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Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-02-20
Democratic Meeting in Wilkes.

Pursuant to previous notice, portion OF the Dcm-
ocrats in Wilkes County, assembled in the Court
House in Wilkesboro', on the End of February, for
the purpose of appointing delegates to the Demo-
cratic State Convention to be held in Charlotte on
the 18th of April, next
On motion of Maj NJ S. Stokes, j. B. Gordon,
ESQ.,, was called to the Chair and w. NJ. Barber ap-
pointed Secretary.
The Chairman explained the object of the meet
ing in an appropriate speech. The meeting was al
so addressed by Maj. Stokes, in very happy man.
On motion of DR.. R. F. Hackett, Committee of
three appointed to prepare resolutions for the
action of the meeting. The Chairman appointed
DR.. R. F. Hacket, Maj. NJ. s. Stokes and Col. Lee
Martin, said Committee, who after retiring short
time reported the following Preamble and resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, As Convention of the Democratic par
ty has been appointed be held in Charlotte. the
14h day of April next; and whereas, it is our duty,
as well as our privilege to assemble together from
time to time to express views with regard to
tional, as we'll as State politics Therefore,
Resolred, That having entire confidence in the
soundness and discretion of the Convention, and be-
lieving that it will nominate no one, but true and
tried democrat therefore, pledge ourselves to
support the nominee of the Convention.
Resolrsd, That We still adhere to the old land
marks of the democratic party; such as have been
expressed in the national Conventions at Baltimore
to the distribution of the public lands That We
recognise democrat who attempts to dis.
organize the party upon this question.
Resolred, That fully endorse the administration
of President Buchanan, believing that he has the
honor and interest of the nation at heart and that
he will use all his constitutional powers to protect
the one, and advance the other
Resolred. That the thanks of the Democratic par
ty of the State Justly due to the Hon. Thomas
Bragg, for the able and dgnifed manner in which
he has administered the executive affairs OF the State
Resolred That we eeEdally endorse tie course % Of
man. That we feel grati6ed at the position he &C.
cupes and the ability he displays as Chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Relations.
Resolced, That the Chairman appoint 25 delegates
to represent this County in the Democratic Conven-
ton to be held in Charlotte, the 14th of April
next
Resolred, That copies ofthese proceedings be pub.
lished in the North Carolina Standard, Western
Democrat and Asheville News
The Chairman appointed the following gentlemen
as delegates:
Joel Waters, Col. J. C. Horton, K Walsh, VIM
H. Hubbard, C. Carlton, j. B. Meler G. w. Nc
Neal, E. Vannoy, jr., 6. Wyatt. j. NJ. Vannoy, W.
Chders j. A. Parks, L. Hickerson, j. Guyer, R. G.
Hckerson, T. A. Harris. P. Johnston. E. L. Tran
sou, A. Bell. A. L. Hackett, I. B. Parks, Col. Lee
Martin, N. S. Stokes DR.. R. F. Hackett, j. w. Tran
sou and II. T. Brown.
On motion of Col. Lee Martini the Chairman and
Secretary were added to the delegation.
j. B. GORDON, Chm.
w. NJ. BARBER, Sec'y.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-02-20

Hon. Edward Everett has just been elected For
eign Corresponding member of the Academy of
Moral and Political Sciences in the Institute Of
France The actual Foreign Associates Of this Acad.
envy, which is the fth in point Of date Of the di.
visions of the Institute, having been refunded by
Louis Philippe, in 1884,, are Eve in number, Of
whom two are Americans, the historians Prescott
and Bancroft, and three Englshmen. Lord Brougham,
Mr.. Henry Hailan,, and Mr.. McCulloch How many
of our countrymn are to be found IN the ranks Of
the 225 foreign correspondents Of the Institute we
cannot at this moment recall; but the election of
Mr.. Everett into body made up with great dis
elimination and practical Judgment is q solid dis
tinction Is well rs an agreeable compliment
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-02-20

a number of gentlemen who deeply interested in
the progress of Agriculture in the West, that the
counties west of the Blue Ridge form themselves in
to Agricultural and Mechanical Association for the
purpose of improvement and the more general diffu-
sion of knowledge in the various branches of Agri.
culture and the Mechanic Arts This Association to
have its Central point at Asheville, at which point
there will be an Annual Exhibition. The plan will
be more fully explained in circular addressed to
different gentlemen in the respective countless which
will in due time appear.-Ashe. Spectator
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-02-20

