smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1866

commissioner aforesaid, with such other fees
may be deemed reasonable by such commits
siOner for such other additional services as may
be necessarily performed by him or them, such as
attending at the examination, keeping the prison
er in custody, and providing him with food and
lodging during his detention, and until the final
determination of such commissioner, and in ge :
eral for performing such other duties as may be
required in the premises; such fees to be made
up in conformity with the fees usually charged
by the officers of the courts Of justice within the
proper district or county, as near as may De prac-
ticable and paid ou. of the treasury OF the United
States on the certificate of the judge of the dis
recoverable from the defendant as part OF the
Judgment in case Of conviction.


Sec. Ind be 1t further enacted, mat when
ever the President of the United States shall have
reason to believe that offences have been or are
likely to be committed against the provisions OF
this act within any judicial district, it shall be
lawful for him, in his discretion, to direct the
trict to attend at such place within the district
and for such time as he may designate, Tor the
purpose of the more speedy arrest and trial o1
persons charged asth violation OF tniS act ;-and
it shall be the duty of every judge or other officer
when any such requisition shall be received by
him. to attend at the place and for the time there
in designated.


Sec. 8. And be it farther enacted, That it shall
be lawful for the President of the United States,
or such person as he may empower for that pur
pose, to employ such part of the land or naval
forces of the United States the militia, rs shall
he necessary to prevent the violation and enforce
the due execution OF this act.


Sec. TO-, ,And be it turther enacted, That upon
all questions of law arising in any cause under
taken to the Supreme Court of the United
States -
Year: 1866

The following Act, in relation to the scaling OF
Confederate Currency, from the time of its first
issue to the end of the war, passed at the recent
session of the General Assembly:


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO


ESTABLISH A SCALE OF DEPRECIATION


OF CONFEDERATE CURRENCY.


WHEREAS, By an ordinance of the Convention,
entitled {" An ordinance declaring what laws and
ordinances arc in force, and for other purposes
ratified on the 18th day of October, A. D., 1863
it is made the duty of the General Assembly to
provide scale of depreciation of the Confederate
Currency from the time of its first issue TO the
end of the war; and it is further therein declared
that ''all eXecutory contracts solyable in money,
whether under seal or not, made after the deprc
citation of said currency before the 1st of May,
1865 and untitled Except official bonds and penal
bonds payable to tho State) shall be deemed to
have been made with the understanding that they
were solvable in money of the said currency"
subject nevertheless, to evidence of different in
tent of the parties to the contract; therefore,


Be IL enacted by the General assembly Of the State
Of North CdroliIta, and it is hereby enaccd by tie
1uthOrity Of the same, That the following scale OF
depreciation be and the same is hereby adopted
and established as the measure OF value of one
gold dollar in Confederate currency, for each
month, and the fractional parts of the month of
December, 1864 from the 1st day of November,
1861 to the 1st day of May, 1865, to-wit:


Scale Of depreciation IF Confederate currency, the


gold dollar being tie at5t and measure ot 0at'te,


from Noyenlber LIST, 1861, to Nay LIST, 1867
Year: 1866

The Richmond Examiner says that the
Southern people would be false to themselves
did they not assign all places of trust to those
only who have been prominent in the rebellion.
1t goes. on to say that the people Of the South
were almost unit in the cause. 1t is true
that some respectable citizens hesitated at first,
but they all finally united with their patriotic(!)
fellow citizens. Then the Examiner draws the
following picture of those who remained true
to the Union:


"Besides these there were also very few
THANK God that they were so few y mean
creatures, curmudgeons and towards, who, hav-
ing no honor, esteemed their petty possessions
| and their worthless lives too much to risk eth
er willingly. This handful of base wretches,
disreputable in character and pitiful in point
of ability, still clamored for Union when all
decent men were giving their blood and treas
ure freely toward separation and independence
Clamored for Union, not that they loved it
for they'were equally incapable of any kind of
patriotism-but from a shameful fright of the
conflict. They disgraced and embarrassed us
| all through the war; on our defeat they were
the first to exult in our misfortunes, the most
pitiless in insult, and the most inexorable in
persecution"


