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N7oTICE...WR ARE VOW READY TO
settle the personal estate Of Young Hughes deceased
Persons to any share therein required 70 ap
pT tO Us at once the money is now ready Tor tnem
and no interest will be paid from this date Feb TO- 1851
~"N ~ n. d. DAVIS, - 4dn,rs
W A. HAMRICK:1
OIeavelaud Co.. Feb. Is. 1854. (Pr. adV.f4) 7-"St
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learn from the Asheville N6Ds that the Isn
rces, estimated at about 600, which invaded
|rn North Carolina by way of the Tennessee
and got within a few miles of Franklin, Ma
bunty, on their way to Asheville, were so
|ush.whacked by Col Thomas Indians that
'etreated, leaving one Captain, two Lieuten-
Ind q considerable numoer wounded Ashe-
5 therefore, safe for the present
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PRISONERS TO BE REMOVED. The DanHlle Regis
ter, Of Friday, says:
1t is understood on all hands that the Federal
prisoners at this place shortly to be removed
Georgia, where they can be fed at much less ex
pense to the government than they are. Indeed,
the supplies on hand here nearly out and there
is no prospect Of getting more food for these men.
Hence their removal South is a matter Of necessity
and in week two, at farthest, we may expect to
be relieved OF their presence"
1t is said that the Il, 900 Yankee prisoners at
Richmond are also to be sent to Georgia
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STOCK MARKET
REPORTED BY W. r. RICHARDSON q co.
SATURDAY, Feb. IS, 1854.
North Carolina Bonds, old SKIES sales at So
new sizes, war, $40.
new, Int. Improvement 325
Bank Notes. $50 to 400.
orthCarolina Treasury Notes. and twos rs cts.
premium.
Coupons of old North Carolina sizes, 500.
Coupons of North Carolina Sizes 25 cts premium
Cold. - ; Silver II
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] Yankees in their recent raid into BERTHE Coun-
sides destroying much valuable property, and
|ng off horses and negroes, captured and We
ne carried away Mr.. William Etheridge, Gen.
In E. Mann, ". Nerney, John Williams, Lewis
OOd, Lorenzo Webb, Rev. Mr.. Waters, and
Gen. Mann, We learn, was soon after re-
and allowed to return home.
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7pIGH: TUESDAY, FEB. I6. 1864.
Congress.

,h,;sb today a sketch of the proceedings
Tonse of Representatives, in secret session.
/. military bill. Both houses were IN secret
!. an Saturday last and it is understood that
small difficulty in adjusting the differ
between the two houses in relation to ex-
lions. :, ,,ob
..;.f.ctorv in its provisions than we had
co. The country will breathe freer when
orn if it should be known after the JOINT
/ Nt.ho ,uo houses, that the limit of military
!, not to be fellow IS or over 45. The pro-
] for putting in active service those soldiers
annloved as provost guards, and clerks and
onts in the commissary and qusrtermasters
l4ments and supplying their places with dis
soldiers, will also give satisfaction to the
S.n,ta has passed bill to issue tobacco ra-
n soldiers; agreed to House bill to allow Of
- purchase rations and clothing from the gov
mt rejected the bill to create the Office OF en-
: the army, and postponed indefinitely the bill
Ir,b the office of third Lieutenant. The bill
10 the term of Cabinet officers to two years, and
M 70 declare alien enemies and confiscate prop
q rersons who seek to avoid service, by going
a the jurisdiction of the States, were made the
order for tomorrow. -,
term of the present Congress will expire to-
not known whether Congress has suspended
rift of habeas corpus.
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r,xcr on R1cHMoND.--VariOus reports were
Led at Richuond on Saturday, that large
|Of the enemy were assembling at Yorktown
he view of advancing on that place. Fifty
borts with troops we're said to be in York river.
quiet along our lines at Orange Court house
were rumors that the enemy were evacua-
Iheir nosition at Culpepper Court house.
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Mrs. Gen. R. E. Lee recently presented 81 pair
OF gloves, made with her own hands, to dc tail Of
men from the SD regiment North Carolina troops,
engaged in rebuilding the plank road, near Orange
@. Ii. Ya-AIeon C0aJed
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nrpNs OF THE STANDARD.

