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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-01-07
Free.will Baptist Journal!

The annual conference of the Original Free
Will Baptist of North Carolina being DESTROYS
of publishing a weekly Newspaper, bearing
the above name, the undersigned Committee
were authorized, al the last Conference, to
issue the Prospectus. They design publish
ing a family paper, which will be religious
in tone and sentiment, and maintain thedoc-
tfines and usages of the Free~WIl Baptist
Church, and will be devoted to the general
interests of the State. In fact it Is designed
to furnish intelligence foF every class of
readers. In size and appearance the Jour
NAL, will be equal to most religious papers
in the State, and it is hoped to render it so
interesting and instructive as to attract pat
ronage from the public.
The JOURNAL, viii be published at TIVE
dollars (S2) per annum, invariably in ad-
vance, The first number will be issued as
soon as the list of subscribers will justify Its
publication. 1t is desirable that as large
Ii st of subscribers be secured az possible
Ministers and all others favorable to the work
are respectfully solicited to secure and forward
the names of as many subscribers as possible
(being particular to write the subscriber
name and Post Office in a plain hand
The Journal, will be published under th'
supervision a committee appointed for tina
purpose. The payment will be required OF
the appearance of the first number.
All subscriptions, and letters relating
the paper, must be derected to j. H.. Jackson
Kinston, n. c., until further notice.
JESSE I'll. HOLTON,
w. L. TYER. Committee.
j. II. JACKSON
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Editnr,s Table.

GoDEY's LADY's Book, for January.-Go-
dey says he ais proud Of this number and
we'll may he be for it is about the richest of
the many rich issues he has made to the
Lady public. The elegant engraving Of
"The Only Child" strikes a tender chord,
as we gaze upon It's counterpart in our own
circle. Tho Family Scene" title page is
beautiful and the Six Figure Fashion
Plate" superb. 1t has almost any number
Of other illustrations, and a choice variety of
reading matter. We subjoin the terms for
Godcy-cash in advance One copy one
year, SO. Two copies one year, SIS. Three
copies one year, Sc. Five copies one year.,
aud an extra copy to tho person sending the
club, making six copies, so. Eight copies,
ono year, and an extra copy to the person
sending the club, making nine copies, SIS.
Eleven copies one year, an on extra copy to
tho person sending the club, making Twelve
copies, 500.
HARrER, for January is amusing, i%nstrdc-
tive, and useful. The ludicrous opening ar
ticle Of bird and beast extravaganza, con-
tains some Of the h~appiest hits at the follies
and vices Of the genus homo that we have
met with. Every body ought to take liar
per. Send 50 to W. l.. Pomeroy, Raleigh,
and get it postage free.
GRAuAM's ILLUSTRATED MAGAzISE.-The
January No. is one Of the richest specimens
Of American literature ever issued from oul
press. Besides the good reading, its elegan
fashion plates, engraVings, and other Illus
t%rations, render it exceedingly attractive
Philad elphia-$3 q year.
Rsg~ For SO 80 we will send the Age, an
Cooley, Harper, or Graham's Magazine, for
year.
HONE AND THE WoRLD.-D. Appleton
Co., Broadway, New York, have sent us
very readable book, bearing this title. 1t
main incidents arc founded on fact; and tn
characters arc naturally and Faithfully pre-
scented. The delightful pleasures of home
the mysteries Of the masquerade, the incot
nita, the confession, the carnival, with tn
dark conspiracies and plots, are well calc'
lated to keep the mind deeply interested
the story. 1t can be had Of Mr.. Turner,
the N, G.. Bookstore.
DOUGLASS FARM.-A juvenile story Of LII
in Virginia. We can highly appreciate tn
little narrative 90 faithful to life. o! no
its pcrusal brought to mind bright girlhood
days-its innocent sports and pleasures
We must road it again, and battle Ger al
DER in the sunlight Of memory.-D. Appi
ton, & Co., n. Y.-For sale at Turner's.
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DEATHS.

