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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28
War Speculations again.

There seems to be considerable anxiety In
tae country, lest a war be brought about be-
tween the United States and England. The
Champion difficulties and the Nicaraguan af-
fairs, it is feared will lead to it. Mr.. Cramp-
ton, British Minister to this country, was
charged some months since, with violating
the neutrality laws by enlisting recruits for
the British army on American soil. This
led to a demand for the removal of Mr.
Champion, by this Government. This is posi-
+;roJr rof,aad l~-n .-l-s~ 4
supposed the Presidentswill, Of course, dis.
miss him.
The other cause for var arises, it is said,
from our Government recognizing the Min.
lister Father Willy of Walkers new govern.
ment in Central America and also from
the fact that British vessels have interfered,
to prevent the landing of passengers at Nicar
aqua, from American vessels, on the ground
that such passengers were recruits for Walk
er's army. Our government it is said. has de
termlned to resent the insult, and has sen
out orders to its naval officers to see tina
passengers be allowed to 60 and come a
pleasure. Unless unusual prudence be exer
clsed by the officers of both governments a
collision can hardly be avoided, and ther
will follow war.
The activity which prevails in our Navy
department, and the orders given by Mr.
Dobbin with especial reference to Nicaragu
an affairs, affords a plausible pretext for
these foreshadowings.
The control of the Isthmus, which is the
ultimate design, doubtless, of Great Britain,
is a question OF momentous import to this
country, and one to which it cannot submit.
but we hope it can be prevented and all our
difficulties be adjusted without resort to war.
Let prudence and honor be duly observed.
and peace, we think, can be maintained be-
tween these two great countries.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28

IA The Editor of the Camden Journal,
one of the very best papers, published at s2a
year, makes the following remarks about ad-
v%ertising being necessary to sustain a paper.
He also gives grumblers about patent medi-
cine advertisements a well merited rebuke,
but we have not room for that. The Jour
nal says:
Every man who ever has been engaged in
publishing a newspaper knows full well, that
the subscription list of a paper is insufficient
of itself to support it, and pay a profit to the
publisher. This is a stubborn fact, the rea-
sons are obvious to all who know anything
about their business, and argument is there.
fore unnecessary. There must be some
source of profit, and, unless an Office gets it
from advertising and job work, we are at 6
loss to know where it is to come from. Were
we to depend entirely H~on our subscription
list, even though it were four times as large,
our Office would not yield a sufficient income
to support the compositors, after other neces
sary expenses, leaving the editorial wighten
tirely out of the question.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28

hARPER FOR JUNE. We are indebted
mr. Pomeroy for the June number nc H.
Pere Magazine. 1t is replete with tho NO..
interesting reading. and should ba IN a.
hAnd OF every man and woman of Iito,a-u
taste. Alerary
va Graham's Magazine, for june ;.on
our table. 1t is a capital number. both 80
regards embellishments and readina
inns Magazine is eminently WORTHY Of -.
nigh position it occupies in the Pe-;Od;"a9
literature of our country. For s. 50 -
Send the Spirit of the Age and Graham c..
year. For the same sum we will furn;.sn
age and Harper; or the Age and caIo-,o
Lady's Book. For So we will ~fn-n;eL
Age and PetersOn's Magazine. o. tha 'no
and Arthur's Magazine. age
HE PRESBYTERIAN MAGAZINE. for Mo-
also on our table. This is a good RELIGION.
Magazine, and deserves a wide-snreod e.
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whose interest and success it IS devoted pic
one dollar a year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28
To the Young Men.

