smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1866




Gentlemen,-Yourve very kind communication OF the
9th of the present month Is received. ! thank you
kindly for the high esteem and appreciation of my
deceased broth err DIR. T oennolds ofstaunton, as
physician. am free 10 state that 1t would give me
great to besow upon the people OF this
country at least, without remuneration, so great
benefit az the recipe for the Rennolds HespAtic
Pills, which are acknowledged to be by you and
many others In fact, 1t was my original intention
to publish it to the world gratuitously but when
take into consideration that the late war has lett
me and my family, consisting OF my wife and three
Young children, In u comparatively destitute con.
diton and beside being far advanced In life, feel
that IL is duty owe to myself and family TO reap
some pecuniary benefit from this recipe. hope At
some future day to be able to bestow 1t as gin
every one. ~,
| shaft take steps very soon to have the pills
manufactured on a large scale, and hope, through
the influence of your recommendations and the
merit of the pill 10 be able to place them In
the reach OF every one These pills cannot be sold
as cheap as pills generally are. on account oil
the cost Of the material OF which they are
made but when you take into consideration thas
one is q dose, and their certain and enectual ac-
ton do not think you will consider them costly
Ny brother sold them readily at hfty cents per
dozen.


WILLIAM RESSOLDS.
To be had OF all druggists and dealers In nedi'
cines everywhere. ,o n,,
Year: 1866

THE BENEFIT To-NIGuT.-We expect to
see Metropolitan Hall crowded tonight
with the beauty and fashion of the city
The occasion is one in which every true
citizen of the South must feel an interest
and is devoted to a cause in which the no.
BILE ladies of Baltimore are engaged heart
and soul. The establishment Of an asylum
for the orphans of those brave men who
lost their lives in the cause of their coun-
try is sccrtainly a philanthropic project, and
the fact that Mr.. Kunkel offers the SER
vices of his company tonight for its ad-
vancement should entitlc him to the future
support and encouragement of the people
throughout the South. The programme
will be highly attractive. Mr.. kunkel will
give specimens Of his splendid vocaliSm
IIughey Doughcrty will doubtless deliver
his sublime Grafton on the times the in
imitablc Tommy Winnett and Holly will
appear in their clog dance, and Floyd,
Pell, Purcell, and the other members OF
the company, will add their excellent per-
formanccs to the attractions Of the eve
ming. Go tonight, and don't forget to pa
tronize the Nightingales during the re-
maindcr of the week.
Year: 1866

The adyiccs from Europe by the City OF Boston,
which are one day later than those referred to in our
issue of yesterday bring the report that Prussia de-
cliue5 10 comply with the demand of Austria for the
demobilization Of her army. If previous accounts
from Vienna can be relied upon, Austria will now IN
yoke the interference of the Federal Diet. Should
this really be done, it will be matter of general GU
riosity how many of the "duodecimo States will
muster enough courage to defy the coming wrath OF
Prussia.


In case Of war; Bi,mark hopes to derive superior
strength from the admirable administration OF Prussia,
which, in many departments, has indisputably no
equal among the civilized nations This excellence
of administration would, undoubtedly, be tower Of
strength but it is nevertheless fact worthy of men
ton that the anti-war movement among the people
Of Prussia is universal and the detestation of Bsmark
louder than ever.
Year: 1866

WILL satisfy Tho community that the danger, seen afar
of is to be promptly and wisely met, and fpossbe,
ayerted At this moment the city is perfectly healthy.
There is neither cholera among US nor any unusual
predisposition to the disease. The Board of Health
has dono and is still doing an immense amount of
work to purify the city, and with the new powers
which they are now a6out to exercise, probably no


