The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-06-02
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General Dyer has been re-assigned to
duty. fF sagtta9 49, ~
Francis Joseph refuses to meet King Viii
nam. .lM 7saGd SID .gal iIsHat
The flower of lovelincss pearl powder
Punch. aaA aj.3 iai'j i.a;iiH Jti o.
Head Center Stephens is expected in, New
York In June. 49,, as moro, b Isl. a,i
Butler threatens Grant with an oratorical
powder ship. ''ial-aals 81 a3 iasi4s
Cyrus W. Field is at Cork, en- route for
New York.
The Austrian Consul has been assassinated
at Leghorn. at4a tsg III
Assistant United States Treasurer Van
Dyck has resigned
Two whales were caught in Long Island
Sound on Monday. 7sar OIL .i %
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston is candidate
for Mayor of Savannah.
Major General Robert Anderson and fam
lily have sailed for Europe. aa. IS ..:.4
Jack Gilligan beat his wife to death on
Monday, near Fortress Monroe.
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"A California farmer has grown sum
flower weighing tifty-seven pounds ~
Thirty eight armed Spanish vessels are
required to watch the Cuban coast.
The number of students at the Continen-
tai University is estimated $4,000. ysd
Ofthe forty-four Irish and Scotch peers,
only one sits on the Liberal benches.
France and Italy are reported as having
arranged for the evacuation of Rome. .oGsi
A woman has been presented to the
grand jury Of Owen County, Kentucky, as a
witch. ''- i'''io-''''''' PIT 'ei tisa''l
q The result of the elections in Paris and
Lyons is favorable to the anti. Imperial can,
didates. , 8flE s5eoi Ii9.dH nov ~ 4sa
William IT. Aspinwall, Of New York, paid
$4,000 for the Murllo lately placed in his
gallery. 2iaf iti1f sah's ~"
Queen Isabella dined at the Tuilleries re-
Gently, and Wore on the occasional dress of
blue and silver. 20 'ssi ad sad syd p -
The French Atlantic cable is to be laid
during the summer, landing on this side at
Duxbury, Mass a.1t i3aa - 1'-i ~, ~
A. I. Stewards income last year was only
$500 q day. 1t is said he managed to
live within it. III 49,, 5...- al1.s-'i ,..s.
A midnight despatch from Paris an
nources the election of 1876 official and 26
opposition members. 'f i1'' Ha. 'i"
Fred. W. Seward denies that he is to as
sumo the management of the New York
Commercial Ad0ertiser IA f.eea I'd -l. FOIL
The Count De La Roche, of Paris, was
married at Pittsburg, on Thursday last, to
Mrs. Mary G. Price. as- i''1 .iIii i
The ex-King of Hanover has inquired of
the French Government if there is any OBJ
lection to his settling in Paris. III 5,-. s.-..
Chicago claims to have the most valuable
horse in America, 'Bashaw, Jr," for which
$25, 900 has lately been refused.
The Coariere di Sardegna of the 29th ult.,
states that Garibaldi has had fresh attack
of illness, and is suffering severely.
Rochefort, the Lanterne man, it is said,
has secretly visited Paris nearly every week
since his first departure for Belgium.
The Queen of Prussia has received two
barrels of Jordan water, with which the bap-.
tismal fonts at the royal chapels are to be
filled.
Prince Salm Salm is to have discussion
with fcuilletonist who said scandalous
things about the Princess. Pistols are to be
the weapons. lr s9a 51 irt
james M, Mason, of the late Confederate
firm of Mason & Slidell, has returned to
Winchester, Va, where he intends to reside
for the future. .....f.'. .......
The police of Cork are taking unusual
precautions to prevent an outbreak. Seve-
raj houses have been searched for concealed
arms. .ss5gg Bib ya is-1.7..'H 9dfn11D Hii
An English gentleman has bought be-
tween 5000 and 1000 acres of land in Mel
son county, Va, on which he intends to set
tie 800 English families. --.-.r.. PIX.
Yellow fever is still fatally prevalent in
Peru. Mr.. McCulley, United States Consul
at Callao, died April 18th. Earthquakes
arc reported in several places. ts. s3aa.is.
The Springfield Republican tells of an ex-
traordinary youngster who does not. want
to be the last angel God makes, because be
! wants to see how he makes 'em" ~ GO
King William of Prussia, who is now sew
enty-two years of age, is so hale and vigor-.
GUS that continental insurance compa-
mics issue policies on his life at very low
rates. sc farannd .5'tii j. fl3d bira5 af1
Dumas has had a chance to sell short all
his future novels for 500,000 francs; which
liberal offer he declined, out of regard for
his creditors, WHO would go and attach the
whole sum. ''3r tltti 'ijsih" it'h- y aE'
The Presbyterian General Assembly of the
South met in Mobile on the Goth. 1t APP
pears that all hopes of a union between the
Northern and Southern branches must be
abandoned tor the present s4;., O, ..,,,.f ,..
The New York World is now annoyingly
called upon to furnish some further account
of the twelve hundred filibusters who sailed
| from New York a few weeks ago, and who
should be due somewhere before now. ylsH
1t is asserted by friend Of the revolu-
tionists in Cuba that Admiral Hoff1s Cuban
dispatches lean to Spain because they are
the result of Gastronomic Diplomacy he
being Reverdy Johnsonized by the Span
iards."i"- "'' DE 3i" ~. "y'' DE- ~
van 10 au5lE1gHuTiu3 80 aJG9 NgaAf5t[
| Marshal Bazaine said, some time since,
that poison was administered to him at least
half dozen times while he was in Mexico,
and that he was in every instance saved by
the antidote procured him by his Mexican
| servants. ssJouuQ H1taia OH 'lii 5stii 5Yl
Dom Piatt. in connection with Mr.. L. d.
Reynolds, will on the 1st of June commence
the publication of a new daily paper in Day
ton, Ohio He promises to support, "with
reasonable earnestness, ," the, principles OF
| tlle, Ren,, hlic.il marty and tn make q GOOD