smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

The information we receive from New Mex
leo indicates that the military service in that
region Is in q sadly demOralized condition.
Last year q court martial was in session there
for over Eve months, occupied solely with the
trial Of officers Of the army. Among the cases
tried was one ofa captain charged with crimes
OF fraud, perjury, and rape, and coavicted Of
them all. The first and second lieutenants serv.
ing under this ornament TO the service were
likewise convicted ofperjury and fraud. The
convicts were cashieFed, and that was the end Of
il!


One lieutenant Of cavalry, stationed at one Of
the extreme Southern posts, was accused Of rob-
bing brothe officers hen roost The charge
was not sustained, however, owing, il is said, 10
the fact that the post commander issued instruc
tions TO the enlisted men forbidding them to
give any information on the subject. Another
ottcer at the same post was accused Of having
tempted private soldiers to swear falsely for him
and Of having been guilty Of petty frauds on the
Government Of the most contemplate charac
ter.


One way in which some Of The army officers
stationed on the frontier manage to sWindle the
Government is illustrated by a transaction at
post in New Mexico. The contract price Of
beef at that post was eight cents pound. An
officer who occupied the double place Of acting
commissaFy Of subsistence and acting assistant





post commander and post trader. a partner
ship for a speculation in beef, The way they
managed the thing was very simple. Tbs COM
missary rejected the beefofsred by the contractor
as unfit for use, aud the post commander approx
ed his action. Consequently the whole herd
was condemned after being examined on the
hOoG But the troops could not do without
their ratiOns, and the post trader, who had been
taken into the ring at this point stepped forward
and offered TO supply all the beef required at
twenty-five cents a pound. This liberal offer
was accepted, whereupon the shrcwd trader
bought the herd which had been rejected al
eight cents and sold il to his coniederates for this
Government at twenty-five cents pound.


The same officers are represented as exceed
ingy tyrannical toward the private soldiers
inhicting excessive punishment for triflinl
infractions Of discipline. In such circumstance
it is not strange that desertons are very frequent
And il The truth were known, we fear ihat
would be found that decentralization and tyrann,
on the part Of officers are one Of the chief cause
for the enormous number Of desertions from III
army which are reported every year.-N. Y
Son.
Year: 1873

The newspaper is just as necessary to
tit man for his true position i'll life as
food or raiment. SHOW us ragged,
bare foot boy, rather than an ignorant
one. His head will cover his feet i'll after
life if he is well supplied with ncwspa-
pers. Show us a child that isseager FOR
newspapers. He will make the man Of
mark in after life if you crafty that de-
sire for knowledge. Other things being
equal, it is rule that never fails. Give
tho children newspapers.
Year: 1873

At the late Clayton County (Ga.,
Fair, Hon. B. H. Hill delivered an
excellent address on Southern Politics.
and in the course Of his remarks
spoke as follows:


Now, 1 affirm, it is cheaper for you
to raise your own provisions than to
have them brought from the West,
and given to you at the nearest depot
free Of all cost and charges How is
this =? In the first place, if we raise five
millions Of bales of cotton, we will
get no more money foi them than we
would get for half that number. Then,
out of the same amount realized you
pay for raising the five millions, Just
double cost of production Half the
the labor and supplies employed in
raising supplies without reducing the
value of the cotton crop one dollar.
But half this labor would raise more
than you needed for supplies. You
could employ much Of it, also, in en-
ricnng your lands, and improving
your property in many ways. Then
you would come to the end Of the
year with your. cribs full of corn,
your smoke-houses full of meat, your
family full Of smiles, yourselves full
of independence, and your pockets
full of money for uavestmcnt And
how would you invest it? In cotton
factories on the waterfalls which God
sent all through your country to run
spindles. This would make you in
dependent Of Old England and New
England. Then, also, you would
mine your own iron and make your
own implements of 'husbandry, and
this would make you independent of
Pennsylvania foundries and Massa-
chusetts workshops. In a word, every
improvement would be built up in
your own country, and all the profits
of those improvements would go into
your own pockets.


