Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-05-06
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at the head of three hundred men was routed :
the point of the bayonetw wish great loss of i
men, arms and ammunitions. AT the battle
on the 10Th near San Jorge the f~llibusters a
had one hundred killed and TIE Allies TWEEN x
ty-two killed and sixty wounded. II
The same papers state that General Mora /:
held a position on the North and South sides
of Rivas within four hundred yards Of the L
Plaza and was soon to open fire. /
Fhe accounts to the2Sth March state that
the fighting continued at Rivas four days
without much impression OF either side.
Acorrespondence has taken place between
the Costa Rican General Xatrach and Capt
Davis at St Mays, in which the latter refused
to interfere between the belligerents.
The Costa Rican papers 70 the 9th April
contain letters from Gen. Mora to the Min
ister of War, in which he says that Gen.
Walker is hemmed in at the Plaza at Rlyas,
while the allies are intrenched within four
hundred yards, and that he was subsisting
on dog and mule flesh.
CALIronNI4- The action the last Leg
~islation for tknzprotection OF actual settlers
has been declared unconstitutional by the
Supreme Court.
The mining business is generally prosper
GUS.
A fire had occurred at Sacramento City
destroying $4,000 worth of property be-
longing To Tue California OtdS0 OUmpdHy'
Thomas Wright, Jr., a lawyer from Phlla-
delph;a, committed suicide in San Francisco
n on the 25th inst.
Elk Senator Foote has advised the Amer-
can Party to disband.
UTAH.-SeriOus dissensions have arisen
among the Mormons at Bernadelno on the
Salt Lake.
GovERNoRsHIP OF UTAH.-The Washing
ton Union states that the Governorship OF
IL Utah has been rendered to Maj. Benjamin
P McCulloch, Of Texas, and that there is every
reason to believe he will accept the office.
u We concur with the Union that it would be
: difficult to name another person who combines
n n in himself SO many qualities for the success
u" full discharge of the duties of this important
en and delicate trust as are undoubtedly pos
e. sessed by Major Mccullough.
he BI@ We learn that young Chapman, who
la murdered a Miss Pinnix in Guilford last fall,
was put upon trial at Gulford Superior
Court last week, and was convicted and SEN
is fenced by Judge Saunders TO expiate his
ne awful crime on the gallows. An appeal was
taken to the Supreme Court. Chapman has
led money and friends the murdered was a
mi respectable poor girl, and we are rejoiced to
he know that money and friends are as but a
d a feather in the scales of justice, and the inhu
lch man wretch has met with o righteous judg
dis, ment from the people.
for Salisbury Banner.
n HYDRoPHoBIA.-A child seven years old
residing in the Fifth ward, expired yesterda,
u in the fearful agonies of h~ydrophobia. The
bite was inflicted some two months since
and the insidious poison had remained IL
rtv- tent until within a few days. The dog wa
shot Immediately after the occurrence. Th
l. wound which was upon the back of the hs.nC
NV scarcely punctured the skin, and not tt
nllv slightest apprehensions were entertained
Q of any unfortunate result. American.
yea A SENSIBLE FATHER.-ThA Sunday Att
l d. saws that a gentleman of Great wealth
New York, but who has never cared to mi
own gle much in fashionable society, recent
gnu sottled SIS, 900 a year on a daughter who h;
way morriod to his satisfaction. Tn sneaking
u 81 the subject to a friend the other day, he
oeete marked he was willing to do the same by I
alo other daughters on one condition-that tn
ure' married respectable, upright and industrio
Tue young men. He did not care how poor tn
eSslS were so they were only Of this descriptlt
mes ) and their characters would bear invests
saa ton.
who MONUMENT TO A SLAvE.-The students
abin Howard (Ala.) College, have erected a M
ribu' ument over the grave of the slave Harry.
a the The m was performed on Sund
opean the 10th inst, that day being selected for
uitar, convenience of the negroes, who wished
red1t- witness the ceremony. Henry Was a
who waited on the students, and by his IA
Incl full and courageous devotion, sacrificed h
morn self to a horrible death. But for his effor
just large number of the students would b
,oking been burned to death. One of the frs
wife discover the fire. he ran from room to RI
naving waking up the sleeping students. Even t
is. ho would not loovo and %ho7rbtlnSS of I
r, just self and reckless of danger, though the fla
el-skln leaped all around him and the walls
he falling in, he would not leave while t
/: was a life to save for others, He rema
I'D on, too long, and was himself enyeloped il
" hold flames and burned to death.
he
KIDNAPPER ARREsTED.-The Richn
ed me, (Va.( Wing of the Doth April says:
wing Yesterday afternoon, officer Morris al
ed a young man named Benjamin Nee
charged with kidnapping a negro NJ
II 5~' George, belonging to Mr.. Frank Neel
Salisbury, N. c. The negro was sold
aay' time since by Messrs. Pullian & Day
to pay, e uose Jlt IF to to his spa pae esellt m ny Mep'n G. Geo org;
seconded from Mr.. Nicely, and was cap
by Medium and four others, and carr
ne Went Danville. There the party deputised Me
to proceed hither with the negro, sell
and make q DIVISION OF the proceeds De
-, the FIVE. The accused and the negro
locked up, and an investigation viii
place before the Mayor this moaning
,hind,
DESTRUCTIVE CONFEDERATION AT Nor
cry, ALA.-Thaty Horses Burnt.-We
. from an Extra, issued from the Office
Montgomery (Ala. Advertiser, that
gave. occurred there on Sunday morning las
troyiug the eclipse Livery Stable, own
IN me Mr.. Carter, and the negro trading he
!, Messrs. Brown & Bulger. Thirty
perished in the stable, including thu
90 IN his valuable ring horses of Col. Orton's So
Circus, the stallion, Bob Logic and
other valuable animals. The total los
ay stir if umateo at ooo'ooV'
AFAc7.-A young lady in Brook
. Y, has recently had her leg amputatt
way between the. hip and knee in
or laces, ouence Of a wound caused by brokel
The hoop was steel, and in some IN
J gone; table manner a broken point penetr;
the bill, the bone. The wound became infam
|" putation was made necessary. We b
story from a young lady who is a frien
andsomer now crippled-for-life victim of FASH
can vouch for its authenticity Wins
ton add.
.dy you've WoxEN's NorEs.-The Superior
=, New York has decided, in full ben
the note of hand of a married woms
ever wealthy she may be, is utterly !