smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864

iupreRnable. Arriving in front of Atlanta


he has been thrice assailed by an enemy


willing TO lavish everything in the desper-


ate effort to drive him back. The enemy


has thrice met q bloody repulse. Sherman
is now working slowly, bat surely round
on the rebel communications, two lines of


which he holds. He is completing this by
extending his force around on their ouly
remaining line-s task, which necessarily


demands some time for its Accomplishment.


But there is no dead. lock at Atlanta, and
those who represent the situation in this
light utterly fail to grasp the true military
significance of what Sherman is doing
Sherman can take Atlanta any day; but he
aims at more than that-he means the de.
struetion ofkhe Western army Of the COafed.
eTdey. And, indeed, either that result or
its. early flight is matter of speedy cer-
tainty.


At the same time that he is TINS press
ing with fatal weight on the enemy, Sher-
mans own communications are safe, which
is much to be able to say of a. line two.
thirds as long as that of Napoleon's from
the Niemau to Moscow. The rebels who
have been counting on dislodging him from
Atlanta, by operations on his lines, have
been taught by the failure of their last at
tempt, made with their whole available
cavalry, the emptiness ofthese expectations;
while those among ourselves who, looking
at the enormous depth of his line, have
been solicitous for his safety, may dismiss
their fears The substantial grounds Of this
security are not proper 70 make public /;
but it is not uhseemly to say this much
that Sherman, (Who has a genius for sup
plying his army unequaled by any Com
mander in the ield,) is practically iEdspen-
dent of his line of feoDtmuNicd ton for any time
during which the enemy can possibly interruPE
Il. This, therefore, leaves him free to work
out the great task before him and private
advices from himself to the Government
give the assured hope of its early accom-
plishment


OF the effect of the capture of Atlanta it
is not too much to say that secondary in
its political importance to that of Rich
mond, yet in a material and military point
of vieW-in its pressure on the issue of
the war-its effect must be ten fold that Of
the capture of the rebel capital. 1t once
more cuts the confederacy in twain, and
oompels the rebel army, if it be allowed to
retreat at all, to make toward Montgomery,
in which case it is thrown off eccentrically
and away from its connections with the
rebel force in Virginia, or else to move
into the Carolinas, 10 which case the
area of the confederacy is cabined, cribbed
and confined within the restricted limits of
the parallelogram of the Atlantic seaboard
States. l.t
Year: 1864




The present front of the rebellion,
menacing though it be, is really nothing
more than a mask, concealing the hollow
ness and rottenness within, The South is
literally xhausted--exhausted of that
without which it is impossible to carry on
war-exhaustedO of men. The field, in the
impressive expression of Napoleon regard
ing France after the three conscriptions, is
reaped down to the stubble. Out OF an
available fighting population of upward of
three. quarters OF million with which the
war was iuaugurated, they have saved an
effective force of one hundred and hfty,
perhaps two hundred thousand men, The
rest are in their graves, in the hospitals,
disabled, or prisoners in our hands. These
are the forlorn hope of the rebellion. By
a matchless sagacity in the conduct of af-
fairs, executing its purpose with despotic
power, this force is still kept on foot, and
even made to present a formidable aspect.
And without doubt the rebel chiefs will
still for some time be able to oppose q
vigorous resistance to our efforts TO quell
armed opposition, and to the real desires OF
the majority of the Southern people for
peace. They will certainly do so while
they have at the main points of contact a
torce so nearly proportioned to our own.
But il is not hard to show how, by an eK-
ertion of the power We have in our hands
the armies that stand between the Con-
federacy and their utter ruin can be de-
stroyed.
Year: 1864

But should the rebel force in the valley
once more attempt an invasive movement


Nothing would suit Gen. Sheridan bet
ter than that il should do so. Ithihk he
,souId sSen be quite iOillia1 TO baiid a bridge
across the Potomac for IL. Indeed, if do
not mistake the pnrpOrt Of some late man
euvers, he is even now trying to tempt
Early 10 this very enterprise, and II he
should be able to do So and EArly should
retreat, as it is certain he must do if he
does not go forward, seeing that the val
Year: 1864

