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Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-05-09

Parson Brownlow has come ou, agains,
the Nebraska Bill. He says, "Sena,or Bells
mastery expose OF this whole Nebraska
fraud, convnces me, that The Bill is one Of
those clap-trap measures, devised by selfish
and unworthy politicians, 10 obtain credi. for
themselves al the expense OF the nation"
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-05-09

AFFAIR OF Honor 1T Is with mingled feel.
ings Of pain and regre, that we learn an qf.
fair of honor is TO come off in few days
between two gentlemen holding high station,
in the military ranks of this State. We
await further developments with much ap.'
prehension as 10 The result Gf1i
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-05-09

WRITING ON THE WRAPPERs OF NEwsPA.
rEBs, &c.--l. is decided by the proper oil.
GERS Of The Post Office Department, that lei
Ter pOs,ogc is legally chorgeable on packa.
ges having wr,ing. other than The simple
address on the outside. r
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-05-09

A bill is now pending before the N. Y.
Legislature TO incorporate the American
Camel Compuny--i,s object being to intro
1uce cames into this country, ,obe used be-
tween The Atlantic and the Pacific.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-05-09

CONSOLIDATION OF CITIES The People
OF Cleveland and Ohio City voted al she
election last week TO consolidate the Two
cities, which gives Cleveland, including the
new territory, population of 10000 or
more. Also the people OF Hamilton and
2ossville. Butler Co., voted IN unite, making
.he entire population Of Hamilton about
1900.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-05-09

The Sciolo Gazete notices q machine Of
simple contrvance, designed 10, en- able
STEAMBOATS, TO remove themselves from sand
bars. 1t was invented by Eber Blogell and
is owned BY him and G. G. Allen Of Chilli.
coihe,
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-05-09

CoUNTERFEiTING IN THE ONO PENITEN.
TIARY.--We have before mentioned ,halcer.
tain rumoKs were in circulation about Co
umbus 10 The effect, that certain manager
of the Ohio Penileniiary had al,empipe y
tamper with the Commlttee which bad re'
Gently made an examination into The charge:
against Watson, the Deputy Warden. Qh
Thursday afternoon, Mr.. Taylor, menibe'
from The Reserve, arose and said he did no|
wish any injustice should be done Mr.. Wa
son, BY pr.judiciol reports with which heN1
not party implicated. and said
7 The facts are these: There were accu
lions made agains. an individual connecs
with The Penilenliary, as being engaesd
counlerleiling, or such circumstances q:
duced the belief,,ii was said, Of such
mess, being carried on there; that The il
viduaI had been seen 20 60 into sbe cf'
:nosorious coOnlefleisef. and fen1ai1 me
along time ii the dead of the nights aDt
likewise had been secreted behind piles o
boards and stone in the State House yard.
He added that two OF the Directors had
promised TO have The person dismissed from
The Prison. We agree with our neighbo
Of the Enquirer:
"Tha, S.ae Prison, somehow or other, j
obtaining an Infamous noloriely. and shoul
be thoroughly purged and cleansed. Thi
counterfeiting enterprise, SO mysIerious
hinled al, looks black with moral lurpitude
How The head officers can tolerate such as
sociuiions, passes our comprehension"
TO us, it appears that the whole concer
is an abode Of cruelty, crime and licen'ious
Iiousness, and should be overhauled lror
top 10 bottom, and some of the officers b
made TO change their position, and, clolhe
with the livery Of the Prson.-Cia. CON-
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-05-09

The State of Indiana has Ell completed
railroads, 8 Of which centre in Indianapolis,
and has l,aoo miles Of railroad 10 actual Op,
era,ion, -..5
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-05-09

Mr.. Soule writes from Madrid to.Paris,
tha, he ison excellen, terms with the Queen,
bu, on bad terms with the Cabinet.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-05-09
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be executed with accuracy and neatness,
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-05-09
nnl euoteo 1pits Girame AorinInr mtrfe, aorkets

NTRY-oNE ooNsTIrUrIoN 2EoNE rINY"-1 "a
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-12-20

