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Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23

CAFE FEAR AND DEEP RIvER.-We are happy to
state that the Presiden. and directors of the Cape
Fear and Deep River Improvement Company have
very recently made a contract with Northern Com
pany for the completion of the entire works the
river, on what to US seem to be very eligible terms.
The Company contract to complete the entire works,
within one year, from LIST October next on certain
conditions, and among them, provided the corporate
subscription of $500 is authorized to be made
the town to issue bonds for the payment of said SUBJ
scription at ten years after the completion Of the
pork-Ths subscription of $25. 900 is in part pay
ment for the fullment of the contract by the North
ern ComPany-the full details of which it is unnec-
essary to erun e"aie.
This Northern Company is very largely interested
in the coafelds on Deep River, and have therefore
every incentive to complete the works as speedily
as possible, SO as to render their speculations in
coal lands available and bring their deposits to
ket with all Dispatch WI Herald
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23

NAG's HEAD HoTEL.-We continue to hear that
Nag's Head Hotel keeps crowded, and that the pro-
pretors are exerting themselves to give satisfaction
to all We are pleased to hear that Mays Head is
doing we'll this season, for it is the place for the
citizens of this section of North Carolina to congre
gate at, where no double listed pauper the livery
Of waiter nor yankee aboltonists with their army
of saucy negroes to back them, can modest you
But with your own friends and acquaintance, and
beyond all, with fair portion of Cardinals beaut-
full daughters, you can spend your time as North.
Carolinians should. And as you were sojourning
under your own swine and fig tree" none dare
modest you for causes that daily transpire at the
Northern watering places. Therefore, say we, pat
ronize Nag's Head, and make it what it ought to
be-the "Old Point" Of North -Carolina.-E City
Sentinel ,'7r ~.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23

CLINTON FEMALE INsTITUTE.-This institution re.
sumed its operations again Monday the l4th inst,
and we are pleased to notice that the young ladies
are iocking to their favorte place receive nstruc
ton. The streets of our village have looked rather
solemn for many weeks past but now and for months
to cone the rosy countenances ofmerry school girls
will give more of the appearance Of life and joy
'-e Clinton Independent. ?
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23

SHRwREcks AND DnAsrERs.AThe late storm, rs
feared, caused heavy losses Of life and property
on the seacoast We have given elsewhere some Of
the particulars of the loss Of the Central America
The shipping and wharves and naval stores at
Beaufort, Newbern. Wnhiogten, and Wilmington
were more or less injured = We learn from the Pc
pers Of those places.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23

CorroN-We learn that the second bale bv the
W. 4 w. R. R., was received here on the 10th. by
Messrs. Murray Peacock, cohsignees, and sold for
them by W. G. Howard, Broker, at 2oa cents per
pound. It was classed as fair. Raised by William.
K. Lane, Esq, of Wayne county, who is one of our
largest planters and pays particular attention to
having his c.: Kicked clean, and carefully bun
died fee =. WI Journal
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23

=. The FA1R AT HESDERsoN.-The Fourth Annual
Fair Of the Granville County Agricultural Society
vii; be held at Henderson, on, the 14th, 18th and
10th days of next month. The list of premiums Of.
fered By the Society is large and inviting; and we
are sure that every convenience and accommodation
will be afforded to exhibitors and visitors. Hen.
derson is Immediately on the Raleigh and Castor
Railroad. go -,
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23

az We are indebted to R. G. Pearson Esq.,
President of the Western North Carolina Railroad
Company, for pamphlet copy of the proceedings
of the third annual meeting of the stockholders,
held at Newton, on the 9th of August The Pres
idents report the Engineers report and that Of the
Finance Committe, present clear and satisfactory
account Of the condition and progress of the work.
The Presidents report shall appear in our next
issue. go.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23

The navigation of the Cape Fear River between
Wilmington and Fayetteville has been uninterrupted
during the entire season. The Boats have not been
detained by low water-produce has been pushed
forward, and goods have experienced no delay. The
recent rains, we understand, have only raised the
river about ten inches.
Wilmington Herald.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23
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Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23

The State Fair will be held in Raleigh next month.
What are our mechanics and farmers doing What
do they design sending to keep up the reputation of
the county2 It seems we cannot have a County
Fair; and yet, whenever our mechanics come in
competition with others at the State Fair they bear
off the honors. Let US be represented by all means
at the Fair by the fair ones Of New Hanover. If
they are only there, we will be we'll represented.
'-.. ViL Herald
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23
Maine Eleotion.

