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The Law OF Newspapers.

l. Subscribers who do not give express no.
tice to the contrary considered as wish
ing to continue their subscription.
. lf subscribers order the discontinuance OF
their periodicals., the publisher may continue
to send them until all arrearages are paid.
3. lie subscribers neglect refuse to take
their periodicals from the office to which they
directed, they are held responsible, till they
have settled the bill and ordered them discon-
tinued.
/. If subscribers remove to otherplaces with
out informing the publisher, and the papers are
sent to the former direction, they are held res
ponsble.
s. The Courts have decided that refusing to
take periodicals. from the office, or removing
and leaving them uncalled for, is prima facia
evidence of intentiona fraud.
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Ole poet' S Golunm,
WHY DON'T THE GIRLS PRoPosEq

WHY DON'T THE GIRLS PROPOSE
The men are shy, the ladies cry,
Their minds they won't disclose;
If it be SO, I'D like to know
Why don't the girls propose.
At splendid balls in dazzling halls,
Amidst host of beaux,
With sparkling eyes and tiinid sighs,
The ladies might propose.
Ye ladies fair, now laughing there,
So coyly with your beaux,
Take my advice, don't be o'er nice,
They'll wed-do you propose.
When stern papas, and cross mamas
All marriage schemes oppose,
And beaux are shy, there's no cause why
The bellies should not propose.
Poor Martha Mears for forty years,
To aTedlock was opposed;
But noSS She sighs, and whimp'ring cries,
8 l wish had proposed!''
Then pity take, for Heavens sake,
On these unhappy beaux.
Who are, poor elves, too shy themselves,
Pray ladies, do propose.
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NO. II.


Do as you wish to be done by.
A cheerful face is nearly as healthy as
good weather.
The cradle and coffin, two reeep;aclcs
which meet the deed of human kind.
There is no money better laid out, than
that which contributes enjoyment
An hour of honest labor will give any
man g better appetite than allthe roots be-
tween here and Egypt.
A warm heart requires cool head. So
ship that carries great deal of sail needs
first-rate helmsiEan.
Set watch over thy mouth, and keep
the floor Of thy lips for tale-bcarer is
worse than a thiel.-&ripfaFe.
Farmers sons had better learn to hold
the plow and feed the pigs. Than to meas
ure tape and count buttons.
To increase the fire under boiling water
is wasteful-as the additional heat does no
more than increase the evaporation.
He who takes his character from what
others say of him will be ignorant of his real
self, which can only be self-known.
Riches are like eels in their native ell
ement, hard to be grasped. and when
caught, easily slipping through ones tin-
gers.
Good manners are usually best apprecia-
ted by people who have Bit of the article
themselves. If politeness is ever thrown
away, it is on folks who especially need it,
A glad and sunny thing is friendship
The recollection of loved ones will lighten
the gloom ofthc darkest hour. ant lend TO
its sadness the sweetest consolaiions.
The weakest part of man is said to be-
his stomach. Let the young wife fascinate
her husband with the teaPo;-let her, SO
to speak, make honeysucllles Chamber up
his chair back, and grow around his ia
ble-let the hesr. .h-rug be u bed of hearts
ease tor his feet, in shppers-and all re-
bellion will die within him. He viii be
as loving and kind as can be desired.
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SKINNY ON YOUR OWN s1Dsl"
BY sLocUM sLUGs, ESQ.

Behold those merry school-bovs-
There's Sam, and Dick. and Bob.
Knocking with their ssshinny clubs,''
A ball, stone. cob.
How they labor for the wager,
OF apples. nuts, or pins
CRYING, Skinny on your own side,
And look out for your shins,,'
So, in this world of tamult,
Amid the game of life
Each one must do his own part
That mixes in the strife.
The prize is fame or riches
The nimbIest striker wins
Then :" Skinny on your own side,
And look out for your shins!''
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SAM AND SAMBo.-At a political festi-
val IN Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Mr..
Burlingame, distinguished Know Moth
ing Of Massachusetts, member elect of
he next Congress, after denouncing slave
ry and shareholders in the strongest terms,
concluded his speech with the following
sentiment:
"Sam and Sanabo-May lore for the
one not cause US to do injustice to the 9TH
er."
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05

rs The United States brig of val
Dolphin is about to sail from Norfolk 10
join the African squadron Lieut.. E. r
Thompson commands.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05

