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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-11-19

This ecclesiastical body met at Mt. Moriah,
in Guilford county on the 5th inst.
The President, John F. Speight, opened the
Conference with quite an interesting sermon.
The representation is very good, both ministe-
rial and laity.
Rev. c. +. Harris was elected President
for the ensuing year, and Rev. w. II. Wills
was elected Secretary. Revs. John Perdew
and W. G. Cannon, Of the NJ. Z. Church, were
introduced and invited to take seats in the
Conference.
One of the principal topics Of discussion,
was a prosposition to establish a Female
Seminary of high grade at High Point. The
Conference finally adopted the resolution to
establish said school, but located it at James
town, in Guilfordco. The following board
of Trustees were elected: Geo. G. Menden-
nall, Jonathan w. Field, j. F. Speight, L. w.
Bachelor, Calvin johnson, c.. Fl. Wiley,
Alex. Robbins, c.. T. Harris and j. G. Ran.
kin. In the debates, much interest in the
cause of religion and education were mani
tested.
On the Sabbath sermons were preached al
various places in the vicinity. On Tuesday
morning the statistics were read, as follows
81 Itinerants 80 Unstationed Ministers
and Preachers,
Number of Members 6229.
Nett increase this year, 1873.
Number of Churches So, Value $50. 900.
Sabbath Schools Ii, Teachers 81, Scholars
419.
The Preachers were disposed of as fol
lows:
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Ia Encouraged by the success which his
remediesfo for Bots and other diseases of Horses,
has met in curing this noble animal, r. NJ.
Brown, Esq, still offers them for sale on very
low terms. All who lose their Horses now
may justly blame themselves for not provi-
ding these safe and speedy remedies. See
his Advertisement in another column.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-11-19

NJ. Il. Cor rERENcE.-The North Carolina
Annual Conference convened in this town
ON Wednesday morning. the 18th inst. A
large number Of Ministers was present.
The Conference was opened at 9 o'clock,
A. NJ, Bishop Early presiding, with the
usual religious exercises, and the usual com
mittees were appointed.
Among the visitors present was the Rev.
DIR. Hamilton, Editor Of the Methodist Tract
Society the Rev. Mr.. Nice, Of the Georgia
Conference ; Rev. Ii. b. Cowles and Rev.
Loo. Rosscr, Of the Virginia Conference
Greensboro Pat.
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PUBIC DocUNENTs.-We are obliged to
Hon. L. OBJ. Branch for Vols. l and 2 Of
the Patent Office Reports on Mechanism, for
1855. They contain, of course, much valua-
BILE information, and are we'll calculated to
extend useful knowledge upon subjects Of
great importance to the Mechanics and Ar
tisans of the Nation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-11-19

Hr We still continue to initiate new men,
bers into old Concord Division No. l, and
our meetings are interesting and soulreyi-
wing. IF those members who have stayed
away SO long that they have grown cold on
this great subject, will come up next Satur-
day night, we promise them such a warming
up as viii do their hearts good. Come up,
brethren; open arms and warm hearts are
ready to greet you.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-11-19

~ The November No. of the Carolina
oultlVator' a useful. Agricultural journal,
is 10 hand. Let the Farmers subscribe for
and read it and be profted. Price 81
year. Address W: D. Cooke, Raleigh, n. G
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fash my horse would cover and tremble in
every limb. The wind and rain among the
tall pines kept up a loud roaring and COM
pletely swallowed up the sound of our hor-
ses, hoofs as We sped along through the
gloom. The house was reached at last
throwing the rein to the negro, | entered
and found-you would suppose, most mex
perienced reader, a woman lying in the
agonies of death No such thing-Ifound
my patient sleeping quietly amidst the tu-
mutt of the elements, and seemingly as free
from disease as myself. / will not say that
l was vexed, for fear you may think | am
quick tempered; | will not say my counte-
nance wore a placid smile, for fear you may
think | an hard hearted but | will say,
that the appearance of things struck me as
Inconsistencies, that's the word, incon-
sistent. | awoke the old lady and procee-
ded to ascertain her complaint. Twas the
old stereotyped phrase-"been having
chills," said she; had a chill that morning
felt very well just then, was thinking
that she might have another next day
hoped [ hadn't got wet, as it had been rain
ing "rite sharpe" left a dose of the In
dispensable Quinine, mounted and rode
E back at the rate of ten miles an hour
About a mile from home, the road runs
across a millldam that ponds up a. large
swamp, that turns a mill. That road wal
: my particular aversion, even in broad opeE
: day light, being just wide enough for on
vehicle and having PERCEPTIONS sides of tel
feet. Dark as it was, | had no idea of stop
ping to walk my horse across there in sucl
j a storm-so | passed on across at a sweep
ing gallop. Suddenly a flash of lightning
= more vivid than the rest, followed by al
almost an instantaneous clap Of thunder
caused my horse to check his headlong ca
reer-he reared up and plunged forward
and felt myself going down, down, crash
g. ing through limbs and bushes, and befor
/ could regain my scattered senses | foun
9 myself, on horseback still, away down belo
i the road, on the mill dam, with a twig i
each nostril and the end of a limb maxim
a surgical exploration within my left ca
,se [ sat for a few seconds, stupidity gazing I
70 into the darkness and thinking it was all
dream but the lightning showing me tt
dam again. l plunged the rowels into n
horses side ard with Two tremendo
To leaps he regained the road. Not ing dau
ted We started on our Gilpin race again
oily clattered across the bridge at the mill a
sa- soon we were at home again. The ne
morning it seemed all a dream-and
-er- inspection of the state of my boots a
as pants was the only thing that could ma
nd me believe it true.
"That night" I'll not soon forget.
and HOME PLACE, Nov. Sth, 1886.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-11-19

