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Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-10-12

This authorizes ID At present in the City. at Law
rences Hotel, and will remain few days With the
view Of disposing of her voskA Though shs sob.
jet Of severe and confirmed bodily adiic,ioa, and
forced to maintain herself BY the sale Of hss wosts
her friends do not ground her claims 70 liberalisy
and sympathy on the mere fict that she has writ.
ten books and b needy. "Her works." says he
Charleston Courier, stand upon their own merit {;
they viii reward careful reading md they challenge
just criticism.
Ara Elemjay comes among - with high testi.
nonials Of excellence and amiability Of character
We commend her especially to the tender and COO.
siderate attentions Of our lady readers
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-10-12

TIE Nol1axn DmoaAcI.-Ths Hon RoSsr
Tcoubs, in the course Of SINE Remarks q Augusta,
Ga, paid Tie following tribute to the Norshss, D.
mocsacy: . 80,
But shall prescribe no NV tssts a party salty
70 Northern Democrats; those Who remain Of then
have hitherto ssood vith fidelity and honor upsa
thsir ensagemsotk They have maintained truth %
thsir own hurt tneg'hase dhpAySd . p.ssiSett'k
worlds histos1, ,.cd j sSai endsavor m sunshine
and storm-with your appreciation 4 On - h
without i oast-te seand By then vieA . -.
~ eqdaA tosrtH d6 7 II. - NJ Va
with me and thsa ~ stall enoquer kesioo e d
North an h - South We shah save he eeuassy
apm thu. csrse Of being ruled The hsosssutksS
compound nov calling itself the opposition and sba
,s.,s sos Seat country 70. our shd,;o :. -
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-10-12

ssOpPesition' - state Convention.
The opposition Committee, appointed in CAUCUS
BY the opposition members Of the last legislature
assembled in this City On Thursday last and recon-
mended Raleigh IS the place, and the ed Of Feb
uary as the time, for holding an opposition State
Convention.
The Editor of the Register, with several other CD
position Editors, had recommended IN earlier day;
but this irresponsible Committee appointed in Sc
Get and between two suns, has made different re-
commendation, and they are bound to submit OF
course they will do 80 with equal gracefalness and
promptitude a .-a...r' - s.-..'.
The members Of the Committee themselves speak
in their Card Of the "Oppasitiou Party" in North
Carolina Many plain and honest people viii be At
loss to know what this means We viii tell
them,-it means KnoU Notkingis~ IN q nep drsss,
and qpposition to Democracy ssgkt o. w.oag. Are
The people Of North Carolina ready to oppose the
Democratic party, right or wrongi Are they ready
"go With any party, or against any party. right Or
Wong? -..a.ai- 9 p. .'. .
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-10-12

AAsrN Couxrv AoRicrLIrRAL Soc,rrr.-The
Martin County Agricultural Society will bold it,
seventh annual Fair At Hamilton, Thursday and
Friday the Sd and 4th Of November next The prem.
ium list viii appear soon The Farmers and M.
chanics Of Martin have heretofore evincsd much 10
terest in their Fairs and the next one, We doubt
not, will be fully equal to former onea Il would Be-
useless 1t this day 70 enlarge upon the benefits Il
agricultural and mechanical exhibitions Of the kind
referred TO- These benefits are to Be seen in an d.
rections in improved hssbandry, in increased emu.
lation and skill among mechanics, and in better
and more honesssess feeling ensendered among
our people.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-10-12

TIE GREExsBosouoH PArxIor AND M Blxpsox-
le Rstrit asssss shae the questions recently pro
pounded to Ar. Bledsoe by correspondent Of the
Standard oves he signature Of Raks" were pro-
cured to b propounded by NJ. B,edsoe himself
This charge h wholly uaiSa,ded "a II NJ. B,edsos
were capable Of such . thing. hs would b unwor-
thy to represent the people Of Wake county in the
Legislature He Is IN honest man, . sound Dene-
cr.t and gentleman, and - much shove the tr;ckr
cry and mcannes which such charge % Tie sbovs
would imply, - the Editors Of the Patriot Or any
one else. a.... s-ss ~.
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CLOSE OF CO.PARTNERsHlP.

