smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1866

in 1860. Thus we have for the production
of the present crop but little over one-hali
the labor employed in 1860.


Improperly estimating the extent of the
growing crop. we should also bear in mind
the iufirm character of the labor now en-
ploved as compared 20 that of 1860. The
experiment of free negro labor is yet to be
worked out We believe that they are so
far doing much better than the most hopeful
had anticipated. No onewith whom we have
communicated, however, rates them as iull
and efficient laborcrs as under the old syS-
tenn Something must be allowed for tins
deficiency In the character of oar present
labor. This. rs a matter of course, Is mere
matter of conjecture. Some say they are
only half rs efficient rs fOrmerly-sOme
think they do about two-thirdS the labor
they accomplished before the war, and some
nut il at a little higher still. But estlmat-
ing each hand employed, as good as in 1860,
and we cannot under the most favorable
seasons expect more than half crop, or
100000 bales.


There cannot be more than one-half the
land planted, which was cultivated in 1850.
For want of effective stock, and the com
PEELED Use Of inferior implements, the pre-
| paration for the crop has been very lmper'
| feet. The scarcity and consequent high
price Of seed has compelled our planters tC
put too little seed in the oarth-thelr p ant
! ing will be the cause of had stands. Ih'
condition Of the plough animals is 7ery poor
ON account ofthc great scarcity of corn, re
sulting from the failure Of the negroes /
work and house the last crop.


Taking all these things into consideration
we do not believe that a crop of more than
eighteen hundred thousand bales can be pos
| sihlv raised this year. If there should be Al
early frost or any very great extremes OF We


or dry weather, i. will fall short of tina


amount. Indeed, there are So many accl


dents likely 10 effect the growth of the plant


that it would be extremely hazardous {


make an estimate Of the crop, save upon th


grounds which we have taken.
Year: 1866

On account of bad health l this day sold out my
entire interest in the firm of FRENCH & CO., to
the above House, and cordially recommend to my
old friends my successors in business, who may
be confidently relied on as gentlemen of the
highest business qualifications; and to those who
may favor them with their business they can
feel assured that it will be performed with probity.
honor, and energy.


For the many favOrs and large patronage have
received during the long number of years have
been engaged in business. l warmly thank my
friends earnestly soliciting the continuance Of the
same for my successors and friends, Reid. Chad
bOurn & Co.


Very Respectfully,


eb27-tf
Year: 1866

I WILL ATTEND PROMPTLY TO THE
L purchase of Real Estate which may be entrusted
to my care. My long and thorough familiarity
with the lands Of this and adjoining counties, and
my general acquaintance with the wants and in
terests of our people, give me peculiar advan-
tages for this business. Parties desiring to pur-
chase would do well to consult me.


Also, will give prompt attention to the cOllee-
ton of all doubtful claims Such as are not doubt
full anybody can collect.


W GALLOWAY,
ap26-3m Columbia Maury county.
Year: 1866

of his dream, and no one SO loyal now,
rs himself in fact most extremely So
or course h. cannot expect less from
Congress with the resolutions and memo
rial of this convention to place before
them, than for the Congress to give hlm
the appointment of Secretary OF the Ter
ritory Of Arkansas; most certainly he
could not accept less ofiice-but he
will.


| know your space allowed, with this
convention must be filed up and | refrain
from further history of the slgners.
know that the sentiments expressed in the
call to this convention and of the speak
ers who addressed the meeting are not in
accordance with the majority OF the union
men in this State, in relation to negro
suffrage and negro social equality. The
boys in blue everywhere, with IN oath,
declare that they fought only to save the
union, and not TO free the negro; "dam
the negro" they say; and with loathing
and scorn turn from the idea OF negro
social equality and negro worship. Stop
Il dozen men on any road in Arkansas
and ask them their views, and if these
were carried out the salvation OF the Rad
icals to office will never through them
reach fruition. z.
Year: 1866

TRUE.-Show us newspaper, says an cX-
change whose columns are ut all times crowded
with new advertisements and we will show you
community alive with business enterprise
The age is moving one and business men move
with it. A man who stands still in these latter
days, and waits for customers instead of inviting
them will in a short time find himself behind his
competitors. 1t is generally believed that tue
merchant who does not advertise is ashamed of
his stock All active merchants, who are am
bilious to do business, advertise.
Year: 1866

