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The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1854-08-12
Rati1ny 1n 4,
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des deux sexes ct d'ages divers, parmi les
quels ii Sc trouye plusieurs heaux ct jeunes
sujets.
La recolte de mais, de cotton, &c,
SIX chevaux de tire, cinq paires
de bGufs de tire, Is tates de CO.
chons, 2 charrettes 4 beufs, 8
moutons, 6O barils de mals, une
voiture, 400 perches, $50 po-
teaux de barriere, outils aratoires,
meubles de maison, ustensiIes de
cuisine, ct une infinite d'autres
articles trOp lorgs enunerer.
Caaditsoas.-Tout achat de vingt-cino
plsstFes ct au-dessous, payable compliant, ct
tous aehat au-dessus de vingt-cinq piastres,
payabIes en- tEois placements annuels egaux,
c'est dire un tiers lie Ter dAvril proclaim,
1886, un tiers lie Ter dAvril 1856, eb lie der
nier tiers payable lie Ter d'Avril 1867; les
acquereurs fouERissant caution i Ia satisfac-
faction de qHi de dreit. ct toutes sommes por-
tant interet raison de hut pour cent par
an, a compter de Pecheanee iasqu'a parfait
Placement; ct en- autre, les terres ct les escla-
YES demeurant specislement hypotheques par
privilege jusqu 'au Placement reel ct efectif,
taRt da principal que des mterets qui auront
pn s'aeeroitre.
A pEJEAN, Emcaatewr.
OpeleHsas 8 Aolt 1854.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15
Editors Tahla.

WILMINGTON HERALD, DAILY.--We well
come this handsome and excellent paper to
our table, and wish it abundant success and
prosperity. 1t is a valuable news and COM
mercial medium, and its political friends
(whigs) will find it an ardent and able advo-
cate of their principles. Daily SC a year;
Weekly 50. Talcot Burr, Esq, Editor and
Proprietor.
H- The University Magazine for March
is an excellent number. Under its present
Editors, this work justly takes rank among
the best Literary Magazines of the country.
@ PUTNAM's MAGAZINE for March has
been received, and presents its usual variety
and excellence of matter. The following ar
ticleS make up the present number:
l. New York Daguerreotyped. Private
Residences. 3. The Great Cemetery. 3. Notes
from my Knapsack, No. .. 4. The Cooked
Hat Gentry. 5. Men of Character. G. The
Valley of the Amazon. Z. Borodiho (Stanzas.)
8. Who was Juliet's Runaway? "a Shaks-
perian affair 9. Visit to the Iron Mountain.
10. The Gambling Houses of Paris. IL. A
Winter Evening Hymn to my Fire. u. Let
ter to the Editor. IL. Editorial Notes. For
sale at Pomeroy's.
ARTHUR's HONE MAGAZINE for March, con-
tains its usual variety Of miscellaneous gene
raj reading, pleasant stories ola good moral
tendency, lively sketches, useful receipts &c.
1t is always good, ifnot a brilliant publiea-
tion-one which win hardly ever offend the
taste or forfeit the confidence ofthe most ;udi-
ciOus adviser of the young.
The 'PEoPLE's Press published at Salem,
is another example of the progress of our
newspaper press. 1t has been recently en-
larged, and now furnishes to that section Of
the State an amount of useful reading, which
ought to secure for it a largely increased sup
! port.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15

nr A great objection made to the Maine
Law is, that it is 9 sumptuary law, and
destroys the sanctity of a mans castle. No
mans house may be searched to find evidence
of guilt. 1t is the great charter, of human
right We acknowledge it would be a valid
one if true, but we deny that any Maine law,
yet adopted, is justly chargeable with it.. 1t
never allows, and never should allow, the
search of a dwelling on suspicion to find
evidence ofguilt. IF it did, it might well be
complained of. The law is here very explicit.
1t says:
But no warrant shall be issued to search
any dwelling house, except upon proof that
intoxicating liquor has been sold therein by
the occupant thereof.'-Sec. 9.
Reasonable ground of suspicion isnot proof.
Men may search, not to get evidence only
to End and seize the liquor which the magis-
trate, who issues the warrant, knows from
evidence already furnished, to be there. If
he does it, it is at his peril.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15
1857.
Treating.

