The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-04-11
Items of News.

WELDON BRrDeE%A correspondent of
the Petersburg Express says:
The bridge of the Seaboard and Roanoke
Railroad, over the Roanoke river at this
place, rapidly approached completion, and
before two more issues of your paper are
made, the trains will, in all probability, be
passing over it. This bridge is seventeen
hundred and sixty Q76O) feet long, and
about sixty (6O feet high, having grade in
its whole length of ninety-nine (99) inches.
The work was commenced about the 25th of
November last, and was much delayed by
bad weather, but more particularly from
lack of timber, of which $4,000 feet were
only received three days ago, and is now be-
ing framed and raised as fast as possible
Mr. Samuel T. Hand, who has had much ex-
perience on such work, is the builder.
A GRAND Tour OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
The Boston Encampment of Knight Templars,
Wyseman Marshall Eminent Commander,
will leave Boston about the first of June on
an extensive excursion through the country.
They will first visit Washington, where they
will receive the courtesies of the encampment
of that city, and afterward will proceed to
Chicago cia the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
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their return they will come by the Michigan
Oswego, cross into Canada, passing day at
Toronto, thence along the Grand Trunk to
Montreal and Portland home.
EMIGRATION SOUTH. = The Manchester
On. H) Mirror, alluding to the departure
this Spring of large numbers from New
England to the South and West, says that a
number have already left Manchester for
Virginia and other parts of the South, while
Others are waiting but for the season to be a
little farther advanced. But for the preca-
rious condition of Southern society at pres
ent, the number would be still larger, for it
is generally conceded that opportunities for
business there are not to be exceled
DEFEATED.-Theeig eight hours days work.
bill was defeated in the New York Assembly
Friday, and under circumstances which
would seem to render its resuscitation, at
this session, highly improbable.
LARGE CoTToN EXPORTS Extensive ship
ments of cotton were made from the port of
New York, during the week ending Tuesday,
the 9th. The aggregate was 16,609 bales,
valued at $3,111,3 1886. Thus far in the cur
rent commercial year, beginning with Sep
tember l, 1850, the shipments OF cotton
from New York have been 337 ,606 bales, or
eqnal to an average export of about II $50 a
week. The estimated stock available there
at present is 100000 bales.
suspENsroN OF THE R1cHMoNp PApERs-
The Richmond papers will not be issued
this morning and probably not for several
days. The ,proprietors OF the several jour
mails decided TO reduce the wages OF tnelr
employees twenty per cent, TO wnlcn the lat,
to work on these terms the papers are com
nelled to suspend publication temporarily.
The proprietors will. we understand. issue
/ Joint address to their patrons this morning,
| explaining the causes which induced them
to suspend.-Peters5rrg Erpress.
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