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Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-10-15
Land for Sale near Raleigh.

Vii T. SUBSCRIBER HAVING SETTLED IN THE
IL City of Raleigh, and being engaged in the Family
Grocery business offers for SALE privately, his beautiful
little farm which is of the most desirable places in the
county of Wake. The tract contains log of good
land, well improved, and lies just five miles Southeast of
Raleigh, Immediately ON the Central Railroad which
only hundred yards from the dwelling and in full view,
and between the GodsbOrough and Averasbouugh roads
two story house we'll built with six and brick
with stone and brick chimney Also negro houses, corn
crib &C., &C. There is we'll of the best water in the
county in the yard in good order and several fine springs
that fail. There also about three of fine
meadow land
There is also good Store House on the premises
with three rooms. The neigbOrhOod is thickly settled
and good mercantile business could be DONE There
is also fine orchard with almost all kinds of fruit Any
person desiring purchase excellent little farm can now
have opportunity of doing by early application to the
subscriber at Raleigh who will take pleasure in showing
K. R. wEATHERs.
September 1s, 1856. n5o-wf
Tri-W ekly Line of Four Horse Post coahes
from salisbury to Asheviile, through in thir-
TONNECTING WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA
~ Railroad Having purchased the line from Ashevlle
to Morganton have stocked the road with good Horses
Concord two horse Coaches After the 18th of March,
will leave Ashevie Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saur-
days-connecting at Morganton with my line Of Four
No pains expense will be spared make this the most
comfortable and expeditions stage road in the State Try
the road and judge for y0DFsc!vss BROWN Contractor
MoIganton. March "a, 1856 lll7-wtf
CONSTANT ARRIVALS.-WE ARE RECEIV.
~ ING daily by Express accessons to our now large
ard attractive stock of Ready-Made Clothing.
The increasing demand this concern its first
tabshment in 1s47 evidence that there is humbng
in the Goods SELL and have this prepared
larger and better selection think than has before
been exhibited in this City.
We have most complete assortment of the finest
Dress Goods for gentlemen warranted to fit in style un
equalled by the best Merchant TailOrs.
Visitors to the City respectfully invited to call and
examine. w. IL. WILLIAMS, Agent,
at the old stand of f. L. Hardings
October 19E6 st.
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Democratic cause . much good as though be had
come and ressed the faithful for you know that
John "A. Gilmer neyersopens his mouth that he doea
not advances ths cauaeof Democracy. All the great
conservative Democratic party waptes to make it
strong and victorious is that such politicians as Mr.
4Gilmer should support the asms.
But the time arrived for the great Know Nothing
rally at Pttsylvania C. H., and every thing seemed
propitious. The sun shone brightly on all subluna-
~ things. There was to be Gwo-days' rally. The
fatted calf had been ki!led-sheep, oxen and swine
had been slaughtered-the sacrifice offered and
the incense rose. But how deusive arc all human
hopes! The feast had been prepared and guests
had been bid to the marriage; but they were stub
born and would not come. Seeing the condition of
things the first day, courers sent out to bring
'em in" and still they came not. The whole affair
was grand failure. Thousands had been counted
on but the crowd dd:snot number more than two
three hundred at farthest. Even free barbecue
and distinguished speakers would not hiring them
out. The disappointment on the second day
pitiabe to behold. They had even to dispose Of the
luxuries that had been prepared for the multitude
as have been informed, at auction. How pitiable
The fact is. the country is strongly Democratic,
and becoming more and more Democratic.
Let North Carolina do her duty in the approach
ing struggle, and roll up majority for Buchanan
and Breckenridge that will settle the question to
her political character for all time to come. You
may rest assured that in Virginia all is well. The
majority here will be arge-it is impossible to say
how much-but the well-informed Count on Il, 900
or l6, 900 at least.
This is handsome and interesting little village;
but shall be better prepared though, to speak of
it after have seen more. As l expect to spend
several weeks yet in the Old Dominion, as push
my way into the bowels of the land you shall occa-
sonaly hear from me. Yours truly,
LIP.
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Norfolk, Va, Oct. 10, 1856.

and have found the best spirit animatng the friends
of Buchanan and Breckenridge In North Carolina
l saw numbers of old line Wings as unwilling to 20
into the culvert at this, 1.-THE eleventh hour" as
they had been to follow the dark lantern in its dark
beginnings men who determined with Messrs.
