Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-04-28

~ Our exchanges are literally filled
with accounts of destructive fires, shipwrecks,
floods, &C., involving the loss of much prop
erty and many lives.
"a At the recent Wing Congregrcssion-
al caucus, in Washington, It was resolved
that the National Convention for nominating
President be held in Baltimore on the 10th
ofJune. The caucus was a most inharmoni-
Gus one most OF the Southern Wings re-
tired before adjournment, in consequence of
the Compromise being declared a fnality
being ruled out of order. 1t is thought the
Fillmore Wings will hold a separate Nation
al Convention.
|, @G Ex-Gov, Voting, of \. 7 died Ii Al
bany, on the Esd ult.
g By the latest foreign arrival, intclli-
gence was brought of a further decline in
Cotton.
A great storm and freshet has recently oc-
CURED in Virginia, in the region about Har-
per's Ferry. The waters in the Shenan-
doah and Potomac were about as high as in
the great freshet of 1847. Several fine
erty destroyed.
OpD FELtows.-The Grand Lodge, In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, convened
in this city on Monday. the 18th inst. 1t
was quite. numcrously attended. On Tues
day, the Lodges Of the city, in conjunction
with many visiting brethren, had a grand de-
monstration. A very imposing array marched
through the streets of the city to the African
Church, where an address was delivered by
Edward Y. Cannon, ESQ.,, of this city
Thence the fraternity proceeded to the place
at which a sumptuous dinner had been pro-
vided, where they spent an hour, very pleas
antly in pattakihg of the creature comforts,
and enjoying 1.-The feast of reason and flow
ct soul. "-Richmond Era.
SUPPOSED DEATH FROM EfHER.-A few
DAYS ago a resident Of Chelsea, Mass, haG
ether administered to him previous to under
going a surgical operation, to remove a to-
nail which grew down into the quick. TIL
surgecns had Just commenced to use tn
knife when the patients pulse rapidly de
= clined. Restoratives were applied in vain
and death ensued in about five minutes.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN GUILFoRD.-t
) friend writing US from Thompsonville, (whos'
5 statements may be relied upon, informs u
that on Wednesday the 18th inst, as MI
e Charles P. Williams, a tobacco, trader, wa
e returning from the South, having in his pos
: session about $500, and when SOME six mile
this side NORTH Ct Gree:isboroigh, he wa
e met, attacked, Knocked down and robbed b
four sccoundrels, whose faces were BACKED
;! And that on Thursday or Friday night fc
lowing, in the same neighborhood, a youu
IF man named Jordan, was stopped in the roa
by a rufian who demanded bis money. 10
dan told him that he had none. Whereupc
the rufian cut at him with a knife, cuttir
through his oyercoat and dress coat, and W
at only saved from a dangerous wound by Il
blade Of the knife striking a poeket-comb.-
al By adextercdus movement Of yordan's hors
II he avoided a second blow, and, breaking Il
r. robbers hold, he fed.
III A man suspected of having committed Il
latter offence has been arrested and comm
a. ted to the Guilford Jail.-MiIton Chron.
lie MONEY WANTED.-The State Treasure
I'd D. w. Courts, Esqr, advertises that seal,
proposals will be received at his office, un
to the 10th of May next, for the purchase
n 100000 of State bonds issued by the Sta
1n Of North Carolina, in conformity with an
ne Of the General Assembly. ratified Janua
in %, 1851, interest payable %ssenhi-annual
of principal at the end Of ten years.
Q! 4 GocD ExAHpLE.-The Prince Pre-
n dent of France. recently invited Lord Co
Cd ley, the new English Ambassador at Par
ur to dine with him on the Sabbath. For Lo,
m Napoleon, and for the French nation, t
49, was perfectly in keeping. But Lord Cow
,e5 did not forget. his allegiance to the Lord
on the Sabbath. He promptly declined the pI
no fered honor, on the ground that he did
2w attend public dinners on the first day of
lis, week, The case is the more marked, fir
itb the fact that this dinner was intended to
yht a FIRST and formal reception of the repres
sc, tative of England. The President sub
YES quently changed the day.
as at RECEIPTS FOR THE AGE.