Eg We have been requested by The Pres
iaent OF tho Raleigh Debating Society" to
state that the time of holding their weekly
meetings has been changed from Saturday to
Friday night.
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Appoihtments for easuing year.

IaDerhacle, WK. Fl. Pegram, do
Wilmington & Fayetteville, ~unsupplied.
Without appointments:-R.R r. Prather, John
T. Speight, J. Causey, Jno. Gordon, Jno. L
Michaux, L. G. Hays, G. A. f. Whitaker.
Others in the hands of the President.
The next session viii be held at jamestown
on Thursday before the second Sabbath in
November, 1857.
The Conference adjourned on Tuesday
evening.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-11-19

LACK OF MINIsTERs.-It is stated in the
Central Presbyterian, that there are now
thirty-fve vacant Presbyterian churches in
Virginia, rs churches without pastors, and a
considerable number of them with large and
influential congregations-able and anxious
to procure the services of ministers. There
are fifty-four counties in Virginia in which
there is neither organized church nor minis
ter of the Presbyterian denomination.
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FAMILY Newspapers.

the PERSONS have any just conception of
eA'ent OF their Indebtedness to the papers
.,o,s |s Information they possess and the
sentiments they cherish. Let any
- a well conducted family paper, open
rNe's and consider thoughtfully its con-
nsS mere are, in a single number, some
unne, i,0m one hundred and fifty to two
huhoreu separate and distinct articles. each
one conveying an idea, a fact, or a sentiment.
ali StaVeu VI illustrated SO as to produce an
AFFECT IN ehiafging the readers store of know
ledge, or IN giving a right direction to
thought, feeling and action. Must not all
this have It's influence, and in the aggregate
a mighty influence upon the readerq We
think so.
No rejecting man can fail to see that the
fifty two visits in year If a carefully con.
Quoted paper, intelligent correct, elevated il
moral '0ne' and ~ Ting in its contents
must exert a great q Blessed influence upol
domestic life. ChilSsen growing up undo
such influences, are far more likely to be in
telligent, correct in their opinions, and bette
prepared for the active duties of life, tina
they s9pla possible sssge WITHOUT it,
The Season.
Spring. with her gay dress and gladsor
d voices ; Summer with her brightness a
5 balminess Autumn with his grandeur a
: gorgeousness Of %coloring, have each, in tu1
h come, fingered, charmed US. and then dep
o ted and 10 hoarysheaded Winter sits
r d%esolate grandeur on his throne of hills. 7
red and sere leaf thaerustles beneath
feet the pale and shrunksn rose we see-s
the faded but still lovely violet, each e
reminds us too forcibly that human no,
n human joys, and human Aspirations
ir doomed to inevitable decay and as we r;
ty BILE, in solitary musing, through the b
he grove, we are constrained to pause, andfa
no the wild winds are chanting low reou
.lv for the glory which has departed from
in earth.
les But will sweet Spring return oh
,rs sweet, gladstone Spring will return.
spending mortal-look up, and cheer
,u- and smile, and be glad in thy heart
ed Spring of thy hope shall also return
sh- there is a spring for thee, if thoa wilt ga:
,eir in a cline unimaginably glorious above
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Written for the Spirit of the Age.


