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Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-01-23

CONSISTENCY OF PRESIDENT PIERcE.-The abuse
showered upon President Pierce because OF his bold
assertion and mastery vndcation of the rights and
duties of the States under the constitution
infer that all this was new development of prin-
cpe 1t is on the contrary, in exact and conclusive
consistency with the whole of the President,
from the beginning Of his public life down to the
mcnt of his election Chief Magistrate of the Unit
ed States. He has never for moment wavered
the great questions. His record in both houses Of
Congress is SO complete, that in 1852 was compiled
and circulated by the advocates of General Scott
through the northern States, show General Pierce
was completely identified with the very 1pctriassh
which he is now denounced for areterauSE II n
annual message! 1t is well to remind the,pouGtfy
Of . fact which the enemies of the democratic
party sDem snxiuus u oUncsais--R ask Us6pA
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STAuNroN LUNATIc AsyLUM.-From the report Of
the operations Of the Western Lunatic Asylum of
virginia for the year ending with September last, it
appears that the institution contained 3ss patients
on the Sota OF September, 1856. During the year
i4S were dtecharged; including 81 recovered, So
dead, 9 much improvei,' and 10 improved The
cost OF supporthgsthe institution is estimated At
~ 900. besides $500 for transporting patienta
DE otnblng's report is as usual, FULL intelligent,
end encouraging WtseAeAw Vl,n.
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TO CONTRACTORS.

kOIOfOSALS AXE INVITED TO CANAL NUT.
bIsil creek commencing at the bridge ON the road
creek about four miles. '"'"'' w He
1t Is proposed to sraighen the channel of the creek As
near ~ by cutting canal across the bends.
2" ieet VIDE at top slipping TO ii feet buttum!he aver
age depth about eet-cearng out the old channel where
PERSONS wishing To contract requested to view tho
ground and to make proposals both for the canang and
clearing out. 81"
ANY communication addressed to JAMES TURNER
WILLIAMSBURG, Granville Co.. n c. will receive nrmnt
attention. f'f
January IL, 1856. Tim
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North Carolina Six Per Cent State Bond,


