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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-06-27
"THE FIRE BELL"

The above is the title of q Temperance work,
now in Press, at this Office, written by Rev. DR..
WV. A. SHAW, formerly of this City, but now a
of Virginia. 1t is designed as a Manual
for every Son of Temperament to put in the hands
of obiectors, waverers, or persons who may al
ready be favorably disposed towards the Order.
It is in the form of an Address, with a full and
copious alphabetical Appendix, containing more
valuable information of a pathological and Scrip
tural character, kainst the use of alcoholic bev-
erages, than we have ever met with in the same
brief space. The experience of the author for
twenty years, in all the phases ofthe Temperance
reform, as a Physician and Minister, is condensed
in a popular and practical manner in this Tract.
Few men have had better advantages for the OBJ
servation of the whole subject in at least half the
States of the Union, where the writer has trav-
eled and sojourned. 1t cannot fail to strike the
friends of the cause as being peculiarly adapted
to our wants in this and the adjoining States
and we predict for it ready and rapid sales.
The work will embrace some 40 or 30 octave
pages, and will be sold at 25 dollars per hun
bred, or in the same proportion for a smaller
number of copies. Orders to be addressed II
the Editor of the Spirit of the Age.
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E

The following fact, as related by Prof. Sew
all, is a serious warning to men who drink ar
dent spirits.
"a man was taken up dead in the streets of
London, after having drank a great quantity of
gin on a wager. He was carried to Westmin-
lister Hospital and there dissected. In the ven
tricles of the brain, was found a considerable
quantity of limpid fluid, impregnated with gin,
both to the sense Of smell and taste, and even
TO the test of infiammabiiity. The liquid ap-
peared to the senses of the examining students
as strong as one-third gin and two-thirds Wa
ter"
What strange mfatuation is it that tempts
men to drink alcoholic liquors, when facts, anC
reason, and nature and religion, are continually
warning them of the inevitable train of disas
ters and evils consequent thereon! When on
senses warn US of the immediate danger of
p~recipice close at hand, have we not prudenc
to avoid it. clinging to life as we do with COW
ardly t%enacity And when physicians demon
strate to us the poisonous, deadly influence G
ardent spirits upon the system, and all exper
ence illustrates the truth, why have not me
sense and consistency enough to forsake tn
| miserably foolish indulgence of drinking tn
poison. No rational man, who could once fe,
sensible of the delights of temperance, woulc
. unless by an infatuation rs gross as insanit
ever be tempted into its opposite, And no il
? dividual who can in truth profess to be Writ
Gus or patriotic, can consistently with that pr
: @fession, ever give countenance to intempetan'
in others, by the contagious influence Of h
own example.
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band, never troubled herself about his bust
ness she knew that he provided well, and
That was enough for her to know. About
four months after they arrived, their house
was visited early n morning by two police
officers, for the purpose Of arrestingMr II
Tor forgery. In Court the case was made
PLAIN against him. and he was sent to the
Penitentiary.
The misfortune had such an effect upon
the young wife that she never left the room
alve-but died of grief in two months after
J esterday was seen ascending the landing, a
hearse' containing a coffin, and a carriage
following it, in which were a lady and gen
tleman, the father and mother.
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SELLING wHIsKEY TO SLAVES.

