Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-11-02

LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.

last, has been respited by Gov. Ellis till the
9th day of January next. The respite is
given, it is thought, to enable the Governor
to examine fully into the question which has
been raised as to Hogue's insanity.
PIcKPocKETs-We have heard of quite a
number (mostly ladies' who had their pock-
cts picked during our Fair week. The STAN
dard says, a gentleman on the grounds de-
tected one of these gentry endeavoring to
get possession of his watch, whereupon he
knocked him down and told him that as he
presumed he wished to know the time Of day,
he would inform him that it had just struck
one. -Four empty pocketbooks and two
empty purses were found on the Fair grounds,
in stall No. $50.
FROST AND IcE-A little snow of the form
or, and a thin crust of the latter, has already
been seen here. A winter of unusual seyeri-
ty is expected.
SPIRITUALTsT.-A "Mrs. Thompson" rep
resenting herself as a spiritual medium, has
been preaching in this city for a week or two
past. Some of those who have heard her,
represent her as a "very remarkable woman,
being able to quote extensively and discourse
fuently from the scriptures" She processes
to be in 1.-THE trance state when she speaks,
and is only the medium of communication
between some spirit in the spirit-land and the
inhabitants of this mundane sphere. We
have heard but little of the peculiar doctrines
. 4 che 1oaabno h,A ck1 - -oE 1.Izofz ~ Il orv
good by her tomfoolery, and may mislead
some weak-minded persons; and on this
ground alone, to say nothing of her North
! ern nativity and ~fanatica Authorizations, she
ought not to be countenanced. 1t is due her
: to say, however, we have heard of no impro-
prieties of speech or conduct on her part, in
9 this latter regard. a
BEEN IN NORTH CARoLNA.-We learn that
!; Jeremiah Anderson, who was killed at Har-
per's Ferry, being one of old Browns COM
pany, has been travelling in North Carolina.
He was at Franklinton in June, and succeed
: ed by his piteous tale of distress, in diddling
: c.. G.. Blacknall, Esq, the Mayor of the town,
out of $40, which he borrowed, to be return
ed when he reached shome." As there are
no mail facilities between Franklinton and
i Jere's "bome," which he has reached by this
:, time, our friend BlacknaIl can send him a
= message by old 'Osawottomie," as he will
!, soon start t'homeward bound also.
OLD B2owN NOT A BRAVE MAN-Mr. S. L.
Riddle, of Raleigh, is out in a letter to the
Petersburg Express, in which he denies the
/, courage and bravery attributed to old Os.
awotomie Brown. Mr.. Riddle was in Kan
- sas, and belonged to the party who went il
pursuit of Brown when he was numbering
- the defenceless pro-slavery men and o~utraginf
their families in Kansas. Upon the approach
:. of the army he fed like a coward and could
not be approached within gun-shot.
in THANKSGIVING DAY.-Gov. Ellis has Sc
on apart Thursday the Oath day of this month
uin as a day of thanksgiving in North Carolina
ry, NEwBERN FAIR.-The ."Union Agricu'
= tural, Mechanical and Commercial Society, a
Newbern," will hold its first annual exhib
ton on the 9Th, 9th, and 10th of Novembe
From the preparations making and the il
,n,s terest which is evidently being manifesto,
we think we can promise our friends in Or;
ven, Jones, C~arteret, Lenoir, Duplin, Hyd
del Wayne, Greene, Wilson, Pitt, Johnston, On
cry low and Beaufort, that our first Exhibitio
nor, will be a most brilliant success. So says tt
Newbern Daily Progress.
Ma SUICIDAL RECKLEssNRss.-The Goldsbor
Tribune says-on Saturday, the ed ult.,
man was discovered standing on the track
luai the n. G. Rail Road, about ten miles fro
Mr.. this place, near Boon Hill. The Engine
the gave all the warning in his power and expe
i. ted the man to step off but he retained b
nlm position, spreading himself across the trat
e to and was instantly killed all efforts to stc
the the train, in this crisis, being, of course, u
2,0o avalnng. coroner ne : inqueS' ma mas acqullu
pies was at Boon Hill, the day before, but refus
and to give his name. He is supposed to ha
fol. been a stone-cutter from Raleigh.
MARINE DIsAsTER.-The schooner Mar
of Elizabeth City, N. c., from Inagua Islant
~ for baltimore, with guano, went ashore
is OF Ocracock Bar on Friday last, and would pro
rests a total loss. The captain, his wife, and ere
our were all drowned.
ACCIDENT ON THE w. & NJ. r. R.-Yest
.0s day evening after dark, we think, as a timh
me- train on the above road was coming in, WI
con crossing the Bridge at Brunswick river t
,ea1e. cow catcher got caught in some way, and v
W. w. bent under the Engine. The fireman q
70 are Geo. Wilkins) becoming alarmed, jump
price from the Engine into the river and was drov
f the ed. Mr.. w. was about 10 years of age, a
inter- a native of 0nslow county. We believe
ndus, loss of Mr.. wilkins was about all of a serit
s Sai nature that happened.-W VII Journal Oct.
LENoIR SUPERIOR CoURT.-At the sess
social of the Superior Court of Lenoir, held in K
ON or ton, last week, the trial of Collins, Wart
1msnt & Gates, took place for misdemeanor. =,
upon two former were sentenced to a fne of
n an hundred dollars each, and six months imp
onment. Gates was sentenced to pay a
which of 500 aud be imprisoned - months.
mans John Startling, who was convicted ab
er OBJ six months ago, of the murder of Sally {
ton, of Lenoir, was sentenced to be hv
Snlla- on the 4th of November inst.
'nteno ScUPPERNoNG GRAPB.--The Agricultl
'rnes, division of the United States Patent of
Q. It for some time past, has been receiving
small quantities, varieties of grapes from
ferent sections of the country, which
lies of chemist of the Department is analyizing,
: any the purpose of discovering their constitr
. 1n0 nortC- acroria1l u n q IN fha quantity IF