Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-11-03
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Five Days Later from Europe.

New YORK, Oct. 26.-The Royalmail steam
ship Persia, arrived off Sandy Hook, this
forenoon with Liverpool dates to the 10th
ultimo.
The surviving officers of the steamship
Austria have published a card in the Liver
pool papers, declaring that the Captain and
themselves did all in their power to prevent
the calamity.
Details of the intelligence from China show
that the British have destroyed the forts of
Maniton but spared the town. Mr.. Reid re-
manned at Shanghai. The United States sloop
of war, Germantown, was on the Canton riv-
er, and the steamer Mississippi and Powhatan
were at Japan.
LIVERPOOL MARKETs--Cotton--Sales of
the week $4,000 bales, Fin and inferior
grades ave- eli5lstIy 10Wer)but mlddling IS I'M
| Changed. The marketc closed quiet. Orleans
fair 74d. middling rs upland fair u; mid
ding II. The Manchester accounts are I'M
favorable. BteadstuffS are dull -four quiet;
fine qualities wanted. Philadelphia and Bal
timore 81 to 22s. Ohio 22s. to 24s. 3D.
Wheat quiet but steady-white western 6s.
Sd. to 6s. Cd. Southern white Is. to Is. Sd.
Corn closed with declining tendency-yellow
81 to $685.; white 33s. Cd. to 34s. Provisions
dull. Lard declining Id. to I'd. Sugar qui-
eI anu SlSduys AOlGC qulCb. AblSS NuAi1 ONb
slightly higher. Spirits of Turpentine steady
at ass to 38s Cd. At London Spirits Of Tur-
~pentine 40s to 42s.
SAD AFFAIR.-An alteration took place
last Friday morning, on Swannanoa, some
ten miles east of this place, says the AshvHle
News, between Col. Samuel w. Davidson
: and Mr.. ID. V. Slope both highly respecta-
BILE citizens, which resulted in the death of
Col Davidson. He, lived only a few seconds
d after receiving a kick upon the neck. Mr..
Shope came to town, and surrendered himself
to the authorities. The Grand Jury, in ses.
IS sion at the time, investigated the facts, and
IS refused to find a bill against Mr.. Shope, and he
was discharged.
The unfortunate affair cast a deep gloon
h over the whole community. Col. Davidson
=, was one of our oldest and best citizens, wide
ly known, and greatly esteemed. Mr.. Shop
5 is also a clever man and a good citizen, anC
we doubt not regrets the unfortunate even
Il more than any one else.
Col. Davidson was buried on Sunday last
I'd his remains being attended to the grave by
~ very large concourse of his neighbors an,
citizens generally.
ed Hoe CHoLERA.-A farmer in Gates county
y. c., has lost one hundred and fifty head
u hogs recently, by the cholera or some othe
1y fatal disease and a neighbor equally as m;
be ny. The disease extends to every section
:, the county, and many farmers have lost nea
ld ly their entire stock.
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= HoRRm BUTcHERY AND SuIcIDE-REsUL'
70 OF INrENPERANcE.-NEw YORK, Oct. 81
ex horrid attempt at massacre took place
West Both street. last night. A young m;
Gu named Goulding, whose father is a lumb
Ter, merchant, attacked his father with an ak
breaking his skull and in~ficting a mort
wound. His mother comingto the ~assistan
her of her husband, was badly wounded. "
brothers, respectively three and thirte
wears of age, were next attacked and the
ay' dest MORALLY wounded. A married sist
and with a babe in her arms. was also attack
IN but not seriously injured. Two servant gi
were horribly wounded; the recovery of bC
is doubtful. The perpetrator of this hor
the riot is only nineteen years of age, and
/, ;, clerk in a store, but was very dissipated
>" His next step was to lock himself up in
she, room and blow his brains out.