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Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-03-18
Fourth Congressional District


We publish to-day the proceedings of Demo....
meetings in Granville and Orange, to which we :"
vite the attention of our readers.
Our Granville friends, it will be observed b,,.
suggested Franklinton, and Thursday the 1s,h =,
April as the place and time for holding the Convsn
ton; and our Orange friends haye suggested yin
borough, and the 18th of April.
A meeting will be held in Raleigh, to appoint DEL
egates, on Monday of our approaching sunar;o,
Court, being the Both March and we see in tbal,..
"arrenton News call for meeting to be held f.,
the same purpose, on Tuesday (being the 18th n
ApriD of Warren Superior Court.
Nash Superior Court is in session this week.
Johnston Court comes next week. Wake the next
and then Franklin and Warren We trust h,,
meetings will be held in all the Counties, and that
the Democracy of the District will be fullv r.,
presented.
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=, MODEL RAILRoAD.-From the annual report of
the President and Directors Of the Augusta and
Savannah Railroad, it appears that the affairs of the
company are in more thriving and prosperous con.
d'ticn than was generally supposed The total earn
ings for the year ending 31st December were $l25.
34s 20, and the total expences $54, 1858 96-eavine
first of the Independent existence of the road and
the statements exhibit balance in its favor of sew.
en- per cent on the original cost of the road. The
TRANS have been run throughout the year with great
regularity and exemption from accident. No ac:-
dent involving the loss Of life or limb to passenger
or employee has occurred.
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LAWS AND JOURNALS

We are printing few extra copies of the Laws and
mails of the last session of the General Assembly NJ %
State, which we will send free of Postage put un in s
covers, at the following prices: Paper
Laws public and Privately a..
Journals SENATE and Housed wv
Without postage the volumes will be worth 20 n
The Journals will be ready in April, and the Laws
Those desiring copies will please send in their orders
as we shall have but few extra numbers.
Address HOLDEN T. u,,,.
March 9, 1857.
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EArARLEs, &C., AT THE INAUGURATION BALL.-To
provide for the vast crowd who took part in the
Terpsichorean finale of the Inauguration ceremonies
goodly bill Of provisions was needed. Among the
items Of the bill Of fare 5000 worth of vine
400 gallons of oysters, 500 quarts of chicken salad
quarts OF ice cream. 500 quarts of jelies 60
saddles of mutton Of venison, rounds of beef rs
hams, i25 tongues, besides pates Of various kinds
At the head Of the table was q pyramid of cakes
four feet high, with flag of each State and Terrific.
~, with the coat Of arms of each printed on it.
Boston IrapekLer-sSs
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IMPORTANT CoNvENr1oN.-It has been proposed to,
hold convention representing the various railroads
lying between the Mississippi valley and the port of
Norfolk, for the purpose Of appointing commission
proceed to England and endeavor to prevail upon
the proprietors Of the new monster steamship. now
building the Thames, to bring her. upon her first
transatlantic trip, to the harbor of Norfolk The
18th of April. or thereabouts has been named as
the time Of holding the convention, and Lynehburg,
Va, a. the place.
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The Decision of the Supreme Cour,

We publish to-day, at length, the decision of bs
Supreme Court of the United States, delivered BY
CHIEF Justice fancy, in the bred Scott case.
The black Republicans of the North, and their
allies in the South. may lament again and again the
passage OF the Nebraska Kansas act and the repea
Of the Missouri restriction; but the whole question
has been settled by the highest judicial tribunal
the country and from this decision there can be no
appeal.
Abolitionism has been stunned, faction and trea.
son in both sections of the Union have been rebuked
and the Constitution has been restored. This deci
sion comedies to the Southern people all they have
ever asked-the Constitution. If true to them.
selves, they will never take any thing less.
In our next We will publish the dissenting opin.
ions of Judges Mclean and Curtis, so that our
readers may see for themselves the grounds occu.
pied on both sides.
This decision of the Supreme Court will be often
referred to in discussion hereafter and is of the first
Importance to the South; and we therefore suggest
to our readers that they preserve the copy of the
paper containing it.
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VIsIr FROM Mr.. PlERcE.-We credbly inform.
ed that Elk. President Pierce and family may possibly
visit 1hornburv the country seat Of Henry Burgwyn,
Esq, upon the Roanoke, in Northampton county.
