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r,,,, The Editor Of the Iadidnian,
"a. ., 81 princeton, INDIANA, who has been zeal
Prn' g a. Renubcan, has suddenly been converted
Gus o, ,Se error of his way and has joined the Demo-
cracy. lie says; ,u. - rowsr,ror read
"h nsUo shown clearly that the most ultra views
er nave S,'O tbe republican party that sectional
are to- b hoS to be the in 1860
MAJ man n ID with the republican party because we
We a', i i was about to cut loose from the abo-
suPPoSsa " onJ take conservative, national grounds
Gon PiI has filled to thus act we cannot act with It,
f still e SS1 alternative to f 1st to osa
With With the democratic party
The Democratic party is the same national party
:, Indiana that it is in North-Carolina, and those
rhn wouDl save the Constitution and the Union
a,o into it there as they do here. In all sections
and a, localities from Maine to California, it is the
rrs,t enemy of the sectional or black Republican
party
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The ringing of bells and the cry of fire.
FIRE, ,nr citizens from their first soft slumbers
sar'lS1 w. o'clock last Thursday night The fire was
about II =, tbe blacksmith shop of Mr.. Holloman,
tOun' ~ ~ we believe this is the third time his
Ggam III hurned within few years past.
shop s h nas was torn down. rather than burned
The "0a :s hoing light frame building The fire
down. ;"s we're promptly on the spot, and acted
cOnPa"' onIy preventing the further spread of the
Well NV w. oxtiuruishng the fallen ruins of the
flames Uu' W.. borc not learned the origin of the
sro but it was no doubt accidental The loss Is
rot very heavy, we presume
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SWANS JUsTICE-REvIsED.

Tx1HE NoRTH-CARoLINA MAGISTRATE. A PRAC-
teal guide to the Laws OF the State and the decisions
of the Supreme Court defining the duties and jursdc.
ton of Justices of the Peace under the Revised Code CT
ls5-,55 together with full instructions and numerous
forms and precedents.
BIZ EDWARD CANTWEI.L, ESQ., L. L. b.
Counsellor at Law.
One vol vo containing nearly 600 pages handsomely
printed on good paper and well bound in law binding.
Price IS 80. Postage Sc cents.
Published and for sale by -
H. D. TURNER.
At The North Carolina Book Store
Raleigh, y. c., Jan. 81, 1860.
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~ 'hNN hNQCIEER.-We have received the first
Umaa Vi tnis paper, published in Newbern by
si1o lunoro' 1t is very neatly printed, of good
W 49, 'Du well filled with sound Democracy. Messrs
Sense an. iu'nOro are practical printers, men of
wioI1 % anu energy and moreover they know how to
thew da ns pen Such men always succeed, because
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STATEMENT

V the condition Of the North Carolina Mutual
FIRE Insurance Company November 80, 1859,
submitted at the annual Meeting of the Com
PaHy, Jan. 10, 1860:
Amt property insured, Nov 80, 1859, 81, 1871, 1869
Amount premium notes on hand, Nov.
~ 1852 594,4s1.36
RECEIPTS.
Net amount premiums received during
=, the year, 15,741ss
Net amount assessments Of 1858 re-
ceived during the year, 3,97s.59
Net amount in hands of officers and
agents, Nov. 80, 1868, 4,o26. a5
Amount in Bank of the State North
Carolina Nov. 80, 1858, 5,144O3
Amount interest received 44O7
Amount overpaid by agents, 35O.S4
Amount borrowed to meet losses, 100000
5 30,7s5.6 5
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- MI EDITOR is indisposed, and zee are not
- y Inv sbould the present issue of the Stand
very we'll interesting than usual, neither of us
art DC M .bo credit of it 1t takes us nearly all
will claim .,,or new subscribers on our books.
G Iis Of recent clubs in our next ard thanks 10 our
..ds all the time.
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For the Standard

For S!a1iuird.
The Democrats of Granville are requested to meet
in Or I'd on Tuesday of February Court next, TO
apo. =, Delegates to the State and District Conven-
tions. \ full meeting is earnestly requested.
Jar II 1860 MANY DEMOCRATS.
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GOrernor of Ne,c Jersey.

