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The weekly standard., 1869-10-27


The New York Republic gives the follow
ing sensible advice which win do no hurt
to people outside Of New York. If there is
one folly to which Americans are more
prone than another IL is 70 toadyism Thou
sands will run around to hurrah for or
shake hands with some demagogue or titled
person or IN short anybody that rs famous
or notorious for anything, no matter what.
The Republic says :fii'o - ss''se7t s,''' 4
4He Is 10 be made mucS Of. The Catbo-
lie Church will bring him into notoriety BY
sneesing at him and giving him the cold
shoulder. The Prptestants will make all
they can out Of his secession, and the Ra !.
tiohalists, under 3ff. Hcpworth, have al
ready claimed him for their own. Now
suppose we wait till he arrives, and let him
define for himself h.,w lar his Withdrawal
has carried him Al present it is impossi-
bic to tell whether he intends to stand as an
independent Catholic,a Rationalist or an in
cipient Protestant. The. intention of ali
branches ofrehgious opinion to, make fools
oftbemselves in -iaying for y Hyacipfhe. is
discernibIe- That's an American habit.
though we recover our sense A. rapidly as
we part with it. This time. SUPPOSE We
allow the priest to announce his own posi-
ton and save ourselves from the discredit Of
having to recall our predictions and with
draw our compliments
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27
The Facts.


The Sentinel had an article in its last is
sue, in which the shooting of James Halgh-
ton Of Chatham, is entirely unrepresented.
II says, "we learn that Mr. H. was suspect
ed Of having been to secret political meet
ing, and the cursed assassins of another
secret society ambushed him. The number
of bullets in the horse show there were quite
number Of the League engaged in this at
tempt at murder" .i..
This We are informed, is entirely untrue.
The facts of the ease are as follows:
Haughton was return ing in company with
other Ku Klux from one Of their raids. He
was shot by eolored men who had ambush
ed themselves to kill the Ku Klux. He Nns
clad in the Ku Klux disguise, and his hat,
some foot and a half tall and his horn and
other items of tie Ku Klux uniform are now
in the possession of the authorities. He was
shot while caught in company with other
members Of the Ku Klux, and in the same
conditions prescribed by the bill which was
introduced into the Legislature last winter,
and which authorized any person to shoot
men thus found. The bill did not pess
then. bat ii viii this winter, and then there
viii be plenty Of dead Ku Klux- Thus it
VIII be seen that Haughton was not asus-
pectedn Of .belOnginy to the Ku Klux. but
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27
Foreign Alliances.

Most people, says the New York Times,
remember the startling announcement of a
"tripple alliance" which was made not long
ago by special correspondent" The
powers contracting the alliance were repre-
sented to be England, France and Spain,
and the nation threatened was our own.
The story was iutrinsically improbable, and
it was soon contradicted with much idicuIe
in France and England Nevertheless, it
was again repeated by the correspondent
We now have a fresh denial of it entitled to
some weight. General SrcKLEs has report
ed to the Government at Washington that
the alliance" is purely an invention design
ed to assist gold speculatiqns. The latter
part of the statement may lie taken quahtam
raleat; man may be misled without being
corrupt But it only shows that degmatic
assertions by the Atlantic Gable ought not
not 10 be invested with the importance Of
official communications Z A newspaper cor
respondent is lucky man If be can pene
trate the secrets Of one government. To
have information Of the unreyeaied plans of
three Courts is more than mortal can hope
for, and the writer who pretends to be in
possession Of such news may safely be set
down as dupe. yf4fle ri cHi y'N
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27
The Western N. CIR. r.

A meeting of the Stockholders of the Wes-
tern Extension of the Western N. c. R. R.,
Was held at Asheville on the 18th inst The
following Directors were chosen:
Geo. W. Swepson, Wake.
T. L. Clingman, Buucombe.
Joseph C. Abbott, New Hanover.
Geo. W. Gahagan, Madison.
Geo. W. Diskey, Cherokee
]. R. Ammons, Macon.
M. s. Littlefeld, Wake.
Joseph Keenor, jackson.
W. W. Rollins, Buncombe.
A. ii. Jones, Buncombe.
A. 7. Davidson, Macon.
R NJ Henry, Buncombe. %
The following are the officers elected for
the ensuing year:
President--Gen. NJ S. Littlefield.
TredsureT-G. B. Roberts.
Chief Engineer-J. C. Turner.
Much business relative to the affairs of the
road was transacted, and the prospects of its
speedy completion are promising.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27
The Sickles Note on the Cuban Question
is it Withdrawn or rot.

