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The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

During the war, the people of the State
to very considerable extent made their
own molasses, and some excellent syrup was
produced from the Chinese cane. The yield
to the acre was immense and proved profta-
ble-and then, it was thought, that when
the war ended, there would be no more mo-
lasses brought from distant market, that
we would continue to make our sorghum,
and save the molasses money heretofore ex-
pended The war ended-and only here
and there, and now and then, can one find
a molasses maker in our State, notwithstand-
ing as much as 90 to 125 gallons may be
made from one acre of the cane
Cotton absorbs everything else, when it
is evident that an acre of sorghum cane will
pay more money in syrup than in cotton
unless the yield should be 500 lbs-if $50
lbs, which is an average for our uplands,
the syrup will bring more money at 60
cents per gallon, than the cotton at even 25
per h.. Make your own figures, and be con-
vinced the sale of the syrup is a sure
thing at good price-the cotton doubtful
-yery-as to price
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29
MISCELLANEOUS

. gfHtN IfIfff.ff nj
Table difers-The dinner table fills YOU;
the gambling table empties iyou; the mul-
tiplication enables you to- make p good fggaa
ure. liEfpB8 h9UGii1o7 r.sIoiiu- yasS"
A Chicago lady, who edits q law journal |
there, is about to be admitted to tile bar,
and will practice law in partnership with
her husband. .b)7Bj9.G .TFil dO,ishftRml Iul
I sUaa--d 7yd1gt yN 9uf yiJEs ga h I9dJBflI
A Democrat in Placer countyy California,
has punished, in fifteen years, over, twenty \
one hogsheads y ef hiskysysand ,still
defes the 'jimjams." ",bssr9lu | ss u1yd
sixty-four miles in. seventy minutes ties Vas va
the time made on the. first, trip Of the new
Chicago fast train, PENNSYLVANIA Central
road, on the home stretch. ,',' ..g :, ~ s, -
y. JliJoseph, the Chineseb Imnli grafton
Agent at Charleston, has received orders for 4
over fourteen thousand OhinamenI fom
thoroughly responsible persons 'taa4
llsiLT 5hE I'D t75i I1h "a RBss iHOniVQ
The Israeites of New York have organized
o free burial societyl for the, purpose ofipro-s.
viding decent interment fori all Israelitesv
who die straightened ircamstancesnido1g
Eight yellow fever patients from from the
French corvette, now in New York harbor,i
have been admitted to the Quarantine
Hospital One death has occurred since her
arrivaLGA 9n1 t0( ss9IU 9fiT
Sioux City is $40 miles from the mouth
of the Missouri river, Omaha, 6S6 miles; st.
Joseph, sol miles; Brownsville, 500 miles,
and Leavenworth, 2 438 miles, m' The old est
mates were entirely iwrongaais 81 7pd ri js'
The latest report from Sing Sing is is that
for s'pecuniary consid derations'' a convict
who is clerk there lets out prisoners before
their, terms have expired He has been
placed in solitary confinement for it, 4. ,nia,,
The British and Foreign Bible -Society'
since its organization has distributed ia75,lI
210,4S5 Bible and Testaments. sSa ~
The police of Cork are coming Eound to,
the ante-Fenian state, although, lIrishman-
like, they disdain to carry reyolyers.I1H bait
A rattleshake 5 feet l6ng and having %
rattles was killed in Wayne. county va, 1
o few days ago ivy ~ VI Whi'I'1s Z
In Delaware they are very, imprudently
trying to repeala law which requires a aman
| before marrying to give bonds in 5000 for
good behaylordgud uaQ"i tIloN siii GC,
Speaking Of the last words, that Was a
strikingly appropriate remark of. d CalifefA
| MIA stage drive, who was visited on Zig Death
| bed by a brother, whip" Said he,,i ,isBiil
I'm on the down grade and I isah'e & reach
| H. ''-II haoa sssm iisN .UsW 'ysbssfss
The jackson Standard tells the following 3
HWhen Sam CareyHwas at about, the middle
of his speech at this place, he tried toiben
very antic. Hejumpedupandd down, crack
ed his fists together,r snorted, and theughtl
he was quite witty. All at once he stopped,c
told the drummer to play q, little untfi,he
he stepped behind the curtain and nenslsdh
his drawers, as he had dbuzsteds them bis 1sif
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29
INDUSTRIAL,

