smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1860

The last number Of the Eastern Clarion
contains this gratifying announcement:


1t says: This gentleman, for many years
District Attorney of the Eighth Judicial Dis
trict, one of the ab.est lawyers in this portion
of the State, and life long Wing and opposer
to the Democracy, has come out in the present
canvass for Breckenridge and Lane. Mr.
Wood is no candidate, neither seeks nor de-
alone by that strong common sense for which
he is remarkable, and by patriotic Southern
feeling, both Of which tell him, that the only
party that stands up for the constitutional
rights Of all sections, and plants itself upon
clearly defined ground consistent at once with
the honor Of the South and the preservation
of the Tn on, is the Constitutional Democratic
party that supports Breckenridge and Lane.


".We had the pleasure. recently, of hearing
MIR. Wool deliver political speech, during
court week, in neighboring county; and we
must say that we have not heard any one
present more iorcibly to the plain understand
ing 81 the people the reasons why every South
ern man ought to vote for the Constitutional
Democratic candidates.
Year: 1860

BLAxDY's STEAM SAW MIL-We would
call the attention of the reader to the adver-
tisemest in another column Of this celebrated
Mill The amountof lumber sawed at a re-
cent Fair is almost incredible, 675119 feet first
rate lumber IN 81 minutes, yet we have un-
impeachable testimony of the fact.
q It IS probable the manufacturers will have
one of these machines at the Fairs about to
be held in this State, and the public will then
have an opportunity of witnessing its mastery
feats In saving.
Year: 1860

This gentleman has just completed a can
yass of the district now represented by him in
Congress.


His speeches, at every appointment, have
been eminently successful, eloquent argu-
mentative and conciliatory in tone, they have
strengthened the Democracy in the right and
justice of their-principles, and at the same
time have done much to disarm opposition.


Owing to the i'll health of his wife, it is not
improbable that Gen. Davis will decline being
candidate for rc-lamination. Should such be
constituents for he has ever been most faith
full to the high trust they have confded to
Year: 1860

a6r Squire Jack was cabinet maker and
undertaken, known far and wide as master
workman. One DAY couple came to bis
Office to get married The mans face was
familiar to the Squire, and be ordered him
off in this wise: "Begoue, you scoundrel ;
you haven't paid me for your first wife's
coffin!
Year: 1860

praise, be it spoken, that they are open and
frank in the avowa of their purpose, and
in their efforts to accomplish it. Herein
they are better than Phillip. We encour-
age them by apathy and bounties; and here
in we are worse than the Athenians
Year: 1860

THE NAyY.-The Ncm York. Herald of
Monday says:


owe learn from reliable sources that a
very great excitement prevails among the
officers of the navy in consequence of the
present state of affairs at the South, and
that so adverse are they to collision with
their fellow citizens in that quarter, that
there will be an almost universal resigna-
ton of their commissions as soon as hostili-
ties break out. They will not imbrue their
hands in the blood of their brethren"
Year: 1860

Do your little readers know how word.


came into existence? They are the chill


drcn of the mind. Some of them have an
easy birth, and others struggl ehard to live
Many of the words in common use have a


very curious origin, and you would do well
to study them. Sincere is one of them
Would you believe it, Il honey bee gives
us this world How, you say? In this way.


The bee gives US honey. put snugly away
in cells Of wax. And the word sincere, is


from two words. sieu, ceua, without wax.
A sincere man is as clear and pure as the
honey without any wax in it, and also as
sweet! Is not sincere pretty word? 1t
has such good parentage. and it represents
a most excellent thing-Children be sincere.


Shall l tell you something about 'kin"
Your kin and mine, and every ones kin.
1t comes from that pretty word Kind, from
which We have kindness. We speak Of a
kind person. Now Kind person "kinned'
person, one Of our own kin. And 50 man.
kind is man ki:mned As we are all of one
race, and all of one kin, man or boy who
is kind, shows that he loves his race, whom
he regards as of one family.


