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Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1853-10-05
RALEIGH, WEDN NEsDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1853.
THE STATE FAIR.

Te have been requested by Correspondent, who
es deep interest in the State Fair, to call the at
ention of the City Commissioners to the propriety
f repairing Hargett Street which leads to the Fair
Grounds He suggests, by way Of economy, the
use of plough and road scraper; and says one good
horse and suitable plough will raise more earth than
ten men with grubbing-hoe or pick, and the road
scrapcr will be equally effective. We take it for
granted the Commissioners will direct the matter to
be duly attended to.
We continue to hear of preparations in various
parts of the State to attend the Fair We sincerely
trust these preparations will 60 on and become gen.
eral.
We learn from Wilson W. Whitaker, Esq. Trcasu-
rer of the Society," that William R. Palmer of this
State has written to him that he expects to exhibit
threshing machine, which, if we may judge of it
from the description given, will excite general atten
ton. This machine, it is stated, will thresh the
wheat, remove the straw, fan the wheat, and then
measure it accurately ready for the bags. 1t
will also rub out all the smut The proprietor
is anxious that the very smuttiest article of wheat
shall be provided, so that the farmers may see
for themselves the nature and value of the machine
in this respect 1t will also thrcsh oats, rye, timo
thy, clover, etc.
A wheat-reapcr is also expected from Illinois, and
straw-cutters and cotton-gins from Georgia
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"FALLING TO PIECES"

Some of the Wing presses are very much cdified
about this time by the prospect as they sec it. that
the Democratic party will "fall to pieces" We are
not surprised that they should cherish such hope
they have heretofore prospered and risen to pow
er only by Democratic divisions.
But this hope is most delusive one. The Demo
cratic party, here and elsewhere, will stand and it
will stand together. Democrats who agree on lead
ing and vital principles will not separate play in
to the hands of the Wings merely because they hap
pen to differ slightly with each in tactics or in
opinion.
The last "fall " of the Democratic party, a CO.
temporary we'll observes, was on the heads of the
Wings" since which very little has been known Of
that facetous congregation of black and white spirits;
when it falls" upon them again the catastrophe
will be final"
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MAINE. The Augusta Age of the god instant,
gives returns for Governor for the whole State, ex
cept sixteen plantations with the following result:
Pillsbury regular Democrat 's6, ,127-Crosby, whig,
81, 7,259-Morrill, Maine law Democrat, 11,O12-
Holmes, Freesoil, 9,039. No choice of Governor by
the people. There is dispute among the Maine pa
pers as to the complexion of the Senate, but the
House will be composed of 65 Wings, 5s regular
Democrats, Is Morrill, or Maine law Democrats, and
Freesolers. The Wings, it will be seen, held to-
gether, but the Democrats divided and lost under
the influence of the Maine liquor law issue.
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FACTORY LABOR IN RHODE ISLAND. The recent
passage of an act by the Rhode Island Legislature
making ten hours legal days work, is creating con-
siderable disturbance among the manufacturing vii
lagos of that State. Upon the day which the law
went into operation many of the factories closed the
propretors not being willing to have the law obeyed
A convention of manufacturers has since been held
at Providence, and it decided by them that the
operatives should bargain to labor nine hours on
Saturdays, and twelve hours during the other work
ing days of the week, or they would not give them
employment State Of Maine.
The Savannah Georgian pertnently asks" What
is the difference, in this case between voluntary and
involuntary servitude?"
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that Messrs. E. Webb, Maxcy & Co., merchants of
Louisville, in behalf of Teeters, Maxcy e Co., pork
packers have closed a contract to slaughter and
pack 5000 12, 600 hogs, chiefly for English
market s'7e =
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VERMONT The Vermont State Journal sums up
the different parties in the ensuing Legislature
follows: Senate-Whgs 1G Democrats II, Frccsoir
l. House-Whigs 95, Democrats 50, Freesoil 81.
The whole number of members being 214, 1Os is a
majority. The Wings are thirteen short of that
number, and the Democrats twenty-six.
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DIED..

