The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-04-28


explosive substance at Aspinwall, causing a
terrible loss of life, was not blown up by
nitro -glycerine, as he is positive she had
none on board. He is rather inclined to the
belief that it must have been gUn-cotton.
The. amount contained in the boxes which
exploded at San Francisco with such fear
full results is stated by Mr. Nobel at about
twenty-seven pounds. The amount seized
by the Fire Marshal amounts to about three
hundred pounds. From this our readers
may infer the amount of damage which
would have been caused by its explosion
within the city limits-Ilri6une.
THE YOUNG MEN OF THE SOUTH!
Amusements, or vices if you WILL of those
young men of leisure and fortune, of patri-
monies, present or prospective, are neither
| honorable nor profitable to those sons of the
South whose fame and fortune are yet to be
made! They cannot all be rich or distin-
guishcd, but each one has it in his power to
be estimable, honest, and indu trious; and
| the surest way to overcome the ravages and
desolation of war is for all to work hard and
well. Thousands of men whose position in
| life was assured, who had been able to edu-
cate and support their children in comfort
and affiuence, have seen all their earnings
swept away in a moment. They have been
compelled to beg in again at the lowest round
of the ladder; and surely their children, who
have shared their prosperity and participant
ed in their comfort, will not now allow them
to labor unencouraged and alone.
A few years can and will restore the South
to prosperous condition, but its prosperity
cannot and will not continue unless the pla-
ces of those who must soon pass away are
filled by men young in years, but old in rec
titude, perseverance. and determination. In
the country districts these truths have been
realized and practiced. Young men who,
in 1861, were looking forward to high hon
ors in the lima Mute of Virginia; Others
who had commenced, under favorable auspi-
ces, the study of law or physic; many who
were maturing their plans for Il trip to the
American Mecca-the Metropolis of France
found themselves at the close of the war
with nothing left but honor and the modest
pride of Nirginians Repining and regrets
were useless, and they knew it 1t was vain
to weep and sigh over the irrevocable past
Work was the only panacea for wounded
heart and an empty purse, and to work they
vigorously addressed themselves !! The hand
which had held the scalpel in its firm grasp
soon guided the plough the eye which had
drawn knowledge and refinement from the
rich mine of ancient and modern learning,
soon watched the rising corn and the math-
ematical mind then delighted in the sight of
a straight and evenly turned furrow They
could not have all that they wished but
they would not be idle, and addressed
themselves vigorously to the practical duties
of life. This is the true Virginia spirit |
spirit which has made this old Common
wealth honorable in the past, and will make
her prosperous in the future. We cannot all !
be lawyers. doctors, engineers, and men of
leisure: and if we cannot have what we |
wish, we must do what we can.
In the cities and towns of Virginia the |
spirit of the young men has been too often |
entirely different from that shown by their |
country friends! Loaf.ng, drinking, and !
general Incidence have been too much the |
order of the day and many who continually |
cry out against the supineness of the igno-
rant negro, forget that they themselves, the |
representatives of a civilized and enlighten- |
ed people, are only consistent in doing moth |
ing. There are thousand things left which |
may be done with honor and profit, and the |
absence of comfortable employment should |
be no excuse for idleness, when the constitu- |
ton is sound and the vigor of the muscles |
unimpaired. No man will be disgraced by |
any honest occupation which has been fore
ed upon him by the vicissitudes of war. The |
battie-worn solCier-he who has gathered to |
himself, by unobtrusive courage and devo- |
ton, rich harvest of honor and gratitude
can never be sighted because he yields the
hoe; drives hack, chops wool, or breaks |
stones in the streets !! The true, noble man |
is still there, and a rule, lie aoho ao0s true
and hard acorkiag az peace!
Our depression and disaster will not last |
for lifetime. Prosperity and fortune will |
gradually return to US, and then those who |
are now diseiplining their minds by self-de-
NAL and patience will receive the reward of |
their >labors Far from being disqualified
they will be the better worthy of returning
to the ease and luxury of their early years, |
bearing in their hearts the consciousness also
that no reverse of fortune can find them I'M
armed or unprepared. Those who are idle
and careless now will continue to be so - !
The habit will cling to them until it cannot
be shaken off or cast aside, and at last they
will be but drones in the hive, gaining moth
ing for themselves, and living upon the la
Dor of Others. The future of this country
depends upon the young men, who are now
enjoying the strength and happiness of early
manhood If they will work hard, there is |
no need of fear; but if an era of apathy and
inteniperance is allowed, the South must fall
away considerably from its high estate, and
have little left save the saddening memories
OF her early and glorious histoy-Richnaond
Dispatch
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