smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

In the Journal Of yesterday there was
an account Of the manner in which a
member of the great Smith family was
plucked to the tune of over three thous-
and five hundred dollars lately in Gin
cinnati by confidence man. It seems
almost incredible how such things can
happen after the numerous exposures
which the press has made Of such conf
dence swindlings The truth is, there
are some men who don read the papers.
They cans afford it And they can
get along without it. The consequence
is that such men are always considered
fair game to be plucked whenever they
venture mile from their own doors
The eagle eyes Of the confidence man can
detect them in moment. There is an
air of verdancy, Of childisbness and help
lessness about such men which is equal
to an invitation to every william they
meet to plunder them. It is absolutely
astounding that any sane man can sup
pose it possible for him to get along suith
impunity if, in these days, he neglect
the duty to take and read good news
paper.


No man can evade that duty without
bringing upon himself sooner or later
certain retrbution. punishment come
not to him in one form it will in anoth-
er. He is not safe anywhere without
his journal. The adroit scoundrel can
seek him out in the most secret recesses
Of bis home in the backWooas or on the
prairies, and pluck him. or inveigle him
into bad schemes, or undermine his prin-
ciples, or corrupt his son, or destroy his
daughter or his peace. He might as
well attempt to live cut Of the world as
to think Of getting beyond the reach Of
the malign Vaccinations Of the polished
knave. The railroads which penetrate
every portion Of the west bring the pro-
fessional pickpockets and insinuating
blacklegs Of New York to all its villages;
and unless the western farmers are forth
fed against their depredations, open or
covert, by the intelligence which the well
filled columns Of the weekly journal
brings them, they may expect to suffer.
The open unsuspiclous character Of the
western people give the black hearted
wretches just the opportunity they seek,
and they vary their methods Of impos-
ture to suit the nature Of the objects tney
wish to accomplish and the character Of
the victims they assail


IF our friend Mr.. John Smith had been
in the habit ofpaying four or five dollars
q year for weekly journal fully up to
the times, he would not have lost his
three thousand and FIVE hundred dollars
in SO silly and ridiculous way. Re
fusing to take the paper is always a
costly business. Louisville Journal.
Year: 1865

A WISE CHILD THAT KNEW HIS
Own FATHER.-On the coroner of Fifth
avenue and Seventh street, while the
Highland regiment was passing an ex


traordinary crowd, little fellow Of the
tender age Of four summers rushed up to
one Of the members. shouting, "Hooray,
daddy hooray Give me five cents -


The veteran though he had never seen
the urchin before, picked him up in his
arms and kissed him, when his own wife,
whom he had not seen or heard from for
over four years, pressed up to him and
seized him by the hand. When the
greetings natural to the occasion were
over, judge Of his astonisbment to learn
that he was indeed the father Of the lit
tie boy whom he held in his arms, who
had been born in his absence, and who
now, by strange and unaccountablc in
stinct knew his parent, though behold
ing him for the first time. These cir
cumstances created q lively interest
among some ladies and gentlemen who
were made acquainted with them; the
former took the mother under their pro-
lection, and gave the little one some pep
permint candy, while the gentlemen took
papa down to Delmonico's and did the
proper thing. --Ncw York Tribune.
Year: 1865

The following is one Of a series of pa
pers from the pen ola distinguished mem
Der Of the Massachusetts, bar:


These periis viii come, almost equally
from two classes Of error; ono, who can
not forget the terrible price we pay for
peace, and cannot forgive the enormous
crime which has cost US so much, and
who, when they say that justice is now
a duty, mean by justice, consciously Or
unconsciouslY, vengeance. The other
error is theirs who, in the desire for
peace and the prosperity ofpeace, forget
that justice is now at once a duty, and
our only safe course and who refuse to
learn the lessons Of the hour or to profit
by them.


