smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

FAST DAYS IN PERIL.-Three years ago the
convention of Congregational ministers of this
State, upon the memorial of the Worcester
Association, referred the subject of the aboli-
tion of the ''ancient and timehonored" insti-
tuition of New England, Fast Day, to special
cornnAittee of which Dr. Blagden of Boston
was chairman The subject has been brought
up each succeeding year, but the committee
has not yet been called together, and accord
ingly has made no report. AT the meeting this
week in Boston, Rev Mr.. Copp of Chelsea,
said that the day had degenerated into holi-
day which was not creditable, and made an ap-
peal for its abolition. Perhaps on the ground of
courtesy, Mr. Copp was added to the commit
tee, and they were instructed to make full
report. We sincerely trust that the action, or
more appropriately the no-action of the COM
mittee for the past three years is an indication
that they are not disposed to recommend or
favor in any degree the destructive measure
which has been suggested. If the day has
become one of festivity and recreation to any,
so much the better for those who would not
otherwise observe it at all. 1t does not follow
that holiday becomes useless when it ceases
to be austere. With our we-knewn conserva-
tive tendencies, we should be greatly shocked
and grieved if the institution which was his
torical with our fathers, and is observed with
at least as much fidelity now as then, should
be made to succumb before the entirely wrong
and mistaken notion that it has become in any
degree immoral
Year: 1859

This week, Jock has been reconotering at all the fish
markets the Atlantic coast and all the rivers of New
England. The result of all will be on exhibition at the
great emporium this morning. at No. 10 Mechanic street.
There will be great excitement to-day at 10 O'Clock
among the lovers of the nny inhabitants of the deep
Those salmon! those shad! those live mackerel-O
don't say any more; be cool and not get excited.


CoLroNs ILLUSTRATED CABINET ATLAS AND DE
scRIPrIVE GEoGRAPHY.-H L. FISK would respectfully
call the attention of the public to the following cards as
additional testimony in favor of this work. any other
of the kind ever published:


WORCESTER, May 81, 1859.
nave examined with some care Coltons Cabinet At
las Its work exceedingly interesting and valuable
The numerous illustrations with which the volume is
ned the amount of information which it contains the
maps showing distinctly and clearly not only the geo
graphical positions of continents countries and states
but also the physical condition of the earth the ocean
drainage, the inland drainage oceanic currents &C.
&c-all combine to render the work one of the most
useful and entertaining of any thing of the kind which
has been my fortune to Fora family of children if
seems to me to be of the books well fitted to enlist
interest and attention to the subjects upon which it treats


(Signed) HENRY CHAPLIN.
Year: 1859

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SEC. 4. In case of any vacancy in
the Office Of township assessor, it shall
be the duty of the board of supervi-
sors for the county, to appoint an
assessor or commissioner to take such
census, at any meeting, either regu-
lar or special, prior to the time ap-
pointed in this Act] for taking the
census, who shall make the required
enumeration, as hereby provided ;
and in case any county or district of
country, shall not be organized with
the requisite county officers, then it
shall be the duty Of the Governor Of
this Territory to appoint person or
persons, to take the census in such
county or district Of country, accord
ing to the provisions of this Act.


SEC. 5. Any commissioner, or per-
son who shall be appointed according
to the provisions Of the foregoing
Section, and who shall not be an off,
Ger Of county or township, and as
such taken an oath Of Office and
given bond for the faithful discharge
Of his official duties, shall, before en-
tering on the discharge of his duties,
take an oath to support the constitu-
tion Of the United States, and faith
Year: 1859

Providing for taking Census.
BE ii enacted By the Governor and


Legislative assembly 9fMe Ter


ritory Of Kansas


SECTION l. AN enumeration of the
inhabitants of this Territory shall be
made on the first day of June and
thereafter, in the year eighteen hun
dred and ffty-nine, which shall be
conducted in the following manner


SEQ. 2. 1t shall be the duty of as
SCISSORS Of each municipal township,
to make or cause to be made, an en-
umeration Of all the inhabitants re-
siding in such municipal township
on the first day of June of said
year, and make a return thereof, as
herein prescribed, and in the follow
ing tabular form:
Year: 1859

