smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

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The following comment upon the
Presidents emancipation proclama.
ton by q border State Journal, the
Baltimore Clipper, ought to shame
the slavery sheets which are as.
sailing the President in the moss
bitter and vindictive spirit, for hav.
ing dared to interfere with slavery,
which Is to them more precions than
the national life, or the best blood OF
the North, that Is being poured ont
like water to uphold that life:


"We know that the plea will be
urged that 1t is unconstitutior al to
interfere with slavery in the States;
but this plea 10 met by the fact .ba,
the rebels have repudiated that Con
stitution, and under the laws and
ueages OF war have not only forfeit
ed their property by committing the
crime OF treason in bearing arms
against their country, but also their
lives; they therefore, have no claims
further than what humanity presents
Tor 80 large body Of misguided hu.
man beings. Again, they are stri'
wing by every means at their com.
maud to destroy the property, of
every description, OF the loyal men
OF the Union, wherever it may be
found. The bridges, the crops, and
other property Of the people OF
Maryland bear testimony to the fact
that they bad no hesitation in carry
ing out their vindictivenese to the
utmost stretch Of their ability.


But there is something so pecu
lisrly sacred in the eyes OF the oil.
garcies and their friends, in slave
property, that oil other material in =.
terests dwindle into utter insignifl
canoe in comparison with il. We
freely confess that while we have no
scruples se to the right Of no ding
slave property, and had no sym pa.
thy with tho sbolitionists in their
course in regard to it, still we have
ever been prepared to meet that or
any question and decide upon it's
merits in connection with its bear
ings upon the perpetuity OF the
Union. We fully endorsed the sen,
timents OF Mr.. Lincoln in his reply
to Horace Greeley, and the views he
therein presented appeared to meet
the appreciation of the loyal men Of
the whole nation. And willis. as a
matter OF policy we would have pre-.
feIred that the whole subject OF slave.
ry shonld have been kept out of the
arena at this time, still we ackno~
ledge that the preservation of our
Union IS the predominatiug desire
OF the wishes Of every loyal citizen,
and whatever stands in the way of
its accomplishment must 20 BY the
board. The President has deter.
mined tnat the necessities OF the
country require the course he has
pursued, and although we may not
DO able to see the impcrstiveness of
the step he has taken, still we do
not permit ourselves to place our
opinion in opposition to hls decis,
ion, snpposing that he has sufficient
grounds to impel him to action in
the premises.
Year: 1862

The Hon. Francis p. Blair. of Missouri,
in late speech in the House OF Repre-
senlalves, against negro emancipation,
said:


Z" How will you execute a decree of
emancipation which will set free The slaves
Of the South upon the soil and among a
people the whole Of whom are opposed to
it, ard who have taken up arms in REBEL.
ion against this very idea Of negro equali-
ty? 1t can only be done by tbs presence
Of an immense army. sufficient 10 prevent
the white race from re-erslaving : the black.
and bv waging constant wal upon the
people Of our race. How long would il
be endured by the Northern people that
a war should be waged upon the people Of
their own race at the South to make the
blacks their equalse do not believe that
any party could retain power at the North
upon such an issue"
Year: 1862

IN order to establish government based
solely and distinctively on eternal slavery
as its corner stone. The force with which
this argument may be made to recoil on
British secessionists at the hands of anv
one is increased by Mr.. Bright's mode of
putting the appeal, and it will be impossi-
bic to destroy its effect with those who are
not utterly lost to honor. Ifall the people
of England can now join with the Yanceys
and, Spratts in establishing the slave
trade, the world has indeed retrograded
well on toward new barbarism. Mr..
Bright charges, finally, that slavery has
sought to break up the most free govern
ment in the world, ani to form a new state.
In the nineteenth century, whose corner
stone is the perpetual bondage of millions
OF men,. THE slave States offer them
selves for the recognition of Christian
nation, based upon the foundation-the
Interchangeable foundation in their eyes-of
slavery and barbarism We shall see what
that Christian nation will do in the case.


