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Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-02-15

r1Y- We learn that some dozen miners from Penn
sylvania reached this place Saturday evening last
on their way to the regions of this State They
expect first to visit Chatham. It is said the Com
pany they represent possesses ample means, por=
ton Of which they are DESTROYS Of the
of iron in this State They welcome.
NO wish them much success.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-02-15
Raleigh. Feb. 10. 1854.

NJOTICE.-We pleased to inform friends and
1V the public generally, that the destruction fire.
of the stores recently occupied by and Of nearly
tire stock of China Glass Earhenware &c. have through
the Kindness Of Messrs Patterson Cooper Commissions
Merchants made arrangements to continue business in tho
where shall be happy to see friends and all who
wish to purchase anything in our line. Our stock may
say will be entirely one, and in prices pre-
pared to offer great inducements as heretofore.
We avail ourselves of this opportunity of reforming
sincere thanks for the liberal patronage heretofore
tended to and hope by usual pronptitude and f.
KERR & MARBURY,
Importers and Dealers In. China,
Glass ind llnrfhe nvare,
Petersburg, VI
February H. S54 1011-Gtw.
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az" Mr.. Gales of the Register, has procured a
Montague and Boardman Power Press to print his
paper 1t throws off from five to eight hundred per
hour This is another evidence of improvement in
the press of the State. We wish Mr.. Gales all Pc
cunary success There three other Power Presses
in the State-one owned by Messrs. Fulton Price,
Wilmington-one by Mr.. Cooke, of this place, and
one by Messrs. E. j. Hale & Son, of Fayetteville
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-02-15

THE REVISED STATUTES. The Editor of this jour
nal [the Standard has been awarded the contract
for printing for the Commissioners Messrs. Moore
and Biggs, the Revised Laws to be laid before the
next General Assembly. The work win be executed
on fooIscap, with side notes, and with numbered
! 100 copies
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BLEED.

In Nash County on the 7tl January. Mrs. Susan A.
Mcdn, aged 20 ycars. e -
In Franklin County on the 18Th Of December Mrs Letita
Gay aged SO years and IL days Of Sherwood Gay
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col. GEORGE BOWER.

The last Fayetteville Carolinian contains the fol.
lowing commune atom, recommending Col Bower
Tor Governor
Mr.. BRYAN: 1t is now believe generally un-
derstood that the mass of the democratic party of
North Carolina have no particular gentleman in view
as suitable candidate for Governor to be voted for
at the next August election, and while we all have
the right of expressing preference who should be
our candidate please allow me to express my prefe-
renee through your paper and suggest the name of
Col. GEORGE BOWER, of Ashe. Col. Bower is per-
sonally and favorably known extensivelyin the
tern part OF the State and he is known by politicians
generally in North Carolina. He has been men,
Der of the Legislature for the last twenty years. first
IN the House of Commons, next in the Senate. His
name has been nearly every democratic electoral
ticket during every Presidential canvass in North
Carolina since Gen. jackson was first elected Pres
ident OF the United States; and Col B. has always
been regarded by the democratic party as bold,
fearless and able advocate ard faithful defender of
the political principles they cherish The opposite
party also know him well-they know him to be
just the gentleman that
wears mask and shuns question:.
In political discussion Col. B. has few if any G.
quals; he is what the people style self-made man,
having had scarcely any advantages of education
during his youth
He has always been a democrat of the Jefferson
and jackson school His good sense-he is not a
common mantle high grade of intellc ctual talent
which nature gave him. with the aid of twenty
years experience as member of the North Carolina
Legislature amply qualities Col. Bower for the high
est office within the gift of the freemen of North
Carolina. H. W."
We cordially concur with the Editor of the Caro-
linian in saying that Col Bower is gentleman of
excellent sense, great force of character, and wide
and justly deserved popularity. He would make
excellent Governor"
The Democrats are fortunate in having so large
and imposing list from which to select their can.
ddate.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-02-15

DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS. We publish to-day the
proceedings of Democratic meetings in Moore Stokes
and Yancy and shall give in our next the proceed
ings of the Rowan meeting. The Democracy are
moving off finely and in the best spirit in the great
work of maintaining and perpetuating their noble
principles.
We hope Wake friends generally will bear in
mind that meeting will be held in the Town Hail.
Raleigh Monday next for the purpose of appoint
ing delegates to the State Convention.
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February s. 1854,

E1IRE CoMPANIES.---THE CITIZENS OF RAJ
members of I'll: CITY Fire Companies Two of said COM
panies to consist of forty eac and the other Of twenty
The first two to be known Fire Companies
Der and and the other the Hook and Ladder Gompa
in accordance with the provisions OF IN Act of
bly, entitled " An for the protection of TIE City of Raj
eigh from losses by fire.
Persons disposed to volunteers members of the same
will furnish the City Constables with their be-
fore Saturday the s5th day of Februaty 1854 which
day, the prescribed number 600 have not previously
volunteered draft will be made from the whole number Of
citizens to supply the deficiency Members of the Fire Conn
panies exempt by act of Assembly from military dnty
during their Of service the country should
at VIM DALLAS HAYWOOD,
attendant
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FLOUR. This article is still advancing. The best
commands Sc So to 81 here, 81 so in Fayetteville,
$40 in Norfolk and from $40 to $40 so in New York.
The roads in this region quite bad, but the wag
ons constantly pouring in from the upper Coun-
ties with -four for Fayetteville, Norfolk and Peters
burg
The latest adviccs from Europe, by the Pacific,
to the effect that breadstufs still going up;
and if general should cnsue, of which there
appears to be much probability grain and -four will
at least maintain present rates for time to
If this should be so, the farmer who "ploughs deep
while sluggards Sleep" and puts in large crops,
will be amply rcmuneratcd for his labor.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-02-15

TIE n. G. ROAD WITHIN SEVEN MILES OF SMITH
FIELD. We learn from a friend at Goldsborough,
that he passed with Gov. Morehead, Mr.. Dortch,
Mr.. MeRae, Mr.. Mendenhal and, others, few days
since over the Central Railroad from that place to
the end Of the ron fifteen miles, and within seven
of Smithficld. They left Goldsborough at two o..
clock and returned at four The road is said to be
equal to any in the country. The contractors, Mes
srs John C. McRae & Co., are driving ahead as rap
idly as possible, and expect to get to Smithffcld
about the first of April. fine new locomotive and
cars will be in readiness by that time.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-02-15

SALE OF RAnRoAD STocK. Salessof stock Of de-
linuuents in the North Carolina Railroad Company
were made here on Friday last at average of $50
80 per share
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RW An effort is being made, which we trust will
be successful to establish line Of steamships be-
twean Havana, Cuba, and Wilmington,N. @.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-02-15

Among these, stands prominently forth Stephen
a. Douglas Senator from Illinois; a man who shrinks
from no esponsibility-dreads opposition in the
advocacy of righteous case. While reading his
great speech on the Nebraska BILL delivered in the
Senate on the 31st ult., we felt that he was man
worthy cf the confidence of the American people
We believe, in short, that he is the greatest man in
the United States UuIreutou Mems
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-02-15

C. %. HAVENS, Dague,aean sfstist, and
o. r. COPELAND, Portrait aid Afniatus F'ainter,
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-06

retirement could desire In almost every
direction he beholds the evidences of the
vast wealth and power of the ancient
Egyptians in the massive remains of the
temple, the obelisks, the colossal statures,
the avenues of sphinxs, the towering pro-
pylon, and such like.
On the west bank he rides over the
plain, passing the pretty villages or col
lections of mud huts and in an hours
time finds himself at the top of the noun
tain range where he is even more astonish-
ed than ever at the wonderful metropolis
of ancient Thebes, andspends several days
most proftably in wandering amid and
penetrating in the tombs of the mighty
dead. Here, too, he finds the remains of
Memnonium, or Remaseum, the temple
palace of Kurneh, the great temple at
Medinet Habin, the vocal Mamnon and
it's fellow statue, both the work of ANU
moth Ill, B. G. $780, and as he surveys
the scene Immediately before him, with
the Nile flowing on, ever in its silent ma
iesty, and the vast collection of ruins on
the opposite bank, he cannot but admire
the grandeur of conception, the extent OF
resources, and the deep religious tone
which characterises the edifces of this
ancient metropolis.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-06
Window and Cushion Re paired.