Then there is the word Husband" This
is from house band. He is the chain that
binds wife, children, and servant togethar.
The very name shows how important a
place he holds in the house. He keeps
them altogether. The chain-a silken one
he binds round his wife, and then round
his children. Even when they 60 out to
school. or elsewhere, the chain is On the arm
and around the heart of good children.
Only the bad break the chain. They think
to be free by so doing But they only
break a soft and silken chain for a hard
and heavy one. Wicked boy and girls.
and worse men, will bind them in the
chains Of bad habits, and will lead them
ike Oxen,tO the slaughter.-RepositOry.
Year: 1860

OF all the ills with which mankind are blest
Those ills which make man humble are the best
Pride is the ruin of the human race,


The greatest cause of error and disgrace,


a trembling Ephraim was exalted high,
In Baal offending Ephraim had to die;
So in all time the unpretending soul
VIII soonest reach honors inviting goal,
While leaden ostentation beareth down,
And disappOints her votaries of the crown,
The incense of humility will raise
A man to self-respect and public praise,
Incense Of pride will make man fool
Past all reform by diseipline-of school.
Year: 1860

The bTl which sat last accounts pend
ing before the Tennessee Legislature, having
for its object the expulsion from that State
of free eolored population, called forth let
ter from Judge Casron, of the United States
Supreme Court, addressed to the Nashville
Union and American, in which he protests
strongly against the passage of the bill. The
bill provides that the free negroes shall be
seized and sold il found in the State after the
first day of May next, if they are adults-th'
children to be bound out until they are
twenty one years of age, and then to leave
the State or be sold. Judge Catron objects
to the bill on the ground that "it proposes
to commit an outrage, to perpetrate an OPP
preston and cruelty" This is the piain
truth" he says. "and it is idle to mince words
to soften the fact" A great majority OF the
nersons affected by this contemplated law,
he says, have vested right to freedom by
the judgments and decrees of Courts


If a Northern man had said this, the cry
would be raised that he was an Abolitionist.
But, it so happens that Catron is Tennessee
an, an owner of slaves, and one Of the Judges
who concurred in the Dred Scott Decision.
He cannot be accused of sectional prejudice
in favor of the North, and his ability and
integrity are unquestioned. His opinion is
entitled to very great weight, and will re-
ceive high consideration from the most intel
ligent sources.


The letter of Judge Catron will have a
considerable effect upon the legislation
going on, not only in the State of Tennessee,
but in the States of Missouri. Arkansas, Ma
ryland, Virginia. Alabama, and Louisiana.


BY what principle of right, or by what
constitutional authority n State Legislature
may make n free man slaUe, we confess we
cannot see If the African Slave-trade be
unlawful, nay more, piratical, how is the en-
savement Of n man who is free in America
any more lawful than the enslavement of a
man who is free in Africa To keep those
who are already in slavery slaves is lawful,
because our Constitution allows it, but to
take man who is free, who has never been
a slave, and sell him, under authority of a
statute or in any other way, to a master, at
the same time depriving him of his property.
(for no slave can own property is without
any constitutional warrant which we know
Of. or at any rate which we can now call to
mind. If there be such a warrant, we
should be pleased to see it cited


1t may be that we are in ignorance upon
this subject. If So, we are not ashamed to
be enlightened.
Year: 1860

A LONDON female pickpocket stole five
sOvereigns from lady in an omnibus. On
being arrested, she managed to swallow two,
the remainder being found on her person
Two days after she died in the hospital of the
poison, and post mortem examination re
vealed the two pieces of money in her stom
Rcb, which were recovered and returned to
the owner
Year: 1860

a YOUNG man in Toronto married a pretty
girl OF sixteen. and in three months after the
wedding met with an accident which result
ea In h'S becoming blind. From this tirhe
the wifes affection began to wane, and few
weeks ago she left him, taking with her some
money and other valuables.
Year: 1860

REsPoNsIBLE-The editor of the Express
asserts that he is personally responsible


for what he says or does. Very well. we
like to see man who is responsible. But.
for what specific thing is the editor of the
Express resPonsible2 He has been in the
habit of charging upon us various things by
inuendo-such as that we voted for Repub
lican and the hke-which he did not choos
to reiterate by positive declaration. lie
him make his charges point black, and with
out equivocation, and it will be time enough
then to see whether he is responsible or not
Year: 1860

