Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-04-21
NORTH CAROLINA ITEMS.

DEMOCRATIC NoMINEE.-Hon. John w. FL
is, OF Rowan, was nominated for Governor,
oy the Democratic Convention which met in
last week. The Candidates before
the Convention for nomination, were W. W.
Esq, of Wake, and Hon. Jno. w.
Ellis, of ROwan-W. w. Avery, Esq, of
Burke, having withdrawn his name. The
of the democratic strength of the
counties, was the rule adopted for voting. On
the first ballot, Mr.. Ellis received the nomi-
nation, by the following vote: Ellis, 25,O51;
Holden, q, 594; scattering, 1,203-a MAORI
ty for Ellis of 2,254 Of all the votes cast. The
whole number of votes represented in the
Convention was47, 84S-necessary toa choice,
%, 1924.
The platform was adopted unanimously
and is very brief The 1st resolution endor-
ses President Buchanan's and the I'd Gov.
Bragg's administrations. The Sd and 4th are
as follows:
ResOlced Sd, That we are anxious to see
the resources of the different sections of the
State fostered and developed, and to that end
DGllGNt NltdI SuCl dlu SlOui0 D6 gwen lON1EQS
the forwarding to completion of the works
of internal improvement already begun, and
the construction of such others as NAV be
deemed expedient, as the credit of the State,
and the means of her citizens may permit,
without injuriously affecting the one or i'm
posing too onerouS burdens on the other.
: ResOlred 4th, That we regard the distri-
button Of the public lands or their proceeds
L as unconstitutional, anti-democratic and i'm
! polite, and its agitation at the present time,
as eminently unpatriotic, because being MOL
ly impract:cable, the sole tendency of Ach
agitation must be to divide and distract he
only party upon which the South can rem
for the defence of her rights and interests ID
e. the Union. I
Is The Convention is said to have been thl
re largest of the kind ever assembled in It'd
? State.
FARMERS BANK OF NORTH CARoLINA.-TH
t stockholders of the Farmers Bank of Nortl
Carolina held their annual meeting at Elizt
~ beth City, on Monday the 9th, when a statl
el ment of the condition of the BAN was exhil
10 tied, showing it to be perfectly solvent as !
ad bill holders, there being $91, 600 surplt
above its reliabiities. A speedy ~resumpti9
of specie payment was recommended.
,co RELIGIOUS MovEMENT.-The Right Re-,
Bishop Atkinson, administered the right
naS confirmation to a large number of persot
on Sunday, at the Episcopal Church in WilminI
eat ton, n. c. There were a number of persot
baptized by immersion in the forenoon. III
religious feeling appears rather to increas
al than fall off.
liza COLUMBUS CoURT.-From the correspo
lily depce of the Fayetteville Observer, dated
hat Thiteville, n. c., April 8th, we learn tn
Who on Tuesday last Bythel Mitchell and Dugs
Clark, (white,) and W.. H. Patrick, Josh
zap Freeman and Eli Jacobs, free colored) VIC
a arraigned for the alleged murder of James
one Shaw, a tobacco trader of Alamance, on t
this 18th Feb'y last No counsel appeared t
the prisoners, except Clark, for whom A Z
Nv pie, Esq. appeared. For the other prisone
ELL the Judge, at the request of Mitchell, ASST
heir ed George Davis and John Maultsby, Els
,odv On affidavit of the defendants, their t
was removed to New Hanover. Solici
We Strange appeared for the State.
con- The trial of Joe and Sarah, slaves of Da
and Naal,, Ton 4L~--1~-vf cuSdI rVeaTy.
le in wife, on the 9TH of June last, was next tai
up. The case was argued for the State
= Solicitor Strange, ard by j.. A. Richards
P Esq, for the prisoners. After the argum
that Of counsel was concluded and the Judge
st be hvered his charge, the jury retired and W
morn barely absent a minute when they return
a verdict of guilty of murder against b
- IT, the prisoners. The sentence of death 7
sters nounced by Judge Manly is said to have b
in a most touchingly eloquent and impressive
Loft The prisoners were sentenced to be han
on the Both inst.
From the Fayetteville Observer.
DEEP RIVER CoAL-We have been kin
SIS Vi favored with the following official letter
'unk- the qualities of the BitumInous Coal of D
have River valley. Fully to appreciate the f
Of this letter of Major Mordecia, the rea
should know that he is not only one of
and most scientific as well as practical off
N the of a corps distinguished as among the frs
,tem- the Army, but that he is proverbially cauti
w- weighing every word, and meaning all
lhuS' be says.
yer of rcopv
"WATERvLEIT ARSENAL, April Z, 1856
x ITO Col. II. K. Craig, Ordnance Dept:
SIR:-Under date of the 9th Nov. la
was informed by Maj. Laidley that he
On sent, by your direction, a sample of sml
ash Coal from Deep River, Y. c., to be tes
linful here. The coal was received on the 2
l ult., and has been tried in the smiths 81
i N' with very satisfactory results. For s
as SO time past we have been using coal from FL
IS re- burg, Ind, which is pronounced by
If smiths to be better than they have ever
ked with before at this Arsenal. The L
case River coal has been tried in comparison '
last this, and found to be fully equal to it in
gard to the quantity of work that can be
sman NV cool -, 81 e. DocP
close sulnbur # makes a GOOD boIIow Gro =
have burns with more blaze and greater outy
heat than the other coal, which is rath
- disadvantage for smiths use.
p'i0 In an open CRATE, it makes a beautiful
any burning freely, with a bright fame, gi
alities great heat, and leaving little dirt or ash,
roo In short, | think this coal is of a sup
- quality, for any purpose for which bitumi
g was coal can be used.
Try of Respectfully, your ob't sery't.