Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-01-11
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Gen. Quarles, who was reported mo,..r
ed in the battle Of Franklin, will probaIlvy wound
He lost his right arp. "''y recover.
1t is said that in Memphis there ;,
possesses an estate worth $4,000. H. negro who
longs to his wife. A' negro be.
Capt John ", Hinsdale, Assistant Ad7tc
on 1en holmes stan; has been elected Goo saeF'l
tne 80 Regiment OF Reserves. This resim NOae Of
formed at Goldsboro, out Of the 4th ~ neht Vas
Battalions Reserves. The FOLLOWING .r vi ami 9th
officers: Colonel, John W. Hnsdsie. -; Inc ted
onel, W. Foster French Major, A. B. E nieus COL
Hon. Erastus Fairbanks, ex. Governor NJ "
mont VINO dled few days since, was a no NJ ssr'
but invented the celebrated Platform Poof boy
bear his name, and made his fortune fror" Which
Col. Michael Bulger is candidate for r..
OF Alabama. The present executive CIV 9owvernOr
is not candidate for reelection. watt,
Artemus Ward defines war to he b.,a
the soldiers and hard taxes for the citizens ''A Tor
A Peruvian steamer has explored tba
and demonstrated the fact that this grand amazon
is navigable within about one hundred m;Ioa nsWay
Pacific coast A direct route is thus ons. :" The
tween the eastern coast and the Republic y. D..
The cost of the Atlantic cable. now ,,..,
ing; will be 100000. 1t will be heavier " ,baS
old one. 'naa the
Some kind friend of an editor has pivan H.
riding whip. He iatimates that nothing hu, vi. a .
die, bride and horse, and the use of barn s sN
fodder, is wanted to make his turnout and hs an sna
piness complete. A'S nap
Mercy and peace may be 'tkissinp each oth,.,.
some more heavenly habitation, certainly mt I'm
Without confidence Friendship is but mooh,.
and social intercourse sort of war in disguise
! Some writer says that "eiildren are ,,,,,,,,
mile stones along the road of life" That m,n Ie
all very NICE but we want to know how to oS. 70
when we come TO twins. =" 00uas
London is now connected with Jerusalem -,
Sdon by telegraph. ono
Eve, according to Milton, kept silence in Eden ;,
hear her husband talk. There have been m Ens "
since. ''''
Forget injuries and remember benefits II ~.
grant favor, forget it; if you receive one rem sa
Der it. ''''un'
A French author says
when l lost my wife, every family in town =,
Tered me another; but when lost nv horse ".
one offered to make him good" ~
! 1t is estimated by statistical writer that IL,
combined annual product Of the gold and silver
mines, and the petroleum springs and wells of tts
United States will average about one hundred mil
lions of dollars per annum for quarter of can.
fury to come and, perhsps, for much longer DE-.
Rod
I'm New Zealand, whegthe marriage ceremony
takes place. it is customary to knock the heads d
the bride and bridegroom together, previous to
the union"
In these parts the parties % not get at loggerheas
until after the knot is tied.
A copper statue of Baddha seven feet in height
which was discovered while excavating for rail.
way in India has just reached Birmingham This
statue is said, BY antiQuarians to be $500 year,
! old. ~
Thackeray IS to have bust in Westminster Ab
hey among the great men Of England 1t is to b
placed close by the efigy Of Addison.
Gen. Ransom has been relieved of the comman{
at Charleston on account of ill health, and Genera
Taliaferro succeeds him.
There was thunder storm at Charleston o.
Thursday, December 29th.
Thomas Sims, the fugitive slave about vheI
there was suca pow.wow in Boston ten years agC
is now recruiting agent COR negro troops in Nash
vile.
The Herald is very giam over the Yankee failur
to take Wilmington, and implies that Butler is
prodigieus military humbug. Butler has returne
tprobsbly IN dlsgrace( to the command Of the al
). my of the James,"
An extraordinary number of applications E
passes to 60 to Savannah were refused at the WI
Department in Washington, on the sOth. Anon
them was that of Judge Wayne, Of the Supren
Court His and his wife's property are in SaVa
nah and its neighborhood