smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

"My country! if wretch should e'er arise,
Oat of thy countless sons who would curtail
Thy freedom-dm thy glory--while he lives
Hast thou secured the blessing. And if one
Exist who would hot arm for Liberty,


Be he, too. cursed living, and when dead
Let him be hurled dOwnwards with his face
Looking to He'll; and Ger his coward grave
The hare skulk in her FORM"
Year: 1861

MILITARY MATRIMoNY IN AUsTRIA.-The Austri-
an Government opposes the marriage of the ju-
ninr officers of its army and after sixth of the
officers of regiment have been married others
must apply to the Emperor for permission to wed.
No pensions granted to the widows of officers;
on the contrary army officer desiring to marry,
must deposit Government securities to the amount
of S3 900 with the regimental paymaster, for the
support of his widow in case of his death.
Year: 1861

TIE WAH.-The following table shows the
debtoi the United ststes at the time Of the
adoption Of the Constitution, at the close of
the last war with Great Britain, and its prob
ableamount in the coming year, together with
the amount per head Of the population at
those three several periods:
Year: 1861

We are now living in tbe age Of REBEL
ion. The South, not content with having
had the control of our Government almost
entirely ever since the formation of the Coz
stitution, are now endeavoring to break up
our glorious Union, merely because for once
the power is taken out of her hands. Overt
acts and hostility have already been COM
menced against the Federal authorities, and
where it will end, no man knows


If there ever was time VIXEN every man
should take a good newspaper, which will
keep him posted in regard to the news of the
day, now is that time. Such a newspaper
is the LEADER.


In addition to the important matters oc-
curing in our own country, the news from
Europe, for at least the year to come, will be
of stirring interest. The heroic and patriotic
Garibaldi in struggling to build up a liberal
and united government in Italy; old thrones
are crumbling into ruin-sOciety is in a
transition state.


The great advantages in taking Home
paper, like the Leader, over the Eastern
Weeklies, are these:


Owing to our great Telegraphic arrange
ments we are enabled to give news three to
five days earlier than can possibly be deliv-
cred by Eastern papers The LEADRR gives
more home news, both political and current,
than can be done by Eastern cotempOraries.
The postage on the LEADER is 13 to 26 cents
less a year, than on Eastern papers. The
columns of the LEADER viii be enriched by
the effusions of correspondents from all parts
of the Union.


There is one service that we solicit from
our Republican Friends, and that is, to lend
their aid in getting up Clubs for the coming
year. Let it be remembered that we need
Just the kind Of assistance that can only be
derived from friends scattered through the
country, and if each one will feel that he
ought to act, and take hold with a will, we
can commence the new year with subscrip-
ton list greater than we ever had.


One hour in twenty-four spent in reading,
and ONE DOLLAR per year, will give the
running history, asit transpires, Of two con-
tinents, besides a vast amount of information
on every subject and in every department oi
knowledge. There is no man who is moi
able to spare the dollar and devote the time
! for such return.


After presenting the above, we hope our
friends will exert themselves to back us in
our enterprise.


TERMS OFTHE WEEKLY LEADER.
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Year: 1861

TIE IvroRArER.-The last act of the "fugi-
tiveu drsra is the effort which the cOlored
people are making to discover who Of their
number it was that informed, concerning
Lucy's whereabouts. Should any discovery
be made we are inclined to think that the iu-
diridual will wish himself in somebody else's
shoes
Year: 1861

Sickness AMONG CHILDREN.-The sickness
prevailing among children at the present
time, is said to be much greater than is or
dinsrily the case at this season. Out of a
single department in one Of the public
schools of this city, twenty-eight out of fifty
fou children are under doctors care
Year: 1861

Wnsov & MoRR1s' MNsTEEus.-This ex-
client and popular troupe appear again this
week at the Melodeon. It is not necessary
to advise those who went when they were
last, here to 20 again. Those who did not
had best now improve the opportunity
Year: 1861

Militia Military men in
this city express themselves with much
anxiety regarding the passage of the bill
now before committee Of both houses, for
the better organization Of the militia OF
Year: 1861

LosT.-supposed upon the the old river
bed, small pearl and jet cluster scarf pin.
The finder will please leave the same at the
Bookstore of Ingham & Bragg, where a suit
able reward will be given. 1t
Year: 1861

