smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1867

i ne uTSb SIedt dHluideiuS plihClple
which should inspire every person who
takes part in the government of a repub-
lie like ours, is nationality-love of coun-
try. In order that the government of
nation be secure, that the nation exist as
nation, every citizen must cherish love
for it, for its manners, customs and insti-
tutions. III rluoa 8Hs ef-


What we want in this country is more
nationality, more allegiance to country
and less to party. We hear the warn
ing voice of a Washington describe the
effect of party spirit He had expert
enced it in his own administration, and
felt the necessity of cautioning his coun-
trymen against this "worst enemy of pop
ular governments" .-..


Why did Rome fall? For seven CEN
turies she increased and fourished, but at
last she had her decline and ruin She
rose to colossal power and imperial glory
through the patriotism and devotion of
her citizens There was sentiment of
nationality-every citizen felt an interest
in the government. ....


But Rome deserted the principles of
her founders-party dissensions sprang
up, justice was made an idle jest, law was
made an instrument in. the hands of the
few to oppress the masses From these
causes came the decadence of the great
Roman empire. sf ..a


Have We that spirit of nationality
which is conducive to the healthy growth
of our republic The horror and devas-
tation of civil war is evidence in itself,
of the absence of a national spirit on the
part of a large portion of our citizens.
All people have, or should have, a love
for the nation tc which they owe allegi-
ance. Under despotic governments we
would suppose chat love to be less than
| under the more liberal Our government
is the most liberal ON the face Of the
globe. Then why should not the people
manifest for it deep and abiding love.
Have we that national spirit, that love of
country which is necessary to insure the
/ perpetuity of our nation Have we that
spirit, that love Of country, that made
Rome empress of the world? "In those
days, to be a Roman was greater tha &
king" Whose bosom to-day thrills with
such patriotism Where is the man who
would rather be private citizen Of these
! United States than king? Certainly An
| drew johnson is not such man. Ava


with the patriotism of such men. Give m,
that spirit which, in ancient times
prompted old Cincinnatus to reap immor


tai glory for Rome. "a1


Men now a-days, instead of serving tn


country, try to make the country serv


them. Men whom it is expected will ex


ert themselves to the utmost for the ben


eft of the people, often prove recreant


their trust, and use the great powers in
: trusted to them for their own aggrandize
J ment and the PRONUNCIATION of their ow


political views and opinions. As fai


representative of this class of men, W
! may view Andrew Johnson-not only
, miserable gambling politician, but bt
! sotted drunkard. From the time he al


peared in his place to take the oath
office, to the present time, he has contir
Year: 1867

A PREACHER SwIND1ED BY LOTTERY.
"A preacher who lives in distant State,
and whose cupidity appear 10 have got the
better of his Judgment, writes the following
account of the way in which he was swim
died by some sharpers having an office in
this city. No doubt there are hundreds Of
similar cases, and we print this as a warning
to persons who may be tempted in a like
manner. f4I


He says last summer New York firm
sent an advertisement of gift enterprise
that appeared on It's face SO just and honor
able an undertaking that he was induced to
send them ten dollars for eleven tickets.
The tickets were received and soon after the
men sent him eight more, requesting him to
distribute them. His family took five, and
three of his neighbors took the others. They
next sent sixteen more tickets, which he re-
turned.


In q short time the sixteen tickets were
sent back by the lottery-men, with the offer
that if the minister would pay for them, and
they did not draw valuable prize, they
would make him handsome present. This
bait took, and ten dollars were paid for
them. Another sixteen tickets were finally
sent to this greenhorn, who was told that
they were the last, as the million and half
of tickets had been sold. If ten dollars
were sent to the lotterymen, they guaranteed
the minister prize worth two o.hundred dol
lars at the grand drawing, which was TO
take place on the Gath Of October.


The money was sent and the various
sums were acknowledged. Early in Nov.
ember the minister received letter saying
that one OF his tickets had drawn a prize
worth two hundred dollars, but that they
levied five per cent. on the prizes, and TINT
ten dollars more must be sent on before the
prize would be forwarded. This ten dollars
was also sent, but was never acknowledged,
and the minister heard nothing more from
, his friends.


