smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1865

At the time of writing this we have received no
papers from Richmond for several days. So far ss
the public action of Congress is concerned, we oh.
serve that no business of importance has been
transacted recently. We have rumors, however,
that the writ of ha6eas corpus has been suspended
and that Congress has passed law assuming control
of the militia Of the States and placing every white
male in service from 16 to 60. These rumors
have greatly excited our people. We would sug-
ges., however, that it would be we'll to await the
truth in this respect, and not to rely on mere
rumor. While our people are not only viii
ling but determined to do their duty to the COM
mon cause, they are nevertheless resolved not to
part with their personal liberty in any event; nor
will they submit tamely to the blotting out of their
home guard or militia system. The Legislature of
the State will assemble again on the 18th of this
month, and we have no hesitation in assuring the
people that they may look with confidence to that
body to protect their rights against the usurpations
of the central government at Richmond.


The YANKEES AT GRIFFIN VANDALISM BY OUR
OWN SOLDIERS Lagrange Reporter, of the 9th
saws: We clip the following from private letter
written to us by friend living in Griffin. The
picture is horrible one, and we fear there is too
much truth in it. so Tar as our cavalry are concern
ed. What burning shame there can be no more
discipline and order among the soldiers Of the Con-
federacyl The writer says:


"The day after writing the foregoing our office
closed here as the Yankees were advancing Next
day our militia men passed through Griffin, retreat
ing to Macon and after them came Wheeler's cav
airy, plunderng and destroying The country as they
went; burning up all the corn, grain and fodder,
and. in some instances, demanding and taking the
purses of private citizens When they came to my
house. pointed to my four helpless little girls and
prayed them to leave me few weeks supply-the
answer was alaugh of derision l then pledged my
honor to destroy all the grain &c, upon the place,


if they would let move it out OF the houses so as
to save them but while plead, the torch was ap.
piled, and in few hours the fruit of years hard
labor was in ashes. Mrs T. drew water and the
children carried it, and by almost superhuman ex-
ertion kept the flames from my dwelling. While
write to you there are wives and children OF Con.
federate soldiers (frem whom the last potato was
| taken) crying for bread You have never written
anything of the cruelty of the enemy which ap'
proaches what some here have suffered from our own
soldiers. Men were whipped almost to death to tell
where their money was. The lewd women OF the
| country, and many who hitherto had been consld'
cred honest followed the soldiers to stores mills
and barns, and encouraged them to robbery. Many
| of the officers and men that saw we're drunk, and
much mischief was done by gangs Of Confederates
war upon men and women who were once respect
able, and it must grow worse and worse till society
is wholly disorganizsd and destroyed"
Year: 1865

We observe that that humbug, the North Carroll
ma Volunteer Navy, is offering for sale among other
things, five thousand punches of cotton yarn. The
people need cotton yarn to make cloth to cover
their nakedness, and the price of it is thus enhanced
by this speculatrg machine, called the North Car.
ona Volunteer Navy. A plague upon all humbugs
Year: 1865

HONOR TO WHOM Honor, &c.-Without any in
tention of disparaging other officials, take the
liberty to express the opinion that Surgeon General
Warren hes done more to relieve the suferings of
and furnish comforts to- our brave soldiers than
any other man in the State. We believe that he


first instituted Wayside Hospitals where thous-
ands have had their wants supplied We believe be
And how many hearts have been cheered thereby |
and how many craving stomachs satisfied His in.
dustry is untirins and surpassed only by his zeal.
He will live in the memory Of the children and
grand children of our soldiers, when the present
generation shall have passed away, and his name
will be coupled with blessings upon it. How much
more glorious his fame than that stained with the
blood Of even the victorious battle feld-Progress
Year: 1865

CAPT. EDWARDS, of Lee, is reported, in
the proceedings Of the Soldiers Convention
at Des Mones, to have stigmatised the editor
Of this paper as a Copperhead" This at
tack was utterly unprovoked on our part, for
we have ever treated the Captain with the
forbearance which seemed appropriate to his
insignificance. But as the charge has been
made against US in broad terms, we can do no
less than give the authors record slight
airing" that the public may know some
thing of his claims on their confidence.


