smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1867

RUMoRs OF NEGRO REGISTRATION IN SOUTH
CAROLINA An intelligent mulatto, who fills the
position of Registrar in one of the parish precincts
of South Carolina, informs correspondent OF the
New York Times that of the country negroes
whom he had seen transformed into legal voters,
he believed at least third would forfeit their new
ly acquired privilege by reason Of their inability to
remember the names under which they were re-
gistered. Under the slavery regime surnames
were luxury altogether unknown to the blacks +;
but, as Pompey, Caesar, July, and Friday were
hardly sufficiently distinctive appellations for the
registry lists, it became necessary to improvise and
afx surname for every applicant for the franchise.
In most cases this was done very simply by assigning
to the bewildered Cufee the surname OF his late
master !; but in very many instances the most fan
ciful or ridiculous names were bestowed, with a
strict injunction to the recipients to hold fast to
their new titles, though their incapacty to recall
them five minutes later was perfectly apparent.
Such names as Humbug Munchausen and Sancho
Panza figure frequently and conspicuously on the
lists. While the field hands are as eager to regis
ter as their less benighted brethren in the towns
and cities, few of them have any definite idea of
the object of the process. The impression is al
most universal among them that it is an operation
somehow preliminary to their obtaining an allot-
ment of the lands of their late masters and it is
common thing to find them slyly bespeaking from
the Registrars the selection of good tract Dis
putes often arise on the important question, wheth
er the Government is to furnish mules as well as
lands, the negro logic running somewhat on this
wise 'For what's de use being sot free widout
lands? And what's de use Of de lands widout
mnles2"
Year: 1867

b6 There is some excitement in New York in
consequence of the number of cholera cases occur
ing on board vessels at quarantine. The disease
is said to be on the increase on board the steam
ship Minnesota n Il. .'r
Year: 1867

A London magazine writer descants in animated
style upon the eagerness of all English classes to
obtain footing in what is termed good society"
They will make the most contemplate sacrifices
for appearance sake; live upon bread and water
diet in their own homes in order to appear well
dressed in other folk homes, and will stoop to any
and everything, if by 80 doing the may secure the
nod of recognition in fashionable circles. he con-
tinues:


We are all very willing to admit that we have
interiors, whom we are prepared to treat with
sort of good-natured condescension, but among
whom we are not at all content to mix ourselves
in the way of society, or to allow our sons and
daughters to intermauy. But We are by no means
so ready to look on the other side Of the line, and
to confess that we have any "superors Yet
how many good, and pleasant and sufficiently
pretty girls they are, within the knowledge of any
of us, whose lives are wasting because Of this false
conceit! How many whose s,;.g ..fa.g;
"Cold and ioyiess charms shall I've, ,ga !DiaI
Thrown by upon LIES weedy shore, }"


when they might have been happy wives and
mothers, if they had not been brought up from
their childhood in that pestilent heresy of belief
that they were good enough to mate with any man
in England above their sphere, but that no man
below it was good enough to raise bis eyes higher
than the hem of their petticoatl ,..


1t is possible these remarks are more stikingly
applicable in England than in any other country,
as social distinctions are very marked there, but
every one at all conversant with the world must see
that they come very nearly home to Us in this
country.
Year: 1867

nag At no moment of difficulty does q husband
know his utter helplessness, and draw 30 close to
his wifes side rcomfort and assistance, as when
he wants button sewed on his shirt collar.
Year: 1867

How SOLDIERS LIGHTED THEIR PREs.-A cor
respondent of the american artisan tells of an In
genious method of procuring fire. 1t was invent
ed in Weitzers brigade at the siege of Port Hud-
son, at the time matches were luxury:


