Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-03-18
GENERAL ITEMS.

The demoaliziug effect of this war terrible to content
plate. Even the editors have got to stealing paragraphs
from each other.
ANOTHER WEISkLE-The sex Of eggs. according to pa
per lately read by NJ Genia before the Academic dcs
Sciences he accurately determined All eggs having
germs of males have wrinkles the smaller ends while
the female eggs are smooth at both extremtes.
correspondent writes us that man in Grange County
charged the wife of soldier fifty cents for carrying pock
ct book ard letter to her from Goldsboroueh to Rock
Spring May the Lord hare mercy on his p4r miserable
stingy soul Such man is Of course extortiouer.
Martin F. Conway, of Kansas who made speech in the
federal Congress recently in favor of stopping the war has
been requested by the Legislature of that State to resign
VALUE OF PRoPERrY TExAs.-The total value of pro-
pery rendered in Texas for the State assessment in 1862
was, learn from the Texas Almanac tables $685.
OOo For the tax, the amount taxed about $751;
100000.
SUGaEsrIoN-The Charleston Courier " respectfully
proposes for the considerable of the Richmond press the
propety of prntng the Constitution of the Confederate
States easy instalments for the information of the
members Of the Confederate Congress members of the British
Parliament foreign editors and others who need inf,rma.
zion that subject" Some Of the editors at home would
derive profit from studying the instrument.
Upto the battle of Peyvile the number of widsws in
Georgia. made so by the war; sla This information
obtained through applications made for salt to the
C.mmissary General. The whole number is no doub.
5000, and Norh-Carona contains at least hst number
1t having been stated that Mrs Judge Douglas about
to be married again. she has written letter friend an
extract from which has found ts way into The papers, in
which she says: although live quietly, the world
determined to talk about have been disturb
ed by rumors that have been engaged hope you think
bnfn tn oil
to you without resentment" She is one widow in thou
sand.
gentleman started religious Journal having for
its motto: {" In the name of the Lord set up my Ban
About the second til rd NUMBER he concluded to
give the enterprise, and the waggsh foreman changed
the motto somewhat to this effect: In the name of
Lord, have upset my Banner" -
The following one verse of political hymn comI osed
by an.uncopmon genius out West: .--
"From Africa the negro came,
Arise! oh Congress bless Ls name; 49,.
Stand ap, good Lnvejoy, bless the day
The negro came from Africa
He is the object Of our love- ' .r
In him we live him move;
For him we preach for him we pray,
For him meet from day to day,
l. =. That colored cuss from Africa"
The Indianola. lately captured from the Yankees, is
about $50 tons brhen, draws about six feet water and
was built at Cincinnati a.cost Of SlOo 900 She wss
not blown up at first reported but is now being raised
and will be fit for service in ten fifteen days By The
blowing of the Cairo Yazoo River and
capture of the lndauola aud the Queen Of West the
my has lost three Of his most formidable iron clads
In Montgomery, a -four selling for SO per barrel
lard 81 pound, bacon 81 1c per pound beef so CENTS
pork In Atlanta, Ga. bacon is Is cents -four
sso per BARREL beef 80 to 40 cents These prices ars
eral throughout the States south of this. ~.