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A GRAND VIRGINIA D1scov,n

Some FOUR MONTHS SINCE, OUR ~,
- townsman, NAPHTALI EZEKIEL informed N " EllENF
had prepared hair resOrer with which he That be
menting upon his Own head whose top was was was
We saw nim Two days since, and on The pace s bald
months since hne crop of hair has sprung nm MA r
orOus growth So convinced is Mr. EzRK1RI Is WI T
cy of his discovery that he has named it Tue efa.
GThe InfaIlible Virginia Hair Ro,,
Mr.. E. is about going into an extensive manuc,,s'
article which is destined TO prove of anxious in,e
bald paed frends.-FfOns Richmond Eaggjre y. tOr0
l2th, 1883. ' OectRl9
This famous article car now be had of III. -.
Druggists. Those persons who desire "A fine head asfeA
have only to use the restOrer according to prin,S
lions on the butle. Those who have any doubts ~ as
cacy can have them removed in a short time nv N.Y. s
INFALLlBLE VIRGINIA HAIR RESTORER n r
that il is all that it is claimed to be- - PNrlG
Wholesale depot for orders 50 Main Street
n. EzEKIEL
RICHMOND November "A, ls,,
IN. EZEKIEL take oath ON the HOLY BibIo 49,
been bald for the past l2 years. and have rpsoJ h
by using EZEKIEL'S VIRGINIA HAIR REST0BmrSha r
, NAPHTAu Err
=, JOSEPH MAYO
For sale BY 'nniond
2. F PESCUD
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HILLSBORO' N.

MILITARY ACADEMY
TNHIS INSTITUTION, OF THOROUGHLY SCi
IL ent6c and military character. is under the condGSs
Col. G. c. TEW formerly Superintendent Of the o.~
Circulars will be forwarded on application
3 February Is, 1860. .. f-w&sFEP"'
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i. r. CHAPLIN.
BOOK BINDER & BLANK BOOK MANU-.
FACTURER,

RALEIG H, N. c.,
ID ESPECTFULLY INFORMS THE CITIZENS OF
II RALEIGH and the vicinity generally that be will
promptly and punctually attend to the binding Of l
papers, Magazines and Periodicals of all kinds and any
style, plain OF ornamental, On moderate terms.
r4S@ all BLANK BOOKS ordered from
featured by me, in the City of Raleigh, n. C.
December %, 1852 lO9-w6swly.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-06-09

An eminent teetotaler would only consent to sit
for his portrait on condition that he should be taken
in water-colors.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-06-09

How should Love come to the door? Certainly
with a ring, but not without rap.
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a MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
"A in the RALEIGH GAS LIGHT COMPANY, will be
held on SATURDAY, 18th nst at AZ P. NJ the office
of the Company, over Williams Haywoods Drug Store
June s. 1850. std
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-06-09

TEE WENTWORTH GUN.-The Whitworth Gun, II
wa can credit the account of its performance given
in the English papers, has the greatest range and
accuracy of any yet invented. A late London paper
says:
On the 10th of February, on the beach at South
port Mr.. Whitworth, of Manchester, conducted
series of experiments to ascertain the oi
the famous gun which he has invented The guns
cxperimented upon were a three-pounder, six
pounder. twelve-pounder, and an eighty FOUNDER,
throwing shot weighing ninety pounds: For some
weeks Mr.. Whitworth has been engaged IN bringing
to perfection various details IN the manufacture ol
the gun; and, having concluded the preliminary
trials a number Of scientific and military gentlemen
were assembled by special invitation to witness the
result, which established the fact that the w MT
worth gun is if not superior to the invention OF oir
VIM. Armstrong at least its equal IN Destructive ca
pability. Sir John Burgoyne, the Inspector Ueherai
of Fortihcations and several members OF MS person.
al staff, present. The three-pounder, az an
elevation of SO degrees, threw a shot 9,6eO YARDS,
and the six and twelvepounders greatly exceed THIS
distance. When the eighty FOUNDER was fired at
an elevation of degrees, it was observed that the
shot first struck the ground at than 5O6 yards
from the gun; second struck at 2, $40 yards, and
ricochetting struck again at 5000 yards. The ac-
curacy of the gun was marvellous, and the expert
ments were pronounced to be astonishing. Proper
ly mounted as t. receive fair elevation, it is
believed that the hty-pounder will throw 80
pound projectc, using only IL pounds of powder,
from 5000 to 10000 yards, with fair degree Of
accuracy.
The Wentworth gun is rifed of course, and loads
at brcech. 1t is described as being in fact tube
red from end to end the breech being closed after
loading by cap, like the cap of telescope which
is screwed on. The cap is fitted with hoop and
hinge, that after being unscrewed it is not taken
off, but swings aside like door. The projectile,
which is metal bolt uncoated, but made by ma
chnery so as to fit the bore of the cannon is prt in
its place. the tin canister of powder pushed in af
ter it, and the door is shut and screwed up. The
bore of the canister is pierced to correspond with
the touchhole whcE is in the centre of the cap and
after firing the canister is removed leaving the gun
clean. The gun itself is cast solid and bored, the
larger ones being strengthened by wrought iron
hoops forced on by hydraulic pressure.
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A. C. LINDsEY,s SCHOOL.

