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Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-07-04

"A STATE CONVENTION.-We presume 1t will be ne
cessary again to assemble the State Convention of
the Democratic party. It is the opinion in this sec
ton of the State that such is necessary. If
it be So the call should be made at as early date
as possble-say in three or four weeks. We pre-
sumo the same delegates could again attend or, if
it be practicable, new delegates might be appointed
But the difficulty of getting up primary meetings
at this busy season Of the year may be serious
obstacle However the matter may be determined
upon, we feel authorized to say that the Democracy
of Rowan at least will be satisfied Of the necess-
ty OF Convention, however, there can hardly be a
doubt Our contemporaries and leading Democrats
should at once speak out on this matter We go for
the Convention, on say Thursday the 10th of July
next Salisbury Banner.
We have in our possession Recommendation to
the Executive State Committee, signed by eight of
the delegates to the Baltimore Convention; that
Democratic State Convention be held "as soon as
practicable, for the purpose of harmonizing the ac-
ton of the party in the next Presidential election"
Nearly all the members Of the delegation who have
been approached on the subject have signed the re-
commendation; and we trust that those of them
who have not signed it, but Mho are disposed to do
so, will authorize us at once to afx their signatures
to the paper. ai :sfrs&ss. - 8.
Some action should and mast be had to unite the
vote of the State against the Opposition. There is
no good Democrat in the State who does rot prefer
Douglas or Breckenridge to Lincoln and Bell. A
union ticket suggested elsewhere in our paper to.
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-07-04

- The Washington correspondent of the New
York Times says Gov. Fitzpatrck's declination of
the nomination for the Presidency took his friends
by SURPRISE in view of the fact that he had said he
would accept. 1t is said he asked time'of the COM
mittee to consider and said that if he was pressed
he would decline They asked for an answer at an
early period, whereupon he declined.
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-07-04

!. That's part Of the sinking fund, as chap said
when q box Of specie went to the bottom Fof the
river. .:ssg- st5 slsiis.I:;zx
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-07-04

day, would enable us to sweep the State, and thus
aid in the election Of Breckinridge or Douglas by
the people, or in sending the election to the House.
. We look to the Executive Committee, to the Elec-
tors themselves, or to State Convention for some
authoritative Recommendation which will enable the
Democracy Of the State TO present solid front to
their opponents. =
We learn that in the absence of Mr.. Haywood,
the Chairman Of the Committee that member of the
Committee residing here, (Mr Barringer,) has very
properly written to the various members, requesting
q meeting about the 9th Of July. 1t has been sug
gested that the best time for holding Convention,
provided it should be called, would be the lst of
z September. --55..t--.-
Z We may add, in support of suggestion for
ckes ticket for the Presidency, that in the Demo
meeting held in this City on Monday night
1T, this plan was recommended by Hon. D. NJ. Bar
ringer and Capt. John Walker. We have explained
the operation of the proposed plan under the head
of ?" The Electionof 1924" in our paper to-day.
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-07-04

Both the Democratic Conventions at Balti-
more made arrangements for permanent organiza-
ton and for Conventions in 1864. From this State,
Robert P. Dick, Esq, was appointed on the Execu-
tive Committee by the Douglas Convention, and
Hon. Samuel p Hill was appointed on similar
Committee by the Breckenridge Convention
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-07-04

Pryor FOR BREcKINR1DGE.-The Hon. Roger A.
Pryor telegraphed from Washington on the 25th to
the Editor of the Petersburg Inder that it is his de-
termination to support Breckenridge and Lane
The Enquirer and Examiner of Richmond have
hoisted the names of Breckenridge and Lane. The
Editor of the Ider promises in his next issue to de-
fine his position. .r
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-07-04
SCHOOLS AT HAYW8OD. -
: NEXT SESSION WILL COMMERCE THE 2sD

j of JULY. ,s,...,,. - ssttt ~ 80.
this school private enterprise designed be perma-
nent. He soics liberal patronage iron former friends
and the public generally; and rnta win apply I'll bis
mentally and morally, those cenmitfet 10 bis care,
Haywood is high healthy le6ayon With excellent wa
ter, surrounded by district of ususuaf fertility md plen-
~. The people intelligent bospitab epd skno
community is better. There two Chprchs fhe place,
Methodist and Presbyterian and Sun
day. Mail facilities good Students wouid well 10
spply Immediately. Is ave desifed.. tssg aesff.q
81 Classical per session, s.'lfles 81 81 ~ be
n Other rates, u t,s.6 sfts 0I5 90 snifaos06
The Principal has made srnueensbbs NJ bossi-kt O.
to SO per month, in private famihsb. fsa hsstsI
For further informaieu addEess ass, gt,,Itg-
June %, 1860: = s.s
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-07-04

