smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

after the capture OF Port Gibson:


HEADeUARrER ARMY OF TIE TENNESSEE


In TIE FIEI.n HARKINsoN's FERRY, May.


Soldiers of the Army of Tennessee-On
more thank you for adding another victory to
the long list of those previously won by your
valor and endurance The triumph gained over
the enemy near Port Gibson, on the 1st, was
one of the most important of the war. The
capture of five cannon and more than 1000
prisoners, the possession of Grand Gulf and
firm foothold on the highlands between the Big
Black and Bayou Pierre from whence we
threaten the whole line of the enemy, are
among the fruits of this brilliant achievement.
The march from Milliken's Bend to the point
opposite Grand Gulf, was made in stormy
weather, over the worst of roads. Bridges
and ferries had to be constructed. Moving by
night as well as by day, with labor incessant,
and extraordinary privations endured by men
and officers such as have been rarely paralleled
IN any campaign; not murmur or complaint
has been uttered A few days continuance of
the same zeal and cOnstancy will secure to this
army crowning victories over the rebellion.


More difficulties and privations are before us
let us endure them manfully. Other battles are
to be fought; let us fight them bravely. A
grateful country will rejoice at our success,
and history will record it with immortal honor.


(Signed) u. s. GRANT,


Major General Commanding.
Year: 1863

The public will be disappointed to learn
that HOOKER and his army are still all this
side the Rappahannock. Some columns
of telegraphc dispatches have been pub
lished positively asserting the contrary
some OF them even giving the details Of
the alleged advance toward Richmond.
They were all falsehoods, and must have
been coined deliberately. The result will
be increased dependency and a total con-
tempt tor the lying lightning.
Year: 1863

The steamboat Thomas A. Morgan. from
Yorktown, brought down two rebel cavalry
men who had recently deserted from Gen.
Wise They report that Wise is now sta
toned with his command at the White House
and threatens to hang any of the federal
officers who were in the expedition that re-
Gently made the successful raid upon the
White House.
Year: 1863

As the house cleaning time is here, il


may not be amiss 10 say u few words in


regard to whitewashing. There are many
receips published but we believe the fol
lowing to be the best that can be used


White chalk is the best substitute for
lime as whitewash A very fine and
brilliant whtewash preparation of chalk
is called Paris White' This VIC buy at
the paint stores for three cents a pound
retail For each sixteen pounds of Paris
White, we procure half pound of the
white transparent glue, costing twenty
live cents (ffty cents pound.) The six
teen poGnds of Paris White is as much as
person will use in a day. II is pre-
pared 0s follows Tho glue is covered
with cold water at night, and in the
morning is carefully heated without
seorching, until dissolved. The Paris
White is stirred in with hot water enough
to give it the proper milky consistency
for applying ii to the walls, and the dis
solved glue is then added and thoroughly
mixed. 1t is then applied with a brush
like the common whitewash. Except on
very dark and smoky walls and ceilings, u
single coat is sufficient 1t is nearly
equal in brilliancy to zinc white far
more expensive article.
Year: 1863

BALTIMORE ON SLAVERY AND EMAN-
cIpATloN.-The city Union convention of
Baltimore has adopted resolutions declar


ing that Maryland should at every hazard
remain in the Union; pledging uncondi-
tional support to the Government in any
measures it may determine to be necessary
in the prosecution of the war until its an-
thority is acknowledged; that the CON
tinued existence Of slavery is incompati-
bic with the maintenance of republican
forms of government in the States in
subordination to the Constitution of the
United States; that the emancipation
proclamation of the President ought to be
made law by Congress in the hands Of the
President; that traitors have no right to
enforce obedience of slaves and that
against traitors in arms the President
should use all men, white or black, in the
way they can most be useful, and to the
extent they can be used, whether it be to
handle u spade or shoulder musket.
Year: 1863

CoPPERHEAD LOGIC According to
copperbead logic, the capture of Vicks-
burg is an immense calamity.