EEH is stated that two of our Oldest
colleges, Yale and Dartmouth, are in
s,raiiened circumstances, and require one
hundred thousand dollars each TO meet
special wants.
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f0 Henry Bunnemann, ST. Louis
has been arrested for passing
counterfeit money.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05

f@George Anderson, of Pettis coun-
ty. Missouri, states that he lad broke and
cleaned l 500 lbs., of hemp to the acre,
and challenges anybody TO beat that.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05

BW Queen Victoria viii not visit Paris
until September next, when The industrial
prizes viii be awarded Only ninety
American exhibitors hare applied for
space.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05

| Without sorrow life would be no
better than dream; grief is a reality, and
though bitter as wormwood, mortals love
1t, for it makes them feel themselves, and
know the value of each other.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05

g~A dovetaiIing machine has been
invented and is in use In Boston, which, it
is said, enables a single workman to dove
tail with ease from eight hundred 10 one
thousand bureau drawers a day.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05

EsgSnuf' boxes, containing snuff ex-
quisitely scented, are said to be the fash
ion in Paris at present-for Ladies. An
abominable custom.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05

A LADY's ToAsr.,.Old bachelnrs,-
may they lie on bed Of needles, sit alone
on wooden stool. eat alone on a wooden
trenehcr, and be their own kitchen maidr'
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05

s~The new Mayor Of Cincinnati is
rivalling Mayor Wood inthe tlieroughness
with which he Is enforcing Law, particular
ly with respect to the observance of The
Sabbath.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05

I9On Thursday, 100 guns were fred
on Boston Common, in honor of Goyernol
Gardnersveto Of the resolution to remove
Judge Loring.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05

B0=T The City Council of BALTIMORE has
made provision for Nautical School, for
the education. of boys who wish TO become
mariners.
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B1George Thompson, the celebrated
English abolitionist, WHO was once mobted
in Boston, is now the editor of the En-
pire, a weekly paper published in Lon
don.
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B@It is stated that Literary gentle
man" of Buffalo is engaged on the ..iife''
of Christy, the negro minstrel.
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8Some Of the Lake fisheries Eavo
been very productive this spring. The
gross shipment from Saginaw aloae Y i'll ex-
ceed 3 800 barrels.
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Two young girls, convicted of lar
ceny at St. John. n F., have been sem
fenced to seven years ban;sinneni from the
colony.
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s@The receipts of tee American Col.
onization Society, for the past month, were
2,975.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

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Each additional insertion, per square 80
One square, three months -. ........4 90
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twelve months So. 10 90
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Business cards, eight lines or less, year.5 90
Sc six months. 49,. 3 90
" g three months ..... 2 90
ey. Announcing Candidates for Office, in
advance, SO. If inserted on credit, candidates
will be charged eight dollars.
f5. Communications of a personal nature,
will be inserted as advertisements, and charged
for at the rates of $500 per square, and pay
ment required in advance.
Ev Advertisements not marked on the copy
for specific number of insertions, will be con-
tinued until ordered out, and payment exacted
accordingly.
@ All advertisements must be paid for in
advance, or at the expiration of three months.
Ca All letters addressed to the Editors
must be POST PAID, to receive attention.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05

Santa Anna has purchased the
steamship Ben Brankin and the bark
Catharine Augusta for S4S0,000. 1t is
said he wants them to blockade Acapulco.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05

Eg-On the 18th of April TIE ice in
Saginaw Bay was solid enough TO bear 8
loaded wagon and team.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05
A Stump Speech.