The Indian title to the above named
lands have recently been extinguished.
These lands, covering an area OF one
hundred miles in length and thirty miles In
breadth, are situated in the new county
Of Greenwood, Of which Pleasant Grove
is the county seat in the southern par. OF
the Territory. The lands are descnoee
to us as being very rich, well timbered
and watered. The timber CONSISTS OF
black walnut, oak, read and white cedar;
We understand that several families wiz
leave this city next week to take up claims
in that section. A meeting to organise z
compay to settle on the land viii De neio
on Saturday evening. at the eHaila O


the Neptun Fire Company ~ Lsassns0'rs
Journal
Year: 1859

HMr Stephenson will go to the Office Of the
Board o. Educstion be see the protest referred
to in our report And if he will open hs file of
TIE TRIBUNE and read our report more carefully
than be has done, he will find that we stated that
Mr.. Davenport voted not against the appropriation
tstIf but against forcing i. through under the pre-
vious question. For years no schocl.bulding has
been PUT up which has been 70 much needed as
this, and we are glad that it is to be made sub
stabti.y FIRE proof; but Mr. Stephenson will agree
with his friends, Mr. Davenport and THE TRIBUNE,
in saying that the appropriation for it should not
baye been made by choking Of debate on protest
from one Of the bidders.
Year: 1859

The Committees in the Board Of Aldermen were
announced last night, bu: not tho'e i'll the other
Board. Several important propositions were
brought forward and referred; but until the Tax
Levy is put through scarcely an! thing else will be
done
Year: 1859

STATEN ISLAND A PoRr OF EsrRr.-TIe Stat,,
Islander urges the creation Of port Of entry At .
pleton and gives Is for such step thar. ON
the completion Of the Staten Island Railroad TIA, town
will be in direct communication with every town and
city of the South and West and viii therefore have


large share of the business Of Transporting merchandise
imported by New-York merchants; that il would b
great saving TO transport these goods direct instead Of
tst sending them to NewYork that there Is plenty Of
room there for bonded warehouses at much less ex.
rense than in Nsw-York; that much less time woald
be saved by direct transportation and last bu, nos
least, that NewYork and Brooklyn wonld be relieved
of apprehension on account of infected ships which
could discharge cargoes and load up in the Lower Bay,
without even going to New-York a, all The States
Islander gives fnalsnd conclusive reason for max
ing this new port" that somebody wants 70 bs
Collector"
Year: 1859

The difference we have 10 Eote In the Cattle market
between this week and last is that real good cattle
selling better this week and poor ones worse--very
decidedly wore. The supply of rstclass cattle is to'
mali for the demand and the supply of inferior


ock too lsrgei and If prices by the pound not only
counted lower, but satisfied that accounts Of
Gales viii not give good satisfaction TO by
several dollars per head the same grade sold week
ago. This probably partly owing to the great sbund
anee Of cheap poultry now Oh the market, and that
Christmas this year gave two holidays, 90 far an
extra consumption of geese and turkeys s concerned
and lessening of the demand for beef, and conse-
quently fewer cattle needed, that the stock in
market, though less than last week, is altogether TOO
large for the demand for all but such buloeks as are
wsnteG by trst-class retail butchers.


Beside the fresh stock In the yards at Forty fourth
street have about 200 stale cattle, and there are
also go 800 head in the hands Of butchers OF
TIE ast weeks purchase which they have had no oc-
Year: 1859

MAsouERADERs IN DILwAuE.E--A great mas
querade ball wrs given in Milwaukee about
week ago. The Netss of that city, in the course
of an article describing 1t, says:


zone gentleman fell in love with his own sis
ter, while another man danced, talked and pro.
mennded three hours with gentleman in wo.
mans Dress in the vain hopeoi finding out who
the dear creature was One young man took
his mother to the supper, and great was the
surprise of both on learning how matters stood.
One of our leading merchants gave his ring to 4
young lady il she would raise her mask that he
might see her features, when it was his own
sister, who he supposed was at home with the
toOthache! Two gentlemen got into n warm
dispute as to who a certain yonng lady with a
black domino was, and after making a wager Of
two bottles of champagne, found out the young
lady was the younger and mischieyous brother
of the losing party
Year: 1859