NEAR McLEANsvnLE, GunFoRD COUNTY, N. C.
WNHE NEXT SESSION WILL BEGIN ON THE llrH
II JULY.
This location easy of access and remarkably free from
calculated to corrupt the morals of BOYS or to
divert their attention from their studies. - -
Board 81 per MONTH ..
CLASSICAL tuition per session, $25 90
English tuition from sl5 90 to $40 90
p q A. G. LINDSEY.
June o. looO Rad. 3 23-w4t.
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JOHN W. GRAVES, $500 - r.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Yanceyv1Ile, n. C.
June 2, 1859. 5a-v&sv1ypd
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For the Standard

Mr. HOLDEN: The apportionmeEt by the Conven-
ton of 1885, under the amended Constitution, gave
to the Sc Eastern counties
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-07-27
A Jeremy DIddler.

A gentleman named Reagan, living in
this township, was diddled out of $lsl by a
sharper about as follows.
Mr.. Reagan has sons in California who
send him drafts. On Friday last he receiv-
cd one from them. At the bank, while in
the act of drawing the money a young gen
tleman stepped up to him, told him he had
Just returned from California-that he was
intimately acquainted with his sons in Cali
forna-that he was clerk in the Office Of
the Express Company from whence Rea-
gan's draft was issued, and other items Of
like nature. Reagan invited him home
with him. He went-became very famil-
lar on short acquaintance with the young
ladies-told them their brothers had sent
them presents By him, which were in his
trunk at Wellington, Lorain County. He
staid around the house until the old gentle.
man went out to his field to work, when he
slipped into his bedroom and stole from his
pantaloons pocket $lsl. He then came to
town, hired livery team and was last heard
of at Monroeville. He spent bis easily earn
ed money freely, buying nice watch Al
Nelson's before he left 7yffn Ad.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-07-27
ssrhe Good Time Coming"

According to the following collated from
the New York papers in the Buffalo Com
merciaL, the "good time coming may be
expected here shortly. A general revival
of trade and business of all kinds, is re-
suit most devoutly to be hoped for:
The New York papers represent money
as continuing abundant. The financial ar
ticle in the World of yesterday says capital
lists relaxed the rigor of their classification,
and loaned money to-day at and 81 per
cent, which yesterday they would not par,
with for better than 81 and six per cent
The business community are strong and
quite independent of the street. Their
wants are light and mostly supplied by
trade cash receipts; prudent feeling per
vades every branch of regular trade, and We
can see nothing, in the opening of the fall
trade, but subject of congratulation at the
universal prosperity. The people of the
United States are trading with caution on
round principles, and were never, at any
past period, more worthy of mercantile con
fidence.
The Post of the same day mentions the
Stock market as again tending rapidly up
ward. The business of the stock marke
yesterday at New York is said to have beer
very large. The absorption of railroad
bonds continues unabsted, and prices of mos
kinds are better. The Michigan Southerr
seconds jumped to 60, at which $4,000
changed hands privately. The sinking
funds went to 794. Cleveland & Toledo
sinking funds rose to IA, and Hudson firsts
ITO, the latter, we believe, the highest price
ever touched.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-07-27
More of the BarbarIsm OF slavery.

