smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864

to the treaty made last fall with them by
Governor Ramsey.


The Chief said al the time the treaty
was made he was away and did not know
it was signed, which was done without his
CONSENT and asked q day longer to think
Of the treaty. Their request was granted.
They were told by the Secretary that the
great father would do by them exactly ss
he thought their interests demanded, ac-
cording to his judgment.


The House appointed q Committee Of
Fsrnsworth of Illinois, Rice Of Missouri
and ROss Of Illinois, to superintend the
removal Of the remains Of Mr.. Lovejoy
from Brooklyn.
Year: 1864

General Wool has written letter TO the
Secretary Of the Albany Bazaar, in which
he gives his plan for the defeat and crush
ing Of the rebellion during the ensuing
campaign. BE would have two hundred
and City thousand men under Grant, and
ss many more under Meade, moving upon
the enemy ct once and with irresistible
power. Thus, placed between the upper
and neither griDdstones, the rebellion
would be efsotuslly crushed.
Year: 1864

Henry Ward Beecher, in q recent ser
mon on "Heroism," related the case Of an
assay officer, who saved over eighty thous-
and dollars, which By law be might keep,
but which he handed over to the govern
menf, and did not think there WAS any
thing Of merit in the act.
Year: 1864

" And thus monotony itself is cause
and element Of happiness Wbioh, amid the
shifting tumulis Of the world, we are ant
to ignore. Plutaroh, indeed, says truly
that the shoe takes the form of the foot


not the foot the form Of the shoe meaning
thereby that mans life is nodded by the
disposition Of the soul. But new shoes
chafe the foot, new customers the soul.
The stoutest pedestrian would flag on q
long walk if he put on new shoes st every
second mile
Year: 1864

Do you see that group Of Ladies go
ingup or down Cedar St ? Nine chances
out of ten they are going or ksve been
to Morse's "Gallery Of the Cumberland,
IS Cedar st, opposite Commercial Hotel


OctZ7-tf
Year: 1864

has no power to protect itself. The policy
of the Government towards these home traitors
looks like evidence of cowardice or the weak
ness of Republican Government. We look
for change in this respect as the people be-
come convinced of the necessities of the case


and We pray that the change may come soon.
Year: 1864

KEEP Your EYE ON Your NEIGHBoRs.-
Take care of them. DO not let them stir
without watching. They may do something
wrong, if you do. To be sure, you never
knew them to do anything very bad. but it
NAV be on your account they have not. Per
haps, if it had not been for your kind care,
they might have dissraced themselves and
families long time ago. Therefore, do not
relax any effort to keep them where they
ought to be never mind your own business,
that will take care of itself. There is man
passing along-he is looking over the fence
be suspicious Of him; perhaps he contem-
plates stealing something some of these dark
nights; there is no knowing what he may
have got into his head.


If YOU find any symptoms ofany one pass
ing out of the path Of duty, tell every one else
that YOU can see and be particular to see IL
great many. 1t is a good way to circulate
such things, though it may not benefit yonr
self or any one else particularly. DO keep
something ling silence is dreadful thing:
though it is sal | there was silence in Heaven
for the space of half an hoar. do not let any
such thing occur on earth it would be too
much like Heaven for this mundane sphere.
II, f;cr all your watchtul care, you cannot
sec anything out of the way in any one. you
ina, b. sure it is not because they have not
done anything bad; perhaps. in an ungnarded
moment, yon LOSE sight Of them--throw out
hints that they are NJ b 1T II than they should
be--,hat yon should not wonder if people
found out what they were after while,
then they may no. carry their heals so high.
Keep it going, and som, on will take the
hint aud begin to help You after while
then there will be music, and everything will
work to charm.
Year: 1864

EXPANDING TIE LUNGS. Step cut into
the purest air you can ind stand per-
fecty erect, with the head and shoulders
back and then fixing the lips as though you
were going to whistle, draw the air, not
through the nostrils, but through the lips,
into the lungs. When the chest is about
tull, raise the arms, keep them extended
with the palms of the hands down, as you
suck in the air, so as to bring them over
the head just as the lungs are quite full
Then drop the thumbs Inward and after
gently forcing the arms backward, and
the chest open, reverse the process by
which you draw your breath, till the
lungs are entirely empty. This process
should be repeated three or four times
during the day. 1t is impossible to de-
scribe to one who has never tried it, tho
glorious sense of vigor which follows tho
exercise 1t is the best expectorant il
the world. We know gentleman, thu
measure of whose chest has been increased
by this means some three inches duriu:
as many months.
Year: 1864

