smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1867

Cannot something he done to prevent the
Legislature of this State from re-assembling
in August, and consuming fifty or seventy.
five thousand dollars in the way of per diem
and mileage, and besides, probably, appro-
priating large sum of money for purposes
I not actually necessary There are thousands
of people in the State suffering for bread and
the common necessaries of life, and although
many have little property in the way of
land, they are utterly unable to pay the pres
ent State and county taxes, unless their
homes are sold by the Sheriffs. Now, is i.
right, or fair, or good policy for the Legisla-
ture to meet again and make appropriations
which will certainly tend t.' increase taxa
ton 2 Is it right to use the money which
has been or may be paid into the public
treasury to defray the expense of an extra
session of the Legislature. and then force the
people to pay more taxes to make up def
ciences2 Is it right or honorable for the
State Legislature to voluntarily assemble
when it is well known that the members will
not be permitted to act as free American cit
izens and that they will be subject to militia
ry control2 But, apart from all this, there
is no necessity for re-assembling the Legisla-
ture. 1t will be time enough to conform our
State laws to the new condition of things af-
ter new Constitution is framed and adopt
ed.-Char. Democrat


We think something can and will be done
to prevent the re-assembling of the Legisla-
ture. 1t is now more than probable that
Congress will meet again in July, That
body must then abolish one of the two gov
ernments which Mr.. Stanbery declares exists
in the Southern States. and we can not
doubt as to which one will be abolished. If
Congress should re-assemble in July the Le-
gislature of this State will not re-assemble in
August. Under any view of the subject
"'tis consummation deyoutly to be wished" !"
Year: 1867

DRUNK AND DIsoRDERLY.-As usual, q
large number Of drunk and disorderly cases were
heard before the different magistrates yesterday
All were fined, and where they were unable to pay,
were sent to the workhouse. When will We have
House Of Correction
Year: 1867

tered her mind. She saw her husband
going down hill-going from bad t,


worse and she felt that she had ius
cause for all she said and did. She still
worked early and late worked and frett
ed and scolded-worked until work seem
ed almost useless to save herself anc
children from the poor house-and ther
she faltered.


And to John Nudgkins the wav dowr
hill was simple and easy enough. Inclin
ed by all his early education that way
il. is-no wonder that his feet held to The
downward path. He had never been 8
hard working man but he had been emi
nently social one; and when he could
not find a social comfort at homo, he
sought it elsewhere In fact, his home
had come to be a very unpleasant one
and though, in his sober moments, he
was well aware that he was to blame fol
much of the domestic i'll, yet he could not
bring himself to feel that there could be
any use in trying to get sunshine in where
his wife was. F@It.y f4.g-r
! And SO they bad lived on, both with
good enough in them to have made hap
py, peaceful home if they could have
found that good and plucked on. the foul
weeds of bad education and habit that
choked down the better fruit.


And so we come to the time of which
we write, when the clouds were darkest,
and when all that was left as home to
the misguided pair was about falling to
ruin and destruction. We. have heard
the conversation that took place on that
June morning after the children had gone
to school, John Nudgkins went. out in
to the garden as he had been bidden, and
Polly was left alone in the kitchen.


Goodness gracious!


The towering Alps, with their frown-
ing battlements of eternal snow, arose
not more sternly in the path of Hannibal
than arose the task which she had taken
upon herself before John Nudgkins.


Goodness gracious! How in the world
shall / set about it ? .Fs>-1. r - .-r
And she sat down and thought the mat
ter over.


| amt tolook cross, nor speak cross
It'll come hard. But I'll try it. believe
can stand it. can stand it as long as
ne Can. 11e PROMISED not TO IOucn crop
NOT DROP. I'm blessed if / believe
he can do it. I should be ashamed to be
the first to back down, and won t. Well
see how long John can stick and hang.
Polly washed her dishes-they were poor
cracked smis-matched -things-but she
washed them as she would have washed
better ones, and set them away and when
this was done, she peeped through the
window into the garden, and there she
saw John busily at work pulling up the
weeds and .hoeing around the tender
plants At eleven o'clock he came in af-
ter drink of water. g


BY gracious! he muttered, as he wip-
ed the sweat from his brow. 4 1t kind
o'takes hold of me. a


