smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

The Washington Republican has
the following further account of a
matter alluded to week or two
since:


''The iron safe lately taken from
the wreck of the Inflated United
States ship of-war Cumberland, run
into and sunk, by the Confederate
ram Merrimac, in Hampton Roads,
in 1852, is now on exhibition in this
city. 1t is an old-fashioned iron
concern, square, and about the size
of a common-sized tea-chest, and
built of cast iron. When found, 1t
was lying on its side, buried in
about four feet of mud on a deck
next TO the one where it stood when
the ship went down. Rust had eaten
through it in several places, and
there was an opening on its side
about three inches wide, caused, it
is supposed, by the explosion of a
torpedo. 1t is said that through
this opening a shower of nearly So,
900 in gold coin marked the track
of its ascent from the wreck of the
schooner. None of it, of course, can
ever be recovered, as the water there
is nearly one hundred feet deep,
and the tide very swift. The par
ties who have the safe are silent in
gard to its contents, and are not
likely to tell the amount of its treas
ure, but it is eonfdentially believed
that their bank account has been in
creased about $75, 900 in gold. Full
ly this amount has been expended In
various vain endeavors to find it be-
fore these parties undertook the
job. One company alone, at the
head of which was Ex-Governor Gil
bert G. Walker, is known to have
sunk $25, 900 in the enterprise, 1t is
known now that those who formerly
searched for this money, were many
times either standing on the very
/ spot or very near it, and had they
known it they could easily put theil
hands on it. The deck around II
had been shattered and the safe it
self had been partly blown open by
torpedoes being exploded beside it.
While Captain Brown vas searching
for the spot where he supposed the
safe to be he stumbled against what
he supposed to be a log of wood, but
what he subsequently was bOEFihed
to find was the ghastly remains of
a man, hardened and petri6ed into
stone, standing solid and erect, a
lone sentinel, watching, as it were,
the treasures of the deep, surround
ed by the bones of his lost comrades
who died with him whilst vainly
and nobly battling for the preserva-
tion of their good and beloved old
ship. 1t was when endeaYoring to
raise this strange object out of its
grave of mud he found the safe,
which was Immediately taken up
and brought to Norfolk. Brown
has been a most successful diver
having performed many dangerous
and difficult operations of the kind
both here and in England. o. F
G. Maltby, who employs him, ant
who gets the bulk of this money, j
merchant of this city, and Is large
ly engaged 80 wrecking operation
in all parts of tie United States
He will probably put the gold wher'
it will do the most good.
Year: 1875

asked for nothing to eat for be knew
they had not an ounce of food in the
nousel He climbed into the loft of
the cabin to sleep, in most melan-
eholy and gloomy state of mind at
the prospect of his people starving.
Two hours later he heard the voice
of his son Colonel Austin, announc-
ing the arrival of the boat-load of
provision at Fairport, and that he
had come twenty-seyen miles to get
a team to go back, and haul the
precious bags of -four and meal to
the settlement!
Year: 1875

pulses Of humanity are quickenei by
the rigor Of cold, or the appeal which
from any cause, rises to the humane
from common necessity, Men are
and must be more thoughtful of each
other when each man is compelled to
feel and to think for himself.


Let us not lose sight then of the
moral OF that Gun of coffee, for its
aroma Is suggestive of practical things
Societies and public social machinery
are excellent III their way, and deserve
all encouragement but wholesale meas
ures do not and cannot reach all the
,!etails of suffering and Inconvenience.
Upon everybody who has opportunity
the duty is nclmbent to do something
personally, for somebody. Spontanei
o1s and Informal co operation is necess
ary to supplement the formal work Of
organizing charitable bodies. Indeed
Individual acts Of courtesy-to say
nothing Of charity--mav relieve the
heavy charges which come upon the
various relief agencies. It is a season
when to the lack Of employment the
seve"est n2el for bodily sustenance
presses upon the in ligent Even tho e
who do not come uLd r the design :
ton of absolute poverty are put %
great discomfort and inconvenlenc :.
And every mans breakfast on such
cold mornings as those which have re
Gently been SO numerous should su. :
;?est to him the inquiry. "What can
do to-day that will help some of tie
sufferings ," 1t is a question to
which every man can find an answer.
And the solution will make him feel
warmer at heart when he comes back
from the days work TO his home and
rest, Charity, which covers III; i
tude OF sins, Is the warmest OF cover
'ets-evcn warmer to the %iyer than
receiver. .-Phitodeiphta Ledger.
Year: 1875

