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Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-02-21
THE CHRIsTIANA TRIALS.

The report ofAttorney General Brent, of MARYLAND.
says the Baltimore Clipper does present in ia
vorable light the course pursued by the Judge and
others in the Christiana trials; and, from the state
ment of Mr. Brent. should infer that there is little
chance of having justice administered in Philadelphia,
In the case of the of slave being killed in an
effort to recover his property. We make the follow
ing extracts from the report of Mr.. Brent who was
present at the trials, the legal representative of
Maryland:
''In this connection will also state that few
weeks before the trial Peter Washington and John
Clarke two important witnesses for the prosecution
escaped from prison without breaking lock or USING
anv force, as proved the trial by witness and
though cheerfully aqut the marshal of all privity
with their escape yet the fact remains that there
treachery on the part of some officer within the walls
OF the prison. Another remarkable fact was the cor
ruptlon OF government witness, by the of Har-
vey Scott. free negro, who had thrice testified
once at Christiana, and at Lancaster, and once at
phlladelpha-to the fact of being eye witness to
the murder OF Mr. Gorsuch and now, this trial in
huenced by brides some other corrupt considera-
ton, when placed on the stand by the United States
openly confessed that he had thrice committed PERU.
~ and then swore his trial that he not present
and knew nothing about the affair, which perjury was
received with open applause in the courtroom.
Again: the counsel for the defence applied to the
Court for an order to bring out twenty -four of
the negroes, to which of them could be Unidentified
a. PoitSiPdHIS III IedSOus Oy henry II. hllne G
material witness for the prosecution At the opening
of the Court the day these negroes were seen
sitting in row, supported each side by white f-
males, who. to the disgust of all respectable citizens,
gave them open sympathy and countenance; each of
the negroes appeared Nth comforts around their
nechs their hair carefully parted, and their clothing
eUery respect alike to present uniform appeal
rance TO the eye far possib-all done, doubtless.
for the double purpose of giving aid and comfort to
the accused murderers of white man, and of confu-
sing and perplexing so important witness Kline
in respect to their identity. And this was mani
testify done with the prvity, suerance, and consent
of the officers having charge of the prisoners, and
passed unrebuked.''
1t also appears that the Marshal not only sum-
moned confirmed Aboitionists as Jurors, but dined
with the accused parties on Thanksgiving Day! And
SO the murderers of Mr.. Gorsuch, of Maryland have
escaped punishment, and the law of the United States
remains trampled under foot. Why does not Mr..
Fillmore remove this MARSHALL
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MORE ABOUT SCOTT

lon." the Washington correspondent Of The r.,
timore Sun, writes as follows in relation to the D,o.
poets of Gen. Scott:
AS to Gen. Scott, it must be admitted that, rs,
as there is any whig organization in any one Of II,
non-slaveh olding States, it is wholly in the haD,I
the free soil wings. They did nominate him
Pennsylvania and Ohio, and though the State tick
with which his name was combined was defeated
each case, get it was not by majority that nav
taken as decisive of the result of a contest betwy
Scott and any democratic nominee, and under aTr,
cumstances.
Gen. Scott was nominated. the other day, BIRTH
wings of Maine. He is undoubtedly the choice Of
the wings of New York, who are free-soiIes.
would seem, of late, that the Tennessee whigsE
60 for him in the Convention. 1t is probable hah
will be put in trim for the support of Southern vhy
by some declaration, on his part, in favor Of the Con-
promise measures. Mr.. Seward has already agrs
that the free-soilers shall not withdraw their supDn
from him, account of such a declaration Tha
Gen. Scott is sure of the whig nomination, iustg
sure he is of losing every Southern State in The
election for no one pretends that he cary any
Southern State, except Tennessee, and those whoan
best informed certain that he cannot carry thai.
The chances to be taken to carry him byI
strictly sectional vote-a free-sol VOTE This chas
would perhaps be better if all the friends of W.
Webster and Mr.. Fillmore and Mr.. Clay shoulder.
into the support of Gen. Scott-but, for various
ons, as l might show, this is not to be expected"
The strongest evidence of the unsoundness on t:
Slavery question of such Southern prints sshsRa'
eigh Registers to be found in the fact awhi Gen.
Scott is openly and VIGOROUSLY pressed by Free
soil and Abolition Wings as their first ctOice forth
Presidency, these journals are either silent, or leave
the inference. from what they say, that they, @a'
the proper time will drop the Fillmore flag and g'a
Scott. Gen. Scott refuses to endorse the fugitive
slave law, and yet these journals will utter no WNh
of condemnation in the premises. Are they end'''
oring to get the Wing masses in condition to "9
it blind - for Stewards right hand man!
Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-02-21

