smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1866

The bridegroom resides near Nashville,
Rrown county, at which place he has lived
With his dad from his habehood up. But
the time came when the son bethought him
self of age to choose comTanlon and set
M a trade" in hooppoles for himself. So
paving flying visit, on foot, to the town OF
Bargarsyille he became enamored OF one oil
the fair daughters of that place, wooed. won
and the day was named when the two should
be one. Accordingly the services of Squire
D. we're engaged, and all the necessary
preliminaries arranged. The old gray
goose that was wont to paddle in her favorite
pool, paddles there no more; and, alas, that
old rooster that sat perched nightly upon
his favorite apple limb, and each successive
morning rang out his clarion voice upon the
air to notify the slumbering inhabitants of
the approach of day, sits there no more
His voice was hushed in death, and his
BODY served as delicious dish for the wed
ding guests.


The day arrived when the happy couple
were to be united, and the father and son
set out on foot-not owning any horses-for
Bargarsville, and though somewhat of a
tedious walk over rough, frozen roads, they
made the trip in due time. Nearing the
place where the marriage ceremony was to
be performed, a crowd of folks were seen in
the house and yard waiting for their arrival.


Jim's courage wilred. and he told - dad''
that he believed he'd go back but d" dad"
told him that would never do that he must
be man and marry the sgal." By ear
nest entreaty Jim went as far as the gate,
when he made halt, and said he warn t
going into the house and be a laughing
stockl' Quite a crowd had gathered and
all things were ready. A bountiful dinner
was spread; the bride was arrayed in a
bran new dress and wore her hair trimmed
in cedar. green, yellow and red feathers
Squire D. sat cross-legged, a huge stand
ing shirt-collar, stiff as clap board pre-
vented the turning of his he I'd to either side
without moving his body. He held some
thing like unto the Constitution" in his
haId and was waiting to perform the official
services for which he had been engaged.


Jim fingered at the gate post for some
half hour, and all that dad and friends
present could say wouldn't encourage him
to go into the house. Finally one of the
young fellows present said: Let him
at once, and he darted in at the back door
and gathered his afianced by the arms p
Squire d. arose with all the solemnitv of a
judge, sinking his right fist down his trousers
pocket, ''by the authority which be held in
his hand" pronounced them imam and
wifer'


Dinner was over and the remainder of the
afternoon passed off very pleasantly. Night
came and arrangements were made to go to
bed. AS customary, of course, it was ex-
peeted that the new married couple would
sleep together. This Jim objected to, and
said ''Doggon If he'd sleep with her,
Finally, as it grew late he was prevailed
upon to go to bed, but would not pull of
his clothes nor get under the cover, but lay
down. boots and all, and so passed the first
night of his married life-sleeping with a
woman Jim has learned by this time, nc
doubt, not to be so shy.-Franklin, Tenn


Jefersonian.
Year: 1866

1t is usual to attempt the management OF
children either by corporal punishment, or
by rewards addressed to the senses, and not
by words alone There is Cne other means
of government, the power and Importance of
which is little regarded; l refer to the human
voice-the soft, gentle, soothing modulatlons
of the human voice and this seems to me 20
be the more excellent way. A blow may be
inflicted on child accompanied with words
Sd uttered as to counteract entirely its effect
or the parent may use language in the cor
rection of child, not Objectionable in itself,
vet spoken in tone which more than de
feats its influence. Let any one endeavor to
recall the image of a fond mother long since
at rest in heaven. Her sweet smile and ever
clear countenance are brought wildly to
recollection so, also, is her voice-the tones
of her voice and blessed is that parent who
is endowed with pleasing utterance. A
sweet voice is great moral power. if it be
employed wisely. What is it which lulls the
infant to repose? 1t is not an array of mere
words. There is no charm to the untaught
one in mere letters, sylables, and words. 1t
is the sound striking the little ear that sooths
and composes it to sleep. A few notes, how
ever unskillfa1ly arranged, if uttered in a
soft tone, are found to possess magic int1u
ence to quiet and prepare for repose. Think
we that this influence is confined to the era
die? NJ, it is diffused over every age, and
ceases not while the child remains under the
parental roof. Is the boy growing rude in
manner and boisterous in speech? l know
of no instrument so sure to control these ten.
denotes as the gentle tones of mothers
voice. She who speaks to her son harshly,
does but give to his evil conduct the sanction
of her own example. She pours oil on the
already raging flame. In the pressure of
duty We are liable to utter ourselves harshly
to our children. Perhaps threat is express
ed in loud and irritating tone; instead of
allaying the passions of the child. it serves
directly to increase them. Every fretful
expression awakens in him the same spirit
which produced it. So does a pleasant voice
call up agreeable feelings Whatever dispo
siton, therefore, we would encourage in a
child, the same we should manifest in the
tone in which we address it. Anger, severity
of reproof, harsh words, are of all things the
worst. They excite evil passions, lead to
resistance, and become the stimulants of dis
obedience and evil conduct. Speak gently to
| the child
Year: 1866