is IL w ltnuIdWu or EOI
So much has been said and so many con-
Trajectory statements made about General
SICKLEs' note to the Spanish government
on the Cuban question and it having been
Withdrawn, that in order to put the public
right on the matter, says the New York
Herald, we can state on good authority what
was done and the present condition of the
case. First, the United States government
rendered, through General SICKLEs, its good
offices to aid in bringing the Cuban war to
close ON basis satisfactory to Spain and
Cuba. Second, the Spanish government was
indisposcd to accept foreign mediation in
domestic question. Third, the offer of
good Offices was, therefore, withdrawn.
Here there seems to be sort of diplomatic
puzzle or fiction. But the explanation makes
it clear. When our Minister found that the
friendly offer of mediation was not accepted
he simply sent note to the Madrid govern
ment, saying, in effect, "Very well then
withdraw the offer" But the written COM
munications that passed are not Withdrawn,
and remain in the archives. So when RI
vERo, the President of the Cortes, declared
in open council that the note had been with
drawn, and that there remained no cause OF
newspaper hostility to General SIcKLEs and
his government, be said the truth in a di.
plomatic way and to cover diplomatic fic-
ton. So is SIcKLEs right as to the simple
fact that the note was not actually with
drawn. 1t may be said that there is no diff
ference in the meaning; but there is. If
the note had been actually Withdrawn that
would have implied offence, either in the Of
fer OF mediation or in the rejection of 1t.
As it is, no offence was given or taken on
either side. Amicable relations still exist,
and there Is no bar to the United States
government renewing its offer, or another
one, should our Minister see disposition in
the Spanish government to accept its medi-
alton. This is the state of the case as it
now stands. We hope the Spanish people
and Regency will have the good sense TO
to view this Cuban question in its true light
and to give the United States another OPP
portunity to propose srch settlement of it
as will be satisfactory to all parties
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27
The LouisriIIe ConYeution.

The Louisville Commercial Convention
has finished its labors, but whether they
viii result in any practical good to the coun-
try,is matter of much doubt. We have
not much of belief in the good of COM
mercisl conventions. The laws oftrade are
formed by causes and conditions over which
a contention can have no control Hence
they can be of no practical benefit to the
country, nor do anything towards reviving
commerce. Resolutions win not give the
balance of trade into our hands, nor will
speeches remove the incubus which has
50 greatly reduced our commerce, The
members may tell what they want and what
the States which they represent want, but
the mere recital of wants will not procure the
relief needed. The unsettled condition Of
the country and other cognate causes, has re.
suited in the injury of the commerce Of
America, and no convention, no resolutions
or speeches, car; do anything to improve
matters. The change must result from
changes in the laws of the nation For these
reasons we have felt but little interest in the
proceedings of the Louisville Convention
and have deemed them of no importance to
the people.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27
The Middle Ground.

The acts of the Senter party have not here
tofore been such as to inspire confidence
that it meant to fulfil its promises and to
adhere to its declared principles. In the
present almost transition state of parties it
seems as if the declarations of none were
strictly adhered to, and that the sole aim of
the politicians of both sides is to cheat the
people. Hence we are glad to chronicle
even one fact that may lead us to believe
that that one party is sincere in its declara-
tions. The defeat of Andrew johnson is
good thing, provided the successful candi-
date is a man who is true to the
pr9fessed principles of the Senter party.
of the record of Mr.. Cooper we
know nothing, and must await informa
tion from that State to ascertain his politi-
cal status One thing, however, is sure--he
cannot be a sc0rse man than Andrew John
son, And for so much are we willing to
give the Sentcr party credit. We wish to
see the Senter and Walker parties remain
true to their professions for we believe that
by middle course alone can the welfare of
not only the South but of the whole nation
be attained. There has been too much rad
icalism in both parties-too much for the
good of the parties-a thousand times too
much for the good of the people. The only
hope that remains is that moderate and lib.
eral counsels and measurs may prevail, and
that instead of combating each other the
strife of party may be as to which shall do
the most good to the State and nation.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27
Turner,s Gas.


