davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-02-19

H The disunionsts are attempting to produce
the impression that the Union men are inclined to
favor coercion. This impression is utterly Unbound
ed The Union cannot be maintained by force. As we
said last summer, it would fall to pieces at the
first touch of aggressive OF coercive power"
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-02-19

~ The effort now being made in this State to
prostitute the old Democratic organization to ad-
vance the selfish ends of the disunionsts cannot be
too severely censured In the name of the "Old
Guard"-in the name of justice and patriOtism-we
protest against this prostitution. Let the people
bear in mind that this is no party contest and that
the issue now is Union or Disunion.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-02-19

UNION Executive CoMNITrEE.-The following
gentlemen have been appointed under resolution
adopted at the meeting held in this city the 9th
instant to act as a Union Executive Committee for
Wake County: Hiram Weatherspoon, K. P. Bat
tie, D. G. Fowle, John R. Harrison, Frank l. Wilson,
and S. H. Rogers
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-02-19

AZ Beware of wolves in sleeps clothing "
Vote for man, ielowcitizens who will not pledge
himself to work zealously and hopefully for the
Union. The man who has no hope is disunionist;
the man who has little hope will do but little to pre-
serve the Union
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-02-19

R The account of the discussion at Rolesville
between Messrs. Lewis and Holden, given in the
State Journal of the 10th, over the signature of
"uUentus" is tissue of perversions suppressions,
and misrepresentation from first to last. We pro-
nounced it so in the Town Hall on Monday, and we
so pronounce it here.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-02-19
The ConstitutIon and the Union,

Hon. George E. Badger, W. w. Holden, and
Quentin Busbee, the Union candidates for the Con-
yention from Wake County, will address the people
of Wake County at the following times and places:
Holly Springs, Saturday, February 29d.
Laws, Monday, February 25th.
Dunnsville, Tuesday, February 26th.
Green Level Wednesday, February 9th.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-02-19

Bowen, Holmes & Co., formerly Bowen & Nc
Nance, large Abolition Dry Goods house IN New
York, proprietors of Henry Ward Beecher's paper,
the Independent, has suspended
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-02-19

,opcIAL NOTICE-The STANDARD is conducted strictly
81 sSs CASH system Al papers Discontinued at tie
Tpon o tks time for tekich they haze been paid S6
,n be notified wEEEs before their out
oss MARK on their papers, and unless the subscription
.ns,rsd the paper OM be discontinued. This is rule
15iek there scA be departure. Watch for the
TUt md rsne,O your subscription.
"I WssEly Standard 50 per dnnuna, in advance.
S,m;. WsetLy 81 per dRnuns, IN Advance
- subscribers desiring their papers changed must
:5on the Post Office FROM well as the to, which
me- desire the change to be made.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-02-19

fnNHERE ARE MANY CITIZENS OF THE
u County of Alamanee who desire the election OF the
and .,v;ii cote f,r him MANY VOTERS.
Pah * 1891 2l-tf
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-02-19
SPRING PARASOLS.
Z q q i.
PARASOLS AND PARASOLETS

JUST TO HAND BY EXPRESS. .--ti
w. If. & r.. S. TUCKER.
Raleigh, Feb. 20, 1851. 122-E 2.
WWE APPEAL TO THE HEAD.-ANOThERs
w Arrival, by Express Of those fashionable MOLE
SKIN HATS VIII 3. S. TUCKER
Raleigh, Feb. IS, 1881. 22-h
NJOTICE. THE CANDIDATES TO REPRESENT
IN the county Of Granville, in the Convention of the
people of viii address their feiIowcitizens
at the f)IluwDg tinies and places: =
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-02-19
MARRIED.

At the residence of John Eddingers Davidson county
the 18th inst, by w F. Henderson, Esq., Jacob Kenne
day to Miss Elizabeth Blair
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-02-19
Departure Of Mr. Lincoln from Pittsburg-AnOth.
or Sleech