We knew EDWARDS some years ago as q
Whig, and he followed CIAGETT, or was fol.
lowed by CLAGErr into the Locofoco ranks,
without exciting either regret or public COM
.ment from the party which he left. The next
incident in his career which is proper for this
brief notice, is the fact that he raised a squad
of recruits and went to Burlington with them,
and being unable to get into regiment he
sold out his men to member of the Fifth.
now Lieutenant Colonel and pocketed the
money, rs we learn from one cognisant of the
facts.


Subsequently he got into the Sevente eenth

regiment and remained in it, from the
day of his enlistment to the day of his
retirement, seven months and eight days.
And VIC are informed that during that time
he was constant grunter, and was never in
a battle or even skirmish in which anybody
was seriously hurt. He then resigned, and,
his superior officer, as he informed US, en-
dorsed on his resignation before he forwarded
it, request that his resignation be accepted,
as he was of no earthly account as soldier
or officer.


Now, we submit that while this kind Of
military record may suffice to constitute Capt
EDw ARDS leader and hero in the Soldiers
Democratic Aid Society, it is very poor
record upon which to presume to pitch into
q newspaper editor who is accustomed not
only to defend himself with his pen, but even
when occasion requires ''to carry the war in
to Africa" Nor do we believe it will add
very much to the brilliant record of the gal
ant men who followed GRANT and SHERMAN
through four years war, to be led now 10y
Capt. EEwARDs under the command of his
superior Copperhead officers
Year: 1865

Secretary Stanton is a, West Poitt to spend
a few days for the benefit of his hetlth.


At Al o clock this afternoon fire broke
out in the Fire Works establishment of Mr.
Jones, 16 John street. A sheet of flames
burst through the doors and nearly extended
across the streets. There were many explo-
sions, and the lower part of the building was
soon in flames. There were three persons
escaped from the building with their clothing
on fire. The building was nearly destroyed
Two girls who worked in the upper part of
the building were burned to death. Others
had narrow escapes.
Year: 1865

THE ball at Bells Mansion House, We'd
nesday night, was success, though there
was want of it attending the efforts of our
accomplished District Attorney in getting
there. We have not Abe's powers of de-
scription-Abe saw it-else we would give
the manner in which the learned gentleman
tooled his nags as they gaily glided over the
rough road in the neighborhood of the Four
Mile House; how the gentleman's hat
couldn't keep up with the team how his
hair stood on end like quills upon the fretful
porcupine; with what strategy he turned
them from the beaten path and experiment.
ed in bushwhacking and how the last ex-
pertinent resulted in the capture of tree and
the separation and loss Of his team; how
thereafter the partner of his ride took seat
in carriage by the side of strong man,
and arrived safely at the goal started for
how the learned counsel sought his hat, and
after long search found it, and thereafter
availed himself of protfered seat in freight
wagon, and how the six horses attached to it
succeeded in pulling him through. We should
perhaps mention in connection with the feat
performed by the freight team, that they had
no other load
Year: 1865

A YOUNG man in Chicago has brought suit
against his youthful wife, whom he alleges to
have defrauded him of certain sums of mon
ey. 1t seems he has been husband to her
only in name, asserting himself that he dis
covered she was extravagant and that there
fore he repented his bargain, and wanted to
receive what money he had bestowed upon
her. Probably it was only Platonic affection
he had for the girl: but it must be allowed
that however beautiful such love may appear
in theory, it is always found to be unsatisfac
tory. The Justice dismissed the charge, ex
pressing the utmost contempt for the man,
and advising the girl to go and do as she
pleased.
Year: 1865

R. IsAAcs & BIO. were placed in receipt of
q portion of splendid stock of spring goods
yesterday. Ladies should call at once, and
the gentlemen as soon as they get the money
to pay the bills
Year: 1865

UNION CHuRcH.-At the morning service
next Sabbath special thanksgiving will be
offered to God for the successes recently
granted to our armies. A sermon will also
be preached upon the certain triumph of the
cause of truth in the world. Why do the
heather rage and the people imagine vain
thing"-Psalm 2: l.
Year: 1865

selves. But the mere fact of doing SO
has not freed us from our difhculti S
Nor was it TO be expected that it should
The discontinuance of sin is always
the commencement of struggle"
Year: 1865

"I shall now be asked, having saidso
much, whether | think that emancipation
was wrong. By no means. L think that
emancipation was clearly right; but l
think that we expected far too great and
far too quick result from emanc patton.


