smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1866

FALL IN CoAL.-From the following state
ment in The New York Tribune, we should
suppose there could be no doubt that the peo-
pie will be able 70 keep warm next winter a. a
moderate price:


The coal stocks are lower and not in de-
msnd. 1t is well understood in the anthracite
coal trade that the business has been overdone
and that the stocks al the cloee of navigation
will be larger than for many years, and sum-
cient 10 insure coal al moderate prices. AT
current rates there is a loss Of 50 cents per ton


In the Scbuylkill region more than one half
OF the coal operators have decided TO close
their collIeries on the lst Of September. The
trouble is that fifty per cent more coal has been
brought TO market by all the channels of sup
ply than has ever before been the case at this
season of the year, and this enormous surplus
of 2.700,U10 tons finds no outlet of sale. Prices
are depreciating and the Lehigh and Lacka-
wanna Roads and Canals have the advantage
of a direct short line TO market over the cir
cutous and costly route Of the Reading Rail-
road and Scauylkill Navigation Company, an
advantage equal 10 81 a ton. These lines in
fact form the two sides at least Of triangle in
stead of s. third side, and even at the low rates
they are carrying coal al, they cannot compete
with the Delaware and Hudson, Lackawanns
and Lehigh routes to market. The only
chance OF escape from great loss 70 the Schuyi-
kill operators is to close their works. The
statement OF the tonnage OF the Reading road
Is from October last, while the falling OF in
tolls commenced last May.
Year: 1866

sIGNIFICAET.--The eo-called Working
men Of Evansville, backed by the entire
Confederate Democracy, and the advo-
: Gates Of the Straight Line Railroad,
didn't elect as many Councilmen last
Monday as the Democracy did in
1854, when they made the fight on their
own merits and upon the principle that
the war was a failure and the South
could not be subdued. We give this as
an item Of consolation.
Year: 1866

The Confederate Democracy boast not
!. little over their success in defeating
; the Workingmen's ticket IN Fort Wayne
We think the Union workingnien Of
Evansville may congratulate themselves
that they were not sold out to a party
> which has always opposed the interests
of labor when it had the strength and in
fiueuce, and thereby handed over the city
To ita tandar nsarciaa
Year: 1866

Pointed The Indianapolis Journal
asks the Herald if it car. name 8 single
ease Of the assassination of . pubic
officer, where the victim did not fall at
the hands of professed Democrat2
Year: 1866

SO said little child, only three years OF
age, as her father in assumed displeasure,
raised his hand as if to strike her. Had his
anger been real, instead of pretended, it must
have been conquered by that little sentence
so lovingly, trustfully uttered. Thus,
thought l. the child of God should trust Him.
"Out of the mouth of babes and suckling8
hast thou ordained strength" So it is writ
ten. And here is this little ore, teaching us
the most precious of lessons. Her tiny fin
gers was pointing to the threatening hand of
her father; her eyes were looking up con-
fidingly into his face; and though his brow
was dark and forbidding, though she was
pointing to the very hand which, at other
times, had inflicted chastisement upon her,
yet such faith had she in her fathers love,
that she feared no HARM


o tried, afflicted child Of God, does not
this little incident bear to your soul some
whisperings of consolation and strength?


What though adversely seems to be in
your path. Is there not One-your Father
who controls it? "The Lord shall pre-
serve thee from all evir'-not that you will
never suffer, for "in the world We shall have
tribulations'-bu still, "He shall preserve
thy soul"
Year: 1866

@ A X ID.


On account of bad health I 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 willbe performed with probity
honor, and energy.


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


Very Respectfully.


eb9T-ff
Year: 1866

The Loss will be paid in Cash. A standing reward
of One-fOurth of the value of every animal in
sured by this Company is offered for the recovery
thereof One Ilunred Dollars for the arrest and
conviction of the Thief


Persons having Animals not insured by this
Company, can, by renting FIFTEEN DOLLARS,
giving full description of Animals. and amount of
reward, have One Thousand Hand bills struck,
and furnished to all our Detective Force in the
STATE
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:


BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO


ESTABLISH A SCALE OF DEPRECIATION


OF CONFEDERATE CURRENCY. u -


WHEREAS, By an ordinance of the Convention,
entitled AN ordinance declaring what laws and
ordinances are in force, and for other PURPOSES"
ratified ON the 18th day of October, A. D., 1855,
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, solvable in money
whether under seal or not, made after the depre-
citation OF said currency before the 1st of May
1865, and untitled Except official bonds and penal
bonds payable to the 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 it enacted 6y the General Assembly of tile State
Of North Carolina, and it is heTe6y enacted bU the
authority 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 LIST day of May, 1855, to-wit:


