smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

Dead glandered horses are allowed to re-
main. in our public streets and avenues
length of time enough to breed disease. On
Saturday morning last horse with glnndcrs
died in Ninth street. near Pennsylvania ave
nue. The proper authorities were notified
Of the fact several times, but the dead, bloat-
cd, siekening carcass of the deceased animal
remained there more than Jo1y-agA ho3srs!


We learn that several other dead carcasses
were lying in the same way in other parts of
the city. Most of these animals have been
worn out in the service of the Federal Gov
ernment, and are turned into tic streets TO
die, being no longer of service to any one.
If there is no law against turning glanderod
horses into the public streets it is time there
should be. If such law exists then let it
be enforced rigidly and promptly.


1t is perhaps not generally known that the
"glanders" is a cery contagious and de-
srmctiue disease of the mucous membrane
in horses. 1t is characterized by constant
discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and
an enlargement and induration of the glands
beneath and within the lower Jaw. il as as
dangerous for human beings as it is for an
iBsaIs TO come IN contact tciM giaHdGred
horse! Yet it is no uncommon thing to see
crowds of chil zen budding about such dead
animals. We witnessed several such scenes
last week.


In view of the warnings we have from
abroad of the approach of foreign plague,
yellow fever, &C., it behooves us to be active
ourselves in attending to the simplest mum.
cipal duties towards cleanliness


With the prompt assistance of the military
authorities the city has recently been ridden
Of anunpleasant stencil which emanatod from
the boiling of healthy horses across the Po-
omac. Now we have dead diseased horses broil.
ing be1eath a bunting sun, ia tie pery heart Of
the e,ty-at our very doors-iyimg at,uouehsd
for troo days-Ay- blown and breeding disease
throughout the whole neighborhood. Who is
to blame? Where is the health officer? Can
not the military authorities prevent these
animals from being turned out into the streets
to die, with the foul contagion upon them?
Something ought to be done, or we shall be
plagued with an epidemic, growing out Of
pestilential influences in our own midst, far
worse than anything that can come upon us
from Russia. Let us be up and doing, An
ounce of preventive is worth pound Of cure.


Since the above was written we learn that
the glandered horse which lay in Ninth street
from Saturday morning umtI this fore
noon, without any effort being made by the
city authorities to remove it, was finally
taken away by the military authorities Of
this department.
Year: 1865

Secretary SEWARD walked from his houso
to the State Department to-day, and re-
sumed his duties as usual The apparatus
which he has been obliged to wear upon his
face for some time, owing to the fracture Of
the jaw occasioned by the accident, has been
removed, and, in consequence thereof two
more pieces of bone were extracted from the
right side of the jaw yesterday, very much
to the relief of Mr.. SEWARD. He can now
talk quite well, is free from suffering and has
rocuperated his general health wonderfully.


This is good news which all good and loyal
people, the world over, will be rejoiced tC
lenrn
Year: 1865

Persons leaving Washington to spend the
summer at their country residences, or at
any of the watering places, can have the
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN forwarded to their
address, by leaving their orders at this
Year: 1865

A FIVE year old chap was assigned the
duty of rocking" his little brother to sleep.
After few minutes of frutless effort to
soothe the restless infant to slumber, he
called his mothers attention to the state of
the case with this remark, MA, this fellow
won't go to sleep--l think he wants some
thing" All questions as to what the baby
wanted were only answered by a blush
and downcast look, but in few minutes
after, while the infant was in the enjoy
ment of what he really did want, little five
year old explained himself by the interro-
cation, "Ha! didn't know what he want,
ed ?"
Year: 1865

JUDGE man by his actions poet by
his eye a lawyer by his leer player by
his strut ; an Irishmal by his swagger
an Englishman by his rotundity Scotch
man by his shrug justice by his frown
great man by his modesty: a tailor by
his agility; and woman by her neatness


1t matters not what man loses, if he
saves his soul but if he lose his soul, il
matters not what he saves,
Year: 1865

