smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

had they been obliged 70 make the trip around Farars
island which ~ the name Of the peninsula Of which
Dutch Gap WAS the Athmus II proves unnavgablet0 To
monitors and gunh oats the whole
much time and laf lost But even should u float the
monitors comfort Ably is yet tested whether
batteries on the uh side Of James river and Of the
think they wiz.


The Yankees ts rs the canal has fifteen feet OF water
In II at bfgh tide It's length five hundred and sixty
feet ~ width forty ysrds The through the ridge OF
the smus at i@ highest point TO the water ne is fifty
nine feet Tho work was begun the 10th August; and
thewestern end which had been left untouched till the
ress Of the canal finished protect The laborers
against batteries, blown out last Sunday-the
&rst day Of this year. The Yankee nation are making
great giorcaton over the completion this work. and
volumes OF praise are being avished Butler for or
mating the canal scheme and prosecuting successful
conclusion is az we have sad only far successful
that the Gap has been through and the cut filed with
water II advancing the enemy the siege Of Richmond
Is another matter Even should the Monitors sail through
II may be found that they have proved their oca
tion over much We may, however expect them 70 at
tempt the excursion at an early day.


One of the most remarkable things about the compile
tion Of this canal Is to the fact that should be done
right under our noses Dutch Gap being the flies,
only twelve miles from Richmondl ana heard not
one icoTd Of i until TIE brought to ~ from
Net1 Fork.


Very heavy cannonading was heard In the direction Of
the Dutch Gap cannl yesterday morning. We presume
the firing from our batteries will be kept up continually
now, and may be expected to be tremendous whenever
the first Monitor shall show its In the canal


Except the firing just mentioned the usual quiet pre-
vailed on the lines yesterday
Year: 1865

Senator Sherman is at present making a
brief visit to the coal and oil mining re-
gions of Western Pennsylvania. He was
serenaded at Mt. Carlin on Monday even
ing, and in the course of his speech made
the following remarks as reported by the
Philadelphia Press:


awe count largely on the coal, iron, and
oil of Pennsylvania to develop our re-
sources, and we will not count in vain /;
ard let me assure you, we do not come to
find new sources of taxation, but rather
to see how far you can be relieved from
taxation. We are now collecting more
from the people than is necessary for
the changed condition of affairs. Du-
ring the war the Government was COM
pelled to resort to the utmost limits of
taxation, but l am happy to say that the
business of Congress will be, after securing
peace upon the basis of universal liberty,
to relieve ourselves from taxation no long
er necessary.


In making this reduction we naturally
look to those articles the chief cost of
which is low labor, the foundation of
wealth, and should be as free from bur
dens as the air. The cheerfulness with
which all classes and occupations paid
taxes during the war makes it doubly the
duty of Conuress to lessen and equalize
the taxes now. 1 confidently anticipate
that in short time duties on imported
goods, a moderate income tax and taxes on
luxuries, will enable us to hOnOrably per-
form ali our obligations. This is no time
for me to allude to political topics, but l
trust you will agree with me that it is
time to cultivate kindly feeling among all
shades of political opinions, and an intense
nationality.


awe have President in whose patriot
ism we can confde. hope he will yet
gain the same goodwill that it is said
Pennsylvania had for Andrew jackson.
l feel that it is his desire, as it is yours
and mine that our country may improve
all the advantages which Providence has
given US, BY the development of our in
ternal resources, by the protection of our
labor, and by the harmony and unity of
our people. The time will come when all
| the North, South, East and West will feel
that the dangers of the late war were just
as necessary to our national growth as the
Revolutionary war, or the war of 1872, and
we all feel that now the was is over, our
policy is peace and goodwill to all men.
Year: 1865

The case of supposed infanticide report
ed few days ago, has assumed an alto.
gether different phase, since we published
the account. The true facts in the case
are as follows: A man named Downer,
upon hearing of the finding of the bodies,
went to see them, and they were recogniz-
ed as those of two children of a married
danghter of his, whose husband was ab-
sent. He further stated that the infants
were still born; that he boxed them up
aud took them to the cemetery for burial,
but that the superintendent asked him
more for burying them than he could af-
ford to pay. Another man, hearing of the
matter, offered to bury the bodies for two
dollars, which offer was accepted, and the
bodies taken away. This man, instead of
burying them, disposed of them by throw
ing them in the creek, as stated last week.
Year: 1865

