smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1869


the capitol or sought refuge from.
imperial avarice in another land.
Those who preferred life of free
dom to the servility that attended
submission, sought refuge in New
Orleans. Among them was Cassi-
ma de Rita, in whose veins stirred
the blood of Colonnas, and whose
sword had been first in the defence
Of his country's outraged Liberties
and insulted honor. Young III
years, he was old in fame I; aud
when resistance was no longer of
any avail, with his wife and child
he came to New Orleans His
wife was the daughter of a noble,
high in rank, and a soldier under
the banner of Emanuel, an. only
child, sole heiress to his riches,
her son the heir OF his title. Like
our own war, the Italian reyplu-
ton had engendered the feicest
jealousies and. family dlssenspns.
Because the wife had adhered TO
the fortunes of her husband, her
father disowned her-no rebels
child, he said, should wear his cor
onet. To the exiled family
these threats of the old noble mat
tered but little. Time, they
thought, would appease his resent
ment, or, if it did not, they could
rear new hermitage in the land
they had come to.


Their many accomplishments,
their high rank and fame, gave
them a place in the best society.
The wife was fattered and ad-
mired, the husband the observed
Of all who did honor to virtue or
loved a patriot. Years wore away
the strangeness OF their new home,
and their feelings became identi-
fed with those of our people. No
name stood higher among our mer-
chants than that of the exile,
while society lavished upon the
beautiful Italian all the admiration
it bestows upon its queens. The
memories that elung to the past
were remembered more as q dream
than q reality, and the grief they
at first had felt had grown into a
regret, just as the clouds some
times darken with impending tenn
pest yet mellow in golden twilight.
The pomp of high estate was an
illusion now seen through the
mist of years, while content and
plenty sat smiling at their door.


AS | said before, years had fed,
and no word of reconciliation had
ever passed between the father
and his exiled daughter.


But one night the child disap-
peared. The mother was frantic
the father wild with apprehen-
sion. The city had been searched
through and through. In this
emergency my mate and myself
were applied to. The circumstan.
ces under which he bad disap-
peared convinced me at once that
be had been abducted and when
the mother explained that only
the night before a poor Italian SOL
dier had applied for shelter and
protection, | was sure he knew
something of the strange evasion.
When / said as much to them
they then revealed the family his.
tory l have told you. l knew
then the cause. Unappeased ir
his dislike of the exile, the ole
noble sought to gain possession of
the heir of his title and rear him
self or crush the young lie h'
hated.


! If my conclusions were correct
| had no time for delay. The al
fair demanded haste. Before mid
night we had searched the coast
from the Barracks to the Forts
In secluded nook-a quick benz
Of the rivcr-lay the vessel w
were in search of. The Spanisl
Year: 1869

The congratulations of our friends, upon
the cleanly and beautiful appearance of our
New Printing House, are "exhaustive," as
the Press used 10 say of the arguments on
the impeachment side oil the Presidential
fizzle. We again return thanks for the nu'
merous kindly greetings with which we are
dailY met on all sldes.
Year: 1869

SURPRISING INSTANCE OF INSTINCT IN
PleEoNs.-A few months ago, Henry Porter,
a gentleman in the employ of Mr.. Maxwell,
at the Lottery Printing Office, on leaving
Kingston, Canada, was presented with a
pair nt pigeons by friend, which he
brought closely cooped up TO this place. In
about week after their arrival here, they
succeeded In escaping, and as lie could hear
nothing from them, he gave them up for
lost A few days since he was much sur
prised by receiving letter from Kingston,
telling of their sale arrival there, they hay-
ing travelled the whole distance Of six or
eight hundred miles unaided except by that
innate instinct, which at times appears 10
surpass even reason itself.
Year: 1869

SOME OF OUR FRIENDS, are querulous, we
fear A gentleman desires us to ask the
Council how long II will take TO fill the City
Treasury by renting out our wharves-
Fourth street, for instance on lease OF
about 500 per annum. and permitting the les
see to turn around and sub-let the same wharf
to the Government for five or six hundred
dollars per year? and he wants to know, FUR
ther, why the city could not have rented to
10 the United States at the advanced price
itself?
Year: 1869