That Whiskey or ardent spirits, in what
ever shape, which was designed at first to be
a blessing to our race, has, by abuse, become
a curse, l presume none will deny :; and it
will continue to be so, to an alarming extent,
so long as there IS as much of it made and
retailed, as there is through the length and
breadth of the land for there always will be
many who win drink it as long as they can
get it. q
There is one class of persons in our coun-
try, all of whom, with but few exceptions,
are exceedingly fond of il, and drink it in
many cases, 20 their ruin. | mean our slaves.
1t is known, too, that their masters, in view
of their health and morals, do not like for
them to drink much oft and are particular
ly opposed to the custom of selling it to
them, as practised by many of our merchants
and bar-keepers. Indeed, there is a severe
law against selling even the smallest and
most innocent article to a slave without a
written permission from his owner. How
then can the t~raficers in this poisonous arti-
Gle, sell it to slaves, unfortunately, when
the masters Of the negroes are so violently
opposed to it, and the law so %strenuously for
Dill II! ARE uOL SUCH OuoHueTS IOODlug US
of our property, or at least committing Almost
grievous trespass upon our rights? Do they
! not defy the law of the land, by thus tread
ing it under their feet? Ought this thing
! to be allowed, and these transgressors 60 u n
punished, who thus corrupt a class of the
!, community who, of all others, when we con-
slider the relations which they sustain to then
owners and their ignorance, should be kept
. farthest from the holds of corruption?
How hideous to the sight to see a dog.
/ gerry or bar-room crowded, on Sabbath NOR
; ming, with blacks swallowing down their few
. hard-earned pence in a draught, for which
they have an insane thirst which infame
% their brains, and frequently results in thei
masters loss and their own destruction !! An,
strange as it may seem, this thing happen
from Sabbath to Sabbath, immediately un
2 der the observation of some of our good Jus
tees of the peace, and they wink at it.
" should not be surprised to hear that some {
them are guilty Of it, if not on the Sabbath
at least at night in the week. When wi
this black traffic cease?
Richmond Enquirer.
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The END OF A RUNAWAY MATcH.-Ruu-
away matches do not usually produce those
happy consequences the parties generally ex-
pect. The very opposite is almost always
the case, notwithstanding the nonsense upon
the subject written BY many editors. Every
parent wishes to see his daughter properly
mated, and when objection is made, it is gen
orally from some good cause to be found in
the conduct habits or principles of the per
o n objected to. The following instance
which we take from a Cincinnati paper, is
full Of warning:
Less than a year ago, ayoung lady, whose
name we need not mention, married a young
gentleman living in Vicksburg, named Har
Tington, and she did so decidedly against tn
will Of her parents, who refused to let tn
wedding take place in their house. The hap
DIV PAIR left Immediately for home, where the,
3 the time for a while very a~greeably.-
The lady having all confidence in her bus
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NORTH CAROLINA RAIL RoAD.-A meet
ing of the citizens of Raleigh was held on
Monday last, to express their qualification at
the certainty hat this Road will be built
A Resolution to this effect was adopted, and
also that the President of the Road be re-
quested to invite the friends of the Road to
be present at Greensboro, on the 18th of
next month, to witness the first breaking of
ground on the work. Gov. Morehead (the
President) being present, was called on for
some remarks, and responded at some length
and in an interesting manner, stating that a
large portion was under contract, and he
doubted not, by the meeting of the Stock
holders on the 10th prox., near or quite the
entire work would be contracted for. He
said it would, once commenced, be speedily
completed, as the Road would be progressing
at all points at once. The most enthusiasts
feeling pervaded the meeting, and it adjourn
ed to meet in Greensboro the 10th of JUL
next
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MODERATE DRINKING.

