smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

slave trade Let them have credit for all
the good deeds they have done, as they
are charged with large balance on the
other column.


Now for a word about ourselves. We
are here under misfortune, having bro
ken down one of our engines. We have
been for several days busIly engaged in
repairing it, but at best l fear it will be
but temporary, and suppose trip to the
North for few weeks this summer will
be the result of the accident. l deeply
regret the misfortune, but it is one Of the
casualties that arc unavoidable. Cause
a hidden flaw in very small bolt.


We have been having what We may call
a first rate time this cruise, but, as you
see, it is mixed up with little bad luck.
We can make two-thirds Of our speed with
one engine, but this would be lame cruis-
ing after clipper slavers In hopes of see
ing you soon l will now close, promising
to give you the rest of the news wien We
meet Yours most respectfully, G.


REMARKABLE OLD MAN.-Last week,
business called US to the residence of
Frederick kaseman, Of Shamokin town
ship, Northumberland county. We found
him in good health, of sound mind, and as
active as ordinary men at sixty. He
showed US his Indenture, where he bound
himself to George Tell, of Maxitawny,
Berks county, when he was twelve years
old, for the term Of seven years, for board
and clothing. At the expiration of said
term, he was to receive twelve pounds,
and two suits of clothes, one Of them to
be new. The date of this instrument is
June Is, l772. If he is correct in being
just twelve years of age at that time, he
will, on the 18th of next June, be one
hundred years old. From appearances,
he may live many years yet. His wife Is
still living, and does all her own house
work We saw her "dautAine,' which
states that she was born August 20,
l77l, which will make her, next August,
SO years old. They are 10 comfortable
circumstances, having a small farm (on
which they reside) in high state of cu'-
tivation, he doing the principal work
thereon, without either shoes or hat. He
keeps general record of all the marriages,
deaths, and remarkable events in the
neighborhood. That he may continually
have before him an ocular demonstration
of the fee,ness of time, we counted ten
clocks in two rooms, and be said he had a
few more up stairs
Year: 1860

A BRAVE BoY.-The following incident, which
recently occurred in the family of Episcopal
clergyman in Iowa. may be interesting to our
readers:


Edward, boy about fifteen, was left at home
during the visit of his father and mother to their
friends in the vicinity Of New York, and every
night slept alone in the house. which was situated
in a piece Of woods mile or two from Fort Des
Moines. Though the situation was isolated, il was
looked upon safe; no one supposing that any
body would be wicked enough to attack boy, or
foolish enough to look in a country parsons house
for plunder


But one night last week, Ned, who slept in
room the second foor at the head of the stairs,
was awakened by noise in the rooms below.
Listening a moment and all being quiet, he went
to sleep again, supposing that some Of the dogs
might have disturbed him. After awhile he was
again awakened, and listening he heard a soft step
on the carpeted stairs approaching his room He
sprang up, seized his shot gun, which he always
kept loaded, an6 springing TO the head Of the
dark, but noise the stairway told him that
some one was not standing but moving, and he
aimed the gun down the stairs and fred. Almost
Immediately he heard the noise of something fall.
ing over in the parlor, and running to the window
running away through the woods. He
then struck light and went down stairs. The
door which opened at the foot of the stairs was
perforated with the shot, and in the parlor was
everything of any value in the house tied in
bundles ready for removal All the Clothes silver,
linen. cutlery and everything movable, had been
packed up in parcels.
Year: 1860

SUGGEsT1oN.-We suggest that as there are
great number of lazy, unfortunate beings crowd
ed up in the jalls of North Carolina, doing moth
ing, and consuming the fruits of the labors of hon.
est, poor, industrious men, there be some means
devised whereby these jai-brds may be compelled
to work for their living and earn something for the
support of their families where they have any. In
the absence of Pententiary, let the chain gang
be instituted in North Carolina and these men can
work the streets of our towns and villages and
JOY better health and more pleasure than they can
possibly do in the walls of prison. If it can be
done it should be done by our next Legislature,
and the man who moves in the matter and those
who help pass it into law will equally be entitled
to the thanks of their constituents. - Gotdsboro
ROnnh Notes
Year: 1860

