smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864

lIEADs-lf you have got head on your
shoulders that you are not ashamed OF and
don't want other people to laugh at, dress it
up respectfully in at Farrand's fashionable
goods. lie has the finest lot of hats, caps
and straw goods ever opened west of the
MiSsiSSiuni
Year: 1864

favorable view Of the college itself the fact Of u s,
has been controlled much by class o pcayune idea
men, like many Of those who turn up every year N the
Senate. who Tor paying tho have educated tnsm
selves at great expense for particular profession ana
are thus enabled TO do whatever they are called upon 10
that line in q remarkably short time, by the day. the
same as they would common laborer.


The Governor has signed only fifteen bills up TO the
present time That Is than at the same date
last year. He has fifteen bills his hands not signed
Year: 1864

The market was dull, and the quotations arc
merely nominal.


During the debate on the pro position to sell the
surplus gold of the government, it was stated that
Secretary Chase had not yet asked Congress for
authority to do 80. and we presume the Committee
on Ways and Means. upon this statement were in
duced to report adversely upon the resolution. II
the Secretary has not sought the power which the
resolution intended to confer, let him do 80 at
| once by AN means. The proposition is q good one,
and il properly carried out would have a salntary
| effect. Any amount above six eight millions
thrown suddenly into the New York market
would smash the gamblers for six months at least
and cause the greenback currency to approx
mate to the valve of coin" more suddenly than Mr.
Chase in his most sangune mood can at present
hope for.


The business at the Sub. Treasury to-day is thus
reported


Receipts from customs. ...-............. 900
Payments. ............. 217eS5l


Baianoo $3I 230,662
Year: 1864

The regular circulation Of United States notes
Is four hundred millions OF dollars. To this
sum has been added about forty-sight millions
of the fly million authorized TO be issued In
redemption OF the temporary loan. These
forty-eight millions were required by law to he
withdraw as fast as the temporary loan should
increase. About eight millions have been
Withdrawn accordlnnly, leaving forty millions
now in circulation, but in course OF reduction.
There have been also Issued about two hun
dred mllione Of ave per cent. legal tender
Treasury notes, OF which twenty-five per cent.
Of fifty millions, and not more, may fairly be
considered as an addition TO the circulation.
Put these figures together, and 1t makes pres
ent national circulation OF four hundred and
ninety millions. The wants Of the country re-
ouire this whole circulation. But there is more.
If there were no more, United States circula-
ton would be nearly or quite on par with
coin. The bank note circulation may be set
down at one hundred and eighty milllonsss


The operation Of the New York system Of
certified checks and the use Of bank deposits
may be considered as practically equivalent to
an addition Of two hundred millions Of this
circulation, making an aggregate OF the cir
culatlou, other than national, Of three hundred
and eighty millions.


Now let the State banks convert their note
circulation into national bank note crcula.
tIon and let It be settled that there is to be nc
more bank note circulation except what is au'
thorized by national law. Then let au equal
amount Of the national circulation be with.
drawn and the result will be an aggregate cir
culation Of four hundred and ninety millions
just equal to the present national circulation
with the advantage that 1t can not be increased
at the pleasure Of corporations scattered
through the country, and not responsible to
any common authority.


II the State Banks are wise and patriotic
they will hasten to change themselves into
National Banks, and thus contribute largely
to the reduction of the price OF gold, and
eventually the resumption of specie payments
to the advantage OF the Government and tn,
whole people We respectfully ask Senators
and Representatives In Congress to consider
these facts.
Year: 1864

The commissioners of Appraisement for the State of
North Carolina feel great satisfaction in presenting their
abundance of most OF our crops with fhe improved


ton of ournanca and consequent increased security for
our currency, enable them without injury to the producer


der and to be hoped the INDECENT of country
This lowering of prices must again act in increasing the
value of the naioual currency by diminishing the debt of
currency bas been by the rapacous greed of


individuals Of ALL classes and especially of the Cotto
Factories and lately strongly exhibited by the Raj


food longer be aedged tor high prices as there is
abundance in the country and it only remains to show
whether people. in sustaining wise and patriotic
Mr. Trenbom-in his efforts hitherto sue
cessul in putting financial matters secure footing.
will sustain the Government of their choice. The comIs-
soners also congratulate themselves and the country that
they have been aided by consultation with OF the
Virginia Commissioners, by whose aid, and that OF Mr.
Geo W Mordeca they have been able to bring about an
almost ideuca Schedule with the neighborng State OF
Year: 1864

