smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1866

proud. There was a plunge into the
water-then another-ahd another
The most desperate of the victims were
trying to swim to the boats But their
strength was not equal to the task, and
they sank, one after another, into the
deep waters.


Such dreadful and unlooked-fo scenes
seemed to have rendered every one in
capable of motion. They were reused by
the Mate.


"Give way, there !" he shouted, saw
agely. "We must be gone from here at
once"


The rowers bent to their oars with
will, and the boats shot off over the blue
waters, now as smooth as glass. Not
word was spoken. The Mates boat led
the way, and be steered as directly as
pos ible for the coast of New Jersey. An
hour passed away. Suddenly there was
cry from one of the boats, 'Look at
the shipv'


All eyes were turned in that direc-
ton. The vessel had hardly changed
her position. From her decks heavy,
thick cloud of black smoke was rising;
soon bright flashes of fame could be
seen through the pall-and at last the
hull and rigging were wrapt in solid
sheet of fire.


Captain Bridges grew almost frantic
as he beheld this, so that be was not
unbound until long after the Sovereign
of the Seas had settled down forever
under the waves she had once sailed
over so royalty. When released, the
vowed he would take vengeance on all
concerned in the desertion of the ship
as soon as they should reach the land.
During the rest of the voyage he was
silent and stern, scarcely replying to
what was said to him.


The Mate steered straight for the New
Jersep coast. Everything seemed to
favor the voyagers. The weather con-
tiuued mild and delightful, and no new
cases of sickness occurred. They had
succeeded in leaving the plague behind
them. They suffered much, however,
from exposure to the sun, and at night
exerted themselves unusually to de-
crease the distan between themselves
and land.


At last the Highlands, which have
cheered SO many mariners heart, were
seen, and soon the whole party were
safe on American soil. 1t had been
fearful and trying voyage, and they had
commenced it so hopefully and fearless
ly. Never, in after life, could any Of
those who bad taken part in the events
we have related, recall them without a
shudder. 1t seemed strange that they
had lived through so much ..-1


Captain Bridges did not execute his
threat of vengeance He was taken ill
Immediately after landing, and a long
and dangerous sickness followed. When
he recovered be could find no traces of
his crew. He never got entirely over
the loss of his vessel; and those who
knew him best said his grief for the
gallant craft did much toward fastening
his death, six years later.
Year: 1866

REASONS FOR NOT MARRYNG.-A
handsome young Yankee peddler
made love to a buXom widow in Penn
sylvania. He accompanied his dec
laration with an allusion to two i'm
pedimentS to their union. " The
want of means to set up a retail
store" They parted and the widow
sent the peddler a check for ample
means. When they met again the
peddler had hired and stocked his
store, and the smiling fair one beg
ged to know the other impediment.
Il have another wife r cried the no.
ton dealer.
Year: 1866

A few days since the teacher in the
Graded School in Vergennes, VT, in
terrogated the pupils as to the reason
of the saltness of the ocean. One
little lad was confident that he could
tell, and the question was put "Well,
what is it that causes the saltness of
the water Of the ocean ?'' ''The cod
fish p replied the little original.
Year: 1866

GARD.


The Proprietors, in presenting 10 the public the
above Incompatible Bitters assure them that but
for of gratitude to the generous donor of the
recipe and in response to the opportunities of the
hosts of Southern friends who have experienced
their efficacy, they would have hesitated before
placing article OF such sterling merit on a mar
ket flooded with deleterious compounds hbelling the
of Stomach Bitters Our Senior, however,
having at the solicitation of those friends expended
on the manufacture of the GREY JACKER BIT
TIERS the experience acquired in half lifetime
devoted to the preparation of Tonic Digestive Stim-
ulants and discovered their immense superiority
over all other Stomach Bitters, have unhesita-
tngly added these to the list of articles already
pared at our establishment, and 50 well known and
largely patronized by the community at large


BARNETT g. LION take this seasonable oppOr.
tunty of thanking their numerous friends Cor the
immense increase in their business during the year
and inform them that, although the manufacture Of
the GREY JACKET BITTERS must necessarily
cause an additional tax their energies yet from
large additions in the improvements made and
making in the manufacturing department of the
establishment, their orders will be filed promptly
and they hope as satisfactorily usual


BARNETT a. LION.