MAxIMs FOR FARMERS. Do not SOW Your grain
or cultivate your crop in any particular manner be-
cause your father did so. He may have followed
IN the footsteps of your grandfather, and agricu-
ture was not so we'll understood then as now Prove
all things, hold fast to that which is good If not,
reject it. and try some other plan. Nothing of i'm
portance was ever yet gained without some risk
Experiment is the mother of science
One acre we'll cultivated will produce more than
two only scratched at, and with far less trouble.
What is worth doing at all is worth doing we'll
Never SOW your grain until the ground is we'll
prepared, just because your neighbor has commence
ed sowing his. Prepare your ground well, and the
battle is half won. Do not have superabundance
OF farming implements; but let what you have be
Of the best kind, and keep them well sharpened.
\ sharp knife will cut twice as fast as dull one,
and do much better.
When you build, have an eve to convenience,
but do not altogether lose sight of beauty. Moth
ing improves the look of a farm more than build
ings neatly arranged and well put up and the cost
is very little more
When you make a fence, make good one. 1t
may cost more at first, but will cost less in the end
Never plow in wet weather if YOU can avoid it.
BESIDES doing injury to the crop, it impoverishes
the soil. 1t will not rain always.
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WHAT ARE WHIs PRINcIPLEs Eow9 The time
has been when the principles of the Wing party
might be defned-when Wing was neither asham-
ed nor afraid to acknowledge that he in favor of
a High Protective Tariff United States Bank,
and InternnI Improvements by the General Govern
ment all strong Federal measures. He was not even
ashamed or afraid to raise his voice against the Sub
Treasury favorite of the Democratic par.
ty. But the Tariff, Bank and Internal Improvements
BY the General Government-all, have become to be
obsolete ideas and the SubTreasury is not looked
upon now as that "raw-head and blood -bones it
once was. What are the principles of the Whig
party now?
Halifax Republican.
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ANDREW JOuNSo>,

