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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-03-07

House. assisted by some ofthe Brethren Of
Harmony Division. initiated them into the
order, and organized them into a Division
underthe name Of ~Saesapahaw, 2 No 2233.
The following is the liet Of officers for the
present quarter Rev. j. ii. Mcneil, w.
p, George w Collision, w. A., james
G. Stcdman r. S., John J.. jackson A. r.
IS, Isaac Long F. S., John Thompson T.,
DR.. John L. Davis G., James II. Heading
A. c., Charles M. Thompson I. s., VIII
lam A Nash o. 81, Rev. William P. Tay-
Tor P. w. P. by appointment.
Since this Division has been organized,
the Brethren have initiated several more,
and they now number some Is members
Several have also been initiated into Harmo.
ny Division, and | am happy to state thai
true brotherly love exists between the two
Divisions, and we have it now in contempla.
ton to unite our efforts and build a large
Temperance Hall, and think from the spir
it manifested, / may safely say that befor'
another twelve months has passed by W,
shall have a hall erected and dedicated t.
" Temperance, Benevolence and Brotherl,
/ Love-
So far as concers the cause Of Temperance
} in this county, / am happy to say that tn
) citizens of old Chatham are waking up t
their interest on this subject. There ar
now in this County eight Divisions Of th
Z Sons. one Section Of the Cadets, and on
Union Of the Daughters, and I may safel,
say that g old Chatham" will yet be tn
: Banner county Of the "good old Mort
State" I give my brethren in other POI
d tons Of the State fair warning. that befOr
Z another twelve months shall roll by, ther
Q viii be a larger number Of Divisions in thii
than any other county in the State
s. L. r.
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Bro. G4fNAE . I have not, as vet, seen
any account Of Bro. P. s. Whites success
in the cause Of Temperance in this place, at
The time Of his appointment here. ] should
have given you some account Of it before
now, but / was "a hopes that some one who
could WELD a more ready pen than myself
would have done DO but as it has not been
done, I win give you . short sketch Of bis
success.
So far as concerns Bro. White, as {
speaker, I may remain perfectly silent fol
those who have once heard him need NJ
newspaper evidence to convince them of hi
ofatory, or his mental powers as a Temper
anoe Lecturer and those who have no
heard him, have had from the newspapers Q
tho day sufficient evidence to convince then
Of fho perfect irresistIbility Of bis speeches.
According 10 bis appointment, be came I
THIS place On Monday the 18th. and spoke j
the y. II Church 10 4 large and respects
PIE audience. The people we're highl
pleased with bis effort, but there was nj
much vnihls effect moduced. On Thur
dey evening be again 4ectured IN tho Chusc
q crowded house, and, / think made Of
"a n.H hapPiest efforts. Al that / hear
eak q this lecture were highly delighiel
AFTER he closed his lecture the names
eignsaea gentlemen were obtained. as ean5
oates ior admission into the order, and {
sse pqEpe4e q hrming a new Division,
mong whom were some Of the most respect
bic genileI9en of this place.
Bro White thcn proceeded 10 the Co,
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~ By the soft and daIlying zephyr

o. BY the soft and dallying zephyrs
which wander around by the genial
warmth ofthe sun-rays; BY The fervid heat
of midday ; by the vail-llke haze that
obscuFes distant objects ; by the dyes Of
the skies by rising and sitting sun BY
the increasing hum of the vast voice d
trade ; by these. and by many other 40.
guries. do We know that the reign Of
Old Winter is broken. and that juvenes'
cent Spring waits impatiently for the
throne Of The year. The days Of lighI
and Joy will soon be 10 full fruition. ans
The annular resurrection Of the Leaves
ana The flowers. and The swelling prom.
ise Of fruit will gladden. the souls Of al
who love the beautiful and the true.
m. Y. Organ.
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WESTERN HOTEL.

THIS HOTEL, a short distance WEsT Of
4 The Capitol Square, is opsaed for The accom-
mediation Of the Travelling Community, and the
Proprietor would be much pleased 10 board gen
ilemen by the week, munlh or year. be viii
use his best efforts to please and render comfaf-
liable. all who may visit him, and he respectful
Iy ~soIicits a share Of public patronage. His
Stables will be attended to by an active and at
tentive Hostler.
March 9Th. To-
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Tie first and last fatni duel b. Isnos.