CoNuNpRuMs.-Why is Grant like bot
tleP Because his person IS broad like its
bottom, and his soul narrow like its neck


What is the difference between Grant ana
an ass n We don't know any.
Year: 1869

HoLIDAT GooDs.-Thc holiday season, to
which ali look forward with so much plea
sure, and when everybody spends money as
freely as water flows, is now near ut hand.
The stores are opening their Christmas sup
plies. and the most enterprising of our
merchants are already beginning to make
unusual efforts to bring their goods before
the public. Many have already seized upon
the columns Of the Dispatch as the best me-
diun to accomplish the purpose. and it
would he well for others to do the same
before the holiday week begins. Those who
wish TO make their purchases before the
stores are thron"ed and the stocks have
been picked over will find in our adver-
tising department, from day to day, full in
formation rs to what to buy and where the
best Of everything may be bought.
Year: 1869

Men SHOT ~ IsTEENAL REVENUE SERVICE.
Lately several men haze been shot in South
west Virginia Will" engaged in assisting in
the carrying OUT of the internal revenue
laws. John Boyle. one Of the cayarymen
who was recently sent 10 Lee county, was
shot in the leg and rather badly wounded
by some concealed persons while in the ar
rest of illicit Gi>iillrrS ut Walnut Hill, in
Lee county. Assistant Assessor Smith was
also shot III the head in Marion county and
badly wounded. On yesterday the super
visor applied TO have :: reward offered for
the recovery OF the pcrScns guilty of these
deeds. The reward will shortly he an
nOlnced.
Year: 1869

GRAND Royal ARCH CHAPTER OF VIR-
GINlA.-This Masonic body met i'll annual
convocation ut the hall on Franklin street
last night. Most Excellent +. Ill. Lane,
Grand High Priest, presided. After the
transaction Of business Of interest only to
the craft the Chapter was closed to meet
again ut o'clock this evening, when the
annual election Of officers will take place.
Year: 1869

The THEATRE.-Perhaps no event of the
theatrical season will be more welcomed
than the coming of Mr.. and Mrs. Florence,
who will appear at our Theatre on Monday
evening next. They are artists OF great
fame and merit, and they will doubtless
meet with much Success during their stay
here
Year: 1869

Several years ago the practice of
sailing hay was all but universal
IL was recommended, not alone be-
cause 10 was supposed that the hay
was better cured by Its use, but be-
cause 10 enabled the farmer, as he
supposed to house hay imperfectly
cured, or that which he'd got wet i'm
the open air. This was carried so far
in some Instances, that from eight To
sixteen quarts OF salt would be scat
tered over a single ton Of hay. This
practice affored n constant tempta-
tion to get in hay in slovenly and
imperfect manner, and must have
resulted injurlously in the second
place by depreciating the health and
value OF the stock that was obliged to
feed upon 1t.


We refer to the subject, at present,
because In catching" hay season
there are strong inducements to this
Injurious practice, unless somo spe-
cial thought Is given to the subject.


In judlclous hands, little salt, u
quart or two to the ton, occasionally.
may do no harm, but, possibly, prove
benlflcial. The true way, however,
Is to cure the hay independent of
salt, and administer the condiment
by itself when it il needed.


Ifa continued diet of sdh junk
brings the scurvy upon the poor sail
or, we cannot well see why similar
diet will not bring some dire disease
upon the stock that is compelled to
feed upon it. The practice is dam
gerous one, and ought to be resorted
to with great care.--NoW England
Farmer,
Year: 1869

The congregation is composed prln-
cipally of men and boys, dressed In
their everyday clothes. Some of
them stare about them, or talk with
each other. Instead Of sitting down
and paying attention to what Is said,


stand up and walk about.
Perhaps some will come up to the
speaker and try to look over his book,
If he reads from the Bible, or they
will examine the foreign stove, N II
Is cold weather and there IL fire In
1t; or they will stand In front Of the
clock and watch it for awhile. 9th
ers have with them parcels OF mer-
chandise, or fowl, some vegetables,
ETC., they have bought or wish to sell;
and If 1t Is warm weather very many
will strip the upper part OF their
bodies naked. and fan themselves, SO
as. to be cool as possible. .."


