smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

We have received the following despatch from
the HERALD's special correspondent at Madrid,
by way of London. It shows that while the
ruling classes of Spain are not yet tired of the
effort to subdue the Cuban insurrection thsre
is much opposition in the Cortes to the fur
ther prosecution Of the war -


LONDON July Ii, 1871.
There was very stormy debate in the
Spanish Cortes on the 10th instant on the con-
dition of Cuba, the debate arising upon q
motion to censure the government on its
course toward the people of that unfortunate
island.


ALMOST A BATTLE IN THE CHAMBERS.
violent and the excitement in the Chamber was
intense. At one time battle between the
members seemed imminent. The scene was Of
the most furious character, the hot Spanish
blood of the partisans being almost to boil
ing heat. Had it not been for the fact that
Spaniards talk louder than they fight knock
down could not have been avoided.


THE GOVERNMENT AFRAID


The most singular part of the proceedings
was the fact that the government was afraid
to face vote, and avoided it by long explana-
,c ;te C,,h, .:
ton assumed by the Ministers was that Spain
could not extend to the provinces laws made
by the Assembly since the revolution nor
abolish slavery till the insurrection in Cuba is
suppressed.


THE MOTION WITHDRAWN.


The opposition were asked TO withdraw their
motion of censure, and this was done; but il
was Immediately renewed by another member.


ANOTHER DEBATE, LASTING ALL NIGHT.


This was followed by debate more violent,
If possible, than the first. 1t lasted all night
but at length the fiery elements were snbdued,
or weared out, and the government secured
triumph in the end.


THE NsUERECrIoN TO BE CRUSHED.


The necessity of crushing the Cuban insur-
rection forthwith was insisted upon, and at
last there was general concurrence in q
resolution to stamp it out as soon as pos
sible.


THIRTY THOUSAND MEN TO BE SENT TO CUBA.
A proposition was made TO send out to
Cuba 10000 additional troops.
Year: 1871

that existed here below shall have become a
portion of his records. The Present rests
upon the earth; all is hustle and confusion:
ladders are reared, and ladders are lowered;
some are placed upon the palace of vanity.
some are sustained by pride and conceit,
some by ambition; others are lowered by
vice and iniquity; multitudes descend the
ladder of degradation; few, very few,
climb the ladder of virtue, in spite of the
scoffs and sneers of the wicked.


Having begun to climb the ladder of
knowledge, having already left the records
of the past, and ready to realize the pres
ent, will you listen to the voice of the sage,
or to the allurements of temptation-spend
the days of life in the fulfillment of your
duties as moral and intellectual beings, or
choose the path of Incidence and vice
strengthen your hearts against the trials of
life, labor to control passions which tear
from the heart every generous impulse and
noble aspiration, or allow their influence to
steep you deeper in crime and deaden every
feeling Of virtue and of honor!


Surely there can be no hesitation, the
doctrines and precepts implanted in your
hearts fall not on a soil so hard and sterile
as to be dead 10 every emotion that can
sway a sensitive nature You will strive
manfully, with your eyes fixed upon the
bright crown which shines above you, and
with strong heart and firm step, ascend
higher and higher, until you have reached
that abode where all is peace, joy and hap
DiueSs
Year: 1871

BY T Ell E G R APH.
LATEST NEWS FROM ALL POINTS
WASHINGTON ARSENAL EXPLOSION
LOSS OF WAR TROPHIES
LONE STARS NOT VICTORIOUS
ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
SALE OF ITS PROPERTY
WATERSPOUT IN NEVADA
CARS LIFTED FROM THE TRACK
WHITE FROST IN VIRGINIA
Year: 1871

The company is now prepared to receive appica-
tions from city merchants and manufacturers for
representation in the exposition. The Importance
OF early application is urged upon all i'll order that
a proper display may be made of goods sold or
manufactured here space will be allotted in each
department for all articles in the order in which
the applications received, whether from the city
or elsewhere.


