Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-09-10

A correspondent of the Raleigh Register
states, that a meeting of the stockholders of
Western extension of the North Carolina
was held at Statesyille, Ireden coun-
ty, on the 22d August.-R. C. Pearson, of
was reelected President of the
company B. f.. Simont0n, of Statesvillc,
Treasurer; w. Murphy, of Rowan, Ohio
Gillespie, Of Iredell, NJ. McCorkle, of Catawba,
and h. y. Erwin, OF burke, Directors.
There were about one hundIed stockholders
present, and three thousand three hundred
and thirty shares OF lnnAElanal stock were
represented
G. Z. Fisher, Esq, PRESIDENT of the North
road, appeareo<s the representative
of the States interest ri che Western extern
sion.
The Registers correspondent says:
THAT part OF the route ct the road which
extends from Salisbury ~ tie Catawba river,
a distance OF agous sn.Isy-hlne miles, Is I'M
oer contract anu : leaalL lua. Q more drivlng'
conipany y o1s1aceors coulo nafaiy
De icuna. As ~ estugnce o1tnis' during
Tue .e" months eaas 5iapseu SINCE the
WORK was commenced, about sixty i've
thousaha doiiars No1et q work has been
done, and TINS, 700, ihdePendent OF any aid,
SO Iar, from me slaee.
:, lou nay pe aMasS ina. 'nlfty-nVe
oaousahu eonals ~ ue palu lnto the
treasury Oh TINS company before the otase
nhaAes my payInsul A1.s.uJ eWeley enous-
anu uoilals law oee... @su = ,easlng nl'ee1l
learn will ha naid ~ fba 6rsf of 0.4obar
The 1SSeHi State tate " VIII pa shsn = { s'' ea I.ss - of for =.
ayment and tha work will tban ha st;II
mora stranotbonad
W.,
oALA "nllsS llcleasilg tlleir own
onpen h nlefioels u < ula h''
mr. T : i.eeus : u'pionha.lc as9n.s..
aag 800 =: 'ie uaIht sTz so 20 of 80 D Dls
g. 49, - 80 80 Ms,
Oh aaob eIo noo n III ~ 80 -
each. $4,000. Consnls 10 L;vernooI and
London. each sc. q To Havre S6 600 and
TO Paris SIS 900.
These are the most imnortant of a Ion, list
of changes to take effect on .Jan'v 1st 1887.
Srnnpn N con, CO., u,,s-
III A. 80 49, 81 n"n:c W.
other friends arrived at WILMINGTON the cd.
en- route for the North. and took lodeinos at
the Carolina Hotel. He was annarently in
GOOD health. and after tea. took . short walk.
Int comnloinad of q na;n in h;e chest and
rotr rnod 10 tha Hotel Snbsoo,ortlv bn ros
fonnd bv ono of tho hoardar orc On tho nrom;-
CO.. doad T. e snnaosaa H. h;s doath was
occasionad hv q d;seass of the hasrt
NJ WooLlr - ,naonaton5 uoa oho,,+
60 roaro aa5 80 =, had 800 -
Ia ~ loha1n
NV
Lor.MhNf.-c Nori9,A Ita;! Amei
can notlces tue lact tna' +. II; ihshop' d d
JeWeller OF mat city, 1alr' lignt naireo
young man OF 20 with oiue eyes, mas run
OH with MRS; beat0n: Wne OF EDWARD Deaton'
proprietor OF the Union I1otel IN ina Guy
Inc LADY lett professedly Tor PIttsDurg' "a,
On d Visit 70 hef irienas, put IL proven that
she nad gone 10 fhliadelpala, Wnere she me'
Wlhshop VINO nau taken some OF the Je"elry
along with MN.
VERNON Observation-Disclosures, the Repub-
!, lican candidate for Governor, has $4,000 ma
jority in 100 towns. The Republican Con
gressmen have from three to seven thousand
majority each. The Republicans have carried
the entire Senate and nineteen-twentieth
OF the House.
, SUICIDES FoRTuNE-TELL1NG.-The Eng
5 iish papers report that a greater proportion Q
o ole sas1 Of y;s IT, l ~ ,r sD1e.hS ,e ~e.e and - ! o9 Mev
! York paper says, It Is a strange fact tina
q one-third of the seductions in that city ar
accomplished though ehe lns1ramental,ty Q
e o ontIv i,@' educat;o n9, aas n%racticay t enIi e .
ment."
All this may be true; but still the question
:. IS not set at rest by sqGa surmlses, wnlcn az
HusEisson to Paris topaz visit to the sVbi
in that city, and who 50 plainly foretold tn
2 manner Of the death Of the latter? It Wa
: nn5 eredui ~ Sot tor nei anal;o Of ' ! EN- o @netsa II II
ter. But i it is in vain ITO to look for satisfactio
: as to cause and efectin any newspaper
f the day they are a mere jpmeleEln niaet,
ti,re oa unses Out Oh :" huhuFeo n'S'aAlns eneo'
- We would like to see a well-written essa
!, upon the subject as to the cause and cure
= there be a cure of mans prying into futur
a. 10 doubt there is considerable Of charlata.
d ism in the affair, but that is the ezoeeptio
not the rule, ana IS to be looked Tor from
s. '' ,Saoeo s' ;n ., G so1ass5, " q q
Sunday aftarnoon lsst about 4 %o'cloc1
i when the Wilmington and Weldon ca,
passed through Goldsboro', the sno
g. was falling quite as thickly and
prettily as it ever fell in those parts d
of ring winter. Our friends in Gold
.es boro' must have been taken slight
y ipllse' 20 0no "lin@L"o -