AT his residence in Chatham the 10Th epernber Of
bilious congcstve feye James Taylor Eos useful and
highly respectable citize-in the 54t year Of his age
In Johnston county N. c., Elevation, Sept
Miss Mary Ann Woodan in her 2sth year She had been
afflicted with bad health for the last She
esteemed and her death has caused gloom her ends
What sorrowful sounds do hear = = ~ -
Move slowly along in the gale; - - ,-rrsl
How solemn they fall on my ear, q
As softly they pass through the vale
Sweet Corydon's notes are allo'er.
Now lonely she slee1s in IL ciay;
He- cheeks bloem with Fu1en no more
Since death c.lrd her spirit AWAY. fcon
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W Ashland, the home of Henry Clay, recently
sold at tauction, was purchased by his son. James B.
Clay at $40 per acre. The tract contains 337
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HARPER for October has been received This is
an excellent number. The publishers give notice
that the eighth volume will commence with circu-
lation of hundred and thirty five thousand copies
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w Col John w. Cameron, formerly of the
Wadesborough Argus, proposes carly in the coming
year to start new weekly paper at Fayetteville, to
be called the "Fayetteville Journal" Col. c. is
good fellow, but an autul Whig.
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New ORLEANS. The fever is rapidly disappearing
from New Orleans. Business is beginning to revive
and every thing wears more cheerful aspect It
is not however, considered prudent for unacclmated
persons strangers to visit the city until frost shall
havs appeared, which will be about the 18th Octo-
ber.
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YELLOW FEVER IN TEXAS. The yellow fever was
making terrible ravagcs at Galveston and other pla
ces, at the latest dates. Withna few days one
hundred we'll known citizens and several eminent
physicians had fallen victims to the dreadful scourgc
They died after few hours sickness.
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W Convention of Presidents of Railway Com
panies is to held in New York some time during the
present month, October. The object is to devise
ways and means to prevent Railroad accidents and
to improve the service generally.
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'(NOMMON ECHOOLS.-NOTICE IS HEREBY
Sgveu that Election will be held at the School Houses
in the several Districts Of Wake County, on the second
Thursday of October Fur Commtteemea for the said
Dstricts r. II. JONES
Czm's Board Of Sspdsnts
October I, 1858. si-ltw
~ Register copy time. weekly.
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MAJ CALDWELL. The Charlotte Whig says Maj.
Green w. Caldwell recently sold copper and gold
mine to Nothern Company for $4,000 The place
sold was the residence of the late DR.. Stephen Fox,
near Charlotte
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MARRIED.

On the 18th inst, BY Duncan n. Sinclair Esq., Thomss
d. Williams Esq, of Calais Maine, to Mrs Asriha II Al
ston, of Moore county, n. C.. ss-Tss- 49,
Al Rocky Knoll Granville county ssening fhs
staff to Mary n. Backnal all Of Granville County,
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TIE RuaoRED PaorEsr. The Washington Star
says the rumored protest by England, France, and
Russia in the Kosta case has no existence in fact
AS we expected. 2s.<
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Mprtb-Carolilln Stanaar1
70 PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND SEAI.WEEALf bA
wILLIAM M W. n L D EN-,
EpIroR AND PROPRIETOR.
EDITOR AND Proprietor

