Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-05-30

Uses on the 9Th will be public. Besides the
and other exercises by the students
on that day, an address will be delivered be-
the Calliopean Society by Mr.. A. W.
MANGUM, A. B.; and a speech may also be
expected from the Rev. Professor BRANTLY
YORK, Of Randolph county, Ne. The pub
lie are invited to attend.
SCHOOL AT RIDGEwAY.-We call attention
to the advertisement of Mr.. Bass's Ridgeway
Academy to be found under our advertising
head to-day. MIR. B. possesses a well-merited
reputation as an instructor of youth. having
had a successful experience in his arduous and
responsible profession for a number OF years.
His location is remote from scenes OF dlsslpa-
ton and vice, and in one of the most moraland
refined neighborhoodsi in the county OF Warren.
Wdrrenton Neus.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ad-
dress before the two Literary Societies will
be delivered on Wednesday the 9th Juue by
Mr.. George Davis, of Wilmington.
The sermon to the graduating class will be
preached on Monday night preceding, by the
Rev. B. NJ. Palmer, of Columbia, S. G.
Bishop Atkinson is expected to deliver an
address before the Historical Society, and
William J. Bingham one before the Alumni
Association.
UAO hAO II "a bAO
we are bound to expect a rich treat, and all
who will give US the pleasure of their COM
pany doing the first week insJune next,
shall have an intellectual feastas well as many
other good things University Magazine.
G~ERMANToN FEMALE SEMINARY.-See notice
of this Seminary in our advertising depart
ment. From the present prosperity of Mrs.
Mays school in Germanton, We hope that she
soon will realize her brightest ~anticipations
in the promotion of education. We learn
from her circular that,
Arrangements have been made for the
pupils in extensive and convenient buildings,
and care taken to insure a full course by the
engagement of thoroughly qualified Teachers.
1t is determined that the advantages offered
at the Germonton Female Seminary, shall not
be exceeded by any similar Institution in
our country. Pupils from a distance will
board in the Seminary with the principal,
and special attention will be given to moral
culture and proper department.
This school is in no sense sectarian, not
being under the control of any one denom-
%inaiion. The Teachers already employed
are members of three different churches but
as no education is profitable without the
basis of religious principles, the Bible will
be an every day text book, reviewed and
studied as the word of God
WILLIAMS CONVICTED OF THE MURDER OF
HIS FATHER.-Joseph Williams was put upon
his trial last Wednesday, before Person
county Superior Court, and after a protrac
ted trial, was found guilty of the crime with
; which he stood charged, viz: the murder Of
his father.
!, EXTRAORDINARY EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING
The Portland Advertiser has a long account
= of the damage done by lightning, a few even
: ings ago, to the house an old frame one, occu
. pied by Mr.. and Mrs. Upton and four children
on Great Chebeague Island. A ball of fire
6 apparently Il foot in diameter, with a trail SOM
thirty yards in length, was seen to descent
upon the chimney. and Immediately after
volume of smoke began to ascend, as if tn,
house was on fire. A neighbor, fastening t
the house, it was found a acreck, but not Of
fire? The family were at supper atthe time
Old Mr.. Upton was eating a bowl of breat
S and milk, with one hand upou the BOWL tn
l. other holding the spoon. The bowl wa
broken in his hand, and the spoon has not We
been found. Old Mrs. Upton had a cup ofte
in her hand, and when she came 10 herself sh
h was partly under the table, with a piece of th
cup in her hand and herself covered with til
lie wreck ofthe chimney, among which was apiec
or of timber from the front of the fireplace,
feet long, with 4 fiat bar of iron of the sam
length attached. She was severely injured
The granddaughter was thrown from he
seat at the table to near the Fireplace, an
r. literally covered with bricks and mortar. Sh
es was also badly injured. Nearly every articl
err of COOKERY in the house, two clocks, thrc,
IL looking glasses and two old fashioned On
II. tables in the kitchen were smashed. TT
he chair in which old Mrs. Upton was sittin!
ny was broken into twenty eight pieces-at an
K rate that many pieces belonging to it we
found-every chair in the kitchen was broke
Every partition in the house was removed fro
its position, and more or less shattered, ar
Of every window demolished but one. A lars
Of tight trunk filled with fine clothing, &c., W;
or found locked and apparently uEinjured OF
of ward, yet. on being opened, the SCOT from Il
10 chimney lay half an inch thicksoye the co
tents, and sifted through in every direction.
he Ten pans of milk on a sheIfin the cellar we
unframed, yet some empty pans, one with
tTe~otheT, on the same shelf, were brok,
* up. FAe fluid passed out through differe
places in the body of the house, besides tho
.od already described. 1t is truly wonderful tn
IA not a life was lost.
DEATH OF MAJOR observation-disclosures
OIL dispatches announce the death, ir the t
ib- West, of Major Dusenbury, Quarter Mast
'ok in the United States Army. Major Duse
zer bury was a citizen Of this State, of Davids
at county, we think. His death will be deer
ing lamented by a large circle of friends, in a
ca out of the Army.