The Cincinnati Tmes-which is, like the
Ecdnuaer, Democratic sheet-asks:
How can Pollard look at this portrait of
himself without blushing? If the Unionists
were so mean, what must be said of him, who
is Unionist now? How could he maintain
the manhood he claims without leaving the
country"
Year: 1866

The President replied that he would
make no speech. The best way was to
talk plaenly and distinctly. If he had not
given evidences in his past career of his
friendship for the colored race, there was
nothing now that he could do to that end.
He had said, and he repeated it here. that
if colored mankind could find no Moses to
lead them out of bondage. he would be that
Moses to lead them to the Land of Promise
and Liberty, but he was not willing, under
the circumstances, to adopt policy which
would lead to the shedding of blood, and
the sacrifice of their lives.


He believed if the policy which some
are persisting in at present was carried out
it would result in great danger to the color
ed man. He said. Suppose the colored
men now in the South, by a magic wand,
be enfranchised tomorrow, what good
would result to him


He then expressed the grounds on which
he was opposed to slavery, and said it
should now be abolished, and national
guarantee given in regard to it that could
not be revoked. He then stated the evil
result which would accrue by forcing the
principle Of the extension of suffrage upon
the people of either of the districts of
State, in opposition to the express will of
the majority. At the conclusion of mis- re-
marks, Fred. Douglass said he would have
to refer the great question to the people and
their representatives, and saying he had
great faith in the people.
Year: 1866

The Washington Chronicle records the
following novel case, just decided by the
Secretary of the Treasury:


at appears that gentlemen in Liver
pool, England, shipped a lot of swine to
New York. During the voyage a SOW had
a litter of pigs, which, upon their arrival
at New York, could not$ae landed. as Trey
were not included in the original manifest.
The Collector of Customs Immediately tele-
graphed the Secretary, asking whether the
stock was liable to seizure. whereupon the
following laconic decision was the result:
'Land the pigs"
Year: 1866

Gen. Fisk Denounced as an Infamous Liar


The Lexington Req orter copies an extract
from the recent speech of Gen. Fisk, of the
Freedman's Bureau, and thus disposes of
certain of his allegations;


''The statements made are clear, distinct,
and uneq uivocal as to persons, time and
place, and we'll calculated by such distinct
ness to obtain credenoe, especially among
the people of the Nroth. Yet every state
ment is an unmitigated falsehood. We
have made enquiries of black and white to
ascertain if there was single grain of truth
on which the structure of malicious calum-
ny could have been built. We knew of
course that it was impossible that there
should have been thirteen lacerated, bleed
ing and MANNED discharged soldiers on the
streets of Lexington, where there was then
a company Of negro soldiers stationed,
without some commotion being excited.
Our enquiries were devoted to whether
there was single discharged soldier who
had received no stripes and wounds. but
any i'll usage from his former owner. Nor
any one was known to black or white.


Gen. Fisk made speech to the colored
population of this place, last week. but we
are assured made no allusion to any such
barbarities. His statements were made in
Cincinnati, where there was no one presen
to contradict him, and were inteded exclu-
sively for Northern circulation and effect.


We have also made inquiries of the Mas
ter Commissioner concerning the less i'm
portant statement as to the sale of the slave
girl, and found it equally destitute of truth.
1t has too often been the habit of the South
to treat with derision or silent contempt
the gross falsehoods circulated as to their
barb arities. In obedieBDe to our duty as
conductor Of the press, we denounce the
statements given sboye as infamous lies,
and we brand their author as an Infamous
liar
Year: 1866

FAITH.-Looking out Of his window one
summer evening, Luther saw on tree At
hand little bird making his brief and easy
dispositions for a nights Test. "Look,"
said he, chow that little fellow breaches
faith TO US all. He takes hold Of his twig.
tucks his head under his wing, and goes to
sleep, leaving God to think for him."
Year: 1866

.HA - A sSeSsOr,

 And no certificate of payment issued by any collector shall be taken as sufficient evidence for the cancellation of the trans portation bond, unless it bears the forego- ing indorsement of the assessor of the dis tlict where the cotton was delivered, and the tax paid.

