Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-10-26
Miscellaneous I,ers

buchanan and Lincoln. ofe, Pisrce
Miscellaneous Items
E, Inc h p term OF the Confederate D;,..:
i2r tne District of Pamlico will be be1d :; Court
" uoosooro On the Sd of November ne III The town
There is large Yankee feet renor,ss.
oezVousing IN Beaufort harbor 7, ~ " De ren. g.
meant for the apprehended attack IN w. " probably k
in that vicinity. 'lockade aeet q
IRE pren''G 1s says the more man lies the ve,h
Grows. TINS &c true we don't Suppose s'aser he
The celebrated horse thief Fry, sin nj, i'm Il
ingham, Richmond county. " jail In Rock
An old and experienced farmer insorm,
lotte Democrat that he keeps weeyilS o me Char
wheat oy sprlnkllns lime over it. vcr rs G o. his
A lady was asked to reveal the soo,o.
she always preserved the attention of he, in winch
u.s. said she, "by doing every thing h. husband.
nm ana bearing earn patiently every thing that p ass
Gen. Sherman is very truthfuIy descr;b.a 4
imam who has gaunt look ABOUT bimN.a ~; "a 8
got hungry when boy and never got over Il ns I
nervous man|heVer qulet-pulng his whist Z
or buttoning his coat or twisting strinn "a,skes
bling finger" s' VI rub
Trans Mississippi advices report tho .,,.
of yellow fever at Galveston, Texas Sppea,ance
sons have already died from it. 1t is thons a per-
some that there are few cases in Houston b..
physicians are unwilling to admit the fact 'ne
| Governor Saunders aud John A. Duff fc,n,
Lynchburg Pirginion,) who were taken of a
Rurbridge, have both returned to their hons Wy
Whether they escaped or were released We h,r.
not heard. W. HA'e
There are no Yankees now on Belle Isle-.,..,.
South, where they can be better fed than tbsr'
during winter. The Libby Is also clear all Of t,e '
inmates Excepting some one hundred and enS s
naval prisoners) having also been sent South IT,! s
Belle Isle prisoners numbered nearly seven ,ho"
sand, being all non commissioned officers and ny;
Yates. The Libby prisoners numbered six hundred
and odd commissioned officers Of all grades
The Department to which General Beaurepa,a
has just been assigned commences at Augusta snd
extends in an irregular line in southeastern d.
rection, including part of Florida, the whole Of
Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana 1t en-
braces, Of course, North Georgia and the arme,
commanded by Generals Taylor and Hood
Gen. Braxton Bragg has been ordered to VIII
nirston. lie will return to Richmond when The
emergency which calls him there is over.
The Republicans have gained new members Of
|
House Of the Legislature aud tied the Senate.
do you enjoy going to church now9" asked,
lady Of Mrs PartingtoD. "Law me, do" REPLIED
Mrs p "No:hing does me so much good as 10 e get
up early on Sunday morning, and 90 to church. and
hear popuous minister dispense with the gospel"
A scrub headed boy being brought up before the
court as witness, tire following colloouy ensued
Where do you live?' said the Judge.
"Live with mother"
"Where does your mother live?'
s6he lives with father"
"Wbere does he live"
"He lives with the old folks'
"Where do they live ~ says tbs Judge, getting
very rcd, as an audible smoker goes round the
room
"They live It home"
Where in thunder's their home 2" reared the
judge:
"That's where I'm FROM" says the boy, sticking
his tongue in corner of his cheek, and slowly clos
ing one eye on the Judge.
Here, Mr.. Constable" says the Court, {" TAKE
the witness out and tell him to travel he evidently
does no: understand the nature Of an oath"
) "You'd think different" says the boy, going
towards the doorway, "if was once to give You
cussint'
The GEORGIA CoxxEssrnsER-We have the mos
. positive assurance that G. 1t. Bavles sailed from
Burmuda in the brig Henrietta" direct for New
!, York, on the 18th Of August. Subsequent Halih,
papers announce his arrival at Washington as 9Th
3 Georgia Commissioner" Wonder if he put Sher
| man up to the idea Of having pow-wow will
: Gov Brown and Vice President Stephens Con
stits tionalist.
E Yankee papers state that Lincoln has put sui
stitute in the army.
We would advise him to put substitute in th
Presidential chair and go into the army himself
r Fremont withdrew from the Presidential can
e paign probably because he saw the campaign vi
Withdrawing from him.
Gen. Sherman began his campaign in Georg
with 81, 7s7 men and 2s4 guns.
The 80 days fnrloush given to the Georgia mil
y tia expired on the 9th inst. Gen Hood expresse
himself much pleased at their conduct in the s
f campaign.
|, Among those prominently named for the succe
sion to the Chief justceship Of the United Stat
are Elk. Secretary Chase, Secretary Stanton, Jud:
q Advocate Gen. Holt and Solicitor Whiting
t choice has yet been made
. Official documents from the War Office at Wasl
ingtor show that the Yankee government has Gale
into the field, from first to last three million
j. Of men They have, besides, some six hundred We
sells of war.
: Before Judge Halyburton, of the Confedera
. States Court, in Richmond, on "Wednesday las
. George N. Herring appeared under writ Of moe.
:. corpus, claiming exemption from military serve
\ because of beng constable Of Sampson couh!
- Sorth-Carolina, and was discharged from CUSTODY
{, Taeitus says that when you confer favor on /;
man, if it be of such magnitude that he car repay
he will be grateful for it but when it is SO gree
that he can never hope to make proper return, y
}. stead of considering it favor, he will bale "
j. for It,
j. The New York Hsrall of the 9Th inst ann, Wv.
d the arrival in Gotham Of the vsrtable T. DUE
o Ogien, refugee from the Conscript in K'cn~O"s
WAR HORSE FOR GENERAL SHERAAN.-Ine Ia,
N caster (Ohio) Gazette States that the ci'ilsns
Lancaster design presenting their clSsinsu h',s
q to.nsman, General Sherman, the celebrated nV o
t. "Bronze," now owned by Messrs REFER = hI w.
of that place, as all appropriate testimonial Of ss'
Of appreciation and regard Of the Generals scrvc' n
these citizens will have hard time getu's "
< stced to General Sherman just now.] :.