Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-01
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SANDY Hook, July 26.-The United States
mail steamship Atlantic has arrived with
seven days later news. >
There is a Ministerial crisis in England,
in consequence Of Lord John RusselPs bung-
ling explanation of bis conduct at the Wen
ma Conference.
On the 18th, Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer
submitted a motion in Parliament that a
containing Russell was unworthy
the confidence of the nation.
Il was expected that Lord Palmerston
would either throw Russell. out of the Minis
try. dissolve Parliament. or resign.
From THE CRIMEA.@Sebastopol- had been
again bombarded during two days, but with
out affecting any thing.
The Allies were erecting immense works
against the Malakof and Redan towers
The Russians were also erecting very formid-
able works commanding these positions.
Cotton dull and declined an eighth. Wheat
and -four firm, owing to the small stock on
hand. Corn declined 4 shillings. ProVis-
ions dull.
The YELLOW FEVER AT PORTSMOUTH, Va.
We find the following statement in the Nor
folk Herald of the Oath inst:
The steamer Ben franklin, Capt. Bgnum,
from st. Thomas, arrived at quarantine on
the 7th June. She wasboarled by the Health
officer, to whom vain stated that she
had no case Of yeflcNeESer or Doard a fire.
man had died suddenly from disease of the
heart, and the man who took his pla;e had
also died of exhaustion with these exeep-
ktions the crew had been entirely free from
disease. The steamer remained at quaran-
tine IL days, and no case of sickness having
occurred in that time, the Health officer find
ing the vessel in a clearly condition, with
the consent of the Board of Health gave her
a permit to come up into the harbor, on the
18th of June, upon the positive condition that
her hold was not to be broken out.
Having contracted with a party in Gosport
to have her work done there, she was taken
up to Page & Aliens ship yard, next to
the Navy Yard wall. There she remained
nineteen days, during which period, it is
stated, the Captain violated his engagement
in having the hold broken out. On the 5th
ofJuly, a man who had been at work on her
was taken sick and the disease proved to be
the yellow fever. This was the first case in
% days after the steamers arrival. He died
on the 9th July, and the Town Councils Of
Portsmouth Immediately convened and is.
: sued an order to send her back to quarantine
which was done forthwith, and she now re-
mains there. Following this case were a
number of others, among whom were six of
the hands belonging to the steamer, who
were sent to the Marine Hospital two of
whom have died. In Gosport, six persons
have died in all.
CARRIER PIGEoNs AND THE TELEGRAPH
e Many of the readers of the Newspapers, who
!; wake upin the morning, and linda column Of
r European news, by telegraph, ready for their
f perusal, in the morning paper, the steamer
having arrived only the midnight before, do
not know the labor and the enterprise which
: are involved to procure this early transmits
s sion of the steamers news.
The Associated Press have an agent
for the arrival of New York steamers at the
e Sandy Hook lighthouse. He has fifty CARR
Q. er pigeons, which are trained for the purpose
y of conveying news from the steamships to
the shore. A man in an open boat, in al
d kinds Of weather, drops alongside of the
steamer as she bears directly upon Sandy
n Hook. The news is thrown over in a water
tight can, and up5n its being taken out, Z
e single sheet is affixed to a birds leg. The
n man then gives the signal to the bird, which
raises its wings and away it goes, with al
5 it's powers of locomotion, in a straight lin,
IS for the ofGce-going a distance of three OF
four miles in as many minutes-and popping
a in at the window, is received by the agent
n who transmits the intelligence over the wire,
IF to New York, Boston and Philadelphia, anG
thence to New Orleans, st. Louis, and al
ID parts of the country-so that the news i
t. very frequently received over a large part 0
N the United States, and published before til,
< steamer leaves the quarantine.
b. FATAL AccIDENT.-Mr. William Barber
&c Of this county, was thrown from his horse OF
y Monday last, and so badly injured that h
k, died the next day. We have no further par
u t~iculars in the case.-Salisbury WatcAmun.
r FALLIN PRICE OF BREADsTUFFs.-The prie
Of flour and grain is falling in all parts Q
d the country. The Baltimore Sun saws =
The Baltimore breadstufs market eontir
VI ues to exhibit a downward tendency. Yes
70 terday -four fell off 123 cents per Dbl, ma
< king a decline of Is a371 cents for the weeE
u Wheat also gave way 10 cts. a bushel yes
terday, and for the week the average declin
VI is 65 a 60 cents on red, and go a rs cents
&c bushel on white. Corn is still pretty firm
nc The decline on -four in the Baltimore ma
ket is not so great as in New York, where
aS has given way within the last two day
alone some so a 6277 cents per Dbl.
% The PHILADELPHIA SLAVE CAsE-Phaade
he phSG, July q. Judge Kane of the Unite
to States Circuit Court, committed Passmol
hit Williamson for contempt of court in making
ur false return to a writ of habeas corpus issue
to in relation to the Slaves taken from Mr..
tn Wheeler, of North Carolina. Judge Ka1
re stated that the grand jury could bring &
on Indictment against Williamson at any tim
tn. for the perjury alledged to have been cor
nv mitted by him.