smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

groove cut in the bottom, which
prevents any tendency to tip over
or lean in the form. The types
are then passed to the next who
examines each one separately
through a magnifyihg glass, and
pick out every one that shows any
imperfection. In finishing, very
skillful operators are required,
because if the slightest variation
in the size of the type occur, they
are wholly spoiled.
Year: 1861

"W iH Plant no more Cotton. =
Paragraphslike the following, from
the Montgomery Mail, appear In
numbers ofour cotemporaries:


We hear of some planters who
declare they will not plant cotton
next year, unless the blockade is
raised before planting time. we
should not wonder if this becomes
a popular idea. What is the use
of planting cotton if it cannot be
purchased by the commercial world
at large?-or if the commercial
world docs not wish to buy? Let
our planters raise PROVISIONS
They already have enough cotton
to look at. IF the outside world
can get along without cotton, our
own people surely can. But TO
say the least, we have a sufficient
supply on hand now to last the
Confederate States several years.
Year: 1861

An Indiana clergyman, during
his PRAYER ON the late Lincoln Fast
Day, used the following language:
"Oh, Lord, had the East done as
well as the Hoosier State In put
ting down this rebellion, We would
not be under the necessity Of CALI
INC Oh Thee"
Year: 1861

We are credibly informed that
an examination Of the trunks, etc,
of the Indiana Regiment, recent
~ captured at Chicamacomac,
brought a large number Of coun-
tcrfeit notes on the bank Of Cam
den, South Carolina, TO light:


These were printed from the
genuine plates, and are Of the de-
nomination of 5's, los and 20's.
Some are signed forged of eourse)
and others ere not.


This revelation of yillainy de-
velops a new feature Of the war,
which there is much reason 10 be-
lieye was designed to be general.
Most, if not all, of our bank notes
have heretofore been printed at the
North, and the plates are yet In
their possession. From t h e S e
plates notes are to be printed and
falsely signed, and are to be circu-
lated among our people wherever
the vandals can get a foothold.


If this is not the height and
depth of villainy, we are at loss to
conjecture what is; and if it does
fully develop the character of our
foe to. be that of a degraded and
vicious people, ready for the COM
mission of the lowest and darkest
deeds of vice, we do not know
what is necessary to do SO.


Let such a people be watched.
Let us keep them off our shore,
and give them no opportunity to
practice their deeds of villainy up
on us. Let us rejoice that we are
independent of them, and let Us
see that this independence is main
tained.-No,JoM Day Book.
Year: 1861

Wig zee caamet de Whipped.-
An able article upon American at
fairs, in late issue of the London
Review, closes with this significant
remark: The South can act OH the
defensive without a rulnous money
cost; the North cannot act on the
offensive without mourning llablll-
ties that will break the back OF the
Republic. A thousand men deien-
ding their own soil are equal to
ten thousand men who carry fire
and sword to invade them. All ex-
perience proves it; and when the
country to be invaded is as large as
five or six great European monar-
chies. the invader should remeln-
Der the fate of Napoleon in Russia,
and pause ere he commit his for
tune to so desperate an enterprise.
Year: 1861

A.gentleman lately arrived in
New Orleans from the North, says
New York was grandly illuminated
to celebrate the capture of New Or
leans. which feat it was reported
had been accomplished without
firing a gun.
Year: 1861




SEC. 3. And Be u further enacted. That al goods,
wares and merchandise, which may be in the pub
lie stores as unclaimed. orin warehouse under ware
housing bonds, en- the 3lss day of August next shall
be subject on entry thereof for consumption to such
duty as if the had been imported respectively
after that day.


Sec l. And Be eI further enacted That On The entry
Of any goods wares or merchandise iutDsrtad on
or after the Slst day Of August Aforesaid the de-
csion of the Collector Of the Customs the port of
importation and entry to their liability to duty
or exemption therefrom, shall be final and c0nclu-
sivs against the owner importer eOnsgnee, agent
of any such goods, wares and merchandise unless
the owner, importer, consignee or sgsnt shall, with
in ten days after such entry, give notice to the col
lector in writing Of his Dissatisfaction with such
decision, setting forth therein distinctly and speciH
csly his ground Of objection thereto and shall with
in thirty days after date of such decision, appeal
thersfrom to the Secretary of the Treasury, whose
decision on such appeal shall be final and conclusvei
and the sad goods, wares and MERCHANDISE shAl Do
liable to duty or exemption therefrom accordingly,
any Act of Congress to the contrary notwithstand-
ing, unless suit shall be brought within thirty days
siter such decision, for any duties that may have
Oeen pad, or may thereafter be paid said goods,
or within thirty days after the duties shall have
bond.


