Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-01
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ANN IL OR III OAL1IC.-At L dIlS, OH Tile
day before the Baltic sailed, there were ru-
nous of the ill-success of Orloff's mission,
but the rumors were not confirmed. 1t is
stated that he leaves directly for st. Peters
burgh. Foreseeing the same rebuff at Ber-
lin, he will refrain from visiting that capital.
1t is said that the Servian government,
yielding to a suggestion of the Russian con-
sulate at Belgrade, will refuse to accept two
frmans from the Sultan, unless Russia gives
her consent.
Advices had been received from st. Peters
burg as late as the Goth. It is said that the
Emperor, who is fully aware of the position
in which he is placed, will endeayor to avoid
a general confagration, if he can only pre-
serve the honor and rights of his empire
Th influence of Count Nesselrode is in the
ascendant.
It is also said that the Gear was about to
write an autograph letter to the Queen of
England, in which he will endeavor to prove
he has not been the aggressor.
ENGLAND.-lt is said several Cunard stea-
mers have been taken up by the Government
to carry troops of Constantinople.
Six thousand men go from England, and
others will be taken up from different sta
tons. About ten thousand will soon be
collected to form a sixth regiment. These
were intended for Austria. The regiment
is now directed to hold itself in readiness
for foreign service, taking all the best men
and leaving all young soldiers and recruits
at home.
A Vienna correspondent of the London
Times, telegraphs that Orlof leaves for st.
Petersburgh, probably on Wednesday.
The combined fleets were at Brico's Bay
on the 18th. Six ships have again conveyed
a Turkish steamer with troops into the Black
Sea.
THE LArEsr.-Omar Pacha had effected the
most important movements having crossed
the Danube with $4,000 men, and divided
the Russian army, the right wing of which
is at Kraiova, and the left at Galatz, and the
centre at Bucharest.
Omar Pacha had crossed the Danube in
person at Oltenitzs and at the last accounts
he was only two days distant from Bucharest,
where the Russian force was weak.
An answer had been received from the
Russian cabinet to the last proposal of peace.
The four powers however, considered the
answer entirely unsatisfactory, and it was
not adopted for transmission to Constan-
tinople.
PHILADELPHIA, Fed. q. The storm ceased
here at 9 O'Clock this morning, after a dura-
ton of twenty three hours. The snow is at
least two feet deep on a level, and drifted in
some places to the depth Of six feet. No
trains have arrived or departed from here
since yesterday afternoon. The Pilot Line
which left New York last evening, isat Bur-
lington, and the trains from Baltimore are
at Havre de Grace, being unable to get fur
Their, there being FIVE feet of snow on the
track.
A horse and wagon were found buried in
the snow this morning, near the corner of
Third and Washington streets. The animal
was dead, the snow drift being about ten
feet high. The horse probably strayed away
without a driver.
We have dispatches from Harrisburg and
Pittsburg, which state that the storm is very
heavy there also.
ACQUISITION OF CUBA.-The Washington
Star says an impression is rapidly beginning
to pervade the minds of public men at the
Capital that we are destined ere the close of
the present session of Congress to receive
tenders from Spain for the sale of Cuba. This
idea is based on the belief that the talked of
coup d'etat at Madrid will surely soon come
off; to be followed by anything but very
friendly relations between Spain and Eng,
land for some time, and by such a state of
affairs throughout that country, as will rem
der Unnecessary for the concentration at home
of nearly all the troops the new Spanish
Government may have at command. The
new Government, too are expected to want
money, while it is we'll known that at this
time Spain cannot borrow q dollar from any
of the capitalists of the Old World. 1t is
also conceived among members of Congress
that really revolutionary governments there
will find it even more difficult to obtain funds
on the other side of the Atlantic, while the
prejudices of European stock jobbers run sc
strong against violent changes in government
tai affairs any where.
It is added also, that the dread of the fna
success of American fllibustering, backed
or rather preceded by the unanimous effort.
of the Cubanos to throw off the Spanish yok
is supposed likely, greatly to incline the ex
pected new Spanish government to the sal
of the Island to the United States. Thes
are views which members of Congress ar
adopting, obtaining them through intercours
with intelligent gentlemen residing at Wash
ington, who are connected with various Eu
ropean legations of embassies.
A man named George Ayrhart, a tailor i
Philadelphia, was committed to jail on tn
3rd of February by his landlord for an as
sault, because he had resisted the %eiectio
ofhis family-abl blind wife, a son and daugf
ter, and a nephew and a niece-into tn
street in the storm. There was a dispute {
: of the ownership of the house, and he ha
refused to pay the rent by legal advice. Tn
disgrace of the arrest and anxiety about hi
: helpless family prayed so upon his mind tha
: he hung himself the next Sunday.-How fo1
chilly the line of Burns ABOUT mans inhumal
: ity to man comes home to us as we read sue
accounts. The family has been provided fe
q by charitable people.
s. W1M Ptgeons.-A pigeon-roost ten mil,
long by FIVE broad, in Franklin county, Il
! diana is now swarming with pigeons. I'll
r roar of their wings, on arriving and depar
r ing from the roost, is tremendous, and tt
!, Aocks, during fight, darken the heavens
\ The ground is covered to the depth of sew
It raj inches with their manure. THOUSAND
It are killed by casualties, from breaking lin
l. of trees, hundreds of hogs live upon the
i Sportsmen are tired of killing game SO east
e obtained.
Ex-PREsIDENT FILLMORE, we see it state
is about to be married to an only daught
- ola gallant U. S. officer deceased, and q la,
~, "a of rare talents, superior accomplishment
and large fortune. The lady is said to
< Miss Elizabeth Porter, of Niagara Falls, on
es daughter of the late General Peter B. Port
of a hero of the war of 1872, aud Secretary
g War under John Quincy Adams.
st In Florence, Ala, the town council ha
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