Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-02-01
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

bshop Elliott OF Georgia, has escaped from Sa.
Vannah, and arrived in Augusta.
1t is not generally know that the expenses of our
government IN caring for the Yankee prisoners, is
over $2OO, 700 day, or according to the estimates
OF MT. Trenholm, one-tenth of the daly:expenses of
the Confederacy.
The City Of Richmond has Eve Banks, four Rail-
road Depots, three large Hotels, fifteen Churches,
eleven Masonic Lodges, nine Odd Fellow Lodges,
and fourteen newspapers and periodicals, with a
prospect of the fifteenth
The following verse is not oten quoted yet it has
SO much power that it ought to be remembered
pebble in the streamlet scant
Has turned the course of many river,
dew drop on the baby plant
Has warped the giant oak forever.
Northern journals state that meeting of deser-
ters from the Federal army was recently held in
Canada, resulting in the forwarding of a petition,
asking that they might be received back into their
regiments. They number $1,000
Ihe friends and neighbors of It. Gen. EARLY have
purchased for presentation to him the celebrated
morse lar River, together with appropriate equip
ments The horse is valued at $4,000.
q. b. Lamar, at one time President Of the Bank
OF the Republic, in New York, subsequently Presi-
dent OF the Bank Of Commerce, in Savannah, and
one o. the largest cotton holders in tina: city, has
s@nSAA eO ootu W tIc ItuCOlu government.
Hon: John G.. Underwood, says the Washington
Chronicle has been elected United States Senator
from Virginia for six years. to fill the place of Hon.
John s. Carlile, whose term expires on the 4th of
March next
Much sensation is now caused in San Francisco
on account of the Chinese temple there. This is
the only christian city in the world where idola-
trous worship is openly carried on.
H.
menced the leasing of all abandoned cotton planta-
tions in South. Carolina within the Union lines
The Tax Commissioners are now at Hilton Head for
the purpose Of negotiating with lessees.
The passport system-similar to that which ob-
talns in Europe-has been adopted by the Yankee
government All traveers-except emigrants-
must have passports. The object is to prevent
raiding on the borders like that at St. Adams
The Gorgas Mining and Manufacturing Company
has been organized with subscribed capital stock
of one million OF dollars. The place of operations,
"Gorgas." is on Deep river, four miles above Lock-
vile, N. g.
Montreal telegram says: Porter6eld the agent
of the Confederate government, and now custodian
Of the money taken by the St. Albans raiders is to
be examined and it is probable the money taken by
the raiders will be given up to the proper authori
ties.
An EXCHANGE, speaking Of the ladies' bonnets,
says:
To day, right jauntily hat she wears
That.scarce affords shelter to her ears;
Tomorrow, haply searching long in vain,
You spy her features down Leghorn Lane!
An oil we'll has been sunk to the depth of 2, 600
feet at jackson, Michigan and it is proposed to
tnue it to the depth of 5000 feet if necessary, to
strike ola depth of 400 feet greater than any we'll
cnnk IN fhia continent
man with an inveterate habit of talking to him.
sell, when asked why, he said he had two reasons:
One he liked to talk to sensible man the other
he liked to hear a sensible man talk"
The Methodist Episcopal Church North, now has
81 Conferences Including those in foreign lands
and the German Conferences North. They report
927,310 members, being decrease Of about 1000
since last year.
The New York papers dwell upon the expensive
habits prevailing in that city-especally upon the
exquisite evening dresses worn by ladies-satins,
delicate lace robes, &C., &c. The shoddy aristoc
racy" is said to be in all its "glory."
There are now more than one hundred officers in
our army in active service with but one leg apiece.
Colonel Charles A. May, whose name was quite
famous during the Mexican war, died recently in
New York of disease of the heart. He native
of Washington, District of Columbia. and a
Lieutenant Of dragons in the Florida war.
The San Jose Mercury says the wife of Jose Cas-
tro, Of Nontery has given birth to thrty-sx chill
dren Ill of whom living together in that conn-
try.