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A PROCLAMATION,
BY HIS EXCELLENCY GOV. HOLDEN.

'f' Executive Department Of North Carollu,
70 1874 slim RALEIGH, August 10th, 1869.
.VXTHEREAS,r Official information has bee,
w received at this Department that vacancu
exists in the representation from the 9Th SEM
torial District in the Senate of North Carolins'
Now, therefore !, w. w. HOLDEN, Govern,
of the State of North Carolina, by virtue OF,
thority vested in me by Section Is, Article Al
the State Constitution, do issue this Proclans.
ton, ordering an election to be held on Thur
day, October 7th, 1869, for the purpose of choos
D. j. Rich, deceased. s.
Done at our City of Raleigh this 10Th d,v
Il. s. of August, 1869, and in the nipetT!'
fourth year of our Independence,
W. W. HOLDEN, Governor
By the Governor:
W. R. RICHARDSON, Private Secretary.
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OFFICE SUP. U. s. A. GENERAL HOSPITALS,
. CINCINNATI, OHIO, March 18th, 1856.

CINCINNATI, ONO, March 18th, 1866.
Having acted as Medical Director during three
years of the war, it became my duty to give Or
ders for artificial limbs to mutilated soldiers,
and as DIR. B. F. PALMER'S LIMBS .cere great
ly preferred, large majority Of the orders mere
giues on him to furnish the necessary limbs So
far as my knowledge extends, the limbs furnish
ed by DR.. Palmer have given most satisfaction,
and this also is the testimony Of hospital Stewards
and non-commissioaed officers on duty at the va
rious hospitals in my charge, who have had OPP
portunities of seeing the men after they had re-
ceived and used the limbs furnished to them
and have therefore no hesitation in saying that,
in my opinion, they are preferable to all others.
-.+. .I VIM. S. KING,
Brevet Colonel and Surgeon, U s. A.
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A Western politician, in speaking of a
rival, said: "Pilkins is of great use to OBJ
serving men. Straw shows which way the
wind blows, and as stra,c, Pilkins has no
equal in the country! ~ @ lao
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STATE OF NORTH CARoLINA,l

- STATE OF NORTH CAROLINAsI
-.t.a... r BERTHE COUNTY.
aa Superior Court-Io Fall Term.
Sarah W. jarvis against Louis N. Jarvis-Action
for Divorce.
TN THIS CASE It appears that defendant Is
u not a resident OF the State of North Carolina:
II is ordered by the Court that advertisement
be made for six months in the North Carolina
Standard notifying the dciendent Lewis N: jar
Wis to appear at October Term Of BERTHE Supe-
rior Court 1869, beginning the first monday 10
October and then and there appear and answer
and show cause to the contrary or decree ior
divorce from the bonds of matrimony will DO
entered against him. .---s I- ~.
Witness VIM. P. Gurley, Clerk OF said Court.
10th August 1869.
3 WILLIAM P. GURLEY. Clerk.
aug 20. 497-w4w.*
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improved Turbine Water Wheel,
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
CHowAN COUNTY,
Superior Court.

