smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

cape 1t; and the question will force itself upon
every mind: how could we deal with such A


people, If we had them in the Union How


long would they obey the Federal laws? What


Federal Tax Collector would be safe one hour
among them? What appointee of the Wash


mgton Government could live one day amoflg


them without the presence of large army to
protect him


What Federal Judge would be safe on the
Bench among them? How long after the
withdrawal Of our armies would any officer.
civil or military, hold his Office or exercise his
functions there? 1t is time these things were
| seriously considered. We can not keen an
army always in the field The South contains
an crea of 500 ,o0o square miles. One soldier
to square mile, will not be sufficient to hold
the country. 1t will require at least one hun
dred soldiers to the square mile to do that


because tie entire mass of southern popula-
ton are bitterly and rcsolutely hostile to Us.
Multiply 100000 by one hundred, and the
reader may form some idea of the enormous
Army which will be necessary to hold that
country. 1t will require greater army to
hold the south, than will be required to con-
quor it, if that be possible. What is to be
done with the South after size is conquerd or
ovcrrun? Hold her by military power The
Army necessary to hold her will cat ont the
subsistence Of both North and South, in less
than two years, or shall we, after having over
run tie South, withdraw cur Armies and "let
the wayward sisters go?" If So then we are
prosecuting the war for tie purpose Of seeing
which side can wl4ip-and the whole struggle
is destitute of any valuable or substantial bur
pose. If we keep the army there after over
running the South, then We will not have the
Cd Union, because that was Union not rest
ing on the power Of military organization, but
on the power Of public affection, and popu-
lar consent, and it will cost mere to keep m
army there tLan we can gain. We shall lose
every way-losc in treasure and lose in char
acter. We will then hold the same relation
to th9 South, that England dgHs 70 Ireland.
No tEuc American citizen wishes to place lis
country in that attitude.


On tlcse great questions 50 closely connected
with the pr mioed successes Of the war, its
aivyoatcs have been strangely silent. Viii
Tie people ever receive an answer?
Year: 1863

WELL SAID The following is an extract
from letter written by Judge Miller, JUS
tice of the U. S. Supreme Court for the State
of Iowa. He speaks we'll and truly, and DEM
onstrates the fact that there is q powerful work
ofp olitical grace going on among the people:


1 am an old Clay Wing, and when that par
ty went down, united with the Republicans,
in the hope ard belief that it would succeed to
all the loyal and national virtues of the Whig
party, and that we should have Whig princi-
pies and policy prevail andcr another name.
But got more than bargaincd for. 1t was
rot in the covenant that we should have
civil war as consequence of Republican sue
cess; that the public treasury was to be plum
dcred by whoesale; that free soil in loyal
States should be covered with martial law;
that free speech should be chained i'll the dun
geon of tie Bastilo; that tho +" free homes
should be sacked to desoation, ard the ''free
men" should be confined in it3 practical opera
ton to the negroes of the South, and the abo
lition wing of the Republican party at the
North
Year: 1863

EseB"At least one member Of the Abolition
party in Congress, Mr. Spauliins, Of New
York, is net carried away with the idea that
this war is to. be only "a brcakra est spell or
at most "a sixty days iob." Looking at the
matter square in the face he says he has no
doubt that the patience and energies of the
people are to be taxed to the utmost limits befor
tIe Cr on is restore and We be assured of f,i-
turc loyaity in all the eSouthern States. You .
not yet able to collect taxes in the disloyal
States without the aid CT II powerful army
Before Yen can be assured of loyalty in the
rebellious STATES, Union State governments
must be established and maiut tanned in each of
them To do this will require large army
for many years. Unit! you can collect your
taxes in al. tie rebel States without the aid Of
military force the rebellion is not subdued,
Year: 1863

