Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-07-05
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rope. She also brought some additional intel
.Iigenee from China and Japan. The advices
from Europe are not decisive in their charac-
ter. but the movements on both banks of the
Danube indicate that an important battle
would be fought at Silistria towards the close
Of this month. No striking eRent had occur
ed on the Baltic or Black Seas. The news
from China is important, so far as our COM
mercial interests are concerned. The signal
punishment the imperialists received from
the Anglo-American forces will be of vast
benefit to the merchants at Shanghai, Foo
Choo-Foo, Annoy, Hong Kong, &c. It will
convince the Chinese of the necessity Of res
pecting the rights of foreigners. The affair
at Shanghai, however, was attended with
some painful results-in the killed and in
jured. Mr.. Griswold Gray, who was so Sc
riously wounded while gallantlJ loading the
howitzers, is a n%ativeof New York. and has
been but a short time a Residential Shanghai.
Our Consul at that place, R. G Murphy, Esq.
and the officers of the Plymouth, indeed all
engaged in the attack on the imperialists, be-
haved nobly and deserve well of their country.
CINCINNATI, June 27.ZLast evening a box
was sent to the Marine Mpspital, on the cor
ner of Longsworth and Western Row, and
deposited in the room ofthe Steward, MI. y.
FL. Allison.
About 10 o'clock, the Steward and his
wife being alone in the room, opened the box,
when it exploded, mangling the bodies of
both horribly. Mrs. Allison, had both arms
torn off and her skull fractured. Mr.. Alli-
son was dreadfulIy mangled. The furniture,
windows and ceiling of the room were shat
tered to atoms.
The indications are that the box contained
a bomb she'll about six inches in diameter
There is no clue to the perpctrator of this he'll
lish outrage.
CINCINNATI, June 26.-There was a mob at
Ripley, Ohio, on Saturday night, caused by
the inmates of a tavern, throwing rotten eggs
into a temperance meeting. The temperance
men rallied and destroyed all the bar fixtures
and liquor in the house. They then visited
all the liquor shops in the town, and those
that did not agree to give up business were
assaulted. No lives were lost.
HORRIBLE MAssAcRE.-On the 14th inst.
Mr.. Elijah Moore, his wife. and sister-in-law,
residing twelve miles from cambridge, Tenn,
were found murdered in the room in which
they slept. Mr.. Moore and wife lying ap-
parently as they had gone to sleep. Several
deep g,ashes were cut upon their heads. the
blows having been inflicted by an axe, which
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Mr.. Ms sisterin-law, a young lady about
twenty years of age, seemed to have strug-
gled violently. Suspicion rests upon a negro
; man belonging to Mr.. Moore, who is missing,
having taken with him the most Of his cloth
ing.
: VANDALIsM.-The family hurying ground
of the Pittman family. near Enfield, Halifax
county, N. c.. was visited on Sunday night
!, last by some vile wretch and the body Of Mr.
Pittman, an old and respected citizen who
5 died some five months since, was disinterred
I and his remains left exposed to the public
4 view. Oh shame where is thy blush! On that
day a large number of the Mtsonic frater-
nifty had paid their last solemn and imposing
funeral ceremonies as a tribute of respect to
their departed brother.
e geA The death of Madame Sontag, which
q occurred at vera Cruz ofthe 10th. from chol
0 era, caused great sorrow at the City of Mex
leo, where she has been singing to immense
for England, having accumulated IN enor
Q nous fortune.
The Cholera is making great ravages il
Mexico, two hundred deaths having occurred
t. in one day.
B+ The annual meeting of the Stockhol
L VI VIC 4NoIl ObTOllId 1GtIITbtu SOU
II pany will be held in Hillsbnrough, Thursday
the 18Th of July next. We would sugges
the Importance of every stakeholder, VIII
cannot attend in person, providing for tn,
D. representation of his shares by proxy.
NORFOLK, June 24th.-The municipal ele
ton to-day was holly contested, and resulted
in the election of S. S. Stubs, whig anC
Know Nothing for Mayor. by a maiorit
&C 100 Tho xuholo 6 -, NoLbSnr1 4SoGo
was elected.
st The President, Secretary Dobbin, an.
I'd Hon. Lewis Cass arrived at Old Point to-da,
at in the U. S. steamer Engineer, and were re
is ceived with the usual honors.
FILLIBUsTER1NG.-The Memphis Viii
learns that an expedition for Cuba will, i
all probability, leave the Eated, States dul
ks ing next month. That at the first efor
N. ten thousand men will be landed and follow
ed up by reinforcements to the number {
of 80 to &C, 900.
he OF the resources of those engaged the Viii
says that it learns that the available fund
OF at the command of the friends of Cuban lii
The erty amount to a little short of one millio
tut of dollars, while eight steamers and for
sailing vessels have been placed at their di
ms posal, and can be made ready for sailing
twenty-four hours notice. They are ais
go. possessors of between eighty thousand ar
ninety thousand stand of arms, muskets al
rifles inclusive. They also have, if we a
the rightly informed, about ninety feld-piece
the including %cannons. howitzers, and mortar
ced and are pretty we'll supplied with ammur
ten ton and side-arms.' Number of men enrC
led not less than $4,000. Gen. Quitman
has command.
The Goldsboro' Female College. situat
"om on the Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Roi
&c is described to us in a letter of a friend
- being one of the finest of the Female Schoc
South.
+o We are glad to learn this, and sincere
,oon hope our friend B. will, us he has promise
write us a lengthy description Of the san
Many of the daughters of Tennessee a
Arkansas are yearly sent to the North, a
we have long thought it was time to look
pGeu the South for Education.
PIE Let as remember too, Old North CaroliI
hlh We shall allude to this subject again
nus Western Enquirer.
nA WHEN a young mans head has
gun to run on 'alabaster shoulders
quisite ankles, and similar excitinggoods,
,int- must either be shut up discontinue bu
ness, and travel, or else jine' some intere
n. ing piece of calico for life.
ACANDID COURSE. The competent part
;vor Stabler's Anodyne Cherry Expectorht and
" bler's Diarrhoea Cordial have been m&le know
upwards of five hundred physicians, every on