=. Of the Standard hencetorth will be four DOL
,ha weekly six months. and six dollars Tor the
I'll 81, months, invariably in advance. owing
dition of the currency and the uncertainty OF the
'ns.crptons for longer period than six months
/ . ho received.
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WARD.-RANAWAY FROM

nEn REV WARD..-RAhAWAf EiriNI EKUn
&SDND nv plantation six miles west OF Raleigh,
ns,rn man named JOHN. He is about 2@ years ot sge
dark and slender with SSf d05 ,a and tSe ocst
d nsns Of coarse Osnaburg double Re carried on 9th:
.T c"tAsDg which be nsustIy wore snndays He :
probably lurking about s4R or ID 'nf Hs @sy as%pt
W ssc,ne to La enemy will pay the above reward for
bis apprehensiou and delivery to me in Raleigh or L
con6neIpent in jA so that get hlW sgain WILLIAMS
Feb Is, 1884
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a CARD.-TO THE MAGISTRATES OF JOHN
"A STON COUNTY: hereby declare myself can.
ddae for the Office of County Commissioner for
County for the present year Election 10 be held at the
Court house IN Smth6ed at February Court. | have
two substitutes in the armyone under thirty yfTe and
tbe other over fifty years of age and exempt from
couscripon ou account of my trade, being echanio
If a elected, propose to execute the Office faithfully
and perform all the duties OF County Commissioner oh
oeuty and eheerully and to charge any thing for
NV services and trouble preerrng that the commissions
of two and half per cent which has hitherto besn paid,
JAMES Ii. CARTER.
February Is, 1854. lid
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TIME HON. NATHANIEL BOYDEN WILL
be vosd for by the Conservatives Of Rowan an DaTe,
on the 18th of February fill the unsxpred term of Dr.
j. G. Ramsay, resigned, in the State Senate
MANY CITIZENSG
Feb. I5 1854. Aid.
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NTANY VOTERS FROM ALL PORTIONS
yl OF Orange al { desirous of supporting Capt ADDl-
son NANGUM for u in the Senate, made vacant BY
the resignation Of Gov. Graham. ,-o-zns
tt =, ,eeL lS-u
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STOLEN--ON THE NIGHT or III1
inst, black mare, good sized star IN fnreLesd,
Years old blind in let eye and not sound IN rgo one
hind foot white and had old shoes on when stoIen WIZ
paw $25 reward for her delivery To me or o"
'oa' "a" se' -''' ~'~. C. MARCOM.
Morrisville, N O.
Feb is, 1854. 4-f'Pu'
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and stale of the country will be delivered BY Rev
6rury Lacy D. D. Chaplain in the Confederate States
army at the Commons Hail. oD the evening" OF tie 10Th
- Al the c,oss of each address, collection viii BE-
taken up for the benefit Of the sick and wounded soldiers
in The hospitals in the State Of North Carolina :,
teb Is, 1874.
The Shasta courier., 1864-12-17

EFFECTS OF CHAMPAcNE.-The ihtoxicat
ing effects of champagne are rapid, but ex-
ceedingly transient. Thisa arises partly from
the carbonic ecid which is evolved from it.
and partly from its alcohol. which, being
suspended in the gas, extends itself rapidly
over the surface of the stomach. In cases of
weak digestion, champagne is one of the SAT-
est wines that can be drunk. We know of
remarkable instances ofpersons who, having
been Frustrated by illness to almost the last
extremity, were resusctated by taking cham
pagne. We are not talking of its curative
but its restorative powers. We have no faith
in general panaceas, but can certify that in
particular cases champagne has been admir-
ably useful We speak of facts within our
knowledge, of three cases of ladies who were
reduced to such state fprostration that in
the opinion Of the physicians their existence
was only a question ofa few honrs. As
dernier resort champagne was ordered to be
taken in each case, and the restoration CON-
menced Immediately. We do not say the
disease was cured, but fresh vigor was sup
piled to the weakened frame, and the stomach
thus getting into order was enabled to digest
nutritious diet. In this way the power of
nature may be so assisted as to afford reason
able hope of ultimately overcoming disease.
Who that, by these means, has succeeded in
prolonging the life of some dear relative-a
tender mother, wife, a child. or sster-will
not consider wine amongst the most precious
gifts to the temperate and rational man.
Vines and Vine Countries, by Charles 7erg
The Shasta courier., 1864-12-17

