Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-07-20
,trssRs RoYrnl ANpE PURYEAR.

II is we'll known that, IN the Aes 49,
1861. Col Puryear took the SIDE OF tns upl ..
fac pthe war then raging between mexico ana s
a. I4s;.ad Stotes AS a member from the Coun-
tv Of Surrv he voted time and AGAIN that the war
was unconstitutional and unjust and he was I'M
wiling TO appropriate sum OF money to procure
krays vo lunteers their blankets and other
corvepiences of life unless the appropriation was
oounIed with q declaration putting Mexico in the
r;obt and the United States in the wrong. With
the, great body of the Mexican Wings he denounc-
ed the war as Folks war;; and he was un NOV
ed as his votes show, though the brave boys stood
waiting the approval of their common motner'
ere they departed for the scene of DEATH ana
though his countfy's flag foated in the gloom o.
peril anu of untried contests. lie was mouslhg
over party schemes and party advantages when
his soul should have leaped up in flame Tor the
honor and glory of his country. Can 1t be
nossibe that any appropriated citizen of the Sixth
District can support him Above ALL can man
there. with the heart of soldier, do 1t!
George D. Boyd was in the Legislature from
Rockingham during the same session, and stood
up manfully for the rights of his country. Though
too old to volunteer himself, he encouraged the
volunteers both by word and deed-he voted them
money without stint and without conditions lie
has been true to his country here, and he Will not
desert its fac nor surrend der its honor II sent to
Washington
Again, COL Puryear pursued course DUNG
the last Legislature, (as the journal will show IN
the midst of those memorable revolutionary scenes,
which ought to deprive him of all countenance
and support as public man. His prejudices as
partizan are too strong to permit free play to his
Judgment ; and his principles, utterly federal as
they are, are unsuited to the people he seeks to
represent.
We trust that every Dem 1crdt in the Sixth Dis
trct is not only determined to vote for Col. Boyd,
but that his friends will turn out and work for
him, with coats off, on the day of the election.
Organize distribute the tickets, and that they
are put in Do not rely on others, brother Demo-
Gratis, but 90 yourselVes-ride if necessary, and
use all honorable means to ensure the triumph OF
your candidate. He is worthy of all you can do
for him. Do your duty, as i'll times past and our
word for it signal victory will crown your efforts.
DR.. AND Mas IVES. In common with other
newspapers, (says the Richmond Enquirer) we in
serted some days ago silly paragraph to the effect
thatiMrs. Ives returning to Rome with her
brother, DR.. Hobart, in consequence of that gen
tlemau having been notified, by the Pope, that
Mrs. Ives and her husband could no longer sustain
the conlugal relation, as the reverend convert
would receive holy orders in the of the
mer This interesting piece of information is pre-
posterous and ridiculous, and carries its refu-
teton with it. All the currency which it has OBJ
tanned hitherto has been due either to oversight
to the most amusing ignorance of the discipline
and doctrines of the Roman Church.
Imprimis, the Pope has no power to divorce DR..
Ives and his wife-the marriage relation is regard
ed by the Papacy to be holy and indissoIubIe
an alliance it is by any of the reformed church.
es, by hich it is treated very much in the light of
a civil contract. In the second place, without a
voluntary and complete separation consummated
and rendered inevitable by the act of the parties
the Pope has just little power as inclination to
confer holy orders on Bishop Ives. In the third
place, it is not probable that the late Bishop is a
man Of such extraordinary abilities that the Roman
Camera would be unusually anxious to secure his
apostolical services as presbyter or priest-nor
" 'J '"'O ''iei0 - any scarcity vi azure,
learned, and efficient within the brilliant circle
of the great hierarchy.
Mrs. Ives is very likely returning home--proba-
ly as stated with her brother-but without the al
legged dimittas If there is any separation at all it
is her own actor though DIR. Ives may be torn
from the Episcopal Church, his conversion has not
sundered him from the conjugal claims of Mrs
Ives. She may still claim him and sne ont ha
beas corpus for him if she likes, as soon as he gets
back to the United States.