Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-02-13
A Fsneral Sermon.

was called uPo1to preach the funeral ola
hard case nameF Ram, which be did, in the :
following uniquas,yle:
My beloIe1brethren and sisters, if our
beloved Brothergaan would a wanted some
body to come h@e and tell lies about him.
and make him dA a better Rlan than he was,
he wouldn't hasf chose me to preach his
funeral.
No, my brethdn, he wanted to be held up :
as burning ind a shining light" to :
warn you from te error of your ways. He
kept horses, andLAe run'd 'em ; be kept :
c%hlckins, and be fou't 'em. Our dear de
parted brother had many warnin' brethren.
The first warnin' was when he broke his leg
but he still we1tsH in the error of his ways
The second warfin' was when bis son Pete
hung himself in Jill and the last and great
est @srnin' OF all Was when he died himself"
The preacher enlarged on these topics, IN
til he sunk Ram so low that his hearers be.
gan TO doubt whether be would ever succeed
IN getting him up again, and, as in usual in
funerals, landing him safe in Abraham
bosom. This vas the object ofthe second part
of the sermon, which started off thus:
My orethsnsthere'H be grea, meracles,
great merselesss heaven. And the first
>meraele wil4sa manyt you expect to
ind there you wort see there. The peo-
pie that go round with long faces, maxim
long prayers, won't be there; and the second
meraele will be, that many you dor'texpect
TO tlNd there-as perhapsson won't expect
to find our dear departed brother Ram
you'll see there and Ae last and greatest
meracle will be, to 6ud yourselves there
PoIsoNISa.-Scarcely had the English
mind become familiarized to the enormous
swindling transactions Of Sir John Paul, and
his associates in crime, than it is again start
led by the discovery Of systematic murder
Gus criminality, which throws into the shade
any thing that has transpired in that coun-
try since the days of Burke and Hare. The
atroclous circumstances, as thus far reveal
ed, are as follows "A we'll known sporting
character, DR.. William Palmer, a profes.
sional surgeon, as we'll as "blackleg," had
bet largely with q gentleman named Cook, on
some race, and which 1t appears Palmer lost
They met at Rugefey, in Staffordshire, toset
a tie accounts, and it has since been ascertain
ed th.t Palmer was heavily indebted to. Cook
t Cook having partaken of a glass Of liquor
e became suddenly sick, and asserted that Pal
mer had poisonedfiim. His death took plac,
the next day, and Palmer was arrested. L
e was then remembered that Palmer's wife
had similarly died, and a further inquiry
revealed the astounding fact, that no less thai
e sixteen persons connected intimately wit
him had also suddenly died within a shor
time, on whose lives he had effected insurar
a ces,or with whom he had betting transactions
h Several of the supposed victims have bee
%exhumed, and on q chemical research bein
t Instituted, traces OF strychnine were dlscove
ed. 1t is now supposed that Lord Geore
ID BentiEck, who died very suddenly, and WI
- had large gambling transactions with tn
tie accused, was also carried off by the sam
ID nefarious practices and to such q pitch
to remorseless ~atrocity and criminal audacit
es have his operations been carried on, that
rs celebrated race-horse which be owned W
$, named ''Strychnine," rs if to commemora
the vile means BY which he acquired |
er wealth.
Id Such is a condensed statement Of the he
at rid propensities Of one well educated, a
lis though a sporting man." moving in t
re best circles. Much as education is consid'
de ed an antidote to crime, we have here anOi
en- er evidence that drinking and gambling W
FL break drown every barrier, and convert
up man, made in the image of his God, into
lg- object Of loathing or a fend to be abhorre
no Coop DocTRINE.-IIave youenemies?
lot straight on, and mind them not. If tn
block up your path, walk around them,
gardless Of their spite. A man who has
a enemies is seldom good for. anything-he
ne made of that kind of material which is 80
re- silly worked that every one has a hand in
est A sterling character, one who thinks for b
nd self, and speaks what he thinks, is alw;
ri c.o1 ~ I--z ,o- TL~-
Lno sary to him as air they keep him alive
wn active. a celebrated character, who ,
ISL surrounded by enemies, used to remar
They are sparks which, if you do not bl
a will 90 out themselves this be "
des feeling, while endeavoring to live down
-ed' scandal of those who are bitter against )
IT you stop to dispute, you do but as t
ted desire, and open the way for more abb
leir Let the poor fellows talk-there will be
ana a reaction, if you perform but your duty,
hundreds who were once alienated from
afy- will flock to you and acknowledge their
lyS, rOr.
4th,
Nc SUNDAY SCHOOLS. The Methodist |
.1lJ found, by careful, attention to the Stats
' :: OF their body, that the Sunday School is
i great nursery Of the church. An exchs
says The number of hopeful convers
IN the SUNDAY ochooi OF the M9tnOQiSt 1
copal Church, the past year, was seven
in thousand four hundred and ninety, four
the more than half the net increase Of the n
bership of the Church, which was Il
thousand seven hnndredand thirty-two.
Oh ring the last eight years, the aggregate 7
Der Of hopeful conversions in their SUI
Schools, was between ninety four and nj
five thousand, or one-eighth Of the v
present membership OF the Church.
e or o,r .
ton, says.tbl = been called ID
the fact that some pokSkhsters are in the
pile. of sending back to TN mailing Office Il
me reaching them for delivery, because
.ou1d were not prepaid by stamps, but by m.
oliu This is wrong, and arises from a misa