smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

he following stanzas, which were written by ma
} Of Wales, doubtless express the sentiments q
ny Of our Cambrian friends, and will please then
Therefore we publish them.


[Originall
Song of the Cambro American.
When the sun in his chariot Of gold
Would set DER the hills of the West;
When the queen of the night would unfold
And spread her sweet mantle of rest;
When star after star from above


Would twinkle on forests and wales;
Then mother, with voice full of love,
Would sing of the beauties of Wales.
She sung of the mountains and hills,
Where shepherds were watching their focks
Where thousands of chrystaliRe ri'ls
With revelling danced DER the rocks;
The mountains where poets of old
Their spirits to nature did suit;
Where Druids to warrior SO bold


Awakened the harp and the Lutte.
She sung Of the ivy-green cot,
Surrounded by flowers so sweet;
Its hearth was bright hallowed spot
Where angels delighted to meet.
The cottage was simple and small,
But pleasure and comfort were there;
For its inmates knew naught of the gall
That mingles with riches and care.
She mentioned the cuckoo and thrush
Saluting the dawn of the day;
A multiform harp was the bush,
Its tenants melodious and gay.
The river-pearl sprinkled below
Went cleaning and dancing along,
Its pebbles as white as the snow,
Its ring an innocent song.
Methought while her sweet swelling note
Brought fond recollections to bear,
That should be happy to float
Ger the biIlows tho high and be there;
To see where her footsteps had been,
With playmates so gladstone and gay;
And rest on the old village green
To witness the children at play.
But year after year glided on,
As swift as a tale that is told;
And the songs in our cabin are gone,
For mother grew weary and old.
She died-and her greetings of love
With chorus so mild are no more;
But, All! she is singing above,


Where the blessed forever adore
When the sun in his chariot of gold
Would set DER the hills of the West:
When the queen of the night would unfold
And spread her sweet mantle of rest;
When star after star from above
Would twinkle on forests and vales,
Then mother with voice full of love
Would sing of the beauties of Wales.


WELSHMAN.
Year: 1859

MENTAL INDEPENDENCE
man and every woman is brought up
from the cradle with bias. The mind
is never sent out into the worlds life
unfettered. 1t carries with it always
the heavy chain Of habit. The politics
of the father are usually the politics of
the son; the religious character of the
household is the seed of many more
households of like faith. 1t is strong
and admirable mind indeed, which,
nursed in error, has the courage and
heroism to begin its own emancipation.
1t requires more courage to think diff
ferently from the multitude, than it does
to fight them. The first hero, therefore,
was not he who made the first conquest.
but he who uttered the first doubt.
Year: 1859

Ireland is said to be growing rapidly
Protestant. The large emigration of
Catholics, and the conversion of many
of the remaining Catholics to Protest
anism have SO changed the character of
the population already that more than
half the six millions left on the Emerald
Isle are Protestant.
Year: 1859

AWimington correspondent Of the New Tori
Herald writes that bill is in course Of prepar.
alton looking to the construction Of a Pacific
Railroad. It will be presented early in the ses-
sion, and pressed by all the Southwestern,
Northwestern, and Pacific coast interests as the
only tangible method Of deciding the questions
Of route and capital II will provide for equal
grants Of assistance per mile, in money, lands,
and mail contracts, to three different routes,
upon the construction and equipment of certain
sections Of the line This arrangement, Il is
contended, will divcst the question Of all local
and sectional difficulties, and leave to private
capital and enterprise the selection Of the most
practicable route. Past experience has demon
strated that Il is impossible to pass any bin
through Congress designating any particular
route, owing to tho difference Of opinion existing
among the members as TO the superior charac-
teristics Of this or that line. All may unite in
the opinion that road is necessary-that Gov.
crnment may and should render liberal aid in It's
construction upon military and defensive consid-
erations, and in view Of the facilities Il would
afford for the transportation Of the mails, and
munitions and stores, and they may also agree
to throw the disturbing elements Of routes open
to the competition ofprivate capital While the
explorations which have been made thus far
have resulted in the raising up Of partisans fa-
vorabe to all the routes, they are not entitled 10
the distinction Of surveys sufficiently minute to
demonstrate the superiority Of one route above
all others. Believing this or that line the best
is no evidence Of its practicabiity, neither will
such belief induce the investment Of capital for
its construction without such minute and de-.
tailed surveys as shall afford basis for reliable
or approximate estimates as to its probable cost


But II Congress- shall pass bin offering such in
duccments to the investment Of capital in case Of
success as will guarantee reasonable profit
upon the investment when the road is finished,
there may be some hope ofaccurate surveys
being made. s5ai


The publication Of the Portland 70. IT, STAN
dard has been discontinued.
Year: 1859

thought to regulate him there, balance which
ts the greatest evil-to be disturbed by him
now. or when be is man.


