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The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

Because, forsooth, Secretary Boutwell, has
had the ability to announce financial
policy, and the frmness to- stand by it,
says the Philadelphia Press, he has become
the special object of attack by Democratic
fusileers. They are perfectly profigate in
charges of extravaganza and bad manage
ment. Their eyes are closed to the fact
that public confidence in national fnan-
cial affairs is daily growing. They can
not see, or if they do they withhold
all credit, the near approach of the
value of government bonds to gold. The
many reforms introduced into the Treasury
Department since Secretary McCulloch's
regime are lost sight of. In order to re-
lieve these amiable caterers to Democracy
of the charge that their conduct is the re-
suit of ignorance, it may be pardonable to
call their attention to the fact that by the
reduction of clerical force alone in the
Treasury Department Mr.. Boutwell, has eff
fected asaving to the Government of $780,
900 month. The Republican adminiss-s.
ton has no need of retainers and hangers
on. as had that Democratic exponent
johnson.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01
eep these men from office, n-tbese nardon

ZIP Lneee Inen from ONCE, these pardOped
Eebels. They have proven themselves unworthy
OF trust And yet, Holden, Dick, Rodman, Set.
tie, Tod Caldwell, Cantwell, Pearson, Reade,
Pool, Thomas, Barringer, and host of others
who had "proyed themselves unworthy" and
had to be pardoned, are now holding office. O.,
consistency thouart a jewel I-Sentinel.
Yes, the a1citers of and leaders in the re-
bellion should be kept from office until, by
their actions, they have proven themselves
worthy of confidence
The gentlemen that the Sentinel names
have proven themselves friends to the gov
eminent, and those who fought in the war
when they surrendered did so in good faith.
Since then they have done all in their
power to strengthen the government.
"By their actions they have proven them
selves worthy of trust, and the people have
done wisely and well in trusting them.
Every other man in the State has the same
chance as they have had, but probation must
prscsde trust Can. the Sentinel see any
thing unfair or proscnptiye in this?
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

The coolest piece of impudence VIC have
heard of lately is the request of the San
Francisco bankers and merchants that Sec
rotary boutwell, shall put into circulation
the gold that has accumulated in the United
States Sub-Treasury at San Francisco. Cali
fornia has always been hostile to the fnan-
cial system of the nation, and has lost no
opportunity of showing that hostility
During the war, when the government was
pressed for money, and was forced to adopt
the present monetary system, California
was steadfast in her opposition to the change,
and did nothing to aid the government.
She shared none of the trials and burdens
endured by every other State of the Union.
Greenbacks were circulated in California
only as they were circulated in Canada,
or in Cuba, as the deprecated paper
currency of another country. So far
as finance was concerned, California was
seeded State. 1t repudiated, so far as
it could do, the debt of the nation. 1t re-
fused to accept the notes of the United States
as legal tender.
Now that the war IS over, the South Is
rapidly absorbing the greenbacks which are
held for the purpose of buying the crops.
Consequently there is a stringency in New
York. We hope that the request of the
San Francisco bankers and merchants will
not be complied with, and that the gold will
be kept in the U. s. Treasury Let them
take greenbacks or nothing. Greenbacks
are good enough for any other State, and are
good enough for California.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

Senator Warner, who arrived at Washing
ton few days since, from Alabama, gives
the following as the returns of the late
election:
The Republicans carried the Fourth District
BY 1000 the second by 1000, the third by 26O,
the fourth by 5000 to 10000. The Democrats
carried the fifth by less than 900, and the sixth
by less than 800 Grants majority in the State
at the last election was 1900. The popular ma
]ority In this election will not fall below 12,0OO
There being no Acknowledgement in Alabama, all
classes of citizens participated, and the Republi
cans carried the State on the platform of uniyer.
sal suffrage and removal of the disabilities i'm.
posed BY the fourteenth amendment. There is
no division in the party, and the Senator regards
the State as certain for the Republicans in The
future,
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01
Shall 1t Be Done?