/ He now expresses'a desire TO come 10 New
York and prosecute them; but his journey
would prove fruitless. He has learned q
lesson which may be worth the money IL
cost him. AT all events, it ought to prove
warning TO others. II any one offers gold
watch worth one hundred dollars for two OF
ten dollars, he is a cheat and ought to be
avoided as much as plckpockot. - Ne,o Yorl
] EVsning Post.
Year: 1867

CAN THE ETHIOPIAN CHANGE Hrs SKIN.
THE question, "Can the leopard change
his spots, or the Ethiopian his skin2" seems
to be in process OF solution in tho city oi
New Albany, Indiana. Last week the
County Clerk issued a marriage license to
Isaac Simms and Leafie Rose, The latter
is negro woman, but simms is, in the
color of his skin, both white and black.
Some two ysars ago while living On a farm
as slave near Lebanon, KY, Simms notic-
ed that small white spot had made its ap-
pearance between his neck and the upper
point of the shoulder. This white spot has
continued to spread rapidly ever since; and,
although when it was first discovered his
whole body was as black as ebony, now
more than one.half of it is as white as the
skin of any man, and has all the delicate
appearance of that of an infant. This phe-
nomenon is certainly most remarkable
Simms is perfectly healthy, labors regularly
every day, feels no inconvenience whatever
from the physical change going on in his
body, the black skin slowly peeling off and
a clear white skin appearing in place OF the
old one.
Year: 1867

The Burlington Argus in MOTTO
ing the point relative to residence


which the radicals have endcavored
to make on Judge Mason-thc most
important of any objection they
have been able to bring against him
says: .... ..s


Judge Mason has always had a
residence here from his coming to
the state thirty years ago.-his fam
lily has always resided here. The
Judge, when commissioner Of pat
ents, his official duties of course re-
quircd him to be in Washington.
Since that he has been engaged in
business as claim attorney in the de-
partments at Washington and in
the prac tice Of his profession in the
Supreme court of the United States,
which also required a part of his
time at the national capital, but he
never purchased or owned any prop
erty there, nor out of the state of
Iowa. All be has is located here
where his home has been and where
his family have resided. Not SO
with Harlan. He has an imperial
palace and lives in princely style
with his family at the federal capi-
tai, except an occasional visit to
the state that gave him his position.
When the radicals take up so fla
grant an absurdity as accusing g
Judge Mason of residing in WASH
ington, it shows to what straits they
arc reduced in order to make point
against him for political cffect.N
Year: 1867




A WORD TO THE FRIENDS OF TEupER ,Ncv
THAT ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE '.'TEWpEp-
;AaNCE SOCIETY. IF you are a friend to tbo


temperance Society why do you not manifest
your friendship by joining it? You saw VIM
thlhK 1t IS good cause, yet you will NOT helm
70 sustain 1t by uniting yourself with it, Won
say the temperance society is very good for
9hem who drink; how are we to Get these
Iri:nkers IN IN, unless we first get you that do NOT
1.-THE ui we nave 1rst got to organize the So
cIiety OF men that Go not drink, in order to oct
those that do drink You will never find a
temperance society organized and formed bv
uuruhEards. ~ 1t Is invariably organized bv men
.hat 40 not drink; and then thev exert tbair
influence IN to get those that do drink to iointbam


You say you hope it will succeed and Won wo,,IJ
not say word against it, and yet YOU hold
yourself aloof from it. How in the name Of
M Tul'noh sense DO you expect it to succeed
!. ne very thing OF holding yourself aloof from
IL Is PROOF OF your inslncerity. You saw Won
must have cider. What benefit can Won derive
from drinking cider? | will admit that Il is
very paaadatable, but had you not better deprive
yourselr OF that luxury and save your fellow
man from drunkard's 5 grave? The first CLASS
OF cider IS the first step in drunkenness, fre.
quently Cider, in time, will arrive at sncb
s!ate that 1t Will lntOxicate men. When it ar
rlVes at such state is it fit beverage for ros-
P"Tlo men 10 drink ASK the drunkard |
what ne was first intoxicated on, and perhans
ne VIII tell you cider. A young man who has
nad ai MS brain muddled by drinking hard cider
VIII seek after something stronger And TIM,
ne goes on step by step until he at last 6Ils q
aruhKard grave And still you saw that there
Is no harm In drinking a little cider,


