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The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-03
A PROCLAMATION.
BY His Excellency, the Governor Of North
Carolina. JfO1
Executive Department Of North Carolina
RALEIGH, October 10th, 1852

Executive Department Of North Carolina,
RALEIGH, October 10th, 1859.
To THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CARoLIsA:lT M
1t is made my duty by law :" to set apart day
in every year, and by proclamation give notice
thereof as day of solemn and public thanks
giving to Almighty God for past blessings, and
Of supplication for his continued kindness and
care over us, as State and nation" do
Rsa rs a6
Praise and Prayer to Almighty God, through his
adorable Son, Jesus Christ, and recommend that
the day be thus observed by all the people of the
State OF Thanksgiving, because, though in some
localities and in some respects, the crops have
not yielded abundantly as in former years, and
though we have not had in every neighborh0od
the absolute control OF the civil law and perfect
| peace between man and man; yet we have been
| greatly blessed in our varied pursuits, and we
| have generally realized that independence OF
| thought and action which springs from govern
ment based upon the consent OF ALL of Praise,
| because all blessings, whether temporal or
| spiritual, proceed from God Himself, and We
| should render to Him as the only return we can
make, our tribute Of gratitude and rejoicing for
| all the good things He has done for us as indi-
| yiduals, as State and as q nation. OF Prayer,
| that BE will have Us in His holy keeping during
the coming year; that he will incline our hearts
| to justice one towards another, and to righte-
| business and truth in all our dealings that He
VIII Danlsn from our mlust all malice anu Ill uIi-
charitableness, and constrain us to live together
in peace and harmony; that He will multiply
His churches ard enable us to increase the means
| Of education and enlightenment for all that He
| will give constantly increasing strength and
permanency to our forms of government, both
State and National; and that He will dispose the
minds of both rulers and people to such conduct
in the future will tend most efectualiy to the
promotion of their interests, temporal and
spiritual, and OF His honor and glory. s5f
Done at our City of Raleigh, this Goth day OF
October, 1869, and in the 9th year OF our
Independence ..,s
BY the Governor: on aa- = 81 .t'll h!au
W. r. RICHARDSON, eiu-s, :uast ~
Private Secretary. U.sif
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MISCELLANEOUS.

