smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1866

large proportion of the operatives in our various
kinds OF shops are not worth $1,000. A wife be-
loved, and confdng children cling with fond regard
to the father, liable at any moment to be taken away
with nothing laid by for their comfort and protec
uon; The annual sum of S25 would pay life poll
cy that would in the event of death 90 far towards
making them comfortable; and who can not Law
aside for such purpose this small sum, and who
among you ought not to lay it asidel If the family
is poor so much the greater need that this wise pro-
vision be not neglected. AS the ordinary accumu
iatlons are necessarily Slow requiring years to lay
ASIDE few hundred dollars, how much wiser to make
sure at once large by Life Insurance. Take
warning before il is tnn Late
Year: 1866

Ihere are many persons who have been deferred
from lnsuring their Lives for the benefit of their
families on account of not being in sound health
Inc undersigned is agent for the UNIVERSAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
which company takes risks on the lives of INvALIns
and is also agent for the
Year: 1866

Health is most important; and the afflicted should
not use an advertised medicine, or any remedy unless
Its contents or ingredients are known 10 Others besides
the manufacturer. until they are satisfied Of the
qualifications Of the party offering.
Year: 1866

B% A North Carolinian was frozen
TO death in Vigo county one night this
week. He was formerly slave holder
in that State. His slaves had been set
free. and were living in that county, and
he was on his way to visit them, but in
passing through Terre Haute he became
intoxicated, laid out in the cold, and
,bus came to a premature death:
Year: 1866

Not only have the Wind Cheat, or SQUAD Box,
but have the largo Organ Bellows, giving power
and great steadiHess OF tone. These with their
extreme line Voiclng Of the heeds and peifseting
Of the tone, make them the
Year: 1866

SNow.-The people of Lafayette are
having lively time sleighing just now.
The Journal of that city, of the Oath,
says:


"The snow commenced falling about
dark night before last aud has since
continued steadily, covering the earth
with its heecy mantle to the depth Of
eight or ten inches, making splendid
sleighing, and which every one who cal
possibly secure anything in the shape of
sleigh, sled or jumper, seem determined
to enjoy themselves to the uttermost.
The snow storm seems to have been
general, and fully as severe as in this
neighborhood. Thus far we hear of but
slight detentions to trains on the rail-
roads,
Year: 1866

s1-The authorities of New Orleans
propose to light that city with coal oil.
They offer a contract for five years, to
have the city lighted by that means,
being disgusted With the attempt to
make gas available.
Year: 1866

Mr.. A. s. Kierolf, feeling himself ter
ribly sggrieved by the article in Thurs
days JOURNAL, addressed us a note by
Mr.. Theodore Venneman, who, dis.
claiming any knowledge of its contents,
handed it to US on Thursday evening.
Under ordinary circumstances, the re-
ception Of such a missive would indicate
something serious, but we knew that such
was not the case in this instance, and in
frankly assuming all responsibility for
the article complained Of, we felt salts
fed that we were but preparing the way
for fresh manifestation of harmless
and silly newspaper bullying, and so re-
marked to one or two of our friends


For several weeks past, the Courier
has been filed with the flthiest and vi
lest abuse of Mr.. McNeely and the edi-
tor of the JOURNAL. Its readers were fed
upon the nRuseating stuff and nothing
else. They will, no doubt, feel grateful
to us, since by single article we have
convinced the responsible editor OF the
Courier that it is Improbable to fill the
columns of his paper with matter of a
personal character, of no interest to the
mass of his readers. IL ia not often
that conviction so soon follows the pro-
mitigation of the truth.


We do not propose to stoop to the
level of pot house brawlers to handy cpl
thets with any one. We feel sufficient :
ly rewarded for what we have done in
stripping thedisguise from professional
bully so as to enable the people to behold
him in his native deformity.