The fierce determination of the British
government and people never to permit the
separation of the least fragment of territory,
colonial or in the British islands, from the
undivided control of British power, is the
trait prominent above all others in their
history. They admit no such right in us
however. They deny all justice in the
claim We make for the loyalty of States
whose interests are identical with our own,
whose people are the same, and between
whom and ourselves there can be no inter
national boundary. 1t is not question of
self government that is st issue in this re-
belion-it is simply question whether in
ternal violence shall be permitted to dis
mamber and destroy nation. Mr.. Bright
puts this truth in the most forcible light,
citing the repeated votes in Maryland,
Kentucky and other States against the
disunion scheme, and showing that it is a
wish to violently dismember the United
States that alone actuates our enemies on
both sides of the water. IF bare rock
in your empire, that would not keep sin
gle goat alive, be touched by any foreign
Power, why the whole empire is reused tc
resistance; and if there be, from accident
or from passion, the smallest insult to your
flag, what do your newspaper writer's say
on the subject, and what is said in all your
towns and in all your exchanges | viii
tell you what would have been said if the
government of the northern States had
| taken their inSidious and dishonest advice
| They would have said that the great rcpub
lie is a failure, and democracy has murder
ed patriotism that history affords no exam
pie of such nleanness and of such cowardice
and would have heaped unmeAsured oblo
guy and contempt upon the people ant
government who had taken that course


OF course VIC do not need the stimuli.
Of these illusions to aid US in maintaining
orr position, but the people of England d,
need the rebuke which Mr.. Bright SO Wig
orously administers There is reason Il
believe that this speech will have grea
influence for good among that people, fo


to avert war is mere to their advantage


than ours.
Year: 1862

The following order proves the truth
Of the reasons lately given by news
paper correspondents why our loss Of
officers is oftentimes so much greater
than that of the enemy.


War Department, Ad.jutant and In
spector Generals Office, Richmond,
June 3, lS62.-Circulor. Officers OF
the field are permitted to wear ia
tigue dress, consisting of the regulation
frock-coat, without embroidery upon
the collar, or gray jacket, with the
designation Of rank upon the collar
Only caps such as are worn by the
privates of their respective commands
may be Worn by officers of the line.


Mounted officers are ordered to dis.
mount in time Of action, whenever
they can do SO without interference
with the proper discharge of their du
ties.


Officers of all grades are reminded
that unnecessary exposure in time o.
battle on the part OF commissioned Off
GERS is not only unsoldier like, but pro
ductive of great injury to the army
and infinite peril to the country. They
Year: 1862

The most beautiful and affecting Incl
dent associated with shipwreck, is the fol-
lowing:


The Grosvenor, an East Indiaman, home
ward bound, goes ashore on the coast Of
California. 1t is resolved that the officers,
passengers and crew, in number one hun
dred and thirty-five souls, shall endeavor TO
penetrate on foot, across trackless deserts
infested by wild beasts and cruel savages, to
tho Dutch settlements at the Cape Of. Good
Hope. With this forlorh object before them
they finally separate into two parties, never
more to meet on earth. There is solitary
child among the passengers, little boy Of
seven years old, who has no relation there
and when the first party IS moving away
he cries after some member Of It who has
been Kind to him. The crying of n child
might be supposed to be little thing to
men in such great extremity; but i touch.
es them, and he IS Immediately taken intc
the detachmenr---as sacred charge. lie
is pushed on little raft across broad river
by The swimming sailors; they carry hin
by turns through the deep sand and long
grass, he patiently walking at all Other
times; they share with him such putrit
fish as they find to eat ! they lie down ant
wait for him when the rough carpenter
who becomes his especial friend, lags be-
hind. Beset by lions and tigers, by saw
ages, by thirst and hunger, by death in ,
crowd of ghostly shades, they neSer-oh
Father of all mankind, thy name be blessed
for It'll forget this child. The captain
stops exhausted, and his faithful coxswail
goes back and is seen to sit down by biz
side, and neither of the two shall be an,
more beheld until the last great day but
as the rest 90 or for their lives, they tax
the child with them. Fhe carpenter die
of poisonous berries eat in starvation an,
the steward, succeeding to the command Q
the party, succeeds to the sacred guardian
ship Of the child. God knows all hc doc
for the poor baby. He chcerfully carrie
him in his arms when lie himself is wea
and ill; how he feeds him when lie himse
is gripcd with want; how he folds his rag
ecd jacket around him, lays his little war;
face with woman's tenderness upon HI
Year: 1862

CONSTITUTING SCRIPTURE LITERALLY. - The
Maine papers give curious story of man
who resides at Medford, near Moosehead Lake.


