smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863




We request every reader 10 examine
carefully the arlille from the New York
Herald on the comparative military pow
err of the loyal States, and the .overwhelm-
ing effect which the Federal conscription
law must have. Friends of the Union
take courage, and lift high your stand
ard On with your steel-clad columns
Drive your infamous foe, and the foes of
your happiness and freedom, before you,
till you drown them in the ocean!


The Conscription Law-The Military


Power of the Loyal States.


The bill for enrolling and calling out
the militia forces of the United States
has become law of the land, For the
information of our readers, we this NOR
ming republsh it in full. The substance
Of the bill, however, is comprehended in
its first section, which provides that "aH
able bodied male citizens (whites, In
dians and nsgroes,) and persons of for
eign birth who shall have declared on
oath their Intention to become citizens,
between the ages of twenty and forty
five years, except as hereinafter excepted.
are hereby declared to constitute the ma
tional forces, and shall be liable TO per-
form military duty in the service of the
United States when called out by the
President for that purpose"


Now let us briefly consider tho com
parative strength Of the forces Of the
Union thus placed at the service Of the
President for the purpose Of putting
down the armed forces Of the rebellion.
From the census statistics of 1850 (white
basis) we make out the following as
THH FIaHTING STRENGTH or THE LOYAL


STAIRS AND TERRITORIES.
Year: 1863

LAZY Bors.-The Portland Times says:


There are many boys in this city, who are
frequently seen prowling around the streets
at very late hour of the night-visiting
drinking saloons, and places where gambling
is going on-who had better read the follow
ing: A lazy boy makes lazy man. just
as sure as a crooked sapling makes a crooked
tree. Who ever saw boy grow up in idle
ness. that did not make shiftless vagabond
when he became a man. unless he had for
tune left him to keep u" appearances The
great mass of thieves, paupers and criminals
that fill our penitentiaries and aim houses,
have come to what they are by being brought
up in idleness. Those who constitute the
business part of the community-thosew who
make our great and useful men-were taught
in their boyhood TO be industrious.
Year: 1863

THINK So Too.-An exchange thinks that
if some people would rustic around as hard
for few dollars with which IN pay their
honest debts. as they do for money to spend
m going to shows. drinking cocktails. and
playing poker. this would be tolerable good
section of the world to live in, especially for
newspapers.
Year: 1863

A GENTLEMAN.-The power which the hus-
band has over his wife, in which we must
include the impunity with which he may be
unkind to her the father over his pupils !;
the old over the young, and the young over
the aged the strong over the weak the Off
Ger over his men the officer of a vessel over
his hands the magistrate over the citizens !;
the employ over the employed; the rich
over the poor the educated over the unlet-
tered the experienced over the confding !;
the keeper of a secret over him whom it
touches the gifted over the ordinary man !;
even the clever over the silly the forbearing
ami inotfensive use of all power or authority,
y Il total abstinence from it. where the case
nits it, will show the gentleman in plain


llt. The gentleman does not ncedlessly
and increasingly remind an offender of a
wrong he may have committed against him.
lie can not only forgive, but be can forget.
He will never use the power which the know
ledge of an offense, a false step, or an unfor-
tunate exposure of weakness gives him,
merely to enjoy the power of humiiating his
neighbor. A true man of honor feels himself
humbled when he cannot help humbling
others
Year: 1863

il the Wholesale department, Wsds-
worth is prepared TO do n heavy business
HE etcck Is very large. has been eelected
With much care can and will be sold low
Interior merchants will give him call.
Year: 1863

1--WE send the present number to all the
subscribers of the Courier, and would request
them to peruse our new conditions and return
their paper if they are not willing to receive it.
Those who will keep this number will be con-
sidesed as continuing their subscription. 1t is
only after having tried for two years to keep up
at old prices that we now arc obliged, by the
force of circumstances to change our serlns. We
hope our patrons will no. find our conditions too
high as compared with some of cur confreres.
Year: 1863