CLEVELAND MUSICAL soolETY.-This socis-
ty is in state of active preparation for
their forthcoming Concert. The Concert
itself will be one Of the most attractive ever
given in Cleveland.
Year: 1861

IRON ORE.-Tllv amount OF iron ore sent
from Marquette during the past year was
I5s, ,s57 tons being considerable more than
double the amount shipped during the two
previous years. Most of the ore comes to
Cleveland and Erie, and is sent to the fur
naces that are situated along the borders Of
Ohio and Pennsylvania. A recent writer
says that wherever ore of 70 per cent purity
can be delivered at or dollars per ton,
and meet with coal proper for smelling,
there the best of iron can be made at less
price than at any other place west of the
Alleghsnies. Is not that place Cleveland? ?
Many words have been expended, and many
facts and figures brought forward to show
that no other city can compete with our facii-
tiles. Year after year the business of the
mines is increasing, as their resources are
developed, and it seems pity that we should
stand with folded arms until some farther
seeing rival has snatched the prize from US.
The benefit which would be conferred upon
the shipping also, is immense. During 1850
one hundred vessels were employed in the
transportation of this mineral wealth, and
there is hardly limit to be set to the future
demand for shipping, for transportation Pur-
pOses
Year: 1861

To CIUBs.-Single copy 50 per year. Two
copies for IS, Five for sll,2 Ten for $4,000,
and any larger number at the latter rate
For club of twenty, an extra copy will be
sent For club of forty, we send the Daily
LEADER gratis one year. The Tri-Weekly
contains the entire reading matter of the
Daily.
Year: 1861

Now is the precise season, say from june
18th to July 10th, to perform ono OF the
most important operations in the apple or
chard-that Of removing tho young shoots
which started in the spring, and have made
u growth Of from one to six inches in length.
These shoots start out mostly on the upper
side Of the large branches, grow with great
rapidity, and il not arrested early, form a
part OF the treo which it is the most danger
GUS to cut Of. If they aro allowed to grow
two or three years, they are sometimes an
inch through at their base, and cannot then
DO removed by saw or knife without leaving
an ugly scar upon the tree, and the wound
becomes dangerous one, unless made when
tho tree is in u favorable physiological cOndi-
ton. and il is treated with proper skill.


1t is natural for apple trees to throw up a
thick bushy head. Whoever saw one that
sprang from the seed in the pasture, and that
had never been fashioned by the hand of
man, that presented any other tOrm' This
original impress seems to retain something Of
its power even after the tree has been bud.
ded or grated, so that il requires the con-
slant watchfulnoss of the orchardist to train
his trees into those forms that make them
the most convenient for cultivation, and for
the harvesting Of their fruit. In order to
do this, it must DO remembered that all our
budded or grated trees are in an artificial
condition that they have lost much Of their
original character by the process of mould
ing them to the will and purposes of man.
1t is just 50 with the peach, plum, potato,
celery, and many other plants. In changing
them as we have, they have probably lost
something Of their native hardihood and
yigor, and will always require more atten-
ton than trees in their natural condition.


The summer pruning is a part of the arti-
fetal process.


There should be little use for the saw or
knife in an orchard less than forty years old,
unless in case Of accident after that time,
or perhaps ten years later, some of the limbs
begin to die, and then these tools become
necessary. The pruning should be per-
formed when il can be done with the thumb
and finger, and now is the time to do it.
Pass through the orchard, examine all the
limbs that start directly from the main stem
of the tree, and wherever young shoots are
found rub them OF, being careful to take
them SO close as to prevent an after growth.
They should oil como of, with q single ex-
ception, viz;


II the tree by accident, unskillful prun-
ing, force of wind, or any other cause, has
lost proper balance, OF if the top is open
and too much exposed, then leave one Of
these young shoots, and train it to occupy
tho very place you wish to have filed.


BY this process of pruning. you will rarely
have need to use tho knife the trees may bo
brought up smooth, and with symmetrical
form, and they will not bo full of internal
wounds to weaken them, and hasten their
decay in later years.


