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A man is to be valued above all other
things for having backbone; the want of
almost every other member may be in some
degree supplied; wig, false teeth, glass eye,
stuffed arm, and wooden leg, all may be had
for trifle round the corner; but if he is
born without backbone you can never put
one into him to stand for half an hour as if
he had one.
Son, on bust, left his fathers house and
strayed some days; but he returned, and sire
to dame thus spoke: "Wife, kill the pro6li-
gal, the calls returned!" -
A little sixyear old urchin, away up in
Maine, being unable to drive an obstinate
COW out of the barn, set it on fire. "She
run then" so the boy told his mother.
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EcLIPsEs IN 1S67.-There will be four
ecGpses in the present year-two of the sun
and two of the moon. A partial eclipse of
the moon, March 20 may be witnessed from
all parts of the United States. In New
York City and State the time of its begin
ming will be about 2:20 in the morning, and
it will end at about $50 o'clock. In Cali
fornia and Oregon it will begin in the eve
ming at the 18th. A partial eclipse of the
moon, Friday evening, September 13, will be
visible in parts of the. United States, though
its beginning will not be generally seen. AT
places west of Boston the moon will rise
more or less eclipsed. From the Pacific
States this eclipse will not be seen at all.
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WHAT IS THE MATTER2 No less than
three clergymen have been before courts of
laws for crilne-Rev. S. L. Williams, for pick
ing the pocket of lady in a Broadway On.
y stage Rev. Joseph Bahia, for the alleg-
ed murder of his crippled sister, and Rev.
Joel Lindsey, for the murder Of his child,
eleven years old. The Rev. MIR. Williams,
after a careful examination of his case, had
been committed for trial Lindsey has been
convicted of manslaughter in the third de-
gree, while Bahia was acquitted from lack
Of evidence. This IS bad state Of things
and shows how wicked our age is. Why does
not the millennium come that Cummings
propehsied for 1866, but which he now puts
off until 1902 r
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NORTH.CAROLINA,

NORTH.CAROLIN
In GRANVILLE COUNTY.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, November
Term, 1866. ..
Anderson OVERLY, Admir-. Original attach
vs.. ment levied on
Mary C. Griffin. Land.
1t appearing to the satisfaction OF the Court
that the defendant in this cause resides beyond
the limits of this State: 1t is therefore, on mo-
ton, ordered by the Court, that advertisement be
made for six weeks, successfully, in the Raleigh
Standard, notifying the said defendant of the
filing of this attachment, and that unless she ap-
pears at the next term of this Court, to wit, the
first Monday in February next, and answer or
plead to the same, judgment by default final will
be rendered against her, and lands levied upon,
condemned and ordered to be sold to satisfy the
plaintiffs debt. -
Witness, Augustine Lands, Clerk of our said
Court, at Office, in Oxford, the first Monday in
November, 1866. '.-'a
.eg A. Lands, Clerk. +
Dec. Is, 1866. 52-w6w
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WHAT PINT OF WHIsKEY CosT. -
Some thirty-one years ago, Jonathan
Beckwith, a young lawyer of decided
promise, bought pint Of whiskep, and
getting drunk, wandered out on Terre-
Coupee prairie on cold winter night,
and was so badly frozen that he lost his
reason and the use of his limbs, and has.
been ever since, until his death, two
weeks ago, an inmate OF the County
poor-house, an insane cripple, and his,
keeping has cost the County no less
than $s,oOo.-So,ah Bend Ind Reg
lister.
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There are only two genuine remedies
for sorrow-prayer and work. Trust in
heaven and keep doing, is the best re-
ceipt for every human care. There are
no wound of the spirit which it will not
heal.
A paper gives the following reasons for
not publishing a poetic effusion: "The rhythm
sounds like pumpkins rolling over a barn
floor, while some lines appear to have been
measured with yard stick, and Others with
ten-foot pole"
A romantic death-a young lady drowned
in tears,
The leprosy is prevailing to a great extent
in the Sandwich islands.
Ri Richmond, Va, had 20 divorce suits in
lpoo'
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DIR. D. 81. sEELYE q CO..
1REEPoRr, ILLINOIS.
Sold by al Wholesale and retail Druggists.
GENERAL AGENTS.

