Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1854-03-08

And sunsets wrongs shall never prosper,
Where there is a sunny right;
Boundcss love to you and me,
VIII sink oppression with its titles
As the pebbles of the
ABUSING REsrNIscBScE. In the neighborhood Of
Charlotte North Carolina, (says the Charleston
Standard) there lived until within the last two
years. an aged lady, whose many recoections of ear.
ly life were very interesting. One, We remember,
afforded us great amusement Gates had been de.
feated the shattered fragments of his army had been
swept like the debris of a tempest past her secluded
home; her father and brothers were all out under
some partisan leader, the tories were forming nuc.
leus of organization about the Waxhaw; and suppo.
sing this would attract the attention of her relatives
and seeing young man riding from that direction,
she was told by her mother to learn the news from
him. sss s,5.s
She was a buxom lass of sixteen summers, educa.
tod in the freedom of the country, and being toera
bly, assured of her ability to cope with any body,
was nothing 10th to 60, and gave us the following
story of the meeting The lad seemed an honest,
well-meaning body, but not much in the way Of
looks He was thin and awkward, and bilious; and
rode grass fed colt that reeled about So wondered
how in the world it carried him. How do you do,
siry" says ]. "How do you do, ma'am ?" says he.
Says l, (which way did you come from9" II
came from the Waxhaws." did you see or hear
anything of our people down there!" "No," says
he, but there arc tories about there, and we
pops them down sometimes" Thinks j, You look
like funny fellow to pop anybody down, but i did
not say SO; just asked him, !" where are you go.
ing? I'm going to uncle McDowell's. I've had
the fhills long time. and want to staX- up hcTe
name is Andy Jackson"
The old lady had to the day of her death the ap.
pearance of this young man so Indehbly impressed
upon her mind, that she could never realize his in'
portance, and it always struck her as excessively
whimsical and ridiculous that such customer could
become President of the United States.
She had the same difficulty with respect to Ar.
Polk.
She hatl-known him when child he would stay
for months at her house, and go to school with her
children, and so easily oudone and SO put upon by
other BOYS of his age, that she could never form
high opinion of his abilities. She always, from the
force Of habit called him little Jenny, and we think
never mentioned him in connection with the presl-
dency without feelings of irrepressble amusement.
Poor old lady she stood for eighteen years alone
in the World her children and grand children AL
were dead and none could hear her indulgng In res
minscences of her early life without sense OF how
great blessing it to her. to have rich stoFe
of early memories.
GoLpsBoRoUGH. We know Of no town in the State
that seems to be in so fourishipg condition -
Goldsborough. You can hear the artizans hammer
from dawn till twilight, and almost every lot on HAIL
road Avenue, is occupied by a handsome building
The Court House is beautiful location and Ne
should not be surprised if it was the most handsome
building of the kind in the State. Mrs. Griswolds
Hotel is an edifce that would do credit to any town,
and is managed precisely the right way and we
never saw a more attentive and accomplished clerk
and superintendent than Mr.. ID. G. Lougec, who
seems to haye been made just for that business.
The Female College too, under the superintendence
of Rev. James h. Brent is another beautiful and
commodious structure with aecommoda ton for loo
boarders. This, by the way, is new enterprise,
and one which the citizens of Eastern and South.
eastern Carolina ought to encourage, the exalted
A. = hosr, -ctafici enf Mt
that it will be properly managed, while the healthi.
ness of the location is matter that is
cavl Upon this subject we shall have more to ssy
hereafter.
One more evidence of the prosperity of Goldsbo.
rough is the fact that three newspapers are publish
ed in the town, and all doing we'll We don't know
when we have seen place that we liked better, and
If il could be- moved to Weldon we should be amaz-
ingly pleased. Weldon Patriot
Atameeting Of the Stockholders sf the seabosrd
and Roanoke Railroad Company, held at their ofics
yesterday, the following gentlemen were elected foy
President CotLIss.
DIRECTORS.
S n n Falls, j. NJ Smith,
ii. Robinson, IazeWen 1s5yioi, >.
Andrew Joyncr, 8. n. Wilson. =
49, Portsmouth, Glo1<
The number of persons engaged in the war Of the
Revolution, was two hundred and thirty thou.
sand seven hundred and ninety zone. OF this mum,
bcr there are less than noso tsvsno
whose ages average nearly ninety years. Seventy
three died during the past year 8 8 -
RAr1so1D BosDs ExpoRssD The voters Of Mays
viie. Ky, have ratified the action Of the authorities
Of that town IN endorsing 100000 Of the second
mortgage bonds Of the Nsysville and Lexington rai-
road company
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