smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

for our race by those who manifest Il
alone ab0ut election times, when they
are aspirants for some position of hon
or or emolument.


We're it not for the fear of extend
ing this communications beyond all
reasonable limits l would cite in ex-
tenso the operations Of the freedman 5
Bank, professedly established in the
interests and for the benefit of our
race. 1t was actually but an instru-
ment by which we could be the more
effectually robbed and plundered of
our hard earnings. The report of the
Hon. B. B. Douglass, of this State, in
the last Congress, in relation to the
Freedman's Bank, if it could be read
by every colored man in the land,
would excite an indignation against
the party that permitted this whole
sale theft of the tens of thousands of
dollars that the poor freedmen had de-
posted with view to the purchase of
homes that no language of mine can
depict. But must here close, trust
ing that the Great Master, who over
rules everything to his own honor and
glory, may make plain to us the path
way of duty.


| am, most respectfully, your WE'LL
wisher, j. w. DUNJEE.
Year: 1876

A Saratoga dispatch says; "The
dissatisfaction occasioned by the bad
starts given in some important events
has induced the Racing Association TO
adopt new method of starting horses
which bids fair to be successful
Hereafter there will be virtually two
starters, and the horses are 10 be taken
about thirty yards back Of the actual
starting line, and will be invested with
power to punish jockeys for disobey-
ing his orders by suspending them or
imposing fines. After the horses are
in position he will give them the word
to go, aud if they are fairly even when
they pass the second starter he drops
his flag. This will prevent a horse
from gaining the advantage Of a run
ming start.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Spurgeon once went to preach
in a church little outside of London.
The day was wet and muddy, and the
pants of Mr.. Spurgeon were plenti
fully covered with dirt. A good dea-
con in the vestry said, Brother Spur
geon, let me get brush and take off
some 8 of that mud, yeu can't go into
the pulpit in that state. Don't be
foolish, deacon |" said Mr.. Spurgeon
in his usual good-humored way, " don't
YOU see the mud is wet, and if you try
to rub it off now you will rub the stain
in the cloth? Let it dry and then it
will come off easy enough and leave
no mark" There is an admirable hint
here for every one. When evil spoke
against may be for the sake of the
truth and men throw mud at us, don't
be in a hurry about brushing it off.
Too great eagerness in this respect is
ant to rub the stain into the cloth.
Let it dry, and then by and by, II
need be. it can be removed by little
effort. If there is a little trouble in
the church don't foster it by haste and
hurry in doing something. Let it
alone! Let it dry, and it will be more
easily settled than you think now.
Time has wonderful power in such
matters, and it is surprising how many
things in this world would be far bet
ter q arranged, and how many difficult
ties easily got over by judiciously let
ting them dry.
Year: 1876

The following touching incident,
related by the New Orleans Bulletin,
is well calculated to produce moist eyes
wherever it is read:


As a general thing funeral in this
great citv of ours attracts little or no
attention, but there was one which
passed through certain down town
thoroughfares yesterday, which drew
the notice of all who happened to be
On the streets at the time. 1t was one
of the saddest funerals ever witnessed.
No one knew who was being buried,
but from the size of the coffin they
knew it was a child. There was no
plumed hearse, ne carriages, for the
coffin was tenderly borne in the arms
of a gentee1 looking, though shabbily
dressed man. Behind him walked
four weeping women, poorly clad all
of them, one being without shoes.
The little cortege wended its way to
the cemetery, followed by many won
dering, pityfng looks, and the general
public pondered on the story it told of
poverty and of love and pride too
great to prevent the cherished form
heing laid away by the hands Of stran-
gers.
Year: 1876

One cold morning last week, heafd
the following conversation between a
child and friend who spent the pre-
vious night in the family to which she
belonged. Said the girl to the visitor:
Were you cold last night?" The
visitor pleasantly replied, that /" it was
very cold when he put his feet down
in the bed, and he had to lie very
crooked all night" Immediately the
child replied: "That was because you
begun crooked" Probably most per-
sons understand the truth and aptness
of the remark, who have slept in
cold room and a "spare bed, on q
winters night.


But the remark, so expressive as
originally applied, is capable of a still
wider application, and is suggestive of
some lessons.