Baringer, Osborne and Steele, to for the Union
the Constitution and Buchanan. might name a
number of locally influential gentlemen in Halifax
Edgecombe, Wayne, Duplin, New Hanover. and
Northampton, who, in conversation with the writer,
avowcd substantially the same position and reasons
for it as that taken and ably AID eloquently ad
vocated and sustained by the three eminent gentle
men named But if you should commence a coec-
tive list OF all the old line Wings in North Carolina
who are stepping to the music OF the Union" I'M
der the flag Of Buchanan and to the drum-beat of
the Constitution it is to be feared you would have
but little room left for those editorials of yours
which your patrons look for SO eagerly during the
canvass.
Some of the Know Nothings hereabouts affect to
believe that Mr.. Fillmore will be elected! but $500
was up here for some time that he would not get
four States; and though it was well and generally
known, that such a sum was ready to meet a like
sum upon the consideration stated, not one of the
Fillmore men had either the faith the temerity to
take it up So much for the confidence felt by the
Samites IN Virginia in the election of their chief
The Editor OF the Transcript Portsmouth recent
ly published his belief that North Carolina would 90
for Mr.. Fmore!!! merely dot this down, en-
PEASANT" for the amusement Of your readers It
created considerable mrth IN this quarter, where
are more intimately acquainted with North Carolina
dongs and politics than are with those of Vir-
ginia, leaving out, of course, our own locality.
There was hickory pole raising on High Street
on the Court House corner, Saturday afternoon
Several thousands of persons gathered to witness
and participate in the jubilee. At shutdown the pole
was in its place, and the American flag and beau.
tiful and appropriate banner soon aoated at the
masthead, amid continued huzzas and cheers from
the Democracy.
Much anxiety is felt in this section about Mr..
Dobbin, whose health has been delicate for some
time. We hope to hear soon that he is much bet.
ter from the effects of his retirement and soourn in
Nortn'Carohna. Yours, &C.,
1856
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NJ ALEIGH & CASTOR .A!LKOAfnthi, Com.
pany will be held in the CITY. of Taleigh on tVaSS
0Vsn ihsssse ~. Treasurer l. Secreta!
Oaacs r. / G. r. R. Co., Raleigh, Oct ., 1885,
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Mr.. Hedrick, etc.


MEssRs. EDITORS The communication and defence
of Prof. Hedrck, to be found in late issue of the
Standard, has created surprise and disgust wherever
read,-surprse that any southern teacher should be
Fremonter, and disgust that said teacher should
adopt the twaddle of Northern agtators and fanatics
as his apology But not satisfied with the ordinary
and stereOtyped black Republican appeals and pleas
he must lug in the testimony of departed statesmen
who never wrote word in regard to such an issue
as the present. for no similar issue had presented
itself during their lives. 1t holds in law that the
evidence OF an adsent witness given in a case where
one issue and replication involved, cannot be
called up and used where there is entirely differ
ent ISSUE margined and numbered differently upon
the docket. The witness must be cited to appear
in each case. Let Mr.. Hedrck hear from Jefferson
Clay, and the rest upon the only question now be-
fore the country, surrounded as it is by a sectional
bias and boundary never heretofore designating and
defining its locale and its Madness ere he presume
to give the sanction of his scholarship and the pres
hge OF his position to testimony that is wholly and
fraudulenly irrelevant. And let him ponder long
and seriously, before he offer evidence Of any kino
in cause So dangerous to the Union and fraught
with evil to the section that nurtureS and SLStains
him.
do not argue the question of Fremontism with
Professor H. NorthCarona is not the soil to ar
que his position upon. If Mr.. H. will 60 to New
England, his appropriate sphere, he will find there
national men enough to combat his arguments and
thither and join the sectional phaanx of Fremont,
and he will find opposers, mot in North Carolinians,
who must naturally, from every instinct, oppose
him, butt in those who are obliged to be impartial,
nnpreudiced and just, from the nature of their To-
cality and their training. He will get successful
tiona and constitutional replies from those raised on
free SOIL Will not the trustees of the University
afford Mr. Hedrick an opportunity to select more
congenial location?
