smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

Beyond a very little drill, our officers at the
outset knew nothing of their duties. have
known colonel, man of much militia expe-
rience, deploy column under fire in such fash
ion as to bring his rear rank in 'front.' and the
right of every company where the left should
be, with the necessary result of throwing his
regiment into utter confusion. have known
a captain to send out vidette when he did
not know what vidette was, and formed his
men as skirmishers. Commandants OF grand
guards were ignorant of the necessity of vigi-
lence, and thought it shame not to let their
tired ''boys'' sleep ON post. No one can esti-
mate the number of brave men who perished
uselessly in small operations because their i'm
mediate officers did not know how to manage
them. In large operations it was still worse
Of men fit for independent commands or even
fit to handle a division under clear instructions
the State troops had none to offer, as they al
ways will have none. If we had not been op-
posed to troops about as i'll directed as our
selves, and if we had not had the science OF
West Point and the regular service to organize
and discipline and guide us, our early expert
ences wauld have been far more disastrous
than they were.


The chief strength of the volunteer forces
lay in the very superior character of the rank
and hle. 1ney were brave, 1ntelllSenU, SELL
respecting citizens determined to master their
new duties, and determined to win. Mere
drill they learned rapidly, and to admirable
perfection, They soon discovered, too, the ne
cessity of discipline, and actually aided their
officers in establishing it. OF their patience
under the cruelty of forced marches, and OF
their courage on the field of battle, 1 cannot
write now without a throb of emotion. The
fragment of my old company, in its last bloody
fight with gallant enemy, made charge after
charge under corporal. You don't go into
such hole because you like it," explained
trooper, describing dash through cannon,
swept valley; "you go because you are ashamed
to go back on the boys" ''It's burning
shame that the captain should be sent up with
out his own company" exclaimed a private
soldier, when his officer was ordered forward
to rally forlorn hope which had already lost
three commandants. eve may as well do it
to-day as tomorrow" said the men to one an
other, as they advanced under Sheridan to
recover the field of Cedar Creek. Such was
the spirit of the masses of that memorable army
and, also, as Isuppose, of the very similar army
which confronted it. Self-respect, a noble
feeling of comradeship. earnest purpose, and
common sense supplied in great measure the
lack of trained discipline and trained reg-
mental officers.
Year: 1879

THE s'free and unsh ackled" North Star
extends cordial invitation to the Democrats
to come in out of The wet and take refuge in
the Greenback halfway house. The Star
has forgotten that that house was unroofed
in the great September gale.
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all Indispensable, not necessarily for pubca
ton but guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return preserve COM
mun1cations that are not used.
Year: 1879

TRoUp is frank enough to confess that in
Ohio 'the Greenback cause has gone back
amazingly since 1875" Now is the time for
some Greenback paper to accuse Troup OF
being ''bribed by the Republican corruption
fund"
Year: 1879

Burdette of the Burlington Hawkeye can
be serious, and the sight of Benedict Ar
nold's house at Fredericton, New Bruins
wick, proyokes him to moralize after the
following fashion: 'He lived century too
early, this man of hateful and accursed
memory Had he lived hundred years
later he might have committed treason most
self in national councils, and drawn his
sword against the country that taught him
to use it; he might have plundered the ma
tiona treasury, robbed the government OF
arsenals and stolen its navy yards, fought
for years against the flag that waved over
his birth, and then-a tainted name? A
traitors doom? An accursed memory? A
haunted, desoate life? Oh no, Lord love
you, simple minded patriot nothing of the
sort. He would come back and be elected
to Congress, he would be a Senator, he
would run the government, he would talk
more loudly about the constitution be at
tempted to destroy, than the men who saved
it he would write books and defy public
opinion, and the only thing about him to
show that God hated him would be his
bIighted eye If Benedict Arnold ever looks
around this planet and sees how Jefferson
Davis is getting along, it must make him
feel that he is martyr and deeply injured
man.


