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Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-08-20

Col R0fin, the nesaSAeee es the aEgss$ R@SgS>
cal Convention that aSSeaSAse1 In NeW>RSeSsSe
must feel fiatteTed by the @Ner@NAesae aAaSSTSSS
which he has received EeQSeatsS and ably did he
defend our cause and calamity has he he'd to Tn
umphAnt victory, The democratic majority IN the
district was estimated at about 010 and he S~eatS
that number 10 SlS9 lS9 mere than the MAORI
ty Of his party, Who can, who has who viii boat
thiss Il can't be dSd-thSt>s all, May we not, then,
take much pleasure in prOnoUncS0g Col RHtha caaa-
phatcany the most popular man in the Second dis
fricts But this is not all The toned bearing
and nagnanimOGS course pursued by Col Ruf6n in
the late canvass give his constituents an unrniS
taxable guarantee that he will do them honor in the
renowned Halls of our national legislature. \ man
of pure principle and unsullied integrity, their inter
ests will be secure in his hands An uncOmpromi-
sing friend of the present administration, and one of
the delegates to the Baltimore Convention that
mated Franklin Pierce he will give to that admins
traton an uncompromising and individual supportso
long aheres to the principles laid down by that
convention. When it abandons that Platform, Thos
Rnin abandons it. No schemes of logrolling or wire
pulling will meet with any favor from Represen-
tative while know he viii literally support every
measure that can benefit his constituents add to
the prosperity or security of the nation. Hurrah
for Ruffin!-Nine times hurrah!
Colds. Rep. d Pat.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-08-20

AUSTRALIA. The people of Australia in the
midst of terrible quarrel with their colonial govern
ment, reminding in many ofits details of what we
read of the early troubles between the royal COVER
and councils and the hen) British Colonies of
North America In this case, however, the colonists
possess advantages vastly superior to those which
surrounded our forefathers. The marked difference
in the ideas of the respective ages concerning gov
ernment is to them an advantage ncalculabe great
than any enjoyed on this continent amid the cir
culnstances leading to the times that tried mems
souls " Britain, too is tired of colonies however
much her commercial interests may keep her welded
to the policy of holding possessions wherein, in
India the of the people virtually slaves. The
discovery of gold in Australia is causing her ports to
swarm with emigrants better fitted than any other
class to work out her independence from their quail
tiles of mind well character shrewd desperate
and uncomfortable men, a large portion of them
are Australia already possesses an immense amount
of shipping to be owned in colony, and the of
her people resemble those of the United States in
their enterprise, far than the present inhabt-
ants of Canada, next door neighbors. The exist
ing condition of the Chinese empire, too is very
tempting bait allurng them to break with the moth
country; for they that it mnst under the
virtual control of some European nation of the u
nted States in the next half century, if not under
theirs. Indeed it strikes that in the distance
have to dread in the probable commercial rival
y of the Australians in the East than in that of the
mother country.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-08-20

