Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-08-20
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datlon-his property entirely gone, and he
occasionally earning few cents, with which
to purchase the poison which is consuming
his y@itals, aud rendering him stupid and
dead to every motive that can be urged for
reformation.
Two of the sons Of this unhappy man
have gone down to death in an awful man
ner. Another, in an ARRAY occasioned by
intoxication, received such an injury in
the head, that his intellect has suffered and
hers subject to fits Of partial arrangement.
The other two are very Incorporate one
Of them apparently lost to all sense Of
shame.
The circumstances attending the death
of one of these young men were extraordi-
nary. He had become subject to fits in
consequence of his iutemperate life; and
his wife following the same course, they
were obliged to give up keeping a public
house, and he maintained himself by fish
! ing. He frequently stopped eolored peo-
pie and others who were adyertised.as run
Always, and obtained a reward for return
ING them to their master. He was brutsl-
ly cruel In his treatment Of those who thus
fell into his hands, and on one occasion,
: having apprehended a young colored man
on suspicion Of his heiaaWnamssNay, he
5 confined him and taking h1Rka aboat to
his master-who had sent himf{k xnphome
on business-as he was returnkG he fell
$ from the boat, probably IN fiji, Andsank
e like lead in the mighty waters. OIFthe fol-
t lowing day search was made for his body,
! which was found swollen and disfgured,
$ and laid in the grave.
h His brother, the youngest of the five, had
not reached his twentieth year, but had
given himself up to the influence of the
vice which has.proyed the destruction Of
his family, until he also was subject to fits.
Not many months ago he was seized with
one, being then intoxicated he was recov-
cred by the by-standers, and crawted to a
small sloop lying partly IN the shore fol-
repairs he laid himself down there, and
le was found, ten minutes afterwards, dead
y with his head partly under water. It was
v supposed that another fit had seized him
> and that in his struggle be had fallen and
suffocated.
This is a melancholy history, but tru'
~ one. Many circumstances rendering it more
striking are suppressed, as some of thC
as parties are living. The old man, but
= short time ago, was warned again, and thu
az a. question put to him, What are the bene
ne fits Of this practice gu "It ffattens grace
IL yards" he replied, with distorted counte
u nance and a horrid laugh.
IL Yes, such are the dire results of intem
N ~ perance; and Of incompetence not born wit
i ne one, but brought on by a temperate use Q
ardent spirits. These facts are well known
&C. They are published with the hope Of the
q; proving a restraint to some one who, tru
icy ting in the strength Of principle, may occ
me %sionally taste this destructive poison.
Ed. "Look not upon the wine when it is re-
at when it giveth his color in the cup, wht
cen it moveth itself Alright: at the last it bite
ON like a serp ent, and stingeth like an adder
'eSs Go to God forstrength to resist temptation
practice entire abstinence from all that 6;
TN intoxicate repent Of sin, and trust in i
mercy Of Christ and you shall be safe {
ecu the present life and that which is to con