Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-11-08

E YORK., Oct. III steamer Pacific
arrived off Sandy Hook this morning with
four days later advices from Europe.
At Liverpool breadstufs were frmer and
advanced about IS. Canal quoted at 37a39s
Cd; Baltimore and PhiIa., 38a38s6d. and Ohio
39s closing firm. Wheat has also advanced
Ia 3d.; Corn firm at La Is Sd advance, and
quoted at 40a41s per or. Provisions were
dull and prices without any change except
lard and tallow frmer. Cotton was steady
without any change in prices. Sales of the
three days 10000 bales-Fair0 Orleans quoted
Gid, Middling do. SD, Uplands and Mobile
3d., Middling sgd. The Havre Cotton mar
ket quiet. Manchester trade dull. Nothing
new in groceries. Rice irmer. Tobacco
continues firm at dull rates.
The money market has been more strin.
gent Consols had declined and closed at 9422
a 95 American stocks dull and depressed.
The political advices by this steamer are
rather vague and indefinite with reference TO
the war affairs in the East. The latest dates
from the Crimea are to the 9th. Up to that
time Sebastopol had not been taken. The
allies were still progressing to capture the
place, and were investing it with great vigor.
Bombardment was going nth fall Of Sc
bastopol was expected totake place about the
10th. The Russian troops were greatly de-
cimated by the cholera.
A sortie was made by the Russians with
10000 strong, when Sebastopol was attacked,
and were routed.
lag By the steamer ARABIC ne. have Liver
4 pool dates to the 21steul1-E q breadsufs
have advanced considerably-corn 2 shillings,
wheat Is, and -four 6 to I shillings. The
bombardment of Sebastopol commenced on
the 18th, with what success is not reported.
Nothing further Ofimoortance.
TERRIBLE CALAM1rY-The Howard Col
lege, at Marion, Ala was burnt on the 9Th
inst. There were sleeping at the time the col
lege was destroyed, in the third and fourth
stories of the building, about &c or % young
men and 2 negro men; all of whom were re-
CURED to jump from the window. a distance of
from 80 to 40 feet, to the ground below. And
horrible to tell, % of the number were man
gled in Il frightful manner, some more and
some less.
Some of the boys were burned very badly in
addition to other injuries. Two have died, and
others are not expected to survive. The bull
ding and contents is in ruins. It was thought
to have been the work of an incendiary.
VOTED Down BY FoRE1GNERs.-The Pro-
hibitory Liquor Law in Pennsylvania was vo-
ted down by the foreign vote.
QUEBEC, Oct. 27.-In the Legislative AS
sembly, last night, a stringent bill to prohibit
the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors.
passed to a second reading by a vote of 95
. against 5.
CLEVELAND, Oct. ga most destructive
fire occurred in this city about two O'Clock this
p morning, entailing a loss Of over one millions
! dollars.
SUDDEN DEATH. Rev. Joshua 7. Russell. a
Baptist clergyman at jackson, Miss, recently
: closed a very eloquent address before the
Bible Society with these words Millions
! who are now around the throne of God, sing
e ing the song of Moses and the Lamb, have
g been saved by the influence of this book
While uttering these words, he looked up as
if he had a vision of what he described, then
s paused a moment, and saying / have done,'
! sat down, and was Immediately seized with
a fatal attack of apoplexy.
BE Col. Richard Lowry was recently Kill
led on his way to Concord to attendthe meet
ing of the Presbyterian Synod. His horse
became frightened at the train on the Rail
Road, and in attempting to hold him he was
thrown and struck in the temple by the wheel
Is of his buggy. He died a<a few hours afser.
: Col. L.. was a most excelle Mt citizen, q kind
and obliging ~neighbor, and a useful membel
of the Presbyterian Church. He has left
n wife and numerous friends to mourn ohis
DEATH
Mr.. H. Dimook has sold the North State
d Wing, which he has conducted for eleven years
he to Mr.. J. H. Brinn.
of By Telegraph we learn that the Pavilion
Hotel, Charleston, corner of Meeting and
or HAZEL streets, and kept by Butterield, and
re Gilbert's immense Coach Factory immediate
ut ly adjacent, were both on fire and burning
y rapidly last Monday evening, when the des
patches were sent Off.
81 EXTRAORDINARY WoMAN.-In the Count,
h of Harrison, Mississippi, lives a female hermi
an "a curiosity, indeed, of her sex, because prom,
"A to solitude and silence. Shelves in a hous
the fabric of her own hands, cultivates her owl
ga fields, splits her own rails, does her owl
fencing and the present autumn she vii
have one hundred bushels of corn to sell, an,
a few hundred bushels of potatoes, all the pro
duct of her own unaided and indomitabie la
nd bors! She lives alone-nor husband, no
IS. children, nor neighbors (nearer than tire
oh miles, to cheer with a ray Of social sunshin
her singular and voluntary isolation.
n The English papers contain stirrin
~ accounts of the battle of the Alma, between tn
u allied troops and the Russians. The trump
as ofsthe former was brilliant and complete
"e We give a brief extract from the Londo
= l1l16S, VI all dCCOuub 1uTulSu6O ny Ou0 Vi II
~ correspondents
u.s. I had remained in the rear of the Guard
II and High-landers untilthey commenced eros
ow ing the vineyard, when the Russian shot
nu which began ~ploughing through the rank
'aS told me, in language not to be mistaken, tina
re- as a non combatant, it was madness to E
ov- any further. l accordingly returned to a col
ny spicuous eminence on one side of the vale
Inu from which | could survey the whole scene
carnage and destruction. Directly the heigh
ing were gained | galloped across, and was shoe
ed and sickened at the sight of the bait
ar field. In the commencement of the actiC
ley one feels nothing butferce excitement, whiC
nGli increases as the battle grows. hotter. Fe
ma of wounds, even pity for tbs wounded, is sc
ne dom felt, so intense, so breathless is the cage
tea ness with which every feature Of the gre
game is watched. But crossing the field aftt
wards is quite a different affair. The ankle
me is over, the BATTLE is won, and the reactit
geo of the spirit has set in. In such a mood
Tor found myself, as I moved on, parched wi
I'm. thirst, ready to sink from fatigue, and n
lies head throbbing as if it would burst.
BILE,
A DREADFUL sIGHT-NEARLY TEN THoUsA.
ron DEAL BODIES. 1t was a terrible and sickeni
for sight to 60 over the battle field. Till dep
ate we'd of my horse by a chance shot1 rode abe
to ascertain, as far as possible, the loss of
friends, and in doing so I was often broue
,ore to a standstill by the difficulty Of getti