smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

n THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SIDEWALK ON
COMMERCIAL STREET.


The Trustees Of the City Of Nevada do Ordan as
follows:


SECTION l. II shall be the duty Of the property
holders on the northerly side of Commercial street
between Pine and Broad streets. on or before the
10th day OF April, A. d. 1861, 10 construct a side
walk in front OF their property.


SEC .. Said Sidewalk shall be on the grade Of the
street, of uniform width not to exceed eight feet
and shall be constructed under the supervision and
direction of the City Marshal


SEC. 3. Should any property holder on CONNER.
ca street between the termini specified in the first
section OF this ordinance neglect or refuse to con.
struet the Sidewalk in front of his or her property
as required it shall become the duty Of the Marshal
to let out contract for having the work DONE and
the property along the line thereof shall be held re.
sponsible for the reasonable expense of the same
Passed March 7th, 1861.


JOHN WILLIAMS, President.
T. II. RoLYE, Clerk. marO-3v
Year: 1861

MASKED TRAIroRs.-Forney' Press has
the following timely rebuko to masked trait
ors:


The only true way to gain permanent
and substantial peace is to teach those who
have unfurled the black banner of treason 50
grave and terrible lesson that for centuries
to come none will dare initiate their perni-
cious example. And those among us who are
ever ready to cavil, to condemn, to criticise,
aud to weaken the Government, for the sake
of indirectly beneftting the secession cause,
are, in reality, the foes of peace, as they are
the foes of the country, because peace can on.
ly he reestabished on just, enduring, and
honorable basis, and by the complete reasser-
tion of the authority Of the whole people Of
our country over its whole territory.
Year: 1861

POWDER MILL P1ETY.-Said little GIRL
who had just been reading the newspaper ac-
count of an explosion, Ma, don't you think
that people who work in powder mills ought
to be pious ? There was great deal of
human nature in that question. The world,
like the little girl. thinks that all who are
especially exposed, ought to be prepared for
sudden death. But is not the whole world
vast powder mill Is it not filled every
where with the elements of destruction? The
very air we breathe may become poisonous
and slay US. The water We drink may con-
tain some deadly Ingredient which neither
sight nor taste can detect. We are encom,
passed even by unseen dangers. We are
never certain of tomorrow Then should
we not be prepared, whatever our age, our
business, or our locality, for sudden death?
Year: 1861

A TRUTH ApTLY PREsENTED.-The Adro
cate says:


When we we're at the Water Cure, a man
who had been pining for years, and nobody
could tell what allied him, was put into the
cold packing, and very soon an eruption of
measles came out all over him. 1t turned out
that the man had the measles years before,
and the doctor druggcd it out of sight, and
ever since it had been tormenting him inward
ly. Even SO the grief of children may be vi
olenty hogged out of sight, instead of being
drawn to the surface by more gentle methods,
and the result may be sorry temper that
never knows the relief of tears, but always
sulks and whines.
Year: 1861

The CHIvALRY FIGHTING Shy The Washing.
ton correspondent of the New York Journal Of
Commerce, under date of Aug. 22d, says


"The Confederate officers do not speak boast


ngly of their infantry or cavalry at Bull run,
and say that they fought shy. The infantry on
both sides were shy. The fighting was done
chiefly with artillery, on each side The Con,
federate officers have stated that they had no
masked Batteries butattrbuted their success,
such as it was, to their weil-served artillery
Their batteries were placed by the skirts of
scrub cedar that grows SO thickly on the run,
and were moved from point to point during the
So at Big Bethel, there were no
masked batteries as is now well known
from the statements of deserters and others who
were there"
Year: 1861

GEAZIER AND PAINTER


Would respectfully announce that ho is ready
attend to jobs OF glazing, painting and
Vanishing at short notice. Lettering and
Sign Painting III the best style of the art.
7stf Shop doors West of Eagle Exchange.
Year: 1861