A distinguished writer has said-"W We con-
moderate drinkers as the main, if not the
only cause of the continued use of distilled IL
quors: but for them, the manufacturer and ven
der would soon disannul their covenant with
hell, and abandon their traffic in DEATH" What
has already been said of one regular temperate
drinker, is applicable to all. Their moral sense
is perverted ; they are enslaved to appetite; they
are in league against truth, reason, and r~evela-
ton, with the enemy of their race. He once
said, Eat, and ye shall not surely die He
now says, Drink, and We shall not surely die
They quaff the bowl and join in the response.
This device is to be assailed and confuted again
and again, until public sentiment, which has
been deeply vitiated and perverted, shall be
corrected and restored to the due performance
of its Office. Then shall the slaves of the enc
my bear their masters brand on their foreheads;
and it shall no longer remain a problem for
critical solution, whether the fair honorable
merchant, who only sells the liquor to the mis-
cradle drunkard whom his regular business has
enticed to ruin, till he snatches the last crumb
of bread from his starving children, be more
or less guilty than the legal victim of his cupid
ity nor whether the distiller be more or less
! culpable than the merchant. Public sentiment
: once tolerably regulated and purified from the
deflement derived from the same all-corrup
ting source, would soon solve all such difficult
questions. The reeling, profane, abandoned
sot derives his arguments and his justification
! for debasing himself and preying upon society
. from the same fund with his more decently ap
v pearing companions and a~ccomplices, the man
N ufacturer and vender, and the whole compan
of temperate drinkers. If a farmer, whose stal
:; wing animals, no less than his suffering famil,
ID designate, as with u sunbeam, to what corr
Sc he belongs; you shall hear him decide author
Us tat1yely against the reformation; lest the coars
C grains should remain a useless drug on Il
: hands of the grower, and thereby injure the a
ricultural interest. The importer, the man
f~aeturer and vender Of all grades,f from the Who'll
: sale warehouse, or splendid mansion, down
the occupant of the three-cent-a-glass hovel, {
sympathize with him, and join in the argumeI
nd The cause of religion is scandalized by its pr
st %fessors; the s~ateless, never dying appetite mu
have an apology, and one is soon found. Wi
no professions of good will to man, and obedien
of to the requirements of the gospel on their liz
with the victims of their cupidity before tn
he eyes, in defiance of the plainest principles
IRE the religion they profess, and in contempt
ID the authority of its Author, they too, hold t
me polluting cup to their neighbours lips; and
= what? to sustain and countenance themsel,
90, in the same indulgence; or perhaps for
at more vile, debasing and guilty object, of n
king gain by the unhallowed traffic.
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SAD BEREAvEMENT.-We record with no
common sorrow, says the New York Organ,
the sudden death Of George Briggs, only son
of John W. and Ellen NJ. Oliver, aged four
years. The circumstances of this affection
give it peculiar poignaney. The father, as
Most Worthy Patriarch Of the Order of Sons
of Temperance, had taken leave of his family
but two days before, little thinking that he
should return to find it in tears and bitter
mourning. He left to attend the National
Division, at Toronto, Canada West, with high
hopes and earnest desires that it might prove
such a meeting of the friends of humanity
as this continent had never before seen. But
scarcely had he reached Toronto before the
telegraph bears to him the sad idings that
his only and tenderly cherished son Is num-
bered with the dead, and that his presence Is
required in his own afflicted home. This Is
indeed a terrible blow. Our sympathies are
with our bereaved brother and his family, as
will be those ola large circle of friends, and.
of the Order generally.
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LITERARY NOTIFIES.

HE AMERICAN TEMPERANCE MAGAZINE AND Soxs
OF TEMPERANCE 0FFERINe.-We have received the
first number of a splendid monthly Periodical,
bearing the above title, edited by Gen. S. F. Ca
RXf T. N. W. P. Each number will contain "a
pages Of origincl Temperance and Literary mat
ter and be embellished with fine Portraits fen
gravsd on steel of distinguished advocates Of the
Temperance reform. 1t is gotten up in elegant
style, every way worthy of the noble cause il
advocates; the contributors being those of high
literary reputation and moral excellence, A.
mong the contributors secured, we notice the
names of Mrs Sigourney, Mrs. Kirkland, Mrs.
osgood, Miss sedgwick, Misses Phpba and AL.
ice Cary, Philips S. White, Hon. r L. Caruthers,
and Hon. E. Dillahunty of Tenn, I. &. Arthur.
DR.. T. A. Fickardt, Rev. A. L. Stone, ". A.
Scott, of New Orleans, Rev. C. B. Parsons, Of
Kentucky, Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, Mp.
Willis, and a number of others alike distinguish
ed in the world of letters.
We notice among the Portraits published a.
already engraved for the work, those of 7. NJ
Gally, p. G. W.. P. of Va; Hon. J. B. ONeaI,
!, G. W.. P. of S. c.; J. NJ. Wiley, P. W. P. of Ala;
Gen. R. L. Caruthers, P. G. ". P. of Tenn; I.
J. Evans, G. S, of Va; Alex. M. German, G. s.
N. C.; W. S. WillifOrd, G. S. of Geo.; c. Keen
er, of Nd; Gen. ]. b. Cooke, of Va; John B.
> Cough, Gen. Sam. Houston, and a host of other
{ worthless.
The periodical is gotten up in equally as fine
: a style as Graham, Cooley and other crack s.
!" monthlies, and is furnished to subscribers at the
IN low price of 81 per annum.
y The Editor of the Spirit of the Age has been
p requested to act as General Agent for North and
D. South Carolina, to whom, remittances can be
~ made, and the work secured. We want Agents
IT. to canvass the two Carolinas for this work, to
", whom a liberal per centage will be allowed.
ps ANY one sending to us mot paid to oar Agents,
IS, shall receive two copies of the Magazine and
Sc two copies of the Spirit Of the Age for one year
he BAccHUs, An Essay on the Nature, Causes
To- Effects and Cure Of htemperance; BY GRm
lu- RoD.-Mr. POmeroy, Bookseller, Raleigh, hal
le- kindly placed upon our table a copy of thi
to standard Temperance work. 1t is unnecessar.
all for US to say a word in commentator of it; =
Mt, it has been so long and favorably known, tina
it cannot fail to be appreciated as a work, writ
ust ten in a christian spirit, and with a design 4
it'll benefit the bodies, circumstances and souls o
nee men. 1t is The Temperance book of the Ian
ps, guage, and should be in every library in til
leir land. For sale by w. L Pomeroy, Raleigi
of 512 octave pages; price Stat whose estal
of lishment may also be found a large and yarie
the supply of articles usually found IN a Bookstor
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-06-27