Scale Of depreciation Of Confederate currency, the


gold dollar being the AMT and measure of Valae,


from No0ena6er LIST, 1861, to May1s 1865
Year: 1866

How TO GET UP REFREsHED.-Every
person who tolls daily upon farm in
warm weathershould be careful to prac-
tice system of abolition at the close
of each days labor. Sometimes he may
he so exhausted as to render this any
thing but an inviting performance; yet,
by it's omission, he .looses much of the
refreshment which the hours of repose
are designed to impart. Cleanliness of
person is essential to sound and refresh
ing slumber, hence the labor of keeping
ones person clean is amply repaired by
the elasticity which follows from night
ly ablutions before retiring to rest
These are especially requisite during the
haying and harvesting season, when pro-
fuse perspiration is a certain concomi-
tant of hard and protracted labor.
Keep clean and sleep soundly-go to
bed unwashed and rise in the morning
unrefreshed, with a feeling of lassitude
whsch the exertions of the day will
hardly be able to remove.-Itm'dt Neao
Yorker.
Year: 1866

The Charlottesville (Va) Chronicle H.
lustrates the present political status of the
South by this humorous and striking fig
ure:


1t seems to us as hard to get in the I'm
ion as it is to get out. The South respect
fully asks to move one way or the other.
We are like the fellow who was forced TO
go to the show, and then not allowed to 90
any further than where he had paid for
his ticket We have been dragged into
the doorway of the Federal tent, and are
not allowed to see any of the performance
except to settle with the tax collectors
We can hear the animals growing inside,
and hear the crack of the ringmastcr's
whip, but we can't see tho show unless we
pay for two aud take in colored lady.
And the worst of it is, they keep great
eagle perchcd over the entrance, which, if
you attempt to go back, swoops down upon
you and picks hole in your head. We
justly think this is unreasonable; thoy
ought either to let us pass in, or refur.d
our money and tie up the eagle.
Year: 1866

Never be cast down by triHes. Ifa spi.
der breaks his web twenty times, twenty
times will he mend it. Make up your
mind to do thing and you will do it.
Fear not if trouble come upon you--keep
up your spirits, though the day may be q
dark one,
Year: 1866

The aim of education should be to teach
US rather how to think than what to think;
rather to improve our minds 90 as 10 mako
US think for ourselves, than 10 load the
memory with the thoughts of other men.
Year: 1866

has committed suicide is at this moment
under discussion in the courts of the king.
dom of Naples.


Mr. Couvreux selected for himself sin.
gular manner of dying-he guillotined
himself. Wo borrow the following details
from the correspondence Of the temps
The writer obtained them from M. Jammi,
consular agent of France at CastelIsmare.


MIR. Couvreux, man of about fifty-four
years OF age, had chosen for himself, some
years back, residence in hotel Of Cas-.
tellamore upon the delightful hill Qui- 81.
sana. (Here one RECEIVERS his health. }
To the public he appeared but simple,
inoffensive lunatic; his madness was ever
veiled by taste for literature and art he
touched the piano and composed romances.
within himself he was prey to two ideas
to lead a life of chastity and to die with.
out pain. The influence of the former had
induced him to initiate the famous sacrifice
OF orlgen--the second led him to guillo-
tine himself He read everything that had
any bearing upon the sacrifice of the gull.
lotine.


Well,thumbed pages were found in his
rooms, in which it was discussed whether
the head OF the person guillotined sees and
feels after execution. There is reason to
suppose that he arrived ut the conviction
that the mode Of death is easy. In this
belief he erected a handsome guillotine in
the doorway which opened from his par.
lor to his bedroom. The important fea-
tuse in his invention was sliding axe.
which lie loaded with one hundred and
nf
instrument on several animals. I was
Afterwards remembered that he had often
carried into his rooms cats and chickens
which had been no more seen. When he
had satisfied himself as to the excellence
OF his machine, he proceeded to ornament
1t. lie set it in frame of two red cur
tains gracefully drawn apart between the
curtains and under the fall, he planted
firmly table with steps leading to it, and
covered all over with black cloth. He
placed white and soft pillow near the
corner Of the table, upon which was to rest
the severed head.


Everything being in readiness, towards
hait-past nine o'clock in the evening, he
played upon the piano hymn to the Vir-
gin, of his composition. BE dressed him
self in white flannel, he ascended the steps
of his scaifold, and extended upon his back,
looking upward so that he might see the
instrument of death fall upon his neck.
1t seems that to be able to see better, he
even placed Lighted lamp upon piece
OF furniture near by He touched the cord
which retained the suspended axe-the
axe fell, and at blow struck off the head
which separated itself but little from the
trunk and rested in an easy position upon
the white pillow prepared to receive it.
When the room was entered the next
morning, all the details of a horrible ca
tastrophe were investigated, upon the ta-
bic was found will by which several
thousands of francs were left to the ser
wants OF the hotel


1t is this will which is now being CON
tested before the civil court of Castelamare.
The relatives of Mr. Couvreaux are at
tempting to upset the will as the act of a
iunatic. The employees of the hotel as
sert its validity.