Look. at the youth, who is irregular
in his habits, and crooked in all the
paths which he marks for his feet, and
who is even now so near destruction as
to be almost past recovery. He has
lost his regard for his parents, lost his
self-respect, lost the confidence of his
friends, lost all reverence for sacred
things, and has approached to the very
verge of ruin. And as you look do
you ask the cause of all this? We
answer, "He begun crooked.


Look at that man in trade, who tells
different story to each customer, and
misrepresents, and bows, and fatters,
and lies, and says all manner Of crooked
things to dispose of articles which he
has for sale, while none who know him
believe a word he utters. Are you
astonished at this, and do you inquire
how one, in Christian land, can be so
perverse? We answer, "He begun
crooked"


Look at that professor of religion,
who is continually source of anxiety
to his pastor, whose conduct and feel
ing are as variable as the wind who
smiles to-day but frowns and frets to,
morrow: who is sometimes burning up
with zeal, and sometimes as cold as an
iceberg; who is now here, now there,
Enow this ones friend, now that ones
friend, who can be pliable as a willow
Tor as stubborn and stiff as the sturdy
loak, and who is known to be a crooked
disciple, upon whom little reliance can
be placed. Look at him, we say, and
mark his course, and then if you wish
Ito know why he is thus inconsistent
and variable, our answer is, "He be.
gun crooked > and he will be crooked
| to the end Of his life. All the preach
ing in the world can never get the
crooks out of him.


There are straight men; the Bible
calls them upright men-so erect il
| all their moral bearings, that plumt
/ line would touch them all the way from
| head to feet. These begun straight
land have continued as they begun
Year: 1876

been and is, divide the people and we shall
rule them for the democratic party. We
reply, unite the people and make them free.
We denounce the republican party on this
great issue as party of false pretenses. 1t
Is false pretense to assume the character
Of national Rartt, and at The sahte tEme to
exist only by sectional divisions. 1t is a
false pretense to assume the name Of a tihi5n
party and at the same time to lie All obstacle
to national unity. It is false pretense to
assume the name of liberal party, and at the
same time to appeal to the religious preju'
dices the people. 1t is a false pretense to
claim the title of a progressive party and at
the same time to turn the people back from
peace and the future to war and the past.


On motion of Mr.. Williams of Ind,
the convention then adjourned until
II o'clock to morrow.
Year: 1876

A Manitoban paper brings the
interesting intelligence that Sit.
ting Bull Is not an Indian, but an
Englishman. We have already
learned that he was educated by
a Frenchman. Also that he was
q West Point cadet.
Year: 1876

MATTERS AT THE FAIR GROUNDS.


An addition has been made to the
fair grounds of forty feet ON the
south side. The cattle sheds and
further accommodation for race
stock will be built along this side.
This is an important change, rs the
cattle were last year placed where
they did not receive proper attention.
The new sheds will put them where
all concerned may visit them with
out having to cross the grounds. Mr..
Theodore Winters will tit up stables
on the east side for the use OF his
runnsrs. Men are now engaged in
raking off the track and preparing il
for the hardening process, which will
not DO applied until shortly before
the fair. The track will he i the
best Of condition, the fences all in
krstclass order, aud with the second
crop of clover and the growing cot
tonwoods, our fair grounds will rival
those AT Sacramento during the pres
eat year. Reno Gazette.
Year: 1876

IN. Y. Sunl


The Democrats Of South Carolina in
making a strict party nomination for
State officers have acted wisely, for IL
they should be defeated they could be
no worse off than they are. The people
Of that State could never have hoped for
relief 50 long as they acquiesced in and
virtually applauded the robbery Of the
property holders which has been
going on for years by the carpet
bag and negro politicians who have
despoiled them under the color Of law.
The chief, the shrewdest, the most
plausible, and the most dangerous of
These has been Gov. d. II. Chamberlain.
It may be that the decided rebuff which
that eminent reformer has just received
In his failure to control the Democratic
Convention, may result In his defeat in
the coming State Republican Conven-
ton, and in the ultimate substitution OF
somebody like Honest John j. Patter-
son, or ex-Congressmen Elliot, or some
respectable colored field hand-as yet
unknown to fame outside OF his district
as his successor in Office.