4 thoughtful citizen Of New York.
unable, even under favorable condi
tions, to escape al the consequences Of
the rigor of the season, was led to con-
slider the case Of those whose avoca-
tions admit little escape from the Sc
verify Of the win From the win
COWS of his own warm residence, he
watched the street cars constantly pass
inc, the drivers and conductors thresh
ing their arms to keep up the circula-
ton, and stamping with their feet to
prevent their extremities from freezing.
The average human individual. under
such comfortable circumstances as this
warm citizen at his cosy window,
would congratulate himself that no ne
cesslty was laid upon him to tempt the
arctic exposure. lie would nave
thought. Poor fellows; how | pity
them," and would have aoished thai
only his wish could warm them. How
to relieve them would have been to HIN
simply 3 Dundreary problem, ''some
thing that no fellow could find ont. >
And such, it is safe to say. is the out
come OF 'hany a man pltilul thoughts
in this pitiful weather. He looks in a
figure at Il man perishing on an ice,
berg, and dreams and theorises how
that iceberg can be melted to relieve
the sufferer; and if he is Of a fairly
imaginative temperament, he specu-
lates upon the possibility of preventing
the formation Of iceberss at their in
ception, and thus averting at one grand
sweep all the evil consequences which
ictberg5 entail. Meanwhile the poor
fellow on the ice freezes to death.


But the New York philanthropist
vas more practical. He '.thonght OF
d thing and did it, lie commissioned
certain persons to keep on hand hot
coffee, and to send out messengers to
treat the shivering drivers with cups
full Of the comforting beverage, him
sell bearing the expense. As each car
came before the headquarters of the
Young Mems Christian Association,
out Iushed a cup bearer with a more
useful beverage than mantling wine or
muddling whisky, and the grateful
drivers drank and heartily thanked tie
donor. Certainly. if there is bless
ING upon j cup OF cold water, a cup oi
hot coffee must be included in the ben.
ison and the actors in this thought
full charity will not lose their reward
To go back to the iceberg figure, the
man is taken off, and the mountain Of
ice is left to melt when the element:
permit.


In the simple act just mentioned
there is a lesson. Everybody canno
stand provider Of coffee to whole
crowds, but it is in the power Of all tt
think Of some process simple anc
more easily accomplished, by which
some one OF more sufferers may be re
lieved. 1t is a compensation in some
degree for the sufferings of cold sea
son like the present, to know that the
weather which freezes the mercury
warns some hearts, which, when th,
Thermometer indicates summer heat
are st vinter coldnass. The hest i'm
Year: 1875

adelphis-the only city know OF With
population above ten thousand-has
been, and is now, clsmoring for general
head for their public schools? unless
it be because they have discovered
that their system is very in
perfect without one. On the same
principle an army might dispense with
its General or naval squadron with
its Admiral. Who would preserve the
discipline, the hsrmony, and unity so
essential to a general and thorough
school system, if the power be not invest
ed in some head who can supervise, sug-
gest and control the principals? 1t Is
probable that chaos worse confoundcd,
would rise out of the attempt to abolish
the office and all the work so far accom-
plshed, would bave to be gone over
again.


This is the view that many citizens
take of this important subject, but there
is another view equally important which
it would be well for the Board to
consider. and that ia the selection
of the proper man. Too much weight can
not be attached to this desederatum, for on
It, if the comparison may be allow
ed. chang all the law and the prophets" J"
The position requires a thorough scholar,
and u man of great executive ability.
One, in fact. who can lead, and one whom
the principals and teachers can respect
and conscientiously obey. Unless these
qualifications are pre-eminent in the
Superinten dent, then the officer can do
little good, and the question would natur-
ally arise again: "Does it pay To keep up
the expense


If it be considered by the Board of
Education that our system Is vet too
small to require general head for that
particular purpose alone, let them ascer-
tain way in which the position can be
filled and vet not materially in
crease the expense. y little
earnest investigation would accom-
plish the purpose. There is the
city Of Troy with II population but
shghly larger than our own, which haS
what they call Central High School,
the principal Of which has general super
vision over all the other schools in the
city. He has MI efficient assistant who
can occupy his place when he Is required
to be absent, just as our assistants III the
upper rooms frequently relieve the prln-
ciPals.


