smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1872

We find the following in the last
weekly Courier, of Olympia.


A gentleman from Oregon who has
been taking look at the Sound speaks
favorahly of Olympia as compared with
other towns in the Territory. He gives
rather bad view of society in Seattle.
where gambling, drinking and the
- social vice" prevails to an alarming
extent in parts of that city The COM
mingiy of Indians, Chinese and debased
whites in dens of wee, is the worst
feature possible, and shows bad state
of morals. Our informant says that
white men sell whiskey to the Indians
without fear of punishment, and gam
bling does not seek the shadows of
night to hide from public view. This
gentleman contemplates locating in our
town soon. He thinks that the pros
poets for Olympia are good, although
the railroad should not come here.


Every citizen of Seattle is forced tt
confess the truth of this structure upon
our city. 1t cannot be denied that it is
the most prosperous and the most
vicious city upon the Sound. That the
rapid increase of business and the cir
culating medium has attracted here large
numbers of the most dissolute classes of
society, and the laxity Of those intrusted
with the enforcement of the laws has
made it the haven of the lawless.
Persons who have spent years upon the
frontier and in the mines say they never
saw gambling and prostitution as openly
practiced in any other town or settle
ment. Within the last ten days several
families who came here to settle, have
left for this cause alone, and gentlemen
looking for residence on the Sound, are
attracted here by the beauty OF the
location and the business prospects of
ne place, but repelled by the loose state
of pubic morals. Every property
holder and law abiding citizen of the
town is interested in taking active meas
ures to correct this scandalous state of
things.
Year: 1872

The REsULr.-Without taking any
active part in any party organization.
we have the satisfaction of announcing
result in this county, if not entirely
satisfactory in every particular, at least
JULY equal to our anticipations. In fact
our share in the local contest was COM
pleted when the nominations were made.
When we took charge Of the DISPATCH
it was with the determined purpose of
eschewing party politics, and We have
adhered to that resolution without TAX
ing any neutral position in any matter
of public concernment, or attempting to
profit in any way through the success of
any man or party in the elections. We
found the Offices of the county under
the control of ring of professional of
fce-seekers and general dissatisfaction
among the people in regard to the man
agement of public affairs, and satisfied
that there was just ground for complaint,
VIC went in distinctly for breaking up
that ring and restoring the offices to the
people; and though few had any faith
in our success, and it was attended with
any amount of personal detraction and
Misrepresentation. it has resulted in
vitory beyond the hopes or expectations
of any who desired it. The rins-lead' :,
who was believed to be invulneral e,
surrendered and withdrew from the fieid
early in the contest, and his hief col
league was ingloriously retired by his
own party. The people have elected
an entirely new set Of county officers, to
none of whom is the taint of official cor
7Uption attached, and We have nothing
to regret in our own course in the mat
ter.
Year: 1872

slow, but the fact that each Legislature
is more corrupt than ary OF its prede-
cessors shows that it is progressing and
many eventually achieve degree of cor
ruption which will entitle it to rank
with Pennsylvania or the Federal Gov
ernment in that regard.
Year: 1872

the voter brokers in this city sat up all
night at the Occidental, the night before
the election, waiting to see Judge Nc
Fadden. When the Judge came down,
at o'clock in the morning, the broker
went for him with the proposition to sell
and deliver 25 votes for S5 apiece. The
Judge turned upon in a voice of thun-
der" No, sir: I want the vote Of no
man mean enough to sell his vote!"
The fellow skunk away like whipped
cur.
Year: 1872

If the remaining counties do as well
in proportion McFadden's majority will
be not less than one thousand. This is
no party victory, but victory of the
people over party corruption and party
drill.
Year: 1872




COUNT ZINZENDORF AND THE Dove.
Count Zinzendorf was great German
noble, and lived to do a great deal OF
good in the world.


When boy, he was one day playing
with his hoop near the banks of deep
river, which flowed outside the walls OF
a castle where he lived, when he espied
a dove struggling in the water. BY
some means the poor little creature had
fallen into the river, and was unable to
escape. The little Count Immediately
rolled a large washing-tub, which had
been left near TO the waters edge,
jumped into it, and though generally
very timid OH the water, by the aid of a
stick, he managed to steer himself across
the river to the place where the dove
lay floating and struggling. With the
bird in his arms, he guided the tub back,
and reached the land in safety.