III such should prove to be the case.
the damage TO South Carolina would
not be great. No person of the class
we have last named could begin to make





State as Chamberlain could, while these
fellows would steal In such a vulgar
manner as TO disgust everybody, and
thus the overburdened taxpayers would
gain sympathy both in the North and
in the South, which they would forfeit
by disgraceful alliances with their op-
pressors. In selecting General Wade
Hampton as the candidate for Governor
another -ludicious movement has been
made. He has been secessionist: he
is now an outspoken Unionist. There
fore all parties can agree upon him.
politically. while everybody In South
Carolina, whether white or black, knows
that no stealing In Office would be
allowed with him at the head Of the
Government. 1t is not an impossibility
that South Carolina may be carried
this fall not only for Wade Hampton,
but likewise for Tilden. There are bit.
ter dissensions within the Republican
party in that State, and now is Just the
right time for the old ruling element to
approach the colored voters in spirit
OF Cancellation and good will with the
best results.
Year: 1876

NEW OEIEAFs. Aug. q. 1876.
Henry Pickles. Esu
Dear Ar-We have been informed Of your
solve to adopt tho dramatic protest. u as the
fixed vocation Of your lfs. and that you are
about to depart from this city for the purpose Of
entering Mt once upon its active pursuit. Accept
at our hands assurance that this important
step onyour parl has aroused the earnest solicit
tude. but at the same time the active sympathy
Of the many friends In wbose memory you will
be cherished, and who. from st intimate
association with you social y and ms nm amateur
may well CAIN the privilege of following your
progress in so arduous an undertaking. Your
triumphs as an amateur justify our hi be
expectations and your education and standing
rs n gentleman assure us that your honor and
manhood will carry you safely by the temptl-
toDs OF so exciting n vocation. and that your
elevation as an artist will never be sulied by
your fall as n man As n substantial token Of
our esteem and the sincerity Of our good wishes
II Affords us pleasure to tender you the honor Of
complimentary benefit. and trust that it may
provein every respect tho auspicioua opening TO
happy and successful career.


Please signify your acceptance. and oblgc
Year: 1876

The passengers hurt were In the
smoking car and ladies coach. The
summary Of casualties Is as follows
One tramp, stealing n passage, killed ,
two passengers mortally wounded, and
ten Injured, but none dangerously. The
rain was light one on both sides Of thus
valley, In which the culyert was sit
uatcd, and the storm seems TO have
concentrated all It's fury upon this one
central spot.
Year: 1876

at was in 1867, when General Custer occu-


pied the old forts as means of protection


against the raid of hostile Indians who


swarmed about that part of the country. As


you are doubtless aware, Mrs. Custer inyari-


ably accompanied her husband, except when


he was in active pursuit of sayages. upon


this occasion, she, with young lady com


panion from the east, was stopping at the


fort. The General had just been ordered


away on an extended tour which would keep


him absent for some months. Mrs Clusters


tent was at the summit of that knoll, right


in the point formed by the channel. The


main camp was further up the stream, around


the bend. Well, in the night, after every


body but the guards were sound asleep, and


after Custer had left the fort with his COM


mand, there came terrific storm far up the


valley, II was not seen at all. But an


hour or two after the rain commenced to fall


up above, the creek began to swell and roar
in frightful way and wheD the ladies


awoke they were entirely cut off by water
from the mainland. The main body of oili-
GERS and men had escaped to a high bluff
To add to the embarrassment of the lauies it


became as dark as Egypt. They could hear
the maddened waters kissing all around
them, and right in the midst of their peril
they heard cries of distress from the channel
of the creek. With remarkable GOODNESS


and bravery. considering the fate which
seemed to stare them in the face, they pro-
cured rope ana threw it to n man from


whom the cries proceeded and succeeded, af-
| ter one o two failures, in drawing him to
shore. In being swept around the curve by
the force of the current, he had succeeded in
grasping bush which grew near the waters
| e lge, and this alone saved his life. The wa


ters kept rising and getting fiercer IN their
passage, until they fairly invaded the tent.
But just then, at what seemed to be the fa-
| tai moment, the torrent reached its height,


and shortly afterward began to recede. The


water disappeared as fast as it had come,


and by daylight the ladies were able to ford


the creek to a place of safety. Six poor
| wretches, companions of the one who was


saved by the ladies, were drowned, and their
bodies never recovered. The cause of the
| sudden rising of western streams is found in
| the fact that the channels are too few and
| narrow to drain properly the vast water
sheds" ..... ,.-.
Year: 1876

