Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-10-07
GRArR.-Read the following from the Whining
ton Hexalda and let your mouth !" water" accord


enthusiastic lover Of the grape remarked to US the
other day, that, while were disposed to render |
justice to those feathered delights the rice Birds We
did not pay suitable respect to the Scuppernong.-
"Sir," said he, "next to the Mecklenburg Decara- |
ton of independence, North Carolina has most
son to be proud of her grapes" We did not COM
bat this assertion-beng under vine and in the 7
very act of getting some very fine ones large plump,
nice Ones that a slight squeeze, shot from their
fragrant stems in . miniature flow OF nectar down
our throat. How could contradict the man?
Even the most perverse of wives, the most contrary
Of the opposite sex, she who periodically her
husband up for slight reasons and on every OCCASION
would under like circumstances, have murmured
YOU'RE right sir. Scuppernongs are State |
Pridel"
Scuppernongs are good The Indians used to call
them sweet water. Hence their name. Just about
now they are delicious. They've reached the cul-
minating point. They could not be finer if they
wished to be so.
Well tell you good time to eat them. Make an
effort and get up before breakfast, and 60 beneath
the vine and you shall find it glitterng with dew.
Then pick gently They are liquid diamonds. There
they are, the champagne-colored rascals, rustling
among the green leaves, and filling the air with an
aroma which goes straight to your heart Aha
you smile! We don't wonder at it. What do you
care for business now? Business! You're think
ing of something else DO you know, my dear
sir, that you have been eating steadily now for TWEEN
ty minutes. Stop, in mercy's name! What will
you never be done? You'll ruin your breakfast !"
The only reply is, "Tm looking for good one to
stop with, but can't find the one want" and
breakfast is delayed.
Sometime after breakfast they go we'll as settler.
Eat say, three pnts, and go your way rejoicing.
You going under the vine after dinner of course.
It is then a very good time to eat them you know.
Dine as heartily as you choose, there is always
room for the Scuppernongs They are so good to
wipe away the last lingering remains Of dinner, the
apprehensions of grease that may mingle with the
parting farewell of the good things you have just
despatched, that you cannot but choose to pluck
few as they lie temptingly on the vine-say, two
quarts.
1t is then, after you have dined, that few, as we
have said, of these condensed sweetnesses, upon
whom the sun has lavished his warmest kisses, and
which have ripened and are ready to burst from
cess of richness few of these grapes-for instance,
three quarts-go very we'll. You march of, after
awhile full up to the throat SERENE benign, jovial,
at peace with all the world, thanking Providence
that your lives have fallen in such pleasant places
and making up your mind to pay the vine another
visit just about sunset All! you rascal, you have
a female companion this time-a young thing al
most as luscious and sweet as the grape,-and you
busy in getting few for her we'll for your
self-say. six quarts between you. Don't deny it.
We have been starving ourself looking at you
could hardly get grape. You say we've gulped
down four pints! It's no such thing sir!
Well, towards the shank of the evening, some lit
tie time before the clock tells the hour for reti-
disagreeable. The vine is not far from the house,
and the perfume of the rpened fruit floats on the
air. 1t is waited gently to where you sit. Can any
thing thing be finer, more odorous, more sugges-
tive: Hurra for the native grape of the old North
State! Let's all 60 under the vine."
Know Norn1NG Sr1r-The Plymouth, N c., cor
respondent of the Petersburg Express, gives an ex
tended synopsis of the proceeding of suit at law in
Washington: In the case of A. w. Darden rs j. A.
Anderson. r. G. Cowper, j. A. Reddeck, D. Valen-
tine and C. Fraetas damages claimed at $25, OOO.-
They all members of the Know nothing party,
and the declaration stated that the defendants charg
ed the plaintiff with falsehood abotionism, and that
he unworthy the confidence of the American
Party. The libel was published in the Murfresboro'
Gazette in 1856, the which made the Plain
tiff be excluded from the K. n. Lodges Messrs.
Outlaw, Jordan, Winston and Heath for Plaintiff
Garrett for Defendants. Judge Caldwell, presiding.
The trial commenced on the 18th inst. long list
of witnesses examined and still longer speeches
made. On the 2ad inst, the Jury returned the fol-
lowing verdict:
"The Jury in the case Of A. W. Darden vs.. Jno.
Anderson, ct ais, from the county of HEREFORD say
that the defendants not guilty of the conspira-
cy charged That they not guilty upon the
count of special damage; but are guilty upon the
other counts in said declaration. They find also,
that there is no justification. We therefore assess
the damage at one dollar and fifty CENTS and they
are discharged from finding to the statute of limi-
tation. Therefore it is considered that the plaintiff
do recover against the defendants the damages as
sessed by the said jury and his cost to be taxed by
the clerk.
There is rumor current that it will be taken by
appeal to the Supreme Court at Raleigh, if SO, the
end is not yet.
The costs of the suit thus far are variously esti
mated from $4,000 10 $4,000.
HENRY Glars LAST VorE-The assumption of
the pretended admirers of Mr.. Clay, that he occu.
pied substantially the black Republican position of
the present time, and would beyond peradventure,
have affiliated with the party had he lived. derives
considerable confederation "over the left" in the
following fact, stated by the Kentucky Statesman,
published at Lexington:
"In view of the attempted use of Mr.. Clays name
to arouse the long buried animostes between Wings
and Democrats, the Statesman deems it not map
proprate to mention the last vote recorded BY
the old statesman. In the first State election under
the new Constitution, sixteen officers were to be
chosen. Twelve of these candidates had Democrat
c opposition, and between these twelve Mr.. Claws
name now stands recorded on the poll books as fol-
lows: For Democrats, q; Wings, s."
The Charleston Medical Recieso for September is
before US. Many of the articles bear the impress of
deep thought and patient investigation, and some
are lighted up by the fires of genius We have been
interested in Prof Dickson's article on the Height
| and Weight of Southern Men, and American Recru-
its. and astonished to see stated that Georgia
and North Carolina lead the van. . =.
In Georgia, 80 men out of 100 were six feet and
upwards.
| In North Carolina, o.
In Indiana. Kentucky, and Tennessee, ls.
| Illinois, II.
New York, 8.
Phragment of an Owed to Phremont Poll, What
| Was A Bein Cut Doun For Stove would
Woodman! spare them poles,