Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-03-02
NORTH CAROLINA ITEMS.

June. IttN- u H.. DuIAUNS, ~ IslClUsDHN.
a., will preach the sermon before the grad
ating class, and Professor W. T. Brooks will
idress the Annual Association.
GoLpsBoRo'.-The handsome new Baptist
hurch in Goldsboro', was dedicated to the
Torship Of God on Thursday last; and On
Mr.. j. T.. Albritton, of Hookerton,
vas ordained as a Minister of Christ.
HALIFAX CouNrY.-A correspondent Of the
Petersburg Express, says-0n Monday the
of the County reelected Mr..
Sterling johnson to the Office of County Trus-
tee unanimously and the following IS the
Court for the ensuing year, viz: T..
P. Devereux, I. H.B. Whitaker, L. W. Batch
elor. r. II. Smith and r b. Parker, all re-
elections except Mr.. smith. 1t is frequently
said that we have in this county the best
Special Court in the State, which, if knowl-
edge of duty, steadiness Of purpose to per
form it and manly dignity, constitute excel
lence, | am inclined to ~corroborate.
WAKE CoUNTY.-Our County Court was in
session last week. Marion Gulley was cleo
ted County Trustee, and H.. Hudson, County
Register.
The following justices of the Peace were
elected to constitute the Special Court for
Wake County George L. Badger, Thomas
G. Whitaker, Augustine Turner, William r..
Poole and r. w. Seawell.
The rates Of taxes imposed at the present
term of the Court are as follows: For Coun-
ty purposes, on land 10 cents, on each poll
80 cents for support of poor, on land S cts.
on each pol 30 cents; for Common Schools.
on land 5 cents, on each poll 13 cents; and
the same as for 1858 for the two Asylums.-
, The County and State tax will therefore be
as follows: County tax, on land % cents;
State tax, on land, 90 cents, making on real
estate 46 cents, being 8 cents more than for
t last year referred to. County tax, on each
r poll, 70 cents; State tax, on each poll, 50
! cents-making 81 % cents on each poll, be.
u ing 30 cents more than for 1853. So the
y taxes upon the people of Wake have been in
% creased altogether but 8 cents Oh the hun
j. dred dollars worth of land, and 20 cents on
the poll.
IS Mr.. VIM. 7. Bryan, of Nash county. re-
II Gently lost one of his children from the effects
of eating a small piece Of Jessamine vine
- An older child likewise chewed the vine but
at recovered. Neither of the children suffered
pain, but appeared to be powerfully marco
tised.
er FLAG MARSH SoLD.-Ee understand that
as VIM. S. Battle, ESQ. Ct Rocky Mount, has
purchased from Kemp p. Battle, ESD, Of
It's Raleigh, his Flag Marsh Plantation in this
ed county, containing from 100 TO 1900 acres,
raj together with fifty slaves, for $65, GOO.
cd. 4""o'Fo H0at"e'HeF'
it MAN KILLED IN NEwToN-EscAPE-We
len learn that on Saturday afternoon last, in
ma Newton, n. c., Frederic Thornburg was IA
r tally stabbed in the stomach by Robt. Rhein-
lhS hardt, and died of the wound on Sunday
Sc The particulars as we were informed are as
Il f,I1oun a. UIA-,lar~ ~ Dill. -
leaving a grogshop where they partook of H.
~ quor, a fight was going on outside between
ere two other parties, when Thornburg %interfer-
pa ed in behalf of one Of them, and Rheinhardt
stepped in and with a knife cut the deceased
across the stomach to the liver in q cash oil
lci five inches. They were on good terms pre-
pa vlously. Thornburg was a shoemaker, anC
the leaves a wife and three or four children
for Rheinhardt is a young man and has fled.
- IredcH Express.
get DR.. DEEMs's LEcTURE.-On Tuesday eve
t. ming last, this eminent and popular divine de
o+ lvered the first Lecture of the course befor
. the Young Mems Christian Association
KING Fayetteville. The subject was NaHE0ad aa
the its True Basis. Though %sufferin- from tn
later effects of a severe cold, the speaker fully sus
tanned his high reputation and the addres
was received by the crowded house with Tia
quer deepest interest and attention. After rcfc
trent ring in a most natural and unaffected MAJ
tbe ner to his first visit to the town, II year
ago, when he came a mere boy. as the rel
resS- resentative of the American Bible Societ1
l the the only Catholic Institution in the country,
the DIR. announced his subject to be MAN.
II i The greater part of the lecture was dey,
- ted to a comparison between Pantheism an
Ihem " Christianism," in which with a master
t be hand he showed the infinite superiority
Dride the latter. The whole Lecture abounded
grand and lofty sentiments. and the stvle X:
n"' the most beautiful uord painting. We col
hlhg graduate the Association on the success
labor their first public meeting, and we may I
man. permitted to give expression TO the univcrs
desire that they will soon favor the comm
"5' nifty with similar intellectual entertainer
'hese N n Pre.6uter;on
I'M ~ We trust our farmers and other
their having any kind of produce TO sell in Ricl
want mond, Va, will either consign to Messrs ]
+hou I. Williams & Hicks, or Messrs. Hill & No
ny fleet. Mr.. ID. L. Williams, has the reeut
sWer ton of being a good business man, Aad II
boys S. {. Hicks, his partner needs no eadsFsemei
I dis from us to the people Of GranY lie. It vi
be remembered Mr. Hicks, uLr3 recently. b.
20" been doing a Grocery and Commission bus
sight ness in Petersburg. MessaE- Uill & Nozzle,
sur are said to be worthy of liberal patronage
Both of them were forraerly residents of ca
well county, \. C.-GaJoad LG2rs Herr
n. Z. PLASTER-lhe February zarabgr
f the the Planter, comes 10 Us lads2 With valual
+bi- information appartaiaing to Agricpltu,
w pursuits. Doubtless there are many perso
as its in the State who would more highly ann
ticles ciate the Planter, if the nGTae OF . Raleigh
and y" were stricken Qua, and that Of Bosts
New York OF SEINE other northern city 81
aud stituted IN Ecu thereof FERNS. 81 Der a
n an mum. Address, A.. II. Gornan, Raleigh.
gifts C.-OZfard Leisure Hour.
CB4PEL HML-The 22d was a great o.
ht to occasion at Cur University. The Cole
This Chapel was crowded almGst to sufacation.
hear the great Grafton Of Henry ". Mil
T" Esd, in behalf Of Mount Vernon. Presid,
Swain preceded the gifted orator. with
lareh short speech OF much humer and appror
ateness. Everything passed of glorious
says the correspondent Of the PeteIsbura
ding, press, and about $3.50 were realized far
d i'm Mount Vernon Fund. The Grafton Is =
: and nonnced worthy of even mere praise than !
"a" been already cold IF -