The copperheads set out with the prop
osition that the conquest of their old
masters in the South. "the Southern
brethren" is impossible. Therefore. the
more TIE Southern brethren are whipped.
and the more they seem to be conquered,
the more they will be invincible. And
as the Southern brethren must come out
Of the war triumphant. the more we whip
them the worse We arc whipped. 1t is
desirable therefore. that the Southern
brethren would whip rs ct once. in order
to "pnt . stop to this war;" When We
gain victory over the brethren of the
sunny South. it encourages rs to keep up
the war. and, therefore. the greater the
victory the greater the ldss.
Year: 1863

Jonv VAN BCREN.-The late change of front of Prince Johr, Brooks, and other New York pelit

 c:ans is looked upon, by some, ns | bad omen for the success of northern conservatism, and i5 ndi

 casive of proongation of the war. Van Buren gives as reason the fact that the rebels, as he calls the South. refuse ,to be governed by him, shake hands with the murdefers of their kindred, hold fellowship with thieves and despoilers, and reconstruct a union of robbery and punder the mart of the North, and sufferance on the part of South If we look at the locality where these poli- ticans are leaders and the interests their section has at stake, have better reason for their change of tactics. New York, from her middle position and commercial advantages would be the loser if any portion of the old union becomes in. dependent. They had rather lose New England than the South, and for the West to set up for itself and form commercial alliance tn tie Con- federacy, would be far more ruinous to New York than to New England These politicians that peace was probable, and by getting in the van of the movement, and taking the lead they hoped to encourage feeling for New York that would lead the South to look upon it as a friend and offer it special advsntages.' If the peace movement could have been managed by the New York politicians, they supposed they could make terms to protect their interests and retain commercial power. But Valandigham took the wind out of their sails and the southern people with much accord looked to the Northwest alone and ignored the middle sec ton. It is nonsense to suppose that Van Buren or Brooks ever seriously thought of reconstruction, for they knew that such thing impossible.- The gulf between the two sections can never be bridged over. But they hoped for commercial re- construction, voluntary assumption by the South of the bonds of vassalage of trade and surrender of her business into the hands of New Workers. The efforts of Van Buren and his olaborers met with no response, while the course of the West was watched with interest, and the people of that sec ton told that we stood prepared to open the Mis- sssppi and buy their produce, as soon as they ceased to make upon us. Disappointed in ca-

 oling the South, Van Buren is trying what threats
Year: 1863

LIScoLN's CoNscRIPTIox. - We believe this measure, and the kindred legacy bequeathed by the defunct abolition Cougress, Of arming lSO,OOO negroes, will prove abortons The former draft WAS failure, for Massachusetts and other New England States failed to furnish their quotas. It s not reasonable suppose that the western States will submit to conscription now, until New Eng land furnishes her proportion of men nt arms.

 The federal conseript act contains within itself the elements of it's own destruction. It provides that any person may be exempted upon the pay ment of three hundred dollars. It IS, in so many words, 6 conscription of the poor, and G tax upon the rich. We all know how the clause in our con scription act, which exempted the overseer or owner of twenty slaves, and which designed simply as q police reguiatIou, repTesrntci to be fayoring of the rich, and the bitter opposition it led to. At the North, partial legislation would be submitted to with less opposition than at the South for there is not the same equality and gen. era spirit of independence among the people But the partiality is apparent and the dFstinc- ton between the rich and poor so sharply Gehned in the federal conscript act, that the poor men of the North must be utterly spiritless if they submit to it. If an attempt should be made to enforce 1t at once, it would be sternly resisted. The presses in various States denounce 1t as unconst- tutonal and the several courts will have to decide that point. Besides the heavy penalties attached to the resistance of the draft, or speaking, CT pub- fishing anything in opposition to it, the law pro- ydes for the arrest by provost marshai3 ot persons so offending and clothes these officers with 9rhitra- " power which will be abused and lead 70 con- iicts The power to call for conscripts is vested in the President and he is too cunning to call for many at a time. The first step, probably, will be 10 call for a sufficient number to fill up the broken reeiments from each State. If this is submitted tosperhaps the screws may be frightened But we have our doubts if 50,0C0 men can be raised by the operations of this act. The old song of |" Washington city is in danger' cannot be sung to any advantage They may profess to believe thlt war with France is imminent and sgt up furore on the plea of defending tho country from invasion, but we doubt the success of such rusc.

