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r' i !!" J"f rl "-t"ni-T r '" iv.JT itT ! 1 v.-Ti ..iii!'CvsW::,ii hji 'I-... u . f i:j:!ii H::dr.:r, :v;k!' A- '.r.-J t - " pr-yK-asJ? II ..00 i YETAii.lli .1 a T'' v'r-: "i' i'ft : : 'i!y'?. i ''n m 1 : N , M - W - H .in. ! (I I . . r H E9 B1 BH ! i-t... iM'ii:!t'.-t M"T vis I -an ,ao' :."!).' : LIBERTY .1NI - - ..-..' vf . , . -. 1 1 . j . ..... , ; . i;;- " V " ' r. . . i . ! VOL. XXXV. RALEIGH, N. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, i8(!9. ..i: ' " :; .. i - 1 1 0 .It ;!.. ,u.V.t.'t'i i:3C ' -.. .. ... ,'. t,tu.'ti .to !ni! J. E. SSATKESY & CO., pKOPRIETOnS. "Vc return our tLanks to G. M. A. for a ODV Ol 1 1 vitiitiA a uvuvi Vcariy all tliu children of Silver City, Nevada, :- .rot t!.3 plicopin cough. Exchange. So Lave the Indians. : The aible Secretary of the iNortb. Caro ia Land Company is the most popular man i F.-'.leigh that is he is the most fooled up The Charlotte Democrat spells eclipse.with .T0 c's-thvisly ecclipse. "We seize upon this t because v.-e see that he C's too much for ecliuse. Queen Isabella is disposed to abdicate in favor r;!:o Prince of AslUTias. Exchange. i As she has nothing to abdicate from her cr.erosilj is truly princely. Iowa is aliead. A conple 'out there were mar- sfti-r fiitL'en minutes' courtship, and in six iari were divorced. Exchange. That wasn't "linked sweetness long drawn 11:2 succulent acucacy oi rui ncsu io "'o"j v.i-ed ty Parisian gourmands. Exchange. Don't believe it is good. Anyhow, we low that printers don't think much of Gen. Rustein Bey. of the Turkish army, is in Sew York. Exchange. The above causes us to reflect upon the runkeness of his superior officer who is rays over the let ! I TIic Copperheads ridicule Grant's bathing at 1.1 for bathing oa record. Exchange. Tfcst's so ! ' that is the reason why the iFemocracv is called "the greet unwashed." "icy wont let their sins be washed away. V'5rew Jenkins proposes to velocipade over iran on a tisrht rope. Tho Boston it has i obituary in preparation. Exchange. If it were only Andrew Johnson we would I ;5te the obituary ourself and with a rtat deal of cheerfulness. ; I in Iowa girl, described as a pretty, talkative, jhinrr. bright eyed brunette, lately got into oaiia in tne evening, wasiuiruuutcu iuju"5 :a tue monung, weni io pituiu nu i 'jroutrl.t him back and married him bclore f-ypsr. Exchange.' That's what w.c call a big day's work to done oa an empty stomach. I A stroke of ligMhing cured a case of chronic i -u-.a-.ism in Nashville, Tenn., the other day. Te should think so I A Hash of ligut- is onouch to cure a man of anything. "kill or cure" remedy with chances rat.'y in favof of till. ' l;e editor of the Old Xortli State says we aind him of the man who prayed, " Good d, good Devil," because he didn't know i whose hands he would fall. If our ntl of the Old 2iirth State should be in ger of dying, we wouldn't tell him to om to pray, but would advise him to o his summer clothes. . ; a Chio man calls for a State Convention o! e "Known as Copperheads during the war." hange. To doubt the persons referred to would delighted to attend, but they are pre-tt-d from so.dping by circumstances over :ch they have no control bolts and bars iie greatest part of them being residents a:!s and penitentiaries. ; ie California Democracy are seriously think of the repeal of all naturalization laws, lest Chinese may get to be voters. That may do 'mi Francisco, but how would it look in New i. Exchange. . -ook ? Why it would look as if there .ld'nt be any more Democratic majorities. Chinese question is the worst elephant 3tmocracy ever attempted to manage, don't care who wins Chinese or Dem 's, and would'nt be a bit sorry if each Kdcd in laving out the other. o :ie N. Y. Herald is sarcastic' upon the Democracy on account of General fXRANs refusing to be the Democratic Mate for Governor of Ohio. The IIera.ll -tral Eoscerans cannot swallow Ohio De- pcy. He declines the nomination of the j'.-lor Governor, which nomination he kindly sm lienor, explaining that he must devote Cil to "dirt'us deemed sacred to his credit- P4 feraUy." We regret that the General's -orsare of so much moment in his life: bnt X fancy t!ic chagrin of the Ohio Democrats n 3 ""an (bus declares that he would rather 1:5 d'-,?)ts than run on their ticket Norfolk Day Bool thus polishes off Attains of ' the Virginia Democracy. '',e Wilmington Journal take these ad- -Ifms to itself and it will then see lt 15 others sec it. .... rcad some where of a irood mother who 10 iailict a mouth washing on her little boy trJ' naughty word he would make use of. VJlw Pity, "we -think, that the Virginia 1 .... . iuan t been served the same way, ;.f arc terrible foul mouthed folks.' That 01 the Bourbon house of "vote-it-down," ;;i!aond Eltnuirer ,;f bawdy words against the idea of form- I j-um acpuuiiean party in .Virgiuia. to lave descended to the very lowest f5 f bawdyism for terms to express itself. ;' all sincerity, is it typical of the course of its party ? If so. let us sav -'Ilia Civilization and rpfincnif nf. havn '-'-I'-fic-U with it. The Tennessee Election and its Results. ' In Tennessee, Governor Senter and the con servative ticket sweep the State by a majority; ranging frym 20,000 to 30,000. Senter is a Re-, publican it is true; bnt his main support was drawn from