Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-08-12
CITY AND A NEWS.
The Election in Wake County.

Moore 1885 Bunting 1853. 9
Hon. l. OBJ. Branch for Congress, received
1914 votes, scattering 203 Free Suffrage /
Approved 1858, not Approved 481. l
Tomb If DR.. Mitchell: The Chapel !
Hill Gazette says:
Charles A.. Mitchell, has bought one hun
dred acres on the top Of the highest peak
ofthe Black Mountain, and that the remains
of his honored father are to be removed
there this Fall.
n0- Burke, Of whom we spoke in oar last
as having been arrested for passing counter
felt money, has : confessed the corn and a
tale unfolded that duplicates a nest Of coun-
t~erfeiters residing in Halifax county, Va,
and Person, N. G. Two of the Virginia
birds-Womack and Nichols. have been COM
mitted TO Jail. About $1,000 counterfeit
were found in Womack's possession. We
understand that Burke eliminates a couple
Of" gents i'm Person whose names we with
hold until further developments Million
Chronicle.
Trouble IN WfLM1NGToN.-Some little ex-
oitement. it seems, existed in Wilmington,
last week in consequence Of the pulling down
Of a house on the night Of the 9th ultimo.
The house was in process Of construction,
and being built we believe by negro mechan-
les, and was attacked by white mechanics
who " felt themselves injured by negro COM
petition" Citizens meetings and mechan-
les meetings have been held-speeches
were made, resolutions passed on one II not
both sides, and, having done this much, we
believe the difficulty is q%uieting down and
dying out. The Mayor we see has offered a
reward Of $500 for the apprehension and
conviction Of the person or persons who in
jured the building in question: GotdSboro'
Tribune.
LUCKY ESCAPE FROM A HORRIBLE DEATH !
We have received n letter from Pine Level,
n. c., giving an account of a dreadful acct
dent which happened at the d%istillery of
Messrs. Nathans' & Dible's, in Johnston
county. It seems that while the stiller was
taking off the cap Of q turpentine still, he
stumbled and pitched headforemost in the
hot rosin, and then, without any assistance,
jumped out. The man was still alive on the
4th inst, and is expected to recover.
WI. Daily Herald.
CONDITION OF THE PARTIES INJURED IN THE
LATE AFFRAY AT GoLDsBoRo'.-The Goldsbo.
ro' Tribune Of Wednesday says: At the time
of going TO press, l3 days after the wounds
were received, DR.. Davis is improving, and,
while his physicians do not pronounce him
out Of danger, they as we'll as his friends, are
%sanguine as 10 his ultimate recovery. The
wounded hand is very bad, and it is expected
that ii will cause him to suffer long time
Odenheimcr, now confined in our Jail for ar
attack on the life of DIR. Davis, contrary tc
all human expectations, it is now thought
will recover. One side Of his body is paral
yzed-from that it is not expected he Car
ever recover, but the fractured skull is heal
ing up, and it is now believed, will soon bt
we'll. There can be no doubt Of his ration
ality, rs we learn from his jailor that ht
drove a mule trade with q gentleman of lie
noir county one day last week by which he
realized Sl25. Ruling passion strong in
DEATH &c. Never forget de moatSh!
Enormous TumoR.-On Wednesday the
Doth Of July, we witnessed the removal of
large tumor from the body of q negro woman
q onging to DR.. A. Holmes of this place
The tumor was first noticed about s month
previous to its removal. The patient WA
placed under the influence Of Cloroform ant
Ether combined, and an %incision Of Is or i
inches made upon the distended abdomen
when an enormous fbro-catilaginous tune
was exposed, and removed. The tumor a
ter being dripped Of n considerable amour
Of water and blood, weighed "a lbs. Ha
it been weighed before dripping it woul
doubtless have gone to &c pounds. Tn
patient though extremely weak at the begir
ming sustained the operation well, and is &
this writing, five days after doing we'll. DR.
A. Holmes, III. A. Bizzell, j. A. Bizzell an
W. G.. Micks performed each their part in til
work, DR.. Holmes doing the cutting. TIL
- - H. ...w.N rv1,,w nynr . N lyon FRO,
n human body. 1t was attached to the rigt
Ovary below, and to the Omentum above
On dissection it presented irregular bon
matter, cartilage hair, fatty matter, brain
brainy tissue, and numerous cells filed wit
water and puss. 1t was an extraordinar
case.-CliatoH Independent.
4 Kidnapper AJroad.-A letter fro
Rev. j. n. Barker to the Editor, comm
nieates the following Not long since
negro girl was kidnapped, in the neighbo
hood Of Elkspur =. o., in Wilkes count,
by some person unknown.
About the same time an attempt W;
made to steal another negro girl, a sister
the first; but the lady of the house, a Mr.
Harris came upon the thief, and the a
tempt failed. The man who was detecte
in the second instance is supposed to |
the same who kidnapped the negro girl
sister. His name is not known he is
medium ,ize, Of dark completion, has sho
black hair, black eyes, andvery white teet
The negro girl stolen by him, is only 70,
or five years old, and is well grown. ii
name is Plutina, but she is usually call,
"Tine." 1t is suspected in the neighbc
hood hat the rogue sold his prey in Sal
bury.
We comply with the request to publ
this account, in the hope that it may pos
bly, lead to the detection of the thief. A
information should be directed to 'Neig
bors,' or the Post Master at Elk Spl
Wilkes county, n. G.
Mecklea6mg Subscription. BY a lett
received byH gentleman of this place,
learn that during the session of Mecklo
burg County Court, held last week, t
justices, thirty nine being on the benz
resolved to submit to the people of
county the question of a subscription
county OF sixty thousand dollars to
capital stock of the Wilmington, Chariot
& Rutherford Railroad Co. Out of
thirty-nine justices, only two were oppos
to the subscription. The vote to be tai
on the 1st Oetober.-JouraaL.
COIL Discovery. The Charlotte On.
Democrat says:
Mr.. Leroy Springs has shown us a lu