We trust Mr.. Pierce may find it convenient to do
so. We know he would find it agreeable, and he
would then have opportunity of seeing two of
the finest and oest cultivated farms in all the South
-Alceston and Thorn6ury, belonging to Messrs. H.
& I. P. Burgwyn.
These gentlemen have done the State some SER
vice. and entitled to be regarded public bene.
factors. Wilmington Herald :
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TO FAITH.

see yonder fragile bark, ploughing the stormy seas
Bending its PROV, to brast each angry wave
RELENTLESS Fate seems shaping for its grave! =
., No star in all the dark ming Heavens appears,
To shed its guiding ray, and aid to save
The seeming doomed ones. Still they brave
The waters though its bead no beacon rears,
Confding in the chart fair science gave, t~
each sunk rock safe Stunned, the vessel nears
8 lta destined Port, and rests in quiet seas!
Ills thus with me-dar ken'd hopes beacon light
Love star in tear.clouds set mo port in sight
Gods Breast my haven after griefspent years!
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Special Notice.

Special Notice.
The STANDARD Is conducted stric4y upon the c,.,
AN pa0srs are dscontiased ut the expiration of
for ohich they haze been paid Subscribers mill !. .'
SouR WEEKS before their tfss;s out, by cross sped
their papers and a"tess the subscription is
per wiu be discontinued TAssi sa rule from l,l;.s pa
s0~ be no Departure Watc6 tie cross uuit ans '@
your subscription. 'e"es
Weekly Standard 81 per annuns, in adpanes.
Semi Weekly Standard a per annuns. do
q Subscribers desiring their papers chance,
mention the Post Office FROM we'll as the one r. %
they desire the change to be made which
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WILMINGTON REruRNs.-The ""
mngton papers contain the returns Of the Inspectors
of Naval Stores. &C., for the last year, from ""''
It appears that the total amount Of turpent'ne u"
spected was 800 5e5 barrels of spirits turpen'a.,
529 casks. of tar 6s47 barrels of rosin, a i''
barrels, of cotton, II bales, &c. By comPa''ScD
with the returns Of last year, we find an increase "
turpentine Of 6s,247 barrels in spirits turPent".'
4.0s7 casks, and in lumber, SOC, 6s4 feet There "
. falling of in tar, timber, and cotton.
! l5E The Senate of the United States adlourneu
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A country editor received the following stop INV
paper: Dear sir have booked carefully over yonr
paper for six months for the death Of anindvidual
was acquainted with, but as yet NOT single soul
care about has dropped of. You win please have
my name erased" ssI3 y ssssse8
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menced running two trains a day-an express and
mail train-in connection with the Charlotte and
Columbia Road. The express train from Charlotte
arrives here I'm. after A. NJ, and leaves for
Goldsborough at % after 4. The mail train from
Charlotte arrives here Am. after P. NJ and leaves
81 after A. The express from Goldsborough arrives
32m. after 4 P. NJ, and leaves 40 after P. NJ.
The mail train from same point arrives 32m after
4 A. NJ, and leaves 70 after A. M.
On Monday, the Raleigh and CASTOR Road com.
menced two trains day, in connection with the
Roads above mentioned. Their mail and passenger
trains now leave the depot of the N. c. Road at
A. NJ, and P. NJ, making stop at the old depot
SO all passengers will go hereafter to the N C.
depot.
We understand that Mr. Fisher, of the N G.
Road, had been ready for some days to commence
with the new schedule. but the other Roads were
unavoidably delayed. We trust the profits to these
different Roads, from this new arrangement may DO
equal to the expectations of their managers
We are gratifed to learn that the late member Of
Congress from this District is in favor of disrbu
ton of the public lands among the States.
Register
What authority has our contemporary for this
assertioni In the absence of Mr.. Branch, we take
the liberty of saying that it is totally unfounded
Mr.. Branch stands on this question with President
Buchanan and the Democracy tf the country gene
rally. He is opposed, we all are, and President
Buchanan declares himself to be, to the recent
"squandering of the public lands on corporations
and on the new States but he is not in favor OF
distributing the public lands among the States
EDcEcoMBE.-At the late term of Edgcombe county
Court John F. speight was elected Chairman, and
Henry T. Clark, John S. Dancey, j. G. Knight, and
L. R. Cherry, Esquires, members of the Special
Court County Trustee, R. H. Austin, Esq MI
Speight Chairman Of the Court and Trustee OF the
Louis d. Wilson Fund, made a report from when
it appeared that the Fund now amounts to S2S,4Vo
30, in cash and bonds at interest The following
taxes were laid: County, land, nine cents-pon
thirty cents. Poor, land. seven cents-poll, twenty
cents. School, land four cents-poll fifteen cents;
making, with the State tax thirtyfve cents on anu
and one dollar and fifteen cents on the poll.
