smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1870

Do those who are accustomed to speak
sightingly of the Paraguayan war ever re-
feet upon the misery beyond telling, which
has fallen upon that people, not upon one
nor many, but upon all? There were nine
hundred thousand people there FIVE years
ago; two thirds of these have fallen BY
famine, disease and battle; and, should the
war continue, the whole race will perish.
Five years ago they were prosperous and
progressive, building railroads and telegraphs
and ships, and improving and rebuilding
their cities and towns Now their chief
cities have been laid waste, their capital
sacked, and their is not to-day home in
Paraguay which has not been made desolate.
To whom is this chargeable? The allies say
to the aggressors OF Lopez; the Paraguayans
to the ambition of Brazil Lopez claims
that he was compelled to fight in selfpre-
servation The allies declare in all their
public documents that the war was for the
vindication Of their outraged honor. But
they have occupied the capital of Paraguay
and one-half her territory; they have des-
troyed two-tbirds of her population; they
have taken possession of the chief rivers,
and they have brought upon the country
misery and desolation that surpass descrip-
ton. Why, therefore, does the war not
cease? Clearly because the claim that it is
only for the vindication of national honor,
and to obtain indemnity for the past and
security for the future, is like the treaty Of
the triple alliance, of which 1t is the pream-
ble-a fraud and delusion. No better
proof that Paraguay fights for her very ex
istence is needed than this one fact-that
the war still continues. In the face of this
the fair promises of the triple treaty, and the
hoDeyed words of the allied writers about
civilization and progress and liberty, and the
other specious phrases which are commonly
used to defend all false causes, cannot be re-
ceived By honest men nor accepted by up
right governments as explaining either the
origin or the objects of the war The war
is for conquest and absorption by Brazil;
and to permit such conquest and absorption
is contrary to the received and traditional
principles of American policy. We have
assumed the role of protector of the Ameri-
can republics. We played it with success
and honor in regard to Mexico. We en-
courage by popular sympathy the struggle
which Cuba carries on to gain her indepen-
dence Yet both the Government and the





people survey with indifference the magni
fcent fight which Paraguy has maintained
lor yelong yeara to preserve the indepen-
dence which she CALAMITY conquered half
century ago; and this independence, won
from Spain, is threatened by a monarchy
far less enlightened, whose dominion will be
fatal to the development of Paraguay, and
to the progress initiated there eight years
ago by this very ruler, whom it is the fash
ion among certain interested parties of more
or less standing to denounce as barbarian
and a monster unfit to live III T. He
4Nqhan, 4, Harper's Maga=tae for february
Year: 1870

!


ROUGH ROAD TO TRAVEL.


Each exploring party will have a special
telegraph wire Of his own, connecting with
the ships, which it will erect as it goes from
place TO place, day after day. The expIor-
ers will then be in constant communication
with the commander, and there will conse-
quently be no danger Of any one Of the par
ties falling victims to starvation in the will
derness, as did many Of Strains expedition
The region to be trayersed is very mountain.
Gus, and the ground is a complete net work
of underground, so thick and strong that it
would be impossible to make any progress
through it without the aid of the axe. The
Indians, who may at certain points prove
troublesome, are said to be of warlike na-
ture, and although under the nominal CON
troll of the Columbian government have
never been conquered by the white man.


The expedition will, as has already been
mentioned, endeavor to conciliate these saw
ages by presents, but at the same time each
party will 60 well protected and thoroughly
armed, so as to be prepared for anv treach-
cry on the part of the dusky inhabitants
along their route, The distance from the
point where the expedition will start-CaIe-
donia Bay-to the Savanna river is forty
miles, and after they shall have made their
way to this stream the men viii follow its
course to the bay of Darien, where the
United States steamer Nyaek, which win
leave the Pacific squadron in proper time,
will be in readiness for them. It may be
mentioned that, besides the Savannah, the
river ChauQuanaque flows through the re-
gion through which the explorers will pass,
and it is believed that it has water enough
to keep canal well supplied.


Is a CANAL ACROSS THE IsTHaIUg POSSIBLE?


