smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1868

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JOHN STUART MILL. aiaa


Her great and loving heart.


Her noble soul


Her clear, powerful, original and eOniprehen-


sive intellect. made her the guide


and support,


The Instructor 10 wisdom and the example in
As she was the sole earthly delight ofthose who
had the happiness to belong TO her.
As earnest for all public good. as she was gen
erous and devoted 20 all who surrounded her,


her influence has been found in many of
. the greatest improvements of the


age, and will be IN those still 10 come
We're there even few hearts aud intellects like


here this earth would already become


the hoped for Heaven


She died,


the irreparable loss Of those who survive her,
Z . At ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 3, 1853


The moving words of this epitaph, SO
full of tender eloquence, tell not onlywhat
the noble woman whose ashes repose here
has been to John Stuart Mill and to the
cause Of human progress and reform, but
also The motive of the frequent and pro-
tracted sojourns at Aviguon Of the COM
panion Of her life. That be might be as
near as possible TO her grave, he purchased
years ago a country house within a few
hundred yards of the cemetery, where he
deyotes himself, not TO fruitlcss lamenta-
tions over his great, irreparable loss, but
10 the elaboration of those wise and ele-
waited principles for the growth OF which in
his mind he is 80 much indebted 10 her
genius. His devoted attachment to the
beloved dead, and faithful prosecution Of
the work in whsch she was his constant
helpmate and inspiration, is certainly one
Of the noblest illustrations of his char
acier


Mr.. MILL AT HOME.


The young peasant showed me into
small sitting room on the right of the en-
try, with tile floor, and the very simplest
furniture, and then left me TO carry my
card TO Mr.. Mill. He reappeared in
lew seconds and told me | would find Mr..
Mill IN the room on the other side of the
entry. Stepping into this, ! found myself
in what seemed 10 serve as library TO the
owner OF the house. Ia an armchair in
iront OF the fireplace, IN which some Goals
were still burning, Notwithstanding the
warm spring sunshine without, there sat.
with a cat purring at his feet the we'll
known form Of MIR. Mill. He rose as / ens
tered, welcomed me by a cordial shake az
the hand, and invited me 10 be seated. In a
very little time We were engaged in lively
conversation. Mr.. Mills figure is Of more
than the aYerage height, but he could hard
ly be called tall. His form is decidedly
slender. His head impressed one at once
as the seat OF intelligence Of the highest or
der and the highest activity. The upper
portion IL very broad, and below the
splendid high forehead the face becomes
narrow featured His eyes are grayish,
and not large, but of most genial expires
sion His nose is thin and straight and
we'll propoTtioned. The features run out
into a very sharp chin, The complexion
OF the clean-shayed face is rosy, and clearly
indicative Of good health. The top Of the
head is almost bald; but the lower portion
is covered with good growth Of rather
curly hght-br0wn hair, slightly tinged
with gray. His voice is not strong bat Of
Year: 1868

FEARFUL BUT TRUTHFUL PIcruRE.-The Irish
Republic draws the following truthful sketch of
the Democrrtic party :-' Who compose this mis-


called Democratic party that has kept the ma


,ion in the throes of dissolution since the close


of the war? There is not man in the land who
raised bis sword to strike down liberty that ia
not arrayed in its ranks ! There is not a man


who secretly prayed and plotted for the success


of the rebellion that is not member of IL


There is not ruffian who armed the cities of
the North, when treason lifted its coward hand
TO stab the nation in the back-howlinr like a
savage for blood, and numbering all who by their
color or exalted principles excited his barbarian
ferocity-but is member of the party. De-
mocracy that once was pure as the Goddess of
Liberty, has become this social evil of the body
polite. She arrays herself in the robes of the
harlot, and, painted in shamelessness, goes into
the dens of vice and sells her person to gain pop
ularity with the vulgar. She is befouled in the
embraces of the brutal bully of the prze-rinp.
The daintly-gloved gambler, who handles the
dice-box or cuts throat, is her fancy man. In
word, she is the idol of crime, and her home is
the sewers of the cities and sink of the nation.
IT, by the jugglery of hell, she is restored to the
position which her youthful purity once entitled
her to, farewell to liberty and virtue farewell to
intelligence and honor. The halls of the repub-
lie will echo to the clog of the buffer, and Lib
eriy shall be banished, weeping and detected,
from the land that was crimsoned with the blood
OF men that she might sit at every fire-side, and
bless the people with her presence"
Year: 1868

