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Year: 1860

upon the circuit riders of the Methodist
church and sir, everybody knows that
they cannot be induced to travel where
there are NO chickens, and that chickens
cannot be raised where foxes abound r.
The argument was unanswerabIe, and the
bill became a law.
Year: 1860

We publish below the Card of this gentleman
Withdrawing from the field as one of the Democratic
candidates in the county of Granville A friend
writes us that Mr. Hargrove if he had remained in
the field, would have been triumphantly reelected
but he has determined to retire, in order to ensure
as far as he can harmony in the party This course
on his part s the best evidence of his unsesh pat
riotisn. and devotion to the cause ~ Fax


To- the people Of Granrille County: .4: s--,


The Democratic party Of Granville county, on the
2sth of May last, in very full Convention in which
every Captans District Of the county was represen
ted. with great unanimity, nominated me as, one of
their candidates to represent the county in the House
of Commons Of the next Legislature. The Conven
ton having very properly, in my opinion, refused
to make party test of the question Of taxation al
luded to in the Platform adopted by the Democratic
State Convention in March last accepted the NOM
ination. I now resign of my own accord and upon
my own molten, that position, hoping and aiming
thereby to promote the success, the harmony aad
union Of the Democratic parity. My deepest heart.
felt thanks, Iofer tomy friends and fellow-cit;xens
who have heretofore honored me with their csuntes
nance and support To my Democratic friends Of
al shades fppinio on the question Of taxation who
do now and have afwaysstpod by me, shall forever
be grateful and sincerely thank g v
-
Year: 1860

avoid it. If possible, but if we are "canyassed' we
will canvass in return. Standing by the national
Democratic banner, within the lines and on the
planks, and strong in an unconquerable purpose to
do right without regard to consequences, we defy
the assaults of those who would drag6on MS out of
our opinions and force us into the support Of sec
tona irregular ticket On the part of the national
Democrats of the State We demand terms at the
hands of the supporters Of this irregular ticket We
have proposed and sued, and implored in vain; and
we now stand upon our rghts-upon regularity,
upon organization and nationality. We can demon
strate if necessary that Stephen A. Douglas is the
regular nominee of the national Democracy and We
can trinmphanty vindicate our course at Baltimore
from first to last We know the nature Of the com.
bnation that exists but we defy the worst that sci.
ishness and ambition can accomplish. We wH dp-
peal to the people, If necessary, against seresson and
disunion We will strip the covering from William
L. Yancey, if necessary, and hold him up, and his
followers in Alabama, Georgia. and Mississippi, in
all their hideousness as potters against Consttu-
tional Union and the best hopes of man. We will
point the people Of this State to the yawnng gulf Of
disunion opening before them. We tell gentlemen
that we will do this, and ore If this warfare is kept
up against US. Wewill dolt without regard to con-
sequences now and hereafter; for they may as well
understand, once for all, that when We have duty
to perform, when We know We are right. and when
we are crowded, imposed upon, and insulted by
those who should he our friends, or who should at
least treat US justly, will not stop to consider
consequences. The truth is great battle is to be
fought in this State sooner or later, between the
people OIL one hand and pririlege on the other; and
between Union and Disunion. Our friends will
know where to find us when that battle begins We
will stand or fall by the people-we will stand or
fall by Constitutional Union. We will not con-
sent to secede or dissolve the Union for existing
causes; and he who would deliberately dissolve and
destroy the national Democratic party while it
stands upon its old and well known doctrine of non


Intervention, has but one more step to take to be-
come diSunionst. Woe unto the man who shall
lift his hand at this time against the temple Of the
Union and against the banner of the stripes and stars
Year: 1860

We trust that the Democrats of the State will
not lose sight for one moment Of the Importance Of
the State elections. We know that some feeling
exists as the result of the action at Baltimore and
that many Democrats are undetermined as to the
course they will pursue in relation to the Presiden
cy; but this, so far from causing them to work
with diminished zeal in the State campaign, should
stimulate them to renewed exertion. The most
important consequences are dependent on the State
elections. If We lose the Legislature shall lose
the United States Senator, Judge of the Supreme
tors and all TIL sicers in the State Capitol, and
the control of public works of the State. -


