Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-02
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Delhi nad not fallen on the 9th June.
Further mutlny amongst the troops.
Il Is believed that the crisis has passed.
The news was favorable at London, caus-
ing an advance. of consuls.
Nothing important.
The China trade at the Northern ports was
Interrupted.
COMMERCIAL.
Cotton closed firm, with an advancing ten.
~dency-sales of the week 80, 900 bales: nri.
ces generally unchanged. Stock; American
and Liverpool, $4,000. Weather favorable
to crops.
Wheat closed with an advancing tendency
all slightly lower. Provisions quiet.
Consols 9OS a 902. Manchester advices ia.
vorable.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Consols on account, 905 q 81. Breadstuffs
closed bnnydnt, from the reported foods in
the interior. The London Times reports that
1t Is more buoyant in the stock exchange
than it has been for many weeks. American
securities inactive. Sugar declined one shil-
ling. Rice steady. Rosin buoyant. Tur-
pentlne and Tar nothing doing. Spirits
declined Is.
From INDIA.-Advices from the overland
mail state that Delhi had not fallen on the
18th of June. The rebels had made several
desperate %sorties, but were repulsed with
great slaughter. The rebellion had been
crushed at A4rungzebad, Sirsa and Alfalfa
bad, but was extending in other parts.
PEARLS FOUND IN ~SPARTANBURG. There
were shown to US, a few days ago, by DR.. W.
q. killgore, three beautiful pearls which he
informed us had been taken BY one of his
neighbors from some muscles found in Be1's
Greek. They were submitted to the inspec.
ton of Mr.. Charles Bechtler, of our town.
who has been engaged in the watch and
jewlery business for a number of years. and
Is therefore very competent to iudge of their
character. and he pronounced them genuine
pearls. They we're of a bright brilliant col
or, almost transparent. We would Judge
them to be Of considerable value.-Ruherford
Democrat.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN WILM1NcToN.-About
2o'clock, Monday morning,a destructive fire.
supposed to be the work of an incendiary,
broke ont in a warehouse on Water street
which ragged with indomitable fury until
some $4,000 worth of property was consum-
ed-taking the trough estimate of the
Hsratd, or, according to that of the Journal.
some SIS, 900 worth. Of this amount, about
$ll, 500 is covered by insurance. In the es.
innate of the Journal, is net included the
loss of Messrs. J.. & H. Samson which could
not lie ascertained, nor the loss resulting
from water, abuse, breakage, stealage'' &c.
The Journal says:
All the buildings burned or seriously in
Jured, belonged to O. G. Parsley, ESQ, and
Mrs. Noyes. Mr.. Parsley is the heaviest
loser. The buildings themselves were not,
intrinsically, of much value, but as it is not
allowed to put up wooden buildings in that
part of town, the cost of replacing them with
brick edlices will be quite heavy. We be-
lieVe Mr.. Parsley had no insurance.
DEATH OF Mrs. Dr.. HARR!NToN.-We are
. panied to announce the death of Mrs. Sarah
Harrington, wife of DIR. VIM. FL. Harrington
and daughter of Hon. J.. B., and Mrs. Helen
ONeall, and their last surviving child. This
sad event has cast a gloom over our society,
and many hearts weep in sorrow with the
afflicted parents, husband and children. She
was the light and joy of two homesteads /;
her husbands and parents. One of the ex-
cellent of the earth has been removed to that
better country where sorrows cease. To her,
death has been a crown of life. Her parents.
husband and friends, should remember, that
the separation is brief, and, that although
she cannot return to them, that in a few
short years they can go where she is. Bless
~ hAO ~ AOuN tudG Att III Lu0 bDrU.
Ne'c6erry Is. co. Sun.
The Course of Crime.
The course of crime is always down hill
Begin it when and where you will, and the
proceeding Is always in the order of the step
from honor to infamy. No person ever took
a sudden leap into the abyss of degradation,
Although there are some, who sometimes sur
prise us, by the sudden discovery of the fact.
that they are deeply implicated in some de-
grading vice, yet it is not the sudden falling
away of such characters, from a course Of
right to a course of wrong. The vice has
been secretly at work, and we are only sur
prised at finding it where it was not expected.
The case of Mrs. Cunningham illustrates
these declarations. She was living with her
husband. in fair repute: but his style of liv-
ing was not sufficiently grand to meet her
wishes. His death is procured. DR.. Bur.
dell Is selected a victim, his fortune being
the temptation. A sham marriage is gotten
up by producing a man just like the Dr.,
and the ceremony is private. The DR.. is
murdered and the fortune claimed by the
bogus widow. Finally 70 secure the whole
fortune 1t is necessary to have an heir a
bogus baby is to be produced. But Just as
this Growing act was being consummated the
course of villainy is interrupted, and she
with her aceomplices is sent to the toombs-
the New York prison. A full and everlasting
disgrace. Her children are thrown destitute
upon tie world, while their mother will find
leisure hours for repentance in the peniten-
tiary.
Surrogate Bradford announced his decision
in the matter of Mrs. Cunningham's claim
as widow of DIR. Burdell at noon to-day. Not
more than a dozen persons were in the room,
most of whom were clerks in the Surrogate's
office or reporters. But one of the LAWYERS
engaged in the cause-viz: Mr.. Charles Ed
wards-who appeared for some Of the heirs,
was present. The Surrogate merely read in
a quiet tone the following
ORDER.
sURRoGAFE's COURT
County Of New York, August "a, 1857.
In the Matter of the Estate of Haruey Bur
dell, deceased Let an order be entered de-.
elaring that the claimant, Emma Augusta
Cunningham, is not the widow of the deceas.
ed, and directing letters of administration to
be issued to the dccedents next of kin. on
giving the proper security.
A. W. BRADFORD.
IN. Y. Post. Monday evening.