smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1867

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The following incident is an actual
occurrence, which illustrates some of
the consequences Of ButleFs occupation
of the Crescent city. There are living
witnesses who can attest to its truth:


Daring the reign of the Beast in 1863,
he, or some one of his dutiful officers,
confscated a certain article Of house
hold property knownas a grand piano,
at that time belonging to Miss W., of


- street, being hers by the right
of presentation from an only brother.


Miss W, after the war, was on a visit
to the "Hub" city, az she happened to
be connected by marriage with one of
the first families of the State of Massa-
chusetts. While Miss W. sojourned in
the city of Boston, she was invited to
pass an evening with certain acquain-
tances Of the people with whom she was
staying. In the course of the visit, some
one requested her to perform on the pi-
ano. Being a superb musician she un-
hesitatiugly rose from her chair to COM
ply; but 10! a great surprise and NOR
titcation awaited her.. NosOoner had
her eyes fallen on the INSTRUMENT, upon
which another lady had just ceased to
play, when she Immediately recognized
it as the Identical piaaoof which she had
been robbed in the spring of 1863.
Smothering her disgust and resentment
as best she could, Miss W. advanced to
take the place of the last performer,
(whO, by the way, was the young lady
of the house. when observing her dress,
she recognized that too as her property, of
which she had been deprived under the
regime Of ''the Beast


Phis was more than human nature
could quietly endure. So with tears
coursing down her fair cheeks, she
pointed to the piano, and in passionate
tones exclaimed, "ttdt instrument was
ruthlessly taken from my home and l
grossly insulted for demonstrating
against its removal. Iyalued it above
all possessed; it was present from an
only brother who now fills an unknown
grave on the battle field of Shilow


Turning to the young lady, she con-
tinued, "And you, Miss, are wearing n
silk dress, taken from me at the same
timew


1t is needless to say that the affair
cast a gloom over the astonished com
pany, but the sensations of the host can
be more easily imagined than described,
when his own daughter Indignantly
chided him before them all exclaiming :
ooh! papa papa! you said that you
had purchased my piano and dress from
a rebel family to relieve them of actual
want and had paid the fuH raIue of all
you sent mew


And now can only trust that my ac-
count of this Internationally true as
it is-may meet the eyes of the Boston
party, which perhaps have been con-
graduating themselves with the idea
that rhe facts would never be made pub
lie. But things of this kind are hard
to conceal. Great meaRRess, like murder,
will surely "Outw
Year: 1867

UPsHUR COUNTY, w. VA, J


September -, 1867.
Editor of the Register


| have not seen a letter from this
county in your paper since have been
subscriber. | have long wished that
Twas capable of writing one that would
do TO print.


The people of this county, generally,
believe they have right to have the
capital at Buckhannon, and there is no
doubt it is hard to beat, so far as a
beautiful situation is concerned. But l
will leave that subject for men more
capable of arguing the question than
myself.


Two or three weeks ago there was a
notice circulated through this county
that there would be a capital meeting
in Buckhannon on the following Satur-
day. Quite number of the citizens
of the county assembled in town on
that day, and were called to the Court
House to hear the speaking by Farms
worth and Pinnell, when they soon
found that the meeting was for the pur-
pose of trying to resurrect the Buck
hannOn paper which had been dead for
some time The people were told that
they need not look for the capital un-
less they kept up their county paper,
land if they would subscribe literally
for the paper we would be almost sure
to get the capital at Buckhannon. By
holding out such strong inducements, a
goOdly number of the people put down
their names, and by that means the pa
per came to life and is yet living.


will close for the present. Perhaps
you may hear from me sometime in the
future. ZIMRI.
Year: 1867

A gallant youth of New Madrid, Mo,
having won the heart of fair maiden,
the twain started on the way to a JUS
tice of the Peace in the vicinity, on the
2Sth nit, to be made one flesh. On the
reute they were overtaken by the rain.
The consequence was the couple turned
back and the marriage was indefinitely
nOstDOned
Year: 1867

A boy was in Peoria the other day
who about two months ago was shot,
speared, stabbed and scalped by the In
dians, and left for dead. He was picked
up, and is now in a fair way of recov-
cry. He lost almost the whole scalp, a
mere ring of hair having been left
above the ears, and in front and at the
neck. The horrible wound is now heal
inc
Year: 1867

l have this day sold my entire stock Of goods
TO STEELE q FRAZIER, and recommend
them to my old custom and TO the public geneT
ally, and solicit for them liberal share of the
patronage have heretofore received.


