smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

A CLOCK MAKER AND BooTMAKER AT one OF
our churches yesterday, the clergyman, while
proceeding In a very earnest discourse, said that
no man could be frst rate in two different occu-
pations, adding, among other things, ono man
can at the same time be a first rate clock maker
and a first rate boot MAKER Here man In the
congregation rising swiftly, interrupted him, and
asked permission to controvert that sentiment
He maintained stoutly that IL was not true, for
he himself was q rst rate at both clock and boot
making He could match the best man in max
ing boot, and work at a clock with the bes
man in Worcester or course there was great
stir In the congregation, but the clergyman soon
Induced critic 20 yield the floor and allow him
to 60 on with his sdiscourse.-WOresStsT mass =,
Spy.
Year: 1861

MELoDRANlc HIr.-Burke's was q com.
plete failure when he flung the dagger on
the floor Of the House Of Commons and
produced nothing hut smothered laugh,
and joke from Sheridan. 1.-THE gentle.
man has brought US the knife but where is
the fork p
Year: 1861

- An old maid who has her eye lit
tie side ways ON matrimony, says "tlse CURSE
of this war is that it will make so many
widows, who viii! be fierce to get narrcds
and know how to do it, that modest old
maids will stand no chance at ALL"
Year: 1861

SoUNp RrAsoS1SG.-In recent case t"r
assault the defendant pleaded guilty. II
think must be guilty, said he" because
the plaintiff and were the only ones there
were in the m; and the first thing knew
was that was standing up, and he wss
doubled over the table. You'd better call
it guilty"
Year: 1861

and leaning on his arm, evidently as
his wife, the sister who had loEg
mourned her as dead, in spite Of the
objections of her husbands saying the
woman sismcre]y some drunken wrctcl,
ignorant of what she was saying OF
else vile impostor.' Mrs. B. had the
fainting woman carried into her house
restored to consciousness, cleaned and
laid in comfortable bed, and there
drew from her during the night the
long and terrible history of her wrongs


and suffcrings. She told how on her


arrival at her aunt's in Boston, she


had formed the esacquaintance of Mr..


B., at the house Of one of her young


female friends, how dazzled by his
protestations of ardent love, pied gcs


Of constancy, and promises of speedy


marriage, she had loved and fallen !;
then when she pressed him to fulfill


his vows, he cold!y begged to be cx-
cuscd and left her with her shame.


Timidly feeling as if all who met
her saw her guilt in her face, she flew
from Boston, too fearful to die too des-
perate and unhappy to care how or
where she lived. Swift and fearful!
had been her downward course from
that time onward, plunging into crime
and dissipation to drown the torturing
memory of the past, until she had
reached the lowest round on the ladder
Of shame, and been forced to the
streets to beg for bread. The reaction
of feeling on the part Of Mrs. B.,
the husband was terrible. She
left his house the next morning taking
her sister with her. At present, little
hope is entertained Of the life of poor
Carrie.


The facts are strictly as we have
related them, strangely romantic as
they may seem, and those who have
known the parties will SO testify.-N
\. San. .sr
Year: 1861

LIGHTS At SEA.-And yet I have
seen some fair:things; I have seen /.
universe of air and water; l have seen
the glorious sun come and look down
upon this rolling sapphire; I have seen
the moon throw her silver columns
along tho watcry waste; have seen
one lonely ship in her silent walk
across tho wilderness meet another,
greet her, ard pass her like dream,
on tho wide deep; have seen the dark
world of waters at midnight open its
mysterious mantle beneath our ships
Prov, and show below another daz.
zling world Of light. / have seen,
what l would not but have seen, though
I have left my very soul behind me.
-Anoynous.
Year: 1861

AT THE DOOR.
"Who is it knocks this stormy night,
Be very careful Of the light"
The good man said to his wife.


And the good wife went to the door
But never again in all his life


Will the good man see her more.
For he who knocked that night was Death
And the light went out with a little breath
And the good man will miss his wife,
Till he, too, goes to the door,
When Death will carry him up to life
10 behold her face once more.