John D. Park, Cincinnati, Ohio; Fuller, Finch
& Fuller, Chicago, III; Burnhams & vanschaack,
Chicago, IL; Demas Barnes i Co., New Y0k
D. Ransom & Co., Buffalo, N. T.; Farrand, She
ley & Co., Detroit, Mich; Weeks & Potter, Bos-
ton, Mass; French, Richards & Co., Philadelphia
Pa; R. B. Sellers & Co., Pittsburg, Pa; Collins
Bros St. Louis, NO., Barnes, Ward & Co., New
Orleans, La, r. A Robinson & Co., Louisville
KY; Bigley & Bro, Memphis, Tenn; P. E. De-
puy, Richmond, Va; Thompson & Block, Balti'
more, Nd; Dexter & Nelleger, Albany, N. "
Strong & Armstrong, Cleveland, Ohio; William
Johnston, Detroit, Mich; Wilson Peters & Co.
Louisville, KY.
Oct g. 1865. S-lL
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WHISKY FRAUDS. Ninety millions of gal
Ions of whisky were made in the United
States in 1860, according to the census, while
the last report of the revenue commissioners
returned but ten millions. This enormous
deficiency is not to be accounted for by any
decrease in either demand or supply, but
solely by the fact that the tax on whisky is
now two dollars a gallon. The special COM
mittee which Congress appointed to investi-
gate the frauds in the revenue department,
has work enough before it; for even if we
suppose that the tax has decreased the man.
ufacture of whisky thirty millions of gal
Ions since 1860, there would still be cause to
suspect that the Treasury has been defrauded
of s1OO,0OO,000.
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Dryden was SO bound up in his books
that his wife one day exclaimed: II
d wish 1 were book that might ALWAYS
be in your society" 81 wish you were
an almanac, SO could change every
year." replied he. -,
80 can not bear children" said Mrs.
Prim, disdainfully. ep i7s
Mrs. Partington, looking over her
spectacles, mildly replied, Perhaps,
if you could, you would like them bet
ter"
A dogma is defined as an opinion laid
down with a snarl.
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Mt FOSTER { CO., Z
lis BROADWAY! n. II.
e s. IMMENSE SALE OF
Watches. Chains, Diamonds,

4n
Watches. Chains, Diamonds,
BIJOUTERlE, &C.,
Valued 1t upwards Of half million Of dollars. To be
SOLD AT ONE DOLLAR EACH. z
No Lottery! No Gift Enterprise! No Hunbus!
CONSISTING OF
Solid Silver Dining Sets Silver Salvers and Urns,
Solid Silver Tea Sets, complete; Rosewood Musi-
cal Boxes, 90 airs; Mahogany Musical Boxes, "a
airs; Gold Hunting Watches, Ladies' Enameled
Gold Watches, Gents Hunting Silver Watches,
Open-faced Silver Watches, Ivory Opera Glasses,
Mother of Pearl Lorgnettcs, Six Barrel Reyolven,
Single and Double Shooters, Elegant Oil Paint
ings, Marble Statues, Busts, &C.; Diamond Rings,
Photograph Albums, all sizes; Gold Vest and
Neck Chains, Gold Oval Band Bracelets, Chased
Gold Bracelets Chatelane and Guard Chains,
Solitaire and Revolving Brooches, Lava and Flor
es; Mosaic, Jet and Lava Eardrops; Coral and
Emerald Eardrops, California Diamond Pins, Cal,
Cluster Diamond Pins, Sets Solitaire Buttons and
Studs, Gold Thimbles, Pencils, &C.; Lockets,
double glass; Lockets for Miniatures, Gold Tooth
picks, Crosses, &C.; Plain Gold Rings, Chased
Gold Rings, Shield and Signet Rings, California
Diamond Sets Ladies' Jewelry, Jet; Sets Ladies'
Jewelry, Coral; Sets Ladies Jcwelry, Onyx; Sets
Ladies' Jewelry, Lava; Sets Ladies' Jewelry,
Mosaic; Gold Pens with Silver Holders, Gold
Pens with Gold Holders, Gold Pens and Holders
superior, Silver Goblets and Drinking Cups, Sill
yer Casters and Wine holders, Silver Fruit and
Cake Baskets
The plan is simple, namely: Certificates naming
every article of our stock are put into blank en-
velopes, sealed and mixed, and when ordered are
taken out without regard to choice, and forward
ed as directed. The holder of any certificate IL
entitled to whatever article it may name upon the
payment of One Dollar, whether that article is .
$3.50 Watch, SIS Diamond, or a % Bosom
Pin. Having purchased five, ten or twenty Ger
tificates, you can take just many just few
of the articles they severally describe as you
please. You must pay One Dollar apiece for all
you send for, however.
To reimburse us for the cost of printing, mail
ing, and advertising, We charge for Certificates
and the time and trouble Of properly attending to
the business, as follows: lfts.aa.
For five, 81; eleven, 81; eighteen, %; TWEEN
ty-eight, 81; thirty five, IS; fifty, 81 so; six
ty-six, SO; one hundred, SIS; and two hun
dred, $50.
AN ELEGANT PREMIUM
With each Club of FOUR DOLLARS and up
/ ward, will be forwarded with the Certificate.
n. B.-See full lists of Premiums, and special
terms to Agents, in our Circulars.
This firm is regular Jewelry house, doing bu-
siness in this city, and can be relied upon to do
exactly as they agree. All our articles are war
ranted goods, and if any person is not satisfied
after patronizing us, IRE ,riH exchange the article or
retundM the money! Address
N. T. FOSTER & CO.,
116 Broadway, n. 7.
= January q, 1867. 100
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CTATE OF NORTH.CAROLINA.