STATE OF NORTH.CAROLINA.-w
- COUNTY.-In Equity.-Joseph NJ. Mangum, Admf
of Duncan Cannady, and in right Of his said inesa
assignee of b. G. Ray and wife Cynthia Willie Esls
and wife Angelina Ezekiel Laws and wife Sarah, Thaddu
Cannady and others Nat. L. Cannady Admir- de %sa
non, with the will annexed of Doris Cannady and bS
Cannady.
Whereas Joseph Mangum, one of the Plaintiffs in The h
above entitled cause has made oath before the under
signed that Elias Cannady, Of the Defendants in say saw
this therefore is to notify the said Elias Cannadv wes
he may be- to be and appear at the next Term Of our %
of Equity for Wake County to be held at the Court H
March next, then and there plead, demur
the said Bill. filed against him by Joseph NJ. Mangum,
right of his ntestate Duncan s. Cannady and as agn
of H. C. Ray and wife Cynthia and others aforesaid I
to obtain the share of said Elias egatee under the VIII
of Doris Cannady; the said Bill will be taken pr"
fesso as to him. and set down for rearing parte o
Given under my hand at Office this 18th Februrry lou
ED. GRAHAM HAYWOOD, c. H. h.
January IL, 1858. T$lO1 10
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-02-20

TIE RAIL Road JUBILEE AT MosELY HALL-We
were Sosoed under on Friday morning, and could not
get down to the Railroad celebration at Mosely Hail.
but learn that large crowd of ladies and gentlemen
numbering some 500, came up from Newbern, and
that . number attended from Kinston and the coun.
try round about. All enjoyed themselves as we'll as
the snow storm and other things would permit Z
Colds. Tribune
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-02-20
j[From Tie New Orleans Picayune.1

A4UCSS
'sED BOARD OF cAL1FoRsr MALE STEAMER r,
VI ~ - - tPARsINGER. ~ 't !
Wal of all the kussed kinveyances.
Ell this ism t about the wust!
Nothin but rockin and roln
And pitchin from the very fust-
The ingine groanin, and the bier
Lyable emmy minnit to bust.
Fust wun side. dunn il, and then tutberi
s Till Ine dogged if know what to du-
Rock away WI darned old kradle:
" ads baby when got inter you.
None op EN- seems to keer 81 cents
= How bad felier may feel.
Nur talk to him-not even the saler
Foolin away his time at the wheel
Thars the cspting! ain t it provokin
10 see that critter all threw the trim.
Continually drinkn and smokin,
'' When he Orter be mindin on his shin
Its emf to aggeravit body,
And it amt manners think
To set thar takin down his toddy.
And never askln nary PASSENGER to drink
And the pusser-all he keers .ur,
-, Is fur to hev time with his pals,
l say darn SIGH pusser Jest heer him
flurtin and carrin on among the gals!
And wen he is tired of that. wot follor,s
In his little cabin thar he sets
Like spider among berrils of dollers-
Enuf to pay Teller 8 dets
That g oil they keer for PASSENGERS,
Is to get the two hunder
And nifty doilers out of his pocket into tbeirn
sqa And then he may 60 to thunder '"'
Eff Teller s driv to distraction
In bio and axes what to du,
He can t git no sort satisfaction
Out none of em-captng matt, nor crew
Wun day l elm inter thar blamed rippin
Jest to see wot thar was, and in hopes
To kepe shet of EN- one spell, but dog it,
see on EN- comm up the ropes
Wun on EN- ketcht me and hilt hold on me
While the tother miserable cuss
Tied me up with nasty, sticky close line.
Smeiln o tar or something wuss
Thar they KEEP me-darn their pic. urs!
And nobody done nothn but larf.
Till d fOrkt ont for a bottle of brandy
1t comes to $21a.
That 3 the last $215
They III ever git out o me,
For l III travvill in a burned top-waggin.
AfOre I'll be ketched agin to see
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Total,

NERVOUSNESS, OR WEAKNESS OF ANY KND.-H any
of our, readers are troubled with Nervousness or
Weakness Of any kind, they should procure bottle
of " Boerhave's Holland Bitters." We have tried it.
and can recommend it confidently, q medicine
giving almost instantaneous reIief-Dsily Enter.
prise.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-02-20
Dr. IL. b. HayWood,s Drug store.