One of the most important questions
before the government and the country
is, shall freedmen have the right Of suf
frage. And this question has many as
poets, aud is not without its difficulty.
They are certainly and manifestly unfit
in important respects and to an impor-
SAINT degree, to exercise this great polit-
ical power for the good Of the country,
or for their own good. Is not this rea-
son enough for withholding this power ?
Yes, unless there are reasons for giving
it, Of still greater force.


The veil on the face Of Providence has
been so far removed during recent events
that there is now throughout our land
more faith than ever before, that God
reigns and works his will in his own
way, and by his own appointed means.
And there must be with this some belief
that great events are intended to teach
great lessons and that these lessons
cannot be ignored or disregarded without
great peril.


Slavery has been permitted by that
Providence to reach, in part Of this
country, fullness Of power and influence
which it never has attained before oil
elsewhere f; and then to display its es,
sential character, and its influence upon
human character. It has caused the
most groundless and ferccst rebellion
ever waged. 1t has instigated the muir
ders Of Unionists in the rebel States
the fires set to crowded hotels the eff
forts to introduce contagion and disease
into our large cities the rewards off
cred in the public prints Of the South
for the assassination of our leading men
and the murder ofthousands Of prisoners
by starvation. For all time and all ma
tions it has given proofs of its nature and
its influence proofs written in blood
burned in with fire, certain as death
fall these, the deliberate and contin
ued murder of great multitudes of oul
prisoners by starvation is the most no.
ticeable, for it is the only one of those
crimes which were never committed be-
fore. 1t is crime Of magnitude Sc
vast, and of such enormous atrocity, tha
it cannot be ignored or forgotten. And
at the same time, it is new on the earth
Prisoners have been slain on the field
or in cold blood after victory but NJ
history, Of earlier or later ages, Of bar
barous or civilized, of Christian or hea
then nations, have ever taught that i
was possible for human nature to becomt
so depraved as to commit this wicked
ness. Shall we be rational, if we do no
see that this was now permitted that al
Year: 1865

Flour TO RIO De JANEIRo.-We learn from
the New Orleans Times that vessel is on the
way from Rio de Janeiro to that city with a
cargo of coffee. The arrival of such a cargo
will remind the people of the Crescent City,
saws that paper, of the former prosperity OF
their city. From the year 1855 toehe year
1860 the imports Of coffee direct frcm Rio into
New Orleans were two million one hundred
and fifteen thousand six hundred.and ninety
seven sacks, or three hundred and ffty-two
thousand six hundred and ixteen sacks per
annum, reaching in the year 1887 four hun
dred and twenty seven thousand three hun
dred and twenty three. This would be worth,
adds the Times, to the trade OF New Orleans,
at this time. taking the average quantity as a
standard, twenty -One cents per pound, in gold,
or nearly twelve millions of dollars. The Times
hopes that cargo of flour will be in readiness
for the coffee ship, with which to return at
once.


The Rio people prefer Richmond flour to any
other, and we hope soon to hear of a cargo OF
coffee on its way 10 this city, to be exchanged
for our -four. 1t would serve as a reminder,
here too, of the profitable trade formerly car
ried on between Richmond and Rio.
Year: 1865

The ISSUING OF ARMS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
NIRsISIA.-By direction of Ma jor- General
Terry, commanding the Department of Vir-
ginia, district commanders are ordered not to
issue arms to police or military organizations
raised under the State authorities. If any
arms have been so issued they will be re-
claimed All surplus ordnance property will
be forwarded to the arsenal at Fortress Mon
roe with the least possible delay.
Year: 1865

THE smallpox AMONG THE NEGROES IN
WAsHISGTON NCITY.-Sergeant Johnson repOrts
that the smallpox is spreading very rapidly
among the cOlOred people near the northern
boundary, and that their conduct is calculated
to spread it through the city. Colored men and
women who are literally covered with pus-
tules are seen walking about the streets and
mingling with others. This morning he had
to prevent two from getting in the cars who
were in that condition-Mur
Year: 1865

AID FOR THE SOCrH-A meeting was held in
Brooklyn, N. Y, last Monday evening at
which nine thousand three hundred dollars
were subscribed for the purpose of extending
pecuniary aid to the suffering people of the
late rebellious States of the South
Year: 1865

