Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1857-03-25

ioVeiy stream, and gaze upon the wall of the old |
ml'' winch will yet be as lively and catter as mer.
rly as ever This cd town will yet look young and
proud again If God should allow shattered con-
stltution to be repaired, l shall be found in your
midst, helping to do the work. d
have the honor to subscribe myself, very sin.
cereiy anu truly, your friend and ebedent servant,
j. G. DOBBIN.
To Messrs E. j. Hale, and others, Committes.
The next House of Representatives.
Of the members of the thirty fifth Congress al
ready elected, seventy -four Democrats and nine.
ty opposition. Elections still to be held in Rhode
Island, Connecticut. Mary land, Virginia North-Car-
olIna, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, and Missouri. The
members of the late Congress from these States
stand forty seven Democrats and thirty-thre oppo
sition; and if the Democrats should make gains
in these States the next House will be under the
troll of the piebald opposition. The Democrats must
gain seven members in order to secure a bare ma
jorty The Washington Union is of the opinion
that we shall certainly gain member in Virginia,
one in Alabama, one in Mississippi two in Kentucky,
one in Tennessee, one in Texas and one in Nilsson.
ri-eight; and the paper counts upon gain
of two in North Carolina
Our friends in this State will thus perceive the
tahce vi tie approaching COhSrcSS!Onal CALI
The Senate is Democratic, but the House is
still in doubt. We it to ourselves to the cause
Of the Union according to the Constitution, and to
the administration of President Buchanan, to make
every honest and honorable effort that we can to
carry the First and the Sixth Districts in this State
and thus aid in the important work of securing
Democratic House. To sustain the President efec-
tualy, and to rebuke and finally put down the de-
mon of sectional strife, the nert House must be De-
mocratic We can expect but little if any aid in this
respect. from any portion of the opposition. This op
position by whatsoever name called, and no matter
where texists, will avail itself of every opportunity,
openly coverty,to assail and embarrass President
Buchanan.
We therefore earnestly hope that our friends in
the First and Sixth Districts will bring out their best
and strongest men, and upon the campaign de-
termined to triumph. They can, if they UM Let
harmony and good feeling prevail, and let the only
rivalry be to who shall do most to PROSTATE the
unscrupulous followers of "Sam"
As to the Districts represented in the last Con-
gress by Messrs. Ruffin, Winslow, Branch, Craige,
and Clingman, there can be no doubt. They are
Democratic by large major;tics, and will remain
The District represented by Mr. Reade cannot be
counted OH Will any ueSTee Oi certainty we may
carry it as the result of combination of propitous
that is ALL In the First and Sixth
Districts, repeat our chances are excellent, and
let erery Democrat in these two Districts resolve that
if the day is not won the fault shall not be his
In Town OR NOT IN TowN?-A friend, no,c in
town, according to the act in such made and
provided. told us that day or two ago--being to-
tally unprotected in that respect by the police, and
being, as he supposed for the moment, still in the
country-he took down his gun to shoot disturber
of his-chickcns, to wit, hawk; but that his aerial
impudence scared away. refusing to be shot, Just as
if he had been any where else save in City, New.
The lines have been rum and the City duly extend.
ed one quarter of mile in each direction; and all
the City will Ego up" to be taxed" on the 1s day
of next month. We assure friend that he is in
town, and that it is against the law for him shoot
hawks in the streets of this City Let him look TO
his hogs too, for our worshipful Board may deem it
their duty, the hot weather approaches to egis
late once more on that interesting suhject-provided
| further legislation should be deemed necessary.
Speaking of hawks surely it is no matter for sur
| prise that so insignificant thing as hawk should
be seen here now and then since it is known that
there were at least three "tigers" in the centre o
the City during all Of last winter. The latter ami
NAL, it is said, you may "fght-but it would be
regarded in bad taste to draw the bead of either
the law or of shotgun upon him.