Let us urge upon the young orchardist, at
least, to try this method NOW, and If the
knife and saw are necessary, NOW is the time
to use them.-N. E. Farmer.
Year: 1861

All that is excellent in goverement-all
that is glorious in the history of the past-all
that promises stability and prosperity in the
future-cluster around the federal govern
ment, and excite the true patriot to its main
tenance. Ini its life and perpetuity, the hopes
of civil and religious freedom throughout the
world are centered. When it is overthrown
by the Vaccinations or the arms of traitors,
these hopes will expire in the blackness of un-
ending night. Hence the cause of the Union
will survive defeat repeated over and over again.
The prize for which the U nion party contends in
this struggle, is nothing less than the life of
the only free republican government in the
world while patriots would rejoice to have
the forces of such government alrays uictori-
Gus, yet such uninterrupted success can hard
ly be expected, when the foes they have to
conquer were but short time since their
peers, and now indebted to the fostering
care and ennobling influence of the very gov
ernment they would overthrow, for all they
possess of manliness and skill in war.
Year: 1861

CHEERING FROM LoUIsIANA.-The Buffalo
Advertiser says: ave are gratified to be able
to present to our readers cheering news from
the southwest. We are informed by veal
thy and influential citizen of that section,
whose name we suppress for obvious reasons,
that Louisiana is still loyal. Although our
informant is somewhat enthusiastic in his 10y
atty, yet we feel confident that his statements
may be relied upon. He says that almost all
the old Wings of Louisiana are now Union
men, not only anxious for the suppression of
the rebellion, but ready, when the time ar
rives, to cooperate with the federal forces to
that end by armed assistance. These loyal
men are majority in the state, and are in
daily communication with each other upon
this subject. Their ardent desire is that the
government shall send an army to relieve them
from the odfous tyranny Of secession under
which they are now living. Texas is also,
they say, in similar condition, and our 10y
al brothers in the southwest are anxiously eX-
pecting succor from the North. Among the
leading Union men the idea is universal that
if our government would take one important
Southern port upon the Atlantic, and force
the free navigation of the Mississippi by the
occupation of New Orleans, then the rebellion
would be substantially quelled-they desire
only the presence of Fremont, with a small
army, to rally the Union men of Louisiana
around him. These things are constantly cam
vassed by our Union friends among them
selves. Unaided, they powerless, but
they call to US for support and they should
have it.''
Year: 1861

- A cooper. finding considerable difficulty in
keeping one of the heads of cask he was fin
ishing in its place, put his son inside to hold
the head up. After completing the work
much to his satisfaction, he was astonished to
find his boy inside the cask, and without a
possibility of getting out, except through the
bung- hole.
Year: 1861

Let man be plain, quiet worker, not pro-
claiming himself melodiously in any wise,
but familiar with us, unpretending, letting all
his littleness and feebleness be seen unhin-
dered, and wearing an ill-cut coat withal, and
though he be such man as is only sent on
earth once in five hundred years, for some
special human teaching, we shall not be like
ly to call him inspired.
Year: 1861

the Government. The greater our unanimity
the speedier the day Of peace. We have preju-
dices to overcome from the few short months
since of fierce party contest. Yet these
must be allayed. Let US lay aside all crimi-
nations and recriminations as to the origin of
these difficulties. When We shall have again
country with the United States flag floating
over it, and respected on every inch of Ameri-
can soil, it will then be time enough to ask
who and what brought all this upon us.


/ have said more than [ intended to say.
[Cries of "Go on.''1 1t is a sad task to dis
cuss questions so fearful as civil war, but sad
as it is, bloody and disastrous as l expect it
will be, express it as my conviction before
God, that it is the duty of every American
citizen to rally round the flag of his country.


