Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-02-03

lowing in relation to the army Of Northero Georgia
and the West: .E
Matters about Dalton remain monotonously still.
The army is comparatively comfortable, so far as
shelter is concerned but OF leather and socks
The Rome Courier kas had an interyiew with a
gentleman Just from lincoln county, Tenn, and
gathers from him the following items of news;
he saY1 Yankees are committing many de-
prefG generally leave every family
full ons for their Subsistence. The
Fed erfect stew in regard to their
trool ] of serviceis about to expire. 1t
is thought mat not more than fifty to the regiment
will re.enlist They say they are heartily sick of
Three negro regiments are garrisoaing Shelby,
vile.
The people Of Middle Tennessee are very hopeful,
and look to Forrest rs their liberator He got be-
tween three and four thousand recruits on bis re-
cent trip to West Tennessee. Thousands would
join him if he could but get into that section. ;.
Large numbers of men, under threats of confsca-
ton and exile have been forced to take tue hated
oath of allegiance to the Lincoln government; yet
at heart they true to the South and Will soact
sxhenever an opportunity is afforded.
Sherman, with some fifteen or twenty thousand
men,, Thought to be moving from Stephenson to
Huntsville,) was at Paint Rock Bridge, last week.
The supposed object is to scatter the Yankeesarmy
Tor the purpose OF obtaining subsistence.
All the Yankee cavallEt that had been at Hunts
vile had moved northwest towards Pulaski and
Columbia. =,
In the late "Social Science Association held in
E4inburg, at which Lord Bropgham and ether nota,
s:es assisted, paper On the eurosi.ies of Legis-
lation" was read by DR.. Barclay, Of Perth He
stated many curious blunders that had passed into
the statute book; as, for instance the Substitution
in one case of transportation for pecunlary penal.
ty, while the clause was retained zone half thereof
to the informer and the other half to the king !"
the provision in CLAUSE of bill that the pfiso-
.ers should occupy the old Jail till the new Was built
and in another that the stones of the old should be
used to build the new. There are many instances
Of startling emissions in statutes There Is one to
regulate the dye known as madden, but which was
found dead letter, because the word madder, the
eahjeet ef the eet not eFcr rueutiuned
There is one statute which provides that the
king officers may travel by sea from one place to
another within the land of ireland" tord Palmer
ston recently pointed out to the Commons an act Of
Parliament, which, in great anxiety to meet every
case provided for the possibility of Good Friday
happening to fall on Sunday. could tell his Lord
| ship that Parliament had NEST worthy precedent
IN the kirk session Of Highland parish, which, L
| prevent the dissertation of the Sabbath, in. thel
/ wisdom ordained that henceforth the Saturnaiia o
Scotland, Handsel Monday, should happen on tn
following Tuesday. -
SrHsIRLa.-We take up FROM our pile Of exchah
ges, which is small to day, six prominent newspa
.pers one sfter another, and find them all destitut
of what is called leading editorial artcle-Atlan
tG Register.
A very sensible omission, if pot too frequent
The old potion that every issue Of Caper must hay
"leadef" is ridiculous and extrassgant unless b,
'teaders' we intended complications acd mechanica
compends. No daily paper that does not employ 4
least half dozen writers In doors can be expects
to furnish good original leader every day, and tn
effort to do SO las only impaired and corrupted ed
toEial utterAnce and introduced much Of the sir
shod writing against space and +ime, and the exoa
sive exhibition Of adjective epithets and phrases
crcumi6cutiOn which have married the columns I
journalism. No matter how ably journal is ed
ted rs readers viii desire to see selections m Oh
er ieufuals. The smount Or qusntity Of edtori,
and apparently original matter u no test Of = iou
nal On the other hand, jearnaiism should be ssa
mated-hy the Quantity aud tone Of editorials, a
labor, and discrimination appreciation Of vMf
~ exhibited in SELECTIONS; and tho matter that
kept oat Much g the labor devoted 70 cpmpliu
l1oNlin repoFta I'D chr I'll M