STATE OF NORTH.CAROLINA
~ COUNTY OF PAsQUoTANK.
Superior Court of Law, Fall Term, A. D. 1866
VIM. B. Henby,
E. Fl. Davis.
1t appearing to the satisfaction of the Court,
that E. Il. Davis is not resident of this State it
is ordered that publication be made in the Raj
eigh Standard, a paper published in the City of
Raleigh, for six successive weeks, notifying the
defendant to appear at the next term OF this court
to be held on the fourth Monday after the fourth
Monday of March next, at the Court House in
Elizabeth City, then and there to plead, answer
or demur, otherwise judgment pro cOnfesso will
be rendered against him, and the property at
tached will be CONDEMNED to satisfy the plaintiff S
debt and costs of suit.
Witness, VIM E Vaughan, Clerk of said court
at Office, in Elizabeth City, the fourth Monday
after the fourth Monday of September, A. D..
1856, and ninetieth year of our national indepen-
dence. VIM. E. VAUGHAN, Clerk.
Dec 5, 1866. 49-w6w
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HOTEL " ACcoMMoDATIoNs.' I'm the
new chapters of" The Guardian An
gel" in the FEBRUARY atlantic, there is
the following statement of what must
have been the experience of thousands
of travellers
1t is fine thing to be set down in
great over-crowed hotel, where they do
not know you, looking dusty, and for
the moment shabby, with nothing but
carpetbag in your hand, feeling tired,
and anything but clean, and hungry,
and worried, and very miserable and
mean, and to undergo the appraising
process of the gentleman in the office,
who, while he shoves the book round
to you for your name, is making a has
ty calculation as to how high up he
can venture to room you. But Murray
Bradshaw's plain dress and carpet-bag
were more than made up for by the air
and tone which imply the habit of be-
ing attended to. The clerk saw that
in glance, and as he looked at the
name and address in the book, spoke
sharply in the explosive dialect Of his
tribe:
+" Jun! ta'tha'gelm'n'scarpetbag'n
show-him 'thirty-onep' g.
When Cyprian Eveleth reached the
same hotel late at night, he appeared
in his best clothes and with new va
lise; but his amiable countenance and
gentle voice and modest manner sent
him up two stories higher, where he
| found himself in room not much bet
ter than a garrett, feeling lonely enough,
for he did not know he had an acquain-
lance in the same house.
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The world is q looking-glass a. nd gives
BACK to every man the rejection of his
own face. Frown at it, and it win turn
and look sourly at you; laugh at it, ind
1T is jolly kind compaion.; and SO |, ct
all young persons take their choice.
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COME HOME FATHER.

Father. dear father conc home with me
now 10
1.-The clock in the steeplc strikes one;
You said you were coming right home from
A.l the shop, 79,'ia r''h
AS soon as your days work was done.
Our fire is all out, our house is all dark,
And Others been watching since tea,
With poor little Bonnie so sick in her arms,
And no ore to help her but me.
Come home come homel come home
Please father, dear father, come home
Father dear father, come home with me
now
The clock in the steeple strikes two:
The night has grown colder and Bonnie is
worse
But he has been calling for you
Indeed he is worse-Ma says he will die,
Perhaps before morning shall dawn !
And this is the message she sent me to bring,
Come quickly or he will be gone
Come home come home come home
Please father, dear father, come home
Father, dear father, come home with Inc
The clock in the stceple strikes three;
The house is SO lonely-the hours are so
long,
For poor weeping mother and me
Yes, we are alone poor Bonnie is dead
And gone with the angels OF light;
And these were the very last words that he
said:
II want to kiss Papa tonight"
Come home come home! come home!
Please father, dear father, come home!
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JOSEPH SEVERN.

