Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-10-10
NORTH CAROLINA ITEMS.

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Haywood, Breckenridge Elector, addressed a
large audience at the Court House. AT might
the Douglas men had a large meeting, at
which speeches were made bv Mr.. Penninp-
ton Editor of the Newborn Progress, Major
Iaston IL. Wilder of this county, and Henry
W. Miller, Esq, of this city. On Wednes-
DAY night a Breckenridge Club was formed.
and on Friday night the Bell Club had an
enthusiastic melting. Our people will be full
~ posted up with regard to the respective
candidates by the day of election-which by
the way, is less than four weeks off.
COUNTY FAIRs.-Our thanks are due to Mr..
Harrison, secretary of the Ex-Committee
for a complimentary invitation TO the New
bern Fair, to be held in that Town on the list
and I'd of November. We have before us a
list of the premiums to be contendcd for, which
will compare fayorably with any we have
seen, and will We hope, be subjects of gencr-
al competition with the farmers and mechan-
les of that region.
The Cumberland County Fair is to be held
at Fayetteville on the 14th, 18th and 10th
days of November.
The Meckaenburg Fair will be, held at.
Charlotte, on the 31st of October, and con-
tinue three days. 1t is understood, that Jas.
Ii. Witherspoon, Esq, of Lancaster, S. c.,
will deliver an address on the occasion.
The Duplin Fair will be held at the Fair
Grounds near Kenansville on the 18th and
10th of November next. The annual ad-
dress will be delivered by r. II. Cowan, ESQ.
of Wilmington.
The Robson County Fair will be held at
Red Springs on the 21st, 22d and 23d DAYS
of November next. The friends of Agricul-
tural improvement, in whatever branch of
industry they may be engaged, whether their
scale OF operations be large or small, are call
ed upon and earnestly solicited to cooperate
with the officers of this Society in promoting
the success of this Fair.
The Wayne county Fair will m at
Goldsborough on the Odd of October, a few
days after the State Fair. The Wayne
County Society offers a banner to the best
drilled military Company on the Fair grounds.
What say our military friends of Wake p
Will they not contend for this banner
The Granville Fair will be held at Hcnder-
son on the 10th, 18th and 10Th of this month.
The address will be delivered by NJ. w. Ran
som, Esq.
Gz5@ A new counterfeit on the Bank of
Charlotte, N. c., is thus described :-5s, al
tercd-vig. a locomotive and cars, bridge and
hills in the back ground fig. 5 and a mans
head on the left. The spurious has a woman
with scale, swords, &C., on the right.
r4y@Thc Synod of North Carolina will
meet at Statesville, October oath. The open
ing sermon will be preached by Rev. F.. K.
Nash. s
RAIL RoAD.-We are pleased to learn that
more than a sufficiency of stock has been
subscribed to secure the charter of this Road,
and that the company is now organizing to
proceedto work. This Road will pass through
Person and Caswell. If it touches Rox-
borough there is a Leaksville route already
surveyed from that town to this-the route
we refer to starts from GAINESVILLE, Va.-NiI-
ton Chronicle.
ASHFORD CoURT.-Superior Court is in
session at ASHFORD, this week, Judge r. NJ.
Saunders presiding.
hcV. DdHlel OEIn WAS Cdllcu, anu nOG all
swcring, was called out and judgment entered
against his s~ureties, who will have to pay the
bonds without reduction.-High Point Re
porter.
James Ates, residing in Wilkes, fifteen
M lies west of Wilkesborough, n. c., commit
ted suicide by shooting himself with a pistol,
on the Goth of August last. His remain
were not found until the 18th of September
The deceased was about 40 years of age.
~ A young man named Samuel Lander
i. from Lincoln county, n. c., was swindleC
l out of 500 at Baltimore on Wednesday last
I by one of the confidence gang.
Mr.. john GRANT.-The weather-bleache
q skeleton of this unfortunate gentleman VIII
, was found on Saturday night, the goth, il
/ the woods southwest of Wilson's Store, AM
. about seven miles from Warrenton. Tn
; clothing, a ring, and some papers were found
I which leaves no doubt of the 1eshless skeleton
o being that of poor Grant. B. E. Cook, Jun.
n Esq, held an inquest, and after due consider
) alton, the verdict was, Found dead fror
causes unknown to the jurors" To proven
> misconception, it is our duty to state, tina
I, in this sad case, as in a former one, no dout
If exists that the deceased persisted while su
foring from mdniG-G-P0tU. lie was last see
alive on the 29th of July, and the tim
elapsed accounts for the condition in whic
= his remains were found. The Coroner ha
2 them decently inferred in the Warrento
graveyard. The deceased was a native {
Eloin ScOtland-W nrrentOn NeNS.