The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-11
NEWS ITEMS.

and otherwise lWpio'cu.
The Mexican Claims Commission organ
lied in Washington. July 81.
The State of Massachusetts paid $780,
7S2 for educational purposes last year.
The negroes in Arkansas propose to pre-
empt public lands and hire the Cinnamon.
Hilderhrand, the Missouri outlaw, has
killed over one hundred persons, and boasts
of it.
The Hon. Samuel Swift, of the class OF
1900 is the oldest living graduate OF Dart
mouth.
Brigham Young says he marries so often
he toroets it. Prentice inquiries If his wives
forget it also.
Tt is rumored in Constantinope that the
Sultan intends banishing all Jesuits from
his domains.
A church out West advertises for sale
pew which commands view of nearly
the whole congregation"
The New York San predicts that Mr..
Seward will be the next President and
Horace Greedy his Secretary.
The decrease of the Public Debt during
July was $7.435,7 44 30. Decrease since
March list, 1869, $43,696,523 10.
Supervisor Presbury, of the Virginia dis
trict, charges number of the revenue otfi-
GERS there with collision in fraud.
The Spanish volunteers in Cuba are more
turbulent than ever. Several journals bold
" protest against further outrages
An eight and half foot Chinese giant
and his wife of corresponding longitudinal
proportions have arrived in this country.
A Convention for the Improvement of the
| Commerce of the Mississippi and its branch
es is to he held at Keokak, Iowa, September
9TH.
In the Cabinet an undcrcurrcnt is reported
to lie setting towards an early recognition "f
the belligerent rights Of the Cuban revolu-
tionists.
The drop curtain of Wisconsin theatre
one evening last week went up unexpectedly
and disclosed the leading actor changing
his shirt.
Louisiana papers estimate the value OF
the cotton crop of St. Landry parish this
wear at 100000, and the cane crop at
$3.50 900.
The New Orleans Chamber of Commerce
DELEGATION to the Memphis Convention, have
reported in favor of the Chinese immigra-
ton movement.
The Greek Church permits no divorce
but the Gar can grant special dlspensa
lions. No one in Russia can marry more
than three times.
In St. Clair county, Mo-, times are so dull
that the sheriff has gone to work in Il black
smith shop. Good lawyers must be scarce
in that county, however.
The cholera, which broke out in the be
ginning of July, at Teheran, in Persia, wher
the deaths rose rapidly to thirty day, i
making its way westward.
, The Tallahassee (Fla.) Sentinel says ther
is no probability that the people of the Stat
will vote in favor of the cession Of tn
western part of the State to Alabama.
A Young man in Jefferson county. Ind
was taken sick about Two years ago, and fe
, into deep sleep, from which he only awok
, few weeks since, demanding his breakias
A Memphis dispatch dated August 1t
: saws reports from East Tennessee indicat
l. that Senter, Liberal Republican, has carrie
that section. If true, it will swell his mi
iority for Governor nearly to $4,000.
+ For the more effectual cancellation
stamps used on tobacco boxes Commission
G er DeIano has decided that hereafter the d
,. must bear the name OF the firm or manutat
: turing company cancelling them.
S In the fourth annual fair of the Tobacco
e Trade Association, of Cincinnati, Thursela
}: six hundred and twenty-five hogsheads
e tobacco all fine grn DIES, were exhibited, al
:; $40 900 in premiums was awarded.
It A Dresden despatch says the accounts
= the explosion in the mines have not he
If exaggerated. Three hundred and twent
" one dead have been counted, and the seen
1t in the neghborhood are hcartrcnding.
1t The Commissioner of Agriculture is
v receipt of reports from North Carolina s!
$ ting that tho cntton crop in that State is
& a most fiourishing condition, and that /
Weld will he the largest known III ma
years. Washington Express.
Secretary Boutwell, has concluded to ha
a new issue of all denominations OF gree
backs, from one to one thousand dol
~ notes. No likeness of any living man "
d be placed on any note, and every preci
IN ton will be used to prevent fraud.
- The Chicago Tribune says: "The Chic
~ 90 river is now in very foul conditions;
~ liquid mass is black as ink, and almost thi
Fl as mud, while the Shiny appearance Of
surface, and the xoluminous odors which
X. gives out are positively sickening,"
a, At Mobile, Alabama, August 5th, at
Fl. outdoor Republican meeting to Gel br
the election of the Republican Congressnl
T from that district, riot occurred betwt
= Republicans and Democrats. Three negr'
n we're killed outright. Five negroes a
w. three white men were wounded.
M The list of seizures reported Tuesday
ID the Internal Revenue Bureau included s.
- 600 worth of manufactured tobacco seii
by the revenue officers in the Second
-. bama district There were several la
seizures in Georgia and Louisiana OF whist
ny and tobacco, the valuation of the prope
u, reported being not less than $4,000.
- Commissioner Delano decides that thou
cigar boxes may not be used a second til
Zip they may he demolished and converted i
he new boxes. Also, that retail dealers II
me sell tobacco from wooden packages pr
let erly stampede but if the contents are
moved from such packages and exhibited
Try jars or show windows. they are liable to S
he ure, and the burden of proof OF payment
lys tax shall rest upon the dealer.
iei The Bureau of internal Revenue is in
=. ceipt of information from the South
~ States giving fiattcring reports of the We