smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1871

The following pen picture of South Car
olina KukluX is by III. V. R., of the Gin
cinnati Commercial, who is at Spartan
burg, and writes from actual observation:


In the cells on the lower floor are some
bona fide kukluX. There are nineteen of
them, and it is the gang that has been COM
mitting all the mischief in that uilfortu
nate county for the past two years. They
came in, gave up their arms, and surren-
dered, even before one of them was cap
ttIred. As< +


Their cells open into narrow hall, and
this hall is "fenced in'' at each end by a
heavy iron CRATE. AS we approached this
CRATE, they all swarmed out of their cells,
and came to it. There are nineteen of
them, and all but three have made a full
confession. The remaining threeare mum,
doubtless thinking that whatever may be
their fate, nothing can be gained by q con-
fessiOn of crime; so they are sullen and ST.
lent. The rest, however, are quite talka-
tive, and give in their experience" in
rough, nngrammatical language.


As they SwarmeG out to the CRATE, |
thought had never seen a more unprepos
sessing set of men. They are all young,
below medium size, and of the lowest grade
of poor whites" They are the lower
type of the lowest class of Southern poor
whites. You may pick up a gang of ne
groes at random, and you will have a bet
ter looking set of men than these Spartan
burg kukluX. Their ignorance will be bet
ter understood when | state that sixteen
of the nineteen can neither read nor write.


They. say that they came in and gave up
because they were tired of the business,
and because they could not fight the whole
United States army, which they under
stood had been sent into South Carolina.
They seem to regard the State as having
been invaded by a second General Sher-
mans army, and that death was their pOr-
ton if they did not, surrender. They try
to shift the responsibility of their opera
tiOns for the past two years upon promi-
nent Democrats, of Spartanburg county,
whom they accuse of putting them up to
the dirty work and driving them along.
They acknowledge to an ALLIANCE" be-
tween the Democratic party and them
selves, but complain that all the heavy
work fell upon them. Theyrsay that when
campaign was going on, they were
kept so busy that they had no time to at
tend to crops. None of them own land,
and what farming they do is on the tenant
system. They affirm the object of the ku-
klux organization to be to either drive the
negroes out of the country or to kill them.
They did not propose to go into wholesale
slaughter; but only killed one now and
then, so as to aid materially i'll soaring
others off. They most positively declare
that the prominent Democrats of Spartan
burg county were at the bottom of the dia-
bOlicals business, and they propose to
"blow'' on the whole thing, giving names
and all, when the proper time comes.
This accounts for the stampede of I'm
fluential citizens' from that county. ,E5-
Year: 1871

There is no such thing as menial oiice
wlen you put true man into it. menial
Office is an office with a mean man in it /; and
it makes no difference whether it is kings
or a scavenger's Office
Year: 1871

Father Thy wonders do not singly stand
Nor far removed where feet have seldom strayed
Around US ever lies tho enchanted and
In maryels rich to thine own sons displayed
In finding thee are all things round us found
In losing thee are all things lost beside;
Ears have we, but in vain strange voices sound
And TO our eyes the vision is denied
We wander in the country far remote,
Mid tonbs and ruined piles in death to dwell
Or on the records OF past greatness dote,
And for buried soul the living sell
While on our path bewldered falls the night
That ne'er returns us TO the fields Of light


JogEs VERY
Year: 1871

EDUCATION FOR PRETTY GIRLS. Pretty
girls, unless they have wise mothers, are
more educated by the opposite sex than
their own. Put them where you will,
there is always some man busying himself
In their instruction and the burden of
masculine teaching is generally about the
same, and might be stereotyped as follows: :
"You don't need to be or do anything.
Your business in life is to look pretty, and
amuse us. You don't need to study you
know all by nature that woman need to
know. The only sense you need is lovely
nonsense. You are, by virtue of being a
pretty woman, superior to anything we
can teach you and we wouldn't for the
world have you anything but what you
are"-Pink and Whae Tyranny.
Year: 1871

THE supernumerary officers Of the army
have been formally mustered out, as the
law of last summer provided. Now let
us have inquiry and reform in the matter
of retired officers. There are numerous
officers of the regular army who have
been retired on their volunteer or brevet
rank, and who are drawing from $500 to
$4,000 more pay than they would earn if
they were doing service on the active list.
This is doubtless pleasant enough for the
retired officers, who for aught we know
earned rank and pay too; but the govern
ment cannot afford to be generous before
being just, and it is not precisely just to
pay better for performing nothing than
for doing something. This is an abuse
resulting from hasty legislation, and Con-
gress ought therefore to hasten to remedy
Year: 1871