PORTLAND Sept. 1s.-The returns 50 i Sn,Ih narf
re,l for Governor, nearly 5000. ana an o" votes
80, 600. Last year Hamlin had os,Wv ,s will p''
the other candidates 1000. Full returns
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23

ILLNESS OF Col. BENTON. We learnt yesterday
with painful surprise that the Hon. Thos. H. Benton
was lying in state Of dangerous if not hopeless i'll
ness at his residence in this city. On inquiry last
evening Of his physicians we understood that he
suffering under organic intestinal disease of
eral years standing, which, within week past, as
su,ned so very serious condition as to threaten his
life. Surgical skill afforded yesterday, at least tenn
porary relief and last evening he somewhat bet
ter, but by means out Of danger. He is attended
by those eminantly skillful practitioners. Messrs
Hall and May.-National Intetligencer, Sept 10.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23
CIT Stan6arb.

HOLDEN 4 WILSON, STATE PRn1Has,
rHoR1zED ruBLIsHrRs OF THE LAWS TIE UNITED
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23

ODD FELLOWSHIP Grand Lodge Of the Uni
ted States holds its next Annual Session in Baltimore
commanding on Monday last. The attendance it is
expected, will be unusually large.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23

A new Post Office has been established in Bruins
wick county, named Lockwoods Folly-A. G. Toll
DIN
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23
-pu6lic Ksetsnq IN Noyolt.

NoRsoLx, Sept 19.-Ata meeting o. the ~
held here today, $500 were, raised Tor .mship Y
eer. rescued from the wreck Of the stes"''''
trail America.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23

"WEDDMe IN HIGH L1FE."-It is not uncommon
to see announcements of marriages under this head
in American newspapers. 1t is custom borrowed
from England We saw one lately. A correspon-
dent of New York paper, describing the suspicious
event, says: "The marriage ceremony took place
at the magnificent country seat of the Generals IA
Their, romantic spot, reminding one more of some
nobleman's castle in the forests of England, than
country seat in America" People who write in that
sort of style remind US of any thing but sensible
men and Americans.
The foregoing merited rebuke is from the Rich
mond Dispatch, and is exactly to our notion. Wish
all the admirers of no1eens castles would transfer
themselves at once to " the forests Of England"
Goldsborough Tribune.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23

E The last Asheville Meas contains , clr
Interesting letter from the Hon. Thomas - ,he q
man, in relstion to the Black Mountain a"' -,,n
plorations and measurements made Oh II a. 81
times; which we will publish in'fu'l as S0''
can find room for it.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-23

APPOINTMENTS BY THE PREsIDENT.-A. A. w. Tn
of Mississippi, to be secretary Of State o, ~ ":
tory Of New Mexico, in the place Of :" "''N
Davis, resigned. obes
william R. Calhoun, Of South Carolina v r.Dps
rotary of legation at Paris, in place OF "
Wise, of Virginia, resigned.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-07-07
GaGranga COlleoa

On the 9th inst, the Board of Trustees of this Institution elected Col. James D. Cobb of La, Its President, with view of establisbino Southern Presbyterian Institute. Col. Cobb IS authorized to raise S100000 to put the new plan In operation. It is said, that the Trustees have $5OOOO already over all liabilities S31, 900 of which is cash subscription. The late President of the Faculty, the Rev. Felix Johnson, approving the change, resigned and has received the appointment of Professor of Moral Philosophy, Vice President and Chap. lam. We are truly glad of the proposition to engrat the military feature upon the institution. The advice of the Father of his Country was: " In peace prepare for war"-and, perhaps. the best preventive of invasion, is the ability to re- sist it. In view of the hostility of the North and of the world to the institution of African slavery, the South ought to be prepared to re- sist assaults upon it, and defend herself against instructions that may be melted by her ene- mics; aud one of the first steps toward prepara- tion, Is to establish military institutes. Let our young men be inured to military discipline and taught the art of war, So that they may hot have to learn, for the first time, when "grim- visaged war shall raise his wrnkled front."- We wish that Greene Academy could be made military institute or polytechnic school and that the entire south was dotted with them. Success to LaGrange College under it's new reganae !--Hunts0iAe (Ala.) Democrat.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-07-07
MILL SAWS.
Rl CAST Steel Mill Saws. assorted lopctbs
 " june 5. ,aI MERRICk 4 M ASSE1

