Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-10-02
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GENERAL News

a GENERAL NEWS. +
go Col ,nef Chipley and other citizens Of Iredell
county arrived in Richmond on the 25th with
tpo han dfsd and tDsnty odd 6ezss of stores, cloth
ing; &c, for the 9Th and 9Th regiments NorthCaro-
lima Volu nteers.
The So. tthern Direct Trade Convention meets in
Macon, Georgia. on the 18th Of October. The mer-
chants Of every city and town in the Confederacy
ought to be represented as
Rev. John, N. Andrews late Chaplain Of the
Third Regime Mt N. G. Volunteers is now raising
volunteer company in Wayne and johnson counties,
! n. G.. He is determined to avenge his brother,
MAJOR 5 W. G. Andrews, who was captured at Hat
A bale Of cotta2 was sold in Petersburg on Mon
day last for ID cents. It was raised by ". c. Gay
OF northampton cotlnty, N. c., and was the first in
.n y market IN ~ s. a s-s>..4,
Governor Brown, Of Georgia, has, by proclama.
ton, exempted from military duty all telegraph.
express aud rail road employees, al EMPLOYEES of
the State or Confederate GoveEnments and all Der.
sons engaged in the manufacture of articles for mill.
tary USE -
GEN. f. K. ZoL1coT1ER--The Nashville Banner
urges the appointment Of this gentleman to the
Office Of Secretary of War; as the successor Of Judge
Walker.
IMPORTANT RAILROAD CONNECTION trestlc-
work connecting the Nashville and Chattanooga
and the North Western Railroad has been complct-
ed. This work was one of great Importance as it
in efest makes complete junction of all the rail-
road lines centering in Nashville
ARRIVAL OF GuNs-About 100 guns, of large
calibre have arriv ed in New Orleans from Norfolk,
in charge of an officer who was sent for them
There are a few more on the way, which will soon
be there.
The Charleston Courier announces that an enter
prising e ntle,nan, who command the requisite
capital has resolved to establish glass factory in
South Carolina, the proper labor can be procured
General Zollicotfer has telegraphed to Gov. Magof
fin, of Kentucky, that he had occupied the three
long mountains in Knox county, Kentucky, and
would not leave unless The Lincoln troops did.
The army supplies now going into Virginia are
said to be immensely large.
The Virgini.. Armory has contributed much to
the furnishing cannon and small arms to the army.
Dr. P. j. R. Edwards, Of Cleveland. Tenn, insists
upon it that cot ton carded into bats is equal to linen
lint for dressing wounds
The telegraphic lines arc now open to Dumfries,
Brooks Station, Acquia Creek, Westpoint, Viii
liamsburg Yorkt ,wn, Strasburg, Fairfax Station,
Fairfax C. H., ant Falls Church.
W. R. Myers, Esq., of Charlotte was on Saturday
last elected Captain of corp Of volunteers he has
been instr umental o raising
The New York H srald says that information has
been received, which shows that Spain will shortly
recognize the indepe ndence Uf the Southern Con-
federacy
California has 20 ne Black Republican. The
Breckenridge Democr attic State ticket received 49,
| 600 votes the Union Democratic 100000 and the
Black Republican 43, o 00.
| Garbaldi has refuse. to visit America
! Major Branenswein has rendered 1000 Italian
| veterans to Lincoln.
The Collector of the pc TT Of New Orleans announ-
officially in the papers that vessels from foreign
countries will be allowed to enter any harbor on
our coast and discharge their cargoes, without re-
gard to the sane being established port of entry.
In Spain, the summer has been one of the hottest
experienced there. La tie letters say that the
heat was increasing At Ma drid it had attained ITO
degrees in the shade.
Texas GuBERNAToRIAL ELE cToN.-Returns from
81 counties and towns in Texas shows the following
result: Lubbock 1928, Chambers 6,6l6, Clark
7,462.
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calling for 5000 more troops 1000 to 60 into camps
| of instruction, and ten companies If infantry and
four of artillery, to 60 the coast md on the Rio
| Grande.
The Louisville Courier says that the gunboats
passing that city are ostensbly intended for brds
ing the Mississippi but really to lie sent up the
Green, Cumberland and Tennessee rivers to aid
Lincoln operations in that quarter.
Brig. Gen. Snead, of the Provisional Army of
Tennessee with his staff passed through this city
yesterday, route for the Army Of the Potomac
| He may lie addressed through b. N. Clements ESQ.,,
P. O. D., in this city.
A Col. McCurry of the Federal army at Washing.
ton has been sent home by Mcclellan because of his
attention to excite mutiny among the men.
Texas is fully aroused for the war. Col. Terry's
regiment of Rangers will soon be en- route for Vir-
ginia.
A woman dressed up in regimeutals and strutting
about the streets of Lynchburg as Lieut.. Buford
was arrested last week, who gave her name as Mrs.
Mary Ann Keith of Memphis. She was sent on to
Richmond as spy.
The Memphis (Tenn) Aralanche has learned
through reliable source, that Mr.. Guthrie, of KY,
has come out boldly and openly for the South and
that large numbers of prominent men, who hereto
fore, have been neutral are now taking sides with
the Kentuckans are Aocking to our standard in
scores.
The Richmond Examiner says ave are salts.
fled that the statement of a divergence of views
among the members of the Government upon the
mode of prosecuting the war is entirely incorrect"
Ten hogsheads Of very fine Tobacco, the gift of
E. II. Cheat, of North Carolina, to the government
Of the Confederate States of America were recently
transported over the Richmond and Petersburg
Railroad.
Three officers from the French corvette, Lavos.
sier at the mouth Of the Mississippi landed at New
Orleans on the oath, bringing up her mail bag.
It is rumored that Mcclellan had been dangerous
ly shot, and that DR.. Smith, Of Baltimore, had re-
fused to attend him; upon which the Doctor was
imprisoned
The number of troops around Baltimore does not
exceed seven OF eight thousand. They stationed