smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1866

traglcal termination to her romance


but It did not quench the love which


had grown up from nothing in her


heart, and a few months AGO she left
Charleston, selling what little of her
iJewelry was left to raise the necessary
money: went to Washington, search
ed through the rolls, but could not
find the name of her husband in the
list, and if he had ever been there it
was under an assumed name. She
had expected this, but, laying her case
before President Johnson, she was
furnished with the necessary instruc-
tons to the commanding officer of the
department in which her husband
might be, to secure his release from
service, ana sne came w tst With the
Intenrlon of proceeding along the
track our troops had taken, until
she could obtain some information of
him.


Arriving in Chicago She was for
tunate enough to meet there a man
whom she had known in Charleston,


when she was the belle OF that CITY
a man who had deserted the rebel
flag and joined the Union army with
her husband. From him she learned
that which she heard was true-that
both had been mustered out on sur
geons certificate OF disability, and


had come back to st. Paul, after the
Indian campaign was over. Both
had to much pride to return to their
home now, and while he had come on
to Chicago, the husband had remained
at st. PeuI, to pursue his reckless
course Of gambling, under the assumed
name of Burke Grantley, and was
either there or travelling on the
river. Unpleasant as was the In
telligence, it was welcome to the poor
woman, who at once set out for III.
Paul. While at the depot in Chicago
she had her pocket picked Of nearly
all the money she had, and when she
arrived in this city on Wednesday. it
was in a destitute condition. Yester-
day morning she went TO the Office OF
Mayor Talmadge and told that gen
tleman her situation. and the desire
she felt, at once proceeded to st.
Paul, in hopes she might there fad
the object of her search. She said


she was here without a friend to ap-


ply to, and, as humiIiating as it was
there was no other course lett her.


A Slip cut from the Charleston Cour-


ier gave the incident which we have
related above. Although older in


years than when she was guilty OF the
romantic act. and exhibiting every
trace OF sorrow, she still looked beau
titul, and her sincerity Of manner
still controlled by remnant Of South
|ern hauteur and pride, spoke the


truth OF her assertion. Itis needless


to say that she was provided with thl


necessary means to reach St Paul


and we trust she will find her hus


band, who, if he has one remnant o


humanity left in him. will take car,
of and kindly treat this once proud


and devoted and unhappy WIFE


uiiocaukie Wisconsin.
Year: 1866

THE PoINT OF THE MATrER.-@The
leading proposition on which this
conspiracy against the country is to
be conducted, is the monstrous ab-
5urdity that the rebel States have an
inherent, continuous, constitutional
right to form part of the Federal
Government, when they have once
acknowledged the fact of the defeat
of their inhabitants, in an armed at
tempt to overthrow and subject it,-a
proposition which implies that victory
paralyzes the power Of the victors,
that ruin begins when success is as
sured that the only effect of beatinsa
Southern rebel in the field is to ex-
alt him into a maker of laws for his
antagonists.
Year: 1866

most distinguished men Of South Caroline,
the only man If that State who stood up for
the Union till The lsst, was accustomed habit
lally4o take huge doses Of morphine in or
der to secure needed rest after the cxcitements
OF fashionable lie.
Year: 1866

We publish to-day letter from Hon.
EDWARD BATES defining the opinions Of
Mr.. LINCOLN and his Cabinet upon the
question whether q State could dissolve
its relations with the Government, or
lose its sovereignty by secession, The
unanimous opinion, he declares, was
that "an ordinance of secession was q
mere nullity in law and politics, and
rebellion personal crime, punishable
by law" The doctrine that State can
get ont of this Union, he asserts, is "a
late invention of few enterprisinG
and extreme radicals" Unfortunately
for the people of West Virginia, the in
vention of the few has received the
sanction of the many, as the recent
elections attest. The Radical party is
now fully committed to the doctrine of
State suicide, doctrine fatal to the
continued existence Of West Nsrginia.
If. rs the Radicals claim by their recent
vote, Virginia lost her sovereignty by
her rebellion, and ceased to be State
when she adopted the ordinance of Sc
cession, then she could not consent to
her own dismemberment. Her consent
as State being necessary to legalize
the division of which West Virginia is
the result, and she having lost her
statehood by her rebellion, the conclu-
sion is irresistible that West Virginia
dies with the success Of the State sui
eide theory. Let us then hear no more
from Radical leaders and Radical or
gans about their devotion to the new
State. Their principles assail the State
of West Virginia at a vital point, and
their triumph is her destruction. How,
then, can any friend of the new State
adhere to and support a party whose
measures are so prejudicial to her ex-
istence. Think of it Republicans, and
reconcile, if you can, your support OF
Congress with your professions of de-