In the course of a few days the term
Of service for which the volunteers
left this place il April last. will ex-
pire. In Easton, we notice that 3
meeting waz about to be held for the
purpose Of making arrangements, to
give their soldiers q beftting recep-
tion on their return, and we think it
justly due that our volunteers should
receive at the hands Of the citizens q
reception worthy of their bravery and
the sacrafice they have been willing to
make for the good OF their country


Let a meeting be called, a Commit
zee of Arrangements be appointed
and correspondence opened with the
officers of the companies TO which
they are attached for the purpose Of
ascertaining the precise time when
their arrival may be looked for and
when they do come the flags be raised,
the bells rung, (if we had cannon a
salute might be fred) and q collation.
prepared. A collation. might be got
ten up in the following manner; Let
each citizen that feels disposed to con
tribute, faraish such amount and kind
Of provisions as their Judgement shall
dictate, ready cooked, to be deliver
ed on the ground or TO a committee
on the day Of their arrival in our city.
By this mode all viii have an oppor
tunity to contribute, and there will be
a greater variety than otberwiae be-
sides, it viii reqaire bnt little, if any
money! great. consideration at
present.
Year: 1861

The farmers have had very fine
weather for securing their hay and
grain. The hay crop was light, but
the excellens state In which it was
gathered makes up in quality what il
lacked in quantity. The great scar
city of fruit Of nearly all kinds is So
verely felt by farmers as well as all
other classes. have never known
such an utter failure Of cherries but
few farmers got enough for a single
ie Ii fact, It is a luxury I have not
rad fha pleasure Of seeing this sum
meF /; carFansa were quite plenty wild
fruit Of all kiads are scarce


FARMER.
Year: 1861

ground grain will last and work quarter
longer than he will if fed on unground corn,
oats, and other whole grain. The first nam
ed will be as young and serviceable when
sixteen years old as the latter will be at
twelve. Not only do the grinding teeth Of
horse wear out prematurely by this excess
Of jaw work in grinding hard corn, but the
mill often barely cracks the kernels. and on
" moiety Of the nourishment in the grain
is extracted in its passage through the ali
mentary canal. While the muscular la
bour Of grinding so much grain in the life
time of horse is considerable, the loss in
food consumed is far greater than the mar
ket value of the animal, by its not being
fully digested. The loss of feeding un-
ground corn TO oxen, cows and hogs is gen.
orally more than in feeding horses.


We have sought to correct these common
errors in our own practice, but find mlllers
standing in their antiquated conceptions OF
profit and loss SO immoyeable that all pro-
gress seems impracticabie. They take one
bushel of corn for grinding seuea when the
law allows them but one for grinding eight
which is too much for the milling busines:
to be very profitable. Now, they grind grain
for human consumption only, and keep theii
water power and machinery idle two-third'
of the time. The water power by which oul
grinding is done is abundant 10 grind one
thous sand bushels of corn or wheat in TWEEN
ty-four hours, which, at toll Of ten pei
cent, would give the proprierorsr one hun
dred bushels per day for the earnings Of thei'
mill.


In place Of such an income, or the half O
/ il, they prefer TO let their large mechanica
power do nothing, save the grinding of few
bushels daily at the toll OF one bushel TO
grinding seven. In the city Of Rochester
where twenty thousand bushels of grain are
ground in day. millers are glad to GRIND
wheat at three dollars per one hundred bush
els; and yet taxes and water power are high
er there than on the 0conee river.


We desire TO reduce the cost Of making
fat hogs, fat cattle, and fat sheep, in tn,
Confederate States, and il is for this pur
pore alone that we expose errors IN boil


manufacturing and agricultural industry
There is no reason why the biped withou


feathers that laughs should have his corr


ground before eating it, that will not appl.


