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Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-10-19

NOTICE, IS HEREBY GIVEN, TO THE LEGAL
heirs and representatives of William Garrett and his
wife Jemma Garrett formerly Of Washington County n
last in her last VIII and Testament left to them LEGACY
of $500 which will be paid any upon present.
ing themselves, and legally identifying their reationship
Ii. G. SPRUILL, Exc'r of Mary
"A. +. GARRETT,af Garrett
Plymouth N c.. Oct. sth 1888. - - ee
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WHOLE NO. SO5
A QUEER MOVE.

In the Senate proceedings of Tuesday, will
be found the following:
"Mr. Hawkins reported a bill to submit to
the qualified voters Of Morgan, Washington,
Monroe and Guernsey counties, the question
Of the erection of Noble county; which was
read the first time"
This, in view Of the decision O.; the Su-
preme Court is singular movement. The
Legislature of 1851 created the county of
Noble, as they very clearly had a right to d.
The ne" county was duly organzed, and for
nearly two years it has had all the officers &.
machinery of a county. The Legislature has
recognized it by fixing the time for holding
courts there, and il has also made it part of
Congressional district. The enemies of
the county have brought the question of its
legal existence before the Supreme Court of
the State, and that tribunal of last resort in
such cases has decided that Noble couney
was legally and coDstitutionally created, and
that it yet continues legal and constitu-
tlonal county. In the face or these facts and
this decision, it is now proposed 10 submit
the question of its existence to the people of
the four counties that surround it. THIS is a
singular idea. Why not pass law allowing
an appeal from the Supreme Court in all cases
to the enemies Of decisions as made by the
court. 1t would be just as reasonable, legal,
constitutional, and proper as the proposed bill
OF Col. HAwEINs.-O. $. Journal.
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Civilization of the Past.

A strange mystery hangs around the his
tory Of America, previous to the intrusion of
the white man. When Cortez dwelt upon the
Island of Cuba, his eye wandered out over
the deep, and as he beheld the Tropic sun
glide away down in the West, he conjured
dreams Of magniicence and glory; and in
the far distance beheld the sunny land where
his dreams were to mould themselves into
proud realities. Through years he struggled
for mastery Of sufficient wealth to speed
him and his followers over the intervening
sea; and at last cut loose from the bound
shore, to peherate where never yet white
man had trodden. After gaining the Con-
tinenta shore, fired with adventure and a
glowing hope, he burned his ships to cut of
| all retreat, and with his brave men turned to.
wards Montezumas' Halls T. '-I'''"' "
The history of that adventure we have
] read how that, at every step, he saw signs
of very marked Civilization, and how, when
he reached the Capital City, he beheld hi;
most glowing dreams realized, in the daz
zling splendor of mighty Teocalas, Temples
and Affairs. This it is the province Of His
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CONFESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON. Marc

WASHINGTON, March 2.
SLSATE.-The Senate continued in session
till O'Clock, on the civil and diplomatic bill,
without final vote. Various attempts wcfs
made to make an omnibus bill of the measure.
Reciprocal fishing rights were tried to be
interested, but without success, and ammen,.
ments were adopted providing for an assay Of
flee at New York, for the parting, refining and
melting Of gold and silver.
The Texas debt bill was proposed as an n.
mendment, and long debate ensued, contin-
ung up to the adjournment.
HoCsE.-The House continued in session
up to II o'clock last night, on the Military
appropriation bill.
The amendment of the Senate, making an
appropriation of $4,000 for the survey of
the Rail Road route to the Pacific, was pass
ee.
Other amendments made by the Senate
were rejected. Committee rose and reported
to the House, and after passing some amend.
meuts, adjourned.
SENATE.-lndian appropriation bill repoy.
ted with amedments.
! Naval appropriation bill reported withou.
Civil and diplomatic bill resumed. Ana.
mendment admitting fax machines free of
duty, was adopted. Various amendments pro-
posed, were voted down. After u long debut.
| the bill was passed.
The Post Office bill was taken up, and tho
amendment for building Alden G. E1dy's sub
terranean Telegraph to California, rejected.
An amendment to establish. line of mail
| steamers to China, under consideration.
HoUsE.-Senate bill providing for admins
! tering oath Of office to Vice President, pass
ed.
House acted upon the Senate's amendments
to Array bill, appropriation fer Notifications
| at San Francisco and other points, concurred
in also, the amendment approprating SI5O,s
600 for the survey OF route to the Pacific.
All amendments have been disposed of, the
House went into Committee of the Whole.
Light House bill passed. also the civil and
diplomatic bill received from the Senate with
large number Of amendments. House went
into committee on them.
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MISCELLAN N E 0 u S.
THE SNOW.

