smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1874

line to our left, which occunied tho bonl
OF the bayou, The Confederates were
ordered to charge, advancing in the mean.
time, battery down the road, which did
good execution for few minutes; but as
the charged ordered was UNSUCCESSFUL
and the ground very soft, our battery
could not fall back with the infantry
which was moving back, slowly and stub
bornly, across the open space in the old
field. We saw eighteen Of our battery
horses shot down in group. Our brave
and noble artillerists were completely run
over by the enemy. Our infantry was
not fairly retreating, they had only waver-
ed under the destructive fire, none more
destructive than which is recorded on the
bloody pages of the history of our coun-
try


The Phantom went
down upon the enemy, sword in hand,
like the eagles swoop to grapple with his
taions an easy prey. They were support
ed by the infantry, and the Federal lines
were swept back to their original position
IN the edge of the timber, (which has al
ready been described). The battery was
rescued and the brave men who manned
it. The Federals did not fall back nre.
cipitately. They contested every inch of
ground stubbornly, and when they reach.
ed their base line the Confederates still
bore them company The struggle hand
to hand was of Il tierceness indescribable
lhe Federal reserve was brought up. The
severity Of the conflict increased. as terri.
bly, as the food of burning lava belched
from red-mouthed crater, and sweeping
from the mountain top, with the rapidity
OF thought, all animal life to speedy
dissolution. The severity of the conflict
was too great for duration. Nothing but
the charge that was made could have ef-
fected anything. The relative position of
the two armies gave the Federals an ad-
vantage which, in few minutes would
hay: c@nSummated the destruction of the
Coz ate army, had the charge failed
OF :'la~cas. 1t succeeded, however. and
we will venture the assertion that the
Confederate infantry accorded to the
Phantom heartfelt thanks (mentally, if
not orally,) for the Importance and grand
success of that charge The combatants
soon disengaged themselves, as it were by
mutual consent, and before Gen. Smith
and his gallant officers could comprehend
the object of Gen. Steele, he had crossed
the river and taken up his bridge. They
had effected their escape. Further pur-
suit was impracticable, as the Confeder-
ates could not cross the river, having no
portable pontoon bridges.


Thus ended the battle of Jenkins Ferry
on the the Saline river, on the 3Oth day
of April, A. d. 1864.


We have never seen the official report
OF our loss, but it was very heavy. So
was that of the Federal army. General
Walker lost of his Texas division heavily.
He had three brigadier generals on the
field to whip; Generals Randol, Scurry
and Waud. Generals Scurry and Waud
were killed. General Waud had two
horses killed under him received two Sc
we're wounds. Thus of three brigadier
generals in one division, which were all
that were present, two were killed and
one wounded, which will afford the
reader criterion by which to Judge of
the severity of the unfortunate battle.
Year: 1874

There is great deal to create uneasi-
ness across the water. France is sullen,
and is arming to the teeth. Her govern
ment is unsettled. The Pope is anxious
to be restored, and expects it at no dis
tant day The Internationals and Social
lists are extending their affiliated societies
and becoming power everywhere on the
continent. Germany and Russia are both
aggressive and ambitious. Altogether
there are four millions and half of sol.
diers in standing armies, ready to be let
loose upon one another at the dictation of
half a dozen men. More wise people than
Disraeli agree with the opinion expressed
in Pere Hyacinthe's recent speech at
Geneva, in which he said Il see in the
horizon war raising its hideous head-in-
ternational war, civil war, religious war"
-Re0isfer.
Year: 1874

October 11th to 18th, President Grant and a party of distinguished men in public and private life, visited several points in Indian Territory. The President talked to the Cherokecs at Vinita on the 11th; to the Choctaws at Caddo on the 12th, and also to the Creeks at Muscogee. He said noth- ing about railways but confined his re- marks solely to giving good advice to the Indians and in praise of the country for it's adaptability to stOck-growing and the staple agricultural products; yet some of the big eastern dailies think the visit just before the meeting of Congress, has refer ence to the extension of railways. The Atlantic and Pacific extends from St. Lou is to Vinita in Indian Territory, and can go no further unless with consent of the Ind ians and additional legislation. The New York Herald, which uniformly puts a false construction upon all the Presidents movements, among other surmises, inti- mates that the object of the visit was to forward railways now under way in the Southwest and South. We surely hope it was for that purpose and that it will suc- ceed.