-BT5t1S1 consulate.
"To the Rev. James Lewis"
We are not surprised to learn that
some countrymen of the author of this
remarkable document suspected him of
approving the purpose of the Govern
ment. All the representations made to
the Papal authorities were fruitless, and
on Jan. 4, the Presbyterian stations
were closed. Mr.. Odo Russell in vain
appealed to Cardinal Antonelll. His
reference to the liberty granted to the
Americans to have place of worship
drew forth the remark, that "the Gov
eminent would attend to that ALSO"
Our dispatches by the latest steamers
are several days later than the letter of
DIR. Prime, and they inform us that the
Americans have really been attended to
also. All the meetings for Protestant
worship within the walls of the City of
Rome, except those in the private
houses of the foreign ambassadors, are
strictly forbidden. To the urgent rep
reservations of the foreign Embassa-
doris, the Roman Government has only,
at length, so far yielded as to allow
the Protestants to meet outside of the
walls of the city. Thus the case re-
mains for the present, and in this state
it may remain, until the Roman people,
aided by the sympathy of Italy and Of
all civilized nations, shall forever put an
end to the Roman .Inquisition and to
the prohibition of Protestant worship
in Rome.-Neao York Tribune.
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! :. 80 --1IirII n n - 80
An IspxpESpEsr PAupER--An odd

tffrrt -4D5Efgl.N JfB
An INDEPENDENT PAuPERr-Ani, odd
fellow, in q town, in Essex County,
Mass, once respectable, who, through
looking upon the wine when it was red,
and fluids of other colors, was reduced
to the condition OF pauper, was allow
ed occasionally liberty beyond the poor
house walls, which he improved by cal
ling on dear friend who clandestinely
sold the creature. On his last visit he
imbibed glass or two, and received,
besides, couple of glasses in a bottle,
fortified with which he sailed forth to
fall into the arms of Constable, who
had watched him through the window !;
the result was, the friend was prosecu-
ted when the pauper summoned as a
witness. When placed upon the stand
he was asked if he knew the prisoner.
Certainly, he had known him many
years.
Did you ever go there?"
Yes ;always when he went to town.
And now,'' said the magistrate,
"did you ever buy any liquor there ?"
Which ?" said the old fellow, sud-
denly hard of hearing.
"Did you ever buy any liquor there ?"
decline to answer" said the wit
ness. You must answer or be COM
mitted for contempt" said the judge,
sternly.
"Well." replied the old fellow, after
a few moment pause, "what will be
the extent of the penalty?"
Imprisonment in the Salem Jail, re
sponded the judge.
Ended! Well, as think that an
improvement on the poor-house, l shan't
tellv a.. 49, IL
| And he didn't: thereby saving his
friend.
A CHEAP Ice HoUsE-A correspondent
of the American Institute Farmers Club
says:
GA year ago had my attention called to
an ice house built by farmer near me,
which was simply bin made with rough
pine boards, sixteen feet square, and rooted
over, leaving large opening at thefront and
| liz sdlu iSC hCpG PCiiCStiy uheAi
the next winter. He put on layer of saw
dust about foot thick on the ground and
then stacked the ice snugly in the centre,
eighteen or twenty inches from the walls,
and then filled with sawdust, and then up
over the top foot or more thick. Last win
ter before filling my ice house determined
to try this method. accordingly tore out
the inside wall, and shoveled out the saw
dust, then filled by stacking it snugly in the
centure fifteen or twenty inches from the
wall. This space filled in with pine saw
dust and covered the whole over the top a
foot thick or more. left out the window
and took down my door and left it all open,
so the sun can shine IN there every day
Now for results At the present time have
an abundance of ice, and the cakes seem to
come out as square and perfect as when they
went in nothing lacking except what is used
out. am satisfied how to build an ice
house."
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NORTH.CAROLINA,l
In MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, January
Term, 1857.
Miles Jordan Original Attachment Lev lie
70 on Land
1t appearing to the satisfaction Of the Court
that Elizabeth Wright is, and resides beyond the
limits of the State it is ordered that publication
be made in the Raleigh WeeaJv Stundard for six
weeks, commanding her to appear at the next
term OF this Court 10 be held for the County OF
Montgomery at the Courthoase IN Troy on the
first Monday in April next to plead, answer OF
to her
Witness: es4 C. C. WADE. C. G. C.
Jan. 80, 1867. 5N6H.
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VIM. b. BURLINGTON.
Commission and Shipping Merchant,

