smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1866

The third petroleum cOnfagratiOn was yester-
day morning, about o'clock, inaugurated in our
midst, and the engines, twelve hours after were
still playing upon the smoulderng flames. 1t
originated in the warehouse of the Petroleum
Vapor Stove Company, and of this and the store
Immediately beneath it (bIr Joseph Coulon's)
there is now nothing but vapor left to tell the
tale. This building was in the center of the fine
block at the corner Of Camp and Poydras streets,
and at one time the general apprehension among
the crowd who were gathered below was that the
whole block would be consumed. The sufferers
by the fire, besides those we have already men
toned, are the German Gazette, who have at pre-.
sent more paper wet down than they will for
some time need ; Messrs. Bloomfield &EStee, who
escaped the flames, but were less lucky with the
water. We are pleased to learn that they are
partially insured. The portion of the building at
the corner of Poydras street, occupied by G. W.
sizer, was but slightly injured.


The fire is yariously attributed to the pouring
out of oil with lamp at hand, or to the drop
ping of match into a bucket of petroleum. As
twas question only of time when the building
would be caught on fire with the latter substance
stored within, the matter is not CT much con
sequence.


There are some objections to even petroleum
fire, but it must be admitted that regarding the
flames merely in an aesthetic point of view, the
effect was sublime. There was nothing to be seen
but the ordinary pointed flames for the first hour,
but once reaching the petroleum it suddenly
sprung fifty feet into the air like the babbling up
of an immense column of water or as if the dome
of building had suddenly been surrounded by
flame.


We cannot close our account without just
tribute to the exertons of our fire department: 1t
has always ranked as the first in any American
city, and its conduct on yesterday more than ever
entitled it to be thus regarded
Year: 1866

Inquest Upon the BODY of Emile H. Bry


In our yesterday mornings issue, we gave an
account of a man who was only known by the
name of Emile, who was generally supposed to
have hired room for the purpose of committing
suicide, and who was actually found dead in bed
the day after entering. ga sealed letter. it will
be remembered, had previous to his death been
written to the coroner and left upon the mantle
piece An inquest was yesterday held upon the
body, and as the verdict rendered was death from
swamp fever, the case appears little more singu-
lar than we then stated. By the evidence it ap-
pears that Emile had ate a hearty dinner, and be-
fore retiring had stood up at his mantlepiece and
written letter to the coroner. (There was no
other way of writing in the room, and he must there
fore have been strong enough to stand up.) For
what purpose was this letter written? To tell the
coroner in case he should happen to die, to give
him a respectable burial?
1t thus appears that man who was sufficiently
well to hunt up lodgings on foot, had a PRESENT.
ment of his death so vivid that he was induced to
make some sort of provision for it a few hours
before the event actually occurred. The case
would seem improbable in q novel, but we are in
cned to believe that the coroners inquest came
to a right conclusion. The following is correct
copy of the letter addressed to DR.. Delery:


New ORLEANS, Oct, Z, 1866.
| Monsieur ct Anil have Just returned from 9
journey by land 10 Ouachita, where have con
tracted a bad fever, which, in spite of all tht
remedies l have taken, fear will end badly. L
should happen to die | beg you to give me {
respectable burial, and to send your account Il
FL NJ Bry, Monroe, in Ouachita parish, which
Will there be promptly paid you.


| Yours deYOtedfY,
Year: 1866

To the Editor of the New Orleans Crescent
take tire liberty Of calling your attention to
| some samples Of cotton which have iustreceived
! from the country, and which submit to your ex
animation, and that of your readers and cotton
planters in general.


The Monterey long staple silk cotton, but lately
called the Tippehaw, by a correspondent in De
Bows Review, was introduced into Louisiana
from Mexico by my friend Mr.. Eugene B. Olivier,
| of st. Mary parish, La, who first cultivated the
same IN 1860 and has again resumed its culture
this year The staple is nearly as long and as silky
as the Sea Island cotton; the bolls are thick on
the bush and in rainy weather do not fall as easily
as those of the ordinary cotton. They do not
| open all at the same time, as is the case with our
ordinary cotton, thus enabling the planter to
| gather the cotton with more ease and without
loss.


