The weekly standard., 1869-09-08
u.rAnother Note 70 the Eunatrei , Il

herself THE Proportions Of al an OK Ok, is we'll
known. The result did not equal her ex-
pectations, and she only burst herself in
pieces, without materially adding to her
Pizsgl The New Berne TIMES Is now playing
ths, frog, and is endeavoring to magnify it.
self but with very poor successlia Sometime
hgo weientefedl into q controversy with it,
which We maintained" until wye perceived
that We I%ers wasting our time, as our argu-
hents were metz notn with arguments, but
with the veriest rhodomontade. We were
very much in the position Of tic man an who
shot 81 q tI sk|ink ri instead of "a rabbitthe game
wasn't lt'worthl lthe powder, and smelt badly.
The Times, after waiting d week or two to
feceiveits wind, aggaiH gaiHn endeavors, BY assailng
the sTANp II ABps To be- brought into notice.
To this end it indulges In the most senseless
blusteringS, and announces itself prepared
to deeds of dlerrfring do,p,,and throws down
the gauntlet to the worldimuch after the
1 styleIioE iBoarBAsTEs iFuRroso, who, upon
/ 'depositing his boots to be blacked, is cur
rently Teporedt t6 have sale d;Hed 9 ,'al'
die who daqrees these boots displace,, ,' "
/ Il. Shall meet BoAtBR RssTtEs face to face" ,
i The Boots we're displaced and BoMBAsrRs
showed, wHed, tthbsl White feather instead, of his
face elnaT Tbet. ilaughable blusterings of the
|, Times rchihd apne' very forciblyr Of BoM-
FBAsrE ana iffhbtdHces the superstition that
the bRPHpfIRt RTePsHpIt # would be much
the same.ui bns .diqob n' s'h9ri "rl " WI
|, The C1ahes has much to say about swim,
a les ana improper transactions, which it
alleges s;jt to have been committed during, the
| past sessions of the Legislature I'VE know
OF nolsuch transactions, and do not believe
that the Tim{s does. s.ha'd'714g 9d h29' reg
|, Last Yiiihnter, similar charges were made by
Senator SwHFTa 81 He was giveneyery oppor-
tqnity 10 prote, them, and the State incurred
great expense for the operations Of a smell
in committee This committee, composed
|of msp, mrlsp, of both partiess reported that there
was no evidence to ashow that ANYTHING
wong had been done, with the exception Of
one transaction which had no relation to
! railroad matters, and which, being of q. q
paltryT ~ nature the Senate voted to excuse. y
The committee called for witnesses, to-
prPve the truth of the charges, and called
uHonl every man who knew Of ANYTHING
&1ong to come forward and testify. The
editor Of the Times and the other persons
7wR 10 are writing for it, were then in the
State fthey really know Of improper lesg,iss-
lation nop they must have known of it then.
# they are really such honest and intensely
rNlrtuous gentlemen as they pretend to be, they
lwere in duty bound to aid the committee.
Phey did hOtldo 50, which is priima tac;e ev-
iddhee-eitther. &c EFT that they knew nothing, Or
That knowing of frauds their present anxie-
ty for honesty is all a. humbus. Z. They can
r5y 5StIi thH ,S"s7l9'ii siise'y may
Tie aJtRReaTd tRRad matters at sgdi6dGd alluded ta t. by
the HsTss ~ we I'D have before fully lanswered
Its statements, and our arguments and posi-
otion hay have remainedg unanswered II Therefore
there is no use in repeating then,!bed1g'aii! Cd
conclusion we viii say say Is toh Tie 1aa FINES
that, using tie language Of Wilmington,
TStar, we de not intend rtooadyertise iii gratis
any morey and shall odeelineI fof THE present.
9ht With ltH t. II tt i z
II IL deaft p4 Of other subjects chooses make
the STANDARD the subject of its remarks, we
ehavht the slightest Objectionable It's 50 glbifnGsg
We are like the he maHn Who st hi9a lis wife jss Beat
him because # pleased ea her and didlt14urti
ilsss any. yskrGX Oi5M u
y1In the kindness Of our heart however, gwe,
VIII give the Times Al pieceeof good advice,
whiShis ito save itself for the time when III
must off its cdat and meet he Iia issue @
sT4hefte Win tlsp be plenty apusement for,
the FNass and its friiends ahdiib had better
rsase| |itsspomdefj andget ftsts mystic wandqo
in good working order, or it will be defeated D
and he forced tolive the life of the ssnayssti ssnaysstico
frog that eats zaies On the he sandy pl plain,
lgaail then, oh zlass, farewell,