The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-04-04
GENERAL ITEMS.

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Post Master Appointea. Mr. N. r. Boyer
has been appointed Post Master at etatesville, n
G., and entered upon the discharge Of his du-
ties.
Casualty.-AM Mr.. Trafton Of Camden County,
was accidentally cut in the abdomen, by Mr.. VIM
Il. Weatherly, with knife, one day last week,
and died of the wound two days after. s'
Edgar Ballard, of th-Carolina, got on .
frolic in Baltimore, and had four hundred dollars
stolen from him. 3. /. &
The former collector of customs at Newbern,
N. c., in reply to an invitation to return to the
government the amount of money he had on
hand when that State seeded, replies that the
money was deposited BY him at the time with the
depositary at Wilmington, and incloses his re-
ceipt for the amount, 81, 0s5. The funds were af-
forwards confscated by the rebel government
The reply does not satisfy Commissioner Sargent,
who has directed proceedings to be instituted for
the recovery Of the money. Similar proceedings,
tits stated, viii at once be commenced against all
public officers in the South whoat the commence
ment of the rebellion had government funds in
their possession, and failed to return them to the
Treasury. - Wilmington Dispatch.
Death of W.. C. Loftin.-The Newben
Times ofthe2sth says: Among the entdeaths
by the pestience here, we lave to note that of w.
G. Loftin, Esq, gentleman well known in this
community, and formerly collector of the port.
He died on Monday night at his residence, upper
end Of Broad street. Hewas about fifty five years
of age" K.
Are Mail Carriers Officers 1--WE were,
perhaps, not sufficient clear in our answer to an
enquiry of the Charlotte Democrat, last week, in
regard to mail carriers and contractors being re-
quired to take the ''test OATH" AS stated by us
last week. contractors and mail carriers under the
Confederacy, are not considered officers in the
light that would include them in any of TIE excep
tons to amnesty granted in, the Presidents pro-
clamation, and consequently not required to have
Especial pardon, but they are required to take
the test oath on being appointed to any position
under the Federal government, just as any other
person would be. All persons holding positions
of trust under the Federal government, whether
contractors, mail carriers, or any other appoint
ment, in the States engaged in the rebellion, are
required to take the test oath before they can en-
Ter upon the discharge Of duty. This we under
rtand to be the law and the decision thereon by
ne Attorney General in regard to this matter
Distressing Casualty.-A son of Mr. J. J.
Wallace, Of Harnett County, was caught under a
alling tree, felled by his father, last week, by
which his skull was broken SO that it is thought
e cannot live.
Pardoned.-The Washington papers state
aat HON W. N Edwards of North Carolina, has
cen pardoned by the President. Mr.. Edwards
;as President of the Convention of 1851, which
ook the State out of the Union.
Caught a Whale.-The Smithvillc people
ave recently captured whale in the mouth of
ne Cape Fear, below Wilmington, measuring
tysix feet in length, seventeen feet deep, and
ight feet in thickness. A good-sized fish, that.
Board of Trade.-We see by the Times that
.eps have been taken in Newbern to organize a
board of trade in that City.
The publication of the Wilmington Herald
as been suspended.
Bound Over.-Capt. Ireland, commander of
The Jenny Lind, who was put under arrest Satur-
day by Marshal Kehoe, on charge of smuggling,
has, we understand, given bail in the sum of three
thousand dollars, to appear before his Honor the
District Judge, at the next sitting of the Federal
Court at this placc.-New5ern Times
The Circus.-The Richmond correspondent
of the Petersburg Express says:
at is confidently asserted that Mr.. Dan Cas-
tellO's circus carried ten thousand dollars away from
this City, and that he is so well pleased with the
patronage bestowed upon him and his moral ex-
hibition that he intends to erect circus building
and spend large portion of his time with us.'
Wonder if the good people of Richmond re
ceived qaid pro quoS