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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-02-27
4 Warning to WomsD

Tbs sine has come when more than half
the women ofthe land could not be bribed
to ask any one to partake Of Intoxicating
Liquor. Aud Of the many elegant and
beautiful ladies who, because they know
not what they do, still pass the wine cup, a
vast majority of them, if they understood
the perllous nature Of its contents, would
dash it rather into a thousand pieces.
Would that the following incident could be
impressed upon the heart of every wife and
daughter in the nation. It is a statement
made lately in a lecture on the Drinking
Usages of Society," by Rt. Rev. DR.. Potter,
Bishop of Pennsylvania =
"A young man, Of no ordinary promise,
snhappily contracted habits of per-
ance. His excess spread anguish and
shame through a largca and most respectable
circle. The earnestand kind remonstran-
ces of his friends, however, at length led
him to desist; and, feeling that for him to
drink was to die, he came to a solemn res
%olutlon, that he would abstain entirely for
he rest of his days. Not long after, he
was invited to dine, with other young per-
sons, at the house of a friend. Friend
did | say? pardon NE; he could hardly
be a friend who would deliberately place
on the table before one lately so lost, now
50 neutrality-suspicious., the treacherous
instrument of his downfall. But so it was.
The wine was in their feasts. He with
stood the fascination, however, until a
young lady, whom he desired to please,
challenged him to drink: He refused
With banter and ridicule she soon cheated
him out of all his noble purposes, and bel
challenge was accepted. He no sooner
drank than he felt the demon was still alive
and that from temporary sleep he was now
waking with tenfold strength. 'Now,
said he to- friend who sat next to him
'noU | have tasted again, and I drink til
| die The awful pledge was kept. No
ten days had passed before that ill-fatet
youth fell under the horrors of deliriun
tremens, and was borne to a grave ofshas.
and dark despair. Who would envy til
emotions with which that young lady, j
not wholly dead to duty and to pity, retra
ced her part in a scene of gaiety, whic.
smiled only to betray?
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Strange Freak & Nature.

Robert W. Brown, EsqA of this county,
informs US of having witnessed a remarkably
lusus nature, at the plantation of Mr.. Hay
wood Holleman, % miles west of Raleigh,
on the Haywood road. It isa Lamb with 8
legs and feet, two tails, four ears, and only
one head and two eyes-the head being verv
little larger than ordinary. About half
way from the shoulders to tho hips, khere is
a separation; and the hinder parts are MAJ
ural, as to body and shape, for two lambs
1t is not living" SO Mr.. Brown informs us
It is certainly a strange animal.
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Fsashe Spirit Of the Age.
& Serious Thought.


To-day, I received a letter from an es
tsened friend at a distance. Among 9th
er iteHs of i~nteIlige1cP, was the announce
men men Of the death oie nan- husband and
Who does not feel sad to hear that a poor
widow with several orphan children is left
to struggle alene in the world And who
does not iavoluntarily exclaim, swhat will
become OF ~ andhGaDeor little orphans 2
cause Of the death. Our correspondent
does not state what was the cause in this
case. We knew, however, that the man
was a poor drunkavd. This, perhaps, was
his greatest fault. He was kind and libe-
raj, honest and obliging We know moth
ing of his conduct as husband and parent,
but know he was loved as a neighbor, and
many Of his friends regretted his falling
drunkenness. No doubt this ended his
life. Poor man The time was when he
thought dram an innocent thing. 1t was
taken perhaps to APPEAR fashionable, or to
please some friend1not because it was low
ed. Bnt alas! alast how soon he acquired
t the love of 8 strog drink Occasional
drunkenness was til result. No doubt he
often resolved to gesrn his appetite and
refrain from drunkenness. But all his res
a o~lutions were broke, and on he went, ster
by step, until in th,prime of life he has
gone to a d~runkars grave. Poor man.
= he IS another vlctino of that earth-desola.
ting, hell-crowdinSabit Of drinking ar
re dent spirits as a bqrage. But who vii
l. take warning from IS death How many
re OF his friends see tLdanger Of continuing
n in the use Of 'stroa drink? p One woull
$ suppose every one ho believes it brough'
Il. him to the grave Fld at once abandon
IL its use. Yea, thafsy would oppose it,
lie use by others and pc their voices against
a the sale OF 1t IN fr community. Blu
NJ there is great %reasEto fear that they vii
SO net profit SO muchpm his dealh. Every
III one will feel that is secure--that ther,
lu- IS no danger Of dy a drunkard. TEN
IN, psrance men are ftlcs, and the temper
.he ancs reform an inntion. Prohibition 0
it the traffic in liquanconstitutional, anti
the scriptural aud cory to the principles 0
ac- liberty, with sucAen. Their hatred 0
ich fanaticism and loDf ancient customs
y? their love Of the Institution, the scrip
Vii lures and liberty push them on in th
constitutional, scraral and free way t
TIE tas dEpnlkard,s & Rsadsr, pause. Ar
y you ~ the abT-fInKinge 80
su- danger before you. Remember how I
have gone in this way before. Think
age, fore you 60 any farther. Now you
are reform. 1t may cost al effort, a great
bow fort, but you may reform. Think
He much better it will be for you. 0,
are this poor man had reformed. How
IN better for his poor wife ! How much b
visi- for his poorlittle children But he die
aged and now he is gone. Gone to give al
count of himself to God, and his wife
waite little children are to struggle alone il
r in world. Serious thought,
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More Witnesses.