SMOKING SEED CoRN--At late discussion of
a farmers club in Illinois, a gentleman said that
he selects his seed ears in the field before FROST
hangs them in smoke -house-the more smoked
the better. The pyroligenous acid imbibed by
will bring it up in dry, hot weather, and at
the end of four weeks the growth will be twice
that of corn planted at the same time without
smoking, and will be let entirely alone by mice,
squirrels or worms
Year: 1860

ba~ Advices from Washington city state that
the Administration does not feel called upon to
take action in the present state of affairs at the
South but while enforcing the laws, will cautious
ly avoid any act which might, by any possibility,
exasperate the public mind
Year: 1860

~ Notice is hereby given that ap-
pcation will be made the session of the Gen
era Assembly of North Carolina for to extend
tue corporate limits of the town of Monroe, and for
special for the better regulation of said town.


Nov. 6, 1860 At
Year: 1860

VIZ are authorized by Henry Altman,
Z, O., Chairman Of the Democratic State Exc
cutive Committee. to cay that he did not
commission any one to propose TO the Breckio-
ridge and Lane Convention which met in this
city or any Of Its members. = compromise Of
Of any kind whatever. or d. so himself
Year: 1860

PLANTATION TODDY.-This delicious
beverage Is fast becoming one Of the domestic
Institutions of our city. 1t is healthy. giving q
fine tone to tho stomach and ito fine favor rem.
ders it peculiarly agreeable to the palate. J.
c. Conklin corner Of Brady and Front streets Is
the agent for the sale Of the Toddy in DAven.
port.
Year: 1860

A HoAx.-Not wishing to deceive
the public, We will state that the local in our
paper Of the llth inst.. stating that young
lady on the bluff had attempted to commit
suicide by taking . pound of slippery elm
bark. vas . hoax. Suspicion had pointed TO-
wards young lady Of whom We know moth.
ing prejudcisl. and the object Of this article
is to state that our gossippers are on the wrong
track.
Year: 1860

to the rich an example; to the wretched a
comfort; to the prosperous an ornament,
her piety went hand in hand with her be-
nevolence, and she thanked her creator for
being permitted to do good. A being so
gentle and SO yirtuous, slander might wound
but could not dshonor. Even death, when
he tore her from the arms of her husband
could but transport her 10 the bosom of her
God"
Year: 1860

"e feel greatly obliged to the numerous
Republican County Conventions in this State
which have designated the PRESS AND TIT
DuSE as the journal to publish their proceed
ings and resolutions. The obligation extends
both to the mark Of appreciation expressed,
and to the assistance thus rendered us in pro-
curing full and accurate political intelligence,
If simple lack Of space compels US to COP
dense tho proceedings furnished by tue secre-
tarics Of the Conventions, and to publish only
those resolutions which hare an especial and
peculiar significance, our renders will remem.
bcr that the WEEKLY Press Ind Tn1UrxE
contains only thirty.six columns, and that
there arc one hundred counties in Illinois,
all Of which arc holding conventions within a
period Of about Six weeks TIE impossibility
Of publishing everything sent to US in erfenso,
in our weekly edi ion, and Of doing justice ut
the same time to other topics Of newspaper
concern, will readily appear. We shall COZ
tinuc, however, to give tho substance Of every
thing Our friends may choose to send us, in
concise and readable form.
Year: 1860

coHNES7.-Wo were fully aware Of the ex
1stence o! the Statute to which our cores
pondent refers, and tho article Of yesterday
was written with tho volume Of the Statutes Il
Large c'ntaining it, open On the table before
U.s. But we are not awaro that tho constitu-
tlonality Of TINT act has ever been tested be-
fore any competent tribunal Its a very easy
thing for the House and Senate to resolve
themselves into two courts Of inquiry, aud to
cut any absurd antic which may please the
minority; but as long as the Constitution re-
mains in force, BY which the powers Of the
legislative branch Of tho Government are
clearly defined, and the rights Of individual
citizens protected, there is grave doubt about
tho authority Of Congress, or any Committee
thereof, to exercise judicial functions, and up
on the warrant Of tue Speaker Of either House,
thrust any man into prison. We again ex-
press the hope, that as the Republican House
and Pro.slavcry Senate have each witness
in duress, that writ Of Aa1eas corpus NAV be
sued out Of tho United States Court, and the
copstitntlonality OF unconstitutionality Of the
Law at o1co and forever settled.
Year: 1860

