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The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

How are the mighty fallen! How is the
Star betrayed in the house of its friends I?
ewho have tears to she'd, prepare to shed
them now, or rather after reading the fol
lowing from the New York World:
George Belts is p negro over whose righteous
1ina of $50 for trying to murder all NJ. F., the
Wilmington IN. T. Star grows loily wrathy. 1t
Is believed the editor had to pay the fine i'll con-
sequence of the colored snffragan being powerful
III a black leagne of whose crumbs the latter is
niverous.
Oh, oh, oh, Bernardo Can this be thusly2
Have you too been kicked out by the un-
grateful World? We have noticed that
you have been taking quite an active part
IN the political muss at Wilmington but
didn't know before that it was in conse-
quence of your being -'niverous" : for the
crumbs of some colered sufragan." Make
aprofession Immediately Bernard or you'll
be ridden out of Wilmington on mule.
In, B. This does not refer to any particu-
lar mule, but to mule, and no war record
Is lmpeaehed.l 'Loily wrathy Niverous !"
Oh, Bernard
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Register and vote for Hawkins.

The Spaniards are likely to have their
hands full of work at home, and this is a
very hopeful state of things for the Cubans.
The news from Spain of a serious Carlist
movement, says the New York Herald, and
the arrival of Don Carlos on Spanish soil,
will call probably all the troops and means
the government can collect, and they will
not have soldier to spare tor Cuba. In
that case the climate and the bullets of the
patriots will soon make short work of the
Spanish troops now in Cuba as well as the
brutal voluntee. s. Another hopeful sign,
though it makes one shuddcr to contem-
plate it, is the murderous atrocities of the
volunteers and Spaniards upon the Cuban
and American prisoners they take in war.
One of the latest teegrams from HAVANA
informs US that the Spanish troops at Bara-
Goa had shot sixty rebels whom they cap
ture,l. Even Admiral Hoff, who, like the ad-
ministration has proved rather the protector
of the Spanish and Spanish interests than of
Americans anu American INTERESTS, mas 1T
last been compelled to protest against the
murder of his own countrymen and the
horrible cruelty of the Spanards to all their
| prisoners 1t is stated that orders have been
issued to them not to bring in any more
prisoners, but to kill them ON the spot.
Brutal and atrocious as all this is, it will.
as we intimated, help the Cuban cause. 1t
will make the Cubans more determined than
ever to conquer their independence; for the
war has become one oflife and death, and il
will raise storm of Indignation in this
country and awaken the sympathy of people
everywhere. Looking at these things and
at the critical state of affairs in Spain, now
is the time for the United States to interfere
! in behalf of Cuba and for the Spanish gov
ernment to give up II hopeless struggle and
! the island
d. . 81
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Highest imitation during suspension, !,

Suspension
Highest imitation during suspension.
tSpring panic. s t's'f haa sis.t
The above table IS said to be accurate,
and if so it will be seen that the amount of
currency per capita is not SO great now as
has been supposed, and when the immense
increase of commerce, and the uses for mon
ey. inaugurated by the war, are considered,
it will be seen that we neither have so infla-
ted currency, nor are so far from resuming
specie payments as the price Of gold would
Indicate For instance we have now $21 20
in currency for every person in the United
States. In 1860 we had S14.5O. Surprising
the amount of trade in the country prove
the same now as then, we find that We have
an expansion of 81 40, which ought to rep
resent the premium on gold. But it is safe
to say the trade has increased one-third, or
that an increase of one third on the amount
of currency per capita in 1850 would be re-
| quiIed in 1869 to make the same ratio be-
tween capital and trade. Add one-third to
$14.5O and it becomes $l9.33, tofwhich
$s1.sO bears tn. ratio of 1 09a, which then
represents the value of gold, assuming that
| trade has increased one third since $50; and
if the same comparison is made with years
proceeding 1860, when the per capita was
! greater, even more favorable results will be
| obtained. !. a 5 iri lpi azs3
| When taken further into consideration
that the increase of population hasalso been
greater than that allowed for in making up
this table, it is every safe to say thstawe are
only distant nine cents on aidollarfron1s spe-
cic payments This is the only correct mode
of computing the. actual value of gold, land
shows that the 1877 or thereabouts of Wall
street is fictitious value, andsis created by
the maneuvering Of the brokers. With
gold at 100, now long will it take NJ. Bout
well, reducing the debt six millions per
month, to bring US back to spscie pay
mentsY e 1plt sf rga1ssiia s46te @srsn
| Well, this is not q very hard question to
answer, if the price of gold varies with the
debt. The whole debt was July 1 81, ,4Ss,-
002 2,480.58. The amount to which this must
be reduced to bring gold from 109 70. 100 il
! $sl46SO,195. A reduction Of sixteen mil
lions per month would do this in = LITTLE
over a, year, But meantime trade will keeE
growing, and at the end Of q, year thert
will not be cent. more currency in the land
than is needed. efss .gsaa t. 4stlqusg
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

