smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

These occasional outbreaks are not re-
cullar 10 American slavery, but were the
scourge Of all the nations of antiquity, and
Of none 50 much as Rome in the palmicst
days Of the Republic y servile war is a
subject from from which history willingly
averts her face, and the outbreaks which
from time 10 time have taken place in
America, have been forgotten ty the Eu-
ropean public as soon as they were quelled
Ill torture and in blood But each OF these
instructions, contemplate as they NAV ap-
pear in numbers, in intelligence, and in or
ganlzatlon, Is symptom Of 4 state of things
which wise and understanding people Will
do well not to neglect too lorg That ,ccu-
rlty Of life and property, which l.. after all,
the main end and object of civil society,
does not cxist-at least in The European
sense Of the term-in the slayc STATE. of
America


The white population can never forget,
either as judges, as legislators or propric-
tors, that they are small minority scatter
ed among large and bitterly hostile ma





the meaning Of the word security" Ii
they lie down TO rest, they know not but
they may be awoke at midnight by the
light of their blazing houses, and tie ycls
Of the incendiarles. Ii they wander in
the forest, they feel 10 confidence that the
hand Of the assassin does not await them
behind every thicke,. Danger bescts fear.
and fear cruelty, and that cruelty again in.
cresses danger. Strong as is oar sympathy
for the oppressed race that tolls beneath
the lash in the Southern States of America,
We cannot bring ourselves to wish that their
bonds may bc broken by an experiment So
frightful as that which has once again been
tried, and has once again failcd-tha cx-
pertinent Of servilc war


There was time when the best men In
America looked on slavery, as merely Il
provisional and temporary institution, aud
looked forward to the time when the bonds
should drop from the hands of the African,
and the assertion Of the Declaration of In
dependence that all men are free and equal,
should no longer be mockery and re-
proach. But that time seems to have pass
ed by, and the language of the Southern
stakeholder is now rather that freedom is
an exceptional institution, destined one day
to be swallowed up in the more natural
and more humane rule of slavery. We
cannot therefore, be surprised TO see such
reasoners reminded from time TO time by
warnings Ike that afforded hy the Harper =
Ferry insurrection how insecure i, the ba-
sis on which the -layeowner builds. and how
dangerous it is for a nation which carries
so vcnomous serpent in her bosom to be
forever trifling with the possibility of for
eign war, the first effect of which must al.
most necessarily be to rouse the sleeping
destroyer into life and activity.
Year: 1859

DUTIES OF LADY IN HER HOUSEHOLD
Without regularity, no house can be man.
aged with any degree of economy or COM
fort. No mistress or head of household,
therefore, should trust her domestics with
the care Of the store rooms, closets, and
kitchen, without keeping careful superyis-
ion over each Of them herself. The best
hour for inspection, in regard to these mat
ters is Immediately after breakfast. All
the materials or stores. as well as the nee
esslry directions, may then be given out.
She shoald also see, for herself, that every
thing is made the best u.c of 10y those
to whom she cntrusts the culinary opera
tions, and that nothing is left to the chances
of disorder and waste


Punctuality in the management Of all
home affairs is also Indispensable The
meal should always, unless unavoidable
casualties intervene, be ready at the accus
toned and expected hour. If the mistress
is punctual, the domestcs will also be SO
and thus the mind of the husband will not
be be rufiled, and there Will be no confusion
and no chickering's, but harmony and a
cheerful appreciation ofeyery meal, followed
by general relaxation and pleasant cOnver-
SatIOn.


These are not trifes, however they may
appear to some. Ifthe insolvency OF thous.
ands could be traced to its source, it would
be found to have commenced with the non
performance Of these household duties by
the wife-or other female head Of affairs
for, without order, there is no economy
Year: 1859

INGENIOUS MoDE or TYING HoRsEs-
The Icelanders have a mos. curious custom,
and most effcctual one, of preventing hor-
ses from straying. which, believe, is entire
ly peculiar to this island Two gentlemen,
for instance, are riding together withou,
attendants; and wishing to alight for the
purpose of visiting some objects at a dis
tance from the road, they tie the head Of
one horse to the tail of another, and the
head Of this to the tail of the former In
this state it is utterly impossible that they
can move either backwards or forwards, one
pulling the one way and the other the 9TH
er; and, therefore, if disposed to move at
all. it will be only in circle, and even then,
there must be an agreement to turn their
heads the same way-Barrolr's Tisit 10
Iceland
Year: 1859

