smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

their artillery not known; but It k certain
1t was handsomely handled giving four Attle
pieces all tho work they could conveniently do Their
object being 70 bead Of, It accomplished
by nightfali al point called Tysons creek. Here we
found that the enemy had destroyed bridge which we
were obliged TO cross II kept present line OF
retreat and had also planted artillery the opposite
ank, apparently determined TO make obstinate
resistance 10 further progress Taking advantage OF
the darkness General Potter moved his column down the
creek, and instead oh going through Greenvie, as the
enemy nigh. have supposed, took the Snowh road-one
that in q different direction. This adroit movement
seemed to perpex the enemy for little while; but in
short tme amid all the darkness, he heard to ap.
proach and the firing his told that we had
been betrayed by guides, who had proclaimed their
loyalty to the Union and said they were ready 10 seal
with their lives.


THE EsEmY ACCOMPANY US TO STREETS FERRY.


The enemy kent on harassing rear, occasionally
ing little execution, woundng few men and killing
few horses, until we reached Streets ferry, on the
Neuse. with transports ready to carry weary and
wornout bodies to Newbern The expedition having been
attended with such brilliant success, neithor officers
men uttered word OF complaint almost dead as they
were with fatigue and Of The expedition had
been absent about six days, and many Of the oicers
and troopers that they have not slept Ave hours in
all that time It hard, very hard work. and those
brave hearts engaged in 1t deserving the unqualified
appreciation Of their countrymeu


7aR CASUALTIES.


Throwing aside the negro catastrophe, II should even
prove true losses have been meagc considering tho
magnitude OF tho work accomplished The Twelfth pro-
badly lost some twenty mon missing and wounded, the
Third nearly the number. The losses OF Grahams
North Caronians. who behaved Callantly under their
intrepid leader. and Mix's regiment, az well





sions handsomely served inconsiderable, except
those resulting from exrome fatigue and exposure to
the blazing The cnemy's losses In men
undoubtedly treble although they had the advantage
OF selecting their positions in harassng rotreat So
confidently was 1t reported in Newborn that we were
badly cut up that endorsements at one time or
dered to hurry relief Colonel Jourdans brigade
OF infantry approached far Swift creek the rst
days march Of the cavalry, as support, but had
turned to Newbern some time before tho cavalry came
back


AMOUNT PROPERTY DEsTRoYED.


The aggregate amount Of rebel property destroyed the
expedition be less than FIVE millions Of dollars while
the value Of mischief done TO their facilities for railroad
transportation tho Wilmington and Weldon road is in
cacuabe. pretty good weeks work for the little but
noble band OF heroes who serving their country en-
cheyaI In North Carolina.
Year: 1863

To THE PEOPLE or THE CRY ov New YoRK-
A riotous demonstration in your city, origi-
mating In opposition to the conscrption Of
soldiers for the military service Of the Uni
ted States, has swelled into vast proper
tions, directing its fury against tho pro-
perty and lives Of peaceful citizens. l
know that many Of those who have par
ticipated in these proceedings would not have
allowed themselves TO be carried TO such ex-
tremes Of violence and Of wrong except under
an apprehension Of injustice; but such persons
are reminded that the only opposition to the
CONSUMPTION which can be allowed Is an appeal
TO the courts.


The right Of every citizen 10 make such an
appeal will be maintained, and the decision Of
the courts must be respected and obeyed by
rulers and people alike. No other course is
consistent with the maintenance Of the laws, the
peace and order of the city and the safety of it's
Inhabitants.


Riotous proceedings must and shall be put
down. The laws of the State OF New York
must be enforced, its peace and order main
tanned, and the lives and property Of all It's
citizens protected, at any and every hazard.
The rights Of every citizen will be properly
guarded and defended by the Chief Magistrate
Of the State.