The young men of the country, it is truth
fully asserted, are the hope of the country
So are they of the Temperance cause. The
old men who have SO long and nobly stood
up in defence of the cause, will soon pass
away. The middle-aged will soon glide into
the slippers of the old-and upon the young
will devolve the active, vigilant labor neces-
sary to carry forward this noble and holy en-
terprise. Shall these hopes be disappointed?
You have not yet drank of the bitter draught
o~fdissipatlon. The cursed appetite for strong
drink has not yet fastened its iron grasp
upon you. You are yet free from that gall
ing, slayish- bondage under which thousands
around you groan and long to be freed. You
have not personally experienced the horrors
of inebriation. You know nothing yet of
the blasted intellect, the shattered nerves,
the bloated features, and guilty conscience
of the poor drunkard. Heaven grant you
ever to remain in this state of blissful igno-
rance.
But, bark ye, every hour ydkl are beset by
temptations which, if yielaeS1 will as surely
cause: It is important! fore, that you
envelope yourselves, as in a panoply of steel,
that you may be able to escape. The first
great step is to commit yourselves, with all
the energy of firm free heart, to that cause
whose object is to do battle against the mad
curse of drunkenness. Take a firm stand
IN defence Of total abstinence-unite your
self with that cause and labor for its advance
ment with heart and main-let your name
and influence be given with a hearty will for
Its promotion, always and without casing
SO shall you escape the pollutions and horrors
OF lnebriacy, and your head and heart be en-
clrcled with a conscious purity, more valua-
Die and enduring than all the wealth and
fame that gold and renown can bestow.-
lake your stand, young man, on the side Of
God and humanity, and maintain it to the
last, and success and prosperity will surely
be yours.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28
Marrying a Stranger

Mr.. VIM. Otrich, of Mocksville NC, calls
upon the public to beware of "a Rascal
who calls himself Nathan Green, who e
to Mocksville in October last, and before
Christmas married Mr.. O.'s daughter, whom
ne has since deserted. Green is described as
being about 80 years old, a tailor by trade,
SIX feet high, weighs about ITO pounds black
hal7, blue eyes, short nose, a small mole on
the right side of his mouth, &c. Mr.. Otrich
makes the publication, he says, to guard
other communities, and especially females
against the moral monster"
We certainly %sympathise with the betray.
ed victim of this base deceiver, but as long
as our ladies SO hastily accept of proposals tc
marry by strangers, SO long will parents
and the betrayed, be called upon to mourn
over biunders committed in a hurry. Bette,
take Davy Crockett's advice" Always be
sure you're right, before you go ahead
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28
Grand Military Display.

The Wilmington papers give glowing ac-
aaaaatr btAtaaSSe,t Of the 10Th inst.-the apniversa-
ry OF the Mecklenburg Declaration of indie
pendence-which was participated in by the
Oak City Guards, of Raleigh the Indepen-
dent Light Infantry, of Fayetteville; and
the Volunteer Companies of Wilmington
the two former Companies being the invited
guests of the Wilmington Light Infantry
Company.
The visiting Companies were received in
fine style by the Wilmington Companies, the
whole cortege presenting a most imposing
appearance. A Gold Medal was shot for by
the Raleigh and Fayetteville Companies and
the Wilmington Light Infantry, which was
won by Saml. G. Mott, of the Fayetteville
Light lnfansry-whose average shot was
3 lilo inches. The best average shot made
by our Raleigh Company was by Tho. Howle
5 Lilo inches !; the best single shot nv .Ino
Spellman.
A public dinner was given at Browns
Hotel, at which speeches were made nv
Messrs. Huske and Banks, of Fayetteville !.
Harrison, Tucker and Bryan of the Oak C;tv
Guards, Capt. DeCarteret, Of the Indenen-
dent Guards, and Seaton Gales, ESQ. of IA
leigh; and Messrs. Cowan, Strange and
Parsley, of Wilmington.
On the morning of the 21st, the Wilmi no.
ton Herald says:
This morning, the Companies had a dr., ,ss
parade, the Oak City Guards turning out in
full winter uniform, 1--WE do not hesitate to
say that it is the handsomest military CORPS
we have ever seen,) and finally marched to
the wharf and embarked on the steamer
Spray for an excursion down the river.
The Oak City Guards returned home on the
morning of the Oath, and are enthusiastic in
their praises of Wilmington, and the chival-
rous attentions paid them by their brothers
in arms of that public spirited City.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28
Uolume I.
How they feel the Loss.