To be concluded neat aveeE.
Year: 1867

The n. Y Tribune has the following /:


1t is scarcely necessary to direct atten-
ton to the debate between Gen. Butler
and Mr.. Bingham. Gen. Buffers state
ments in respect to the trial of Mrs. Sur
ratt are so remarkable that we persume
they will be deemed to require an official
inquiry into the facts. . It does not lessen
the force of them that they are presented
by way of suggestion rather than of as
sertion. But when Gen. Butler comes to
speak of the assassination conspiracy it
self, he uses language which we prefer
rather to quote than comment on stf
all the testimony had been presented, we
should have been able to pursue the ae-
completes, and to find out who it was
that changed Booths. purpose from cap
ture to. assassination--who it was that was
to profit by. the capture of Lincoln in
case the bullet made vacancy HGen.
Butler has any evidence on which he
builds the belief that plainly. lies in his
mind, he should not wait to be called on
to state all that is within his knowledge


If be has not any evidence the use of
such languageis unaccountable. =,
Year: 1867

is unparalleled, the sentence Of the
Court will be adjusted with special
reference to its magnitude.


The sentence was then passed, which
was that the prisoner, on bill No. 33,
undergo an Imprisonment, at separate
and solitary confinement at hard labor
in the Eastern Penitentiary TOR ten
years and on bill No "a a like i'm
prisonment for five years, making
fifteen years in all.


The prisoner wept, and seemed to
be in much anguish of mind after the
sentence had been pronounced
Year: 1867

is responsible for the following:


A good story is tod a, the expense Of
belle upon one oftha boats which cross
the lake. She had arisen in the morning
and commenced dressing-in the ladies'
cabin, Of course. Observing the door to
be partially open, she ran agsiDs, i, with
AL her force to close it, sup2osing i, to
open and shut on the inner side. I. was
just the reverse, and her as.onishmen.
may be imagined at finding herself rum
ming half way down the m ain cabin into
crowd OF gentlemen, before she could
abate her speed.
Year: 1867

early field corn. It will cost you
three to five dollars per bushel,
Plant early, on rich land ; the
stalks in the rows about Is inches
apart. You will have roasting
ears and ripe corn before YOU
know it. Plant Of this only
enough for summer use. Do not
let a mania for cotton planting
make q fool Of you again, and
prevent putting in a bountiful
crop Of corn. Corn has no tax on
it. The tax on cotton $50 onerous
that were a full crop and low prices
to come again, its payment would
ruin the already crippled planter,
Injurious also, to the freedmen, in
depressing his wages, it is not at
all likely his radical friends will re-
peal it. 1t becomes US then, to
cultivate more largely the untaxed
crop. Moreover. no man is safe
with frccdmen's labor, in devoting
near half as much ground to Cot
ton as he formerly did with the
same nominal force for if he does
he will have TO throw it out, Or
not half tend it as was the case
last year. 1t would yield more
profit where near railroads, to
plant even less, and spend the
money in making and purchasing
manurcs, both for cotton and corn.
When you cannot manure, throw
out all your poor, worn out lands,
and use only the best. A half crop
Of cotton will bring in more money
than a full one, and to try to
plant a full crop Of cotton this
year, would compel the purchase
Of all our food another year. The
facilities and rates Of transporta-
ton will not begin to Justify this.
Plant, then, plenty Of corn, and
plant early and on deeply pre-
pared ground, so as to prevent,
by the early maturing Of the crop,
and by full supply Of moisture IN
the soil during it's periods Of
growth, the casualties to whfck it
is subject, under other conditions,
in our summer droughts~


[S0uthern CWltivator.
Year: 1867

Commences this month in the
climate of lower Georgia: and
when early planted, makes almost
invariably the best crop. If you
are buying corn: better send few
dollars to any Of the Northern
Sccdsmcn advertising with us for
q little King Philip Or other best
Year: 1867

For many year there was a
touching and beautiful custom to
be witnessed in a certain regiment
of French grcnadicrs, and which
was meant to commemorate the
heroism Of a departed comrade.


When the companies assembled
for parade and the roll was called,
there was one name to which its
owner could not answer-it was
that of La Tour d'Auvergnc.