The progress of the revolutionary war in
Cuba has already evolved international ques-
tions OF important interest, as between the
governments of Spain and the United States,
and is likely to produce Others of a very
difficult character should the policy of the
Cabinet in Washington remain hesitating or
doubtful as to our course OF means of action
in the premises. From Key West, says the
New York Herald, we are specially inform
ed that Admiral Hoff's squadron, compri-
sing the Contookcook, Gettysburg and Cen
taur, reached that point from Santiago on
Saturday The Admiral reports in detail of
previous accounts the sanguinary character
of the contest which is being carried on in
Cuba, and that it was of such nature as to
cause his interference to certain extent.
The Governor visited our flagship, on which
occasion the Admiral made inquiry as to
the recent executions of American volun-
teers; to which his Excellency replied, in
effect, that he could not resist the "clamor :"
loI ttueu OCtltli, consequently udu tiiC
dread penalty inflicted by virtue of General
Dulces late order, directing that armed in
vaders should be treated as pirates. Admi-
raj Hoff characterized the action as murder,
and entered sharp protest. As if in eva
sion by very grim reply, or the practice of
a most melancholy and fatal subterfnge, the
Governor has ordered the Spanish troops
not to bring in any such prisoners in future,
but to "kill them on the spot" The 'citi-
zens of Santiago were considerably excited
by the presence of the American war vessels
1t was, indeed, reported at ono moment that
Admiral Hoff was about to lombard tht
! place. This state of feelings wasquieted by
the interchange OF official visits between tn,
Governor, the American Consul, and tn
Admiral, and firing Of salute in honor o
the Spaniard. Something more i, required
and soon.
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NO. 81.
Have we an Inflated currencys

Have we an Inflated Currency2
The above question has often been asked
during the past three years, yet never has
received an entirely satisfactory answer.
Tile cry of "bIoated bond holders and
"infated and worthless currency "lhas been
used by the Democratic papers to deceive the
people and to cause them to lose confidence
in the currency of the nation. If they had
succeeded in their designs, the result would
have been ruinous to the business interests
of the country, and would have caused
wide spread ruin and distress, But the
confidence of the people in the government
was too strong to be shaken by the false
hoods of the repudiators, and the result
has fully justified that confidence. The pre-
MUM on gold, although fuctuating, has
steadily decreased, and the paper dollar
will soon bear a proporlionate value to
gold dollar. In order to show the increase
in our currency bcfnrc and since the war we
print the following table, made up by the
New York Economist, and the able article
thereupon by the Dubuque Times:
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

The STANDARD man says he dislikes personal
reflections, and has requested not to be drawn
into any-a request not likely to be complied
with, as the Pike is such a lively, saucy and
tricky fish maly a line has been, and will con-
tinue to be, thrown out for him. The bait used
by most of these fishermen being nauseous to
t!lc palate, none of them has yet succeeded in
,'rdciag him in. We have, on several occasions
stgar-coated ours, but it was no use-he spit it
out. Well bait him yet, though.-Chaplctte o.
Se10er. ~
We are willing to give and take person
alties provided they are made in a friendly
spirit We will ''go" for all the lines thrown
out, but we like to have our lines fall in
pleasant places. Put on your sugar and try
your luck
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