Ofan you can give your Charley, II you are
good man or woman, your presence is the
best or safest thing. God never meant him
to do without you any more than chickens
without being brooded.


Then let him have some place IN your house,
where he may hammer and pound, and make
all the litter his heart desires and bis various
schemes require. Even IL you can III atIord
the room, weigh well between that cafe asylum
and one which, Il denied, he may make for
himself In the street


Ofall devices for Charley which We have, .
few shelves, which he may dignity with the
name Of . cabinet is one Of the best. He picks
up shells and pebbles and stones, ell odds and
ends, nothing comes amiss end IL you give
him pair Of scissors and little gum, there
is no end to the lables he will paste on, and
the hours he may innOcently spend in assort-
ing and arranging.


A bottle Of liquid gGm is an invaluable re.
source for various purposes, nor must you
mind though be yaFnish his nose and fingers
and clothes-which he will do Of course, II he
does nothing worse. A cheap paint box and
some engravings to color, is another; and II
you will give him some real paint and putty,
to paint and putty his cars and boats, he 10 .
made lnan.


All these things make trouble-to be sure
they debut Charley Ia to make trouble, that
is the nature Of the institution; you are only
to choose between safe and wholesome trouble,
and the trouble that comes at last like whirl.
wind. God bless the little fellow and send Us
all grace to know what to do with him.
Year: 1859

Yesterday at noon, Justice Boyd, in the absence
of Coroner Battee, summoned to hold an in
quest over the body of Samuel Tucker, youth IA
years OF age, who was drowned by falling into the
river at SINNERS shipyard, foot of Cross street.
At the time of the accident the lad was on the
wharf at the ship-yard fishing, and in attempting
to walk among some loose stones, stumbled and fell
over board. Assistance was soon at hand, but too
late to save his life. The body was not recovered
until it had remained in the water two hours. 1t
was then taken to the residence of the father of the
the inquest was held. The jury brought in ver-
diet in accordance with the above facts
Year: 1859

A PIKE's PEAK RoMANcE.-The St.
Joseph Gazette relates the following
bit of romance:


Among the many passengers arriv-
ing every day, by the way Of the Han
nibal and St. Joseph Railroad, to seek
their homes in the gold mines, young
man came few days ago, who mani
Tested great impatience and restless
Ecss and melancholy. io took lodg-
ings at quiet house up town, and
said he was going to Cherry Creek
with the next Salt Lake mail-stage,
which starts this morning. Evening
before last a young lady came by the
cars and stopped at a hotel in one OF
Year: 1859

that day until his death he watched
with deepest interest every step in oui
progress. Baron Won Humboldt be-
lieved in progress. in the elevation OF
humanity. and in the Improvement oi
the social AMI political condition OF
man. He had faith that a bright
er day Of knowledge, Of liberty and
virtue was yet in store for the human
race. The intelligent sun of two hem
isphcreS has gone down. and We weep
the loss Of the King of the vast realm
of knowledge"


The death Of Humboldt will lie a
severe blow to the King. who has al
ways been much attached to him. and
great caution will have to he observed
in breaking it tothe unfortunate Prince
whose minds is now so enfecblcd that
the slightest agitation is sufficient to
upset HIM"
Year: 1859

A young lady ct the breakfast table was giving
lively description Of her morning walk over the
hill and Held, and, In the midst Of her happiest
fight expressed her regret that there was n0pond
of water In the neighbOrhoOd TO highten the beau.
ty Of the landscape.


