Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-11-13
The Latest Newr.

The Northern mail brought no intelliesnts be.
yond Weldon Many rumors are aHoat torcting
the. burning Of Charleston, and the possassion Of
Beaufort s. g. By the enemy, hut the following we
gather from the last Charlotte Daily Bulletin as the
latest received BY telegraph:
Dispatches from Pocotaligo, S. c., state that Port
Royal and Broad River are in possession OF the
enemy. Everybody had left Beaufort, and'ths ene-
MY was expected to land there last Friday: The
reported shelfingand burning of Beaufort was not ]
true Our troops under Gems. Dfay,on and Dthni
want made good their retreat to Bfufftou, Which
place our forces will burn if attacked. A large
amount Of cotton made on Beaufort Island and Vi
cinity, it is said has fallen into the hands Of the
enemy. The reported killing Of Gen: Dfaytoh's
aid and the wounding of Gen. Draytoh, are Untrue.
The Hessisns fred into our hospital with the yell
low Gag floating over it Our killed and wounded
only amounted to thirty or forty.
The enemy will scarcely attempt a further ad.
vance at present The railroad at Pocotaligo is
supposed to be liable to attack ard so are Savatnah
and Charleston
Further accounts from Columbus, KY, state that
Gen. Grant has sent flag of truce to Columbus, to
exchange prisoners, which Gen. Polk had refused
on account Of the insulting nature Of tile proposal.
The enemy acknowledge loss of 800. III Killed,
wounded and missing at the battle of Belmont
The Memphis troops suffered severely. That place
is said to be in mourning and the wounded were
expected there on the 10TH Gen. Grant Of course
was not killed. The Federal gun.boats are badly
damaged by our batteries. Our loss was between
200 or 800. The timely arrival of Gen: Polk, with
his troops, saved the hattie.
The late storm severe the Northern coast
and the shipping much damaged.
The Legislature of Missouri at Neosho passed an
ordinance of secession on the 2sth ult A battle
was expected between Fremont and Gen. Price and
McCuloch daily.
~ The Milton Chronicle, after noticing the
appointment of Capt. Thomas Ruffin as a Judge,
and his fine legal attanments for one of his age,
says:
"When there is another Judge to he appointed
beg leave to call the attention of the appointing
powers to the names of couple of gentlemen of
pre-eminenty high legal requirements and fitted by
nature for the bench. They are the Hon. E. &.
Reade, of Roxborough and NJ. McGehee, Esq, of
this town. We do not know that either of them
would accept Judgeship if rendered to them, but
we do know the State could ferret out two ADLER
men, or men better qualified by high moral char
acter and natural disposition"
We agree with the Chronicle, but feel bound to
add that there is no probability that such men as
Reade and McGehee will be called to the bench.
They arc not old secession partizans as Capt Rufin
was. The rule now Is, brother Chronicle, that no
is fit for office who did not either prefer to dis
solve the Union or labor to do it, before the procla
nation of Lincoln in April last. Such as
Brown and Graham are denied the compliment even
of being voted for for the office Of Elector; and
such men as Reade, and McGehee and Settle, and
Dick, and others who might be named, prescribed
by the same combination of old secession partizans.
The Junior Editor of the Chronicle, for example
ayoung man of education and characters serving
ase high private in the Milton Blues, while mere
! stripllngs, without education or military knowledge,
are holding Leutenances and other positions equal
or superior in rank in the State troops, to which
they appointed account of family, social or
party claims. Old Union men make excellent sol.
oiers, but they hardly ever selected for offices OF
any kind unless in those regiments in which the
men choose their own officers.
But there is good time coming The old Union
men will bear all this patiently for the sake of their
country and they will fight the battles of the South
on foot though the heat of the battle should mel,
the buttons their coats, and the blood should
even unto the saddlc-skirts Of those who ride or
horseback but there is a day coming when for all
this cruel injustice towards them, and for all
this neglect Of the best interests of the country te
advance party, the old secession leaders will bt
brought to Judgment. The wrath of the old Unior
men now burns against the common enemy; bu
when the war is over, it will be turned as consu
ming fire against those who think only of party
in the midst of war, and whose conduct BY diridinG
us here at homo, tends directly to encourage OH
| deadly enemies.
! High Prices.
An esteemed friend has written us, complainin,
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