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ft t K i if, I V T-.r?-s ;f-T-V : it Vol. XXIII. No. 50. RALEIGH. NORTH-CAROLINA, WED NESDAY. OCTOBER 14; 1857. Whole Number 1200. 9 1 M II r T - - - II I- .xx -. r. !.- Ill II .1. AY rrl N I Ts T TVT rf"T VI I mm mmm Vr..- - . ?r,)i.s -ri . ' ' : i THE glortj)-nmlimi ia7 WILLIAM W. HOLDENj Editor and Proprietors . TrANK. I. WIXSON, Associate Editor." TERMS OF THE WEEKLY Two Dollars per annvm nvariablv in advance. TERM'S OF THE SEMI-WEEKLY Four Dollars per annum, invariably in advance. All papers are discontinued at ike expiration of ike tithe for which they have been paid. Terms of Advertising in the Semi-Weekly Standard. . . Our regular rates of advertising are as follows : One square, (14 lines or less) first insertion, - $100 Each subsequent insertion, - - r - - - - . 25. Longer advertisements in proportion. 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HOLDEN & WILSON, State Pbinters, AXD AUTHORIZED PUBLISHERS OF THE LAWS OF TUB UNITED STATES. Raleigh and Gaston Railroad. A meeting of the directors of this Road was held in this City on Tuesday last present, Dr. W. J. Hawkins, President, and Messrs. Alfred Jones, Geo. W. Mordecai, G. H. Wilder, John G. King, Thomas Miller, and Allen C. Perry. We learn that a dividend of six per cent. wa3 de clared for the past year, amounting to about $58, 000, of which the State will receive about $30,000. The sum of $6,000 was also carried to the sinking fund of the Road, which is now about $28,0C0. This fund is accumulating for the purpose of discharging the debt of the Company of $100,000. The debt of the Company at this time is, therefore, really only $72,000. We learn that the current expenses of the Road for the past year were $98,000, and the extraordi nary expenses, on account of repairs between Gas ton and Weldon and the Gaston bridge, $66,000. The income of the Road the past year was $204,000, being an increase of about $21,000 over the preced ing year. But for the extraordinary expenses referred to, a dividend of six per cent, would no doubt have been declared for the fiscal year preceding the one which his just expired. The Road is now in excellent order the freights and travel are increasing; and its marked prosperity furnishes the best evidence of the able and energetic manner in which its affairs have been conducted. We learn that the Gaston bridge has been so far completed that the cars are passing over it, meeting the Petersburg cars. The understanding was that the old Greenville Road was to be repaired and laid with heavy iron as soon as the Gaston bridge was finished, or as soon thereafter as practicable ; but there are no indications yet, we learn, of the con templated and much needed improvement in the Greenville Road. The $30,000 above referred to as the State's por tion of the Raleigh and Gaston dividend, will be the first item of income of the Sinking Fund authorized by the last Legislature. If the North-Carolina Road should declare a dividend, during the ensuing winter or SDrine. of six per cent on the State's million of preferred stock in that Road and the general im pression seems to be that it will do this, and proba bly more the Sinking Fund will amount, by the meeting -of the next Legislature, to between one hundred and twenty and one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Slavery is Obegon. A Convention to organize a State government for Oregon was in session on the 20th of August. It iVstated that the President of the body is a ' pro-slavtry man, elected upon that test by a large majority. It was thought that a slavery clase would be introduced into the new con stitution. The arguments used in favor of slavery are that the farmers and families want "helps" the Yankee term for servants and that it is impos sible to secure 44 helps " without slavery. It is also urged that Oregon is peculiarly adapted to the cul ture of hemp, and that by slave labor this staple can be produced in great abundance, and they can com pete in the hemp markets with other portions of the world. We give these statements for what they are worth, but we do not think it probable that slavery will be established in Oregon. . By the repeal of the Mis souri restriction,' however, which was the work of the national Democratic party, Oregon has been opened to Southern men, anoVslavery may go there, provided the soil and climate should be found adap ted to it. , . . '' The October -flections. - The elections in Kansas, Georgia and Florida took place on Monday last. ' In Kansas, members of the Territorial Legislature, county officers, and a delegate to Congress were to be elected. We have no intelligence from Kansas. Georgiawas to elect a Governor' and eight mem bers of Congress. The candidates for Governor, were Hon. Joseph C. Brown, Democrat,' and Benja min H. Hill, Esq., K. N. The returns thus far re--ceived indicate the election of the Democratic 'candi date by from ten to tweWe thousand majority "; and the Democrats, it is supposed, lave carried all the Congressional Districts. " The election of complete State tickets in Pennsyi-. vania and Ohio, will take place on the 13th instant,, and on the same day Minnesota will vote upon the adoption of the new State Constitution, reeently framed by Convention, and also for State