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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-11

Opln ihaCi sshn NOV efh IFshh'
Veg = ~ tho opinions Of three
leading see fAk papers upon the re-
suli ate m'lsi'ti- The Express, l'uioni
llereld. o'mrs;Aici aud Times, RcYub-
llcani
IfeEtHvaH
The I 'uot -" J. rty, which has been
Zoe yc-n u'i"i ~, moalited and corusni
hHs at la't 1911 . o., pieces, and docomI,o-
sit.oE his CORN need with wonderful
rapidly, Tic .nsrrci at Charleston.
which Ia pr ifN'atcd the vuin of the
once ny urihly otlauizliion. Is but tho
natural Nusci Jsl.cc Of the corrupt 8. ac-
iicps VIII "a o,s'rs 10 q very lang lease @,
the publ cHit, s-ie crept into aud un-
dermind 4 th,t 90 ndaticns of the party.
Tho Sor .hsrr .'x.ders cohlC. not have
prcyente tlh ,j,Hummation. even If
they had ds,h - 20 do so. They prefer
red T. nc elem I" IT, and the party has
nov been spiit ~ hostile fac ions, icors
bitterly cpposdt - each other thar to
the Blacl i.epcbdeans themselves.
p,ar idc TINS.
The d mocrIi tariy IL the last of tie
great ma ANAL organizations TO yield 10
the "irre' ycssibb conflict" which Slavery
and FreeiLm JIve been waeing for ON
troll OF the t,krll Government. The
churches % ~ denominations have given
way one it,r 80 her, to the pressure
The Viii lai& vert down before this
new aud csisC".S inmuence some ycaT'
| ago--the lner.tNLpanY melted before
il like wax in he Ham, and now the
Democracy htf aho yiclGfd. In every
struggle litboicc. 'he slave interest has
maintain, Il iS N-ctndcncy in tie ranks
of the De'poct1,ic party. 1t has now
been deie gtod.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-11

9ottrrL-The Chicago Herald, lad.
ministration organ, does not even try to
keep It's courage up, II says; I'VE con.
fcss that zee have Jm ERic Lcsrt 10 detail he
sad scenes that are being presented in the
Charleston Convention. We can only
say that our fondest hopes are being
blighled and that, in all human proba-
bility, before we reach another issue, the
only organized link that now binds the
Union together, viii scccrd forever.
Tue GBCAr MiLL--flsr STATISTICS. -.-
An amateur of the Ring furnishes the
following memoranda;
Blows Reed. Thrown. knocked Down.
llocnan, ,,.,,,.l0
saycts .,,,,om6s IS %
II receiving throe.fourths of all the
blows twelvothirtecntha. Of tho throws,
and on tho knocks down constitute man
the victor, then Saycrs has the belt,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-11

PLArroRNs.-"Lco," of the Charleston
Courier, writes upon the Charleston af-
fair;
Tho Majority Platform was, no doubt,
made for the purpose excluding Doug
la4. The Minority Platform was intend.
Ell 20 give him q ioothold, The suisse.
qucnt Platform, the Tennesse Platform.
openencd an opportunity for the choice
,,oL a lilrl COMMUNICATIONS platlaspl--a--
one OF no account, except 80 Tar as thel
/ control the nomination.
You are 10 bc congratulated upon be
ing rid Of the Convention. They Shout,
congratulate thelnselye, upon the fact tina
they got of with SO little discrcd!t--i r.
supposing that they paid up their hotc
! bills.
Nobody ever supposed that they woul,
either agree upon Platform or upon
nominee. Parties, sections aud CLIQUE
went into the Convention determined no
TO agree upon Platform or nominee,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-05-11

GES. WLEER.---It is stated in some Of
the papers that Fillioustor Walker has
declared for Douglas since the "bust up
at Charleston. 1t is thought he will
head the Electoral ticket in Nicarauga.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-01-04
From the Standard.
Common Schools.

