smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

NEVADA TERRITORY'-The citizens Of Ne
vada Territory are discussing questions rel
ative 10 the location Of capital, the d.
vision of the Territory into counties, and
other matters pertaining to the organization
of their Government The Silver Age thinks
the first Legislature should not divide the
Territory into more than three counties, oil
of which, for the present, could be thrown
into one, in order to avoid the expense of
supporting numerous county officials, with
merely nominal duties. The Age says:


Our country is entirely undeveloped, and the
wisest legislator that the world ever produ ced,
could form no idea from most perfect knowl-
edge Of the present condition of things, what
will be the wants, or where will be the center of
population, one year from to-day. Even now,
Esmeralda presents rival claims to Virginia,
Gold Hill and Silver City, on the one hand,
whilst on the other, the Humboldt country must
not be overlooked as a section out Of the con-
test, as there is reasonable possibility, that
within two years, her agricultural and mineral
resources will attract a population holding the
balance of power.


There is also the Pyramid Lake country, that
must sooner or later become the inheritance of
the white race, and in all probability, the rail
road depot for this section of the country, be-
tween the Humboldt and Sierra Nevada noun
tains. The valley Of Pyramid Lake, with her
mild climate, rich soil and supposed mineral
wealth, cannot be other than an important point
with as good claim for the seat Of government
as any place now claiming it, ON mere numer-
ical strength. New discoveries are daily being
made in different sections Of the Territory, each
of which works its change, and materially alters
the relative importance, strength and rights Of
established settlements. Let us then make our
organization as simple as possible, and in our
advance be guided by the developments Of the
is but one way to do this; ignore local interests,
and elect men to orepresent us in the Legislature,
whose interests are with the whole country,
whose scope of vision is not bounded by city
limits or township lines.
Year: 1861

At the last General Meeting Of the Committee, the
following resolution unanimously adopted


Resolved, That proxies can be conferred only upon
members Of the State Central Democratic Committee
Year: 1861

able to go on for want of money.-Among
them was the North Branch. In the unfortu-
nate times that overlook this State, she sus-
pended her works there, although they were
near completion. | acknowledge that, at that
time, under the administration Of Governor
johnson, the representative from Ere,waS here
the able and eloquent advocate of our mea-
sure-not to give away with wasteful hand. the
moneys belonging to this Commonwealth, but
in the strictest economy to come forward in
support of measure to complete the works
belonging to the Commonweath-no works
belonging to corporations. These works were
near completion almost ready to have the wat
er put into them. | asked the State then to
come forward to a measure which did not even
increase the State debt, for so economically and
judiciously was the thing done, that it was pro-
vided for out of the ordinary revenue Of the
Commonwealth. By these means, was the i'm
provement to which he referred, brought into
active use.


In regard to that measure, I acknowledge
now as | did then, the able services of tho in
telligent representative from Erie. But, sir,
when he becomes the advocate, as he does to-
day, of measures fraught with such fearful con,
sequences, so disastrous to the farming inter
ests of this country, SO calamtous to the poll
teal interests Of the party to which he and l
belong,-I ask the representative from Erie
i ask even him to reconsider his course-to
let this thing lie over at least few days, so
that we may hear frem those counties which
have not the same interest as the city of Phil
adephia, which holds nnetenths of the stock
of this mammoth company.


Mr.. BLISS asked for and obtained leave
to record his vote on putting the main question
and on the final passage of the bill to change
the name of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad
He voted "no" on both propositions.
Year: 1861

BSS- 1t was modest for member Of Con.
gress to come into the Hall, on what was uu.
derstood to be the next to the last day of the
session, and to explain that private business
had detained him.
Year: 1861

