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Fruit Raising in New Jersey

Few of our readers have any idea of the
amount of capital invested in raising fruits
by the people of the State of New jersey
VIM. Parry, Esq, formerly of the New Jer-
sey Legislature, recently delivered a lecture
on the fruit crops of that State, synopsis of
which We lay before our readers.
Mr.. Parry states that at one place, Vine
land, four years ago he rode over the ground,
then a forest; now be had to drive over two
hundred miles Of roadway rosee the improve
ments already made; foundries, factories,
churches school houses are being erected, lit
erary and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES founded, and
fourishing newspaper established The
basis of all this wealth was fruit-growing.
In Ocean county million dollars was in
vested in raising the Cranberry. Two hun
dred and fifty bushels to the acre was an
average crop, and $3.50 per acre the pro-
duct. The speaker knew one Cranberry
farm of 20 acres, which cleared the owner in
one year $4,000, free of all expense
Of whortle5erries and wild blackberries,
thousands of bushels were sold in New-YOrk
City every season. Some gentlemen ran
several teams to that City, each team haul
ing from forty to fifty bushels at a time
The domesticated blackberry yields from
four to FIVE hundred dollars per acre. Of
strawberries, five thousand bushels had been
gathered from five acres at one picking
The severe winter and late frost injured the
crop last season, and consequently from ten
acres Mr.. Parry gathered less than thou
sand bushels In 1865. the strawberry crop
brought $3s 800 into Hammonton settlement
alone.
Besides these fruits, Mr.. Parry spoke of
the apple and peach crops, and the grape
He gave the names of the principal varieties
of each of these latter, which have origina-
ted in New jersey He also stated that
owing to ruit culture, the farm lands of
New Jersey, according to the census of 1860,
were valued at $21 more per acre than those
of any other State.
The proximity of the cities of New York
and Philadelphia to the fruit farms of New
Jersey gives her farmers access to the best
fruit markets in this country. Consequently,
while we are astonished at the amount of
money realized in the business, the secret of
the prosperity of the fruit-farmers of that
State is apparent-it arising from the fortu-
nate position in which her territory has been
placed by the hand of the Creator But her
people have wisely and energetically availed
themselves of their position, and are reaping
golden harvest
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THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
Car spendense Between J. h. Bell and seere-
tary Seward.

We publish below, as matter Of
general interest, the kilograms which
ed between Secretary Bell and Mr..
S~&fd in relation to the assembling
d {he Texas Legislature and the inap-
8tion of General Throckmorton:
SITE DEPARTMENT, AUSTIN, TEXAS, I
July 26, 1865.
Hon. W IT. ,Sesodv1.
Please inform me by telegram wheth-
er or not it is the will Of the President
that the Texas Legislature, shall meet
on the 9th day Of August, and G6nefsl
Ttroek ekasartpn be ihaugurated e
9th? Willsthe Legislature be- @fidlt-
ted to assemble without the inaugura-
ton ofthe Governor elect? If so, what
am l expected to do? You will per-
ceive by reference to, your dispatch of
July 18th that my instructions are not
definite. Ny solicitude increases as the
time for the meeting of the Legislature
approaches.
Your obedient servant,
JAMES H. BELL,
Secretary of State of Texas.
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PROBABLE RENEWAL OF THE
EUROPEAN WAR.
Prussia Pefases to Cede to France any
of her Territory beyond the Rhine.