 In case the taxes should not be paid to the collector of the district to which the cotton was sent within ninety days from the date of the permit, said collector must immediately notify the collector who took the bond of the default, and it will then be the duty of the latter to proceed upon the bond Unless the signers to the bond pay the amount of the taxes without delay, the bond should be placed in the hands of the United States District Attorney for suit

 A collector to whose district cotton is permitted to be removed in bond may at any time receive the taxes named in the permit, without the actual delivery of the cotton; and in such case, he may give his certificate that the taxes on cotton descri- bed in the permit have been paid, and omit the statement that the cotton 1t self has been delivered.

 WHERE THE TAX IS PAID BEFORE RENO

 VAL.

 Where the parties are desirous of pay ing the tax on the cotton before the remo- val from the district where the same is
Year: 1866

LESSON FOR DAD.-An old farmer who had two or three very pretty daughters. was so very anxious of his charge that he would not permit them to keep the company of young men, However, they adopted the following expcdicnt to enjoy the company of their lovers. without the knowledge os their fathcr

 After the old man had retired to rest, the girls would hang q sheet out the window which was quite q distance from the ground. and the beau would seize hold of the sheet and with the assistance of his lady-lovc, who tuggcd Justify at the sheet above, would thus gain entrance.

 But it so happened that one evening the girls hung the sheet rather early, for the old gentleman, by some ill wind, was blown round the corner and spying the sheet could not conicct the mean ing of its being there, he took hold and cndeavored to pull it down. The girls, supposing it to be one of their beaux, began 10 hoist, and did not discover their mistake until the head of the old man was level with the window sill, when one of them cXclaimcd:

 "Oh, Lord. it's dad! and. letting go their hold. sollsc came the old man on the hard stones and ground below, dis locating one of his shoulders. which convinced him that all efforts to make old maids of his daughters was not a matter so easily accomplished, and withdrawing all opposition, was soon @l father-in-law. as ea e
Year: 1866

CRoPs IL THE VALLEY.-A month ago it
was disheartening to look at the wheat crop
of this section; but the late refreshing
rains and genial sunshine have so much
improved it in appearance that but little
complaint is now heard. Cereals Of all
kinds are presenting healthy appearance
Year: 1866

AND THOU, BRuTus THE Washington
RepuJlican thus knocks the last prop out
from under the Radicals:


"While it is true that Secretary Harlan
was 'reticcnt' in the meeting proper OF
the Cabinet, we presume it is no secret that
before leaving the Cabinet chamber ne
freely expressed himself as being strongly
on the side of the position taken by Secre-
tarieS Seward and Stanton"
Year: 1866

Mrs. Jefferson Davis has engaged as her
cook the former cook of General Butler.
When she learned of his once having held
this position, she told him he had been In
bad company, but she hoped to make q
good man and good cook OF him notwith-
standing. - a.
Year: 1866

THE VALUE OF NEGRO TESTIMONY
The utter worthlessness of negro evidence
was ssrikingly exemplifedin case that oc.
ourred in this town last week. One of our
most respected young planters was arrested
on the charge, preferred by several freed
Year: 1866

A correspondent writing from Mexico of
recent date says:


The good will of the Emperor toward the
Americans has been shown by the extension,
within few days past to the American and
Mexican Steamship Company, Of the right
to make Sisal, in Yucatan, stopping place,
as well as by the resolution which the Gov
ernment has taken TO anticipate the payment
of the company of the annual subvention,
which does not fall due, by the terms of the
contract before the edd of May next. The
Mexican and American Express Company
also has receivad a concession of the right
to transmit goods to New York without pay
custom house fees or consular dues. Ameri
can capital is also understood to be invested
in the new railway line, for which q conees-
sion has been granted, between Vera Cruz
and Puebla, by way of Jalapa. This was
the old Spanish highway to Mexico City,
and as Puebla is off the line of the Imperial
Mexican railway it will doubtless, when
constructed become formidable competitor
of that route 1t is a healthy symptom OF
enterprise on the part of the natives that the
proprietors along the line are contracting to
supply the road with sleepers in exchange
for stock in the company.