The first and last fatal duel by Minoi-
aus.-In the year 1870 a duel was fought
in Belleville, ST, Clair county, between
Alphonso Stewart and William Bennett.
The seconds had made it up 10 be asham
duel Stewart one OF the parties, was
supposed TO he in the secret but Bennett
his adversary, believed ii 10 be a reality.
II is supposed that Bennett somewhat
suspected a trick and after receiving his
gun from bis second, rolled a ball into it,
At the word FIRE, Stewart fell MORALLY
wounded Bennett was indicted, tried,
and convicted for murder. A great eff
fort vas made to procure him a pardon
but Gov. Bond would yield 10 no entrea.
ties, and Bennett suffered the extreme
penalty of the law by hanging, ia tbs
presence Of a great multitude Of people
This was the first and the last duel which
has ever been fought in the State by anJ
of its citizens. The hanging of Bennett
made duelling discreditabIe and unpop
ular ; and laid the foundation of that ab
horrence Of the practice which has beel
felt and expressed BY the people Of iii
nois. The present Judge Lockwood
was then Attorney General of the State
and prosecuted in this case ; to his tai
ents and as q prosecutor, th
people are indebted for this early prece
dent and example, which did more tina
is generally supposed to prevent III
practice Of duelling from being Intro
duced into his State.
i Chicago Com. Adu.
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PHILIP S. WHITE. P. Nj. w. p. will
deliver an Address in Warfenton, on the 18th
Ut March next. that day being the second An
niversary of Cold Stream Division, No, 80,
Sons Of Temperance ; and they hereby respect
fully invite all the Members Of the Order. and
the public generally to be present on that oc
castor.
VIM. S. RANSOM, r. s. C. S. D.
Warrenion. Feb. "a, 1851. 26-3t
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PRoGREss OF lGEoRAKcE.-The Rev.
J. Blanchard. President Of Knox College,
recently delivered a lecture in the House
Of Representatives, at Springfield. ILL
nois, in which he remarked that. notwith-
standing all that has been done in the
States for popular education, the proper.
ton of adults who could not read or write,
was greater now than it was ten years
ago-a statement which he is said tc
have subsfantiated.
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v. B. PALMER. the American News.

v. B. PALMER, the American News
paper Agent, is Agent for this paper.
and authorised to take advertisements,
and SUBSCRIBERS at the same rates
as required by Us. His Offices are at
PHILADELPHIA, N. W. corner Third and
Chestnut Streets.
NEW YoRK. Tribune Building.
And WM. THOMPSON, OF Baltimore,
is our Agent in that City, for the same
purposes.
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HooKrnroN. GarrNE. ZEE. q. ISL.


Bro. GoRMAE: According to previous APP
pointment, We met at the Division room, this
day, at II o'clock, and formed in procession
with the Snow Hill and Kinston Divisions
in the rear) marched to the place appoin-
ted, where We were presented with a beauti-
full Banner. accompanied with an appropri-
ate address, delivered by Miss Elizabeth
Pope, in which she acquitted herself most
admirably. Bro VIM. H. Cuninggim. jr..
responded on the part Of the Division, in .
very creditable manner. With our Banner
waving to the breeze we marched to the
church, where there was q large and intelli
gent audience assembled, who were address
ed by Mr. VIM. Strong, in an interesting
speech. We then partook Of a sumptuouI
dinner which was PREPARED for the occasion
At early candle light we assembled at tb,
Division room. formed a torch light pro
~eession. marched to the Church and wer'
addressed by the Rev. b. R. Duvall. in al
interesting and appropriate address. w
again formed in procession and MARCHES
through the prominent streets of the villag
/, to the Division room. where we disbanded
all in high spirits to carry out the principle
We are united to perpetuate. The great an
good cause is still progressing IN this part {
the Old North State, and | trust the tim
is not far distant when the giant monster
Intemperanee, shall be hurled from on
land.
FTTU1S
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The CUBAN PRIsoNERsA ARRIVED HoMn.
Capt. GRAHAM and his mate, Mr.. Ben
nett, have arrived at their homes in
Camden. Me-, owing their pardon from
the Queen Of Spain TO the exertions OF
Mr.. GRAHAM 5 mother. They were treat.
ed cruelty in the Moro Castle, at Hav-
ana, but afterwards the Spaniards were
kind TO them.
RAILROAD SUBscRIpTIoH.-The cor
poralion of Wilmington. N. c., has sub
scribed, under recent act of the Legisla-
lure, 500. 600 to the Wilmington and
Manchester railroad. and will issue bonds
of from $500 10 $4,000. reasonable in
not less than ten nor more than twenty
years.
ExTRAoRDfNARY LoNcEvITY.-There
is now living in the town of B~tookield
Mass, Israel Smith, now SO years ant
4 months old. He was married to BIZ
present wife in May. 1873. They hav,
therefore lived together in the conjuga
relation "a years and 8 months-an in
stance which we think will hardly I'm.
a parallel in this country.
LONG PAssAGEs.-Captain Peterson o
/ the bark R. H. Douglass. at Baltimore
from RirJaneiFo. reports the arrival ther
of the bark John A. Taylor. Martin. i
5 distress. Mreehundred and e~ighty-thTee dag
: from Wilmington. N. G., bound 10 Cali
fornia. Also Of the ship John N. Gross
Ter, Sage, one hundred and fifty days froT
Philadelphia, bound to San Francisco.
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Il. %. @. n.