What chidlike reflections and what happy
ceremonies crowd upon the mind as we be-
hold the first furry of snow. What golden
memories of the olden time, when we were a
boy, cheerful and happy in the country-what
visions of sleigh-rides and skating and sliding
down hill, and snow ballings, and snow forts,
glistening like gorgeous palaces when the sun
chanced to shed ray upon them, and from
whence noisy armies of schoolboys were wont
to march forth to mimic battle-to conquer
or to be conquered; what spelling schools,
where, after spelling few times round, we
would all "stand up and down." generous
emulation, from which the victor would come
off crowned with greater glories than were
ever vouchsafed Napoleon in the height OF
his power and prosperity; what winter par
ties, at which all the parties, at which all
the neighbors, for miles around, almost
would punctualy attend, as full of glee as
when they were merry school children, like
ourselves. All these things are brought back
so fresh as if it were only yesterday by the
falling of the snow. We can remember how
when the snow was damp, we used to com
mence rolling SNOWFALL fashioned by th'
hand, until, as il rapidly increased in dimen
sions, it seemed an avalanche, and we coul
not move it further; we called it the foun
dation of magnificent palace, and at ever
intermission would add to it until almost com
pleted, when, like air constructed palaces,
would melt away, f'
p 'Iike the baseless fabric OF a vision"
We remember how, for miles and miles q
round, the earth would be enveloped in il
qlttering mantle, enlivened by the boisterou
mirth Of children and the merry ringing c
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OICovsRY OF VALUABLE SILVER MINES
1t is stated that great excitement has been
created in the towns on the Rio Grande, op-
posite Ell Praso, by the discovery of some
very valuable silver mines on the eastern slope
Of the mountains, about sixty miles northeast
Of Donna Ana. The ore is found in immense
quantities directly on the surface the ground
and several tons of it have already been gath.
cred. The Houston Telegraph says:-
"One mine is SO rich that the silver is ex.
tracted readily by melting it with common
log-iire of pine. Lead ore is also found in ex-
tensive veins, traversiong the rocks in every
direction.-We are informed that thousands
OF tons of lead ore, similar to that obtained
at the leae mines near Galena, can be gather
ed rn the surface OF the ground, on the noun
nntains east Of Ell Paso. There is a large
hill near the silver mines, that might with
propriety be .sty led the lead mountain, as it
seems to be an immense mass Of galena or
lead ore. II we may believe the accounts OF
persons who have visited these mines, they
must be far more extensive and valuable than
any OF the mines in Illinois or Wisconsin"
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sleigh bells. He who rests his hopes upon
the snow, rests them upon slippery founda-
ton, yet we love the snow. We look upon
it as one of the immeasureabe blessings of
that wise Masters "who doeth all things WE'LL"
and though the same thoughts may visit us
year after year, yet they are, at each vista
ton, as welcome and as new as ever they
were before. o! let US never forget the hap
py days we have spent in childhood, nor the
wretched ones. We are all children. God
grant we always may be.-Bu6aio Rough
NOles
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Greenhouse in Winter.

Very few persons appear to know the value
of the sponge in greenhouse. mean for
the purpose of washing the laaves of all those
plants with leaves broad enough to admit OF
it. | took the hint some five years ago from a
neghbor, the most successful plart-grower, |
have ever had the good fortune to know. His
plants were always SO especially fresh and
healthy, that was for long time puzzled to
understand his secret, But early one morning
| caught him by pail ofslightly warmwater,
by his side sponging off the leaves of all his
choice plants. said to myself, 81 have it,
did more; I went home and practised it.
Ny plants soon showed by their new aspect
that was not wrong in my believing it to be
the real secret of my neighbor's success
They began to look brighter, healthier, and
grow and bloom better than my utmost care
had ever been able to make do before. Ant
now strangers always ask the same question
when they see my plants, that used TO ask
my ncighbor. My answer is use the sponge.
The pores of the leaf get filled with fine dus
and the plant chokes. Swinging does moi
wholly remove it; the sponge does.-Hortt
culturist.
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Laura; the child has only got wind in its stom.
Anticipated Confagration in Rome.