SEC D. Bet further enacted, That il shall be lawful
fer the owner, consigDee, or agents Of imports
Wnlcn nave been actually purchased or procured
"ASS " purchase, on entry OF tne same,bo
make sucn ADDITION in the entry the cost value
given IN the invoice As, in his opinion may raise the
same to the true market value of such imports in
the principal markets of the country whence the
importations shall have been made and 70 add there
to all costs and charges which under existing lava
would form part of the true value at the mort hers
the same may be entered upon which the duty should
be assessed And it shall be the duty Of the coIec-
tor within whose District the same may be import
ed or entred, TO cause the dutiable value Of such
imports be appraised, estimated and ascertained
in ace0rdanced with the provisions of existing laws
and if the appraised valUe shall exceed BY ten
per centum, or more, the value so declared on en-
try then III addition to the duties imposed by law on
the same, there shall be levied, collected and
paid duty Of twenty per centum dd raorsm on
such appraised value Provided, ReUertheless That
under ne circumstances shall the duty be assessed
upon any amount less than the invoice or entered
value, any law CT Congress TO the contrary not
withstanding.


SEc. 6. And be Il further enacted, That so much Of
all the Acts, may be inconsistent with the provis-
ion of this Act, shall be and the same are hereby
repealed HOWELL CoBB,


President Of the Congress.


Approved Nsy 21st, 1861.


JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Year: 1861

Asa specimen of the views now entertained by
the Northern press, and as showing somewhat the
sentiments and policy of the people of that section
relative to present and future operations of the
Yankee Government, give the following from the
New York Herald, of the Sd instant:


CRITICAL CONDITION OF OUR RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN


PowkRs-NECESsITY OF THE IMMEDIATE PROTECTION


OF ORR COAST.


We perceive that the government has ordered
home our Mediterranean squadron, consisting of
three steam vessels of war, all first rate steamers of
their class This is q prudent measure, and should
be followed up with regard to all the squadrons
abroad The interests OF the country in foreign
ports are safe enough; but the crisis at home de-
mands all the energy, foresight and preparation
which the administration can command Every
vessel on foreign stations should be at once with
drawn TO our own coasts and, more than this every
available steamer should be purchased chartered
nv the government armed and equipped for active
service as gun boats; the old sailing vessels of the
navy should be fitted out steamers, and the ca
pscity of every navy yard IN the country should be
strained 10 the utmost in building slips of war


This is no time for hesitation or red tape circnm-
locntion terrible responsibility rests upon the
Government at Washington. They have accepted
! Il manfully, and the country will stand by them
| As the American question is viewed by foreign
Governments, and especially that of England, 1t be
comes an imperative necessity that we should have
complete and powerful navy and an efficient army
ready to defend ourselves in any emergency that
may arise and in order to prove to the European
| Governments that we are q nation strong enough
not only to subdue insurrectiOn at home, but to
protect ourselves from attacks abroad


Regarded ss this republic is with jealousy ana
| fear by the rnouarchial natiors of the Old World
/ we know not what advantage may be taken OF our
domestic difficulties TO ensure 40 object dear 10 tne
hearts of the rulers Of EuropeaR nstiona-the down
fsll Of Republicanism on ths continent II becomes
Year: 1861

the duty Of the Administration then to defeat this
purpose, and prove TO the world by the adoption of
vigorous and timely measures, that popular gov
srnment can take care of ITSELF and that Republi'
eanism Is not failure


Al present England is divided upon the American
u,.lhcully ~. between the phianthropc sentiment of
te PeoPle' on the one side, and the ministry, who
represent the cotton and monarchial interests on
tne oener, Dut When the cotton season opens and
tne lear Oh revolution opens in their own manufac-
turing towns. at the hands of starving and exas-
perateo populatlon alters, as it assureiY viii alter
public oplnlen upon this question philanthropy will
have 20 yield 10 the exeencies of the hour and the
British Government will then show themselves in
their true colcrs- Cotton the English neonIe roust
have or they perish, and we may reIy unon n that
some pretext will be found-the cantnra of . R-;t
ish ship or some other incident-wherebv an at
tempt will be made to force the blockade of soue
of our Southern ports and thus involve the two
nations in a war, which the Western powers would
rejoice TO see inaagurated.


