Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-10-26

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he 18th, the steamer Montauk took fire at st.
Louis, and the flames communicating to the
Robert Campbell and Lunette, all
.hree were soon reduced to ashes. The Mon
tauk was insured for 10000; the Campbell for
10000, aud the Lunette for 5000. Loss about
exclusive of a large quantity Of freight.
Several OF the passengers, who were asleep on
the Campbell, narrowly escaped with their
lives. The steamers sunk were the Flag, at
Flint Island, on the Ohio the Golden Era, at
Amaranth Island, and the R. H. Lee, with
400 sacks Of corn on the Upper Rapids. The
latter vessel was insured for $4,000, and the
Golden Era for So, 900.
Hoes AND CRoPs IN TENNEssEE.-A let
ter to the Cincinnati Price Current, from Nash
vile, says there is a very large increase in the
number of hogs over last year, say threetimes as
many. Buyers were only offering 50 so net.
This, however, sellers are not willing to take.
Old corn is plenty, and the prospect of the
new crop is rood-probably better than within
the last ten years. 1t is retailing at 81 50 per
barrel.
Some idea of the frightfnl ravages of the
Yellow Fever in the South may be formed by
reading the following extract of Il letter from
a gentleman Of Zazoo City to his friend in
Norfolk,
"Our tow is almost deserted and the sick
cannot procure proper attention. There is
scarcely ore nurse to four patients and the
sick and dying are often alone. Never have |
witnessed such scenes of misery and distress.
There are only three hundred Of the popula-
ton remaining in the city, two-thirds of them
are sick and out of this small number there is
an average of 6 deaths adag->For twenty
days past the mortality has been frightful.-
Fortunate are those who can procure aid and
attendance Of any kind. Truly it seems as if
none will be spared. 1t is with difficulty the
dead can be buried"
AN HONEST CAR-SWEEPER.-The sweeper
of the cars on the Central Railroad, at Albany,
New York, found q package of $4,000 which
some passenger had unconseiously dropped on
the floor. Thehonest man Immediately sought
out the loser, going from one hotel to another
until he found him. For this service the mag
unanimous person offered the poor man 81.
DIyIDEND.-The Directors of the Whining
ton and Raleigh Rail Road Company have
declared a dividend Of 4 per cent for the last
six months, and have ordered a payment of
$35, 900 to the Literary Board on account of
the principal of their debt.
Twelve shares of the Capital Stock Of the
Company were sold on Tuesday last for
$94,374.
The PACIFIC RAIL RoAD.-Books Of sub
scription were re-epenaAi in New York for a
few hours on Thursday last. I3,000,0 900
were subscribed by 108 persons. P. L. Bar
mum headed the list with 5000, 900. Per-
haps he considers it all a h%umbug?
SEVERE HAIL STORM IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
"A destructive hail storm passed about nine
teen miles above Sumterville, s. c., on We'd
nesday last, which swept everything before
it, passing from n. W. to S. E., and rang
ing over a space about five miles wide and
thirty miles long. Upon some plantations,
after the storm swept by, it is said there was
scarcely a leaf to be seen upon the cotton
stalks.
The conservation Ct Rev. DR.. Davis, Bishop
( elect of South Carolina, and of Rev. DIR. At
klnson, Bishop elect of North Carolina, took
, place this morning in St. Johns Chapel, the
, ceremonies beginning at 10 o'clock. All the
> clerical and lay deputies, in attendance al
the General Convention, were present on this
occasion, together with a liberal representa-
t ton ofthe public at large, belonging to the
Episcopal denomination. The services, in
l strict accordance with the formula prescribed
: in the Book of Common Prayer, were of the
/ most imposing and impressive character
N. Y. Express, Tuesday.
+ ANOTHER KoszTA Casa letter from
Europe states that "a man named Henry Won
. Oensche was condemnedin Prussia, in l849
for an offence of the press, but he fed to the
United States in 1850, and got himself natur
rallied as an American citizen. About a
year ago he returned to Hamburg on private
. business. He was arrested, given up to the
e Dr,IoCIo o,%IO~1k1no o~l -..o-o - IL -:
e of Liegnitz, where he has since remained. III
has applied to the American Legation fol
protection as a citizen of the United States.
q A brutal and disgusting outrage was per
petrated near New York on the 18th inst.
J by two men, Yankee Sullivan and James Nor
rissey, in a prize fight, for a wager Of 81, 200
l. They fought for nearly an hour at the enC
J. Ofwhich time the Judges decided in favor o
Morrissey, for an infraction by Sullivan o
W one of the laws of the Ring Morrissey
&c although declared the sinner, was horribl
lie beaten, his face and head being so cut an,
re beat as to present a shocking spectacle. II
was removed from the ground, and two day
, after the fight, died. Warrants were issue
"a for the arrest Of Sullivan, and of the second
&c engaged in the outrage.
r. We regret to learn, by an officer Of tn
i'd Army who passed through this town on SUI
a day last, en- route for the North, that Breve
Brigadier General Thos. Childs, o.. S. A
died at Fort Brooke, at or near Tampa Bay
Florida, of Yellow Fever. He was take
is sick on the 9TH, and died on the 9Th inst.
Hon. Tristram Burgess, for many veal
ly U. S. Senator from Rhode Island, and a cell
brated debater and orator, died in ProvidenC
on the 18th inst in the 84th year of his ag
He was one of the most distinguished polit
n clans of New England.
'e nsl We regret to learn that a little son
Mr.. Joseph Y. Bryson, of Henderson Count
accidently shot himself. On Sunday last.
appears that whilst the parents were abseI
in attending Church, the unfortunate be
of got hold of an old pistol which had bee
thrown about for a length of time, suppos
to be empty, but alas for the poor child, Fl
o whilst he was sporting with it, as boys a
he apt to do, it vent of, lodging its entire Co
Of tents in the body Of the child, causing b
death in a few hours.-Car. Baptist.
The boy who went up with the balloon
San Francisco, it is said, has realized abol
81, 0 by the sale of extras containing :