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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-05-05
DR.. Persons Heals the Sick at the
Brooks House.

As evidence of his success read Of
the following cases who have been
cured or highly benefitted-all well
known individuals
Captain Y. w. Graves, Of Keachi,
paralyzed for number Of years, una
BILE to walk, now goes about without
difficulty:
DR.. G. H: Durham; of Keachi, great
sufferer for five years from Neuralgia,
relieved at once; Rev. Peter Crawford
reports him entirely well.
Charles Rambin, of Kcachi, suffered
from Rheumatism for long time, af-
ter second treatment, reports himself
entirely we'll.
Mrs. A. G. Scott, Waskom's Station,
Texas, Cancerous Mammal Tumor her
suffering was intense. DR.. Persons re-
lieved her from pain IN ten minutes !;
her breast is now healing up rapidly.
j. w. Weems, Fayette County, Ar
kansas, Rheumatism very bad in one
leg, much swollen and nearly blind
from inflammation of eyes, entirely re-
lieved in Sc hours. II saw Mr.. Weems
April 18th; he told me to give his re-
CARDS to the Doctor and tell him he was
entirely we'll, and the statement of the
case as shove is the same as Mr.. Weems
told me. [Signed] L. B. FORT.
Brooks HOUSE, April IL, 1869.
j. H. Marines, Walnut Hills, Arkan-
sas, Rheumatism for three months, un-
able to get about or labor, relieved in
one treatment and cured in two.
w. S. Rush. Railroad employer, suf-
fered from Neuralgia and acute pain in
side for three weeks, cured in two
treatments.
The above named cases were treated
at my house and I believe the state
ments to be strictly true.
w. T. BROOKS,
Proprietor Brooks House.
Mrs. E. P. Wells, of Marshall, scarce
ly able to walk for more than a year
from Prolapsus Uteri and Spinal diff
Guilty, entirely relieved in few treat
ments.
Mr.. j. D. Rudd, Waskom Station,
Texas, great Nervous debility, entirely
relieved in three treatments.
j. P. Wells, Scott, Texas, Dropsy of
Chest and Bronchitis, relieved in three
treatments.
Josiah Simpson, miles from Shreve-
port, White Swelling and Rheumatism,
came on crntches, after one treatment,
walked off without them; returned
next day, said he was all right.
P. r. Scott, Harrison County, Texas,
Rheumatism eor eight years, cured in
three treatments.
James Prothro, Rusk County, Texas,
deaf in one ear for six years and con-
tiuued Inoise in head; relieved in two
treatments.-[Caddo Gazette.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-12-08
Marriages.

Married, on the evening of the 2lst ult., at
the residence uf Wiley ]. Floyd, by Rev. J. E.
Watson, Mr.. JOHN R. LILIES, of Greensboro
n. c., to Miss LIZZIE A. DUBosE, of Darling
ton, s. c.
MARRIED, in Person County, on Sunday, the
2lst OF November, by George Featherstone, Esq,
Mr.. JonN J. HUDGINs to Miss ELLA Register.
MARRIED, at ST. James Church, Wilmington,
by Rev. A. A. Watson, y. D., on the 24th inst,
EDWARD EVERETT to LILA BURR, eldest daugh-
ter OF Col J. G. Burr.
MARRIED, in Georgetown, s. c., on the oath
of November, 1869, by the Rev. Mr. Glennie, Mr..
JOHN B. LArTA, of Wilmington, N. c., to Miss
KATE RALsToN. of Georgetown, 8. G.
MARRIED, at Bay River, Thursday evening,
November 18th, at the residence of Hayward
Lewis, ESQ.,, Mr.. BENJAMIN CASEY to Miss H AN
NAH LEWIS.
MARRIEp, November 18th by the Rev. Samue
Rothcrock, Mr. JESSIE A. CozARr and Miss
MARY j., daughter of Col. David Lentz.
MARRIED, November 2lst, by Rev. samue
Rotherock, Mr.. ]. F. WALLS and Miss MARTHl
| A., daughter Of Mr.. David J. Sheets.
MARRIED, In Darlington, S. G., on the evening
of the 2lst ult., at the residence of William j
Floyd, By the Rev. j. E. Watson, Mr.. JOHN K
NILES. of Greensboro, N. c., to Miss LIZZIE A
DUBsoB, ofthat place.
MARRIED, In Guilford county, on the 25t
ult., by the Rev. e. W. King, Mr.. WILLIAM b
| MORGAN to Miss MARY OZMENT.
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POLITICAL.