Colonel James J. Turncote will take the
stump for Hayes and Wheeler. Colonel
Turncote worked for Greedy and Brown in
1872, and until few days since was an ar
dent Democrat and correspondent to the
New York World
Year: 1876

The Emperor of Brazil furnishes an example
of energy and industry which some of the young
gentlemen of our acquaintance would do we'll
to follow. % Saturday he visited the Key
stone forge, 10 Philadelphia, and taking OF his
coat, rolled up his sleeves and started the ma
chnery. He arrived there about half past six
o'clock in the morning, being half hour before
the usual time for the men to be gin work.
Year: 1876

SOME of the hard money men are anxious
to compel the people to take silver for frac-
tional currency, because silver is cheap and
plenty. Do they forget that redundancy
of silver and gold must necessarily cheaper
the purchasing power of those precious
metals in the same proportion that re-
dundancy of paper beyond the demand for
exchange of the products of labor cheapens
its purchasing power? Fractional currency
is exchangesble in legal-tender notes in
sums not less than three dollars, and no
sensible person dreams of trying to force
people to take silver coin for them while
the latter is four TO five per cent. below the
greenbackin value. Ifthe printing and issue
of fractional currency is stopped, possibly
the demand for change may enhance the
value of silver to a level with the green
back. The rapid absorption Of nearly
$50, 900, 900 in coin for change no doubt
would have some little effect upon the
market
Year: 1876

The CASE Of Wilder VS.. Welch attracted
considerable notice in the Circuit Court
yesterday. Among the many listeners to
the facts in this case it is painfully apparent
that philanthropists and philanthropy are
names given to pretenders and pretences
whose claim to the title and the fruits of an
earnest desire for the publ good are not
founded on purely disinterested acts, and
are consequently to be taken "cuDt graTo
-saEi8" In this case no fraud or good morals
have been shown by the philsDthropists,
but the latter, as far as developed, have
been proven to have strained at a gnat,
&c. Alarmed at appearances of evil, they
have failed to give in any case the benefit
of doubt to those accused by them, and
have hurried, without listening to explana-
tions, to scatter broadcast in the public
Journals throughout the land terms Of OBJ


loquy and reproach, and, when found un.
tenable, have not hesitated to reiterate de-
family what they have admitted as not
proven and have failed to prove. with
malice to none" as their password, they
have repeated ISLANDERS so malignant as to
impeach the integrity of every member OF
the Government in the Interior and Treas
urY Departments, and charged generally q
lack OF fidelity to public interests in every
Year: 1876

There is an amazing worldwide differ
ence between one-horSe politician and a
genuine statesman. Congress is not bad
place to study the contrast. The former
gains his election by promising his constitu-
ents great number of impossible things,
which at the time he has no hope of see
ing accomplished. Once arrived at the
Capital he considers himself, not a repre-
sentative of the American people and the
whole country, but simply of Bungtown
and the constituency whose ballots gave
him a commission. He shapes his course
to meet their favor, no matter how inju-
rious it may be to the common veal. He
has heard some wise fool of his own calibre
say that it was always safe to vote no, and
this becomes a cardinal principle in his
political Catechism. He does not ask what
will benefit the whole nation, his own con-
stituents among the rest, but what will send
him back as an NJ. G. for another term.


1t would be interesting to know how
many such men it would require to make a
Webster, Clay. Calhoun or Benton. But
such an inquiry would be foolish, because
the more you piled together, the further
the aggregate would be from the true type
of statesman.


There are great questions now before
Congress, involving the interests of A, ,000,
600 of people, and while large majority
are satisfied of their propriety or even
necessity, a tender footed portion of this
majority have such fears about the next
election that they prefer the position of
shirkiDg politicians to that of wise and bold
statesmen.