We cannot too strongly commend to
our readers of all parties the following let
ter from Rev. G. III. Wiley, the State
Superintendent of Common Schools. We
entirely concur with Mr. Wiley in the
views which he advances, and we trust
they will have good effect on the minds
of the people. Now is the time to banish
poisonous Northern literature from our
schools,-now is the time 10 aid the Edu-
cational State Journal, which is Ianguish-
ing for want of support A 1.-THE of the
moneys sent North for newspapers and
journals of various kinds, would at once
place the North Carolina Journal of Edu-
cation in prosperous condition -
Mr.. EDITOR A recent number of your
paper contained communication from a
aleading citizen of the State, recommend
ing, in view of the exigency of the times,
a called session of the Legislature, to make
for the provision safety of the people, and
for the promotion ofdomestic manufactures
Late events have opened the eyes Of
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-01-04
RAJ .EIGH, NORTH

ed him what county we were then in!-
After hemming and having considerably,
he said it was "T1ennessee, he blteved." He
then asked him what brandy and whiskey
were selling at? He frightened up, his
eyes began to sparkle, and he replied IN a
quick tone Of voice-"Whiskey is worth
Sl,oo. There is not any brandy to sell"
Although he did not know what county he
lived III, he knew the price of whiskey: thus
we see how some parents are raising up
their children. If that boy becomes
drunkard, and fills drunkard's grave, at
whose hand will his blood be required p
Parents, beware how you train up your
childrenl
The next place worthy Of note was King
ston, then Knoxville, which is quite an hons
or to East Tennessee. We next came to
cambridge, then to Newport, and at last
we came safe into good "old North Caro-
lima" Yes, am once more in my native
State. have also been permitted once
more to enter Division room, and there
behold the officers and brothers arrayed IN
their regalia, and among others "my noble
husband" Yes, and was permitted to lis
ten to a lecture delivered in A Division.
1t was quite an eloquent Lecture. But
here find there is great work to do;-
yes, even here in the Old North State,
where so many Lectures have been deliv-
cred, where prayers have been sent up IN
behalf of North Cardinals sons, yet we still
hear of some of her most intelligent and
promising sons sinking down and filling
drunkards' graves Let us be up and do
ing, girG on the amor and 60 forth to
\ battle with the demon!
must close, by saying here send You
y list Of names.with the money too, $500
My time is not out, but have left friend
in tie West to ''read and live" will still
90 forth in this noble work, and now ex.
pcct to be able to send more subscribers
than | have done heretofore. Ladies, q
word to you aud ! will stop: Let each and
every one Of you 90 out and see how many
subscribers you can procure for the New
Year. | will, for one, see how many sub
scribers can get for the "Good Spirit -
Z, and if you will all go forth in this noble
cause, twelve months hence the joyful news
will be proclaimed that many preciou:
souls have been saved, and many, very ma
. ny families made happy.
SALLIE, OF ARK.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-01-04
CHAPTER TT.

Now, what has Mr.. Allen been doing
since he bade his wife to leave the room
of her childhood-the home that is by
right her own-to give up her child, that
is dearer to her than life He has been
watching her movements, to see what she
would do. He soon ascertains by care
full watching that she is preparing to leave
at once, and take the child with her. So
much the better, he says to himself. nv
plan works like charm. About nine O.;
clock he sees her leave the house with her
infant in her arms. Then be goes TO- she
room occupied by his clerk and finds him
engaged In writing he asks him to help
arrange some wine casks in the cellar, that
were sent home a few DAYS before. The
young man laid down bis pen and follow
ed his employer very willingly. They de-
scended to the cellar which was a laroe
gloomy place the walls were of solid ma
son work of rough stone. In one corner
was small room separated by a wall OF
stone, and strong open door with two
apertures almost to the ceiling for ventil-
alton. They were not more than six inch
es square and afforded but a little light
or air but into this apartment Mr.. Allen
concludes to store his wine. Then they
rolled the casks in and arrange them to. his
mind he then turned abruptly and left
the place, closing the heavy door with vi
olence, turned the key in the lock, then
assembled the room, we'll satisfied with what
9 had done.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-01-04
Buchanan, Granville, n. c.
For the Spirit of the Age
The Two Leading Principles Of the
World:

There are two principles which have,
ever since the beginning of the world, ex-
listed as opposite to each other as light and
darkness. One Of these is the ruling pow>
er in heaven; the other is the ruling pow
er in the world of darkness While hap
pness and virtue exist with one, pain and
misery only are felt in the other.
The earth appears to be the middle sta
tion Of nature between these two opposite
extremes, and is inhabited by creatures not
SO entire y virtuous nor vicious but that
they are participants of the good and the
bad qualities of these two principles. r.
from observation and experience,
seems to be too Virtuous to be entirely mis-
cradle, and too vicious to be entirely hap
py; hence pleasure and pain meet each
other on this part of nature which lies be-
tween the halfway ground. 1t is by this
means that we find pleasure and pain uni,
ted as yoke-fellows, and make their visits
together, or are not far apart pain is soon
succeeded by pleasure and pleasure by pain
In the bosom of every human being
these two principles struggle for the mas
IGA anu uuIiAS5t Va o1 eAO CIOSO vi iIdu
probation, one or the other of these powers
must triumph. Ia every mans heart there
is, at times, dark forebodings of ill success
and then again Of sure victory in life's war
fare. Trembling between hope and fear
he is cast out upon stormy sea, tempest
tossed in dark, lone, weltering bark, drift
ing on the waves. Again he is transpor
ted. to some sunny cline, where flower
never fade and suns never set.
But Notwithstanding this union of tw,
different principles, they do not, in thi
world, appear to answer the design fo
which they were sent among mankind, be
cause they possess indfferentIy the specie
which are given up to them. But by in
fereuces drawn from revelation we ar
naturally led to suppose, that those VIII
have, during life, been governed by tn
one Of these powers which rules with al
solute sway in the region of darkness, ar
dispatched after death to that region t
dwell in 'Pandemonum,' without any hor
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-01-04
"Thick darkness-if it come
Till dangers trouble-night is DER
And the star of peace return"

