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- STON COUNTY-Court of Pleas and Quarter Se4
sions August Term, A. D., ls6O.-Baywood johnson v
A. johnson and wife Alvin Johnson Admir-. of John
johnson and others Petition FIR distribution
appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that Robin
johnson. of the defendants in the cause noures
dent of this States 1t is therefore, notion ordered
the Court that publication be made for six successive
weeks in the North Carolina Standard notifying the said
defendant to appear st the next Term of said Court oh
held ut the Court House in SmithfeId on the fourth Mon
day in November next then and there to answer peadr
demur otherwise the petition will be heard erars as
him.
Witness, Thomas D. Sncad Clerk of our said Court,
Office in Smithfeld the 4th Monday of August A. D, 1864
THOS. D. SNEAD, c. &C.
October 10, 1860. pr adv. S $3.50 4S-w6.s
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NJORTH.CAROLINA -NORTHAMPTON C0UE
~ TY Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. September
Term, A. d.. ls6O-Moore L Williams, No. 81, vs. Hiram
L. Bowden-Attachment levied on land.
In this appears TO the satisfaction OF the Court
that the defendant is not resident of this States 1t
therefore ordered that publication be made the North
Carolina Standard, newspaper Of the State published
the town Of Raleigh for six weeks, for the said Hiram
Bowden to appear at next Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions to be held for Northampton county, al the Court
House in the town of Jackson the first Monday Of DE-
ment final will be entered against him. and the land ked
upon be condemned to be sold to satisfy plaintiff debt
and cost.
Witness. Isaac Peele Clerk of said Court at office
jackson, the first Monday Of September. 1880
.... ISAAC PEELE, G. G..
October Q, 1850. pr. ady. S. 6l1a.l 4l-w6t
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NOTICE.

.NIOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT APPLiCsANh,,gb
IN will be made to the next General Assembly OF hns
Carolina to amend the act of Incorporation Of st.
College and also for the passage Of act authorizing
Masnic Grand Lodge Of the State Of ,hs rur
the Trustees Of said College. to issue Bonds TOT 'n'
pose of raising funds to enclose the same. =, ,r,m
November Is, 1860.
g EF Register please copy.
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SOLICITORS, BLANKS

uyHE FOLLOWING BLANK FORMS OF INDlCT-1
ments just printed and for sale At the Standard ONCE
to wit: \ .l.yss = }yk 4.ir.il sgrs8 Z 49,
Retailing without License ;s .
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Z. ARRAY, s.. 80 - r. r.,-., b. ls,r,st
Selling Liquor to Slave
: Trading with Slavesy .';;s 30. 80 ',' 'ts 5s'
.Cohahtpg with Slave, .,s. f5->yrLtE .,i ~
Formation and Adultery,
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GENUINE PAMLICO (MISH) GRAPE.
VUlHE SUBSCRIBER CAN FURNISH lat 81 eachl
few hundred well rooted vines Of the above ceeola
ed native grape pronounced BY competent judges
of the best TABLE and WINE grapes known. hoes
discount will be made upon purchases of 100 or moeT'
For further information apply to
r. II. J. BLOUNT,
Washington. Beaufort Co, NJ. ~.
October 30, 1860. A-w'.
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ST. JOHNS COLLEGE,

-. ST. JOHNS COLLEGE,
OXFORD, N. C.
TIME SPRING SESSION OF THIS INSTITUTE I,S
Il will commence the LIST MONDAY in January '''
that of the Fall the I'd MONDAY in July. ..,u.
For price Of board rates Of tuition and course OIL CIV
dies see Circular.
November 2, 1850. 45-wa".
, 1860-09-04

THE PEACE CRoP or Hkw Yonk-WuEnE
TuEr CoAE FRox AND WHl1nkE Szxr.-Uur
attention has been directed to the traffic carried
on in this State in peaches. The crop Of this
delicious fruit at the West is not only large, but
Of highly cultivated character. ne learn
from. an authentic source tnat the daily receipts
here, BY express. Of peaches will average forty
toas, which is equal to one thousand packages
Of this amount thirty tons are sent to New
York, four tons to Boston, md six to this city.
They arg put up in boxes made Of narrow slips
OF boards, so conssi lc:ed that theF not only
have the full be.ett Of tile air, but are less l,a-
Bile to be bruised, as they would be if carried in
baskets The great hu K of the peaches are
sent from Rochester. Lockport, Holley, Middle
port, Victor, Pitts ord, and " lous other nlaces
IN the vicinity and along the line Of .he Nisga
n Falls Railroad. In iormer years New York
City, and in faet. ourse1v-s here, we're depend
ent uoon kew Jersey for our yesrly supply Of
this delicious fruit. But it appears that West
ern New York, the garden OF The United S.ates
now, not only furnishes us with the best flint
wheat for cur daily bread which We eat, but
with The most delicious fruit ia the world
Albany Journal, Augnt 30.
, 1860-09-04