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On Thursday last, the Magistrates composing the
County Court of Cumberland county, passed resolu.
tons in favor of submitting to vote of the people of
that county. the question of making subscription
on behalf of the county, to the capital stock of the
Fayetteville and Western Railroad Company. The
polls are to be open on the I'd Thursday in April
next and those in favor of subscription, will vote
''subscription; and those opposed mo subscrip-
ton" The amount proposed to be subscribed, is
One Hundred Thousand Dollars for which the bonds
of the county shall be delivered to the Company
such bonds being accepted by said Company as full
payment of the amount of stock subscribed for be-
half of the county. The Company furthermore
pledges itself to pay the interest said bonds for
two years. The popular vote will be almost certain
to 20 for "subscriptiop" VIII Journal
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+ 81 The Senate Of the United States ad)ouf"''
sine die on Saturday evening last
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too late to question the power to govern the Terrific
rfes IS ncipient States and fit them for admission.
The only question was, how far the power Of Con-
gress is limited as to the Northwest Territory Vir
gnia had the right to abolish slavery there. and did
SO by agreement in 1887 with the other States but
this did not prevent States being admitted with
or without slavery. Subsequently North Carolina
and Georgia coded their lands for the common ben
eft and Congress had more power to leeislate
slavery out of those cessons than it had to legslate
slavery in the territory north of the Ohio.
There was no power to legislate slavery in eth.
er case. The inhabitants stood protected after as
they did before the cessions were made. In Louis
lana slavery was not only lawful but was most val.
liable. At the date of the treaty the inhabitants
were left free to enjoy their property freedom and
liberty, and were to be protected therein until they
came into the Union State. The Missouri line
Of sc deg 80 min. was an act of aggression. Con-
gress cannot do indirectly what it cannot perform
directly. If a Southern man cannot 60 to the Ter
ritories with his slaves, it follows that Northern
plements of toll. If Congress could prohibit any
species of lawful property throughout Louisiana
when it was acquired it could exclude all descrp-
tons Of property the right to egislate in the Ter
ritories depends on the contract Of cession.
His opinion was that the third article Of the trea-
ty by which Louisiana was acquired stands protect
ed by the constitution, and cannot b. repealed by
Congress, and that the act of 1920, known as the
Missouri Compromise, violates the leading features
OF the constitution, which the Union depends
and which secures to all citizens common rights
He therefore held that the act was void. and con.
Cured with his brother Judges that the plaintiff
bred Scott, is slave, and was one when this suit
was brought.
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DIsrREssING SUICIDE OF MINISTER sudden
death of Rev. John Howard, formerly of Richmond,
and more recently pastor of the Presbyterian church
in Woodstock, Shenandoah Va, has been noticed,
but not the circumstances under which it occurred.
As number of notices, of them erroneous, are
appearing in the papers, it may be proper to give the
following statement of facts made up from the an
nouncement ofthe truly distressing occurrence in the
Woodstock Tenth Legion On returning from WIS.,
it to his friends in Richmond, two weeks ago, Mr..
Howard exhibited strong symptoms Of insanity, 60.
ing from house to house, without taking rest re-
freshing, proclaming that the judgement was at
hand" On the 2lst ult., he was taken to the asy-
lum for the insane at Stanntcn. On Thursday night
week at 10 o'clock, his room was visited and he was
found to be asleep. The next morning he was found
dead having fastened one end of his handkerchief
to the iron bars across the windows the other end
around his neck, and then swung himself down, his
feet resting on the floor. Mr.. H. was gentleman
Of delicate constitution, laborious student and had
used tobacco to unusual excess, which are believed
to be the causes of the fatal malady He was high
ly esteemed and beloved for his uniform pety and
zeal as christian minister, and his upright and dig
n6ed department citizen. Dispatch
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MEssRs. EDITORS: You may be exercised as to the
mails, as your "letter from Iredell in only three
months" would seem to indicate. But we up here
are specially forward in the transportation of freight
from Norfolk-as. for instance it is not unusual to
have goods through from Norfolk in ten days. 1
have shipped goods from New York City by schoon-
er via Wilmington, and on same day shipped by
steamer via Norfolk, and received both lots of goods
here on the same day. write this oat of no dispo-
stion to grumble or complain; but from an earnest
desire to put stop to these detenions have
made considerable enquiry, and am not inclined to
believe this detention to be on the n C. Railroad
A SUBSCRIBER
Croorchoro, NJ n M.r,b 10 1897
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cuStIce Nelson's OD1nlOn.