Here are three important points which
We may safely assume as entirely unques-
tionable:-that our country is horribly
scourged by i-ntemperance that the time
has come when a great effort is demanded
for the expulsion of4his evil; and that no
effort can be e~ffectual without being uni
versal. Hence is deduced undeniably the
conclusion, that it is the duty, and the sol
emn duty of the people in every part of
this country, to rise up at once and act Wig
orously and unitedl9mA the furtherance of
whatever measures are best calculated to
promote reformation. Here the question
occurs, what can be done how can this
woe be arrested? The answer is plain
Nothing san be done but In one of the
three following ways . You must either
suffer people to drink immoderately; or
you must endeayorto promote moderation
in drinking or yca must try to persuade
them to drink none at all. One of these
plans must be adopted. Which shall We
choose? The first is condemned already /;
what say we to the second? It has unques.
tionably the sanction of high and ancient
ancestry; it is pressely the plan on which
iDtemperance has b wrestled with ever
since It was a5l eSsrsa that wine Is
Hence comes its Condemnation its lon
use is its death witness. We're it new, "
might hope something from its adoption
but tits old enough to have been tried to th
utmost. The wisdom, the energy, the b
nevolence Of centuries have made the be;
of it; the attempt to keep down iuten
perance by endeavoring to persuade Peep
to indulge only moderately in strong drinl
has been the worlds ~fayorite for ages
while every age has wondered thatth VII
increased 50 rapidly. At last we have bee
awakened to a fair estimate of the succe
of the plan. And what is sit? So far fro
| its having shown the least tendency to e
v terminate the evil, ~ an in no dang
while l take a little" is the first princif
: in the doctrine of intemperance. 1t is hi!
time it were discarded. It has delug
p the land with vice, and sunk the popu
a ton into debasement long enough.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-11-19

Driren Out.-Seyen colored men were
driven out Of Alton, Illinois, last week, by
authority of the Black Law, which prohibits
Golgred men from settling in that State.
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SquijtoftBNAgs
RA L IG Il. ENc.
WgDHagDAg, NoVgmgga 10.
A Positive Arrangement.

Subscribers receiving their paper with a CROSS
MARK, are thereby notified that in four weeks
from the receipt of the first number thus marked,
their subscription years win expire and unless
renewed within that time, the paper will be dis
continued. This rule will be inhexibly adhered to.
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Ra5- If you visit an editor on business, be
brief-if through sympathy, be very consid-
crate both as regards time and manner, lest
you offend or wound a sensitive mind.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-11-19
For the Spirit of the Age.

Respectfully Inscribed to "MoLL1E" of the Socia
Circle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-11-19
THAT MIG T:
Or, & Case of Life and Death.
BY VIDIAN,

Twas a boisterous night. The winds
howled and ragged with demoniac fury
around my snug little shop. My shop is
divided into two rooms the front one con-
tains my drugs, medicines, &C., the back
room is my sanctum. Well, | was sitting
in my sanctum reading, wrapped in a loose
robe, and with my slippered feet resting
upon the top of a chair in front of me. |
was deep in the mysteries of Intermittent
Fever, as described with such exactness by
DIR. Dickson. | heard not the noise of the
elements without, except when a blast of
more than usual violence dashed the wal
nuts from a tree near by upon the top of
the house-and then / would only snuff
the candle, pity the outcast who was con
demned to pass such a night without shell
ter, congratulate myself that there was not
much prospect of a ''call' that night, and
then buckle down to dickson again with
renewed delight.
Twas fast approaching the "noon o.
night" and the rain was coming down like
it did in the days of the food. Surely
thought |, no one would be willingt to senc
a person after a doctor such a night as this
however sick they might be. I had for
gotten the perversity OF sick human nature
To use a common phrase, | had "enumera
ted my i%nfantile poultry before they hat
reached their period of incubation" Will
thus musing with myself, with my for,
finger inserted between the leaves of tn
book to keep from losing the place, thun
dering knock at my door aroused me fully
l opened the door and a great, burly negro
dripping with rain, put his head in an,
gave me the following pleasant piece Of in
formation "Doctor, Mlssis told me t
tell you to come dar directly; said she wa
'fraid she would die in spite of everything.
whats the matter p "Dun no, sir
said you must come right straight" c
course, thus c%onjured, | could not resis
l told the African to wake UP my boy an
tell him to catch my horse. ""The hors
was brought'-but | could rot, with M,
zeppa, say: .
In truth, he was a 4 noble steed
A Tartar Of the Ukraine breed
for he wasn't-in fact, quite the revers
But he had done me good service befol
now-and was willing to trust him aqai
Buttoned up to the throat with a war
overcoat, booted and spirred, l mounte
and tod my Ebon guide to "shoot ahead.
The road to the house where dwelt nv D
tient was devious-in fact quite like Il
representation of the river Meander,
shown in the maps of ancient times. ]
/ give the reader an idea of the country
! lived in, l need only mention that | DIV,
nthe eastern section of the old North Stat
am~idstswamps and what is called othe pin
woods" As | said before, it was "pit
dark" except when ever and anon the viz
: flash Of the forked lightning cleaned
s. thwart the inky sky and showed for a $,
ond's space the road ahead. At eve
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Methodist Protestant Annual Conference