Rev. Zabdiel Adams at 6ne titf.e ex-
changed with a neighboring minister
mild, inofensive man-who, knowing the
peculiar bluntness of his character, said to
him, ''Yon will find some panes of glass
broken in the pulpit windows; and possi-
bly, you may suffer from the cold. The
cushion, too, is in a bad condition; but
beg you not to say anything to my people
on the subject; they are poor, - &c. "0h,
40! oh, no!' says Mr.. Adams. But ere
he left home, he filed a large bag with
rags and took it with him. When he had
been in the pulpit a short time, feeling
somewhat incommoded by the too freecir-
culation Of the air, he deliberately took
from the bag a handful of the rags, and
stuffed them in the windows: Towards
the close of his discourse, which was more
or less upon the duties of a people towards
their clergyman, he became very anima=
ted, and purposely brought down both
fists upon the pulpit cushion with a tre-
menduos force. The feathers few in all
directions, and the cushion was pretty
much used up. He Instantly checked the
current of his Thought, and simply ex-
claiming, "Why, how these feathers fly"
proceeded: He had fulfilled his prom
ise of not addressing the society upon the
subject; but had taught them lesson net
to be misunderstood. On the next Sab
bath, the window and cushion were found
in excellent repair.-Cyclepedia Of Moral
and Religious Aneedotes.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-06

No PLACE LIKE HoME-"Pick out"
writes Wallace, the naturalist, who has
just spent four years in collecting speci-
mems on the banks of the Amazon, F'pick
out the loveliest spot where the most geor-
geous flowers of the tropics expand their
glowing petals, and for every scene Of this
kind we may find another at home Of equal
beauty, and with an equal amount of bril-
liant color. Look at field of buttereups
and dasies-a hillside covered with gorse
and broom--a mountain rich with purple
heather-or forest-glade azure with
carpet of wild hyacinths; and they will
bear comparison with any scene the tropics
can produce | have never seen anything
more glorious than an old crib-tree in full
blossom; and the horse chestnut, lilac and
laburnum, will vie with the choicest tropl-
cal trees and shrubs. In the tropical wa
ters are no more beautiful plants than our
white and yellow water lilies, ourIris, and
Towering rush.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-06

songs of Zion, that ever since have been
the comfort and delight Of the people of
God, and sweeping with his trembling
hand the strings of his harp, until the
swelling sound WAS echoed back from the
surrounding ghill-tops. Carried away with
the ardor of his own feelings, he rose from
his seat, and taking from case that stood
in one corner of the room a well-worn
violincello, he sang to its accompaniment
one of those immortal chorals, SO dear to
every Christian heart, and especially to
every Scotchman. Possessing rich, full
voice, and no little skill in the management
of his favorite instrument, he poured out
such a flood of harmony as had seldom
greeted the ears of his spell-bound listen
ers. The stern old men were conquered,
conquered by the very weapon that they
had come to condemn. AS the pastor re-
turned the instrument to its accustomed
place, the elders arose and grasped his
hand, and without alluding to the object
Of their visit, they bade him ''g0od-bye."
Meanwhile, as time wore away, the re-
naming elders, who were anxiously a.
waiting the return of their committee
somewhat doubtful, perhaps, ofthe result
became impatient at protracted de-
lay-drawlng no very favorable augury
therefrom. At length they entered and
resumed their place in the august circle
Somewhat embarrassed at the novelty ol
their position, as ENJOYS who had been
sent, they sat for time in silence, until
one more impatient than the rest exclaim-
ed, ''Hae ye dealt wi the minister, and
hae ye destroyed the de'ils weapon?''
"Hout ava, mon, wi your dealin' !" indig-
nantly replied one of the committee, tit's
name O. your wee bit sinfu' dancin' fddles,
but it's great, big fiddle wi a ha-ven-ly
croak" R. L. c. Bloomfield Y. j.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-06
WHOLE NO. 43O
A Taste for Reading.

