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The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-12-04
THE Il u OF FITz GREENE HALLEck.

GUnFoRp, Conn.,, Nov. %, 1867.
eff dwe,never meet again, come and
see me laid under the sod Of my native
village" were the sad and prophetic
words with which / parted from my
honored friend, Fitz Greene Halleck, at
the ST! Denis Hotel, New Y ork, on the
morning Of his last days sojourn in the
city he loved so well, and in which he
spent up ward Of thirty-fve years, i. e.,
from 1914 to 1S49. The venerable poet
arrived in Newly rk Oct. I, and on his
way caught severe cold, to which he
unfortunately added after reaching his
hotel, On the fourth day of his sojourn
/ persuaded him to call on Dr. Carno-
chan, who prescribed for him, but as he
did not improve, and was unable to eat
or sleep, he decided to return to Gull.
ford, and accordingly departed from
New York on Monday morning, Oct.
IA, with presentiment that he would
never again gaze upon the busy scenes
Of the great metropolis. During his
weeks sojourn, he declined all invita-
lions, and SO far as | am aware only left
his hotel to visit his physician twice,
and for a short stroll with the writer
on Broadway. On eur return he ap-
peared more like himself, told me some
of his raciest stories, and asked me to
repeat to him Lady Marines exquisite
poem "The land o'ithe Leal.' AS did
so, saw the tears in his eyes, and when
concluded, he said, wringing my hand,
There are no poets so tender and mu-
sicalas those of Scotland y and then a
change coming over him, he recited
some OF the martial passages from Mar
mion, while his eyes fairly blazed with
enthusiasm, and the old genial smile lit
up his still fine features. He then al
luded to Dickens, and said, 81 must
omeadown and hear him. and if he is
not too much lionized, perhaps I can
capture him, and we three, with Tuck
erman, will have aquiet and COSY din
ner together" i. s. &.
My last visit to this picturesque New
England village, which is snugly en-,
sconeed among low hills, now brown
and bare, was ia August, when, in COM
pany withmy host, we wandered among
the woods, musical with birds through
the fields brilliant with wild flowers.
among them the great white and purple
lilies, and that old Puritan flower. Jack.
1n-thepulpit; !, visited "The Point. y
where the venerable poet was always
among the Summer visitors, a most
welcome guest, and made a pilgrimage,
to theifold stone house," built blythe
hrst settlers of Guilford in 1889 and
occupied more than 200 years AGO bv
HallecRs ancestor, the Rev. John Ell
not, the well-known missionary. whose
!abots among the red men earned far
him the titleaof GApostle of the In
dlans.n II was also the home of that
godly man, Henry Whitfield. who built
the mansion, and of whom it has been.
SAID that che could on urgent occasions
be as liberal with the heads Of his e,,a'
mics a as he was ordinarily with the heads
of his sermons 49, '''s MAYS
On Sunday morning Mr.. Halleok
walked out for the last time. his Object
being to consult his physician r. 2 ~
field: The medicine prescribed af Sri.
ed him temporary relief, but on Monde Su =
shq tuesday 8, ssl be complained Of feelina
r -
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iaGqt--eE For the Standard
The following is an extract from private
letter received bya gentleman of this State
from prominent North Carolina gentle
man temporarily resident at New York. The
writer's experience in political life commend
his opinions to careful consideration
Speaking of the late Northern elections he
says:
I'm the first place, the overwhelming ma
jorities of last year produced its natural eff
feet of indifference, especially where, as was
the case innearly every State, there was not
a rousing canvass. In this State particular
ly the Republicans hardly canvassed at all.