F. There has never been remedy offered to the pub
 nc !lat haS become so immensely popular in short tune as MCLEAN's STRENGTHENING CORDIAL and BLOOD PURIFIER Over two thousand bottle- were soid last week. and the demand is increasing every aay' In nearly every prominent newspaper in the western and Southern country it is noticed EDITo- RALLY as the most efficient Altcrative and Tonic that has ever beeen known. In fact il is the only remedy that will purify the blood thoroughly and at the same time strengthen and nvigorate the system It will effectua!ly cure all complaints of the Liver stomach or Bowels. such as Liver Complaint Head ache Biiousness, Bad Breath. DyspeIsia Sour Sto- mach Lono of Appetite. Nervous Diseases Faintness Weakness or Debility, any disease of the Womb hdneys or Bladder, and remove yellowness or sores rom the skin l. isa sure reventive against Yellow Fever, Ch~ or Acue and Fever. Cholera or any prevailing epidemic. There is mistake about it.
 Every bottle is warranted to give satisfaction Try It. It lS very pleasant. IL leaves q delightful aro- matic flavor in tie mouth after taking it.
 J. Il. MCLEAN, Sole proprietor of this Cordial Also, MCLEAN's Volcanic Oil Linimer.t ,.S Principal Depot, on the corner of Third and Pine streets, St. Louis, Mo
 For sale in Little Rock, by J. J. McALMONT.
 June 9th, 1851. 55- 2m.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-07-07
Facts tha Should be Known-An Opin-
 ion and its Basis.

Dr. Maloun, French physician, is said to have been so fond of druggiug the sick. that when one of his patients had swallowed a dozen or two of his prescriptions without wine. ing, he seized the poor victims hand in an ec- stacy ot admiration, eXcaiming My dear sir, 1t really affords me pleasure to attend you you deserUe to be ill.," The remedial system of Prof. Holloway, with whose fame all the world IS ringing, is beautiful contrast with this wholesale indiscriminatipg use of the ma- terla medca. It comprehends only two pre-. paratons, but they would seem to include the antldotes for nearly all maladies As case in point (for we cannot discuss so vast a subject Tn a couple of paragraphs) we may instance the extraordinary success of HoILowAy:s Pu1s m fever and ague. This complaint, we are informed by medical men, has greatly extended its ravages of late years, and assumed more malignant form. Be that as 1t may, there can be no doubt that it prevails in every section of the country at this season, and in the fall. and that 1t haf1les the skill of our most eminent men. One of its worst features is. that it nara- lvzes industry at the busiest seasons of the year. and If not fatal in itself, lays the foundation of many dangerous disorders. 4 remedy therefore, that will at once break the chills and restore the strength and energy of the patient. must be of inappreciable value in our agricul. tural districts. Friends upon whom we can rely and who have had full opportunities to form correct judgment, inform us that HoL- LowAYs PILLS are positive specific for the complaint. They have been tried in the rice 6eids and cotton plantations of the South. in the valleys of the Ohio and the Mississippi on the unhealthy banks of Red river, on the western l pralrles, and among the cane brakes and swamps of Louisiana and Texas, with the same happy results; and multtudes who have heretofore trusted to quinine and other dangerous cura. tlves, and found them of little or no use. now rely entirely upon this powerful yet harmless vegetable remedy.
 l We state these facts, derived from compe- tent sources, as matters of general interest. It has become of late years so much a matter of course to extol every new remedy that came up, that the respectable journalist requires procfs as the basis of his commendation. We have taken the precaution of examining the credentials of Prof. Holloway's preparations before endorsing them, and with the couen- taneous testimony of half Europe to sustain the result of our own inquiries here we feel no hesitation in sending this article to our read. | ers.-G GafueSton, (Ierds) "Ne,cs."
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-07-07

HoN. k. w. JoHNsoN.-Durng the festi- vitles Of the editorial reunion supper at Mem- phls, Col J. l.. ORR, member of Congress- from South Carolina, paid to HoN. R. w. JOHNSON deserved compliment, and one that made UT bosom throb with gratitude In speaking of railroads, Col. Orr said, that bill to grant lands to the State of Aakansas to aid in building railroad had failed by large majority Mir. Johnson succeeded in bringing the matter again before Congress; and through his inj7uence. secured the passage of the bill, making the present grant by oUer Q tloo-tbird uote; a result that no OTHER MAN IN THAT CONGRESS COULD HAVE PRODUCED; and that Arkansas owed to him (Johnson) deep debt of gratitude therefor. We thought so too; and with heart and tongue, thanked Col. Orr for his noble and dsinterest- ed testimony to the popularity of MT. John- son.-ArkdnsQly Tyavelsr
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-07-07

HE LATE MR WHlRL PooL OF NoRwAY.- II Is sald to have been demonstrated, as the re- suit of scientific commission detailed for investigations upon the coast of Norway, that the " Maelstroom." or whirlpool has no ex- istence; at least 1t IS not to be found at the polnt designated upon the maps! It seems. then, that not only large ships and whales,' but Edgar A. Poe and all the rest of us have been sucked tn" by it. What an "opening" for the credulity and wonder of youth has thus been corked up. And how much poetic gas must henceforth be utterly turned off Poor. credulous, marvelling boys and girls of former generations (oar o10a as welI have been t1ken 'n and done for by Oney, Mitchell, and all the 0tner seosraphers. But science will yet swal- low us all up in the ever narrowing circles with which she comes the whirlpool over ignorance and creduity. Western lands are sometimes improved to the extent only of a "hole in the ground'--but Norway has sold the whole world with her often mapped but undsco- veraole "hote fn dte l0ater." We'll, We hate to thlnk that we have been humbugged, but after all 1t is pleasant to have such biz hole plugged up.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-07-07
Mrs. Burlington in Minnesota

"Liie frustrated by foul air in wells unused Mrs, Burlington, listening to Ike's req ding of the advertisement of the celebrated phrenologlsts and publishers, in the last num- Der of the Bytown Beacon, and slightly mis- taking the meaning, good soul "Foul air in wes," repeated she, this must be the carbun- cle astral gas that illustrates so many lives of impudent people who venture into wells with. out first putting a flamngo to burn up the gas. Why 0iU folks remain so nconsiderable. and not take warning from the innumerous mum Der of lives already frustrated" added she in warning tone of voice, and seizing her knitting her needles flew with rapidity as- tonishing to the uninitiated. "How many lives," again added she, after brown study of ten minutes, and dropping her half finished stocking into her lap, how many lives are frustrated by gas of one kind or another!"
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-07-07
Agents 10, the True Democrat

