smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

and as It halt the glo5y of the morning
would have been wasted had LIZZIE not
been coming home.


The cars had not arrived when we
stopped at the station, but we heard
The whistle of the locomotive, not very
far distant, and those few sweet waiting
moments-what world OF blessed anIc-
ipation they held. The sun was rising
-ah, Lizzie Lizzie


At last The train came up-stopped.
We looked at the windows; only a row
Of sad faces lizzie must have sa! on
other side. few passengers came out
solemn-faced and silent. We pressed for
ward-so did hose who were going oui
of the train. The conductor moioned 10
somebody in the car. Two men came
out and slowly descended the car. heSrng
lifeless bodv-a woman; her features
covered by veil. They bore il into a
saloon, and laid il reverenly upon the
sofa. Sill the conductor waved the
crowd back-eXcept our party He
knew US. and turned away his face as we
approached.


Then we knew how il was; all except
the father he could not believe. Firmly
he raised the veil from the dead face.
| Oh, God All Mercl(uI Is ii thus We
meet thee, Lizzie, darling, our best be.
loved, idol of our hearts


In brief time we learned the Story
Learned how the Angel Of the Lord hat
met Lizzie before US, in the still twiigh
we knew, but brief, had waited her gen
lie spirit to those who waited for her il
The home Of angels


At the very last stopping place Lizzie
had left the ear to procure some food Tor Z
lue child that had lrelled all night in the
arms Of wearied mother. The train
stopped but moment. it was dusk, and
none Of the officials had seen her leave it,
She returned hastily, TO find the cars IT
motion; made a mis-sleP, fell forward
and the rest is a common tale, such as
newspapers chronicle every week.


The beautiful head with It's sunny curl.
was what we saw at the station house !
Year: 1859

No man can tel whether he IS rich or
poor by turning to his ledger. Ii IS The
heart that makes man rich. He is rich
or poor according {" what he is. not at
cording TO what he has.


Wise men are instructed by reason ;
men of less understanding by experience ;
the most ignorant BY necessity and brules
by nature.


Personal responsibility is totally inde-
pendent of large income. lls greatest
secret is self respect. Poverty can never
degrade themselves by pre'ence or dn-
pllciy.
Year: 1859

o many a moUrnlul year hath flown
Since first amid our famlly-band
Desth came and stole our loveIe>t one,
And bore her 10 the spirIl-land
Yet shrined with many a sweet sad


thought,


That loved oae's memory fingers still,
For d she left void. that naAghI
But mournful thoughts could fill.
Years have passed by, l said, and yet
1t only seems The other day,
Since round her dying bed we met


With breaking hearts to weep and pray.
Her gentle soul we struve to think


Would linger vet mid earthly flowers,
Even when twas trembling on the brink
OF lovelier worlds Than ours.
Yes there cen when all hope had flown
We wept away each lingering hour,
Unul the shades Of death came down
And closed al last the shutting flower
And yeI it seemed like sin 10 grieve


For one 50 patient and resigned;
For, if she mourned, twas but 10 leave
Such breaking hearts behind.
She ded-yeI death could scarcely chill
Her smiling beauties, though she lay
With cold extended limbs, for still


Her face looked iairer than the day.
Those eyes, once eloquent with bliss,
Were closed as soft as ohutuDg flowers.
O! few could bear sight like this,


Yel such sight was ours.
How slowly wore that long. long day !
Like spirits in some haunted place
Wed sill aud sigh, then steal away


To look once mere on that pale face.
We could not think her soul had passed
The awip bounds of mortal strife,
That the warm heart was cold at last


That loved us more than life.
And when the funeral rite was said,
They bore her from our happy home
And left her with TIE silent dead,


pale-faced tenant of the tUmb
They reared no marble mid the flowers
Above her grave TO mark the spot,
Yet many a heart as fond as ours


Still holds her unforgOt.
Months passed, yet our sorrow gushed,
The free glad laugh no more was heard,
And many little voice was hushed,
That used to warble like bird.
And though at times we slrove 10 smile
Setenely for each others sake,
We wept IN secret all the while


