Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-05-06
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CITY AND STATE NEWS.

conversions have taken place in the Meth
AZ Church. and about fifty have connected
unselves with that denomination. Some
! ,ve professed in the Baptist congregation,
will suhom, we presume, have united or
Presbyte with that denomination. The
has several inquirers in that
CAPIroL Sou
Capitol Square is-We are glad to see that
ranged, preparatory plOughed up and ar.
flying the otherwise haasrning and beauti-
rounding the State Houae grounds sur
promenade walks. with a tasssfeh laid OF
of shrubs, flowers evergreens, I&rangensnt
the magnificent native OAKS, viii ran eueu
the most attractive part q our vo~aiy citv
Value OF REAL EsTAu-The cash ysfua-
ton Of real estate in Rehigh, fzed by the
Assessors for 1857, amsuets to ST. 07. 100.
a, 49, gould Increase
Middle Ward $5S5,lba Easter ",
Ss91. 700.
MILITARY VIs1r. Our City Ia eniovinc
visit from the Light Infantry COMPANY Of
Wilmington, with a number of other citizens
of that ancient town. They reached here IN
Monday morning, after having spent two
DAYS in Fayetteville. 1t is a beautiful Com
pany and reflects great credit upon the eiti-
zen soldiery of our State. They are the
especial guests of the Oak City Guards-but
all of our citizens seem to vie with each other
IN their attention and Inequalities to our v;si-
tors. They are to remain with us three DAVIS
several Entertainments are to be given
! them-and we have no doubt every thing
will be done to render their visit to the Me-
tropols a most agreeable one-
TERRIBLE AFFAIR.-On Thursday night
last, Messrs. Albert Hinton, James Penny,
and - Keith, three citizens of this County,
who were acting as a patrol under the APP
8 pointment of our Court, in the discharge of
their duties, visited the house of Vim. Rob-
, ertson, a free negro, 10 miles from this city,
. where a negro wedding was in progress. On
{ going into the house where the negroes
r were assembled, VIM. Robertson, a free ne
Q gro, who was sold out of the jail in this City
last year for debt, assaulted Mr.. Hinton
with a lightwood knot splitting his head open,
and inficting a wound upon him which it is
II feared will prove fatal. The same negro
struck Mr.. James Penny with a shovel and
knocked him senseless to the ground. Mr..
Keith was also knocked down, but by whom
it is not known. Messrs. Penny and Keith
!, soon after recovered, but we are panied to
learn there is but little hope for Mr.. Hinton
Mr.. H. resides about four miles from this
= city, and is one of the most estimable men in
the county. Our citizens are greatly incensed
against the tperpetrator of this outrage, and
.. a large number of them joined Sheriff High
!" and went out in search ofthe diabolical fends.
m Three of the negroes have been arrested.
u Robertson among them.
z. the above was in tyne. we
learn that it is probable Mr.. Hinton NAV
- survive his injuries, but one eye is com
w pletely gone.
" COMMON SCHOOLS IN WAKE CoUNrY.-At
~ the annual meeting of the Board of Superin-
we tendents of Common Schools foY Wake Coun-
ty, held in this City, last week, we learn that
- Wilson ". Whitaker, Esq, and Mr.. Joseph
}. Young were appointed the Examining
SS Committee for the ensuing year. We learn
US also that the Board ordered that SI,5e0 oil
ard the School fund be invested permanently fol
no. School purposes.
ess bES- The Fayetteville Observer has pub
of llshed a letter from John III. Haughton, ESQ.
OF Plttsborough, which contains a statement
=. OF a contract which would be incredible but
ICE for the source from which it comes, viz tina
a Northern Company has agreed to furnisI
,un- on Deep River. within two years after thu
completion of the contract Of Messrs. Dun
gan, Cartwright & Co., seren millions ofdo
n tars north Of black band iron ore. And thi
rel ore is to be manufactured On the spot, b,
hall which its value will be increased, of course
how much we are unable to say, but doubt
less at least as much more. So that Their
cad Is to be brought into maket, by one compan,
nd a IN Two years say fourteen millions OF dollars
worth OF iron alone, from this depository .
undeyeloped and untold wealth of North Car
DINA. We had heard of this contract, bu
not with any certainty IS to its accuracy, be
tore we received Mr.. Haughton's letter ant
,,a our information was that the Northern Com
pany spoken of expect to furnish all this or
leh' from a tract of less than 500 acres of Ian,
han which they have purchased.
nan w hat a prospect does all this open to on
State, andsespeeially to this part of our State
Whose imagination can compass its full e1
n x tent?
dis But this iron interest, immense as it is, l
but one of various sources of wealth on Dee
River. Fhe coal is OF at least equal value
/. Ano 4n addition 20 bofn, there are building
iAs stone, mill stone, soap stone, slate, fre4clay
wen porcelain.cl clay, timber, and water power I,
be- assist human hands in doing the work neces
sary to develope all their wealth.
~" Courage, then, all We who have struggled
y a TO bring this rich region within reach or tn
ling markets of the world Your day of reward
,nce is at hand
"a A steamship o fthe following dimen.
v of sions has just been launched at Murfreesbo-
ro': Length of keel, 1S3 feet breadth Of
'sn' beam, % feet depth of hold, 10 feet; length
tory ofdeck, US feet rated at AGO tons. She i.
we're copper-fastened, is designed to be a three
2. masted propeller, and will cost with her en-.
= gines $4,000.
The Gazette says that she is by far the lar
gest vessel ever at MurfreesborO', and that
she is ~faultless in exterior, and admirably
sIVe arranged in the interior.
ess 1t affords US pleasure to record evidences
un- like these Of North Carolina enterprise ano
nso industry.
thew DESTRUCTIVE FIAE IN OXFORD, N. CIV,
have been favored with a perusal of a letter
'Pon received this morning, which states a fire
one broke out in Oxford about 3 o'clock OF
ind. the 18th April. which destroyed all the
houses on the West side of Main street, from