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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-01-16
Too True Too True

A friend, writing from an adjoining Coun-
ty, mentions the FACT, that the friends of
Temperance have ceased to be the peculiar
patrons Of the SPIRIT OF THE AGE. He says /:
So far as my experience goes, among the
many subscribers | know, largely over half
are not Temperance men, and have no par
ticular sympathy with the movement. They
take the Age because it is a good literary,
family newspaper, and they recommend it
as SUCH" Our Correspondent further re-
marks-"Can the friends of the Temperance
Reform expect you to devote your columns to
that cause unless they sustain it, as they
have done heretofore ?"
Here is a significant question, and a good
reason given for asking it. We have noticed
for several months past, thN many jealous
temperance men nave ceased, TO a great ex
tent at least, their efforts to increase. o.
even keep up our list of subscribers while
on the other hand, Ladies and Gentle
men who have never been identified Will
the reform, have constantly reminded us 0
their interest and exertions, by sending u
lists of subscribers.
We sincerely thank our disintereste,
friends for their kind efforts in our behalf
and promise to furnish them with a pape
they can cheerfully recommend to publ
patronage. Butte our Temperance friends W
must appeal for an awakened interest in be
half of their Organ. We expect, and hav
a right confidently to claim their efforts i
sustaining the paper. 1t has received
heretofore-but a luke-warmness seems t
have taken possession of their former enc
Icy. If we keep the Temperance featur
prominent, We must be sustained by Ten
perancs men and women.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-01-16
For the Spirit ef.the Age.

Mr.. EDITOR Feeling as l do a deep
interest in every temperance movement.
and believing that anything of a cheering
character on this subject will be of inter-
est to the readers of the Age, | propose to
give you briefly the result Of Gen. Cary's
lectures amongst US. 1t was my privilege
to hear him deliver three lectures, and al
though my expectations, from what | had
heard of him, was raised very high, [ I'm
constrained to acknowledge they were full
ly realized. lie gave general satisfaction,
offended no one, and many who hitherto
took no interest in this great and noble
work, are now ready not only to vote, but
use their influence in favor of a prohibito-
ry law. On the night of the 9th inst,
Gen. Cary delivered his first lecture in
Lincoln; on the 7th at Rock Spring; on the
9Th at Salem Church to quite a respecta-
BILE audience. The members Of South Fork
Division, at the close of the lecture, made
an effort to procure names, when four of
the gentlemen gave their names and sever
al ladies. On the evening of the same
> day, in Lincolnton, the Courthouse, which
is large and c~ommodiou., was crowded to
I its utmost capacity. On Sabbath he de-
; livered a Bible lecture at the same place to
E a large audience. 1t was not my privilege
To hear tL;s, L~tI-harc Uvuvv1sed with a
number of those who were present, and
they declare it to have been the most able
lecture they ever heard on any subject
On Monday, the 10th, he lectured at Wes-
ley Chapel, in Catawba county, and not
withstanding the day was very cold, the
a church was crowded and listened to a lee
t - ture Of two hours with the deepest interest.
Jacobs Fork Division procured the names
l. Of four gentlemen and twenty ladies as
g members. To see the Ladies' thus come
to out and take a decided stand in favor of
W this noble cause, which we believe to be
K the cause of God and humanity, is truly en-
~ couraging; and with woman's influence and
~ woman's smiles, we can brave the storm.
| have heard those who have heretofore
ne been opposed to every temperance move
&c ment, admit that something ought TO be
done to roll back this tide of desolatior
81 and death but there are those among Vi
who are opposed, and for fear they NIGH
". be convinced, obstinately refuse to hear any
S. thing on this subject and thay arc nov
he ready to sit in judgment on Gen. Cary, anc
%brandhim with beingan impostor. Through
ne the instrumentality of the temperance cause
~ peace and happiness have been brought t
~, -, thousands of heart broken wives and wors
iy- than orphan children, and yet in the fac
IRE of all this, (Which no one can deny) som
us women can and do oppose.
Gen. Cary and his amiable Lady lef
Lincolnton on the morning of the 18th
ma with the prayers and well wishes of man.
~ and his visit among US will not soon be fol
Vi gotteh' WIN sucn d man 10 canvass on
by State thoroughly, a speedy and gloriou
triumph would be gained over this desol;
ting scourge which is sweeping its thol
sands from our otherwise happy land.
nat ! PROHIBITION.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-01-16
For the Spirit of the Age

