smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

If"Cotton is King" fax will make q
pretty good regent during his abdication.
The cultivation of this important crop de-
seryus,and is bound to receive more atten-
tion from our farmers. The soil and CHI
mate of Iowa is we'll adaptcdto its growth.
Land which viii bring good corn viii raise
good fax, and it is estimated that from
ten to twelve bushels of seed can be rails
ed to the acre, which We see is now quo
ted at about 50 per bushel. and which is
generally worth more than wheat; also
about one toa Of rotted straw, and some
400 lbs Of lint, worth Zoe per ID. There
is undoubtedly a great deal of labor in
fax culture and great want of machine
ry in the west for dEessing and taking
proper care of it, but the crop is paying
one at all times. and will be particularly
30 during the cotton dearth. With wool
and fax we can be quite independent of
the South in her great staple, and it will
be a matter of wisdom and patriotism to
become thus independent as regards her
natural productions until she is brought
back to her allegiance to the constituted
authorities ofthe land.
Year: 1863

The Truth Now AND THEN In a
late editorial of the London Times,
which, for a wonder, condemns the retail
atory proclamation of JEFF. Davis, it says:


"The South should remembertha they
were the first to draw the sword in this
quarrel that they rose against an estab-
lished Government in the exercise of its
legal functions that they obtained. by
the agency of traitors in that Govern
ment, considerable supply of arms and
money, and that the Union which they
seek to dissolve is. as events have proved,
The dearest wish of every American
heart
Year: 1863

A CopPERHEAp DEFEAT In the eIec-
tion for School ofii GERS in the city Of Far
mington yesterday the Copperhead ticket
was beaten two To ONE Our up river
friends wisely concluded that treason is a
bad doctrine to instill in the young aud
tender mind, and that wolves are very poor
guardians for innocent lambs. She is all
right on that point. Hurrah for Farming
ton
Year: 1863

FAIR HIT.--A very sensible man
writes: "The newspapers quote regular
ly the price of gold in Wall street, and
give accounts of the fluctuations in the
gold market. Why do they not also
quote the price of second hand clothes in
Wall street !? The two trades are in the
same hands, and | can't see why you
journalists make much of one and say
nothing of the other
Year: 1863

Major General Fremont was this morn
ing before the court on the conduct of
the war.


A strong force of rebels were at Luray
recently, and the military authorities at
Winchester are of the opinion that they
are moving on that place.
Year: 1863

ANOTHER SPEECH FROM VALLANDINGHAM.-The
Northern papers contain long and interesting
account of debate in the United Congress be
tween Vallandingham, Wright and Bingham. In
the course Of his remarks, Vallandingham said


You can never subdue the seeded States
Two years of fearful experience have taught you
that. Why carry on the war? If you persist it
can only end in final separation; believe it now,
as you did net my former warnings, the whole
Northwest will go with the South. Believe me,
as you did not the, solemn warnings of years
past, tho day which divides the North from the
South, the self same day decrees eternal divorce;
between the West and the East. There is not
one drop of rain that fails the whole expanse
OF the Northwest that does not find its home IN
the bosom of the Gulf. We must and will fol-
low it, with travel and trade not by treaty, but
by right freely, peacably, and without restric.
tion or tribute, under the same Government and
flag. su3ss8
Year: 1863

IDe new 1Ork herald says:


single night of good freezing weather, fol-
lowed by sharp Northwester of two or three
days, will bring us, no doubt, tidings of the ad-
vance of the Army of the Potomac in full
strength upon the en.my. Meantime General
Hooker has been usefully employed in re-or
izing his forces, and in needful preparations for
an advance. fs3


We expect that he will seize the first good
frost to march upon, disodge and follow up the
enemy.