TRENTON, n. j., Jan. 17-Gov. Oldon was inau-
gurated to-day. His address is strongly conserva-
tive He is in favor of the fugitive slave law, oPpos-
ed to the agitation of slavery, and denounces the
agitatorS.
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- Mr.. Parsons, of Flushing, who recently Wis
tied the famous Kew Gardens near London, says
they occupy about 325 acres include some $500 kinds
hardy trees and shrubs, besides the palms and deli
cate exOticS grown under glass. Mr. Parsons says
that the Ptcea noblis fir from California the
P'eea Hor'tmonta and the Pitea Jracteata, are the
most beautiful Of the evergreenS, and some speci-
mems have been sent to adorn the Central Park of
New York City, The house for palms is superior
10 any thing of the kind. The gigantic Banana from
AoySsnla Is nearly 70 feet high, the stem seven and
nall ieet IN circumference and leaves sixteen feet
long All the palm family and tree ferns from Aus
'Faa' with the new Madagascar plants are the best
Specimens ever grown in Europe
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Total,
S14S3342

2. For corps of 10000, or for one of Il, 900
men less Artillery would be required, and more In
fanry and Rifiemen, but the proportonate cost for
purchasing the arms, &c, would be about the same,
Wis., S14S,342 for every 5000 men. The above
prices are fixed at the government charge for the
Minnie muSket and Mime rifle, but it is doubted
whether these arms can be purchased at this price
1t is recommended that proper Commission be ap-
pointed by the proper authority to decide what
arms should be purchased should it be decided to
purchase any.
3. With the view of giving more satisfactory in
formation with refernce to the cost of manufacturing
the Minnie musket and rifle in the State, the under
signed have made a careful examination of the
Armory, and the accompanying report of Col. Bar
bour is given the result of that examination
The comparative cost of making and purchasing
these arms is greatly in favor of making Them be-
ing in the proportion of $40 to SIS 80, when 10000
more are annuity made.
4. The cost of altering the Virginia or Harper
Ferry flint lock musket to percussion locks and
threading, is estimated not to exceed 81 80 each"
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Lonnn U s. Senator.

CHICAGO, Jan. Thames Harlan Republican,
has been reelected u S. Senator by the Iowa legls-
lature. The vote was 70 to 81 over Dodge.
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SENSIBLE VIEws-Some of the friends and admir-
ers of the Hon. W. L. Goggin, of Virginia, having
recently presented him with handsome gold watch
that gentleman Acknowledges the compliment and in
his reply announces the following sensible views:
"Frmness without asperity, decision without
rashnesS and preparation without a desire to pre-
cipitae a conflict will strengthen lis in the one
section, while it cannot weaken lis in the ether
Recent events admoniSh lis that but one sentiment
should rule Virginia and Virginians, and in the uni
ty of this sentiment at all times is the surest guar
antee of lasting repoSe Useless speeches and
meredenunciatory harangucS in the Halls ofCongresS
have long been proven to be but as the idle winds
We want practice in conformity with right, truth
and justice, and not mere empty professions of pa
triOtiSm'
Mr.. GOggin was the American" candidate for
Governor of Virginia against John Letcher.
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MARRIED,

In RolesviIle, on the nth inst, by R. S. Perry, Esq
Mr.. Jno. W. Perry, of Franklin county, N c., to Mis-
Jane Z. Lee of Rolesvie, n. c.
~ City papers please copy.
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Virginia Organizing and Aiming.

A Military Convention was held in Richmond
Va last week. to take steps for organizing the mill
tia and for dinsing proper military spirit through
out the State About two hundred officers of all
grades were in attendance. Major General Taliafer-
70, who commanded at Harper's Ferry and Charles
town, was unanimously elected President of the
Convention. On taking the chair Gen. Taliaferro
said:
. can but thank you for the courtesy and kind
ness you have extented to me, in selecting me to
preside over your deliberations. | see before me
evidence of action and not of simple resolutions
In the physique and in the moral feel that have
here the evidence of the gentlemen and the soldiers
of Virginia
The time of action has come; we are tired of
firing our blank cartridges. We have stepped back
until we have placed our backs upon the wall of
honor; now, forward IS the cry. If you were not
resolved to act could flee to the rather than
see the evils which may befal us.
Let us carve out military system Let us have
perfect order; such military men are bound to
observe. Let us begin at the head and descend to
the lowest officer. Let there be perfect organza-
tion."
We find in the Enquirer report by the Military
Committee of the Senate of the cost of organizing
and arming five thousand men, as follows:
five regiments of u companies each, with 80 men
rank and file to each company, might be constituted
as follows:
Thirty companies of Infantry, twenty companies
of Riiemen, five companies of Cavalry five Batteries
of Artillery, of six pieces each:
80 Companies of Infantry armed with Min
ME muSkcts, 24OO muSkets at S13. G5c. $50, 76O
20 Companies of Riflemen, armed with
Minnie Rifles, 1000 rifles at $166Sc o6,6sS
Companies of Cavalry armed with reyol-
Yer pistols, 400 at sci. S4O0
And 400 Cavalry sabres at So. 1000
3 Batteries of Artillery would require IS
gun carriages and caisons complete to
mount Is field pieces, now owned by
the State, at 800 each. 1900
IS Navy Howitzers at $780, 5000
800 cartridge boxes, pouches and belts,
at 81. 5000
400 pistol belts, at Sl25c 500
400 Artillery sabrcs, at So. 1000
400 revolver pistols for Artillery, at $21. S4OO
400 Dragon saddles, &C., at $50 14O0O
200 Sbly tents, at S3S. $3.50
Ammunition. $4,000
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S 21.416.6