SERVING AND PRAIsING GoD-Not a cloud
which fleets across the sky, not clod of earth
which crumbles under the frost, not blade
of grass which breaks through the snow in
spring, not dead leaf which falls to the earth
in aumtun, but is doing Gods work, and show
ing forth Gods glory Not tiny insect, too
small to be seen by the human eye without
the aid of the microscope, but it is as fearful
ly and wonderfully made as you and |, and it
has its proper food; habitation, work, appoint
ed for it, and not in vain Eothing is idle,
nothing is wasted, nothing goes wrong, in this
wondrous world of God. The very scum upon
the standpool, which seems mere dirt and dust,
is all alive aud peopled by millions of crea-
lures, each full of beauty, full of use, obeyng
laws Of God too deep for US to dc aught but
dimly guess at them and as men see deeper
and deeper into the wonders of Gods creation
they find in the commonest things about them
wonder and glory, such as eye hath not seen,
nor ear heard, nor hath 1t entered into the
heart Of man to conceive and can only say
with the Psalmist, "Oh Lord, thy ways are
infinite, thy thoughts are very deep !" and
confess that the grass beneath their feet aud
the clouds above their heads-ay, every worm
beneath the sod and bird upon the bough do
in very deed and truth bless the Lord who
made them, praise him, and magnify him forev-
ever not in words, but with works and say
to him all day long, Go thou and do like
wise
Year: 1860

LINCOLN AMONG THE CH1LDRES.-Probably
no attribute of our candidate will, after ali.
endear him SO much to the popular heart as
the conviction that he Is emphatically lone of
the people" His manhood has not been com
pressed into the artificial track of society
but his great heart and vigorous intellect have
been allowed q generous development amid his
solitary struggles in the forest and the prairie


With vision unobscured by the mists of sophis-
try, he distinguishes at the first glance be-
tween what is true end whet is false, and with
will aud courage fortified by bis life of hard
ship, be is not the man to shirk any response.
bility, or to shrink from any opposition More
over. he is peculiarly one to win our confidence
and affection To know honest Abe IS to
love him and bis neighbors In the West, al.
though voting for him to man, will mourn
the victory which is to deprive them of bis
presence. The following incident will exhibit
Lincoln in one of those nobtrusive acts of
goodness which adorn his life The circnm-
stance vas related by teacher from the Five
Points House of Industry in this city. "Our
Sunday School in the Five Points was as
sembled, one Sabbath morning, few months
since when I noticed tall and remarkable
looking man enter the room and take seat
among US. He listened with fixed attention
to our exercises, and his countenance manifest
ed such genuine interest, that | approached
him and suggested that he might be willing to
say something to the children. He accepted
the invitation with evident pleasure, and COM
ing forward began a simple address. which at
once fascinated every little hearer, and hush
ed the room into silence His language was
strikingly beautiful, aud his tones musical with
intensest feeling. The little faces around
would droop into sad conviction as he uttered
sentences Of warning and would brighten into
sunshine as he spoke cheerful words of prom
Use. Once or twice he attempted to close his
remarks, bnt the imperative shout of 60 on.'
Oh, do 60 on I" would compel him to resume.
As looked upon the gauBt and snewy frame
of the stranger, and marked his powerful head
and determined features, now touched into
softness by the impressions of the moment, /
felt an irrepressble curiosity to learn some
thing more about him, and when be was quiet.
ly leaving the room, begged to know his
name. lie couFteously replied, " 1t is Abram
Lincoln from Illinois p"
Year: 1860