TIE British Government is drawing large
ly on the white oak forests of Virginia over
800 men are now employed in getting umoe'
in the mountains near Rowlesburg on the
Cheat River, which is to be used Tor gun
carriages.
Year: 1860

Tue New York Times says: There has
been az unusually large number of cases of
smallpox and varioloid in Boston during the
present season. The deaths from this disease
have averaged five or six week for some
time
Year: 1860

The bill providing for the arming and de-
fense of the State, which had been under
discussion for some days in the South Caro-
Ina Legislature, was finally indefinitely
postponed The fact would seem to indicate
that the hre-eaterS Of that State are not yet
quite ready for disuuion.
Year: 1860

RELIEF OF JuDaE TERRx.-A bill has passed
both branches OF the Legislature, giving the
District Courts exclusive jurisdiction to try in
dietments for the crime Of duslling. Mr.. Les
payre, who engineered the bill through the As
ssmbly, stated that, though il had q general ap-
plicatiOn ii was designed for special purpose
viz: to relieve Judge Terry from the penalty
Of the crime for which be now stands indicted.
aud thus keep him out Of the penltentiary.
Terry's case will now be sent TO the San Fran
cisco District Court, and it lie the opinion of
able lawyers that that Court will decide it has
no jurisdiction in this particular case for the
reason that the crime was committed before the
jurisdiction was conferred upon the Court.
Consequently, by this act Of the Legislature,
Terry will be discharged without trial, be-
cause there ia ne Court that bas jurisdiction to
try the case. This case will serve as prece-
dent. Hereafter, whenever political favorite
of the dominant party shall be so unfortunate
or to commit crime that is likely to cOnslgn
him to the penitentiary, all The Legislature will
have to do will be to pass an act giving to some
other Court Jurisdiction Of that particular
crime.
Year: 1860

MAGAZINE LITERATURE.-The surest sign that
a family have been well reared well educated and
accustomed to refined associations is the discovery
upon their table, periodically, of the leading maga-
zines Of the country. They may not be ignorant or


in their possession, but it is pretty strong presump-
tive evidence against them Magazine literature Is
the medium through which the master minds OF the
age philosophers, poets, scholars, and not unfre-
quently statesmen, make themselves known. II is
to distinction, and first shed their light upon the
world. 1t is the form in which science and the arts
are the most attractiyey presented To be ignorant
of the current magazine literature Of the day is to
be confined to a very narrow circle OF thought and
to lag far behind the progress Of the age. II also
demonstrates a want Of mental training and disci-
pline. For well trained and well disciplined
mind cannot fail to have taste for refined reading
and will not be satisfied without the meaus Of grati-
flying it.-MdiysoiHe Democrat.
Year: 1860

SILVER MINES IN CALAvERAs CoUNTy.-A
correspondent of the Calaveras Chronicle, writing
from Railroad Flat, gives the following account Of
the discovery of silver mines in that county:


A new gold and silver mine has been discovered
at the upper end of the Rocky Mill, some twenty
five feet from the end of the long fume. Some Of
the rock has been sent below and tested II is said
to be worth sal per ton OF silver and gold. Eight
men haze Just returned from the mine and state
the vein to be from eight to twelve feet in width and


God only knows the depth and extent. They have
quantity of rock which they think will Weld at
least $500 per ton. One OF the gentleman is from
Washoe, and says he has examined all the silver
lodes in Carson valley, and this is equal to any rock
found in Washoe valley. No little excitement pre-
walls here; $4,000 share is no money IN the est-
nation of the lucky owners. The point where the
vein is found is four miles from the Big Tree twelve
miles from Railroad Flat and directly in the gorge
where the south fork of the Mokelumne river breaks
through the Blue Ridge, and about one hundred
and fifty feet above the bed of the river The rock
IS dark slate color, mixed with shining particles
very hard. 1t was first discovered by the men en-
ployed on Clark's ditch, in December 1856, and
much talked of among the hands as containing some
kind Of valuable mineral. The vein as row exposed
is in the bottom of the ditch. tta4
Year: 1860

