Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-10-18
corre.pondenee Of the North Caroline standard.

Madame Rumor has from time to time, captnreds on
Russian account, English and French merchant clip
pers but the subsequent safe arrival Of the said yes
sells in narbor, tended slightly to 1mpugn the
Veracity of the veteran gossipper.
Our presses, authorities and the public generally
have Of late been much occupied with the discus
sion and consideration of the Chinese Exodus This
is throwing upon shores swarms OF Celestial
poems, coolies, slares persons who are bound to
return portion of their earnings to wealthy lords
at home their families being detained in their
country hostages for the faithful performance
of the contract These people crowded in small
vessels like sheep in the saughterpcn, in too many
instances bring disease and death in our midst.
Every ship that has arrived from the Chinese ports
during the past two months has been libeed for
rying excess of passengers and its swarthy liv-
ing freight transferred maSse to the quarantine
island in our bay, where many die OF disease con-
tracted on the voyage, and all at the hazard of
spreading contagion in this community and subject
ing people to heavy taxes. This is now the alb
sorbing topic in this community, and the question
is how to prevent moderate this Monaghan influx
The male portion of the Chinese population, though
mostly from the lower orders of the race, indus
trous sober and ordcrly-but the opposite sex, are.
with scarcely individual exception, women OF most
shameless and abandoned character and their pres
cnce is foul excrcscence social body. 4
novel, but effectua method of Kidding the communi-
ty of the Of these daughters of death has
Gently been adopted in many of our inland cities
and towns. Whenever an alarm of fire occurs-af-
it is over-the attention Of the fremen is direct
ed to the filthy novels where these miserable crca
lures hive Their habitations and the occupants
astonished with 4 sudden, vigorous and copious
baptism of water, thoroughly drenching and drown
ing out the rats, both bpcd and quadTupcd. And
the screeching and yelling of the fair Senoras afford
infinite amusementNo the offciators in this patent
eiecng process. 1t is now quite customary in our
mining towns, where the presence of the children
of the sun has become odious, for some person to
give false alarm of fire, and when the frcmen find
themselves hoaXed, they restore their good humor,
and make all right by descent with tuJ-hose and
break upon their Chinese neghbors And the good
effect of this compulsory ablution is in gen.
eral stampede of the terrestrial angels by the first
conveyance Some lac is needed which shall mod
crate this Asatc emi grafton, guard against pauper
ism and wholly exclude these Chinese women.
Heretofore have avoided all alusion to the state
of political affairs in this Site. Schooled in
pure Democratic atmosphere, | have looked upon
the movements and conduct Of political leaders and
wire pullers here with disgust These men seem
to my mind to be utterly INSCRIPTIONS OF the means
they make of to accomplish their object
Drunken 6Atc!guards from the Emerald Isle, and
shoulder strikers from the purleCs of New York
control most of the primary meetings and the cleo
tons in this city. They droac-6eat, and beat the
6ro,rs of honest voters, upset the balotboXes and
scatter the contents where the result is feared to be
adverse to the interests Of the masters who employ
them, threaten with knife and revolver independent
and bold speaking editors, and make every prelim
nary meeting and every election Pandenonium
rather than a sober deliberate assembly.
The result of the election in this State, last week.
was substantially Wing victory Wing Congress
men. Clerk Superior Court, and possibly the As
sembly, though the latter is not very probable This
new and novel secret element of hnoao NOthings
swept the board in the election for municipal officers
on the same day. Everything in the regular line
went over the dam. Even the able and efficient de-
n1ocratic incumbent of the Mayorality Hon. c. r.
Garrison, the master spirit OF the Nicarauga Steam
ship line, obliged to succumb to the tide OF ia
naticism and prejudice which is but another namc
for Native Americanism. MIR. Garrison has rendered
himself dcseryedly popular by his able and impair
tal administration of our municipal affairs. BY in
tcrpoSing his influence and his vote to city
from being saddlcd with numerous schemes which
had for their real object and effect the pecuniary
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of reckless spectators only, saving
our city hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes
and done to establish and maintain her credit
abroad than any other since its settlement.
This Know Nothing victory is a Wing victory.
This secret party cannot maintain an independent
position The political predictions of the majority
of the members will convert 1t into political
engine and Wing engine it Will prove.
Immediately after the election of Mr.. Polk, the
New York Tribune attributed the defeat of the great
Clay to the strength given to the Native american
movement in that city and Philadelphia by acccssions
from the ranks ofthe Wings, and pertinently asked if
the election of Mayor Harper of the former, and
Lewis c. Levin for the latter city compensated for
the poticalimmoiation of that great statesman.
fancy that after the election of Sc similar de-
nunciations of the stupidity and short-sghtedncss
of HAig KnOac Nothings will be heard and SINH
lar requium will be chaunted another defeated
TELLIAMED
P S. Since the above written it is conceded
that the democratic party have elected their Con-
gressnen and Assembly.
TIE RCTIC CATASTROPHE.
Further IertieU lars-Sgtety Of the Iro" Propeller
Further Rescues Of the Aretic's Cren.
HALIFAX, Oct r. We have dates from Ncwfound-
land to the 4th which announces the arrival of the
French steamer Vesta, at st. Johns, the
Sd inst, with her foremost and bows shattered to
pieces, she being the vessel that in collision
with the Arctic. She picked up and brought into
port 81 of the Arctic's crew.
The Eesta lost Is of her passengers, supposed to
be those who down by the Arctic in a
small boat.
Three of the Arctc's boats have not yet been
heard from, but being life boats they supposed
to have been picked up The vessels sent in search
returned the Sd without success-not having
found the slightest trace.
BosToN, October ID. A gentleman who arrived
here this morning the train from New York.
states that there report at Fall River that
vessel, loaded with railroad iron, had arrived at
Warren r. L., with 40 persons picked up from one
of the mission boats of the Arctic |