~ We learn from an exchange, that an
Artesian Well has been made at Cahawba, Ala,
$50 feet deep, which discharges eight gallons
of water per minuteI Would it not be well
for our City authorities to take some such steps
towards ensuring our property against fire p
Some portions of Raleigh are entirely unprO.
tected by water facilities, and as we are taxed
as well as Others, we ask this small need Of
Justice to be done us.
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RALEIGH, %. @.
FRIDAY, JUNE p, 1851.

a. Subscribers whose papers are marked
with red ink or red pencil, are thereby infor-
med of the expiration of their subscription year.
We shall continue to send the paper to all our
present subscribers, unless a diseontinuance is
ordered. Those not desiring it another year
will return the paper; and those retaining it
will please forward the subscription money i'm
mediately.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-06-27

We have learned, with deep regret, ofthe
death of DIR. Thomas N. Cameron, late SEN
ator from Cumberland County. He expir-
ed in Fayetteville on Saturday last, about
three o'clock, P. M.
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a~PANDoRA's BOX"

The common, universal, 1--WE may say) use of
this term, by writers on all subjects, has induced
US to believe that a history of its origin, taken
from the Heather Mythology, would prove not
undressing: The name of Pandora signifies
all gifts" Pandora, was originally a beauti-
full female image, formed by the skill of Vulcan,
and carried to heaven. There Jupiter endow-
ed her with life, Venus gave her beauty, Pallas
wisdom, and Juno riches; Mercury taught her
.eloquence, and Apollo music.
With these accomplishments Pandora was a
perfect woman, and she was sent by Jupiter in a
box to Prometheus. Jupiter, it is said, was an
CRY at Prometheus for the manifold blessings
which the latter had bestowed on mankind, be-
cause Jupiter himself chose to be regarded as the
supreme benefaetor Of the human race.
To revenge himself upon Prometheus, Jupi-
ter sent him the gifted Pandora fora bride. She
was enclosed in a box with disease, war, pest.
lence, famine, discord, envy, calumny, and all
the evils which Prometheus had endeavored tc
Danish from the earth. Prometheus, dreadine
some concealed evil, refused the present of Ju
piter; but Epimetheus, the brother of Prone
theus, felt greater curiosity, and opened the box
The beautiful Pandora instantly appeared, anC
with her came forth all the train Of calamities
which were connected in the box.
Epimetheus perceiving the dangerous content
of the box, Immediately closed it, but alas! i
was too late. All the evils had escaped, an,
nothing remained in it but Hope, which, aeeol
ding to Jupiter's decree, should, in due time, a
ford the unhappy mortals some consolation.
How mblematica of Alcohol
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-06-27

H M. W. P. Oliver visited the Nation
al Union and made an animated address, and
kindly offered to bear the following resolu-
ton to the National Division:
To the National Division, Sons of Temper
Gncc, non IN session in the City Of Torom-
to, Canada.
Whereas, at a recent session of the Ma
tional Union Daughters of Temperance, held
in the City Of New-York. By advice of the
W. P. S. and Others, members of the Matt
onal Union, a committee was appointed to
devise some plan whereby the whole organ
ization known as Daughters of Temperance,
could be united in one body on one princi-
pie.
In view of this fact and the present posi-
ton of the Daughters of Temperance, thi
National Union would respectfully invite tn,
advice and cooperation of the National Di
vision in spreading the white flag of peae
over this enterprise, sustaining our motto
Virtue, Love and Temperance.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-06-27

r The Grand Scribe has issued Charters for
- Division, No. 26I, to be located in Bun
County, and Waterloo, No. 262, in Gran
vile Co nty.
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EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE MA
TIONAL DIVISION.