We know of nothing that looks so utterly
and supremacy contemplate in a candidate
aspiring to become a public servant of the
people, as to see him in a crowd of intelligent
human beings go to the licensed GROCERY or
to the whiskey cart and there, with a few
coppers, buy a quart of some Intoxicating
beverage and request those around him to
drink-driHk-drinE of has liquor! We can
not see how any moral, highmlnded citizen
can witness the liHleness of a being claiming
to be a man in acting thus, without sneerin9
at his pretensions in aspiring to be a law
giver, as well as abhoring the principle that
prompts him to the deed. Can't men be cleo
ted to any Office without the aid Of RUM
They have been and can be again. What
must be the conclusions and prOmptings of
the candidate who sets out free lieuor"
3 and invites the rabble to guzzle it Town their
e throats and swear allegiance to him? With
the knowledge before his eyes, that other
, men have been elected without r~esorting to
0 this disgraceful and Infamous measure, he
S must reason to himself somewhat in this
Z Wise. Il hlON l. dlu SS1ESClN SOmpSlCub ~
a become a Legislator, or a Sheriff, or a Clerk,
: or a Constable, and | am fearful a majority
n of the people think as / do on this point
Ie therefore, | must call to my aid the whiskey-
lie pot-hundreds will follow me for a dram
that will carry me through And in this
at way scores of men, from year to year, steI
[e from the thr eshold Of the drunkery into pla
n ces of trust-not the choice of the moral
we'll meaning portion Of the community, but
IN the choice of the rdbble. Whenever we see
m candidate r~esorting to the jugs, the drunken.
DIS and whiskey carts to beat bis opponent, W,
he are forced to the conclusion that he distrust
nd his own qualifications for the Office be aspire
IN to reach, and surely voters should be Of tn
vi same opinion =!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15
Stolen Waters are Sweet.

One of the N. Y. city Senators at Albany,
in showing that under a Maine law far more
liquor would be drank, quoted, as authority,
the words of inspiration, Stolen aOaters are
sCeet, and bread eaten IN secret, IS pleasant
In reply, a Senator said he believed his York
brother had taken his inspiration from some
other place than the sanctuary, as that hap
pened to be the language of the vile woman
e~nticing her customers to deeds of darkness
and death. He would advise him to some
better guide in good Christian morals. He
did not believe many of the v~irtuous people
of New York would 60 onthat principle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15
Prohibition

The public voice is SO unmistakable on this
question, that members of the ensuing Legis-
lature cannot disregard it altogether. The
subject cannot be wilfully disregarded or
passed over, by the servants of the people,
without a dereliction of an imperative duty
a bold defiance to the popular wish, for which
they would hereafter be held to a strict &C
countability before the bar Of the people,
Possibly a prohibitory measure may be sub
mitted to a popular vote: and if the Legisla-
turc entertain doubts as to the public wish
on prohibition, perhaps they would be acting
in safety to themselves to adopt this course.
No doubt there will be members in the
next Legislature opposed to prohibition, and
yet favorable to the alternate project of a
graduated and high license system. Such a
measure might work better than the present
contemplate farce as it stands on the Statute
book-it couldn't be worse. But the princi-
pie of licensing and legalizing a lcrOng is an
insult to Humanity and Heaven To coin
public money out of the woes of the citizens
is a sin to the State! To Cypress widowhood
and orphanage, and to barter human souls to
the Prince of Night for a price, is worse than
national Paganisml The PEoPLEd do not want
crime licensed at any nrice. A christian
community scorns the idC1 and revolts atthe
damning policy. Then why should the Leg
~islature p%rofer a stone when bread is deman-
ded? If the people ask for a fish will they
thrust a. serpent in their hands? 1t is no
new tangled project that is asked for; but
one that has braved the fiery test of selfish
} opposition, and has withstood the combined
agencies of wealth, corruption and falsehood
: has triumphed and is running its course ovel
/ the land to bless, approved by thousands ant
s thousands-and winning to its favor the in
: telligencc and patriotism of the nation. Tht
constitutional objections arrayed against the
c measure, on its first PRONUNCIATION, but no
as it has been more recently framed, have 0
: necessity been abandoned, and no man cal
doubt that, wherever it is adopted and EN-
: forced, its effects are powerful and s~alutar,
against this greatest evil that ever scourge,
e and blighted Gods green earth and His PEG
8 pie. Then if the Legislature cringe from th
: responsibility of its absolute adoption, lie
e them not hesitate to adopt an Act r%eferrin,
the subject to the people, lest they be he'll
t responsible before the ballot-box for a dere
n LECTION of duty, and before Heaven for wilful
r ly legalizing the traffic in "men's blood"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15
Mecklenburg Anniversary.

