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Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-09-20
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PIrTsBURG, Sept. 10. The cholera broke out here
on Wednesday, and within the past two days there
have oeen about so deaths, and new are being
hourly reported. The excitement is increasing, but
the rain last evening having caused rise in the
rivers and publication of the atmosphere, hopes
are entertained of its ravages being checked.
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lSEC0ND DESPATCH

PIrTsBuRG, Sept. Is. There have been forty
deaths of cholera Today not included in the
port The weather is milder
The Supreme Court adjourned to-day in conse
quence of the epidemic.
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SCARCITY SALT The bark Antelope, just ar
rived at New Haven, reports that she called at b.
naire and Curacao, and could not obtain bushel of
salt either port and that she paid 26 cents bushel
at Turks Island. She also reports that there were
vessels enough at Turks Island to take all that was
made
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"a Dr. Peter NJ. Walker has been nominated
for the Commons in New Hanover, to supply the
vacancy occasoned by the resignation of Judge
Person. Dr. Walker is gentleman of excellent
sense, and would make useful member of the
House.
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OF NORTH CAROLINA.-wAKE

q ia T E OF NORTH CAROLINA.-WAkE
COUNTY, Cont Of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, August
Term, 1854. William N. Hunter, Samantha Hunter and
Martha Hunter Stanford Huner-Petton for Partition
being made to appear to the satisfaction of the Court
that Stanford Hunter not resident of this State It ID
ordered that advertisement be made in the North Carolina
Standard for six weeks notifying the said Stanford Hunter
appear the Term of this Court at the Court
in Raleigh the third Monday in November next there
plead answer demur the Plaintiffs Petition, tho
will be taken confessed by him. and heard pdTt
Witness Thomas Utey, Clerk of said Court at of
fee, in Raleigh the ard Monday of ugust A. D., 1854.
THOMAS j. UTLEY, G. C. c..
September 16, 1854 Pr adv. s5,s21k1 l64o-w6w.
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New YORK, Sept. Is. John Graham, master
mechanic killed at his residence last night by
one of his hands. The difficulty about
money matters. The murderer is still at large.
Rumors are current to-day that one of our largest
publishing houses has failed for very lar amount.
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~ Ii will be observed, by advertisement in our
paper to-day, that reward Of one hundred dollars
is offered for the conviction of the person or persons
who placed the obstruction the N. c. Railroad on
Friday last.
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LATE FROM Mexico A battle of three days du-
ration is reported to have been fought at Victoria be-
tween the troops of Santa Anna and the insurgents.
The latter, it is said, were victorious. San Louis
Potos had raised the standard of rebellion.
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The Portsmouth Globe states that already the
keep of one of the six new steam figates has been
laid at the Gosport navy yard some of the frames
erected, and the 18th inst, the stern was erec
ed. This is getting along
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Boot and Shoe store.

Boot and Shoe Store.
HENRY e. DEFKIN IN RETURNING THANKS
14or past fayors respectfully informs his friends and
that he has just returned the North with
large and varied of Goods his line which he
will feel much pleasure in exhibiting.
Stare Hest Side # (apifoI Square
Raleigh Sept. 6, 1854. 1oSs-am.
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"a Wilson S. Hill, Jr. Esq. of Guilford, has been
elected County Solicitor for Alamance, in place of
j. w. Lancaster, Esq, resigned and Robt. G. Lew
is, Esq has been elected County Solicitor for Frank
lin. in place of De Witt G. Stone, Esq. resigned
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MARRIED,

In Richmond county Georgia, the 18th July Mr. Ma.
thaniei Scales, of Rockingham N c.. Miss Julia E.
Thomas:
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a. The Washington Star denies that any treaty
for the annexation of the Sandwich islands has been
received at Wash ington
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North Carolina Baptist state Convention.

North Carolina Baptist State Convention.
TUNHE NEXT ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NORTH
IL Carolina Baptist Stale Convention will be held with
the church in Fayetteville N c.. commencing Thursday
before third Sabbath in October next IL o'clock
A. M when the Introductory will be preached by
Rev. A. Mcdowell Rev w. N. Wingate alternate. The
Missionary Sabbath By Rev. Aaron j. Spivey,
Rev. O. H. Trotman alternate
The North Carolina Bible and Baptist Publication Society,"
and North Carolina Baptist Education Society will
hold their anniversary meetings during the session Of the
Convention.
All Baptist Associations and Churches within the
of the Convention requested to send delegates and
similar religious bodies this and the negboring States
will be expected to send correspondents represent Them
We assured that ample accommodations will be proYd
ed for all who may attend.
NATHANIEL J. PALMER:
Secretary of tile C0pUention.
Milton N N Sent 4th 1854
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T III E M A II * Z T s
RALEIGH MARKET
REPORTED FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD,
BIZ WIN. C. UPCHURCH.

