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Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-12-02

to the purchase of lot in Raleigh for United
States Post Office
On motion of Mr.. Hutchns, the rules were sus-
pended and the bill passed its second and third read
ings and was sent to the Senate The bill gives per-
mission to purchase not more than two acres of
ground in the City of Raleigh, for the erection of
buildings thereon.
The resolution concerning printed documents
which authorized the chief clerk of the House to
distribute documents to newspaper in each town
or county, was rejected on second reading.
BILLS SECOND READING
The bill to amend the charter of the Little River
Turnpike Company passed its second reading.
shavers being read was, on motion of Mr. Kerr,
sent to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill to alter the mode of compromising the
members of the General Assembly being read, s
Mr. Simpson called for the yeas and nays; it was
rejected-yeas g. nays 10s.
The bill to prohibit betting on elections passed its
second reading. Persons convicted can be fined at
the discretion Of the Court ..-.r a..
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
message proposing to enlarge the Committee on
Railroads. Concurrcd in.
A message proposing to form joint select COM
mittee upon the fishing interests of Albemarle
Sound, &c Concurred in.
The engrossed Senate bill to provide evidence
against Faro-table keepers and others was read the
first time. sats,.f7,s-s-ggs. u.s., w
Mr.. Scales moved the bill be referred to the judi
ciary Committee. Rejected. >, ss .
On motion of Mr.. Mckay the rules were suspend.
ed, and the bill read the second time s
Mr.. Smith moved to strike out the last clause Of
enactments Of the bill in force from the commence
| ment of the session.
Mr.. Outlaw moved an amendment which was af
| forwards rescinded
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A TO B EY T L A W
49,. TooxER. HARsEr1 Co, N. c., - r
Will attend punctualy to oil business ntsted to bis
November 1s 1888. s8-tf
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-12-02

NORTH.CAROLINA CASIMERES,
LIVERY GRADt, COLOR AND PRICE call and pat
II rOnze the Old North State
H. L. EVANS.
September 2s 1858. 70
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-01-13

THE CHINESE SUGAR CANE IN TEXAS.
Kendall, of tho New Orleans Picayune,
has such a lot of Chinese sugar cane on
his plantation i'll Texas, that it reminds
him of the fellow who won the elephant
in a rattle. He says:
'Many of my friends in tn S section are
sanguino that this new grain or plant will
drive ell others out of the ground, or that
it will, at least, affect a perfect revolution
in the way of farming in Western Texas.
They are saving,the seed to plant and fol
bread; they are making syrap and sugar
of the juice of the stock they are feeding
it out as green fodder, and saving it up
for dry. No part of it was wasted; cat
tie, horses, sheep, and hogs, eat it clean,
from the ground upwards, when the stock
is ripe, and gain strength and grow fat
upon it. An immense quantity will be
planted next year."
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AMERICAN AND
O r [ @ I n A L
KklICKEnB
nj a q. q S9STRI III
FOR 1857.
FOR rs So.

TsNHE Forty ninth Volume of the Kaieher-
Il booker Magazine W i'll commence with tbs
number for January, and it is the intention OF
the Publisher to make great additions to Sac
literary merits of the work
We take it for granted there are but few raag-
azine readers in the country who are rot famil-
lar with the authors of St. Ledger. and the
Sparrow Grass, both old contributors to the
Kickcrbocker. We are pleased to be able to
announce that they will both write for oar
magazine the coming year. Mr.. Cozzens will
contributes new and really original Story,
which will appear in every number; and Mr..
Kimball Will furnish a Sketch or a Story as or
en- as his other duties willpermit
We have now two contributors not excelled
by any writers in the country, namely, Rev. r.
W. Shelton and Charles G. Leland The frss
known as our "Up-River Correspondent" has
written a series of Letters, part of which have
been issued and extensively sold in beautiful
illustrated volume, and the latter is now writ
ing series of Observations of Mace Slopex.
which delight all who read them. These will
be continued regularly, and Mr. Shelton win
give Sketch or Letter each month.
We have also several highly accomplished
Lady Contributors whose favors will grace our
pages regularly, and whose names we would
be glad to publish, if we wee permitted to
do so.
With these and other contributors, and tbs
Table of Mr.. Clark, whose long experience has
made him an fat in his department, we shall
be able TO present monthly literary treat SO
varied that no refined taste can fail to be graft
fed. Weonly ask to be judged on our merits
after fair trial.
TERM S.
Three dollars year in advance.
Two copies one year, Five dollars.
Five copies one year, Ten dollars.
The Magazine is sold by all periodical deal
ers Specimen numbers sent free of charge.
The Knickerbocker and any other $50 maya
zine sent one year for S.. The KnicEerbocker
and Home Journal, one year for "a.
Letters containing remittances, and every
thing connected with the department, should
be addressed to
SAMUEL HUESTON,
Publisher, 348"Broedway, New York.
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YET ANOTHER TEST OATH.-Not only
is the Lecompton Constitution, of itself, a
nefarious thing, but it is encumbered with
a test oath such as were required in Aus
tria and France under the reign of ty.
rants, and in Kansas under such Pfesi-
dent rs Pierce, and now, it seems, under
his worthy successor, Buchanan.
Read the test.
"Any person offering to vote at the
aforesaid elect on upon said Constitution,
shall, if challenged. take an oath to sup
port the Constitution of the United States
and TO support this Constitution, # a.
dopted, under the penalties Of perjury,
aaader the territorial lars"
Was there ever more dastardly tyr
amy than that of requiring citizen to
swear to support constitution before al
lowing him to vote ON it ..
That is what the President and the adj
ministlation party call leaving the peo-
pie of the territories free to regulate their
domestic institution i'll their own way"
Yes, FREE, with a vengeance.
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OFFEEEAE,