They purport to have been delivered by a
stump candidate at San Francisco:
Fstlouo Republicans and FeAoto Suffer
ers.-I am plain and honest man, born
at a very early period of my existence
which occurred at home one night when my
mother was out. l have struggled from
the obscurity to which an unlucky star had
doomed me, till / have risen like a bright
exhalation in the evening, to the very sumit
of human greatness and grandeur. Gen
tlemen, l profess no principles-unfortu-
nately | have none. Oh the unhappy oc-
casion of my birth, dismal and melan-
choly man, clothed in the sombre Lues of
mourning, snapped me away for another
baby, and subsequently lost me at rattle.
Sad event. but who can control his fate?-
We are the creatures of destiny There's
divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew
them how we will"
I was intended by nature for n great
statesman. Had l lived In the days of
Hannibal should have beaten Tie great
chieftain in crossing tie Alps, and it is
dead certain thing that I could have dis
| tanced Cortez In crossing the Isthmus; he
never performed the feats did, lie never
came up the Chagres river In a canoe, with
deaf and dumb hombre, without red cent
or change Of summer apparel. "But a
light heart and a thin pair of breeches go
merrily through the world"
Sir, every man who has come here is a
Columbus. He comes to discover new
diggins. | am Columbus. l was dead
broke at home as Columbus was, and
have come here TO strike a new vein. But
l am not going to the mines. Oh, no.
Yon don't catch me up 10 my waist in ice
water, with juvenile pick-axe and an in
cipient crow-bar, laboring under heat of
100 degrees in the shade to dig out the fill
thy lucre. No sir. I am not on that lay
l hate labor-it was an invention to yex
mankind. / prefer an ofice-one that is
lucrative, and not laborious; what you call
a sinecure. And if can't get one my
self, will go in for any man who viii dl-
vide on dead level, and no splits.
Sir, where will you find a country like
this? Talk not Of the oriental gorgeous
ness of eastern countries. Tell US not Of
the fairy scenery which poets who revel in
the great warm path Of heavenly magma
ton paint with golden pens On leaves Of
satin. The description Of this glorious
country should be written with the golden
wing of an angel dipped in the softest rays
of the sunbeam upon the blushing surface
of a rose-leaf. Excuse me, gentlemen,
except the rainy season, and the time when
the dust flies.
: We love our native land-we honor her
flag, and we would not rob tie custom
house, if we had a fair show. But Con-
gress must not put on any airs, or we will
take charge of the Custom House and the
Post Office, and make muss generally.
These are my sentiments, gentlemen, if
they don't admit us into the Union we will
burst open TIE Custom House, and admit
all liquor free of duty. And now, with q
parting blessing on the girls we left be-
hind US, and the boys who are coming af-
ter us, We will adjourn and take drink.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05

Capt. James Monroe, of 9th In
lantry, Z. S. A, has resigned.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05

EgThe Z. S. sloop-of-war Falmouth,
was at Carthagena, April 9th, all well.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05

The Z. S. brig of war Dolphin,
sailed from Norfolk on Thursday, for the
coast of Africa.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05

B1- Bounty land applicants now num-
Ter tie snag little army Of I32. .0c0.
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Bg~.I had rather have newspapers with
out governmens." said Jefferson, .ihan
government without newspapers
Squatter sovereign., 1855-06-05

=, ly- John G. SAKE the Yankee poet lets soft
II'esln' in very plaasing manner sometimes.
Msteh Mpeah TO him in the poem called ssMiss
Dos,saase you flourish in worldly affairs,
Do1s be naughty and put on airs,
With insolent pride Of station -
A. tpont he proud and turn up your nose
r., R poorer people, in palmer clo'es;
tn tn. ,earn Tor the sake of your SOUPS repose,
1--we nd. ,weaith's bubble, that comes, and goes,
mai all PROUD FLESH wherever il grows
Is subject to irritation-n
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LOVE POETRY.

chop-falien victim of unrequited love sings
IN this lainentable strain:
I'LL throw myself into
The deep briny ocean,
Where mnd cells and catfish
On my body shall riot,
And founders and fiatfish
Select me for diet;
There soundly Pll slnmber
Beneath the rough billow.
And crabs without number
Shall crawl o'er my pillow.
for my spirit shall wander o'er gay coral bow
ers,
ana frisk with the mermaid-it shall, by the
powerst
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6GlESllS W08UUEIOEd i
ON THE INSTITUTION oF
8 ia ss H Ss2 gsS e & 8
In an Essay first published an the Religs-
Gus Herald. and re-pu5Eished by request:
scith remarks on letter of Elder Golu-
sha, Of .Nsw York, to DR.. Fuller OF
South Carolina:
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Miisfellalseolls.
A BRIEF EXAMINATION OF

gOlR11FIUElE TlE9TI[hLOMY
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-12-26