Mr.. EDITOR Would that | had the abil-
ity, physical as well as intellectual, to res
pond to the call made by you in your last
issue, upon your friends and correspondents.
to furnish you with articles on the subject of
Temperance, for the columns of your i~nteres-
ting paper. No task would be more pleas
ing and congenial with my feelings, than that
of welding nay feeble pen in an effort so
praiseworthy and noble as that of promoting
the interests of that glorious enterprise. in
which the Age" is so successful and eff
cient a laborer. From my early childhood,
the very morn of life, | have been an enthu-
siastic advocate of the great Temperance re-
form and eagerly nave l aspired to add nv
little mite in propagating those b~enignantand
heaven-born sentiments espoused by the
friends of legal prohibition. As 1 advanced
in years, and stepped forth upon the stage
of action to perform my part in the great
drama of life, and witnessed the ravages of
that hydra-headed monster, Intemperance
in every department of society, and the sad
havoc perpetrated by his bloody hand upon
the peace and happiness of my fellow-men,
| became more and more embittered against
his despotic sway my antipathy grew
with its growth and strengthened with its
strength" until from many | had won the
~unenviable distinction of being a rabid and
bigoted fanatic. As soon as | arrived attbat
age prescribed for admission into the Orde,
OF the Sons OF Temperance, l affiliated
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-01-16
Fashion.

" Let firm, well-hammer'd soles protect thy feet,
Through freezing SHOWS, and rain, and soaking sleet;
Should the big last extend the sole too wide,
Each stone will wrench tn unwary step aside
The sudden turn may stretch the swelling vain,
Thy cracking joints unhinge, or ankle sprain
And when too small the modest shoes arc worn,
You'll judge the season by your shooting corn
Somebody has said, that fashion rules
the world" There is truth in the saving
for Fashion, say what you will, is the only
universal tyrant. We constantly see people
adopting modes of dress, the most uncom-
Portable, simply because it is fashionable
Comfort is not thought of.
This foolish system is the means of produ-
cling, annually, thousands of invalids, and
conslgnlng to a premature grave, numbers
OF the most promising youths of our country.
Winter is the season for balls and parties.-
No matter how cold, how damp, how freezing
the evening may be, the young ladies atten-
ding must appear in fashion. Thin soled
slippers and light dresses are worn, with the
upper part Of the chest unprotected. Con-
sequences a severe cold, protracted cough
Death! Then we hear pious mothers moan
ing at the dispensation of Providence in re-
moving from the home-circle their beloved
daughters. Providence is not to be blamed
for what foolish exposure to heated rooms
and cold night air effected.
Could cold tongues under the sod Of the
church-yard speak, what a chorus of solemn
voices would proclaim against the iron rule
of Fashion! How touching would be the sto-
ry many a fair sleeper would tell, of how
Deaths arrow fastened in their vital. ON
some cold winters eve
1t is winter now. This is the season when
Death selects its trophies. Guard well the
portals. Be independent enough to discard
paper bottom slippers and "let firm, we'll
Hammered soles protect thy feet" We have
often thought that the being who invented
thin sOled shoes deserved three life times in.
generation in the Pen~itentiary. But why
need we cry ~outagainst the follies of fashion
and warn people Of the danger ? Better
be out OF the world than out of fashion," il
In e~verybody's mouth and fashion will be
followed at the peril CT life. 1t is said that
we get our fashions from the French, and
8 the French from the Devil. Ifso, everybody
join as in in this memorial Monsieu I
Devil, please order warm dresses and stout
shoes for winter gear"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-01-16
Chat with Correspondents.