Jan lgd3m 81 and So Gravler st.
Year: 1866

with solid and instructive matter for the advan-
tage of the rising generation, and for the enter
tainment and comfort of those more advanced in
life The proprietors of the UNION AND AMERI-
CAN" have lived and been engaged in the
newspaper business long enough to obtain knowl-
edge of the true wants of great, honest and vir-
tuous people, who, though unfortunate striving
to transmit to their descendants, in culture and
nurture, the highest and most noble qualities,
industry, self-relance, and dignity Of character.
Paity appreciating the power and benefeence OF
woman, they will endeavor to make this paper an
acceptable companion to the mothers and daugh-
tiers of the country, wherefrom they may derive
both profit and pleasure.


To persons desirous of making known to the
public their business, we may say that our circula
ton by mail, reaching every Post Office which has
been re-opened in the State, besides an extensive
circulation in adjoining States. gives our adveris
ing columns superior advantages.


The advance in the pricesef every article which
enters into the production of newspapers is such
that the terms upon which they are furnished
must necessarily correspond. In common with
our city contemporaries. we have adopted the
following as the
Year: 1866

| OVER THE WAY.
Gone in her child like purity


Out from the golden way;
Fading in the light SO sweet
Where the silver stars and the sunbeams meet
Over the silent way.
| Over the bosom tenderly
The pearl white hands are pressed;
The lashes lie on her cheek so thin
Where the softest blush of the rose hath beer
Shutting the blue Of her eyes within,


The pure lids closed to rest.
Over the sweet brow lovingly
Twineth her sunny hair;
She was 30 fragile, that love sent down =.
From his heavenly gems, that soft brigh,


crown,
To shade her brow with it's waves so br own


Whose bloom the white frost nips.


Robin-hushed in your downy bed


Over the swinging bough-
Do you miss her voice in your glad duet,
When the. dew in the heart Of the rose is set,
Till its velvet lips with the essence wet,


In orient crimson glow2


Rosebud-under your shady leaf


Hid from the sunny day
Do you miss the glance Of the eye go bright,
Whose blue was heaven to your timid sigits
II is beaming now in a world oflight,


Over the starry way.


Hearts-where the darling's head hath


lain,


Held by loves shining ray
Do you know that the touch OF her gentle hand
Doth brig hten the harp in the unknown land3
Oh. she waits fer US with the angs band


Over the starry way.
Year: 1866

The venerable Leslie Coombs, of Kentucky,
thus aludes to the doctrine of the social equality
of whites and negroes:


Other candidates may do as they please, but so
far as am concerned will do nothing to weak
en- or divide those opposed to the monstrous and
unnatural doctrine rampant at Washington, oil
negro social and political equality. Gods curse
has stamped the negro with an incffaceable black
skin and woody head and in His providence has
kept him for six thousand years in close proxim-
ity to other races but always sabordinate-in
mind and body as well as civilization and refine
ment-and yet we have the spectacle now before
us of q deliberate conspiracy in the North, to
bring down our favored race to the negro level,
in violation of Gods law and all written history
The idea of elevating the odorous sons of Africa
to the Caucasian status is about as absurd as thy
ing to perfume a dog fennel by tying it up in a
boquet with pinks and roses.
Year: 1866

1t has generally been supposed that the party
who would take the cents from the eyes of a
corpse had got about as low in the scale of hu-
manity as it was possible to descend but there is
degree beyond that. For six or eight weeks past
just as sure as a Grape was put ON door in East
Baltimore to indicate that death was there just so
surely was it stolen during the night following.
So general had the thing become that the police
were constantly on the alert but somehow or
other they were bafied until last night. deth
occurred in the family of Mr. Lawrence Stafford
at the corner of Caroline and Fayaite street, and
yesterday Grape was put on the door. AT night
the police kept watch, and at late hour saw a
party approach and remove it. He was imme-
diately arrested and taken TO the Eastern Dis
trict police station where he gave his name as
Edmond Iseral. Whether he alone, or assisted
by others has committed the outrages heretofore
perpetrated in this regard, is not known, but
certainly there is no punishment in the statute
books adequate to the offeuce. He was commit
ted to Jail to await the action of the grand jury
-BdltO. Transcript.
Year: 1866

THE PRUssIAN "NEEDLE" GUN-As this weap-
| on, which was referred to few days since in the
German war news, will in all probability be fre-
quenty mentioned during the course of the pres
| ent European war, few words in description of
its plan and principles will not not be out of
place.