The President, we need hardly state, says
the N. Y. Tribune, has had no part or lot in
the proposed nomination of his relative,
Judge Dent, for Governor OF Mississippi
Whether Judge Dent is conservative"
Republican, a Radical, or no Republican at
all, makes no shadow of difference. The
President has taken no part in the election
ofGovernors by the people of the respective
States, and is very unlikely to take any.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

According to the Peoria Transcript, or typo
graphical error man has been found with
tendency to "over-indulgence in the flowing
bowel. Exchange.
A fine chance for little indulgence IN
that beverage which cheers but not inebri-
ates-Castor Oil
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

Charles Reade says: "This is the rule in mu-
sic: the lips praise the delicate gelatinous lhe
heart beats in silence at the mighty melodious."
= Erchange. %
We haven't the slightest doubt but we
should entirely coincide in the above if we
only knew what it meant. What do you
hink about it, Stone?
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

Gortschakoff says the politics of Europe are
satisfactory. So are the politics OF America
for thleves.-N Y Dem0crat.
The Democrat is clearly mistaken. The
Democrats are not a bit satisfied with Amer
ican politics and they are well known to be
the biggest thieves in the country.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

The ordinance prohibiting the sale of Ii
quor in this city on Sundays is strictly en-
forced by the police. In consequence there
was not single arrest last Sunday for be-
ing drunk and disorderly.
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The New York Telegram in speaking of

The New York Telegram in speaking of a
journal in that city says:
ellis ambition craving for a broader field of
action, Shurtletf in 1868 went to Boston, where
for number of years he was engaged as report
er on the staff OF leaking journal OF that city.
The summer of 1864 found him in New York"
Wewould like to ask what number OF years "
is contained in the space existing betwe 1868
and 1864 Keelhaul that writer, friend Telegram,
or he will get you into trouble.-Standard.
Friend Standard, pluck the beam from your
own eye, Our reporter did not make the error
s'in speaking of journal" but OF journalist.
1t should have read from 1858 to 1S64.-M Y.
Telegram,
We eaccept your apology. We see, by your
correction of the extract in question, that
you referred to leaky journalist, who had
been employed upon a leaking journal. We
have pucked the above mentioned beam
and advise you to apply it to the repairing
of that leaking journal you speak of. i.
IS. Do the New York reporters ever get
ANYTHING to drink? If so what is their
favorite Sewerage, how imbibed and in what
quantity2 iel
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

Pomeroy has frightened his friends out OF
their wits, by lecturing before a New orh tenn
perance association Chicago Republican.
As Pomeroy advertises to produce ''red-
hot paper it is but fair to presume that
his friends are now in (red) hot water.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

\ An exchange gives long account of the
discovery of the Garden of Eden by trav-
eler. We know of several newly married
men each of whom thinks he knows just
where it is.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

A woman in New Orleans was arrested for
throwing pail OF boiling water over man.
Her defence was that she misoOk him for her
husband Exchange.
She probably wanted to give him a aca'n
reception! What dear thoughtful wife,
she is, to be surel
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

Vallandigham says that the honest men of his
partyare obliged to take back seats.
This accounts for the scarcity of Demo-
Gratis On the back seats, and also, for the
continued presence in front of Vallandg-
ham himself
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

yictafazs daughters appear at the opera in
very. low neck dresses.-EIcAange
his shows the consideration OF royalty
Yaes wish to have their subjects see as
mach Of 'em as possible,
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

A Swedenborgian of Toronto has had vision
of heaven, in which he saw the Unitarians riding
in sledges behind tail-less horses about the
North Pole.
He needn't be afraid of the North Pole.
For man so bigoted as he it will be too
hot for ice.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

The public are informed that there are
to be more Democratic Conventions
i New York Democrat says scamp meetings
:. Will soon be in ortler.''
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