After warming his little captive ten
derly in his bosom, the boy ran with il
into the wood and set it free. His
mother, who had watched the whole
transaction from her bed room window,
in trembling anxiety for his safety, now
came out. "Were you not afraid ?''
she asked. "Yes, l was, rather" an
swered the boy; "but could not beaI
that it shoulddie so. You know, mother,
its title ones might hare been tcdtching
for Il to come hODlep
Year: 1872

FAMILY GovERNMENT.-The chief
difficulty in family government arises
from the fact that so few parents ever
learn to govern themselves. It was
said of old, that che who ruleth his own
spirit is greater than he who taketh a
city" The fact is, that the ruling of
his own spirit is about the last accom-
plishment ever arrived at by mortal
man; and the remark is equally true as
to mortal women. Hence, the govern
ment of children is poor enough, as a
general thing. In fact, it is, in the
many cases, no government at all, but
simply the venting of some fathers, or
mothers, or teachers spite upon q child
that has done something to stir up the
evil passions of ones nature. Some say
that the more they punish their chill
dren the worse they seem to grow.
That may very well be, if parents pun
ish them because they are annoyed or
angered at something they have done.
A parent should never punish a child
when he is the least bit ''put out" with
it, or for any reason whatever except
the highest good of the child itself.
Year: 1872

TRUST YOUR MoTHER.-How many
girls trust all they know to their moth
ers? One of the most important ele-
ments in girls character is the mothers
trust in the heart. You should learn to
trust your mothers judgment, her taste,
her advice, her instructions, and never
conceal anything from her She knows
best and will give the best advice about
everything. If you are in trouble tell
your mother; if you are joyful tell her;
il you want to do right ask her advice;
and if you have done wrong tell her
your fault; 'Pll tell mother on you,"
said one lIttle girl to another, "tell her
them" replied the other, "you cannot
tell her anything naughty Of me that |
do not tell her myself" That is just
right, every little girl should tell her
mother the very naughtiest thing she
does. 1t is the surest way to do better.
-ChitdreIl's Advocate.
Year: 1872

Nothing is easier than for a young
woman whose parents are wealthy to
obtain the reputation of belle. She
may not be in the least pretty; she may
have poor figure, bad manners, little
taste in dress and be entirely devoid OF
conversational power. But if she have
a good many clothes; ifher father keeps a
carriage and she rides in the park, and
If some of her underbred and injudicious
friends will send paragraphic Jenkin-
sisms to the Home Journal and the
society" columns of the evening
papers, she will soon be set down as a
belle-sueh a one as sensible man
would like to ring-not her finger, but
her neck Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1872

around her, Sonora sent forth a prayer
of thankfulness to that God who had
thus far protected her, and at last
sent her friend, which had made
the lone wilderness seem almost a para
disc.


Oh, the youthful, trusting heart |!
How much of sorrow before it over
flows and breaks with grief, but even
a few words Of faint hope will make
it leap and bound with joy and glad
ness.


ITO be contfnued1
Year: 1872

There is nothing more pitiable in the
World than an irresOlute man, Oscillat-
ing between two feelings, who. would
willingly unite the two, and who does
not perceive that nothing can unite
them.
Year: 1872

Democratic Liberals grow eloquent
over the results which will follow the de-
feat of President Grant. The South
will embrace tie North. and peace and
good will reign everywhere" By what
means this "peace and good will'' arc to
be brought about in the South may be
Judged by the means employed in the
past. The Presidential election of 1868
in the State Of Louisiana affords CLEAN
of light on this subject. The Democrats
wauted carry tho o]oosion. AS they
could not outvote the Republicans they
determined to kill them off. How well
they succeeded may be learned from the
report OF the committee appointed to In
yestigate the affair. We quote.


'sThe testimony shows that over two
thousand persons were killed, wounded
and otherwise injured in that State.
within few weeks prior to the Presl-
Dental election; that half of the State
was overrun by violence that midnight
raids, secret murders, and open riots
kept the people in constant terror until
the Republicans surrendered all claims,
and then the election was carried by the
Democracy.


