Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-02

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will. next week, affirm the rights of this gov
eminent and its citizens TO the Tehuantapec
transit. and it is hoped that tke government
will take the whole subject into their own
hands. This will be the first step towards a
preparation for successful war with England
and all Europe at her back.
The tone of the Senate was less war-like TO-
day than yesterday; and it was agreed to IN
quire, before taking hostile steps, whether
Great Britain has violated the Clayton and
Bulwcr treaty or not.
The great omnibus land bill is to be rolled
through the Senate in a few days, to the gen
eral satisfaction of the whole country. 1t
will embrace the homestead bill, the Bennett
bill for distributing lafds to the old States,
and the important bills granting lands in aid of
railroads in the new States. So, this Con-
gress will not be barren of important legisla-
ton.
There is a very good and improving prospect
of the passage Of the French spoiiation bill -
The acknowledged justice oft!e original claim
is likely to outweigh The objections to its pay
rnent at this remote period.
The States of Rhode Island, North Carolina
and Mississippi will be deficient in senatorial
representation on the 4th of March next, their
legislatures having failed to make elections of
successors TO the Senators Whose terms expire.
The Governors of these States will each send
a person to fiji the vacancy, and test the con-
stitutionality of the act. l have no doubt that
the appointed Senators will be admitted to
their seats, Notwithstanding the decision in the
Lanman casc.-ION.
SIR john FRANKLIS.-A correspondent of
the Cork Constitution states that, during the
gale of Monday last, u bottle was washed on
on shore here, containing q letter purporting
to be written by Sir John Franklin. 1t is
dated Cape Bathurst, 18th of January, 1850,
t and represents Sir John and his companions
2 to be IN considerable want'of provisions, hav-
J ing nearly consumed a seal that they had
: caught. 1t also states that ten of the seamen
had died during the previous year, and that
a bottle containing letter was sent adrift in
1919. The letter is written on a sheetof fools
cap, writing rather Indifferent, and signed j.
Franklin.
D We find the above in the London Sun, of
the 18th instant; it is most probably one Of
the many fabricated statements put forth on
' this painful subject. None would rejoice
more than ourselves Shouldn't prove trne.
CHARLESTON AND AsHvILLE.-The Nash
vile and Chattano ga Railroad is now compile
ted, and cars running on it, to within three
miles of the Tennessee river. Passengers are
n HllNlC 80 ~ CotOi III LCoo LLlnbh tuICO Aol
7 from Nashville, the Whole distance, with the ex
= ception of the three mics above alluded &c
by railroad and steamboat.
E An ARRAY occurred Yesterday, between
5 and 4 o'clock. in Bank Alley, over tht
Cockade Coffee House, which is occupied b.
) Mr.. McPair as a clearinghouse. Ii seem
that Mr.. John Carter, who keeps a grocer,
on Market Square, got into a dispute Will
Mr.. McPair about a bill Mr.. McPair oweC
N Mr.. Z. Some angry words occurred abou; tn
the payment, when Carter struck Mr.. Mel
several severe blows On the head with a poun'
r weight he had wrapped up in a handkel
chief, which fractured the skull and a
Of most killed him. Carter was immediatel
arrested and logged in Jail. 1t is extremel
doubtful whether Mr.. McPa;r will recove
ST. from his wounds.-Pctersbur Intelligence
III BEWARE OF CoUNTERFEITs.-We WEI
rs this morning shown a Counterfeit 50 bill o
III the Bank of Wadesboro,' n. c., which ";
IS ignorantly offered to a gentleman Of tn
4. place who on sight discovered it to be a coul
%terfeit. 1t is coarsely and badly executed
,, The signature of the President, Walter
Leake, is engraved, VIM. R. Leake-tf
~ date is only 1851, with no day or montl
- Naw. Bernian.
THE Ericsson ENa1SE.-A writer in II
is Richmond Enquirer says that 1.-The allcge
n. discoverer Of this great improvement is
es, foreigner, and he commands the plaudi
p, and capital Of the country-while a nativ
n who invented the identical same thing, f
want Of capital was compelled to relinqlis
lot the %in:ention, for another, a stranger,
reap the harvest Of bis tolls. A man by II
name of Prouty, born and raised in the CT
i Of Richmond learned the gunSmish's bu:
~ ness in the armory, removed to Angus
~ Georgia, where he constructed and put
,re to operation the very engine about whi'
ed there is at present so much noise. II
Iva machine was publicly exhibited at the b.
Tavern in Richmond, in 1882. at which da
a patent was obtained, and an engine "
he constructed in Augusta, Georgia, which dro
OF a pair Of mill-stonec; but for want of capt.
To- the contrivance was temporarily made al
st., had to be Abandoned
=" BISHOP IvEs.-By the last arrival at M
York. the Steamer Arctic, from the G
ost World. we learn that Bishop Ives made
ion public adjuration Of the Protestant Rel
ary ion, at Rome, on the 26th December las
y. The New Jersey Legislature has reel,
~. ted Hon. VIM. Wright, U. S. Senator,
= six years from the 4th of March next.
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