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Correspondents of the Petersburg E1press.I 8 -
Result Of the Race Virginia Badly Beaten Judge
Mason certainly going to France. ~
RIcuNoSp, Sept "a, 1855.
GENTLEMEN: The day has arrived-th hour has
come and gone and the long talked of match race
$4,000 side, between the Virginia horse, Red Eye
and the South Carolina mare, Nina has been wonby
the South Carolinian. The purse was taken in tHo
easy heats-the first as follows: 1st heat 3 min 544
Sec; 2d heat min. 48 sec.-time of the two heats
min. 42f sec. There was much excitement ON tho
occasion. Visitors from all parts Of this State, and
many from other States present to witness the
trial of speed between the two racers As was to be
expected, a large amount Of money changed hands
on the occasion. have heard it said that there
few persons in this city, in the habit Of betting but
they risked more or less on this race. The South
Carolina hackers of course in tho highest spirits
they in ecstacies. The mare was certainly tho
swest and it is said only lost in the previous
on account of unskfuness on the part Of the rider.
1t is not yet known whether the Red Eyes hackers
will put him up for another match. -
The races will be kept up at Fairfield tyyo days
longer. On Wednesday tomorrow there win bea
plate race free for all ages-two mule heats; plate
worth $s0O-entrance $40.
On Thursday are to have another race for a
purse of $100-free for all ages entrance S5.
Next week Thursday the regular fall Races over
the Fairfield Course, will commence, and much sport
is again anticipated. (, -
The week after Thursday the I ith Octobcr) the
regular fall races over the Broad Rock Course miles
from this city, will take place. On the Sd day Red
Eye will again run. For the Jockey Course Purse,
four mile heats 5000 with inside stake Of 1850.
Lawson has been entered as his competitor, - = 4
So you viii see fro2a the foregoing programme -
that the sportsmen of the Turf viii have a feast
p S The rumor gains credance that Judge Mason
has been rendered the appointment of Minister to
France. He is now fast recovering from his recent
severe indisposition, which was produced by expo.
sure and exertion two weeks since, in his
efforts to save his property, while isresidence was
on fire. - =, -
The weather at present is charming; and the sport
to-day was excellent. = e -. - ~
Yours, &c, ALPHA
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g of Advertising.

Advertisements not exceeding fourteen hnes will be in
subsequent insertion; those Of greater length in proportion
Advertisements inserted in the Standard a r W
also appear in the Weekly Paper rse o. @ cnafge M Uar
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Democratic Ratification Neetino.

New YoRK, Sept &c. An immense and enthusi-
astic gathering Of the Hard Shell Democrats was
held in the Park this evening to- rati their State
ticket just as James r. Brady rose to speak the
platform containing the speakers reporters, and
three hundred men and boys fell to the ground
with a crash, breaking the legs of two men, and
slightly injuring others. The meeting was reorgan.
lied at the steps Of the City Hail. and Mr.. Brady
sumed his discourse. .a
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Mr.. EvERErr's LETTER TO SIR JOHN RUSSELL. The
Philadelphia Ledger describes this paper to be ga
scholarlkc epogue to the writer's diplomatic career
in the nature of grand finale to an epic:"
Mr.. Everett, being now a member of the U. S.
Senate cannot plead want of opportunity to answer
his British antagonist in some public and official
FORM and his letter. therefore, must be ascrbed to
that literary mpatience, which, in times gone by,
made his Alarich the Visi-Goth for second time
the scourge of the civilized world But Mr. Everett
succeeded in prose much better than in poetry and
we bound to admit that his letter. apart from the
question ofproprety publishing it this juncturc
is mastery performance both as regards style and
substance"
ST. LOUIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE. The ST. Louis
Annual Conference ofthe Methodist E. Church South,
met on Wednesday, the 14th inst, in tho Centena-
ry Church of St Louis. Bishop Andrew, presided.
ThesSt Louis lntelligencer, speaking of it says:
Our citizens with their customary hospitality, have
opened their houses to the accommodation and en-
tertainment of their clerical brethren with zeal not
to be surpassed in any other city of the Union"
Our CHARGE TO ECUADOR Philo White, esq.,, the
newlyappointed charge dafairs of the United States
to the republic of Ecuador says the Journal of Com
merce of the Oath s now in this city, on his way to
Guyaquil. He, however, will not take his departure
from this port until some time next month. He is
stopping at the Irving House.
I ga SMALL MISTAKE" The Victoria Texas) Adyo-
cate Of the 3lst under the above heading says: EEK
President Lamar instead Of being dead as reported
was only married"
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W Mr.. PoRrER, the enterprising Boot and Shoe
dealer, Fayetteville St, Peace's Block has just re-
turned from the North with large and select assort
,ment in his line Give hima call. &
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THE LATE GENERAL MCKAY.
aFlat iusticia. r,iat cnIum - q !.