Sir John Herschel has declared, that s'if
he were to pray for taste which should
stand him in stead under every variety of
circumstances, and be source of happi-
ness and cheerfulness to him through life,
and shield against its ills, however
things mightgo amiss, and the world frown
Upon him, it would be taste for reading"
Give man, he affirms, this taste. and
the means of gratifying it, and you can
not fail of making him good and happy;
for you bring him in contact with the best
society in all ages, with the tendeFest, the
bravest, and the purest men who have
adorned humanity, making him denizen
tof al, nations, a contemporary of all
times, and giving him practical proof that
the world has been created for him. for
his solace, and for his enjoyment. We
all hold the reasoning to be sound, but
we are apt to limit the scope of the hui
name and intelligent recommendation.
If the argument be just, it is OF uniyer-
sal application, and holds cool of the
weaver at the loom, of the peer in his
library, and of the student in his open
sive citadel" Wherever the book has
made its way, there have come also, in
some degree, consolation, self-respect,
dignity, and comfort, and thence have
been chastised some Of those worst foes
to our well-being-the offspring of igno-
rance and unrehecting self-indulgence. If
this be the fact, it is surely the duty of So
ciety to extend the blessings of education
othe remotest corner of the country, and
to convey it to the lowest dvpths. "Give
a man taste for reading and the means
of enjoying it," and you rescue him from
the worst enemies which his nature has to
combat
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-06

Seizure OF L1oUoR.-The opinion, Git
is said J has been given by the entire Bench
of the Supreme Court of ssashusstts,
that the fourteenth section of the Liquor
Law of that State, authorizing the seizure
and destruction of liquor, is unconstitu-
tional and void. The decision does not
affect the other sections of the law. The
decision was received with great exhilar-
alton by class of the citizens of Boston,
who fired 365 guns on the Common, the
morning of the 18th, inst.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-06
@The Emperorof Russia-for who

wThe Emperorof Russia-for whom
our Major Whistler lately built the rail
way from St. Petersburg to Moscow, 400
miles long-has now ordered another to
be gegun between his capitol and Warsaw,
distance of 668 miles. Vario.s other
expensive lines. connecting the chief cit
les and parts Of Russia, are in progress or
in contemplation.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-06

Be There are reports from Mexico
which state that Walker and Raousset
Baulbon have combined forces and march
ed on Sonora. tits rotprobable the French
man, who has argued SO eloquently for a
Latin supremacy in that important part OF
the continent, would consent to act with
an Anglo Saxon, or that Walker would
permit any pretention of French independ-
ence to cross his path or accompany it:
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-06

wTwo Irishmen were in prisou-one
for stealing COW, the other for stealing a
watch
"Mike," said the COW stealer, one day,
"what O'Clock is it?''
"Och, Pat, haven't my watch handy;
but think it is near milking time"
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-06

wThe military force Of England, for
the current year, is 1422 200 men; the ma
val, over 5000 men. The expense for
the former is calculated at $s24, ,390, ,O00;
for the latter, s37, 23e, 900.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-06

In the British American Provinces,
there is an agitation for union of the
three lower colonies, Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick. and Prince, to be named Ac-
ada.
~ There is Western boy, Is years
of age, at Chicago, who stands six feet
eight inches in his socks. His name is
Long. 1t should be Longest.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-06

GREASE FOR CARRIAGE WHEELS.
composition prevents friction to a great
extent. Its cost is not comparatively
greater than the materials often employed
for the purpose; it is not changed by
heat, and hence does not liquify and flow
away from its proper place:
Black lead pulverized, SO parts by weight
Hogs Lard, SO Z"
White Soap, SO :" :"
Quicksilver, S 4"
Amalgamate well the lard and mercu-
ry by rubbing them together for Along
time in mortar; then gradually add the
black lead, and lastly the soap, mixing
the whole as perfectly as possible.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-06

Here, l recklect, I was obleeged to
stopp. A fealin, in the first place singu-
lar, in the next place painful, and at last
completely overpowering, had came upon
me while was making the abuv speech,
and now found myself in sityouation
which dellxy forbids me to describe
Sufis to Say, that I now discovered What
basins was made for; that for many, many
hours l lay in a hagony of exostion, dead
to all intence and porpuses, the rain pat
tcring in my face, the salers tramplink
over my body; The panes of purgatory
going on inside!''
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-06
Sea-SicknesS.