the Democratic ranks, and we re gard his election as a Democratic victory inas much as he promises to accede to the demands of the party. Xeabern Journal of Commerce. Upon what grounds? How can the Jour nal rejoice in the election of one whom it acknowledges to be a Republican ? Upon the ground that "his main support was drawn from the Democratic ranks ?" If so the Journal is rejoicing without cause, for the main support of Senter did not come from the Democratic ranks. Many Demo crats voted for him him it is true, but they did not do as DemoeraU,bxnt asREPUBLiGAss. In casting theif votes for Sestkb they prac tically repudiated Democracy. Sestek was elected at the previous elec tion as a Republican. Hi3 platform' was purely and entirely Republican. His party proclaimed itself to be the true Republican party, and denounced their opponents as enemies of Grant and Congress. Every man who was elected upon the sen ter ticket was piedged to support the prin ciples avowed by Senter. Those principles are irreconciliably antagonistic to all the dog mas of the sham-Democracy. How, then, can the Democrats claim as a triumph the election of men who have repudiated the name of Democrat and profess principles in direct opposition to the principles of the so-called Democratic party ? Such a claim is simply absurd. The election in Tennessee was simply the triumph of liberal Republican principles over the radicalism of discontented Repub licans and Democrats. As in Virginia, the Conservative Old Line Whigs and Democrats joined the' Re publican party, and advocated its liberal doctrines in opposition to the radicalism of the sham-Democracy. It is a Republican triumph. Let the sham-Democratic papers try to cover up their defeat as much as they may choose, but their efforts will be useless. The people of Xorth Carolina remember the Virginia election. They remember how the Copperhead journals claimed the election of WAUiEK, as a Democratic victory. They remember how the Walker press of Vir ginia denounced and opposed the sham-Democracy for its radicalism, and declared themselves true Republicans. Then the Democratic papers of this State had noth ing to say. They didn't want to say much, about Virginia. We tell the people that Tennessee has done as did Virginia. The truly Conserva tive men proclaimed themselves Republicans and carried the State in opposition to Radi calism. . The election of Waixer was the death blow to the sham-Democracy of Virginia. It died. Those who but a short time before were its leaders acknowledged that it was dead. It died and the people were glad that the monster which had so long cursed them was no more. It i9 now the same in Tennessee. The election of Senter, a Republican, and ot the Senter Republican ticket, is the death blow of the sham-democracy of Tennessee. It is dying now, and soon like the Virginia Democracy will be dead. Let the people rejoice. ' -' " Cornered." Radicalism is on the defensive. For many long years have they poshed the Democracy to the corner. JV. T. Democrat. The Democrat is one of those journals which charge the crimes of the Democratic party upon the Republican party. It is proven that the Democr. tic party is the only radical party in the country. It for gets that the Virginia papers denounced and opposed the Sham . Democracy for it3 radicalism. If by radicalism the Democrut means Re publicanism we acknowledge that it is on the defensive. It is defending the liberties of the people. It is defending the govern- . nient of our forefathers. It is defending the honor and prosperity of the nation. Who is it defending them against ? It is defending them against the machinations of that set ot traitors who endeavored to disrupt the nation. It is defending them against the efforts of those men who are endeavoring to dishonor their country by forcing upon it repudiation. The word of the nation is pledged for the payment of the bonds. The repudiationists wish to force the nation to violate its sacred hon or, and break its plighted word. These are some of the men against whose machina tion Republicanism is defending the people. But the Republican party defends by at-: tacking. Its attacks have been . successful., and the so called Democracy for eight years has cowered and whined before it as does the kicked cur at the approach of his mas ter. Yes, the Democrat is right Democracy . has been pushed to the corner. , And from that corner it will never come out alive. Democracy is dead in Virginia, dead in Ten nessee and dying throughout the country, except in New York city alone. . There is congregated the meanest, vilest of - man kind, the off scourings of creation, . and . there, of course, with such congenial ; sur roundings is the strong hold of Democracy.' Elsewhere, however, it is dying. From every State in the Union comes up the howl for help which proclaims that Democracy is failing. With the motto of Universal suffrage and general Amnesty, the Republicans of Vir ginia and Tennessee have won the battle and dragged Democracy from its corner a lifeless corpse, and thus it will be in every other State. Something is Going to Happen. Something is going to happen. The present century lias committed outrages up on the Earth and slapped the face of Nature., And Nature isn't, going to stand it much longer, either. ; She will arise and shake her