One word more, and am done with Mr. H. He
puts forth his communication as defence of him
self, when, from beginning to end, in exordium and
peroraton, it is defence elaborated-a special plea
extenuated, in favor of the odous doctrines and
more odious candidate of the fanatic free sellers of
the Seward school of politics, the Bcecher school of
divinity, and the Stowe school of literature. And it
is addressed, too, as much to warp the judgment of
his students as to control public opinion in his
favor.
To change the topic, have just seen beautiful,
intelligent, and interesting young lady from New
York State, who says that far her observation
went, the contest in that State appeared to be be-
tween Mr.. Buchanan and Mr. Fremont,-Mr. Fill
more being rarely, and never enthusiastically, spo-
ken Of Yours, &C.,
1856.
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PIrTsYLvANIA G. H., Va, Oct 5, 1856.
MEssRs EDIroRs l arrived here last night
left Danville yesterday, where have been spending
some ten days. Danvllle has improved very much
since the completion Of the Richmond and Danville
Railroad. There is a very perceptble improvement
in the general business of the place, and nanufac
turing, especially of tobacco, is carried on much
more extensively than heretofore, thus rapidly in
creasing the population and advancing the general
interest of the place.
There are in Danvie two or three fine Female
Schools The Rev. Mr.. Jameson, of the N. C.
Conference, is the principal of very fourshing
Seminary for young ladies recently established
there. The buildings are large and well appointed,
and though not quite completed are sufficiently adj
vanced to be used Mr. Jameson had the kindness
to conduct me through the buildings and give me
the history of the rise and progress of the School,
It should and doubt will, soon achieve and cre-
ate for itself an enviable reputation. Mr.. Jameson
is considered well qualified in every respect for the
responsible position he occupies
The Rev. DR.. Dame, pastor of the Episcopal
church in Danvle, is ut the head of an old-estab-
lished and fourishing Female College. From my
knowledge of Dr. Danes practical character and
sterling integrity, am confident that thorough
practical education is impaired to young ladies in
his school that cannot be obtained in many of SINH
lar character. But enough of schools.
The Know Nothing leaders in this section adver.
tised and made preparations for grand rally Of the
faithful to come off here during the past week. Dis
tinguished leaders from this and adjoining States
were invited and expected Ex-Gov. Morehead was
here and plead for the sinking cause. Mr.. Gimer
was invited, but owing to "pressing business Of a
private character" could not come; but he wrote
letter to the Committee which filled nearly four
columns Of tho Danville Register, which did the
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FORWARN ALL PERSONS id made made
trading for either of two notes given by Us az March
payable to Thos L. Cross, bearing date the 4n nemb,
iS5s one for one hundred and fifty dollars due DeS Collars
e 1885, and the other for hundred and th
hch said notes were given has falled and VIC do
3}nd to pay them unless compelled by law,ou
ISAAC w. STALlhlasCs.
October 4l85S.
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Raleigh, October 4, 1855.

House of Commons. op
VU0HE SUBSCRIBER TAKES THIS METHVDC Cam. ~
IL informing the members elect to the House Oh "a" Gce
MONS that he will be candidate before them for NE
Of Chief Clerk. r. DON LTD
Aug %, 1855. elEN-.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT l,, amr
II subscriber will make application at the @ the
session of the General Assembly of North Carolina Nor
emancipation of his boy Sans commonly called San
phis. ,. - JAMES NE .'.r"ance.
October 2, 1856. 9S-'Hl l..cs
AZ High School, in Wake county, will apply 10 '"'
Legislature for an act Of incorporation. oa-lm
g October 2, 1858.
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cal instruments anu Inc accommodation of the
ence employed III making and reducing observations the
heavenly bodies. These instruments are mainly of three
classes to which all others Of strictly astronomical char
acter may be referred
st The inst ruments, by which the Heavens are nspcc
ted with view to discover the existence thuse celestial
bodies which not visible the naked eve beyond all
comparison more numerous than those which are and the
magnitude shapes, and other sensible qualities both of
unaded sight The instruments this class are despna-
ted by the general of Teecupe and are of two kinds
the reracng telescope which derives its magnyng pow
from system of lenses and the reectno fees
COPE which receives the image Of the heavenly body upon
cOncave mirror t--Ty
Cd The second class Of Instruments consists of those
which are designed principally angular dis
tances Of the heavenly bOdes from each other and their
time OF passing the meridian The transit instrument the
meridian circle, the mmal circle the heiometer and the
seant belong to this class The brilliant discoveries of
are Tor the most part made with the first class
lnsfruments-ts practical results wrought BY the
second. = ~
3d. The third class contains the clock with its bs;dar
apparatus for measuring the time and making it's subdvs-
IONS with the greatest possible
auxiliary of all the instruments by which the pstons and
motions OF the heavenly bodies observed and
and recorded.
