Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-07-27

REV. Dr.. IvEs.-Thes statement thatthe Rev.
Or. Ives, late Bishop of the Diocese of North
Carolina, was about to be ordained a priest in
the Catholic church, and that the Pope had in
formed him that be must separate from his
wife. is positively eontradicted by the Freeman's
Journal. As regards the separation. the Jour
nal says such a thing is not likely to find favor
any where in the Catholic church. The Jour
nal also publishes an extract Of letter from
DR.. Ives to the Rev. Dr. Forbes. ofNew York. in
which he alleges that an accounthad been made
np against him North Carolina, and a pro-
cess served upon his hbrary and Mrs. Ives per-
sonal articles left behind in that State. He
further says All l ask in this life Is to hare
my dear soiitfe side By side 10Th nc at the altar,
and some situation, however obscure, where
| can keep her above positive want
CoUNTERFEITERs.-The Huntsville, Ala,
Advocate learns that two men have been com
mitted to Marshall county Jail for circulating
counterfeit mOney-and cid and a young man.
They had about Sl00,e00in counterfeit money
with them on the Cape Fear Bank, North Caro-
lima, we'll executed. The old man called his
name John Fugate, and the joung one gave
his as James Cook. They had we learn, $1,000
in good money-that was taken from them anG
the joint bail liked at Sl,50Oi
Snow ARCH ON MOUNT WAsHINGToS.-A
party of travellers just arrived at Portland
from the white mountains, report that on til
} 18th inst. in ascending the summit of Noun
Washington, by q new route, they passe
| under or through o natural archway of snow
. twenty feet high, and one hundred and sixt
feet long-the crust above their head fort
feet in thickness. Tue surface of this mas
of snow extends over several acres, and ha
n no S1ohc of loo GENERALIZATION
S gThe Steamer Empire, of Troy, while Q
: her passage from Albany to New York, betwee
/ and 2 O'Clock on Saturday morning, was ru
l. into by a sloop, by which one of the Empire
i boilers was unshipped and blown cverboar,
as was also one of the warehouses ard Il
&c smoke chimney. The injury to the passenge
a had not been correctly ascertained. One a
u count says some fifty or sixty were badly SC;
ded; and that eight persons had been pick,
n, up from the wreck and brought into Poug
IN keepsie in a sloop: Another and the late
n, states: the sloop ran into the boiler of t
steamboat, and the steam instantly rushingo OF
~ scalded four persons on the hurricane deck
death. Several others were injured, but or
four were killed. The accident happened / il
one mile from Hamburger, where the steambl
: now lies on a sand bar.
Miss Laura Shields, who resided on Lib
- ty street, in Cincinnati, went up to her 70,
~ ~ on the evening of July 4th to dress for a b;
y When the gentleman came who was to acco
pany her she had not come down stairs. T
ar mother called her, but she did rot come.
-. length her mother went to the door and ri
- psa4 hut no agSMer WAS returned, and she
locked the door. They then became alarm
and forced the door, when Laura was found
- ing upon the floor, nearly dressed for the |
and dead. She appeared to be in perfecthea
- as in the evening at tea. She was buried, ip
os- dress they found her in, on Monday.
- John II. Wheeler, of North Carroll
Sd has been appointed by the President, Secret
ill to sign. Land Warrants.