Go on as you are'now going, ma.
king cotton your chief crop and
slavery is the door ~"nr children
Year: 1873

An exchange copies the following cor
rect and comprehensive answer to the
above question, and urges every child, as
we'll aa grown person, to commit it to
memory, to be recited as often as prac-
ticable:


A gentleman is not merely person
acquainted with certain forms and eti-
quette of life, easy and self-possessed in
society, able to speak and act and move
in the world without awkwardness, and
free from habits which are vulgar and in
bad taste. A gentleman is something
beyond this; that which lies at the root
of all his pleasing is the same spirit
which lies at the root OF every
Christian virtue. 1t is the thought
full desire of doing in every in
stance to others as he would that others
should do unto him. BE is constantly
thinking, not, indeed, how he may give
pleasure to others for tue mere sense
of pleasina. but how he can show
resneot TO others-hOw he may avoid
hurting their, feelings. When he is in
society, be scrupulously ascertains the
position and relations of every one with
whom he comes in contact, that he may
give to each his due honor, his proper
position. He studies how he may avoid
touching in conversation upon any sub
iect which may needlessly hurt their
feeHngs-how he may abstain from any
allusions which may call up disagree
able or offensive association. A gentle
man never alludes to, never even ap-
pears conscious Of any persons defect,
bodily deformity, iuferiority of talent,
Of reputation in the person in whose
society he is placed. He never as
sumes any superiority to himself never
ridieules, never sneers, never boasts,
never makes a display OF his own power
or rank or adyantsges-such as is i'm
p6ed in ridicule or sarcasm or abuse
as he never INDUCES in habits or tricks
or inclinaiions which may be offensive
10 others.
Year: 1873

must be confessed that in this very
gorgeous array she looked like a
beautiful picture. Before she left the
house some members OF the family, more
sensible than herself, endeavored to in
duce her TO change her dress. No;
Beauty would not do i'll


She sailed forth.


A few blocks from her house a certain
dashing young foreign officer met her,
IL did not for one moment enter his
thought or imagination that any respect
able girl could, would, or should enter
the public thoroughiare in such attire,
and doliing his beaver, he accosted her.


The insulted beauty burst out crying;
then, like Niobe, all tears, she ran
along the avenue, home againl home
againl" as fast as Atalanta of the winged
feet.


Startled and amazed, and convinced
that he had made one grand mistake, the
young man retired in great confusion,
and stayed in his hotel the rest of the
day, heartily ashamed Of himself. He
did not commit suicide, but it is said
that he " thought of il"


Beauty has packed away the scarlet
cloth and black velvet dress, and will
never, never, never do so again She
says il will do for fancy dress, File
du Regiment, or something ofthat sort, "
and admits that she was wrong not to
have so decided before.


A quiet style for the street is the first
law Of good breeding and of true fashion.
Let modes vary as they may, that prin-
ciple is as immutable as the law of the
Medes and Persans.


Let the black be rich the brown be
dusky almost in its depth, the purple a
yelled haze, and the blue scarce peroepti-
BILE; but no warm" or hashy" wine
colors, no cafe aulait, no light tea-eolor
for the street. 1t is not triumph when
the boys turn and compliment audibly.
My eye, Jim is not a compliment.
Dinah and her friends may see it in that
light, hut the true lady never will.
Year: 1873

Waiter. and had defended themselves They held that
tho whole affair could not amount TO more than the
simplest assault They were therefore, discharged and
they assert their intention 10 bring suits against Waiter
and Schmidt for false imprisonment.
Year: 1873

EDITORS CHRONICLE {: There is Ger
man living at the western end of the bridge
over First Creek, on Cumberland street,
whose industry is so marked and so patient
and toiling that can't refrain from call
ing attention to the circumstance, not so
much to give him notoriety as to indicate
what persevering industry may accom-
plish.


He is a hard-working man, and depends
upon his daily laborfo subsistence. At
ter the blowing of the whistle he hastens
to his home only to renew his labors in
another form in fixing up his premises.
There he tolls until night overtakes him.
At the break of day heis again found with
his implements busy as ever, and working
on until the whistle takes him to his regu-
lar duties. The amount of work accom-
plished is fabulous. He is shaping up and
making attractive one of the worst looking
lots in the city, and in few days more he
will have luxuriant garden on it.