 

 enough to politically damn man to op- pose building railways into the great west. and we believe the good sense of the peo- pie in this respect is reviving. The great northern cities have an overland railway, but even they would be benefited by a through southern line. With the great Canada and Lake Shore lines to the West and Northwest, the cities of Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and others only grew faster and the country about them improved in. like proportion, and with the great lines through the lat ter, the cities and country along the great lakes grew as they never had before in wealth and population. And another overland from Louisiana or southern Mis- souri to San Diego, would only swell the business of the whole country; and while it would especially aid the whole southern part of the United States and it's southern Territories, 1t would still benefit the na- tion at large. It is immaterial to New York, Boston or San Francisco whether the ships that cross the ocean take south ern or northern route, and it would be about the same to them, if the overland cars were to pass over the 32d or 10th par allel of latitude or some over both.

 We hope the next session of Congress will take this broad and correct view of the subject, and that the Presidents visit to Indian Territory and other points in the isolated West, will induce him to strength en that body in this respect. AS we have before said, the nation has given the Tex as and Pacific company more valuable franchise looking to the future) than it cares for, but it is preferred that Congress shall modify this franchise-so that the na- ton will be gainer in the immediate trans action, and the company be enabled to at once give the country road which will reduce the nations expense and benefit the whole people, and particularly about ten millions of them. AS Congress is soon to assemble again, we hope every person who can make himself heard in Washington or with his representative in Congress, will not fail to exert himself as indicated.
Year: 1874

ces the tracts embrace not more than five acres-no tract I think embraces over fifty acres-and as it was understood by the Mexican population of Arizona, then part of New Mexico, that they should have full and complete title to their lands, as held prior to the making of the treaties referred to, trust the reasonable propositions of this bill will be agreed to by the House,
Year: 1874

Commissioner Stern stated TO the Mayor yesterday
regarding the sOcded economy which mas been forced
upon the Department by the action OF the Board OF
Apportionment, that ont OF $4,000, the appropriation
for outdoor poor s60jo hal been expended up TO July
leaving only 5000 for tho remainder OF the year. This
would make necessary 10 discharge all the visitors
and leave the outdoor poor the of charity.


At the meeting OF the Commissioners OF Charities and
Correction yesterday Commissioner Stern introduced
resolution transferring the appointment OF physicians
10 the Medical Board. TIE appointments have hereto
fore been made by the Commissioners themselves.
Year: 1874

Al WEST THIRTY-SECOND STREET.-A SUIT Oh


TT four Rooms on third floor: also large Room a
fourth floor to let with Board all elegantly furnished


references; table and location first class ~
Year: 1874

1t is a season OF surprises in public affairs.
Regarding Mullett for instance who would have
supposed, even brief week ago, that he could
be dethroned in the summary manner We have
just seen To say that he unseated himself is
but approximately true. man does not give
up such influence as Mullett welded. In some
mysterious way he was undermined, and he had
to get down as speedily as possible il with some
loss OF dignity. The facts are certain to come
out, however, and when they do they will make
very pretty reading.


The general interest felt in this affair shows
that the Mullett overthrow is something quite
different from the loss OF place by an individual
Office holder. Mullett had really made himself
felt in the most practical way as one Of the most
important officers of the government. There is
scarcely section which is not dependent on him
for local improvements of one kind or another.
Post-Ofices, Custom Houses U. S. Court Rooms
some Of them structures of palatial sort
are going up under his fostering care, The
communities rejoicing in these improvements
may be pardoned for doubling If a successor to
Mullett will sanction all his expenditures and for
wondering if some of their fine anticipations
might not be darkened under another rule. We
see thus how Mulletts discontinue becomes a
national topic.