WHAT A NEWSPAPERS DOES FOR NoTHING.-The
following article should be read and pondered we'll
by every man who takes newspaper without pay
ing for it in advance:
The result of my observation enables me to state
as a fact, that publishers of newspapers arc more
poorly rewarded than any class of men in the Unit
ed States, who invest equal amount of labor,
capital and thought. They are expected to do more
service for less pay, to stand more sponging and
dead heading" to puffand defend more people with
out fee or hope of reward, than any other class.
They credit wider and longer get oftener cheat
ed; suffer more pecunary loss and are oftener the
victims of misplaced confidence than any other call
ing in the community. People pay printers bill
more reluc antly than any other. It goes harder
with them to eXpend dollar a valuable newspa-
per, than ten needless gewgaw, yet everybody
avails himself of the of the EDITORS pen, and
regulations and fortunes have been made and sus-
tanned by the friendly though unrequited pen of the
editor? How many embryo towns and cities have
been brought into notice. and pulled into prosperity
by the press? How many railroads, now in sue
cessful operation would have foundered but for the
assistance of the lever that moves the world :" in
short, what branch of American industry activity
has not been promoted, stimulated and defended by
the press? And who has rendered it more than
miserable pittance for, its mighty services? The
bazars of fashion, and the haunts of appetite and
dissipation, thronged with on eager crowds bear
ing gold in their palms. and the commodities there
vended are sold at profits, though intrinsi-
cally worthless, and paid for with scrupuous pune
tuality while the counting room of the newspaper
is the seat of jewing cheapening trade orders and
pennies. 1t is made point of honor to liauidate
grog bill, but not of dishonor to repudiate printers
bill.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-12-26

The KANSAS LEGION Following the pernicious
example of ACKNOWLEDGMENT, says the n o. Cou-
rieT, there sprnging up secret societies for
all manner of purposes. The large number of men
who have entered this society," its workings
and become aware of the very great advantages to
secresy in carrying out schemes which would other
wise meet with prompt and irresistible public
sure furnish ready materials for secret and stealthy
associations for all sorts of schemes. This is
of the sins for which the Buntliniss directly
countable, and we doubt not that ere many months
pass there will be organized treason preparing in
more than one section of the Union, on the plan
of the lodges and wigwams of the know-nothings.
The Missouri Republican of the 9th inst, pub
fishes in full the Consultations and Rituals of the
Grand and Subordinate Encampments of the Kan
sas Legion" body of men formed into secret
military organization, with grips and passwords
signs and signals for the purpose of aiding and abet
ting each other in their attempts to prevent the in
PRODUCTION of slavery into Kansas. This scheme
owes its paternity to the land of fanaticsm, whence
know-nothnism arose, New England.
Every member takes upon himself a solemn obi
cation to all possible of making Kansas
a free State. He swears that he will not reveal
any of the secrets of she Order, if withdrawing
from it or being suspended or expelled. The Off
all have military titles, the subordinate regi
ment that of Colonel and the infer or offices of Maj,
Captain, &C. The Chief of the Grand State Encamp-
ment has the title of General which plainly indicates
the kind of influence they design to exercise.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-12-26

HEALTH OF JUDGE DoUGLAs.-Under date of the
13th instant, Dr. E. Read, Judge Douglass medical
attendant writes to gentleman in Washington citv:
Judge Douglas has, for several days, been stead
lily improving in his health, yet do not deem it pru-
dent or safe for him to start upon his journey at
ent indeed, until he has far recovered that
there cannot be possibility of relapse He hopes,
however, ODE able to start next week. yet cannot
now state definitely whether it will be prudent for
him to do SOL N
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-12-26

DIR. Francis LIEBER we learn, has resigned his
chair as Professor of History and Political Philoso-
ply and Economy in the State College of South Ca
roina at Columbia. The reasons of this change have
not reached The well-known analytical abilities
of DR. Leber, his proficiency in political science, wit
messed by his " Political Ethics and his personal
enthusiasm and rare tact at communicating inform
ation have for long time conferred honor upon the
collegiate institution to which he has been attached.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-12-26

NFLAMMAToRY RHEUMAT1sM-A gentleman wishes
us to publish the following for the relief of suffering
humanity. He says he has known a number of cures
of pulverzed saltpetre put in half pint of sweet
OIL Battle the parts affected, and sound cure will
speedily be efected.-LyncA6ura cypress
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-12-26

