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Year: 1869




Here Is a California story which Is almost
incredible: A hired man on Napa farm was
detailed to keep watch on the corn6eld, aud
not let the black marauders invade the premises
but like many other men in similar situation,
tried 10 plan method whereby 80 much labor
would not have to be performed; so he Lit
upon The plan Of soaking some corn In whisky
and placing it 10 the field 80 that the crows
would surely get drunk, and then he thought
he would have a sure thing on them, and could
kill them easily. IIe had tried to shoot them
with a shot gun, but crows can smell powder
long way. After soaking some corn over
night, be put bountiful supply in the field
carly next morning. and in about two or three
hours he went out to see how things were pro-
crossing, and mark you what follows One Of
the crows, little larger than the rest, bad
gathered up and taken possession Of almost all
the corn and had built himself bar out OF
clods Of earth, and was retailing The whisky
soaked corn To the other crows, charging them
three grains Of sprouted corn for one soaked
grain. Our hired man had no. the heart TO
kill any of the creatures that seemed IN Their
actions like mankind
Year: 1869

Observe with what love and respect the good
man and worthy husband speaks Of that dear
creature whom God has given him for COM
panion through life Note his actions and OBJ
serve his better half, and you will see that her
image is reflected in him care not how
great a man he may be; | care not how aus
tere and strong-mindcd he may be, 50 that he
loves her Her influence is felt every day, and
her loving words and feminine dependence cx-
crts a power within him which otherwise might
have slumbered unknown and forgotten. In
the language Of Bulwcr, O. her imaged CLOSED
in his soul. lures him on to those inspiring tolls
bv which man masters men," Our greatest
nen. our greatest heroes all attribute their sue
cess in life to the potentinauence of There wife
or a mothers love.


Man must have something to love, some
thing to stimulate him aud raise him from that
state of thraldom in which the cares and anx-
etics of an every day life usually plunge him.


What friend can take a wifc's place; who
but she can administer consolation which is
ever free from the suspicious, the hope of IN
tcrestcdncss, other than that Of holy desire
and deep anxiety to make you happy? Let
all the world forsake aud abandon you; let
trials come upon you and calamities befall You,
yet in her presence and loving affection you
may always find harbinger Of love, truth and
devotion.


Men have ycarning for disinterested love.
Once convince 4 man that ne is beloved for
himself alone, Independent of his wealth, his
riches and his station, or any of the many ad-
vantages Of which he may be possesscd-let
him see, say, that he is loved for himself, and
you make lin your slave for life. Such a
man, blessed with a noble woman for his wife,
is capable of performing things that would
discourage him had he not some one to offer
him those little words of consolation which
tighten the burdens Of life.
Year: 1869

We have been amused-if indeed we ought
to be amused at any thing now days concern
ing public afflirs-at the discussion in the
newspapers as to whom, or to what party, the
credit of success at the late election in this
state, is due We very well know to whom it
was attributed, the day aftcr'the election But
that Is, now, neither here nor there. 1t is con-
ceded. on all hands, that the aforesaid election
resulted in famons Radical defeat To what
end we are to see hereafter-Aler. Gqz.
Year: 1869

PEACHEs.-A city cotemporary says:-
The aesthetic, the sensuous, and the SEN
.timental part of a man seldom meet so
.agreeably as they do over IA basket of red
peaches, whose checks yet seem to burn
with the sun they left in Delaware and
Maryland orchards. The Persians signi-
fed love by tho gift of half peach. Let
us love ourselves many times, then,
while this amber sun of Amumn lasts.
The peach is the rose of fruits. Unlike
love, it is harmless in any of its effects.
A man once wished to commit suicide,
and, looking about for an easy death, de-
cided to eat himself to death on peaches ;
but the more he ate the better he felt, till,
at the end of his basket, he cried, g Let
me not leave the world that contains such
a beautiful fruit" An amiable way OF
partaking of the peach is to slice it, cover
it with sugar, and let it remain on ice for
an hour, or till it freezes; then pour equal
parts of sweet wine and cream over the
Fruit, eat and reaiize vegetable passion
A peach-club has been formed among
some of our gentlemen of refinement, who
solemnly departed for the sunniest or
,chards of the Southwest to indulge in their
favorite fruit, as anglers do in trout fish
ing. Only one bite is taken out of the
crimson side of peach. The last account
was ,33l peaches eaten by the best sports
man of the party.
Year: 1869