Men of sound minds and direct purposes see,
in the present aspect of national affairs, but the
one single, paramount issue between Govern.
ment of the highest order of Legitimacy and a
conspiracy Of the basest type, whether consid.
cred with reference to its avowed cause.-the
extension Of slavery-its principle of cohesion
and CO operation, Or the tyranny it aims to es.
tablsh wherever it can acquire dominion. The
issue thus made stands in bold relief before the
world, and it is impossible for honest men to
evade its terms, or to avoid the responsibility
either of positive or q negative position in
regard TO it. Yet in the present Congress, as
elsewhere, men who have sworn to support the
Constitution Of the Republic rise up and de.
nounce "the iron heel Of military tyranny"
that presses upon an inflated aristocratic rabble,
that, but for the presence of the strong though
merciful arm of the Federal Government,
would override the great majority of the free.
men of Maryland, PROSTATE the business and
all the interests Of her people, and betray the
Commonwealth into the hands of the vindictive
couclave who have already prostrated and des.
olatsd the fair regions of Virginia, in defiance
of the expressed wishes of vast majority Of
her citizens. Declarations Of fidelity from the
lips of such men are worse than dicers oaths,
and their professions of regard for peace more
baneful than it is possible their open hostility
can ever prove.
Year: 1861

The SUBJECT OF SLAVERY DOES


NOT ENTER INTO THE CONTEST.


This negation forms the weft of much that
we have heard and read but it is true only Of
the great thinking, moving, acting, fighting,
Union men of the land. 1t is not true Of the
rebel horde. The two fold purpose Of increas.
ing the slaves of the South by the importation
of Africans, and of increasing the area Of
slavery by any and every possible means, to-
gsther with the fear inspired by the first ma
tiousi success ever achieved by the party that
opposed-not slavery within the slave States,
but the meditated increase and extension there.
of--this, it was that prompted to the fulfllment
Of long.cherished design Of treason, and
kindled wanton civil war in the land. That
war has been accepted by the General Govern.
ment, and will, as all well know, be prosecuted
until the treason that begat it shall have been
crushed, even through the proffered half mil
lion Of soldier freemen shall have to be thrice
replenished in the bloody conflict. The fate
of slavery will be but an incident in this great
struggle-an incident it may be, not subject
to our will; an incident, it probably will be,
not dreamed of by the authors of this war.
Human foresight is at present unable to com.
prehend it; but, since neither injustice to the
master nor cruelty to the slave forms any part
Of the animus Of the Government, nor Of the
great army now battling for the supremacy Of
the Constitution and the laws, let us not fear
that Providence will forsake US, or permit the
occasion Of strife between the North and the
noble sons of the South, who will yet be found
faithful to the Government and true to the fra.
ternal bond that has hitherto united US as one
people.
Year: 1861

1@ The record of the events now in pro-


gress around us, will form an ample and i'm.
portsnt volume in the history of the world. To
the present time belongs the humble Office OF
garnering up the materials hereafter to be col.
lated. That history will tell of the conflict Of
high civilization, pure christianity and an
extraordinary material prosperity on the one
hand, with slavery infdelity, MormoDism, and
other forms Of evil on the other, all cherished
and fostered into being and strength under the
one great and beautiful, yet perverted fabric Of
Constitutional Government. But the NANTES.
tations Of these evils was necessary to their
purgation, and a trial of the power of our noble
Government was necessary to prove the ex.
istence Of that power. The end will be we'll,
however dark may prove the pathway to it.
Year: 1861

CHILDREN, look in those eyes, listen to that
dear voice, notice the feeling of even single
touch that is bestowed upon you by that gentle
hand Make much of it while yet you have that
most precious of oil gifts--a loving mother.
Read the unfathomable love of those eyes the
kind anxiety of that tone and look, however
slight your pain. In after life You may have
friends-fond, DEAR kind friends but never will
you have again the inexpressible love and gen.
tleness lavished upon you which none but a
mother can bestow. Often do sigh in my strug-
giles with the hard, uncarng world, for the sweet,
deep security felt, when on an evening, nesting
10 her bosom, listened to some quiet tale suita
BILE to my age, read in her tender and untiring
voice. Never can forget her sweet glances cast
upon me when 1 appeared to sleep never her
kiss of peace at night Years have passed since
we laid her beside my father in the old church
yard; yet still her voice whispers from the grave,
spots long since hallowed to the memory OF my
Enthusiastically.
Year: 1861

Who is this ye say is slain?
Whose voice answers not again
Ellsworth, shall we call in vain


On thy name to-day?
No from every vale and hill
One response all hearts shall thrill
Ellsworth's g fame is with us still,


Meier to pass away"
Bring that rebel banner low,
Hoisted by treacherous foe:
Twas for that they dealt the blow,


Laid him in the dust.
Raise aloft, that all may see,
His loved flag of liberty.
Forward, then, to victory,


