The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-05-09

structed.-N Y. Commercial
An incident occurred at the Court
house yesterday, which, in itself, is {
beautiful picture of the devotion of chill
dren, and which manifested in an extra
ordinary degree the interest which chill
dren seldom fail to excite in the minds
of persons of maturer years. 1t appears
that young man, who is employed as
teacher of a free school in the southern
district of the city, had been tried for
an assault and battery, and been sent
enced to one month Imprisonment in the
County Jail.
After the trial had taken place about
sixty children, girls and boys, scholars
of this person, came to the Court House
and desired an interview with the Judge.
The interview after awhile was granted.
On the appearance ofthe Judge young
boy, one of the party, approached His
Honor, and addressed him in polite,
deferential and manly manner, and ex
planned to him, that himself and COM
panions had sought this audience in
order to entreat His Honor to remit the
punishment visited upon their teacher,
that they were all poor children who
actually needed the services of him in
whose behalf they had come. The Judge
was affected by this evidence of devo-
ton, and told the children that he would
consider the case and let them know
the result of his consideration.
The consequence was that the punish
ment was RENTED, the prisoner releas-
ed latter being visited with fine and
made to pay the costs), and returned
TO the children who had exertcd them
selves SO well in his behalf.
The lenient course which Judge Bux-
ton pursued, but entities him to double
respect, and shows plainly that both
Justice and mercy can be meeted out by
the same hand, with equal credit
Wilmington Journal.
FLoRIDA.@Since the termination of
hostilities, Florida has had large ac-
cession to her population. The current
of emigration still moves on. Her fer
tile soil and genial climate-her forests
OF valuable timbers and boundless pas
tures--her orange groves-her innumer-
able lakes, swarming with thousand
species OF tish-are inducements to those
who desire to exchange worn out plant
ations for fresh, alluvial soil. The
Confederate soldier has returned to his
wonted avocation with alacrity. Her
citizens generally seem to be actuated
with that degree of enterprise which
denotes a return to prosperity at an
early day in the future. The small
farms that dot her forests are being
renovated and newly improved. The
long cotton, to which her soil is pecul-
iarly adapted, will constitute the bulk
OF her. crop the present year, and, in
tlneness of staple, closely approximates
that which is produced on our sea
island plantations. One hand will Gull
tlvate on her lands, with ease, ten acres
In cotton and five in corn. An average
crop on the pine lands is bale of long
cotton, weighing $50 pounds, to three
acres, and twelve bushels of corn per
acre of land. The hammock lands weld
more. The excellent timbers of Flori.
ola are beginning to attract the eye of the
capitalist. Jacksonville, Cedar KEYS.
and other points on the St. Johns and
the coast, have been doing large lum-
Der business during the war. At Cedar
Keys, we are informed, there are over
twenty mills cutting lumber, which is
principally shipped to Cuba and sold.
On the railroads and interior of the
State, saw mills are rapidly going up.
without any dinlinution in the demand
for lumber at thirty dollars per thou
sand feet. Laborers seem to be scarce
and the demand increasing daily. Tim
Der cutters pay twenty-five dollars and
ratlons, while farmers are paving from
twelve to fifteen dollars and rations ner
month for able-bodied hands.
The railroads of the State are being
rapidly repaired and supplied with roll,
ing stock. We learn that five new and
splendid engines have been recently mt
on the road from Lake City in Taila-
hassee The road from Fernandina to
Cedar Keys, ere many weeks, will span
the State from shore to shore. Then
our city may expect to be in direct COM
munication with the interior of that
State by vessels playing from this port
to Fernandina, situated at the mouth Of
st. Johns. Fernandina is destined to
De port of no little Importance She
lnJoys the advantage of good harbor
access to the interior by boats up the
st: Johns and, in few months bv
rail to the most productive parts of the
State. South C0roIinia7a.
The reason eggs decay is that the at
mosphere penetrates the pores of the
shell, eyapolates the watery portions
inside, and decay begins. A remedy is
TO to lmmerse the eggs in boiling water
TOT lew seconds. 1t is easily done. for
q hundred eggs in a basket can be dip
PED at once into tub of boiling water
They are to be held in the water lono
enough to count twenty at fast rate
Inc ! heat of the water congeals the sur
race a OF the albumen Immediately under
fhp 600 shall IL