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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-11-23

RALEIGH N CASTOR RAILRoAD.-The Re-
port of the President and Directors Of this
Road, made to the Stockholders at their late
annual meeting, exhibited a prosperous and
satisfactory condition of the Company's af-
fairs. We learn that the receipts fiscal year,
from freight, passengers and mail service a.
mounted to about $4,000; and the expen-
ses for the sameperiod, exclusive of construe-
ton account about $4,000. A dividend of
8 per cent has been declared by the Directors,
and $4,000 appropriated to the sinking fund.
The following gentlemen constitute the
Board of Directors for the ensuing year -
George w. Mordecai, Thomas Miller. N. r.
Green, and L. OBJ. Branch on the part of the
stockholders and John G. King. DIR. VIII
liam j. Hawkins and CASTOR H.. Wilder on
the part of the State. Mr.. Branch was unan-
imously reelected President of the Company,
the affairs of which he has managed during
the past year with such signal ability and
success.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-11-23
Temperance Lecturers.

As Chairman of the Committee appointed
by the State Temperance Convention, to So
licit contributions for the employment of
State Lecturers, 1 would respectfully and
earnestly request all disposed to make dona-
tions for this object, to forward the amounts
they are willing to contribute, as soon
as possible, in order that steps may be forth
with taken to secure the services of men suit
cd to this work. Address a. M. GoRMAN,
Raleigh.
pGH As Chairman of the Committee of the
Grand Division, appointed for similar purpo-
ses, | would desire those Divisions and indi-
dividuals, intending to subscribe to this OBJ
iect, to forward such sums as they may feel
disposed to contribute, to the Grand Scribe,
Raleigh, as soon as practicable. 1t is es-
sential that immediate action be had on this
highly important matter. All monies re-
ceived will be acknowledged through the
Spirit of the Age.
S. W. WHITING, chm.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-11-23
Another North Carolina Wonder.

Mr.. EDITOR: Having heard so much lately
about the big mule" and the North Car
DINA Twins" permit me to give to your rea-
ders a short sketch of an individual whom |
think a greater curiosity than the Mule or
the Twins.
The person of whom / write is a white ne
gro, commonly called an Albino. lie is a
bout five feet seven inches in height and has
very strongly marked features. He has a
prominent chin and well developed forehead;
all his other features bearing evident signs
of his African origin. His eyes are like those
of a cat. seeing better in the night than the
day. He is a pure, full blooded negro, of
which there is no doubt.
The memory Of this boy is wonderful, al
most incredible. He is now twenty one
years Ofage, and can repeat verbatim, hymns
which were taught him when he was four
years old. He can repeat the German nu-
merais which were told him, only once, eleven
years ago. He knows also the Latin, Greek
and French numerals, the two former of
which were taught him seven years ago.
He can recite a long Latin speech, the trans
latiOn of which he gives as he goes along,
without missing one word. The emphasis
and pronunciation are perfect, as also the
translation. He quotes long passages from
Ovid, with perfect correctness, which he also
translates. These passages were read and
translated to him only once, years ago, by a
J school master, to test his memory.
Whenever he goes to meeting" he can
repeat, almost verbatim, the sermon and the
hymns which he had heard. The number
Of hymns he can repeat is immense and he
is held in such veneration among the negroes
-0i6hb"ruoou VnaT they style him
:" the young Christ"
) And the last, though not least, of his won.
derful powers, is his remarkable aptness for
I figures. He can multiply any number Of
. figures together, with inconceivable rapidity
! Taking in consideration that heknows not
one letter of the alphabet from another, II
: fact has no idea what a letter is, his no
: knowing one figure from another, and being
! q common field hand" / think he is a real
curiosity.
know the above facts to be true for
4 had conversation with the negro myself and
elected all that he knew.
Yours truly, FULLY VEOLAN.
: Near Warrenton, N. c., Nov. 1853.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-11-23

