smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1862

pose to carry Missouri out of the Union Does
he not know that they made war upon the I'm
ion in the outset, and that but fortheenergy OF
the lamented Lyon and Col Blair, they would
probably have captured st. Louis Does he
not know that civil war has been constantly
raging in Missouri for the last sixteen months ?
Does he not know that Missouri has about as
many men enlisted on the side of the rebels as
on the side Of the Union? Does he not know
that if Missouri had been rejected as a slave
State, and admitted as free State, she would
have had twice as many soldiers in the Union
army as now and none among the traitors /?
Does he not know that if, Missouri had been
admitted as free State, there would have been
no civil war in that State at all?


L urged that the annexation of Texas
and the Mexican war were secondary causes
OF this war. Does not the Argus, does not
everybody now know was correct? Did not
Texas secede in the outset? Did not the Mexi-
can war bring Texas more than one-half of her
territory? Have not the rebels drawn largely
both Of men and supplies from Texas? The
time was when the Argus could deceive the
people in these matters. Perhaps it can de-
ccive some now. There are none so blind as
those who won't see.


]. WooDMAN.
Year: 1862

III mas been Gen. Corcorans fortune to be-
| come one of the conspicuous heroes in the
| events of the last year and half Colonel of
| the New York sixty-ninth at the breaking ont
OF the rebellion, he rose from sick bed to lead
his regiment among the first to the field. Dur
ing the three months which followed, he was
| engaged with his command in arduous and
important duties, till the disaster of BnlI Run
threw him into captivity, and changed the
whole character of the war. The heroic and
seli-forgetful patience with which he bore his
iohg ana Wearisome imprisonment, whether as
prisoner of war, or a felon in rebel dungeons
Is part OF the history of the country for the
past WeiVe months. The brave messages
which he sent to his government before the
policy of exchanging prisoners had been finally
agreed upon, and subsequently when he was
held as hostage for the pirates who were ar
rested for preying upon lawful commerce. will
bo remembered to his honor as long as the ma
tion lives O ''''


"Letno consideration of my captivity said
ne, weigh one feather against the war or nee
essary poilcy OF the government; and after
wards rom his dungeon, Let the government
take no thought of my fate, but do its will. I
am content TO die in its service, even falon,s
death" The government was compelled IN
abandon the positions which it assumed in the
beginning upon both these points. But as a
partial reeompense Coreoran and his comrades
in captivity are free to enter the service of the
country again, and share in the glory of its ap-
preaching triumph over its foes. Gen. Corcor-
~ ~ Is now IN the prime and vigor of manhood.
de was born in Carrowkel. county Sligo. ire
land, on the 21st of September 1927 Fmi-
grating to this country in 1S49, he settled in
New fork, and with his own hands, laid the
foundation of his fortunes. He rose from a
private in the ranks to the command of the
regiment with which his name has been so hon
orably associated, and which will form a Part
OF his new and enlarged command His visit
70 massachusetts, now has for its object the
completing and perfecting of his brigade. His
encouraging words, and the living witness of
ms presence cannot anywhere fail to contrib
ute something to the strength of the great ar
my of which his own command will form n
part.-lWorcester Spy.
Year: 1862

Brigadier General N Kimball pub
fishes the following card:


In the evening edition of the Star Of
this day appears the following:


Kimbalps Brigade did not behave IS
well as represented, the men laid down,
and the Irish Brigade walked over them
to the fight So the report goes.


1t is to be regretted that the Star
should have published such report
without first ascertaining its truth.
Whosoever may have so reported has
been guilty of deliberate falsehood, if he
pretended to have given facts within his
own knowledge. My brigade not only
had the advance, but held their position,
and established the front line, maintain
ing it until relieved by Gen. Hancock S
Division, after their ammunition was ex-
hausted, and neither the Irish Brigade,
either passed over or by them to the front
to engage the enemy, where they were
unwilling to go. The loss sustained by
my command sufficiently stamps such a
report Respectfully,


