smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

By decision of the Supreme Court on
the I'd day Of February, 1870, it is held
held that merchant may deal in tObac-
co and cigars, when these articles are kept
for variety, without being considered q
cigar or tobacco dealer as contemplated in
the Revenue Act. In accordance With
this decision, no person will hereafter be
required, to take out license as tobacco
or cigar dealer, unless these articles are
his principle trade The same ruling will
embracs the sale Of drugs, when sold by
merchants as an incident to general trade.
Year: 1870

a young fellow in Nashua, New
Hampshire, recently got angry with
his sweetheart, and for revenge took
her to ride and left her on tie steps OF
u country hotel several miles from!
home to lind her way back as she
could. The girl one evening alter
ward induced him to drive her to visit
Il sister, twenty miles distant. and while
he was out Of the buggy endeayoring
to dccpher the ,name on door.plate,
she drove of and left him to go home
when he got ready. The fun cost him
twenty dollars.
Year: 1870

The dwellers of her native vale


In vain sought her o'er hill and dale;
She ne'er returned, and well they knew
That she, too pure on earth to stay,
The golden clouds and blue sky through,
To Peri land had winged her way.
Year: 1870

But still the poets praise her name,


Yet in Arsbia lives her fame;
Andwhen some sympathizing one


Hath cheered the wretched, to this time,
The wretched bless him for the boon,


And liken him to the fair Zuleim.
Year: 1870

The town of Bastrop must be a pleasant place fer
marsha The Advertiser, in the course of an article
containing an of the assassination of Eli Sal
lpgs, by negro named Toney Kendall, says: "Ne
cannot have discharge his duty as city marshal
here unless he is threatened with DEATH and unless lie
gives up tie position he may soon be killed"


The Crockett Journal Of late date has the follow
ing item:


We can report nothing favorable concerning the
Trinity River 1t is still low in its bed and there are
no signs of immediate convaescence. In fact it does
seem as if it were bound to become bedrdden. It's
sides are puffed out with cotton which gives it a
healthy appearance but, alas, where much cotton Is
used appearances are always deceptive. This action
on the part of the river causing general sagnaton
of business. Money is unusually scarce among all
classes, and will remain until the cotton on the
river banks is disposed Of


The Waco Examiner learns that on the reassemblng
of the Legislature Gen. VIM. Il. Parsons, formerly
of Shreveport, will be elected President of the Senate
and er-ofcio Lieut. Governor.
Year: 1870

MORE RAsCALLY BUSINESS THAN THE CADET SALES.
Mack" the Washington correspondent of the Gin.
einnat Enquirer, says:


There is Of corruption even worse than the
sale of cadetshps and which, if thoroughly inVesti-
gated would involve more men and make more dis
agreeable revelations than any subject brought
before Congress. | mean the sale of pardoDs-the
peddling of amnestes. This has been carried on as a
business ever since the adoption of the Fourteenth
Amendment imposing certain disabilities for partci-
patton in the rebellion The last clause of that amend
ment provides that "Congress may, by a two-thirds
vote, remove such disabilities" Every once in while


bill is passed under this provision, naming certain
persons "relieved of their disabilities" To get
ones name in such measure is quite desideratum
to Southern desiring to hold office. Aud here
the corruption in 1t is said that 800 is fire.
quenNy paid for the insertion Of in one of
these bils-paid directly to the carpetbaggers from
the districts in which the applicants live 1t for this
that general amnesty has ever been passed
Or is ever likely to pass while the carpet-baggers
have any influence in Congress. bill relieving all
persons from political disabilities would close up this
fruitful source of revenue and proft-and hence it
cannot be passed
Year: 1870

James W. Watson, who has just been nominated as
Minister Resident and Consul General at Liberia is


nalato, and native and resident of Chicot county
Arkansas, where he is now largely engaged in plant
ing. After graduating in 0berlin College Ohio, he
was taken by his father to Paris where be again grad
nated at a French nationsl school. Enlisng in the
French army, he served throughout the Crmean war.
and was brevetted lieutenant colonel for distinguished
services. About year ago be was nominated as
Judge of the Court at Cape Town, but owing to the
continuance Of the in Africa he declined the
appointment His present nomination as Minister to
bibefia was made on the Recommendation and at the
instance of Senator Mcdonald.
Year: 1870

