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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-03-09
EDITORS TABLE.

UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. The March No.
is on our table, and is an Improvement on its
predecessor, the February No, being free of
the ~improprieties pointed out by the Press
generally. "The Old Theme" leader is a
good article. md may he read with profit by
young and oil. The criticism of the Liter
al Version Of Demosthenes' Select Orations,
translated from the Greek, by W. L. Scott,
Of Guilford," N. G. we sunpose-is rather
"mulish" we think and the attempt to dis
narage the translation, because, it is by a
North Carolinian, and the Author has the
holiness and State pride so to advertise him
self, is unbecoming and gives the c~ontradic-
ton to the com1laints of all our literary wri-
tiers, and the Magazine itself. By the way,
where did this warrant "Syphax Come-rat-
tle-the-bone" critic find that ivory wreath
to which the prosecuted. " Guilford man.
is charged with adding p "sprig of never FL
ding bay ?" We havo not seen the Literal
Version" book, but hating the uncharitable.
ness evinced by the ruthless dissector, we
could but think of the lines of BUTLER, wher
We camo to the catastrophe of tho loss of hi
frontal grinder:
"Those fierce inquisitors Of wit,
The critics. snare no flesh that ever writ.
BIT lust as tooth-draw'rs find among the rout,
Their own teeth work in pulling others out"
We read the sketch of Colonel David Fan
ming" with much interest.
The Editorial Table" is very creditable
We wish our young contemporaries all al
vanccmont and success in improvement an.
usefulness.
PUTNAM, for A1rc5.-Tho conductors q
this excellent Periodical seem to have ador
ted as their motto for its management, Solid
ity, Usefulness, Entertainment. The seeke
of substantial fno1 for the mind, is Statistic
by the perusal Of such articles contained /
: this No. as Japan" 4" Bancroft" &c; til
4 utilitarian peruses with profit the paper
, Z" G%reenough, the Sculptor Woman an
; the Woman Movement" excellent "Editorii
Notes" SC, while tho lover of Polite Liter;
ture and pleasant reading is RECALLED by tt
l. papers entitled Virginia in a Novel Form,
: My First French Teacher" Family Pc
traits" &c. Putnam has achieved a reput
ton IN q brief two months which many Ma
azine Publishers have failed to attain aft
years of luxurious toll and heavy expenses
Price So a ycar-W. L. Pomeroy, Agent.
Raleigh.
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QUARRELING.

Out upon you, fellow ! What makes you
so quarrelsomo2 Better for you to have the
fever and ague every day, than to quarrel
with your ~neighbors it would not injure
half 80 much. Why not ba of a calm and
poacooblc disposition? "Oh ! my neighbors
are 40 mcan-thoy pcrplox me so much
they arc worse than anybody's neighbors on
the eavth-l'm not to blame" Well, now,
its all just no such thing; your neighbors
are no worse than other folks and you are
rs much to blame asthey are. Did you ever
hear Of two folks qulrreling, unless both
were mad? OF course not. If you deter
mino to romliu in a good humor, there can
be no difficulty for quarrols, like weddings,
nate hell on earth, where ucighbors live in
continual broils and contentious, each study.
ing modes to render his fellows as perfectly
miserable rs possible, and you know it Their
do quit it. Cease the abominablc practice o
backbiting; Of casting s%neering looks at your
noighbor and using provoking, haunting Ian
guaso. As good as You think yourself, W,
would rs leave live next door to q Hjndoo, o.
a live man eater! If you will be cross an,
quarrelsomo in spite Of our honest endeavor
to reclaim you, we wouldn't caro- if you,
~neishbors refused To help you roll your logs
and all that sort Of thing, and the sherii
ought to make you pay a double tax! Here i
what n Pootsays-roll it, commit it to Nom
DRY, observe its prccepts, and far happie
will you be:
"The fno and noble way to kill q foe,
Is not to kill him; you with kindness nay
So change him. that he shall ccase to be SO
And then he's slain. Sisisrugnj used to aay,
His pardon put bis foes 10 death; for whsu
He overoame their hate. he Killed then, than."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-03-09
FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE !
Temperance Convention.