MOUNT HooD.-We lately conversed with Mr..
Howard, young man of this county, who was
one of q party that ascended Mt. Hood few
weeks since. Mr.. Howard is confident that
theirs is the only party that ever reached the
tip top of Mt. Hood, as no sign could be dscov-
cred of any one having been there before, and
il is not likely that a man whose ambition had
prompted him to scale the summit of this noble
mountain, would ever accomplish the ascent
without leaving behind him somo memorial of
his success. Tney tracked the Portland party
to spot several hundred feet from the top,
where they appear TO have stood parleying
awhile, and then turned back. Here an awful
chasm separated them from the peak, which
could be crossed only ON the snow which filed
il up at narrow place. The passage Of this
bridge was enough to appal the stoutest heart,
and in reality was as desperate an undertaking
as the passage of the Bridge Of Lodi-for II it
should fall beneath their weight, or crumble
away after they had crossed it, there would be
little prospect for them of ever visiting the
scenes of their childhood again. This thought
doubtless operated on the Portland party and
induced them 10 retrace their steps. But not
SO with the Clackamas boys. Frank Howard
thought that If nothing was ever ventured, no
thing would be won, and boldly rushed across,
followed by the others. They made their way
to the top, where they left some mark of their
presence, which will be noticed by the next who
has the hardihood TO make the attempt to reach
the top They were not provided with lnstru-
menis to take the exact measurement of the al
titude of Mt. Hood, but with the imperfect
means at their disposal it was computed that
the height of the apex above the level of the sea
was eighteen thousand two hundred and seven-
ty five feet and six inches--or considerably ever
three miles. Afterwards in making the descent
of the mountain, at distance of several miles,
they looked back, aud discovered with horror
that large portion of their frail bridge had
fallen off since they crossed The crater was
very warm, and in some places the hand could
not be borne on account of the heat.-OregoTl
Argus.
Year: 1859

TELEGRAPH TO THE PAorrc-The following
paragraph is from the St. Louis Democrat of a
late date:


A few days ago we announced In our news
columns that the telegraphic wires had been
extended to Atchison, on the Missouri river,
some fourteen miles farther than their previous
limit. The work is still progressing as we are
informed, and the wires stretching westward.
When the line is built through 20 the Pacific, it
will complete an enterprise equal in magnitude
and Importance to the laying of the Atlantic
cable. To the people of St. Louis and the Eas-
tern States, this is work of great interest, and
the day that binds San Francisco and this city
in telegraphic bonds, opens @ new future to
both; and as the forerunner, perhaps, Of the
great Pacific Railroad, we hail with pleasure
the dawning prospect of its early accomplish
ment.
Year: 1859

MAGNIFICENT ELECTRICAL PAENoMEEA.-The
Northern States and Canada have recently been
treated to one Of the most magnificent spectral
sights ever witnessed in this country. II was
a veritable aurora borealis, seen on Sunday
evening and Monday morning, the 28th and
29th of August, and was visible several hours,
extending as far south as Baltimore, and inter
ruptng teegrapbic communication all over
the country. Bars of light were at first hori-
Zontal, but afterwards assumed a vertical form,
flashing with amazing luminousness and ex-
tending from the southwest to the northeast on
opposite sides of the heavens. There were at
the same time luminous masses Of brilliant car
nation, producing most singular effect A
fresh northwest wind prevailed at the time, and
the atmosphere was very cool.
Year: 1859

Broderick Monument Committee.
No person is authorized to collect subscrip
tions to the Monument Fund except such as
present subscription rolls signed by the Presi-
dent and Secretary Of the Monument Commit
tee.
Year: 1859

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the taxes the following described lands shall be sufficient the penalty and cost charged thereon will sold the in town of Springfield aforesaid the 14h am and of h h tbat time.