Oftentimes, unless forbidden to
smoke, several engage I'm smoking



little pipes full of tobacco, having
first struck fire by means of u flint
and piece of steel and some very dry
paper. Almost every Chinaman car
ries about with him his pipe and
tobacco and materials for striking
fire. Sometimes a beggar woman
will enter the chapel and bawl out
Justify for cash. 1t is a very com.
mon practice for most Of those who
come to stay but short time, and
when one of them goes out ali Of his
mates and friends usually follow.


If an idol procession or mandarin
and his retinue are passing along the
streets, or some sudden or unusual
noise Is heard, the boys and most of
the men rush out to see what Is to be
seen, after which some of them will
perhaps come back. Very few are
regular hearers of the Gospel, and
fewer still come in for the purpose
of hearing about Jesus.


Almost all who come are prompted
by motives of curiosity.
Year: 1869

The Syracuse Courier tells Of a sim
gular coincidence which happened
in the family of respectable citizen
OF that city. "The birth of a little
child occurred some nine months
since. Its mother was i'll at the time
of consumption. Since the child
came into the world it has followed
the physi cal conditions of its mother
with marvellous precision. Would
she be taken with vomiting the child
would be afflicted in the same man.
ner; did her health improve for a
few weeks, marked improvement
was noticed in the child; when her
health declined, the child's would
also begin to decline at nearly the
same time. a short time since, the
mother was taken much worse. the
symptoms Of the child were Of sim.
liar character. Finally the mother
died, and only few seconds after
breathing her last last the child fol-
lowed into eternity. The case is q
strange one, showing how great in
1unce unconscious sympathy may
exert over physical conditions"
Year: 1869

What woman's rights are to be will
be largely determined by what her
work is to be. Just now It seems az
if it would be vastly more helpful to
her to put the pry beneath the latter
question. Kate Keat thus speaks of
it:


"Instead Of asserting or defending
woman's right to labor, would 1t not
be better to inspire in her an earnest
desire to labor? For though home Is
her natural, her fairest Kingdom. she
must perceive and accept the truth
that there is world OF usefulness
beyond its blessed precincts, q new
world waiting to be discovered and
occupied. This world Of useful work
is the one great advantage for women
to CLEAN from the present agitation
for, though their political privileges
may prove of incalculable benefit,
should they get them, their political
penalties and responsibilities will be
established la d3e proportion, so that
for franchise and the like they will
have to pay full price. Butfor use
full work they will receive All equiva-
lent, not only in money. but in self
reliance and true independence,
while all ii costs them will be so
much additional gain; for they will
pay for 1t only i'm false pride and
cowardly shrinking from unacus-
toned duties.


"Remunerative employment is the
surest and most direct road to practi-
cal woman's rights; for, certainly,
women need not hope to merely ac-
cept a formidable list of resolutions,
and thereby find that, from depend,
ence on man, they have suddenly
become independent of him. Let
woman's real friends, then urge home
to her heart and mind the truth that
fitness for useful work is something
more than her right; it is her duty.
Let parents consider that it is their
sacred duty, not to be sighted
through the influence of custom or
position, to give their daughters an
education that will make them able
to take care of themselves, and so
practically superior to circumstances
aud Independent. Thus woman's
work will take its rightful place in
woman's life, and she will feel that,
i'm pursuing 1t, she is not wandering
from what is truly woman's
sphere. r-Ljberdt Christian.
Year: 1869

magnificent trees-eims and maples-that


overhang its streets and make its residences


attractive and desirable. The pecuniary con-
sidoration should not be considered the para
mount one in this case, but even measuring
the advantages Of trees by that low standard,
cities, and villages can do themselves no
greater kindness than to encourage their cul-
Year: 1869

Paul, "Ie are not your own. for ye are
bought with a price" He loves God,
and has covenanted to live for him.
His plain duty therefore, i, to care for
himself. not merely with view to his
own pleasure and selfish ends, hut with
n supreme regard to what God may want
of him. For the qualification Of hi. own
pleasure, he has no right to run risk OF
serious injury to that which is Gods.
Total abstinence from all Intoxicating
drinks is therefore first principle OF
christian temperance. This law of tenn
perance, interpreted and enforced by
love to God and man, reaches out over
the whole life. This law requires an
intelligent understanding of the effects
of our habits on ourselves and others, n
firm self control at the limits of lawful
indulgences, positive self denial from
everything hurtful to ourselves or 9th
ers; and especially, II tender conscience,
that will allow no sin merely because it
seems Il little one. The man who allows
himself in that which he feels is not
quite right is:.on the road I" ruin.
Year: 1869

MODERN CHURCH ENrENsloN. - Paul
in laying out the plan of the missionary
tour, took In the towns and cities that
most needed the gospel; hu, modern
Christian workers do not initiate Paul.