1t will be seen by the above table that the
largest proportion of blacks are in Mississippi :;
and that State alone has refused by vote to come
back into the Union. Although the Democrats
howl loudly against negro suffrage, they resort
TO all manner of means to the negro vote as
testified by the following extract from letter
written by Georgia Democrat to the Cincinnati
Enquirer:


1.-The great black belt of Georgia, that por-
ton of the State lying in the southwest portion
OF the State, and north of the Ocmulgee where the
intelligent planters reside, in which there was a
negro majority in almost every county of from
400 TO 1900 and in some cases, where the black
vote was about seven to one compared to the
white, the unexpected result is presented of
Democratic majorites in nearly every county,
thus demonstrating, beyond all doubt, that
whenever the Southern white man condescends
10 make the effort, the carpet-bag Yankee stands
no chance in competing for the negro vote. Take
as an instance the ID Congressional district. In
that district the registered vote shows an aggre-
gate negro vote Of nearly 5000, and yet Nelson
Tiff, the Democratic candidate for Congress- is
elected by at least $500 majority; and General
Gordon, the Democratic candidate for Governor
received ever still larger majority"


Here we have acknowledgment of Demo-
cratic terrorism. With such an opportunity to
add to Democratic strength it is hardly possible
that party will oppose negro suffrage. Policy
will force them TO cat dirt in this respect-.Sac-
rdmento Record.
Year: 1868

The LATE JAMES BucuANAN.-The New York
Nation says that James Buchanan may be con-
sidered the last of a school of statesmen who
better name, may be called Sensational
School" Their great aims during the greater
portion of their career was to turn the national
attention away from slavery by succession of
startling strokes and brilliant effects, sometimes
in home and sometimes in foreign politics. Mr..
Buchanan was very bold where it would have
been well to be cautious and prudent, and in the
great crisis of his public life, when courage was
ihe one thing needful, he proved the most timid
OF men.
Year: 1868

Thus ii will be seen that the soldiers were for
Lincoln while on the battlefield, and it is more
than probable that large number, while ut
homo, will support Grant. In relation to COL
ored voters the San Francisco Times, from the
census of 1860 has made ap the following table,
showing the number Of white and colored males
over twenty years Of age in each Of the rebel
States. 1t will be useful in making an approxi-
mate estimate Of the proportion OF the votes Of
each color
Year: 1868

a DEMocRArIc ENDORSEMENT OF GRANT.-Some
months ago the Pittshurg Post, one of the most
respectable of the Democratic papers of Penn
sylvania, contained leader under the caption
of - The Duty Of the Democratic Party in Ger
tain Event. from which we extract the salient
paragraphs without any farther comment. They
speak FOR themselves:


Suppose that contrary to the wish of some of
the leading radical Black Republicans, who
want the Office themselves, General Grant should
he nominated for the Presidency by the Repub-
lcan party, what course ought the Democratic
party to pursue? Ought we to nominate man
in opposition to General Grant? Ought we to
charge him with being an enemy to his country,
or in favor of unjust measures, merely because
he may have received said nomination. X


We are inclined to believe that more depends
upon General Grant now than upon any other
individual in the United States. We believe
him to be far superior TO the majority of the far
sighted politicians who have been ruling tho
country without bringing peace or economy to
our legislation. He is known to all the people
rs straightforward man. and, so far MS can be
Judged, man well-disposed to deal fairly with
the people of all sections Of the Union. =


What better thing do in case of GEN
cral Grants nomination by the Republican party
than TO vote for him for the Presidency? Our
aim should be TO strengthen his hands to rem
der him rs much rs possible independent of
party, and 10 elect him the President of the
people If unanimously, so much the better


