smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871




Evidently there is no such disturbing ele
mcnt in all our social chemistry as the Amer
lean citizen of African descent. The presence
of one young man at West Point whose skin
is only little whittier than the average Latin
hide. has shlkcn that time-hoaOrcd institution
TO its very foundations 1t rs not so much
the rows and squabbles and courts martial,
the excOriaton OF shins and the banging OF
heads with dippers, that deserve attention as
notable consequences of the introduction of
this new element into our aristOcracy. A far
more important and interesting result has
made its appearance in the Academy, II we
may trust the statements of conservative jour
ras who are in mourning for the glory which
has departed. Not to put too fine point on
it, they say that the intruding African has
exercised so powerful an influence upon the
susceptible CaucasiaDs who are nOurishing a
youth sublime on the banks of the Hudson,
ms to turn them into body of prompt and
incOrrigbc liars. A Democratic paper of this
city yesterday refers to the canker of false
"hood which has eaten its way into the vitals
"of the Military Academy and attributes it to
the baleful presence of this accursed son of
Ham.


We shall have to go hack and reconstruct
all our old d-fashiOned theories of human na-
ture The high-toned chivalry of Sparta could
think Of no better way of disgusting their
children with intemperance than by intro
ducing drunken IIclOt occasionally into the
family circle. We were frequently told in the
good old days of Slavery that the vices of
servitude were the best school of virtue to
@. I.
able to expect that when Cadet Smith adopted
the shOvel-tailed coat and the bell-buttons of
our sucking thunderbOts of war, the cXhibi-
ton Of his infiImities would paint the lily OF
our West Point pcrfectiOns. If he were liar,
they should have sworn q closer worship to
truth. If he were quarrelsome, they should
have adopted a sweeter dignity and courtesy.
If he were profane and unclean, they should
have robed themselves in more spotlesS purity
of walk and conversation. But If we may
credit the brolien-heartcd report of chivarous
officers and negrOphobic journals, mania of
unwholesomc emulation has burst out in the
Academy, and the proud Caucasians are in-
volvcd in n desperate attempt to out-lie, out
squabblc, and out-Cutlee generally the sable
brother who was to serve as a warning instead
Of an example


There is one singular charge made against
Cadet Smith in the journal we have quoted,
and that il, in substance that he is not Niger
enough. One of he instructors at the Acad-
emy Informs the journalist:


ITS ridiculous 10 think Smiths being cut because
q" ms negro blood The fault lies with himself aud his
own evl nature. when he here for the first tmo
iherc caho with him pure darby black the OF
hDlhes I"s latiaf ailod TO pass tho prelmInarye1 e1
Year: 1871

rbyming version Of David's Psalms. Whether
the stanchness of their faith in these
two points Of doctrine entitled them to rob
Mr.. Stuart and his friends Of the church they
had built was the issue brought before civil
court for settlement. Judge Williams's charge,
which was an exceedingly able one, bore heavily
against the want of moral or even legal justice
in the entire action of the Ecclesiastical Court.
The jury, however, were discharged without
agreeing, and the property remains in the
hands of Mr.. Stuart and bis friends.


The common sense of the country, however,
will find no such difficulty in arriving at
verdict on the matter. Whether a man sees
fit to worship his Creator on his knees or
standing, by feasting or fagellation, 10y sing
ing hymns or i'll silence and consrtiOn OF
soul, his mouth in the dust, is at the most
one of the lesser matters Of the law. But
there are requirements in which all mankind
recognize a divine ongin: justice, truth, the
high honor, the infinite love to our brother
man which Christ Taught Whether the Synod
of the Reformed Presbyterians choose to sing
HYMNS or psalms is a question which the world
treats with the Indifference it deserves;
but when they rush before the public to ylo-
lato the plain principles Of justice and every
day honesty for the sake of greedy acquisition
all good men must regret that they have so
far forgotten or failed to comprehend the
teachings of their Master.
Year: 1871