SWAPPING BABY.-A woman went ;n,o
house in Boston. recently, with an infant in
her arms. and asked to stay awhile. as she
was weak and tired. She also asked for
something stimulating. saying that she had
but recently been confined The lady of tbe
house went out to get a glass of ale for the
stranger, and. on returning, found that he-
own baby. which she left asleep in the cradle


had been taken away by her visitor. and q
negro baby left in its stead NOTHING has
been heard of the woman since. and the affair
creates great excitement among interested
parties.
Year: 1866

CURGICAL AND MECHANICAL DENTIST,
- Office removed next door to the Executive.
All deutaloperations performed in the best possible
manner. Single teeth and complete sets inserted
in the highest style of art. Ladies and gentlemen
will find every arrangement for their convenience.


eSt
Year: 1866

gers and trials of rebellion, and that as suc
we honor them for their courage, and love
them for their fidelity to principle; that rs
mark of honor and esteem, the Mayor be
and is hereby requested to welcome them and
extend TO them the freedom Of the city tn.
ring their Sciourn with us, and that special
committee be appointed TO show them all the
courtesy in their power.


The Republican members Of the Council in
Il body joined the procession as it passed the
hall.
Year: 1866

n@-We saw Jake mailing up a box the 9TH
er day, containing some articles which he in
tended sending by express From the natur
OF the contents we knew 1t was essential that
the box should not be inverted on the passage.
SO We ventAred the suggestion to Jake to place
the much abused 'This side upp &c, copspic-
uously upon the cover.


few days after we saw Jake and asked
him -


Heard from your goods2 Did they get there
ssfelyP
Every one broke Lost the hull lot / Hang
the Express Company


Did you put on This side up, as We told
your


Yes, did; and for fear they shouldn't see
It on the kiver, put it on the bottom, too
confound 'em
Year: 1866

The uARvEsT.-The farmers of b i>e
and Payette Valleys are now engaged in
harvesting and threshing the most abundant
crop ever raised in the Territory. One can
easily perceive when they come to town that
they wear a different air from that of ono
year ago. Notwithstanding the evident
haste TO get back to the farm, there is plain,
y visible an air of content and satisfaction
that denotes ruecess That is gratifying
Ihere is scarcity of hands throus hout the
valley and wages are high, so much as to be
quite drawback. Much grain is now dead
ripe and hardly hands enough to, save it
Boise Statesmdn.
Year: 1866

DECIDEDLY CooL.-The Sacramento Unl
ion, in an article severely denunciatory of the
President and his policy, cOOlly asks: "Will
be (tbe PresidenD calmly await the result
Of the impeachment which is to be expected
in the event of Congressional victory ?"
We think not As well might the highway.
man inquire whether the traveller will peaceI
ably stand and deliver2 Neither the counr
try nor the President will " calmly" submit
to the impeachment of the head>of the nation
for no other ofense than that of a faithful
discharge of duty. This radical talk of Sim.
peachment," means that Chief Magistrate
who refuses to do their bidding is to be de>
posed under color of law if possible, but in
any event be is to be got rid of-"shoveled
out of Office" is the classic expression of a
leading radical organ. In expressions of this
character we have secession-disunion-
a new form. The Southerners rebelled for
the reason that President had been elected
who was distasteful to them The radicals
propose to revolutionize the Government in
order to get rid of President who refuses to
further their mad schemes of social and DO