Tn the following illustration OF print
ING office dialogue there is decidedly
mon truth than poetry: a0I
Foreman-You fellow with red hair,
what are you at now
Compositor-I'm setting ga House
on Fire? Most DONE"
Foreman-What,s Smith about?
Compositor-He's engaged on a
''Horrible Murder"
Foreman-Finish it as quick as posi-
BE, and help Morse through with his tel
egraph. Bob, what are you trying to
get up?
Bob-"Panic in the Money Market"
Foreman-Jin, what are you distrib-
uting!
Jiin-sPrizes in Perham's Gift Enter
prise"
Foreman-Stop that, and take hold of
this ''Runaway Horse" Sloemn, what
in thunder have you been about the last
half hour? }
Slocum-Justifying the "Compromise
Measure" which my ''sub" set.
| Foreman-You chap on the stool,
what are YOU on! ss
| Compositor On the "Table' you
gave me.
Foreman-Lay it on the table for the
/ present-have no room for it.
Compositor-How about these "Mu-
nicipal Candidates p
! Forcman-Run 'em in. What did
| you say, Slocum2
SIocum-Shall l 'lead" these 'Men
of Boston!"
| Foreman-No; they are "solid" Of
course.
F.! Compassionate you want ''fuil
face" head to 'Jenny Linds Fan1ily?"
| Foreman-No. Such things go in
''small caps John have you got up
that "Capital Joke!"
John--No, sir; I'm "out of sorts"
Foreman-Wel, throw in this "Mill-
ion of Ca ifcrnia G H. and when you
get through with it I'll give you some
Wilson, have you finished the
"Coalition q
Wilson-Yes, sir; the coalition" is
'"all up"
EGitor-What do yoa want now?
Devil-More copy, sir.
Editor-Have you completed that
eloquent Thanksgiving Discourse!"
Deyil-Yes, sir; and Eve got up GA
| Warm Winterp'
Scissors--Here take this ''OfficiaI'' and
be off-Exit Devil, with a 'fat take"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-01-13

Sc Literary Labor is underyalued,
chiefly because the tools wherewith it is
done is invisible. If the brain made as
much noise as a mill, or ifthought-sowing
followed after breakingup pillow, the
produce of the mind would at once assert
a place in the price current If a writer
could be 50 equipped with wheels and pin
ions, as entirely to conceal the man with
in, like the automaton chess player, and
sentences were recorded by a wooden, in
stead of living hand, the exl ression of
thought would be at premium, because
the clock-work would seem to show that
it cost something to make it Chicago
Journal.
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Our Olio.