votion to West Virginia.
Year: 1866

We wish very much that Mr.. HUB
BARD, or his negro suffrage organ in this
city, would inform us whether Congress
will admit the qualified representatives
from the South in case the Constitu-
,ional Amendment is adopted. The
Southern people seem TO fear that even
should the Amendment be ratified, they
will not be admitted TO representation.
They remember that when it was pro-
posed in Congress TO guarantee South
en representation whenever the
Amendment should become part OF
the Constitution. CHESTER ID. HUB
BARD and one hundred others tabled
the resolution; in other words, they re-
fused TO give any such guarantee. With
TINS fact before them, they cannot be-
hcve that the so-callcd Radical plan of
reconstruction means their admission to
representation. They rather incline
J." the belief that other conditions and
more odious terms are vet to be de-
manded. We should not be surprised if
they were correct i'll their belief.
Year: 1866

W. are glad to present to our pat
ronsthis morning the Daily REGISTER
materially enlarged, and in an almost
entirely new dress of type. We ex-
pect TO have all the changes necessary
10 an entirely new appearance made in
few days, but have found it impossi-
BILE to present all of these changes this
morning.


The enlargement is made with g. view
10 accommodating our increased adver-
tising patronage and, at the same time,
furnishing our readers greater amount
of reading matter than we have
hitherto had space for publishing. The
enlargement amounts to the addition
TO our daily paper of six or seven col
umns of matter of the former size, and
it is our design to occupy this space
during the remainder of the political
campaign with matter appropriate to
the occasion, and, during the winter, TO
fuller congressional and Legislative re-
ports than we have heretofcr" been able
to furnish. Whether the enlargement
will last beyond the close of the next
session of Congress depends upon the
will of the public.


This morning. editorial and miscella-
neous matter may be found upon the
First page; upon the Second are various
paragraphs of local or general interest I;
upon the Third is the Local Department
of the paper, as heretofore; and upon
the Fourth page we publish Tclegraphic
and Commercial Intelligence. This ar
rangement of the matter may be here
after varied, az circumstances may de-
mand.


In addition to the improvements eff
fected by the enlargement and new dress
of type, the REGISTER this morning is
printed upon new, large cylinder Tay-
lor press, with which We hope to give
the paper better Typographical appear
ance than il has presented for some time
past. We have been as deeply mortified
as any of our subscribers could be at the
inferior character of the press-wOrk on
the REGISTER during the past year. We
trust that our new press will fully rem
edy these defects and that our paper
may present as handsome an appearance
as any of its contemporaries in this State
OF elsewhere.


We cannot permit this occasion TO
pass without returning our thanks to
our patrons in this city, and i'll the
State at large, for their liberality which
has enabled us to make these improve
ments. The aggregate circulation of
the REGISTER is now much larger than
that of any other newspaper published
in che state. We are, therefore. ena-
Lled to confer greater benefits upon adj
veEtiscrs than can be obtained else


lere in West Virginia. The steady


d substantial progress and prosperity


the REGISTER, we attribute to the
Conservatism of the people of the State
and their endorsement of the principles
ol government, both national and State,
for which we have contended and are
still laboring. That those principles
may be made triumphant, and that they
may bear fruit in the restoration of
pe: ce and union TO our distracted
country, and freedom and prosperity to
all the citizens of our State, is our
highest hope and the chief object of
cur labor. For the accomplishment of
these high purposes, the REGISTER may
:, elied upon to do all that it can.
Year: 1866

Oh Tuesday the Currency Bureau OF
the Treasury Department burned ffty
thousand dollars belonging to the Mer-
chants & Mechanics National Bank OF
Philadelphia, on account of the sigma
tures of the President and Cashier be-
ing printed instead of written upon this
circulation.
Year: 1866

