Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-10-30
GENERAL NEWS.

MOVING SouTH.-A train of Illinoisians, diseustcd
with the despotism of Lincoln, it is said, have re-
Gently started for Texas to take up their homes
there.
A most splendid regiment of Cavalry to be CONT
manded by Col. }. s. Scott to be called the FIRST
Regiment Of Louisiana Cavalry, has been formed at
cost OF S50O,000, without costing the government
dollar. Three pieces Of artillery are to be added
to it,
Cotton is selling in the South at to ls cents,
and at the North at % cents
A late New York Herald puts down the imports
for a week at $4,000 The corresponding week
for last year The imports were $6,O0O,0o0.
A resolution has passed the Commercial Conven.
ton at Macon, Ga, declaring the importance Of
opening railway communication with the coal and
iron mines Of North Carolina.
Gen. Hill has made reccgnzance Of the princi.
pal points about Washington and made the neces.
sary arrangements for the proper defence of that
place. He has made a requisltion upon the conn-
ties adjacent for 30 negroes from each, &C. He was
in Hyde at the last accounts. fh
A FEDERAL FLOATING BATTERY.-Thc Fredericks.
burg Recorder learns from the Chaplain of the
Twelfth North Carolina Regiment that when he left
Transport on Saturday last there was lying Just
ABREAST of that point tile stream, "foating bat
terry" ofvery large and diamondshaped dimensions
1t seemed to him to be plated with STEEL and altoge
ther, was rather ali ugly looking customer.
New York, Oct s-The frigate Wabash arrived
from Charleston Bar on the evening of the Sd. She
received five six shots below the water line dur
ing action at Hatteras Inlet. She comes here to have
some repairs to her hull and machinery. She will
sail again in week or ten days, The Roanoke,
Vandalia and the flag ship were off Charleston.
The steamer Merrimac it is said has been put in
complete repair at Norfolk. 1t is thought by the
nknoS hat Sha &c OF MS tod
On the 18th inst, the Episcopal Convention was
engaged in discussion of the Constitution, Canons
and the name of the Church.
BENZ +. Butler [EIatteras Picayune] has assumed
command of the Department of New England. His
head quarters are ut Boston.
The St. Petersburg Bee predicts an early recosni-
tion by France of the Southern Confederasy
! No MORE PASSPORTS TO MANAssAs--We learn
from high official source that all civilians are
rigidly excluded from our lines at Manassas
| Enquirer.
GEN. W1sE--We are glad to learn that the health
of Gen. Wise has much improved.
Samuel II. Boyd, Esq, of Rockingham, has been
elected to the House of Commons, to ill the vacan.
cy occasioned by the resignation of Capt Thomas
Slade, now in the army. -5....
DRUMs.-The Greensborough Patriot says that
Mcssrs. S. Nelson & Son, of McLeansville Guilford,
are making capital drum for our troops.
We learn that John IL Bryan, jr., OF Raleigh,
has been elected Secretary Of the N. C. Railroad
Company. Mr.. Richardson clerk in the State
Treasury Department, was elected Secretary of tho
Company, but declined and are glad Of it, for
he is an efficient and prompt clerk, familiar with
the duties of the Department, and his withdrawal
from the Office would be pubs loss Charlotte
Democrat.
The Post Office Department at Richmond has
commenced the issue of postage stamps