Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-08-24

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DEArHs IN THE LATE GEN. TAYLoR's FAM
lily. Then. Y. Mirror, In recording the death
of Col. Bliss. who felFa victim to yellow fe-
YER. at Pascagoula, onshe 18th inst. thus feel
ingly alludes to the occupants of the Presi-
Dental mansion a few brief years ago:
ssOnly adaughter the widow of Col. Bliss,l
of the victor at Buena Vista, of all his family
who occupied the White House. is left
What a startling change since the hour that
saw the republican, soldier borne by the hur-
ras of a grateful from the field Of bat
tie and peril, and tohim o~fundying fame and
honor, to the highest seat Of earthly power.
Then, all was life the proudest aspirations
that could fire a mortal heart were fulfilled i;
the loftiest ambition reposed satisfied under
the shadow of a goal reached unsolicited, a
fame perfected without blemish. General
Taylor and his wife, and Col Bliss then liv-
ed their present honored and happy, their
past glorious, and their future bright. They
are all dead! One link of the loving and be-
loved circle of that family group, on which
the eyes of the nation rested with delight, re-
mains. She is, indeed, widtwedand orphan
ed-millions will share, though they will not
tighten her grief"
DEATH UNDER PECULIAR GR~cUMsTANcEs.-
On Saturday night, John Hanlon, a resident
of Hamilton avenue, n. u, while laboring
under delirium, caused by liquor, seized an
axe, and raised it for the purpose of striking
his wife, when he himselffel1 down dead up
on the floor.
FOREIGN NEWS. The steamer America ar
rived or the 10th, bringing Liverpool dates
to the 9th inst. The Russia difficulty was
nearly decided one waZ-or the other, but the
aspect of affairs did not look promising OF
peace. The Cars final answer could not be
known until the 18th of August. If he ac-
cepted the propositions of the three Powers,
his troops must be withdrawn from the Prin-
cipalities. The conference at Vienna, in pur
suance~ Ofarrangements, will conclude treaty
to protect Turkey, at all hazards, for all time
to come. If the Gear refuses the ultimatum,
or evades a reply, the allied fleets will enter
the Bosphorus, and further active measures
be taken to maintain the integrity ofTurkey.
F A Frankfort journal says Austria Will not
only demand reparation from America for the
Smyrna affair, but that Turkey shall imme-
diately procure the extradition of Kosta.-
Letters from st. Petersburg say that when
the Gar heard ofthe Kosta affair he advised
Austria to do anything rather than give the
United States a pretence for Interfering III
the affairs of Europe.
Cotton was rather unsteady at from 6 tC
I'D. Wheat had slightly declined, but corr
was steady.
I WHEAT DECLINED. It will be seen by re
} ference to our quotations on the fourth page
J; that wheat decfiihedl "a this city during The
| last two days, from 8 to 10 cents per bushel
e This is owing mainly to the unsettled state O
{ the Northern markets, the same article hav
ingundergone a decline in those markets, also
4 Our millers are only purchasing such as i
brought to the city; deeming it i%mprudent t
contract for lots to be delivered at som
future day in the present unsettled state c
the Northern markets.
Pet. Express.
: LITERARY INH~ERIrANCE.-It has been dis
covered that a speech, delivered in the lat
. Massachusetts, State Convention, by Mr.. A
! L.. Strong, a delegate from the Western pal
of the State, was by some mistake or othe
: printed almost verbatim, thirty years ago.
Some go so far as to charge the gentlema
\ with plagiarism. He meets the charge, how
ever, by saying that he did not steal til
speech, but that he Inherited it from his fail
er, by whom it was written, spoken and prin
ed thirty years ago, when he, the preser
Mr.. Strong, was too young to attend to th
matter personally.
/ THE DEATH SCENES IN cHINA.-Tt is sta
y ed that the carnage which followed the cal
l. ture of Nankin was awful. An account b,
fore US states that the yictors put to deaf
le two Imperial Governors, several Generals,
it large number of Mandarins, with their who
to household, relatives and followers, and boa
that they slaughtered Is. 900 Of the Tartar
without sparing age or sex. They capture
y at the same time the Imperial chest, contain
~ ing a large amount of money.
er We notice in our Western exchanges tn;
a Rail Road Convention will Ue held in Ash
* vile Buncombe County, on the 25th ins
IS Meetings have been held and delegates a
Id pointed by many of the Western countie
pc and from the resolutions adopted we inf
Isl that the people are in earnest in demandi1
We the Western extension of the North Carolil
Rail Road.
rs One ofthe resolutions, adopted at the Che
e. okee County Meeting, declares that the peor
=, will vote for no man FOR Gov'r or member
the Legislature who is not an internalimproy
ment man, and in favor of the Eastern al
ne Western extensions ofthe Central Rail Ro
th by means ola State subscription Of two thirC
A. FEARFUL DEATH.-About four weeks sin
Of a Mr.. Beyington, of Oberlin, Ohio, was kill
as by a stallion. The horse was seized will
he fit of madness, caught the man in his mou
ga and threw him into the air. When he stru
the ground, the horse jumped upon him WI
me his fore feet, seized him by the head, a
he broke his neck short off, severing the jugu
ID vein with his teeth.
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