In pursuance with a resolution passed at
the Temperance State Convention that con
yened in the City of Raleigh on the 18th of
December last, a portion Of the citizens OF
Person, friendly to the Temperance reforma-
ton, convened in the Court House at Rox-
boro', on the 22d ult.
The meeting was organized by calling the
Rev. Ira T. Wyche to the chair, and G. D
Satterfeld, Esq. appointed Secretary. The
Chairman on taking the chair, explained the
object of the meeting. DR.. Joseph T. Thax.
ton being present. was called out and gave
an able, instructive and argumentatiye talk
on the importance of the Temperance reform
by Legislative enactment. After which, 81
motion of james Wright, the chair appoin
ted a committee of FIVE, to draft suitable res
~olutions to submit to the meeting. The chair
appointed JAS. II. Woody, Chesly HamIin
Jas. Wright, S. Winstead and Jno. L. Pleas
ant, as the Committee. The Committee of
ter having retired a few moments, returned
and submitted through their Chairman
the following resolutions, which wcse unani
mously adopted:
Resolred, That the suppression of the Ii
quor traffic by the State Legislature is RICH
and proper, and should be sought by ever
patriot.
Resolced, That in order to induce the Leg
i~slature to act on this subject, we approve {
of tho plan adopted by the Temperance Cor
Convention in Raleigh last December.
EesolUed, That we will elect Delegates I
attend the District Convention.
Resolped, That we recommend the 4th
July next, and the town of Y~anceyvillo, as
suitable time and place for holding said Di
trict Convention.
In accordance with the third Resolution
the following gentlemen were elected Del
gates to attend said Convention: DR.. loser
J.. Thaxton, Jno. Bradsher. Esq, John y
Hunt, Jno. Baird, ST., r. D. Bumpass, ia
II. Woody, John l.. Pleasant, Green w
: lams, Esq, james Woody, Sr.. James
Harris, Green ". Brown, Jno. Barnett, S
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NEW BARBER SHOP

9OHN JONES would respectfully inform the
" public that he has associated himself with
Oscar Aston, next door to the Court House.
wherethey are prepared with all the prerequisites
to a decent hair dressing and q nice shave. Their
long experience in business, gentility Of person.
and g%cntlemanly department, together with .
c~onsummate knowledge of the latest fashions Of
the day. warrant them in the indulgence of the
hope, that a liberal share of public patronage
will be giventhem. He would also remind the
public of that wonder of the times
Jones' Hair Preserver and Beautiief,
which needs 20 praise save the mentioning Of
daily receipts Of unsolicited acknowledgements
Of its almost incredible virtues for preserving
and identifying the hair-made only by John
the Barber
N.B. A separate box and brush kept for
each customer.
Raleigh, March 9Th. 1853. 26-ewP
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RECEIPTS For TIE AGE.

