The tri-weekly standard., 1867-02-21


TEMPT TO RoB.-It is not particularly safe to
travel in the rural districts nowadays I'M
less one has spring gun pocket book, or il
burglar proof musquito not.
Since the conversion of paper into money,
that article has exhited remarkable inclina-
tion to "take the wings of the morning"
leaving the unfortunate loses only the rcflcc-
tion that the "Philistines came by night and
stole it away"
We have heard of number of cases re-
Gently, wherein certain parties who had
neither the fear of the law, nor the-(Sdtdn)
in their eyes, have been emuating the eX-
ample of the Philstines aforesaid, and by
their extraordinary misappication of the
rights of persons and property, have led some
of our friends to imagine that they had fall
len among thieves Occasionally, however,
these gentlemen of a contiscatory disposition,
meet with rebcllious demonstrations from
their would be victims; and are opposed
with such determination, as to, no doubt,
cause them very great veXation, or as Arte-
mus says, "cussin of spirit"
The latest instance of the kind occurred
last Friday about 40 miles from this city, at
Dr. Ford's plantation on Coart's Greek.
Two gentlemen of Newbern, DR.. j. Discs
way and Allen q. Eubank, had gone down
to attend a sale on the premises. During the
auction DR.. Disosway acted rs Clerk and ac-
cumulated considerable sum of money on
the table before him. This seemed to become
such magnet for a number of rather sinister
optics, that DIR. d. concluded to invite a gen
cral "hands off, movement by the acciden-
tally intentional display of a small six bar
relied weapon, branded Colt 1,O01."
Of course, no one had any desire for the
money shortly after such a manifestation of
d" stand the consequences - and consequently
the sale passed off quietly enough.
Subsequently, however, when the hour
"when graveyards yawn' and ghosts play
hide and go seek in their night clothes-say
little after 12-had come-a visiting COM
mittee of two or more (names unknown) en-
deavored to effect an entrance to the build
ing, in which our friends were sleeping, in q
manner which was somewhat the reverse of
polite, and bordering a little on the hostile,
housebreaking "have it any way" style
Now, DR.. D. and Mr.. E. are as peaceablc citi-
zens of this good commonwealth as any we
know, but, like mankind generally, they
sometimes wake up cross when they wake up
suddenly, and of course one is not response
BILE for what he does when he is mad.
The robbers were doubtless aware of this
trait of the human mind and no sooner
found that our friends were preparing to
speak '' short, quick words of welcome, than
they retired in haste, and evidently with that
chagrin which all great minds feel when COM
PEELED to give up a cherished project.
Indeed so notifying was this reflection
that the party concluded to make one more
effort q" if it killed them."
About o'clock in the morning another
attempt was made to break open lower door
and window. DR.. Disosway who was up at
the time Immediately aroused the garrison,
and ran out the battery. The full armament
of sixteen cartridges was brought to bear
upon the attacking party in "double quick
time :" whereupon the robbers " fell back
not on the ground, unfortunately, but very
rapidly into the glimmering distance."-
And that was the last of it. The only damage
that occurred to the garrison was the COM
plete exhaustion of their commissary stores,
&C., &C., &c.-Ne'o6ern Journal Of Commerce.