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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-05

A GREAT SACRIFICE FOR CASH.-MAGNIFICENI
"A Parlor Suit richly carved, latest STYLE coycred VIM
sso two walnut striped rep Suit for $780, two plain rsI
Suits for b rosewood four round ~ octave Plano
forte cost fs0 for 1870 Chamber, Library, Dining Furni
turc for half cost Private residence IL East Tenth
block west of Broadway, between Univcnty place and
Fifth avenue.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-13

The late unfortunate collisions at sea, so
painful in their evidences of sea- going rcck
lessness, arc yet relieved by display of dis
ciplined courage which must impress the
minds of all seamen and lead to some excel
lent results. We mean the sense of duty
that controls those in charge of ships, pre-
venting panics and the selfshness of crews,
and giving all the people on the wreck the
best chances of escape. On board the Onida
the officers showed a discipline stronger than
the fear of death; and again in the more re-
cent case of the Normandy in the English
Channel. Capt. HARVEY, seeing his vessel
about to sink, shouted Ladies first in the
boats !" and put them and other passengers
into the two that were available. In few
minutes he and ali his crew went tn the
bottom. Such examples should be recorded
and honored, since there is nothing in a
field of battle to surpass them in fortitude
and heroism; and the ocean enterprise of
the present day needs them as a set off
against its rushing style of putting things
through,"-M. Y. Times.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-13
~ LiNh '!.l3liH For the Standard.
! I,ettar from Tsa lfiuiOre. lt,ait n

i, Mr.. EDITOR :7-I haze upwards ofstwenty
thousand dollars of the old bonds Or ante
bellum, debt of North Carolina, 4 purchased
these bonds very earlyin the late war at little
below their par or face value. My preference
was for North Carolina securities over those
of any other Southern State, from my great
confidence long entertained, iii the honor
and steadiness of her people " ..'i ~
Through the columns of,thc Daily Stand
ard, to which am a subscriber. l have
watched the proceedings, debates and votes
OF the Legislature, recently adjourned, with
the hope that some member would present
feasible plan By Which the State credit
would be restored, carrying with it the res
toratiou of the power of the State to prose-
cute to completion her great works of in
ternal improvements to her Western, liner
With great difference suggest, that unless
the State bonds can be raised very much
above their present value, North Carolina
will never, through all time, be aI,le, By thu
issue Of her bonds, to do anything in the
matter of further extending olier present I'm
finished works of internal improvement.
There can be no doubt of the, truth OF
this proposition. H'T' 'a1 "'' .''t - ' F.,
A State overwhelmed with debt, is like a
man in similar condition '''''i
His "bvions duty is to sci! his property
and pay as. far us it will o., toranD jdT
ii. North Carolina will act On the same
principle. sell her il terests in her unfinished
works, she will "kill two birds with one
stone"-namely, reduce her debt by tile ap
plication of the proceeds of the sales, and
thereby advance her credit as to the rcsidu,
of her debt, and complete her works with
out the issue of bonds through individual
enterprise and by individual capital, because
men of capital ,willnevcr purchase but with
the view of extending and completing ths
unfinished works referred to. 1aI9it ~ ssE1
IJSTICE ~
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-13

HYDRoPHOBIA.-The Springfield (Ohio J
Adrcrtiser describes case of hydrophobia
which broke out in that place last week
from a bite inflicted in 1866. An electrical
doctor attended the patient, and the Aduer.
tiser says tie q ib-i 'l4
He found Mr.. Haley racked with the fierc-
est spasms, rising IN his bed, clutching at
those who stood near him, and beating the
air. These spasmsI were attended by that
peculiar snarling cough, caused by the spas
modic action of the throat. His incessant
cry was for water, yet the moment it was
brought into the room the spasms would
break out with ten fold fury. At one time
he took teaspoon full Of water in his hand
and by great effort succeeded in getting it
in his mouth, but no sooner was it there
than a convulsive throe shook his frame, he
jumped upon his feet, and threw the water
from his mouth against the ceiling After
he had partially recovered from the vic.
lence of this attack, Dr. Adams asked him
if he had drank any of the water He re-
piled. "Why, no it exploded in my mouth
lah,l blew the whole top of my head off"
Upon repeated occasions the attempt was
made to give him water in answer to his
incessantl appeals, but every attempt was
followed by spasm. Dr. Adams applied
the battery, sending an electric current along
the spine and stomach OF the patient, acting
according to the general rules in spasmodic
cases. The rcsultiof tho application of the
electricity was very gratifying the spasms
became less violent and at longer intervals,
and finally the patient slept Last evening
the doctor called to see him again and found
him quieter, but the symptoms were still
manifested in the barking cough and in
creasing nervousness. During some Of his
attacks lie would call on those around him
ifcthey loved him, to kill him, to smother
him with the bed clothes, or any way to
rid'him Of his misery Dr. Adams has no
positive hope ofhis recovery. li.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-13