The State Treasurer of South Carolina
will realize about 81 100000 for State taxes.
Worcester, Massachusetts,, is to bavea la
Dor reform convention the last of the
month. i. 1i3pHr.V Hr.- Ia,.5
There are now one hundred and forty
seven Pullman cars on the principal Western
railroads. ' "N ''.
Several mechanics inFColt's armory have
contracted to go and make guns for the
Russians. Ir.f 5a1sasi
The shipments of treasure from San Fran;
cisco to New York during the, past week
was $61S,OOO. .. l '' . 40
A Minnesota farmer gathered 30, 900 BUSH
els from 1000 acres of wheat. 1885, men
with Is reapers gathered it in 9days. lss1I
The Danville va) Times says the apple.
crop of Patrick county is very large, and at
least &C, 900 gallons of brandy will be made.
At recent trade congress in Birmingham
George Potter read paper to prove that
Suez and Panama are to be the future in
dustrial centres of the world. f'f Hav 'H
The Richmond Examiner says that q CON
tract has been entered into with parties in
New York for the early completion of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
The list of seizures reported at the Inter-
nal Revenue Bureau includes the names of
one hundred and twenty firms, mostly en-
gagged in whiskey or tobacco business. i2a'
Two of the heaviest tows that ever left
Albany started for New York, on Tuesday.
They consisted of seventy-fve boats carrying
10000 bushels of grain. Thirty-fve more
boats await towing steamers r .a. y
At meeting of planters of Greene and
Oglethorpe counties, Ga, it was resolved not
to patronize the commission merchants Of
Augusta, who have raised their commissions
on cotton to two and half per cent y ~
Paris, London, Washington and New York
are all meditating great fairs for the exhibi-
tion of the industry of all nations some time
within three or four years to come; but St,
Petersburg comes first i'm the list, and will
positively open general industrial cxhibi-
ton on May 10. next year. aasIiys alr s.
A Mr.. Kennedy has invented d clock
whose works are moved by electricity The
whole affair is said to be very simple. The
clock, which thus far has kept excellent
time, requires no winding, all the parts be-
ing moved automatically, and no attention,
after it is once set and regulated, except to
place spoonful of acid in the battery about
| twice year. gin % l'f. q
The executive committee of the Union
Pacific railroad are in session, at Boston.
The earnings of the road for the first fifteen
days of September were $685., ,7e4; for the
same time in August, $26S,sS5 indicating an
increase of $175,000 for the month notwith-
standing the great reduction in rates for
freight and fare, 4.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

The mania for more thorough education
ofthe risinggeneration, has reached Weldon.
The Roanoke Neps says there is a probabil-
lty OF good school being opened there nert
year, and says, If true, is gratifying fact,
as one is sadly needed.
You have our swish you.well, !" as well as
our prayers.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

CoTToN FAcToRIEs.-It has been ascer.
tanned by nice comparison that Cotton
Factories can be run at the South at much
less expense, and, of course, with profit, than
they are in Lowell, Massachusetts,. The
difference in profit, is immense, as will ap
pear from the fact that from 5000 bales
manufactured at the South the profits would
amount to $24S,OOO, in one year, against
$4,000 of the mills at Lowell.
These figures ought to open the eyes o.
our people, and serve to infuse new spirit
among the monied men. who are seeking fol
profitable investments.
We shall be pleased to have it our power
to announce that steps have been taken tc
erect half dozen factories within our Statt
before the close OF the year.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