Our Government, therefore, should encircle the
entire coast, on the Atlantic and Paclnc, with an
armed heet-from the Bay of Fundy to the Rio
Grande on the Atlantic, and from San Diego to
Frazer river on the Pacific. Moreover, all the for
tications Of both coasts should be retted and gar
risoned. An additional army of one hundred or
two hundred thousand men should be called out
for this purpose, and they would repoRd Just As
cheerfully did those who are already in the held
TO quell insurrection. These men need not be re-
moved from the vicinity Of their homes They
might be drilled to the of coast guns ant garri>
son duty by efficient officers, and be ready at any
moment to repel attack from any quarter. This
measure of defence should also include the from
tiers Of Canada and Mexico thus enclosing the whole
country within an impregnsble quadrilatcrsl.


We are mistaken in eur estimate of the sagacity
of the Administration and the Commander in Chief,
if they do not see the necessity OF such course,
in view of the critical condition of our present re-
lations with foreign powers and certainly greatly
cocS
the people if they do not enthusiastically sustzin
and justify it. Let it be done then, and promptly,
too. No one can foresee what dangers are in EN-
bryo menscng from abroad the safety of the nation.
Year: 1861

We were all suffering from gripes and bowel COM
plants and to alleviate this the Arabs applied the
cautery freely to stomachs, the scars Of which
we can still show. Next day they packed US upon
the camels, and after eleven days journey land
more earrings Of our stOnlachs cramps and spasms).
passing through some long and precipitous noun
tain passes, and one populous village nestled in
palm grove we arrived at Muscst, where Mr.. Ras-
sam, the acting Consul, kindly supplied all our
wants, and engaged passage for US in q bungalow
for Bombay. had an interview with the lmaum
of Muscat, who spoke kindly and said that, had be
possessed steamer, he would have sent to look sf-
ter the pirate and the stolen schooner The pirates
were undoubtedly the fishing boats crew of the
coast, and nothing would please more than to go
again in small craft and being well prepared, to
lay trap for these raseals which would make them
more careful in boarding strange crafts for the fu
ture. At present owing to their kind intentions,
stand possessed of what have on my back, having
lost nautical instruments, clothes, and all was
possessed of.
Year: 1861

At last on the eleventh day, with blistered feet.
with tongues swollen, lips bleeding and totally ex-
hausted having forty-eight hours previously divid-
ed the last drop of water, which was carried in a
boot, we lay under the scrub bush TO die, as we
thought Blank, hopeless despair at our hearts,
and We felt unequal to make another exertion for
life At this moment we heard donkey bray, and
scrambling over low range of sand hills near, we
saw the welcome sight of q drove of camels and
donkeys with seven or eight natives picketed Tor
rest We hailed, and made signs for water which
was freely given and they treated kindly. These
people proved TO be party Of Bedouin Arabs, and
with significant gestures they asked if the coast
people had not robbed US. by signs they inquired
if we wished to 20 to Muscat and understanding
that we did, they gave US fish, rice, and milk for
supper, and mats to sleep on. Never were refresh
ment and rest so sweet or 80 acceptable. With
gratitude and thsnkfulness at our hearts to God for
His watchfulness and protection to Us poor cast
WAYS and to these Bedouin Samaritans for their
kindness we slept that night.
Year: 1861

We were turned ashore through the serf, and
passed the night the beach in charge of some
Arabs who having now nothing that they could
take but our lives, did not further maltreat US af
ter having taken away shirts and trousers, and
substituted some of their owh rags to cover our
nakedness Next morning they gave US about live
rounds of our ships bread ; and intimated to US
that the road to Muscat was before and that we
were to start off, wHAch we did.