on also say there is no use in nv ioining
tne temperance society, cannot influence anv
one that drinks enough to cause him to ioin the
temperance society. That is ONLY a shallow
excuse. There is no man, no matter how de-
graded he Is, but what has some influence over
some one. And yet you say you are friend
70 the temperance cause. Your friendship re-
minus nhn me OF two men fighting another man
" VIII stand off and say he is a friend to one of
tnem, but he will see him get beaten and never
oner to assist him. You will be friend 70 tba
temperance cause by not wishing it anv harm
We We 40 not want that kind friends. I'VE want
friends that will help us by Joining us in This
good work: L appeal to you as Christians AMI
men 10 rally around the temperance cause. and {
not be standing idle while thousands of vonr '
e eeIow-mortals are perishing from the use of t
me accursed thing. 1t is the duty of evarv
'1rlstlan to join the temperance society and
M rIvahce the interests of the temperance canse
mere Is hardly any one but what has friend 1
u u, TeiatlVe that uses Intoxicating iouors And 5
VIII you stand idly by and see them hurrving e
Q Q perdltlon? If you do, remember. tbei1 t
'lood Will be required at your hands '''O' a
n MEMBER OF THE TEMPERANCE Soc1prv t
Year: 1867

s. T.-1860.- K The amount of Plantation Bitters sold in one year is something startling They would fill Broadway six feet high, from the Park to 4th street. Drake's manufactory i, one of the institutions of New York It is said that Drake painted all the rocks in the East ern States with his cabalistic IS. T.-l860.- X.. and then got the old granny Legislators of nature,' which gives him monopoly. We do not know how this is, but we do know the Plantation Bitters SELL as no other article eyer did. They are used by all classes of the com mnnity, and are death on Dyspepsia-certain. They are very invigorating when languid and weak, anc a great appetizer.

 SARATOGA SPRING WATER sold by all Druggists
Year: 1867

AN ACT 70 add new section to article


;}S OF the Code of Public General Laws


and to repeal certain sections of Code OF


Public Local Lava


See 1 B. it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That the following
additional section be added to the thirty
eighth article Of the Code ot Public Gene
raj Laws to come in after the the 10Th sec
tlOn
Year: 1867

If WIN. F. LEACH will consent'to be
a candidate for Clerk Of the Circuit Court.
he will receive general support from the
people of the county and liberal vote IN


Leonard Town District.
Nav 9nd 1867
Year: 1867

The Boston Post says that the editors
are specializing about "the progress of
Mexico" " which is just as sensible as talk
of the life of the dead. The population of
Mexico is hy6red, mixture of the differ
ent races, the Spanish, the Indian and the
negro. Science teaches what history has
abundantly proved, that there is no such
thing as progress for such a population
1t must remain what it is. foul and i'm
probable mass of humanity, until it fades
from the face of the earth. Taking such
a population into the bosom of the United
States would not help it, but would
only further dilute the already sufficiently
contaminated elements of our own popula-
ton. 1t would help on the ruin of this
country without lifting the Mexican popu-
lation-for that there is no remedy but
that of determination and the sooner
that comes, the better for the white race
everywhere beneath the SUM-
Year: 1867

Preston King and Mrs. SurraIt.


The Evening Telegraph of Monday ap-
peared very indignant aud very much
some paper to the effect that ex-senator
Preston King, of New York, drowned him
self because of remorse for his having per-
sistently refused to admit Miss Srrratt to
see the President while her mother was
under sentence of death. This is no new
story; neither is it without foundation,
and pretty strong foundation. 1t is well
known that Preston King was con guard"
at the White House at that tine Who
placed him there we know not but he
was there, and turned deaf ear to Miss
Surratt's most earnest and eloquent plead
ings to be permitted to sec the President
in behalf of her convicted mother.


