Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-01-09

orado. Great alarm prevails The hostile
indians are arfaged several thousand strong
and determination Of the Americans.
There IS 4 very small force of e. S. troops
to resist then. Among the names of those
murdered. We ind that of-Wilson, Of
North Carolina.
MIA. CDAY.s DRsIRn TO RE-APpEAK IN
THE SENAfE.-The Washington correspon-
dent of the Philadelphia North American
states that Mr.. Clay has a great desire to be
able to appear in the Senate once more, to
utter his last %admonitions against the dan
ger Of the new doctrines which now, says
the correspondent, threaten the permanency
of our institutions. The correspondent adds:
He would rather speak than write out his
thoughts and while maintaining, as he has
always done heretofore. the cause Of liberty
throughout the world, and proclaiming him
self its inhexible champion, he will at every
hazard pronounce against the scheme of in
tervention. The tire at which he means
to make this expo. ion of his views cannot
now be definitely liked, and must depend
upon his physical condition but he is stern
and resolved in his purpose to make it. and
ne will make it. even if in the attempt be
should die on the foor.'
The last accounts represent Mr.. Clay's
health worse than at any previous period Of
his present attack. His death, occur when
it may, will produce a greater sensation
thSouesout tho world than any m~an~oathe
globe.
% Philadelphia was visited with anoth-
er destructive fire on the Goth ult., destroy
ing the magnificent stone building known
as Barnum's Museum, with most of the rare
; and valuable curiosities it contained.
SUBSTANTIAL AID TO HUNGARY.-A
mass meeting, to adopt measures to secure
substantial aid to Hungary, is to be held in
= Philadelphia on Saturday evening. An ad.
: dress to the people of the State, a memorial
to Congress, and a series of resolutions vii
be submitted, taking strong ground in favor
of the oppressed Hungarians, and also upor
the question of national Intervention. Kos
:, suth has promised to send a letter or address
to be read at the meeting.
st The DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CoNvENr1oN
." it was determined at q meeting of the CON
d mittee in Washington on Wednesday, sha.
1T be held IN Baltimore on the third Tuesday
Ii May next.
The DESIGNS OF NAPoLEoN.-Tn a lettt
Is published in the London News immediate
ly after his escape from Paris, Louis Blar
DC declares the following to be the purposes
h. Louis Napoleon and the absolute monarch
~ of Europe:
no TO divide Europe into three great empi
~ es-a Russian empire extending to Consta
tinopIe an Austrian empire, with the def
~ . tive annexation Of Italy a French empi
NJ with the addition of Belgium. From ii
new holy alliance between three great de
~ potic empires to cause to arise a war to t
death against the Democratic party, and
gainst the Liberal and Constitutional part,
to extirguish beneath the armies, tread OF
what the absolutists call the revolutiona
ma fame-that is to say, whatever lights t
lie human spirit on the way Of progress, and
England resists to crush her. y n n Su
is the plan-(who can doubt it longer p.
as such is the sacrilegious plan Of which t
~ sack of Paris is the commencement and
~ the accomplishment of which Louis Boz
: parte has delivered France into the hands
=. French Cossacks.'
IN PHILADELPHIA, Dec. Is.
A highly interesting meeting of t
III, Methodist Episcopalians was held in Il
city during the last week, when sor
10 statistics were furnished, showing til
'ue since the Church had been divided-t
North from the Soutk-that the form
had decreased in numbers %, $50, VIII
MIA the latter had increased rs, 1913. In
ous seven years previous to the division, t
1d increase Of The Church was over hal
a. million. After a heightened debate, r
oiutsons were adopted providing for
appointment of a committee TO take m
a sures tor calling a general convention
the Church, to be held in PhiladeIp
IN May, 1852, for the purpose Of max
,;oto a fundamental change in the oreani
ru- ton by introducing lay delegates in
mo-. General Conference.
49,, New YORK, Jan. 2-3 p. M
the The steamer Africa has arrived at
gold port from Liverpool. She brings ne
cad that cotton has declined 1-8. Sales
ed ring The week of %, 900 bales. B1e
und stufs steady.
France is comparatively tranquil
DE- BonaParte is still succeeding in his W
fore es. There are some difficulties in
, country. England is quiet. News Fl
'nelr other parts of Europe is not of much
nrSt terest.
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