10 had been waited into L Matching office in
the City of Raleigh for the purpose Of in
creasing the stock Of poultry s.ls''s
! Mr. Editor, ami pieaseda to learn that
you have assumed the editorialTespopstbili
ties of the official organ of the Republican
party Of North Carolina. and wish, you en-
tire success in Keeping up tile glorious name
and good rcpntation Of the Standard in
adapting its columns to the interests and
wants of the masses of the people Of tho
State, as heretofore, and in retaining it to
be, what it now is, the best organ id the
Southern States.a The Standard has been
member of my fathers house from 1850.
i have been brought up with it, and lieen
reading it ever since Iwas eleven years old,
and have ever found it to be a bold md nn
finching defendant. of, the rights, Of, the
common people, and in intlexi6le UnioR or
gan. And Unionism is deeply rooted, III
dehbly stamped, and erasably fixed IN
me as principle. Ineffable gratitude, be
unto the progenitors Of Repubiicanism for
the soundness Gifts purposes. and the glori-
Gus results lot tits achievements North
Carolina will yet be made happy and pros
porous by men who are under the influence
of true Republican principles i Republican,
ism is q brilliant political virtue Of which
the proud sons of North Carolina should
exultingiy Boast, for it has saved our good
Old State from ignominy,a degradation and
ruin-has lifted it out of tic Sinking cav
erns of secession. and placed it, in its pres
ent position. &. Reason,r-prudence, Justice
moderation and generosity are characteris-
tics Of a true Republican principle. These
virtues Ore encpmpassed by Republican
minds, and held out before the. visions ol
Democracy in demonstration os faith
strength andiharniony.g Standup,a for the
rights Of theipcople. Dir Edition, and defend
Republicanisn against theii;mahghant and
turbulent assaults of Democracy, and you
course will be applauded, and meet the ,ap
probation of the masses Of the people. 80,
| p bif = "a SURRY. REPUBLICAN,.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-13

Mrs. GAINES CLAIMs-We alluded some
time since to the strange method in which
certain citizens and papers of New Orleans
were again seeking to prejudice the claims
of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, and to their ut
ter lack of courtesy and justice. We notice
that Mrs. Gaines has published in recent
New Orleans papers card defending her.
self against these unwarrantable and unpar-
donable attacks upon her character, in
which, after recnunting the Intellectual eff
forts made to induce her to sign unwilling
ly a paper containing mis-statements, she
says: sgE is,t r-
my reliance has been and ever will be
upon the guidance of my Heavenly Father,
who has sustained me through SO many tri.
ais, and enable me to possess and enjoy
the esteem and good will of the most pure
and refined in the land-worthy more to me
than all else-and hence / have had no oc-
casion for sconfederates.' So far as my rights
to property are concerned, l deem it unne-
ccssary to open discussion through news
papers or pamphlets, as the Courts Of my
country are all So hcient to redress my grie-
yanees, and by their decision am willing
to abide" ..9i'.iaY II
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-13

A TRAIN PRESERVED BY Boy Nor
TEN YEARS OLD-A well known gentle
man of this city, a passenger on the Pacific
Express train. Pennsylvania Railroad, CON-
ing west on Saturday last, hands us the fol-
lowing interesting item:
This Saturday morning (March 26th about
twenty minutes past nine O'Clock, one and a
halt miles west of Altoona, as the Pacific
Express going west was rounding curve on
the mountain side at rapid rate, deep
precipice on one side and high impending
rocks on the other, a wee lad was seen ahead
waving his hat and tossing his little arms
aloft. The train was stopped within few
feet off mass of rock and dirt upon the track
sufficient to have thrown passengers, egineer
and cars over the precipice. The lad, (whosc
name gratefully record is Willie Cahko,
not ten years old). had seen the fall and
fastened to signal the approaching train
Pitts6ury Commercial, 28M.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-13