The mother was exccuted-neuroered
Not even the recommendation of mercy
signed by majority Of even the military
officers who condemned her on pm chased
testimony, was allowed to reach the eyes of
the President. The White House was
hermetically sealed against any and all of
her friends. even he weeping daughter, and
Preston King was the instrument by
which it was thus sealed Not long after
Mr.. King drowned himself


Why! He had no other great cause of
grief; nothing to make him desire to leave
the world. He was id good health, he was
wealthy, he occupied an honorable position
in society, held lucrative and an honora-
bic Office, (the Collectorship of New York
and was blessed with everything calcuIat-
ed to make life desirable Why, then,
did he commit suicide? Was 1T not the
ghost of the murdered Mrs Surratt, ard
the grief stricken form of her daughter,
that drove him to the desperate deed?


He perhaps was responsible too, for
keeping the President ignorant of the rec
ommendation of Mrs Surratt to executive
clemency, as he was of preventing Miss
Surratt from pleading with the President
for her mothers life He had served as a
wretched tool i'll the hands of Stanton and
Holt. to consummate the murder of an in
nocent woman, and the consciousness of all
this proved too much for a man naturally
as kind hearted as was Preston King
Under the curse of this damnipg conscious
ness life became insupportable, and he put
an end to his wretched earthly existence
Such is the belief of many who are famil-
lar with the facts above stated, and who
well knew IIr. King, and no affected in
dignation of the telegraph can change
their belief.-~Htladclphia Daily Nees.
Year: 1867

From the Richmond (va) Southern Opinion


An incident of the war is related by an
eyewitness, which strikingly illustrates
the fraternal feeling that exists among Ma
sons under all circumstances. At the sec
ond battle of Cold Harbor, Grant, after
his bloody rcpulsc, in pursuance Of the
brutal and inhuman system which he had
adopted, declined to ask a truce to bury
his dead and care for his wounded, and
left the latter ir all the agony of pain and
thirst. be.eath a broling sun, to die ours
ing with their latest breath The fire from
the Federal lines was directed with deadly
aim upon every one who exposed his per-
son on the Confederate side. TO raise a
cap upon ramrod was to have it instant.
ly riddled with bullets. Among the des-
pairing wounded, whose piteous cries
moved the hearts Of the stOutest was one
who made certain signs which meaningless
to the mass of those who beheld him. were
full of significance to two Confederate sol.
diers. These two were Masons, and the
signs made by the wounded Federal were
the Masonic signals Of distress.


The men at once applied to General
Hoke, who was in command, for permis-
sion to rescue the unfortunate individual
who had appealed TO them by signs SO sa-
cred The General objected. He spoke
of the almost certain death that awaited
them on emerging from the breastworks
He was then told Of the peculiar claims
which the wounded Federal had upon
their assistance-the men avowing them
selves ready to die rather than not respond
to brother Mas,n's call for help. Gen.
Hoke thereupon agreed that they should
make the attempt to restore the sufferer,
provided they used due caution. Alright
fall the venture was made by the devoted
Masons, and, though they passed through
appalling peril they succeeded in bringing
their distressed and afflicted brother off,
He was Lieutenant-colonel, badly shot
in the head He was carried to a hospital
and. though his wound was considered
mortal, he recovered, thanks to the assidu-
Gus care of his rescuers.


In contrast to this, look at Grant heart
lessly allowing his wounded m,n to perish
before his eyes in untold and protracted
agonies. His guns were even directed
against the Confederate ambulance corps,
and 'grim-visaged war;" under his policy
assumed front of horror which recalled
the most barbarous ages. We do not con-
slider him so much our foe as that of hu-
manity for he slaughtered his own soldiers
with the same savage equanimity that he
did ours. Though he has not yet waded
Through slaughter to throne" he has
more than once "shut the gates of mercy
on mankind"
Year: 1867

The refusal of the radical Congress to
make any inquiry into the treatment of
southern prsopers of war in northern
prisons, while proposing a searching in
vestigatiou into the treatment Of Federal
soldiers in the south, elicits, by its fla
grant injustice and partiality, much criti-
cism and comment. The Memphis Ap-
peal, in noticing it, says:


"There are hundreds, if not thousands
of credible men in the south, who can
prove that 'the prisoners Of the United
States were treated, in some prisons, with
the most infamous and savage cruelty
They were plundered of their wearing ap-
parrel, were shamefully exposed to the in
tense winter cold without blankets, were
fed somewhat as farmers feed their hogs,
on food not fit for human creatures to cat,
were murdered wantonly by the soldiery
that guarded them, were insulted, out
ragged, cruelty punished, beaten, and forced
to submit to every possible degradation
ana humiliation. We have heard the re-
citals of ali this from the lips of those who
had been prisoners and had seen, and some
of them felt these cruelties. Irresponsible
charge enough can be furnished but no
one will feel inclined, we fancy, to make
them before committee of the House of
Representatives"


The New York Tribune thus censures
the action of its friends in Congress- 1t
says:


'There is not sympathizer with 'the
lost cause on earth who will not triumph
antly read and cite it as evidence that the
Republicans dare not make full and fair
investigation of the treatment of prisoners
by each party in our late civil war-not
even before a committee of their own
choosing and the impartial world will be
likely to agree with them. Suppose an
European historian, writing the history of
our own struggle. with the Confederate
report aforesaid before him, and only Gen
Washburne's preamble and resolve to
weigh against it, can there be any doubt
as to his conclusion 2"
Year: 1867




OLD TnAD's CHARITY.-The home for
Friendless Children of this city is an in
stitutlon entirely worthy of the country.
1t has for Its end a noble and praiseworthv
purpose. Persons of all political PARTIES
have contributed literally to its support,
and among those who have been most
generous in subscribing to the erection of
new and handsome building for its use
we notice the leading Democrats of Lam
caster. The Republicans, as rule, have
been equally liberal. But there is one
prominent name not to be found on this
roll of honor 1t is that OF ThadJeus
Stevens. He refused to give a cent unless
the managers agreed to admit negro chill
dren on perfect equality with those born
Of white parents. There is boldness and
consistency in this act of Old Ihad. He
believes fully in negro equality, illustrates
it in his household, insists upon it every
where, and makes it rule Of his private
and public life. He does not believe in
forcing negro Suffrage and negro equality
upon the people of the South, and refuses
to act upon the same principles at home
He is honest. His followers in Lancaster
county and elsewhere, who refuse to come
up to his standard, are towards and hypo-
crites.-Lancdster Pa. HtelIigencer.
Year: 1867

Up HILL.-The only way to get up hill
is to climb You can jump down, but no
man can leap far up hill. There is a
good deal of "up hill'' in the world. If
you get higher you must climb. If you
are ever to be rich, or learned, or truly
great, you must climb. So go at 10 with
hands and feet, elbows and knees, fingers
and toes let your motto be upward" J"
and there is no other way upward but to
climb.
Year: 1867

izing little laugh, and as he sprang forward
to take a pleasant revenge on his tormen'or


she slipped away and ran up the path to the
house, where he saw her wave her hand as
she disappeared within the kitchen porch


and then lie turned from the gate and took
Year: 1867

Democratic rebellion, and the nation has il to
pay. He, himself, would rather retire into pri.
vate lite forever than to repudlate one dollar of
that debt. The great party with which he had
acted in Congress was determined TO pay every
dollar Of It. He contended that the President
and not Congress, had been guilty of usurpation,
and he dwelt at considerable length upon the
policy OF Congress, contrasting It with that
of the President, and claiming that it alone
could give peace and security to the cou l.
try. The Rebels had shown no signs of
repentance. They had not even voluntarily
surrendered a single gun, and now they
were in hot haste to get back to the seats
which they surrendered few years ago. They
haven't got these seats yet He should be will
ing when the work Of reconstruction was com
pleted, to grant general amnesty to all except
o few who concocted the Rebellion while hold
ing high places of trust and profit under the
Federal Government These he should never
consent TO restore to place and power in this
land. They should never, by his consent, hold
Office under the Government. The Southern
States must be reconstructed under the leader
ship of men In the South who were faithful
among the faithless, loyal among the disloyal.
Mr.. COlfax spoke for two hours. He was Ia
favor of impeachment, and he was quite posi-
tive that the ides of November would see the
President arraigned before the Senate of the
United States, charged with not faithfully exc
cutting the laws of the United States, and usurp
ing power in issuing his last proclamation of
amnesty