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

Virginia Election.
PErERsBUR3, Va. May "a, l855.-Wise's
majority 80. Flournoy's majority in Rich
mond at 6 o'clock, was 915; at Lynchburg
482 at Norfolk $50. Large gains in Dinwid-
die for Wise. Democrats sanguine of final
result.
25th May.-TheK Know Nothings have gained
in Richmond, Alexandria, Henrico, Petersburg,
Lynchburg, Norfolk and Portsmouth, but 10:
largely; the Democrats have gained largely
in Prince George, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, Green's
vile, Amherst, Bedford, and Prince Edward.
Caskie, in the Richmond District, and Mill
son, in the Norfolk, are certainly elected. Gov.
Smith is elected in the Alexandra District by
seven thousand majority.
The Democrats are confident of Mr.. Wise's
election. We shall have returns from nearly
the whole State this evening.
Tho Know Nothings are said to have de-
feated Faulkner, and elected Botelar in the
9th District-Stdndard, 25M.
BaA Up to the hour of going to press with
this paper, the news from the Virginiaelections
was almost entirely of a general character,
very little, comparatively, of the details was
known. 1t is generally conceded, however,
that Mr.. Wise, and the entire democratic
State ticket, is elected by a majority of some
ten thousand. Nearly all the democratic
candidates for Congress were elected and
we presume a majority of the members of
the Legislature. There was an unusually
large vote given throughout the State.
MASSACHUSETTS FANArIcIsM.-The Cover
nor's veto of the Personal Liberty bill has
been sanctioned by a communication from
the Attorney General, pronouncing the bill
unconstitutional.
The Senate passed the bill over the veto
by a vote of 80 to 3, and the House by a vote
of 3l0 to Z. The decision of the Attorney
General makes the bill Of no account.
CINCINNATI, May 81. Elijah Williams,
a rich planter from Evansville, South Caro-.
lima, arrived here to-day with eight slaves
his object being to manumit the whole and
settle them in Ohio. Just as he stepped
from the steamboat into a carriage he fell
dead. The slaves are of course free under
the State laws. Williams had previously
willed them the whole of his estate.
The Batteries OF THE ALLIES AT SEvAs
ToPoL.-A correspondent of the PHILADELPHIA;
North American says that. in the lombard
ment of thirteen days, at Sevastopol, the
guns of the allies have already performed al
great service as it is considered safe by com
Observation-Disclosures to look for in iron ordnance
In the United States service, one THOUSAND
rounds are as many as it is thought desira
BILE to fire from these guns, although Their
are instances in which twice that amount O
service has been required of them. In thes
thirteen days, with one hundred and twent
rounds per day, we find that each gun ha
been discharged fifteen hundred and sixt
times, and the effect upon the defences of tn
enemy has not been deemed sufficiently grea
to warrant an assault. The correspondent
further adds that from experiments made b
officers of the United States Ordnance depart
ment, and more particularly from these Q
the late Captain Wabash, our service ha
acquired a much more thorough knowledg
of the means oftcsting the strength of canno
than any other in the world.
nsg~ 1t is new positively stated that tn
contemplated journey of the Emperor Nap
leon to Constantinople and the Crimea ha
been indefinitely suspended, if not abandon
ed and, as all the Paris correspondents
tho morning journals concur in the stat
ment, it seems entitled to credit. A corrob
rative fact is found in the Moniteur, whic
publishes an Imperial decree postponing IL
opening of the Universal Exhibition from I'll
LIST to the 18th of May. AS the time fixed f
the departure of the Emperor approache
the difficulties and Obstacles seemed so to i
crease as at last to convince his Majesty
the imprudence of the projected journey.
IMPORTANT IF TRUE. A Washington &C
respondent of the Buffalo Republic stat
that the President has determined to tend
the mediation ofthe United States to the bel
gerent powers in Europe. lie adds that N
. Van Buren,, now in Europe, is one of t
\Commission Mr.. Fillmore, now on his W
Aither, another, and that Mr.. Tyler is
I npSed to join them as a third.
A&rHER ARTEsIAN WELL EXHAUSTED.
: On the Nth ult., the Artesian we'll in Seln
= Ala, Which had reached a depth of 440 fe
and was delivering nearly 500 gallons
f water npr mHTpute, suddenly sank some Is
! 90 feet below tSss surface, for an extent
! about 300 yards IA length, and of varyi
: width. The most eES$raordlnary consequer
= of this phenomena is, EnAV al the "eils IN
= vicinity have become dN
/. The New YORK HERXLps CALlFoRi
v BUGBEAR. A San Francisco Ss5sseea9eAH
= the Panama Star says:
Considerable merriment has been eyin'
by Patriots letter to the New York Her;
in reference to the movements ora olsun
# party in this State. The matter old not WI
ly emanate from the fruitful BRAIN OF a Sc
bier, something very like II actuaily Z
place at the head of which strool Nlf: opea
Stow. but rank and file becoming alarmed
the ~pioantic propositions of the undertake
and smelling treason, they deserted their
ders and the matter dropped. No fear
exist of such Il movement ever gaining a I
minent hold in California, where the popl
E. ton consists of such q mixed 'conglomt
ne ton, of antipodean interests
n. A Big LUMP.-We saw in the hands
OF Thomas A. Hendricks the other day,
d. largest lump of native gold which we h
ever seen. It was picked up by little b
a. be tween the Boss and Emmons mines
the lower edge of Davidson county, wit
some two miles of the Randolph line.
er lump weighs 1913 penny weights, being W.
er about one hundred and twenty dollars.
81 avoirdupois weight is something over
ne ounces. 1t is rough and jagged in app
ance, and bears the appearance of abra
by wagon wheels, (having been found ii
rs old road Found in the midst of a
LIT mining district, this is an indication to S
OF ulate enterprise and industry in search
this most precious of the metals.
ST. Greensboro Pdtrit
Hsg@ The North Carolina Medical Soci
which nett Salisbury on Tuesday the
inst, was presided over by DIR. John Dick
of Wilmington. DIR. Hugh Kelly, of Ire
a. On acted as Secretary in place of DR.. SatchN
who was absent on account Of i'll health
We learn from the Waterman, that
or forenoon of Wednesday was occupied in
u discussion of various diseases and their t
y ment, and that some of the members of
W Society spoke in most gratifying term
VIC the Information elicited and the haI