Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-01-04

FayetteVhiei semtannuai- dividend OF per cent
The Bank OF Clarendon, 5 per cent.
The Bank Of Charlotte, also a difTadsadf o. q per-
The bank d ssf8ssbs Per ss s5. :, =,
Ms, jackson, The Eife,ef the marty X mtirdered1
BY Esworth's Zouaves while defending the fiago fe
his country in Alexahdria rs now resident Of.
= Charlottesville ,, sE
DEATn ~ F&RE.-The Fayetteville O6sercerc
states that Miss Sarah E. Goodman, daughter of Mr..
Goodmanof that place. aged Cl8 was shoekdhglyS
burned on Christmas morning and died the same,
nighto She was DRESSED to 60 to Church, Sid vas
standing before The fire when her clothes capghkgny
The Legislature of Texas, now IN session. has an!
der consideration propositioa' q make Il
Gent cause of divorce if the husbsd belongs 70 the
Yankee army or navy ,ss. .rv'z-'-D - 'sr.s,.s ~
: Co4sr DErExcEs.-The Washington bsistatcSs.ss
mentions the arrival there of Gen. Branch, Who'll
very busly engaged in attending to the interests Of
r this part of his brigade"
line of telegraph Is to De laid from Nv ashington
to Fortress Monroe, and possibly from that point toIo
Hatteras, Port RoyaL and points further South. ,.
% The gas-works of Mr.. Fries of Salem, caught ON
fire On Saturday the ut and OF the houses
destroyed. = @ -.-.,. .--.-s .
Ills reported in New York that sewers engages
ment had taken place between the United States
steamer Iroquois and the Confederate steamer Sum-
H"N
Capt Asa George of Charlotte, has Invented a L
rs times.a minute! The inventor is poor man =
. and unable to have the gun thoroughly tested. We
shall need just such instruments to fight the Yans
KEGS with, when We get our pluck fully upe Leeit
be tried. ..-.-.i ...rs7 = zns s~'s'- a,T-aJ ~
General Wool has written to his Government al
Washing ton demanding that some immediate steps =.
be taken with regard to the negroes now at Old -
Point He represents that he sees great deal of <,
trouble with them and states that they are contin,
ually wrangling and fighting with his men. Ia
\ We see it stated in the papers that Halifax al
Nova Scotia paper some one else, asserts posi-
lively that Messrs. R. NJ. T. Hunter of Virginia, ~
and R. j. Breckinridge of Kentucky, left that place sc
in British steamer, having been appointed Enjoys =,
of the Southern Conederacy to England and France ~
in place of Messrs. Mason and Slidell We do not
believe it. ...- .-- tsrA 80
We learn from the Louisville Courier that there -,
ten thousand Abolition Yankee soldiers sick and
now in the hospitals at Louisville, and also large
numbers in camp between Louisville and Nolin. -
The sickness is of fatal character, and they -
dying by hundreds. Such is the just fate of those
who have attempted to enslave free and happy
people like those of Kentucky. -. ss. -'.7l "a
General Stuarts official report of the battle ofs
Drainsvile states that he lost 43 killed, 143 wound
I ed, and missing. ..-..,s
Homicides have become every day occurrence
in Washington City. Hardly day passes that
two or three murders do not take place. --- ..---
Dr. Thomas E. Bond, of Baltimore, late editor Of
the Baltimore Christian Adtocate, and an ardent
friend of the South, recently died in that city
The Delta says that the Banks of New Orleans
have agreed to lend the State of Louisiana
at the rate of eight per cent interest, to enable tito
pay the Confederate tax and meet its own heavy .s-
obligations. .... ..... D.. s-.s-. 4 =
Messrs Blake, Reilly and Israel, Methodist min :
listers of the Baltimore Conference, have been
Gently arrested by the Lincoln despotsm, and sent
to one of the bastiles. ,,...: ..vsa.g
Pork is worth only five dollars gross, at Prestons-
burg Va. and corn thirty cents per bushel. These
articles are still cheaper in the interior.
The Wilmington Journal wonders why General
Gatn has not been appointed Major General
we'll others. The General is native of the old
| North State, and perhaps old Union man,
! and had no hand in bringing on the war. If so,
that's enough. F e.. -. 3 -
The intrepid Vallandigham, of the Lincoln Con-
gress tried to make the friends of Lincoln endorse
the capture of Mason and Sdel after the news FROM
England arrived, by the adoption of strong resolu
tions, but they backed and referred them COM.
mittee to sleep Valandgham wants to end this
unrighteous war, and he thought the quickest way.
! was to embroil Lincoln with England - q '''An
! The English papers ridicule the braggadocid Of
the Yankees severely account of the naetion of
| the "Grand Army" around Washington for some !.
months 1hey hlSge at The Idea OF calllng McClelFs
Ian second Napoleon So
The notorious Bennett, of the New York Herdd,
who ready to fight England at first, nowigho-
miniousy joins the Tribune, Times, and other abo-
ltion journals in thinking it best to comply with
the demand of England now, and settle the matter
with her after they whip the South. When will
that be? -...-- .H.sE -
The withdrawal of our troops from Western Fir-
ginia, leaves that section much exposed to Yankee
depreciation. Several persons beyond Staunton. Va,
have lost much stock &C., recently by the Yankee
thieves. portion Of our troops will be Teton the
! Alleghanies and about Stauuton.
Gen. Floyd has left with portion Of his COM
mand to join Gen. Johnston's line in Kentucky,-
His command is said to be of the most efficient
and well organized body of troops in the Confed-
! crazy. ..... = i
Hon. Francis E. Rives, of Petersburg, Va, died
! in that city on the Goth s's
REIMBURSEMENT OF TRooPs--We feel perfectly
justified in saying from information in our posses
sion, that fully seveneghths of the Virginia troops
| in service will re-enlist when their present
terms expire-Riehnnond Dispatch. =, - -.