smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1866

The following important letter has
just been made public:


DEPARTMENT OF STATE,


WASHINGTON, July II, '66.


SIR-Exeuse me for expressing sur.
prise that you ask me whether ap-
prove Of the call of a proposed Union
National Convention at Philadcl phia
after more than five years of distur.
balce by civil war. | regard resto,
ration of the unity of the country its
most immediate as well as its most vi,
tai interest. That restoration will be
complete when loyal men are admit
mitted as representatives Of the loyal
people of the eleven States so long un-
represented in Congress. Nothirg but
this can complete it, nothing more re
mains to be done, and nothing more is
necessary. Every days delay is at
tended by multiplying and increasing
inconvenience, embaras smcnts, and
dangers at homo and abroad. Con-
gress possesses the power exclusively,
but after q session OF seven months
Congress still omits to exercise that
power. What can be done to induce
Congress to act? This is the question
of the day Whatever is done must
be done in accordance with the Con-
sLitution and laws.


! 1t is in perfect accordance with the
Constitution and laws, that the people
of the United States shall assemble, by
delegates, in convention, and that
when so assembled they shall address
Congress by respectful petition and re.
monstrance; and that the people, in
their several States, districts and ter
ritorics, shall approve, sanction and
unite in suchrespectful representations
to Congress. No one party could do
this effectually, or even seems willing
to do it alone. No loyal or popular
organization could do it effectualy.-
1t is the interest of all the States, and
of all sections, national interest-the
interest of the whole people. Tho
convention may not succeed in indu'
cling Congress to act, but if they fail,
the attempt can make matters no
worse


1t will be careful and patriotic at
tempt made in the right direction-an
effort to be remembered with pride and
satisfaction, whether it succeeds or
fails. The original Union of the
States was brought about by move
ments of the same character. Tho
citizen who objects to the convention,
is bound to propose better plan of
proceedings to effect the desired end. -
No other plan is offered, or even tho't
of. Those who oppose it, would seem
to me to manifest at best unconccrn,
if not opposition to all reconstruction,
reorganization or reconciliation be-
tween tho alienated masses of the
American. people To admit that the
Constitution would fail, would be to
admit tina. the people of the United
StaCes are deficient either in wisdom
or the virtue necessary to continue the
existence of the Republic. l believe
no such thing. e.


A great political writer says that
Government is secular religion, and
that the people Of every country are
divided into two classes, each main
tanning a distinct political faith, the
Year: 1866

@A man living at a village near
Mobile attempted TO irighten some
girls by wrapping white cloth around
his body and personating ghost. All
ran but one, who pulled out revolver
and fired six balls into the head ard
body. At the first shot the ghost fell,
but she continued firing She then
went home and related the circum.
stance, and parties returning to the
spot found life completely extinct, two
balls having penetrated the forehead,
and the other four the region Of the
heart.
Year: 1866

In all the important Cities throughout the
country, who can have the privilege OF ap-
pointing Su0-Agents In their locality. Good
references required.


Parties getting up Clubs should be careful TO
send us the full Name and Post Office
Address of each party wanting tickets.


Money by Express, Post ONCE Order, Drafts
or in Registered Letter, may be sent at our
risk.
Year: 1866

The recent removal and rebuilding of an
old frame structure from the central portion
of the city has laid bare the ear-marks and
footprints Of race of sharpers whose
scientific attainments and mechanical APP
pliances for driving their trade have hardly
been surpassed by The "cheek" of confidence
operators and that ilk of the present day.