A better description Of the manner in
which sea-sickness "takes down. the loft
lest and most pompous character was new
er written, than that which is furnished
by the illustrious 'Chawls Yellowplush:"
"Gentle reader, av you ever been on
the otion?-''The sea, the hopen sea!'' as
Barry Cromwell says. AS soon as we en-
tered our little vessel, and I'd looked to
masters luggitch and mine, (mine was
rapt up in a very small hankercher), as
soon, say, as we entered our little wes-
sci, as soon as I saw the waivs, black and
frothy, like fresh-drawn porter, a adashin
against the ribs of our gallant bark, the
keal, like wedge, splittin the billoes in
two, the sales fappin in the hair, the
standard of Henglaud floating at the mask
head, the steward a gettin ready the ba-
sins and things, and the capting proudly
tredding the deck and given orders to the
salers, the white rox of Albany, and the
bathin-mashee disappearing in the dis
tans-then, then I felt for the first time
the mite, the madgisty of existence
''Yellowplush, my boy,'' said I, in dia-
log with myself, s'yoar life is now about
to commens; your career as man dates
from your entrans on board this packit.-
Be wise, be manly be cautious; forgit the
follies of your youth. You are no longer
boy now, but fooiman. Throw down
your tops, your marbles, your boyish
games; throw off your childish habits
with your inky clerks jackit-throw uE
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-09-07
Are We in Earnest ?

Our new neghhor, the '' Valley Pioneer" asks US
whether are in earnest about that Higgins Ferry
and Hamburg Railroad i! We reply that we are most
assurcdly So The information we received upon The
subject was s'er cdthedra; - and we were told that
there was determination, among the Newberry mcr-
chants particularly, to achieve the object if possible.
Neither do we regard it as unfeasiblc. If a road
from Hamburg 10 Chester, ria NeuGcrry, will be
thirty miles than any other in contemp!a-
tion what is there to make it at all inferior its
more heightened andfeircuitous competitors! Would
not, from this circumstance alone, rank as their
superior? And the very trade and travel would GER
laimly equal that of any road yet built in the Slate.
We repeat that We understand this TO be serious and
bona .fds intention of setting another ball in motion.
What SAYS the 90 Pioneer' to the prujcct!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-09-07
That Possun Hunter.

WE know not who the fellow is, but some one has
taken notion 10 rossumhunt it all around us for the
last five or six nights. 90 Toot, loot, loot goes his
little watcr-faced bulls horn" Buw-wow, wow"
harks his dog and Whoop-ce shouts he every even.
ing about O'Clock. Then all our own dogs get into
an uproar charge about and become furious, and its
generally midnight bei"rc every thing is settled
duwn 50 that we can enjoy sleep
Now we like pussum-hunling in its proper place
and time we'll enoaah The fact is there is something
a Lu!e animalng and cnlivcnng about the sport in
the cool, frosty nights of the later Fall, when Gin.
Mons are sugary and ' roast talcrs' are plenty;
because then we have associated with it an idea OF
good. fat supper for the ensuing evening.
But 10 be vexing the drowsy Of real summer
night with your poSsrm.hunng fuss is abominable-
as the Frenchman remarked ' it is tidicule." Hold
on, boys, until The season is ripe for the fan, and
then tinstead Of gramhling at) we'll jcin you.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-09-07

TnE FEvEr.-Wc r"grct to state that the
mnmbrr nj new ease, during the last lw" days
has considerably increased. The report of the
City Register shows also large increase of
mortality. We cannot too strongly impress
upon all nnacclimatrd persons the Importance OF
living with careful regularity, Of avoiding MI
unnecessary exposure, and, it attacked, wasting
no limr and strength in qnack experiments upon
themselves, Int at orrc calling in medical advice
With these reasonable precautions, man has
no need 10 look upon Yellow Fever as 4 fnrnlid-
able cnrmv-CharicSlu Mercury, 2l inst.