As an example in point, there is an al
most universal desire to have competing
line of railway to the Pacifc-a line that
would be present salvation to the West,
and, instead of taxing the Government one
cent, save to it annual millions. Yet, with
these facts conceded, there are those who
will vote no, in presence Of the next cleo
ton. This measure is named because of
the great popular movement in its favor,
showing wonderful unanimity in most
parts of the vast region to be directly and
especially benefited by the enterprise.
Year: 1876

SOUTH CAROLINA Republicans should
reflect upon the questionable speeches
made by Chamberlain on the occasions of
his presentation of flags to divers rebel
military organizations within the past
year; they should bear in mind the famous
dispatch sent by this adventurer to social
gathering of the broken-down aristocracy
at Charleston. calling upon them to rally
"as one man and prevent the civilization
"of the Roundhead and Huguenot from
being destroyed by ignorant negroes, "
and then ask themselves if they can afford
to send such man to represent them at
Cincinnati. Can they afford to send Car
dozo, who once took the seal of the State
to New York, and in company with H. H.
Kimpton, affixed it to numberless bonds?
Year: 1876

ore cor cerned with the transactions de-
tailed in the course OF this examination. 1t
seems their policy to instill prejudices
which are unwarrsnted by facts, and used
arbitrary power and wealth to enforce in
dividual opinions whilst they now express
establishment at the daring which arises in
disclaimer of the wholesale condemnation.
When the case is concluded the public will,
with charity for all and malice to none, "
reprove by their ban of public opinion the
efforts of these philanthropists as shown,
which belle humanity and seek personal
qualification in ISLANDERS, the authorship of
which they are now 10th to admit, seeking
by legal quirks and bubbles to escape the
consequences of their acts.
Year: 1876

THE friends of Col. Sc0tt's project for
building competing line of railroad to
the Pacific coast will rejoice at the favora-
bic action taken yesterday by the House
Committee on Pacific Railroads. Great
efforts have been made recently to divide
the friends of this enterprise and to create
the impression that there would be politi-
Cal division upon the bill if it were pre-
sented TO the House forpasSage. Ofcourse
this is all utter nonsense, but the active
and unscrupulous lobby, which has been
at work so unblushingly this winter in en-
deavoring to perpetuate the Union and
Central Pacific monopoly, had succeeded
to such an extent in arousing apprehen-
sions that this measure was to be treated
as political issue, that it would have been
dangerous to the success of the bill
to have sent il out of the COM
mittee under such circumstances. The
Texas and Pacific railroad is not political
or partisan in any respect, and appeals to
no man for aid or support as party meas
ure. It is national undertaking of vast
and momentous importance to the whole
country, and its interests are above and
beyond all parties. It is demanded by the
people and not by Democrats or Republi-
cans. Recognizing this fact and deter
mined that it should not be put into false
position, Mr. Atkins, the introducer of the
bill, proposed to the committee yesterday
morning that the bill lay over until the
majority of the committee shall desire to
take it up again. This was agreed to by a
vote of nine to four, and it is understood
that the bill will not be called up until its
friends think that the condition of busi-
ness in the House is favorable to its consid-
Grafton, when it will be reported with a
recommendation that it pass. Those who
are warmest in advocacy of the enterprise
are satisfied that is in decidedly promis-
ing position, and are more than confident of
its ultimate success.
Year: 1876

Now that the Carlist war is over a shudder


passes through all who have enlisted their
sympathies in the cause of humanity and


patriotism on the Island Of Cuba. The Mad
rid Government told the Powers Of the Old
World, few weeks since, that as soon as
Alfonso had crushed Carlos he would send
men enough into the Caribbean to cover
every inch of Cuban territory. The pa
triotism of the struggling natives was not born
to die SO long as the pulse of life throbs in the
Cuban heart, and with this knowledge to dip
into the future history of that island is but to
conjure up scenes of the most ssnguinsry and
brutal warfare ever wsged on the face Of the
earth. Where is the power and where the
hsnd with sufficient courage TO stay this
Year: 1876

PERSONS who last night enjoyed the
warmth and comforts of their homes should
not fail to read the report of the meeting of
the managers of the night lodging house in
another column. Think of those poor
friendless ones tramping through the streets
of city on such night without place to
lay their head, and then do not refuse a
small donation to aid them in this practical
way. Many have been in as good circum-
stances as many of you-but the suggestion
is too unpleasant. Give what you can, and
be sure it is money well expended.