rho w,rt;n,,sn,s Tfni0a N atlanta.
Ing "o.nihes 49,. ~ mfs Iss''
oeo's'a' wiz nol''l'"'s
ces.
The supreme Court of Indiana has lust
decided that national bank notes are taxa.
ble as PERSONAL properly. y ueclsion :.
the United, States supreme court, treasury
notes are not 50 taxable.
To n visitor recently, Senator Brownlow
remarked: aYes, johnson ond Etheridge
have ,dn;n;stercd An nv pofItieat estate and
cast lots far INV Garment: but, lie added,
with grim smile, u ami going 10 oie'
Tho aove,nment has loaned its credit to
r,;Iro,6- 10 the extent of nearly $4,000, 900,
and has Granted 1s5 sac. 794 acres Of public
lands or 900 454 SQUARE miles. equal to the
confined area of Great Britain and France.
-
A Washington special to the New 1ork
aot omr nav into a condition that will rem
der Il danuerous for spain to attempt any
rorr;.oI. in case the onnboats are for any
roc son y;thheld
In letter 10 one Oh DIS consti'Gen.a 10
ker Blaine says that there ~ no tounuat na
Whatever Tor the ramors Una. tne D:ss ~
paftiheh. he ":..sn S"a.;nnns TI,r mo,y.
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FOREIGN.


A philosophical Swede thinks ! aarter Of
d ton Of nitro g1ycerine would blnw SwSc
den Into the middle of the Attic Ocean.
A velocipede race; from Paris to Reuen, rs
miles; was WON by an Bfiglishnian; against
eight c6mpetitdrs, in tin and aialt hohrs.
A treaty of friendship, trade and .aviga-
ton has been concluded between the King
of Norway and Sweden and the King OF
Siam.
Extract from the latest French novel:
"The Countess fell back in a deadly
swoon. When she revived, her spirit had
fed.n ~
Subscription lists are opened in Switzer-
land for the purpos, of erecting statute
to the memory of William Tell in the canton
of Uri.
Religious exercises preliminary to the
opening of the Ecumenical Council, have
been ordered by the ecclesiastical adthori-
ties at Rome.
The use of horsefesh as food is increasing
in France, and at Bordeaux, Angler, Havre,
Florence and other cities markets have been
opened for its sale.
The voting of the Ecumenical Council
will be done with colored balls. Red will
signify Affirmation; blue, dissent, and white,
doubt, hesitation or skcpticisni.
The old-fashioned arms used by The sol
diers of Prussia in 1866 have ali been re-
modelled, and the Government has now l.
100000 needle-guns at its disposal.
Napoleon is giving instructions for his
speech on the opening of the Chambers, is
said to have desired in it the widest and
most absolute affirmation of liberty
Eight soldiers carried the silver brick,
weighing 1886 ounces, into the Vatican, and
! the Pope was very affable to Mr.. and Mrs
D. j. Oliver, of San Francisco, who present.
ed it.
There is quite movement in Russia to
establish system of public school instruc
| tion for the poorest class of the children
| At present they are sunk in the deepest ig-
norance.
The soldiers of the French Imperial Guard
| speak disrespectfully of their new comman-
| der, BaZZalne, as lne HOur merchant
Bazzaine specialized in that commodity in
Mexico.
DR.. Livingstone has discovered under
ground cities, where thousands of people
live, in Africa. Some excavations are said
to be thirty miles long, and have running
rils in them.
It is reported that on the occasion Of the
Council being opened in Rome, the authori
ties will cause all the Italian subjects ant
all suspected Roman citizens to leave thu
Holy City.
To England the condition of Ireland is al
ways both an affiiction and menace. Ii
peace or war, in famine or in plenty, he
subjects in the Emerald Isle are in statt
of chronic discomfort.
The Cuban Junta have published the new
Constitution for the Republic of Cuba. L
protects the freedom OF religion, the press
public meetings, education and the inalien
able rights of the people.
| An elegantly dressed lady recently pre-
sented herself to one OF the police mags
trates in Paris and politely denounced her
self as the murderess of eleven children. In
vestigation proved that she was laborini
under fit of hallucination caused by til
horrors of the Pantin tragedy.
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Deaths.