WA venerable lady in her hundredth
year, lost her daughter who had attained
the good age of eighty. The mothers grief
was great, and to friend who came to con-
dole with her. She remarked: "Oh dear!
knew should never be able to raise that
childn
Year: 1864

A cotemporary publishes this afternoon as
information received by Government state
ments that great victory was achieved by
General Grant on Wednesday and Thursday,
driving the enemy two and a half miles, with
immense loss to the enemy, and that Gen. e..
was following up that victory on Friday
morning by an assault on the enemy's works.


We should be very glad to be able to confirm
this news, but have to say that after dIligent
inquiry we are satisfied that Government has
received no such information, or any information
Of more decisive results than that furnished py
the Tribune dispatch elsewhere.


The fact that Meade was able to stand the
brunt Of the Confederate onset with portion
of his command is considered q hopeful indi.
cation, and we hope soon to be able to announce
decisive victory; but we shall not trife with
our readers by manufacturing bogus victories
for an hours sensation.


The moment any reliable information ia re.
ceiyed we shall issue it in a supplementary
edition.
Year: 1864

AZ stated elsewhere, 1t is believed that Lee Is
falling back, but we judge that In 50 doing he
will not fall back upon Richmond, bat upon
Orange Court House, which has been his head
quarters during the winter, and which is In
direct communication with GordonsViiie'
Charlottesville and Lynchburg, which Po'n's'
and not Richmond, are his base Of supplies.


The line of attack by Lee In the hsnane Oh
Thursday and Friday nearly at right angles
with Grants line Of advance. and from tne
direction of Orange Court House indicates
that Lee made the latter point his base and
headquarters.


The forced march Of a day and night by
Burnside from Manassas, by which he got Aii
troops to Grants support on Thursday night
is said to have surpassed even his brilliant
forced marches in East Tennessee, by which
he surprised the enemy there. Probably Let
has by this time had occasion to feel their pre-
sence with Grant
Year: 1864

PREVALENT RUMORs.-There is q rumor In
the city to-day that General Burnside was
wounded in fight which occurred yesterday.
We are confident there is no truth whatever in
the report


1t is said that our army Is to-day In posses
sion OF Orange Court House, which Is nine
miles from 6ordonsville


We have no positive information in regard
to anv fighting as yet at the front. It Is said
that our forces took possession of the rebel for
tifications In the wilderness without resistance,
no forces being found in them.-Alezandria
Journal, Mau 9Th.
Year: 1864

As the down train from Brandy Station was
ON the way down this morning, when about
three miles this side Of Bull Run, it was fred


into by guerrillas concealed in the woods. A
volley was returned by the guard on the train.
Year: 1864

There is a secret drawer in every heart,


Wherein We lay our treasures one by one;
Each a remembrance If the buried past;


Each an enshrned relic Of the time that's gone
The old delights Of childhood long ago;


The things We loved because we knew them best
Tho frst discovered primrose in our path;


The cuckoo's earliest notes, the robins nest.
The merry haymaking round our home;


Our rambies in the summer woods and ianos;
The story told beside the winter fire,


While the wind moancd across tho window panes
The golden dreams drcampt in after years,
Those magic visions Of our young rom tncc;
The sunny nooks the fountains and the flowers
Gliding the fairy landscape oil our trance
Tho link which bonnd us later still to one


Who FL. the corner in our life to-day,
Without whose love dare not dream how dark
The rest would seer, if it were gone away
The song tha. thrilled our souls with every joy;
The gentle word that unexpected came;
The gilt we priced, bee tuse the thought was kind
Vhe thousand, thousand things that have no name
All these in some far hildcn Garner lie;


Within the mystery # that ccret drawer,
Whose magic spring though stranger hands may


touch,


Yet none may gaze upon its guarded store.
Year: 1864

How TO PLAY TnIcKs.--A young maj
was studying at college. One afternoon
he walked out with an instructor, they
CHANGED to see an old pair of shoes by the
side of the path, belonging to an old mai.
at work near by.


