smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

Facts are every day coming to light
showing the uuutterabIe fendishness of
the rufians who have desolated and dis q.
graced the city during the week. A
funeral procession was passing down
Second avenue on Tuesday last, and
when near Nineteenth street it was stop
ped by gang of rioters, who ordered
the driver of the hearse to turn back
He expostulated with them, telling
them that he had corpse in the hearse.
"ThroW the corpse into the street, +"
cried the rufians, and suitiug the ac
tion to the word, they seized the cofi n,
pitched it into the street, and compel.
ed tho hearse and carriage drivers to
flee for their lives. The father of the
deceased and one or two of his friends
returned to the spot at great risk pick.
cd up the coffin, which was lying in tho
gutter, and carried it to a place of safe
ty. The corpse remained unburied till
yesterday. For the sake of human ma
ture, We would gladly be spared the
pain ofrecording these atrocities New
York Tribune.
Year: 1863




Inasmuch as tho time is near at hand
when it will become necessary to pro-
vide the requisite blanks, forms, &C., as
directed by the law providing for ta-
king the vote of Ohio Soldiers, absent
in the service, We have prepared the
following Abstract, and publish the
same in order to call public atte ention to
the matter. We trust that the atten-
ton Of officials, whose duties may be in
volved in carrying out the law, will be
SO carefully directed to its provisions as
to secure full and fair vote from the
Soldiers of the State, in conformity
with the law enabling them to vote,
Year: 1863

From the Richmond Despatch, sept. q.


Mr. Langdon Cheves Of South Carolina has written an
elaborate reply TO the late letter Of Gen Toombs on the
subject OF the currency He In said 20 be son OF the


usEaous Statesman and nancier whose name he bears
and who OF the purest and best Of the Southern
post Revolutionary patriots. The 10 be worthy
Of the SIRE 30 Tar al eaat as ability Ia concerned Ne
yerhcess feel disposed crlticsc some Of his pos
tions For instance, he says


Thc real danger TO the country s not 40 much from
the Confederate issues the nnal struggle or conflict
that will between the Confederate currency and the


state local currency furnished by tho banks II peace
should be obtained upon the basis Of our iudepcc-
dence, then the Confederate currency will DO Too
strong for the local bank currency, and 30 many
large capitalists win be Interested by purchase
OF bonds and credits, that they will strengthen
the Confederate currency 10 the overthrow OF all
local bank currency. The first grea, demand will be for
A Government Excheqncr Bank, which will submit TO no
competition from all the local banks There viii DO
strong state necessity 70 submit 70 IN order prevent
n greater national evil which would be national bank.
Tuptry and tho management OF vast debt and gov
ernmenA credits exclusively by Secretary OF Treasury
which would be too much power 10 place the hands OF
any one man as exercise would deeply Affect the dls
kusea Of wealth 10 tho conicderacy FOR generations to
Year: 1863

Vtn.I


In our foreign 10 day there Ia report of an a
between Russia and the United States Rumors OF
important International inrguee and treaties have been
numerous and unreliable Of late that put
faith In this. But 10 precisely such alliance, ofcn
sve and defensive, should like Sec II would at
settle the policy OF the Western Powers Of Europe
and the dimensions OF the present struggle would
shape aud proportions OF unprecedented magnitude The
world would be Startled at them. The settled
doubt be settled Ia favor Of the peace and security OF the
wsrld from the unscrupulousness the atrocities and bru
taee o the worst members of the family Of civilized
natione However, let not look for these alliances.
They are not impossible, but very improbable.
Year: 1863

II will be source OF pleasure 10 the friends Of Major
General j. Hood TO learn that be has sufficiently re-
covered from the wound received at Gettysburg TO be
able to take the field again. And although his eft s
somewhat impaired yet tho full soul Of q brave and gal
liant officer beams as brightly in every feature Of hs
honest face as in days past. -


The hearty cheers that rent the air and the smning
faces which gathered around him when be reoiued his
division. tell, strongest terms the confidence Of bis
soldiers in him as leader and Gratifying point in the hour
OF danger -