Miss Catherine E. Beecher is certainly
mild enough in her language regarding
woman suffrage. She Gays that suffrage
may possibly be attaiped at some remote
period, but that at present efforts for the
elevation Of woman should be directed
otherwise than toward the ballot-box.--
Mrs. Livermore. on the other hand, pro-
claims that the ballot must be striven tor,
even if it were striving of five thousand
years duration.
Year: 1871

WHERE THERE Is A DEMOCRATIC MAJOR
1rY.-The following very good one is
related by the Chico Rerie,o OF the llth
instant:


On the morning after the late elec-
ton, in Chico, some of the Democrats
wore terrible long faces as tHe result
came flashing over the telegraph wires.
A Democrat who lives IA few miles from
town, and who. by thu way. was one
of those earnest Democrats who was not
sfraid to smell powder in defence of the
South during the rebellion. came into
town. and Was told of the bad news 10
The party. He immediate ly replied:


That is nothing, rose every morn
ing for four years during the war and
beard worse news than that Another
remarked to him that he was dissuSted
With the result and desired to sell out
and emigrate. Where wonld you go
tor was the sharp query. TO h"
answered the sorrowiul one. I" That is
about the only place where you will
End Democratic m,iority.'
Year: 1871

\ young girl, fifteen years old,
shot herself through the heart, in
New York. on Monday night last,
because a woman threatened to dis
charge her for stealing piece Of
silk to adorn her bonnet. The
child was an orphan, living with
her uncle. She implored the wo-
man not to tell him OF her fault,
but the latter was inexorable.
Rather; than meet the shame and
disgrace Of exposure. she shot her
self with q loaded pistol which she
found her .uucle's trunk. Moral
Steel not your heart against the ap-
peal for mercy.
Year: 1871

NEW YORK, September 6.-The Paris cor
respondent Of the London Ielegr'dDh of
August % says: 1--WE had yesterday by far
the most exciting scene in the Assembly
that | have witnessed since the deputies
met in February last. Question was disso-
lutiOn of the national guard. NJ. Meux
made an excellent and practical speech,
very cOnciliat6ry, but not sparing plain
truth when it mad to be told After
Vicomte Meux, rose Theirs, who never be-
fore, in my opinion, appeared at such an
immense disadvantage. From the very
first he went dead against majority, and
certainly two-thirds of the chamber, and
almost without deigning to offer any arg1l-
ment in favor of his own views, he stated
broadly that the executive alone was Judge
as to when or how or where or in what
measure the national guard should be dis
armed. He was at first almost hooted
down, and retorted by telling the right
centre and left centre that if they did not
respect themselves, they ought to respect a
man whom they had placed as chief Of the
executive department. This deplorable ex-
bibition ended by the curt declaration on
the part of Theirs, that if the Assembly did
not on his question vote as he wished, he
would at once resign his position. That a
man of Theirs parliamentary experience
would even dare to transgress in such a
way the first rules of a constitutional gov
ernment, seems alike incredible and incom-
prehensible.


If the Assembly could have tanely taken
such fOgging, and, like so many naughty
children, submit to be put in corner, and
Year: 1871

that upon a measure upon which deliber-
ately assert that all Frenchmen, except
those who look to a revolution as the future
pauacea of French troubles, are of one
mind, and may make +their adieu to all
ideas of parliamentary or constitutional
government in France. We took much in
this land off the ex-emperor and his faults
Of policy, but am certain that in the most
paliny days of the empire NJ: Rouher, or any
other prime minister, would never have
dared to attempt to command lead is not
the word) the Corps Legislatif, as Thiers
did yesterday. An impartial locker on at
passing events in France mast, fear come
to only one conclusion respecting the pres
ent state of affairs. There exists among all
classes a deplorable want of moral energy.
The people Of France are now divided into
two grand classes-those who wish for order
at any cost or sacrifice, and think it their
duty to work hard in graphing with Diff
cult questions, and those who desire revo-
luton. Only by regarding the positions Of
these two extremes may tie extraordinary
problem of the last four months be solved
Year: 1871

There was private and special meeting
in the Mayors parlor yesterday, at twelve
O'Clock, in relation to the opening of MORGAN
street.


