Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-10-19
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.

and Fancy Articles at y. Z. Palmer : tD'
Jewelry Store. Read his Advertisement and IL
then 90 and look at the beauties t
Tue STATE FAIR.-As we 20 to press our =
city is being filled with visitors to the Far. !.
The articles already on hand on Saturday ],
evening last were large and of very superior ::
character. Mechanics Hall is filled to repie-
ton with various kinds of articles, showing
extraordinary skill and ingenuity among tue c
mechanics Of the State. Farmers Hall will d
be we'll represented, while Floral Hall will be e
filed to o~verfloa ing with everything both use
| full and beautiful. The horses, cattle, and t
stock Of various kinds promise a fine show
in these respects. Upon the whole, 1t Is be-
iieved the Fair of 1859 will surpass any of
its predecessors. The city will no doubt be
crowded, but we presume all who attend VIII
be able to find accommodations.
TRUE AND PoINTED.-His Honor, Judge
Shepperd, in his remarks to the prisoner on
passing sentence of death in this city at our
last Superior Court, took occasion to warn
all young men of the evil influence OF bad
company, and indulgence in ardent spirits,
and stated that in nine cases out of ten
drunkenness had more or less to do with
crimes, like that for which the poor prisoner
was now before him. He hoped that his con-
dition would be a warning to all young men,
and that if it had the effect of turning others
from their crime, it would show the wisdom
of God in raising him up even to accomplish
this end.
Judge S. was listened to with marked at
%tention, and many of the crowd present were
moved to tears.
PUBLIC TAxEs.-The Standard of last Sat
urday, contains a statement of the taxes paid
into the public treasury by each county in
the State, for the year ending LIST September
1859. The amount is & 6O7,8 13 81, exclusiv,
of the Bank tax and the taxes yet unpaid o
Bladen and Mcdowell. Bladen paid las
year $4,287 81, and Mcdowell 1896 ga, ant
the Bank tax was about $35, 900, making
$41 GA Is from these sources. This amour
added to the 607, 813 SO already given, wi
give for the year the sum of $649,42S Al
round numbers, $3.50, 900. The amount re
ceived for 1868, exclusive of Bank tax, wa
: $502,612 rs. Add $35, 600, about the amour
. of Bank tax, and we have $537,612 76 fl
1858, showing an increase for the year endir
> in 1859 of $111,S15 81, or a fraction oU
twenty per cent.
BEWARE OF THE CIRcUs.-A corresponds
of the Petersburg Express, under the date
Oct. 10th, gives an account of disgracef
lawlessness INDUCED in by Robinson's Giro
Company at CASTOR, N. c., on the 9Th ins
An attempt was made to evade paying t
tax, but being forced to pony up, an ind
criminate attack was made Cat the close
10 the'H"sseheaeres ! Jq4RR @ weqe, T Mg4s and q
ford,) is supposed to have been murdered,
ne cannot be found when last seen, he "
PROSTATE, with a crowd beating him. 1t
feared he was killed and thrown into
L. Roanoke River. The Correspondent adds
The Southern community, from self-respect
IT. nothing else, should frown down A6oIit
,f. and R0wdy humbugs of this kind; and
,al only direct way to do so is to raise the tax
$3.50, which will surely deter them from tr
cling in this direction. In conclusion, sho
nj any one see this communication and Il
la patronize them, and they are robbed
". beaten, then let them not say they have
h been forewarned. | am reminded by som
in the sufferers that after being knocked do
to and beaten, they were robbed of their |
purse and everything else available"
:. This Company is to be here this we
when our city will be thronged with visit
q to the Fair. We have our fears that tt
will be difficulty with them. We advise
who wish to be out of danger to keep a,
from the show.
'es' P. S.-Dr. Hicks, we learn, escaped f
uh- the mob and swan the river.
nm CRoPs.-The Editor of the Winston Sc
mel, in speaking of a recent excursion
country route through several westerly CT
tor ties adjacent to Forsythe, says the en-
crops Of the past season arc much better I
was expected IN the latter part of the S
v mer. The wheat was remarkably good
and bacco, which is now cultivated extensiyel
lgs, that region, is frst-rate, corn tolerably
~ fruits in abundance, and oceans of 'simn
chestnuts and acorns. The editor felicit
BRO himself upon the prospect of living fat.
had
New RAlLRoAD.-A convention has re-
ly been held to forward the construction
re- Railroad from Charlotte to Statesyille
ap- miles. The resolutions adopted, declare
'the Road shall be built" The work
be let out as soon as $500, 600 shall have
ersi- subscribed. A meeting is to be held 1st
nor vember to ascertain how much stock has
,oci- subscribed by that time.
lbu- Posi- OFFICEs.-Established-Car,
DRY. Seminary, Greene County. N. O., Disco
uses ued-Cary P. O., Wake. N. G. Name oh
III ed-West Orange, Orange Co., to HUI,
to- Academy.
WILSON CoUNTY.-The Wilson Ledger
as an evidence of the prosperity of the C
ty in every branch of industry, the rem.
BILE fact that they have not a single paup
their Poor House. 1t would be please
other Counties in the State could max,
same boast
T Ell.