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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-12-14

| communicated, through our Temperance Or
| gan. to our brethren, soliciting Manuscript
| Tracts on any Of a list Of subjects furnished,
or any others the writer's might select In
addition to this appeal through the Spirit OF
! the Age. we have addressed many individuals
whom we knew were able, and hoped were
lwiliing, to use the talents God has given
them, to advance sonr great temperance reior-
nation and bless our people. We have re-
ceiyed several promises, but very few Tracts.
! Only three Manuscripts have been sent TO
the Committee. The first OF these, from an
unknown writer, was a brief history OF a
family on whom the sin of drunkenness had
descended from father to son. For various
reasons, the Committee did not see fit to
publish it, and the Manuscript was returned.
address to Magistrates" is the title OF
Tract No. One, of the series contemplated
1t is from the pen of one of the ablestlawyers
and most distinguished citizens of our State,
and should be put in the hands of every mag.
istrate in North Carolina. But, though adj
dressed especially to Magistrates, it will bt
read with profit by all.
Tract No. 2, is an Appeal to Christians il
Vindication of the Order of the Sons of Tenn
p~erance, written by Rev. George B. Wetmore
of h Protestant Episcopal Church Il is
plain, frank and manly elueidation of the mo
raj features of our organization, and its pc
rusal cannot fail to remove objections honest
ly entertained bv some of the Clergy an
members of the various Churches, whoseeI
to understand the Sons of Temperance IN tn
light of a rigal, ibstead 0 apbumble auxili.
~ to the Church of God. 1--WE trust it vi
have a wide circulation.
We are not stxaitened inAfunds the LID
raj contribution at the meeting of the q. |
in Greensboro, together with our quarterI
per capita income, has placed at our dlspos;
ample means to publish at once or 8 Tract
We trust brethren viii enable the Commit
to act with more efficiency in the future.
About four thousand of the edition OF 50l
has been put in circulation.
Our Tract No. 2, by brother Wetmore =
Appeal to Christians in behalf of the Orde
} is now ready for distribution
They will be sent free, to all Divisio
: sen6ing stamps to prepay postage on the
: Fraternally submitted in /. p. q /.
RICaD. STERLING, Ch'mn.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-12-14
F~raternally submitted, in L. P. & r.
DANL S. HILL, Ch'm'n.

The Grand Division Of North Carolina
years ago inaugurated a Tract and Col
porteurfund, andits management was placedin
the hands of a Committee, consisting of sone
of the Oldest and most experienced of its
members, with the sterling veteran, p. G..
W. P. Rich'd. sterling at its head. To him
are we indebted for the great good accom-
plished through this agency but could he
have infused a tithc of his interest and ener-
gy into his brethren, there is no computing
the great revolution in public sentiment and
action these silent messengers-Tracts scat
tered by living h~ands-might not have effec-
ted. But the Importance of this agency is
becoming more appreciated, and we trust
that in 1860 millions of pages viii be dis
seminated throughout the length and breadth
of cur own State.
The following IS the report of that commit
tee:
The Committee on Colportage, in present.
ing their second annual Report, regret that
they have still to complain of the supineness
of their brethren in aiding in carrying for
ward this peculiar department of our general
work.
The Committee regarded the action of the
CD. at its last aRnualsmecung in Greensbo
70 as eeuiyalant to instructions to confine
their labors to the publication and c.rcula.
tions of a series of Moth Carolina Temper
j. anc Tracts. Accordingly we addressed
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-12-14
Balance in hand $152.06.

The members Of the Grand Division were
most Hospitality entertained by many of our
citizens at their private residences and be-
fore the adjournment, the following Vote of
Thanks was passed:
ResozCed, That the sincere thanks of the
members of this Grand Division are due, and
are hereby rendered, to those citizens of Raj
eigh who have entertained it's members, for
their urbane reception and u%nbounded hospi-
tality-more than sustaining the reputation
of the City of Oaks for its character for gene
rosity and open-hearted kindness.
2. ResolUed, That the thanks of this Grand
Division are also rendered L. H. Brame, Esq,
the able and accomplished President of the
Raleigh Female Seminary, for the use of the
spacious Hall of the Seminary in which to
ho.d our public exercises.
3. Also, to the President and Directors of
the several Railroad Companies, for the pas
sage and return of its members for one fare
over their respective Roads.
There are several other interesting Reports
Resolutions and other proceedings of the ses
sion we intended giving in this issue, bu
find our limits will not permit, and will there
fore defer them to our next issue.
We close this account, therefore, with tn
brief remark, that the harmony and interes
manifested by the entire membership, augu
well for increased usefulness and prosperity
and we venture the prediction, that in 1S6
we shall have even yet greater advancement
to record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-12-14
Renort. Of the Grand Scribe.