DR.. e. B. Haywood's Drug Store.
IUST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING A.
d dtions to my stock of Perfumery and Fancy Af''
Savon de Engenie,
Rouge de Opera,
Blanc de Porle,
Nymph Soap,
Rose. Violet, and Lilly Soaps,
Fancy Urn Pommade,
Eau AngeIque,
Clirhugh's Barry's Tricop
Phalon's Chemical Hair Invigorator,
Mrs. Allans Hair Restorer,
Woods Hair Restorer,
Hair Dyes,
Woodland Cream,
Antique Oil,
Extracts for the Toilet-Lubin and others.
Colognes, COmbs-She, Ivory and Horn,
Cox's Gelatine, Cooper's Isinglass,
Jujubes, Schnapps.
DRUGS, SC. ...
Horphia, Powers Wsightmsn's,
Best English Calomel,
Best English Extract-Csnnabis 1ndics,
Valerianate Ammonia, ;.r..
Valerianate Qninia,
Ether for Inhalation,
Extract BellOdonna,
French, Ferrum per Hydrogen,
Gum Opium, Best,
Paints and Colors, Paint Brushes,
Imported Cigars. Premium Tobacco, ST.
Raleigh, Feb. II, 1858.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-02-20

STRENGTH OF THE ARMY.-The effective force Of
the United States is according to the latest returns
received at the Adjutant Generals Office, follows
distributed among the military departments:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-11-18

fectea feebly from the rocky surface: lit up
the gloom with an obscure radiance, which
increased the horror of the place. The
crowd, advancing and dispensing with appre-
hensive look and cautious steps, looked amid
the smoke and the sullen light, like phan-
tom host returning to their covert in the
mountain from the glare of the outer day.
In the large room, casks; boxes and bar
rels we're found, filled with meat, -four and
eatables of various kinds. In the lateral
assures, beds, guns, ammunition, cooking
utensils, table furniture, and, in short, al
most everything necessary to the rude COM
fort and convenience of subterrancan dwell
ling, were arranged in something like house
hold order The dead bodies of five men,
Of an old woman, and of boy, apparently
fifteen or sixteen years old, lay scattered
through the several apartments, livid and
discolored in the face, and most hideous to
look upon.
After making full exploration of the
cave, and removing from it every article of
value, the crowd withdrew, leaving the bodies
of the robbers as they found them, unburied
and unrecognised. The cave which had
been their abode thus became their sepulchre
and to this day the tradition of the assault
upon the robbers den lives in the memory
of the people in that section of the Old Do
minion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-11-18

divide the columns with mathematical &C.
curacy. At the beginning of each chapter,
highly colored ornamental letters are placed.
These are the only marks of the division of
chapters. There are no subdivisions into
verses, the chapters running through in one
paragraph to the end, and no descriptive
headings
This invaluable relic was presented to DR..
Dufield, by Lewis Cass, jr., our minister
resident at Rome He procured it of a Greek
monk, who brought it from the Greek con.
vent of St. Catharine, at the foot of Mount
Sinai. Mr.. Cass befriended this monk, who
was in trouble; and he, in return, present
ed him with the volume which We have des-
cribed. According to his story, it is the
work of one of the ancient monk scribes in
the convent above named. When it became
known that Mr.. Cass was parting with it,
and that it was going out Of the country,
the round sum of three thousand dollars
was offered him by the monks Of the city Of
Rome. This was of course refused, for the
pleasure of placing so inestimable relic in
the hands of one who can appreciate its val
ue so we'll as our learned divine, DR.. Duff
field. At the time of the late fire in the
doctors house, this book was thrown into
the street among others, and came very near
being lost. 1t was picked up on the side
walk by one who recognised it as one Of DR..
Dufield's most valuable relics, and preserved
it.-Detroit Free Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-11-18

