Spirit of the age., 1853-05-18
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New ORLEANS, May 8.-Advices from Gal
weston to the Sd inst, state that the accounts I
of the goo mines on the Colorado river have
been fully confirmed Four hundred miners
were already at work realizing from So to $40
per diem each.-Emigrants were focking there
from all directions, farmers were abandoning |
their crops, and merchants had commenced TO
forward goods to the diggings. The whole |
/ State was il exritement-The soil for hund- |
| reds Qfksnlgess had been examined and was
| found to contain deposits of gold as rich as
| those Of California
NEw ORLEANS, May 9th, 10 P. M.-Tht
steamer Daniel Webster has arrived bringing
San Francisco dates of April 18th, being one
week later.
The steamer s. s. Lewis, from San Juan
! for San Francisco, got ashore near former pot
and proved a total loss Her passengers, 400
in number, with their baggage, were all saved
but the cargo was lost with the vessel The
total loss is estimated 1T S2O0,00O
The steamer Jenny Lind had exploded near
San Francisco, by whih twenty persons were
killed and sixty terribly scalded
The markets were gptted, and prices unchan
ged.
T General Dix is to enter upon the discharge Of
his duties as Assistant Treasurer at New York
on Monday, the 10th. Information just recei-
we'd from him shows tlat he is making every
necessary arrangement for this purpose, and
not tor going to France He has been eagaged
in taking an inventory OF the effects zhicf are
} to come under his Charge and he has given
suretles to the amount reqpired, nearly mill
ion of dollars.
The vacant post of Inspector General Of the
Army tas, at length, been filled by the appoint
mentefS lI3srevet Coionel J. K f. Mansfield, of
the Engineers Col Mansfield was a graduate
of West Point Academy. and was appointed
a brevet second Lieutenant in 1922 A num-
ber ofdisIinguished officers were applicants for
! the post.
! o. The stockholders of the Southwestern
E branch of the Missouri ard Pacific Railroad
Company will never be obliged to pay dollar
. for that Road, of 80 miles in lengh. The
lands granted to the State by the Government
during the late session, were transferred Dy the
State to the company, and they will sell for
t enough to build the road. A loan will be
soon proposed for the purpose Of completing
: this road, and it will be based, in a great meas
i ure, on the value of the bonds
: BeA, The coroner's jury, empannelled tc
: enquire into all the facts concerning the rail.
; road massacre at NorwaIk have made long
e and interesting report. After detailing various
I facts brought before them, they proceed tc
i declare that the immediate cause of this dis IS
y ter was the negligence and recklessness of the
! said engineer
Observation-Disclosures persons were Bapti
sed&n Cross Creek in this town yesterday, bl
( < the ~ james Mcdaniel, assisted by the
= Rev. David 5. Williams An immense con
. course Of people Was present, and we learI
. that good order prevailed during the solemn
, ser,ice.-FayetecUc Obs.
s The Rev. THOMAS F. DAVIS, now of Cam
d den. S. c., forrneIy of Wilmington, N. c., wa:
h on Friday last elected Bishop of the Protestan
r Episcopal Church in South Carolina. There
e were twelve baIlotngs, the Rev. Messrs
J., Shand, Walker, Hancke, Reed, and Davis, be
K ing voted for. On the last ballot Mr.. Davis
:. received very large majority Of both Clergy
P and Laity Mr.. Davis, who was present. sig
q niied his acceptance of the trust.
q The Convention ofSouth Carolina has antici
t. pated that of North Carolina, which woult
, most probably have chosen the same sound anc
1e able and pious Minister, as Bishop of Nort
o Carolina.
IS There are now four natives of North Caro-
: lima ID the House of Bishops, viz: Bishop Hiwk
% of Missouri Bishop Green of Mississippi, Bsh
e. op Polk of Louisiana, and Bishop Davis O
G. South Carolina.
% Fay. Obs.
le GW VIM L. Garrett has been convicted :;
: Northampton, N. c., Of the murder of Thoma
Is R. Cumby, and sentenced to be hung.
5 MONUMENT ON THE TIPPECANoE BErTL
- GRoUND.-On the tn instant the corner. ston
1T IT of monument was laid upon Tippecano
VI battle ground, by the Masonic fraternity {
IL Indians, in commemora;ion Of the members {
n' that order, and others, who fell in the battle
~ that memorable field.
+ GENEROUS DoNATIoN-Mr.J Jonathan KID
IN lately deceased, Of Pttsburg, by his will, dom
is ted S. 900 to the support Of sup~rannuate
fn preachers, and the widows of deceased mini
hc ters, of the Pittsburg NJ. E. Conference; So
he 900 to the Missionary Society of the sam
ot branch of the Church; and s 900 to the Co
bv onization.
by Major Samuel F. Sawyer. editor of the No
le folk Argus, has been appointed collector
u Norfolk, Va. The salary and fees of Il
Of office amount to $4,000. This is one of Il
nut best offices In the State.
le- The first cargo of T iron from Wales f
er the n orth Carolina Rail Road, was entered
nd Wilmington few days since.
." OPPOSITION TO Mr.. AsHE.-It will be SCI
by his card in this paper, that d K. Mora
ESQ, of this town is a candidate for Congre
in this (3d) District. So Mr.. AsHE will not
permitted to walk over the course.-WU Ht
ca 20 In a very recent article, we desired
la the Committee (appointed at the town NEE
MS inr held in April last to procure subscriptio
Ia to the amount of 100000 for the improyeme
ize ofthe main entrance ofour River) informat
icy as to the progress of the work which tn
len were employed 1t now affords US mu
ct qualification to state that the required
csc 6eeJ, subscribed, and that measures are in pl
elr rress fortle early commencement Of operation
ley A suficiency appears by the snbjoined g
len respondence.- Wilmington Herald.
ecs TERRITORIES TO BECOME STATEs.--Ut
~ ~ would make twenty States of the size of Ne
pie I} Hampshire; Nebraska, fifteen Indian, TWEEN
no no Northwest, sixty-fve. Total one hundr
Wy no and twcnty-sx States Should these terri
of ries have an equal population tothe square N
~ with New Hampshire, they would contaiI
81. ~ population of above thirty-eight million sou
a so' What destiny awaits our country! A
'o+ what demand upon this generation, to M
ans the next with all appropriate moral, educati
20 and religious influences. The child is fatI
of the man in respect to society," and matte