n. KIMBALL,


Briuadier General
Year: 1862

purpose than the restoration ofthe Union
of all the States as sovereignties upon
terms of perfect equality" may seem
sufficiently innocent in itself, but is, in
reality, a command to the Democratic
Congress to break up the government in
case the President dares to adhere TO his
emancipation policy. Very we'll If
civil war is to be invoked North Of the
Ohio-if the government is to be over
turned, and, as John Van Buren stated
in his speech in New York, "society dis
solved into its original elements some
of these gentlemen who have had so
much fear of taxation and voted to place
these revoldtionists in power, viii repent
their action in sack cloth and ashes.
The Withholding of supplies from the
Administration can have no other effect
than the disbanding of our army, the
destruction of our navy, and the open
ing Of the Northern and Western States
TO the free incursions of the rebel armies.
In such case perhaps our Democratic
friends in German and Armstrong town
ships may become convinced that gov.
ernment which has always given them
protection, is worthy of support, espe-
cially when that support taxes them SO
lightly as at present.


But the fifth resolution is the one to
which we invite the closest attention. 1t
falsely and fradulently charges New
England with being the cause of the Re
belIion, and it urges that " having ex-
hausted every reasonable effort for the
restoration ofthe Union as it ,oas" (mark
the words) " should New England stand
in the breach we, as Western men, will
consult Western interests and Western
pride, which alike forbid that the Great
Mississippi Valley should be divided
&c. Mr.. Hendricks seems to have fur
nished not only the reasonable idea but
the very ids in which it is circulated
among the people. Does any sane man
think that the Great Northwest, settled
in large part by New Englanders, can
ever peaceably be converted into Slave
soil and attached to the Southern Con-
federacy? Yet that is just what the 9TH
resolution of the Huntington Democracy
contemplates, in case the restoration Of
the Union as it was fails! 1t must be
noticed that the preservation of the
Union on any other basis than the restor-
alton of the slave power to its former
control of the Government, is opposed by
the Democracy of the country, for the
leading papers have already endorsed
the Democracy of Huntington county.
We are to cleave to the South and cheer
fully bid New England good bye!
We are to cover our broad acres with the
slaves of the gallant, chivalrous dead
desecrating sons of the South We are
to bid good bye to the intelligence, the
enterprise, the mechanical skill Of the
New Englanders, and join our fortunes
with a barbarism that crushes the intel
lect, destroys energy and blasts genius
"a barbarism that tratfics in its own


flesh and blood.


May God preserve US from such fate
as that
Year: 1862

DErR0n August y 1867.
Michigan has nearly filed her quota under the new
cafor 900 men, and will furnish her quota under the
last call without resort TO draft short extension
Of time 10 allowed Eight regiments Of infantry and one
Of cavalry in this State, will be ready for the fold
soon as the equipments are received.
Year: 1862




ton.


Paymaster's Clerks 500 per annum, and rs
cents per day when actually on duty


Chaplain in volunteers Sl46 50.


In addition to the pay as above stated, one ra-
ton per day and an abunaant supply of good
clothing is allowed to every soldier. Quarters.
fuel and medical attendance are always provided
by the Government without deduction from the
soldiers pay. Ii a soldier should become disabled
in the line of his duties the law provides for m
n pension, or he may, il he prefer il, obtain ad
mission into the Military Asylum. which will
afford him comfortable home so long as he may
wish to receive its benefits


To the above pay for private soldiers must be
added the additional 50 month to be paid du-
ring service. the 800 bounty at the end of the
war, which has already been provided for and
the quarter section of land that Congress will
provide for at its coming session. The bounty
and land apply to officers and privates alike.
Year: 1862

Timothy Titcomb is guilty Of uttering
some blunt truths, and here is one from his
letters to the young:


Il take it that the first great lesson a
young man has to learn is that he is an ass.
The earlier this lesson is learned, the better
it will be for his peace of mind and success
in lite. Some never learn it. and descend
into the evening of their existence, their
ears lengthening with the shadows as they go.
Some learn it early, get their ears cropped,
and say nothing about it; while others SEN
sibly retire into modest empioyments, where
they will not be noticed. A young man
reared at home, and growing in the light of
parental admiration and pateInal pride can
not understand how any man is as smart as
he is. He goes to town, puts on airs and
gets snubbed, and wonders what it means
gets into society and finds himself tongue
tied undertakes to speak at debating
club, and breaks down or gets laughed at
pays attentions to nice young woman, and
finds u very large mitten on his hands, and
in state of mind bordering on distraction,
sits down to reason about it. This is the
critical period of bis history, The result
of this reasoning decides his Fate. If he
thoroughly comprehends the fact that he
does not know anything, and accepts the
conviction that all the world around him
knows more than he does, that he is but a
cipher, and whatever he gets must be won
by hard work, there is hope for him.
Year: 1862