CLOSE OF CO.PARTNERSHlP.
The COMPREHENSIVE betwtes The dessssYtsed Nm
expire by limitation on he Il. q Novenb. 1855 cd
ra not be renessd It 'hersfore becomes necessary g
.s. the business Of the Firm - sooa q possible Al
,.ous indebted to it, either By or aeeouns due o.
Or before the LIST Of July 1885, viii please make immediate
payment t-.a.ay -. -, ~ :. 81 aai.i.
.-... .s.,., ". v. HOLDEN, -
FRANK. L WILSON.
Raleigh, Oct 10. 1859. ss-m
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Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-10-12
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h.. rs . we Ind the following advertisement in the
~ "reensborough PGtriot.. ~ EtH

H.. - We find the following advertisement in the
ut 'reensborough Pss,;os: ':afztai
u,t a TED-40 600 Acres of Land IN the Western
daa - North. Carolina. Would purchase one hum
ouv ioss"d acres provided the tracts are contigu-
ntss "cated, and can be bad ct sufficiently iov
Apply IN person Or by letter, to a. - .!
s.... ..,,., b. r. HELPER
Sento.., AZ Pine Street New York.
Binto- loost IA DsAo ETafz S4-4~. ~
n. n n Heller, or Helper, is IN abolitiouist
nl.. 1a'r'ot has . right 70 advertise IL whom it
Own That paper displays is OWE taste in its
by We ought to state, however, that the
'"''s does not alf Attention to the advertisement
b. we have received the second and last mum.
but " y. =. B'edsos's reply - Osl WINS Whitaker,
Der, l,te tor this issue. It sl,ll spps,eia Cur
s,,.. i. )" Is proper to observe that N. Nedsoe
,oms " sais number, that in responding 10 the
SELF ~ signed 9 Wake he adarssssd lin.
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thu - had 6es6 ihlielhS.eSa HI cstisa Quarter
pp NJ. ss communicates rsfued to had been rotten
dse,.a 'oe view Of giving Mr. B. IN opportunity %
rn.s 'ne question of ad salorsm in the nubl l.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-10-12

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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-03-29

ROBERT EMMETTs FAITHFUL SERvANT.--The
following instance of devotion and fortitude we
copy from biographical sketch of Robert EN-
NETT now being published in the Boston Pilot:
"Anne Delyin, few days after the rebellion,
was made prisoner; her house was occupied by
soldiers who ransacked and tore it asunder, and
then set it one fire. To get Information as to
her masters lurking place, they offered her q
considerable sum of money "Whatp' che ex
claimed, tine to take the price of Master Rob-
ert's blood9 Never" The torture termed
"picketting and half hanging" We then applied
to her; stabbed with bayonets, and streaming
with blood, this noble woman continued to ex-
claim, 81 have nothing to tell--I'll never tell"
A rope was tied around her neck. "Will you
tell us where Mr.. Emmett is ~ "Kill me, If you
like, but I'll tell nothing" She had scarcely
time to add these words, "Lord Jesus, have
mercy on my soul!" when she was strung up
amidst the derisiye shouts of savage joy from
her executioners. When she was apparently
dead, they cut her down, and carried her in q
state of insensibiity to prison. She languished
in the Jail several years. and left prison in state
of decrepitude, from which she never perfectly
recovered. Forty years afterwards, DR.. Madden
succeeded in discovering this noble woman, then
old and poor, earning her scanty bread in the
extremity of misery. She was brought to But.
field Lane and placed in the house where she
had lived with Robert Emmett and his compan-
ions, and where the spectacle was curious and
touching to see her memory of events return, as
| if awakening from dream. "Here Mr.. Hamil
ton lived and Mr.. Dowdell--there was my
ROOM" and after a moments silence her hand!
trembled, tears streamed down her cheeks, and
with voice falteriDg with the feelings of former
times ''there," she sobbed, "master Rober
slant ~ l.s.<. Cra 4.N. >n .if
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-03-29

FoRe1vRNEss-Amongst all the proverbs,
maxms and apothegms, which the poets have
furnished there is none more useful than the
familiar line,
TO err is human, to forgive divins.'
The context of this conveys such admirable ad-
vice, that it deserves equal familiarity, running,
as it does, thus 80
For every trihe scorn to take offence
That always shows great pride or little sense;
Good nature and good sense must always join
To err is human, to forgive diyine
We commend this string of pearls to our read
ers. Its truths cannot be too familiarly or
strongly impressed upon their minds. There is
nothing more beautiful than the forgiveness of
real injuries. And, as for imaginary ones-the
trifles spoken of by the poet-it should require
no effort to overlook them in our erriDg fellow
beings. -.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-03-29
WHAT THE AMERICAN CHILDREN EAr.-A cor.