Where can he better fit his mind for the.
reception Of the knowledge necessary fo4
the performance of such al arduous tasE ?
than whilst at College? Here it is tha
he may cultivate his mind-here he maN
breathe an intellectual air-here he has thi
deeds of his illsstrious- ancestors engraga|
on the many pages of history. Let b
record them in his memory, that thew p
serve as lamp to his feet, to gp>
stimulate in all noble aspiratio>
should reply to the calls Of his couI
equipping himsSSlf yiskk - -
knowledge; anu then in Z Tzl1e asil1 ~
oF's proud temples bis name will surely be
enrolled.
Filthy, it is duty he owes his Maker.
When he looks around him and sees the
golden opportunities presented him for men,
tai improvement-hi kind and anxious pa
rents-his own genius and talent-his no.
bic and glorious country-all the gifts of a
benifcent Creator, furnishing him with op-
portunities to learn and be wise, he will be
untrue to himself, recreant to his parents,
and false to his God, should he fail to avail
himself of them. But alasl how many,
having the above reasons for industrious
application, are found passing their College
days in Incidence and seeking sport, as il
Colleges were institutions for mere pleas
ure seeking and jolly bands of dissipators
Surely they will be classed with those who
"Laugh to scorn the wisdom of the schools
And think the first of poets the first of FOOLS"
r
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-01-04
For the Spirit of the Age
The Demon of Drunkenness,

1t Is difficult to restrain the evil passions
of our nature, under the most favorable
circumstances but when the blood is in
famed with alcohol, and reason is we'll nigh
dethroned, then the demon is stirred up
within and none can foresec what crimes
may be perpetrated. Fearful are the re-
cords of drunken fury. Murder and the
bottle 90 hand in hand. We see two
friends, who, when sober, would be willing
to make any sacrifice for each others well
fare. They are perhaps officers in the
same regiment, and both have wives and
children at their distant homes, of whom
they have often spoken with Affection
Meeting at tavern to spend an evaai
they have their bottle and glasses,
view, as they suppose, of eniyal
cheering them. The fumsm
they a5SLibing rise
3966eey 3966eeyy id Zach othe.l
and rising to their feet tH@ll
drawn, and soon one of them lies
in his blood. Such is the result
social evening! One is hurried Nlgl|
preparation to the judgment seat of his Of
Tended Creator, the other is the murderer o
his friend and the destroyer of the happi
ness Of an amiable family! Can he excuse
himself because he was intoxicated whel
he committed the foul deed?
No indeed this an aggravation of hi
sin. The first made himself a madmal
and then a murderer. Bitter cause ha
he to curse the social glass, as it is called
In one night the thickest gloom has settlc'
on all his worldly prospects. For the res
of his life he walks forth an unqu;et an
unhappy spirit, terrified when he looks bac
to the scene Of blood, and still more alarm
ed when he looks forward to the dread &C
count he is to render to God for his mi:
deeds.
Reader, if thou wouldst avoid such
crime, and such fate, let not alcohol pa:
thy lips, to steal away thy reason,
LOVEL.
Buchanan, Granville, n. G.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-01-04
For the Spirit of the Age.
The Evils of Tattlinr.

