smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

The following from the Springfield .Statc
Register of Thursday, the Sth instant, is in
terestng: Last evening it being the first
Sabbath since the remains of President Lin
coin were laid at rest in Oak Ridge, large
number Of our citizens visited the cemetery,
who were unable 70 accompany the process
sion thither on Thursday last Along the
streets and road leading to the tomb there
was constant passage of pedestrians and
vehicles during the entire afternoon, such a
concourse as we have never seen visit the
grounds of a Sabbath before, and such as
manifested to the most thoughtless beholder
the fact that a new shrine had been erected
there, and one to which every stranger pas
sing through Springfield hereafter will be
induced to wander
Year: 1865

The Indignation of the loyal citizens of
Covington, Kentucky, has lately been work
ed up to boiling pitch by the conduct of
the returning rebel soldiers many of whom
assert defantly that they are not yet sub
dued, and who wear their rebel uniforms
and use the most insulting and tantalizing
language to Union men. The latter held a
meeting on last Saturday evening. The
conduct of the rebel soldiers was denounced
in strong terms, and the constituted au-
thorities were earnestly requestedto cause
the speedy removal from our midst of all
such persons, unless they take the oath of
allegiance, and give good assurance of their
sincere desire to become peaceful and law
abiding citizens; and that hereafter no pa
rolled rebels be permitted to come here un-
til they shall have complied with the above
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Year: 1865

No man ever prospered in the world with
out the consent and cooperation of his wife
If she unites in mutual endeavors or re-
wards his labors with an endearing smile,
with what spirit and perseverance does he
apply to his vocation; with whatconfidence
will he resort either to his merchandise or
farm fly over land, sail overseas, meet diff
ficulty and encounter danger-if he knows he
is not spending his strength in vain, but
that his labors will be rewarded by the
sweets of home How delightful it is to
have one to cheer, and companion to
soothe, the solitary hours of grief and pain
Solitude and disappointment enter into the
history of every man lite; and he has but
half provided for his voyage who finds but
an associate for happy hours. while for his
months of darkness and distress no sympa-
thising partner is prepared
Year: 1865

The laying down of the new Atlantic ca
bic will probably be attempted in July. On
April oath, fourteen hundred miles had been
stored on board the Great Eastern, and the
work was proceeding at the rate of twenty
five miles a day. Electricians are kept con
stantly employed in passing currents through
the cable, and every foot is subject to the Sc
verest tests. The weight of the cable is 400
pounds to the nautical mile, while that of
1858 weighed only 26l pounds. The exper-
iments made are said to have established the
fact that if the enterprise is a success, at
least twelve words minute can be trans
mitted across the broad Atlantic 1t is con-
sidered that the problem is reduced simply
to a question whether July will be month
of moderately temperate weather. Proba-
bly, one or more vessels from our Navy will
be detailed to take part in the great work
Year: 1865

On taking the chair of the National u
Mon Convention at Baltimore in June, 1864,
the Rev. Dr. Breckenridge, of Kentcuky,
uttered the following remarkable words:
''This fearful truth runs through the whole
history of mankind, that whatever else may
be done to give stability to authority, what
ever else may be done to give perpetuity to
stitutions-however glorious, practicable
and just may be the philosophy of tit
has been found that the only enduring, the
only imperishable cement of all free institu-
tions has been the blood of traitors. No
Government has ever been built upon i'm
perishable foundations which foundations
were not laid in the blood OF traitors. 1t is
fearful truth, but we might as well avow
it at once, and every lick you strike, and ev-
cry rebel you kill, every battle you win
dreadful as it is to do it-you are adding, it
may be, year-it may be ten years-it may
be centuary-it may be ten centuries to
the life of the Government and the freedom
of your children T"
Year: 1865

Judge Bond, of Baltimore, at the open
ing of the Criminal Court in that city, last
Monday a-week charged the Grand Jury
to indict, under the State treason act, all
who had in any way given aid and comfort
to the rebels, since April 10Th, 1861. The
Judge held that all such are subjects of in
dictment and trial under the laws of Mary
land The Judge also counsels the Grand
Jury to indict the members of the Mary
land Commission for undertaking to say and
decide upon cases which are purely civil or
criminal offenses, reasonable or otherwise,
legitimately cogizable by the State civil
courts
Year: 1865