litical equality The patriotism of the coun-
try was. fully equal to the task of crushing
the first rebellion. Should the radical ma.
jOrity in Congress venture to initiate a second
rebellion against the constitutional chief of
the nation, their defeat will be vastly more
speedy and equally overwhelming That
the radicals contemplate revolutionary meas
ures is clearly apparent, and it is well that
the country should be prepared for the emer,
gency. To talk about President johnson
"calmIy awaiting the result of IN impeachr
ment, in the trial of which Judge Chase is
to preside, and Sumner and Wade sit as
Judges, is little short of mockery. A trial
before a court thus organized can have but
one resut-conviction aud degradation from
the high cfhcc of President Of the United
SLates. Had President johnson been guilty
oil high crimes and msdcmeaDors the pction
would sorrOwfully have submitted to this
deep humiliation, but when it is borne in
mind that this great wrong is to be perpetra,
ted IN order to bolster up the fortunes of q
sinking political faction, the proposition is
well calculated to excite alarm and invoke
sentiment that will never rest until the con,
now disgrace.
Year: 1866

Those who have anticipated large revenue
from the sale of contiscated property at the South
will be surprised to learn that the proceeds since
the close Of the rebellion do not amount to more
than $4,000. i'


The gross sales have amounted to manv times
one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, but we
are not surprised to hear that the nett results are
only so much. Commissions are very heavy
lately, and other expenses in proportion. The
government has concluded to discontinue the
treasury agency system in the South, for the
reason that it does not pay expenses
Year: 1866

The Legislature at Topeka is discuss
ing at length the proposition to submit
to the people Of Kansas a constitutional
amendment striking out the word "white. "


We are unrsservedly in favor of the


measure, when it is morally certain it will


be ratified by the people. But to 60
through with the idle formality of sub.
mitting it to certain defeat. we are de.
cidedly opposed. Every intelligent man
at all acquainted with the present feeling
of onr people upon this subject. knows it
will be defeated by vote of at least two
10 one. What can be gained. then. by
such action. before the voters are ready
for it? Nothing but setting back the &C.
complishment oil the result we desire, for
years. The elections in Connecticut, in
Minnesota, in Wisconsin, should be Il
warning to tho advocates of negro suf.
frage. In those States the measure was
Overwhelmingly deiested, and, as concs.
ded On all hands, the suffrage question
disastrously damaged by such defeat


We sincerely confess that we are sorry
the people Of Kansas should hesitate for q
moment in the adoption of measure so
just. But We must treat public spnti.
ment as we End it, not as we wish to
have it. We are surprised that good
men. whe are sincere in their purpose.
should presist in placing this matter be-
fore the people of Kansas, when they
must know that disaster is sure to fol-
low.


We hope that our Legislature in its
wisdom. will postpone this important
question for one year at least. Great
are not effected in dag or in
q year. II, however. they shall determine
to press the question to vote, we shall
DO all we can to make it successful. but
we say frankly. without the shadow Of
hope Of success. We have talked with
intelligent colored men ia the same way.
They do not agree with as. but insist mp
on public action Immediately. We warn
Them now. that they are defeating ths
very purpose that they are seeking to &C.
and if they are defeated. they
have only themselves and ipjudicions
friends to blame. We say again, we do
hope the Legislature will not place this
matter before the people. unless it wants
t defeated.-Leavenworth Conservative.
Year: 1866

BETTER LATE THAN NEvER.-General
Lane has introduced into the United
States Senate. . resolution instructing
the Committee on Public Lands to in
quirs into the expediency of . bill to
grant to the Northern Kansas Railroad
Company ten sections per mile. to aid in
constructing q railroad from Elwood
west, through the Northern Tier. The
resolution was unanimously adopted.
This is a measure looking to long defer
red justice. Had Lane taken . decided
stand in our favor. four years ago, North
ern Kansas would DOW have Road, and
there would never have been an Anti.
Lane party of any consequence in the
Northern Tier.
Year: 1866

LEARNING A TRADE.-It was a wise law Of The
ancient Jews, that the sous OF even the wealth.
est man should be obliged to serve an appreu-
tlceship to some useful occupation. so that in
case Of reverse Of fortune, they might have
something to "fall back upon" The same still
exists in Turkey. where every man, even the
Sultan himself must learn trade. How
fortunate would it be now, had II been law in
this country. "Wouli to God had trade !" ia
the cry of thousands of returned soldiers, North
and South, who find themselves ruined in pocket
with no immediate prospect of gaining liveli
hood 1t should teach parents that whatever
else they may give their sons, they should give
them good trade.