A NOBLE SENTIMENT.-Repeated efforts
have been made by the Chinese government
through many years to suppress the traffic in
opium. All the means Of prevention which
the Emperor could bring to bear upon the
subject had been found intellectual. In 1874,
an effort was made by interested parties, to
induce the Emperor to legalize the traffic,
when he recorded his decision in these words
worthy of perpetual remembrance: 1T is
true, | cannot prevent the introduction of
the flowing poison gain-seeking and corrupt
men will, for profit and %sensuality defeat my
wishes but nothing will induce me to de-
rive a revenue from the vice and misery of
nay people,
We clip the above from the Standards cor
respondence, and would adm what a dis
paraging contrast does the liquor traffic in
North Carolina stand, with this Noble SEN
timent' coming from a Pagan ruler? Legis-
lators of free and christian America-of N.
Carolina-how long before you will espouse
this magnanimous sentiment and declare that
you will not consent that the State shall de-
rive a revenue from the vice and misery of
her people! It is true that, like the Empe-
ror of China, you may not be able to prevent
the dissemination Of the flowing poison =
it way turn out to be true that, in spite of
all your efforts to suppress it, gain seeking
and corrupt men will, for profit and sensu-
atty still engage in the destructive traffic
yet if, by your votes you wipe the foul stain
from the escutcheon of the State of being q
participation therein, you will have dischar.
ged your duty-the rewards of a good con.
science will be yours, and the smiles and ap
probation of a v~irtuous constituency hand
your acts Town to their children as desery
ing all commentator and worthy of theiI
admiration and example.
} Our country's welfare is our first concern,
And who promotes that best, best proves hi
: duty
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-12-20
Tomorrow.

Strike out Tomorrow from the reckoning
of Time, and Endurance walks no longer with
him Deprive the vast, busy, selfish world
of Tomorrow, and old Chaos would return
almost, and the handspring of human action
snap in twain!
Thrice beauteous Hope, thou constant CO.
zener, though only CONSIDER! what would we
be but for Tomorrow. In that period she
dwells, aud walks, and breathes. She has
been and will be with Tomorrow for ave,
smiling broadly, through the clouds of To-
Day, and speaking with a strong audible
voice of music amid the din and discord of
disquietude and disappointment.
Between ourselves and Ruin and Misery
and Danger and Death, the Tomorrow ALWAYS
stands, and seems to ward off the dreariness
of their touch. Whatever ills betide, the To.
Morrow is ever near, and we put our trust
and our prayer in its speedy coming.
What we most prize and cherish and lone
for, lies often in the Tomorrow. Our ideals
our hottest affections, our sympathies. oul
SOULS highest soarings, centre there anG
wealth and fame and happiness, and all thai
man believes his blessing, beam out of the
Tomorrow, as the purest diamonds in tn,
darkness, and light us towards their pursuit
Q, frail and. false Tomorrow how man,
thousands that are now tomb-slecpcrs, placed
confidence in thee until this little scene o
Earth shifted upon the measureless pros pee
of Eternity
Albeit, we honor and love and worshil
thee, To-Morrow for we could not live no
enjoy the least without thee. Thou neve
comest, it is true, more than the ignis. fatuu
comes to those who rashly follow it; but tho
bringest pleasant dreams, and fllest our stun
bering ears with rare music, and bindest u
our weak heart with resolution, and for sue
noble Offices thou hast our benson.
To-Day is full of Darkness and of wound
but Tomorrow is approaching, and the su
and moon healing balms will be with it.
Aye, will they; though when To-Morro
touches she earth, it is To-Day once again
and Tomorrow lies as far off as before, pc
adventure, beyond the reach of mortal ken.
~Peradventure, nay, is it not certain tina
in the Heaven We are looking to, our gre,
Tomorrow is written by angels among IL
stars, the TO-Morrow which comes not her
and never departeth there?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-12-20