Through the obliging kindness of some
gentlemen of the Parish of St. Mary we are en-
abled to resume to-day the publication Of our
paper which the Federals have interrupted when
they arrived in our Town, in April hst by
taking away the materials, presses, type and all.
Although We print but diminutive sheet at
present, we hope soon to be able to adopt the
old size of the Courier.
Year: 1863

VIC, as also the public, will be deeply
obliged to our friends inth country if they
tFill send us Immediately such information
Us they can obtain in regard to the effect
Of the recent frost upon the various crops.
Let the information be comprehensive,
with such details as may be of interest.
Year: 1863

THE LITTLE CHAR.-There is a little chair that
occupies silent nook in the corner Of lonely
room. 1t is never removed out of its place, and
is only occasionally touched with reverent hands
which softly wipe from its arms aud little cane
seat the atoms of dust, tears dropping fast mean
while. but wholly unheeded The little chair has
not always occupied its corner so still aud
solemnly only few short weeks since and it
was the constant companion the sharer in all
restless fances of bright and busy child. I'm
tringly up and down the little feet battered all
day long, and only at night the blue eyes drop.
ped wearily, and the loving little hands rested
from their eager work or play.


But alas the blue eyes are closed now the
lashes lie tenderly upon the white cheek the
sunny hair curls lightly over the smooth, placid
brow; aud the little hands lie peacefully at rest
over the heart whose quick pulsations have been
suddenly aud ruthlessy checked in the very be
ginning of its sweet young life. Death has been
there that fearful, unrelenng destroyer, who
shows no mercy who anuihilates even hope with
one icy glance, and leaves TO tender pity only
the poor consolation Ot tears.
Year: 1863

THAT ENDoRsEMENT.-Th papers of the State
are making more out of the endorsement OF the
Sonora Flag by The Union State Convention than
facts will warrant. That was not an endorsement
of .Ihe F2ag as the organ of the Union Party
Being a member of the Convention, and voting
for the resolution, we have some right to know
what was intended. The Flag is located in one
of the worst secesh communities in the State. 1t
has fought well against treason aud the vote,
or resolution, was merely complimentary, as an
encourager " to continue the fight. Again, the
resolution was introduced by Col Evans, and
the vote was complimentary to Col. Evans and
the California Volunteers, as we'll as to the FLag
Red Bluff Independent.


Having mixed in the matter somewhat, we
take this early opportunity to cordially accept
the independents apology.
Year: 1863

UNION FOR THE SAKE OF THE UNIoN.-The fol
lowing from the pen of Prentice of the Louisville
Journal, should be read and pondered by the
Union men in California. 1t inculates a good
lesson:


eve plead for unity among the friends of the
Union. Let us look steadily at the great end
and combine in the most effective manner all the
various means to compass that end. We can not


travel by different roads toward the same Interior
object without iucommoding each other. We
must move compactly as well rs energetically.-
We must not be diverted by the wayside to eX-
anime too curously whether we have taken the
most easy and least obstructed path, but having
once started, let us take no backward step and
make no pause If we suffer ourselves to forget
the high destiny before u.s. We may fall to wrang-
ling among each other, for there are those always
who are too ready to foment disturbances, either
because they are mischief makers by nature, or
cannot live except on excitement. 1t may be,
too,-indeed in the very nature of things II must
be-thut there are among us those who would
secretly aid the enemy of the Government such
as these would like to see us quarreling about alb
stractions instead Of striking at the counrys foes.
We must never forget that the rebels depend
greatly upon this, aud that the Richmond DIS
patch has distinctly asserted that the only means
of securing our own (Contederate) independence,
is the sure one of increasing the discord among
our enemies, and rendering certain the breaking
up of the Federal Union.' In view of this frank
admission, it is clear that all who hinder unity
of action are lending encouragement to the last
hope of the rebels Take away oil prospect OF
its conSummation, aud there is nothing lett 10


them but submission to the laws they have out
ragged, and return to the allegiance they have
so wantonly deserted Union for the sake of the
Union iusures its preservation divided councils
will most assuredly endanger it, Let us then
forget all pride of opinion, all personal aspira-
tions, and all guilty ambitions, and press steadi


y onward in the good work OF our country's re-
storaton. When that blessed result is accom-
plshed verify we shall have our reward in ma
tons gratitude, aud in the upswellng notes of
thanksgiving from millions of our fellow-citzens,
who are now depressed aud faint OF heart in the
great struggle"
Year: 1863