Al our hearts would break.
Yet why should death be linked with


fear


A single breath. low drawn sigh,
Can break the ties that bind US here


And watt the spirit to tie sky.
Such was her end, calm release,


No clingings to this mortal clod
She closed her eyes. and stood i'll peace
Before a smiling God.
Year: 1859

It's said that persons in a drowning
condition suddenly remember all the
transactions Of their hives II his lie true
We heartily wish some Of our subscribers
could take bath in very deep wafer.
Year: 1859

A late Paris letter writer relates the follow
ing incident


IA young girl "of considerable personal
attraction" who, exhausted and breathless,
with palid check and fearful eye, totters up to
her mothers cottage with q beautiful babe in
her arms, and exolaims, ''behold, mother,
have been guilty, but visit not my ofIense upon
the head Of this sweet innocent" faints away
as she lays the baby upon her mothers knee
The mother, an excellent woman, loves the
baby at once for the daughters sake, and
although poor to tho last degree, accepts this
new charge without murmur, in order to
save her child from disgrace and shame. The
beautiful cap-maker comes to see it, and Law
ishes all mothers fondness on the child, and
this curious comedy lasts for several months
when one fine day gendarmes come to the
cottage to claim the child, which had been
stolen from its parents by the girl, and
searched for in vain through the towns Of
Nantes, with offers Of large rewards for the
recovery. The girl could give no other reason
for the indulgence Of this singular whim, but
"that the desire to have little girl, and enjoy
the blessings of maternity" had taken such
deep possession of her soul that she had sought
the frst opportunity Of its qualification. The
reason astonished the jury on her trial, but
did not satisfy them, SO the beautiful cap
maker was condemned to two years imprison-
ment.
Year: 1859

There is new discovery in France, by
which daylight can be corked and bottled. It
consists in the invention Of an artificial light,
SO wonderfully luminous and so steady as to
completely supply the effeot Of the most bril-
liant noontide sun in oil Photographic opera
tions. The light being contained in a portable
apparatus, portraits car be taken in private
residences, oven in the darkest room, wholly
Independent of the state Of the atmosphere;
and those parts Of osthedrals, or other
picturesque architectural monuments, where the
light or the sun never penetrates, and which,
in consequence, have been until now wholly
shut out from the photographer, will be as
accessible to the artists as any part Of the
exterior.
Year: 1859

ga-A new gymnasium fol the ladies alone,
was inaugurated at New York on Wednesday
evening last, by remarks from Henry Ward
Beecher and others. Mr.. Beecher thought
that the ladies had no occupation except
sweeping the streets, now that their own
sweeping had been given over to domestics,
and that they had better drive their horses for
exercise If they could find nothing else to do.
Year: 1859

RAIN came along yesterday first in heavy splatter
and then at intervals throughout the day in slight
drzzes. The moon had bleareyed look last night,
in the misty armament. The atmosphere was not
cooled very much.


CAPT. HARRY MAuRy, of Mobile, is in town, looking
as fine as bobbn of silk. He says the folks in Mo.
bile are all WE'LL and that some Of them will be over
here during the coming winter.


MAYOR STITH yesterday gave his decision in the
case of Boyle VS.. Dryden and Dalton. He did not
consider the circumstances under which the officers
assaulted and arrested Boyle at all derogatoy to them
as officers, and dismissed the case.
We Cor Two FREE NEGRO ITEMS all twisted up
together yesterday. The petition of the two negro
sailors for their liberty by habeas corpus was not
taken before the First District Court. 1t was filed
before another Court. The cases which Judge Hunt
ruled out of his Court, the ground that the said
Court had not the Jurisdiction were the petitions Of
several free negroes to become slaves to certain white
men.