/ thank you again for this magnificent de-
monstration. BY it you show you have laid
aside party strife. Illinois has proud posi-
ton. United, firm, determined never to per-
nit the Government to be destroyed. PRO
longed cheering.]
Year: 1861

To cure dyspepsia, Take new axe, put a
white hickory handle in it, bore hole in the
top of the handle, fill the hole with gum cam
phor, and seal it up. Then take the axe and
cut cord wood, at fifty cents cord, until the
heat of the handle dissolves the camphor.
Year: 1861

Y don't miss my church so much as you may
suppose" said lady to her minister, who
called on her during her illness; "for make
Betsy sit at the window as soon as the bells
begin to chime, and she tells me who are going
to church, and whether they have got on any
thing new"
Year: 1861

A SLY DEvICE-EoUAL TO ssNoBoDY Hurt"
1t is suggested that the usual emblems of
external mourning be dispensed with by those
who have lost relatives who were bravely sus-
tanning their country's right, and in this met
with a glorious death. The reasons for the
suggestion are that it would give our streets
and churches distressing and gloomy as
pect, that many families cannot afford it, and
the loss of father, husband or brother is not,
under the circumstances, cause for that bitter
ness of mourning which attends the ordinary
dispensations of Providence, because the
gloom is frightened by the glory of triumph
in the discharge of the hottest obligations of
duty.-(Richmond Whig.
Year: 1861

The Louisville Journal has assumed bold
front and bids the secess,onists defiance. To
its issue of August 22d, Prentice uses the fol-
lowing emphatic language


Now. gentlemen of the secession party you
must stop ere the Rubcon be passed, Be as
sured that. while we. the Union men of Ken
tucky have no thought of invading Tennessee
aud while We sincerely and earnestly wish
peace with you-be assured, we say, that if
you attempt to carry out this villainous scheme,
you may make up your minds to FIGHT. The
Union men of Kentucky are not entirely un-
prepared to meet such an emergency. They
have struggled for peace since the commence
meut of this conflict. They desire it now.
But. if you have made up your minds to give
us WAR, they will meet the issue as becomes
brave, true and loyal Kentuckians God for
bid that you shall present such an ISSUE
Year: 1861

WHERE THE BALL ENTERED An unlucky
private in one of the New York regiments
was wounded in the battle, and the father ar
rived at the hospital just as the surgeon was
removing the ball from the back of the shoul-
der. The boy lay with his face downward on
the pallet Ah, my poor son. said the fa>
ther mournfully, I'm very sorry for you But
it is a bad place to be hit-thus in the back
The sufferer turned over, barred his breast, and
pointing to the opening above the armpit, ex-
claimed, " Father, here's where the ball went
in I"
Year: 1861

How MAN FEELS WHEN He IS WOUNDED.
We take the following from letter written
by one of the gallant Iowa volunteers, who
fought in the battle near Springfield. Mo:


was standing. or rather kneeIiDg. behind a
little bush reloading my musket. Just before
the rebels engaged in this elose work. retreated
Suddenly felt sharp pain in the shoulder.
and fell TO the ground. Jumping up. one of
our boys asked me if was hurt replied
thought not. and drew up my musket to fire,
when he said =" Yes, you are shot through
the shoulder" / think it was this remark
more than the wound, which caused the field,
all at once, to commence whirling around me
in very strange manner started to leave
it, with half ounce musket ball in my shoul>
der. and once or twice fell down with dzzi
ness but 10 a short time recovered sufficiently
to be able to walk back to Springfield, nine
miles, where the ball was taken out. l was
very much pleased to find the wound was not
dangerous one.


In the battle, every sensation was drowned
in excitement We had no time to think OF
being killed, except when standing to be shot
at by cannon, without chance to shoot back.
This. to Us, was the most trying part of the
battle. When we had chance to use our
muskets, every thought and feeling was gone,
except the one thought OF shooting down the
rebels as rapidly as possible. Our regiment
certainly did its share Of the work that day.
Year: 1861

The GREATEST HUMBUG OF THE DAY.-That
treason in petticoats is entitled to any more
consideration than treason in breeches. 1t is
hoped the Administration will soon get over
Its extreme delicacy on this point. and insist
on Right of Search in every case, with its
legal results and responsibilities.-panity
C,,r
Year: 1861

RELIEF FUSD.-The funds which are being
raised by subscription are fast increasing.
and the ladies Of tais city will hold meet
ing this afternoon at O'Clock, at Chspin's
Hall, for the purpose of rendering their aid
towards the support of the families Of vol
unteers who have gone forth SO nobly and
50 self-saerifeingly to fight the enemies of
our country.
Year: 1861