AZ The Sohshern Convention at Richmond,
Va, endorsed the nomination Of Breckinridge and
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-07-04

The Democratt of Granville are requested to meet in
Oxford, WEDNESDAY the 4th Of July next, to p0mi-
nate candidates in place Of T. L. Hargrove and c. H. X.
Taylor who have declined. full meeting is earnestly
requested. s-s2 90 cf'.Ia. s g.ssiI
81 June 90, 1867 .5....,.5, sjt 52-A2t
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-07-04

- W The Wilmington Journal the Fayetteville
Carolinian, the Fayetteville Courier, the Goldsboro
Tribune, and Salisbury Banner have declared for
Breckenridge and Lane. The Newbern Daily Prog
ress has declared for Douglas s25f
Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-07-04
DEMOCRATIC CONyENiTjION.3 Ia \ !

June %, 1860.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-24

A QUEER AND BEAUTIFUL MEXICAN Cry
Mazatlan is beautiful city of 10000 inhab-
itants, located at the entrance of the Gulf
of California. The houses are nearly all one
story, few indeed being of two. They are
built of Mexican brick, with very thick
walls, and are generally of brilliant white,
a few being cream-color, The roofs are of
tiles, the floors of brick, and the windows
large and unprotected by iron bars--a few
having glass shutters On the inside. The
streets are very narrow, but very clean and
paved. The widest streets are not much
wider than required for two carts to pass
each other; the middle-sized barely wide
enough, and the narrow ones only wide
enough for one to travel in. The city, as a
whole, is the cleanest aud neatest one have
ever been in, and the inhabitants are as neat
and cleauly in proportion.
The outside doors of the houses are yery
strong and heavy, with locks, boil s and bar
ricades for fastenings. This is to protect the
inhabitants in time OF revolution. Each
house occupies square, being built along
the four sides, and large court yard in the
center, full Of shrubbery, orange, lime
and cocoanut trees, giving o very pleas
ing appearance. The public square is
small, all paved over, the principal
Promenade being around it, and on
the inside of its walls, with seats on each
side, and orange and lime-trees at very short
intervals between them. The harbor is
small aad difficult of access, on account Of a
bar across its mouth; large vessels can not
get in. The inhabitants are very civil to
strangers, and quiet in their demeanor.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-24
PRICE ONE CENT
ANebIe .Henrted Pr,neh Pa.tor.

A nOble-hearted French pastor has lust
received the MOnthyon prize Of virtue Of
1900 francs, for his services to humanity.
NJ. Bost is Protestant minister Of Hugue-
not descent, pastor at La Force in Dor
dogne. He came to Paris in his youth to
study for an artist. An infant, abandoned
by its mother, came under his notice, called
forth his charity, and eventually led to his
conversion. He now studied for the min
istry, became q pastor at La Force, and soou
his benevolent impulses led him to care fof
orphan girls AMONG his flock. His means
were small, but his faith was large, and he
founded an institution called the Gospel
Family, for their support and instruction,
from which 200 have already gone forth,
and eighty-seven are now annually cared for
and taught. Adjoining the Orphan House
is a school, for the poor children Of the neigh
borhood taught by youth, whom Bost
found in the street, and educated for this
work. III ..........y r-.. ,#...
Among the orphans sent to him, there was
now and then an idiot. At first he believed
them incurabe, but finding them sensible to
musical sounds, he attempted their improve
ment through this medium, and succeeded
wonderfully. Many of these girls have be-
come intelligent under his care. He built,
after time, q home for idiot girls, which he
named Bethesda, whess be has now fifty-6ve
under treatment, most of them promising
well. The report of what he had been able
to accomplish for these, induced parents to
send him idiot boys also, SO in process of
time a Sloan rose beside his Bethesda,
where they, too, were cared for, and this is
now nearly filed. Often he has been re-
duced to sore straits, but he knew the
promise of God was sure, and he never
failed of receiving supply. Money would
come from Catholics and Protestants, from
Paris, from London, from all parts of Europe.
The peasants, unable to give money, gave
their labor, at one time to the amount of
over $4,000 Such simple faith in God, and
modest, unassuming benevolence, deserve to
be recorded, and TO be initiated.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-24