Full information concerning the exposition and
blank applications furnished at the temporary Office
of the company, No. Is Carondelet street, back
room iy2O ct
Year: 1871

Some sharp fellow has invented new
kind of ink called "love letter ink" 1t is
sure preventative against all cases of breach
of promise, as the ink fades away and leaves
the sheet blank in about four weeks after
being written upon.
Year: 1871

On and after tomorrow freight for ship
ment by the Jackson railroad will be re-
ceived at the depot, corner of Magnolia
and Calliope streets. Inward freight will
be delivered at the same depot. All inward
freight received since the crevasse will be
delivered from the PontchartrGin railroad
depot
Year: 1871

The Fair One with the Blonde Wig" q
musical extravaganza that is supremely
popular here, will be the opening burlesque
of the Oates Comic Opera Company at the
Academy of Music tomorrow evening. As
this entertainment is always attractive. we
suggest the necessity of interviewing the
box Office early in the day, in order to &c.
cure good seat.
Year: 1871

The Mayor was mot visible in his luxurious
parlor yesterday afternoon. 1t is surmised
from his doleful aspect in the early morn
ing that he may have contemplated another
pilgrimage to the shrine of his maternal an.
cestor in q down town cemetery.


Departmeae Of Accounts.


Administrator Shaw, in his estimate of re-
ceipts for the year 1871, includes the follow
ing sources of revenue:


City tag Of = per cent on assessment Of
Year: 1871

In the above summary is included all of
the salary and wages account for October
general Office, Waterworks, Insane Asylum,
courthouses and Home Of Aged and Infirm.
l now submit, for your information, and
that Of your numerous readers, the pay
roll of the WaterwOrks alone, under the
administration of TIE Board Of Commis-
siOnere of the CITY WaterwOrks:
Year: 1871

One of the most lamentable results Of
the great fire in Chicago is the destruo
ton of the Cook county records. This
is . calamity that affects every real es
tate owner injuriously, and will doubtless
lead to much embarrassing litigation
hereafter. If the abstract firms have
saved their papers, aud had their work
we'll posted up to date, it will help mat
tsrs very considerably, but of this We
have no known certainty. No disaster
could we'll be conceived more grave thar
the destruction, not only Of such an im
mense amount Of property, but Of every
chain of tithe by which it was held.
Year: 1871

HORSE SToLEN.-Last Thursday O
valuable horse was stolen from Rev. K.
b. Smith, of this city. The stable was
CLOSED but not locked, and IN the morn
ing the door Of tho stable and the gate
of the stable yard, which had also beer
closed, were both open. One foot prin
was visible in the stable, evidently made
by q neat trim boot 1t was SO dust,
that to track the horse was impossible
The animal was dark bay, with smal
white spot in the forehead, eight or min
year old, and was newly shod all round
Nothing has been heard about the horse
though hand billie have been sent in al
directions. .-Louisiana Gazette.
Year: 1871

Not only in various states Of the
Northwest havo the recent conhagratious
been sweeping and destructive, involving
large amounts Of property and many
lives, but the immense pasture grounds
for Texas cattle, south and west of Kan
sas City, are suffering from a similar
calamity. Measures of relief have been
instituted and immense herds Of cattle
are likely to be removed to places Of
safety, and put upon the market soon.
Year: 1871

A Washington dispatch says "a
new and handsome stable is building in
the rear of the White House grounds,
for the accommodation of Grants sore.
tailed colt and his other blooded stock
The foundation is of the famous Seneca
sand stone. The structure will cost one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and
no appropriation has yet boen made by
Congress for that purpose.
Year: 1871

An eminent Scottish divine met two
Of his parishionersat the house Of law.
yer whom he considered too sharp
practitioner The lawyer ungaclousIy
put the question, "Doctor, these are
members of your flock; may ask do
you look upon them as white sheep or
as black Sheep 81 don't know" an
swcred the divine, dryly, "whether they
are black or white sheep; but [ know,
if they are long here they are pretty
snre to be heec d y
Year: 1871

I reside at Table Mountain, and my name


is Truthful james;
l am not up to small deceit or any sinful
games;
And I'll tell in simple language what
know about the row
That broke up our Society upon the Stan


islaus.
But first would remark that it is not a


proper plan
For any scientific gent to whale his fellow


man,
And, if a member don't agree with his pc


culiar whim,
To lay for that same member for to "put a


head'' on him.
Now nothing could be finer or more beau


tiful to see
Than the first six months proceedings OF


that same Society;
Bill Brown of Calaveras brought a lot OF


fossil bones
That he found within tunnel near the


tenement of Jones.
Then Brown he read a paper, and recon


structed there,
From those same bones, an animal that was


extremely rare;
And Jones then asked the Chair for sus-


pension of the rules,
Till he could prove that those same bones


was one of his lost mules.
Then Brown he smiled bitter smile, and


said his greatest fault
Was that he had been trespassing on Jones S


family vault,
He was a most sarcastic man, this quiet


Mr.. Brown,
And on several occasions had cleaned out


the town.
Now l hold it is not decent for scientific
To say another is an ass-at least to all in