Let us have little amusement at his
expense said the student. Suppose we
should hide these shoes. and conceal our.
selves in the bushes to watch his perplexity
when he cannot find them"


Il can think Of better trick than
that" said the instructor. "You are
rich suppose you put a silver dollar in
the toe Of each Of his shoes, and then we
will hide"


The young man did so The poor man
finished work soon, and went to put OH his
shoes. You can imagine his surprise when
he stopped down to take out pebble, as
he supposed, from the toe, and found
bright silver dol al; and when be found
still another in the other shoe, his feelings
overcome him be fell upon his knees
looking up to heaven, and uttered a long
and tervent thanksgiving, in which be
thanked a kind Providence for some un-
known hand to save from perishing his SICK
and helpless wife, and his children with
out bread. Do you wonder the young
man stood i'll his hiding place deeply affect
ed. Young friends, when you wish to en-
JOY real pleasure in witnessing the per-
pexity Of others, see if you cannot, some
way, imitatc the student
Year: 1864

CULTIVATE THE So1L.-We agree with
the Augusta journal that the " high prices
which now rule for all farm products should
serve as the strongest motive for putting
forth every practical effort to increase pro
duction. There is great demand for la
borers to till the soil and this demand
should dc chcerfuly met, up to the full en-
ployment OF all mcn who are able to work
Farmers must not, if they would be wise
men, lessen their forces in the field on ac-
couat OF an increase Of wages. Mechanics
and manufacturers, and business and pro-
lcssional men. who cannot be employed in
the army, should take a new interest in
the operations Of the field of vegetable cul-
turc, mt least to the amount OF female la
Dor which they may in their several pur-
suits he able TO employ, in order to give
their time to ealtigating the soil In this
way thousands of .cres in Mai: should be
put to high farming Uses the present season
IN the production OF Vegetables and grains,
true patriotism reqaircs this at the han Is
Of all lnen who desire the welfare Of their
country. y short crop would be disaster
Of sadlcst effect X WIZ
Year: 1864

PAINTING Horsrs. = Experience Las
shown US that spring or autumn is the
best time to paint surfaces which are
very much exposed to the sun la cold
weather it dries slowly, and in hot wealth
er the oil soaks into the wood aud the
body" of the paint is easily washed off
by rain.
Year: 1864

In his speech at the banquet to the
Irish Brigade on Saturday evening, GEN
eral Mesgher thus pertinently presented
the question of parties in the Union At
this time; "There are but two parties in
this country: one, the federal armies
under Abraham Lincoln and the other,
the rebel armies under jeff Davis.
These are the only two parties in the
country to-day; and until the party
headed by Davis has been utterly routed
and aunihilated stand by your party.
Il is the party Of the country, Of its bis
tory, Of its future"


The people of the North are rapidly
coming to understand this question Of
parties precisely as General Meaghsr
states it. They see that are but two
sides to this controversy: that either We
must crush the rebellion Or the rebellion
will crush rs. And they mean thatthere
shall be no doubt of the issue-the rebel
lion must be destroyed and the nation
saved 10 bless mankind for centuries 70
come by its influence and example,.
z Post.
Year: 1864

hAAAA OF hrtGiSh OIGtcer 20 EorG


sumter.


The London Times publishes an ex-
tract from letter Of q British officer at
Charleston, dated the 10Th Of November,
as follows:


] went yesterday evening (ths 15th)
to Fort Sumter. Il was a most interest
ing expedition. The Federals use
powerful calcium light At Bsttsry Gregg,
with which they illuminate Sumter to
such q degree that il is impossible for
steamers to go up to the wharf at night
as they used to 90, and we had to land
in row boats. They were shelling very
rapidly, and il became most exciting
when we neared the fort, especially when
we came into the glare Of the calcium
light and they could see as.


No accident befel us, however, IS we
went in, and once inside the place, and
in the bomb proofs, we were perfectly
safe. The bomb proofs are lofty and
spacious, and well ventilated. The last
bombardment has not injured them ia
slightest degree; indeed, they are, if any
thing, really stronger than before, from
the amount of the debris knocked down
upon them. Major Elliot, the command
ant was kind enough to take me out
into the area and on the parBpet, to show
me the effects of the bombardment--
q courtesy, by-the-by, which, consider
ing the lively way in which shells we're
flying about us, was indicative Of very
genuine pOliteness.