The apparatus about 10 be described was
discovered by some wOrkmcn under the
floor In an old building, where II had been
permanently located, and had evidently
performed good service for those by
whom II had been constructed. A rough


board in the garret floor had been re-
moved by saving through near one of the
joists, afording room for the lntroduc-
tlon Of the apparatus and "gains" or
slots cut In the top of several of
the floor timbers, along which was
run n copper bellwire, about seven feet Ia
length, at each end OF which was fixed a
common "angle joint" such as are used In


passing bell-wires from room TO room, or


In turning the angles and corners. To one


of these had evidently been attached II
string, or piece of elastic rubber, TO be seiz-
ed by the hand of the confederate. At the


other end of the connecting wire was
spiral spring, fixed upright IN frame
Across the lower portion of the spring a
transverse piece Of metal held spindle Of
iron wire, quarter of an inch in thickness,
passing up through the center of the spiral


coil, and through hole in the board re-
ferred to, running just even with the upper
surface of the latter, when In its proper pO-


sition in the floor. The joints and connec-
tions OF the apparatus were carefully wound
and mufiied with twine and cotton, to pre-
vent any noise In its working or manipula-
| tion.


Thus arranged, and the professional gam
bier at the table with his foot ON the ''tele-
graphic wire" his confederate, stationed
behind the victim to be ileeced, at the other


end of the table, carelessly (p) notices the


'hands" he holds, and instantly communi-
Gates the information of "full," 'flush."


"two pairs" empty" or bluff &c, as


the case may be, when the game Is played


and bets made accordingly.


In addition to this, other evidences were


found pointing strongly to the suspicion


that the eounterfeiting of money had been


also carried on in the same room. Frag-
ments of what seemed TO be broken cruci-
BILE, with the mortar In which Il had been
set, were found between the floor timbers,
\ the opening to which In the floor. was
| finished, and presented the appearance of


the usual passage for stove-pipe through


q floor; but upon examination of the lath


and plastering Immediately below It no
corresponding aperture or appearance of


any could be found. The floor itself had
been burned nc the time of fire, which


destroyed portion of the roof and in the
| interstices between the boards was found
quantity of melted metal, whether intend


ed for the manufacture of spurious coin or
not, Is yet undetermined.
Year: 1866

10 APOLOGY SEEMS REQUISITE for offer
ing to the public an advertisement Of this Kind


for it Is universally acknow led ecI that the
treatment of these particular diseases consti-
8.
Year: 1866

MERlNo SHIRTS AND DRAWERS are now being
closed ont very low, all sizes and grades We do not I'M
Tend to keep them on hand after closing out the present


All the above goods have been selected with great care
ana are the first choice Of goods this SEASON. and will
be sold at the lowest prices. au2i
Year: 1866

authority ascribes TO the tomato the following
very important medical qualities


1. That the tomato Is one OF the most power-
full aperients Of the liver and other organs
where calomel is indicated IL is one of the most
effective and least harmful medical agents
known TO the profession


2. That a chemical extract will be obtained
from IL that will supersede the use OF calomeI
in the cure of disease


B. That he has successfully treated diarrhPa
with this article alone.


4. That when used an article Of diet il
is almost sovereign for dyspepsia and iudi-
gestion. -


5. That IL should be constantly used for daily
food. Either cooked or raw. or in the form
Of catsup. il is the most wholesome article in
Year: 1866

Il


The receipts in gold at the New York
Custom House week before last amounted
to three million two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, while the payments for
interest on the national debt in gold were
bat :wo hundred and eighty thousand
dollars. The entire shipments of spgcl6
to Europe during the week amounted to
but six hundred and fifty six Thousand,
principally in gold and silver bars Of
the %, 800 bales of cotton received during
the week, there were shipped to Europe
only $4,000 so that there is retained noe
only large amount of the precious metals,
but also a large amount of equally prec~


ous material, which is as good as gold,
The stock of cotton now on hand in New
York is fully two hundred and thIrty-fve
thousand bales. The gold receipts fvr
duties at the Custom House during the
last week will probably be fully as large
as the receipts of the former. The Euro
pean steamers now arriving bring full
cargoes OF spring goods, the duties 90
which are very heavy. The deposits OF
gold at the sub-treasury have been SO
heavy that there are over ninety mllllohs
in gold and currency now in the GOverG-
ment repositories in New York.
Year: 1866

"This letter, especially after my oxpe-
rience of the previous night, made me
feel very uncomfortable, but [ consolod
myself with the reflection that you must
catch man before you hang him. [ set
to work to devise another plan, and when
| had arranged it to my own satisfaction,
communicated it to Jenny by slipping a
note into her hand at church.


