Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-08-29
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@tAHhyEo A4LLAy By LIGHTNING.
On Wednesday evening, Esd ut, Mr.. John
Reeves, residing about sixteen miles south a
this place, in company with seven Of ms ne
groes, were induced BY the appearances Of 4
cloud rising, to repair to a large tree. but s
short distance from where they were at work.
for shelter. Mr.. R. being on horseback
reached the tree first, and bv accident let Is
horse loose, and ID e~ndeaxonnq to recover
him, receded some distance fGra the tree.
when he heard 4 clap 81 III.
On recovering his horse, he preceded IS
the house. At the usual tine sr returning
home, none Of the hands made their appeaf
ance. Mr.. R. becamed alarmed, and. ii com
pany with another person, went in search Of
them. They went immediately to The see
where they had contemplated shelter. s.ad
found them all dead ; two Of them were Iya
ing near the tree, and the other FIVE were IA
the hollow ofit-Botaer Ezenn.1 HAad.
PLANK ROADS TO RA1EIeM-We learn
that more than Twenty Thousand Dollars
have been subscribed forthe purpose Of bull
ding a Road to Raleigh via McNeiHs Ferr.
A meeting Of Stockholders on Saturday. as
we hear. located the Road as far as KingsburY.
in this County.
We understand also, that about ThirtgI
Thousand Dollars have been subscribed to
build a Road from Murclison's FACTORY. Via
~Summervlle to Raleigh.
In the mean uhnc, a viii be seen from. the
adyertlsements N tozday's paper, the Stock,
holders IN the Fayetteville and Northern
Pink Road are not idle. When they are
all completed, the public will have the benc.
BIT OF choosing from a variety Of Roads
novelty in this part Of the world.
Fayetteville O5serrer.
A Coon OEE.7We learn that on the
day Of voting for License. or No License.
at Cincinnati a old topper went staggering
up to the polls, with a ticket in his hand
on which vas printed in bold characters,
No License a liquor dealer, noticing
the old man ticket enquired-
DO you know what sort Of a ticket You
are going to vote z
Yes. replied The topper, e goes for Ne
LlcenseE want to get the did ssuf out
Of my way.
No so bad, We know of scores who want
to get rid Of the evil, but who have not the
nerve to withstand The temptations constants
y thrown niheir pash.-Teaaessee Organ.
KENTUcKy ELEcrIoN "A te-legraphiel
despatch TO the Baltimore Sun, dated Louis
vile, Aug. 18th says, The returns are
all in, and Dixon, the Wing candidate for
Governor is elected,
DIEEcr TRADK-A call apnaars IN the
Richmond papea, signed by tie leading mar
chants Of that city, and Of Norfolk. for a
Convention to be held in Richmond on the
10th Of Scptember next to devise measures
to establish adirect foreign trade from Europe
to Richmond aud Norfolk. Tho merchants
Of Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee
are invited to attend. The MONUMENT Is one
Of Importance, and We hope that measures
will be adopted which viii eject the Object
DEATH FROM UxSEcEssARr AL4RM-l
DIR. JOSIAH &. Skeen, a highly valued cit
zen Of Jacksonville, illinois, retired to bed
in good health last Tuesday night week.
and in an henr afterwards started saddenly
from his sleep, exclaiming that be had the
cholera. In his alarm he drank OF a lanse
trnnbler full Of brandy and two or three
ounces OF a strong essence of peppermint
which occasioned'h his death in a few hours.
There were NJ cholera SYMPTOMS present and
the physicians coneurred in opinion that the
death was oceasioned solely BY the draughta
taken.
Ne understand FROM good authority. sarsI
the last Weldon Patriot, that the seaboafd
and Roanoke Rail Road will be eompletsd
to Garysburg By Saturday next, and that
rerycaTly thereafter the ears will run daily
to and from that point to Portsmouth.
The shortest passage ever made across the
Atlantic has been made by Capt. omstock.
of Collins steamship baltic. zsss aags mir.
tAH Aoaus and Gfy ainiss. This beats he
Rritsh anyhow
SFAcT RoR THE Up CouxrRT-A mer-.
chant Of Marion, S. G., lately purchased twea
y l'ogsheads Of n~aolasses ii this market. maid
the high steamboat freight on ii 10 ChafIeston
and the high charges there, re-shipped il 10
Georgeipwn. basted itup the Pee Dee. waroned
u TO Marion, and sud II there az three cents a
gallon less than Charleston meEssses could g.
bought for and made a far Ffddf.
Wi5mfsf5a Herald.
9 THE sFERIT or me AGE
THE DRUNKARD'S WIFE.
Behold in wonder humble ~.