self, and mankind, if it don't stop its. foolishness, will be spilled from the lap of nature into space. We don't blame Na ture for being mad, either. She had things fixed as she wanted them. But man , with hispokings and pryings around couldn't. rest until he had changed everything. First came steam, whose effects are too well known to demand any expatiating upon here. . Suffice it to say that steam revolu tionized things in a manner which . nature, didn't like. Then came : the telegraph, and lightning was corked in bottles and made to go errands. Rather degrading, to be sure.. Then, not satisfied with making it run about on shore, they make it dive un der the ocean. Railroads are built over moun tains, and across continents. Cannon shoot seven or eight miles, and don't half try. Bal loons fly about with a perfect looseness. Then there's a flying machine which flies about like some Brobdignagian bird. Men flying ! Just think of that I Men tell when eclipses and comets are coming, and they come right on time. Canals are cut and two oceans are hitched together, and ships and canal boats go sailing by the very tree under which Joseph rested when fleeing from Egypt. If he were back now he would not know it to be the same place. Not much. One would think all this enough for one generation to do. But it isn't. The Frenchmen are at it now. Some big fool formed an idea that the Great Desert of Sahara was ouce the bed of the sea, and that it had been pushed up by an earthquake. Worse than all, he was , fool enough to tell what he thought to an other Frenchman, who sent men to measure it. The men found out that it was twenty or thirty feet lower than the Red Sea. That settled it. Now they are going to dig an other canal, let the water into the desert, and make another sea 1 Nature isn't going to stand this sort of a thing much longer. She's getting red hot now. To show it, the other day some men were digging a well in France. Did this well behave in a common sense manner as wells have done until lately ? No, it blew its bottom up in the air and spouted up hot water. Whoever heard of an old fashioned well spouting hot water? Nobody. No respectable well ever did so before. Our ancestors wouldn't have stood such nonsense not much. When Moses struck the rock nice and cool water came out and the people liked it. Does any one suppose that hot water would have dared to come out of a rock in those days ? No, the earth has been, abused until she has got disgusted, and she will soon rise up and shake off these misera ble little human insects which are torturing her. She has been getting ready for some time and has been experimenting with small pox, cholera, lightning, fiery whirl winds, tornados, waterspouts, showers of .snakes, earthquakes and many other things of a similar nature. She's mad. We warn mankind to "look cut for squalls," for there's going to be a big smash up. Veritas prevalebit! In defending them selves from each other the papers of the East and West are compelled to do justice to Gov. Hold en. One Western paper has charged him with neglecting the interests of the West. An Eastern paper has charged him with being hostile to the Eastern sec tion of the State. We have, already stated that Gov. Holden is friendly towards every section of the State. ' And now the papers of the opposition, in their family quarrels confess that we were right in our statements. A good instance of thi? is the cutting reply of the Charlotte Democrat to the Wilmington Journal. The following is the charge of the Journal, and below will be found the response of the Democrat : . "We cannot say that we envy the self satisfac tory manner in which our Charlotte exchanges chuckle over the result of the reorganization of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rntherford Rail road, nor can we altogether approve of the sec tional bias which some of them attempt to give to it." Wilmington Journal. We deny the assertions or insinuations of the Journal.. We have not chuckled over the result of the reorganization, nor have we attempted to give the matter a sectional bias. If there is any sectional feeling prevailing, the Journal is to blame for it, for that paper has not only manifes ted an arrogant and dictatorial spirit in speak ing of the management of the Road, bnt it was the first to show a sectional feeling by complain ing of the appointment ol State directors from the West The Road has always been managed by Wilmington, Capo Fear and Pec Dee parties, and now because the Governor thought proper to ap point a majority of the State Directors from the west and give all sections a fair chance, complaint is made and the cry of sectionalism raised. If there is sectional feeling engendered, the Journal is responsible for.it and .not the Charlotte papers. ... . , , We are not at all disposed to prevent Wilming ton from enjoying all the advantages she possi bly can from the Road in fact, we have always expressed the hope tliat the work would be the means of making Wilmington a great city, and thus add to the wealth and prosperity of our na tive Btate but,' at the same time, we are unwil ling that the interests of Charlotte should be ignored, and a discrimination made against this immediate section or the sectioLS further West.' So far from our ever showing any scctioual feeling, we have often advised Western shippers tc patronize the . port of Wilmington to try that market in buying heavy groceries.' The Journal can't help ' bnt know that, and yet It talks about our sectional, bias.: It had better clear its own eye of fhu beam before it under takes to eensure Charlotte papers.