LABoR.-The New Orleans Times of the 18th in.
slant, says:


Despite the forty fifty thousand negroes who lave
been brought into the State, the dema'd fnr more
hands, especially i'll the sugar distcts keeps ahead Of
the supply. Our planters have an unusually large
quantity of good plant cane and cannot secure the
hands to put in the ground and cultivate it, Many
have sent agents to Virginia, but there the
petition and demand are great to obstruct and
discourage hiring and emigration The Virginia ne
groes are willing to come. Those who have already
arrived send back most encouraging of their
improved condition. But Virginia negroes are like
other people-desirous of making the best bargains
they can-and when they perceive such rush and de-
mand for their labor they naturally set higher esti-
mate upon their value, and raise the prices of their
labor Meantime the crowd of idle negroes in the
city increases, and in little while there will be large
number out of employment. Then will there be
tendency into the country and wages will Decline for
owing to the scarcity of hands there will be less
planted than would be if there otherwise was good
supply OF labor, Twenty dollars month and found
everything are freely offered for good hands on the
sugar plantations
Year: 1870

THE STATE LEGIsLATURE.-It is with no desire to
make sensational item Of what are going to say,
although satisfied that the full statement of the fact
will create a commotion, aye, cOnstcrnaGon in the
community The wiseacres of the town have recently
rejoced the adjournment sine die Of the first
General Assembly OF Louisiana under the constitution
of 1868, while their hopes doomed to disap.
pOintment which little reflection would have obvi-
ated, During the three regular sessions of the
ordinary body which has legsated for the people of
Louisiana, several parishes have been created in
all probability to subserve the interests of the Radical
party and during those three sessions and besides of
an extra session of ten days. provisions have been
made by the Legislature towards the representation of
these new parishes in the next General Assembly of
Louisiana. The people Of these parishes have con-
stitutonal right to be represented which right
has either purposey or otherwise been neglected when
the new parishes created. The consequence is
simply this the first Legislature of Louisiana under
the constitution OF 1868, which supposed to be
deunct viii! arise from its ashes on the first Monday
in September next and sit for sixty days-unt the
eve of the November election-for the express pur.
pose of legslating in favor of the unrepresented
parishes, which would not be otherwise represented.
John Ray may yet have small bill among his files


IN. 0. Bulletin.
Year: 1870

REGISTERED LETTER SYsTEn.-We are not aware to whose comprehensive mind the registered let ter system first suggested itself. nor do we recol- lect who first suggested its adoption by the Post ofiice Department; but we do know that more ridiculous swindle was never given the form of law. In the first place, the government charges Ave cents extra for sending registered letter, and what does the sender get in return, Nothing whatever. The Government takes no increased responsibility for the safe delivery of the money. On the contrary, the registration constitutes an excellent advertisement to dishonest employees in the post0fices that there is something in that letter that can be stolen. It enables the Depart ment to search for the lost letter but does it add anything to its ability to detect the mail robber, Not one iota. If the Department is disposed to go into the insurance business 1t should take the risk that 1t charges for, and be responsible for the safe delivery Of the money into the hands of the party to whom 1t Is directed. This would be something more like equity. As 1t is. par ties are required to pay more, while they secure no additional advantages over the regular pro cess of Daroi Nee Press.
Year: 1870

ToM Hoop AND MR. sroKEs-Tom Hood said he wrote to bis butcher that 1t vas necessary for the sake of cheap literature and the interests Of the reading public, that be should furnish him with meat at very trifing percentage above cost price. and that Mr. Stokes replied: Sir, Respectful your note, Cheap literature be blow edl Butchers must live as we'll as other people; and If SO be you or the redin' public wsnts to have meat at cost price, you must bay your besstesses and Kill yourselves.n
Year: 1870