There is fresh encouragement for the thou
sands who are victims to inordinate appetites
for strong drink, in the sketch of the Wash
ipgton Home for Inebriates, which we publish
on the first page of the fy-sheet this morning,
The Boston institution differs from that at
R:npbamton in this State, which we lately
described, in that it is private charity. The
c,re of the thirst madness" is the same at
both places and it seems from the present
communication equally effective In Its good
work
Year: 1871

The Ku-Klux bill, amended in one import
ant particular only, passed the Senate by a
positive vote, and goes back to the House for
concurrence there. Of the immediate accept
ance of the amendments by the House there
ia no doubt, and there is already talk of ad-
journing on Monday. With this legislation
and the Deficiency Appropriation disposed of,
there is nothing to detain Congress.
Year: 1871

nize what n miserable existence of years of
alternate hope and despair they are entering
upon they would scatter their proofs to the
wind and stay quietly at home, retrieving
their losses in the war by more certain, less
anxious, and far less difficult industry than
dancing attendance on Indifferent and con-
stantly changing Congresses at Washington.
Year: 1871

English agriculturists and scientific men have
lately been making elaborate experiments IN
the culture of beet-sugar, melted thereto by
French success. An account of the results
reached is furnished by our London CORE
spondent, from which Americans interested In
the industry and the subject will learn that
the roots of English growth yield an amount
of sugar equal to those cultivated on the Con-
Year: 1871

wish them godspeed in every worthy effort.
The fact of their sex is no longer an obstacle;
it is powerful advantage. They will get
double credit for all they do bat they must
not make their sex sword and shield at once.
They will get much undeserved praise be-
cause they are women. Let them not like
wise insist on entire exemption from criticism.
Year: 1871

item Of all, that the adopted child shall inherit
It's adopterS estate to be leh 10 inference, as
against statute rights Of heirs at lawl The ex-
pressed statute right Of the adopted child is
found in the provision that his sdoptsr Is liable
frOm the day Of adoption to all parental duties
and obligations" Ibid To make even a loeiti-
mate child an heir is neither legally nor morally
parental duty. Neither the agreement nor she
Statute makes the adopted child an heir. Orn
children, meaning issue Of the blood even, can
not inherit to the exclusion Of legitimate heirs
1t is true that articles Of adoption are required
now, by special Statute, 10 be written; but the
Statute Of Frauds would have required written
memorandum Of such agreement, aud the writing
adds no new force to the agreement ITSELF


Finally, in regard to decisions Of this Court
supposed to affect this question; In the Al Chu
case, there was a will In the Abenela case,
which was merely at Hisi priss. without argu-
ment, claim under adoption was rejected for
want Of written agreement, and the Court there
go on to intimate o5ifer that if the agreement
were in writing, it would have the effect OF
will. But no opinion was given or required on
that point.


In the case Of the Estate Of His late Majesty
Kamehameha ", the Court, in beraco, say. that
Eholiho would have been "eutitled as the
adopted son to Inherit" even II he bad not taken
under will. But this also is a mere o5itsT die
tuul, and is hardly reconcilable with the actua
decision explained by their subsequent remark,
that the deseen. of the rest Of the property mot
reserved to the Crown,) must be governed by
the general law Of inheritance and distribution,
and Her Majesty Queen Emma is therefore en-
titled as statutory heir to one half" This last
point Was decided and the decision l regard
binding and conclusive in the present case as
against any but statutory heirs.


For these reasons, think the appellant is not
the heir whom the Court can or the law does
recognize. and that the sister, Mrs Writ, as sole
surviving heir, is entitled to take under the
Statutes of descent and distribution.


WIDENASS. J.: 1t seems clear to me that the
written articles Of adoption without any further
evidence Of the intentions Of the adopser. are
insufficient under the law and statutes Of the land
to establish title 20 inheritanes FOR the adopted
child


think therefore that the claim Of the adopted
child in this case should be rejected.
Year: 1871

ILLEeIBLE SIGSATUKEs--Whata q silly pedantry
that is that induces some little people to sign their
names so that no one can deeipher them. II
anything that man puts upon paper ought to be
bold and unmistakable, it is bis sigrature.