In the rear of Major Shorters dwelling
was an alley The brick building extended
to this alley, and in the second story was
window over looking it I asked Jenny
in my note to tie her letters to string
aud lower them from this window, after
dark: would then get them, and tie my
letters to string in return. This plan
worked admirably for while, but, like
the other; was not TO last long. One
evening | had just tied my letter to
the string, when was startled by loud
"bang" from the window above, aud smart
Year: 1866

ENTIRELY ON COMMISSION.


Planters may rely upon our best efforts to obtain
the HIGHEST MARKET RATES for
their Produce. And should our friends favor rs
with orders for Groceries, they may rest assured
of having goods purchased at the LOWEST
MARKET PRICE.


Having one of the largest warehouses in the
city, our facilities for the STORAGE OF
COTTON AND TOBACCO is unsurpassed by
any house in the South. We have and will keep
on hand large supply of BAGGING AND
ROPE, and several kinds of IRON TIES
which we offer on most reasonable terms.


We will make the matter of Receiving
and Forwarding Goods II Specially
I'm our business, and all Goods consigned to
us for Re shipment will be sent. upon arrival
at the Wharf or Depot, promptly forward at the
least expense to the owner.


Liberal Advances made on Con
signments. lOct2-3m
Year: 1866

that ever came to this city.
Please give him a call and you will fnd in his
store, everything in the cleanest and perfect
order, and prompt and civil attention to all.


c. SPEIDEL,
next door to First National Bank,


Rock Island.
Year: 1866

The 7imes' South Carolina correspondent
represents the people Of that State as para.
lyzed by their situation. He writes:


The further one travels into the countrythe
more appalling its desolation and prottration
become. No labor and no money is the
voice which seems to cry from every barren
field. The ravages of armies might hay been
repaired, although it would be folly to pretend
that Sherman at least will be forgotten, or
ever regarded otherwise than as the AttilA OF
the South; bat for the destruction Of the en-
tire labor system Of the South thers is no
present remedy, and it is very doubtful
whether there 10 even future one.
Year: 1866

APPEARANCE OF THE CoSGREssMEX.-The
Washington correspondent of The Methodist
writing to that paper of last week, gives the
following complimentary characterization of
the personal appearance of the new Congress:


The personal appearance of this Congress
In face, dress, manner, and in that tindeiinable
something which we call air, is far superior
as our memory reports, to anything in the
history OF the past. There seems to be but
few Representatives of the class of fast men,
who formerly figured SO conspicuously in
Washington--no dapper, whipper- snapper
looking specimens: the roughs, too, seem
scarce, and the great macs wear an air of
thoughttulness, az though they anderstood and
felt the magnitude of the errand that brought
them TO the capital. g8 GF.
Year: 1866

The North Carolina Advertiser gives these
facts regarding the cultivation of this nut,


which is the chief delight of news-boys and
country railroad travellers:


''For many years past the ground pea has
been . most important element of commerce
in the Cape Fear country-the annual expor-
tation to the Northern States and CANADA
considerably exceeding 100000 bushels. A
single planter in one of our eastern counties
obtained from it yearly income of So,


He raised from so 10 IS bushels to the acre,
and cultivated five acres to the hand, which
at 81 to the bushel-the ordinary price
though 81 So was frequently realized-yielded
On income of $3.50 to $500 to the hand