The price of telling the truth has been
fixed An Austrian editor has been fined five
florina for calling Andrew Johnson the most
corrupt scoundrei in Americal.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

The Chicago Tribune has correspondent
who describes "a descent to the Devils
gate" A great many Democratic editors
have got way inside the gate.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

gEerly fucker continues to "take inn board
e,sfaccsrding to the Canada papers.-CAieogo
Force of habit Beverly always did
"take in" everybody who ever had any
thing to do with him.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

4 ball has been hauled out of sixty-fcet
deep lole.- Chicago RepubtiDan.
That is about the l0.5est we ever knew beef
to be.
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El,e Meeklp Standard.
NEATHERY & CO.,
PRoPRIBToRs.

Anna E. Dickinson is called ox-eyed by Cali
ia critic. The Homeric beast
oxide of what? Brass?
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

Robert Roombs practices law intermitently at
Washington, Ga. and entcrtains poor opinion
of mankind.- EGchanqe.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-08-04

All things are now equal, for mankind
entertains poor opinion of Toombs.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-04-03
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM sac %FRANCr.CO.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 81 P. NJ
Specials to the Herald report that the
President sent into the Senate loo reve-
nue. and post officers.
The House Committee on Elections
reported in favor OF Hoge, the contestant
from South Carolina.
It is believed that Motley will be APP
pointed Minister "a England.
A new bill istxing prepared for tho
REDUCTION of'army officers
Thg Albany Assembly have passed n
bin permitting fIes trade in lager. IS
Tho s~triugency4 she New York mon
ey market continues TO increase.
approximations ARE expressed that The
low figures in the debt statement are
caused by the irregularities owing to
the recent change 10 the method ct max
ing returns.
Orders to hold election have been
sent tn Cuba. Deputies nro expected
soon from Spain.
Jhdson, Of Burlington, will be Consul
to Liverpool.
Two negroes have boen nominated
for Justices of the Peace in the District
of Columbia.
a negro named Wilder will be named
for Postmaster Of Columbia, S.
1t is reported that Attorney General
| Hoar has decided the Tenure of Office
Act to be unconstitutional.
The Governor of Maine has appointed
the 18th inatant for Thanksgiving.
Horotio Seymour is suffering from
injuries received by tt railroad ncciisnt.
General Custar has recovered two
women from the Indians.
Great damage Inns been done by late
floods in Ohio.
Helen iiuplns, n passenger on the
Constitution, ngsd two and u hall
years, died on the passage from New
York.
The steamer Orizaba, from San Diego,
was t~elegraphed 40 miles out at noon
The U. s. steamer Wyauda arrived
to-day from II cruise.
Liverpool wheat market this morning,
9 shillings . pence.
The Mechanics Institute will hold u
fair in this city about the LIST Of Sep
tcmber.
Tho Steward of the ship Waterloo
fell overheard in the harbor II few day
ago, and was nearly drowned Dice
from tho effects this morning.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-04-03

tries will be submitted to the President
of the United States. whose decision
shall be final.
The Times says there is no doubt
that the House Inns been oyrrrsachsd
by the Senate in the Tenure OF Office
business. Judge Davis AMI Attorney
General IIoar construe Tic new bill rs
leaving in the hands Of the Senate a
continued check upon all removals BY
the President.
CHICAGO, April "A special says
the Senate, in executive session, con
sidered Lougstreet's nomination. krl-
logg and Spencer favored his conirma.
ton, ind Cameron strongly opposed II.
The debate is likely to ne protractcd,
and the result is uncertain.
Two hundred clerks were dismissed
fIom the Treasury Department yester.
day, aud more dismissnls will probably
follow.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-04-03