officers, three members to Congress, and a 'delegate-to Con gress to serve until such time'as she shall be admit ted into the Union as a sovereign State. ' ' A -: A general State election in Iowa, (formerly held . in August,) and local elections in Indiana take place on the same day. ' ' The Democrats of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Iowa are working manfully, and entertain strong hopes of victory; . ' - ; - '; t . California ElectionDefeat of Stanly. " .. .The returns from twenty-three Counties in Cali-' foi nia foot up as follows : Weller, Democrat, 25,503, Stanly, black Republican, 13,688, Bowie, 'kTN.," 9,616. Stanly carried San Francisco by 2,700 ma jority, the K. N's of that'City having united on him in the hope of defeating the Democratic party. The San Francisco Globe thus announces the re sult to the Atlantic Democracy : 44 We send greeting- to the Democracy of the East, and. congratulate them upon the fact that we have once more met the enemies of the Constitution m this State, and that "they have succumbed. -The majority of Col. 'Weller over Mr. Stanty, the nomi nee of the Black "Republicans," will not come short of from twenty to thirty thousand. His majority over both Stanly and Maj.-Bowie, the 44 American " candidate, will also be considerable. The u Repub lican " candidate rallied to his support all the isms of the day, and under the specious guise of Reform endeavored to array a powerful opposition for the defeat of the Democratic candidate. His friends' waged a bitter warfare during the campaign, and brought the most calumnious charges against all the Democratic nominees. But all was in vain ; the people were not to be deceived, and the result is be fore us in a noble triumph of the Democracy. . The Democratic party displayed on its flag the mottoesof popular sovereignty in the Territories, the justice of the decision in the Dred Scott case, the non-agitation of the subject of slavery, the im portance of the Union and the integrity of the Con stitution. They also declarec for a reform in the State government and for the early payment of the State debt.. Col. Weller, as the champion of the Administration of James Buchanan and of the Dem ocratic party here, took the field on these issues and traversed the greater part of the State, meeting the advocate of sectionalism at every point, and main taining the cause of the people with a force of argu ment and fullness of illustration which have never been surpassed. He left the decision with the masses, and thev nave responded in thunder tones through out the length and breadth of the State. Whatever other States may do, whatever temporary triumphs may be achieved by the Black " Republicans " in other localities, California is bound to stand by the Union and the Constitution." .k The New York Daily Iff us says : "A most gratifying feature in this election is the overwhelming crushing defeat of that treacher ous son of the South, Ed. Stanly of North-Carolina, who was set up as the Fremont candidate forTJov- ernor. Hawng betrayed his name, his principles and his native State, the result of the election is a most fitting rebuke to the vain, ambitious, and now defunct politician. The election in California will give a quietus to the hopes of the Black 44 Republicans" in this State, now ready to drop assunder through their own in ternal dissensions, It is the handwriting on the wall that will make the Weed and Seward political black legs and the Abijah Mann and Dudley Field political puritans quake tor tqe result in November next in the Empire State." The Panic Prospects Brightening. At New York on Monday Virginia sixes advanced i, and are quoted at $80. At the close of the stock sales prices were firm and the tendency to fur ther advance. The Express of Monday afternoon. says : 44 The drafts upon the Sub-Treasury, as advised to the Assistant' Treasurer, are $750,000, but what amount will be presented to-day cannot be stated. All the drafts from California by the Central America and the Star of the West, have been prompt ly met, so far as we can learn. In currency there is more doing. Eastern Bank notes sold at 5 per cent, and Southern, including Ohio, at 10 per cent For Illinois and Missouri 15a 20 per cent, is asked. At the Stock Exchange there was a much more cheerful feeling, and higher prices were paid on the list generally. On Saturday the paper of the Long Dock Co. and of the Cumberland Coal Co. went to protest. f The Banks, with scarcely an exception, report fa vorably upon Saturday's business. A good deal of paper went to protest, but it was the names of sus pended houses and collection paper which took that course. Discounted paper was met Svith great promptness, and the general tone was decidedly more encouraging. The Bank reports to-day will show no increase of coin nor of loans." The Star of the West from California, threw info Wall street over a million and a quarter in hard gold. The general government is still doing all in its power to relieve the country, by disbursing spe cie. In addition to this, large amounts of specie are tending to New York from Southern merchants, to pay old debts and purchase goods. Tne Bank of Tennessee. The Hon. Cave Johnson, President of the bank of Tennessee, has written the following sensible letter to a committee of merchants of Nashville who ad vised a suspension of specie payments. This letter has the ring of the old Jackson metai, and is just what might have been expected from Cave Johnson : 11 Bank of Tennessee,' Sept 29. 