TREASURY DEPARTMENT, N. c..
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL ' sE & kt lsSS;
Sat this office until O'clock "A. M 18th of Feb'r Ed
for the purchase Of of Bonds issued bv tb
ct North Carolina They will bear date january Isl I ls
Proposals will also be received for the purchase 90
600 of Bonds which will be dated january si lss s
Both classes of Bonds will have coupons atacbed e.
teres a. So. per cent PAYABLE rhe ist on
interest will be payable at the Bak of The Rmh ana
York, unless where the party prefers to have ,h New
at the Treasury Of erth Carolina ..e'n payable
They will be issued in sums Of 81 ,oa,. They a,.
" exempted from taxation for amy purpose
Parties bidding will please address their letters s,,
.r az Tor n T. Stocks 10 the undersigned a, Rs
Successful bidders upon being informed Of tho
se ~ lnelr ods can depos'te the amount of their h
VIII" t'e accrued interest IL the credit the uudr; us
in either the Bank of The Republic New Yurl I gnsd
OF 1ne STATE OF n e.. or the Bank of Cape Fear R"I1
In. right OF accepting sucI, bids in whole OPP j.; 'eeh
may be deemed advantageous to the State ~ prI US
The bids will be opened the presence Of The G
Secretary and Comptroller Of STATE and the p,sJan
'"' -"'N " 'he o'a'e' '.- D. W. COURTS
R,,.;ob To-, - 1889 PaMic Xeusmt,
7' '"' - t''' It'd
VAhUABLE LAND AND TOWN ppm.
~ ~ III ERTX f FOR 'SA LE.-sErEN HUNDErn a[n
the City OF Rae gh, a5' or 800 of which are RI. e u
mast productive low grounds the State ar anu
sae me e'eare" GROUND Is IN tine ill the land 10 bs
cleared ~ wooded grounds This situation i, vii Ln
to many of the citizens Of North Carolina bu Aaown
ais.s ln any where to cone and he c.petitsr, FIR ,h
estate A life time will pass, before such an .s
will again be presented for valuable purchase
IL, ! have just erected SUPERIOR FIOrRyNc Avn
TWO CORN MILLS upon the premises The Mills cnn -.
seen rom me Dwelling House, and are therefore nil ,
time under the puprietors observation The MIL ~ "e
Ttea ny the Dss, se.n that can anywhere be found and
upwonls Of 5000 Yards In length and 10 Te a
vide with standing head, Il feel Wheel md s.
face. ~ NV "'''e' o"o o ieet
below 'hls MIL and within 400 yards another water DOW
er can oe clpi"yet Us ny The same water and in addition
three oihsr go''t t'u ant streams 10 foot oversize,
manded. ' pun P"SeS oe-
An extensive var ID and choice Orchard is attached to tn.
Further description Of his property is deemed peede.
Persons desiring 10 purchase will that it is their inter
est to Gull and "xaniiue When they do So thew viii h
better pleased Than by re.d ng the abo.e ~
The TOWN pROi'i.krY consists of a convenient o,a
well located lot with DWELLING HOUSE of six rooms
near the Central Rail Road Depot and other vacant lots
The Town property and other lots adjoining the cv vii,
o. sold at public auction on Tuesday Of next February
Court not previously disposed Of Terms: one hafc.sb
the other half in six months with bond and nnnro~d
security All Of which may by seen ON application On
. WILLIAM +. COLLINS
' - A'''' lf-td.
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Nor ENTIRELY WAsrED.-Cnder this head the
Albany Argus thus at!ulcS to a few OF the results
which the struggle for Speaker has effected.
l. 1t has consolidated and disciplined the Demo-
cratic strength IN the House, and may add, in
the country. 1t has brought those mc,nb.rs who
mean to be Democrats hereafter, on a single and
clearly defined platform, and accustomed them,
through severe struggle, to adhere to each other
and maintain the discipline appropriate for an army
in the face of an enemy This action of our Dem
ocratic Representatives has originated powerful
tendency to similar action on the part of the party
all over the country, and will operate happy
commencement of the great Presidential contest
about opening upon MS.
9. 1t has been demonstrated that Know Nothing
ism and Black Republicanisrn in all the Northern
States, except New York, are co-wnrkerS and that
perfect fusion is about to take place between them
that Seward, Greeley & Co., have no objection to
Know Nothngism on the score Of principle when IT
will support their men; and that Northern Know
Nothings willing to train under the command OF
Chase, Seward and Wilson, if they can be allowed
to share i'll the spoils of victory.
8. 1t has shown that Rcpublicanism, even with its
Know Nothing recruits, has not majority in the
House of Representatives, and cannot control the
legislation of that body. Greedy admits in one OF
his letters to the Tribune that there is not even an
antiNebraska majority in the House. This failure
TO secure a working control at Washington, is but
Indicative of their fate in the country at large
4. 1t has proved that the Know Nothings who
are really disposed to stand National ground and
not be abolitionist, are insignificant as political
party, have strength at the north except in New
York, and but little at the south, and that they will
not have respectable much less formidable, posi-
ton in the Presidential campaign They will in the
end be compelled to choose between sectionalism rs
represented by the Republicans, and Nationaism as
represented by the Democrats, and their own ndi-
viduality as party will be lost.
Such some of the effects of this prolonged con-
troversy for Speaker 1t is clearing up the fog and
bringing out the positions of parties with more dis
tinctness. We are quite willing to see the struggle
continued till after the holidays
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For the Standard.
TO NARY.

For the Standard
ga a TO. MARY. - -
As bright the beam which flashed through the .lv
ga, brighter more fairsr-morc lustrous thine eve:
fe may dive to the depth Of the ocean dark wave
IN search ct tho lore which the world never gave
may pierce thro the mist Of the oerhanginp c,oud
""' snow me III eye shines more brighter, more proud
When the heart is oertroubed with sorrow and toll
,v men you isnguishng sigh for your own native soil
Mheh tne scenes of your youth with joys now past
Crowd dark ocr your soul and your bosom harrsss'
there's aught in the world those thoughts VIII defv
ais soel SURFING beam from thy lusrous fair eve
Tho distant and fur in the land of the west
The sun of my glory Der thee, love, will rest:
Should sickness or sorrow, thy bosom cause pain.
There is one in the world that will feel il again
Ease to thy heart, may thy path be Ger flowers:
Ill Still think Of thee, as slow fec the houra
Pittsboro', Dec 8, 1855. w.
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SALEOF VALUABLE CITY pROPERTY
HI RSll A Me- To 4 nnEn az, mn I-..ur n M, a