- The vindic tive and spiteful feeling often, exhibited by the Journal is not calculated to benefit Wilmington to any great extent or increase the number of its friends. The business men of that city are enter prising and energetic, and deserve success. We do not believe they endorse the spitefulness ex hibited by a few ol their citizens who have set themselves up for leaders. The Senter Party.; , . '( . Now that the campaign is over we Jiope that the Senter party in Tennessee will use the power it has gained to the best good of the people. We hope that modera tion will mark its course.. r . .. Above all, let. Senter and his friends be true to the professions made by them during the campaign. . They have pledged them selves to the support of certain principles. Let them keep their pledges inviolate. ., It is a duty they owe to themselves and; to those who elected them. .- . - Let them be true to the principles they have professed and they will do much to make better the condition of their State. , Let them be true to the great doctrine of Universal Suffrage and General Amnesty for it alone can restore peace and good feeling in the South. . They declared themselves in favor of it let them be . true to their declarations. ,The timo. for radical anil prescriptive measures is over. This fact is acknowledged by every statesman. That party will here after rule which, while unswervingly loyal to government, advocates the . most liberal measures. . But loyalty is now, and will hereafter be, the sine qtia non of American politics. The people will domand this. v Before the election the Standard declared favor of Senter. It did so because Ren ter from the first placed himself squarely on the platform of Universal Suffrage and General Amnesty, which was not done by the opposing candidate. . It was this fact that determined our pre ference. Each candidate claimed to be a Republican. Each was to all appearances sincere in in his declarations. Thus the principles professed by Senter beftg more in accordance with our own, we expressed ourself in favor of Senter. Should Senter and his party ever prove false to these de clarations, we cannot endorse them.' The welfare of Tennessee depends greatly upon the State government being in accord with the national administration, and wo hope that the Senter party will recognize the importance of this fact. In the mean time we await with interest the movements of the victors and the development of their, intentions. Freights of Western North Carolina A Word to New Berne. During the time consolidation was be ing discussed the Standard remained neutral. It took no part in the discussion, and never had a line of editorial upon the subject. Our columns were open to com munications from each side. They are al ways open to any Republican who desires to put before the people his views upon any important S abject, '.'--'- Notwithstanding this, however, we are warned riot to take part in discussing the question of consolidation. ' We have no need of the warning. First, because we did not intend to discuss the question. Secondly, because there is now no question of consoli dation to discuss. The stockholders of the North Carolina road settled-that qnestion by their vote at Salisbury. But had we de sired to discuss the question we most as suredly should have done so without at all regarding the howls of the curs who are con stantly yelping at us. We have been told to force the freights of Western North Carolina to the port of New Berne. We have nothing at all to do with the matter. The - people of - the -Western part of the State are fully" competent to manage their own affairs. If they wish to ship their products by way of New Berne they will do so. If they wish to ship them by way of Norfolk they will do so.:: Who has got the right to tell the people of West ern North Carolina how, when and to what place they must send their products? We are very much of the opinion that they would treat with contempt the person or persons who should dare to dictate to them in such a high-handed manner . We have nothing whatever to do with the freight of any section of the State, nor shall we attempt 'in any manner to influence it to any particular port. If New Berne wishes to become the port of North Carolina, let it offer greater inducements than either Nor folk or Wilmington. . It is the only way iii which it can obtain its desires. .Trade, like, water, is sure to find its levels and cannot be. forced into unnatural channels; - " Then if New Berne wishes to become the seaport of North Carolina let it go to work, and offer such facilities to the rest of the State as will prove to the people that it is for their own interests to ship their produce from New Berne. But it should not endeavor to force and bully the people of i the West,' as it has endeavored to do lately.' If it con tinues to pursuo such a course it may as well give up all hope, for the people of the West do not like to be bullied.