smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864

How NOT TO DO n.-An intelligent
army correspondent Of the New York
Times writes:-


It remains to be seen what action the
military authorities ct Washington will
take in regard to the Army Of the PotO-
mac; in view of the pass to which affairs
have been brought by the late campaign.
Every one in the army here agrees that
active operations against Richmond by
this line are over for this year. l may
say, further, that everybody is persuaded
that nothing can ever be done against
Richmond by this line. The map Is
against our ever being able to do anything
eeec1Se %, thia way BY any such force as
We now have Every General ia the
army agrees that the south side of the
James River is the only line on which to
operate directly against Richmond. IT.
therefore, the Army of the Potomac is for
the present to do nothing, we should ct
once abandon this barren wilderness, for.
tify the fords Of the Potomac, man the de.
fenses Of Washington thoroughly, and
send two or three of our best corps to the
decisive theatre of war in the Southwest
When the business there is once well done
up, it will be no longer question either
of Richmond or of Virginia.


A New York paper aptly remarks:


What confession is this to make at
the close Of the month of October, 1853
The reader will at once recall General Nc
Clellan's entreaty to the Administration
not to abandon the Peninsula, nor to leave
James River. He will recall General
Scott's advice, and find that Richmond
could be reached in this way, and in no
other. He will recall, also, the testimony
of the wisest and bravest commanders 10
the field.


Another of our contemporaries has the
following:


II is now nearly twelve months since
Mcclellan was removed, because he did not
move faster and take Richmond. We
have tried three Generals since. We
have had large reinforcements, draft of
three hundred thousand men, and yet the
army is not out of hearing of the cannon
in the fortifications about Washington
At this rate, when shall we reach Rich
mond? When shall we drive the rebel
army out of Virginia? 1t is apparent that
We have made no progress since McClel-
Ian left the Peninsula. Then it 10 con-
ceded by all military men that We might
have taken the capital of the rebel confed
eracy, and, by detaching Virginia, de-
stroycd their organization; then we could
have brought the war to a close.
Year: 1864

DoN'T LIKE My BUSINESS. ss.-There is no
greater fallacy in the world than that en-
tertained by young men, that some pur-
suit in life can be found wholly suited to
their tastes, whims and fancies. This
philosophers stone can never be discoV.
cred, and every one who makes his life
search for it will be ruined. Much truth
is contained in the Irishman's remark:
at is never aisy to work hard" Let,
therefore, the fact always be remem.
bered by the young, that no life work can
be found entirely agreeable to man. Sue
cess always lies at the top of bill; it we
should reach it, we can do so only by
hard, persevering effort, while beset with
difficulties of every kind. Genius counts
nothing in the battle Of life; determined,
obstinate perseverance in one single chan
mel in everything. Hence, should any of
our young readers be debating in his ewn
mind change Of business, imagining be
has genius for some other, let him at once
dismiss the thought as he would q temp.
tation to do evil. If you think you have
made mistake in choosing the pursuit
or profession you did, don't make another
by leaving it. Spend all your energies
in working for and clinging to it, as you
would to the life.boat that sustained
you in the midst of the ocean. - If you
leave it, it is almost certain that you will
go down; but if you cling to it, informing
yourself about it till you are its master,
bending your every energy to the work,
success is certain. Good, hard, honest
effort, steadily persevered in, will make
your love for your business or profession
grow; since no one should expect to reach
o period when he could have done best
and would have liked the best. We IRE
allowed to see and feel the roughness in
our own pathway, but none in others; yet
all have them. Merchants Maga-
zine.
Year: 1864

A NEW BEDFORD paper Says: A gen
leman left at our Office yesterday o knot
of MISUNDERSTANDING white yarn, carded
and spun by an old lady eighty-two years
of age, from the hair of poodle dog.
We are rejoiced that apoodle dog can pc
put to some use, and we hope the ugly
little brutes may all be incontinenty
sheared.
Year: 1864

Nor only does death beautify our life
less forms, but the thought Of it gives a
moreIbeautiful expression even IN life as
rosemary is both placed as chaplet on
the brows of the dead, and gives lite to
fainting by its yivifying essence.
Year: 1864

Cd Dissolution of Partnership
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
N Firm known aS CROKER CO., doing oust.
ness in Gold Hin, Is this day dissolved by mutual
consent All parties indebted to the firm are re-
quested to call and settle Immediately:


A X POTTER
Year: 1864

New YORK, Jan. 14.-The Worlds Chat
tanooga letter intimates that our cavalry
will soon make raid to Montgomery, Al
ALBANIA.