 The M,o of vadwIl until all said lands shall be south west corner
Year: 1859

Kitty! I'd press you to my heart,

 But all such pressure you decry- There's too much cotton, whalebone lace Tween you and l. I'd only muss the dry goods up

 And make you blubber, pout and frown, Besides l might oh sad miscbance,

 Break whalebones down! Farewell! rll pray when next we meet, And meet we may if fashions change, At least that we may come within

 Good talking Philadelphia Bullsttn
Year: 1859

Mr.. Greeley, writes from the center Of
Mormondom as TO the cause OF the salt
ness Of Salt Lake City, thus: r
That this Lake should be salt, is no


anomaly. All large bodies of water into
which streams discharge themselves,
while they have severally on outlet, are
or should be salt. II one such 10 fresh
that is anomaly Undecided. Lake Utah
probably receives as much saline matter
as Salt Lake but she discharges it through
the Jordan and remains herself fresh; !;
while Salt Lake.. having no issue save
by evaporation, is probably the safest
body of water on earth. The ocean is
comparatively fresh even the Meditsrra-
mean at Leghorn is not half SO salt. am
told that three barrels Of this water yield
barrel Of salt, that seems rather strong,
yet its intense sadness, no one who has
not had it, in his eyes, his mouth, his
nostrils, can realize. You can no more
sink in it than in a clay bank, but a
very little oft in your lungs would suffice
to strangle you. Uou make your way
in from hot rocky beach overa chaos,
Of volcanic basalt that is trying to the feet
but at depth Of a yard or more you have
fine sand bottom, and here the bath
ing is delightful. tas.4 -.


The water is Of light green color for
ten or twenty rods; then "deeply, darkly.
beautifully blue. mo fish can live in it,
no frog abides il; few birds are even seen
dipping into it.
Year: 1859

CHERIsHEs HIS NATIVE LANp.-Colonel Bakers
speech at San Francisco, on the Sth is one of the
most eloquent ever uttered by that gentleman,
that we have seen. We should be pleased to
publish it entire, but are compelled, for want
OF room, to print only the subjoined extract:


"God forbid that should denv nv native
land and do say that men of all countries and
creeds, and living under all governments, turn
their eyes towards this land of republican liberty
They did not say when served them that [ was
a foreigner" and not to be trusted on the
contrary they eulogized me as far beyond my
merits as they now seek to depress me below
them they did not then cast in my teeth that |
was an Englishman. A man cannot help the ac-
cident of his birth place. | was five years old
when | came to your shores. 1t is true that my
over-populated country cast me forth, like cold
and naughty p-mother, upon the broad breast
of America. 1t is true | was received here with
the kindness incidental to your constitutional
provisions, and to your fraternal heart since
then L have spent more than forty years upon
your soil, and have endeavored to perform my
duties as a citizen. | have not been forgetful of
the obligations have received have not been
forgeful of the duties imposed upon me- 1t is
true that did not come to this country rich and
powerful, but child struggling with adversity ::
| was one of four brothers, and we lived bv our
labor on the soil my brothers (now | hope in
Heaven,) and myself were proud to perform our
duties hOn0rably l was not raised in the luxury
of a city fought my way upwards from the
banks Of the Mississippi. through the dangers of
frontier life, frequently with an AK in one hand
and a rife in the other and now labor rather
with my head than my hand. ] hope | do so
with credit to my heart | feel deep interest
in the welfare of my adopted country, whose in
stitutone have given me q chance to work on an
area whore industry never fails to meet its re-
waid. Nor will | be deferred from performing
my political duties towards her by the anatbemas
which are poured upon my head for my foreign
birth. As have received these benefits from my
adopted country, so have endeavored to repay
them.


have been honorcd by the people Of the State
in which the best part of my manhood has been
spent they trusted me with a position in the
Councils Of the Nation They called me to lead
her sons to distant aud hostile shores, where
standards waved and swords were flashed. How
repaid their trust it is not for me to say


leave my comrades, and the history of nv State
to speak and the trophies in the Capitol. upon
which my humble name is inscribed, may be the
witness that tried to do my duty"
Year: 1859

and hardly anything can be simpler than its
manufacture; yet we import the great bulk
of what we consume, while exporting none
of our own production. In short, there are
scores Of opportunities on every side for en-
barking IN manufactures, with moral GER
tainty of immediate success and ultimate
wealth.


