Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-08-04
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New YORK. July 27.-The steamship No
set Ity or, with San Francisco mails of the
9th Mt, arrived this forenoon with above
8 200 900 AMI two hundred passengers.
Inc Frazer river excitement continues n-
ahaied The reports Of the richness of the
dirginS' are almost fabulous One letter
writer says that the first DAYS yield was sew
en- hundred dollars. Victoria is crowded
with Americans Building lots are held as
high as twenty thousand dollars T G
Hudson Bay Company arc buying gold at
fifteen dollars an ounce.
TIE Indians are beginning to modest the
emigrauts. a partvOf ten was attacked. and
six were killcl. Twenty-Five canoes. filed
With Indian warriors, passed mp going to
Victoria Two hundred more on the way
The mining region will soon he overrnn, and
an indiscrimlte massacre will undoubtedly
follow.
On the Upper Columbia, in Oregon, the
Indians were collecting in large numbers.-
The Oregon State election resulted in the
choice Of the whole Democratic ticket.
The commander of the Pacific forces is hur-
rying all troops ut his command to the seat of
war, hut their number and equipments are
wretchedly inadequate.
Bolivia is quite unsettled. The govern
meni is in great dread ofthe return of BeIzu.
President LinareZ was very unpopul r He
had banished MANY of the hest citizens. @ h.
ers were selling their estates and leaving for
Peru.
At San Francisco Spirits of Turpentine was
commanding 70 a Toe. Coal advanced randi
~, and was in great dc nand at % a $24, and
still advancing. Rice unchanged.
One hundred houses in the Chinese district,
Oroville, had been burnt--loss $50, 900.
FURTHER FROM UUTH TERRIToRY.-The
WOrmORS We have received files Of the Des-
eret News to the 18th June. The News was
It'll published at Fillmme City. 1t gives the
Presidents's proclamation TO the Morinons.
and the vari us army orders, but without
comment. The usual beligerent tone has
give place to a pacific one the Saints are ex-
horted to obedience, and great stress is laid
upon the merit of their sacrifices The Nor
mons seem to have settled down quietly at
Fillmore, where they were planting trees and
preparing for a permanent residence. A Gu
riouS narrative is given in the heavens. On
the 18th Of May, at l A. NJ, a meteor in the
shape of a sword. with the point towards the
east, hung over Salt Lake City. The Saints
were impressed by the phenomenon.
~. Y. Times.
VIGOROUS OLD AGE.-The Winston On. c.
Sentjn'l is credibly informed by a gentleman
Of Davie county, that there is a gentleman
and lady in that county who are ~ and 81
years Of age. And yet these individuals cut
and g~arnered their entire crop of wheat this
year. They were engaged four days IN the
field. 1.-THE fros's Of many winters fall light
ly upon the v~irtuouS and good"
CoPARTNERsHIP.-It may interest our breth-
rem Of the press to know that DR.. j. G Aver
of Lowell, CHERRY Pectoral and Cathartic
Pills.) has associated with him, his brother
Frederick Aver. Esq long and favorably
known as a leading merchant of the Vest
Mr.. Aver will conduct the widely extended
business of the firm, which now reaches to
the commercial 7 atoms of both hemispheres,
while the Doctor will devote himself to his
scientific investigations and pursuits.
Mercantile Journal
USING Posi- AGE STAMPS A SECOND TINE.
A three cent customer who persisted though
warned several times by the postmaster OF
the place, in using postage stamps a second
time, has been arrested at Earlville, I'll. The
penalty Of this offence is a fine Of $50.