large city in the Union will be better prepared for the
coming Of the epidemic or more likely to escape from
a severe visitation, even if it does not escape al
together. When the cholera broke out here in l5l9
in the iltbest and most n5aubrOus spot in the city,
and several persons fell victims to it, the locality was
Immediately and thoroughly ceansed. and not another
case occurred there. The fact speaks volumes. what
the authorities then did in the presence of the pes'
lence the Board OF Health is now doing in antclpa'
ton and in the most thorough manner Everything
is to be hoped from these sanitary measures and if
the epidemic is not altogether ba1led from the i'm
possibility of its finding a lodgment it is absolutely
certain that it must be mtigated In the mean time
there is not now the slightest danger. To endeayor
to create panic is not only foolish and wicked I'M
position upon the ignorant should it succeed but Is
positive injury to the business Of the city by keeping
strangers away from it. Nothing is easier than to
create groundleSs apprehension abroad, and it
would be very serious evil to produce an impression
that there is any existing danger among US. There
positively is none Our readers at distance may be
assured Of this. They know that this paper never
willfully deceiyes anybody, and they may rest
assured that while we shall neither now nor at any
future time permit our columns to be used to excite
undue alarm we shall give the earliest and the most
accurate report of the existence and the extent OF the
endemic if it shall ever visit us. We arc as free
from it or from any immediate fear of it to-day
as we have been any time the last fifteen
years. and the Board of Health is taking
the wset and most effective measures to prevent Its
coming In the presence of these we are actually IN
much less danger than six months ago when the
disease existed on Wards Island and then, as now,
was on board a single ship at Quarantine. Let there
be an end to this senseleSs apprehension and more
reliance upon facts and common sense.
Year: 1866

The n. Y. Times has leader OH The Principles Of
Free Government" protesting earnestly and plausiby
against perpetual barring out from Congress of the
representatives of the States lately in rebellion. OF
the barring-out policy, it forciby says:


Certainly Of intelligence deude himself into
the belief that this theory is in harmony with the fundamental
death blow at the Fundamental principle Of all representative
government Of whatever form II there anything anda
mental in free institutions 1t Is the principle that all States and
oil e0 that required obey the Iaps shall be rrend IN


the Consrss Uheh makes then government which denies
dscards this principle depotism-we not what
be its form, under what preteIt it cloak its tyranny
Unless this is true then the whole theory of free Institutions
Of sefgoyernment OF representative republics cheat and
sham"


1t is joy to see that, whenever we rise above
the dust excited by the noisy hates and srifes and
antpathes Of the passing hour, into the clear azure
Of Principle, the grave problems that seemed so
difficult are seen to settle themselves. There is no
need of compromise, nor Of treaty, nor OF make
weight: it is not principle, but the absence OF
principle, that renders one or all of these necessary


"If there is anything fundamental in free inst
tutions," well says The Times, sit is the principle
that all States and all people that are required to
obey the laws shall be represented in the Congress
that makes them" True most true Why, then,
cannot perfect harmony be forthwith restored to our
country, by the general adoption and application of
this most righteous principlel We are for it; our
friends very generally desire nothing better if the
Conservatives" are prepared to meet the Radicals"
on this solid ground Of fundamental principle, We
may have perfect and lasting concord at once. Let
US ascertain who refuses-who holds back-for they
are the real disuniOnists the real perpetrators Of
sectional" hatred and anarchy. Is The Times ready
to pledge itself to hearty and consistent support
without condition or reservation, of this great
comprehensive principlel
Year: 1866

The communication Of Gov. Fenton to the Board of
Health, wherein he expresses his approval Of their
judgment in regard to the imminence of the peril
from pestence in this city, and the expedency of
their exercising such power as may be necessary to
protect its inhabitants, will be found in another
column. That the Board should be empowered to act
as they think the emergency requires, is just and
proper; and the Governor, in responding to
their wishes has shown his usual yigor and prompt
ness. 1t would be grave mistake, however, to ac-
cept either his act or that Of the Board ar, in the
slightest degree, an evidence of undue anxiety or
alarm. One Of the morning journals has been en-.
deayoring for several days past, in characteristic
way, to excite panic There is not only not the
slightest ground for it in fact, but such course is
senseless and cruel in the extreme. The class which
reads the journal in question is just that in which,


from its habits and locality, the cholera is most likely
to make its first lodgment, and where, if pre-


disposition TO the disease existed it could be easily


upcrinduced by fright. The startling appeals of The
Herald are like ingenious indictments to an nfurated
mob-caculated to produce the very results they
seem only TO deprccate The proposals of the Board
of Health and the Governor, on the contrary, should
allAy W ssG.slgD AUX SHOULD wi W 40a
Year: 1866