-, As for the Standard, it will take no part, one way or' tho other, in such a matter. -; We have been drawn into this matter be cause wo defended Gov. Holden, when cer tain parties in New Berne .have, amid the rest o f bullying attempts, seen fit to assail him fc-c&use he did hi3 duty in maintaining his right to appoint the State Proxy. ' If these pnrties had not undertaken to bully Gov. Holden for the purpose of embarrass ing him in the discharge of his duties the Standard would have said nothing. ' 'r ; We feel no interest in the matter, bcliev?. ing consolidation a question to be decided only by the parties interested. But wo will inform those New Berne gentlemen who have made themselves so officious, that their con duct is not such as will advance their plans. If they wish, to secure the consolidation of the two roads let them advocate their scheme like business men, and in a legiti mate manner. If they think they can suc ceed by bullying every person who they think is not for them they are greatly mistaken, A Private' Note to a Lunatic. '.' Some one who writes for thbNeir Berne Times employs his time, which he might use to a better purpose, in attacking the Stand-, ard. , We do. not purpose to answer- the ar-. , tide, for the .simple reason 1 that there, is nothing in it worthy of reply. It is one of those Articles, which,. if it came from .any other source, we should-treat with silent contempt, or do as we lately did with anoth-, er little sheet which contained a scurrilous and unwarranted attack upon us strike it . from our exchange. list. . I '".' ; '. , The case of the Timet, is a different! one,' The Times professes to be a Republican pa-, pen' We have often heard- its, Republican-', ism doubted, yet have always, recognized it , as Republican. , It puzzles a great many Re-. , publicans to understand why the TimesL a Republican paper, is so eager to attack Gov- ; ernor Holden. . Its reasons. cannot be per.-, sonal, for the proprietors of that paper have . received many. kindnesses, from Governor Holden, many more indeed, tljan, they wire entitled to, judging from the .zeal with " which they now attack. hinvs-, , r-. ,fi r. . Who wrote the article in the Times we do not know neither do .we care. ,; Judging ; from the meoherency of the cffusiont it is but charitable to conclude that the writer had not sufficiently , heeded the . warning " touch not the flowing bowl." , This is the only explanation which, could excuse the writer from the penalty of being considered . a first-class fool. . . , . ; , ., If he will read his production ; over? .parse its sentences, and then make sense of them, we will recommend, him for a situation ' in some college. .. . . . - , v To his remarks concerning - Gov.' HqldeN we have no reply to make. .The . article in the Times needs none. The Times, even sup posing that its circulation extended , beyond its own city, could .not influence one vote against Gov. Holden. He is known to, the; ! people of .the State, and that long before the writer of that article knew .there was such a State as North Carolina... The people know and trust him, and we repeat that those who attempt to injure G iv. Holden. will go to the wall. .Not, however, by any effort from him, but by the uprising of the peoplo who , respect him. , .... .. ;, .': But the Times is aiso'.kind enough to vol unteer advice, to the takdasd, . wbioh ,:-t does as follows : , ... , , ,,. -. . To the editors of the Stan dabd we will say, . the headquarters of your organ is in New York, ' our advice to you is to, get your instructions to keep quiet. This is our fight, and we propose to take off our coat and meet the issue. Keep your hands off, or, "by the gods," we will seo that your organ is touched . by a mystic wand different from that which brought yon into be ing whose touch will surely destroy,: ,; . . : The editor of the Standard. may; be al lowed to say that the "headquarters ;of the Standard are at Raleigh. It is the organ of the Republican party, and as 6uch regrets -to be drawn into any such controversy by a , professedly Republican paper. Our. ."in structions " arc to be true to the Republican party and we. shall do it even if by so doing we. tread upon the corns of the sweet writer for the Times.--'We hope that the "instruc-", tions" ot tho editor of that paper are similar to our own. ' We do not intend to keep quiet however. , We do not believe in too . much , quietude . upon certain occasions. We shall even -risk the appalling sight of seeing the : Tima! writer take off his coat to: '? meet the issue." If the ".issue " can stand it we can. v -.' .. As to the rest of the ravings of the Times we. cannot -understand thcm. j .We very much doubt if the writer himself did: the morning they appeared, i : We caution him, - against indulging too freely in ice-water; 1 1f . he continues to vent himself in such, worse , than nonsense, we shall "recom mend him to - the care of pr. Grissom' who has' patients with brains far less addled thanf must be those of that writer. 