smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

Inconstant o my God
Inconstant When single thought of thee


Sends all my shivering blood
Back on my heart in thrills of ecstacy.


Inconstant When to feel
That thou hast loved, will love me to the last,
Is joy enough to steal
All fear from life,--the future and the past.


Inconstantl When to sleep
Aud dream that thou art near me, is to learn
So much of Heaven, l weep
Because the earth and morning must return.
Inconstant! All. too true
Turned from the rghtful shelter of thy breast,
My tired heart iutters through
The changeful world--a bird wthoat nest.
Inconstant! To the crowd
Through which pass, as to the skies above


The fickle summer cloud,
But not to thee oh not to thee, dear love


may be false to all
On earth beside, and.eyery tender tie


Which seems to hold in thrall
This weary life of mine, may be lie.


But true as Gods own truth,
My steadfast heart turns backward ever more,
To that sweet time of youth
Whose golden tide beats such a barren shore.
Inconstant Not my own
The hand which builds this wall between oul


lives;


On its cold shadow grown
To perfect shape,-the flower of lcye survives.
God knows that would give
All other joys, the sweetest and the best,


For one short hour to live
Close to thy heart, its comfort and its rest.


But life is not all dark;
The sunlight geldens many hidden slopei


The dove shall find its ark
OF peaceful refuge and of patient hope.


Iyet shall be possessed
or woman's need, my small world set apart
House, Love, Protection, Rest,
And children's voices singing through my heart
By Gods help will be
A faitnm mutlvr ana tender wiIe;


Perhaps, even more than He
Hath chastened the best glory from my life.
But sacred to his loss,
One white sweet chamber of my heart shall be
No foot shall ever cross
The silent portal sealed to love and thee.


And sometimes when my lips
Are clingng to my irst-born's close and long,
Draining with bee-like sips
At its sweet lily heart, will it be wrongl


IT. for an instant, wild
With precious pain, put the truth aside,


And dream it is thy child
That am fondlng with such tender pride
And when another's head
Sleeps on thy heart, if it should ever seem


To be my own instead,
o darling hold it closer for the dream.


God will forgive the sin
II sin it is, our lives are swept so dry,


So cold,--so passion clear;
Thank Him, death comes at last, and now good


bye.
Year: 1863

The PRIEST SILENcED.-A Romish
priest was once talking to a clever boy,
belonging to his parish, who had been
attending Protestant school in the neigh
borhood. The priest tried TO persuade
him to give up his testament and pray to
the Virgin to take care of him, and keep
him from danger and harm. Phase yer
riverence," said the boy, / read in the
Gospel that when the Virgin was on
earth, in going home from Jerusalem she
lost her son. She couldn't tell where he
had gone, and twas three days before she
found him. Now, if she couldn't take
better care than that of her own child.
who was so near to her, I'm thinking it's
little care she'll take of me, who am so
far away from herr
Year: 1863

The DoG-TAx.-Some have the i'm
pression that the new dog law in this
State imposes a tax of 81 per head up
on all dogs but this is not correct.
Dogs are set in the list at a valuation
so that the tax on each dog, in some
towns, will be S3, or more, and 10 none
will it be so low as 81.
Year: 1863

WARMTH.-The best fire in winter is
made up of exercise, and the poorest OF
whisksy. He that keeps warm on liquor
is like man who pulls his house to pie
ces to feed his fire place. The prudent
and temperate use of liquor is to lei it
alone. If you don't touch it, it certainly
won't hurt you; he that says there is no
danger, boasts that he is more than other
men.
Year: 1863

Under the Conscription Bill, as it now
stands, the first draft is to be made on the
unmarried men between the ages of twenty
and forty-five, and the married men under
thirty-five. The married men between
thirty-five and forty-6ve are to be enrolled,
subject to the second draft. The Abolition
magnates at Washington have now an idea,
it seems, of changing all this, in abolishing
the distinction between the classes. They
believe that married men, with large fami-
lies, can 60 to the war just as well as single
men without families, and that it is doing
the single men injustice to make them go
first. The Washington correspondent of the
Commercial writes as follows: ....