We notice in several States where the Tenn
perance papers have been suffered to 90
down for want of patronage, that efforts
are beingmade to establish other organs and
they submit the following reasons, proving
the necessity for such q step:
LIST. That the press is the principal agency
to move the public mind in this country.
I'd. That an organ is imperatively deman-
ded to advocate and defend the temperance
cause.
Sd. That political and other papers cannot
supply this necessity.
4th. That every household should be yis-
tied weekly by a Temperance paper, SO that
the inmates may be in~doctrinated with our
principles and shielded from the wiles of the
destroyer.
5th.-New and important facts, statistics
and arguments, are being furnished constant
ly, which should End their way to every fami-
ly, but which can not reach them without a
journal devoted to the work.
6th.-The papers of the North, are notadap-
ted to our situation and circumstances be-
. sides, events transpiring in our midst com
mand more attention and excite greater in
Ieresr.
7th.-Withouta paper all our Organizations
must languish and die, and intemperance
come in upon us like a food.
These people feel the loss of their temper.
ance papers and know how great is tina
:, loss. Let those who yet have an organ, la.
= Dor earnestly to sustain it, lest they have L
mourn over its failure also.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28
Let's Take a Drink.

The "Cayuga Chief says it once heard a
young man say to some companions lets
take a Drink"-and SO the boys did, re-enter-
ing the cars with their language and persons
marked by the bar-room color.
Take a drink! The young men were wen
dressed. They have taken a step which Will
bring a fearful retribution. Years hence a
thousand woes will blossom in the footprints
now made in your life. A false light giios
the deadly miasma which dogs their footsteps
They see not the smoking altar towards which
they are tending. A host of shadowy phan-
toms of vice and crime are fitting on before:
Red.handed murder laughs at their folly, n
death is in waiting at the fresh opened grave.
There are tears to shed by those who at this
hour dream not of the sorrow which these
false steps shall bring upon them.
Take a drink! All the uncounted host Of
drunkards whose grave in every land mark
the pathway of intemperance, took a drink
They took drinks and died. The d~runkards
of to-day are taking drinks. Three out Of
four of the murderers of 1855 took a drink
Their steps were toward the dram shop, ano
then from the scaffold out upon the fearless
%aste UnaE Hes D0Josa.- "HAv Pl-:1-r~%~h
Is which totter in our streets, all took drinks
Families are beggared by single drinks
He'll is peopled by them.
We involuntarily shudder when we sc
yuung men crowding the deeply-beaten pat
to the dram shop. They are all confident {
their own strength. With the glass in han
wasre coils the deadly adder, they ha, h!
absxt the fools that drink themselves to dealt
They boldly leap into the tide where stron;
er arms have failed to beat back the sulle
flow They dance and shout in the midst
the grinning and CHASTITY dead, and riot upo
the reeking fumes of the graves foul breat
The7 boast of their strenth! And yet the
:are but the reed in the storm. They with
like the glass under the ~sirocco breath of Il
plsgue they nourish. A brief time and tn
ARE s~iriendless, homeless, and degraded. A
,oths, day, and the storm of their life is to
by 3 rude, stoneless grave in Potter's Field
Don't take a drink! Shun the Dead S
%fruss, which bloom on the shore where m
lions have died. The bubbles which float I
ion tie beaker's brim, hide the adder's far
1.-The history Of ages points sadly to the ma
i.densd hosts who have offered themselv
1.soul and body, to the demon of the cup. I
bondage of iron gals but the limbs. III
,dfnahe dram letters the soul.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28
WHY it has declined

Several reasons might be truly assigned
for the decline of the Temperance cause in
this State, but we think the chief cause is to
be laid at the door of its professed friends.
ne have suffered it to decline for the want
of interest in its behalf. We have proved
unfaithful-we have allowed ourselves to be
discouraged because it has not gone straight
forward to signal and complete victory. The
enemy has boosted over, and prosecuted us,
the sheer of ridicule and the finger of scorn
has been pointed at US by wicked and hcen-
tious men-and instead of standing up with
lion hearts in defence ofour principles, know
ing them to be just and right, too many have
retired from the field and joined the enemy;
others have fallen into apathy and careless
ness, while but a few, here and there, have
stood up, in defiance of all opposition and
against all odds, and still plead the cause OF
God and humanity. Had the friends of tenn
perance remained firm-had they continued
to battle as they have battled in years gone
by, the malice and opposition of wicked men
and devils could not have reduced the cause
to its present extremity.
linen VINO Jew vesa by tie CAUSE 5e1 M w. :
s r%everses, must we rely to bring it up again
from the ashes into which it has fallen
Come, friends, we know what a tew accom-
plished in the early history of our Order
we remember now a handful of men in each
community once took hold of our cause, and
by whose energy and activity, how such a
re feeling and interest was awakened and car.
ried forward as enlisted thousands in our
!" ranks. Ne can do this again. SHALL WE?
If This is the important inquiry. Will we re-
n. solve to work, as we once did, in behalf of
es suffering humanity. Will we talk with our
ns neighbors urge upon our young men to
p unite with US get subscribers to our TEN.
n. perance paper, and thus keep the cause before
RI the people? If these could be secured, the
day of prosperity would return to us. Let
the song ring out:
Ho! wake again the slumbering bands
il With shout and bugle blast
- Lift up once more the battle brand,
ho With iron in the grasp;
Each pulse beat like the %lightning's scath
% To smite the monster in our path.
lss
ITO For love of man-in fear of God,
: Fling out our o~rihamme,
And meath it gather on the sod
To wage the battle Ger again.
en- Close up! close up ! till one heartbeat
ID? Shall throb along the moving feet.
Come out once more from shop and field
And marshal for the Right;
Tsp Once more the Curse of Blood shall feel
Ill The weight of freemen's might;
,ds The freeman's thunder again shall swell
In judgment 'gainst these earthly hellsl
Ors By every tie the scourge hath broken
of By shrines once rich in prayer,
100 Let's lift to God each shivered token,
And, hand in hand. together swear,
nee To stand Uih harness on for age
7ou Until the scourge IS s,oept aUay!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28
General Cary.

