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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-02-04
|" Why stand We all the day idle ?'

Lo! the fields are white for The harvest
and the laborers are few. More than ever
the active exertions of the philanthropist
are required to rescue fallen man from the
terrible doom that awaits the drunkard.-
Drunkenness abounds-hosts of drunken
men reel along the beaten highway to ruin
and despair. The tide swells and gathers
strength with every rolling year, until it
sweeps away the best prospects of home and
t be most precious endearments of life. Day
after day an awful holocaust smokes hotly
from an unkoly altar, and blasted mortals
east themselves upon it shrieking the chorus
OF the lost. Something more than has vet
been done is required to arrest this internal
carnage. The labors of q few men cannot
dyke this terrible stream. The active co
operation of all men who love their race
must be enlisted ere this afi ctise scourge is
abated. This has never yet been obtained.
Thousands who even make Jealous preten-
tons to morality and even religion, do not
care a fig for the temperance cause. They
nave either not gwen the subject the cOnsid-
Grafton it deserves, or, feeling secure them
selves, they are> content to take care Of
themselves and let others do the same.
Something more than this is required of
the christian and the common citizen. He
has a work to perform; then, "why stand We
all the day idle ?" Go into the great vine.
yard and labor. Ye may be the favored
instrument in p~ersuading many to turn to
the better way-ye may break the manacles
that bind scores in a bondage worse than
that Of the galley slave-wives, mothers,
sisters, little children and even strong men
may pour out before you a rich oblation 0
thanks better than gold that perisheth.-
Labor! labori y labor = for the cause IN
behalf of your brother huAanity, and We m az
make many homes bright as the tent OF
Abraham on the plains Of Mamre holding
the Angels
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Publishing on a Credit.

Inc many, very many severe. aanninr
articles that we have seen lately. IN our ex
changes, calling upon delinquent subscribers
to pay up, serve to convince us as to the
correctness of the principle upon which we
q our paper-cash in advance. Il IS
net Only best for the publisher, bat for the
subscriber also. lie feels that he is readinr
ms oa7a paper. when he knows it is paid for
and Il re wishes to discontinue, all he hiss 10
DO = 70 fail to send on money to renew
Besides, the prampt,fpaying subscriber does
not pay for ths Aon,pasing one,-as is the
case with credit papers-for the former keen
up the paper, and thus enable the latter to
get his for nothing. If all the publishers in
the country woHld adopt the cash IN advance
principle, they would not only save thous.
anas OF dollars, bnt be enabled to publish
upon lower terms.
by the way, speaking Of low prices Of pa
peFs, reminds as Of some very unkind, not
to say nngentlemanly remarks land some of
them grossly false) that a certain publisher
P'esciJ, CoHteInlHS tie low
price upon which We published the Spirit OF
the Age he was generous enough to say
we ought to break, if we had anything to
break npon,o and rather expressed the hope
re would and much more unlike a christian.
ana THIS same man is grumbling continually
about the thousands Of dollars owing him
that he cannot collect. If he will adopt the
easn In advance plan, he will not feel SO ma
ac,ousiy envious of Us, perhaps.
"eare happy to know that our subscribers
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recoilect of ever receiving any complaint of
IT. while our patrons have warmly commen-
ded 1t, and eolnplimented us for the frmness
with which We have carried out our rule
We are proud to add, in the language of Old
King Lear, in the play, to each of our sub
scribers-
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G0itor's Correspondence.