In that case" replied the pragmatical pro-
lessoe In hearing, Eve could have some Of these
srtra cats drOscnedrn
Year: 1859

tn annoy our worthy Mayor OF late by writ
inr to him anonymously In regard to matters
of which they probably know no more tnan


the man in the MOON The trick Is too Trans
narent 10 cause any unensihess.
Year: 1859

TERRIBLE MURDER AT LA CRossE.-We learned
from DIR. Workman, who reached this city from La
Crosse yester day, that a terrible and iendsh mur-
der took place near that city on Wednesday last
The Doctor was present at the preliminary exami-
nation before the Mayor of the city, and there
learned the following particulars:


MT. DennlsOn, prominent lawyer of La Crosse,
gentleman of talent and character, in company
with another gentleman of that city, went on the
land OF German farmer to fish for trout. Soon af-
ter arriving on the ground, two daughters of the
farmer came out and ordered them away. Mr.. Den
nlson told them he would pay, and offered them a
dollar for the privilege of fishing. This the girls
refused, and threatened that if they did not leave
their father and brothers would come and ''kill
them"


Mr.. Dennson and his friend continued fishing,
and seon after saw the old man armed with gun,
and two or three young men armed with clubs, ap-
preaching. On observing them Mr.. Dennison start
ed towards them, offering them two dollars for the
privilege ofhshing. No reply was made, but the
Old man attacked Dennison, striking him with his
gun on the head, fracturing his skull and knock
ing him at the same time into the creek They then
set their dogs upon him, at the same time beating
him until he was lifeless aud terribly mutilated-
They also attacked and maltreated the other gen
tleman, but he escaped with barely his life, being
brought into court on bed. Five persons were
arrested and were under examination. Excitement
was intense, and the people La Crosse were talk
ing seriously of lynching them, as they cannot be
capItally punished in that State.
Year: 1859

HARD STRUGGLE FOR LrFE.-On Tuesday last
small fishing skF with three persons on board, be-
ing overtaken by storm outside of Cape Charles.
In making for harbor was struck bv a heavy sea
and upset, and all three of the crew were plunged
into the water. Two of them succeeded in reach
ing the vessel, which soon righted and was forced
by the wind into a small inlet. The third, whose
name is Dougherty, after striving for some time to
regain the vessel, and seeing no chance of success
struck out for deeper and more buoyant water, and
after keeping himself afoat among the billows and
breakers for seven hours, was fortunately picked
up by small craft from the north almost exhaust
ed, and taken to Alexandria, from whence he ar
rived here on Sunday in the schooner Jenny Lind
Capt. .McCowan.-NorfoM Herald.
Year: 1859

ANOTHER TRIUMPH IN HoRsE-TAMING.-Mr Rarev
had great triumph Saturday in the case of a
beautiful young entire Flemish horse belonging to
Messrs. Merrett, (undertakers, in FinSbury, which
adlately killed groom by kick and was otherwise
such savage as to defy all approach and handling,
much less any attempt to turn him to use. The
horse would not allow Mr.. Rarey to lay a hand ON
him on first entering the ring. After struggle to
occupied nearly quarter of an hour on each occa
sion, Mr.. Rarey succeeded in not only reconciling
the savage to being thoroughly handled from crest
to hind tetlOck, but actually mounted him, without
provoking vince or even a Whitney, though the
been backed before The struggle between human
determination and blind brute force and savage
stubbornness afforded an exciting spectacle, and
Mr. karey may congratulate himself all the more
on the success of his demonstration, as Cruisers
late nip of his groom has set barking the many
who always wait to dog success with deprecia-
tion.
Year: 1859

The st. Louis Bulletin says that after the return
home from the late prize fight, man on board the
Elvira was found to have two bullets in the back
part of his head. He was taken to a saloon, laid
upon board and a couple of his friends took their
bowie knives and picked out the balls.
Year: 1859

How sweet to remember the pleasure gone by, The time of our boyhood and glee What bosom but swells with half choking sigh When in fancy our young haunts we see2 But sweetest and dearest of all to the heart, When night throws her shadows before, Are those days which we spent with juvenile sas art,

 Sliding down on the Old Cellar Door. How brightly it shone in the gay summer sun, How sweetly it smiled at our side And the nails seemed to laugh and encourage

 the fun,

 As over their smooth heads we glide They, too, oft deceived us, and stayed our ca Oft our trowsers maliciously tore; Turned our joy to distress, and our smile to a

 tear

 Those nails in the Old Cellar Door. What is life but door leading on to the grave, Der which we unthinkingly ride? The nails are it's troubles and trials; the pave The place where those troubles subside The sexton's the Dutchman who drove us away, And often indignantly swore, And menaced the sfellers that gathered to play And slide on his Old Cellar Door.
Year: 1859

