Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-03-23

PROFESSOR ANDERSON, who has been for
some time past performing to large audiences
in Richmond, has been exposing the Spiritual
Rapping' humbug. DUNG his remarks he
stated that its originators were young ladies
who had made SIS, 600 by their operations
He also stated that statistical accounts from
the various lunatic asylums throughout the
Union report SIS l~unatics as victims of this des
~tructive delusion-whiIe II persons have com
mitted suicide under the influence of a mon
omaniac beliefin the spiritual powers OF these
juggling pretended communications with The
lmmaterial world
MoRE COPPER ORE-We understand that
Copper Ore has boen discovered in several pla-
ces in the Western piFt of Chatham county.
Quite a sensation has been produced by 1t IN
that q~uarter--Fay. Obs.
HoNICIDE.-We learn that a homicide was
committed in Columbus county on Friday last.
A man named Currie, a citizen of Bladen
county, stabbed another by the name of Voss,
killing him almost inStantly.-The particulars
of this dreadful affair we have not heard. At
teinpts had been made to arrest Currie, but
up TO the lite of our information without sue
cess-Ua. Herald.
Providence, r. /. March I5.-The State
Temperance Convention which assembled here
today Was the largest ever convened in this
State, the hall being crowded to excess. A
E large number of ~clergymen, representing all
denominations, were present, and every county
of the State was repres ented. The utmost
enthusiasm prevailed and a series of resolutions
I were adopted i'll favor of the prohibitory, or
E Maine liquor law. No particular political ac-
ton was recommended, other than securing
prohibitorNIa law men as representatives without
regard to party.
ALABAMA y TENNEssEE RAILROAD
The superstructure of the Alabama and Ten
q nessee Railroad. is now completed within two
e and a half miles Of Montevalio, but operations
in the way of railing. &c, are suspended unit
iron arrives, which is looked for in a few days.
The road is now in full operation ffsy-three
miles from Selma.
5 SHOCKING MURDER.-Just as we were
= putting our paper to press, we were informed
:, that a Mr.. Henry Havner, of this county
who peddled liquor for James A. Caldwell
, u was found, one morning this week, shocking
! ~ murdered, in or near his wagon in the
vicinity of Spartanburg, S. G. His body
was ~shockingly mangled. It's believed tina
X, robbery was the object O. the perpetrator
nd Of this horrible deed.-LincoM Repub.
lie FIRE AT WooDvILLE.-A destructive fir,
IS, occurred at Woodville, Perquimons County
So n. c., on Tuesday night last, which %entirel,
destroyed the store Of B. f. Keaton, and tw,
thousand dollars worth of Goods, the ofic
20. Of DR.. Scott and two dwelling houses, wit
'0 warehouses and out buildings. The loss fall
,rs chiefly on Mrs. Elliott, the owner Of tn
tn premises, and upon Mr.. Keaton.
ORANGE PREsBYrEEY.-There regular NEE
NJ ing Of Orange Presebytery will be held ]
HiIsborough, commencing on Weunesda
the Goth day Of June, 1853, at half pa:
of seven o'clock, p. NJ.
id. e We learn that the Hon. A. ". Ven;
Die, at Oxford last week, declared himself
ed candidate for reelection to Congress an
as that Augustus II. Lewis, Esq, of Frankli
leo also declared himself a candidate, subject
;n the decision of Convention.
re- Col. WHEELER.-The Washington Core
ms, pondent of the New York Express says, c.
ey. Wheeler, of North Carolina will be the Sixt
no Auditor of the Treasury, after the lst {
April. This is the Office now filled by NJ
Fare!ly, Of Pennsylvania, and formerly
Peter G. Washington. The salary, we belie'
is, $4,000.
~ We learn that Gov. Reid has appoir
cd K. L. Myers, Esq. of Beaufort County,
OOLLlIlSSlO'tc4 " SupCliIGCuu Vic LulI OFCunc
~ of the navigation of Tar River, in place
hail Jos. K. Hatton, Esq resigned.
oc- WASHINGTON, March 18-Mr. De Bow,
day, itor of the Southern Review, has been appo
ted Superintendent of the Census, vice ]
ged. Kennedy, and took the oath of Office to-ds
Hartford, CT, March 18.-The Hon. A
uses use drew Judson, United States District Jud
~ ~ for Connecticut, died hast night.
own RS By the latest Liverpool advices, G
Taro ton and breadstuffs had received q decline
we're ONE HUNDRED Mica PEI HoUR - A Ma
+ of Yankee announces, through the National Int
gencer, the invention Of a form of road and
proved locomotive, which, he says, will safe
transport the mails and passengers at the +
ring of one hundred miles per hour The wri
further says he has been made acquainted W
18th the details of these Improvements, which ar
ttinp palpably correct III theory, and feasible in pr
vere tice, that every civil engineer and railroad T
.s;on will, on examination, at once recognise and
= IL nit as the desideratun, even to the extent
: = safety and speed above indicated. The next {
: gress, it is said, is to be invited to secure
l9hsn adoption and give to the world the result of
' era first experiment. The construction of q p
s re- railroad between Washington and New "
rs OF we think, will be fastened by this invention
2 was The Markets.