March y, ,ls676mdSw Y. GARRISON.
Year: 1867

and rely upon the civil courts once more
TO execute the laws. There was a little
loud talking and rioting in the State during
the canvass, but Tennessee has witnessed
such things before, in the most quiet times.
If the Governor will do this we think the
people will settle down once more in
quietude and good order Our people, we
think are tired OF these disorders and will
gladly do their part to prevent their recur-
renee. We have made fine crops all
through the State, business will revive in
the fall, and all parties are anxious to throw
oil on the troubled wsters, and devote their
time and attention TO the retrieving of their
ruined fortunes. To speak more particu-
larly for ourselves, what have we TO gain
here in Memphis, by perpetuating the late
strife, and prosecuting each other for opin-
ions sake? The election is over, and the
status OF things political for the next two
years-do let us have truce, if not solid
peace, until the next trial of strength comes
on"


1t is an encouraging sign to find such
wholesome counsel in the columns OF the
Bulletin, and if it is generally regarded
by the Tennessee Conservatives we shall
witness an improved condition Of affairs in
that State.
Year: 1867

From the predictions ofthe Conservative
newspapers OF Tennessee and their Copper
head echoes in the North, people who relied
upon their statements would naturally in
fer that the reelection of Governor Brown
low would be followed by at least the
hanging of half the ex-rebel population of
the State, and the prompt banishment Of
the residue as well as the contscation of
their property. They were all ready to
swear, and did swear that liberty was dead
in Tennessee, that the State Government
was pure military despotism, and the
Radicals lineal descendants of Robespierre
and Danton.


Since the election, however, notwith-
standing it has resulted in continuing the
Brownlow administration, the case is not
regarded as half as deplorable as it was
represented when mems passions were
sought to be aroused for political effect
We find the Memphis Bulletin, edited by
Admiral Senmes, taking quite cheerful
view OF the situation and giving sensible
advice to the defeated Conservatives
From long editorial. on this subject we
copy the following extracts:


The Radical party is bad enough, no
dOubr, but as il is embarked in the same
boat with us, 1t will not be very apt to pull
the plug out of the bottom, and let the boat
sink; for in that case it viii have to swim
for its life as well as we. 1t will, no doubt,
do what most political parties have been
found capable of doing when they have
had the opportunity, VIZ: a little quiet feath-
eriLg of their nests to guard against a rainy
day; but that they will ruin the Slate, and
utterly demolish the temple of liberty we
do not believe, for the reason that they
will be crushed by the ruins as well as our
selves. We must give them credit for
little common sense. They have houses,
and farms, and stores, and taxable proper
ty, which it is to their interest TO preserve
and protect"


The Bulletin even recognizes that there
are some good qualities in Governor
Brownlow, and that he may make a pretty
fair Executive in spite of the abuse heaped
upon him before the election. 1t says:


"We should not be surprised to see Gov
ernor Brownlow discharge his grand army
Year: 1867

The Omaha Repg5licdR notices that
one hundred more men are offered constant
employment and liberal wages for loading
freight at the Union Pacific Railroad de-
pot there. II SAYS: The two steamers OF
the Union Pacific Railroad (the Elkhorn
and the Matamora) and one of the ferry
boats belonging TO the Omaha Ferry Com
pany are Kept constantly employed in
transferring from the other side Of the riv-
er the immense piles of freight brought
forward from Chicago and the East, over
the Chicago 6 Northwestern Railroad
The passenger business is also large, and
rapidly incre asing. If the Indian troubles
on the plains were settled. it would require
four or FIVE first-class cars with each train
TO accommodate the through travel.