4he following incident is told of navy off,
Ger who had just married daughter of
clergyman in England:


"After the nuptiai ceremony, the happy
couple left town to spend the honeymoon !;
but scarcely had they departed when tele-
gram from the Admiralty reached the bride
groom's residence, directing him instantly to
join his ship in an English port, as it had been
ordered to sail the following morning on for:
eiyn service. No time was lost in spatching
the telegram after the newly married couple,
whom, much to their CONSERVATION, it soon
reached; but the order was imperative, and
with that devotion to duty so Characteristic
of the British officer, the bridegroom at once
tore himself away from the arms of his
weeping bride, and within three hours after
his marriage was bowling along at the rate of
some thirty or forty miles an hour en- p cute to
headquarters, leaving his better half to return
the shelter Of the parental roof till the arrival
of more peaceful times.
Year: 1859

How beautifully rests upon the water


That flower of purest white;
How like lovely bride or blooming daughter,


in snow-white garments dight.
How gracefully she seems to gaze below her


On the reflected sky;
Bowing at each dip of the passing oar,


AS the swift boat goes by.
Therein her morning brightness and her beaut y


An emblem of Gods love,
For all who tread the silent paths of duty,


Smiled down on from above.
lie never is forgetful of his children,


But, in their darkest hour,
Howe'er forsaken they may be by men,


Smiles on them in each flower
He paints the lilies and he makes them wither


4 lesson unto man,
In all his greatness he is passing thither


Into that unknown land.
We catch but glimpses of that glorious vision,


In music and in flowers.
Awaiting us beyond the fields Elysian


OF this cold world of ours.
Year: 1859

The correspondent of the New York E.r
press furnishes the following description of life
at Saratoga. He says:


Hardly has the sun dissipated the night,
ere the crowd of sojourners commence their
migration to the Spring We always have the
pleasant accompaniment of music while par
taking of the waters here, and no one can de-
ny that the grounds are laid out in the most
picturesque manner; the walks intertwine
and twist in various directions, and are as
smooth as carpet floor; in various spots
there are marble statuary, which assist in
lending classic appearance to the place.
Here you will meet people from ali portions of
the globe; they are of various classes. The
old habitues, who come and have been COM
ing here for forty years, and who drink Con-
gress Water because every one else does the
same thing, they make it a boast how much
Year: 1859

~ The London correspondent of the Man.
chester Guardian learns that Miss Florence
Nightingale continues to lose strength under
her continued labors. The scenes and suffer-
ings of the Crimea made a deep and abiding
impression on her devoted and deep natu. e.
She determined after her return to give her
self up to the removal of the manifest sources
of that evil which she beheld in full play in
the lazar- houses Scutari, and under the dis
NAL hospital marques before Sevastopol.-
Ever since the conclusion of peace she has
been laboring al the work of barrack and hos
pital Improvement, with a view to the anchor
alton Of the health of the soldier and the in.
crease of his comforts. She has persevered
IN this labor in spite of impaired health and
failing strength.
Year: 1859

Prof. Henry, at the Scientific Association,
gave an account of the method pursued each
day at the Smithsonian Institute, to record
and predict the weather. They have map
OF the United States hung upon board.
with the pins stuck through at the points
where the observers of the Institute are sta
toned. The Institute has daily reports by
telegraph from many of these points. Each
morning an assistant hangs a cord on the pins
to indicate the state of the weather-black if
raining, green if showing, brown if cloudy,
and white if fair. All storms travel east, and
thus they are enabled to predict with great
certainty the condition of the weather twelve
hours in advance.
Year: 1859

w 1t is not manly for man to be look
ing out ahead all the time to avoid work, and
saying to himself "How can 1 spare myself
this or that piece of drudgery ?" What if a
plow drawn by stout oxen were all the time
to be looking out and saying "How shall do
70 avoid having to rip through that rooted
turf? What shall I do to avoid having to
turn out that stone? ?" No! No! Take the
furrow of life just as it comes and cut it righ
hrough.-Beecher.
Year: 1859

~ The Singapore and Pensang papers
state that the nutmeg trees are all dying, and
there will soon be none left in the Islands,
The Dutch East Indies will then have the
spice trade all to themselves, except what the
enterprise and ingenuity of Connecticut NAV
do keep up competition.
Year: 1859

THE LAST TolL-What a volume o: his.o-
ry and Of associations are compressed in the
following paragraph from the European
Times of the 18th December:


We regret to state that the big bell, the
gift of Cardinal Wolsey, and the pride and
boast of Shelborne, terminated It's career on
Sunday evening of last week. As the ring
ers were ringing for service it cracked, SO
that It is no longer lit for use.