SORGHUM SYRUP-We learn from all quarters
that the cane has turned out very well, and that
the yield will be in large excess last year. and
of superior quality We regret to learn that rum
is being made by some, and that no one in Wake
County, so far as we have learned, has yet been
atle to manufacture sugar-Raleigh Standard.
Year: 1864

WAKE SUPERIOR CoURT.--Judge Saunders, at
the late term of Wake Superior Court, refused to
grant judgments when the plaintiff expressed his
uuwllingness to receive Confederate currency. In
the case Of f. J. Haywood vs A, Solomon, which
appeal from the summary proceeding allow
ed by a recent statute to landlord against ten
ant refusing to vacate, his Honor after verdict in
favor Of the plaintiff ordered new trial because
the plaintiff instructed the officers to demand
specie for the recovery, the ground that the
jury assessed the damages in Confederate currency.
-Conserrdtiee.


Judge Saunders is entitled to the commendation
of every true Southerner for bis refusal to allow
iud smeuts to be entered collectable in specie
Confederate money is the life blood of the Confed
eracy, and he who refuses dseredits it, is 10
friend to the Southern .-Standdrd.
Year: 1864

to mr. general W.


kiode sir want you if you Please to grant mr.
Private john Smith A thirty days furlow if you
Please to do so Being that me And him is Promis
to be married next month. have no Mother for
she Is Dead my father dide in services And the
yankees has taken All the brother have got and
have got some bisness to sea to next month will
tell you what kind of bisress it is when my father
dide be left me some things that he wanted me to
have And can git him to git them for me And
being that me And Him is Promist to be married
at that Present time it will suite ME Better than
emmy other time. want you if you you Please to
grant Him A 30 days furlow if you Please as soon
AS you Can he is station at -. if you will
grant mr. Private John Smith A 80 days furlow
you will obge very much that is if you will grant
him A 80 days furow to go home to git married
Very Respectful jane A jones
Year: 1864

Some weeks ago, we referred 10 the increasing
and wholly unnecessary mortality in this city
growing out of the giaring and criminal neglect
Of sanitary measures, and gave some data which
we have reason to think excited, TO some little
degree, the attention they deserved to receive
We reour to the subject for tho purpose oi
presenting comparison, in respect 10 the death
rate, between New.York and the chief city OF
the world. The figures, which are not so full
nor SO recent as We would like, but are of course
from official sources, are suggestive as hardly
20 require comment. They are given here IN
tabular form: and let us first take London:
Year: 1864

II is no more than twenty years ago that the
telegraph of Professor Morse was first brought
into practical use between Washington and
Baltimore. The progress which has since then
been made in telcgraphc science, and the estab-
lishment " the electric wire, constitutes one
of the most interesting portions of the
history of the nineteenth century. II
will require only a few more years to
bring all the considerable towns Of the globe
within speaking distance. AS sit seems not to be
generally known how near we have approached
This goal, which viii mark the beginning of a
new era in tho history Of civilization, we briefly
refer TO some of the most important telegraphic
lines that are now being constructed.


We recently announced that all the necessary
arrangements for another attempt to lag sub.
marine telegraph between Ireland and North
America have been made and that the Atlantic
Telegraph Company are more sanguine than
evrq that the experiment " be undertaken IL
Year: 1864




When our party of six had seated them
selves at the center table, my attention
was attracted by covered dish, some
thing unusual at Chinese meal On d
certain signal the cover was removed, and
presently tie face of the table, was COW
cred with jdve,i I BIS, which made
their exodus fromthe dish with all posi-
BILE rapidity The ctablets had been
thrown into plate of vinegar just as the
company sat down, such an immersion
making them more brisk and lively than
usual. Butt the sprishtly sports Of The
infant crabs were soon checked, by each
guest seiaing which lie could, dashihg il
into his mouth, crushing it between his
teeth, and swallowing the whole morsel
without ceremony. Determined to do as
the Chinese did, ] tried this novelty also
with one-withtwo. Succeeded, finding
The she'll soft and g,tatinods;. for they
were tiny creatures, net more than a day
or two ofd But / |as compelled to give
in to the third, which had resolved to take
vengeance, and gave my upper lip nip
SO sharp and severe as to make me soon
relinquish my hold.-LTe IN China.
Year: 1864

