Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-11-23
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Deserters have been committing depredations in
Western Carolina. There was quite a sevcra 6oh.
on the I'd inst in Watauga county between = me-. :"
o. aeserters, under one jim Hartley, and detacb.
ment OF Home Guards, under Maj. Bingham, Four
=. ~. ilo!ne uaard wounded, one MORALLY. Eight
u'Sef'efs reported Killed and several wounded.
oAerioS.-Our exchange papers furnish accounts
o. numerous accidents, chiefly to girls and bows
1Fom ,ncautIous msddlng with the Sorghum mills
case life lost Several accidents of crushed hands
anu myers have occurred in this county tn onera~
tors OF Sorghum mills. ." 'p''"'
The cucugo, small Mexican insert nrom;.os -
take position in the world position in lad;es,
nan luz an ornament. 1t is said to possess wonder
Jul quahues, beauty of color AMI lustre dazzlinv
even the diamond, and as varying in bright hues.
william Cullen Bryant is to be the recipient of
test'nonla IN the Century Club il New York nm
saturday evening, the 9Th Of Nov, upon the occa.
sion OF bis reachng the allotted span of vears for
nsn-t ,n' score and ten. Longfellow, Lowell.
nahs' whittier, Holmes and others have been in.
vited, and will be there ' '''D ILL.,
fiince Napoleon is tusily engaged writing q bis.
:o'y " 'ne h'naparte family. NJ. Theirs is prepar-
lrS IN edition of his speeches down to 1s51 r.
Emperor is said to be writing history of ,Inl;us
| Caesar " "o
| A.. 'ponoe"t "riung from the army requests
that publicity be given 70 the recent changes which
have been recently made in Kirklands and Martins
orisade. Ihe former is now known as ,"McRae's
orgade III Heth's division. The latter as "Kirk
lands brigade" in Hoke's division. The dfh 49d
5Oth and sOth North Carolina regiments are in KIRK
ianas; the ll'h, and 25th, 44th, 47tb, SD n. G.
regiments are in McRaes
Why is mans chin the most un,uckv mart IF
his body? Because it is constantly getting into
scrapes e''''e i"'e
ihE HUMAN PULsE.-The human has in every are
oeeh consulted as an index of health or disease 9
Inc pulse OF person in health beats about seventy
uii'es minute, and the ordinary term of life is
seventy years. Stimulating liquors. or food
;".ur .htemperately crowd the natural pulsation
INTO nalf the'r period of years. CONSEQUENTLY life h.
comes extinct tforty or forty Eve when temperate
haolfs would have extended it to a much greater
period. s' e's"'e'
Inc GREAT Exhibition building of 1852. in HYDE
fash London, Is III process of demolition, Charges
OF powder, fired by an electric machine, are used to
destroy it. ''N :"
luz largest single payment ever made an author
vas the caecs for 900 paid 10y the Longmans
u Macauiay, tor the Sd anG 4h volumes of his His
tory of England. '''~' '''' A'''-
ueh. sheridan, in the course of his recent cam.
palgn IN the alley, had five of his staff officers
Killed or wounded.
Jenny, my darlint jis' guess how many cheese
n h, IS IN THIS ere bag an faith IN give you the
why, five to be sure
Arrah, be my soul bad luck to the man that
told ye' '''&'' ''"'
The Montgomery Adoertiser produce strong ar
tcie III opposition to the employment of negro sol.
diers. e'0 0os'
The line held BY Gen. Grant during his late a..
tempt on ol:r right and left TANKS was twenty seven
miles long. ''''"
IHs New SrArE.-The New York HeraH cor.
talns maps OF the new State" Nevada, which is
styled the thirty sixth starr of the American
onoh IL is situated on the Pacific, north of
California and northwest of Utah. and has three
votes IN the Electoral College-al of them for Lin
coin, Of course
A cell for Convention of Dentists Of the confed.
erscy has been issued. They are to meet at An.
gusta Nov. 2sth. ~ 1A17
LOST FokEvER-An old paper gives the following
item, which We hope uay operate as a caution to
others 10 guard a5linst similar losses
Lost, the other DAY, somewhere between sunrise !
ana sunset, Two golden hours each set with s,xfv
diamond minutes. Noreward is offered, for thew
are gone forever"
Socssa blacksmith being asked the meaning of
metaphysics, explained as follows: when par
" mat 'stens dsna ken what the party who speaks
means, ana the party who speaks ,dsna ken what
he means hi'n,eif-Ghas is METAPHYSICS"
QuASpAkl-A baker with both hands in the !
dough up to his elbows, and iea in the ley of his
trowse:s
,,, a fn''sG tKIGAplEH Without the prestige of a
w eS. lo'ht EDUCATION, but by sheer dnt OF merit
William johnson peeram has risen from the ranks
at Inc age OF twenty three, to the position of Brig
't'snera' in the Provisional Army of the Con.
fedcrats States.
They .''k in Pari, Of estab'ishinga Biblical the.
atrc, where will be played only pccs, dramatized
from tho incidents nfthc Old Testament French
paper thinks that Solomon and his thsee hundred
wives would furnish an excellent subject
There was slight sprinkle of snow in Danv;,,e
on Sunday before last. '''''
Lovers kneel to their mistresses bpt o,,1 o..
hnntsmen knce!-to bring down their prev more
surely. '-'''e
None 60 to heaven but those who have taste
for it on earth.
That which other folks can do,
Why, with patience, NAV not your
FEDERAL authorities have forwarded to the Con.
ieaerates complete list of all the rebel prisoners
now IN their hands. and blank books have heen f,r
warded to the South to receive thu mama. If oil ~
Unen prisoners. Oh W.
stewert the.New York dry goods dealer, is build.
ing Misunderstanding, 81 by IA feet. on the s;te
OF the late Safsapariila Townsends mansion. Fiftv
Avenue, but whether as gallery of art Or a private
residence does not yet appear. Itshas already cost
$sooooo, and there is much speculation in regard
to its USE If 1t becomes private residence $50
guests. with modetate crinolines can be accommo.
dated at one time on the drawing floor.
ANEcDorE. Friend Franklin" said Elijah Tate
celebrated Quaker Lawyer d PhiIadeiphia one ous
a ta "snee knows, almost every thing can thee
back yard my neighbors are often tann,nn = oe
nights, !" Put barrel of Old Madeira by the side
OF 1t. replied the Doctor: let them aat h.t