But if we hang these wretches then


the enemy will select an equal number
for the gallows Not irhile ace hold
sicteen thousand hostages. Butiif we
shrink from that there is another alter
native, and the only one left sts-hang-
ing and massacre all on one side We
can choose 6etaeeen the taoo: other choice
there IS none. y1r 10 saa
Year: 1864

We are apt to judge another l9TolGm
Harshly for each slight offence, gGll9i
Forgetting that he is our brother,


And that we should stand defence
For we, too, are prone to wander, tad
And have often stepped aside,
{. Then let each one stop and ponder, 'til' -
+, Ere he does his brother chide. ye'iG'
How can We know every motive, il,H 9F'
Every influence brought to bear: g0n3'
Know of every strong temptation, -e.Ie
Every deep and subtle snare
Thrown around thy erring brother


To betray his feet to sinl ~
o, ye cannot judge another - otie@Dt
Till We know the soul within. ~, ..1;
Would ye have him sit in judgment


On each act of thine in life,
Without knowing every motive
b All thy warning, all thy strife?
Even then, would ye not rather 1le
Trust to Coda God of love- -,....... a.
Trust your kind and heavenly Father =
lE To condemn or to approve?
I'd not have you wink at SHINING,


Or the less condemn the sin,
But, Oh think, before condemning, iSl
That there is soul within; nf
That by kindness you may win it


From the path that leads to death,
But We never can reclaim it


By the fierce volcanoes breath.





But We will the further drive it ,4.r.
From the plain and pleasant road,
And yell have to answer for it


At the final bar of God,


Then. my brother, seek by kindness


To reclaim thy brother man:
Judge not harshly in your blindness,


Lest we too be judged again.
Year: 1864

MISSIONARY RIDGE.-I will not waste
many words in description Of this famous
highland. To the distant spectator its sides
appear smooth, and the ascent does not seem
difficult but nearer view discloses that it
rises at an angle of at least forty-fve de-
grees, and that it is covered with small rocks
and low underbrush and briars, which would
be sufficient to render the ascent extremely
difficult, were the traveller unincumbcred and
unresisted. At intervals, on the summit, Of
from three hundred to four hundred yards,
are sharp peaks, upon each Of which were
erected batteries and sections Of artillery, Of
from two TO six guns, supported by a firm
line Of infantry, the wings Of each brigade
joining in solid phalanx. Some six miles
from Chattanooga is a gap, at the spot where
John Ross, the Cherokee, used to hold court
in the palmy days of aborigine supremacy in
this region; and at various intervals
practicable roads ascended somewhat cir
cautiously to the top. The ridge terminates
at least u mile and half from the river
bank, in two nearly circular knobs, which
rise considerably above the average hight |;
they might be aptly termed spurs Of the
mountain rather than the mountain itself.
The summit is extremely narrow, in some
places not more than ten PAGES in width, and
at few spots more than fifty. The descent
on the east differs, however, materially from
the ascent on the west. There are deeper
ravines, more timber, and less rock; indeed
the slope is extremely irregular, though not
SO staep as that facing toward Chattanooga.
One Of the spurs at the north end Of the
mountain is called Tunnel Hill, because tho
railroad was cut through its base; while for
the other, SO far as could learn, there is no
distinctive term, and il is known by the gen.
eral name of "the Knob."-C0rrepoadeacs
Eastern paper.
Year: 1864

SINGULAR DREAN.-A lady came from
New York yesterday to attend the christ
ening party of her little grandson. Dur
ing the evening she lost the setting Of q
valuable diamond ring. The house wes
thoroughly searched and still no trace of
the lost valuable could be found. Early
this morning lady friend who was pres
ent at the party came to the house, saying
she had a most singular and vivid dream
in which she plainly saw the diamonds
lying hid close behind the leg of stove
that stood in the room. She could not
forbear calling to see whether it was so or
not. Upon looking in the place designa-
ted, they found the missing treasure! This,
like the dream of another person in this
city, not many months ago, in which was
correctly revealed the lost body of a
drowned boy, with the hands still tightly
clinging to some timbcrs, deep down be-
meath the waters at Daniels dam, shows
that dreams are not sometimes to be disre-
garded. In the case last mentioned, &
most vigorous and prolonged previous
search of the river, throughout conside-
rable length, had failed to find the lads
body.-Hartford Times, Dec. 5th.
Year: 1864

