Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-05-15
NEWS OF THE DAY.

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Of marque and reprisal, and prize goods.
HAmsnuRo, MAY GA bill has been in
troduced in the Legislature OF Pennsylvania.
enacting ,hlt Senator Mason, Of Va having
been guilty Of treason, no conveyance or
transfer Of his property in Pennsylvania shall
be Acknowledged or recorded.
~" OF all the big lies told by the New
Nwk Herald, the biggest yet, is the one that
Virginia has rot scared and * begging old
Abe for an .rmStice, TO see it some plan of
set eheut could not be agreed upon
80 The Richmond Examiner gives an
account of the arrest Of Col. s. l.. Fremont,
at Weldon, on Tuesday last, Superintendent
Of tie Wiuningt n md Weldon Railroad, for
an attempt TO ard turce suspected passengers
who weto on the tain, 10 make their escape
60 the north. He was suspected, however,
ami al hands were arrested. We saw Col.
4. here on Monday. The Petersburg Elk
press conf ms tae statement of the Exam
iner. Ia css a very S~atisfacr ry explanation
is gwen, Col. +. shOIld be made to walk a
rail, instead Of experimenting o Southern
raEtoal.
Several fires occurred in Richmond on the
,aorning Of he 7th, consuming several valu-
t~afllings and their contents. they
sgrOcery and conmissI on stores. An-
Che tire occurred in a different part Of he
. city Mt the same time. bat vas eXtinguished
before much damage was done. III next
night several other fires occurred. The EN-
i~ssarirs Of old Abc arc NJ work in Richmond
all the fires were the work Of incendiaries.
over two hundred failures have occurred
in New York since the 22d OF April. Every
thing is broken doSn, no business, no money
,,. ~ tt. h,ukg rall ggfutn has un pripa
and hundrds o|ftuousaEds without the means
90 procure the necessaries Of life, and untold
anguish and distress stand every where IN
the 81 reefs and houses. The New York Day
Book says:
While the President receives regularly his
salary OF SIS, 900, and the member of his
Cabinet 5000 Il year, in the name of q
rightco Is Col, what are the poor people tC
do? The Administrator is laying out work
for 4 five years war, and when 1t Is ended,
there will bc nothing to show for it, but tn,
ruin Of cur merchants, the starvation anC
dem,r lizt,ion Ct our people, the graves .
our dead, and the bleeding hearts of ouI
widows and orphans. How will these mer
answer to a righteous and offended God TO
all these ntmcicss az needless horrors ?
.-Sy" Old John Browns son Orrin, had hi
hand torn oil by Il premature discharge Of
cannon Oh nlty last. Good.
The Connecticut troops are complainin,
Of beng nearly starved to death. They on
~ get tor u meal two small potatoes, on
ounce OF bread aud one quarter Of an ounc
Of fat meat,
Missouri. 1t seems that there is a larg
patty in this State Tor hanging on to " tn
Uai1n," AS they call it; tut there is also
strong purity ofsecrSSiDnists there. The Gov
ernor seems to be trying to ride uoth sides {
the sap,inL. Ia his message to the Legis
lat Irc, he is down on old Abe for calling OF
to ps 10 subdue the seeded States pronoul
ceS the act unconstitutional aud as teudir
toward, the establishment Of a consolidate
dcspo ism. But still he does not recommer
secession, but ample preparations against a
gression by all assailauts.
MARYLAND.-The commitment Of the b
Tor the appointment Of a Committe Of SaCat
To the spgei = committee on Federal relation
IN hARALryElnd Legislature, it is fe lred is
back u FROM a disposition to resist Lii
coin NJ ally the State with Virginia and Il
South. Though as the friend, of the bi
vo'ed fr It's commitment, it is still hop,
some decided stand will yet be taken.
HNRpgR's FsaRY TO be RE-TAKEx-Tf
New York Daily News Of Saturday, has IL
following special telegram, sent from Wasl
lngton Friday night. The State authoriti,
beng Iorewmned, will OF course be prepare
Tor the attempt
WAsulNGroN, May 3, lS61.-It is the il
tentlon Of General Scott to open the car
pain against the South, by retaking Ha
pcr's Ferry vt every hazard, as soon
troops shall have been rched through Ba
uhore, and the secession movement has bee
suppressed in Maryland. You may RELY al
on this intelligence. uarpers Ferry will !
again in the hands orthe Federal Gnyarr
mont before the 18th inst. MoanyhiI
E'""sylSania troops uuder the prnter,ion
""tcreS on inc heights and around d.,
""'' WI" 'o'e' " passage through that cit,
WAsuINGroN, May "a.
sources, believed to be ent,,v\tv On IfIva
ascertaiued that Virginia 6 hcrsSVSa o5le, IT
mediate an advance on WasbinrtN%2%%s Il
subject being for the consideration of
Confederate States. Their throwing Of tro
into Virginia is said to be in anticipatio
u declaration OF war by the Southern {
gress, as well as the apprehension that
gathering of u large military force her
designed ultimately to invade the South
GREAr EARTHQUAKES IN SoUru AMERrc
NEW NoRR, Nay 3.-Ehe steamer No
orn Light from Aspinwall on the 10Th. \
800 passengers and $S6S,90 in treasure
rived here tHis afternoon. She brings
pirtiso dates 10 the Sd alt.
The city Of Mendoza had been destrt
by q fearful earthquake, and some s.
people Allied, on the goth of March.
Juan was also reported to be destroyed,
he'd of the river having been turned on i
the same earthquake.
SANDS SALT RHEUM R~ENEDY.-Suie
from cutaueouS and eruptive diseases sh
at once resort to this valuable medic
which will speedily remove the worst sy
toms OF these distressing complaints.
remedy has ever done SO much for discs
oltpe skin. whatever form they may assn
as TINS. No case Of salt rheum, ring-w
tctter, seal head, BARRIERS itch, blotches,
eau long withstand lis influence.
Prepared aud sold 10y y b.. & ID. SAN
Druggists, 100 Fulton Street, New York
Soil by WILLIAMS u HAYWOOD,
eigh n. g.,
SscEss!oN or TENxRssgG CONFIRMED.
private despatch from Memphis dated
the 9TH, confirms the previous report OF
passage Of a Secession Ordinance by the
islature Of Tennessee.
The Legislature has appropriated FIVE
ions Of dollars for the defence and armame
the State. and likewise authorized q Ca
fty-hve thousand volunteers.
Several SQUADS of volunteers belongs;