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

THE Best IN THE HoUsE.-Simeon Dsa-
per, one of the Governors Of the New York
Almshouse, was dining recently At Albany,
New York, where the butter happened to
be particularly rank: /: "IIere, John" aid
Draper to favorits Irish waiter who vas
standing behiude him" John, take this
plat. away some people Ike ,heir bu'les
stronger than Others John took The pla/
held it up to his nose moment with
air Of connoisseur, then put it back
in lis place. and observed, in firm
"Misiher Draper, that is the strong
ter we have in The hossr"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-02-27
-We hara

a GooD Sok5sia ok5ia (Te1as) ,s1,lemen re-
from the Colflrat tb. enelc.,, for
is well kraSe been at "s1fs' P0'.''7
ffrTed >Afs past. soore on
soIen. Sam. Houston andPm' NOW; : the
oeir late visit 10 Austin .occF Jed se~'s Az !, 10
same stage. On entering aotel one SIs Moore
d;ne ,hsy were joined By tidriver. M NJ,
having retired from the tas af'eF 0'"'
saws Houston 10 the driver: r,r !
"You probably have mde rasesIs5 -
board his Tip, th.n you eyesarriss oe'0'
Why Z" asked the driyefZ along
"You have Commodore core' '''
was the reply. a.;rer Il i
q All, General" says'the d,'selb IL = ;
heard Commodore Moore maze .,n,n M I.
marx, but it was On your accouHs -
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-02-27

DrvIDrxD.-Tbs Fayetteville and Northern
Plank Road Company has declared di'l-
d.nd of 4 per cent, which makes IL per
ssnt, during the year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-02-27
Mr. Wsnne 70 Dr.. Deems.

RICHMOND, JaE. 2s. 1886
EDEAR Bso:-0n the 7th January, during Sc
we're indisposition, my manager, j. Fl. Walfsrl, at
my instance, addressed you q note through your
father, [deeming that tee safest way to reach
you, requesting you to furnish copies Of your
speeches in the trial Of DR.. Smith for publication
In pamphlets containing that trial, which am a
bout TO publish BY authority of the Committee OF
Conference having charge OF The subject. Three
weeks have elapsed and ] have received no res
ponse. As you may not have received t.e hrst ct
ter, this is to request you to furnish the speeches
for publication. have printed beyond -
point fer your opening speech TO come. but a.
be happy TO give it a place at the next mo o,sper
ticable point. The other can come in itHfting
order Let me hear from you at op>s
your decision, l am truly yours,.<s, {YNNF.
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at. II.

Mr.. N. I'm not little afraid that early
education has snoied you. Yoar mind is
surrounded by g dense fsg of prejudice,
through which Icannot expect you to see
very clearly. y bu have soul big enough,
warm enough, hd good enough to take in
ana comprehend the system CT religion which
l.espouSe, ard intend to lnber with you un-
I'll you cannotbnly sse and comprehend 1t,
out VIII love it, as you never cherished
creed before. Ny religious belief is beau
u9i one, soul satisfying, grams
Miss s. Your religion is like the Phari-
sees faith clean outsldt'-that is. 1t is
'bssutlfur 10 the eyes of the sensualist, but
full of dead mens' bone. and all unclcan.
ness ; it will do for the qualification CT the
inferior feelings of humanity, while the high
or organs are left to dwindle into insienif.
cameo, for want Of exercise and as the in
tellect only is immortal, it must consequent
ly be but dwalfsh set of spirits that peo
pie your hea.rn;' because the natural
Hind is enmity against God and with 'nc
fear OF God before their eyes' who woulG
sacrifice one deeire or inclination for earthly
enjoyment, to His command, ifthe only pun
ishment for disobedieDc< was in the present
existence? not one in ten millions So you
perceive, Nat that yours is dangerous be
lief; it gives license to every propensity O
mankind, and If it were universally enter
tanned would make bedlam of this cid ter
restrial ball. Why then will you advocate
doctrine that would make the world wor.e
instead of one that renders its believers, anc
the whsle human family better and happe,
in this life, and cannot ipjure them in tn
next?
Mr.. n. FEAR never impaired happiness tt
mortaIs soul-no never.
Miss S. never said it did. You asser
ted that fear never made men good
proved TO the contrary, ard now you toucl
another string in way that implies oppo
Aition of opinion on MY part. ! don't con
trovert your last declaration, bat what hav
you done with the first do you give it up
If 50. perhaps you may Ard by little exam
lnation that you are Ms much mistaken on s.
other points.
Mr.. \. Love is what makes men coodan
happy, az you ought to know.
Miss s. The fear of the Lord is the b
eir'pinR Of wisdom Psa. lilo. W
purt 'esI HIN. fol biz justice, teiolt we ca
love linn iol Lis me,cy,' There is NO fe,
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D, De-. % NJ, fymf.