 However, it is useless to speculate, as IPincoln will have to act speedily. If he calls for troops gradually the war will be ended before the militia are out. If he calls for large number at once, he will get up q revolution it home, and armed resistance to his officers. We wait, with curiosity aal without fear, to sec which line of policy he H.ll p4rsua. :
Year: 1863

LEGAL TEyoEn.-Last week, in referring to the fact that we had been written to on the subject Of making Confederate and State money legal ten der we said that the constitution of the Coneder- scy forbade it. This trne regards the ac- ton of the Stste, for the Confederate constitution provides that !" No State shall coin money, or make anything but gold and silver coin tender in payment of debts" However, the Confederacy can make Confederate notes legal tender, and the propriety of doing SO, s matter for the con aideration of Congress. A large amount has all ready been funded in ponds and stocks of the gov ernment, and we advise every holder of the notes to purchase bonds. Lincoln's government has made greenbacks legal tender, and 30 sustained it's currency. If the Confederacy shall decide to make her notes legal tender, it will remove the causes of complaints made by our correspondents, and appreciate the value of the money. Several States Texas among the number have guaranteed the payment of their proportion of the debt of the Confederacy, and, in all of them, we believe, where patriots have control of the State govern ment they are receivable for State taxes. The bases upon which these notes rest, are as good as any in the world. A moderate tax for twenty five years would pay all interest, and provide a sinking fund that would extnguish the debt in that time. We regard both the State and Con- federate issues as good as any bank paper put in circulation, it's ultimate redemption as certain, and the stocks and bonds as one of the best h. vestments in the world.

 The above was written for last weeks issue, and since then, we have received the following con- muncation on the subject:

 MIR. EpIroR.-In an editorial in your last issue on the subject of legal tender, it is stated that the constitution of the Confederate States prohibits anything from being made legal tender except gold and silver.

 This prohibition is on the STATES. They cannot make anything legal tender but gold and silver. But there ia in the constitution of the Confederate States, no prohibition on Congress to the mat ter of legal tender The object of the prohibition the States, is to prevent so many different standards of money.

 The case put of minors, to illustrate the hard ship of making Confederate money legal tender, may be questioned as amounting to an insuperable objection, since, under every general law, there will be hardships somewhere.

 It would, doubtless, greatly facilitate trade and business, if Confederate money should be made a
Year: 1863

oAN WE AFFORD 10 BE DEFEATED


To those Union men who, in the heat
Of their dissatisfaction at the regular
Union nominations are now endeavoring
to divide the party, 10y running an outside
ticket, we put the question-can we afford
to be defeated now, when every principle
Of patriotism demands that we should be
united and successful Can we afford to
hazard our otherwise sure success in the
coming special election for q member of
Congress, by pickering and quarrelling
among ourselves upon mere local matter
that can in twelvemonth ut most correct
itself? The securing member of Con-
gress to the Union cause in the next
National Legislature is worth an hundred
successes Of any merely local ticket
Stand firm then, Union men of Whining
ton, and show to the enemies of free go.
Yelnment, that differences about men are
as nothing, locally considered, when they
tend TO imperil the great issue that We
are not fighting for this candidate or that
candidate, but that with a solid, unbrokei
column. we are all marching onward as
one man, steadily resolved upon the one
great paramount. purpose, the eradica-
tion of treason from the land, and the
complete restoration OF the authority OF
law. This we can only secure by unity Of
action. In the mighty conflict now going
on, and which is showing a startled and
wonder-strieken world the power that
must ever inhere in nation of freemer
united, we cannot afford to be beaten