tent;
Nor should the individual who happens to


be meant
Reply by heaving rocks at him to any great


extent.
Then Abner Dean of Angels raised point


of order-when
A chunk of old red sandstone took him in


the abdomen,
And he smiled a kind of sickly smile, and


curled up on the floor,
And subsequent proceedings interested


him no more.
Then, in less time than I write it, every


member did engage
In a warfare with the remnants of the pa


lGzoic age,
And the way they heaveG those fossils in


their anger was a sin,
And the skull Of an old mammoth caved


the head of Thompson in.
And this is all I have to say of these i'm


proper games,
For / live at Table Mountain, and my name


is Truthful James
And I've told in simple language what l


know about the row
That broke up our Society upon the STAN


iSlauS.
Year: 1871

Crno.rrrrs o. L,rE.-Lay your fingers
on your pulse. and know that at every
stroke some immortal passes to his Maker |;
some fellow being crosses the river of
death and if We think Of it. We may well
wonder that it should be long before our
turn comes.
Halfo Of all Who live die before the age Of
seventeen.


Only one person in ten thousand lives
70 be one hundred years old. and but one
i, hundred reaches sixty.


The married live longer than the sim
gle. a.


There is one soldier to every eight per.
sons, and out ofevery thousand born only
ninety live weddings take place.


If you take thousand persons who have
reached seventy years. there are Of
Year: 1871

GEN. THOMAS EWING. who came very near
receiving the Democratic domination for Gov
ernor of Ohio, is a convert to the new financial
heresy which the Labor Congress adopted into
its platform. The plan is to issue new legal
tender currency, redeemable in three per cent.
bonds, which in return are redeemable in legal
tenders, and so on indefinitely. With this cur
rency it is proposed to pay off the FIVE TWEEN.
ties. The idea of paying debt by promises
to pay it never may be an Improvements, but
it will doubtless work some changes in busi-
ness circles The Chicago Times. leading
Democratic paper, takes strong ground against
the beresy. which it denounces as crazy and
explodes the whole plan in vigorous style.


A NEW YORK dispatch says that prominent
Cubans in that city identified with the cause
of the revolution, state that there is project
on foot in the Spanish American Republic
whereby Cubans will receive not only moral
but financial aid. They assert that there is a
very good prospect that some of the republics
will guarantee a Cuban loan in foreign mar
kets aud that before great while expeditions
will sail simultaneously from different Span
ish-American ports to aid the Cubans. A
Cuban emigrant vessel under the control ofsthe
Daughter rs of Cuba will sail from New York to
the tropics in September with all who may
have applied for passage.
Year: 1871

1t Is announced that the unprecedented con-
duct of the United States Marshal and other
officers at New Orleans in connection with the
late convention, is to be publicly rebuked by
the President, who is likely to remove lot of
them
Year: 1871

Keep your eye on your neighbors
Take care of them Do not let them
stir without watching. They may do
something wrong if you do. To be
sure, you never knew them to do
anything very bad, but it may be on
your account they have not. Per-
haps if it had not been for your kind
care they might have disgraced
themselves long ago. Therefore do
not relax any effort TO keep them
where they ought to be. Never
mind your own business-that will
take care Of itself. There is man
passing along-he is looking over
the tence-be suspicious Of him; per-
haps he centemplates stealing, some
OF these dark nights; there is no
knowing what queer fancies he may
have got into his head.


II You find any symptoms of any
one passing out of the path OF duty.
tell every one else what you see, and
be particular to see a great many.
It is a good way to circulate such
things, though it may not benefit
yourself or any one else particularly.
Do keep something going-silencc is
a dreadful thing; though it is said
there was silence in heaven for the
space of halt an hour, do not let any
such thing occur on earth; it would
be too much tor this mundane sphere.