Two GENTLEMEN were thrown out of buggy, and
one had his leg broken on Baronne street, on Wed,
nesday night. Their horse ran off madly down
Gravier street, singing the buggy from side to side
and its collision with the railway on Baronne
street caused it to upset.
Year: 1859

WHAT THE SNow SAYS. 1t tells various tales,
dissemhles frequently, and like all other tale
tellers, consuts the tastes of its auditors. To
the victims of poverty and disease it speaks
no cheering words-like the hand of misfor-
tune the flakes fall upon the marked and un
favored ones, and the germ of hope expires in
the heart at their approach. But then we
love to see the snow. 1t does not always
speak in cheerless tones its coming is not al
ways heralded by tales of woe. Many strange
and beautiful fantasies play around the mind
as the snow comes trippingly along. The old
man with bleached and sivery locks listens
to its almost noiseless whisperings: it tells
him, in its modest way. of home, away.
away above its own. where all is pure and
spotless as itself--of heaven select throng
who are in readiness to usher the old man into
celestial realms To the happy bride the
snow tells joyous tales, and through tile
eauzy curtain which it is lowering, she sees
bright and pleasing pictures-pictures in
which no in6delity is traced. and where hap
piness is painted in brilliant colors. and con-
stancy forms the back ground. Our miner
listens to the tale of the snow, and to him it
speaks encouragingly in it he sees the pre-
cursor Of wealth. The frown of poverty van
ishes at its appearance, and molten dcities
arise for homage plying. With all the breads
attending the visitor, snow, one can welcome
it, knowing there is more JOY than sorrow in
it.-.Konttain Messenger
Year: 1859

New ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. - The Paris
correspondent of the Boston Journal, says
that in an interview few days since with
several English capitalists, the Emperor ex-
pressed his confidence in the proposed laying
of a telegraphic cable between France and
America, the termination of which is to be
the city OF Boston The company is being
formed, and the whole affair will be carried
into execution as rapidly as possible.
Year: 1859

IMPROVEMENT IN DENTISTRY Of
interest to dentists ia communicated by Doctor
Slayton, to the Dental Neps Letter. He takes
set Of teeth of silver, copper or brass, and
after first carefully removing all grease, rubs
one side with mercury until It has assumed the
mirror appearance, and then with pair Of
tweszers lays on the gold or other foil cut in
small strips; he then carefully presses It into
the teeth, rubbing it we'll in, and treats another
side the same way, and so on. He can lay as
many thicknesses Of foil as may be desirable,
only taking care that one 10 firmly fixed before
the other is begun. BY placing the whole in
small oven, and applying spirit lamp, the
mercury is driven of, and Furnishing with q
blood.stone or steel burnisher, at first not lean
ing very hard, o rich gold plating Is obtained,
which will not even melt off, and can only be
removed by fle. buI 'tshr
Year: 1859

We learn that twenty-nne miles of this road, from this city to White river has been let in three contracts. Proposals for two other lettings, embracing the remaining DOT tions of the division from Arkansas to White rivers were received but not accept ed. The contractors are advertising for hands, and from all we can learn, the work is to be commenced forthwith The coun- ty of Pulaski and the city of Little Rock pany have, or will have fifty or sixty thou sand acres of land on this division of the road, and Mr. Trigg will doubtless be able to get individual subscriptions to a large amount The estimate of the engineer of the company for preparing the forty seven miles for the track, is little over two thou sand dollars mile It is evident that the company can build this division of the road as the county and city bonds are or should be at par value. They are safe investment. and no doubt will sell readily.

 The Gazette of last week, in speaking of the division of the road between Memphis and White river, says:

 Notwithstanding the disastrous over flow of the Mississippi, the Memphis road has not been materially injured; and, so soon as the waters subside, prompt steps will be taken to put it in active operation -and this can be done in few days. Be fore the coming of another flood in the father of waters it is hoped that steps will be taken to prevent its doing any injury or offering any impediment to this road"

 Itis gratifying to note this progress of the company and the assurance that the road will be built One road in Arkansas will have the effect of causing others to be built.
Year: 1859



 Alr. James Redpath, renowned as Kan sas freedom shrieker and firm believer in negro equality, has recently been on visit to Hayti, and is writing series of articles for the New York Tribune, which give a most unfavorabe account of the morals and the condition of the people of that country Air. Redpath's account of the low state of morals is truly deplorable. He says mar riage is almost unknown Thewoman who lives in the house with the man is regarded as his wife, but each man who can afford 1t IS expected to support several concubines And this promscuous intercourse degrades neither the man nor woman in the estima- tion of society Indeed, the mother first gives her consent before the daughter as- sumes the relation of concubine Mir. Red path says the doctrine of free love, as ap- plicable to the present condition of society, has had free scope there for many years and a more utterly demoralizing system, or one better adapted to drive out all purity there Is from the earth, can scarcely be conceived of.