The TURN OF LIFE.-From forty to sixty,
man who has properly regulated himself
may be considered as in the prime of life.-
His matured strength of constitution renders
him almost impervious to the attacks of dis
ease, and experience has given his judgment
the sounduess Of almost iDfallibiity. His
mind is resolute, firm, and equal; all his
functions arc in the highest order; he as.
sumes the mastery over business; builds up
competence to the foundation he has laid
in early manhood, and passes through pc.
riod of life attended by many qualifications.
Having gone year or two past sixty, be
arrives at critical period in the road of ex.
istence the river of death flows between
him, and he remains at stand STILL But
athwart this river is viaduct called "The
Turn Of Life" which, if crossed in safety,
leads to the valley of "old age" round
which the river winds and then flows beyond
without boat or causeway to effect its pas.
sage. The bridge is, however, constructed
Of fragile materials, and it depends upon
how it is trodden, whether it bend or break.
Gout, apoplexy, and other bad characters
also are in the vicinity to waylay the travel
ler, and thrust him from the pass; but let
him grid up his loius and provide himself
with fitting staff, he may trudge on in safe.
ty with perfect composure. To quit meta.
phor, "The Turn of Life" is turn either
into prolonged walk or into the grave
The system and powers having reached their
utmost expansion, now begin either to close
like flowers at sunset, or break down at once.
One injudicious stimulant-a single fatal
excitement, may force it beyond its strength
whilst careful supply of props, and the
withdrawal of all that tends to force plant,
will sustain it in beauty and in vigor until
night has entirely set.-Sciencc Of Life.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-11-18
DON'T BE DISCOURAGED.

Don't be discouraged, if in the outset Of
life things do not go smoothly. It seldom
happens that the hopes we cherish of the
future are realized. The path of life, in the
prospect, appears smooth and lesel enough;
but when we come to travel it, we find it up
hill, and generally rough. The journey is
a laborious one, and whether poor or wealthy,
high or low, We shall find it so to our disap-
pointment, if We have built upon any other
calculation. To endure cheerfuly what
must be, and to elbow our way as easily as
We can, hoping for little, yet striving for
much, is perhaps the true plan. But don't
be discouraged, if occasionally you slip by
the way, and your neighbors tread over you
little; in other words, don't let failure
or two dishearten you. Accidents happen,
miscalculations will sometimes be made,
things will often turn out differently from
our expectations, and we may be the suffer.
ers. 1t is worth while to remember that
fortune is like the skies in April, sometimes
cloudy, and sometimes clear and favorable;
and it would be felly to despair Of again
seeing the sun, because to-day is stormy; so
it is equally unwise to sink into dependency
when fortune frowns, since, in the common
course of things, she may be surely expect
ed to smile again. And again; don't be
discouraged if you are deceived in the peo-
pie of the world. 1t often happens thatmen
wear borrowed characters, as well as borrow
ed clothes, and sometimes those who have
long stood fair before the world are rotten to
the core. From sources such as these, you
may be most unexpectedly deceived, and
you will naturally feel sore under such de-
ceptions-but to these you must become
used. If you fare as most people do, they
willloose their novelty before you grow grey,
and you will learn to trust men cautiously,
and examine their character closely, before
you allow them opportunities to iDjure you.
Don't be discouraged edunderany circumstan-
ces; 60 steadily forward. Ratbey consult
your own conscience than theopinioR of men,
though the last is not to be disregasded.--
Be iudustrious-be frugal-be honest-2deal
in perfect kindness with all who come IA
your way, exercising neighborly and obli-a
ging spirit in your whole intercourse; and
if you do not prosper as rapidly as your
neighbors, depend upon it you will be as
happy.-ShelbyviNe (7enn.) Eapositor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-11-18

it he had this old oonveniency appointed to
the care of Light House on Lake Michigan.
Obedient to his will, the Michigan Legisla-
ture promptly returned him to his old posi-
tion.
Personally, Gen. Cass is an exemplary
man of the world. He is very rich, and is
careful of his own. No man looks better
after his own household. Politically, be is
an inidel. Hebelievcs nothing; that is, he
has no convictions. In his lukewarm, Ian
guild way, he doubtless regards the Democrat
ic party as the best able to govern the coun-
try, but he adheres to it only because he
feels it to be safe and profitable to belong to
the strong side.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-11-18
SINGULAR METAMoRpHosIs AND CT