HALTED by MEN IN DIsGUIsE.-A gentle
man who left this city few days ago, after
arriving within two or three miles OF Pitts
boro', was halted by possee of some twen-
ty or thirty men, all of whom were dis
guised, and his business inquired into. As
he was not the man they were after, he was
allowed to proceed--for which he, to this
day, feels thankful.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

DR.. Bernhardt, who has had such sue
cessful run in this city for several weeks in
relieving those who are afflicted with detec-
tive eyes, by supplying them with his supe-
rior glasses, will remain here we understand
until the second of October, on which day
he will close his office and depart the city.
Those who need his services would do
well to visit the Doctor at his office in the
Marlborough House, and avail themselves of
his scientific skill at once.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29
From the Wilmington Star of Yesterday


we learn that the people of Fayetteville
voted on the proposition to subscribe on be.
half of the town, $4,000 towards the COM
pletion of the Fayetteville and Florence
Rail Road, and the result was almost unan-
imous in favor of it. This vote was condi-
toned on the promise of certain capitalists
who have agreed to supply additional funds
to comdlete the road.
The Star also informs us, that Geo. w.
Price, Jr., colored, has determined to deliver
series of lectures, in the interest of educa-
ton, and will visit the different counties OF
that Congressional District for that purpose.
And further gives the gratifying informa,
tion to our Baptist readers that the work on
the interior of the the new Baptist Church
in Wilmington Is progressing rapidly.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

We regret to learn the death of Lieut.
JOSEPH WILSON, of the Sth o. s. Infantry
who died in South Carolina this week
Lieut.. WILSON was formerly stationed ir
this city and in Greensboro, and by his gen
tlemanly demeanor and many good quail
ties made hosts of friends wherever he went
These friends will hear of his death with
deep regret
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

The Asheville Pioneer says, aThe Rev. J.
]. O'Connell leaves Asheville for his home
in Columbia, where he will reside during
the winter months. We were informed by
Mr.. O'Connell that something over 81 600
had been subscribed in and in the vicinity
OF Asheville to the Catholic church. Plans
and specifications of the building may be
seen at Major Turner'S Office, where proposals
for the work will be receiyed.n
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

List of Bankrupts discharged at Raleigh
August 2Gth, 1869, by His Honor, Judge
Brooks:
ORANGE-D. II. Hamilton, Jr.
FORSYTH Samuel Alspaugh, Coleman B. Zig.
Ter.
GUnFoRD-Jacob Deans, A. B. Hinshaw
CAswELL-Thos. c. Dodson, Daniel McLaugh.
lin, VIM. F. Walters
ROCKINGHAM CoUNTY-John Fl. Clarke, A. L.
Ward, Jones W. Burton, Milton H. Saunders.
DAyIDsoN--Wm. E. Robertson, John Mikels.
RANDoLPH-John r. Cavcrness, John NJ.
Greene.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

The Asheville Pioneer learns from friend
in the county of Ashe, that during the session
of court in Jefferson last week, difficulty
occurred between Mr.. John Logan, Assistant
Assessor, and Mr. Plummer, during which
Mr. Logan drew pistol and fired at MIR.
Plummer, the ball taking effect in the head
and infiicting a dangerous if not mortal
wound. Logan was arrested and held to
await the result of Mr.. Pummer's injuries.
We are pleased to learn from the same
source that there is a great demand for the
cheese manufactured at the factories in
Western North Carolina. Those who have
used it will not use the Northern cheese.
1t is true, our Western cheese is a superior
article, and we prefer it to any other.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

The Wilmington Journal informs its read
ers that the Sisters of Mercy, alluded to a
short time since, have arrived in that city
and are now preparing to open their school.
In 1862, when the yellow fever was in
Wilmington, Sisters of Charity, from vari-
Gus places, focked thither and were con-
slant in their acts of kindness to the sick
without regard to religious opinion. They
are selfsacrifcing, and therefore, noble
hearted set of christians.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