How TO MAKE Coon CANDLEs-A


correspondent sends us the following


receipt, which, in our present condition,


will be universally useful. Oil of every


kind is very scare, in fact can hardly


be obtained at all and candles are too


Ligh-priced, for free use. Let evcry
family provide its own light, which
can be done if this receipt is observed.
at greatly reduced expense:


TO Harden Sua, 7alzoy or Lard for


Ca d1es.-Take half pound of ALUM,
and saltpetre, pnlverize coarsely, pour
on it quart of boiling water-take
from twelve to twenty pounds of tai.
low, acco, ding to it's armness The for
mer quantity for the oily tallow we
get from the fat beef in the summer.
Or for lard, and the latter for tallow
that will stand in a cake; put it in an
iron vessel near the fire, and when
melted, stir in the dissolved alum and
saltpetre, and boil until the water is
expelled from the talIow. Have wick.
made rather smaller and of finer thread
than usual for home made candles
and when perfectly dry mould the can
dies in the usual way If any one, af-
ter giving this receipt trial, goes in
darkness, it is because their deeds are
evil,-Petersburg Express.
Year: 1861

Bacon, ASHES AND During .he
revolution, good bacon was made with
one peck of. salt and an abundance of
hickory ashes to six hundred pounds
In applying the ashes it is we'll TO
have bucket Of molasscs, and apply
a portion with a white washing brush
to each joint. When we'll smeared rub
on the ashes, which will thus adhere
firmly and make an impenetrable ce-
ment. Let the experiment be tried. IF
the consumption of salt could be thus
diminished, 30 40 to disappoint the ex.
pectations Of greedy spectators, it
would be q public blessing.


Charleston Mercury.
Year: 1861

EXPRESSING MS SENTlMESTs.-It is stated as
fact that an Indiana clergymen, during his
prayer on the late Fast Day used the following
language-Oh, Lord had the East done as wei
as the hoosier State in furnishing men to pu
down this rebellion, we would not be under the
necessity of calling on Thee.
Year: 1861

LORD MAYOR AND LADY MAYoREss OF
LoNDoN-The Lady Mayoress shares all
the honors which are showered upon her
worthy husband she is a genuine .'ladyV
for twelve month, and perhaps for life, If
her husband has the good luck TO be honor
ed with visit from the Queen, on which
occasion il is customary for the Lord May
or to be made Baronet. while couple of
Aldermen, at least, come in for the honors
of knighlhood. But If the Queen does not
visit the city, the Lord Mayor descends at
the end of the year to his former position.
For three hundred and sixty five days be is
a a"Lord'' and his wife is'a "Lady ;"he goes
TO Court, and is on terms of good fellow
ship with royal princes, gartered dukes,
aud belted earls, and he has tae high honor
and privilege of feasling the Corporation.
His year of office over, he quits the Mansion
House, returns 10 his shop and apron, and
is The same quiet aud humble citizen he
was before.


OF course the shop aud apron we have
mentioned in jest only. A man who eau
aspire to the dignity of mayorality has long
ceased TO be a salesman be is merchant
prince, banker. a millionaire How else
could he afford the luxury of that expens
sive dignity especially since be cannot but
neglect bis business whilst in office?


He is in duty bound TO spend the eight
thousand pounds he receives from the city {;
il is highly meritorious in him If be spends
more. Bright in his place in the annals Of
the city If he feasts its sons at the expense
Of double the amount of his official income
A new Lord Mayor takes the customary
oaths in the presence Of the Court Of Alder
men, aud signs a security to the amount Of
$4,000 for the City Plate, which according
to a moderate computation, has q value Of
at least 100000
Year: 1861

Montgomery Guard.-Thsre were forty.eipht
men present in line at drill OF this corpG on
Monday night, showing degree Of prosperity
that Is really creditabie 70 the men G. m posiEg r
the company. 1t was never in a better condi-
ton to assist in defending the interest and
honor of the Ola Dominloa, should occasion
require; and We believe this may be said of
all the volunteer soldiery of the state
Year: 1861

Ne. rroft two hundred aud thirty-one thousand
FIVE hundred dollars and so ends the voyage. But
at another time, and in another place, another
balance will be struck, and it would have been
better then for this captain and his owner that
milestone had been hanged about their necks, and
they had been buried in the depth Of the sea- shan
to have reaped the wages of this dstinable sim
which is eternal death.