Associate Justice Nelson stated the ground on
which he had arrived at the conclusion that the ar
gument of the court below must be affirmed Hav.
ing stated the case, substantially above, he pro.
ceeded to examine it on its merits The question
was, whether the removal of the plaintiff, with his
family, to Illinois, with view to temporary resi-
dcnce, and after his return to Missouri was such
residence in free State as worked emancipation.-
He maintained that it did not Such questions be-
longed to the States to decide for themselves As to
whether Missouri will recognise or give effect to the
laws of Illinois on the subject of slavery is for Mis-
souri, herself to determine is there any const:tu.
tlona power rightfully to control her. Every State
or nation possesses excl sve sovereignty and jurs
dictlon within her own territory, and her laws affect
and bind all property within her limits. No State
or nation affect bind persons or property out
side of her territory.
The question is fully established that it belongs
to the sovereign State of Missouri to determine
the question of slavery within her own Jurisdiction
subject only to such limitations as may be found in
the constitution. This is the result of the indepen.
dent and sovereign character of the State. It is
equally applicable to the other States belonging to
the confederacy. 1t must be admitted that Con.
~ in State; and if Congress possesses power un-
der the constitution to abolish slavery in the Terri.
tories it must necessarily possess the power to es
tablish it. This he denied and then proceeded to
snow that the question involved in the case now be.
lore the court was one depending solely the law
OF Missouri, concluding with the remark that the
Judgment OF the court below should be affirmed ~
Justice Gatron's Opinion 2
Associate Justice Catron also stated the history Of
the case and said that If the court has no power to
decide the question further than to djsmist. it had
no right to discuss its merits but he held that the
court has jurisdiction to decide the merits of the
case, which he proceeded to examine. It WAS now
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where they could make profit on them The onin.
ION thus entertained was universally impressed on
the colonists this side of the Atlantic accor;nolv
negroes OF the African race were regarded by them
as property, and held, and bought, and sold az
such, IN every one Of the thirteen colonies which
united in the Declaration of Independence, and af
towards formed the constitution. The doctrine of
winch " We have spoken was strikingly enforced by
Inc Declaration of Independence 1t begins thus:
men, IN the course Of human events It becomes
necessary Tor one people to dissolve the political
oonos winch have connected them with another.
anu 70 assume among the powers of the earth the
separate and equal station to which the laws of Ma
ture and Of Natures God cutitle ,i,sn ds..nt 70
sPect to the opinions of mankind reouires that thew
snouid declare the causes which impel them to the
separation and then proceeds I'VE hold these
uutns 10 De sei-eVldeut, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with
CERTAIN naiIenable rights that among these are life
.hy ana the pursuit OF happiness; that to secure
these rights governments are Instituted amono men
deriving their just powers from the consent Of The
governed, DC. The words before quoted would
seem 10 embrace the whole human family :. and e
useo IN q similar instrument at this day. would be
30 understood But it is too clear for dispnte that
.ne enstaved African race were not intended to he
included; for in that case the DISTINGUISHED ,,an
who framed the Declaration of Independence anmId
oe nagrant!y against the principles which thev a.
serted They who framed the Declaration of frde-
Pe.oence were men of too much honor. educ. t;or
~na intelligence to say what they did not believe
a"a 'ney knew that in no part of the civilized world
:" 'ne negro race, by common consent, admitted
sording to the practices, doctrines. and usaces ~
aAy. Ihst unfortunater race was supposed to he
ate from the whites and was never thoucht m
went ~ except as property. These opinions under
The Surnee when the constitution was adopted.
'ois se's forth for what purpose, and for
Mountain Democrat., 1857-10-24

JscE and the EIng.-In the month OF
May, 1880. while the King of Naples was
being conducted to the Tuillcries in the
equipages Of the court, the crowd made
an immense noise, and the event was tho
occasion of o veritablc excitement in the
city. An old woman, seated in an OBJ
scure corner of the Place Carousal, and
dressed in rags, cried out, "Bah a king !!
