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The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04
From the Philadelphia American.

One Of the most important inventions Of tho age
owes its origin TO the skill of Mr.. Peter Kephart
of Baltimore, by means of which all perishable
articles, fruit and vegetable, and even animal, can
be preserved for mouths, and even for years. 1t
consists of an immense chamber so cut off from
tho influences of heat rs always TO be at uniform
temperature, a degree or so above the freezing
point. To describe the process is no. our inten.
lion, but the curious and scientific may crafty
themselves by visiting one Of these Preservers now
in operation near Fairmount, under the charge oil
Messrs. Flack Thompson & Brother. .-
The ice, which is The preservative power, is
replenished but once a year, and the Fruit Cham.
Der is 50 contructed that no heat can find its way
into it. To those interested in the sale Of fruit
and vegetables, pershable cured meats, butter
eggs, &c, this invention will be found most valua
BILE The temperature is so low that the rotting,
as we'll as the over-ripening Of the fruits is pre-
vented and there is not al the same time the least
danger of their being frozen, or undergoing any
fermentation. ...... .. .rl.--.. -. -
There is not the least moisture in the chamber,
as it is all carried off and made 10 subserve the
important purpose of absorbing the heat from the
circumjacent air or ground. The ice being de.
posted on tho roof Of the chamber causes its upper
air TO be somewhat colder than on the bottom
floor, on which articles to be preserved are depos-
tied, and therefore it is physically impossible that
moisture can be condensed on them.
The theory that cold was a proserver, If the
temperature were kept dry and even, has long
been maintained but this invention has for the first
time practically tested its correctness. The theo-
ry having been reduced to practice it now remains
TO inquire It's Uses: A single visit to the establish
ment of7the Mtsssfts. F'lack, Thompson & Brother,
will show this. Apples of last falPs growth are
there, which retain all their original freshness,
favor and juices, justns pulled from the tree
Oranges pine apples, lemons, and other exotic
fruits have been placed there for months, and are
yet untouched by the least symptoms OF decay.
There may be seen boquets Of flowers, retaining
all their scent, and as brilliant in appearance as
in warm weather is subject to decay and troubled
with shippers, if placed here is soon as sweet and
pure as when it was first smoked. Butter and
eggs are also saved from decay. In fact, there il
not perishable article which has not been ex.
perimented upon with perfect success.
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04

An Intelligent correspondent of the Southerner,
published at Richmond, Virginia, writing from
El.nton in this State, speaks as follows of the
EAsries in the vicinity Of that place. The in-
krnltion is of an interesting character, and fIom
IHurce that is entirely reliable: .-.' - ..-....
The fisheries contiguous to this place are q
miller OF considerable interest," and quite worthy a
hief notice in my letter. For The very brief season
they exist they. are decidedly the most important
interest known to the people of this State. There
E. on the Albematle Sound alone, some 2S hshe-
res which work seines varying from 1,6OO to
5000 yards long. using each about 100 hands and
IS or 20 horses. Some of these Seines have been
inown 10 catch rs many as 100000 heTrIngs and
IS many as Ia, 900 shad Al one haul! The amount
deapital invested in the different fisheries in the
Albemarle district, is three hundred thousand dol
Lrs, giving employment for TWO months in the
year 10 about FIVE thousand hands and two hundred
V.sscls consuming annually about one hundred
housa nd bushels of salt, aud putting up annually
ninety thousand barrels of herrings. or the fish
aughi, about Ihree-twentIeths may De allowed for
Itd. A few years since one haul was made on
hsRoanoke river containing forty five tons OF rock
kd! This, I know, will sound to you like =" fish
hy;" but receive my Information from one OF
ds most respectable AID intelligent citizens of
8enton, and am willing 10 stand BY il. The
zine happened to encounter q regular shoal OF
rocks"
"In the above account of the fisheries, I have
Ony given you those in the Albemarle district
embracing the Sound, the Chowan and Roanoke
rivers From Psmlico Sound have no accounts
aud cannot tell what proportion their fisheries will
bear to these. The present year has not been con-
ndered so good as the past for these fisheries.
They perhaps have not caught much more than
half many 6sh but the increased price obtain ed
for them will reduce the discrepancy to about one
third less than usual. - ..f-.. L .-.--
"For most of the statistical information contained
IN this letter, | am indebted TO the courtesy Of
Doctors William and Thomas D. Warren 18th Of
whom propose to render me any assistance in their
power in procuring information, &c." s.. 4, -
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04

