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Year: 1869

The return game of this match was played
the Union Grounds yesterday afternoon and resulted
In tho success OF the Mutuals by score Of % tol


About 1000 spectators present and considerable
interest manifested in the result although the defeat
Of the NewJersey boys almost universally conceded
The game commenced at $40 The Iryingtons won the
toss and sent the Mutuals 70 the bat who tailed up
score Of to start with The IrynEtOus not so for
tunate as t the close OF the first inning the game stood
G to In favor OF the New.YOrkers.


The Mutuals succeeded M keeping the lead throughout
the entire game but bad they played with their aecus-
toned spirit would have been much larger in
their favor. The IrvngtOns played very care
ful game. Al one time their chances OF success
looked very favorable but the Mutuas becoming little
worried over what they cons defed such sure thing,
PLAYED the balance OF the game the old fashioned man
ner and OF course IT, Charlie Hunt OF the Mntuals,
both IN tho field and at tho bat did remarkably we'll He
made four beautiful hy catches, and altogether his play
deserved especial cOmmendatiOn. As much cannot DO
said OF George Fany the captain OF tho Mutual nine.
His playing was bad Occupying the position he does,
be might have set example OF steadness and nne play
instead Of careless muinsln Tho play OF the Mutuas
Yesterday afternoon far from being TO their first
class reputation Thoy should do better next saturday
when they meet the Eckfords. Below We append the
Year: 1869

MAD Doc AT LARGE.-Church Hill was
in q state of excitement yesterday after
noon over mad dog at large. The dog is
said to have been fine, large animal, giving
unmistakable signs of rabies. After being
pursued for some time through the streets
by mob of boys, throwing stones at long
range, he was brought to bay and shot by
policeman whom he had previously bitten.
It is stated that negro also received the
points of the dogs teeth before ne was
killed
Year: 1869

ORGASIzING.-A meeting of the young
men of Clay Ward will be held at the hall
of John Houck, on Broad between Smith
and Henry streets, this evening at s O'Clock,
for the purpose of forming ward political
Year: 1869

Our BEER.--A very pretty colored beer
from Cincinnati is considered superior to
our beer manufactured in Richmond.
Competent judges from New York and Phila-
delphia pronounce this to be erroneous.
Last summer, when the supply at the
Richmond brewery fell short, our beer was
considered equal to any made in this coun-
try. This year it is equally as good, and
is used by many Of our most prominent
dealers. We hope that our people will not
allow themselves to be prejudiced against q
good article because it is made at home.
Year: 1869

The senior member Of job printing firm in
Nashville is only twelve years OF age Undoubtedly
a growing firm.


The silver hammer from PromOntory Point is
reported on exhibition in only seventeen cities
which is moderate.


The blacks are rising in Kansas for war of ex-
termnation-that is the blackbrds are clearing out
the grasshoppers.
Year: 1869

had been away from the boiler about two
minutes, and when the explosion occurred was
standing on the dock. Another deck hand,
whose name we could not ascertain, was near
the stern of the boat and likewise escaped un-
injured


The engineer states that when he last ex-
amlned the boiler two minutes previous TO the
explosion, it had pressure of fifty-fve pounds
OF steam. He further states that they we're
allowed by the inspectors certificate to carry
siXt-pounds, and that the boiler was provided
with lock valve which blew off at siXty-two
pounds. He attributes the cause of the accident
to usage and Off age The boat and boiler were
both built in Philadelphia and were about five
years old. The pilot house of the tug was
blown into the water bat in other respects the
boat sustained but very little damage. One
thousand dollars win probably put her again in
good repair. She is a trifle over siXty-one tons
burden, and is owned by Mr.. Washington
Duckett, of Philadelphia, which city she left
about two weeks ago and came to this city to be
fitted with new tanks. On Monday she made
her first trip down the bay, and yesterday morn
ing had come up from Sandy Hook with n
barque in tow, which she had LETT safely along
side of an adjoining wharf but little time pre-
vious to being incapacitated by the explosion
from doing further seryice.-N. y. Herald.


The Insurance Property Destroyed.


The insurances of the sufferers by this terrible
contagration are, far us could be obtained
yesterday, as follows:-


The Devoe Manufacturing Company, in the
Year: 1869

All agree that really good fresh milk,
from healthy and properly fed cows,is the
best possible food for children and youth
But how, ask our city friends, shall we
get it ! This question has been asked
many times and We would say, keep
your own COW.