The COMING FOURTH OF JULY-Oun UNION
SoIp1rRs.-The Governor of Pennsylvania has
thrown out good hint in q special recon-
mendation to the people to give the gallant
defenders of the Union in the late war the post
of honor in the celebrations Of the day, IN
town and city throughout the State. We sub
NIT to Governor Fenton that this would be
a good example to fellow, including some
special Fourth of July rememhrances OF the
widows and orphans Of those brave men OF
the army and navy whose lives have been
given up to save the life of the nation. In
the South, we hope, the nations anniversary
may be celebrated in reunion between
Unionists and repenting rebels, which Will 90
much to reclaim the old devotion OF the
Southern people to 1.-The old flag" North ano
South, "the glorious Fourth Of the year o.


grace and peace 1866 ought to be such


national jubilee as the world has never knowr


since the occupation Of the promised land by
| the children of Israeli.
Year: 1865

cests to the beaten rebels that they perure
themselves freely, ana that they call upon their
Northern friends to meet them in convention
in New York to "organize great national
party. such as will deter the profiigate
President and his provost spies from lay
ing their brutal hands upon inoffsnding
men. women, and children" referring, we
presume, to the capture of jeff Davis and
his party. If any thing will serve to turn
the scale at Washington in favor of immediate
and universal negro suffrage, this programme
of Sanders, if attempted, will do it We sus-
pect that it will be tried.


President Johnson, IN view of the difficulties
with which he has to grapple, on the right hand
and the left, will probably be constrained to
call an extra session of Congress. Whatever he
NAV do in the interval to December, in the way
of reconstruction, without Congress, will be
subject to the question Of approval or rejection
by Congress. Besides, this whole business OF
suffrage should now be regulated by an amend
ment of the federal constitution, and in view OF
the great political revolution in which we are
still involved, there are other constitutional
amendments necessary to meet the new order
of things before us. For these purposes con-
vention of all the States would, perhaps, be the
best beginning; but even in this view the
shortest road to the object leads through an
extra session of Congress.
Year: 1865

SHADE rREEs.-John Temple is setting
out about sixty splendid shade trees, around
the North Davenport School House. The
Trustees are doing good thing thus to i'm
prove those grounds.
Year: 1865

POPULAR ARRANGExRNr.-We learn
that Lieutenant llen"c is making arrange
ments for the erection Of . stand in the
Post Office for the sale of tobacco, cigars,
meerschaum pipes and fancy notions. AS
he has been rendered helpless in the service
serving Of the patronage Of the public, and
no one will be more likely to receive it,
than he.
Year: 1865

The headaches of early childhood are on
the increase; medical men are more than
ever alive to the fact that children arc over
excited in the nursery, and but too often. too
early, and far too hard worked in the school
room: they are forced" as gardeners would
say, for too early exhibition in the drawing
room. They pass too much Of their early
life into a sort of orderly, by drill attained
manners, utterly destructive of the sweetest,
most healthy characteristics of true children.
Forever, from the earliest moment they can
be taught anything, they are bidden not to
'be rude, but behave well, as il, in real truth
the prettlest feature in chld'life was not a
sort OF rudeness-the eXuberance Of real ma.
ture. Martyrs to tn" 'anity of our day. they
are imb'hampered ~ the folly which makes
them mere dolls for the exhibition Of their
dresses and the ingenuity Of their nurses in
dressing their hair. Taught department in
character with their costume they become,
but too often, vain little puppet limitations Of
men and women, all the winning artlessness
proper to their age being thus lorcibly taken
from them; they strut about pretty pictures
when they had far better be tumbling about
with the abandon natural to their age, but
which would at once destroy the claim to
that sort of pret'ness thoir careful get up"
had given them. This precocous training
in the nursery has its fruit in that great
amount of butterilyism of which we SEQ so
much in after life in those stately, artificial,
variegated specimens of young lady life, of
which every watering place gives such a
cloud. Much real goodness is there in some
of them; but there is the same sad sense of
"out to be looked stamped upon their gait
and adornng, only Of an older kind, as that
which at from four to seven years of age
they entered the drawing room to visitors or
| dining room to desert.
Year: 1865