The rails are expected to be laid as far as
Puente Nacional by the end of the month of
Nav next and the company are establish
ing their workshops in the city of Jalapa.
In this city the great local question OF the
moment concerns the drainage of the lakes
around the capital At this time the level
of Lake Tezcuco is reported to be few
inches higher than the city, and, OF course,
with the heavy rains of summer there IS
great peril of a complete inundation. A
native Mexican engineer, educated IN Paris,
Senor Garav, is now at work on plan Of
his for draining the whole OF this water
surface. and the press are actively discussing
the merits and dement's Of his operations.
Senior Garay is a vehement Republican, but
as he does not care 20 see all Mexlco
| drowned for the pleasure Of extinguishing
the Intervention, he is devoting himself tc
the great public work with an energy credit
able TO his country. write in haste, not
1 feeling sure that this letter, which goes By
! the French steamer, viii reach you heior'
nav regular correspondence, and'so, take tht
chance.s The details Of the news from th'
| interior. so far as they have any importance


Won viii doubtless receive through the As
! sociated Press at Havana.
Year: 1866

The Cincinnati Commercial publishes let
ter from a Washington correspondent who
is honored with the personal acquaintance Of
Senator b. f. Wade and reports some frag-
ments Of the elegant conversation of that re-
fined gentleman, which will be likely TO ere
ate a popular appetite for more of it. A
Boswell il is to be hoped will attach himself
at once TO Wade, and begin to record for the
benefit of posterity his classic utterances and
sharp colloquial hits. A young man with a
good memory and plenty of muscle would
be admirably adapted to the place, for the
reason that he could perform the double
duty of noting down the choice profanity of
his patron, and at the same time protecting
him from the iack-knives of wandering to-
bacco-chewers, wnich the great man has an
unhappy way of ofmistaking for the daggers of
assassins. Without further preface we pre-
sent our readers the choice feast of reason
which we find in the Commercial. Said the
great Benjamin F.:


had known Andy johnson long time
in the Senate. He and / had served on the
same committee and had been very intimate.
When he became President he sent for me
among the first, and told me he should ex-
pect me to be his friend, and that he would
I 4
| / felt very much hattered by his compli-
ment. and would always be glad to give him
what little assistance l could. He asked me
| what he had better do with the rebels, and
I told him he had better hang eight or ten
Of the leaders, and scare the balance so as
they would run away, and to leave an open
door for them to get out at. He said he
thought he would do that, | told him tC
| tighten the bit on the damned scoundrels, al
Lincoln had been driving them with 'toC
loose rein. He agreed TO that, too, and
thought for awhile he was going to stick t.
it. Before left him Itold him to be warn


ed by the fate of Fillmore and Tyler, whC
had come to the Presidency livery much a
he had. Said | There never was a mar
in your position made President by the dealt
of another, that the men who voted agains
him didn't try to get hold of him, and when
ever they're sold out they're damned them
selves etemally." sse


johnson looked at me when | said this
and asked me if had any fear about hi


going over to the opposition. told him


hadn't, but said |, you must lcok out 70


them and be prepared for Them" II


laughed at me, and soon after left him.


didn't think was prophesying then, but


has since come out that was. 81 tell you


Andy johnson is deeper dyed in infamy to


day, ten times over, than John Tyler eve


was. Hes a id sight worse traitor to hi
party than Tyler was, and he'll be worse We
before he goes out.p ~ =
This is not as good story as that whic
Wade told about his interview with the q:
sassin-the 'man in gray"-but we have n
doubt that il has the merit Of being q'ate {
true.
Year: 1866