LONDON, ENGLAND, Aug. 14.-Evening
advices have been received from the contin-
ent, indicating the probable renewal of war
between Prussia and Bavaria, upon the terri
tory of the latter power.
Great fears are entertained Of such an
event. 1859
The Prussian government has informed the
Emperor Napoleon that his demand for the
extension of his empire to the Rhine cannot
be complied with, and that the Prussian ter
ritories thus situated will never be ceded to
France.
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A strange decision has just been rendered
in North Carolina. Chief Justice Ruffin has
declared against the proposed new COnstitu-
ton of the State Convention. The Chief
Justice says:
q consider that this is no constitution,
because your convention was not a legitimate
convention, and had no power to make
constitution for us, or to alter that which we
had and haoe. object to the organization
of your convention because it was called
without the consent ofthe people, by the
President of the United States, or under his
orders-and act of clear and despotic usurp-
alton" ."-Noyolk Eirginian
The VSyginian is mistaken in suposing
that the above quotation is from e decision"
of Judge Ruffin delivered as Judge. Heis
not now in office as Judge and further
more, there has been no decision by any
Court on the question The extract to which
the Viirginia,e refers is from an anonymous
communication which first appeared in the
Wilmington Journal, said to have been writ
ten by Judge Ruffin. 1t is the mere opinion
of Judge Ruffin as an individual But it is
very unfortunate that such language should
be published by gentleman occupying the
prominence of Judge Rufin. Thereasoning
is as erroneous as the language is unfortunate.
1t will rejoice the radicals and the enemies of
the South, but will greatly damage the Presi-
dent and Northern men who are standing up
for our rights. 1t is too late to talk about
the legality of the Convention and dispute
the authority by which it was called. I'm
der the circumstances, President johnson
did the best he could for us, and it is not
proper for Southern man no to accuse him
of despotism and usurpation. The above
quotation from Judge Rutfin's communica-
ton will do us much harm-strengthen our
enemies and weeken our friends-and he de-
serves censure for writing it. The people
want peace and quiet, and care very little
about theories. No argument against the
Constitution itself has been advanced, and it
is imprudeDt to try to get up fuss about
abstract questions. Charlotte Democrat.
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European Inteliigence.

BERLIN, Prussia, Aug. ia treaty Of
alliance between Prussia and other friendly
German States has been signed by several
and soon will be by Others.
The Paris Constitu ionels says that while
France has the right to compensation from
Prussia, her true interests lie not in insignif-
cant territorial aggrandizement, but in aiding
to reorganize Germany in the interests of
Germany and Europe.
1t is stated the U. 8. Government has pre-
ferred claims against certain persons in
France, who have disposed of public property
belonging to the Southern Confederation.
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THE OPENING or THE fHILADEL
PHIA CONVENTION.
SPEECH or GEN. DIX on THR OCCASION.
senator Doolittle to Be chosen Chairman.

g PH1LADEIfmA, Aug. 14th.- The convens
ton assembled at the yyigwam to-day at IA
80 m. Mr.. Randall announced that the dele
gates from South Carolina and Massachusetts,
would nowcome, arm in arm into the Com
ton. ,s
!, This announcement was greeted with CREST
applause, the entire audience rising.
At this moment Maj Gen.. Couch, Of
Massachusetts, and Gov Or, Of. Hosth Cayos
lima, st tAe hs 4 e6eds j. -
in, arm in arm with banners 1yiSg and
music playing. Shout after shout spontane-
ous and general rent the air. Tears filed
the eyes of the delegates and spectators.
Gen. Jno. A. Dix was nominated as tenn
porary chairman. In accepting he said:
81 regard this as Convention of no ordi-
nary character Not only on account of the
high social and political standing OF the
gentlemen, who compose this Co1y enton,
but because it is Convention, npfA
Of all the States of the Union, Applause1
and because we cannot doubt, if its proceed
ings are conducted with harmony and good
Judgment, that it will lead to most impor-
tant results. 1t may be truly said that no
body of men have met on this Continent, un-
der circumstances SO momentous and so inl-
portant since 1857, (Applause,) the year
when our ancestors assembled in this City
to form better government for all the States,
which composed the old Confederation,
,rhsnl, b.o 1xooy, o1 and
made more enduring, as we trust, by the
fearful trials and perils which it has encoun-
tered and overcome. Ten States have yet
no representation in the legislature OF this
Country, andit is wrong we have come here
to protest against, and as much as it is in
our power to redress When the President
declared that the war had ended, all the
States had right of representation. The ex-
action OF new conditions is subversive of our
national liberty and dangerous to the public
peace loud Applause.) Is this the govern
ment our fathers foughtto establish, or which
we have fought to maintain 2 He trusted
that in the deliberations of the Conven-
tion, the main idea would be to change the
complexion of Congress, to purify the Re
public and bring it back to its original stan
dard-one country, one flag. one Union OF
equal States" E, aa4=
After the appointment of a Committee on
Credentials, resolutions and organization, the
Convention adjourned until tomorrow.
Senator DoOlittle has been nom mated in
Committee on organization as permanent
Chairman.
vallandigham has-sent letter to the
Ohio delegation, declining to go into the
Convention. 1t will be read before that body
tomorrow.
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STATE DEPARTMENT,
OIAIE AEfAhlMEN1s
WASHINGTON, July %, 1865.