1t seems he had been intently reading the bible
until quito late at night and the passage, "If
thy right hand offend thee cut it off" &C.,
seemed 10 have made such an impression upon
him. that he went out Of the house and placing
his right hand upon log Of wood, took a
sharp axe and deliberately cut it off just below
the thumb; this not suiting him he struck
again, taking bis hand off at the wrist; but
still not satisfied he struck again, taking it of
a little lagher up. He then went into the
house, seemingly satisfied with what he had
done. lie was shortly discovered by room


mate, and means taken to stop the bleeding -
The act was doubtless committed while in fl
Of temporary insanity.
Year: 1862

D Joseph segur, the rejected applicant
for seat in Congress from the Eastern Shore
district Of Virginia, made a speech at Wheel
ing the other evening, and read letter zaoo
hours long, which he had written to his sister,
ibid he ever send it?) explaining why he was
not rebel. The audience manifested the
strongest sympathy in the case, particularly
marked for the lady to whom the letter was
apparently addressed.
Year: 1862

MEAN MAN.-An exchange says: The
fellow who licked the molasscs from blind
nigger's pancake is generally held up as a
sample of perversity. But he was good
Christian compared to the scamps who
swindle the printer out of newspaper and
then return it through the postmaster as
refused. II man is too poor to pay, he
should be honest enough to call and stop
his paper like a man. If he inclines to
thieving he should never commence at the
highest grade Of crime by cheating the
printer He should begin small -robhing
children of pennies stealing chickens
serve'six months as army contractor-forge
bonds on the Southern Confederacy, and
when he is ready for personal interview
with the hangman or the devil, he can cap
the climax Of villainy by subscribing for
newspaper and swindling the publisher.
Year: 1862

ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE-The following
bit Of romance which we find narrated in
the columns Of the New Hampton Courier,
is gleam of sunshine in the rude havoc of
war, which, as chroniclers of present living
history. we cannot omit to chronicle:


George Peasc, one Of the most worthy of
the gallant young men who went from this
county with the Lincoln Guards, had the
misfortune, early in September, to injure
his foot so seriously, that he was scrt to
the hospital at ST. Louis for recovery His
nurse, Florence Nightingale in spirit,
proved to be an old sweetheart whom
George had known and loved in former
years in Wisconsin and so well did she
care for the disabled soldier, that he has
since taken her as a nurse and companion
:or life. George as soldier, and his wife
as miniSte,ing Angel of Mercy, will fol
low the fortunes Of the army to the close
of the war, ahd may God protect them both
to the end of the fearful Journey
Year: 1862

A COOP LIFE.-A life well spent, charac.
ter uprightly sustained, is no Slight legacy
to leave to ones children, and to the world :
for it is the most eloquent lesson of virtue,
and the scverest reproof Of vice, while it cor.
tinues an enduring source of the best kind
of riches. Well for those who can saw a.
Pope did in rejoinder to the sarcasms of
Lord Hervey-T think it enough that my
parents, such as they were, never cost Inc
blush, and that their son, such as he is, nev.
er cost them tear" o..
Year: 1862

A PREVENTATIVE OF BoARDING-Each OF
the Federal gunboats on the Mississippi is
supplied--to prevent boarding-with a
number Of large hose pipes for throwing
hot water from the boiler with force Of
two hundred pounds pressure to the square
inch. Any human being who encounters,
this terrible stream Of hot water will be
boiled in an instant.
Year: 1862

H The Chelsea Telegraph reports that
one day last week a lady of that city went
out to make call After ringing the bell,
Biddy came to the door, and the following
dialogue ensued


is Mrs. at homer s-.s
No mem; she's gone to the circus
TO the circus greatly surprised) what
circus has she gone to p
TO the sewing circus. men, .s#.6
Year: 1862

:R- A paper in ncighboring State, az.
ter giving a long obituary of deceased
brother of the quill, thus concludes:


Are we not glad also that such an e6i-
tor is in heaven There the cry Of "more
copy shall never be abused any more by
his political antagonist, with lies and dctrac-
tons that should shame demon to promul-
gate. There he shall no more be used as a
ladder for the aspiring to kick down as they
reach the desired hight and need no more.
There he shall be able to see the immense
masses of mind he has moved, all unknow-
ingly and unknown as he has been during
his pilgrimage on the earth. There he will
find all articles credited, not clap Of thun
der sturm-and there shall be no i,orrid ty
biographical errors to set him in a fever.
We are glad the editor is in Heaven"
Year: 1862

Cross Your Ts.-An eminent banker in
New York wrote to his agent in London to
invest 100000 for him in State securities.
but he failed to cross the first {, and hin
agent bought for him an interest in slate
quarry in Wales. The agent was stupid,
but he obcyed orders literally.
Year: 1862