A Washington letter to the Tribune says
the rebel government has declined to assent
to scheme to make the wealthy turn theil
silver plate and jewels into the the treasu-
ry. The same correspondent says Lees
present force does not rea,h thirty thou.
sand.


The presence of q rebel force in the Shen,
andoah valley is to procure subsistence. ant
also preparatory to plan of operation
which will not probably come to light be-
fore the beginning of the next campaign.
Year: 1864

Corner Town e. High Sts..
HAVING ASSOCIATED OURSELVES
IL together under the above named firm, for the
purpose Of carrying on the above named business
we ask the attention Of the public to our large rich
and well selected stock Of Goods in our line. We
keep constantly on hand full assortment of the
best grades and styles Of Cloths, Cassimeres and
Nestings; also, full stock Of Gents Furnishing
Goods. We attend TO business personally do our
own cutting, and warrant the best fits and finest
work. Especial attention paid to Military Officers


ROSE & BEEN.
jan7-dly d
A CARD ITO MY FRIENDS AND THE PUB
"A Lie IN GENERAL;,-I have this day associated
with me Mr.. J. n. BEEN in copartnership for the
purpose of carrying on the Merchant Tailoring Busi-
ness more prompt and vigorous, as my health for the
last year has not permitted to attend so promptly
to business as heretofore. We will now be abo and
intend not TO be exceed in our line Of business in
the city. Mr. BEEN is an excellent practical Tailor,
and can assure my old customers that whatever is
intrusted to him will be promptly done and the best
satisfaction given. We employ none but the best of
workmen, and superintend our business personally.
We are in receipt Of new styles of goods weekly,
and intend to keep all the newest and best styles of
goods in the Eastern markets, and sell as cheap as
any other House in the city. In fact, we intend to
make our House the Depot Of Fashion of Columbus
Especial attention will be paid to Military Officers
Clothing.


After my thanks to my old customers and friends
for past favors would ask acontinuance Of tho same
to the new firm.


Respectfully p. ROSE.
Columbus, Jan. 4, le64-jan7-dlw
Year: 1864

Our brokers were yesterday buying Ma
tional Bank notes at one to two per cent
discount We understand that they are not
bankable. and it would be we'll for people
generally to refuse them, as they may be
unable to get rid of them without shave.
There is no good reason why the greenbacks
should be current, since there is no redemp~
ton abouttthem. bu there is far less reason
for giving currency to the National Bank
notes, since they are redeemable only in
the irredeemable greenbaeks, and are not
like the greenbacks, legal tender for debts,
nor convertible into loans of tbe Govern


ment, ifany more such loans shall be au'
thorized. .-Louisrille Democrat .r
Year: 1864

Who have injured themselves by certain practice in
durged in when alone habit frequently learned nom
evil companions, at school, the effects OF which are
ders marriage impossible and destroys both mind and
body, should apply Immediately.


What pity that young man, the hope OF his conn-
try the darling Of his parents, should be snatcheo om
of deviatng from the path Of nature and indugng In
certain secret habit such parsons MUST before con-
temp latng
Year: 1864

Cslifornians do, and becomes care less
about the conditions of health, be will be
likely to find as early grave, to say the
least. as if he had stayed at home. But
if he has cheerful trust in God, not in
the climate, practices oil his old vigil.
ance, and adds new to it, adapted to the
changed circumstance, and observes tho


laws and conditions Of recovery, he may.
in the end, with the blessing of God, be
benefited. But there is no charm or
magic here for the recovery Of health
One is thrown here, as elsewhere, upon
the slow and inexorable conditions. With
the observance Of these, however, know
of no better climate, on the whole, for
one predisposed to consumption, or in the
ear y stages Of it. If the disease is
seated or much advanced, it is probable
that the severity Of the transition and
the difficulty Of acclimation would moro
than counteraot the possible advantage
from the increased salubrity Of tho cir
and regularity Of climate. l. E. D.
Year: 1864