So far as GotSEllis is concerned there is no good
reason why anys Democrat should refuse to support
him. Elected two years ago by the largest major-
:y cast for any candidate for Governor in ihis
State, he has discharged his duties with an eye
single to the public good, and entitled himself to a
cordial support for reelection by every section of
the State He has been true to the great interests
of North-C Carolina, and true to the party which
placed him in office. We eappeal to our friends as
we appealed in 1865, to rally to his support. Let
no disputes, no differences on national affairs pre-
vert us from working and voting for him. Let us
all be assured that whatever course'he may have
taken. or may take with reference to the unfortu-
nate division at Baltimore he is actuated by sim
regard for the best interests of the whole
try, and that he is still the same Democrat he was
before this division occurred Gov. Ellis must BE
reelected and the Legislature must be carried Let
us remember that and act accordingly


Our opponents are engaged in the same "game Of
5rag" which they have tried in so many previous
campaigns. We know what this game means, and
We have seen its results heretofore. Let no Demo-
crat be depressed by the boastings of the Opposi-
tion. The Know Nothing leaders have always beat
en- us up to the day of the election; but when the
votes have been counted out they have found them
selves defeated as trust they will find themselves


in August next.
Year: 1860

~" The last Warrenton News contains an ar
tce, the object of which is to produce the impress
sion that the Standard is opposed to Gov. Ellis, and
has endeavored to render him unpopular in Raleigh,
because the Governor declined to call the Legisa-
tIre together soon after the John Brown raid, by
which refusal of the Governor to convene the Legs-
lature the Standard failed to obtain the printing for
an extra session! This say, is the drift and OBJ
ject of the article Weneed not say that the Editor
of the Ne,cs is wilful and malicious liar. No
man is standing more firmly than we are by Gov.
Ellis both politically and personally, and no one is
more sincerely anxious than we are for his re-eec
ton. Though we believed it might be well to con-
vene the Legislature at the time mentioned, yet
we did not insist upon our views on that subject
inoppostion to the Governors and We never thought
Of pecuniary profit the result of an extra session


The Editor of the Ne,cs is most faithfully serving
the few men in Warren County to whom he belongs
We denounce and defy both masters and man.
Year: 1860

GESTILITY.-There is a dreadful ambition
abroad for being "genteel." We keep up ap-
pearanccS, too often at the expense Of honesty
and, though We may not be rich, yet we must
seem to be SO. We must be respectable"
though only in the meaneSt SenSe-in mere
vulgar outward show. We have not the cour-
age to go patiently onward IN the condition of
life in which it has pleased tod to call US but
must needs live in some fashionable state to
which we ridiculously please to call ourselves,
and all to crafty the vanity Of that unSub-
stantial gcntecl world Of which we form part
There is a constant struggle and pressure for
front seats in the social amphithcater; in the
midst Of which all noble sclEdenying resolve
is trodden down, and many fine natures are
inevitably crushed to death. What waste.
what misery, what bankruptcy, come from all
this ambition to dazzle others with the glare
of apparent worldly success, we need not drs.
cribc. The mischievous results show them
selves in a Thousand ways-in grand frauds
committed by men who dare to be dishonest,
but do not dare to seem poor and in the clcs-
peratc daShes at fortune, in which the pity il
not too much for those who fail, as for the
hundreds Of innocent families who are so often
involved in their ruin.


Mr.. Hume hit the mark when he once stated
in the House of CommOns-though his words
were followed by "laughter"- the tons of
living in England is altogether too high. Mid.
die class people arc too apt to live up to their


income, il not beyond them; affecting degree
of "style" which is most unhealthy in its eff
feet upon society at large. There is an am.
bition to bring up boys as gentlemen, or rather
"gcntcel" men; though the result frequently


is, only to make them gents. They acquire
taste for dress, style, luxuries, and amuse-
mentS, which can never form any solid found
alton for manly or gcntlcmanly character and
the result is that we have vast number OS
gingerbread young gentry thrown upon the
world who remind one of the abandoned hulls
sometimes picked up at sea, with only mon
key on board.
Year: 1860

.tN old gentleman had three daughters, all
Of whom were marriageabIe. \ young fellow
went wooing the youngest, and finally got
her consent to take him for better or for
worse" Upon application to the old gentle
man for his consent, he flew into violent
rage, declaring that no snan should "pick his
daughters in that way" and if he wished to
get int" his family he might marry the Oldest
or leave the house forthwith
Year: 1860

How To Remove FREcKLEs.-To dispcrsc
lrcckcs, take one ounce of lemon juice. quar-
ter of drachm Of powdered bornx, and half a
arachm of sugar; mix them, and let them
stand few days in glass bottle till the liquor
is fit for uSe then rub it on the hands and
face occasionally.
Year: 1860

1T is better to love person you cannot mar
ry than to marry person you cannot love.
This is short text for long sermon, which
human experience will continue to preach
"until the last syllable Of recorded time"
Year: 1860

Old Judge Jonah Jolcs pronounced upon
Elm Crunch this sentence: Elm Crunch stand
up and face the music. You are found guilty
Of suicide for stealing. Now, this court sen
tcnccS YOU to pay fine Of two Shillings, TO
shave your head with bagganet in the bar
racks and if you try to cave in the heads of
any of the jnry you'll catch thunder, that's ALL


Your fate will be warning to others, and, in
conclusion, Sheriff, bring nc a pint Of red eye;


I'm awful thirsty"
Year: 1860

Genteel it is to have soft hands, but not
genteel to work on lands.


GenteeI it is to lie abed, but not gen.
teel to earn Your bread


Genteel it is to erin Le and bow, but not
genteel to reap and NOW.


Gen:eel it is to play the fool, but not
ge tel to keep school.


Genteel it is to cheat your tailor, but
not genteel to be sailor.


Genteel it is to fight duel, but not
gtnteeI to cut your fuel.


Genteel it is to eat rich cake, but not
genteel to cook aud bake.


Genteel it is to have the blues, but not
gen'eel to wear thick shoes.


GeneeI it is to roll in wealth, but not
genteel to have good health.


Genteel it is to cut a friend, but not
genteel your clothes to mend.


Gentcel it is TO have show but not gen
teel poor folks to know.


Genteel it is to make a bet, but not
genteel to pay debt.


Genteel it is to play at dice, but not
genteel to take advice.


Genteel 1t is to curse and swear, but not
ge! tel plain clothes to wear


Ganieel it is to waste Your life, but not
genteel to love your WIFE
Year: 1860

Rs- Doesticks' graphically describes
billiards thus: Il need hardly tell you
that the game ofbiliarjs consists in punch
ing ivory balls about on big table, COW
ered with green cloth that looks like half
An acre Of meadow land with an India rub
Der fence around it; that the balls are
punched with long wooden ramrods, with
wax on the end to save the wood, and
leather put on to save the wax, and chalk
put on to keep the leather from wearing
out. You take your ramrod and put some
chalk on the little end then you lean over
the table; then you squint; then you lift
up your leg; then you fiddle little on
your left hand with your ramrod then
YOU punch your ball if your ball runs
against the other mans ball, you've done
big thing and you poke up a lot OF but
tons that are sttung on a wire This is all
there is of the game of billiards. Any body
can punch bil iarls-I can, and may be
you could"
Year: 1860

Ey~ BY the accident on the Railroad
running from Fall River to Boston, few
daye since, "A Mrs. pRIsKwATER had her
arm torn off. A fellow passenger says;


Z" Mrs. Drinkwater, who had her arm
torn of, was sitting near US at the time Of
the accident, and was thrown down. She
got up, after the train stopped, and was
leaving the car. when she said to her com
panion, | believe my arm is gone p Her
companion replied oh no, it is only
numb from a bruise,' A moment after
she said l. is gone, for cannot find my
hand Her companion removed some of
her clothing and found that the arm had
been taken of near the pocket of the
shoulder. It was afterwards found. under
the car, with glove still upon the hand"
Year: 1860

