Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-11-23
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

AccIDENT.-John j. Gilmore, aged about
81 years, son of VIM. L.. Gilmore, of Bladen
county, was killedby the accidental discharge
Of a gun in the hands of w. N. Whitfield, a
lad about IA years old. The parties were
hunting.
FIRE AT NAG's HEAD.-We learn that some
time last week, the "Albemarle House. own
ed by Mr.. A. E. Jacobs, at Nag's Head, was
entirely consumed by fire. Loss estimated
at $4,000.
DAN RIVER Coal FIELDS RoAD.-The Win
ston Sentinel gives the following information
as to the proposed Danville Connection Road,
in addition to what we nave copied hereto
fore
"The Company was organized by the cleo
ton of E. 7. Brodnax, Esq, of Rockingham,
President, and Jordan Wilson, Nath. Scales,
Jno. Reynolds, Thos. Settle and Chalmers
Glenn, of Rockingham; R. D. Golding and
VIM. A.. Lash, of Stokes; and Col. Anderson,
of the city of Richmond, Directors. The
Road commencing on the Virginia line, and
running in a westerly direction to the town
Oh IIcuhSNlllt, WAS IOCdJCu Ol III nOl III Slu
of Dan River, to or near Madison, in Rock
ingham county, and running thence, 0aG Wal
nut Cove, to or near the own of Germanton,
in Stokes, and touching the dividing line be-
tween the counties of Stokes and Forsyth"
aSy- Our attention has been called to the
following card from Mr.. Moody. We should
have published it last week, in connection
with Mr.. Moore's, had we seen it in time
The Card is addressed to the Editor of the
Petersburg Express, and is as follows:
Mr.. EDITOR Il deem it due to myself to
correct an error in the statement made by
Mr.. Moore, Through your columns relative
to my difficulty with him.
! / do emphatically and unhesitatingly as
sert that Mr.. Moore made a most unexpected
and uncalled for attack on me, during q con.
versation l had with him at Jackson,) by at
tempting to stab me with a knife which was
open and concealed, for ! did not see it until
the moment he made the attempt to use it
and only defended myself against the attack
! made by him, which was so sudden | was en-
, tirely unprepared for it l will hereafter, i
necessary, give all the particulars.
c Yours, very respectfully, j. NJ. MOODY.
> MORE FIREs.-Some demons in human
8 shape seem determined to destroy New Or
leans by fire. In less than a week, up to tn
: 18th inst, five fires had occurred. One con
sumed New Basin Row and six stores Oh
1t Rampant street. Loss $4,000. Anothe
consumed nine squares and eighty SINAI
buildings. And another eighty buildings il
v a different part of the city. Total loss nea
4 a quarter of a million. All the work of il
cendiaries. One hundred families have bee
- rendered houseless, and many lost their al
70 The papers tell some pitiful tales of distres
0 and restitution.
Snow AND ICE.-There was q fall of sno'
on the mountains of Southwestern Virgin
on Sunday last, of some II to 2 inches
~ depth. Ice was seen in considerable quaint
~ ty in the streets of Lynchburg, on Monda
be morning.
On GERRrT SMIrH.-The Utica Observer of IL
10th, says that Gerrit Smith, though very d
IT, ranged, is not violent. He is suffering fro
N bodily as well as mental illness. In the as
ITS lam he occupies the room once tenanted
90 the Hon. John NJ. Niles, formerly Unit
IL States Senator from the State Of ConnecticI
of SENATOR SUMNER.-The Worcester (Mas
as Spy denies the story that the Hon. Char
Sumner is ''about to resign his seat in t
ay Senate, marry a wife, and take his perm
ID nent residence in England"
SERVED HIM RIGHT.-An abolitioni
no calling himself T. A. Salvo, was taken
ny at Bainberg, s.. c., on the 18th inst, for
al ing too free in the expression of his opinion
and his head shaved on one side, and a &C
of tar and feathers applied to him he v
re- then rode on a rail beyond the limits of
- village. He got well Payed no doubt, and
NJ, hope the lesson he received may stick to b
y" through life.
oh, E&S" The Mormons are once more CIV
ley trouble to the Government a dispatch ir
by Washington states that justice is wholly
CHI feated in Utah, and that murders and ass
ing sinations are increasing. The Governmer
vel. policy seems altogether unsuited to the C
nth tditiOn of affairs.