DEMOCRATIC SPIRIr.-A writer in the Amador
Dispatch. an organ of the Democracy, says ofthc
Legislature SO 1t will most Willingly adjourn
on the day Abe Lincoln was born, on the day lie
split three million fence rails, and on the day he
rendered to his country that greatest service of
his public career-that is by leaving this world
by the assistance of God Almighty and j. Wilkes
Booth -
Year: 1866

and devotion to principle, controls u
power, silent, il is true, but nevertheless
potent for good, and second only to
that Of the President himself. The
Southern people have been strangely
drawn to Mr. johnson by many Of his
acts which indicate u new purpose to
secure to them substantial justice. To
the full flow of earnest and enthusiastic
devotion, there remains but one draw
back---the failure to declare the amncs-
ty general, and to let from prison and
exile the confined and the eypatriated
return to their homes. The day upon
which that should be done would mark
new era in The reunited strength Of the
country.


Touched with the magnanimity and
manifestations of confidence which this
act argues, the Southern people would
feel alresh the glow Of patriotic pride
so long a stranger to their bosoms, and
would show u united front for the Pres
ident; while, my word for it, not one
of the distinguished individuals now
laboring under the disability, who
would accept restoration to citizenship,
would prove ungrateilll or unworthy
co-workers in the plan Of restoration.
Year: 1866

LIQUID HONEY.--The following re
ceipt for a beautiful liquid honey is ta-
ken from Mr.. Langstroth, which he
says ''the best judges have pronounced
one of the most luscious articles they
ever tasted" Put two pounds of the
purest white sugar in as much hot wa
ter as will dissolve it; take one pound
of strained white clover honey-an,v
honey Of good flavor will answer--and
add it warm to the syrup, thoroughly
stirring together. AS refined loaf su-
gar is pure and inodorous sweet, one
pound of honey will give its flavor in
two pounds ofsugar, and the compound
will be free from that smarting taste
that pure honey often has, and will gen
orally agree with those who can not
cat the latter with impunity. Any de
sired flavor can be ad,le,! to it.


Although no profit can be realized
from inducing bees to store this mix
ture in boxes or glasses. the amateur
may choose, in bad seasons, or in dis
tricts where honey is pure, to secure II
this way choice specimens for his ia
bee. ....
Year: 1866

The following singular circumstances
are vouched for Us strictly true by the
Detroit Tribune:


Some months since citizen OF
Branch county, in this State, employed
two men men to remove his deceased
wifc's remains, which they pretended to
do, and claimed as rccompcnsc, one
three dollars and half and the other
one dollar and half. The gentleman
being well pleased with their execution
of the work, gave the latter two dollars
which he refused, giving back fifty
cents. The following night the gen
tleman dreamed that one Of the men
visited his room naked, his body cover
cd over with black spots, and OF being
asked what allied him, he replied that
the spots indicated the lies he had told
and the large one on his side the lie
he had told him in regard to disinter-
ring his wife s remains, which they had
not done. On awakening, his dream
so impressed him that he was led to As
certain whether the mcu had actual, !,
done what he had paid them for doing
and asccrtained that they had not. Oh
his complaint they were arrested an'
sent to the State Prison for one yea
for obtaining goods under false prcten
ces. and are now serving out their tim
at Jackson.
Year: 1866

A BEAUTIFUL THoUGHT--What can
be more original or expressive than
the first thoughts of children when
they begin to express the ideas that
their young brains give birth to. The
of a little girl having been
called to a rose bush, on whose top
most stem the oldest rose was fading,
whilst below and around it three
beautiful crimson buds were just un.
folding their charms, she at once and
artlessly exclaimed to her brother