We clip the following inciden, f.o
Washington Correspondent of tho NM he letter Of,
FMS incident is highly credi,able to wi unop
andrew johnson and the whole COUNT 'ne heart d
ne Is man of 6 head and thought. ,, ~ knows Tia,
pondent says: Ihe Com.
The debates in both bouses Sc n
Paltaken mainly of Kossuth's mission ongfess h,,.
asg Deen squandered in the discns Se;vefal resL
,;on uls reception, &c. The TenDo.0O'n Of us,
the main ,har aighhed and sensible co".s dse
ment OF the Union. a!lude more Ds mG public Ser,
course Of Messrs. Jones, ChurchweIp Wla to%
klas, Cuuum, Savage, Harris, and IL ~ lians ".
In connection with the name of NJ. 1Son.
oon me tor relating little incident. Sonns p,,
which will vouch. which came IN NJ, NJ he buS sf
hours since: 1t exhibits the man and sIo cans ET
h hl"u o, Sun ne is made. God bless him dsh
citizen of East Tennessee, who arriro% Gays apn'
MA on the Cherokee, where he had boo IRON Caih
the dust to supply the wants of I.,eA @Aing Fl,
somewhat destitute circumstances IL isniy !,
Johnson. He presented quite wea,ba1e 1s Upon N,
wrecked exterior, and looked the verv shin
pair, or IKE patience on monuHs p,'ufe ofdes
grief. MIR. Johnson recognised him sailing At
WIN commendable attention to his pIain,ia' listened
lui tdie OF misery failure and ruin. Our CHc dole.
u mat led hi,, N'hRl
mend his fortunes in the golden worId ni'n seek
lahored and pinned upon that sicklv sUI and HOWL
shore, and finally how he had sr6og ru inhOspsS.
wards the home of his family and bou mus farta
failed him. Before his story was half ,Os Dis n
son with his characteristic frankness s ou Mf John
excaining, I" Jack. yOu kno,U if I6oS 'Pped him BY
in the soord ,0OuH dipide with yOu S O ~ one dint
Name the SUM you desire and j, ~. mare more.
same time exhibiting his purse for b svus, at the
lleving his distressed friend, when b pSi H Of n
divldual drew out certificate of deDos n,',a'ed
Philadelphia mint. showing that he was Sol,C lie
OO0! The countenance, of the honorable WIN wv" 49,
was Illuminated with establishment and Crs ss;senaa
while the gray-haired Californian qrasned Itc1a0l,
and with tears in his eyes asked fofgivenossa hand
ing whether Andrew Johnson the TsiInr ''1 Uf ist
rev Johnson member of Congress; and as "s and
ing the day with him, parted Yesterday w, 'pend.
higher opinion of the generous and human Es sui
of man who is essentially and peculiarly ,slg
people, who has sympathies in common pH H%' III
and whose highest ambition is to ameio,a,S @sh
and elevate his fellow men. The presence p pfV'F
men In Congress is always gratifying, and tbed a
live after them. to be admired by and to bes,sa
ing generations. - "a'
Andrew Johnson is a native of this Civ H
Tailor by trade, and is purely self.made man
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LATEST FROM CALIFORNIA.

By the arrival of the steamer Ell Dorado we have
the latest intelligence from California. The Ell Do
RADIO made the quickest trip record, the running
time between the two ports, including the crossing
of the sthmus, being twenty-three and half days.
The Ell Dorado brought million of dollars in gold.
The Yield of gold was still great and there was
general prosperity among the miners.
The Legislature was proceeding quietly with its
business, in Sacramento. A Mr.. Crabbe had given
notice of his intention to introduce bill in relation
slaves and free people of color. The Of the
bill is not stated.
Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-02-21

\ BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT. John G. Whittier
the Quaker poet, in writing about Irish emigrants
among us, says:
"For myself confess feel sympathy for the
Irishman. Isee in him the representative of gen
erous, warm-hearted, and cruelty oppressed people.
That he loves his native land-that his patriotism
is divided-that he connot forget the claims of
his mother island-that his religion, with all its
abuses is dear to him-a stranger in a strange land
he is to me object of interest. The poorest
and the lowest has romance in his history. Amidst
all his apparent gaety, and natural drollery and w.t.
the poor emigrant has sad thoughts of the ''ould
mother of him sitting lonely in her solitary cab
in by the bog side-recollectons of fathers bless
ing and sisters farewell-that sister loved so de-
votediy haunting hm-a grave mound in
distant churchyard, far beyond the wide :" water"
has an eternal greenness in his memory; for
there perhaps lies darlnt child sweet creather"
who once loved hm-the new world is forgotten
for the moment, blue Killarny and the Lffy sparkle
before -Glandelogue stretches beneath him its
dark still mirror-he sees the same evening sun
shine rest upon and haow with natures blessing
the ruins of the seven churches of Irelands apos-
tohc age-the broken mound of the Druids-and
the round towers of the Phenician sun worship
pers, beautiful and mournful recollectons of home
awaken within him-and the rough and seemingly
careless and ghIhearted laborer melts into tears"
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A singular occurrence is said to have occurred in
South Carolina short time since. An old and invete-
rate topper was bitten by ratlesnake: the drunkard
was not injured in the last. but the snake coed it.
self up and died from the effects Of the liquor imbbed.
There is doubt that large quantity of the liquor
sold is nothing but rank poison more vile than the
virus of the rattlesnake. Some of this has been ac-
tuaIy known to kill at forty yards and curl up
sheet iron stomach! Exchange paper.
Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-02-21