Superior Court.
Jno. M. Goodwin, by Plaintiff, Elisha J. Bsrkot
Guardian, against N. D. Hathaway, Defendan,
Attachment.
TT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court
lthat a cause of action exists in favor of the
plaintiff and against the defendant, for the Of
Eleven Hundred and Eleven dollars and one cent,
due by bond dated LIST July, 1860, and payable one
day after date; that summons in said cause has been
issued against said defendant, returnable to this
Court, and that said Hathaway is nonresident
OF this State, ordered that publication be made
four successive weeks in the Raleigh STANDARD,
notifying said defendant te appear and answer at
the Court House in Edenton on the LIST Septem'
Der next, or judgment will then and there be
taken against him.
Witness VIM. R. Skinner, Clerk of said Court
at office in Edenton, this LIST day of Aug, 1869
Hf- 81 e WIN. R. SKINNER, Clerk.
aug 16, 92-w4w.
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THE above named Plaintiff complains, and al :.
i leges, that the Defendant, C. M Propes, is
indebted to him in the sum of Eleven Dollars
and Ninety Cents (S1I.9O), due for goods sold
and delivered, and costs and expenses of War
rant of Attachment, issued and returnable be-
fore Shepherd Snead, ESQ.,, Justice of the Peace
for Johnston county, at his office in the town of
Smithfield, on the Goth day of September next,
when and where the Defendant is required to APP
pear and answer the complaint.
Dated 23d day of August, 1869.
]. J. OVERLY, Plaintiff.
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II is automatically stated that one-fifth of the
inhabitants this country and Europe die of Con-
sumption. No disease has been more thoroughly
studied, and its nature less understood; there is
no disease upon which exists greater diversity
of opinion and no disease which has more COM
pletely baf1ed all medical skill and remedial
agencies. alia. s t0lTsI9a ~ q
Some of the prominent symptoms are Cough,
Expectoration, Shortness of Breath Irritation
Sides and Back, Emaciation, and general negative
condition of the whole system. i'--f' q
Persons suffering with this dread disease, or
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stored to health. The = 80 -
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ease Consumption, has now been in use ove, t,s,
years with the most marked success. w. 'on
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recipe chemically pure, by the Rev ED Taig Pai
a. WILSON, l65 South ID Street. Williams h AnD
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DIR. GODDIN'S
COMPOUND

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Coiic' SICK stomach, Bronchitis, Ast6ns, K
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SUPERIOR COURT CLERKS BLANKS FOR
~ sale at this Office = '&''''A' '
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SNOW CAMP FOUNDRY.

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JSME AND GET YOUR SPELLING ROOFS
Spoilers my Dozen Webstel's Elementary
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IL,
and deserves better man than thatp
Well, Paul Logan was better man than
Scott Goldrick's words would seem to imply,
and better still, his gold brought all com
forts to the helpless mother until she died,
and home with all the advantages of
wealth to the little sisters And now with
her husband two years IN the grave. Mrs.
Logan went freely into society again.
"Such a lovely woman" men always said
speaking of her. And Scott Goldrick en-
dorsed the verdict when he met her at re-
ception one evening, and the hostess, sup
posing them to be unacquainted, presented
him.
1t was the Olive Burnett of seven years
ago, who smiled up at him as she said to
Mrs. Lake, Mr.. Goldrick and are very old
friends"
You remember me, then," he said, as he
led her away.
.I neYer forget, y ,was, the -sweetly era ve
reply.
But somehow, even with this flattering
beginning, they did not seem to make much
progress in the renewal of their old acauin-
tanceship Meeting often as they did, at
party and ball receptions, at concert and
theatre and opera, there was always an un-
deniable something, a distance between
them; and it was quite at the close of the
winter, that, calling one morning on Mrs.
Logan, to make his adieu before leaving the
town, Scott Goldrick fingered moment as
he bowed his head at parting, to say, half
jestingly, but yet in earnest, too:
"Do youremember the old school house ~
ayes, 1 remember. am going out there
to see it this coming summer"
And l too. Who knows but what we
shall meet"
1t was in the midst of the August heats
that Mrs. Logan, paid flying visit to Rye
field, procured the key of the old school
house-empty now for summer vacation
and walked down there alone one afternoon
to take look at it.
The door swung rustily upon its hinges as
she entered and looked curiously about. 1t
was not the cleanest place in the world, for
a coat of dust, raised by the last sweeping,
had settled over everything; but the rough
coated walls looked as familiar as ever, and
the glazed maps hanging there, and the I'M
painted wooden benches. 1t was in that
corner that Scott Goldriek used to stand
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-03-30
The InoendiaI Night,