There is moro meaning and philosophy
than at first sight appears in Coleiidge's an
swer to lady when she asked him whether
he believed in ghosts. oh, no, madam,
have seen too many to believe in them
Year: 1859

Gle is a very unfortunate man." said Dr.
Spooner, speaking Of a gentleman whose ITO
uck is proverbial "and really believe if he
should fall on his back, that he would break
lis nose"
Year: 1859

Mary Young, and said she was boarding
with a friend at number = Chestnut
street, aud then left the Office.


After she had gone, the thought oc-
Cured to him that he had seen the face
before, and the more he thought of it, the
more he was convinced that such was the
case, and to satisfy his curiosity, he re-
solved to visit her the following day
The next afternoon he called at Chestnut
street, and there found the person he was
in search of, sitting in very nicely furn-
ished apartment, with a sweet, rosy cheek
ed boy by her side.


after talking on the different topics of
the day, he ventured to ask her if she was
a native of the State


NO, sir, l was raised in Virginia, and
resided there till shortly after my mar
riage' she answered.


Did you not at one time reside in the
village of M-2'


Il resided there several years, said the
lady as she scrutinized the features of the
lawyer.


Il suppose you we're acquainted with the
citizens generally, were you not P


Yes, was partially acquainted with
most of the inhabitants, said she.


Were you acquainted with a young
man by the name of W who pub
lished paper there?'


Il was very well acquainted with him as
we were engaged to be married, but upon
the interference of my mother, and some
others, it did not take place. Here a tear
was seen to steal down her cheek.


DO you know what became of him P
asked the lawyer.


4 do not, she replied, but would to
God could find out where he is, for al
though l was forced to slight him, he
would still be friend to me- she said,
trying to hide her tears with her hand
kerchief


Then, madam he replied, you see that
man in mel am the printer, the one that
loved you above all others, and the one
that you would now trust to as friend
He is all he was


'She sprang to his arms, their lips met,
and the love they had for each other years
before, was kindled anew


Ellen, my only love, nothing on earth
could give me more pleasure than this
meeting. Often have thought Of you
since we parted on Virginia's lovely soil.


They talked over the times they had
when young. How they had taken moon
light walks in the garden, exchanged
pledges of love, and finally she told him
how she had been deceived in her husband,
for instead Of being a wealthy Southern
merchant, he had proved to be gambler
and a drunkard.


He succeeded in getting the divorce for
her, and they passed many happy hours
together, but they were not numerous, for
the next spring she fell>a victim to that
terrible disease, yellow fever. The lawyer
ever proving a friend took the young boy
aud adopted him as his; as he was never
married. he had none.


i have finished this story, all but one
thing, said the judge.


"What is thatY asked his niece.


1T is simply this, that printer of whom
have been speaking is none other than
your uncle. II is myself was the hero of
this story, and the child l spoke Of you
know, he is in my Office and bids fair to
become a good lawyer.


That is very nice story, uncle


Yes dear it is one you can profit by
Do not treat person coldly because they
happen to be a mechanic, lest in the end
he should turn out to be greater than
you
Year: 1859