YADKIN, Nov. list, 1856.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-09-13
BEDDING & FURNISHING BUSINESS
Cabinet Makers Findings.


The subscribers respectfully inform their friend,
and the public generally. that they have connee
,ed witl@their Bedding & Furnishing business a
large and well assorted stock of Cabinet Makers
Findings, at their old stand
"o' % South Second Street, beloD Chestnut,
Philadelptla. f. ..
Ihey have associated with them W. 8: Brown
".o mas been ior many years engaged In the
P'incipa' establishment of the kind in this CITY.
me stock OF Goods now on hand comprises
every description of matorssls used by Cabinet
"shers consisting in part of the following viz;
HARDWARE department. Locks, Hinges, Screws
Cas.ors, Bed Screws, Chair and Sofa Springs,
Coffin Handles, &c.
Cahinet Makers Materials, Hair Seating,
unf'ed Hair, Looking Glass Plates and Frames,
Fancy 'ns ss nnd Ha%a %Sl.ea aptT Gp RaR sS 8t
w.cI;",, T.vno. sovking l}ottoms, Rosewood,
Mahogany, Walnut and Maple Knobs, Glass,
Screws, &c. ..
Bedding Department, Hair. Iusk, Moss. Wool
and Cotton Mattresses. Feather Beds. Boosters
and Pillows; Plush, Damask and Moreen Cush-
IONS Ccmfortablcs, Coun,erpancs, Linen and
Cotton Sheets. Pillow Cases, Linen ard Cotton
Towels, Table Cloths, Table Linen, Table Gov.
rrs, Morncn. Dcmusk and Plush by the piece,
Moss and liust by the bale or pound.
The Hair Seating and Curled Hair is from the
Phila Manufactcry of d. IL J. Nobt.
N. b. Hotels, Steam Boats aud Ships fur
nishcd al the shortest notice.
NOBILT. BROWN & NOBLIT,
SO South 2nd 81, Lelom Chestnut.
(Ncarly opposite Bank OF Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, August 9, lS56--ly.
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DESTRUCTION NJ FIRE

At Cane jsfdnd Of Me NfOinf vernon ff0fel-
Nearly an Eatire Family Burnt to death.
Teicgraphc dispatches from Cape Island
on Saturday, announced the entire destruc.
ton of the Mount Vernon Hotel, one of the
largest buildings in the country, which was
accompanied by the greater misfortune OF the
loss Of life Of Mr.. Gain. one Of the proprietors
and nearly his entire family. The fire occnr-
red on Friday night. about ii o'clock The
cool weather had depopulatrd the hotel OF its
summer boarders and only the family OF Mr..
Gain, consisting of himself. two sons, two
dau yhters and housekeeper. remained in the
building. They slept on the second Roor and
the fire breaking ont in the lower story, their
cgress from the building was cut of except
by jumping from the windows. The building
was entirely Of wood, and was raised on piles
driven into the sand. Upon the ground be-
meath the first floor the shavings aud stiins
which had accumulated while building had
been left The fire, it is believed. originated
among these shavings, near the centre, and
it took Lnt short time to spread over such
innAmmable materials as composed the build
ing.
The flames darted along the building from
wall to wall, through the long saloon over
four hundred feet long and mp the high tow
ers Till it presented one vast sheet Of FIRE
that Illuminated the surrounding space for
miles. There being no efficient means Mt
hand TO check such calamity the only thing
left for residents at Cape Island was TO At
tempt the removal of the furniture which as
far as possible was done.
The wind blew blazing embers and light
shingles to a great distances: but Fortunately,
no other house on the Island was injured
BY one o'clock the building had been entire
ly consumed. with nearly all its contents.
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THE WORTH OF WOMAN.