-. Z
A city wrapped in slunhar. Nowand then
the tang, tang of the police club. Sentinel
stars in the sky, wllich for Crime Landers 10
see, would make them fed that a mysterious,
watch was over them set. In the city blsl-s
ness heart tall warehouse. How ghastly
the garish marble looks hFbugh fhe gloom.
Hark cautious footstetis that Quicken as the
tang tang of the club diIsinisAes. its sound.--
A mufied man stops before the ghsstly build
ing. He draws a key, IL fits the lock
He enters quickly with hal the air of one who
belongs there if his erra6d Is good, but who
should be stranger if his egrand'is for ill.
Breathe on the magic tairsb and the picture
changes. Interior of thas ware .room., Some
body stumbles through is gloom. KrafEEf
There is match drawn Aud N candle has S
gbeen lighted What e forR pre- Raphael-
re sFtist taspaiDt Ilssssz4rsS the good -ini-
pulses of lifetime, and the bad ones fresh
born of despairing pride, fighting for the
mastery in that upper lip, Its owner goes
into the Office. He opens safe with its own
key. He secretes papers in his breast pocket.
He takes out one of the books and opens il.
Bankrupt is written on it in din, shadowys
letters.
Thesightuerves his pride like strong drink:
He leaves the safe door open. He explores
the building The hands that in boyhood
built houses from blocks on the happy nursery
floor, now fashion in every part guilty piles6f
combustibles. How the veins lash his temples
like whip cards How his heart throbs as
he bends How white his face grows as
curious and innocent mouse crosses before him.
How his wrist oscillotes-'tis like the wrist Of
a twenty year old dram dfinker lifting tho
cordial cup-as he touches the candle here,
and there, and thither and hither, and drop
ping it in his flight, noiselessly escapes by the
alley entrance, and re.seoks, with night key,
the palatial residence where a few hours he
had gone to sleep, had risen, and now goes to
sleep again-with the sky crimsoued and a
thousand men out to the magnetic cry of
"Fire frcl" as the great bells peal over the
startled city.
"Sleep. partial sleep, viii give its repose to
the wet seaboy, but it will deny it to the new
crowned Arson King of Crime Land.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-03-30
Startling Mystery.


We copy as follows the Knoxville Press
and Herald of the 10th:
On Saturday morning, the 18th ult., as
Mr.. Glenn, of New Market, Jefferson county,
Tenn, was engaged ploughiug on side hill
on the farm of Mr. Hill, half mile from New
Market, he suddenly perceived his team Of
horses disappear into the ground beneath;
leaving the plough aud harness on terra tynsa.
Upon examination he discovered that the
ground had first given way under the hind
feet of the horses, thus "skinning" the har-
ness over their heads rs tho dumb beasts sank
into the bowels of the earth.
One of the horses was buried some eighteen
or twenty feet deep, and of course died in-
stantly from sufFocation The other remained
in sight about twelve feet below the surface.
Mr.. Glenn and his son, who also witnessed
the occurrence, attempted to save the living
animal by decending into the cavity, but the
earth kept giving way beneath them and they
were soon unable to save Themselves, and were
rescued from their position by neighbors whom
their cries brought to the scene. Both of
the horses were lost.
The cavity is circular, and twenty feet in
diameter. This dirt and horses fill the cen-
tire, while on each side is fissure, into which
logs have been thrown disappearing from view,
and it has been found impossible to fill tho
cavaties. There are no rocks or stones to be
seen, yet the whole side seems to be a mere
crust beneath which is an apparently un-
fathomable abyss.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-03-30

RoUGn ON Iron -CLADs.-There is an old
proverb Arabic, we believe, that courses, like
chickens, will come home to roost." This
was fully set forth in trial before magistrate
in Western Virginia, few weeks ago, in
suit pending between two farmers about
horse. The principal witness in the case was
a Federal officeholder, whose integrity was
questioned by the opposing counsel, upon the
grounds that he had perjured himsclfby taking
the iron. clad oath hence, his evidence was
null and void. The magistrate demanded
from the counsel proof Of the assertion, who
odduced evidence and showed that the witness
had served as a volunteer in a company in
the Confederate service the first year of the
rand subsequently, deserted and went home;
At this the magistrate became irate, and
ordered the witness to Jail, rcmarking: Damn
you /! you ought to be hanged for perjury and
then shot for desertion."
We call that sentence kind of wearing
out Of the subject of iniquity, and the magis-
trate's decision worthy Of Solomon, cor any
other man."
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-03-30
1T Home in the Evening.