Concerning the study of astronomy, Mr.. Everett
remarks, generally .-.
There s. perhaps branch Of science, which to the
same extent as astronomy, exhibits phenomena which,
while they task the highest powers philosophical
are also well adapted arrest the attention OF minds
sens6'es Of Il wholly unnstructed observer The pro-
1ouhd Investigations of the chemist into the ultimate
OF material nature, the minute researches of tho
INTO the secrets of animal e the transcend
enta ogC The geometer clothed in notation the very
se wcn !erries the uninitiated lost the
mon UNDERSTANDING But the unspeakable lories of h,
as she walks r fuorbed brightness tbrnr15 th hos
the soft wi,cery of the mornng and the sSann t ~,
imperial spiens of the armament ON brioht nnciondaS
night .hs ,oc "a7ss streaming banner Goats over hal
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We would delight to place before our read
ers his splendid description Of Florence in his own
warm and glowing language:
sheltered the North by the vine clad hills of Fesole
whose cycopean walls back the aDtiquar be-
city Forenza the sunny banks of the Arno wi til
its stately palaces Dark and frownng piles of medieval
structure majestic dome the prototype Of st. Peters,
basicas which ensbrne the ashes of some of the mighest
of the dead the where Dante sOod to gaze the
campanle the house Of Michael Angelo still occupied
defendant Of his lineage and his hammer his chise
his dividers, his manuscript pOems all as if he had left
them but yesterday airy bridges which not much
to rest the earth to hover the they
the oveies creations rescued from the
bes of Michael Angelo the glowing of Raphael and
Ttan museums flied with medals and coins of every age
from Cyrus the younger and and amuets and
from the sepulchres of Egyptian Pbaroahs coeval with
Joseph and Eruscan LucumOns that swayed Italy before
the stored with the choicest of
granue and re the air breathe anguid with
music and perfume, is Florence"
We would also make room, If We could, for the
splendid description of the bpeak of day, but that
we think our own poet, Lovejoy, has done the same
thing equally well, and perhaps better in stately
verses we hasten therefore, to his closing paragraph
More beautiful and touching prose- has never passed
! under our observation:
his abors when the busy world goes to its rest
dark pail spreads the of active life terr.s.
ta objects hill and valley and rock and stream aud the
aGcues OF men disappear but the curtain drawn up
Wcn concealed the heavenly hosts There they shine and
there they move they moved and shone eyes
Newton and Gnlleo Of Keper and Coperncus Ptoemy
and HPparchus yes they moved and shone when the
morning stars sang together and all the of God
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-10-02

Important Gorrespondence-CO uni
cation addressed to Governor wright
by the state Officers OF Michigan on
the Kansas Troubles, with Governor
Wright's Reply.
DETROIT, June 4, 1856.
SIR 1T has occurred to us that the pres
ent state of things in Kansas Territory, and
several of the Slaveholding States, as con-
nected with the further extension of Slave
ry, into that, and other Territories, and as
evincing gross disregard of the Constitution
and the laws of the United States, and the
rights of American citizens under the same,
imperatively require the attention of the
State Legislature. We think the question
is now fairly and emphatically presented to
the Free States, whether these rights are to
he upheld, or whether they are to be aban-
doned for the qualification of a comparative
ly few ambitious and reckless men interest
ed in the extension of Slavery, and especially
whether the majority of the people of Kan.
| sas are to be deprived by fraud and violence
of the rights of self-government, guaranteed
to them in explicit terms by the Kansas Ne
braska Act
We beg to say that in our estimation these
questions far transcend in importance all
party interest, that they are vital to the lib
erty secured to us by the Constitution, and
to the Union.
We think case has arisen which plainly
comes within the principle laid down by Mr.
Madison in the Virginia resolutions of 1898
and that it is the duty of the States to in
terpose (of course in a lawful way) for ar
resting the progress of the evil.