When it was called, the oldest
sergeant present stepped pace
forward and raising his hand to
his cap, said proudly


"Died on the field of honor"


For fourteen years this custom
was continued, and only ceased
when the restored Bourbons, to
please their foreign masters. for
bade everything that was calcnI@-
ted to preserve the spirit Of the
soldiers of France.


La Tour d'Auvergne was not
unworthy in life the honor thus
paid him after his death. lie was
educated for the army, entered in
1867, and in 1871 served under
the Duke de CrilIion at the siege
of Port Mahon. He served al
ways with distinction, but con-
stantly refused offers ofprOmotion,
saying that he was only fit for tie
command Of a company Of grcna-
diers; but finally the various grcn-
adler companies being united, he
found himself in command Of 4
body of eight thousand men, while
retaining only the rank Of captain.


Hence he was known as the
First Grcnadicr Of France.


But it is Of one particular eN-
plot of lis that we wish to write,
more than his career in general.


When he was forty years Of age,
he went on visit to 4 friend, not
far from a section Of the country
that was soon to become the scene
.ofa campaign. While there. he
was busy in acq0ainting himself
with the features OF The country.
thinking it not unlikely that tlsis
knowledge might be OF use to him,
and while here the brave grena-
dier was astonished to learn that
the war had been rapidly shifted
to this quarter, and that regi-
ment of Austr!ans was pushing on
TO occupy a narrow pass about ten
miles from where he was staying;
and the possession Of which would
give them an opportunity to pre-
vent an important movement OF
the French, which was then on
foot. They hoped to surprise the
post, and were moving so rapidly
upon it that they were not more
than two hours distant from the
place he was staying, and which
they would have to pass on their
march. 1t matters not how he
heard the news. Il is sufficient to
say that he determined at once :"
""t "pon il,


H. had j." idea ot being cay
Year: 1867

soc. Internal Revenue Stamp, cancelled.
I'm THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE NINTH
4 Judicial District of the State of California, in
and for the county of Shasta.


Dennis Ii. Dunn James Kempt, Romaine
Cook (alias Romaine Remilard) and John Bucher,
former partners in business under the name, firm
and style of James Kempt Cook & Co.


Action brought in the District Court of the Ninth
Judicial District of the State of California, in and
for the county of Shasta and the complaint filed in
said county of Shasta, in the Office of the Clerk of
said District Court


The People of the State of California send greet
ing to James Kempt, Romane Cook (alias Ro-
maine Remilard) and John Bucher, defendants


You are hereby required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above named plaintiff
in the District Court of the Ninth Judicial District
of the State of aliornia in and for the county of
Shasta, to answer the complaint filed therein with
in ten days exclusive of the day of servce) after
| the service you of this summons if served
within this county if served out of this county
but within this Judicial District, within twenty
days. or if served out of said district then within
| forty days-o judgment by default will be taken
against you according to the prayer of said com
! plaint


The said action is brought to recover the sum Of
three hundred and eighteen 33-100 dollars debt
with interest thereon at the rate of per cent per
month from the 18th day of February, 1862, and
the further of scventy-fve 3-100 dollars of the
costs taxed in said judgment with legal interest
thereon from the 4th day of March, 1862; and you
are hereby notified that if you fail to appear and
answer said complaint above required, the said
plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief de-
manded in the complaint.


Given under my hand, and the seal of the
District Court of the Ninth Judicial
District of the State of California, in and
IL. ST. for the County of Shasta, this lst day o


March, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty
seven
uy4 CHARLES MCDONALD, Clerk.
Year: 1867

Established expressly to afford tho afflicted
sound and scientific Medical Aid, in the treatment
and cure of all Private and Chronic Diseases, Cases
of Secrecy and all Sexual Disorders.
Year: 1867

righteous cause than theirs, frequently
compels success. The political tidings
from Maine and California will also
work largely in their favor. The Amer
lean people are quick to detect she
signs of disruption in q political
organization, aud there are
thousands who have adhered
to Radicalism because of its prosperity,
but who will be swift to desert its for
tunes, now that adversity is coming
and utter dissolution draws nigh. The
Radicals, in turn, have much to disor-
ganize and discourage their ranks.
They have lost all aggressive spirit and
are making merely desperate defence.
Those who fight are sullen, vindictive,
almost fcndish IN their warfare, but
many are nerveless, wavering and panic
stricken, while numbers are thoroughly
disgusted and medi'ate open mutiny.