Never since the war has there been so
good an opportunity to do away with the
bitterness which has for nine years peryaded
the South as there now is. We believe it to
be the almost universal wish of the Southern
people to cease from that political warfare
which has entered into every relation of life,
and estranged father and son. brother and
sister, and husband and wife.
That the termination of civil war should
be followed by feelings of bitterness was
but natural. The history of the world shows
that such has always been the case. Yet
our own country has exhibited mixture of
passions almost unprecedented.
Great political changes have followed in
the wake of the war, and have even more to
do with the present disturbed state of society
| than the war itself.
We are glad to see that better spirit is
now gaining the ascendcncy, and that
brighter day is dawning upon the South. A
spirit of mutual Cancellation has arisen that
bids fair to restore peace and good will to
country to which they long have been
strangers.
To do this is to take the one step necessary
to insure the happiness and prosperity of
the Southern people Let that bitterness
which has ruled all and ruined all for the
past four years be done away with, and our
State and country will regain all, aye
more, than was lost by the war.
To do this requires no sacrifice of princi-
pie. 1t demands no departure from duty.
1t requires nothing but mutual good feeling,
and an obedience to the dictates of right
The difference offs political opinion which
create parties are essential to the well-being
even more-to the existence of a free gov
eminent, for they are the incentives which
make men act for the highest good of their
country
As the ceaseless motion of the ocean puri-
fies its waters and prevents them from becom-
ing impure, so does the never ccasing strife of
political warfare purify and preserve q
nation
Hence we do not wish a cessation of
party strife. But we wish to see the con-
tsst-ef. Partias ha, not to- er,,ai and iu;,,ra
each other, but to benefit the nation and |
make prosperous and happy the people.
This happy change it is now in the power
of our people to bring about. To accom-
plish it but one thing is needed-modera-
ton. Moderation in the councils of gov
ernment, moderation in the strife of party
moderation in the daily intercourse of life
This can be done without the abandon
ment of a single political principle, and
without any infraction of duty.
The result will be to restore peace to our
disturbed country, and, as necessary con.
sequence, prosperity to our people.
This can be done only by general consent.
To do it docs not rest alone with the
government
Nor with this party
Nor with that party
But with every man and woman in the
country.
Let every one do his or her part, and the
glorious work is accomplished.
Shall it be done2
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

The New York Mercantile Journal, in dis
cussing the questions of conducting the fu-
ture business of the world upon gold basis
makes the following statement -
GAIL gold that exists in the Unit ed States to.
day, could be placed in square box of less
than fifteen feet in length, width, and depth
A room one hundred feet long, one hundred
feet wide, and ten feet high, would hold eight
times the total amo unit OF gold in the known
world. DO - .
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

Atlanta, Ga, is called the Chicago of the
South Chicago Tribune .
Atlanta has always been respectable
and well-behaved city, and we protest
against her being scandalized by being in
any manner connected with Chicago
place where the inhabitants rival those of
Sodom and Gomorrah, and where no man
can leave his wife in the morning with
certainty of finding her his wife in the
evening. g..
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01


We made several charges against the Governor
and the Standard neither of which they deigned
to answer. We charged them with going to the
Democratic party, they have not denied it, they
have not answered it; and we take it as an I'D.
mission that the charge is true. -Raherford Star.
True, the STANDARD did not deign to an
swer the charges of the Star for they were
too silly, too evidently false and malignant,
to need any answer. They answered them
selves. The people, not only of the West
but of the whole State, know Governor HoI-
DEN, and the puny articles and " charges" of
the Star can no more injure him than fly
could hurt steam engine. For these rea-
sons we have concluded not to shoot folly
as she flies !" but to let her "tlip." If the
people of Rutherford can't stand the imbe-
cilities of the Star we can.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