THE following editorial article, from
the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, is
both timely and appropriate We all
know that at irregular intervals danger
Gus epidemics sweep over countries,
affecting more or less all the people
The East tells US of thousands infected,
and it requires no historical knowledge
to see it in our own land. As with physi-
cal maladies, so also with moral conta-
gions. Philosophers say that crime is
infectious. and that one example of a
mighty offense against law causes others.
And it is a moral epidemic which is now
raging in our land Good, quiet people
may smile, but there is a fever which is
in the brain aud affecting the minds Of
thousands OF American citizens. Strange
to say, this disease is principally limited
to the male sex, and seldom attacks those
who have attained the age Of thirty.


The prevailing mania is known as
L" base ball, and never was there a jug
gernaut with more devoted followers
than this god of physical sport. There
seems to be reckless abandon exhibited
by its deyOtees, which savors Of the mad
Year: 1866

The New Lisbon Buckeye State writes M
in the following graphic style, little Incl
dent that occurred at the Salem Railroad De-
pot few mornings since. A traveller bound
for Cincinnati, where he had business OF i'm
portauCe to transact. had rested over piqbs
with his wife, at the Broadway Hotel. In or
der to be sure to hit the morning train which


leaves to an early hour. In the morning the
traveller was sleepy. His lady had arisen,


awakened him, dressed herself and Cops
down to breakfast, expecting her lord to fol-
low her without delay While eating hastily
and scolding mentally, in view of the hus-
bands tsrdiness, she heard the whistle Of the
'Oeomotive. Rushing frantieally up slsirs,
her horror may be-imagined when on OPEN
ing the bedroom door, a snore from the con-
jugal sluggard ssluted her ear.


A slight scream and a rough shake evoke
him. He heard the whistle Pulling on his
boots, he hastily gathered in his arms the rest
Of his attire, aud pushing the lady before
him, pat from the train at two-iorty gait,
dressed only in boots and shirt The train
reached the depot Throwing all but his
shirt upon the platform, the lady hurriedly
sought to obtain tickets at the Office, while,
the husband proceeded to clothe himself with
his No. garment Whild it was yet Aut-
tering over his head, the whistle again sound
ed maliciously, and off started the train
The unfortunate creature entered the car, his
flesh having pimpled goosa-l.ke appearances,
while his blushing lady, spreading out her
cfinoline Ike the sacred vail Of charity, con-
verted herself into a screen, that his naked
ness might be hidden from his iellow-traYel-
ers. The other female passenger. putting her
hand over her eyes. with her fingers spread
wide apart, declared, before she turned her
head in another direction, that was shock
ing u And So we suppose, it must have
been to the unlucky wight who had 70
make such Q spectacle of himself
Year: 1866

In the Office of Wisconsin Journal
there Is compositor who sets type so
rapidly that the friction Of his movements
fuses the loaded emblems in his stick,
making them solid, like a stereotype
plate. The only way to prevent this is
to have his case submerged in water, and
the rapidity Of his motions keeps the
water boiling and bubbling, so that eggs
have frequently boiled in the space box.
Pipes lead from the bottom of his case to
a boiler in the press room, and the steam
generated by the fast compositOrs mo-
tions runs the power press. In one day
he set so much type that it took all
hands, from editor to devil, two weeks to
read the proof, and it wasn't his good day
for setting type either.
Year: 1866

4 tlOns1nU SH0I0N-pHnUItu Ea-Itys,


And snowy delis in golden air
Still further, thirty or forty miles behind
it, arose two great snowy pyramids, eyi-
IDENTIFY beyond the North Park, and not
inferior to Mount Blame This view was
superior in all the clements Of sUbhmity
to any thing I had ever seen since enter
ing the mountains In the center Of the
bare spot where We gather grew a ranuu-
clulus, a blossom of which l transferred to
my note book.
Year: 1866