In Granville county, on the 10th inst, Mr..
Thomas Webb, in his eightieth year. The
subject Of this notice resided many years in
Person, which county he was elected to rep
resent in the State Legislature for several
terms. Although he was the victim of apo
plexy for several years, he bore his long and
tedious illness with Christian fortitude, sub.
hitting to the will of his Maker without a
murmur.
Lumberton Division No. "A Sons Of Tenn
perance; Saturday Evening Dec. 81. 1856.
The following preamble and Resolutions were
adopted by tho Division
WHEREAS, our Division has, in the myste
rious dispensations of k~ine Providence.
been deprived of one its most faithful
Members by the death Of our worthy brother
Malcolm S. Biggs; Therefore,
Resolued, That while we depiore the deatl,
of our brother Malcolm S. Biggs, we canno
but feel that it is a solemn warning to youns;
as we'll as old, to prepare for that Inevitable
hour F." which must sooner or later come to
all and we bow with submission to the Sow
ereign power of the Supreme Ruler of the
Universe.
ResolUed, That we most cordially sympa
thize with the afflicted and bereayed family Q,
our brother, and as a testimonial Of our sor
row We will wear the usual badge Of mourn
ing for thirty days.
Resozoed, That the r. S.. be directed to for.
ward a copy of these resolutions to the
friends of oar deceased brother, and that q
copy of the foregoing be sent to the "Spirit
of the Age" with request that it be publish
ed.
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RECEIPTS FOR THE AGE.

SINCE LAST 1ssUE'-Sl W j Craldoc, Ben
nett's X Roads Jas G Storey, Texas Mrs
w S Macy, Salisbury J A Arthur, Wash
ington Jas Potter, Goose Creek; SIS A r
Chiffon, P NJ, Byhalia, Miss; w r Hughes,
Cedar Grove; Mrs E FELTON,. Lagrange, Ala.
j B Cole, Buffalo J o Howard, Owensville
Lewis Parker. CT College Sc John c Ro-
berts, Oak Ridge w J Kimball, Nutbush
S Pool. Vaughan & Elliott, Independence
w I Smith, Eureka; r II Pinnsr, Bucks
vile S. T Hunter, E City A Tate, j j
White, Mechanics Station L Woody, Lind
ley's Store j Hare, W P Little, Wades-
boro'; j A Jefferson, Petersburg; w 4 Ea-
ten, Granville; w w Midyett, Beaufort w
we'll SO NJ w Norieet, Yanceyyille L
W Marbery, w P Davenport. Ark P Ed
wards, Hookerton Miss NJ j Faucette, D L
Clarke, West Orange John Elan, County
Line; R L Hunt, Oxford CD Carroll, Tay-
l~orsville j G Govey, VIM Paylor, Jr., Leas-
burg; 2 r NJ Rosebrough, Rowan Mills
Miss NJ S Parks, Spring Grove Jas Bur,
roughs, Kempsyille Rev j Montague, Ok.
ford; j L Wade, Kyle's Landing BJ Sin.
gleton, Conwayboro'; II Walker, Ind; SIS I
S Ector, Smiths Store So w T Kennedy,
kinston /; Miss NJ F Currie, Hi%shtower; <
II Winston, Joyner's; 3 D Peters, Provi
dence S E johnson. Pink Hill Simon May
er, Natohez So F NJ Proctor, Durham's
Henry Fuller, Franklinton; Miss Ellen IIodg
es. Roxobcl Miss Mary E Dodson. Monticel
10; NJ Ii Horton, Wake; 5 ] Freeman
Louisburg Miss r j Hale, Henry j I
Cox, w Edwards, Henderson r E Tay
lor, Powelton 7 A Proctor. Mul!en's 6 "
McCauley, Oh Hill; NJ Rumley, Ala; Mis-:
j A Eleanor, Mrs Mary Shield; I ] Fer
guson, Fayetteville; c Edwards, j Frizzell
Hookerton Mrs E Howard, Kinston Cap
James Barnes, Murfreesboro'; I r Blan,
City I G Hunter, Eofeli j r Noel. Bach
elor's Hall ; Thos Jordan. John Lindsey
Rowan Mills; Mrs NJ Z Stedman, j a Nc
Donald, Oakland B S Elliott, Nd; Mrs S
PARROT, Oxford j Benton, Monks Store
Nathl Perry, Rolesvilie Ii Baker, II q Rs
Is L F Siler, Franklin NJ 2 Edwards, Mt
Greek P Tomlin, Patterson NJ Currit
Jr., Randalsville; Miss Sallie Thomas, Arl
adelphia ;'$3 B F Guthrie, Chatham DIR s
Satchmell, Long Greek; WmDickson. Fultor
Sc S Spaugh, Lexington W j Ross, A
bermarle 5 Elan King. Nor. lanyard;
Houck, Lenoir; 2 Ell III Ellis, Raft Swamp
VIM Boggan, Wadesboro' P S Herring
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The News.