From this instance of industry we may
enforce most salutary lesson to the effect
that every man, by using economy, and
being industrious, may acquire comfort
able home and living.
Year: 1873

Honest reform may be defined as a
desire for purity and loathing Of cor
ruption. The definition holds equally
good whether applied politically or
socially. Either as regards fallen
man or woman, or a corrupt party in
politics, reform signifies rejection of
wrong and adoption Of right. Reform
knows no servility and bends to no
party. It is independent. In the
same way that the late speeches of
Governor Booth may lose him the
Republican vote and fail to obtain for
him the sympathy Of the Democrats,
50 reform stands alone. 1t commands
respect, il it wins no admirers. 1t in
sists on its own goodness, though it
perish at its birth. The problem to be
solved by the Independent Journalist
of to-day il, whether he can live aloof
from the slough Of corruption, which
has hitherto supported so many pseudo
organs of public opinion. Prudence
and discrimination are the essentials
of a journal that would keep its fame
unsullied; vigor, energy and capabil-
ity must be its characteristics. As it
is with a journal, SO is it with a man,
and men make up parties.
Year: 1873

Very short and terse, but we'll wOr-
thy of study, is the following little
brochure from the pen of a great finan-
cial writer in the east. No COMPARE
son of railroads and real estate jObbery
could he shorter or more to the point:


at is easy to sit here in New York,
beside piles of money earned and
owned by somebody else, ar near bales
of merchandise, the creation of the la
Dor of others-it is easy to sit as some
of our didactic bankers do, and tell of
imitation caused by building railroads.
The transportation system Of the cOun-
try has made New York city what it
is-has converted the upper portion of
this island from sheep-pastures into
building lots priced at near $oOO, ,OOO
per acre, average. This is positive in
fiatiOn. The values moved hither by
railroads enable our rich men to enjoy
their purple and fine liuen, and 1t is not
evidence Ofgood sense that they should
decry that which puts costly mansions
over their heads and makes possible
the luxury of comfortable city life.
Year: 1873

THE Express has honored the ap.
pearance of the first issue of the HER
AID by devoting large portion of its
space to the utterance of very kindly
sentiments. Starting on new ca
reer, unknown, unheralded and fight
ing an uphill battle, such words are all
too welcome. The HERALD does not
forget that the words of the article re-
ferred to are carefully weighed and de-
liberately chosen. Sincerity stands
out boldly in every congratulation,
and the welcome, If a guarded one, Is
yet very warm. For the good wishes
extended to them by their respected
contemporary, the editors of the
HERALD return unqualified and
hearty thanks.
Year: 1873

Present indications are that the
financial storm has done its fury. The
shore is strewn with remnants of shat
tered financial barks. All storms
drive away the noxious vapors and
purify the air. The probability Is that
the law holds good in regard to finan-
cial disturbances, and that soon the
troubled waters will be stilled, and the
financial air clear; that order will rule
out of chaos, and the business of the
country be placed on q firm basis.


The stock bubble has bursted as a
thousand bubbles of similar general
nature have done before. Any attempt
to obtain money, to render paper firm,
when there is no value received back
Of it must of necessity be failure.
Laws, failure, the Mississippi scheme,
the paper expansion preceding the
French RevOlutiOn--all are instances.
The government of the time, and the
laws bolstered them up as best they
could, their machinatOrs concealed
the absence of value received back
of their paper; but all was useless
the bubble burst as it always will
sooner or later.


Money represents value of some
kind. You may make pretended
value; you may call a dollar, mill
lion, but 1t makes not il a million.
Every dollar becomes but millionth
part of q real dollar. You may buy
stocks until they sell for hundred
times their value, but when return in
terest is not commensurate with their
price, they must fall--the bubble must
burst.


