Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-09-26

MELANCHOLY Su1cnE-A friend Informs g By
letter under date Of fhe tie 18th inst, that Iae
Henry Robinson. son Of William Robinson. Esq., q
the Goldsboro' Tribune, committed suicide % {ne
ilti, inst, by shooting, himself in the head with
pistol No cause has been assigned for the terrible
oct. He was about II years old, had been sta.
dent Of the University, and did far to be talented
and useful man. We deeply sympathise with hts
father in this hour of affection. The unfortup.
ate young man was buried in Goadsboeo' on Sunday
last.-Charlotte Deznoerot -
is The foregoing melancholy announcement is alas!
too true It was not made in this psper. last week,
for the reason that fathers pen refused to make
the mournful record, To admit it now-to realize
that our beloved James is more, is the hardest
and sorest task Of heart not altogether stranger
heretofore. to sorrow and affection. To write his
eulogy we're an unavaling task-t is written in our
heart where it will long, long remain He was nine
teen years. eight months and twenty seven days old
at his death, and can safely say he never spoke
an angry word in our presence his brilliant mno'
gentle disposition and fragile form had made him
hvorite with every member of his now afflicted
family, and especially endeared him to father at
whose knee he was raised and by whose lips he Was
taught till be entered the University in 1866; Of
how we loved him, and were loved in turn, this is
not the place to speak.
A more dutiful and afectionate son and brother
never lived, more chivalrous youth and devoted
friend never died. ~,
He was, however, but mortal and as such, had his
faults. For them we ask, what he would ne'er have
craved the exercise Of that transcendent virtue char
ity the part of those who would his youth
full acts with too much severity. The mind, as well
as the body, is subject to disease and we have but
too much melancholy proof of the diseased state
into which our dear sons mind had fallen as we
have also abundant consolatory proof OF the happy
relations in which he stood to every member of his
bereaved family. We have before US letter, writ
ten to younger brother, now absent from home,
on the evening preceding his melancholy end, and
it would indeed be taken as the index of contented
mind But alas alas! there could have been no
contentment there. -..
Did we say that we knew no cause, calculated to
trouble his mind, and induce meancholy-did We
say that we knew no incident which engrossed
his whole soul and tortured his mind, we would do
violen"e to truth and to the memory of the dead.
And, did we state that cause-did we give that incl
dent form and shape before curious world, We
might, peradventure, do injustice to the living Let
it then sleep in the grave with him-let his youthful
and untimely end be forgotten by all but those who
can, like his disconsoate father, dwell on the memo
ry of his virtues with of his vices to interrupt
meditation. Concerning him, would correct one
error-into which the Petersburg Express has fallen
He was not the youth that saved Dr. Davs's life
That youth is nearly three years his Junior and still
lives to lament broken-hearted the untinely fate Of
him whom he loved as his own SOUL Unhappy son!
Time, under Providence, may assuage sorrow,
but never efface thy image from our heart. We
smitten bat we earnestly pray God, that no father
no human being may ever feel the pang that
wrings our heart.-Goldsboro' Tribune
Arrioal Of the Canada!
HALIFAX, Sept 23.-The steamship, Canada arriv-
ed at her wharf to-day.
Gyms w. Field controverts in the Times the
statement of that journal that the Atlantic cable is
injured so to be unavailing for the Indian tele-
graph, and says that it has been proved to be as
good as when first shipped.
The Times says that from eighty to hundred
suggests the formation in that city of committee of
American stockholders to protect foreign stocks from
injuries caused by the Vaccinations of spectators
in America.
London Attorney named Dean has absconded
in Gebt fl50,0O0 STEERING, including forgeries on =
gigantic scale
Dr. Livingston attended meeting in Manchester
of the cotton supply Association, explaining the
commercial resources of Africa, and said it was
we'll adapted to the cultivation of sugar and cotton.
Letters from the Lady Franklin expedition at
Paul's River, Greenland, state that the expedition
progresses beyond expectation.
The submarine telegraph between Europe and Az
RIGA, was successfully laid on the 9th.
Additional steamers have been chartered to send
troops to India.
Religious riots are going on at Belfast. The Cath
olics have organized an armed club against the
Orange men. Government has appointed COM
mission to inquire into affairs.
COMMERCIAL Cotton advanced on American,
lat on others. Sales for the week 81, 900. Specu-
lators %, 900. Exporters 1000.
Breadstuffs steady. Flour firm. Wheat quiet.
Corn steady.
Provisions quiet Lard slightly advanced. Sp'ts
of Turpentine steady. Rosin steady. Sugar quiet
declined cd. Coffee steady. Rice buoyant.
The Barring brothers report money active and
generally unchanged. American stocks are much
off cd nv NnU YOrE Sal
portant
Satterthwaite says that the panic in New York
caused much anxiety, and severe fall brought for
ward buyers for Illinois shares
RAGS AT NoRFoLk.-The Argus says immense