The officers of the expidition have not
the slightest doubt but that they will be
able TO establish line Of levels and reach
the Savannah river in safety, though not
without great deal of suffering and hard
ships. The Chagres fever, it is said, plays
havoc with stranger" at all times of the
year on the Isthmus, and this alone viii be
as formidable an enemy to 6gbt as the saw
ages-should the latter see fit to be belliger-
ent


Commander Selfridge does not believe
that depressions in the mountains win be
discovered of Sufficient extent to suit the
wants Of well constructed canal, but he be-
Geves, nevertheless, that the canal is feast
bility, and that tunnels of five or six miles
in length could be cut through the noun
tains if suitable depressions are not discoy-
cred
Year: 1870

DOW U. :. Senator, and was called to the


bar in 1852. 10 1853 he settled in Ciaarfieldi,
and is now in the enjoyment Of very large
and lucrative practice


As a popular speaker, he has few equals,
and, perhaps, no superior in the State
His manner is graceful, his voice is power
full yet susceptible ofevery degree OF modu-
lation, his style ornate, but clear and logical,
and the impression he makes on his audi
enee always pleasing and convincing. in
criminal cases, before jury, he is one Of
the most effective speakers we have ever
heard


He has had large experience at the bar,
having been engaged 10 very many grave
and important cases. Our own people win
not soon forget his conduct of the case of
the Commonwealth VS. Lena Miller, who
was indicted for poisoning her husband,
where he was assigned by the Court to as
sist the District Attorney, and procured
the first verdict ever rendered in America
where chemical investigation failed to End
arsenic in the. stomach The experienced
scientific experts brought here paid him the
high compliment Of saying that it was the
best tried case in which they had ever been
called to testify. His recent defense Of
Morrison, where be almost wrested from
the jury verdict of murder iu the sec
ond degree, when everybody supposed his
client could not escape the gallows, and his
prosecution Of Ball for the murder of Job
Sheath, who was convicted Of murder in the
first degree by the force of his concluding
argument, with many other eases we might
cite, ell attest his superior ability as a Grim
inal lawyer.


In the civil courts he has been no less
successful 1t is not long since he conduc-
ted a case in the United States Court, before
Judge Nj Candless. against some of the
Oldest and ablest land lawyers in the State,
the trial of which lasted twenty seven days,
and during which all the points be made to
the Court were affirmed, and the verdict
was in favor of his client The land In dis
pute is worth quarter Of a million of dol
lars. His argument in the contested elee-
ton case of Robson VS.. Shugart, made in
the hall Of the State Senate, his annual ap-
pearance before the Supreme Court, where
be has been uniformly successful, all bear
witness to his ability and experience as a
civil lawyer. We have every confidence
that his duty to the Government will be
be earnestly and faithfully discharged, and
that President Grant, the Senate and the
people of the district will have no cause to
regret his appointment Rqftsman's Jour
sa13
Year: 1870

One by one the sands are flowing


One by one the moments fall;
Some are coming, some are going,


Do not strive to grasp them all
One by one thy duties wait thee,


Let thy whole strength go to each
Let no future dreams elate thee,


Learn thou FIRST what these can teach
One BY one, bright gifts from heaven,
Joys are sent thee here below
Take them readily when given,


Ready, too, to let them go,
One by one thy griefs shall meet thee,
Do not fear an armed band
One will fade as others reach thee.


Shadows passing through the land.
Do not look at life's long sorrow,


See how small each moment S pain;
God viii help thee Tor tomorrow,


Every day begins again.
Every hour that fleets so slowly,


Has its task to do, or bear;
Luminous the crown, aud holy,


II thou set each gem with care,
Do not linger with regretting,


Or for passing hours despond
Nor, the daily toll forgetting,


Look too eagerly beyond,
Hours are golden links, Gods token
Reaching Heaven, but one by one,
Take them lest the chain be broken,
Ere the pilgrimage be done.
Year: 1870

EE Human affections are the leaves,
the foliage of our being; they catch every
breath, and in the burden aud heat of the
day they make music and motion in sui
try world. Stripped Of that foliage how
unsightly is human nature.
Year: 1870

THE CONTESTED EIEcT1oN.-Owlng to the
continued fndisposition of Judge Guigon
there WAS no session of the Hustings Court
yesterday, and the crowd assembled to
hear the decision In the contested election
dently expected that the Judge will be on
the bench this morning at IL O'Clock, and
that the decision will then be made known.
Year: 1870