We had not been have a minute in the
area when one of the lOOkOuts got his
Jaw broken with q bit of shell, and we
hardly got back when another poor fell
low was brought in with tWo-tbirds of
his head knocked off. Under these cir
cumstances we did not stay long; still /
had time enough to take 3 good leOk
around and see all l wished. The place
is undoubtedly very much injured; in
deed, it is hardly possible to do she
walls any further damage. The sea
front is almost entirely knocked into the
area, and you can now walk up from the
sea to the top of the walls which once
faced the sea. The wall which they
battered so in August is now the best
one lef; it retains pretty well its origi-
nal height. Il is the part of the building
which originally contained the officers
quarters, and was made pretty solid be-
tween April and August by filling up
every vacuum with sand. The side to-
wards the city has also, comparatively
suffered little. The casualties in the
fort are seldom heavy, and arise from the
men exposing themselves carelessly. The
sentinels, most of whom have 10 be
posted at night, have mostly = shelter
into which they can dodge when they
see a shell coming. On cur return from
the fort we were again pelted with all
kinds of missiles, even with grape this
time; and one of our bOatmen got hit in
the head, and another in the back,
though very slightly.
Year: 1864

Allow me TO introduce to you my friend. J. ". DOL
bear who sits your city for the purpose Of teach
ing Penmanshp and Photography. His reputation
rs a successful teacher is well and so widely estab
lighed that will say nothing on that score. only
desire 10 present him as gentleman from Whcse So
ciety have derived much pleasure and proat and as
one whom you have the intelligence TO appreciate.
anything you may do to further his designs will be
gratefully acknowledged by your friend,


JOHN g. EDGAR
Year: 1864

TIE RATE OF TAxATIoN--The Receiver al
Taxes has announced that he is now ready -
receive the taxes on the personal estate in the
city. The books for real estate are not yet
complete. The taxation this year IL tho
heaviest we have Jet had TO pay. Upon the
real and personal property combined 70
amounts to 2 61-100 per cent, and yet the peo.
pie consent to pay It with comparative cheer
fulncss. complaining only Of tho corruptIons
OF the municipal government, to which they
attribute the necessity for this increased bur
maintainance Of the war are concerned, there Il
no unwillingness to pay them, although they
are very severe. People paid three pei. GENT ON
their incomes last year, and now they are
assessed FIVE per cent more on the same In
come. Thus, adding the city tax above -
ferred to, we are actually paying an annual
tax at rate OF 10 6l-l00 per cent. m


Besides the direct taxes, here specified. We
must remember that we are paying an indirect
taxation upon everything we use, whether manu-
factured or imported, and hence 1t lie impossi.
BILE to tell really low much the people are con-
tributing to the government In this way.
England, who has been croaking about our
inability to bear this immense financial pres
sure, and lie anxious to divide the republic, may
well look with astonishment at these facts. We
will give her little bit Of Information here.
and that is that if the empire holds together
long enough, che will have 70 pay Of our
national debt on the expectation OF cotton and
tobacco alone. Let her put that in her pipe
and smoke Il along with the tobacco.


There is no other country in the world could
pay such taxation as this, and IL ought to be
lesson to those people in Europe who have.
been crying out that we could never bear tho
debt Of four or five thousand millions incurred
by the war. They will find that we can and
that the people will cheerfully bear the weight
of taxation Cor the honor of the country.
Year: 1864




CHEF JUSTICE TANEY.--The human fandmsrks
Of the Revolution are one by one succumbing
to the inexorable law which governs all hu-
manity. The veterans who participated in tho
revolutionary battle fields have dwindled down
to melancholy few. and intwo or three years
more the residue will have departed TO give
place to new generation of petriots-ths
veterans of the present war.