1857. Gextlemen: The officers of the Bank of Tennes see received a copy of the resolutions adopted by the merchants and citizens on yesterday, at the Pro tection and Insurance office, urging a temporary sus pension of specie payments by the three old banks of Nashville, and "timely aid to their customers and debtors," and thought it their duty to submit them to a called meeting of the board of directors, which was holden this morning in the Bank. The board were unanimously of opinion that there existed no necessity or propriety in the adoption of the policy indicated in your resolutions by this bank. The Bank Of Tennessee is able and ready' to meet all demands against it whenever and however made, and would not, therefore, be justified or excused fur refusing payment of its notes when demanded. - With such abundant crops, soon to be ready for market, and commanding such high prices, the pres sure in the money market cannot fail to be of short duration. The shipment of the products of the State, so'jnuch in demand in every section of our country, will furnish ample means to our merchants and citizens to meet the demands against them with out resort fo such a doubtful remedy as suggested. - The Bank of Tennessee has at all times' given such aid to its' customers and debtors by maintaining its circulation and keeping up its line of discounts, as' the condition of the bank justified. . The same course will be pursued in'future. " I am. very respectfully, &c!, C." JOHNSON, President To R. H. Gardner, and others of the Committee." .A Newspaper .at Franklinton. It .is proposed to establish in the town of Franklinton a newspaper, to be devoted, mainly to the interestsof Franklin and the Counties composing this Congressional Dis trict. .The services of. a gentleman welf qualified for the post have" been secured as Editor. The paper will, be Democratic. We wish the enterprise eyery success. See. prospectus in another column. . . . r Branch of the Farmer's Bank at Greensborough. -The suspension of the parent -bank at Elizabeth Cityr say's the last Greehsborough Times, 44 occasion "ed.a considerable ran for tt few days upon' the branch of the Farmer's Bank located in this place. But ercry demand yrs readily cashed, and 'a plenty more remaining $ri the Safe, public' confidence id firm, and the bUb-passa readily as gold." -r- '' Revenue of North-Carolina. We give below a statement of tho grpss aggregate amounts of public taxes paid by the several Coun ties of the State for the years 1856 and 1857 : 1856. " . " ' ' 1837. Alamance, v. 4,1637 5,658 18 Alexander, : 1,152 87 1,677 70 Anson, 6,255 57 6,963 76 Ashe, . - . 2 437 60 , 31oo SO Beaufort, . 7,157 24 9,480 54 Bertie, . - 6,446 12 ,8,204 40 Bladen," -4,086 78 4,846 12 Brunswick, 2,944 26 3,156 01 Buncombe, 8,781 43 5,106 46 Burke, .. .. 2,625 72 8,623 01 Cabarrus, 6,180 76 ' 6,684 57 Caldwell, - 1,809 43 2,182 91 Camden, 3,318 82 2,714 71 Carteret,' 1,641 97 2,598 15 Caswell, 7,672 07 9,439 00 Catawba, 2,712 14 8,604 91 Chatham, 6,250 42 7,724 18 Cherokee, 1,378 50 1,779 09 Chowan, - 4,018 90 4,997 84 Cleaveland, ' 2,761 74 8,942 56 Columbus, 2,586 84 3,177 81 Craven,- 9,062 61 13,507 90 . Cumberland, 10,800 81 '13.440 48 Currituck, 2,230 19- 2,853 83 Davidson, 5,090 99 6,468 51 Davie, 2,745 68 8,526 29 Duplin, 5,303 83 6,171 76 Edgecombe, .9,980 45 .13,549 10 Forsyth, 4,929 82 6.897 12 Franklin, 5,028 89 - 8,099 48 Gaston, .2,845 66 - 3,705 82 XJates, 3,317 81 - 4,537 28 Granville, 10,567 88 18,424 66 Greene, . 2,860 85 3,466 44 Guilford, 7.693 00- 9,845 87 Halifax, 9.186 66 12,098 32 Harnett, 1,582 02 1,532 70 Haywood, 985 14 . 1,510 97 Henderson, 2,774 77 3,508 54 Hertford, 4.675 21 5.738 41 Hyde, 2,708 51 3,680 56 Iredell, 4,413 98 6,508 05 Jackson, 925 SO 932 82 Johnston, 5,054 22 6,091 93 Jones, - 2,346 81 2,827 30 Lenoir, 4,004 02 5,968 13 Lincoln, 2,984 13 4,104 77 McDowell, 1,666 98 ' 2,202 81 Macon, 898 66 " 1,185 24 Madison, 953 81 .1,182 211 Martin, 5,204 90 6,554 91 Meoklenburg, . 9.6S7 35 12,654 82 Montgomery, - 1,912 22 2,308 90 Moore, 2,972 01 3,7 U 24 Nash, 4.22S 60 6,636 56 New Hanover, 21,065 16 24,891 69 Northampton, 6,221 74 7,985 08 Onslow, 2,652 56 8,604 69 Orange, 8,029 24 9,600 81 Pasquotank, 5,244 78 . 6,187 18 Perquimans, 3,809 88 4,642 63 Person, 4,358 94 5,728 27 Pitt, 6,630 27 8,285 77 Polk, 780 24 1,032 92 Randolph, 4.682 63 5,552 88 Richmond, 4,056 65 5.5S3 33 Robeson, 3,712 30 5,122 50 Rockingham, 6,345 83 8,279 13 Rowan, 7,934 17 . 11,169 26 Rutherford, . 3,210 24 4,269 81 Sampson, 5.210 10 6,371 55 Stokes, 2.392 46 - 3,001 45 Stanly, 1,937 65 2,526 45 Surry, 1,905 85 2,709 20 Tyrrel, 1,562 98 1,612 04 Union, 3.415 97 4,104 54 Wake, 18.783 44 20,402 34 Warren, 7,842 62 10.670 24 Washington, 3,424 20 8,978 21 Watauga, 829 96 1,173 65 Wayne, 8,170 76 9,922 25 Wilkes, 2.305 69 2,987 83 Wilson, 4,348 18 4,923 43 Yadkin, 2,363 49 8,178 38 Yancy, 854 14 . 