KU KLUx OUTRAGEs.-A reign OF terror
hangs over the loyal citizens of the County
of Orange. Men, both white and colored,
are being hung up, others shot at and mur-
dered, and still Others horribly beaten.
All this is the work, as we have been in
formed, of the Ku Klux, and no one feels
safe, who is not of them, or known to be
friendly to them. When and where will it
all end.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

NORWAY OATs.-Many of our exchanges
are recommending this new species of oats
to their readers, as superior to the native
oats We know nothing of their quality !;
but if they are superior, our farmers will not
be slow in finding the fact out, as the oat
crop is one of Importance, and comes off at
a time when horse feed is scarce-and the
crop, OF the native oat, often proves fail
ure. We hope the Norway variety may
turn out as well as has been represented
at least, it would be well to try them on a
small SCALE
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29
Ml;ttklg Sfatthath
wednesday, Sept. 20, 1869.
CITY AND STATE NEWS,

N. C. AGRICULTURAL observation-disclosures wish
inc to keep Refreshment stands on the Fair
Grounds, can obtain license upon application
10 the Secretary of the Society, who will make
tuown condition and terms.
Bids for the Refreshment Saloon will be re-
ceived from those who purchase license.
Office hours from to5P. NJ.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

PRoGREssING. The new market build
ing, under the supervision of Mr.. Prairie, is
fast approaching its given proportions, and
will, we are pleased to learn be completed
by December.
As master builder, Mr.. P, is deservedly
popular-he undertakes a job and pushes it
through TO completion and does his work in
workmanship style. He has been in North
Carolina since 1858 and will remain here,
we doubt not, to do many jobs which will
give equal satisfaction with the Market
House and the Standard Office.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

We have seen the following paragraph
going the rounds for several days; but have
refrained from publishing it, hoping there
was some mistake about the name. 1t seems
to be sad fact, and we yield to duty, as a
public journalist, and copy it.
PERJURY-John W. Thomas was convicted OF
perjury in Guilford Superior Court, last week,
and sentenced to six months Imprisonment, and
to pay a fine of one thousand dollars. 2 a.,
Mr.. Thomas has held positions OF honor
in the State, and has welded considerable
ipfuencn
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruther-
ford Railroad is advertised to come off in
Charlotte on the goth of October. The
State Fair commences at Raleigh on the
10th of October, and continues for four
days-coming in conflict with this Railroad
meeting, which is regretted by the Democrat,
and that paper suggests that the President
of the Agricultural Society, K. P Battle
Esq, make an effort to have the Railroad
meeting changed to an earlier or later day.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

The Buncombe Turnpike road below
Marshall, has been sold to the Western
North Carolina Rail Road Company, and
hereafter, persons travelling over the pike
will have no toll to pay. The Rail Road
Company will have another Turnpike sur
Yeyed, but in the meantime the present
Turnpike will bekept open. W. h-lo
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29
u .rr1rR SonN Wn No.

RATHER SooN-We notice in our market
saturday morning quite a number of Pos
sums-living and dead. They were rather
lean, hardly fit for table use This species
Of game should never be hunted before cold
weather-likc brother Mocre's "old hare"
they only fatten after one or two frosts.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

STATE FAIR-THE PREss-We are pleased
to see the entire press Of the State giving
aid and comfort" " to the approaching State
Fair, by their words of commendation, and
urging the people to come with their pro-
ducts, &c.
We have no doubt that this intelligence
will awaken in the President and Secretary,
Is well as the Executive Committee, renewed
:xertions-to have everything in readiness
and complete.
These gentlemen are at work, day by day,
in the discharge of their duties-and the
Society, in the persons OF Mr.: K. P. Battle
and the Rev. J. Brinton Smith, have officers
whose energies are given to perfecting ar
rangements for a grand welcome to the
people of North Carolina in October next.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29
BROOKLYN LIFE INSURANCE Co.-The follow
ing letter speaks for itself:

BROOKLYN LIFE INSURANCE Co.-The follow
ing letter speaks for itself:
MCDOWELL Co., N c., Aug. 90 1869.
CAPT. A. W. LAWRENCE,
General Agent for North Carolina,
of the Brooklyn Life ms Co.:
SIR:-I hereby acknowledge the receipt from
you, through Rev. j. R. Griffith, your Agent for
this section, of the amount of my deceased hus-
bands Policy in the Company which you repre-
sent, viz: $4,000
am induced, sir, by two fold considl ration,
to grant you permission TO make public this ac-
knowledgement.
In the first place, 1 wish to bear testimony to
the advantages of Life urance, thus practically
Illustrated.
In the second place, 1 wish to bear cheerful
and grateful testimony to the prompt and unrc-
served fidelity with which, in my case, your ex-
cellent Company has discharged its obligation.
am, sir, very respectfully yours,
ZILLAH MURPHY.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

TRINITY CoLLEGE.-We are pleased to
learn that this institution is in fourishing
condition. Since the commencement of the
present term, August 4th, one hundred and
forty-six students have entered, and the
number is steadily increasing.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

James H. Pool, Esq, one of the editors
of the New Berne Journal Of Commerce, has
been placed under bond, of 5000, to keep
the peace and appear at Court, he having
made an assault on F. Fl. Sterns, Esq, ed
itor of the New Berne Times.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29
, 'FoR,SALE.
-M..I. II. . ~. = 5ilII JJIIiu % ~ n
Will be Exchalgsa fsr a Coed PIaatatisn.

viii be Exehaagsa fsf a Coed Plantation.
INNE9f the most soanmsnding residences In
Nlsthe city OF; Ralaghs Within mile of the
Capitol, on New Bern street, (knoNn as the
Cotton Place; Ho9ss @ 70 feet front BY g feet
basement, 1S fooms (Afs place ipt eachE sur
rounderby!h magnificent iaynof about acres
The mansion house, ont buildings, fences, DC,
haye Just been put II the most perfect order,
dpainfed 'throdg ghott, which makes II one of
heSmost1 1dcsifab1e plaees in the city, ggiEla
For fnll llpsrticnisrs,i ,icalL on eraddsessg 49,
NORTH CAROLINA LAND, Co..;
sepSNd&w2w - Raleigh NC.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

Mrs. ETTNGER, who is now in our Northern
cities, is beginning to send on her stock of Mil
lipery We have seen some beautiful Bonnets
and Hats, the real French patterns, and have not
the least doubt that there is rich treat in store
for our ladies on the day of opening.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29
..ISIpI ecciia1 Notices
comit comforit and, an. Bliss ,'osyr ''or' r sRF2ailnrl ain
,s,i nisp and,aAgony.s3 tsg ~ Il '',.I psd

nR. TOBIAS CELEBRATED VENETIAN
~ hINIMENT, whose Wonderful cures, sure
andJinstantaneous,. action, in cases of Chronic
Rheumatism, Headache, .Toothaehe Group, CUTS
Burns, Collie Cramps, Dysentery, etc, haveias.
tonished the civilized world, is no new CATCH
penny; butan article that has stood the test of
twenty. y.two years. The enofmods sale and rapidly
increasing demand h at once the surest evidence
of its usefulness and popularity No family
should be without bottle in the house. !, Hun,
drsds Of dollars and many hours Of suffering may
be saved by it's timely use, is, .eo 80 gIbs
,Colic, cramp, and Dysentery yield at once to-
icuratiye properties, IT is perfectly i'm
nofent, and ,can. .bs given to the eldestperson or
youngest child. yEe matter il YOU have mo con.
fidence inO Patent sMedicincs--try.this,a and you
wiAibe suresto buy again, Z and recommend 10
your friends.scH Hupdredsn OF Physicians recon-
mentit intheir practiceassslq Iod 10 5Is5 J1i
Sold by the Druggists and Storekeepersg Pace.
Fifty tsranas Ohs Dollar. hDepoal 10 Park
Place. New Yofk.'d ''s''s'" sep issL Ld&w1ms
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