s-...i - Flat Justicias ruat celum.
To the Editor of the Neu YorI Herald.
I have seen, in the New York Express Of Saturday
morning, the 18th inst, short telegaphic despatch
announcing the death Of the Hon. James j. Mckay.
of North Carolina, to which are appended few re-
marks by the editor touching the character of the
deceased of kind too unjust and incorrect to remain
unnoticed. -rs
The editor of the Express knows nothing of the
man whose biography he has given US in ten lines
and when he knew nothing, he should have said
nothing. He has announced the death of Gen Mckay
of North Carolina, who, he says, "as chairman of
the Committee of Ways and Means, often came in
contact with the merchants and manufacturers of
this city, and is well known to many of them!" l
wager the gentleman that no merchant or manufac-
turer of this any other city ever knew q General
McRay, of North Carolina, or anywhere else who
was chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means.
Gen, Mckay, of North Carolina, once chairman of
the Committee of Ways and Means, was indeed an
honest and upright man. Living within three miles
of him for the last six years. and often in his compa-
ny, knew him well and when it is said of him that
he was a man of limited means and limited ability,
and therefore, often instrument in the hands
of more capable men," feel it to be my duty, as
citizen of North Carolina to vindicate his character
from this foul charge, and to stamp the article in
question gross Misrepresentation, growing out
of the ignorance of its author.
Instead of being man of limited means his estate
is large, and cannot fall far short of $400 600 in val
But, had he been as poor as the poorest of the
thousands who daily walk the streets of your proud
city, nor money, nor the love of it. reward,
the hope cf it. could have swayed him from the
honesty of his purposes or the correct discharge of
those duties which he was called to perform.
In moral frmncss Gen. Mckay was like Andrew
jackson; and to say of him that he was so weak as
to yield to the opinion of others for the pecuniary
advantages might afford him is to reflect dishones-
ty upon the people whose distinguished representa-
tive for more than twenty years he in the Con-
gress of the Union. A man of sound, clear head,
excellent judgment and extensive information, his
opinion, while in Congress- was of great weight;
while on account of his strict integrity and dstin
guished financierng ability he Justly considered
the egis of the treasury.
Twill not attempt to write biography Of the man.
Other and abler men will do justice his character
Meantime let the Express correct its record and ap
ply to its father confessor for absouon from the pain
and penalties of truth transgrcssed.
A NORTH CAROLINIAN.
New York, Howard House, Sept. 10, 1853.
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GUANo CoaING. The Baltimore American says:
"Those who are waiting so anXiously for supply
of guano will be gratfed to learn that several ves
sells may be daily expected. The barque n. ID. Bas-
set, 81 days from Callao which arrived at Norfolk
on Wednesday, with guano reports that on the 18th
of june, she was in company with ship Carthage,
for Hampton Roads, with guano, and that the ships
Alesto and Harkaway, barques Rocket, Tanger, j.
j. Cobb, Ellen 4. Parsons, Croton and Royal Sax
ton, sailed for Hampton Roads about the 10Th June
all loaded with guano. The Croton has, however,
been wrecked and the Harkaway deserted at
sea, but has been picked up by the steamer South
erner and may be daily expected at Norfolk, where
she to be taken by the crew put in charge Of
her. )"
The Charleston Courier announces the arrival of
the Harkaway off the Bar, on Friday afternoon in
company with the steamship Southerner. The Hark-
away has full cargo of guano, and everything about
the ship appears to be in good condition. The wa
ter in the hold has been reduced to eighteen inches,
at which point the pumps suck. TIL. agent of this
n. Y and Charleston line of steamships, had taken
prompt and efficient steps to have the ship and car
60 brought safely into port, having sent schooner
with fourteen hands provided with bags shovcls and
every necessary material to Tighten the ship. The
Courier congratulates its young townsman, Captain
Evan of the Southerner and all concerned on their
good fortune in having the ship Harkaway safe off
the port of Charleston, and trusts that their prize
may prove as lucrative to them as they may desire
The FAIR, The FAIR. We are gratified to learn
that ample preparations being made for the Fair
at Raleigh and also that large number of stocks,
crops, and implements, have been reported to the
Chairman of the Committee arrangements. There
is quite spirit of rivalry being aroused in several
Counties, each wishing to be we'll represented on
that occasion. Wayne, we understand, will be well
represented in stocks mechanism, and the household
arts. Our enterprsing farmers, Messrs. Collier and
Everett have, learn, several specimens of cattle
to send up.
The People ofRaleigh and Wake County have dis
played great berality in their expenditures for this
exhibition, and We hope to see an overwhelming
crowd from every section of ours, as well as from
other States, at Raleigh on the 18th Of October
Colds. 3ep. & Pat.
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NuMBEn ss2
TWO. wEEks.1arEa FROM cAIrroRsIa.

