Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-10-25
Miscellaneous Items.

Tor the District of Pamlco will be held in the to.,r
oil GoldSooro' On the Sd of November next.
There is large Yankee feet reported to be rem.
deZVousIng in Beaufort harbor II &c nrobabi
meant for the apprehended attack on Wimingfo1
or the reinforcement of the Yankee blockade Act
In that vicinity.
Prentice says the more man lies the weaker bs
grows. If this he true we don't suppose tbs, bs
has the strength of straw
The celebrated horse thief Fry is in Jail in Rock,
ingham, Richmond county,
An old and experienced farmer informs tho Char
lotte Democrat that he keeps weeyils ont of bio
wheat by sprinkling lime over it. A very slight
sprinkling is sufficient
lady was asked to reveal the secret BY which
she always preserved the attention Of her husband
is" said she, "by doing every thing that peases
niul, ana bearing patiently every thing that does
not please him."
Gen. Sherman is very truthfully described as a
''maG who has gaunt look about him-as if he
got hungry when boy and never got over it A
nervous man-never quiet-pulling his whiskers
or buttonlng his coat, or twisting string or rub
bling finger"
Trans Mississippi advices report the appearance
OF yellow fever at Galveston, Texas. Several per-
sons have already died from it. 1t is thought by
some that there are a few in Houston but the
physicians are unwilling to admit the fact.
Governor Saunders and John A. Duff (says the
Lynchburg Pirginian) who were taken off by
Burbridge, have both returned to their homes.
Whether they escaped were released, we have
not heard
There are no Yankees now on Belle Isle-all sent
South, where they be better fed than there
during winter The Libby Is also clear, all of its
inmates excepting some hundred and fifty
naval priSonerS) having also been sent South. The
Belle Isle prisoners numbered nearly seven thou
sand, being all non commissioned officers and pri-
and odd commissioned officers of all grades.
The Department to which General Beauregard
! has just been assigned commences at Augusta, and
extends in ocular line in southeasterly d.
rection, including part of Florida the whole of
| Alabama Mississippi and East Louisiana 1t en-
braces, OF course, North Georgia and the armies
commanded by Generals Taylor and Hood
| Gen. Braxtor Bragg has been ordered to Will
hington. Lie will return to Richmond when the
! emergency which calls him there is over.
The Republicans have gained new members Of
| Congress in Indiana, carried a majority in the
House CT the Legislature and tied the Senate.
do you enjoy going to church now?" asked a
| lady Of Mrs. Darlington. Law me, do" REPLIED
Mrs P. Nothing does me so much good as TO get
| up early on Sunday morning, and go to church. and
hear popuous minister dispense with the gospel"
A scrub headed boy being brought up before the
court witness, the following colloquy ensued:
where 90 you live ~ said the Judge.
| Live with mother"
| "Where does your mother live"
"She lives with father"
| "WhcTc does he live" 4
! ale lives with the old folks"
"Where do they live ~ says the Judge, get
very red, as an audible smoker goes rouni
| ROOM
"They live t home"
Where in thunder's their home ?"
! Judge.
! That's where Tn FROM" says inc i
his tongue in corner of his cheek, and
ing one eye on the Judge.
Here, Mr.. Constable" says the Ooui
! the witness out and tell him to travel; he e7f
| does no: understand the nature of an oath"
You'd think different" says the bow, going
towards the doorway, "f l was once to give YOU q
! cussin!"
! The GEORGIA COMNISSIoNER-W have the most
positive assurance that 9. Il. BAYLOR sailed from
bufMUaa' IN the brig " Henrietta" direct for New
1ork' on ule I'm OF August. Subsequent Halifax
papers announce his arrival at Washinrton &C {. The
Georgia Commissioner" Wonder If he mt Sbo--
man up to the idea of having a pow-wow with
| Gov Brown aud Vice President Stephens Con
! Stitnti"nntist.
Yankee papers state that Lincoln has put SUBJ
i stitute in the army.
We would advise him to put a substitute in the
PRESIDENTIAL chair and 60 into the army himself
Fremont withdrew from the Presidential cam.
paign probably because he saw the campaign was
Withdrawing from him.
Gen. Sherman began his campaign in Georgia
! with 9S, 797 men and 284 guns.
The so days furlOugh giveu to the Georgia mill
| tia expired On the 9Th inst. Gen. Hood expressed
himself rs uIuch pleased their conduct in the late
! campaign.
Among those prominently named for the success
! sion to the Chief Usticeshp of the United States
are Elk. Secretary Chase. Secretary Stanton, Judge
10 Hole o,,A 81; Wh,f;1 NJ
! choice has yet been made.
Official documents from the War Office at Wash
ington show that the Yankee government has called
into the field, from first to last over three millions
of men. They have, besides, some six hundred ves-
sells OF war.
Before Judge Hslyburton, of the Confederate
| States Court, in Richmond, on Wednesday last,
George n. Herring appeared, under writ of habeas
| corpus, claiming exemption from military SERVICE
! because Of beng constable Of Sampson county,
! Nortb-Carona, and was discharged from custody.
Tacitus says that when you confer a favor on
man, if be of such magnitude that he car repay it.
he wIll be grateful for il but when it is so great
that he can never hope TO make proper return in
stead Of considering it favor, be will hate you
| for 1t.
| The New York HeraH of the 9Th inst announces
the arrival in Gotham of the verltable R. DOrsay.
! OSHen, refugee from the COnscript in Richmond.
WAR HORSE FOR GENERAL SHERMAN.-Tbe Lam
caster (Ohio) Gazette states that the citizens Of
! Lancaster design presenting their distinguished
| townsman, General Sherman the celebrated horse
Bronze" now owned by IesSrs. Reber & Kuntz,
of that place, an appropriate testimonial of their
appreciation and regard of tie Generals services
/ these ritIzens will have hard time getting the
seed to General Sherman just now.
The Yankee General Wilson represents that he
| burned more tuan one hundred miles in the Shen-
andoan Valley, IN pursuance Of Grants order.
MEETING CT CONGRESS Tine next or second ses-
sion of the second Confederate Congress will COM
mence iii the city Of Richmond On Monday, the 7th
! OF November.
"Hah! jim What you creeping softly after
! dat sOuirrel W hen oDr pnn lick IN ~