Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1853-05-04
THE STANDARD.
RALEIGH, SATURDAY. APRIL 80. 1853.
THE MAILS, &c. &c.


It 50 turns out that whenever the Northern Mail
fails here, the failure happens at the very time
uhen we are in want of news for our numerous
readers. We blame no one for it, for the simple
reason that, of course, one IS to blame. 1t was
caused either by run-of, astop-short, or strap
iron Railroad between this and New York, or some
other village; and it will occur again, we have no
doubt. everv other Thursday morning or so with
provoking regularity: We cannot help it. Our
readers must digest what they have, and wait pa
tiently for more.
There are many, very many things about which,
in the absence of news, we might write; and if we
knew precisely what our readers preferred, they
should be served to almost any extent. By the
way, however, we have learned during our expert
ence in these duties that newspaper is not to be
Judged so much by the amount of original matter
it contains as by its selections 1t requires close
reading and scissors! to make up an interesting
sheet
Have Bourbon among us?" Possibly
we have-probably we have not. If we have,
vhy then let him remain-this is free country,
with the two oceans and with the North and the
South for its boundaries if We have not, why
then the Bourbon" is somewhere else We
make our respects to him, and wish him plentiful
supply of" creature comforts and any quantity
of hope.
The Gardiner trial is still going ON at Washing
ton CITY, and bids fair to be as nterminable as the
Bourbon question. We have not read it, and we
hope no one else has. We predict he will be ac-
Quilted. There are several Others, who figured
under the late administration, who might be ad
vantageously hauled over the Goals" as we'll as
Gardiner; but as that was their last opportunity
for iIching from Uncle Sam, and as it would be
next to impossible to convict them, we suppose
thew might as we'll be allowed to run.
Our Wilmington friends Judging by the tone
Of their presses-have taken the late Railroad Cele
bration in good taste and becoming temper. The
Journal and Commercial have not, we believe al
uded to it, and the Herald and Press have got
along with it quite handsomely. Well, what of
hl Certain Counties and neghborhoods in this
State have heretofore traded with Norfolk and Pc
terburs The current of trade, like water, will
seek its natural outlet; but we can tell our Will
mington friends that the hearts of those in this
quarter who joined in the celebration, and who ac-
ted properly, as we think, in thus joining, had
Wilmington in Mem-and not only Wilmington,
but Beaufort, and the Railroad that is to be to the
latter, one of the best harbors on the Atlantic
coast, and the only one directly on the Atlantic.
Wa hat
more for the ports of our own beloved State. The
citizens of Wilmington, having failed in their eff,
forts for an appropriation for the Cape Fear Bar
at the late Congress, have gone to work them
selves to raise the necessary funds and they
wiH accomplish their object, whether Congress
should help them or not. But the general gov
ernment ought not to aid-it ought to do the work
We believe it will. If Wilmington can only main
tain her present position as an exporting City, sh
must continue to grow and prosper; if she cal
effect, at whatever reasonable cost or effort, tn
contemplated improvement of her Bar, she vii
from that moment spring forward with renewed
energy and hope Our best wishes are with her
She has citizens, who for intelligence, enterpris
andpublic spirit have no superors either in out
North Carolina-men who are capable of confront
ing Fate ITSELF and of compelling prosperity to tn
standard Of their industry and their labors.
The Road from Goldsborough to this place VII
soon be completed, and then Wilmington vii
learn more of the people here, of their views, thei
interests, and their feelings; and when the grea
work shall have been accomplished from Colds
Borough to Charlotte, though Norfolk may tax
some of the trade, Petersburg some, but not a
much as Norfolk, yet Wilmington will receiv
enough to crafty the wishes of her most enter
prising citizens.
We take it for granted that the travel for Ne,
lork and other Northern Cities from this regio
VIII, to great extent, take the Norfolk route. Tn
traveller may leave Raleigh at four P. M.-arriv
az Norfolk in eight hours, and in New York, b
ocean steamer, in twenty-seven hours more-mak
Ing th'rty-fve hours from this point to New Yorl
vi ne may touch at Baltimore by steamer, an
proceed to Philadelphia and New York, reachin
sne ia''er place in several hours less time. Talk
,Dg Vi tne Mails, we trust the Thursday mornin
A'ures Will be less frequent after this route sha
nave been established.
T. ). 1t is due to Railroads generally, and th
'aston Road particularly, to state that the Ma
a'S arrived since The above was written, the ca,
having been detained by an accident that coul
not be avoided.
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