The recent shock of an earthquake was
felt in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
1.-The Blessings of Impudence" are discus
sed at some length in South Caralina ma
gazine. r- .7.
The Texan complain of pork being five
cents per pound when they can get beef for
two cents pound.
The retiring officers of the New York gold
Board made farewell speeches, in which the
press was severely handled.
The editor of Laramie paper announces
that nexs week he is going to try and begin
leading a virtuous life. He'll fail.
A young woman went up in q balloon at
the Miami county (Ohio) Fair and after an
hours ride, pumped down into pond.
The early part of October was excessively
hot in Southern California At San Bern
ardino the mercury stood at 115 degrees.
Hog cholera is prevailing to an alarming
extent in some portions of Indiana-many
of the farmers having lost from ten to forty
head. ... ....t ---.. .4...l +
A Murmon, accompanied with three COM
panions of his bosom, passed through Hart
ford, Wednesday, en- route for Vermont, to
visit his relatives.
The New Haven banks have employed
two men, at 81 900 each, annually, to visit
the banks once an hour during the entire
night. ..aI ..l .a..s. .-. .i
At recent German funeral in New York,
the band which attended the corpse to the
grave played the lively air of Sup in Bal
LOOM"
A drunken man was picked up by To-
connective going through Rochester the other
day, carried some distance, and rolled off
without serious injury.
A broker in New York has just been COM
PEELED by the courts to give up to woman
her diamonds which had been pawned by
her husband without her consent.
'Isn't it pleasant to be surrouned by such
d crowd of ladies z" said pretty woman to
| popular lecturer. "Yes, said he, "but it
would be pleasanter to be surrounded by
one" ... ..-4
A Board of Army Officers met in st. Louis
| for the revision of tactics and for the exam
ination of small arms and accoutrements fol
the use of the army. Gen. Schofield j:
| President.
| A man out West who read that dry cop
peras put in bed of ants would cause then
to leave, put some in his mother in-law'
bed to see if she wouldn't go. He says sh'
was there at last accounts.
There are said to be thousand cnlore(
Catholics in Louisville, and the bishop ha!
an agent going round the country gather
ing funds to build church for their &C
| comnodation.
A young girl who was taken before pc
lice court in New York on; Wednesday, 70
drunkenness, retorted upon the policeman
who had made her captive that he had ruin
ed her under promise of marriage.
A young lady who WAS rebuked by he
mother for kissing her intended, justife,
the act by quoting the passage, "Whatso
ever We would that men should do unto you
do We even so unto them"
Here is the speech of acceptance, reported
verbatim, of a candidate for Sheriff in Wis
consin: "Gentlemen II have served you
sheriff one term. regard this nomination
as an Endorsement of my official conduct.
cannot make speech or preach, but whel
this convention is over we will GO down t
Peter Rupp's and take drink"
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The Goldsboro' Messenger, of yesterday,
learns from gentleman just from Green
county. that colored man named Ned
Blount was killed on Mr. Elias Blount's
plantation, near Adams bridge, in that
county, on Saturday night last. 1t seems
that on several occasions cotton had been
stolen from Mr. Blounts clubhouse, and Ned,
who was in Mr.. BIS employ, and a very
faithful man, had offered his services to
watch for. the robbers. Taking his position
near the Clubhouse on the night alluded to
he did not have to wait long ere the cotton
thieves made their appeara ice, and from all
indications had commenced carrying off
cotton, when Ned, advancing towards them,
fired 1t seems, however, that these cotton
stealing scoundrels had another party on the
watch, who shot Ned before he had time to
fire second time, killing him instantly
Several negroes are strongly suspected, and
much excitement prevails in the neighbor-
hood, especially among the colored people,
who, it is, said, are using every effort to bring
tie guilty parties to Justice"
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While on the subject, we must say
word to the farmers of Mecklenburg and
adjoining counties in regard to the impor-
lance of re-organizing the Mecklenburg Ag-
ricultural Society, and making preparations
for an exhibition in Charlotte next Fall
These annual gatherings are pleasant and
Droftable to the city man as well as the
country-Ioan. and it will require but small
contribution from each to purchase grounds
Iand make the necessary preparations
Western Democrat.
There is no locality west of Raleigh,
where an annual Fair could be more sue
cessfuIIy planned and carried out. In fact
there is everything to favor fair at Char
lotte-a county fair. we mean; and we
would suggest that 1t be arranged so as to
come off Al least one week before the State
Fair. We have no doubt that many coun'
ties west Of Mecklenburg would contribute
in order to be on their way to the STATE
Fair. The result would be that more fruit
stock &c &c, would find their way tt
Raleigh from the west, and once here, would
command the highest prices and supply
want much felt. We fully commit ourselve
in favor of the fair in Mecklenburg' AM
pledge cur pcrsonal attendance
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A LONG AND Cold WNTER.-We may
safely calculate, from the premonitory symp-
tons, that we are to have long and cold
winter. 1t is fact remarked by all our ex-
changes that never, within the recollection
of the oldest inhabitants, have we had as
much, and as continuous cold weather, so
early in the Fall. Large white frosts, so
common have they become, that they have
ceased to elicit even passing remark.
"Spits' of snow have been seen in various
portions of the stateS while in adjoining
States We bave reports of snow and snow
storms. Then let us be provident-let US
prepare for the severest rigors, and in ma
king provision for SELF we must remember
the poor; yes, zoe must!-the duty is impera-
tive.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-03

