Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-27

having a celebration about the first OF
4ay. They will no doubt have a good time,
or its members are not Of the kind to half-do
anything they attempt.
EATE FOREIGN NEws.-We have the latest
foreign news by the steamer Arabia.
The advices are again threatening and war
ike. Large bodies of Austrian troops are
IN the move towards Italy, and the move
nents and increase of the French troops are
On a large scale.
Cotton had declined a sixteenth of a
penny.
Sow BY THE WAYsIDE.-A Christian tray
cling on a steamboat distributed tracts
While they were taken and read by many, a
gentleman took one, and, folding it up, cut it
with his penknife into small pices; then
it up in derision, thew it away. One
piece adhered to his coat ; he picked it off,
and looking at it, saw only the word "God."
bic turned it over on the other side, "Eter-
nity-" They stood out as living words be-
fore him. 'God"-"Eternity." He went to
the bar, called for brandy to drink to drive
them away, but in vain. Then to the gam
bling table, to social intercourse and CONVEX
ohbiOiA , Jul OOlOUbIl Us lduuIGu Hill
wherever he went, until he was brought a
penitent at the feet of Jesus. What an en-
couragement to the Christian traveller to sow
seed by the wayside. In making prepare
tons for a journey never forget the package
of tracts. Scatter them, that you may thus
win souls to your Saviour.
american Messenger.
From CHINA-TERRlBLE S~ENTENCEs.-A
letter from Whampoa to the New York Her
aid says:
"a short time since a woman was convict
ed before the Imperial Court for the murder
of her husband; she was sentenced to be cut
six times, and then be ~beheaded, which SEN
tence was carried into effect. The u~nfortu-
nate woman was taken to the execution
ground near the above temple; here she was
stripped naked, then seven executioners car
ried the sentence of the law into effect two
of them cut off her breasts, two more cut off
the fleshy part of her hips, two more cut off
the thick part of her ankles, the parts cut off
being thrown in front of her to look at ; this
done, her head was severed from her body,
and her horrible sufferings were put an end
to. If a criminal happens to be a female, her
sex seems not to gain sympathy from her
male companions.
METHoDIsTs EXPELLED FROM TExAs.-The
Texas papers give particulars of the proceed
fngs Of several meetings recently held in Fan
min county for the purpose of taking measures
? to expel the members of the Methodist
: Church North, who are accused of being abo-
lItionists. AT one meeting a committee of ff-
! ty was appointed to wait on Bishop Jayne
with a warning. They performed their duty
on a Sunday, while the Bishop was engaged
9 in the morning service in the Church. 1t
r was resolved that the Methodist Church
North could not be tolerated inTexas, and that
4 it must be put down if necessary. A CONT
tee was appointed to draft other resolutions
| to be acted upon at an adjourned meeting.
a a HANDSOME DIvIDEND.-The President
and Directors of the Wilmington and Weldon
/ Railroad Company have declared a dividend
v of four per cent. from the profits for the
c last six months. This will give to the Lite
rary Fund Sic, 600 for the six months, or al
r the rate Of $4,000 per annum.
I There are around us, thousands and thou
t sands of homes, all the chambers of which
v are made dark or cherries for the lack of thu
' small sweet courtesies" of life, so cheaply
given, and SO magical in their effect.
U MANS AFFECTION. If a man has failed to es
innate the affection of a true-hearted wife, h,
= will be very likely to mark the value of hi
> loss when the heart which he loved is stilleC
. by death.
}. CHURCH ETIoUETTE.-The Home Journa
J. thinks there is good sense in a suggestion
il made by an American who thus writes from
p London:
j. "In the churches, whoever comes first
whether gentleman or lady, takes the ful
It Their seat in the slip, and those that follow fl
n up the remaining seats and nus prevent tn
70 awkward disturbance which occurs in gu
churches here in the process of filing out an
in by men, in order to isolate women at tn
rd further end of the pew. 1t is said the habi
so universal among US originated with tn
N early settlers, who sat near the doors OF tn
pews, so that, in case of an attack by the Ii
dams, they might be ready for action. |
~ many instances this marching out and II
r. like a parcel of soldiers, is a perfect nuisance
Is and the custom might be well changed"
he NORTH CAROLINA ToBAcCo.-The Winstc
y IN. c. Sentinel says farmers in that regiC
are turning their attention to the cultivation
cd tobacco much more than heretofore, and til
re. they will have a large quantity ready for ma
a ket this year.
be
STRANGE DISEAsE.-The Providence J0u
70. nal says that the strange disease" whi'
for some time past has been prevailing
ma Orange, N. j., is the diptheria-the disea
that caused the death of Gen. George Nashin
I'VE ton.
el A FACT WORTHY OF NoTE.-By taking
shrubs or plants at this time, with some
ire their own soil about the roots, and placi
ue them upright in a cellar until October, tn
er, trasplanting them into pots, and wateri
the them with a solution of half an ounce of 81
VS. ammonia to a pint of rain water, you W
me have summer flowers in winter.
ac-
he THE CoTToN CRoP OF EDGEcoMBE CoUN'
The Census of 1910 put down the cotton p
tie, duced in Edgecombe the previous year
aw 1900 bales; in 1850, it was 1907 bales, a
the from a statement of the cotton gin own,
leir published in the Wilmington Journal,
md learn that the number of bales made in
$50 same county for 1853 was 1908.
i've
me, n c-:.:t or4Lo A.
the -" 'o 0p"'' 20
Statistics Of Colportage in N. c.
'l From March 1st 1868, to March LIST Is
Il H. An Nolnortaurc IF tho Am Tr Soc