Mr.. Olivier after a careful examination of the
| Monterey cotton, has found its advantages numer-
| GUS. 1t is cleaner than the ordinary cotton and
perhaps more prolific. Furthermore, this cotton
gives one pound of clean cotton to every two and
half pounds of cotton in seed, when the ordinary
cotton will take three and some times three and
half pounds of cotton in seed to make one pound
of clean cotton,


| Let all your readers who desire good article
see for themselves, and look at the samples send
you, both of clean cotton and cotton in seed, and
let all planters who wish good article procure
the Monterey silk cotton seed, which I shall soon
offer for sale shall inform your readers, through
your columns, as soon as shall receive the seed.
Meanwhile shall always be happy to give them
all the information they may desire, and show
them the samples have received if they will call
at my office No, ia Bourbon street, from to 8.


remain, very respectfully, your obedient servant.
| L. MILLAUDON.
| 1--WE have received the samples of cotton above
referred to by Mr.. Millaudon and they fully come
up to his description. Parties who may desire to
this cotton respectfully requested to call at
our counting room and look at t.-ED CRESCENT. I
Year: 1866

Three boys went in bathing in one
of the streams near Oil Creek, and
when they came out they were SC
greasy that they couldn't stay in their
clothes. They finally pulled them on,
and when they went home their moth
er washed their clothes and got five
gallons Of pure oil from each.
Year: 1866

The English courts of appeal have
decided that if the husband and wife
have known nothing of each Others
existence for seven years, either of
them may marry again without being
guilty of bigamy, and that the burden
of proof lies upon the prosecutor, as it
IS contrary to the spirit of English law
that the prisoner should be called upon
to prove a negative. aa. ,
Year: 1866

A New York correspondent Of the
Indiana Journal writes that whenGov-
ernor Morton went on board the steam
-er Scotia, he found that his passage
and that of his family had been private
ly paid by some citizens of New York,
who indeed seemed to vie with each
other in doing him honor who has
shadVo much honor ON his State, and
on, our common country, ....r..s--v
Year: 1866

VNANTED-BY GENTLEMAN AND WIFE, IN a
w family where there other boarders, neatly
furnished Bedroom fun Board for the lady and partial
Board for the gentleman, either New York or
References exchanged Address Tor two days b. herS'
Year: 1866

There is story told by Toplady Of Doctor
Guyse, very learned man. He was in the
habit of preparing his sermons very carefully,
and he used to read them very accurately. He
did so for years. but there was never known to
be sinner saved under hinl-never such a Won
der! The poor good man-for he was an
earnest man, and wished to do good--was one
day at prayer in the pulpit, praying to God
that he would make him useful minister
When he had finished his prayer, he was stone
blind. lie had sufficient selfpossession to
preach the sermon extempore, which he had
prepared with notes People did not notice
his blindness, but they never heard the Doctor
preach such sermon as that before. There
was deep attention; there Were souls saved
He found his way from the pulpit, and began
to express his deep sorrow that he had lost his
eyesight, when some good old woman who was
present, said, perhaps y little unkindly, but
still very truthfully;


Doctor, we have never heard you preach
like this before, and if that is the result of your
being blind, it is pity you were not blind
twenty years ago, for you have done more good
to-day than you have done in twenty years"


So do not know whether it would not
be good thing if some Of our fne sermon
readers we're struck blind If they were
compelled to be less elaborate 10 the pre-
pOration of their sermons; to lose some
half dozen hard words, which they always
write down as soon as they meet with
them, and use them rs stones in the middle
Of the sermou; it, when they come up into
the pulpit, though condemned by critics as
as speaking vulgar language, they talked
Of commonplace things such as poor peo,
pie could appreciate--if they were only to
do this, God being With them; the absence
of their mental power would be the means
of more spiritual power, and we should
have reason 20 thank God that the man
had become less, and that God did shine
out with greater resplendence,


G. II. SpurgeoR,
Year: 1866

to the stable and help me / got the little


oxe be went into the stabe--I behind
him ; | struck him with the axe, and be


fell into The entry gave him one or two


more blows and cut his throat / went 10


the house again, an told the woman the


colt was loose she came into the stable.