Gen. H's appointment is universally looked
upon as pledge of the administration to the
people of the loyal States, that the moment the
country is sufficiently dried or hardened, he will
march upon the enemy and give them battle
We read this in Gen. H's address to the army
and we expect him to fulfill it. We are conf
dent that the enemy will surely be defeated
should he again attempt to resist the advance OF
our considerably strengthened army of the Poto-
mac. We have the fullest confidence in General
Hooker. The Army of the Potomac must ad-
vance, as soon as its artillery can be moved 10
its appointed work. Ifit cannot advance bv one
route, it can by another.
Year: 1863

CvETTLE UP.-The undersigned wishing to pay
= all they are owing, and wishing all who areowing
them to pay call upon those who arendebed to them
eitherby note or open account to come forward and
settle up.
Year: 1863

mon Christianity can sanction? Nay,
what strife in human history is SO noble
as this grand movement of vast nation
to claim justice for the wronged, and
this pouring out of its blood for the free.
dom of the oppressed


In such strife, more plainly than in
any other which ever convulsed sociefs'
the Right and the Wrong are in confrt,
and any compromise between them
would but give tie world permanent
twilight. The conflict was ordained
when God said of old. Let there be
light" and no man may now postpone it.
He who has no word and no wish with
which 10 cheer the struggling hosts of
freedom, is unfaithful TO his own inheri.
tance of liberty and does his best-hap-
ppily but little-to carry this fair crea-
ton back again into chaos and old night
". y Independent.
Year: 1863

Who else would like to set up such a
savings-box p? 1t is very easy and very
delightful, and what is more, will be
very useful, not only to yourself but TO
those around you. 1t will help, too, to
foSm good habit, which will be Of life
,sSsNiyantage to Chronicle.
Year: 1863

The Richmond Enquirer, OF the 10th inst.


in an editorial upon Peace says
| "Save on our own terms, we car accept no
peace whatever, and must fight till doom sd a y
| rather than yield an iOta of them and our
| terms are


Recognition by the enemy of the indepep-
! dence of The Confederate States.
Withdrawal of Yankee forces from every
foot of Confederate ground, ncuding Ken
lucky and Missouri.


Withdrawal of Yankee soldiers from Mary
land until that State shall decide, by free
vote, whether she shall remain in the old
Union, or ask permi ission in the Confederacy


Consent, on the part of the Federal Govern.
tnent 10 give up TO the CoEfederacy its proper
tlon of the navy as it stood at the time of Sc
cessIon, or TO pay for the same.


ieidlng up all pretensiops on the part of
me Fedora overnment To that portion of the
old territories which lies west OF the Confed
crate States.


An equitable settlement, on the basis of our
absolute independence and equal rights. of all
accounts oi the public debt and public lands
ana OF the advantages accruing from foreign
TT eaties.


These provisions, We apprehend, comprise
the minimum of what must require before
We lay down our arms. That is to say the
North must yield all; we nothing. The whole
pretension of that country to prevent by force
the separation of the States must be abandon
GU, "hlcn VIII Oe equivalent to an avowal that
our enemies were wrong from the first and.
OF Course, as they waged q causeIess and wick
ed war upon us, they ought, in strict Justice.
to be required, according to usage in such
cases, to reimburse to us the whole of our ex-
penses and losses in the course of that war.


whether this last proviso is to be insisted
upon or not, certain we are that we cannot
nave any peace at all until we shall be in
position, not only to demand and exact, but
also to enforce and collect the treasure for our
own reimbursement out ofthe wealthy cities
In the enemy's country. In other words, uu-
less we can destroy or scatter their armies and
oreak up their Government, we can have no
peace, and If We can do that, then we can, and
ought not only TO extort from them our own
full terms, and ample acknowledgment of
their wrong, but also handsome idemnity
for the trouble and expense caused to us by
their crime.''
Year: 1863

en the fighting went on; ana though thsf ccou
patton Of the place not extend over neen minutes o.
time. they lett twelve or afteen dead bodies. four
wounded eight prisoners Tho nro OF our men was
very precise and elective az was shown ~ the
wounds upon the dead rebels. They were mostly shot
through the head vital parts OF the body. Among
the dead two captains, and nne looking
rebel major brought In severely wounded
Falling bask as they came, the rebels once more
moved forward ia line upon the field they originally
occupied and in the woods bordering It, Here they felt
Of artillery which by this time was brought 70 pear
upon them the eastern part OF the town. our pcket
regiment had been reinforced and were engaging 'nels
attention with small arms, while shells burst over ana
around them The fray In the field between the TWO
pixies did last long, the rebels retiring on the Lewis
burg road, the 1re gradually dying out on our lett 20
wards Trune. he result Of the short fight here may De
summed up thus:-Van Dorm left upon the held nteen
dead twenty-five wounded and lost sixteen OF his men as
prisoners. Our loss, four killed, twenty wounded and
something like twenty mssing who will probably come
In. ~