Hon. john BELL-In adyerting to the
changes recently created in the personnel
of the Senate, by the mutations of politics,
we are sure that we do but give utterance
10 the voice of large portion not only of
the people of Tennessee but of the country
at large when we say that the withdrawal
Of the Hon. John Bell from the body
which he has so long instructed by the
wisdom Of his counsels and adorned by
the dignity of his demeanor deserves TO
be regarded as serious loss to the public
service. Uniting to habits of patient
study those cardinal qualities of mind
which constitute the conservative states
man, he had moreover acquired by his
long service in different branches of the
Government an experience which fitted
him in singular degree for the high
functions lie has lately discharged with SO
much credit to himself and usefulness to
the country. 1t is TO be hoped that his
withdrawal from public life will only prove
temporary, and that our national councils
may still share in the benefits to be derived
from the signal ability he brings to the
discussion of all great public measures
That ability has been sufficiently illustra-
ted in the able speeches he has delivered
on the topics Of political concern which
have occupied the attention of Congress
during the last few years, and we venture
to express the hope that selection
from his Senatorial efforts on great ques-
tons of State policy may be gathered into
permanent form, as We are sure they
would compare favorably with similar
productions of the leading statesmen who
have shed lustre on our Parliamentary
anDals.-Natianal Iatelligencer.
Year: 1859

CAUGHT AT LAsr-For some months past
houses have been fired in this city by persons
who seemed TO have no object in view but TO
call out the Fire Department and get up an
excitement. Every exertion has been made
to find out the incendiaries, but without sue.
cess until now. frequently these fires have
been in very dangerous quarters of the city,
and have caused very great alarm. On Sec
ond street, between A and the slough, an at
tempt to fire frame building was made on
Tuesday nj ght. 1t was building formerly
used as storehouse for Lamalh's Mills.
About 10 or l o'clock in the evening, three
young men. who lodge at Murray's building.
on the slough. noticed a smoke issuing from
the building and went to the spot. They
found piece of tow saturated with cam
phene burning between the joists of the
building, and in a fair way of consuming it
ina short time. They extinguished the fame.
but at the same time saw a man standing
near the building in very suspicious man.
ner They followed him up. had their sus
picions confirmed, and made complaint of
him to the police He was arrested and is
now in the station house 1t is expected that
there will he some interesting Developments
in reference to the transaction. If there is
any one deserving of less pity than mid
night murderer it is, in our opinion, white.
livered, eowardly incendiary. If proven
guilty, we hope to see fearful example made
of the one now in the hands Of the law.
Year: 1859

BuLKuEAD Bill PAssED.-We learn from
the Northern Line of Telegraph that the
much talked of bulkhead bin passed. the Sem
ate, on yesterday, by a vote of 10 to l6 1t
having passed the Senate, it is understood
that there will be no obstacle to its passage
in the Horse.


great hue and cry has been raised against
this bill, ever since ITS introduction, and we
expect now to see all sorts of charges of cor
ruption and bribery in connection with it.
We shall patiently wnit to see what disclos-
ures are ma 'e, taking care to express no
opinions pro or con, until we know what we
are talking about 1t has been intimated
that this bulkhead bill providing for bulk
head for San Francisco is the most stupen
dnus swindle that has ever been projected in
this State II it can be proven, it will add
nothing to the laurels of the present Le-
compton Legislature. Time will unravel the
question.
Year: 1859

Two of the vainest men in the world, IN
their time, were Cicero, the great Roman ana
Red Jacket the great Indian Orator The
former used to boast in his speeches that he
was the savior of the Roman Republic The
latter declared that he was born an orator.
which was true enough. The most notable
exhibition of his vanity was upon the ocea-
sion of the launching a schooner, at Black
Rock, which bore his name. Having been
invited to participate in the ceremonies he
made a speech, and, during its delivery, apos'
trophised the vessel in these words:


"You have had great name given to you
strive to des rye it. Be brave and daring.
Go boldly into the great lakes, and fear nei-
ther the swift winds nor the strong waves
Be not frightened nor overcome by them, for
it is by resisting storms and tempests that |,
whose name you bear, obtained my renown.
Let my great example inspire you to courage
and lead you to glory"


1t was a very common thing in the days
of the civic and military glory of Rome, for
her great men to boast of their distinction
They had no false or true) sense Of modesty
in this regard at all. If they were conscious
of greatness they did not hesitate to speak Of
it. Whether this may be properly called
vanity or a mere unaffected self-scknOwledge-
ment of conscious merit, we are not prepared
to say The fact that the untutored sons Of
the forest (who are supposed to be governed
in all their actions very nearly by the die
tates of nature,) exhibit this same character
istic, would seem to argue that the studiou'
avoidance of self-praise, according to the
usual civilized custom, is pure affectatiOn.