The bread and three handluls Of dates were our
sole provisions for journey of four hundred miles
across the arid stony desert Of Arabia Petrea. We
iourneyeG for eleven days, scorched by the blazing
SUM- which fell upon our almost naked bo1ies and
shoeless feet by day and chilled by dews at night
which cramped US and brought on bowel complaints.
To avoid losing ourselves in the desert, we usually
travelled along the coast catching crabs and seasnais
which we ate raw. for sustenance. For water-pre-
cious water-we had every day to recover the camel
track sometimes finding water hole or well, some
times not near the road. At times we were two days
without water; and when it was obtained it was
very brackish and dirty. Occasionally two or
three times during that terrible journey, we met
with travelling family OF Arabs or Seedies-the
former invariably searching US closely, while the
latter. the women especially. gave us water. the
only thing we asked for, our mouths and tongues
were 80 sore and swollen that we could hardly
swallow any thing sohd and their poverty was al
most as great as ours in the matter of food
Year: 1861

into engine for the subverson of the Government
and for the encouragement and support Of lie enc
mies


In furtherance of this object, request the Judges
of Election Of the several precincts Of be State, in
case any such person shall present himself and offer
his vote, to commit bin until be can be taken into
custody by the authority Of the United States; and
call on all good and loyal citizens to support the
judges of Election, the United States Marshal and
bis Deputies, and the Provost Marshal of Baltimore
expression of the voice of the people Of Maryland,
and at the same time to prevent the ballot-box frem
being polluted by reasonable votes.


JOHN A. DIX, Major General Commanding
Year: 1861

Old Grilnwig, bachelor, says
Il have seen women so delicate
that they were afraid to ride, for
fear Of the horse running away
afraid to sail, for fear the boat
might upset-afraid to walk, for
fear that the dew might fall but |
never yet saw one afraid to be mar
ried."
Year: 1861

A tavern keeper in Chicago,
being prosecuted for selling liquor
without a license, proved that the
article drank was domestic cherry
vine, Of which a man might drink
n barrel without intoxicat:on, and
was acquitted'
Year: 1861

We publish this morning letter from Gen.
R.F. Butler to q friend in Massachusetts,
wherein he declines to allow his name to be
used as candidate for Governor at the next
election. The spirit of the letter is excellent
Gen. Butler declares that he now knows no pol
itcs save as represented by the question-How
10 preserve the Union and restore the country
70 its integrity. He cries out against the idea
Of peace on any other terms than the acknowl-
edgement Of the national authority throughout
the United States, and shows the impossbility of
msintainng peace grounded on any basis less
rnre than this. While frankly saying that he
does not subscribe to all the principles OF the
Republican party he asserts the right Of that
party, it being now in power, to demand the
patriotic endeavor of every man to aid it in the
administration of the national affairs and, in
dorsiUg tie zeal, patriotism, and efficiency OF
Gov. Andrew, he expresses desire for his re-
election. In fine, without distinction Of party,
be believes it the duty of Democrats and Repub-
iicans alike to unite on the single issue Of the
Union, the Constitution, and the Laws. This is
refreshing TO US in New-York, who are wearied
and mortified by the persistent attempts of some
of the Democratic leaders here to make party
paramount TO the broader considerations Of
LOYALTY
Year: 1861

The N. Y. Express copies tho following with
evident satisfaction from The Journal Of Com
msre.. We warrant that 1t will not see ft to
copy our response. Hear them;


"TRsDrs USO Experience hs, proved to the sst.scton
Of almost everybody that Trades Unions Injurious to
whevor branch Of the mechanic ts affected by Them inas
much they impose artificial rssiet to the laws Of trade
end because general rule any single individual Is more


likely to take good Of bis business than other per
deegsted to do for him. Nevertheless has suited the
disposition Of encourage the combination OF workmen
ssnst their employers in prosperous tues this kind OF so.
m.chineiy without much friction. For though
the demands Of the combination might be eIobtsnt the bust
profits would very likely leave good margin for the em
plOyeI and capitalist Now, however when the times have
changed and the most nsd essential to success
very existence combinations to control
found be quite nconvenent and IL said that or two
newspapers which have heretofore most favored those combins
ions would be glad TO release from the evils which
they have ssimposed This s q kind Of bsckacon which
contemplated"
Year: 1861

overwhelming majority. He has been In paat
times Democrat, but he has the patriotism and
good sense to discard patty names and devote
bis energies to his country. He Is largely en-
gagged In the iron and coal business, and has one
son already in the army. In speech few days
since he said Of the war, "he would give bis last
4" iron pig the last tun Of coal. his last SON. aud
I" then, if necessary, he would give himself to the
cause Of his country" Such are the politics
we ask for In candidates for office.
Year: 1861

attempt the swimming Of the river,
while they added pain and misery by
their thoughtless trampings, to their
less fortunate companions, who lay
beneath their feet, and, finally, as the
launch, unable longer to maintain its
place above the surface, sank-wh;le
the farewell cry, the feeble groan, the
terror filed prayer and the grateful
expression OF relief from pain, ming


ling, rose in one wild outcry, which


terrified the hundreds who were swim.


