Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-11-19

DhA IifOL INcIDENT.-A naval officer beinr
at sea IN dreadful storm, his wife sittino IN ~
cao,n near him, and filed with alarm for Tho sar,
Oh Lhe vessel, was SO surprised at his comnosnr5
anu sincerity, that she cried out
my dear are you not afraid? How is it possible
3ou can De so calm IN such dreadful storm9'
Are you afraid?"
She instantly answered .sNo"
''Why?" said the officer
Because, - reioined the wife ~ l.ro,,. ~.
sword is in the hands of my husband, and he Loves
me too well to hurt me-
Then, said he, remember know, i WHOM,
believe, and that He who holds the wind in His
Father" manu- = NY
HORACE GEEELY, ESQ, is announced as a candi-
Gate Ior the New DIRK Senate from the 7th Senate
0is'IIcV' on the Name Law question. He says:-
i would not accept the Maine Law passed by
aJu9gle; and hereby give YOU fair and final notice
that LShaH not decline unlessI see public nIedg,o
TO support the Maine Law next winter, signed b.
a a am r. Stephens or William H. Robertson.
Others' including those who nominated me. will
DO as they please, but my flag is there
OFFICIAL VorE FOR Observation-Disclosures.
NOV. 9.-Ihe official vote for Governor was conn
ted to-day and the result was as follows:
For johnson, 1858
=, | CI 47,128
g Gmer, :
g Berrien, :
Johnson's majority over jenkins $40 votes.
governor Johnson was inaugurated to-day in
Ihe presence OF large concourse of citizens.
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JrHIEs OF WoNES.-Tbe great numper ofaegra-
waited assaults committed by men on their wives,
III England, has led one Of The London journals to
recommend . now .,,,-r;- I,,,~..,t
as well as a nrYel method Of awarding it, The
proposition IS to try all such assaults by Jury OF
women, partly to rbtain fairer verdict, partly to
cover the criminal with ridiule
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Miss Montgomery, from Louisiana, was recently
married in Paois 10 Count Oliver be Larochefou-
cault Ter father IS said to be one Of the richest
planters IN nhe United States, any belongs to the
Montgomery family, whose elder branch is re.
presented by the Earl Of EgIington, beer of Enc.
land and Scotland
| UNIvERs ALIsr-The following statistics exhi
bit the strength of this sect at the present time II
the United States: 1907 societies. 837 houses 0
worship, 6l2 preachers, 20 periodicals., 10 acad
emIes or schools, 10 ecclesiastical associations in
Guiding State conventions, missionary, tract anC
education societies.
The Methodist Of the United States have mad,
admirable proXision for the education of their pas
tors. They have already eight first class colleges
with property and funds amounting in the aggre
gate to S494,Q63, and another is projected in Mis-
sour. They have also forty-sjx theological acad
emies and seminares, in twenty nine Of which
there are 1896 students, an average of l78 stu
dents to each seminary. The Oldest of their col
leges is at Wil5raham, and was founded in til
year 1880 by the Rev. Wilbur Fisk
Tie LARGEST OF TIE SEAsoH-The Mobil
Tribune of the 9Th, inst.,says the fine steame
Messenger. Capt. J. j. Cox, arrived vestcrda
evening from Montgomery with 17I6 bales c
cotton and one hundred and ninty-three passen
gers. This load of cotton and live stolk may b
taken as proof that the Alabama river is in fin
boating order.