The OLDEST INHABITANT.'-On the 18th
ult, died, on the plantation OfEdmund B. Rich
ardson, in Baden county. N. C., Judy, a slave,
aged one hundred and ten years. She was
one Of the eight slaves who, nearly sixty years
ago, were the first settlers on the plantation
where she died, within one mile of the Cape
Fear river. Of the other seven, one died over
90 years of age, another 90, and a third ST.
Two are vet living, one rs and the other over
60 years of age. Within five miles of the place
where Judy died lived William p ridgen, whose
death at the age Ofg2 years, we recorded some
four or five years ago-FdyetteUile Observer.
A CANDID WITNESS. In the examination
of ar Irish case, afew days since, at P Providence
Rhode Island, before the Court of Magistrates,
for ashanti and battery, the counsel. in cross
examining one of the witnesses, asked him
what they had at the first place they stopped ?
He answered, -four glasses Ofale.' What next?
Two glasses of vine What next? One glass
of brandy What next? "A fight of course
THE CAPITOL of the State of Tennessee ,
now near completion, is said to be one Of the
finest buildings IN the world. It's cost is a mil
lion oil dollars. 1t is built of solid limestone,
taken from near the hill on which it stands
The roof is Of Tennessee copper, and the Spea-
ker's stand of marble quarried in that State.
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL PLANK RoAD.-The
public have been taken by surprise at the
declaration Of a Dividend of 8 per cent by
Fayetteville and Raleigh Plank Road Com
pany. See advertisement. This road had
labored under serious disadvantages, in the
want of a charter. and ofcapital sufficient to
complete it. 1t is only finished to the distance
Of IL miles. and had no toll-keeper nearer
than four miles Of the town, so that ali the
travel short Of that distance has been Free
Yet with every disadvantage it has realized
upwards of 10 per cent of profits. We are
glad to hear that an effort is to be made to ex-
tend tan effort which would certainly be
successful if Raleigh would join in it, and
may be if she does not.-Fay. Obs.
MANCHESTER, N. II. Nov. l5.-The Hon,
G. G. Anterior died here to-day.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-11-23

SuocKISG AFFRAY.-One of the most dis
tressing fights it has ever boon our duty to re-
cord, occurred on board the steamboat Ores
den, last Friday, at or near Helena, Arkan-
sas. Our information in regard to this ARRAY
is 10 this effect An American lady and her
children had taken deck passage on the Ores
den, on their way south. The lady was not
accompanied by q male protector. Before
she arrived ut Helena, some Irishmen on the
deck had interfered with and abused the lady
TO such a degree. that she found it necessary
to complain to the officers of the boat. They
declined to protect her, and sent her back to
the cabin. Here the Irishmen again insult
cd the lady, and finally whipped her children.
She again appealed to the officers of the boat
for protection, telling them that, although
her necessities had compelled her to take a
deck passage, yet she was a respectable wo-
man. But the officers again refused to inter
fero in her behalf, upon hearing which, a no.
bic souled KentucSi IN whom God prescrve)
volunteered 10 protect her, and accompanied
her to the second cabin. When they arrived
at tho door, he was accosted by an Irishman
who was standing there with an iron poker
in his hand, appraised, and questioned as to
ha intention to aid the woman. The Ken
tuckian Immediately shot the Irishman, when
the gang rushed upon him. lie killed three
Of them, and wounded the fourth, the ball
g~lancing from his ribs and killing a woman
in an adjoining berth. The Kentuckian was
cut very badly with knives, and we regret to
hear his life was despaired Of.
We were on board OF the Dresden when she
landed at this port. There was a large mum
Der Of passengers on the boat. It is aston
ishing that none Of them interfered to save
the life Of a foiiow-man assaulted by n mob.
Memphis Wing.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-11-23
Rev. G. W. ANDREWS, D. D.

HrA Clergyman in a recent address at
Concert Hall, Philadelphia, spoke of visiting
"Taylor's Saloon" when in New York, and
declared it the most splendid of all Saloons
in the world, and further said he saw ladies
there, with all the boldness imaginable, sit
ting with glasses and straws, and, though
they had been "weaned" 80 or 40 years,
" they were sucking STILL" A hard hit on
the ladies of N. Y. LoUe laughs at lock.
smiths" but kisses the C0bblers -(sAerry.) \
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-11-23
Memorial.