The vote is nearly 100000 short of what it
was last year, three-fOurths of the delinquen-
cy being Republican. In the next place the
prohibitory and Sunday laws, which though
nc part Of the Republican creed, had been
mainly passed by Republican Legislatures,
had the most powerful influence in rallying
the Democracy and dispiriting the Republic
cans, thousands of whom wanted to see the
party defeated on that issue. In the third
place, many of the candidates gave great
dissatisfaction. The mass of the, RepuDli-
can party is far more free-thinking and indie
pendent and less drilled, than the DemOcra-
icy. They demand, therefore, a higher range
in candidates, and if they don't get it, they
stay from the. polls. These briefly are the
canvass. / am, confident they vii! be re-
moved in large part for the campaign of
next year; and, whether under Grant or
Chase, the Republican party will be success
full. And all the more certainly successful
for the defeat of this year. They have come
in good time for us to put our house in or
der. do not deny that the most capital
was made out of the negro supremacy cry,
and it is fair to give it some weight per
gliaps good deal of weight have not,
however, found Republicans generally either
before or since the election, dissatisfied with
the Congressional plan. They are detcfmin-
ed to give it full trial and see its fruits,
whether they be good or evil, and / believe
that most men here of all parties think it
best, speediest and safest to reconstruct un-
der that plan-better,. safer and speedier
than to go out to sea again upon some other
craft. Two things. Will aid the Radicals
amazingly, LIST, Let the Southern Republic
cans put into the Conventions, &C., their
best men Of either color The idea too prev
aleht here is. (Which the Copperhead press
keep up in every way) that the whole Radi-
cal movement with us is pushed on'by ne
groes controlled bybignorant and vicious
white men. IF the chsracter' of our Conyen-
tons and selections for Office shall give the
lie to this Islander, the Northern people will
fndIit out before the next elections, which
they could not do before tho last. In g q
I'd. 1t, is all Important in my opinion that
the Convention should not go one inch be.
yond the Reconstruction bill. Let them con-
form our Constitutions to those measures
and stop. sf,.s,eioa5 IS si,. -.sg
hope you will elect Radical. -
The County does well to have such q dele.
gate. Yours, &c, -"
-- 90 Has been elected by humping ma
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THOMAS LAKELAND.

Old lFarmcr Joe steps through the doors,
As wide TO him as gates of Thebes;
And thoughtful walks about the floors
Whereon arc piled his winter stores,
And counts the profits of his globes.
Ten tons Of timothy up there, =. aI.
And four of clover in the bay; ays
Red-top that's cut, well middiin' fair,
And bins of roots, oblong and square,
To help exc out the crops of hay.
A dozen head of cattle stand d.
Reflective in the leaf-strewn yard
And stalks are stacked on every hand,
The latest offering Of the land
To labor long maintained and hard.
Cart loads of pumpkins yonder lie,
The, horse is feeding in his stall,
The oats are bundled scaffold high.
And peas and beans are, heaped hard by,
As if there were some festival.
At length Old Farmer Joe sits down. u
A patch across each of his knees al-
He crowds his hat back on his crown,
Then clasps his hands-so hard and
= brown
And like farmer takes his ease.
"How fast the years do goI' 500 81
1t seems, in fact, but yesterday,
Thatin this very barn, we three
David, Ezekiel and me- EN- I'D T..
Pitched in the summer loads of hay :
DayidAhe sailed his clipper now,
And 'Zeikie died in Mexico =
Some one must stay and ride to plough,
Getiup the horse and milk the COW ~
And who, of course, but little Joel
/ might have been--I can't tell what
Who knows about it till he tries
might have settled in some spot,
Where money is more easy got;
Perhaps beneath Paciiie's skies. lrpg
: might have preached like Parson Jones !;
Or gotta living at thelaw a!Gssil6 n.
might have gone to Congress, sure;g
/ might have kept water Cure; 2aFa
I might have gone and been-oh,
Spshaw ! i,t ~ ~
Far better is it as it is; q s5f Fs,
What future waits him, no man knows !;
What he has got, that sure is his; , %
1t makes no odds if stocks have riz, e
Orpoliticians come to blows! n.
Content is rich and somethin' more q
Think I've heard somebody say: ,i'
lift rains, it's apt to pour;
And am rich on the barn floor, 81 +,
Where all is mine that can raise.
veploughed and moved this dear old
farm, fa5{t., : t14<tr
Till not rod but what know;
kept the old folks snug and warm
And lived without twinge of harm
fdon't care how the storm might blow.
-4ByE iAhT q - 3 10.
And on this same old farm I'll stay, ~
And raise my cattle and my corn;
Here shall these hairs turn wholly gray;
These feet shall never learn to stray.
But l will die where l was born" *
And Farmer Joe pulled down his hat,
And stood upon his feet once more;
He would not argue after that, 80
But like born aristocrat,
Kept on his walk about the floor.