SINCE MARCH 2.-$I each J. G.. Norwood, Cald-
well; Mrs. E Morris, r l. Mckibbon, Concord !;
Vim. Fulford, Pennington c C McGinnis, Cabar-
rus; II W NJ McDougald, Randalzville Jas. S
Quick, W j Loftin, Clio: Miss s Covington, Lilies
vile W ) McKeithan, Eliz. Town; w J Freeman,
Forestville I L Floyd. Whites Store Reuben
Barrow, Kinston; A B Mangum. Granville, r r
Gwynn, J A Naylor. Jonesville; J 3 Hunter, Suns
bury C Johnson. Oh. Hill; Thos. Conyers, Frank
linton j II Lamb, J P Tresdwell, Lisbon; ACamp-
bell, Laurel Hill r Z S Cox, Roxabel Stephen
Turner, Nutbush Rev. II J White, Hotel; ID W
Draughan, Tarboro' W A Barrett, Falkland; ]
c Allen. Pacific; J II Bryson, II Ii Davidson. ]
Moore. Murphy A Porter, 7 T Patton. Ashyillo
Miss J I Mclaughlin. Miranda: Paul Bangle, Mt
Pleasant SC w II Bagley, HEREFORD SD Bradley
Rocky Mount SIS J S Kicks, Cumberland 81 NJ Il
Brassfeld, Portland; Sc J y Benners, Waynesyille
81 Elizabeth J Scott. Gold Hill So Il C PosteH
New Institute; Sc Z G knight. c T College 5;
r Weaver, Madison co. 50 S L Haya, Gran
vile; 81 l f Short. Normal College T A Molly
J Lawrence. F II Capehart, Murfreesbore' Mis-
" r Evan, Weldon; L Byrd, Sandy Grove /; hrs
3 4 Crayton, 5 C: b T Barker. Asylum ; Johr
W Potter, Snow Hill ] D McBride, Union ; J v
BeeSon. Gailfnrd r. G.. Mabrv. Nutbush w /
Clendeniu. l Nay. Alamancc; IS j Bright. Yves:
brooks ; 81 r R Bell, Sampson 81 f 4 Bizzell
Smithield.
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.The sottnrana the Rising SAM


Thursday last witnessed the termination
Of tho old, and Friday the beginning of the
new Administration Of our Federal Govern
ment. No President has ever conducted our
National affairs more prudently, or more full
" enjoyed the confidence of all parties, than
has Mr.. fillmore. Unexamplcd peace and
prosperity pervades the land horetires from
his high station with the well-learncd plau-
dts Of the country-"W Well done, good and
faithful s~ervant"-and the high consultations
Of having discharged the important trusts
committed to his care like nm incorruptihle
patriot and true hearted man, follow him into
retirement.
FRANKLIN PIERCE has entered upon his
Presidential career under rs promising and
fattering circumstances, perhaps, as any Of
his predecessors. Elected by an o~verwhelm-
ing majority, and going into Office with the
confidence of tho masses, and a liberal feel
ing of good opinion from his opponents, he
has It in his power TO make his one Of the
most popular and beneficial administration
with which our beloved country has beer
blessed. May wise councils prevail, and
may the policy Of Franklin Pierce be as con
servative and pure ms has thatof Willard Fill
-morq-if 50, we bolieve tho whole country
will be satisfied, and award him the sam,
need Of honor and blessing that attends tn,
latter in his retirement to the walks ofprivot
life; and We express our confidence that j.
will prove q sagaciouS statesman and o wis
and ~incorruptible Patriot.-So motto it be.
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Jno. J. Rogers, Rev. j. P. Moore, DR.. John
Hamblet, Benz. Baily, Alex. Walker, James
Il. Street, Jas. Bullock, B. D. Harris, Isaiah
Bumpass, Rev. DIR. VIM. Oakely, DR.. G. H.
Jordan, B. Moore, W. A. Bradsher, James
y. Bradsher. Jones Drumwright, E. G.. Read,
Esq, Col. Henry Carver, Alex. Williams,
Thos. j. Glenn, n. Fl. Baird, Samuel Vim
stead. Jno. A. Barnett, Royal
Harn6la4AcM Jno. II. Clay, DR.. John @.
Terrell, @. d. Satterield, Esq. VIM. NJ.
Denny, Esq. Rev. VIM. R. WEIGH, Rev. Ira
I. Wyche, Chesley Hamlin, James Wright,
Jno. NJ. Winstead and Col. Thomas 7. Sat
terfeld.
On motion of James II. Woody, it was
Resolred, That the proceedings of this
meeting be sent tothe Spirit of the Age and
Milton Chronicle for publication.
On motion of James Wright, the thanks
of the meeting we're unanimously rendered
to the Chairman. Secretary and DR.. Joseph
j. Thaxton. After which the meeting ad
journed.
IRA T. WTCHE, Chm'n.
G.. D. S~ATTRRF1lD, Sec'y.
February 22e, 1853.
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CUMBERLAND County, March 2