IIFh DhNhD H1 DUU'-IHe BuIte DemOcTAt1
Of the lth inst, relates the following incident


A gentleman who was in the vicinity Of Indian
Ranch, Yuba county, last week, informs us OF a
circumstance which recently occurred there, and
which is worthy Of record small child some
three or four years old. had been playing at well,
throwing in rocks, when it unfortunately fell in.
A dog which was with the child gave the alarm By
barking but did not attract the immediate notice OF
the parents. In about half an hour the conduct Of
the dog, running back and forth from the house to
the well and barking furiously, induced the inmates
Of the house to institute search for the child It
of board under alive and uninured although
the distance II had fallen some twelve feet or
more and the depth Of water in the well six feet,
This is another evidence Of the sagacty and watch
fnlness Of some Of the canine species
Year: 1860

ABRUPT ESTRr.-An intoxicated individual
at San Francisco, not long since, let his foot
slip and tumbled through the glass show win
dow of clothing store. AT last accounts, the
proprietor1 had him in prison for damages.
Year: 1860

TEE BATTLE OF LIFE.-Tbs struggle to live
the dreadful strife Of existence ia as literal, for
the obtaining of daily bread as IL savage we're
eontendlng with savage for his very life--the
mental fever, and the constant attrition of the
brain, combined with the free use Of intoxicat-
ing liquors, are, beyond all question, convert
ing the world into huge lunatic asylum, III
which sanity and insanity are mere matters of
degree.
Year: 1860

Quartz D1scovERY IN SOUTHERN oREeoN.-
A quartz vein Of fabulous richness is reported to
have been discovered recently in Rogue river valley.
southern Oregon. The jacksonville Sentinel, pub
hshed near the locality, says a


The product of the gold for the present week far
surpassed the most sanguine anticipations of the
respective owners. At the Ish vein, there had been
up to Thursday noon, about 1400 pounds of gold
quartz rock taken, all of which it is estimated win
yield fully Sl2 to the pound! On Thursday after
noon the company struck upon a section OF the vein
not before worked, and from the ledge itself, and
from the surface ground close adjacent, 600 pounds
Of rock were gathered, all Of which is still mere
auriferous than any before found. The rock Is
literally wedged permeated and washed with gold.
Two fragmentary boulders, one weighing about
sixty pounds and the other nearly forty pounds are
in this described lot and II is positively thought BY
those who have seen them that both viii yield one
pound of gold to every Ave pounds Of rock. There
have been some twenty different lots Of the rock
from there, both fragmentary and venous, brought
here in town and crushed with mortar and peste in
our stores In no instance has the average yield Of
each lot been less than $40 to the pound OF rock,
and in some few instances it has reached SIS to the
pound. The mass, amounting TO over $50 pounds,
has averaged fully SIS to the pound avoirdupois of
quartz, and of this the most indisputable evidence
can be had.
Year: 1860

THAT young man is walking the road TO
ruin," said lawyer, as he sat iu his office
door, and fixed his eye on very smart
looking person passing


The remark arrested my attention, and as
looked upon the fair brow, the elegant
figure, and the elastic step of that young
man, rapid train of thoughts passed thro
my mind.


"Walking the road to ruin 2" Could it
be possible Were all the loves, the hopes
the purposes, which rested on his life. 10
be disappointed z Was he with that bold
brow and fearless step, walking into the
whirlpool of destruction, the shadows OF
despair felt thrill of horror, and an
impulse 10 call after him, and warn him OF
his danger, but he passed round corner,
and disappeared from my sight.
Turning to the gentleman whose remark
had so stirred me, | said, abruptly:


"What do you mean, sir? Wha, have
you seen in Frank Johnson to warrant such
a thought Z"


He said very slowly:


ale dresses too well, and keeps too much
company


"And pray sir' replied, somewhat in
dignantly, "is this all the reason You have
! for your remark ? feared you had discov-
cred him TO be addicted TO drunkenness oil
gambling-or-l did not know what terri.
/ bic evil.


