smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

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The battle was fearfully raging around,
The legons of treason outnumbered the brave
When the order heard through ranks resound
Onward now, to the charge! our honor to save.
Then valor was proved, with bayonet set,
Each rushed on the foe determined TO win;
While the missiles of death every moment were met,
As the foe was cndcavoring our forces to thin.
An see there falls Wadsworth, the noble and brave
" left without he surely must die
Say, may not stop lov'd comrade TO save
We'd carry him back where in peace he might lie.
His voire in its rcrvor was quick to implorc.
That onward they'd press and vanquish the foe
Go forward brave comrades, ever give DER,
Till the base heart Of treason receives its death blow
And onward they charge and leave him alone,
Save others like him, who wounded or slain
But strong,n his spirit he ut red no moan,
Nor ever was heard of his fate to complain
lie thought then Of home Of the cherished there
br father whose kindncss and truth he had proved
and Of his loved mothcr-n shade of despair
Fitted over his mind as he called up the lov'd
lie knew that his sisters must long for him mourn,
Those sisters that he had 81 often cafcssed;
lie asked that his body might to th m be- horne,
10 sleep with his kindred, and there calmly rest.
lie thought of the prayers he wa' Taught to repeat,
Addressed to our Father" by loved ones at home;
Iic rr,yed that all IN heaven might meet,
Where parting and dsath should nevermore come.
And Of his ov'd country the land of the free
Whose freedom to save had cost him his life;
lie asked that the friends he had left might soon see
The Angel of peace bring an end TO all strife.
And soon his Rrdccmcr gave tokens of love,
A love that is fortta trof endless delight
OF infinite bliss in the mansions above,
Where peace is eternal and sin nG'cr bl ilht,
His counenancc bcnming with calm, holy joy,
And me ckly submissive I, Heavens decree,
The prospect of death more could annoy
lie patiently waited his Saviour to sec.
His flag was triumphant, he heard with delight
The pgans of victory borne on the air
Now let me depart to the mansions of light;
q Gsd, I'm content. Thou hast answered my prayer"
We weep for the fallen. miss him on earth
And mourn for the good and noble and brave
Affection must ever remember his worth,
And tears still bcdcw and homer his grave,
But not without hope, for faith gildes the tomb,
We find our support in the volume Of Truth
Again hen appear in an immortal bloom,


All radiant with glory and uniading youth
Year: 1863

We think it due to Capt. Simpson and
the noble men under his command, (who
have volunteered to form part of the ten
thousand soldiers called for by the Presi-
dent in West Virginia j to let them know
we appreciate their patriotism. Preston
county has long since been the banner
county of the new state, In furnishing more
volunteers for the Union army than any
Year: 1863

ANTtSLAvERY PREACHING.-The Copper
head SAINTS in Detroit are said to be making a
movement to organize church in which they
will no longer be vexed with anti-slavery
preaching and praying.-Reg. Paper.


Which being interpreted means, that certain
Democrats, seeing the great evils brought on
the country by anti slavery praying and
preaching, propose TO leave such performances
to be paid for by those who enjoy them and
a most sensible movement it is. Those who
like their Sabbath devotions seasoned with
African pepper, should be permitted the indul
gence. and those who prefer the undiluted
teachings of the Scriptures may very properly
claim similar privilege Ex.
Year: 1863

tbs liberty Of speech does not involve the
liberty TO preach treason. Nevertheless be
youd the theatre OF war the right to prohibit
preaching Of treason does not involve the right
10 do so by the summary process of military
authority. " If ptmetrius, and the craftsmen
which are with him. have matter against any
man. The LAW Is OPEN. and there are deputies ;
let them mplead one another The immortal
words Of the town-clerk of Ephesus are as ap
plicable to the party 10 power here aud now as
they were to the mob of siversmths in the
light Of Asia eighteen hundred years ago


Louisville Journal.
Year: 1863

Try live would suggest as speedy
means of ending this war that all the blood
thirsty ones, those chaps who want " every man.
woman and child in the South extermiDated.
and all the Democrats in the loyal perforated,
be required to shoulder mnsket take at least
a week 5 provisions with them, and commence
the exterminating process down in Virginia.
Talk is talk. you know, but one fighter of the
Grant stripe is worth thousand Of your lip
patriots for the country.


lGrass Valley National.
Year: 1863

The Abolitionis,S claim the election 10 Ken


cky as an Administration triumph If We
esent them with the platform on which the
cceSsfu candidates were chosen. they only
new their assertion. To argue with such
eu is to heaye the stone Of Sysiphus. Ne
oner are they coufaied than they present
emselves to be cousuted again. The task Of


rIeting their misrepresentation is ever be
Kuing and never ending, Were they true
MON men. instead of Abolition knaves or
fls, they would act with the unconditional
|nion Democracy Of Kentucky and the North
their Efforts TO preserve the Union and con
|tutional Government.
Year: 1863

Debility, from whatever cause arising, nav be
cured; strength, in whatever manner it may have
been wasted, may be restored by the use Of this
powerful and healthful invigorant. For Indiges
ton and all its painful effects bodily and mental
they are positive specific.
Year: 1863

The London Times, Of recent date, contains
the following report Of the most extraordinary
breach of promise case we remember 10 have read
or heard Of:


This was an action for breach Of promise Of
marriage.