~ AAt~AAA1@ N0FA84
Two Bel and Everett men last night ioiued
the Republican Central Campaign Club. They
wished it distinctly understood they had never
before acted with the Republicans, add ouly do
90 now hecaule the leadess Of the Bell party
have sold out to Douglas, and because there ;s
20 Bell electoral ticket IN the State.
The following colveraation occurred yester-
day in broadway between Republican and a
leading German Democrat Of the Seventeenth
ward. who has worked hard for his party many
yeara.
ltepublican-"W Well, how do you like TIM sf,,
sion Of the Douglas and Dell men at Syra.
cuse 7"
Democrat-"I think it The worst thing t1,a!
could nare been done for both parties I"
Kep.-"Wlll you vote the fu,i,n tcket2"
Dem.-"L Last week enrolled my name o,
the books Of ne" l'ougla. organization. This
week shall 20 and scratch it cut will zee
the Democratic purity iu--besore will vote
that ticket.'
The following conversation occurred day or
two since between two Tammanv Hall l,emo-
Gratis, not fas from the old Wigwam itself:
1st Dem.-" ltis my opinion that nc can beat
Lincoln"
Cd Dem.-" How will you do it, Pennsylva-
MIA, and New Jersey, and fIlinois are sure il 20
for him, and the beet shat We car say for India
ma is, that she is doubtful"
1st Dem" That is true, but VIC can beat
them in Ne1 York. The Bell men have al
ready united With us, and the Breckenridge men
are I'LL ready to come in, and Only wat to be in
vited. We will uritc all The fnrces ard sweep
the State 1t only needs money and hard wo1 X. y
I'd Dem.-" Now. let me Tell you, ycu nre
mistaken. About fire cut Of every six Of the
old Fillmore men will 20 for 14incoln; and every
Bell m>a who comes In with us drives aay u
dozsn Germans There's no use Of talking.
You may work as hard us you have mind to,
and spend as much money as you have mind
to, but the time has come when ne must b..
whipped, aud, do our bes:, they will wfip US
like petdition.-N Z. Ere~ Post
, 1860-09-04

GAR11ALn1's Excl1suxAs.-At meeting of
the London 7radesmen's Club, Captain Styles,
the aidde camp Of Gzrbaldi, was introduced
aud said:
"ne was very much pleased with tho enthu-
siaslc reception with which be had been met.
He had been depu.ed BY General Gar,baldi to
collect : battalion Of English volunteers. It
was we'll Known that he had already noble
English officer in his service, and there we're
eight or ten Englfshmen in the ranks, mud tho
General was 90 much pleased with the valor
which they had displayed that be had commits
sioued Captain S&Tles to visit England for tho
purpcso Of raining battalion, and te was hap.
py 10 say that in three days he hal collected
ti!e hundred volunteers, many Of them Of the
highest reapectability -some Of independent
meanz And while he had been compelled to
take some Of the lower class for the purpose Of
sarvauts, yet with these he had received char
actors for respecta6ility. His object was to
raisa battalion Of 1t least eight hundred men !;
but he did not WISH 70 take them empty. handed.
All tho money and ammunition which General
Garibsldi had 1t his command he required for
the troops he had there. He wanted, therelore
to COLLECT sufficient to equip the Ep9liah hsstal:
lion, and when he reached Gsxibahi ssy, Hero
Nc ~, rssdy u RzhtF Loud sppfausa,] =. .
, 1860-09-04
LATs.It FROM WALKER'S EXPR.
J NITlUN.


