smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864

The Hon, Levi Bishop, of Detroit, made q
good speech lately at Cincinnati The follow
ing is the closing part of it:


HOW TO SAVE TIE COUNTRY


Then, finally, what can we do? What can we
do to save the country, the governments and con-
stitutional liberty? 1t is a momentous question.
There is but one only way to do it. | wish /
could thunder it in every ear on the continent.
That one way is, BRING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
BACK INTO POWER This is the only thing that
can do it. To save the country is the mission
of the Democracy


Then let subordinate questions be laid aside.
Let individual considerations be ignored Let
personal claims be passed over Let former
divisions and heart burnings be forgotten Let
war and peace Democrats strike hands together.
Let Democrats and conservatives embrace each
other.


Let every Democratic association. every reso
luton, every speech, wish, thought, word, every
banner, and, above ALL every vote, point to
this one result-bring the Democracy back into
power The people are ready for it, for three
years OF Abolitionism, such as we have had,
IS enough to cure any nation of that disease.


Let us, then, not disagree about platforms
the grand old shibboleth, Jefferson Denaocracg,
Is platform enough for me The man who can
Year: 1864

TIE Swan HOUSE, at Parkersburg, j. VIM.
Dent Proprietor, is now in full trim. All
our readers who may have occasion to visit
this town should bear this in mind and


give the Swan trial.
Year: 1864

A LITTLE boy in Chicago, having been lately left
TO take care OF the baby, failed TO keep II quiet,
and hit upon the happy expedient of sitting on e
pillow, with which ne had first covered the child .
head. The mother returned Just In time to rescue
The infant DcsdCmona from death
Year: 1864

W"EGr do you buy Your clothing, Of
Mas & Mayer, Of course. They have the
largest ready made wholesale and retail
Stock in the city. Country merchants,
who consult then own interest will give
tllcln a call when the come o town
Year: 1864

TWO YEAR OLD ROAM MARE WAS
IA found in the stable of the subscriber Oh
the morning Of the 9th The owner can have
the Same by proving property and paving charges
i,2gtf rut.y' J. RHODES.
Year: 1864

The VALUE A HAr,-A sailor who hadtere-
ceived considerable share OF prize money at Ply
mouth was on the point OF proceeding to London To
spend it but having heard ofthc various tricks and
temptations to the unwary Ot their money, he
hit upon eXpedient to insure safe return To his
ship when she should sail again. lie, therefore, at
every inn on the road where the coach stopped for
refreshments, paid double, that he might have credit
for equal supply on his return, and agreed with
each landlord That he should twrl his hat upon his
stick three times i'll proof Of his being the who
made the payment III advance. lie also PAID fare
back by the same coach.


As he feared, poor fellow, 1t fell out he was
soon coaxed or cheated out Of all his money, and
took his seat on the Plymouth coach to return


At every inn on the road Jack was gladly recog-
nZed by his merry twnl OF his hat, and was nevel
asked tor payment.


Toward the end of his Journey, Jew, who had
accompanied HIM all the way and who had seen
how the reckoning was paid BY thIeo twiTis of Ids
hat could no longer refrain from expressing his
wonder and the sailor, 10 carry the Joke, said
the hat was the most valuable article he possessed
adding that when he alighted at Plymouth he
would pay his fare IL the same Way. This being
really the case, the Jew became quite anxious foi
the hat, and offered him twenty gulneas Tor II,
which, very particular itvOr, the sailor agreed
to take, lac about to Join the ship, and the hat
was no longer useful.


1t was not long before the Jew was again Obliged
to travel, and OF course this valuable hat his
c0mpanion but the very first inn 1T which he took
refreshments lie was undcceived III a Way that
mi sht have been attended with serious conse-
quGnces, for when the waiter demanded has share oi
the reckoning, Moses, with Il confident look, twirled
his hat upon hlS stick three times, Upon this the
waiter thought he Was either hpsy OF mad, and
called his employer, who made the poor Jew twlrl
the quicker and II only by the interference Oi
some humane passengers that the unfortunate Jew
prevented from losing his liberty as We'll a. his
Year: 1864