Or perish if we must
Hark to what Columbia saith:
"Mourn not for his early death
With each patriots dying breath


Strength renewed is given
To the cause of truth and right,
To the land for which they fight.
After darkness comcth light,


Such the law of Heaven"
SO we name him not in vain,
Though he comes not back again
For his country he was slain


Ellsworth's blood shall rise
To our gracious Savior King
IT'S a holy gift we bring;
Such sacred Offering


God will not despise.
Year: 1861

The present trouble is likely to dissolve two
popular sectional errors which have long existed.
There has been a very general impression at the
North that one Northern man can whip three
Southern ones and an equally general impression
at the South that one Southern man can whip ten
Northern ones. 1t is very likely that both Sec
tions are destined to be mistaken. We are emf.
nently warlike people all over the country, and
one man is just as good as another, when used as
q stopper for bullet.
Year: 1861

SOME paper having said that the secession
cause is gaining ground in Virginia, Prentice re-
marks " We trust that it will soon gain ground
to the depth of about six feet and that the earth
will then be shoveled over it, covering il forever
more from the eyes OF men.
Year: 1861

IN some of the Southern journals we see much
stress laid upon the fidelity of the slaves, and the
cheerful assistance they will give their masters.
There is great room for doubling the assertion ;
the terror John Brown awoke in the South is good
evidence that their boastings are all Cannon.
Year: 1861

HOLIDAY STREET THEATRE-Beneft of Unem-
ployed Workmten.-Mr. Ford gives the entire pro-
ceeds of this evenings entertainment to the Work
ingmen's Relief Society. The Spectre Bridegroom
will be brought out by amateur cast, who volun-
teer for the occasion. Rent Day will be produced
by the stock company in style seldom equaled.
As this is an occasion for the exercise of genuine
charity we hope the theatre will be crowded to its
utmost capacity tonight.
Year: 1861

NATURALIZATION LAW OF THE NEW CoSFEpERA Acy
"A correspondent writing from Montgomery on
the 18th inst. announces that the Congress had un
der consideration bill concerning citizenship and
naturalization. The provisions are of course un.
known as yet but it is expected that it will consist
OF declaration constituting all free white persons
residing In any of the coniederated States at the
time OF the organization of the present Government
or sucn as may become citizens by birth, naturali.
zatlon and the establishment of permanent resi-.
dence, as also those who are empioyed in active
military or naval service for a limited period
citizens of the Confederate States of America. The
general impression is that the probationary period
OF residence prior to taking the oath of citizenship
will be extended so as to make the laws of natural
ization more stringent in this respect than it is al
present.
Year: 1861

Augendre's white gunpowder consists of one
part ferro cyanide of potassium, one part of white
sugar, and two parts of chloride potassa. These
substances are reduced to powder separately, then
mixed by hand in porcelain mortar 1t is more
easily infamed than common gunpowder and it is
excellent for filling shells, but unsuited for small
firearms, because it oxygenates the steel and iron
so rapidly.
Year: 1861

There are 160 amendments to the tariff bill,
Whlcn must be printed. twill 60 to the Speaker 3
table, and then be within the control of majority,
when the preceding special orders are disposed Of
which may be done by arrangement. The friends
OF the bill have not yet determined whether to non
concur in the Objectionable amendments, and thus
them directly. In the former case, only one vote
would be required on the report of the Conference
while in the other the yeas and nays might be
called factiously hundred and sixty times to de-
feat the bill.
Year: 1861

THE METHODIST Book CONCERN AND University
OF THE SoUrH.-A correspondent of the Nashville
Union, who says he is member OF the Methodist
Church, asks what will become of the immense
book establishment in that city, ami the Univer-
sity of the South, located in Middle Tennessee if
that State should refuse to go with the South In
his opinion graver question present itself to
the prompt consideration of the Denomination.
Year: 1861

hlNSVLN SPEECH.


