Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-08-09

have been favored with abundant rains, and
the growing corn crop looks exceedingly fine,
we are sorry to hear that In some parts of
Chatham, Richmond, and other counties,
there has been a long continued drought, and
the crops are burnt up. +
az We learn that Gov. Reid has notified
the Council of State to meet in this City on
Thursday the l7tI of this month, to FIJI the
vacancy on the Superior Cont Bench OCCASION
cd by the resignation Of Hon. Thomas Settle.
RAILROAD CoNyENTIoN.-We wish the
counties of Stokes, Rockingham, Caswell,
Person, and Granville; the towns of Clarks-
vile, Wilmington, Weldon, Raleigh, Ports
mouth, Petersburg, and Norfolk, to remember
that a Railroad Convention, to further the
proposed extension of the Roanoke Valley
Railroad through the counties Of Granville,
and Caswell, to Leakesville, in Rockingham
county, is appointed to meetin YanceyEille,
N. c., on Wednesday, the Sth of November
next. The Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad, the
Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad, the Sea-
board and Roanoke Railroad, the Petersburg
and Roanoke Railroad, the Greensville and
Roanoke Railroad, and the Roanoke Valley
Railroad Companies, are all expected to be
represented in this convention, for they are
ali deeply Interested in its objects. This
convention was called by a large and res
pectable meeting ofthe citizens of Caswell
held on Tuesday, the 4th instant.
New RULE OF PosTAGE.-The Bill which
passed the House of Representatives last
week fixes the rate of postage on all half
ounce letters, for a distance not exceeding
3 ,000miles, at THREE cents, and for all greater
distance TEN cents, to be paid in advance by
stamps. All foreign letters are to be char
ged TEN cents, except in cases of existing pos
tai treaties with other countries, providing
for a different rate. The main difference
between the proposed and the present rates
{ is that all letters must be paid in advance,
I and that by stamps-that the postage on
!. California and Oregon letters is raised four
Q cents, while in various places former postage
: will be reduced. The franking privilege re-
T mains as before.
y HALIFAX, July, 81, IL J P. M.-The royal
: mail steamer Canada arrived at her wharf at
n 10 o'clock tonight, bringing dates from Liv-
j erpool to the 22d inst, one day later than her
,f regular day of sailing.
q The Canada brings but little news relative
to the progress Of the war.
The Spanish instruction was spreading
- rapidly under Espartero.
O Accounts from St Petersburgh state that
the Gar is determined not to yield, and that
discomfort prevailed in the capital.
10 Russia and Austria have asked France and
81; England to state the conditions on which
tv they are willing to conclude q peace.
" The Russian party asserts that the mill
tary operations of the allies are nearly at q
tand-still-that the attack on Sebastopol Il
indefinitely postponed-that the attack or
ed Cronstadt will not take place this year ant
To the occurrence of a great battle near Buch
az Arrest is problematical. That hostile opera
tons are reduced to the simple blockade o
,ts Russian ports, and that in the end Russian
led diplomacy will triumph.
IT'S SPAIN.-Advices received at Paris iron
Madrid to the 18th, state that the insurgent
lnd were masters of that city. During the nigh
the troops engaged, acted vigorously agaln'
we the barbados, for the most part unsucces'
IN fully.
>" The p~opulace had attacked the palace
'de- Queen Christina at Salamanqua, Granada
lta- The whole of Catalonia had risen, and tt
SER Captain General leads the revolutionists WI
tho were fighting at several points.
TURKEY.-A private dispatch received fro
Bfs Slams had met with q cheek a" B Baaft thh x"
the battalion of 1000 Turks had been sent fro
In Varna into Circassia.
to The main body of the Turks is said to
moving towards the mouth of the Danub
any The allies had repaired and occupied Il
1t Russian batteries at the Salina mouth of Il
'rm Danube, and are employed in removing Il
ave sunken ships from the channel.
7 ?l LIVERPOOL, MARKETS, July 22.--Cotton.
= 70 Sales of the week $1,000 bales, of viii
spectators took 5000 and exporters 500
ting di;nrH SI. TUionJ foir 81. M;ddI;na II II
'iRg 5on,on5 i oct;vo ond "a nnotahia oborro
prices.
III IL = I'LL -
prices irregular, there being quite a panic.
for Flour has declined to the extent of 3 to
oted Cd per barrel. O.
we NEW YORK, August Am ARRAY wi
we bowie knives took place last night at the
con- Nicholas Hotel, between DIR. Graham,
d. Southerner, and a Californian named Lorir
sign The r~econtre resulted in the death of the G
%ifornian, he having fingered but an hour.
-; Both gentlemen have families boarding
nnot the hotel.
SECOND DISPATCH.
New YORK, Aug. 1.-The murder at
moe St. Nicholas Hotel was committed by DIR.
M. Graham, of New Orleans. Col. Loril
of California, was the victim. The form
was drunk and making a noise in one of
loss corridors. Col. Loring requested him to
oh sist, as it annoyed his, wife. DR.. Grahf
q continued his conduct, when Col. Lori
n came out and requested him to desist
q second time. DR.. Graham turned upon hi
drew his sword from his cane, and pluns
. it into him, and he died almost instantly.
! An inquest was held this evening on
q body of Col. Loring, and one of the he
servants who witnessed the affair testif
that the deceased struck the prisoner, WI
in the latter raised his cane, and the deceai
han seized it. The sheathe came off and
prisoner ran the sword into him. The co
noe ner's jury in the case returned a verdict t
he came to his death by a wound inflicted
10 his person by means of a sword cane in
IN hands of r. M. Graham. Graham was CT
mitted to await the action of the grand ia
One ofthe most destructive fires ever kno
in Jersey City occurred Tuesday afternc
destroying property variously estimated fr
$780, 900 to $400, 900. The fire broke
gain. about 3 o'clock in Henderson & Willso
lnge. stone yard, near Mr.. John Blacks trunk
lnge. tory on Washington street, between Steu'
and Wynne streets. The fire departm
were soon at work, but the fire spread "
gam great rapidity, and was not got under u
two entire blocks and the half of anotl
lange bounded by Washington, Wynne, Steu
"m and Green streets were destroyed.
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