~ oEhbA OOUN11 I'LL As
/ made a present of a copy of the Spirit
of the Age, not long since, to one for whom
| cherish a warm regard, and a~cortain GOOD
old friend of mine upon being appraised there
OF, addressed me in the following manner
think, John, you had better put your
dollar little as it is to some other use, than
aiding the publication and extending the cir
culatlon of q paper that advocates such anti
republican principles as that of the Age,
namely, q law for prohibiting the sale of one
of the great blessings and necessary com
forts of life and thereby depriving our citi-
sans Of one of the dear rights and glorious
privileges for which our forefathers fought,
bled and died. A law prohibiting our good
citizens from making, buying, selling cruising
any article from which they believe they de-
rive many benefits, cannot be otherwise than
a complete tyranny, and under such a law I
will die rather than live"
Now my good friend, I know the Age adj
v~ocatcs the passage of q law prohibiting the
sale of spurious liquors as a beverage. but he
also insists upon having the law approved
and confirmed by a majority of the legal vo-
ters of the State, and ! appeal to YOU, as a
man of sense and propriety, is not this true
republicanism If it is tyrannical to com.
pei one portion of our citizens to submit to
a law prohibiting the sale OF that by which
they believe they are benefited, is it no
equally as oppressive to compel the other
portion to submit to a law licensing the sail
of that by the operations OF which thew Sc,
many of their children and felIow-citizen,
degraded and ruined in life and dying
shameful, horrible death? So much for th,
anti-republican principles and tyrarnical Law
advocated by the Age and sir, I will onl,
notice your latter assertion THAT under sue
= a law you will die rather than live) by civ
ing it as my opinion that more of our GOO
citizens have been consigned to prematur
| graves from the effects Of our present liquo
license law, than will ever die by the or
pressions Of a law prohibiting the ~iniquitou
traffic.
/ am happy to send you four more sui
, scrlbers to the Age, Notwithstanding the ,
: bove admonition Of my friend. j. L. R.
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Shocking !.

A friend gives u the particulars of anoth-
err murder, in Guilford county, committed by
the vile rum fend. The victim was an old
man, some 70 years of age, and had been to
Greensboro where he received from the
hands of his own grandson the vile poison
that consigned him to m ignominious grave.
In q state of beastly intoxication, he attemp-
ted to reach his miserable home, several miles
from the village, but he was crushed to the
earth by the cruel demon, and altho' in sight
Of his house, he could not reach it, and there,
desolate and alone, he hreathed outhis wretch
ed existence. His family found him next
morning cold and lifeless. 1t would have
been cruel tyranny to have put the tempter
out Of the reach Of this unfortunate old man !;
and a violent breach of constitutional rights
to have interposed the Law, to prevent the
vile whiskey-dealer from numbering his own
grandfather And such is Christian, civil
lized, legislation Shall it always be so
1t wounds, indeed;
To bear afronts too great to be forgiven,
Ahd have not power to punish"
~ W OtblIIud1 tbG l0ih Hil-s vi A(pOCl
Dickson attended the con>t1nIr's election ut
Gunt"r's, in the South eastern part of Orange,
and drank freely during the dav. In the even-
ing when quite drunk, he left for his home on
horsrb ok: and it is supposed WAS thrown from
his horse rs soon - he got ont of sight Of the
store. On the Monday following hs body WAS
found bard frozen, the life being entirely extinct,
since the body w.sfound. PERSONS in the neigh
bnrhood remember to have heard some cries
n that direction. hut they supposed it procee
ded from negroes, md not from one in distress
The impression IS, that having been thrown
from lis horse. he was too drunk to help him
seIf and in consequence Of the exposure per
ishcd with cold. &c learn that al inquest wa'
held over his body and a veriict rendered
in accordance with the above +, cts.
Mr.. Dickson was arohust young man, ahou
thirty years ofagc, and hut for the unfortunate
habit Of drinking, might have made a usefn
citizen. That habit not only destroyed hi
usefulness, but has brought him to a suddel
and terrible death-a fearful warning to thos
who are following in his footsteps.
Hilsboro' Rec.
o1- JENKINS HARPER was found dead a feT
miles below here one day lust week. He IA
been missing about a week. md had eyidentl
been dead that length of timo. When foun;
he was sitting agtinst a tree, within a few
wards of the big road. No one knows exact
" how he died. hut suspicion rests strongl
upon n jug Of whiskpy which was standin
near him. John Wiley swears it ought t
be hung, but the evidence against it is who'll,
rircunstantial.- RutAat6rdton Banner.
Gof conrse it would he unconstitutiona and tn
g work Of fanaticisIn, 70 repeal the law by which thes
murders are l~egelized. How the heart Of the Pa
riot and Philantropist hlceds over the recital
these foul acts of the liquor sellers in North Care
linal-ED. Age.
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TaylOr's Temperance Hotel.

