Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-11-02

CONGRESSMAN E~LEcTED.--On the 9th ult. /
Roger A. Pryor was elected to Congress from
the Petersburg (Va.) District, to supply a va
cancy occasioned by the death of Hon. w. OIL
Goode. Mr.. Pryor's competitor was VIM.
I. Goode, Independent Democrat.
FROM THE Rio GRANDE.-Dates from
Brownsville to the Goth, say that the Mexi- |
can troops had returned to Matamoras. Lieut.. |
Langdon, of the 1st Artillery, had arrived
with a detachment of troops. Three of the
guns of Cortinas were still in the neighbor-l
hood. The citizens of Brownsville had cap-a
tured an outlaw leader, and sentenced him to
be hung. Cortinas threatens that if the SEM
tence is executed he will burn the towns
There was great alarm, and the citizens weres
fleeing from their residences. 1t was thought
that the whole town would be abandoned,
unless assistance soon arrived. Three hun;
dred men were expected from San Antonio.
The Indians were committing depredationsl
all along the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass.
EPIscoPAL.-The General Convention Of
the Protestant Episcopal Church, which con-
vened in Richmond on Wednesday, the 9Th
of October, adjourned on the 22nd. The Pc
tersburg Express says: '"The Convention has
transacted a large amount of very important
business intimately connected with the well
fare of the large and influential denomination
of Christians which it represents. The re-
suit of some of the measures enacted by this
body, are yet far in the future, but they will
ultimately show themselves with effect, and
greatly rebound to the good of the Church"
The attempt to reinstate Bishop Onderdonk,
at this Convention, was a failure.
UNITED STATES SENAToRs.-The Republican
party will gain three United States Senators
by the result of the October elections, viz
A Senator to be elected in Pennsylvania in
place of Mr.. Bigler, one in Ohio in place Of
Mr.. Pugh, and one probably in Minnesota in
place of Gen. Shields. The Senatorial term
of Messrs. Bigler and Pugh close on the 4th
of March, 1861, and that of Gen. Shields has
already expired.
ANOTHER FIENDIsH ATTEMPT AT WHOLESALE
SLAUGHTER.-Sunday night it was discovered
by a farmer, that the bridge of the @. p. and
Ind. Railroad, crossing East Greek, near
Fletcher, Miami county, was on fire, and af
ter quenching the flames, it was found that
the timbers on which the track was laid had
burned entirely off, thus setting . horrible
trap for the destruction of the first train anC
its load of human freight. No train had pass
ed over the Road for ~twenty-four hours; Sc
the ire mueL HdNc DCcu hiuOltu lOI d UCdulJ
purpose, and, but for the happy discovery
would have caused the wreck of the morning
train, and, doubtless, large loss Of life. Th'
injury to the bridge has been repaired, anC
q strict watch will be kept, as suspicious cha
~racters were observed lurking about tn
Observation-Disclosures Journal
Extensive FIREs.-Recent fires in New Or
leans consumed nearly five entire squares
Loss estimated at near a half million dollars
MORE SPANISH INsoLENcE.-The ship, Al
!; lington, of Hallowell, reports that while pas
sing the Straits of Gibraltar, a 80 pound she
/ was fired by the Spaniards at Tarifa, whic
= passed entirely through the ship, strikin
: just under the main channel starboardside
COUNTERFEIT CoN.-Washington City ha
recently been flooded with counterfeit coin
in the shape of bogus gold dollars and ha
dollars. The former are well executed, an
the latter would not be detected except o.
close examination. We have seen severa
, counterfeit gold dollars in circulation here.
1 The GREAT BALLooN-There seems to b
{ no doubt that in the course of three or fou
weeks the immense and splendid balloon
, now nearly completed in New York, will b
! inflated and ready for the transatlantic tri
which her constructor, Mr.. I. S. G. Low
has determined to attempt in her.