RAILROAD ACCIDENTS The following truthful re-
marks we cut from the Buffalo Comm Adverti-
SER their force win be felt now that an
occurred upon railroad almost IN our own vicinity,
and mt time when the lives of some of our own cit
1 liens were placed in fearful jeopardy
Zone of the peculiarities of this fast ageaof ours
is the sudden forgetfuness of the most alarming ac-
| cidents. Hundreds of human beings perish on our
: land and water whose destruction has been caused
by agents under the control of man, and where the
has been traced to negligence and carelessness
and sometimes to conduct which all knew must re-
suit in disaster and DEATH Yet what is done about
itI Does not the memory of the occurrence die
away in few days at most and the men who are the
occasion of it all walk boldly about the streets? In
the whrl of business, and amid the numerous plans
of active life for the accumulation OF money, all
these terrible things pass away from mems minds,
and not remembered, until few dozen hui
man beings are smashed to pieces on railroad or
a hundred or two boiled to death steamboat
What lessons thus taught railroad directors and
steamboat owners but those of impunity, and which
create of course feeling of the utmost security
What pray has been done with the reckless and
highly criminal officers of the Henry Clay? What
with the Reindeer people? Is the Norwalk murder
to be forgotten the inhuman slaughter at Chicago
be reeolected only by that poor widow who saw her
husband lifted from the splintered car mangled
bloody corpse-hy the family of children orphaned
by this or that colsion-by manned, disfgured men,
out OF whom the fair semblance OF manhood has
hSeN scalded by an exploding boiler or by the ragged
6agNentS ef u car hurled down some declivity by
NcA(eSS eNgneerF II II could be so ordered that all
tho misery and woe that follow these calanties fell
WNM the families OF railroad directors and steamboat
NifeeES, perhaps should hear less frequently of
the lNSS u life On land and water. Then the trav
ellevs arr not without blamo-rushing along at the
rate ef thirty miles hour to get mad and fret and
Nle because the last thirty miles has taken thirty
nine minutes and ffty-nine seconds, when up to
time should be the motto of the engineer. But we
fast people, and can't stop to look at the dead
bodies Of those who have been crushed-blown to
pieccS--burncd and drowned-as they, like us, were
hurrying along the great thoroughfare of life, calling
for greater speed and dashing mpetuously onward
But Il matters little where the blame lies for one is
anxious to find it out All these are forgotten; JUS
tice tightens the bandage about her eyes, and her
the bodies and publishes wise conclusions upon the
occasion of the deaths, and that is all-the public
lies torpid until another blow calls for emotion which
has its vent by way of another coroner's jury and
the usual publication"
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-08-20

The Paris correspondent of the New York Times
gives the following description of dentists sign in
that city:
spoke the other day of Paul Simon, the greatest
dentist Just outside of his door stands glass case
containing beautifully dressed wax figure, repre-
senting fashionable young lady, with the mouth
slightly opened, and displaying splendid set ofteeth
She has full blown rose in her hand which hangs
negfgently at her side AS you look at the figure
a moment, you notice an extraordinary change. Two
of the teeth of the lower jaw and of the upper
slip from their places and are withdrawn from the
sight; at the moment, the hand which holds the
rose, suddenly rises and strives to conceal the defect
in her dental arrangements. In another moment.
however, the teeth replaced, the hand and rose
sink to their former position, and the lady resumes
her complacency. At the time that the figure
is undergoing these various vcissitudes large
Der of upper and lower jaws single and double teeth
gums and palates which form sort of zodiac around
her. to be impressed with the necessity of con-
tnued action and chewing with excessive viger;
one jaw goes up the other comes down, and they
meet in the middle with a vast concussor. The pro-
fmastication is thus beautifully exemplifed.
Of course, the moral of all this is Walk up stairs
to DR.. Cumbile, who fatters himself that his newly
improved instruments and thirteen years of expert
ence in his profession, and forth, and forth,
and so on.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-08-20

How TO MAKE MONEY FAST AND HONESTLY. Enter
into business of which you have perfect knowl-
edge. In your right, or by the aid of friends,
long time have cash capital sufficient at least to
do a cash business Never venture on credit bus
mess on commencement. Buy all your goods or ma
teras for cash. you take every advantage of the
market, and pick and choose where you will Be
careful not to overstock yourself Rise and fall with
the market on short stocks. Always stick to those
whom you prove to be strictly just in their transac
tons and shun all others at temporary disad-
vantage. Never take advantage of customers ignor
ance, nor equivocate, nor misrepresent. Have but
price and small profit, and you will find all the
most profitable customers (he cash ones) they will
find you.
If ever deceived in business transactions never at
tempt to save yourself by putting the deception upon
others; but submit to the loss and be cautious
in future According to the character and extent of
your abilities set aside liberal percentage for print
ing and advertising and do not hesitate Never let
article parcel, package go out from you without a
handsomely printed LABEL card orcircular, and dis
pense them continually Choose the newspaper for
the purpose, and keep yourself increasingly before
the public; and it matters not what business of utility
you make choice of; for, if intelgently and indus
triously pursued, fortune will be the result.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-08-20