DIED, in Edenton, N. c., after protracted
illness, DIR. WILLIAM C. ROBERTS.
The deceased was born July 23rd, 1889, and
was in his 31st year. He died in the full triumph
of faith, and in the hope of blessed immortali-
IL. Helcaves wife and one child, a father,
mother, brothers, sisters and large circle Of
relatives and friends to mourn his early loss.
DIED, in Wilmington, on the 26th inst, at SH
o'clock, SUSAN ANN MERRICK, wife of VIM.
Merrick, deceased.
DIED, In Salisbury on Monday, the Goth ult.,
Mrs. ELIZABETH j. DAVIS, wife of D. A. Davis,
ESQ.,, aged SO.
DIED, near Warrenton, Warren county, N. c.,
on Saturday morning, Nov. eth, Miss MARY
AYCoCK, at an advanced age.
Died, in Wilmington, on the 26th ult., at 81
O'Clock, SUSAN ANN MERRIcK, wife OF VIM
Merrick, deceased.
Died, at Laurinburg, on the 18th ult., Of
typhoid fever, SUSAN, EMMA, only daughter of
Susan P. and the late VIM. H. Laspeyre Aged
IA years and 4months.
Died, in New Berne, Saturday, the 9th ult.,
Mr. JOHN D. HoRNIBLow.
DIED, in Lincolnton, on the S0th ult., Mrs.
NAxN1E MEANS, wife o. DIR. 7. b. Means.
DIED, on the Goth of November, 1869, Mrs.
Martha R. Mebane, the wife of Robert l.. Mebane,
ESQ.,, of Alnmance county.
She had been afflicted and confined to her bed
about three years, and bore her sufferings witt
unusual patience. She ever seemed 10 be who'll,
resigned TO the will of her Creator, and was
devout believer in his I'm bounded love, mercy
power and goodness. She departed this lif
with the cheering hope of blissiul Immortality
She had been a consistent member of the Ger
man Reformed Church for more than thirt
years. Her age was iorty-six years seven month
and twenty seven days. She has left five chi
dren with kind and affectionate husband, anl
many friends to mourn herloss. She has gon
hence TO join the holy angels in glory and t
receive the crown OF life, which the Lord hat
promised to them that love him." $50
Mrs. Mebane was the daughter of Col Danic
Clapp. She was born In Guilford county, o
highly respectable parants, and with them sh
received in her carly training the many lesson
Of moral virtue with which her whole life wa
SO successfully crowned. She was loved BY al
who knew her, and as wife, mother and friend
she fifty and beautifully illustrated the proyerl
Strength and honor are her clothing; and Sd,
shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth hel
mouth with wisdom; and 10 her tongue is tn.
law Of kindness ,'.s
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MARKETS.
New York, London, Liverpool and Will
mlngt0n. f at

New York, London, Liverpool and Will
mlngt0n. 4
WILMINGTON, Dec. 4-Spirits Turpentine
dull at 49, Rosin steady; strained s1.6S31S.
Crude Turpentine shade lower at 81. Is to $3.50
Tar better at s2.05. Cotton better at ~ to
2SL. eH
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-Cotton heavy and de-
clining Sales 200 bales at 25 Flour heavy
and declining superane State s4.N to As5 !;
Wheat closed steady and firm. Winter IS to
371k. Corn unchanged Whiskey irregular
at s1411S to s1.451hl Beef quiet. Pork heavy
and lower; old sSS to sSs.95. Lard lower; ket-
tie 1871 to 1891. Naval stores quiet. Groceries
quiet. Freights unchanged.
Gold FIX. Governments have been active
and buoyant under lrage purchases for European
account. 62s lax to lax. Sterling dull Ut sA
to SX.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 4-Cotton quiet at "A to
AK. Flour quiet and steady. Wheat steady
Corn active; prime white IS to %; yellow w to
SO. Oats dull at IS. Rye dull at 81. Provisions
Lard 10. Whisky s1.04 to s105.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 4.-Cotton closed dull; up
lands IL; Orleans 1876 sales 10000. ....-,-
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INDUSTRIAL.