II, after all your watchiul care,
you cannot see anything out of the
way IN any one, you may be sure it
/ is not because they have not done
anything bad; perhaps in an unguard-
ed moment YOU lost sight OF them
throw out hints that they are 10 bet
ter than they should be-that you
should not wonder it the people
found out what they were alter a
while, then they may not carry their
heads so high. Keep 1t going, and
some one may take the hint aud be-
gin to help You along after while
then there will be music and every
thing will work to charm.
Year: 1871

The Washington correspondent for
the Ccnterville Citizen pays these
tributes to the worth of Judge MIL
ler and Secretary Belknap:


A Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial has been
casting the horoscope of Presidential
candidates in an elaborate letter
which has excited some attention in
political circles. lie described the
merits and peculiar characteristics OF
quite number of prominent names
in the Republican ranks; among
which are Sumner, Logan, Wilson,
Trun,bull, and your judge Miller of
the Supreme Court. And l may say
that perhaps none arc spoken of more
highly than the last. According to
this writer the acclaim OF real merit
belongs to him in an unusual degree.
He thinks that he possesses qnal,i


ties oil mind and sense which place
! him in the front rank Of American
.jurists and statesmen. Since reading
the letter find this opinion is shared
by not few Of our most intelligent
observers and men of mark. At all
events, think it must be conceded
that Iowa is well represented on the
Supreme Bench; and I will add
there is no more frank, unpretending
gentleman occupying his civil and
social station in Washington. Ex-
cuse me III this connection If l add
as much to the credit of another OF
Iowa's representatives here who
stands at the gates OF the War De-


partment, to take care OF this great
right arm OF our defense. General
Belknap has no affinities with mere
pretence. He pays no obligations to
the insignificant demands of tinsil
and show, but whenever practical
sense and plain Ineligible methods
Of public business are requisite to de-
termine q case, he is on hand with all
the energy and directness that is
necessary to do it. Such men are a
credit and honor to public station.
Iowa may well be proud OF her sons.
Year: 1871

The way of transgressing liquor
dealers in Judge Chase's district is
about as hard as it ought to be. The
North West, in reporting the Judges
disposition Of cases in the court just
closed at Fort Dodge, says: The
Judge used very positive language in
speaking about the offence Of selling
intoxicating liquors. The week be-
fore, he fined man III Boone county
one thousand dollars for this offence,
and he warned persons in our city
that they must respect the law, and
in sentencing those convicted he di-
rected that until the fines be paid,
that they be imprisoned in our coun-
ty Jail and be put to work on the
roads. He SAID that if this course did
not have the desired effect he would
at the next term of court order that
buildings in which liquor is sold be
aba.ed as the law provides. Men
owning buildings used for this pur-
pose would do well to heed this warn
ing as the court has power to have
such buildings destroyed, and Judge
Chase is fearless man who Will not
hesitate to do bis duty
Year: 1871

Schamyl, the great chief Of the Cau-
casians, is dead, at the age Of seventy
tour. He was singular and interest
ing character,-an enthusiast whose
dream was national sovereignty, COM
pacted of the seperate branches of his
tribe. and brave man who long de.
fed in his mountain fortrcsses the
whole power of Russia, "a sort of saw
age Tell. For seven years he was a
prisoner at large IN Moscow, closely
watched up to 1866, in which year he
and his sons took the oath of fidelity
to The Gar The wild tribes whom
he led so long are too much weaken
ed by their losses to rise again for
many years to come; and they have
no leader like Schamyl.
Year: 1871

Texas, as well as Michigan, has a
compulsory school law. Concern
ing its operation a young mother,
aged seventeen says: 81 have a
husband to care for, a child to
nurse, clothes to wash, meals to
cook, and a house to clean. If they
make me attend school for another
year everything will go to ruin.
Year: 1871

cousin HoRATIo- Christmas will soon be
here, and we want you to come and spend the
holidays with US we have invited several
friends whom you knew in days gone by, and
we shall have an excellent time. There is
very beautiful and accomplished lady friend Of
ours, who lives in the second or third village
beyond you, who will be sure to be here. We
are sure you will be pleased to make her ac-
quaintance. Perhaps you will fall in love
with her. Just think of it, crusty old bach,
like you, falling in love. We must humbly
beg you pardon if these lines offend you, but
YOU must surely come.
Year: 1871

a correspondent Of the Wheeling Register
thus writes about Hon. H. G.. Davis, our new
United States Senator.