'.See, Willie, these little buds have
just walked in time to kiss their moth
er before she dies."a sa a bna
Year: 1866

large proportion of the operatives in our various
kinds OF shops are not worth $1,000 A wife be-
loved, and coniding children cling with fond regard
to the father liable at any moment to be taken away
with nothing laid by for their comfort and protec.
ton. The annual sum Of S25 would pay life poll.
cy that would in the event of death go far towards
making them comfortable; and who can not lay
aside for such purpose this small sum, and who
among you ought not to lay it aside! If the family
is poor so much the greater need that this wise pro
vision be not neglected. AS the ordinary accumu
lations necessarily slow, requiring years to lay
aside few hundred dollars, how much wiser to make
sure at once a large sum by Life Insurance. TAKE
warning before il is too late.
Year: 1866

There are many persons who have been deferred
from Insurng their Lives for the benefit of then
families on account Of not being in sound health.-
The undersigned is agent for the UNIVERSAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
which company takes risks the lives OF lNvALIDS
and is also agent for the
Year: 1866

FRIDAY, July zI-U = m


The stock market been strong and active TO- day,
and prices have in most instances experienced
further advance The most active OF the railway shares
were Northwestern and Michigan Southern, but
tho entire list of speculative shares showed considerable
buoyancy. The bulls encouraged BY the extreme
monetary ease and tho prospect Of its being prolonged
Loans are made freely CALL with exceptions time
nj ave per cent and the transactions at four becom
ing moro Many the leading operators out
Of town, but they doing brisk business by tele
graph and Wall street and the Saratoga races are thus
being attended to simultaneously Private advces from
the latter place state that small balloons let fy daily
bearing the Of particular stocks much dealt in
here as indicators OF their future according TO the
views OF tho bailoonsts. The following table Of the
prices the dates mentioned will TO recall
mind tho fluctuations in railway shares during the
Year: 1866

II appears 10 be difficult 10 understand the disease
in this island to control It, Tho positive opinion Of
day IL flsined BY that Of the next For instance
appeared quite certain Thursday that the cholera had
reached its climax and under the control or the
medical offcers, yet thoro wore two fresh yes
terday, one OF which proved fatal Il s satisfactory,
however, learn that the sick list showed thirteen
than the day previous The vicinity OF State street being
reputed infected orders have been issued that boats from
Governors Island will avoid the Battery landing


HART's AND DAvfDs ISLANDS.


Tho reports from Harts and Davids Island to-day
assuring than any have had since the epidemic
broke out among the troops there There fresh
cases OF cholera yesterday, and NO deaths either
island but darrhBa continued TO eugross the attention
Of the medical officers


For fear tho cholera should 10 taken to tho cavalry
rendezvous ct Carlisle by recruits enlisted in this city
recruiting for the mounted service has been temporarily
suspended In New York and vicinity.
Year: 1866

The MANUFACTURE OF SoDA.-By
a new process soda can be manufac-
tured to advantage from common salt,
and the patentees in England have
begun to put it in practical operation.
Briefly, the process consists in submit
ting common salt, carbonate Of mag
nesia and small quantity of water
to the action of carbonic acid gas,
The chemical changes resulting pro-
duce bicarbonate of magnesia, which
dissolves in the water; chloride of
magnesium, which also remains in
solution; and bicarbonate Of. soda,
which falls in powder and can
be collected. By moderate heat the
bicarbonate can be converted into
carbonate of soda Common soda, and
by evaporating the solution containing
the chloride and bicarbonate OF mag
nesium can be obtained. The cost Of
the process i'd very little. 's.'
Year: 1866

Especially who have become the victims of Solitary
Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit which
ally sweeps to untimey grave thousands of Young
Men Of the most exalted talents and brilliant intellect
who might otherwise have entranced listening Senate:
with the thunders OF eloquence walked TO ecsacy the
living Tyre, may call with full confidence.
Year: 1866

vol. l6mo. Illustrated. Price 81 50
~ NE undersigned have in press and will issue
as soon as possible, the above work. 1t is
designed TO furnish the youth of our country a
candid i!rd impartial History of the Great Wan
through which We have just passed, from Dem
ooratic stand point The minds of the youth OF
our country are being poisoned and mis- educated
by fsIsc and partial histories of the -Abotionists
and It is of great Importance to the welfare Of OIL
country that the real disunonsts, as they are now
proving themselves to be, shall be properly por-
trayed. The great Importance Of sound juvenile
literature has long been felt and acknowledged
and as this is the first attempt to furnish it, the
publishers respectfully solicit the encouragement
of the public and the assistance of the Democrat
ic press. 1t will be just such n book as every
Democrat, North or South, will desire to place in
the hands Of his children t, give them correct
idea OF the late war and its causes