Nor do we need capital, us is often asser-
ted. There is capital enough in this coun-
try, and readiness to invest it, if its owners
can be but sure that It will be wisely en-
plOyed. Our greatest deficiency is in prac-
lical knowledge. Were ten thousand Of
our young men thoroughly qualified to d.
rest and manage manufactures, there would
be room for them all. Mills and improved
water powers sell at ruinous rates, in good
part because there are few or none qualified
by training and experience 10 make the
most of them. Had one-fourth Of our youth
who have been sent 10 college during the
last Ten years been sent instead TO the bes,
manufactures of the Old World, there &c
study and master the most approved meth
DDS Of spinning, weaving, dyeing, &c., oul
national wealth would have been far create,
than it is, and our labor more generally en-.
plOyed and more literally remunerated.-
May we not hope that the immediate future
will correct the error of the past?
Year: 1859

ITAshes are q valuable manure for all
grass lands, ss well as lime; experience has
not yet fixed the value to lime for our prair-
ie soil, but IT is Otherwise with ashes; they
should no, be wasted but spread upon tne
meadow or pasture lands.
Year: 1859

The following is one of those beautiful
poems which win live for ever:
Over the river they beckon to me
~, Loved ones who'ye crossed to the further side.
Inc CLEAN of their snowy robes see,


but their voices are drowned in the rushing


tide. .
Aheres one with ringlets of sunny gold,
,, ana eyes the reflection ofheavens own blue;
lie crossed in the twilight gray aud cold,
~, And the pale mist hid him from mortal view.
we saw not the angels that met him there;


The gate fthe city we could not see
Over the river, over the river,


My brother stands waiting to welcome me;
Over the river the boatman pale


Carried another-the household pet
Her brown curls waved in the gentle gale


Dnrling Minnie see her yet!
She crossed on her bosom her gentle hands


And fearlessly entered the phantom bark
we watched 1t glide from the silver sands,
ana all our sunshine grew strangely dark


we know she is safe on the further side,
Wnere all the ransomed and angels be;
:, Over the river, the mystic river
My childhood's idol is waiting for me,
FOR none return from those quiet shores
Who cross with the boatman cold and pale;
we near the dip ofthe golden oars,


AND catch glimpse of the snowy sail.
And 10! they have passed from our yearning


hearts,


ueJ CFosS tue Stream ana are gone lOr aye.
We may not sunder the veil apart


That hides from our vision the gates of day.
We only know that their barks no more


May sail with us Ger life's stormy sea
Yet somewhere, l know, on the unseen shore,
They watch, and beckon, and wait for me.
And sit and think when the sunsets gold


In flushing river, and hill and Shore
shall stand one day by the water cold,


And list for the sound of the boatman's oar;
shall watch for the CLEAN of the tapping soil,
shall hear the boat as it nears the strand
| shall pass from sight with the boatman pale,
TO the better shore of the spirit land
shall know the loved who have gone bofore,
And joyfully sweet shall the meeting be
When over the river, the mystic river,


The Angel If Death shall carry mo-
Year: 1859

TYPHOID FEVER is prevailing to an alarm
ing extent in the western portion of Virginia
In Berks county thirty.fve persons who had
fallen victims to the disease, were buried in
one graveyard in the course of month
In Myerstown entire families have died out
with this fatal disease, and but few families
in the village have entirely escaped its rava'
res
Year: 1859

A GIRL died at East Cambridge, few days
since, of small pox, induced by cutting the
hand with glass, followed by matreatment
which is said to have turned the wound into
the above disease Z Erchanqe.
Year: 1859

FIRE PNOUF BUILDING.
FHNHIS HOUSE is situated in the center of the
n business portion of the city, and Is furnished
with all the requisites TO make it first class hotel 1t
is kept open all night, and residents of the city or
strangers from the country will be furnished with
meals to order at any hour of the day or night An
assortment of the chosest Wines and Liquors con-
stantly on hand.


