Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-11-29

Mr.. Vance requested the opponents of the previ-
GUS question to reflect that by proonging the de-
bate they were proving the necessity for such rule.
The motion to lay on the table was rejected-yeas
81, nays IS. .hon ntbdrou the resolution
Mr. Steele introduced bill to amend the Constitu-
ton of the State of North Carolina. Read the first
tme referred to the committee on Constitutional re-
form and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Mann of PaSquotank, introduced O Dill to re-
peal the 18th section of the act incorporating the
CITY of Elizabeth which read the first Time
Upon motion the rules suspended, the bill
was read second and third times and passed. and Or
dered to be cngrossed and sent to the Senate
Mr. Shepherd introduced bill making Rail Road
Companies in the State responsible for damages, to
an amount not exceeding $4,000 in cases OF loss OF
life throug negligence, &C. Read the nrst tlihe, re-
ferred to the com nittee the Judiciary and odrered
Mr.. Rose of Rowan introduced bill to provide
for paying tails jurors in the county OF Rowan. hcao
the first time.
Mr. Green introduced bill to amend the act for
Incorporating the Atlantic and n. O. Rail Road Com
pany Read the first Time and referred TO the COM
mittee on internal improvements.
A message from the Senate concurrlng IN the pro-
position to raise Joint seectcommttee upon the re-
vised statutes
Also a message proposing to raise joint select
committee to count the votes cast tor Governor OF
the State. l.
Also a message concurring in the proposition to
elect Solicitor for the fourth district on Wednesday
next at - o'clock. -
message was sent to the Senate concurring in
the proposition to raise joint select committee to
count the votes for the Governor OF the State
and appointing Messrs. Williams and Gorrell on the
part of the House. $50,
On motion of Mr.. AmlS the House ADJOURNED I'LL
Tuesday morning 10 o'clock.
HARD TINES AND THE CAUSES THEREOF.
There is more truth than poetry, in the following
which we extract from the Baltimore Correspon-
dence of the Washington Star:
Our country at present is in very bad way.
People have been living too high Pride, that mon
ser by which angels have fallen, has fearful res
possibility and must be called to dread account in
answering for these SINS Ladies must appear IN
hundred and five hundred-yea, thousand dollar
dresses A handkerchief worth less than 500 49,
S25 and even $50, is common. The beautiful and
fashionable Miss G. cannot be allowed to outdo Miss
A Hence emulation is engendered, stonachers
of gems glitter upon young damscls until their faith
ers' purses groan and cry for mercy. Miss NJ. is
out shoppng.-She makes bills here and there but
a day of reckoning comes, and it is even now at
hand.
Fast young men cannot move upon the retrograd-
ing scale They have graduated in that school
whose maxim is, :" Go it while you're young!
Broadcoths of the finest texture and all else in pro.
portion must be sported Fast horses, dogs, guns,
and other appendages Good wines, brandles and
similar luxurics cannot be done without. To sum
mp all in a nutshell. These elegant gentlemen and
eXquists ladies emphatically consumers. They
do nothing, produce nothing, and their god or that
of their fathers, goes indirectly to Europe to pay
for articles which absorbed in nothing A five
hundred dollar veil, thousand dollar silk dress
a hundred dollar kerchief when reduced to its in
trnsic Substance-that is, aShes-has not more than
nutriment enough to fructify ten grains of wheat.
By this system of fast living, superinduced through
false pride, Europe gets our gold and we get her
dross. Is it to be wondered, then, that people COM
plain of hard times and tight money market. Young
gentlemen and young ladies ponder upon these
things Think, while you votaries of pride and
apers of abominabc fashion, that your fathers may
be writhing in mental agony, and loaded, bowed, to
the very earth with pcuniary embarrassments Beau
ty may for time shine attractively in borrowed
pumage, but when unmasked is repulsive. | would
rather wear garment of linsy-woolsy, paid for,
have an easy conscience and be free from debt than
bear the crown the BnurbonS worc-a subject, yes
a slave, of the importuning perhaps unfceling,
creditor or mercilcss dun.