Some have been bringing forward the names Of then
favortes for paradng their deeds OF vaor and
trumeting their praises in the public press They have
also watched with jealousy every ntmatou for promo


on OF Others in reward OF the honors OF the
past, which but the evidences OF their capabity.
But the friends OF General Hood know well that his
discipline 10 the camp and the march, his conduct
the Geld and galantry 10 the fight, wore too familiar 70
higher officers in the army and 10 the people
TO trouble themselves with the things They are salts
fled that the condition OF the army demands
his in higher sphere. he will be called for.
And as they are BY no means jealous OF the promotion Of
others, they have only report "a quiet Ia ront,"
and leave others TO report the rear "


During Hoods absence, General Law who was let In
command OF the division, gave still further evidences
his worth az an officer. TEXAS
Year: 1863

A man aged eighty and a woman
aged sixiy-si1 were found in The
Seine near Paris few weeks ago.
They were locked in each others
arms, and tied together with hand'
kerchief. They committed suicide
for love.
Year: 1863


My bairnies dear, when you go out
With ether BARNS to play,
Take heed Of everything YOU do,
OF every word you say
From tricky, wee, mischievous looms
Keep back, my bairns keep back;
And aye to all such usage give
As you would like to take.
To twist the mouth and call i'll names,
Is surely very bad /;
Then all such doings stillavoid,
Th y'd make your mother sad;
TO shield the weakly from the strong,
Be neither slow nor slack,
And aye to all such usage give
AS you would ike to take.
A kindly word, a soothing LOOK,
Have ready aye for all
We are one Makers handiwork,
He made us-great aud small
We're all the children of his care;
. Oh then for His dear sake
Be sure such usage still to give
AS you would like to take.
Year: 1863

THE Tower HOUSE PARrY.-The party given
at the Tower House, on Thursday evening last,
was the great event of the season, and well was it
appreciated by citizens. Early in the day par
ties from town seen TO leave for the scene of
festivities, and by night there not carriage or
buggy TO be found-aIl had gone to the Tower
House. About fifty persons from this town were
in attendance The dancing hall was beautifully
and tastefully decorated and brilliantly lighted
large crowd was in attendance. who kept up the
dance until early dawn. Everybody seemed to be
satisfied with the results of the trip to the pleas
ATTEST place in northern California.
Year: 1863

The CAPTURE or THE "QUEEN or THE
WEST" by the rebels, is confirmed in full dis,
patches received at Cairo. The day before her
capture she went down below Chafalaya few
miles, and captured rebel train of seventeen
wagons.


train were fired upon by guorillas near semms
port On the next morning force was landed
who destroyed all the buildings in the vicinity
The Queen OF the West is said to have beer
considerably damaged by the rebel fire. TIL,
steamers which accompanied her were blown
up TO prevent their falling into the hands o
the rebels.
Year: 1863

Captain Benjamin y. Hutchins, of the Sixth
regular cavalry, recently promoted from lieu
tenant for gallant services in the field, has been
assigned to the staff of Major General Rosseau,
and will leave with the latter for the West in a
few days. Captain Hutchins was formerly a
always acquitted himself ably.
Year: 1863

A morning contemporary annot have read
Punch, or the other English popular publica,
tlons of the day, or it would not have asserted
that the appearance Of rebel Mason at the Lord
Mayors dinner is a significant proof that The
strong anti-democratlc feelings of that dema
gogue plenlpotentiary "are reciprOcatod by the
highest classes in Great Britain" The well,
to-do cockneys who eat turtle at the table Of
the Lord Mayor Of London are not, any more
than is their municipal host, portion Of Tie
highest classes Of Great Britain. Nor is any i'm
portance ever attached abroad to feast at the
Mansion House, except when the snobs, who
gather there, furnish a platform upoR which
some notable person can speak, and thus make
himself heard, through the press, by the people
Except when some noble lord is lionlzed, mono
of the higher classes in Great Britain grace the
spreads at the Lord Mayors.
Year: 1863

1t has been reported that Rochester and
New York, and other large cities, by their
constituted authorities had appropriated
large Sums of money with which to pay
the Communication of $500 for poor laboring
men who may be drafted The Repub-
lican papers and speakers thereat became
extremely patriotic, and denounced the
councils Of those cities as being disloyal
and endeavoring to prevent the Union
armies from being filed with view to the
success of the South. The Indignation OF
these gentry knew no bounds, and Ian
guage was insufficient to express their
contempt and utter detestation of such
proceedings. But let us look little fur
ther into the action of another class Of dis
loyal people.