"These people are servile race, fitted
by nature for the hardest physical work,
and apparently at present fitted for little
else. Some thirty years since they were
in state when such work was their lot;
but their tasks were exaeted from them
in a CONDITION of bondage abhorrent to
the feelings of the age, aud opposed to
the religion which we practlced For
us, thinking as we did, slavery was sin.
From that sin we have cleansed our.
Year: 1865

perienced it can form no idea OF the volume
OF sound, which seems to be forced into the
ears when standing in position pecul ia rly
fitted Tor reverberation.


Leaving the Echo Chamber, we proceeded
onward a quarter OF a mile and came to the
Year: 1865

w Bishop Hopkins, Of Vermont, is now,
by seniority, the presiding bishop of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church In this country. It
is said that he has been invited to make an
Episcopal visitation to that part Of Louisiana
now in the Federal lines. No bishop has been
seen there since the detection from the church
to the army Of the rebel General Bishop P6lk.
Year: 1865

shall await the resurrection OF the just,


is full Of instruction and encouragement


to every child in the land, and full OF


comfort and consolation TO every parent,
no matter how sharp may be the present
conflict with poverty and sorrow. Pa


rent and child, bound together by com
mon blood, and love. and labor, and
suffering, do not sink down and perish
in a common despair. Look up to the
light of his example. and stake heart
again :" for it is the star of hope. newly
risen to cheer the hitherto hopeless
Let it be your guide, and you cannot fail
in the great race of life. Remember
Year: 1865

A gentleman Of this city tells char.
acteristic anecdote of Andrew johnson,
| which he heard related some years ago
by a prominent Tennessee politician,
who had personal knowledge Of the cir
cumstances. AT the period Of his elec.
ton as Governor of Tennessee he had .
fiiend who, like himself, had risen from
a humble position in life TO position of
honor and eminence. He Was black
smith by trade, but was at the time We
speak of Judge Of the Supreme Court.
Not long after candy became seated in
the Gubernatorial chair, he received
from this friend q present of an iron
shopei, which the latter, by way Of amuse
ment, had hammered ont during his
hours of relaxation from the cares and
duties of office. The son Of Vulcan re-
ceived no intelligence concerning his
present for long time, and began to
think the Governor would not deign to
acknowledge its reception but the
cause OF his silence was in due time ex-
planned. His spare time had been occu-
pied in making complete suu Of esotAes
for the CT devans blacksmith, and when
completed they were duly forwarded to
him as consideration for the substan.
tial present he had received


In what other country could An Incl
dent like this have transpired between
two high officials? Is it q wonder that
Andrew johnson should resist to the
death the efforts of traitors to overturn,
and destroy the God given institutions
which afford such opportunities to the
poor man to rise by his own merits.-Ds
troit advertiser.
Year: 1865




noble ardor, with parental love and a
brave and courageous heart didst thou
walk before thy people. 10 save their
honor, guard their rights, and restore
peace and harmony to their gates; and
thou hast succeeded. Thou hast sue
ceeded and hast achieved glorious vie.
tories over enemies whom thou hast not
trodden down with rigor. but turne III o
ence and sincere repentance before our
glorious banner of liberty and equality


Thou hast wound thyself lovingly
around the hearts of millions with gen
tie ties, which even the destructive tooth
of time can never loosen. Ages will roll
upon ages, but thv memory W Il still I've
in the hearts of thy countrymen until the
latest generations. Thou hast succeed
last and the best work of thy life,
the total disappearance of the storm
pregnant clouds which thickly brooding
over our country, threatening it with to-
tai ruin Thou hast succeeded and hast
seen, before the sunset of thy life, the
blissful fruits of the tree which thou
hast planted and moistened with the
precious blood of thy noble heart-thou
vast permitted to see, bat not to enjoy
them, and like unto the great Teac f
mankind the Redeemer of Isreal did
the Lord say unto thee, Get thee up on
this mountain; from there shalt thou see
the land which l have given unto thy
people, and when thou ha seen it. then
shalt thou be gathered unto thy brothers
who are gone before thee"


My Brethren-Without ~ diSloval-y
to the worthy successor of Abraham
Lincoln we may openly avow how deeply
and bitterly we deplore his loss, how
deeply it has affected us; and the intelli-
gence SO sudden and so unexpected, of
his having been cut down like stalk of
corn, and fallen under the murderous hand
of an internal fiend, so staggered our
belief, that we could hardly realize the
awful fact, had not the general lamenta
ton confirmed the sad report, that the
good and noble minded father has been
called hence by the King of Kings.