SOLAR ECLIPSE IN 1854. On Friday, the Goth Of
May next, there will be eclipse of the sun, which
will be less visible in all parts of the United
States and Canada, and in portion of both will
be annular. Its commencement in the city of Wash
ington will be at Al 2Om in the afternoon its great
est observation at 5h. 1Sm and its end at Oh. 27m
AS the apparent diameter of the will be lit
tie less than the snn the eclipse cannot be total any
where. The Christian Almanac says:
'The ring will be only about onc-third of a digit
wide, and will be visible only in the vicinity where
the line of central eclipse passes The eclipse is cen
trail in longitude 73deg 53min. west of Greenwich,
latitude 45deg. 14nin. north: and in longitude $40
deg. 35min. west latitude 41deg. 1Omin. north. By
finding these positions upon map, and drawing a
line from to the other, the towns and countries
through which the central eclipse passes will be read
lily discovered. The path of the annular eclipse will
be about one hundred miles wide and extend about
fifty miles each side of the line we have described
The annular eclipse will move about hundred
miles per minute
The first time this eclipse occurred was 1918,
July 3D. sine then it has returned thirty times
including its return next year. 1t occurred in April
1900, in May, 1918, and in May, 1885. 1t will re-
turn again in June 1872 Its last return will be IN
the year 1898, August 18th. The next solar eclipse
that will attract much attention in this country will
be 1858, March 10Th. /"
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-08-20

AN ARMY OF GRAssHoPPERs. An army of grass
hoppers has made its appearance on the northern
confines of Guatemala and extended into Mexico as
far as Oaaca It is about three leagues long by half
league broad and travels at the rate of twelve miles
day It has already traversed $50 leagues of coun-
try, moving during the day and remaining quiet at
night and during the clowdy days, keeping near the
coast and never beginning its march until or o.
clock when the is felt Its preferred food is the
indigo and corn, and it has not touched the sugar
cane It is described as being from two to two-and-
a-l1af inches long deep yellow color, and having
four small wings of the color. "A similar plague
took place in i, when they invaded Yueatan and
the coast Of Vera Cruz and New Mexico in formula
pie numbers IE3lFEiSzaekp lssa aQasre,.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-08-20

ARIsrocRAcY. 1t is related of Ant;eus who aspir-
ed to wrestle with the gods, that if they could by
any means induce him to leave his Mater terra, and
grabbe with them, they found little difficulty in
worsting him; but long he could keep his feet
firmly planted upon his native SOIL he was more than
a match for them
When men outgrow their true position, and aim
to live removed from the and duties of life like
Anfseus they lose their footing and fall In order to
battle successfully should never forsake sphere
notions of the rich and thousands who are rich be-
come poor, because they are too proud to the
efforts to keep that it requires to accumulate
9e following is excellent hit at this species of
ariStocracy:
1t is always petulous thing for naughty people
to look back upon the line of their ancestry. Twenty
years ago, says the Merchants Magazine this one
butchered that made candles another sold cheese
and butter, fourth carried a distiery; another
was contractor canals; others were merchants and
mechanics They are acquainted with both ends of
society," as their children will be after them though
it will not do to say loud For often you will find
that those toing worms hatch butterflies, and they
live about year. Death brings divisions of proper
ty, and it brings financers; the young gentle
takes his and begins to travel towards
poverty which he reaches before dcath-or his chill
dren do if ne does not So that in fact though there
is moneyed rank it is not hereditary-itsa accessible
to all; three good seasons of cotton will send gen
Grafton of men up, of years will bring them
all down, and send their children again to labor.
The father grubs and grows rich his children strut
and the money; their children inherit the pride
and go to shiftless poverty; their children, reinvgo
rated by fresh pleban blood, and by the smell of the
cIod, come up again. Thus society, like tree,
draws its sap from the earth; changes into leaves
and blossoms, spreads them abroad in great glory,
sheds them off to fall back to the earth again to min
gle with the SOIL and at length to rc-appear in
trees and fresh garniture.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-08-20