OOLDSBOlsO y AS'''
-fours of the 2Stl of January Is IN
b.Dd v Z first note have never seen. II II
raaobo my father he must have forgotten It u
- Id been directed to my address l should prob
ably have receivedit in good time.
- - am surprised at the request for copies OF the
speeches delivered by me lin he prosecution OF
VIM. A. Smith, D. D., for immortality, before the
Virginia Conference, to be inserted in n PamPhiet
to be issued under authority Of ths COMMITTEE oi
the Conference having charge u the subject. 1
do not know who compose that committed: Ihey
may be members Of that majority OF the Virginia
Conference whose course ha5 placed them IN SUCH
position towards the n. C. Conferences, that ordi-
nary self-re.pect, and the allegiance | owe my
Conference, forbid any copartnsry with them IN
the publication Of anything.
The Virginia Conference is not content with sts
act is not content with acquitting its accused
member; II mast do something for him 1t must
prolong the controversy; it must disturb the peace
Of the church afresh. Well, let the Conference do
it; and then, take the responsibility Of all Their
,amphlet shah call for. If DR.. Smith needs i
let him have it. l hope, by Gods aid, to TAXI
care Of myself. At any rate, the Virgin;
Conference is the last body of men l should thini
Of asking 10 assist me. The public would have
-aasoA 20 sasty IL. after tbs trickgSl
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its propinquity. To estimate properly,
for example, he said, the in fuence to be
exercised on mankind at largo by the thor
ough diffusion of Democracy, the distance
of the epoch at (which such diffusion may
possibly be accomplished, should not fail
to form an item in the estimate Yet can
you tell me one writer ON the subject Of
government, who has ever thought this
particular branch of the subject worthy Of
discussion at ALP
He here paused for moment, stepped
to bookcase, and brought forth one Of
the ordinary synopses of Natural History.
Requesting me then to exchange seats with
him, that he might better distinguish the
fine print of the volume, he took my arm
chair at the window, and opening the book,
resumed his discourse very much in the
same tone as before
But for your exceeding minuteness,' be
said, in describing the monster, | might
never have had it in my power to demon
strats to you what it was In the first
place, let me read to you schoolboy ac-
count of the genus Sphinr, of the family
Crepuscularia, Of the order Lepidoptera,
of the class Of insectd-or insects. The
account runs thus:
-Four membranous wings, covered with
little colored scales of metallic appearance
mouth forming rolled proboscis, produced
by an elongation Of the jaws, upon the sides
of which are found the rudiment. of mandi-
bles and downy palpi inferior weights re-
tanned TO the superior by stiff hair anten-
re in the form Of land elongated club, pris-
matte abdomsn pointed. Death headed
Sphinx has occasioned much terror among
the vulgar, at times, By the melancholy kind
of cry which it utters, and the insignia Of
. death which it wears upon its corsIet.'
He here closed the book and leaned for
ward in the chair, placing himself accurately
, in the position which | had occupied at the
moment of beholdiDg the monster
'Ah! here it is! be presently exclaimed
it is reascending the face of the hill, and a
very remarkable looking creature / admit it
to be. Still, it is by no means SO large or
SO distant as YOU imagined ii for the fact is,
that, as it wriggles its way UP, hi. hair which
some spider has wrought along the window
sash, | find it 10 be about the sixteenth Of
an inch in lis extreme length, and also about
the sixteenth Of an inch distant from the pu-
pill of my eyer
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fitsa ~ the spisit u Ne Age.
Biological Discussion
lnR NORTH AND KISS sovrH.
~ fLoRErcr TAY.
I'm : dear lover Of Nature, Sallis
- n, and plnck ihe flowers from
= fGFden. don't you7 ] Worship
( 90 20 - q tseh
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more especially the appearance on its breast
With feeling of horror and awe-uith a
sentiment of forthcoming evil, which /
found it impossible to qneH by any effort