Administration for building a steam


navy to achieve the herculean task lust


indicated were about two dozen mschine


shops, great and small, distributed from


Maine to Maryland, many of them We


Fy small and without the tools. work


men, or skill requisite for the produc-


ton of marine machinery. The first


class shops did not exceed eight in


number But the entire force of those


shops could not be commanded by the


Navy Department for the construction


of new machinery. There were the en-


ornous quantity of repairs to the mer-


chant steamers of the country to be


done, and new construction to be made
for that service. The War Department
also drew largely on their resources for


transport steamers, while the locOmo-


tive and toOl-making shops found it ut
terly impossible to meet the demand
upon them. Neither was there suffi-
cient raw material IN the country for
the large and sudden demand; the
iron, copper, tin, and coal had TO be
and manufactured Hundreds
of steamers, hundreds of locomotives,
oAOHo AUtA U totlSr AClto OF NuOuSAQuB
Of tuns of metal were called for instant
ly, and there was nothing on hand to
answer the call War steamers cannot
be built in day Inexperienced labor
cannot be converted into skilled me-
chanics in day; the prices in machine
~ rose immensely the pay of the me
chanics and the cost of material reach /
ed point far above what they were |
worth except from the Fictitious cause |
Of the suddenness of the demand. The |
result was felt in the poor materials and /
poorer workmanship with which the
was made Any kind of /
and the most unskilled labor /
had to be brought into use, and all this I
lime the amount of even that labor was
consequently diminishing by the ab
iorption Of men into the military sery-
ee.
Year: 1864

About quarter of century ago, more
or less, as the handbills have it, there
live, in one of the eastern counties of this
State, an old gentleman, whose surname
the reader will discover by a glance at the
head of this story, and whose christian
name was Ephraim. Being frugal and
industrious, he had amassed in early life
princely fortune. a large portion of
which he had invested in city real estate,
while, with the remainder, he had quietly
settled himself upon one of the most
magnificent country residences to be found
in the far-famed Chester Valley. Now.
it had not pleased Providence to bless
Ephriam with any direct heir to his i'm
mcnse estates; but this deficiency was
well supplied in the person of " niece, an
only child Of his only sister, who was left
IN orphan at the early age of thirteen,
Sophy, for that was her name, at once be-
came an inmate of her ,uncle's residence,
and was at once adopted as his own
fact Of which she was not cognizant, but
which will explain the reason why she
persisted in addressing her new father and
mother as Uncle and "Aunty" so that
these patronymics became common by
word throughout the entire neighborhood.
Now, Uncle Ephraim, although stern
believer in the doctrines of Davy Hicks,
was not remarkable for his scholastic at
tainments or general intelligence This,
in measure, arose from close and un-
remitting attention to his business in
early life. In later years. however, his
leisure moments afforded him greater ia
facilities, and he became quito devoted
student, and withal, q firm and ncorrgi-
BILE believer in that new and wonderful
discovery which, about that period, some
sage philosophers had made, touching a
strange connection between the material
and inmaterial--''a intimate relation
ship existing" as Uncle Eph. expressed
it, '.between the mind Of thy neiehbor
and thy power to control thy own move
ments in the flesh In other words,
Animal Magnetism So, gentle reader,
hayitig made our bow introductory, we
open the case:
Year: 1864

STATE OF MICHIGAN, Ninth Judicial Cir


cult in Chancery, suit pending in the Circuit


Court for the County of Ottawa, in Chancery,


at Grand Haven, in said county, on the twen-


tieth day of August, A. d. 1864;


Michael Slaven, Complainant, N this cause
ANA Ann Slaven, Defendant J rily appearing
by affidavit, that the said defendant, Anna Ann
Slaven, is a non resident of this State and that
she resides in the State Of California, on motion
of Holmes & Grove, solicitors for said COM
plainant, it is ordered that said defendant cause
her appearance to be entered in this cause with
in four months from the date of this order, and
that in case of the appearance of said defendant
she cause her answer to the complainant's bill
to be filed and q copy thereof TO be served on
the complainants solicitors within twenty days
after service Of n copy of the complainants bill
and notice of this order, and in default thereof
that said bill be taken as confessed by said de-
fendant; and IL is further ordered that within
twenty days after the date of this order the said
complainant cause n copy of this order to be
published in the Grand Haven News, n Gewspa-
per printed aud published in said county Of OF
tawa, and that said publication be continued
once in each week for six successive weeks, or
that he cause a copy of this order to be person.
ally served on said defendant at least twenty
DAYS before the time above prescribed for her
appearance. ROBERT W. DUNCAN,


Circuit Court Commissioner


in and for Ottawa County, Michigan


A true copy. Attest, PETER VAN DEN
BERG, Register in Chancery. l27S WI
Year: 1864

Harriet Il. Parkhurst Complainant,


VS..