The Carlo (Ill.l correspondent of the New
York Times writes


There are now Zoo contrabands gathered
here, quartered IN what is called the Corral,
and one of the barracks built for them by the
quartermaster Their Accommodations are so
limited, however, that disease of every kind is
fast thinning out their ranks. They are so
crowded that cleanliness is as much out of the
question as it would be in barn yard or pig
sty. Their quarters are in the midst Of mud,
always from one 10 t,ro feet an depth during
moist weather. Those who go ont are always
obliged TO have wet feet, ID Pneumonia is a
-7ery common complaint among them, and last
week over sixty died from this and other COM
laints-This is about the weekly average Of
deaths.-Humanity, deccncy, civilization de-
mand that these persons be removed from Carlo
to some place where they can be employed and
made self-supporting. Strong women, who
have been accustomed to hoe, plow ana split
rails, and do all manner of hard farm labor,
are obliged to sit down in these confined and
filthy quarters, and grow sick and die by the
score, for the want Of exercise for body and
mind.
Year: 1863

TIE PupL1o DEBT A correspondent draws
our attention to the mountain of public debt
that is accumulating uIoa us debt unpar-
allcled in the worlds history; for while the
gigantic debts of other nations are the accumu-
lations of centuries ours is almost the work
of day. In referenceto the bill before, Con-
gress, to issue bonds to the amount CT one
thousand millions of dollars, our correspondent
asks if we have thought for u moment of the
magnitude of these figure. We know what
q minute is--an hour-a day. When VIC
utter these figures, do we know that thou
sand millions minutes have not elapsed since
the birth of our Saviour? end that dollar for
every minute of time since the commencement
of the Christian Era would not suffice to pay
a dept of one thousand Millions Of dollars! Such
are the gigantic proportions of the debt which
this war is hosping upon as and our posterity
to be met only by reputation or gridnins
taxation Cincinnati Enquirer.
Year: 1863

been destroyed. The former mill had been occupied
by an Englishman, who had succeeded in becoming
very wealthy from the manufacture OF cotton. 1t
appears there was another mill about 20 miles dis
tant owned by Mexican general. From
cause or other the Generals mill was destroyed by
fire and his Jealousy led him to believe that the Eng
lishmaD was the true author of the destruction of
his property In retaliation, he employed a of
Indian breed to destroy the Englishman and burn up
his property, which they accomplished with fidelity.
After setting fire to the mill and killing the English
man, the clerk, who a German, sought to escape
and when hotly pursued, fed a wooden cross on
the road, and they literally cut him pieces while
clinging to it. The General afterwards impris-
oned for while and released, and it is said the
country had satisfy Great Britain by the payment
of $500, 900"
Year: 1863

AR. EDITOR Will you please to copy the following
from the P0iyHestan 1t is a specimen Of liberality
which reminds of the speech of the old giant who
called after - Pilgrim" ne Of the Valley
of the Shadow Of Death - You'll never reform till
more Of you are b Irned."


l also hand you a few homely lines of my own, in
reply to the same Yours, truly,


JOHS BUNYAN.
Year: 1863

In our yesterdays issue we published a
digest ef the revised regulations for "com-
mercial intercourse with and in States de-
olared in insurrection." By these regula


tions the parts of the Southern States with
which trade is permitted are erected into
trade districts, and called special agencies


Special agents, assisted by subordinates,
govern each district under this code of rules


No trade is permitted except under proper
permits, which the surveyors aud collectors
of customs In several cities are entitled to
grant. In addition to the regular trade dis


tricts there may from time to time be
erected within the lines of our armies "sup


ply DISTRICTS" where, though no regular
trade is permitted. the necessaries of life
may be sold to the people. "Persons OF
we'll ascertained loyalty" may establish
stores in the various districts, as the regu-
latons provide. Persons in the supply dis


tricts can purchase at the stores only for
their own or family use. Where there is a
probability that goods will fall into the
hands of the enemy the owners must give
bonds that they snail not, or the special
agent must take possession of the goods
Such is the skeleton Of the system OF trad,
now in existence between the Northern
cities and certain districts of the Southern
States. Some such plan is necessary to ac


