Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-11-30
LOCAL All STATE ITEMS.


no the usual places of business were closed
SUSPICIOUS CHARAcTEas.-Some two We
go, a well-dressed man, OF remarkable Z
y OF manner, stopped in Raleigh, I'd
ng his name at the Yarbrough Houst
Frazer, New Kent, Van He suce
several citizens out of D
money. clothing, &C., and then put oul
ward. On the day after his DEPARTURE
himself Capt Geo. W.. EdwaS
5 q" reached here, saying he was in pur.
'ult of Frazer, who had swindled him out Of
; hundred dollars in Wilmington. Finding
be had left, Edwards took the train north in
pursuit OF him. When he reached Hender.
son, ne Was met at the Depot by Frazer.
where the two had a cordial greeting Tbsv
an interview 0Or Edwards stopped at Hen
derson) and soon Frazer was MISSING With
out paying his tavern bill. After F's de-
parture, the stranger gave his name as Can't
Edwards, of S. C.-said he had foIIovod y
many hundred miles and spent several hum
dred dollars in trying to overtake him, as he
had forged several notes on several persons
and had made good his escape. A gentle
man present offered to 60 and arrest him for
Ten collars, but for reasons best known to
himself, the Captain declined, and said be
would get a horse and bring him back dead
or alive, himself. So he procured a horse
and left, and did rot again make his anne.r.
ance in town until a very late hour at night
but did not succeed in meeting with Fra
ger. Various enquiries were made about +
but the Captain seemed reluctant in giving
any information as to the crimes eomm;tts3
or the reward offered.
The Captain remained until the . o,clooL,
train arrived on Monday, and then left yerx
unceremoniously for Raleigh, not taking time
to pay his hotel bill. He walked the floor
all day, and appeared very restless. He is
SAID to answer the descriptions of Owen
Brown, one OF the Harper's Ferry insurgents.
he Is about six feet high, spare built fair
complexion, a little freckled, deep blue ewes
and rather red hair and whiskers.
We have not been able TO trace him in Ra-
leigh. We presume he did not stop here on
bis return.
GOOD FARMING IN JOHNSTON CouNrY-Tbe
Standard learns from a friend, that John W
Poole, Esq, living about two miles from
Smithheld, on the Neuse River. raised the
present season twenty four barrels of corn on
one acre of land. The acre was surveyed bv
Mr.. Charles Massey, and the corn gathered
and measured in the presence of several Of
Mr.. Poole's n~eighbors. The land is on Neuse
, River. This is a remarkably fine Weld
How many farmers in the State have raised
this year, one hundred and twenty bushels
OF corn to the acre? We would be glad to
hear from our readers on the subject
THE WESTERN ExTENsIox.-The Western
), N Z. Railroad, it is now said by the Board
/, OF Directors, viii be completed to the French
|, Broad by the lst Of January 1868. The stock
|, is all taken in Mcdowell county, and a COM
, pany is now ready to take the balance from
the western portals of the Blue Ridge to the
: French Broad. Good news indeed.
re "a The Iredell Express says that the cars
es on the Western n. c.. Railroad crossed III,
It's Catawba River on Saturday last. Much O
). the grading is finished, and the cross-ties pu
down west of the river in the direction O
Aorganton, SO that the iron can be laid quit,
at rapidly.
The DAILY BULLETIN.-This spirited littl
! \
As daily, published at Charlotte, entered upoI
nc its second volume on Wednesday last. TIL
IS Bulletin is conducted with ability by M.ssrs
Britton and Alexander, and we are gratife
20, to learn, that it is now upon a permanen
ny foundation. 1t is published at the low rat
has of Sc per annum.
n NORTH CAROLINA RIFLEs.-We understand
!. says the Petersburg Express, that arrang,
i ments are pending between Mr.. Calvin Co,
;.h of Pitt county, n. c., inventor of the be.
ras breech-loading rife now extant, and Mr.. Jas
On, Doherty, ofPetersburg, inventor and manufa
IA turer of the celebrated Doherty increase twi.
rife, for the manufacture Of the former ART
rti- Gle. There is no rife maker in the Union
,cn whom could be better confded such worl
ar than Doherty. His rifles are known the Tn
ich on over, and with bis workmanship the Co
of patent is sure to flourish.
IL DEATH oP ELDER P. DUNx.-A good ms
i've has fallen ! Elder John p. Dunn is dead
,.,- God, in his providence has seen fit 10 c,
him hence. This event has cast a de,
gloom over this community, and filed man
= hearts with sorrow. The religious conmuni
ion to which ne was attached, and among who
it ne had oficiated as a minister, will keen
and deeply feel their loss. He breathed /
last at u o'clock, NJ, On the 18th Of No,
OF 1859.
We gather the above from the Kinst
our American. Elder Dunn was a citizen of |
noir county.
her
$50 SAMPSON FAR-We are under obligatio
to the sampson County Agricultural Societ
rem through Thos. Il. Holmes, Esq, their CT
responding Secretary, for polite ~inyitatio
to attend their Fair to be held near Clint
his on the first, second and third days of Dece
he Der next.
.ke-
Rev. Dr. b. MANLY.-we learn from 4
he Charleston, S. G. papers that the Rev. d
one B.. Manly Of that city, will in all probabilit
nan become a citizen of louisiana, having be