1t appeared that the plaintiff was a person who
bad long passed the period Of juvenility, being SO
years Of age, and the defendant was Of corrcs-
ponding age; but their courtship had been a long
one, having continued ever since the plaintiff
was IL or Is years old, and although falling TO
result in marriage, il had in the earlier part Of
it, produced a child, daughter, who. was now q
years of age. The reason given by the defendant
for not fulfilling bis engagement was, that IL was
TO come of conditionally only on the death Of bis
mother and, unfortunately for the lovers, the old
lady lived to the extreme limit Of 90 years. dying
only in the spring Of last year. but the defendant
refused to fulfill his engagement upon the tardy
happening Of this event, and pleaded tho Statute
Of Limitations, to which it replied that the
statute began to run from the breach only, and
not from the making Of the promise.


The plaintiff was dressmaker living at Apple
by, and the defendant Statesman" or farmer
in that neighborhood. The rather extraordi-
nary necessity was forced upon the plaintiff Of
calling her illegitimate daughter 10 prove the
PROMISE to marry aud she stated that she bad been
put to school at Brough, and always treated kind-
ly by the defendant and his MOTHER the latter OF
whom they were to succeed In her house upon her
death, and when her father and mother "got mar.
ricd." She spoke Of a number Of conversations
with her father, containing expressions Indicative
of bis intention TO marry her mother The main
dispute was about the value Of the property Of
which the defendant possessed, and Of the en-
joyment of which the plaintiff bad been deprived
by the breach OF the promise 20 marry her, and
the jury gave her ESQ damages.
Year: 1863

Planters from the country give Us the most
hattering accounts Of our crop prospect They
are said never before to have been so promising
There is said yet 10 be abundance Of old corn let
and will be even when tho new crop comes in
The price of corn has gone down much, and II Is
said Il will not be worth fifty cents bushel ia
the country two months hence.


Louisians papers state that very little tten has
been planted in the Red river country sis year.
Nearly all the land has been planted With corn.
Year: 1863

N@~@S@S@~s


The King of Greece has retired from business,
but not by his own choice. He and his Queen left
Athens for short tour in the country. Some of
the provinces rose in revolt, not attacking him,
but abstractly protesting against his Government.
The people of Athens Immediately began to move.
The peasants of Attica crowded into the city,
The soldiers were put on guard at the palace, in
which poor old duenna or royal housekeeper
Madame Pulsky, had been left in charge. The
people appeared before it, and the soldiers joined
them. Poor old Madame Pulsky was taken to
the house of the British Minister. The King and
Queen arrived in steamer at the Pireus, the port
of Athens, but did not land his royal Majesty,
at that safe distance, heroically declared that he
would not resign his crown-unless all the people
wanted him to do so. All the people did want it,
and King Otho abdicated, and sailed away from
his kingdom. The revolution was accomplished,
and not life was lost.


A Provisional Government was formed, support
ed by the army and the people, for in Greece, as
elsewhere, they are two separate powers. The
formation of this Government was probably the
act of clique of leaders, although the fact does
not appear. In such commotion the names of
well-known citizens were doubtless suggested to
the crowd as fit members of a Government, and
rudely ratified by the popular assent. The mem
bers Immediately published an address, in which
they say that they maintain the constitutional mo
narchical govefnment-that Greece is eternally
grateful to the three Great Powers of Europe
that they will enforce the laws and convoke the
National Assembly. A more peaceful revolution
was never wrought


The next step is the agreement of the three
dry-nurses of Greece upon king. Ohio was a
son of King Louis of Bavaria, Lola Montez's Louis.
There is some talk of offering the to an En-
glish Prince; but Russia would hardly care to see
Greece erected into British dependency. 1t is
easy to begin revolution, but not so easy to make
it do exactly what you wish. You may guide the
stream to your mil, but whether it will run smooth
ly in your race and turn the wheel for your grist,
or sweep wheel and race and mill itself to de-
structon, is profoundly interesting inquiry.


