smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

invariably correct-and they are very
much superior to the letters written by
the two white men who were reelected
to the Senate from Kansas.


On the 18th of last June Mr.. Revels
wrote:


~ am getting along very we'll here in
the distant South. fam working very
hard in politics, as we'll as in other mat
ters. We are Determined that Nissis-
sippi shall be settled on basis of justice
and political and legal equality


On the Goth Of October he wrote:


"We are in the midst of an exciting
canvass. The conservative party, con-
sisting chiefly of Southern Democrats,
is doing everything IL its power to elect
the Democratic t;csrts rhry have aid
from the Democratic party North, and
are backed by the wealth of Mississippi
They have in the field the ablest Demo
cratic orators. On the other hand we
have but little money to carry on the
canvass, but we are working day and
Hlpil. luipS aic vi nlIeu ali over Tic
State, and the cOlored men meet in
them once, and sometimes twice week,
and receive instructions which no DEM
ocratic orator can remove from their
minds. We are also meeting the enemy
on the stump, and he invariably gets
the worst of it. We have nearly twenty
thousand more colored votes than white
in this State, and believe that we shall
elect our State ticket, and have major
ity in the Legislature"


1t is pleasant to hear a Mississippi
Senator talk in this way, and it is safe
to say that that State will not be guilty
of reputation or treason while she has
such men in Congress. We congratu-
late the country on the successor of jeff
Davis
Year: 1870

A French artist has recently an
photographs in natural colors. His
process rests upon the assumption that
all colors are composed of three primary
tints, mixed together in different pro-
portions, and may be separated into
them. Three different negatives are
taken of the same object, by receiving
the image through as many lenses, OF
the primary colors referred to. From
these three negatives, which are gener-
ally quite similar to each other, and
each of which represents only one color
of the object. three colored photographs
are to be prepared, each one being of Il
color corresponding to that of the lens
used in the preparation of its negative.
Thus from the negative of the lens "A
red photograph is prepared in manner
similar to that in which black picture
is made with the carbon process. The
three images obtained in the primary
colors are then combined into one,
which the original object possessed
These pictures are claimed to have the
great advantage Of not altering, the
colors being as durable as the black Of
the carbon print. Many of the techni-
cal details Of this process are yet unex-
planned and the announcement is prob
ably hint of what is hoped for rather
than as the statement Of al actual and
successful method.
Year: 1870

IMMORTALITI OF THE BEAUTIFUL.-
There is nothing-no nothing-beauti-
fui and good that dies and is forgotten
An infant, prattling child, dying in its
cradle, will live again in the better
thoughts of those who loved it, and
play its part, though its body be burned
to ashes or drowned in the deepest sea
There is not all angel added to the hosts
of heaven but does its blessed work on
earth in those who loved it here. Dead.
Oh, if the good deeds of human creatures
could be traced to their source, how
beautiful would even death appear =
for how much charity, mercy and puri-
fled affection would be seen to have
their growth in dusty graves.-Dtch-
ems.
Year: 1870

1t is Il small one, to be sure, and ap-
parcntiy not worthy of ascrious thought.
Why then not pay it? Why be COM
PEELED to suffer the modification of n
dun? Why not take that little thorn
out of your finger at once? 1t will fes-
ter if allowed to remain, and cause ten
times the trouble. Why not relieve
the conscience of that little load? You
will feel better for it by SO doing. You
contracted the debt knowingly and
willingly. Did you mean to pay it ?
Certainly you did. Then why not pay
it at once? Every days delay increases
morally the amount of obligation. Re
member too, that your little debt, and
a thousand other mems debts, make Il
little fortune for your creditor, for they
enable him to pay his larger debts, o,
feed his workmcn and keep his ma
chimes going in times like these. DON'T
you see how it is? You do? Wen
then, remit the amount at once, and to-
night tho ghost of that debt will not
trouble your dreams.
Year: 1870

The Bonds are issued only as the work pro gresses, and for but one-half of the amount ex- pended. The State of Connecticut is Trustee for the Bondholders, and each Bond is countersigned by the Comptroller.