tf'ron tic New Orleans flea51ns, aug ST.
The brig Creole, Capt. Foubister, arrived at
this po1t iast evening from Ruatan Island tho
l7,h inst. She reports that the bark Active,
small coaster which plies between tho Bay
Islands and mainland, arrived at Port NcDon-
aid iato in the evening Of the 18th, from Trux-
lilo. bringing IN load of passengers aud word
thst the town was to be attacked thnt night by
Strong forca from aback Il f., The cnunt1 :
s,.,,-., = Mt..t.-a4,.-;}, rrnrrtrd- -uyer It:
dav ] z;tb othap @ pna.,enaaIz." M
~ "'sI osus. HassI tb;e IL axn1aoat;on
upan inapuy Gard;e1a !smd , had esaanhled in
.;d.-ht. ~, u nnm.
49, ',ss W. H. " .aon afIer WaIts1 tott
ness, o2.soe toe el. s1v d"na1sd n,,rnn.e ~ at.
@ tsck;n1 It Th;s fr;ohtaned a eress mary igno-
rant AID t;m;d neonie. Who anplied to General
, 1860-09-04

The Douc1As Mass NEEr1so At PerEnsauno.
We arc informed that the Douglas meeting at
Petersburg. Oh Wednesday, Wa genuine liz.
sle-not more than 3 3.ooo people being present.
This is probably OWING to the fact that, about
two weeks aeo, ono Andrew J. kel!ar, 3 Doug
las elector from the Raleigh {Memphis) Dis
tElct, in Tennessee, delivered IN intense dis
union speech in the Co.rt House at Petersbure.
ia which be stated tta: If Liacoln WIS elected.
the uniou would not exist for another hour.
and that he would be found battling by the side
Of the disuuionists and hre-eaters Of the Soath.
This WAS little more than the conservative.
Union loving people Of Menard had ba1eained
tor, and they indignantly spurned The party
which upholds the men Who preach such doc.
triuea-
Our informant. who has voted The Democratic
ticket all his life, declares that he has become
disgusted with the Disunion Douglas Democra.
cy, aud will heucefo1th devote ali his energies
to secure the election Of "Honest Old AIS !"
md he saJs that several prominent l'ouglasites
in little Menard ARE IN the same boat
Springfield journal.
, 1860-09-04

This distinguished gentleman is a terrible at.
Fiction to the Democracy Of Tennessee, cor
respondent at Dresden, Tenuessce, thus gives
vent to his feelings in a letter to the Nashville
0"ion and american (Breckinridge):
"Accordiug to previous appointment, the
Hon. Emerson Etheridae addressed the peopl.
OF this county on the 9Th iust., md of all The
speeches l ever heard delivered By Southern
men, have Jet to hear ous to equal Mr. Ether
idge's. Not only in going too fur North, but in
many other aspects did hs surpa.s any political
speaker that has ever addressed the people Of
this good Democratic county. For four long
hours did he stand and abuse the Democratic
party. Mr. Etheridge said in his speech, that
negro slavery was not five hundred years
old. What doc:rinei A}Southern n,an mo Ina
8kar<ry 1Ae iasti>ntioa # min! Again be
asked, Of what use is shs Fus sisiye Slave law =
Great Gods if Southern man preach such doc
trs" ~~1-
, 1860-09-04

When at Monlresl, the railway CAT intended
for the use Of II. r. II. the Prince Of Wales,
waa thrown open to visitors, and one Of bevy
Of young 1ams:"4 expressed her deep regret
that the ait t.nd.nt could not inform her in
which particular berth His Royal Highness
would rest his royal limbs, because "she would
thou3ht sweet Sentiment 10 connection with
tbs tonse OF Coburk had gone its length. But
We were mistaken, il seems. 4 morning paper,
Of recent date. contains record Of another and
royalty. The mos4ing psper says:
''The Prir ce's apartment; u: Qaebec) hare
been visited bT some hundreds Of people. =
Some dirty pat<r ie't in kis 5asia, s01s bottled
aad soA a. four shikling, pial.''
now simple and yet 6ow sublime is this M.
nipuls,ion Of loyalty on the part Of the Quebec.
ers Perfsps Vanity Fair, humble adui1er Of
the genius that would cherish the scourings Of
possible king. may b. permitted 70 inquire. in
most deferential Of tones, |Phos nexsf"-
Panifp Fair
, 1860-09-04