FINDING THE RoAD-A Yankee trav-
Year: 1866

B" What the beautiful flower is to che
earth, gratitude is to the heart of msa.~
1t is the incense Of love arising from soul
touched by divine goodness, and softsned
by the acts of kindness shown to himby
his fellow man. It is the delicious bloom
Of spirit that would spend itself in thanks
giving to God, acknowledging in tender
ness from the heart the blessings and a.
vors received. Like the gentle drops Of
rain and the warm rays of the sun, which
fall upon the earth to give nourishment 70
the plant, and by which means the fields
in spring-time are clothed with rich YER.
dure, SO gratitude gives nourishment TO
the affections for truth, and clothes the
character with heavenly beauty. Il makes
lite sweet under every circumstance--fll-
ing it with scenes of ecstacy and driving
away the scenes Of grief. Our burdens
are made lighter; our troubles more en-
durable The ungrateful man never finds
real friend to sympathize with him in his
hours of sorrow while he who is grateful
finds all along his pathway those hearts
which are in sympathy with his own
comforting him In his scenes Of gladness.
Let US feel the obligation we owe to God
and one another; and let our hearts swell
with gratitude to all, according to the kind.
ness shown Us, and we shall become better
fitted for the life which is to come. ~. ~
Year: 1866

The same grave this day is. neatly
sodded over, and at its head grows q
rose-bush:t 2 {


Broken-hearted and bowed down
with grief, she wended her way on foot
to the great city of Chicago-not know
ing why she went. A stranger among
strangers, with no one to aid OF pity.
her, save the good God, who, in her.
utmost heart, she believed had forsaken
her.


She was taken in and cared for by
the Sisters of Charity until she could
hear from friends in Ohio, from whom
she had received no intelligence for tho
past four years. A letter was received
stating that Immediately after the war
her uncle had died, and that soon after,
lis widow had removed to Iroquois
County, Illinois, to live with her mar
ried son. Mrs. Geroux was supplied
with money to enable her to find her
friends in 1roquois County, where she
has since resided.


Geroux returned to his situation at
Cincinnati, and was sent by his firm to
collect u debt due in Iroquois County.
While there, he sought out the attor-
ney who had him discharged on the
habeas corpus to learn the whereabouts
of the horse that did such good service,
and to secure his assistance in collect
ing,his debt. lie soon made himself
known, and while they were discussing
about the stolen horse, a lady and child
entered the same office. There was q
,nomcntary pause, and husband and
wife were in each others arms. We
shall not attempt to describe the scene
which followed. The husband found II
wife and child whom he firmly believed
to be dead, and the wife found q
husband over whose grave sho had
shed bitter tears Of woe.


Mrs. Geroux was visiting the same
attorney to find out about her hus.
bands confscated property, and to ap-
ply to the Government to have his
property restored to her.


Cincinnati Commercial
Year: 1866

There are now living in Cincinnati
a family, the history Of which forms
something so romantic as to constitute
most interesting story:


In the Summer Of 1859, Charles
Geroux became graduate Of a college
in the Southern part of this State. lie
was the descendant of an aristocratic
family who lived in Louisiana, and, to
be brief, he was then full embodiment
of the ''chivalry," just having entered
his majority. While attending college,
he had formed the acquaintance OF
Clara G who attended college
for young ladies in this city, which &C:
>quaintance ripened into attachment and
love, and, just before the breaking out
of the rebellion, they were married, and
removed South. Miss c. was an
orphan, possessed Of considerable
property, which was held in trust By
her uncle, Southern minister who had
raised her from infancy, and person
sally superintended her education. In
addition to the end6wments of a collie
.giate education, she was possessed of q
>strong character, bordering almost on
the masculine, but tempered with a
sweetness and mildness not often COM
.bined in the same person. She was at
once handsome and womanly.


Within year after their marriage
and settlement in the South, came the
fierce, wild blast Of war from Sumter's
parapet, and there was none moro
ready to enter the deadly fray than
Charles Geroux. His political tutors
were practical secessionists, and he en-
tered upon tho war with fervor and
zeal to command the aSlmiration Of his
friends, and which secured him ma
Year: 1866

An Eastern paper gives the following
seasonable and excellent rules for young
men commencing business.


The world estimates men By their sue
cess in life, and by general consent, sue
cess is evidence of superiority.


Never, under any circumstances assume
a responsibility you can avoid consistently
with your duty to yourself and others.