Negro Suffrage Both branches Of the Con-
necticut Legislature have approved finally of an
amendment to the constitution, extending the right
of suffrage to blacks. The people have yet TO
vote upon the question; but we have llttle doubt
from the progress which liberal principles is max
ing in wooden nutmeg-dons that they will ratlfy
it. We suppose the next step will be, to make
them eligible to offices of :rust and honor, and we
may not despair of seeing the cute people Of the
land of clocks aud pumpkinseea, governed by q
Negro Governor and Negro Legislature, to all
of which we have no obiection-in fact we should
rather like TO see it. But dang our buttons If we
want 10 see them obtruds too eolored gem men
into the United States Senate. We shall object
TO that decidedly, Louas6urg Osso"
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04

Logic. I'm my youth, too entertained some
illusions, but I soon recovered from them. The
great orators that rule the assemblies by the bril-
liancy of their eloquence are in general, men of
the most mediocre political talents. They should
not be opposed in their own way; for they have
always more noisy words at command than
YOU have. Their eloquence should be opposed
By serions logical argument. Their strength
lies in vagueness They should be brought back
to the reality of facts. Practical arguments des-
troy such men, In the councils there were men
possessed of much more eloqueuce than had.
always defeated them by this simple argument: ::
/" two and two make four" Napoleon
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04

TIE Cleveland correspondents Or the OhiS STATES.
man relates the following admirable and charac.
tefistic incident: 3 soa ..ssss4 s. s.,ssE 4sIe
- 6 i heard an. anecdo,s sabo6I silas ,Wrisaht
which occurred recently in our city, which can.
mol resist telling. A young man who is sailor,
was being examined as witness in one Of our
magistrates courts, and upon. being asked BY a
lawyer where he, lived, replied: In Canton, ST.
Lawrence county, New York Some one re-
marked. What in Canton, that is where Siias
Wright resides, is it notq Yes sir.ee,' said the
sailor, and / know him we'll; the last time L saw
him, he had pick axe on bis shoulder going 10
dig ditch Perhaps said q whig, who was
present, he was going to dig the grave Of the
loco focos.' More likely, responded the sailor,
he was going to prepare for the interment of the
whig party in '48; for he would make first rate
sexton for them on that OCCASION sYou know
Mr., Wright, thep2 asked some one who was pre-
sent Yes, sir again responded The sailor, he's
the man who, when he comes from Congress. puts
on his big stogy boots aud tow trowsers, and goes
out to work oip the roads with the boys. I've held
scraRer with him many time, and mighty good
hand he is too. He takes hold of scraper, or
plough handle, or an axe, and makes everything
fly about just she does when hetalks about the
tariff, the big bank, and them other political af
fairs. He's a man all over any way you can fix
him, and just the kind of chap that liko.'
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04