1,074 89 - $380,437 49 490,168 34 The gross amount of taxes for 1856, was $380, 437 49, and for 1857 $490,168 84. To this is to be added the tax on bank stock, which in 1856 was $14,182 33, and in 1857 $33,988 75. The total gross income from taxes was, therefore, for 1856 $394,619 82, and for 1857 $524,157 09; showing a difference in favor of 1857 of 129,537 27. The nett public tax for 1856 was $341,833 84, exclusive of the bank tax; and the' nett public tax for 1857, exclusive of the bank tax, is 457,422 46.. The dif ference between the gross and nett amounts given, is accounted for by. the commissions allowed the sheriffs. The total nett income, therefore, from pub lic taxes for the year 1857, is $491,411 21; or $135,395 04 more than in 1856. We have not in cluded, however, in the nett tax for 1857, several items which go to the Literary Fund $8,570, for example, on-retailers of spirituous liquors, and smaller sums, making in all $8,933 08. Add these to the above amount of $491,411 21, and the total amount of nett public tax for 1857, will be $500, 344 29. . The South-Carolina Banks. We learn from one - of the Charleston papers that - the banks of South- Carolina cannot suspend without forfeiting their charters. They must pay thr6ugh any run orpres sure to the last dollar in their vaults. " Before this result could be reached, with all its disasters," says the Charleston News, ' " the people of South-Carolina, who were -never freer from embarrassment, could and would sustain them with such a large supply of agricultural products equal to specie, and convertible at once into sustaining credits or: specie, that the resources of the banks could be. realized to any needed extent," ' . " ' ' Payment of N. Carolina' Coupons in advance. We are requested by the Public Treasurer, Mr. Courts, to say that he will take up now, or at any time hereafter, at par, the coupons on the bonds of piate inai jau uue me tsi ui tianuary neai. . He requests .those who cannot present them in person,, to- endorse 'them to C- H. Brogden, Esq., 'Comptroller,- and forward them to Mr. B., and he, the Treasurer, will give checks for them 'on the Bank of the State, or the Bank of Cape Fear.' ' .. Good Price k for Wake . Codntt. Cotton. We learn from the Petersburg Express that a portion of the cotton crop of Wilson j W; Whitaker, Esq., of this County, was 'sold in that City a few days since for 17 cents, per pound. We presume this was the earliest cotton in market from this County." It was of excellent quality. - Mf. " Whitaker is. one of our most intelligent and enterprising farmers. -' We learn from the . Times that the second in the course of public temperance addresses' being had monthly,by the citizens of GreensborbughwiU be deWred next Monday night by 'A. M. Gorman, Esq., of Raleigh. Mr. Gorman is quite an interesting . speaker, and. has pent thejast eight years of his life exclusively in the temperance causa . . Sleeting of the Pennsylvania Legislature Hakrisbcrq. Oct 6. The Legislature met hero to-day, in pursuance of Gov. Pollock's' proclamation ' calling an extra session. ' The Governors Message states that the Ban sus pension was a matter of imperative necessity. He suggests that relief be" extended by removing the penalties of suspension, provided the resumption of of specie payments take place at as early a day as practicable.' A joint resolution was debated in the House, re quiring the Banks to furnish' information of their condition before legislative action should be had. ' The Democrats of Philadelphia held a meeting on Monday evening last, which was very largely atten ded, with reference to the suspension of the banks and the policy recommended by Gov. Pollock. A number of, speeches were made, and the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : ' 1. Resolved, That the present financial embar rassments, occurring at a period when wealth from all true sources flows in abundance, are a conse quence of overtrading, imprudent investment, and extravagance in public and private expenditures, which, in the opinion of this meeting, have been stimulated by improvident expansions incidental to banking upon an insecure foundation 2. Resolved, That our country has reason to be thankful that through the permanent establishment of the national Democratic policy of using a metal lic currency alone in receipts and payments,' the fis cal affairs of the Gvernmentof the United States are in a condition of perfect soundness, and not liable, at the present crisis, as on former similar occasions, to suffer from the calamities which affect interests less prudently guarded. 3. Resohed, That the fiscal, affairs' of our State and city should be adminis'rated on the same secure principle, and the treasury of each disconnected from banks as the treasury of the United States has been detached from such associations. . 4. Resolved, That a - legalization of the present suspension by the banks of the payment of their debts in lawful coin, would violate fundamental prin ciples of public and private morality,' long establish ed in the code of the Democratic party. 5. Revolted, That in the opinion of this meeting, the Legislature, about to -convene in extra session, should leave the banks to the operation of existing laws, tempered by such forbearance as the good sense of their creditors maj suggest 6. Rcsohed, That the true interests of our city and State will be best promoted and protected by maintaining a sound currency in specie, or in such bank notes only as represent, and are immediately redeemable in coin; and that the issue of no other currency should now or hereafter be permitted or sanctioned." 