This is, prehaps, not SO much difficult
and expensive 4 matter as you imagine ;
even good COW costs comparatively lit
tie at first. She requires less room than
one would suppose ; and she will almost
invariably pay her keep and a profit in
milk. 1t not short OF storeage room,
procure small load of loose hay, as
brought to the market on wagons the
quality can be better seen than when
compressed INTO bales. If cramped for
room, get a few bundles of baled hay.
Year: 1869

In China man and wife never walk to-
gether arm in arm in public, nor even
side by side, but the wife always follows
her lord at respectable distance, as the
women do among American indians.
AT social parties the sexes sit at different
tables, occupy separate rooms, and visit
only among themselves.
Year: 1869

Food makes blood; blood makes the body. If
the blood be pure, the body is healthy. Soil we
are not in health, we know some Impurities are
lurking about which must be removed, and the
sooner the better.


BrandretFs Pills rcn,ovc all from the system rhich
nature needs no longer.


The wonderful cures effected by Brandreth's
Pills have arrested the attention of enlightened
physicians. Upwards Of five thousand now use
them in their daily practice, and two hundred
have given their written testimony as to their
innocence and value, as cleansers of the bowels
and blood.


Their untold value is to those living in settle
ments where doctors can only be had at great
expense. For if you are sick, you have only to
take one or more doses of Brandreth's fills to
get cured. Full Directions are with each box


Sold by all Druggists.
Year: 1869

They have County Historical Society in
Wilmington, the object of which scems to
be to rescue from obscurity and keep alive,
the memories of the men who have acted
well in their day


A good idea. In this, let Wake initiate
New Hanover. .......... ...
Year: 1869

BUNCoMBE WARM SPRINGs.-The editor
of the Pioneer, who has been rusticating at
these celebrated springs, expresses the belief
that they will, at some future day, become
the great fashionable resort of the South.
Hundreds of persons now annually visit them
as well from the North as the South, and a
general satisfaction is manifested by the
guests, both with the baths, which are free,
as we'll as for the mountain fare" with
which they are furnished.
Year: 1869

TIE CRoPs ABOUT WELDoN.-The Neus
says many planters contend that not more
than half a crop will be made, while others
claim larger proportion, but from all the
information we can obtain, both from per-
sOnal observation and from continuous
mingling with the farming community, we
do not think that in this county the crop
has been injured much, if any, over a third
as some sections have sufferer comparatively
little. In Northampton the damage will
not fall short of one half The heavy rain of
Sunday evening did some injury in washing
out the cotton, thus damaging it.
Year: 1869

The people appreciate the fact that the
STANDARD is the Peoples Paper. Yester-
day we received one hundred and twenty
six new subscribers to the Weekly STAND
ARD and seven to the Daily. Let our friends
throughout the State go to work and put
the STANDARD into the hands of the people
A little exertion will give us list Of ten
thousand Weekly subscribers.
Year: 1869

IT WON'T WoRK-The Swiss seem to
have more practical sense than their masters
who imported them from their father-land
are disposed to give them credit for On
their arrival in this country they are in a
great degree helpless-quite dependant on
their . new guides" aud they, the Swiss,
with their tongues. dumb, 'cork;. but they
soon acquire knowledge of our language,
and then they are no longer servlle slaves, at
salary of $40 per month, but set up for
themselves. ..


We have seen something of this within
the last twelve months, and we know, where
OF we write-and We are more fully con-
WINGED, with every days experience, that
the true labor for the South is that already
among us, and some few who have tried
foreign labor, have dispensed with it, and
are now willing to admit that the colored
man is more reliable and better adapted to
our wants and do better work than those
brought from foreign countries. 1t is right
and proper and wise that we should employ
the colored man and pay him a good price
for his labor.
Year: 1869

1t is with unfeigned pleasure that We
copy the following from the Greensboro
Patriot.


Our beloved friend over on the West side
will feel cheered, and may now negotiate
with the bird man down in Wilmington


"Thc Rabbit crop this fall is reported to
be- very promising
Year: 1869

The Railroad meeting which was to have
come off at Snow Hill, last Saturday, may
have occurrcd-ifit did, we find no mention
of it in any of our Eastern exchanges, nor
have we any intelligence from it from any
source We hope it was not failure.
Year: 1869

The Messenger says the business of Colds
boro' has improved amazingly within short
time. Glad to hear it. When town or
city is in prosperous condition, we know
the people In the country are prospecting
they support our towns by their trade.
Year: 1869

We spoke of the lack of mail facilities in
North Carolina, few days since, and ex-
pressed the hope the many old routes that
have been suspended since the war be speed
lily restored, that our people in the most re-
mote part of the State might at least have
a weekly mail The Western Democrat ''sec


onds our notion and proceeds to
wherein the people in the Western, as well
as the Southern portion of the State, are
suffering, almost to the utter exclusion alto
gether of mail facilities. We again renew
the hope that the Postmaster General will
heed the cry of our people for relief. -n'..l
Year: 1869

p, LAND SALE IN PTTsYLvANA.-A tract
of 800 acres of land was recently sold by the
Dan River Land Agency for five dollars per
acre cash, to one of our own citizens.
i There is considerable disposition among
such of our people as have money, to invest
in real estate at present low prices.-Dan-
rille Times.


