Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-08-20

desire to hoistf the Spanish flag again.
Citizens and soldiers we're fastening the
Consul TO get registered as Spanish
Great excitement had arisen. All
the tribunals and pnblic buildings were clos
ed and business suspended. The President
and Cabinet were threatening to resign. The
foreigners and liberals were 1o~oking.anxious-
~ for the government vessels to protect them.
The Liberals say that the Spanish flag shall
never again be hbIsted there. The Spanish
Consul was opposing the ratification Of the
American treaty and thwarting the American
Consul in all his measures.
a- A large fire occurred at Detroit, Ill,
on the night of the 18th inst. at the Walker
House, which spread to adjoining property,
destroying the freight depots of the Rock Is
land and Michigan Southern Railroad to-
gether with numerous loaded cars valued at
100000; and osaer property. Total loss
estimated at from sl50,0o0 to 100000.
yellow FEVER AT HAyANA.-Passengers
who arrived at Charleston on Thursday from
Havana, by the steamer Governor Dudley,
report the yellow lever as raging very badly
at that place. ItlWas unsafe for s~trangeFs~
to visit any of the Cuban ports.
A Full CAReo WHEAT.-ItwiH be seen
So 49, - 1M4&A <4xAAk &EtttAN &ASJFs
schr. T.. p. Smith has cleared from our port
from New York with a full cargo of wheat,
being the first, vessel, we believe, that ever
loaded here entirely with that article.
Wilmington Herald.
The CRoPs. A correspondent of the Pc
tersburg I~ntelligencer, writing from War
%renton, N. C., says:
" From Roanoke to Shocco Springs there
H. 4a.- - III - LII
land, l assure you, and the prospect for to
bacco IS more cherries than ever before at
this time of year. The oat crop was small
and light, while the wheat, in consequence
of the bug and drought, will not turn out
over half. People are really alarmed-near-
ly all the mills have ceased to grind many,
before never-failing springs. have dried up
the gardens are parched and do not yield,
and a general scarcity threatens the whole
country. To add to the CONSERVATION, visi-
tiers from the South report a more lamenta-
bic account of the scene on the road from
Alabama here"
TREMENDOUS SToRM.-We learn by tele-
graph that there has been a tremendous storm
in the vicinity of New Orleans. Rain fell
almost uninterruptedly for Ito hours. The
roads are impossible, and workmen are yet
unable to repair the telegraph wires which
have been Frustrated for miles. 1t is feared
that great damage has been done to the crops.
PREAcHING.-On the fifth Sabbath in Au-
gust 1906, Rev. William Keele, a minister
of the Baptist church, stood upon a rock be-
low Norman's Mill in this county, and preach
ed his first sermon in Tennessee. On the last
day of August of the present year, the day
being the fifth Sunday, this old Minister will
stand by appointment on the same rock, and
will preach on thesame text that he preach
ed on fifty years ago. We take pleasure in
calling the attention of our readers to this
appointment. How many who heard this
now venerable man preach his sermon IN
1906 will be present to hear him on the same
text on the fifth Sunday in August next?-
Murfiecsboro Neaes.
DR.. South says; "The tale nearer and
the taIe-bearer should be hanged up both
together-the former by the tongue, the lat
ter by the ear" In speaking of the ~tattler.
he says: IF you Fs this Ay blow in your
ear, a worm will come out of your mouth"
H4 On Friday last a runaway negro camp
was discovered on m "island," in Big
Swamp, situated between Bladen and Robe
son counties. On Saturday morning a com
II pany Of twelve or fifteen started out to hunt
them, and after starting them from their
camp, one of the negroes fired at Mr.. David
G.. Lewis, wounding him, from the effects oil
: which he died on Sunday morning. On Fri
; day, a man named Taylor was shot at twice
I from the same place, but missed. The ne,
, groes had cleared a place for a garden, haC
cows, &C., in the swamp-none arrested
$ The swamp is about four miles wide, and al
most impenetrable.- Walmington jour.
Mount VERNoN.-Mr. Whitney, of New
York, has introduced into the House of Rep
e resentatives a bill providing for the erection
0 of a government arsenal at Mount Vernon
# The object of the bill is to get that sacre
spot into the possession of the United State
# Government. The present owner has CON
e mitted himself to dispose of the State to tn
government only, and for Government pun
poses. To this end the present bill is Offer
IS ed, and will, it is hoped, be successfully cal
ried through. The various contributions a
ready made throughout the country for th
% purpose of making the purchase, can be dons
ted to the United States Treasury, to be az
A. piled to this express purpose, and, omc
,e in possession of the ground, the public acorA
can be commenced oCheReeer 1t IS deemed beS
Mr.. Whitney will press the passage of the hi
= this session.
EvADING AN ORDNANcE.-There is an O
l; dinance in the city of Syracuse, N. Y, pr
r hibiting the ringing of dinner bells IN t
&C. street, to call passengers from the cas-.
hotel keeper there. eyaded the ordinance /
having a large bell inside the saloon, while
IS he rang violently, while a boy stood at tt
es street door, swinging a ponderous bell ai
ne no clopper.
ir Orygenoted Btttefs This popular medici
- astonishes every sufferer from Dyspepsi
and those who have tried a thousand ren
dies IN vain, will never regret a trial of
A few doses will give proof of its curati
2 power.
Astronomers expect the appearance, Il
re, year, of the comet of 1856, called Charles
and so named from having, according to sor
be historians, caused that monarch to abdica
er and retire to the convent of st. just. It
IL thought to be the identical wandering st
his which appeared In 1864, in 985, and in 68
te- its return was fixed for l848, but it failed
en appear.
nd A SHREwD BoY.-A cabin boy on boarG
ng ship, the captain of which was a relipio
Ter man, was called up to be whipped for SO,
od, disdemeanor. Little Jack went CRYING a
s 1 trembling, and said to the captain-"P ra
sir, will you wait till I say my PRAYERS
lat Yes" was the stern reply. aWell. ther
nb- replied Jack, looking up, and smiling
ub- u%mphantly, "Ill say them when [ get
So Shore"
DESCRIPTION or A Party OF Pleasure
" We went out clean-we came home d
N ty; we went out sober-we came home drn,
~ we went out well-we came home 81