| g. ". Patriarch, Qffcers and Brothers:
\ Again We meet Manual session, tosdelib-
crate for the prosperity of our noble Order,
and to congratulate one another over the sue
cess that has crowned our efforts during the
past II months. We certainly have much to
rejoice over. Our Banner has been planted
in many a new field, and many a triumph
been won over the arch enemy of our race.
The members Of ourlOrder in most of our u.
risdiction have labored zealously during the
past year, and the reward Of good and faithful
servants has been given them. But while We
rejoice in this, we have to deplore that il
many important fields but little advance has
been made in 1869, while in others, the caus,
has refrigerated. We can only attribute this
wherever it has beer the case, to unfaithful
ness andlack of enerE in pushing forward on
benevolent enterprise. Let US who hav,
been derelict in duty, gather courage from
the success of the fithful of our band, an
initiating their example, We shall alike EMO
the precious rewardSIthat have crowned thei
efforts.
At the last annual session of this Gran
Division, reported total membership in til
State of 1,619. On he 1st January 1859, 7
Divisions sent WeS@pFns for previous qua
ter, giving a membership of 1885. On tn
1st of April 80 Divisions reported, shown
a membership of 2,414. On the 1st of Jul
80 Divisions sent up an aggregate membe
ship of 3,048. Andfo the last Quarter, s
divisions have forwarded Returns, whic
give a membership 3f 3,279 male member
and very nearly as large number Of Lac
Visitors in connection with the Order. +:
Divisions that are aework failed to send |
Returns, which if forwarded would ha'
swelled our total membership to at least 8 80
Besides 25 Divisions that sent Returns {
last year have failed to report during Il
whole of 1859. Many of these wc/hope a
not past recovery, bJ may yet be revived a
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-12-14

IA. M. GORMAN, G. S.
4 The Financial Reports of the Grand Scribe
and Grand Treasdrer present the monetary
affairs of the Grahl Division in an encoura-
ging and solvent Gndition but we have not
room for them in this hurried account of the
proceedings.
The following Resolutions were adopted,
concerning our State and National Organs,
viz:
ReSotced, That we most earnestly renew
our recommendation to every member of our
Order to use his Utmost exertions to extend
the circulation of our most excellent organ,
the Spirit of the Age.
Resotced, That we have derived much
pleasure f; ON the visit of Bro, Moffat. one o.
the Editors of the Crusader-the Organ of the
National Division Of North American
hope the members of the Order in n. G. vii
give this valuable monthly a wide circulation
in our jurisdiction.
The followings officers of the G. d. wer
elected for the ensuing year. viz:
DR.. John f. Foard. of Newbern, G. w. T
Col. w. NJ. Grier, Of Mecklenburg, G. w. A
A. NJ. German, of Raleigh, G. Scribe
w. X. Martin, of Franklin, 9. Treas
W. ID. Trotter, Of Greensboro, u. Con.
J.F. Little, of Meeklenburg, G. Sen
Rev. r. L. Abernathy. of Burke, G, Chal
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

THE VANDERBILT PURCHAsE.-The San Fran
cisco Herald learns from Forbes 4 Babcock late
agents of the Pacific Company, that Vanderbilt
has purchased the vessels of that line, The Nor
ming Call relates the manner in which the pur-
chase was Effected The Commodore waited up
on the Directors of the Pacific Mail Company
tuition. The Directors laughed, and the Commo-
dore intmated that stockholders might think
better of the proposition. They were according
ly called together, and on ballot it was found
that there was a majority of ten in favor of the
proposition. The Commodore, unknown to the
Directors, controlled minority Of the stock.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