Country Gentleman.
Year: 1861

A WONDERFUL AsIAAL.-I'hc following is an exact copy of a printed notice, which is at pres ent posted in Jersey stage: 2 "Lost-a calf red He had white spot on one of his legs. He was she calf. ] will give three dollars to every body that will bring him home.
Year: 1861

The Minister Of Finance declared In sAs yieoa
Lower Hosse that the landed pro ey Possessed by the
National Bank wss the property Of the state, and never
formed part of the provincial crown dOnains.


The Minister also stated that the sale Of the property
was TO be deferred until the regulations Of tue
Bank should have been agreed upon.


The proposals. In reference to mnisteSia responalil
ity spd the periodical assembling Of the Rsiohxs.h
were sdopsed.
Year: 1861

THE REBEL Sick AND WouSDRD-We have
reliable information that on Tuesday there
were two thousand rebels. sick and wounded,
Il. Cu|peper Courthouse, one thou;aI Ave
hundred at Warrenton, and large numbers al
all the fam houses for distance Of thirty Or
forty miles in every direction from these places
prolific cause Of this great amount of sick
ness is the bad water used by the troops in
and around Manassas Junction and Bull Run
Much of it has to be brought great distance
and is no! suitable for drinking purposes when
it reaches the troops. In many of the farm.
houses in all this neighborhood, we are in
formed that from ten to twenty wounded and
sick men ara cared for.
Year: 1861

" There are some gentlemen in high
places who would do well to remember that
the crime which made the name of Arnold
Infamous for all time, was simply an attempt
to deliver over forts into the power of the
enemy.-Albany Eveni"g Journal
Year: 1861




We publish to-dny two articles from differ
eut sources. the one from Captain of volun-
teers in this city, the other from mn officer OF
the staff Of the United States army. The lat
ter communication, dated January 9th, comes
from some three thousand miles distance, yet
both Of them point to the proclamation OF the
Emperor Louis Napoleon at the opening Of the
campaign in Lombardy anil the results obtain
ed by the French in that campaign as bearing
with great effect on the long discussed ques-
ton of the practical value Of improvements in
firearms and thr effects thereof in the battle
field.


Both communications arrive at the same con-
clusion: that the part 10 be played BY the bay
onct and the sabre in modern warfare is one
that has increased in importance, whether it is
viewed from the necessity Of not keeping ones
troops too long time engaged in contest Of
mere firing at long ranges, in which case the
charge with the bayonct is considered by the
United States Army Officer, as one securing
for the attacking party the greatest effect with
the least waste Of life; or from the standpoint
taken by the writer of the introduction to the
skir,nisliers' drill and bayonet exercise, that
superiority in ordnance (Which was incontes.
tibly the case with Napoleon in the cam
paign alluded to- oil ones sside renders the action
Of the bayonet not the less necessary 10 sum
up tue conclusions Of both writers, we find that
the bayonet was used by Louis Napoleon above
other implements Of war as the arm which
would best insure him victory with the least
loss Of life. A problem which vii. ever be the
great problem for good generals: how to oil
tain q comparatively cheap victory.
Year: 1861

with the spirit that has given to its name the
respect which it everywhere receives.
You carry with you to Virginia, from the
General Assembly of this State, "the assurances
of their cordial respect and esteem" In this,
the Governor requests me to say he heartily
concurs. And with equal pleasure does he
unite with the General Assembly in the express
sion of it's thigh consideration" for you


