smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

A USELESS CoURT.-Petitions aae in circu-
lation in Calaveras county, praying for the
abolition OF the Sixteenth Judicial District
and the annexation of its territory to the
Fifth District.
Year: 1860

THE Secretary of the Interior, recommends
that law be passed in spirit of liberality
to settlers on.unoccupied lands, allowing each
two years from the date of filing his declara-
tion statement with which to make his proof
and pay for his land, and at the same time
making it incumbent for the President to
offer at public sales, by proclamation, all
lands that may have been surveyed by au-
thority of Congress at any time within two
years after the plats of survey have been
approved.


lie regrets to say, that official documents
furnish sufficient evidence to Justify the be,
lief that the atrocious cases of murder and
rapine charged to the account of the Indians
have been in reality committed by white mel
wearing disguises of the Indians Measure
have been taken for the amelioration of tn
Indians The policy now is to gather then
in small tribal reservations.
Year: 1860

The Secretary of the Navy, in speaking of
the successful termination of the Paraguay
expedition, says the cost of maintaining the
seven purchased vessels in commission was
not much greater than that of maintaining a
single steam frigate Their acquisition en-
aoies the department to adopt more efficient
measures ior the suppression of the slave
trade. He recommends still further in.
crease of the Navy, and an addition of a much
larger number Of steamships, which can he
maintained at q comparatively small cost.
Year: 1860

want it understood this is not Rattle or
Gift Entertainment. 1t is designed to obtain
work and customers, and to this end every one
who will bring me work to do in the jewery,
Matchmaking or Daguerrean business l Will
present with many tickets as they win ex-
pend dollars in my line. Those who want
watches cleaned or repaired, or any Jewelry or
Daguer rean work done have only toply Inc the
regular price. The work will be warranted
watches for one year, and besides obtaining the
work at the going rates they will receive as
many tickets in my great distribution as they
exnend dollars for work. Remember that
will Lot raise the price of my work. Purchas-
ers need not have the work done now, but at
any time hereafter the tickets will be good for
watch repairing or likenesseS.
Year: 1860

A lady writes us that We may kiss her and a
doxen of her pretty friends if we will support
Douglas. If we were to swallow the Little Gil
ant, we should not have the impudsnce to kiss
lady for six months. Our breath would smell
worse than If we had eaten raw onions.-Louis-
riNe Journal
Year: 1860

ed in this mad scramble for office. Par
ents are much to blame for such state Of
affairs. Children at an early age are
taught the worse than foolish lesson, that
the highest honors in this Republic are
open to all who will contend for them. and
many are led to believe that they Of all
others are. destined to enjoy them. It
would be wiser to teach them that indus
try has many. fields, in which just ann
bition may have wide scope and lofty aims.
The knowledge OF a free competition
for political honors comes TO them early
enough in life without teacher. It would
be better for many # it never came to
them at all. The youth who believes he
was born to be President, iis.acqniling his
poEitfcsei training receives i'll in a school
not the best suited for the Improvement OF
his morals. He will be fort innate # slse
does not acquire habits which will disgrace
him in after life, and ii he does not learn
to look upon honest industry with DISCUS,
and upon those who are centent TO pursue
its callings in qniet way, as persons
wanting in spirit and energy Such an ed
ry avocatlons Of life, unfortunately does
not quiet him in any extraordinary de
gree either, for the holding of Office



pens, too many OF our office holders arc
chosen.


1t has yet to be learned by many, that
success in life does not consist alone in el-
ovation to office, and in the possession OF
political honors. True success and true
happiness, consist rather in filling WORTH
ly some appropriate and useful sphere.
wherein our acts while advancing our
selves, may likewise be of benei.s 10 those
about us. Al OF us are hot born states
men, though the asst of US think we are
But all OF Us, if we will, may make our
selves useful in our day and generation
The men best qualified to hold office are
to be found among those who do not pur-
sue it, and not among professional poll
ticians, who have a cormorant appetite foi
everything that comes in their way.