TOT Iut OPiAt VI kAE "a g6.
The Evils of Tattling.
/ certain ancient Philosopher ascribed
ery quaint reason Why we we're en-
d with the double senses of tnoseyes,
ears, and bat one tonglae ghen he.
l!l.st that the two former were intended by
nature to be exercised twice as much as the
latter. But in this our modern day, we
not unusually see that single member, the
tongue, outstripping the other senses with
two members-6ye to one. Then the bet
ter sensibilities of our nature become dis
gusted-and conscience controls with slack
ened rein. Such person assails the char
acter of his fellows with the bitter shafts of
scandal and vituperation, taking good care
to conceal the better while they expose his
weaker points and foibles, and circulates
the tattle and gossip of his own making.
A character of this kind feeds on envy,
hatred and malice and has no scruples in
basely assailing the fair fame of others,
merely to satiate his morbid appetite, that
has been engendered by the degrading
practice of Tattling The consequences
soured natures blasted sensibiiities
-gristled consciences and lying tongues
"Oh wod some power The giftie gle US,
To sSe ourselves as othBfs see US,
It wo ksRy alhlunder free US,
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his most sanguine expectations.
But retributive Justice was at hand. He
was laid on bed of sickness, and then con-
science was busy at work he thought Of
all his misdeeds, many of which it was too
late to repair but he could restore his
property to his injured wife and child, if
they were living, and was determined to do
so, in the event of his decease; and also to
clear up the mystery of his clerks disap-
pearance. Thereupon he wrote letter to
Mr.. Sims, requesting him to search the Gel
lar and explain all the mysteries there
The letter was not to be sent till after his
death, which took place in few hours af-
ter he had made his will, giving all his i'm
mense wealth to his wife and child.
The attorney advertised for the heirs,
and they were soon found, for the little
village where Mrs. Allen found home
was not what it was then, but flourish
ing town of some two thousand inhabitants,
and they got the news from all portions oi
the country. Mrs. Allen, on coming in
possession of her property, had splendid
mansion erected, where she lived in peace
and friendship with all the village. Her
daughter Lilly was now fourteen years OF
age, and of course thought herself young
lady. She was as beautiful as her mother
was at her age, and as lovely in her man
ners as in person.
Mr.. Sims received the letter from Mr.
Allen in due time, and in that letter he
informed him that he had locked his clerk
in the cellar, enclosing him in living tomb
in order to make it appear that his wife
had eloped with him to bring reproacf
!; on his nnoRending wife, and clear himsel
J from all blame. He had done all this t.
: become possesser of the wealth of Mr.. Da
Wis: and he did possess it, and -four
ished for season, as the wicked often do
: The cellar was opened, and, there, to th'
E horror stricken spectators, was brought t.
view the skeleton of the long missing
young man.
A thousand people we're collected Their
2 to behold the awful spectacle. The remain
a of the murdered man were buried that da
Y in the church vault of the place, and s
t large and solemn a funeral was never be
n fore seen in that country ); and the tear
e that were shed were sincerely FROM tn
/. boort
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-01-04

A character of this kind feeds on envy,
hatred and malice and has no scruples in
basely assailing the fair fame of others,
merely to satiate his morbid appetite, that
has been engendered by the degrading
practice of Tattling. The consequences
are-soured natures blasted sensibilities
| -gristled consciences and lying tongues.
"oh ,wOd some power ths giftie gle US,
To So ourselves as othsts see US,
| 1t wo kkSnEy a.blunder free US,
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way of ths U.s. to the
door. Gin pod deeah;m
to spend tim lie for the lac
into the cab not Up to iis
aged mother. hope and ct
time possible, hoo. "A
hot brick. whlchV o',dn ,odnh Oh COZ
door and offersnsAe be hlocl- Ian
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the door Of III. ruTURts
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cold"
a SayinoaEs he q IA tho article. with
s the care ~ +ondar nnreo .nd ea;d -
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the ladv had an infant in her arms She
answered she was irving to. and tbanIad
him for his kind attentions the ta.rs al tba
while rnnnino down her checks 10 tb;nt
that she sbo1Id be loft donendant ~ ,ntih +hc
kindness of strangers The coach roIIad
on. and the cold 6last swant tbronab The
. forest bloakor and noldor ~ tho 49, dnan
y \ TO q close. and at dsrk several no;,os Law 10 =
q between onr Travellers and tho ,,rS atonn;ao 10y
. nlace for tho n;abt A. Ionn+h A .ho r. dI,ns !;
Sees the Iobts n the v;llage . ' abort Js' d;s
, , ts~,o hofo5e +bam ua 80. on4 S4'i; Eaht, I's
u ahead and brasL. forth with b;s o,d go
Tho Star snanalod Rannar w 'o and o,U .uo 1I.'
= d Columbia" mixed IN with it by wau Tau Of @ va
'e riot;on. and ~ +Ina h. ha l.n d"a ~ ~ Wy VI ""
u Of tbo y;iiaao M a. nn m TGa o. n.op, " III Inc 700 700
stoaI | af . +ho o+ab," " W nasa .n. wv. VI 1n'
s~ unusual in that little place. 1t wa
P Very seiuom Inat a Stranger stopped there
n ana M such circumstance caused nine
T. b. nhon 49,. - ~D 'ho - .Auaol'AnIS =
is and I ononaS n 1enu th 1"no uI"n & lIn ms percn
n afo tfo 0pGhso opens the dooF and TOOK out beau
Ss "pp"i0n''y "oou1 OLA inonCls oiu
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a1re and News of the Day.