A Military Aasieiass Yesterday morning a
talwnrt Kentuckian, who had Just been paid of,
went into one oflhe fancy stores opposite The Meal
Market in the First Municipality. He had on a
tauered homespul jacket. check Shirt and pair Of
outlandish Mexican trowsers with double rows of
brass buttons down the legs, and covered all over
with red, blue, and green strips of leather. His
lwe-worn felt hat turned up from his open, honest
brow, and bis keen grey eyes twinkled with en-
thuslasm slightly tinctured, by some half dozen
glakses-of the1ardent4 He told the crowd that he
didn't care Al acontinenial cussfor the scrip, for
,he had more land inold Kaintuck than would
patch - mile, and that he boarded in Chooses
yer-pistol (Tchoupitoulas) street." Untying his
handkerchief he displayed his pile Of bright dol
lars to the shoPkeePer, and commenced buying at
most every article that he saw. - 'tl
!" Har, stranger, put me up that pair of red bro
gans, for want EN- for my nanny. That breast
pin thar with the korneelion stonefand the gold
chicken fxins-l have that too for gal that lives
nigh our settlement. Then that tin sarse pan-
mines got hole through it-put that carefully
up in brown paper, for want it to cook in going
up the riyer.- Now pair Of them yaller suspen-
ders-4hat are hunting fask-some cork screws,
and dozen or more high-heeIed ish-hooks, and
make out yer bilI.", afr5s..sl $50
His comrades, who were mostly like himself
crowded around him, and cheered him in his com
mercial speculations. AT last our hero spied
fiddle, swore that he must have it. and afer having
bought>ii, told his companions to get ready for a
breakdown. Amidst a crowd of bystanders who
were almost convulsed with laughter, they formed
on the pavement. Our hero placed his fiddle on
his chin, and beloved out -.as atr-
"Now, boys, folIer yer leader. Dance easy,
for yer on the parlor fpor Of the Brazos and the
sand will tickle the soles Of your feet Now,
tramp up the middle and d-n the Boga Cheeta,
for yer going to Fort Brown. Forward the fnst
couple and let the rest foler, for its the Metamo
ras quiekstep. Ike Tomykins, you long-legged
shoate, keep up, or I'll bat your over the head l..
Thar that's the way to do il ! Now, boys, como
the double-shufhe, for we're hard along the banks
of the Rio Grandy bound for Monterrey Now,
bring in the big licks, and think that the old boss
TAYLOR is pawin' near yet Hurrah ! Monte
rey's gone, and now give the crowd tetch Of
Bunny Vista, and I'll pay the lickerw .a
At it they went, and danced with the fury of
tribe of wild Indians, until the peIspration stream
ed down theit sanburnt cheeks in torrents. When
they finished, our musician packed up his duds,
his purchases and his dollars, and with his fiddle
under his arm, he led the way to the nearest
gropshop, where his companions were treated
with the best Of whiskey, and gave three bolster
Gus cheers for Old Kaiutaekl |" N. o. Delta
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04

Newspapers. A man Says DR.. Franklin> as
often gels two dollars for the one he spends 10 in
forming his mind as he does for dollar he lays
out in any other way, A man eats up pound Of
sugar and it is gone, and the pleasure be has en-
loved is ended !; but the information he gets from
a newspaper IS treasured up in the mind to be
enjoyed anew, and to be used whenever occasion
or inclination calls for it. A newspaper is not the
wisdom Of one man, or two men; 1t is the wisdom
Of the age, and of past ages too. - .a.st i.--
A family without a newspaper is always hall
an age behind the times in general Information
besides, they can neverslhink much nor find much
to talk about. Aud then there are little grow
ing up iu Ignorance, without any taste for read
ing. Besides all these evils, there's the wife,
who, when the work is done, has to sit down with
her hand, in her lap, and nothing to a amuse her,
or divert her mind from the tolls and cares of the
domestic circle. Who, then, would be without a
newspaper ..............
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04
,rnnt the - Rslaem6sr.

'rs6eraiiss make great professions of re.
Tnss the people, when out of power, and are
% n lheir pron ises, TO induce the majority to
E.Ia ofice upon them The people however
FnlsI former Federal misdeeds and Will not
FtH ,rust with power patty that has been gnll-
50 many acts Of hostility to the Tree 'ns'lIu-
y. Of our country.
~ "Sbe People remember that the e1eIs1 Ietsy
~ present day are the lineai descendants % tue
dWo tbp RerOIssI;On- s,rI,A... ss - So. -
~. Peonie remember that when the t'ederat.
Eere in power 10 1893, they enacted the S"Ia, 1f
=, alien and seditiOn laa0s. z
fSbs Peoole of Pennsylvania remember tnai uI-
/, these iniouitous laws, the PACK Ooekaoe
EI:-,. NJ a,,. dawn the Liberty Poles, seOnrged
isdeta''I.s oressino their opi0ions, and threat.
H., M 1.rn for sustaining liberal principles
STT %hs - Peo9Ie remember the general fejoicingS
,;.b nrevailed throughout the Union when
wv W.. .Jr6srson was elected, and the Democrats
r"rIed the odioEs alien and sedstiOn lGws.
The People remember that the Federaiists OPP
II the second sOar of Independence, refused to
P s or supulyinpour armies with provisions and
Ts|hino and declared it unbeeoming a moral and
SoiO1s people to rejoice at victories gained over
W. British enemies. '1 .e--'zi
The People remember that that war was car.
"A on by the Democracy of the country, until it
~ ~, ended in blaze Of glory by the patriotic
I.,kyn on the plains of NesO OTlean&-
me People remember that during the whole
,flb.t war, the Fsderolists: as party, were the
Brtish party. lstt -, g sfa.f't, s $50 ss5
The The People remember hat the Fedcralists have
,ways been ia favor Of high tares and a strong
csrernment, and opposed to the extention OF the
agH Of sEfrGge. :.
The People remember that the Federalists stalk
I'd their reputation as a-partY, that the country
ba r,,.ro1 if tho Raul Of lhp IJn1fpH &f0fp
Es not re-ehaFtered. '<t'a 80 "a
The PeopIs remember that the country was a.
Drosperous after the bank bad exploded as before
The People remember that the Federa'ist have
rer been opposed to the extension Of the area O
ffeedoR.
The People remember that the Democratic par
v,by its wise policy, added an Empire to the
MLhirteess States.
The People remember that the Federal party
o.he present day oppose the l0nr NTH MerseO
eres aid and comfort to the enemy, and is em
chalically the Mexican party in these United
Satss a
The People remember that the FederaliSts
threatened to i1speaeh the President of the Unit
ID States for sustaining the rights Of the country
The People remember that the Federalists have
s,.ouueed our Generals in Mexico as murderer.
and assGssins, and have invoked defeat upon ou1
arms .e.......
The People remember that the doctrine of the
Federasts is to take care Of the rich, and let the
rich take care of the poor.
The People remember that the Fedaralists are
hs exclusive friends of 1sosopOlies, banks, bankers
and bankrupt Iaws, and the enemies of the majesty
ofLabOT. ..
The People WILL RRnEMBER all these things,
md wiH Herer confer POIoe7 on the Fedcratlsts
...,= Harrisburg Union.
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04