commodate the present and prospective ne.
cessities Of this case, and the plan of which
We have given the outline seems sufficiently
comprehensive and simple to meet every
requirement. Gradually as more and more
OF the territory hitherto given up to rebel


ion shall come under our sway, new
districts will of course be necrs


.ary, new relationships will be estab


,i,hed between the people Of the two sec


tions Of the country, Southern men will onc'


more know of the North through the bsnef,
icent influences of trade, and many delcat,
questions will arise. And, to be equal to
all the cases that will arise under it, TO &C.
commodate trade properly, to make easy all
tbat trade requires, and to make difficult al
beside, the system will need to be a 60 d
one. By some liberality in these matter
towards the Southern people much good
may be done at the present time. fit shall
be found that the intention of the system
shall be perverted and abused, let the gov
ernment punish stringently those who are
guilty, and keep the trade system liberal
Much will depend upon the officers who ad


minister this system. Indisputably there
will be great corruption; and it is uufortu


nate that the Southern people should begin
their new associations with the Northern
people by means of system that will be
stained with every phase Of thievery. Yet,
though there will be corruption, wise and
proper admipistration of this system may
do much to restore good feeling between the
people and to healths old troubles. - Herald
Year: 1863

REPORTS RESPECTING The CRops.-Tbe
reports in regard to the condition Of the
crops for the month Of August, received by
the Bureau of Agriculture, show that the
damage from the early frost which occurred
near the close Of that month was not as
great as was generally spprehended. The
damage to the corn crop in some OF the
States was considerable, but will average
more than one-tenth of rhe growing crop
The damage to the sorghum crop Is much


less than was anticipated, and will not, from
present appearances, materially affect the
production of this article, it having proved
10 be more hardy and possessed Of greater
recuperative powers than corn.
Year: 1863

So long as slavery exists in the South
you cannot hope to be respected there,
because if you are poor your honesty
will not protect you from the sneer 1.-The
master or the laughter of the slave.


So long as Slavery exists in the South,
the white laboring man can never acquire
a title in fee 10 the land. Small farmers
are unknown in slave States, except in
some sterile spots, where living al all is a
hardship.


So long as Slavery exists in the South,
the richest and noblest portion of the
United States is shut against the feet Of
the white laborer. The most he can ex.
pect is TO have winters work on the
levee or exhaust soul and body on a
steamboat in some menial capacity
So long as Slavery exists in the South
neither Catholic Church nor school MOI
/ Catholic colony will be found there
The land will be as barren of these as
South Carolina, Virginia Mississippi
Arkansas, Alabama. Tennessee, &c, dc
/ So long as Slavery exsts in the South
the white laborer will be treated wors,
than the slave. He viii be looked up
on, as Hammond, the South Caroliui
Senator, said, as mudsill," a thing 4
tread on and scrape your shoes on, an'
then left to rot and cast aside.


So long as Slavery exists in the South
the aristooratic or oppressive classes wi
rule. Manual labor Of any kind will b
: treated with contempt. The children {


the white laborer will be taught b


Slavery TO despise their parentage. :


public opiuion unknown or suppressed
the free. is ell powerful in the s'as


States, ana by this the pride OF life


is established in the high places, an
they who do not bow down before Il
idol must seek home elsewhere,


Catholic Telegraph.
Year: 1863

the darkest and the brightest of my life ;
for out of the thick cloud has its blessed
light shone."


And after while their talk went on
all the practical matters and uses which
so nearly concerned them-the retrench-
ing their expenses, the selling the furni-
ture at once, and settling themselves in
the cottage as Mary called it, always
speaking the word with tone which
gave it a sweeter flavor of home.


"I can get a clerkship, and we can
contriye to live on small salary until
the war is over, which God grant may
not be long; and afterward shall doubt
less see my way clear into business again.
But, Mary, don't you know how folks
will pity you behind your back, and say
you've come down dreadfully in the
world, and say that it is a shame yoa ev-
er threw yourself away on such a poor
dog as am 20


They won't know what they're say
ing then, and | certainly shan't care for
it," Her smile was clear and bright
now, as sunshine that has struggled with
the cloud, and came out of it triumphant.