Departure Of Mr. Lincoln from Pittsburg-AnOM-
or Speech.
PTTsBURG, Feb. 15-Mr. Lincoln left here this
morning for cleveland. Before taking his depar-
ture he made address, in substance as follows:
He alluded to the political condition of the coun-
try, and said he had been expected to say something
on this subject, but if it done it would require
elaborate discussion, and consume time than
was at his disposal. 1t was perhaps unneces-
saTy to commit himself upon matters not yet fully
developed The condition of the country is extraor-
binary, and fills the mind of every patriot with anx
iety and solicitude. My intention is to give the
subject consideration before speaking definitely so
that when speak shall be as nearly right as pos
sible.
When 1 speak hope | shall say nothing to dis
appoint the people generally. Notwithstanding the
trouble in the South, there is really crisis except
an artificial one. There is nothing 10 justify their
urse. There is no crisis excepting one such
could be gotten up at any time by turbulent people,
aided by designing politicians.
My advice is, keep cool. If the people keep their
temper on both sides of the line troubles will
to an end, and this great nation will continue
as prosperous as heretofore.
Abiding to the tariff, he said the Chicago plat
form contained that plank and he thought it should
be regarded as law by the incoming admnstra--
ton. In fact said Mr.. Lincoln, the platform
that and all other subjects should be varied from
what the people understood it to mean when We
were asking for votes. :
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-02-22
A Winter Night in the Allegheny
Mountaina

The most rugged and hardy hunters and
wayfarers might woll dread a night passed
at this inclement season, ia wandering about
the bleak bills and rough valleys Of the ALE.
ebony mountains, and yet a little girl, of
six years old, lost in those horny hills for a
night, in which tho cold was within two do
grees of zcro, has just been providentially
preserved. On tho evening of Saturday.
December Stb. littlo Kate Pickell, daughter
OF Col. John Pickell, of Frosburg, Ailc.
eheny county, Maryland, loft her fart6ers
house to visit q little girl of the name of
Patterson, who lived n few hundred yards off.
AS she approached the house, she was
alarmed by the violent barking of the dog.
and passed. bevond it, Here she soon pot
bow ildered off into the mountains and
thickets of the noighborhood. A bitter
timo tho child must havo passed in travers-
ing those dreary soitudos on cold Decem.
her night; but God tompers the wind to
tho shorn lamb" Soon after tho loss of the
little girl was ascertained, tho church boil
OF the village near which she resided. was
rung and the people. in parties of about
fifty. set out to search the woods and moun.
tains in tho vicinity. They continued their
explorations until threo o'clock in the morn
ing. without success, and at daylight the
search was removed and prosecuted until
nine. Tho fear that thew should find tho
little maiden stark and stiff upon tho frozen
ground. or half dovourcd by wild beasts.
was greater than tho hopo that she might
yet be safe. Tho iattor. ho~evor. was Tho
case. All through the bleak and bitter
night, tho child had wandered through tho
wastes. without resting and at half.pas.
thrco o'clock in the morning she reached
the house of Mr.. Knode, where sho was
cared for. Sho could give no account of
where she bad been, but said sho had beon
obliged to walk fast all night to keep herself
warm. 1t was we'll that tho child did walk
fast to keep herself warm, for, in all proba-
bility, If she had once paused upon her
woary way, this little girl of six years of age
would never have survived 10 toll of her
wintor nights ramble in tho frosty Alo-
ghanes.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-02-22
The Official Gazette OF China.