S SO,7s5.65 S 3O,785 65
By order of the Company.
H. S. SMITH, Sce'y.
January 90 1850.
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ton c.n, tNlNrER'-Mr Bowman, of the Washing
PriDta .''',,"''o" was on Wednesday last elected
''''''er to the Senate by one majority
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We find in the Milcdgeville Recorder of the 10Th
correspondence between a committee and Gov.
Brown of Georgia, in relation to the Gallagher rife,
recently invented by DIR. NJ. j. Gallagher of Savan-
nah. This rife was tested with Sharps rifle and a
Minnie musket, and its superiority to both was at
once seen. The gentlemen appointed to make the
trial, say in their report to the Governor
ave had a trial target made of twelve thickness
es of inch plank, with inch space between each,
and of four shots fired by the Gallagher rifle with
charge of 81 grains of powder and ball weighing
$50 grains ball perforated nine thcknesscs two
perforated clever thickneSses and one penetrated
the twelfth plank.
The Sharp's rifle with 60 grains of powder and a
ball weighing As grains, perforated five planks.
4 Minnie musket also fired with charge of
60 grains of powder and ball weighing Z 10 grains,
and with two shots perforated the entire twelve
thicknesses and fell behind the target.
From this experiment compelled to give
the preference at to the Gallagher rife We
believe would any unprejudced mind for the simple
reason that with charge Of little more than one
half that of the Sharps rifle it sent its balls through
almost double the resistance. And when COM
pare the principle of the Gallagher breech, togeth-
er with its method of printing, with that of the
Sharps, the superiority of the first is so clearly
shown, and the experiment so easily tried. that
we have no hesitation in saying that in point OF
force simplicity of construction, liability to get out
of order or accumulation of dirt, certainty of fire,
celebrity of loading security from accident, and in
deed in every point necessary for durability and ef
ficency, the Gallagher Gun is far superior to any
breech-loading arm we have ever seen"
Gov Brown, in letter communicating this re-
port to DR.. Gallagher, says:
"As your gun is Georgia invention, and is, l
have no doubt, very superior trearm, | trust our
General Assembly will, at future session, make
provision for encouraging the manufacture of this
arm within the limits of our own State do not
doubt that it is the true policy of the State to sup
ply herself with sufficient arms, of the very best
quality, to enable her people to meet promptly any
emergency, and to make these arms upon her own
soil.
Recent events have, think, satisfied the Southern
people that it is wise for them to arm. l have but
little confidence in high sounding speeches and reso-
lutions. We must meet aggression in future by en-
ergetic preparation; and prompt action.
The Legislature which places your Georgia
Rife" or some other rstrate arm, in the hands OF
every person in the State qualified 20 do military
duty, will have done more to protect the South
against aggression than has been done by all the
resolutions of its predecessors. 1.-The argument is
already q" exhausted" Let us have no more COM
promises, and if the full measure of our rights is
denied in future let US :" stand by our arms"
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ENTITY LESSONS IN SINGING. For the Mid
Il die Register of the Voice. BY J. Concone In two
parts each $50. Complete, bound in cloth, $500.
Published by OLIVER DITS0N & CO.,
277 Washington Street. Boston.
January Is, 1860. Cit
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England has concluded treaty with Honduras,
and restores to that country the Bay Islands.
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Raegh n C-iSbfr sH j. W. Virgins, late of
at No. l37 Sroa mas established himself in our CITY
and cOmmissjon nn street as general produce
some of the moSt s.it His references comprise
North State from oi!, names known in the old
VIII be pleased to 6 r''o[s down to governors We
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ed in th. g." 'nAN lESAs.-We are now more confirm
battar S. Oi0on than ever that North Carolina is
than Tar"S '' lOr farming and enterprise generally
We find . =, any OF the other far off Countries
HIM ' MI; lOllO"lng in the Salisbury Banner:
brothers thai So o. AnsOn county, has two boys,
the following pGAea On different days this season,
57a572. weights of cotton: 73O, ia 612, 6O3,
vb Mr; Digs has Just returDo , homo e r.
better he had been to find h nThe IRON d
North Stun ''ryi perfectly satisfied with the old
dred doIsre lie says he would not take five bun-
to me bv NJ i0r the trip This statement was made
MI Digs on his return on Mo,dav last
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The later years of Madame de Stael be-
came a proverb for liccntiousness, No
men mistake in belief that gentleness
and II tender address and the sweetest
suavity is Incompatible with the highest
order of female intellect. We have seen
the witty woman, who reioices SO ,uuei.
in the matter of saying bitter and scathing
things to men, affect to hrspiSc these very
accomplishments which serve so mnch to
adOrn and beNutity her sex In her strain
and agony for witty effect, she has maiurr.,
y tlnscl logic against music, against the
acquisition of modern tongues She assu-
rtatcs oddity with wit. She will indulge
IN hruSquenCSS of conduct and all manner
of groEteric, sOas 10 present marked con-
trast to her loving aud loved sisterho0d-
Men adore female beauty; the POSSESSION
of it, with modest yet joyons recognition
of the gift, is the eXcclling grace OF the
female sex. When allied to cultivated
intellect and tender disposition and sweet
ness of depOrtmCnt, the sex become ire
sistible. They are mans aspiration, his
hope, his prayer, his solacc, his heaven
We have often noticed the witty woman
deficient in pc.sonal charms. We have
as often fanciedr, too, that their ambition
for attention, so. l0vishly bestowed upon
their more fortunate sisterhood, provokes
them into witty eccentricity. They will
win the retrcating male to their side by
the display of fsarcasmand burning inuendo,
and barbed and ranking repartee Their
wit shall be the counterpoise to their
absence of beauty. Sadly, most sadly,
do they misapprehcnd the sex they would
WOO and win by such unmaidcnly at
tributes. Gnlland venom viii put to Hight,
not allure. No greater monstrosity thun
your woman of Wit.-G0lQcR Era.
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Daily gtrttlliaemter.
TERnIs OF ApVERTIsING.