't -' '' 1 ';'" ''' " In the meantime we would suggest'to' the people of'New Berne the propriety of Send-' ing their Fool Killer to visit the Times . office. ' - ' ' V '. . ' A Foughkecpsie paper reports 1,200 babies in that city nndcr the age of eight months. The ravages of war are being rapidly repaired down there Exc7tange. ',' . . , ; j Yes, more . than a ; regiment of infantry. raised already. -.Folks whoever attack that burgh must look out for squalls. ; ; Tho result of tho election in Tennessee is a Republican ; victory.:- Senter, upon the platform of universal suffrage and. general amnesty, -, has beaten' those who' were for : partial suffrage and proscription '.Tho Conservatives of the. Old Line Whig , and Democratic parties - becamp liberals and, supported the liberal -principles of the Sent, ter Republicans.,; The Radical Democracy , was defeated)- ',hise,- : foot and , dragoons." - The following from the.N. Y. Merald, which; " claims to. be independent in. politics,; sbqws-. the truth of the above : f: -'; The Conservatives; in Tennessee. Bave swept , everything before them. Senter is elected Gov . ernor by a heavy majority, and there is proba bly a majority ol Conservatives returned for both branches of the Legislature!" No one will be surprised at this result'; for the violence, bit- , terncss and ultra course of the Radicals there,' as in other parts of t he South, have disgusted the moderate Republicans. I'.Tho reaction against; radicalism which was seen in Virginia .has ex ' tended to Tennessee, and will run, probably, through the wholt South; : The position of po "litical parties In that section'of -''tne '-republic" must have'a powerful-influence-in tho reorgan ization aud course ,of . parties throughout the whole country.,, :Tbe.. victory : in Tennessee, as in Virginia, is not a Democratic, one; . for the : Conservative Republicans 'were ( the balance of I power, if not the majority' in turning 'the" elec tion against the Radicals. 1 -;'! j--'-'-- Vallandigham is too sick to take the stump. jacnange. After the election he will be a great deal "sicker" than he is now. CORRESPONDENCE. ... r Tor tile Standard. . , Letter from Schiminerhom. , V , ROGINGHAM GOUNTY, '.' .1 ' ' Aus-oost derl0thi" J J!i.J. MisitDTjR Eddxdtjr r '' Vot der hiyvel lias cot ind der sun und der moon? Lash t Sad- urduy veq I tos vorking itt minegarten mine leedle poy Yake gome , roonin oop mit, his , handt in von rake und dells me dat von side . of der sun had dropped out. I knowd der leedle schamp vas lying mit himself und I' git iiiim a kick mit mine .lioe.,; .una, lake t gets away und sets ;de tog, to piting .mine , legs. But dAt leedle games cood be blayed py more ash a dozen und I got von ax und' chopped off -dor tog's tail-off just pehindt his rascally ears. Und den I ake hollers out "Fader, fader.,, der. sun,is, melting und der vorld is getting . blayed out".. Und den I look at der sun, und gOtt in himmel, Misdur Editur, dere vosntonly half of der' sun left and dat vos going to bieces so fast as neyer vps t -Und shoost den. oop gomes; der, old. voouian and . .Katrine and dey vps schared pecause der sun had der colic und ' vas getting traurr 'oop mdo noddings. ' Una ' den der old vooman wanted to bray und got : onto her knees mit .Katrine und Yake all mit, der row gust like gandlcs for to try in . der sun. " But dey vosnt veil towp pefore'' dey pegins to schip around und yell, und ' icecne iaKe ;ne boners like cier pig under der gate post.. ,. Und dey all kussed so mooch more as, dey preached. Dey, hadt, sit , town on a boom ble pees' nesht undt der pees had stringed lem in der regal ' Ven -dey got Bchtill, ' und had got away '!vrom r der pees, I dook anudder squint at vot :vo3 a left of der sun, and dere vosn'tso mooch as a paring of mine doe-nail I . Und yust . d.cn, -dcre vosn't any sun at all, und dere vos hod-" ding put a pig plack pall vere dere:isnnvosv mit: a ring of Ught - apout.it.'-Und it vos : tark as der, tujveL ; Uud'-der stars garae ut to zee vot vos der matter, - aldough ,, dey didn't, baf no pizlness to gome out vcr more ' ash dree hour.' Und I vash - schared like plazes, und so vos der raw, Katrina'i und leedle Yake, vor it vos dark. , Und we began to hopg and kiss each odder, cause we knowd, , der vorld vos coing to gome to der end." But ; yust den der 'sun gomes out vonce ' more unci it vos yust as light as ever. Und ven I lookt aroundt dere vos all der schtek-Z ens und der pigs gone to roost, pecause dey. tought it vos night. Und der gows hadt gomed home, und ven der light gomes again ' rier schicken ticln't know vot der tuyvel vos der matter mit der -sunlund vood'nt gome down vrom der roost pecaus dey vos afraid,, der tark void gome, pack pcfore dey cood getoOp in der tree agin. ' Und "der gows tidn't like it a 'dodrotted bit eider. Cows" ton't like to pe fooled dat ray, und so ven.' ve vent to milk em der prindle cow mit der ; plack vace kicked her heels mit der pail und Katrina got her ' head sthuck in der mud ' buddle rich vos fery pad and nix goot a pit. Now Misder Eddider vot vos der madder: mit the sun Vot makes der sun act just like a fool? I hitched my deam und rode over to see Hans ' Deutcbenkrappenbei-1 tra und Hans says it vos pecause - der sun had't got der clips vrom der moon, put he tidn't know vot y or der moon vos mad t mit der sun. Itinksif dis ting goes on' mooch longer I no schtand it.'' If . der. sua ' can't pehave like "a reschpectable -sun shood und keep der moon vrom gifing him" any more clips, be had pctter go out of; der, pizness und let dec moon do all der vork mit herself. ' Put I pelieves der' vorld gomes to unci enat. - -" - 'i" " : Now Misder Schtandard if you dinks der vorld gomes to un endt bretty soon,'; I vants to know it