My friend was not one OF those croake rs


who are always grumbling about the de
generacy of the times, and proPhesying
evil of the young, and his words surprised
/ while they grieved me. He read my
/ thoughts Alright, and continued
al think it is bad enough however fol
he is Just as surely on the road TO ruin as i
he were addicted TO :he vices you mention
I do not say he is as far gone but wha
I does that amount to? OF all who are ir
/ that road you cannot tell who will land ir
] perdition first You look on the old topper
/ bloated and staggering, and say he is well
nigh there, but he may creep on and yor
! dashing young fellow, now so far behind


may pass and distance him before yor
/ think OF II"


''You certainly cannot think i: little
! thing that young man spends more thar
/ he earns or that he-whsiever his cifcum
stance-makes his expenses exceed his in
come? Such a course opens the very flood
gates of temptation on his soul anj places


him in position where the devil has moth
! ing TO do but 10 lead him captive at his will


A fearful step is he taking in the road II
| rain, who is contracting pecuniary liabili


ties which he has no means to meet.
Year: 1860

MAEEERs.-Young folks should be man.
nerly but how to be,>is the question. Many
good boys and girls feel that they canno,
behave 10 suit themselves in the presence
of company. They are awkward, clownish,
rough. They feel timid, bashful, and self
distrustful, the moment they are addressed
by a stranger, or appear in company
There is but one way to get over this feel
ing, and acquire easy and graceful manners,
that is, TO do the best they can all the time
at home, as well as abroad Good manners
are not learned so much as acquired by
habit. They grow upon rs by use. We
must be courteous, agreeable, civil, kind !,
gentlemanIy, and womaply at home, and
then it will become a kind of second ma
ture everywhere. A coarse, rough manner
at home, begets habit of roughness which
we cannot lay off if we Try, when we go
among strangers. The most agreeable per-
sons we have ever known in company, are
those that are most agreeable at home
Year: 1860

RELIGIOUS EXERCISES IN BosTON SCHOOLS.
At meeting of the Boston Board OF School
Committee, held in the Council Chamber
Mayor Lincoln presiding, the following rule,
or general order, was made


"Tbe morning exercises Of all the schools
shall commence with the reading Of q portion
OF the Scripture and repetition OF the Lords
prayer by the teacher in each room aud the
afternoon session shall close with appropriate
singing"
Year: 1860

FLOATING THIRTY MILES ON A CAKE dr
IcE.-The Green Bay (Wis.) Advocate relates
q thrilling ice adventure:


Henry Martin and Isaac Gagnor, one with
load of hay, the other with q load Of corn
meal, were travelling on the ice Of Little Bay
de Ncquet. About O'Clock p NJ, they dis
covered crack which cut them OF from the
shore, and that the ice on which they were
was floating them out into Green Bay towards
Deaths Door They embarrassed their horses
and let them 60, and took the box OF one Of
the sleds to use in case they got in to the water
At midnight. being exhausted. they lay down
to sleep under the lee of a hum mock OF ice
In the morning, at O'Clock, they saw land
which proved to be Washington Island. and
they landed outside Deaths Door. They had
thus been driven thirty miles across the Bay
IN one OF the heaviest gales that ever blew
The horses. after being loosed. followed the
men in their raAnbles on the ice until coming
to a weak place they went in Two hours later
one OF the horses swan up to the cake on
which the men were put his head on the ice,
looking beseechingly, but they could not help
the poor brute
Year: 1860

1NsANITY.-Sarah Anderson, servant girl
few weeks since from Methodist revival
meeting, in fearful state of mind Her very
features were affected. She said she had been
converted. Her companions and she had been
SO frightened by the influence Of the service
that they had to be accompanied home. The
preacher had said something about the girl TAX.
ing care OF herself or the devil would get her
Her friend had no control over her She be-
came deilrions, and was sent home. She escaped
from them during the night, and was found
next morning in the cow-byre, holding two of
tho cows by the tail, singifg hymns and songs,
and shouting and praying. All means to re-
store her nationality failed. She was sent to
New York, raving mad.