Tho Chinese Government has an official
journal, similar to those soon in most of tho
states OF Europe. II Is organized. managed
and edited with AN ability which tho porsons
most experienced in tho mechanism of tho
press would admire IL satisfies all tho
wants OF governmental and private publicity.
embraces all questions. and unitcs moraliy
and politically the dtfercn; provinces TO tho
centre, by supplying official news which
must DO reproduced by tho provincial press.
IL 10 at once tneans Of government. o! cen
tralzation, OF justice, OF instruction and of
amusement The Pokin Gazette, as il is
called, appears daily in the form of a
pamphlot,and contains from sixty TO sovonty v
pages. Nothing can appear in it without,
having been previously examined by a DO.
iiticai or literary committee. Tho official
part emenaics from tho Emporors Cabinet.
which every day vorifes il with minute at
tontion. 1t notices all public affairs and
gives succinct recital Of tho principal
events, 1t contains the petitions and mem.
oirs presented to tho Emperor. with his ro.
plies, as well as his orders aud instruction,
to the mandarins. Records of judicial events
conclude the official part, which tho editors
cannot change in any respont Without cx-
posing themselves 10 lose their lives. This
severity, examples of which occur from time
70 tlmo, maintain among tho public an
almost religious respect for all that NAV an.
pear IN the Gazette. The journal is ro.
garded as tho expression OF tho Elnperor's
"iii, winch every one oboys, and before
which every ono bows. Honco il follows
that the Western powers havo great interest
IN slipulating that their conventions with the
CHINESE Government shall be published in
tho Official journal, that being tho best sane.
ton treaty can receive, aud being. moro.
over, a sort OF public conservation of it,
Tho nOno official part consists of matter
similar to that which appears in the political
and literary journals Of Europe; but. con.
trary to what exists in Europe, there is more
poetry than prose. The praises of tho En-.
pcror, or the recital of some of his acts. are
ordinarily the thomes of tho Chinese poets,
and they employ that exaggerated and hy-
periodical language which distinguishes the
Chinese from other nations. Among the
poetry arc also TO DO found fables and allie
gores. and it seems that tho Chinese had
their Esop long before the Crooks emerged
from barbarism. Similar to the ereat
Journals Of Paris, tho Pokin Gazette contains
u species of teuilleton, in which arc recorded
romantic and fantastic adventures. and in
which latterly tho Western devils" baye
been made 10 play leading part. Of course
being but littlo flatterod. Apart from the
exaggeration relative to tho Fou. Iapp.soi
(Frcnch) and the In.ki.li, (Enelish) the
journal is really interesting, and rothng is
better calculated to givo a correct idea of
tho Chinese empire, it's inhabitants, and
their mannors.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-02-22
Forgive Us as We Forgive.

MIR. Whitofild onco sobercd Gov. Oele.
thorpe, OF Georgia, when abusing his sory.
ant for some misdcmeanor, aud saving In
great excitement: "The rasca, shall suffer
for 1t, for ho knows | never forgive such
otionses. "lf you novor forgive" said
Whitefeld, quietly, hope you never sin. or
mood forgiveness of God" There is in
struc,ion in the following story:
In the middle ages, when the great lords
and knights woro always at war with each
othor, one OF them resolved to revenge
himself upon Doighbor who had offended
him. 1t chanccd that tho very evening
when he made this resolution, no heard thai
his enemy was to pass noar his castle, with
only few men with bin. 1t was a good
opportunity to take his revenge. and ho do.
termined not to lot it pass. Ho spoke of
TINS plan In tho presence of his chaplain.
who tried in vain to persuade him to give
it Up. Tho good man said a great deal to
tho duke about the sin of what he was going
to do. but in vain. AT longth, seeing that
all his words had no effect, he said
MY lord, since cannot persuade to give
up this plan Of yours, will you at loast con
sent to come with mo to the chapel. thar
we may pray together boforo you 20 2"
The duke consented, aud the chaplain
and no knelt together in prayer Then the
mercy,loving Christian said to tho revenge.
fu warrior:
VIII you repeat after me, sentence bv
sentence. tho prayer which our Lord Jesus
Christ Himself taught to his disciples %
II will do It," replied tho duke
lilo did it accordingly. The chaplain said
sentence, aud the duke repeated il. till
he came to tho petition: "Foreivo US our
trespasses, as we forgive thom that trespass
against us" Tho duke was silent.
MY lord duke, you arc silent" said tho
chaplain. Will you be so good as to con.
tlnue to repeat the words aftor me. If Vou
dare 10 do so Forgive us our tresspasses.
MS wo forgive them that trespass against us. +"
II can not" replied the duke
well. God can not forgive you, for he
has said So He himself has given US this
prayer. Therefore, you must other give
up your revenge or givo up saying this
prayer; for to ask God to pardon YOU as
yon pardon others is to ask him to take
vengeance on You for all your sins. Go.
now, my lord, and moot your victim. God
will meet you at the great day Of judg-
ment."
The iron will of tho duke was broken.
NO. said he, II will finish my prayer Nv
God. my Father. pardon mo; forgive mo as
desire to forgive him who has offended
me; lead mo not into temptation, but de-
liver mo from evil T.
"AmoD. said the chaplain.
Amen. repeated tho duke, who now
understood the Lords Prayer better than
he had ever dono before. since he had
learned to apply it to himself. - Rsrat Ntw
Yorker.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-02-22
Saturday Afternoon.

