Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-06-15
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~ Ihere was q very severe storm or hurri- !
cane at Ckeraw, S. c., on Friday last, and
much damage was done to property in the 8
vicinity-louses were ia some instances blown !
down, unroofed &c, trees uprooted, and 9TH
er damage done. Establishments of the tele-
graph at Chefaw we're completely melted by I
electricity. {
A WHITE MAN was sold for vagTancy, for
the sum of twenty-five cents, the other day, in
Osle county Ill. His purchaser not heing able
to make chsnge, the 'chattel' loaned the neces-
sary sum. The MIN had a family.
HoN. J4HEs G.. DoBBIN.-We had the plea
sure on Ffd1y last of taking by the hand our
fellow citizen, Hon jas. G. Dobbin, Secretary
of the Navy. HIS many friends will beglad TO
know that he is in the enjoyment of goad
health, the cares and perpiexities ofofice seem
ing to bear lightly on his shoulders. Mr.. Dob
bin visits Fayetteville, where he will remain
about a week, To arrange his private business
for the coming four years of absence.-Golds-
Joro' Pat.
No MoRE FFyERIEs. The Donald G. Mitch
ell, appointed b@ President Pierce, United States
Consul to Venice, is no less a parsonage than
the celebrated TX Marvel, the great dreamer,
the author OF Reveries of a Bachelor and 9TH
err works of fiction. But TX Marvel will
give US no more OF his Bachelor Reyeries. We
find in the Charleston Courier the announce
aaen. 9t he ~nk2!risge on the 3lst of Miv, of
Donald G. M1Ehe1. or Connecticut, to Miss
Mary F. P%rinele, OF Charleston. From the
Reveries of u Bachelor he has passed to the
Realities of a Benedict, and ere long we. NAV
expect from his elegant pen his experiences of
the delights of his new condition. From the
city of a thousand isles, he will pour forth the
praises of the siiken bonds. and win those
Bachelors who are still enjoying their reyeries
to follow his example, and taste the pleasures
of connubial felicity.
Sir JOHN FRANKLIN.-Mr. Henry GrinneIi.
a wealthy and liberal New York merchant. has
again undertaken the search for Sir John
Franklin. The Advance fitted out by Mr..
= Grinncll and under the direction of DIR. Kane.
U. S. Navy, set sail from New York on Tues
day last.
BEWARE OF CoUNTERFEITs.-Our State
seems to be flooded with counterfeit money.
There are lUsand 3's on the Cape Fear Bank.
los and Is on The Bank of the State, and SOS
y on the Merchants Bank of Newbern. The
r public cannot be too careful Valminqton
a Herald.s
= K1tc4NAee4DENT.-A freight train on
the South Carolina Rail Road was thrown off
i the track on Monday night week inconsequence
t of some persons hlving placed bars of old iange
e iron on the rails in such a position as to lead
the train off the track. The engine and four
ears were plunged in Cattle Creekto the depth
s OTIS or 80 feet, and the engineer and two fire.
2 men were killed. The President of the rold
s has offered a reward of $1,000 for information
e Sc, sufficient to convict the guilty parties.
COPPER STocKs.-The N. Y. Expressreport
e SHES of the N. c. Copper Companv's stock
at$ll to Sll8 per share. Par value s..
The public Examination of the Salem Acad.
envy opened on Thursday morning, and closec
y on Friday evening. The exercises gave gene
raj satisfaction to all interested in the school
and the Whole of tho largecoacourse of persons
present, will heartily unite in saying, that thu
K Young Ladies of this fourishing Academy ac
ar Quilted themselves mostadmirably. The Flow
10 er Queen, or the Coronation Of the Rose per
II formed hy5l pupils, will long be remembered
The session inst closed, numbered 24I pu
Nv pills, fromthe following States: North Clrolin;
'gf"Tn-n1h ] 3 ALL m
we ID: Virgi7a Is Mississippi 10 Tennessee
les. leHas 5 DhIo 2; Cherokee Nation l-TE
next seSS'n will commence on Monday, Ju
I'M the llth7Salem Press.
ay. COMM 9rEp--Dr. Spencer D. Armstron.
md charged WITH being accessory to The da.tb
. Of Tllman HINT, and with forgery at NorfoIk
ter, who fortified his bail bond at our Lsst SIM
law Tor tourt-was brought to this place on W.,
eds Eesdy last, and lodgedin Jail.
-. Iar6oro' Southerner.
to WALTER F LEAK, Esq has amour
ari- ced INSET u candidate, to represent his Con
ing gresona' District in the next Congress-
an NRRtED AND SINGLE.--The Newark n
lnd' d )rl'ket Club on Monday had a match >
GIT molthemseIves, the single men playino aga;ns
ICED thetarried ones, The latter came off victor,
ma witeveral wickets up.
Us GwAUKEE, June 6th.-The second tr;o
h 1 of In Wheeler, for the murder If Iohn ~
LSt La( whom she accuses Of beino her spdnco,
49, has Ell brought to a close. and the inv af+o
u.s. b-iiout four hours, rendered a verdict :
'n9klldS,' on the ground of insanity.
)in91 IyfIc AsYLUM.-At a meetino IS ~
Cq!!Esioners OF the Lunatic Asylum, hel,
in hiPity on Saturday last-prosent Massrs
tile MFdad, Graves, Hinton, and Hoon-Dr
md Emil Strudwick, of Hillshorough. Was m
IN poInfSuperintendent. DR.. S~trudwick rank
orse deseidly high in his profession, and vii
It to makimost intelligent and efficient Super
as intent.
and ErPATIoN OF You've SpRfNG By MI
the FATE.-Spring, the condemned murderer
OF att affecting Interview with his son or
'ter Mort, manifested much feeling, and con.
nds tinuEo weep bitterly for several hours
air The lowing is the declaration to which be
zee afixhis signature on Tuesday.
foyamensing Prison. June 7, 1853.
hes !, E5her Spring, do most s5iemnly, in the
fear Sod, (before whom | am soon to ap-
OF peafnd IN the presence of Rev. Mr.. Ken
res sill, tare that my son, Arthur Spring, Jr..
the rs hs know, had no hand in the murder
81 of NJ Shaw and Mrs. Lynch-neitber d. 7
bell that he had any knowledge Of those
perd being murdered. Witness nv hand
as above written.
lfe, ARTHUR SPRING.
o,rs Nacha2ical knowledge