But what effect will the panic have
upon currency and gold? A difficult
question. Gold will probably approach
currency In its value. While securities
were falling rapidly, and bankrupts
were being made by the score among
those who held other stocks, currency
and governments kept their position,
varying no more than under the Or
dinary demands Of trade. While other
securities went up and down like
footballs, currency and governments
stood strong, partaking but in a slight
degree Of the general uneasiness. A
currency thus strong in troublesome
times must soon, in quiet season, ap-
proach gold value.


1t is q false argument to point to the
east, and conclude that's gold currency
is the only safe currency. The recent
panic had nothing to do with currency,
except 30 far as to disturb the stocks
upon which currency is based. This
panic was panic of stocks not of cur
rency, differing in this from that OF
1857, which embraced both stocks and
currency. THIS panic would have Oc-
CURED no matter whether the medium
of currency was gold or greenbacks.
Year: 1873

1T WOULD almost seem as If the fates
were conspiring to try the patience and
ability Of the HERALD, by depriving
us Of our telegrams. Two and three
columns Of dispatches will alter the
appearance of the HERALD wonder
fully; and no severer trial was ever
vouchsafed to new journal than the
subjecting 1t to severe criticism on its
two first issues, without al item of
news from the wires.
Year: 1873

We have on sale and to lease we feel c4iitid mt
of success, and that Ia half the battle Won.


Our motto is onward and upward with the
watchwOrt, Know Thyself, the wien Ne
study. 80 We tatter ourselves that
Year: 1873

THE Parkersburg Times says it was
Senator CALDWELL (not Senator Gun.
NINGHAM) whose vote defeated the re-
moval OF the Capital, and it takes his scalp
accordingly. The Register calls attention
to the fact that the vote Of the Senate re-
fusing to order the previous question on
the Capital bill is reported to have been 2
to II, and that Senator CUNNINGHAM's
vote would not have ordered the main
question il it had been in the affirmative.
II that be true, the Senator's vote alone
did not defeat the bill; but that does not
excuse him for voting against putting it
to vote when its friends were trying to
do that as the only possible chance of pass
iug it,


ltsGems that MIR. BLAKEMoRE also play
cd double game on that question. Be-
fore the recess he is reported 10 have said
to the friends Of removal that he was in
favor OF the bill, aud at the close of the
session, after the most urgent legislation
had been enacted, he would vote for It.
When brought to the scratch, after dodg-
ing to escape voting at all, he voted
against,
Year: 1873

The rehersal for the Musical Festival TO
commence on the 9th day Of May, are
now occurring frequently and arc OF the
most satisfactory nature. Professor Sin.
ger, the representative Of Theodore Thorn
as, highly Commends the efficiency Of the
Cincinnati chorus. Workmen are busily
employed in getting the exposition hall
in readiness for the great musical event.
The sale Of season tickets commences
Monday.
Year: 1873

The GREAT FIRE IN HAVANA By special
correspondence from Havana we have COM
plete report of the origin, progress and conse-
quences of the great fire which occurred just
lately in the Plaza del vapor, in that city. 1t
was a terrible disaster, involving, as will be
seen from our despatch, the loss OF a number
of lives and the destruction Of large
amount of property. The scene at mid
night was frightful in the extreme,
an explosion of gunpowder adding to
the terror which was felt by a popula-
ton already suffering in consequence Of the
advance of the flames and a want of water.
Measures looking to the relief of the afflicted
families were adopted with promptitude. 1t
was suspected that the fire was the work of in
cendiaries but it does not appear that the sus-
picion can be supported by nroof
Year: 1873




