Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-04-11
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

QUESTION of the U. S. Senate Committee tn
give evidence in the investigation of tho Har.
pers Ferry raid. He refused to ACCOMPANY
the officers, when he was handcuffed and ia
ken to a carriage, struggling violently all the
time; but he was subsequently, forcibly ia
ken from them and kept till a Aabeas corpus
writ was obtained from Judge Hoar, of the
Massachusetts Supreme Court. The case was
brought before a full bench of the Court. and
1t was decided that the Sergeant at Arms of
the U. S. Senate could not depute his author
ity to another party. Whereupon the pris-
oner was dischargedl amid much applause in
the Court room. What is the use of II. s.
laws if they are thus to be nullifed and set
at defiance.
LAND CoNv1cTED.-Walte S. Land, charged
with the murder of his brot~her-in-law, Mr..
Flanagan, in Princess Ann County, Va, sew
eral months ago, and who was arrested at
Asheville, in this State, last fall, was tried
last week, and convicted of Murder in the sec.
ond decree. Sentence Is years confinement
at hard labor in the Penitentiary.
LOST $1oo, oOo.-The great breach of
promise trial. at st. Louis, No., Carstang rs.
Shaw, was decided against the fair Plaintiff
last week. She comes out of the trial minus
the cool hundred thousand dollars, awarded
her on the first trial, and with a badly dam
aged reputation. She has ta5en an appeal
to the Supreme Court.
CoNNEcTIcUr ELEcrIoN.-At the recent
elections in this State, the black republicans
have elected the Governor by ST. majority.
three members of Congress, and the Legisla-
ture is largely of the same stripe. Strong
hopes were entertained of defeating the black
republicans at this election, but the woolly
heads were too strong for the white men.
though their majority is considerably re-
duced.
PORTLAND, MAINE.-The democrats have
carried this stronghold of black republican
ism, by electing their candidate for Mayor
four out OF seven Aldermen, and twelve ont
of twenty-one Councilmen.
RHODE IsLAND.-It is said that Sprapue.
the conservative candidate for Governor. will
be undoubtedly elected by a handsome MAORI
ty.
On Saturday last, a scene occurred in
washington between two Congressman.
which may possibly result in a duel, provided
the Yankee Congressman has the pluck to
fight. 1t seems that Mr.. Hindman, a Demo-
cratic member of the House from Arkansas.
WAC annrnanhIrro. n e
standing on the steps of the National Hotel
when Van Wyck, a Black Republican mem,
Der from New York, offered Mr.. III. his hand
Mr.. Hindman refused to take il, making use
OF the words as reported: 'sYou id scoun-
drel, you have delivered a speech not only in
sultlng to every Southern man, but to every
gentleman" at the same time striking at Van
Wyck. Bystanders interfered and separated
them. Van Wyck is the same man who in a
recent speech in Congress, charged the South
ern people with deliberately burning their
slaves, and the Southerners as sanctioninp
this cruelty. In the Senate, a few DAYS ago.
Mr.. Clingman gave Mr.. Clay, of Ala, the lie,
to which the latter responded with a blow:
whereupon Mr.. Clingman knocked him down.
Senators Toombs and Davis seized Mr.. Cling
men, and while holding him Mr.. Clay gave
him a black eye.
MuTrSY.-The ship Norway, of New York.
whilst on her voyage from Macao to Havana.
with 1000 COLES on board, was the scene of
a terrible mutiny, resulting in the death of
~ COLES, and 80 of them being wounded.
The fight lasted the whole night when the
Coolies yielded. The Captains wife and
two daughters, and a lady passenger and
a child were on board. Both of the latter
died of fright.
EXCITEMENT IN PERRY COUNTY, NISSAN
ARMED GANG OF NEGROES AT LARGE-The
Paulding Clarion of Wednesday last, saws
A gentleman came all the way from Au-
gusta to this county a few days ago, to pro-
cure track dogs for the purpose of hunting
a gang OF outlaw negroes, who are in~festing
Perry county, Miss. According to the &C.
count given by this gentleman, who is as re-
spectacle a young mar as any in the county,.
the gang numbers five or six, and are armed
with guns and weapons. White men are sus-
pected OF being in league with them, and one
man has been arrested and committed to jail
on suspicion. Our informant says that an I'M
precedented excitement exists in the commu-
nifty, surprising anything that was ever &C.
casioned by the depreciation of the noted Wa
ges clan, which operated so extensively in
Perry county.
A NORTH CARoLINIAN DRUGGED AND ROBBED.
occurrence of an unusual nature took
place in Petersburg, Va, on Tuesday last, be-
ing a bold and successful robbery, effected
upon a gentleman from North Carolina, while
under the influence of liquor which had been
drugged. The victim was c. W. Clay, Jr.,
Esq, of Oxford, n. c., who was stopping at
Jarratt's Hotel. Between ten and eleven
o'clock he went down town in order to pro-
cure North Carolina money for a large amount
OF New York funds he had in his possession.
Stopping at the Office of Messrs. Hinton &
Dunn, Sycamore, he obtained the necessary
exchange, amounting in all to 81, $50, in notes.
which he placed in a piece ofnewspaper, and
went out rolling them up as he did SO, and
placing them in his coat pocket when in the
street.
Just then a plausible, amiable looking young
man, with black moustache and goatee, neat
ly dressed, came up with him, seemingly by
accident, and entered into conversation about
the weather and other little topics, done in
such a pleasant manner that the most suspi-
cious might have mistaken it for innocence.
The pleasant young man happened to be
travelling the same way along the street, and
proceeded with him some distance, finally in
wiling him to a restaurant to drink. Mr..
Clay complied.
They entered the restaurant-which and
where he could not tell with certainty sufi-
Gent to warrant arrest-and there took a
drink together. previous tn which he ohServ-