HOME INDUsTRY.-On our streets yester-
day, was exhibited cart load of willow
baskets, manufactured in the county of
Johnston, by the lady who was offering them
for sale. This willow is native to our soil,
and these baskets, of various patterns, were
quite as handsome as those brought from
the North and offered in our stores We re-
gret we do not know the name of this mod
Ell CT a woman-but, then we felt little too
modest to ask. Nevertheless, she hath done
well, and deserves great credit
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-03

STEAM LINE TO BALTIMoRE.-We under
stand a steamer is on her way here from Bal
timore, and that a regular line will he estab.
lished from that point. The more the mer-
rier. Norfolk has the inside track, but her
merchants will have to wake up, and adver-
tise beyond their present investment in prin-
ter's ink. Washington (N. co. Inteuigsneer
We have deep sympathy for the people
of Washington. Their town was almost
"blotted out" by the ravages of war, and
being cut off from the world, save by water,
it is in the backwoods. We trust, however,
the day is not distant when the people Of
that section will enjoy railroad facilities
from some point on the Wilmington road.
The old town would again build up, and en-
joy that prosperity which was once the pride
of her people.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-03

The Ohio Cultirator says the following
receipt is worth a thousand dollars to every
housekeeper: Take one pound of sal soda
and halt pound of unslacked lime, and
put them in gallon of water; boil twenty
minutes, let it stand until cool; then dram
off and put in a jug or jar; soak your dirty
clothes over night, or until they are wet
through, then wiring them, and rub on plen-
ty of soap, and with water add one teacup-
full of the washing fluid; boil half an hour
or more, rinse, and your clothes will look
better than by the old way OF washing twice
before boiling. This is an invaluable receipt
and every poor, tired woman should try it.
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POLITICAL.

Mayor Oakley Hall has challenged Hon.
Horace Greedy TO public political discus
sim. - IA
President Grant denies the story about
the Rothschilds offering the government a
loan at per cent. Ha7 ft4
The statement that Mr.. Wasliburne had
applied for $4,000 gold for his contingent
expenses as Minister to France has been DE-
MED. e 'F 1@el aa'' g '-p. F+- =
Cambridge, N. Y, has a new paper, called
the BroadaSe of Democracy, and Of course it
assumes to be red hot. 1t is anything but
sharp. I5 53i ils a1
The indianapolis Journal says, more forci-
bly, than elegantly, that the Democratic par
ty is trying to make the race with dead
horses. '''''f
Gen. Belknap, the new Secretary of War,
is represented to be as warm friend of the
Cuban cause as was his predecessor, Secreta
ry Rawlins. .rat aii.a
The Louisville Journal while regretting
the fact, says: This defeat in Ohio dispo-
ses of Mr.. Pendleton for the present as eff
fectually as the defeat last November dis
posed of Mr.. Seymour"
AT late political meeting in Texas, Jno.
Fl. Reagan, who was Postmaster General of
the Southern Confederacy, said he was deci-
dedly opposed to running straight-out
Democratic ticket as he had been advised
and urged by few malcontents. t3
A dispatch from Nashville, Oct. 25 to the
New York Tribune says: ut is proposed
now by Johnson's friends to run him as q
candidate for the State Constitutional Con-
vention, and if elected to make him Presi-
dent of that party.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-03

At meeting of the citizens of Mecklen-
burg County, Virginia, held last week in
Boydton, a Committee was appointed to
take into consideration the propriety Of
getting legal possession of the Roanoke
Valley Rail Road. This Road, as we un-
derstand, once existed between Gainesville
end the Raleigh and CASTOR Road, at point
about two miles South of Ridgeway-that
its iron was sold, during the war, to the
Confederate States for the purpose of laying
the track between Greensboro and Dan
ville-that, for the iron, Confederate bonds
were paid. Since which time, the road has
been dead-the bonds worthless the
iron gone Legal possession" then,
amounts to nothing. Greenbacks are neccs-
sary to put the road in operation and if
ever in operation again, the Stockholders
y, presu;6e, will be very cautious as to who
icy ma Directors-and the Directors, as
q who =, icy make President.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-03

