Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-07-18
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sas The annual meeting of the Stoekhold-
ers of the N. G. Railroad was held last week
in Greensboro The Presidents Report ex-
hibits a very favorable condition of the Com
pany. Reefs for the past year 81, 49,, 904
sc. Expended S1,432.181 %. Leaving an
expended balance of S420, 723 A. Due from
various sources $l10, 261 IS. Receipts from
freight, passengers and mails SCI, 984 Co.
Expenditures on transportation act, and mis-
cellaneous S2I, 6l8l~.N Vet profits Of the
Road $40, BOG So. 4MfoTlowing Directors
were elected, (Gov. Morehead declining a
reelection viz Charles f. Fisher, Francis
Fries, r. NJ. Saunders, Alex. McRae. Charles
f. Fisher was elected President of the Road,
Gov. Morehead, declining a reelection.
lg~ The last Greensboro Patriot records the
following deaths by drowning recently Edward,
son of Rev. S. S. Bryant thrown from a buggy
in a swollen creek, near Eagle Falls, Rocking
ham county. Othenial Hiatt, near jamestown,
Guilford county, on the 4th July. Henry May, in
Haw River, Alamance county, on the Sth.
New York, July 18th, 1855.-The steamer
Pacific arrived here this morning with Liver
pool dates to the Both June.-The Pacifc's
news consists wholly of details in regard to
the recent repulse. The repulse of the Al
lies has not materially damaged them. The
position. of affairs is considered satisfactory.
The total loss of the Allies ON the 18th was
over 5000. The army nevertheless is in
good spirits and preparing for another as
sault.-Correspondenee from the seat of war
is only to the 18th. No further battles have
occurred on land or sea.
The English and French reciprocally blame
each other for the recent disasters at Sabas-
topol.-Gen. Palessier's dispatches state that
the Fort would soon be completely invested.
Tho A1lioo rofain noSSocc;op Of fbo az a.
tower in the Cemeteries, and also the Name
lon tower.-The cholera is playing sad havoc
among the troops ofthe French in the Crimea.
Gortschakof's dispatches to his govern
ment states that the fire of the Allies is daily
becoming weaker and that all the Allied
troops which crossed the Tchernaya had re-
turned.
The very latest to Palmerston from Lord
Raglan, denies that he had asked to be re-
called. The old veteran had been sick, but
was recovering.
A despatch from the Baltic dated the 18th,
states that Swedborg had been bombarded,
by the Allied Fleets, and all the stores des-
troyed. Hango, where the late horrible
massacre was perpetrated, had also been
bombarded-In regard to the massacre at
Hango, the Russians admit that the boat of
the English sloop of war Cossack, displayed
a flag of truce, but they feared treachery-
hence the butchery.
The LONDON Saturday Times states that
the Emperor Alexander is seriously i'll. The
King of Prussia had also been i'll for some
time, and his reign, it is thought. is rapidly
drawing to a close
The East India mails bring dates from
Calcutta to the 18th of May iron Hong
Kong to the 10th, and Canton to the 9th
There is nothing new. The Indian trade
was dull, and money tight. A famine pre-
vailed in many parts of China. There had
been considerable fighting, with varying sue
cess.
Ex-President Martin Van Buren,, and his
son Col. Van Buren,, came passengers in the
Pacific. Also Mrs. Commodore Perry, and
Col. Plume, who is a bearer of dispatches
to this Government.
MARKETs.-Denniston & Co.'s Circular re
ports cotton as brisk. Active demand a
firm prices, and in some instances an ad
vance OF one-sixteenth.
BREADsrUFFs:-Maxwel reports wheatant
The METHoDIsTs OF CANADA WEST, at thei
late meeting, made two important chan ge
in theft church policy. They have consen
ted to extend the period of a minister's resi-
dence on a circuit from two to five years
in any case where a request to that efec
emanates from a quarterly meeting Of a cir
cult. They have also consented to admi
an equal representation of clerical and la
members at the annual district meeting Q
the convention
A BARGAIN SODA very genteel an
pretty lady stepped into a confectionery
shop in Boston, the other evening, and re
quested, in an agitated manner, permissioi
of the proprietor to go below into the cellar
stating that she had dropped SIS through tn
grating as she came in. The kind hearte
knight of the soda fountain being very busy
and not doubling the story of his lovely Gus
toner handed her SIS, saying he would fin
it when at leisure. Perhaps he will.
MURDER.-A negro man the property q
Nathaniel Lea, of this county, engaged in a
angry scufle on Sunday last with a man tn
slave of James Poteat, Ia near ~neighbor,
which resulted in the former stabbing til
5 latter and causing his death on Tuesday,
, The rencounter occurred over a game {
3 cards which Involved the consideration of l
: l-23 cents. LEAFS boy is in jail.
Milton Chron.
The New York Courier thinks the censu
; of New York now being taken, will sho'
the population to have increased 200, 900 i
the last five years, making the present popl
lation 100000. One Ward, the 18th, occupy
ing a territory of only about three-tenths
q mile square, has a population of about IS
600. The population of Brooklyn is estims
ted at 100000, giving to the two cities a
aggregate population of little less than a mi
lion of inhabitants.
: GUANo.-The agent of the Peruvian. Go,
9 eminent has raised the price of guano s
! per ton, that is, from $50 to $55 per tor
! according to the quantity taken. Br
4 Messrs. S. Sands & Worthington, Publisher
; of the American Farmer, Baltimore, hay
. made arrangements to furnish it at $50 DE-
u ton of 2240 lbs, deliverable on any wharf
rail road in Baltimore
= n@ We learn that a most destructive 4,
. occurred in Norfolk on Friday night, the Ct
inst, breaking out in the warehouse of !,
ii. and Jos. Nash, on east side of Mark,
street, and consuming an entire block. Thos
who suffered from this confagration. wei
n Messrs. Nash and Nash, Bluford, Hide an
h Leather dealer, Riley, Tobaeconist, and &c
Reid. The total loss is estimated at fro
$4,000 to $1,000 mostly covered by il
I surance.
ye SUPREME CoURT.-The following opinion
S nave been delivered since our last:
by NASH, G. jim Doe er dem Cause
Perkins, from Brunswick, affirming the iud
n L. 49,