An old and esteemed citizen of this
county, residing in Newton, named Rich
ard DOlyin, hung himself in his stable on
the 10th inst. He and his wife reside
alone. On the morning named he ate his
breakfast as usual and went out, making a
pleasant remark to his wife. She was
busy at work about the house for short
time, but suddenly remembering that he
seemed to act strangely, she went out to
see what he was doing Upon going to
the stable she saw his body suspended by a
rope, the moose of which had been neatly
adjusted. The body was still warm, but
, Mr.. Dolvin was evidently laboring un-
der a temporary depression of mind. He
was about 20 years of age-was worth
about 81 600, our informant tells us, and
had been married three times. He was
always good citizen, and leaves a num-
Der of children to mourn his sad end.
Year: 1865

Revolving eras bring to light various
mysteries from the immensity Of space
where dwells the fullness of God; and SO
we are informed that God created all things
for his own glory. The angels were created
holy and happy, without sin, and were
placed upon state Of probation, and re-
ceived power from God to glorify Him IN
their spirits; but some of them refused to
continue in praise to the Great Creator, and
rebelled against His holy law, and received
their Just reward. Man, too, was created
for the glory of God, but he also rebelled,
and received his just recompense of reward.
And after the tall of man, the beast OF the
forest, the fish of the sea, the birds Of the
air, the serpents in the meadows, all be-
came enemies of man, and men also
became haters of men, and hence came
wars and rumor8 Of wars, pestilence, sick
ness, sorrow, pain and death. God created
all men free and equal, and yet the Great
Being suffered one class of men to get the
supreme power over the other, for causes
q yet in the dimness ofthe future and unknown
to mortal man.


But if in the creation of God there were
no distinction in men, morally or mentally
Why is there any now? God created, or
caused to be created, two boys free and
equal, and yet one was said. to be loved
less by their Creator; and yet Esau was
not the one to commit the first wrong. He
was true to his trust; and SO let us compare
abe colored man in this great and unholy
revolution.


The colored man did not, by any act of his
own, cause or bring about this rebellion.
He has never ceased to be a quiet, peace
able and laws abiding citizen. He has never
acted a coward upon the field Of battle;
he has borne the heat and burden
of the day with great fortitude and
q silent tongue looking forward to a
brighter day Of peace and happiness. He
has the musket III hand and the sword by
his side, and although the whole earth be
converted into ore fcl3 Of battle, inter
mingled with the roaring Of cannon, burst
ing of Shells, prancing or horses, Gathering
of steel, ana the whole ocean be one solid
sheet of naval fire, the colorcdman is willing
to 90 through all for the Stripes and Start
under which he was freed. But to return
him again into slavery can never be while
the world stands.
Year: 1865

An entertainment was given at the St.
Charles street Opera House, on Friday night,
in aid of the Bureau of Industry. It was
well attended by all classes of people of
color, and by many white people. The per
formances were exceedingly creditable, espe-
cially the part assigned to Miss Jennie
James, who is Il good singer and a fine natu-
raj actress. Several of the tableaux were
very appropriate. Much taste was displayed
in the dress of the performers, especially in
that Of Miss Davis, one Of the lady singers
on the occasion. The entire absence of the
fantastic or even of the extravagant, and
the simplicity and appropriateness of cos
tune, added much to the interest of the
entertainment, and afforded abundant evi-
dence of the sound sense and good taste Of
our DeODle.
Year: 1865

The original Of the following letter wa
found at Arlington House 10y Federal sol
der. \, anything relating to the persona
history Of the great captains OF this WA
must be of interest TO the public, we give
the letter a place in our columns:


ARLINGTON House, April 5, 1852,


My DEAR Son: ! am just in the act o
leaving for New Mexico. My fine old rel
menl has been ordered to that distant region
and must hasten on to see that they ere
properly cared for. | have but little to add
in reply to your letters of March 26, 27 and
2S. Your letters breathe true spirit OF
! lrankness; they have given myself and your
mother great pleasure. You must study to
be frank with the world; lrankness is the
child of honesty and courage Say just
take it for granted you mean to do right. II
friend asks a favor, you should grant it, il
it is reasonable; if not, tell him plainly why
you cannot you will wrong him and wrong
yourself by equivocation of any kind. New
er do wrong thing to make friend or
keep one; the man who requires you to do
so, is dearly purchased at a sacrifice. Deal
kindly, but firmly, with all your classmates,
you will find it the policy which wears best.
Above all, do not appear to others what YOU
are not. If you have any fault to find with
any one, tell him, not others, of what you
complain; there is no more dangerous exper-
iment than that of undertaking to be ono
thing before mans face and another behind
his back. We should live, act any say no.
thing to the injury of any one. 1t is not
only best as a matter of principle, but it is
the path to peace and honor In regard to
duty, let me, in conclusion of this hasly let.
ter, inform you that nearly hundred years
ago there was a day of remarkable gloom
and da'kness-s,ll known as the dark day
"a day when the light of the sun was slowly
extnguished, as if by an eclipse. The Leg,
lslature of Connecticut was in session. and
accountable darkness coming on, they shared
in the general awe and terror 1t was sup
posed by many that the last dav-lhe day Of
judgme had come. Some one, in the conl
sternation of the hour, moved an adjourn
ment. Then there arose an old Puritan leo'
islator, Davenport, of Stamford, and said, ,
that if the last day had come, he desired to
be at his place doing his duty, and, there,
fore, moved that candles be brought in so
that the house could proceed with lis duty.
There WAS queness in that mans mind, the
quletness OF heavenly wisdom and inhexible
willingness to obey present duty. Duty,
then, is the sublimest word in our language.
Do your duty in all things like the old Puri-
tan. You cannot do more, you should never
wish to do less Never let me and your
mother wear one gray hair for any lack of
duty on your part.


Your ah'ectiouate fuher, r. E. LEE.


To G.. w. CUsrIs LEE.
Year: 1865

New INvENTIoN.- ALL ladies' who have
occasion to alter garments know the trouble
required to rip the seams with scissors or
knife, and the care necessary to prevent cut-
ting the fabric. Work sewed with most of
the sewing machines is especially difficult to
rip. neat little instrument for this espe.
cial purpose has recently been patented,
which works admirably. With it, ripping
can be dooe ten times as rapidly and much
more safely than in the ordinary way
Milliners will fud them just the thing for
ripping straw work.
Year: 1865

A young woman in Jackson, Michigan,
has been carrying on the recruiting business
in an original and highly peculiar manner


She marries man on condition that he will
enlist and give her the bounty She being
strkingly handsome, the man consents.-
After he is gone she marres another. Four
men has she thus welded and sent to the
army. On the fifth occasion she was detected,
Year: 1865

One of the refined ladies who called on
Butler at his reception at the Fifth Avenue
HOTEL was heard to say, as she went out,
"bully for Butler" Yea. that was exactly
right, bully for Butler
Year: 1865

The sentence of the military commission
was read to him with due solemniy. He
listened TO it AS he would have listened to
the cannon of another battle during his mil


itary life, without emotion or bravado. lie
neither asked for pardon, for delay, nor for
appeal. lie had advanced, of his own ac-
cord, toward the door, as if to accelerate the
catastrophe. The door opened on narrow
esplanade lying between the towers of the
castle and the outer walls. Twelve soldiers,
with loaded muskets, awaited him there. The
narrow space did not permit him to stand at
a sufficient distance to deprive his death of a
part of its horror Murat, in stepping over
the Threshold of the chamber found himself
face to face with them. He refused to have
bis eyes bandaged, aud looking at the SOL
diers with firm and benevolent smile. said:
"My triends,do not make me suffer by taking
bad aim. The narrow space compes you
almost to rest the muzzles of your muskels
on my breast; do not trembIe; do not strike
me in the face; aim at my heart-here it is"
AS he spoke thus, he placed his right hand
upon his coat, to indicate the position of his
heart. In his left hand he held small me-
dallion, which contained the one focus of
love, the image Of his wife and four children,
as if he wished thus to make them witnesses
of his look. He fixed his eyes on this por'
trait, and received the dea,hblow in the con-
temptation of all he loved on earth His
body, pierced at so short distance with
twelve balls, fell, with his arms open and his
face toward the earth, as if still embracing
the kingdom he once possessed, and which
he had come to reconquer for his tomb.
They threw his cloak upon his body, which
was buried in the Cathedral of Pizzi.
Year: 1865