THE BEAUTY or Cons WoRK.-ln what temple
is there font vast like the sea? or columns
beautiful as the trees of the forest, or of the or
chards laden with fruit, dome lofty as the
heavens, or n lamp brilliant as the sun? Where
shall we see statues perfect as sensible beings,
who speak and who love and bless each other
Inscriptions as Ineligible aud more religious
than the books of nature A book of law AS
universal as the love OF God, founded on graft
tude, and the love of our species, founded upon
human interests? Sacrifices more touching than
those of praise to the Gver of all good, aud OF
our affections for those who should share those
blessings with us In fine, an altar as holy as
the heart Of a good man, of which God himself
is the sovereign?
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

TIE Predicted REvoLUTIoN IN STEAM NAvG
GArIoN.-The new ocean steamship that Mr.. Ger
main, of Buffalo, proposes to construct after hi,
new discovered plan, and TO travel one hundred
miles an hour is to be 1000 feet long, 73l feet
wide, and G2 feet deep. The ends are to be con
structed in the form of a wedge. The vessel will
be built in air tight sections, ana if broken in
two lives will not be endangered. There are to
be six wheels on either side, 500 feet apart The
first twelve feet from the ends, is to be of solid
iron, and to weigh thirty-six tuns each.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

DUELNG.-Jonathan Dymond's ideas Of duel
ing are worthy of notice, and very appropriate
nowadays. He thinks it is not trihing ques
that u man puts to himself when he asks, 4" what
is the amount OF my contribution to this detesta
bic practice?' 1t is by individual contribution
to the public notions respecting it that the prac
tice is kept up. Men do uot fire at each othe
because they are fond OF risking their own live
or other mems, but because public notions arr
snch as they are. Nor do | think any deduction
can be more manifestly just than that he whC
contributes to the misdirection of these notions
is responsible for share OF the evil and guilt.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

New YEAR TEMPrATloNs.-A correspondent of
the Pacifc in Sierra county, writes
The history of our past New Years tells us
it is too true. If we could unseal the records of
that history for the past ten years in California,
how we would rccoil at the picture conured.
You would see those, who on Que of those New
Years for the first time partook of that which
eventually led to their temporal aud eternal ruin.
You would see those, who conscious they were
fast losing ability TO resist the influence that was
sealing their destruction, resolved that they
would abandon the habit of drinking. They
ran well for time" A Now Years day came
friendships must be renewed, aud kindly inter
course exchanged. Visits were paid aud tenpta
tions presented. Light banterings, fair faces and
joyous greetings pushed the good resolutions aside
they were forgotten A drar, kind, good
woman filled the glass, and profi'rng. led to the
renewal Of the habit, and with smiles paved their
way to ruin The last state Of those men was
worse than the first"
There may have been aged mothers who with
agOnizrd hearts mourned the fall Of Just such
ones neglected wives, bowed with grief, who
sank into premature graves fathers, whose hairs
were whiened by seeing their sous lives 60 out
in dshonor loved brothers and sisters, whose
happiness was blighted forever"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

SEAsGCG MoUNTAINEER.A correspondent of
the Bulletin writes that Col. Lander of the late
overland survey, was one of the eastward bound
passengers by the John L. Stephens, and never
having been out of sight of land before, was ter
ribly seasick. The Col. said he had ridden forty
eight hours on mule, without rest fought the
Indians, the M0rmons and grizzlies gone three
days without food walked thousands of miles
afoot over alkali plains, but "he'd be id il
he ever knew what it was to be miserable be-
fore ~
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

RELIGIOUS Misunderstanding for rel giou
and benevolent purposes has been much practcct
in California. In many cases such affairs have
been extemporized by those who made no grea
profession of scrupes OF conscience in the use o
means; were as much the result of good will, OF
general impulse, as of sense of obligation.
mattered very little to them how they gave, by
Dance supper or rattle in such cases we won
dered at it no more than at many other thing
done by them. Bat when The managers wer,
those whose position and professions warranted
mortified and dsgusted. Pacific.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

LoGIc-A pimple on the cheek may be very
trihing disorder, but il it betokens erysipelas, it
is the indication Of disease which may be fatal.
And so 1T is in the political world Er.
There is IA Lccompton pimplo on the Demo.
cratic cheek that has assumed the charac .erisics
of malignant pustule A carbuncle on the
nose is a triAing disorder, but when it betokens
the hummer, there is something rotten in Den
mark p Aud so there is in Lecomptonism
Bufte Record
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