- The National Division of the Sons of
Temperance, met in Toronto, Canada, on Tues
day of last week. We nave received only the
following account of the opening session, but
hope in our next to give a full report of its i'm
portant transactions. We regret to see that no
Representatives were in attendance from North
Carolina:
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E We call the attention of dealers TO
the Card of Dabney ". Parks, to be found
in another column.
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T~elegraphed to the New York Organ.
TORONTO, CANADA WEsr, June II, 1851

The Eighth Annual Session Of the National
Division commenced in this city this morning,
M. W. A. Litton, of Tennessee, presided, M. ".
P. John W. Oliver having been recalled to his
home Immediately after his arrival at Toronto,
by the melancholy intelligence of the death of
his only son. The deepest sympathy is felt in his
affection, and great regret for his necessary ab-
sence from our counsels.
The representation in attendance is very large,
and the best feeling prevails. It is truly gath
ering of brothers and friends of humanity.
The report of the NJ. W. P. has been presented
and referred. 1t is an eloquent document, and
presents a highly satisfactory view of the oondi.
ton and prospects of our beloved Order. W.
subjoin some Of its striking portions.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-09-18

LIKE FAIaFIELp. The Commission
ers OF Hamilton county have sold for .frt
hundred dollars, to CD. w. Smith. all
the fees and costs now owing and unpaid
to that county, which exceed fourteen
thousand dollars. 1t is said that the late
Sherifrof the county, Mr.. Cooper, would
willingly have paid $4,000 forlhem. The
Gazette states the additional fact that oi
the fees sold. there had been collected 1915
which was in Me hands efthe Clerk to bc
paid over. So that the present Sheriff
was in effect paid $40 10 take $4,000 Of
the county funds.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-09-18
READ THE FOLLOWING.
WHEELING, June 16, 1851.
yirginin Iron WORKS.

VKTE the undersigned, Wholesale Grocers and
wv Hardware Merchants of the city of Wheeling,
take this method Of stating to the public that we have
been engaged for many years in the sale of Nails and
have bought the brand manufactured by HUNrrR.
FLEMISG 4 Co., Of the Virginia Iron Works-that
our sales have not been to the city, but have
been extended overa large extent of country and we
take pleasure in being able to bear testimony to their
uniformly good character and standing abroad-that
for finish and workmanship they will Compare favor
ably with anybut especially for the substantial quail
tiles Of strength Stiffness and soundness they are un-
surpassed by any other brand. We also confidently
believe that their mode Of manufacturing nails from,
hammered iron, and from the solid slab, is the best
calculated to give strength and toughuess to the nall
as we'll as avoidthe tendency to flaws and splitting
which the too defects of nails generally.
John R. Morrow, Samuel Neel.
Alex Turner, r. Cranele & Co.
Gordon Robinson, s. Mitchell B Co.
.s Henry X. List & Co. JR. Mckee. 70
The above article of NAILS is for sale at the cheap
Hardware store Of p BOPE.
Lancaster, June 26, 1851, tst I-ts i 8
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-09-18

HUNGARIANs IN THE UNITED SrATEs.--
Captain Brich, Lichtenstein and Bukov-
itz, late of the Hungarian army. are now
in Washington city as delegates ofone
hundred and twenty. eight Hungarians
who lately arrived from Shumla. We
learn from the National INTEL iRencerthat
they have been directed by Kossuth 10
advise with Mile JagiellO tnow Mrs.
Tochmanl about the mepns of reaching
the colony which Gen. Ujhazi formed in
Iowa. where they all propose TO settle.
There are fifteen Hungarian ladies with
them. all married The delegates were
lon Tuesdaysiutroduced by Major and
Mrs. Tochman to the President, and cor.
daily received by him. In answer to
their salutalions the President expressed
his satisfaction that they and their leader,
Kossutt, have chosen this country for
their home, and assured them that they
will find friends wherever they may set
ltle