WHAT THE AMERICAN CHILDREN EAT.-A cor
respondent of the Pougbkeepsie Daily Democrat
states that ''while visiting school in Montreal,
he asked the teacher If fthere were any American
children there. She said there were, and she
could tell them by their pale faces, bright eyes,
and nervousness. They learned quicker, but lost
so many days during the term, from sickness,
that they did not get along so fast as those who
were able to be present constantly. He also
took occasion to examine their luncheon baskets,
and found the American fare to be piece Of
1nince pie, the same of pound cake, two dough-
nuts, pickle, and cold sausage; while the En-.
rlish, Irish and Scotch children had either two
days old bread and meat bread and butter, or
bread and apple with nothing else."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-03-29

REVIVAL OF KNow-NoTHNeIsM.-We over
heard, a few days ago, the following interesting
and important conversation between two 'oul-
led pussons,' OF complexion somewhere be-
tween that of an ace of spades and the outside
of black kettle, who were leisurely summing
themselves upon a wood pile:
'Clem Use tell you, if dey gwine to fetch
dem ported niggers ober dis way from africa,
why darrell be fuss in the family sure; 'speots
Quality. Neber do it, sure"
"Sam dus you rally tink dsyll fOtch dem mig
gers here2"
"For sartin, Glenn, heard massa say dare was
five thousand ported South Carolina, and half OF
dem now ready in dis State. Itell you, Glenn,
if one of dem FORM, unnat'alized niggers caclate
TO 'soeiate wild dis child he is holm de wrong
patch. Somethin' will hit him like mule kick
ed him for sarten and it won't be dat animule
eder"
Here we pursued our way, while Sam contin-
ued earnestly to expound to Glenn, the impu-
dence of those form niggers over native Ameri-
can "culled pussons."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-03-29

OuR1ous FAcrs.-The difference in the skull of
domestic hog and wild boar is as great So that
between the European and negro skull. Do
mesticated animals that have subsequently run
wild in the forests, after few generations, lose
all traces of their domestication, and are phys-
cally different from their tame originals
1t is not natural for cow, any more than for
any other female animals, to give milk when
she has no young to nourish. The permanent
production of milk Is modified animal function
produced by an artificial habit for several gen.
erations. In Columbia, the practice of milking
COWS having been laid aside, the natural state
of the functions has been restored. The secre-
ton of milk continues only during the sucking
of the calf, and is only an occasional phenome-
pon.-If the calf dies the milk ceases to fow.
The barking of dogs is an acquired hereditary
instinct. supposed to have originated in an at
tempt to initiate the human voice. Wild dogs,
and domestic breeds becoming wild never bark,
Ebnt howl. Cats which so disturb civilized
communities by their midnight ''caterwaul.n in
the wild state in Sonth America are quite si.
lent.
The hair of the negro is not wool but curled
and twisted hair The distinction between hair
and wool is clearly revealed by the microscope.
The dark races have less nervous sensibiity
than the white. They are not subject to nerv
Gus diseases. They sleep sound in every disease
nor does any mental disturbance keep them
awake. They bear chirurgical operations much
better than the white people. -t ,e..l
A certain species of fungus has been known
to attain the size of a gourd in one night and
it is calculated that the cellules, of which it is
composed, must amount to forty seven thousand
millions. If it grew in twelve hours this would
give four thousand millions each minute
Animalcules have been discovered so small
that one million would not exceed grain of
sand, and FIVE millions would sport in drop
of water. Yet each of these must have blood
vessels, nerves, muscles, circulating fluids, DC,
like large animals.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-03-29

When Robert of Normandy, the son Of vii,
liam the Conqueror, was wounded by a poisoned
arrow, the surgeon declared that he could only
be cured by having some one extract the poison
with his lips. sLet me die, tben," said he. u
viii never be unjust and cruel enough to suffer
any one to die by sucking my wound" His
wife. however, took advantage of his sleep. aP-
plied her lips to the wound, and lost her life In
saving that of her husband.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-03-29

APPLYING YoR PUBLIC OyF1oE.-We saw re.
Gently, at one of the Government departments,
letter from sr applicant for position in the
service, which read as follows:
= 81 take the liberty to send you my picture,
that you may form some idea of my physical
qualifications requisite for filling the position.
Yours, very truly, H.g ."
On the top of the sheet containing this epistle
Is handsome photograph Of the applicant, who
no doubt, had an idea that his personal charms
would be irresistible, and that the Secretary
would at once "cave in" and return him COM
mission. t-.,., ,t rua is
/ Another applicant, Dot having the same re-
lance on the fascinating effects Of his 'phiz," "
favored the same Secretary recently with his
pedigree for some four or Eve generations, and
made itpalpsbly apparent that he was descended
in direct line from heroes and heroines, illus
trious in their day, perhaps, but, unfortunately
for this sspirant's hopes, quite forgotten now.
Wdshin1ton Star .iy ~
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-03-29
POETRY Y