JuJce Daniel Hanes is one of the most in
AuentiaI and trusted Democrats of New
Jersey. He has been lifelong member OF the
marty. WAS twice chosen by it Governor OF
New Jersey. and was for fourteen years
.Iudoe of the Supreme Court. The sepsation
produced by his refusal to support the Demo-
cratic nominee in the lVth District may there
fore be imagined. He pronOunces Mr.. Rafferty,
an unfit man; declares that his nomination was
nrocured through a lavish and corrupt use of
money; that he had threatened that If any one
else were nominated he would defeat him and
defeat the election of Democratic Legislature; (;
that his reputation for morality Is bad, and
that he il attempting to make use OF his pre-
tended religion as a means of securing political
support The Judge concludes his rather
startling letter as follows:


"Ia nomination under such circumstances must bind
a party then the days Of free institutions are num-
bered-then am longer freeman, but compelled 10
support one who neither the choice OF myself nor OF
the majority of my political associates pebiscun at
the point of the bayonet just s Free The best way TO
treat such assaults upon the freedom Of election to use
all honorable means to repel them; and for the honest
candid men OF the Democratic party to throw their IN
nuence against assaant to make the defeat so sig
nal that the attempt will not be repeated. Had



the Convention nominated Mr. Hewitt of Passaic or
Major Budd OF Morris, both honorable and
compctcnt men, we would with great pleasure have
supported either Of them and this county would have
given large Democratic majority. But, under existing
circumstances many Of my friends and neighbors feel
with mo that we compelled either to countenance
fraud and encourage immortality or to exercise all the
influence we may possess against the nomination To
abstain from voting is TO do half the duty and
must therefore cast votes for Mr. HILL who although
differing from political party questions, IL believed
TO be worthy and competent man, and on any other
than mere party question s entirely reliable II
iudge rightly shall be In hopeless minority in the
next Congress- and if So the loss Of one vote will not be
felt. and the party afford to be beaten II haply
thereby they can correct so great an eyil.'


viii not the friends of Honest John Hill
now unite in q stronger and more vigorous
effort lie can plainly bO elected, and we
have had no truer and more faithful Repre-
sentative in the last Congress. Shall he be
returnpd2
Year: 1870

We did not suppose there would be found
at the North or South an editor or newspaper
to commend the senseless impropriety of dis
playing the United States flag at half-mast
out of respect to man who made his most
heroic efforts and won all his great renown in
fighting to humble it and destroy the Govern
ment it represented But we had mOmentarily
forgotten the existence of Mr.. James Brooks
and The Evening Express. We suppose The
Express will next insist, in moment of over
powering sympathy, that Gen. Sherman, as the
Head of the Army, ought to announce the
death of Gen. Lee in an official order. 1t
would have precisely the same significance
that the lowering of the flag would possess,
and would not be more improper than the
foolish act which the Secretary of the Treas
ury very rightly condemned. The mistaken
zeal of The Express subjects it to the suspicion
of speaking in this instance, as on many other
occasions, with better sense of policy than of
principle. Enough that the nation has for
given this man and his comrades their crime !;
let it not be asked to play the hypocrite be-
sides.
Year: 1870

It is a happiness to learn that marriages in this
city are hereafter to be celebrated without the Gus
tomary glare and grandeur and glory The New
York correspondent Of Boston paper tells US that
the most fashionable marriages of this season arc
the simplest" Brown may groan, but the brown
oman style of wedlock in church-the crowds the
music the flowers, the carpet on the sidewalk, the
various porDps and multiplied circumstances-haye
been most righteousy voted TO be vulgar and it is


vote which we fervently hope will never be recon-
sidered. When f. Thumb, esq. was married, with
something Of imperial grandeur, under the direction
Of the cleyerest Snowman of the age we expected
that the aristocracy so far as we have any would
take alarm, and subside into exclusive simplicity.
We have had to wait, however; but the time, 1t Is
said has come at last for delivery from the un-
mitigated snobbery Of Diamond Weddings
Year: 1870