A friend informs us that, while suffering with a
bonefelon twenty years ago, DIR. Francis LIE Baron,
late the Apothecay General of the United States ad-
vised him to fill thimble with soft-soap and quick
silver mixed, and bind tightly the felton, This
he did, and in the course of twelve hours it was
drawn to head, when the core was removed, and,
by appliances of the usual poultice the sore soon
expeden but one that is to be preferred to the Gus
tomary treatment. We have heard others who have
availed themselves of the remedy prescribed by
friend say that it is effectual and expeditions As
good many persons are now afflicted with bone-feI-
Ions, we have been requested to make this publica
ton May it prove ga real blessing" to the suffer
ing Cor Baltimore CIipper
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-08-20

The RIFLE Many persons who very expert
in the of the rifle, know nothing of the principle
which it operates, and would be at loss if asked
why grooved barrel throws ball truer than a
smooth bore. The reasons are:
In the first place, no bullet is be cast per-
fecty spherical One side is always heavier than the
other, and the ball always from right to left
of projection However hard it may be to prove this
theoretically, practice demonstrates it. The same
smooth BORE mmovably fixed, twice loaded with the
same charge of the same powder, and of balls cast
in the same mould, will not plant them in the same
spot, at the same distance.
The rifle barrel is female screw, which gives the
tightly driven ball rotation that the bullet,
rather slug swerves with the twist of the screw
other revolution corrects the There but
three motions in rife ball-the straight forward,
the spiral and the downward caused by the force of
gravity A rife of thirty to the pound drops its ball
about foot in hundred yards Rifles sighted,
therefore, to meet the deviation On leaving the bar
REL the ball above the line of sight, continual
ly falling in parabolical curve, till it intersects it.
The point of intersections is called the point blank
Who invented the rifle is not known. Its princi-
pie known to the North American Indians before
the discovery of the continent. Their
feathered sprally, and move precisely in the man
ner of a rife ball.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-08-20
LET THE HEART BE BEAUTIFUL

So the heart, the heart is beautiful,
l care not for the face:
Task not what the form may lack
Of dignity or grace;
If the mind be filed with glowing thoughts,
And the soul with sympathy,
What matter though the cheek be pale,
Or the eye lack briiliancy.
Though the cheek, the cheek be beautiful,
1t soon may lose its bloom,
And the lustre of the eye be quenched
In the darkness of the tomb
But the glory of the mind will live,
Though the bloom of life depart;
And oh the charm can never die
Of true and noble heart.
The lips that utter kindly thoughts
Have beauty all their own
For gentle words are sweeter far
Than music's softest tone;
And though the voice be harshsor shrill
That bids the oppressed go free,
And soothes the woes of the sorroWino one,
That voice is sweet to me
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-08-20

The KoszTA AFFAIR. WashSagton Aug. IA, 1853.
The Secretary of State only received his despatches
relative to the Koszta affair, from Mr.. Marsh, our
Minister at Constantinople, Friday too late to lay
Cabinet tomorrow. This viii account for the delay
in making public the dispatches heretofore received
at the Navy Department
The Koszta question is likely to assume much
more important character than was first anticipated
Mr. Marcy is already pledged to the position that the
citizen OF the United States entities the indviduato
the protection of this government. 1t will be re-
membered that Mr.. Marcy was member of the mixed
commission, as it was termed, to adjust the claims OF
American citizens against Mexico. One of these
claims was that of Italian gentleman who had de-
elared his intention of becoming citizen of the Uni
ted States previous to the depredatons being COM
United on his property BY Mexico. The Mexican
commissioners resisted the claim on the ground that
the declaration did not enttle the party to the
immunities of citizen Of the United States. The
case was finally submitted to the arbitration Of the
King of Prussia, through his minister, and decided
adversely to the position assumed by Mr. Marcy. 1t
Is matter of great importance to the Thousands
who reach our shores and file their declarations OF IN
tention to become citizens to have this point decided
Mr. Marcy, we believe took the ground that they are
in the same position children born here who, al
though they cannot vote or hold property till they
twenty-one years old are still, during their MI
nority, unquestonably entitled to the protection OF
the United States Should this position be taken the
release of Koszta will doubtless beimperatiyely de-
manded by our government twill be due, notony
to our national honor, but to the vast population
which seek our shores in the pursuit of that civil anu
religious liberty which is denied them in Europe.
No better opportunity for settling the question can
arise, and public opinion viii uphold the executive
in the ennunciation of whatever may be deemed true
American doctrine, no matter how bold it may aP
pear. Cor OF the az. Y. Herd~"
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-08-20