No such result under the old system OF Ia
Dor could be obtained with staples on similar
soils. Our cotton planters contented them
selves with crop yielding from Sl2 to Sl5
per acre, and 1t was summing upon q large
surface that gave living result. The cnlti-
vation OF no crop is so easy, and only the
simplest implements are required; at first the
pillow to break the land, and then simply the
sweep and wedding hoes. The average crop,
as we have stated, is from fifty to seventy Ave
bushels to the acre. besides which there will
be enough left in the ground to fatten one
hundred pounds of pork. The vine when the
pea is removed, makes an excellent forage for
cattle, said to be equal to the best Northern
hay. From the nut is expressed valuable
oil. During the war, just ended, this oil was
extensively used in our machine shops, and
its lubricatory properties are pronounced by
competent authority to be superior to those
of whale oil, for the reason that it does not
gum at all. One of the qualities of the oil is
extensively employed in the composition of
medicines; another is used for burning pur.
poses, and possess the virtue of not smoking,
while q third makes q really excellent salad
'eondiment Such and so varied and SO inn
portant are the uses to which this simple pro-
duct can be devoted; uses which the unin-
formed, who have perhaps regarded, it only in
the light of an indigestible bulb, would never
suspect to proceed from its cultivation"
Year: 1866

THE New York Word hangs . slander on
Chief Justice CHASE on the slender thread of
the report that he had signed the petition for
the pardon Of KErcHUx. 1t turns out that
Mr.. CHASE did no such thing, but the report
held good long enough to answer Tho aIsn der j !
ous purposes Of The Row u
Year: 1866

The free trade movement is organised in
the interest of foreign manufacturers and East
ern importers, and the argument and policy
on which it is founded tends to the destruction
of existing manufactures and the building OF
new ones in this country. The position of
the free traders is that we should raise pro-
visions and raw material in this country and
send them to Europe in exchange for manu-
factured articles. Such policy will neither
build up our Western towns nor stimulate az
ricultural development by supplying local
home markets 1t will force our people to de-
pend upon the uncertain demand of foreign
market open TO the competition of the
world, and render us dependent upon the
monopolizlng greed Of the capitalists of
Europe, and the uncomfortable exactions
of railroad, river and ocean transporta.
ton companies. And yet the manufac-
turing capitalists of Europe and the mercan-
tile capitalists fthe East are subsidizing news
papers and politicians in this country, to in
augurate bitter war upon home manufae-
lures which lie at the very foundation of our
prosperity in the West.


Whatever sophistries may be adduced in fa-
vor of the theory, the common sense of the
people will never be brought to approve the
position that it is better to patronize foreign
mechanics and manufacturers across the
ocean. rather than aid in building up those in
our own neighborhood.
Year: 1866

[25-eent stamp.l


This bond must be executed in penal sum
equal to double the amount of the tax on the
quantity of cotton intended to be removed and in
transitu at any one time during its continuance,
and assessors will be careful not to grant further
permits upon any bond when the tax upon the
quantity already permitted amounts to one-half
the sum named therein, until certificates of pay
ment of the tax on the whole or portion OF the
cotton transported under former permits are re
ceived from the receiving collector, when add:
tional permits may be granted; but in no case
must'th the tax upon the quantity under permit and
unaccounted for exceed one-half the penal sum
of the bond.


Thus, if the bond is given in a sum securing the
tax upon five hundred bales, of four hundred
pounds each, when this limit isreached, no further
permit should be granted except upon the receipt
Of the certificate of delivery and payment, as
hereinafter provided.


Immediately upon the execution of this bond,
the collector to whom it is delivered will transmit
it (retaining copy thereof in his of1ce) to the
assessor of the district whence it is intended to
remove the cotton, who will thereuponebe autho-
rized to grant permits for the removal of the cot
ton upon application being made by the principal
or his agent in the following form, viz:


FORM l0S-APPLIGATIoN FOR PERMIT.


