Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-07-20

FoREIeN-The Steamer Arabia has arriv-
ed at New York, bringing Liverpool dates to
the Ind INST. The prospect of war between
Turkey and Russia IS more probable than at
the last adyiees. The Emperor Of Russia
says he IS determined. AZ aIlhazards, to invade
Turkey. Breadsfuas have advanced consid-
erably Cotton wasat o stand.
n PlAo White, Esq, Of Wisconsin has
EbeenApp3 ted Charge dAhaixsu ut Ecuador.
n 81 learn from the Register that Sion
IL. R6eEgs, ESD Of Wake, is the Wing can
didate for Congress IN that District. There
are also two democrats in the field, Messrs.
Venable and Lewis.
Clerks APPoISTED.-George Merston, Of
New Hampshire, has been appointed a clerk
in the Office of the Commissioners of Customs,
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the removal
of A. r. Wadsworth-salary $1,000. II.
La~sselle, of Indiana, has been appointed a
clerk to. I'LL a vacancy in the Fifth Auditors
Office, and j. D. Ward, of North Carolina, to
the Sixth Auditors Office, vice r. j. Powell,
of North Carolina, removed. Alexander z.
Willard and Henry Kelly have also been
appointed clerks in the General Land Office.
LATEST FROM CHINA.-The ship Pathfinder
had arrived with Hong Kong China dates
of April 9th, and Shanghai dates of April
18th. The capture of Nankin andsubsequent
defeat of the rebels is fully confirmed. The
Hong Kong Herald gives the details of vari-
Gus c~ruelties practiced by the insurgents
They Observation-Disclosures slaughter
) of the Boddhist Priests, as we'll as of the
Manchows. At Nankin they enticed 700
q Manchow women into one building, and then
set freIo Ii, reducing the whole to ashes
They also pressed every Chinese between
! the age Of Is and Is into the army, killing
the children as useless, and making the womer
cooks and solutions. At Nankin the leader
: of the rebels had been crowned Emperor.
Fears were entertained at Canton that the
: rabble would rise o.. learning the success O
! the rebels. The Register advises foreigners
: to prepare for any emergency. The exporta
ton Of rice had been prohibited in some dis
tricts.
4 letter from Hong Kong, April24th, states
that Com. Perry was about to proceed tt
n Japan at once with the Mississippi and Sara
toga. This had caused some uneasines'
among the Americans as it would leave then
comparatively unprotected. He would no
wait for the rest of the squadron.
The policy of this move is considered ques
n t~ionable, as it will be contrary to the expecta
" tions Of the Japanese, who are fully advises
Of all our movements, and will, in all proba
- Dility, 1CoQtt 4 GL4G (Old1 ldi1uI0 VI TIC tApCul
1t ton.
ELECTIONS IN AUaUsT.-Elections will tax
place next month in the States Of Kentucky
d MissSu-j-AEkansas, Alabama, Texas, Tel
nessee and North Carolina. In the two latte
States the election will be held on THURSDAY
the 4th of August, and in the others on Nor
y day, the 1st Of August. In Kentucky an
lo Arkansas members Of Congress and Of til
State Legislature are to be chosen ; in Nj
is souri, and North Carolina members Of Coz
re gress and in each of the States of Alabam'
Texas and Tennessee, a Governor, Legislatul
and members OF Congress are to be chosen
We notice that the Board Of Managers of tt
Washington National Monument have issue
n a notice requesting that boxes, to receiN
Of contributions for the monument, may be pl
t up at the different polls throughout Il
several States, and at all elections hereaftt
Il to be held.
THE TRAGEDY IN Sussex, VA.-The 81
It. of Mr. Birdsong, shot by a slave in Suss
re Va, died on Sunday. Mr.. B. was still ali
tn at the last accounts. Fournegro menhave be-
III arrested and a servant girl has confessed tn
On she handed the gunto one ofthem, but refus
to say Which one Of the four.
81 INSTRUMENTATION. Joseph Lane has resi-
3y ned the office of Governor Of the Territory
ed Oregon, having been re-nomiDated by the D
Y, mocIats as Congressional Delegate. He h
IS already taken the field.