'''The Military Committee has, it is nnder-
stood, agreed upon very important changes
in the Conscription Bill-among them, one
to remove, the distinction of citizens as to
classes, and make all between the ages OF
twenty and forty-fiye alike subject to draft
As it now stands, married men between
thirty-fve and forty are practically ex-
empt; they can not be called out until their
Juniors have all been taken. This is thought
to be unjust. Besides this, it operates
against the progress of voluntary enlist
ments. Men of the second class have come
to the conclusion that they are pretty safe
from the draft, and have little disposition
to enlist themselves, and no personal inter-
est in inducing others to do so. A draft can
not be other than an obnoxious measure.
and very little good can result from sugar
coating it, or attempting to make it accept
able. 1t would be obviously unfair to make
the men enumerated in the first class bear
the entire burden of the war. If it is said
that the young men of the country ought to
do the fighting, it can be answered that a
man of forty-tive is quite young enough to
perform soldiers duty; and the records of
the army will show that men of fifty have
borne the fatigues and hardships of camp
life better than men of twenty.


"There is determination in Congress
and in the War Department to fill up the
ranks by volunteers, if possible; by con-
scripts, if necessary. We have been daily
ing long enough with insufficient armies
and inferior numbers. Our lines are eX-
tending, and our forces must be increased
to establish ourselves firmly where we are,
and make further progress southwark
Give General Grant an additional thirty
thousand men, relieve his garrisons with
new recruits. and push the veterans to the
front, and he will pounce upon the rebel
army in his front and be in Atlanta OH the
lst Of May.
Year: 1863

beings within a stones throw of Spring
gardens and Whitehall unable to find even
the bare shelter of a roof"


1t is not strange to find misery at the bot
tom of all this wickedness. The women
who broke the street-lamp, in our opinion,
did a very sensible thing, and deserve SYM
pathy, not censure. So long as there is a
large class continually on the verge of star
vation, society must suffer, and the crimes
of London will continue to increase until
the folly of London is diminished. The
are we convinced that the problem show
shall we keep the lower classes from crime?"
is almost identical with that show shall we
save them from starYatiOnIn
Year: 1863

The July interest on the public debt
was paid in coin; bat tie Governor states
that the premium OH coin ha. increased So
greatly as to forbid like arrangement for
The January interest.
Year: 1863

This is sound Company


The insurance of a certain sum for ones family
is prudence that every man should adopt in these
critical times


." The man that would be respected and loved by
his family in life, and gratefully remembered in
death. will provide his family against want


"Al most prudent citizens and soldier. are
insuring competence to their families in case they
drafted killed in the service it is the onv
safeguard IN these critical times nj :9m
Year: 1863

|
An old clerk eat on his high egg'd stool,
| Surrounded by papers and books,
And he tho't as he piled the revolving rule,
| OF days gone by, when boy at school
| He dreamt of seeking merchants goal,
| As he formed his trammels and hooks
! He thought how he planned golden way,
road to fortune and power
How every scheme east golden ray,
What untold wealth his hands should SWAY,
As he basked in the light of fortunes day,
Nor looked for gloomy hour.
But alas for the fiction that fancy weaves,


As a net for the innocent prey;
NNo-penItent tear tie past reprleves


Alas the unfortunate day
He thought with competence well secured,


A beautiful country home to rear;
But see him still in the city immured,
His youthful ambition, alas +! how cured,
His withered heart to reverse Injured


His only home is HERE.
He trusted the future to bring him gain,
And servants to do his work
But still he walks through snow and rain,
And his head is often racked with pain,
Though aack it is not for him to complain,


For he is only clerk.
The old clerk sat on his high legg'd stool,


Surrounded by papers and books,
And faster he piled his revolving rule
While he thought how man could become such


fool,


As of money to be snch perfect tool,


When into the future he looks
Year: 1863

Miss Charity Green wore her old black
silk dress to her cousin 5 Christmas din.
ner. 1t looked gray and shabby, it is
true but she would not have felt halt
SO happy in the richest velvet lhat ever
adorned the figure Of an empress.


And it is written and sealed up in the
story Of her life, and one day the old
maid shall read with eyes of glad wonder
the gracious and glorious words, which
Gods angels shall open before her in
their sittings Of dazzling and eternal
beauty, CHARITY GREENS CHRISTMAS
GIFTS.
Year: 1863

dily, with frequent CALCULATIONS Of won
der and sympathy.


