smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

The battle ground Of the fight at Newbern presents
study for military men, showing the fearful exposure
that our gallant soldiers had To endure. The Rebels in
trsnched behind their heavy orthcaticns, were almost
entirely protected from FIRE, while In their
nan@uvres were exposed 10 raking nre, without any
thing being before them to protect them from the shots
Of the rebels The above map shows at glance the po
son Of the three brgades, together with the intrsnch
ments Of the enemy but does not altogether give the
size Of the field being somewhat condensed. The for
thcation extends from the river in almost straight


line TO the railroad track where again 1t meets with
set Of small redoubs and rife pits These continue on for
some distance until they become lost in the swamps Il
is generally supposed that these Notifications extended
altogether to distance Of two miles, giving ter
rbe advantage 70 those behind TO resist almost any
force that could be brought against them The trees had
been down for distance IN front Of tho fort 70
allow extended range to the guns and at tho
time render attack almost impossible, owing to tho
terrible exposure that the attacking party would be sub
jectsd high eld also fronted the batteries,
as viii be in tho SKETCH that an advance by any
force in straight direction must be accompanied with


fearful destruction Of fc Every preparation was made
to render the defence effective possible and nothing
but the determined will Of troops carried such
dsfences in the face Of such overwhelming odds.
Year: 1862

of what the whole family, from the nur-
sery to the kitchen, could do for her re-
lief.


While every servant was there helping
or lamenting their mistress, he, fixing his
check to hers, seemed to be following in
a trance of sorrow but secretely whis-
pers to her:


My dear, this will never do: what is
within my power and fortune you may
always command but none of your ar
tifces; you are quite in other hands than
those you passed these pretty passions
upon"


This made her almost in the condition
she pretended her convulsion now came
thicker, nor was she to be held down.
The kind man doubles his care: helps
the servants to throw water in her face
by full quarts; and, when the sinking
part of the fit came again:
"Well, my dear" said he, Il applaud
your actions; but l must take my leave
of you till you are more sincere with me ;
farewell forever; you shall always know
where to hear of me, and want for moth
ing.


With that he ordered her maids to keep
plying her with hartshorn, while he went
for physician; he was scarce at the
stair-head when she followed, and pulling
him into closet, thanked him for hel
cure, which was so absolute that she gave
me this relation herself, to be commune
Gated for the benefit of all the voluntary
invalids of her sex.
Year: 1862

nal city of God, when you press the fare
we'll kis upon the pale lips, think of the
anthems of praise those same sweet lips
will chant forever, when you crown the
radiant brow with the flowers the little
one so loved on earth-think of fadeless
flowers, and the fields of living green,
where the bright one who was your baby
here will never more say, 81 am sick"


O. those fields so cool and bright,


Bathed in fields of radiant light;


Where all who reach the promised height,


And stand in robes of spotless white,


Shall never die.


All! mourner, still your rebellious
heart, for there is yet hope in your case.
Your children shall come again from the
land of the enemy. We all believe this,
there are none of us but what believe
that the stainless babe is sure Of Hea.
ven's rest, and we know that he has es.
capped world of trouble in the journey tc
mans estate where the feet of so many
have faltercd and fell out by the way
but yet the loving heart would fain have
kept him here, but it could not be. The
silent room, the empty crib speak eloquent
ly of him that was with you brief sea
son, and now is with you no more. Tho
time, the great restorer, will in measure
heal the poignant grief; laughing eye
a rougish act, or sunny tress will unsea
the fountains of memory, and you arr
mourners still. All, yes, the half-worl
frock, the neglected toy, ard the silen
walks will long and sadly remind yo'
that the baby is dead.


| M. A. HoLT.
Year: 1862

ARE BAROMEIEhS WEAIhEn."ASL


Mr.. EDITOR :--Barometers are not om-
nicient. All they can do is, to weigh
the atmosphere over the place where they
are hung. This indicates something, but
not everything. A sudden fall of the
mercurial column shows sudden dimin-
ution of the atmospheric column over it.
and this implies that there will soon be a
rushing in of the heavier air around.
This may prove to be only a squall OF
wind, or it may be accompanied by al
thunder storm. If the barometer sinks
slowly, day by day, rain storm may be
expected, if it fall considerably; but af-
ter slight descent it may alter its course
and go up again, and no rain will fall.
Easterly, drizzly rains on the seacoast are
not indicated by the barometer, for they
come merely from the condensed, moist
air from the ocean, and there is no change
in the atmospheric pressure necessarily
preceding this drift current.