"a ramrod was stuck in the ground, but with
the tip end upward; little wad of cotton, Of which
there was plenty as thousands of bales were used
for breastworks, was stuck upon this end of the
rod, percussion cap placed upon the rod over the
cotton, in the same manneEas acap is put upon
the cone of rifle, and.it was then struck With
some hard object. The shank d. q bayonet was
generally used for this purpose as the blades serv-
ed as convenient handle to hold it to strike with,
and it was not at all times possible to get better
substitute for persuasive force. Thisplan Of pro-
ducing fire had many advantages over matches, as
caps were always at command, anda light breeze
or current of air would not extinguish the fire so
produced among the wad Of cotton, but rather pro-
mote it; whereas light breath of air would ex-
tinguish match almost as soon as lighted
Year: 1867




The Newburg Journal gives the follow
ing statement about the conduct of tive
young ladies at disastrous boiler explo-
sion recently on the Newburgh branch Of
the Erie Railroad


"Two daughters of Mr.. Merritt-one oI
the injured men-hcaring the explosion
ran from the house to the scene Of the &C
eident, finding tho three men. McBurney,
Merritt and Sears buried in the rubbish
and entirely senseless from the concessions
and injuries received from the explosion.
They extricated Merritt and McBurney
and carried them into the house; and re
turning to MIR. Sears assistance, found 6
large iron balance wheel, weighing eigh,
hundred pounds, lying directly across him
partially supported by rubbish, yet holding
him as securely as in vice. The two girl.
raised the wheel, drew him out, and carried
him to the house also, providing for the
injured men comfort with all the mean:
at their command When they had done
this one remained to take care of them,
and the other mounted horse and rode
post haste for physician.
Year: 1867

INvITATIoN.-Havew we Marshal among
US, or any kind of health officer? If so,
we would give him an invitation to come
and stand few moments in the vicinity Of
HuEBNER's S brick building, corner of York
and Eighth streets and use his eyes to see,
and nose to smell something not quite as
agreeable as the ottar of roses. IF such
use of this latter organ would not make
bimrd do something that would be benefit
to the public health, then indeed is there
no hope for poor suffering humanity in that
quarter. We tell you, Mr.. Marshal or
Mr.. Health Officer, there is stencil and
pestilence enough in the above named To-
cality to make rich an hundred doctors and
start good sized cemetery; and if you
don't believe it, come and smell for your
self
Year: 1867

NEW USE FOR Docs. Every old " cit. !"
we suppose, is well acquainted with an old
and shaggy representative of the canine
species in this place, who lives and has his
being on the corner of York and - sts.,
and who answers to the call of Jack. The
said Jack is a good -natured fellow, nearly
as old as the village itself, and provided by
nature with a shaggy, long haired coat to
keep out the cold and dew One morning
last week, Jack came running home to his
masters house shorn of his ,eool; and on
inquiry it was ascertained that native of
Old Norway had clipasd it off for the pur-
pose of mixing it with Sleeps wool to make
stockings of-which will keep down rheu-
matism, and also prevent the feet from
sweating. We have heard Of the dog be-
ing put to great variety Of uses, but this
is something new to US; and we suppose
if it we're to become generally known, the
sheep-killing ours would be made to atone
in measure for their evil deeds
Year: 1867

BALLs.-Those who "trip the light fan
tastic toe, will have chance to indulge
themselves on the night of the 4th at the
following places in this vicinity A ball
will be given at the Turner Hall in this
place, also Fireman's Ball at Fricke s
Hall. In Two Rivers, a ball will be given
at BoLDUs' Hall and one at CHRISTIAN
BERGERs Hall !; and at the Branch ball
wi II be given in LovELY's Hail.
Year: 1867

To BE RE -INsTATED.-A Attorney General
STANBERRY having given the opinion that
the military commanders of the Southern
districts have no rights to remove the civil
officers, it is stated that the President
and cabinet are agreed in the opinion that
all such officers who have been so displaced
should be re-instated
Year: 1867

editors troubles are ofttimes hard but in
the society of such gentlemen as those men,
toned above, happiness was only known,
while care was given to the cool winds of
the Mississippi.
Year: 1867

