Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-01-13
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NEW York, Jan. 5.-The steamship AtIdn-
&c has arrived, with Liverpool dates to
Wednesday, the23dsof December. Her news
S rather more cheering, than that of several
arrivals.
The Klingender Brothers had failed for a
half million pounds.
Mr.. Buchanan's Massage is favorable eriti
A terrible earthquake is reported as having
occurred in the kingdom Of Naples. 1t was
with particular severity in the towns of
Salerma, PotenZa and Naples. Numerous
were partially destroyed. A dispatch
says thousands were killed, but this is sup
posed to be m. exaggeration.
There is nothing later from India. The
East india Company have been formally no.
titled Of the Ministry's intention to terminate
the double government in India.
A much better feeling prevailed in the
London money market. Discounts were
readily made at 8 per cent. A reduction of
the Bank rates to that figure is anticipated.
Charles Nicholson & Co, of London, have
suspended. Liabilities large.
There has been great improvement in
money matters at Hamburg.
A reduction Of the rates of the Bank of
France to five per cent. was anticipated.
Political news unimportant.
CoMMERcfAL.-Cotton advanced from a ! to
I'd. Closed nrnA with = large speculative en-
quiry.
The Manchester market had improved.
Flour heavy at last quotations. Wheat
quiet, with a slight advance. Finer quaint
ties, ofred6s. 2da7s. 3d.; white do. IS. Tod.
ABS. Corn dull and quiet. Rosin dull at
SO. lid. Provisions dull. Money market
easier. Consols 933a934 for account.
The latest from Liverpool Wednesday re-
presented the markets dull and unchanged.
WASHINGTON, Jan. GA correspondent of
the New York Herald, writing from this city,
says, rigid instructions were sent South yes
terday to Collectors, Marshals and Attornies,
residing in the seaport cities, to be on the
alert, and prevent by all means the departure
of flbusters, and to enforce the Neutrality
Laws.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. 6.-The Legislature Of
this State have elected Gov. Powell, United
States Senator, to succeed Hon. j. B. Thomp.
son, whose term of service expires on the 4th
of March, 1859.
NORFOLK, Jan. THE U. S. Ship of wal
Cyane, has arrived here in II days from Port
au Prince.
The officers of the sloop are all well, bu
{ fourteen Of the crew are on the sick list.
She left the Spanish Squadron at Havana
Three hundred men had died on board on,
of the Spanish ships of Yellow Fever.
There is considerable fever still at Havana
The Yellow Fever was raging at Port a,
Prince--especially among the shipping.
KANsAs NEws.-Below we give such item
from Kansas as we. have received. We rarel,
9 believe any thing we see about Kansas whei
t it comes through the Black Republican press
, as all such items do. We do not believ
there is much truth in the following-perhap
there is none at all, but we give it for wha
it is worth:
e LATER FROM KANsAs-FURTHER HosTILITIE
Q st Louis, Jan. 1.-The st. Louis DenOcrd
, says that passengers report that on Frida7
night, the 25th of December, news reached
; Leayenworth Of an engagement between tn
r troops of Lane at Sugar Mount, and the u. S
Dragons. The officers ordered Lane to SUI
g render, but herefused. The dragons charged
but were rcpulsed with q loss of three mef
, The dragons retired and sent to Denver 70
: reinforements. Denver ordered three NOR
t companies to the seat of war.
Bloody work is expected. As soon as tn
news Of the engagement was received in lie;
F" venworth the people commenced organizin
and hurrying to assist Lane.
n 1t was expected that Lane would receiI
= twenty-five hundred men additional, befol
= the troops would arrive. Intense excitemel
N prevails throughout the Territory. The pc
< pie of Lawrence are preparing to take the fiel
Calhoun has fed the Territory.
N T.zouu-, n,o,x RI~o,, H., W. n
DED.-The Cincinnati Gazette, ~free-soil, h
N a letter dated Quindora, Kansas, Dec. 2
which says:
~ The disturbances in the Southwest a
over; at least for the present. All the Mi
49, Lanes proclamation, that bona tide peacef
settlers would be protected, but that all NJ
ld siourians found with arms in their ham
IL would be hanged. The rebellion prise
ii ers at Fort Scott are all set at liberty. Ha
!. ing gained all they demanded, the Free Sta
men, under Lane, have returned to thu
eL homes, and he arrived in Lawrence Saturd
he night.
il. DEATH OF TALCoTT BURR, EDITOR OF t
Ia WILMINGTON HERALD.-It is with unfeign
sorrow that we hear from the Wilmingt
Journal of the death of the able and iacco
pllSlcu GulJOI VI ii w uuulllSIOn Il6Idlu, w
by Gods inscrutable providence has been
sh- off in the pride of his manhood, and in t
midst of an honorable and useful career. @
personal acquaintance with Mr.. Burr was
'es ry slight, but professionally we knew h
er. well, and knew him as a fine writer an,
90 staunch champion of the principles which
his conscience and judgement he believed
be identified with the best interests of
i'm country. He will be much missed by
his press of this State, and by the community
al which he was born and reared.
ain SUCCESSOR TO DIR. MTTcHELL.-We lie
ind that at a meeting of the Trustees Of our ST
University, heldin this City on Tuesday |
Prof w. S. Martin was elected to succeed
OF Rev. DR.. Mitchell as Professor of Chemist
Mineralogy and Geology. There were sixt
Trustees present, and Prof Martin was e
- ted with great unanimity over several con
titors of high pretensions. He is a natiY
Richmond Va, and at present Professo
at Chemistry in Washington College, Pa.
en- is highly recommended as an able and LEI
,ch- ed gentleman, and one fully competent
~ the position to which he has been chosen.
'U Stdnddr,
the IMPORTANT DIscoyERY.-Gen. Piobert
-, the French artillery and a member of the
! " ~stitute, has made a discovery by which
ent. explosion Of g%unpowder in magazines
rch- be prevented. 1t consists simply in mi,
Re. the g~unpowder with coal dust. When
g~unpowder is required for use it is only
Hehe cessary to sift it the coal dust falls thrC
Tenn the seive and the gunpowder resumes
original qualities. Experiments have
e nv tried on a large scale with complete sue
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