THE SOUTHERN DEMoCRACY-Whle we have not
the the: South, and While we ware that they have
their fanatics who appropriate set-ot to our ia
natcS, think the late position of the southern dem
ocracy worthy of the highest praisewc refer to the
gallant fight they have made against know-nothing-
ISM 1t is passing strange that know-nothingism
should have found favor the North, embracing us
it does vital article in its creed the Punishment
of adopted citizens from soil by the imposition
of degrading disabilities This class of citizens are
of incalculabe value to our industrial pursuits, and
their numbers constantly enlarge basis of repre-
sentation in Congress. 1t is strange, repeat in
view of these facts, that know-nothingi ism should
have found favor at the North. The North should
have opposed know-nothingsm from principle and
interest. But the democracy OF the South were
constantly told by southern know-nothings that to
keep foreigners out of the country would have
tendency to equalize the wealth and representation
of the North and South-that wealth and in
cacse at the North are attributable to the influx of
immigrants from Europe. The interest of the South
appeared to require that she should give in to know
nothngism. But her democracy refused to do it
refused to forget principle. The southern demo-
Gratis remembered that know nothingsim is inhuman
in denying to the poor emf grant asylum-pro-
scriptive in Withholding the right of sutfrage-in-
tolerant in its invasion of religious hberty-treas
enable in its midnight cabalS-savish in its horr-
BILE caths-fanatical in it's whole spirit and, re.
Numbering these things, sectional appeals by south
ern know nothings turn them neither to the right
the left. They went forward and gorously
fought for high principle and for the right. Their
position has been truly subme-it has been high
minded, noble, and worthy of their great leader,
Thomas Jefferson, in the early days Of the republic.
1t curious fact in history that Jefferson and 9TH
the South though reared amidst the institution
of slavery, were radically democratic; while John
Adams and his associates, residing in community
where there few slaves, advocated the doctrine
of natural aristocracy. Tho position of the south
democracy disinteres ted and patriotic in the
days of Jefferson, and it is equally the present
day in standing up against the dark-antern order.
cracy doctrines of John Adams; nor will it any
longer sustain the despotism of know-nothingsm
The northern democracy and the southern demo- |
cracy will act together band of brothers, and
will carry the country against the hateful know-no-
thing conspirators triumphantly in the next presi
Dental election. .....
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-12-26

The Columbus Mississippi Democrat says: eve
would not tote for father if he alive and adj
vocated "prompt and peaceful secession" Nor we,
belief in Perry Davis Pain Killer. On the contra
ry, there constant 'annexa.ions " to the crowds
who call upon the Agents.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-12-26

The trial of Rev. Dr. Smith, before the Virginia
Conference, on charges by Rev. Dr.. Deems, is not
yet concluded The rebuttng testimony introduced
by DR.. Smith, has made it in effect more trial of
DR.. Deems than of DR.. Smith. And we regret to
say, that many of the facts proved, and the spirit
manifested in the trial. but little of the sacred
calling of the parties Fog. Observer
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-12-26

Valuable Negroes for Sale at Auction i,,nt,R
AN SATURDAY THE 18th DAY OF DE IIIa drcd,
by virtue of decree of Court of Equity, sha civ ne.
credit of six months sGm "n Il %g Or T
and the balance of boys and girls and small cHig will
Bond with good security bearing interest sD can 0 do ST.
O0 e4'-- Gu : THOS. K THOMAS, G. NJ e.
Franklin Co, Dec. G, 1885.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-12-26

SUNDRIES.
WYE HAVE IN STORE AND WILL SELL AT
w lowest market rates:-
5000 Sacks Jeffrey Dacey L. B. Salt,
1000 do &. a. do.
100 bbls. Refined Crushed Sugar.
100 do Coffee do.
SO hf boxes Loaf do.
200 bags Rio Coffee.
500 boxes Pale Soap.
$50 do Brewn do.
100 do Chemical Olive Soap.
ESQ bbls. n g. Gross Herrings S.
$50 do Cut do.
Brooms baskets, wrapping papers, twine sugar boxes
yeast powders, olive OIL chocolate Candles mould adaman-
tine and sperm, together with all articles found in whole
sale grocery.
A. M. McPHEETERS & CO.
Roanoke Square,
Norfolk, Va.
- Particular attention given to sales of flour and n c.
produce generally Orders for lime, g,ano &c. filled at
lowest prices.
Dec. 10, 1850 s.