Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-04-01

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shall be glad to meet him again, or any
son of the South who can make the soft
Lutte discourse sweet music. Our sosthern
CLINE has given to the world one poet
whose genius scared with steady, broad
sublime wing into the calm empyrean OF
poetry,
"Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot;
Which men call earth.n
We mean Edgar Allan Poe. And al
though the career of his glorious star IN
our national armament was alas too brief,
1T yet remained long enough to leave its
trail inafaceably impressed upon out litera-
ture, and its brightness still remains as sum
dlmmed Is il aFas in its meridian ray We
believe tn ssifeE wriseEss vii spring a., Ii
the sunny south whose intellectual great
ness will shed an undying glory over our
history as nation-a glory which shall
remain when this Giant Republic shall
have become aged and decayed. Our best
intellects, with few exceptions, have
hitherto entered too freely into the arena Of
party conAict-but perhaps the time Will
soon come when they shall start glowing
and strong upon the race for Immortality,
and this latter half of the 10Th century
may give to the South literature great
and perpetual. INDICATOR.
Oxford, N. C.
For the Spirit of the Age.
Bro. GoRMAN This community has
recently been unexpectedly called upon to
mourn the loss of one of its most noble and
highminded citizens.
Capt David Canaday, of this town, on
the End day Of February last, died of the
yellow fever in St. Pierre, on the Island
of Martinique. He had been for some
time successfully engaged in the West In
dia trade, and bid fair for a long and pros
porous career. But, in the midst of his
usefulness and in the prime of manhood,
Providence has seen fit to summon him to
another, and We trust, far happier state
of ezistenc e. Bro. Canaday, was, at the
time of his death, a member of Beaufort
Division, and a consistent Son of Temper
ance. And while this sad dispensation ot
an All-wise and merciful Creator, has fall
len with crushing weight upon the Divis
ion of which he was an exemplary member
it has mos sadly and grievously afflicted a
widowed mother and several brothers anc
sisters. May He who "tempers the wine
to the shorn lamo, " cause this most severe
atiiction to rebound to the eternal welfar,
OF his bereaved relatives and friends, anc
also, to that of the fraternity.
Yours, in L. P. & E.
Beaufort, N. c. r. W. C.
HALL OF BEAUFORT Dry1sIoN No. Sc. e@
Sons of Temperance,
AT regular meeting of the above Division
the following Preamble and Resolutions wer
unanimously adopted
WHEREAS, The sad and mournful intelli
gence has reached our ears, that our believe
and much lamented brother, David Canaday
is no more and whereas, in his untimel
death a large circle of doting relatives an
friends have been so sadly bereaved; there
fore,
Resol0ed, That this Division has sustaine
IN the death of Bro. Canaday, the loss Of on
of It's most efficient and consistent members
one whose means and influence were eve
exerted to advance the interest of the Son
of Temperance
| ReS0t0ed, That as a token of our respe,
and esteem for our deceased brother, we wi
wear the usual badge of mourning for thirt
days. ....
Resol0ed, That we share the sorrow an
grief OF his afflicted family and offer them tt
assurance Of our deepest sympathy.
ResotUed, That a copy Of these resolution
be sent to the family of the deceased, AM
also to the "Spirit of the Age" for publica
ton.
Respectfully submitted,
ELIJAH WHITEHURsT,
THOMAS B. SEWELL, Com.
r. w. CHADWICK,