pecause, den I vill tgo to. 1 armany vere I vill be safe, I vants you to -write rite off pecausa I am schared vor fear dat der sun und der moon vill get s vighting some more und dat der- next clips vill. be more hard as dis von,- und I vant to .move, r "Yours in drouble, , " HANS SCHEttMERHORN.' ' -: .'' ' - '' ' '' j a For the Standard.! ' Rockingham County Ku Klax Outrages i Judge Settle-rrThe Protesting i '. Lawyers Elections, Ac., :.;:. i On Saturday night, the 24th ulty a party: of Ku Klux visted the cabin of a colored . man, named Moses Lorn ax, in . -the south western portion of the. county, broke ppeii . the door and shot Mary Lomax, the daugh ter: of Moses,' through the head, while she was in bed, killing her instantly, and then proceeded. to maUreat others who.. were . in. the house.' Lindsay Cummings, a '; colored' " man,' was taken but, I roped ' and beaten by ' three villains. -The body of Mary Lomax, ' whence life had -departed,, was also, beaten-, as it lay bleeding in the bed, so that an in vestigation showed the damning marks of the brutal treatment of a woman's corpse. ' ' A coroner's inquest was had, but owing to the hostility of " the community nobody was found guilty; though - Lindsay - Cum mings swore to three pf ,-the assailants, viz : , Pat. Simpson, Zan, Barham and Thos. , Hut son. ' The foreman of (he coroner's jury was. the father of one of the accused," and help ed to find his son innocent. ' Under the cir cumstances the coroner despaired of doiogi; jusiice ana souguc legal aci vice. ... wnclsay,. Cuminirigs repaired to Judge Settle, who i a - T f j, : unincuiateiy issued a warrant ior tne tnree accused. :Tbe triRl began at Wentworth on Monday and closed on Wednesday last.. Hut-. son was discharged,: but his. Jjonor .held Mmpson and iiarliam to bail to answer for the murder in the Sum of $3,000 each, sol vent security, in default of which they went' to fail tor tne present. -,,-. ;i ;o v.:, i Judge Settle has determined to sit duriug the whole vacation of the Supreme Court if necessary, administering justice to the' evil,' and extending protection to the weak,1 in order to suppress- the .'outrages which have disgraced.; Rockingham county. , He will hold court again next week, when a some what similar Knklux outrage will be invest tigated. ' All honor to this fearless defen der of law and oraer.iii 'J':io a .:? un- ' Hon. D. S. Reid appeared in the first named , cause for the defendants.; ;His well timed remarks will,., have a good -effect; ; in this, county. , He,warned;the people of tlvc dan gers of the system of jcuklnzing and secret societies, and drew a craDhic Dicture of the sufferings that would ensue, unless it ' was 'reputation for' honesty and Integrity f , ; Judge Settle tilled out the protesting Jaw vers, A.,M. Scales and others from, his courU He held that if thev had sent their anolo'- r gies to Mr.' Bagley,' Clerk of the Supreme - uourt, tndy could appear; iburasnhey. had .not, and the protest which they had signed . was aimed at the members, of, the Supreme Court, singly as well as en masse, they must,, stand Out in the bold so fur as he wassingty cpittat-Bed." Y'J'J 'Ji'J i The drouth has seriously injured the up-.1: land crops. There is dangor of future suf fering. The election of yesterday passed off quiet ly, owing to Judge Settle's firm sUnd for peace and good order, and the unexpected arrival of i&en. Fi8,hci;in"the'Vounty. "But the kuklax hadkdone their work of intimi dation but too weir." The Republicans car ried only tliVce'out of the seven townships. Rockingham will do better, 'next time. . ... DELTA... 'ItMkipghanV 1869." . for the Stanford .. Excitement among the Sham-Democracy of Pitt CountyInfluence of the , j Standard -AJTotest, &c. , i.'jc.t w: : t,: Devil's Corner, .'. Greenville, Pitt Co., Aug. 7, I860. TotheedtioroftheN. C. Standard : Sir: I can stand, it no longer,"I have read your impudent paper, and heard y bur denunciations against onr good old Demo cratic party until I am about to bile over . with outrage and indignation. --1 have been a very quiet man., evcr.since. tho.war,, and would remain so longer tif I , could. But ,. when I see our chivalrous sons who have al-, ' ways been loyal to the; South, digging in tho ground for a livrag just as our mean" whites and free niggers - had to do-before the war, and.-, see blacks niggers liand fooff while meh. who never owned a- nireer-in ' their lives, filling all the ' bfnces1, that, " by ' right, belong; to us, I say iisir, ,whom I See all these things,! can, nolongerf.kecp quiet, I,, must arouse irom my slumbers, shake tho dust from my feet,' come forth from my se clusion and let ' the world-know what the Radicals are doing for: us.'