Show us an intelligent family of boys and
girls, and we will show you family where
newspapers and periodicals are plentiful
Nobody who has been without these silent
private tutors can know their educating pow
er for good or evil. Have you ever thought
of the innumerable topics of discussion with
which, thus early, our children become IA
miliarly acquainted, the great pLilantrophic
questions of the day to which unconsciously
their attention is awakened. and the general
spirit OF intelligence which is evoked by
these quiet visitors? Anything that makes
home pleasant, cheerful and chatty, thins
the haunts of vice, and the thousand and
one avenues of temptation, should certainly
be regarded, when we consider its influence
on the minds of the young, as great NOR
al and social light.
Year: 1865

Oh slow to smite and swift to spare,


Gentle, and lnerciful and just
Who, in the fear of God. didst bear


The sword of power, a natl on's trust.
In sorrow, by thy bier stand,


Amid the awe that bushes all,
And speak the anguish of land,


That shook with horror at thy fall.
Thy task is done; the bond are free;


We bear thee 20 an honored grave,
Whose nOblest monument shall be,


The broken fetters of the slave.
Pure was thy life; its bloody close


Hath placed thee with the sons of light
Among the noble host of those


Who perished in the cause of right.
Year: 1865

A Western editor was recently re.
quesred to send his paper to a distant
patron, provided be would take his pay
in "trade." At the end of the year be
found that his new subscriber was a
oof6n.maker.
Year: 1865

A GOOD JOKE A letter from Raleigh
y e., saws that = COED joke is told Of Z
gallant Brigadier who made a visit to the
Asylum of the Deaf and Dumb at this
place, be being so much delighted that
be sent bis baBd over to serenade the
inmates The fact becoming known, be
was importuned to invite the inmates Of
the Blind As7lum to see bis next parade.
Year: 1865

BY authority Of the Secretary Of the Treasury, the
uedenigusl assumed the General Subscription
Agency for the sale Of United States Treasury Notes
hearing seven and three tsuths per cent Interest, per
Aunum, known az the
Year: 1865

NO PRACTICAL
Lock Picker or Thimble Rigger


Required to
OPERATE THE SAID LILLE LOCK.
Any parties desirous of seeing the above mentioned
lock, Its insecurity and easy mode Of open


ing the same, can call at
3lS Battery Street, San FraEcisco.
Year: 1865

SADNEss.-There is a mysterious feeling
that frequently passes like cloud over the
spirit. 1t comes upon the soul in the busy
hustle of life, in the social circle, in the
calm and silent retreat of solitude. It's
power is alike supreme over the weak and
the iron-hearted. At one time it is caused
by single thought across the mind Again,
a sound will come booming across the ocean
of memory, gloomy and solemn as the death
knell overshadowing all the bright hopes
and sunny feelings of the heart Who can
describe it, and who has not felt its bewi-
dering influence Still, it is a delicious
sort of sorrow, and like cloud dimming
the sunshine of the river, although casting
a momentary shade of gloom, it enhances
the beauty of returning brightness.-Ec


Nothing but indigestion. Take our word
for it, don't overload your stomach, and
you'll have no such indescribable waking
Nightmares.
Year: 1865

Our Agricultural Department..
W. call the especial attention Of our readers to
our agricultural department of this issue. We
Gull all of this interesting matter from back num-
bers of tse Southern Cakivator.
Year: 1865

The Toronto Journal has very sem
sible article ON the prospects of the re-
bellion and the evident policy of the
Canadian people to give their sympa.
thies to the Union cause. It says:


"Never since the war began has the
cause of the Federal States looked so
bright as it does at present. They are
now doing by force of arms what they
could not accomplish by negotiation.
They have now learned the lesson that
they must prosecute the war with vigor,
and soon the so,called Confederate
States will be glad to sue for peace.
The feeling in Canada towards the be
ligerents was, in great measure, at first
in favor of the South, and many hoped
that new republic might be framed on
this side of the Atlantic. How it was
possible for those who owe allegiance to
the British throne to be favorable to the
South, is more than we can see, as Brit
ons have ever expressed a great horror
of slavery, and it was ON, this abomina-
BILE system that Southerners depended
for their wealth and welfare. Depend
ing too much upon this feeling of SYM
pathy, the Confederates sent here among
us certain parties, with full power to
commit what outrages they saw fit upon
the Federal States. The fact that these
raids have been committed here did
much to turn public opinion in the right
direction, viz, in favor of the Federal
Government. a. ai
|, "It is to the people of the Northern
States that we owe much of our pros
perity, and whilst actually keeping neu-
tral, our sympathies should have been
altogether with them. What would we
give for the Southern States? Really,
nothing, as we have no means Of direct
communication; but awith the north it
is very different. At many places along
the frontier it is difficult to say where
the Canadian territory ends and that Of
the American Government commences. J


eve hope befose many months to see
the Federal Government having full
sway over the whole territory which they
held before, and that the stars and
stripes may float proudly in the breeze
on the ramparts Of every city and town
in the Southern States. Right must
prosper in the end, with the working
out of the salvation of the South from
the hands of mercenary men, who have
made themselves rich at the expense of
the people of the Confederacy. The
people are gradually awakening to the
knowledge that they have been deceived,
and many would gladly come into the
Union in fact, with very few excep-
tions, they would take the oath of allie
glance to the Federal Government if
they dared. a.9d
"A few months more, and we trust
the war will be over, and the Union will
be as it formerly was" i,
Year: 1865

A young man and MS wife were pre-
pairing to attend party at the house of
a friend, some distance.


"Henry, my dear husband, don't drink
too much at the party to-day; you will
promise me, won't your" said she, put
ting her hand upon his brow, and rails
ing her eyes to his face with a pleading
glance.


"No, Millie, I will not you may trust
me-"


And he wrapped his infant boy in a
soft blanket, and they proceeded.


The horses were soon prancing over
the turf, and pleasant conversation be-
guiled the way.


"Now, don't forget your promise" !"
whispered the young wife, as she passed
up the steps.


Poor thing! she was the wife of man
who loved to look upon the wine when
it was red. But his love for his wife,
and babe, whom they both idolized, kept
him back, and it was not often that they
joined in the bacchanalian revelries.


The party passed off pleasantly, the
time for departing near, and the wife
descended from the upper chamber to
join her husband. A pang shot through
the trusting heart as she met him, for
he was intoxicated-he had broken his
promise.


Silently they rode homeward, save
when the drunken man would break in
to snatches song, or unmeaning laugh
ter. But the wife rode on, her babe
pressed closely upon her grieved heart.


s'Give me the babe, Mile, I can't
trust you with him." said he, as they
approached dark and somewhat swell
len stream, which they had to ford.


After some hesitation, she resigned
her first born, her darling babe, closely
wrapped in the great blanket, to his
arms. Over the dark waters the noble
steed safely bore them, and when they
reached the bank the mother asked for
the child.


With much care and tenderness ne
placed the bundle in her arms, but when
she clasped it to her bosom no babe was
there 1t had slipped from the blanket,
and the drunken father knew it not.
Year: 1865

He who loses his life in the cause of
his country, is worthy oflasting remem-
brance. But separate monuments can
not be raised to the thousands who in
this war die by disease or fall from the
ranks in the tedious marches, or who are
reported killed" and missing" in the
skirmishes end battles that are constant
ly occurring. The visitor to the battle
field will see many head-board marked
"An unknown soldier lies here,"
''ten, twenty" 'ffty" unknown sol
diers are buried in this trench" Aye
he will see many more mounds with no
head-board at all to mark the spot
These saddening sights meet the eye
on many square mile of more than
dozen of the States of the Union. Brave
men =! An enduring monument must be
erected in honor of your noble deeds,
and sacrifice of self. A scant six feet of
earth and the assurance of the lasting
gratitude of your countrymen, is scarcely
a compensation for your tolls, your suff-
erings, and the final sacrifice of life itself
Many of you have left behind loved ones,
the thought of whose destitute and for
lorn condition, has, perhaps, impaired
the keenest pang to your death struggle.
You would have died content if You
could have had the assurance that your
loved ones would be properly cared for.
1t ,oiU surely be done.