10 other domesticated animals. There is


plenty Of water in Georgia to grind corn a
three cents bushel and no community
wise that gets no mere meat from tire
bushels Of cora than two will make il groun
and fed properly.
southern Field and Fiyesids.
Year: 1861

DEATH OF NATIvE.-Alfred Morgan
aged eight years, was recently buried in COlum-
ba. He was the second white male child born
in that town. The funeral was headed by
band Of music and the flags of the town were
sll at half mast.
Year: 1861

The New York and Virginia Ma
sous.-The Grand Lodge Of New
York have adopted resolutions declar-
ing that "thc decree of fnon-intercoure
recently promulgated by the Grand
Lodge of Virginia as against this
Grand Lodge should not and does
not cxonerate the Masons hailing from
this jurisdiction now or hereafter to
be on the roll OF Virginia or else
where, from the performance of those
high and holy Masonic duties to-
wards Masons owing allegiance to
the Grand Lodge of Virginia, which
are imperatively cast upon them by
their vows made in the craft; the laws
of God and the dictates of humanity
\ sharp discussion took place on the
resolutions.
Year: 1861

Should any of our subscribers be
overlooked this week by our carrier
they will please call at Our office
get their paper, and notify us Of the
same. Our carrier having seeded
from this establishment, we are COM
PEELED to try another.
Year: 1861

We complained the other day in
the presence Of a citizen of this city
.,f the intense warm weather-he
wheeled round Immediately on his
heels, and swore it was not hot
enough for him; another remarked
that it just suited him, and a third
agreed with us. We can account for
folks not feeling the effects Of warm
weather, who indulge in frequent
smiles during the day, but for per-
SON. confined to room nearly the
whole day and night, as we are, il
tells awfully; it would appear te
drive away all energy; makes US
dull, and careless about everything


but in spite Of this, the good people
of our city seem contented. The ma
king Of soldier coats is all the rage
Year: 1861

MARRYING IN FUN.-An Erie paper tells
how at an evening party in that vicinity re-
Gently, as matter of fun, a proposition to
marry was entertained by two parties who
had then for the first time met. 10 carrying
out the joke it was suggested that the cere-
mony be Immediately performed-the preach.
er residing near by. They went to the house
of the minister to consummate the joke, found
the reverend gentleman in bed woke him. and
had the ceremony performed in the spirit ofa
joke, and naid the fee in joke, but the best
of the joke, is they have since learned that
the marriage was legally performed, and is
binding upon the parties engaged therein.
1t is supposed the parties, who are respecta-
bic, will mend matters by eventually assum-
ing in earnest what was intended as jest, the
true relationship of man and wife. The
gentleman is named Doane, Q resident of
New York State, and the lady Miss Whee-
ler. This is warning to folks who are fond
Of jesting, and especially in affairs of such
deep moment as the ceremony of marriage.
Year: 1861

they pray and then steal. They are good deal
alarmed about how all this Is coming out, but
arc contented to await the dictatisn Of the Lord,
whom they address as "Sir, and acknowledge
HIS hand in everything, even In stealing.
Year: 1861

sH There are numerous oil stories
going the rounds, and among them none
are better than this, told by the Wheel
ing Intelligencer:


A darkey was experimenting the
boring of well ono night, the proprie-
tor being anxious 70 complete the work
and was therefore laboring night and
day. The weather was cold and = fire
was burning near the mouth Of the well.
About midnight vein of gas was
struck, and igniting from the fire, shot
up brilliant flame Of air, illuminating
the whole scene. The darkcy, who al
most turned white with fear, broke fol
his masters house yelling, SECT NJ
Massa Thompson, get up. We've broke
through into he'll -
Year: 1861

q, let me weep for moments fed,


When all the world was bright to me,
Ere had cause to mourn the dead,


And fondly thought but bliss to see;
When richly bloomed the early flower


OF youth and beauty, pure and sweet,
sat beneath a lovely bower,


With one who made my joy complete.
The bower remains, and wild birds sing
Their senss as s~eetly as before
The pebbly lake, the gushing spring,


Their echoes ON my mcm'ry pour;
But where's that form, those blushing checks,
Those eyes, revealing heavenly lovey
They're gone and now my spirit seeks
To meet the angel form above.
Year: 1861