The citizens of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus
and a portion Of Union counties embracing
the territory composing old M~ecklenburg
county before any divisions were made) are
making extensive arrangements for celebra-
ting the approaching Goth of May, the an
niversary OF the Mecklenburg Declaration of
Independence. 1t was a glorious era in the
history of the Old North State, and should
not be allowed to pass withoutdue
grafton. Every resident of the State, and
all of her sons and daughters, wherever they
may be, are invited to meet with the people
Of Mecklenburg on that day, and partake
of its festivities and hallowed recollections.'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15
sy~ Some months ago, it was stated through

BsE~ Some months ago, itwass stated through
our columns, that the meetings of a certain
Odd Fellows Lodge, son the Seaboard," were
held in the upper story of a grog shop, &c.
From a correspondence held with us by some
Of the members of Smyrna Lodge" in
Uarteret County, who say it was the Lodge
alluded to, we are assured that the charge is
"slanderous"-that the lower floor of the
Lodge room is occupied by a regular merean-
tile house, which may or may not have in
toxicating drinks for sale but the Lodge is
in no way connected with, or responsible
therefor. We are always ready to do justice
to all men, and we take pleasure in correcting
a misstatement into which a Correspondent
led as, as publicly as the accusation was
made.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15
fgRRGH Is.

him. He dicd amid the curses Of his har-
dcned companions in vice, and went to
meet his reward His remains we're taken
sway by the authorities and inferred in the
public burial ground.
The other Pirates were duly arraigned at
the bar Of justice and a penalty awarded
them commensurate with their crimes.
This daring exploit f Louis in captur-
ing an bringing to a legal tribunal the no.
torious band, proclaimed him a great man
all over the nation. Capt Louis Grandon.
by which name he was known, was honor
ed and fcted by the citizens of R-x, hi
native city, which fact he kept scduously
concealed.
The Captain sought his brother, til,
medical student, and they had a merry tim,
together and privately formed plans to as
certain whether or not their parents wer
living.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15

INFLUENCE OF A TEMPERANCE PAPER-Tn
1886, Mr.. Delevan made a tour through Hi
nois. Between Peoria and Galena. he ston.
ped at some eighteen public houses, and mucb
to his surprise discovered that they were all
without bars asked the gentleman owning
property on Blank River. Would Won like
to know said the gentleman, what indu.
ced these taverns to abandon the sale of the
poison? | will tell you. l found in NV noe.
ket- book a three dollar uncurrent hill 7
forwarded it to you, at Albany, asking vou
to send for it a Temperance Recorder to each
of these tavern keepers for one year. You
did so, and in passing over the route since
then, they informed me that the paper com.
ing to them regularly, from whence tbov
knew not, had induced them to gi We nm the
sale Of strong drinks
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15
wcntabout his duties sadly perplexcd at what
had just happened.

"
"SUBJEcT READY FOR CLASS O." was the
written announcement made OF the black
board hung in the Dissecting Room, the next
morning. Jerome Grandon was a member
Of that class, and with his four companions
they stood around the red table on which lay
the lead Pirate, decked out in their long
black gowns, their Manuels under their arms
and their sharp scalpels in hand awaiting the
arrival of the. Demonstration of Anatomy at
their table, to give them a short lecture upon
the objects they should have in view and di-
~rections how to proceed to %unravel the mys-
teries Of the human mechanism.
The Demonstrators came b~ustling up to the
table, n long, lank, pleasant kind of a man,
/ trow many Of my readers among the Pro-
fessional ranks, ~recOllect his business like
manner and the digniied way In which he
lecturcd, and he commenced by giving a has
ty sketch of the discovery of the Flag by Pat
and he produced it, waving it above his head
that all in the room might see it. and it was
n curious relic. lie made no ~allusiOn to TIT
agitation ofthe Resurrectionist, however, ant
passed on. Jerome stood at his side grasp
ing ut every word that fell from the Demon
~strator's lips relative to the mysterious per
sonage before them, and ere he had fnishe,
his lecture the Havana student was confden
that the corpse before him was none othe
than that of his uncle Nicholas st. Clair, tn
noted freebooter, a history Of whose depredf
tions on the Southern Seas, together witt
the incidents connected with the mysteriou
fig, he had received when q boy, time and
gain, from Mr.. Grandon.
The lecture was closed the class CONNIE
eel their dissection, and Jerome, maxim
some excuse to his comrades, laid aside h
gown and instruments and went to seek h
brother to impart to him the discovery
had Just made.
lie revolted ut the idea Of fourishing h
scalpel over one who, however %depraved, W
still his relative !
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15
CHAPTER XXXIX.-AxD THE LAS.