Asking pardon Of our readers for
thrusting upon their attention a subject
SO disgusting, we promise them that
they shall not be nauseated again soon,
by witnessing another dissection"
Year: 1866

Ihere are many persons who have been deferred
from insuring their Lives for the benefit of their
families on account Of not being in sound health
The undersigned is agent for the UNIVERSAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
which company takes risks on the lives of INyALIDs
and is also agent for the
Year: 1866

large proportion of the operatives in our various
kinds OF shops are not worth $1,000. A wife be-.
loved, and contding children cling with fond regard
TO the father, liable at any moment to be taken away
with nothing laid by for their comfort and protec.
tion. The annual sum of s25 would pay life poll
cy that would in the event of death 60 far towards
making them comfortable; and who can not lay
aside tor such purpose this small sum, and who
among you ought not to lay it aside If the family
is poor much the greater need that this wise pro-
vision be not neglected. As the ordinary accumu.
lations are necessarily slow, requiring years to lay
aside few hundred dollars how much wiser to make
sure at once large sum by Life Insurance. Take
warning before it is too late.
Year: 1866

Health is most important; and the afflicted should
not use an advertised medicine or any remedy unless
ts contents or ingredients known To others besides
the manufacturer. or until they are satisfied Of the
qualifications of the party so offering.
Year: 1866

A gentleman conversing with lady
friend, short time since, claimed that
he could parodize on the hoop question
any verse that she might choose to re-
peat. She accordingly rehearsed the fol-
lowing verse from the "Old Sexton"
Nigh to a grave that was newly made
Leaned a sexton old on his earthworn spade
His work was done, and he paused 10 wait
The funeral train in the open gate;
A relic OF by gone days was he,


And his locks were as white as the foamy sea
And these words came from his lips 40 thin,


gather them in gather them in ="


Whereupon the graceless fellow took
his pencil, aud thus wrote upon scrap
of paper lying by:
Nigh to a church that was newly made
Stood lady fair, and thus she said


Too Gad too bad-I here must wait


While they measure the breadth of this open


gate


All! it's only NINE BY SIX see


Too narrow, too narrow alas for me-
F.. And she sighed from her quivering lips so


thin


L cannnot get iu-I cannot get inT
Year: 1866

The returns of the New York horse
railroads for the last six months show
a great increase OF receipts over the six
months of the year before, with one
exception, but the papers say the rail-
road accommodations are worse than
Year: 1866

In 1860, then the hammer will fall upon us
again. 1t the antagonism is maintained be-
tween the North and the South, of course we
Will be crushed. Just in proportion as the
South seeks to become a unit, lust in the
same proportion will the North become
united against us. What the South requires
TOR Its satety-to say nothing of its prosper
lty-ls a broad national sentiment commen-
surate with the whole country. And if we
yea no more, we must yield at least enough
for this. The South can take up a position
which falls short of this, and might by DO
iltlcal combinations carry sometimes an cleo
tion, or vote in the House of Representa-
tlVes; but it would be only the position of
Ireland In the British Empire, and the Irish
members in the House of Commons.


Therefore, we deeply regret the studied at
tempt at the North to regalvanize the Dem
ocratic party, with the hope of getting for it
always the solid vote of the South. Just so
certain as this is done, the ascendancy of the
Repubhcans IS made certain for many years,
and our allies will only make things worse
Tor US by keeping up the animosities of the
past. Andrew johnson and William H.
Seward are precisely the two men to lay
down national platform, and such sys-
tenn of action is already indicated by their
late notwithstanding if the New York Nelos
and the Philadelphia Age are to paint all tine
hanners-the movement will be failure
No; Mr.. Toombs and Mr.. Hunter and Colo
mel Florence and Ben. Wood ought to keep
in the backgrounds when the play is fairly
commenced, and the plot is somewhat adj
vancedn and developed, they can step upon
the scene and take their places quietly with
out being noticed.
Year: 1866

To those who get up clubs of five or more sub
scribers one copy, gratis, will be furnished.


Subscribcs who were cut off from us during the
war. and whose time of subscription had not ex-
pired will be furnished the paper free the
restoration o. communication, until the time be
filled II they desire the paper longer after that
time they must renew.


cross 4 mark on the paper il cates the ex-
5t;ration OF tut SuOScript
Year: 1866

New YORK, March 2S.