We see also how Mullett, fully conscious CT
this influence, thought he could carry things
with high hand in Washington. He had tire.
mendous constituency behind him, interested il
supporting him in every demand, and powerful
enough to make itself felt even in the powerful
Treasury Department. Take Philadelphia as

single example, Property holders and buslnes
men innumerable are concerned in the new Pos
Office project there. Mullett is the friend o
the project therefore its other friends are Mul
letta friends. SO strong chain is this that i
would not be very surprising to hear next o.
Mulletts reinstatement with all the honors Ant
yet, Secretary Bristow is an uncommonly stronl
man Mullett had no idea how strong he wal
until he "butted' against him. Altogether i
is a complication in which peryerse people viii
take pleasure.
Year: 1874

The Grand Jury rose yesterday. During their
sitting they considered GIG bills of indictment,
459 of which they returned as true and ignored
81. Our leaky Jail they referred to in favorable
terms, and complmented the management Of
the almshouse. No inquiry, it seems, was made
into the manner in which Big Frank lately made
his easy escape.
Year: 1874

THE ODDirrEs OF IcE-In addition to
the fact that Ice is lighter than water
there is another curious thing about il
which many persons do not perhaps know
namely. its purity. A lump Of ice
melted will become distilled water. Wa
ter in freezing turns out Of it all that is
not wa,er-salt, air. coloring matter aud
all i'm puritics. Frozen sea water makes
fresh water ice. II you freeze a basin Of
indigo water i, will make ice as pure and
a. white as that made of pure rain water.
When the cold is very sudden these for
oign matters have no time to escape. eth
er by rising or sinking, and are thus en-
tangled with the ice. but do not make
any part Of it,
Year: 1874

SLEEP.-Pcrsons who live by mental
labor not only require a full supply Of
sleep. but they also need letting down
gradually to the level OF reposc. Hence.
the longer the interval between the timo
Of the active use of the brain and the hour
Of rest the better the chance for refreshing
aud rcstful sleep.


The Americdn Journal Of Insanity not
long siuce attributed much of the preva-
lent nervousness and impaired health Of
indiviiua to the want Of sufficient and
quiet rest. 1t says: ITO procure this il
is important. in the first place. that tho
mind should not BE- disturbed for several
hours before retiring to rest. Study du-
ring the evening is improper. Some few
persons. We know. are able to perform
n.uch mental labor. and to study late at
night. aud yet sleep we'll. Some require
bu, little sleep. But such individuals arc
very rare"
Year: 1874

QUIET PEopLE.-Quiet people seldom
get full justice done them, except by
their immediate friends. 1t is your
noisy, rackety folks who secure most of
the worlds ready acclamation. The
man who talks commonplaces at the top
of his voice, who is in the habit of per-
petrating preposterous jokes, and laugh
ing consumedly at the same, and who
makes point of thrusting himself into
conversations, whether he understands
them or not, runs much better chance
OF being dubbed clever fellow than
does he who rarely speaks unless he is
thoroughly az fat with his subject, and
who is addicted to advancing his
opinions in u hesitating timid fashion.
Even when boisterous people have
been found to be shallow imposters and
to partake largely of the character of
the drum, which looks big and is so ex-
tremely hollow, many persons still feel
sort of admiration for them, and they re-
ceive more credit than is their due. Their
boldness, which, in many instances,
amounts to positive impudence, secures
the half admiration of those who feel,
and rightly, that it is useless their at
tempting the same kind of thing, and
who are frequently completely eclipsed
when brought into contact with a for
ward being of the kind under notice.
Year: 1874

IRoN-CLADs AND TORPEDoEs. Sun
has an article to show that iron-clad
vess els of war are destined to have very
short career. The employment of tor
pedoes renders them comparatively USE
less