In order to extend the circulation Of our Mammoth
Weekly Edition Of THE ONO STATESMAN, and to
enable our friends to get up Clubs for the Presi-
dental Campaign. upon the most favorable terms,
We have decided furnish it to from the
7th Of July to the middle Of November embracing
the whole Of the exciting and important Political
Campaign, and including the Presidential Election
Returns-at the following Low AND GREATLY RE-
DUCED RATES:
Year: 1864

REBEL WRANGLING.-We are told the
Yankees derive great encouragement from
our wrangling, and expect the dissolution
of our league to follow close in the wake OF
our dissensions. If these dissensions had
any reference to submission if we were de-
batting the expedicncy Of accepting Lincoln's
amnesty, the Yankees would do well to be
iubilant; but as our disputes simply relate
to the best method of repelling the invader,
as we are all agreed to the policy Of despatch
ing Cerberus and not appeasing him, we can
see no means why our enemies should be cx-
ultant. Far better reasons would they have
for rejoicing, if our Congress should pass any
of the desperate measures which that body
has suffered itsclfto entertain; and whether
the Yankees are exultant or not, we must
learn, once for all, to walk in the good
old path Of hereditary constitutional right,
without regarding the frames and feelings Of
that highly emotioned people. The true dan,
ger is lest our own people should be alienated
from the cause by the misconduct Of those
who arc at the head of affairs, and by point
ing out errors and urging reforms an inde-
pcndent press can do more to promote har-
mony than by mute resignation to accom-
plish facts, or loud appeals for such unity
as can be brought about only by an abnega-
ton of thought or remuneration of liberty.
Richmond Examiner, Jan. p.
Year: 1864

The superiority of the negro over the Cop
pcrheads is becoming daily more and more
apparent. The negro has had nothing TO be
grateful for but chains and slavery, unrc
Quilted toll and oppression. In this boaslcd
land of freedom he has no rights above the
OK or horse. Yet the negro enlisted and
fights bravely to preserve the nation which
has wrongcd and oppressed him. Every let
ter from the seat of war, which mentions the
| subject at all, bears testimony to the good
behavior and coursge Of the negro. Our SOL
diers who have fought side by side with them
bear testimony, without exception 20 their
coolness and courage. The men Of this de-
spised race know that to be captured by the
enemy is death-pcrhaps to be accompanied
| By the horrors of slow torture. Yet these
men enlist without the large bounty which is
given to white men, and fight for less pay.


How is it with Coppcrhcads? They are
men who have drawn their sustcnancc main
" from the Government. They have received
honors and emolumcnts, lily deserved and
poorly requited, it is truc-they have SO long
been sumptuously fed at the public crib that
they have grown to believe that 1t is their
right. In fact they never contemplated any
possible benefit to flow from any government
except office. That is all they want. Ifthcy
can't get it, they are ready for rebellion,
revolution, even for anarchy. They won't
fight. First, because the Democratic party
is not in power and it is not "their" fight
second, because the rebellion is a Democrat
ic affair, gotten up inside the Democratic
party, and they believe when the "Union as
It was" is restored, those who fight in the
war will be "spotted" by Southern Democrats
who will run the machine again, as they be-
licve. As the chief end Of their existence is
to get Ofice-and as they never for momgnt
contemplated any other way, except through
the Democratic party" they spend their
time and labor in keeping Democrats out Of
the war. Every Democrat who cnlistS is lost
to the party. in their estimation. To pu;
the party! They would prefer to have the
nation wiped out so the party could be spared
and could give them Office under any form Of
government, no matter what.