We soemnly believe that if the people gener-
ally OF the United States come together with
real uranimIty on General Grant in regard to
the Presidency, it will be the happest thing for
9 our country that could possibly occur The fu-
ture good effects of this course are almost incal-
cuable. We earnestly ask our Democratic friends
everywhere to consider this subject carefully.
Year: 1868

AN occasional contributor to daily paper, in
private note says -" guess could chop
ioau OF wood II ] should set about it earnestly ;
or perhaps could carry up a ton or two of coal,
ous 'nefe is one thing know would stagger me
u could not edit newspaper
Year: 1868

The American Ambassa Tor. whose visit to
Liverpool has inspired general satisfaction and
confidence, left Liverpool ior London on the
27tn ult. On the previous evening the Ambas-
sadOr was entertained by the Mayor at the
Town Hall. Though the proceedings were
strictly private, the substance OF MIR. Johnson's
reply to the toast of his health has found pub


licity. His Gxcellency con essed that he had
felt very much interested as to the kind of re-
eeption which he should meet with in Liver
pool, and he was very much gratided with the
cordiahty and warmth with which he had been
received, and with the manifestations of friend
ship and esteem displayed towards the
United States. He expressed a hope
that the important commercial relations
between Great Britain and his own
country would increase and prosper to a still
greater extent. so far as his own influence
extended he would do his utmost to preserve
that peace and good understanding between the
two countries which were SO essential to the
development and extension of trade. ("Hear,
hear, and cheers.) He had come over to this
country with the intention OF pursuing such
course as he believed In his heart would be
for their mutual benefit. II friendly relations
we're continued the trade between the two
countries might be increased two 1t not four
Year: 1868

to the platform. This intelligence was received
with no little CONSERVATION by his visitors, who
feared that Grant entertained the intention of
declining the nomination. They at once opened
upon him with every conceivable argument
they could bring forward to induce him to ac'
cept one of which arguments was that the plat
form need not be regarded by him in so serious
O light-it was simply an enuncation Of the
general principles of the party, necessary only
to make up the issues of the campaign. They
nothing more about the platform, Many other
arguments of q similar character were used it
is said, which gave Grant to understand that
they wanted him to accept the nomination 1t
even it had to be on platform OF his own
adoption.
Year: 1868

In looking over an account of the fight be-
tween the Kearsarge and the Alabama, says
the Army and Navy Journal, we noticed a
singular coincidence which is not generally
known and we therefore transcribe. Early
in the encounter shot from the Kearsarge
carried away the spanker gaff of the Alabama,
causing her ensign to come down by the run,
which was hailed by our sailors as favorable
omen. Italso happened that during the fight
the national colors were stopped at the main
peak of the Kearsarge, to be displayed if the
ensign was carried away, and as an emblem
of victory in case of successful issue of the
combat. A shot from the last broadside Of
the Alabama passed high over the Kear.
sarge, striking and carrying away the hal
yards of the colors of the main peak, at the
same time pulling hard enough to break the
stop and thus unfurl the stars and stripes at
the moment when Semmes struck his flag in
the token of surrender.
Year: 1868

A little over seventeen years ago, hand
some and accomplished young lady, whose
nearest relatives were dead, and whose care
devolved upon grandmother made the ac-
quaintance of an equally interesting young
man, at a social gathering which took place
at the house of mutual friend. They be-
came enamored of each other, and the ac-
quaintance merged into warm regard. Vows
were exchanged, and marriage was decided
upon. The visits of the youth we're recog-
nlzed and allowed by the grandmother of the
girl, and that there was to be any Interrupt
ton to the prospect of their becoming man
and wife was not dreamed Of But the old
adege applies in this case, and when the
young lacy's relatives were informed Of the
intentions of the pair, the announcement was
received with some GOODNESS, aud she W ! in
formed that tbeR, The ,relatives) had sher-
wise provided Tor her: that they had selected
for her future husband an old acquaintance,
who was doing business in New York city,
and who had accumulated an ample fortune


The male party to the ".made match"
came on from New York and pressed his suit,
and after severe struggle with inclination
on the part of the young lady, the nuptials
were reluctantly consented to, the first love
relinquished, and the marriage consummated.