WSHE Proprietor takes this opportunity to ia.
Z form the Temperance community and the
public in general, that he still continues, a. he
has done for the last six years, to keep the above
named house on strictly Temperance principles
Thankful for past favors. would again invite
all who want a quiet. comfortable and cheap
house, while stopping in the City. to give him q
call. This house is we'll located for business
meE, being No. % Coartlandt-Street. neas
Broadway. and the landing Of most of the Steam
boats and Rail roads in the CITY.
ELDAD TAYLOR, Proprietor.
Nex Yo-k, 1853. 22-sm.
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IMcoINrnN March

A1NIOLN1 ONg -
I have been wanting to write to you for
some time, about the Section of Cadets of
Temperance located in Lincolnton. We
have been on the decline for some time /;
our Section numbered some thirty odd mem
bers, but we have been going down till we
have but about nineteen or twenty members
at this time. I suppose you would like to
know the reason of our decline-it is the fault
of Sons-o o Temperance They do not take in
terest enough in us to visit US, not even the
Fathers of the Cadets. If they had attended
to us, we might have kept our number and
perhaps more than doubled it. We have two
fine, Furnishing Divisions in this place, nuns
herring about one hundred members. and out
of this whole army. we only have at our meet
ings our Worthy Patron and sometimes one
or two other brother Sons. Is not this dis
couraging, to think they care no more for us
in our efforts to help build up the great cause
They seem to have forgotten, if you train ur
a child Alright. he will not depart fromit wher
he is old. We have beer talkingto them ant
writing to them, but yet this seems to have NJ
effect. IF they don'tdo something for us soon
we will have to forfeit our charter. We hop
this is not the case any place else. We wan
you to give our Sons a little touch up in you
good paper. A CADET.
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ES5s A Bill was before the late session Of
the New Jersey Legislature to provide for
the issuing Of 4 commission in cases OF hab-
itual drnnkards, 90 prevent them from squan-
derins their property, in 4 similar manner
TO commissions for acknowledged lunacy.-
Try such a bill in a North Carolina Legisla-
ture, such as the last, and guess you'll hear
adins-dong about the grandaldy's that " fit,
fought and Gghtsd' for liberty! How car
any body dare to l~osislate ou moral questions
That's unconstitutional 2"
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Three Hundred Dollars Reward

E9TLL he paid for the apprehension and de-
55 livery to the Jail Of Kershaw District Of
HIRAM, a negro man. the property of L. w.
R. Blair, a fugitive from justice, who stsnds
indicted for the murder Of Mrs. Jane D. Young,
committed on Friday. 18th inst. Said negro is
about five feet 8 or 10 inche high. thick set. has
heavy eyebrows. With small eyes, holds his head
far back in walking, is said to have a small scar
on the back ofhis hand from a burn, with a scar
running through it caused by n cut from a knife.
He is about thirty-fve years of age, and isquick
spoken and Intelligent.
JOHN D. YOUNG
Camden G c Feb % 1851 ef-At
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IA

