smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864

Il viii be seen bya telegrsphic despatch,


which We publish in another column, that this
| city has been credited with eighteen thousand


four hundred and fQrty-eight men on account
OF naval enlistments between the years 1861
aud 1864, and Brooklyn with ak thousand and
forty six, while the balance OF the total OF
twenty-seven thousand seven hundred and
forty six, which New York raised during that
time, has been allowed to other portions Of the
State. Properly the number credited to Brook


lyn ought to belong to the city Of New York;


but this is matter of little consequence, seeing
! that we are so well situated as it is. To the
| number with which we are credited eleven
| hundred Las to be added for the excess in
our favor over the last quota and there is


reason to believe that more than the bal


ance against US, after making the above
deductions, has been raised here by subsequent
naval enlistments and volunteering. We may,
therefore, we are glad to say, congratulate the
community on freedom from all liability to the
coming draft This we have we'll earned, for
Of the two hundred and fifty recruits that are
procured in this city daily nearly two-thirds


are lost to us by their removal to other States.
The number with which we are credited, es-
| timated at the former exemption price of only
| three hundred dollars per man. would amount


to no less sum than five million five hundred


and thirty-four thousand four hundred doll lars,
| which may be regarded as so much saved to
the county treasury. This is, however, a small
| consideration compared with the risk of a


repetition of the riots Of last year, with their


fearful consequences


For this happy result we are indebted chiefly


to the untiring energy and indefatgable zeal of
Supervisor Orison Blunt, who has worked night


and day in order to secure justice for the city.
1t is source of further qualification to US to


learn that, notwithstanding our having fur


nished all that is at present required of US, it


is the intention of the Volunteering Committee
to proceed energetically in the work Of recruit
ing, so as to provide surplus against the con-


tingency of another call.
Year: 1864

THE STRIKE OF THE THEATRICAL MANAaERs.-
Strikes are infectious to judge from the fact that
for months past We have undergone series of
them. All classes have INDUCED in strikes,
and now our theatrical managers have met
and determined to increase the prices of admis-
sion to their several places Of amusement. 1t
remains to be seen how the public-the patient,
but not spiritless pubic-will take the matter.
The probabilities are that no cessation Of
patronage will be felt by the theatres II,
with increase Of price, they give increase Of
attraction. The public is well aware that all
the necessaries of life have gone up in price,
and will naturally expect to find amusements
taking the same tendency; but with increase
Of cost reflection will come and ere the dis
bursement be made the inducement will have
to be more than ever strong. With in
crease Of price we shall become more ex.
acting, and will not put up with scant
returns FOR our outlay. We shall expect
our theatres to be literally conducted, and
shall withdraw our patronage from those
which show any lack Of enterprise in pro
curing the best talent wherewith to give with
necessary ecla such entertainments as will
warrant increase OF price. shabby mise en-
scene, poor acting and all such drawbacks
must no longer characterize any Of our metro
politan establishments, else they will be neg
lected by the public, and, as consequence
be overtaken by that ruin which many have
hitherto richly merited. Greenbacks, We
know, have deprecated, and the very thought
tends to carlessness in their outlay; but still
our managers must not expect to take advan-
tage Of this fact, unless they are fully deter
mined to give AZ well as take. We conceive 1t
our duty to the public to offer this admoni.
ton to our managers on strike and would
note, en- passant that at the present prices
three or four of our theatres are doing spleu
did business.
Year: 1864

THE FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT N ENGLAND
case has recently been tried at Liverpool in
which the defendants were accused of having
obtained enlistments in the rebel service for
the pirate Georgia. in violation Of the provi-
sions Of the Foreign Enlistment act. 1t is stated
in the English papers that the facts in the case
were so clear that there could be no doubt
about them; but bubble was raised, aud it
Is questionable whether the offence will be
proved within the meaning OF the act. The
doubt appears to be as to whether the act could
be construed TO extend TO enlistments actually
made on the high seas al well as to those
effected in the British ports. Thus it appears,
while great hue and cry is made in British
journals and among rebel sympathzers in
Great Britain about the American plan OF
facilitating immigration, and a tedious suit and
vexatious delays follow from the enlistment Of
few sailors for the United States service as
in the case Of the Kearsarge- all on the
plea Of violation of the Enlistment act-a
hole is found in the law big enough to drive .
rebel privateer through with but little diff
Guilty. This is fair sample of British justice
and fair play, and is fully on par with the
boasted neutrality Of the British government
in regard to the contest now waging in this
country A day of retribution will surely
come
Year: 1864