CALF" gives US an account of an lawful
spell of weather" in his highland home,
which seems to have awakened his poetical
fire but he has so intermingled it with
glittering stars iciclse"-'frozen
cascades" &c., thst as the lambert fame"
began to melt them, all the fire was extin-
guished. Try again, and do pray do not
mix ~''sunbeams," and ~icicles" together in
such graceless confusion.
LAURA" is a nice, sweet girl we know
she is and we would in all sincerity say t
her that she manifests considerable talent fol
one "only thirteen years old" We return
her lines, and advise her to prune them, am
be sure and strike out redundancies. Don
be discouraged-with care and experienc
your pen will yet indite matter you ma.
justly be proud of.
sLUCIFER"-What a DiabOlus of a name
gives us an account of a Christmas troll
in the ''infernal regions" We see nothin
in his efusion calculated to amuse or instruc
and as we never did have any opinion
that warm climate, we prefer receiving 1
communication from that quarter. Don't tie
tales out of school, old fellow.
San OLD BACHELOR" sends US an awf
lamentation about his cold sheets, "healle
socks, buttonless shirts" &C., and says
wants some fair one to remedy these grie
ances. The selfish wretch-ICe don't pi
him, and we know the Ladies have less CO.
misseration for all such than we. Down
your knees, you old sinner, and beg for a r
of sunshine to cheer your desolate home, a
we will warrant a fair gypsy will soon trip
/ and dispel your gloom and the other ct
eras will follow, as a matter of course.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-01-16

ng- Persons forwarding US SO and the
names of ton subscribers, shall have one copy
of the Age furnished gratis. This is for
Clubs of ten. We cannot afford a copy OK
ira for clubs Of 5. But any one can get an
extra copy by furnishing US two clubs Of 5
each, at different times, or by forming a club
of 10 in several remittances. As soon as the
club is complete the extra copy will be for
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-01-16

An ELEPHANT OUT OF his ELEMENT.-On
9Th inst, while the steamer Robt Swan was
carrying four elephants from Baltimore to
Charleston for Maybon's Circus, a storm came
on and made the animals very uneasy. One
magnificent elephant named Montezuma,
became mad. and ragged during the night
when a portion of the house was washed off,
and with it went the elephant. 1t was about
90 mil g from land, and dark, so the chances
are that he did not swim to land. He was
valued at 81, 900 and insured.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-01-16
gyir1t of tgs 9ge.
RALKIGH, n. G.
gggDHa3DARy 3AHBAAg aS-
A Positive Arrangement.

Subscribers receiving their papers with a CROSS
MARK, are thereby notified that in four weeks from
the receipt of the first number thus marked, their
subscription years will expire; and unless renewed
within that time, the paper will be discontinued
This rule will be infexibly adhered to.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-01-16

THE T1NEs.-We inadvertently omitted
noticing last week, the reception of a week
ly Newspaper, from Greensboro, bearing
the above title. 1t is a handsome, sprightly
edited sheet, devoted to Literature, Internal
Improvements, Commerce, &c. Indepen-
dent in character, to say what it pleases of
matters and things in general. We wish its
enterprising Editors u~nbounded success
Ogburn, Cole < NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
boro', \. G.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-01-16

IF you can paint fire with charcoal, light
with chalk, and make colors live and breathe,
then you can with words give a faint idea of
the excellence and magic effects of Davis
Vegetable Pain Killer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-01-16
The following pieces are respectfully dedi-
Gated to the gentlemen of the Social Circle.
The Memory of the Past.
BY lone