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.-Yes morning q
colored man named Madison James, work
man at the Tredegar Works, had his right
hand so severely mashed as to render an
amputation of all the fingers necessary. a
piece of iron had gotten in the machinery,
and in The endeavor to get it out his hand
wns caught between the rollers.
Year: 1870

General Cox. in leaving Office, thinks it
his duty to the general demand of the fol-
lowing correspondence, and has, therefore,
furnished it for publication


Staten ISLAM -Oct12, 1SzO.-,


MI DsAh Civ neIr Congress adj
Journed IN the summer 1 was credibly in
formed that somewhat systematic effort
would be made before their Ieassembling
IN the wlter, TO force change in the poll
cy have pursued in the Interior depart
ment. The removal of the Indian service
from the sphere of ordinary political pat
ronage has been specially distasteful to
many influential gentlemen in both hou-
ses, and IN order to enable you to carry
your purpose out successfully, l am sat
lshed that you ought not to be embarrass-
ed by any other causes Of irritation in the
same department Ny views of the ne
cessity OF reform in the civil service have
brought me more or less into collision
with the plans OF our active political man
ayers, and my sense OF duty has obliged
me TO oppose some OF their methods of ac-
ton through. the department I have no
doubt whatever that public sentiment will
sooner or later fully sustain these efforts
at what regard as needed reforms but
l ought not 10 overlook the fact, for the
present that they involve opposition which
1t may not be for the interest of the Ad-
mlnlstrauon TO provoke, and as my per-
sonal tendency is TO be rather moro or
less persistent, in which course 7 am COM
mitted, l deem it my duty to place in
your hands my resignation of the Office Of
Secretary ofthe Interior, TO take effect as
soon as you can conveniently determine
my successor. The annual report of the
department VIII be made out at an early
date. and for this and other reasons l be
heve that the interval prior 10 the ad-
joulned session oi Congress the fttest for
such a change


81 trust you will permit me to add that
the original acceptance OF the position was
as interference with tie plans of life form
ed, I think, with prudence, a return TO
my private business. so far from being an
Inconvenience or d disappointment. will be
only carrying out what have most desir-
ed TO do, as soon as it could be done, with
out embarrassment 10 you, or sacrifice to
the public duty. The indications that
you might be already troubled by sugges-
tions on the subject have induced me TO
write AT once, without waiting. my return
10 Washington. With sincere assurances
Of my strong desire for the complete sue.
cess OF your administration,


/ remain, truly, your ob't servant,


Tt tba pras;1ank
Year: 1870

The following paragraph, contained in
the last installment of Mrs Stoves serial,
"Pink and White Tyranny" N the No
vember number of Old and New, is mod
el of condensed wisdom:


"There comes time after marriage
when, husband. if he be anything Of a
man, has something else to do than TO
make direct love to his wife. He cannot
be on duty at all hours TO fan her, and
shawl her, and admire her. His love
must express itself through other chan
nels. He must be full man for her sake,
and as a man, must go forth to a whole
world of interests that takes him from
from her Now what in this case shall a
woman do whose only life lies in petiing
and alteration and display ?"
Year: 1870

UNDER tariff for Revenue The whole
tax imposed would be paid into the Fed
eral Treasury But it is fact so aston
ishing that We SHOULD hesitate To state Il
on any authority less reliable than thai ci
David A. Wells, late Commissioner of
Revenue, that under the protective" sys-
tenn now existing, in order that q revenue
Of forty-one millions should be raised for
the treasury the people are taxed eight
hundred and ffty-two millions If the
people want continuance Of this rob
berry let them vote for Republican Con-
gressmen, and they will be sure to secure
II
Year: 1870

At Monte Video, meat is now preserved
in large quantities for export, by a process
which is thus described. a pickle is made
containing So per cent. of water with by
drochloriC acid, glycerine, and bisulphite
of soda and in this the meat, cut into
Jumps of from FIVE pounds to fifty poundo
weight, is soaked for some days. When
taken out, it is busted over with dry hi
sulphite of soda, and is closely packed in
alright boxes, in which it will keep sweet
for years, and can be rendered fit for use
at any time by soaking in bath of cold
water in which small quantity of-vine-
gar is mixed
Year: 1870