Lemon Cahe.-Take twelve eggs, one
and half pound of sugar, three quarters
of a pound of flour; CRATE the outside OF
two lemons, with the inside of one, or
add one glass Of wine with three teaspoons
ful OF the essence of lemon
Year: 1862

Sugar Cake.-Take one poand of flour,
three quarters Of a pound of sugar, one
half pound of butter, FIVE eggs Mix and
drop them on tin, and put sugar sanded
on them, just as you put them in the oven,
or frost them. ...,t
Year: 1862

Carraway Gtngerbrcod.-Cut up half
a pound of fresh butter in pint of West
India molasses and warm together slightly,
till the butter is quite soft. Then stir
them we'll, and add, gradually, pound of
good brown sugar, tablespoonful of pow
dered cinnamon, and two heaped table
spoonsful Of ground ginger; or three if the
ginger is not very strong. Sitt two pounds
or two quarts of flour. Beat four eggs till
very thick and light, and then stir them,
gradually, into the mixture, in turn with
the flour, and FIVE or six large tablespoon
fuls of carraway seeds, little at time
Dissolve very small teaspopnful of pearl
ash or soda in as much lukeYarm water as
will cover it. Then stir it in at the last.
Stir all very hard: Transfer it to butter
ed tin pan with straight sides, and bake it
in loaf in amoderate oven. 1t will re-
quire great deal of baking
Year: 1862

Bread INu6fns. Take some bread dough
that has risen as light as possible, and
knead into it some well beaten egg in the
proportion of two eggs to about pound OF
dough. Then mix in teaspoonfal of So
da that has been dissolved in very little
luke warm water. Let the dough stand in
a warm place for a quarter of an hour
Then bake in muffin rings. You can thus
with very little trouble, have mullins for
tea whenever you bake bread in the after.
noon. asuao
Year: 1862

Nor IN THE BILIS,-During the parform-
ance Of the "Carpenter of Rouen" at the
theater on Saturday night, when the success
of the revoluti0nists was being celebrated
by the burning ofred fire, the dog Prince,
who was chained TO the leg of the stove in
one OF the dressing rooms, awaiting his time
to 10 on, became annoyed with the smoke
and sulphurous s:encb, and giving a tug at
his chain. upset the stove, letting down the
pipe with a crash, overturning water
bucket, and raising thunder generally. In
his alarm, Prince rushed out upon the stage
dashed through the orchestra, and was max.
ing speedy tracks out Of the house when
some one near the door checked him and
turned him back In the same play very
affecting scene occurs where MadalOn Mrs.
Perry comes on with a child in her arms.
The infant provided for the occasion was u
lusty seven-year old boy, who became
frightened and began TO kick and squirm to
get loose. Madelon. however. held on man
fully to the slack Of the youngsters trOw-
sers, which were drawn up in such manner
as to display an immense supercies Of cow
hide boots The scene was so ludicrous that
Madelon, notwithstanding her grief. was
obliged to turn her back to the audience to
hide her laughter; the rest of the company
on the stage caught the cOntagion and
laughed too; the audience, though some of
them had sort of half-dedned impression
that that wasn't exactly the place where
the laugh ought to come in, nevertheless
overcame their scruples, and laughed loud
and long at the funny contre temps.- Stock.
ton Repub.
Year: 1862

THE soldiers in some portions OF our army
display the highest powers Of strategy in their
schemes for smuggling liquors and other con-
traband articles into camp. One day, not long
since, party started out with their coffee pots
to get supply of milk, but the officer Of the
day, thinking he smelt whiskey, ordered every
man to give a sample Of their milk, which they
did by pouring out lot of the lacteal fluid, and
we're then allowed to pass. That night whisky
was found to be abundant in camp, and then II
was discovered that the soldiers had sealed up
the ends Of the spouts Of their coffee pots with
bread, filled the spouts with milk and pots with
whiskey, and so passed theinspection of the Of
fcer
Year: 1862

CURIOUS ANECDOTE.-Tow the close
of the Revolution, the owners of the North
Church. in New Haven. sent 10 Boston for
nails to make repairs with, when one Of the
kegs sent iD return for the order was found
to contain Spanish dollars. The deacons
wrote to the Boston merchant that there
was an error in shipping the goods; but be
answered that the nails we're sold as be
bought them of privateersmau, and he
couldn't rectify mistakes So the siIver
was melted up and made into service Of
plate for the church, where II is 10 use at
the present day.
Year: 1862

