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TO THE PUBLIC

Il~E subscriber would inform his friends and
the public generally, that he intends TO rnn
Baggage Wagons K Hacks toand from the Rail.
road Depot, near Smyrna, for tie purpose Of
conveying Passengers, carrying Frcirfit. Bsr-
gage &c. lie expects to locate in the west
part OF Hmyrna, where all orders will be thank
fuIIy recgiFed and promptly attended to.
W" lie VIII also run Wagons to and from,
SMYRNA :, I"njmg, for the purpose of haulinc
,'oodS, Lnn6er, Iron, cr anything that NAV
come by the Vessels
ihank'II for past ttvors, lie hopes TO merit
ana receive liberal share Of the public patron
age. EHENEIrH IItpTI. I'm
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-05-04
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RALEIGH, ,NoRTIICARoII ma. NAY l. 1859.

found evidence to prove that, seven years
before, stout, young, active lad, by name
Andrew Wolfe, had entered into the SER
viceofM Mynheer John, the butcher He was
ready penman and accountant, and soon
became indispensable to his master, whose
business, after Andrews arrival, was rapid
ly improved, and he himself was reconciled
with customers who, for long while, had
been estranged. Mynheer John, therefore,
moderated, in some degree, the usual rough
ness of bis tampars and deDsesnorss and An
drew himself bore much with patience, on
account of the sincere love which he cher
ished for Lousia. Their attachment was
mutual; and as the good, diligent youth
had gathered together little capital of his
own he hoped in short time to be able to
undertake some business for himself. and
provide for the worldly comfort of his inten-
ded bride. He had just made up his mind
to disclose those intentions to his master,
when one evening the wicked Martin, a
graceless journeyman, in whom no one had
any trust, contrived to entice him into
game of hazard, in which Mynheer John
also joined, and both tacitly conspired to-
gether to pillage the poor lad out of the
little fortune he had so carefully saved.-
Contrary to their expectations, however, he
won from both; and when it grew late, on
Lousia making signs for him to 90, he
broke off, and retired to his own apart
ment, having first hastily embraced his be-
trothed, and whispered her that tomorrow
all would be finally arranged for their mar
riage, and that she should have no fears
for the future. Several people in the house
had overheard Mynheer John whispering
that same evening with Martin, on the
stairs, and seen them afterwards 90 up to
Wolfe's chamber The following day An
drew had disappeared, no one knew where
or how. His master gave out that he deser-
ted to the French army, and had marched
away with them.
After these disclosures were made. it was
found that the william Martin was missing;
and, on inquiry, it appeared that in the
morning early he had fed on horseback,
no doubt sooner or later to be overtaken
by merited judgement.
Louisa, with calm resignation, attended
Wolfe in his illness, who, in lucid intervals,
was still able to converse with her, and Of
ten folding his hands with deep sighs, said,
''God has avenged us, and we must forgive
the guilty y These indeed ndsqeeflh ftfHee7cgU ne 7cgUsdu ms
honorabl y-unstained existence, Louisa laid
the Cypress Crown (which she had taken
down from the nailin his apart ment, upon
the coffin, and she and Lynx followed at a
distance, when his comrades bore him to
the grave and deposited his remains beside
those Of his brother, who had previously
been inferred with Christian rites.
Often Louisa still weeps over their grave
yet her heart is more tranquil, for Andrew
was not faithless, and God has judged his
murderers. With pious submission waits
this poor dropping flower till the storm o
life shall wholly lay it in the dust, and re
fuge is found at last in the night Of th
grave.
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of them doubtless, would, like John, like to
see the bear killed, but, lest they should be
required to make sacrifice in some way,
they spring upon the loft as poor John did.
Now | ask, would bruin ever be dis
patched if there were no brave hearts like
Betty's to encounter this fearful monster,
and continue to infict blow after blow, IN.
til the enemy is subdued 7 Can those men,
be sincere who say, thesswould like to sec
intemperanee suppressed, and vet IKE poor
John, do nothing to aid in accomplishing
so glorious an objectl Can we trust those
men who are too pusillanimous to enter
the contest, or enlist in the war against the
formidable enemy who is laying waste all
that is "lovely and of gool report" in this
our beloved country! Should the "Sons"
ever prove successful in their struggle
against this dreadful scourge of our race,
will not those who stand aloof and fold
their hands, be apt to say like poor das-
tardly John-"See What Betty and I hare
done !" or rather, what the "Sons" and are
have done. 80 shame ,Ohere IS thy blush 2"
Why do you longer hesitate to enlist in
this noble warfare Let me appeal to all
men, but especially to the sons and daugh-
tiers of the noble sires and matrous of good
old patriotic Mecklenburg. They fearless
ly encountered the British Lion" know
ing that many of them would die on the
field of battle, yet they did not fly from
danger at the approach of the enemy, like
poor dastardly John, when poor Bruin ap-
preached his cabin, but like noble Betty,
shouldered their muskcts and marched to
the scene of danger and deadly strife-
They fought for civil and religious liberty,
and let us, their descendants, do the same
for the maintenance and perpetuation of
these privileges, which can only be done
by promoting public virtue, and by en-
deavoring to suppress every vice that would
place ID jeopardy our dearest privileges
Would not complete victory over intem1
perance in all its hideous forms and ruin
Gus consequences, be as glorious triumph,
as the victory our fathers achieved over
British tyranny and usurpation? What
slavery so abject and degrading, as to be
In slavery to our depraved appetites and
passions? "But a word to the wise is suf-
ficient." Just think of "Betty and the
Bear" r.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-05-04
Original 4apers,
For the Spirit of the Age.
Sick Room Meditations.-No. /.