These COpperheads won't tight. There is
nothing at stake in this contest for which
they are willing to risk their dirty carcasscS.
They won't go and aid their Democratic
friends in destroying the Republic, and they
not only won't join the Republicans AMI War
Democrats in fighting the rebellion, but they
labor to prevent all others from dong ii.
Where shall such men be claSscd Are We
not justified in saying that in true manhood
they cannot be mentioned in the same cate
CORY us the freedmen: Isn't the slave fight
ing for the preservation Of Il nation that has
only given him stripes in times past, hoping
to prove his manhood and TO secure his free
dom in future, better, 4 braver and Il trucr
man, than the craven, sneaking, double
dealing Butternut, who is neither rebel nor
patriot, who has no God but 'party'' and
10 aspirations but for Office !-BTdngtoa


IoLca) Ha,okeye.
Year: 1864

Save on our own terms We can accept no
peace whatever, and must fight till dooms.
day rather than yield an iota of them, and
our terms are:


Recognition by the enemy Of the indie
pendence of the Confederate States.
|, Withdrawal Of the Yankee forces from
every foot of Confederate ground, including
Kentucky and Missouri.


Withdrawal of the Yankee soldiers from
Maryland until that State shall decide by q
free vote whether she shall remain in the
old Union or ask admission into the Con-
federacy.


Consent on the part of the Federal Gov
ernment to give up to the Confederacy its
proportion Of the navy as it stood at the
time of secession, or to pay for the same.


Yielding up Of all pretension on the part
Of the Federal Government to that portion
of the old Territories which lies west of the
Confederate States.


An equitable settlement on the basis of
our absolute independence and equal rights
Of all accounts of the public debts and pub
lie lands, and the advantages accruing from
foreign treaties.


These provisions, we apprehend, comprise
the minimum of what We must require be-
fore we lay down our arms. That is to say,
the North must yield alive nothing. The
whole pretensions of that country to pre-
vent by force the separation of the States
must be abandoned, which will be equiva-
lent to an avowal that our enemies were
wrong from the first, and. of course, as they
waged causeless aud wicked war upon US,
they ought in strict justice to be required,
according to usage in snch cases, to REIN
burse to US the whole of our expenses and
losses in the course of that twar.-Richm0nd
Enquirer, Oct. 16, 1863.
Year: 1864

The officers of the Rebel army are
beseeching their supeFiors for an In
crease of pay. What they get is, Of
course, magnificent in comparison with
the miserable stipend of the private
soldier, but by the rapid depreciation OF
the currency it has ceased TO be any re
compense for their services. An officer
whose letter was read in the Rebel Con
gress the other day declares that, even
when an officer gets q furlough to 60
home it is impossible for him to do so,
if he lives at distance, without other
means than the Government furnishes
him. Thus the writer remarks, in a
dismal, jolly spirit


"How can we who live some six or
seven hundred miles hence afford to pay
the railroad charges? According to
present rates q Brigadier General 5
monthly pay will only carry him from
Richmond to Augusta Colonel could
not go further than Charlotte, n C.; a
Lieutenant Colonel would have to lay
over at Raleigh; Major would not get
further than Danville; and as for a
poor Captain or Lieutenant, after pay
ing for bed in Richmond, they would
have just about enough left to buy a
ticket to the first water station"


Perhaps it will be good policy in the
Rebel Government 10 keep up these OBJ
stacles. So many of the furloughed
favorites of the chief officers have failed
to come back, after they had reached
their homes, that experience would
seem to Justify the placing of as many
difficulties as possible in the way Of their
travelling.
Year: 1864




The following IS the speech delivered
by Colonel Charles G Greene, the editor
of the Boston Post--the leading DEM
ocrste journal of New Englsnd-at
the late banquet in Boston, in honor Of
Captain WinslOw, of the Kearsarge:


Colonel Greene, in response to the
Presidents call, said the press often
sends forth discordant music; but he
had no doubt the harmony would be
perfect on the morrow in sounding the
great chorus of praise to the glorious
achievement of the Kearsarge. After
the food Of eloquence that had been
poured this evening-sufficient, one
would think, 20 float the whole Govern
ment marine--he could not be expect
ed to add one drop to the patriotic sea;
but he could not refrain from express
ing his deep pleasure at uniting in q
festival where there is so perfect = unity
Of sentiment; where dIsputation was
not allowed to intrude its wrinkled
front, and where no feeling flied the
heart bat that of joyous gratitude. In
periods of party excitement he said,
we often wax very Wroth and call each
other names of ebony hue and Of me-
talic hardness but the cause of contrO-
Versy passed, we find our blood akin.
and that we al hold the same national
inheritSnce-are heirs to the same na-
tional destiny. No man, no class Of
men-can monopOlize the starry Gag
of the Union; il is the nations ban
ner-the emblem of a nation Of free.
men--its tFiumphs are national glory.
IL is meet, therefore, that we express our
thanks in glowing words 70 those who
beneath its folds contribute to the
treasury Of our common honor. In the
present festivities may we forget the
family jars just passed, and, ike a band
of brothers, only see in the event wa
nos celebrate new lustre and increased
strength given 10 cur fathers house
the great Temple of Liberty erected
by their valOr, cemented with their
blood, and preserved by the bravery Of
their children. Would TO Heaven, sir.
that the echoes Of applause We now
offer for gallant deeds were for such
victory as would draw cheering response
from each Of the thirty five States Of
this great country that no pang should
agonize one American heart that the
blow struck was like unto that which
taught foreign foe "the might that
slumbers in a freeman's arm But,
unhappily-most unhsppily-suoh Is
not the case. The present necessity for
spreading death over sea and land is an
awiCl, lamentable one; a necessity
that has arrsyed in terrible combat one
portion of our house against another
portion but, like the Roman father,
the Government, while it administers
justice with throbbing heart and weep>
ing eyes, cannot withhold the ehastise-
ment It's integrity must be vindicated,
its authority must be sustained, It's
Constitution must be perpetuated, and
the Union of the States must be re-es-
tablished, atWhsteVer cost TheTefore,
sir, | offer as a toast


"The Navy and Army Of the United
States-May the one drive piracy from
the water, and the other treason from
the land"
Year: 1864

Some unthinking Democrats are say
ing that if ill the States of the Union
should vote in the Electoral College, the
result of the recent election would be
different from what it is This proves
to be mistake. Granting to Mcclellan
the entire vote of the slave States, the
Electoral College would stand as follow:
Year: 1864

LEGAL DAMAGES AND COMPOUND INTE-
REST IN AFR1cA.-Some Of the natives of
Africa, although they may have little pre-
tensions to a knowledge Of mathematics in
general, seem to have very clear and
comprehensive idea Of the principles of
compound interest on debts resulting from
legal damages. This appears from the
custom Of certain tribe, according to
which, If native should steal fowl from
another, the owner, if he had witness Of
the fact, would suffer the matter to rest for
two OF three years. He would then insti-
tute an action for damages, which are
measured by this curious standard: 1t is
In the first place calculated how many
eggs the fowl would probably have laid in
the course of one or two years, how many
of these would have been bstehed, how
many of these chickens would themselves
have become parents, for the period of
time between the commission Of the rob-
berry and the conviction Of the offender.
For this imaginary wrong, damages have
been given to the fullest extent, and the
husband and wife and whole family sold
to requite the owner Of the fowl for his
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Year: 1864

BoyHooD. when they are boys
ars queer enough. How ridiculous notions
they have, and what singular desires, which
in after life change and shape themselves
into characteristics. Who remembers when
he would have sold his birth right for a
rocking horse and his new suit of clothes
for money! Who forgets the sweet faced
girl, older than himself, against whose gold
en- hair he leaned and wept his grief. away?
Who recollects when the thought of being
a circus rider appeared greater than to be
President, and how jealously he watched
the little fellows that wore Spangied jackets
and turned somersets and desired to be like
them? Ii memory preserves not these
caprices, or something similar, the by is
lost in the man. lI,ppy visions They
come but once, and go quickly, leaving US
ever to sigh for return Of what can never
be again.
Year: 1864

LOOKS should not be wholly beneath the
consideration Of any man. Nature does not
d'sda'n them. Nothing is omitted that can
enhance its beauty. Everything is grouped
and arranged with the most consumate skill,
and with the direct and manifest object Of
pleasing exterior vision. The man, there
fore, who plays the philosopher on the
strength Of neglecting his attire, and who
hopes that the world will rate the superior.
ity of his intellect in direct ratio with the
infcriority Of his hat, is no philosopher at
all, because the truly wise man thinks from
Nature through himself.