Base all your actions on a principle of
right; preserve your integrity of charac-
ter, and in doing this never reckon on
the cost.


Remember ihat self interest is more
likely to warp your Judgment than all
other circumstances combined therefore,
look well to your duty when your interest
is concerned.


Never make money at the expense of
your reputation.


Be never lavish nor niggardly; of the
two, avoid the latter. A meau man is
universally des. ised, but public favor is
stepping stone to preferent; therefore
generous feelings should be cultivated.


Say but little-think much and do
more.


Let your expenses be such as to leave
balance in your pocket. Ready money
is a friend ia need


Keep clear of the law; for even if you
gain your case, you are generally a loser.


Avoid borrowing and lending.


Never relate your misfortunes, and
never grieve over what you cannot pre-
vent
Year: 1866

We worked together IN the dark black
smith shop, Hank aud [. He was grear
broad shouldered young fellow, built like
a IIercuIes--I, despite my toll, slender
and fair, and. never over strong. Hank
made that his mock, until had rather
have worn the skin OF a blackamoor than
the pink and white complexion l took
from my mother, who was an English CIR,
by birth, and gave me with her coloring,
her blue eyes.


| could Just remember them watching
the sea for the ship that never came, that
never could come, fox it had gone down
amongst the Bermudas with my father on
its deck, one stormy night, long months
before. When they broke the news to
her in the coffin with a little sister, whe
had never lived, in her white arms.


The picture used to come back to me
otlen in my sleep, after l was man.


Then, aud when Hank Knocked me, and
when all the world seemed wretched and
cold as the stormy winter days we mad so
many Of, upon the Maine coast, l used to
find my way to the great kitchen fire to
comfort myself by taking look at the
sweet face of Hetabell, my masters
daughter. There was always touch Of
sunlight there, however dark the day and
my soul.


When it came upon me that no one
cared for NE in all the world-that had
neither father, mother nor sister-and all
the strange, smothered hopes l had OF be-
ing learned, and great, and being some.
thing more than a mere drudge made me
hate the forget had but to talk while
with Hetabell, and l found that at least
one had some love for me. She loved
everything and was too simple to hide it.


She never had mother since her baby
hood any more than |, and she did the
hous ,huld work with her own white hands.
Whatever there was Of comfort, or neat
ness, or prettiness in the house, was bro't
about by her, and she was never on the
sulks or in temper.


Singing over cross fire that would not
buru-singins over the tub on washing
day-singins at her sewing in the after
noon-it was as sweet to hear her as a
bird though, after all, the tunes were
just the simple ones that every ore knew,
and she had never learned the grace of
thrill or quaver.


Hank, with the great advantage Of his
superior strength, had another over me-
Down in the village lived a rich uncle of
his-a butcher-near upon seventy years
Of age, and a bachelor. All he had would
come to Hank some day, and then he
would buy as big farm as there was to
be bought, and marry whom he choose
They thought great deal Of money in
that part of the world and Hank knew it.


For me who had been brought up by
the blacksmith out OF charity, who had
no weslthy kin. o. aay hope Of fortune,
Year: 1866

I%- During case in which the bound
aries Of a certain piece of land were to
be ascertained, the counsel of one part
said, ave lie on this side, may it please
the court" The counsel Of the other
par; said: "We lie on this" The Judge
stood up and said, ''If you lie ON both
sides, whom Will you have NE to oelieye?"
Year: 1866

Last evening information was lodged at the Police
Headquarters that the Arm Of John Munroe d Co,
b okers, doing business at No. Wall street. had
been swinded out OF $4,000 BY the dishonesty Of
young man lately in their employ, 1t appears from
the information obtained last night, that on We'd
Desday last the ab0ve-named firm sent young man
in their employ, about sixteen years of age. but
whose name Is at present withheld, to deposit In
certain bank $40 COO gold bond, II is alleged that
in place Of the young man proceeding TO the bank
entry of the deposit in the bank book, forging the
name of the receiving teller. tr.C C".


He then returned TO the Office aud returned the
bank book, and soon after lett the establishment,
since which time nothing has been seen or heard OF
him. Yesterday morning his employers, thinking
his long absence rather strange, sent messenger TO
his fathers, where the young man resided, but his
whereabouts could not be ascertained. HIS father
had presumed that he was visiting some relations in
this city, but upon inquiry nolhing had been seen
OF him. Yesterday afternoon the above firm sent
their usual deposits to the bank, when the forgery
was discovered. Ihe officers immediately suspected
their absent clerk, and last evening lodged intorma.
ton at the Police Headquarters. The young man
Is said to have lately been seen IN company with
another young man about the same age, and II Is
presumed they have both gone off together. No clue
their Whereabouts have as yet been ascertaned.
N. Y Sufddu Herald,