smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

YEsrErDAY.-It is not supposed there were any
gatherings or talk on the street yesterday. more
inclenent and rainy day has not passed this season
It was rain from the commencement Of business
hours to the close thereof and though there were
some attempts to do something they did not amount
to much. But somebody inquiries if it was not nice
time on the levee and landings yesterday but why
make these ronical remarks? There is large,
planked wharfage way, where freight can be dis
charged or merchandise deposited for shipment in
rainy weather. In fine we get along very well,
remarkably WELL in the way Of receiving and ship
ping produce and merchandise. The streets in the
vicinity Of the landings are, it is admitted much cut
up and, in places, almost impossible. This is
significant that there is great deal Of business do
ing If the streets and landings were not used they
would undoubtedly be in rstrate order at all times
But yesterday, were not the elements combined to
keep us supplied with mud and cut up streets There
was no talk on the streets yesterday. If Mr.. Post
masterGeneral Browns contractors tried to favor
the commercial community with mail, they failed
the mail via Mobile having come from Augusta
Georgia. only, and that by the Jackson Railroad did
not come at all. There will be good many mails
due this morning. The North Americans advices oi
the 22d ut from Liverpool are Of the militia class
We shall have the regular adyces by the Africa
which will be fully due at New York tomorrow, al
lowing her two days additional time. But there is
one telegraph dispatch received yesterday which
came rather late, saying the mails by the America
would be due here next Tuesday. Wepubshed this
information of our own accord on Tuesday morning


The arrivals of boats yesterday were numerous, az
will be seen by our marine list. Tomorrow, thu
Eighth, is legalized holiday, and will be observed al


close one in many respects. But business being be
hind from bad weather, there will be considerabl,
activity if clear weather prevails.
Year: 1859

perennial yerdure. Flowers of gratitude
and gladness bloom all along his pathway,
and the melodious gurge of the blessings
he bears is echoed back by the melodious
waves Of the recipient stream. @


We need at this period of the Christian
development ia more thorough recognition of
the great truths have endeavored to re-
veal. Churches are crippled with debt, or
languish for efficient support. Educational
Institutions are begging for aid to enable
them to meet the wants of the time. Mis-
sions encroacb but feebly upon the domains
OF superstition and ignorance The people
are unsuppIied with good public libraries.
Hundreds of thousands o. helpless children
are egrowing up ignorant and vicious. Sick
ness and want are evermore around US
Need in a thousand forms cries for aid by a
thousand voices and while there is wealth
enough in Christendom to satisfy this cry,
and the cry remains unsats6ed, there will
remain wrongfully withheld from its appro-
pirate use the wealth God has sent to salts
fy it, So open your hands, ye whose hands
are full The world is waiting for you /!
Heaven is waiting for you The whole
machinery of the divine bene6cence is
clogged by your hard hearts and rigid fin
gers. Give aud spend, and he sure that
God will send for only in giving and
spending do you fulfill the object Of his
spndinU
Year: 1859


What need OF all this fuss and strife,
Each warring with his brother;
Why should we. in the crowd of life,
Keep trseInpling down each other:
l. there no goal that can be won,
Without fight to gain it:
No other way of getting on,
But grabbing TO obtainit:
What If the swarthy peasant find
No field for honest labor:
lie need uot idly step behind,
To thrust aside his neigh5or;
There is lane of sunny skies,
Where gold for toll is given,
Where every brasny hand that tries
Its strength, can grasp a living.
From poisoned air ye breathe in courts
And typlus tainted alleys,
Go forth and dwell were health resorts,
In fertile hills and valleys,
Where every arm that clears bough,
Finds plenty in attendance,
And every furrow to the plow,
step to Independence.
In this fair region far away,
Will labor find enjoyment;
i fair DAYS work, fair days pay,
And toll viii earn employ yment
What need, then of this daily strife,
Where each wars with his brothers
Why need We, through the crowd of life.
Keep trampliDg each other
There is not room if one may own
The land that others toll on
II gold be dug, or grain &c sown,
For drones TO gorge and spoil on.
But If to each the equal chance
To plow aud dig be guarded
To competence may all advance,
Through honest toll rewarded
Year: 1859

WHEELING, June 27, 1859.