THE SIERRA AvALANCuEs.-The Citizen gives
the ensuing particulars of the late destructive
avalanche at the Buttes:


The night hands were at work in the ouartz
mill; Robert Wright, the cook, and E. H. Murphy
were still up in the cook house; VIM. c. REYNOLDS
was sitting in his house, in front of large stove
the doors OF which were open, reading; all the
others, some sixteen or eighteen, were asleep in
their beds; u. W. Reynolds, whose wife was alb
sent in Downievile, occupied room on the first
floor. as did also James Phillips, who slept in the
company's Office; in the second story was Henry
Eberhardt-H. +. Wood, one of the company.
being luckily away from home At fifteen min
utes before ten o'clock at night an avalanche,
which had started in the ravine, mile and a
half above, rushed down through the dwelling
of Reynolds, as whrlwind, scattering il into
thousands OF fragments-many of which were
borne with the resistless mass more than mile
below No unusual sound gave to those who
were awake the least token of its approach, or
premonition of danger from such a source; 1t
came with the stiffness Of death and the velocity
OF thunderbolt. How Phillips and the brothers
Reynolds were saved, they themselves can have
ne conception, for it was the work of fraction
OF second. VIM. Reynolds, who was glancing
that moment at the fire, insists that he was car
ried straight through the stove; he found himself
lying by the side of an iron safe which bad been
kept in the office, at the bottom of the mill pit


thirty five feet deep and sixty feet distant some
what bruised but able to walk; his brother George
though found at distance lying in his bed, and
still rolled up in his blankets with his watch un-
der his pillow, was more seriously injured, but
he is now considered out of danger. Mr.. Phillips
who is one Of the quartz company, was also
thrown, with his bed, in the same direction, sixty
feet, to the top of the mill pit, whence he leaped
through the window into the mill he was but
slightly injured. A corner only of the cook house
was struck, and though ii was completely crushed
in by the weight of the snow that fell upon il,
the inmates were enabled to make their escape
through an aperture near the top. OF Eberhardt,
nothing whatever has been discovered.
Year: 1859

Of the commonwealth Of Modena ran away with
a bucket from public well belonging to the
State of Bologna. This implement might be
worth shilling, but it produced quarrel which
was worked up into long and sanguinary war


Henry, the King Of Sardinia, assisted the Mode


nese to keep possession Of the bucket, and in one
Of the battles he was prisoner His father. the
emperor, offered a chain of gold that would en-
circle Bologna, which is seven miles in compass,
for his sons ransom, but in vain. After twenty
two years Imprisonment he pined away His
monument is now extant in the church OF the
Dominicans. This fatal bucket is still exhibited
in the tower Of the cathedral Of Modena, nclosed
in an iron cage.
Year: 1859

SLAIN IN THE BATTLE OF INDUsTRY-The slain
in the battle of industry, though veterans may
fall rapidly, do not shock us like the corpses Of
murdered men; honorable death, however violent,
consecrates the memory of the dead and sofens
and shortens bereavement. We should not regret
that there has been no annual report of deaths
among the workers; let us rather deplore them
in the indefinite aggregate and say for the unfor-
tunate-" These are our noble dead" Let them
lie as humby in the soil as they had lived upon
II, and when we pass their graves speak this
highest praise: "1hey were slain in the battle Of
industry. p Sierra Citizen
Year: 1859

Cornwall MINEs.-Of all the Cornish mines
none is more widely celebrated than the great
Botalach mine, few miles from the Lands End
Its mouth is situated on the very verge of an ex-
posed cliff, and its galleries and shafts are drawn
far out beneath the Atlantic's waves, stretching
nearly five hundred feet beyond the shore mark
at low water The miners employed in these
awful depths have the gurgling of the waves above
them for ever in their ears, and during storm
the mine resounds with the thunder of the stones
which are hurled with the surf against the rocky
bench
Year: 1859

HEAT FROM THE STAKs.- Doctor Lardner says:
" 1t is startling fact. that if the earth were de-
pendent alone upon the sun for heat, il would
not get enough to make the existence of animal
and vegetable life upon its surface 1t results
from the researches of Pouilet that the stars
furnish heat enough in the course of a year to
melt crust of ice IS feet thick-almost as much
as is supplied by the sun.
Year: 1859