SICKNESS AT WHIrE PrSE.-Evans
writes from Treasure City to the Aha,
saying
| regret TO be compelled TO add TO my
former report that this disease is on the
increase here. Yesterday | visited the
hospital at Swansea, rear Silver
Springs, and found eight patients there.
Half OF them were rhsumatics, the rest
pneumonia patients. While | stood
there n ninth was brought up in u wag-
on. He was so stiff with rheumatism
as to be rs helpless as n dead , \
few days since n party started from here
with a blacksmith, whose name | could
not learn, who was stricken with pueu'
monia. On the way down the canyon
to the hospital he died in the wagon
and they carried the body directly on
to Silver Springs for burial. This pneu'
mouia is u terrible disease at this nlti'
tude and in this climate, and it carries
men of with fearful suddenness. The
other day a young man who was very
i'll with 1t called for an calculated drink
to clear his throat with. Handing back
the cup, he remarked, "That is devilish
good |! II is pretty rough on me, but
will pull through" Within ten minutes
of that time he choked up and breathed
his last without n struggle.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-04-03

SAN FRAYcIsco OFFICE SHARrs.-
Some of the Radical politicians Of this
city, who are anxious for Office, and
who have not been able 20 visit Wash
iugton, imagine that they see II way
clear to reach the object Of their as
p~irations, and so have shrewdly stolen
a march upon their less sharp patriotic
brethren. It appears that n brother of
General Rawlius, Secretary Of War,
has been residing in Tuolumne County
in not very fourishing circumstances,
financially. The Union Democrat, of
Sonora, says:
We have been told tha, money was
sent to Gerald o. Rawlins, brother of
the new Secretary of War, from San
Francisco, by politicians, last week, to
pay his expenses to that city, with a
telegram urging him TO como down
immediately. Mr.. Rawlius, who has
been a long resident of this county,
left here last Monday morning. lie
didn't know what they wanted of him.
We rather think he has found out by
this time. II is 4 very good thing for
II poor man in these mountains to have
Il brother in the Cabinet. II has u
tendency to show him that he has neg
lected n great many persons who have
always been his warm friends. Gerald
is II clever fellow, and we hope 1t will
do him good.
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THE DIFFICULTIES WE LABOR
rNnER-

E|
From the Inland Empire white Pine) March 81
As near as we can judge, White Pine
is now laboring under a stress of popu-
latiou without u field for its useful en-
ploymeut. AT IL season when the ground
everywhere is covered with snow, and
the opportunities Of prospecting are
prccNrious; and whilst capital is either
timorous or absent, people are fockins
into tho country by thousands. We are
without sufficient mills to work the ores
o: II 1.-THE of the good mines we have
opened, and this circumscribes the held
of labor. We are without material for
securing shelter for II overgrowing
population, and this amplihes the
amount OF suffering. II winter should
soon give way to a benign spring, we
shonli he enabled to Offer n more aus
picious picture of our condition before
long. That our district and those con.
ticuous to il are rich in metals beyond
precedsn, nobody doubts But we are
ius, now passing through the crisis Of
our trouble, owing to the fact that we
are gathering here prsmaturely. Legit-
innate work for the laborer does not ex-
ist. from the fact that labor aud capital
have not as yet got into full aud com-.
persaling cooperation, They are both
idle in their proper capacity, and both
have set themselves into fields OF tactl-
lions speculation. Until we have tue
facilities for reducing II ores, the en-
tire productive industry of our people
will be directed into courses Of preca-
rious speculation.
The unprecedented rates of freight
have doue much to rGlrd the legitimate
interests Of the country bu: with ro-
turning good weather improvements
will be made that will greatly enlarge
the employing capacity OF tho district.
At present, however, we cannot consci-
en,iously say that the work to be done
is adequate to tho number Of hands
here and arriving to do it. The
try presents one of the finest fields the
world ever opened to the industrious
explorer. But every nan is not au ex-
plorer, and not one out Of ten of those
who come hero is provided with means.
We therefore suffer in two senses-from
inadap,ability and poverty. A few
months, We hope, will relieve III of
much of our suffering. Capital will
come here in great volume, mills will
be erected in sufficient numbers to sna-
BILE us to turn our mountains Of argeut-
ferrous rock into ready cash, aud EN-
ploymsnt will then naturally arise for
the vast host Of people whom We look
for. But in the meantime there must
| continue to be suffering from the pre-
mature redundancy Of our rapidly in-
| creasing population.