Tho Leavenworth Herald, of July 18th,
contains letter from Paris, Kansas, July
9th, giving an account of the murder of
Charles Doy and Henry Wolfe, by band
of pro-slavery ruffians, who had trumped up
charge of horse stealing against their vic
Tins. Doy, Wolfe and his son were cap
tured by party OF nine armed men, tried
by lynch court and sentenced to death
Young Doy and young Wolfe, succeeded
in making their escape, the latter badly
wounded The old man was taken out aud
shot, and his body left on tho prairie. Doy
took refuge in the house of Wolfe. The
lynchers discovered his hiding place, sur
rounded it, procured load Of hay, fred it,
and succeeded in dislOdging him. He was
captured again and Immediately put %
death. This victim of pro-slavery hate was
son of Dr.. Chas, Doy, formerly of Roch-
ester, N. Y, and who with his father, suf-
fered the grossest indignities that their bru-
tai captors could invent in toe Jail of Platte
City, Mo. The son was finally acquitted
and the father was subsequently rescued by
band of Free State men from Lawrence
Doctor Doy was lecturing at the east, the
son remaining in Kansas to protect the fam
Iily.-Leader.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-07-27

The chimney of st. Rollox at Glasgow,
built in 1s46, is 454 feet high above the
foundations, and 432 feet above the ground,
Its diameter at the base is so feet, and at
the top IL feet. 1t was once struck by
lightning, and cracked from top to bottom,
but was saved by being hooped with iron,
Townsend's chimney at Port Dundas near
Glasgow, was finished in 1859. 1t is 46s
feet high from foundations, and 454 feet
from the ground. It's 80 feet in diameter
at the base, and IA at the top. When 22o
Of it had been put up, it was bent feet out
of line by a storm. 1t was Strengthened by
saving into the seams one-third through the
chimney on the convex side, removing the
mortar. Its cost was $4,000. Both chin
neys are used to carry off the gases from
chemical works. The spire of Strasbourg
Cathedral is higher than either of these
.chimneys-473 feet.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-07-27
Tho Canvass I'm Indiana.

Indiana, from present indications, will be
as sure to cast her vote for Lincoln and
Hamlin as tho election will come round
The Opposition are firmly united, and work
ing together with will, Wide Awake
Clubs and Vigilance Committees are being
formed in every part of the State, and the
documents are being circulated freely
Among the prominent speakers on the
stump are Henry S. Lane, Judge Morton,
Schuyler Colfax, G. M. Clay, Tom. Corwin,
Will Cumback, Judge Kilgore, James. Viii.
son, Chas. Case, and Geo. w. Julian. In a
short time Carl Schurz and F. Hassaurek
will each fill series of appointments to
speak in the German language.
The Breckenridge men are organizing,
and will deal sockdologers among the Doug
las men during the campaign. They claim
majority in Southern Indiana, where
Breckenridge and Lane are both very pop
ular. Six more papers, that were counted
on for Douglas, have hoistcd the National
Democratic colors.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-07-27

We find in the Georgia Southernsr &
Advertiser of the 18th inst, defense of
Mr.. Douglas from the charge of hostility
to Slavery brought against him by the
Breckenridge Democracy; and for the pur-
pose of showing his Northern friends how
he is looked upon by his friends in the
South, we give the following extract:
Is the political death ofstephen A. Douglas Of such con
sequences that the Democratic party should be
der to accomplish that endl We think not Is not the
glorious and ehivalrous OF Douglas, up to 1883
atOHeastf for his present political HS II In reality he
has anyi Up TO the time he opposed the admission Of
Kansas under the Lecompton Constiuton-no north
Of Mason Dixon'a line had stood gaAntly by the
ghts Of the South He has defended institution BE-
fore the infurated obs OF Chicago when his life was
threatened II he dare do it, He s the only Of the
North who has defended gro slavery shs tka
humane and bsHsfeidf t0th 10 fAe black and ohi,
race. We might 60 into particulars upon Mr.. Douglas
defence Of South but did not set do So there
fore this Is a digTsssiOH.
There is one virtue in this defense: Il
does not show determination to Ego il
blind" and seek to cover up and deny the
principles of the candidate, as do Mr.. Doug
las Fremont friends, in the case of Mr.
johnson. The SoutAsrner meets the ques
tiou fairly, confesses Douglas unsoundness
but offsets it against his former long ser
vice to the South.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-07-27
Hannibal HamIin,s Record.