 The work on the Road has progressed steadily during the Summer and Fall. More than three quarters of the line is finished trains are running regularly between New Haven and Middletown :; and it is believed the whole will be open for through business during the coming Spring.

 The earnings on the section now in operation prove the capacity of the Road to pay largely over and above it's Interest liability. =, .s=sp

 The necessary funds to complete the unfinished work are secured which insures the early opening of tho line, and makes the investment as desirable as on & road already in operation.

 The following named are the officers and direc- tors of the Road.
Year: 1870

the prey it wss certain Of securing.
I could almost imagine l heard
their cries of Dada rs the fiery
flames laid hold on their clothes.
I could picture out no feasible
means of escape.


lay for more than an hour,
when the storm abated, and the
wind changed, cool breeze
came from the north west. Ithen
rolled over on my side; when I
found my legs had cramped. and
after some time I sat up with my
back to the wind, although I had
hard work to open my eyes. As
soon as the fire would allow ran
through the beaver meadow, blew
the ashes off a part of the creek.
took a good hearty drink, and
found it very sweet, although those
who have since used the water of
that creek, find strong taste of
lye in it. soon came to where
my house once was, and called
with some faint hope Of hearing an
answer; but an awful silence re-
turned no echo to my voice. l
now went in different directions.
and although 1 found several peo.
pie, no one could give me any GER
tain information about those for
whom l was looking.


In the morning was wander.
ing disconsolately toward where
my home used to be, when 1 was
startled by bearing a well-known
voice call "DAda,' AMI looking to-
ward where the sound proceeded;
l saw Nancy coming quite near.
She had seen me some distance off,
but was not quite certain who it
was till she approached nearer. 1
suffered when l tried to ask if the
children were safe, and when as
sured that they were, 1 leave it to
those who have found lost children
to guess at my joy.


We nave to lament the untimely
death Of two Of our oldest neigh
bors; one burnt to death nearly
a mile from home, the other burnt
in her own field, where she had
ded for refuge.
Year: 1870

In answer to some suggestions
as to the propriety of running Mr..
Colfax for Vice President in 1872,
he thus writes to the Brooklyn
Union:


81 thank you for your good
wishes in my behalf, but intend
with this term to close my public
life absolutely. I will then have
had eighteen years of continuous
service at Washington, mostly on
a stormy sea. Long enough for
any one, and my ambitlon is all
gratifed and satisfied General
Grant will doubtless be renomina-
ted, and think should be. My
article and speeches show my
faith in him and my regard for
him. but the people will want
some Eastern or Southern Vice
President, and should have one.
I shall leave public life voluntar-
lily and without regret, and ex-
pect to go into active business.
My friends here all know of this
determination, and l assure you
it is no pretense, but reality, you
will see. This is the last cam
paign in which I shall participate,
and feel as happy at the pros
pective release from the exaction,
cares misrepresentation and ex-
citem ents of political life as the
student who is about to graduate
and go forth from the walls in
which he has been for years, free
from professors and critics.
When it is all over you concede
that it is a wise determination"


This determination will be
heard with regrea. by the thous
ands Of friends the Vice President
has gained in all parts of .he
Union. The very truest and firm
est kind of a Republican, yet his
fairness as speaker Of the House
during the period of trouble, and
his general affability as man,
have gained him the esteem and
the admiration Of tens of thous-
ands Of men who will feel deep
regret at his determined retire
ment. Such men can lily be
spared from the councils of the
Nation.
Year: 1870

w e knew IL WOuIu come.


The best of all the nights given
us to think, to rest, to resolve-the
Saturday Night. All we had to
do with its coming was TO labor
and to wait. To labor earnestly
and wait contentedly. All in good
time, as twas appointed, the good
night has come, and now we can
enjoy the heart-resticg reward it
brings. and look at the picture on
which we have labored. A week.
A picture with seven ideas-each
one a day. And SO we are all ar
fists.