MYSTERY OF PHYsIC.-1he following little
incident well illustrates the principle Of "cir.
cumstantial evidence" Dr.. Fordyce sometimes
drank good deal at dinner. lie was summoned
one evening to a lady patient. when be was more
than half-seas over and conscious that he was so.
Feeling her pulse aud finding himself unable to
count its beat, be muttered, "drunk by--u'
Next morning, recolecting the circumstance, he
was greatly veXed and just when be was think


ing what explanation he should offer TO the lady,
letter from her was put into his hand. "She
too well knew" said the letter, " that he had
discovered the unfortunate position in which she
was when be last visited her, aud she entreated
him to keep the matter secret in consideration
Of the enclosed" Ga one hundred pound note)
Year: 1862

To BE RENEMeERED.- Reader did you know
that every column Of q newspaper contains from
ten to twenty thousand distinct peices of metal,
the mispacing Of any one Of which would cause
blunder or typographical error? With this Gu.
rous fact before you, dou't you wonder ut the
great accuracy OF newspapers? Knowing this
to be tue fact, you will be more disposed. we
hope to excuse than magnify the errors Of the
Year: 1862

turn it. Is there a judiciary in South
Carolina to-day bound by oath to support
this Constitution Z They are sworn BY an


oath to trample it under foot. Is there
to-day in South Carolina an Executive
bound by oath to support this Constitu-
tion He is sworn by an oath TO destroy
Year: 1862

The MORTAR FLEET. - We learn on
unquestionable authority that the mortar
heet which recently left this port under
command Of Captain Porter has arrived
safely at its destination We shall hear
news from it presently.-N. Y. Evening
Post, 10th.
Year: 1862

am an old man yet it only seems a
very short time since / climbed the tall
poplar-tree that grew before the Vicarage
in search of the startling's nest. can
fancy | hear the shout that greeted my
descent with the long-coveted prize, and
feel again the crimson mounting TO my
cheeks as it did when turning to the vi
Garage, saw an expression of pain on
the pale face of my father, as he stood at
the Study window.


1t seems TO me but yesterday since l
stood in the centre Of that group of lads,
and now


"Thty are all gone, the old familiar faces"
Dick, the surgeons son, died many years
ago in India. Harry Vernon, the bray
est of them all, was slain on the field of
Waterloo and when the village bells
rang for the victory, the rudest fellow in
the village was touched as he passed the
Grange and saw the blinds down, and
knew of the breaking heart of old Widow
Vernon.


1t was sad day for us at the Vicaragc
especially for Emily. My father stayed
in his Library all day; though do not
think he read page in any Of his books
even in his favorites, Sophocles and
Horace.


Emily and my mother were in my mo-
theirs chamber all the day. From that
day Emily gradually dropped and faded.
Her beautiful face grew more exquisitely
beautiful-her dark, deep, eyes became
more full and lustrous, but they wandered
restlessly, as though seeking some missing
resting-place her golden hair-(I have
still thick lock of it amongst an old
mans memorials of other days, "the days
of auld lang syne"-hung more carelessly
about her shoulders, and her pale cheeks
were suffused with rosy tint that gradu-
ally deepened into burning crimson,
whilst her sweet voice sunk almost into u
whisper. As l looked at her, her startling
beauty reminded me of the language of
the Book my mother used to read to her
as she lay on the couch in the drawing
room. Her "face was as the face of an
angel"


All, me how | am wandering from the
circumstance l sat down to write about ;
but you must forgive an old man, for
whenever l think of Emily it is always SO.
Let me see-yes, remember perfectly.


1t was Christmas Eve, in the year 1871,
and the snow had been falling heavily all
the day, blotting out the hedges and walls
which surrounded the Vicarage, and bury.
ing the sun-dial that Willie and l had
carved with great pains during the long
winter evenings.


1 had come from my fathers Study
where and Willie had been having ou
usual lesson in Latin Willie was a high
spirited lad of very loving and afiec
tomato disposition though, when excited
or in a passion, his temper was fearful to
behold, and his eyes flashed with strange
light that made us all tremble, except my
father. 1t was some time before my fathel
came down but when he did, we hearC
him lock the Study door after him, ant
he came down alone. lie looked very
stern and angry he was in one of thos'
moods which sometimes took possession
Of him when he was disturbed Thougl
| father was always silent when in thes