The New Berne Times records the follow
ing shameful outrage: ga few days ago a
colored man named Lewis johnson, living
on Blount's Greek, Beaufort county, a car
penter by trade, had just returned from his
days work, about o'clock P. NJ, washed,
and as he went to the door to throw out the
water some unknown person shot him and
his whole family; some of them very serious
ly. The gun was loaded with bristol shot,
and besides hitting johnson, some shot pass
ed him and hit his wife and child who hap
pened to be in range inside the house.
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Outrage Upon the American Flag.

General Mcmahon, late United States
Minister to Paraguay, who has just reached
this port in the steamer Berlin, left the Coy
eminent of Lopez in July, when he received
his recall. He says ut the time OF the evac-
uation of ASCENSION he left the United Suites
legation in charge of the italian minister,
and one of the first acts of the BRAZILIAN
troops was to sack the houses occupied by
the legation, destroyed the flag, and take
possession of some two hundr.d thousand
dollars in specie which had been left there
on deposit. To accomplish that object. The
iron safes were blown open with gunpowder,
and the archives of the legation were scat
tered in the street, where number of them
were picked up by Mr.. Worthington, then
United States Minister to the Argentine
Confederation, who was on visit to Ascun-
sion,
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-03

n. C. SYNoD.-We regret very much not
having before this hour, noticed the action
of the late Synod, (Presbyterian) convened
in Morganton From the Western Democrat
we copy the following: " The Synod pres
byterian) Of North Carolina, at the late ses-
sion IN Morganton, appointed the fifth Sab
bath of October as day for special and
united prayer to the Great Head of the
Church in behalf of the cause of Foreign
Missions.
The Synod organized new Presbytery
by striking off a portion of the territory be-
longing to the old Presbytery of Concord,
to be called The Aecklenburg Pres6ytery. The
first meeting of Mecklenburg Presbytery is
to be held at Steel Creek Church
The next session of Synod will be held in
Raleigh, in October, 1870.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-03

The revenue officers about Norfolk find it
"a difficult matter to collect revenue from the
'oyster-men. In an attempt to do so, day
or two since, small steamer was run into
by another steamer, on board OF which was
collector, and sunk. We are opposed to
a tax on any commodities necessary to sus-
tain life.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-03

A school for colored children was opened
in Elizabeth City, on the 18th inst, with
one hundred and thirty-nine pupils register
ed, and in a few days after the number
reached one hundred and sixty. The Car
ozini0a says the number will go to two hun
dred- The success being greater than was
anticipated, Prof Cardozo has found it ne
cessary to send for additional teachers.
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MARKETS..
WilmIngton-New York.

WILMINGTON, Oct. 30.-Spirits Turpentine q
shade lower al AZ. Rosin steady. Strained sl,55.
Trude Turpentine unchanged. Tar unchanged.
Cotton quiet at "a to 241l.
NEW YORK, Oct 30.-Cotton firm to day and
easier sales 1900, at 20. Flour 5 and 10 ;
Superfne State IS go to $ 50; State SO to SIS
choice s6.2Oto SO 80; fancy s6.35 to $3.50. Wheat
active. Corn 9 3 cts. lower. Pork s30,50.
Governments closed steady to-day '62s, 1919
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COTTON RoGUEs.-The Roanoke Necs'
correspondent, writing from Ringwood, in
Halifax county, says that the farmers OF
that section are losing much of their cotton
in the fields, some of the rogues of that coun-
try preferring to ''raise" cotton in this man
ner. Says he, the crops are yielding better
than was at one time anticipated-perhaps
two thirds of crop will be realized"
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-03

