Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-02-14
FRANKLlNroN. N. c. Feb,y 9. 1855

inst, a communication signed w" in rela-
ton to the Schools of our village in which
reference is made to the course pursued by
some of our citizens, in regard to the accom-
mediation of 9 Teachers and Pupils; charg-
Jag those citizens with = obstiaaey OF. disin-
terestedness." Being a citizen myself and
intimately acquainted with the commence
ment and progress of the schools, l take the
liberty to commit a few thoughts on paper"
in reply, and ask the use of your columns for
that purpose.
do unhesitatingly assert that our citizens
with one sentiment, have watched with until
ring zeal and interest the rise and progress
Of the schools and now hail their triumphant
success with such manifestations as could
only arise from a high appreciation of the
blessings of educational They
have literally contributed their money for
the erection Of Academies, both male and
female, which cannot fail to elicit the com-
mendation OF the lovers of learning, who
behold their ample dimensions and the
elegance and convenience of their arrange
ment. They have cheerfully thrown open
their doors for the accommodation of both
Teachers and Pupils and have taken a
stand for education and morality which
deserves, and will receive, the respect Of all
good men. | freely and fully endorse all
that Nv" has said in praise of our very
competent and efficient Principals and Assis-
tan5s ; but must think that the deepinterest
he feels or affects to feel in the Estate and
community in which he lives" does not accord
we'll with the means he has used. He makes
a pious exclamation that cit appears that
those who feel and take the deepest interest
in the good of a community are doomed to
the greatest disappointment" Now, Sir, l
would ask in what have they been disappoin-
ted? What bright and dazzling hope has
been so suddenly blasted. / do not yield in
the intensity of regard for the prosperity of
Franklinton and its schools to W" or any
other person. But | am really at a loss to
discover any cause for the alarm which has
been sounded. have heard of no dissatis-
faction or disappointment from any quarter.
The Schools have opened under the most fa-
vorable auspices with 1870 students with daily
accessions to that number. The highest
hopes of the friends of education have been
fully realized and we now present to the "ad.
miring gaze" of the world an Institution which
challenges the applause, and demands the
respect of all who are capable of approaching
its claims to public favor. CIV" has Ger
tainly done our citizens great injustice if he
is acquainted with the circumstances-and
if he is not, we do not admit his claims OF
OllN A1lo v ASSC " 4SSOdIO 10 GI1IOuSd IIk
Newspapers, in regard to the management Of
our affairs. As | am a citizen of Franklintor
and a Trustee of the School. | am unwilling
for what l conceive to be an unjust and illib
eral allusion to our citizens, to go out to tht
world, without an expression of my disap
probation of such a course. More especial,
when it is asserted that it is calculated to ere
tard the progress if not entirely destroy tn
Institution" G. G. BLACKNALL.
WHAT LITTLE GIRLS CAN Do.-As short tim
ago, a temperance meeting was held here
when a little girl, five years old repeated
temperance song, entitled the Reforme
Drunkard's Child. And such was the efffec
upon one person present. slave of tn
drunkard's drink, having resisted all tn
warnings, entreaties, and arguments offriend
that he signed the pledge. He has sine
been the means of inducing five others ais
to adopt our principles. Who can tell whG
good even a child may do?
Another little girl, only two years and
BALI old, was singing a part ola temperate
song, when a female asked her what she W.
singing. She told her, and then added, wi
you go to the meeting tonight? ? She col
sented, went, and while there, was persui
ded to sign the pledge. She has now kept
for six months, and is satisfied with her tria
! The superintendent of a Sabbath scho
, says: We have a little girl in our scho
who has been a teetotaller for several year
whose parents keep a public house, but VIII
we have reason to believe, maintains h
: pledge amidst temptation, with c~onsiste1
l and remarkable frmness.'
, A friend has informed me, that sever
years ago, a little girl was in the habit
visiting at his house as a companion to b
! children. She was persuaded to sign Il
. pledge, and has kept it ever since with su,
. frmness, that she will not fetch intoxicatil
= drink for any one that on one occasion, for
Z was tried to induce her to do so, her fng
being held in a pair of shoemaker's pincer
but she heroically told her prosecutor
y might pinch it of, but she woald not go
any drink.
Little girls, initiate the frmness and {
J cision of this little girl.
S. s. and T0uth's Tenn. Jour.
e SAD FATALITY. The Winchester Virgini
Le states that a young man from Loudon, VIII
iourneying towards Winchester, a week
Ie two since, was compelled by illness to st
n in Clarke county, where he was receiy
le into the family of Mr.. James III. Clarke
The young man died, and the diseases;
10 DcGypupiu u0uHloHld- proven COHGdSlo
IF and two ladies who ministered to the dyi
youth-one a member of Mr.. C's family
I have followed him to the tomb.
TESTIMONY FROM A HIGH SoURcE.-Go,
nor Dutton, of Connecticut, says, in refere
is to the operation and effect of the prohibit
~ liquor law in that State, 1t has complet
be swept the pernicous traffic, as a busin
ed from the State. An open groggery car
or be found. In our cities and manufactul
in villages, streets that were formerly consta
v. disturbed by drunken brawls, are now as q
of as any other. The change is SO p~alpable,
I'd many who have been strongly opposed to 5
IN a law. have been forced 10 acknowledge
- efficacy of this. The statistics of our CO
and prisons prove that criminal prosecu,
In are rapidly diminishing in number. S
mt iails are almost tenantless. The law has
IN thoroughly executed, with much less dific
a and opposition than was anticipated.
7er longer the beneficial results of tbe law
-ed seen and felt, the more firmly it bee'
We established. The home of the peaceful eli
was never before more secure