BY, reference to our telegraphic column 1t
will be seen that eiinternational boat race
has resulted in favor of the Englishmen-
the OxFoRDs winning the race by three,
1engrhs T1ius inc event Is dec1ded,
|, and the HARvARDs are beaten, and
that the system Of rowing which they went
to Illustrate has been beaten by the long
sweep English style. So close a race shows
that the two crews were nearly equal in
muscle and skill. The HARvARDs, had all
the disadvantages to contend with by reason
Q, OF not being familiar with the river, it being
impossible to become so well acquainted
with q course in six weeks as in four years.
The Americans, too, put themselves to
great disadvantage in rowing with cox
vain, the American style being for the bow
oar to steer the boat. All these things being
well understood, the general opinion has
been that the HARvARDs would be beaten.
The full reports of the race will be read with,
great deal Of interest, and we will lay them
before our readers at the earliest moment
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01
The North oarolinian has correspon

The North GarOliniGn has correspon-
dent who asks questions and gets answered
as follows:
Do you claim that all honest men belong to
the Republican party ?-COrrespondent.
Not at all. But we do claim that the Repub-
ican party is better than its opponent. 1t doubt
less has Questionable members and may have
made mistakes; but for all that had there been
mo Republican party there would be no Union
to-day. 1t is the party of patriotism, the party
Of progress, the party relying upon tic iutelli-
genee and conscience OF the country.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

Speaking of the great number of suicides in
Chicago, the Times says the fools are dying with
commendable rapidity.-E1ehange.
True, but such a mortality among the
fools will be apt to depopulate the Times
of1cn u f '" -- L
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

George L. Lorillard, of New York, started
few days since on cruise round the world. He
travels in his own yacht.-Ezchdnge,
1t will be hard job for any other yacht
to beat his as he can make any fine cut he
cheps-es and is up to all kinds of snuff.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

Pollard, in his life of Davis, speaks of Henry
A. Wise "as supreme absurdity of war-a shall
low Drained and large-mouthed charlatan-a
scarecrow, made of buckskin leggings, flint
lock pistols and profanity" - 81.
This gives Wise character not wise but
otherwise. iaa. 2aa Hi LFs Cd. 5i
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

The exports for the week from New York
were $3.50 hhds.; 1873 cases; 100 bales; 8
tierces; 10 packages; and 122, 43O lbs. man
ufactured .-. ll b
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

A dutirul son in California bad his father
arrested for profanity.-EIchdnge
All reverence for his grandmother. He
didn't wish'to see the old man abuse his
grand dam.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

Every other Republican in Wisconsin is q can.
didate for State Prison Commissioner, because
the present incumbent has got rich somehow or
other.-N Y Democrat.
Well, its nothing more than fair to have
Republican official as all the convicts are
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

A Wisconsin girl has swallowed forty percus-
sion caps. She will make noise in the world
sometimc.-Erchangs
Yes, she'll be able to set a cap for every
young man she sees.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

A German family in Chicago, named Sachser,
are very low from eating raw ham, producing
trichina.-Etehangs. ar..,.
An English friend of ours thinks that a
foreign city is well represented in Chicago
as all the stores will now have aims ter-dam !
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

"Miss Susan B. Anthony insists that man and
wife SHALL not sleep together. Exchange.
81 We doubt very much whether the man Gfsuch
ai0o tc found) who marrics Miss Susan would
lie pcrpittcd TO sleep at all. u Charlotte Observer
We cckon you are about right concerning
thcslfping, but We don't believe the man who
marriss Susan will be a fool. On the con-
trary we think he'll be awfully s6rs,o'di
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01
Wednesday, Sept. l, 1863:

Minnesota is raising wool two feet long.
We believe that the above story VIII pe
productive of many tough and long yarns
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

French doctor thinks he can straighten
hunchbacks by electricity.
Easy enough. We once saw hunchback
struck by lightning and it Strengthened
him sut" sure enough,
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