CORRESPONDENTS III TRoUBLE-General Candy
has ordered the correspondents OF the New York
Herald and Tribune, who were permitted to accom-
pany the troops operating in Mobile bay be sent
beyond the limits Of his command for having abused
the confidence reposed III them by giving public in
formation of value to the enemy and engaging in
controversy calculated to disturb the harmony o the
trOOpS
Year: 1864

skeins OF the cat. made up a spectacle Of horror
oserpowering to those who witnessed it. When the
punishment had been inflicted, the PRISONERS were
taken down and removed 10 the prison infirnsary in


state OF complete prostratron-ildeed il is avefred
that neither OF them could have received another
lash without the greatest danger. Although the
prisoners did not witness the punishment, they
their cells aud it Is to be hoped the contemplation
OF the punishment may have a saatary effect ON
their minds
Year: 1864

youth and maturity arising from the baneful habits
Of self abuse. To which Is added observations on
Female Diseases and other Interesting ofthe
ostimportance the married and those contemplating
marriage who doubts Of their physical ability TO
Sent any address in sealed wrap
per, on receipt oft cents or four stamps


We devote entire time and attention 10 the treat
Of the various private diseases Of in pr
report Our DspensAy the only Institution sfths
kind in America which has been tabshed by special
charter ans this fact should give 1t preference ths
various quacks of doubtful character be foun in s
argpcifies
Year: 1864

WALKER RIVER MINEs.-We have been
shown some very fair looking specimens Of
ore from new mining region beyond Walker
River. Some of these specimens show
great deal of copper, being perfectly green
all over. In early times, before the discovery
of gold in California Colonel Whitman, Of
the Whitman mine, Indian Springs District,
left Texas for California, having with him
the irons for a Touring mill. The Colonel
got out of his course, and got into this same
region beyond Walker River. Owing to the
loss of animals, or for some other reason, the
irons for the mill were cached in the sand
and left behind. The irons were left there
till after gold was discovered in California,
we believe, when they were sent for. In
looking for the spot where the mill irons were
buried, the party that was sent out, one day
saw at some distance green mountain.
Thinking the mountain to be covered with
grass, they went to it, but were greatly dis.
appointed in finding the mountain mass Of
green carbonate of copper, instead Of grass.
This was told us by son Of Colonel Whit
man about two years ago, at which time he
and some others were talking Of visiting the
same region. We are not certain, but think
he told us that the mill irons were never
found.-EnterpriSe.
Year: 1864

ALEoAL TENDER Acr BEFORE THE ST.
pREME CouRr.-A case is before the Su-
preme Court of the United States, present
ing the following features: Judge Roose-
welt, of New York, was sued upon bond.
The defendant offered legal tender notes.
He refused to take them-an issue was
thus made in one of the courts of that
State. The decision there made was
against the constitutionality of the Act OF
Congress. The case was taken to the
Court of Appeals of New York, where
the decision was reversed. Roosevelt
then took out writ of error to bring i
before the Supreme Court under the 26th
section Of the Act. The defendant in er-


ror moved to dismiss the writ of error for
want of jurisdiction, alleging there was no
appeal, because the decision below was IN
favor of the constitutionality of the Act.
Year: 1864

In the event of a vote in all these
States the whole numeF of electoral votes
would have been 32l, making necessary
to choice of President and Vice Presi-
dent l61. If we omit the votes of the
States and districts in rebellion, and in
clude those which will enter the Union or
will have returned to allegiance. the whole
number of votes viii be 267, Of which
1876 will be sufficient to elect.
Year: 1864

The OLD CoUNrRIEs.-Crowded as
England is with hungry population, five
per cent. of her soil is not under cultiva-
ton. Yet the proportion Of cultivated
to the uncultivated land is higher in Eng
land than any other country in Europe.
In Russia less than one-fifth of the soil is
under cultivation; in Sweden, only one
seventh; in Austria and Holland, one
fifth; in Switzerland, one-fourth; in
France, fifty-four hundredths. There is
really no need of emigration. In Eng
land, as appears by Parliamentary re-
port there are sixteen millions Of acres
wholly unproductive. The reason why
these acres are permitted to he unimproved
is, that as soon as they are enclosed, and
before they can be sufficiently reclaimed
to produce a paying crop, they become
subject to tithe and tax. Hence only
men of large capital dare undertake the
task. and they prefer to invest their capi-
tai where the return is more speedy and
more certain.
Year: 1864

