barnyard life His bones themselves
are to a great extent, fn posse and not esse.
A bag Of phosphate Of lime, which he has or
dsred from Prof. Mapes, for bis grounds, con.
tains large part Of whst is to be his skeleton
And more than all this, and by far the greater
part of his body is nothing at all but water, the
main substance Of his scattered members is to
be look ed for in the reservoir, in the summing
streams at the bottom of the we'll, in the cloud,
that foat over his head, or difused among them
all - .tfH'
Year: 1860

The eloquent testimony of Guizot, which We
copy below, to tho emptiness Of political dis
tinctiOn, ought to reconcile those who have
never succeeded in attaining such distinction
to the more obscure walks of life, in which the
multitude OF men must always remain. We
find it quoted by a contemp porary from the
third volume of the recently published me-
moirs Of the great statesman and historian


| have no desire to intrudo my private life
and feelings on public attention. The more
they are profound and tender, the less are they
disposed to exhibit themselves, for I cannot
show them in their intense reality: Kings ex-
hibit their crown jewels to the inspection of
the curious; but we do not parade our private
treasures, the value Of which is only known to
the owners. Yet when the fatal day arrives
in which these invaluable possessions are
wrested from US, it would be evincing toward
them proper want Of respect and faith not to
declare the esteem in which they were held
and the void they have left have been
strongly attached to political life, and have
applied myself to it with ardor. have devo-
ted to public duties, without hesitation, the
sacrifice and efforts they demanded from me-


but these pursuits have ever been far indeed
from satisfying my desires. 1t is not thatiI
complain Of the incidental trials. Many pub
lie servants have spoken with bitterness Of the
disappointments they have experienced, the
reverses they have undergone, the seventies
of fortune, and the ingra;itude of men. have
nothing of the kind to say, for have never
acknowledged such sentiments. However vio-
lent may have been stricken, / have never
found men more blind or ungrateful, or my po-
litical destiny more harsh than expected. It
has had alternately, and in great abundance,
its joys and sorrows; such is the law of human
ity. But it has been in the happiest days, and
in the midst Of the most brilliant success of my
career, that have found the insuficiency of
public life. The political world is cold and
calculating; the affairs of government are lofty
and powerfully impress the thought; but they
cannot ill the soul which has often more varied
and more pressing aspirations than those of the
most ambitious politician. 1t longs for hap
piness more intimate, more complets, and more
tender than that which all the labors and tri-
umphs Of active exertion and public import
ance can bestow: What know to-day, at the
end of my race, I have felt when it began, 4 and
during its continuance; even in the midst of
great undertakings, domestic affections form
the basis Of life; and the most brilliant career
has only superficial and incomplete enjoyments,
if stranger to the happy ties of family and
friendship" n (. :
Year: 1860

A WABNING TO TIDE -WAuERS-A Boston
paper says that two men were discharged
from the Custom House by the Abolition
Collector--Whitney-for refusing to pay
over portion of their salaries to a Breckin-
ridge subscription. The people will put an
end to this -dsgraceful state of affairs in
November next.
Year: 1860

THE D STREET SEwER.-If neonle who
wish to examine the d street sewer would be
more careful in selecting site from which to
take their observations there would be less
danger to themselves and to the workmcn


Several serious caves have occurred from
people getting too near the edge of the sewer
where the groud was not firm, and one OF
them yesterday, came near burying two
bricklayers who were at work on the arch,
twelve feet below the surface of the ground