The London Times on American Slavery
and secession-The Thuuderer HorrIaed
and Alarmed at the Prospect Of DisuniOn.
The London Times of the 9Th inst. observes:
A few years ago all England went crying
mad over story which certainly was a mas
terpiece of writing. The first impression was
that which the writer intended-an un-
bounded horror of slavery and indignation
against the slave master. Never was elo-
guence better listened to; never had an ar
gument fairer play, for at least 1000, 900
British men and women read OF listened to
the book in the silence of their homes, and
the fair advocate carried the sympathies
SPELL bound to the last line of the last page.
What is now the result. We are fair
and reasoning people. We have looked into
the condition of the negro, as described by
the novelist. We have REALIZED" the "in-
stitution." We have apprehended the great
ness of the fact, and ask ourselves, "What
can be doneW We have compared the evil
with evils of our own, and reflected with
what difficulty we get over-if we do get
over-our own social mischiefs and scandals.
There is no use in violent language, we say
to ourselves; what is to be done2 That is
the question. We have, too, been made
aware, and have had it brought home to our
conscience, that we consume largely slave
grown cotton, and sugar and coffee, and that
lu6 very pdp6T On WulCHd COPIES
Uncle Toms Cabin were spread over this
country was made from slave produce.
Returning thus to our senses, to our reason,
and to our conscience, we have come to take
a much quieter view of the domestic insti-
tuition" We feel for the slaves, but we feel
also for the masters, and we have satisfied
ourselves that it does no good to the former
to abuse the latter. We are aware, too, that
slavery was British bequest to the States.
All these considerations apply quite as much,
and more nearly by several degrees, to the
Northern States.
May not this quarrel give way to calm
in which the real difficulties of the question
will be met and quietly answered. 1t is toe
true that the commerce of the United State:
is almost, ifnot quite, as much committed rC
slavery as its agriculture. For what would
| New FORK be without slavery2 But what
alas would Liverpool and Manchester
| What this metropolis2 Can not all the
| partners in this business put their heads to-
| gether shake hands over the quarrel, anC
think what can be done to mitigate what i
| is so difficult to abolish2 Perhaps we speal
to the deaf, but any thing is better than di
| yiding State against State, house agains
house, and servant egsa.iinst master in tn
most rising nation in the world.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-24
lcoNMUNIcATED.l
A Broad Church Lurnry.