II must be admitted that the nice old county Of
Barnstabe, Mass. is rather sandy and that its no.
blest product has been that of rstrate shpmasters
Yet Banstable had an excellent Agricultural Fair on
tho 4th inst. with fine show of fruits and vegeta
bles which must have been the product of uncom-
mon skill and unremtting and industry. The
collection of pears fine and as for the craDber
ries some of them large as crab-apples. One
farmer displayed no less than ninetyfOur varieties
of potatoes and the sweet potatoes on exhibition
were of mammoth proportions With soil not re-
markable for fertility and climate capricous as


coquette, the farmers of Massachusetts, although it
is said that they getting weary of the struggle
have thus far managed to hold their own.
Year: 1870

Is needless to refer to the gallantry the chldlke
crednlty with which we have ever listened to those
gentle danes who, with such unspeakabe devotion
ana SefSacrice signify their readiness to assist in
government with scarce a sign of the fearful agony
'hey caused, we have borne the mild endearing APP
peliatiohs OF oppressor and tyrant,r feeling that
they were bestowed upon us more in sorrow than in
uhger' ahu solely for our good. We have never at
tempted TO question the little playful sQuabbes the
gr"ceiui recrlnatons Of these ladies in the cause


oi peace and goodwill toward all mankind We
have even tried to place implicit faith in the procla


nation OF Christian charity love, forgiveness har-
mony' ana all that sort of thing which was to como
wi'h the entrance of Woman into politics. Thus it


Is that we are shocked TO observe in that exceeding
mid and proper periodical. Tho UOmans Journal. an
Year: 1870

The Chicago Republican, under the new manage
ment, promises to become what it has never yet
been newspaper and successful because it deserves
success. Mr.. j. b. McCullagh, the new Manager, is
one Of the best known of our young newspaper men
-enterprising fearless and pungent, with thor
ough comprehension of the fact that it takes news
to make newspaper. Mr. Henry Reed was long
recognized as the best equipped and most vigorous
editorial writer at the West. He has generally
been found too Independent thinker for the party
papers with which he has been connected, but is
likely to suffer no inconvenience on that score in
The Republican under the new management.
Year: 1870

Well, this is satisfactory! A vertabe, regular.
and out-and-out seaserpent has been taken at Long
Island, in Boston HarbOr. The monster was Ii feet
in length and % inches around the largest part of his
body and what is more, his " head was broken in
evidently in battle with some large fish. He was
q scaly creature, and had four rows of teeth which,
if he had used them more vigorously, might have
saved his head He is to be stuffed for the benefit of
sleptcal naturalists. We trust that this creature
will settle the matter in one way or another. We
want before we leave this world. to know whether
there is 81 great sea-serpent snake" or not.
Year: 1870

Was it ignorance an attempt to deceive
its friends and get them into trouble that
caused The World to publish, on Monday last,
a Misrepresentation of the new laws of Con-
gress affecting elections in this city and is it
more careful study or penitence that causes it
to take back yesterday the assertions made
G. 4 p
Year: 1870

time 6ut it is equally notorious that often
through lack in some of the qualities above
named, or from unlocked for casualty, loss III
stead Of profit IS the lot Of those who sre en-
gagged in the enterprise, fluctuations A. to profit
and loss are incident TO all human employ ynents,
and in the long run only au average measure
of success is to te looked for IN any one. Where
the capital is large the profit on the whole may
be large, and # loss comes that in lis time will
be as heavy Ia both cases the result, however
they may n frs, sight seem 10 be concentrated,
are sure to be either directly or indirectly widely
difiused.


The consideration of the third great division
Of labor interest, that Of transportation, defer
. another day. b.
Year: 1870

We want good reliable agents in every
part of the country. BY employing your
time TO form clubs and sending us orders,
you can obtain the most liberal commiss-
ions either in Cash or Merchandise, and
all goods sent by us will be rs represented
and we guarantee satisfaction to every one
dealing with our house.


Agents should collect ten cents from ev-
cry customer, and forward to us in adj
vance. for Descriptive lists of the goods
we sell.


The holders of the Checks, have the
checks have the privilege of either pur-
chasing the article thereon described, or of
exchanging for any article mentioned on
our catalogue, numbering over 500 differ
ent articles, not one of which can be pur-
chvsed in the usual manner for the same
money.