It will be remembered that, as the open
ing of the street would neces>itate the re-
moval of the Levee Steam Cotton Press,
opposition was made, and the matter was
tried in the Fourth District Court. By con-
sent, Judgment was rendered in favor Of
the cotton press company against the city,
sustaining the opposition of the company,
for 100000.


Yesterday the last difficulty in the way OF
opening the street was removed, the last
one of the owners of the cotton press hav-
ing assented, the city agreeing to pay S20,-
600 down in ten per cent bonds, at seventy
five cents on the dollar The notarial act
will be signed ON Monday next, and the
Administrator OF Improvements is to COM
mence opening Moreau street on Tuesday
next,
Year: 1871

LATEST NEWS FROM ALL POINTS
ADMIRAL LEE AT WASHINGTON
STATISTICS OF TOBACCO CROP
PRODUCTION OF FERMBNTED LIQUOR
SOUTH CAROLINA KU-KLUx
THE SIR ROBERT PEEL AT SEA
DEATH OF A LAW BOOKSELLER
NATIONAL SONS OF TEMPERANCE
HOP GROWERS EXCITED
THE PARTING OF EMPERoRs
Year: 1871

The revival Of the San Domingo annexa-
ton scheme, and the expressed determine
ton Of the. fund Of the Administration
side Of the question to force favorable
action during the coming winter,
excite good deal of comment here.
1t Is evident that while many Con
grcssmen viii vote for annexation
merely because it has been made an admins
tration measure, there is a large majority
in Congress opposed to it, and 1t is thought
the proposition will get less support than
heretofore. 1t is reported now, in well-in-
formed circles, that tie new treaty for the
annexation Of San Domingo, which will be
submitted TO Congress early in the season,
will call for no appropriation whatever, but
that provision will be made by private per-
sons and corporations to pay off the debt of
the Republic, which has been regarded as
amounting to aboat I million and half of
dollars.- Wash. Cor y. /. Times.
Year: 1871

The following graphic passage is from
the description Of u scene witnessed by Mr..
Campbell and his party in the north Of
Norway from a cliff one thousand feet
above the sea: "Thc ocean stretched
away in silent vastness ut our feet; the
sound Of the waves scarcely reached our
airy lookout; AWAY ia the north the huge
old sun swung low along the horizon, Ike
the slow beat Of the pendulum of the tail
clock Of our grandfathers parIor corner
We all stood silent, looking at our watches.
" hen both hands came together at twelve,
midnight, the full round orb hung tri-
umpIantIy above the wave, Il bridge Of
gold running due north spanmed the water
between lis and him. There he shouc in
silent majesty. which knew no setting, we
involuntarily took off our hats; no word
was said. Combine, if You can, the most
brilliant sunrise and sunset you ever saw,
and the beauties viii pale before the gorge
Gus coloring which now lit up ocean, heaven
and mountain. In half an hour the sun
had swung up perceptibly on his beat, the
colors changed to those of morning, fresh
breeze ripplcd over the flood, one songster
after another piped up in the grove behind
uI-we had slid into another day"
Year: 1871

Last week we stated that the widow
Lawrence, residing in the vicinity Of f.
Spencer, few miles west of our city post
Office. had been burned out, losing every
thing. She told the story so well that all
believed it. Investigation demonstrated
Year: 1871

IN recent article on the political
prospects for 1872, tho New York Ere.
ming Post classed Pennsylvania among
the States upon which the Radicals
could confidently rely. The editor of
the Huntingdon GioJe, who is MEM
ger of the Radical State Central Com
mittee, doesn't quite agree with the
Post in this matter. He says: ave
want Andy Curtin to come home. He
is the only man to rally the people and
save the State from going over to the
Democracy. The hearts of the people
are not with Cameron or any of his
dogs.n
Year: 1871

THE newest Yankee suggestion Is
that of compelling people to go to the
polls and vote, fining them for absence.
A compulsory life appears to have great
charm for a genuine Yankee-but his
greatest delight is to compel others.
Year: 1871

In one of the courts, a few days
since, man was testifying regard.
ing his connection with a case where
offers had been made to him to- club
a man, but he declined the job. With
great solemnity the counsel asked,
as if anticipating high moral sense
for the refusal, why the witness did
not commit the assault. "Well, sir"
was the candid reply, ''I'm little
lame, and I was afraid the police
would catch me.n
Year: 1871