OPENING OF SECOND STREET.-We fire.
quently hear the question asked, why Sec
cond street is not opened in accordance with
the purchase of the property by the City?
1t is answered in the fact that S400 of the
purchase money upon the lot occupied by
Mr. Abbott as livery stable remains un-
paid-the conditions of the sale being that
the stable would be removed when the pur-
chase money was paid. The street will be
opened as soon as the next years tax is col
lected which will be done in a few weeks.
Year: 1864

A GREAT FIELD OPENING.-A writer in
an Iowa paper predicts that, in 1868, Coun-
Gil Bluffs will have 10000 inhabitants. His
prediction does not strike us as over san
guine. The Pacific railroad will be specdi-
ly built, and, when this war is over, there
will be a rush to the favorable points it in
tersects The time is not distant when the
country on the route of this road, now CON-
paratively wilderness, will be alive and
humming with numerous and busy popula-
ton. Men of enterprise may see splendid
field opening in this direction, if they will
but look.
Year: 1864

Elk CITY.-A miner from Elk City says
the coming season will be the most prosper
Gus that has ever been experienced in the
Elk city mining region. The bitches will all
be completed into the hill diggings in time
for mining operations this spring. The hill
or dry diggings are regarded as the only
mines that will pay there. The work upon
the river in that vicinity last summer was
generally proftless, and but few will proba-
bly, try their fortunes upon the bars and
river beds this summer.
Year: 1864

KENTUCKY. is reason to fear a
revolt in Kentucky growing out of the en-
rollment of slaves in that State. Our
eastern dispatches say that Governor Bran
President respecting the enrolment and en-
listment of slaves in that State, and has no
titled him that he will execute the laws of
Kentucky against all who attempt to enlist
slaves without the owners consent He
claims that Kentucky has furnished more
than fifty thousand of her citizens to defend
the Government and is willing 10 furnish
still more; that she has proved her loyalty
and must be treated as loyal and her laws
constitutionally enacted, must be respected


Kentucky has all along persistently stood
in the way of northern radicalism. While
fighting secessionism and earnestly laboring
to put down rebellion and restore the Union
she has yielded nothing to extreme abolition
fanaticism. The contempt with which she
has uniformly treated those misc,s,ef breed
ers, has had the effect to bring down upon
her the concentrated force of the whole rad
ical tribe. They do not care so much about
getting the slaves of Kentucky into the
Federal army for the sake of augmentine
the forces in the field there is an object be-
yond that is of far more importance to then
that of enlisting the slaves in order tC
make ''freedmen" of them. No matter
though they drive the State into rebellion
against the general government, they will
proclaim it as promoting the Union cause
and advancing 'the freedom" Some O.
the radicals 60 so far as to explt over the
fact that they are being led 'through sea-
Of blood to the goal of emancipation" IL
those who earnestly desire the specifies
possible peace and restored union of al
the States, such rejoicings over the efusior
of blood for the sake of emancipation, ap
pear demopiacal The policy Of enlistinG
slaves in Kentucky, against the appeals o
the people of that commonwealth, can pro
duce nothing less than royot and a still
bloodier conflict between the government
and the rebellion. Kentucky thrown int
rebellion against the government at thi
time, would inspire the hopes Of the south
ern leaders and they would rally anew
more sanguine of securing final separa
tion, while the Federal government woult
indeed be left in precarions situation
It would prove disheartening blow to tn
patriotic men who have labored in the fell
and out of it to conquer the rebellio w
are in great hopes that Mr.. Linco,n y hav
the enrolling of slaves stopped at once
Kentucky is loyal state, quite as loyal a
the adjoining State of Ohio, and is just a
much entitled to withhold her slave propert
from government use as the State of Obi
is entitled to withhold her horses and cattl
from Governments seizure
Year: 1864