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con'ss'1iss Rsds9h!y ssssa'sss sl in South
CHARLESTON, Nov. 20.

sagas t.rfS4d CHARL F NOV, 20.
Tie impression is almost unanimous here,
that owing to the lack Of the requisite ma
jority of registered voters the Convention
will be defeated in South Caroline. Sixty
two thousand votes are, required to ensure
Convention, and only $4,000 are known to
have been castiin twenty Districts out Of the
thirty inthc States =
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Win braided halr hanging down to b;a
kneeseand without any particular seat tn l,;s
pantaioo1s- shook hands, and fIung lis
robe over the broad shoulders Of CoS,m;s
sionef TAYLOR. ~ u Ligse aalf >S"-"A '''-
et SPEECH or BLACK toor.N y Drove
lie SAID that when he and his people were
young they had no pots, no iron 10 m ,I.o
arrow-heals of They went ont ON tho nra
rieand picked up old sloyels to make a.
row-heads. They struck fiints to make Srn
and make flint knives, Thus was lie raiseJ
They had then no white man. His orand.
mother boiled meat in skin kettles time he-
fore They spoke about putting him on a re.
serve to, the farm. He was not reared for Il
He could not do it. It did not please him
lie could not drive wagon. Whit he
wanted were horses and guns The Great
Spiut made man and woman to live togeth.
er, the man to fight and the woman to work
de did not want to change. He had he
said, been friendly to the whites and want.
ed to stay 80. He had been raised wild Int
ne had not done wrong. He, too, spoke of
the Crows who went East in 1851, and
wanted to know. what had become of tbe
goods which were to be given them for tiffv
years for ceding the California road When he
was young be was a good looking Young
man, and then they could get from the ira,
ders, an abundance of everything. Now
they were poor and had no traders. He he.
hevea the Great Spirit had forgotten him
Othar nations surrounded him, and his land
grew small. The soldiers had made roads
into the country he loved best his best
game country; he was as fond Of life as bis
grandfather, and like him he loved his chill
dren.nl Would not the Commissioners love
him as he did them9 We did not kill the
sheep Of the whites why did they kill his
game2 He could go nowhere without see
ing the white people; be wanted the sol.
oilers out of the Powder river road the
whites made nothing by going that way
The Sioux were tryingto get him away from
the whites but he held to- them. The whites
in the mountain gold hunting, were the ones
who troubled his people most. When he
asked the soldiers for food, they hit
him noyerI the head with a club. Thew
also wanted an agent that did not lie. Ifa
treaty was to be made, he wanted copy Of
1t, md he also anted bill of ladipg of the
goods sent him; white fathers had fooled
him too often. He wanted Gen. Harvey for
parent, and wanted some horses given
them to go back with; he wanted good
things. They had been given damaged
bread winch was like raw hide, und some
OF them died from eating threof. 49,,
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The cleveland Plain Dealer says: h ;,H
now stated on the highest Radical auin nrd;
that some weeks ago distinguished H Ha,
cal politician talked with aen .,,s Repub.
about the catering prospect Of the me aou,e
lican party, with the view OF obtaining ~ his i re-
impression; but, on the conclusion y 40 -, YOU
marks. Grant coolly said y. VIVA. ,. ~ ~
think 1,; Of Marshal Browns slut's pups
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How TO KEEP PLENTY OF MoEEy.I ,Ssa
,,a nov ,l 1% YOU buy-pay out less , ,nh
vo,, RECEIVE and you will have money eno tI'sn
How TO BE MONEY Less non make and
Won sell---spend more than yo viii lie very
the sides Of your pockeI,oo1s.
Close together-BA Recorder -
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Not to he Believed.

The statements of Conservative papers
concerning the character and abilities Of
Delegates to the Reconstruction Conventions.
Some of the statements concerning them are,
to, our personal knowledge, unqualitedly
false-falsehoods manufactured from whole
CLOTH Attrocious uttcrances are ascribed to-
them, schen it is kI,0on that they were not
present at the time or place when and where
it is alleged those utterances were made.