The extreme cold weather of the past two
month. has supp@nead a host of witnesses TO
the court of God to testify against the liquor
traffic, The public journals have been filled
with the horrible record of men drinking,
freezing and dying. A mar goes to the
grosshop to get something to keep him warm,
becomes intoxicated, starts home, loses hIs
way aad in the moraing a frosty corpse grins
ssasts
othe,5 in crossing TIE icy stream, falls In anc
is fshed out swollen and begrimed with The
mud Of the river'sbed. We read that clever
children we're frozen to death in Baltimore
in consequence of being deserted by a drunk
en- father. The eye cannot glance over tn
News of the day without the heart beini
chilled with these horrible records,
All these become witnesses against tn
Infamous traffic and its abettors. What
cloud of witnesses will be brought up whe
the Angel crier shall announce the Eterns
Judge on the throne with a trumpet blast
From every land ana sea they will arise pre-
nant with the damnins story. From tn
grave yards the bloated victims will marc
in sickening array from the rH>-'s brin
they will start with swollen eyes an ,rn
of widows and orphans will be before t
JUDGE the suicides, and murdered WI
wounds asape, will present a grim a
bloody phalanx-ten thousand witnesses Y
testify, trumpet %tongued, against the q
T damnation Of their taking off What P
e will the liquor seller produce there v
he introduce ''two or three" Of the most
Il spectable" ofhis pimps and minions to sw
i that he is " aman ofgood moral characte
n will he flourish his license" in the !
h Of Heaven and t~riumphantly point to
s county SCALP Will he run all over pul
tory (:) to hunt UP the honorable court
invested him with letters patent to damn
fellow-men?
Say what you please about the right
y the rumselIer ~here-Iphold him by lay
= YOU will, but there is a dark record OF b
h. in hi. wake that he dare not look upon '
. out his soul quaking within him. Ills
~ science tells him it is wrong, and that'to
ry this he shall be brought into judSemsnt'
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A L~AMENTABLE OCCURRENcE.-On Satur-
day morning the 9th instant, Miss Nancy
Smith, residing with her mother, q widow Ia
dy, in Alamance county, came to her death
in a most shocking manner. A lady in a
n%eighboring family was taken suddenly ill,
and Mrs. Smith left in haste to visit her, no
taking even her bonnet, leaving her daughter
alone at breakfast. During her absence,
her daughter, who was subject to fits, was
taken, it is supposed, with one of them, and
falling into the fire, the famss communicated
from her clothes to the house, and all were
consumed. The mother, by this distressing
calamity, has not only lost all that she had,
but suffers the excruciating anguish caused
by the shocking and melancholy death of bel
danghtey-Hllsbors' Recorder.
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New Music.

Messrs. Miller & Beachan, Music Put
ers, Baltimore, have forwarded US fc-f
pieces of mutic, entitled " FamiI Cotliliof
Nos. / and 2 and coz Fashioned Cotil-
lions, Nos. | and 2"-arranged with appro-
pirate figure. ; intended for recreation and
amusement in the family circle. Messrs. NJ
&. B. have always on hand a largeand varied
collection of music, which they sell on as
liberal and accommodating terms as any Other
Publishing. House in the Country. See then
advertisements In this paper.
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:, Spirit setbs 8 vt; gsIeigg, yJ~prtg-Garolinn

triumph VIGOROUSLY in the Redeemer's
strength.
COP REIGNs. Where Is the mind so
contracted that it does not burn with hea-
venly raptures in the contemplation Of SO
exalted a theme7 Where is the one SO learn
ed, so pure, 50 holy, that he does not find
in such a theme, knowledge too deep for
him to fathom; purity too sublime for his
conception; holiness too perfect for his i'm.
i%tatiou? ESTHER.
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sE Deal gently with the srring. Rebuke