when | bit her on the head two or three
times. aOd chopped ber throat then ]
went and told Tom that his mother wanted
to see him be went into the stable, and !
KILLED him the same way as the others
then L went and told Annie her mother
wanted to see her took her baby 10 my
arms and went with her l left the baby
slttlng outside playing on the hays I fol
lowed Ahnie into the stable and killed her


IN the same place as her mother then |
came OUT end killed the baby | covered
them all up | took the new axe and put
it outside the door, left the little axe
near the stable door and took the horse
from The cart, put him in the stable and
went into the house towlit for Mr.. Dear
lng; | saw him coming With a woman;
told him the steer was sick; be went
into the stable and [ walked beh ind
him; bit him on the left side aud he fell
on his face; turned him around, gave


him one or two more hits and cut his
throat; he never spoke; none Of them
spoke word after they were struck; Miss
DoIan called to me to put the horse away;
told her Mrs Dearng wanted her in
the stable; she came down and went in;
l struck her and she fell on AIR Bearings
face, | finished her with two or three
blows; then examined both their pockets /;
shut the stable door and put away
The horse and carriage; I went back to
the house; found that the big pocket
book had tea dollars in it; Miss Dulau's
book had nothing but postage stamps,
went up stairs aud foand under the bed
a little book with SO 65 in it; l shaved
myself with Mr. Deariug'J ra zor; washed
and dressed myself in his clothes, and eat
some bread and butter dad took Miss Do
lau's carpet bag and packed many things
in it. and then went to the Point. house
road; the yellow dog followed ne to the
city; l went up Third street in the railroad
car to CallowhiIl street; did not see the
dog after that; | went TO Lerkfeldt's and
from there I went to Germantown rond to
sell the pistols which had found in the
honse; I went back TO Front street and
stayed all night; the next morning went
to Chris. Norris, then to Lechfeldt's and
then went bone with Susan, bnt came back
to Leckfeldt's in fifteen or twenty minutes;
stayed there Sunday, Monday and Tuesday


nights; on Wednesday night / slept 10 a
boat a, Brown street wharf; on Thursday
morning sold the watch for four dollars,
and went back to Leckfedt's and paid the
three dollars and sixty cents owed. A
bout half past seven at night weut awoy
with Henrch;I had no money, aud felt as
if | wanted to go all over the world: went
out market street near the bridge; l met
three officers; heard one of them say,
That is the man; 1 walked pretty sharp
when | heard that, but they caught me;
sold the silver watch in Second street for
50; am satisfied with the fairness OF my
trial; all that was testified is true; expect.
I'd to be caught and did not care as long
as l had no money.
Year: 1866

The REwARD.-At Worms, when Lu.
ther had returned forsaken and dispirited
TO his hotel, a servant entered bearing O
silver vase filled with refreshing beverage,
the Offering of the aged Duke Eric, OF
Brunswick, powerful lord belonging to
the Popos party, AS the reformer, touched
deeply by the kindness, drank, be
said, As on this day, Duke Eric has re.
mcmbered me, may our Lord jesus Christ
remember him in the hour Of his last strug.
gle. The servant took back The message
to his master The aged Duke called to
mind these words at the moment of bis
death, and addressing a young man who
was standing at his bed side, said, Take
the Bible and read 10 me. The youth
read the words of Christ and the soul of
the dying man took comfort: Whosoeyer
shall give you a cap Of cold water to drink,
in my name, because ye belong to Christ,
verify | say unto yon he shall not lose his
reward Pacific Eapositor.
Year: 1866

Something, my God, for Thee
Something for theol


That each days setting sun may bring
Some penitential Offering.
In Thy dear name some kindness done,
TO Thy dear love some wandcrer won,
Some trial meeliiy borne for Thee,
Dear Lord, for Thee.
Something, my God, for Thee
Something for Thee.