How TO CLEAN RIBBoNs.-A lady
sends us the following receipts for cleaning
ribbons, which she wishes published for
the benefit Of her sex who wish to try
successful experiment, as she has done.
In these hard times all economical hints
are acceptable. Wet the ribbon in alco-
hol, and tasten one end of it to something
firm; hold the other in your hand, keep
ing the ribbon out straight and smooth !;
rub 1t with piece of CASTLE soap until it
looks decidedly soapy. then rub hard with
a sponge, or if much soiled, with the
back OF knife, keeping the ribbon drip
ping wet with alcohol When YOU have
exhausted yoIr patience, and think it
must be clean, rinse thoroughly in alcohol,
fold between cloths. and iron with hot
iron. Don't wr.ug the ribbon; If you
do, you will get creases in it that you
cannot smooth out.
Year: 1866

FACTS TO BE REMEMBERED. A bit Of
glue dissolved in skim milk and water
will restore old Grape. Half a cranberry
bound on corn will soon Kill it. An
lnkstand was turned over white table
cloth; a servant threw over it mixture
OF salt and pepper plentitully, and all
traces of it disappeared. Picture frames
and GLASSES are preserved from flies by
painting them with brush dipped in
mixture made by boiling three or four
onions in pint of water. Bedbugs are
kept away by washing the crevices with
strong salt water put on with brush.
Soft soap should be kept in a dry place in
the cellar, and not be used until three
months old.
Year: 1866

TIT FOR TAr.-A merchant in this
city had hired girl, which he WAS pay
ing three dollars week to do work about
the house, while his wife spent most of
her time on the street. He thought the
girl needless extravaganza, and by de-
sign was by his wife caught one morning
kissing the pretty servant-girl in the pan
try. The girl was that day discharged
by his wife, who could not stand such
treatment. and she determined to have no
more girls. and the extravaganza was
stopped. The ruse was too good to keep
the story got out--the wife heard o. il,
and day before yesterday (Sunday) was
caught by her husband kissing oae of his
clerks, apd 20 make the matter WORE,
last night hred a black girl 10 do her
hoIsecork ! The husband told us of the
affair this morning, and says it's no use
warning against a woman.--N. T. Dollar
Weekly G ..
Year: 1866

A RURAL editor was recently married,
and previous to starting on his wedding
tour promised his readers that he would
give them "minute detail of what he
saw and did," There would doubtless be
a demand for lHrge extra edition of the
paper
Year: 1866

REDUCED FREiGHT.-The 0wyhee " Avalanche" OF
April 2st contains the following item We suppose the
freightng is the principle of free lunch lie throw
ing sprat to catch whale: The California Steam
Navigation Company and the Pacific Railroad Company
are carrying Idaho freight free of charge to the present
terminus of the railroad The Teamster Association have
taken freight IA per pound for carriage to this
country Merchants mlInen, everybody, think of it.
Freight from San Francisco TO Owyhee at Ia cents per
pound and taken these rates in March The shipping
receuts have already come hand and there mistake
about this business Men and companies representing mil


lions of capital have taken hold Of this matter Orders for
goods by this route will be promptly forwarded
Reliable assurance given that within few months freight
will be dispatched here at cents Ship via Sacramento
get your goods cheapy quickly and safely freghted
Things encouraging Wouldn't il be well for the o. s.
N Company to build another steamboat Snake Ry er
for Owyhee trader The public will take notice that ship
ping receipts here from Umata, show that 20 10 p
cents are the rates by slow freight"
Year: 1866

making void all of the socaled Legislature Of Mon
aa which met Virginia City on the 5h Of March 1870
forbidding the payment Of members thereof sud reqng
the Government reapporton the Terrtory also pssed
the Senate resolution fixing the time for the constructors Of
the Pacific railroad eastern divisions and amended 50 IS
to extend for years the time for commencing and com
peting the North Pacific.


washington May 4th.-The House debated and passed
the bill creating grade of General in the army Mess
Henderson Lane Porter and Hancock appointed by the
convention have arrived and laid before the President an
official copy of the new constitution and ordinances Judge
Hancock addressed the President saying his wise and
patriotic course behalf of equal rights to all sections OF
The country has revived fresh hope in many despondng
hearts that the generation which has experienced the
most terrible shock Of civil will see the constitution
ably restored The President expressed himself grained


the unanimous feeling OF the people OF Texas
had accepted result of the he said he had the
utmost confidence in ultimate administration and that time
and patience would solve the problem.