7. Resolved, That no circulation, under any con dition whatever, of banks notes or other paper cur rency for smaller amounts than may now be lawful ly issued, can receive the sanction of the Democrat ic party." The rennsy Iranian in its money article of the 5th says: " We believe that we have more to fear than to hope from the action of the Legislature at its extra session. We deemed the action of the Governor in so hastily convening it unwise and unwarranted, and we arc rather inclined to the belief that before this time, with the example of New York and Boston before their eyes, and the penalty for continued sus pension hanging over them, the solvent banks would have resumed payment of specie upon the their cir culation. We look now to the sound and honest members of the Legislature for a strong and determined effort to save us from the evil consequences which may but too speedily result from the calling of this special sesssion. i neir nrst aim snouid oe directed to pro cure an immediate adjournment, leaving the ques tion as to whether the banks should be relieved from the consequences of their suspension, to a Legisla ture chosen in view of the exigencies of the times, and instructed by their constituents upon the course the)' should pursue, failing in this, let them watch with argus eves every attempt to increase the powers and privileges of these mischief-working corporations, and omit no labor to defeat corrupt legislation . of every kind. . . We want more safeguards thrown around our banking. The community are suffering grievously from a state of things which is hut the sheer result of the working of the banking system. We have everything wo could name to make us prosperous and wealthy, but unsafe and unreliable banking has brought us into the very depths of distress. The sales of stocks have little interest at presont, the market having ceased entirely to perform any of the therinometric functions usually attributed to it. It stands at the lowest point, and must continue, and money is so hard to procure. The hanks discount as little as possible, waiting for the action of the Legislature in their behalf. On the street, money, is worth 24 per cent for good names, but the tran sactions are very small, and mostly between the buy er and seller directly. The brokers have hard work for small profits Exchange on New York is bought ot 3ia4J, according to the quality and quantity of fered, and sold at 5 per cent" 3 Some of the more unscrupulous of the South ern K. N. journals are still denouncing the adminis tration on account of its Kansas policy; and alleging that Kansas is about to be become a free State through the 44 machinations " of Gov. Walker. Oa the other hand, the freesoil journals North allege that slavery has already been legalized in Kansas by the' Kansas-Nebraska act, and that President Bu chanan, as the head of the 44 8lave:drivers," is de termined that Kansas shall be a slave State. Differ ing' widely as the two brigades V of the opposition do, they yet concur in assailing' and misrepre senting the President and the Democratic party. .' We observe that the Salisbury Herald is just now exercised about Kansas. That paper is distressed because Kansas has not been 44 saved " to the South. If Mr. Fillmore and those who 'supported him had had 'their way, the South would Cave made noshow ing whatever in Kansas, for they opposed the repeal of the Misso art restriction, by which slavery was let in to that Territory. What does' the Herald say to .that ? . A strange consistency truly, to denounce the Democratic party for an act by which slavery was let in to Kansas, and then to charge the same party .with a determination to make Kansas a free'State. ' North-Carolina Credit. The. Norfolk Herald passes a high and well -deserved, eulogium on the credit of the Old Korth State." We append the par agraph : 44 The' high position which North-Carolina State bonds have maintained during the present fi nancial crisis, ranst be a' source of intense gratifica tion to' every son of the'Old North State At a time .when nearly every stock succumbed to the storm, and. even .that ofi the proud 44 Old1 Dominion" touched 70, the bonds of North-Carolina have main tained their position at par, or so nearly so that the . difference in exchange would have brought them bp . to th.at exalted standard 1; ; We aongratulate , our friends of that State orf the high bearing maintained vby"the credit of their commonwealth, under one of the severest' tests which our public securities' have . ... . - ...... been called upon to bear' during the last twenty WAo . Tf la An a if rVl.V tliAW wnmm va!1 I,a rotftnV f AT T: StlPTQ rV DlDiRPlDn9' - I Pocket Handkerchief Preachers. A writer in' the Christian Reflector says : I notice in some ca- ses a handkerchief habit in the pulpit, which has cu 4u3 11 iub uc ui mat very ucvwwij 1 m si wviw ta m a 1 1 ,fi iucviugii;i training & iiviivv 6ome ministers take it Out of thetr pockets,' as they do their sermon, and lay it on the pulpit. Some spread it out lengthwise through the midd.'e of the Bible; some roll it up, and tuck it under the Bible; some shake it every few moments