We find very little in tho way Of News to
dish m for our readers to-day. Congress has
been taking, holiday with every body else );
the weather has been cold, colder, coldest' as
svory body has found out without being told;
whiskey AID its allies have been the clrcula-
ting medium during the holidays, as every
body has seen who has not shut his eyes; and
MANY a moor soul has been sent reeling into
eternity, as many bleeding hearts can sor
r~oyfully testify.
. From tho other side of the Atlantic, The
sonnd of war and rumors of war come, lader
with sorrow and anguish from many a strick
en- home. Persia and England Persia ant
Switzerland Hungary aud Russla-indcec
all the old powers seem to be in a genera
tumuls. while France seems to be assuming
the pacifcator or dictator, as occasion requi
res. Breadstufs wore reported duh, by To
last steamer, with a decline while cotton
had advanced.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-01-07
Will Make a Trial.

There must always be q beginning to every
onternrise. An individual who has %conceiv-
ID a proiect-who has had it repeatedly be-
Gore his mind-who has resolved it over and
over again in his thoughts, and been nearly
;odnced at different times to set about its
n mint Of fact no nsaTer its accomplishment
49,, bsrore. nor win he be until no scrUALLY
ENTERS upon its execution. Men may dwell
ever 50 long and earnestly upon q givcn en-
t~erprise but the enterprise will never be
effected nor It's advantageous results secured!
Until IT Is BEGUN. No matter how desirable
it may be, you have got to take a decisive
stem, 10 make an actual start, or the 0oJcc'
can never be attained.
This is emphaticaIly 50, good brother' 70
ward, reyiying your Division. You are very
anxious to see her shake of the ashes ina
have accumulated upon her, and you hav
often thought you would make a vigorou
effort to that end. But yet you have neve
done it. Nom is the time to execute thos
good purposes. Resolve no longer, but 90 {
Uork. Go TO the good and true men IN you
community. whether they are members of tn
Order or not, and get them to unite with 20
in the work. Approach the dram-drinke
and even the unfortunate inebriate-plca
with them %importune act, ACT, ACT-an
a prosperous aud useful Division will rise U
before you, shedding its genial, happifyin
Influence on all around. Try I'll
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Newton, n. c., Dee. l
COTTAGE OAK FEMALE SEMI
NARY .