LINcoLNToN, N. c., Jan'y 22nd, 1857. !,
Mr.. EDITOR Feeling it not amiss to com
munlcate our prospects to you relative to tho
Temperance reformation, I will give Won ;
small sketch of the history of Lincolnton Di-
vision During twelve months, preceding
october 1896, the Division was at a very low
ebo; scarcely enough met to form a Quorum.
Notwithstanding there was about IS members
ofthe DIVISION. A great majority had grown
cold and were almost ready to give 10 the
NOBLE struggle. During all this time. AIcho-
mol was welding q mighty sceptre in the
town Of Lincolnton but Notwithstanding
all the dissipation, all the opposition aud all
the liquor, these few wholesouled members
met time after time, when there was bnt
little enjoyment in meeting, and were ready
at all times to battle with the adversary and
stem the flood of intemperance, ill Lincoln
ton, dlssipated as it was, would be numbered
With the Towns of total abstinence. Tn the.
midst OF all this adversely, gloom and dark
ness, prospects began to brighten in Noyem.
per young men began to be initiated, and
middle aged men began to join the Order.
tlil now all Lincolnton is in commotion on
the temperance subject, and the Division
now numbers about twice as many as it did
III October 1856! And a spirit of zeal ard
energy has entered into all the Temnerance
men those lnkeNarm and cold members
have all got to be regular attendants Of the
Division room they have got their homes
frightened up; their faith strengthened, and
are all going on rejoicing at their success and
the bright prospects Of a final reformation.
We have also received about 40 Ladies as
visitors, and we are receiving new Lady yisi-
tors every meeting. They are ornaments of
tae DIVISION room they give buoyancy to
these young men and make them struggle
more earnestly for the cause of Temperance.
Ii Is the warning affection of noble hearted
woman that causes their husbands to sub
scribe to the constitution and take a pledre
OF total abstinence and so far as nv knowl-
edge extends. every Division where the mem
Dors } ave refused to receive the ladies as
visitors, has gone down. We can't expect
the ladies to work for us, if we do net admit
them IN our Division rooms. We must let
them see, and hear, and enjoy our meetings.
II we want TO get theirtheir influence. Why.
SIR, you may take the best son of Temperance
IN North Carolina, ard if he decline. or IS
hlndered from, going to the Division for a
few months, he will almost unavoidablv GROW
cold In the work. lie may believe the prin
ciples to be as good; and the necessity Of the
work as great as he ever did but inasmucb
as he has failed to meet in the Division. he ia
almost certain to fail in trying to promote
the cause as he did when he was a reoular
attendant. Therefore there is a great neess.
sisy 10 every members attending the regular
meetings, in order to keep himself Stimulated
IN TINS noble cause that so much needs his
AID. l am yours in L. P. & f.
S. P. SHERRILL
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Observation-Disclosures

Before our paper will go to press, we pre-
sumo . State Legislature will have ad-
Journed, as the I'd of February has been
agreed upon as the day for adjournment
We shall be unable to procure a list of the
Important Acts passed at this session, in
time Tor this paper; but will publish them
next week, with brief synopsis Of the pro.
visions ST each. We deem it unnecessary,
therefore,, to eeeupy our c~olunans tits week,
with a detail Of its closing proceedings. The
session lasted II days.
T. S.-Sinee the above was in type. the
two Houses have rescinded the resolution to
adjourn on the ID and changed it to the 4th
instant when We presume they will certainly
adjourn
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Queen Eleanor Christina.

MANY-very many instances are on re-
cord of noble women performing useful ser
vices for themselves and others, without
exciting the scott and derision of the world.
Among these may be cited the story of
Queen Eleanor Christina. She was the
daughter of Christian ", of Denmark,
aud was, in the seventh year of her ace.
betrOthed to Corftz Ulfeld, a Danish noble
man but a Saxon prince having claimed
her in marriage, when she attained her
twelfth year, the alliance was considered
more suitable to her dignity, and attempts
where made to induce her to accept the
offer. But as her marriage-promise had
been given, though not by herself, yet by
others on her behalf, she deemed it toe
sacred an engagement to be broken. She
thus continued true to her word, and mar
ried him at the age of fifteen.
On the death of the king, the overbear.
ing spirit of Ulfeld began to manifest itself;
and his enemies, either secretly or openly.
availing themselves of his weakness CON
trived to effect his destruction. One mis-.
fortune succeeded to another he was exil.
ed, recalled and imprisoned, and then aoa;r
banished. Thus he was pursued from onf
place to another, until he died in the great
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Snow Storm and an Incident.