DAYS WITHoU7 NIGHTs.-Nothing strikes
a stranger more forciply, if he visits Sweden,
at the seasons of the year when the days are
the longest, than the absence of night. DR..
Baird once related sonfe interesting facts
He arrived at Stockholm from Gottenburg,
distance of four hundred miles, in the morn
ing, and in the afternoon went to see some
friends. He returned about midnight when
it is as light as tits in England half an hour
before sundown. You could see distinctly,
but all was quiet in the streets it seemed as
if the inhabitants had gone away. or were
dead The sun in June goes down in Stock
holm little before ten O'clock. There is a
great illumination all night, as the sun pass
es round the earth towards the north pole,
and the refraction of its rays is such that you
can see to read till midnight without any ar
tifcial light. The FIRST morning DR.. B.rd
awoke in Stockholm, he was surprised % see
the sun shining into his room. He looked at
his watch and found it was only three o'clock.
The next time he awoke it was five O'Clock
but there were no persons in the street. The
Swedes in the cities are not very industrious.
There is a mountain at the Gulf of Bothnia
where, On the 2Ist of June the sun does not
seem to go down at ALL A steamer goes up
from Stockholm for the purpose of carrying
those who are curious TO witness the phenom-
enon It only occurs one night. The sun
reaches the horizon. when yon can see the
whole face of it, and in 6ve minutes more
it begins to rise At the North Cape, seven
ty-two degrees, the sun does not go down
for several weeks In june it would be about
twenty five degrees above the horizon at mid
night. In the winter time the sun disappears
and is not seen again for weeks; then it comes
and remains for ten, fifteen, or twenty min
utes, efter which it descends, and finally does
not set at all, but makes almost a circle
around the heavens DIR. Baird asked how
they managed in those latitudes with regard
to hired persons, and what they considered a
day. He replied, they worked by the hour,
and II hours would be considered a days
work Birds and animals take their accus-
toned rest at the usual hours, whether the
sun goes down or not.
The Shasta courier., 1864-12-17
+ Sit down again, in the 6end's name, or else
20 to the DEVIL

q Sit down again, in the 6end's name, or else
10 to the devil'
d Another time, be declard that he had only
tne thing to reproach himself with-that he
lad not had the prince executed ten years
before. In order to arouse the crown prince
Fho never forgot his reverence for his father,
be would call him sarcastically Sire and your
Majesty, but then add, +" You must have a
tile patience though; for it will not appear
10 soon.'
81 On another occasion he accused the prince
being an atheist and threatened him with
us curse. Frederick lost patience, and re-
Piled: " Your majesty does not know what
9ou are saying; ifI were an atheist, / should
paturally laugh at any blessing or curse but
~ | sincerely fear God, your curse will lnot
Aisset me, so it is needless trouble to try to
terrify me with il"
In his attacks ofmadness, the king fancied
his life threatened. On the evening of Feb
ruary Sd, l740, the physician after letting
his blood left him in charge of French valet,
with orders to give the king a certain pow
der, if he did not sleep quietly The king
woke after midnight, and the valet offered
him the powder. &C Ha, cursed Parsian,"
the patient yelled, so you are the man
whom my son has hired to poison me- swal
low the powder Immediately, or l will have
you hanged" The valet replied very quiet
ly. THAT is soon done, but in that case
your Majesty will have to wait two hours till
another powder is prepared, and the Lord
knows whether you will live two hours, if
you don't take the powder now" sWell,
give it here" said the king, 81 know that it
is poison which the French dogs have given
you for me, but will take it, in order to show
you that do notfear DEATH" The king took
the powder and slept TRANQUILITY.
The Shasta courier., 1864-12-17

The EBB AND Flow OF BEAUTY-Beauty
makes its own fashions when it comes; and
We must remember that it is not at once
beauty. People are continually being dis
appointed in children in this respect; cherubs
grow up into ogres-mouths widen most por-
tentiously, boutfourteen years old 5; dimples
about that time often vanish, and noses then
can lengthen, or crook, or even snub; and it
is fortunately the same the other way too
that faces ugly in the cradle may quite change
by twenty. Some peoples beauty comes
very late indeed, and those who have been
repugnant in their youth and maturity, may
look splendid in old age. Gray hairs and
white boards become some folks wonderfully
a few wrinkles also greatly improve certain
faces; and one old lady of our acquaintance
we never dreamed was beautiful until we saw
her in spectacles.- Victoria Magazine.
The Shasta courier., 1864-12-17