/ do therefore call upon all persons engaged
in these riotous proceedings to retire to their
homes and employments, declaring TO them
that unless they do SO at once shall use all
the power necessary to restore the peace and
order Of the city. also call upon all well
disposed persons not enrolled for the preserve
tion Of order TO pursue their ordinary avoca-
tions.


Let all citizens stand firmly by the consti-
tuted authorities, sustaining law and order in
the city, and ready to answer any such demand
a. circumstances may render necessary for me
to make upon their services, and they may
rely upon rigid enforcement of the laws Of
this State against all who violate them.


HORATIO SEYMOUR, Governor.


New Yoax, July IA, 1868.
Year: 1863

The Abolition papers are endeavoring to prop
up Lincoln and his policy by publishing report
ed resolutions aud remarks Of army oficers -
We are not at all surprised that there are some
men who will sacrifice conscience and country
to retain their big salaries and 1t is generally
such as these who are brawling indorsers OF
Lincoln's proclamation. Democratic papers IN
all parts of the country are publishing ietters
from the private soldiers of like character with
those we have recently published, though many
of them much more severe. Some of the off,
cers seem willing to do anything to retain their
positions, but the privates object to being used
for any other purpose than that for which they
vOlunteered.-HOlmes County Farmer.
Year: 1863

The effect, If not the design, of the three
hundred dollar exemption clause Of the Con.
scription bill 10 simply to compel the poor to %
to the war and to relieve the rich from going
This is reversal Of the right order of things
1t is the poor and not the rich who should be
exempted, If any body be exempted The Door
have comparatively little interest in the event
of the war, and if they have families depend,
ent upon them for support, the seizure of then
for military service leaves behind destitutiop
and distress; whereas the rich have large inter
eats In the event of the war, and they MAY
60 into she military service and leave abund-
ance and comfort at home. s9eUi
p The abolition newspapers are striving Il
cover the hideous wrong of this clause OF tn,
Law. If they shall deceive anybody now, tn,
deluded will wake up to true conception O
the reality whom the law shall be put into actu
a. operation: Like all anti. democratic legisla
ton, 1t is law to exalt the rich and oprres
the poor--to make the rich richer and the poo
poorer. .-Chfca9o Times.
Year: 1863

We have received for publication series Of
resolutions which purport to have been adopted
unanimously by the One Hundred and Sixteenth
Ohio Regiment, large portion of whom are
Democrats from this county. The committee
on resolutions consisted solely OF officers, and
the chairman ia Lieut. Colonel Wiles, formerly
editor of the Athens Messenger, paper of the
Horace Greeley school of politics. We are
glad that copy was sent us, for it gives US an
opportunity Of exposing the manner in which
these things are done. We know that about
nine-tenths Of the regiment oppose not only the
sentiments contained in portion of the resolu.
tions. but are opposed to any political resolutions
Of any kind in the army, believing that such
things are productive of evil, and in any event
that they can be of no good. Lieutenant Col
Wiles, we think, had much better attend to his
duties as a soldier
Year: 1863

BELIEVE HAVE NO LAWFUL RIGHT TO DO
so, AND HAVE NO INCLINATION TO DO so.'
Those who nominated and elected me did


so with full knowledge that / made this and


many similar declarations, and had never


recanted them. Inop reiterate these senti-


ments; and in doing so, I only press upon


the public attention the most conclusive
evidence of which the case is susceptible,
that the property, peace and security OF no
section are to be in any wise endangered by
the now incoming administration. add,
too, that all the protection which, consist
emily with the Constitution and laws, can
be given, will be cheerfully given to all the
States when lawfully demanded, for what
ever cause-as cheerfully to one section as
to another.