over their heads ; some clench it in their hand, as if they were gong to throw it at the audience;' and some keep crowd ing it into their pockets, and pulling it out again, with a nervous movement, as if they did not know what other use to make ot their hands.' I went once to hear a popular young preacher, and as much as hnlf of his sermon was made up of pocket handker chief; and the most of the other half was gold watch and scraps of poetry. ' Old Noktu Carolina. The Messrs. Dillard .have shown us a specimen of Tweeds from the Rock Is land . Factory, Mecklenburg county, N. C, which makes our North Carolina blood boil with ecslacy. Hurra for. old "Tar River I" , By. the by, the peoplo of this old State arc beginning to be "ure enough" men the State begins to rank with the foremost. The fxe8 have been kiiled out, the brandy drank up, all ugly "gals" have married, and the State has become as independent as a wood-sawyer." Au burn Ala.) Gazette. . Gex. Wm. T. Haskell. We have already men-' tionvd the fact that this distinguished and eloquent Tenncsseean had become hopelessly' insane. He passed through Louisville on Friday last, in charge of friends on his way to the lunatic asylum at Lex-' ington Ky. It is stated that while in the cars he arose and in the most eloquent and pathetic terms appealed to the gallant Kentuckians, among whom he was; to protect him from the relentless enemies he imagined were pursuing him. He became so ex cited and violent that his friends were forced to confine him. Advance in North-Carolina Lands. A corres pondent of the Petersburg Express, writing from Iredell county, N. C, says : Rapid changes have been going on in this part of our State for the last few years. , Ten and fifteen years ago, land sold in this county from 50 cents to $2 acre. Now it is worth from $10 to $50, and some sells even as high as $75 per acre. Our internal improvements, together with the improvement in agriculture have been mainly instrumental :n pro ducing this change. . A Pkesent foii President Bcchanax. The San Francisco Globe of the 6lh ultimo, says that "Mr. H. 1).' Harrows, who leaves for-thc East to-day, takes to President Buchanan a barrel of Los Angelos wine from the Wolfskill vineyard, at Los Angelos; and also samples of oranges, citrons, almond, lemons, grapes, &c. The President will thus be made aware of the (act that California is not, by any means, the worst Slate in the Union, so far as the luxuries. of life are concerned, to say nothing of the necessa ries, in which it has been long known that she ex cels." The cost of transporting flour from Nashville, Tcnn., to New York, by way of Cincinnati, is $1.60 per barrel. - At the same price, the choice of ship pers would be by railroad to Charleston, and thence to New York ; but the present rate of charges Is $1.76 per barrel by that route. It can be sent by New Orleans for $1.25 per barrel. Medical Prescriptions. The American Pharma ceutical Convention, recently in session at Philadel phia, adopted a resolution declaring that the extem poraneous prescriptions of physicians are frequently written in a careless manner, that their quantities are carelessly symbolized, and strongly urging the necessity of physicians writing legibly. Appointed. The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed Thomas II. Ashe Superintendent of the construction of the new Marine Hospital at Wilming ton, N. C. - Also, Phineas Batchelder. to be Superintendent, of the repairs of the Custom-House in Bangor, Maine. All Printers. It is a singular fact, tint not on ly the two United States Senators from Pennsylva nia, and the State Supreme Court Judge, but the present Speaker, Clcrh and Assistant Clerk of. the House, the Cierk of the Senate of Pennsylvania, and the Democratic candidates for Governor and Canal Commissions, arc all practical printers. Complimentary Party to Hon. Taos. L. Cling man, at Ashevillk, N. C. We return our grate ful acknowledgments to the Managers, for their kind iuvilation, and deeply regret that we cannot be pre sent. V e envy those whose avocations permit their presence at a party commemorative of the services of so able, well tried and faithful a representative as Mr. Cluigman. Pet. Van. Not so Bad. The Georgia papers tell the follow ing with characteristic unction : A lady, formerly a resident in Georgia, very much discontented with Mississippi life, and longing to return to her native laud, was shouting at camp-meeting last year, and became so exceedingly happy ' that she exclaimed. 4 Glory to God, I feel liie I teas in GeorgjT . Cheap Wheat. The lowkCHy Republican states that farmers are offering wheat in that city for .40 cents a bushel and cannot find purchasers. , The Republican adtU, " the same slate of facts is repor ted of the Muscatine and other river markets and indeed we may say of the markets generally of the State." . 