What commodity is always furnished
at cost2-IHe lar.
WHY is a chickcn-pie, Ike a gunsnith's
shop? Because it contains fou!-in-pieccs.
WHAT is the difference between amaid
of sixteen, and one of sixty? One is
careless and happy and the other hair
less and copy.
To ascertain whether woman is pas
sonate or not, take muddy dog into her
parlor.
BYRoS once said; 81 am convinced
that men do moro harm to themselves,
than even the devil could do to them"
An old lady once rushed into the gar
den in great haste, in search of her daugh-
ter, on being told that she had gone
there with Il ''rake."
"WHERE is the hoe, Sambo?' avid
de rake, maAsa." ''Well, where is the
rakc:r "Wid de hoe" "But where ere
botI?" "Why, bof togetlcr, old ma<sa :;
You pears to be berry 'ticular, dis NOR
ming"
You've ladies are like arrows-thev
are all in a quiycr till the beaux come,
and can't go off without them.
WHICH causes us the most bother
the males or the females? The latter
keep us writing letters, and tho former
never delivers them.
No man has ever measured the power
of kindness, for ii is houndcss; no man
has ever seen its depth, for it is eternal
In all ages Of the world, in every cline,
among every kind, it has shome out a
bright and beautiful star-a beaming
glory.
Il should not be surprised if our Kate
gets choked some day"
"Why, Charlie 2"
Cause her beau twisted his arm
round her neck, the other night, and if
she had not kissed hun, would have stran-
gled her; besides, he sits by her, and
whispers to her, and hugs her.
"Why Kate does not suffer this does
sheg'
''Suffer-golly, she loves it."
Erit Kate in confusion, while Young
stor is hurried to bed.
AN Irishman caught hornet IN his
hand, but dropped it and exclaimed =
"Be jabbers, what kind of teeth do your
birds have in Arneriky?'
NJ RE pleasing than the dew-drops that
sparkle on the roses, are tears that pity
gathers on the cheek of beauty.
WHAT men want is not talent, it is
purpose; in other words, not the power
TO achieve, bat the viii to labor.
A noble heart Ike the sun. shows its
brightest coIntenane at its lowest estate.
Ifyou wish to hear all the evil in peo-
pies character, wait until they get mar
RED.
He knows his road well enough who
gets rid of bad company.
Borrowed garments seldom fit well.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-01-13

We have seldom read anything more
than the following stanzas from
Edgar A. Poc's poem, ANNABEL LEE.
But our love it was stronger by far than the
love
Ofthose who were older than We
Ofmany far wiser than We
But neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:
For the moon never beams without bringing
me dreams
OF the beautiful Annabel Lee:
And The stars never rise, but l feel the bright
eyes
of the beautiful Annabel Lee:
And SO all the night-tide, l lie down by the
side
OF my darling-my darling-my lie and
my bride,
In her sepulchure there by the sea
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-01-13
THE MILWAUKEE, Sentinel
EOR. 1857

DAILY $7-Tri-Weellly $3.5O-W Weekly 81.
THE PROPRIETOR of the Milwaukee
Sentinel. grateful for the very liberal patronage
extended to them, respectfully submit brief
prospectus for the coming year.
The Daily Sentinel. containing the
Latest News, received by telegraph and the
mails, carefully prepared Market Reports, and
full details of all local and State intelligence is
published every morning, Sundays excepted)
at SEVEN DOLLARS year, payable in advance.
Tire Tri-Weekly Sentinel, con-
tanning all the reading, news, and commercial
matter of the Daily, is published every Tues-
day, Thursday, and Saturday mornings, at
THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS a year, pay
able in advance.
The Weekly Sentinel, containing
all the reading, news, correspondence and edi-
torial matter of the Daily; very full market
reports, revised weekly, and varie'y OF inter-
esting miscellany. is published every Wednes-
day morning at One DOLLAR year. payable
in advance.
1t is the aim and will be the constant effort
of the proprietols TO make the Weekly Sentinel
The Largest, Cheapest, and Best Paper
nuhlisbed IN the State Address
RUFUS KINGv& CO.,
oG5. 207 East Water Street hilwsnkee.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-01-13

VINO Is WASHINGTON An old En-
glish paper is still extant, wherein the
pertinent enquiry is made, 'Who is
Washingtons" Replying to its own que
~, the paper states that, George is an
obscure leader of militiamen, who med
dies with matters above his comprehen-
sion, and whose obscure life will be roun
ded by the gallows, if he continues his
reasonable practices, and proyokes his
betters too far. The public can decide
his character by the station of his associ-
ates, one Of whom is dirty printers man,
named BENJAMIN FRANKLIN"
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: The atlantic Monthly.
PHILLIPS, SAMPSON g. COss
N MAGAZINE.
DEVOTED TO
Literature, Art and Politics.
IT'S AIM WILL RE

FIRsT: In Literature. to leave no province
unrepresented, so that while each number VIII
contain articles of an abstract and permanent
value, il will also be found that the healthy
appetite of the mind for entertainment in its
various forms of Narrative, Wit, and HumoT,
will not go uncared for, The publishers wish
to say, Also that while native writers will re-
ceiye the most solid encouragement, and win
be mainly relied on to fill the pages of the
ATLANTIC, they will not hesitate to draw from
the foreign sources at their command, as occa-
sion may require, relying rather on the cora-
potency of an author to treat a particular sub
iect, than on any other claim whatever. In
this way they hope to make their Periodical
welcome wherever the English tongue is spo-
ken or read
SECOND: In the term ART they intend 10
include the whole domain of aesthetics and
hope gradually to make this critical department.
true and fearless representative of Art, in ali
It's various branches, without any regaed to
prejudice, whether personal OF national. or to
private considerations of what kind soever.
TuIRD Tn Politics. the ATLANTIC will be
the organ of no party or clique, but will hons
estly endeavor to be the exponent of what it's
conductors believe to be the American idea.
1t will deal frankly with persons and
with parties, endeavoring always to keep
in view that moral element which tram
sends all persons and parties. and which alone
makes the basis of true and lasting national
prosperity. 1t will not rank itself with any
sect of antics, but with that body of men which
is in favor of Freedom, National Progress, and
Honor, whether public or private.
AS an earnest of the material at their COM
mand, they subjoin the following list of literary
persons interested in their enterprise wishing
it, however, to be distinctly understood, that
they shall hope for support from every kind OF
ability which desires the avenue of their coll
umns and in the remuneration of which they
shall be guided purely by their sense of intria-
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-01-13
D0etrp
2 =
A LITTLE WHILE.