Aye, keep the promise. 1t is written in
the Crittenden Resolution which declared
that the war was waged to maintain the
G Constitution and not to abridge the rights
of the States, and that as soon as this end
was accomplished it should cease


These are the promises which President
Lincoln made to the People-before cleo
tiop, upon his Inauguration, and since!-l
Upon this pledge the people have staked
their lives and their fortunes. Does ne
now hold that the promise made to the Ne
,roes must be fulfilled, while his oaths and
pledges to the People, may be broken?
Year: 1863

The Abolitionsts tell Us slavery Is dead
and in the same breath cry out Ter the con-
tinuance of the war, against it. They are
not satisfied with staying but must hack
and mangle the corpse Of the dead object Of
their hatred. 1t is an expensive amuse,
ment we are induIging them with. f =
Year: 1863

the tax x-gatherer with the other. that they
may eujoy it after the patriotism and he.
-roism of better men than themselves have


secured the triumph which viii enable


them to enjoy it in safety. To the Young


men whom l see around me I have to saw,
it is for you to chose which Of these two
Glasses of the community you will attach


yourselves. 1t you are prepared to ioin


the former, the greeting you give to these


our brave neighbors returned from the
field, are as honorable to you asgratifyiup


to them. If, on the other hand You think


more of your lives, more of your fortunes,


more of your personal expectations, than


you think of your country, your saluta-


tlons are mockery, and the sight of these


war-Worn veterans ought to strike you


with confusion and shame. For myself,


if were within the ages and other condi-


tions of military service, II would not have


appeared here on this occasion unless it
were to take up the fire. lock that one of


those our honored neighbors has now come


to lay down! / love the man that will not


allow his name to be written on the regis.


terjof the provost marshal. 1t Is bad


enough to be balloted for as a candidate


for q civil Office. An honest, and loyal


man, however, must submit to that, some.
tunes. On the contrary, my neighbors and
countrymen shoufdSneyer have a chance
to cast lots over me as a 'conscript,1 SO long
as they should leave me, at liberty to vol.
unteer. Fair play is a jewel-equalityi in
risks and hazards, as well as in profits and
honors, is the only true Justice. Lam
proud of the whole army of the United
States, / bear grateful affection to every
division and every corps of it. am
Prouder OF you, and cherish you for more
grateful affection than Others, because,
equally merltorious with the. best, you
are my nearest, truest aad most faith
tul friends. have shown this by OPEN
ing my lips and heart to you-lips and
heart that | have never before opened on
any occasion since the seal of official. re-
sponsibility was. imposed upon me, when
this unhappy war first broke out. The
honor that you receive this day is but the
beginning of honors which will increas-
ing as long as you live. In my childhood
l followed with love and veneration the
steps of the heroes of the Revolution. l
saw that love and that yeneration become
the universal sentiment of the American
people, so far that be, who differed from
them, or opposed them, or denied the hom-
age OF his respect, was deemed unworthy
to be an American. citizen. Such love and
generation begin to cluster upon you to-
day, and they will continue till they reach.
such height that when the hum6lest of
you finds his last resting place, here or
elsewhere, under the restored and complete
authority of our glorious national Union,
his son will be deemed to have in his
fathers fame an inheritance richer. than
the treasure that can be transmitted to his
heirs by the wealthiest among US. Our
posterity willlook out for the heirs of the
soldier, and cover them with the gratitude
which the fathers lifetime was too brief
to exhaust. ri 5 - ..s..sIl.r asa n r..
Year: 1863

A SPECIMEN PREAcHER.-A couple of Sum
days ago a rascal, whose name we have for
gotten, superintendent the administration of
the sacrament:in oneof the churches in Car
roll county. He said no Vallandigham man
should commune and seemed very particular
about the kind of christians he admitted
We'll, that was right. Being good man him
self, he ought TO cleanse his church. But un-
fortunately for Dir. Preacher, some three or
four years ago he seduced young girl and
brought her to grief and ruin He was tried
in the Carroll Common Pleas and verdict of
50, 900 rendered against him. Now, we think
no good Vallandigh man other christian
would want such a scoundfel to adfnInister the
communion to him. So ne are glad they
were refused. It is coming fast to what we
long have predicted;-.the rascals are all going
into the church and driving the good men out.
No long time will elapse till a mans religion
vi Il be proven by the fact that he has no
church certificate about him.


