Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15

relates a sad scene witnessed there a day or
since. "A citizen passing on-his wav to
bury a relative, heard the most he~art-rending
groans of men and screams of a woman
proceeding fromka house near by, and went
in. to discover tie cause. He found two men
with the corpse of q woman, and in taking
which down stairs they had damned it at the
turning. He assisted them to release the
body, and the5 then deserted it, and it was
time before he could bribe even a negro
to bury.it. Passing throughsthe house he
saw eight men in one room, all down with
the, fever, lying about on the floor, and in
their midstsWas the body of a robust looking
~cempanion, who had died during the night,
his comrades being too weak to lift the corpse
out. The gentlemen who witnessed this
scene had himself bnried nine of his own
relatives.
/. Hsas We are panied to learn that DIR. J. N.
SoHooLFIELD, the Secretary of the Sanitary
in Portsmouth, has been taken
dangerously i'll with the terrible disease
which is now SO rapidly dominating the
inhabitants of our sister city, and has been
taken to the Hospital for treatment.
ne Barry's Row, the infected district in
Norfolk, was destroyed by fire last Thursday
night; supposed to have been set on fire to
arrest the yellow fever.
On Friday, there were II new cases in the
city and 4 deaths. In the Hospital, 2 new
cases and z deaths.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Hon. Rush Elmore,
Associate Justice Of ta~s>-Supreme Court of
Kansas, has been removed by the President,
on grounds similar to those assigned for
Gov. Reeder's displacement. Judge Moore,
of Alabama, has been appointed his sue
cessor.
DR.. John c.. Calhoun, third son of the
late Hon. j. c. Calhoun, died on Tuesday,
the Oath ult., at the residence of Major j.
III. Rion in Winsboro, S.. G., where he had
recently arrived from Florida, afflicted with
that most insiduous and deceptive enemy of
man, consumption.
liberal BEeUEsF.-The late Mrs. Fanny
Smith Bullitt, wife of A. G. Bullitt, ESQ.,,
one of the proprietors of the New Orleans
Plcayune, left the sum of $4,000 to the
Christian University at Louisville, KY, to
erdow a chair, to be called the Prefessorship
Of Sacred Literature. Mr.. Bullitt recently
visited Louisville to carry out the wishes of
his deceased wife.
The Wheeler Slave Case in Philadelphia,
having aroused universal indignation at the
South, and the abduction being indefensible,
! the Abolitionists, to make out an excuse,
publish an affidavit, sworn to by one of Mr..
Wheeler's servants, to the effect that she
was glad and anxious to leave Mr.. W, and
went. off voluntarily, &c. The evidence be.
fore the Judge, when the abductors were
brought up. was directly to the contrary Of
the affidavit. We suppose the abolitienists
have added to the crime of stealing, thu
other one of inducing an ignorant negro tc
commit perjury. There was enough fals'
swearing, in the Anthony Burns case il
Boston, on the part Of the abolitionists, tx
sink the city to the depths of perdition.-
When fanaticism prevails, such as actuatel
these peoplethey look upon perjury as a yer.
innocent and c~onumendable piece of rascahty
PETERSBURG INTELL1GENcER.-We hav'
neglected to state. that this paper, one of tn
) oldest and ablest in the State, has ~recentl,
donned a new and handsome suit, which
gives it quite an improved appearance an
enhanced value.
! WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Hon Wilson Shan
non, Ex-Governor Of Ohio. a member of tn
last Congress from that State, and a supper
ter of the Nebraska apd1kansas bill, ha
been appointed Governor of Kansas, vic
IL0n. Nf. Lawson, QecIneQ.
T. COLUMBUS Aug. "a mass. State Conver
t ton of those opposed to the election of Mes
;, srs. Chase and MediH, the two principal car
n didates for the Governorship of Ohio, met a
;. the City Hall to-day. The Convention nom
!, mated the Hon. Allen Trimble for Governol
MI. LoRING--On the 25th ult., as [ VIZ
U passing up the Wilmington & Weldon Ra
Road, an old mulatto got on the train a
|; Faison's Depot, who called his name DELPE
u said to have been one hundred and forty yea,
Of age on the 4M efJuzy last.-Wz. Com.
Bg A Negro woman, the property {
J Geo. W. Mordecai, Esq, was imprisoned i
v our county jail on Thursday last, charge
with numbering a negro man, Mr.. M
foreman.-Raleigh Post.
The Star of the West brings advices thi
o. the fllibustering expedition under Walk
had been defeated at Rivas, with the loss
20 men. All the native recruits deserted
il Walker sought refuge in fight, and beir
holly pursued, threw off his coat, containir
~ important letters and documents. He passe
~ through San Juan on the night of July l
with the remainder of his force, and seizir
&c a schooner at the wharf, sailed for parts u
known. Before leaving San Juan he set fl
to the barracks there, and left them a ma
~ of ruins.