The Atchison Champion says work on
the central branch Of the Union Pacific
Railroad is progressing very rapidly, about
three hundred laborers. being employed
alOlr the line.
Year: 1867

CAscER.-T. B. Mason, of Milwaukee, Wis,
has lately been cured Of a cancer on his face,
about the size of hickory-nut, by the follow
ing treatment A piece of sticking plaster was
put over the cancer, with circular piece cut out
of the plaster little larger than the cancer, and
small circular rim of healthy skin next to i,
was exposed. Tkcn plaster made of chloride OF
zinc, buod-root and wheat -four was spread on
a place Of muslin Of the size of this circular open
ing, and applied to the cancer for twenty four
hours. On removing it the cancer will be found
burnt into, and appear Of the color and hardness
ofan old.shoe sole, and the circular rim outside
of it will appear white and par-boiled as il
scaldcd by hot steam. TIE wound isnow dress
ed. ..and the outside rim soon suppuratcs, and the
cancer comes out hard lump, and the place
heals up. The plaster kills the cancer so that 1t
sloughs out like dead flesh, and never grows
again. The application is painful, but tbs pain
is of comparatively brief duration, which any
one so.aflicted will eheerfuly endure. y
Year: 1867

The amended Tux bill now before Congress con-
tans one feature which We trust will become per-
manent We refer to the change by which a
uniform income tax of five per cent is levied, with
an exemption of one thousand dollars, instead,
as it now is, an exemption of $500, with Ave
per cent tax on all sums below $500 and ten
per cent on all above $4,000 This will not on
ly relieve assessors from many perplcxing ques-


lions, but it will carry substantial relief to thous-
ands who have been oppressed by the recent
rates. The original theory was that six hundred
dollars was the fair average allowance for neces-
sary expenses, and that all above that sum
was presumable "income." But the rise of prices
has made that an absolute notion, absurd enough
but too sad for joke. The relief therefore, pro-
posed by the amended bill, though many wi
wish it might have been greater, will diffnse
general feeling of satisfa action through the COM
munity, while we have no doubt that it will Sc
cure full proportionate share Of revenue from
this particular source. We cannot but think
that similar reduction applied to other provis-
ions of the bill would be equally advantageous to
the people and the goverument.-Bo journal.
Year: 1867




From the Milwaukee Wisconsin,


That our great lake is inhabited by
something bigger and of more amphibi-
Gus nature than the whltefishes or the
sturgeon is evident. Those who sail the
great deep, and know what is going on
above and below the water, tell us so, and
wherefore should they lie about so small a
thing /? Daring the season we have fire.
uuently heard sailors speak of seeing fish
that looked something like whale, of the
harbor. Captain Mcbride, who has crossed
Lake Michigan times into the thousands,
SAYS he has frequently had his attention
called to whaley sort of a fish that makes
much noise and blowing. and always with a
huge puff that can be heard on a still
morning for mile out, sink below the sur
face of the water before he can get his boat
near enough to see and describe the beast.
Captain Consaul, of the tug Davidson, a
wide-awake sailor, says that frequently
very early in the morning, or before day
light, when he goes out into the lake, he
has seen the monster lying off the mouth of
the river and moving slowly along, as If
devouring objects that came out of the
river. On one occasion, having the wind
strongly in its favor, he bore away for the
fish, and was enabled to get so near that he
could plainly see its back, which seemed
formed like that of a whale, with huge fins
attached, that looked big enough to destroy
a boat at one blow. Upon discovering the
tug steaming toward it the fish or
beast, which ever it was, utter
ed low moaning sound as if
very much frightened, and then blowing a
loud blast, it sunk. The captain cruised
about the spot for some time, but no trace
of the fish was afterward seen. 1t is de-
seribed as being much larger than any
sturgeon which has ever been seen in the
lakes; some of those who have seen 1t es-
innate its length at fully sixteen feet. Its
head is large and It's jaws capacious.