of quarantine regulations were established
among the border States and although we in
May and are comparatively remote from the
present seat of the disease, yet if it should
prove true that the cattle in New jersey have
taken the contagion, it can scarcely fail to
spread into the adjacent State of Pennsylvania
and when once there the health of our own
herds might speedily be compromised No
judicious precautions which may be taken at
this time can; therefore, be called wholly vain
or useless, for very slight cause may give rise
to serious disaster 1t was the importation
into England oftwo calves from Holland which
caused, in l744, the loss of upwards of fifty
thousand head of cattle, and the introduction
OF disease which the efforts of wealthy graz.
lers and agrlculturaliStS, backed by the whole
power of the Government have never vet sue
ceeded IN entirely expelling from the Island
The experience of those who have suffered from
this cause should be a warning and q lesson to
those to whom SC terrible meady is at pre-
sent unknown
Year: 1860

How TO lake LIFE-Take life Ike man.
Take it just as though it Eas az il is, an
earnest, vital essential affair Take it just as
though yoa personally were born to the task
OF performing merry part in it, as though the
world had waited for your coming. Take it
as though it was grand opportunity to do and
to achieve, to carry for ward great aud good
schemes TO help and cheer a suffering. it NAV
be broken hearted brother The fact is. life
is underTaued by great majority of mankind
It is not made half as much of as should be
the case. Where is the man or woman who
accompliShes one tithe of what might be done?
Who cannot lo9S bac& upon opportunities lost
plans unachieved. thoughts crushed, aspira-
tons unfulflIed and all caused from the lack
Of the necessary and possible effort ? If we
knew better h8E to take and make the most
of life, it would be far greater thanit is. Now
and then a man stands aside from the crowd,
lab0rs earnestly, steadfastly, confidently, and
straightway becomes famous for wisdom, in
tellect, skill greatness Of some sort. The world
wonders, adfnires, idolzes and get it oulv
illustrates what each may do If be takes hold
of life with purpose If man bat say he
trW follow it up, there is nothing in reason he
may not expect to accomplish There IS no
magic, no miracle no secret to him who is brave
in heart and determined in spirit.
Year: 1860

t1~ 1t being one of the delights of the
Hon Daniel Webster to annually visit the
Granite hills of his native State to rusticate
a few days, he usually favored Conway with
his presence, where resided the famous Billy
Abbot, both small Of stature and old of his
age For his humorous wit and wonderful
knowledge of every little incident that made
this or that place particularly charming and
interesting to the historian and the antiquarian
which lie vas very fond of imparting, he so
ingraited himself into the good favor of the
great exponnder of the constitution, that he
always gave him q seat in his carriage when
he rode ont to view the beauties of nature
B.lly's associates, feeling enVious on account Of
the honor conferred upon him By this diEtin-
guished man, one day after Webster's depar-
ture sarcasticaliy asked Billy, in the crowded
bar room, what be and bis friend Webster
found to converse about as they rode around
the country? Billy replied We usually
talk about horticulture and agriculture, and
the different breeds Of cattle and horses, aud
upon these subjects derive from him a great
deal Of useful information and npon such
topics fad him little more taan NY match
but the moment enthusiastically with 9
gesture, and tone of voice becoming the ora
tor himself" but the moment he alludes to
the constitution, can foor him in a minute;'
which was received with applause, and the
BaDquo of Envy never again affronted Daniel 5
rustic !aForite.-Osslpoe Register.
Year: 1860

How THE EYE IS SWEPT AND WASHED For
US to be able to see objects clearly aud dis
tinctly, it is necessary that the eve should be
kept moist and clean. For this purpose it is
furnished with little gland, from which flows
watery fluid (tears) which is spread over
the eye by the lid, and is afterwards swept off
by it, and runs through hole in the bone to
the inner surface of the nose, where the warm
air passing over it while breathing, egaporate
it. 1t is remarkable that no such gland can
be found in the eyes of fish, as the element in
which they live answers the same purpose. If
the eye had got been furnished with a liquid
to wash it, aud lid to sweep it off, things
would appear as they do when We look through
a dusty glass. Along the edges of the eyeld
there are a great number of little tQbes or
glands from which flows an oily substance
which spreads over the surface of the skin aud
thus prevents the edges from becoming sore or
irritated. and it also helps to keep the tears
within the lid.


