Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-06-06
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increase Mr.. Wise's majority to about eleven
thousand.
The Democrats have carried every Con-
gressional District in the State and the
Legislature, says the Enquirer, will be Dem
ocratic by upwards of forty maj ority.
The American Organ in referring to the
unusually large vote which has been cast in
Virginia, says in twelve counties, from which
we have received the aggregate vote, the in
crease on both sides, over the vote of 1852,
Is some 2,2O0-an average Of 1873 in each
county. This ratio of increase, if contin-
ued through the State, will give a total in.
crease of from %, 900 to 10000 votes in the
whole State.
New York. May 3O.--The United States
Mail steamship Pacific, Capt. Nye, arrived
this morning about 4 o'clock, with Liver
pool dates to the 18th, being one week later
thar those brought by the America.
FROM THE CRIMEA.-Afairs in and around
force had returned to Eupataria. The Allies
were expecting large reinforcement in about
ten days.
Negotiations between Austria and the Yves
tern Powers were unchanged but between
Russia and Austria relations were more in
innate.
Russia had notified the German State Gov
arnments that the Gear only holds to the
first two guarantees on condition of a per-
feet neutrality on the part of Germany.
France and England had presented their
atlmGtum to Sweden, which Sweden was in.
clined to reject.
The latest dates from Sebastopol were to
April Both, by mail, and to the 18th, by tele-
graph.
Canrobert had reviewed the French army
and aScuro1 tbono fl,o4 10 r-o.l1 49, 49,
Sebastopol either by the doors or windows.
Fifteen thousand Turks, French and Eng
lish troops had hastily embarked on board
all of the available ships near Sebastopol,
and stood away in the direction of the Sea
OF Azof. They returned in a day or two
and hastily ~disembarked. .
On the night Of the Oath a desperate affair
came off between the Russians and the French.
The Russians attempted to dig new rife pits,
but the French partially prevented them
from so doing. At least two hundred French
were placed h0rs du combat 10y the engage
ment.
A despatch dated May 1st, says advances
are approaching su ely though slowly. Lord
Ragland's despatch of same day says the
Russians have constructed a new battery to
the right of Mamelon. There is every APP
pearance of the establishment being very
Adl Sc, particularly dG the camp OF the Hlb-
teau or North side.
The Russians made a sortie on the night
of the 18th upon the advanced works of the
left attack, but were Immediately repulsed
with much loss.
A short truce was granted on the evening
of the 10th to allow the Russians to bury
their dead in front of the Allies which had
advanced under GortSchakoff.
BY telegraph it is ascertained that the AL
lies on the 5th and 9th occupied an adyan-
tageous position, and were augmenting their
batteries and enforcement to be prepared
for any approaches on the central bastion.
MARKETs.-LIyERPooL, May 19.-Cotton
active with a speculative demand. It had
advanced three sixteenths.
Breadstuffs quiet and wholly unchanged.
Provisions frmer. Naval stores.
TORNADO IN GEORGIA. A letter in the n.
Y. Evening Post, dated Cedar Town, Nav
2lst, says :-On the evening of the 18th, a
severe storm of wind, rain and hail swept
across the central portion of our county, from
northwest to southeast, doing immense in.
jury to the plantations over which it passed
Wheat crops in particular, now too far ad
vanced to recover, have been almost entirely
ruined, at a time when on account Of thu
scarcity of grain, they were held in NOR,
bIuh 4 dthL IOIGSl nave DGHI
denuded of their foliage, fowls in abundance,
destroyed, and millions of noisy ~locusts for
ever silenced. Reliable persons residing il
the track of the storm say that the hail GOV
cred the ground to the depth Of a foot, an,
that there were drifts Of hail three feet dee
in some places. The damage lone to som
fields by washing has been estimated-prO
badly with ashade of Heterogeneous equa
to the ordinary washing of a century, SIEVE
raj of the families most seriously affected b
this storm were also principal sufferers b
the terrible tornado which visited our count
on the 18th Of March last.
A TERRIFIC MISUNDERSTANDING hav
reached us of a most terrific hurricane an
and whirlwind in the town Of Jefferson
Cooke county,, Illinois, and other place
6 North and West of there.
On Thursday afternoon a revolving funnt
shaped cloud passed swiftly along near tn
ground, about sixteen miles North of her
carrying up large sticks of wood, stone, &
1t described a semicirclc towards the Sout
, East, twisting off large trees, and Nhiskin
them out of sight instanter.
The whirlwind then broke in two and di
appeared but almost immediately forme
again and passed directly kack North ar
West, with redoubled violence. 1t struck
e heavy frame house one mile from the Illino
and Wisconsin Railroad, tearing the roof i
e stantly off, and almost Immediately afte
S wards taking the whole house instantly
the spout with all its contents.
Nine persons in the house were drawn u
and hurled down in different places. Fo
If of them were instantly killed, and othe
e mutilated beyond any prospect of recover
IS The whirlwind then passed over a post al
IF rail fence, leaving not the slightest partit
ofit. 1t next took up a barn and threw
Ie upon the house and cattle it contained, crus
D. ing them at once. The timbers of the hou
re and barn were thrown down to the groul
t with such violence as to bury them almc
out of sight. The house belonged to n
Page, whose wife, son and two grand-childr
N were killed.
y Additional intelligence from the local
y more than confirms the above. Accour
10 ale given of persons being carried up G
l' hundred feet in the air and then hurled do
y with great violence. A number of eye W
re nesses have testified to the ravages of
III tempest and describe it as most terrific. I
Us same afternoon n severe hail storm occarr
E. in this city, after which the sky p~resente,
v very singular appearance to the Northwa
er and the weather changed from the most
s' pressive heat to the mostehilling atmosphe
The WARD CASE AGAIN.-Two Of the
lr- rors who acquitted Matt Ward of the murt
ne of Butler at Louisville, feeling rather
ed severely the weight of the public scorn v
hoI tod Ynnn Fhnno ~ &c H. H.,