Ugh how the wind does blow !!
said the old maid as she gathered hel
shawl closer about her head, and hasten
ed down the road 70 er home, while q
raw blast struck her in the face. The
night was full of The moan Of winds and
the anger Of black wintry clouds but
Charity Green did not mind this, for her
heart was full Of the last words Of Mrs.
u nlsan suso, bat You have rememUereu NE wru.
ow aud the faiherless, and be sure God
will remember it of YOU
Year: 1863

THE TIcKET.-The Sacramento Union says of
the nominations on the Union Stale ticket;


"There is not an Objectionable man on it, from
the first name to the last, aud the Union voters
of the State ought to be able to elect it by ma
jority to be counted by tens of thousands But
this end will not be accomplished without organ
ization and without continuous and well directed
labor. TO the extent of their ability, the Rattle
snake and Copperhead Democrats are iusing.-
They will. too, in all probability, ran as Union
Democrats, who favor war constitutionally, in
their opinion, carried on by the National Govern
men, They are organizing Clubs in every coun'
w in the State, aud il the Union men think their
Candidates will he permitted to walk over the
field they will find themselves greatly mistaken.
The Secession snake in California is not dead il
only scotched. 1t will soon raise its head again
and be heard kissing its venom at the Admins
tration and the Union cause"
Year: 1863

WINTER Winter Is the coolest sea-
son OF the year because it comes in the
winter. lu some countries winter COMES
IN the summer, then it is very pleasant
| wish winter come IN the summer in this
country. Then l could 90 skating bare
foot and slide down hill in linen trowsers.
We could snow ball without our fugers
getting cold-and men who 60 out sleigh
nding wouldn't have to stop at every tav-
ern, to warm, as they DO now. 1t SHOWS
more in the winter than any ether season
Of the year. This is because SO many
cutters aad s!eighs are made at that time.


Ice grows much better in the winter
than IN the summer, which was incouven:
lent before the discovery Of Ice houses.
Water that is left out of doors is apt to
freeze at this season. Some people take
n their wells and cisterns On cold night
and keep them by the fire SO they don't
freeze.


Skating is great fun in the winter. The
boys get their skates on when the river is
frozen over, and race, play tag, break thro'
the ice and get wet al over (they get
drowned sometimes J fall and break their
heads, and enjoy themselves many other
ways. A wicked boy once borrowed my
skates and ran of with them and | couldn's
catch him. Mother says judgment will
overtake him one day judgment will
have to be pretty lively on It's legs, for
he runs bully.


There amt much sleigh-ridine except
in the winter folks don't seem to care
about it in warm weather. The grown.up
boys and girls like to 90 sleigh-riding:
The boys generally drive with one band
aud help the girls hold their muffs with
the other brother Bob let me go along
a little way once when he took Celia
Crane out sleigh-riding, and thought he
paid more attention to holding the mutf
than he did to holding the horses


Snow balling is another winter sport:
| have snow balled in the summer; but
then We used stones and hard apples.
Year: 1863

SUPPOSE you go to war, you can not fight
always, aud when after much loss on both sides
and no gain oD either, you cease fighting then
the identical question as to terms ofintercourse
are again upon you Lincolns Inaugural.
Year: 1863

FRENCH GuLGH, Sept. 9, 1868.


EDITOR COURIER In one of my letters
before the election, | stated that this precinct
would give Union majority of thirty. My
figures were based on the resident coters of
French Gulch precinct alone, and as we had
egs might deem NE false prophet. not krow-
ing ho,c we came to have such small ma
iority. The sham democracy tried to move
heaven and earth to carry this place for the
copperhead- -secesh rebel sympathizing ticket
One of their leaders was so sanguine Of sue
cess that he bet a pair of boots that Downey
would get e majority here. Several other
bets were made that there would not be ten
Union majority, which of course were readily
taken by Union men. Upon close count by
the Confederates they found they were going
to lose their bets, so to gain that end they
had recourse to the usual democratic way,
viz: cheating, by importing votes from other
precincts, to the number of fifteen, including
some teamsters. This modus operandi, of
course, lessened our majority, which other
wise made it twenty-five. Furthermore, four
of our Union voters were absent from home,
which would have made twenty nine, and
one vote, which we have strong reasons to
suspect was an illegal one, would have made
our majority thirty, as before stated.