4 MATTER OF TASTE. "Ven you are mar
ried man Samuel, said an indulgent parent to his
hopeful son, you'll understand good many things
you don't understand now but vether it is worth
While going through so much to learn SO little, as
the charity boy said when he got to the end of the
alphabet, Il matter o. taste. rather think it isn't"
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IR1FLEs. We often hear people say, never mind,
1T IS trihe-forgetting that it is to tries we are
indebted for our destinies. 1t was a tride-the
lighting cigar-that caused Fulton to form the
acquaintance of Chancellor Livingston from which
aeqnanLance resulted friendship that enabled the
1t was a triHe that led to the Pun;auh ns at.on 1
yet the Punjaub was one Of the most a,s anu
sive outbreaks that England ever was eD,sorod ~
1t commenced by stealing bucket. T6;S - ~ ~
row, the row to riot, and the riot to r vu "
the expenses Of which amounted to over ssoo
100000, Again we say never despise tr;aes
kind word spoken to broken hearted genius, NAV
backcyard nr9s an n ugly word to
ruin and
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WAsHINGroN. The following interesting paragraph
appears in the January number of the International
Magazine:
s. 1t will crafty every reader of American history
to learn that soon to have three phases of the
character of Washington. presented by men SO emf
nent as Daniel Webster, Mr.. Irving, and Mr.. Ban
croft. Mr.. Webster, we have to believe, has
nearly completed his Memoir of the Political life of
the great Chief; Mr. Irving's work, which has been
some time announced, will make US familiar with his
personal qualities, and Mr.. Banclofts History of the
Revolution will display his military career as it has
never before been exhibited it be presented by
none but greatest historian. The first volume Of
Mr.. Bancroft's work the Revolution is passing
through the press and will. doubtless be published
early in the Spring. 1t has been kept back by the
authors failure to obtain. until within few weeks
past. certain important documents necessary its
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The Holly Springs (Miss.) Jsfsrso',an has at the
head of its columns the of Stephen A. Douglas,
of Illinois, for President. and that of Jefferson Davis
for Vice President. subject to the decision of the
Nashville Convention.
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GRAr1rUDE OF A SLAVE. There is al LIN M.
change Hotel, in Mobile, lump of pure s''' '5ou
as it was picked up in California, weighing ntoo +
three pounds and valued at something over sow
is present to Mrs. Montague, Of MarengOS A.
Alabama, from a slave now in CslIfornla' :.,,ss
though in free State, could not forget MS w. i
but sent her this gift token of rememOaI ;i.st
is. saws the Mobile Herald, certainly con'' j,o,
of a curiosity as "specimen lump" ana 'n'
avery one will admit Is a "trump."
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though women cannot, by law enjoy e sailors
rights, they can command a smack.
A lady remarking that she should make h,t .
poor sailor nautical friend replied but Won w UuS
make an excellent mate though. - "0u'o
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= THE DEMOCRACY IN MOTION.