The 18th and 18th inst, were actively en-.
ployed in getting up one of the granaest
snowstorms "our eyes have ever beholden.,
All creation was made white as an ANGEL and
as uneven as q scolding wife's temper. The
keen north wind heaped up the drifted snow
until miniature mountains were built and
vailles shaped. 1t really made us feel poet
zeal and romantic while looking out upon its
varied beauties from the side of a good Ere.
We even fell into a poetical train of reyery
that might have been much profit to the read
ing public, had not our train Of thought come
IN collision with a call at night to visit the
sick" in our faithful and well tried horse.
We placed a bride and a saddle,
Then on has back We quickly leapt astraddle
for the ride, during which, a mile and a half
an hour, was high pressure speed. After
divers falls "too tedious to mention We
wound mp by being pitched into a snow bank
SIX fees deep, be the same more or less !
That frustrated our poetry by tripping up
Its feet and our feelings were expressed in
intense proset This was the incident. and it
may be of lasting benefit to more thar one
young man who aspires to the honors OF the
NJ. D." and the romance of its duties. .
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ES- BROTHER! do you yet lore oar noble
orderE Do you rememtsz how VEN once
protested great attachment to It and ho.s,as
OF Its exeeliencies? Is the world rapsomsa
rom the curse of the rpm plague? las tho
year Of Jubilee been proclaimed? Are ths
hnteis OF all the doors in the land sprinkIea
with as~Ving blood that forbids the de.t,ox
er entering to cat down 'tthe frst born 2,-
Nay Ray! The red plague spot burns
upon a Thousand faces. The shadow &c IT,
destroy r darkcns a thousand riots !, Ia
lhen Oe Up ana d'ing for your Order. TIE
o0'iS q temperance, as an Order, is the
most eEectral remedy to stay the hea,;ng
tide OF intemperance. Strengthen its wsIls
and make fast its pillars. that tbop.snd.
more may find refuge there.
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hJ- We did not know, until we saw it
stated in the Christian Advocate, that at
the late Baptist Convention it was resolved
to memorabilia the Legislature for some re-
lief from the liquor peddlipg carts with
which the country is infested. 1t was GER
talnly a most excellent move, and one in
which every religious denomination ought
to unite; for these peddlers are very great
annnyances to the religious gatherings in
the country. They squat about in the
bushes or suburbs of the grounds where
Associations, Campmeetings and other
such meetings are held, and frequently
disturb Divine Worship.
We copy the following remarks on the
subject, from the last n. G. Christian Ad-
vocate :
lie who pays for license to retail liquor
at q designated place, is to some extent
under the restraint of local public opinion.
II ne break the law by selling to slaves, or
keeping a disorderly house, the fact that
his establishment is a fixed nuisance, will
prompt the application of the legal remedy.
Bat the whiskey peddler may sell to
slaves, for stolen goods, with impunity !;
he may scatter fre-bTnds and death among
. whole community during. the day of
election, or at any public gathering;
breaches OF the peace, assaults, batteries,
ARRAYS, riots and occasional murders, which
people the jails, increase the taxes, and de-
stroy the happiness of many a home all
these evils may be directly traced to the
agency Of the whiskey peddler. But he
came-he is gone-he may never com
again. Nobody prosecutes him. Every
body else suffers more or less from his traf
tic, but he pockets his money, escape
justice, and goes on to a distant neigh
borhood, to repeat the outrage upon pub
lie interest, and individual rights, witt
IMMUNITY.
1t IS a nuisance which claims abate
ment at the hands of our legislators. IF;
Yankee would peddle clocks or tin war
over the country, he must first indemnif
the State for the possible injury he ma
do, by paying a heavy tax for license an
this Is well. But turn his tin cups int
quart pots, and his clocks into whiske
barrels, and 10 he may traverse the cour
try, trade with slaves, scatter incendiar
sentiments, if disposed to do so, and mil
lster drunkenness, discord and death,
mong a quiet community and yet escar
the penalties, which could alone restrai
him from the mischief he is doing
Whether the memorial referred to ha
Jet been laid before the Legislature, we d
not know. But we could desire that b,
dy to take it as an expression of the wis
es Of all Christians and patriots and
give to the matter to which it refers. the
most serious consideration. The vhiske
carts and liquor peddlings tolerated
North Carolina, are a disgrace to the Stat
and the badge of darker age, which "
would fain hope is rapidly giving place
the good time coming"
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San Marcos, 1856. A'
Written for the Spirit of the Age.
Burns.