II
 E-Eapsas CoantD-W. II. HALLIBURTON, Arkansas Poe, | ". M. ,oHNSoN, South Bend. F'U,g-IAs NORRIS and \. J. HAYS, Hamburg; Dr. L. L MARTIN, Long View.
 FraNeV-loHN HAvIS, Lanark; w. J. LEPHIEw Win M VANFALKENBURa, Warren; JOHN VI. BURNS. Mt EIba FW9r-''en; A. NHINERY, Spavinaw; J. H. HAMMOCK Eriuendra-lNo. s. HoLLowAY, Marion Fnnbia-W il STEEL Magnolia; II. H CLEARy Falcon tdrk-J K THOMPSON and J. H. CRoss Amjty; SAM M | SCOTT, Philadelphia; JACOB WELLs Tene Nor " FarroH-Hon' R. BUNCH, Kings River; w. w. WATKINS torpay--R. L. CARGILE, Springfield.
 fh'c2t-NALvIs AsHBRooK, Columbia; M. A. WILLIAMS
 "as'ers' Landing.
 Ird''ord-GEo. AUSTIN, Van Buren.
 fren-J. S. JORDAN Monticello.
 Leshl-or. 10 LRMLEY; JOHN CARROLL, Napoleon. FraHktH-RoRERT C. TwEEDY. Ozark. EatoH-loHN S SHAVER, Cross Plains; J. S. RUSSELL | Rapps Barrens. '- t-es- JOHN NJ. MITCHELL, Gainesville; w NJ. PrrRnrs | Green sboro'. Bsmps,eaG -Ron'r L. PHILLIPS, Washington BO SpriHs-Dr. ,. C. HALLIBURTON, Rockpon; Dr. w H
 HAMNeNn Hot springs; Z- PHILLIPS, Fair Play; JErH [ RIO HEND<RsOE, Wilmington. Fard-Hon. J, IN A. BECK, Table Rock; D. w JEFFREY | and S. J. MASON, Mount Olive. | JACKSON Sulphur Rock. H b Fcrsoa--J J. IAMmErr. Pine BIuH: ! SAVAGE. Isbi tnsoa- Col JOHN <. HousroN, Clarksvie PeksoH-C. Il. JACKSON, Elizabeth; D. NJ. MARTIN, Mt bqflucttc--J. NJ MONTGOMERY, LewisvilIe prrcHccJ liLLHoUsE, Smithville; H RING Jack son; \ M.J. HARDIN, Canton; Wm. VAUGHAN, Evening shade VrtgomerV-JoHN B. GARRETT, Mt. Ida. tmror--WAsH PEBBLES, Aberdeen. t.isoT--J. R. BERRY, Huntsville. tri0A--D. C. WILLIAMS, Melville. tGehifa-R B. SMITH, Camden; RoB'r ATKINSON Ieek,s II Store.
 tr-y--IIon. l.. D. HILL. PerrvvilIe
 trscft-HOn. LEWIS SUTFIN, len. ". THRowER Boil. |
 kalips--C. II. ADAMsoN, Helena.
 Ekt--N E SPEFR Antoine; E. 1T. ADAMS, H. H. MERI | DETH, Wilton; Wm. l. KELLEY, Murlreesboro' Ewe-R H. HOWELL, Dover; C. E. ToBEY Nonstown Eare-Col. JA's E. GATEwooD, Des Arc Emioiph--JoHN Mccoy. Pocahontas N FraHeiS.s " CHiLDREss, Madison; A. MCDANIEL II LAngulle; GEO w. SEABoRN, Taylor's Creek ElbHf-Wm. A. CRAWFORD Benton; Judge w. E. BEA II vERs, Lost Creek.
 Err-A. W COLE, Paraclifta; l. NEAL, Center Point II Hon. CHA's PErrTGREw, Brownstown Euf-R. G. 6 ArSEs, Park: Dr. D. C. WRIGHT Earcy--Hon. SAM LESLIE Wiley's Cove Ea0E--W E. HUNT, Hsboro H. B Com. Neeks: I II ARNOLD, Lisbon; w. R. CoxsER Eldorado Iaa BarcR-L. R. YENABLE, Clinton; D. B. CARGLE Omit '
 | WashHgtoH-L. B. CUSsINGHAM, Fayetteville; J. C. | MCGUIRE, McCnire's Store. IFbfe--H. REED, Searcy. FHos VI. ALEXANDER, Velvet | Ridge; GREEN C. CARUrHERs, Cold Well. IYtl-W. \. May, Danvile; LEVI ARNOLD and Dr. JOIN l. LSTIRMAS, Dardanele; Jos GAULT, Blufffon
 T7' In addition the above list of agents Post ,a.er
 vho friendly the paper, authorized and requested Io ac as agents.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-07-07
Ingenuity of Birds.

brushes feed very much on snails. looking Tor them in messy banks. Having freouentlv observed some broken snail shells near two pro)ectlng pebbles on gravel walk, which hal hollow between them, 1 endeavored to dis cover the occasion of their being brought to that situation. At last l saw thrush tlv to the spot with snail shell in his mouth. which he placed between the two stones. and ham, mered at 1t with his beak till he had broken it. and was then able to feed on it's contents.- The bird must have discovered that he could not apply his beak with sufficient force to break the shell when 1t was rolling about, and he therefore found out and made use of a spot winch would keep the shell in one position. " hen the lapwing wants to procure food, it seeks for d worms cast, and stamps the ground by the side of 1t with its feet somewhat in the same manner as l have often done when a boy. Tn order to procure worms for fishing. After dong this for a short time, the bird waits for the Issue of the woim from its hole. who. alarmed at the shaking of the ground, endea voIs to make its escape, when it Is immediately seized, and becomes the prey of the ingenious olrd. The lapwing also lrequents the haunts oi moles. These animals, when in pursuit of worms, on which they Iced, frighten them, and the worm Tn attempting to escape, cones to the surface of the ground, where it is seized by the lapwing. The same mode ,t alarming hla prey has been related of the gull.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-07-07
Railroad in Costa Rica

It seems that the semi-barbarian race that iuhabits Costa Rica have some idea of railroad institutions after all--although it must have been borrowed from the Americans. A num- Der of the Panama Star has the following para- graph;
 We learn from Capt. J. M Dow, of the Pana- ma that the railroad from Ponta Arenas to the Barranca, lately commenced by MT. Farrer. of Costa Rjca is rapidly progressing, that three mlIes of road are now graded and ready for laying the rails, and that the remainder will soon be in al equally forward state. The sur. Yeys from the Barranca to San lose are being pushed on with the view of testing the practi- caoiIlty ot continuing the line to San Jose, and It Is sand they will be completed to La Garita before the rainy season sets in.