GREENBAcK DEcIsIoN.-The Sacramento
Union says that in the case of Bowland VS..
Morley the Sup. Court has rendered decision
reversing the decision of the Court below,
and ordering that the judgment stand in full
force as a gold coin judgment. In this case
note had been given payable in gold coin.
Judge Bondurant of the Thirteenth Judicial
District, Mariposa county, decided that the
Specific Contract Act was unconstitutional,
aud that therefore the defendant was not
bound by his agreement to pay in gold. The
Supreme Court, in reversing the decision,
sustains the Specific Contract Act.
Year: 1865

Excess of 1864, $9,635 2Sl


This increase of twenty per cent. to our
yield of bullion is far in advance of the pro-
portionae increase of our population during
the past year. and can on y be regarded as a
most indubitable evidence Of the continued
and increasing prosperity of the legitimate
mining interest of the Pacific coast. 1t is
admitted that there is a certain amount of
the above aggregate, which may have been
forced from the mines at the expense of more
dollars paid, in assessments for working,
than was returned from the ore, and there is
also small balance (Sl,e59, ,963) of ship
ments in excess of the reported receipts OF
bullion from the interior; both of which can
account but for small portion of the excess
noticed
Year: 1865

Five years later Again the pine woods
were sunny and quiet. Again the cro-
cuses peeped above the snow.


A carriage came winding down the road
It stopped at the foot Of the hill, and
Agnes Dale stepped out She wrapped
Year: 1865

Howard Mant, looking attentively at
the grave, sweet face, had began to COM
prehend that Agnes was something more
than ''little girl" He felt that he ought
to dismount, but contented himself with
lifting his hat respectfully, as she looked
up to say "Thank you," with lips and
cheeks blossomed into sudden brilliant
beauty; he touched the glossy jennet and
rode away, leaving the girls heart running
over with its sudden great joy.
Year: 1865

More than nine thousand different
kinds of animals have been changed into
stone. The races or genera of more than
half of these are now extinct, not being
at present known in living state. From
the remains of some or these ancient
animals, they must have been larger than
any living animals now known upon the
face of the earth. The Megatherium,
(Great Beasts says Buckland, from a
skeleton nearly perfect, in the Museum
at Mardrid, was perfectly colossal. With
a head and neck like those of sloth, it's
legs and feet exhibit those of the armadillo
and the anteater. Its fore feet were a
yard in length and more than twelve in
ches wide, terminated by gigantic claws,
its thigh bone was nearly three times as
thick as that of the elephant, and its tail
nearest the body, was six feet in circum-
ference. Its tusks were admirably fitted
for cutting vegetable substances, and its
general structure and strength were in
tended to fit it for digging in the ground
for roots, on which it principally fed.
Year: 1865

This city is the grand centre for gold,
oil and coal spectators. The Girard
House is the scene of many an interest
ing speculation. Every man you meet
there has just the biggest thin in Penn
sylvania in the shape of one of these lot
teries. Harry Kanega, mine host of the
Girard, relates the following joke, and as
it illustrates the popularmania, we add it
to the long catalogue of anecdotes relat-
ing to oil:


"a gentleman, apparently in great
agony, holding his hand to his face, was
walking up and down the corridor, when
he was approached BY q symapthizing
stranger, who kindly inquired what the
trouble was. The sufferer replied that
he was sorely afflicted with the toothache.
The sympathetic gentleman at once re-
commended the application of crude
petroleum to the diseased grinder, and
producing bottle of the sweet-smelling
liquid, advised him to try it at once, at
the same time telling him it would relieve
him instantly. The sufferer replied that
he could not do SO at present, as he had
to attend meeting of the board of bro
kers that afternoon, and if the members
of the board got smell of lie upon him,
they would have pump in his mouth in
five enthusiastically Mercury.
Year: 1865