mi lFfom the n. U. Oea4, august 3lJ
The Waco Dtnocrat says thar the notorious
horse: :thief, Robert Tucker, 1ately apprehended
By Mr. r.. Brown, Of Robertson county, was
hung at poluxy Springs, in johnson county, On
Friday, 10Th Of AUGUST
The citizens Of Wood, Hopkins, Titus and
upshur counties demanded Of the citizens Of
upshur county 1nan uam.d Morrison, who
had been lodged in jail for stealing negro no.
man. After his det< .!iou in that crime, it was
aScefta1ned by tue people Of Wood, Titus and
HorEtnt, that he had been engaged in epcltipR
their negroes to insur1ection. 1t ID stated that
he Was sur1en4 cred and hung in the suburbs of
t"mer, in tue presence of about fire hundred
persons.
A letter from Clarksyi'le says that three Abo.
litiontsts were hung in Gainsville, Cook county,
9aempleton, -Heasley, and Kirk) There men,
betore they were hung, inphca.ed Bone fifteen
other men - belonging to an Abolition con-
spiracy.
The San Antonio K<cald le.rns th.t Hender-
sen and Aorgan's stare, including the Post
ouse. O. LaFesala, Was de.troye ed By Gre On the
night o. tho 17th inst. From the ume of the
are and Tho part Of the building where il orig
mated, It u. supposed to BE- IT, work of an ia-
eenoaIy aa T. Ihe loss is suppos ed to be se5, 900
Tho Tyler (smith county, Etntis<1 of The
lsln' Ia co Tecsing certain missetresentaticn rs,
eA5s tnht 70 attempt has been made to fire thai
a. Mnnng OF otherwise violently dealt with any man,
| Inc btnttn+s adds: "After q thorough and
most searching Investigation, by = number Of
our !eaalng efslztns, We have been forced to the
CONCLUSION that no such thing Is IN instruction
haa been contemplated, or eveu though: Of by
our ala'ea.. They a1e to-day as 10y to their
masters Is they ever were. And Ne are further
o. The opinion that it any such thing as a SER
vile insurrection has been ID contsmplat,oo
esst Of the Trinity. it has been confined to one
or two small nei2hborhoods, where it has been
promptly suppressed"
, 1860-09-04
Successor 10 MIR. dsn1e& In the National
lutr1iIEenccr.

As the surviving editor Of the National Lat<Z-
Agenc<r, have to announce that James G. Vel.
ling will hereafter be associated with me in the
editorial conduct Of this journal. In making
this announcement it is proper to state that
Mr.. yelling is no stranger ID the columns Of
the Late!ligtnotr, having been, IN different ca.
pacties connected With it for the last ten years,
during the first tire Of which, after the retire.
meus Of the accomplished Edward William
Johnston from the i.t-rary department Of the
paper. Ar. yelling had charge Of 1t, and was
ihs author Of those "Notes o. New Booss ~
which, by thu scholarship and ability eyinced
in their composition, would, of themselves, be
q sufficient evidence Of the qualifications he
bringsto the tasks Of journalism. But it is just
to add that during the last dro years he has par
tcipsted in etl The duties Incident to the editor
ship OF this Journal, and has thus served no.
,vi'lAte quite long enough to give full proof Of
his vocation to the e: c.'ng cs:eer upon which
he has entered. Enjoying during this period,
10 the fullest degree, The confidence Of my late
lanented colleague, Nr, Gales. he has equally,
by his high moral snd conscientious character.
no less than By his r4re at -:nments, merised
my own; sud avail myselt Of his temporary
absence tr1m Washington to mase this IN
nouncement to the patrons whom it il the honor
IF the Iattl!igsncer to address,
Wn II. SEArox.
, 1860-09-04