In the Cincinnati Commercial of yester-
day, we find the following paragraph in a
special dispatch from Washington City:


The draft is ordered to day in the
District of Columbia-the quota is 5000
and takes one man in every three. The
unexpected large quota creates quite q
surprise. Most Of the clerks in the De-
partments have formed mutual insurance
companies to pay exemption


We shall hear of no charges of disloy-
atty, or attempt to evadc the object of the
President, upon the part Of those vel
paid clerks in the employ of the Govern.
ment. 1t is disloyalty to make any pro-
vision for the purpose of keeping poor men
with large families depending upon their
daily labor for support, out of the army
but perfectly loyal for more than two
thousand clerks who have fattened upon
public plumber and extravagant salaries
to form mutual insurance companies for
the purpose Of keeping every one of them
cut Of the draft


This is fair specimen of the manner
in which portion of the people of the
North are denounced az southern sympa-
thizers, opposition to the Government, &c,
and another portion lathered all over with
praises Of devotion to their country. (their
country's money would be more proper, J
and fidelity of the Administration.


We have ever been opposed to this
$500 exemption clause, believing that ev-
cry able-bodied man, when drafted, should
either fall into the ranks or furnish sub
stitutc. This would insure greater equal
ity between all classes Lawrenceburg
Register.
Year: 1863

One would suppose from the language
and tone of the Republican press. that the
Conscription about TO be put into execu-
tlon was to fall only upon Democratic.


Possibly that is the intention. L. ia
evident that there have been gross discre.
pancles in the enrolment which look like
fraud; and in some of the districts the pro-
portion of Democrats drawn is out of meas
ure If fairness was intended


We expect the Democrats will come in
for the largest share of the fayors of this
lottery. They have done most of the
lighting, and are expected to DO more
There are more of them than of Republ.
cans. That fast subsiding faction will
hardly be able to bring to the polls 8 re-
spectacle show of strength The young
men too are everywhere with Democracy
The election of November will demonstrate
this by a show Of figures that will dumb
found the brawlers and scolds In the Re
publican ranks.


The imputation that the Draft IL uu-
welcome only TO Democrats, and that Re
publcans do not oppose it, is preposterous
1t is as hard upon young mau Of that
party to leave family, children and buzz
ness, to go into the war, as it is upon
Democrats 1t is as unpleasant for himto
pay $500, to be disposed of as Mr.. SrAS-
TON only knows how


Our exchanges from the interior come to
us full of proofs of this. Take for exam
pie the following from the Chicago Post
(war Democracy:


in this city the most violent tslkere'
and active opponents Of the draft are the
Germans, who, almost to man, belong to
the most radical wing Of the radical Ad.
ministration party Among Democrats
the draft is generally looked upon with "a.
vor, especially as it is believed to be the
only way in which the blatant patriots Of
Abolition can be made TO do their share Of
the fighting"
Year: 1863

81 have few words to say to the editor
of the Journal, to whose malicious assaults
the reader is indebted for this letter.
Conceived" as he was I'm sin and
brought forth in iniquity' is is but nat
ural that the emenations Of his brain
should be as illegitimate as the offspring
of his body. He is a fit person to edit
the organ Of a hybrid party his paper rep
resents-a party which has no parallel in
history of the wickedness of its designs or
the terrible consequences ofits acts.
Let us hope that the editor of the Journal
may become regenerated in his latter
days, and use the intellect inherited
through an irregular process for the diff
fusion Of truth instead of falsehood.