All orders will be filled according to the date of
Their reception, and the book will be sent post
pad, on the receipt Of the price soon issued
~ The trade will be supplied at the usual
discount. Address


VAN EVEIE. HORTON i CO., Publishers,


No. 1872, Nassau stl eet, New York
Year: 1866

u Some specimens of rock salt have
been received in San Francisco from a
salt mountain located near the mouth OF
the Rio Virgin, Arizona, about thirty-four
miles from Callville, on the Colorado
river. This salt is as clear as the purest
rock crystal, and if it were not for its
being SO readily soluble, might be cut
and ground into spectacle glasses like
Brazilian pebbles. The supply is said
70 be perfectly inexhaustible.
Year: 1866

A DEAD HUSBAND Turns UP-The
Reading Gazette says another case of
the dead coming to life has just been
brought TO light in the Registers Of
fee of that county. A citizen of Read
ing who enlisted in the early part of
the war, and from whom no informa-
ton was had for scmc time, was given
up for dead. His supposed widow, in
order to draw a certain legacy, which,
IN the meantime became payable to
the husband, took out letters of admin
istration on his estate, drew the legacy
and was again married Immediately
thcreupon. A few weeks afterwards
the hurband-not dead, but living
called at the Registers office, where
he was informed that letters of admin
istration on his estate had been grant
ed to his supposed widow, wbereupon
he instituted legal proceedings against
his wife and her sureties TO recover
back, not the wife, as he alleged, but
the legacy. This is the second case
of a similar nature that has occurred
in the Registers Office of that county
within the last three months.
Year: 1866

pN~A couple who met for the first
time in n car on the New York and
Erie Railroad, the other day, liled
each other so well that when the
train reached Elmira they got out,
struck for the nearest clergyman's and
were married
Year: 1866

made to labor for the profit of the
Calico Aristocracy. BY the operation
of these unjust tariff laws, we are
compelled to buy of New England an
inferior article, when we might, in the
absence of those laws, purchase a su-
pcrior article, in another market, at
halt the price One would think that
such profits as we have mentioned,
should be sufficient to satisfy the greed
of even the Calico Aristocracy but
ayarice is q passion that grows the
more, the more II is fed. And Scna-
tor Sprague, .desirous to cut off all
chance or probability Of foreign com
petition with his mills, proposes to
increase the tariff tax still more, hoping
tomake the monopoly perpetual. And
we have little doubt that he will carry
his point. He has all the wealth of
New England to back him, besides
all her votes; and the politicians of
this Congress are badly slandercd, if
money will not buy a measure through
both Houses, with as much certainty
as traveller can buy his way through
a turnpike gate The Westand South
will remain tributary to New England
monopoly, just so long as her politi-
clans can rude the country through
the aid of niggcr philanthropy, craft
and fraud. Hitherto Sambo has been
the agent through whom the commoa
sense of the West has beer emascula-
ted, and he is far from losing his po-
tency as such agent now, although
he has been converted a freedman.
The Calico Aristocracy must now, 10y
the aid of the West, convert him into
q voter; and so they will agitate this
scheme, as a cunning devBe TO keep
our people from thinking about those
other shrewd Yankee plans, by which
they are made tributary to New Eng
land and are the hewers of wood and
the drawers of water to the Calico
Aristocracy.-Quincy (W) Herald.
Year: 1866

The Fort Smith Herald puts forth list of
names as suitable men for the position Of L.
). SENATORS, any one of whom would be good
selections for the POSITION We think, howev
er, as this is a duty deyokingupon the L,'gis-
lature, ut its setting in November, we would
do well enough to leave the matter in their
hands. Each Senator and Representative
should inform himself OF the wishes ofFiis
constituents on this subject. and represent
them accordingly. That the northwest is en-


titled to a Senator in the United States Senate
there can be no question. and we can but
think the wisdom of the joint bodies will full
ly agree with us and settle upon sound and
conservative man--onc who fully and hearth
~ Stlstains the President in his efforts to MAIN
tain and uphold the Constitution of our IA
Tiers
Year: 1866

1t seemed as if the captain must soon let go
his hold The men were all aloft and could do
nothing in time to save him.