The poet Burns was a generous, noble
hearted, high.minded, wholesouled fellow.
ever ready to assist a " friend in need" al
though he might
Ha' m each to spare him"
This-his open-hearted, generous disposition,
was the prime cause OF his fall. Being him.
self possessed Of an honest heart, he the more
easily became the dupe Of others, WHO, Ia.
king advantage Of his confiding disposition
succeeded in leading him into the haunts Of
vice. Having once gone astray he soon
plunged into the vortex Of dissipation, gave
loose reins TO his passions, became their
slave and q victim to the %circeau cup, and
died-died in the prime of life.
Burns the Poet of Scotland none other of
her poets were anything like rivals Fergu,
son aud Ramsey came the nearest being riy-
ais OF this genuine poet. The writings of
Scott and Campbell are too much Anglicised
10 eTer come in Burns way Of fame.
Burns's verse, it Is true, is not D, lished
and double-rehned like the productions of
tho Authors OF " Waverly" and the = Pleas
ures OF Hope" nor does it abound in the far
fetched metaphors OF a Shelby, nor are his
periods rounded and trimmed with the nice.
mechanical precision of a Pope-but it is
the cgtgu5hdRgS ofAe poets oVn soul. lie is
original-entirsly so-his style is peculiar to
no one but himself. lie has no Homer. nor
%Esehylus, nor Virgil, aor Horace for his
model his grandest limitations are from
Natures own book. His Tam O'Shanter.U
" Cotter's Saturday might" Address to the
Devil" Holy Millie's Pray err" aud the
Holy Fair" (tho two last of which ara
celebrated for the keen s~atirieal STYLE in
which they are w%ritten) abound throughout
with n vein of wit aud humor, peculiar to no
Que but himself, aad will lice J~orcUer.
ALPlIEUS.
II. II. SPRINGS, january. 2lsi.
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r. II. Springs, January, 2lst.

TIE SwEARER RRBUKEp.-On a GER
tain occasion, General Washington invited
a number of fellow officers to dine with
him. While at the table, one Of them ut
tered an oath. The General dropped his
knife and fork in a moment, and in his
deep tone, and Characteristic dignity and
deliberation, said thought that zoe all
supposed ourselves gentlemen" He then
resumed his knife and fork, and went on as
before. The remark struck the officer like
an electric shock, and, as was intended,
did execution, as his remarks 10 such ca
ses were very apt to do. No person swore
at the table after that; and after dinner
the officer referred to remarked to his com
panion, that if the General had struck
him over the head with his sword he could
have borne it but the home thrust which
he gaye.him was too much. 1t was too
much for a gentleman. And it is hoped
that it will be too much for any one who
pretends to be a gentleman.
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For tho Sn;r;t ocn

On Saturday, the 9th of December last.
assisted by Brethren from Lincolnton. South
Fork, and Jacobs Fork Division, [ proceeded
to organize Laurel Hill Division, located in
Lincoln County. The following Brethren
were elected and installed as officers for the
present quarter: E. F. Ramsour, w. p.
Jacob kistler, W. A.; NJ. Warlick. r. s.
M. Y. Seagle, F. S.; NJ. N. Seagle. IT,: s
Dellinger, c.; A. Hoover, A. c.: A. Hubs.
poth, l. s.; j. M. Doggett, o. s.; L Rosa
appointed P. w. P. These brethren
being men of the right spirit and actuated
by proper motives, we feel assured thew will
accomplish much good.
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sG- A lady sends us six subscrib ers from
away out in Illinois, and says-"I obtained
these names in a few minutes, the other
evening in my school. Would not all Teach.
ers be doing their pupils a good service to
"ge and do likewise 2"
We think they would, Mrs.N., and hope
your noble example will be followed. Accept
our sincere thanks for remembering us in
your far-of home in tie northwest.
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Greensboro Patriot and E,o.

Messrs- Sherwood and Long having doph-
led teams have united their respective n.-
pers under the above title, enlarged dimen-
sions' and are now presenting one Of tho b..
sheets of the kind in North co-o;-
patronage OF the public. If industry and
talent can command success, they ara CO.
to have IL "0 soro
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For the Spirit Of the Age.
Faith, Hope and Charity.