Later In the day the enemy. who made detour toour
left In the direction Of Trune with the intention OF flank
Ing Unexpectedly met two thousand OF General Stan
leys cavalry and engaged in another fight. rebel bat
terry captured but after retaken by the owners
q impossble for cavalry to bring II OF the
fed General Stanley sends In tonight about sixty pr
soners, and reports few casualties In his command
have been unable far to get particulars OF this brush
ford. .s.lt ~


Forrest who left Spring Hin with Van Dorm this
ing has been heard from the Murreesboro and Nash
Vile Railroad He Is said have captured and destroyed
railroad train ana burned the third stockade from
Nashville.


Everything Is once quiet about here, and
ticpate no further excitement.
Year: 1863

Regimental Band See advertisement
Of Grand Ball to be given by the Regimental
Band, the proceeds ofwhioh are to be used
in procuring suitable uniform for the mem,
bers Everybody should purchase a ticket.
Year: 1863

Democratic Meeting-on next Satur'
day night there will be Democratic meeting
at Kisers School House General Jim Kelly
tells us that the boys are to have a big time
OF it. Speakers will be on hand to address
the meeting. We hope that Dayton wllsend
out large delegation. The full moonlight
will render the ride a very agreeable one
Year: 1863

| Many timid and thoughtlese people
are continually induleing in apprehen-
sions, in case Of rupture Of our ami
cable relations with the Western powers
of Europe-whether it shall amount to
war or simply commercial non-inter-
course-that by the decline of our for
eign trade we shall be left in an extreme-
ly destitute and impoverished condition
naked, hungry, thirsty and penniless.
But this is bug bear Of the most un-
real and ghostly pretensions, which
should never be allowed to frighten US
from line Of policy consistent with the
strictest self-respect and prompt vindi-
cation of the national honor Never
was there a greater or more injurious de-
lusion cherished among the American
people, than that they are dependent
upon other nations for their growth and
prosperity; and We shall never be tru-
II independent people, rising to the full
measure of our rank and destiny, until
we get rid of this absurd notion.


We have all the elements of wealth
and greatness within ourselves, which
no foreign complications can deprive US
Of and should our commerce be swept
from the seas tomorrow, though tempo
rarily incommoded, we should soon be
found self-sustaining and readily adap-
ting our energies to the new conditions
of things Never did the sun shine up
on a country possessing such vast and
varied resources as ours, embracing the
products Of every art and climate, and
the unbounded treasures Of the animal,
vegetable and mineral kingdom. Ma
ture evidently designed it for the habi-
tation and development of great and in
dependent people, and the doubtful TO.
Gus Of the civilization Of the Anglo
Saxon race. All the conditions of this
noble estate are ready furnished to our
hands, and we have only to put end to
our petty civil dissensions and assume
the commanding position which is our
privilege and duty.


The present war has worked out ono
of the most doubtful and difficult prob
lens in this connection as regards the
self-sustaining power of the North
During its progress, our foreign COM
merce has been almost as much restrict
ed as in maritime conflict, and we have
been cut off from the basis of an i'm
portant branch Of manufacture and
large internal trade But we have stood
the shock bravely, and begin to find our
compensation within our own borders.
A war with Europe to be sure, would
restrict the market for our surplus ag-
ricultural products for a while. But our
rapidly increasing population would soon
furnish a home market for these; and
instead Of sending them abroad to feed
the foreign a,tizan whose fabrics we now
import, We should be the gamer by
employing him and feeding him upon
our SOIL


Who says the great American Re-
public is dependent upon European
patronage? Let him live and learn
Investigator.
Year: 1863