We ses nsn sow living h grand houses,
riding in splendid carriages, and indulging in
oil sorts Of exuavagant displays, who. before
their connection with these Sanitary fairs, were
obscure people, living in obscurer places, and
apparently not pecuniarily able TO riss above
the level Of the humblest in society. Ia one
case . new opera was produced under the
auspices Of a golden flood poured from side
sluieeway in our Metropolitan Sanitary Fair.
All these fairs have proved to be grand
schemes Of robbery from beginning to end, and
are Of piece with the peculations recently eX-
posed in the case of the late Surgeon General
Hammond, which is one OF the most atrocious
instances of official corruption chat has ever
come to our knowledge. The government is TO
blame for not taking steps to punish such cul-
prits, and serving them like Colonel D'Utassy,
by sending them for long term TO the State
Prison
Year: 1864

WASHINGTON, July 20.-Information re-
ceiyed from Headquarters Army OF the Poto-
mac, dated July 18th, says: The usual quiet
still prevails along the lines, and were it not
for the sound Of an occasional gun and some
picket firing at few poiats, one would sup
pose that no enemy was within miles OF us.


Gen. Bnrnsfde's men made the most of the
ruse, the enemy taking every opportunity to
fire at the colored troops that occupy a posi-.
tion in his front, and or course, the fire is re.
turned with interest, but without much dam
age on either side. No deserters come in at this
part OF the lines, as they say they have no
chance to get through without running the
Iisk OF being shot, the negroes being so con-
at other points daily in squads. A sergeant
and his squad came in this morning and ali of
them report that thousands are ready to leave
as fast as opportunity presents. ',-.-..,


They come principally from Georgia, Flori-
da and Alabama regim ents, and an officer of a
regiment from the former State is said to nave
gone to his superior officer day or two ago
and reported that if his company was not soon
relieved he would have none to relieve, as they
would all be gone to the enemy. These deser-
ters state that they are very short of proyi.
sions, particularly vegetables, and they seem
glad enough when they get into our lines.


Strict orders have been given, they say, that
they shall not hold intercou with our men
on the picket line or exchange papers, and ono
fellow the other day, who came boldly over
and brought paper with him, taking enc
back, was caught and made to stand on the
top OF their works in full view Of our lines
and wave the paper back and forth for an
hour, as punishment


An attack from the enemy has been expected
for the past two days, and last night, from
what deserter bad said, it was looked for as
certain, but no demonstration was made We
noon, but so far none has fallen, and the dust
continues 10 envelop everything.
Year: 1864

FAvoRs TO GOVERNMENT HANDS. Among
the persons exempt from q draft are as
many employees of government arsenals
and workshops as are considered necessary
to carry on the work. The war depart
ment has given orders to this effect. The
enrolment law makes no such provision in
their behalf; but that fact is not the least
obstacle to the assumption Of the power by
the war department. Of course not The
old idea that Congress was the law making
power, and the President and his clerks
were the executive power, is a ridiculous
fallacy Of the past, unworthy to te enter.
tanned in this age of radical regeneration.
We shall next hear Of exemptions of all
post Office hands. all custom house tide.
walters, and all persons who have any part,
however humble, in carrying on the ma.
chinery of the government. They may
just as properly be exempted as the me.
chanics. The one class rs no more indis
pensable to the government than the other.
The place of every man among them who
is drafted can b" supplied in an hours no.
tiec.--s| s|ouraal Commerce.
Year: 1864