As another evidence that there are mon
sters of the deep in the lake, we have the
fact of the finding of large sized fish on the
banks, which have evidently been bitten in
two by something not of their species
something of the shark species, that is fond
of delectable meal, and likes it on the
wing. .sl,s- r-s Il FL 't,,. 5...
Year: 1867

caii on me in no very amiable mood the
next morning. left town to avoid him.
When / returned 1 learned that he had


been to my office, and bad vowed venge-


ance against me. l continued to keep out
of his way, however, until his wrath sub
sided, for it was not to my interest to meet
Year: 1867

Reports from the South, no doubt but
too well founded, tell the old story of want,
misery and starvation coming upon the
people with the coming winter. Naturally
the overwhelming proportion of distress
will fall upon the negroes, not only because
they are the landless and houseless race,
but because they have been less provident
even, so far as was possible, than the
whites have. They have depended upon
the delusive promises of their Radical lead
ers that they would be provided for by
Congress- land, houses and crops
should be divided, and they have the lions
share and led by such hopes they have
not only been Indifferent to labor, but have
spurned it. Much of the responsibility for
this lies at the door of those Radical cam
paigners who, following the example OF
Mr.. Henry Wilson, wentthrough the South
ern States early in the season making
political harangues. Hundreds of men OF
this class went in every direction in
Radical pay and while the negroes should
have been blowing and planting they were
going over the country from court house
| to court house, following the speakers,
spending what money they could gather on
the railroads, and enjoying generally a
political jubilee. Hence, not one In fifty
made provision for the winter; and now
that labor is stopped, and the planters are
not under the old obligation that slavery
laid upon them to support the laborer the
year round, the negroes are without food ol
the means of getting it. Sharp niser,


will knaw them to the bone, and thos'
whom the Freedmen's Bureau can keel
alive will, maybe, be somewhat wiser mex


year and will understand the politician


better.-New York Herald,
Year: 1867

Boldness in women is unseemingly and
unnatural. 1t may seem fine to young
woman to have great spirit, to despise
conventionalities, to talk slang, be "know-
such ideas may be assured she is mistaken.
Shakespeare, who understood human char
actor better than any man who ever lived
before his time or since, describes a lovely
woman in the description of her voice,
which vos
Year: 1867

Buffalo hunting by rail is the last achieve
ment by the Union Pacific Railway. A
train followed up herd and the fireman
shot and killed COW. The train was then
stOpped and the game bagged
Year: 1867

". r. Pool Albert Hinton complains that
you charge him with stealing meat. Mr. Pool,
things have come to q strange pass II q colored
man cannot bay meat from wagon in the road
without incurrin-, the charge of stealing. You
had better look further than this man 8 house.
Perhaps your olfactories will enable you to get on
the right scent. You might come to market and
seize every piece of meat you find on the stand,
on the same principle which you charge him OF
stealing You will please call at this Office and
explain this matter. These men shall be protected


in what is just,
Year: 1867

Gov. BROwNLOw ON Suffrage
In a late message to the Tennessee
Legislature Governor Brownlow re-
marks:


Il must be permitted to express
the hope that this General Assembly
will not close its present session with
out the passage of a bill granting suf-
frage to all loyal males properly quail
lied by age and citizenship. Onward
is the watchward which thrills and in
spires two continents! And now is
the time for Tennessee to show to
the world that she belongs to the ad-
vance guard Of the great question OF
equal suffrage. With the loyal men
Of the State allowed to vote, the gov.
ernment thereof will remain in the
loyal hands; without their votes the
State will pass into disloyal hands
and a reign of terror not so easily
described as realized will be the re.
suit.
Year: 1867

back with me to the city, and sht
grieved for father till the day she
died, and | had her laid beside him.


And | lived on alone in my beauti
full home, for Robert had left me that
and wealth enough to live on in com.
fort, and | saw little of the gay world
around me. Sometimes [ passed
Gilbert Willard, an old man with iron
gray hair, and but little left of the
Gilbert of old.