The LADY's Book FOR JANUARY.-We ten
der our acknowledgements to the publisher
for a copy of his Lady's Book for January,
which is decidedly a splendid number, and
justifies the strong assertion of Mr.. Cooley
that lit cannot be equalled." lie seems to
have tried his best in producing an incom-
parable number to begin the new year with,
and it must be admitted that he has succeed
ed in his object. The embellishments con-
sist Of two splendid specimens of line engra-
wing, premium plates, {" John proclaiming
the Messiah" and the Title Page, Floral
Offering a Fashion plate Of the very latest
style, finely engraved and superbly colored,
and a beautiful colored Autograph. In the
dress department. is a new style Of cloak,
called the "Sevastopol Cloak" which is fully
described and highly extolled. The literary
department has not been neglected, but is IN
usually interesting. In short, the Lady's
Book promises every inducement for an i'm
mense accession to its subscription list for
the next year, and Cooley always falflls
his promises.
For So so we will send the Lady's Book
and the Spirit of the Age for one year
Now is the time to subscribe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-12-20

MORE OF RUNS DoINGs.-We are informed
that a young man persisted With cold, while
drunk, near a grog shop, in the neighborhood
Of Young's p Roads, in Granville county, a
week or w since. And on the 9th inst. a
man named Malcolm Mcleod died in a grog
shop, in a state of int9xication, in Cumber-
land county. He was about twenty five years
old, and had received his wages for a term
of service as q ~Turpentine getter when,
determining upon having a " grand spree"
he went to the grog shop and ended his career
on the first night ofa drunken debauch.-
Two more souls gone to an awful eternity to
enter up judgment against the damning
cup and traffic. Who among the living will
heed these dreadful warnings
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-12-20
The Legisla1re.

Under the appropriate bad, will be found
the transactions of the legislature since our
last, in a condensed form, hough embracing
all the important and genral measures de-
liberated on. Upon the sbject of the liquor
traffic there seems to be a pretty general adj
mission that our present avs greatly need
amendment, but aohat tina amendment shall
be, is the perplexing question.
In the Senate, Mr.. Fishr, of Rowan, has
submitted a bill, providing for the appoint
ment ola Seldetman in eah Common School
District and also, that Oh the day of the
election of said SelectmaA polls should be
opened for receiving the vote in each District
as to License or No Licen&-all freemen en-
titled to vote for Commcners and Uh0 are
householders, to vote on this question that
when a District vote for License, the Select.
A4ea to grant n~aAr Observation-Disclosures hni
when No License prevails, license shall not
be granted for the retail If ardent spirits
and further, that the corporate authorities Of
all cities and towns shall have the control o
the matter within their jurisdictions, indie
pendent of the Selectmen.
This is a very great improvement over on
present tyrannical liquor law, and SO far a
it goes is very good but if the sale, in grea
as well as small quantities, was made sub
ject to the popular will, it would be mucl
more likely to suppress the injuries inflicted
aud conform to the wishespf the people 70
quart shops are equally to be dreaded wit
the licensed pint or dram shops.
Other bills will probably be presented, an
we hope, if the license feature is still to b
tolerated, on the grounds of reUenue, that tn
fee will be made high enough to afford some
thing worth talking of; and let all who de;
in the article at all, whether by the half pir
or gallon, be required to procure license an
pay the fee. The Alabama fees, for instance
might do, viz: in towns or cities of over 5
900 inhabitants $75, between 1000 and 5
900, $50 between two and three thousan,
$50 between one and two thousand SAC
and all others in smaller towns or in Il
country $50. A fund might be raised fro
these fgures-and as Reuenue is a great co
sideration at this session, this source, SO lo1
advocated, ought to be made to pay for Il
destructive privileges granted.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-12-20

SENTENCED TO Prison FOR LIFE.-Dr. Mil
Ter has been convicted at Montgomery, Ala,
of the murder of A. G. Jones, and sentenced
to the penitentiary for life. James Patton,
a respectable citizen of New Orleans, who
was sometimes since convicted ofkilling Col.
Turnbull, has also been sentenced to the
penitentiary for life. When about to be SEN
fenced he commenced reading an address to
the court, and continued reading for two
hours, when the court being tired out was
compelled to stop him. He was>belieyed to
be insane.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-12-20
Upon what Grounds?