MCCLELLAN's PLAN.-It will be seen by
our dispatches that Gen. Grant intends to
adopt McClellan's plan-or the same pro-
posed by him for carrying on the war-the
concentrating of the forces in the field
With the Jealous Halleck out of the way,
there is some hope that Grant will be able to
mature and carry out his plans, and accom-
plish something for the good of the country.
But few will regret the displacement of Hal
leck, who, with all his seeming energy and
zeal for the cause of the government has ac-
quired more the reputation of a meddler
than good general, and whether his ac-
tions have ever been with "malice afore-
thought" or not, his interference with the
plans of generals in the field have given
them that tone; and it cannot be denied
that either his jealousy OR incompetency,
has been the cause of many bad moves upon
the part of the army of the Potomac.


MIR. Lincoln, as President, of course oc-
cupies the position Of Commander-in Chief
of the Federal forces, and general Grant, as
Lieutenant General, holds the first position
under him in the service 1t is to be hoped
that the President has discovered, ere this,
his own utter inability to plan campaigns
and direct the movements of our armies in
the field, and that he will leave the entire
management of army movements to the ever
successful Gen. Grant. If Mr. Lincoln
shall assume to know more about military
matters than Grant, and insist upon carry
ing out his own plans contrary to the judg-
ment of the latter, matters will be no better
than before Some of the eastern journals
appear to think that Gen. Grant is now
simply placed in position where the Presi-
ident will have chance to put check up
on his great popularity The President
certainly will have fair opportunity, if he
fears Grant as a rival for the Presidency, to
kill him off, politically; but if Mr.. Lincoln
possesses 1.-THE of the honesty attributed
to him by his admirers, he is entirely too
pure for such scheming
Year: 1864

For BEAVER HEAD.-Three pack trains
fitted out in this city this week with goods
and miners supplies for the Beaver Head
mines. They expect to reach the mines be-
fore trains can come up from the other side.
Year: 1864

THE travel to the Kootenai mines is in
creasing Several companies have lately
passed Wallula en- route for that region, and
we learn that parties have also left Lewiston
and Orc Fino and the mines above for the
same locality.
Year: 1864

What is it now ? Not whether the black man
shall be or a chattel. That question is
by the good providence of God, pretty we'll de
cided. But though free, and no longer to be
sold with mules and oxen. he is still "ngger!'
And shall a niger vote? True, for the pecu-
liarities of his complexion and condition he is
not exactly responsible. The blame, if blame
there he, lies somewhat farther back 1t mus,
somehow ultimate rest with Him who took the
liberty to paint ore butterfly brown and another
yellow. and TO give to one man red. another q
brown, another yellow. or white. and still
another black skin. Shall the red man say
"What 20 these pale faces here? Let them be
colonized Lac,.. 10 the countries from which they
came They ,Lrins with them the fire water
which takes from our brave warriors theiI
strength. and from our old inen their wisdom
And they bring also diseases, that sweep away
our wives and our children. as the dry leaves
are swept before the wind" Yes. the red man
may thus SPEAK. and where he has the power
act in accordance with his speech. if We MAJ
drive the dark skinned men back to Africa. or to
some colony where We may choose to locate him
The black man was forced to come here. a2d
shall We also force him away? l cannot see
that We have a right to do either. He is here
and in some cases his ancestors were Sighting the
battles of 76, while some Of our anccston were
beyond the sea enduring the tyranny of the Old
World despots. To us it may be said. as it was
TO Gods ancient people. Thou shalt not oppres.
the stranger. for We know the heart of stranger
seeing We We're strangers in the land of Egypt"


What il the stranger be ignorant? Endeavor
to enlighten him. And especially demand that
his children be instructed. and that they have
access to the great fountains of knowledge and
truth. Perhaps. in his ignorance he surrenders
hisJudsment to some canning Ugarte, or some
lying demagogue. who buys hi. vote with
drink that beclouds his hlain, or makes him
fool. will you drive him back. will you colonize
him. to improve him? Suppose, even. that he
has complexion that you do not admire, and
that he is so ignorant of physiology that he does
BOT know the use Of bath tub? You need not
drive him out of the country-it is very wide
Give him employment, and he will soon secure
suitable changes of raiment. teaching him the
necessity of cleanliness. the value Of frequent
abiutions. and he will learn what all fairskinned
have not yet learned. that all dirty people are
eomewhat disagreeable. and that health and
longevity depend very much on the abundant
and skillfui use Of water. 1t will be great deal
ehesp-r to furnish him schools and bathing tubs
than to give him . territory. and force him to
dwell there, If you had the right 70 do 60.
!, Perhaps may speak Of his sosial status io .
future time. IDS as aS ~ -
Year: 1864