V51yiaeia1a Ittdap.
Year: 1860

The opinion of Henry Clay has
been often uniformly and decidedly by
him expressed that the people of q
Territory have alone the peculiar and
exclusive power and right to decide
whether slavery shall exist in q Terri
tory as such, and that neither Con
gress or any other body or people have
any power or right to interfere with
the question.


But in the exercise of any such pow
er or right there be any doubt then
it belongs to the Supreme Court above
to settle the question, merely as 9
question of law:


Mr.. Clay--I do not understand the
Senator from Mississippi as proposing
that If one shall carry slaves into the
Territory--although by the laws of a
Territory he cannot take them--the
Legislative hands of o Territorial Gov
eminent should be 50 tied as t. pre-
vent it saying he shall not enjoy the
fruits Of their labor. If the Senator
from Mississippi means to say that


Mr.. Dayis--I do not mean to say
it.


Mr.. Clay--If The object of the Sen
ator is to provide that slaves may be
introduced into the Territory contrary
to the lex loci, and being introduced,
nothing shall be done by the Legisla.
ture to impair the rights of owners to
hold slaves thus brought, | certainly
cannot vote for it.


While | am willing to lay off the
Territories without the Wilmot Pro
viso on the one hand, or without q
clause for the introduction of slavery
into the Territories--while | am for
rejecting both one and the other--I
am content that the law shall prevail,
and if there be any diversity Of opin.
ion as to it | am willing it shall be
settled by the highest judicial authori-
ty Of the country.


Extract from debate between Henry
Clay and jeff. Davis, May Is, 1850.
Judge Douglas in the SOuth---IAis


Norfolk Speech.


We invite attention to the respOn-
ses made by Senator Douglas to the
queries propounded tohim at Norfolk,
Virginia. The boldness and manli-
ness Of his answers will challenge uni,
versal admiration. In the South it
self he tells the Disunionists that they
would not be justified in seeding from
the Union, if Lincoln is elected, and
that it would be the duty ofthe Presi-
dent-ifthe attempt should be made
to treat them as Old Hickory treat.
ed the Nullifers in 1882. He has the
courage to face the Disunionists in the
South with the same intreYidity that
he has fought the Abolition Fugitive.
slave Law Nullifers of the North
His gallantry, the national and pat.
riotic sentiments that he advocates,
alike in the North and in the South
against both extremists, will attract to
to his banner every man who has gen.
erOus and American sentiments in his
bosom. What a noble contrast does
his bold and intrepid attitude present
to that of Lincoln, who declares that
he would like to visit his old home in
Kentucky, but is afraid to do so for
fear Of sustaining personal vioIence!
He is as fearful and timid as the "Lit,
tie Giant" is bold and energetic
Gin. Eng.
Year: 1860

N TS medicine unequaled for Darrhea Dysenterry and
u other disorders OF like nature In Of Bloody
Fiux, it is unequaed. The Board OF Health OF New York.
and the Imperial Hospital St. Petersurk both report


most reliable agent in all the early stages Of Cholera No
family should be without it. in the hour where young children
liable to suffer from the effects Of eating fruit
dy must then be applied-no time to wait Tor the Doctor


This medicine be relied and the price only SO
enough to take Of whole family for 3 whole


mayI7 MACKENZIE & MINCHIN.
Year: 1860

The UPPER AND LOWER DECKS OF
MISSISSIPPI STEAMBoAT.-I ventured
down to the lower deck, after dark, that
night, and made my way through the
labyrinth Of freight, machinery and
cattle and the men, l found, were
disposed of very much like kennel of
dogs. Most Of them were asleep,
wherever they could find corner or a
resting place for the head /; here and
there is a group gambling by the Ii ght
of the furnace fires, some stretched
like wet clothes over the hogskeads Of
tobacco, but no sign Of any thought Of
accommodation for item. The con-
rrast between the level of abandoned
men, and the moaning cattle, and the
splendid luxury Of the floor above-all
ahoat over the same keel and guided by
the same helm-was, to say ths least,
suggestive.