TIE Bangor Commercial is ncryng itself
for the worst. 1t tells the Democrats that
they ''need not be alarmed or dismayed
Even if they see the head of the ticket in
New York defeated, owing to the action of
traitors and the bargains of corrupt men,
they need not despair. There is more than
one man in the country who can lead the
Democracy in 1880 out of what may seem
the jaws of defeat to glorious victory"
The Washington Post is not so cheerful. 1t
says: ''The Democratic party has got to
carry New York this year in order to have it
the next, and through IFS indispensable aid
secure the Presidency. If We lose it in No
vember nothing short of political miracle
can save US in 1880. Let Democrats AMI
Republicans alike take this admission and
make the most Of it,"


JOHN RUSSELL Young to an interviewer
81 observe that all of General Grants
friends-friends, mean, whose interest i'll
him springs neither from a political nor a
military standpoint, but from merely per-
sonal regard--do not look with enthusiasm
upon any prospects of his returning to po-
litcal lfe.''


THE Democrats are trying to persuade
themselves that the Ohio storm isn't much
of shower, anyhow.
Year: 1879

Gentlemen OF the Legislature, why
not take the Fowler amendment and
end this matter by submitting It to a
vote OF the people1 You say you
represent, the will Of the people. -.
Then why are you afraid to trust
themp The mere fact that you re-
fuse 10 do Il will be construed by
them as an outrage--as an usurpation.
They will not be satisfied that you
have taken this great matter into
your own hands. Every readjuster
must know he was never commission
ed by them to take this coupon for 30
years. They know they told their
constituents that the a6 year coupon
now on them was an outrage. Now
some Of them propose without per
mission Of the people TO put a 40 year
coupon on them.


You say you don't want to wait un'
iii November. All right then gentle
men. Take the BIZ between youI
teeth for seven months saving OF time.
Forty years is a much longer period,
and for that forty years the people
will put you between their teeth.
Year: 1879

The Allen amendment beats the tax
receivable coupon of Gilbert Walker
II Is another screw upon the bones Of
the taxpayer, and will surely make him
yell under its torture. If next year
there should be deficiency in the Rcve-
nue, 1t borrows It from the revenue Of
the succeeding year, and at an usurious
rate Of % rer cent. A few nips of this
delicate nature will consume the entire
revenue of n whole year ahead Of us, and
when that year shall roll round, we shall
De compelled TO doubt taxation and then
commence the same game again. Like a
hydraulic ram this continuous waste will
compel M upward lift by the people and
then the waste will spout out again to
cause another lift. II is the Hydraulic
Ram of the McCulloch Bill, and all Its
force IL expended on the people, but on
the coupon never bit, mark you that !!
Year: 1879

"Among what you might call the
bridegroom all presents at the recent
wedding Of q widow Of sixty and n
young man of twenty-five In Iowa, were
several grcat-grandchlldrcn, the gift Of
the bride.
Year: 1879

As soon MS the people catch the idea
that the McCulloch Debt Bill is not II
bill to reduce interest to 3 per cent. for
ten years, the sooner they will strike
oil--the oil Of truth. Out Of the ten
years term Ia to come all the time vast
ed In funding, and during that waste
the six per cent. surely and stubbornly
rms
Year: 1879

qnentIy possessed of information which could
be known only to the high official personages
that when money Is wanted for certain
purposes it is always forthcoming, and
that the Car himself has on more than
one occasion shown distrust of members
OF his own family. 1t is remarked upon
as strange that the Czarewiteh who was to
have met his father at Moscow, waited for him
at st. Petersburg; still more strange that when
the Gar did get to st. Petersburg the Care
witch was, after all, not present to receive him.
That the heir apparent to the throne of Russia
has always favored the panslavist party and
that his tour through Europe was undertaken
for the purpose of forming alliances against any
Teutonic league is matter of common gossip,
well or i'll founded. Altogether the Gar has q
hard life of it, and there seems little chance of
peace and quietness for him on this side of the
gravel
Year: 1879

IT is said that Hon. Chas. Foster,
the recently nominated republican
candidate for Governor of Ohio, is
very popular man in his state and
will be elected by an unusually large
majority.
Year: 1879