An ancient legislator made II a crime de-
serving death for man, in times Of high
agitation and peril, to remain neutral. The
clergy of the United States can not, to say
is said in Holy Writ, "Because thou art
the least, be held amenable to that law. 1t
neither hot nor cold, will spew thee out of
my mouth" 1t is evident that our divines
do not mean to be spewn.
The last production of this kind is the
Thanksgiving Discourse of the Rev. DR..
Bellows which is published in the Cl.ristidn
Inquirer. The Doctor has hitherto shown
himself champion in times of suspense"
and SO his opinions on national matters will
doubtless attract some attention. The item
which particularly merits attention is the
following, which closes that part of the SER
mon directed especially to the Doctors rich
business men: 30
"But when you reflect that, change your
opinions and alter your policy on the sub
iect as you may, it could make no essential
difference in the feeling and political action
of the North, which is ruled now from the
country; when you reflect that you are now
committed, by Destiny and by Providence,
to all the consequences of an anti-slavery
policy, you will find the immense luxury of
yielding to the generous and moral instincts
of your souls, and of declaring that, cost
what it may 10 your ease and commercial
prosperity, you will abide in your lot dis
charge your duty to your country and to
God, and take the consequences
Montaigne speaks of "a certain decrepid
virtue" which comes when a mans senses
are too drowsy for enjoyment; of "a very
filthy repentance" which comes to one who
has exhausted himself in vice, and which he
makes as the ascendency of moral principle.
Something of the same sort must be CO.
creed valor. We can imagine Falstaff regi-
ment-brave when there's no possibility of
running away. And although this would
seem to a casual reader to be meant for the
most affecting portion of the discourse, it is
easy to detect the wag therein. As the oc-
casion did not permit the Doctor to put his
| Joke as broadly as the common comprehen-
| sion, the following paraphrase of the above
sentence will give the sense of it in clearer
| language: "My respectable and wealthy
friends, the games upl You're in for it.
| Winks and blinks will avail no more. We've
offered to be any thing, to do any thing; they
| have positively refused to allow rs to be
their scaveEgers or boot-blacks, down South
They will undoubtedly go. Now's your
time to play the next-best card. That care
is beroism. Destiny compels things. Provi
dence has cornered you; you can't dodge
your duty. So now, heroically, voluntarily
self sacrihcingly, Spartanically abide in youl
lot (which you can't leave) discharge your
duty to your country and to God, and take
the consequences-nobly, since you CAM
dodge. You have now a chance to enjoy tn,
immense Iu1ury of obeying the generous auC
moral instincts of your SOUL instead of thu
interests which have hitherto led you; thi
lnv"rv will be immense nocS;;So ,,,,S1So r,, Ulex
mupity.D -.... x,
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-24
Danger and Fear-The Absurdity of C0ur.
Rge Under all Cironmstnnces.

A writer in ETdzer's Magazine remarks:
1t is natural, when in danger, to be afraid.
It is natural, when you are possessed by any
strong feeling to show it. You see all this
in children this is the point which the PEN
dulum starts from. 1t swings over, and we
find a reaction from this. The reaction is,
TO maintain and exhibit perfect eoo.ness and
indifference in danger to pretend to be in
capable Cf fear. This state of things we find
in the Red Indian, rude and unciVilized
being. But it is plain that with people who
are able to think, there must be a reaction
from this.
1t is pure nonsense to talk about being in-
capable of fear. / remember reading some
where about Queen Elizabeth, that her soul
WAS incapable of fear. That statement is
false and absurd. You may regard fear as
unmanly and unworthy yoh may repress
the manifestations oft; but the state ofmind
which Qn beings not properly mOnstrous or
defective) follows the perception Of being in
danger, is fear. AS surely as the perception
Of light is sight, so surely is the perception
ofdabger fear. Aud for a man to say that
his soul siucapable of fear, is just as absurd
as to say that from peculiarity of constitu-
ton, when dipped in water, he does not get
wet.
You, human being, whoever you may be,
when you are placed in danger, and know
you are placed in danger, and reflect on the
fact, you are afraid. Don't vapor and say
no we know how the mental machine must
work, unless it he diseased. Now the
thoughtful man admits all this: he admits
that bullet through his brain would be a
very serious thing for himself, and likewise
for his wife and children; he admits that he
shrnBs from such prospect: he will take
pains TO protect himself from the risk but
he says that if duty requires him to run the
risk be will run it. This is the courage OF
the civilized man, as opposed to the blind,
bulldog insensibilty of the savage. This is
courage-know the existence of danger, but
to face it nevertheless.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-24

PRosAIo GRADGISDIsM.-T The Advantage of
Ri0id Economy Some mathematical genius,
after laborious research, has just demon
strated the following facts;
The cost of washing linen that might have
been worn one day longer, jnst as well,
amounts to enough in this country, to more
than defray the expenses Of the American
Board of Foreign Missionsi
The expenses of buttons worn on the back
of our coats, where they are of no earthly
use, is equal to the support of all our orphan
asylumsl
/, The value of tails of dress coats, (of no
value in reality for warmth or convenience
is actually greater than for common schools
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-24