There are other things to be considered
in our cndeavors to foretell the weather,
and I would advise your correspondent,
and all farmers, to read Daniels Meteor
ology, so as to fully understand the sub
iect. After observing the barometer, a
record Of it being regularly kept, let him
also ascertain the dew point, or the tenn
peraturc at which the atmosphere depos-
its its aqueous vapor. This may be very
readily Elected, by taking a silver or q
tin cup, and after first ascertaining the
temperature Of the air in the shade, let
him put some water in the cup, with a
piece of ice, and stir it until moisture be-
gins to deposit on the outside of the cup,
when the thermometer, placed in the wa
ter, will give the temperature This is
the deposition point. Now throw out the
ice, and wipe part of the cup dry, and
wait until after the deposition of slight
film Of moisture, it again disappears.
This is the vporization point. The mean
between the deposition point and the vap-
orization point is the true point. Com





pare this with the temperature of the air,
and note the difference. Suppose it to be
10 degrees Then the air must be cooled
to that extent to cause it to deposit mois.
ture, or to rain If the difference between
the dew point and the temperature Of the
air is but few degrees, there is a high
probability that rain will soon fall.


If the observations are made in the
morning, since the heat will augment, as
the sun approaches meridian, the chances
Of rain will be diminished, by this in.
crossing warmth, but If afternoon, for op
posite reasons the probability Of rair
will be much increased. Indeed, if only
four or five degrees of difference between
the dew point and the temperature of th,
air exists, it will be almost certain t.
rain. AZ Peg
The wet and dry bulb thermometer
will answer the same purpose, and sine,
the wet bulb gives the temperature Of tn,
vaporization point, and the dry bulb give
that of the air, nothing more is rcquir
cd than to observe them and note til,
difference Of temperatures they indicate
/. More reliance may be placed on thi
method than on any observations Of ba
Year: 1862

And lastly. as sweet - the chime OF bell
That ace-benediction ota all present ieil'
Then sundered that crowd. how many to meet
All never again till they rise from deaths sleep.
One glance of farewell on that glorious scene.
Which cherished, would he in memory's dream
And VIC turned to descend, then soon safe and


sound
Year: 1862

The Legislature of Florida is at dead loci
on the Senatorial question. We learn from tn
Tallahasse Nslos Of Dec' 9th that that bod
meets in joint convention every afternoon, ant
ballots from three To five times, but are now
after several days trial, apparently as far from
an election as they were on the first ballot.
Year: 1862

Private p. W. Richardson, of the First
Virginia Regiment, who was taken prison
er at the battle of Port Republic, writes
from Alexandria. Va. to friend in this
city. giving an account of his experience
in Secessta. e.......s.


will give you a short chapter of my ad :
ventures after the battle of Port Republic
helped James Goudy, of. company l, of
the battle 6eld, and by so doing got little
behind the rest. Ashby's cavalry dashed
on me and ordered me to surrender.
threw my gun down and told them was
their prisoner, Gen. EweIl rode up to me
and asked me what regiment belonged to-
told him, and he said was a traitor and
ought to be ashamed of myself. Itold him
couldn't see it." just felt iu the hu-
NOR to talk 10 them.


had had nothing to eat for two days
before the hght, aud was in my barefeet,
which were cut and sore. They took me
up the mountain where saw the rest of
our company. nearly froze to death that
night. The next morning they gave us a
little -four and meat. We then marched to
Charlottesville. The rebels all along would
point TO me and say, "look at that poor
Yankee" told them needed something
to eat worse than their sympathy. We got
on the cars at Charlottesville and went to
Lynchburg, where we suffered all the in-
dlgnities they,:eould,heap upon us. We lay
in the rain and mud for two long months


