Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-11-21

Eg The Raleigh Reg ter is evidently inclined
to exult over the Know Nothing triumph in Massa,
chusetts and to hold up Gov Gardner to its readers
as sound on the question of slavery. And we see,
by the last Fayetteville Carolinian, that John Fl.
Iaughton. Esq, in speech in Fayetteville on We'd
nesday evening last "euZogized Gov. Gardner, of
Massachusetts," Gov. Gardner is, then one of
the K N. brethren. Now, read the following, which
we copy from the last New York Daily News
The american State Council Of Massachusetts,.
BosToN, Wednesday, Nov. a. 1866.
The American State Council assembled at Wor-
cester yesterday, VicePresident James E. Farwel
presiding. One hundred and eighty-tive members
were present.
The resignation of John W. Foster as President
OF the State Council, was read and accepted by
unanimous vote. The resignation of Lieut.. Gov.
Brown was also accepted. The question of electing
delegates to the American Convention to be holden
at Cincinnati on the Both inst opened the subject of
slavery and the ground to be taken by the Massa-
chusetts delegates. Several members were opposed
to sending delegates at ALL arguing that the propos
ed convention was another attempt to entrap the
American party into fusion movement. Gov. Gar
diner made brief speech an fdror of sending dele
gates. The call, he said qcas IN accordance scith
the action Of the northern portion cf the Ihilalel-
Ph1o Conrentt0n and acds merely for consultation.
Many other northern States would be represented,
and he thought Massachusetts should be-
The Hon. Z. c. Baker, Mark Traitor, and many
others advocated sending delegates and motion
to that effect adopted.
Henry j. Gardner, and Henry W. Beechley were
chosen delegates at large; also one delegate from
each Congressional District, with substitute.
Henry w. Bcechey was unanimously elected
President of the State Council y. Z. Carey of
Ipswich, Vice President, and Geo. W. Messenger
of Boston, Treasurer.
motion was adopted declaring vacant the seats
Of all those holding office in the American Council
who had gone over to fusion.
This Cincinnati Convention of Know Nothings is
to hn nUhn}j Nv a,H tlrn
leading K. Ms of this State, know this to be So
What will Mr.. II. say now? VIII he continue to
"euogize man, who proposes to go into Con-
vention composed of delegates who the deadly
enemies of his State and of the Union?
FoUL MCRDER-A friend writing from Eliza
beth City, under date the 18th says: ''This morn
ing, between four and five o'clock, William Charles,
Esq, in going to his farm in this County, (Pasquo-
tank,) was shot dead, at place called the Pear
Tree Burial Ground, not quite mile from this town.
Mr. Charles prominent and influential citizen,
and represented this County in the House of Com
mons in 1916. The per oetrator of this cold bloode
murder has net yet been discovered; indeed, Mr..
Charles vas universally belillcd that suspicion
does not rest on any person. The assassin, it is
supposed, Was secreted during the entire night in
the thick under growth Of The Burial Ground,
and this peaceable and inoftnsive was re-
turning home in his buggy, committed the dabolical
deed, placing fourteen buckshct in his left breast,
near his heart. Money could not have instigated
the murder, his pocket book and watch were left
untouched. Mr. Charles leaves wife, several chill
dren, and many relatives and friends to mourn his
loss. Much excitement prevails in the community
account of this shocking decd
1 ornDtlemon writes nc from oh
informing that marriage notice Published in the
Standard of the 7th instant of Mr. j. F. Dance to Miss
Marie Blake is ctitious-that no such marriage has
taken place. The letter containing this notice has
been mislaid We do not remember the name at
tached to it !; but custom is not to publish such
notices unless accompanied by names; and in this
case we must have supposed the name to be genu-
inc and that of some responsible person. We deep
ly regret that paper should have been made the
medium of this injustice to ali estimable young lady.
The person capable of pcrperating such an act
the referred to, must be mean and grovclling
indeed. Whether young man or an old one, he
bears about him. on his brow and in his look, the
evidence of the depravity Of his nature; and if he
should never be known and pointed at he will nev-
erhclcSs feel that he is regarded by all honorable
persons as beneath even the "dignty Of contempt"
The True Men NoRTII.-Mr. Clay declared a
short time before his death, that if the Wing party
of the free States should become abolitionZed, he
would vote with any sound Constitutional party
against the party thus degraded. Know Nothingism
and black RepuhicaniSm have pretty well swallowed
up and abolitonized the Wing party in the quarter
referred to-Mr. Clays fears have been realized
There STILL however, numbers of Wings in the
free States who have not yet "bowcd the knee to
Baal, and these, with the old line Democrats in
those States, constitute strong, and we believe i'm
passabe barrier to the assaults of fanaticism The
true North the old line Democrats and the
old line Wings; all else there is rotten and full of
evil.
PREsBYTERIAI.-A Committee of Orange Presby-
terry will meet in this City on Saturday, the oath
inst, to install the Rev. Joseph NJ. Atkinson, Pastor
Of the Presbyterian Church.
The Installation will take place at IL o'clock on
Sabbath morning. The Rev. Mr.. Smyth of Green's
borough, is appointed to preach the Sermon. Rev.
Mr.. Stanfeld, of Halifax, Va, to give the charge to
the Pastor, and Rev. Mr. Wall, of Newborn, to the
people. Rev. Drs Wilson, of Alamance and
Phillips of Chapel HILL their alternates