The habit of signing with hieroglyph spraug
up with people in high places-no credit to them
and those in lower places contracted it in aping
their bstters as usual, and thereby honoring the
character inherited from their Darwinian pro-
genitors.


Scores Of letters from conspicuous nobOdies
come under the eye, wound up with a cOngIomera-
ton of dashes and aourishes, that supPosing them
to be excusable as the signs manual Of bishops and
first lords. are absurd as the superscrptions Of
people Of no note. The eliminating point Of it,
consistency is reached when the name is written
so vilely that the writer has TO enclose bis card
TO tell you what it really is. Often the body Of
a letter thus signed is legibls enough, showing
that the correspondent has learned to write pro-
perly, and that his scrawly signature IS mere
afeetatiOn.


1t may be said tha. the hlsrogiyph prevents
forgery bu! this Is a bad argument, for the more
complicated a writing the easier can it be imitat-
ed. Far more difficult Is it to counterfeit sim
pie hand which bears, as all simple hands do bear,
a character peculiar TO him who wrote it.


The habit is quite unpardonable; and a nan
who puts puzzle in the most important part Of
his epistls ought never to be disappointed il be
gets no answer; for the time that could be given
to reply may be completely used up in dis-
entaugling the web that shrouds the name.
Year: 1871

SEcrs AND CREEDs defer, but there are no
dissenters from the general principle, that a
great medicine is a great blessing. We have
many of these blessings, but among them all, in
the province to which it belongs, no greater
than


Tarrants Efervescent Seltzer Aperient.
A column would not suffice to enumerate the
ailments for which it is prescribed by physicians
of the highest standing. 1t does not belong to
the class derisively termed patent medicines,
but is an article based on scientific analysis, and
will stand the test of the sharpest and most
rigid medical criticism a cathartic, stomach
ic, an anti-febrile preparation, and admirable
remedy for all bilious complaints. Let there be
no mistake. Secure the genuine article only.


SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
Year: 1871

NEW JERSEY editor has announced the death
OF bis uncle in Australia, leaving him a gold
mine and $4,000. His village contemporary
processes to regard the matter as plan cunning
ly devised to obtain credit for box of Collars
and a straw hat
Year: 1871

EVERY young man must be exposed to tempta-
ton he cannot learn the ways of men without
being witness to their vices. If you attempt to
preserve him from danger by keeping him out of
it., You render him quite unfit for any style of
life in which he may be placed. The great point
is, not to turn him out too soor, and to give him
a pilot at first.
Year: 1871

LADY writes to a New York paper to know if
it is proper-that is if it is lady-lke-to realate
by squeezing back the hand when a man squeezes
her hand. Mr.. Editor answers: : "Well, you
might squeeze easy, just enough to let him
know that you are not disposed to be mean
about it. But don't turn round and ask him
How is that for high p or he might think you
too forward"
Year: 1871

Here is pleasant incident that
shows the worth acknowledge; Frank
was playing about the we'll curb with
his bright new penknife in his hand,
when to his great sorrow, he dropped
heard it sining and saw it glancing
down the old mossy stones, and was
almost tempted to spring down after it
i'm his distress and vexatfon.:


As it was, he could only go into the
house and tell his grief to his mother,
who sympathized with him, and very
likely took occasion to tell him what a
good thing to be careful, and all that.


Uncle John sat by the window, and
when he heard about the. accident, he
asked: i'a


"Was the knife open?''


"Yes, sir; was making fiddle out
of a shingle." i


swell don't give UP until we see
what can be DONE"


So he took a small looking glass to
the well, and directed a bright sunbeam
to search diligently in the bottom for
the missing knife. -. - -.


"There it is uncle; oh, there-it islp
shouted Frank in great excitement
"I see the pearl Handle. Now if the
sun beam can only fish it up" he added
more sorrowfully.


Uncle John said nothing, but walked
into the house, and pretty soon came
out with large horseshoe magnet at
tached to stout string. Very carefully
he lowered the magnet keeping the sun
beam fixed on the knife, and presently
the magnet touched the bright STEEL
1t clung to the bar, and was literally
fished' up by it, to the great joy of
Frank, and the admiration of all be-
holders.