The Honorable Grsn,ley Berkley, Who
several years ago visited our western terri-
tories, for the purpose of Buffalo bunting,
has just published in England two volumes
of his Life and Recollectons," in which be
gives picture of the very peculiar times in
which the author was born and hourished.
Among his sketches Of royal life is story
of Lady Haggerstones scheme 10 charm the
Regeut "Her Ladyship had at her residence
a miniature farm-yard and three pretty little
Alderney cattle. When the Prince and her
friends had arrived she came forward from a
side wicket, as milkmaid, for the purpose
of making a sylabub for the Prince. She
bad silver pail in one hand and an orna.
mental stool in the other. Lady Haggert
stone tripped along with ribbons flying from
her dainty little milking hat that hung on
one side Of her graceful head, and the small,
lest little apron tied below her laced s,om.
acher, till she came opposite his Royal High.
ness, to whom she dropped really graceful
courtesy. Then passing lightly over the
beautiful plated straw, her tucked up gown
showing her neat ankles as we'll as her col.
ored stockings, she placed her pail and stood
conveniently for use. Leaning against the
fanks of one Of the crossest looking of the
Attorneys, she was attempting to commence
her rustic abors, but not having selected the
right SEX the offended animal did not seem
to fancy the performance, for he first kicked
out and then trolted away, nearly upsetting
stool, pail and Lady Haggerstone, who, COW
cred with confusion, made a hasty retreat
back 10 her little dairy, whence she did not
appear again
Year: 1865

lhe right OF freed negroes to vote Is the
new p'ank in the Republican platform. Wen
dell Phillips declares that this is liberty
according to the northern interpretations"
George Thompson, the Engishman from
whom Republicans learn how America should
he governed, says: Il agree with Mr.. Phillips
that your Constitution needs two amend
ments, one prohibiting slavery everywhere
throughout the Union, and another forbid
ding the States to enact laws which shall
make any distinction among their citizens on
account of race or color. desire to see the
negro enfranrhised, protected by the ballot,
placed upon footing Of absolute civil and
political equality With tho white man. |
believe that if this country is to be saved, it
must be saved through the negro, and for
the negro" Frederick Douglass maintain
ing the fitness of the present hour for insist
ing upon the right Of the freed negroes to
citizenship, says: "lhis is the hour Now is
the time TO press this right" and William
LLOYD Garrison chimes in as follows: "G lory,
AlleIuia, Amen and Amen" Upon all the
above the independent comments thus: "We
think the above extracts are good reading
hearty, good tempered, sound and durable
If anybody differs with us in this opinion,
let him sponge away from bis mind the stain
of old time prejudice against the excellent
men whose names we have quoted, and
whose good we trust, may now cease to be
evil spoken Of


The Independent is certainly right in de
manding that the true leaders of the Repub,
lican party, Phillips, Thompson, Garrison
and Fred. Douglass, the men whose ideas
guide and rule it. shall have recognition for
their righ,ful authority They have always
been one step in advance of the tlme-servers,
the politicians, and the rank and file of the
party; but these have never yet failed to
keep step with them and follow closely on
The Times, for example, is Just now splitting
on this plank as it used to spit upon the
abolition plank, before it became the most
enthusiastic abolition sheet Of all. But il
will have only its trouble for its pains now
as then. 1t must walk up to the scratch and
toe it within very few months, and Free
Suffrage for the Free Negro will be its future
cry as sure as the sun rises and sets


Indeed, the Republican caucus which was
lat ely held at Washington made no bones OF
the matter. 1t was there resolved upon that
the vote of the freed negroes of the rebel
States was an absolute necessity to the
dwindling Republican party at the North
that, with the negro vote secured, they could
hold on to power for an indefinite term of
years, and, by keeping up a large military
establishment after peace is declared, hold
down the whites Of the South, and retain a
secure hold at the North on the contractors,
manufacturers, and those who profit by the
war expenditures.


Free Suffrage for Free Negoes. This is
the new article in the Republican creed
Republicans hear, and obeyi


Mem York IK0r1I
Year: 1865

1t has been ascertaned that one Of the
pa,rolmen in Albany has become heir to
three millions Of dollars worth of property.
The evidence of this was discovered in the
State Library couple of days ago by a
young law student who was searching the
records for another matter.
Year: 1865

All who have used DR., HARvEY's FEMALE PILLS
recommend them to others. Nurses recommend
them-DruggistS and Dealers recommend them in
preference TO other medicines because of their merits
No lady objects to take them for they elegantly
PREPARED BY AN EXPERIENCED CHEMIST


They ar perfectly harmless On the system, may
be taken at any time with perfect safety but dur
ing the early stages Of Pregnancy they should
not be taken, or Miscarriage may be the result
they never cause any sickness, pain or distress.


Each box contains sixty pills and full directions
for use
Year: 1865

Of the Government, IN repelling hostile
Indians and guarding the United States
mail and Pacific Telegraph and pro:
tecting the border settlers from the tom
ahawk and scalping knife.


Resolved. 2. That as your memor-
alists believe the protection of the Over
land Mail Route and Highway across the
plains is a matter of great National con-
cern, we respectfully urge the careful
and candid consideration of this memori-
al and joint resolution, by each indiYidu-
al member of your honorable bodies and
that provision be made for the ample
protection of our border, and the Great
National ThOrOughfare to the Gold
Mines and Pacific cost.


Resolved, 3. That the Secretary of
this Territory be requested to forward
copies of this memorial and joint rssOlu-
tiOns to the. Delegates in Congress from
Colorado, Idaho and Utah, and that they
be respectively requested to urge the
consideration or the subject matter Of this
memorial upcn the attention of the Con-
gress of the United States, believing as
we do, that every section of the Country
is alike interested in securing ample
protection to the trains across the plains.


Resolved, 4. That copy of this me
mortal and joint resolution be forwarded
BY the Secretary of the Territory, to our
Delegate in Congress, and that he be and
is hereby requested to present this me-
mortal, and use his best efforts to procure
the adoption of such legislation, on the
part of the Federal Government, as shall
provide for the prompt payment of the
Nebraska Militia, for their services rem
dered to the United States, as set forth
in this memorial, and secure protection,
in the future, to the emigration and trains
across the plains.


Resolved, 5. That His Excellency
Gov. Saunders, is hereby urgently re-
quested to act in conjunction with our
Delegate in laying this matter before
Congress, At the earliest possible me-
ment.
Year: 1865

A SLIGHT MISTAKE contemporary
youches for the following story: a young
physician, who was in love With Q fair
patient but was unable from bashfulness
to reveal his passion wrote her passion
ate declaration. and left i. on the table,
where the servant naturally enough
thought it was prescription. and tock IL
to The chemists who the NEXT day sent it
back to the poor doctor With an. apology
that ..hs was out'of the ingredients nco.,
sssssY 10 make up what 10 ~satsd"
Year: 1865

New YORK, Jan. 4.-Collector Draper
left this city this evening in the trans
port Grenada for Savannah, where he
will take testimony relative to the owner
ship of the cotton captured there by
Sherman, and make such disposition as
the War Department may decide Mr.
Draper was made a cotton agent some
two mouths since, when he filed the
necessary bond to the amount of 500
900 The cotton will probably be sent
here for sale, or may be shipped to Eu'
rope.


Col. Julian Allen has been sent North
by the Mayor and Common council OF
Savannah and with the consent of Gen.
Sherman, to purchase for that city GER
tain articles of food for distribution to
necessitous families 1t is said our mer-
chants are anxious to open commerce
with Savann ah, and to show their good
will they contemplate to make free
gift of supplies to the poor of that city


The isthmus pirates have arrived here
and are confined in Fort Alcatros. They
will be tried here


The anniversary of emancipation is
being celebrated here by the colored
people with great impressiveness
Year: 1865

New YORK, Jan. 4.--The Tribune's
Washington special says: All that Is
known of the Blair mission is this; The
President was fully apprised of the mo-
tives and purposes that induced the ell
der Blair to desire to go TO Richmond,
but he declined to make himself respon-
sible for the journey. He would not
give written authorization of it nor
officially promote it, but he told Mr.
Blair that he should allow General Grant
to act in his own sense OF duty and poll
cy i'll forwarding him to Richmond or
refusing him passage through our lines.
1t is understood here that when the
Blairs reached Grants headquarters, a
telegram from the Secretary of War was
there ahead of them apprising the Gen.
eral that their mission TO Richmond was
self assumed and without the authority
of the President, and suggesting Ill the
spirit and tenor of the despatch ifnot in
words. that the mission had better be
dropped. The Blairs staid at the head
quarters two days and then retraced on
their way home 1t is understood that
Montgomery was not TO 20 into Rich
mond with his father that he was to
await his return ut City Point.


To strip this mission of all diplomatic
character rumor has been published to-
day that Mr. Blair simply endeavored TO
get to Richmond TO recover portions OF
his political correspondence taken last
year by Breckenridge from his mansion
at Silver Spring, and (which is ofso delicate
a character that mercy to living politi-
clans and decency to dead ones required
that it should be recovered and suppress
ed at all hazards
Year: 1865

The bulkhead of Dutch Gap Canal was
blown out in part, but mass OF dis
turbed earth fell back into the water, the
explosion thus failing of its object
dredging will therefore become necessa'
nv, If the work should be continued
The sound produced was low aud rum
bling, but accounts differ as to the large
amount of powder used on the occasion.
Year: 1865

MEETING OF TIFF NAVAL BOARD O..
The Commercial Advertisers Washing
ton special says;


The Naval Board will meet on Thurs
day toinvestigate the cause Of the burst
ing of the Parrott guns in the attack Oh
Fort Fisher"
Year: 1865

Every atom of the long procession which
now comes sweeping up the aisle cries
aloud these words. Autumn leaves in
deedl Can that weird old woman with
painted, Vixened face, and false hair and
teeth, and robes Of virgin white-of youth
full, fresh, unsullied s0hite, q ghRstly mock
cry can she doubt for one moment that
the handsome young craven, who has been
brought by his extrsvagences and his
friends TO this horrible pass, msrries her
for her money, and lOathes her in his soul
Impossiblel And yet, with the hideous
beauty of woman who has not learned
that most difficult of all things, how to be
graceful, she affects to regard it IS some
thing other and beyond the mercantile
transaction which in reality it is. As he
stands there perjuring himself and while
she grins horribly smile that must plant
u dagger in the false heart which had
once warmed to the smile of snother-Aye,
that even yet has power TO warm tive
can scarcely decide which of the two has
cur deeper contempt, the man who has
sold himself or the woman who has bought
him. But IS We can not satisfactorily set
tie the question, we leave it undetermined,
and come out from the oppressive presence
of those who are with VOWS before God,
contracting a peIJured and anholy bar
gain.
Year: 1865

The Ohio Statesman and Cincinnati
Enquirer both abuse General Cox, but in
doing so they contradict each other square
". We asked which was right The
Statesman reterts (which do you say is
rieht?" We would answer that we have
no recollection of time when either Of
these Copperhead sheets was "right."
Year: 1865

I HtTE'S TO SHCN tEOTU as ALL TT


And in the history of Dyspeptc Man there need be
gloomy future full of hypochondriacal fears for
one draught of the wonderful appetizer and healer
PLANTATION BITTERS, will scatter the dark
clouds of Dependency and bid Hope tell her fiat
tering tale'' again. For Heartburn, Dyspepsia,
Indigestion, Heaviness, Languor, Headache and
Low Spirits, this is the only remedy. If You are
suffering from Dyspepsia any of its attendant
evils, use Plantation Bitters, and you will find
there is mo such word fail.n lYl l9-lW
Year: 1865

nFThe New York Citizen says Gen. Dix is
relieved of his command az ms urgent and re-
Self to the Pacific Railroad Company, OF which
he is President, and to give his attention as
early as possible to the affairs of his private
fortune. which has been neglected during tho
severe labors of his military life.