Derrick, who had been steering, now bound
ed into the waist, fastened around his body a
rope, one end of which was attached to the
ship, and plunging overheard, succeeded in
holding his captain until both could be lifted
from their perilous situation by the crew.


The skipper received his half-fainting wife
in one arm, and with his disengaged hand
clasped that of the boy


g " God forgive me of my jealousy p he cried
. You are noble lad, Derrick; and had | al
lowed you to die my own fate must have been
sealed moment ago"
Year: 1866

A couple of medical students disinterred a
subject on cold winter night, and having
dressed it, sitting upright, on the seat of COW
cred wagon started for home Coming to a
tavern, and seeing the bar-room lighted up,
they left the wagon and went in for drink. -
The hostler, observing the man sitting alone in
the cold, attempted some conversation, but re-.
ceiving no answer, he discovered how the af.
fair stood, and instantly resolved to have a III.
tie fun of his own on the occasion. So taking
the corpse to the stable, he put on its overcoat
and cap and seated himself in the wagon. The
students soon returned and took their seats by
the side Of the supposed dead man, when one
of them in merriment gave him slap in the
face, saying


"How would you like some flip, old fellow"
then remarked tremulously to his companion,
He is warm, by heavensr'


80 would you be- replied the corpse, "if
you had been stolen from hell as have been p
Both students bolted, and never returned 70
inquire for the horse and wagon.
Year: 1866

\ young Illinois lover procured license
without consulting his inamorata Explana-
ton being made, She grew very angry, and told
the young man that " the county clerk couldn' t
sell her tor dollar, neither could anybody
else She remains single.
Year: 1866

A WOMAN BURIED ALIVE.-A terrihle o.
curence is said to have taken place near Quin-
cy, in Illinois. Mrs Mcclure was supposed to
have died on Sunday last, and on Monday was
buried in vault belonging to the family. On
Wednesday groans were heard from the vault
by children Of the buried woman and an old
lady who was with them. Upon learning this,
the husband and neighbors repaired to the
vault broke open the door, opened the coffin,
and found the woman alive She had torn her
hair and wounded her fingers in vain efforts to
escape from her narrow prison She was taken
home, and is said to be now in a fair way to
recover
Year: 1866

When all the world is young, lad,
And all the trees are green,
And every goose a swan, lad,
-, And every lass a queen,
Then fly or boot and horse, lad,


And round the world away.
Young love must have its course, lad,
And every dog his day.
When all the world is old, lad,


And all the trees are brown,
And all the sport is stale, lad


And all the wheels run down.
Creep home and take your place there,
The spent and manned among;
God grant you find face there
You loved when you were young
Year: 1866

FROM New GRENADA-The excitement
concerning the gold mines Of New Grenada
does not appear to receive much encouragement
in the news brought by the steamer from
Panama, which arrived at San Francisco on
the 9th. We see no confirmation Of the
reported discovery of gold Is miles from Pan
ANA. From the Barbacoas District conflicting
reports are received in Panama, one of which
is that $4,000 in dust had been received and
sent off on the steamer The Panama Star
chronicles the arrival of $50 Californians, on
their way to prospect the mines. 1t does not
feel disposed to encourage emigration thither
by the publication of reports merely, and ad
vises those who are disposed to make the ven-
ture to "bring money enough to pay their way
home again in case of failure" Our own ad
vice is TO remain in California. The remem-
brance of former gold excitements, and the
disappoiutments and misery they occasioued.
should not be forgotten by those who have met
with temporary i'll success here. California is
pretty good thing after all, and hundred
per cent. safer than the fevers and jiggers Of
New Granada. A great proportion of those
who are making the venture, are men who
years ago emigrated to the Territories adjoiu.
ing California, and are ready to go almost
anywhere to forget their folly in leaving their
first love.