In Halifax county, on the 23d ultimo. nv the Rev.
Mr.. Wood, Mr.. John c. Pope Of Pleasant Hill, d.
G.. W. P. of InVincible Division. No. ISL. Sons Of
Temperance, to Miss Mary ". Mangum, Of Halifax
county. North Carolina
In Surry county, on the I'D of February. by the
Rev. Mr.. Roby, Joseph Dodson, Esq, Attorney at
Law, and Miss Sallie j., eldest daughter Of John
Hamlin, ESQ.
~ Standard please copy.
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At Wilmington, Soft Turpentine 8 G5 to
3 60, hard | 90 to l 80. Last sales at low
est figures receipts light. Spirits SIS, mar
ket very unsettled. Rosin l Is. Tar 2 20.
Bacon hog III. Corn AZ. Timber-sales of
several RATS from 50 so to S11 so.
At Charleston, cotton firm at full prices, G.
to 10.
AT New York, cotton has advanced ! from
the lowest point, with good sales. Flour 5
IL to 5 A. Corn CO to 6j.
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roR TIE SPIRIT OF THE AGE

IOh LIE STlRl4 Or HE
Mr.. EDITOR Permit me through the me-
dunn of your paper. though not yet a Son my
self, to give youa description ofa speech de.
livcred by Mr.. Phillip S. White, at Sunsbury,
Gates County, on the 9th ultimo.
The weather was balmy and delightful, and
ell things ~conspired in unison with the har
mony of the scene, so pure and peaceful, rs
a brotherhaod band cemented around one
co4nuioR Fof affection snd love- At II
o'clock tie Division repaired to the NJ. E
Church, where a large and attentive auditory
were perfectly e%nraptured by his oratory fol
two hours. We would be glad to give your
readers an application Of tho character Q
this effort, but our limits will not sanction
such a course. Suffice it to say, he argued tn,
question philosephically, ably, and produced
arguments numerous, clear and overwhelm
ing, to prove beyond the shadow of q doub
the truth and correctness of his positions.
Our Correspondent gives as q beautiful
Illustrative description Of Mr.. Whites styl
of oratory, but the press upon our column
compels us reluctantly to omit them, at leas
for the present. -ED. Age.
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GAifnr'g GnrrrspnaARnrE.


WAYSEsvILLE, Feb. %, 1883
Enclosed YOU will please find six dollars Tor your
valuable paper.
We celebrated the 22d of February, according to
notice and notwithstanding the inclemency OF the
weather, we had a very attentive audience, VINO
seemed to take a good deal Of interest in our cause,
especially the Ladies. We had two very interest
ing addresses from Brothers Wilson and Mingus.-
Our cause is gaining ground daily, and our DiFisien
advancing finely. y.
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Tho Dollar weekly Timo,"

IL any Of our readers want i FIRST rate family
paper, worth Eve times its cost, this is the one.
tits neutral in politics. and is conducted with
ability. The Editor comes out fe r!ess,y on
tho various topics discussed from time 10 time
and this every independent thinker will ap
prove, however much he may dissent from
the views entertained. We loathe a timid
milk and water, please every body Journal
The Times is printed in Cincinnati.
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DgBDa

OF PreumoDia in Salisbury, on the 9Th of Febru-
AIRY, hrs Ann W. Ramsey. consort of Hr. j. u
Ramsey, and daughter of D. A. Davis, ESD. in the
26th year Of her age.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-03-09

nay" How many viii 10 disappointed, du-
ring this month, in their high political cxpec-
tations ! Echo answers ttoVsgn3s!
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THE fno and noble way to kill q foe,
Is not 20 kil him; you with kindness nav
So change him. that he shall cease to be 50
And then he's slain. Sigistupnd used to say,
Ills pardon pat bis foes 70 death for wia1
He overoame their hate, he killed them ,tsn.1