1t says of the riot at the parish of St.
Landry:


"Here occurred one of the bloodiest
riots an record. in which the kukiux
killed and wounded over two hundred
Republicc rs in two days. A pile OF 25
of the victims was found half buried IN
the woods. The Kuklux captured the
masses, marked them with badges OF red
flannel enrolled them in clubs, marched
them to the polls, and made them vote
the Democratic ticket.


This is not fiction, but words of truth
from an impartial report This is the
peace and goodwill which would fo!-
low the defeat of President Grant; these
are the "liberal" rights which would be
allowed the loyal citizen. The instiga-
tors and actors of these terrible crimes
are in favor of Horace Greeley. This one
fact should open the eyes of the people
to the full meaning of this desperate
combination of anything to beat Grant.
Defeat Grant, and the loyal people of the
South arc at the mercy Of the rebel
hloodhounds, who only need his defeat
to finish their work of blood. Defeat
Grant, and universal gloom will settle
over the South, and obscure forever the
sunshine of liberty which is beginng to
light up It's once deso.ate fields. Defeat
Grant, and civilization is retarded at
least a century.
Year: 1872

Day after day the news from the South
grows more encouraging. The Republl-
cans are wide awake to the importance
OF the campaign and are pertectlng then
local organizations to bring Ont every
available vote Ill November next. This


Is the righ5 plan to adopt everywhere


and Is sure to be followed by complete


victory. The out-and-out, rebel element
of the South is In favor OF Greeley but
the Conservatives those who followed
the fortunes of the eontederacy, but
since It's overthrow have honestly en-
deavored to restore prosperity to the
South by conforming to this lave OF the
United States, are dissatisfied with Gree


ley and though not openly In favor OF
Grant will do nothing by vote or lnHu'
ence to defeat him. Very many of this
class will support the Republican ticket
but the majority will abstain IRON vot-
lDg rather than help eject man whose
entire life In their opinion has been de-
voted to the destruction OF their interest.
From reports which reach US from sey-
eral Gulf States this feeling is very strong
among the Conservative Democrats
They are not In iavor OF Grant but are
decidedly opposed TO Greeley because
they believe his election would only add
to their trouble and prolong the return
ut peace and prosperity. The Unlonlsts
of the South are u unit for our ticket.


There will be no division among them.
Selt-intere>t and gratitude for past pro-
| lection will impel them to keep together.


They know that the Republican party
Is the only party that can protect them


in the full enjoyment OF their constltu-
| tional rights. For this reason they will
enter upon the convass with an earnest
ness never before known In a preslden-
llal election. Inc lookout South Is
| hopefully bright with coming victory.
| Our friends must not rest In their labors
| nor permit the feeling of self.security
TO Iull them into inactivity. Our enc
mics are vigilant, active, desperate
| ready to take advantage of every weak


point. They will attack US with desper-
ATE energy they must find US strongly
intrenched prepared TO roll them back
in utter confusion and defeat. Ii the
loyal element of the North can catch
the aspiration which prompts the 10y


alists OF the South TO earnest action, we
shall sweep the nation for Grant and


Wilson by ovorrhelmina loajority-
Year: 1872

The campaign before us bids fair to be
one Of unusual activity and earnestness.
Our opponcnts are desperate, and will IN
fuse into the canvass all the treachefy
and concentrated bitterness Of party
malice. The line of battle and the meth
cd of warfare are already indicated. The
line will be the same as marked ont by
Calhoun in Jacksons 3 time, and tie
weapons used will be personal abuse,
sytematic lying, and gross exaggeratlou
of the most tritiinS faults of the Admin
istration Ii will be political guerrlliaim
on :, scale never known before. the COM
hination of every element of m >rai de
p,avity, devoid of principle, seeking
but one ohject-the defeat o. President
as desperate as General Lees last effort
to break the line which enveIoped his
army at Apromattox and the result will


be the same. After November next
Horace Greeley can repeat his old opin-
ion of our leaders ability" Genera!
Grant hos neUrr been defeated, and
NEVER WILL BE.