That to Thy gracious throne may rise
Sweet incense from some sacrifice;
Uplifted eyes undimmed by tears
Uplifted faith unstained by fears,
Hailing each JOY as lightfrom Thee,
Dear Lord, from Thee.
Something, my God, for Thee
Something for Thee
For the great love thou hast given
For the dear hope of Thee and heaven,
My soul her first allegiance brings,
And upward plumes her heayenward wings
Nearer to Thee.
Year: 1866

Two centuries ago notone in hundred wore
stockings Fifty years ago not boy in a
thousand was allowed to run at large at night.
Fifty years ago not one girl in thousand made
a waiting maid of her mother. Wonderful i'm.
proyementsin this wonderful age
Year: 1866

men in and around Memphis. Not only so,
but if we are to do any work among them.
we ought without delay to search out such
colored COMMITMENTS of the church as may
be desirous of preparation for the sacred
ministry, and to whose capacity, and moral
and spiritual fitness, their pastors may tes-
tify, and provide for their education. We
have in Memphis already established a
" Colored Orphan Asylum" The work was
begun by Mrs. Martha Garfield, and has thus
far been managed by her with remarkable
tact and energy. She is a devoted commu-
meant Of the church, than whom none nobler
ever gave true heart to the poor, weak and
ignorant. She earnestly desires the church
to take the Asylum under its care and con-
troll. An extended report of the operations
of the enterprise has been forwarded to the
Convention by the Board of Trustees, of
which | am member. | desire to submit.
it to a committee of three clergymen ard
three laymen, to report to this Convection.


There have heen baptized in the Asylum,
by myself and other clergymen of the church
in Memphis, fifty-two of the inmates and
arrangements, it is hoped, will be made for
keeping up the services of the church at the
institution
Year: 1866

The New York Herald thus draws the
likeness of the present Congress


When we look at the present Congress
we behold the republican party as it ex'
lists in its moral and political degenera'
cy. A more corrupt body than this Con
gress never disgraced any country. II
is one immense, concentrated, detestable
job from beginning to end. 1t is COM
posed of men who made dishonest for
tunes during the war; of bogus generals,
who killed only their own men; OF
knavish contractors, who purchased
their seats in order to continue their rob-
berries of the Treasury; of raving fanat-
les, who ought to be in Bedlam; of small
politicians, whose only ambition is to
steal enough money to build house of
foolish philosophers, who love to air
their theories, but who have not single
practical idea; and of weak.minded
members who are entirely under the
control Of the jobbers in the lobby and
are paid accordingly The very few
good men in it are but the excep-
tiops that prove the rule, and
their purity makes the immortality of the
majority all the blacker by the contrast
Legislation in this Congress is a great
game of grab We seek in vain for any
measure based upon true principles Of
public policy; they are all instigated by
private cliques. from the meanest mo-
tives of political or personal sggrandize-
ment. The Jay Cooke scheme, the
Montana bill, the educational job, the
Freedmen's Bureau swindle, the Mexi-
can loans, the tremendous frauds in the
National Bank system, and the extor-
tions of tariff designed to impoverish
the rest of the country for the benefit of
New England aud Pennsylvania, are
instances of this kind Of legislation.
Over two hundred millions of dollars
are intended to beAquandered in these
measures alone, and the suffering tax
payers are compelled to endure such
enormous expenditures, which are of no
possible service to the nation. Thus the
national debt is constantly increased, in
spite Of the representation of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, and before long it
win become, not national blessing, "
but national curse ...
Year: 1866

Just within the narrow circle


Formed by yonder glowing ring.
Weird-like phantoms dance and culver
While to life my fancies spring.
In the years gone by forever


With their train of JOY and woe,
Close upon their failing footsteps


All the hopes of long ago.
Sitting in the cleaning freight,


Filling all the quiet room,
With the gay and joyous laughter


Ringing through the dusily gloom,
Warm and loving hearts and tender,
Voices with their cheerful call,
Sounding out life's sweetest music


To the shadows on the wall.
Has it died away forever?
Has thy life been spent in vain?
Do the echoes only hnger p
In the fancies of thy brain?
Dearest ties on earth are broken.