There is weird and wonderful beauty
hese lines-a poetical truthfulness OF palntin
eldom equalled:
TFrom the Louisville Journal. ~
shadows on the Wall.
When evening through the silent room,
Creeps with her pensiye weight of gloom,
And lamps are lighted in the hall,
And shadows dance from wall to wall;
Our little one with curious eyes,
With look half joy and half surprise,
Pursues the phantom as they chase
Each other in the airy race;
Strange, goblin shaped, fantastic things,
Grim vampires with broad, iron wings,
Ghosts of unhappy men that go o
To prison in the realms below;
Huge yhouls and wolves with famine gaunt,
And ships with their tall masts aslant
In the blue ice that rims the shore
OF Greenland or wild Labrador.
As each dark, substantial shape
Tries some life breathing form to ape,
She seems to think oil things that please
The eye, her little hand may seize.
She never has been taught to know
How much of human life is show,
Nor what the difference may be
'TwiIt substance and reality.
Upon her head the lamp-beams fall,
Shoot past and tremble on the wall,
And there an ebon image stands
Sculptured in air by airy hands s.
JOY thrills her frame, her baby laugh
Comes like the laugh of ,ills and quaf
The life of the wild hills, then fee
In silver chariots to the sea;
Forward she leans with eager eyes
In which world of wonder lies,
Her tender hands are stretched to clasp
The phantom that eludes her grasp.
But she Is not alone; the eyes
On which the film Of seventy lies,
Pursue the shadows here and there,
And hands are stretched to clasp-the air!
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-03-29

JUVENILE FoLIY.-H will hardly be believed,
but it is nevertheless true that an elopement
took place few days ago, at Albany, between
a couple of children, aged respectively fourteen
and fifteen years The young Romeo actually
provided himself with package of arsenic, to
commit suicide in case of discovery, but fortu-
pately the father of the young gentleman over
took him at Utica, got possession OF the poison,
had the girl locked up, and gave the boy good
cowhidino. Journal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-03-29

There is an aneodote OF an editor out west,
who when he was short Of matter, or grudged1
the labor of type requisite to put in print used
70 % send his psper with one side or page entirely
blank, merely drawing his subscribers atsen.,on
to the fac fact ,h Sy dh;s-sn To write rRs'e upon
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-03-29


DRIFYING THE FEMALE SRx-Rev. DR.. Alex
ander, in his recent volume of Sermons, utters
the following solemn warning ~
What horrid fraud Satan is practising on
the Church in regard to the daughters of the
covenant In fashionable crcles-dare l name
them Ohristians-the years where girlhood
merges into maturity are frequently sod to the
adversary. The young American woman is
taught to deem herself goddess. If there be
wealth, if there be accomplishments, if there be
beauty, almost miracle seems necessary to pre-
vent the loss of the soul. Behold her pass from
the pedestal to the altar. The charming victim
is decked for sacrifice Every breath that comes
to her is incense. Her very studies are to fit her
for admiration. Day and night, the gay but
wretched maiden is taught to think of self and
selfish pleasures. Till some Lenten fashion OF
solemnity interrupt the whirl, the season is too
short for the engagement. Grave parents shake
their heads at magnificent apparel, costly gems,
night turned into day, dances, at which the Ro'
mans would have blushed, pale cheeks, bending
frames, threatened decay; and yet they allow
and submit And thus that SEX which ought
to show the sweet unselfish innocenoy of q holy
youth. is carried to the overheated temples OF
pleasure. Thus the so called Christian verifes
the Apostles maxim. 'She that Gveth in plea
sure is dead while she liveth."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-03-29

A Yankee being asked how it happened that
his sweetheart had given MIN the mitten, re-
piled ), II was such q fool that praised her 70
much she got SO proud she would't speak to mel"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-03-29

An excellent author says, "if the prospect
around you issad, look upward" Bat ifa man
turn his eyes upward even in the clearest day, I
will not all look blue to him2
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-03-29

In Switzerland it is said, 10000 girls gain Q
livelihood by making matches. The number OF
match. makers in the United States is very great
but the business is generally carried on by old
women instead ,of young.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-03-29

I "a You've BIeAMIsr.-A precocious youngster
nineteen years old, named OF Donnell, is on trial
ia St. Louis for being married TO three wiYesat
the same time. > fyc,1 - @Its.- ,Ntfl5i ~ I