WASHINGTON, July %, 1865.
To James III Bell.
Your kilograms of the 2lst and 26th
of July, received. The President di-
rects me to say that the Legislature of
Texas will assemble and organize OH
the 9th of August, without hindrance.
The Governor elect, Mr.. Throckmorton,
will be inaugurated on the 9th, without
hindrance. When you have reported
the organization and Inauguration to
this Department, by telegraph or other
wise, the Provisional Governor will be
relieved, and the government will be
transferred to the elected authorities of
Texas. Until the receipt of such notice
by yourself, or by the Governor elect,
the condition of affairs will remain in
the Provisional Government, as hereto
fore, except the organization and inau-
guration aforestated.
VIM. H. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.
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The Philadelphia Convention.

We give oday synopsis of the proceed.
ings of this body, and shall publish in full
the Address and Resolutions as soon as they
come to hand.
While we do not admit the assumed RIGHT
of the delegates from this State to represent
or speak for the Union people of North Car
Oaina, we are nevertheless not Indifferent to
any effort having for its object the restora-
ton of the Union.
1t will be seen by our telegraphic dis
patch, that the Convention has adjourned.
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should pray for peace and harmony between
the North and South. Every Christian,
especially, should implore the God of all
mercy and goodness to turn from us the
storm of wrath that seems to be brooding
over our country.
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INSANE NEGROES AT THE SoUTH.-The
sudden transition from slavery to freedom,
together with the immense amount of suffer-
ing incident hereto, has filled to overAowing
the lunatic asyluns of the South. A des-
patch was received to-day at the Freedmen's
Bureau here from Governor Humphrey, of
Mississippi, in answer to an inquiry whether
,, he could accommodate any morei insane colo
red people, that all the asylums were full,
but that the State would take immediate
steps to increase the facilities for providing
for as many as possible of that unfortunate
J class,
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II the New Constitution has been rejected,
the great body of the free white men of this
State, to say nothing of the real friends of
the President, will most probably deem it
their duty to run white basis candidate
for Governor The result of the vote upon
the Constitution will soon be known. Let
the Union men of the State be on the alert.
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The appointment ofCollector of Customs
at Savannah, Ca, has been rendered by the
President to Hon. James johnson, late Pro-
visional Governor of Ga, and accepted by
him. The appointment was previously ten
dered to Mr.. Joshua Hill, who declined
WE. Bond, Esq, has been appointed col
lector for the first district of North Carolina.
This is good appointment.
R. W. King, Esq, of Lenoir County, N. G..
has been nominated by the President and
confirmed by the Senate, as collector of the
port of Newbern. He is entitled to the of
fee. Why is he kept out of it by the Assis-
tant Secretary of the Treasury
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New Orleans.