Well, Mary, stout heart makes a
stout arm, and | shall toll with both for
you and the children, as man does for
those who are dearer than life TO him."


Dear John !"-her hand fluttered
down on his shoulder in pretty, car
ressng way, though her tones needed
nothing more.


"I came home, Mary, miserable
discouraged, broken-s spirited man and
now feel as brave, as strong, as cheer
full too, as | ever did in my life--aye
and richer; for it needed this day and
this trial, to show me what the woman
have married was worth, and all she
could be to me. o, Mary, if there were
only more wives in the world like you !


Dear reader, have you ever stood, like
this woman, face to face with adversely
and have you too learned in wha
spirit 10 take it :?
Year: 1863


Forever the sun is pouring his gold
On hundred worlds that beg and borrow
His warmth he squanders on SUBMITS colds
His wealth on the homes of want and sorrow,
To withhold his largess of precious light
Is to bury himself in eternal night.


To give


Is to live.
The flower shines not for itself at all
It's Joy is the Joy it freely diffuses
OF beauty and balm it is prodgal,
And it lives in the hf4 it sweetly loses.
n choice for the rose but glory or doom
To exhale or smother, to wither or bloom.


To deny


Is to die.
The seas lend silvery rain to the land,
The land its sapphire streams to the ocean ;
Theheart sends blood to the brain of command
The brain to the heart its lightning motion
And ever and ever we yield our breath,
Till the mirror is dry and images death.


To live


Is to give.
He is dead, whose hand is not opened wide
To help the need of human brother
He doubles the life of his lifelong ride !;
Who gives his fortunate place to another,
And thousand million lives are his,
Who carries the world in his sympathes.


To deny


Is to die.
Throw gold to the far dispensing wave,
And your ships sail home with tons of treas


ure;
Care not for comfort all hardships brave,
And evening and age shall sup with pleas


IRE ;
Fling health to the sunshine. wind and rain,
And roses shall come to the cheek again.


To give
Is to live.
What is our life Is it wealth and strength
If we, for the Masters sake, will lose it, .
We shall find it hundred fold at length,
F." While they shall forever lose, who refuse 1t
And nations that save their union and peace,
At the cost of right their wealth shall increase


They save


A grave
Year: 1863

At recent convention Of wool grow
ers Of western Pennsylvania. II vas re
solved that they are better entitled TO
one dollar per pound for their wool this
year than fifty cents last year And
they agree 10 and call upon all wool
growers TO hold their woods at 8 per
pound until there is change in the price
Of WOODEN aud cotton goods.
Year: 1863

We have but one kind of money now in the Con-
federate States. Specie has long since retired from
clrculaton, and bank bills are rarely seen-al ex-
changes OF commodities must be effected through the
medium of Confederate Treasury Notes. In this cur
rency is paid the hard-earned wages OF our gallant
soldiers; their wives and families have this ONLY
wherewth to support themselves in the absence of
their natural protectors and the government can nav
Tor articles necessary for the subsistence and eouip
ment of its armies only in funds of the same charac.
ter The law of supply and demand which controls


ana regulates trade in all its ramcatons sways with
equal power in the domain of currency. An album.
dance OF money renders money cheap, in the same
way as an abundance Of reduces its price. But
as it the period Of uctuation and variations in pr
ces that is seized upon by the specuator and CONNER.
cia gambler, wherein to ply his vocation so in regard
to the currency of our country (which we admit has
been complicated by the recent action of Congress,
but without the slightest tant of repudiaon the sell
nsh and ayacious laying aside all considerations OF
patriotism and of the good of our common cause-in
spirit of short-sghtedness which only intense selfish
ness can engender-are, by their persistent conduct
and ondeavors, depreciating and discreditinp that
money through which only our Independence can be
secured.