1.-THE Misses Finney take this method of
informing the public, that the e1ercis 5
of their school will be resumed on the lat Mnnd V
in January. at the residence Of their late Father.
DR.. c. Finney.
The location is healthy, sod in decidedly one OF
the mostpleasant neighborhoods inloWer Virginia.
In this pleasant retreat, the students are enabled
to pursue their studies, free from the objections
inseParable from q residence in . town or village.
and, with bot little to divert their attention. ~
tempt them TO extravagance or ~frivolity. The
Seminary. is however, sufficiently near Ia churches
of four different d. nominations, to enable the
students, under the care of'onc 0sthe teacher. -
attend Divine service nearly every Sabbath. Tho
course Of study adopted in this school is e<tensiAs E,
and, whilst the more ornamental branches are aat
neglected, every Effort Is made to inlpart 4 th0rougR
knowledge OF the more solid and useful-tbvse.
which in after life, will enable the alumni uf the
school. to dischp rye the daties Of heir respective
stations, with pleasure to their fs!enJs. and cTc6li 10
themselves. Students will be received any time.
not however for 2 less period than five moatt>, sud
no deduction viii be Iszie for lost ti;ne. except in
cases of protraeted sickness. The governmen' uf
the school is mild and parental, vhi!stiis ruiz are
enforced with frInness and impartiality. Fvcrt
possible care will be taken to secure the heal.l uf
the students. The school il within 5 miles Of q
Railroad Depot, at Suffolk. Virginia.
Terms per session % , months
Advanced G..H
Junior So
French. Latin, Drawing and Painting each, $40
Music OH Piano, vita use u sastrrMont. $50
Incidental -i.a8
Ornamental needle wo=a .Er<.z
Payable enc bSii IL a&Tancc Zach session. F.r
further Particulars sec Catalogue, or ad.iress q
Misses Finney, Ba1Ser's y Roads, Lie cc -
County, Virginia.
December Ist 1856. I5--hm
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How to make Money.

THE minds of men are constantly employ
ed in devising way and means to make mo-
ney. The columns of the periodical press of
the country afford abundant evidence of this.
You can scarcely lay your hands upon a pa.
per that has not one or more advertisements
informing the creduloUs reader that if he
viii send his address and one dollar to what's
bis name Shylock, rare and useful informa-
ton will be impaired whereby the individual
can realize a fortune in an incredibly short
space Of time. Now, some Of these adverti-
zers may be, and it is to be hoped, are very
honest, upright men, and may be prepared to
give the purchaser Ibis moneys worth" but
there arc good reasons for not investing odd
dollars in all that may fall under the eye.
Here is one who says his Magic Hair Gre
ator will produce an abundant capillary har-
vest in q fortnight. Search him out and you
will find his own caput as innocent of locks
rs an onion. Another wants agents to sell a
valuable ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and not
liable to get out Of repair. Bite ut that hook
and break your tooth on a gridirOn. Anoth.
er is prepared to furnish instructions in q
pleasing art-for $1-easily learned and car
be practiced in town and country. Go tc
cuffy and learn to black your boots cheaper
than that. Another has a secret way o
? catching fish" all in the pond !"--tha
would, if realized, almost start the ghost 0
moralizing Izaak Walton from its long home
Touching this last way of raising the wind
the editor Of the Methodist Protestant-Bal
timore, is responsible for the following
q "a gentleman sent a dollar to some one il
Il the upper part of the State of \ ew York VIII
Q had a famous secret for catching fish. A
i early post brought a response, the substanc
> Of which was, an enumeration of well know
u bats in former use by the disciples Of Wa
3 ton, with the valuable information, confder
d TALLY impaired, that the neiD way is, first, t
find out ,0here the fish are; then to he'
y them an so that they cannot escape then
bale out the water from the river or lake, 6
as to sink the fish to the bottom then to 5000
them ont with a suitable instrument, or
T. catch them with the naked hand! For tn
Ualuabe information a gentleman actual
D. paid one dollar"
; If such advertisers make money, and it
presumable they do, it is another palpab
link in the great chain Of evidence going
prove beyond a shadow of doubt, that "tl
fools are not all dead yet"
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HILLSVILLE
). +. THOMPSON, A D. PRINCIPAL

b. i. THOM P6ON, A B. Principal.
Rev: L. ST0CKBR1DGE, A. NJ. Lecturer.
JOSEPH THOMPSON l. S. f. Galloway,
Tutors.
The thirteenth session of this Institution will
the first Monday in Jan. and close OF
the fourth Thursday in May.
Board can be had in town at six dollars per
month, in the country at five, in good families
Aiiisville is a small village near the top Of the
BLUE RIDGE, commanding a view of the most pic
teresque, romantic and sublime scenery. 1t is
well supplied with. wholesome water and purc air
from the surrounding mountains. 1t is renowned
for health. 1t affords as. good society as our snal-
Ter towns generally. 1t is situalsd on the main
thorougbfarc from Tenn. to N. q. over which pas
ses a daily line of stages. tits within a few hours
travel Of the Va. d Tenn. Railroad.
Tho number of students vary annually from one
hundred, to a hundred and forty. An Annual cat
alogue is issued which will be sent to any person,
at any time, desiring further information about the
School.
Hillsville, Va. Jan. 1st 1857, 19-Smpd
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Wegotism.