To the Honorable, the General assembly Of
the State Of North Carolina;
The undersigned mostrespectfully petition
your Honorable body for the passage of q
Law, Prohibiting entirely the Traffic in In
toxicating Liquors, in the State of North
Carolina, for other than medicinal or mecban-
ical purposes being fully persuaded that the
wants ofthe people of North Carolina demand
such a law.
And your petitioners will eyer pray, &c.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-11-23

There goes a mole-eyed wretch, blind to
the beauties of Gods great Universe, and
sees nothing attractive except the vignette of
9 i've dollar note, or the buzzardlike daguer-
otype stamped upon the eagle of gold let
him grub away at "the root of all eviP' un-
til be sinks down and rots-he is only a
half degree above his grunting cousin, dig
ging with his muddy snout at a poke-root be-
hind the old barn for his sensual gratifca-
ton. Thousands who roam the green and
beautiful earth, should live and die within
the walls of an Asylum for the Blind "eyes
they have and see not"-these fp-penny gath
erers. Such contracted mortals see more
beauty in the dingy diameter of a cankered
cent than in the giories of a sunset, or in the
rosy petals of the Victoria Regina" Who
will crafty the little soul of the bat, Belisa-
RUS, with the gift of a penny? With his
chests of shining gold how much above in the
~enjoyments of life is he than the ragged beg
gar of Mexico, who whines at your feet. "a
half cent, for the love of Heaven 2"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-11-23
RALEIGH, q. G.
Wednesday, November %, 1853.
A Positive

Subscribers r~eceieing their papers Wih a red mark,
are thereby notified that IN four aoecks from the re-
ceipts of the first number thus marked their subscrip-
ton years mill expire ; and unless renered irithin
that time, the paper tciU be discontinued. This rule
,ciH be inferibly adhered to.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-11-23

DRoWNED.-We learn that CoRBIN Ed
WARDS, of this county, was drowned on the
10th of this month, in the Yadkin river, at
Trading Ford, in Davidson county, whilst
attempting to cross, in a state of intoxication.
His body was recovered, but the horse and
buggy had not been found after several DAYS
search. lie had left home with a little son,
on some distant expedition, but fortunately,
the lad was not with him at the time of his
death. The river was so swollen by the rains
as to render a safe passage impossible.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-11-23

WIN. PENN's residence, located in Letitia
Court, between Market and Chestnut, and
Front and Second Streets, Philadelphia. is
now kept as a tavern. What an outrage to
humane feelings, that the B%acchantian revel
is now holding its slavering orgies in the
same halls where the melodious voice of the
immortal Penn was once heard-now still in
the death-sleep and that within the same
walls where the christian founder kept his
Magma Charta of the Key Stone State, is now
stored distilled ruin, day and night pouring
forth its dark food Of poison and secretly
overthrowing those very institutions estab-
lshed by the fathers of our glorious Republic
Letsome philanthropic Friend purchase these
sacred buildings, and rescue them from des-
ecration.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-11-23

The o@r that makes a pi is a nuisance in
our Office, but the Ia that makes a PIE and
a pudding is a jewel to the man who marries
it. For proof of our assertion we refer you
to the happy fellows who grace our marriage
list this week.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-11-23

d. Congress meetsi in lessthan two weeks.
1t is said that three fourths of the members
elect are new. We learn that the Presidents
Message will be sent to the postmasters Of
the most important cities in advance, to be
given to the newspapers the moment it is pre-
scented to Congress.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-11-23

REST is an invaluable medicine. Beats
Sarsaparilla and patent pills beyond COM
pare. Rest your stomachs, ye wretched dys-
peptics. Rest your brains, ye men Of figures
and ink. Rest your fears, yc fashion mon
gers. Rest your ~avarice, ye sons of wealth.
Rest your limbs, ye toiling millions. Rest
at proper seasons and bless Heaven for health.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-11-23
An Negro Prodigy.

A gentleman, writing from Warren coun-
ty, in this State, gives us the following ac-
count of a negro in his vicinity, which is tru-
ly wonderful:
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-11-23

BE- The Grand Scribe has received no
copies Of the new Ritual yet!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-11-23

Beware, if you are in . hurry Of getting
into IN empty omnibus.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-22
From Venezuela.