1t will be seen by the following from the
Camden Is. c. Journal, that Gen. Cary has
completed his brief visit to South Carolina
and returned home:
GENERAL ). +. CARY.-We had the pleasure
yesterday, in company with several brethren
OF Wateree Division, to meet our distinguish.
ed friend at the Depot, he having arrived in
the morning train from Columbia, where he
lectured on Saturday evening to the students
of the S. G. College, with his usual success.
Gen. G. is now on his way back home. having
visited a large number of places in our State
and having lectured with overwhelming snc,
cess to large and delighted audiences Tn
SOM places his triumph as a Speaker has
been unparalleled, and will result most bene.
hclally to the cause of Temperance, good
morals, and Religion. 1t would be in vain
to attempt to give the instances where he has
been successful, for they are SO numerous
tnat we should have to commence at the be-
follow him in hisgigantic triumphs
seep Dy step at chester and Yorkville he car
req everything before him,-at Spartanburo
Greenville, and Anderson. he was EMINENT
successful, and at Abbeville and Greenwood
MS efforts have been richly and ~abundantIv
crowed with success. He spent two DAYS a.
Newbery, and there the effect has been fro.
mendous, the cause has been revived and
plaeen upon a basis which is not likely soon
Our limits will not allow us a more exten-
ded notice at present, and we must content
ourselves by saying that it rarely falls to the
iot OF mortais to hear such q Speaker, whose
owe OF reasoning and sublime eloquence. is
so utterly eonvincingand overwhelming. yer;-
~, we shall not look upon his like AGAIN
very soon. He visits Sumter tomorrow: and
Marion on Thursday, where his labors close
IN IN tGe faimetto State. He is delighted with
the State and the people are delighted with
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28

Ia Senator Sumner of Massachusetts
was assaulted in the Senate Chamber, by Mr..
Brooks, member of the House from s q
and beaten severely with a stick, so that he
was carried bleeding to his lodging. Thu
cause was some offensive language, used bv
mr. sumner IN a speech the day previous,
rejecting on Senator Butler, of S. c.. who i
absent from Washington. Mr.. Brooks l.
a nephew of Senator Butler. Both Houses
OF Congress have taken the matter in hand
The affair has created great excitement.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28

"a We commence in this number of the
Age two beautiful Original Stories-one by
our highly esteemed Correspondent " MEMO
and the other by a new Contributor, a fair
friend, whom we hope to hear from often.
The literary and moral worth of these Stories
will rank with the best Periodical productions
of the day. Others are on file, and will ap.
pear as fast as we car make room for them,
Should not such apaper have 10, 1000 subscri
bers at the price we offer it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28

"IHAVE THE READING OF IT EVERY WEEK.
1t not u~nfrequently occurs, when per-
sons are asked if they will subscribe for a
newspaper, or if they already take it, that,
they reply, mo, but ~neighbor B. takes it..
and have the reading of it every week"
Such often add, that they consider it the.
best paper they know Of" They are bene-
flied every week by the toll, perplexities and
expenditures of those who receive nothing
from them in return. Reader, if you feel
reproved, just send in your name and take
the paper yourself.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28
Jonesville Male and Female Academic.