lie
MASONIC & SONS Of TEMpERAMcEk
U-PREMfUM REGALIA DEPOTsm
GIBBS & SMITH, No. rs Baltimore ST
~ Baltimore, Md, respectfully invite the al
%teniion Of the Brethren uf lie different Ordsrs
throughout the Country to their extensive anx
beautiful assortment of
- RgGxLIks, BANNERsy Sasha, Cos
TUNES, JEwRLBs, &er4o All Of which ans
got up under their immediate Inducements. and
comprises one Of the largest zss0Fimsnfs TO b6
found in the United States.
Members Of o. ENcAMPmENTs, 0nD Fxxs
Lows, MAsoEs, SCISSOR TE4fkRANcx REp
MEEs, and other Associations wishing 10 fur
nish their HATS, OF Supply themselves lndivfd
ualIy with REsALfx, wifi ind odf House offers
great inducements, rs We keep constantly 5a
hand a large and b~eansil1l azsofluasnt q III
styles. m NF~2g
90 ErcAMPMER9ss LonGrs, or DrvsioKs &c
the SoNs OF TEMrERAEcE forwarding their
Orders may depend upon the articles being fur
nished 10 as gold style and al IS low pti8eaa
if they were present TO select.
Banners, FLAGs, PEnnANrs, &c. FOR i
different associations, made 70 order al The shor.
test notice. Address GIBBS & SMITH
Kegslia 8 Banner Manufacturer.
No. 70 Baltimure ST., Baltim0Ee.S :
Sspt. 20, 1850. 5-fys
E- We are the largest Manufacturers cf Rt
CALAIS & BAEEERs IL this State OF virelhis,
and will vie with any other establishments III
the US. Consequently we ran supply YOU with
any article in our line. as low s. they can Be
had in this or any other City. G.& S.:
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Form Of App1scaaons
FOR A CHARTER FOR A SECTION on
TIE Cadefe af Tkmnnvnnne

AWS CuMFs 4SN4#N4
(DHie.1
The undersigned. you,hsuf-, beileF-
ing the Order pffhe Cadets of Yempefx1eE -
Be well calcnlaied 10 sxfend the biesainE4&
Total Abstinence, and promote The general sFafr
fare Of mankind, respectfully petition the GanH
Section Of the State of North C1Tslinxs ID
grant them q Charter 70 open . new Section %
be, called the -~--- Sectioh, No. -
Cadets Of Temperance, If he Stats q NqEt&
Carolina, to be located ina nd "a
der your jurisdiction.
We pledge ourselves. Individually and Cd
leciively, 10 be governed BIZ ail ths rules sd
nsaqes Of said Grand Section, and alec By shess
Of the National Section when formed.
Enclosed Is The Zee for EhaFteF. R.B9oAs. Ed
officers Cards, $500.
1t must also be stated whether The applicant
are members Of the Order 81 not &C. thqg 4ts
Of what Secficn.
The application to be directed % John f.
Hewlett, @. w. P. Greensboro, n. G. 1ree8
postage. To which must b. appended ihe o.
lowing certificate.
This is to certify that Rro--twhose
name appears 70 the above a w elect, &
now a Son Of Tempefauce in good standing IL
-Diyision No. -. s. of r
Signed by the w. p. Of the Division
P. s. All kinds Of Rsgalia ibr the Cadets
Of Temperance, for sale by The Grand SsAiioa.
Apply postpaid to the G. w. P.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CcNcEEzE.
BALTIMORE, Jan. I'll 1851.
Thereby give notice, that no psFsun has Z sight
to sell aBBCKsS PATENT COOKING
EST0VE,1 10 the Stale Of North Carolina, ex<
cepf my authorized Agent, or use The sames an
} less purchased Of me o. my Agent, I being tbs
sole proprietor Of the palent-Eighf fuf sid STATS
by assignment and power Of ssiaFney from be.
RUS Buck. patentee, IS ie recorded 10 the Us.
Patent Once, in Lfber VI. page ia. Ard
further, thar | viii prosecute all persons infFiu
ging on said Patent.
N B. JOSEPH w0LTERIN0, Ii RAJ
sigh, N. C, il my auihorized Agent.
!, BURR PECK.
February l2, 1850. "A
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Dor. Also, $1,000 to be expended IN
deepening the River below Washington,
in Beaufort county. Also, 100000
for r~e-opening an outlet from Albemarie
Sound TO the Ocean.
New CASTLE, DEL, Feb. 28.-We
have just received information here Of
one Of the most shocking tragedies on re-
cord. 1t appears that the dwelling of
Mr. Crosden. whoresided nearthe George
) town Cross Roads, in Kent county, Md,
was entered last night by some demon in
human shape. who. without warning or
i apparent ~provecation. delibei ately shot
Mr.. Crosden dead upon The spot. Not
satisfied with this bloody deed, he found
) his way to the bed chamber of Mrs. Gross
den. who lay sick at the time, and DELHI.
eFately shot her. Still thristlng for blood,
he sought and found the sister Of Mrs
e C. and shot her. and then ended the ira.
: gedy by shooting the servant girl-ali o.
whom are dangerously wounded. Tn.
murderer has escaped. and no clue hat
II yet been had in regard to him. 1t i
hoped that speedy justice may cut shei
his career.
D BANK or WADEsBoRoUGH.-We lear
from the marlborough Argus, that i
= Eve days after the books were opened
more Than SIC. 900 were subscribed I
the stock ofthis Bank (more than enoug
to the SET Bank agoing,) in Wadesbort
alone.
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TOS SONS -OFTEMPERANCE