and so deprived of that ultimate victor,


which the nation is now invited t,


grasp.
Year: 1863

The present is no proper time to ty
experiments in the art Of dividing the
Union sentiment Of the people The lead.
ers Of the southern secession movement
tried the experiment and have learned to
their cost and sorrow that to Secede is one
thing and to succccd is quite another
Gov. Seymour made similar effort in New
York recently, and was foied most signal
ly, by the timely interposition Of the
powerful arm of the general Government.
In both these instances the peopi-the
rank and file of the great masses--werc
used by the enemies Of good government
to give aid aud comfort to the plotters Of
disunion. Let the people of Whining ton,
therefore, beware how they lend them
selves to the willy enemy to-day, to work
diScord and alienation in the hitherto solid
ranks of the Union party Good and tlae
men may be in sympathy with what they
deem the necessity which has wrought this
seeming dissatisfaction in the result Of the
city nominations many doubtless would
have had it otherwise if they could but
We do not believe that any very great
number of the Union men of Wilmington
are so overwhelmed in prejudice and per-
sonal antipathy TO the present nominees
as to cause them TO forget their duty to
the GREAT CAUSE, by unwittingly playing
into the hands of the Copperlead faction,
even indirectly-as they most assuredly
will-by running third ticket to-day in
opposition to the regular Union party
nominations


When every other slave State failed in
its fealty to the Constitution and laws
of the land, Delaware stood firm as a rock
to the old flag, and evoked, by her hdel-
ity and patriotism, tn plaudts and thanks
Of the lovers of law and order all over the
world. Let her still be true to herself
and let not her capital city blot OF
nentralizc that glorious record by any act
of folly at the ballot box to-day Til,
cause is everything, Men are nothing
This mighty Union of States, with it
liberty its religion; its personal freedom
for all men; its arts and civilization it.
prosperity its power and its glory, is tC
live forever The election Of Mayor 0
Wilmington is for single year Whu
suicidal folly is it then for us to think fo
one instant, that such an issue can b
made up by true and intelligent men, Il
that the noble cause, involving the desti
MES of the proudest, ireest and most en-
lightened empire of the world, should b
jeoparded in order 10 elect this man o
that to petty municipal Office. 1t hardl
seems possible, and yet, in the very fac
of the cheering news Of Union victories b
i" flood and field, which now daily come
to us, we find men willing to mingle thei
shouts Of discord and party alienation
with the heart-stirring huzzas of natio
redeemed from disunion and treason. =
Men of Wilmington stand up in sole
unbroken ranks to-day, for the regula
nominations, and when the evening CONT
and the result of your work shall be an
n9unced, let the wires send greeting t
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and all our siste
States the glad tidings of victory ono
more, from a solid and united party.
Year: 1863

Certificate Of exemption on account Of funsuita5cness


ofdge,


l, of county, State of
having been enrolled under the provisions of an
act of Congress "for enrolling and calling out
as liable to perform military duty in the service
Of the United States, hereby certify that am
not legally subject to such liability, and for the
following reason;


That am years Of age.
Year: 1863

SOMETHING FOR PEACE MEN.-There are mum
bers of men in the loyal States who are ready to
crnge to the South and beg for peace, on tbeiI
marrow bones who are either destitute of manli
ness or else are ignorant of the loathing and
contempt with which their peace offers are treated
by the South. We recommend such men to read
few extracts, like the following on first rising
so as to get an appetite for breakfast:
| THE advocates of peace at the North may as
we'll dismiss from their programme the prepos-
ferrous proposition for a joint convention with
the South. The South cannot, by any moral pos
sbity, consent to a reunion.


We would not reunite with them if they would,
one and all, consent to occupy the position of
degradation which they aimed to rivet on u.s.
We would not consent to hold the Northern
States even as provinces


The admission of any free States into our
Union is not only repugnant to us, but will only
be continuance of that evil which has brought
on the war; and to get rid of which we are now
fighting.