Faltn' hope and Charity.
Respectfully inscribed to MYRA.
BY INVALID.
At midnight's hour of quiet peace,
With sleepless eyes a mourner lay;
His patience worn with loneliness,
And longing for returning day.
Three angels bright, a seraph band,
Around his humble bed side came
And from the ministerings of their hand,
he learned their mission and their name.
With queen-like step the frst drew nigh,
And knelt beside his lowly bed;
While radiant light illumed her eve,
And threw a halo round her head.
And as she waved her magic wand,
a veil was torn from of his eyes,
while with a voice unearthly grand,
She babe him look beyond the skies.
No longer doubts obscured his path,
For Childlike trust usurped their place;
And gazing with the eye Of Faith,
de saw his Saviour's smiling face.
And as she gazed with rayished eye,
Pom the enrapturing scene,
The second angel, then, drew nigh,
With melting eye and mien.
Ans as she bowed, too, by his side,
And raised her hand on high
A radiant star he plain diseerned,
Whose rays lit up the ebon sky.
"Stay there" she said, your fearful heart,
When e'er in doubt you grope;
The Bible, choose ye, for your chart
"Your beacon light, the star Of Hope"
The third and last approached the rest,
Far l~oveliest Of the band
While GhrObbing meath her hand.
And as beside him, too, she kneIt,
While from her eyes a tear drop stole;
what heavenly peace and joy he felt
Within his weary, stricken soul.
And when upon his brow it fell
Tn throne of the fever-king,
Back to the shades of his native hell,
The demon spread his brooding wing.
And tranquil sleep his eyelids wooed,
To him a priceless rarity;
While rOu d his couch there smiling stood,
Bright Faith, sweet Hope, and Charity.
Elm Cottage Va.
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II. f. R.

FATAL AFFRAY AT HAMpDEN Sidney Chr.
LEGE.-A difficulty occurred at Hampden Sid.
ney College on Tuesday evening. between
two students, Z. A. Langhorne, Of Lynch.
burg, and a son of DIR. Edie, of C~hristianhurg
They met this morning in a passage Of the
College, and Edie was stabbed to the heart
and died in a few inmates. Lanshorne was
arrested.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-02-04

est misery. Eleanor, though the daugh-
ter of a king, and brought up in the great
est luxury, determined to share misfortune
with her husband. She followed him. ev-
erywhere, in exile and in prison, and en-
dured every sacrifice and privation in order
to solace him. Happening once to be in
great danger when travelling in disguise,
she attired herself in a male habit, that
she might guard him and procure him
every accommodation.
At another time, Ulfeld, during his res
idence in Sweden, became suspected of car
rying on a secret correspondence f; in con-
sequence of which, the king appointed a
commission to investigate the business.
His wife appeared before the commission
ers, excused her husbands absence on &C
count of illness, and pleaded his U with
such energy and zeal, that the commission
ers brought in a verdict of acquittal, which
was approved of by the king. Eleanor
suffered severely for her cenjugal affection
even after the death of her husband, By
being imprisoned fer the dreadful periot
of forty-three years. She was liberated b,
Christian the Fifth, who presented he
with Mariboe Castle as a fef, and granite,
her a pension Of 1900 rix dollars per an
nun.
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s1- We understand Tho.

90 We understand that a negro man ho-
longing to a Mr.. Thompson, Of AIam.n".
,r01e 70 death during the snow storm Of the
18th ult. He attempted to go to his -
house and froze on the road. The cola
intense and many cattle, fowls, hogs. 81
were frozen.
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Right. The ASHORE Bulletin is out
against the opening of a new grog-shop
in that vicinity. It warns the man Of
the evil upon which he is entering. and
begs him to desist. That is q com
mendable movement.
The politicians say the traffic must
be put down by moral suasion. Let the
press begin to apply this remedy.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-02-04

sAN A correspondent writes us, that a
negro woman, belonging to j. N. NJ. Smith
and anegro man, belonging to Mr.. G. Perry,
Of FRANKLIN county, were frozen to death in
attempting to go from a neighbours house to
said Smiths, on the night of the 18th Jan.
uary. The distance they had to travel was
only about a mile. 1t is supposed they had
been drinking spirits.
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Patent Madicinas-

Our contract for publishing several Patent
Medicine notices having expired, it leaves
US considerably more space for reading mat
ter. The contracts for the others in our pa
per wlEf soon expire, and we have this prop
ositlon to make: If our friends viii ~contin-
ne to increase our subscription list as they
RaVe done for the last few weeks, we will
take omore patent medicine advertisements.
We never desired to publish them ; but last
year orr receipts for subscriptions dwindled
away SO rapidly tkat we were compelled to
take ihena in order to mees expenses. We
made shese advertis srs pay sceH, and our
necessities forced Us to accept. Now run up
our subscription list, and we'll ell their
places with good reading matter.
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gS> We have received several ,aono
Seho the back numbers of the Age to Ist Jan.
uary. 1t would give us pleasure to do = =
we nad them ON hand but the extra MN
bers printed are exhausted.