Spirit of the age., 1853-05-11
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Raj tcH AND CASTOR RoAD.-A special
meetiniof the stockholders Of this Road was
held in This City on Tuesday last. We learn
that Though tae cars are running daily be
tween CASTOR and Weldon fer the transport
tation ofrassengers and freight that portion
Of the rad is not vet in the condition in
which the Commissioners desire to place it
before turning it over to the Company; and
i was, with tue concurrence Of all, agreed to
leave itin their hands for the present. Dir.
! Collins, the President Of the Seaboard Road, I
stated that it would be in complete order and .
ready to be turned over by the lst of June.
/ La the meantime the cars will continue to ,
run over it daily. The charter, as amended /
/ by the last General Assembly, was unani- /
mously accepted.
From the Report of the President and Di-
rectors Of the Raleigh and CASTOR Road, made
to the meeting, it appears that the receipts
from transportation for the last month was
/ $l0,962 At.
The contract for building the connecting
link between the Raleigh and Castor Depot
and the Central Road Depot, was taken by
Mr.. Jacob Mordecai, Of this County, lie be-
ing the lowest bidder. This work, it is
The contract for the mason-work was taken
by Mr.. Colburn, Of this City.
CoPPER ORE AND CoAL.--We had the plea
sure a few days since, Of c0Hy yersing with DR.
McClanahan, Assistant State Geologist, and
learned from him some interesting facts in
relation to the mineral deposites of the State
It seems now to be considered certain that
the copper region Of this State is sixty miles
, in BREADTH extendingfrom Northeast to South
west, including the Counties Of Orange, Al
, amance Chatham, Guilford Randolph, Da-
f wilson, Moore, Montgomery, and Meclzlen-
burg and it is probably that there is cop
per in Cabarrus, Rowan, Lincoln, Catawba,
: Person, Caswell, Granville, and Rockingham
! DR.. McClanahan has himself examined, dur
= ing the last five or six weeks, at least one
hundred copper mines. We saw specimens
in his possession, from AIbright's IS in Chatham
: which will yield, it is said sc per cent. In
;. Chatham County, for example, copper orc
i has been discovered upon the lands Of tho
o. following persons: William Headen's, Rocky
. River, small vein of native copper; the
Il Messrs. Ellington, two mines Mrs. Hin
! ton, Mr.. Fike, Mr.. Womble, Mr. Brewer
, Mr.. Brown, Mr.. Albright, Mr. William Al
. bright, Mr. S. S. jackson, Messrs. Alien, ant
J. Mr.. Snipes--making in all fourteen mines
We learn, also, that lead has been discovered
y in Chatham. Lead has also been found il
r Johnston, on the lands Of J. W:B. Watson
- ESQ; and ore, welearn, ab0undS IN the Lands
l. Of the same gentleman.
IS Much interest is felt in the copper business
l. in some Of the Counties above named, and w
1t learn that purchasing and leasing Of land
N preparatory to mining, is the order ofthe day
Discoveries Of copper ore have also beer
, made along the Tennessee line, and Ill tn
~ Counties Of Cherokee, Macon and Haywood
al in this State
ry The breadth of the coal deposito in thi
St kState is from six to fourteen miles, and thi
ch deposte stretches across the entire State fror
,e- the Virginia to the South Carolina line.
,s NC Noft1l Carolina is, perhaps, the most favor
nd ed State in the Confederacy so far as mir
ho eralwealth is concerned. Shell iron, silver
as lead, plumbago, coal, copper, lime, marbl
lat and diamonds; she has fine water-power, an
", vast forests Of timber untouched by the AK
,a ,la and millions of acres of good land yet to b
9w cleared and cultivated. We know Of no II
er gion in the oldStates, which holds out create
ig- inducements to emigrants than are held OF
las here.
y Our system Of internal improvements
er- now fairly under way =; and with the stead
10 development Of her natural resources,
the means Of cheapened transportation, stean
we and the labors Of the mechanic and artiza
ind North Carolina bids fair soon to take ran
cal among the leading States of the Confederac
',l.f Of J. j. Jackson, Esq, has left with US son
ub specimens Of Copper ore, discovered on Il
ned lands OF s. S. jackson, ESQ, on Deep Rive
the This mine is near navigation.
Pies Col. Willie Pope. of Wake County, b
's5 also left with Us a specimen Of Iron ore di
eau covered on his Hill plantation, near this plac
l to This ore is sid to be rich
H. tIe NoRrn CAROLINA DAmoSDs.-Prof 81
,ast pard, while in Charlotte, II. c., the other da
| or was presented with diamond, by DR.. Leve
now thorpe.-Ghat gentleman had lately discover
He It on his e{tate at Pioneer Mills; and this
I'M I'M the secoadspecmen ofthis precious gemfou
fav, within the year in The county. Hitherto
ular special seareh has been made for the damoI
take these specimens having been discovered il
ioai manner purly accidental.
hen DasTRUcTItE HaIL SToRM. We learn tht
< in was on Non by night the 2jth ultimo, ave
rom destructive Hail Storm IN the neighborhc
5 all of Brinkleyyile, Halifax County The II
= @ 81 broke out neatly all the window glass In
H. houses IN that yicinity-killed birds 4
that chickens and injured materially yegetat
f it. and stocl- Of every description, where EXP
ed to ed to the Storm. The Hail lay on the groJ
ming next morning to the depth ofeigbteen incl
The A horrible calamity has just occurred
ould Paris and it may be well to make it kno,
jim as such accidents ought to serve as exanp
iseh' A gentleman, feeling slight itching III
ople, ai = -1,t -,
have pei T. - ''ie - ~ - ! ouhN = s'.liii ii0
gov SUSTAINING Ee Introduces lue SUI phuTous
n the the contact soon produced ignition, and
infer downey lining Of the ear caught FIRE
V, an NORTON of the sulnhur adhnared to the Fl
a al and burnt there persistently. The unfo
aopn- ro2n nate man never spoke again. His suffer-
and were 50 agonizing that his tongue bee
ed by powerless and, after two days torment
u the unavaillng efforts Of the SURGEONS, he