An oil well, flowing 1000 barrels daily,
has been struck at Vera Cruz.
St. Louis sends down the Mississippi twice
| the amount of produce she did before the
war.
A Pittsburg inventor has constructed a
stove for the consumption of bituminous
| coal.
Owensboro', KY, boasts of having lately
| made the largest sale of tobacco ever made
| in America.
Pneumatic tubes are to connect the Now
York post-office with the different newspa-
per Offices.
There is already in Louisiana a repetition
of the excitement and rush to secure labor
for another year.
1t is predicted that Florida will become
one of the largest sugar producing localities
on this continent.
1t is said that 100000 of Northern cap
ital is being expended this year in improve,
ments in Georgia
The Southern Indiana penitentiary priso-
ners occupy thei' spare time in making
counterfeit nickels.
A large amount of tobacco has been badly
damaged by freezing, all through Indiana,
Illinois and Northern Mentucky.
The total crop of the country is estimated
at some ,400,00O,0OO bushels of grain, OF
which wheat is 35O,O0O,0OO and corn $780,
100000.
Fifty four miles of the Denver Pacific
Railroad has been completed, and tracklay-
ing progresses at the rate OF mile and
half day.
ing at New York, and rs telegraph offices
scattered over the city, giving employment
to $50 operators,
A company of Sandusky grape grower
are now making 1000 gallons Of wine pc
day, and expect to make 10000 gallons be
fore the season is through.
The Tailors of Chicago have organized
co operative association and advertise to d.
work at 90 per cent. below prices nov
charged l,y fashionable establishments.
A few days ago a man bought piece q
property in Davidson county, Tennessee
and afterwards sold it at loss of 1876. TIL
purchaser re-snld it the following day, ma
king $4,000 by the trade. .s 80
A national labor convention of colore,
men is to be held in Washington on Mon
day the 9th prox. White delegates will b
present among the colorcd ones, and ais
female delegates from New York and Rhod
Island General Butler and Senator WiIso
are to address the mutiny.
The castor bean, from which the oil
! made, is becoming an important industry il
y Perry County, California. One promincn
D dealer received at his warehouse 1000 bush
: els in one day, paying 1918 per bushel.
? Yields more bushels to the acre than the hes
d wheat if %.
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PERSONAL.

DIR. Livingstone is promised title and
pension if he returns to England.
The Duke of Norfolk steps into Lord
Derby's Shoes and receives that nobleman's
garter.
Pere Hyscinthe intends to deliver lee
turc in French at the Cooper institute De-
cember 10.
Brick" Pomeroy's New York Democrat
STYLES Edward Ketchum "the noblest forger
of them ALL"
Mrs. Beecber Stowe has book in press
on the Woman Question, as well as one on
the Byron Scandal.
MIR. O'Donovan Rosa has been elected a
member of the British Parliament from the
county of Tipperary.
A. T. Stewart pays $4,000 per annum
ground rent, for twenty-one years, on the
Site of his dry goods palace. .
DIR. Mary Walker, male by brevet. has got
as far off AS For. Scott. Kansas. When she
reaches the Indian Territory we amt afraid.
A life insurance company of St. Louis has
paid to Mrs. Rawlins tive thousand dollars
upon policy for that amount held by Gen
Rawlins.
Brigham Young refuses to pay his income
tax. and the Washington authorities are
considering what they can do to make him
settle up.
Pere Hyacinthc is the guest of Robert G
Winthrop, in Boston. He is announced tt
deliver u sermon in the New York Acade
my of Music before the French Benevolent
Society, and he also intends lccturing II
French at the Cooper Institute some tint
next month.
Miss Emily Faithful comes forward nov
| to dennunce the use of the phrase
rights-not perhaps because she does no
believe in them, but because the name is
scarecrow likely to disgust good-naturet
but indolent men, and to alarm well inten
toned but timid women, prejudicing then
against many reforms in which they woult
otherwise join. Miss Emily is more mic
than wise.
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Special Notices.
PAIN KILLER.