The American people will not be un-
mindful of their duty to the defenders of
their nationality. They will accept the
legacy left them in trust by those of their
fellow citizens who have fallen. The
question of erecting cenotaphs to the
memory of soldiers who have sacrificed
their lives for their country. has been
discussed, 1t is important to settle up
on some shape to give these monuments.
How shall the offerings of the people,
of the nation, and the States, at this
shrine be disposed of? Something will
be offered, Shall they be put into the
form of mere shafts of marble or granite,
with the names of the fallen inscribed
thereon? Or shall they not rather take
some practical enduring shape, which
shall confer lasting blessings on the loved
ones of those who have laid down their
lives for their country in her hour of
trial


The principles in defense of which
these men have lost their lives are last
ing enough, and important enough, to
secure the erection of monuments to their
memory, that shall stand the test of time;
and from which those whose stay and
support they were, shall reap some last
ing benefit. The intelligence and virtue
of the people underlie the permanency
of all republican institutions. Then let
the monuments erected to the memory
of our fallen, be of such a character as
shall be calculated to perpetGe the
principles which they died in defense of.
Let them be educational institutions of a
Year: 1865

DR.. Hall, in his Jonrnal of Health,
says that very few of the sudden deaths
which are said to arise from diseases of
the heart, do really arise from that cause.
To ascertain the real causes of sudden
deaths, che doctor says the experiment
has been tried in Europe, and reported
at scientific congress held at Strasburg.
Sixty six cases of sudden deaths were
made the subjects of thorough ex-
animation. In these eases only two
were found that died from disease Of the
heart. Nine out of sixty mine died of
appoplexy, while there were forty-six
cases of congestion of the lungs, that is
the lungs were so full Of blood that they
could not work, there being not room
enough for sufficient quantity of air
to enter to support life. The doctor
goes On to enumerate the causes that
produce congestion of the lungs. They
are Gold feet, tight clothing, costive
bowels, sitting still until chilled after
being warmed with labor or rapid
walk going too suddenly from close
heated room into the cold air, especially
after speaking, and sudden Oppressive
news operating on the blood. These
causes of sudden deaths being aell
known, our avoidance of them may serve
to lengthen our valuable lives, which
would otherwise be lost under the YER
dict Of complaint. That disease is sup
posed to be inevitable and incurable,
hence men may not take the pains they
would to avoid sudden death, if they
knew it lay in their power.
Year: 1865

Our friend j. is shrewd and sharp in
bushes operations, and keeps his eyes
open for any "good thing" that may
turn up He is cool, selfpossessed,
and isn't easily carried away by any new
thing-as oil, for instance. j. don't be-
lieve much in oil-not now. Thinks
there might be some about here, but
what's the use of getting excited about
it.


The other day J. was in conversation
with a couple of men from Green Town
ship. Very naturally the subject of oil
came up, and one of the men remarked
that there was said to be ''splendid
show on the farm of neighbor of his.
OF course, j. expressed his doubts
about it-didn't believe there was any
oil about there, unless it was in some
body's lamp or oil can, but in the course
of the conversation he adroitly managed
to draw out very minute description
Of the place where the splendid show !"
was said to be.


Half an hour afterwards j. mi ght have
been seen at one of our livery stables,
overcoat and muffler on, inquiring for a
saddle horse. Wanted to take short
side in the country; had little business
out toward Kingston would be back
that evening. They said the horse made
pretty good time out the pike, and that
people along the way thought J. was a
doctor going to see very sick patient.


At all events. in very short time j.
found himself in the "oil region" Then
care was necessary so that suspicion as
to what he was after should not be ex-
cited. He saw two men at distance, In
a field, looking as though they had lost
something and were anxious to find it..
They're hunting for oil, said j. to him
self so he sheered off in the other direc-
tion until out of sight.