Torpedoes produce the greatest moral
rs we'll as the greatest material effect.
They destroy utterly the courage of an
enemy. No fleet however mighty, dare
advance to an attack when every inch of
water conceal means of destruction
which can neither be escaped nor re-
sisted; and no matter how many or
how strong the ships that may be
brought to the onset, it is possible by q
sufficient system of torpedoes to blow
every one of them out of the water.
Torpedoes are immensely superior also
in tho fact that they cost comparatively
nothing to put down, while the iron
clad vessel is the most expensive ma
chine of war ever devised; and while
torpedoes in any number may be pre-
pared in very short time, it takes Il
long period to build and fit out an iron
clad vessel; so that on tho whole, it is
doubtful whether iron-clads will not fin
ally be abandoned even rs floating bat
teres for the defense of cities. What
is most probable is that the navies of the
future will consist for the most part of
small, swift steamships carrying only
one or two guns, and designed not to
fight great battles, but to act singly as
guerrillas of the ocean, by destroying
the commerce of the enemy.
Year: 1874

a bee raiser III New England is said to
have patented an invention for the pro-
lection of bees from the attacks of the
honey moth, which enters the hives at
night and rifles the stores The idea arose
out of his familiarity with the daily rou-
tine, not of bees only, but of hens. Hens,
he observed, retire to rest early; bees
seek repose earlier still no sooner are
they sunk in slumber than the moth steals
into their abode and devours the produce
Of their toll He has now built q stand
of hives with hen house above it. The
bees fist betake themselves to their
dwelling and settle themselves for the
night The hens then come home TO
roost on their perch, and, as they take
their place upon it, their weight sets
some simple mechanism 10 work, which
at once shuts down the doors of all the
hives. When the day dawns, how
ever, the hens leave their roost, and the
removal of their weight from the perch
raises the hive doors and gives egress to
the bees in time for their mornings
work.
Year: 1874

Probably the Oldest timber in the world
which has been subjected 10 the use of
man, is that which is found in the an
cient temples of Egypt. II Is found in
connection with stonc-work which is
known TO be at least four thousand years
old. This wood, and the only one used
in the construction of the temple, is in
the form of ties, holding the end of one
stone 10 another in its upper surface.
When two blocks were laid in place,
then it appears that an excavation about
an inch deep was made in each block, in
TO which an hour-glass shaped tie was
driven. II is, therefore, very difficult
to force any stone from its position.
The ties appear 10 have been the tama-
risk, or shittim wood of which the ark
was constructed, n sacred tree i'll ancient
Egypt, and now very rarely found in the
valley of the Nile. Those dove-tailed
ties are just as sound now as the day OF
their insertion. Although fuel is en-
tremely scarce in that country, these bits
of wood are not large enough to make il
an object with the Arabs TO heave oil
layer after layer Cf heavy stone for so
small prize Had they been of bronze,
half the old temples would have been
destroyed years ago, so precious would
they have been for various purposes.
Year: 1874

An English traveller lectured before u
scientific society in London recently,
and described the Chinese method Of rails


ing money for the building or repairing
of temples as follows: In the streets OF
Pekin ] one day found a man in q sort
of wooden sentry-boX; large nails had
been driven into it, so that their points
projected through. This prevented the
man from leaning against the sides, and
the only rest he had was from sitting on
IL board within. He was monk, and
never seemed to sleep, for he had a string
with which he night and day sounded Il
large, sonorous bell every few minutes


as sort of advertisement for hiS pur-
pose. This was, that the benevolent
should come forward with money; each
nail represented a sum. When any one
paid that sum his name was stuck up on
Il bit of paper, and the nail was pulled
out, making it more comfortable for the
hermit within. All the nails represented
the necessary amount for the repair OF a
temple which was close behind. This is
a common proceeding for raising the
wind for such purposes. l was told that
this monk had been two years shut up,
and that he would likely be another year
before he got out of his cocoon of nails "
Year: 1874

THE SILENCE BRoKEN-A correspondent of
the New York Sun from Ohanute, Kansas, Oc-
tober IA, reports that the President was directly
asked at that place, on his recent visit to the
Indian Territory, whether he was candidate
for third term. As he did not seem inclined
to reply, the interrogator said to those in at


tendance Boys, silence gives consent The
President then quickly remarked: TN leave
that the President is not willing to have it
understood that he 'consents" to third term,
but leaves that question to the decision of the
people This is an adroit answer, and while
he does not deny his aspirations, there can be
no exception TO the tribunal to which he defers.
Year: 1874

