smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

BosToN Has TEMPERANCE Doc
One day last week the animals master
got tight" for even in the prohibitory
:" Hub men will indulge little too
freely in whisky. The master went out
on regular spree, with no companion
save faithful dog. Finally, the mo-
ment arrived when the reasonable canine
made up his mind that his master had
taken enough Of the "critter." The
master was about d enter another drink
ing saloon, when the dog caught hold Ct
his coat aud pulled him back. The IN
ebriated biped spoke angrily to the sober
quadfuped and the animal, with sad
lookk and tear in his eye, released his
hold. The man entered the saloon, fol-
lowed by the dog. He called for drink,
but had no sooner done so than the dog
raised himself on his hind feet,s and
placed his paws on his masters breast,
made a dumb but eloquent appeal to the
iaan not to drink any more. This was
too much even for the drunken master
to bear. He clasped the dog about the
neck and kissed him repeatedly, and did
not take the drink. That night he at
tended a temperance meeting and signed
the pledge.
Year: 1870

WOMAN SUFFRAGE.-The Senate of
the Minnesota Legislature has passed a
bill to provide for the submission of an
amendment to the Constitution, allowing
women suffrage. Women are to be al
lowed the privilege of voting On the
amendment, but their votes are to be put
in separate boxes. It is thought the
Governor will sign the BILL
Year: 1870

According to a writer of Nature, the
work done each day by the right ventrl-
Gle of the heart in ,propeliing the blood
is equal to that necessary to lit 3ia tons
one foot and the energy OF the lett
ventricle would lift S9.7 tons L ioet
making in all 1912 tons. This single
muscle, then, does more than third as
much labor as laboring man during bus
ten bours' toll and it is calculated that
one ounce of the heart does all and more
labor than an equal weight OF the muscle
of the arm during severe boat race. !t
is calculated that the hearts energy is
equivalent to what would raise its own
weight (abont 9l OF 1921 feet IN an
bour But / 900 feet per hour is about
what an active pedestrian climbing
mountain can accomplish while, at a
trial of locomotives on an Alpine railway,
the successful engine lifted its own
weight but 2,700 feet in one hour.
Year: 1870

SALT LAKE AFFAIRs-Letters from
Salt Lake state that Brigham Young has
sent party to select location in Arl-
zona, to which Mormons favoring poly
gamy can retire, and that there is strong
probability that the doctrine of polygamy
will soon be abandoned In Utah.
Year: 1870

AS already announced the General
Assembly of Virginia reassembles on to-
morrow, for the purpose of electing
State officers and enacting such laws as
may be necessary to render operative
the UNDERWOOD constitution, under
which the State has now passed. All
the State officers are required to be cho-
sen from men not obnoxious to the pro-
visions of the Fourteenth Amendment.
The Judges Of the Supreme Court of Ap-
peals will be elected for twelve years,
and those of the Circuit Court
for eight. The Auditor and State Treas
urer are also to be elected, and with the
Governor, will constitute the board OF
public works, and consequently will
control entirely the internal improve
ment policy of the State. The school,
county organization and road systems
will be among the most important mat
ters for consideration. Since the "res-
toration" there has been q great thirst
for office in the State. The Virginia
papers say that there are more offices to
be filled by the Legislature than at any
previous time; but there are also more
applicants in proportion to the offices
than were ever before known in the
Commonwealth.
Year: 1870

Asugar planter in Jamaica announces
an improvement in the method of sep
arating sugar from molasses. The con-
centrated syrup is to be introduced into
a vessel having bottom of fine wire
gauze, and provided above with au air
tight cover. A vacuum is produced in
the chamber below the pan, and the air
above expanding, forces the molasses
down through the sieve, leaving the
crystals of sugar behind.
Year: 1870

Mr.. SALISBURY recently presented a
memorial in the Senate of the United
States, in which the following opinions
of eminent statesmen Of all parties,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN included, are given
on the question of negro equality:


JOHN ADAMS said:


have never read reasoning more
absurd, sophistry moro gross than the
subtle labors of He)vetius and Rosseau
to demonstrate the natural equality Of
mankind.


THOMAS JEFFERSON said:


Nothing is more certainly written in
the book of fate than that these people
(the negroes) are to be free, nor is it less
cannot live under the same Government.


DANIEL WEBSTER said:


If any gentleman from the South
shall propose scheme, to be carried on
by this Government upon large scale
for the transportation of the colored
people to any colony or any place in the
world, | should be quite disposed to in
cur almost any degree of expense to &C
com plish that object.


HENRY CLAY said:


OF the utility of total separation OF
the two incongruous races of our popu-
lation, supposing it to be practical, none
have ever doubted; the mode of accom-
plishing that desirable object has alone
divided public opinion.


STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS said:


l believe this government was made
by white men for the benefit of white
men and their posterity forever; and /
am in favor of confining citizenship to
white men of European birth and de-
scent instead of comforting it upon ne
groes, Indians. and other inferior races.


ABRAHAM LINCOLN said:


am not, and never have been in
favor of making voters or jurors of
negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold
office, nor to intermarry with whites;
and l will say further, in addition to
this, that there is n physical difference
between the white and black races,
which believe will forever forbid the
two races living on terms of social and
political equality.
Year: 1870

A Schooner Instantly Sunk by a SteamsIifp-


Loss Of Life-ReckIess Navigation and its


Legitimate Consequences.


AT precisely twenty minutes past nine O'Clock last
evening the schooner Samuel q. Miles, laden with
brick, from CrOton Point to Williamsburg, while or
pier No. East river, was run down by an inward
bound steamship carrying blue light at her fore
mast head and red light on her bow. The steamer
made no signal and did not even blow whistle
At the time OF the collision the captain Of
the schooner, Henry Lancaster at the wheel and
had barely time to jump overheard when she went
down. The steamship struck her well forward and
cut clean In two, that she sunk In about haif
a minute. Besides the captain there were on board
two men and boy. They were all saved with the
exception Of the latter, who was drowned. The lad
was employed on board as cook he was nlteen years
City % n. any J. lii HIS aa.-'' hrst name % was $ Charles,
other name unknown. The schooner was
Brothers and was not insured. After the collision
the steamship drifted or towards the Buttermllki
Channel and did not lower any boat or make any
effort to save the unfortunate struggling in the
water. One Of the men named Mckay badly
injured having his arm broken and being hurt In
wardiy. He was sent to Bellevue Hospital


At the time the collision occurred Captain Taylor,
OF the schooner John w. Dodge, lying the OF
ms vessel In Conversation with his brotherin.law
Mr. Simmons. The latter, herring the crash, sprang
to the side and lowered boat, IN which with
Captain Taylor and two Others from ship lying
alongside, he pulled hastily to the scene Of the
disaster They saw the men jump overheard but
did not see the rescue which was effected by another
boat which put out from pier No. 8. They cruisedi
about In the vicinity for nearly an hour and then
returned to the Dodge.
From the accounts given by all parties the con-
duct of those on board the steamship was very
strange, to say the least and such as might
have been expected from the skeleton crew OF q
verltabe Flying Dutchman. This is the second
disaster Of the kind In the harb0r within week.
and one may imagine from the facts that reckless
sailing has become an epidemic In the waters ada
cent to the City, In the same manner that shooting
ana stabbng ahrays have reached fever point In
the streets on shore.
Year: 1870

The laboring classes have finally resolved
to enter the political field, and are called upon
to enroll themselves in the ranks Of the ma
tional Labor Reform Party" The claptrap
which is to be the stock in trade Of the new
party is evinced in its high-souuding title.
The attempt to establish workingman's party
has been tried many times, and as often failed
ANONYMOUSLY. Such must be the fate OF the
movement started by the Cincinnati Labor
Congress, and the sooner the workingmen ca n
be made to appreciate this fact the better. IL
is impossible for any party to make great
Roadway without platform OF principles
which embraces all classes of citizens, and
has broad, national, not local interests, which
truths do not appear to have been considered by
the Cincinnati delegates. Another iatai oD-
stace to the success of this scheme ls the pro-
found ignorance Of the commonest principles
of finance, International right and justice
evinced by the fathers of the new party. Ii
the movement is to be engineered by such
demagogues the bantling may be considered
dead already; it cannot live under the charge
of such nurses. The affair is great political
blunder, and will undo most OF the good
already effected by the Labor Congress-
Year: 1870

Broadway in gallant style yesterday on its
way to Camp Jay Gould, near the West End
Hotel at Long Branch. The regiment incud-
ing the band and drum corps, was full six
hundred strong. All seemed in the finest pos
sible spirits, although they had been warned
by their bellicose Colonel, Fsk-who might
have been mistaken either for a jolly French
marshal of the Bazaine type or for an equally
fat and jolly Prussian general-that they were
marching forth, not on holiday spree, but to
camp of instruction.
Year: 1870

1t is stated that the delay In calling to-
| gether the Democratic State Committee arises
from the doubt whether it would not be best
to convoke the Legislature in extra session
and pass an act separatiny the State elections
from the Congressional elections. This point
Is under consideration by leading democrats,
with whom Mr. Samuel J. Tilden is now in
council at Saratoga. If the Legislature should
meet and postpone the State election till De-
cembcr there would be no necessity for State
convention to nominate till October, and
therefore it is assumed the State Committee
will not be called to meet till this point is
determined