! INGENIOUS FIRE EscAPE.-Another fire
escape was placed on exhibition at the Sher-
man House yesterday afternoon. The appa-
ratus seemed. to consist simply of Manila
rope about an, inch in diameter, one end of
which was securely fastened upon the roof
of the hotel, on Randolph street, while the
other end was held taut upon the ground
BY two or three men across the street. At
length the operator appeared on the cornice
with q stout leather belt under his arms,
the belt attached to u brass tube, the latter
having been previously threaded" upon
the rope. Having cleared himself of the
cornice, the man swung fthe giddy height
and began descending the obliaue rope with
fearful rapidity. Suddenly he placed his
hand upon lever attached to the outer sur
face Of thetube, which evidently operated
clamp upon the rope inside, and his pro-
grcss was at once checked, he being then in
front of one of the fifth-story windows.
The rope being slackened from below, he
swung in towards the window, stepped
upon the sill. and disappeared inside. In a
moment he reappcarrd and resumed his
descent, this time having companion, a
lady, also helted to the apparatus. By
means ofthe lever the two came Ieisurely
down, and landed fairly upon their feet in
the middle of the street An immense con-
course of people had assembled to witness
the performance, the successful termination
of which Was greeted with enthusiastic
shouts Of approval Chicago Tribune
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-13
For the Standard.

MIR. EDITOR Seeing an article in, your
ISSUE of the 4th, on the subject of colonizing
Liberia, and coinciding altogether with the
writer, let me add word in addition. y.gt
BY estimate, $3O,0OO,O00 and over have
been spent on this colony, while the result
has been scarcely more than disaster, With
Il sickly locality; new surroundings of every
kind; poor market for products, but an
expensive one for articles used by settlers, no
wonder that the drain has been constant and
heavy on the finances of the colony. i.is ZHaa
AS long since as 1850 it was pronhnced a
failure, nor has anything occurring since
changed the result. gIIaFs 'a91a'
But if there was really any reason for the
coored mans going there before slavery was
abolished, that reason now fails. For if the
colored population of the Northern States,
hecausel of climate, felt it best to remove
thitller, now that better climate and as
rood soil have been opened South, the tide
can roll hitherward with far greater success.
The colored race now freed, need no bet.
fer Mace for settling and remaining than
the Southern States; and if any living in the
colder Northern States find it unpleasant to
dwell there, let them emigrate South, choos-
ing their own locality. --is'i $500 b. y
As TO the freedman of the South moving
to distant land in search Of better condi-
tion. it is absurd in itself. Besides, coming
mere against his will when the country was
first peopled. but becoming acclimated by
Iono wears ofrcsidence and toll, and finally
liberated. in the course of Providence, and
left to euioy the land as abirth-right for the
future. it is the height of folly to think OF
sacrificing all these benefits by fleeing the
country in quest of greater blessings. if1r
By law the race has the right to live here
and enjoy all the advantages OF the white
man. Nothing should tempt them to lose
such advantages. And if this temptation
should originate with the white man, let the
other race suspect foul play. Such comes
not as good and friendly advice. 1t sayors
of duplicity. RI -, - -
Even encouragement TO move further
South coming from the whites to the blacks
should be scanned with suspicion; for the
accounts VIC get from those having sought
Il home in the Gulf States. all tell of disap-
pointment They are there, and though
greatly longing to return, cannot. They
must remain there, and end their days the
best they can. l.fz4if iriii bHi ,tlnl Z
Let this I've warning to those yet in
North Carolina and Virginia, unrelieyed and
unremoved Keep your place. Stand your
ground. Your labor is needed here, and,
all things considered. you will find us good
wages and as happy life here where you
were born and raised, aselseWhere, and even
muIc of these, H.tH1l
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-13
For the Standard
a Letter from Gen. Ciingman. ia