THE DeldtCdredM says that if we can take
any comfort from its Greeley record we are
welcome to it. So we should have supposed,
but what comfort does it think we can take in
its political treachery?
Year: 1874

It is rather hopeless business being Dem
Ocrat in Rhode Island At the election for
Governor last April the party leaders were 50
discouraged that they made no nomination
This Fall they mustered courage enough to
nominate candidates for Congress, but both the
nominees have declined, and the probability is
that no other nominations will be made.
Year: 1874

1t is stated from Washington that as the
third term question has not come before the
President ''in form requiring him to reply, "
any utterances he might make on the subject
would not only be Pratuitous and intrusive,
but contrary to usage.
Year: 1874

MAJ. LOFLAND made one of the best
speeches of the campaign in Wilmington last
week. Under the head of ''State Politics we
give two extracts therelrom which are as crisp
and pungent as could be desired. Read them.
Year: 1874

LOVE ON THE WING.-The Wilmington
Republican Of Saturday tells this: The old
saying that true love never runs smooth" has
again been verified One young man by the
name of Pyle fell a victim to the charms of one
pretty Miss Smith. Both young, the former
not yet twenty one, 'but wha. love can do love
can dare,' and the two without thought or
preparation were Joined in the holy bonds Of
matrmOny. This OF course was very nice, but
where was he to take his bride now for the first
time entered his brain, and here was dilemma.
Necessity being the mother of invention soon
marked out path and they called upon col
ored acquaintance who gave them a nights
lodging, since which time their movements
have not been made known.
Year: 1874

"NIGGER Equality. 1t has been freely
charged that Senator Bayard, whilst boarding
in Washington, put up at hotel owned and
run by a negro man named Wormley. This
charge, so repeatedly made, has never been
denied Will Mr. Bayard tell US about it in
his speech in this town next Saturday-tell his
Democratic friends whether he did or did not
If he did it is no disgrace, either to himself or
TO Mr.. Wormey, but he has tried to make his
partisans believe that such things are disgrace
full, aud they are entitled to an explanation of
his acts. He had a perfect right to exercise
his choice in selecting boarding house, but
when he prefers to board with good colored
Republican it shows that he is practically not
afraid of negro equality, whatever he may tell
his Democratic friends on the stump.
Year: 1874

Mr.. COCHRAN's ARIsTOCRACY.-At last
Mr. Cochran has felt called upon to plead in
the matter Of his aristocracy. He pleads not
guilty, in a two-minute stump speech. But
will his simple denial on the stump contradict
his hdHteur of a life time?


Mr.. c., through all his life, has been in
dependent of the world, to use a phrase of
common parlance. Unlike DIR. Jump he has
not come up from the depths, from the corn
field, to make his way in the world. Up to
the time Of emancipation he owned his laborers
as he owned his cattle When we take this
fact into consideration, and then reflect upon
the further fact that he has never known, for
tunately, what it was to have to toll, it could
hardly be expected that he could have that
warm fellow feeling for the laboring masses
that one feels who has been classed with them.


He now, for the first tilGe in his life, perhaps,
feels that he is under obligation to the tolers
of the land, who have it in their power to with
hold or bestOw favor upon him. lie has
been placed in position to realize the power
they wield-only to forget it after the election
Year: 1874

To THE EDITOR OF rHR HERALD:-


In your notice Of the death OF Mr.. Bellew IN
Sundays HERALD, you narrate . conversation
with his landlord In which Beew is stated to have
been lately In our employ and coming TO US for
money we owed him. He mad worked for u.s. maxi
ing sales on commission, and though his aocouns
was overdrawn more than 1900 we gave him
money to bury his wife aud last week lent him
small sum. After his death we gave MS little ooy
money Tor his passage home to New raven. So
you see, we are not guilty OF the heartess conoucs
which might be inferred nom the story OF THIS un-
FRANK BOEHA Co
Year: 1874

The work for the present season will be the con-
tinuatton OF the tunnels and galleries at Halett's
Point and the operations OF the steam drilling
scow upon Ways Reef and Shelldrake, In Hell
Gate.