There is another method which mas al
ready been mooted That is to combine
thcpoSitioas Of the Superintendency ant
Clerk of the Board OF Education us the
duties of either are not of 50 grave and
onerous II nature but that one competent
person could execute both. The labor,
too, in some respects, Of either office
hinges on the other. But at all events,
let our schools have Superintendent,
au efficient, good one il every sense.
Do not let Us attempt an experiment
which has no example, and which all
other elite, condemn. Economy is what
We want, but it Is true-not falsc-econ-
my which Our community demands.


CITIZEN.
Year: 1875

NEW YoRK, Sept. 16.-A number of
General Passenger and Ticket Agents
Of the Southern railroads arrived yester-
day afternoon, in the first through car
ever run in a continuous trip between
New Orleans and New York. They will
proceed to Saratoga to the Semi-Annual
Convention Of the General Ticket and
Passenger Agents Association.
Year: 1875

Up to date not half of our peo- pie in Pope county have paid their tax. We are very well aware that times are hard and it will be only by close nipping that some of our people will be able to keep the commissary department supplied for this year, but we ad- wise all who can pay their tax this year before the penalty IS added, to do so by all means. It will be better to pay now even ii it causes some little privation, than to allow two or three years taxes to come on at once, and a penalty of fifteen per cent besides. Better sell some surplus stock or other property, or borrow the money, than to get behind any further, because next year it is altogether probable that tine full demands of the tax collector will have to be met without any fur ther delay, or else the full penalty for delinquency will be..enforced. It is scarcely probable that relief will be made for delinquents two years in succession. We, there fore, believe evo y effort should be made to pay now.
Year: 1875

that he will apply to the county court, ten days or more after the service of the notice, for leave to cancel such exemption, or so much thereof as is subject to taxation; :; and if, upon the hearing, the court shall be of the opinion that the property is not exempt from taxation within the meaning and intent of this act, it may order the assessor to cancel such ex- emption, or so much thereof as IS, in the opinion of the court, sub feet to taxation, and the tax as originally assessed, as hereinbe- fore provided, together with fifty per cent. penalty and the costs of the proceedings shall be collected as other taxes are.

 Sec. 4. This act shall take eff feet and be in force from and after it's passage.

 Thus it will be seen that those who desire to seek homes in Ar kansas, can get the same almost for the asking-while those who have capital, and desire to invest in the richest mineral state of the union, can have the same exempt ed from taxation for a term of seven years.

 The political affairs of Arkan- sas are now in settled condition !; as great peace and quiet prevail here as in any state in the union, and we earnestly invite the atten- tion of immigrants and capitalists to the advantages which our state presents at this time.

 J. N. SMITHEE. Commissioner of Immigration and

 State Lands.
Year: 1875

luc ptactiCdl WOTklnSS Ol Iut civil rights measure so far as de- veloped up to date, promise to be of no benefit to anybody; and it is now generally conceded that the stress that has been laid upon it by republican politicians was merely for effect, and not for any good which it portended for the eolored race. Petty disturbances and insignificant lawsuits have been the fruits of it thus far, and we may expect more serious re- suits where bigoted negroes and desperate whites are brought in conjunction. The full extent to which the bill may be made a means of aggravation and annoy ance to the white people of the South, depends entirely upon the good sense and decorum of the celored people.

 Discontented and evil disposed persons will no doubt urge cases great provocation, and in most of such cases the colored dupe of such malcontents will be the suf- ferer.