We ask the attention of the public to this long tested
...f and unrivalled
MILY MEDICINE.
1t has been tavorably known for more than twenty
years. during which time we have received thousands
of testimonials showing this medicine to be an almost
ncverailing remedy for diseases caused by or atel
dant upon
Sudden Colds, Coughs, Fever and Ague, headache, Bill
lous Fever, Pains in the Side Back and Loins,
as well as il the Joints and Limbs, Neural
gia and Rheumatic Pain in any part Of
the System, Toothache and
Pains in the head face. ~
A Blood Purifier and Tonic for the Stomach.
1t seldom fails to Dyspepsia Indigestion, Liver
Complaint, Acid Stomach, Heartburn, Kidney Com
plants, Sick Headache Piles, Asthma or Phthisic,
Rngworms Boils, Felons, Whitlows old Sores Swell
ed Joints and General Debility of the system.
1t is also prompt and sure remedy for Cramps and
Pains in the Stomach Painters Colic Diarrhea, Dys-
EMERY, Summer Complaint, Cholera Morbus, Cholera
Infantum Scalds, Burns, sprains Bruises, Frost Bites
Chilbians as well as the stings of Insects Scorpions
Centipedes and the bites of Poisonous insects and We
nomous Reptiles. I-
See Directions accompanying each bottle.
$50 Qm)-daw3m
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George Daytime, of Wade-Ditchcr murder
lOtOriety, was brought Ia this city several
lays ago, by John Reid, Esq, of Weldon,
n the purpose of taking position in the
Penitentiary Stockade. Mr.. Reid did us
The honor of visit, while III our city, hut,
wing to the press of business by which
ye we're surrounded, at the time, the facts
scaped our memory. Speaking of Bay
line, the Roanoke Me,os says, Ibis career has
been an eventful one, having twice escaped
f1OVa Jail, once shot in being recaptured
and cane within less than twenty-iCur hours
Of being hrlng-but he will now have time
to reflect of his sins at leisure, as his sen
eace is to remain in the pentitentiary fol
lie He shed few tears in bidding adieu
'P .alifax jail
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FEMALE SUICIDE-ACCIDENTAL BREAK
ING OF LEG.-From the Greensboro Patriot
We learn that Mrs. Henry Sharp, residing
within three miles Of that place, was torrd
drowned in small branch near her resi-
dence on Wednesday evening last. She had
0een unwell for several months, and at times
slowed symptoms OF mental alteration. At
Inner she ate nothing, complained of being
nwell, and walked out of the yard in the
direction of the branch where she was
aund.
Daniel Bennett, residing near Green's
ooFo', had a leg broken on Saturday last
Thile returning from town. He had been
Aauling wood and was driving the wagon
his feet hanging doEn below the front axle
tree. In passing over a stump his leg was
,aught between it and the axle-tree and
orOken below the knee"
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MISCELLANEOUS.