At the last session OF Congress, it will be
remembered, several important laws were
enacted which affect the election probabilities
of nearly all the States, but especially of New
York. The law for the enforcement of the fif-
teenth amendment probably adds several
thousand votes to the republican party in New
York alone, and the law for uniformity
of naturalization throughout the Union
makes the frauds that have so generally been
practised previous to elections in this city al
most impossible These enactments the Dem
ocratic State Committee cannot combat, and
the effect of them rebounds inevitably for the
good of the republican party, especially in this
city. But one provision of the law, to enforce
the fifteenth amendment, was intended to SO
cure honest elections, aud this is the point
which the Democratic State Committee wish
to surmount--that is, if there is any truth what
ever in the statement. Although the provision
of course looks only to Congressional cleo
tions, still it would affect in some degree the
State elections held at the same time and
place, by force of example if not otherwise.
This is what the Democratic State Committee
would prevent. They do not want an honest
election. They prefer to carry things in their
own way as they have been doing heretofore.
AS they cannot do away entirely with Con-
gressional enactments they will take care
that they affect democratic interests as little as
possible. But the whole thing is almost ridi-
culous. The convention of the State Legsla-
ture in extra session and the passage OF sdch
an act would require time and expense, for
which the result, even in a democratic point
of view, would be no compensation. The
Naturalization law and the main propositions
contained in the fifteenth amendment law are
knotty points, which the democratic party
cannot get over, and they need not trouble
themselves to get the better of so trivial a
point as the one suggested, for the game will
not pay for the candle.
Year: 1870

The movement which was inaugurated some
time back by the young women employed in
the retail stores throughout the city, having
for its object the shortening of the working
hours, stands in great danger of being seri-
ously interfered with by injudicious counsel
lors. Long hours of toll, it will readily be ad-
mitted, are injurious, and the working girls,
in endeavoring to mitigate the evils which are
thus inflicted, have the Godspeed of very
large portion of the community with them in
their undertaking. To secure the results,
however, which they are aiming for, it is me-
cessary for them to act in such manner as
will command the respect of their employers.
Let them show, which no doubt they can, that
it will not entail pecuniary losses on those who
employ them if the stores which now keep
open until near midnight be closed at an earlier
hour let them point out the advantages to be
derived from the early hour system let them
prove that by limitation of hours they can
render more effective service to their business
during the time they are employed. By
the adoption of such course they will at once
place themselves in position which will claim
direct hearing from those to whom they render
service. This is the most practical way of
dealing with the subject The dry goods
clerks secured the advantages they now enjoy
by resorting to similar course. Employers
will, it is reasonable to expect, grant the re-
quests Of the girls if it can be proved they will
not be losers by so doing; and we think the
young women who are now working to secure
the short hour system can make satisfactory
exhibit on this score But while the prospects
are fair that the movement will be successful
it would be well for the workers in the cause
to bear in mind that success rests in their own
hands. All the preaching, theorizing and
haranguing of class Of individuals who live
on cheap fame and are to be found ringing
in in every popular movement can avail them


very little. They will retard rather than ad-
vance the cause. This the working girls


should fully understand. The matter rests


between the girls and their employers they
! alone should settle the question. The move


ment is mertorious one, deserving Of en-
couragement and, if managed properly, will


succeed
Year: 1870

THE BULLET AS A FRIEND OF THE LA
BoRER.-The National Labor Congress at Gin
cnnati is strangely exercised over the subject
of Chinese labor, and one delegate yesterday
said elf the ballot did not stop the evil the
bullet must" The Chinese at Tientsin took the
same view of European labor, and, with the
aid Of the bullet, effectualy blotted out ''the
evil in that par. of the Flowcry Kingdom.
Year: 1870

The STORM NEAR VALPARAISO. The storm
in the neighborhood of Valparaiso, full &C
count of which will be found on another page,
was one of the most disastrous occurrences
which has visited Chile in some time. The
loss of life, we fear, has been far greater than
is reported, and the destruction of property
will assume greater proportions than what it
is now set down at
Year: 1870

zens OF Boston will mover let DIE The simple inscription


Pro Patra the only line that informs the observer
what cause they fe for what their names
preserved and why they stand separated from all the
youth that have ever graced this city, from all the
youth that have drawn their knowledge from this an
the dead"


or the dead OOmmcmOrated on the occasion he said :