Under the Emperor VIC saw nothing but
kings" The Parisians Of tho second
Empire can say as much, for Paris never
saw within her walls more sovcrcigns or
princes. This jew EeSprit reminds US of
an anccdotc Of q sailor, who was on board
Of am American frigatc when it was hon
Ored by the presence Of royalty. We
have forgotten whore the frigatc was sta
toned at the time, but it was probably
at some of the Mediterranean ports. where
kings abound The royal gucsts-for
the story says there was batch Of them
were being shown over the ship, when
one Of the party, who happened to be
behind tho rest, having his eyes, and
probably his thoughts on heaven, missed
his footing and disappeared from the deck.
Jack waited awhile to see if his vanished
majesty would not reappcar, and seeing
that he did not walked up to the lieu
tenant with this little bit of information
-'If you please, sir, one of them ere
kings has tumbled down the hatchway!"
One Of them ere kings! Can the force
of Democratic ignorance 60 further -
Mountain Democrat., 1857-10-24
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HR. CIIAElE> TC2rR'S CARP To .lc ,,,,sl ,.,
~ - '"r'A. l." arlg"a'hGG ai!n, ,vG,,, v,
system a;ic hlIhV, ~ "a ctdin ln,tts C,,ut n,
inc ~li',N y ir'riyr .tyl,N a'N9AS he cat..-. 80
satisfy hm>,M he s'NLh c".rr, hrnd distinctly
What t'c >ui''tt 90 qltA ---ll,aiih aud n>, as,
" IA" t"r'n ~ IN >" our min1s clear cor,,f
tu ~ TIE state ~! Health, >lNil have nu l,h ,hv
Ia understanding What Wa> n,rant hy Disease IT,,
hty"nd i'i"1h not a"Nc, these "lice> If tnVrs,EN.
'i"n NJ thr h.'nan body, NJ have An",her ard stll
h"'lr td II i "l lay hc'Vrr N"uir Suth plain terms
thai N"u ,".li'' bt mistaken ami Wl know Mhrrr 10
aW,N for rtl.r:,
lrS H., word d>rl>, rtn, rally anl h- fore spcsk
"t the sErs - rartit lar i,ra>,> II " u b. rto,rt ,o
tax" General vcN 81 Svn rt"ms. When rrrscn Il
troubled "r atlicied W3,h disease, wli,h ,auS,s a
NraAi.">> ~ th' back y / lrt>, pau il tie heed,
d!lu'S> of v lass - muscular low rr at,n
"f tie hcar' irr' hi"N, Nervousness lN>I,l>ta Gr.
rurrr'N"nt "f nr'lgtstiVr functions gr,,rral ,l.ty
symptoms III consumption, and many ut!rrS Whhh
~" bitter tNr'at'i 'hSn Tut "n laitr. anl require
M"c"l "r Surgical attendance, il would IL wcll for
tutm 1" inquire u there ! ply >iciSn who is erMrc.
f"t' :" at:trtNr,l. NI1 who uu,',t>,i,t, Ihr il,,
cat'"n "f medicine, aUd whose - cnt NJ AttNinmeMS
IN his ofcsslru and whose age aud NperirIcr tnti.
Tie lin Ia your confidence. C"n>d, ring these things
Or ChaS H. TrEor has concluded 10 inform vou ii Al
are aiiit adv"rtiS h> V.Aee ~ business stating
that he las rtn successful prA,ttun,r for over "
years, ar,d has
Aris>rrn ,>r CrRrn nrNrsrnS,
Whcn the! have been ccn>hhtrd b! other physic are
and haNr hrrn pronounced by them past rec,,Nery-,
rwr"'"rr N"u r"y r,iy rr"n him ~ cue h whom
srtr'>v au'l ~" rim"S' g. nhlcntc may hr placed
pr. & II. T wc"ld invite all thl are afflicted to
call "u him, ani Il hr does not ad,nint>;rr 'vr ,l,m
there will he no charge nIatte Lct no false d, NraCy
prevent You. hut apply immediately, aud save yourself
from the dreadful Consequences which must follow
these VII" ~, virct to receive attepdSnrc,
pr. {. II. Tox,I'S office Is 9th street, near the
Belvidere l"'i, httWe, and X s;VretS lll> I, omS
are $" arranged that the nnetcr can he consult,A
without the f. ar Of nulvs'stion
HSs~ Office hours, frrm In the morning until ) in
the evening {. II TOZHR NJ h.
9th street, between and X, Sacramento.
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