Such, alas
Are the illusions of this Proteus life;
All, all is false; through every phasis still
IT'S shadowy and deceitful 1t assumes
The semblance of things and specious shapes
But the lost traveller might as soon rely
On the evasive spirit of the marsh,
Whose lantern beams and vanishes, and fits,
Ger bog, and rock and pit, and hollow way,
As we on its appearances.
Alas how great, how fearful is the un-
certainty Of life! Man springeth up in the
morning and bloometh like the young rose
tree, but ere the shades of evening mantle
the earth he has been blasted beneath
the moon-tide's scorching rays, wilted,
shapeless ruin. The cheek that to-day
J blossoms with the carnation tints of health,
NAV tomorrow be blanched with the pale
hues of disease or mingling with the ashes
of mother earth 1t may be that the hand
that is now penning these thoughts, though
strong and vigorous now, may be still in
the grasp of death, before yon bright lu-
minary, now shining in all its midday
splendor, shall gild the western hills Sad
sad thought 1t is solemn, fearful thing
to die 1t fills US with mournful emotions
to think of dissolving the ties that binc
heart to heart, and bursting the bands
that now hold in sweet communion the
loved ones of earth.
Let each one see with retrospective eyt
his own little past. And alas how grea
has been the carnage of the cruel destroy
er-how desolate the pathways that hi
foot has trod The swelling buds hav
been nipped and the expanding fowe
blighted the fall blown rose has been vii
ted and the matured and cherished plan
has been withered before his blasting
breath! How deep gloom has he lei
hanging over many hearth-stonei |
yonder family circle where all was sunshin
and rejoicing, he has spread dark pail (
gloom, through whose murky folds no ra
of light can penetrate. When all was hal
piness and peace the spoiler came ;, hi
pitiless fingers he wound around the hear
strings; the warm blood he chilled ar
the flush of health he. faded whilst Il
, sparkling eye swan in the tears of dea
: and the beautiful of earth passed away a.
: was not. The glad strains of mirth we
. hushed in the stiffness of the grave; al
, where at noon were heard the song of me
, riment and the bursts of iey, at midnig
, were heard the wailing of the mourn
and the cries of the bereayed ones!
f Death is the irrevocable doom of eve
d being-from proud man, " so fearfully a
: wonderfully made" to the worm which
y tramples in the dust. OF all the countl
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-05-04