The Syracuse Journal thus epitomizes
the Congressional record Of the Republican
candidate for Vice President, on the Sla-
very question:
In 1945, as a member Of the House of
Representatives, Hannibal Hamlin voted
against the joint resolution to amer Texas,
Notwithstanding he had to oppose the pop
ular decision of his party in doing So
In 1s47, Mr.. Hamlin voted for the Will
mot Proviso, in order to keep our prospec-
tive acquisition from Mexico free from the
taint and curse of slavery.
In ls4s, Mr.. Hamlin voted in the Uni
ted States Senate for the slavery restriction
clause in the bill for the organization Of the
Territorial Government of Oregon.
In 1850 Mr.. Hamln voted to insert a
similar restriction in the bills organizing
Utah aud New Mexico, and that measure
failing, voted against tho bills organizing
those Territories without slavery prohibition,
and in so doing he obeyed the explicit in-
structions of the Democratic Legislature
of Maine.
In 1850, also, Mr.. Hamlin's voice was
the first raised in the United States SEN
ate for the unqualified, unconditional ad.
mission of California as a Free State, and
his speech on this question was one of the
ablest delivered during that session of Con-
gress.
In 1850, likewise, Mr.. Hamlin voted
against that bill of abomination, the Fugi-
tive Slave Law.
In 1850 Mr.. Hamln voted against the
bill giving ten millions of dollars to Texas
for land that never belonged to her.
In 1854, Mr.. Hamlin voted against that
wicked measure, the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise.
Mr.. Hamlin, like Mr.. Lincoln was con-
sistent supporter of the principles Of the
Republican party, before the party itself
was organized. Though one was Wing
and the other Democrat, both were firm
opponents of slavery extension, and on that
issue both present a clear record. Both
were among the earliest and most effective
advocates of the new organization.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-07-27
Douglas Repudiates TIimseIf.

"SlaUes are regarded AS PROPERTY, and placed an
EQUAL FOOTING with all other property Hence the
owner Of saveshe the Of any other spe-
cies Of property, HAS RIGHT TO REMOVE TO ANY
TERRITORY AND CARRY HIS PROPERTY WITH HIM. -
-Speech of Douglas in New Orleans, December 1858.
1t used to be thought that Slavery could
only go where it was invited by special To-
cal enactment That was the old Demo
cratic doctrine. But Douglas in his yea
for slavery, and TO conciliate the South, in
itiated the abominable heresy, that the
boundaries of slavery are broad as the Con.
stitution. Under his Interpretation, slavery
may go into every foot of territory belong,
ing to the United States-law or no law
1t is held to be as sacred and as sovereign
as Freedom.
Hence his boast that this doctrine had
converted the whole Of New Mexico, once
free, into Slave territory. And so it did
Why should he not be rewarded for SO no
bio an achievement?
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-07-27
What has He Donel


We will give a "pretty thing" TO any
rampant Douglas man who will point us to
a single act of any consequence performed
by Douglas during the session of Congress
just closed. Take any question of impor-
tance to the people, upon which an issue
can be made, and upon which first class
statesman ought to occupy firm, open, un-
equivocal stand, and show where Douglas
has spoken or voted for or against it. He
has kept mum with an eve single to the
Presidency.
When the Senate Committees were be-
ing reconstructed 10 such manner and for
such purpose, that any Senator with a
spark of manliness, independence or digni-
ty would have been there and made himself
heard-in other words, when the Senate
was heaping insult and indignity upon
Douglas--where was heG He had the
pleurisy!
When the death of Broderick was an
nounced-the man who had died fighting
Douglas battles-when tributes were to be
paid to his memory, and when Douglas, Of
all living men, should have been there
among the foremost in bonoring the memo
ry of the martyr where was be9 He had
the diarrhed.
When the Homestead bill was to be vo-
ted upon, giving to the poor laboring man
free home, for the use and support of him.
self and his family-where was Douglas
He had sore throat!
When the bill for the admission of Kan.
sas was up, where was Douglas, the cham
pion Of Popular Sovereignty, who had di
vided the Democratic party upon the Kan
sas question! He was paired off!
So we might go on. Whenever ques
ton was up, on which Senator might
show himself to be a man, or upon which
an issue might be made before the people
or when his enemies were handling him
and his dogmas without mercy, Dougla:
was invariably absent, cause-pleurisy, di
arrhea, sore throat, or paired!
No! He opened his mouth on one oc
casion-that was when he introduced hi.
invasion bill, under the pretense of protect
ing the Slave States against invasions anC
instructions, but in reality to gag free
speech in the North and gain the smiles o
the Southern lords, who had been kicking
and cutting him for more than year. Herr
Douglas stood up and talked fuently anc
enthusiastically, but the effort failed in th'
effect for which it was intended. We be
lieve he also produced re-hash of hi
Squatter Sovereignty harangues and Mag
azine essays, but that likewise fell stillborl
to the EARTH
Such is Douglas-called, by way of bur
lesque, a STATESMAN" the "Little Giant,
and so forth-whom intelligent people ar
. coolly and impudently asked to vote for!
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-07-27