The controversy has been renewed in the
Eastern and foreign scientific journals up
OH the effect of incrustation of boilers, how
much the liability to explode is increased,
and what addition of fuel is required to
send the heat through the non-couducting
substance which coOls the inner surface of
the boiler. Thesubject is very important
one to every manufacturer. steambOatman,
or other person who employs steam as a
motive power. Among the latest and most
valuable papers on this subject are those OF
Professor Chandler, of Columbia College,
New York, and Mr.. HI. N. Winans, of New
York city, we'll known among scientific
men as thorough practical chemist At
ter patient experiment, the latter determine
ed a loss of 14.7 per cent. of fuel in heating
through a one-sixteenth inch scale of the
non-conducting substance. The extra heat
required to generate steam in boiler lined
with it, not only causes q great waste of
fuel, but so over-heats the iron as to de-
stroy its vitality, and render it more liable
to explode under slightly increased press
ure. %


Professor Chandler, whose observations
have been carefully made, says that, the
incrusting substance being a very Door
conductor of heat, and occupying posi-
tion between the boiler plate and the water.
causes loss of heat and waste of water
equal to twenty per cent, and in some
cases as high as torty-seven per cent. of
fuel used. This loss of heat, of course, in-
wolves corresponding loss of power. The
effect upon the iron he describes i'm much
the same language as Mr.. Winans. adding
that a boiler so impaired is liable to ex-
plode whenever plate of the incrustation
scales off and exposes the vitiated iron to
the water within. The metal also corrodes
most rapidly in those parts where deposits
have been made, from which it is nationally
inferred that corrosion of boiler plates is
accelerated by inerustatioH, ii not altogeth-
er due to it.. The impression that corrOsion
is due to some acid in the water is not con-
tirmed py analysis, the presence of the car
Donate of lime and magnesia rendering the
presence of any other free acid impossible.


The main fact evolved from the investi-
cations and analyses so far is, that, what
ever be the remedy for corrosion, vitiation
of boiler plates, loss of heat and waste OF
fuel, it can be effective only when it either
prevents the deposit of the incrusting sedi-
ment or acts upon it so that it will not ad-
here to the sides of the boiler. This is a
test TO which all the remedial agents offer
ed the public can be subjected by the learn
ed and the unlearned alike.
Year: 1867

! Galignani says that the remarkable poi
/ on known as curare, also called woorali
by the South American Indians, has been
fhe subject of much controversy amongst
medical men. At a late sitting of the
French Academy. of Sciences, a paper was
received from Drs. Voisin and Louisville,
hn which they state that, in certain doses.
curare exercises a singular action on the
organs of sight, producing hypnotic effects.
TO obtain such phenomena, the poison
should be administered by sub-cutaneous
injection in doses varying between five
centigrammes and thirteen and half for
a man. From five to nine centigrammes,
the efIects are these:


The patient does not distinguish objects
clearly; he reads with more difficulty, and
passes his hand over his eyes as if to dispel
a cloud; he complains of the heaviness of
the upper eyelids, which indeed droop
down so as to narrow the visual space con-
siderably, whereby the face acquires a
singular expression. He does not exactly
complain of headache, but of contraction
In the region of the forehead, and especial
ly between thereyebrows. These symptoms
generally occur together, but may also
succeed each other progressively for the
space of thirty minutes, after which they
decline and ultimately disappear in the
course of an hour. If the dose be raised to
ten centigrammes and above, these symp-
toms become much sooner apparent, are
more intense, and last longer, even as much
as half a day. 11g


The patient is afflicted with double vision
If he uses both his eyes. The supplement
tary image in this case is situate d above or
below or by the side of the real one, indif-
-ferently, and at various distances, accord
ing to the position of the object. There is
also slight degree of strabismus (squint-
ing) observable. The supplementary image
will occasionally shift its place; it does not
tremble, and the patient will often stretch
out his hand towards it instead of direct
ing the former to the real object. At times
the patient sees three, four and even more
supplementary images. This state, which
renders reading Impossible, will last two
hours, and leaves no dizziness behind. The
pupils are dilated to the extent of one or
two millimetres during the state in ques-
tion, the patient has tendency to fall
asleep, though he is perfectly conscious,
and can give correct account OF the SEN
sations he experiences. With the ophthal-
moscope the practitioner can discover
nothing irregular in the eye, and none of
the symptoms described above ever appear
afterwards spontaneously. se ....
Year: 1867