by lone.
When Phoebus maiestically enters the
dusky portals Of the ocean, and the soft
shadowy robes Of twilight urc fast fading
from earth and sky into the sable gloom Of
Nox's awful realm--when the moon comes
Srom her ethereal chambers amid the vestal
fires that burn and blaze in the vast blue
arch above, "then droops the veil that hides
the past" Then it is Memory comes back
like an angel of light, and fits mournfully
over the broken shrines of the past, where
hope, like the flowers that clustered around
them, IA blighted aud dead--whero love, like
some stricken vine, whose c~linging tendrils,
torn and bleeding. points Memory to the
blasted hopes of the past. Then, o! how
sweet to snatch from the lethean tide that
is fast bearing them onward to oblivion.
one leaaet from early life and live over by.
gone days, when We tired the howery path
Of youth, blooming with glorious anticipa.
tions offuture years; to look buck through
the glimmering vista of years long past.
and sec as we saw then, how bright and
sunny were the visions of our childhood
how splendid, how gorgeous the imaginary
path of futurity' To read over again and
again the letters of affection--to gaze ON
parting mementoes Of long lost ~friends--to
repeat the sad farewells spoken by signing
lips and dropping eyes, lips and eyes now
cold and inauimate, sleeping beneath the
"grassy mound"
Oh! days of childhood, how delusiye and
transient are thy dreams-how ~feetinr and
sw~iftswinged arc thy joys! how like the
must OF an April morning, or the morning
deF which vanishes at the approach of the
etesnal regent Of day
How delightful to accompany Memoir,
back, to our early scenes of happiness; /,
yield ourselves to her soft and gentle en-
BRACES, and be waited back BY Fancy /
1.-the days of yore." 1t is true such refec
dons are too often tinged with anineffacca
bic and strangely mysterious melanchol
that broods over aud haunts the mind 70
aye yet if such reflections spring from
pure and g~uileless heart, we delight in reyi:
ting the scenes of our youth and ~revelin
in the creations Of her inspired fancy.
But on the contrary, the polluted hear
seeks to shun these, aud seeks in vain.
may endeavor in the giddy Whirl of volu,
tuOus pleasurc--in all the varied charms
life to bury them beneath oblivion's dar
shroud Of endless night; but it will see
with the same hopeless desperation of ii
damned to escape the remOrse of a guilt
conscience.
But to the many it is a pleasure pie
sure hat naught on earth can wrest fro
them: When dusky eve" begins to av,
her atle 70 earth--to cast around the glol
her irresistible arms-then Memory return
wandors through the long vista of 9th
days, and steals the mind from the troubl
of the present to the joys of the past.
Lilly Dale, va. Jan. 1st, 1856.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-04-09

GRATEFUL AcKSowLEpGEMENT.-Th Nyc,
Esq. of New Bedford, has addressed letter to
Capt. Daniel H. Wood, of the ship Germania,
expressing the gratitude of himself and family
for the rescue of his nephew, I. W. Nye, the
only survivor, so far as known, from the ship
John Rutledge. Mr., Nye wri es:
He lives to thank you and yours thousand
times over, and he bids me tell you in his own
words, THAT you have saved his life, and that
he loves you as no does his father and mother
Aud that he will bless you as long as he lives"
His father and mother request me to offer you
their heartfelt gratitude for he has told them of
y1uT kindly care and they too will in their hearts
ness, for they will ever feel that you, by your
unrcmitted kindness, have brought back their
lost child. And his sister, too, who now watch
les over him, listens to his tale of suffering, and
treasures up in her heart every act of disintcr-
cSted kindness and care. And she too, says,
'sTell them that love them, for they have saUed
my brotHerf'
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-04-09

TIM MEDICAL Fee OF EuGENIE's AccoucnER.-
y Paris correspondent says 'If am well in-'
formed, the Empress state OF health is, upon
the whole, as favorable as the case admits Of
She remains exceedingly weak, but is gradually
recovering from the sufferings of her confinc-
ment. It is rumored that NJ Dubois is 10 re-
ccive 100000 francs, not only for his services,
but to compensate him for the fearful anxiety of
mind he underwent when it became inevitable
that vioIentmeans must be rcsortcd to to bring
about the birth. The poor Empress believed for
hours that every moment would be her last, and
never ceased recommending her soul to the in
tercession of the saints; and this conviction up
on his imperial patients part, of course doubled
the responsibilities and the nervousness of NJ.
consequently it is held that 100000
(the relative dearness of the epochs well consid-
cred, tooO is no moro than the equivalent, in
1856, for the 10000 awarded in the year 1911
to his father, for his attendance upon the En-
press Maria Louise, at the birth of the King
Of Rome
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-04-09