MeSsrS. EttitOrS:-Pernit me, through the
medium of your valuable paper, to make a few
remarks suggested by custom, which, as far
as my experience goes, is peculiar to Wheeling.
Not many evenings since, on the occasion OF
benefit at your Theatre, several ladies attended,
accompanied by as many gentlemen. During
the intcrmission between the first and second
acts the gentlemen had occasion to leave their
ladies and go outside On their return they
found their seats occupied by other gentlemen.
This was all very well. AS they did not inmc-
diately offer to vacate the premises nothing was
said, it being taken for granted that at the close
of the intermission they would politely retire
and surrender their seats TO the rightful occu-
pants. But no. On the contrary, although the
gentlemen were standing in the aisle at the end
of the seats, no notice was taken of them, and it
was nearly an hour before they offered to retire,
and then somewhat reluctantly. This is GER
tanly great breach of etiquette and, to speak
mildly, very ungentlemnnly, if not i'll bred
This monopoly Of ladies was attempted n sec
ond time by different parties the same evening
On this occasion one of the parties promptly
resigned his seat on the return of the gentle
men, but the other seemed determined to main
tain his position at all hazards; and it not
until he was requested to Yacatc the seat, that
he seemed to have any idea that he was intrud-
ing 1t is an old established saying, that when
in Rome, we should do as the Romans do
But it would be impossible for us to reconcile
our minds to the belief that in Wheeling, a
place renowned for its intellectual, refined and
polished society, such practices are counter.
anccd and upheld. If the gentlemen must
speak to their female acquaintances upon such
occasions, let them be brief, and not attempt to
maintaintan exclusive monopoly of their socie-
ty w.
Year: 1859

augcIman to all those Opposed to prescription" +"
BUT until that time, would advise him never
again attempt to palm off upon the community
such bare face falsehoods, for no other purpose
than to injurc a poor lad and indulge in satiric-
al remarks about the "Know Nothing" party.


am ready at any time "Qld Line Wing"
may desire, to prove all have herein stated, and
| dtre him TO an inDestigatiOM of the whole
affair. JusrFCR TO ALL.


Old Line Whig can learn my true name by
calling at this olllce, proride& he will disclose
his name, and acknowledge himself the author
Of that false communication.
Year: 1859

STRANGE VERDlcr. We have already
learned Of the killing of a young man named
Wick by another named Stitle, in duel at
Mobile A coroners inquest was held on
Niek's body, and the jury returned as their
verdict, that "the deceased came to his death
from gunshot wound in the head inflicted
by some person to the jury mtkno,c,t
Year: 1859

THE Conn CROP OF lS59.-There no lon
ger exists doubt as to the fact that this
great staple of the West this year, has by no
means proved failure. On the contrary it
is generally believed that the entire yield,
Notwithstanding the failures occasioned by
the drouth in some localities, will be full
average The Cincinnati Price Current, good
authority for agricultural statistics, assets
that the corn crop in Ohio, generally speak
ing, is good, and estimates that the weld
making allowance for injury by the drouth in
some places, and taking into consideration
the wider breadth of land planted, will be a
large one. Indiana is put down as being
sure of an excellent crop. In Illinois, with
the exception ofa few counties in the north.
ern portion of the state, the crop is fair, and
generally exceeds the expectation of the farm
ers; in Missouri and Iowa, the crop is pretty
good, and in Kentucky also it is fair av
erage. 1t was feared month aro, that the
corn crop of the West would prove almost n
total failure, but there is no longer ground
for alarm on that score The crop in WIS
consin natures later than in any ofthe above
named. How it will turn out this year we
are not fully advised
Year: 1859

A curious fraud in the sale of hay has been
discovered in Boston. The hay was so loaded
that person could crawl into hole left
near the bottom of the cart, and in this place
colored man in the employ ofthe hay spec
ulator, was in the habit Of concealing himself
while the hay was being weighed. Some OF
the purchasers have paid for him dozen
times over.
Year: 1859

o 1--we Divine, that stopped to share


Our sharpest pang, Our bitterest tear,
On Thee we cast each earthborn care,


We smile at pain while Thou art near
Though long the weary way we tread,


And sorrow crcwn each lingering year,
No path we shun, no darkness dread,


Onr hearts still whispering, Thou art near
When dropping pleasure turns to grief,


And trembling faith is changed to fear,
The murmuring wind, the quivering leaf
Shall softly tell US, Thou art near! -
On Thee we fling our burdening woe,