WORCESTER dolues this to be the frequent
use in composition of the pronoun zee. The
" British Critic" formerly called it we
ISM"
The word was much needed. Writers are
studying to avoid the use Of personal pro-
nouns as much US possible, The best edito-
rial writing Of our day is Of the impersonai
style. Let young writer's examine para
graphs Astounding with we and !, aud see
how much they can be improved by a differ
emit STYLE. We have not boon as careful our
selves, perhaps, as zoe should have been in
this matter, but hat does not weaken the
force Of our observations,
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Excerpts from our Correspondence.

The r. S. Of Unity Division, at Little
Rock6ish, Cumberland county, writes 1--WE
are increasing here, averaging a new mem
Der every meeting and our entire member
ship are very jealous in the cause"
Bro. j. M. Patrick, writes from South
Creek, in Beaufort county :" We are doing
very we'll, having succeeded in breaking
down every grog shop in the District. Our
prospects are cheering, and we nave as firm
a set of temperance men as any Division can
boast of"
A brother from Asheboro'. says-"We
them we'll calculated to aid in advancing the
cause"
We commend the following example to all:
FRANKLIN, Macon CO., N. c., Dec. 1856.
Bro. german: Our Christmas celebration
is just over. Rev. G. D. Smith made q very
good speech, and closed by a few remarks or
the dissemination Of proper information, anG
proposed to be one of any number that woHlt
subscribe for the Spirit of the Age wher
eighteen names were procured, which with
the money are herewith enclosed.
Ia the last week we have received twenty
four visitors, four members and have othel
applications. Yours, Gc., l.. L. ).
Extract Of a Letter from Stokes county:
DANByRY, N. c., Dec. II, 1856.
Enclosed please find two dollars for copie
of the Spirit of the Age. Our cause is stead
lily advancing in this part of the country
On the lst day of December, 1855, we OF
ganized our Division here, composed of fv
persons now we have, male and female
sixty-fve, and a prospect for more.
Bro. W. A. Eaton informs us of the re-ol
ganization of Tabb's Greek Division, in Grar
vile county, and says:
The Brethren that were present seemed t
manifest a good deal of zeal for the caas'
and | hope ere long we shall be able to r
port q very strong Division.
| see in the report Of the G. W. P. a ca
for the replcnishing Of our treasury by q
advance of 10 cts. per head on each memb'
Of the Order throughout the State. | rath,
think it will be best for some Of our more
BILE members to make the advance, instead
calling on the members generally, at til
time. Some are very much afraid Of haVir
too much to pay, and more particularly
first entering Divisions therefore to pat p
theory into practice | enclose you 81 fos II
purpose. Pot forth your hest energies, al
let the voice of the Age" be heard fro
the mountain top to the sea shore. | also e
close my subscription fee to the Age.
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RAGSi RAGS!! RAGS!li

100000 pounds wapted annually.
WE hope our customer will not be misled by
w notice lately published by Mr.. C. W.
Benedict, manager of the Manteo wrapping pa
per mill on Crabtree creek, called in that notice
the 81 Raleigh Paper Hills" This notice is cal
eulsted, though, perhaps not designed, to create
a confusion by which the rags that We wish to
manufacture into paper at home, may be diverted
to the North, where Mr.. Benedict is employed to
send them. We are unwilling that our name, our
operations, or our credit, should be COMPOUNDED
with those Of any other Company, or agents for
Northern Paper Houses:
We give the highest price for rags, which can
be given, without actual loss. Our prices are the
same every where, and are we'll known to those
with whom we deal. We cannot afford to sustain
loss; and we expect to pay always, without dispute
and without delay. Those who promise to give
more than our prices. must design to cripple us, as
we are sure they cannot realize profits from such
purchases.
To our fellow-citzens, we sAy,f you owe favors
to the North send your rags there, if you would
rather encourage Southern investm snts and home
industry, send them to US.
THE COMPANY.
S. II. ROGERS, President.
Z. B. FREEMAN, Treasurer.
J. D. R0YSTER, Superintendent.
F. J. HAYWOOD.
II. W. Hustled.
E. B. safer.
W. D. JOHNSON.
]. BROADWELL.
Dec: 90, 1855. 1874.
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MARRIED

