Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-10-06
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WIFI Liverpool OdLeS TO the 18TH. Ia
Cable accounts from Valentia discouraging. /
Shares declined to $3.50 a 935O. i
The steamer Hanam0niG exploded her mag ]
azine soon after leaving Hamburg, and was
compelled to put back. Five passengers in :
jured. !
CoMMERcIAL.-LiUerp0oJ 1SM.-Cotton s
sales for the week 81, 900 bales. Spectators
$4,000, exporters 5000. Closed firm and
steady. Brokers say there was an advance
of o%ne-eighth on the week. Richardson &
Spence say from an eighth to a quarter, but
the latter is scarcely maintained. Orleans
fair II. Middling Z 5-16. Uplands fair y.
Middling Z SIG. Flour dull, nominally un-
changed. Bigland says -four has declined
s~ixpence. Wheat declining tendency. Yves
tern Red IS 4d a IS Sd. Bigland says de-
clined a shilling on the week. Corn dull.-
Beef declined from two and a half to five shil-
lings. Pork slightly lower. Good demand.
Bullion increased 10000 zoe Consols Oh a
OH.
AN AFFLICTED CITY.-We have been kind
ly permitted to copy the following extract
from a private letter from a gentleman of
Charleston. 1t p~recents a melancholy pic
ture, and calls for the ~sympathies of less af-
ficted communities. Many of our readers
have friends there, in whose welfare they feel
a deep interest -
''This has been the saddest, saddest Sum-
mer | have ever spent. 1t may epidemically
be said, THE mourners go about the streets"
From morning to evening one funeral follows
another in rapid succession. A bride, whose
wedding attire is not yet rumpled, is now
clothed in the sable garb of widowhood. An
other young bride, whose ample fortune had
just completed and adorned one of the proud
est mansions in the city, was yesterday laid
in that lowly 'house appointed for all the
living" The strong man who was the stay
of his family has been taken away, and many
parents have followed one, sometimes all,
their children to the grave. The obituary [
here inclose is the sad history of many a fam
lily in this city. 1t is of a father and two
daughters.
''Truly Death has set his throne and holds
his mighty court. None are exempt. The
aged DIR. Post, who had labored here in the
Circular Church for % years, has fallen a
victim and will be buried this afternoon
Mr.. Denison, the Rector of st. Peters, is at
the point of death. Rev. Mr.. Tustin, of the
Baptist paper, and the supply of the Hugue-
not church, is very i'll; and many others I
might mention, butwho are unknown to you,
are either sick or dying. The city is one vast
"pest house" and those who follow their
friends to the tomb to-day, will in turn be
carried to the same last resting place before
a week is over.
"But although I have had enough of this
sad theme, | know not what else to turn to.
Here it is not only the all-absorbing but the
sole topic of conversation and thought. And
so many of our people have left the city that
but little business is transacted"
DIVISION OF OPINION WITH REGARD TO UTAH.
Adyices from Utah are not very fattering,
and Mr.. Buchanan has serious apprehensions
as to the result of the policy pursued by Gov
ernor Cumming. 1t is understood by the Ad-
ministration that the civil officers of the Ter
ritory are divided among themselves as to the
proper course to be followed. Gov. Cum
ming, with the Secretary of State, and For
ney, the Indian Agent, favors a moderate con.
ciliatory policy, while Chief Justice Eckles
and the United States Attorney, wish to hole
the Mormons to strict accountability in al
matters whatever. The Army officers side
with Judge Eckles, but at the request of Gov
Cumming, Gen. johnson has enforced TIT
most rigid discipline, and not a soldier is per
mitted to approach within eighteen miles o
Salt Lake City. Thus stands the dispute be
tween the Federal Officers of the Gentiles
while the Mormon Chief boasts that his PEG
pie have the finest country on earth, and tina
Utah Will be the first nation in a few years
The President is not by any means please'
with the prospect.
The LOST ERoNAUT.-The Detroit Tri
pune gives up all hopes of the safety 0
Thurston, who was carried off on his balloon
1t says:
"Mr. Bannister, his companion, returne
this afternoon, and can bring only the wors
tidings. The balloon he identified, and sen
the silk of which it was composed to thi
city last night. He himself remained t
search for his friend. To-day he m bac
despairingly. He states that the balloo
valve on which Thurston sat, is torn on
from the silk of the balloon three quarters
the way round, indicating unerringly, thu
the weight of the unfortunate man was to
great for the strength Of the sides, and tn;
r the silk gave way, when he must hav
dropped off. His only remaining chanc
would be to cling to the smooth material
3 which the balloon was made, and he coul
not have sustained himself in that name
p When this occurred, We can only conjecture
! but that it must have been within an hot
I after he started seems highly probable. Tt
balloon was seen for nearly two hours with
glass; but it must be remembered that tn
great body, full sixty feet high, was only IL
size of a mans hal.d when thus visible, ar
it would be utterly impossible to see the il
fated man if he had dropped off. Mr.. Bal
mister feels quite certain hat the man mu
e nave fallen before reaching Canada at all.
CoTToN AND BUsTNEss.-Our streets hay
presented a lively appearance yesterday an
! to-day, with wagons loaded with cotton. "
u are told that about 500 bales came in durir
the two days and found ready sale at ~ ]
J 80. The high price is, naturally, bringin
the crop forward as rapidly as the plante
can get it picked and baled.
The price is high here compared with OF
er markets. AtNew York, middling uplan,
are 134. At Charleston, prices range fro
I 81 to 12S. At Cheraw, 10 to III. The pl
ces in these last two markets are doubtle
~ depressed by the sickness in Charleston.
. The Fall trade here is, we think, remark
bly, active, especially with the wholesale de;
ID ers, who are busy day and night.
Fayetteville Observer.
I'd HANEMANN RECOMMENDED TO COMMON SENS
\. AT a meeting of "spiritualists," an inval
was brought forward dreadfully afflicted wi
IA ulcers, that all the doctors had failed
n. cure. 1t was proposed to appeal to the spi
y, land for advice, and a Homeopathic physici