March 7lh.
The Nevada journal., 1851-10-25
San Francisco Advertisements.

NToW landing and In store-300 bbls mack
IN erel, in halves and qrs.
600 bbls clear and mess pork, halves and qrs'
230 bags prime Rio and Costa Rica coffee.
200 bbls crushed and refined sugar.
200 boxes pure burnt and ground coffee, war
200 boxes pure sperm and adamantine candles
80 bbls prime hams.
Sc bales drills.
Packages sundries, viz: case lard, cheese,
Sardines, Dorchester starch, Smyrna figs,
Wine bitters, lemon and ginger syrups,
Blackberry cordial, cherry bounce and brandy,
Cayenne and black pepper, Durham mustard
Raspberry vinegar, extract ground mint,
Pulyerized herbs, tins crackers, tomato catsup,
Case brandy, sherry and Madeira wines,
Crown anchor champagne, London dock port,
Old Irish and Monongahela whiskey, lime juice,
Stuart's syrup, sour krout, Lu"as brown stout,
Boyd's brown stout champagne cider,
Lobsters, clans and Goldfish, in tins, split peas.
Extracts lemon, ginger, peach, cinnamon and
Celery, cigars of various brands, Central
American beans, bbls Carolina rice, in prime
order. For sale by
HUSSEY, BOND & HALE,
no46 I'm Sacramento 81. corner Battery.
DELLS. Church, Academy, and Factory
DBells of various sizes from 800 to 1900
pounds weight, to arrive, For sale by
CROSS q. Co.
Sansome st. San Francisco. so Ct
The Nevada journal., 1851-10-25
AMERICAN SELF GOVERNMENT.

Mr.. Stansbury, for many years q
reporter in the House of Representa-.
tives for the National Intelligencer,
and now the draughtsman for the Gc.
neral Land Office, has been writing a
very interesting series of papers for
Arthur's Home Gazette, entitled ere
collections and Anecdotes Of the Presi.
dents of the United States" He
writes with equal force and eloquence,
and draws with the facility Of a Cruik.
shank. In late number of the "Rc-
collections" he gives q very graphic
account of the Hall of the House Of
of Representatives, on the eventful
and exciting occasion Of the election
by that body Of President of the
United States. After describing the
intense and absorbing interest .vinced
by every human being in Washington,
and the successful opposition OF Mr..
McDutfie to an attempt to exclude the
people from witnessing the acts Of
their representatives-tha that gentleman
pledging himself for their orderly de-
pertinent while looking on such a
spectacle-the writer thus proceeds
cat length the Speakers hammer
fell. A dead silence instantly pre-.
vailed, and the respective delegates
assembled and took their seats around
the tables prepared for them.
ut was my privilege, from an ele-
waited position on the right hand Of the
chair, to enjoy full view Of all the
groups; and l have preserved rude
and hasty sketch which / Icausht Of
their positions whilst the first ballot
was proceeding, Each delegation
The Nevada journal., 1851-10-25
THE FACILITATES,