With great respect,


Your obadient servant,


r M.GpITu
Year: 1861

FORT SUMTER.-We see by recent Pony
dates, that Fort Sumter was to have been
evacuated on the 23d of March. The policy
of the Administration may turn out to have
been for the best, but we caunot see how
the surrender of our public property is 60
ing to restore peace and harmony to the
Union. If we succumb to the doctrine of
secession, and acknowledge the right, where
will he the end. State after State may set
up a separate government of its own, and
the proud flag of the Union lose its con-
stellation and dwindle down to miserable
lone stars" which will hardly have suffi-
cient Importance in the eyes of the world to
merit its contempt. Our nationality will be
gone; we shall no longer be American cit
izens, but inhabitants of some little confed-
eracy whose very existence will hardly Be
known outside its own boundaries. The
stars and stripes should he draped in mourn2
ing, and the flag of an hundred victories
be carefully laid away as memento of our
former glory. Each section Of the divided
country should select an appropriate BAN
ner that would at once express their past
greatness and present humiliation as we
have become accustomed 20 celestial bodies,
perhaps the moon, under Il partial eclipse,
WOulu &c tue ucSL UcNlCe, anu all Gag &c WIN
broken wing, fit emblem


The history of the world has proved that
a people, disunited, could no: long retain
their power, and our own nation will not be
an exception; the fallacy, that we are ma
ton OF States, has prevailed; even officers
of the army and navy have left the national
government in order to enlist under the flag
of the State which gave them birth, We
have never believed IN the doctrine of a re-
construction, after division has once taken
place. Men love netty titles too well to re-
sing them willingly military despots will
soon usurp the reins of government, and the
people lose their hold on power, which they
are now so recklessIy throwing away. Po-
ltical demagogues have taken tha place of
the patriots who achieved our independ-
ence the people have blindly submitted,
and posterity will hold this generation re-
spon>ibe for the ruin of the greatest nation
and the best system of government ever in
sti.uted among men.-Cdtaveras Chron,
Year: 1861

A RoUGH RIDE.-A miner at Omega took a
perilous ride one day last week. He was at
rorL in Stuart l. Co.'S. claims that are situated
on declivity above Scotchman' creek. At the
edge of the claims is a fall of some feet. The
pick of the miner dropped and was about TO
pass over the bank; he clutehed for it, and at
the same moment large mass of earth and
water came down from the hydraulic works
sweeping him over. He was dug out of the
mud some four hundred feet from the place OF
starting between four and five hours after, and
though badly hurt is in fair way to recover
lie passed over several perpendicular falls of a
fow feet in height, and when found was one
hundred aud fifty feet lower than the point Of
departure.
Year: 1861

CONCERT GRENoSILLE.-Ihose frogs 'hat l.
Starr King immortalized in his letters to the
Boston Transcript, gave him another display OF
their vocal powers on Wednesday night, before
be was half through with his lecture In his
nav, latter we expect he will note the fact


that the boss frog on this occasion vas rather
Year: 1861

STEAM LAuxDRY.--A neat looking wagon
rassing about with fine letters on 1t tells the
good people of the city that a steam laundry IS
.ng,ped in the cleansing of raimeet some
where in tie neighborhood. On inquiry we
learn it pertains to the establishment of Messrs
Palmer and LOWE, by the side of the spring of
Bethesda on Piety Hill Cleanliness Is AKIN
10 godliness"
Year: 1861

THE Porr, it is said, Is desirous of removing
the Seat of Papacy from Rome to Jerusalem,
and the operations of the French troops in the
Holy Land is thought tc look to a realization of
the project.
Year: 1861

The national spirit Of our people is becom-
ing more intense every day. The first passion
ate outburst Of feeling whsn the news Of the
Fort Sumter catastrophe was received, has been
followed by rapidly deepening and coneentra'
ted determination to meet the traitors with the
weapons which they themselves have chosen,
and try the issue, be the cost or sacrifice wha'
1t may. In every loyal state the people Az
uniting in solid mass for the defence Of the Ma
tional Government and the honor ofthe Nation
al flag.