* DyaI
not sharply for the first transgression.-
There is many a n now roaming the dark
wilderness of sin, that would have come back,
like the antedeluyian dove to the Ark, had
he or she not been driven away by the har.h
word, the bitter taunt and ~soul-killing look
of an unforgiving soul in the bosom Of one
that was once a friend to the erring.
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should try to beat him down with grass A.
lone. Well, WE'LL said the old man, If
kind words and grass will not bring thee
down, will try what virtue there is in
stones So he pelted him with stones, which
soon made the boy COM down and beg the
masters pardon. There is a moral to ths sto.
ry: roses, smiles, sunbeams and female ora.
ces have no effect on the incorrigable soul of
a bachelor. These do for ordinary men,
something quite different is required for the
strange race Of bipeds under consideration
50 rain, bail, sleet, ice and snow have been
sent, and the mercury and Bachelors have
been put down to Zero,
A Bachelor at Zero. How miserable, A
cold' cherries room, the wind bowling a.
bout his curtainless windows, the ~slantine
hail playing : come restin this bosom ON the
rating pane, a cold, h~ump-backed bed stan.
ding in one corner, the water freezing in
his pitcher while he, poor wretch, sits with
his toes in the ashes dreading a contact with
his cold sheets Who can 'phancY his pheel
INKS 1t gives US the shivers, aad
our rife asks us if we will have our wrc
IT the spell continues a little lori
almost certain there will e'flh a noo' =
bachelors who will bow . beauty : shTine,
with hearts "a soft : thsEed turnips, and
sue for Love. So .lote 1t be! LADIES' say
AMEN quick.
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iieeates Is one that will elect fheir man. Ia
co~urt-houses, in back-fooms and in grop-sbon,
the matter will be talked over and Are,
klndled beneath the cauldrons to see bo, -.
ingredients 'mingle' and bubble Those
mat are gaseous and swim on the top will ).
CHOSEN, be they wool of bat adders
lork scale of dragon nos of Turk
or liver of disappearing Jew Available
ity IS what will be sought after. Men viii
be chosen who can secure the most ro.
whether by barney or brandy! Amar<
can mingle with the crowd is the '
excellence.
Black spirits and white.
Red spirits and grey
Mingle, mingle, mingle
Lou that mingle maswill lie held all
oaucu.es and conve5olitical parties and
over the land by all the nominees Of such
shades OF parties saEragcs of their respec-
VIII commanHhat this is so, is to be depiorsd.
1--WE irienaeus system many dangerous men
by listed into the responsible seats Of law
.vers. Yet the power Of the Hsca tie Of the
political cauldron is almost omnipotent and
cannot be placed under tae heel.
AS Temperance men, we should be on the
alert and on an sarly look out. If He would
have our wishes expressed in the next Legis-
lature, we should be heard in the first meet
ings of the different caucuses. We will play
the FOOLS part again, if we wait until the~
nominations are made before making a dec
l~aration of our principles. We will justly
merit defeat, and most assuredly gain it.
The nominating convention is the for
our action now. 1t is where we should have
> bsenn at first. We once heard Of q man
: who cut his dogs tail off to prevent his kill,
: N sheep. But Fido relished mutton as well
as # he were possessed of a tail. The TEN
= peranee men Of this, State have
dEsrHasasss Tie lanp
- ter. But go into the nominatins eo6vS11
N speak-vote for the temperance interest
there, and your interest there. and Won,
sentiments will be respected-your influence
: felt.
Are you a Temperance man! Do YOU be-
ileve the Reform calculated to bless mankind
in every relation of life, Do You regard i,
a as the great question of the times? Do YOU
thinkitcapable of bringing to the homes of the
al people greater blessings than Whicgery. De-
+ mocracy or Know Nothinsism? If you AZ.
a true Temperance man-if you should rem
he der practical what you profess theoretically
.cb you will be found, either in person. or Ly
nj representative, in the convention Of your nav
ty, be that what it may. And you will no,
tn only be found there a silent. passive specta-
With y, but You will act IS much for tn. in,eres,
and Reform as for your party. You will
will 'ere is a fair proportion of fiiend,
n1op that your polieN bsq,lren, fri.ndI, - =.
Pr" Reform, shall not 49, q
Will There are men i. aikfped a. the polls.
r0 to a judicious restraint upA. ra1r
year and these men are as we'll
'r late upon the general interestSI .Ia
race as the most notorious liquor - y.
INC State. Let these men be nominatA< -.
lrsa- can cordially unite upon them.
tha' Friends Of the Reform, let your voiet !
n hS heard in the early conventions, and you v
have TO cause to regret it. Believe US, tn
It's OF it is the place to work.
- ,
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GRAVE 4AR1AWe have seen the adver-
emo ID our9ewspapers for proposals to
oon1 Il house 1ra suitable person to live in,
TO take charge othe burial grounds. What
mas become OF HaHave any steps been ia
Ken by u auth0hes to improve the ceme-
terry? we deem iadisgrace to the city, that
our burial groundshould go todecay SO fast,
tor the want OF prnpt action on the part Of
our City Fathers. omething shouldbe done
and that soon.-Re9ster.
The Getty Father are disposed to do al
in their power to accomplish the above de.i
rable objects, but findlg SO little disposition
on the part of our cisizns to cooperate will
them, they must wait y a more generou,
spirit is manifested by De "so~vereigns."
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The Distinguishing Genius Of the Age.