RALEIGH MARKET.
REPORTED FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD,
BIZ WIN. C. UPCHURCH.
SEPTEMBER 49, 1854.
FL0UR-From s. rs to SO.
BACON-11 cts per ID hog round.
BUTTER 20 cts per h., very scarce.
EGGS-1219 to Is cts per dozen.
CHlCkENS-20 cts. each,
CORN-$4 25 to 81 so per barrel.
MEAdmS5 per barrel scarce
FODDER-S1 25 per 100 lbs.
STOCK PEAS-Red 80 cts. per bushel.
, White, go cts. per ''
SWEET POTATOES-S0 to 81 per bushel.
FRESH PORK-S u cts. h., retail.
&c BEEF-4 cts on foot.
NORFOLK MARKET.
REPORTED sNoRTH-cARoL1NA STANDARD"
BY A. NJ. MPHEETERS d co.
Wholesale Grcee7s f0rcGrding d Commission Merchants.
NORFOLK, Sept. TO- 1854.
FLOURThe market entirely bare and we are at loss
s. +. 50 a S9A( extra S914 @ S915.
C0RN-In demand: We quote 75c. for mixed and white.
COTTON-Dul Nomnaly On 91lc.
NAVAL STORES Sp't's Turpe't'e 50 q 5sc; Common
sa9S; Soft TurPe't'c $3A.
ss1 + hid So p;pe S $50 H0 ~ s+' '0 DOL go
BAC0N-fIog round "a; hams p q 1sc.
LAKDIl1H e e l271 Il for M No ! and 2 ::
from store 6oc.; St. Ubes, none.
LIME-Scarce and in demand at 81 90 81 % for Thorn
GUANo-supply good at SAC q s4s as quantity taken
FAYETTEVILLE MARKET
SEPTEMBER 16, 1854.
The market has been tolerabe active during past
week Our wholesale merchants selling large quunti-
y goods TO country Dealers and business generally is
FLOUR is rather scarce and in demand. BACON, hog
round sells at 10 a 1917 Lard has slightly Advanced
ProdTse of all kinds gensrs commands good prices
RAW do. S3 per barrel Cur.
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~ These {" Know Nothings, as they are called,
profess to be the peculiar champions of Protestant
ism. Men who attend Church once a year-who
not whit better morally spiritually than
thousands who surround them, have been all at once
smtten with intense affection for the Protestant
faith and are to be regarded, we suppose, as the
salt which is to save Christie ndom from the PERM
cious heresies of the Romish Church!
We have learned at least thing in the course
of Editorial service and that is, that wherever
you find an ism, just there, if you will examine
closely, you will find Whiggery also.
The g Know Nothings," it seems had an impor-
tant agency in securing Whig abolition, antiNebras
ka trilmphs in Vermont and Maine
by their fruits ye shall know them"
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Devon and Durham cattle for Sale.

Devon and Durham Cattle for Sale.
EREING OVER STOCKED WITH CATTLE, NOW
I'D offer for sale at reduced prices ten fifteen half Dev
half Durham short horned and heifers of the
approved breed, i'll calf BY thorough bred north
Devon Bull, of PatterSons' breed Baltimore.
breed of Cattle in England the United States for
practical Farmer have certificates in possession
prove the above fact Those who wish to buy will do
ALSO. so Barrels best old Apple and Peach Brandy for
sale. Apply to SETH JONES.
Pomona Is miles North East Of Raleigh
Raleigh, Sept. 10, 1854: s6-3t
~ Register and Star copy times.
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FALL TRADE, 1854.
EK7E ARE NOW RECEIVING PER STEAMER BAL
w tic and Alps and the Packet Ship Caroline Fall
Importation of
Foreign Dry Goods,
Purchased for Csh by agent of Mr.. w. Weddell at
very low rates We also in receipt of large aud con
manding Stock of
Domestic Fabrics.
Purchased from first hands, and at the recent
Large Auction Sales
at great sacrifices.
We respectfully solicit call from the North Carolina
and Virginia Merchants feeling confident offer them
Goods at losc prices can be found in any market
STEVENSON & WEDDELL+
PETERSBURG, VA. S.
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VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE NEAF

VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE NEAR
RALEIGH-I offer for sale, in lots of one or two
hundred acres suit purchasers about of land
situated within and two miles of Raleigh.
$50 of wood land and sufficiently near to haul 3
loads day. The balance is eaed under good
fence and in good condition yield fair crop the coming
year.
There the lands several handsome buildings sites
would also sell i'll lots of wood land, lying east
of Mr. Rayuers residence and adjoining the land OF j. j.
Ryas, within mile of the city.
HENRY MORDECAI
Sept. Is, 1854. 66-3t
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THE STATE FAIR!
HARDING EXHIBIT 0N!!!

HARDING'S EXHIBITION!
~ l.. HARDING WOULD RESPECTFULLY IN
II firm those contemplating visit TO the annual Ag1
cultural Fair, be held October, that he has selected
with immediate their wants and Wishes the
largest and most carried assortment of
REA by. DE CT 0 HING
that it has been his pleasure to exhibit
He would therefore, suggest the two important consider
atoms of comreecc and econOy while they purchase
from ESTABLISHED CLOTHING EMPORIUM RALEIGH,
good garments be made to order at Io prices
be sold elsewhere
EDWARD l.. HARDING,
Fayetteville Street.
Raleigh N c.
September l., 1884. Sc
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BLANK WARRANTS,
Of approved form and good paper for sale at this
Office.
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a. n AR REWARD. THE ABOVE REWARD
% O&|wil be given to the informant on the convic-
ton person persons who placed distractions
the N. c. Railroad above Raleigh, on Friday last.
FRANK SAUNDERS, asst Eng.
Sentember Is 1924. S6-3t.
da a N REWARD FOR THE THIEF WHO STOLE
D VYonepiece rcd and piece blue blankets in
front of m Store, Saturday evening last -
Sentember 1S S6-3t.
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VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE IN
" PLYMOUTH, N C.-The undersigned being DESTROYS
of engaging in other business will sell at private sale
his HOTEL and all the furniture thereto belonging ogeth
with -Four Lots attached thereto thetown of plymouth
The advantages of the location great and to
wishing purchase the inducements will be found
peror any others offered any other the State
The undersigned will sell at the tnle if desired,
five uegroes-two and three women-all of whom
good servants. JOHN ii. HAMPTON.
b Sept. l, 1854. 82-wS
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6e q hhkA REWARD.-RANAWAY FROM THE
90 EOO subscriber on the 18th inst. his negro man
inches hi g, weighs about IT'S pounds shutters especially
when excited and has kinky hair and light blue eyes He
by cutting his hair and wearing wig He has down
cast c0untenanee when spoken t. He is Gin maker by
the dissemination of going to Raleigh, NC ! will give
Greenvie Ca fifty dollars if confined in uil
that can get him. He sometimes calls himself Joe Hill
billiard. purchased him of Mr. McCarson of Burke
County N; C. lie may have gone either to Burke, Bum
combe Henderson.
JOHN s. GRANT.
10 10 o. -uff
Butte record., 1854-09-16

The following beautiful lines we're contrib
utei to the Home Journal. By Mrs. II. Bev-
sridge, Of Galveston, Texas:
Isaw youthful mother
Once, on a summer day.
Sit down smiling infant,
To watch its fl0iie play
1t gamboled on She flowerets
That deek'd i the carpet Ger,
And seemed, with childish wonder.
Each object to explore
\ something on the instant
is glad career arrests:
And earnestly it gazes where
golden sunbeam rests.
While on the new found glory
1t fixed lis wondering eyes,
And trusttuiiy reached forth its hand
To seize the glittering prize
And now It's tiny fingers clasp
The treasure rich and rare.
Which in its baby innocence,
1t surely thought was there,
But all that 'haal Rneloses,
Aud to its earnest gaze,
Reveals no gem Of heauty-
No bright imprisoned rays!
AMI then the first Of many tears,
fell on that cherub face
The first sad disappointment
In hte's uncertain racel
And thus i hath been with US all
. Who its dark game have playei:
We've sought to grasp the sunshine.
And only found the shade
Butte record., 1854-09-16
NUMBER 45