hosts who have lived upon the earth, two |
alone have escaped this universal law and
they only by the miraculous interposition
of Jehovah's arm. Dust thou art and TO |
dust thou shalt return is written upon
the brow of every child of earth and pro-
claimed by every mutation of nature.
aThou shalt die and not liye," is truth
which every child knows fell well but
whens is alas in wisdom one of the hid
den secrets of the Omniscent mind. It is
IN vain that we ask, when? All the skill
OF science, all the teachings Of philosophy
cannot tell. 1t may be the next year, the
next week or tomorrow yea, even before
the conception now in the mind shall have
left the tongue in words.
"On earth
There is no certainty nor stable hopes
As well the weary mariner, whose bark
Is tossed beyond Crimerian Bosphorus,
Where storms and darkness hold their drear
domain,
And sunbeams never penetrate might trust
70 expectation of serener skies"
But there is another thought which pre-
sents itself with awful solemnity to the
mind. Death will not only dissolve our
connection with the feeting things of time,
but it will launch our dismantled harques
upon the changeless, the boundless, the
eternal future. And oh who can tell
what mysterious secrets will then be reveal
ed? Who can tell what sounds will be
heard or what sights will burst upon our
astonlshed gaze, as in the twinkling of an
eye the mystic curtain shall be drawn
aside! Save when it is gilded by the glo-
rious light of revelation, the future is all
uncertainty and gloom. But thanks to
Heaven that revelation points to the eve
OF faith a way, and the only way by which
that future may be made blissful and Sc
rene. If we but heed its admonitions and
obey its precepts, the dark angel shall have
no terror for us, come when he may-on
the hush of midnight or mondays din
and turmoil.
To us all it proclaims, +" In such an hour
as thou thinkest not, the bridegroom COM
eth" BE ye ready and delay not" This
day perfect all thy plans and make the
needed preparation. The armor of faith,
the steadfast hope, the perfect love, the
burning lamp, the wedding ggarment-these
are the equipments which He bids us to
provide. Panoplied with these. death will
I gloom VIII be lit up with radiance brigh-
ter than the midday. Then,
"The Holy ne-Almighty-who Glanced
The rolling world along its airy way,
Even He will deign to smile upon the good,
And welcome him to these celestial seats,
Where joy and gladness hold their changeless
reign"
| Happy home the home of the blessed
; The resting g-place of the wearied pilgrim
Region of life and light
Land of the just, whose earthly tolls are DER
) No frost nor blight
Shall mar thy beauty, vernal shore
Yielding thy blessed fruit forever more"
e Then chastened mourner why shoulds'
thou tremble at the approach of deatl
when it will reveal to US such dazzling glo
ries! A few more days and the tolls an
trials OF earth will be over the storm an,
che tempest will hush their tumult; tn
calmness of Heaven will ensue; and al
will be peace, peace forever more!
INVALID.
Elm Cottage, Va.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-05-04
For the Spirit of the Age.
HRa%tu oud fhn RnorO