He is gone; he is no more; but his
spirit will continue to live in the heart of
his worthy successor, and his memory
will forever be blessed one in the hearts
of his countrymen, as in the pages of
history, for with his name commences a
new era in the history of the greatest and
most powerful republic that ever exis-
ted on earth.


He is gone and is no more. Duly and
well prepared he has give up his body to
corruption, and his soul he rendered in
to the hand of the Father of all souls
who had given it. His body lies now
like once our father Jacob, on a cold
piece of ground, with a stony pillow un-
der his head, sleeping the sweet sleep of
the righteous, but the spirit has ascend
ed the ladder of life on which Gods
minestering angels are ascending and
descending.


And may the stone under his head
make his grave the sacred place where
his weary bones rest a holy temple, in
which his latest successors may yet hear
with awe and Difference the voice of jus
tice, which arise from the grave of Abra
ham Lincoln, whose menoly will forever
be amoug all of us blessed one. Amen
Year: 1865

EGGs can be kept for a long period in
a cool place. if secured in an upright
position with the small end down, in oats.
Bran is liable to ferment. Strong lime
water preserves them well, as will also
salt, if kept on end in any other posi-
tion they cook and become solid. Greas-
ing them with lard prevents the air from
penetrating the porous shell. -Ne,c
Yorker
Year: 1865

ny DENNIS FLORENCE MCCARTHY.
An, sweet Kitty Neil rise up from your wheel;


Yon neat little foot will be weary from spinning
Come, trp down with me TO the sycamore tree


Half the parish is there, and the dance B beginning
The sun Is gone down, but the full harvest moon


Shines sweety and cool the dew wbitened valley,
While all the air rings, with the soa, loving things
Each little bird sings In the green, shady alley.
With blush and smile, Kitty rose up the while


Her eye In the glass, she bound her hair glancng
sFis hard to refuse when young lover sues,
So she couldn't but choose TOGO off TO the dancing
And now on the green the glad groups are seen,


Each hearted lad with the lass of his choosing
And Pat, without fail, leads out sweet Kitty Nell
Somehow, when he asked she ne'er thought of refusing
Now Felix Msgee puts his pipe to his knee.


And with flourish so free sets each couple In motion
Win cheer and bound, the lads patter the ground
The maids move around like swans on the ocean,
Cheeks BRIGHT as the rose-feet light as the does
Now coyiy retiring, now boldly advancing:
Search the world all round from the sky 10 the ground,
No such sight can be found as an Irish lass dancing!
Sweet Kate, who could view your eyes of deep blue
Beaining humidity through their dark lashes so mildly
Your fair turned arm heaving breast rounded form,
Nor feel his heart warm, and his pulses throb wildly
Poor PAT feels his heart, as he gazes, depart,


Subdued by the smart Of such painful, yet sweet love
The sight leaves his eye as he cries, with sgh,.


"Dance light, for my heart It lies under your feet love
Year: 1865

GoU talk of prosperity of your city


L know but one true prosperity Does
the human soul grow and prosper here !?
DO not point me to Your thronged streetS
| ask. who throng them Is it 4 low
minded, self-seeking. gold worshiping,
man despising crowd which / see rushing
through them Do l meet in them under
the female form the gaily decked prosti-
tute, or the idle wasteful, aimless woman
of fashion ? Do l meet the young man,
showing off his pretty person the
perfection of natures works, wasting
his golden hours in dissipation and sloth
aud bearing in his countenance the gaze
Of the proaigate? ? Do meet grasping
multitude, seeking to thrive by conceal
ments and fraud ? An anxious multitude,
driven by fear of want to doubtful means
Of gain An unfeeling multitude, caring
nothing for others, if they may them
selves prosper and enjoy? In the
neighborhood of your comfortable and
splendid dwellings are there abodes of
squaiid misery or reckless crime, of
bestial intemperance or half famished
children, of profancness, dissoluteness,
or temptations for thouGhtless youth
And are these multiplying with your
prosperity and outstripping and neutral
iZing the influences of truth and virtue
Then your prosperity is vain show.
Its true use is to make better people.
The glory and happiness of city consist
not in the number. but the character of
its population OF all the fine arts in a
city, the grandest is the art of forming
noble specimens Of humantv The cost
liest production of our manufacturers
are cheap compared With p wise and
good human being A city which should
practically adopt the principle that
man is worth more than wealth or show,
would place itself at the head of the
cities. 4 city in which men should be
trained worthy of the name would be
come the metropolis of the earth. DR..
Chaaniag
Year: 1865