"A wEIL-KNowN frequenter of Third street,
Philadelphia, stopped recently in a barber's
shop, close to the North American building,
sat in a shaving-chair, drew a newspaper
from his pocket, and instructed the knight Of
the razor to take off his beard. The barber
was an African. He simply replied 8. Yes,
boss" and produced his implements. The
customer sat down. He was duly shaved.
His face was wiped, and he, arose. donned
his coat aud hat. "How much?' he asked
in a dolorous voice, as he adjusted his shirt
color. Fifteen cents, boss" "Why, L
thought you shaved for ten cents at this
shop" ''Dat ar's de average, sah." was
the reply. Ten cents is de price of a shave
in dis yer shop. You come in here, sab and
read de news of Sheridan s victory, and your
face got about six inches longer dan when
you come in. If your face was like it was
afore you read that yer news, ten cents was
the price. When you commenced to read
about de defeat of Early, den your face stretch
ed down about four inches. OATS what
makes it wurf fifteen cents for de shave"
The customer couldn't restrain grin, though
he was Copperhead, and the hit at him was
made By a - niger" He laid down the fee,
and walked out. He was one of those gentle.
men who go their length on McClellah, and
who of confse shudder at every victory of the
Union arms
The Shasta courier., 1864-12-17

TIE New Ericsson GuN.-It has been
known for some time, among a select few in
naval circles, that Captain Ericsson has been
getting up new gun to surpass anything
yes known in effectiveness. One of them
has been undergoing tests at the Navy Yard
aud down the bay, which proved entirely
successful. 1t is 13-inch wrought iron
piSce, weighs little orer thirty four thou
sand pounds, and was very severely tested
VIII IS pounds of powder, burning every
grim and rendering the thirteen-ineh solid
ropnd shot invisible to the ordnance officer,
whp could not trace its progress. 1t is pre-
sulped it travelled about eight miles. Around
the breeching it is about twenty inches thick,
and if it meets the anticipations of some ma
val officers, it will revolutionize naval ship
building.-N y Tribune
The Shasta courier., 1864-12-17

NOVEL WAY OF STEERING STEAHsHIPs.-
Nj Ressells, an Austrian, has secured pat
ent in the United States, for contrivance by
which vessels may be steered by means of
thopropeller or screw which moves them a.
he'd, and without the help of a rudder.-
Th6 propeller is fixed in 4 case, which sup
por<s it, and in which it is moveable, by the
tusqing of the steering wheel. either to star
bod or to port, in either case forcing the
stem of the ship around, while her headway
is not stopped. and indeed scarcely lessened.
By1his method a vessel can easily be turned
in Her own length. Mr.. Ressells plan is in
genIbns and seems practical.
The Shasta courier., 1864-12-17

A FUNNY WAR INcIDENT,-When Sher.
idan's soldiers scaled the rebel works at
Fishers Hill, an Irishman named John
Quinlan, was in the van, as usual with his
rolicking countrymen, and instantly sprang
astraddle of a rebel. cannon, shouting. !" My
gun! I've captured you. by jabers!' The
nextmoment he rolled off clapping his hands
to bis seat of honor, and believing" Och.
howly Mother O. Moses, an sure its red hot"
The gun had been fred SO often and with
such rapidity that it would have roasted q sal
amander, and Qninlan los. patch 'ffourth
seat of his breeches.
The Shasta courier., 1864-12-17

AyRRY curious method of reducing the in
ten headache experienced by fever patients
has been lately pointed out By NJ Guyon.-
1t chnsists simply in pressure extended over
the integument covering the temporal arte-
ries. 1t was discovered quite accidentally in
feeling the temples rather than the wrists. in
order to ascertain the frequency of the pulse.
Whilst the physician compressed the vessel.
the patient exclaimed. Conaue rous me soul
ayez." and thus indicated the result produced
BY diminishing the supply of blood to the
surface of the Uranium.
The Shasta courier., 1864-12-17
NUMBER az.
A Letter from a Secesh Soldier to hi. Bet.
ter Half
Camp ofthe lstS c. Graybacks, before J
aswamp and behind Petersburg, or
thereabouts. JuIv 3lst- 1854

