Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-12-14

CoSeRRss In the Senate on the 5th Mr.. Ora
BAN, ef North Carolina, offered the following, which
was agreed to:
Resolped, That the committee on military af-
fairs be instructed to enquire whether the daily ra
''ons issued to tie men of the army is sufficient,
ID if not, whether any legislation is necessary in
egard thereto.
Reso1oed, That the committee ON finance he in
iructed to inquire into the expcdiency OF remtting
The penalties incurred by the delivery of tithes
OF bacon due on or prior to The first of March, 1854
upon the payment cf the 1.-THE actuay due"
On motion, by Mr.. Graham, consideration Of Sen.
ATE OIL to exempt the cirgnes of vessels owned by
the States Of the Confederacy from existing restric
tons upon exrorts aid imports, was further post
poned til, "Wednesday
In tiie S.na.e On The 9th, a bill was repnr ed from
the military committee to provide Tor the employ
ment Of free negroes and slaves to work forut-
cations and perform o:htr lano1s contacted with
the deences of the country. TIC bill mikes all
Tree negroes between lS and 50.iaa,e To duty and
authorizes the Secrctnry OF War to hire . impress
thirty thousand slaves between Is aid - East of
the Mississippi and ten thousand WeS..
A resolution reported from the same committee,
requiring the State Legislatures TO reduce their
nun6er OF exemptions was considered and re ejected.
In the House Mr. Leach Il NJ of North Caro-
lima, offered the following resolutions:
hes0tred, That the privilege Of the writ of h0-
beax corpus is of the great buwarkS Of freedom,
and that it ought rot to be suspended except in eA
treme cases where the public safety siperatively
demands 1t; thatth people of this Confederacy
united IN great struggle for liberty, and that no
ex!Sency exists justi(yinS lis suspension"
Before the resolution was considered Mr.. Russell,
OF Virginia, moved that the House 20 into Secret
session.
Mr.: Leach q. NJ demande,l the ayes and noes,
which being ordered resulted as follows: ayes 56,
noes 81
So the House went into secret session, and after
sometime spent therein adjournd.
DEATH OF EsQR FoUST.-We record with sadness
the death of Isaac H. Fuust, Esquire, of Randolph
county. MI: foust was most excellent man and
valuable citizen to his adopted county. He has
been quite useful public servant In Randolph,
having been for several years member of the
SPECIAL Court and once twice member of the
House of Commons HIS death will be much
morined and his loss not easily supplied as Mag
istra,e and citizen of the county. He had been
unwel Tor some time, and fears were entertained
by his friends, that he would not recover He hath
passed away early in life and ic tie midst of useful
ness, leaving an interesting family to mourn his
demise. Greensboro Patriot.
Fer the Standard.
Nix. EDITOR AS you are fr;crd to tic people
phase publish for their information " ahrt.r he old,
infirm, grey head.d men and widows sh.l wives of
ldiers, in the c,un'ry required by Law go to
Raleigh and other County tosns to list .hcir ll,hes
and pay their taxes.
Some of them, to perfor the tip, must travel
from thirty to forty miles through the cold, at this
inclement season ct the year. whic or Sl.1la off.
GERS are in their rooms luxuria.ins hy warm fires,
and some Of them, perhaps lrav'n; gp:'cn Il place
to keep out Of the army, keep oue OF the cold
also
I see in many counties of the State the assessors
are going around through the Counties and meet
Ing the people at the different precincts, thus gvmg
them an opportunity to pay without travelling so
far. The people sre loyal and willing 10 pay their
taxes but they think it hard task to have to travel
so far to have to pay them.
Very Respectfully r.
New Light Nov 2S1h 1864