Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-08-11

LOUISVILLE, August 6.-The elections in Kentuc-
ky yesterday are believed to have resulted in favor
of the Know3Nothing candidates. The Know-No-
/ things have majority of 1000 in louisville
Some riotngtook place in the first and eighth
wards of Louisville. Several persons were killed
and number wounded party of Irish fired on
Irishman was seized and hung by the Know-Nothing
mob and two blocks of buildings were fired.
Cox, the BODYBUILDING candidate for Congress
in the 9th District, is said to be elected - - "
The result in the State is said tpybe in favor of the
Know-Nothing canddats
IsEcoND DESPATcH1
LOUISVILLE, Aug. THE reeufHs thus far C.
ceived, indicate the election of the entire KnowSo-
thing ticket in this city, by majority of 1860 votes.
A great riot occurred in this city between the
Know-Nothings and the Irish, Twenty persons
were killed, including three Know Nothings. Twelve
houses were fired by the Known things, and burnt
to the ground, and one Irishnlan was hung. The
scenes around the burning houses were dreadful In
many instances the bodies of the burning tenants
were drawn from the flames.
The disturbance commenced in the first w ard,
where Know.Nothing, named Burge, was stabbed
beaten, and nearly killed, by party of Irish The
assaulters were arrested. Afterwards, three Know
Nothngs fired upon while quietly passing a
German brewery. gentleman riding by his wife
was fired on at the same time; and shower ofshot
and bullets raned from the German houses on
the crowd. .Mnay persons were wounded.
Armed foreigners began TO collect in the vicinity,
and indiscriInHtate slaughter of Know Nothngs
commenced. The lire from the windows continuing;
the KnowNethipgS. burnt the Brewery and sacked
In the sth ward three Known thihss were attack<
ed by the Irish mot with fire arms one was killed
ana the others were Weunded. The Irish went ito
h5use. and fined on the erowed and killed two
Americans Tie house was broken into and the
murdererss- were captared. One was then hung.
The police cut hinr~ down, bat lac was afterwards
SIM, 'died this' morning.
Msanyfbi6 the fire Of fuslade, rife and gunshets
was Kept Mp 6.6m a row of Irish houses on the
KRnT NOtliarS mas WEI l.
The KRow NOthiIgs ~thembunt the Irish buildings.
The reinforced Americans then brought out carinoRs
aRdJpuskets aud some. of the Irish were shot, and
others-captured Tie houses fired. Noatrenipts
were made to stay the flames The Know N9thiAgS
were Infatuated and insnrhed- to the Times oihes,
which was saved from DESTRUCTION by the efforts of
Mr.. Prentice and others.
This morning, at III 'cIaol a large mob assembled
and attacked of$bish n buses the. hevee.-
Some shots were fred. Tue raeb~is pa ptially
restraiued, and efforts uakiug to restore order.
BE CoNpREfb&stvE- IS toe point and stop
when you reach il. The faculty sumo pnssess. Of
making one idea cover qure ct paper is net good
for much. To fin volume Upon nothing, rs credit
poem upon nothing
There who get one idea iato their. heads,
and but one, and . they make the most Of it You
seeit and almost Es j. when it their presence,
On al occasensi is prSda ed till it worn as thin as
charity. They remind ms of twenty four peunder
discharged at a hamnsng. bird You hear tre-
mepdous noise, see volume OF smoke but you book
in vain fer the effects. The bird is scatterd to atoms
just with the idea. ftas.eaveloaed in a'4cloud
and lost amid thsrunbrngs of words and Aourishes.
Short letters sermons, speeches, and paragraphs,
are favortes with Commend Us to the young
man who wrote to his father, : Dear sir, am going
to be married :; and also To theoid gentleman who
replied. Dear son, go ahead"
Such are the men for eton: They do more than
they say. The half is told in their cases.
They are worth Their weight-in gold for every pur-
pose of Reader, be short, and we'wiA be short
wife the advice.
Railroad PoErRY.-A correspondent of the
Broome county Republican, describes his jaunt
the Syracuse and Birmingham Railroad, from Cort-
land, in following poe6eai strata:
So m1ch wrote in Cortlands boliads-and would
have finished there. had not the down trains whis
tie lohd resotded through the air. So shaking Fair.
child by the hand, who said come up again, bid
Rushing round the bill side, daisng DER the plain
over the rivers, under roads, Van Bergen drove his
train. The moon threw bright effulgent rays on
each small ripples crest; the river seemed rib
band stretched across the meadows breast; the
evening wind came stealing thrS, the car with gentle
sigh, and brought cinder> from the engine, spang
into my eye; few and short the prayers said.
ahdl spoke not word Of sorrow, but rubbed at
my eye TIL made it red, aud knew it would be
On the morrow. We spon got home at-the rate we
r at an hour just right for retiring, and down from
his post came the engine man; and the fireman
ceased his firing. And thus toe. win cease with
your eye, when riding on a rail-
The superiority-df Anerican intensive geniss Aot
only over that Of Qur English Progenitors but irr
deed of all other nations has Become too tangible to
be disputed 1t Notorious at the Worlds Fair
in London, that the AQrericaRs. far outstsPea all
others in the useful Inventions which they supplied
We beat the English ia vessels, Railroads, elegraphs
and manufactures by power. We are beating them |
in the scientific arts of Chemistry and Medicine
we have long beat the rest of mankind. A new and |
practical proof of this asssrtioS SHOWN In the fact
that the principle -fernedies of the allied armies of
the East are furnished FROM the Laboratory of our
own ceuntrytlian. DR. j. c. AVER of Lowell Is IA
ing orders for immense qusntes of his Cherry ecto-
raj and CHth4ttc Pills, FOR both the land and sea
forces in Turkey. His medicines have been tried |
md approved by those in power who have feand |
therr the most reliable which they could procure !
or the ext gencies in which they to be employ
3D. NJ y CITY Tunes.
, TIE LAsr NoFroN.-The Philadelphia Timessays I
that decidedly the coolest specimen of Yankeed0m
We have seen during this hot weather, is the man
who walked into our sanctum the other day, and
exhibtedca dozen tin shirt collars for inspection
We were not prepared for this innovation on the
inen trade, and were about pronounce the notion
when the exhibitor triam ohtfatfy
pointed to his own cellar, saying: Dye think this
collar viii witt?' "a taking another look we found
to beths genuine tin, but not Observable except
IN close inspection. The thermometer stood at IS
degrees but Ind mn eff. IN the nav, ooio.