"ltis Saturday afternoon. Once mora
The scool-house door has oreaked upnn
It's hebdomadal hinges; the dog cared
book yawns upon the deserted desk: the
flies are buzzing and bumpinue their
heads against the sunny window. the
schoolboy is abroad 10 the woods, and the
schoolmaster has laid bis birchen sceptsr
upon the shelf, and with IL the cares and
solicitudes Of another week.
Saturday afternooni Delightful sea.
son, when the mind, like a tired artizan,
lays down its implements Of toll, and
leaves the accustomed handicrait
How sweet, amid the busy avocations Of
the week, to look forward to this short
interval OF frepose, when for a lime, at
least, The grinding mill shall cease, and
the heart be permitted TO indulge in secret
longings and listen 10 the soft whispers OF
its own wayward fanciesl Surely the
feelings OF the schoolboy linger around
me still. l love the dolce far aiesse of
Saturday afternoon.
''lt is an interlude between tbe swift.
succeeding acts Of life, the close of seven
days journey; golden clasp, that shuts
each weekly volume OF our history: goal
where time pauses TO rest his wing and
turn his glass, type Of that longer inter.
val 'oi rest, when our evening sun shall be
going down; wher our frightening shad-
ows "shall point toward morning." and
we shall be looking forward to an eternal
Sabbath. -LOn1/elLo,c.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-02-22
Atlantic Soundings,

Soundings in the Atlantic have revealed
tho fact that at least two hundred and
thirty miles from the coast of ireland the
water is still shallow. or, in other words
that there is another ireland only waiting
to be raised, thus reversing tho famous
panacea for Keeping the country quiet, Ii
is Just beyond this that tho true Atlantic
begins, the gulf suddenly sinking to nino
thousand feet. Thus. ireland may one dny
have coast line as high as the Alps.
Tho whole floor of the Atlantic is paved
with soft sticky substance, called oaze,
nine-tonths consisting of very minute an-
imals, many of them moro Jumps of jolly,
and thousands of which could float with ease
in drop of water; some resembling toothed
wheels; others bundles of spines. or threads
shooting from a little globule. Some, how.
ever. arc endowed with the property of sep
arating flint from tho sea water--which 10
more than every chemist could do; and
there are hundreds of square miles covered
with the skeletons of these little creatures.
Part of this oaze is doubtloss from the clouds
of rain dust which rise from the vast steppos
of South America in such masses as to dark.
On tho sun, and make the animals fiy TO
sholtor, and which after sweeping like a
simeon over the country, loso themselves in
the ''stoep Atlantic"
No bones have been found of the larger
animals, so that tho kraken and sea. serpent
might sleep their last sleep, and loayo not
bone or vartebrs to tell the tale. Not |
mast or anchor, not block or strand, not
, coin or a keepsake has been found 20
.estify of the countless gallant ships and
more gallant mon who have gone down
Imid the pitliIoss waves.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-02-22
The Irish Exodus.

The following is passage from re-
markable statement in the Cork Eromiuer.
bearing upon tho continued flight of tho
population, from that part alone. to the
newly adopted land of the irish Celtic race
Each week secs the departure, on on ay
erage, of six hundred persons. the great ma
JGrl'y Of whom arc young mon and women
between eighteen and twenty years of age.
TO Imagine tho effect OF this drain upon the
community. wo might instance, that if these
six hundred were drawn from town like
that OF Bantry, there would hardly be a
young man or woman left in it. The actual
numbers are greater than the population of
many largo villages and fortnight's draft
at that rate would utterly depopulate co
considerable town as Millstreet. Remem-
6erlng that almost every one of these nor.
sons is of condition to be of actual value to
tho communicable men as farm laborers
or mechanics, the women either in agri-
cultural labors or as servants, or still more
important, rs healthy mothers of strong
children-it is oasy to conceive how terrible
IS tho loss to tho country. Nothing can
impress this fact upon the mind so strongly
us actually witnessing tho crowd preparing
for thoir departure. Among the entire
number there is not an indication of sonaor
or misery; not single rag on the back of
lis owner indicates that he or she is flyinp
from poverty not a weak limb or a paIe
cheek-scarcely wrinkled face, indicates
that tho country is getting rid of burden.
Sturdy. athletic young men, healthy and
strong girls, often of extraordinary beauty.
form the groat bulk of this departing crowd
On Thursday week wo witnessed no less
than four hundred such preparing to take
their departure in the Edinburgh Captain
Kennedy.on of the vessels of the Liverpool.
New York and Philadelphia line. A rumor
had spread shortly before tho arrival of the
ship that certain number would bo OK
clndad for want of accommodation. and the
despair evinced by those who thought them
selves shut out was as great as if they were
tcld they had lost every hope. When the
tenders came to bear away tho passengers,
there was frantic rush even on the part ofI
those whose places were secured. as il they
fanciod that some unlucky interposition
would shut them out. The news that all
could be taken was received as if some
precious gifts had boon showered among
them.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-02-22
Leprosy in the East---Th Loaihsomeness
of the Disease,