Our neighbor who presides over the des-
TIMES Of the Sentinel Is by no means COM
mon man. On the contrary he is very
uncommon man.
Which is good thing for the State.
Our neigbbor is one of the impracticables.
He is always in trouble and nothing can be
done to suit him. When the Democrats
were all right he hated them and fought
them tooth ana toe+nail." When they
were in distress and sick he filed bill of
indictment against them in order 10 kill
them eHecually. Well, they did get killed
efectually which should have satisfied even
our reyengeful neighbor.
But it didn't
On the contrary as soon as he found that
Democracy was dead he commenced to extol
its virtues and tried to reviyify it. BE
crawled into the defunct carcass and poking
his head and hands through the rotten flesh,
Unsigned that Democracy" was again alive
and he himself the Democracy. And now
he is running around with the rotten Demo-
cratic carcass hanging to him, and reeking
with corruption undertakes to prove that
Democracy is resurrected and turned Wing.
TURNER is wrong.
No Democratic body ever yet had Wing
entraik, and Turner's Democracy is pal
pable sinking fraud.
During his different rayages he expressed
the wish that the Ku Klux murders should
cease. We wished the same thing.
1t proved that wishing and moderation
did no good. The Ku Klux didn't care for
our wishes and appeared to have no rever-
| ence for Mr.. TURNER'S.
The murders continue. The country is
filed With reports of the most horrible and
atrd 66cripes. The officers OF the law
d5l - EzZca@ ..nsz- They claim to be
powerisss. It's then that we tell men to
defend themselves against men who attael
them, and to ''meet murder with death. ,
This advice is good.
1t is legal.
Every man has the right to defend his lift
even if by so doing he kills his assailant, ,and
that is what we advised.
That advice, if followed out, would put {
stop to the murders 1t would either frighter
the murderers into quiet, or put an end tt
the breed-good being attained in eithel
case. Then why should Turner object
He wants the murders to stop, and that is thu
only way to stop them-as his politica
friends won't interfere-except sending mill
tia, and he don't want militia sent. VIII,
isn't he satisfied
As the matter stands his course is doing
vastly more to help the Ku Klux than t.
stop their murders.
In view of these facts the article in yester
days Sentinel relative to our advice wa
worse than nonsense 1t was even NOR
foolish than the folly of childhood-almos
idiotic dwelling Still it was neither o
them, but has class of its own-it was onl,
another mess of Turner's gas.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

The New York Democrat, Brick Pomeroy's
paper, has at last attained to realizing
sense of the meanness Of its party. In its
last issue it frankly says: aif 7ft..
The Democratic party Of the United States
is sadly in want. ~ ffF - s'at
Its wants are mot numerous, but severe.
II wants brains .az
1t wants honesty.
1t wants pluck
1t wants unity of action. ' = .
1t wants integrity Of purpose. M
We fully agree with the Democrat in lis
estimate of the worthlessness of its party,
and We believe that it has underrated the
case. It is worse than the Democrat con-
fesses.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27
Murder most Foul.

A gentleman of this city was riding
through Orange county last week. While
passing through some woods, he heard cries
of grief and distress, SO sad and mourn
full that at first he was awe-stricken. Re.
covering from the momentary feeling he
rode into the woods, and guided by the
sounds of anguish, at last reached the spot
from which they proceeded, when most
horrible scene met his eyes Crouched upon
the ground, with the dreary rain chilling
their thinly clad forms, were three women
and several children rocking to and fro in
an agony of grief, while above them hung
the bodies of two murdered men. m
These men were the victims Of the Ku
Klux, and were murdered in cold blood, as
an alleged punishment for crimes which had
never been committed. There in the cold
rain, upon the wet ground, sat the poor
wives of these murdered men and there,
crouched in nameless terror, the poor little
babes, each of whom had called one of these
dead men father The aged mother of one
of the murdered men sat inspeechiess agony
her eyes fixed upon the now distorted face
ofhim-who had been her son-her support
and now dead, and Z in 50 fear
full manner. True these unhappy
creatures were black True they had once
been the slaves of those who had committed
these murders. But their hearts were white
and in the sight of Con their grieis were sa-
cred and their wrongs deeper than the skin
which made them black. And this was the
work Of the murderers who call themselves
the Ku kirk What man, who calls him.
self Christian, can uphold men who com
NIT such horrible crimes What man, who
is a urofessed Christian, can reconcile sym.
pathy with such deeds with the duty he owes
to GoDs We do not wish to pursue 50 sad
8 subject further. But the stain of murder
rests dark and damning upon Orange
county and innocent blood cries to Cop fol
vengeance, and that CRY viii be heard.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