DIRECTIONS TO THE JUDICIAL kPPENsFs RrtI


The changes made In the supplemental iudi-
bill since its inception have been Important
The bill as first prepared would it is said in
executive departments, have interferrei m,sf
seriously and disasterously-if 1t ever became
law-with the execution OF their regular busi
ness. It's defects Of this character were so
glazing that they alone would have
bill, it is said, in its present SHADE
removes these Objectionable features. while
it still leaves the amounts appropriated
% small as TO make deficiencies Inevitable: and
further provides that no deputy marshals shall
This latter provision makes up the simple issue
between the republican and democratic parties.
The laws directing the appointment OF such Of
f1cers remain on the statute books unrepealed
bit their execution. It is another way, they
say, on the part Of the majority in Congress to
attempt to secure what previous dis
approval from the President prevented
This being the case its veto is certain. The
he is obliged by his oath to enforce all the laws
1t Is now proposed to prohibit him from enforc-
ing certain still unrcpealed laws. Gen. Garfield
IN his speech in the House set forth the Objec-
tions to the bill. He said in the course of short
speech:-"The President has taken an oath
that he will to it that the laws be faithfully
executed. You do not repeal the election laws,
but you make it impossible for him to execute
them without violating another. You seek ID
place him in reach Of your impeachment
on Connect the o% Sne 10 hand n on S, the 69v otas ae
violate his oath. We have no legal or moral
right to put the chief executive in such an atti-
tude." The President, it Is expected, will act
promptly. Thus, If the judicial bill should
reach him this evening in its present shape, he
would very likely return it with his disappro-
val next Monday.
Year: 1879

THE APPROPRIATION BILLS PASSED.


The condition of the appropriation bills is as
follows: The legislative bill was signed by the
President to-day. The army bill has passed
both houses, will be enrolled during the course
Of the day, and will reach the President to-
night The judicial bill has passed both houses.
and the democrats will try to put through
resolution fixing Tuesday next as the day
of final adjournment. The republicans say
they will not allow the resolution for al
journment to pass without it Is ascertained
whether or no the President will sign the
judicial bill. This they can do by withholding
their votes and leaving the House without
quorum. The democrats cannot pass the resO-
luton because they do not have quorum of
their own members In attendance upon either
house. II the President vetoes the judicial
Dill, and 1t Is stOutly claimed by good many
republicans that he will, it Is hard to say when
Congress will get through. The democrats say
he shall have no other bill, and that they will
they have made against the employment of
deputy marshals on election day. Should both
houses agree to adjourn sine die next Tuesday,
and the President concludes to Withhold his sip.
nature from the judicial BILL 1t is the impress
sion that the President will forthwith convene
1t In extra session again, and at once.


THE ARMY BILL.


At twenty minutes Of two O'Clock the Speaker
announced the army bill TO be duly enrolled
1t was then signed by Speaker Randall and
President pro tempOre Thurman, and taken to
man of the committee on enrolled bills


ALL THE BILLS PASSED,


The judicial bill was passed by the Senate
this afternoon without amendment. ALI OF the
appropriation bills Will be with the President
tonight.
Year: 1879

THE BILL introduced In the Senate to-day (by
request by Judge Davis proposes to authorize
the state Of Illinois, in her own behalf or as
trustee, to commence and prosecute In the .. S.
ny'moneys or land which may be due to that
state by the United States on account of the
disposal OF swamp and overf1oWed lands, and
requires the court to advance the case on its
docket and render Judgment on the merits,
without regard to the opinions heretofore en-
tertalned by the department. OF the INTERIOR
Year: 1879

NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-Tn the suit brought by
lhe owners OF The American steamer job NJ
Leonard and her master and crew. of Fall
River, Mass, against the owner OF the British
steamship .Arragon, to recover the value OF said
schooner, her cargo and freight, and personal
ef1ects of the master and crew, alleged to have
Deen totally lost In consequence OF a collision
between the schooner and steamer on the 18th
or April, 1877, Judge Choate in the L. s. district
court, rendered decision this morning. The
Total value as stated in the libel was $50 6S6 25
Inc schooner which was Of 40S tons register,
was pound ON voyage from Philadelphia to
PToVldence, X. l., with cargo OF $40 tons of
coal. The steamship, propeller OF S3T tons
register, was bound on voyage from New
York to Bristol, England. The collision
place Of collision in the Atlantic ocean,
off the eastern end OF Long Island, and distant
about Is miles therefrom The answer denies
and AYERS that it was about 81 miles east Of
Sandy Hook. The libel charges against the
steamer, that the collision occurred solely
proper conduct OF those In charge Of the steamer
Arragon, and that the steamer was run at
dangerous and excessive speed during the fog
that prevailed at the time, and was Improperly
and carelessly navigated, and without sounding
her whistle, and no sufficient lookout was kept
on said steamer nor proper measures taken to
avoid collision by stopping and backing the
steamer. The schooner was passing the steam
ers bow nearly at right angles when she was
struck by the steamer. Judge ChOate says In
conclusion: at is a singular fact In the case
that but one blast of the fog horn was heard on
the steamer, but the evidence is sufficient to
prove that 1t was blown at proper intervals and
several times just before the collision. The re-
suit Is that both vessels were at fault, and the
HbellantS will have decree for half their dam
Of their damages" Henry j. Scudder for the
Gbellant, r. ID. Benedict for defendant
Year: 1879

and North Q Street Railway Company; to quit
Pleasant Railroad Company; to incorporate the
Surburban Railway Company; to amend the
charter OF the Howard University; to repeal the
charter OF the Washington Market Company;
to empower the District Commissioners to re-
wise. correct or amend assessments upon the
written application of any person where real
property in said District has been assessed, pro-
vidfng for an appeal to the Supreme Court Of
the District; to abandon q portion of Rock
street. in Georgetown, and bill relating to the
regulation OF marriages in the District.
Year: 1879

We had eaten, served by the land
lady because it was cheaper than
the ducks that are sold in the poul-
try market. She was safe In her
assumption that we would not dis.
cover by the taste any difference
between that and many another
duck we had eaten from the same
table, but unfortunately she forgot
to pull out the nails.


"It was too much for the old
modore. He went to his room,
got out the old-fashione I, alligator
mo,Ithed carpet-bag that he used
to carry and began to stow his
dunnage. His example was infec.
tious. Within half an hour every
bit of baggage, from trunk to grip
sack, was out of the house, and the
boarders were seeking other feed
ing grounds.


Now, l don't mean to say, gen


tlemen, that the duck we had fol
dinner tonight WAS a wooden duck


understand me, saw no nails
| but-W
Year: 1879

Believing it to be to the best interest of both buyer
and seller determined to sell for cash from this
date We would respectfully ask the customers of the
old firm of Coulter Harper and all to give us trial
We have marked down goods to CASH PRICES and
we think you will save money by calling on us for
Year: 1879

named for the post of publisher and financial
manager of the new paper; but the omission
is accounted for by the fact that there Is PROB
ably only one man alive who unites all the
qualifications for that post, and he Is so clearly
nominated by Providence that it would almost
be surerfuous TO say anything more aoou'
him. It is needless to add that we refer 10
MIR. John +. Coyle. \ natural gift for spend
ing anything has been cultivated III MS case
by long and varied practice, while IN the dl-
rection of newspaper countinc-room ne
enjoys an experience absolutely unique. We
have no doubt that under his able manage
mcnt the history of the finances OF the nr"
organ viii be wholly unprecedented except ny
the curious story of the last days OF me va
hnnnI IntclIiacncer.
Year: 1879