There are considerations connected with this sub
ect which deserve to be pondered If we are not sat
1siied to receive Confederate money in payment of
debt it equally worthless to pay us for our corn or
our bacon Let this principle be acted upon, and how
long could we maintain armies in the field? The
government unable to purchase subsistence, would
behold its armies dissolve in thirty days. our cause
would be lost and with cause go everything in
vowed IN itliberty property, existence 1t will not
90 TO say government by the recent action of Con.
sress' has the means of supplying its wants by i'm.
pressment Fop>f it pays for the articles impressed
in currency which the producer cannot use in paw
ment OF his debts this impressment is but another
name for roboery-the xio.ent taking of property
without compensation. Confederate money, if good
for anything is good for everything within the range
of patriotic uses. 1t is the life blood Of our cause
Year: 1863

A GERMAN LEGEND.-There was once
q mother and child. and the mother
loved this her only child with her whole
heart, and thought she could not live
without it 4; but the Almighty sent great
sickness among the children, which seized
this little one, which lay on its sick bed,
even to death. Three days and three
nights the mother watched and wept, and
prayed by the side of her darling chlld-but
: it died The mother, now left alone In
the wide world, gave way to the most
violent and unspeakable grief. She ate
nothing and drank nothing, and wept,
wept, wept, three long days and three long
nights, without ceasing calling constantly
mon her child. The third night, as she
thus sat overcome with suffering, in the
plaee where her child had died, her eyes
bathed in tears, and faint from grief, the
door softly opened, and the mother started,
for before her stood her departed child. 1t
had become heavenly angel, and smiled
sweetly as innocence, and was beautiful
like the blessed. It had in its hand a small
eup that was almost running over, so full
1t was. And the child spoke On
dearest mother, weep no more for me the
anpel of mourning has collected in tins
little cup the tears which you have shed
for me. If for me you shed but one tear
more, it will overflow, and shall have no
more rest in the grave, and no Joy in
heaven. Therefore, oh, dearest mother
weep no more for your child for it is well
and happy, and angels are its companions.
It then vanished. The mother shed no
more tears, that she might not disturb her
childs rest in the grave, and its joys In
heaven. For the sake of her infants hap
piness, she controlled the anguish OF her
heart. So strong and self-sacrifcing is
mothers's love-"
Year: 1863

Let me not die before I've done for thee
My earthly work, whatever it may be:
Call me not hence with mission unfulflled,
Let me not leave my space of ground untitled.
Impress this truth upon me, that not one
Can do my portion that I leave undone,
For each one in thy vineyard hath spot
To labor in for life, and weary not
Then give me strength all faithfully to toll
Converting barren earth to fruitful SOIL
long to be an instrument of thine,
To gather worshippers unto thy shrine:
To be the means one human soul to save
From the dark terrors of hopeless grave.
Yet most want q spirit of content,
To work where'er thou'lt wish my labor spent.
Whether at home or in q stranger cline,
In days of joy or sorrows sterner time.
want spirit passive, to lie still,
And by thy power, to do thy holy will.
And When the prayer unto my lips doth rise,
Before a new home doth my soul surprise,
&Let me accomplish some great work for thee"
Subdue it, Lord let my petition be,
Oh. make me useful in this world of thine,
In ways according to thy will, not mine.
Let me not leave hy space of ground untitled,
Call me not hence with mission unfulflled;
Let me not die before I've done for thee
My earthly work, whatever it may be.
Year: 1863

THE ASSAULT on THE LEFT.


On the extreme left the pointed summit
of the hill of thousand feet elevation ris-
es toward the sky. Beyond it the coun-
try falls off into the mountain region that
Year: 1863

In every noble heart burns perpetual
thirst for q nobler in the fair for far. !.
er; it wishes to behold its ideal out OF
itself in bodily presence, with glorifiee,d or
adopted form, in order the more easily to
attain to it, because the lofty man can
ripen only by lofty one, as diamond can
be polished only by diamond.