Mr. Lincoln sai1:-Mr. Mayor and Fellow. .citzans .,
rnadelphia-l appear before you to make no lengthy
speech appear before you to thank YOU for the
ton The reception you have given me to night is not
ne man the individual but to the who
OF the nation tApplause 1t is true as yonr wortby
mas said that there is great anxiety amongst the
citizens of the United States at this time '-0


say deem it happy circumstances that the dssatis
ngu portion OF our feowctzens not point us to any.
;is, IN wnich they are being injured about to be
injured from which have felt all The while justified In
concluag that the crisis the panic the anxiety Of the
AT TINS tme is artificial If there be those who
dner with me upon this subject they have not nonted
cheering.) 'AienenuouS


do not mean to say that this artificial panic has moi
none harm That it has done much harm do not deny


nope that has been expressed by your worthy Mayor
hat may be able to restore peace and harmony and
prosperity to the country is worthy in him. and mos
nappy indeed shall be if shall be able to fulfil and
verify that hope (Cheers promise you in all sincerity
that at bring to the work sincere heart.


Whether will bring head equal to that heart Will ee
or future time to determine. II useless tor ne IA
speak Of the details Of the plans shall SPEAK 0
Year: 1861

pzgp We are indebted to Major John B. 'perkins. of the City Drug Store, for bottle of

 most superior medical brandy. It is pronounced

 by physicians to be the best ever brought to Des Are Call and get a bottle.
Year: 1861

Adviccs from Texas say sam Houston refuses to recognize the Convention considering it's func- tions terminated in submitting the ordinance of secession to the people. He says he and the Legislature will attend to the questions now aris ing He is in favor of new convention to made the necessary changes in the State Constitution.

 The Convention will at once require all officers 10 take an oath of allegiance to support the new government, and carry out the ordinance of the Convention.

 It was reported that Clark would be put in Houstons place, if the latter refuses 10 take the oath.
Year: 1861




,-sIag z. WrRnAH.--We are Informed that
.this gcnieman will visit this place at an
early day making the canvass through the
District for Congress. It's unnecessary for
US to say anything by way of recommend
ing this iible and faithful servant of the
people Of Texas, to the consideration of the
public lis lifelong devotion to the prin-
ciplos FOR which We have con;endcd aid
for which our people arc now lighting, we
hope will be remembered on the day Of
election and unite in s,nl'ng him to the
Halls Of tongrcss, where his commanding
tsivsts aai intimate acquaintance with the
genius OF our government, may render him
useful member, as well as an ornament
30 the state. We predict for this distin-
guished gentleman, profound scholar and
l,ardworking Industrious man. brilliant
spd nsefnl future.
Year: 1861

ONE WEAPON ENOUGH FoR SOLDIER
All experienced writer's upon arms for SOL
pistols for privates, and they ridicule the
idea of knives. In close fight the bayonet
must be the means of attack and defense !;
and, say the officers, the skillful use of one
weapon is quite as much as the volunteers
are likely 10 become perfected in. The
bayonet is the fayorite weapon OF the
French. As against the Mexicans, the Bowie
knife is powerful and efficient; but in this
war nobody need expect TO fight with Next
cans, and before, the knife can be of any
use, the soldier must climb over pointed bay
onets.
Year: 1861

THE large rhed cannon "Union" now at
Fortress Monroe, is to be mounted on the
deck of the Minnesota. 1t carries o $50
pound shot, and is supposed to be the most
destructive weapon ever mounted. Neither
its range or initial velocity is as great as
some other guns, yet the weight OF the shot
will be such as to sink any ship and ulti,
mately destroy almost any fertilization.
The projectiles for the gun have not yet
arrived.
Year: 1861

ANEcDoTE OF VALLAND1NGHAM-P Previous
to the attack on Sumter, the notorious dirt
eater of Ohio made boast that the first regi-
ment that left Ohio to fight the South, would
have to march over his dead body. 1t so
happened that the 1st Ohio Regiment went
from his district, and marched past his house.
When close upon it the regiment halted and
the Colonel said You are now to pass the
dead body OF yallandingham let every man
hold on to his-nose," which they did till
all had passed.
Year: 1861

FREAKS OF LIGHTNING.-In K Undertook, New
4ork, lately, Mrs. Anna Johnson was struck
by lightning and very severely injured. She
and another woman were the only persoos in
the house at the time, and both were prostrated
by the electric fluid. Mrs. johnson was sit
ting in chair on one side of the room, and
the other woman near window which was
opens the stove being between them. The
lightning ran down the chimney into the stove,
when it struck the left foot of Mrs johnson,
entered the inside of the heel and passed out at
the bottom, making hole the shape and size
of an ounce ball. The fluid also ran over the
right foot near the toes, burning up the fore
quarters and mangling her foot in a frightful
manner, then passed of through the floor into
the cellar A cat lying under the stove had
her hind legs cut off.
Year: 1861