dLuI ~ NAA ~ A''S0 $3.50
aeniuses as Newton, ShaKs,cars,T alleyrand,
Milton, Nelson, Napoleon, Washington rank
lin, Jefferson, Luther, Cromwell SD Jackson.
Their powerful inteliects compelled tie Norld
to admire them.
The genius u the present age is DIscoyEIY..
In the progress Of the arts stano-y I'm
age is inmeasurably superb 'sco,er;. PRIZE
one. The present century these noble
n.nt for It's wonderful fusK,e|progIes,.
sciences and arts. Amo31, dDcovefed ssd
science Of Medicine has 4 isEases Of man in
PROFESSOR HoLLpwAYk<ha' raw given him
prepared a remedy for rmer article, intro
; whatever cline destipS distinguished ply
birth. We have, in is already cngraf;ed
duced to our readeIH ass physician, he
4 ~sician, whose repyiaI among PhysIcisns,
: on the worlds " i:euged Emperor. Both
has copied MAJ. eIlclLes' and IN the rum
be stands heSssssnr iaken them, be n
n tne sag human family with ! ems.
? for their diseases, 10 which tk.
.Say have recourse with q neral c.y-
" they VIA IL cuI.d Tb.,o
: nent - which they sill not aforl ,eIa 10
afda ia and Ointme1, prepared frCr
tsY FROM the vese,bh kingdom r;s
q ~ care, vii meas out Of tn. sy..
Vfe"' ThousspinenAAnio' most intelligent mind.
Y tenn; na,ae-the tfranguished ia every
, q al u. and thos1lnnaan, philanthrQPi.s
sPSod to their felpr ne AIghes. aim i to
Efaises of the remedss Gs us5fe ia "a Der Der
isSsor Holloway forkbrs d,orsf of
"a uniting in fhis esrai recon-
IIpa.Labistes 10
] !!lm ||||m!!!||!! a.: :!' 8: !:
} needles we only perform . Christian duty
, which the press should never neglect; IhCs'
u who are eminent for the good they do IN TIT
world, have ajust claim upon the press TO
d aid in extending the good to the extent c
their power. Therefore, we have determines
TO expires, our opinion that Hollow AVS Pill
= and orsrrENT are adapted to the removal
II disease, and have, Restored millions Of y
sick TO hsalth.-N~r York Atlas.
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gainst the transparent glass,ther tall ana
graceful form inclining towatd the stand on
which one hand rested whilskhe other smooth
ed back q shining q dark waves IRON
her pure white forshesR and her dark i1h
eyes, restlessly wandfAng up and down tne
street, our friend, upconsciously paused IN
his hasty march to 1dmire her. But the tar
girl on seeing shafwas attracting attention,
turned from the window to arrange some
thing on the tea table and Gus, whatever
his thoughts, was suddenly arrested by a
feeble voice from across the street calllngfor
help, and there PROSTATE on the sidewalk, was
a. old man, who in attempting to cross the
slippery street had missed his footing and
losing his crutch had fallen. The rain was
pouring in torrents, and it was plain, that II
he remained there, unable to help himself,he
would be frozen before morning. 30 Gu'
thought, and buttoning his overcoat tightly
he quickly vaultod acr0ss the miry street anc
in a moment had raised the old gentleman
which was by no means an easy task, for III
foot was 30 badly twisted he could not stan'
Ysithout his crutch, on one side, and leanini
J heavily upon his young friend. Then to
he was very much ~intoxie d, and the fume
Of liquor were horrid. lgh the fall ha
somewhat sobeged him, We too drgn
and therefore, legged he4xouldHean on hin
and he would accompany him to his home,
"Thank o u,young man, it is not far; only
turn the corner and we will be there. !
was wrong in me to venture out this evening
but rum, the cursed stuff, lured me from m.
comfortable home and oh, | wish l coul
break from it. Never touch it, my youn
friend, nerer ! as you value life and all II
Joys" and the old man almost wept.
They turned the corner Gus helping tn
poor old man along as tenderly as if he ha
been a beloved father. But before he left tt
street he turned to look in upon the scene
the parlor; the young girl had returned
the window, and there was a sweet sml
wreathing her lips. Had she seen him hel
ing the poor old man, and was that swe
smile really intended for him? were QUE
tions his happy heart unconsciously answt
ed afirmatively. However it may be,
thought little Of the trouble he had taken
the old man, and in his dreams that mig
fitted fairy-like forms and hcavenly-beami
smiles, mingled with the verse which
friend insisted he should dream on, and tn
t sweet influences lowered around him
r hours after awaking.
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sar Soasfriend has furnished us with a
pamphlet " Of the Proceedings of the
Baptist STAG Convention, held at Warrenton
last Novemer Besides the regular proceed
lngS' 1t con'Rs the reports of the various
Boards OF tn Church, and other matter of
Interest to thffiends of Religion and Edu-
cation.
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Truly Masonic.