A noticeable feature of the Ohio cam
paign is the position os the young men
of the State. The preponderance of this
class of voters upon the Democratic
side is striking and gratifying. In this
connection, We may state that the Re-
publican Executive Committee of Ohio
are understood to haze advised, by Sc
cret circular, the quiet abandonment of
the negro suffrage question, and to have
urged that the Negro Amendment be left
to its fate. volume could not more
fully illustrate the political prospects in
Ohio.


We cannot close without word of
congratu!ation for the Democrats of Bel
mont. They are working nobly and ef-
fectively in the good cause, and with
such q local ticket as they have plac ell
in nomination will be able to gladden.
the hearts of their friends as well as TO
greatly surprise their opponents at the
coming election. In the name of the
Democracy of Ohio county we bid
them God speed.


We end our report by rendering to the
citizens of st. Clairsville, one and all,
the warm thanks of their guests of yes
terday for the generous hospitality they
so happily dispensed. Their kindness
will,ever be remembered by the recip-
tents and will never be recalled with
ont evoking the best wishes of lasting
and grateful regard.
Year: 1867

4 committee Of young ladies, dressed
with great beauty and simplicity, in
white, and irradiating the place by
their bright eyes and handsome faces,
then occupied the speakers stand for
the purpose Of preseDtinga beautiful
silk banner to the township sending to
Year: 1867

ST. ANN's INFANT AsYLUM.-The family
picnic and straw berry festival, for this truly
charitable institution, at Analostan, on Thurs
day. should receive the patronage Of all in our
midst, who are willing to aid in the noble
work OF taking care Of the little orphan chill
dren.
Year: 1867

THB JURY PANEL IN THE SURRATT CASE
1t is rumored that the action of the prosecution
yesterday in objecting to the Jury panel, was
from the belief that a considerable number of
those on the jury list were OF the same religious
belief as the prisoner As there are manV ex.
aggerated rumors afoat, 1t is probable that
this is not the cause of the action of the prose.
cutlon.
Year: 1867

The use Of profane language seems to he In.
dispensable to some people: they cannot epeak
two words without using an oath to make
their conversation more emphatic. If they
really knew how ridiculous they make theuc-
selves appear, even to those who are addicted
to this vice, think that they would try to
break themselves of the low degrading habit.
What is more disgusting than to hear a man
commence his speech with an oath, and use
maledietion for about every other word. The
chief object of his conversation is to get in as
many impious words as possible, and by so do
ing impress upon the minds of his hearers con-
viction of the truth of his words.


1t is shameful to hear the rising generation
using upon the most trifing occasion such
profane epithets as chill your blood; they have
learned it from their elders, and thiuk it is
manly. Shall not the punishment of such
teachers be more severe than their puplls?--
Let all remember the third commandment and
profit by its teachings.


"Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord
thy God in vain" MlsPAu,
Year: 1867

and the u. s. Express Line to Denver
will make this point their terminus
for the Winter


There is no Indian news.


The Democrats will tonight have
a grand jollifcation over the result of
the recent elections.
Year: 1867

The opinion exists quite extensively that there
is not room for more than Que Express Company on
any one line aud that the result of the quarrel viii
be that the weaker of the companies must go to thu
wall Our impression is that there is room for two
companies on any line, and that the public will bs
the gamers by healthy competition. Let the Mer-
chants Union aud whichever company is competing
with il charge fair and uniform rates and get what
business they can 1t is not for the interest OF tho
public that either should kill the other. The Mer-
chants Union was established aud is in large part
owned by small proprietors, who went into the bus-
ness with their eyes open. and appearances do not
Indicate that they intend TO abandon the fight Tho
Adams the American and the United States Express
Companies have done, in years past, very profitable
business. The public complained that their charges
were sometimes too high, and the Merchants Union
was established They fixed lower tariff than ths
old companies, but nc rates which they thoughs
would pay fair profit. The old companies reduced
their rates still lower and il is said that none Of them
are now making money. We advise the old compa-
MES 10 charge fair rates, and abandon the idea Oh
killing the Merchants Union. There is room aud
reasonable profit for all
Year: 1867

