Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-07-02


QsEBEc, June 25th.-The British screw
steamer Anglo Saxon, from GreenOck. which
sailed on the 18th, has arrived with London
dates to the Rth.
The English papers are engrossed on tn"
American d ficulty. The Pest says the Uni
I'D States NAV hold a p0stpGnenrnt on the
great slavery contest, cheaply purchased ty
Foreign War. as the only means of uniting
the jarring States.
The Times prognosticates the receipt OF
Mr.. Champions dismissal by the next steam
pr. The Times thinks the detention of Mr..
Dallas should rest entirely 0 MIR. Cramp-
toms guilt or innocence.
The Liverpool cotton market was steady
with moderate. sales.
nag The Asia has arrived with three days
later advices from Europe. There was great
excitement in England about American at
fairs, and the popular voice and feeling is
for peace. The London Times and Post de-
mand the dismissal Of Mr.. Dallas, and the
application Of force to the United States, but
it was not supposed that the government
would so decide. Cotton slightly declined.
Breadstufs firm without change.
by In France, during the recent terrible
innndations, villages have disappeared hefore
the waters, sweeping along IN reslstless fury;
the houses can hardly lie said to have fallen
down-they rather melted away. Along the
low delta, formed by the RhOne, these hOus-
es are built of earth, raised on about two
feet Of stone, and they actually dissolved
amid the waters.
FIRE.--We learn that on the night Of Wed
nesday, the 4th inst, the store-house of Gen.
Charles r. Jones, Of Williamsburg, lredell
county, was destroyed by fire. No doubt
from what we learn, but it was the work of
an incendiary. Loss about $1,000; insurance
Sl000.-Sdlisbury Burner.
DSy- The day fixed for the election of cleo
tors to elect a President and Vice President
of the United States is the first Tuesday after
: tho first Monday in November, in all The
States. 1t will fall this year upon the 4tl
day of the month.
WASHINGTON, June 25.-The Grand Jur,
to-day presented the Hon. p. S Brooks, o
S,uth Carolina for an assault upon Senate
4 Sumner, of Massachusetts,. The latter Wa
!. summoned who appeared and testified befor
4 the Jury.
MUNICIPAL ELECTIoN.-Norfolk, lure q
: The Americans carried the Municipal eleC
! ton here to day by 100 majority, electin
Finlay F. Furguson, their candidate for may
- or, by the same majority.
IMPORTANT FROM CENTRAL AMERICA.
letter dated Granada, June lst. says:
1--WE have just received a communicate
Ie from the government Of Costa RIGA, in whic
they acknowledge the government of Pres
dent Rivas and General Walker, considerlr
IS the war at an end, and Offering to becon
n responsible for all the expenses of the war.
COSTA RIcANs KILLED IN THE LATE Wa
~ The correspondent OF the New Orleans Pie
al yune, writing from Virgin Bay on the 8
I'd ult., says:
v. The whole number of Costa Ricans tn
ls came on the department at various time
IN from the 7th ult., to the 24th ult., was $3.50
he Their loss from the effects Of the battle Of t
he 18th ult.. was near 1000, and from sicknes
nearly 800 more, making a loss in all of
lie teen 1000 and 1900 since their arrival he
We and San JOAN"
ue DEy~ The Fayetteville North Carolini
'el says that on the 22d inst, Thomrs McLe
nc non deliberately shot his step daughter,
~ girl about IL or IA years old, killing her
srantly. McLennon was tried about six yea
ago for the murder of Joshua Bryan, and
quilted. Bryan was the reputed father
~ :. the murdered girl.