The advantages of first sending the.
are nor not orr ore these: We are constantly buy
issue cnecks until all are sold; besides i'll
every club we put checks for Watches,
Quilts, Blankets, Dress Patterns, or some
other article of equal value.


We do not offer a single article of NOR
chandise that can be sold by regular deal
ers at our price. We do not ask you to
buy goods of us unless we can sell them
cheaper than you obtain them in any 9th
or way-while the greater part OF our goods
are sold Mt about
Year: 1870

English and American novels of the present
day are the product of the times, designed,
with but rare exceptions, to meet demand,
and rather indicating what is the prevailing
habit of thought than determining what that
habit shall be, painting in most unnatural
light the characters of the present, not de-
veloppg and moulding the characters of those
who are TO follow us. Their ephemeral char
acter, however, gives them impunity, where
otherwise they would be severely condemned.
1t would not be easy, perhaps, to say whether
it is more the degenerate and unsatisfactory
character of our own modern fiction, or the
charm Of that which our German friends en-
Joy that renders the works Of their writer's so
popular in this country. Certain it is that
Auerbach aud Spielhagen have a more envia-
BILE reputation among us to. day, than do any
Of their cotemporary novelists of America
at home, to say nothing of the light esteem in
which they are held abroad.


The Hammer and Anvil' of Spielbagen,
issued by Leypoldt s. Holt of New York is
the fourth of that authors work which has
been reprinted in this country The story is
eminently German in lis character. 1t opens
by introducing us 10 the classroom of a Ger
man gymnasium. The first chapter contains
more classical illusions than will be understood
by many readers without reference to Lem
pr:ere. 1t will accomplish one good result if
it shall lead them TO make such reference The
translation Of this work has been most faith
fully executed, and yet the reader who is IA
miliar with German can feel more fully than
the one who is not, the force of such an ex-
4 III
me thou and brother. Such forms of speech,
however, have a meaning which no skill will
enable the translator to render. The author is
fortunate in having his work translated by one
who is evidently perfect master of both Ger
man and English


How strange must appear to the novel-reader
such a statement as this with which one of tho
chapters opens: "Only work can make us
free." And how strange, too, must soupd the
leave-taking OF the author at the close of his


book, Farewell my friend; we viii both go
to our work" z.
Year: 1870

THE MAN Who WILL LIVE LoNG.-He has
a proper and we'll proportioned stature,
without, however, being too tall. He is rath-
er of the middle size. and somewhat thick
set. His complexion is not too forid at any
rate, too much ruddiness in youth is seldom
a sign of longevity. His hair approaches to
the fair rather than to the black. His skin
is strong, but not rough. His head is not too
big; he has large veins in the extremities :;
his shoulders are round rather than fiat his
neck is not too long, his abdomen does not
project his hands are large but not deeply
cleft his foot is rather thick than long end
his legs are firm and round. He has broad,
arched chest, strong voice, and the faculty
of retaining his breath for long time with:
out difficulty. There is harmony in all his
parts. His senses are good, but not too deli
cate his pulse is slow and regular. His
stomach is excellent; his appetite is good,
and digestion easy. The joys of the table are
not to him of Importance they tune his mind
to serenity, and his soul partakes in the
pleasure which they communicate. tie does
not eat merely for the sake of eating, but
each meal is an hour of daily festiyity. lie
eats slowly, and has not too much thirst the
latter being always sign of rapid self-con-
sumption. He is serene, loquacious, active,
susceptible of JOY, love and hope, bat insensl-
BILE to the impressions of hatred, anger and
avarice. His passions never become violent
or destructive. If ever he gives way to an
ger, he experiences rather a useful glow OF
warmth. an artificial and gentle fever, with
out an overhowing of the bile. He is fond
also of employment, particularly calm med
itation and agreeable speculations. He is on
optimist, friend to nature and domestic fe-
licity. He has no thirst after honor or riches,
and hanishes all thoughts Of tomorrow
Huteldnd, the Psychologist.