The people of our Empire City are doini
most nobly, and so universal is the enthusiasm
and SO numerous are the plans and projects or
foot to render aid in the war to suppress un
provoked rebellion, that our space fails u.s. il
attempting to give a full record Of all tn
patriotic movements Of our citizens.
Year: 1861

TS TIE REPUBLICANS OF CLEvELAED:--We would
submit to your favorable consideration the name OF
D W. AMY, as candidate for City Sexton. Mr.
Amy has long been respected citizen and Builder
in this city, TIL recently. when by accident he
has been unable TO pursue his usual business and We
therefore hope his name may be adopted for that Of
NV 1l-'- MANY REPUBLICAN, FRTVNDs
Year: 1861

of tar and feathers, if not an introduction
to hemp, for the utterance of such treason
able sentiments


But it is in good tasto, exceedingly
appropriate" and very patriotic for an
accidental Governor to belch forth his
spleen and malice against all who are stri-
wing to save the country from bloodshed,
and to make incendiary appeals TO rouse
the passions and the prejudices of the peo-
pie against their own brethren "bone Of
their bone, and flesh of their flesh" 1t is
in bad taste to strive by compromise, and
cancellation to avert from our doors the
dangers that now threaten the Republic, to
/ pour oil upon the troubled waters, and to
heal the bleeding wounds which threaten
The very existence of the Government.
But it is very appropriate to refuse all
compromise, and to drench this fair land
in traternal blood. We say to this acci-
dental Governor, who is so anxious to en-
act the character of Cain, and TO usurp
the authority of a despot, that there are mon
in Indiana who are in favor Of compromise,
and prefer concession and conciiatIon to
the bloody spectacle Of civil war; and that
they mean, on all appropriate occasions. to
avow their sentiments and to maintain their
position, despite the clustering threats
of such a strutling braggart as he. There
was Lord North once, whose name has
decended to posterity laden with the ex-
creation of mankind. who when oar fathers
plead for compromise and Justice, taun;-
iugly told them that be never treated wi h
rebels and traitors He refused ali com.
promise, and, by his folly lost to The Eng
lish crown an empirel Are there any
Lord North's among us? Those rebels
and traitors founded this great Govern
ment in the spirit Of compounds and JUST
equality. AMI in tina, spirit alone can 1t be
maintained; and he Isl traitor TO their
memory and to the work OF their hands,
who, refusing all compromise, would mad.
ly and recklessly ilunge he country into 2
bloody and ruinous civil war. Let Gov.
Morton put this in his pipe and smoke il.


YIN.
Year: 1861

So lately dead 80 soon forgottcB.-'1is the
way Of the world. We flourish for while men
take us by tic hand. and are ANXIOUS ahout the
health OF our bodies. and laugh az our iokes and
VT really think. like the iy on the wheel, that we
have some thing to do With the turning ofthe earth
Someday die anl are buried The sun does
not stop for our funeral es erythug goes ON "a
usual ave are not missed in the streets men laugh
nj new okes one or tgo hearts feel the wounds of
affection, two memories still hold our names
and forms but the crowd moves on Its daily circle
and in three days the great waves Of time swcc,
over STEPS and wash out the last ve.isc of o,s
lives Prorideace Journal
Year: 1861

Dissolve the Union who would part
The chain that binds us heart to heart J
Each link was forged by sainted sires
Amid the revolutions fires
And cooled-eh where so rich flood
In warren's and in Sumter's blood
Dissolve the Union be like France
When terror reared his bloody lance,
And man became distractions child,
And woman in her passion wild
Danced in the life ,s blood of her Queen
Beside the dreadful guillotne.
Dissolve the Union, es,you may
Poor counterfeits Of noble days
When mind shall wander with the brute
And thistIes bear Resperian fruit,
And hell in the red arches be
a welcome Heaven 80 such rs ye.
Dissolve the Union roll away,
The spangled flag of glOry's day
Blot out the history ofthe brave,
And desecrate each patriots grave
And then above the wreck OF years
Quaf on eternity of tears
Dissolve the Union can it be
That they who speak such words are free
Great God did any die to save
Such sordid wretches from the grave;
When breast to breast and brand to brand
Our fathers freed our land.
Dissolve the Union : no forbear,
The sn ord of Damocles is there
Gut but the hair and earth shall know
A darker, deadlier tale ofw
Than history's crimson page has told.
Since Nero's car in blood was roli'd
Dissolve the Union speak We hills,
Ye everlasting mountains cry;
Shrek out We streams ami mingling rills,
And ocean roar in agony;
Dead heroes leap from glsry's sod,
And shield the manor of your God
Dissolve the Union who is he
Whose hand would deal the damning blow
Degenerate Yanccy, can ii be
Or has Slidcl ssnA so io@
Oh 20 then blot the page,