We now use the words of the said SUI
GROVE as fitting commentary upon the
foregoing, and ask him to face the
music:


The facts and the inference here are
rather unpleasant things to face. We
spare comment when there is only one
thing to be said, and that is what every
body will say. The Journal, in roofing
around for party capital, has run its snout
against very unpleasant spike. 1t can't
back out with credit, or 60 ahead without
breaking its neck. In that predicament
We leave il"
Year: 1863

the army. 1t is not easy to believe that
under any system of volunteering less
satisfactory result would be obtained; and
those who honestly look at the conscrip-
ton act as a military and not political
measure must see that as at present franz
ed and administered, it certainly is unlike
ly to rebuild the army, however likely it
may be to disturb the civil order of the
Republic
Year: 1863

This gives us twenty-eight men as the
reinforcement derived from draft of one
hundred and evenly four; or a little less
than one in six


If this be accepted as fair average of
the results Of the draft, the call for three
hundred tn ousand men promises to produce
a total Of about FIFTY thousand recruits 10
Year: 1863




As some Of Gen. Ewing's friends have taken
ms to task for giving place to an article in our
issue Of the 25th ult, which reflected severely
upon him in common with several other officers,
we take this opportunity Of stating that, as far
as we are concerned, we have the greatest
'repect for Gen. Ewing as man and soldier,
and cannot but think that our correspondent
was in error in CHASING him among those who
have attempted to injure Colonel Cloud The
article alluded to contained many palpable
hits, and for that fact we gave it place; but
presume We should have been more explicit in
regard to the extent we endorsed it. We know
there is not the best Of feeling existing
between Ewing and Cloud, but do not be-
lieve that the former would stoop to anything
disgraceful, even to injure an enemy. OF
course We cannot state positively that such is
the case, but judge from opinions we have
formed Of the man in times past. II would
have been pleasure to US to have seen Cloud
occupy the position which Gen. Ewing now
does, believing him to have stronger claims by
reason Of greater and longer services, but can
not think that the latter wears his stars un-
worthily gD
Year: 1863

u The last mail before going to press brings
us no confirmation of the capture Of Vicksburg.
But the news is not the reverse. Every step Of
6rsnts army has been victory. and the same
good success still awards him. If not in the
city by this time he is still fighting. Large
numbers Of heavy guns have been captured from
them in every engagement, and their ranks ter
ribly thinned by our fire. Their communication
being cut of, their outer defences in possession
of che Federals, and their soldiers disheartened
by constant defeat, renders the downfall of their
hast stronghold in the Southwest speedy Ger.
tSinty. Our army whipped them in every en-
gAgsmens. and consequently we are not dis.
hsartened because the report Of the capture Of the
place was premature.
Year: 1863

reflect that sound mind and body are the most
necessary requisites to promote cOnnubial hAppi-
meas. Indeed, without these, the journey through
life becomes weary pilgrimage; the prospect
hourly darkens to the view the mind becomes
Swallowed with despair, and filled with the melan-
chOly reelection that the happiness OF another lie
comes blighted with our own.
Year: 1863

Crrr Politics AND THE ALBANY REGENcY.-


The success of the opposition TO the radical re-


publican party last fall was secured through


the overwhelming majorities given by this city


and the surrounding counties. The overwhelm.


ing anti-abolition vote Of this locality ovsrcame


the large republican majorities in the interior,


thus showing that IN and around this CONNER.
clal metropolis lies the strength Of the con-
servative party of the State. But there are
indications that this lesson Il not needed by
the managers at Albany, and that there Ia
danger that II will be FILTERED away in the
coming State election. If so, the Albany Re-
gency will be responsible. The strength and
power of that concern are obtained from the in
terror counties, and from those counties that al
ways roll up republican msorities. Through
their management Of the Central Railroad they
secure their foothold in those counties and
the election Of a sufficient number OF delegates
TO the State Convention to not only enable
them to maintain their power, but to dictate TO
the delegates from the section where lies all the
strength Of the party. In their dctatoral man.
ner they attempt to run the party the same as
they do the Central Railroad without regard
to the interests Of this portion of the State
TIE sa. become % ARRsrsga that Aa iaaias.
Year: 1863

from the new draft of three hundred thousand
men, that it is useless for them to resist and let
foreign Powers beware Of what they d. as we
intend to bring every offender to account so
soon as we dispose Of our domestic troubles.
The resources of the country in men and
money are unbounded. and it will be impossi
BILE either for the rebels or their European
allies to make headway against US.
Year: 1863

tions are that there will be union Of Tam
many and all other conservative factions in this
city this fall against the Regency, that an end
to the Regency's ruinous rule may be brought
about before they can repeat their Charleston
operation at another national convention. 81.
Year: 1863