The week is the canvass. Events
are the colors. When comes the
beautiful Saturday Night, this one
of our pictures is finished, and is
taken on the breath Of the dying
week, to be looked at by Him who
is Love and Power. and then hung
in the Great Parlor, or out in the
Rubbish Room, as the picture be
worthy. As we paint, so will it
appear. Each picture will be the
simple record Of our acts. Ifthey
be good and suggestive Of the
beautiful, they will be given place
With other pictures of beauty. If
not. they will not be hung where
they will mar the scene or detract
from others. And 80 we shall
follow our works, as the pictures,
painted by those who will pattern
by us, will in turn follow Over
There viii! be two exhibition rooms
for the good and tue bad. Aud
Over There we can look at our
pictures, and see wis rein we fail
ed or succeeded, for time is the
pencil that to the canvass of Eter-
nifty our every act transmits.


And SO the weeks come and 90.
Each Saturday Night we pause to
look at our work before the mid
night hour takes from the frame
tue canvass whereon we have
wrought, and a fresh one for the
week to come in its place doth
leave! We do earne tiy try to
discover where we have touched
too light Or too heavy. We try to
see if we have 10 the least failed
to do strict Justice with liberal
tinting given to ali-for we are
none Of US perfect.


And do you know, good friends,
that it does seem to .s that each
Satu day Night our work seems
more aud more worthy to be called
a picture. Once there were SO
manv defects Cross words
Marks of reckless temper, heated
by words OF others, which now do
not pain or wound. AS we each
week labor more and N ore for the
poor, the oppressed, the weary
hearted and over-tasked. it seems
as it we were drinking deeper of
that pure water which SO takes
away selfish and directs the soul
to good deeds and generous impul.
ses. AS are those who are on the
| right road ana nearing q happy
home, where loved ones with out
streached arms do await them, feel
the heart to grow, and step with
lighter feet over the lessening dis
| tance.


And it is so beautiful to have q
| home-a welcome-a reward of
| love with no tint Of fear, to draw
you to that rest so few know o.?
Is it not heaven to know that in all
its world there is one spot where
You can rest--one heart to rest
with--one presence, as that Of q
God. in which you can bask aud
grow strong for the race and the
work OF the morrow. To feel that
there IL one to whom you can go
18th all your troubles, doubts and
| fears--one WHO will listen to you
in love. forgive and forgive, IL
need be, till manhood, ashamed OF
Year: 1870

The low, soft breeze Of an Italian noon
ca me stealing through creeping vines
and odorouS flowers that grew about
the window of room in which lay q
sick man, tossing in the extreme rest
lessness OF a mind i'll at case, or orperhaps
fretful under the fever that lent to his
eye an unusual brilliancy.


The room was luXuriously furnished,
the truly artistic arrangement of which
betrayed an eye for the beautiful, as
well as useful, while the rich profusion
of flowers, eXquisitely grouped, told, if
even the presence had not been there,
that woman's hand had lent to all
around the charming effect.


Bending over the invalid's couch,
stood lady Of rare beauty and grace,
whose absorbed manner and assiduous
attentions proved how deep was the in
terest she felt in that PROSTATE form,
while the light from her large, dark
eyes, heamed down upon him with all
the wealth of true woman's love.


Moving around the room, with nois-
less tread and respectful manner, was
the valet, who likewise manifested the
utmost interest, as well as sympathy
in the scene before him. 1t was enough
for the faithful fellow to know that his
master suffered, ard seemingly it lay
beyond his limited power to afford even
the slightest aid.


Since early morning had the invalid
thus wrestled with the burning fever
that consumed his veins, and yet the
disease seemed not to decrease, but on
the contrary, as night drew near, the
flush upon his broad, high brow, and
the brilliancy Of his large blue eye,
grew deeper and more brilliant still.


From below the murmur of the great
city cameup mingling with the sounds
of busy city life within the great cara
vanserie in which the sick man lay,
lending an additional grievance to the
already highly strung nerves of the pa
tient.


"Listen how the world goes on and
on, while l am chained to this bed, like
some criminal to the hulks !" sullenly
exclaimed the invalid, as with an inn
patient gesture he turned to the wall as
though to shut out sounds.