Many of the readers of the Age are
doubtless familiar with the story Of Betty
and the Bear, but as some of them perhaps
are not, have concluded to make it the
caption of an article for the good Spirit,
especially as it illustrates the position that
many persons are occupying in reference
to the Temperance reform.
Many years ago, las the story goes) a
man whose name was John, and his wife
named Betty, lived on the frontiers of the
State of Tennessee, in log cabin, and had
at that time but one little 'pledge of their
affections" One day John and Betty dis
covered huge bear making towards their
cabin, apparently determined to enter the
house, land as they supposed) to capture
their babe, who was lying on pallet on
the floor. John, who was very dastardly
and pusillanimous, concluded at once to
get out Of ''harm's way" as soon as possible,
and forthwith sprung upon the loft by sci
zing one Of the joist, leaving Betty and the
child to shift for themselves as best they
could. Bruin was now within a few rods
Of the cabin, when Betty seizing an axe
which fortunately was standing in the
chimney corner, resolving las the only al
tentative left) to peal away upon the Bear
so soon as he would darken the door. So
soon as Bruin entered the threshold of the
house, Betty cut away, and by few well
aimed blows, dispatched the intruder, and
thus displayed bravery and aself-possess-
ion, which her cowardly husband did not
! possess. So soon as the animal was dead,
!, John slipped down from his hiding place
/ very much pleased at Betty's courage
/ Just about this time neighbor came IL
3 and John, with great exultation, observed
f "See what I and Betty have DONE"
? A large class of men are acting the sam,
; dastardly part in reference to the temper
) ance reform, that John acted in refereuc
: to the bear. They see not only that on
of their children is in danger, but see an
e know that not only all their children, bu
b themselves and neighhors, "and all the res
d of mankind are threatened with as grea
e danger as John and Betty and the bab
d were, and vet instead of acting the nobl
r brave, and heroic part that Betty did, the
1t like true towards spring upon the loft an
sr leave the Sons of Temperance to dispatc
the dreadful monster as best they can.-
y They seem to quail al the idea of incu
ID ring little expense, or of spending lit
ne time, OF of meeting with the jeers al
IS SCOTS of the lovers of strong drink. Son
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-05-04

..,r. -lzDIroK:-Jh Friday, the 22nd, we
had a Temperance Address delivered il
the Court House, BY Col. Grier, of old
Mecklenburg, which we have but seldom
heard surpassed. Much good, we hope,
will result from his effort to the cause of
Temperance in Shelby.
In his closing remarks he appealed very
appropriately and forcibly to the Ladies
for their influence, and they often exert sn
influence when little expected. Adam re-
ceived woman as "Heavens best gift" fresh
from the hands of the Creator. The temp
ter came with his treacherous-wile tempt.
ed Eve, and she fell; presenting to her
companion the forbidden fruit,
"Adam took no thought,
Eating his fll;"
which broRght sin and misery into the
world, land all our woe" Thus from the
earliest dawn of existence, has the infu-
ence of woman been extended over the
destinies of man, either for good or for evil.
When for good, the heavens beam bright
ly above, Angels and all nature smile to,
witness the magic of her influence; but
when for evil, devils will laugh that some
immortal soul will be damned to an eter-.
nifty of woe. Then we entreat you,
"Let your influence lean TO virtues side.
And by your will the wayward gently guide"
We regret to say it, that there has bees
lukewarmness in this great and glorious
cause, in this place and throughout the
county. The Sons number now about 20
members, when but few years ago we
had a fourishing Division. But reac-
ton is about to take place the lowering
clouds that have so long obscured the light
is being removed, and we hope willfast re-
cede, and reveal to us the bow of prom
ise extending his sublime arch across the
heavens, settling like an angel ofpeace on
its glittering folds"
Where are those gray y-haired veterans
who took such an active part with US q
few years ago, where are they now? Have
they deserted and gone back to the "beg-
carly elemements of the worldp 1t Is true
some have been backsliding, and partakjng
of the festive cup, and not merely the
worldly minded, but members of Church
es, they too, have been gratifying craving
and Unsuitable appetite, and to hear them
| proclaim against intemperance, you would
think them as firm as the rock of ages, but
Sampson-like, being deceived. thrice BY
Delilah, yet the fourth time he hearkeneC
to her deceitful allurements. Just so with
the incorporate, the tempter will persuade
and entwine, and whisper in. his ear, K
partake just this once, and listening to hi
lying entreaties, he is carried headloGg in
to the ways of sin and death.
"Ah, foolish men men forever lost.
In spite Of mercy lost, ip spite Of wrath!
; In spite of disappointment and remorse,
Which made the way to ruins rpirous~
Now TO those who have left the Order
!, we invite them to return, put on the sAielc
of Love, Purity and Fidelity, and ono
more come out boldly and fearlessly an
: do battle against the old Tsrtarian king an
his myriad host, ere it be too late, when
"Time viii be gone, the righteous saved, the vicks
damned,
It And Gods eternal government approved"
It LORENZO.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-05-04

THROWN Down BY RArs.--A large brick
building, 90 by 40 feet, four and half sto-.
ries high, and situated on Newton creek,
near Brooklyn, N. Y, fell with tremendous
crash on Friday. Being used as grain
house, the probable cause of .he disaster is
that the. rats had. undermined some of the.
brick pillars which supported the first floor
and that these giving way, the whole struc-.
ture came down. The supposed loss IS SIC,
900.
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-18
By Telegraph to the Shasta Courier
BY THE NORTHERN TELEGRAPH LINE.