THREE DAYS AND A HALF-The telegraph
line being finished on this side, to within 250
miles Of Salt Lake, and on the other side to
within 500 miles Of the same place, we are
placed in the distance of only three and a hall
days of the Atlantic States, the Pony having
to run but 500 miles between the telegraph
points.
Year: 1861

SINGULAR SHOOTING ScRAPE-At eleven
o'clock on the night of the oath, Samuel Cohn
was shot at Sacramento by John Arnold, of
the firm of Sheath & Arnold, whose house he
was trying to enter, mistaking is for that of a
friend with whom he had been invited to stay
while on visit from San Francisco. He is a
man of means and respectability
Year: 1861

NEz PERcEs MINEs-One hundled and ten
thousand dollars in gold dust, was brought
down in the steamer on Friday night-a week
ly contribution from the Nez Perces mines.


Our intelligence from the mines is, that
while some of the diggings at Orc Fino are
exhausted other and extensive diggings have
been discovered on remote branches of the
the Clear Water and the Salmon River
Portland Oregonian.
Year: 1861

The NAILs.-Disease not only withers and


emaciates the human FRAME but after its de-


parture leaves thereon a minute record of its


action, very Ineligible to the experienced and


observant eye. Few invalids are aware that


they bear about with them-in fact at their
fingers end-an accurate register of their past
suferings; but such is the case In some of the


Partisan hospitals the surgeons constsn ntly scru.
tnize narrowly the finger nails of the patients
newly admitted, for the purpose of cleaning
theretrOm more correct information as to the
past progress of their disease than could. per.
haps, otherwise have been acquired; and so ac.
curate are the conclusions thence drawn as
very often to astonish the unconscious bearer:
OF the strange record. Allowing a certain
average daily growth from the nails, it has
been found, on examining those of a person
who had, four months before, had an attack OF
typhus, that toward the center of the nails
which had at that time been their root, deem
and well defined transverse burrows remained
coinciding with that accidental interruption tc
their nutrition and growth The depth of the
depression will always be exactly proportionate


to the severity of their illness, and the breadth


to its duration; while if there had been any


subsequent relapse they would be found sue.


sessively indicated at proper intervals, like the
notches of tally-stick
Year: 1861




A meeting of the clergy of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, of this city, was held OF
Saturday afternoon, when the condition of the
country was considered 1t was determined
ts hold religious services every afternoon du
ring the present week at St. Pau1s Church.
Year: 1861

How TO GUARD AGAINST THE HEAT AS the
heat of a Southern sun is one OF the hardships
our boys will have 10 encounter, permit an Old
soldier to state in what way the French army
in AIgiers guard themselves during the day
when on the march or standing sentry Take
q yard of thin, white flannel, fold 1T together
once, aud sew up one end, RIBBON or tape
may be inserted TO draw il around the neck
This thrown over the cap or shake, and falling
behind, completely shields the head and
shoulders from the rays of thesun. Wooilen
Ii preferable to linen or cotton, Is equally
light, cos Is less than the former, and is asier
washed and kept clean.
Year: 1861

The PoTOMAC.-According to the accurate
chart OF the Coast Survey, the Potomac river
at Shipping Point and far below Is four miles
wide, and not one. as stated The channel in
its deepest part Is midway. None but guns Of
the greatest calibre can do uuch harm at such
a distance. Opposite Shipping Point there is
a high blnf, level at the top. If the river was
but a mile wide, cannon planted on the bluff
would easily command the Virginia shore.


At the celebrated reformatory near Tours
1t is the custom to photograph an urchin when
he enters ragged, filthy, and miserable and
again when he leaves wsll clothed, clean, and
happy.


Hamilton, G. W., is painfully agtated. On
the morning of Thursday last, girl of IA years
Of age gave birth to twin children, male and
female. The male child is black, and the
female Is white


A Grm at Springfield, Delaware county
have an order from the Government for about
thirty thousand axes, for the use Of the army
In addition TO this, they have also large
order for the manufacture Of cavalry swords.