rha Wsutauan Ha-kf. ,,itpu praphic
4no ""1AesA" ~ ,,.,. e'.n e
Ing At that place last Friday. Great efforts had
ham mado to Collect a biz crowd. CHICAGO had
been lioera'!y drawn apons ana seems 70 aAfe
furnished the bulk Of the gathering. Says t-a
f7o..H6.
Co.. ~. train c,mo !, fron cb,c.oo lin
soon tae 1Ia1n game ~ iloai Na'ea8o. ~,
Allen was aooafa aaa - 3oae prsaan p'n1aa
brought MS meetloK "ltn hlm ~. insH clpie<
At OF the Lagoon, and some 2oo OIL tna a"eep'
1ngs OF the CITY composed t1e cfo@o We 1ee.
ognlzed many among snem "esuFposGa HeIe ~
jail, bn. they hasa psooao!Y-eefv t5Fe
Ont. a. goou as tney were enntleo rom tne
cars, the slider tafks pEopoeea tnfee cueeia 'o1
70 "lttle Gant," Whereupon
.r,e,e broke. veil ..-----.----
= 1sFhodxh III The devils q hen
WesethouanE fur their ch.ef'
Tho,a e1ocu.ton.1y exercises being through
with. tie procession formed on Dogan street,
which had been selected for it. Appropriateness,
and asceuded the hull. ~hica movement On The
part Of the "dead'hends" from onF SISTER c.ty,
caused as1mu!tapeons lakn8 II oiialy 9ooos
exposed 10 lion! u sn stotss ee, ano W ~
all the ne'gnoof1n5 aen toons.
The procession vas )2loed " - nemosrass
Of Lake county, nnn 'na.eueu ~ ~. coa' a;1
House, passing ooe. oat .; ina w 70 et1.s
going under ths "star p T5panglea oaoneT whien
hung IN ifop. 0. .ne S11s;e'f .,; om;s. ftoa iae
steps oi !ne tIlonaai -. o. s 'us.cs nne sentot
fafks ,1 r11a e.,aS - ar.;n sn,
~s d soa.a ~ ~ ~ =, anooov bensnsa H. i,,nats. .
~ W 10 ~ nn,1 t;e;1aan stars a
hag is5nad con - =; 1h;s w;es H. ,hsr. h. :
heen he am nofor.nnate snlit in tse nsmacra,;c ie
ns-,v m areonnt of tranb,e in H., d;-;s;on ~
tsa sn,o;ls' and .hat Dauulaa wns rnnn;nr ;n i,
oniv th;r;ren States and TIA. he wn;Id NJ -
blaze Oh h.s banner. stars for thoss ststrs that hat
had -s,uJ;.tad lin, w. ,.,,ras h.n" .aas
stood him corTectlv. for at this no;nt The 1ao:.s
and confusion was go great. We could not
catch It ali. the crowd than od;auroa5 h1 ;ns;A ~
ta,ion, to P1k,' to dine. Hhic} rel of hosn;tal;,
~ ont,ht ~ havs hae, ane1.a:a.oa lug :
, 1860-09-04
Latter from Northern rexag.

From the Houston fetIei, Aug. 9thl.
Below we are permitted to publish letter
from j. L: Craig, Of Marshall, Texas, 10 his
father, 4. X. Craig, Es1:
DEAn FATHER: Oncs more I embrace the
opportunity of addressing few lines to you.
Things have come to pretty pass in Texas,
reckon you have heard Of the terrible insurrec-
ton; the burning Of towns; the hanging Of
there's, aboitionists, DC. Yesterday the elec-
ton for State and County officers cana CT. the
the day fixed for the negroes and abolition cs
to poleou all the rate: IN the election grounds.
SO rs to kill Oft the men at once but they Tere
watched SO closely that they did not mske he
attempt Day before yesterday severa! neQroes
we're taken up and whipped at Henderson, and
they confessed that Henderson was to be
burned that nigf;, and Marshall The rext.
which created 4. e~t exclt ,meut among the peo.
pie. SURE enough, befo1e o'clock that night,
the town was on IRE, and was all burned to the
ground except two storeS I learn that ore Of
the Abol,tionist' and several negroes we're a.
rested, but the rest made their escape.
Last night the guurds we're On the watch all
night, in fact, every u,4u in.the place Was on
watch, and by fEat means the cowardly cut.
throats were defeated. would like 10 te{l you
all about this iusur1ect,ou, but am too ner-
vous to write auy more. i'll. had time to give
I'll the particulars, would write them to The
Petrol, cut am just starting to Red River Co..
and must defer tillanotber time.
Every man that travels through this country
il taken up and examined, aud if he does not
give good aecouut Of himself, he il strung up
70 the nearest tree. hare to get pastpor,
ftom here 10 Red Rirer, aud even then, I expect
to hare hard time getting th1 ougb, for man a
word is nothing 10 these critical times. will
write more Of this when hare time
Your soD, JAMES L. CRA1G:
, 1860-09-04
THE EFFECTS PERMANENT.