~.
thereabouts, July 3lst, 1864
BELOVED OF Mr Soul Your war.worn
husband takes his pen in hand in a strange
"a iano on foreign strand under the command
os our mutual friend Col. Pluck Buzzard.
oil hainwater Courthouse S. G. Nv ;nk ia
pale and have no ale. Nv pen is moor so
Is my grub. My quarters ia camn are n.s.
Saoie, out the quarters in nv pocket are not
Last night had mudpuddle for INV n;llow
ana covered myself with sheet of water
,ons ior more whisky barrels and less gun
paiieis' more biscuit and less bullets How
WISH Una. you We're here. The fnrtber
away get from You the better lis vo,, G.
tnat you may know how we WORK bsrs n a.
nance OF the eussed Yankees. / send rnn
wnat q We call it.a diary of my dailv labor.
ociock.-Called up. from a roll in the
mud by the roll of the drums. No oorssnscs srs
oi roii OF bread, Shoulder. spades.
% 10 o. "A. NJ dig and throw up the
| rations. e'uay
o'clock.-Another roll Of the dr,m. o.,
ing off into line and de6ling NV inern,ess;
bles with mud and other sacred soil. drawn,
ramrods but no pay. No shelling out b1
Government, but cussed deal to much bv
Grant,
o'clock.-More drilling, but not the cot.
ton kind, wherewith to increase my present
supply of one shirt.
10 o'clock.-More digging. Spadular re-
searches into the geological formation of tbs
earth. Find it comprises alternate stratas of
sweat, sunstroke, swearing boulders and
blisters.
II o'clock.-More digging. Evidences of
dinner. Saw Capt. Yapslack picking his
teeth with tenpenny nail, and the Corporal
taking chew of tobacco.
Oh, Mariar, if you only knew what l have
suffered to save you from being bombarded
by the diabolical Yanks Rather than any
OF the Northern scum should blockade nv
dear Marian, Pd-Pd divorce her. Col.
Pluck came very near being shot in the neck
last night by one of his own officers.
The Colonel had just got his staff together,
and struck his noble steed,: when Captain
Swipes levelled bottle at him. Fortunate
ly the contents missed his jugular, and went
down the natural way
am reduced to a skeleton. Nv eyes are
sunk SO far into my head that can look down
my windpipe clean through my entire inter-
lor. If there was a hole in the top of my
head Ed make a first rate telescope. I've
got the glasses in me now. My chin is sharp
that 1t shaves itself. am going on picket
duty tonight. Picket duty is awful hard
work. Almost. every night picket's
gun goes off, and when we 50 to look for him
We find that he's gone of to-.
Ever your dear husband,
BUcKHoRN HANDEL.
P. S. If your old father has drank up all
that tangle foot juice left at home, I'll cram
the demjohn down his throat, and cork up
his esophagus with a boot heel. That's SO,
The Shasta courier., 1864-12-17
Ever your. dear husband,
BUCKHoRN HANDEL,

P. S. If your old father has drank up all
that tangle foot juice left at home, I'll cram
the demijohn down his throat, and cork up
bis esophagus with a boot heel. That's so,
Mariar. No more at present.
The Shasta courier., 1864-12-17

The following sketch would seem to cha
the great King of Prussia into very Sd
individual:
The Shasta courier., 1864-12-17

In India it is a curious fact that the fami-
lies Of native princes increase largely when
they are not of the reigning family, but the
kings family is small. Reason-the heirs
to the crown are killed off so As not to at
tempt the life of the monarch.
The Shasta courier., 1864-12-17

Gen. Frank Fessend n, son Of the Secretary
ofTreasury, bas put on a wooden leg and
gone to the front. He lost his leg in one Of
the battles before Richmond1as June.
The Shasta courier., 1864-12-17

A NOBLE IRIsHMAN.-General Sheridan.
who is an Irishman by birth, is a noble ex.
ample to his misguided fellow countrymsn,
of the honor that awaits those who faithfully
perform citizens duty in thfs great Repub.
lie of Freerhen. the fundamental prindiple of
the Government of which is that "All men
are born free and equal" We would rather
be little Phil. Sheridan, an adopted Irishman,
had We the choice, than emperor Of the might.
lest throne in Christendom. The President
of the United States of America has written
q letter to this little Irish American in which
he says: a..
major General Sheridan: With great
pleasure tender to you and your brave army
the thanks of the nation and my own personal
admiration and gratitunde for the months
operation in the Shenandoah Valley, and es-
pecially for the splendid work of October 10Th.
Your obedient servaut
A. LINcoLN''
What a glorious record for any man to
leave posterity-an entire nation. through its
Chief Magistrate, thanking him for services
rendered in a cause he loved. How different
such an Irishman stands in'the estimation.
of the whole civilized world, to the dirty
gorillas, who delight in perjury and carrying
q broom, as sign of their degradation.
Grass Jalleu Eai0n.
The Shasta courier., 1864-12-17
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