AT last we received the welcome news that
we were to be exchanged We got on the
cars and went to Belle isle, Richmond. 1t
WAS an awful hole. We were nearly
starved there. We got a piece of bread,
about the size of your fist, twice a day; and
twice a week we get a little piece of meat,
and three times-R week)we got bean sling
that is, "a bag of niger beans (such as they
had) pitched backwards and forwards over
the kettle, SO that the sh llow oi..the beans
would strike on the water, and then we had
soup. Sometimes they would cheat US out
of one ration of bread, and we would get
so weak that we could hardly walk. The
men died like dogs. They would fetch
over the river a boat load of bread and q
boat load of cofins, so that man could
look at his cofin and then lay down and
die. never was so glad in my life as
was 10 get the order to leave tu living
grave. came very near giving out, but /
would have gone until II fell dead / only
pray that l may soon be discharged TO pay
them back for what they have done.
Year: 1862

There is not really half the gallautry OF
manners as there used 10 be some fifty years
ago. Now a gentleman only lifts his hat TO
lady, then the hat was entirely removed
from the head. and the gentleman stood be-
tore her uncovered. Now the gentleman
takes a smack from her roby lips, aud
hardly looks red in the face then he sirug-
eled for the smack and never drew a long
breath for half an hour after then he kneel-
ed gracefully to lie up her shoe string, low
she puts her foot into his lap, and he ties
the string with a cape and releases the
foot, without any ecstasy or even tight
squeeze We are growing barbarous.
Year: 1862

~ am great gun," said tipsy printer
who had been on spree for week. Yes
said The foreman, 'and half cooked and you
can consider yourself DISCHARGED WELL
said TYPO then ! had better go off
Year: 1862

General Fremont is a statesman who has
never made a speech, a general who has
never won a battle, pathfinder who has
always missed the track, and millionaire
not worth a continental damn.
Year: 1862

BAD WHIsKY.-The Sierra Democrat tells
of miner chap in Downieville who got drunk
on bad whisky, and was so affected by it that
he stole his own blankets and stove and hid
them in the brush. He only came to his sem
ses after enjoying a cold nights rest.
Year: 1862

WoN'T TAKE THE OATH.-The carrier of
the mail on the route from Salem to Scio in
Oregon refuses to take the new oath prescribed
by the Post office Department and will there
fore be dismissed from the service.
Year: 1862

w privately. and with the utmOsI cUhHutHCV Uy
the afflicted at all hours daily. from 9 a. M TO 3P NJ


DIR YOUNG addresses those who are suffering un-
der the icion of private disease, whether arising
from impure connection the terrible vice OF sell
abuse. Devotng his entire time TO that particular
branch of the medical profession he feels warranted
in nGUARA NTEElNG A CURE IN ALL CASES. whether
If long Standing or recently contracted, entirely re
moving the dregs Of disease from the system, and
making a perfect aud PERMANENT CURE.


He would call the attention OF the afflicted to the
fact of his long standing and well earned reputation
furnishing sufficient assurance Of his skill and sue
cess


Tnwards of FIVE thousand cases have been dis
charged cured in the year ending July LIST, 1860,
showing a record surprising any hospital in the
United States


CONSULTATION, by letter or otherwise, FREE.
Year: 1862

Late Professor Of the University OfPennsylvania, Of


CAN BE FOUND AT HIS
Private Medical Office and Hospital,


NO. 751 CLAY STREET
Oh posite the southwest corner OF the Plaza,


SAN FRANCISCO,
Year: 1862

NELSON CREEK, Sept. 80, 1861.
DIR. J. C. YOUNG,-You will remember what a
poor wretched creature was when last saw you,
and the result has astonished me as well as my
friends. Your invaluable prescription and excellent
advice have completely overcome ailments such as,
it seems to me- afflicted mortal before new
er wrote letter with greater satisfaction than pen
this shall remember you with gratitude long
as live. That you may live long to alleviaie the
suerings of others you have mine, is my earnest
prayer. Please accept my heartfelt thanks that you
have brought this almost hopeless case to so happy
a termination. Yours, truly,
Year: 1862

Colonel Forney writes TO the Pbi!adel-
phia Press: . .