Beyond the smiling and the weeping,
/ shall be soon;
Beyond the waking, and the sleeping,
Beyond the sowing, and the reaping,
shall be soon
Love, rest, and home =
Sweet hoIna =
Lord, tarry not, but come.
BEYOND the blooming, aud the fading,
shall be soon;
Beyond the shining, and the shading
Beyoud the hoping, and the dreaming,
I sIiajl be seon;
Love, rest, and home
Sweet home -
Lord, tarry not, but come.
Beyond the rising. and the setting,
a-s I shall be soon;
Beyond the calming, and the fretting,
Beyond remembering, and forgetting,
-... l shall be soon;
Love, rest, and home
Sweet home -
Lord, tarry not, but come.
Beyond the parting, and the meeting,
r- shall be soon
Bevond the farewell, and the greeting,
Beyond the pulses fever beating,
/ shall be soon;
Love, rest, and home,-
Sweet home =
Lord, tarry not. bet come.
Beyond the frost Chain, and the fever,
I shall be soon;
BevOnI the roek-waste, and the river,
Beyond the ever, and the never.
I shall be soon
Love, rest, and home,-
Sweet home
Lord, tarry not, but come
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-01-13

"DIED PooR."-As if anybody could
die rich, and in the act Of dying, did not
loose the grasp upon the title deed and
bond, AMI so go away n pauper out Of
time! No gold, no jewels, no ornament.
And yet men have been buried by chart
tvs hand who did die rich; died worth
thousand thoughts of beauty, a thousand
pleasant memories, a thousand hopes re-
stored.
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TERMS OF WEEKLY TRIBUNE.


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Valuable Lands for Sale.

THE Subscriber has several choice pieces of
I Land near River Falls; also some on Rush
River. which he is offering for sale For terms,
locations DC, apply to JOEL BARNETT.
LOT MOFFAT.
River Pals, July 22d, 1857. tsor n6-ern.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-01-13

The chiefest properties of wisdom are
to be mindful of things past, careful of
things present, and prevalent Of things to
Gene.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-01-13
Chicago Tribune for 1857.

FE1HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE is a bold, earn
4 est and straightforward Republican paper
devoted tothe cause of Freedom, Progress. and
Reform. Believing that Liberty, and not
Bondage, is the saving principle ofthe Repub-
lie, it is enlisted into the Republican ranks
not for campaign, but during the struggle
between Freedom and Slavery. It contends
for the principles declared by the unanimous
vote of the Fathers of the Republic III the Con-
gress of 1887, that "fSlavery orinvoluntary SER
vitude shall never exist in territory now free"
and it therefore insists that Kansas shall be Free
that Slavery shall be excluded ftom all Ma
tional Territory, and that the influence of the
General Government shall be exercised on the
side of Freedom.
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pictures ever published in America, being a
highly ornamented
Portrait of Gen. George Washington
THE FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY.
He is represented in the galb and regalia of
a Free Mason, standing in the entrance of the
great and magnificent Temple of King Solomon
the picture being supcrbly decorated with
the mystic symbols of Free Masonry, and APP
propriately colored in the highest style of art,
presents one of the most gorgeous spectacles of
oriental magniicence of which the mind can
conceive The likeness is striking and grand.
and for the sublimity of attitude, and the ease
and dignity of manner, is unsurpassed by any
oth.r painting ever executed either in this
country OF Europe.
This surprising picture has been produced at
an enormous cost, and in order to supply the
demand of all classes and tastes, has been exc
cuted in various styles of coloring, at a proper
tionate cost, ranging at retail fror s. to $5.
Pictures on other subjects far inferior to this
are sold daily at So and $40 per copy, but in
order to place them within the reach Of all, that
no American citizen need be deprived of hay-
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with one of these magnificent specimens #
American art, in the form of the great and the
good, the Father of our Country, [ have made
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age stamps.
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address. 5e Fl. M. RULISON,
Queen City Publishing House,
most III Main street, Cincinnati
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