However furiously the surface of the
ocean may ue lashed by storm its depths
remain calm and placid, hushcd in the
serenity of repose aud silence. In those
far abysses, where every ton of water is
weighed down by thousands Of tons above,
there can be neither life nor sound. and no
motion save when somebody sinks slowly
and noiseessly down to the centre Of gravity,
and there remains IN grim fxedness forever.
In these realms, there can be no change
nor decay, no wearing and chaling Of rocks,
no evaporation of the water, no strife OF
the elements. When the hull of the ill.,
fated ship or steamer goes down in those
depths. with its dead passengers grouping
around its state rooms and cabins, it takes
its position in stately silence therein, and
thenceforth the unheard of wanderers are
held in the wise like pressure Of the waves
On the surface, miles above them the storm
king may Hot and revel, tossing the wave:
about as he will; but in those profound
abodes where the condensed water has the
rigidity of the earth, there reigns an eter-
nal peace. There they shall rest undisturb.
ed, unseen and undecayed--remaining the
same throughout the coming centuries
humanity wearing an imperished image
until the archangel's trump shall summon
them from their dead slumber
Year: 1862

Whenever you are in doubt which of two
things to do, let your decision be for that
hich is right. Do not waver; but
square up to the mark, and do the thing
right Boy! when you divide that apple
with your little sister, be careful not to keep
the larger piece for yourself. Young man
do not sneak out of the basement door be-
cause you wish to escape your fathers eyes
Maiden let not the most trifing deceit pass
current in those little acts which make ur
the SUM of your life.


No matter who you are, what your lot, OF
where you live, you cannot afford to do that
which is wrong. The only way to obtain
happiness and pleasure yourself is to do the
right thing! You may not always hit the
mark, but you should, nevertheless, ain, al
it, and with every trial your skill will in
crease. Whether you are to be praised
or blamed for it by Others
whether it will seemingly make you richer
or poorer, or whether no other person thar
yourself knows Of your action, still always
and in all cases, do the right thing! You
first lessons in this will grow easier, unit
finally doing the right thing will become
habit and to do wrong will seem alb
solutely impossible.
Year: 1862

Inc journal OF tne 3lst uIt' says


We are not willing to give utterance to
the thoughts and feelings which the re-
marks reported to have been made by the
Hon. C. A. Wickliffe yesterday in the Dem
ocratic Convention at Indianapolis are cal
culated to excite, until we shall receive
more authentic intelligence as to what he
actually said. If he said that the people
of the United States ought now to pause in
this war whilst the rebels are raging fol
the destruction of our nationality that We
ought to stay our hands and let the rebels
have their own way until we can satisfy
ourselves that our views as to Slavery, &cc.,
will be in no respect interfered with by thu
prosecution of the war for the Union, he /,
about as good rebel already as can be founc
North or South. But we hope that the
distinguished Kentuckian is misrepresented
Year: 1862

PRENFtcE, of the Louisville Journal, was
walking through the streets few days ago,
when be met pretty woman Ire knew to be
a little secesh sympathizer, and he tells tho
story as follows: She was about meeting
us, when, turning off from the sidewalk,
she protruded her red and tempting lips at
us boldly and defaGtly 'Oh. certainly We
will il you want US to very bad, though in
deed this is rather TOO public place" said
we with our accustomed sauvity, advancing
towards her with our lips correspondingly
protrudad, when, to our no little disappOlht-
ment and surprise, she started and ran
away from us Us If we had been some ugly
old fellow of forty.
Year: 1862

WHEELING, Feb. l3.
The Constitutional Convention this morn
ing adopted the following as section of
the article on the fundamental provisions OF
the Constitution of the proposed new State
of Western Virginia, with the understand
ing thst this action should be settlement
OF the vexed question: la
No slase shall be bought or free person Of
color come into this Stste for pertinent set
tlement after this Constitution goes into op-
perstion. This win insure large majority
for the Constitution.
Year: 1862