Now that the iron heel is removed from
the breast of France the opposing parties are
expected in some quarters, to fly at each
other with dangerous vehemence. As yet
no such expectations have been justified
The fact is that the causes which have pro-
duced hesitancy on the part of the monarch
ical majority in the Assembly to 60 to ex-
tremes were not, at any time, dependent on
the presence Of the Germans. On the over
throw of Thiers they would have proclaimed
the monarchy within month if they had
had belief in their chances of success. 1t has
become quite clear that the fusion is not o
compromise between sections Of the monarch
lists, as q bargain between the Comte de Paris
and the Comte de Chambord. The former
will find it as difficult to bring over his fol-
lowers to the white flag of the
Bourbons as Carl Schurz found it
to bring his German admirers over
to Horace Greeley. The Bonapartists feel that
they have been made a catspaw by their error
of aiding in the overthrow of Theirs. The
Napoeons have made their great strokes by
coming after the hepubllc Never by aiding
the establishment of the monarchy can they
hope to bring themselves nearer to power.
The conviction is settling deep in the hearts
of the monarchist leaders that every step for
ward they take beyond their present position
will be false one. They must call forth all
the force Of tyranny or be prepared for q
bloody effacement of their rule. The men
who are willing, with the history of the last
ninety years before them, to take this risk are
growing fewer and fewer. When Theirs aban-
doned the monarchy he did so because he
believed the monarchy impossible. De Broglie
and Pasquier will come to this way Of thinking
in time. The republicans have only to be firm
and watchful and to wait. They have been
held in hand by their leaders wonderfully,
and, despite the talk of fusion, their enemies
conspire to give the future to the Republic.
Year: 1873

necessary to recall some Of these which would
be acceptable to the American people. Charles
O'Conor is q lawyer of profound learning,
great experience and unimpeachable in
tegrity. The constitution would be safe
under his rulings. Mr.. Groesbeck, of
Ohio, though often heard of in political
circles, is, in reality, statesman "a public
man who does not desire public Office. Judge
DAILY, of the Court Of Common Pleas of this
city, is among the most eminent men on the
Bench and lawyer of sound judgment


Apart from their legal learning, the personal
purity of these men commends them for the
Office. Not stain has ever blotted the repu-
tation of any of them, and all that can be
urged against them is that they are not mem
bers of the republican party. This is not
party Office, and party lines are not to'be con-
sidered for q moment in the appoint
ment of Chief Justice; but in the
republican party there are many men
as eminent for learning and integrity from
whom the President can choose. We ore not
yet prepared to say that we have any special
preference in the matter, and all we demand
is that the new Chief Justice shall be in
every way fitted to the high office and
that he shall be appointed Immediately.
The President can win honor by wise
and speedy appointments he will only obtain
reproach by further delay. There is no longer
any room for pretexts. 1t will not do to urge
that the Senate may not confirm the Presi-
dent S choice if the Chief Justice is nominated
so long before the meeting of Congress No
Senate, however base, would dare to reject
men like those we have named The Presi-
dent can select some other man whom the
Senate would not dare to reject. We have
already said that there is higher power in
the confirmation of Chief Justice than the
Senate. If the people confirm, the President
need have no fear; but if the people reject,
the President will be disgraced in the appoint
ment and the Senate in the confirmation.
The nation would be disgraced if mere poll
tician we're named at this critical juncture of
our history for head of the Supreme Court of
our land and the President would be justly
condemned by the honest voice of our whole
people. Anxious as we are that the place shall
be speedily filed, we are equally anxious that
General Grant shall do honor to himself and
his country in the performance Of this duty.
Year: 1873

have seized great many cities and towns, in
imitation Of New York, where it was on the
most stupendous scale, and now one exposure
is following another. The contagion took
deep hold of the officials in the neighboring
cities across the Hudson-Jersey City and
Newark. Let us hope these developments,
made through the vigilance of the press
chiefly, will have good effect in purifying
the atmosphere of official life everywhere.
Year: 1873

THE CELEBRATION YESTERDAY in this city of
the twenty sixth anniversary of the surrender
of the city Of Mexico to the United States
army was successful in every respect and was
worthy the metropolis We are glad to record
that the speeches delivered were in excellent
taste. While the orators properly recalled
the brilliant achievements Of our troops in
the contest with our sister Republic nothing
was said that could be considered as offensive
to our former foes. The orators of the occa-
sion advocated the cultivation of feeling of
sympathy and brotherly Kindness toward
Mexico and expressed desire to see her
overcome all her difficulties and prosper by
the friendly side of the United States. That
this feeling was INDUCED hy the gallant men