We had quite French dinner, ex-
ceedingly well-seasoned and sumptuous;
and, in the evening, there was quite
variety Of amusement. Two or three
young ladies among the passengers
kept the piano going at one end Of the
long and brilliantly lighted saloon, and,
at the other, several professional gam
blers spread their tables, and there
were large audiences for both. TO
look at the gay scene within, it was
hard to realize, that We were. mean
time, gliding swiftly through such an
untrodden wilderness as met the eye
with but a step out upon the deck.-N
p. W'lIIS.
Year: 1860

From an early hour this morning, the
streets in the vicinity OF the Russell Hou> e


were densely packed with people anxious to
catch q glimpse of the Prince, when he
should appear to take his departure for the
cars. Just before 10 O'Clock he made his ap-
pearance with two of his suite, accompanied
by Mayor Bull, intending to drive through
the city before proceeding to the cars, a
magnificent open barouche, drawn by four
white horses, had been provided for the pur-
pose, in which the party seated themselves.
The crowd getting about the carriage and
blocking up the avenue, made it almost i'm
possible for the carraige to proceed. Cheer
after cheer was given, and wild enthusiasm
prevailed. The carriage was followed by
an immense crowd on foot, many hanging to
the wheels, while the streets ard sidewalks
on the route were literally blocked will, peo-
pie who intercepted the royal party at every
turn. Such a rabbie and scene of confusion
was never witnessed in Detroit before. At
ter driving through tie few of the princi-
pal streets, followed by the crowd, the party
proceeded to the depot and took their de-
par,ure for Chicago. amid the firing salute
and other demonstrations.
Year: 1860

F1L1BUsrER WALKER SHor.-The ''grey-eyed
man of destiny las met his fate at last. Our
dispatches, this morning, announce that
Walker and Ridley have been executed by
the Honduras authorities. Walker was a
brave but unscrupulous man; and engaged,
as he was, in an enterprise but little better
than piracy, all law-abiding men must admit
that he deserved his bloody end. The elem
ency of the authorities of Honduras, in per-
mitting his misguided men to return home,
shows them to have been more humane and
magnanimous than the Virginians, who
hanged Old Brown and all his men they could
catch. These same Virginians will lament
the fate of Walker as cruel and unjust; but
the only difference between Brown and
Walker was that the former fought against
slavery and the latter for it.
Year: 1860

A TEN MILLION LOAN Secretary
Cobb has advertised for Stock loan OF ten
millions of dollars for the United States at 5
per cent. interest. No bid will be received
at less than par, nor for sums of less than a
thousand dollars. Here is a chance for
money men who want SAFE investment at q
low rate of interest.
Year: 1860

But you persist in saying, "You Republic
ans are in favor of negro equality and ANAL
gamation" Well, we Republicans do not
need any law to prevent US from marrying
negroes. These are questions altogether Of
taste-altogether outside of politics. The
Republican party was not organized to deter.
mine any mans social position-whon he
should love, whom he should associate with


We want no laws upon this subject for ou,
benefit; but have no objection to giving the
Democrats my private opinion: if they hav,
strong inclination in that direction, and
can retard them in their procliyities, they
shall have the benefit of nv efforts ant
Year: 1860




Tho undersigned, desrous Of acquainting those who
may be unfortunate enough to be similarly afflicted
where permanent relief OF their suerings may be OBJ
taned feels 1t his duty TO thus publicly express his most
sincere gratitude to Dr. IT, j. Czapkay for the permanent
recovery of his health Borne down by the distressing
BILE passion in youth, depressed in body and mind unable
to perform the most tritng duty imposed by the
daily avoeaons Of life sought the advice Of many ply
scans, who at first regarded my disease OF trng inn
porance but alas after few weeks and in several in
stances months OF their treatment found to my unut-
alarming in their torture and being told BY
that my disease being principally confined to the
BRAIN medicine would bo Of little consequence despaired
Of ever reganng my health strength and energy and
last resort and with but faint hope called upon Dr.
CEapkay, who after examining my case prescribed
medicine, which almost instantly relieved Of the duh
pain and dizziness in my head Encouraged by the result
resolved to place myself under his care and by strict
obedience to all his directions and advice my head be-
came clear my ideas collected the constant pain in my
back and grons the weakness of my limbs the
reaction OF my whole body the slightest alarm
dstrust and want OF confidence in Others the ncapabty
to study the want Of resolution, the frighttu exciting
and at times pleasurabe dreams by night followed by
voluntary discharges, have all disappeared and in fact
in two months after having consulted the Doctor felt as
if inspired by life-that life which, short time
ago contemplated to end with my hand.
With view to guard the unfortunate from falling into
the snares Of incompetent quack deem it my duty
offer this testimony TO the merits and Skill Of Dr. Czapkay
and recommend him to all who may stand in need Of med
under his care radical and permanent cure will be
effected.