QUESTION OF REBEL ENDuRANCE.-The follow
ing paragraph is from an editorial in the Ra-
leigh IN. C) Progress, journal of high position
and much influence 1t shows what Southern
men of reflection think of the prospect before
the Negro Confederacy. The writer says:


The great number of the enemy's forces and
the multitude of their shipping make 1t easy for
them to carry on simultaneously all these opera
tions, aud they do not care for delay, for it is
our people who suffering, not theirs. The
longer this style of warfare lasts the greater will
be the mass of plunder carried north, the more
of our mills, machine shops, and railroads they
will have destroyed, the more of our national
resources they will have ruined end wasted, and
the better chance they will have for an irresist
ible advance at last They are in no hurry
Last year indeed there was urgent haste to get
the rebellion crushed in thirty days, or in ninety


Now we hear much less OF that vehement urgen
cy and the whole Yankee nation seems TO have
laid out its accounts for war as the settled bust
ness of life, rather than consent to peace aud
separation, They are perfectly willing to fight
upon the present system for twenty years or
forty. They are willing during all that time to
go on submitting to such defeats as they have
sustained at Fredericksburg and on the Kappa
hannock because by these defeats they lose not
a foot OF grOund--they lose nothing but men,
and men are of less value to them than to U.s.
One thousand gallant Southern lives lost to us
are i'll balanced by the killing of five thousand
of their base hirelings. Jackson alone is a dearer
loss to us than Hooker and his whole one hun
dred and fifty thousand would be to them, aud
they speculate that it may be Lees turn next, or
Longstreeps, and that at any rate they are kill
iDg US slowly off. They are in the meantime
stealing much and running more aud their w0
men aud children are safe at home, many of them
dressed better than ever before in the spois of
our homes, while Confederate women and chill
dren are routed out of house and home and
chased like wild beasts In short, If we can en-
dure this war for the next half century they can,
and they will wish us joy of our victories aud
our glory. We urge nothing-suggest nothing
hint nothing only state the facts. Such is the
policy of the enemy-such is his calculation
such Is his interest and intent"
Year: 1863

Crowns IN TBE WATERING PIAcEs.-Accord-
ing TO all accounts the condition OF the fashion
able watering places this year is anything but
comfortable. To be packed like herrings and
stewed like carp may be agreeable to people Of
fashionable tastes: butt is certainly not health
full. Give us the cool brcczrs, roomy quarters
and wholesome fare of the mountain retreats
and farmhouses along the coast In preference
to the crushing, the discomfort the soddcn food
and the impure atmosphere Of the hotels at
these fashionable resorts. by and by people
will arrive al the same sensible conclusions.
Some allowance must, however, be made for
the fact that this Is the reign Of our newly
aedged shoddy aristocracy, and that they must
have some place to show of their freshly pur-
chased diamonds and fine clothes.
Year: 1863

aTHE HAPPY FAMILY" IN EURoPE-The en-
barrassments resulting from the Greek and
Polish questions exhibit in curious light "the
happy family arrangements Of the European
soveregns. Although almost all related by
intermarriage and cousins" by diplomatic
courtesy, there is not man among them who
is willing to trust another. Tney are afraid
even to append their signatures to joint diplo-
matte note, lest they should be caught in trap.
The French Emperor is the sharpest thimble
rigger amongst the lot, and it is not therefore
surprising that they should all fight SO shy Of
him
Year: 1863

the administration to keep straight, and there
fore cannot be expected to send rowing COM
missiones to inquire into such charges. II
there are substantial grounds for them they
should be laid before Congress. which will in
vestigate them and punish the guilty parties.
Year: 1863

OuR JACK TARs ON ICE--In another column
will be found description of the United States
steamer Home fine vessel which has been
fitted out by order Of the Navy Department as
retreat for the officers and men Of our iron.
clad feet now operating before Charleston
Some one-perhaps for wonder it is Secretary
Welles himself-is deserving of much credit for
taking this initiatory step towards providing
necessary comforts for our brave and enduring
naval heroes. The Home will be gratefully
welcomed by the men of the iron-clads. She
will be the means of reducing the sick list Of
the feet to q merely nominal figure and the
crews will be refreshed after stay on board
Of her for day or two, and will return to their
vessels invigorated and ready to fight with
fresh energy.


