smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

ANOTHER SHADow.-We have believed for
some time that Lincoln does not intend to give
the Democrats the Prestigv of making peace and
stopping the war, ami that his obvious policy
was to get up foreign war when he found
subjugation impossible.


We meet with the following extract from the
New York Journal Of Commerce, which Is Qui.s
mystic, tut We think we see its drift that Eay.


a war with England Just now would seal
the dissolution of the American Union. Il is.
therefore, to be regarded with a calamity or
Infinite importance, and every measure to avoid
II should be adopted. When the seizQra ~
Mason and Slidell aroused the people, there
was perfect unanimity of sentiment in the
country on the subject Of holding them. TIE
people believed that our right and honor re-
quired that we should resist the British de-
mand for them The officers of our Govern
ment felt that the fate of the Union was in
Volyed in the question Of war with England
and sacrificed honor and pride to that highest
o0Ject OF our political homage. The people
approved this course and forgot If for the time.
Every reason operates now as then TO forbid
the idea Of going to war with England.


Nevertheless as we have said, there il i'm
hAHSHA uaAEtT lAAl we snall 1rllL INTO s1cA a
war. If the people Of England imagine that
we are 90 much engrossei in our own civil war
that we shall be willing again. as before, to
forget our honor in q quarrel with them, they
reckon without understanding the men they
deal with. For new ideas and new wishes
have sprung up in this country within a wear.
and changing circumstances have changed the
whole tone Of feeling with some men. The
very few persons who, year ago, were loudest
in favor Of peace with all nations. 10 enable N.
10 conquer the rebellion, are now looking foy
favorable circumstances under which to advo-
cate an acknowledgment Of the Southern Con-
federacy- The state Of politics in this country
il very remarkable. If a few of the radical
leaders should openly advocate disunion to-
day, they would have hosts of radical followers
and supporters, and possibly might cement a
union between the abolitionists and the extreme
anti-war men, But their difficulty consists in
the strong probability that the instant they
advocate peace by disunion, there is reason to
believe that the majority will be vastly in tayor
OF peace by compromise, and, therefore, If
they accomplish peace by disunion, they would
be prescribed and abhorred party, forever de-
prived Of popularity or power. This is the
state Of affairs in America to-day, and ii il
greatly to be feared that the provocations from
time to time given by the tone of British feel.
ing, may encourage the disunionists to attempt
to plunge Us into a foreign war, and thus &C
without 80 much reprosch, their dis
loyal desires
Year: 1863

Beg Before Gen. Hunter was superseded In
the command Of the Federal Department Of the
South, he addressed letter to President Davis.
Ii is curious specimen Of the most solemn
impudence Of a half crazy man Il is an abo-
lition TRADE, worthy Of Wendell Phillips or
Mrs Stowe. Here is specimen brick. The
italics are ours, to mark the rich places:


lin the month Of August last YOU declared
all those engaged in arming the ne groes to
hight tor Their country, to be felons, and directed
the immediate execution Of all such as should
be captured. hare giUal you long enough 10
reflect upon your folly. now give you notice
that unless this order Is immediately reuokc9, I
will at once cause the execution Of every rebel
officer and epeTy rebel shareholder in my posses
sion. This sad state Of things may be kindly
ordered by an All-Eise Providence 1.-THE impi
Gus scoundrel y to induce the good people Of
the North to act earnestly, and to realize that
they are at war"
Year: 1863

\ TRUCE DENANDED.-IS it not time to recognize
At length, the impotency of the Federal Government
u do what it has no authority to do? Were the
Administration indeed taking of its citizens,
and not exclusively of negroes who cannot be its
citizens solution of the problem would be easy.


Pence ACE PEACE! We cry, by the Holy
Name of Him who, in this Christmas time, was
heraied by angels as bringing peace to men and
goh will"


Oh, step this horrid butchery of Americans by
Americans Stop this flood Of woe and desolation,
BY which this land is becoming most deSotdte !
Haze you accomplished anything? Did we not
iorewarn you so? If you are so blind as not to see
You ought to trust those who have proved they can
See Stop this war Wicked and foolish men, you
are in despair at the prospect before you, and yet
You dare, as if you were fully sold to the demon,
to cry out still: "Slay slay more blood, more
arnage!"