DR.. Cumming, in his "A Apocalyptic Sketches,
and many other authors have asserted, as thei
Interpretation Of some parts ofthe Apocalypse
that Rome will be destroyed by fire from
heaven, or swallowed up by an earthquake, OIL
overwhelmed with destruction by volcanoes
as the visible punishment of the Almighty fol
its Popery and its crimes. am unwilling to
deduce any argument Of this kind from the
prophecies which are unfufled; but behold
everywhere-in Rome, near Rome g. through
the whole country of Italy, froil Rome to Ma
pies, the most astounding proofs, not merely
of the possibility, but of the exceeding proba-
biity, that the whole region of central Italy
will one day suffer under such catastrophe.
The soil Of Rome is tufa of volcanic origin;
the smell of the sulphur which we found to be
most dsagreeable must be the result of VOL
canic subterranen action still going on. At
Naples, the boiling sulphur is seen bubbhng
near the surface Of the earth. When drew
stick along the ground, the sulphurous smoke
followed the indentation; and it would never
surprise me to hear Of the utter destruction of
the entire of Italy.--Toonssnd's Journal of a
Tour.
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SENATOR HALE. The country will regret
that the Senatorial days of John p. Hale are
numbered. Even the Washington cores.
pondent of the n. Y. Express, who detests
an AbolitUnist as he does free negro, thus
writes:
In that rather dangerous debating club,
called the U. S. Senate, the loss of Jack Hale
will be public calamity. Aboltionst as he
is. He is an admirable foil of Cass & Co.
When Cass goes for Cuba, Hale goes for
Cunada and Nova Scotia. When Cass goes
for intervention against Austria, Hale goes
for intervention for Ireland. Hale 3elongates
Cass, and dilates him in er!remis. Hale
never is in opposition, but always in extension.
Cass lays down principle, Hale carries it
out. Cass hinted the other day that Hale's
role was on the theatre. Hale retorted, in
substance, that IL Cass would introduce COM
edy and tragedy TO waste time in the Senate,
he (H.) could not leave all the acting to Cass.
Some Senators thirst for liberty everywhere.
The advice makes some men think in what
glass houses they live; and so makes them
cautious about throwing stones abroad. Up
on the whole, Hale is great conservator, by
being destructionist. His loss from the
Senate, have come TO the conclusion, will
| be serious loss to the country His place
in certain sort Of talent, cannot be supplied,
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WASHINGTON. March &


HousE.-The House continued in session
until II O'Clock last night, on the civil and
diplomatic bill, and amendments ofthe Senate
when the committee rose and reported; among
them was the appropriation of 100000 for
al assay officer in New York, over which the
friends of the New York Mint movement,
greatly rejoced.
The House went into Committee on the
Senate's amendments to the Post Office Bill,
and rejected nearly all, & among others, one
authorizing the Post Master General to con.
tract for carrying the mails between Calfor-
mia and Shanghai, in Liberia.
The Ii HJuse concurred in appointing a COM
mittee Of conference on the disagreement be-
tween two Houses, on the civil and diplomat
ic appropriation bill.
SENATE.-The Post Office appropriation
bill passed.
The Army bill was returned from the House
with many Senate amendments; disagreed.
Senate insisted OH the amendments, and or.
dered Committee Of conference.
House bill passed for the establishment of
Territorial Government in the newly erected
Territory of Washington.
The Naval appropriation bill was next ta-
ken up. AMI an amendment was inserted, ap-
proprlatiugf 100000 for engine houses, foun-
ry, work shops &c, at the Navy Yard at San
Francisco.
Nr. Hunter, from committee OF conference
on deficiency bill, reported that the only a.
mendment receded from by the Senate, was,
on giving California 100000 out of duties
collected there during the war, concurred in.
Mr.. Bright, from committee on conference
on Army and Navy bill, reported, and the Sem
ate receded from several amendments relating
to California, and providing for an cmigrant
route to California and Oregon, pending do.
bate on the Navy appropriation bill.
Senate adjourned about one o'clock.
WASHINGTON, March Z.
The Senate met at noon. \ resolution
was adopted appointing Messrs. Walker and
Phelps committee to wait on the President
and inform him that the Senate was ready to
receive communications.
Mr. Clayton offered resolution calling for
papers relative to Nicaragua affairs, and gave
notice that he would call up the resolution at
the first opportunity, in order to discuss to?.
ice embraced therein.
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The Delaware Legislature has chartered
the Air Line Railroad through that State.
The capital stock is to be $4,000,00O. The
shares so dollars each. When ten shares are
are contributed the directors are to meet in
Milford and to organize. Three years after
the road is completed, l6 cents on every pas
senger carried is to be paid to the State, and
ten cents for every ton oil merchandise. The
company is to be alown to form Union with
Companies in Delaware and other States
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ADVICE OF AN OLD LADY.-Now, John,
listen to me, for am older than you, or |
couldn't be your mother. Never do you mar
ry young woman, John, before you have
coutrved to happen at the house where she
lives at least four or five times before break
fast. You should know how late she lies in
the morning. You should take notice wheth-
her complexion is the same in the morning
as it is in the evening, or whether the wash
and towel have robbed her of her evening
bloom. You should take care to surprise her
so that you may see her in her morning dress,
and observe how her hair looks when she is
not expecting you. If possible you should be
where you can hear the morning conversation,
between her and her mother. Ii she is ILL
natured and snappish to her mother, SO she
will be to you, depend on it. But if you find
her up and dressed neatly in the morning,
with the same countenance, the same smiles,
the same neatly combed hair, the same ready
and pleasant answers to her mother, which
characterized her department in the evening,
and particularly if she is lending hand to
get the breakfast ready in good season, she is
a prize, John, and the sooner you secure her
to yourself, the better.
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ly request Mr.. Lafevor that he will not tune
his double bass viol while am preaching"
This was too much. Lafcvor got up too
much Ogitated at the thought Of speaking out
in church and stammered out:
SIT isn't me, parsonB-, it's th-the town
bullr'
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THE BRIDGE OF sIGHS.
"Drowned, drowned."-. Hamlet