We publish to-day the proceedings of three Demo-
cratic Meetings, to wit, in Greene, Lenoir and Wake
and we have heretofore given those of Catawba, Cum
berland, and Duplin. The true spirit is manfesting
itself among the Democracy of this Ssate-they are
rallying, in times past, TO the standard of their
welIknown principles, and they will 60 through the
approaching campaign confident of victory, and with
no sound of discord disagreement in their ranks.
So far national affairs concerned, we believe
the Democracy of this State content to abide the
action of the Baltimore Convention; ard though they
entertain, others do, their peculiar preferences
to men, yet these preferences will be permitted
to affect their devotion the cause, esrange
them one from the other.
In relation to State affairs, may safely repeat
what we said week or two since-that the Demo-
cracy have but one face and platform and that
platform is large for every interest and every
section In other words, the Democratic party is not
sectional in its aims organization, either in the
Union or in this State; its principles sufficiently
comprehensive to embrace all sections, and its objects
are the welfare the security and the prosperity of all.
The Register publishes the proceedings of Wing
Meeting in Chatham, at which Resolutions were of
fered, it is not stated that they adopted, and
Delegates appointed to the Wing State Convention.
We learn that Mr. M. Q. WaddeiI offered the Reso-
lutions, said he had read and approved them, and
'0iLhout reading them to the Meeting, they put
and carried That was rich. - Mr.. Waddell ap-
proved them, and that was enough!
CALIFORNIA GOLD. The entire yield of California
in 1851 is estimated at $75,OOO,0OO. The amount
of gold by the Ell Dorado, the last with gold
added to the previous arrivals, makes aggregate OF
$7,o25.OOO since LIST January, and including the de-
posts at New Orleans in January. makes aggre-
gate of $7.7O5. 900. The exports in the meantime
have been $5.O42, 900, leaving balance in favor of
the country of 2,663, 900.
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Col. James Gadsden, of South-Carolina, writes to
the Shreveport (La) Gazette, that arrangements are
being made by persons in the former State TO emf
crate to California with slaves He says that if the
Legislature of California responds avora5ly to the
memorial of the proposed colony, asking leave to
tie there with their slaves they will 60 forward at
once with from 500 to 800 domestcs.
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NASH COUNTY. At the term of the County Court
for Nash held last week, says the Goldsborough Pa
triot and Republican, we learn that George E. B.
Singeltary, Esq, was elected County Solicitor.
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HABlruAL DRuNkARDs. A bill is before Inc l,,,I.
lana Legislature that proposes to place r,,uag
ards in the same position. in regard 10 '"' fairs,
ment of their property and their fanny ",ioOrs'
that which the law assigns to lunatIcs ASO Iv eksf
severe, but it may be necessary law a"D aiIiss.
inc in some States, to protect innocent 'S"'''
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Lines by Mrs. E. H., of Henrlc0' ''''
pear in our next. :,
Also. the communication of" Clio
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THE STANDARD.
RALEIGH, N. C
THE SCOTT PLOT TH1CKENING.

SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 81. 1852.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-10-13
W OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, OCTOBER Is, Is

,i:ished by stretcii ofauthority which overridss
your charter and treats it as so much useless
paper-whfch some men might consider them
selves bound to obey-wkiIst others occupied
grounds above it; a kind Of higher law position
Another f'a,nre connected with this strang.
proceeding is worthy Of your n.tIce The
Treasurer Of the City Of Dubuque is required te
give Bonds in a sufficient amount, for the safe
keeping Of such moneys as may be in his pos.
session belonging to the City--this is perfectly
right and the ffsas surer has given bonds.
Has the sub Treasurer Of Mr.. J. r. Farley
creation given Bonds No indeed. taE4 - -
When the inquiry was made by one Of the Al.
.dern,en. he wss told there wasno nrcerssity, o,
words 10 that feet and after sne or two hens
and few haws,t the inquiry was crowded dow n
and the eomptatssnt aide rman felt equally sats-
6~d--ands 710O and odd dollars of the money
still remains in the sub Treasury without the
first scratch &c security don say il is in dan
grr,by no means-but Is it the way for the City
Council to pret ct the interests of this City p
Certainly not. Is il, I ask, equality, to exac,
from the Treasurer elected by he people, heavy
bonds, and none from the 'Sub'' appointed by
J. Farley and endorsed by The City Council.
Is this principle of our boosted Democracy
that enters 80 lafgely into som e mems preach.
ing, while they fail to reduce ii to aprsctice ,
But, afow cit,sens,7l have already gone far
enough for the present. L shall reserve for an
other cccasion an illustrations Of the tendency
to Galphnlsm that 10 rapidly developing itself
in certain quarters. iaa s ivoJ rava oHia1 .s
- lFal remain, fellow citizens, .aa asil s.. ...,
.ss-r.. ri. a.. z,.s, Your humble Servant,
n I n'HAIIORAN ~