GENTLE FoLKs.-A book on Good
Society" has just been published in Eng
land by Countess, in which after quot
ing Ruskin and Emerson on what consti-
tutes gentleman, she goes on to give her
own sensible reflections on the subject.
She says: "Manner is only to be defined
. by series of negations. The well-bred
person has no manner. The we'll bred
person is distinguished from the ill-bred
person, not by what he does, but by what
he leaves undone. The well-bred person
in that he knows what he ought to do.
The very best breeding consists chiefly in
the utmost unobtrusiveness TO be we'll
bred and well hammered, in short, is to
keep down the ego upon every occasion;
to control every expression of strong feel


ing; to be of noiseless bearing and gentle
speech to abstain from all that may hurt
the feelings or prcjudices of others; to
make small sacrifices without seeming to
make them; in word, to remember that
i'll society one lives for others and not for
oneself. But politeness is not like robe
of state, to be worn only on occasions Of
ceremony. In no place do the laws of
etiquette bear more gratifying results than
in the home circle, where stripped of their
mere formality, tempered with love, and
fostered by all kindly impulses, they i'm
prove the character and bear their choicest
fruits. A true gentlewoman will show as
much courtesy, and observe all the little
duties of poiiteness as unfailingly, towards
her parents, husband and family as towards
the greatest strangers. A true gentleman
will never forget that, if he is bound to
exercise courtesy and kindness in his in
:tcrcourse with the world he is doubly
bound to do so in his intercourse with
those who depend upon him for advice,
protection and example. But to pass to
the practical suggestion of the Countess, in
which, dscarding all mere distractions and
glittering generalities, she sets herself to IA
definite statement of what a lady or gen
tleman may or may not do. Gentlemen
should avoid scandal, puns, slang, prov


erbs, argument flattery, religious contro-
versy in general conversation they ought
not, in the presence of ladies', to smoke,
to look grum to use classical quotations,
TO tell anecdotes or sing comic songs.
Year: 1869

The Sentinel, after long sleep, has at
length got awake. Its first idea is that the
STANDARD has changed its tone on the sub
ject of war with England and SPAIN" 1t
also makes the interesting discovery that it
was "blatant on the subject of war" This
is false. The STANDARD has never advocated
a war with either England or Spain, or with
any other nation, except it be to protect
American citizens or to vindicate American
honor But while we would never counsel
submission to insult OF injury, We would
never, on the other hand, favor war which
was not rendered imperatiyely necessary by
one of these two causes. This is our ground,
and we have never varied from it. The
person who wrote that article well knew
this fact when he was writing it. To prove
how utterly false is the charge he has made,
we quote the following from the article to
which he has alluded


Let the government demand suitable apollo
gies from England or Spain-they will be con-
ceded-but let no pressure hurry it into war
that is not absolutely necessary to the honor of
the nation.


That the rebel Democracy is not to be
trusted is amply proved by its every action.
The long list of Ku Klux outrages In Rock
ingham, Granville and Alamance counties, =
the riots at Memphis and New Orleans, and
at Asheville in this State, fully substantiates
our charge that the Democrats of the South
could not be relied upon to preserve the
peace The leaven of rebellion has leavened
the whole party, and we repeat that the
Democratic leaders would renew their trait
orous efforts to destroy the Union the mo-
ment the government was engaged in hos
tile war, if they thought they could do it
successfully. Judas Iscariot would never
have been reckoned a safe person to entrust
with valuables after he had sold his master
to obtain the wealth of the disciples, neither
will an ,unrepentant traitor be considered
good citizen. IF Andrew johnson had done
more hanging and less pardoning, it might
have been worse for the Democratic party,
but it would have been much better for the
nation. To all copperheads we have only
to say, "Jutas went out and hanged him
self" "Go thou and do likewise"
Year: 1869

We have always advocated the encourage
ment of immigration. Nothing will do
more to build up our State than the coming
of good, steady, industrious men who will
devote themselves to the development of our
yet unimproved natural wealth. If they
come to be good citizens and to aid us in
this work, we care not what may be their
wealth or poverty, we will give them warm
the rich, for his labor will be of as much
good as the rich mans capital To men
who are willing to work North Carolina Of
fers greater advantages than any other South
ern State. Her soil is not surpassed in fer
tility and adaptability to the various staples
by any in the world. Possessing the most
even temperature of any State in the Union
it has no extremes of heat or cold, consc-
quently it is extremely healthy. The noun
tain regions of the State are adapted to
dairy-farming and for Embarrassing cannot
be equaled.


In minerals North Carolina is the rich
est State in the Union, and probably is
not equalled in the variety and amount of
its mineral wealth by any section of the
world. Gold. silver, copper, iron, lead, zinc
and coal, are found in great quantities and
of the best quality. Capital and labor sarc
all that is needed to make the Old North
State the richest and most powerful of all
the commonwealth. The attention of capi-
talists and ofthe Northern people is directed
to our State, and, if properly encouraged,
the tide of immigration will set this way.
South Carolina and Louisiana have set the
example of inviting immigration, and are
already experiencing the benefits of their
course Shall North Carolina lag behind 2
Year: 1869

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The Wilmington Journal, taking its clue
from the Sentinel, thinks the STANDARD is
growing circumspect relative to war. The
article has the same points as that in Mon
days Sentinel but is rather better written.
Our answer to the Sentinel will do for the
Journal. Our platform is "no war unless
necessary to protect American citizens or
the honor of the nation" If these be as
sailed we will favor war. But we are not
in favor of wasting thousands of lives and
plunging the country still deeper in debt,
of taxing the people still more, all that e
few men may grow rich on the misery of
the people. We will never advocate any
project that will not benefit the people.
Neither shall we take back our assertion
that the Democracy is hostile to the govern
ment and not to be trusted. The recent dis
graceful scene in Richmond theatre, where
an alluslon to the national flag was hissed by
majority of the audience, fully proves our as
sertion that the Democrats hate the govern
ment The course of nearly every Democratic
paper proves it. The words of the very article
in which the Journal denies the charge:
proves it. When such things cease We will
be the first to announce the change, and to-
welcome it. Until that time, we shall ex-
pose the schemes of the enemies of the gov
crnmcnt that they may be frustrated. The
STANDARD is run in the interest of no set of
self constituted aristocrats, but is the peo-
ple's journal and will be ever on the alert to
warn them of the treacery of the men who
endeavor to ruin the people that they may
benefit themselves.
Year: 1869

The editor of the Roanoke Meas wonders
at our condescending to notice" him.
Quite number of people have expressed the
same idea. We did it pretty much upon the
same principle that an elephant flaps bis ear
when fly gets on it; it is not because the
fly hurts the elephant or endangers his safety.
but simply because he don't want the cussed
thing around. As to our wishing to cover
him with SCREEN" or with anything else,
we know that we have no such wish. The
job is done to our hand, for he is well nigh
out of sight in the filth which he has been
scattering around him SO profusely for the
last year and half If he don't repent, We
fear that he will be one of the Stones that
will be rejected by the Builder.
Year: 1869

The editor ofthe Wilson Plaindealer says
he "cannot help hanging his head in shame"
We don't blame him. 1t is enough to make
any man chang his head" to reflect that he
belongs to the Ku Klux Democracy. Come
out from among them, and be faithful to
your State and your government and you
will have no cause to be ashamed. His in
sane rawlings show the extent of the mad
ness to which the teachings of the Ku Klux
can drive man who would, if let alone, be
a good citizen.
Year: 1869

THE motion for a new trial in the
case Of OLIVER MORGAN, in Terre
Haute, for the murder Of PETRI, has
been overruled and the criminal SEN
fenced to be hung on the first day of
September next. An appeal to the
Supreme Court has been taken by the
counsel of the accused. i
Year: 1869

LET it once be understood that
money will not .condone for'the Of
fence, and that those convicted of
violating the laws will be subjected to
its full penalties, and we shall hear of
fewer attempts to cheat the Govern
ment of its custom dues Cincinnati
Commercial.


Condone for the offence" is good.
Will the astute editor inform US how
it is possible to condone for anything.
Year: 1869

lessness large subscriptions for every
railway that asks for them. 1t may
as we'll be understood now as at any
other time that the State of Illinois
will never assume such debts, and
that those who contract them must
tax themselves to pay them Chica-
40 Tribune, 9th.
Year: 1869

How TO Cook CODFIsH.-Many people know
ing little about Goldfish and perhaps only having
eaten them when spoiled by cooking, have but
"a faint idea of their excellence when properly
prepared for the table. do not like this fish in
warm weather a. do some people, but when win
ter sets in and L can obtain good specimens,


caught al what may be called at sea, there are
few dishes tn he compared to il. When rightly
boiled such a fish exhibits the flesh separately
from the bone in solid flakes that retain their
white curvature after they are distributed by
the carver. Even the scraps left from such cod
never wasted but can be made into pala-
table dish, by removing the flakes from the
bones and skin before becoming cold. and when
wanted placing them in a stew-pan with what is
left of the sauce, then add a dozen or more
fresh cy~ ~terS with their liquor, and if these do
not m0isten the fish enough, and it requires To
he only mOistened, add spoonful or two OF
melted butter. Warm carefully over a gentle
fire and when once thoroughly hot through set
Aside Get your dish, warm il, and surround il
with fine mashed potatoes, in the middle of the
dish place the waTme,l-up fish with its sauce;
cTumblc over the fish grated bread-crumbs, and
set in "a hot oven for a few minutes, until nicely
Drowned on the top. IL will prove a most desira-
Bile dish. Fresh cod. cut into slices two inches
thick. dressed plentifullv with eggs and bread
crumbs. and fried a light brown in plenty of
lard. Is really deliciOus.-GermdRtolCH Telegraph.
Year: 1869

Many the writer these lines and invalid physician while visiting the
Island Of St crx for their health experienced and wineamany surprising and
beneficial effects the Rum there produced upon hsvIds who ke
ourssv seeking health and inquiry and investigation obtained full history
It's medicinal virtues Hs delighted and surprised and after his recovery,
which occurred determined possible procure the right manufacture
and sell It in the United States.


The result his ahors glorious himself suffering humanity
for the celebrated PLANTATION BTERS thus made known the world PLAN
TATIN 5TERs being article Of real merit founded upon principles aad
relying wholly the vegetable world for its medicinal effects worked rapid ru
ton in the history medicine and became household word all the civilized
world The eabasis Tlss taan health and the demand for
the PLANTATION 5TTERs soon far exceeded the abilities Of the pop supply


Notwithstanding the large importation Of st. cz Rum made expressly for the
pounding these s the quantity inadequate therefore became necessary
that arrangements extensive scale abroad should made and agent
dispatched st. Thomas for that purpose he fortunate securing and
leasing several plantations the largest and most productive estates the
island Houses stills and erected as If BY which utterly aston


hed the natives The services experienced and natives the island
cured and the rrps the PLANTATION BTTEas in position
supply their laboratory with all the perfectly st. cz Rum needed manu
turing GREAT DYSPEP TONIC GoRAToR represents
the natives crushing the sugar otherwise preparing for the stills presses


As ande Fever and Ague Intermittent and GCus Feve Dyspepsia and
other kindred diseases the hePLANTATN
history the world Over million disposed annually They
adapted old and ung and female They agreeable and always
produce an immediate beneficial
Year: 1869

Many the writer these lines and an naS physician Vale ' w
health experienced and witnessed mary surprising an0
there produced the vahas wha were nRe
ourse seeking upon inquiry and Investigation obtained tu history
He delighted and surprised and after his own recovery
wh; socn occurred determined possible procure the sole right to manufacture
and sell it in the United States


glorious for himself and suffering humanity
the celebrated BTEaS made known the world PLAN
TATIoN being merit founded principles and
relying wholly vegetable medicinal effects worked rapid reu-
history medicine household word all the civilized
cabasc Tls6o tasnax Of health and the demand r
5TERS exceeded the abilities Of the SUPPLY