These men, far have noted the narratives
accessible To me OF their hyes all nd yduas In cir
cumsances where neither chance need carried them
into the conflict And they all OF that vast educa
and could not them To this upon any other
considerations than these which their COnsciences
approved and their intelligence accepted. And
when you find that of the youth Of mill
tary age that bad come out from this single
Boston school, 287 served in this war; and when
or permitting the material for military service (the
classes from 1850 TO 1850 that in those six classes there
was an average OF % Young from each that served IN
ts war aud that from single class ha OF 1882 there
were AZ soldiers in this must understand that
there was movement among the youth nurtured
pest ana most universal sentiment of duty
anu patriotism that could have thus
crowded them into the ranks OF our war.
Whatever then the country at large for its civilization,
or us SENSE OF duty, for its fOTtitude, its courage and
rs triumph may claim, these young in
tle OF Dy principle in the division shall be among the
oi thelr COuntrymen In the of this and
al iulufe tme Now, to have died then for country,
& suoi country, aud in such cause, apd upon such
choce that they would brave death rather than submit
10 degrading and retrOgressiye tendency I'm the age
ahu country l winch they lived, these sacrificed
ucT llNcS ihese men, these young men these boys OF


e aIh schoOl are entitled To tine perpetual deep
dcDcir pHeTiS'
Year: 1870

CoMPAktSON OF THE lMPURr5.
by an oversight our record of the imports OF last
week gave the total entries Of dry goods In mistake
Tor the imports. Tho following shows the foreign
Imports AZ New York during the past week and since
the beginning OF the year,
Year: 1870

Speaking of the late smashup the last
number of the Mckenzie Times says:


Train No. due at Mckenzie at 6:45 D.
one half mile East of the place Tuesday
evening. The baggage car broke down,
there was no fault in the track. The roof Of
the baggage car was torn of. The passen.
ger car for Memphis with SO passengers
was set up nearly perpendicular, two other
cars rolled entirely over. The express car
took fire and considerable mail mat ter was
destroyed. We have conyersed with Capt
Gardner, who was slightly crippled in one


leg with his usual commendable energy he
succeeded in extiDgushing the fire in the
mail car and made his trip through to Hiok-
man being back on time at Mckenzie next
morning. We also conversed with the bag
gage master who was badly brusied on the.
forehead and with one of the brakesmen
vino had q considerable slice taken out Of
his right hip as he was thrown from the door
to the middle Of the car. The missile that
struck him was red hot stove and he says
it reminded him considerably Of the time
when the gunboats used to throw iron lamp
posts and metallic cofins after him lie
tried TO think of something appropriate to
say when the stove struck him, but he could
only remember "now | lay me down to.
sleep" These brakesmen had better be
studying their prayers or something worse
than red hot stove will strike them one Of
these days.


Twenty five persons we learn were more
or less isjured but no one fatally, as far as
we learn Mr.. Jackson a resident of Dresden
and the present mail agent we understand
was more seriously injured than any other
person.
Year: 1870

duct both towards the government and tho
public has obliged. him to become an absentee
In order TO avoid prosecution, founded on .
multiplicity Of malpractices. Whatever may
eventually prove to be the real cause Of this
unusual proceeding, it Is to.be hoped that the
public mind may soon be relieved from the pre-
sent state of uncertainty.
Year: 1870

TIE ELECTION FRAUD WITNESSES Dis
trict Attorney Morris, over in Brooklyn, was
resolute to prosecute certain of the persons
concerned in the election frauds In that city
He had his cases all made up and his wit
nesses ready. The defence was very anxious
to get hold of the witnesses before the cases
should come to trial. The District Attorney
wisely concealed the names Of his witnesses,
however, until Judge Pratt gave an order from
the bench that the District Attorney should
give the names Of his witnesses to the defence
two days before trial. What is the result of
that order? Simply that the Witnesses have
been tampered with, and that when the cases
are called for trial the witnesses are always
out Of the way
Year: 1870

gress VIM let them alone. We are doing wen
enough now. We are paying the debt at the
rate Of nearly hundred millions year and
are approximating specie basis. Why, then,
disturb this state Of things? Too much legis-
iation Is an evil. 1t operates much as the
practice Of some quacks who physic their
patients to death. Let well alone should DE
the motto Of every member OF Congress.
Year: 1870

A DANGEROUS L0CALIrY.-The mardsrous
and cowardly assault committed upon Major
LELAND on Saturday night, by one Of those ruff
fans who prowl in the vicinity Of Prince and
Mercer streets, knowing that there is safe
asylum in the sporting crib" at that corner, is
but single example out of many which might
be quoted to show the extremely dangerous
er's refuge in question is well known to the
police, and this is not the first time that
rufIians have escaped them through its
friendly assistance. Any respectable citizen


may be assaulted in like manner il he venture
near this mnrderous locality after dark The
police are evidently afraid of its .denizens or
they would have been driven out of it long ago.
Year: 1870

The poor stranger who was found beaten badly on
the track Of The Erie Railway ana who was com
mtted to the county jail for alleged drunkenness
expired IN prison. at Hudson city on Saturday
night. Up to the moment Of his departure he was
unable TO reveal his name. Coroner Burns has the
case In nand now ana some light may be thrown on
the mystery IL Is universally believed that the ilaa
was murdered.