Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-06-12
NEWS OF THBDAY.

that an engagement had ten place a dav
or two prsyiops at Aqua OK, Va, between
one of E~ipcoln's wal steanas and a Gonna.
ny OF the Confederate tres commanding
a battery On shore, Theamor is since
conlirnedy but the war aner withdrew, /
after firing some ten 'ar-rfac shuts. No
body hsg.a on our side. day or two al
terw ards, .ko stearnersI tug and a schoon-
er made thdr appcarak and opened fire
upon our battery. Tfbiring continued for
three hou.S bat LirAln's gunners shot
so wildly tlst none ofnr men were hurt,
Our batter Adischargedlf0 shot, and killed
several on de vesselahow many is not
known. Tey made ! attempt to land.
The New York THIS and the Northern
papers geneally are citing very mad with
England, an ssay sheIaust be punished for
her acknowledgements aid favoritism for
the. Confedeiae states It suggests thai the
most ~effyctut way DIMINISHING John Bull,
is 70 stop the exportlof all kinds Of grain
apd pgpyisioEao EnglInd, which it says will
cause greater l~stress hnong the operatives
there, than thNoss Of cotton. This shows
a iAat sRs A Aff Us, fallaS Sssag nd asd he lsar ssf her
interference on the tses England can get
bread elsewhere than finn Lincoln's United
States but she cannd get Cottgn except
from the Confederate Sites.
A Lincoln CIV paYnaS r amhart was ar.
rested and hung at Marssas Junction last
week. He had been to Iarpers Ferry and
was making his way to Iexandria. In the
lining Of his coat was found a detailed draw
ing Of AL the fortificatio}s, position of for
ces, sc, at Harper's Ferry, besides several
other paIsrs which fully established his
character as a spy,
BY ar. act of the recent session of the Con-
gress of the Confederate States, no Cot
ton is to be shipped from the Confederate
States except through the sea ports ofthe same
under penalty of confiseation and fine and
Imprisonment. And railroads and steam
boats carrying of such with Irv consent or
knowledge Of the owners or their agents,
are forfeited to the Confederate States gov
eminent,
The Richmond Examiner believes it
would be best to let Washington go, and di
rect attention to Cincinnati, which, it de-
%clares, is the most vulnerable on the border.
By occupying. the Kentucky hills, opposite
Cincinnati, il. says the city could be laid in
ashes.
Harvey has been removed from command
because he was not irritating enough to the
Missourians.. The Administration are evi-
IDENTIFY endeavoring to excite Missouri beyond
the point of endurance, and want an excuse
to eat her up..
The Illinois. Sun thus tantalizes and in
suits the Gov of Kentucky for his shilly
shally course. 1t says" Gov. McGofin o
KY.,'is still exercised about that cowardll
and reasonable humbug-oThaed neutrality
1t is cowardly, because they are afraid t.
cast their Let. with the South and treaS0nG
bic, because thus to refuse aid to the Gov
eminent, when constitutionally demanded
is treason"
The same paper says-"A Southern ID
vision has been created, embracing Virgin
ia, North CAROLINA, Tennesseean Kentucky
. with Major General Butler. These are goo
moves, and show that the Administration
in earnest, ana means to suppress treaso1
, now and t~orecer. Gems. Butler and McLel
Ian will soon demonstrate that they are tn
I right men in the right places"
| The old Illinois kangaroo, in imitation
Louis Napoleon "a la the toad and the OK
has isused an. order to suspend the State
and Union, a Southern paper published i
G Washington, unless it will favor his Admir-
e istration. The. editor concluded to suspend
: Vire la libertie.
A Virginiani asked a South Carolina SO
der who was at the taking of Fort Sumte
" what he thought of Gen. Beauregard as
d commander ? The South C%arolinian replie'
e IF Gen. B..were to tell me that Fortre.
Il Monroe could be taken, / would feel sure
IS it's being done before Saturday night b.
if he was to say it could not be taken,
le would not go in fifty miles of it."
a In a Company from Darlington, S.. c., no
le in Richmond, the wife of Mr.. Charles Ar
d drews accompanies. him, marching by h
d side and relieving him occasionally, by carr
ing his musket, knapsack, &c.
h General Butler-is said to be threatenir
lie Norfolk by a cireu tous route, but our trool
m are posted in every direction in that quart
: and let the attack be made when itnay,
have no fear of the .result1
MIssoum.-The city of St Louis is occ
:" pied by ten or twelve thousand Germ
~ troops We understand that there are who
=, camps where you may pass from camp
Is camp and not hear one word of Englis
" These are the monsters who shot down o.
,, countrywomen and their children in 81. Lou
Whilst the adopted citizens of the South a
generally true to her, we are sorry to see th
those Of the North are. the main relian
of our enemies for carrying on this unho
IN war.
WILL NOT BE REGARDED.-It is said tt
the French Minister in Washington has I
ceived a despatch from his Goyernmel
/. declaring that it willspag no respect to L
coins blockade.
lal a8s A mos awful tragedy was enact
- near Rogersville, Tenn, on the night of
End May. Geo. R. Kite, ESQ.,, his lit
daughter, mother-in law, and her daught
% werea all murdered in their beds while aisle
The murdererS then set fire to the hol