Z ! :
Year: 1863

The Canal Convention at Chicago sp-
pointed a committee to prepare memorial
to the President Of the United States and
Congress, urging the passage Of laws
necessary to the construction Of the
canal between the Mississippi river and
the Atlantic, with canals connecting the
lakes, as . great military and commercial
necessity.
Year: 1863

In 1860 over six millions pounds Of to-
bacco were raised in Connecticut, and this
year it is calculated the amount will be
doubled AS the valley of the Connecticut
is,this season to be almost entirely devo-
ted to this crop. At the present price of
the weed-as much again as it used to be
the returns to the producers will be ex-
ceedingly profitable. This State now
stands the tenth in the Union in the pro-
5uction of tobacco.
Year: 1863




DU The correspondent of the Tribune
for the Department of the South, in his
last letter to that paper, says that gifted
and good women from the North, instead
of going to foreign climes on the grand
mission of humanity, are landing in this
department almost every week, who I'M
mediately engage in the noble task OF
teaching these benighted blacks to read
and write and cultivate the christian vir-
tues. Ladies can be found here daily
teaching in the negro schools who would
adorn the highest social circles, and be
admired wherever they are known for
their beauty their wit, and their generous
and liberal christian culture. If the black
race ON this continent is to be emaneipa-
ted, not only from despotic servitude but
from the bondage of ignorance and super
stitiOn, II will be mainly through the
teaching of these good women.
Year: 1863

An old bachelor geologist, was oneo
boasting that every rock was as familiar
to him as the alphabet. A lady who was
present declared she knew of a rock of
which he was ignorant "Name it, said
the Clycops, in rage. 1T is rock the
cradle, replied the lady.
Year: 1863

messed before. Quickly mounting the va
can't rostrum, I drew my field glass from
my pocket, and proceeded to scan the
wonderful white object which had pro-
duced such an electrical effect. 1t was
moving on, as I fixed my glass upon it,
and found it to be new banner, born
by a fat young man in white apron, and
bearing the inscription:
Year: 1863

az Every married man should let
his wife have the management of the
home department, and give her as Sec
retary, the control of the differnt
bureaus. Don't let her have anything
to do with the War Department.-Es.


Then how is she to bring the Lntan-
try up to the "breast-works," we should
like to know, in case of an attack of the
measles ?" 1t is evident the writer of
the above have never been in any en-
gagements."
Year: 1863

"A great many years since, when
bright eyed and fair-haired lasses, were
not SO plenty as they now are, there
dwelt in the town of P, a pretty viii
lage, distance some twenty-five miles
from the market town, peculiarly
ugly and cross grained but wealthy
farmer named Danforth, who had a
daughter as pretty as he was ugly.


Minnie was Danforth's only child,
and report said truly that she would be
his sole legatee. The old man was a
sturdy farmer, and was estimated to be
worth full twenty thousand dollars; at
that period very handsome fortune
to be sure.


The sparkling eyes and winning
manners of Minnie Danforth had stirred
up the finer feeling of the whole male
portion of the village, but her father
was peculiar and none succeeded in
making headway with him and her.


In the meantime, Minnie had a true
and loyal lover in secret! Who would
have supposed for one moment that
such a fellow would dare to look on
beauty and comparativement refine
ment? His name was Walker, or as
he was generally called Joe. Walker,
and was simply farmer employed by
old Danforth, who had entrusted Joe.
with the management of his place two
or three years.


But very excellent farmer and right
good manager was Joe. Walker. He
was young too-only twenty-three; and
he actually fell in love with this beau
tiful, pleasant, joyous Minnie Danforth,
his employers daughter. But the
strangest part of the occurrence was,
that Minnie returned his love, earnestly,
truly, frankly and promised to wed him
at favorable time.