Timothy Tcomb writes asfolows what is called with
exqusit irony, the divine institution:


II suppose there is modcum of romance in most ma
ures and that if it gathers about any event. it is that Of
marriage Most people marry their ideals There is
less fictitious and fllacous glory resting upon the head
of every bride which the nchcate husband believes IN
Most men and women manufacture perfection their
by happy process Of their magnations and then marry
them This of course, away By the time the hus
band has his wife eat heartily Of pork and BEANS and
with hair frzzed and her oldest dress on full of the enter
prise Of overhaung things he that she belongs the
same race himself And she when her husband gets up
cross in the morning and undertakes shave himself with
cold and dull razor while his suspenders bangles
his heels begins that is very prossc animal
In other words there is such thing honey moon, Of
longer shorter duration and while the moonshne lasts
the radiance of the seventh heaven compare with
1t is very delicious little deiruma febrile mental dis
ese, which, like measels, returns


When the honey passes away setting behind dull
mountains Or dipping silently the stormy sea of life
the trying hour of marriageife has Between the
parties there Illusions The feverish desire of
possession has gone-vanished into gratifcaon-and all
excitement has receeded Then begins, or should begin
the business of adaptation If they find they do love
one another they thought they did, they should double
their assduous attention another and be Jealous
everything which tends in the slightest degree separate
them Life is precious be thrown away in
grets open differences And let say every
whom romance of life hns Aed and who are discomfort
ed in the slightest degree with their condition and relation
begin the work of reconciliation before you day older


Renew the attentions of earlier days Draw your hearts
close together. Talk the thing over Acknowledge your
faults another and determine that henceforh you
will be all in all to each other and my word for it, you
shall find IN your relation the sweetest JOY earth has for
you. There other way for you to do. If you
hapwy at home you must be happy abroad the
who has settled down upon the conviction that he
she is attached for life to unaongenal fellow, and
that there effort costly make which restore
to its setting upon the bosom the missing pearl"
Year: 1863

THERE is school in Oconomowoc Wis which numbers less
than hundred scholars yet the annually brought
from its ranks into the Church than per
average attendance In the eleven years it's
furnished fifteen evangelical Minister'S five of these
foreign missionaries The following the rules of this school
It expected of every teacher in this school
weekly teachers meeting


O. To attend the monthlyconce of prayer.


To visit and if possible and pray with each
his or her scholars month.


10 look carefully the and returning of the
books Of the library.


To spend least half hour every day in preparation
his her duties and in prayer for blessings the school,


To do all in their power the immediate
of their scholars.


This school strictly missionary school It
necd with Of the churches of the but the teachers
were drawn from all Of them.-Sunday School Times.
Year: 1863

Happy girls-who cannot love them ?
With cheeks like the rose, bright eyes
and elastic steps; how cheerfully they
90 to work Our word for it, such girls
will make excellent wives. Blessed in
deed will men be who secure such
prizes Contrast those who do nothing
but sigh all day, and live to follow the
fashions who never earn the bread they
eat, or shoes they wear are languid and
lazy from one weeks end to another
Who but a simpleton and popinjay
would prefer one Of the latter, if he were
looking for companion? Give US the
working girls. They are worth their
weight in gold. You never see them
mincing along or jumping dozen feet
to steer clear of spider or fly. They
have no affectation, no silly airs about
them. When they meet you, they speak
without putting on half dozen ars,
trying to show off to better advantage,
and you feel as if you were talking to
human being, and not to painted or
fallen angel.


Ii girls knew how sadly they miss it
while they endeavor to show off their
delicate hands and unsoiled skin, and
put on thousand airs, they would give
worlds for the situation of the working
ladies. who are above them in intelli
gence, in honor, in everything, as the
heavens are above the earth.


