Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-01-15
GENERAL NEWS.

eral Of the Brigade near Smithfsld, Va, recently
commanded BY Gen. Pemberton. he is said to b.
a good officer.
The whiskey sellers at Smith6eld, Va, having
been troublesome to the soldiers quartered near
there, Col. Pryor in command after useless temon.
stance, has had the whiskey barrels emptied
Capt G. W. Hays says the Western Caro.in;an
was at Franklin, N. c., . few days ago, addressed
the people and footed the bills contracted for by him
for the State The Captain will soon be at bis post
at Newbern.
RE-ARREsT OF PARsoN BRowNLow.-The Knox.
vile Register, of the 9th ult, says:
Brownlow was arrested and renanded to prison
6y Col Monsarrat Commandant of this post imme-
diately on his discharge by the civil authorities
CouNrERFEIrs Savannah Republican warns
the public against Confederate Treasury bills The
signatures of I. Elicit for Register and H. H. Good
loe, for Treasurer, were badly executed. The dis
covery was made at the State Bank Of Georgia. -
The Asheville Neos announces the death of Jas.
W. Patton, ESQ.,, of that place, on the 26th ut He
was one of the oldest and best citizens of that place.
HoGs.-The Ashville Neos speaks of Tennessee
hogs passing through that place for South Carolina
and thinks the fright about the scarcity Of bacon
will evaporate before Spring.
Mr.. Bsbee, 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 "a
vor OF regular and systematic exchange Of pris-
0ners.
The people of Fannn county, Texas are tanning
leather perectng it in three days, by process ac-
cidentally discovered.
large warehouse on the plantation of John
Wright, Esq, of Goldsboro', was burned on the
night OF the Sd inst, and nearly all its contents con-
sumed The house contained 40, 900 pounds of seed
cotton, upwards of $50 barrels of corn, rs bushels
OF peas and the farming utensils &c.
Gen. Wigfall, it is said, with Texan regiment,
crossed the Occoquan some days ago to reconnoitre
and meeting up with large body Of Federal soldiers
they scampered after the Bull Run sort before he
hred gun. About 20 guns, haversacks, knapsacka
&c, were left
Slaves continue to run off to the Yankees in Vir.
ginia, but when they get chance to leave they at
gust at Yankee freedom. .H
Much of the commissary stores collected at Nash.
VILE Tenn, were recently destroyed by fire. It is
said the Confederate government loss was about
$2,O00,000
The Examiner says that the Confederate govern
ment has secured 800 900 hogs for the army, which
with the beef packed, will be ample provision for
the army the ensuing year. If so, there is chance
for high prices Of pork to come down.
The Choctaw 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 Floyds brigade.
Gen. Henry A. Wise has been assigned to duty
on the Currituck N. G. coast, contiguous to Gen.
'Huger's command. He is on reconnoitering tour.
Mrs. Baxley of Baltimore was recently in Rich
mond and was returning home by way of Old Point
under a 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 2lst ult They passed forty-six bills,
among them one authorizing the banks to issue
small notes.
Secretary Chase said recently in reply to toast,
that the backest negro in South Carolina Is, in his
eyes, whittier than the whitest rebel
A petition from Ohio to appoint Fremont Lieu
tenant General of the Federal forces has been pre-
sented 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 pre- paid
The privilege is not extended to troops in the SER
vice Of the State.
The Legislative council of Kentucky has elected
Henry G. Burnett and W. E. Sumey as Confederate
Senators.
MISSIONARIES MURDERED. Information has been
received at Richmond, Va, of the murder of Rev.
Mr.. Holmes, of Virginia, Baptist missionary to
China, and the Rev. Mr.. Parker, an Episcopsl min
ister at Yeutai China in October last by the Chi
nese insurgents.
GENEnosIrY.-JAxEs HENRY HAMMOND, Of Red.
cliff, S. G., has distributed considerable quantity Of
salt to his INDECENT neighbors of Eige6eld, and has
also sold four or five hundred bushels to consumers,
at only forty cents bushel. -
Gen. Williams, Of Kars, is erecting forti6eations,
to command Detroit
The London Times is highly indignant at the
stone blockade and calls it an act of hostility to the
whole human race. -,
The English and French press criticize the late
message Of Lincoln severely. 49,
The Federal steamer reported at Newbcru to be
ashore on our coast off Cedar Island, turns out to
be British brig which got aground, but would get
off safely.
H The late Greensboro Times has changed is
name, and now appears under the name Of The
Way Of the World" 1t is published at Green's
boro.' BY Mr.. j. W. Albright at 81 per year, on 8
small sheet. =
THos H. TnLIseHAsr, Of Fayetteville is now
manufacturing envelopes, in quantity, well made
and cheap Mr.. PoMERoY has been making them
also, for several months past strong and dursble Of
drab paper sold at bis Bookstore, Fsystteville
street, Raleigh. 80 ~.
Hon. Alfred Ely, the lste Confederate prisoner,
seems delighted at his release, and acknowledges
that his treatment while in Richmond Was kind and
agreeable -.
PRoMorED.-Col. Edward johnson, Of Allegheny
Mountain fame has been promoted to Brigadier
General, and Capt James Dashler promoted 70 Col