General Fisk testifes that he has hall
million of freedmen under his charge The
great mass are in good condition, and I'M
proving, but need the protection of the Gov
ernment as much ON account of the opposi-
ton manifested against them as in justice to
the negro. Those who eyince their hostility
to these persons say they should be entirely
driven from the Stale, and oppose the educa-
ton of the negro and his justice before the
law. All the freedmen in Tennessee who
are able-bodied procure employment. The
military should not be withdrawn, nor mar
tial law removed, or the writ of hdbeds corpus
be at present restored. As to loyalty, the
majority of the people Of Tennessee are 'op-
posed to the Government. If every man
should vote as he pleased, this fact would be
manifested. 5..


Colonel William Spence testifes that the
poorer classes in Tennessee were loyal, If
proper efforts were made to protect them.
He thinks the disloyal sentiment greater In
Western than in Middle Tennessee, and that
the admission of Senators would have good
effect. as this would set the whole machinery
in motion. and the people would become
better satisfied.


United States Senator elect, d. I. Patter-
son, testifes that the people of East Tennes-
see are overwhelmingly loyal; there are very
few rebels there, and there is nothing, to
fear from rebel influence. He doubts
whether there are more than three counties
in East Tennessee where rebel candidates
would present themselves. East Tennessee
can take care of herself The trouble is in
Middle and West Tennessee. He thinks
there is more disloyalty in West than in
Middle Tennessee. He was an interested
party as to representation, being Senator
elect, but he thought it would be advanta-
geous to the loyal sentiment of Tennessee,
were it admitted to a representation in Con-
gress- The moral influence would dc us
| good at home.
Year: 1866

William Lloyd Garrison thinks that President
johnson is traitor and ought to be impeached.
brief extract from a speech of Garrisons, de-.
livered in New York fey years ago. will make
manifest his eminent claims to sit in Judgment on
the loyalty of the executive or of anybody else:


No act of ours do we regard with more CON
scientous approval, or higher satisfaction none do
we submit more confidently to the tribunal of
heaven, and the verdict OF mankind, than when,
several years ago, on the fourth of july, in the
presence of a great assembly, we committed to
the dameR the Constitution Of the United States.
Year: 1866

SEEING Is BELEvGNG.--If ladies who do not use
the fragrant SozOdont will compare teeth with
those who do, they will see in an instant more
reasons for adopting it than can be composed into
q newspaper paragraph.
Year: 1866

A Quick QuARrEn.--A hoy worked
hard all day for quarter Of n dollar
With tho quarter he bought apples, and
took them to town and sold them in the
street for a dollar. With the dollar hc
bought sheep. The sheep brought him
a lamb, and her fleece brought him an-
other dollar. With tho dollar lc bought
him another sheep. The next spring he
had two sheep, two lambs, and ycarling
sheep. Tho three 1ccccs he sold for three
dollars, and bought three IN orc sheep
lilo now had six, with fair prospect
lie worked where he found opportunity,
for hay, corn, and oats, and rasturing for
his sheep. lie took tho choicest care Of
them and soon had flock. Their wool
enabled linn to buy pasture for them,
and by the time he was twenty ono he had
u fair start in life, aud all from the quar-
ter earned in one day.
Year: 1866

WELL,spENr TINE.--Spcnd your time
in nothing which must be rcrcntcd off,
Spend it in nothing on which might not
pray for the blessing Of God. Spend it
in noting which you could not review
with quiet conscience on your dying
bed. Spend it in nothin. which you
might not safely and properly be found
doing, il death should surprise you in the
act.
Year: 1866

Seven negroes were sentenced to the
Pcnctcntiary at the late term Of the How


ard County Circuit Court for various Of
fences. And not q white minister was so
much as indicted for the crime Of preach
lug tho gospel.