Spirit of the age., 1860-11-07
NORTH CAROLINA ITEMS

III Tue baptist Church, in GoldS
oorough, on Wednesday last, Rev. Jar,osA
Mcdaniel, Moderator, and Elder skim
and +. d. lvey, Secretaries. The number &C
delegates was large, and an interesting Sos q
sion was had
PRESBYTERIAN SYNoD.-Tbe Synod g
North Carolina convened at StatesvilIe on
the 24th ult The opening sermon was
preached by the last Moderator, Rev. F
Nash. After the sermon the Synod was con.
stltuted by the unanimous election Of Rev
R. II. Lafferty as Moderator, and Rev. Messrs
j. P. Mcpherson and {. K. Caldwell as
Temporary Clerks.
The Synod adopted unanimously the re-
port OF the committee which emphaticallv
expresses its disapproval of the policy of the
national government In bestowing three
fourths of the ecclesiastical offices on one de-
nomination, and that one greatly inferior in
numbers to any of the other leading denomi-
nations in the country
Raleigh was selected as the place where
the next annual session of Synod will be
held, and 3Oth of October 1861, as the time.
anmoa monday, the 9th day of November, was
bnm;lis,a to be observed as day of fasting,
: nsnent ~ and prayer, with reference to the
aRd othee chrisSrSis in our national affairs,
i ted to unite in the sarDs sar~@ninations were inyi-
6 The committee on UniOnv,
l. nary presen ted cheering repor, .s .'i 0elni-
!. ditiOn of this Institution. me con-
t. Interesting proceedings were also bao
le specting colportage and other interests OF tn,
>, church
le The Synod adjourned on Saturday even
ing.
: The lredell Express saws the number of
Minister'S Elders, and Visitors in attendance
was near SIX hundred. The new Presbvter;.
IN an Church not being quite finished. services
were conducted in tne old Church Ne,bo
y dist church, College and Town Hall INV tbe
wv various ministers present, affordinr annie
re accommodation for the large congregations
Sc Sunday, Rev. Prof Phillips, of Chapel
Hill, preached to over thousand persons
ui In the Church Grove discourse eminent
for theological learning, deep piety and chris
tian grace. The Holy Communion was then
administered to several hundred believing
Christians; Presbyterian, Methodists, Luthe-
nat ties and beauty peculiar to the Feast at
the Lords Table.
en- nNI. ~ C1DNt, lo TI 80! '9Ig
Is evening the 18th. Rev. j. NJ. kirkpatrick,
ice of Danville, Va, the last Moderator present,
o-l preached the Introductory sermon from 2
- Tim iii. 16, II. The object Of the discourse
o"i was, to enforce the duty of doctrinal predch-
'os- ing and was listened to with marked atten-
his ton by large audience After sermon the
rev Presbytery was organized by the election of
II Rev. j. w. Montgomery, Moderator, and
)" l Rev. F. H. johnson and Rev. A. G. Hughes,
ne Temporary Clerks. During the sitting Of
her the Presbytery, there were present IL Min
listers and 18 Ruling Elders.
On Saturday morning, the Presbyteria
'iea sermon on the Nature and duties of the OF
to flee of Ruling Elders, was preached by The
ing Rev. P. A. McMartin, of Hillsboro'. The
ra discourse founded upon l Tim. V. II, aboun
-. ded in wholesome counsel to the Ruling FL
ing ders present. The spring Term will be hel,
on? in Oxford.--N C. Presbyterian.
use ~ The Hon. Herschel V. johnson, tn
in Douglas candidate for the Vice Presidency
his passed through this place on the 9th ult
. - on his way home in Georgia. He woul
-, have addressed the people iu the Common
an Hall on Monday night, but for the incemen
are cy of the weather.
i' WASHINGTON AND LEAKsvILLE RAnRoAI
seek The sum of 800. 600 having been sui
tn" scribed to the capital stock of the Washing
49,, ton and Leaksvile Railroad Company, tn
subscribers to said stock are notified
cry meet in Louisburg on the 28th of Novembe
ago for the purpose of organizing the Compan,
INK This is most important enterprise, and v
trust will succeed.
-hen CUMBERLAND CouSTY FNIR The Seyent
- Annual Fair of the Cumberland County A
icer' ricultura Society will be held at Fayetteyil
wing on the 14th, 18TH and 10th DAYS of Mover
thy her. The address will be delivered by W;
roth ter f. Leak, Esquire of Richmond, county,
We return our thanks to Mr.. Mclean, t
'iio" Secretary, for an invitation to be present
/, and We understand that the young men nte
-haps having Tournament on Thursday or Fiid
" .ro of the Fair, and that the Knights of this a
the adjoining counties are invited to comp,
aplos with them for the honor of crownine
ton; Queen. The Fair will commence on the il
sake day of November.
lends GuILFoRD SUPERIOR CoURr.-The case
yhris- the State VS.. jacob jackson, which was
moved from Stokes to this county, v
called. This was an indictment for ra
The STATE was represented by Mr. Soil
tor Settle, and the defence was conduc
by Hon. j. A. Gilmer, JAS r. McLc
lining and b. ii. Joyce, Esquires. The case oc
,tberc pied the whole day, and the Jury rende1
their verdict at o'clock at night The
lor all fendant acquitted of the rape and felc
olumn on which he was arraigned In the cou
mend of the examination Of the witnesses we 5
for the first tiH1c in this county = genu
-'ortn Mormon. An old woman was put upon
erlodi- witness stand, to whom the counsel for
suited defence put questions to her compete
q can to testify in court of Justice. To these
replied that she is one of the followers of
al III Smith that she believes in the existenc
lthern God that she believes in a present
ned at future, state of rewards and punishment:
utbcrn Whereupon his Honor directed the Solic
to proceed in her examination. We are
''. 0n that there are several persons in the &C
cations ties OF Stokes and Surry, who believe in
Is, mo- Mormon religion and are connected, in II
FAR bet bership, with that church. 1t was a N
- sight to our citizens A live Mormon
. anu On Wednesday, the case of the State
tronlze Wesley Gray, who was charged with ha,
nent of carnaliy known and abused beaut
little child, Lou. Stack, of the tender age
eight and half years, was called. The S
onlslng was represented by Solicitor Settle, and
he has Long, Esq, and the defendant by the Me.