14 Dad, if I was to see a duck on the wing,' and was io shoot it, would yoil lick me?" .' ' : MOh no, my son, it shows you are a good marks man, and I would feel proud of you." " Well then, dad, I peppered our old drake as he was a nvinir over tne lence. to-dav. and it would w o I have done you good to see him drop." The Jail It affords us pleasure to state the jail of Craven county is without a tenant We desire to rent a room in that commodious bu.lding for our printing office. But, joking aside, this speaks well for the morals of Craven county, and we sincerely hope she can always boast of as much. Newbern Express. - . " " v Under the head " Give the D his Due." the Richmond Enquirer notices the fact that a broker of that city has offered to the bank a large amount of specie in case they should desire it I This is such a generous exception from the stern and rigorous exactions, which are the general rule of brokers in -limes like these," that we must lend our aid id giv ing the incident circulation. , . Thanksoivino Day. The Governor and Council, of New Hampshire have appointed Thursday, Nov. 26thr for thanksgiving day in - that State. This is the first of the season. Let ' the Governors ot the other States note this (act New Hampshire is one of the most pious States in the Union. - - i Hos. F. W. Pickens. We had the pleasure of seeing Col. .Pickens at the Palmetto House on Thurs day las,t says the' Spartan. He was looking very ' ii ir v : . if . 1 - r .v1.it-.ij well. JJ.C -.-uws uiiuscii wuuiutis lur inc KJ ulietl Senate; Charles ton Courier. " .-. Remarkable Chasok. Near Heart Grove, Illinois, a person can stand upon an r eminence, and .'at one view, see upwards of 30,000 acres of growing corn. Four years ago the same ground was- unbroken prairie 1 -i - . V - ' There are many rules for preserving Kealth and insuring long life, but the best is, to cultivate a 'spirit of cheerfulness and honesty.' ' Passionate men and melancholy men seldom attain great age. ' . MtctLENBURO Scbscbiptiok. On Thursday - last, the people of the county of Mecklenburg voted to subscribe $60,000 to the Wilmington; Charlolto and Butherford Kailroad' yea -5&G, nay 878. -. - - ; XI zr St. Locisl Mondav Oct 5. 1857.' Th Ouindirei. Chindo wan of th 1st uyi Ihit HMrl thmnuiit Missourians have entered Kansas between Quiodaro" and Weston, to settle there; but well informed parties aiissoun say inai it is ior political purposes. JE.T- idence of concerted action along the whole border U becoming apparent, bat violence is not apprehended.' married. ; : On the 6th inst, hv the Rev. Dr. Deems, Win. Francis ' Kornegar, Esq., of Forest Hill, Wayne county, to Miss! In!u V Tin vfo.t'jl.i, nflV. t.t Aw.l,J n9 V fen,' daughter of the late Arnold Borden, m(.j of Goldsboru'. .... . V I DIED. In Yancevville. on Fridy, the 2d inst, after a protracted illness, James Newton Montromerv, Eq Attorney at Law,' in the 3 1st year of his age. It is difficult to discharge with.' good taste in thii form the office of friendship to the memory of the lamented dead. We are prone to praise too maca or r too little. Elaborate obituaries arejuatly ofienaire to good . taste; jet one too brief, couched in terns of simple an nouncement, bears the impress of cold in difference, which1 . the bleeding heart of Section I oaths.'' The writer of ti tribute would fain discbarge a duty be owes to the memory of a friend he both admired and loved, in such way as ta , avoid any violation of the canons of propriety, and to im- -part to what may be written an interest so atUvtire as to make conspicuous virtacs that adorned a 'hJ parity' wortby of all imitation. James Kewtoa Montfonnr, in t all the relations of life, was a man of admiraGwporV ment. ' Tlie son of one of the most pious andTmiable mothers that man was ever blessed with, be p3y6d as to ' win lor himself an enviable distinction, aad upon her the honor which is the highest, the mosT H that woman can achieve. In all things be was tyLJ.J and sincere- His character was marked for firmness and in- tegritr, and in his private relations he was so amiable as to ' be the idol of bis family. As a lawyer he was disliaraisbed among hia brethren for high-toned 'coat-tear and honor, and all who associated with him were sensible of his superior merits as a cenileman and man of business. Ia all the offices be filled be so conducted himself as to command universal respect, and from those who knew him intimate- ly the warmest attachment. - Xo man ever finnrsaorl a purer bean. Endued with intellect much abore tnedioori ty, be seemed to hare dedicated aJt bis tine faculties to the service of virtue and religion. Though a member nf no bmtch of the Christian Church, his walk in life was such as to justify the bone he expressed of sal ration through unnau xrymg, ne nas leu no man behind nun more wor--thy ttuunumseif of the esteem and confidence which were so fully accorded to him. In moments ef excitement, when temptations assail them, may the surviTing members of the ' bar remember the virtuous example of Montgomery, "and put all evil behind tbem." Con. -. In Onslow count r, on the 5th instant, Mrs. Bebeeoa Humphrey, wife of Vm. Humphrey, Esq., aged 68 years. . In Wilmington, on Sunday, the 4th tnsL, at the residence of S. S. Nixon, Esq., A nne, infant daughter of C T. N. and .Eliia C Davis. . . 