There is a bit of news in the journals about the
clopemcnt of young lady from Vassar College, and
her subsequent marriage; and il is said that two
other young ladies, her fellow students, who as
sisted her i'm her fight. have for that act Of cruel
kindness been expelled from the institution. Sooner
or later something OF this sort mustha occurred at
Vas,ar but as good many years have gone BY of
perfect freedom from The slightest scandal, so the
college may not have another such annoyance tor
good many years to come Ii Is Clear that young
woman M such eager haste to be married, that the
important matter OF previous education
i'm her mind of no consequence, would prob
ably have been hIudored IN her purpose
by no possible precautions on the part
OK the Faculty. Indeed, she had only to wait for
= vacation to secure ample opportunity of
comprising her purposes If she had been guided
by honorable feelings, she would have waited,
or have taken up her existing connections be-
fore forming q new and Incompatible one. There is
little danger that her example will dcIude other
Vassar students INTO similar ,mpradence. A great
majority of them are working with "A purpose too
serious to suffer them to be betrayed into such an
act of folly. As the colleges for young
men are 50 frequently disturbed by disobedience
aud reckossnoss 1t Is not strange that colleges for
Young women should also have their occasional
troubles; but we question whether any institution
in the country can show falrer record than Vassar,
IN ,Dite of the peculiar difficulties of its manage
,apt
Year: 1879

In view of the great service which Elsee
Recus has rendered to geographical science,
the intention to accord him amnesty for the
part he took in the Commune is credi;able
10 the French Government. Although at the
instance of eminent men his sentence was re-
duced to banishment, that alone was sufficient
to retard his literary labors, and exclude him
from the scientific field in which he could
be most useful
Year: 1879

next week" Robert Braltl'S
mother said, when he came in
from his work and sat down to
read for a few minutes. "There's
her letter on the window sill if
you'd like to read it."


He took up the letter and read
it through slowly. One passage
he red over twice before he laid
it down.


81 never spent a pleasanter
summer in my life than the one
spent with you. And if Robert
is the same dear old fellow that
he was. then l shall enjoy this
one quite as much, tor you know
Rob and l were the best of friends
and l have seen 10 one since that
l liked half so we'll"


He sat there in the door, with
the letter in his hands, and be
looked away across the meadow
where the grass was crinkling in
the wind like a sea of emerald,
| and thought about that summer
gone by, and the summerevening.
In that vanished one he had
dreamed such sweet and beau
tiful dream, and its memory had
never left him. But he had hid
den it in his own heart, and no
one had ever guessed.what it was.
Now she was coming back, and
| the old dream must he lived over
again, or crushed down and kept
ont OF sight, if it so be that his
| will was powerful enough to do
that. But he doubted his own
strength. There had been times
in the dead summer, when it
seemed as if his heart must speak
out and be heard. But his pride
had kept him silent. Here was
he, a farmer; and she was the
child of wealthy parents, city
born and bred, aud he argued
that he had no right to say any
thing to her of love, because their
stations in life were so different
and so far apart. If she had
been a farmers daughter, or the
child of poor parents, or he had
been rich mans sOn, with cnl-
ture and education equal to her
own, then! But always the ''if''
came up to stare him in the
face, and so he cIushed back the
words he had almost said 81
many times, and Helen Hunt
never discovered his secret, he
felt sure.


| He could not help feeling g
thrill of keen pleasure at know
ing she was coming back but, al
the same time, he was sorry. Il
would only make it harder foI
him after she was gone. He knew
that her voice would hold tht
old dangerous sweet fascination
in it and her eyes would onl!
make him feel more keenly villa
he longed to claim for his own
and what was out of his reach
But-and something OF that reck
lessness which comes to all OF u
at times came to him-she wa
coming, and he could not helI
that, and he would let the tutnr
} decide it's own affairs. He wonl


drift aud dream, even if the wal


ing up at the end of it was bite


with loss aud IL life-time's rcgre


The next week brought Hele


Hunt. Robert drove down
I the depot after her. She wa


standing Oh the platform, wit
Z her face turned another wa.


when he drove up. But it di


not need the sight of her fscs


tell him that she was there, t


would have known that tall ar


graceful figure anywhere.


IL am glad to see you back


he said coming up to her sill


His voice was not quite stead


He had tried to make himst
cool aud self-coDtrolled. but Il