w Letter from Gens Cunsmdns
To THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD:
~ SIR You win much oblige me by pub
fishing this note, and, as / have no political
claims on you, charging me your usual ad-
vertising rates. From its subject, it would
seem that it ought more properly to have
gone to the Sentinel, but as the editor of
that paper has been publishing number Of
petty falsehoods against me, do not know
that he would publish it, 'fi "t'' 90t
ITO give color of responsibility to some of
his late attacks, he mentions the names of
several gentlemen, Gen. Littlefield, Mr.. Sweep
son and Gov Graham. He states that Gen.
Littlefeld said months ago that be intended
to have my disabilities removed. / doubtif
the editor of the Sentinel is as intimate with
Gen. Littlefeld as his free talk about him
weuld seem to imply. At any rate, General
Littlefield never suggested any thing of the
kind to me, nor do believe that he ever
knew that there was any movement for the
removal of my disabilities, until after tile
bill had passed both houses of Congress-
Equally unfounded is the iusinuation which
heard was made by Maj. Graham, the Sen
ator from Orange, that | had paid large
sum of money for such Il purpose. Ineyer
gave one cent for that object. The members
who moved in the matter did so, in the first
instance, of their own will, without any So
licitatiOn on my part. In fact, / had M
positive information that my name was in
the bill until alter its passage.
With reference to Mr.. Swepson, in view
of the denunciatiory and scandalous attacks
made on him from time to time in the Sen
i hav
the editor to make inquiries into his affairs.
The ices paid by him to me on his PM
yate account entirely, though much less than
the sum stated, were, presume, in proper
tlon to those paid to Judge Merrimon, Messrs.
PMlilps, d. +. Moore and Kemp P. Battle,
with all OF whom was to some extent asso-
clated IN INC transaction OF MIR. Swepson's
business. .,,.s -.-,...--.7 .,.,.... ......e..
Ii the editor OF the Sentinel will. with the
fairness and decency usual among newspa-
per conductors, publish my address, his rea-
ders will find in it answers and reiutations
of most of his charges. by the by, it is sin
gular that he continues for weeks to attack
the address after asserting that it was STILL
born. He fights a de I'd ba6y with much more
persistence than he did live Yankees when
he had !, chance ~ them ',lnrina tbn war
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The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-13

Few ,persons, who have not been connect
ell for any length of time with daily news
paper, can be aware of the ceaseless strain
upon the capabilities OF those whose unend-
ing duty it is to furnish a quota of news
every day in the year-Winter, Spring, Sum-
mer and Fall-to supply the demands of the
great public; nor can it be estimated until
it is seriously undertaken. Rain or shine,
sick or well, cheerful or gloomy-however
unprcpared the mind may be for the diurnal
task-the columns of paragraphs must come,
and must be furnished within given hours.
Somebody has written very effective poem
about the I. Slave of the Lamp" Could it
have occurred to him that lie was painting
the p,,rtrait of an editor?
= The man who, troubled with the cacoethes
scriJendi, takes his pen in hand" when in
the vein, and indites a paragraph or COM
munication to the press, thinks, as he com
placently reads his efusion the next morn
ing, that after al, it is NO such great work
to write up newspaper; but let him bend
down to it year-and be obliged to furn-
isli matter for the types every day, and he
will begin to feel some charity for the editor,
and Instead Of judging him harshIy, rattle.
seldom-says 81 little that is not absolute
trash. and finds SO many topics to write
upon. ~, .-.st.,5.s rr
4 Why, the mere manual labor of writing
pages enough of manuscript to fill two OF
three columns in daily newspaper would
be days work for many people. But when
we add to this, that of collecting the news
about a great city--of arranging the details
of names, places, time, and the comments
and deductions necessarily attached to it
and then the task of mentally preparing all
this to suit the public demand, it will be
admitted that the daily labor of the edito-
rial room is not surpassed by any other &C.
cupation. We do not, in this list, count the
multifarious duties connected with the other
departments of writing--the law-the com.
mercial-the news, summaries-the arrang.
ing of correspondence-th selections from
interior papers the patient perusal of con.
tributions, which must, too often, after all
/ he rejected.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-13