A CARD.
THE SUBSCRIBER BEGS LEAVE TO INFORM
IL the citizens of Raleigh AMI the public large that no
has permanently settled down IN Raleigh to carry
The COppersmith Business
in oil its branches and that he fully prepared
all work entrusted to him, such Turpentine and Brandy
Stills, Cooking Utensils both of BRASS lead aud "copper"
pumps, &C., &c.
Orders from distance promptly attended to- Prices
Will be liberal to ensure u large patronage
me esaDsnment is ON Fayetteville street. directly op
HENRY HESSELBACH.
Raleigh, JAM II, 1856 lin.
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JAMES HI. UNTHANK,

SAA" A.S' Ne UNI k1ANA,
(FoRNERLY CO.
Attorney at Law and Commissioners Of Deeds
for the State Of North Carolina,
WILL GIVE PROMPT ATTENTION TO ANY
pay for stationery, postage, &c.
Office No. So, Court Square, Memphis, Tennessee.
january ~, 1906 1S-lmpd.
NOTICE.-JOS: X. MARRIOTT HAS REMOVED
~ his Law Office from the Smith building, the Office
near The Court House next door TO Miller Rogers and
two doors from the of6cc N. the Raleigh Register
Ra'e'gh January IA, 1856 -. ls-sn.
dissolution OF CO.PARTNERSHIP.-
- The Co-lartnership Of Niemeyer Il White is
this day dissolved by mutual consent.
Henry V. Nemeycr will settle transactions Of the
Copartnershp.
go 1888 HENRY Y. N1EMEYER,
sss.S4 JAMES G WHITE.
!; portsmouth, Va. Jan. i, SO. l7-st.
sRIANTEO MILLS.-THE AB0NE MILLS WILL
fIvA be sold at tue Court HOUSE, sieiRh on Thurs
s day, january 24tb. - ~ 0'clockS
January 49, 1856 sssseesfas It'd.
NOTICE. THE cftEl 5jRs OF JOHN
Bufate, who secured Deed of Trust executed
10 Of date the 9TH day Of November 1885, hereby
notified to meet at the Court House. the city of Raleigh,
on MondAy the 2th day u hs present month"; IL O'clock
to determine what is to be done BY the Trustee under
said Decd. a punctuai attendance is requested. -
HENRY RUEfAItOEj Trustse
: b. II, l66A ltd
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DIOCESAN TRAINING SCHOOL OF NORTH
CAROLINA, AT ASHVILLE,

THIS SCHOOL. WILL OPEN ON THE FIRST OF
january, ut which is hoped that the addition.
al buildings will have been completed 1t designed
Year Application for admission made TO the Rec.
tor ut Astvii'e, or to the kt Rev, Bishop Atkinson
40 particular age Is prescribed
Terms for Board and Tuition, $500 per Session of ten
moniis ohe-liaf payable scni-annually IL a.Eeunce
fups not able I" pay these terms being recommended
by The clergyman oi their Parish shall receive such rrduc
upon.
In case any Parish in North Caroline shall send to tho
sch' III It's own name, approved pupil The expenses
OF B.ird iuon Books and Clothing are offered by the
year al s2", payable IN nd vance, .sstsfs'
Fur explanatory CIRCULARS address ~
JARVIS BUXTON
Jan. TO- too'. I7-4t.
SALE OF VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY.
IDURSUANT TO A DEED OF TRUST. MADE TO
me by +; W. King. shall sell 10 the highest bidder
al the Court House door, in the City of Raleigh on the
md day Of February at II O'clock H. the House and
lo' now occupied by F; W. King Newborn Street OPP
pos!ie The resideucs Of H. W. Miller ESQ., The lot
vs. feet ON Newbern Street. and buck 100 feet The
House is new aud we'll finished two story building and
Is located IN desirable part of the City Terms Of sale
will be cash. unless directed by the creditors Of w.
King 10 give credit.
Jan. H. 1896. .,.... r-~s ltd.
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of interest and reverence. The elegant hospitality
which he dispensed for nearly threc-quarters Of a
century, and i'll which Americans had large share,
is brought an end, and vacaity is created which
no Enslishman can supply. Rogers loved to speak
of his relations with Americans. "Three American
Presidents, he used to say shave been entertained
under my roof and then he would enumerate in
his succinct way, the illustrious men, founders Of
republic or eminent in its later history, who had
been his guests He claimed an hereditary interest
in our country. On the news of the battle of Lex.
ington, his father put on mourning. "Have you
lost a friend?" somebody asked him, who saw this
indication of sorrow. IL have lost a great many"
was the answer" my friends in New England
Rogers breakfasts the pleasantest social
meetings that can be conceived Of Here you met
persons of every variety of intellectual and social
distinction, eminent men and attractive women
Wits orators persons remarkable for their powers Of
conversation, artists dramatists, travellers-al of
whom found themselves on the easiest terms with
their venerable host whose noon life was reached
in the last century. Even bores in his society," which
discouraged all tedousness and in the respect which
his presence inspired, seemed to lose their usual
character and to fall invauntarily into the lively
and graceful flow Of conversation of which he gave
the example.
The illustrated edition Of his poems is the only
work OF the kind with which are perfectly salts
lied 10 illustrate adequately by the pencil the wr-
tings of eminent poet, is one of the most difficult
undertakings in the world The fine taste of Rog
ers in the arts and his intimacy with the greatest
artists OF his country gave him great advantage in
this respect, and we have heard that the designs
which einbellish that edition of his works were
selected from much larger number made for the
purpose.
: In approaching the close of life so much pro-
longed beyond the usual lot of man-a 4life the
years Of which circumscribed the activity Uf three
generations he contemplated his departure with the
utmost serenity. Tho state Of man alter death he
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DspARrrENlr toRTs.