n.y. T....,, .ooH, -. +o,o,>or.,,, br ,,ro
Nem .eiSes SUNS ., az .oP S Sn y t p
IosSinS " :,,.: ' nJA Ni'
:; NJ Vol.
tho o+hor Jar .nS snmo friends aswe him
the othei oaS, anu SUNNI hienu: cav i''i'
''n'ons o'"ei p'e''n''' oil '''ino'"' ''s'
A Kentucky editor has had his hair pulled
gu. ny uly s1ous o'elh III Pu va. ny, a.
ailicie ou soJ ,il 1 am. -. ~ :; H. Jas.
say ''ia' 'n' ''eiA ioS' ''' ''i'' III '"' "n'"'.
"Why did Joseph's brethren put him in a
pit!' asked Buffalo Sunday school teach
u, ,,, sr h;,s =; .ho fo,,;l, o;rcIo y
was Nv i'o'' Ava -'''A INV i''D' ~ii'
South Leavenworth, Kansas, clamis q
a natural curiosity in the shape of child
of negro parents born with both hands
nni'e' i'ui HUH ''''n' anu ""'' WV ii-'"''
ions'
When baby is born in the Oneida COM
munity, the news is sent by telegraph to the
Wallingford Community, and congratula-
ti are eAchanseo ny 'he Wv" '0hnniu"'-
u'''
Both the papers in Somerset county, Pa,
are owned by two partners of different pol
| itics. Each edits the paper in whose prin-
| o.pies he o''ie'es' anu 'ne p'0''' ''' vi
'"''''
| ''Tom," said a girl to her sweetheart, you
have been paying your distresses to me long
enough. 1t is time you make known your
contentious, so as not to keep me IN expense
"n' i
| Woonsocket, H. l., has town ordinance
finding any person $50 who shall stand upon
any footwalk, sidewalk, doorstep, or in any
doorway, to the hindrance and obstruction
of passers-by.
Tho oo,.hro+ed s,ovs bonnds of Fe,;cians
near New Orleans, are dying off from by
drophobla. Their masters have had the
disease long while, but in their case death
comes more slowly.
The Choctaw Legislature has passed a
resolution protesting in the name OF the peo-
nile against any scheme for investing the pub
lie MONEYS of the Choctaw nation with those
of tile Cherokces, in railroad enterprise.
4
Gheyenne inulals lleu aI "on!sn"ppeTs'
at Iottei p.aIloh; M, Nepl:sha, riiuay No
ooay was huit' Inc military M wei, az ohco
caieo ioi snu are LII pursuit. Tic "e''ii'f
The editor OF the New YORK Advertiser
had valuable goid waech stoien a rev
days ago. lie mas received a note from the
thief, telling MN where he could Obtain inc
missing properly, ana expressing regrets
lor roppinS an 'eVitur.
One of the Fernando 70 exiles, In recent
lecture at New York, describing the recour
ces OF the island, says: There Is In the island
but one plant upon which the cattle feed
and, strange to say, instead of fattening, il
reduces them in flesh. A bad place for bee
ste k.
Not q little excitement has bcen causcd II
c;nc;nnat; Inv q wedd;no which has take,
,,iaoa o,a,dcst;n.I,z oftor tba ~, To- Roo,
PaSo 90, I,, h. :, e. ao1as.J t;r,.s - =,
,oehe" up Wy nei la.liei sete'"i l'ine' =
keep her from meeting the gentleman, ah'
after three partial but unsuccessful elope
ments.
: A White Pine landlord thus advertise
his hotel in the local papers: And JOSEF
wept aloud, and he said unto his brethren
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lne growth OF ga in North Carolina is
Nlounced a 1T nd by the Hearth and Home,
acH Says Iii' s the plant is an annual,
ife grown e, native weed, whose leaves
worthless even for the adulteratlon of
1ulne 'c L. The young lady who has
sVn Ter should send sample to some
Hnhn :5ournal that its genuinenesss may
'i'e ;rtained beyond doubt.
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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Mrs. Valentine died suddenly in Matamo-
ras. Pa, on Wednesday, and the jury have
found that she was poisoned.
W. R. Noyes, of Reading, Mich, was shot
and killed by member of the same hunt
ing party, G. H. Deer, last week.
A. F. McCordy, merchant taylor of Car.
dington, Ohio, shot his son dead on Thurs
day, on account of some family difficulty.
A boy and girl in Prospect, Pa. during
their parents absence from home. recently
got hold of jug of whiskey, OF which they
drank SO freely that the boy never was rous
ed from his stupor, and the girl was saved
with difficulty.
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IT. low WORTH and the "Halcyen, }
game rs on the Cape Fear, collied q
dsydr' since, and the Star says the HAL.
rnT NEg on her side about half under
" No lives were lost.
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tETTING WoRsE-Instead of having an
Gease of mail facilities, it seems that the
IFTilege is being curtailed. The Whining
or Star is surprised to learn that the mail
rute from Wilmington to Onslow C. H., Uia
;1esd's Ferry, has been abolished, or at
last that the contractor has been notified
% discontinue carrying the mails.
This step is greatly to be regretted, as
nulh inconvenience will be the result.
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CONTINENT ACKNOWLEDGE n-The A.
:sn Methodist Episcopal Cor lfa,ssnce, which
smbled in Salisbury on the Gath inst
the STANDARD the h. np. 70 ,nno;nt
Fn their body, Mr.. E. J.. Fork, as special
porter of their procee .fngs for the col
ms of our paper. W .e acknowledge the
,nplment' ana take pleasure in spreading
she port before our rass1ers
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-12-08

ENORMOUS PRICE The Hinkley Knitting
srhine may be, and no doubt is, most
rellent invention, and something much
sied in the South, but the price, as pub
.hed by the Sentinel is enormous for pow
II stricken people to even contemplate for
noment-thirty.fce thousand dollars.