did Martha, the poor factory girl, ever surmount
the fears she entertained of uniting her life-destiny
with the wealthy and accomplished Alfred Viii
banks 2 Thanks to you, my gentle lady reader, for
Novelette, before asking us that question: ques-
ton that has all along laid SO near your heart
Well, come and see. There on that grassy hill,
nicely covered with flowers and tastefully arrang ed
evergreens, overlooking the romantic little village
around the Rock Island Cotton Mills, and the silver
stream that steals along its wave-worn pebbles,
stands a neat and artistically finished home-white
as snow on the outside, finished in the highest style
of art with an eye single to comfort and content
ment-it is just such a home, for all the world, my
gentle one, as you have pictured to y 'urself a thou
sand times, and prayed to your stars one bright
day to be the sole mistress Of the same; and just
such an one as the Author of these pages hopes you
may possess when yOn leave the dear old hsme-Eoe
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15
Spirit 4e ae Bddgb DmB cuGi-a Gnpunn no fmap aannr 0@s paper.

Of your mother to begin in earnest the ftful pill
grimage of life. Such q homo as that was is a boon
prize, and such are always loved when its ilk is met
with in this cold world of ours that some would say
has no sunshine left to cheer those whose pathway
lies upon it.
Ths Proprietors OF the Mills with their incoming
wealth, reside in that home and the dignifed look
ing gentleman sitting over there so happy and in
such a merry mood, is Alfred Wilbanks and that
complacent and matronly woman at his side in an
easy chair, beneath whose snowy head dress you
see a streak Of gray hair mingling with the rich
braids that have nahlost all their lustre, is his wife,
Martha, and a halb5y ole she is too-she whom you
first knew as the littlagirl running up the high steps
of the Eagle Hotel, then as a school girl-then as &
toiling hand in the Cotton Mill, and now as the wife
of the proprietor and the contented mistress of
home where happiness dwells and where
"Around, in sympathetic mirth,
Its tricks the kitten tries,
The cricket chirrups on the hearth,
The cracking faggot flies"
Capt. Louis brandon continued upon the way
until he had made an independent fortune, when h
retired and married one of the wealthiest ladies
Havana, and We trust his hospitable door in th
City of Charleston will be open and receive tn
tribute Of our pen.
In after years the eminent and truly worthy D
Jerome Grandn might have been seen walkir
about the Rock Island Cotton Mills, or leaning Fl
back in a largo rocking chair in the house of h
sister, Mrs. Wibanks, where he made his home, e.
joying the luxuries of wealth and the ease of a Co
tented and good humored bachelor. Why he r
manned a bachelor through his long and useful Il
is more than we can say.
Our task isfnished. We have claimed your
tention, my reader, through a series of pages.
the vicissitudes of life and the dangers attending
indulgence in one of the fashionable folies faint
portrayed in our pages, has caused you, or o
among you, to stop and reflect, and rejecting
- 4 III -z,nI $500 &c lSfo oloa, &c Il -
On which etheraneye foundered, our time has l
been unprofitably spent.
With this, and grasping your hand, my read
let us say
And noc, my reader, at present, adicn,
Good luck, good dinners and "good-bye" to q
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15