In commenting upon the President s
veto, the Herald says: Its objections
on constitutional grounds exhibit this
Civil Rights Bill as involving the most
fragrant devices for overriding the reser-
we'd rights of the States in their Legisla-
lures and judicial tribunals ever attempt
ed in Congress. We had supposed this
bill in anew shape, sort of reproduction
of the old fugitive slave law, but under
the searching analysis of Andrew John
son, it appears a hundred times worse
than the Freedmen's Bureau experiment,
and nothing less than bill OF unconsti-
tutional aboRiination from beginning to
end. The objections submitted against
the first section of the bill, however, are
those which marx the impossible barrier
between him and the ruling radicals OF
Congress. The veto is in fact an emphat-
ic declaration of war against the Radicals
and Their reconstruction system, root and
branch. Henceforward there can be no
party endorsements Of the policy of Con-
gress coupled with professions Of adhe-
sion to the policy Of the Administra-
ton"


The YriJanc says: I" Let US thank Mr.
Johnson that his veto is SO sweeping.
lie might have phrased it more cunning
ly, but he has chosen to let us know that
it is not this particular bill that has pro
voked his opposition, but that any meas
ures whereby Congress shall attempt to
protect the Southern blacks against white
abuse and oppression must encounter his
determined and deadly opposition


The Times says: but we venture to
think that few state papers have ever been
given to the world that will so thorough
ly compel the attention of thinking men.
The analysis of the details is Of SO keen
and searching character, the logic so ir-
resistible, that we should hope even the
strongest advocates of the measure will
see how vastly important it is that such
important constitutional power should be
entrusted to President endowed with
Judgment, discretion and uncommon cour-
age"
Year: 1866

A simple-minded Republican OF,
fee seeker from Connecticut closed
a recent application to the President


with the inquiry whether the breach
between the President and Congress


could be repaired. The President,
on the spur of the moment replied
/ Nv mail tn al he was not now repair
inp brreches so much as he vas
This is considered a very fair thing


by those who joked with "a John
! son" twenty odd years ago.
Year: 1866


When Peggy's arms her dog imprison.
| always ish my neck were hisen,
How often would stop and turn
To get a pat from hand like hern,
Aud when she kisses Towser'S nose
oh don't wish that | were those.
I see his last sppendage drag,
And wish had a tail to wag,
Why must pine and long for that
A dog can ne'er appreciates
But | will never own to her,
I'm jealous of an ugly cur.


All. Peggy, is it really true,


That you do just as others dor
You hug and pat that dog of yourn,
Yet wish the while that he would turn
According TO better plan
Into real good looking man.
And whiie I'm getting on SO swimmin,
I'd like to know if you young women
Hug your dog, and hug again,
Just cause you amt got nary mani
Ii so, you girls are sort o mellow
To hug dog, when any fellow
Would gladly get down on his knees
Just for the tiniest little squeeze.
I'll bet q 'cOCn III not be missen'
When you are in the mind for kissin'
So, Peggy, it is wrong to waste
Your huggin' on an ugly beast,
A man can hug you back, he's stronger
Don't practice on your dog no longer.
Year: 1866

If life's journey-as we see,
'Tis indeed, by many token
Oh, then, trow, the road will be
Not always smooth or always broken.
But march we over rugged stone,
Or march we over trodden gravel,
With friends around US, or alone,
We must keep moving on our travel.


Tramp, tramp, when skies are fair,


Tramp, tramp, when storms are blowing


If we find


We lag behind,
A steadfast heart will keep us going.
Many a path will seem more plain,
Many knave will lie and cozen;
But hold thine own with might and main,
And keep the track that thou hast chosen
It's in the light and in the dark,
It's over hill and through the hollow;
Well fix our eyes upon the mark,
And if we cannot lead, We'll follow.


Tramp, tramp, when skies are fair,


Tramp, tramp, when storms are blowing
If our strength
Should fail at length,


A steadfast heart will keep US going.
The horseman and the charioteer
Go hasting by with mighty clatter;
God speed them all and if they jeer
The tramps afoot, what does it matter
| Grudge them not the present hour,
| Nor faint and murmur like craven,
For when the day has lost its power,
There is for all common haven.