SINGULAR METAMoRpHosIs AND Gu.
RIoUs RESULTS About four years since,
says a California paper, man from the
Eastern States came to this country to en-
gage in mining. He went up to Tuolumne,
and commenced laboring in a claim on
Woods Creek. In short time his hair
(Which was of light brown, or auburn COL
orr commenced to fall of, and soon there
was not solitary hair to be discovered on
any part of his body! He was as guiltless
of hirsute covering as marble statue. Sin
gular to relate, the mans general health was
good during the time of this peeling. But
what is more remarkable, the general physi-
cal appearance of the man began to change
rapidly. He was originally "long, lank and
lean )" but now he began to assume Falstaf-
fan proportions. Although q large boned
person when he came to this country, he
only weighed about 160 pounds, but in seven
months after his arrival at the mines, his
weight was upwards of 800 pounds. All
these things must have an end, and so did
our hero's increase in size come to a stop
Then it was that his hair began to grow
But now, strange to say, his hirsute append.
ages, instead of auburn color, were coal
black. Instead of sandy whiskers he had
whiskers as black as jet, and so on.
Our readers will naturally think the indi-
vidual, after undergoing all these trsnsform.
ations, had grown out of the recollection of
his friends. And so he had, as the sequel
will show. Now the hero of this transfor-
nation, when he left his house, left behind
a wife whom he loved as the apple of his
eye. After residing here about three years,
be sent for her. She came full of love and
affection to meet herlong absent lord. When
the steamer arrived very large man. with
very black hair aud whiskers, met her and
claimed her as his wife. She repudlated
him. He demonstrated and explained. She
would not hear to him, for she had heard of
the wickeduess of this country, and she was
cautious She andssvorsd fos two months
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-11-18

TIE NEWSPAPER, THE REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE AaE.-The Hon. Caleb Cushing,
in speaking of the progress Of the age, says:
Take, as exhibitor and, at the same time,
as illustrative of this fact, that familiar thing,
a newspaper, rare luxury Of the rich once,
now the necessary of universal daily life, of
the mental life of men, as much as food and
drink are of the physical life. How various
are the contents of that diurnal sheet; how
extensive is the knowledge it imparts; how
vast is the field of its action and its useful
ness Whatever wants there may be in the
human breast, it shows how they may be sat-
is6ed. If it be, as Cowper says, "the her
aid of noisy world" with
"News from all nations numbering at his back," p"
so it is with the silent monitor Of the erring,
the solace of the sorrowful, the companion
of the solitary, and the messenger to all Of
thoughts and of reflection. When Shak-
speare, with not unlaudable estimation of
his own art, said of playing-"Whose end,
both at first and now, was, and is, to hold
as 'twere-the mirror up to nature, to show
virtue her own features, scorn his own image,
and the very age and body Of time its form
and pressure"-how felicitously, though un-
knowingly, did he not represent the uses Of
the newspaper press at the present time -
Faults it has in ample number and degree,
undoubtedly; for whatever men do, in their
highest as we'll as their lowest works, testi-
fes to the imperfections of our nature; and
the press, with its very short comings, is, in
deed, the mirror of each passing day, and,
of course, with its wisdom and its folly, its
virtues and its vices, and all there is of
blended good and evil, Of Ormuzd and All
riman, in the ways of the world. And how
the steam engine and the rail car, and the
ocean ship, and the telegraph, conspire to
accumulate and to difuse the mass of intel
ligence in that newspaper sheet -Let us
add, as another sign of the advanced state
of our society, that the knowledge and schol'
arship manifested in the columns of the
higher class of the newspaper press, Wheth-
er in Europe or America, are equal now to
the famous literary authorship of other times.
What reputation was attained by Junius
On account of few newspaper articles in
the London Public Advertiser And yet
many leading column Of the better jour-
nails Of England, France, Germany, Spain,
Italy, and the United States, comes before
US day by day, and passes off without our
special note, and with no individual fame to
its author, though it be higher in compost
ton and purer in spirit than is anything of
the hand of Junius.