We hare letter from gentleman who
sends us subscriber, and wants to know if
six months subscribers count in compe-
ting for the premium. They will, but we
prefer yearly subscribers, and one yearly
subscriber viii count equal to two six
months subscribers There seems to be .
general striving after those prizes, and we
hoI,eto sec big club take the largest
prize. Now is the time to subscribe, for the
news from Raleigh bids fair to be extremely
interesting and important this winter.
Make up your clubs.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

Pike watches the tide of public affairs
closely. and plainly sees the handwriting on
the waIl.--.Journal Of Commerce.
Yes, we do. We have watched 50 closely
that We have seen the repudiatOrs of Ohio
repudiated, and the Democratic champion for
Presidential honors unable to get elected
governor of his own State In PepnsJl-
vsnia We have seen the PEOPLE elect thc
RepubIiczn candidate for governor, when all
the capitalists and manufacturing and rail-
road interests were arrayed against them. In
Iowa we have seen the Republicans sweep
the State by such majority Is TO make the
election of the - publican candidate almcst
unanimous Yes we have watched the tide
Of pzblic Affairs closely, and nEe do see the
handwriting on the wall, and IL saysto the
Democratic pa-.-, ''ThOu hast been weighed
in the balance and found wanting.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27
state Educational Association.

On the 21st instant, at the cali of the
Ch latham County Teachers Association, a
meeting was held in this city to consider the
propriety of education. The meeting was
attended by several gentlemen, who by pro-
fession and otherwise are identified with
school interests. At the meeting on the 22d
inst, it was voted that it was inexpedient
to organize State Society, and the whole
matter has adjourned sine die. Why this
action was taken we are not informed. Prob
ably there was good reason for it. We
believe that a State organization of
the friends of public or common schools
would be profitable. Common schools,
this is the interest now to be promoted.
We understand that a State Common
School Convention win, in few days, be
called by the Board of Education, to meet
some time during the winter Several dis
tinguished educators from other States have
expressed Willingness to be present and
deliver addresses. We have no doubt but
that the occasion will be one OF great interest
and profit. We hope thst the Board will
act promptly in this matter. The Common
School system must be made popular. 1t
will he popular when it is understood. II is
for the interest of the teachers of the State
to make it popular. 1t is the duty Of the
Board OF Education to take this matter in
hand, and summon the friends of Common
Schools to sit in council. lneFH tal f+ar
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

Our devil wanted 10 know why a person
visiting the Fair is like certain famous
class ofpeOple mentioned in the Bible We
expressed our ignorance, and the ungrateful
imp replied: because dere de fair-he-sees!' r
The next minute cane descended upon
him with vigor, and he lsft in anguish. We
told him he was row a sad-you-sse.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

Some people don't believe in advertising,
because they say nobody reads the papers"
But let them get into scrape and you will
find them flying around to the newspaper
Offices with the request, please don't men
ton that little affair its mistake; don't
want Hy name published all over the coun-
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

We learn that the colorsd men are tired
OF being butehercd like sheep, without once
striving for life, and that at last the Ku KIux
have learned that killing is game which
two can play at.o We are informed that .,
few nights ago, a band If Ku Klux wer.
riding out upon one of their raids, when
they were fired upon by party of colore.I
, men who had. smbuscaded themselves One
Of the Ku Kux bad his leg broken in three
places and bis horse shot under him. Tho
rest Of the, yaIient Ku Klux turned tai,
and rao off as fast as their horses would
carry them and so saved their cowardIy car
cases We hear that the one wounded
is known. Ifso we presume be viii be hung.
We commend the example Of those bravo
colored men, 70 the colored men of other dis
tricts, afflicted with the Kui Klux. lit is
once followed the evil will soon be stopped.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

The Indiana Democrats are divided about
the time of holding their State Convention
One party fayors January, another mid-sum.
mer.-EnAange. -...,
This is just like the Democratic party
blowing hot and cold at the same time.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27
rhe ereen...lbo+e qe.stte get. of the fol.

