Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1864-02-15
MISCELLANEOUS ITRMs.

SD regiment North Carolina tropps, en-.
gagged in tae building the ,fahk road,
near Orange Court House, Va.
We learn that a bear was killed in
this County on Saturday last, b. Mr..
Caleb Penny, about ten miles from this
place. He weighed l59 pourd s gross,
and 127 nett. Ills meat was sold IN the
Raleigh market on Monday morning.
Another steamer, in which the State
is interested, has arrived through the
blockade, bringing full cargo.
&, Amos Kendall, who recently presided
rSer a conservative meeting in Pnliadel-
4Ssfia, said that recently a suspicion had
I sprung up in his mind that the Coincide
rates really intended to dissolve the
Union Some such suspicion has been
prevailing a long time among a great
many people down in Dixie.
Hon. Jno. Wilcox of Texas, a mem
Der of the House of Representatives,
dropped dead in a moment at. his room
ON MONDAY morning last, while appa-
rently in perfect health. lie was a ma
tive of North Carolina.
A line of telegraph has been establish
lished between Fayetteville ami Ral-
eigh.
: 1t is the purpose of the Publishing
Company of the Methodist Episcopal
f Church of this State to open a Book
S store in this city in a few days, for the
sale of religious, historical scle ltific and
literary publications, Sabbath and 9TH
er school books, stationary &c.
They have a sensation rumor in Rich"
mond, about Louis Napoleon having
written a letter to President Davis, in
which the Man of Destiny says, or is
reported to have said, that if the South
will agree to gradually emancipate her
slaves, he will recognize, break the
blockade, and otherwise materially as
h sist in establishing this nationl
1t The Progress says:
n That little report about the taking of
t. Suffork with five hundred Yankee rris-
oners was a big lie. Later news from
that section says there are not any YAM
: -IaasSssssAL
Attic M. r. Mission m this
city some twenty persons have profess
81. ed conversion and the religious interest
NJ is increasing.
lie
is Harry Mccarthy The Arkansas come.
dian lied a few days since, near Atlanta.
ss+Geo. He was the author of The Bon
or ME Blue Flag" and several other popular
us songs. ALAS! poor Yorick p,
r. Among the prisoners captured near
es Newbern, were several deserters from
on our army. Two of these have already
nc been executed and others are undergoing
! trial.
ts It's estimated that the Confederate
.ge income tax now being paid, will amount
M. to three or four hundred billions of dol
AZ lars in the Confederacy. The Charlotte
RI Democrat says, in Mectlenburg count,
of alone, it is thought the tax viii reach
EN- eight hundred thousand dollars. Thi
~ will certainly greatly reduce the amour
DC of notes in circulation.
nld Ii you cannot inspire a woman with
3;e love Of you, fill her above the brim witt
love of yourself, and all that runs owe
the will be yours.
ord Genl. Hood has been pro noted to tn,
lor rank Of lieut.. General.
ion The venerable Editor of the IIillsborc
It, recorder, announces ielis last issue, tina
his paper has just entered upon the forty
'ay fifth year of its age. May he live to re
~ cord its centennial anniversary.
1t Is generally reported that. Tor som
time past, the House of Representative
has been considering, in secret session,