ejz1k1
Oar space viii not permit US to publish At length
the REPORTS Of the Secretaries Of the Treasury, Of
the lntesios. and Of the Postmaster Generals but We
give below, from the Washington Union, . synopsis
Of each of them, which we trust will be quite as
acceptable to our readers generally.
REPORT OF rnE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
We give this morning entire the last annual report
Of the Secretary of the Treasury. Accompanying
this report are fifty nine papers, or subrcports' max
ing in al six hundred and eighty.three octave pages
The report exhibits the financial condition oil the
federal government in the most prosperous cohd'-
ton :; and FROM the clear, concise and succnct man
nsr in which the workings of our vast monetary
system are given, it will not only be very generally
read but it will be read undcrstandingly. All VINO
have perused this admirable report unhesitatngy
pronounce it one of the abest documents OF the
kind which have enanatel from the treasury
Department, distinguished as that department mas
been for having at its head, under former admins
trations, some of the most gifted intellects OF the
country and the age.
The receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year
ending July 1, 1885, according to the Secretary
figures may be briefly summed up thus:
RECEIPTS.
Balance in the treasury July l, 1854, $40 80
REGENTS from all sources, 65.OO3,93O SIS
Total for the service of the fiscal
year ending July l, 1866, So, Az 9S %
ryprSnrTrRrs
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-08-20
WONDERFUL ESCAPE FROM A FE-
ROCIOUS BULL.

In the town of Bridgewater, last week,
Brace Hall, little son of Deacon Hall,
was previously gored by bull, and
Almost miraculously escaped with his
life.
The bull was fine young animal,
whom the lad, only some nine years old
had been in the habit of driving, and
it had never manifested any considerable
viciousness. But boys, who had bath
ing place in brook that runs through
itsN pasture, had worried it by shaking
their clothes at it, and thus getting up
the excitement of chase. On Monday
of last week, little Brace was passing
carelessly through the field where were
some forty animals, with this bull among
them, when it sud ienly set upon him,
and tossed him repeatedly upon its horns
A faithful dog, which accompanied the
boy, attacked the bull and caught upon
its neck with firm teeth. For about eight
rods the bull tossed the boy, tearing his
clothes completely off from him-the boy
all the time endeavoring to reach fence
SO as 10 escape. He had already touched
the boards, when the bull again tossed
him, and his head struck against the
fence, tearing the scalp horribly. But
fortunately the horns of the animal had
wrenched of one of the boards, and the
victim, still self-possessed, escaped
through the opening thus opportunely
made, into an adjacent lane. The bull
seemed more intensely maddened at this
escape, and with almost human sagaci-
ty. turned down towards an opening into
the lane some distance off. But the boy
had in the meantime climbed over an
other fence, and was beyond the mad
beasts reach.
Completely exhausted, he could do no
more. The faithful dog, who had vainly
endeavored to restrain the beast, hasten
ed to the boys father. and by signs and
means attracted his attention, and led
him to the presence of his wounded son,
He lay bleeding and naked, but yet
alive. He was taken home and cared
for, and we understand there is every
reason to believe he will recover from his
injuries.
The self-pOssessiOn of the boy alone
saved his life, and with the fidelity Of
the dog, deserves to be recorded. The
bull was fenced in and shot Utica Her
aid
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MINERALS WE EAT.