Notwithstanding large importation st. cz Rum made expressly for the


pounding these Bte quantity Inadequate therefore became
should made and agent
dispatched Thomas for that He fortunate securing and
leasing several the largest and most productive estates the
island stills presses erected asif BY magic which utterly aston
experienced and natives the island


very opirs the PLANTATION BTTEa in position
supply laboratory with all the perfectly c Rum needed nnua
turing vIzoaAToE The above cut represents


crushing and otherwise preparing for the stills and


Intermittent and Mlaus and


other kindred unsurpassed the
history Over million bottles disposed Of annually They
adapted They agreeable TASTE and always
produce adate beneficial result
Year: 1869

eiWHirs PINE is giving us new generation of
miilionaires, Already they begin to crop out in
all the efiorescence of new riches, scattering
wealth like water and inspiring envy in the
breasts of their less fortunate brethren. A COM
ical illustration of the exalted notion of the
power of wealth is afforded in story told Of one
of the chief proprietors of an extraordinarily
rich mine on Treasure HILL. Clad in the yet un-
shed garments of rough miner, the ncipent
millionaire was seated on p nail-keg, surveying
the sphrkliDg interior Of bis modern cave Of
Aladdin, lined with untold millions of eilver,
when he was interrupted by the entrance of an
age@ az GrvelfknowTs San Francisco financial
CONCERN, with proposition for . purchase Of the
mine. Calmly brushing aside all parley about
terms Of sale, be said !. "No, don't think l
win sell. After have worked this mine long
enough to pay off the National debt and few
oS@ itfae things like thatI an going down to
Slu snUiSco to buy out tbt 0hamber Of Con.
merce, Bank Of California, and one or two such
institutions, and then shall run that village
for YOU folks" There vas no sale made.


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Year: 1869

The Express quotes from the leading oracle
Of the Rebellion to show How Recon-
"structed Virginian Feels" OF course, he
does MT feel very well for since his darling
Confederacy began to tumble, everything has
been going wrong with him, till he seems to
have q bone in his throat crOsswise. On tho
other hand, those Virginians who didn't need
to be reconstructed, but merely emancipated,
feel frst-rate, and like the situation better and
better. They think the country doing well.
and growing better day 10y day. IL The Express
could only be persuaded to look through loyal
rather than Rebel spectacles, it wouldn't look
so glum any more, but would feel happy rs u
clam at high tide.
Year: 1869

We are afraid the dispatch about an Indian
fight in Montana Territory is too One-sided. A
desperate fight, lasting seven hours in which
one white man falls, while thirty Indians are
killed and scalped and the rest forced to swim
river to escape, is either Munchausenism or a
massacre. The Quaker agent cannot be too
prompt in getting to the frontiers. We have
already the portents Of another Indian war,
more frightful waste and expense, and another
enormous deficiency bill next Winter to en-
barrass the financial situation.
Year: 1869

The management of the Sing Sing Prison
may be admirable, but it is unfortunate in so
often leading to bad results The last is the
mysterious escape Of the desperate criminal
known as tho butcher-eart thief. Is it not
about time that some steps were taken either
20 keep the prisoners in at Sing Sing, or TO
Look after the officers
Year: 1869

The Rhode Island Legislature will meet at
Providence to-day, when the new Governor and State
officers Will be uduoted into their several Offices Ths
Legislature will probably adjourn Friday next


a dispatch from Richmond, Va, says that SO
army officers ordered TO report to GEN Candy bO
assigned as Registrars at tho revision OF registration.
Which Is ordered for June "a. to continue days The
regulations issued by the Commanding General for the
election the heretofore except that not
than 900 shall vote at any poll No provision is made
as heretofore for whites and blacks voting at separate
polls.
Year: 1869

The New. Orleans Commercial Convention, we
are told, proposes to press the demand for
Congressional aid for river Improvement and
for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Neither OBJ
iect is to be condemned, but are We never to
have anything from Commercial Conventions
but appeals for money from the public treas
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Year: 1869

The Code Of Procedure is published to-day by The
Transcript, as amended by the late Legislature. It
is a model Of typographical neatncss and compact
ness, and is a very jewel of a law-book compared
with the ponderous octayOs in sheepskin wherein
Codes are generally to be sought.
Year: 1869

We might quote other testimony in favor of the 35th parallel route, but think the fore going sufficient to silence its opponents and prove that they either know nothing about it. or wifully misrepresent it.