The lodging department is we'll arranged. The
rooms are commodous and comfortable, and large
number of them are furnished with Spring Beds
Year: 1859

Rev. THOMAS STARR KING is thus daguer-
reotyped by the ST. Louis Evening Bulletin
of Nov. Sd:


Never was the familiar proverb-"precious
substances are done up in small packages
more truthfully illustrated than in the phys
cal doing up" of Thomas Starr King He
is boy in appearance, but giant in intel
lect-modest, almost, to timidity, as he stems
upon the platform before his audience. but
manfully bold and earnest when once fairly
warmed up with his subject. He would pass
among stranger for youth of eighteen, but
we believe he has reached the shady side of
thirty. We cannot account for his juvenile
appearance in any other way than that his
ever blooming intellect and genial soul cast
halo OF light and freshness around the out
ward man. The very large and discrimina-
ting audience which listened to him last
night were equally astonished and delighted
at the brilliant thoughts as they came spark
ling like diamonds from their native bed In
the brief outline which we give Of the lee
ture 1t cannot be expected that justice can be
done to them so fertile in thought
and so clearly and eloquently discussed.
Year: 1859

ness- The Aurora Borealis, on Sabbath night
last, was most magnificent and glorious sight.
The light in the northern heavens was so great
that hereabouts it enabled person to read a
newspaper with ease. 1t is thought that last
Sunday was the anniversary of some grand event
in the history of the people dwelling in the
country lying beyond the open sea observed by
travellers just few degrees this side of the
North Pole, and that the glorious light observed
in the northern heavens was simply the pyro-
technic exhibition gotten up by the Northpole-
ans in honor of the occasion.
Year: 1859

5ay~ Tales of scandal are as plenty as black
berries just now. The famous Sickles case
seems to have broken up the great deep of lech-
cry, and food of equally obscene but less ira
gic occurrences have 1eiuged the land. The
very latest affair is that Of 81 wealthy merchant
down town, who found deficit of $4,000 in
the account of one Of his clerks. He called the
defaulter TO account. and told him that if the
money was not at once returned h" would arrest
and expose him. The clerk mildly informed his
employer that he reckoned he should not return
the cash. land that he further concluded that he
had sufficient Offset. "Ofset said the mer-
chant, "what do you mean by Offset ?" 81 mean
my wife" returned the clerk. Not another word
was said about the oo0.-T15a'rs.
Year: 1859

SPEAK GENTLY TO YorR MoTHEH-Young man,
speak gently to your mother, and courteously,
tenderly of ner. But little time and you will
see her no more forever. Her eve is dim, her
form is bent, and her shadow falls near the
grave. Others may love you fondly; but never
again while time is yours, shall any ones love
be to you as that of your old, trembling, weak
ened mother has been. Through helpless in
fancy, her throbbng breast was your safe pro-
lection and support in wayward and testy boy
hood, she bore patiently with your thoughtless
rudeness' she nursed you safely through a legion
of ills and malades. Her hand bathed your
burning brow, or moisiened your parched lips /;
her eyes lit up the darkness of nightly vigls,
watching sleepless by your side as no other but
her could watch. Speak not her name lightly,
for you cannot live so many years as would snf-
fee to thank her flIlly. Through reckless and
impatient youth she is your counsellor and sol-
ace. To bright manhood she guides your
steps to improvements nor ever forgets. Speak
gently then. and reverently of your mother; and
when you, too, shall be old, it shall in some de-
gree Tighten the remorse which shall be yours
for other sins, to know that never wantonly
have you outraged the respect due to your aged
mother.
Year: 1859

BIr The mode of kissing in India is CURIOUS,
though natural. Instead of a slight touch of
the lips, as with US, they apply the mouth and
nose closely to the persons cheek, and draw in
the breath strongly, as if smelling delightful
perfume. Hence, instead of saying, Give me
kiss" they say q Give me SMELL There is no
word in the language which translates our word
kiss.
Year: 1859

Rev. Mr.. BuDEY, OF PAINEsvLLE.-Ths
Telegraph regrets to learn that owing to the i'm
paired state of his health, the Rev N P Bailey.
Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Paines-
vile, will be compelled to suspend any farther
discharge of his duties for the present, in the
hope that BY rest and relaxation, convalescency
will be the result. During the season of rest,
the pulpit will be filled by some other preacher
provided by the church.
Year: 1859

We copy from the New York Independent
the following poem relating to Samuel sewaIl
a Puritan Judge Of some celebrity in New Eng
land, whose participation in the Salem witcheraft
persecution is said to have been the subject of a
bitter repentance and unhappiness in his old age.