All the Californians do not entertain them,
selves by abusing the Cinnamon and cutting OH
their tails.-M Y Tribune.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

Croqueting and coquetting are inseparable
accomplishments Exchange
Yes, and in both cases a man ALWAYS puts
his foot into it,
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

A man in Birmingham, Ct, shot himself in
the hand the other day with pistol. He refused
to have it amputated, when mortincatlon set IN,
and lockjaw resulted.-EIchdngs.
Bad for the lockjaw! But what we want
to know is, uhat became Of the man
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

Miss Anthony writes her speeches in bed.
She probably uses a quill from "the wing
of night" However, if Susan really desires
to benefit her race she should stop writing
and 90 to sleep. I. u
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

Peaches come by the ninety nine car loads per
day into New York.-E1change. s.. 4,
Why didn't they say a hundred We
hate to have good story spoiled just for one
car
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

When that boquet came into the theatre
it was hitched to 5000 fool.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

Tails! What fearfully ambiguous SEN
tence H. G., explain yourself
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

There was set 81 jewelry valued at 500 in a
bouquet recently thrown to a New iork aanS'
e-Er -rF 5o.r.'- = Hf,
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

Nor with this party
Nor with that party
But with every man and woman in the
country.
Let every one do his or her part, and the
glorious work is accomplished.
Shall it be done2
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

otherwise.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

The following are the receipts during the
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-09-01

In the meantime the Republican party
grows stronger each day. Its strength in
creases in the same ratio as that of its OPP
ponents grows less. 1t now controls the
country, and will continue to do so as long
as it continues to fight its battles upon ma
tional principles, and for the prosperity of
the people.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-08-26

WITH the Chief Executive and every
member of his Cabinet absent in pursuit
of that rest and REGENERATION so necessary
after their arduous labors, the vast ma
chinery of the Government, still under
the watchful eyes of its engineers, not
withstanding their absence runs as smooth
ly as ever. 1t may be said that we are at
present governed by lightning, the cleo
trio spark being called into requisitiOn to
flash TO the seat of government whatever
directions may be deemed necessary by its
chief controllers. No business of import
is neglected.; the revenues continue to be
faithfully collected the various depart
ments are all hard at work, II we are at
a loss to know 10Y the President and the
members of his cabinet can be b~egrudged
short leaves of absence, ever by the Cop
per heads, who generally complain of be-
ing governed too much. The fact that
they do growl, however, is the best evil
dence in the world that at heart they re-
gard the services of the members of the
present Administration as highly valua-
bic. They forget, though, that the same
vigilance is exercised in affairs of State by
our rulers while absent as when present,
and that the wheels of Government never
become clogged either through indiffer-
ence or neglect. The present where
abouts of the President and members of
his Cabinet are as follows The President
is in the mining regions of Pennsylvania;
Secretary Boutwell, is at his home in Mas
Sachusetts; Attorney General Hoar, is in
the same locality; Secretary Cox is at
home i'm Ohio Secretary Fish is on the
Hudson !; Postmaster General Creswell is
at his country seat in Maryland Secre-
tary RObesOn ia on n tour of inspection,
and Secretary Rawlins is in Danbury,
Conn.-Chrouicie.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-08-26
TEE RESULT OF THE ELEC.
TEONS.

~ We anticipated. the late contest in
this state has resulted i'm the election of
the Sentcr ticket, by an overwhelming
majority. One OF the largest ever known
i'm tin history of any party i'm Tennessee.
The cause i understood Inv over, u-o1, :,
formed person in the country. since tho
close of the war. the Republicans h..
ting control of the. State goycrunne,t
DISTINGUISHING the rebels, and enfroncbis
ing the colorcd man, succeeded in sccur-
ing a large majority of the legal voters in
the State. and for the past four years have
had every thing their WI way. As should
always be apprehendcd, where unlimited
power Is welded by any party, many of
the leaders become corrupt. Extensive
frauds were committed on the State Treas
ury, and a course of c~Ntravagant legisla-
ton was commenced and continued until
it has nearly ruined the State finances,
and brought Us tc the very verge of bank
ruptcy. About the same time an ~insatia-
bic desire for Office, developed itselfalhong
the members OF the party. Every man
who had served with any degree of credit
IN the army, and many who had not. be-
came at once an aspiring politician. In
many cases with no qualifications, either
moral or intellectual, but basing their
claim Oh military service alone, they en-
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-08-26
The Corona.
TO the Editor of the Commercial.