! CAUSES OF CHAM LIGHrSING.-Ir
a discourse recenely read before the
Royal Academy, by Mr.. ". r. Grove,
it was stated ard proved BY experiment,
that the effects of the rarefaction upon
gases, either as produced by the air
pump or by heat. tend to make the dis
charges Of electricity more facile, and
to enable them to pass across much
larger spaces than would otherwise be
the case. So strikingly was this evi-
denced with fame, that when the fame
of a spirit lamp was held near one of
the terminal points Of the coil apparatus
of Ruhmkorf, the terminals being sepa-
rated to distance far beyond tha. at
which the spark would pass IN cold air,
the spark darted 10 and along the mar
gin of the fame, and could be curved
or twisted about in any direction, at the
will of the experimenter, giving per-
feet Illustration of the crooked form Of
Lightning, and of the probable reason
why it does not pass in straight lines
the temperature of the air being differ
emf at different points of its passage,
and much of this variation of tempera-
-ure being in all probability occasioned
by the mechanical effects of the dis
charge itself upon the air.
Butte record., 1854-09-16

INVENTION Fon REEFING SAILS OF
VEssELs.--I'he' Portsmouth Journal
says: Mr. Wm. II. Foster, of that city,
has perfected his invention for reefing
sails, and that it is satisfactory to scien-
tifc gentlemen and experienced sea-
men who have witnessed It's operation
The yard DOES not reyolve Ike that
which was tried in England many years
ago, but is fastened to the barrel in the
usual manner. The sale is also attach
ed to the yards in the old way 1t works
entirely upon the principle of the pull
ley. 1t is simple, but exceedingly in
genious The weight OF the topsaii
yard, in being lowered by loosening the
halyards, is directly applied TO the reef
ing and furlng the sail at the same time.
4 single hand on deck, however incred-
ible it may seem, is enabled to take in
each reef. even to the close reef, and
furl any sail in less than single minute
Butte record., 1854-09-16

TIE GREAT BELL OF VIENSA.-For
q birthday excursion, | yesterday as
cended the tower of ST Stephen. which
rises up TO the enormous height of 439
feet. About 200 feet above the floor
We reached the Cathedral bell, the larg-
est in Germany, weighing 35,40O
pounds. A small family could live con-
veniently under the immense structure.
1t is II feet high and 10 l-2 wide
Eight men are required to ring it, as
the clapper alone weighs 400 pounds.
1t was cast in I'LL by the Emperor Jo-
seph l, from $50 Turkish cannon taken
by the Austrians. At the height of 25O
feet is the clock
In the room with the latter, is sta
toned man to watch for the breaking
out of fires in the city and suburbs.
He takes the angle by means of fine
telescope, and on the chart led
for the purpose, finds the street and
house. The alarm is then given. /
assembled to the top of the tower, but as
it inclines three feet from a perpendicu-
lar, and trembles at the slightest blow,
| did not remain long at so dizz5 q
height. Correspondence Of Northern Id
r0Cate.
Butte record., 1854-09-16

SCALES OF JusTIcE.-A lady once
consulted DR.. johnson on the degree of
turpitude to be attached TO her sons
robbing an orchard. Madame said
johnson, " it all depends on the weight
of the boy. | remember my schoolfel-
low, Davy Garrick, who was always a
little fellow, robbing a dozen orchards
with impunity; but the very first time
| climbed up an apple tree, for l was
always a heavy boy, the bough broke
with me, and it was called a Judgment.
| suppose that is why justice is repre-
sented with pair OF scales.''
Butte record., 1854-09-16

There are but two ways which lead
to great aims and achievments-energy
and perseverance. Energy is a rare
gift-it provokes opposition, hatred and
reaction. But perseverance lies within
the affordlngs of every one its power
increases with its progress, and it is but
rarely that it misses ITS aim.
Butte record., 1854-09-16

Time, says Goethe, is but name /; it
is what is done in time that is the sub
stance, what are twenty-four centuries
to the hard rock, more than twenty-four
hours to man, or twenty-four minutes
tn the ephemera? Are there no peri
DDS in our own existence, in which space,
computed by its true measure of
thoughts, feelings and events, mocks
the penury OF mans artificial scale, and
comprises lifetime in a day
Butte record., 1854-09-16