Jefferson Davis, who was yesterday q
rebel, with two powerful armies at his
back, is to-day fugitive from justice,
with a price set upon his head as an as
sassin. There is every probability that
he will be captured, tried, condemned
and executed. Such an end will be
fitting termination to q life marked by
such crimes as treason and murder.
Year: 1865

Hon. Samuel Shellsbsrger, of Spring
field, Ohio, member of Congress elect from
the Seventh District declared himself for
negro suffrage in his Fourth of July ora
sion st Xsnis, in the following words:


Let the men who shall establish govern
ments upon the ruins of these slave do
miuions, see to it that this enfrsnchised
race of God-delivered men shall not be ig-
nored in the structure Of these govern
rnsnts, nor be denied their just and prop
erlv regulsted voice in their control


The leaders of the party of the Union
are thus taking ground one after another
in favor of justice TO the blacks ana the
safety of the Republic.
Year: 1865

The latest advices from Europe repre-
sent that notwithstanding the approach oi
autumn weather, the cholera is increasing
in It's extent and destructiveness, and il
making rapid strides westward. 1t is moi
impossible that it may appear among us
during the present season. There is moth
ing in the history or phenomena of the
disease to preclude the possibility of its
appearance and prevalence in the fall and
winter months as well as in the summer
In fact the present time, when, as far a:
we andlearn, sickness is everywhere pre-.
vailng to an unusual and alarming extent,
owing to the late exceedingly and unsea-
sonably hot weather, would be most favor
able to its introduction and wide extension
among US. We warn our citizens, there
FORE. that there is not even present immu-
nityffrom danger. The cholera may break
out in this country to-day oFito-morrow.--
And even If it should not come immediate
ly, it is very probable that it will appear
among us next season. 1t becomes us,
therefore, to have our house swept and
garnished. Let the most rigid sanitary
measures, public and private, be enforced,
and at once. There is imminent danger in
delay CIevelaad Leader,
Year: 1865

READING, Pa, April I9, 1854.


DR. WIsHART-Dear Sir: One year ago the
Examining Surgeon of this district told me
had Consumption of the Lungs, and that could
not be cured; and Judging from all my symptoms
at that time, l myself supposed this to be true.
was for more than one year troubled with a
hacking cough, which gradually grew so bad
that could not have severe fit of coughing
without splitting up blood in large quantities.


For monthsI could not work at anything,
and was obliged to keep my bed most of the
time. While in this condition l was in Mr..
Row wbotham's store, in this city, and he seeing
how low / was, recommended me to try your
Pine Tree Tar Cordial. He said he had sold
great deal of it. and that as it had cured so many
others, he believed it would do some good. 1
bought bottle and commenced using it. In a
very short time l saw that was getting better
very fast, and after taking several bottles was
entirely restored to health so that could work
every day at my business, which is very heavy
work, in an iron foundry. When 1 commenced
to use your Pine Tree Tar Cordial my weight
was only one hundred and thirty-tiye pounds;
since the use of it have weighed on an average
one hundred and fifty five. 1 shall be glad to
have you publish this, as believe l should not
have been living at this time ifI had not used
your great medicine, and l wish all who suffer
to receive its benefit


Very truly yours,
....t ts Capt. SAMUEL HARNER.


No 334 s. Eipht street Readino pa
Year: 1865

EoUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


II you Advertise in your County PspG
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


Ifyou Advertise In your County Paper
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE ~


II you Advertise in your County Paper
JOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE


II you Advertise in YOUR County Paper
YOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE
as.lz If you Advertise in your County Papor
TOUR BUSINESS WILL INCREASE ~ " Ia


Hyou Advertise I. Jour County Psps
Year: 1865

ed chalk gave way in a mass. The
opening among the closely interlaced
roots let Testers foot in, by which
means il was partly torn from the
body. The slipping of the earth and
chalk in which the second tree grew
completely buried every trace of the
bodies; and had not the soil been re
quired for nourishing the growth OF
grass in the Geld mentioned, it is
probable it would have been left to
become covered with vegetation aud
the fate Of the trainer and the jockey
would have been hidden forever.
Year: 1865

1t stole on its pinions to the bed OF
disease the sufferers frown became q
smile, the emblem of peace and love.