We shall soon see whether the people of
that city will commit their property to the
flames; as threatened by their street corner
loafers. Should they be guilty of such a
foolish act, the responsibility will rest up
on their own wicked shoulders. We know
of no place (unless it be Charleston), where
the selfapplied torch ought to be permit
ted to burn and rage SO freely. 1t was
the meanest and dirtiest secession hole. in
ded. In Memphis a Union man had no
show for his life after that event, and its
wiping out would cause little regret.-Mo.
Democrat q c3-- =
Year: 1862

THE MISSION OF W0MAN-Tt is a
striking fact that both the visions of an
gels, both the first annunciatioDs of the
resurrection, and both the first appear
ances of Christ, were made to women.
Why was this? / seems strange that
the first tidings Of tie resurrection from
human lips should have been, not from
the lips of apostles, who were to be the
authorized heralds of this fact, but from
the women who were to be forbidden to
speak in the church. 1t seems at first
sight, a singular exception to the divinely
ordained plan Of preaching the glad It'd,
iDgs Of finished redemption. Yet a little
reflection will show that it is ot-cxcep-
tionaI, but the very order Of arrangement
that is repeated in every generation of
the world. The fact is the same that ex-
lists in the case OF vast majority of
Christians ever since. We first hear the
story of the cross, the sepulchre and the
throne, not from the lips Of man who
stands as an ambassador for Christ, but
from the lips ofa woman-a pious mother,
sister, or nurso-Who pours in our infant
lie hearts this wonderful tale of love and
mercy. Some, it is true, are left to an
early orphanage, and some to goddess
parentage; but even Of these the gener-
al fact IS true that the first knowledge
of Jesus is learned, rot from the lips Of
men, but from the lips Of women.-Dr.
Moore.
Year: 1862

Our community has been consid-
erably exercised since the death Of
the heroic Johnston on the field Of
battle, as to the motive which i'm
PEELED him TO the display OF iinpet-
uous personal valor bordering on
seeming recklessness. II ID the
opinion of some that, stung to the
quick by LOUD mouthed pub.ic clam
or, and sonred by the injustice and
reproaches OF his countrymen, he
sought his fate'in the depths of the
carnage, and flung his pceclous life
away as if it was a burden and
curse. We have it in our power to
correct this morbid and hastily con-
ceived impression, from source en-
titled to the highest consideration.
Through all the odium attached to
his name, and fame as military
commander, our informant states
that his bearing was exalted and
magnanimous. lie felt that, though
the people are apt to condemn with
aiacrity, they are equally prompt at
reparation. Conscious Of the puri-
ty Of his patriotism and the wisdom
Of his strategy, he stood superior to
injustice, and patiently awaited the
development OF retributive time. On
the oventful battle day, he felt that
the cloud which had hung over his
reputation should be rolled away.
lhus animated, thus inspired, his
soul was magnifed to the greatness
OF the occasion, and he led his bat
taiions against the foe like a Pala-
din Of old days. His spirit was llt'-
ted up with the serene hope Of tri-
umph, and not by the rage of desper-
alton. In a critical moment Of the
conflict, when the solid columns Of
the enemy refused to yield to the
fierce onset Of our troops; when the
mere ripple Of wayering seemed to
pass along their lines, he knew the
force and energy OF example, and
hence encouraging, animating all,
he placed himself III the ven andre
stored the trembling balance OF sue
cess.


Thus fell the heroic Albert Sid
ney Johnston, as the soldier has
ever craved to die, on tae quick
field Of honor, and not by the slow
and torturing process Of decay
Year: 1862

FINANCIAL CONDITION THE Con
FRDERAcY.-The Richmond Exami-
ner says: 1--WE learn that the official
report of the Secretary Of the Treas
ury shows that our financial system
has proved adequate to supply all
the wants of the Government not
withstanding the unexpected and
very large increase Of expenditures
resulting from the great augmenta-
tion in the necessary means Of de-
fence. The report exhibits the
gratifying fact that We have no float
ing debt; that the credit of the
Government is unimpaired, and that
the total expenditure Of the Govern
ment for the year has been, in round
numbers, one hundred and seventy
millions of dollars-less than one
third of the sum wasted by the en-
emy in his vain effort to conquer us
less than the value of a single ar
ticle of export-the cotton crop Of
the year.
Year: 1862