If we want to go anywhere, we want T."
go where the people are the best; we
spend our life in building on other
mems foundations. Am | called to
teach Sabbath School class? want
good boys and girls. with hair c"mbcd
and faces washed. Am | to gather II
church > 1t must i,e OF elegant people,
well dressed and polished in manners;
and SO "a church in these days is apt TO
be built not out of the world but out "i
other mems churches. Some men spend
all their their time in fishing in other
mems ponds, and they throw their line
into the church pond and jerk out II
Methodist, and in this pond they jerk
out II Baptist and think they have gain
ed something. No gain at all. Take
fifty men from one regiment and put
them in another, the general army
gains no strength. Recruits give the
strength. We ought to build our own
churches and fight out the world; then
we should not build on other people +
foundations. This is IA large world. In
our school days we learn that the earth
is so many miles in circumference and
in diameter There is a latitude and
longitude Of want aud woe and sin in
| the world that no figures can calculate.
! This continent of sin is SO large that
could not give its boundary, except t"
say that it is bounded on one side by
heaven, on the other side by hell aud
on all SIDES 10y the great heart of Gods
COMMISSIONS We seem to take II man
by the coat as he enters the church door
and say that his broad cloth is very
| fine. Let him 80 up and take good
seat We take another man aud seem
to say, that is very poor coat; go to
the mission chapel. The evil will not
he corrected until we have free chulches
large enough to hold all that come.
! am tired of h,snbarding iron-ciad sim
ners who for forty years have withstood
| christian assaults. Give me some oi
these outside sinners to act on. -Dr. Dt
| VIZ 1utndyc.
Year: 1869

The internal revenue receipts for the
six months just nastof this year are some
eight millions of dollars in excess Of what
they we're in the corresponding months
of last year. The custom receipts for
the same corresponding time, probably
show as large an excess in favor Of the
present administration. The total reve-
nues, therefore, since the 4th of march are
probably nearly sixteen millions in excess
Of the amount for the similar period OF
last year. This is equivalent to an in
crease Of at least thirty millions year
over the revenue collection of last year.
We are thus enabled to see how our pub
lie debt decreases If no extraordinary
expenses are incurred, the end of the first
year of Grant term of Office will show
a total decrease of a hundred millions,
if not more. this amount. thirty mil
lions will be due to the increased ehicien
cy in the collection of the revenues and


the rest to retrenchment tht has been
that is being, that will be affected In the
government expenditures
Year: 1869

We have again to apologize to our
kind readers and Mr. Fuessnich especially,
not for anything we have done amlss
personally, but for the ungentlemaniy
language used by our junior, the local
editor il what he said in our last issue
in regard to Mr.. Fuessnich. We had
said all we wanted to say on the subject
ourselves and did not think that our son
would allow himself to be carried away
by his excited feelings as he has done.


We have all to learn and never get
through learning. how to know and how
to govern ourselves, and hope that this
apology will be kindly received and ac-
cepted by all who have felt themselves
insulted or offended.
Year: 1869

An exchange says God intended wo-


man to be beautiful as much as He did


the roses and the morning glories and
what He intended they should become
they would if they would obey His laws
and cut Incidence and corset strings and
indulge in freedom and fresh air. For a
girl to expect to be handsome with the ac-
ton of her her lungs dependent on the
expansive nature ofa cent s worth of tape,
is as absurd as to look for tulips in a snow
bank, or a full grown oak in flower pot.
Year: 1869

Let a young man at twenty years OF
age put twenty dollars at interest, instead
of expending it for tobacco. Then. at the
beginning of the next year, ami thus IN
clude also the principal and interest of the
proceeding year, and thus continue to dc
from year to year, until he shall reach
the age of seventy, the amount he vii
realize would exceed thirty thousand
dollars
Year: 1869

On the opening OF the Court the Grand Jury in and
dismissed with few complimentary remarks by
Judge Bedford. james Poole alias Jaconet was
arTigned on OF feOnOus assault and bat
terry and pleaded guilty 10 the charge lie had been
guilty Of assaultng Catharne Carter with whom he had
been living and neting serious injuries upon her on the
ID inst He had split open her skull with and broken
her He acknowledged that he had been for in
the NewJersey State Prison aud had been four times In
the PenentiRy He was sentenced to the state PRISON
for ten years.
Year: 1869




which Of you by taking thought can add one cumt
unto his stature "-SIAruEw VI, 81


The above was Mr.. Beecher's text last
Sabbath. He said the diameter Of each day
was indicated by the amount of good done
and enjoyed, not by the rising and setting sun
A wise forecast was good but painful look
ing forward was bad The past belonged to
gratitude, the present to contentment aud
work, the future to hope and trust The
birds found food from the material provided
by natural law, and the flowers knew how to
take in Bourishment. The material laws en-
abled the one to feed itself, and the other to
make for itself crown of glory. A man
ought to he ashamed if bird could get a


living and he could not. What was the use
of the difference between the bird and the
man. if the man could not accomplish as
much The word thought in the text should
have been rendered anxiety. The moment
forethought, good enough in itself, was brought
to the line of fret and anxiety, it was unwise
Improbable The provision made by an
anxious forethought must be unprohtaole
The mind was more sure in It's forethought II
its exercise was pleasurable but when the
mind was driven into anxiety-when it be-
came diseased, for time at least, the resul


was sure to be Improbable. This suggested


the Importance of common sense. II snip


master went to sea with dsordered ehronom


eter and compass, then all was disorder; 81
also with man-let his mind once become dis


ordered, and his whole voyage Of life must b


affected thereby Painful forelooking dis


torted the mind and suppressed or set asid


common sense. OF this condition was Dor


malign feelings, which took hold of the tutur


with fear, and trouble, and avarico. Prid'


avarice and vanity all listened to the lynn


voice of fear. Upon the average, men sui


fered more from what did not happen tina
from what did happen. He thought mlnl'
tiers did not go to theatres because they sa
so much high and low comedy in human III
every day-saw il presented more yiyidl
, than they could see it in the theatre. Nat'
Q raj law was so profuse in its benedietions th'
! there was no need to borrow. Men wei
q Atheists when they were afraid. Men 8
unduy elated in prosperity, and unduly d
y pressed in adversity. Belief in God was u
c grand stronghold. The strength OF man ID
9 In his relations with God. a man with
;. real abiding faith in his Saviour would new
n encounter any trouble too great to bear
Year: 1869

The Greenfield Gazette publishes the follow
ing little story about family, some members
of which are already pretty well known, with
prospect that they will be still better known
hereafter -


Some years ago there lived in neighbor-
inc town a man Of integrity. Tanning and
currying leather was his occupation. He
had several sons; one Of them learned the
business of his father. After he left home
he went to Boston and there engaged in the
same occupation. During his leisure hours,
instead of frequenting saloons and other pla-
ces of low resort, where so many take Their
first lessons in vice, he found the room of the
Merchants Library Association. Here he
spent his evenings, storing his mind with use,
fiji knowledge. He there became acquainted
with some of the members. They supposing
him to be a merchant, thought him good


fellow and invited him to join their Assoca


tion, which he gladly accepted, but upon III
ouirinr as to his business it was found tina


he was not eligible, for in an article IN thell


by laws no mechanic could be admitted as


member. You may imagine that his refusal


upon such a foundation, was pretty sharl


cut for a sensitive mind. This narrow-minde'


view of large philanthropy wrought in hun
A firm resolution that in his intercourse witt


mankind he would treat men according I
merit, regardless of occupation. lie let
Boston, and in another city, with his iathe
and other brothers, built up large manufac
turing business, from which they have acqui
red a competency of this worlds goods, a
= an evidence of his standing among his fello'
citizens, he has just been elected Governor
the State Of Connecticut, One of his broth
: ers is now Speaker of the House of Repreeser
tatiyes in this State, and they are both
them JEWELS"