\ 10 the Editor OF the commercial.
In yesterdays issue of your pager L
mentioned the fact that the corona APP
peared to me not at all like rays enlaila-
ting from the center: but that the light
| Law in bands around the moons perpihc-
rv. and that these bands or ribbons were
i11tersccted by short blunt cones, irrcgu-
Larry overlapping each othcr. There were
besides these, buttOn-like patches Of light
esneciaIly visable around the western limb
of the moon. The aggregate of the mas.
| of Iighl constituted IL sort of irregular
square, whose sides were inclined TO the
horizon, somewhat i'm the direction Of the
cciiptic or of the solor equator.
Were the sides of this square corona
parallel to the solar equator? | can not
answer that question. / made no meas
urement; but il seems to me they could
not have been far from that direction. "
they were not, may they not be the atmo,-
pherc of the sun, or belts of vapor sur
rounding it in the direction of its rotation!
A strong support Of this suggestion is me
fact that t'ie bands were distinctly visible
on the north N south limbs of the moon
and extending beyond its edge, leaving
triangular spaces of comparative darkness
between their projecting extremltlcs anu
the cones or buttons on the eastern ana
western edges.
GUSTAVUS FRANKENSTElN.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-08-26

all Other obstaclesput together. We need
not look for any influx o capital and into
lect, unless we shew ourselves capable of
approaching the necessity of educating our
our children and willing to take hold and
bring the State up to a level with other
States of the Union in this respect. Men
of capital, of culture and good common
sense, will not leave the free schools and
other educational advantages of the Nor
unless they can see a prospect for i'm
provement in this direction, and however
able they may be to send their own chill
dren to other States to be educated. they
will not abandon the social advantages of
living in an educated community and set
tie in a country where there is no pros
pect of ever ragaining them, no matter
what other inducements our superior eli
mate and more fertile soil may offer.
The work of improvement then must 60
on. Our very existence as a free, prosper
Gus and Independent people depends up
on it. Feeling the necessity of this, we
have started this enterprise, hoping to be
able to do something towards advancing it,
and We call upon every teacher and every
friend of education who is fully awake to
the requirements of the age, to lend a
helping hand in pushing forward this great
work. Let them show that they are in
earnest, and they will gradually infuse in
to others the spirit with which they are
themselves animated. The tendency of
the age is to GO forward. New, more
practical, more active, more scientific
systems of instruction are being introduce
ed. Let us see that the children of Ten
nessee have an equal opportunity of obtain
ing an education with those of other States.
Let us give them every advantage that
the present improved methods of impart-
ing instruction afford, and see if we can
not bring the rising generation out of the
slough of ignorance, vice and bigotry in
which 50 large a portion of the past and
present nave been compelled to wallow.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-08-26
DEPARTMENT.

We call the attention of teachers and
others interested in the cause of education.
to this department of our paper. 1t is a
~iamentable fact. hat many of our peo-
pie look upon this subject with perfect in
dlierence. or treat it as a matter of sec
ohdary Importance and block the way %
progress by contcsting every proposed i'm
provement in our school system. or stand
ing idle while others work, they utterly
refuse to assist in building up any cduca-
tional enterprise, even where their own
children would be tho immediate benef-
Charles. This almost criminal indifference
in a matter of such vital importance will
do more to check u progress as a State,
and blast onr prospects for the future, than