You see what agood thing little
science is.
Year: 1871

The New Orleans Picdyune tells the
story of printer, who, when his fellow
workmen went out to drink beer dur
ing the working hours put in the bank
the exact amount which he would have
spent if he had gone out to drink. He
kept to this resolution for five years.
He then examined his bank account
and found that he had on deposit s521..
S.. In the five years he had not lost a
day from ill-health. Three out of five
of his fellow wOrkmen had in the
meantime become drunkar6ls, were
worthless as workmen, and were dis
charged. The water drinker then


bought out the printing Office, went on
enlarging his business, and in twenty
years from the time he began to put by
his money was worth 100000. The
story whether new or old teaches les
son which every young mechanic
should lay to heart. ~
Year: 1871

The right TO worship, pure and deep,
To hush the storms of life to sleep;
To train the germ to manhoods bloom,
To smooth the pathway to the tomb
To feed the orphan, aid the poor
The warfare of the world endure;
First at our Savior's cross to meet,
To lave with tears that Savior's feet.
To fold an angels wings below,
And hover D er the cot of woe
To lay the Bethlehem labe to rest,
And pour a balm 0 er sorrows breast
First at our Saviors tomb to weep,
First IN the fields of faith to reap;
The right to suffer, and to pray,
To guide to Heaven the piIgrim's way.
The right to bless affections hearth,
And flower the rugged roads of earth
To cheer the saddened brow of care,
And paint the future realm, so fair.
The aged head with JOY to crown,
To call celestial iavors down;


TO teach aspiring, ardent youth,
The golden benisons of truth


Be this her golden, jewe ed pile:
TO save from sin by virtues smile;
This be her crown, her love built dome,
Her wreath of faith-a peaceful home
Year: 1871

MUsICAL-Among the thousand and one Pi
amos offered to the public, we scarcely know
any instrument so fully uniting all the de-
sirable qualities sought for as the Knabe
Piano The reputation of the Knabe Plan
os is an infallible guaranty of excellence.
In the houses of the most accomplished and
wealthy of our citizens, and in our best
seminaries and colleges, these magnificent
instruments may be found. Nor is this any
wonder, for, in purity, depth and constantly
of tone, they are unsurpassed. Their grada-
ton of scale is so exquisitely, and, at the
same time, comprehensively attuned, that
they are capable of expressing every emo
ton cf the human heart and soul Their
tone is exquisitely pure and unique, and so
even, sweet and sympathetic that it inspires
all who listen to it, while at the same time
the action is perfectly free, and the keys re.
sound to the touch with such sensitiveness
and intelligence, so to speak, as to make one
almost think that the mind of the manufac-
turer fingers in his work.
Year: 1871

SUGAR IN LoUIsIANA-The n. o. Plea
yune of recent date says:


THE acreage under sugar will be largely
increased above that of last year, and with
good season crop of2OOOOO hhds. or more
is not improbable. Many persons co=tem-
plate doubling their acreage, and number
of cotton planters have turned their atten-
tion to sugar. The prospects are now bright.
er than they ever have been for a return to
the former prosperous condition of the great
staple of our State
Year: 1871

The rejection of Martin Van Buren, as
Minister to England, made him President of
the United States and the removal of Sum
ner from the position he had SO long filed
to the satisfaction of his party, will make
Sumner the master of Grant instead of his
slave Gs proposed and demanded"


So mote it be.
Year: 1871

All persons desiring to vote in the election
next year must pay poll tax this year
that is, all between twenty-one and fifty
years of age. Those over fifty need not pay
any poll tax, nor those under twenty one
at this time, will not have to pay poll tax
this year. AL others must.
Year: 1871

a new military law has been enacted by
the French Government declaring the ser
vices of all Frenchmen to be compulsory, if
at any time called for by the Government in
time of military necessity
Year: 1871

