Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-04-02
NEWS OF THE DAY.

on the 10th Jan. and on 18th Feb, ran into
an iceburg. She was abandoned by 100
passengers, and 25 of the crew, all of whom
took to the ships boats, One boat which
contained l3 persons was picked up on 18th
Feb. by the ship Germania, which arrived att
this port on Sunday last. One sailor only
was found alive, as all the rest had diedcg
AtarEation On the boat. Four more of the
bqhts made towards the Gulf stream, but are
still unheard from. The vessel was insured
for SIS, 1000. She had a cargo of 500 tons of
merchandise, which is probably insured in
Europe.
In addition to this brief account of the
loss of the ship John Ru1edge, obtained
from a sailor picked up in the Atlantic by
the ship, Germdni0, we have to present
the following additional particulars Of inter
est.
There were on board the Rutledge, at the
time she struck the iceberg, IA souls. Two
had been lost overheard previous to that time.
So far as we know utOneo of that large num-
Der now survives. All but him have no
doubt ere this met with a terrible Death
The calamity is appalling. And the feeling
of horror which its details awaken, is rem
dered more intense by the certainty that now
exists, that at least one other noble ship has
met a similar fate, with not one, in all pro-
liability, left to reveal her sad story to hum
dreds of anxious. hearts,
DEADLY ENCouNTER.-'A few days ago.
says an English paper, one of the beautiful
swans on Gosfeld Lake, Essex, belonging to
Samuel Courtauld, Esq, was seen floating
dead. On being drawn to the shore it was
found that it had engaged in mortal conflict
with a monster pike. The pike had swallowed
the head and neck of the swan, and being
unable to disgorge it, both had died and were
found thuslinked together.
DIED OF HIs WoUNDs.-The young man
Oscar Bunkley, of Norfolk, (brother to
Miss J~osephene Bunkley,) who was shot
on Sunday week by Crawford johnson in a
quarrel arising from a lady affair, has since
died from the effects ofthe wound.
The young man WHO shot him is under ar
rest. BunkIey died on Saturday last.
Secession. The Norfolkpapers are discuss
ing the propriety of annexing Norfolk &
Portsmouth, together with the Counties of
Norfolk & Princess Anne, to North Corolina.
The Herald says it was 'the first to breach
it and has for years been its unwavering ad-
~vocate." The oppressive tax bill, recently
passed by our Legislature, seems to have
given, a new impetus to the movement
SWn.
Death Of DR.. s. p. Alien. We are sorely
grieved to have to announce the death of DR..
S. P. Allen. He died suddenly on Saturday
morning last. He had been up with a pa
tient all the night previous, and early in the
morning Saturday whilst in the act of pre-
pairing a prescription in his office, was attack
ed with apoplexy. He was Immediately con-
veyed to his residence, and Drs. Tayloe, King
and Redding hurried to his bedside; but
their skill could effect nothing, and after a
short struggle with death he expired. lie
never spoke after the attack, but was evident
ly conscious, and several times seemed to be
trying to speak.
Washington ~. co. Times, 19h inst.
Wo'h Telling. Mrs. Polly Beeman, Of
Birminghampton, Conn, is in her 92d year.
Her husband, Tracy Beeman, dice a short
time since, he was two years the senior OF
his wife. They had lived in the same farm
house 50 years. They had a family of nine
children, the eldest of whom now is 70, anC
was married when she was IA. OF the CRANE
children, there are now 40. There are 15f
great grand children, and eighteen grea'
great grand children. The family comes O
tough stock, and enjoys iron constitutions
This venerable woman can call two hundred
and thirty of her lieneal pedigree arounc
her Thanksgiving table.
DsS@ W. notice that our Senator Reid, ha
presented a petition from certain citizens O
North Carolina, asking a reduction of rate
Of ocean postage.
Rec. NJ. G,ier, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church in Wilmington, has declined the cal
which he received recently from Mississippi:
A Little Missionary. Mary Ellen, a yer
interesting little girl about three years ole
died In Wilmington a few months ago, leay
ing one dollar and twenty cents as a beques
- to the Missionary cause. She had made pal
of this money by picking up rags and sellin
? them. She often asked her mother about tn
angels in heaven and about their harps.-
The little missionary now has one of thos
harps in her own hands, with which to cell
brate the Saviour's praise.
God Discoveries in North Carolina.
contemporary says the good old North State
is known beyond her borders, only by til
false idea suggested by the unsavory and III
just catalogue of her products-'tar, pite
! and turpentine y an many doubtless wi
stare incredulous when told she is perha]
the richest of any of the old States in IL
precious ores.
! The American Eagle published at Loui
y burg, in the county of Franklin, states tn
the negroes at the Ports Gold mine in tn
COuuty-lOW INC properly VI L. IN. lnOIIld
Esq, of that place-found a few days a.
several nuggets of gold, making about so.
one piece was worth between $500 and S9
q almost pure gold Another piece W
worth about S120-intermixed with quartz
with several others worth from $40 to 81
= WI. Com.
Buchanan Coming Home. BY letters
d ceiyed per last mails, we understand tn
Mr.. Buchanan has the intention to lea
N Havre in the Arago on the 9th of April
n the United States.
: China-Rarages of the Plague. APlag
= has broken out at Chinkiang-foo and carri
4. off upwards of l00,0 200 persons ; it is call
in the black tongue, from its peculiar syn
toms.
= ThehG3e Of Wilmington, from the weste
part of the State, is rapidly increasing.
Large quantity of hay have been broug
he down on the Central Rail Road, from Day
a son and other counties. Also -four, bac'
ed corn, butter, &C., &c. Merchants and bu
ness men from the country are seen in
nd streets every day-many of whom were n
on err there before.
- H0lloacoy's Pills an unfailing Remedy
% all disorders of the Chestand Lungs.-Oli
,to Thompson, of Little Falls, New YoEk, ,
rs certainly in a most deplorable state of hea
nd ten weeks ago his lungs, so the doctors t
OF him. we're completely gone, his chest, and
facsyhis body generally, had scarcely an at
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