Tle writer, NJ e. H. Taaxykc. Of Daffto, n. y Is
well known The usr.hln:s OF Cleveland Of tho
Moi entepfnx 4h!p and teas builders Like Erte Tbs
ster character Of the writer hoeorabe hssh mini
ell gentleman and enterp.ns Ind successful builder.
viii give weight 10 his tsstEmony:
CLrvxIAsp July u. 1e60.
"D1. I. N1y.Low ATxz-Dear Sir ~ x!ll with plea
your iaqu rea,ive to the permareuey Of
the cu1e sou made Of my throat two yelrs ago.
had chronic Inflammation Of tho throat-hrYuaItis be-
Meye you td tie atsea*e-and had far several years.
It lei variety Of medciacs. With l1u1e no benefit,
and whea 1arplied to yuu hardly 'ook<l fur speedy
eure hut Va. a.eeahy snsrFEed- recovered
entirely. and eouti snx 1ed talk vel and
tveEy tEaee Of daease dlsapreased and happy
to say that up to tie present time have hal NJ T. TUT,
OF tbs dss1te. aud tety VEL regard the perl
oi VI two Jeass quite sufficient to my soeak
Ing Of c Effects Of your system Of practices as rxaxA.
1t Is all you am f-r L. 1adetd. II It hal not
beep. this period II al The vic ktues Of climate In
Hu,. exposed have often b. In tho auptsintend.
epce Of IN extensive busnea n tho lax. would have
Disclosed the fact. 7e1y truly yours
C.A.VA. .SLYKE.
ee4c13y6t No. lis FF.nklfn street Buff "a " 7 N
, 1860-09-04
DF73{8:&


The series of u,ass meetings now being aa-
dressed by Cassiua u Clay md james Il.
Baker in Northern illinois, give the lie most
ro,nd,r To the assertion Of the Democracy
Tint thev have been making vast gains IN this
n.,t Of The State. Never before in our 4'ota-
= cal history have tho people turnsa out in such
uumbess:-nerer Aayo~ they: displayed such
dissemination aud enthusiasm. The taunt SO
oasu ntto1ed BY cur adversaries that Tue Re-
publican msjofii,ss were about 70 be cut down
il Northern 1llinais has aroused the o'd
Guard TO unusual e1srdons, and made every
mau Of them, "aghting mad" From no" to
the end of ths campaign they. will lahor' With
redouhlod energy, and they will show IN No
vember how dangerous it is to provoke tht
Ineedom loving masses in this latitude 70 e'.ct
'exertions as they are capable Of twas No
bad :ta6A' on this part Of Ahe Doughs'tes Il
do their Dragging on this end Of the state. ]
anything :; was wanting to insure the disap
poinmezt Of their expectations, it was jus
euch asenseless bravado as that. Henoefortl
they will reap fruits from their temerty whlel
will be bitter and unpalatable. IT any ON
doubts it let him put hiz ear to the groun'
nnywhere in Northern Illinois On the aIH'
day Of November and he will hear an earth
quake, =. -
, 1860-09-04
Visit Of the ChIcaSo Musical Union tn
st. 1uzeph.

This event, which took place last Monday. will
long be remsmbe red By our c,.zecs. locg be.
fore the expected steamers arrived, The Town
was alive with people from the surrounding
villages and country. At about one o'cIot I =
NJ, lie steamers La'iy E!gin and Comet entered
this port. decked with waving q .gs, aud beau-
tlfuiiy adorned with evergreen, and loaded
down with excursionlsts. TIE former boar. Il
is said, had on beard scsen hundred and h,ty.
The Light Guard Band and the Great Western
Band, Of Chicago, were botll in attendance.
As early az three o'clock tho multitude becon
to ill the building where the concert Of ina thi.
cago Musical Union WAS to come of. and. 1one
before the performers made :neir apnearancs
tie oapAcious - structure vas densely packed
with people. TIE performance passed OF with
great tc:dt. The concert closed about six
o'clock. when the company from Chicago re- re-
pared to the boats, which left the Larbor at
seyeu.-Ss. .IofepA 1rartltr, duo. 20.
, 1860-09-04

|The Milwaukee, Wisconsin, S<aftn<,
gives a remarkable instance Of canine Adec-
tion and instinct" It appears that Mrs: Auer
recently loat little girl, for xhom Sewfound
land dog bad formed quits an;attechment. For
2 week after the death OF th4iitt1e child, the
dog Was kept tied in the eellsff, and At the ex-
pisatioa of That time was released. He waa
IN vain, until some friend Of tue family happsn-
% to v1ait tho hurying ground whers tbs little
gifl H&s inferred, and taers atretched ont upon
tho graTe Of his former playmate, was the
afecdonate dog. This Ia rematksbls c1as Of
canine instinct. or il you please rtason..