Calvin II. Parkhurst, Defendant.


TN this cause it satisfactorily appearing that
l. process for the appearance Of said defend
ant has been duly issued, and that the same
could not be served by reason Of his absence
from this State, on motion of Thomas B. Church,
solicitor for said complainant, it is ordered that
said defendant cause his appearance to be en-
tered in this cause within three months from
the date Of this order and that in case of his
appearance he cause his answer to the com
plainants bill to be filed, and a copy thereof to
be served on the complainants solicitor within
twenty days after service of copy of said bill,
and notice of this order, and in default thereof
that said bill be taken as confessed by said de-
fendant; and it is further ordered that within
twenty days after the date Of this order the said
complainant cause u copy of this order to be
published in the Grand Haven News, public
newspaper printed and published in said county
of Ottawa, and that said publication be contin-
ued once in each week for six successive weeks
thereafter, or that he cause copy of this order
TO be personally served on said defendant ut
least twenty days before the time above pre-
scribed for his appearance.


ROBERT w. DUNCAN,


Circuit Court Commissioner


in and for Ottawa County, Michigan.
THos. B. CHURCH, Sol'r for Comppt


true copy. Attest, PETER VAN DEN Berg,
Register in Chancery. 279 w
Year: 1864

HALF SHEEr.-Nesrly every one of our
subscribers will enjoy the coming Holi
days, and they cannot blame the Printers
if they are Inclined to do the same. In
order to give them an opportunity Of do
ing SO, we cannot issue more than a half
sheet next week.
Year: 1864

A river that runs east or west crosses
no parallel Of latitude consequently, as
it flows towards the sea, it does moi
change its climate. and, being in the
same climate, the crops that are grown
at its mouth are grown also at its sour
ces and from one end to the other OF il
there is no variety of productions-it is
all of wheat and corn, or wine. or oil, or
some other staple. Assorted eargoes,
therefore, cannot be made up from the
produce which such river brings down
to market. On the other hand, a river
that runs north or south crosses parallels
of latitude, changes its climate at every
turn, and, as the traveller descends it, he
sees new agricultural staples abounding
Such river bears down to the sea va
riety of productions, which one or anoth.
er of the nations is sure to want, and for
which one will send to the market at its
mouth or the port whence they are dis
tributed oyer the world. Its advantages
are equally great for trade between the
different sections through which it flows,
as the staples Of those sections are un.
like, and productions lacking IN one part
of its course are supplied in another.
The assortment Of merchandise afforded
by such a river are the life of commerce
they give it energy, activity, and scope.
Such river is the Mississippi, aud the
Mississippi is the only such river in the
world Scientific american.
Year: 1864

LooKJAw.--I have already noticed
several deaths by lock jaw, and for the
information of all, would give certain
remedy. When any one runs a nail or
any sharp iron in any part of their frame,
take common smoking pipe, fill it with
tobacco, light it well, then take a thin
cloth or silk handkerchief, place it over
the bowl of the pipe and blow the smoke
through the stem into the wound: two
or three pipe-fulls will be sufficient to
set the wound discharging. I have tried
1t on myself and five others. and | found
1t to give immediate relief. 1.-THE wound
has been some days standing, it will
open it again if the tobacco is good. Try
it, any one who may chance to get such.
a wouud.-Baltinac-e Sun.
Year: 1864

A Detroit paper tells Of an amiable
man and wife in that city who have just
become reconciled after living together
FIVE years without speaking word to
one another. The wife made rash VOW
that she would not speak to her husband
until he apologized for having reprovsd
her quite harshly for giving an expen-
sive party in his absence. and she kep,
her promise for the length of time nam
ed.
Year: 1864




A benevolent but hasty gentleman,
who was on his way to his home on the
West Side, night before last, overheard
violent sounds issuing from house be
was passing. A voice was pleading for
mercy in agonized tones, and the sounds
of hystercal weeping mingled with the
cries of distress. Benevolent gentleman,
fired with generous and chivalric impul-
ses, rushed into the house, and found an
enamored swain on his knees before
young woman, clasping her hand and
imploring and entreating her TO marry
him. Benevolent but hasty gentleman
grew very red in the face, and backed
out of the house with crushed feelings.
Chicago Journal.
Year: 1864