[Lsl BF. FILLMORE.


State of California county Of San Francisco Suhscrib-
cd and sworn to before me- this 18th day Of April A. D.
1889. Signed, JOHN MIDDLETON, Notary Public.
Year: 1860

Prompted by honest desire my heart wish to lay
before the public which deserves commendaton
not only as an act of scientific skill but that Of humanity
also About two years ago suddenly and from causes
unknown TO me, seized with ct Of Epilepsy which,
owing to my inability to meet the expenses conseq
upon thorough medical treatment and the discourage
ment which met with on attempting it, soon became
such (as then led to beeve) defy the skill of
any physician. was frequently, while in pursuit of my
calling, thrown down to the ground without the slightest
warning and although insensibe to the agones yet
despsed the miseros of my life and learned to look
upon those who would render assistance shelter
from danger my enemies who sought to proong the
existence ofmy mseres. While in this state and hav-
ing previous to my aetion tasted the sweets of e
once induced to attempt seeking aid of physi-
can and by recommendation called upon Dr. L. j. Cap
kay. told him of my circumstance and Of my inability
to reward him for his services regardless ofwhch how
ever he at undertook my case and with the bless.
ing Of God was once more restored to perfect health
Unable to reward him for the boen which enjoy at pres
ent and yet conscious of my indebtedness consider 1t
due to myself and all afflicted to make the public in
order that those in need Of medical advice may find ply
sican in whom every confidence be placed.


Signed, MEYER YABL0NSKY


State Of California county Of San Francisco Subscribed
and sworn to before me this 1st day Of August A. D.
1855. GILBERT A. GRANT, Notary Public.


Address L. j. CZAPkAY, " D., San Francisco Cal
Year: 1860

The following are selected from voluminors aceumua-
ton Of testimonials OF the Press Of the United States
and from eminent Professors Of institutions where
the practice Of medicine is taught:
Year: 1860

When the sun gides on like golden swan,


With his crimson wings all furl'd,
Till he sink in a sea of Transparency,


The lake of the upper world
Then the spheres ring chimes to the march of Time,
AS the dying day expires, flowers
And earth's guardian powers in their high watch


Light heavens ethereal fires
And | come from my rest in the burning West,
The queen of the starry choirs
My light is fair mid the dreamy air,


The delicious air of even,
While the sphere clouds around in sleep profound,
Are glass'd in the blue of heaven
Then the moon from afar, like n silver bar,


Spans the breast of the waveless seal
And the forests deep lie hush'd in sleep


AS still us eternity
But every eye in the earth and sky


Is gazing alone on me!
0, the west is blest when my diamond crest


Is set in its sapphire shade,
While there | spy from the folded sky,


The tints of daylight fade Gsteep,
Thus might angels keep from heavens golden
Their watch over all below;
Thro the endless blue where orbs shine through,


Which mortals ne'er can know!
And lovers say that the orb of day


Hath not half so soft grace,
AS l. when shine, with light divine,


From my holy dwelling place
The blackbird sings from her folded wings,


Beneath the greenwood tree,
But tits inspire with the burning fire,


For his eye is fixed on me
The stream receives through its margin leaves,
Mine image sweetly there,
Till the small birds, between their folds of green,
Gaze in wonder at thing so fair !
But look most in love from my throne above,
On the child at evening prayer
But when night draws near through the hemis-
As no other spirit may, [phere,
The glory IS too bright for my raptured sight,