The draft having been ordered by the
President Of the United States. will be
followed by an almost immediate filling
mp Of the recett call for three hundred
thousand volunteers to serve for three
years or during the war. Many who may
be indisposed to await the operation Of
the draft will accept the generous terms
that have been repeatedly offered by the
Government and the people, so that the
old re gimehta now in the service may be
recruiled to their original number, and the
new regiments put in state Of prepara-
ton and discipline. Should these results
be accomplished promptly, the drafted
men will probably be held as great
army Of reserve and occupation. These,
wii6't6e new lsves, and our armies now
10 the field, will give us an effective
fighting force Of more than half million.
exclusive Of the reserve.
Year: 1862




We have 1t in power TO announce this morning
another signal victory for the Confederate arms the
time regret to be Obliged say that knowledge
Of the recent movements and position Of the main
body of forces is still vague and uncertain We feel
assured, from information gathered from trustworthy
Potomac and close upon the heels Of McCellans shat
tered army, but upon what route and at what
exact point have been unable to rtiin.
But that General jackson at Shepherdston last
Sunday, and there encountered and routed
heavy column OF the enemy and subsequently pursued
its scattered regiments into Maryland is put beyond ques
on by the following despatch, which was yesterdy re-
ceived by the War Department from Colonel davidson,
commandment OF the military post Of Stanton


SrAuNTON, Sept. %.
Dispatches Just from Winchester the 2ls
that the eneny ossed ten thousand the
river Shephardstown when he Immediately attacked
by Jacksons corps and routed.


The loss OF the enemy s heavy ours slight Quite
number OF arms TAKEN jackson as rcclossed into
Maryland H. B. DAVIDSON, Colonel, &c.
Gentlemen who arrived here last evening from the
OF the above battle report thas the slaughter among
the enemy terrible. Their account OF the affair is
that column Of the enemy, ten thousand strong,
having crossed to the Virginia side attacked and
almost literally cut to pieces by General Jacks That
another strong force of the enemy attempting to come TO
the Of the first, were while fording the river,
opened by artillery and moved down in multi
tudes They withstood our fire but few moments be.
fore breaking and fleeing in utter rout to the Maryland
Shore Our forces made quick pursuit, and al last
counts pressing the enemy closely and pouring into
his q murderous fire. 1t is told upon the
thority that we mad taken five thousand prisoners.


RuMoR OF ANOTHER BATTLE AT sHARrsBURG.
rumor reached here at late hour last night that an
other great battle had been fought at Sha sburg in
which the Conederates again completely victorious.
After dilgent inquiry unable TO trace the rumor
TO any satisfactory source.
Year: 1862

[FTUH tnc NicnHoHu EAdInlItT, stPt q.


II is stated, upon seemingly good authority that the
President yesterday received letter from General Lee
which the latter stated that in the battle Of Shapsburg
the shock Of battle the most tremendous that had
occurred upon this continent and that the result
tho severest and the most damaging that the enemy
had received in the whole campaign


The enemy confess 70 loss of ten thousand killed and
wounded which taking into account their notorious dc
termination to suppress the truth may safely be dou
bled Our loss in killed wounded and missing WILL 1t ID
now definitely known, not exceed five thousand.
Year: 1862

+


These beautiful pets, sometimes called
L0p- -Eared Rabbits, do not receive the
attention their good qualities enlills them
TO. They are much the largest and the
most beautiful of all the rabbit family
Their flesh is far. superior 70 that Of ihe
wild rabbit, and better than the flesh of
the common domestic rabbit. think
they should be bred extensively by the
poor class as an article Of food, for they
can be easily raised at a trifing expense,
requiring TO be fed only on coarse and
cheap food. They occupy but little space,
breed often, and come early to maturity,
when full grown frequently weighing
from fifteen to twenty pounds. Their
skins, when tanned, make beautiful robes
their colors being handsomely variegated.
AS fine a rabit may be raised in dry
goods box, placed in some shed OF. corner.
Of the yard, as those raised IN a warren
costing fifty or one hundred dollars.
would in no way discourage the raising
Of these rabbits as a matter Of fancy, for
the breeding of them is pleasant and
instructive amusement for children, and
to follow the rabbit through all the differ
ent periods Of life, from the time it IS
deposited In its dewny nest until il ar.
rives at maturity, is one Of the most
pleasant observations Of the Naturalist
S. p. KEAToR.
Year: 1862

would support life, and all The rest would
become additional flesh, in which there
would be room for profit ''to run on. y -