The next morning he went to the break.
fast table and as his wife and clerk ga
not make their appearance he asked tue
servant where they were. She answered
that she did not know Search was then
made for them, but to no purpose, and
before twelve o'clock the story was our
rent in every quarter, that Mrs. Allen and
the young clerk had eloped taking the
child with them, and that poor Mr.. Al
len was distracted therefore he met with
all the sympathy usual on such occasions.
When his friends came to console him he
could shed as many crocodile tears as he |
chose TO, and every one thought him sin
eere. And in few days his property was
advertised for sale. He shut up the holise
and removed to the city, saying to his
friends that his grief was too great to re
main where every thing reminded him of
his misfortune and they believed him.
The magnificent mansion formerly
owned by Mr.. Davis, was sold at great
sacrifice, and Mr.. Sims, the purchaser,
moved his family there directly, and then
left town on business for several weeks
Mrs. Sims was an invalid, and seldom left
her room, and one day as she was reclin-
ing on her couch, and her young children
sitting around her, and one of them read
ing to her for amusement, she was greatly
i alarmed By the servants, three IN number,
rushing into the room crying out that the
cellar was haunted. They said that they
went to store away some articles, not
wanted for present use, and as soon as they
got to the middle of the cellar they heard
low groans and it sounded dreadful. Mrs.
Sims was not believer in ghosts, so she
; explained the matter to them in this way :
that it was some insect in the wall and
t the place being so dark and gloomy, it
made them magnify the least thing to
something supernatural so the subjec.
S was dropped; but the servants wonld not
: 90 into the cellar again, until their master
: came home and examined the place and, as
a he did not see anything mysterious, there
/ was no more said about the groans. Mr..
f Sims was a true friend to Mr.. Allen, and
: felt sorry for him ; never suspecting
a any fraud or hypocrisy, and one evening
Il when he came home from the city, he IN
e formed his wife that Mr.. Allen had left fol
IS Europe, to try the effects of travelling as 9
V panacea to his bruised heart. He went tC
n London and with his hundreds and thou
d sands he was enabled to open banking
r. house on large scale. The dearest wisf
e ofhis heart was gained; he was free, wealthy
: and soon was highly esteemed by both sex
= es. And thus time passed on tor severa
Il a<f-y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-07-21

COST OF ENTERTAINING THE JAPANESE IN
PHILADELPHIA.-The official report Of the Phi a.
deiphia japanese Committee furnishes the fol-
lowing bill of items, showing the amount ex-
pended out Of the 500 appropriated by coun-
ellis Amount Of hotel bill 50 SOS; T.. Conklin,
for carriages, 81 500; music by bands for military
parade, Sl23 expenses of committee to WASH
ington, Mayors deputation, &c, SS7 IS; stereO-
s'Ope case, with views, presented to the Embassy
Sls6; map of city and State, S22 20; additional
carriage bills, Sl9; omnibusses, S25 baggage
wagons, S40i incidentals, S96 81 advertising
Sl5i exhibition of views at hotel, SIS; services
at Academy of Music, $40; balloon ascension
Sl5O; music for tremen's parade, $50; making
total of 81 POS 50. Amount merged. g., 79l %
The New York public would like to similar
Dill OF specifications from their Sl2j, 900 com
mittep
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u in New York, On Monday afternoon. AZ
has already been announced by telegraph, SIX
convicts, who were working with several other,
IN the marble quarry belonging to the Sing Sing
prison, attempted to escape by passing between
the guaTd-houses they managed to reach near
ly the centre OF the guard houses before their
purpose was even suspected, thus showing thai
The plan was preconcertsd. Two Of the conyict
left the gang boldly and walked towards tn,
hospital, az If they were going for some a-ticle,
which they required, and all six Of them sue
oeeded In getting out. The g4ards fired at them
bringing one to the ground. They reloaded and
pursued The prisoners, when the alarm becsm,
general, and tcey were soon overtaken and des
Pera'e resistance was made All Of them wer,
armed with deadly weapons and are most des
perate men. Only one Of them wa, killed