 There is barrier between the social commingling of the two races established by natures God, and sanctioned by the intelligence of the whole world, and all ef- forts to break down and set aside this barrier must and will prove abortive and detrimental. The eolored man if left to himself will have no trouble in getting along with the people of the South, and will have no cause for complaining at not getting equal political rights and equal justice before the law. His social equal ity with the white race is some thing different however, and is 

 something which all human legis- lation will fail to accomplish. The social relations which the col ored man must hereafter enjoy depends entirely upon his own conduct and actions. From our knowledge of the southern peo- pie we have no doubt in the world that true merit in the colored man will get the same recognition that it would from a white man. In deed, we know old colored people who are as much respected, in their place, as any white man in their position in life would be, and an indignity against whom would be resented and condemned by our white people, as soon and in as severe terms as the same in dignity against any white man would be. The assertion that the whites of the south are not will ling for the black race to have full and equal political rights, and full and fair chance to ac- quire and possess property and to have justice and protection be- fore the law, is false in toto. For the social position of the colored race the Southern people cannot be held responsible and should not be reprimanded.
Year: 1875

She was young and a pretty woman.
tastefully but cheaply dressed. There was
abou, her an air that bespoke refinement, and
a timid, hesitating manner that told of recent
awakening to the cold and hard side Of the
world


She came into our office at about 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning, and, with barred head. III a
trembling voice, asked instructions as 10 I. e
steps to be taken to gain admission into one
of the charitable institutions e our city.


Such a request from woman of her aP'
pearance naturally elected inquiries. and
seeming 70 feel that she would receive the
sympathy she so much needed and so lon.ctl
for, she told her story


1t was the cid, old story Of love and conf
dence on the one side and basenrss on the
other. Love, an elopemen, with promises oI
marriage. and distress.


She had been alone for two months. She
had written to her brother. residing in one of
the parishes Of this State her only living rela-
tive, for assistance, and had received no
answer, and she had been iurnel into the
street by a rOman who demanded money, and
without it refused shelter.


She wanted home, she said some place
where she could hide away size could work,
and would work, if she but got home. She
believed that the man would come back al
some time and MAKE his promise COOL, and
until he did come, she wonld watch an hope
and wait


Through the assistance of Col BUwers adj.
mission was Obtained far the unfortunate into
the House of the Good Shepherd, AMI with
the Sisters who manage that institution she
will certainly find what she sought-a
home.-Ner Orleans Bulletin.
Year: 1875

What is it that cheers the weary and heavy
laden mother who tolls carly and late that
little ones may be feds The golden beams
Of happy anticipation Cfa future when her
children are men and women, able TO care
for her and themselves. God only knows
wha, she suffers and how the mother instinct
makes her strong to endure. When the
covers are snugly tucked around the dear
little bodies, and rosy faces speak the story Of
gentle sheep, the widow on bended knees
thanks Heaven for health and strength, and
prays that no, one of her darlings shall be
taken from her care. She will work and
slave to support her children, and il at night
she can gather them all around her knee, to
tell them of their father who lies in the cold
church-yard, and Of their father in Heaven,
and the beautiful world He has given them TO
enjoy, she will count all privation pleasure.


After years Of toll and care, the golden
beams gather to crown the brow of woman
who is faithful to the last Her children
s,rew her pathway with the roses of love.
Or, if one, two, or all are insensible to their
obligations to her, and every earthly thing
seems fraught with bitterness, beams Of gold
make her radiant in immortal robes, and Over
There angels will gladly nes'le in the
warmth of her great mothers love.
Year: 1875

According to the Esquimaux, the
seal constructs its abode beneath the
surface of the ice in such a manner
that it can enter it from the water
below; here the young seal passes
its infancy, and when the returning
beat of summer has destroyed its
igloo or dwelling, the young seal is
old enough to take care of itself; but
this mode of lodging its youth beneath
the ice is we'll known to the bear, who,
with his keen scent, soon detects the
whereabouts of the seals nursery,
and in order to gain entrance makes a
spriug and comes down heavily on
the top of the igloo, crushes it in, and
Immediately seizes the young seal
with his paw. Here it might be sup
posed the hungry bear at once devours
his prey but no, it is far too wary
to do so; it knows full we'll that
where o baby is, there must of neces-
sity be a mother, and that she will be
in search of her darling therefore,
the bear scrapes away the snow from
the seal hole, and, holding the young
seal by the flippers, allows it to


founder about, and when the mother
approaches, the bear slyly draws the
young seal towards it until the old
one is within reach, when he seizes
her with the other paw, and thus
captures both.