knew his father and him in his childhood
His father had been rich, but from confidence
in endorsing for friends, and misfortune in
business, died poor and, it is believed, broken
hearted. was then conductor of a. construc-
ton train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Passing backwards and forth OH fny section, 7
saw young Henry Davis, boy ofeghtcen, go
ing to his work in the morning and returning
in the evening He was working little
batch Of land at q distance, and maintaining
bis mother and his younger brothers al
ways stopped and took him up, both ways, as
long as he worked the patch, aud was on
that part Of the road, and il was some years.
Time passed on. Davis had got on 10 the
road and from one step 70 another had bes
come conductor. He had given his next broth
or n better education than he had himself, aud
to the second one all he could take, and main
tanned his mother. Ny family had grown
large, but my income did not increase with it.
| was under necessity OF seeking 4 new loca4
ton, and to do this embarked on the train
at a way station with all my family. When
the conductor came around ii was Henry G..
Davis. asked him what my fare was lie
looked over my family and replied, "hr. A


-r, | will settle your fare, and walked
on. At night the train had reached the then
terminus of the road. was about 10 remain
in the car with my family, feeling that could
not afford the hospitalitieS Of the hotel. bir.
Davis passed through the car and said "Comc,
get out and take supper; these children cant
90 all night without having somthing to cat.
| did not know that it was an invitation, but
got up and took my family to the supper table,
thinking Of the heavy draft it would be upon
my little stock or money. ate that supper
with some sadness; but when went 10 the
clerk to pay, his reply was Your bill is set
tied by Mr. Davis The next morning went
to the stage Office 10 secure my seats for my
journey towards the Ohio, and there my tick
cts were handed me my seats had been pro-
vded and paid for Mr.. Davis had been to the
Office before me. When the stage was about
to start and we were all in, this kind bencfac-
tor came to the door Of it and said TO me: "A


-r, / have some little money, not much;
If you need it or any part Of il, you can have
it, and pay for when you are able"
Year: 1871

The following remarkable narrative is rela-
ted by Western lady. Sheis herself char
acter. She has crossed the plains twice-irst
in lS49, during which her husband perished
and is the first American who returned TO
the East by the fsthmus of Panama. She is
a genuine heroine-a fine specimen of stout
hearted Western womanhool--and her ad7en-
lures in the wilds of Che unoccupied West
have been humorous and exciting.


Well, while the train, of which this lady
was passenger, was encamped at point on
the Humboldt, where the Lessen trail inter-
sects the Carson track Of travel, she visited
the tent of a family, consisting Of an elderly
couple and one child, daughter of fourteen
or fifteen. The old lady was sitting on pile
Of blankets under the canvass encouraging a
most determined attack Of the " sulks," while
the masculine head Of affairs had planted him.
self on his wooden tongue, and was sucking
his pipe as lesurely as though he expected to
remain there forever.


single glance developed the difficulty in
that lit.le train of one wagon and three per-
sons, and that it had attained point Of quiet
desperation beyond the reach Of peaceful ad
justment. Three days before they had pitch
ed their tent at the forks of the road and as
they could not agree upon tie route By which
to California, they had remained. The hus-
band expressed preference for the Carson
road-the wife for the Lessen-and neither
would yield. The wife declared she would re-
main all winter the husband said he should
be pleased to lengthen the sojourn through
the Summer following.


On the morning of the fourth day, the wife
broke a sullen silence Of thirty six hours, by
proposing a division Of the party, which con-
sisted Of two yoke Of cattle, one wagon, camp
furniture, 3 small quantity Of provisions, and
twelve dollars in silver. The proposal was
accepted, and forthwith the plunder was d.
vided, leaving the wagon to tho old man and
the daughter to the mother. The latter ex-
changed with neighbOring train the cattle
belonging to her for pony and pack-saddlc,
and, piliug the daughter and her portion of
the undivided spoils upon the ANIMAL she res
olutey started across the desert by the Lessen
trail, while the oil man silently yoked up his
cattle and took the ether ronte. Singular as
this may seem, it is, nevertheless, true. 1t is
among the many occurrences Of life stranger
than fiction OF course both parties reached
California in safety.


Arriving at Sacramento with her daughter, the
old lady readily found employment, for women
was less plentiful than now, and subsequently
opened boarding house, and in few years
amassed q handsome fortune. Two years ago
she went to San Fracisco, and the daughter,
whose education had not been neglected, was
married to one of the most substantial citizens.


And what had become Of the old man The
wife had not seen or heard Of him since they
parted at Humboldt They had lived bappi-
ly together as NAN and wife for years, and she