The death OF Chief Justice Taney has removed
another Of the famous contemporaries Of the
birth Of American independence. who for %
many years has been the chief interpreter OF the
constitution which was adopted twelve years
after he was born. II might almost be said
Of him what Grattan declared of the Irsh
nation, that be had watched beside its cradle
and followed its hearse. Chief Justice Taney
lived to see the constitution violated, trampled
upon by treason; but he died beholding the
dawn OF that day when treason shall stsggel
before the valiant armies OF the republic, and
rebellion 60 down before the loyalty Of the
people. or the political or judicial course Of
the late Chief Justice. we shall say nothing
here. His duties were of that character which
invite adverse criticism and it was not spared
While his judgments were regarded by one party
as models Of wisdom and justice, some of them
have been bitterly assailed in other quarters
or his personal honor, his integrity as Judge
and his acumen as lawyer, we believe there
was but one opinion All the old jurists Of
the last century are dropping of rapidly. In
Epg and, Lyndhurst has gone at ripe old age
within the past year. Brougham who, In hia
eighty-third year, presents almost the sama
vigor of mind as characterized his prime, d
still left. It is but short time ago that he
delivered an elaborate statistical address be-
fore the Convention Of Social Science at Bath.
exhibiting perspicuity Of thought and grasp
of knowledge not unworthy of his earlier
efforts. The Chief Justice Sir Alexander Cook
burn, Blackburn, Erie and Pollock, though
still vigorous, are advancing into the period oa
the sere and yellow leaf. A few years moro
and thssexton Time, will have gathered them
in. to make ~ W W :G perhaps whom fame


has not now MARKED out ior nn:l n:g 4 station.
Year: 1864

Here Pennsylvania and Indiana, for the demo-
Gratis, foreshadow the Presidential result, while
Ohio is on the losing side.


In the year ls4s the Presidential contest was
again determined by an abolition balance of
power, developed into large proportions and
drawing off heavy vote from the old democ-
racy Of New York, in support Of the inde-
pendent free soil Buffalo Van Buren ticket
OF the October elections Of that year we find
the following recorded results-
Year: 1864

tears that eyes like hers alone could


weep, and sighed that she might look up
on his image once again. She was an or.
phsn now, and who MAS there, save the
Eye Of the All Seeing and watehfal
maker Of US all, who pitied the fate Of
that poor, parentless orphan girl, weep
ing over the grave Of her father Alas
who seemed to care. Returning from
her visit to the grave, with her bright
and beautiful eyes dimmed with tears
OF sorrow, she spied her wounded


brother on the way back to the front /;
she clung to him as if death had sealed
the embrace forever, and her kisses
were the last tributes of love which
she could give him. In hall an hour
they were separated He going with
the soldiers to the front, and she left
alone IN a strange city, miles away from
friends Or home That tender en-
brace, that fond and affectionate kiss Of
love, that sad hour of parting and
mournful word good bye, all may have
been the last They may never meet
again. The brave young girl arrived in
this city yesterday, and left for home
in the evening. She is but fourteen
years of age, her face and form is pret-
~, and her eyes and hair as black as
raven wing. She is very intelligent
indeed, for girl Of her age, and the
look of sympathy and the story Of her
unfortunate situation in life, brought
many a tear from the eyes of those who
stood around and looked upon the sad
countenance of that brave and beauti~
ful girl, whose oarless bark was about
TO drift out upon the reckless billows
of the dark sea of life May Heaven
watch over and guide the footsteps of
of the poor orphan-Mary Wheatly.- =
Lou Democrat
Year: 1864

Some time last month 2 soldier named
Wheatley, belonging 10 the One Hun


dred and Seyenty-fOurth, diea with fe-
YER in the hospital at Nashville Tennes


see. and was buried IN tho military
grave yard near that city. In another
of the hospitals was son who had been
badly wounded, but who was able 70
hobble along after his fathers remains
to its final resting place. In Milford,
Ohio, lived two moiherless children, a
Young girl and her little brother, who
we're now left parentless by the death
OF their father Ia Nashville. This girl
had received a letter from her wounded
brother that their father was very III


and perhaps they would never look up
on him in life again. The girl took her
little brother to an aunts residence,
and Immediately set out upon a journey
without any knowledge Of the country
or the different modes Of travel, and
with scarcely means enough 70 buy food
along the road she arrived IN this city
on the cara on last Wednesday, and
Lieutenant Enochs and Capt Blaine
Marshall humAnely transported her
safely over the Nashville railroad 70 see
her poor father and brother Bus alas.


when she arrived IN Nashville she found
that her father had died, aud tnat MS
fovm was lying among the countless
slaepers who had sacrificed their lives IN
their countrys cause. She sougnS that
grave alone, and bent her little form
over the new made mound and Wept