The Wite. It needs not guilt to break a hus-
bands heart; the absence of content, the mutter
ings of Spleen the untidy dress and cheerless home
the orbdding scowl and deserted hearth; these and
other nameless neglects, withou. crime among
them, have narrowed to the quick The heart of
many a man, and planted there beyond the reach
of cure, the germ of dark despair. Oh may
women before that sad sight arrives. dwell on the
recoliec,ions of youth, and cherish the dear idea
of that tunefui time, awake aud keep alive the
may be the injured, no. The innjuring one-,he
forgotten, not the forgetful wife-a happy aliusion
to the hour of love-a kindly welcome TO a come
Portable home-a smile Of love 10 Danish hostile
words-a kiss Of peace to pardon all the past; and
the hardest heart chat locked itself within the
breast of selfish man will soften to her charms
and bid her live, as she had hoped hor years in
matchiess biiss-lovsd, loving, and contont-the
soother Of the sorrowing heart-the source of COM
fort and the spring Of JOY. Ec.- Paper.
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04

We learn from the Union, that the coinage at
the Mint, from lst January to list July, 1s47, is
ring any similar period of time since the Govern
ment was founded. Under the new instructions
given by Mr.. Walker, under the law establishing
the constitutional treasury, all foreign coin receiv
ed by the Government is at transferred to the
Mint where it is recoined, and paid out as Ameri-
can coin-ths only form in which it will circulate
among the people. There is eoery reason to be-
Eieve thGt nearly SIXTY millions OF dollars s0lu be
concerted into American coin during the admin
istrGtion of President Polk" 75.F.. ~7.f2
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04

The proprletors Of the Seaboard and Roanoke
Railroad have declared their determination to per-
form the travel between Portsmouth and Weldon
in three hours; between Portsmouth and Castor
in three hours aud half; and from the latter 10
Raleigh in three hours They state that the run
from Baltimore to Norfolk or Portsmouth can be
made in ten hours-so that the whole line Of trav-
e from Baltimore to Raleigh, when it is in COM
plete operation, will probably be performed in six
teen hours and half The distance is $50 miles.
We learn that these gentlemen have sent on a
heavy order to Richmond for T iron to commence
the work Of relaying the road. Their expendi-
lures within the State TO which it is their inten-
ton to coufiae them as far as practicable) must
necessarily be very considerable-and they go
upon the cash principle entirely. Nor. Herald.
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04
Life IN a TslegrepA one. Mr. BotsfOrd, .he

