smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1867

low says;


The above expose of the present status of
our beloved Order cannot but rejoice and
"make exceeding glad every one who has
al heart the earnest, prayerful desire to see
Odd Fellowship and its heayen-born prinei-
pies extend to the uttermOst parts of the
earth.


The returns do not include those from the
jurisdictions of Vermont, Mississippi and
Texas, from which the annual reports have
not been received. Taking their last figures
as the criterion, and adding them to the
above aggregates, we have the sum total Of
1888 lodges, 2I4, ,462 members, and an in
crease during the past year Of %, ll9 mem
bers-shOWing, on the same basis Of calcula-
ton, augmentation Of 573 in the number Of
lodges


Thus the order is rapidly gaining ground !;
thus our beneicient labor and and achieve
ments are becoming known and are appre-
ciated by the innumerable multitude that
stand waiting at the door Of our fold, only
desiring to see that our works comport with
our faith, ere they confidently knock for ad-
mission and we bid the worthy welcome;
we cheerfully say TO all who can and viii be
true to the sublimely beautiful covenant Of
the household of faith, 4" come ye that hunger
for the bread of love, and ye shall be filed.
Year: 1867

From the American Odd Fellow the sub
Joined table, which presents a most crafty
ing exhibit of the condition of the Order of
Odd Fellowship throughout the United
States at the close of the regular annual
term. on the Both of June Is copied
Year: 1867

violated under fearful penalties; and to the ma
ton will come financial crash, teaching it that
paper is only representative of value itself
and that the only true securities for our public
credit must be looked for in a system of rigidly
exacted obedience to all constitutional restraints,
and thorough system ofeconomy in all branches
OF the public service.


For the sights and indignities- uncon-
stitutional curtailments and dishonors which the
recent Congress has attempted to cast upon me
for my unfinching and unalterable devotion to
my constitutional oath, and to the best interests
OF the whole country, according to my best judg-
ment and experience, l am only sorry as regards
the indlgnities sought to be imposed on my high
oftlce but unmoved as regards myself Conscious
OF only having executed my duty-conscious of
being denounced for 'usurpation' only because
refusing to accept unconstitutional powers and
patronage-and satisfied that the day of wiser
thought and a sounder estimate cannot now be
far distant-I look with perfect confidence for
my vindcation to the justice of that future which
l am convinced cannot long be delayed Unless
all the senses are deceptive, unless all truth be
a lie, unless God has ceased to live, [ tell you
that the folly and fraud now dominating the
councils of this distracted country in Congress
cannot endure forever"


The President uttered this last sentence with
great earnestness and fire, his previous remarks
havingbeen deiveredin the calm, grave, earnest
monotone which is his habitual from of express
sion.


1t is, perhaps, but right to add that the for
going is report from memory of remarks made
by Nh. johnson In an extended conversation
yesterday afternoon, and that the original did
not take the form of set speech, here unavoid-
ably given to it. It should also be added that
few points embraced in the report, and attribut-
ed exclusively to the President, may have been,
more Or less, suggested by interjectional remarks
of the person to whom he was speaking; but
nothing has been here set down to which the
full assent of Mr.. johnson was not given
always provided, of course that his listener un-
derstood him, and remembers correctly.


Your GOrresDOn0eut
Year: 1867

BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
''This do in remembrance of me-"
All praise to him of Nazareth,


The Holy one who came,
For love of man, to die death
Ofagony and shame.
Dark was the grave; but since he lay
Within its dreary cell,
The beams of heavens eternal day
Upon its threshold dwell.
He grasped the iron veil, he drew
Its gloomy folds aside,
And opened to his followers view,
The glorious world they hide.
In tender memory of his grave
The mystic bread we take,
And muse upon the life he gave
So freely for our sake.
A boundless love he bore mankind;
0, may at least part
Of that strong love descend and find
A place in every heart.
Year: 1867

One pleasant afternoon lady was sitting with
her son, white haired boy five years of age.
The mother was sick, and the little child had
lett his play to stay with her, and was amusing
himself in printing his name with pencil on
paper.


Suddenly his busy fingers stopped. He had
made mistake, and wetting his fingers, he tried
again and again to rub out the marks, as he had
been accustomed to do on his slate.