LEGISLATORS IN NEED OF THE MAINE Law.
According to the Alabama papers, the
Legislature of that State wound up on a grand
"spree." 1t is charged that a majority of
the members were so grossly intoxicated as
to be unable to transact any business intelll-
gently, and that the Legislature had to adj
journ without completing q deal of work they
had labored hard to perfect. Some seventy
bills were left unsigned on the table of the
Executive at the time of the adjournment,
and the Governor refuses his signature on the
ground that the Constitution requires it to be
affixed while the Legislature is in session, if
at all.
Virginia, it seems, is not behind Alabama,
in this respect. The Richmond Era says
9 Within the past two weeks there have been
e enacted in the hall of the House of Delegates
: scenes that might crimson the cheek of every
s Virginian. Members have appeared upon
the floor so much intoxicated, that they could
g not act like rational beings, and at least upon
II two occasions, the House has been compelled
to adjourn, to get rid of the noise and tumult
l occasioned by such persons. Added to this,
a high functionary of the House has several
times made his appearance, when utterly in
competent to the discharge of his duties be-
IN cause of drunkenness"
y And these two Legislatures have refused
e to notice respectfully, memorials from thous.
lis ands, and in the former State, from neCr ont
hundred thousand of their constituents, ask
er, ing for the removal of the enormous evil
which is prostituting the halls of legislation
degrading the lawmakers, destroying thei
= citizens and inaicting a death blow to tn
well-being of society! Is it to be wondere'
! at that they refused this just and righteou
prayer of the People? Can Satan be expec
tedtoreprovesin? Will 1.-The devilfghtagains
his own kingdom?
We have seen members in the Legislator
of North Carolina, addressing the Chair, VIII
were SO drunk they did not know what the
were doing? Can we expect relief from tt
liquor curse, of such men?
= What, then, is to be done? The path
plain. five want relief from the foul scourg
: we must send virtuous men to legislate for
Isl men Of high moral integrity, who feel t
@ responsibility of their high station, and W
= legislate for the good of the masses of t
81 people, and be above whiskey brides. I
. every man in North Carolina who desires
reform in the abominable liquor-licensi
policy of the State, adopt and maintain
firm resolution, that he will vote for no m
who treats with Intoxicating drinks, Wis
whiskey shops or is in any manner afiliat
with the whiskey-ocracy If all who decl;
themselves in favor of prohibition will Il
act at the ensuing election, we will guar
lark, too +bo nosooro &c . prob;b;torv low br
e re-
next Legislature. Until this firm and c
sistent course is adopted, it is idle to EXP
any thing from that quarter.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15

nP We learn that the session of the
Chowan Female Collegiate Institute closed
on the 7th inst, and the next session COM
menced on the 9th. This Institution, says
our correspondent, has never been in a more
prosperous condition, and the general health
Of the Students never better.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15

@~ C. H. WILEY, Esq, General Superin-
tendant of Common Schools in this State, has
commenced the publication of his first An
nual Report. It is a lengthy document, but
as it concerns a matter of paramount impor-
lance to the public generally, we shall, from
time to time, transfer to our columns the most
material and interesting portions Of the Re-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15

BF IF Politicians are sincere in their wish
to keep the question Of the Liquor traffic out
of party politics, and prevent its interference
Herewith, let it be manifested by q DISPOSE
ton to leave the matter to the People. Let
them cease to misrepresent the issue and take
silea against the reform.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15
A Cheering Sign.

The following is a extract of a letter to
the Editor of the Age, from a gentleman of
intelligence and extensive influence in Wake
county, and is another indication of the great
change being effected in public sentiment in
this county. The writer we know well-he
is a gentleman of kind feelings and of dis
eliminating judgment he has long been a
liquor dealer, but being convinced of its evil
tendency, comes forward, like a noble spirit
as he is, and boldly espouses the cause of re-
form. Wake county will be found all right
when the struggle comes.
Mr.. GoRMAN: It is known to you, Sir,
that l have been dealing in spirituous liquors
several years, but | now take pleasure in in
forming you that l am strongly in favor OF
the Temperance Reform, am a prohibitionist,
and will do all I can to favor the cause, be-
lieving that it is a good one and that the time
has come when the friends of reform should
take a bold stand in its favor. Enclosed ]
send you some subscribers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15

Bar Hon. Stephen A. Douglas will accept
our thanks for a copy of the Nebraska bill,
and also his speech upon the same.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15
RALEIGH, q. @.
Wednesday, March Is. 1854,
A Positive Arrangement.

Subscribers r~eceiUing their papers Nth a red mark,
are thereby notified that IN four acechs from the re-
ceipts Of the first number thus marked, their subscrip-
ton gears ,oiU expire and unLess renewed 0ithin
that time, the paper ,oiH be discontinued. This rule
wiU be inferibl3 adhered to-.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-15

n- We have been expecting for near
three months q new supply of the new Ritual
and Cards. They have not come yet. This
will account to those whose orders for these
articles have not been filled. As soon as re-
ceived, all orders will be supplied.