Nothing concerning the future welfare and
happiness of the young is so neglected by
parents and guardians as the manner in which
theirevenings are spent Darkness is tempta-
ton to evil, and suffering young men aud boys
to be absent from the family hearth, when the
light of day does not restrain them from mis-
conduct, is really training them to it, and
producing incaculable mischief and ruin
All the riot, disturbances of any kind, and
crimes are the results Of running in the streets
after nightfall. At home, something more is
needed than mere command, and parents
should eudeavOr, by their own example, to
show the importsnce Of spending the hours of
darkness with the family, for if heads of house
holds cannot experience the truth of the asser-
tion that there is no place like home, how
can they expect their offspring to be domesticl
Evening recreation aud enjoyment in the
family circle are infinitely more agreeable and
pleasant than any amusement or dissipation
abroad, and honorable aud learned men are
the products of the one, while miserable and
dissipated specimens Of the human race are
the results Of the other. Let home be the
place it should be, and let the same fascina-
tions aud Inducements be offered at the home
stead as abroad, and a more exalted and cred
liable class Of citizens would people the world.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-03-30

IMPoRTAyT TO MAN-Why is it that the
rainbow and clouds come over US with beau
ty that is not of earth, and then pass away
and leave US to muse on their faded lowell
ness? Why is it that the stars which hold
their festival around their midnight throne.
are set above the grasp of our limited facul-
ties, forever mocking us with approaching
glory? And why is it that bright forms Of
human beauty are presented 10 our view and
taken from us. leaving the thousand streams
of affection to fow back in alpine torrents
1Tnon our heart? we are born for higher
destiny than that Of earth. There is realm
where the rainbow never fades, where stars
will set out before US like islands that slum-
ber on the ocean. and where the beautiful
being that now passes before US like the me-
teOr, will stay in our presence forever.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-03-30
Presently.

Never say you will do presently what your
reason or your conscience tells you should be
done now. No man ever shaped his destiny
or the destinies of others, wisely and well,
who dealt much in presentlies. Look at
ture. She never postpones. When the time
arrives for buds to open. they open-for leaves
to fall, they fall. Look upward. The Shin
ing worlds never put off their risings or their
settings. The comets even, erratie as they
are, keep their appointments and eclipses
are always punctual TO the minute. There
are no delays in any of the movements of the
universe which have been predetermined by
the absolute will of the Creator. Procrasti-
nation amoug the stars might involve the de-
struction of innumerGble systems; procrasti-
nation in the operations Of nature on this
earth might result in famine, pestilence and
the blottiug out of the human race. Man,
however, being free agent, can postpone the
performance of his duty and he does so,
frequently to his own destruction. The drafts
drawn by Incidence upon the future are pretty
sure to be dshouorcd. Make noD your bank
er. Do not say you will economic presently,
for presently you may be bankrupt; nor that
you will repent and make atonement present
Iy, for presently you may be judged. Bear
in mind the important fact, taught alike by
the history of nations, rulers aud private in
dividuals, that in at least three cases out of
FIVE, presently is too late
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-03-30