Call truce! Let US put off the renewal of the
Contest il it must be renewed till We know for Ohat
We are lighting Let us put it off till the vile cause
otit ths abominabIc thing, New England fanaticiSm
IN the manipulation of New York rogues, has been
put out of the way Then, then only, we may have,
not truce only, but pedce.-Neu York FreenGns s
Journal
Year: 1863

Cure FoR VIRULENF SMALL Pox, SCARLATINA,
AND MEASLEs.-A merchant and ship owner of Bos-
ton has had the following recipe sent to him from
England where it was furnished by Mr.. NJ. Larkin,
a member of the Royal College Of Surgeons who
Touches for it as "a medicine that will effect rev.
OlutiOn in the healing heart regards the pTeyen-
ton and cure not only of small pox, but also of
measles and scaratna how ever malignant the type,
in manner more efficient and extraordinary than
could ever nave been anticipated even by the most
ardent philanthropist "-AugustG Chronicle i
Sentinel


Onthe first appearance of fever or irritation usher
Ing attacks whether occurring in families or large
communities, the subjoined mode of treatment
should at once be entered on:


Take one grain each of powdered fox-glove or dig
italS, valuable in the ratio of the greenness-;he
dark should be rejected,) and one Of suphate of
zinc, Uhis article is commonly known as white
vitriOl)-these should be rubbed thoroughly in a
mortar or other convenient vessel with four or five
drops Of water, noggin, (or about four ounces,)
more with some syrup or sugar, should be added.
Of this mixture a table spoonful should be given
an adult, and two teaspoOnfuls to child, every
second hour, until all symptoms of disease vanish.
Thus conducted convalescence, as if by magic will
result. The rapidty of event so aISpiciouS will
equally delight and aStonish. 1t may, however, be
Necessary further to note, that should the bowels
become obStructed in the progress Of the disease,
an evil by no means common, then drachm OF the
compound powder of jalap (formed of two parts
cream of tartar with ofjalap,) and one grain of
the herb treated as above, formed INTO pastil
With syrup or sugar, should be given to an adult,
and half the quantity to child.
Year: 1863

Do We DESERVE TO BE FREEI-We
despise croakers, bit when we see the
most important military posts in the Con-
federacy put in charge of "northern men
with southern principles" and BY them
given UP to the yankee commanders, It
seems to Us so utterly inconsistent with
prudence and common sense, that we doubs
whether We deserve to be free.


When we see such lack of foresight, or
something worse, as 10 leave the most i'm
portant point in the south unprovisioned,
when the yankees had been straiuing
every nerve to take it for more than q
year, we are tempted to ask ourselves, if
we deserve TO be free.


When we SEQ the whole country infested
with men who should be in the army, one
protesting to be an invalid, and another to
have resigned a commission, while multi
tudes are seen on the public highways
under various pretexts, at time OF most
critical emergency, we involuntary ask, If
we deserve to be free.


When we sec those who are left at
home, while the brave youth Of the country
have given up all their comforts for their
country's good, almost ignoring the exis-
tence Of a class known as soldiers, save
their own kin, and spending their time
and energies in accumulating money, We
are almost driven to the conclusion, that
we do not deserve to be free.


When we hear of the rich men Of the
country running away TO save their pro-
perty, and save their families from the
insults of the brutal foe, leaving the wives
of the poor soldiers, who are risking their
lives in defence Of that property, we con-
fess that we are almost tempted to exclaim,
we do not deserve to be free.


When we see men with subjugation and
slavery staring them in the face, buslly
grinding the faces of the poor, or on the
constant watch for the best trade that can
be made, even with the hare pressed wife
of an abssut soldier, we almost knock
under and admit, that We do not deserve
to be free.


Wnen we hear of men, protesting to b
men, who are ready to give up because
Vicksburg has fallen, who declare thaI
further resistance is useless, we say tG
ourselves, well surely We do not deserve
to be free.