1t would seem as though the last two
! days had been rife with rio, and bloodshed
| to our citizens. On Sunday morning a
bloody affray occurred on the West side,
| the result of drunken brawl, in which
three men received dangerous, two of them
perhaps, fatal wounds 1t pains us, how
| ever, to say that the record of blood does
not end there. A more terrible tragedy
than the one spoken of occurred yesterday
evening about five o'clock at the station of
Mokena on the Rock Island road, as the
| train of excursionists of the St. Vincent de
way home. The excursonists on the train
filled number Of cars and had spent the
day in an agreeable and most unexception


able manner at the picnic at Cold Spring
Grove, some twenty miles from the city
No rowd; ism so far as reported occurred
| at the festivities. but everything passed off
| in the most pleasant manner possible. At
Mokens Station, on the return of the ex


cursion. some ten or twenty Of the young
men left the train, and going into a saloon
kept by German near the track procured
| some beer. Fearful that the train was
about to start, the party or parties sho
ordered the liquor threw down some change
which the proprietor told them was not
sufficient to pay for what was drank. The
party, however, proceeded to 60 out toward
the train, which was Just starting, when
the saloon keeper drew his revolver, swear
ing that he would shoot if they did not
stop. This they refused to do, and on run
min toward the train, they were fired on
by the proprietor together with his bar
keeper, who had also drawn revolver


The dastardly ruffians fired at least a dozen
shots, several of which it is reported were
aimed at the train, and which wounded
several men in one Of the cars. Wherever
they weressa;med, however, the shots took
effect on the persons Of four men, creating
dangerous. and it is feared in each cast
fatal wounds The individuals wounded
are the following: Michael Casey, sho'
mortally in the lungs; Farnham S. White


shot in the forehead, and skull fractured


(Mr, White is known as the bar keeper a.


the House of David" saloon OF Dearborn


street, and he is scarcely expected to sur


vive;) Michael kearney, dangerously sho


through the body; - Geary, who live.


on the North side, shot through the body


connot possibly recover. Some Of tn,


friends Of the wounded men made hurried
assault upon the establishment from which
the shots GENE, and Gid it as much damag,
as possible before the train got under ful
headway. The parties firing the shots
however, managed to get their craven car


casses out of the way in time to escape in
, jury. The wounded men were all brough
to the city, and conveyed to their homes


last ev. ming, where they lie in precarious


situation. The above is in substance al
We have been able at the present writing t.


ascertain with reference to this tragical af


fair. We would offer no comment upon i


except to remark that it is but adding an


other to the riotous and bloody affair.


which are Of late of such frequent occur


renee in our midst CHICAGO Post.
Year: 1864

A FUNNY Occurrence The Troy Times
of Thursday tells the following funny story
about the loss Of u looking giass: DAY


before yesterday, thrifty citizen of West
Troy, desirous to please his better half and


properly adorn his 'palatiar residence,
purchased twenty-five dollar mirror,


which was cheap and just suited her,


The purchaser concluded to carry the mir


ror home himself, and not to trust its trans


mission thence to the perils Of a porter
With tired muscle and pouring sweat, be


arrived on the ST. Charles Hotel corner


The ferry boat was 'on t'other side Of Jor.
dan.' and the owner Of the mirror was


thirsty - therefore the mirror was stood up


against the hotel stoop, on the sidewalk,


and small boy hidden to watch it, while


its owner stepped into the St. Charles bar
to get 'su.hin' to cool bisse,i with At
this unlucky moment q large billy goat
which enjoys the free dom OF the city, and
| is familiar to all the residents in that vicn-
| ity for his famous 'buckins' powers, came
! lesurely along the sidewalk. The small
boy in charge Of the mirror fed on the
double quick, in serious apprehension Of
! being 'bucked.' The goat KEEP, on his career
| until he caught sight Of another goat reflect.


ed on the polished surface of the glass;
| Then he stepped back some dozen feet,


reared alof his caudal appendage, gave


three or four preliminary shakes Of tho


head, and rushed on hts shadowy adversary
| with power Of buck which Of all the


creatures OF the animal kingdom the goat
| alone possesses. The glass was shattered
| IN spray Of fragments, and the goat went
through the back of the mirror up to his


head and shoulders. Whether the goat
| was more astonished at the utter demolition
| OF his opponent, or the owner Of the mirror


at his unexpected loss, is ooe Of the prob.
lens yet unsolved.
Year: 1864

Sey- The announcement that the quota of oul State is full, with some fve hundred to spare Is thought to be premature. aHd that We still lack about five hundred. However if enlist. msnts continue as brisk up to tomorrow night as they have done for the past week, there is little fear that we shall be subject to draft in Connecticut. At any rate L1rcHFrELD COUNTY has done her duty, as she always dees and, SC far, is reported ahead of any other county in the g. ate, whose town quotas are full.
Year: 1864

BNr1hs adjourned Rail-Road meeting is to be held on Monday next at one o'clock. P. M., in the Town Hall. A Report of progress may be expected from the committee.