But Notwithstanding their tricks they lost
their bets, and to the credit of democracy at
large l will say that, with the exception of
one, they refused to pay what they had lost.
But men that will cast their votes for candi-
dates who are in favor of disrupting this Re-
public are none too good to defraud their
neighbors. Loyal
Year: 1863

The issue before the people at the late
election was clearly Union and good govern
ment, OF disunien and no government In
the affirmative were found working and yot-
ing all Union men without an #. Opposed
were found all blatant secessionists, all SYM
pathisers with jeff who claimed to be Union
men if the Constitution could be preserved,
if the South could have her rights. i JEFF
Davis could be recognized-the last most
generally mental reservation, never spoken
except when irritated TO the extent that
makes copperhead bite himself-and 9th
ers who made opposition to the Emancipation
Proclamation and enlisling negroes IN our
armies the pretext for voting democracy, and
who, if such pretexts had not existed, would
undoubtedly have found some other i. 1t
is plain that the opponents of the Union par
ty in this State are the opponents of the
Union of States which compose this Govern
ment.


On the 2lst of October next an election
takes place to determine who are to decide
what is constitutional and what is law
Those in nomination, from Justices of the
Peace to Justices of the Supreme Court, are
nominated candidates for the late election.
No jot or title of principle is involved now
that was not fully ventilated in the late cam
paign. The same arguments used by Union
speakers then, apply fully now; and the
same specious arguments used by the Cop
perheads then have the same icant of appli
cation now, lacking point in two essentials,
now that JEFF. Davis has stolen their thunder
by adopting the Emancipation Proclamation
and by ordering the arming of 100000
slaves.


This policy of Jeff's has reduced his party
here to its natural naked hideousness, and
We take it that many who voted the Demo-
cratic platform, and not the principles of its
leaders, will, now that the monster is diyest-
see it, and as JEFF. sees it. That policy of
Mr.. Davis should have been withheld until
after the Judicial election, in order to leave
his partisans here some capital for the cam
pc gn, and no doubt he would if he had
thought it so necessary. To the irregularity
of the mails between California and Rich.
mond is mainly to be attributed this .taurpas
in their politics, and that same want of reg
ularity will render it impossible for the party
to get established different policy in time
to be of any service.


The leader on the Copperhead Judicial
ticket has openly pronounced for secession,
and says s'were he President he would ac-
knowledge the independence of the Confeder-
ate States" Has any candidate on that
ticket repudiated that lead in the policy of
their party? If so, we have not seen it.
With what grace, with what show Of truth,
then, can any nominee on that ticket claim
to be a Union man? Wehope there are none
who possess the necessary amount of cheek
to do it, yet past experience tellsus that they
may and probably will do so. A few lies
more or less won't make any difference with
them.
Year: 1863

A HERo.-Among the heroes in the terri
BILE charge of the Sixth Michigan Cavalry at
Falling Waters. was Walter Rowe, from So
lon, Kent county, Michigan. We learn from
trustworthy private source that this young
man had hand to hand encounter with a
stalwart rebel; that they fought with reyolv-
ers until both were wounded Rowe being
shot in the breast), and their loads were all
discharged, when they drew their sabres and
rushed upon each other with terrible fury
After little time Rowe got the advantage of
ms adversary. and succeeded in running his
sabre through him. but he was so weak from
less OF blood that he could not withdraw his
weapon, and was therefore compelled to
leave 1t sticking through dead rebel This
brave young man belonged to Capt Thomp-
son S company. We are pleased to learn he
is IN falr way to recover from his wounds.
= Grand Rapids Eaqle.
Year: 1863

LYON LIGHT INFANTRY.-This company
is rapidly perfecting itselfn in the soldiers art.
being nightly drilled at their hall by Capt
John S. Hale, who has been employed for
that purpose. The uniform of the company
are expected to arrive from below in few
days, and so soon as arms are received from
the Adjutant General, our citizens will have
an opportunity of seeing them exercise in the
omen field.
Year: 1863

luis war of the rebellion has been SAN
guinary enough to fill the whole land with
mourning. and yet there have been wars far
more destructive OF life 1t appears, from
the best historical testimony. that Of one
million two hundred thousand men en-olled
IN The armies OF France in 1913, only one
hundred thousand were alive in 1914 nd
that the loss Of the allied powers in the vars
with Napoleon was, according to the London
Times, not less than = ten millions of man ;n
the prime of life France, in the sa,a
period. lost about six millions.
Year: 1863