ming for their lives, and filed with


sorrow and dismay the hearts of the


survivors who stood upon the friendly
and not distant shore.
Year: 1861




In giving an account of the late ter
r;ble disaster at Edwards Ferry, the
Columbus Journal thus speaks of tie
launch


The only scow that could be found
for transporting either the advance or
the fugitive, sank beneath its burden
ofthe wounded, and foundered with
its precious freight. What pen can
depict the horror Of that scene Of dis.
may | Fancy its aggregate OF woe
the description given by a witness Of
this awful drama: .


A most painful scene transpred at
the sinking of the launch, in which
were some sixty wounded men, and
twenty or thirty members of the Cali
fornia first. The launch had been safe.
| ly taken half" way across the river,
when. to their utter CONSERVATION, it
was discovered that it was leaking,
and the water gradually, but surely,
gaining upon them. The wounded
were lying at the bottom Ofthe launch
some shot in the head, others man.
gled By the tramp of cavalry, and 9TH
ers suffering intolerably from their
various dislocations, wounds and in.
iuries, and all soaking with water
which at the start was fully four inca-
es deep. AS the water grew deeper
and rose above the PROSTATE forms Of
the wounded, their comrades lifted
them into sitting postures that they
might not be etrsngled by the fast ris
ing stream. But it is said that the
groans and cries, screams and moan.
ings OF the poor fellows who were thus
tortured were most distressing and in.
describable. Despite all that could
be done the fate OF the launch, and all
that were in it, with the exception Of
a few expert swimmers, was sealed;
suddenly and like flash of lightning
the rotten craft sank, carrying with it
at least fifty dying, maDgled, groaning
sufferers, and some twenty or thirty
others who had trusted their lives to
its treacherous hold. The imagina-
ton revolts a. the dreadful vision
which rises before it; as were seen
the vain attempts of the drowning to
keep their aching heads above the lev.
el of the water; as the long lines Of
bleeding, crying men became con.
fused mass Of CORY bodies, struggling,
the stronger with the weaker, for some
place where for little while yet they
might be secure from the dreadful but
impending fate; as the well, forgetting
their brothers in their anxiety ior self
preservation, rushed frantically from
end to end Of the launch, fearing to
Year: 1861

ACCOMPLISHMENTS correspondents
represent that there is but little excitement
there In relation 10 the election Of Sena-
tor-the interest thus far being centered
in tho contest for Speaker. The most Of
the members of the different parties appear
to be opposed to any combination, and even
if the Assembly shoald consent to go into
joint convention, the Douglas members will
lack two or three votes of having majOri-
ty. The indications are that the Senatorial
election will 60 over to the next SESSION
The Douglas members will certainly support
no one for that position who is not fairly
and squarely nOn-interventon Democrat,
and the BreCkinridgers and Republicans
will interpOse every obstacle to the election
OF such man.
Year: 1861

DE La GUERRA's SPEEm.-On our first
page Is paragraph from the Sacramento
Bee, giving an extract from the speech Of
Don Pablo De la Guerra, which probably
does him injustice. While speaking of
Douglas and the contest Of last year, he is
reported to have said "But In my esti-
nation he is finished he is no more." Ac-
sording to the Unions report, he said !:
"But that contest is now Gnished-is no
more" The latter is doubtless the express
sion which he used, and the idea is materi-
ally different from that conveyed by the re-
port in the Bee. Don Pablo's opinion that
the contest of last year is finished, may or
may not prove correct but he has studied
American politics to. little advantage if he
does not know that parties will be divided
the same as at the last Presidential election,
until one or more Of the parties are used up,
or political questions Of more vital import
ance are forced upon the country. Thus
far, certainly, there are no indications that
either of the parties design giving up their
platform, OF surrendering their Organiza-
tion.