Fd The same disposition prevails in this sec
ton also; but the great scarcity of money
prevents action. Mon ey invested judicious-
ly in real estate, is the very best way to ''lay
it outn-and much of the money realized
from the present cotton crop will find in
vestment in lands. A great number of our
zone horse farmers" have been saving every
dime, possible, over and above actual ex-
penses, for three or four years, with the view
of purchasing homes, and these men will
have small parcels of land of their own, be-
fore another season commences.


Our Land Company at this place, have a
large number of suitable farms for sale,
which, we doubt not will soon find purchas-
ers. We have had hard time in North
Carolina-short crops last year, and about
half crop this year.
Year: 1869

At last the people have got the fact through
their hair" that hair dyes impregnated with
acetate of lead and other metallic salts are


MURDEROUS PREPARATIONS.
When they see the metallic sediment at the bot
tom OF the bottles, they know that the disgusting
stuff is literally hickencd NTH poison. They ask,
therefore, for
Year: 1869

A correspondent saws: There has been
much well-grounded complaint ON the sub
ject Of the buying mp Of the greater portion
the most desirable government lands in the
great valleys of our State by spectators,
who hold them at largely advanced figures,
and thereby retard the settlement of the
country very materially. The evil is un-
questionably. but ii will in some measure
work its own cure. The counties in which
these lands are located, VIII, as rule, adopt
the system of taxing them TO n full extent
allowed by law, rating their value at the
the asking price. This will make it too ex-
pensive for the spectators to hold such
large bodies of land for any | myth of time,
and sales will be forced as fast as possible.
The want of the interior counties of the
State is a population which would enable
them to raise sufficient taxes to meet the
interest on their own debts and carry on
the machinery of government A heavy
tax, levied or unimproved lands held for
speculative purposes by non-residents, will
serve double purpose realizing an imme-
diate income, and compelling SALTS which
will ensure future prosperity. This point
is well understood, and think that it will
have a. due weight with the interior county


But the immigrant need not wait for a
change in this respect. There are millions
upon millions OF acres of unoccupied lands
in California which can be had for prices
so low as to leave nothing to complain of.
From the Oregon line to San Diego, there
stretches wide belt of country along the
western slope of the Sierra Nevada, which
is peculiarly adapted to the growth of all
the fruits of the temperate zones, and the
l,..,- l..
ter than anywhere else in the world and
most kinds of grain can be grown to ad-
vantage for home consumption and in many
localities with profit for expectation. From
$1.50 to $500 per acre viii buy vast
which will yield good support for
q large family, can be had for $1,000 to
1900 each. The old "Foriy Miners, /"
when they took up rancho, did it with
the expectation of making fortune out of
itin couple of years at most, and, if they
did not succeed, cursed tie business out
and ont at once. They still cling TO the
ideas of ss49, and are seldom, if ever, con-
tent with what your Eastern farmers would
call ''good years work" This is why
such farms are cheap and nearly all for
sale. If a family will be content TO make
good living and have something over at
the end of each year, they can easily do it
on such n farm, and wealth will surely
come in time; but our old population will
not wait, and unless place will bring
them great and sudden wealth, they do not
consider it worth owning at any price. A
new. class of farmers, and new and less ex-
travagant ideas, must come in place of all
this, before the country can be truly pros
perouA
Year: 1869

From tn Alhany Knickerbocker Aug 2l.


We have lust heard of rather romantic
story which has transpired in this city, the
truth of which we can vouch for, notwith-
standing its sensational proclivities. A
few years since, girl living as aIdomestic
In an aristocratic and wealthy family of
Liverpool, England, won the affections of
the son of that family. The young man
became snlitten of his inamorata, and re-
solved upon marrying her. When he made
his intentions known to his parents, se-
rious opposition was manifested. The
girl, although a good one, virtuous and
honest, was not in Keeping with the FAM
ily standing in society. To marry such
a one was considered n disgrace in Eng
land, especially when the family of
the young man is of the highest
blood Notwithstanding all this, the young
man east aside all family ties, and married
the poor Girl of his affections who was
only a servant in his fathers house, The
result was, that the boy was driven from
the parental roof and took up his humble
abode with his wife. They lived together
in peace and happiness long while A
son was born out of this marriage. Final
", the husband of the girl was taken sick
with that terrible disease, consumption,
and died, leaving the girl widow, with





her child During the illness of her hus-
band. the latter received kind considera-
ton at the hands of his parents, although
they never N person, visited his bedside.
Soon after the death of her husband
the widow and child came to this country
with her father and mother. They set
tied in this city. The father and mother
took up home for themselves, while the
widow went out to service In n well-lsnOwn
family living on Washington avenue. She
had been there for n long time, and was
honord by her employers. Last week she
received q letter, announcing the fact that
the whole of the estate of her husbands
father, amounting TO e500,000, had been
bequeathed to her son. Arrangements were
at once perfected, and on Wednesday last,
the servant girl, accompanied by her father,
sailed from New York to Liverpool, TO look
after the fortune coming to them.
Year: 1869