OhLove Divine, forever dear,
Content to suffer, while we know,


Living and dying, Thou art near!
Year: 1859

ing and aid; her love and sympathy were
never withheld, and after they had exchanged
the home of their early married life for one
more 5efitting their social rank, and were
surrounded by all the luxuries that wealth
could procure, Mabel Vincent still retained
the childlike simplicity and earnest truthful
ness that first won the love of her kind and
noble husband
Year: 1859

Throughout the pages of history we are
struck with the fact that our remarkable men
possessed mothers of uncommon talent for
good or for bad, and great energy of charac-
ter 1t would almost seem from this cir
cumstance that the impress of the mother Is
more frequently stamped upon the boy, and
that Of the father upon the girl-we mean the
mental intellectual impress, in distinction
from the physical one.


1t is said Of Sir Walter SCOTS mother that
she was small, plain, well-educated woman,
of excellent sense, very charitable, and a
great lover of poetry and painting, and on the
whole superior woman. 'Tis evident from
the writings of Sir Walter that he had an
uncommon gift in word painting.


1t is said of Byron's mother, that she was
proud woman, hasty, violent, and unrea-
sonable, with not principle sufficient to re-
strain her temper. Unhappily, Byron inner,
tied his mothers infamable temper, and
instead of being subdued and softened by
the harshness with which she so often treat.
ed him, he was rendered more passionate by
it. Thus we see that this infrmity, which
by gentleness and kind treatment might
have been greatly checked, ifnot cured, was
suffered to enslave one of the most talented
brilliant, poctical minds which have ever
shone among men, entailing life Of misery
upon its possessor, and an curly termination
to his career.


The mother of ofBonaparte was woman OF
great beauty and energy ofcharacter. This
last trait has been strikingly exemplifed
throughout his whole life.


The mother ofRobcrt Burns, the Scottish
poet, was awoman Of moderate personal at.
fractions, but in every other respect she was
a remarkable woman. She was blessed with
singular equanimity of temper, and he,
religious feelings were constant and deep
She used to give wings to the weary hours
other checllercd life by chanting old songs and
ballads, of which she had large store Her





keen, and she lived to good old age, reioic,
ing in the fame other poet-son, and partaking
of the fruits of his genius.


Lord Bacon's mother is said to have been
a woman Of superior mind, of great learning
and deep piety.


Little is said of the mother of Nero, except
that she murdered her second husband, the
Emperor Claudius, about four years after
marriage. Do we wonder that Nero was q
cruel Emperor. if his mother was murderess:
How strangely does the mother of Nero, an
ancient tyrant, contrast with the mothers OF
some of our modern ph;lanthropists and
statesmen the mother of Washington,
whose name is familiar to every reader OF
history the mother of John Jay, who de
serves place by the side of Washington
Mrs. Jay is said to have had cultivated
mind, a fine imagination and an affectionate
temper.


The mother of Patrick Henry was a woman
of great excellence of character, and marked
by superior conversational powers. Hence,
doubtless, the oratorical gift of her son.
With the mother of the Adamses all are ac-
quainted. Where will you find more real
practical common sense and true energy of
character than John Qlincy's mother pos
sessed? Mothers will do well to remember
that their impress is often stamped upon
their sons.
Year: 1859

PRIvATEERING.-The rumor from London.
to the effect that Mr. Dallas has given notice
of the intention of the United States Govern.
ment to abandon the doctrine of the right of
privateering will excite a good deal of inter
est. An exchange, in alluding to the report,
says it is too monstrous to believe, and adds :


If true, it will excite such cry of opposi-
ton and condemnation throughout the Union
as to make the marble walls of the White
House shake upon their solid foundations,
and the President and his Cabinet will learn.
when too late, what fearful storm they
have created. As well might we abandon
our militia system, and dismantle our ships
of war, destroy our forts, disarm our little
army, and resolve ourselves into nation of
nonresistants at once, throwing ourselves
upon the tender mercies of big and little for
eign despots, as to give up this, our strong
arm of defence
Year: 1859