Cincinnati, O., May 4th.-The convention held at Knox
VILE yesterday adopted resolutions in favor OF separate
State government for East Tennessee and appointed
committee to bring the question before the Legislature
Judge Samuel Rogers who presided said this was bus al
adjourned meeting of the convention at Greenvle during
the dark hours of 6 1t is secession movement pu
expresses the devout wish of the people for separate
| State.
Year: 1866

WE see in the Pacervile (Cal) Mirror that the sum
NIT tunnels of the Dutch Flat Central Pacific Railroad
have abandoned the ronsone being so hard that no
progress could be made Another survey has been com
reted and months work has proved that the rock here
is worse than the other Nothing remains says the


Mirror but go up grades of one hundred and hfty
the me into regions where snow lies forty


for seven months in the wear or else give up the much
yaunted route altogether The Mirror is down on the
Sacramento Union" for giving its subscribers such
piece of news.
Year: 1866

IJAVE opened general store in Bitter Root Valley.
Anything and everything can be procured at their
store from needle to an anchor from cayuse TO
pack-ssddle Call and All goods and provisions
at cash nrices Cliff
Year: 1866

The editor of the Republican seems to
think that, because a man may get "heastly
drunk, he is therefore beast, and should
lie treated as such to dose of stripes and
ashes upon the bare back, at the whipping
post. How refining and elev1ting it would
be to the feelings of lovely and amlable
daughter, for instance, to have it told her in
social conversation that her father, because
OF an unfortunate weakness, the indulgence
In which the law allows, sanctions and pro
tccts under the seal of license to sell in
toxicating liquor, had been publicly whipped,
The Republican says "the chief end of law
is the reformation of the criminal and the
protection of society" and yet he would lash
the poor inebriate with cowhide purchased
with the blood-money paid into the Golfers
of the County Treasury as a license fee for
the privilege of outraging society by the only
real criminal in the case, the rum seller
Nice logic, and nice morality, too, isn't it?


--sss%--


DEATH OF EDWARD {. DALE.


We regret to announce the death of Edward
c. Dale, which took place in Philadelphia
on Tuesday last. He had been for a number
of years engaged in active business life in
that city, as President of the Philadelphia,
Germantown and Norristown Railroad Com
pany, and Vice President of the Franklin
Fire Insurance Company. He was elected
President of the Philadelphia, Whining
ton and Baltimore Railroad Company in 1916,
and served for three years, when he de-
clined reelection. Many years ago he
was a leading and influential member of the
Wing party, and was elected to the office
of Prothonotary of Philadelphia. He was
a son Oft late Commodore Dale, one OF
the naval heroes of the last war with Great
Britain. He was much respected by large
circle of friends, by whom his demise will
be deeply regretted.
Year: 1866

WIDOWS VS.. MAIDENs.-A Richmond
paper says that young men are scarce
in the city, and maidens and widows
in search ofhusbands, very plenty. The
latter seem to be the most successful
and the editor pleading in behalf OF
the maidens, says;


We do not think in view ofthe great
scarcity Of men, that il Is fair for wild
ows to marry second time, until all
the young maidcns have secured hus-
bands. The Legislature ought to at.
tend to this matter, and protect the
interest of young ladies, for without
the aid of legal enactments, the wild.
ows are sure TO play the grab game
They will therefore have to be re
strained by tho strongarm of the law
as was done in the early colonial his
tory Of Virginia. when the House oi
Burgcsses passed an act of the very
character indicated. 1t was found
that all the young men imported into
the colony, were ut once caught by
the widows, by superior wiles and
strategcms, without any chance belna
allowed to the modest and retiring
young maidens so the Legislature
took the matter in hand and will have
to do so again.
Year: 1866

If a traveller by railway wishes to know the
rate of speed at which he is going, he has
egraph poles as he passes The number of
posts passed in one minute and fifty seconds
will indicate the number of miles per hour the
train is moving This, of course is based on
the assumption that the posts are placed at
ten rods interval which is said to be common
lv thn caSo
Year: 1866

A heartless old follow, writing for a maya
zine, says: have seen women so delicate
that they were afraid to ride for fear of the
horses running away afraid to sail for fear the
boat would upset; and afraid to walk for fear
the dew might fall upon them; but never saw saw
one that was afraid 70 get married.