1t went to the house of mourning, and
from the lips of sorrow there came sweet
and cheerful songs.


1t laid its hand upon the arm of the
poor which stretched forth at the bend OF
unholy impulses. and saved him from dis
grace and ruin.


1t dwells like living thing in the bo-
som of the mother, whose son tarried long
after the promised time of his coming, and
saved her from desolation and the care
that killeth.


1t lowered about the head of the youth
who had become the Ishmael of society
and led him on to works which even his
enemies praised.


1t snatched maiden from the Jaws oi
death, and went with an old man to heaven


Hope my good brother. Have it-keeI
it always with YOU Wrestle with it, thai
it may not depart 1t may repay your
pains. Life is hard enough at best, but
hope will lead you over the mountains
and sustain you amid its pillows. Par
with all besides but keep thy hope.
Year: 1865

VOLUME OF THE CURRENCY.-Theg gem
eral opinion seems to be that every new
National bank created swells the volume
of the currency. Those who minister to
this opinion forget two things-frst
that the currency of the State banks is
steadily contracting, and will all disap-
pear within year; and second, that the
National banks are compelled to keep
greenbacks on hand to the amount of %
per cent, of their circulation and depos-
its, which will, in course of time, absorb
the bulk of the Government issue, and
retire it from circulation. The bank note
circulation of the country will thus, in a
short time, be confined to the issues Of
the National banks, the aggregate capi-
tai of which is limited by law to $500 000,-
cannot exceed 80 per cent on the sum.
Year: 1865

FROZEN KINDNEss.-The world is full
of kindness that never was spoken. and
that is not much better than no Kindness
at all The fuel of the stove makes the
room warm but there are great piles of
fallen trees lying among rocks on the top
of the hill where nobody can get them


these do not make any body warm. Y GU
might freeze to death for want of wood
in plain sight of all these trees, if you
had no means of getting the wood home
and making fire with it. just so in
family, love is what makes the parents
and children, the brothers and sisters
happy; but if they take care never 10 say
a word about it. il they keep it profound
secret, as if it were crime, they will not
be much happier than if there was NOT
any love among them; the homo will seem
cold even in Summer, and if YOU live there.
you will envy the dog, when any one
calls him poor fellow. DIR Holland
Year: 1865

Some Of our Democratic contempora.
I ries have taken up with great zeal the
| right Of Governor BrOWnlow 10 be chief
magistrate of Tennessee, TO the exolu
sion and overthrow Of the former gov,
ernment and constitution Of that State.
They repeat from day to day the stale
declaration that Tennessee is either a
State Of the Union, or is not that il a
State, she is entitled to be represented
in Congress; and that there j. no rea-
son which would Justify the exclusion
Of her Congressional representatives
that does not equslly apply TO the ex-
clusion Of Andrew Johnson from the
Presidency


Without going into the discussion Of
the question whether Tennessee is or is
not State Of the Union-upon which
question there is not room for a re-
spectacle difference Of Opinion-the
eligibility Of Mr.. johnson is n no way
affected by suy decision which can be
arrived at as to the admission Of the
Tennessee Congressmen.