The Pail Mall Gazette has this sharp par
agraph:


Earl St. Maur, who seven years ago
took up his abode in ALBANIA to learn its
language and regenerate its people, is now
at Tangiers with the same benevolent
views toward the Moors. We take this
from the Court Journal, paper which is
obviously worth nothing if it does not tell
us really nice and true things about earls
and their goings on. But did Earl st. Maur
regenerate the Albanian people and learn
their language? We are assured by gen.
tleman well versed in Turkish affairs,
whose position gives weight to what he
says-we hope we may be allowed to bor-
row the PREDATORY words with which an
mitigating as surprising mess of news
about Turkish politics as ever was honored
with big print-that- Albania is still in a
state of reprobation, and therefore has not
been regenerated. AS for the language we
happen TO know that his lordship broke
down at the forty seventh letter of the AL
banian alphabet, which is described by
Colonel Leake as resembling the French u,
but having a more slender sound, thrown
upwards towards the nostrils. His friends
put it into his head that noblemen's nos
trils were not made to have the vowel
sounds of unregenerate hill tribes thrown
upwards towards them nor are they. AT
ter that he gave it up, which, to be sure, he
would have done later had he got on as far
as the irregular verbs, which are very try
ing. As for the Moors. we sincerely hope
he will never come across copy OF Profes-
sor Newman's Hand book of Modern Ara
bic, if he values the retention of his wits
unless he treats it as a picture book, by
reason of the Professors new characters,
which are Inverted crescents on poles, and
such like. The elder children of our ia
nous arIstocracy may do anything, and
have done most things. But they have
never had this sort of work assigned to
them before; nor have we ever heard any
thing like it except an obscure rumor OF
another elder son who went over to have
his fling at Paris, and did it, by taking an
old Rabbi into keeping in order to read the
Talmud with him."
Year: 1867

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Every department. of trade is at present
in a very depressed state, owing to the
season. perhaps. to some extent, but mostly
to the insecurity of feeling growing out of
our national legislation, or the fear of it
FOrsix monts past, aud especially since the
public mind has been exercised on the
tariff. the currency. and the impeachment
questions, the business confidence has
diminished at times to such an extent as to
threaten to result in widespread bank
Fuptcy and ruin. 10 nothing but the cau-
tion and prudence of our mercantile COM
munity in the management of their busi-
ness affairs can be attributed the postpone
ment of these calamities. There are thos+
who are always ready to offer variety of
excuses for a. dull season, but it must be
patent to every thoughttul man that the
one all-sufficient reason for the present one
is the uncertain light in which the future is
to be viewed. Capitalists and business
men will not embark in any new enter
prises until, emerging from this legislative
muddle, they can get definite view of the
future. Nor. will merchants accum ulate
large stocks, or any branch of trade resume
its wonted activity, with the tariff, the cur
rency, the reconstruction, and the wretched
impeachment questions hanging over
them. 10 - s'tF - F."


Could the business portion of the coun-
try be left to make their own laws. and
govern themselves by the true principles OF
trade, which they comprehend, or would
Congress follow their counsel, i'm lieu OF be-
ing actuated by PARTISAN prejudices, the
activity of business would revive; but so
long as commerce is trammeled by legisla-
tive action. or the want or threats of it, we
must remain as dormant as though under
the spell of opiates. Experienced mer-
chants complain that there is no perma-
nency-that the tariff has been changed
almost every year, and the future is a mat
ter of dread uncertainty to them, operating
to turn honest and legitimate trade into the
Widest of gambling. Let US have a little
season of quiet on the tariff-let impeach-
ments cease to be threatened-let us have
some financial systpm-let Congress, in
stead of consuming its own time, andyab-
sorbing that of the people who are watch
ing it, give the country fair chance, and
is will soon be shown that it can take care
of itself and thrive.--D Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1867