Drowned, drowned."--Hdmlet
DY THOMAS HOOD.
One more unfortunate
Weary of breath, ....
Rashly importunate, r. ..
Gone to her death. .,..
Take her up tenderly, ..... .
Lift her with care; ....,.. ..
Fashioned so slenderly, ........
Young and SO fair.
Look ather garments,
Clinging like cereinents,
Whilst the wave constantly
Drips from her clothing;
Take her up instantly, a.
Loving not loathing. ...
Touch her not scorniully, ..
Think of her mourniully, .....
Gently and humanity;
Not of the stains of her,
All that remains of her
Now is pure womanly.
Loop up her tressos,
Escaped from the comb,
Her fair auburn tresses, ....
While " onderment guesses .....
Where was her homel ., ......
Who was her fatheri
Who was her motherl
Had she sisterl ...
Or had she brother! 49, i~.'.
Or was there dearer one
Still, and nearer one s
Yet than all otherl b.. ..;. 's
Alas! for the rarity r -g
OF Christian Charity .... ...
Under the sun; ,.
Oh! it was pitiful,
Near whole city full,
Home she had none.
The bleak winds OF March
Made her tremble and shiycr,
But not the dark arch, ~
Or the black flowing river;
Mad from life's history,
Glad to deaths mystery 80 'r.
Swift to be hurled, . .
Any where, any where, . .
Out Of the world. ,....r IN ..
In she plunged boldly,
No matter how coldly
The rough river ran.
Over the brink of it.
Picture it, think OF it,
Dissolute man.!
Lave in it, drink of il, .. .. "'.'s
Then, if you can,
..E ........, 81
Take her up tenderly,
Lift her with care, a.. ..' 't
Fashioned so slenderly,
Young and so fair. ..
Owning her weakness,
Her evil behavior;
And leaving, with meekmees
Her sins to her Savior.
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0FThere are three kinds of men in this
world--the "Wil's," the "Wont's," and the
Giants" The former effect everything, the
other oppose everything, and the latter fail
in everything. 81 wil,' builds our railroads
and steamboats,. 81 WON'T" don't believe in
experiments and nonsense;" while 81 can't''
grows weeds for wheat, and commonly ends
his days in the slow digestion of court OF
bankruptcy. .....
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AN AsEcDoTE.-The following anecdote
from the New Hampshire Telegraph is too
good to be lost:
Many years ago there was in the eastern
part of MASSACHUSETTS, worthy old ID. D., g.
altho' he was an eminently benevolent man
and good christian, yet, it must be confess
sed, that he loved good joke much better,
even, than the most nveterate jokers. 1t was
before church organs were much in use, it so
happened that the chair of the church hod
recently purchased double bass viol. Not
far from the church was large pasture, and
in it huge town bull. One no. Sabbath in
the summer he got out of the pasture and
came following up the street. About the
church there was plenty Of untrodden grass,
green and good, and Mr.. Bull stopped to try
the quality, perchance to ascertain if its
location had improved its flavor, at any rate
the reverend doctor was in the midst of his
sermon, when ...
"Boo-woo-woo," went the bull.
The doctor paused, looked UP at the singing
seats, and with gray face, said: ,...
| would thank the musicians not to tune
their instruments during service time, 1t an
noys me very much"
The people started and the minister then
went on.
"Boo-woo-woo," went the bull again, as he
passed another green spot.
The parson paused again and addressed the
chor D.. ... .......
al really wish the singers would not tune
their instruments while am preaching as
remarked before, for it annoys me very
much" i .f "
The people Uttered, for they knew as well
as any one, what the real state of the case
was. The minister went on again with his
discourse, but he had not proceeded tar before
another "Boo-woo-woo," came from Mr.. Bull
The parson paused once more, and agair
! exclaimed: t....
81 have twice already requested the music
ans in the gallery not to tune their instru
ments during sermon time. now particular
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Society of Friends.

The following are the statistics returned by
the recent Census in regard to the Society of