w-T irenties, most ingeniously altered from
ones, of the Newark Banking Insurance Co. of
New Jersey, are being offered about town by. a
new of.Foperators." A fellow presented one
at the counter of hotel Office last evening, for
the purpose of getting smaller bills for it, and the
clerk, notwithstanding the notices in the even
ing,papers that such bills were making their APP
pearnncc here, was green enough to comply with
thelrequest Of the rascal. If city people won't
heed a warning Of %scoundels about the coun-
try ueople most certainly should not be blatn-
ed 07eteland Herald. 81 80 tai -
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-04-09

LET TIE AFFLICTED. XEAR TIE TIS77MONY'
Of a LADY.
ITO those have the pleasure Of knowing her, need
say nothing but to others remark that desire to
benefit the suffering induces her thus to speak None can Gp
preciate her being relieved from pain,
fter years suffering unparalleled, but those f there be
any) who have suffered like her. $780,.
Hiss s. has long been resident Of this cltyOr the last
years has been successfully conducting school at No. $50
Baltimore street The happy change in her health Is subject
Of nstonsent and joy to her friends. We ask
those interested Gallon lcr. She will tell them Of
her cure by 2IictnFe than she has written. Thus
this rePlely goes giving relief to the sick. We
refer the public them From distant places we also
hear or the same happy result These facts, with the
current testimony Of thousands should skcptcsm AMI
prejudice 70 hide their heads aud concee that amptons
Tncture Is wonderful discovery.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-04-09

tHrWhsn Mactaon, tho Greek physician
was slain, Homer, saidpf him, "a good pllyssic-
ian is worth as much as q whole army. = Then a
good medicine like gers GathGrtie s-Ptlss is
worth q great deal more, because it cures. as
veil works wider, and lasts longer The dr.
.cle6 tho best phys IS labogmustbe narrow,
III tile such fdinedS Isl aSailstle TO allcan be
lad b. cysi body; and IS @STth having
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-04-09
THE INpIAN. WAN.

The following extract from the washington
correspondent of the New York Tribune, presents
the Indian war nowraging in Oregon and Wash
ington territories, and North California, and the
causes leading thereto, ina true light The emil
grafton to Oregon of the summer Of 40 to 40
inclusive, was composed almost entirely of per-
sons born and raised on tho western frontier,
occupying a strip Of country bordering upon
the Indian lines, and forming, asitwcre, ICON
verting link between civilized and savage life.
They had been educated to look upon the Indian
as q fit subject Of spoil, and thought it no harm
to deprive them of their property, to rob them Of
their lands, and to rayish their women; and the
acting principle of Kit Carson had been strongly
implanted in their minds, viz: $50 toipe hena
Out." which means "to shoot an Indian wherey-
er foundl" With Oregon and Washington settled
with people thus educated, is 1t a matter of
wonder that al the passions of the savage breast
should be wrought to the highest pitch of fren-
zy,andour ears tinglcdw with the horrors of dread
ful massacres of women and children? #fft5
Asystem of wrongs SO long and soyindictivc-
" perseycred in, and practiced against our own
raee, would raise up a spirit of revenge, which
would show itself in an aspect so horrible, as.
would appal the hearts Of the sayagcs of whom
a. - 0,,o,o,, ,,o,v cor,nl.in IT IL Ia be
we ..,,
hoped that the administrator Wlll wen
into the causes Of these Indian difficulties We
conceive II to be as much the duty of govern
ment, to prevent the preparation Of wrongs
upon oetleFs' - " - " tAs4 w.
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W NY r., Az a. ts oy har,
tala
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ss.uSA H S....o 0,,sisr saSt into Orc
80 49, lSent
Issa io,,t t;he west of the
49, tiSdIv 5isnosed tovard our
II the sum this war will