A Coon ONE. The last number of the Southern
Era gives the following:
awe have just read an account of deer hunt in
which, strange to tell the deer killed the hunter It
is related of Daniel Boone, the great Kentucky hun
ter, that when he was young man he went out
hunting deer at night, accompanied by young COM
panion, who bore in his hand {. torch light. When
this light is by the gentle deer instead of being
frightened it attracts them and lures them on to their
doom. They draw near, and the hunter, beholding
their clear shining eyes, shoots them down On the
evening in question, after passing some distance
through the forest, young Boones companion indica
ted to him that a deerwas visible. Boone advanced,
saw the eyes, and raised his unerrng rifle, and
about to fire. when it occurred to him that those
were not the eyes of deer He lowered his gun and
the object fed, and Boone Immediately started in
pursuit. He chased it to the house of her fathers
when it proved to be handsome young girl. The
game up. Dams rifle never sent a ball to the
heart of a 'varmint with unerring and fatal
certainty than did those bright eyes send shaft to
his The bold backwoodsman pressed his suit, and
the maiden allowed herself to be wooed and won.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-08-20

AT the recent commencement of Harvard Uniyer
sity, at the supper of the Psi Epsilon Fraternity
j. G. SAKE, the poet having been toasted, gave tn,
following good chit in reply:
Dear brethren, who sit round this bountiful board,
With excellent viands so lavishly stored,
That, in newspaper phrase ttwould undoubtedly gruan
If groaning were but convivia tone,
Which it isnt-and therefore by sympathy led
The table, doubt, is rejoicing instead.
Dear brethren, rise-and it won't be surprising
If you find me, like bread all the better for rising
rise to express my exceeding delight
In cordial reunion this glorious night
And invoke every blessing true-hearted brother
In fullness of feeling, can do for another.
And here let ME pause for moment, to say,
In negative, less than positive way,
like parson beginning his doctrinal task,
What blessing for each would specially ask;
May you neer get in love or in debt, with doubt
As to whether or you will ever get out
May you meier have mistress who plays the coquette
Or neighbor who blows cracked clarionet;
May you learn the first use of lock on your door,
And ne'er like Adons, be killed by a bore;
Shun canting and canters with resolute force
A "canter" is shocking except in horse;
AT jOvial parties mind what you are at
Beware of your head and take of your hat,
Lest you find that the fayorite son of your mother
Has an ache in the and brick in the other;
May you never, pray, to worry your life,
Have weak-minded friend, or strohg-minded wife;
A tailor distrustful, or partner suspicious;
dog that is rabid, nag that is vicious;
Above all, the chief blessings the gods can mpart-
May you keep clear head and generous heart
Remember it's blessed to give and forgive;
Live chiefly to love, and love while you live,
And, dying, when lifes little journey is done,
May your last, fondest sigh be PSI UPsILoN.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-08-20
A writer in the last Edinburg Review states thai

A writer in the last Edinburg Review states that
Byron drew the character of Lambro, the pirate, in
Don JUAN from real life without even the substitu
ton of a fictitious name. Lambro was probably In
the zenith of his dark celebrity during Byron's
eond residence IN Greece His story, recorded by
the poet is mainly true and the old pirate
off Iyeal = sss 81
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-08-20

How KENTUCKY GOT ITS NAME. The origin and
ted for in different ways both in enious and paus
ble The latest analysis of the word Kentucky that
we have heard, we had few days ago from the lips
of an old hunter now in the ninety ninth year of
his age When Boon first came to that country it
was inhabited exclusively by tribe of Indians, but
was the hunting ground for all the tribes of
the adjacent country. The rich valleys were cover
ED with chapparel of cane, bearing small berry,
feast. Thus it enough for the whites to call it
the land of Cane and Turkey. The Indians trying
to pronounce the same words got it Kane tuckee,
from this it was abbreviated into Kentuck and
finally the name by which it is now known-Ken-
tucky-the land Of Cane and Turkey