Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-07-12
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had made serious progress, and extinguished. :
Had the attempt been made an hour earlier,
the house would probably have been consum-
ed, to the imminent danger of the family !
We trust the demon in human form who
made this attempt will be ferretted out and
broughtto condign punishment. We learn
that q reward of three hundred dollars will
be given for the discovery of the guilty per-
son or persons.
A few weeks since. we learn, a negro man
belonging to Mr.. McKimmon made his escape
on the stage West, having what p~urported to
be free papers. He had got within a days
journey or so of the State of Ohio, when he
was noticed and questioned by a stage-driver
formerly on the line from Raleigh and this
led to his apprehension. He has been re-
stored to his master, and is now in Jail in
this place.-RGleigh Standard.
NEGRO Boy KILLED.-We learn that a ne
gro boy, the property of DR.. John Calling,
was killed on the Central Railroad, near this
place, on the 4th inst. The negroes, it APP
pears, having the day to themselves, asked
permission of the overseer to use a hand-car
to haul rock to the Depot for some one who
was to pay them for it. The overseer per-
emptorily refused but they took the car in
his absence, loaded it, and in descending the
grade coming towards the Depot, the car,
having no brake to it, acquired great veloci-
ty, ran of. threw the boy upon the rail, when
almost instantly. Tne authorities of the Road
are, therefore, not to blame for the accident.
Standard.
DEATH OF ALPHEUs JoNEs.-We record,
with feelings of sincere sorrow, the death of
Alpheus Jones, Esq, Of this County. He
expired at his residence on the 4th inst, after
a lingering illness of consumption.
Mr.. Jones was a young man, probably not
over thirty-four years ofage. Though educa-
ted for the legal profession, and with fair
prospects of success and distinction as a law
yer, he preferred the calmer and more quiet
walks of life, and turned his attention to Ag-
riculture. He was one of the best and most
systematic farmers in the State. He was a
scholar, a gentleman, and an honest man.
"Green be the turf above thee,
Friend of our early days:
None knew thee but to love thee,
Ornamed thee but to praise"
Modest, amiable, learned-a scientific ag-
riculturist-a prtriotic, p~ublic-spirited citi-
zen-the pride and ornament of his family,
his death will be deeply mourned, and the
loss occasioned by it will not be soon sup
plied.-Standard.
HALIFAX, July 5.-The steamer America,
arrived here this morning, bringing dates
from Liverpool to the 24th ult., being seven
days later.
The Turks unassisted have defeated the
Russians, drove them across the Danube,
raising the siege of Sillistria. The Turks
crossed an arm of the river, and Selling the
Isle of Hoppa, blew up the siege works there
on. The Turks ther erected temporary bat
teries on the Bulgarion bank of the river, be-
n - - ~ e. conL-oo1
The Russian batallians east and west of
Silistria Immediately retreated in good order
across the river, destroying the bridges.
The Russians at the latest dates were in
the vicinity of Kalararch, waiting reinforce
ments and orders. The victory was gained
entirely by the Turks. The whole plan of
operations from Bulgaria must now be alter
ed. It is surmised that P~askiewitch will or
der the whole force to fall back on Jassey.
A conspiracy to assassinate Napoleon has
been discovered in the South of France, and
one hundred and fifty arrests were made.
Misunderstanding. Richardson's Cir
ell in Wheat Is. Per baTrFesdt m -four ahu 1s.
a Is. in Corn Western Canal is quoted al
37s. 3d., whilst other circulars quote it as
low as 36s. Cd. q BIS. Provisions are gen
orally firm and unchanged.
DREADFUL RAILROAD AcCIDENT.-The Bal
timore Clipper of the 9th contains a detailed
accounts Of one of the most terrible Railroad
accidents, which occurred on the 4th of July
near Baltimore, on the Susquehannah an
Baltimore Railroads, by which thirty person
were killed and a much larger number NOR
or less wounded, some of them but slightly
while the extent and the nature of the inju
ries of others are Of a character to render
likely that they also will be called on to swe
the fearful catalogue of mortality.
WASHINGTON, July 8, 1854.
The venerable Mr.. Richie, known %throughou
the country as the Napoleon OF the Pres
breathed his last at his residence in this cit,
to-day about IL o'clock. His bed side W.
surrounded by weeping relatives and friends
It is reported here that the Senate on Sa
urday rejected the Reciprocity treaty.
LYNCH Law IN TEyNEssEE.-We nay
already stated that MIR. Elijah Moore, his wi
and sister-in-law. were found on the mornlr
of the 18th ult, murdered in their beds ne
cambridge, Tenn, and that a negro had be
7 arrested on suspicion. he subsequently &C
9 fessed to having murdered Mr.. and Mrs. MOO
e after which he committed an Infamous outra
d upon the person of the young lady, and tn
murdered her. So incensed were the cltlze
of the neighborhood at the inhuman outra!
s committed by this demon, that they tied him
n stake and burned him to death, having. pre-
| ously tortured him a good deal.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. June 3O.-At our munich
election the Know Nothings' elected tt
Is candidate for Mayor, and all the city ofic
. by handsome majorities.
I Cholera is still raging to some extent
9 Independence, Missouri, and it also previ
: more or less, all along the Mississippi.
Ohio rivers.
IS = Josiah Emory, late Postmaster of I
~ Vineyard, has been sentenced to the Sta
prison for ten years for purloinlng letters.
The CINCINNATI RAGEDY.-Marshal RI
has left Cincinnati in pursuit of DIR. Arr
the young stadent, who, it is alleged, sent
nu s~infernal machine to Mrs. Allison, by W
nc they lost their lives. 1t is supposed that
d risoG has gone to Iowa, where his parents
relations reside. 1t is said he left Cincir
% the morning after the tragedy. Allison, be
ny his death, charged a difftrent person
committing the deed, but it has been
ascertained that he was mistaken.
SUDDEN DEATH.-We learn that Mr..
B. Ham, of Cumberland County, died W
~ riding in his buggy on Tuesday last.
first that was known ofhis death was !
~" his horse arrived at his gate with his
body in the buggy.
'wo BLOODY AND FATAL RENCoNTER.-
gu southern sportmen,n amedWhit and Co
=" in attendance on the races in New York
stopping atthe st. Nicholas Hotel, quar-
on Saturday night last, and then drew
lys: Bowie knives and used them freely.
,dge nor received a fatal stab In the adom
the White was arrested, and has a slight c
'glS- bis 0rm