Shortly afterwards the new made wife re-
moved to New York with her husband, and
during the seventeen years of their partner
ship nothing occurred to disturb the relations
between them. The lady was in all respects
an affectionate and dutiful wife, and children
blessed the union. To all appearances the
love of former days was entirely forgotten,
and if any of the old memories came up in
her mind, neither by word, look or deed
could any one have told that the husband
was not her first and only choice. We have
said that they lived together seventeen years.
AT the end of that period consumption mark
ed the husband for a victim, and he departed
from this life, lamented by many friends.


The widow then returned to Rochester,
She had not been here many days before she
received call from her friend of former days.
Time had dealt leniently with him, and for
tune had smiled upon him. He had travelled
through this and other countries and though
in many instances he had been the object of
designing attentions on the part of marriag-
able maids and matchmaking mammas, he
had withstood all approaches of the kind and
remained heart free. He was not long, it
may be imagined, in acquainting his old
friend with this fact and when in joking
manner she expressed surprise that he had
not found some one worthy to become Mrs.
-, he informed her that he had resolved
never to marry. The rest is soon told His
attentions were renewed. He proposed, was
accepted, and whether they are now married,
or are shortly to become man and wife, it is
of no particular import to any one but them
selves
Year: 1868

CASE OF HYDRoPHoBIA CURED.-There
is a general skepticism as to the effect Of the
minerals popularity known as ''mad stones"
upon hydrophobia. but now and then cases
are brought to public notice where stones
claimed to have this virtue have been used
with great benefit by persons who have been
bitten by rabid animals. A remarkable in
stance was related to US recently by Pozier ID.
Cats, of Cats Hotel, West End


A few weeks since rabid dog bit a'calf on
the farm of Colonel Herbert, few miles from
this city. A colored boy who was feeding
the calf, with no suspicion of its malady, bv
chance introduced his finger into the mouth
of the animal, and was bitten. He was soon
seized with severe pains, and showed every
symptom of the bydrophobia. While in this
situation he was seen by Cats, who had heard
of many wonderful cures of the disease per-
formed by the application of stone which he
knew to be in the possession of a gentleman
living near Paris, Fauquier county. At the
suggestion of Colonel Herbert he procured
buggy and drove post-haste with the afflicted
boy to the residence Of Sterling, the rossessor
of'the stone. The stone was applied to the
wound at once it stuck fast and so remained
for several hours During the time it could
only be removed from the wound by consider
able strength, and when touched gave the
boy great pain. When lifted from the wound
it was drawn back as if from magnet
After some time, however, it loosened and
dropped, as of its own weight. and the boy
declared himself entirely relieved. When the
stone was first applied it was of light green
color, but became turpid and dark while it
remained on the boys hand. By dropping
it in boiling water. however, its clear color
wasrenewed, leaving green skum upon the
surface of the water. The boy was brought
back wel.-Alerand,ia FAY Adrertiser.
Year: 1868

FIFTY DRINKS DAY.-Mr. Parton, in the
Atlantic, tells of an old man of fortune, re-
siding in the city of New York, who confesses
to taking fifty drinks a day of whisky-ten
drinks to bottle, and five bottles to a gallon,
One gallon of liquor, he says, goes down his
old throat every day of the year. Before he
he is fit to eat his breakfast in the morning
he has to drink twelve glasses of whisky. or
one bottle and one-ffth. Nevertheless even
this poor man is able for some hours of the
morning to transact what people of property
and leisure call business, and, during a part
Of the evening, to converse in such way as
to amuse persons who can look on and see
human being in suck bondage, without stop
ping to think what tragedy it is This old
boy never has to be carried home. I believe
lie is one of those most hopeless drunkards
who ever get drunk, never wallow in the
gutter, never do anything to scare or startle
them into an attempt to reform.
Year: 1868