The South cannot do without the freed H.
borer. There is no substitute; and the more
equally this labor is distributed among the
districts of country where required, the
better for all. 's''- h"fs 6pfs'fl
From the manner in which this State is
developing her cotton culture, together with
other. planting interests, we cannot spare a
single colored man. And l think Virginia,
with her soil open to labor OF this kind,
cannot afford to spare any. And it the more
Northern States do not find labor for the
freedman, instead of sending him to Liberia,
interest him in Georgia and the other States
surrounding. 1t is a far better field, and
will pay the nation better, ..eo.tsz ,a.
- There are so many reasons against colon
izing out of our much needed population ;
50 many reasons for our colnred people stay
ing just where they arc, as to cause suspl-
cion at every movement to the contrary.
eli f-.lf f.ssr.tF q ~ i7.a--N4 ~ TX
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-13

A RARE LENs-Thc largest Photographic
portrait lens ever made in this country is
one Of 10! inches diameter, recently COM
plcted by Ross, and now in the possession
Of Mr.. Mayall, OF Regent street. 1t is an
achromatic lens of great power, and will
take portraits of any size, from the smallest
miniature up to very nearly life size. 1t is
made of glass of the whitest description, and
its size admits so large volume of light
that photographs covering space of 10
inches by u inches may be done in eight
seconds. The lens renders in the photograph
all that is seen in the optical image, and this
so tlutlfully that the coarseness and exag-
geration belonging 20 large photographs
taken with inferior lenses are altogether
absent In the open air groups of fifteen to
twenty persons leach face about the size Of
sovereign, and the whole picture "a inches
by "a inches,) can be taken with the short
exposure OF ten seconds. The cost of manu-.
featuring the lens was upwards of e200, but
it may be said to be worth is weight in
gold.-Lgnd0n Times.
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-13
THE JOSH BILLINGS PAPERS,
The ant is a menny footed insekt.

.H.ra T. 10
. The ant is d menny footed insekt o.
They live about five thousand five hum
dred and fifty of them (morc or less) in the
same hole in the ground, and hold their pru7
pcrty IN common -
They have no holy days, no eight hour
system, nor never strike for any higher
wages.
They are very cheerful little toilers, and
have no. malice, nor back door to their
hearts. ...astS an is..l..ts, l..t,.,r.snfI.,-.
There .-A..-s..,-,- .......,, sl..--.,
and you never see one out Nv a job 3 1lh.
They git up arly, go tew bed late, work
all the time, and eat on the run.
You never see two ants arguing sum
phoolish question that neither Of them didn't
understand they didn't kare whether tho
moon liz inhabited or not; nor whether a
fish weighing two pounds, put into pail ov
water already phull, will make the pail slop
over or weigh more. ,ah F,i q ii ,,.El'
They amt hunting alter the pliloso-
piers stone, nor Citing crazy over the
cause of the sudden earthquakes. .,4 .r fl
They don't care whether Jupiter is thirty
or thirty five millions of miles up in the air,
nor whether the earth hobs around on its
axes or not, SO long as itdn't bob over their
korn crib and spill their barley.
They are simple, little bizzy ants, full iov
faith, working hard. living prudently. com
hitting no sin, prazeing God by minding
their own bizzness, and dicing when their.
time comes, tow make room for the next
crop Ov ants. ha9I
They are reproach tn the lazy, an ell
enlargement tew the industrious, a rebuke
to the viscious, and a study to the Chris
tan. ,,,;,t ---,af i,aJuqid.aN p7Gl ISFo
If you want tew take a lesson in arki<ek-
ture, go and set down hi the side ov their
hole in the ground, and wonder how so men-
ny kan live so thick go $50 a-is 'i''2' .'-''
Ifyour ,pashunes need consolation, watch
the ants and be strengthened.uI ui s7dfai
If a man had added to his capacity the
pashunes and grit ov theze atoms Of lima
ted natur, every mountain on the buzzum of
the arth would before this, have been lev
elled, and every inch OF surface would scraam
with ,fruitfulnesssand countless lots of hut
man critters would hey been added tew the
inhabitants ov the universe, and bin fed on
corn and other sass. N*a. u Wy 'i
hav sot by the hour and hat down
near the ant hill, and marveled hav won
dered at their instinkts, and have thought
how big must be the jackass who was satis-
| fed to believe that even an ant, least ov the
bugs, could hav been created, made bizzy,
and sot to work by chance. 49,
Oh, how / do pity the individual who be-
leaves that alt things here arc the work OF
an aksident! He fobs himself of all plez-
zvre on Garth and all right in heavon.ud 4
had rather be an ant Gwen a humbly,
handy legged, profane, swearing anti than