THE RECENT FIRE.-Much credit is due
the Fire Brigade for the success which at
tended their efforts in preventing the
spread of the flames at the fire on Thurs.
day night. But for their energy the whole
block must inevitably have been de-
stroycd. The only delay that occurred
was occasioncd by the bursting of Sec
ton of hose attached to the Eighteenth
street steam fire engine, which happened
four times during the progress of the con-
tagration. We learn that the hose with
which this engine has been supplied is old
and almost worthless. Surely the Coun-
Gil ought to furnish the means of keeping
these machines in order, and u small ap-
preparation for the purpose of buying hose
would be money well spent. We call the
attention of the Council to this matter,
in the hope that it will he considered at
the next meeting.
Year: 1866

THE ODD FELLOWS ExCrRsroN.-Roane
Lodge, No. 100, l. o. Of, will make an
excursion down the river this afternoon,
leaving the wharf at Rockets at 2 o'clock,
and returning at night "by the light Of the
moon." This affords fine opportunity for
our care-worn citizens to escape for a
brief period from the dust and heat of the
city, while the ladies and children who
attend will find the occasion one of great
enjoyment. Music and dancing will con-
tribute to the pleasure of the trip, and
the exclusion of all improper chafacters
will give assurance to refined persons that
nothing of a disagreeable nature will oc-
cur. Go; take your wife and children
along, and have good time.
Year: 1866

A FIRE-PLUG LoOsE.-Yesterday morn
ing Captain Ellis, clerk of the First Market
caused fire-plug at the corner of Seven.
tcenth and Franklin streets to be opened
for the purpose of washing out the culvert.
After the water had run sufficiently long,
the Captain directed his men to turn OIL
the stream, but they found it impossible.
The screw had become fixed, and the
"grate skwirt" utterly refused to be
quieted. Additional assistance was called,
and after much labor and many wise sug-
gestons from bystanders, the plug was
gotten under control. The streets within
range were very handsomely washed of,
which will doubtless improve the sanitary
condition Of that portion Of the city.
Year: 1866

BALLOON AscENsIoN.-It is said that a
balloon will go up towards the moon some
time this afternoon. The corner of Twelfth
and Clay is the place from which they say
tho balloon will fly away. Ii the aspiring
eronaut, whose name we do not know,
makes any particular discoveries on his
skyward journey, or is SO unfortunate rs to
break his neck, the fact will be duly an
Year: 1866

THE COLORED BAPTIST CONVENTION
This body adjourned sine die at a late hour
on Friday night. No business of great i'm
portance was transacted on the last day be-
yond that which has previously been
reported. Although several white men
from the North were present up to the
close of the Convention, they signally
failed to get the control of affairs, and not
one of them was appointed on any CON-
mittee for present or future work. The
Rev. Florence Mccarthy made an attempt
to ingratiate himself in the favor Of the
colored people, but they "smelt MICE"
as the saying is, and gave him the cold
shoulder. The man Gladwin, who "loved
the negroes better than any people on
Gods earth," failed to receive any con-
siderable pecuniary reward for his hypo-
critical efforts. And so with all the long
faced interlopers from the North who
thrust themselves upon the notice of the
Convention. The reception with which
they were met, and the coldness with
which they were listened to, will not be
very apt to encourage them to repeat the
experiment.


The holy communion was administered
at a late hour on Friday night. The
crowd in attendance was so great that
both the body Of the church and the lee.
ture-r0om in the basement had to be
thrown open for the purpose. On yester.
day quite large number of colorcd per.
sons were baptized in Ebcnezer Church.
and the pulpits Of the several African
churches were occupied by visiting mi
niSters.
Year: 1866

It was also thought expedient that it should be attended in the vicinity of Mexico by the Lieu- with the view of obtaining such information as might be important to determine the course to be pursued in re-establishing and maintaining reces- sary and proper intercourse with the Republic Of IayifO D
Year: 1866

SPECIAL NOTICE. We would call The atten-
ton of OF our readers the Grover d Baker Ma
chimes. Their reputation is too well established
for us TO attempt Il word in their flavor, but
would advise any person wanting reliable Fam
py Sewing Machine, to investigate these before
buying. "a word to the wise is sufficient"
Year: 1866

ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.-A few weeks
since, a very wealthy Southern gentle
man visited Boston to make purchases,
and while sojourning at o prominent hotel
was taken suddenly i'll. His malady was
of such a character that it required the
skill of an eminent physician, and the at
tention of an experienced nurse, and suoh
experience was found in the person of


Young gand eomely Irish girl a domestic in
the hotel She had but recently been
employed to do the work in the hotel, aud
had, during the short time engaged, CIV
en- such satisfaction to her employer,
that he at once selected her to minister
| in the sick chamber of our young friend.
| Watchful and attentive, hearing every
sound and answering every call, did this
faithsul nurse perform her task, think
| ing not Of herself, nor feeling the fatigue
of broken rest. Day after day did this
devoted, (for what else could it have
been but devotion y ministering angel
assuage the pain and battle the fevered
brow of her youthful sufferer and charge.
! Skilful treatment and kind care succeed
ed at last to produce the much desired
change, and our young friend rapidly
| improved. COnvalescence followed the
administering of proper restoratives, and
short occasional drive in the country
gave that buoyancy and strength so
much needed after severe sickness. So
cial conversation between the invalid
and his faithful companion of the sick
room was frequently had, and upon such
occasion, the representative Of wealth


was impressed to reward one who had
been so attentive. Interviews were
sought for and encouraged, and upon a
very fine morning, the sun shone in all
its splendor and effulgence, just such a
morning above all others to pop. the
question" did the possessor of thousands
propose to the girl of toll to become his
wife. Say, fair reader, what would you
have said to proposition so abrupt and
unexpected Well, we know, you would
have replied the same as sensible Mary
did, for she said Yes, and the two loving
hearts were made one that very day, and
the poor girl of yesterday is now the
blushing bride of wealth today, Long
may Edward and Mary live to enjoy eacf
others love.-Cambridgd Press.
Year: 1866

UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER Becker,
of Buffalo, New York, has decided that a
man cannot roll tobacco leaves into the
shape of cigar, and smoke them him.
self, without taking out Government
license as cigar maker.
Year: 1866

founded on principles in harmony with th.
great machinery devised by our fathers. So
far as regards any aid or assistance that car
be given here in the progress and in the con.
summation of this great work of building ur
new States, as we'll as in the restoration of the
former States, you will find me a willing and
cordial helper


Gentlemen, did not expect this demon
stration, but you will please accept my thanks
for the compliment you have paid me on this
occasion, and the encouragement you have
given me in the discharge Of my duly. All |
can say in conclusion, is to assure you that
any assistance you may need from this quar-
ter, will be most cheerfully given to advance
the interests of the community that you rep
resent.


The gentlemen present were then intro
duced personally to the President. Gen. Bar
rows submitted to the inspection of the Pres.
ident, on behalf of the delegation, large
number of specimens of gold bearing quartz
obtained in the different portions Of the Ter
ritory, which were examined with much in
terest by the President aud the interview ter.
minated.
Year: 1866

Mr.. Ward Of New York. argued it was the
auty OF Congress to bring back the Southern
States to their relation with the Government
Inc people oil the States were on their good
behavior, but the rebel spirit yet prevailed
The leaders of the rebellion ought TO be han
ged that such offenders in the future would
be admonished that treason was crime.
which ought to be punished
Year: 1866

Our corpulent readers will not object
if we say few words in their favor II
is said to be fact that no fat man was
ever convicted of murder Stout people
are not revengeful, nor as general rule,
are they agitated by violent gusts Of
passion. TO parade a fat house-breaker
in the criminal docket at the Quarter
Sessions would be phenomenon indeed.
The fellow who works with skeleton keys
is generally lean and wiery individual,
as be only can forceA himself through
holes scarcely large enough to admit a
cat. Imagine a fat man doing these
things, and then imagine him alarmed
and running away with policeman after
him Corpulency is not sign Of vii
lainy, but rather of good nature and
good will to all men
Year: 1866

An average annual cash dividend to Stock
holders Of fourteen per cent. upon its capital
stock since its incorporation, portrays the great
success and stability Of this eminent Institu-
ton. the superior financial accuracy displayed
in its investments. and the important truth that
the management of the PHGNIA is in the
hands of those who know how, successfully. to
couduct
Year: 1866