Tho lepers Of tho East arc the most Ioatb.
sOmo objects that meet tho travellers eve
Here is description Of one given in q letter
from Jerusalem, by correspondent of the
morning Star:
Suddenly there starts up q human being
at your feet. You stop in horror. You
turn away in disgust at the sight. But still
she throws herself in your path, and will
not 60 Tho hair aud eyebrows bavo fallen
from the poor beggar. Through yawning
sores hat are fostering and black protrude
the cheek bones The flesh is drawn away
from tho gistening teeth What feet |
lucy arc distorted masses of soros--gapinp
wounds The bands which sho holds uD
arc evidently dropping away, joint by joini,
as tho disease grows upon them. Nearer
she moves those shriselcd arms aud lhps
drawing their rags about them. and smiling
at your horror with q ghastly, sickcning
smile. She tries 20 speak, and, with q fas.
ciuation strangely peculiar to whatoyor ia
perfectly lovely or awful, you bond down
to lear hor. There is u hoarse. paspipp
rattling in tho throat, and tho leper voice
comes scarcely to be understood: "Howsiii.
ALA -Buckseech. "Trnyeler, in tho name
of God, money T.
By her IS a beautiful littlo girl. What
has she, with her flesh so soft and white. TO
do with that hideous being How deep
arc those black eyes Hur gentlo voice is
full OF music as u lark at ST. nrise. and her
lips are as fresh as new blown rose. Her
long hair falls with the folds OF her houd.
dress half way down to her chubby baro feet.
and there is lightncss in her step which
fills you with admiration. Would YOU
know who she is {? That child is a lepcr.-
In few years she is euro to be lust like
her mother, who just now begs of YOU a
few bits of money. Poor thing, TO be born
TO such a fate, and no possible hope l.
There is worm at :hc heart of that rose.
bud. Is not her voice moro sad than her
parents, though gently anJ sweetiy she
smiles as she says, Allah, Buckseecb, How.
jill"
Do you 500 those wretched novels Jus.
west of tho gate of Jorusalom, clineiug TO
the side of tho wall Dirt aud filth sur
round them. Their thached roofs seem
about to fall. 1t is tho lepcrs' quarter
Fno law forbids their touching you or min.
Cling with other mon, so that none 90 to
minister TO them. But the lew does not
rebukc their want and so they throw them
selves in your path, as their ancestors. tho
lepers of Samaria, did boldly through hun.
ger approach tho Assyrian camp. They
recognize no law among themselves. not
oven tho form of marriage. Passion con.
sumes tho finer feelings, and rules their
souls just in proportion to The eprosy which
is ever increasing on tho body. Their of.
spring inhort curso--no joy--no hope.
only curso-cursed by tho world and by
their parents, they soon learn to curse
themselves.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-02-22
Ingenuity of an Insect,

Being in the habit of rising early, / have
my breokfasttable got ready over night.
On sitting down this morning, a remark
able circumstance attracted my attention.
About twelve inches from the table, and
over the sugar basin, saw suspended in
d-air, two small Jumps Of sugar, about
the size Of large peas. At Grst felt
much surprised. for looked, and looked
and looked again, but sugar il was, and
there they were--a fact. Iblew at them;
they moved, like the pendulum of clock,
but what held them / could not see. 1
thought Of MabomePs tomb being sus-
pended between peaven and earth then I
thought of the spirits from the spirit-rap-
ping world, but surely, l thought, :hey
had mot reached this peaceful spot in
Kent. However, lifted the candle up to
the ceiling, and away ran spider along
the gas-pipe, which at once told me that
the busy little thing had been ut work in
the night. then closely examined, and
saw that each lump was suspended by a
single thread or web OF the spider, and
which l must have disturbed, or he would
have had them up in his aerial abode be-
fore long.