30 far as the education Of their children in
the science of keeping proper accounts lie
concerned, the idea is good one as every
young man should have Sufficient kno wledge
to manage his own books, should he ever
embark in business but to make book. keepers
and clerks of all our boys is a grand mistake.
Better place them in a workshop, mill, or
foundry, where they eau learn independent
trades, which, at all times, will secure for them
employment at any time, and the pecuniary
compensation for which will be at least as much,
If not more, than the business of account We
earnestly advise all parents to teach their sous
trades, no matter what, that it is an iudustri-
Gus pursuit; and let us in future be spared the
pain of seeing so many stout, able. bodied young
men out Of employment, and seeking situations
where the pen only can be used.
Year: 1866

be, in part, the effect Of its ratification.
There are still other evils springing out
of the proposed measure which Mr..
BROWNING does not discuss, but the
evils he has pointed out are stated
with great force, clearness, and precis-
ion. The point in relation to the effect
the amendment will have upon the
State courts is especially we'll put and
is none the less strong because it has
generally escaped the notice of less skill
full lawyers than Mr.. BROWNING.


Hon. o. H. BROWNING was one of the
most influential and steadfast friends
of Mr.. LINCOLN's administration. He
is now Secretary of the Interior in
President JOHNsoN's cabinet and it is
generally understood that the opinions
expressed in this letter adverse to the
ratification of the constitutional amend
ment are those entertained by the Presi-
dent himself, and those which, to some
extent, influence the policy of his ad-
ministratiOn. We cannot understand
how any candid man can read the let
ter without being convinced that the
amendment should not be adopted.
Year: 1866

A WRITER in the Petersburg (Va.)
Express speaks Of some Of the pecu-
harities of the colored population, de-
veloped by the enjoyment of civil lib
erty, as follows:


Sambo and Rose become more and
more welded to the idea day by day,
that they must "set up on their own
hook" No farther back than yesterday,
1 heard an aged negress reply to lady
who desired her services next year as a
cook. "that she could not get them y
and then with an impudent toss of the
head, she added, whats de use OBJ be-
in free, if got to work for white folks
all my life y And this is the idea which
seems to have seized upon the great
majority of the unfortunate race.
Year: 1866

PRE


Mr.. Lincoln was heroic then, and Mr..
johnson is heroic now. i am sure no
man can be sincerer in his purposes to
preserve the Constitution and save the
country than he is. No man can be
actuated by a purer patriotism, or be
more ayerse to usurpatiOn of power.
He has not violated the Constitution in
the past. He intends no infrsction of
it in the future, but he does intend n
firm and faithful performance of all the
trusts which that sacred instrument has
devolved upon him. With every dispo-
sition to be charitable toward
those who differ with me IN
opinion, il is difficult to be-
lieve them sincere in charging the Pres
ident with the intention of violently
forcing rebels into Congress and giving
them the control of the government.
What act has he ever done that gives
the slightest sanction to such charge!
Not one can be specified. He has nei-
ther transcended his own powers nor
invaded those of the coordinate de-
partments, and the only pretext for the
charge is not what he has done but what
he has said, in declaring again and
again his convictian that it was the
duty of Congress to obey plain con-
stitutional provision, and each house
for itself to judge of the elections, re-
turns and qualifications of each indi-
vidual presenting himself as a member.


Our country is in peril, in very great
peril, not from public enemy, but
from the violence Of our own passions.
Safety is to be found only in strict
adherence to the Constitution and laws.
As long as they are Obeyed, no evil can
come upon us. We are in danger only
when we attempt something they do
not sanction. ! trust it will be the
pride and glory of the friends Of the
Administration, in the threatening con-
test through which we are passing, to
keep their passions in subsection to rea-
son, and to do no act not warranted by
the Constitution and laws. Ours is q
republican Government where the ma
iority has q right to rule. Minorities
cannot, without subverting the Govern
ment, and when, according to the forms
prescribed, the will of the majority is
expressed in the Constitution or the
avs, it is the duty Of all to submit To
1t, until it can be fairly and constitu
tiionally changed.