Gold, it is reported, is selling in Hayti at
$4,000 per cent, or $500 in paper for one
in gold. in order to put a stop to this i'm
mense depreciation of the currency, Presi-
dent Salnave sent some of the brokers to
prison, and pressed Others into the army.
The gold, however. kept on rising, and pork
is selling at $4,000 barrel.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-03

A NOBLE Ox.-Passing up Hillsboro
Street last evening, We met an OK drawing a
wagon, on which was more than half cord
of oak wood-quite load for two horses.
The noble animal stepped slowly but surely,
and his owner valued him at SIS. He is
worth every cent of it.
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Special Notices.
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The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-03

We have received several answers to our
request for correspondence. That's right,
send us letter every week, or more if neces-
sary Those who have written to US will
please accept this as reply to their COM
munlcations, for we have not time to write
letters. We shall always be glad to hear
from any of our friends who have matters of
intnrnSt TN communicate
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DEATH OF NORTH CARoLINIAN IN
GEoRGIA.-Thc Griffin (Ga.) Star announces
the death of Judge Garry Griee, in ayette
county, on the 10Th inst. The Star says Mr..
Grice was probably the oldest man in the
county, and had been a man of wonderful
physical vigor, as well as remarkable talent.
He occupied at different times positions of
trust both in Georgia and in his native State,
North Carolina He was an honest, upright
man, and died respected by all who knew
him.
Mr.. Grice has relatives now living in this
Countrywide.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-03

CLIMBING a LoG."-We have often
heard whiskey called by various names,
such as split skull" ''tangle leg" &C.. but
never knew until yesterday 1t was called by
the name or caption which heads this article.
Meeting an old friend who was rather top
heavy" we enquired whats the matter? 2"
The prompt answer was, 'Oh, little
dizzy-rve been climbing log" =
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-03

ANOTHER SAD WARNING.-A man over in
Virginia lost just $500 because he was not a
subscriber to his county paper, in which an
advertisement for the sale of tract of land
appeared in which he was interested, but
did not see the paper. He went next day
and subscribed
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-03

The Western Sentinel learns that man
by the name of Brown was shot and killed
in the northern part of Stokes one day last
week. We have not learned the name of
the party who did the shooting. The diff
Guilty we believe occurred about the division
of some corn.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-03

The burning of the steamer Stone,oaU on
the Mississippi, and the fearful loss ofhuman
life, when the steamer was so near the shore.
is exciting general comment. There was a
recklessness in the management of the ves-
sci inexcusable; but as the Captain, Clerks
and officers all persisted, there is no one to
account for the sad calamity.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-03

CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.-The Char
lotte Observer says, that Policemen Black
welder and Taylor, while on their rounds
Monday night, and smelling cloth burning,
burst open a kitchen door, where they
found a child had been left alone, and had
made its way to the fire, and getting into it,
was so horribly burned that it died the next
day. 1t is useless to utter the usual words
of warning to mothers; as it seems there are
just so many children to be sacrificed annu-
ally, by wantonness on the part of their pa
rentc
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-03

The Halls of our Legislature, are being
re-carpeted with handsome material. This
was needed, as the old carpet was worn into
holes, in many places, and had ceased to an
swer the purposes for which it was first in
tended.
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THE TWO SwINDLERs WEsTLAKE AND
BERGMAN.-The Wilmington Star of yester-
day says: Last evening as these two swind-
lers were being conveyed to the depot of the
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, en-
route to Georgia, under the charge of the of
6cers deputed by the Sheriff for that pur-
pose. one of them, W. B. Westlake, when at
the cornor of Mulberry and Front. streets,
broke away from the guard and ran for
dear life. Seeing that he was about to sue
coed in making his escape, one of the off
GERS fired at him with pistol, striking him
in the back, but not hurting him very bad
ly. He was thereupon secured and, with his
companion, delivered over to the Deputy
Sheriff of Savannah and another officer, who
had a requsition for their bodies from Gov
ernor Holden, on the application of the Gov
ernor of Georgia. -..-. 90 -