The mode in which the bear cap
lures the seal on the ice is equally
ingenious. When at a distance, the
bear throws itself down and stealthily
crawls towards the seal, and if the
seal looks up it lies perfectly still and


makes, at the same time, a noise which


lulls the seal. The bear repeats The


operation until it approaches its


victim, when it falls prey to Bruins


appetite. When attempting to catch


seal in the water, the bear sinks its


body beneath the water, leaving only
tie head above, which resembles |,
piece Of ice !; and when the seal raises
its head above the surface, BruiI
, quietly sinks, and swimming unde
the seal seizes it.
Year: 1875

If were called to point out the
most alarming sins to-day, those which
are most deceitful in their influence
and most soul destroying in their
ultimate effects, l would not mention
drunkenness with all its fearful havoc,
nor gambling with all its crazed
victims, nor harlotry with its hellish
orgies but the love of money on the
part of men, and the love of display
on the part of women. While open
vice sends its thousands, these fashion
able and favored indulgences send
their ten thousands to perdition. They
scar the conscience, incrust the soul
with an impenetrable she'll of worldli-
bess, debauch the affections from
every high and heavenly object, and
make man or woman the worshipper
Of self. While doing all this, the
poor victim is allo Sed by public
opinion to think himself or herself q
christian while fthe drunkard, the
gambler, or the prostitute. is not de.
eeived by such q thought for q mo-
tnent.
Year: 1875

When white men>band themselves together
for the purpose of fooling the negroes they
should be spotted, and should receive, at the
hands of all decent people the treatment
they deserve.-Braalos Repvbicam,
Year: 1875




The following is from the Mis-
sour Springfield Leader Of the
5th inst: The sale OF the two
miserable creatures, Mollie Mitch
ell and Ida Jones, did not take
place according to the announce
ment made some weeks ago, on
account Of their being non est
when the time arrived. They aP-
peared a few days since, and this
morning we're duly offered to the
highest bidder at public outcry at
the front door Of the Court House.
This kind of property did not
seem to be in much demand.
Mary was first presented. She
stood up before the glaring crowd
with the nonehalance OF a brass
statue. The auctioneer spoke
eIoquently but did not receive a
bid. Mary retired apparently dis
gusted.


Ida then came forward with
agile step and smiling face. The
AuctiOneer again ard again asked,
How much? After compliment
ary remarks to several gentlemen,
Ida pointed to Bud Ford and said:
/ want that fellow to buy me!
Bud bid Eve cents. No one was
willing to advance on this, and she
was knocked down to him. He
borrowed a nickel from Judge =
and took possession Of his proper
ty; he only intended to buy one,
but subsequently learned that the
sale embraced the whole Of 'em.


This is a serious subject. It is
almost incredible that such things
could be in this enlightened city
Of churches and benevolent socie-
ties. We shall not undertake to
say who is to blame, but there is
certainly . screw loose in society
where such facts exist.
Year: 1875

U A private letter from Port Towns
send, received in town. states that there
is very strong feeling at that place
against the Captain of the Orpheus.-
The man at the ships wheel when the
Pacific collided with her, and four 9TH
er men, have testified that the stea n
ship hailed them three times, and each
time the man at the wheel said. Cap
tain. the steamer is hailing you;" and
the reply from the Captain was, "G--d
d--n the steamer" The steward, the
writer says, told him. that they could
see the lights of the steamer twenty
minutes after they stuck her. and the
stewards wife says she could hear the
people from the steamer calling for as
sistance.- Victoria Colonist.
Year: 1875

BARKENTINE VICToR.-The bark
entine Victor arrived here dur
ing night from Port Gamble, in
tow of the Goliah. She is to
load with 900 tons of coal from
the Talbot bunkers. The bunk
ers are now full for the first
time, and two more barges OF
coal will come down tomorrow
morning.
Year: 1875

DANcE.-Prof. Hayes intends
to give a dance in Yeslers Hall
on Thursday evening of this
week. The Professor is a fine
musician and We hope he will
make it a success. Tickets to
the dance will be 81.
Year: 1875

SSow.-The first snow of the
the season fell last night and
this morning. 1t melted as fast
as it fell, however, and there is
very little chance of SNOWFALL
ing or sleigh riding for some
time vet, If we have any at all
h1A ev;uter