15 REWARD. RASA WAY FROM THE SUBSCRIBER, IN APRIL last, my boy EL1SUA. Said boy is about thirty-four or fire years of age, black, and is some six.feet high, weighs. ISO pounds. He was raised in Johnston county, by CoL B. Saunders. I will gire the above reward if brought to me. A. W. RICHARDSON. Oct 9, 1S57. . tf. , PROSPECTUS. IT IS PROPOSED TO PUBLISH IN THE TOWN OF Franklinton. a newspaper of medium size, on good pa per, with new types, to be devoted mainly to the interests of Franklin comity, and the Counties composing the 4th Congressional District In politics, the paper will be a supporter of the present Administration. - But, it is not iutended to make the paper a vehicle through which any portion of our fellow-citizens shall meet with insulting epithets, however much they may oiffer with the Editor ia politics. Moral suasion argument, and friendly warnings are the weapons to be used in political discussions. The paper will be published at ti per. annum, invariably, payable in advance ; and, as it is desirous to commence the enterprise forthwith, those whe feel an interest tberrin an urgently solicited to use their best exertions in procuring the requisite number of subscribers (400) to warrant the undertaking. The paper shall be gotten up in a manner which will reflect credit npon the thriving town of Frank linton.' October 9, 1857. .'; 93 'N NOW OPENED BY W. H. WILLIAMS & Col A LARGE STOCK OF CLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND Vesting, comprising-all the newest styles of this season's importations, which will be made up in the best style by B. R. SHERWOOD, who is nnrirallod as an artist.' W. H. WILLIAMS 4 CO. SUSPENDED BANK NOTES OF VA. AND X. G taken in payment of Goods at W. H. WILLIAMS k CVS. Oct. 9, , tT Register copy. 92 St.- A DESIRABLE FARM FOR SALE. T II E UNDERSIGNED WILL DISPOSE OF. AT private sale, the Farm on which h t nrwuni miIu It lies on bulb sides of the road leading from 8mithfield ta if ; Al i, . jt . v n . .. viiwuaa ucin,ui me a .u, nauroao, a DOS I OD milt and a half from racb place, and contains some four ban dred acres, fifty of which is most excellent Swamp Land. Persons desiring a Farm convenient to the Railroad, of that extent, will do well to examine it, as it is decidedly one jf the most desirable places in Johnston county. n . o ,6- BRYAN SMITH. Ocl9.1S57, . 120 wSt. FALL TRADE. I AM NOW REC KITING MT Fall Stock of SHOES AND BOOTS. Those la want of a good article are requested to call and see for them selves. H.1A. DEPKDT, " One door below the Post Office. ' uctober , 1857. JUST RECEIVED, A LOT OF - MISSES AND Children's -Goat Boots, thick soles, made to order a good article. H. A. DEPKIN. 1 , One door netow the Post OfBo. ' October 9, 1857. . --;...,.-..-. 92 ' ' " " " 111 mmmmmmm SERVANT'S SHOES I A NO. 1 ARTICLE OF this kind just opened at - H. A. DEPKDTS. ' ' One door below the Post Office. October 9, 1857. - NOTICE. ... ; ON MONDAY, THE 26TH INSTANT, AT MT RESI dence, in Johnston county, I will offer r Sale all of my property, to-wit: Corn, Fodder, Shocks, Hogs, Cattle, Sheep, Household and Kitchen Furniture, Farming Imple ments, Geese, Poultry and other articles ton tedious to mention. Also, some ten or twelve hundred acres ef T-"yi part of which lies in-the County of Harnett. - . . Persons wishing to examine said Lands before the day of sale would do well to call on me or Samuel Stephenson, who would take great pleasure in showing them. Terms of sale made known that day. - . . . -A. J. LEACH. October 9, 1857. , 92 It. ; IST City papers copy 1 time and send acc'U tovA. J. L 1857 FaU and Winter Trade, ' 187 JMcGEE & WILLIAMS, i 4 RE NOW PREPARED TO INHIBIT THETR LATE purchases of. STAPLE AND ANCY DRY GOODS, - comprising a large and handsome rietj of Dress Goods ia Silk. Black and Fancy colors. . . . DucalslaBvadere.R0besdeC.4Jle, ''". " Paris Mouslinea, Mourning Go-4a, ' -" '' English and American Prints, : . French Embroidery, Real LacVt in setta,;'' '; Collars, Sleeves, and Bands, Cambric Floaneinesi Worked Edgings, Ac ? .A'splend:d assortment of ..-; Cloaks, Basques, Shawls, TTarellinr Wrappers, AcV Carpeting, Oil Ckths. and House Furnishing articles, - HatM, Moleskin and Soft, in great variety. T Caps and Shoes of every kind, '. . Family Groceries, Ac . , ' ' ' -' ' To ah of which we invite an examination, feeJing'aasnred that we can offer great inducements to parehasera. Raleigh, Sept 29,1 857. -' . S .! , HILLS VILLE ACADEMY, - f . i Cabboix Cocxtt, Va. : - A .. , J . B. F. THOMPSON A- President, ' Assisted by a"TH Corps of Efficient Iastrmcfors. -TinilE FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THIS INSTITU- M. TION will 'commence the first Mandarin A timet -and close the third Fridavia December. Board can bebad at six dollars per month, in good families. - Hillsville la-a small vjUage; near the top of the Brae . Ridge, commanding a view of be most picturesque, ' romantic and sublime ' scenery. ' It is well ' supplied with wholesome water and rare. air from the arroondiar '. mountains. It is renowned for health. It affords as good socf eiy as ours mailer towns generailv. It is situated on the ma; a thoroughfare from Tennessee to North Carolina, over which ' passes a daily line of stages, it is within a few bow's trav el of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. Th last sebo V waus year nnmoerea one aunarea ana nny-iureestaaenis. An annual catalogue is issued which, will be sent to any person at any time desiring farther information about thev school. - - JalyT,lft5T. . I y J -llM wapd. H 12 t ': ii , t i i ii .1 fc. l-i1 V-
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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