AT a recent session of the Grand Lodge of
Alabama, the following praiseworthy resolu-
ton was adopted =
"Resolced, that the retail traffic in intoxi-
eating liquors is demoralizing in its tenden-
cy opposed to the principles of our Order,
and therefore inconsistent with the Masonic
character"
We have long been convinced that if the
Masonic fraternity would enforce the senti-
ment contained in the above resolution it
would be the means of affecting much good
and we are truly glad to see them taking the
stand in its favor. We have thought too it
would be to the interest of the Order, pecu-
niarily to abolish or %curtail the traffic as
much as possible. It is a cardinal maxim
with Masons to provide for the widow and
orphan. The liquor traffic sends these pitt
ful objects of charity. Let the Masons dig
up this great pauper producer.
Qu?-Would a resolution like the above
be adopted by the Grand Lodge of North
Carolina?
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9- Our Lady Contributors have enrich
cd our columns this week with articles Of a
high iitsrsry csaracssa. bresesnss t5s !31Ts
spirit ofsublime, pious thought and beneyo-
lent action. Read the excellent Dialogue.
by +" FLORENCE Fay" defending the Bible
principle of Goodness and of high moral and
religious preparation for Heaven. Then turn
to MATTE NAYS" beautiful Story. illus
tratlve OF noble, generous deeds and their
happy rewards. Then to the eloquent and
sublime efusion of ESTHER" upon the
Supremacy of Diety. And after perusinp
these, if any of our croakers can produce any
thing equal to them, we should like to see it
Such articles are triumphant indications of
our -" Social CIRCLE" against the aspersions
certain grumblers would fain heap upon
them. We defy them to excel these produc-
lions.
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Attend your Meetings.

The most general complaint now made a.
galnst Sons of,Temperance is, that they do
net attend the meetings of their Divisions
Many of our Correspondents write US. that
their Divisions still retain the names of quito
a respectable number Of members, who ar.
faithful to the Pledge and who, for tn. most
part, pay up their dues, but their personal
presence is seldom made at the Division
room, andfor this reason the cause is in a lam
gushing condition. Come, brethren, let not
this charge lie against you any longer. Go
to your Division msetings-enter upon the
work with a zeal commensurate with the i'm.
portaRce of the great work before you. Re-
member, unless the cause receive YOUR per-
sonal attention it must die out entirely: and
this we know you would deeply d~eplore.
Every enterprise must receive the person
al attention of those engaged in it, or failure
IS the inevitable result. We appeal, then, in
all earnestness, to every Son of Temperance,
to attend as regularly as possible the meet
mos Of his Division Tba boon4:e,1 h..
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sA- If persons who have subscribed to
any of the Magazines through us, and have
not received them, will notify US, we viii
write to the Publishers concerning the fail
urs. We have done SO about some two or
three this week. IF they still fail to come,
please advise us.