We notice that adverse reports have been
made from the committees, to prohibit the
sale of ardent spirits within three miles Of
Davidson College and within two miles Of
Clinton Female College! We believe the
committees give no reasons for their adverse
reports, bat, really, we feel curious to know
how they can justly refuse this protection to
these literary institutions, while the Univer-
sity and Wake Forest College are allowed
them
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-12-20

s9= Happiness is sought Of all. The boy
looks forward and thinks he will be truly
happy when he grows to be a man but man
hood has it cares and solieitudes and the man
looks forward to the day when he shall be-
come great and rich for his measure of hap
piness. That day may come and he Is not
happy. And thus the FIRE of life fades away
in struggling, hoping and looking forward,
until the boy that grew to be a man becomes
an old white crested pilgrim and lays a worn
staff down at the gate Of the grave and says
he viii seek happiness in heaven.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-12-20
Let Justice be done.

Some weeks since we took occasion to
speak of the hot haste" by which a bill
was PASSED through the Legislature, con-
corning the liquor traffic in Elizabeth CITY,
and then stated that the movement was IN
direct conflict with the sentiments and wish
es Of a large majority of the citizens OF that
place. DEVELOPMENTS since then have shown
that the opposition to the measure passed d is
even much more strong than we had anticl-
pated. By the law that was repealed, the
County Court was required to have presented
the recommendation of the Board of Commits
%sioners Of Elizabeth City, before they were
authorized to grant licences to retail ardent
spirits within its corporate limits. This wise
and wholesome law prevails in Raleigh, Viii
mington, Fayetteville, Charlotte, and indeed
almost, if not quite, all CT the Incorporated
Towns in the State. We have heard OF no
desire or attempt to deprive any other Town
of this s~alutary safeguard. But in the case
of Elizabeth City, this repeating bill was
pressed through both Houses, and In less
than FIVE days thereafter, the County Court
being in session, nine grog shops were Il
censed in tina place, and in less than twenty
four hours, riots. fights, disturbances, &c
prevailed to an alarming extent. The Crane
Jury then in session, seeing the effect OF thi
repeal law, at once united in a Memorial +
the Legislature (only one dissentiente) pray
ing the restoration of the law And the eli
liens of Elizabeth City have sent up a Memo
rial, containing the names of 80 voters out {
113, petitioning the Legislature to restor
them the Eower of being protected from tn
sore evil! Both these instruments CON
: fully attested by seal and signature an
t surely must have their due weight, and v
: can but believe will result in the restoratic
3 of the just and proper enactment thus SUI
marily repealed.
a The County of Pasquotank has but Of
|, member in the House Vt Commons, and
i urged its passage though under the suspe
a sion of the Rules. The citizens of Elizabe
d City relied on their Senator (who had be
if consulted by them) to arrest the moveme
lr by a proper representation of the case, VIII
it came before the Senate. But unfortuna
IL ly, he has been detained at home by protr;
d, ted sickness and the movement having
o. one to oppose it, it passed through that DO
also. The Senator from that District |
re arrived and in a day or two the Men
u rails and the whole matter will be az
brought before the two Houses.
ne In Justice to the members Of the Gene
Assembly, we take pleasure in saying,
it. believe had they been conversant with
"a facts in the case, this odious repeal VIC
le- not have been consummated. The mem
~ from Pasquotank was supposed to be ref
ry ing the wish of those most deeply interes
ly in the matter; and it being a local meas
RS entirely, it was permitted to pass with
in question. With the strong manifestation
ice popular disapprobation now exhibited,
cts have no hesitation in believing it will be
to spected and the Haemorial complied with
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-12-20
nel For the information of / rnhl;o :,

