Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-11-02
Miscelnous Items.


5000 to 10000. ! Dur troops retreated
before them, buk ad made q stand a
short distance thiside of Bristol. and !,
would dispute the Fther advance'of the
Gen. W,sliams.a command Of
cavalry. had severskirmishes with the
Yankees on Wedn<ay, but was forced
to fall back before hyperion numbers
He, however. inhicl considerable loss
on them. and at a int four miles west
of Bristol succeedsin holding them at
Day for several hoo.
The Lynchbar Republican of the
25th. says it was thaght when the train
left Glade SPRING Saturday morning,
that a battle woulde fought during the
day, but we have j intelligence as to
the realization of Is anticipation.
slater accounts contradict the report.
MATTERS NEAR CHATTANOOGA The
Atlanta Register ofhe 21st says it was
generally believed that the Federals at
Chattanooga had BIN living for several
days on only a ecker and a half per
diem. EFederal destters represent their
condition desperat in the exA pne.-
General Bragg ha caused RATS ITO be
constructed above Chattanooga, which,
turned loose, had bated with the ire.
mendous force ofthe current of the
swollen Tennessee s,ainst the trcstle aud
pontoon bridges ofshe enemy, and these
all have been sw5t away by the re
sistless waters. Until the river falls,
these bridges cannc be replaced, and re.
cent rains do net i~licate any change in
its condition.
On the other han, the bridges between
Dalton and Chattaooga have been de-
stroyed by the foo6 and fer souae days
past our troops haze been on short ra-
tons. 1t has bee found necessary tx
move brigades, subdivisions, perhaps, tt
a point nearer the railroad, and hence
the rumor a few dys since, that Brage
was again falling bck. 1t may be true
however, that he would evoke Thomas
from his stronghold whence famine drove
him, and offer BATH in the epen field
All the information the Register car
gather leads to the conclusion that man.
days cannot elapss before the fate Q
Thomas army mus be determined.
AFFAIRS IN WAsHINGroN CIrY.-Th
Richmond Examiner of Tuesday last ha
the following:
We have seen andeonverse1 with a yer
intelligent gentlemh who lett Washing
ington as late last Wednesday.
The falling back Of Meade's army ha
caused .considerable excitement and acti,
ity in military cfrcles in Washington
During all of. last week there was a col
lances hat were bsing hurried off to tt
front. The military force g%arrisonin
Washington had been much reduced, an
there were no meresmen about Washing
ton than were thought necessary 10 sd
fend the capital"
There are still confined in the OLD Ca
itol prison a large number of prisoner
The number had been recently increas,
by a lot being brought in, principal
North Ca~rolinians, from the battle
Bristow Station, and our informant est
mates the number now confined tae
from six to seven hundred.
ARDENT SP1RIrs.-The Quarterly Co,
ference of the Oxford Methodist Episc,
pal circuit and mission Ga, recently g
pressed the opinion, by resolution, 9Th
the membership and ministy Of t
Methodist church ought to abstain ali.
from the use and distillation of arde
spirits, if from no other ~conslderati
than that Of abstaining from the appss
ancs of evil"
GEN. John B. FLoYD.-Rev. E.
Wexler of the Holston Methodist Episc
pal Conference, states, in the Bristol "A
~vocate, that several days before t
death of Gen. Floyd, when his mind W
as clear as ever in his life, he was r
ceived into the Methodist church, on
most satisfactory profession of faith, a
allowed to partake of the Lords supp'
THE WORK OF GoD.-Besides the I
freshing accounts received from Q
own correspondents of the progress
the work of God in this St ate, We lea
from our exchanges, that it is spread
throughout the Cohfederacy in |
Churches generally.
The Methodist, Baptist and Presby,
rian papers of Richmond, contain e
couraging accounts weekly of the t
umphs of the Gospel. Richmond is n
being visited with an outpouring of |,
Spirit. In this State net only in {
Chuch but in the Baptist, Method
Protestant and Presbyterian Church
God is reviving His work. And
work is extended in South CARROLL
Georgia, Alabama and Florida,
Perhaps a more general revival has