BY an arrival at Philadelpbia intelligence has
been received of an outbreak in veneEuels. near
Valencia. The revoutionsts have force of 9 .000
strong, headed by expert military leaders. It Is
supposed that they will march direct to Caraccas
and that they will meet with but little or NO oono.
eition.
A letter in the Philadelphia 1merican. dated
Caracas, May 20, says:
President Monagas is completely isolated bic
party (the LiberaD having entirely ahandon "a
him. The Council of Government have investsd
him with extraordinary powers, and granted h;yo
permission to raise five thousand TROOPS and In,
Of nve hendred thousand dollars. Up to this time.
however, he has not been able to obtair a.has
he has for the Pei twenty days been shut IN in
MS own house, where he receives his cabinet min
listers three times week, and dispatches the af.
fairs Of the country.
"The oligarchical or Paez party have nothing to
movement of the liberal or democratic party. the
object of which lie to displace the present incum
bent and hand the reins of government over to one
of their own number"
The following extract of letter, dated at Puerto
Cabelo, June /, gives somewhat different view
of the facts
:" Both here and at the capital (Caraccas) quiet
prevails, but in different parts of the interior a
Saragossa warfare is being carried on against the
person and government of Monagas. Troops have
been sent out to quell the rebellion but they re
turned in dreadful plight, with their ranks
thinned fully one-third. General Paez seems to
be the favorite with the Masses and his flag ia now
unfurled on thousand hilltops. The government
is busiy engaged in collecting the troops at a
given point, with guard mobile of %, 900, to be
under the immediate command Of the Presidents
brother, (ex-Presdent,) to march where duty and
his brothers. authority CALL The die is certainly
cast, and brief month or two will decide which
party shall rule supreme"
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-22
Advertise ment Extraordinary

We make no charge for giving the Tribune
the benefit of our circulation to call the atten-
ton Of the public to the losses which it has sus.
tanned in advocating abolition:
"As to anti slavery, have always known
that 1t was a great drawback both on our spopula
rity' and profits. We have had hundreds of let
tiers within the last few months, saying in SUBJ
stance, Il send you twenty subscribers from this
Office if it were not for your Abolitonism, could
have easily made the list sixty seventy We
lost at least two thousand subscribers rrevocably
by printing Theodore Parker's sermon on Web.
ster-e1pected to lose good many when we pub
lshed it--and think it was cheap at the asking
price,
"We repe more subscribers every year than
almost any other paper has, and yet retain and
recruit a very satisfactory number-ranging for
some years past from seventy thousand to near
one hundred thousand"
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-22

CONSUMPTION AMONG PRIsTERs.-The Utica
Gazette, of the 18th June, in noticing the death
of Mr.. JOHN II CoRaRovE, a journeyman in that
office, aged twenty two, remarks:
fThe frequency of consumption among printers
has excited remark among medical men, and
many theories have been advanced to account for
it very interesting article recently met our
eye, taken from a medical journal of Philadelphia
attributpg to printers ink noxious qualities of
volatile character, which i'm planted in the lungs
the seeds Of tubercular phthsis. more probable
cause is confinement of the body in positions ad :
hitting little muscular movement, especially OF
one side of the lungs, and irregular hours and
habits Uf life Compositors on daily, especially
morning papers, are necessarily IRE gular in their
habits OF eating and sleeping. They confined
in rooms, not always the best ventilated at late
hours, and under circumstances calculated to tax
the physical powers TO the utmost. In large cities
this is especially the case; and no one who knows
the habits of Journeymen printers in New York
would wonder at their liability to a disease like
consumption In it's causes and character"
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-22

NoN-iNTERvENTIos IN EUROPEAN AFFAIRS is to
be the policy OF the Pierce Administrations it
the policy of Mr. Filmore's-f the followiug g
from Saturdays Union, in an article about Swift
Eerland, is authoritative
THE principle which excludes armed interven.
ton by the United States in the contests of Eu-
rope, except in case of necessity so stern as to
fall within the range OF sei-protection, may be
snrded settled"
This is a decided blow to Kossuhism, from a
quarter that we remember sympathized somewhat
largely with that gentleman's notions Of ''inter-
vention" when it was thought popular and expe-
dent to ride that hobby before Presidential cleo
tion.-Ns,o York Express, 20h
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-22