Remember that a family is held to-
gether not by fear or love, but by mu-
tual respect.
Butte record., 1854-09-16

An ExPERIENcED PIcKPocKEr.-The
police have just arrested the Oldest and
most experienced of Partisan female
pickpockets-a woman nicknamed from
her dexterity, the Main dor. They
received intelligence that several pock-
cts had been picked at railway stations,
and that the Main dor had lust arriv-
ed in Paris Thinking that she must
be the author of the robberies they set
a watch for her, and saw her in the
bureau of the Passy omnibuses, near
the Palais Royal. She was finely dress.
ed, but preserved an air of demure re-
spectability. Several ladies were in
the Office at the time and presently the
police saw her slip her hand into the
pocket Of a young lady and then draw
from it wen-illed purse. They i'm
mediatelv, in polite terms, asked her to
accompany them, and they carried her
off to the Prefecture of Police. Main
dor made no attempt to deny her guilt,
but said it was her first offence. and
that she had only recently arrived from
Holland, where her husband died a
short time ago, She married at the
early age of fifteen, ard Immediately
took to thieying. Her success was sueI
that she and her husband lived in fir.
hotel and kept a carriage pair. Afte,
his death she lived with different emf
nent thieves, most of whom are now il
gaol. Her age at present is about CT
and for upwards of fifty years, she ha
constantly practised thieving. In tn,
course of that time she has frequent !
been condemned in France, and also il
Switzerland, Germany, Itay, Hollan,
and other coun tries.
Butte record., 1854-09-16

BRID6ING TIE MtSSISSIRI.
ing to the information Of the Bostol
Advertiser, new obstacle has been pre-
sented to the bridging of the Mississippi
at Rock Island, by the Rock Island
Company. The Mississippi at this point
is divided into two channels BY the
island of Rock Island, which is several
miles long, and contains seven hundred
acres OF land. The Island belongs to
! the United States and the Rock River
Company proceeded, under the general
law of Congress, granting a right Of
way to railroads through the United
States public lands, unless such lands
are actually occupied By custom houses,
navy yards, forts, &C., to build their
bridges across both channels, for the
purpose of forming connection with
the Mississippi Railroad
But recently, after the bridges have
nearly arrived at a state of completion,
the island has been claimed by the War
Department as military reservation.
1t seems that during the last war with
Great Britain, fort was built on the
southern end of the Island. This fort
w..s occupied as long as their was any
use for it, and then, number of years
ago. abandoned. Nov, however, the
Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War,
maintains the claim of the War De-
p.rtment to the Island, and refuses to
sell or lease on any terms, the right of
way NJ. Davis has further sent an
officer to The island with instructions 10
remove the tresplssers from the spot
The Company, however, are determined
to perscvere in the construction of the
bridges, unless they are forced by the
Secretary Of War to give up the work.
\ RELIC OF PArMoTIsM.--General
Wooster, to whose memory monument
has lately been erected in Danburv,
Mass, was killed at Ridgefeld, by an
English bullet in l777. The surgeon
at the Danbury hospital, where the dy-
ing General was brought, probed his
wounds. and searched for the bullet in
vain, and the ball still remained in the
body when it was consigned to the
grave. Seventy-seyen years afterwards,
as we learn from the New Haven Pal
ladium, in 1854, when it was sought
TO remove the remains Of Wooster, the
exact place of his interment was uncer-
tain. Digei ing near the place where a
few aged persons supposed the grave to
have been, soon the skull and large
bones of a man were found Then two
punches of matted wire were thrown
oat; they were the epaulettes of the
dead. Next was found a portion of
plume, and finally lump of clay was
tossed up, which on being broken by
the laborer, was discovered to contain
the leaden bullet. This was conclusive
proof OF the identity of the remains
This bullet was known to be of English
manufacture, from its extraordinary
size--being much larger than those used
by the Americans. How little the SOL
der who sent the fatal messenger of
death, imagined that it would be held
to the gaze of great concourse of peo-
pie, and honored by them as precious
relic, seventy-seven years afterwards.
An ExPERIENCED PICKpocKET.-The
police have just arrested the Oldest and
most experienced of Partisan female
pickpockets-a woman nicknamed from