Dow, Jr., gets of the following on con.
nabial matters


"My Brsthern, for charity's sake whose
business but her own is it il young lady
has a beaux, two beaux, twenty beaux, or
no beaux at all Is little Irritation, or
course OF systematic courtship, such now
el and wonderful affair as to excite the
curiosity and meddling propensities of So
ciety at large Why, the thing has been
done ever since Noah and his family gave
up the ship. and went forth to multiply
and replenish the earth II is fair buis-
ness transaction between the parties con-
cerned--and very pleasant piece of busi-
ness it is, too, when not intsrlered with
by calculating parents, or passeboard re-
latives, who fear some starch will be taken
out the of family pride--and by outside
poke-noses in general, who are determined
to meddle for the fun of the thing. Lord
what an unnecessary amount of fuss there
10 made when a fellow teads up to = girl
as if he meat to put her through hasty
courtship, and then make her his old wo-
man in spite of the devil himself. won.
der if when gander selects his goose.
there is sueh gobbliDg and shaking Of
feathers among the flock y
Year: 1864

How TO INCREASE THE DEMOCRATIC
VoTB. = Two dollars spent in securing the
circulation of sound, patriotic newspa-
per, where none circulated before, is worth
ten times that amount Of money spent in
the month before an election II each of our
present Subscribers will see to it that some
doubtful voter in their district reads the
Democrat for year, he will be sure to
voteright next fall. Two dollars will pay
for more good political reading than can
be had for ten dollars. in the heat Of a
campaign.
Year: 1864

Tho world is fair and gay to US,
As now we journey on,
And still It's sad to think twill bo
The same when we are gone.
Some few, perchanee, may mourn for us,
But soon the transient gloom.
Like shadows of summer cloud.
Shall leave our narrow tomb.
For men are like the waves that roll
Along the mighty deep,
That liz their crests awhile and ffown,
Aud then are lulled to sleep;
While other bilows swelling como
Amid the foam and spray,
And, as we view their furrowy track,
Sink DOWN and where are they'
And ever thus the waves shalt roll.
Like those that now go past,
The offspring Of the depths beneath.
The children OF the blcst.
Aud ever thus shall man arise,


And be like those that be,
And man no more is missed on land,
Than wave upon the sea.
Year: 1864

sGy- The New York World says ar
raugements have been made for largo i'm
porta,ions Of foreign paper, which will
soon bring down the price in spite Of all
the efforts of spectators to keep it up.
Year: 1864

We select the following extracts from q
letter in the Brooklyn Eagle of last week
purporting to have been written by How.
ard, "of the Times" from Fort Lafayette.
The letter is an excellent imitation of the
style in which the great Dead Beat" bis
fanciful nom de g,rre, was wont to tickle
the literary palates of the readers Of the
Eaeie
Year: 1864

pronounce the German letters in order
to spell and pronounce correctly. The
difficulty, almost the only difficulty in
the pronunciation of the English lam
guage by foreigners arises from the local
or syllable emphasis or accent. Foreign
scholars express themselves in respect to
emphasis that it is the most difficult part.
In fact, that there is more difficulty in
the emphasis than in all the other parts
Of our language. A German scholar con-
yersing with us on this subject, remark
ed that the 'sem- phas-is" was the trouble
Instead of saying as we do, em-pha sis,
he puts the stress upon the middle syll-
able, and takes one Of the letters from
the last syllable, SO that it reads en-
phas-is; and really we hardly knew VI lat
the word meant, as he used it. He
knew the meaning Of the word, but did
not know how to pronounce. We hear
men Of Irish decent pronounce their
words without any brogue except in the
emphasis. They will tell about edu-
cate and calculate, and thus we detect
their foreign origin.


When all the children Of all nations
are educated phonetically, we shall come
near to the acquisition so much to be de-
sired, namely, UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE.
Year: 1864

Their homes are their castles-their hearthstones


throne


They rule without sceptre the kingdom they own
The stalks and the vines and the fruitbearing tree
Are subjects that bend not to tyrants the knee;
But, bend with the weight of the harvest and field
Ever loyal and faithful harvest to yield. Ha
No planning and plotting among them is known
No traitor the sovereign would strike from his throne
He stands midst his acres of grass wheat aud maize
Like Crusoe, "the monarch Of all he surveys" g.