OF reason, perceived the huge jaws at the
ea.rsmlty Of the proboscis, suddenly ex-
paaa paaSa = themselves, and from them there pro-
oseoea &c = sound 50 loud, and so expressive
- Ill; -, mat 1t struck upon my nerves ike
lshs.sact s sS9 asas as pnster disappeared at
.ne ~ g, :. me Ss fell at once, fainting
Dpss recoStsng, -nfstss 81 lnlvs i
course, was to inform my friend of what
| had seen and heard-and can scarcely
explain what feeling of repugnance it was,
which, In the end. operated to prevent me.
At length, one evening, some three or
four days after the occurrence, we were
sitting together in the room in which I had
seen the apparition-I occupying the same
seat at the same window, and he lounging
on sofa near at hand The association of
the place and time impelled me to give him
an account of the phenomenon. He heard
NE to the end--at first laughed heartily
and then lapsed into an excessively grave
demeanor, as if my insanity was a thing
beyond suspicion. At this instant again
had a distinct view of the monster-to
which, with shout of absolute terror, |
now directed his attention. He looked ca
gerly, but maintained that he saw nothing.
although designated minutely the course
OF the creature, as it made its way down
the naked face of the hill.
l was now immessurably alarmed, for
considered the vision either as an omen of
my death, or worse, as the forerunner of
an attack of mania. [ threw myself back
in my chair, and for some moments buried
my face in my hands. When l uneoy-red
my eyes, the apparition was no logger ap-
parent.
My host, however, had IN some degree
resumed the calmness Of his dsneaRor, and
questioned me very vigorously in respect to
the conformation Of the visionary creature.
When I had fully satisfied him on this
head, he sighed deeply, as if relieved of
some intolerable burden, and went on to
talk, with what I thought cruel calmness,
of various points of speculative philosophy,
which bad heretofore formed subject of dis
cussion between Us. [ remember his ia
sisting very especially (among other things)
upon the idea that the principal source Of
error in all human investigations, lay in
the liability of the understanding to under.
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played upon me by certain of the distinguish ed
members Of the Virginia Conference, I enid BE-
induced to contribute to the pr duction OF a par
izan pamphlet, and thus secure for it the snow az
inpartiatity which should deceive the public. /
am not quite stultifed as that
Your letter informs me that one Of nv spesebes
would be inserted out Of its proper place. That
course would be in exact accordance with the yp;r
it of the proceedings had hitherto so far rs am
concerned. 1t was not my fault that / suffered
that damage before ii Virginia Conference. 7
shall not nov, however, untarily 90 to the trouble
TO give the /" Commitke having cLaroe of A.
subject the opportunity to naict the iniury anew
Perhaps the " Committee havlag charge Of the
subject felt that would be adding insult 70 iniurv
to address me in their names, aad so secured
the services of the printer of the pamphlet. Now
il this letter be any aid whatever 10 ths
Committees having charge of the subject , frc,s
at perfectly liberty to it, but | shau pros
test against anything they may choose o. sSt up
reports Of my speeches.
1 am truly yours, &c.
CHARLES r. Deems
p. S.-This afternoons mail brought yoar first
note. Ny father had mislaid il and just rec YER
ed it. lie did not know its contents.
The papers of NORTH Carolina are respectfully
requested to copy the above.
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retract, and confess Jour ignorance Of Hie.
words, you pFeSsnd to love. honor and adore.
Mr.. N. Your suggestive argument goes t
the length, tbatman's future happiness dots
not depend upon his goodness here, but upo'
the particular religious bslief he entertained
Miss S. And that is the belief that with
cut holiness DO man shall gee the Lord Il
all are saved "a you sontend, good. bad
and Indifferent what matters it about re-
Hgious belief goodness and all that?-
Your insinu2tion islymphatiea n,l lord North
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-02-27