My son, said his mother, do you know
that God writes down all you do in book? He
writes every naughty word, every disobedient
act every time you indulge In temper and shake
your shoulders, or pout your lips; and, my boy,
you can never rub it out"
The little boy IS face grew very red, and in a
moment tears ran down his cheeks. His moth
er's eye was on him earnestly but she said not
thing more. At length he came softly to her
side, threw his arms around her neck, and whis-
pered, Can the blood of Jesus rub it out ?"
Dear children, Christ's blood can rub out the
evil you have done, and it is the only thing in
the universe that can do it. 1.-The blood of Jesus
Christ, his son, cleanseth US from all SIM
Young Reaper
Year: 1867

However deep the midnight moment when
you find yourself in the sudden arms of death,
the winged prayer can bring an instant Savior
And this wherever you are. 1t needs not that


you ascend somesspecial Pisgah or Moriah 1t


needs not that you should enter some awful


shrine, or pull ofyour shoes on some holy ground.
Could a memento be reared on every spot from


which an acceptable prayer has passed away, and


on which prompt answer has come down, we


should lind Jehovah shamma ''the Lord hath
been here, inscribed on many cottage hearth
and many dungeon floor


We should find it not only In Jerusalem's


proud temple and David's cedar galleries. but


IN the fsherman's cottage by the brink of the


Gennesaret, and in the upper chamber where


Pentecost began. And whether it be in the
field where Isaac went to mediate, or the rocky


well where Jacob lay down to sleep, or the brook


where Israel wrestled, or the den where Daniel


gazed on him, or the hillside where the man of


sorrows prayed all night, we should still discern


the ladders feet let down from heaven-the
landing place of mercies, because the starting
place Of prayer. And all this, whatsoever you
are.


1t needs no saint, no proficient in piety, no


adept in eloquent language, no divinity of earth
ly rank 1t needs but simple Hannah or a
llsplng Samuel. 1t needs but blind beggar or
| loathsome lazar. 1t needs but penitent
publican or dying thief And it needs no sharp
ordeal, no costly passport, no painful expiation,
| to bring you to the mercy seat; or rather, /


should say, 1T needs the costliest of all but the
| blood OF the atonement, the Savior merit, the


name OF Jesus, priceless as they are, cost the
sinner nothing They are freely put at his dis
posal, and instantly and constantly he may use
them. This access to God in every place. at
every moment, without any personal merit, is


it not a privilege?
Year: 1867

when the "silver cord" is loosed,


When the golden bowl" is broken
When to this life and its joys


The sad parting words are spoken
When upon ousdeath bed lying.
Where will be our hope in dying?
When we grasp the trembling hand


OF the aged, weeping mother,
Nearer in that trial hour,


Dearer than is any other
What will still that mothers weeping
With the torpor DER us creeping
When the last farewell is said,


When the final kiss is taken,
VIII faith in Jesus blood


In that solemn hour be shaken?
Will il comfort Us in leaving
Those who stand around US grieying!
When the valley clods are laid


Over what a coffin covers;
When the spirit in the air,


Loving yet its prison, hOyers;
When the mourners check their :ighing,
Leave the body lonely lying;
When they gather round the hearth,


With a vacant chair there near them,
Will this faith and trust in God,


In that hour, sustain and cheer then?
l. il balm to sore hearts given,
That the loved are safe in Heaven
Year: 1867

WEST VIRGINIA AND THE STATE DEBT-
"The disposition of the Eastern Virginians to
provide ways and means for meeting the interest
on their State debt under their present cloud
Of difficulties is certainly credible to their sense
of honor. and we commend their conduct, under
the circumstances, as a species Of moral hero
ism. In taking it for granted, as they do, that
West Virginia will assume her fair proportion
of the debt at the proper time, we think they
are not mistaken West Virginia will pay
what she ought to pay. OF course she is legal
ly bound along with the Old State. Morally,
there is quite a difference between the two


Wheeling htelhgencer.
Year: 1867

ADvEETUREs.-Seversl weeks ago water
was let into the great Chicago tunnel, under
Lake Michigan, for the purpose Of testing its
strength, and after it had remained some days
it was partly pumped out again. On the 22d
Mr. Chesbrough, the engineer, accompanied
by three reporters; entered the tunnel from
the crib at the lake end, in order to examine
its condition. The depth Of water at that end
was about three feet, but at the shore end,
which is four feet lower, the tunnel was full
to the crown Of the arch. The party proceed
ed in little skif, propelling themselves with
their hands, q distance of about a mile and
quarter, and found the tunnel perfectly tight
and sound. On their return the skiff founder
ed, the lights were extinguished, and the party
had 10 wade back, dragging the boat after
them. They reached the ladder in the shaft
nearly spent with fatigue and cold, and one OF
the party had to be drawn up with ropes.
Year: 1867

Sumner declares that "if New England can
NOT get cotton TO manufacture, she can turn
her attention TO raising hemp, which is good
business" Yes, it would be an excellent busi-
ness for our country, if it would raise him about
a foot and a-half from the ground.-N Z
NelCS
Year: 1867

Butler BECOMING UsEFUL.-A survey has
been made of the Dutch Gap canal by the City
Engineer Of Richmond, and upod his favorable
report TO the authorities Of that city, it has been
decided to deepen the excavation and make 1t
navgable.


This is the work upon which Butler employ
ell his forces for some time, before he bottled
himself mp between the James and Appomat-
.,w
Year: 1867

The Danyille lVa,l Register says few
evenings since lady of our town was sitting
in her chamber singing plaintive air to lull
10 sleep her infant child, when there appeared
upon the floor a mouse which showed signs of
great delight at the music. The little creature
danced and skipped about, rolled upon its
back, and when approached, made no effort 10
escape. It was easily captured under small
toy bucket and upon the removal of the bucket
few minutes afterward, it was dead. It's
death was no doubt the effect of the music,
which the little fellow. seemed to enjoy 50 in
tensely.
Year: 1867

The National hteUigencer says: "Want Of
nerve is the curse of the hour. Our public men
Of moderate views have not the pluck to stand
by what they believe 10 be right They are
overborne by the violence and the energy and
bold threats Of the ultraists, and We state but
a fact when we say that half a dozen uncom-
promising, determined men have coerced the
action Of the United States Senate against the
deliberate judgmentof majority Of that body"
Year: 1867

A correspondent writes to west
ern exchange from Charleston, South
Carolina:


"My first impression of Charles.
ton, as / rode through the streets
from the depot to the hotel, were un-
favorable and they hecome more so
with every hour that | remain. The
great fire of 1861, sweeping from one
river to the other, through the very
heart of the city, laid the best bust
ness portions in ruins. The chin
neys and higher walls, standing like
specters until after the close of the
war. have been pulled down, but there
are acres of broken wall and unsight
ly piles of crumbling brick and stone
still to be seen. Not more than half
a dozen houses seem to have been
rebuilt in the lower burnt district,
and only one could / see in the upper
i burnt district which is in the north
western part of the city, and the
work of the rebels in burning their
army stores to prevent their falling
into the hands of the Yankees at the
surrender. These burnt districts are
n gloomy spectacle indeed and then
to see no effort being made to re-
build, and to be conscious that the
citizens are too poor to take step
toward repairing these waste places,
makes them appear doubly sad
The most of the money and labor ex-
panded on buildings since the war,
has been applied to repairing the
holes made by Federal shot and shell.
1t will be found interesting to con-
suit in an old file in the Mercury, the
official statement of General Beaure-
gard, that it would be physically i'm
possible for the Yankees to lombard
the city from any position they held,
and then pass along the streets, in
the souther half, and mark the traces
of the missiles thrown from the
swamp think person might
count hundreds OF places where ir-
regular holes, from two to five feet in
diameter, have been repaired in the
walls of these houses. 1t may be a
gala day in Charleston when her cit.
izens shall have become able to paint
their houses and thus obliterate the
evidences OF her peril"
Year: 1867

A lady who had read of the exten-
sive manufacture of odometers, to tell
how far a carriage had run, said she
wished some Connecticut genius
would invent an instrument to tell
how far husbands had been in the
evening when they just stop down to
the postoflics.
Year: 1867

Some good people are inclined to
contemplation when tic call is urgent
f1r stnriug acuriiy. Such persons
might vel 9 reminded Of what zeal
Gus iaymon from Che west once said to
an old church IN tho east, You sit here
and sing Yourself away to everlasting
bh.s; but | tell you, you are wanted 4
great deal more out in Illinois than
you a in Heaven" Are not m my OF
our Christian friends who love to think
about "the glory to be revealed, and
who sometimes are longing for the rest
above wanted a great deal more in the
Sabbath school titan they aroin Heaven?
Year: 1867

We print below this remarkable statement
of General Butler in the House of Repre-
sentatives lately, net because of its bearing
against Mr.. Bingham, for we do not think
the quarrel of Butler and Bingham of great
public interest, but because of the great
public interest In the matters put forward
by General Butler. We cannot see how the
matter can be left to rest where it lies
Where is Booths diary? Why was it con-
cealed? Who tore out the leaves? Unless
General Rutler has INDUCED himself in in
situations which would be monstrous, there
is a mystery here which justice demands
should be ferreted out.


General Butler said


/" He would state the evidence on which
he had made, the other day, the statement
that Mrs. Surratt was improperly convicted.
He held in his hand the printed report of
the trial and had examined it with great
care, because this was no sporadic thought
Of his. 1t was the result of careful, anxious
investigation of his for another and differ
ent purpose-to see who were in the con-
spiracy. There was one piece of evidence
within the gentleman's (Bingham's) knowl.
edge, which be had not produced on that
most momentous trial. When Booth was
captured by Lieutenant-C Colonel Conger,
there was, said Mr.. Butler, taken from his
pocket diary like the one which | hold in
my hand holding up small morocco GOV.
cred pocket diary in which he (Boothl set
down day by day his plans, his thoughts,
his motions and his excuse


That diary was put into the possession of
the Government, but it was not laid before
the Military Commission, although the gen
tleman (Bingham) did lay before the court
Booths tobacco pipe,- spur, knife, and other
articles found on his person. The diary was
not produced.


That diary now appears before our Ju.
dietary Committee. and let me say here that
| did not obtain my information from that
Committee, with the eighteen pages of
entries made in the diary prior to the time
of Mr.. Lincoln's assassination, absent
The edges show that the pages were all cut
out.


What | want to know is this First
Was that diary whole when it came into the
hands Of the Government? Second
Whether it was good Judgment on the part
OF those who were prosecuting the assassins
OF Abraham Lincoln to put in a tobacco pipe
found in Booths pocket as evidence against
.ls - - -. -
Year: 1867

This charge viii be the same as at the Mint-a
half of one per cent.-and which is paid by US to
that institution But there viii be no charge in
future for making fine gold OF silver bars from
bullion refined by US.
Year: 1867

A GOOD JoKE-Practical Jokes are some.
times very severe on their victims, and not
unfrequently they push them to the verge,
and even little over the border Of anger
We have heard of one that was rracticed
not long since upon gentleman of this city.
He is a marrying man, and seeking some
fair hand in Yolo county, and of course,
holds himself ready TO do anything that he
believes will please the ladies' Being per-
suaded that ladies were delighted with per.
fumery, he procured a small package Of the
most approved and popular aromatic liquid,
put up in the most fancy shape-fne cut
glass bottle from the most fashionable drug
store in this city. His arrangements all
ready, he started to visit his own Mary Ann.
On the way he had occasion to call where
there were several young men who under
stood the object of his visit to the neighbor.
hood One of them sought an opportunity,
and clandestinely distracted the perfume
bottle from the Lothario;s pocket, and put


in its place bottle Phanestoker's Vermi-
fuge. He soon departed, arrived at the res.


dence of, and met the young lady. The
salutations of the day being gone through
with, the two in the parlor, he commenced
in his most eloquently persuasive style.
I" Miss, l IN more than delighted to find you
looking so fine; you are really charming,
Miss Mary" continued he, permit me to
make you a most excellent present." and
handed over the package. The lady receiv-
ed, disengaged the paper wrapper, looked
at the bottle for a few moments. and then
Indignantly flashed her piercing black eyes
upon him exclaiming. . Sir, do you think |
am wormy," and threw the present at his
head. He lodged his head, so as to escape
the intended blow, but was too much con-
fused to attempt an explanation or to render
an apology. He thought of the boys where
he had stopped on the way. They, he said
to himself, brought this modification on me,
and I'll go back there and whip the whole
party. When he found them, they were
purely innocent creatures. knew nothing at
all about it. The young fellow may survive


1n,,Ltc.l
Year: 1867

A LITTLE man in the west OF Maryland
rushed to the Potomac River, last Summer,
swearing that he would drown himself
When he had waded in to the depth of his
waist, his wife, who had followed him, seized
him by the hair, and then as spectator
describes it, she led him back until she had
reached a place where the water was about
two feet deep, where she pulled him over
backward, sousing his head under, and then
pulling his head up again. Drown your.
self. down he went leaving me to keep the
children, lanother plungel get drunk.


another souse and start for the river,


another dip. Better use the water instead
Of rum lanother dip and shake of his
head. I'll learn you to leave me widow! !"
After sousing him to her hearts content,
she led him out, wetter if not a wiser man.
and escorting him to the house, shat the
door.
Year: 1867

There are some white Republicans
who hesitate to vote for their ticket
from the fear that they may incur re-
proach hereafter. This is an idle fear.
The reproacA aoM be on the other side.
The day is not distant when men will
boast that they voted with the Radi-
calls, and will shrink from the charge
that they aided the Rebels even by in
activity or silence. osis5 i''.ll
Year: 1867

A BOY 10 years of age, Joseph Gurnett,
belonging to Windsor, Sonoma county, COM
mitted suicide on Saturday la t, in the most
extraordinary manner and for very trivial
reason. He sold ons of his fathers stake
ropes, and was threatened with punishment
if he did not bring it back. He obtained a
bottle of strvchnine from a druggist on the
pretence that his father wanted to kill dog,
and ereepinc under the school house drank
nearly the whole of it. He was found yes
terdav afternoon. with his head resting on
pillow he had made of pile of paper, with
his arms folded and his cap placed over his
face.
Year: 1867

The Democrats having won the political
tight and elected majority of the members
of the Legislature, will have the sa tistactlon
of electing one of their party to the United
States Senate. Who shall it be? That Is
the great question which is already agta-
ting them. Shall it be somebody who Is
popular with the Union men and Union
papers who helped them in the late contest,
or shall it be some Constitutional Democrat
who stood up for the rebellion and the
Democracy in their dismal days? Is expe
diencv or principle to rule? The managers
are between two fires they know not which
way to turn. The Examiner demands the
election of somebody that believes IN States
rights and all that. The editor says


= We hope. therefore. that the Democratic
members of the Legislature will weigh well
the responsibility of the work before them
We hope that they will make no rash prom
ises. and that they will meet at the Capitol
unpledged 70 any man, and after full and
free conference and interchange of opinion,
select the best man for the position. We
hone that thew will entertain the claims of no
one whose past record will not give guaran-
tee that. come what may, he will prove true
to the Constitution and true to the Democratic
party"


There are some records which do not give
sufficient guarantees then Even the records
of men sufficiently prominent to be elected
to the Senate Who are they? What are
their records? Did. they turn their backs on
Mcconnell? Did they stand by the Ameri-
can flag? Did they refuse to be called Dem
ocrats when Democracy meant svmr rathy
with secession? Did they speak at Union
meetings? Did they subscribe to the SAM
tarv Fund Did they rejoice at Union vic
tories Did they express a dislike for sla,
the black has as many inalienable political
rights as the white? How long must the
Democratic record extend into the past to be
satisfactory?


1t is we'll known that the name of Mr..
Haight has been mentioned in connection
with the Senatorship. Does the Examiner
think his record unsound Is it afraid TO
trust him? Is there any other prominent
candidate who has had briefer connection
with the party, who has done less for it, who
in 1861, the turning point i'll the history of
the country, was more bitterly opposed to
it? None so far as we know. Other names
might be mentioned of Democrats who have
been named as candidates. and who were
Union men in 1861 and 1862 but they were
Democrats before the war. and worked for
Mcclellan but whether their records are
satisfactory cannot say. Certain it is
that they are not of the class known among
the secesSionsts as - Constitutional Demo
Gratis "-1Ud.