Tramp, tramp, when skies are fair,


Tramp, tramp, when storms are blowing
As the light


Dies down tonight,


A steadfast heart will keep us going.


i CaSSeps Family Paper.
Year: 1866

~ A correspondent of the N. o.
Times, in referring to the gradual ex-
tinction of the negro race, says:


l allude to this subject because it is
of great practical Importance, and not
very we'll understood, True, many
negroes have died since emancipation,
and some have been killed, especially
have many lost their lives in the mill
tary service Of the United States, but
the danger of extinction lies not Here
it is in the utter depravity and demor-
alization of colored females. But few
negro children are now born, and these
are so much neglected by their mothers
that more than half of them die before
they are twelve months old. Negro
women, as general thing, care but
little about their children, and when
they die they readily console them
selves with the reflection that they
have ''gone to heaven"


Some months ago boat sank in Red
River and several lives were lost,
among them four negro children be-
longing to one mother. One of her
friends met her afterwards and began
to condole with her, saying that they
felt very sorry for her misfortune. To
this she replied quickly, II amt sorry;
children heap better off, dey gone
straight to heaven" Another one that
l knew lost child, but her mind was
so little troubled about it that she gave
a candy party the very night after the
burial took place. The want of natu-
raj affection on the part of the black
| mother leads to neglect of children,
whether sick or well, and the conse-
quent loss of the greater portion of
them.


But this is not all; the black race
pay no attention to each other when
sick, and have, as every medical man
knows, the greatest difficulty eneoun-
tered when sick, in the want of good
nursing and attention. A negro man
was found dead near the suburbs Of q
thrifty town in Louisiana last winter
His wife, on being informed of the fact
manifested but little interest; but she
promised to see to his burial. When
however, the young man that found the
dead body called to lead her and Others
to the spot, none could be induced tc
go. The consequence was, the deaf
man was never buried, but lay ant
rotted on the ground. this in the
immediate vicinity of "a much frequent
ed thoroughfare.


1t is evident then that the black racs
must perish, unless there is a change
and this cannot be reasonably expec
ted. There is ratio of at least thre
deaths to one birth at present, and j
is not likely that there will be an.
improvement, we would rather suppos
that as poverty and want press upoI
them the ratio of deaths will increase


To sum up in few words, the de
cline of the black race is owing
three causes


| 1st. The almost universal depraVit
Year: 1866

MORTALITY AMONG NEGRO TROOPS.
"A tabular statement of deaths in the
U. S. army during the war, from wounds
and sickness, has recently been pre-
pared in Washington, on which a cor
respondent of the Chicago Tribune
makes the following remarks:


A very noteworthy feature of tho
above tables is the extraordinary NOR
talitY among the colored troops
from disease it exhibits. 1t is seen
that, while but two thousand nine hum
dred and ninety-seven died in action
and of wounds, the enormously large
number of twenty-six thousand three
hundred and one died of disease
Among the white troops the proportion
of deaths in action and from wounds to
the deaths from disease is about as one
TO two; among the colored troops as one
to eight. About one hundred and
eighty thousand colored men were en-
listed in the army during the war, of
whom, accordingly, nearly one of every
seven died of disease. The general
proportion of white troops is one to
fifteen.


These figures indicate conclusively
that the negro, in the condition in
which the war found him, was less
capable than the white man of enduring
the trials, physical and moral, of mill
tary service. 1t may be assumed that
where one died of disease at least FIVE
others were seriously sick, so that 3
large proportion of the colored troops
must have been constantly upon the
sick list. A close analysis Of the
cause of this difference of physical fit
ness for military service in the two
races, however, would no doubt show
that they were in the main of a psyco-
logical character, that the great sus-
ceptibility of the colored man to dis
eases rose from certain lack of mem
tai activity and buoyancy of feeling,
and that higher moral and intellec-
tuai culture would diminish the effect.
This view is sustained by the profess
sional opinion. of medical authorities.
Year: 1866

of colored women; their total want of
fidelity to the matrimonial tie, resulting
in general barrenness.


ID. Their want of maternal affection,
resulting in neglect of children, and
consequently of greatly increased NOR
tality.


Sd. A want of friendly interest in
each other, and kindly Offices when
sick, causing increased mortality
among adults.