The cartridge used in the f'Needle' gun is made
of stiff cardboard, the ball, powder, and explo-
sive composition being contained in one and the
same cylinder. Its great peculiarity is that the
dectonating powder is placed Immediately iu rear
of the base of the ball, aud between it and the
powder. The advantage of this is that, when
the powder is ignited, that portion next the ball.
in which combustion is first perfected exerts its
ull force upon the projectile, the powder in rear
also exerting its influence, as it becomes almost
simultaneously ignited. Under the present sys-
TEN, in which that part of the powder next to the
brecch of the gun is first ignied, portion of the
powder is frequently expelled from the gun with
the ball in condition of only partial combustion,
the explosive force Of the powder first consumed
being adequate to expel the ball and the powder
in its front before the whole charge has to be-
come entirely ignited. Thus in the nNeedle''
gun oil the powder is consumed, and applied to
thcbcst effect, and as to obtain its fullest force
at the same instant and in the same direction.


The 'Needle" gun is a breech-loader; and
when the trigger is pulled, stout '.ncedle' or
wire is thrust through the base of the cartridge
parallel with its axis, into the detonating charge
by the ball causing its explosion and the igni-
ton of the cartridge. in accuracy the ''Necdle''
gun cannot be surpassed and its effective range
is said to be about fifteen hundred yards. 1t is
however, doubtful whether it will be found to
bear with impunity the necessarily rough treat
ment of an active campaign. The Prussian Jag
gers, and sharpshooters generally, are armed
with this formidable weapon and upon skirmish
line, when it can be used with care and delibera
tion it must prove highly effective.
Year: 1866

The ways of Providence are inscrutable. The
way of the transgressor is hard. There seems to


be an Unsuitable and remorseless Nemesis on the


track of those architects of ruin who led the peo-
pie astray, who divided the Union, provoked civil
war, and piled noun tain of debt upon the shoul-
ders of the sweating, toiling million. Violent
deaths by suicide or by accident among promi-
nent Abolitionists, have become proverbial-so
much SO, that they have become startling. Not
long ago, Preston King, Collector of the Port OF
New York, tied bag of shot around his body as
makeweight to keep him down, and jumped off
of a steamboat into the Hudson river; and now
the notorious Jim Lane, U. S. Senator from Kan
sass has blown his brains out with pistol
Preston King kept watch and word over the
President the day poor Mrs. Surratt was hung ;
and when her weeping and anguished and brok-
en-hearted daughter came TO make last and f.
nal appeal to the executive clemency to save her
mother from the gallows, denied her admission.
The stricken girl threw herself prone upon the
stairs and almost shrieked and sobbed hep life a.
way, many persons were moved to tears by the
agonizing spectacle; but it did not soften the
stony heart OF the Janitor. Jim Lane was bor-
der ruffian--a free State border rufian-in the
early troubles of Kansas, during the administra-
tion of Presidents Pierce and Buchanan, and won
just such notoriety and popularity by his bold
and daring defiance of the law as made him an
acceptable leader and representative man of the
Black Republican party He belonged TO school
Of men-of which we, alas have too many in
these degenerated days-whose cry, like the bit
tern, is heard only in the storm and the tempest
and whose ominous croakings are stilled in the
reign Of tranquility and of peace.


These men have both gone to their long ac-
counts by death inflicted through their own a.
gency. The goadings of a guilty and coward"
conscience drove them to selfdestruction. They
could not live and be happy, and rushed into the
presence oftheir Maker with all their 'mperfec-
tons on their heads" How suggestive-and
what admonition to colleagues to turn from the
erroes of their ways, lest their end shall be like
theirs
Year: 1866

THE WAY THE MONEY Co.'s. The Jacobin
Congress spends more money, in one way or 9TH
er, to assist in carrying out their designs, than
would pay all that the soldiers and sailors ask of
them. The Investigating committee use up
more money than any one has an idea of. There
is now bill before the House for $52 900 for the
contingent fund. The nation is bleeding at
every pore, and these sharpers will not leave
enough life in it, if they are not stopped, to make
even an appearance among the nations of the
earth. It, is continual drain on the treasury
for the benefit of the negro. Will the people let
the opportunity slip them this fall Of sending the
patch to Coventry2
Year: 1866

Since Saturday last rumors have been rife in
relation to designations of members of the Presi-
dents Cabinet, but there is nothing authentic
beyond the confirmation fthe previous announce
ment that Mr.. Dennison, the Postmaster General
had resigned On Saturday the President nomi-
mated to the Senate the Hon. A. w. Randall now
First Assistant Postmaster General, to be the
successor of Mr.. Dennison. In some sources il is
positively asserted that Secretary Harlan and At
torney General Speed have prepared letters OF
resignation, but there is nothing to show that
they have reached the bands of the President
Another report alleges that Secretary Stanton
has also prepared letter of resignation. The
following is Mr.. Dennison's letter of resignation
and the reply Of the President in accepting it:


Washington, ID. c.. July IL, 1sG6.-Sir, ]
have the honor to tender you herewith my resig-
nation of the Office of Postmaster General, to take
effect upon your notifying me of its acceptance.
In thus Withdrawing from your cabinet, it is
proper to say that do so chiefly because of the
difference of opinion between us in regard to the
proposed amendment of the constitution, which
approve, and the movement for the convention
to be held at Philadelphia on the l4th proximo,
to which am opposed. My confidence in the
patriotism of the Union republican party, and
conviction that upon its permanent control ofthe
government depend in large measure the peace
and happiness of the country, will not permit of
my holding any equivocal attitude in respect to
it.


Assuring you of my personal regard and ap-
probation of the uniform courtesy have received
from you,


am very respectfully yours, &c,


W.DENNIsoS.
Year: 1866

A correspondent of Boston paper relates the
following


IA gentleman dropped into one of our city
churches, one day last week, to hear q noted re-
vivalist, and being mere outsider, he modestly
took a retired seat in the gallery. At the close
of the sermon, which was from the text 'Let
me die the death of the righteous, and let my last
end be like his" the preacher requested 'fall
those present who would like to die the death Of
the righteous to stand up" The gentleman in
the gallery feeling that he was only 'looker
on" retained his seat, but he speedily found he
should have risen with the rest, for the preacher,
after all were again seated, threw w:thering
glance into the gallery, accompanied with the
remark "The number of those who did not rise
is so small that / shall not take advantage Of
them" Moreover, somebody in his immediate
vicinity audibly whispered, "Why, here, in our
very midst, is a man who doesn't want to die the
death of the righteous l'' And again, as the
gentleman was trying to escape unobseryed down
the stairway, he overheard one Of the sisters say
to another, land in no undertone either, ''Sakes
alive if that isn't the poor critter who is against
dying the death of the righteous"
Year: 1866

Spring and Summer Dry Goods,


in their new and elegant room on the
EAST CORNER OF THE PUBLIC SQUARE,
under the Office of the Herald & Torch Light
where Hey would kindly invite all to call and ex-
anime the
Year: 1866




MORE ABOUT GRANT.-As a further
evidence Of Grants political leaning. a
letter is telegrsphed over the country,
written at the request Of Grant. by one
OF his Aids, in answer to an invitation to
attend the Soldiers Convention at Pitts.
burg. In this letter. he says ait is con,
trary to bis hsbi,,apd to bis convictions
OF duty to stteni political meetings oil
any character and that he regrets the
action Of any officer Of the army taking a
conspicuous part in the political discus
sions Of the day"


This is oil very well but it did no,
appear to be contrary to his conviction.
to accompany the President on 9 politi.
cal stumping tour through the West
We have not the least doubt that he was
solicited to attsnd the Coppsrhsad Mill
tary Convection at Cleveland; yet we
have seen no letter of refusal and rebuke
telegrsphed far and wide. But when the
loysl soldiers, Of the Union invite him tc
attend a Convention Of theirs, the coun
try is notified that he will not do it. and
that he regrets that any other office,
should. We are satisfied where Grant,
position is, and that the Repnblican'
have nothing to hope from him. Th,
Republication of his conversation with
the editor Of the Lewiston Falls Journal
from now till Doomsdsy. will not rene
dy the matter.
Year: 1866

That HAr.-We tender our obeisance
to Joe Utt. for the present Of new hat
Those prosper who remember the printer
Like bread cast upon the waters. it rs-
turns after many days. Joe has lots
more left, Of al styles and sizes. -
Year: 1866

Eg- The weather phenomena Of the pres
ent season is the most remarkable and ca
Pricous know to the oldest inhab;tant. Hot
and cold, wet and dry days. have been sand
wicbed between each other in a manner
alarming to rheumatic people. The farmers
have been compelled to gather their hay at
much dsadvantage-and fully half Of the
crop has been more or less injured by un
seasonable rains; and now, as they are about
commencing the grain harvest, they look.
ing auxiously skyward, to note whether the
signs are more propitious.