1t should remember the fable In which the
trumpeter sought 10 escape the fate Of prison
er by declaring that he carried no warlike wea-
pom whatever, lie was convicted of all the
responsibilities of combatant because he had
blown Justify trumpet to- incite others to do
that which he was perhaps too dastardly to do
himself. He was executed accordingly.
If our Quaker contemporary does not intend
to fight except in holy war, he ought in COM
mon modesty to quit blowing his trumpet.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-22
Total. sl4l 200, 900 1921 100000 1911 500 900

A QUADRUPED CHICKEN.-The Germantown
(Pa.) Telegraph publishes the following extract
from letter of gentleman of Columbia to citi
zen of Germantown: Gone of my Shanghai hens
has few chicks, hached few days ago, and one
of them, which toddles about and cate hearth
ly, and seems to thrive, has four legs For the fret
day 'Quaddy,' las we call him, from quadruped)
did not know which pair to go upon. The hind
pair made him rear up. and the front pair made
him kick up. But, after balancing the thing in
his mind over night, he settled down next morn
ing en- his 'all-fours' boldly, and persists In thai
mode Of lOcomotion.'
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-22

The Hon. HERscHEL Y. JOHNSON, State
Rights Democrat, has been nominated as the
Democratic candidate for Governor of the State
of Georgia. The vote in the nominating con-
vention stood, on the first ballot: for H.V. John
son l29; II. G. Lamar 70; Hugh A. Haral-
son II; Hiram Warner 10; Henry R. Jack
son 5; E. Starnes 3. On the fifth and last
ballot the vote was as follows: H. V. Johnson
POS; Hugh A. HARRISON So j. H. Stark IL
H. R. Jackson 3 Henry l.. Benning |. The
Hon. H. V. johnson having thus received two
thirds of the entire vote, was declared the
choice of the Democratic party. Mr.. Johnson
is represented to be a Secessionist of the
straltest sect,
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-22

Frankiin Fierce, President 81 the United
states Of AmericA.
TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN
Satisfactory evidence having been exhibited to
me that HosEsT W. WEIGH has been appointed
Vice Consul Of Hamburg for the port of Key
West, in the State Of Florida, do hereby re-
cognise him as such, and declare him free to ex-
ercise and enjoy such functions, powers and
privileges allowed to the Vice Consuls of the
most favored nations in the United States.
In testimony whereof, | have caused these letters
to be made patent, and the seal of the United States
to be hereunto affixed
Given under my hand. at the city OF Washing
ton, the 18th day of June, A. d. 1853, and
Il. 81 OF the independence of the United States of
America the seventy seventh
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President:
w. L. MARCY, Secretary Of State.
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The Hon. Mr.. CAMPBELL is, we learn
stopping at the Union Hotel, Georgetown.
The Ailanthus-

The question propounded through the Re-
public yesterday has elected from highly
intelligent gentleman of this city some infor-
nation, which we think it well to give to the
public.
Our informant states that be had long unconscious
ly Stunned this tree on account of its unpleasant
odor and the nauseating effects it produced upon
him, especially before breakfast, when vomiting
was not unfrequently produced by simply passin g
under it and inhaling the atmosphere impregna-
ted by its exhaatons. Resolved to make sure of
the cause of this effect, he tested it by inducing
other persons to expose themselves to its influence
in like manner; and wherever predsposition ex-
listed to any bilious Affection to cholera bus,
the symptoms of these affections were manifestly
aggravated by such exposure, and unconscious
yet decided aversion to approaching the tree was
plainly evinced.
In the case of delicate infants also the same test
made, and the effects were so apparent that,
without appearing to reason upon the subject or
even to comprehend deinitively the cause of the
childrens sufferings, their nurses instnctively
stunned the shelter Of the ailanthus in giving the
little patients their morning evening rides
Our informant then tried the effect of decoctons
of the leaves of the flowers, and of the bark of the
roots, upon the human system, and found them
both emetic and cathartic. But his experiments
in this particular are not complete, and he will
prosecute them farther.
He also states that be has ascertained that in
certain localities where this tree abounds he has
observed the desertion of springs and ciserns, the
waters Of which were previously in good repute.
We will only add that our informant is in every
respect entitled TO confidence, and that shall
look to him for full development of the results of
his experiments, which he has promised to mpart
US at the earliest practicable moment.