Yesterday morning at an early hour, stock train on
the Erie Railway, bound for New-York, broke In two
while between Hohokus and Rdgewood which fact was
not known to the engineer On the down grade between
the above stations the speed OF the train was saciened
usual The result that the detached portion Of
the train gaining In speed as IL proceeded overlook and
crashed into the other portion, smashing the bumpers Of
about dozen cars and turning up end. Tho
brakeman somewhat bruised aud the fireman, named
BOnucl badly cut about the bead The stock sus-
tained no serious injury but the naAup blocked up the
down track causing delay Of two hours to the Cucin-
natl express train and the SuerD accommodation train
about al hour
Year: 1867

Town SITE.-Some time ago the citizens OF
this place, in order to secure their property
against any complications that might arise IN
consequence of any land grants or donations,
employed Col Magee to survey the town
plot preparatory to having the land entered
in their own right. Following is copy of
bill introduced into the House Of Repre-
sentatives, by General Bidwell, in relation to
this matter:


A BILL RESPECTING THE Town SITE OF


SHASTA, CALIFORNIA.


Be II enacted 5y the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States, IN Con
qress assembled, That it shall be lawful for
the Judge of the county court for the county
of Shasta, in the State of California, to enter,
at the proper United States land office. at the
rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per
acre. quantity of land, not to exceed six
hundred and forty acres. to include the site
of the town of Shasta, in said county, in trust
for the several use and benefit of the settlers
and occupants of said town according to their
respective interests said entry to be made IN
one compact body, and in conformity to the
legal subdivisions of the public surveys
Effect to be given this act by instructions
from the Commissioner of the General Land
Office and when regularly entered and
approved by said commissioner, patent to
be issued therefor.
Year: 1867

Coal MINE.-Some time previous to the
discovery of the silver mines of South Fork
district. c. f. Ellsworth found quantity of
coal cropping out from the surface of a hill
located short distance from his saw mill
Selecting some of the material, he sent it to
Richards & Co., of this place, to have its
quality tested. After using some of 1T for
the forge, Richards pronounced it to be al
most equal in quality to that shipped to this
place for the use of hlacksmiths by the coal
dealers of San Francisco. Ellsworth and
others then located claim on the ground.
and in sinking shaft down some distance,
found they were the owners of verltable
coal mine Of course the subsequent discov-
cry of silver in the same neighborhood great
ly enhances the value of this coal mine. and
if the Chicago and other claims turn out
ANYTHING near as rich and permanent as
everybody confidently expects, Ellsworth and
his partners will realize fortune from their
coal mine
Year: 1867

Too BAD-A writer in the Bulletin re
Gently stated that Mrs. Duke Gwin formerly
kept boarding house, whereat the Exami-
ner grows wrathy, and denounces the asser-
ton as a vile eliminating slander, and
afirms that the lady in question belongs to
the F. T. v, and never followed any dis
graceful occupation. Boarding house keep
ers will doubtless feel bad about the Exami-
ner mans contemptuous allusion to their
occupation, but then he is such a perfect
pink of respectability that they will have to
accept his opinions on such questions as high
authority. Franknnl is evidently putting on
airs since his removal to g Frisco" and has
probably forgotten the time he succumbed
to the influence of tangle leg, and broke
down in the midst of speech, at Millville.
in this county, and was put to led in state
of blissful inebriety.
Year: 1867

Hon. E. GARTER.-The last number of the
Solano Press contained list of gentlemen
who were spoken of as being candidates for
the nomination for Congress in the Third
District. Among those mentioned was Judge
Garter, of this place. whom we promptly
endorsed as our first choice for the position.
Since then the Judge has informed us that he
has no intention whatever of running for
Congress, and that tie mention of his name
in that connection was unauthorized by him.
He lie entirely satisfied with his present posi-
ton, and has no desire to change it for the
strife of the Congressional arena.