Mr.. Secretary Welles has multitude Of sins
to answer for; but his action in providing a
Home for our gallant sailors which will be sup
piled with many comforts and a clean, healthy
resting place. with plenty of fresh water to
wash in and cool ice water to drink, will aid IN
removing load OF his mistakes from the memo
ry Of the conliding public, and do much to put
him again on the road to be esteemed, although
Il Is long road for him TO travel. Mr.. Secre-
tary Stanton. of the War Department, who has
even more blunders to atone for than his veners
bile friend OF the Navy Department ought to
take hint from him, and busy himself at once
TO provide something Of the same kind for the
brave soldiers who, exposed to all kinds Of
weather in the burning sun and sands Of an
island, are performing deeds Of great vaior.


Mr.. Stanton: why not purchase two or three
car0oes OF ice, lemons, fresh meats and
vegetables, and despatch them Immediately to
our soldiers' They would thank you, and their
energies would be doubled to bring to an end
the siege Of Sumter. and with IL the end Of the
rebellior.
Year: 1863

and would bring both Louis Napoleon and
England to their sober senses.


Let not the administration Hatter itself with
the idea that this supposed Napoleonic plot for
Texas is too wild and visionary for serious be-
lief. What could be more visionary than this
scheme of an Austrian Emperor over Mexico,
under the protection Of French bayonets, and
as q makeweight with Austria and the Pope
for certain other French schemes in regard to
Venice and Rome? There is no distant scheme
of Intervention too wild for the ambition Of
Louis Napoleon SO long as he can by such de-
vices amuse the other great Powers of Europe,
aud, in tickling the vanity Of the French people,
delay the storm which is brewing among them
for his destruction. And 50 we earnestly hope
that no time will be lost by President Lincoln
in taking care of Texas.
Year: 1863

Two young ladies stood out upon the
balcony of one of the Main street hotels
on the afternoon Of the day, portion of
the events of which, as far as appertains
TO their history, has already been recor-
Year: 1863

The correspondent Of the Missouri Re.
publican, with General Grants army. gives
the following information as TO one of the
proposed cut-Offs by which the way is to be
opened to the Gulf:


But by far the most important opera
ton Of the three is the proposed canal
which it is intended to cut from Lake
Providence into the bayou Tensas or bsvou
Macon, thence up the Tensas or Bauf riv-
ers, into the 0uachita and Red rivers
leaving Vicksburg to the eastward fifty
miles. That this is quite feasible we have
the testimony Of old river-men. The Ten
sas and Boeuf are at times navigsble for
small boats as far up as the Shreveport
Railroad crossings. If suHiciency of the
Mississippi could be diverted into Lake
Providence, the channel would be naviga-
bic for the whole length of the Tensas.-
The strip Of excavation is less than three
miles in width, and General Macarthur is
already at work upon it at that place with
brigade.


The difficulty in this case will not be
to get enough water into the channel but
10 prevent getting too much. If old Father
Mississippi but rises an inch 100 high, or
if General Macarthur and Colonel BisseIl
but dig out few shovelsful too much, he
may not only escape Vieksburg, but ruin
the whole Of Louisiana. u


The welLknoWn properties of the
Lower Mississippi 10 cut and spread, 1
need not explain, further than to say that,
in high water, there are innumerable
bayous, branches, eutoffs, and even rivers,
which run from and into the nearest
stream in curious alienation. The New
Orleans people noticed that thirty years
ago, the Mississippi was eating into the
shores at the mouth Of Red River. SO as to
be in danger Of making over into the At
chafalsya, river which is fed from the
Red River and empties into the Gulf of
Mexico at the bay Of that name. This
would have diverted the valuable river
away from the city and left it by the side
of an Insignificant bayou. In order to pre-
vent this catastrophe, they cut through
neck Of land, few miles below the mouth
Of Red River, and, the channel washing
through, made what is called the Racourci
cutoff. This had the desired effect, and
New Orleans has grown somewhat in the
interim.





any considerable portion of the Mississippi
into the Tennessee and Red river2 There
would be the most imminent danger Of the
torrent of water rushing right into the
Atchsfalsya with such force as to perma-
nently change the bed Of the Mississippi
to that channel.