Niu you JoursenraTSstrt up, AZ christian
excellence. You Say Jsqr n,rer made m,n
good, and thereby eecu,s Him ,on n,nfoss
20 love, " f'Jsehood, for !, Il ~,i,tep &, m.
.nford-and III give you ch.pt.r ard ,rTs.
you deny the assertion, and insist u,I,
p'9of Through fear, men a. Part from in;.
Iuuy. Nov y"U must rtpudialt the B;ble
pronounce Ne sunDingly devised faIle.' or
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-21
wise on gillmore.

In an editorial Of the Richmond
Enquirer noticing Mr.. W1sE's speech
in that city in 1852 the following para
graph occurs;
Mr.. Wise paida high complement
to Mr.. Fillmore, for his patriotic
course--he had served with him, knew
him well, knew his private sentiments,
knew them to be opposed to slavery in
the abstract. The man who could act
thus disinterostedly, he considered en-
titled to "woll done, most faithful ser.
want"
"Well done, most faithful servant"
is quite rs strong compliment as
Washington-like.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-21
A Presldent on the stump.

The spectacle of the President of
the United States making partisan
speech to an excited political crowd,
says the Philadelphia Bulletin, is one
that never could have entered into the
contemplations ofany patriotic citizen,
Yet such a spectacle was witnessed at
Washington on Saturday evening, when
Franklin Pierce desecrated the White
House by appearing at one of its win
dows and addressing a crowd of poll
ticians on the party issues and the par
ty doings of those to whom he owes
his elevation and his downfall. The
instincts of the domagogue do not seem
to have abandoned him in his present
humiliation. The fourth year of his
term Of Office finds him as deficient in
dignity and sense of propriety, as he
was four years ago. He cannot be
content to retire deccntly to the obscu-
rity that his party has consigned him
to, but must use his last months of of
fee in acting the political buffoon and
presenting himself as an object for his
countrymen to blush for and strangers
to sneer at. Cannot some plan be cons
trived to secure Pierce's silence for the
rest Of the term, SO that while he is
President he may have no more oppor-
tunities of degrading his country? =
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-21
zone Fire More"

A letter received last night from a
well-informed gentleman of Richmond,
an indomitable an entirely reliable
Fillmore & Donelson man, says: p.
"We are determined to commence
the canvass in earnest, and if our exer-
tons are but seconded with spirit and
energy, we shall carry the State"
GSA,. That's the kind of talk worthy
to back American principles. Let us
have that spirit and energy that will
open and conduct tho canvass in ear
nest. F" Eternal vigilanee is the price
Of liberty"
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-21
Henry Claws Mantle.

Said an enthusiastic Ironhead, the
other day, up town, "The mantle of
Henry Clay has fallen upon John G..
Breckenridge" All indeed. Then
is John G. Breckenridge a murderer,
Sabbath breaker, libertine, gambler,
corrupt politician, bargaining aspirant
for the Presidency, &c. adj interim, or
the leaders of the Locofoco party, in
Guiding 'TEN CENT JIMMY, are the YER
lest liars that ever run unhung
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-21
and tho hopes Of the fathers Of our Re.

and tho hopes Of the fathers Of our Re-
public. KY ~
I expect shortly 70 sAil for America,
and, with the blessings Of Divine Prov.
idence. hope soon to tread my native
soil. My opportunity Of comparing
my own country and the cSndition Of
tho people with those Of Europe, has
only served to increase my admiration
and love Of our blessed land Of liberty,
aud / shall return to it without even q
desire to cross the Atlantic again.
l beg Of you, gentlemen, to accept
my thanks for the worry fiattering man
ner in which you have been pleased to
communicate the result of the action of
that enlightened and patriotic body of
men who composed the late convention,
and to be assured that I am, with pro-
found respect and esteem, your friend
and fellow citizen,
WILLARD FILLMORE.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-21

umphs which have been already achiev-,
cd BY the party, which IS yet in its in.
fancy. Whenever and wherever de-
feats and reverses have been encoun-
tered BY our party, they were tho re.
suits Of defective organization--s,ot Of
apathy or indifference. That cause
will not affect our action in tho OPP.
proceeding conflict. With our gallant
champions already chosen and In the
van; with our principles we'll defined
and clearly enunoiated; with our ban
ners spread to the breeze and bearing
symbols of. the,maay issuss involved
in the struggle at hand, tho great
American host presses on to battle and
to victory ,l..s
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-21