It is stated as new discovery that
wonderful effect may be obtained by wa
tering fruit trees and vegetables with a
solution of sulphate of iron. Under this
system beans will grow to nearly double
the size,' and will acquire a much more
savory taste. The pear seems to be par
ticularly well adapted for this treatment.
Old nails thrown into water and left to
rust there will impart to it all the ne
cessary qualifications offorcing vegetation
as described.
Year: 1865

"Think before you act, but when the
time for action comes, stop thinking. -
This is the true doctrine. Many men
fail in life and go down to the grave with
hopes blasted and prospect of happiness
unrealized, because they did not adopt
and act upon this motto. Nothing SO
prepares man for action as thought ;
but nothing so units man for action
in the course of action. Better by far
adopt some course and pursue it energeti-
calIy, even though it may not be the best,
than to keep continually thinking without
action. "Go ahead" ought to be printed
in every young mans hat, and read un, IN,
till it becomes part OF his nature, until
he can act upon his judgement, and not
be turned from his course by every wind
of interested advice. In conclusion, we
would say ''Thlnk before you act but
when the time for action comes, stop think
ing"
Year: 1865

Not long ago was found at Toledo, in
Spain, In a monastery, paper contain
ing the following prophecy :-"In the far
west, beyond the ocean, will rise nation
which will be great in power and wealth,
and Satan, in one of his walks to and fro
in the earth, will observe this nation, and,
determined to destroy their happiness,
will there send two monsters, one to the
North and the other to the South, and he
will give them strawberries, and they will
eat them and, after they have eaten, they
will feel great thirst, not to be quench-
ed with anything but blood. They will,
therefore, cause the brother slay the bro
ther, the father to slay the son, and the
son the father, and they will drink the
blood of the slain, and it will bring Ia
mentatiou and wailing throughout the
land. And when the time is fulfilled,
there will arise a strong man in the
North, who will take the monsters and
bind them and draw them into the sea,
where it is the deepest, and peace and
happiness will again prevail throughout,
and the people will praise the Lord
1t is said that the monks in the above
monastery maintained that this prophecy
was written before the discovery of A
merica by Christopher Columbus that
Ferdinand and Isabella were, in the main,
induced to fit out the ship for Columbus,
and that the first part of it is fulfilled in
America, and that the other part will soon
come to pass.
Year: 1865

A Methodist clergyman of Des Moines
recently gave utterance to the following
petition on the Sabbath: "Oh, Lord =
may intemperance- cease in our land =
Especially may it cease among our Of
ficers and rulers but, oh Lord, if they
are determined to get drunk in spite of
all Thy warnings to the contrary, we be-
seech Thee not to permit them all to get
drunk at one time u
Year: 1865

A sculptor of some notoriety, and no
excess of loyalty, applied to Secretary
Stanton for permission to take cast OF
Booths head. The blunt war minister
replied "Better take care of your own
head"
Year: 1865

Information reached the Navy Department,
Of the capture by steamers OF two schooners )
and brig, with about three hundred bales OF
cotton and a quantity Of tobacco, whilst at
tempting to run the blockade.
Year: 1865

From, the Washington correspondence Of
the New York World, we copy the following
relative to the post-mOrtem examination of
President Lincon's remains:


The external appearance Of the face was
that of deep black stain about both eyes.
Otherwise, the face wns very natural.
The wound was on the left side of the head
behind, on line with, aud three inches from
the left ear.
4 The courae of the ball was obquely for
ward toward the right eye, crossing the brain
obliquely a few inches behind the eye, where
the ball lodged


In the track of the wound we're found frag
ments of the bone, which had been driven for
ward by the ball.


The ball was imbedded in the anterior
lobe Of The west hemisphere of the brain


The orbt-plates Of both eyes were the
seat of commuted fracture, and the orbits
o! the eyes we're filled with extravasated
blood tA


The serious injury to the orbit.plates was
due to the center coup,the result Of the,intenss
shock of so large projeclile fred so closely
to the head


The bali was evidently Derringer hand
cast, and from which the neck had bean clip.
ped


A shaving of lead had been removed from
the ball in its passage. The bones of the
skull were found in the ori6ce OF the wound
The first fragment of bone was found two and
a half inches within the brain the second,
and larger fragment about four inches from
the orifce. The wound was half an inch in
diameter.