Mr.. Taylor, il a private note justly adds,
that s'instead of having the country over
run with great numbers Of animals,
stunted and starved, a smaller number
kept as they should be. would result in
far greater pleasure, credit and profit. .
b It is for this reason thar we have new
ser. united in the outcry which one or two
noisy advocates Of keeping stock ''just in
a thriving condition, /" always raise when
ever they see a Short Horn whose ribs
thay can't count al the first glance
Over-feeding, especially in prize animals,
has unquestionably become a great evil
in EngIand-it may eventually be an evil
here. But the danger is yet Distant
We do preach against the sins of people
In other countries, as some ministers have
a way of doing bat prefer to call the
attention of our hearers, if possible, to
the error Of their own ways. And aside
from the merits Of one breed and another,
as exhibited at our Agricultural shows,
we regard it as their especial mission to
present, so glaringly that the wayfaring
man though not very bright cannot fail
TO observe tia lesson upon the good
keeping and care expended upon all clas-
ses and breeds Of our domestic animals
a lessonswhich the farmer, going home,
viii act upon, emulating what he has seen
until the. " comparative anatomy" of his
cattls or sheep, shall become to him a
much more difficult study than it now is
from the living example. s g
Year: 1862

The n. Y. Tribune has an article on the arrests
that are made BY military or state authority,
and Says


s'In our poor judgment nine tenths Of the az
bitrary arrests thus far had far letter not been
made, but we would not deprive the COVER
nsent Of the power &c make them ia crisis
like the present. Let it be Distinctly under
stood, however, that each arrest vii! be made
the subject Of rigorous and dispassionate IN
ouiry after peace, and that while no one should
suffer fer his innocent mistakes in honestly
endeavoring to serve and save his country, it
will 90 very hard with any one Who IS proved
TO have grati6ed his oWn malice or bis love OF
exercising despotic power, without the warrant
Of public necessity.
Year: 1862

In the course Of the debate IN the Episcopal
Convention now setting in New York, upon
certain resolutions introduced, relative 20 the
wsr, Gov. Seymour Said:-"He would no. al
Ii.de TO the cause OF the var. He knew In
shat, IS in'other bodies, they were divided in
political opinions. But he would not refrain
from saying that. whether this cause or that
cause created the war. the country had SO for
gotten the wisdom and principles Of their "a
theirs that il was il an unsafe POSITION The
site CT the land had invited its troubles. He
hcred the Convention would not fa]l into error
on the question before them. Tt was never
wise TO issue bull against the comet: Three
years hence they might meet their Southern
brethren again, in Gears, and wipe out all past
differences He had always opposed the ae-
ton Of those engaged in the war, but he wish
ed TO have the Church ser right before the
South and tie world They should, however,
deal with their Southern brethren as Christian
men, in the hope that they should yet be all
united.
Year: 1862

Such sweet pretty stories as are told of the
Empress Eugenie skating on the ice in the
wood Of BOulogne, near Paris. She usually
skates holding the hands of two gentlemen,
also skating, of her suite, and then skins
along the ice at great pace, and seemingly
with much pleasure to herself. In her pretty
costume, and with the abundant color
produced by exercise in her cheeks, Her
Majesty is scarcely recognizable, and passes
almost unheeded among the surrounding
groups. She appears to take great delight
in the amusement, and when the short day
light fails, and it is time TO depart exclaims,
won't you wait for me while l take one
little turn morep and off goes her pretty
Majesty and her two sides for what she calls
''UR petit tour do plusp


The Emperor skates as well as he does
most other things, and every now and then
chooses lady from the suite, or good -natur-
ally recognizes one standing among the
lockers on, invites her to take ride, fetches
a chair and whirl her away before him at a
great pace. The people behave remarkably
we'll, remarks an observing letter writer in a
London newspaper; there is no crowding or
pushing around the great folks, who are left
to move about quite at their ease and enjoy
themselves just like other persons. Louis
Napoleon has somehow or other managed to
live down all opposition, aud the people
look on and behave to him as if they liked
him and took an interest in whatever he was
doing, though 1t were only skating.
Year: 1862

AN ITEM FOR THE CURIoUs.-As Captain z
H. Small of this place, (Har wicb,) was split.
ting the butt of white oak tree of about one
foot in diameter, which grew on his own
land, he discovered about three inches with.
in the surface white pine plug, and at the
end Of the plug lock of human hair. The
hair was of dark brown color, aud very
bright and glossy, although it must have
been imbedded many years, as the three
inches of wood over the plug was entirely
perfect and had no appearance of ever hav.
ing been bored through Cape Cod RepuJR,
can.


Was it the hair of male or femalep and
who placed it in the tree2