smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

az am cOapeIIed to enclose you three dollars
Would to God that every man of any consideration
in the State of Virginia and not only so, but in the
whole Coniederacy, would at once forward the same
money and read your paper for twelve months. The
Conservatives increase not only in North Carolina


5ut here and in all the States of the Confederacy"
Year: 1863

GEN. SUMNER AND HIS SOMA story Is
told of the veteran Sumner at the battle Of
Antietam. His son, young Captain Sumner
youth OF twenty-one, was on his staii. The
old man stood calmly, amidst storm OF shot
and shells, and turned 10 send him through a
double raging fire, upon mission of duty.
He might never see his boy again, but his
country claimed his life, and as he looked up
on his young brow he grasped his hand, en-
circled him in his arms and foudly kissed him.
Good bye, Sammy" Good bye, father and
the youth mounted his horse, and rode gaily,
on the message. he returned nnharmed, and
again his hand was grasped with cordial
"How dye do, Sammy p answered by a grasp
those around.
Year: 1863

How is 1t that almost every scamp, with
ar without prepossessing personal appear
ance can 30 about the country winning the
affections OF respectable women so success
fully? A fellow, recently arrested in Lon.
don, was discovered to have married four
different women within short period and
how many more he has inveigIcd into si,ni-
lar snare in other places may be left to the
imagination. Hewas poor, not well dressed.
not good. looking, and possessed Of but small
powers OF conversation and still, he made
love triumphantly wherever he went to some
fair creature, and won her heart and hand
only to leave her in melancholy dilemma
shortly afterward. Can it be that they 30
fear the idea OF the position Of an "old maid +"
that they grasp at the chance Of acquiring
husband, without pausing to estimate his
worth or study his character! Whatever
may be the reason that women 20 readily be.
come the dupes of designing men, it is pal
pable that very little pans are taken by many
Ut them to ascertain who ard what a sutor
is when he applies for a lady's hand. 1t
rarely, indeed happens that stranger in a
town is incapable Of supplying, when asked
some reliable evidence Of his antecedents !:
and who has better right to demand the
production of such evidence than woman
who is on the eve of entrusting to his care
her whole future? She neglects her duty to
herself, to her friends, to her reputation. If
she fails to procure some proof of his SINGER
ity in his representations; and his object
must be sinister one if he takes offense ut
such scrutiny or attempts to throw obsta-
cles in the way Of an arrival, on her part, at
complete knowledge OF his position and
prospects.
Year: 1863

A Hlr AT Army CHAPLAINs-An army
correspondent sends the following, which is
hard hit at pretty large class of army
chaplains:


A Captain in the division, q German and
very strict disclplinaran, had bis company
drawn up for the usual Sunday inspection
One dirty scrub. who oft times before had
offended the Captains ideas of soldicrly
neatn.ss by having filthy arms and clothing,
excited his ire to such an extent that for
sometime he was in doubt as to what pur-
ishment he could inflict adequate to the enor-
nifty Of the offence. At last the idea struck
him; the punishment had been found
You dirty rascal. You disgrace the com.
pany, punish you severely. You shall at
tend divine service this day, III be id
ifyou don't" And cautioning the Sergeant
to see the full penalty inflicted. dismissed
his company, satisfied that in future there
would be no moro dirty arms or clothing on
inspection.
Year: 1863

bring them to the grave. II being the cause IN many
instances of Deafness beside the fearful inroads
makes on the general health and the alarming extent
to which prevails has brought it under the notice o
Dr. Rowe who has devoted much time and attention 10
it, and succeeded at last in discovering system oi
treatment under which it yields readily and is cured


The case of Miss Day daughter of Mr. Thomas =
Day Of No. o3 Pearl street Brooklyn. Is an Illustration
of this The young adys health hns been so impaired
by it that all her friends supposed she was in consunp
ton and that her life would be Of short Duration
Everything had been tried in vain. Fortunately Tor her
she was not yet in consumption though she had sevcr"
times raised blood. and seemed TO be sinking fast un
der Dr. Rowcs care however she has been restored 10
excellent health and the disease entirely removed.
This should be lesson to those afflicted not to let
progress far for every may not be 80 fortunate
when so far gone 10 be restored.
Year: 1863

President Lincoln has replied to the resolu-
tioMs of the Albany Democratic meeting in a
long letter, which We wish our space would al
low us to publish. 1t is full, candid, clear and
conclusive. Unless they are entirely blinded
by prejudice or controlled by party zeal, the
Democrats who addressed the President on this
subject, cannot fail to cOncede very great weight
to the considerations which he presents in re-
ply.


Mr.. Lincoln vindicates the right and the duty
of the Government, under the Constitution, to
make arbitrary arrests whenever and wherever
In ease of rebellion or invasion the public
safety may require it." He shows that this
right is hot limited by any military lines-it is
not restricted to the camp or the field; it ex-
ist>, and is to be exercised wherever the public
safety may require it,-and that is TO be deter
mined in the exercise of sound Judgment,
and upon the official responsibility of those to
whom that trust may be confded


He sets forth most clearly the necessity for
the suspension of the writ of haJeus corpus.
As to Mr.. Eallandigham particular case. he
was arrested by the military authority because
he was damaging the military authority by dis
couraglng enliStments, and not because he wa.
damaging the political prospects of the admin
istration. or the personal interest of the com
manding general The President very aptly
>ay>: Must shoot a sirnple-minded soldie,
boy who deserts, while must not touch hair
of willy agitator who induces them to desert?'
In such a case. he adds, to silence the aaita
tor and save the boy is not only constitutional
but withal great mercy In response to tn,
demand for the discharge of Mr. Vallandigham
the President says it will afford him great
pleasure to grant it as soon as he can believe
that the public safety will not suffer by it.


At the same time the President leaves NJ
room TO doubt of his profound and unchange
able devotion to the great principles of free
dom Of speech and of personal liberty, and tC
tie guarantees by which these rights are Sc
cured in the Constitution Il, too, he saws


AIN devotedly for them after civil war. and
before civil war, and at all times. except when.
III ease OF rebellion or invasion, the public safe
ty may require their suppression" But in
these eases he regards the public safety as, b,
the express terms of the Constitution, the SUI
preme law.


The letter Is highly creditabe to the Presi
dent 5 ability, and will be accepted bv the
country at large as additional proof of the con
Seientious and single-hearted patriotism which
he brings to the discharge of duties and res
possibilities which are without parallel foI
magnitude in the history of the country.
Year: 1863

TO OCORRESPoNDENTS.- The communications
The House Of Southern Bishops ON the
Treatment Of Slavery" and THE Irrcpressi-
Die Conflict intended for this issue, We find
ourselves compelled, owing to a press of mat
ter, to defer until subsequent issue
Year: 1863

We hope that while our country friend.
are making arrangements fnr furnishing the
Government with corn and meat, they will
not overlook the fact that the people living
In towns and villages mus, have something
to eat, and are dependent on The farmer to
supply the market There is plenty for
Government and for home con-ump ption if
those who hold IL will cell. There 10 no
good cause why there should be any suffer
ing for food. We shall, no doubt, havo hns
crops this year, and there is m abundance
Of provisions 10 last until Fall, il sold BY
the producer and properly di.triLutsd.-
Charlotte Democrat
Year: 1863

Will be inserted at two dollars per square
for tho FIRST, and one dollar per square
for each subsequent insertion. A square to con.
sist Of the space Of IL lines, BREWER type. No
advertisement considered less than q square.
Year: 1863

EVERY Mans LIFE PLAN OF GoD.-Ev-
cry human soul has a complete and perfect


plan cherished for it in the hsart of God-a
Divine biography marked out, which it eg.:
ters in his life to live This life, rightfully
will be a complete and beautiful
whole; an-experience led on by God and uu-
folded by the secret nurture of the world
drama cast in the mould of perfect art,


with no part wanting q Divine study for
the man shmselfand Tor others study that
shall forever unfold, In wondrous beauty,
the love and aithfulnsss of God; great in
the divine skill in which 1t is shaped; above
all, great in the inomentous and glorious is
snss it prepares. What thought is this
for every human soul to cherish What
dignity does ii add toiifei What support
does il bring TO the trial of life! What in
stigation does il addlo send us on in every.
thing that constitutes our excellency We
live in the Divine thought We fill place
in the great everlasting plan OF Gods intel
.ligences Wei sink below his care, new:
er drop out Of his oounsel.-Dr. BusknsH.
Year: 1863

How TO CURE FELoN.-When one of
these painful torinentors appear on the hand,
apply a piece. of rennet soaked in milk to
the affected part and renew the application
until relief is found This article was first
recommended by skillfoi physician, now
deceased 1t has been tried in many cases,
end never failed to give relief
Year: 1863

Ever since we were a boy we have known
that Hannibal Hamlin, the Vice President,
has negro blood in his veins. When hefirst
came before the public in Maine, as DEM
ocratlc candidate for the Legislature, the op-
position published mum erous depositions in
the wing papers to prove his negro origin.
His great-grandmother was negress, aud
his great-grandfathsr mulatto. His grand
father was q quadroon, who commanded a
company of negroes and Indians in the last
war. So the Vice President, according to
this chronology, is one-sixtsenth negro
But then that is no reason why be should
act like full-blooded one.


Senator Sumner, it is also said, Is part
negro. 1t is charged that his grsst-grest-
grandmother was a rich pegress from
Damara. When his father was a candidats
for High Sheriff of Boston, thirty years or so
ago, this fact of his origin was brought out
by his political opponents. Sumner had q
sister whose skin was of that peculiar lily
whiteness. which indicates tho presence of
negro blood; aud many years ago she was
snubbed at newport by some Southern
ladies. who felt sure that she was not pure
Caucasian.


A Western author has issned a pamphlet
adduciDg evidence to show that Ola Abe is
also "part negro" Of the truth of his facts
we know nothing. Hamlin and Sumner, to
the scientific eys, show the presence of
negro blood, but we cannot say the same of
Old Abe Nature, however, sometim es dis
guises herself so effectually as to elude even
the quick gaze of science.


On the whole we are not sure that it would
not rebound to Lincoln's honor to have it
proved that he is part negro. For then, on
the ground of natural sympathy with his
own race, we might find excuses for acts
which we could never pardon in q white
man.
Year: 1863

| 1t is adapted thoroughly to remedy these
evils without producing incidental evils
1t is eminently just and emiuently polite;
or, rather, it is eminently polite because it
is eminently just, seeing that justice as Burke
declares, is the sure policy. We hope the
order will be firmly adhered to and faith
fully enforced. We have every reason to
believe that it will be.


We have heard indeed that there are
some loyal men who complain of this order.
What their complaint is we do not know
though we should very much like to know.
We respectfully invite any one of these men
to state the complaint in public letter to us;
when, if we are not able to show that the
complaint is groundless and worse than
groundless, we promise to exert whatever
influence we may have to procure the modi-
fcation or revocation of the order. As we
are at present advised, we confess we are
totally unable to comprehend how the order
can excite the complaint of any loyal man
who is not OF the school of Jennson and of
Jim Lane. The order appears to US to be
exposed to the complaint of no one who is
not Jacobin in fact and a Jayhawker at
least in heart. ---.- ... .-...


If we have factionists of this description
amongst US, as we undoubtedly have, the
sooner they publicly show their hands the





shall occasion them to show their hands, it
will perform double service to the national
cause in Kentucky, not merely correcting
evils which tend to weaken and dishonor
that cause. but summoning its most malig-
nant and most dangerous foes into the con-
Stunning light of the public eye. The rev.
olutionsts here, who like their co-revolu-
tionists elsewhere, disgrace the name of
loyalty by assuming to monopolize it, have
but to declare themselver in order to damn
themselves. They are formidable only
whilst they skulk in the ranks of the Union
party, and plot in the mask of its stolen
name. He who shall drive them from their
skulking place and tear the mask from their
faces will do the part of public benefactor.
It remains to be seen whether or not Gen.
Boyle in issuing and enforcing General Order
No. 48 has done that part in this particular.
We certainly think ne has done that part in
respect to the evils against which the order
is directly levelled.


The protection of the 10y al people of the
State, and the punishment of the actively
disloyal, constitute one thing, and most
righteous and obligatory thing. General
Order No. 48 amply and exactly provides
for this thing. But the punishment of cti-
zens against whom no charges are or can be
preferred or sustained, and the punishment
Of suoh citizens for the sake of gratifying
private resentment, constitute an other thing,
and most unrighteous and oppressive thing.
General Order No. 48 amply and exactly
provides against this thing. In short, the
order is happily adapted at once to punish
the guilty and to protect the innocent. So
at least it appears to US. If it really is not,
we shall he m ost glad, as we are sure Gen.
Boyle will be, to have its effectiveness
pointed out. And to this end we respect
fully renew the invitation given above.
Year: 1863

We shall rejoice greatly when this cruel
war is over. We shall also rejoice when
people get over singing and whistling and
huming, "When this cruel war is over" II
there is, one thing characteristic of tho
American pople more than another il is
their talent for running tune to death
We could recall quite list of once popu-
lar melodies that have been sent to early
tombs in this way. Their ghosts haunt US
occasionally now in the whG Gezings of de-
cayed hand-organs.


For centuries Luna, the empress of night,
performed her duties with regularity, and
no one thought of prompting her; but a
time came when everybody was exorting
her with more or less discordancy or pathos
to Roll on, Silver Noon etc, as though
she didn't know enough to roll on when
she ought to. A sort of musical lunacy
overspresd the entire community, but it
passed, and the silver moon rolled on the
same as before. continuing the thSukless
and unremunerative task of guiding the
"traveler on his way" unmiudful whether
the "nightingale's song'' is in tune or not.


There was time when the Old Folks a.:
Home" couldn't enjoy the quiet and repose
which age so imperatively demands, but
the fever for singing that melody being
over they sleep well.


We remember how "Old Dog Tray" was
fayed alive across the keys of every piano
in5the country, dragged by the tail through
convoluted brass, and whistled at by every
boy big enough to pucber his mouth. Now,
like the amiable canine whose mistress
name rhymed with cubbard 'the old dogs
dead'-died OF too much playing, singing
and whistling. odd Uncle Ned had his
personal i6rmities shrieksd from one end of
country 10 the other at one time, aud at
arother the 'Poor Old Slave suffered more
martyrdom from the hands of musical am
ateurs than he ever did from Southern
master. But he has now gone to rest,'
and it is q satisfaction to know that he is
free.'


For a season, Way down South in Dixie
was harped upon to such an extent as to in
duce the wish that every body who play ed
sang, or whistled the tune was 'way down.
in the locality alluded to. John Browns
Body has been disturbed in its mouldering
by thousands of vocal resurrectionists, as
we 90 marching on


Now the popular tongue is singing, when
this Cruel War is Over 1t has had the
run of the thesters and fashionable concerts.
and is now all the rage with young ladies
who play the pisno, young gentlemen who
affect the flute or guitar and shrill whist
ling boys. There isn't one in fifty that
knows more of the song than the words
quoted above, yet they persist Sin going it
continually on that one line, like Paganini
on a one-strnged fiddle. There, we just
caught ourselves hummiDg the thing over,
so will refrain from further comment OF
that head unlil this cruel war is over


Cleveland Leader.
Year: 1863

An English, writer in his advice to young
married women, says that their Mother z We
married a gardener. But he forgot to add
that in consequences of the marriage the
unrdeper lost his situation
Year: 1863

soLEMNITY OF AN OArH.-One Of
those rather peculiar geniuses known
upon the Apalachicola as timber get
tiers, went down to the port Of that
namo with q very valuable raft of CO.
dar and other choice timber that he
desired to ship for Cowes and mar
ket, or some other town of equal
Importance. Ono of the requisites
to make clearance was to make
certain oath before the collector, for
which purpose he appeared before
that dignitary, who made out the
form of an oath, which, among 9TH
er things, stated-'you do solemnly
swear that no part of this timber
now sought to be shipped by you,
was cut upon the public lands of the
United States, and


Stop, stranger What is that
you say2 / must take my solemn
affidavy to that2'


yes


And that l cant ship that raft Of
mine, if I don't3'


Yes


'And does other fellers what comes
down here with RATS take that oath2'


Sometimes.


you may 60 ahead, stranger;-l
can afford to lose that timber-it
has got to be shipped, any way you
can fix it.


uncle Sans land said he, as he
walked off after taking the oath
'how in the thunder do know where
his lines run. | reckon that oath is
nothing but form, no how
Year: 1863

was beginning to look blank, and l


was just thinking that he was going
to give up and acknowledge the
corn, when, suddenly, by dextrous
twitch, he threw one out on the bar
counter.


Yankee stopped moment to CITY
foul, 8 but seeing that one had been
gained on him by his hesitation,
swallowed it, dust and all. The
next went clear over the counter on
the floor, and the next, and the next.
The Yankee evidently began to
see The game, for instead of losing
tine 1expostulating, he went scramb-
ling over the floor after the oysters,
which now flew to all corners of the
room, only waiting to give them
wipe on the sleeve Of his coat before
engulping them.


Thus we were kept in doubt which


would beat, until R. capped the eli
max by making one alight-acciden-
tally, of ceurse--raght IN the spit Oor.
The astonished man gazed for mo-
ment at the oyster, as it lay, halt
embedded in the dirty saw dust, and
then dropping his fork, made
straight coat tail out of side door.


As the door closed upon him, all
hands Joined in a hearty laugh at
the expense of the vanquished hero,
in which Rs voice was most con-
spicuous; but weful change came
over his countenance as he examined
the stakes which just handed him.
You may Judge how the laugh turn
ed, when he exclaimed, in q voice
not unlike the rumbling of distant
thunder


Counterfeit, by the eternal /
Year: 1863

He was apprenticed to printer in
New Hampshire. One day he had
dispute with his employer, who
threw him down stairs he saw in q
moment that he was prejudiced, and
he bade him farewell forever. 1t
was touching parting, such as might
bring tears from the eyes of Capt.
Semmes, of the English neutral war
steamer. During his journey home
he had to eat something he had no
money he could not -"Wam-
paneag cannot beg'-therefore he
became repairer of clocks; he stopped
at farmers door, and asked if be
had any clock that wouldn't 60? p
The farmer said he had, and he said
he would make it go. He took it to
pieces and then ate dinner, looking
upon the wreck Of the clock, and per-
fectly aware that he could never put
it together again. He told the far
mer that be felt dizzy, and would 60
out into the free air. Immediately
after getting cut Of the house he flew
like the "light gazelle'' or anything
else that goes very fast. Thus our
political clocknakers take the nation
al clock to pieces, eat dinner, and
never want to see it put together
again. But the hour had passed
when his lecture should have been
concluded, therefore, he had no time
to explain the ghost question. He
you'd, however, sail for California
in few days, and would speak On
the ghost question there; ladies and
gentlemen holding tickets to this
lecture would be admitted without
extra charge.
Year: 1863

SUCCESSFUL MEN.-I confess that
increasing years bring with them al
increasing respect for those who do
not succeed in life, as those words arc
commonly used. Heaven is said to
be place for those who have not
succeeded upon earth; and tbs true
that celestial graces do not best thrive
and bloom in the hot blaze of worldly
prosperity. III success sometimes
arises from q superabundance of
qualities in themselves good-frem
conscience too sensitive, taste too
fastidious, self-forgetfulness too
romantic, a modesty too retiring. l
will not 60 so far to say with aliving
poet, that the "world knows nothing
Of her greatest men )" but there are
forms of greatness, or at least excel
lence, that "die and make no sign;'
there are martyrs that miss the palm
but not the stake there are heroes
without laurel, and conquerers with
out triumph.