DEMOCRATIC 1DENTITY.-Judge Poland, of
Vermont, in his recent speech at Providence,
said


l heard an excellent story told the other
day upon the stump, in relation to the iden-
tity of the old Democratic party with that
of modern times. 1t is said by the man who
told the story that in a certain family they
had vinegar barrel that had remained for
several generations in the family. and thew
had great veneration for it. 1t was grand
fathers barrel, and they all reverenced it
But by and by the hoops had become rotten.
and they were renewed, and the head and the
slaves had given away, and they were re-
placed. and finally an inquiry was set on foot
as to the identity of this barrel with grand
fathers old vinegar barrel, and, after strict
examination, he said the only point of identity
between the two. the only thing that remain
ed of grandfather's old vinegar barrel was
the bung hole. (Laughter.) And that is just
about as much identity as there is between
the modern Democratic party and the Demo
cratic party Of old times.
Year: 1868

How GRANT WoULDN'T.-The Washington
Chronicle has story limiting at dire plots by
the President and his friends-plots against
the existence of Congress and the perpetuity
of the Republic-which needed only the ab-
seAce Of General Grant for their consamma-
ton. In pursuance of their conspiracy to
get him out of the country, he was to be sent
to Mexico as kind of tail to Lew Campbell's
kite, but our hero fatty refused to go. But,
says the Chronicle, day or two after this
refusal, the President returned to the subject,
and urged the embassy on Grant, .ying he
had sent for Sherman to take his place in the
meantime. Congress was about to assemble,
and the air was full of rumors that the Presi-
dent would refuse to acknowledge the validity
OF Congress, and attempt to disperse it by
arms. Mr.. johnson had recently seemed to
have peculiar designs in regard to Maryland.
Grant remembered all this, and again declin.
ed to leave the country, this time in writing.
After this he was summoned to full Cabinet
meeting. where his detailed instructions we're
read out by the Secretary of State, as if the
objections and refusal had been of no account.
They were determined to make him 90,
whether he would or MOTTO drive him out of
the country which he saved Grant was now
aroused, and, before the whole Cabinet de-
clared his unwilingness to leave. Where
upon the President, not answering Grant,
turned to the Attorney General, and asked
him whether there was any reason why Grant
should not obey this order-whether he was
ineligible to the position in any way Grant
at once started to his feet and exclaimed, "
can answer that question, Mr.. President,
without appealing to the Attorney General.
am an American citizen, have been guilty
of no treason or other crime, and am eligible
to any civil Office to which any other Ameri-
can is eligible. But this is a purely civil
duty, to which you would assign me- and I
cannot be compelled to undertake it. ANY
legal military order you give me will obey
but this is civil, and not military, and l de.
cline the duty. No power on earth can force
me to it." The President and his Ministers
were astounded and silent, and Grant left the
Cabinet chamber.
Year: 1868

WONDERS OF THE GULF STREAM.-There IS
a river in the ocean. In the severest drouths
it never fails, and in the mightiest floods 1t
never overhows Its banks and it's bottom


are of cold water, while its stream is warm.
The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its
mouth is in .the Arctic sea. 1t is the Gulf
Stream. There is in the world no other so
majestic flow of water. Its current is more
rapid than the Mississippi or the Amazon,
and its volume more than thousand times
Greater. It's waters, even far from the Caro-
Ina coast. are of an indigo blue. They are
SO distinctly marked that the line of junction
with the common sea water may be traced
by the eve. Often one-half of the vessel may
be perceived floating in the Gulf Stream wa
ter. while the other half is in the common
water of the sea, so sharp is the line and
want of affinity between these waters and
SUCH too, the reluctance (so to speak on the
part of those of the Gulf Stream to mingle
with the common waters of the sea. In ad.
dition to this there is another fact The fish
ermen on the coast of Norway are supplied
with wood from the tropics by the Gulf
Stream. Think of the Arctic fishermen
burning upon their hearths the palms of
Hayti, the mahogany of Honduras, and the
precious wood of the Amazon and Orinoco!
Year: 1868

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The present Tslegrsph Conpanlesof the cOun-
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monopoly, and are now earning over
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OF their lines, their present capital having been
watered over ONE THOUSAND per cent.


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from that or any company ever before organ
lied. The question Of the RIGHT OF WAY II
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The stockholders of this company cannot De
sold out ur TRAE5FERRED to any other
company. The act Of Congress under which
this company has been organized, prohibits
any transfer Of the franchises granted.