Life In Telegraph Office. Mr.. Botsford, the
manipulator of the telegraph now exhibiting in
this city, occupied the same position in the ,ele-
graph Office in New York. He says that in
holding communication with the writer al the
other end Of the line in Boston, il often happened
writing to each other. One morning, when there
was nothing to do in the Office, he inquired how
the other was, and mutual kind feeling sprang
up between the two men, although they were dis
tant from each other 22O miles Mr. B. took oc-
casion TO go to Boston afterwards, and went to the
Office as a stranger. He was allowed to send
message to the Office in which he was engaged in
New York, in figures unintelligble to the writer
in Boston, and in two minutes the telegraph gave
him formal introduction to his former coTrespon-
dent and co-manipuator The idea of giving
introduction by telegraph, one gentleman 220
miles distant from his friend, strikes US rather
novel .... 81 Cincinnati Gazette.
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04

An official report to the Legislature of Tennes-
see sets down the capital employed in the Iron
business, at %, 100000 and The annual products
at the same amounE Three fourths Of this capital
are employed in Middle Tennessee On the Cum
which yield annually about SsoG00a On the
Tennessee river there are l2 furnaces and 8
forges and bloomerics, which produce about $780,
600 tons annually. - k'.' t"a's'
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04

A Prediction REALIZED The bold prediction
General Green,sof Texas, when prisoner in
he Castle of Perote, has been singularly verified.
While he and his brethren in arms were prisoners
that dreary fortress, new flagstaff was raised.
The general told the commandant of tho castle
hat he was glad to see it 6rm and lofty, for it
Would bear the more bravely the stars and stripes
Which before five years would wave from II in
0ondi'puted sovereignty. In three years his bold
promise to the Mexican government has actually
Oeen verified. ~ - q.
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04
COL Bsntos's Letter The Worcester Palladi

COL BentoH's Letter. The Worcester Palladi-
um states that Col Benton's letter to the Chicago
convention "robs the convention of all originality
He was first to see almost everything that has
been or that is proper to be done in the west land
to such an extent does the worthy Missourian car.
ry this ainable pecuarity, that if the question of
the origin OF Noah's ark had come up, in the
Chicago convention, we should have expected to
find the colonel ready with the documents to prove
that he at least thirty years in advance o! the
great diluyian navigator" ana O. 7-' a+gj-5
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04

Nea0 GppliGatios of tie vetO po.0er. The May
or of St. Louis has administered wholesome re-
buke to official "toadyism." He has vetoed the
joint resolutions Of the City Council, compliment
tory TO Colonel Benton for the views expressed in
his letter to the Chicago Convention concerning
St. Louis Harbor, on the ground that being a
public servant he is bound,to do what he con-
scientiousy believes to be his duty without being
requested to do it.; and that no public servant is
entitled to thanks for merely doing his duty.
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04

The Supreme Court. The last Greensborough
Parot says: I" The Supreme Court of North
Carolina passed through This place last Thursday,
90 heir way TO Morganton, to hold the session
Provided for by the Legislature last winter. We
ant say, however, whether it was "the Supreme
COurt" j" as it passed along but all the materials
we're aboard the stage-three Judges and Re.
porter: so il will not take long to put them together
nMorganton. Hope it will be refreshing to the
Big Wigs to breathe the mountain air" -
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04

Whig Principles M-umi Ulll-ta! !!
r-i-PoM bad no business to commence this soGT !!
H-l- - 81 OILUtl Pill
Harrah for old Ia Scott Hartford Con-
ven,ion I'll $500 cheers for M-e;1-i7colI-
" aid and comfort l"--'* *-IF locofoco =kn
ruin Big war debt il it weren't for that IA.
feTnal Observation-Disclosures 5Annat lL5-speil-
ed hopes for '4s ST. = *l-En l-f-M--m
-M-uail M--uml D---n Polk / Mum
M-umi Mum !lilll Bost Post
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04

Dr. Hawks The New Orleans sOuthsrner of
%e 2lst July says that the Rev. DR.. Hawks of
Sa S City was elected, on the preceding day, Pres
'ent OF the University of Louisiana. We have
r% ran seen it positively stated whether Dr. Hawks
VIII accept this Office or the Presidency of VIII
%' "I and Mary College, recently rendered him by
We board of Visiters -
The North-Carolina standard., 1847-08-04

Progres, of Immigration. There have ar
rived at the Quarantine Ground, Staten Island,
between the I'd Of April and the 26th Of June, this
year, period Of SIS days, $4,000 emigrants, by
far the largest portion of whom are Germans
having the means and intention Of moving to The
far West, Very liule sickness has been expo
rieneed amongst them Jour. Of Commerce.