The people of West End held another
mass meeting last night. at the corner OF
North and Freeman streets There was
a very large attendance, and all present
seemed deeply in earnest Some few
talked about tearing up tracks, but this
idea was quite generally discounte-
nanced. An organization was effected
by calling Henry Kesslet to the stand
and I. Z. Hunt 20 act as Secretary.
Year: 1866

''There is no delusion more common even
with those who keep old age steadily in view,
than that, having made pecunary provision for
its support, all the happiness within the power of
mortal effort to secure that condition has been Sc
cured. The palpable lesson, to that constantly
under view, that, in the unstrung hand of age
wealth loses more than half its potency to minis
ter to enjoyment, should dispel this fallacy at a
glance. The happiness OF age is not enjoyment,
but consolaton and this is the grand item omit
ted in the provision To discover what the con-
solations Of age are it is only required to consd-
er what life is when it reaches that epoch. No lon
ger anticipation, no longer action. These two
valuable portions of the inheritance it was born
to, it has run through: but it may have been
it should have been-laying up treasure store
which could not be Observation-Disclosures -
Therein lies the little reserve of bankrupt ife the
modest competency which may carry it in COM
fort to its end. That is the treasure which alone
can compensate for what time has robbed it, of; /;
the fund it must be able to draw upon when
pains, and infirmities, and WEAKNESS demand
liquidation-or acknowledge itself beggared. 1t
will be seen that this view involves investment
in other funds than the three per cents. as COM
plete or even adequate provision for age. With
out venturng to touch here on the prime conso-
lation needfu in all stages of life, and indispen
sable in the last, but treating merely on human
means to human happiness, it may be insisted on
that in culture of heart and intellect, of faculties
and Affections is the main provision TO be made
for the complacency and qualification of lfe's de-
clining years." ea8saas


Aye, and we go further !; we state, on the au-
thority of mans organization, that without re-
ligious trust in Providence-without that spirit
of resignation which the culture of the higher ma
ture 1.-The spiritual-there will be no peace of
mind, no happiness in old age, Money can nev-
er supply the place of happy trust in God.
Year: 1866

did not speak until we reached the ante-room.


Then he told me that he had been summoned
to the bedside Of dying countryman, and that
he had come from this melancholy visit to con-
duct me thither. He would tell me no more, and
when refused to GO, he compelled me, almost
by force, to accompany him.


1t was to Mr.. Fletcher we were going. We
found him in humble lodgings for he had spent
his last dollar, and was reduced to die in the
midst of poverty and deprivation He had heard
of US, had seen us when he crawled forth upon
the piazza, and had ventured to send for US in
his extremity. He uttered no reproaches though
he told me, in hollow accents, that my rejection
had been his word Of doom; that he had strug-
gled with his mortal illness, using, as in
duty bound, all means of restoration, but with
out hope. And now that he was dying, he de-
sired only TO look upon my face, best loved on
earth, ere he committed his soul to his Creator


knew then how had loved John Fletcher
and if the sacrifice of my life would have saved
his, most gladly would have died that hour.


But God willed otherwise. | saw my victim
fall sweetly asleep He held my hand in his, but
his last words were not of his crushed earthly
hopes, but of those that reached beyond the rend-
ing veil of flesh.


told my husband all, as we returned, in the
purple Italian twilight, from John Fletcher's fu-
neral. We had hated each other before, but
now new antagonism had arisen. We felt that
the false and hollow bonds that bound us must
be snapped asunder. left him in Naples, and
returned alone to America, thus voluntarily re-
nouncing the station of wifehood, and compell-
ing myself to seclusion and solitude, for scandal
strove to find cause for this unprecedented act,
and made itself busy with my fair fame.


Years have passed since that hour. My father
has long been dead, and l should live quite alone
at Verdhil, but for the sweet presence OF fair
young girl-John Fletcher's sister | found her
"a mere infant-on my return, abandoned to
poverty by her brothers death, and she has been
with me ever since-my adopted child. An in
expressible comfort and consolation has she been
to me ever. In my care of her have sriven, in
some little measure, to repair the great wrong of
my life. And when the terrible blindness, that
shuts out all external life from eyes that wept
themselves into darkness, fell upon me, she be-
came my stay and my support. But for her,
life would be all dreary, and no CLEAN of pleas
ure would light the passage of a sorrowing pen
itent to the grave.