Remember the meeting tonight of the
voters of the Union party at the Cour,
House to nominate candidates for Maver
and Marshal, to be voted for at the CITY
Election on the 4th of April next. Let
there be a general turn out Of the Uni on
men sa that occasion and let good aud
efficient men be nominated for the posi-
tlons.
Year: 1864

PILOT 6RovK, March ~, 1854.


Ed. GATE CIrr Your Ironton cor
respondent seems not to have understood
my -remarks in regard to certain order
of the Provost Marshal General, or, if he
did, fails to argue the point that I was
driving at.


] never doubted bat what the Con-
gressional District would receive credit
for every person eniistiog who is enrolled
in the District; but it is understood that
that order is 10 be applied to the sub d.
vision as well as the district at large; 10
thscouuty. township or ward, OF q city;
If not, why is it said that draf. will be
made in every subdivision that does not
furnish It's quota? Hevsry sub Division
is to be held accountable for it's Quota, in.
dependent Of the district, then should
not every volunteer be credited to the
sub Division where be is enrolleds To,
make it still palmer, aud to show where
the shoe pinches, Marion township is set
down in the list as delinquent fourteen
men under the late calls, and can fur
nish you with the names Of thirteen who
have enlisted and been aece pied into the
service, that are enrolled in Marion town
ship, unless some of them we're too Young
to be enrolled, which think is the case:
and yet We are told that We are no, to
have credit for them. because of Frys Or
der giving the locality credit for them
where they received their local bounty
for they did receive local bounty in
another township. 1t is plain that there
is something wrong either 10 the order
itself or in the way it is construed. Now
| will venture the assertios, and challenge
. successful contradiction, that not one
township in the county that is set down
as having filed its quota, has done 50
without getting at least two.thirds of The


men from other localities. West Point.
which is credited with eighteen men
five more than its quota--cannot show
| that more than four or 6ye Of that mum
ber are enrolled in the township.


This NAV be all right; but if Marion
township has to furnish West Point $
quota OF men, and then be drafted for II.
own, insist that some of the Ioafipg Coz
perbesds Of West Point bescompeled 10
cultivate some OF the land 10 Marion that
viii lay Idle this year MARION.
Year: 1864

cY The farmers who commenced their
plcAing and other spring work several
days ago hsve been compelled to suspend
operations on account of the slnost
winter like weather which We have had
for several days past This fsct will ac-
count for the unusually large number Of
teams from the country which have
crowded our streets lately. The farmers
are anxious to dispose of their surplus
produce and make arrangements for.raising
. new crop.
Year: 1864

EEThere is not q man on earth whom
the rebels fear and hate more intensely
than Abraham Lincoln and there is not
man either, whom SO large number OF
loyal men in all portions. of the country
regard as the right man to finish up the
Job of putting down the rebellion and ter
minating the irrepressible conflict BY
making an end of its cause.
Year: 1864

THE Rock ISLAND PRIsoNERs.-Du.
ring last week there were sixty-six deaths
among the rebel prisoners at Rock Island,
of which thirty were from smallpox,
which disease is gradually decreasing.
Year: 1864

Esr The cost of the city government Of
New York, under the rascally rule of the
Copperheads, is estimated at fifteen mil.
lions of dollars annually. That is just
two millions more than the total expense
OF the United States government forty
years ago.
Year: 1864

EJ- There are five or six General
Smiths in the army. and the way praise
and blame mixes them up from time to
time must be amusing as we'll as annoy
ing to those personally Interested.
Year: 1864

The object OF this party is to raise q
fund to be donated by the citizens of ke-
okuk to the great Sanitary Fair to be held
at S. Louis. 1t is important that oil OF
our citizens participate in making it a sue
cess.


The committee are desirous that all
persons attending the party should appear
in costume.


The Committee of Arrangements for
the party met at the Billings House and
appointed the following committees: