smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864

a= \ whole family in Fishkiu were
poisoned last week by using prepared rye
coffee From the effect of It one child
died on Monday last and another lies in
i very cririefl condition. Several other
members IS che family Were badly affected,
but appear TO he slowly recover ing
Year: 1864

As the report is current that the appointment
has been made to all the vacancy upon the
United States Supreme Bench, occssloned by
the death Of the late Chief Justice Taney, we
take occasion to announce that we have the
highest authority for stating that the report Is
not true.
Year: 1864

equal of the white man-to rob the master of h
rightful property-to emancpate the slaves against
positive State enactments-to destroy all hope of
civil liberty in the South and make to Lincoln and
the world the humiliating confession that we are
incapable of defending our property or our free.
DOM" If we were an enemy to the Confederate
cause, or an enemy to slavery, We should hail this
measure with joy, snd advocate it as the best and
surest means of destroying both.


We do not hesitate to say, that in our humble
opinion the recent speech of President Davis at Ma
con- Georgia. and these resolutions of the Governors,
however we'll intended, have inflicted more serious
blow on the Confederate cause than the capture of
Atlanta by Sherman.


But we have no heart to dwell upon the thoughts
which this proposition suggests. Reason seems to
have fled to british beasts"


We now say to the people Of this State that a
great deal, for veal or woe, will depend upon the
action of our Legislature soon to assemble. We
beg the people of all the Counties to confer freely
with their members, and put them fully in posses
sion of their views and wishes. 1t will be too late
to complain after measures have been adopted of
a character dangerous and exhauSting to the last
degree. 1t was the boast of the opponents Of a
Convention, last summer that the Legislature
could do all that Convention could to protect and
advance the States interests; let US see If that
body will prove itself equal to the great emergency
now upon u.s. We trust it will
Year: 1864

We learn from the Georgia papers that the mill
tia of that State reporting for duty, Their fur
loughs granted after the fall Of Atlanta having ex
pired. 1t will be by the following extract from
a recent order of Gen. Smith, that the detailed
men in Georgia belong to the militia, and that by
an understanding with the Confederate authorities
they not to be sent forward to the regular army
but are to be retained in the State troops


"In accordance with previous understanding
with the Confederate authorities, all detailed men
who were on duty with the militia of this State, are
required to report for duty again in this command
All detailed men, therefore, who in the militia
service who fail to report within ten days after the
publication of this order, will be published de-
serters and treated accordingly"


Gov. Brown took the ground, and very properly,
that Congress had no constitutional power to detail
the farmers and mechanics of Georgia, and thus
place them in service while engaged in their voca-
tionS subject to be ordered at any moment to the
feld and some two months since, when he order
ed his militia into service, he required all the men
thus detailed by the Confederate government to
take their places in the ranks as State troops. In
| this way some SIX to eight thousand men are thus
put on occasional duty, and when not in the field
militia they can be at their homes attending to
their business. Whata blessing such a course would
have been, if it had been pursued in this State!-
As it is the last of detailed men has been
ordered to the trenches with prospect of return
ing to aid in the pursuits Of the farm and the work
shop. But is poor old North Carolina who is called
on to do and to suffer and authorities, because
! they are so required by the central government
apply even the bones of our people to the grind
stone until they are worn to the marrow. Four
years ago it was treason to say word against
State rights, but now it is treason to demand jus
tice for our State. The pretended friends Of the
States have shown themselves their wOrs enemies.
Gov. Brown is practical State rights He is
true to the cause, but he is truer he should be-
to his own State. We wish We could say the same
for other Governors.
Year: 1864

The demand is so great among our people for Mr.
Beyces letter to the President that lay it again
before our readers to day We also publish the re-
solutions recently adopted by the meeting in Co.
lumbia in relation to Mr. Boyce and his views; and
we shall publish in our next the speech of Mr.
Boyce made at the meeting referred to.


1t is noteworthy fact in the history of the times
that the subject of reconstruction has been freely
discussed in public meeting at the capital of the
State OF South. Carolina and that Mr.. Boyce, one
of the representatives in Congress from that State
who is charged whether truly or not with taVorlng
reconstruction, is not denounced either as traitor
or as insncere in the uttersnce of his views. How
ever we may differ with the great body of the pub
lie men of South Carolina we free to confess
that they gentlemen, and therefore incapable OF
countenancing or encouraging mob law or violence
against any citizen on account of honest express
sion of opinion, however obnoxious or dangerous
in their judgment that opinion may be- Mr.. Boyce
has had fair hearing at Columbia, and we predict
that he will have an equally fair hearing before his
constituents generally.


The Columbia South Cdrolinian is pleased, in
one of its articles in relation to Mr. Bovces views
to speak of the Holdens in the Confederacy," and
to call us "the avowed submiSsionist of North
Carolina" The South Carolinidn does US great
injustice We are neither a submssonist nor
reconstructionst We aoere submissonlst up
to the proclamation OF Mr. Lincoln in April,
1861 and if the leading public men of South
Carolina had been submissonists as we were, the
probability is that we should have escaped this
bloody and wasting war. We are now in favor OF
fighting and talking for peace at the same time.
This has been our position for more than year
past, and events almost constantly occurring but
serve to strengthen US in this position. We cor
daily endorse the letter of Mr.. Boyce; and we
trust that this stone will "smite the image" OF
Moloch, and "become great mountain" and I'LL
tie whole land with its saving influence.
Year: 1864

SoNB have heard SO much of family
government that they think there can't BE-
too much Of it. They govern at morning
and govern at night, imprisoning thrir
children in stiff rooms, where fly is a
band Of music in the empty silence.
Year: 1864

directly to the generals house. On the
opposite side Of the street were barracks,
containing a thousand men, He opened
the door, passed up stairs, and found
that the general was not at home. The
OFFICER below then told him to come down,
as a row was going ON. He fastened
down and found that an officer had left
the house in his shirt, and taken to the
woods in the rear of the town. Another
officer stood with q chair in the corner
OF the room. Cushing closed with him,
threw him down and put revolver to
his head the fellow became tra.S.,uuii.-
Cushing then struck light and told the
officer to dress, He did so, aud ttsseey
took him TO the boat and escaped clear.
Now the point where, to my mind, nerve
oil the tip-tOpmost order was displayed,
was IN letting the officer dress, and wait
ing for him to do SO, when they were
perfectly aware that another (the adju-
tant general had escaped, ana might, at
any moment, bring an army about their
ears. Luckily, he had fled to the woods,
without speaking to a soul, thinking
that the Yankees were in possession
The general made it a habit to sleep in
that house every Monday night, but this
night was detained at Wilmington. We
learned tllis from the blockade runner
Mary Anna. The people of Wilmington
are greatly ashamed of the occurrence,
and a repetition would be dangerous
Cushing afterwards learned that about
the time the rebels got fairly on the
alert, and had telegraphed to the forts,
he was passing them in the darkness
The officer captured was Capt. Kelly,
chief engineer of the military works
about Wilmington. = Ht
Year: 1864

~ QuERY9-An exchange says twenty
soldiers are to be placed at the Arsenal
in Vergennes to guard the government
property How much is the government
property there worth, and from whom
is it to be guarded H m bi9f
Year: 1864

RELEASED HIMSELF. - Some of the
prisoners in the Guard House Of the Sew
enteenth Regiment, at Burlington, set
fire to that structure on Saturday even
ing last, and during the confusion Ser
geant Wolf, therein confined for firing
on the guard last week, quietly took leg
bail. He was arrested on Monday and
brought before Justice Hollenbeck,
charged with an assault with intent to
kill. The examination was continued,
and bail having been furnished for his
appearance he is now at large. g
Year: 1864

The Enquirer seems, At last to place a
Just estimate upon the representative OF
the franklin DisfrIct IN Congress. who,
bought at the value the Enquirer places
upon him, and sold at the estimation he
places upon himself, would realize a stl :
pendous fortune for somebody. Ii will
not crafty bis self-conspIaceney immod.
erately to read the following Hngeneroas
thrust from this mornings Enquirer.
He may think the .'strike" very unsat-
isfaetory that did no. immediate the
Democratic organ before such apubliea-
ton should appear. But will the taant
Of his being a totally Insignificant little
thing loag wound the self-esteem Of
Samuel7 No.


In the time Of "Lecompton, a great
dispute arose upon the question, whether
be would Sand firmly bl the side he bad
sworn to support He employed the tel
egraph literally to assure his censlitu-
enis they might depend upon him even
up to the very moment Of voting, and
after Az, When arrived at the sticking,
place, he-dodged lie is a versatile
gentiemGn, very. We think the Enquirer
does him injustice, calling him 'the
thing, after lusinuating that he was no
thing, for certainly that must be nothing
which SIS in the way OF aobody.


The Enquirer says


Samuel Cox Is just a. safe in bis seat
in the Congress Of the United States as
Schuyler Colfax. Nobody wants him
out Of the way, FOR he is in the way OF
nobody He is precisely the thing the
Administration wants 10 represent the
opposition; and the only thing which is
surprising Ia the matter is that Tie form
er should be 50 little aware OF the services
Il is receiving from Ar. Cox, or so little
grateful for them, as to nov and then
hold him up to ridienie."


We presume the Administration could
get him at any momenL He does not
keep very far out Of the way He can
/ always be seen, lodging up and down
after the manner OF duck when whis.
/ pering something uninteIligibla to the
uninitiated; and If for a moment that
| ghassly smile Of his should be nm.
seen, his whereabouts can readily b.
immaginsi from the direction of his
voice, which is seldom long silent Al apy
one time. As for sidleale, Cox would
rather have that than miss noieriety.
/ Like the follow who desired 10 -
kicked that he might bring an action for
/ damages, Cox cares not strAw how
much he Is ridicaled, provided it keeps
him before the House, IS in that case the
country will not be liable 10 forget him
The fact Is, Samuel : Cox is pretty
sharp fellow--a pretty fair scholar land
that Is every thing about him that Is iair)
and an inceasant student He earns bis
laarels, or beech leaves. when he gathers
them, and beyond question he has reach.
ed the highest round Of bis greatness,
unless he should be elevated for versa
Utility, because he may veil defy any party
/ y to change faster than he can--eyen
his own. if there be one - Cincinnati
Times.
Year: 1864

further; this Is al they viii know-he
is buried burial that bsfitted the mis-
sion upon which he came. he has
swept through the city Of Richmond on
pine bier, and written his name on
the scroll Of infsmy, instead Of on the
hearts of his eountrymen, never TO be
erased
Year: 1864

In New Orleans on the 2lst ult., an exhibit
tlon Of the public schools took place when Gen.
Banks was present, among other distinguished
visitors. On being called upon to speak, he
arose and said he had always, from his earliest
participation in public life, cherished warm
and earnest feeling for public education-he
had always been In the habit of attending these
public school exhibitions and giving them
what encouragement he could. He considered
It Of great Importance In Republican Govern
ment that the people should be educated, and
he was pleased to see that the people here par
ticipated in that feeling. The General com
plimented the young ladies for the creditabl'
manner in which they had acquitted them
Aalvea
Year: 1864

II Mr.. Barney has resigned the collectorship
of New York he has kept it all to himself, as
there Is no official evidence of his having done
so in this city, where 1t would probably be
known as soon as in any newspaper office In
New York.
Year: 1864

guished surgeons Drs. Blackman and
Graham OF Cincinnati, by whom he has
been positively forbidden returning to
the army until the inclement weather of
winter and spring is over. They say
that the hardship and exposure he would
necessarily undergo in camp during that
season would in all probability cause his
injuries to result fatally. Besides, the Ar
my Of the Potomac, to which he belongs,
has been lying idle all winter, and there
was really no occasion for his services
in the field, if he had been able tO<ender
them Under these circumstances, Gen
Meredith has at the, urgent solicitation
of Union men in all parts of the district
consented to become a candidate for Con
gress and is now spending portion OF
his time, which would otherwise have to
be passed idly at home, in visiting the
different neighborhoods, and making him
self known to the people. Nor is the
time so employed by him, lost to the
government; for the speeches he makes
all tend to promote enlistments, and
have in many instances, been the
means of adding recruits to the army.


Mr. Julian, having control of all the
newspapers in four of the counties, and
having set them all to work maligning
and slandering his competitor; there is no
way by which Gen. Meredith can vindi
cate himself before the people of these
counties, except by visiting and address
ing them in person.


We confidently submit, to every fair
minded man, the question, as to which of
these two candidates, is most entitled to
praise or censurc, for the way in which
the present campaign is being carried on.
Year: 1864

opposes him than he does for the veriest
Copperhead While his support of the
Administration is not cordial, he is doing
more to break down the Union party in
this District than the whole opposition
combined.


With these facts before him, it IS the
duty of the intelligent voter. wlen he
goes to the polls, to consider whether
he cannot better promote the Union
cause by voting for Gen Sol. Meredith,
than by giving further support to Geo
W Julian.
Year: 1864

A NOVEL CuRE.-A gentleman living in
34'h street, happening to awake about mid.
night, q few evenings since, thought that
he heard "some one in the house," and get
ting noiselessly out of bed he crept to the
door Of his chamber. which to his surprise
he found sjar. Feeling quite sure that he
had locked it on retiring, he listened, and
soon became satisfied that the noise pro.
ceeded from closet in an adjoining room,
where things worth stealing were kept.
Summoning up all his courage. he crept
into the suspectedroom, and discovered by
the dim light that some one was fumbling
in one of the drawers Of the closet. He
made spring at the supposed intrucer,
who uttered a loud scream and +, Il fainting
at his feet. He recognized the voice OF his
wife in the scream. and at once set about
restoring her to consciousness. This havs
ing been done, she gave him thorough
scolding for frightening body on, If their
wits, WHEN they we're locking for the
toothache drops" but she f"rgsve him
when she discovered tha, the fright had
cured the toothache.-N y, San.
Year: 1864

tary Stanton from acting as attorney or
agent In any business in the War Depart


mcnt, md forbidden even to enter the build
ing, and the Solicitor OF the Department has


been set upon him to make him disgorgc and
nav the soldier back.
Year: 1864

who are members are allowed to attend the sittngs
of the Legislature during the sntiB session. Surely,
such disinterested conduct on the part Of Mr..
Dortch ought to entitle him to vote or two for
re election to the Senatorship.
Year: 1864




OuE CAsDpA4Es.--Ths pQpinatsons made
at the County Convention on Saturday
were such the Democratic uasses will
most cosa-, tnd heartily sustain, and
such ss will unqaestionably bs elected ifthe
proper exertioni is made by the friends
throughout the founty.


A. Mast Sa gentleman too well known
to the people Of this comfy to require any
particular effort 10 make him known to
those who attend the polls He is the same
man who, for nearly eight years, made the
best Postmaster Davenport has ever had -
He is the IDENTICAL person, who for two years
gave us the best Treasurer and Recorder
that the county Of Scott has ever been bless
ed with. His capsbihty for his purity Of
character, his promptpess and perfect relia-
bility thoroughly fits him for any Office the
people Of our county cantestow upon him
Such q man can but be popular among the
people.


Hiram Wheeler, the nominee for Clerk Of
the District Court, is also well known and
highly respected in this county His educa
ion and business qualifications are Of 50
high and perfect an order as to leave no
shadow of doubt as to his capability No
body doubts thtt for moment He will
make astrong run, and Will unquestionably
fill the office for which the Democracy have
nvmed him
Year: 1864

"Fhe draft has been used by the enemies
of the country as one of their most popular
objections to the present Administration.
By ringing the various changes upon "Lin.
coins Lottery Of blood, where every man
draws prize" they have frightened the
timid, aroused the passions of the vilest of
men and in several cities and States have
melted the democratic populace to not and
bloodshed. 1t might be an interesting in
quiry what made it necessary to enforce a
draft ? What party is most responsible for
the war; We might ask did Republicans
fire on Sumter? Did Aboliiionists carry
South Carolina and other southern States
out the Union ? And since the war begun
what party has been most active in prevent
ing volunteer enlistments which alone rem
dered draft necessary What papers have
labored the most zealously to make the war
unpopular with the people and have thus
prevented recruiting without drafting? We
say what no truthful man will dare DENY
had Democrats and their various organs
stood out Of the way there would never have
been draft in a single State or single
town But on the other hand Democrats
have labored necessarily to keep men from
volunteering they have been opposed d to
the offer OF bOunties, while in our own State
democratic Legislature was willing TO nav
$500 to keep drafted man out of the army
rather than have him go and fight against
the Southern Democracy. Still more; it has
oeen Democratic influences that have kent
colored troops from going as volunteers aud
by so doing white men have been drafted ia
take their places.


The recent draft, however, is nearly
through with and we havelbut little interest
in 1t any longer. But the question comes
to be practical one, what are the prospects
OF future draft 1t is right here where
We would ask the thoughtful attention of
every man who thinks for himself. Is tbere
not less danger of draft if Mr.. Lincoln is
reelected than there would be IL a new man
should take his place Is there not less
danger Of protracted war if we push right
on With all our recent advantages than here
would be If new men should be placed at
the head of our civil affairs, and new Gene,
rails at the head of our armies Is McClel
Ian the man to push things through with as
little delay as possibleH Let his military
failures and his vast military blunders reply
Count the thousands killed in his battles
where somebody blundered." Count the
graves in that valley of the shadow OF
DEATH" the silent swamps of the Chicka-
hominy where by such campaigns and by
frequent changes of base" he has lost more
men by sickness and exhaustion than Gene.
raj Grant has lost. all told, in gaining ull his
resplendent and far-reaching victories. Does
any candid man believe that McClellan's
war policy would be what he once promised
that it should he, short, sharp and deci-
sive| We say NO. If you want to lessen
the probabilities of another draft, keep Nc
Clsllan in private life. AT the best slow,
his career is mostly memorable for its pro :
]Gious failures. We pity the party that


the contract to supply him with men


years campaign should he be sue
Year: 1864

REBELS SURPRIsED.-A correspondent
of the Boston Journal, writing from the
Army of the Potomac, gives an account
of serious blunder of the rebels and its
fatal consequences to them: L" An Incl
dent will show the nature of the fighting
on the left in the underbrush. A regi-
ment from New York, I believe, was ad-
vancing when they came upon the flank
of another regiment. The colonel COM
manding thought that it was regiment
of another brigade, as many Of the men
wore the National blue. A captain saw
that they were rebels. He called the at
tcntion of the Colonel to the unmistakable
sign-the butternut-colored pantaloons.
The commander of the rebel regiment saw
the Union forces, and halted his men.
The Union commander did the same. In
the same breath that he gave the word to
halt, he added, without using the CUSTOM
ary words of command, "Oblique, fire !"
The rebels were raising their pieces, but,
like q stroke of lightning, the instantane-
Gus volley tore through the ranks. 1t
was as if q mover with his scythe had
struck them down. More than two-thirds
of the rebel regiment fell before that volley.
Those who escaped unframed made no
attempt to retreat, and every man was
taken prisoner In an instant q rcgi-
ment was taken out of the rebel line, and
gap made which destroyed the form of
the movement.
Year: 1864

The people of the United States have
been much criticised in England for their
careless manner of building heavy works
of masonry, and for the reckless manner
in which human life, through this, and
other agencies, are exposed; but England,
we are sorry to say, has just been visited
with a much worse calamity than that at
Lawrence, Mass, or any other one Of
which we have any knowledge. The acci-
dent by flood at Sheffield, where small
branch of the Don had been damned,
like the Croton, to form reservoir for
the supply of the town, and where the
lake, formed by what was proved an in


sufficient embankment, was nearly hun
dred acres in extent, and where the water
swept down the valley, carrying away
scores of dwellings, and drowning some
three hundred persons, who were asleep
in their beds, exceeds anything of the
kind we have ever read. The destruction
of property, all the way to Doncaster, is
roughly estimated at half a million of
pounds sterling.
Year: 1864

A gentleman, having married second
time indulged in recurring too often IN
conversation to the beauties and virtues
of his first consort. He had, however,
barely discernment enough to discover
that the subject was not an agreeable one
to his present lady. Excuse me, mad
am" said he, 81 cannot help expressing
my regrets for the dear departed" "Up-
on my honor" said the lady, 81 can
most heartily affirm that I am as sincere q
mourner for her as you can be-"
Year: 1864

A GIRL, hearing the lady of the house, at
dinner, ask her husband to bring Donbey
and Son with him when he came home to tea,
laid two extra plates on the supper-table for
the supposed visitors.
Year: 1864

Louisville Gold and Silver Mining Co.
Notice Is hereby given that at meeting OF the Board
Of Trustees Of the above company held May 7th 1864
assessment of Fifty Cents per share was duly lev
led each and every share Of the capital stock OF
the company. payable to the Secretary at his office


Jn9 NJ W. o. CONWELL, Secy