Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-10-19
8 Temperance aGo fanig dleekg Nthspapr.

Coroner Scott was called upon yesterday
morning to hold an inquest over the dead
body of Isaac Evans, o free man of color, who
lived near the Slaughter House, in the cas-
tern suburbs of this city. The evidence be-
fore the Jury was, that he sent a white wo-
man off after a pint Of liquc6s drank it down
at one draught and died instantly. The YER
dict was " died from intemperance."
Weekly Post.
SECRETARY GUTHRIE's LETTER.-The New
York Express states that a great indignation
meeting is contemplated in that city, to de-
nounce Secretary Gutherie's interference
with the affairs of the New York Custom
House, In w~ritingthe letter to collector Brown
son to put the 'softs' instead of the 'Hards'
into Office. The letter appears to have crea-
ted quite q sensation, and it is rumored that
the Collector has written a reply, which will
be the cause of his removal, if, indeed, as is
surmised, he does not send in his resignation
with his reply to the Secretary.
HIGHLY Communicated. Thomas w.
Blake, a recent candidate for Congress in the
Western District of Texas, said, in a speech
made by him in Austin, just before the cleo
ton, that he had travelled over thirty-eight
counties in that district, and he ventured the
assertion, that according to population, it
had within its bounds more churches of the
various religious denominations, and more
schools and a c~ademies, than were to befound
in any other State in the Union. In every
village and neighborhOod are TO be foundthe
church and the school house.
1t affords us pleasure to notice the exceed
ingly rich mineral developments that are be-
ing constantly made in our State. We were
shown last week some of the mostmagnifcent
gold specimens, from a recently discovered
mind in Davidson county, that We ever saw.
The lands have been purchased bya party of
gentlemen in this place, and on Saturday last
the Company was regularly organized, with
a capital isl 600, 900. Capt. A. B. Stith
was elected President, and E. B. Freeman
ESQ, Secretary. The specimens of which we
speak were shown US by the gentlemanly
Secretary, among which were some beautiful
crystals, (which we learn are an unerring in
dication of a vein weighing from two to ten
pcnnyweights.-Raleigh Post.
naF We notice in the Wadesboro' Argus,
the prospectus of a new weekly paper, desig-
ned to be published at Fayetteville, under the
name of the Fayetteville Journal, to be edited
by John w. Cameron, Esq, of Richmond
county. It is probable that the publication
will commence in the early part of the ensu-
ing year.-Mr. Cameron is Well known as
one of the best writer's in the State, fearless
in the exercise of his opinions, yet withal
brim-full of humor and point. We have not
! a doubt that the paper under his direction,
t will be zone of the most racy, readable, and
reliable papers Of the day-in all respects
l worthy of the State and Of the Press
l Aman in New Orleans recently wenthomc
drunk, and after being there for some time
wanted his wife to give him a bottle of whis
: key which was locked up in an armoir. TIKI
v wife refused, stating that he had had enough
: already. After a short parley the husband
e became furious, seized an axe, and swort
that he would break the armoir open, unless
e the liquor was given him. As the wife still
t refused, he, with the axe, undertook to pu
his threat into execution. After having bro
ken open the armoir door, and when abou
n to seize upon his prey, his wife sprung in be
e fore him, caught the bottle, and broke it Oh
e the hearth. If the husband was furious be
n fore, he was now doubly so. He stamped
v swore, swung the axe about his head will
r insane fury, anddeclared thaBhe would breal
every thing in the house. He then renewe
a his attack on the armoir, and split it in
n thousand fragments. His wife, s~ister-in-law
Y and other females who happened to be in tn
house, interfered at this juncture, trying t
r. quiet him and get possession Of axe. Thei
: efforts were however unavailing. He stil
!; continued to swing the frightful weapoI
&c around his head, till eventually, it came i
fatal contact with the forehead Of Ann Burke
his sister-in-law, who falling heavily on tn
floor, died in the course of a few minutes
At the Worlds Temperance Convention
s. IN New York, a barrel of -four was sold {
as auction for the benefit of the cause in VIII
cOnsln. The flour was bought for the sum
500. The American Temperance Union hs
d just published the tracts which the none
I'd paid for, to the number of fifty Mousand.-
They have been sent off to Winconsin, to
h. the work of the campaign.
lis MOB LAW AND MURDER IN THE CHERoKI
NATIoN.-The Van Buren, Ark i~ntelligel
Ger gives an account of the arrest, by a part
,e. ofCherokees, oftwor espectable citizens, And
N Adair and 6. w. Adair, Jr., on the prete,
as that they had been concerned in a late mu
,o- der. A portion of them conveyed G. v
,e- Adair a short distance, and commenced shoe
at ing him, andwhen the other party heard IL
,ly firing they commenced on Andy, and shot,
is said, 100 balls in his body. Before Il
murderers left the scene of their work, mai
speeches were delivered over the body of Ant
hg and as each one finished he struck his KIN
1sS into the body.
l; Hon. JAMES G. KING, the banker, who di
i"O at his residence, near New York, on Mond
evening, was formerly of the firm Of King
"a Garcie, merchants, in Liverpool, whittier
was taken when a boy. subsequently he
came one OF the firm of Prime, Ward & Kir
in of New York. and at a later day establish
las the extensive firm of James G. King & Sol
ty- He was a son Of the late Rufus King, long
Senator in Congress, and Minister to t
ted Court of St. James during Washington's a
Adams's administrations. He was hims
ent elected to Congress from New Jersey, in 49,
tn, at the same time that his brother, John
o a King, was chosen TO n the Ions Isla
in IN. Y District.
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