Their motives are maligned, their opinions
misrepresented and blackguarded, all for a
purpose, viz to affect Northern sentiment.
i People of the North believe none of
these things. Many Of those delegates are
from your circles of kindred and friendship
not a few, are graduates of your most re-
nowBed colleges some of them have occu-.
pied public stations of great honor and
trusts They are men of toll to be seen. as
well as men of wealth. But toll is honora-
bic in your sight. This is the old slave
holding policy, which holds poverty to be O.
crime, and manual labor a disgrace. The
Conservative party of the South intend to
hold to their programme. We know that
you will spurn fellowship with such party
Poor men, white men Of the South Col
ofe6a men, who earn the bread you cat The
Conservative party holds that p0perty is a
crime and labor a disgrace. They look to
You to pay their taxes, They burden you
with exorbitsnt rents-they prescribe you
in their lsws-they spurn you as ''nud sills."
Give such men powers and you have the
reign of slavery. Let the whole country
understand tbisl Northern men under
stand this! Members Of Congress under
stand this T. Wilmington, Post 49,
ftns5sV 1870 -. 49, s,lf
| PARENTS TEACH EcoNoNy.---Teach your
children to save their clothes-save their
dbooks-saye tools save time save money.
The lab6fing people Of this country must lay
the foundations Of prosperity in economy.mI
Economy always, has. been, and always VIII
be the condition, of pecuniary success j. .:
Aster. Stephen Gerard and all artlhcers Oh
! great fortunes pfacticed rigid, but sensl-
| ble economy There need be nothing sor-
did or base in SO doing ION the contrary ~
| is wise, manly, noble. To struggle with as
| advantage and succeed, to struggle with pow
| srty and triumph, is to become q hero
i There are rewards for suchia conqueror.
From nearly every quarter of the South
we hear cries Of distress. Fears OF appalling
suffering during the coming winter extel.-
4 sively prevail. The people can NIT
4 gate If hot completely ward off the evil py
economyMby saving. Let no money DC
i spent on frivolous amusements. Let SHOWS
/ and circusses and operas AMI theatres pass
unpstmnized These exhibitions may pe
pleasant to behold, but they will not iee co.
clothe Or warm you and your family. 49,, I'm
the contrary the money you expend on them
viii increase your poverty and possibly paw PAW
! the way for suffering. Show your cllll %hus
that they must expend money. thus 1., i p,st
! Won will join precept to example. w. f''''
- n, 1870 aria
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Assweet maiden in Westbrook, Name
weighs. $50 pounds. ,4a ,, 's''''' ''i 2 =
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SPEECH OF BLACK Foor,

Then Black Foot took the floor. a pert
with braided hair hanging down to ee HI.
kneeseana without any particular seat to l,;s s
pantaloo1s- shook hands, and aung I;s
robe over the broad shoulders Of Comm. ss
sionef TAYLOR ~ u Lifa0 lll1 N'1'ls
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UP IN ,rHE BARN.

.ralrll, 80 n a.lilaE
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STORIES ABOUT NoRwEGIANs. A trav-
eler tells story OF Hallingdal man
who entered church during the pertor-
nance Of divine service, Walking up
the isle Of the church, he stood moment
in front Of the communion table, and
then, turning a sOmersault. he sprang
over the communion rails and alighted
on the table. The officiating clergy
man, who was renowned for his great
strength, seized the offender by the neck
and hurled him back again among the
people, where he remained for some time
insensible. Now the Norwegians are
very fond OF witnessing feats OF strength
and the clergyman In question was ever
afterwards much esteemed. A remark
able feat was performed by soldier, a
Hallingdal man, in the garrison at Chris
tians. A brother soldier held up his cap
rs high in the air as he could, and the
Hallingdal man taking sudden leap
knocked the cap ont OF the hand OF the
other with his right foot
The men OF Hallingdal are said to
have strange and barbarous custom
when in drink. When well primed with
fnket, they draw their short knives, and
pointing them to each other, they en-
quire in an amicable way, Chow far will
you go?" A certain portion OF each
knife is then measured off on each side
and the remainder Of the blades is care
fully bound round with cloth, so that
the knives cannot penetrate beyond a
certain distance. All present then set tC
work and stab and slash each other Ia
all directions. Sometimes these encoun.