After considerable search, he found
the place where the "splendid show !"
was said to be. Tied his horse in the
woods short distance off, and proceeded
carefully on foot, keeping sharp look out
to see if his movements were watched by
anybody. Saw no one but small boy,
who was observing his movements with
some interest. s'He don't know any,
thing about OIL" thought J. and so he
went into mud and water sometimes
less than foot deep and commenced a
critical examination, dipping up hand
fulls of the water and smelling and stir
ring up the mud with a stick, to see if
there might not be some ebulitions OF
gas The ''show" was not encouraging
neither odor nor gas perceptible to
Us keen senses. Small boy gradually
approached and at length inquired:


Say, Mister, what yer doing there in
that mud -


Nothing, nothing at ALL


Small boy-"Guess | know what yer
a huntin' for"


J,-s.What is it,"


Small boy-''Ile, but you wont find
none in there Mister. There's been ten
men here to-day, before you, lookin' for
lie in that mud hole, and didn't find
none, and | guess ther' ain any there.


j. retired in disgust from that s'mud
hole. scraped the mud from his boots
Year: 1865

A wild shrek from the mother arous-
ed him, and he turned just in time to
see the little rosy face rise one moment
above the dark waves, then sink forever.


What a spectacle the idol of his
heart gone forever! and that too by his
own intemperance. The anguish of the
mother, and the remorse of the father
are better imagined than described.
Year: 1865

An exceedingly modest young hqy desif.
ing leg of chicken at the table, s.sfid "Pu
take the part that ought to wear the drawers. :.
A nice young gentleman who sat opposite.
Immediately said: IN take the part Wild,
ought to wear the kustlc r
Year: 1865

V,HE SUBSCRIBER HAVING BEEN EN-
i gagged in the Laundry Business the past year
in Virginia and Gold Hill, and having continued
to get out his work, through all opposition and
all storms. will run his Wagons TO Gold Hill
on TUESDAY of each week, and would respect
fully solicit the patronage Of the public.


shall run Wagon to Gold HILL daily, in the
spring and summer. s


JOSEPH F. HALL,


jaltt Pioneer Laundry.
Year: 1865

hwAsHfSGros, Oct 15.-The drought
in New England affects the Treasury
department here, strange as the state
ment may sound


Eastern paper manufactures have re-
Gently advanced the price of bank note
paper about so per cent, and since
stock and labor are plenty, no other
cause but the lack of water can be as
signed.
Year: 1865

The speech of Col. CASE to our citizens
last night was full of practical common sense
and earnest patriotism. He uttered the SEN
timents of an earnest patriot and a gallant
soldier, and they came from the heart of the
speaker and reached the understandings of
his hearers. Without making any pretentions
to oratory, he delivered most eloquent and
effective address, and it told with great power
upon the crowd who pressed around the
speaker anxious to catch every sentence that
dropped from his lips.
Year: 1865

A Coon SlGS-All the States in which
elections have been held the present year
gave increased majorities for the Republican
Union party. 1t must be remembered that it
is almost unprecedented in the political his
tory of parties in this country that the Ad-
ministration party should have an increased
majority the year after the Presidential cleo
tiop
Year: 1865

The temper of the Alabama Constitutional
Convention is evinced in the vote by fifty
eight to thirty four in favor of the valid
ity of the State debt, contracted to
wage war against the United States for the
overthrow of our Government and the disrup
ton of the Union That is the policy al
ready declared Of the Southern wing of the
reunited Democracy.
Year: 1865

The Erening Post is so hard hearted as to
quote the following extract from leader OF
the World on the Baltimore nomination OF
Lincoln and johnson last year:


ssThe only merit we can discover in this
Baltimore ticket is the merit of consistency:
it is all of piece; the tail does not shame the
head nor the head shame the tail. A rail
splitting buffoon and boorish tailor, both
from the backwoods, both growing up in un.
cooth ignorance, they would afford a grotesque
subject for sataric poet, who might celebrate
them in such strains as Dean Swift be-
slowed on Winston and Ditton. or Aristo
phanes on that servile demagogue, Hyper
bolus.
Year: 1865

SENSATIONAL correspondent Mt Wash
ington are constantly dwelling on the
chances of a disagreement between the
President and the Radicals. There, is
no more danger of it than there is of
any other improbable thing. The last
statement is that the President "has re-
Gently declared that he would not, un-
der any circumstances, be a candidate
for reelection" That is simply a
newspaper reporters stupidity. we
don't believe the President said any
thing about it. If he did it was, con-
trary to his usual good sense.