The Hon. John Hickman of Chester
County, Pa, has declared his intention to
take tho stump for Lincoln, Hamlin and
Curtin. He is announced to speak at a
grand Republican mass meeting at West
chester, on Friday week. He is an eloquent
and powerful speaker, and his exposures OF
President Buchanan's treacheries and cor
ruptions will be most whitening. We un-
derstand it is Mr.. Hickmsn's intention To
mako a tour of the Western States during
the campaign, and address meetings wherev,
er possible. At the urgent request of Fran
els p Blair, he has consented to visit Mis-
souri, and help the Republicans along ia
their noble fight in that State. Mr.. Hick
man spoke in Philadelphis on tho evening
Of the oath inst, ..-.'.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-07-27

The British inch had its origin, says
John Taylor, high authority, in the meas
urement of the earth by the founders of the
Great Pyramid. They determined with
great exactness the proportion which the
diameter of circle bears to- its eifcumfeT-
encc, and having ascertained the measure
of the circumference of the earth, suppos-
ing it to be perfect sphere, they divided
tho diameter into 5OO0OO,O0O of units,
which We call inches. This appears Ia
have been the origin of our inch. The po-
lar diameter of the earth, according TO Mr.
Airy's calculation, is equal TO SOC, O,4sI, ,440
of these inches, which measure so little ex-
ceeds the mean diameter of the earth, &C
cording to the ancients. as to require the
addition of only one-thousandth part To
render it with almost mathematical preeis.
ion, the 500 millionth part Of the earth's
axis of rotation.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-07-27

We have good accounts from Maine, the
first State to vote for State officers in Sep
tember. A correspondent ia Brunswick,
describing a great mass meeting there ad- ;
dressed BY Gov. Morrill,, Mr.. BurIingame,
and Israel Washburne, jr., the Republican
candidate for Governor. ain eonelusion,p
writes our correspondent alet me say that
the people of Maine are alive, and are sem
sible Of the real issue before the country.
Your readers may be assured that no effort
will be spared to roll up such a vote as
shall make true the old adage, 'Asgoes Maine
so goes the Union. Putdown our majority for
Washburne at 10000, and for Honest Old
Abe, 26,O0O.-- Tribune,
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-07-27

The above question is answered n fol-
lows:
He is q slippery, wiry politician and q
most dishonest and unscrppulous dema-
gogue.
He voted for the wilmot Proviso, for or
ganiziDg the territory Of Oregon with sla-
very prohibition clause, and 70 extend the
Missouri Compromise line 10 the Pacific.
In 1850, be voted for the infamous fugi-
tive slave law.
In 1858, as Chairman Of the Committee
on Territories, he made a report that it
would be impolitic and unjust aud an act
of bad faith to disturb the Missouri Com
promise; and few weeks after at the die
tation Of the South introduced a measure
repeating that Compromise and re-oPening
the slavery agitation.
When the Kansas-Nebraska bill was
pending, be voted against amendments of.
fered BY Chase and others, declaring that
the people should have the right to exclude
slavery aud TO elect their own officers.
He says he cares not whether slavery is
'voted up or voted down" in tho Territories
aud that it is matter for the Supreme
Court and not the people to decide.
He declares that the stakeholder with
his slave, has an equal right with the own
er Of horse or COW, to occupy the Terri
tories.
He made a speech in the Senate few
months ago, advocating "SeditiOn Law" !"
to suppress free discussion at the North and
to harass peaceful citizens.
He has never refused to eatdirt when the
South required it.
He is political adventurer, bankrupt in
morals and character, and more than that
his coat tail is too near the ground to evsr
I be President.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-07-27

PRICE OF STRAwBERRIEs IN SAN FRAN
oIsco.-The California Farmer, of June
8, states that strawberries, of the Longworth
Prolific variety, four 10 six inches in circum-
ference, we're sold at auction in San Francis
co, at 81 e2f pound. The Lusk brothers,
near that city, have eighty acres in straw
berries, and send from two TO four thousand
pound poundsa day to market They also
have ten acres of raspberries, and five acrcs
Of blackbsrriss and employ from thirty 70
sixty Pickers.