In Lynchburg, Va, a distinguish.
ed member of the bar, appealing to
the court for the discharge of his eli.
ent, wound up with the statement
that if the court sent him on further
trial, stain would be left on his
character which could not be washed
off by all the waters of the ocean,
and all the soap which could be man.
ufactured from the ponderous car
cass of the communwealth's attor~-
ney. To this the ponderous atter-
ney replied, that 'while he deemed
it foreign to the case at the bar, he
desired to advise the court If they
thought it advisable to boil his body
into soap, they should look to the
opposite counsel for the concentrated
lye out Of which to make itp'
Year: 1871

A story i told OF man in COnnec'lru,
who fell from the root OF a liye-~tuN
building to the sidewalk; hut rs he struck
on the thick soleS OF his rubber shoes. H.
bounced back within quarter of an inch
the distance decreasing NJ each Journey
He subSided on hash enclosed in rubber
balls, which he managed 10 catch ON lfr'
bound, and at the end of month Wa
stopped and restored To his family
Year: 1871

A year had passed since the intro
duction, and Mr.. Ford was at his villa
for the shooting once more He found
considerable changes in his host. and was
rather inclined to be more hopeful abont
his bet. In the first place. the old dress.
ing gown which Mr.. Frank had been in
the habit OF wearing. had been discarded
for Christian gentleman's dress; the
shocking bad hat was amongst the things
which had been; his hair and beard were
neatly trimmed, and he did not walk
about the village in slippers like Grip
pie. He gave little recherche dinners
and held card-parties. He escorted Miss
Beauchamp. on her errands OF mercy
amongst the poor, and did his best to as
Year: 1871

The Chicago papers inform us that
the body of q woman found floating in
the river some Ii me ago, has been eX-
humed and identified as that Of Mrs.
Mary Pyne, one Of tiie most beautiful
and accomplished women in the city,
but Of extrayagent habits. In q lecture
that she once delivered on the subject
Of women" shespOke quite eloquent
~ OF the social evil, and in this part Of
the topic uttered tine following bit Of
mingled philosophy and wit; lam in
favor Of a parable Of the prOdigal
daughter Perfectly willing that when
the prodigal son returns from the
husks which the swine had left, that
he should be treated To all the fatted
calves and kids I'm the barDyard in the
country home; that heshould be cloth
eG I'm fine raiment, and sparkle with
Jewels / insist that when the prOdi
gal daughter returns she should have
at least little spring lamb and mint
sauce" This most unfortunate lady
is said to have been exceedingly witty,
a remarkably good story teller, a fine
reader OF poetry, which she could re-
cite from MEMORY by the hour, and,
indeed one Of the best cOnversatiOnists
i'm Chicago. Several years ago she
was insane. It was doubtless a return
OF the malady which caused her sui
eide.
Year: 1871

] hOuldu JufiOSltJ "A Strange DtOfl /.


They have very nice people over at
the HOwland House. They are the


creamOf Philadelphia society, but some
of them do very queer things An af-


fair has just leaked out which is n lit


tie out of the way Of the hest regulal-


ed families. l am sorry To- bring an


action against one of my own sex.


The curiosity of Eve brought all the


trouble we have i'm this world upon


us, and from that day TO this nothing


stops q woman when her curiosity is


once up, especially if she is curious to


know something about herself her


husband, or her lover. Only hold n


secret in your hand, and it's like a


bunch Of catnip To a eat, she will


Jump, frisk, and frolic around, aud


never give up purring until she gets


it. The story is this: A husband was


i'm the habit of visiting Chamberlain's


Cottage, which is the resort of a great


many fashionable gentlemen. The


wife heard in some way that lie was


fairly enchanted by the game, and


was a heavy loser. Woman's curiOsi-
ty was exercised to see the game her
self, and by some device to cure him
of his passion. She brOached the mat
ter 10 her brother, but he could sug-
gest no way. She made a eonfidant
OF a lady friend, who proposed they
should visit the house and confront
the husband at the table. For week
and more the subject was gravely coll
sidered, when it was resolved they
should disguised themselves in gem
tlemen's clothes. How to do that was
the next thing. The lady's brother
was Obliged to leave in a day or two
for Philadelphia on business. Heleft,
and, having the key to his room, the
ladies soon found the wardrobe desir-
ed. Disguised as two fashionable
young men, they entered Chamber
lain's splendid saloon abOut ten o'clock
in the evening. Fortunately, for
them, quite crowd of persons were
the tables. The lady took
position so as to look her husband full
in the face. Throwing down n ten
dollar bill, she said, "Ten dollars on
the red. The husband, whose mind
was so intent OH the game, had not
been attracted by the new cOmers un-
til he heard the voice. When he rails
ed his head he saw it was his wife,
With wonderful self-cOmpOsure, he
settled his account and left the house.
The lady won her first turn, and, fol-
lowing the example of her husband,
left, as she came i'm, with her cOmpan-
ion, unnOticed. She Joined her hus-
band, for he was waiting for her out
side. / have only to say that he was
deeply mortified, and promised to turn
over a new leaf. WOman's curiosity,
you see, has done some gOod.-LORg
Branch correspondence Of the N. y
advertiser.
Year: 1871