Such I know to be the Presidents
intentions, and such know he wishes
to be the rule of conduct for his friends
and supporters. No man has profound |
er reverence for the Constitution than
he, and his purpose as the executive
head Of the nation TO maintain il as it is
until il can be changed in the form pre-
scribed by it, is firm and immutable.
He is not brave enough willfully to vi I
olate it; he is brave enough TO uphold
and defend it in all that his duty re-
quires.


In conclusion, let me beseech you,
calmly and dispassionate, but earnestly |
and firmly, to do your duty TO your
country in this trying hour, and TO
stand by our glorious Constitution as il |
is. There is no safety for US but in this.
Do your duty faithfully and trust to
God for results, and reverently implore
him to save us from the madness and
infatuation which threatens us with
self destruction and with the loss of the
last hope for the perpetuity of free gov
ernments.


Your friend and fellow-citizen,


o. II. BROWNING.
Year: 1866

show that negro suffrage Is the real and
only substantial cause Of controversy
between the executive and legislative
branches of the Government, and to ask
in the most solemn terms, and implore
my fellow-citizens to give it the most
earnest and dispassionate consideration,
whether upon such an issue we are to
plunge into another fratricidal war,
and imperil all there is of our country
sacred in the past, grand and valuable
in the present, and hopeful and glorious
in the future.


Had the President consented to join
Congress in forcing negro suffrage on
the South, all would have been fair and
smooth, and instead of being denounced
as O fiend he would now be worshiped
as an idol by those who SO bitterly and
so unrelentingly assail him. Those who
are sincerely desirous of seeing paci-
fication of the country, and restoration
of the integrity of the Union, ought to
feel assured of the purely patriotic and
sincere intentions of the President,
when they remember that he is in good
faith carrying forward the policy in
augurated by President Line oln, and
that the only two men who went into
the administration with Mr.. Lincoln at
the beginning of his first term, the Sec
retaries of State and the Navy, and the
only two who were trusted and contided
in by him through his entire official
career and to the end Of his life, who
stood by, encouraged and dsnstained him
when the storm and tempest of rebel
lion were beating most fiercely upon
him, and the ship of state was tossing
upon the waves of turbulent sea, with
broken masts and shattered sails, and
who knew his most secret thoughts as
to the best measures to be adopted to
bring her into port, are standing by
President johnson with n courage and
heroism equally sublime, and cheering
him on in his heroic efforts to achieve
the same ends. They were vilified and
denounced then, and by the same men
are vilified and denounced now. They
did not quail before the storm that beat
upon them then, they do not quail be-
fore the tempest that RACES around them
now.
Year: 1866

The third section Of the proposed
amendment didranchises the great ma
jority of the educated men Of the States
which have been in rebellion, and ex-
cludes them from any participation in
the affairs of the State or Federal Gov
eminent; the entire control of the goT-
ernment of those States win be placed
in the hands Of q mesger minority Of
Year: 1866

Nor is il true that a vote in the South
will outweigha n vote in the North, if the
nOn-voting negro population be includ-
ed in the basis ofrepIesentation. of If the
proposed amendment be adopted all the
non-voting black population of the
North will be counted. The great pre-
ponderance of unnaturalized, and con-
sequently non-voting foreigners, is in
Northern and Northwestern States
They and their families number hun
dreds of thousands, perhaps millions,
and yet they are all counted in fixing
the rate Of representation. That is
right. do not object to it. They are
part of the community. They help to
make up the strength and productive
wealth of the State, and ought to be
computed in fixing its political power.
But ifit is right to count non-voting
population in one State il is equally
right to count it in another; and If
counted in one and not in the other, it
gives the one an advantage over the
other incompatible with the equality of
the States, and of q dangerous and revo-
lutionary tendency; while the unnatu-
rallied, non-voting population of one
section of the country will be constantly
increasing, the non-voting black popu-
lation of the other section, by obvious
causes not now necessary to be men
toned, will be as constantly decreasing.
1t would be better for all parties and in
terests, and far more hopeful for the
perpetuity Of our Government, if some
thing like an equilibrium Of strength
between the different sections Of the
country could be maintained.