The Constitution requires that the
person elected to the Presidency
shall be "a natural-born citizen, or
a citizen of the United States st
the time of the adoption Of
this Constitution, and who shall have
attained the age ofthirty-fye wears aud
been fourteen years q resident Of the
United States We suppose that
native-bOFn citizen Of the United States
OF thirty>fye years Of age, who may re
side in the District Of Columbia or in
any of the Territories, is as eligible con
stitutiOnally to the Office Of President.
as if he had resided all his life in one
Of the thirteen original States. The
residence required Is residence in the
United States; the citizenship required
Is citizenship Of the United States; and
We do not suppose that person resid-
ing within the territorial limits Of the
Union is any the less a resident or a
citizen Of the United States because he
is not domiciled within the jurisdiction
Of one OF the State Governments. The
Democratic logic that the disfranehise-
ment Of Tennessee renders Andrew
Johnson ineligible to the Presidency is
therefore very absurd and very ridicu-
lous.-Chic1g0 ReyubScaa.
Year: 1865

THE EMPIRE REsTAURANT-Mr NJ
Hartman, with commendable energy, has
gathered his ichtas together, saved from the
fire, and fitted up the Empire Restaurant
in style superior; but for particulars
see his advertisement, and accept the fact
that he tells the public "in the most public
manner possible" what he can and will do
as the best evidence that he possesses that
requisite liberality for good hotel keeper" /"
and is therefore worthy of a liberal patron
age.
Year: 1865

ROBBERY. An Israelite peddler, named
Jocob Goodman, was met on the road at
+" Alkali Flat" four miles below town, on
Monday last, by two soldiers, who demand
ed his "money or his life." He had but
two dollars and half, which he gave to
them. They, believing that he had more,
demanded it, and upon his protesting that he
had no more, one of them knocked him down
with musket and rhed his pockets The
soldiers are named Thomas Davis and Lewis
Alatin, and belong to the Company of In
fantry that started on Monday morning for
Fort Boise. One of them it appears was in
town at the time the company started, and
sthe other, in charge of sergeant, was sent
by the Captain to town to find the absent
member and take him to his Company. On
their way to overtake the Company, the
sergeant stopped behind short time, and
the two men, going ahead, met the peddler
and committed the robbery. short time
after the deed they reached the camp of the
Company, where they stated that they had
Just killed a Jew" and wanted to get
shaved, so that they might not be identified.
Failing to get razor, one of the men cut
his beard off with pair scissors. On hear
ing of the matter, Lieut.. Hill, (Capt. Powell
being absen) Immediately had the men put
under arrest Word was sent to town by
Goodman, and Sheriff Seitel being informed
of the matter, went to the camp to arrest
the men. Some of the members of the
Company evinced disposition to prevent
the arrest, but they were quieted by the Off
GERS, and the men were given in charge of
the Sheriff, who brought them to town and
lodged them in the county Jail. On Tues
day they had an examination before ESQ.
Horton and were committed to prison, to
await trial at the next term of the District
Court. The crime with which they are
charged is of the same nature as that for
which Waddingham and Adams we're SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life at the last
term of the Court. Goodman was knocked
senseless by the blow from the musket, but
was not dangerously hurt
Year: 1865

MEssRs Baumeister and Gallagher have
taken up their quarters in the building next
door to Rosenfeld's cigar store. Though
not yet quite as nicely fixed as they were in
the old "Oriental Bath House," they are
still able to shave their patrons with as lit
tie danger of breaking their razor handles
as ever
Year: 1865

Gg- Hope for the Affiicted.-In another part
OF TINS paper will be found the advertisement of the
celebrated Institute established by DR.. j. C.
YOUNG, in 1850. In this age of deceit and char.
latanism it is boon to the suffering to point out
to them where they of obtaining the wished
for relief and cure. Under the of the skilful
Doctor the sick and troubled divest themselves
of their burdens of pains and shame lay aside their
cross, and secure health and happiness. If you
sick or in trouble, do not hesitate. Read the
advertisement and follow the advice. Do not for
get the number nor the manner of directing you
letter. CONSULTATION OFFICE, $40 Washing
ION street, San Francisco.
Year: 1865

With a country reunited, and with such
population and resources, il needs but an
other decade TO bring the United States
upon an equality Of commerce with Great
Britain and in q decade longer, where is
likely 20 be the competitor


Prudence, moderation sud wisdom ere all
that We need and may lot these cardinal
virtues be counted upon, after All ths dear
bought experiences Of the past2