TIE Tulare Record says on Saturday last
the Great Central Overland Stage" which
has been running between Stockton and St.
Joseph, past through that place headed for
Stockton That paper learns upon inquiry
that the proprieto"s were gathering up their
stock, and that the line had been abandoned
Year: 1859

shelter for him over head, but he stood in
the tall wet reeds and grass. No matter
the chill did not cool his hot blood, nor
quench the fire OF jealous rage that was con.
sumiug him, and he waited there until the
morning began to break through the dense
watery clouds. Theh he established him.
self under careful covert, where he could
see the road from Brigham, but would be
himselfunseen by any one approaching from
that direction. The rain had ceased, but
thick vapor rose from the fields and dense
vegetation about him. His watch was pro.
longed he began to feel pains in his limbs
and head, end giddness. He found that he
could scarcely steady his hands to raise the
gun not from any failure in his purpose, but
from sheer physical inability. At last he
heard the trot OF pony on the road, and the
clear whistle of the young clerk. With
mad haste he tried to raise the gun. But
his arm failed him. 1t wos suddenly struck
with such weakness, that he could not lift
the weapon above his own breast; and, in
that moment his deadly chance was lost
He sprang out into the road, with the inten-
ton Of dragging the stranger from his horse,
and beating him to death but his foot slip
ped on the mud of the bank. and he fell
prostrated on his face. The clerk, hearing
The noise, turned, rode back, Ond recognized
the mason whom he had seen at Lina's cot.
tage.


"Eh what, poaching /" he cried, as John
reared his indignant head and stumbled upon
his feet ; stake my warning, Giles, if that's
your name, and leave the game to those it
belongs to. There's only one step, and that
short one, as I've heard say, between
pouching and sheep-stealing." And with
thet he trotted off whistling his tune, and
leaving John more wroth than before. He
was half mad as he staggered home and re.
stored the gun to its place over the chimney
His mother was just stirring. He had sense
enough left to crawl into his chamber sc
stealthily that she should moi suspect he hat
been absent all night. Bat for any rest he
could get, he might have had his body
stretched upon the rack and the tooth OF an
active devil gnawing at his heart.
Year: 1859

To Bartinglas feust together went John
and Lima, it being generally understood now
by the friends and relatives Of both parties
that they were keeping company. But if
John anticipated that he should keep Lima
to himself all the day Of the feast he was
woefully mistaken. The admiration of one
was by no means sufficient to satisfy her
craving, and she gadded about from place to
place in search of other acquaintance, let
ting John see that he was far from necessary
to her. But his gteatest grievance was, that
when it was decent time to go home, Lima
announced her determination to stay for
dance that was to take place In the long
room of the public house. John was not
frequenter of public houses, and the idea
that Lima should wish to enter such place
and join in such reyelry as these rustic dan
ces are, equally mortified and astonished
him. He demonstrated and she pouted; she
said he might 60 home and she would return
with her cousins; but to this he would not
agree, and the end was that Lima capered
through half.a-dozen country dances with as
many fresh partnersj while John propped his
back sulkily against the white.washed wall,
and looked on disgusted. II he had broken
with her that hight, as she tried her utmost
to make him do, it would have been all the
better for him; but John was infatuated; and
though it hurt him to see his mothers griev-
ed and angry face when he told her the rea'
son of his late return from the FEAST still he
would not listen to single word said in dis
agement of Lima, and he would have Bit
ten out his tongue rather than utter one.


From that evening at Bartinglas poor John
never had happy hour again, never days
ease of mind. Though Lima soon after pledged
him her word that she would marry him in
the fall Of the year, she could not resist the
often recurring temptations to exercise her
attrac ctiOns on other young men; and, as John
was naturally Of sudden and violent, OF
rather jealous, temper. her conduct tried him
severely. In vain he expostulated, in vain
he reasoned, in rain he pleaded, but Lin'
Year: 1859

The STIR Paper, last week; Is no:linally
upon organs in churches, but really upon
puIpts. Here 10 picture Of a modern
pulpit:


As to the pulpit, bit one thing is cohsidA
cred necessary, and that isi that it should be
pu, a. far as possible from all sympathetic
contact with the people to be Influenced by
it; thot Ii should 6e so constructed as to take
away from the speaker as for as it can be
done, every chance Of exsrting any influence
upon those whom he addresses. Therefore
the pulpit is ribbed up on the sides. set back
against the wall, where it looks like q barn
swallows nest plastered oh some beuta.