His banks the earth-banks and stand on his farm
The banks that safe when the pancs alarm.
The stock is the catte-not fancy in breed ta
The shares the plowshares that score for the seed
Not quoted on Change in the brokers' array,
But shares on which Nature will dividends pay.
Their banks not those which the widows condemns
No officer pliers deposits from them; JD N
If small the potatoes that in them are found,
Yet are so small as we find ont of ground
The farmer with appetite eat


The bread on his table, 'as good as the wheat -
And loving most dearly his wife, he may utter


Ny bread and my wife I'll not have any but her,"
With Juice of the apple the wife then may fill @,
The glass in viii ich lingors no tremors or ill;
And she may respond that, whatever betide her
Most happy she'll be with her husband beside her
There's many hearth where the enbers are glowing
There's many heart with its joys overflowing
The hearths and the hearts from the wor Ids rude


alarms,


Are safe in the homes that are reared on farms
Year: 1864

l to purchase or negotiate for any of the follow
ug Certificates OF Stock in the Iuba Gold and Sill
vcr Mining Company as the same were sold at
public auction on Saturday, April I'd, 1864 at the
Office of the COmnlny in Gold Hill
Year: 1864

undertake 1t promptly. The wants of our a1ricul-
ture. the dictates of humanity and the preservation
of oar race demand that the Government should
control this operation An this effect will be
submitted to you. together with amendments to the
Master and Servant Law Both deserve aud will
! doubtless have your earnest attention.


The Sanitary condition of the people and the pro.
per means to improve il, have pied an important
place in the deliberations of my Council. This
OBJECT the nearest to my heart, demands your dill
gent attention, and, trust the which you
may think proper TO adopt will counferact the evils
which, for years, have conspired against the life Of
the people


fsA Bill to prevent the empirical and superstitous
practices OF set Of imposters will be introduced
adopt such measures as may tend to check further
tampering with human life by abusing the belief Of
my subjects in pretended supernatural powers.


No subject justly claims your very serious
attention than that of our Public Schools, in the
management OF which the health and morality of
the rising generation should receive much
sideration as the effort to impart knowledge. A
heformatory Industrial School fo- young persons
who not subject to, who disregard, parental
authority, is very much needed. and plan for the
establishment of such an ipstirutiou will be sub
mitted TO you.


The members Of the Board Of Public instruction
will submit TO you the views they respectively
tain upon our present system of education. In
matter of such importance the country, and on
which our whole future advancement rests, trust
you will act with that deliberaton and due regard
to the interests of the of the people, without
which systematic and well devised plan can be
started aud successfully carried out.


The increase of Leprosy has, caused much
anxiety, and is such to make decisive steps i'm
peratiye upon My Minister of the Interior will
communicate to you all the facts, aud will propose
measures prevent the spread Of this fearful disease.


Ii will be necessary to enact such changes in the
Law Regulating Elections will make it conform
the requirements of the Constitution. This aud such
other changes it is thought will be necessary
reconcile our laws TO the Constitution, win be cub
mitted to you by the members Of my Government


MOBILES AND REPRESENTATIVES, IL rely upon your
wisdom and your loyalty to strengthen me in my
efforts TO advance the good of our Common Country,
and. with heartfelt earnestness, invoke upon your
deliberations the blessings of the Almighty. May
He. in His infinite goodness, direct you so that all
things may be established d foundation, and
the interest and happiness of my people be promoted
Year: 1864

deful and victorious possible physical and mora,
support while watching anxiousy every visib s
sOnable peace every plausible 6Spsb b
marks point to ruin and dshonor let accept smN
salvation and avoid the skecism Of douber which
the viii the friends
government human freedom desire nation
purified by SORROW strengthened suffering wise from the
bloody Of civil shall humbly
ablish perpetune their children
rich all the traditions Of liberty civilization


r
Year: 1864

No grain is more difficult to harvest
without waste than huckwhcat. There Is
no crop that ripcns so cvcn-a portion OF
it being dead ripe-shcling out, while the
rest is ripening. Hence the difficulty OF
harvesting at the right time in order to sc.
cure the largest possible amount OF seed
aud in the best condition. The following
remarks are to the point, though so far as
hay caps are concerned, there is no use in
talking.