WOMAN in Cincinnati states that not single
word Of conversation has passed between her and
her husband for twenty years. They have lived
IN the same house together, and part Of the
time dined at the same table
Year: 1859

Also, California and Foreign Grape Vines, and
a full assortment Of the other kinds of smaller
fruits. The above are Of the most vigorous and
thrifty growth and well shaped Trees, very large
Size to Is feet in height.
Year: 1859

The SAM SouLE reached Red Bluff on Sat
urday, with two hundred and fifty six tons Of
freight, and forty passengers. The Beacon
is Of the opinion that freights will have to
advance slightly. before transportation can
be had for such an amount
Year: 1859

A NUT FOR MOCAULY To CRACK-The Estell.
McCauly contract was for the safe keeping of
the State prisoners. 1t turns out they do not
safely keep them. If they sue the State for
pay, they must allege they safely kept the
PRISONERS as a condition precedent Does not
this wholesale escape forfeit the contract p
Morning Call
Year: 1859

The Sacramento Bee says that the Murphy
grant in that county is being settled npon
rapidly. in consequence of the decision of the
Supreme Court, in which it in fact rejected
all the grants of land held under what is
known as the Mcheltorano general title
Murphys grant being in the li:t, it is as good
as gone.
Year: 1859

The jury in the Sickles case has taken the
pains to declare, according to the statement
of Sickles svmpathizer that the law they
meant to establish is. that any man may kill
another whom he las reason to suspect Of
adulterous intercourse with his wife Such
was the enthusiasm that the counsel for boh
sides were serenaded, as well as the jury
Mr. Sickles will, it is said, proceed to New
York, and sue for divorce from his faithles.
,t-ifa
Year: 1859

To MORROW We shall have up another
power press, which will make the fourth nov
IN successful operation. We have still two
more to put up so soon "a we can make room
for them Our johbiny facilities are little
ahead OF any office in this State The quality
OF our work il well known.
Year: 1859

We HAVE IT from o reliable source
that the decision OF The Sul rene Court in the
Cedar Valley Railroad case will not be given
until the December tern. We had hoped that
the Judges would have given us their opinion
before they adjourned Court but it appears
that they will not We can 10 nothing bot
suck our fingers until the matter IS decided,
Year: 1859

I WISH YOU HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Gentlemen, one and all,
And you, most charming ladies'


Who giace this splendid hall
The wind is free, and biting cold,
But the fire is very near;
watch its glare through the window pane
SO wish you Happy New Year.
Excuse me, if my nose is blue
If my garments are not whole;
our coats, see, are of double cloth
Your boots are double sole.
1t Is gay and glorious wine you drink.
l can see it sparkle from here,
As stand on the pavement, cold and wet
And wish you a Happy New Year.
Oh! ladies bright and beautiful,


| came, but an hour ago,
From lonely room in lonely street,
That your footsteps never know.
saw u woman, whose blood see
Stitched in your robes of silk
How she would have relished a glass of wine
Instead of her bread and milk
The times are very, very hard,


And labor very low
In yonder garret there lies man


Whose head is tinged with snow:
The landlord says he must die to-day,
lie looks so gaunt and grim;
lie says he owes for a quarters rent
ii is very bad for him.
Fair lady, you with the golden hair,
Come gaze at this thin-ipped child;
See how she shiyers and shrinks along
Ana looks SO wan and wild.
Did you notice, lady bright and fair,
That she had an eye like you!
1t was dim and sad with hunger and cold
But perfectly heavenly blue.
1t was but few short minutes ago,
AS came through yonder lane,
That met a pale and trembling girl,
Whose face was marked with pain.
She cutched her fingers long and thin,
And raised her fearless eve
To the tempting loaves in bakers shop,
And-hurried swiftly by!
knew that pale and fearless girl,


When she was enshrined, like you,
Thejewel of precious home,


The well beloved and true.
Change comes, my gentle lady fair
Change to the loved and dear,
But change may never come to you
So wishyou Happy New Year.
All me! when was little boy,
That was happy time;
The New Year was New Year then,
My life pleasant rhyme.
But the time has passed and brought change,
A change for sorrow and woe;
But will not speak of that happier time,
lis SO very long ago.
And now my gentle ladies all,


May you never know want or sim
see that the toes are out of my boots,
And the snow water rushes in.
So bid you all gay good-by,
Though bread is very dear;
Ladies and gentlemen, fair and good,
wish you Happy New Year