We feel assured of certain victory, but
we must make the defeat of the enemy
not only defeat but disastrous rout.-
We can hold our present Positions, but
we must drive the enemy from the posi-
tions they hold. We can do it, and if
every Republican will work from now
until November as if the salvation of
the Republic depended on its Individual
exertion. we can elect Grant with as
large majority as endorsed Abraham
Lincoln for second term. We must
have thorough organization: every dis
trict must be canvassed; local commit
tees must be active in watching and
counteracting every movement OF the
enemy. Our work must be thorough
aIId eTTeCSuut, w frerr tho day of
election comes we shall present an un-
broken front and poll every vote possible
for the support Of our ticket. We want
something more than drawn battle that
shall leave us in possession of the field
We want to win victory which shall
leave our opponents so shattered and de,


moralized that it will take at least half
century for them to recover sufficiently
to make another stand against the great


party of progress and liberty.
Year: 1872

THE Douglass County (Ill.) Den,oceat
has serious objections to following, after
Democratic principles disappear. The
following is the Democrats very sensible
reasoning


Either the Democratic party in the
past have been right, OR they have beer
wrong. If wrong. then let the members
Of it come out like men and acknowledge
that they have all their lives been either
fools or knaves, and ask a1mittance into
the Radical party through the front door
and not endeavor to creep in the back way
or over the wall. 1fright, then let them
stand up like free born white men ard as
sert their manhood, and refuse to be bar
tered like slaves in the market, by set
of selfappointed leaders. whose record is
that of the unscrupulous political trickstel
and ofice-seeker, who, if he had lived in
the time of Christ, would have wormec
his slimly carcass into the company of the
disciples in order to get the opportunity
to sell out his matter at large discount
upon the price received by Judas. "
Year: 1872

At meeting OF the employees Of the Singer
Sewing Mtchine Company, IN New York city one
day last week, one OF tnem SAID


"That the Singer stockholders compelled the op-
eratiyes to vote tor Lincoln and Grant at the last
Presidential election. and were going to try the
same little game to secure votes for Grant this
year. He objected to such stem OF white sla-
very"


But who ever heard OF any OF these large shops
being seized by United States MARSHAL and
brought to trial for violation of the Enforcement
act2 A southern Democrat cannot even attempt
to persuade negro to vote the Democrotic ticket.
without putting his personal liberty III imminent
peril. Aud If any vasabond negro has grudge
aguinst him, which he wishes to satisfy he bas
only to 20 before loyal commissioner and sweai
| that the white did attempt to so persuade
him. That answers every purpose, and the white
| man gives bond or goes to jail. We have jus
about as little patience with strikes and strikers IL
general anybody, but we hope these Singer
strikers may make their masters, at least, come t
| TERMS II they are forced to vote as the master
dictate, they should certainly be well paid Tor it


Telegraph and Messenger.
Year: 1872

We have only time this morning before we
80 to press. to say that the Exhibition given
last night by Harmony Council. T. r., was
equal II not superior to any performance Of
the Kind ever before put upon the stage In our
town The play. recitation, song tablcaux,
etc. were all well adapted to the occasion, and
reflect much credit upon the managers. The
audience was large and seemed well pleased
with the entertainment.
Year: 1872

Trust to no friend if you have not proved
him they are oftener at the banqueting table
than at the door Of the prison. A man had
three friends; two of them he loved greaty
to the third he was indifferent; although this
one was the most honest and sincere. lie was
once summoned before a tribunal, where, al
though innocent, he was harshly accused. who
of you, he said will 60 with me, and testify
for me, for l am harshly accused, and the judge
is angry with me


The first of his friends at once excused him
self, and said that he could not 80 with him oD
account of other business.


The second accompanied him to the door of the
courthouse, then turned and went back. for he
was afraid of the judge. The third, upon whom
he least depended, went in with him and spoke
in his defence, and testified so readily to his in
nocence, that the judge dismissed him.


Man has the three friends in this world; how
do they conduct themselves in the hour of death
when heaven summons the soul before its tri-


bunal? Money, his dearest friend, leaves him
| first, and does not go with him. His relatives
| aud friends attend him at the door of the grave
| and return again to their homes. The third
whom he oftenest forgot in life, is his works OF
| benevolence these alone accompany him to the
| throne of the Judge they 80 before, speak in
his defence, and find mercy and favor for him.
Year: 1872

The disposition Of the award made by the
Geneva Tribunal promises to bring up as many
knotty questions as did the original arbitration
itself. There will not only be g long discussion
upon the manner Of constituting the Court to
decide upon the claims, but 8 vigorous contest


NAV also be expected as to the classes OF claims
which can be introduced, and, before these are
settled, the law courts may have to step in and
decide, The marine insurance companies are
already coming to the front, and, by virtue OF
their more compact organization and consoh~
dated influence, are preparing to over"heln
the individual claimants, who can only act OF
thnselyes or through their attorneys, and
not b7 an influential joint effort. This will un-
doubtely be the chief point at Issue, and, in set
ling it. several important questions must come
No. 1t will have to be decided whether the OWL
er Of vessel after receiving his insurance is en-
titled to receive anything from the award, and
if 60. then whether he is entitled to get the full
amount Of the loss or the value of his vessel
minus the insurance paid him. On the other
hand. it will also have to be decided whether the
insurance companies, by charging war Eisks, did
not sufficiently indemnify themselves and in re-
atty debar themselves from any share IN the
Year: 1872

ton, such company or association shall forth
with either cancel or return to the holder the
unearned portion Of the premium upon policies
upon property in such territory to an amount
equal to the difference between the net assets
and the amount taken or held at risk, as afore-
said, or effect reinsurance upon such property
for like sum; and no such cancel
1ation shall take place except afte-
notice to tho holder Of the policy
This excellent provision Of the Massachusetts
bill SO disperses risks as not only to protect the
. insured, but also to make the business itself
more remunerative. The soundest insurance
companies in this country are those which have
distributed their risks most widely. While it
will change the whole system Of Boston insur-
ance, and undoubtedly put them in the field
equipped with numerous agencies, it contains a
valuable suggestion for change in the sys-
TENS Of companies outside Of Boston, which
change might be facilitated by legislation, and
it has been done in Massachusetts.
Year: 1872

Aside from the public interest that is felt in the
investigation Of the Credit Aobier scandal. there
is another and more cogent reason why the Com
mittee should open the doors upon its re-as~
eembling, after the holiday vacation. The e1~
perience of the people with respect to close In
vestigating committees has not been OF kind
to promote confidence in their verdicts. The
people want to know the evidence upon which
these yerdicts are based. It is not enough to
furnish this evidence in printed reports
which never reach the people, and
which are not even published until long after
the interest in the controversy has passed away
along With the opportunity for doing justice.
# tho present Committee we're to admit the
public to the testimony which they receive, they
would take away from themselves strong temp
tation to put q prejudiced construction upon it.
Knowing that the public has equal opportunities
for estimating the value Of evidence it is cur
rently given, the Committee would be more care
ful to make their estimate correct and impartial.
There is no other matter now before Congress
in which so great interest is felt and this in
terest has altogether ceased to hare 3 partisan
b;aa
Year: 1872

award. The insurance companies already
are preparing to meet this iEsue, and
will have powerful lobby on
hand. The whole matter Of the
distribution is now in the hands Of the House
Judiciary Committee, and it is understood TINT
General Butler, who is member Of that Com
mittee, has prepared q yolun1inous BILL which
not only provides for d judicial tribunal to pass
upon the claims, but defines the exact classes of
claims which can be admitted, and excludes all
insurance companies which charged war risks.
As this would virtually exclude all the marine in
surance companies, lively if not bitter fight
may be expected after the recess, as the COM
panies have made q powerful organization
with reference to this very emergency,
and are IN better condition to
engineer their claims than Individual claimants.


The discrimination made by the Butler bill seems
to be- founded on reason, however. It 1s Little
else than extortion for an insurance company,
after having charged and collected enormous
premiums covering this very risk, to atep in and
take also the value Of the vessel and cargo i;
while, on general grounds, the long and tedious
Geneva arbitration has been Of little account it
the Government has been put to all it's expense


aimply to pay insurance companies for risk for
which they have already been paid by the ves-


sel-ownera It the latter are to have tho award
then let the Government present, aB IN Offset its
own expense account for the pursuit and cap
t11re Of the Alabama.