Commission and Shipping Merchant.
WILMINGTON, N. c.,
HAVING RESUMED BUSINESS. WILL BE
IL pleased to serve his old friends and custom
ers, and all Others wishing business attended to
with promptness
Solicits consignments of Cotton, Naval
stores. Bacon, Timber, Grain, &c.
81 Charges made light. -
Sept. IL, 1866. S7-w1y
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~ NCOSTAR,S,,
~ -.2 CELEBRATED
BISHOP PILLS,

A Universal Dinner Pill,
For Nervous and Sick Headache, Costiveness,
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Constipa-
cral arrangement of the Digestive Organs.
k3y Boxes, Is cts, 50 cts, and 81 sizes
t9y- Sold by all Druggists every where.
"a And by HENRY R. COSTAR, Depot 4s4,
Broadway, N. Y,
W And by RALKIGH, N. C.
Dec. q, 1856. 119-tw&vsm
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This cause coming on to be heard, and It ap-
pcaring to the satisfaction of the Court that {.
E. Robinson and wife Victoria, s. E. Hines and
wife Mariah Louisa, and s. p Pool are heirs-at-
law and next of kin Of the said JOS H. Pool, de-
ceased and reside beyond the limits of this State
On motion it is ordered by the Court, that pub
LEGATION be made in the Raleigh Standard, paper
published in the City of Raleigh, N. c., for six
successive weeks, notifying them to appear at the
next Term of this Court to be held on the first
Monday of March next, at the Court House in
Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, n c., then
and there to see the proceedings in this cause,
and 10 make themselves parties to the said issue,
if they shall think proper SO to do.
A P. WHITE, Clerk.
January o, 1867 130Lw6w.
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@COSTAR,S,
PICTORIAL
COUGH REMEDY,
For Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Sore Throat,
Group, Whooping Cough, Influenza, Asthma
Consumption, Bronchial Affections, and all Dis
casts Of the Throat and Lungs
~ Bottles, 25 cts, so cts, and 81 sizes.
~ Sold by all Druggists every where.
~ And by HENRY R. COsTAR, Depot 49,,
Broadway, N. Y.
81 And by RALEIGH, y.
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Papal Intolerance.

. The closing of all the Protestant pla-
ces Of worship in the City of Rome, by
order of the Papal Government, has
lately elected some comment. The full
lest account Of it which we have yet
met with is given in letter from the
Rev. DR.. Prime, the well-known editor
of Tile Observer of this city.
The Roman law strictly prohibits
Protestant worship in the City of Rome.
The only exception to this restriction is
that the ambassadors of foreign Gov
ernments may have divine service cele-
brated in their own houses. Under
this protection, the Russian, the Prus-
sian, the American, and other represen-
tatives of foreign Governments have
had for many years chapels in their own
houses. The British Government has
no diplomatic relations with Rome, but
the British Protestants have for forty
wears past been tolerated in holding
worship in haylott, finished off as a
chapel, just outside the walls, by the
Portodel Popolo. The practice, how
ever, has been more tolerant than the
law, and the Roman authorities have
winked at or overlooked other religious
assemblies of foreign residents. Thus
there have been for six years two sta
lions of Scotch Presbyterians, which
have never been interfered with until,
on December 20, the chaplains were
served with the following most remark.
able warning from the British Consul
late: Fet .lsa
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"BRIT1sn CONSULATE AT ROME,

.... .- .... .-....... DSS. q, iOoos
"SIE: 1t is my official duty to in
form you that Monsignore Randi, Gov
ernor of Rome, has just communicated
to me that you are holding illegal re-
ligious meetings in your house, which,
you must know, arc prohibited by the
Roman law, and that you have thus
placed yourself IN the po'oer Of the In
QUESTION, both for arrest and imprison-
ment. 5r..--
"But as the Monsignore permits me
to give You this notice, l would serious
ly advise that You at once put an end
to these innovations, and that you visit
Monsignore Randi at Monte Citorio and
assure him that you will never again
repeat these illegal acts. hope in
this way you may possibly suspend
your exile, which is now hanging over
you. / am, Sir, your obedient SER
want.