Negroes are proverbially bad nurses,
and the greatest difficulty under the
old system when any of them we're sick
was to get the healthy to give atten-
ton to the sick. The master and mis-
tress had to give constant personal
attention to each case of sickness in
the family, whether among the whites
or blacks. Hence they were frequent,
ly worn out with watching at the bed
side of their sick servants. The
Northern people are wholly ignorant Of
our former domestic relations. The
watchful attention of the master and
mistress to the old, the young and the
sick among their servants, though q
prominent feature Of the old system is
one for which We get but little credit.
Many servant has cost the master, il
doctors bills, at least three times his
value, but what of this? 1t was sa
cred duty to attend TO the sick of the
family, and no duty was more cheer
fully performed.
Year: 1866




THE OLD CITY RECENTLY DIsCov-
Erred IN MEXICO Mexican COR
respondent of the New York Herald,
says:


After a dangerous and wearisome
work the lost city was finally reached,
and for the first time the foot of the
Anglo-Saxon pressed its streets. With
awe and wonder the party gazed upon
the works of an extinct race. Trees
hundreds of years old were growing
among the ruins, showing that the city
had been abandoned before the days
of Cortez, and the architecture of the
building is of an order before unknown
upon this continent. Some few houses
are in a tolerable state of preservation,
and still habitable, while their walls
are adorned with paintings of rare
beauty and merit. Carved doorways
and images abound in every street,
evincing in their former inhabitants q
knowledge of the fine ats not found
among the most civilized aboriginal
races. Most remarkable ofall is. some
of this sculpture indicates among the
people the existence of the Christian
religion. Places of worship are sale
to be numerous, and upon the reverse
of a statuette of a man is carefully
carved that emblem Of Christianity, tn,
| cross.
Year: 1866

"HoPE WE DON'T INTRUDE. We
heartily concur with the Butte Recordin
the following views: The true interest of
subscribers and publishers of newspapers
requires the adoption of the system of ad-
vance payment, and yet it is unpleasant
for the publisher to enforce such rule
against names that have been on his books
for years. The only proper way to do it,
is for the subscribers to adopt the rule
themselves, and they will thereby enable
the publisher to give them better paper,
and have the satisfaction of knowing that
they are not in debt for it. There are
many good names upon our books, some
of which have been familiar for the past
thirteen years, that have fallen somewhat
in arrears. We make these suggestions
because 1t is bad for both parties, to let
such accounts run too longi In point of
fact this in dun to dehnquents, and we
hope they will take it kindly, aud enable
us to issue double sheet for the holi-
days. aHea.
Year: 1866

A FIEND.-Brownlow writes An at
tempt to force Southren traitors into their
seats in Congress with bayonets will be
made the occasion for the outbreak. Let
the despot now at the head of the Govern
ment attempt thing of this kind if he
dare. A million of gallant Union men
will at once appear in the District of Col
umbia, surrounding both the Capitol and
the White House, disposing of the heads
of leading traitors after the most appeoved
style of the age in which the King of En-
gland lost his head If another war shall
be forced upon the country, the loyal
masses, who constitute an overwhelming
majority of the people of this great nation,
intend it shall be no child's play. They
will, as they ought to do, make the entire
Southern Confederacy as God found the
earth when he commenced the work of
creation, "without form and void. p
They will not, and ought not, to leave a
rebel fence-rail, clubhouse or dwelling in
the eleven seeded States. And as for
the rebel population, let them be exter-
minated. And when the war is wound
up, which should be done rapidly and
with swift destruction, let the lands be re-
surveyed and sold out to pay the expen-
ses of the war, and settled only by people
who will respect the Stars and Stripes.
Year: 1866

DRoUTH IN MIssoURI-The papers
of Western Missouri complain of a seri-
Gus drouth at present prevailing there
The st. Louis Union says that the farm
ers are seriously troubled at the prospect;
the corn that bid fair to be much more
than an average crop will be cut extreme
ly short, not making over half crop,
while the late potatoes will be failure
TRocky Mountain News.
Year: 1866

To MAKE LEEcHEs BITE.-f the
leach will not bite, bind him apprentice
to a broker for week, and he willbecorne
SO sharp that he will bite through kitch-
en- poker, or the heart of bill discounter.
Year: 1866

A Cool DREss.-A correspondent of
paper below, says: "Miss B., with that
repugnance to ostentation in dress which
is so peculiar to her sex was attired in q
simple white lace collar fastened with a
neat pearl button solitaire"
Year: 1866

ALAEM OF FIRE.-Last night an alarm of
nre " as sounded from box IS, which quickly
oFought OFT the fire apparatus. The cause of
the alarm WAS the burning Of a pile OF brush
on Hawes farm, opposite the Park