There are also six little muscles attached TO
the eye, which enables rs to move it in every
direction aud when we consider the difereat
motions they are capable of giving to the eyes
we cannot but admire the goodness of Him
that formed them, and has thus saved US the
trouble of turning OR heads every time ne
~i>h to view an object Although the eyes of
s0me aur1als are Incapable OF motion, as the
fly, the beetle, and several other insects, yet
the Creator has shown His wisdom and good
ness in furnishing their eyes with thousands of
little globes, aud By plating theis eyes in front
of their heads A gentleman who has examin-
ed the eyes Of fly, says that the two eyes of
4 common one are composed of 5000 little
globes, through every one Of whichit is capa-
bIe OF forming an object Having prepared
the eye Of the fly for the purpose, aud placed
it before his microscope and looked through
both. in the manner of the telescope, at
steeple which was 299 feet high. and $50 feet
distant. and he says he could plainly see
through every little hemisphere, the whole
steepie inverted or turned up side down.
Year: 1860

SENATOR HAMMoND.-The Washington
correspondent of the New York CONNER
cial advertiser says Senator HAMMoND's
resignation of bis seat in the United States
Senate is an evidence that the intended Sc
cession of South Carolina is fixed fact. A
letter from him received at Washington, a
while ago, stated that he should resign his
seat at once, unless the Legislature should
proceed to the election of United States
Senator, to succeed him on the fourth of
March. He was candidate for re.elec.
ton, and as the Legislature did not choose
to proceed to an election, be considers it, no
doubt, as the sense Of that body that the
State should no longer have any representa-
tive in the United States Senate. At any
rate, there will be none.
Year: 1860

From the Lexington IKy.l Statesman, organ of Vic =


President Ereckiuridge.


There is yet no just cause for revolution
or dissolution. The Union commands our
cordial allegiance; to it we shall be loyal
until it's basis, the Constitution has been
actually destroyed. Kentucky will not
surrender the Union. Our people are as
gallant and spirited defenders OF their rights,
and as little disposed to submit to wrong
and dishonor, as any men who tread the
soil of America. They will not permit
themselves to be degraded nor their rights
invaded; but they do not believe the time
has come for revolution, and will yet cling
to the Union with the devotion of the true
sons of '76.


10 our Southern friends we would ear.
nestly appeal to await the full develop
ment of Lincoln's policy before striking
the fatal blow to the Union. Kentucky is
border State, and, as such, the first anu
greatest sufferer by Abolition ascendency.
Our State is barrier of protection to the
Cotton States against anti-slavery aggres.
sions. Our friends in the South can GER
tainly bear the Administration of Lincoln
as long as we can. Then, let them heed the
voice of Kentucky, stand true to the Union,
and not exhaust all hope Of yet maintaining
the Constitution. The Democracy of Ken
lucky, those men who, in the support of
MIR. Breckinridge, have given earnest Of
their fidelity to the rights of the South,
will appeal to the South to give up what
ever movements are now in contemplation,
and, like patriots, uphold the Constitution
and the Union. Do this, and all may yet
be WE'LL
Year: 1860

Missouri ELEcrIoN.--Although DOUGLAS
has carried Missouri by some four hundred
majority, yet its electoral vote may be cast
for BELL. Quite number of counties have
not made the return within the fifteen days
directed by law; and the Secretary of State,
who is BRECKENRIDGE man, has not sent
after them, as he is directed by law to do.
In this way DOUGLAS may be cheated out of
the electoral vote. Many bets have been
made on the State, and no honorable person
will seek to take advantage OF this techni-
cality. The fact is undisputed that DoUG.
LAS has received majority of the votes OF
the State, and all bets made against that
proposition have been lost.
Year: 1860

- AT COST


In order to decrease nv ock have determined
y close out the balance ofmv SUMMER CLOTH-
M at cost All IN want of summer Clothing are
respectful invited to call at No. 400 Seventh st
opposite Post hce, and the great reduction in
ouiiiiHer Niothlhg Iy l2-lm