"Have patience, De Beriot," sooth-
ingly replied the lady, as she gently
stroked the mass of clustering hair
about the sick mans forehead.


"Patience patience am more than
weary of the word, How can l be pa
tient, when so much is depending on
this night ?" and De Beriot's voice haG
the sharp, petulant ring, that can alone
be heard from sick bed.


"Well darling, l have sent for Dir


-; he will soon be here, and per
haps, he may suggest some solution Of
this seemingly difficult problem" said
the lady.


"There is but one solution" exclaimed
De Beriot. "He must put strength in
to his arm, and abate the rush of this
burning fever through my brain, or else
he and all his medicaments cannot min
lister successfully"


"Ah! l hear his footsteps now," ca
gerly exclaimed the lady. "Now you
will be patient and abide by the decis
ion made, Will you not ?" and again
the soft, white hand caressed the burn
| ing forehead.


Inan instant the sick man glanced up
ward into the beautiful eyes that looked
down upon him. And then, as the
physicion entered the room, he gave
her gentle pressure of the hand and q
look replete with love and obedience.
With professional rapidity and uner,
Year: 1870

Does she? Is it disgrace TO her? Is
she less true woman, less worthy than
she who sits in silks and satins and Is
vain of fingers which never knew any
work? We heard this sneer few days
ago, and the tone in which it was utter
ed betokened a narrow, selfish, ignoble
mind, better fitted for any place than a
Democratic country whose Institutions
rest on honorable labor as one of our
chief corner.stones. 1t evinces false
idea of the true basis of society, of true
womanhood, of genuine nobility. 1t
showed the detestable spirit of caste, of
rank which certain class among US
are striving to cherish a caste whose
sole foundation is money, and so the
meanest kind of rank known to clvili-
zation. Mind, manners, morals, all
that enter into tie grand character, are
of no account with those social snobs ;
position in their stilted ranks is bought
with gold, and each additional dollar is
another round in the ladder by which
elevation is gained.


As matter of fact, is it more dishon-
orable for the merchants wife to do her
own work than for the merchant to do
his, for her to look after her house than
for him to look after his store? Or, is
woman fit for nothing but to be pleased
with the feather and pleased with the
straw? 1t seems the height of ambi-
ton in some circles to be or profess to
be. not ONLY ''aboyen work but even
ignorant of how work is to be done;
and if the table is poorly spread, if the
housekeeping is at skies and sevens,
the "heIp" receives maledictions with
out, but the "lady" takes none of the
resp onsibility upon herself. She look
into the kitchen, she know how bread
should be made or steak broiled, she
know when the flour is out or the sugar
in? Absurd! "Help" may be bad
enough, but what interest can the girl
| in the kitchen feel in household econO-
my, if the lady in the parlor has none.
If the mistress neglects all domestic
duties, will the maid be thoroughly con-
scientious ? Will the husbands busi-
ness go on if he neglects it? And why
should that of the wife prosper under
her lack of responsibility.


An aristocracy of wealth is the most
inexcusable, the silliest Of any distinc-
ton, and yet it is that which many OF
our citizens, many Of our otherwise
sensible young people, arc fostering and
| trying to establish,
Year: 1870

A SUSPICIOUS husband in Augusta,
Me-, opened a letter addressed to his
wife, the other day, and was so affected
by its contents that he incontinently
sought out the writer and gave him
severe tiOgging.
Year: 1870

A MISSIONARIES DAUGHTER THE QUEEN OF


THE PHILADELPHIA FORTY THIEVES.