PATRIOTS OF THE REyoLUTloN.--T are only
eight survivors of the American revolution now
on the pension list at Washington their names
and ages are follows: William Cunningham,
aged % years; Peter Rife, aged % Matthew
Sray, aged 06 ; George Estes aged 96l Daniel
Hicks, aged 81 Wm. Oney, aged 49, William
Stewart aged 90 Henry Wiloughby, aged 100.
They are the only remaining patriots of the
American struggle for Independence. Honor to
the noble band
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

FUDGE.-The Supreme Court Of Appeals of
Virginia refused to award writ of error in the
case of Brown on the 10Th of November, conso
quently the death sentence would be enforced at
the time appointed. Senator Hunter pretended
to be convinced that an attempt would be made
to rescue the prisoners. A letter from Ohio to
Brown had been deciphered, telling him to keep
in good spirits, that friends were mastering and
would drop along one after another Nonsense.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31
WEAvERVIILE CALIFORNIA; SATURDAY, DECEMBER 81 1859.
Gbe CrMiitg yomnaI:
WEAV CAL,
Saturday Morning, December 81, 1889.
WeaverviIle Post OMcc.

The mail for the Atlantic States and Europe
by the steamer of Jan. 9th, will close at this of
fee on Friday evening, December 30th, at o.
clock, p. IN. JAS. O'CONNOR, p. NJ.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

| MArRM0AY A PREVENTIVE OF SUICDE-A re-
cent article in the Philadelphia Ledger dscourses
on the fearful Increase of suicides, and while ad-
hitting that many cases of self destruction are
the results of temporary insanity, traces the main
cause " more or less directly to the want of suf-
! fcienty happy and absorbing domestic rela-
tions." In support of this position, which VIZ
take to be The correct theory regarding suicides,
/ the Ledger says:
"Alan was made for the family, as certainly as
one hall pair of scissors was matched for the
other. Family relations give just the ueedlul
mixture of care and pleasure, toll aud relaxation
company without dissipation, exercise Of mind
without slrainng. Where the social life is u
failure, and there Is uuttness from any cause for
domestic life then it will be found that the great
earthly purpose OF life being defeated, there is O
constant tendency for life to become u burden,
and existence itself either to die out or court de-
sruction. Hence very few married persons
commit suicide, compared with the unmarried.
Surround the melancholy with the prattle OF
childhood, aud the real cares of family, aud
they soon become happy. The bachelor life of
many Of our wealthy men is the real cause OF
many suicides The hotel life, uniavorable to
domestic retirement and virtue, has many a life
to answer for. The growing lcentiousness of the
age, by destroying marriage, is one way or other,
one of the chief causes OF suicide, in both sexes.
ruined woman awakes to find that her seducer
has fOrsaken her that she is alone, purposeless
useless, hopeless-and she takes laudanum, or
jumps into a river. This is the natural history
of suicide.
Whatever, then, that be which makes home
and domestic life a failure, may be the occasion
Of suicide, because it calls into action this great
clltse /. e. the sense of uselessness, loneliness
the being but half pair OF scissors"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

TIE Dying PENIrENr,-OH, lay me in the
loneliest nook of all the churchyard green, where
summer suubeams never look, the matted elns
between. Where dews and hoar frosts lingering
lie, at noon aud all day long-no daisy opens
her crimson eye no blthe bird pours his song
Then hard upon my cold, cold breast, tread down
the closing sod, aud leave the weary to her rest
49, the ffal one to her God.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

GETTING SoBER.--A popular writer says it is
not the drinking, but the getting sober, that is so
terrible in the drunkard's life. Prentice thinks
that some persons Influenced probably by this i'm
portaut Consideration. seem to have deliberately
resolved never TO get sober.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

EDITORIAL CoURTEsIEs--A short time since
Greeley advocated Bennett. of the Hsraid, as a
proper person to represent our country as minis
ter to France. Bennett next day returned the
compliment by trying TO prove that Greeley was
concerned in the IIarpcrs Ferry nsurrecloi, and
ought to be hung ~ Y. Spirit
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

UNsoUND DoCTRINE.-The Boston Post fearless
ly asserts that the Massachusetts pulpit aud lee
Iure room pray and preach and vituperate hatred
to the South as the first duty Of christianity.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

FRIENDSHIP
Small service is true service while it lasts
OF friends, however humble, scOrn not one :
The daisy, by the shadow that it casts,
Protects The lingering dew-drOp from the sun
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

MARRED.-At Shasta, December 20th, by Jas
Keen, Justice of the Peace, Mn. JAMES riley, OF
Shasta, to Mss ANNIE ELIZABETH DRAKE, late
OF Tay ylor's Flat, Trinity county.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31
BILLIARDS
BAN k d XCH A N G d
The most comfortable Saloon
In Town, either by DAY or NIGHT.

