Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-10-04
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RAILROAD ACCIDENT NEAR CINcIENATI.-
Quite a serious accident occurred on We'd
nesday last, on the, Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton railroad, near Cincinnati, by the
cars being thrown off the track. The Ga
zette says:
The baggage car was thrown off the track,
but remained on the embankment the first
passenger car was turned upside down into
the Whitewater canal, the second car was
turned on its side also in the canal, and the
third car was turned at an angle across the
embankment, a portion of the car passing
over it. The scene that followed the mo
ment the cars were precipitated into the ca
nal can never be described. The shrieks
and cries of men, women and children en-
deavoring to e~xtricate themselves from the
cars, produced the greatest CONSERVATION
In less than two minutes a hundred people
were assembled at the scene of the disaster,
and were using every effort to rescue and re-
lieYe the unfortunate. All were buried in
the water, which stood three feet in the cars.
About thirty persons were injured.
CINCINNATI, Sept. ga serious riot oc-
cured last night in the 18th ward, between
aparty of Protestants and German Catholics,
which has caused much excitement in the
city, and it is feared may lead to further
troubles in that and other sections of the
city.
The difficulty originated in an attempt to
organize a Protestant School in the neigh
borhood, which was forcibfy resisted by the
German Catholics residing in the vicinity
They attacked and took possession of the
house which had been rented for the purpose
and threatened death to any person who
should attempt to organize a Sabbath School
there. The police interfered and seized the
ringleaders, but before it was suppressed
three persons were seriously wounded by
pistol shots.
AN AMERICAN IN THE TURKISH Army
Mr.. Burr Porter, a young man of high re-
spectability, of Newark, New Jersey, of a
romantic mind, conceived a fancy of joining
the Turkish service at the opening of the
present war. He succeeded in being made
a captain of artillery, and recently, in pre-
venting a town from being sacked, was pro-
noted to a Colonel.
SMOKING MURDER.-On Friday afternoon,
Augustus McAlpin, Esq, of Princess Anne,
Va, while on his way home from the Court
house, where he had been attending the Su-
perior Court as a Grand Juryman, was way
laid and murdered, about three miles this side
the Court house, near Mr.. Montague's gate.
His body was found in the road, having been
stabbed in several places and the throat cut.
BSF The latest news from Mexico is, that
Alvarez was reported to have entered the
city Of Uzutha, and was pushing forward
through Guerrer, intending to march for the
City of Mexico, and attack Santa Anna in
his strong hold.
The i~nsurgent had been unsuccessful in two
engagements, the Government troops retiring
towards Mexico.
COLUMBIA, S.. c., Sept. 22d.-The up pas
senger train on the Georgia Railroad ran in
to the down freight train last night. The
fireman of the passengers train was killed,
and engineer Baldwin, Of the freight train.
so badly scaIded that his life is despaired
of. No passengers were hurt. Three cars
of each train were smashed.
A Den OF BANDITTI-A GANG OF HIGHWAY
RoBBERs IN MIssIssIPPI.-In the county O.
Calhoun, in this State, a william named
Phillips was arrested, and his connection
with an organized band Of outlaws and rob
bers fully traced. Their rendezvous was il
the most impenetrable forest in the forks o
Yallaboosha and Loosachoona rivers, where
negro woman was found who had been decoy
ed from her owners by the robbers. Th
Jail at Pontotoc was recently broken open
as III Is Dell6Veu, Dy GISS0 UdHuIIGi anu wv
runaway slaves were abducted. The mar
Phillips, who is now in jail, had applied to
blacksmith to make a keyf for the Jail at Coffee
vile. Stores and dwellings have been rot
bed, the outlaws evincing a reckless daring
which has led to their detection and the breal
ing up of their camp. The excited citizen
of Calhoun have taken to horses and arm
in large bodies, determined to rid the cour
try of the bold and dangerous Williams fror
whose depredations they have suffered
Paulding Miss. Clarion Goth ult.
STRANGER THAN FIcTIoN.-Forty-two veal
ago, q young man belonging to Salem Ell
listed in the army, and marched to the frol
tiers, leaving here a wife, and a child abol
a year old. No tidings being heard fro
him he was given up as dead, and twent
four years after his disappearance, his SUI
posed widow married again. On Monda
last the soldier returned from the wars ali
and we'll, having, it is said, been residing
Canada West for many years. His daughte
whom be had left an infant, is now marie
and the mother of a family. His wife ar
her second husband, and his sisters, are 6
living and how he can explain his absenc
or how the respective rights of the parties
this strange eventful history" will be a
. justed, remains to be determined.
Salem (Mass.) Register.
l The MAYoR INDICTED.-The Grand Ju
oil New York on Saturday found bills of i
dictment against Mayor Westervelt, and t
4 Councilmen Rowe and Seely, for granti
/, liquor licenses, alleged to have been do
i contrary to the laws of the State. In ad
ton to the above, the Grand Inquest ha
;, indicted LIB liquor dealers for selling wit
out license.
SPONTANEOUS CONFESSIONAL fire bro
Y out two or three days ago in the mansion
. j. Van Rensselaer,, Esq, of Saratoga Sprin
which originated in a heap Of rags saturat
a with linseed oil, spirits turpentine, and col
a ing matter used in staining window sash
4 The fire was extinguished without muct da
age. Mr.. Van Rensselaer, prepared so
rags saturated with a like mixture, and p
h ting them safely away, in a few hours t
broke out into flame. The fact is interest
q to painters, ~colorers, insurance compan
and all concerned.
The new and magnificent steamer City
Philadelphia about the safety of which
u many fears have been entertained (she h
x ing been out % days., was strandedin a DIRE
a. ful gale near Cape Race. Thevesselis thou
l. to be a total loss. The passengers number
D. safe at Halifax.
er The City of Manchester out % d;
OF has arrived safe at Philadelphia.
he To FARMERs.-A writer on Cuba sugges
o. that they train their oxen to push their lo
along by having their yokes attached to Il
horns instead of being compelled to p
with their shoulders. It is certain that
,e- greatest strength of every horned animal
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