Cherish'd hopes have long since fed;
Yet of life the grace and sweetness
Is not numbered with the dead.
Ope thine eyes, oh idle dreamer,


There is work for thee to do
Fold the past within thy bosom,


And begin with life anew.
Thank the giver of this blessing,


Live, that when thy work is done,
Heav'n will open wide its portals,
And the goal of life be won
Year: 1866

3 "CoNTRABAND" .JUsTICE.-T h e
M,srJreesboro' Monitor of the 10th
inst, says: "We learned a few
DAYS ago of a case of justice being
administered on the system of col
'ored testimony, and colored judge
and jury, the first we suppose
since the passage of the ''colored
testimony law" On plantation
where some twenty or more con-
trabands were employed there was
one who was continually taxing
things which did not belong to
him, and suspicion having fixed
the guilt upon him, told the thief
that they intended to bring him
to town for trial, or for fear of not
getting justice shown him in the
courts here, they proposed to Or
ganize a court within themselves
and try him, either Of which he
might accept. The thief accepted
the latter court, and a judge was
appointed from amongst them, a


jury empannelled, and all the ey-
idence in the case submitted to
them, and the colored jury deci.
.ded that che was to receive 2OO
lashes with a hickory, and to leave
the plantation, which was admin
istered to the darkey, after which
he was compelled to leave"
Year: 1866

To ascertain the power and
amount of poison, DIR. Dearing
performed the following expert
ment:


The snake was very large and
vicious one, and very active at
the time. He took eight half
grown chickens, and allowed the
snake to strike each, under the
wing, as fast as they could be pre-
sented to him. The first died i'm
mediately; the second after few
minutes; the fourth after more than
an hour; the fifth after twelve
hours; the sixth was sick and
dropping for several days, but re-
covered, the seventh was only
slightly affected and the eighth not
at all,


With my second remaining
specimen, | was desirous of per-
forming several experiments as to
the action of this poison on the
blood. The following is one:-
The snake was quite active, and
as any one approached the cage,
began to rattle violently; but
twenty-five or thirty drops of
chloroform being allowed to fall on
his head, one slowly after the 9th
er, the sound of his rattle gradual
ly died away, and in few minutes
he was wholly under the effect of
this agent. He was then adroitly
seized behind the jaws with the
thumb and forefnger, and dragged
from the cage and allowed to par
TALLY resuscitate; in this state a
second person held his tail to pre-
vent him coiling around the arm
of the first, while a third opened
his mouth and with a pair of for
ceps pressed the fang upward,
causing flow of the poison which
which was received on the end of
ascalpel. The smallest quantity
of the poison being presented to
the blood between the glasses, q
change was Immediately perceived
the corpuscles ceased to run and
pile together, and remained stag
nant, without any special altera-
ton of structure; the whole ap-
pearance was as though the vital
ity of the blood had been suddenly
destroyed, exactly as i'll death from
lightning. This agrees also with
another experiment, performed on
a fowl, where the whole mass OF
the blood appeared quite liquid,
and having little coagulating pow
er. The physiological action OF
this poison on animals is probably
that of most powerful sedative,
acting through the blood on the
nervous centres.
Year: 1866




GEN. GRANT AND SOUTHERN SEN
rIMENT.-The Washington cores
ipondent of the Daily Advertiser
telegraphs as follows:


There are abundant indications
that Gen. Grant at least is not
wholly satisfied with the working
of affairs in the South. He be-
lievesthe masses Of the people are
disposed to quiet and order, and
thinks they would shortly become
peaceable citizens, but for the
pressure and influence of their
small local and county politicians
and leaders. He has not found IT
advisable to order the troops home
so rapidly as was anticipated six
weeks ago, and as the volunteer
soldiers are anxious to be relieved,
he is urging action ON the army bill,
and q strenuous effort will be made
to accomplish something concern,
ingin theSenate, at least during the
present week. He is also much
annoyed at the situation in Ken
lucky and some sections of Ten
nessee, where Union men are be-
ing prosecuted and harrassed quite
as badly as at any time during the
war, and he is trying to devise, in
connection with the civil authorl-
ties, some means for reaching the
abuses practiced in this regard.
The courts have recently ordered
the arrest in the former State OF
a considerable number Of late Con-
federate civil and military officers,
and arrests for persecution Of u
niouists are likely to made, unless
a better state of affairs soon pre-
walls.


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