But what commentary upon modern monar-
chica. systems What king seated by revolution
in our time feels secure in his seat 4? Enthroned
by popular tumult, he is always accountable to
it. He may escape the reckoning either by gov
erning we'll or by enforcing acquiescence by an
army. But since the popular will is the real source
of his power, the part of wisdom is to regulate
the expression of that will by fundamental law.
king by the popular election is conceivable
But a monarchy-or chance hereditary succession
of kings-by popular consent, is gradually becOm-
ing impossible.
Year: 1863

He would be bold man who should deny to
this country national vitality equal to that OF
England and yet educated Englishmen talk of
the civil war now raging as the destruction of our
National integrity. A reference to their own
history might teach them that England is, par
erceHencs, the land of strange political incident
and mutation. She has twice changed her dom
inant race and once her religious creed, has aoan-
doned her old political name and carried through
half dozen successful revolutions. She has be-
headed king and banished a king, and twice
subverted dynasty, has beea invaded every cen
tury, and has in almost every hundred years been
engaged in some struggle which threatened to
shake the very foundations of society. And yet
through all these changes, through thousand
years of progress, and war, and revolution, she
remains nation still. with recuprative power
enough to rise after every shock, and vigor and
pride enough to maintain her just territorial
proportion.
Year: 1863

Undetermined to marry, why so let it be,


But first tarry moment and listen to me.


To save you trouble, and may be, some strife,
Look well to the woman you choose for wife,
If ugly the maiden, why, let her GO


And frighten some other less timid than you.
If fair, then beware lest your house should become
The haunt Cfgallants when you're absent from home
If poor, let her pass, and all woOing give DER;
For dscord comes in when the wofe's at the door.
If wealthy, avoid her-she'n certainly wear
Those garments that pride should forbid you to spare
If old, bid the beldame in quiet to GO


A man should moo marry his mother, you know.
If young, have fear Of the tempest and storm,
Young hearts rebelious, young blood is too warm
If Short ponder long ere you make her your bride
Who stoops to a mate must abandon his pride.
If tall, drive her off if need be, with whips,
'Twould fatigue You too much to climb to her lips.
If sly. bid her troop to her mother at once,
Lest when you have wed the world call you Ounce.
But if still your inclined to be wed,
Better take pistol and blow off your head.
Year: 1863

The London Star says of the Presidents proc
lamation:


at is indsputably the great fact of the war
the turning point in the history of American COM
monwealth-an act only second in courge and in
probable results to the Declaration of Independ-
ence. That it has been so long postponed indi-
Gates its immense gravity That it follows on a
great military success, not on a defeat indicates
the spirit in which it is adopted"


The London Times, on the other hand, COM
menls


"The President is without power to enforce the
decree. The North must cnoquer every square
mile of the Southern States before it can make
the Proclamation more than waste paper. The
policy that has dictated the Proclamation is very
doubtful. Nothing was needed to deepen the
hatred of the South but if anything co uld de-
termne it to continue the war to the last extrem-
ity it is this decree"


The London Illustrated .NelcS says of it


"The tone of this Proclamation, the circum-
stances under which it was issued, the conditions
upon which it was to take effect, and the party
views which it is understood to represent compel
us to regard this instrument as having been rather
forged for war purposes than fashion ed as basis
of national policy-as a weapon against the foes
of the United States Government, rather than as a
frank but tardy exposition of what is just between
man and man"
Year: 1863

LETTERS from Turin, reashing to the 11th ult.,
give no very favorable account of the progress OF
Garibald toward recovery. His surgeons think
his case is very serious one and that in all prob
ability he cannot be removed from Fort Varigna-
no in less than six m onths.
Year: 1863

VERY ENGLIsH.-The loyal subjects of her
Majesty Victoria have keen eye for trade, and
are begging the Queen to dry up her tears and
return once more to London, that they may pros
per by the renewal Of court festivities.
Year: 1863

If you want a pair of boots to last for
years, melt and mix two ounces of rosin
and four ounces of mutton tallow; apply
the mixture while warm rub it in well
put the boots in closet, and-go barefoot.
Year: 1863




DU QUoIN, I'LL, July 2I.-Mai Gen.
Logan arrived here this morning, and
was met at the depot by large con.
course of citizens.


! A committee babe him welcome as
the cherished son of Illinois.


In speech at Carbondale yesterday,
he said he had no disposition to discuss
politics, for he was not politician and
thanked God for it.


He only W anted to consider what was
for the good of the country. When the
war is over we can ask who is the vii
lain.


Now the house is on fire and we must
put it out. He showed who began the
war That the President was forced at
every step to take the measures he had
and yet some cried unconstitutional.
We fought the Mexicans because they
made war on the government, and if that
war was constitutional why was not this


He ridiculed the sentimental ism of
those who objected to the war because it
was against our brethren.


He was no apologist for the President,
but would stand by him in all his efforts
to put down the rebellion, even if he
sent elephants south to trample them
down.


All the exigencies of a war like this
conld not be foreseen and provided for
by the constitution


The ProSidont ~-aa oIuPU'' creu TO raise
an army, and that was sufficient.