Things went on merrily for a time,
but old Danforth discovered certain
glances and attentions between them,
which excited his envy and suspicious.
Very soon afterwards Joe learned the
old mans mind directly in regard to
the future disposal of Minnie's hand,
and he quickly saw his case was hope
less one unless he restored to stratagem
so he set bis wits at once to work. By
agreement, an apparently settled dislike
and coldness was observed by the low
ers towards each other for five or six
months; aud the father saw, as he be-
lieved, with satisfaction that his previ-
GUS fears had been premature. They
by agreement also between them, Joe
absented himself from home at evening,
and night after night for full three
months longer did Joe disappear as
soon as his work was finished, to return
home only at late bed time. This was
unusual, and old Danforth determined
to know the cause of it.


Joe frankly confessed that he was in
love with a mans daughter, who resid-
ed less than three miles distant, but af-
ter faithful attachment between them
for several months, the old man had
utterly refused his application for the
young girls hand.


This was capital-just what the old
man desired. This satisfied him that
he had made a mistake in regard to his
own child, and he would help Joe get
married, and thus stop all further
trouble or suspicious, at home, So he
said:


"Do you like her p


"Yes, sir-yes."


e9'hen marry her,"


"Bet l can't-her father objects"


"Pho let him'do so, what need You
care? Ron away with her,"


"Elope?"


eyes Off with her at once. Hthe
gal will sioin al right. Marry her.
Year: 1863

THE FIRST MARRIAGE.-"And Adam
said: This is now bone of my bone,
and flesh of my flesh; she shall be
called woman, because she was taken
out of man. Therefore shall a man
leave his father and mother, and
shall cleave unto his wife.-They shall
be one flesh"


No cards.
Year: 1863

Everything Qaiet i'm the City-The AL


legged Cause or the Draft.


The peace of the city yesterday was not dis
turbed by single act which could create any
alarm. Perfect quiotness prevailed in all
quarters. General Dix, who has arrived here
to take command or the Military District of the
East, had a long interview with Governor Sey-
mour, which was said to be of most satisfac-
tory character. General Candy was present at
the interview. 1t was apparently understood
by the parties to the conference that no trouble
between the State and federal authorities was
imminent. Indeed Governor Seymour init
mated that no interference between the two
authorities had occurred up to this time and
that he presumed that all the administration
had done in sending troops yet was merely
from their desire to protect property here and
prevent its destruction, adding that there was
q large amount Of government property in this
city.


1t will be seen by the statement of our cor
respondent in Washington, published In another
column, that the reasons for the present draft of
three hundred thousand men may have diff
ferent complexion from what is supposed; that,
in fact, the government are satisfied that con-
scripts are not needed to put down the re-
bellion, now that the armies of General Meade,
General Grant, General Rosecrans and General
Banks have obtained such signal victories over
the rebels at various points. 1t is intimated
that an anxiety to be prepared to meet the
threats implied by the recent significant
speeches in the British Parliament the hostile
tone of portion of the English press and
the indications inferred from the decision
in the Alexandra case, has induced the
President to inelease the army and strengthen
our seacoast defences in case of contingency,
which is how regarded by the administration
as by no means improbable. It is said that the
government at Washington has come to the re-
solution to suffer NO longer the fitting out of
armed cruisers for the use Of the rebels in the
ports of Great Britain, and that the confrma-
tion of the decision In the case Of the Alexandra
by the higher court Of England-which Is con.
fdently expected-will be considered as a de-
claration of war on the part Of the British
government.


In this emergency 1t is said that the Presi-
dent deems call for three hundred thousand
men paramount duty.
Year: 1863

The whole city remained in state Of pro-
found peace yesterday from daylight untiI long
after midnight. Not the slightest disturbance
occurred, although considerable excitement
prevailed relative to the declared intention of
the government to enforce the conscription.