New ORLEANS, Aug. 14th.-Cholera
deaths for twenty-f four hours ending this a.
M. number 28.
Matamoras advices of the 11th say that
the French evacuated Monterey on the ssth
July, spiking their cannon and destroying
their ammunition.
The Liberals occupied Tampico on the
1st. The French were reduced to the last ex-
tremity. There was no hope of reinforce
ments sassst.5
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MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA-Atten-
tion is invited to the advertisement in our pa
per to-day, fixing the time for the election of
Professor of Anatomy in this institution
Candidates will forward their applications
to DR.. l.. s. Joynes, Richmond.
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RALEIGH, N. G., WEDNESDAY,

The Richmond Enquirss is glad to find
that Gov. Orr,.in his recent speech in Phila-
delphia, did not admit that the difference
between the North and the South on the
subject of secession, had been " formally and
legally" established in favor of the North,
but only that it had been established by
arms. The Enquirer still hugs secession to
its bosom. In its notice of the Philadelphia
Convention it says:
Despite all this, we fear that when we read
the account of the scene described in yester-
days telegram, in which Messrs. Orr and
Couch were chief actors, we did not thrill
with the sympathetic emotion which ran
through the audience ofspectatOrs. Perhaps
we had some feelings, but we suspect they
were not of admiration. The pathos enacted
there was very much like bathos when read
It was intended, by the getters up Of the
tableau, to symbolic that the very extremes
had met; that South Carolina, the most
southern of Southern people. and Massachu-
cetts, the most pragmatical of the Puritans,
A'sNA SniohSA eho PiPO va P0oSS, oii>a WI AoSA~
ed in afectionate embrace; and the scene
was held up for study as a beautiful picture
with moral to it. But is there not another
view9 Did Mr.. Orr go to Philadelphia to
confess that his State lay on an extreme as far
out from truth and justice as Massachu-
sets? That she was an equal offender q
That indeed has often been charged against
her, but it has not been confessed until now,
when her suferings and her sorrows make it
impossible without shame. And by her own
son Perhaps capacity for officiating is
not without it uses, and hence, that Mr.. Orr
is in his right place; but We reject any i'm
piled assumption of Southern leadership or
representation, for South Carolina, as con-
nected with the late performance. Virginia
is for peace and reconciliation. Butreluctant
and grave in entering upon the fight, she
viii not be considered part of any perfor-
nance which winds up the tremendous trag-
edy through which we have passed, with ar
tifcial scenes and ostentations displays, such
as belong to sensation fiction. She has a
better conception of the great role she has
been acting with the world as lookers-on."
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PHILADELPHIA, August 15th.-A Nation
al Convention of soldiers North and South is
arranged to take place in CINCINNATI in Sep
tember. Leading officers Of the Union army
and Confederate army are active in this work.
1t will be cooperative with the Union Con-
vention. 5st s.,e ~ ~
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For the Standard.
Suspension of Direct Land Taxi

For the Standard.
Suspension of Direct Land Taxi
OXFORD, Aug 18th, 1866.
GENTLEMEN:-Pleasep publish the enclosed
Telegram. as received by me, for the benefit
of our citizens.
Very respectfully your ob't serv't,
r. H. KINGSBURY.
Messrs. HOLDEN & Son, Raleigh.
WASHINGTON CRY, Aug. 10th, 1866.
R. H. KNGsBURY, Oxford, N. O.:-The
collection of the Direct Land Tax has been
suspended in North Carolina. issi
VIM. E. CHANDLER,
Acting Secretary Treasury.
Fifty deaths from cholera were reported at
New Orleans few days ago as having Oc-
Cured in forty eight hours previous.
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Hon. ]. S. Black has written long letter
to Rev. Dr. Alfred Nevin on " Politics in the
Pulpit" He says:
GAS mere layman have no right to ad-
wise a Doctor of Divinity, but hope am not
over presumptuous when warn you against
this specious allurement of Satan. All
thoughts of putting the Gospel aside be-
cause it does not suit the depraved tastes of
the day, and making political harrangues to
gain popularity in bad world, should be
sternly trampled down as the suggestions of
that Evil One who was liar and a murder
er from the beginning"
1t is wrong, for example, for preacher, in
urging his congregation to seek the salvation
of their souls, to tell them, by way of illus
tration, to be as keen as "Sherman's bum
mers, who could find cambria needle in
less than no time, if one was in the house,
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National. Erpres. Company.