CAPTuRED.-The Copperhead Executive
Committee of this county, few days before
the election. hired of one of our livery stables
horse, and sent one of their ex -ecutive off
GERS. with Dozen ey tickets, to Fort Crook
precinct, to remain there over election day.
We learn that on arriving at the fort this
emissary of the followers Of the Butte Call"
commenced illustrating the peculiar princi-
pies of his party, and carried it to such an
extent that the officers of the fort had him
arrested, and offered the alternative of taking
the oath of allegiance or going to the guard
house. He chose the former, and was then
escorted by file of soldiers beyond the lines
and admonished not to return. When he was
set at liberty, and supposing that he could
say and do what he pleased with impunity,
he again renewed his illustrations of the
teachings of his masters, and we are inform
ed was again captured. At all events he has
not returned up to this time, neither has the
horse been returned to its owner. We have
not heard of any attempt being made to pro-
cure writ of habeas corpus for his release
as vet.
Year: 1863

1t is noteworthy fact that at the late
election not one precinct in the county in
which the COURIER has any circulation gave
a majority for the Copperhead candidates.
1t is fact that in every precinct where the
COURIER and other thorough Union papers
were read, the Union party has been victori-
Gus. Some of the precincts that went for
Downey are situated on the outer edge of civ
ilization, beyond the reach of the mails or
other means of conveying to the voters the
living truths of the events that have SO sig
nifcantly marked the history of our nation
for the past two and half years. showing
the damning influence of the leaders of the
bastard Democracy which was conceived and
brought forth on the Sth of July, under what
is known as the :. Butte Call, " in this State,
and which has rendered the name of I" Dem.
ocrat' word and reproach in the mind
of every true and loyal man.


Another important fact which the result of
the election in this county shows, is that in
every precinct where the copperhead speak.
ers held meetings, the Union ticket received
a majority, which majority, we have been
Informed, was increased by the efforts of
these gentlemen for at no time since the
organization of the county has there been so
much Justification and humbuggery preached
TO an intelligent people. as has been done by
the copperhead speakers in the late cam
paign, who went about the county denounc-
ing our Government and its conduct of the
war to suppress the rebellion.


The result of the election shows that the
American people are in favor of maintaining
our Government, and when they felt satisfied
that the object of those to whom they have
in former years looked for advice, is to
tear down and destroy our institutions, and
disrupt the Union, their patriotism rose
above old party names, and by their votes
they have said the Union--it must be
preserved" -
Year: 1863

These B tiers are the poor man 5
friend, saving him many doctor :
bills, as well as the rich man : solace
and comfort; invigorating the weak
and debilitated, driving away melan-
choly, and making a life of misery
one of unalloyed enjoyment.


The Bitters have been introduced.
and are being used, not only in the
hospitals, but among the soldiers, as
AN Appetizer, Tonic and Regulator
of the system throughout the
Year: 1863

a Minnesota correspondent writing from
st. Paul few days ago took occasion to
indulge in fling at Col. Aldrich, a mem
her of Congress from that State. We do
not share the writer's opinion Of that gen
neman, whom VIC regard as a patriotic
man and sound Republican, and had the
paragraph in question met the eye Of the
editors it would never have appeared in
the TRIBUNE.
Year: 1863

treat her, loo, while asking from the Coy
crnment oil that lcr exposed condition can
suggest, in the way Of coast defenses, that
she at least accord to the ten millions Of the
people interested in the commerce Of the
lakes, fraction Of what has been spent to
make the Atlantic sea-board bulwark be-
bind which the property Of far less num-
ber Of not more meritorious men, is secure.
We ask nothing of her generosity. SIM
pie justice is the basis Of our demand; and
that she must heed.
Year: 1863

a SWORD TO GENERAL OaIKspY.-The off,
GERS Of the brigade commanded By General
oglcsby, at Corinth, have sent an order to
New York for q sword, which they intend to
present to that gallant officer.