The Philadelphia Age says tha: Emma
west Danield is queen Of gang in that city
known as the Forty Thieves" She is a
young woman. Her age is twenty-one years,
and she is neither pretty nor exceedingly plain
in appearance. She states that she is the
daughter OF a local preacher living in Ger
mantown who once was minister to India.
For more than two years she has been one of
the moving spirits Of the Forty Thieves
Against the entreaties of her parents, against
all the petitions of he friends to return home
and stay there, she turned a deaIear. Where
ever the gang held its rendezvous, there she
would go, and remain for weeks at a time,
doing the cooking for lthe vagabonds who
composed it. In hollow, made by the in
tersection of the Junction Railway embank-
ment with that of the Norristown Railway,
the members generally as: embed. Old rails
and boards were leaned against one of the
steep embankments, and this formed a rude
shelter under which the gang slept. A pile of
old railroad ties, near, was used to cover up
the booty that was secured in the city, BY
robberies of every description. The stump Of
a tree was burned out, and made quite stove,
by which the Queen" cooked the food for the
thieves. This girl has been often an inmate
of the statiop-houses. She is cunning in her
speech relative to the operations OF the gang.
She traces her first step downward to the in
huence of a near relative.
Year: 1870

Mayor Bowen, in his statement of his views
upon the question of a change of government,
shows an intelligent idea of the needs of the
District; but what surprises us is that he allows
himself to hope that a remedy can be reached
through an increase of the powers of the pres-
ent conflicting overlapping Jurisdictions here.
He entered upon the duties of his position. we
are certain, with the disposition and the deter
aninatlon to distinguish his administration by
HE results accomplished in making the city
Of Washington what it should be. But he
mas been so constantly thwarted by schemine
fpoiismen; by the routine drudgery thrown upon
him by defective municipal system which
makes him responsible for the acts of a host
ci subordinates; by the utter inability of Con-
gress, for want of time, to give him the benefit
OF sustaining legislation; and by the thousand
and one drawbacks and harassments of the CON-
duct Of affairs under our miserable municipal
system-or rather no system-that we are sur
priSed he has not abandoned the attempt i'm dis
Rrst and thrown the weight of his influence
INTO the effort for thorough reconstruction
o. the existing modes of government Rut
what Is yet more to the point, he must see
hat no patchwork system, no attempt to use
he weak, leaky old bottles for the new wine of
enlarged powers, will gain a moments accept
ance with Congress. Members have seen, with
their own eyes, the workings of our municipal
system, and have no faith in the idea that a
handful of provender will give sthe three
donkeys" the strength TO pun their respective
vehicles out Of the mire. Congress offers US a
new mode of government, with sufficient powers
TO enable us to regulate our own affairs, but will
not give one moments attention to any PROPOSE
tiOn to patch up the old machine.
Year: 1870

Ihe Norfolk Journal says that the Virginia
anu tennessee railroad is still carrying out every
day numbers Of colored hands from the South
SIDE counties of Virginia, into States further
South. One day last week three cars went
through Lynehburg, so full that persons who
tired TO get on had to wait until the next train
Mention was made in TsE STAR yesterday of
tbe departure of several colored families from
This city to Mississippi. The great demand for
hands in the cotton and rice growing States and
the high wages paid are likely to cause a pretty
large exodus OF colored people from this part of
the country in that direction. The planters of
the South are so eager to get hands that they
not only offer large wages. but offer the extra
Inducements of paying for the transportation of
men and their families.
Year: 1870

SAUCE FOR THE GANDER.-A bill was intro
duced in the New York Assembly a few days
since defining the rights of married men, and
equalizing the rights of man and wife. The
bin provides that husband having children BY
his wife shall have an estate for life in property
left by her. He shall not be liable for debts
contracted by his wife before marriage, nor
for debts contracted by her without his consent
except for the support of herself and children
He may sell his real estate without the consent
of his wife, and at his death the wife shall be
entitled only to dover in his real estate.
Year: 1870

Ii is a common thing in this country to laugh
at the geographical blunders made by English
editors when writing i'm regard to points in the
United States, yet they rarely make worse ex-
hibitions in this way than does our brother of the
New York EreHing Post in locating the Mariposa
grove Of big trees in the Yo Semitic Valley. II
he ever comes to make the passage between the
two attractive spots on a sore-backed mustang
or bucking mule, he will find, to his sorrow,
that they are long way apart, and separated
by trail to which, for tortuosity and roughness,
the famous hard road OF Jordan isn't circum-
stance.