HA For the information Of the public we
will state that, passenger cars run daily, on
the N. c. Railroad, between Raleigh and
Goldsboro-leaving the latter place at 10,
A. ~, and arriving in Raleigh at l, P. NJ;
leaving Raleigh at 2, P. NJ, and reaching
Goldsboro' at 5, P. NJ. So that now we may
breakfast in Wilmington and dine in Raleigh
the same day-or dine in Raleigh and get
supper in Wilmington. Considerable differ.
ence this, between two whole days weary
journeyings. Fare-to Goldsboro' 81; to
Wilmington 81 50-or 81 so the whole trip.
B~ Edward r. Lilies is appointed Post
master at Lilesville Arson Co. N. c., in
place of Nelson p. Lilies, resigned, after SER
wing twenty six years,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-12-20
EXPLANATION
The following Note, from Mr.. Martin, of
Franklin, explains itself:

Franklin, explains itself:
HOUSE OF Commons, Dec. 9, 1854.
Sir-In your paper of the 9th inst, 1 have
observed a little error, which | very respect
fully ask you to correct, as an act of justice
to myself as well as others. My motion to
lay on the table the memorial in relation to
the subject of Temperance, with the report
of the Committee to which it has been re-
ferred, prevailed consequently it was not
recommitted to the committee, as reported
by you. In your next issue | respectfully
ask you to make this little correction. On
my motion the report and memorial were
laid on the table. The error, no doubt, was
accidental. Yours, Respectfully,
w. X. MARTIN.
We give Mr.. Martin the credit of having
the Memorial and report laid on the table +;
it affords us pleasure to say, however, that
it has been recommitted to the Committee,
though not on the motion Of Mr.. Martini
Mr.. Boyle, of Alexander, moved its recon-
mitment.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-12-20

OPPOSITION is needful to man. Kites rise
against the wind, not with it. A head wind
is better than a dead calm. The feetest craft
floats ~listless on the wave when no breeze is
a-stir. Opposition and hardship is manhood's
native soil. The man who cannot face the
storm without finching and suaiiing before
it, lays himself down by life's wayside to be
trodden under foot and he who braces him.
self to a mastery struggle only when the
wind blows, and gives up when the storm
passes Ger, his fate is to fall asleep in the
dreamy stiffness that follows. Let all, who
would prosper, face the storm with an iron
will. 4
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-12-20
RALgloHR. Q.
Wednesday, Decsber 30, 1854
A Positive Arngement.

Subscribers receiving TIL rpers 9th a red mark,
are thereby notified that iaur oeeks from the re-
ceipt of the first number . pearked, their sub
scription gears uiNkHEY nd unless rsne,oed
,oithin that time, "a pdp18 be DISCONTINUED
This rule ,oiU be inRef6ly S1hered to.
baP In conformity WITH our accustomed
rule, no paper WILDE Used from this Office
nextweek. Christmas caes but once a year,
and it is the only week 1.-THE whole ffty-two
that we claim a r~spitefom our combining
labors and we believe or Patrons will al
cheerfully accord itas thaPrinter's due.
DT How many of OF subscribers vii
send US a Christmas or NV Years gift, il
the way of a club of disorders? How
many Ladies will repondo the proposition
of our good friend, Mis$LIzzIE L,
get up a club of ten, or mse, or less, by nev
years? 1t will be a time esocial~ gathering
mirth and good cheer, andherefore a fit tim
to do SO. Give us a helplg hand, friends
one and all. In the mean me, we wish eac
and all a happy Christina
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-12-20

A FROG in your milk pitcher is a symptom
that your dairymap crossed . brook on his
way to town,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-12-20
Grand Master /;

nA The following are the Officers of the
Masonic Grand Lodge for the ensuing year
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-12-20

sA Several Communications crowded out
this week.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-12-20

Il had no idea the moon saw so much,
Mamap
'Ah! yes, my child ten thousand times
ten thousand scenes of Happiness and misery
of buoyant and hopeless life, does she look
down upon each passing night, ).
And sweetly beams on all, dear mother I
"Full as brightly they fall upon howell and hall,
Meier seeking what passes within;
But battles lovely and bright in the Hood OF thell
light,
And smiles on the culprit in sin.
For the maiden's fair brow, full as stainless as snow
They weave a tiara of beams,
Ana the lovers fond eyes, borrow light from tn
skies,
LORA.