ENGLISH colonization. French vassalage, Rus
sian serldom, all are preferable to any associa-
tion with the Yankees.


The seeded States will never voluntarily sub
nit to any terms OF reunion which it is possible
for the ingenuity Of man to devise, or even to
imagine.


And that Southern gentleman, Jefferson Davis,
says: 1t the question was proposed to you
whether you would combine with hyenas or
Yankees l trust every Virgnan would say, Give
me the byenas.
Year: 1863

THE CHIMNEY CORNER-The old chimney cor
nerl 1t is endeared to the heart from the ear
liest recolections. What dreams have been
dreamed there What stories told What bright
hours passed 1t was place to think in, place
to weep in, and much the coolest place in the
house to rest in. 1t was there where dear old
grandmamma used to sit at her knitting warm
ing her poor old rheumatic back against the
warm wall where grandpapa used to fall asleep
over his newspaper where mamma used to place
her spinning wheel, and papa used to sit there
too aud read in the great arm chair.


1t was there where you used to read fairy tales
in your childhood folded all so snug aud warm
and coy, in its great warm lap, while the wind
of Winters night whislled without. Your favor
ile plum cake was never so sweet AS when eaten
there, and the stories you read by the sitting
room lreside were never half SO fascinating AS
those you read in the chimney corner.


If you were sad you went there to cry; II you
were merry you, with your brothers aud sisters,
nestled there to have right merry time Even
puss and the house dog loved the old chimney
cornerl


Look back to the old house, where every room,
every nook is SO full of pleasant recoections--
the family sttiDgroom, where were SO many
happy meetings; your own chamber, with its lit
tie window, "where the sun came peeping in at
morn - mothers room, still sacred with her
presence. But after all, the brightest memories
cluster around that chimney corner. You long
to be folded in its faithful old bosom again as
you were in childhood, and have good cry over
all those past happy times.


1t is desolate now The bright faces that clus-
tered there of yore will never come back again.
Black and dngy are the loved walls, and the
smoke from the kitchen fire never makes them
warm any more But still memory sets up some
of the holest and most beautiful statues ol her
craving in the old chimney corner.
Year: 1863

Nor ALL Foolish. Horace Greeley does and
says great many foolish things, but he also says
some wise ones. The following extract from a
letter to Senator Dooitte is a case In point -
" may err--so may you-but the Nation is not
diving of your or my misiakes-but of something
more formidable--of persistent ann wide spread
detection from her service in this trying hour
among those who profess to be loyal to the Gov
ernment and to the Union" That is so. IL the
Nation is lost, it will not be by the act OF open
rebels, but by the acts of those protesting TO be
friends of and loyal 10 the Union.
Year: 1863

THE STuPID.-A Scotch country girl seems to
have thought it possible that there might be an
excess OF scrupuous regard to appearances. On
her marriage day the youth to whom she was
about to be united said to her in triumphant
tone Weel, Jenny, haven't been unco ceevil 2
(alluding to the fact that during their whole
courtship he had never given her Il kiss)


On. ay mon senselessly ceevl,' was the lass.
les quiet reply.
Year: 1863

The California Republican and the late Equal
Rights Ezpositor have steadily beslobbered Geuer'
al Wright with fulsome praise for the past six
months Why is it? Can any one tell The
pfsalia Delta man, in common with great many
other people, wants to know.
Year: 1863

Your cores poudents deserve the thanks If
the community tor calling attention to ths
market and its prices From the man who
sells the embaimed turkey at s. So 70 the
woman. who with sharp voice, says Of her
butter, 80 CTS y pound, n.any Of the deal
els >@em to Try who will ask the most and get
the largest profits out Of the buyers. Restau-
rant and hotel keepers have it il their power
to protect the citizens, if they would refuse 10
WELD to the extortionate demands often made
for poultry and game This is the time wheu
live and let live should be the motto
It your other correspondents have spoken
for the old inhabitants of this place, let ME
second their motions, in behalf Of those who
have recently come here. A New Conner.