Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-01
Miscellaneous Items.

The peaee CU,Tentou at Cincinnati adjourned
without g;akinksany nominations.
The Herald says Staunton is in favor OF demand
inug from the British Government the surreadfrci
Jacob Thompson of Mississippi, itarner Secretary
of the Inerior) the instigator of the raid oE c
Adams, VT
Brig Gen. ]. G. Ma?.ln has been ordered to
make his headquarters G. Salisbury, and will re-
move in day or two.
An Assistant SURGEON says, that what water Is to
a wound in inAlned stat, coal Gil is N Il sap
purating state-it 1spciS flies, eEpels Termtn,
sweetens the wound and prollOtes healthy gran
ulation. He states that he has seen two patients
whose wounds have been dressed with it, asleep be-
fore he was through with the third If it serves to
keep away fies it will add materially 10 the COM
fort Of the wounded as well as their cure.
The North Caroiinan Volunteer Navy Company
will meet in Raleigh on the second Thursday in
November. Stockholders are requested to attend
either in person or by proxy. Humbug
young man in conversation one evening
CHANGED to remark, I" l am no prophet" "Irue,
replied lady present. profit to yourself or any
one else"
About twenty-five of the prisoners who escaped
from Danville have been captured. Sixty nine
escaped in all, only one of whom was negro. A
number of negroes who were working with the
same party, made no effort to get away.
BEEs-A swarm Of bees in their natural state
contains from ten to twenty thousand inseSts while
in hves-they number from thirty to forty thousand
In SCARE foet of honey comb there are about nine
thousand cells. queen bee lays her eggs for fifty
or sixty consecutive days, laying about five hundred
daily. 1t takes three days to hatch each egg. In
| one season single queen bee matches about one
hundred thousand lees. 1t takes five thousand bees
| to weigh pound.
The cars on the East Tennessee and Virginia rail-
| road are now running regularly from Bristol to
JonesbOro', three times week.
Gov Bradford, of Maryland, it is said, considers
that there Is no doubt that the free constitution of
| that State has been adopted, and the Baltimore
| Councils have proceeded to divide that city into
Senatorial districts, as directed by the new instru-
Inent.
The conference of British North American pro-
vncia delegates in session at Quebec, have de-
cided that the members of the new Legislative
| Council of their proposed new confederacy shall
be selected by the Legislative Councils of the
al Provinces instead of being elected by the people
! direct.
Do right, though you have enemies. You can
| not escape them by doing wrong, and it is little
gain to barter away your honor and integrity, and
diVeSt yourself of moral courage, to gain what
Nothing. Better abide by the truth-frown down
all opposition, and rejoice in the feeling which must
inspire free and independent man.
Be DmIGENT.-Industry is never unfruitful Ac-
| ton keeps tine soul both sweet and sound while
! sothfulness rots it to noisomeness. There is a
kind OF good angel waiting upon diligence, always
carrying laurel to crown life whereas, idlanesS
| for her reward is ever attended with shame and
| poverty.
WHAT are another's faults to me2
| I'm not yuiGuTeS bill
! To peck at every Ilaw see
And make 1t wider still.
1t is enough for me to know
I've locs of my own,
And on my heart my care beStow,
And let my friend alone.
CURIOSITY OF TIE FIsIoN.-It has been found,
While hiring at the r1rNinS ynar.targat 81 WiEhle-
don England, winch is scarlet on one side and grey
on the other, that the scarlet dazzleS the eye and
Is hen"" tc rSt GitiiCul 10 LIT from leaving red
streak behind it, which unsettIes the aim The
grey SIDE was struck II tines and tue red only AZ
times 1t Is curious fact, too, that men with grey
! eyes shoot better than those with eyes Of other
! -,ioyS
There is class OF good wcmea%ho have no right
! 10 marry perfectly good men, for they have the
power OK saving those who would 90 to ruin bu.
for the guiding providence of good wife.
| Inc AUTUMN Of AGE-The damps of Autumn
SINK into tie leaves, and prepare them for the go
ceSSlty ftiIr ~ and thus, inseusibly are we as
years close arcUDG us, detached from our tenscty
20 lille by the gentle pressure of recorded sorrow
mountain is made up of atoms, and friendship
OF little matters, and if the atoms hold not together
4
! YAEREE "uosPrTAL FARs..-It seems the Yam.
| KEGS have hospital farm near Newbern From
TINS farm has been issued to the troops since July
LIST $4,000 watermelons, 1000 canteopes, 200 bar
reS OF corn 100 barrels Of tomatoes besides large
4uaii'ity Oh potatoes, onions, peas beans, cucum
Butler has released the Virginia Reserves who
/ were placed to work on the Dutch Gan Canal
| Hon. Robert c. Winthrop, of Boston. is spokcn
OF connection with the Democratic nomination for
! Congressman in the Sd district of Massachusetts
now represented by Mr. Rice, (Union)
| Col Thos. II. Seymour, of Connecticut, has at
iast taken the stu mp for Mcclellan and Pendleton
| Col seymour is thorough peace nan.
Eighteen ministers of the Gospel were elected to
the heglsiat uTe IN the late election in Vermont
MaSsa, ole OBJ your oxen's dead-todder too. I
was fraid to tell you of 'em bofe at once 'fraid Won
couldt bo.e it." =
An English company is in charge at present, of
the projected railroad between Mexico and Vera
Cruz 1T is believed that the railroad will be fin.
lShed Ill the course Of four years.
In Richmond, on Thursday last, six little school
| girls were made suddenly i'll from eating cakes
! which had been prepared for their snacks Phys-
clans were called in and the symptoms under which
the NIUE ones were suffering, led TO the conclusion
that they were poisoned, which was confirmed by
! an examination of the cakes of which they had
! partakea. Amanda slave belonging to Mr. Clarke
| VI tiLO LItIS SiTlS, was arrested,
charged with the diabolical deei and a negro man
was "iSo taken into custody, an accessory. The
! poison used was prussic acid, bottle containing
what vas left of it being found in the kitchen.
Gen. Page, late co;amandant of Fort Ne ryan, has
been tried by court martial of New Orleans, and
! eXOnerated - @~'
! T. D Orsev Ogden, the theatrical ha6etrs corpus
| man of RichFdond, who ran away week or two
| siGee, was captured in King George County, a few
| days ago, and taken to Richmond On his arrival
ne was deposited in Castle Thunder, until court
martial disposes Of him.