A rich but honest couple IN Florida
lost their only child, q boy of several sum
mers. Personal search proving useless,
they advertised for him IN the daily pa
per. That very afternoon an alligator
crawled out of the swamp and died on
the front door step. In his stomach were
found handful Of rod hair, some bone
buttons. a glass alley. brass barreled
pistol, a bed cord, Sunday school book,
pair i of gum boots and umbrella. Adver-
tising did it all. It's no use for an alliga-
tor that has murdered to defy the power
of the press. 1t will bring him from the
bottom of the Pacific ocean if necessary -
Marietta Times.
Year: 1870

We find the following article in The
Index, weekly paper published in Tole-
do. devoted to Hds Religion. Being con
tnbuted by well known citizen of Can
ton, we transfer tito our columns, presum-
ing that it will interest some of our read
ara
Year: 1870

This case has been submitted on briefs
and arguments, and in view of the fact that
both parties are equally anxious to have it
disposed of, it is surmised that the Supreme
Court will finally decide it at this term.
Year: 1870




The Skating Rink will reopen at the
New Theater on the 18th inst. The rink
has been vastly improved since its close
during the summer months. The walls
and gallery facings have been repainted
and papered. One of the smoothest and
most elegant pine flooring ever laid in
Nashville has been put down, and addition
al comforts for visitors and spectators have
been provided. The rink will be opened
under auspices that will insure a season of
brilliant success, and unbounded enjoy
ments to the hundreds that will be in at
tendance. 1t is the intention of the
managers to spare neither pains nor en-
pense in making the institution and keep
ing it all that it should be- Shortly after
the opening, We learn that grand csrni-
val will be given for the delectation Of our
citizens and the SkatistS
Year: 1870

now complete in every department of the
trade. Our Goods viii be found most
elegant and superb, unexcelled and un-
rivalled in excellence, embracing Foreign
and Domestic Fabrics of the Choicest and
test designs, being mostly hand. made
and warranted in every instance to give
entire satisfaction. We earnestly invite
the attention of all who desire good goods,
which are manufactured with q specia-
view to first-clsss retail trade.
Year: 1870

The Courier very dogmatically as
serted that the verdict Of not guilty,
in the case Of Mcfarland, at New
York, commands the approval of all
good men" The New Albany I edger
takes different view of the subject.
1t says:


We are greatly surprised that any
one shall calmly, and deliberately ap-
prove the verdict that has set the
prisoner free in this case, for such APP
proval involves directly the sanction
of principles subversive of law and
order, and direct license for private
revenge. To approve the course of
Mcfarland is to approve the action of
the mob that takes out an offender
and hangs him without judge or jury
1t is to make every man the judge of
his own injuries, and bid him, while
smarting under his lacerated feel
ings, to then and there decide as
judge upon the facts of his dis
honor, and become the executioner
that shall avenge the crime that has
been committed against him. This
is contrary to all the principles of ju
risprudenee as practieed In civilized
nations Butamong the statute laws
of no nation under the sun do We find
that death shall be the penalty for Sc
duction in its most aggravated forms.
No legislator would dare to vote for
placing such a law upon the statute
books. No jury would brig in a yer
diet of death against any man for the
seduction of another's wife. Why
then is it that this depraved public
sentiment obtains that gives license
to ignore all law, aud invest one man
with power to slay and kill without
let or hindranee, it is difficult to con.
ceive. That this depraved sentiment
is stronger than law is seen in the
fact that no judge is strong enough in
nerve to set aside such verdicts as
that which sends forth Mcfarland
frep
Year: 1870




For COP OR FoR SfLF.--Tho following


incident illustrates the broad difference
between working for our own glory and
for the glory Of God ID


\ certain king would build 2 cathedral,
and that the credit Of it might be all his
own, he forbade any from contributing
to its erection in the least degree. A
tablet was placed in the side of the build.
ing, and on it his namo was carved, as
the builder But that night he saw, ia a
dream. an angel. who came dow.i and
erased his name, and the name of poor
widow appeared in its stead This was
threa times repeated, when the enraged
king summoned the woman before him
and demanded, "What have ,you been
dong? and why have You broken my
commandment The trembling widow
replied, =" love the Lord and long to do
something for His name and fo- the
building up Of His church. Twas forbid.
den to touch it in any way; SO, in my
poverty, brought wisp Of hay for the
horses that brought the stones" And
the king saw that he had labored for his
own glory, but the widow for the glory
ofGod, aud be commanded that her name
should be inscribed upon the tablet.
Year: 1870

out parallel in the history Of this
country,


He recommends the appointment
of separate Commissioners to adjust
the Tennessee, n. c.. and Maryland
boundaries of the State, and that the
penitentiary be remoddled or sold and
a new one built. That institution is
almost self sustaining and can be
made to yield revenue to the State.