PRErARE FOR TA&ATIoN.-In a few days
the tax bill will be passed, and the whole ar
my of tax gatherers will shortly be appoint
ed, ready to pass round and gather up hea
Wy toll from the public. Now is the time to
prepare for these demands upon us Every
body must now learn to be economical -
Those who wear out suit Of clothes in SIX
months must make the same last them .
year; those who have been in the habit OF
eating hot beeisteaks for breakfast must
learn to put up with cold scrap OF mutton;
those who have INDUCED in wine and water
at dinner must henceiorth put up with the
pure element. All this is necessary in order
to put down rebellion originated by the
aboitionists, aided by the English aristocra.
cy, and carried into the field by the wicked
secessiunists.--N. 7. Herald.
Year: 1862

The last Legislature passed law forbid
ding taxes above certain rate to be levied
for specified purposes. According to this
law, the amount that can be raised in New
ark township for poor and township purposes,
will not be one half as great as in former
years. Should the war continue, the num-
ber Of poor families that will need assistance
will be greater than ever before. In the face
OF this fact, law is made which forbids tax
es to be raised for their relief. If they were
scontrabauds," their chance Of being fed and
clothed by the charity Of Government, wo'd
be doubled.
Year: 1862

unfavorable to their aspirations and their hopes.
Comprehending oil this. the People Of our State
will again give rousing majority for those
whose devotion TO the National cause Is with
out qualification or conditions. They will elect
Delegation to the next Congress which will
not fear to tax, to cOnfscate, and to enact
stern penalties for the instigatOrs and engineers
of this atrOcious Rebellion. We regret that
Tie Eagle has deserted them. but they will
manage TO get on without it.
Year: 1862

all the rancor of baseless aristocracv and
| sentiment that grows sour and malignant as


1t grows old and incapable of making its


hatred effective. This is the seat of vii.


liam and Mary College, where Professor
Beverley Tucker instilled State Rghts.ism
into the minds of the Southern youth and
| whore ten years ago, he wrote the Partisan


Leader, as manual and programme for the
| reasonable conspiracy which was even
then maturing in the Southern mind. The
whole tone of the place is false, un-Ameri-
can aud nti-Republican, and it is not at all
surprising that it should have been hotbed
OF Secession.


The ladies Of the place are especially and
intensely vehement i'll their avowal of Se-
cesslon sentiment. One, "a widow. whose
husband used to trade largely in New York
and who told me that for years she wore no
dresses but those that came from Stewards
- after having her house crowded for
days with rebel officers and soldiers, who
spent the day las one of the servants told
mel III cussing and swearing " at the men
-- was greatly Mortified to hear profane Ian
guagc upon the lips of Union troops, and
applied to have the guard doubled, to pre-
vent the soldiers from dropping into the
kitchen and interrupting her servants at
their work For the first day or two none
OF the ladies i'll town would go to the hos
pitfalls to look after their own wounded pre-
tending that thcy were afraid to go into the
streets among the Northern soldiers; and
when they were finally given to understand
that they must give some care to these
wounded men, some half-dozen of them
marched into tho hospitals with secession
badges on their breast believe they be.
came gradually tanned down under the vig-
orous and energetic let-alono policy which
our troops, by common consent, adopted
toward them, and yesterday | saw quite q
number of them parading the streets very
much as If nothing unusual were going on.
| have detected not q few, moreover, from
half open window blind, holding furtive
conversations with the Yankee sentry at the
door for tho moment our army entered
the town, a guard was placed at every
door, and no person was permitted to enter
without express permission of the occu-
pant. 1t is not easy to say to what these
stolen interviews may eventually lead. Ono
thing is very clear - the "hest blood of
Virginia is quite capable of still further
Improvement


There is one point desire to impress
upon the people of the North. The inhab-
itants of this part of the Peninsula are on
the verge of starvation. The Southern
soldiers had absolutely swept them bare of
everything, and now tho National troops
come to gather up the gleanings. Their
corn, their cattle, everything they had for
themselves and for their slaves has been
consumed they have no crops for the COM
ing season and their condition is truly de-
plorable. 1t would be great boon to them
if trade could be speedily opened between
them and the North.