other injury TO health. while in the mill


tary service of the Nation. And while


Mr.. Johnson's hand is in this thing. he


should give these crippled soldiers the


postmastership. the marshalship, (he


has done this in Indiana the clerkships


of the United States Courts, the asses


sorships and collectorships of Internal


Revenue, and I'LL every Office with quail


fed crippled soldiers. This would be
doing sheer act OF Justice and material


" help 70 Tighten the taxes of the peo-
pie. There is nothing like practical
common sense in conducting the affairs
of the State and Nation. Big build
ings and the squandering of money are
not necessary for the we'll being OF our
soldiers They don't want to 60 into
large hospitals when they can gain an
honest living out of doors. Let the
citizens aid, and the Government help
them in some of the ways | propose,
and there will be no costly necessity for
a mammoth hospital for invalids at the
State Capital. The people will see that
no soldier shall suffer detriment by be.
ing allowed to dwell in the midst of his
old neighbors. Take him away to the
seclusion of the Indianapolis Home
and he is gone from their sight forever.
Instead Of being a freeman at home, he
will be dependent upon worst class
of people-the little officials who strut
their brief hour upon the political stage,
and hold the tyrant's rod over the gal
liant soldiers of the republic.


May 10Th, 1868. y. Is.
Year: 1865

: Edward Everett. the finished scholar.
the accomplished diplomatist, the orator.
/ the statesman, the patriot, became over


heated IN teStifying in = court room. on


Monday morning, went to Faneuil Iall.
which was cold. sat in a draft of air until
his turn came 10 speak; '.but my hands
and feet were ice, my lungs on fire. In


this condition | had 10 20 and spend


three hours in the court room He


diei in less than a week from this check
ing of the perspiration. 1t was enough


to Kill any man


Professor Mitchell, the gallant soldier,


and the most eloquent astronomical


lecturer that has ever lived, while in


state of perspiration in yellow fever.


that certain sign of recovery, left his


bed, went into another room, became
chilled in n moment, died the same night


If while perspiring. or while some
thing warmer than usual from exercise
or heated room, there is sudden ex-
posure in stiffness, to a still. cold air. or
a damp raw atmosphere. or to draft,
whether at an open window or door. or
street corner, an inevitable result is n
violent and instantaneous closing of
the pores of the skin. by which waste
and impure matters, which were making
their way ont of the system are compelled
to seek an exit thro' some other channel,
and break through some weaker part,
not the natural one, and harm to that part
is the result The idea is presented by
saying that the cold has settled in that
part, To illustrate:


\ lady was about getting into a small
boat to cross the Delaware; but while
wishing first TO get an orange at fruit
l, 81.
and on her return to the boat found her
self much heated, for it was in the sum
mer; but there was little wind on the
water, and the clothing soon felt cold to
her. The next morning she had a severe
cold. which settled on her lungs, and
within the year. she died of consumption


A stout, Young man was working in a
garden in May. Feeling a little tired
about noon, he sat down in the shade of
the house and fell asleep. He walked
up chilly. Inflammation of the lungs
followed, ending in death after two wears
of great suffering. On opening his chest,
there was sRch an extensive decay that
the yellow matter was scooped out by the
cupful.


Multitudes of women lose health and
life every wear in one of two ways-by
busying themselves in a warm kitchen
until weary, and then throwing them
selves on bed or sofa without GOV ering.
and perhaps in room without fire; or
by removing the outer clothing, and per
haps changing the dress for more com
mon one, as soon as they enter the house
after walk or shopping. The rule
should be inevitable to go at once to a
warm room and keep on all the clothing
at least five or ten minutes, until the
forehead is perfectly dry. In all wealth
ers, If you have to walk or ride on any
occasion, do the riding first-HoAs
Journal Of Health.