BEAUTIFUL ExTRAcr.-In the Missouri Legis-
lature few days since, Mr.. Vest. a young Sen.
ator, paid the following glowing and beautiful
tribute to our Confederate States. If Missouri
prefers an abolitioned and centralized dcspotism
to State Rights Republican Government, Mr..
Vest will find hearty welcome and a genial
home in the sunny South:


Mr. President: In the natural world the
brilliancy of the sun obscures and hides the
stars when in meridian glory. He blazes
athwart the heavens, but the stars will keep
their appointed places in the system Of which
that sun is the center, so with the State under
the Constitution as made by your revolutionary
fathers. Whilst the Union in its strength and
glory lowered before us, the rights Of the States
though still existing were obscured by the sur
passing splendor of the General Government.
The sun Of the Union has set to rise no more
But as the stars creep out one by one upon the
evening sky, and with no borrowed briliancy,
but their native brightness, still continue to
guide the wanderer upon his path, so have the
stars of the Southern States, one by one, come
forth upon the azure Of the Southern sky, and
by their steady light guided us to constitutional
liberty. Tremendous applause.l Sir, BY the
light of these stars hope 10 be guided for all
time to come The people Of the South are my
people, and their destiny shall be mine; their
country shall be my country; their God my
God, and where they lie there viii be buried
also.
Year: 1861

AIR AND WArER.-Set pitcher of water in a
room, and in few hours II win have absorbed
nearly all the respired and perspired gases in
the room, the air of which will have become
purcr, but the water is utterly filthy. The cold
err the water Is, the greater It's capacity to con-
tain these gases. At ordinary temperature, a
pint Of water will contain pint Of carbonic acid
gas. and several pints Of ammonia. Their ca
pacity is nearly doubled by reducing the water
to the temperature Of ice. Hence, water kept
in the room for a while is unfit for use. For
the same reason the water in pump stock
should always be pumped out in the morning
before any is used Impure water is more inju-
rious than impure air.
Year: 1861

Necessity W. CoNvExIeNcE.-Thee editor
of the Bookhaven Miss Advsriiser offers
the following unique argument in favor Of
raising more corn than cotton:


We have always been persistently in favor
Of painting large crop Of corn, even if Get
) has to he little neglected, particularly
in times like these. when communication
with the Ohio may 10 cut off at any moment
corn is necessity, but cotton is only con-
venience. A man can very well live without
a shirt, but what can he do without whisky?
Year: 1861

: When you see man always apologizing
for the course of the rebels and never de-
nouucing them-always finding fault with
the course the Government is pursuing and
never giving utterauce to manly patriotic
sentiment, set him down as traitor at
heart. We have many such in Ashland
county, who would delight to see the Gov
ernment ruined and who are discouraging
every patriotic effort. The people should
watch them-Ash. Tines.


We have few Of that stripe Of bipeds
in Summit county who are being watched.
Year: 1861

THE UNION SENTIMENT IN ARIZoNA.-lt was
announced some days since that Texan agents
were busily engaged in stirring up rebellion
among the people of Arizona. Judging, however,
from recent Indications, secession will find no
favor In that Territory The Tuscon correspondent
Of the st. Louis Republican gives this emphatic
testimony:


The great majority Of our citizens are Southern
In feeIlag, are earnest and determined advocates
OF Southern ights; but they appreciate the great
blessings OF the Union under which our country
has prospered for over seventy years, and are IN
satisfactory adjustment of the question, They
admire the determined attitude Of their Southern
brethren but look hopefully to the efforts Of those
distinguished patriots Of the Border States who
are striving manfully for compromise When all
hope OF adjustment is abandoned then, and not
TIL then, will our citizens decide whether to 90
with California, and become an intergal part of
the proposed Pacific Republic, or to unite with
the people Of Dona Anna county in application to
the Southern Confederacy for that protection so
long denied by the Union TO which we still cling
with Affection
Year: 1861