L uC SuOws


Gould anything be more affecting than the following
Its authors name is unknown, but II deserves high
place in the poetic ranks. @ e.lF-,s # ta
Oh the snow, the beautiful snow,
Filling the sky and earth below
Over the housetops. over the street, ,@1s
Over the heads of the people you meet,
Dancing,
aL Flirting,


Skimming along;
Beautiful snow it can do no wrong.
FLYING to kiss fair lady's cheek, d
Chnging to lips in frolicsome freak,
Beautiful snow from the Heaven above,
Pure as an angel, gentle as love!
Oh the snow, the beautiful snow,
How the fakes gather, and laugh as they go
Whirling about in its maddening fun;
1t plays in its glee with every one,


Chasing, - II *-s


Laughing,


Hurrying by;
It lights on the face, and it sparkles the eye |
And even the dogs, with bark and bound ),
Snap at the crystals that eddy around;
The town is alive, and its heart in glow,
To welcome the coming of beautiful snow.
How wild the crowd goes swayng along,
Railing each other with hunor and song
How the gay sledges, like meteors, fash by,
Bright for the moment, then lost to the eye;


Ringing,


s~s Z Swinging, A


& Dashing they go, N 1
Over the crust of the beautiful snow
Snow so pure when it falls from the sky,
To be trampled in mud by the crowd rushing


by,


To be trampled and tracked by the thousands


of feet,


Till it blends with the filth in the horrible


street sesl. Is at hNHc Ea
Once ! was as pure as the snow--but fell
Fell like the snow flakes from Heaven to He'll ;
Fell to he trampled as filth of the street
Fell to be scoffed, to be spit on, and beat


Pleading,


Cursing,


Dreading to die
Selling my soul to whoever would buy;
Dealing in shame for morsel of bread,
Hating the living and fearing the dead
Merciful God have fallen so lowY
And yet was once like the beautiful snow.
Once was fair as the beautiful snow.
With an eye like its crystal heart like its


glow;


Once was loved for my innocent grace
Flattered and sought for the charms of my face |!
Father, a
Mother,
Sisters, all,
God, and myself, have lost by my fall.
The veriest wretch that goes shivering by.
Will take wide sweep, lest | wander too nigh
For all that is on, above me, know,
There is nothing that's pure but this beautiful


snow er se+e
How strange it should be that this beautiful
snow,
Should fall on sinner with nowhere to 60
How strange it should be, when the night
comes again,
| If the snow and the ice struck my desperate
brain
Painting,
Freezing,
Dying alone,
Too wicked for prayer, too weak for moan
| To ba heard in th y, crazy town,
| Gone mad in the Joy of the snow coming down,
To lie and TO die in my terrible woe,
With bed an Il shroud OF tie beautiful snow
Year: 1864

A New Yorker, famous for his con.
nection with the sugar candy and syrup
trade, has great passion for boots. In
one loom of his house he keeps within a
fraction Of four hundred pairs Of all thick
nesses and styles. Each morning the
proprietor passes up to this chamber of
boots, selects the pair which seems 10
his educated eye most appropriate for the
occasion, and marches off in triumph.
Year: 1864

Dying, alone,
Too wicked for prayer, too weak for moan
To BE heard in th, crazy town,
Gone mad in the Joy of the snow coming down
To lie and to die in my terrible woe,
With IA bed az j shroud OF tie beautiful snow
Year: 1864

nonperfomance, stbe stipulation is immoral, and there
and we cannot assume to Judge for YOU On the other
hand you ought not exact from the literal perform
Of the stipulation when you know hat cannot
form it without conscious culpabiy true solution OF
the difficulty to be atsinsbIe by regarding il as
simple where contract from changed circumsan9
cannot be fulfilled exactly made court of equity
in such DEGREES execution may be. 1t
requires the party who cannot perform to make compen
satOn for non-perormance Why cannot the prin-
cpe be applied to the rendition Of ugtyes from servce


We cannot surrender-but compensate. Why
not then avoid all difficulties al sides and show
spectvey good faith and good will by providing and
ceptug compensation where masters reclaim escaping
servants and prove their right of recsmatOn under the
Constitution Instead Of judgment for rendition, let
there be judgment for compensation determined by the
true value Of the services and let the Judgment
freedom to the fugitive The cost to the National
Treasury would be nothing comparison with the evils
OF discord and strfs All parties would be gamers"