IT II e PROPRIETORS BEG LEAVE TO
l. state to the public that their Saloon is now
furnished with THREE NEW BILLIARD
TABLES, Marble and Slate beds, with Phelaa's
Combination Cushions, direct from O'Conner X
Collender makers, through their agent, NJ. E.
Hughes, Sau Francisco.
The Bank Exchange Bar is furnished with the
best the market affords, at all times
Champagne, of the celebrated Cliquot' brand,
always on hand. f. & J. YOUNG.
Weaverville June Is, 1859. %.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

WEARING OUT A CANNON-At Fort Monroe,
Virginia, party OF United States soldiers are
engaged in the business Of wearing out an old
gun, which weighs $4,000 pounds. Ten pounds
OF powder, aud a ball Weighing 23 pounds, con
stitute the charge, and with this tremendous load
it has been fired over two thousand times. The
object is TO test the durability of The iron and,
to ascertain this, the gun must be worn out.
DEATH During the year 1858 nearly $4,000
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31

RELIC or THE PHGRIMS.-At the recent Maine
State Fair, pewter platter was exhibited which
was brought over in the Mayflower, 1920,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31
Bavaria Brewe cry !!
WEST SIDE OF WEAVER CREEK,
Below H eS Sig'S Garden I!
w. KOLB G. CO., Proprietors.

THE UNDERSIGNED TAKE PLEASURE
in informing the public that they are now
manufacturing. and offer for sale a superior quail
ty of L A G. e r BEER, warranted equal
TO any in the State. A share of the public pat
ronage is requested. This Lager Beer is put up
with great care in quantities to suit. kept CON
stantly on hand, and will be delivered in any part
of the county. w. kOLB ~ co.
Weaver, July 10, 1858. 25.R
Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-31


EDlroHIAL CONFERENCE.-The editor of the
Golden Era remarked lately that he poured out
the contents OF his whisky jug in compliment to
the editor OF the Mariposa Gazette on the occasion
Of his last visit to the Bay city. To which the
Gazette replies
"You did Eh? If you did, it is the first time
you ever turned whisky upon the ground with
out having adulterated it by running t through
your depraved and dilapidated carcass, you mis-
erabe sinner
The Hartford Times gives vent to the pentup
genius of a scholar OF that city, which astonshed
his school-mates, by the following "composi-
ton -
CoMPosITIoN.-Once upon a time there was
profit named Elisha, was walkin out one day,
when some small boys made profane and faeeshus
remarks on his bawd head whereupon he caused
2 shebeaTs to devour the small boys. This was
the first time that man was ever known to bear
children"
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-11-11
.Brave Capt. Broyyn.n

As the Fredericksburg Herald remarks, the apparent
y honest sincere and frank asseveraons Of OssaEAtia
ME Brown, have led few believe that lie i not the
viilanous old wretch that his murdcrous instrument.
Of warfare would import. We understand though
how any one look OF those 300 spears with
any other than feelings Of utter deiestaOn AMI AZ once
Ink his Name with the sayages who made merry when
welding the scalping knife, and most joyia when
staying the Innocent and jefenceIess II any doubt the
real character Of Old Brown let them read the fo-ng
from the Wes;pOr; Mo- Bord,r Star
Bad a. this old reprobae has recently acted and San
Culinary a. were bis designs upon Virginia they are not
Nore than Of act= be committed along our border
lie has robbed families Of all they possessed driven poor
settlers from their homes the Indictment feasons
invaded peaceful neghborhoods turning negroes free
and numbering their masters surrounding quiet cabins
At dead Of. night, and dragging men from their beds
Strengthening them in presence Of their begging wives
and screaming children"
And should such man be pardoned; Should such
an unconscionable wretch go unuhpt ofjus,ees should
the gallo~s be cheated Of it, own Away With the
wild and criminal idea Of pardoning old Brown Let him
s"ing-sWing high and long-snd al his eonfedera.es
aid,rs and abettors.