TWO WEEKS.LATE FROM CALRoRNrA.
Nearly taco Nillions Of Gold Come 1izlioa More
the Way- LdryeA1 lnereqsed Productions More
StrakesZ7-Esigrants Arricing-- PotitiesEOp Oppour
ti0n to Cor. BigLer, dc. - - - - a.
New YoRK, Sept 25 The steamer Northern
Light from San Juan, arrived at o'clock this morn
ing, bringing San Francisco dates of Sept l.
600 IN gold on freight and $500 600 in the hands Of
passengers She connected with the BROTHER Jona-
than from San Francisco, which brought down 700
passengers and 81 300 900 in gold on freight -
The steamer Gortes arrived at San Francisco on
Aug. 2S, with the passengers who lef New York in
the Northern Light on Aug. 9Th. All were well
The mines were generally doing well - - =
Emigrants from China and across the plains were
arriving in great numbers. - - -, =
large shipment Of quicksilver had been made to
China :, 80, - : - - = = -
The excess of shipments of gold for the past eight
months of 1858, over the same months Of 1869, is
nearly $40 250,O00 - = - -. =
generally successful. Brickayers had struck for
$l2 and hod carriers for $6 per day, and had been
successful = sl's,s--{f -
Politics were waxing warm, and several prominent
democrats were canyassing the State in opposition to
the reelection of Gov. Bigler. DR.. H. M GRAY had
been nominated for Mayor of San Francisco by the
wings, and Capt Z. j. Harrison, agent of the Mica
ragua steamship company, by the democrats -
The taxable property of the city had been assess,
ed at SOS, ,0O0, 900. = - - Jsss1,.s.
Nearly one-half of the town of Sonora had been
destroyed by fire. The flames broke out in Bar
NUNS Hotel, and swept down the whole north part
of Maine street The business part of the city es-
capped Loss $40, 900. s5s.ss - = 80
The town of Kelsey's Diggins in Ell Dorado cour,
ty, was burnt down on the night of the 25th ult
Loss 900. -
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az The Virginia State Fair win commence the
1st OF November next.
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Ne,c YorE HarEsts.

NEW YORK, Sept 27-1p. m. Flour duller. Sale
1000 bbls State brand at SO Is Sc 81, Southern
SO 90 Sc 81. Wheat-2O, 900 bushels sold
Southern white, 81 40; red, 81 80. Com-l5, ,OO'
bushels sold; white, S1c., yellow, &C. Stocks dul
and declining Cotton unchanged.
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Arrival Of Secretary Guthrie--Inc Of tho YeI-
lon Fscer-Tne Markcts
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PHILADELPHIA, Sept 81, Pm Secretary Guth-
There were eight cases of yellow fever here yes
terday. Several more to-day. The papers are silent
on the subject, for fear of njuring trade; but the
disease is worse than supposed.
Flour = selling at Sc 121. Wheat firm and adj
vancing. Corn has an upward tendency.
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ANDREW Jackson Wecopy to-day, from the New
York Evening Post, another chapter from Col BEN
toms forthcoming work devoted to Gen. jackson
Thisschapter wiil richly repay perusal. 3
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az The amount in the Treasury of the general
government subject to draft on the 23d instant was
twenty seven millions five hundred and three thou
sand and ninety dollars. The amount of government
stock redeemed during the week ending the Oath,
was little less than three hundred thousand dollars