NEW YORK, Aug. 14-An injunction has
been granted by Supreme Court against the
National Express Company, upon the appli-
cation of stockholders dissatisfied with the
condition Of its affairs, .s ~
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A GREAT MAN.-The greatest little man
we know of in this State is Abner S. Will
liams, of Williamson, the Mayor of that
Burg, and The Editor OF a six by nine called
the Erpositor. Immediately under his Edi-
torial head, (there is nothing in his Editorial
head,) he has the following standing an
nouncement: For Governor, Jonathan Worth.
For 1t. Governor, D. D. Ferebee. For the
House of Commons, Abner S. Williams
Williams great, Ferebee greater, Worth great
est. How we apples SWIM"
This little gadiy is continually buzzing
around our head. We hear him now and
then, but never feel him. Let him buzz. 1t
does not hurt US, and we have no doubt it
does him "a powerful sight of good" and
is gratifying to his one subscriber.
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GOOD TAsTE.-A great display has recent
ly been made over monument erected in
Warren County, in this State, to the memory
of daughter of Gen. Lee, who died at
White Sulphur Springs in that County, in
1862. 1t was in every respect appropriate
to erect monument to one so gentle and
accomplished, but we cannot help thinking
that all display in doing so should have been
carefully avoided Gen. Lee was invited to
be present, but excused himself, giving,
among other reasons, the following:
81 have always cherished the intention OF
visiting the tomb of her who never gave me
aught but pleasure; but to afford me the
satisfaction which crave, it must be attend
ed with more privacy than 1 can hope for on
the occasion you propose"
This reply is in good taste. We have
been a close observer of Gen. Lees conduct
since his surrender, and we take pleasure in
saying that he has borne himself in such a
way as to conciliate his enemies and attach
his friends more strongly to him.
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CINcnNArrI, Aug. Cholera is raging.
Eighty-six deaths from that disease yesssr-
day.
NEW York, Aug. 14.-Only two cases of
Cholera reported to-day. Five in Brook
lvn
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We have rumors that efforts will be
made to disturb the johnson Conven-
tion at Philadelphia next week, which
impel us to entreat Gov. Curtin to take
the most efficient precaution. He who
would by violence obstruct the meeting
or disturb the deliberations of any por-
tion of his fellow-citizens is an enemy
to Liberty and Law. No matter what
his motive or their errors, he is public
enemy, and should be treated according
ly. s'
The citizens of Philadelphia who do
not sympathize with the Johnson Con-
vention have perfect right peaceably
to meet and express their own views !;
but let them take care to do so at such
distance as not to give the smallest ex-
cuse for charge that they seek to over
awe or in any manner disturb the John
son gathering. 7. TfibN1ae.
1t is stated in Calais letter that the
demand in Normandy and the other
parts of the northwest Of France for
oxen, cows, calves and sheep, for Eng
land, is greater than that market can
satisfy and that purchases are now made
ia the south of France. At Calais, in one
day, six hundred oxen from the south
were embarked for England and on an
other day three hundred and eight were
sent of. Considerable numbers of other
animals were likewise despatched.
TOBACCO IN NEW JERsEY.-A number Of
gentlemen few years since established a
farm short distance from Camden, N. j.,
for the purpose of experimenting in raising
Tobacco. This year it is estimated they will
realize about three thousand dollars from q
field of twenty acres. The soil in many
places of South jersey is peculiarly adapted
to the cultivation of this article. 1t is said
that parties design to appropriate large tracts
ofSouth Jersey land to raising tobacco.
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So it seems Alexander H. Stephens has
gone as delegate to the Philadelphia Con-
yention. He wrote letter recently to one
of the Blairs, in which he said he did not
know what to do about it. He was in the
same strait about accepting one of the
Georgia Scholarships, but his ambition got
the better Of his prudence and he accepted
The man who fell so far from his original
Unionism as to be willing to serve Jefferson
Davis, as Mr.. Stephens did. is not fit per-
son to serve loyal people in restoring the
Union.
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SUPERIOR CoURTs.-The Fall term of the
Superior Courts will be held as follows: