Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-01-11
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GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWSs
1t is stated Col. Colsten, commandaht Of Vir-
ginia regiment has been appointed Brigadier Cen
eral of the Brigade near Smithfeld, Va, recently
commanded by Gen. Pemberton. He is said to be
good officer.
The whiskey sellers at Smithfeid, Va, having
been troublesome to the soldiers quartered near
there, Col Pryor in command after useless remon-
stance, has had the whiskey barrels emptied.
Capt 6. W. Hays, says the Western CarO1inianr
was at Franklin, N. c., few days ago, addressed
the people and footed the bills contracted for BY him
forthe State. The Captain will soon be at his post
at Newborn.
RE-4RRssr OF PARsoN BRowNLow.-The Knox
vile Register, of the 9th ult, says
Brownlow arrested apd retnanded to prison
by Col Monsarratl Gominaudant Of this post imme-
diately on his discharge by the civil authorities.
CoUNrERFEIrs.-The Savannah Republican warns
the public against Confederate Treasury bills. The
signatures of L. Elicit for Register and II. Il. Good
loe, for Treasurer were badly executed. The dis
covery was made at the State Bank of Georgia.
The Asheville- Neus announces the death of Jas
W. Patton Esq, of that place. on the 26th ult. He
of the oldest and best citizens of that place
Hoes-The Ashville Meas speaks of Tennessee
hogs passing through that place for South Carolina,
and thinks the fright about the scarcity Of bacon
will evaporate before Spring -t<~
Mr. Bisbee of Norfolk, Va, who was sent few
months ago with dispatches to Europe from our
government has returned home with dispatches for
President Davis.
Gen. Mcclellan is understood to have made the
most urgent representations to the President in ia
vor of regular and systematic exchange of pris-
onerS. o.. ..-.r -.... t-t-.. ran
The people of Fannin county Texas, are tanning
leather perectng It in three days, by process ac-
cidentally discovered. ....-......l
|. A large warehouse on the plantation of John
Wright ESQ.,, of Goldsboro', was burned on the
night Of the Sd nst and nearly all its contents con-
sumed. The house contained AZ, 900 pounds OF seed
cotton upwards of $50 barrels of corn, 70 bushels
of peas, and the farming utensils, &c. .ssEa
Gen. Wigfall, it is said, with Texan regiment,
crossed the Occoquan days ago to reconnoitre,
and meeting up with large body of Federal soldiers,
they scampered after the Bull Run sort, before he
fired gun. About 20 guns, haversaeks, khapsacks,
&C. were left.
Slaves continue to run off to the Yankees in Vir-
ginia, but when they get chance to leave they at
return to their masters and declare their dis
gust at Yankee freedom.
Much of the commissary stores collected at Nash
vile, Tenn, recently destroyed by fire. 1t is
said the Confederate government loss was about
| $4,000, 900.
The Examiner says that the Confederate govern
ment has secured 300,0O hogs for the army, which
with the beef packed, will be ample provision for
the army the ensuing year. II So there is chance
for high prices Of pork to come down.
The Ghoctaw nation, which has already ten regi-
ments in active service has rendered another to the
President who has ordered it to report for active
service IN Floyd's brigade.
The flag of trnce at Norfolk the other day brought
from Old Point lot of blankets for the Yankee pri
soners at New Orleans, directed as follows: Pri-
soners, Rebel government, New Orleans" Gen.
Huger very properly returned them for proper di-
rection.
Gen. Henry A. Wise has been assigned to duty
on the Currituck N. c. coast, contiguous to Gen.
Huger's command. He is on accommodating tour.
A Mrs. Baxley of Baltimore, was recently in Rich
mond and was returning home by way of Old Point
| under flag of truce when she was arrested after
leaving Old Point and sent to Washington City as
prisoner. ....-
The ladies of Louisville Winston county, Missis-
sippi, have spun wove, and mode up full suits for
the Winston Guards, now in Virginia.
The South Carolina Legislature adjourned sine
| die on the 2st ut They passed forty.six bills,
among them one authorizing the banks to issue
small notes. -, 49,. -. <. -
Secretary Chase said recently, in reply to toast
that the blacklist negro in South Carolina is in his
|, eyes, whittier than the whitest rebel. a.-.
A petition from Ohio to appoint Fremont Lieu
tenant General of the Federal forces has been pre-
scented in the Federal Senate.
The Postmaster General has decided that only
the letters of soldiers in the Confederate army can
be transmitted without the postage being prepaid
The privilege is not extended to troops in the
| vice of the State - ~
The Legislative council of Kentucky has elected
Henry G. Burnett and W. E. Sumey as Confederate
| Senator's