And faint and faint away!
And sink down through the dissolving blue,


Upon oceans liquid wave,
Till eve once more its sapphire floor
With her gorgeous colors pave,
Then shine from afar-heavens loveliest star


Love triumphing DER the grave!
Dublin University Magazine.
Year: 1860

A SENSIBLE ARRANGEMENT. - Congress has
provided that if "to be returned to me, if not
called for within thirty days" be written on
letter envelope, giving the writer's name and
address, it shall be 50 returned, instead of going
to the Dead Letter Office, as formerly.
Year: 1860

"IF there is anything hate, it is q woman
with a lap-dog l always want to drown it and
put baby in its place." says cruel Fanny Fern,
forgetting that too often the lap-dog owners feel
the same way but take the dog because they can't
have the baby. Fanny shouldn't be SO hard on
the sex, because she happens to have been per-
mitted to do something for her country.
Year: 1860

Two very respectable families in Chicago
have been thrown into the deepest grief and
shame on the discovery that daughter in one
had been ruined by the father in the other, and
an attempt to conceal the crime had resulted in
the death OF the lady.
Year: 1860

A LOVER FINDS HARNESSES IN HIS
DIsAPPoINTMENT.- correspondent at
a Northern watering place thus reveals
how he once passionately suffered and
was cured:


sDoWn in an inner pocket Of that
yalise there lies q little perfumed glove;
years have fled since it was worn, vet
the sent Of the rose-leayes it once press
ed, cllngs to it still: you might turn
each ofits fingers wrong side ont and
discover nothing therein, yet that little
glove contains the history Of q line-a
two volume romance set il nonpareil
solid. 1t is q memento of q watering
place it tells where [ met my fate,
and postscript in the thumb lining tell
where our paths diverged. She was
passionately fond of masics and your
correspondelt-th he had not
thought Of it before-suadenly discov-
cred that he chad an ear, but 10 voice
Subsequent events led him to believe
that his ear was much longer proper
tionally, than his voice was loud. " ell,
from long meter and short meter the
transaction to meet her by moonlight
was quite natural. In the course Of
one OF these moonlight meetings-it
was III June-I remember the month
perfectly, and could tell you the day if
necessary-I gave her my hearts af-
tectlons aud ruby ring, and a red
rose, and she--she gave me that glove
you see there, and said she'd always
be my friend. She is married now to
lawyer ID the southern part of Hi
nols, and has two children and the
fever and ague."
Year: 1860

have been informed, too, that it is very fash


ionabe in Virginia for these Secessionsts to charge


that went home to Illinois, and in a speech at
Chicago, boasted that had so drawn the bill as to
make i: an Abolition measure. ] hope that it is
not true that any man claiming to be gentle.
man has ever made that statement. Applause. ]
challenge the world. lCheers.l defy any
man on earth to show that 1 ever gave different
construction to that bill in the North from what
have always given in the South. Immense ap-
pause,l Ihave always said, and now repeat, that
the Nebraska bill was not an Abolition measure
nor was it pro-savery measure. have always
said, and now repeat, that the Nebraska bill did not
give the North any advantage over the South,
nor the South over the North That bill only
Year: 1860

from the Gold Coast via Key West, or whether
they made straight-out trip by the shortest
route from their native land. We take 1t that
the trade is, to all intents and purposes opep-
ed; why not? Why should not those who are
in want of negro labor import it at low cost
when they are civilizing and christianizing a
set Of bafbarians by the same course which re-
bounds to their interest The true philan-
thropist desires to import the negro into this
country not only for his own but for the ne
gros benefit, while the pretended philant thro-
pists, hypocritical chaps as they are, wish to
dsport them by contract, for the purpose of
putting money in their pockets, and against
the wish of the poor darkey, who, ignorant
though he be, is human, and soon comes to
discover the side upon which his bread is but
tered 0s