 There seems to be no longer reasonable doubt but that the Boston < Erie R. R. will go through, and that it will take the direct route through Litohfold county. The business community of the county have taken hold of the matter in earnest, and the directors of the new road are already beginning to see their interests in the matter. The recent advance in freights upon the Naugatuck road has con sidsrably awakened those doing a heavy busi ness in this part of the county to the necessity of shorter and more direct line to and from New York.
Year: 1864

A@Attention is particularly directed to the elcg ant engraving which heads the marriage notices in our paper this week. The unusual number of marriages this week, lead us to thls extra expense.
Year: 1864

With a meanness unparalleled, ex
cept in other acts by the same class ol
men, the adherents OF Lane in Kansas
are endssvoring TO give to that cowhid'
ed demagogue and libertine the credit
of saving our Sale from the draft. Ev'
cry intelligent man in Kansas knows
that to Gov. Carney and Adjutant Gen.
sral Dudley is due all the credit for
setting us right at Washington. The
official records, both at Topeka and
Washington. provs this. All the trou-
bic and doubt that ever surrounded the
question at all grew out Of Lsue's ir-
regular mode of recruiting; SO that he
Is responsiJle for all the signs Of a drefl
in Kansas. and no one else. But for the
base and reckless manner in which he
conducte bis part Of the recruiting bus
mss. we should have had ample credit
at Washington all the time for all men
due from the State. These are .facts.


Now while the official records show
beyond doubt that what We have said
is true. we make this distinct challenge
to the Lane press Of the State:


That they cannot produce . single
official docupent. properly authensis-
ated, which will show that either Lane
or Wilder have done anything to enti-
tie either of them to any credit towards
saving Kansas from draft. Yes. We
will 60 further, and say that We should
have had draft in this State for any
and all the attention Lane and Wilder
gave the subject, had il not been for
the lsbors Of Carney and Dudley. Now
bring your proof or cease your lying.


A literary thiefis universally regard
ed as worse than . sheep thief. by all
honorable men; but these Lane syce.
plants steel the lileray labors. the sta
tislical labors. and political thunder of
others and credit them 10 Lane as tho
it we're no crime!
Year: 1864

Howell Cobb says: "A man who is not
willing toaapd his Treasury notes, when the
condition of his country demardsit, is not
WORTHY Of q Government These arc my
views upon. the currency question. Theysre
short, end quite satisfactory. to myself: Will
men complain Of tho tax on money and not
complain Of the tax on the blood Of their
countrymen2 Go pay The taxes that our
brave soldiers are paying in losing their hearts
blood, and then cease to complain Of a little


taxation upon your money or your property"
Year: 1864

AcclDEYr.-We learn that on Monday last,
as body of cavalry were passing Dun
hams Bridge or Saluda River, about five miles
from this place, the bridge gave way and come
twenty or thirty of the party were precipisatcd
into the river. The distance of the fall was
between fifteen and twenty feet. From the
best information We can obtain, but lew OF
the men were injured. The escape from loss
of life and more serious maiming appears
arvellous.-Greenyille Patriot and Noun
taineer.
Year: 1864

~ Persons returned from the Idaho
gold mines bring diseouraging reports
No further discoveries of the precious
metal have been made. and the greater
portion of the people in the region are
unable to make livelihood.
Year: 1864

The Napa Reporter of Sd December re.
marks:


The prospects of third dry winter,
which were omnous ten days ago, had the
effect TO create speculative demand for
grain and flour, and wheat had attained the
high figure of 4 10. But shipments from
Oregon, Chile and the Eastern States, to ar
rive, or already in port, have changed the
aspect of the market entirely and Just pre-.
vious to the rain, wheat commenced going
down in price, with no demand. The drench
ing rain of the past week, which has been
bounteous all over the State, has had crush.
ing effect on the Inflated market, and the al
most certainty of fair crops in the ensuing
year has brought wheat down to So II


is not possible it will attain higher figure,
unless for choice lots for seed, all ideas of
famine having been dissipated by the facts
above set forth. 1t may remain at or near
this quotation for a month or so, but il the
season proves in every way propitlous for
good crops in 1865, the cereals will not
command as high figures as are ruling at
present. The late inflated prices were not
Of a healthy nature, but entirely speculative,
and as the heavy shipments from abroad will
more than keep up with the demand of the
market, Spectators will not be able again to
control the market.