This would be in effect to leave Vicks-
burg far inland, but it would also leave
New Orleans, too. We should have an in
dependent passage to the ocean, but we
should have destroyed the prosperity of
New Orleans and the coast The city would
then become prey to the Confederate army,
and the great artery of commerce be trans
ferred hundred miles further west.


"Tbis danger has not probably been fore
seen by the engineers, but should receive
their earnest attention. So slender are
the threads upon which mighty destinies
hang, that in the calculations of this en-
gineer or that hang all the fortunes and
misfortunes of people. Thousands of
millions Of dollars are at stake"
Year: 1863

February 18. J
The Richmond Dispatch says, editOrially
that the North is fighting as much for self
preservation as Southern subjugation-
that the time has passed when the national
Government sought to extinguish the
South. Further prosecution Of the war is
to save the North from the avalanche Of
ruin which the success of the South must
precipitate.


Another article denounces John Van
Buren for turning political somerset and
repudiates all idea of mediation, recogni-
ton and Intervention as tending to retard
efforts for filing up the ranks Of the army
and says the present is the most critical
period Of the war.
Year: 1863

The STAFF Of Brigadier General Tyler
recently sent to RsVenna the funds for the
purchase of a splendid horse to be pre-
sented to General Tyler. Tha horse wss
bought and sent to Washington.
Year: 1863

AN EDITOR IN HEAvEN.-Under the forego- ing caption, an exchange gives an obituary of a brother of the quill, froul which we extra ct the closing paragraph

 .' Are we not glad that such an editor is in heaven? :? There the cry of more copy shall never fall upon his ears. There he will no more be abused by his political antagonists, with lies and detractions that should shame demou to promulgate. There he shall no more be used as ladder for the aspiring to kick down as soon as they reach the desired height and need him no more. There he shall be able to see the immense masses of mind which he has moved. all unknowing and unknown, as he has done. during his weary pilgrimage on earth There he will find all his articles credited, not peal of thunder stolen, and no typographical errors to throw him into feyer. We are glad the editor is in heaven"
Year: 1863

VINEGAR SPRING.-The correspondent of the Leavenworth Conservative, with General Blunt, in describing the strange mineral and yet fertile country through which the army passed on its southward march from Fort Scott, says that near Baxter's Spring some of the boys dug into sidehil and struck a gusE- ing fountain of clear sour water-as sour as if half gallon of vinegar had been turned into each pailf4l. It was not astrngent, like alum water, but had the flavor of pure ascetic acid. All sorts of minerals abounded, and sulpher springs are abundant. Coal can anywhere be found by digging few feet. All that remains necessary is to settle it with free labor popg lation.
Year: 1863

MASSACHUSETTS DEnocRACY.-The Democ- racy of the Bay State, which has never been as ultra as that of Connecticut, has cut loose from the valandigham clique, and added ta their platform the following noble resolution

 Resolved, Tha, ;n this emergency it becomes the duty of every lover of his country, in obe- dience to the recent appeal of the President, to give efficient and cheerful aid in filling up the ranks of the army by voluntary enlist ments.

 Let the part, in other States follow this ex- smple and the war would soon come to ter. imitation.
Year: 1863

SPoRrsNEN returning from the chase should
discharge their pieces before arriving in town,
or not discharge them at al. The practice Of
dischargiug loaded guns in the air, from the
streets, IS bad one and should be abandoned.
On Thursday evening, charge Of shot ratified
down upon the porch and iuto the doors Of the
RscoRD Office. descending shot may not do
much damage, but it is not the pIeasantest
shower bath that a person can take after the
labors of the day.