These institutions are pleasantly To-
Gated IN Jonesville, N. c. Rev. W L.
a Eaton, assisted by Mr.. d. S. Cock
erham, has charge of the Male Depart-
ment, and Miss Frost and Miss Dough
erty have charge of the Female De-
partment. There are 118 students j..
IL boys and Al girls. This school is
destined to accomplish much good. and
merits the public confidence. The
annuai Examination takes place on the
9th and 18th inst.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28

TEMPERANCE IN H NAvY.-The United
states ship Portsmouth lift her anchorage at
Noflolk' on Thursday, under orders, to Join
the East India Squadron. She is command.
cd by Andrew 81. Foote. The Po,t.n,ontb
says the Transcript, sis the first United States
vessel that ever left this port having entire
iy dispensed with the spirit rations by the
voluntary arrangement of the crew.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28
Live Giraffe.

This paper has been revived, under the
editorial management of MI. R. Whitaker.
He will contribute much to amuse, and
we know he is capable also of ministering
to the improvement of his readers.
We trust the vices and follies of the day
will find in him a trenchant enemy. Sue.
cess to his enterprise.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28

SMALL Pox.-We learn that the Commits
sloners OF the town of S~mithfeld, johnson
county held a meeting on the 18th instant
anu ADVISED the citizens of the county, and
al those interested, that they think it would
De ~lmprndent to hold the ensuing County
Court on the 4th Monday, for fear of conta.
gion, &c.
This notice has been sent to all the postof.
noes IN the County, and to the Bar who at.
tend said Court.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28
Premiums | Premiums! /!


We propose giving to all who forward US
Clubs.of subscribers, the following Premi-
ums, viz:
For Clubs of JfOe, with FIVE Dollars, 100 pa
gss of good Temperance Tract and Pamphlet
reading.
For Clubs of ten, and ten dollars, l25 pa
ges of ditto.
For Clubs of twenty, an twenty dollars,
800 pages ditto; &C., &C..
cufaTr1d5hh ana also Be the meaas Of d;.fr;bn
ting good temperance reading for gratuitoul
circulation. We invite all to afail themselve
OF this way of doing good. Our list must b
increased some how, and this will, we hope
prove to be a good way to accomplish thi
ned.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28

"a AccIDENT.-On Thursday morning
the 9th inst, Mr.. Henry Brit of Samson
county was instantly killed by the accidental
discharge Of his gun. The load entered
ms mouth and escaped at the top of his head
mr' Brit was a respectable man, and leaves
a wife and children.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28

GoLDsBoRo FEMALE CoLEGE.-The annual
commencement exercises of this institution,
Ill LID -ed' 4ih and 9Th of June. Rev.
o.M. Frost will preach the annua sermon on
tuesday night, and John S. Long, Esor. will
denver the Literary address on Wednesday
afternoon.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28

ks~ The ladies of Chesterfield Village. s.
" recently called on a grog seller in that
place. and politely but firmly notified him
that ne must quit selling liquor. They offer
Gu 70 BUY hlm out, in order that they might
empty his stock into the gutter but he pre.
ferred leaving the village and taking it with
him.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28
k69@ The Steamer Canada arrived at

HS- The Steamer Canada arrived at New
York on the 2lst, bringing Liverpool dates
to the 10th inst. The only news of interest
is the confirmation of the peace treaty by
the British Parliament, and accounts of the
peace rejoicings. Cotton is reported easy
but not quotably lower. Breadstuffs slightly
advanced. Naval stores weak with small
sales at a slight advance OIL previous quota
tiOns.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28

s9~ We are informed, says the Clinton In
dependent, by one of the Grand Jury of the
Superior Court of Sampson last week. that
they were busily engaged for FIVE days in
finding bills of Indictment, and that with 5
exceptions, all the difficulties took their rise
under the immediate influence of intoxicating
LIQUOR.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-28

IA The Hon. Edward Everett has con-
sented to deliver his admirable address on the
character of Washington, at Chapel Hill. du-
ring the ensuing Fall. Of course, SO good an
opportunity willsnot be lost, to have the aa.
dress delivered in Raleigh.