A permit is requested to remove from - to
-, in the collection district Of the State Of.
the following described cotton, consigned to -,
viz:
Year: 1866

The said having having filed in my
office asduly certified copy Of the bond executed
and delivered by the aforesaid to-
the collector of the -- district Of the State
of -. for the removal of the same.
Year: 1866

in the construction of which they have introduced everJ
known and valuable improvement. They have Invariably
been selected and used by all worlds acknowledged Grea
Artists who have vedthis country professionally both 70
private public
Year: 1866

hints condensed from diffuse scientific
article, will be found of interest. Some
house-keepers, in the management OF
their fires, seem to suppose that aR ad-
dition of fuel will insure increased COM
bustion, and develop additional heat.
Coal, and especially anthracite coal,
should always be furnished with suf-
ficient amount of oxygen to keep the fire
bright. 1t is only smothering and re-
tarding the fire to put in thick layer of
coal, as some do, fill the tire-box
from a layer of two inches of ignited
coal to its utmost capacity, with
fresh fuel. No more coal should
be put on a fire at one time than
will readily ignite and give off a pure
white blaze, not blue flame, which de-
notes also the presence of unconsumed
gases-and the fire should be undls-
turbed on the top. Another point OF
coal economy: In clearing the CRATE in
the morning there is a great quantity
of unburned coal, which has been exter-
nally subjected to combustion. 1t is
covered with ash, and looks like cinder.
1t is often dumped into the ash box.
The fact is, that the lump is only roast
ed on the outside, not even cooked, and
is in better condition for igniting than
the green coal. Never waste it. Atten-
ton to these few hints will save many
dollars in winter.
Year: 1866

The proposed slackwater improve
ment of the Monongahela river, near its
source in West Virginia, is meeting
with much favor, and should the coun-
ties of that State, directly interested in
its achievement, lend it the necessary
assistance, it will be commenced and
completed ut an early day. The follow
ing, from the Faimont Tedctte, would
seem to indicate that the people in West
Virginia are troubled with n railway
monopoly similar to the one in this State:
This is matter i'll which Marion coun-
ty is at least equally interested with
Monongalia county. When we shall
have water communication with Pitts
burg and thus with Philadelphia via the
Central Pennsylvania railroad, the term
of our vassalage to the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad will have ceased. Freight
and passage by water are much cheaper
than by railroad; and our merchants
and others would realize the difference,
if they could test the matter in 4 prac-
tical way. We do not hesitate to say,
that every property owner within five
miles of the river, on either side, could
afford to pay his share of the amount
necessary to bring slackwatcr to Fair
mont, and would find himself much
richer, in the long run, by the outlay
PittSJWg Commercial.
Year: 1866

We are frequently advised of the re-
missness of our Democratic friends in re-
gard to the circulation of their own pa
pers. They seem to be satished if they
merely subscribe and pay for their party
organs. They regard their duty as fully
done if they favor their own papers
with their personal patronage, and do
not deem it incumbent upon them to
advise others to '.go and do
likewise" They forget that if
their principles be correct it is their
duty to have their neighbors consider,
understand, and if possible adopt them.
As good citizens, they owe it to society
and to their country TO see that their
views be approved by the masses and
Incorporated into the policy of the Gov
eminent. If those views be correct, it
is to the advantage of each individual
that they prevail, and it is obligatory
upon those who entertain them to dis
seminate them. This can be doEe best
and chiefly by the general circulation
of stauuch, reliable, and fearless Dem
ocratic papers. Put into the hands of
each intelligent voter the Wheeling
REGISTER and any other organs of the
party that advocate its tenets with
ability and force, and it will not be long
before he will sympathize with you in
sentiment and cooperate with you in
act. Not only this, but he will become
champion of the cause to which he is
converted. "He that heareth" will "say
come" and you will have changed luke
warm friend or perhaps q bitter


opponent, into jealous, active and
elective co-worker. whose efforts, like
your own, wi II upouild and advance the
common cause. As an element of sue


cess there is nothing comparable to the


general distribution of bold and earnest