"All know" says the Portland Tran.
script, "that many men have a great
deal of brass in their composition, but
perhaps all are not aware of the variety
of minerals that enter into and form a
part of the human system" A Writer
in Dickens Household Words thus tells
the story:
These minerals, which are enterwoven
with the living structure of the plant, are
taken up into the fabric of the ANIMAL
And TO us they are as important as to
the meanest vegetable that grows. l,
who write this. boast myself living flesh
and blood. But lime strengthens my
bones; iron flows in my blood: flint
brisIles in my flesh In the human frame
the rock moves, the metal flows, and
the materials of the earth, snatched by
divine power of vitality from the realms
Of inertia, live and move and form part
of soul tcnanted frame. In the very
secret chamber Of the brain there lies a
gland, gritty with earthly mineral mat
ter, which Descartes did not scruple,
with crude scientific inpiety. to assign
as the residence the soul. You could
no more have lived, and grown, and
fiourished without iron, and SILICA, and
potash, and sodium, and magnicia, than
wheat could flourish without phosphor
Gus, glass without SILICA, cress without
iodine, or clover without lime. We are
all of us, indeed, of the earth, earthly.
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FAILURE OF GRAIN SPEcULAToR FOR
THREE MILLIONS OF DoLLARs.-It is be-
lieved that the failure of NJ. Place will
prove even greater than was anticipated,
and that so far from being inferior 10
$4,000, 900 they will exceed this sum.
The Duke of Galleira positively loses a
million of dollars; NJ. NJ. Ernest Andre
& Co., Count de Morny, the Pereires,
lose between 100000 and $500, 900
apiece. NJ. Place was a marine painter
before the golden fever attacked Paris,
and brgun his adventurer's career with
nothing but wind. He is said to have
been the owner Of those immense guam
titles of grain at Chicago which have
attracted 50 much attention, and he lost
heavily by stock speculaliOns.-PGris
Cor. Boston AtlGs.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-08-20

Why NOT SUCCESSFUL ?-The young
mecnanic or clerk marries and takes a
house, which he proceeds to furnish twice
at expensive as he can afford, and then
his wife, instead of taking hold to help
him earn livelihood, by doing her own
work, must have a hired servant to help
her spend his limited earnings. Ten
years afterwards, you will find him
struggling under a double load of debts
and children, wondering why the luck
was always against him, while his friends
regard him as destitute of financial abil-
ily. Had they from the first been frank
and honest, he need not have been so
unlucky.
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4oetrg.
From the National Err
MON

All hail to Fremont Swell the lofty acclaim
Like winds from the mountains, like praires -lsns
Once more the Pathfinder is forth on his hunt,
Clear the way for Free Soil for Free Men and Fremont
Wen spurn every fetter, well break every rod,
And Kansas shall bloom like the Garden of God,
When we plant the white banaer OF Freedom upon I,
And cry, 'To the rescue, Free Men and Fremont ~
oh the land that love shall be sacred from slaves,
From the tyrants misrue and the punder Of kraves
Wen paptze the Union in Liberty's font,
And the faith of fathers shall live with Fremont!
Co. brave mountain climber, lead Us on in the path
Where the people shall sweep in the storm of their
wrath.
Who shall hinder their triumph if God so appoint
Who stay the bold march of Free Men and Fremont
Then East, West and North, swell the lofty acclaim
Like winds from the mountains like prairies fame
Clear the way the Pathfinder moves in our front,
And our hearts still keep time to the march of Fremont
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We ridicule others for their fears ard
failures, and fail like them in like situa-
tions. for many path that looks smooth
at a distance, is found to be rough when
we have to travel it.
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"Though it be not in your power"
said Marcus Aurelius, ''to be natural
isl, a poet, an orator, or mathemati-
clan, it is in your power TO be viriuOus
man. which is the best Of all.