Thaf burnt child ought 10 dread the fire,
we know we are not half 80 sure that he gen
eraly does Indeed it has often seemed to us
that burnt children had special proclivity for
"the deyouring element Whoever knew man
ruined in character and fortune by gambling
who thenceforth summed inhexibly the black
legs denf Whoever knew a man who had
poured all he was worth down his throat that
did not love the fiery fluid that had proved his
perditon


Still, we submit that he who has seen Others
fearfully burned, while himself unharned,
should know enough to keep cool, and it ut
terly amazes us, in view of the recent and
bitter experience of France in Mexico, that
We should have countrymen eager to initiate
Napoleon's folly. There is no proof that
the French were peculiarly obnoxious in Mexico;
the natural instinct of independence with the
distrust and hatred of foreigners common TO
all ignorant and some tolerably intelligent
people. fully accounts for the overthrow and
death of Macmillan. The dullest, most illiterate
"greaser- comprehends that the rule of for
eigners in his country implies her incapacty
for self government, and he resents this all the
more since he has smothered suspicion that
it is true.


The Times is moved by recent preposterous
manifesto TO say


1--WE are very happy that sehor Romero has ~ TO
postpone the formation OF treaty between the United
States and Mexico for mutual protection against lnVa-
sion and rebellion IL may be all very well for us Ia do
what we can TO help Mexico OF her troubles but for
Mexico ssnd army Ia help ms In OF rebellion or
INVASION IL something would rather not agree To- The
idea was suggested TO Romero by Mr. A. Watson, not by
Secretary Seward"


The American people may better under
stand at the outset that all schemes of "mu-
"tual protection or whatever specious name
may be given to the meditated arrangement
between our Government and Juarez mean the
saddling upon us of the Mexican Debt. II is
Just this that makes Louis Napoleon as anx-
ious now to get us into Mexico as he recently
prOfessed to be to rule us ont. II Uncle Sam
would just swallow Mexico bodily, he could
not refuse to assume and pay her Debt-and
its amount if he were once "in for it," would
cause him to open his eyes. A few men would
get rich out of Mexican mines and martsi but
the great mass of us would find our already
heavy burden of taxation largely increased


LET MEXICO ALONE. That is the sum Of all
wisdom on the subject. She has given us to
understand, in executing Maximlian, that our
Governments influence with her cheftans is
nOught-that she chooses to manage her own
| affairs-so let her. Ii is best in the long run
| for her-best every way for u.s. Let Napoleon
seek reimbursement for his luckless venture
anywhere but here. Hands off
Year: 1867

A Legislative Committee came down from
Albany last Winter to see how the New-York
ferries were managed. At the SAME time, the
people who daily risked their lives in crossing
the East or North Rivers were eager IN calling
for reform in the ferry system, as 1t is here con-
Quoted. The ferry companies were calmly
superior to all the clamor, and their incorpo-
rators pocketed their dividends with utter in
difference to the public outcry. They neither
provided more nor better boats they erected
not chain nor a gate to restrain the s'rug.
Cling crowds who contended like a mob OF
wrestlers at the edge of boat and bridge. The
Legislators went back, and the boats went on,
occasionally crashing together in mid stream,
or running at full speed into their docks, and
beated passenger, hurryng TO catch the de-
parting boat, being now and then drowned
because there was nothing at oil to prevent his
running directly into the water. But somebody
has been at work amid the general apathy,
and Yesterday an ordinance WIS actually intro
Year: 1867

The Sultan made a little speech at Guild
hail. where the Lord Mayor and Corporation of
London feasted him the other day, and we are
not surprised to be told that it made sensa-
tion such as is not often aroused 10y after din
ner orations. Just think of the Grand Turk
getting up among room full OF infdels and
announcing his desire TO establish not only
among his own subjects, but between his people
and the other nations of Europe, that feeling
=" of brotherhood which is the foundation OF
"hunlan progress and the glory of our age"
When the Sultan learns to appreciate universal
brotherhood and human progress, the day of
universal political regeneration ought to be at
hand, and we might hope for his country were
MANY of his subjects half as wise as himself.
But the trouble with Turkey is not Abdul
Aziz hut the Turks.