A young parson thus feelingly describes
his bachelor experience In the first village
in which he settled after entering the min
istry: Old ladies gave me tracts and
tormented me in every possible way. One
gave me cough lozenges because fly got
down my throat in church; another sent
me her late husbands golosshoes to wear
when went oat on wet evenings (the late
husbands feet were about five inches
long). A third sent wonderful kind of
India rubber bag, which she said could be


pplied whenever n chill was felt. Not
till after my sister came to stay with me
did know that hot water ought to be put
into the creature before using; l had
thought it sort of mat to lay over my feet
and very useless of its kind. A Miss
Thompson was the most disagreeable of the
old mai is, She actually one day ran her
fingers underneath my collar to see if
wore flannel. During the year was at Lit
tleback, / had thirteen pairs of slippers,
twenty-five sermon cases and three smok-
g:caps worked for me. One Young lady
embroidered my initials ON handkerchief
in shiny-looking black thread. Ny sister
says it was done in hair; and perhaps that
accounts for Miss Rudge being so offended
when said thought Lester red markin
cotton as good as any other. Three young
ladies declared that had trifed with their
affections; two, ON the contrary, affirmed
that they had rejected me; while the village
school mistress assured the rector that had
tried TO press her hand. certainly never
had such hard work as while at Littleback.
/ played at least three hundred games OF
croquet, went 10 an archery meeting every
week. and at any spare moment i was liable
to be sent for by Miss Anna Phelps to
practice and Italian duet. i bore my trials
with Christian fortitude, till one morning
the rector sent for me and said that my con-
duct disgraced my profession. / took the
hint, and at the end of year and three
months my career at Littleback was over.
The young ladies cried when l went; they
said was "such a darling" Now, ask
my impartial reader whether it wanv not
hard that I should be blamedfor the indies
Of Littleback? My life is bhghted, and NIL
that is left to me is thirteen pairs of slip
pers, twenty-five sermon cases, tdree smok-
ing caps, one handkerchief, marked 'T
g., and q bad character from my late en-
| nj I,x-o1
Year: 1869

Nobody is more like an honest man than
n thorough rogue. When You see man
with a great deal of religion displayed In
his shop window, you may depend upon it
he keeps very small stock of it within.
Do not choose your friend by his looks;
handsome shoes often pinch the feet
Don't be fond of compliments; remember
Thank You, pussy, and thank you,
pussy" killed the cat Don't believe
in the man who talks most; for
mewing cats are very seldom good
mousers. BY no means put yourself in an
other persons power; ifyou put your thumb
between two grinders, they are very apt to
bite Ddnk nothing without seeing it, sign
nothing without reading it, and make sure
that it means no more than it says. Don't
go to law unless you have nothing TO lose;
lawyers houses are built ON fools heads. In
any business, never wade into water where
you cannot see the bottom. odepend-
ence upon the label of a bag; and count
money after your kin. See the sack open
before you buy what is in it; for he who
trades in the dark asks to be cheated. Keep
clear of the man who does not value his
own character. Beware of the man who
swears, he who would blaspheme the
Maker would make no bones of lying or





yourself; we carry our worst enemies with
MS. When q new opinion of doctrine
comes before you, do not bite till you know
whether it is bread or stone; and do not
be sure that the gingerbread is good be-
cause of the gilt on it. Never shout
halo till you are quite out OF the
wood; and never cry fried fish until they
are caught in the net There is always
time .epongh ID. boast a little longer
Don't throw away dirty water till you have
got clean; keep on scraping the roads till
you can get better work; for the poorest
pay is better than none; and the humblest
office is better than being ont of employ
ment. Always give mp the road to bulls
and madmen, and never fight with coal
HEAVIER, or contend with base character,
for they will be sure to blacken you.-Reu.
c. H. Spryeon
Year: 1869

THE ARABS illustrate their estimate of the
different colors of horses by the following
story: "a chief of tribe was once pursued
by his enemies. He said to his son: NV
son drop to the rear, and tell me the color
of the horses of our foe, and may Allah
burn his grandfather White was the
answer. Then we will go SOUTH said the
chief for in the vast plains of the desert
the wind of the white horse viii not stand
in a. protracted chase Again the chief
said: My son what colored horses pursue
usr Black, o my father Then we will
go among the stones and on rocky ground
for the feet of the black horses are not
strong A third time the young Arab was
sent to the rear, and reported chestnut
horses. 'Then,' said the chief, we are
lost. Who but lah can deliver MS from
the chestnut horse ?" -