We have received several ietters ro-

W. AoNo IcOolNc0 soNoIbl lctt0xO TO-
comfy, urging us to call District Con-
vention to appoint an Elcetor for this
Congressional District. This course
will be unnecessary, as the American
Central Executive Committee has au-
thority in the premisesto fill vacancies,
and to appoint District, Senatorial and
County Electors, whore they are not
already appointed, on recommendation.
Gu. IL. LEWIS, Esq, at Richmond, is
Corresponding Secretary of the Exec
utive Committee, to whom correspond
ents should address their letters. An
appointment for our District will be
made as soon Us tho Committee receive
the necessary instruction or recon-
mendation. We hope our friends in
tho several counties will be prompt to
propose o supply-thc ants are, taking
the field.
The Central Executive Committee
have made the following judicious ap-
pointments, recently:
James Hutchinson, ESQ.,, Senatorial
Elector for Jackson, Mason, Cabell and
Wayne; and d. Frost, Esq, County
Elector for Jackson. ASA
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-21
ARRIVAL OF TIE ERICSSON.
4 DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.

New YoRK, June 13.--The steam
ship Ericsson chartered by tho Collins
company in place ofthe lost Paci6c)
has arrived. She lcfl Liverpool on the
afternoon of the 2Sth ultimo.
The news. is Of an unimprtant charac.
ter. In the British House Of Lords tho
Earl of ELaIN had. moved for the des-
patches relative to the sending of troops
to Canada. A discussion ensued, when
the Earl of CLARENDON expressed good
feeling to the United States, but reiter-
ated the determination of the Govern
ment not to recall Mr. CRAMpToN. He
said that Gieat Britain had made the
ampiest apology to the United States
for the recruiting transactions. but she
could not consent to the recall of Mr..
Champion. The offer had been made
by tho Government TO refer the Central
American question to 81 bitraiiop. but it
had not yet been accepted. Greet Brit
ain was animated by most friendly feel
ings towards the United States, and
this would be admitted by them
Notwithstanding this language had been
used in Congress which fused in Great
Britain would have been denounced as
tending to embroil the two countries;
and finally. that if Lord Elgin had stated
five minutes conversation between Mr..
Marcy and himself would suffice to set
tie the business, he would willingly
meet him midway in the Atlantic O.
cean.
Or. Palmer, the poisoner, had been
found guilty and sentenced TO death.
A new Russian loan is spoken Of
part to be offered in London and part
in Hamburg.
The Italian question continues unset.
tied. 1t was ,umored that the Pope
proposes Congress of Italian Sove.
reigns in Rome. with plenipotentiariss
from France aud Austria.
i. Denmark is putting her feet in an eff,
fective state.
The Spanish Government were ia
king energetic measures against Mex.
leo.
Napoleon was considering scheme
for founding territorial nobility in
Algeria.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-06-21
LATER FROM KANSAS.
From the Cincinnati Times of June H.

From the Cincinnati Times OF June IL.
We have just had conversati ion
with j. A. Parker, Esq, Land Register
at Nebraska City aud now on his way
to Washington. He reports affairs in
Kansas as in most lamentable condi-
ton. Mr.. Parker left Kansas CITY on
Sunday last, and arrived in this city
this morning. He says the fighting was
still! going on in a most every portion of
the country. Orders have been issued
by Gov. SHANNON for Col. SUMNER to
proceed to disarm all parties that he
might find assembled together for un.
lawful purposes.
Col. Sumner had departed at the head
of six companies of United States
troops to fulfil the order, but no news
had been received concerning him by
Mr. Parker up to the time he left.
Z AT Leavenworth City the greatest
excitement prevailed. Meetings Of both
Free.State and Pro.Slavery men had
been hourly held all the day OF Satur-
day, and threats of violence used to-
wards each party by the opposers. On
Saturday evening bulletins we're issued
by each party warning the other to
leave.
Sunday evening Mr.. Parker met a con.
siderable force of United States troops,
just arrived in the Territory, who were
on their march to Fort Leavenwor,h.---
This gentleman reports that tho ex-
element, previously sufficiently great,
was hourly increasing, and he express
sed his opinion that the military force
in the country is far inadequate to what
is really needed to restore any degree
of peace. Each party is incensed to
the greatest degree, and will listen to
nothing like concession Newspapers
were issuing extras all along the bor-
der furnishing accounts moro or less
aggfaya,ing and exaggerated
Mr. Parker says that both parties
are guilty of the greatest outrages.---
He will.not pretend to say where ii be-
gan, but he AYERS that Kansas may be
considered as involved 10 civil war,
although IL is conducted after the goer-
rilla style. Nothing save the presence
OF large force acting under the direc-
ton Of the General Government can re.
store order. 4