Near Rolesyille, Wake County, on the 18th
ult., by Fl. A. Hodge, ESQ.,, Mr.. Fenner
Watkins to Miss Annie NJ, youngest daugh-
ter of Gilbert Afford, Esq, all of Wake Coun-
ty.
On the 10th December last, by Rev. r. Fl.
Moody. Mr.. L. s. Siler, P. w. p. Carstoogee-
ebay Division, Macon county, N. c., to Miss
l.. Josephine Herren, of Waynesville, n. C.
"MfrrI~6e, when rightly understood,
Gives to the tender and the good,
A paradise below"
Near Castalia, on Tuesday the 23rd Dec,
at ~ o'clock. 4. M, by the Rev. w. III. Ed
wards, Mr.. Alexander Stallings, of Franklin,
to MIS-. Martha WINS, relict Of the late Joel
Twins, and daughter of Mr.. Right Strickland,
of Nash.
In Alamance county, N. c., on the 18th
OF December, by Rev. G. G. Walker, DIR.
John A. Moore, of Orapge county, to Miss
Bette, youngest daughter of Thomas Sell
lars, Esq, Of Alamance county.
In Chowan county, or the 10th December,
at the residence of her father, nv the Rev.
Q. Ii. Trotman, Mr.. Baker r. Weleh to Miss
Sarah Margaret, eldest daughter of Martin
B. Simpson, Esq.
Though time shall shed its blight Ger all,
Andhourly doom some Joy to death
May years DER thee so gently roll,
They will not crush one flower beneath.
Recorder please copy. J. Fl. G.
In Nash county, near Castalia, on the 10th
December, by the Rev. W. H. Edwards
Edwin Bass, Esq, of Mississippi, aged Ct
years, to Miss Elizabeth b., aged 81 years
daughter Of Mr.. Benjamin Wheless.
We learn that the loving couple will leav'
in a short time for Mississippi. May pros
perity and happiness attend them whereve
they go. S
Also at the same time and place, and b
the same, Mr.. Mathew Strickland, of Mash
{ to Miss Elizabeth, daughter Of Mr.. Righ
Strickland.
!, ~ City papers please copy.
; At the residence Of solomon Pace, i
. Wake county, on the 18th ult., by R. s
Perry, Esq, Mr.. Willis Holden, Of WAX
! Forest, to Miss Nancy G. Pace.
In Wake county, by the Rev. Bennett
Blake, on Tuesday evening 10th ult., Prizes
y H. Mangum, Esq, of Wake Forest. to Mi.
Mary T., youngest daughter of Needha'
Price, ESQ.
At the residence of her father, Thorn;
J. Calling, in Northampton county, on Tue
day the ID December, by Rev. A. Mcdowell
! Mr.. j. Z. PEBBLES of the same county,
Miss Rebecca Gatling.
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E1- Oh! cruel unfeeling man, thou tina.
goest to thy nightly repose ut nine o'clock
and leavest the patient wife up til two in the
morning, worrying with a sick baby and
looketh pitchforks, swords and pruning hooks
at her when thou wakest, because breakfast
is half al our later thar thou desireth.-
Didst thou promise her such a life as this
childhood's home? Nay, verify thy words
were honied words then and for thy mani
fold transgressions and evil ways, a crosseyed
baby should scream in thy guilty ear from
vesper bells to matin call!