Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-10-30
EDITORIAL ITEMS.

PPoINTNEETs.-Spier Whitaker OF Halifax, Aid
ie-Camp to Gov. Clark, with the rank Of Lieutenant
Colonel. L. o. B. Branch, Colonel Of a Regiment of
State Troops. The companies are daily arriving and
the Regiment viii be formed in a short time.
THREArEsIsG.-The State Journal of Wednesday
last, announces in q Postscript, that Gov. Clark has
received official information that a large fleet had sail
ed from New York, for the purpose of ATTACKING Beau
fort and Newbern, We shall probably hear more ofthis
before going to press. Nothing further ~received.l
YIKpIcAr1oH-Col. John Fl. Wheeler is out in the
papers, with a letter vindicating himself from allega-
tons against his loyalty to the South. The card is too
lengthy for our columns, but no one, We think, after
perusing the same, can hesitate in saying that Col.
W. not only fully establishes his innocence, but proves
himself to be. and to have been from the first, one of
the truest of the true. to the honor and safety of North
Carolina. and of the independence of the Southern
States.
CooKs.-We are glad to see it announced among the
General Orders. that each company Of Volunteers in
the service of North Carolina, is entitled to four SER
wants. Of these, at least one out of the three ought to
be a good cooK-one who especially knows how to
make good BREAD. In our visits among the camps
recently, we could not but notice the wretched stuff
our brave soldiers have Ioswallow, or rather gulp
down-for to chew it was almost impossible, under
the misnomer of bread, This article is said to be the
staff OF life ; but such as is made up by inexperienced
hands in the camps, may be more properly termed tn
patent for disease and death. A good baker in each
Company would save more to the Commissary Depart
ment, in the waste which inexperienced cooks occa-
sion, than would pay for their services, besides con-
tributing greatly to the health and comfort of the SOL
diers.
THE C. HosP1rAL-At Petersburg, is now ready
for the reception of inmates, a description of which
is given in the Petersburg Express, and that paper
says it is the most convenient institution of the kind
in the South. The Hospital will be under the general
management and supervision of the Governor of
North Carolina, and the Surgeon General of the State,
DIR. Chas. E.. johnson. The immediate attendants are
Peter E. Hines, Principal Surgeon; Harvey Hines,
and F. NJ. Henderson,, Assistant Surgeons. Mrs. C.
G. Kennedy has been appointed Matron, to be aided
by two assistants.
PREsBYTERIAN.-The Synod Of North Carolina con-
venes in this city on the Goth inst. The first Old
School General Assembly, composed of the Churches
in the Confederate States, is to be held in the City of
Augusta, Ga, on the 4th day of December next. The
Rev, DR.. Palmer, Of New Orleans, is to preach the
opening sermon, and to preside in the organization of
the Assembly, and the Rev. DR.. Wilson of Augusta, to
be his alternate.
COMMON SCHooLs.-The Charlotte Democrat, whose
t Editor is 8 member of the Literary Board. says-The
President and Directors Of the Literary Fund of North
Clrolina, held a meeting in Raleigh on Friday last, thu
18th. The sun of $90,452 was ordered to be distrib
y uted amongthe different counties of the State, PAYA
: BILE ON THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL NEXT. In conse
o quence of the heavy demands upon the State Treasury
r for war purposes at this time, it was found Impossible,
0 to furnish the chairmsn of the different counties will
the none ely Immediately after the declaration of thu
distribution. Its hoped and believed that the schools
- l ,-;n ba Min 1y;fh h %boA II .-1.,
ses will be met in April. 1t was impossible for tn
Literary Board to make a better arrangement, and tn
IN course they adopted was deemed better than to max
no distribution at all. We suppose a table, shown
the amounts each county is entitled to-, will be pull
lished in a few days.
SOUTHERN SCHOOL BooKs.-We learn that Re,
!, r. L. Abernethy, Principal of Rutherford Male an
- Female Academies prosperous Institutions, of whic
' he is the founder-in Burke County. n. c., has nea
IL ly completed the MSS. copies of three new Soho,
Books, which he designs putting to press as soon
tie completed, viz: A Mental Arithmetic; q work G
Chemistry; and an Epitome of Roman History.
Rev. Mr.. A.. has had an experience of more tn,
twenty years in teaching the young idea how
on' shoot and is therefore well qualified to prepa
School Books adapted to the youthful mind. '
ons wish him, and all others engaged in preparing boo
tn for Southern Schools, the greatest success.
so The hog-killing season is close at hand, and
Of should be remembered that hog-bristles are in or,
nv demand. at high prices. The Salisbury Banner 50
a shoe manufacturer of that town had to send to
tersburg for this article, where he was made to I
ass the moderate sum of nine dollars a pound for nor
ern hog bristles. Really, this is too bad. ThousaI
of pounds of hog bristles are wasted every butcher
tha season in any one Southern State. Orr people hi
actually preferredto buy them from the North rat
be at the trouble of jerking them out of the ba
a of their hogs. Will not our farmers see. hereaf
u. that there 10 no lack of hog bristles. Select the
gest, and pull them before the hog is scalded.
new Col George Bower, an aged and distinguished
Tton, zen of North Carolina, was drowned in Yadkin Ri
oted near Wilkesboro'. on Monday, the 9Th, while atte
With ting to ford the stream in his carriage.
TREACHERY REwARDED.-We see it stated
also Judge Catron has received q reward for bis treacl
can to Tennessee, Lincoln having conferred upon him
dano appointment of United States Commissioner.
n of
uh., ALL TAKEN.-The Secretary of the Treasury ha:
~on+ tilted the Commissioners for the Confederate FIT
v.,;. Million Loan, that all of it has been taken, and
,cr.., future subscriptions must be taken under the
authorized by the act Of Congress, approved Au