THE CoNscRrPrrox-Th President calls for
three hundred thousand men under the opera
tion Of the Conscription act, not that SO many
are absolutely needed for victories, but to be
prepared The fall of vicksburg, which by
logical necessity will result in the fall of Port
Hudson, and the complete freedom OF the Mis-
sissippi and the recent defeat OF Lee and the
pending destruction of his army, seem to pre-
cludo the necessity for more troops, particularly
as the failure of Johnston to collect sufficient
number of troops to raise the siege Of vicks-
burg shows that it is not in the power Of the
confederacy to raise another army. But we are
threatened by foreign Powers, and it will be
necessary besides to drive the French out Of
Asxico. Let the rebcls therefore take potiSss
Year: 1863

bay for two or three days, in which time the
river may fall to q fordable stage. But we pre-
sume that General Meade is duly informed of
this probable contingency. and will not wait
for the river to fall.


Meantime it appears that General Bragg, re-
treating to the south side of the Tennessee
river, and burning the splendid bridge at
Bridgeport behind him, is pushing on at the
double quick for Chattanooga, but whether to
halt there or to hurry forward to the relief Of
JEFF. Davis at Richmond remains to be
developed. The news Of the surrender
Of vicksbarg, involving the inevitable


surrender Of Port Hudson, has reduced the rebel


government to the necessity of seme considera-


BILE changes in its military programme. The


alternative thus presented Is the absolute aban-
donment of East Tennessee to save Richmond,


or the evacuation of Richmond to strengthen


Bragg, and to save Alabama, Georgia and South


Carolina from being overrun by the liberated


veteran lighting Western army Of General Grant
Of one hundred thousand men.


The acquisition to the movable forces Of the
Union Of this powerful veteran army, fully
| equipped and in readiness for active operations
in the Eastern interior from the Mississippi. il


hardly second in importance to our possession
of vieksbarg and Its late defensive army and


all its immense stores Of artillery and materials


Of war. With the intelligence at Richmond


that the army of General Grant has turned its


face to the eastward, there is call upon jeff


Davis for at least huadrol thousand men TO
guard the interior Of all the States between Mis-


sissippi and Charleston. Meantime Joe Johnston
will keep ~ very respectful distance from
Gen. Grant and beat about from place to place
while await ng reinforcemsnts. With the final
defeat Of General Lee We ,annot conjecture
what course DavS 81 zig confederate rulers at
Year: 1863

n From Or. Theodore Bell, qf Nesp York Citg. 4
purpose as an, aperient but i find their beneficial
effects upon the Liver very marked indeed. They
nave In my practice proved more efectnal for the
can mention. sincerely rejoice that we have at
length apurgative which is worthy the eonfidenceof
the profession and the people! J:1
Year: 1863

We have received another communication
from Merrimac" on the subject of the cur
rency hat owing to its length and to the
crowded state of our columns, we have de-
ferred its publication and our remarks thereon
until our next issue. 1t is subject of vital
importance, in our opinion, and demands the
consideration of every man. We entertain
very decided convictions concerning it, and
will endeavor in our next to still further ex-
plain them.
Year: 1863

Our readers will no doubt excuse the scarcity
of reading matter, and our advertising friends
the non-appearance of new advertisements.
when we tell them that one of the pages of
the Confederate were knocked into pi, Just as
we were going to press, which will prevent lis
from furnishing the usual amount of news mat
ter, besides great number of new advertise
ments intended for this issue. Next week we
commence the publication of full sheet.
Year: 1863

Just like tit is stated that the Tory
organ at Harrisburg has put none of the
more recent Union victories upon its bull
letin board. But the news of the tempo
rary reverse to Rosecrans was heralded
promptly and in such temper as the Reb-
els would have used