MASONRY AND Townsville following
opening paragraph of an address before the
Masonic Grand Lodge of Florida, IS too good
to be lost "As morn breaks from the east
with rosy radiance, the modest violet bends in
humble welcome TO the mellow light, and
decks her foliage with dewy spapgles to re-
emblem ofpurity, expands with delicate grace
her snowy petals to scatter fragrance on the
balmy air :"
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= When Ben's Master died, they told him
he had gone to heaven. Ben shook his head u,
Il 'fraid massa no gone there" But why,
Ben? "Cos when massa 60 North, or go a
journey to the springs, he talk about it long
time, and get ready. never hear him talk
about going to heaven never see him get
ready TO go there"
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Through the great, sin blasted city
Tolls homeless little one
Nota friend to soothe or pity
MOI bed to lie upon
Ragged, dirty, bruised and bleeding
Subject still to kick and curse
SchooIed in sin and sadly needing
Aid from Christian tongue and purse.
But the rich and gay pass by her,
Full OF vanity and pride,
And pittance they deny her,
As they pub their skirts aside,
Then a suIlen mood comes DER her
Reckless she of woe or veal
Death from hunger before her
She must either sIarve or steal.
She does steal, and who can blame her,
Hunger paugs her vitals gnaw-
None endeavor to reclaim her,
And she violatesthe law.2
Then the paInpered child of fashion,
Who refusedto give relief.
Cries, with well affected passion,
"Out upon the little theft"
Censors full of world-wise schooling,
Cease to censure aud deplore-
When the egirltransgressedm mans ruling
. She 0beycd a higher latc.
Take her place feel her temptation
Starved, unhosed-no succor nigh
And, though sure of reprobation.
Se would steal ere ye would die
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-03-30

MATCH MAKING BY WHoLEsALE-A
short time since, at wedding in South Car
olina, young lawyer moved that one man in
the company should be selected as president;
that this president should be duly sworn to
keep entirely secret all the communications
that should be forwarded to him in his official
department that night that each unmarried
name on piece of paper, and under it place
the name Of the person they wished to marry,
then hand it to the president for inspection,
and if any lady, and gentlem had reciprocal
ly chosen catch other. the president was 10
inform each of the result, and those who had
not been reciprocal in their choice were to be
kept entirely secret. After the appoint
ment of the president, communications were
accordingly handed up to the chair, and II
was found that twelve young ladies' and gem
tlemau had reciprocal choices, and eleven oil
the twelve matches were solemnized.
When is echo like visiting aequaln-
lance? When she returns your calls.
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WEAR THIS IN Your HAT.-Pay your
debt as soon as you get any money in your
pocket. Do without what you don't need
Speak your mind when necessary. Hold your
tongue when prudent. Speak to a friend in
a seedy coat Ityou can't lend a man money,
tell him why. If you don't want to, do the
same. Cut any acquaintance who lacks prin-
ciple. Bear with infrmdttes, but not gices.
Respect honesty despise duplicity. Wear
your old clothes till you can pay for new ones
Aim at comfort and propriety, not fashion
Acknowledge your Ignorance, and don't pre-
tend knowledge you haven't got
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GENERAL AGENCY OFFICE,

T1HE subscriber will give prompt attention 10
l. Granting Policies for Life Insurance-Insur-
ance gainst Firc-CoIccting debts Of every kind
Receiving subscriptions for News papers, 'Pcriodi
calls and Books and orders for every variety of pur
chasabIe commodity in any one of tho Cities.
BUYING AND SELLING
Produce and every species of Property. Preparing
Deeds and Contracts under the best Legal sUpcrvi-
SION and will attend TO ALL kinds of Writing Copy-
ing, Posting up Books, Making off Accounts, SC.
GEO. ED. CORDELL.
No. ] SECOND FLOOR humphreys Co.'S
= Building. Opposite Garter House,
Charlestown, Jefferson county, w. Va
March ., ls6o-6m.
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Has lust been awarded to

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Second hand Pianos and Parlor Organs always
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-"All matter ofform" m"-Thc prevailing
extravaganza of women:
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P0ETIOAL.
HAVE CHARITY.

BY FRANCIS S. SMITH.
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