TWELVE SOLID LINES oP NoSPARE11 CoR ONE 1xc,t) OR
III = IIRss, srAEE SQUARE.
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a Funny sneCcI,.

The Wisconsin Legislature have formal
IS considered proposition to abolish the
laws for the collection Of debts. The
mover of the bill, Fillmore, is great wag,
rs is evidenced by the following extract
from his speech on that subject:
'The speaker then proceeded to review
the present system of collecting debts. 1t
was all humbug and cheat. matter of
tcchncalitics and legal shulIling. Law
ycrS gave advice in order to obtain fee
and encourage litigation. Judges made
D'undcis ana mistakes. Tie had little cx-
pcricnce in law. but that little no ";nh.-
Laughter, He would give IL history of
it. The speaker then related how hc had
purchased yoke OF eXen about fifteen
years ago-pnid $50 for thcm--a few days
after, the son of the man of whom ho
bought the oxen came to him and said
the oxen were his. lie insisted on hav-
ing pay over again, and commenced
suit. Suit commenced before justice.
The jury didn't agree. Finally, through
the hlundcrs of the backwoOd Justice uf
the peace, the case went against him.
Hes appealed to- the Circuit Court in
Milwaukee. There l lost again, and final
ly said to my lawyer, Il will give you
ten dollars to go and quote Pennsyl-
vNniR law ut Judge Miller and get al
new trial ordered Great laughter. He
venue changed to WaIworrn cU1rlr'y+Lo
When went there met you, Mr.. Speak
er, for the first time. Judge Irwin was
then Judge. Any man who wanted tc
voin n ,aUsc in his Court had either to go
hunting with him, and let the Judge claim
all the game that was shot, or else pat his
dog. Well, pntted the dog. Laugh
ter. fed that dog with crackers. Re
newed laughter. The case was decid-
ed in nv favor. When | heard the de-
cision | thought to myself that the dog
had followed me about long enough
| turned round and gave him kick
TLaughter. The yclp of the dog had hard
" subsidized ere heard the Judge say, "Mr
Clerk, this judgment is set aside, and
new trial granted" Great laughter. i
Mr.. Speaker, that kick cost me $500!
EConvmlsive laughter. new trial was
had; II. n. Wells. He (Ellmorcl consented
to the admission of certain evidence in
the case, ut which Wells was offended.
and Jumped up, saying, ''d--n my soul,
walked off: abandoning the case. Laugh
ter. We'll, the jury disagreed this time,
bccIuse one of them, who was member
of the baptist church heard me use pro-
fame language one day. Uninterrupted
Inughter.l You have no doubt, seen
snit in Justices court in the country
There is the time spent by jurors anu
/ hangers on, besides other costs. Every
such suit costs at least $50, besides all the
| ill-frcliugs and dissensiOns caused by it
1t is all II cheat The litignnts had better
| set down and play game of old sledgc 10
decide the case. 1t would more surely
! settle the dispute justly"
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say2 Don't care. what it is see that, and
go something better1. Iaa .,-.-
''Why. miStcr-it'd take 4 hundred and
fifty thousand dollars to carry New Jer-
sey.r 'rH
t'That's it. Sing it ont. You can have
it, aud twice thUt. Gotta million with our
baCkcrs.F gnrT.
''LOok here, stranger" said our friend
with the rail, squirting stream of to-
baccO juice with the accuracy of rife