Not few of our farmers have withstood
the temptation of four cents, holding on to
their wheat for something better, and this
sudden fall has proved disastrous to their
plans. Those who are free from debt and
are able to bear loss, may not be blamed
for running such risks, but to the large class
of our farmers who are pecuniarily embar-
rassed, it is safer and wiser policy to real-
ze good compensating prices than to wait in
anxious doubt for better. Few fortuitous
circumstances or lucky chances" can ab.
solve them for the risks they run, and we
have no hesitancy in declaring that those
who follow the rule to sell their produce at
fair paying figures in the end are the most
prosperous farmers. On the other hand,
those who keep out Of market until the
quotations reach double or more the cost Of
production, may make large sums one seas
on, and most likely the next-the prices
never attaining that in their greedy eyes
sell at figures that result in a corresponding


loss. "A bird in the hand" etc.
Year: 1864

The following is q translation from an ancien
Spanish poem, which, says the Edinburgh RI
view, is surpassed by nothing with which we ar
acquainted in the Spanish language, except tn
"Ode of Louis de Leon
Oh! let the soul its slumbers break -
Arouse its senses aud awake


To see how soon
Life, in its glories, glides away,
And the stern footsteps of decay


Come stealing on.
And while we view the rolling tide,
Down which our flowing minutes glide


Away so fast.
Let US the pre.ent hour employ,
And deem each future dream a JOY


Already past
Let no vain hope deceive the mind
No happier let us hope TO find


morrow, than to-day.
Our golden dreams Of yore were bright,
Like them the present shall delight


Like them decay.
Our lives like hastng streams must be
That into one engulphng sea


Are doomed to fall
The sea of Death, whose waves roll on
Ger king and kingdom. crown and throne,


And swallow all.
Alike the rivers lordly tide
Alike the human rvulct's glide


To that sad wave;
Death levels poverty and pride
The rich and poor sleep side by side


Within the grave .
Our birth is but starting place;
Life is the running OF the race,


And death the goal
There all our glittering toys are brought
That path alone Of all unsought


Is found of all.
See then. how poor and little worth
Are all those glittering toys of earth


That lure us here!
Dreams of a sleep that death must break.
Alas. before ii bids us wake


We disappear
Long Gre the damp Of death can blight,
The checks pure glow of red and white


Has passed away.
Youth smiled, and all was heavenly fair
Age came and laid his finger there,


And where are they?
Where is the strength that spurned decay,
The steps that roved so light and gay,


The hearts blithe tone?
The strength is gone, the step is slow,
And joy grows wea earisomc, and woe!


When age comes on.
Year: 1864

Wendell Phillips bas been making a speech
in Boston on the war which is characterized
by his usual frankness and honesty. We Sc
lect the following sentences from it as it
appears in a Boston paper:


speaking Of the prospects OF peace, Mr.
Phillips said our institutions must first rest
on the basis of universal equality, Toward
that goal the nation struggles to-day, and
there never can be peace till we reach it.
There is no reconstruction possible within
twenty years unless the black and white are
admitted alike to suffrage lie had labored
for twenty five years TO break up the Union
in the interest of justice, and now he labored
to save it for the same end. Nationality was
nothing to him when weighed against free
dom and Justice. The North did not take
up arms in 1861 from mere love Of Union,
bat, in bis opinion, because war would give
the nation the right to abolish slavery. III
aoaS the result of the work of the Abolition
lists that the nation accepted the gauntlet Of
aoar."


MIR. Lincoln and Phillips agree exactly,
VIZ that it was adherence to negro freedom
that caused the war. How much palmer
must these men talk before the people will
oct their eyes open!