We think that strong and numerous
emigration from the Free States to Kansas
supported in some measure by the Free
States, with a view to act decisively upol
the elections next fall, is the most effectua
and perhaps the only means of disappoint
ing the efforts of the abbettors of the frauC
and violence, of which we have spoken
Should this plan receive the sanction anC
the promise of cooperation on the part of tn
other northwestern States, we shall not hes
itate, to recommend to the Governor of thi
State, to convoke the Legislature with a viey
to take an effectual stand on this subject
We should be happy to hear your views
and also those of other eminent citizens Q
your State. We have the honor to be &c.
j. M. HOWARD, Atty General,
JOHN Mckinney, Sec'y of State,
WHITNEY JONES, Auditor Gen'i.,
S. NJ. HOLMES, State Treasurer,
5. B. TREADwELL, Com. st. Land Office.
To his Excellency, Governor WRIGHT, In
dianapolis, Indiana.
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o. The New Albany Ledger calls upon
the TfIJane to give the name of the candi-
date on the "People's Ticket who will sup
port FILLMORE for the Presidency. The Tri-
blIne very CURLY refuses to comply with the
Ledger's request
There may be good policy in this refusal /;
and yet it shows the subserviency of the
FILLMORE men to their more arrogant and
exacting allies, the Abolitionists They know
that if they were to divulge the name of
any candidate who had given even cause for
suspicion that he would vote for FILLMORE,
that name would be erased from the ticket
by the FREMONT men, in body The prin-
cipal candidates on the ticket, from MORTON
to the last on the list, can openly avow a
preference for Fremont, without the slight
est danger of disaffection in the FILLMORE
ranks. They can make the FILLMORE men
tnm the grindstone for them as long as they
have axes to grind f; and then reward them
for their labor by appropriating all the fruits
of the victory to their own beuefit, in case
they are so fortunate as to succeed
A triumph of the "People's Ticket in
this State, would be to all intents and pur-
pos es an Abolition victory, and would be SO
regarded by the party leaders throughout the
State.
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"Oh shame, Where Is Thy Blush.


If the people of this State do not become
disguised at the repeated and shameless i'm
positions practiced upon them by the blood
and thunder" journals of the opposition,
then are they endowed with a spirit of pa
tience and forbearance that is beyond all pre-
cedent Not only are they treated to Exam
sas outrages" that are the most vile and wick
ed Publications that it is possible for human
ingenuity to conceive, but home scene'' is
occasionally dished up that staggers the
credulity of the most inveterate lover of the
horrible and marvellous. Of this class was
the story of recent occurrence at Bourbon,
Marshall County, which was retailed by the
abolition press, far and near, with all the
usual accompaniment Of execration and abuse
of the Old Line instigators and abettors. The
Journal of this city spread itself like the sails
of a seventy-four gun ship before the popu-
lar breeze, and started out on its usual vow
age to catch GULLs and FLATS. The editor
opened the vast store house of his sympathy
for the wounded, the NAMED and the killed.
and shed perfect deluge of tears over the
wholesale massacre of the friends of Free
dom-'' The bloody tale was rendered doub-
ly hOrrifying by the fact that Hon. WIZ. z.
STUART, the Democratic candidate for Con-
gress, was at the bottom of the whole affair,
instigating and urging on the Savage mis-
creants," who thirsted for the blood of peace
able and piOus citizens.
1t is only necessary for us to say that a full
and thorough investigation of the facts show
that the Abolition account of the proceedings
at Bourbon, is willful and unmitigated
falSehOOd. The whole extent of the injuries
inflicted, and the real origin of the distur-
bance as stated in the Laporte Times, are as
follows:
A rumor came up to us on Tuesday last that
difficulty occurred at Bourbon, Marshall Co.,
at the meeting called to hear Colfax and Stuart.
in which three or four persons were killed, &c
DC. We since learn that no one was killed.
Some shots were fired, and two or three persons
were slightly wounded, but none dangerously
The "fuss" grew out Of the fact that a gang Of
lrishmen from the railroad went TO the meeting,
and were picked upon as the Yankees say,
by the boys After the meeting was over, some
men had no more sense or discretion than to
join the boys in their gibes and railing which
exasperated the Irish, and fight ensued. We
have heard il asserted that the Fremonters, who
have not forgotten their recent Know Nothing
oaths, are determined to drive the Irish off the
work before the election, or so intimidate them
that they will not dare to approach the polls
This looks little like the beginning of the
end, but il is not the end.