The Greensboro Gazette gets of the fol-
lowing go sti M d 1eF
r Ed. =" Well, my friend, shall put you
down for my paper p
Dutch. h.-'s Well, no, links not; takes
Mister Pixies paper; his polyticks are no
peter tan yourn, put den / likes his rcl'-
gum la
Ed -" What is his religion ~ aft
Dutch" He pes Won hartshell pabdist.o
+ Ed" How do you know that ~
Duth.-"'Cause hears so mooch talk
'pout his papdismal fount."
Paddy" Yis. bejabers, an its nesclf
that's hearn tell o. that Same blissid ole
fount, intirey. an the likes ~ it has nivir
ben sane bafore nor since in this who,d
counthry.n io b" 1'
Ed-Iaside)-a. Confound that " castaliau
fount;n wish had it, I'd knock 1t into
pie ,.f.,,
"a mo use to wish that, for young Drake Of
the Ameriean.. has done it for you. Our
iount is only guaged for four quarts, and he
holds six, 1t is now SO badly fixed that We
are having it doctored.-PKE.] ,5ss,, "a
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

II is said, in spite of all contradiction,
that James Gordon Bennett, Of the New
York Herald, is in very poor health. and
likely to 90 of on very short notice --B.-
aIo Express.
He need not give Us notice. We have no
word to send the way he is going.-hmtics.
No. no use Of your sending word when
you are going that way yourself
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

The State Fair is ended and We are glad
Of it. We are always glad to meet our
brethren of the quill, and we met 50 many
that the gush of pleasure was so great as 70
nearly overcome us. Ard what a good
looking set of men, to be sure. 'l fe'
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

The Sheriff of Cabarrus county is the ban
ner Elan and Cabarrus the banner county, in
the nistter of tax-returns. The sheriff of
thst county has settled up, in full, with the
Treasurer. Rowan county following suit.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

When Mark Twain wrote his frat article a
California publisher told him that he hadn't
brains enough to keep q mule going straight
ahead in q ten acre lot-Eschdnge.
We believe that publisher was wrong, and
that Mark has.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

According to the New York Tni5uas, lit
ID established by the common consent OF
msakind. in all countries and all ages, that
. rasn shall rule his xii@.rzEnsianQE
Yes, that's all very true. bat when roMaa-
kind refuses to consent there is not so much
rule, or the family peace is apt to get
cracked. 5 ssf i6a1E
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

Miss Mary Capen, of Aurora, has received
patent for stove attachment. Exchange
We suppose that "stOve attachment
means breach of promise. Funny thing
to get patent for.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

The New York Herald wants q delegate
sent to represent the United States at the
Suez Canal opening. We suggest Pharoh.
His Secretary of State having been invited
has We understand, answered Not for Jo."
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

Lucy Stones husband was robbed Of his
clothes in recent sleeping car.-E1ehange
As Lucy is known to wear certain por-
ton of the manly garments, the question re-
curs, how did Lucy get out it.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

%Brick POmeroy says he is going to get
up rebellion in New York. Lucifer once
got up a rebellion in Heaven; he was sent to
the place to which Brick" viii go if he fol-
lows out his programme.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

Bro. Evans cf the Chronicle is a model
temperance man; he wanted to attend a
temperance lecture and to that end drank
50 much ardent before starting that the lee
turer came very near selecting him to show
as frightfal example of the evils of inteni-
peranee wefe that Milton is about to-
be demoralized.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

A.. ]. having swung around the circle is
rapidly becoming qualified to reassume that
high position he once occupied-alderman
Of his native town. Upon which we con-
gratulate the nation, but pity the town.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

Both of the Virginia Senators elect-Lieut.
Gov. Lewis and Judge ]. W. Johnston of
Washington county-are said to be good
Union men.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

Ross Browne is going to tell big tales
about the Chinese.-Erehan0e.
Nothing queuerious about that, as any
Chinaman has two tails about him.
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

One day last week the Sentinel favored
the lease of .he North Carolina Railroad.
the next dayit opposed it. Funny paper, that
Sentinel. ....-
The weekly standard., 1869-10-27

We learn with pleasure that r. c. BADGER,
Esq, has been appointed Director on the
Wilmington, Charlotte G. Rutherford Rail
Road. 49, -