Twas but the idle threat of age.
Year: 1861




The following is from q letter written from
Manassas Junction to the Richmond Wig,
under date of June 3


"There are, Of course, thousand rumors in
circulation here, Eut none sufficiently authentic
to Justify their transmission to your PAPER
General orders yesterday announced that Gen.
Beauregard had assumed command at this
point. Some FIVE or six prisoners of war, taken
near Fairfax Court House, have been brought
here.


ave are drilled pretty hard for this warm
weather, but manage to endure it, The com.
missary stores are bad; but perhaps this is
unavoidable at present.


"The rel evil, however, and one easily cor.
rected, is the working Jay and night in digging
trenches and throwing up fOrtifcatiCns of dirt,
by men unaccusomed TO labor. In cold
weather it might be stood, but in hot weather
tho result is already seen in quadruping the
sick list


"The volunteers have seen in the newspapers
that many wealthy gentlemen have rendered
their negroes for these labors and they know
that there are thousands of free negroes who
might be so employed. really believe that il
this state OF things continues ten days, there
will be ut least One.lith Of the force here on
the sick list or dead, for we have no real hos
ptal here and medicine iS ms scarce in the
surgical department as money ia In the camp,
Besides this, it is difficult to get water enough
10 drink, and even officers cannot get it. Water
is guarded and given out as provisions are
given out These are absolute facts. Cleanli.
ness is essential to recovery from camp diseases,
and without water cleanliness is impossible,
especially in warm weather. On this very day
some forty sick had TO be sent to Culpoper
Court House
Year: 1861

/ most frequent is the world or mammon. In
that shrine which once famed and glowed
with indwelling Deity, and where the love OF
God sustained perpetual summer, there now
burns, to make the darkness visible, a little
night-light OF earthly friendship or creature
foudncss and on that throne where once pre-
sided the great I AM, now sits, in mockery
at once of the living God and of the fatuous
worshipcr, golden pagod, or mayhap some
foul desire or sinful passion, IL something
which holds in its hand the strings that move
the man whilst, after ALL his noblest facul-
ties, like 50 much obsolete lumber, lie unno-
ticed and unused, and crumbling TO decay.


The Lord Jesus UNDERSTOOD even as He
pitied, the case of lapsed humanity His cr-
rand was to restore mans blessedness by re.
storing Gods supremacy. He came to set
up anew Gods kingdom in the soul OF man.
/ On the one side, as the great Priest Nictim
He cxpiatcd the sacrilegc OF which man had
been guilty in profaning Gods temple, and in
placing obscene usurpers on Jehovah S throne ;
and His own most precious blood He puts at
the disposal of every penitent who seeks to
cleanse his heart from idols. On the other
hand, as Gods prophet and mans King, He
seeks to mako the sinner desirous of Gods
return to the forsakcn shrine. He seeks to
make the sinner feel how guilty he was when
he said to the living God, Depart and lie
seeks to make the sinner feel how truly poor
and wretchcd he is with coin in his chest but
no God in his heart; with loving but dying
children around him who call him father,
while the Immortal Father owns him as nc
child. Perhaps even now that great Apostle
Of our profession speaks to some one; for
Christ mission did not end at Oivet-the
voice which spake on earth still speaks from
heaven. Perhaps even now the Lord Jesus
has knocked at your heart-door, and the hol
low sound that echoes back tells him and you
thar it is vacant or filled with ostentatious
emptiness Your chief end is to g|ority self
and enjoy the present world forever; or at
the very best, your chief end is to glori'y and
gladden. that expanded self, your nearest
friends and dearest kindred and it misglves
you, that, beautiful as the idol is, it is not the
living God and that you would need to get
something more before you can be sure OF
" treasure in heaven