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Year: 1869

Governor General Young Mt Prince Edward


Is,and-An Enthusiastic Reception and a


Grand Danquet-Thc Address from the City


Council oil CharlottetOwn and the Governor


Generals Rcply-Specehes by Sir George


Cartier and Others.


CHARLoTTETowN, p. E. l.. August 10, 1862


This obscure but important island has been the
OF considerable interest this week. consequent
upon the presence here Of Governor General Sir
John Young, OF the New Dominion. This province,
1t is well known, is not part OF the Dominion, and
the visit Of Sir John was more an act OF courtesy
than Of strict ocal duty For this reason alone the
manner In which the Governor General would be
received was looked forward to with considerable
curious interest by the confederates and anti-con-
federates Of the neighboring provinces. Whatever
may have been the secret feeling OF the inhabitants
here is true that the reception accorded to the
distinguished visitor was most cordial There was
of course. public display, procession and all the
other requirements to mako up gala occasion; but
the chief feature Of all was banquet this evening
In the Assembly Hall, at which Mr.. Haythorne, the
leader Of the provincial government. presided.


After the usual loyal toasts had been disposed Of
the President gave the health Of his Excelency the
Governor General, Sir John Young, In oulogIstic
speech. Sir Johns reply was calm and dignlned,
and well considered. He gave his impressions Of
tho farming and nshing he he'd seen, and Of the
Year: 1869

The provision in the Constitution of the
State, making the Insane Asylum purely
charitable and supporting its inmates at the
public expense, is made a subject of criti-
cism and complaint by certain papers,
against the General Assembly, whose only
action in the matter was to carry out a pos
tive injunction in the organic law The
responsibility is with the Convention and
the people who ratified the Constitution.


The Charlotte Democrat and Ashevile
Neaos have failed to show any reason why
the taxes heretofore upon certain counties
should not be borne by the State at large
The property fthe few pay patients is taxed
or the support of the Institution, and it is
not, therefore, unreasonable that they them
selves should be supported from the common
fund, to which they have contributed. :
Year: 1869

AS the STANDARD claims to be on the side of
the people, and tells us that all the negroes
one side, and that fve-siXths of the whites on
the other, will it tell US which race now COM
prise the people of the South, the white or the
negro? Which do you belong to, Mr. STAND
ARD the white or the nigger people ~ Winston
Sentinel. .y9f' l9a.iHsE LE


We recognize no distinction of color when
we say 'the people," By the laws of the land
every man is citizen of the United States,
without regard to color. We do not belong
to the white or colored people. We belong
to the aOhole people. regardless OF race or
color. And while we defend the people
against the attacks of blood sucking aristo-
Gratis you will find that the people are with
us. We appreciate your efforts to create
division among the people, for you feel that
your mongrel party is being broken up; but
we tell you that your efforts will fail, and
the people, the aohole people, will redeem
North Carolina from the ruin Democrats
have wrought, by supporting the Republi-
can party The better men of the mongrel
Democracy are leaving it by thousands, and
it will soon be thing of the past. Perhaps
by that time some of these ancient barnacles
will find out who and what the people are.
Year: 1869




The Salisbury Old North State thinks that
the principles of Washington and Jefferson
cannot be reconciled, as Washington was
sincere christian, and jefferson was an open
scoffer. With the religious sentiments OF
the two men the present has nothing to do
Piles they were accountable but to God, and
to Him have they gone for judgment. Re
ligion is too sacred theme to be made the
subject of party strife. Party deals with
the duty of men to their country-Religion
with the duty of men to their Creator The
one is of the world, the other of that which
is far higher than all worldly things. For
his political sentiments man may be made
accountable by his fellow men, but for his
religious belief he must account to God.


The statement that Washington was a
Republican whose theory was that of a
e balanced Republic" whilst Jefferson was
a radical Democrat, does not at all initiate
against our former position. Each took a
different method to attain the same end.
Each was in favcr of popular suffrage Each
acknowledged the right of the people to
direct the affairs of the governments. Each
was in favor of the abolition of human
slavery Each, in his own way, was a true
patriot and true friend to the people. Each
would have resisted to the last any attempt
to disrupt the Republic. These are the
principles of the Republican party of to-day
Thus we were right in saying that the prin-
ciples of the Republican party are the same
as professed by Washington and Jefferson.


The North State further says, drawing its
deductionfr from its pre-assumed position, that
the STANDARD has at length informed the
> old Wings that they can not join the Re-
publican party without sacrificing their
principles. The STANDARD has made no
such assertion. If the" old Wings are true
to the government of their fathers they
believe in the right of the people to ruie-if
they are opposed to any and all attempts to
disrupt the Republic-if they endorse the
fundamental principle of the Declaration of
Independence that call men are created free
and EQUAL" they will have to sacrifice no
principle to join the Republican party, for
these are Republican principles. All men.
whatever their color, race, or social condi
ton, who support these principles, the Re
publican party invites to cooperate with it
in its efforts to defend the government and
to benefit the people. 80 8
Year: 1869

The following is an extract from IL
Charleston letter of Col Fomey, and will
pretty well for this latitude:


Here, as elsewhere, the politicians cor
plain of the < carpet-baggers " and til
q negroes forgetting that there are from Z
to thirty thousand of their people now ca
pet -bagging in the City of New York alon
living TG under the protection Of the Cover
ment they hate and that but for the negro
thev would starve. iG
Year: 1869

Gen. Candy, commanding the First Mill
tary District, has been instructed by the
President to submit the constitution recently
framed by the convention which met in Rich
mond to the people of that State on the last
Tuesday in June or first Tuesday in July.
The articles to be submitted for ratification
or rejection have not yet been determined
upon, but will probably be fixed at the
session of the Cabinet to-day.
Year: 1869

Pie Nelcs man says "Balaam's ass is in
. the STANDARD office' We deny the soft


Impeachment, for if the Neaos man will look
into looking glass he win find the jackass
sticking out of his shirt collar
Year: 1869

One of the lodges of those engaged
in pushing spurious money is to put
out blind in preparation for future
operations. The makers leave some
defect that may be easily removed.
The defect becoming thoroughly ad-
vertised, becomes a point of reference,
and when seen the bill is of course re-
fused. But a new issue is at once put
upon the market with the particular
defect Temedied, and on reference, if
fonnd all right, the note is taken as
genuine. Thus, in the case of the ap-
pearance of the counterfeit SO green
backs now ON the market, the public
were notified of the imperfect dots op-
pOsite the figure go" ON each end[of
the note, and the want of a period af-
ter the letter "E" in Spinner's
name. These have been corrected, as
they could readily be, by making the
required dots with a pen. The notes
now offered are perfect in these re-
spects, and the defects now supplied
having been made q test of genuine
ness, no doubt materially aid their
circulation.
Year: 1869

From the 5lontreal Star.l


The well-known sagacity Of the ole
phant recently had a remarkable eX-
Province of Quebec. The immense
Ceylon elephant belonging to Camp
bells menagerie and circus, which
was to exhibit il Montreal, was the
hero. We will, premise our, state
ment with the fact that, a few weeks
since, withdrawing from Waterbury
to Mortified, in. the State Of Yer
mont, this elephant; III crossing a
bridge over a creek, crushed the floor
with his enormous weight, and fell
partly through, his foFe-quaFters only
remaining on the bridge. BY thia
acaidaDf ha WAS 1~---
see'NSi'' 440 4aIned for several
uays, but not sufficiently to prevent
him from travelling. When he was
brought TO the Long Bridge over the
Richelieu' river at St. Johns he evil
IDENTIFY retained a vivid recollection of
this mishap, and neither coaxing,
threats, persuasion nor force, could
induce him to bulge an inch on the,
to him, perilous structure. Nor does
it appear that his apprehensions were
unfOunded-fOr the proprietOrs of the
bridge notified the menagerie man.
ayers that they were dubious of the
capacity of the bridge to bear the
weight of the elephant, and that if
they crossed him they must do so at
their own risk, The morning was
rather chilly, and as they did not
wish to risk his health by swimming,
they concluded to make the venture.
The band chariot and an enormous
den of performing lions were started
on a head of him in order to give him
confidence, and when he saw that
they went safely over, he was induced
to follow. which he did very slowly,
testing each plank and timber with
his fore feet: and trunk as he pro
pressed. Whenever he discovered
anv of the timbers to be defective, he
would cross over the division to the
opposite roadway, and would so pro
gress until he came to another doubt.
full place, when ne would cross bacl
again. He worked along this way
until he had come more than halfway
over, when he became suspicious that
neither road was safe, and started
rapidly back, driving back the Ions
dens of cages that were following, ant
clearing the bridge for space OF ter
or more rods. AT this juncture
flock of sheep came running past hin
and he vented his spleen by picking
them up one by one with his trunl
Rnd throwing them into the river
Year: 1869

BERLIN, August lit is reported
that the North and South German
States have agreed to common action
with respect TO Ecuminical Council if
resolutions adopted by that body on
questions of temporal power of the
Pope should threaten the peace of
Europe.
Year: 1869

until he had disposed of seven in this
way. He was finally induced to go
on, and, after having been more than
two hours crossing, arrived safely
over. The scene was witnessed by
over two thousand people, and the
utmost excitement prevailed.
Year: 1869

Sir William Napier was one day taking
long country walk near Freshford,
when he met little girl, about five years
old, sobbing over broken bowl; she had
dropped and broken it in bringing it
back from the field to which she had
taken her fathers dinner in it, and she
would be beaten on her return home for
having broken it; then with sudden
gleam Of hope. she innocently looked
into his face and said: But ye can mend
it. can't YEP" My father explained that
he could not mend the bowl, but he
could, by the gift of a asix-pence, buy an
other. However, on opening his purse
it was empty of silver, and he had to
make amends by promising to meet his
little friend in the same spot at the same
hour next day and to bring the siXpence
with him, bidding her meanwhile tell
her mother she had seen n gentleman
who would bring her money for the
next day. The child entirely trusting
him, went her wey cOmforted. On his
return home. be found an invita- ion
awaiting him todine in Bath the follow
ing evening toimeet some one he espe-
cially wished to see. He hesitated
for some little time, trying to calculate
the possibility Of giving the meeting TO
his little friend Of the bowl, and of still
being in time for the dinner party in
Bath; but finding this could not he, he
wrote to decline accepting the invitation
on the plea Of pre-engagement,' saying
to us: "I cannot diSappoint her, she
trusted me so implicitly. u Bruce's life
Of Napier.
Year: 1869

Nobody is more like an honest mau
than thorough rogue. When you see
a man with great deal Of religion dis
played in his shop window, you may
depend upon it he keeps a 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 another persons power; if
you put your thumb between two grind
ers, they are very apt to bite. u ink
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 t"
lose: lawyers houses are built on fonlS'
heads. In any business never wade
into water where you .cannot see tn


,ottom. Put no dependenc upon III.
label of a bag; and count money afte =
your kin. See the sack open before you
buy what is in it; tor he who trades in
the dark asks to be heated. Keep
clear of the man who does net value his
own character. Beware of the mar
who swear-; he who would hlaspleme
the name of the Maker would make no
homes of lying or stealing. Beware o.
no man more than yourself; we carry
our worst enemies with us When a
pew 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 because 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 to
boast-wait little longer. Don't throw
away dirty water till you have got clean;
keep on scraping the roads till you get
better work; for the poorest pay is better
than none; and the humblest office is
better than being out of employment.
Always give up the road to bulls and
madmen, and never fight with a coal
HEAVIER, or contend with a base character,
for they will be sure to blacken you.
I Rev. c. H. Spurgeon.
Year: 1869

The only way which capital call
increase is by saving. If you spend al
much as you get, you Will never he richer
than you are. 1t is not what man get
but what he saves that constitutes his
wealth. Go learn tie first two rules o;
Arithmetic: Addition and Subtraction
Add to your present capital any amount
you please, subtract the sum you add,
and tell us if the last amount will moi
be the same rs the first. Every nau
should in every year of his life make
addition to his capital. You say you
get but little? Never mind. spend less
than little. and then next year you W ii
get more for you will have the profit
upon the sum you saved.
Year: 1869

A contemporary is thus facetious over
the decisions of the revenue officials:


The la .est decisions of the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue cover the
following points: Parties using paper
collars must use them from the original
packages; that is from the box in which
they have been purchased; and three
cent revenue stamp must be attached 10
each one when put on. When the collar
becomes soiled, and is turned with the
clean side out, it must receive another
three cent stamp, and must also be
conspicuOusly stamped with the word
turned" Boxes when emptied can not
be Used q second time, but must be de-
s:royed in the room where emptied, and
the assessor furnished with certificate
of the fact. If thrown out at the
window or carried out in the coal scuttle
or wash tub, such boxes will be subject
to export duty. Bootblacks are required
to use their blacking just as they find
it when the box rs opened, adding
nothing to it whatever. The act of
splitting in the box and smearing the
contents with brush constitutes the
bootblack a mixer or rectiiier. or manu-
facturer of backing, and he must pay
the ordinary manufacturers license.
Each boot hlacked. for which the sum
of five cents is paid by the wearer must
receive. at the expense of the bootblack,
Al cent stamp.
Year: 1869

Never make your appearance in the
morning without having first bathed, il
only with sponge and quart of water
brushed and arranged your hair, and
dressed yourself neatly and completely,


Keep your clothing, especially youl
under clothing, in perfect order. Never
let pins do duty as buttons, or strings
take the place of proper bands.


Examine every garment when il
comes from the wash, and if necessary
mend 1t with neatness and precision


Do not sew up the holes in your stock.
ings, as We have seen some careless. un.
tidy girls do; but take in broad margin
around the hole, be it small or large
with fine darning needle and darnine
cotton, and cover the fracture with an
interlaced stitch, so close as to be as
strong as the body of the stocking, and
fine enough to be ornamental


Stockings mended in this way need
darning but few times in the course OF
their existence.


Never carry course embroidered or
laced handkerchiefs. Fine plain ones
are much more lady-like.


Avoid open worked stockings and
very fancy slippers. Fine, plain white
hose and black kid slippers, with only a
strap or rosette in front, are more be-
coming.


Train yourself to some useful oceupa-
ton. Remember it is wicked to waste
time, and nothing gives such an impress
sion of vanity and absolute Stiffness as a
habit of idling and never having any
thing to do.


If you are in your fathers house, take
some department of the household labor
upon yourself, and part of the sewing,
and make it your business to attend to
it. Do not let call from this idle girl,
or visit from that, or an invitation
from the other, interfere with the per-
formance of your duty.


Let the pleasures come in as the re-
creation, not as the business, of your
life.


lfyou want to marry, do not court or
try to attract the attention of gentle
men. a little wholesome indifference,
real or assumed, will be much more
likely TO accomplish the object. Con-
slider, moreover, that it is better to be a
woman than wife, and do not degrade
your sex by making your whole exist
enee turn on the pivot of matrimony.


fyou can cultivate to perfection some
art by which you can gain an indepen-
dent livelihood, do it whether there is
necessity for it or not. Do it quietly, il
you will, do it. There is no telling when
or under what circumstances you may
need it.-Demorest.
Year: 1869




swindIinS the Farmer.


The last dodge of the scoundrels who
plunder farmers is thus commented on
by the Journal of fChemistry:


1.-The need of the deffusion of more
practical scientific information among
all classes is certainly shown in the
readiness which people become victims
to some of the most absurd tricks and
schemes which the fertile brain of cum
ming men can invent. The most recent
of these tricks surpasses in audacity all
others which we have heard of. A pat
ent butter company have opened offices
in this and other cities to show the peo-
pie how to make pound of good butter
out of pint of milk, and to sell them
rights to make, and also little white
powder, which is the agent used to per-
form the magic work. At the office OF
the company they do not ask the eager
purchaser to believe their statements;
but they churn the butter before his
eyes. A pint of milk, with half pound
of good butter, is put into a little tin
churn, with a spoonful of the powder;
the whole is warmed, and then five min
utes' churning brings out one and half
pounds of good butter! Here, then, is
demonstration! What can be more con-
vincing? No one suggests to the enter
prising company that nearly nine-tenths
OF the milk used is water, and, if they
perform what they allege, they are
changing water into butter. This would
indeed, be miracle equal TO that of our
Savior, who changed water into wine
We have been asked many times by in
telligent gentlemen how this thing can
be explained. Very easily. By the pro-
cess, the whole of. the pint of milk
mostly composed of water is driven
into, or blended with the half pound of
melted butter put into the churn. There
is no important increase of real butter
in the churn, although the watery mass,
which looks like inferior butter, weighs
more. Put the mass into a dish, and
beat it, and the true butter will separate
from the milk or water with which it is
blended. This is the method by which
butter and lard are greatly adulterated.
Nearly all the lard sold by grocers con-
tains from % to 40 per cent. of water
The adulterators have not been able un-
til within year or two to combine with
genuine lard more than 25 per cent. of
water; but recently, by the use of aka
line carbonates partly saponifying the
lard, they force into association more
than 40 per cent. What a shameful
fraud this is! And how hard it falls
upon poor people, who mostly consume
the attenuated fat!
Year: 1869

THE Democratic Legislature held
three sessi ons in two years, making an


aggregate of 26O days of legislation, at
the highest per diem ever drawn by any
Legislature in the State. Not only so,
but they dresD mileage for each OF the
three sessions. They therefore drew q
third more mileage aBi two-fifths more


per day than has been drawn by any
other Legislature. Besides this their


sessions have been the longest held in


the State. The Republican session OF


1861 which when about to adjourn, was


prolonged thirty days by the breaking
out of the war, lasted only l27 days


The Democratic session of 1858, held in


d time oi profound peace lasted l34 days.
Since 1859, embracing the entire period


of the war, tile Republicans ..eld no
session lasting over lis days, but the
Democratic session of 1869 lasted I23
days The Republicans found no Deces-
ity for AN extra session even when the
of the war were upon u.s.
The Democracy held one in time of
peace, for mere political reasons, and
have made the State Treasury pay their
expenses for travelling to Columbus to
legislate at an extraordinary time, not
for the good of the State but for the
benefit of the Democratic party.


All this may be 'retrenchment" but
weare unable to see 1t in that light
delaware Gazette.
Year: 1869




There is immense wisdom in the old
proverb, HE that is slow to anger is
better than the mighty" Hannah More
said, ''If wished to punish an enemy
should make him hate somebody" p
To punish ourselves for others faults is
superlative folly. The arrow shot from
another's bow is practically harmless
until our thought barbs it. 1t is our pride
that makes another's criticism rankle,
our self-will that makes another's deed
offensive, our sgotism that is hurt by
anOther's self-assertioh. Well may we
be offended at faults of our own, but we
can hardly afford to be miserable for the
faults Of others. A courtier told Con-
stantine that the mob had broken the
head off his statue with stones. The
Emperor lifted his hands to his head
saying, ut is very surprising, but L
don't feel hurt in the least" We should
remember that the world is wide; that
here are Thousand million different
human wills, opinions, ambitions, tastes
and loves; that each person has differ
ent history, constitution, culture, char
acter from all the rest that human life
is the work, the play, the ceaseless ac-
ton and reaction upon each other of
these different living atoms. We should
go forth into life with the smallest ex-
pectatiOns, but with the largest patience !;
with keen relish for, and appreciation
of, everything beautiful, great and good,
but with a temper so genial, that the
friction of the world shall not wear up
on our sensibilities, an equanimity so
settled that no passing breath nor acci-
dental disturbance shall agitate or ruffle
it, and with a charity broad enough to
cover the whole worlds evil, and sweet
enough to neutralize what is bitter in it,
determined not to be offended when no
offense is meant, nor even then, unless
the Offense be worth noticing. Nothing
short of malicious injury or fiattery
should offend us. He who can wilfully
injure another is an object of pity rather
than of resentment, and it is question
whether there is::enough ofa flatterer for
a whole-souled man to be offended with.
T-IIiharoI ChrisfioD