People said his wite's life was
scarcely worth the having, for at times
she lost her reason, and would make
the house ring with her wild laughter
and cries for her little Alice who died
In her arms. But for that she was
harmless as a child.


One day the hearse went by, and [
saw Gilbert's white face in the mourn
ing carriage, and then | knew Mary
had found her little Alice again. A
long train of carriages followed
t!ose who knew and loved her in her
girlhood, before the great trouble
came upon her soul. | had long for
given her the wrong she did me. One
day when the moss had crept ten
years above Roberts grave, and the
grass grown three years above Mary,
Gilbert came back to his lonely home
and opened the windows and let in
the sunshine again, and filled the
house with signs of life. Then he
came to me and said, "Matty our lives
have all gone wrong; is it too late to
right them?"


Then old as | was my heart sprang
into new life, and for moment was
back in my youth, and then [ put it
down and said |: Colbert, when
Robert died, he said God would light
up the world and he has done it,


"But, Matty, can't you light it up
for me? 1t has all gone wrong"


God can right it better than L
We are too late"


"Then we will keep their memories
sacred, and leave it for the other life
to finish"


So am waiting the end of my
days, aud Gilbert has found the ''peace
which passeth all understanding" and
we wait for time when there is neither
marrying nor giving in marriage" yet
| shall be Gilbert's and he will be
mine.
Year: 1867

The telegraph says the Presi-
dent is threatening to dismiss
Holt from office. The threat
should have been converted into
reality before this. The retention
of Stanton and Holt SO long after
their names haye become a Kissing
and reproach among all true men,
was a great mistake in President
johnson. Now that Stanton has
been kicked out of Office, let his
associate in infamy follow!
Year: 1867

A lady who had read of the ex-
tensive manufacture Of odometers
to tell how far a carriage had been
run,said she wished some Connecti-
cut genius would invent an instru-
ment to tell how far husbands had


been in the evening when they
just step down to the post Office.
Year: 1867

Fashions do change. Few ar
ticles Of clothing are at present.
considered more essential than
shirts. And yet men have been
put in the pillory in England.
within a few hundred years, for
presuming to enjoy SO expensive
and unnecessary a luxury.
Year: 1867

Some English farmers feed each
head of stock from a pint to a
quart of molasses day. tits d.
luted with water and sprinkled
on hay, which is packed and left
to ferment twelve hours. The
cattle like it as well as children
do sweet cake.
Year: 1867

Bill Ramage, editor of the


Chattanooga Union, who served


in the Federal army, drives the


nail home in the following article !;


E'There is great deal of satis-


faction in the reflection that those
Iof us who fought for the Union


in the late war have accomplish
ed nothing more than to place ten


States under the control of the
negroes, who have about as much
of an idea of the principles of
government as a last years calf,
and know nothing of politics ex-
cept to join the league and vote,
the Radical ticket. Yet, every
day the telegraph announces the
result of the registration in some
district, and the negroes
are always largely in the MAORI
ty. 1t would be easy enough to
allow the negro equal rights, al
though he is not fit for them, but
we hardly think the people of
America can long permit resent
ment growing out of the war to
make their own race the political
slaves of the negroes"
Year: 1867

Thad. Stevens, in his speech
recently, in speaking of the status
of the belligerents in our civil
war, said:


"There can be no doubt of the
fact that we were then at war as
two independent nations" This
settles the fact, then, that there
was no rebellion. The men who
fought were not rebels. The
name is a misnomer. The men
of the South were Confederates.
Let us see whether Radicalism
will be consistent with its leaders
argument, by hereafter dropping
the use of the word rebel.
Year: 1867

WILL PUBLISH, EARLY IN JANUARY NEXT,
THE COMMERCIAL AGENCY REGISTER
The volume will list Of the Business Men In all pa Of The
United and Brsh Provinces With rating indicating the reatss
standing and commercial credit Of each.


Il Is the STANDARD WORK for Merchants and Bankers.