In this way, the minister is as much as
possible kept out Of the way Of the peoplei
and all that is left Is his voice. Posture, full
gesture, motion, and that most effective Of
all gestures, the full form Of an earDes; man.
from head to foot. right before the people,
advance or retreat; in short, the whole ad-
vantage which the body gives when thrown
into Argument or persuasion, are lost without
any equivalent gain.


In this sacred mahogany tub or rectangu.
laf box the man lea rms every kind Of hidden
awkwardness. He Stands on one leg and
crooks the other, like slumbering horse at
hitching post; he leans now on one side Of
the cushion; OF lolls on the other side. And
when man, thoroughly trained TO regard
his'legs and feet as superAuous, except in
some uncou.h and awkward way to crutch
him up to the level Of his cushion and paper.
is brought out upon an open platform, it ia
amusing to watch the inconvenience to him
of having legs at all, and his various expert
ments and blushing considerations of what
he shall do with them.


IL it any wonder that 80 little is done by
preaching, wnv.. ...'a great church, with
small congregation, so scattered that no two
touch each other, the bust OF man, peern9
above the bulwark reads stale manuscript
to the people, the nearest of whom is abou
twenty. FIVE feet from him!


The wonder is that anything is ever done
Daniel Webster ID reported to have said, thu
no lawyer would risk his reputation before 4
Jury, If he had tospeak from a pulpit, and tina
he considered the surviving Of Christianity
in spite of pulpits as one ofthe evidences Of
its divinity. We do not vouch for the truth
of this as an anecdo.e, but we endorse 1t al
truth in philosophy Besehsr.. nm
Year: 1859

OTJoe c., as he was familinrly called
was mathematician, but a certain vacant
stare about his countenance led a great many
to believe that he was not quick.witted.-
Judge R. WIS Of this number, and as crowd
was gathered around him one day while Joe
was passing, he addressed him as follows:


"Mr. c., how much is a good fat hog
worth at sixpence pound I"


"Step upon the scales, and will tell you
in minute" was the quick reply.
Year: 1859

HE- The st. Joseph NO. West says
that Democracy ip Kansas would be rank
Republicanism in Missouri, and that their
free State principles are as undoubted as
those of their opponents. They will
form free State constitution and
make free State laws whenever they
have the power, and would, no doubt, if
they had the opportunity, for the repeal
of the Fugitive Slave law.
Year: 1859

Bay A French magistrate. noted for
his love of the pleasure of the table
speaking one day to a friend said


"We have just been eating superior
turkey; it was excellent, stuffed TO the
neck, tender, delicate, and of a higher
favor. we left only the bones"


t'liow many of YOU were theres" said
his friend


Two replied the magistrate, 'the
turkey and myself
Year: 1859

EFFECT OF WAR ON HUMAN STATURE DR., Bell
says that if the curse Of war be long sntailed
on q nation, the physical energies OF the people
may suffer by the loss Of its finest population
to such degree, that the succeeding genera
ton will fall short of its former standard stat
ure, as was the case with the French youth
drafted for the army after the peace. Thus In
1926, out Of one million thirty-three thousand
four hundred and twenty-five young men draft
ed to serve in the army. three hundred and
eighty thousand two hundred and thirteen we're
sent back because they fell short Of even the
diminutive stature Of four feet ten inches,
French. 8e49
Year: 1859

The complaints Of the New York importers
and jobbers that tho West i failing to equal
their expectations in the Fall Trade, is not the
least among the evidences Of returning pros
,nrity for this region. We hope Il at tic rru-
dcnce Of our merchants will hold out 10 the
end, and that the load Of debt for tue gewgaws
in which, with barbaric tastes, our people are
inclined to indulge will not be increased to
the amount Of dollar. 1t is not yet Lite
enough in the season for the most tempting
offers to be made in tho metropolis, ly those
who have large stocks yet to sell. Later in
tllo autumn, when it is demonstrated that d
portion Of the enormous importatons Of the
wear must remain on hand and unsold4 tue
pcrtinacity Of the drummers and borers will
become more conspicuous, the terms Of pay:


ment easier, and prices materially lower. Bu1
let Ill remember that the crop is selling at low
Es,,rcs, that the load Of debt from the Tcs
to the East yet unprovided for, is very large


and that the signs Of the times do not Indicate


that substantial prosperity which all would b


glad to see. Let them remember these things


be content with certain gains, small risks, AM


with that safety that is better than larg
| profits.