 In Hayti one would suppose that the highest realizations of the abolitionists ought to be realized. The country enjoys all the blessings of negro rule, uncontami- hated by the interference or presence of white men. What must be the state of it's socie- ty when such firm believer in the divine rights of negroes is compelled to bear such testimony as the above?
Year: 1859

ES- Agents for the True Democrat are authorized and requested to make full set dement's with Dr. Brugman, our travelling agent. We contemplate change in the business of the office, so as to approximate as nearly as possible to the cash system While our local agents will continue to receive and forward subscriptions or the names of subscribers, it will greatly aid us in the settlement of our accounts, if they will make full statement of their agencies to our travelling agent, so that the accounts in his hands may not conflict with those in the hands of others, or similar bills for the same items be twice presented to one per son.
Year: 1859

In reply to the communication of P. z. Rinctum, esq, we tell him that he and his friends have perfect right to vote as they please. Inasmuch as this is yet free coun try, every man has right to think and act for himself in all political matters.

 We have noticed that the allies are very fond of the term "Old Line Democrats. !" and repeat it upon every possible occasion as if there was some charm in it. At the same time those so fond of using the phrase are either men of doubtful political reputa- ton or new corners who have never voted the democratic ticket half dozen times in Arkansas. And we saw them, on every possible occasion thick as three in bed'' with recent converts-receiving sympathy, ald and encouragement from the opposition and making war upon old line democrats, like Senator Sebastian and his friends. who were fighting the battles of democracy in Arkansas before these fellows were done wearing them triangular cloths" We were willing that these upstarts should ex- clude from their faction as many as they pleased. This attempt to draw a line in the democratic party between old and new members will prove an unmitigated hum- bug. Old democrats are not to be caught with such chaff. We have some curiosity to know the prerequisites to admission into the select and aristocratic circle of self styled "old liners" It may be worth while to know how long a man must have been democrat, how many years an old llne whig must remain in state of proba- ton, how long a young democrat just twen- , ty-one trs"of age must wait, and what exceptions, if any, there are to the rule. Our idea of the democratic party was that every honest member of it was the peer of another and equally entitled to all rights and privileges. It seems that there is to be an "upper ten' in Arkansas democra- cy; set of exclusives; privileged few We have no fears that such set let them call themselves :" Old Liners or "New Liners,' let them have any tests, signs or passwords, will ever become very formida- ole, The great body of the party are fully aware that the present is not time to en- courage divisions in the ranks and will re- fuse to follow off the bolters aud seceders No new flag with its motto of " old liners" can seduce them from their allegiance to the old democratic flag under whose folds they have so often marched to victory No new tangled music is as dear to them as the old democratic marches.

 Hereafter we may notice further this sil ly attempt to draw lines in the party at this juncture when harmony and unity of action are most needed, and meanwhile ask the democracy of Arkansas to re read these words from the farewell address of Gen Jackson:

 " From disappointed ambition anll inor- dnate thirst for power you have reason to fear, said he, '' that factions will be form ed and liberty endangered It is against such designs, whatever disguise the orators may assume, that you have especially to guard yourselves
Year: 1859

The Arkansas river has risen at this point about nine feet and is still rising. The water IS quite red, showing it is from the main tributaries A considerable rise is expect ed though not an overhowing one.

 Our wharf is busy, two or three boats at the landing most of the time. We now have regular packets from this point to Ft Smith, Memphis and Napoleon, besides three or four regular traders to New Or leans. This gives ample opportunity to our friends in the way of commerce and trade

 The little steamer Titania, on her down. ward trip with fat-boat loaded with coal, struck the rocks few miles above this point, sinking the fat-boat and contents immediately. This accident took place in deep water, hence the loss was entire.
Year: 1859

CorToN.-The last advices from New Orleans give the price of middling at He. The market was unsettled. Writers in the southern papers take the ground that the pending war will not lessen the demand for cotton nor decrease the price, at least, for some time. Besides, England, our great est customer, is not at war and her prepa rations therefor require large amount of cotton clothing and other material.