EE William Blue, a counterfeiter, con-
fined io Jail in Lafayette, Ind is starving
himself to death. His case IS hard one.
He had been repeatedly solicited to en-
gage in he purchase and circulation Of
bogus coin, and had "a often refused, until
in an evil hour, the scarcity of work and
the necessity OF providing for the wants of
his family for the winter induced him to
yield to temptation. Twenty four hours
after he had passed the first counterfeit
coin he was in Jail. His young and beau
tiful wife Ciings 10 him in distress. but
even her fearful opportunities cannot in
duce him to take sufficient nourishment to
keep him alive. lie is probably dead by
this time.
Year: 1860

TERarBLE LYNcHtyG AgFAis.-The Na-
varra (Toxa~) Erprrs Of the 5th, has e
following remarkable paragraph:


''On Thursday morning. the % inst,
four respectable citizens OF this county, all
members of our county court. were found
hung in the public square Of this town
Various are the conjectures as to the cause
Of this unfortunatS affair. We presume
however, that it is owing to the fact that
they were members Of the county court
In saying this, we must here enter our
declaration that we know Of no conduct
Of theirs which deserve such a severe
penalty. 1t is thought that the presence
Of the Chief Justice could have saved them
from such a fate. As We will hereafter
speak more Of this matter, We withhold
comment until further Developments shall
put US in possession Of all facts connected
with this melancholy affair."
Year: 1860

SOJ / IL SahOLlNa ulNlNU nChSONS'


We have rarely seen better illustration Of
the wisdom Of the advice given to Mcintosh,
when he was appointed to judgeship in In.
da to trust to his good sense in arriving at
decisions, but to be reticent in giving the rea.
sons for his decisions, than in the manifesto of
the South Carolina Convention, intended as
sort of Declaration of Independence, but which
bears about the same relation to the immortal
document signed by John Hancock, that pinch.
beck bears to pure gold.


The stress of this manifesto is the allegation,
that fifteen States (the actual enumeration
makes but fourteen) have deliberately refused
for gears 10 .fu!fl their constitutional obtiga-
honS,' in respect to the return Of fugitive
slaves; and that L" in none Of them has the
State Government complied Nth the stipulation
on this subject made in the Constitution"


Now the truth is it was solemnly adjudged
by the Supreme Court Of the United States in
Priggs case, eighteen years ago, that the States
are under no obligations" in the premises (;
that there are no stipulations about it with
which they have anything to do; and that the
duty of providing for the return of fugitves
from labor rests exclusively with Congress.


Nearly all the States enumerated in this
manifesto, have done nothing more than con-
form to the decision of that very tribunal, the
conservative character of which is affirmed in
another part of this same manifesto.


Equally unfortunate is the statement that
the free States have crowned their departure
from the views prevailing at the period Of the
formation of the Constitution, by permitting
colored persons to vote.


The truth is, there are not SO many free
States which now permit that, as there were
slave States which permitted it, at and after
the adoption of the Constitution.


And wherever it is allowed, it is no new
grievance, but an old fact, which South Caro-
lima has permitted to rest without objection for
an indefinite period, aud which she now brings
out, from the lack of better pretence for fore,
gone conclusion.
Year: 1860

esced in, as all signs indicate that it will not be-
would be no remedy. Why, then, should not
the South avail itself of the readiness Of the
North, not to intermeddle in their institutions,
but to assist them frstsrnally in removing from
the country such slaves as the Southern people
might themselves voluntarily emsncipstef


These viewA of Mr.. Morse, indicating large
and generous comprehension of the whole sub.
iect and certain to command public attention
when the passions Of the hour have subsidsd,
are now most opportune, in this, that they effect.
ually repel the suggestion that the free States
are Indifferent to the real interests Of the South,
or unwilling to contribute the means which may
be necessary to enable the South to reach a safe
and practical solution of the questions con
nected with their domestic institutions.
Year: 1860

The President and several members Of the
Cabinet, with others, were known to be in con.
sultation at the Department Of the Interior till
late hour on Saturday night and during the
greater portion of yesterday. The general i'm.
preston was, for while, that the consultation
had reference to the exciting political events
now occurring; but last evening we learned
that it related to heavy robbery Of State cou.
pom bonds, in the custody Of the Indian Blu.
reau, which was discovered on Saturday. These
bonds, we understand, belonged to the Indian
trust fund, and the amount missing is said to
be eight hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
The results Of the investigation have not been
made public but rumor says that it cannot be
ascertained how long the bonds have been
missing. Captain Goddard and the detective
police have been busy, but whether they have
yet struck scent is not known.