ters end fatally, but a little blood letting
does none OF the parties any harm. 1t
may be asked II these strange combats
arise from natural taste for shedding
blood. 1t Is said not to be 50, but that thu
custom has been handed downfrom fathel
TO son for many generations, and tina
any Hallingdal man who refuses to fgh'
when challenged would be branded as 8
coward.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-10-03

A RAILROAD JoKR-Rather an anus
ing story is going about of II youth who
recently came down from Castletin to
Strabane on some business, and who, in
returning to the station, found he was
almost in time to be too late. He hur-
lied up to the gate at full speed, but it
was to hear the fatal signal given and to
see the train passing quietly off at in.
creasing speed. With face full OF ex-
element, and with as much authority as
he was capable of commanding, he
shouted to the guard at the top of his
voice, stop, for Lord Lifford's coming ~
Itacted like magic, the obsequious guard
Instantly sgnaled, the speed slackened,
the train stopped, moved back, and took
its place by the platform to await his
Lordship's arrival. Meanwhile, the very
anxious herald secured his ticket, and
with great composure took his seat in q
third. class carriage, Then putting his
head out OF the window, he informed
the obliging guard that his Lordship had
entered, and that he might move on. He
was obeyed.
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FREEZING PoULTRY.-At White River
Junction, Vt, while waiting for the
train, and "gawping" around the depot,
at one O'Clock at night, heard OF
"new thing ender the SUM-" Messrs. A.
t. & o. F. Taintor, who keep the re-
freshment saloon there, have an estab
lishment at Queechy, few miles west OF
the junction, where they put up annu-
ally large amount of poultry for New
York, Boston and other markets, in a
very novel and successful way. Last
year they sent to market 1876 tons, and
not pound Of 1t was injured or tainted
in the least, Notwithstanding some of it
was shipped as late as the first of June.
They have a large farm on which they
have some three thousand fowl, which
they fatten and kill as occasion reuuires
but the most of their product is obtained
by agents, who scour the country and
pick up everything running on two legs.
except men, women and children. which
they find fat and good enough for their
purposes. They commence to kill as
soon as the weather is cold enough to
freeze hard, and pack closely in double
cased boxn9. which arc laid away IN the
lfeeZihs houses, "nefe they relhain until
they are wanted for use. The freezing
houses are simply wood buildings, buiit
very much like many ice houses, with
spaces round the outside which are filled
with saWdust, care being taken to have
good ventilation. Here the boxes of
poultry lie, without a pound of ice or
any artificial appliance for freezing being
used, until they are called for market,
and so perfect and successful has this
simple process proved that very large
business has grown out Of what was at
first small experiment. As soon as
the houses-there are several-are filled,
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Advice Tor 10th sides.

A oountryman walked into the Office
ola lawyer one day and began his appli-
cation.
Sir, have come 70 get your advice
In case that Is giving me some
trouble
We'll, what's the matter T.
Suppose, now, said the client, that
= man had one spring OF water on his
ltNd, and his neighbor living below
shunld build dam across the creek
thr ugh both farms and IL was TO back
the water up into the other mans spring,
wha' ought IA be DONE
Sue him, sir sue him, by all means,
said the lawyer, who always became ex-
cited in proportion to the aggravation OF
his clients. You can recover heavy
damages, sir, and the law will make him
pay well for It. just give me the case,
and I'll bring the money from him.
But STOP cried the terrified appll-
cant for legal advice. It's that have
built the dam, and Its neighbor Jones
that owns the springs, and he threatens
10 sue me-
The keen lawyer hesitated a moment
OtIOre ne JaCkeu MS snip ana kept on,
All = we'll sir, you say built q dam
across that creek. What sort OF dam
was it, sir =
1t was a mill dam
A mill dam for grinding grain, was
III
Yes, it was just that
And 1t is good neighborhood mill,
stir
80 it is, sir, and you may we'll say
So
And all your neighbors bring their
grain to be ground, do they?'
Yes, sir, all but Jones'
Then it's great public convenience,
is 1t not 2
To be sure it is. would not have
built 1t but for that. 1t Is 30 far superior
TO any other mill, sir
And now said tAe old lawyer, you
tell me that Jones is complaining just
because the water from the dam happens
10 put back into his little spring, and he
Is now threatening to sue you. Well,
all have to say is, let him sue, and he'll
rue the day as sure as my name is
Barnes
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