But finally, when we find that our vo-
men have to throw themselves into ths
breach and press on desponding men, We
come decidedly to the conclusion, but fo1
the fair daughters of the South, we do no
deserve to be free.-L1 Baptist.
Year: 1863

EH- The whole State Of Delaware and the
city Of Baltimore have been declared under
martial law by Schenek, who declares that the
step is necessary because Of so much disioyalty-
Every house is entered and searched for arms
Every gun, pistol, and oil ammunition is taken.
Year: 1863

GoING WITH THE GIRLs-The entrance
into society may be said to take place immed,
lately after boyhood has passed away, yet o
multitude take their initiative before their
boards are presentiable 1t is o great trial
either for a tender or a ripper age. For an
oYergrown boy to go to a door, knowing that
there are dozen gicles inside, and knock Or
ring, with an absolute certainty That in fcw
moments all eyes Will be upon him. is severe
test upon courage. 70 90 before these girls
and make Il tour Of the room without stepping
on their toes, und sit down and dispose Of bis
hands without putting them in lis pocket, is
en- achievement Of which few boys can boast.
If e 10y can 60 so far as to measure off ten
yeads of tape with one of the girls, and cut
it of at each end, he may stand q chance to
pass pleasant evening. Let him not fatter
himself that the trials Of the evening are
over.


Then comes the breaking up. The dear
girls don their hoods and put On their shawIs,
and look so saucy and mischevons, SO unim-
pressible and Independent, as if they did not
wish anybody to go home with them. Then
comes the pjDch, and the boy who has got the
most pluck goes up to the pTettiest girl in the
rooul, with bis tongue clinging to the roof Of
bis mouth, and crooking out his elbow, stanl-
mers OF: the word, Shall see you home ~
She touches her finger to his arm, and they
walk hcme, feeling as awkward as tWo COS,
lings.
Year: 1863

nes~ The New York Court Of Appeals has
decided that marriage under an assumed name
is legal and valid, and that the offspring of
such marriage is slegtimate and heir at law to
the estate OF the father who assumed the
name.
Year: 1863

FARLEY Walking, for young
and active people, is by far the best exercise !;
riding is good for the elderly, middle aged and
inVallds. The abuse Of these exercises consist
in taking them when the system is exhausted
more or less, by previous fasting Or mental
labor. Some persons injudciousIy attempt
long walk before breakfast, under the belief
that it is conducive to heal;h. Others will
get up early 10 work at some abstrnse mental
toll The effect in both instances is the same:
it 6ubtracts from the powers Of exertion in the
after part of the day A short saunter or
some light reading before this meal is the
best indulgence of the kind otherwise the
waste occasioned 10y labor must be supplied
by nourishment, aud the breakfast will neces-
sarily become u heavy meal. and the whole
mornings comfort sacrificed by weight ct
the chest from imperfect digestion o. food
These obserVanses apply especially to elderly
persons, who are prone TO aatter themselves
into the persuasion that they can use their
mental or bodily powers in age as in youth.
Year: 1863




The assertion, so confidently repeated in
every copperhead newspaper and by every
disloyal braw1er in the North, that Gen.
Burnside, just previous to the Kentucky
election, issued IN order, the effect Of
which was to prohibit Democrats from
voting, is wickedly false, and the better in
formed among the malignants who are
making 1t, know it to be so. We have not
the text Of the order in question, but We
shall be believed when we say that it de-
MED no man the night Of voting, unless he
had been actually engaged in hostilihes
against his country. Have you fought
against the Government Of the United
States, or furnished aid and comfort to its
enemies f-these were the practical ques-
tions TINT the voter, when challenged, was
expected to answer. We submit that they
were emincntly proper and necessary, and
that the attempt to prejudice the authori-
ties in the minds Of the people, in conse
Guencc thereof, has not its parallel in pure
dihbolism in any Of the events OF the war.
Has it come to this, SHAT every man who
has raised his hand against the Union is to
be accounted q DemocratY As only such
were shut out from the polls, what else
can the Copperhcads mean when they tell
the lie with which We charge them?
Year: 1863

We have been SO long accustomed to the
unrestraincd exercise Of personal freedom,
that We are apt to regard any Infringement
Of it as great hardship, no matter how
necessary it may be to the public safety.
So bcnefccnt are the laws and government
under which we live, that every man has
been left. in times Of peace, to dispose Of
his services and abilities in any way which
he thought most conducive to his interest
and SO strong is the love Of liberty in
every American, and 80 natural is it for
him to assume its functions, without let or
question, that the idea Of responsibility
seems scarcely to have entered his mind,
and it has appeared next to impossible
that he should ever be called upon to vim
dicate his right to this liberty and arm
himself in ITS defense.


We arc SO happily situated on this con
tincnt that we have nothing to dread from
any foreign power, and, unlike the States
of Europe, we can keep our own intact,
without being compelled to bind ourselves
for this purpose, by treaies Of odense or
Of defense, with the rulers Of other nations.
Two mighty oceans separate us from every
country which, if We were only divided
from them by geographical boundaries on
the same soil that We inhahit, might give
us cause for apprehension, OF eyen justify
us in keeping up large standing army.


As is, although each citizen is soldier,
and liable to regular militia duty, and al
though we have nominal United States
army, VIC are free from the military exac-
tions which nearly every European Gov
eminent imposes upon its subjects. No
man in this country is liable, in times OF
peace, to be conscripted for service in the
army; but in France, Prussia, Austria and
Russia, conscription is the organic law, and
not, as With us, q rare exception, forced
upon the Government by military neces-
sity.


Hence the very unreasonable and ignor-
ant opposition which has been made to the
enforcement Of the draft, in certain sec
tions Of the country, where Copperheada
have chief political influence and au-
thority. These traitors, whose sympathics
are with the rebels, and whose hatred OF
the Administration is the cause of all the
disaffection that exists in the party to
which they belong, have taken care 90 tn
misrepresent the nature and object Of the
draft, that their poor ignorant victims
have come to ferafd It as utterly ,,r,;,,..
and unconstitutional; and, VIC have ne
doubt, that the majority Of them do actu
ally believe that it1 enforcement would b
a tyrannical exercise Of power not given i,
the Constitution or the 1aHR Whereaz
nothing is clearer than the legality Of thi
measure, and nothing more certain than it
even-handed justice. It is the business q
the Copperheads to deny this, to proyok
Year: 1863

the wrath Of the people against it, and urge
them to every act Of violence which
brutal mob can commit, rather than they
should yield to its requirements. Num-
bcrs Of these ignorant people plead that
they came here to live in peace, and secure
good homes and comfortable living for
themselves and their children, and not to
fight the nations battles; that they fed
their OWL country to escape the very con-
sc1iption which they are now called upon
to submit to; and tAat they are unwilling
to be bound by the violence Of that Law.
But it never seems to strike them that, If
peace and plenty are worth having, they
are worth fighting for when they are
threatened by an enemy, no matter from
what part Of the world he may come, OF
whether hebe a revolted citizen or an alien
that the privilege Of living in free coun-
try, involves, also, the privilege Of dying
for il, if itbe necessary; and, that he who
could be mean enough to accept the bless
ings Of liberty and subsistence from her,
without flying to her rescue when she was
in danger, ignominiously eating his bread
in peace, on his own homestead, whilst
others were fighting her battles, would be,
ofall men, the most cowardly and Infamous,
worthy only Of the ezecrations of man
kind.


Nothing can be fairer than the draft-
and, as scheme of justice, it is immeasu-
rably preferable and superior to that Of
volunteering. It's claims are levied upon
all alike; it is q supreme disrespector of
persons, the most democratic leveller and
equalizer Of all extant institutions. It is
as rigid as fate; the wheel turns, the name
is indicated, aud the man, whoever he be,
is drafted without Tese're or favor. Al
ready some Of the highest merchants in
New England hare been converted, by this
remorseless wheel, into soldiers of the Re
public, along with scores Of clergymen,
and more than hundred, altogether, Of
University students. Who, then, but
coward and sneak Of the basest sort,
would refuse to take his chance in the fog
tune Of this lottery? No man, who val
ues his rights and privileges, or who un-
de1stands the more than Roman
significance Of the great and majestic
words, " am an American citizen!" could
hesitate tor moment to sacrifice himself
body and soul, in war or peace, to the sal
vation Of the Republic. OF course,in great
country like this, where men must devote
themselves to commerce in order to supply
the sinews Of war, there must Of necessity
be many exemptions from military service,
4 man cannot do two things at once; he
cannot be merchant and soldier. Hence
the three hundred dollar clause was intro.


duceJ to meet the case Of these-to meet
every case, indeed, where the demands o1
families are absolute and imperative upon
the chief person who alone supports them


II this amount had not been fixed By the
Government, class Of extortionary spec.
ulatois would have sprung up, who would
have taken the affair in their own hands
and have made enormous profits ont Of the
necessities Of tile men who sought to avail


themselves Of the exemption clause. As


it is no one can grumb1e.
Year: 1863

Arrangements are now completed to supply any de-
mand for this article which from lack of government
stamps has not heretofore been possible.