O-A Southern paper tells Of ysung lady who
was caught In disagreeable predicament while on
her knees at church The fair girl wore fashion
able high besled shoes; keeling on both knees
these heels Of course stuck out at right angles and
In this position, the highest hoop Of her new fan
impossible for her 10 raise herself or hten her
Limbs The more she struggled, the tig Inter she
was bound so she was constrained to call for
help. This was Immediately, IL not scientifically,
rendered by young man In the same seat; and
when the next prayer was made, she merely in
clined her head on the back Of the front pew
thinking, no doubt, that she was not In praying
costume.
Year: 1861

SLAVE RENDERED UP-The Plainville fOhio)
Advertiser reports that a STAKEHOLDER from Nash.
Vile, Tennessee; who had been stopping in that
place for some time, made known the object OF
his visit one day last week, by instituting pro-
ceedings for the rendition Of a negro woman
whom he claimed as fugitive slave The neces-
sary papers were made out and the parties left on
the cars without meeting with any resistance or
or even awakening any display Of excitement
Year: 1861

PROTECTION OF STRANGERS IN NEW YoRK-A
bill Is now before the New York Legislature for
the better protection Of strangers and citizens in
the city Of New York, and to incorporate the New
YORK Passenger and Baggage Train Company
II Is evident that law should be passed Which
shall proter the unwary stranger and defenceless
citizen sure protection from the i'm positions of
hack drivers, and often from runianly vtolence
Year: 1861

Under the administration OF dlstIn-
tested for twenty years in the public Hospitals as
well as in their private practice with such complete
success as to have acquired the unqualified approval
of the medical faculty and is now held in the highest
esteem and is universally used.
Year: 1861

The New York HeroM tells its public
that Gen Sherman is to have on the soil
Of South Carolina, by the early part Of
December, and army Of 40 or $4,000
troops, for the further operations Of his
winter campaign. The Herald is not al
ways precisely correct 10 its statements,
ba, we think it reasonably certain .ha,
great efforts will be put forth by our foes.
Hence the imperative necessity Of the
authorities and people Of this State using
every exertion TO meet and foil :hem -
Both in regard to life sn1 expepse-not
TO speak OF the preservation Of property
from destruction, the honor Of South
Carolina, or the good Of the great cause
-amp'est and promp,est preparation, in
the formation Of an adequate army for
the defence Of the State, is true economy
and wisdom. There is need Of very many
thousand men, and they should be all in
camp with the least possible delay. A
failure to have sufficient forces IN the
field to meet the first formidable aGvan.
ces Of the enemy in force, would be dis.
astrous and costly to an incalcuIable ex.
tent. Too much stress cannot he laid
upon the importance OF proper appre-
citation Of the coming dangers, and of
suitable efforts, on the larges, scale, to
meet these dangers. Let the public move,
Tor it is their cause at stake Charleston
Mercury.
Year: 1861

The LAST OF SLAVERY IN VIRGINIA
The course of Gen. Butler in declaring
slaves contraband, will have more vital
influence on the fortunes of the war. than
dozen victories. In regard to this mat
ter q Virginia correspondent of the New
York Times. says ''the refusal Of Gen.
Butler to deliver up fugitive slaves marks
q new era in the history of the war, and
it is confidently expected here. by intelli-
gent men. that its effect will be to drive
Slavery ont of Virginis." Let it be once
understood that no more slaves are ''to
be delivered up while Virginia main
tains an attitude of hostility to the Gov
ernmeut, and the shareholders in body
will make stampede for the Southwest.
such as the agents of the underground
railroad never started in the opposite di-
rection. A Virginia slaveholder who re.
sides here. expresses the opinion that
Slavery will be speedily cleaned out from
Northern virginis BY this process. and
although he will be among those who
will be forced to move his slaves South.
or permit them to 60 North. be is un-
qualified in the expression Of opinion that
it will rebound to the welfare OF the
State.