Gu. your buckwheat when most Of the
berry can be saved; that is, when the ma
iurity Of the kernels are ripe, or sufficiently
advanced to ripen in the stock when cut.


1t will be seen, by taking this view, that
the grain must be cut rather green, earlier
than is commonly practiced, and that much
milk and many white kernels must be cut
down. Your grain will be cut easier
your straw be better, and the frost be more
aptly robbed Of its plize.


Cut early, then, and put up at once
when the grain is moist, either with rain or
dew. You may avoid tho wet. Put UP
IN good.sizcd stocks. The air will readily
circulate through. And thus there will bt
no sheIllng; you will save all the grain.


10 fully preserve the berry from tb'
rain, we advise hay cps, for the heavy
long rains drown the berry, aud the nOul
loses that vivacity and whiteness which art
native with the grain, but which are SC
rarely seen.


It is in this way alone that buckwh hea,
can be properly securcd--that tho whole
can be secured, and in the best condition
In such case buckwheat -four become,
One of our best brands of -four, il care
fully ground. 1t should not be dlicd to :
crisp before grinding, as is often done
When well secured, as it should BE-. it vii
do to take to the grist mill from the fan
ming mill. Avoid grinding close, for re
member the bran makes up what the floul
loses, and makes one Of the best feeds.
Year: 1864

In addition to the very liberal interest On the
notes for three years. this privilege Of conversion is
worth about three per cent. per annum. for the
current rate for $50 Bonds is not less than inc er
cent premium, and before the war the premium on
six per cent. u S. stocks was over twenty per cent
1t will be that the actual profit this loan, at
the present market rate, is not less than ten per
cent. per annum.
Year: 1864

County Msfehants and Mllftnsn would do well to
call and examine my STOCK before pprchsdng else
where II they want TO buy goods from thirty TO forty
per esns shespsr than they oa buy the same Of any
other store in Wheeling, a. am positively determined
to close my business, .....,. octio
Year: 1864

THE REPUBLICAN CoSvENTIoN.-There Is q
controversy in the republican party as to when
its Convention shall be held for the nomination
Of candidate for the next Presidency. The
Republican National Committee has designated
the 9th OF June as the day on which the Con
vention shall be held; but some members OF
that committee desire that il shall be held later,
and there is movement on foot to change the
day. il is supposed that those who are in favor
of tic Convention meeting in June, as desig-
mated. favor The nomination Of Lincoln;
while those who favor the postponement
are regarded as opposed to him, as the
movement for postponement is regarded as
movement to gain time for his defeat
All this controversy is fruitless, bootless and
ridiculous. II makes no difference when the
Convention meets or whether IL meets at all
Both this shoddy Convention Of those in favor
of Lincoln or another republican and the
shent shent Convention are bodies without
consttuents-bodies with whose organization
the people have nothing to do, and as to whose
actions the people are Indifferent. Congress is
the legitimate representative OF the American
people, entitled to speak for the people with
authority, and to be heard over all the clamor
Of the corrupt coteries Of contractors and
placeholders; and the members opposed to
the reelection, or even the denomination, Of
Lincoln should take such definite and unmis.
taxable action on this matter as will superseds
AA CoRxAption.
Year: 1864

combine for the purpose Of protecting


themselves There are measures which il


could legitimaiciy pass for this object. and


which, though presSed upon Its attention, it


has not IS yet even noticed Why. for instance,


does it not at once give Ns law preventing


railways charging more than two cents ton
freight on coal, which they have it in contem-
plation to do as soon as the Legislature adjournss
That would be one Of the legitimate ways to
prevent trade strikes. Reduce the coat OF
living by judicious legislation, and workmea
will not be forced TO combine to defend their
interests. Our Albany Solons do not appear
to comprehend this, or. IL they do, they find it
to their interest to ignore It. We tell them en-
phatically that the people will not stand any
more class legislation. If it be the object Of
their mission merely to protect the interests of
and speculators, they will be
taught at the polls that their duties had
wider range. Some Of them may acquire
sooner an unpleasant consciousness of the fact,
if recent indications are to be taken as an evil
deuoe Of the feeling Of tAs working classes in
their regard.