If this war was unconstitutional, jeff
Davis must be right He defended and
explained the eonscription act, and de-
nounced the New York rioters.


He said if the leaders were hung to
the limb of the first tree, we would have
no more mobs.


He had seen men smile when we were
whipped, and frown like angry clouds
when we were victorious; but he ex-
pected that was all they would do, and
not to die traitors, on account of the in
fanny it would bring upon their families.


We must be for our country, right or
wrong. The man who is not for our
Government would hate heaven if he
lived in it.


He showed how ridiculous was the
Peace cry, and said the only way to
peace was to soundly thrash the rebels,
and they would come back as humble as
need be, and that whipping they would
get, as sure as God is in heaven, if the
people would allow it.


He spoke of the condition of the Gov
ernment at the time the war broke out.
The arms had been nearly all shipped
South; yet with all these disadvantages
what successes had been achieved.


With regard to the Proclamation, he
said if rebels would keep their negroes
let them stop fighting. If the Proclama-
tion was wrong, let them lay down their
arms and appeal to the courts.


If the question was left to the women
and children of Mississippi and Louisi-
ana, they would say they wanted no more
negroes, for the rebel army had de-
moralized them and ours had made them
no hetter.


The institution would be worthless
whether they gain independence or not


He spoke three hours, completely car
rying his audience with him, aud many
times affecting them to tears ty his
manly and hearty defence of our brave
aH 81 tHi the close of the meeting three rous-
ing cheers were given for the Union,
three for Logan, and a series of resoiu-
tons were passed. About 5000 persons
were present. .r-
Year: 1863

The great state of GeOrgia--the en-
pire state of the south refuses to prop
the fall Of the internal confederacy into
which she was mobbed, by endorsing
the confederate currency. The confed-
crate paper has gone up, and the Con
federacy itself is in a condition of blind
ness in one eve and liberation of the
other, neuralgia in the face and abcess
in the back, strikingly resembling the
personal condition of JEFF Davis.
Year: 1863

When ar-t the skies grow warm and bright,
And aush with gold the hours.
And in her pale, faint robes, the spring
Is calling up the flowers:
When children, with unslippered feet,
Go forth with hearts of glee
To the straight and even farrows
Where the golden corn must be,
What beautiful embodiment


Of ease, devoid of pride,
Is the good old fashioned homestead,
With doors still open wide
But when the happiest time is come
That to the year belongs,
OF uplands bright with harvest gold,
And meadows full of song;
When fields Of yet unripened corn,
And daily garuered stores,
Remind the thrifty husbandman
OF ample threshing floors
How pleasant, from the din and dust
OF the thoroughfare aloof,
Seems the old fashioned homestead.
With steep and mossy roof.
When home the woodman plods, with axe
Upon his shoulder swung,
And in the knotted apple tree
Are scythes and sickle hang;
When light the swallows twitter


Meath the rafters of the shed.
And the table On the iyied porch
With decent care IS spread
Then hearts are lighter and freer
Than heat in the populous town,
In the old fashioned homestead.
With gables sharp and brown.
When the flowers Of summer perish,
In the cold and bitter rain,
And little birds with weary wings
Have gone across the man;
When curls the blle smoke upward
Toward the biuer sky,
And cold, along the naked hills,
And white the snow drifts lie
In legends OF love and glory
They forget the cloud and storm,
In the old fashioned homestead,
With hearthstoue large and warm.
Year: 1863

ARAB HORSE TRAINING -Immedia-
tely after an Arab foal is born, it is
made to swallow TWO Or three eggs, and
have its hoofs rubbed with salt and
desert herb to harden them. Seven
days afterwards the mother is made to
swallow a pound or pound and half
of rancid butter, not salted The foal
is not allowed to suck for more than six
months then it has camel's, cows, or
ewes milk, which are supposed to soften
the coat, and it also lives in the tent as
a family pet, played, with and fed with
bread, -four milk and dates, by the
women and children. Thus it becomes
attached as warmly as a dog to those
Of its own household. "Of camel's
milk" says the Emir, " it has the par
tlcular power Of imparting speed, so
that a man, if he takes nothing else
for sufficient time, will vie in swiftness
with the camels themselves. Itstrength-
ems the brain and the tendons, and does
away with fat" in Summer, the horses
are not watered till three in the after
noon, or two hours later than in Winter
the time for drinking being chosen
when the water IS least chilled. The
proverb of the desert Is: 6 In the hct
season put back the hour Of the water
ing place, and put forward that Of the
nose-bag. In the cold season put for
ward the hour of the watering place,
and put back that of nose-bag." Among
the desert tribes, for forty days count
ing from August, and for forty days at
the end of December and beginning Of
January, the horses are only watered
every other day. Food is seldom given
in the morning. The horse marches
on the food Of the preceding evening,
not on that Of the same day.-.M the
Year Round.