A week ago the weather was scorchng
hot, and ice was prime necessity. But
for several days past we bave bad lowering
skies and clustering winds, and fires to take
off the edge of the chill, is found quite COM
Portable.


Our weather prophets are all at sen, and
new almanac makers for this section are in
demand.
Year: 1866

1t would be idle for us to say that we
do not regret the nomination of Judge
Spalding for reelection, made yesterday
by the Congressional Convention. We
do most sincerely regret it. We believe
that Mr.. Parsons was fairly entitled 10
the nomination and would have recoIved
it if none but Union votes had
been cast at the Congressional prirh-
ary elections. We believe that if the
convention had not shut its eyes and ears
to the proo[it would have been convinced,
even against IFS will, that such was
the case. We believe it to have been
most unfortunate that the Convention re-
fused to listen TO the evidence of fraud
and injustice which was ready for its
hearing. But we regard the unity of the
party as above all personal considera-
tions; and we do not propose, hyany act
of ours, to imperil it. We shall esteem it
duty TO the party and to ourselves TO
give the nominee of the Convention our
full support.


As we turn our backs upon the exciting
and earnest canvass which has just closed,
we cannot refrain from congratulating
Mr.. Parsons and his friends upon the
support which he has received from the
loyal Union masses Of the Eighteenth
District. The vote which he polled in
the District, in the face of an opposition
without parallel for its activity and bit
terness, was as much of compliment as
victory itself. The men who rallied to
his side were, both in numbers and char
acter body to be proud Of Mr.. Par
sons carried every vote but eight in Guy
shoga county, outside the city of Cleve-
land. This vote, coming from the county
in which he has lived from boyhood up,
which he has represented in the Legisla
ture of the State, and in which his per
soual character and worth are known, is
in itself brilliant triumph. Mr.. Par
sons has not lost single friend by his de-
feat. On the contrary, they are as numer-
Gus, as strong and as warn as ever, and
regard him with on esteem and confidence
increased and strengthened by the events
of the present canvass
Year: 1866

Ofspecial committee recommending the
passage of an ordinance granting the right
to construct and operate street railroad
upon certain streets, by the Central City
Railroad Company. Adopted.
Year: 1866

Judge Advocate General Holt is so
stung with the lash of the press, conse-
quent upon the exposure Of his Infamous
transactions with Conover and his tribe,
that he has come out in an elaborate d.
fense, which appears as editorial IN For
neys two papers, both daily. HIS
whole vindication against the charge OF
subornation of perjury, with view to
effect the sacrifice of an imprisoned man.
consists in an assault on the veracity Of
the witnesses whom he himself intro
duced to prove Mr.. Davis guilt Ac.
cording to th, rules of court, party is
not allowed 10 discredit his own witnesses
yet in order to escape the most con
vincing proofs of his atrocious guilt, Mr..
Holt is compelled to turn against his
confederates in crime, and claim that
they are unworthy of belief That such
is their character is undoubtedly true,
for they have confessed it themselves.
They have confessed that when they
swore as Mr.. Holt wanted them to swear,
they swore to unmitigated lies and were
well paid for it But even a perjurer
may tell the truth; and while those
wretches cannot be heard against Mr..
Davis, their testimony is competent as
against Mr.. Holt The whole theory of
Estates evidence " implies that Grim
inal may testify against against his ac-
complice. Mr.. Holt, cannot, therefore,
shake off his accessories in this manner
Their testimony against him will need
something much better than his denial to
refute it-for his own character is under
as black a cloud as theirs, Men will
judge of their statement by the moral
probabilities of its truth; and these are
so strong and irresistible, that the name
of Holt will henceforth rank among the
worn-out and disgraced things