Let the child have a simple, good
name and let him make it flIustrious
il lac can. Let il be remembered that
the great names gave no glory 10 the
great men who bore them. The men
made the names glorious but it Is q
glory which cannot be reflected.
Year: 1871

himself back and forth in the limited
space, as il he were walking down
Broadway, full rugged metropolitan
belle.


And so on Till We rolled into the de
pot and I placed myself on the other
car opposite the stranger, who with a
pOrtmanteau in each hand had de-
scended and was Standing on the low
er step, ready Ia jnmp onto the plat
form.


I looked from his face to the faces
Of the people below us, but saw no
sign Of recognition. Suddenly he cried,
'there they arer' and laughed out
right; but in a hysterical sort Of way,
as he looked over the crowd.


/ followed his eyes, and saw some
distance hack, as ii crowded out,
shOuldered away by the well dressed
and elbOwing thrOng, little woman
in a faded dress and well worn hat,
and with face almost painful in its
intense but hopeless expression, giane-
ing rapidly from window tp window
as the eOachesrolled in.


She had not yet seen the stranger (;
but moment after she caught his eye,
and in another instant he had jumped
To the platform with his two pOrtman-
teams, and making hole i'm the crowd
pushing one here and one there, and
running one Of his bundles plump in
b the we'll developed stomach Of a
venerable looking old gentlemen in
spectacles heriIshed To the place where
she was standing.


! think l never saw = face resume
so many different expressions in so
short a time as did that Of the little
woman while her husband was on his
way 10 her She didn't look pretty
On the contrary, she looked very plain,
but sOnleway | felt big lump rise in
my throat "a watched her She was
trying 10 laugh; but God bless her, how
cOmnleteiy she failed i'm the attempt.
Her mouth got into the position, but
IL never moved after that, save 10
draw down the corners and quiyer,
while she blinked her eyes 80 fast that
/ suspect she only caught occasional
glances Of the broad shouldered man
who elbOWed his way SO rapidly to-
ward her.


And then as he drew close and drop
ped his everlasting pOrtmanteaus, she
lh1E NbAAA eAADhAAA
her back toward him and covered her
face with her hands. And thus she was
when the strong man gathered her up
IN his arms as if she had been a baby,
and held her snbbing to his breast. n
There We're enough gaping at them
and / turned away a moment, and
then ] saw two boys i'm theadbare
roundabouts standing near, wiping
their eyes and noses on their little coat
sleeves and bursting. out anew at ev-
cry fresh demonstration on the part of
their mother. When looked Mt the
stranger again he had his hat drawn
down over his eyes, but his wife was
looking up at him and it seemed as if
the pent up tears Of those weary
months of waiting We're streaming
through her eyelids.
Year: 1871

the Housea bill to require Sheriffs' fees to
be prepaid in all writs from other coun-
ties than their own. While this Bill was
going from the Senate to the House it was
passed by another bill coming from the
House to the Senate repeating the very
law the Senate bill enlarged! The Judici-
ary Committee of the House is called the
slaughter pen ;;"hnd "the massacre of the
innOcents7 is fearful in the Senate Judici-
ary Committee.


The candidates for Public Printer had
better go home, or if at home had better
stay there. The general laws of the pres
ent Assembly, old Squire Barry could
print in a day, and then have plenty of
time to play his usual ten games of seven
up. There will be no money in the public
printing for this session. or, to use print
ers' slang, there will be no " fat" Bax-
ter's circular, if it does not procure the con-
viction of Jones, Purvis & Co., has certain
ly saved money to the State, by calling at
tention to the loose system governing the
public printing. The present Legislature
will stop all leaks in that department.
Public printing has played out" The
country ing" had better sell out again
if they can get lid. Yours TRULY.
Year: 1871

the sale, but it was worth more than double that
amount, some of the agents having sold the
cotton for % cents per pound, when the market
price was IS cents. 1t is not known what steps
the Government will take in the matter, the
course not having been decided upon by the
IreasurY officials