They have a rouge or rouges in Caswell
county, who pilfer corn cribs and bee-gums.
He deserves to be stung to death, by the lit
tie insects la .4er rr -t IL ~ ~.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

The Helen Smith, very little boat, whose
captain had very big heart, has been taken
OIL the waterso Of the Roanoke, and the "Sil-
yer Wave y is to take her place. = II 90 =,
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

A meeting of the stockholders of the
Western Division of the Western N c. Rail-
road will be held on Wednesday,, the 18th
Oct. at Asheville. NiiR Hil Wfi r
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

GOING TO LEAVE We learn with un-
ftigned regret, that our friend and fellow
citizen, M. Grausman, Esq, contemplates re-
moving at an early day to New York city
Mr.. Grausman has resided in Raleigh, fol
fifteen years, and by attention to business
and upright dealing, has established char
acter throughout our State of which any
man might we'll feel proud. We know him
as public-spirited and wholc-soulcd genial
friend. Universal regret is expressed at his
contemplated departure, and We sincerely
hope he will yet find it to his interest to re-
main.
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

( The roof of the Jail in Asheville took
fire last Tuesday, but was extinguished be-
fore any serious damage was done. no..
The weekly standard., 1869-09-29

1t is quite mistake that all deeds must
be registered by the 1st of October to make
them good. That our readers may be fully
posted in the matter, we reproduce the act
passed by the last legislature relating to the
registration of deeds. There has been too
much carelessness in this respect, and proba-
bly, the impression having gained currency
that deeds must be registered within the time
named, has had the effect of closing up mat
tiers to a large extent:
ANA CT to extend the time for registering certain
Deeds.
SECTION l. The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact, That all grants of land in this
State, all deeds of mesne conveyances, deeds of
roll deeds OF gifts, powers of attorney, and
other conveyance which are allowed or required
by law to be proved and registered, shall, within
two years after the passage of this act, be admit
| ted to proof and registration under the same
rules, regulations and restrictions as heretofore
| or hereafter may be provided by law; and when
| SO proved and registered shall be as good and
| valid as if they had been proved and registered
| within the time heretofore allowed; Provided,
| That nothing herein contained shall be construed
| to extend to mortgages and conveyances in trust
| or to marriage settlements.
| Ratified the 18th OF April, A. D., 1869.
| The State Educational Convention, it will
be borne in mind, is proposed to assemble
and organize on the 21st of October ensuing.
| The friends of education are sited to meet
in the Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and
Blind on that day, as will be seen from the
following notice of Richard Wat York,
Esq. ..
Our State exchanges will please call atten-
tion to this subject, that there may be a full
attendance. The subject of cducationis is one
claiming our patronage, and we are truly
rejoiced to perceive that the matter is taking
deep hold on our best mcn--their infu-
ence and their money:
AT a meeting of the committee appointed by
the Chatham Educational Association, held Sep.
tcmber 81, 1860, it was resolved that the time
heretofore fixed for the meeting of State Edu
cstional Convention be changed TO October 21st
1859.
This conclusion was arrived at after mature de
liberation and correspondence with many o.
the leading educators of the State All teacher.
and friends of education are cordially invited to
assemble at the N. c. Institution for the Dea
and Dumb and Blind in Raleigh on Thursday
afternoon, October 21st, at o'clock, for th
purpose Of organizing State Educational Con
vention.
The various railroads in the State will pas
delegates for one fare.
RICHARD WAT YORK,
) Pres. of Chatham Educational Association
and Chairman of Committee,