The public may rest assured that in no case will the
perfectly pure standard of the Plantation Bicrs be
parted from EUery bottle bears The fac simile Of sig
nature on plate engraving cannot be genuine


Sold by all Druggists Grocers and Dealers throughout
Year: 1863

or disbelieve, will depend upon the constitution
of your minds. If your minds are SO constituted
that you desire to find him not guilty why then
very likely you will disbelieve it. You are to
and il that your judgement will be un-
biased; but, if you cannot you will return a
verdict accordingly. 1t is not, strictly speaking
for You to consider what will be the effect of
your verdict but, if such a consideration should
occur to you and you cannot help attending to
it, the verdict will be influenced by it to a GER
tain extent. You are probably aware that when
you retire You will be locked up until you con-
trive to agree. You may arrive at unanimity by
fair discussion, or by some of you starving out
the Others or by tossing upi but your conclu-
sion, by whichever of the processes arrived at.
will be more or less in accordance with your
oaths. Your verdict may be right. it is to be
hoped it will. At all events. gentlemen of the
jury, you will come TO some conclusion or other,
unless it should SO happen that you should sepa-
rate without coming to any"
Year: 1863

The subjoined charge was cut from an old
file of the Lancaster Intelligen GER, into which
it was copied from the London Punch about
fifteen years ago:


"Gentlemen of the Jury: You are sworn in
all to decided according to the evidence at
the same time, if you have any doubt you are
bound to give the prisoner the benefit of it.
Suppose you have to pronounce the guilt in
nocence of gentleman accused of felony. You
will certainly doubt whether any gentleman
would commit such offence; accordingly how
ever strong may be the testimony against him,
you will perhaps acquit him. The evidence of
your own senses is, at least, cre6itable the
witnesses if, therefore, your eyesight convince
you that the prisoner is a ell-dressed person,
you have right to presume his respectability
and it is for you to say whether a respectable
person would be likely to be guilty of the crimes
imputed to him. In like manner when You see
shabby looking fellow in the dock, charged,
for example, with sheep stealing, the declaration
rests with you-frst, whether or not that
individual is ragamuffin, and, secondly, how
far it is probably that man of that description
would steal sheep.


OF course. as has been said before. you will
always be guided by the evidence; but whether
the evidence is trustworthy or not, is matter
for your private consideration. You may believe
if you choose. or you may distelieve it, and
" neither, gentlemen Of the jury, yeu " Ill believe
Year: 1863




A BORE.-Listening to a prayer
three-quarters ola hour in length
in which the preacher prays first
for his flock, the people of his par
ish, neighborhood, county, State,
nation, the people of all nations,
the rulers of all nations and their
subjects, and finally winds up
with an invocation for a blessing
upon all mankind. Nine-tenths
of the preachers of the present
day are thus inconsistent, and if
their language in their prayers
were to be copied and subjected
to a deserved criticism it would
place them in a most ridiculous
light. That is a mistaken notion
that most preachers have that
their hne-spun prayers and SER
mons are sweetness long drawn
OUT to their hearers. On the 9TH
er hand, it is downright torture
to the majority Of mankind to be
compelled to sit and listen to
sermon more than thirty minutes
in length. Half the long prayers
that are made could be con-
densed into the four words that
conclude most of them, Lord,
bless all mankind;" and in
stead of dividing up a sermon into
as many parts as there are words
in the text, with learned dis
sertation upon the origin and
meaning of each particular word,
a simple explanation of the SEN
tence Gift needs it, would be
much more entertaining and prof
liable to congregation. In short,
long prayers and long sermons
are an unmitigated bore. and the
preachers should know it.