A MADMAN HARABGUISG PARIS FROM THE
TOP OF MoNUMENT,-The residents in the
Place Vendome, Paris, and the persons who
happened to be passing through it, were one
afternoon thrown into considerable alarm,
by observing man on the top of the column,
using the most violent gestures, and at the
same time uttering loud cries. Every one
expected that he intended to throw himself
over the railings but fortunately sergeant
de vile ascended the staircase and was able
to secure him. Being taken before the Com
missary of Police of the quarter, he CAV. lis
name as Charles "A journeyman watch
maker, and native of Switzerland. He
gave way to the most violent declamations,
in which political matters were mixed up.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-24
A MILLINERY EsTARLIsHMRNT RoBnRp OF

A MILLINERY EsTABLIsHMBST RoBBRD OF
EIGHT THOUSAND DoLLAas' WORTH OF
GooDs.-Mrs. Turner's millinery-store, on
Canal street, New Orleans, was robbed of
about eight thousand dollars worth of the
richest laces and embroideries, the thief Sc
lecting, with thorough knowledge of its
position, the very costliest articles on the
Shelves. From the nature of these goods,
through representing SO large an amount of
money, they could be all packed away con-
veniently under mans overcoat, and car
ried off without his attracting attention upon
himself by their bulkiness. fa
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-24

A FORTUNE LEFT TO AN Ex-OPERATIo
CoUNTEss.-The Countess de Spare, cele-
brated when Pasta sang at the Italian Opera as
the brilliant Mile. Naldi, has received leg
acy Of 100000. She is the daughter of Naldi,
celebrated in his day for a buffo-comico
Italian singer; but her retirement from the
stage in 1923, upon her marriage with Count
de Spare, French General, prevented her
easily have commanded had she pursued her
profession. She received this legacy from
Mons. Hermann Lupus, an old stock broker,
who died childless, and without any kindred,
q few weeks siuce.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-24

A FORTHCOMING EUROPEAN BLUE Book
A Paris publisher has issued a prospectus
of a new monthly publication of rather
novel kind, to be commenced on the lst of
January next and to be entitled Archives
Diplomatiques." The aim is to make the
work European Blue Book, interesting
and useful to public men and public writer's
of all countries. Its staple contents will be
ence and memoranda, documents relating to
special questions-such as Italy, Syria and
China; and while the interests of the pres
ent will be chiefly consulted, the past is not
to be ignored
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-24

A DUKE KNOCKED ON THE HEAD BY THE
PoLICE.-In Glasgow, Scotland, before the
Empress Eugene appeared at the hotel door,
a considerable crowd had assembled at the
narrow space in front of the hotel, aud it be-
came necessary to clear the way to permit
the Empress to have easy access to the car
riage. For this purpose the police had to
use their batons, which they did rather in
the way of pushing back the crowd than in
striking them. Itso happened that the Duke
of Athol got mixed up in the mass, and he
must have been considerably surprised when
he got pretty good 'crack on the Groom"
rom poiceman's baton. His Grace took
the stroke in extremely good part.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-24

SINGULAR SUIT ABOUT AN ALBUM.-A sin
gular suit was brought in Paris the other
day. Arnault. the manager of the Hippo
asked him to write some stanzas in it. The
young man took the album home, and not
only put his own poetry into it, but his
friends, seeing it on his table, added their
thoughts and autographs. In the course of
time the album became full, and is worth
5000. The young man kept the album for
himself seeing it full of his friends auto
graphs. Arnault brought suit and recoy-
cred it. .---
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-24

AN AsTRoLoGER's PRoPHEsY.-Hague, who
professes to be an astrologer, wrote, in his
Voice of the Stars, on the LIST of August,
1865: Secretary Cobb will have harder
time of it in counting Uncle Sans money
than any Secretary during the last thirty-six
or thirty. seven years. When be quits the
Office the Treasury will be filled with bor-
rowed gold and the country at war;"
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-12-24

HUMBoLDTs LIBRARY.-The New York Eve-
ming Post is advised that our countryman,
Henry Stevens, has bought Humboldt's libra
~, in Berlin, just as he left it, IL was
shipped from Hamburg to him in London
the last week in November, in forty-eight
cases. The catalogue consists of Il, 900 titles
about 5000 bound volumes, and the rest
small books and pamphlets. Many of the
books are very bulky and costly.