The "Flagelantss," or self-whippers,
were a sect Of great notoriety in the
middle ages, but the system is still
pursued in Rome, and there are, even
in this nineteenth century, persons
who imagine they can atone for their
sins by the laceration of their bodies,
whilst the great head Of the Roman
Catholic Church provides them with
ample accommodation for the purpose.
Being resolved TO satisfy my curiosity
on this singular subject by being pre-
sent at the ceremony, went one
evening, along with several friends,
to the church Of Carivata, where it is
performed ON Tuesdays and Thurs.
days of Lent. The services com.
msnced about an hour after sunset.
The church is spacious, and the mum,
ber of men present was, as nearly as
we could judge, about FIVE hundred.
There were only six or eight small
candles, so that from the first we could
only sec indistinctly. During prayers
two Of the attendants entered, each
having an iron hoop, on which was
suspended about hundred leather
thongs, which were distributed among
the congregation; but some had brought
their whips along with them. We
examined the thongs and found them
exactly like good small English dog
whips, hard and well knotted towards
the point, but we did not succeed in
obtaining one. After prayers we had
a sermon of some length, on the ad-
vantages OF furnishing the body for
the good Of the soul, and especially
that sort of punishment which is in
flicted by means of whips. During
the sermon the lights were extinguish-
ed, one after another, and the con-
cluding part Of it was in total darkness.
After the sermon was concluded, q
bell rang. and there was slight hustle
and hustling, as if those present were
renewing part of their dress; second
bell rang, and the fagellation CON-
menced. 1t lasted fully quarter Of
an hour; hundreds were certainly
flogging something; but whether their
own bare backs or the pavement Of
the church, we could not tell. To
judge from the sounds some used the
whips, and others their hands; but the
darkness was so total we could see
nothing; and besides having some
little fear for our persons we had got,
into a corner where we calculated no
thong could reach US. The groaning
and crying were horrible. When the
fagellation ceased prayers were read,
during which the penitents put on their
clothes and composed their counte-
nances. Lights were brought in and
congregation dismissed with the usual
benediction.--[Facts from Rome,
The Nevada journal., 1851-10-25

Any one who was in San Francisco
during the winter of 1849-50 will en-
joy the following from the Picayune:
INTERESTING RELrcs.-We learn
that the workmen engaged in digging
out the sewer in Clay street, near
Montgomery, discovered some very
curious remains, the relics of by
gone age. How they came to be lying
on the spot no one can imagine, but
we suppose a dissertation will be
written ON the subject, by some learn
ed Theban, and read before the V. C.
Library and Life and Trust Associa>
ton, as soon as it gets into operation.
One of the men, it seems, who was
engaged in the honest art by which
Father Adam raised potatoes, struck,
with his spade, something which re-
sisted every effort to dialodge it, At
ter numerous attempts to force it out,
it was determined to dig around it, and
after an hours work it was laid upon
the pavement. How to describe it,
we scarcely know. but it seems to be
composed Of a substance resembling
India rubber, and is not unlike a gar
ment of some sort or other. 1t is
bifurcated," and looks as though
large pair of clumsy boots had been
extended into pair of uncomforta>
BILE breeches, from the waistband
of which a pair of straps extended
up, crossing each other, as though
they meant to pass over the shoulders.
Our own impression is, that il is some
portion of the apparel Of a man-ar
impression which was strengthened
by slip of paper, which was found
in kind of pocket, the writing on
which was deciphered with difficulty.
1t ran thus -
Mondy Mornin, Dec.
MIR. Smith,
To washing 8 shirts &
pr of stockings. --- $500
The date is lost, and the bill does
not appear to have been paid, as no
receipt is attached probably the
party thought the bill exhorbitant.
The general impression amongthose
on the ground was that it was a por.
ton Of the raiment Of some early nav.
igator, who probably landed on our
shores years and years ago, and per-
ished without leaving record Of his
movements
The Nevada journal., 1851-10-25

P. s. We learn that the mystery
has since been solved. The relics are
no relics at all. A gentleman who
happened to be passing by recognised
the garment as kind Of rubber suit
which were frequently brought out by
inexperienced young men, who hugged
themselves into the delusion that they
were knowing ones. The owner of
this probably got mired in the deep
mire which WAS so plentiful in De-
cember 40, and was glad to escape
with his life leaving his boots behind.