!' Bnt in tho first '"- place let me see if our Countv is all riwht. . There is to br?an electicm in this. .county for penawr tins i an. uur candidate is already in the field. Dr. Taft is our man and when " he gets to Raleigh, niggers and Radicals will Wish they had never been borni-. When he gets there,, , we shall advise him to upset n this whole State covcrnment the. , very first thing Jind put cood, loval Dixie men in office everywhere all over the State. Then we will let you know1 this is a white ' man's government. Dr. Taft will come for you this Fall, so you had better draw your. uorns in a uiue, oeiore no gets tnere. , tie , came very near being elected: the two last , times he ran for the sumo office, and he knows now exactly why he did not get elec ted both times,but that is not foryou to knbw. Mr. G. W. Johnson and mysclf are to can vass the county and run the whole machine ry of the Democratic party.. Mr. Johnson is , to take heavy taxation and rascality of State ' and County officers for his bis speech, while I am to show up . poor white men and free niggers. We are just at this time raising money by subscription to employ tho best counsel in the State to get all the county commissioners, who are all Radicals, out ot omce. men wo can . manage the. whole tiling as we please, alter putting cood loval Dixie' men in' their places. Mr. G. W. Johnson is the best lawyer in the State, and " he shall have the money. I bet Mr. John- . son will make some of the radiral lawyers and judges of this State feel mightly asham ed wnen ne orings tins, case before tiiem., i : ., heard Johnson say he made Col. Heaton feet migiitlyashamed once, and he is willing to bet that Col. Heaton will never meet him ' on tbp i stuipp . again. . Now, Sir, there ; i is 'one thing more that is too good . to keep and too good to. tell, we are raising ten tnpusand dollars pv subscription to bnv , nigger votes with. ' Mr, Johnson is to hold the money, and if we can buy. nigger votes : with promises, as we did the last time, he is to give me some of the money,: which will no mote than pay ma for, tho. work - that I '., shall do for the partyi :,So,you.see, if we do i. get beaten, and Mr. Johnson arid myself do not get any offices with ten thousand dol lars we shall be nice men -stil. -Now sir, having made te preliminary remarks, I shall next proceed, to, notice individually -goirie of the most prominent features pf rad ical laws. In the hrst place there is' that everlasting' Homestead exemption law, which " ' allows a poor man to keep every' thing ho ' nas while we Tien men have ' to pay our ' 1 debts or go into bankruptcy. Then there is that ad valorem taxation, which;, makes us rich men pay on everything, while the poor . man and nigger get on" Scot free by paying ' poll tax.ii:And then again, there is the free '-1 school system that allows the-' poor man's children to go in the same school with ours, -i Now, sir,'is all this right ? , Are we to have ho distinbtion between the rich man and the tioor man, or between wealth and poverty ?'' ' f not, I wish I had the power over you all, who never owned - any , niggers, . that my friend Mr. G. W. Johnson had when he was -, Colonel. I would buck and ' cac everv one'- of !f you ''and - make you'" He' on'1' the 11 breastwork six' hours 'in the u scorching sun of Summer ahd keep you in - ' the guard-house three days' and nights " on bread and water, just as Col.-Johnson ; ' did. But, those good old days are gone by and I must sing low. d One thing more, and I am. done, and that is the very point I wish , to make, but vou must, keep this very pri- -vnte.it is about your Standard. It is doing , our. Democratic party more harm in this county than everything else: Now sir, if you . will just stop the circulation of that paper in this county or three mouths; you may '-. : fix your own' price and we will pay the bill. We can get just as much money as we want ' ' out of our old farmers, and promise them in return, -light-; taxes" arid Democmtic laws Now sir; I have yoluntarijy given.up my life r. : to the.intetest,of ny, parfy. I am willing to die'that bthers'raay 'live: J make this sacri- " fice hot 'that I mrfy be crowned with 'glory ,: ,!i but: that' I may., by suffering death myself, ' bind up other, brokco UcartSj and heal other wounded spirits. r.-,;. . ., i Yours to the bitter end, ' . "'' ",' ' i A Pitt Cotjktt Democrat. ' i We inserted the above for the benefit of '' out-Dembcrafib'Teadcre iii that section. ' We 1 are'giad to jidar that fhe StXnd ard is hurt- i ing tli'e snain'-Democracy 'and mustTefuse to "' be bought off at any price. ' Ofi the contrary; t! Jl. . -vi'! -.''!. ...i ... .' w iiupu uun fveiy goou-xtepuuiican will ' subscribe for' the;' Standard and 'get his neighbor"io db so too! Eb!f " V-l i in-.-i -:-vt : ?. h Int'.i l-nosA ti . i Ahrther'oig'ahticrbject. '' 1' ' ; " M.; Ferdinand ''-dLesseps,' says the Italie ' of ElorencoHi after! kaving connected two : , V seas, is nowproppsing to create a new one. i,. It appears . that 'some . enterprising explo rers of Central Afrita' have put forward the cpiniod thatrBitliara is the bed of an old sea the faith of that.assertipn;M,;de Lesseps, , i little( time ago, sent some engjneera to ex: , amine.'the '. coriflgrrraiiph' t .the,:sol,'ndl., li; froiaUib resulfl of their ' labors has lieoomo L convinced .hat the desert in : question was : : at ns nearest limit twenty-seven metres be- - ' ; low the level xif the Red! ficai' and, that the-' " depressipii wen, jOii '.increasing' towards thq' iiiterwji,! . theqir pf jopinion that a b.-f danal seventy-five miles .;in: ilangtb owoulrtiil suffice to put the Red Sea and the Sahara in communication, restore to the latter its original destination, and create nn easy method of intercourse with Central Africa by means of these artificial oceans. JL
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Aug. 18, 1869, edition 1
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