COMING AT IT-A bill has passed the
lower House Of Congress repeating the tariff
on salt, COAL tea and coffee. Should the
Senate concur in the measure, the heart of
every poor man in the country will be made
glad
Year: 1871

Everything useful or necessary is cheap
est Wa king is the most wholesome exer-
else; water, the best drink and plain food
the most nOurishing and healthy diet. Even
in knowledge the most useful is the easiest
acquired.
Year: 1871

of the same size and general character as THE WEEKLY, but with Q greater variety of miscellaneous reading. and furnishing the news to its subscribers with greater freshness. because 1t comes twice Q week instead of once only.
Year: 1871

One Of the female lecturers, on womens
rights, who has not made it very profitable
has at last received an offer TO take charge
of branch of business in Illinois for which
she is eminently qualified, and all will re
joice at her good fortune. The proprietor
Of vinegar factory at Springfield has
offered her 5000, a year &c look into tb'
bung-holes OF barrels Of cider for him
The demand for cider vinegar is so grea
he cant I'll orders waiting for the oil
process Of souring.
Year: 1871

A young man becoming engaged recently
was desirous of presenting his intended
wife with ring, appropriately inscribed,
but being at loss what to have engraved
on it called upon his father for ADVICE.
Well, said the old man, put on when
this you see remember me! The young
lady was much surprised few days after
at receiving beautiful ring, with this
inscription; :" When this you see remem-
Der father"
Year: 1871

True AS pREAcHlNG.-No young woman
ever look 90 we'll to a sensible man as when
dressed in a plain neat modest attire, with
but little orlameAt about her. She looks
then as though she possessed worth in her
self, and needed no artificial rigging to
enhance her value. If young, woman
would spend as much time in improving
her mind, training her temper and cherish
ing Kindness, mercy and ether good quail
ities, as most of them do in extrs dress
and ornaments to Increase. their personal
charms, she would at least be recognized
among thousand--hcr character would
be read in her countenanco.
Year: 1871

The Tyler Index is clamorous for
a division Of the State. A certain
young man spoken Of IN scripture
was equally clanorous for a divis-
ion. Ills fate may be fcnnd in the
history Of The prodigaf son. Per-
haps The Tyler man would do well
to be warned by his example.
Year: 1871

Be moderate in all things,


Excessive in none,
In great things and small things
The king on his throne,
The soldier, the peasant,


May learn in a word,
To moderate the scepter,


The spade, and the sword.
Be moderate in eating, 49,
Nor sit at the board
Like q miser bent over
His long gathered hoard,
Be moderate in drinking,


Nor drain deep the bowl,
For health is at the bottom
In wait for your soul.
Be moderate in thinking;


The bow too long bent
Has never the shaft


To the mark with force sent.
BE moderate in friendship,


To all but a few,
And these to your bosom


Clasp, trusting and true;
If Poverty stands at


The door, you may test
BY the touch of his cold hand
Your bravest and best.
Be moderate in love


While you areardent and young
But if your hearts flame


Finds vent through the tongue
Let it be like On unsheathed
Patriots sword,
Ever ready to act


In accordance With your word.
Be moderate in censure,


Nor deem it unwise
Go shut on the faults


Of another your eyes
For If through n glass


His short comings you view,
He may look upon yours


With a microscope too.
Be moderate in getting.


For over much wealth
Insures not contentment,
Nor pleasure, nor health;
But blest with sufficient,
Give some to the poor
Enough if you Just


Keep the wolf from the door.
Year: 1871

The debate on the Army Regulation uill was
not brought to close unlil about IL O'Clock this morn


ing wheU the crowded state OF the Conservative benches
10y comparison with the attendance upon the ministerial
side mace the result OF the division longer doubtful


The probable defeat of the Government was
indeed alluded 10 by Lord Granville toward
the close OF his spyech Great excitement pre-
vailed during the division, as the cross voting
both sides rendered the exact mum
ber OF the majority doubtful up 10 almost the last mo
ment. -Four members Of the Episcopal Bench who re-


manned 10 the Gloss OF the debate all veted for the GOV