Be wise, then. You have made fools
of yourselves though. Turn over new
leaf, and begin to live and act as human
beings, as companions to immortal man
In no other way can you be happy and
subserve the purpose of your existence
Year: 1863

Away with all signing away with all tears
My boy shall behold, not my grief butmy prde
Can tant his young manhood with womanish fears,
When the flag of his country is scorned and deied?
I will arm him, and bless him, and send hin away,
Tho breaks with grief when he from sight
I win bid him not aer or banch in the fray,
But fight to the death for the TRUTH and the RIGHT.


must teach my brave lad what it is to be true


To the Red and the White and the Stars in the Blue.
'Tis to love the mild rule of the land of his birth,
To succor the weak in the thral of the strong,
To honor all manhood to cherish all worth,
To fnrther the right, and to battle the wrong,
As the nations throng onward towards Lbertys light
From the gloom of misrue-ts to march in the van,
With God as the leader and Justice and Right
Perfecting His purpose-enobing the man
'Tis a sign and symbol it is well to be true
To which is eagued with the Red, White and Blue
e 'Tis Text and Faith on the landa the sea,
Gospel in Peace-Inspiration in War;
nations Evangel-a Greed to the Free;


The scripture Of Liberty Order and Law.
Shall apostaes revile what our sires adored,
And the steel of hot vengeance die Redeemed in rust?
Shall apostles of bondage of fhandcnfs and sword,
Trail the pride of the faithful dishonored in the dusl


No never, while mothers teach to be true


To the banner ofbanners, the Red White and Blue.
He's my all he's my treasure but take him dear land
And add him a jewel to Liberty's crown
One hero the for your patriot band
The widows last mite to the nations renown.
For I'll arm him. and bless him. and bid him go forth
To take his proud stand in front of the wars
And add his own blade the swords of the North,
Unsheathed for the triumph of Truth and the Laws,


his brave heart has learned that it be true


To the Stripes and the Stars in the Union of Blue
Year: 1863

APPLES ogodare best set in pictures silver Great thoughts
and natural thoughts should be greatly and naturally said they
indeed neither not Lord Jefry said young friend Of
ing word and then, My FRIEND when you have
thing to say say it in way and when you have
thing will find its way Of saying tself' Let
dpise style If thought is the god style the stamp
which makes current and says under what king issued


There is much in what Button "Syle the himself
Try put Horace Tacitus ton Addison Goldsmith
other words and and likely KILL the thought they
to be themselves.


But how am to get good style? Not by initiating or mim-
licking any not by trying think like any
to think and write h him. 1t is with style with
and good breeding Keep good company and do your
you will write and speak and like gentleman you
Think and feel and live with gentlemen Iyou would write like
the ancient masters read them and relish them be their son.
their ape
Year: 1863

The Bishop of Mauritius having visited lonely little island
inquired of the first he after landing SIS there any
here who knows the to heaven Pointing house


h the replied There you will find girl who knows the
way heaven we The bishop to the house and found
the girl be of his Sunday scholars the Man
rtu named Page She had come here live with her broth
she said She had been teaching the people all she knew her


Jesus and had read much them from the Holy Bible.
That why the islander called her The little girl who knew
the heaven Peage only eleven years DID, but she
was jealous for Christ than grown up Christians
Year: 1863

bog in Iead which the missionaries had
stood and proclaimed salvation by Jesus Christ.


contended by the Irish representatives that the indirect
influence Modsm has been apparent not only the Es
tahed Church. but they insisted upon the Church OF Rome
itself In Ireland the Roman Catholic priesthood known
believed be- example Of moral living their peo-
pe drunken priest would be tolerated Ireland
The people say that the to intoxicated the
wake the funeral the marriage is but the
Mehodsts would get of his congregation and thus n
recty moral influence is brought bear upon the Romsh
Church and upon its priesthood which be lost sight
when attempt estimate the Of good wrought by
Methodism in tha country


AUSTRALIA.


The Rev. William Buffers of Australia said their work in
Australia principally among their counymen for al
though of the abone had been made paraker of the
grace the Gospel still the visible fruit reaped among them
great and they would be separate There
than 10000 meeting in class in
ton with the Australian Conference God had given them
son and power in Australia which other Church possessed
In South Australia they had chapel accommodate for
than eighth of the entire populatonhear hearand the
number of their communicates twice large that of
other church.


Interesting addresses also made by the h American
Canadian, and French delegates.