shot between the diSputaGts. and bringing
his rail down with n hang Gu the marble
floor of fremont Hall, s.l'll take this rail
into Jersey, that honest old Abe split thir-
ty years ago, and Ill do more with it than
you can with all California, dug up am
counted out" -u-.
At this, all three went at it. talking at
tue top of their lungs, and winding up
with n drink all round.
The next nearest approach to an enter
tanning crowd, was found in the room de-
voted to Missouri and Bates. They were a
good set of fellows-the delegation from
TINT State. and promulgated considerably
on free whisky. The principal attractions
of their room was huge Bowie knife
--somc' seven feet lOug-and the on
Iy Republican member of the Missouri
Legislature, who. was nearly as long and
sharp as the Bowie knife. With crowd
around the member, leaving Just room
enough to eXpectorate, this gentleman, Il
long, slender, snnken-eyed, thin-legged,
snllo'v-complected specimen of humanity,
wnUl thOld forth hy the hour in South
crn dialect, which is known in Paris as
that always spoken by the American Min
ister and called the Po-tO-mack
''Give us Bites, gcn-tle-men, an we'll
take Missouri. BETTER fnka MiGSnuri srnV1
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A scene at the Chicago Convention
From tho .Fuzr (Don Pfntt correspondence Of the
NIacRChcCk Press.
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Yearly Advertising on reasonable terms. nccor-
made. -
All advertisements from transient persons or strang
crs, to I've p0id fV in NdrGnrc.
Legal advertisements will he Charged at tho rTltes
prescribed by law. 80
business CarIs not exceeding five lines $lO per year,
or ~ Tor six months but for shorter period nothing
will be counted loss than square, ft
The privilege Of Annual Advertising is limited to
tho Advertisers owl Immediate business: and all
advertisements for tho benefit of other persons, MS
well as all legal advertisements, and advertisements
OF hnctton sales aud real estate, sent in by them must
lie paid for at the usual rates. -. ~ -
RS- Advertisements not accompanied with written
directions, will be inserted until forbid and charged
accordingly H-+ .f.'i - '--9Ns
Notices for Political Meetings to be charged in all
chAus at filll rates. a f - - -
Marriages, Notices of Funerals and announcements
of Sermons, so cents each. nuvil-5a
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T60ice First Class INSURANCE
IN THE

44rcas Capital s. 600 OG0, absuIute and uninpared
WIN A STEPLuS 0F Sj0G3ST IS.
And the presiigeOr is years success and experience
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sl,5OG,3S7 IS
r1nE An 1NLANn NAYIGArIol

FIRE AND INLAND NAVIGATION
Risks accepted consistent with sOlvency and
fair profit.
EsytciaidnlniionJ Ji5Ii 10 olasuTdHcco of DWELLINGS,
and Co;,teE:s for terms 81 one 10 fire gears.
The progress of this Cooperation has beon stable
aud uninterrupted through of financial
R9! sgs AR SEio sYeatfn in or exempt from
Ps tbs % credit system affect us in material particular
Dnrng lizard tines the security OF relianle lsu
rance is an imperative dntythe ahiity oil
bJders 10 sustain loss being then much lcssencd.
Policies issued without delay and all business at
N, C. Arthur, Agent,
Office over tile Bank of Wheeling
feLlq--Iaw till Jan ist 80