lie concludes his Message in the fol-
lowing words: in obedience to the
law, in the maintenance Of order, and
the performance of all tie Duties at-
pertaining TO good ctizenshfl M HE
people of Virginia challenge coInpari-
son with any State iii the Union.
Everywhere within the broad limits of
the Commonwealth every citizen Is
safe, with life. liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness. Emerging from the
terrible ordeal of u four years baptism
of blood, and stripped of everything
save their incorruptible honor, the
people of this Commonwealth have
again resumed their place in the Union
of their fathers, with an earnest pur-
pose and fixed determination to full
fill all all the obligations of American
citizens. More cannot be required ef
Them, and less they will not perform.
Year: 1870

paradox must be true-that an ice-
bearing current may raise the tenn
pefature OF region. Labrador has
really warm friend i'm the lev cur
rent which clings to its shores for
though the mean ANNUAL temperature of
that country is but thirty-two degrees
stlll, according to Mr.. Croll's showing
THIS would he reduced by no less than
y degrees were the polar stream to fail.
Though cons derable uncertainty
necessarily exists regarding the data
used, yet the general results arrived at
OF the enormous influence of ocean
currents on the climatic conditions of
the globe in distributing the heat re-
ceived from the sun cannot be materi-
ally affected, and almost warrant the
conclusion come to-by Mr.. Croll-that
without ocean currents the earth would
not be habitable.


These discoveries appear to Mr..
Croll TO throw new light on the mys-
terry of geological climate. Were the
currents from the eqator northward to
be turned off, the Northern hemisphere
would speedily pass into state of gem
eral glaciation. Such n DETECTION of
the currents, it is believed, might take
place by change in the eccentricity
OF the earth's orbit. A high condition
of eccentricity would tend to produce
an accumulation of snow and ice in
the hemisphere, whose winters occur
in aphelion, while exactly the op-
posite effect would take place i'm the
other hemisphere, which has its win
ters in perihelion. Then, since the
trade winds ow their existence main
ly to the difference of temperature
which exists between the polar and
equatorial regions, it follows that the
trade winds of this colder hemisphere
would gaeatly exceed those of the
warmer in strength, and would impel
the warmer waters of tropics entirely
over into the opposite hemisphere, in
the same manner as the southeast
trade winds of the present state of the
glote, from the Southern (colder)
hemisphere, now overcome the north
eastern; and aid in transferring a lar
ger share of the equatorial waters to
the warm currents of the Northern
hemisphere. a similar condition of
things to that which prevailed during
the glacial epoch would then exist in
the one-half of the earth, while eli
mate equal to that which geologists
know to have prevailed i'm this hemis-
phere during part of the Miocene pc
riod, when North Greenland enjoyed
climate as mild 9s that of England
at the present day, would reign in the
opposite hemisphere.
Year: 1870

IN the Tennessee Legislature several
resolutions with reference to new
state have passed frat reading. Two
of them propose the establishment of
the State of Frankland out of East
Tennessee and the third one proposes
That portion of East Tennessee east of
the Tennessee River.
Year: 1870

RE1URNED.-Col. George w. Kirk.
late commander of the North Carolina
Militia, has returned to his home in
this p'ace.-Jonesboro' Ftdg,


And for work in which Kirk par
ticipatcd, the Legislature of n. C. IS
about to send Holden home also.
Nothing but federal interference can
save him from mpeachment-and
nothing but special and further use
of divine grace can save both of them
from the devil.
Year: 1870

/.
The wind came up, the wind came down,
And over the garden wall;
Why should pretty maiden frown
Ita lover choose to call?
The rufiled roses bowed their heads
In a shower Of fragrant dew;
But under the skies you couldn't surmise
Which way the sweet wind blew.
It's hey, for tossing buds and leaves
When the winds Of morning blow!
Tell us how long lover grieves
When maiden answers-No!
For another step was at the gate,
And the hearts that met were true;
BY many sign you could divine
Whcih way the sweet wind blew!