Honored be woman she beams on the sigh,
Graceful and fair, like being Of light;
Scatters around her, wherever she strays.
Roses Of bliss DER our thorn covered ways
Roses Of Paradise sent from above,
TO be gathered and twined in u garland oI
love.
Man on passions stormy ocean,
Tossed by surges mountains high,
Courts the hhtrcaue's commotion,
Sports at reasons feeble cry
Loud the tempest roars around him,
Louder still il roars within,
Flashing lights of hope confound him,
Stunned his life's incessant din.
Woman invites him, with bliss in her smile,
To cease from his toll, and he happy u while,
Whispering woongly,--conie to my bower
Go not in search Of the phantom Of power--
Honor aud wealth are illusory--conc
Happiness dwels in the temples Of home.
Man, with fury stern and savage,
Persecutes his brother man,
Reckless if he bless or rava G,
Action, action--still his plan.
Now creating now destroying
Ceaseless wishes tear his breast
Ever seeking---ne'er enjoying
sun 10 De--Dut never blest.
Woman, contented in silent reposc,
Enjoys in its beauty life's flower as it blows,
And waters and tends it with innocent heart !;
Far richer than man with his treasures of art,
And wiser by far, in her circle confined,
Than he with his science and fights of the
mind.
Coldly to himself sufficing,
Man disdains the gentler arts;
knoweth not the bliss arising.
From an interchange of hearts.
Slowly through his bosom stealing,
Flows the genial current on,
TIL, by ayes frost congcaling,
1t is hardened into stone.
She like the harp, that instipctively rings,
As the night breathing zephyr soft sighs on
the strings,
Responds TO each impulse with ready reply,
Whether sorrow or pleasure her sympathy
And tear.drops and smiles on her cotinte.
nance play,
Like Sunshine aid showers in morning of
May.
Through the range Of mans dominion,
Terror is the ruling word
And the standard of opinion
Is the temper Of the sword
Strife eXuls. and pity. bushing,
From the scene despariug flies,
Where, to battle madly rushing,
Brother upon brother dies.
Y oman commands with mildrr control,
,he rules with enchaHtmeIt the realm Of the |
soul
rs she glances around in the light Of her
smile,
'he war Of the passions is hushcd for "a while
md di>cord, content from his fnry 10 cease,
;eposcs, entranced, on the pillows of peace.
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UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY

OFFICE, 100 CHEsTHuT STREET PHILADEGrurA.
'H'HE Fourth Annual Exhibition Of the
n UNITED STATES AGRItuLTuRAL SOCIETY.
T'as,,a on Ia Id at PowttoH, (fhiia,l, 'phia,l on
lNesuay, "c""' 's-. 49, r.:lnr "Nn
Saturday October 7th, Sth, 9Th, 10Th and
llih.
Premiums from twenty-five to two hundred
dollars amounting in the aggregate to
Fourteen Thousand Dollars, will be offered
for the various classes Of Domestic Animals,
Fruits, American Wines, Vegetables. Grains,
and Agricultural Implements and Machinery.
A Local Committee at Philadelphia, rep.
resenting the variOnS branches of Industry
has been appointed TO cooperate with the
officers Of the Society, in periectng arrange
ments for the Exhibition. And Fifteen
Thousand Dollars have been guaranteed to
meet expenses.--Ihis material aid, coupled
with the excellence Of the selected location,
aud the large amount OF Premiums offered.
induces the expectation that the Exhibition
of 1856, will be superior to any of its pre-
Gccessors.
4 Grand Agricultural Banquet, in which
ladies, as well as gentlemen, will participate,
will take place on Friday, October 10th, when
distinguished gentlemen will address the
assrmblaer.
Favorable arrangements with the various
railroads, for the transportation of Stock and
other articles are IN progress, the terms Of
which will be given on application at the
Office.
The List Of Entries. the Awards Of Pre-
miums. and the Proceedings, will be published
in the Journal Of the Society for 1886
The Premium List with the Regulations
and Programme of the Exhibition. will bc
furnished on application TO Mr.. John NJ Cow
an. Assistant Secretary Of the United States
Agricultural Society lGO Chestnut street
RoomS of the Phiadelphia Agricultural
Scciety.l or by addressing the Secretary, a.
! Boston.
| MARSHALL =. WILDER.
President.
WILLIAM S. KING, Secretary.
| August 30, 1856. -..
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Cancer Cured,

4 ,ANCERS, Tuners, Mems Ulcers, Scrofula
White Swelling &C., cured without Surgical
operations by DR.. Launsherry.
Dr. lis Pamphlet (2nd, 3D. on the ,reatmen,
and cure OF Cancers, Tumors, &C.. will I've sen,
TO any address Qrce) on receipt OF a postage
stamp
Office l!si WALNUT ST., PhiIadelrhis.
Sept. G. lS56.-3m