Since writing the above, we learn that the
clerk who had the iron safe containing the
bonds in charge has, by his own confession,
made to Secretary Thompson, on his return
from North Carolina, admitted the robbery.
From all that can be learned, tho transaction
was made without criminal intent on the
part of the clerk, but was for the benefit Of
third parties. The great confidence heretofore
reposed in the honor and strict integrity of the
accused makes the occurrence the more pain.
full. The secrecy with which the investigation
was conducted caused the greatest interest in
the whole city.


The name of the defaulting clerk is said to
be GODDARD Bailey.
Year: 1860

PRENTICE OF THE JouRsAL.-A preacher
went to the Sunday exercises at his church in
South Carolina the other day with blue cock.
ade on his shoulder, and big porker walked
through the streets Of Nashville about the same
time with one upon the end Of his tail The
latter badge was in the more appropriate
place.-Louispille Journal.
Year: 1860

Speaking of the resignation of Secretary Cass,
the Charleston Is. C.) Mercury makes use of the
following harsh language:


"For the hoary trickster and humbug, who
has Just retired from the Cabinet because war
is not made on South Carolina, we have only to
say, that his present imbeciity equals his past
treachery to this section. Had he been early
absent from the Presidents councils, his Ad
ministration might have been more success
ful y
Year: 1860

TIE DIGNITY OF LABOR. There are some persons in this world whose ideas of dignity are of the very lowest description. They despise, or at least affect to despise, manual labor, and they talk in somewhat scornfu manner of the operative mechan- ic, as if he were an inferior being, in comparison with the merchant and the lawyer. In the very highest sense, the operative mechanic, when an intelligent and honest man, stands as high in the scale of dignity as the weallhIest mer- chant, lawyer, banker or professional man to be found anywhere. There was a time when the mechanic was without an advocate in the paths of literature but those days are gone past forever, and the most eloquent writers of the age have given utterance to some of the finest sen timenls ever published on this subject. - The following from Ruskin, the most poetic writer on art that ever lived, are as truthful as they are beautifully expressed. In his StoaeS Of Venice, he says: We are always, in these days, endeavorlng to separate intellect from manual labor; we want one man to be always thinking, and another to be always working; and we call one a gentleman and the other an operative whereas, the workman ought often to be thinking, and the thinker often to be working, and both should be gentle men nfshe best sense. As it is, we make both ungenlle, the one envylng the other, despsing his brother, and the mass of so- ciety is made up of morbid thinkers and miserable workers Now t IS only by la Dor that thought can be made healthy and only by thought that labor can be made happy, and the two cannot be sepa' rated with impunity. It would be well Il all of us were handicraftmen of some kind, and the dishonor of manual iabo done away with altogether. "- Archilec S Mechanics Journal
Year: 1860

RELIEF or NEURALGIA. --- As this dreadful disease, says an exchange, IS be- coming more prevalent than formerly, and as doctors have found no method or medicine that will permanently cure it., we simply state that for some time past q member Of our family has suffered most intensely from it, and could find no sure relief from any remedy applied, until we saw an article that recommended the application of horse-radisb to the face for ,oothache. As neuralgia and the tootti- ache are both nervous diseases, we thought the remedy for the one would be likely to give relief to the other; so we made the application of horse-radish. bruised and applied to the side of the body where tue disease was seated. It gave almost in stant reliefto the severe attack ot neural- gia. Since then, we have applied t seser- aI times, and with the same gratifying result. The remedy is simple, cheap, and may be wAhin the reach of every one. - Exchange. aaes.sa