 The prices of provisions and bread stuffs of all kinds have advanced, and no doubt will keep up.
Year: 1859

To RESCUE PERSONS ON FIRE.-Several deaths have recently taken place by the light dresses of ladies and children catch ing fire, and for the want of sensible means employed to extinGuish the flames. The first thing lady should do, in case her clothes take fire, is to lie down on the floor, roll over and over, and shout flei help!- If second person is at hand, and witness such an accident. he or she should at once lay the unfortunate person on the floor and roll her over in the carpet or whatever can be most promptly used to exclude the air from the flames
Year: 1859

Gs- The Gazette says that we suffer Judgment to go by default against Hallet and the Van Burens, and to sustain it's charge against MT. Breckenridge copies the pretended extract, this time in italics and capitals. We have not time now to take up all the errors of the Gazette, being anx- ious to see if he will confess he was wrong with regard to Mr. Letcher. It is true that the Richmond Enquirer opposed the nom- ination of Mir. fletcher, but did so with the public avowal that it would support him, If nominated. In good time we shall ex- anime the Gazette's charges against others and demonstrate their falsity also.

 We rather think the editor of the Gazette does us injustice in quoting our character for veracity at one degree. Taking its own as a standard at zero, or 0, we shall in sist ours should be higher than l.
Year: 1859

SENsIBLE.-The Sun journal has the fol- lowing:-

 "If husbands have rights to maintain, they have also duties to perform. If they would protect their households from shame and their wives from temptation, their care, their protection, and their love should be constant and devoted. Their own virtue should be above suspicion. The husband IS as much bound to virtue by the marriage VOW as the wife, and his obligation to honor and protect her by his watchful devotion ana manly upright conduct, is as strong as IS her obligation to love, honor, and obey, him."
Year: 1859



 The price of lands for the time in oues- ton, cannot be said to have been anything. l'Land would sell for no price, unless it was the choicest seats for settlement, and then for no more than the improvements were worth. But how is 1t now, and what has caused the change? On every hand as the traveller passes through this valley, he meets with the evidences of industry, thrift, and | rapidly accumulating wealth Farms hi- therto neglected, are now in a high state of cultivatlon wild lands are reclaimed and reduced to cultivation; the better quality of dwellings, are being built and of almost every form; the very best class of citizens are rapidly hocking in and filling up the county lands, which have for many years lain unnoticed for want of purchaser, even at twelve and half cents per acre, have risen to fair price, and are sought after with avidity by the new and indus trious population who are now coming to occupy them Do you ask whence this change? If so, read the heading to this article, and you are answered. Our river mail has done, if not all, most of it. The contract was ordered to be let about one year ago, and this very order disclosed a secret to many persons-one which no one had tried to keep-viz: That Black river, on which situated lands, productive as the far famed Delta of the Nile, Is navigable for steamboats the year round, and for the largest class the greater part of the year. From that time forward, emigrahts have 1ocked to the country, and have settled in 1t, bringing with them their families and wealth, and what is more, for the improve ment of the country, strong arms and a will | to work.
Year: 1859

Ialways feel in the spring of the year, as
I used to feel when was boy and my ia.
ther had been away on journey and come
home again and l saw his trank opened and
say all the nice things which he had brought
fer all the household. So now, when the
earth is covered again with leaves and How-
ers, it seems to me as if God had been away
all last winter, and row has come back again
with treasures and gifts of love for all his
cbildren.-Beecher' Life Thought.
Year: 1859

STAY WHERE You ARE-Do not live and
work on your farm, with the expectation or
wish to sell out Nothing will keep man
so much in state of indecision. Living
from day to day, with the idea that just as
soon as you have chance, you are going
to sell, is one of the poorest ways of get
ting along. Make up your mind to stay
where you are. Apply energy and head
work to your operations; determine to make
home-one for yourself aud your family
have marked and definite purpose in life.
Year: 1859

Dickens says of mother who died with
her babe on her bosom:-"C Clasping that
slight spar within her arms, she drifted out
upon the dark and unknown sea that rolls
around all the world