SACRAMENTO, June 18th 1852
The Anti-Lecompton Democratic Convention
nominated on yesterday the following state
Ticket:
John Curry, of Solano, for Governor.
John Conness, of Ell Dorado, for Lieut.. Gov
ernor
]. C. McKibben, of Sierra and S. A. Booker
of San Joaquin, for Congress.
R. T. Sprague of Shasta, for Supreme Juuge
Joseph Powell, of Sacramento, for Clerk oi
Supreme Court.
David R. Ashley, of Monterey, for State lrea-
surer.
George Pearce, of Sonoma, for State Controiiei'
E. K. Steele, of Siskiyou, for Attorney 0ehe-
raj.
John O'Meara, of San Francisco, for state
Printer.
The remainder of the nominations Will De
completed to-day.
The Convention re-affrmed the Cincinnai
Platform, and passed some other resolutions.
[This is certainly very able and strong tick
ct There is not weak man, so far as quail
fcations for the respective positions Is cohcein
ed on the ticket Were they the nominees OF
the regular Democratic Convention, we would
feel like growing over the ticket. As it is, while
acknowledging its ability and strength, we have
bnt to saw that it becomes the Convention which
will assemble on Wednesday next to nominate
a ticket equally able and pure, and their success
will be beyond all peradvensure.
Of the candidate taken from this County for
the exalted position of Supreme Judge, Royal T.
Sprague, we have not word to say that is not
eulogistic of him as n man, and commendatory
of his qualifications for the office. We believe
him honest and capable, and while in an organ
ization which compels US to oppose his election,
will never do so by detracting in the slightest
particular from his exalted worth.
The Shasta courier., 1859-06-18
A Word to Adopted Citizens.

On the 9th May the people of Massachusetts
voted on the following proposition for an amend
ment of the State Constitution:
No person Of foreign birth shall be entitled 10
vote, or shall be eligible to Office, unless he
shall have resided within the jurisdiction of the
United States for two years subsequent tn his
naturalization, and shall be otherwise qualified
according to the Constitution and laws of this
Commonwealth Prouided, That this amend
ment shall not affect the rights which any per-
son of foreign birth possessed at the time of the
adoption thereof; And prorided further, That it
shall not affect the rights of any child of citi-
zen of the United States born during the tenn
porary absence of the parents therefrom.
"The returns from IA towns and cities give
majority of over 5000 for the amendment, which
is undoubtedly adopted" Thus says the New
York Tribune, Greely's paper. The emigrant
from the vine clad hills of the Rhine and the
Rhone, from the green sod of old Erin, from the
beautiful wales of old England, and from the
Highlands of old Scotia, will thus learn that
hereafter their brethren and kindred caunot
gain the right to exercise the elective franchise
the right to vote-in Massachusetts unless
they have resided within the jurisdiction of the
United States for two years subsequent to their
naturalization In the same State free negroes,
emigrating thither from other States, are per-
mitted to vote in few months. An Irishman,
or German, or Englishman, or Scotchman, how
ever, is not permitted to do so unless he has
resided in the United States seven years. This
amendment to the Constitution of Massachu-
sets, was adopted by Black Republican SEN
ate and House of Representatives, approved by
Black Republican Governor, voted for and
adopted by the Black Republican party of that
State-whie at the same time the Democratic
party in the Legislature, before the people, and
at the ballot box. opposed the insulting and un-
generous thing Judge ye, men of foreign birth,
which are your friends.