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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-09-05
More Clubs.

Our friends seem determined to make up
for our losses during the political excitement
times, and also to add compound interest, in
the way of increasing our list of subscribers.
We have the pleasure of commencing our
chapter this week. by acknowledging the re-
ceipt of club of Fifteen, sent by our friend Jno.
Frierson, of Williamsburg District, S. c.
and he adds, Il hope to be able to send you
some more next week" Thanks dear friend
may your cup of prosperity be ever full
Also, a club of eleven, from our friend Y. I.
Chears, of Union county-another noble man
Hesitation of appreciation of our efforts, and
which calls forth our warmest gratitude. To
A. F. E, (name not given in fulD Of Epping-
ham, who sends US three our old-time friend
Nathl. Clegg of Chatham sends US a club of
four our friend E. S.. Field adds two more
to the handsome club sent a week or two ago.
Abel Alley of Granville, sends three; James
j. Ward, of Timmonsville, sends four; c..
H. Hobgood, Esq, of Mississippi, sends US a
cluboffye; David Copeland of Northampton.
fscnds three; Dudley Peed ofGranville, sends
three; Mr.. Samwell Haraway of Ringgold,
Va, sends six, procured by himself and chill
dren ; bless the little ones-get them to work
for they can do good, and they will get good
by feeling interested in the cause our VEN
cradle friend w. K. Kearney of Warrenton,
sends US four. j. E. Rhem presents us with
three at Cedar Fork and our good friend
Lewis Dupree, ST., hands US five thanks
to A. Slove, Esq, P. NJ. for five at Jones'
boro', Miss; to Bro. E. NJ. Adams of For
sythe, for five to our old friend George L.
Parker for a club of five at Eolia, Miss; to
friend E. Hollowell of Wayne, for three
to r. Chadwick of Beaufort, for seven to
friend H. II. West of Sampson, for FIVE; to
E. F. Lambert of Randolph, for five; to our
good FRIEND Wilson Perry Of Woodville, for
four and r. w. Askew of Harrellsyille, fol
FIVE and j. j. Rem of Henderson, for five
to Simeon McLeon OF Robson, for Eve ; tc
our nephew w. R. German of Salisbury, for
five; to j. G. Lloyd, of S. c., for five; to
John G. Shortridge, of Richmond county
5 for a noble club of fifteen to Wyatt Walker,
Of Whiteville, Va, for a club of five; and also
to a host of friends for single subscribers.
, Words are inadequate to express our graf
rude for the noble testimonials of apprecia
ton and appreciation we are receiving from
almost every portion of the Southern States
a We can only say-thanks, noble friends,
. thousand thanks for your kindness--and W,
assure all that our utmost efforts will b
made to furnish them a paper with which
they will be satisfied.
There are many from whom We confident
: ~ expected clubs, that we have not hear,
d from but we will, we feel sure. There
s room for many more.
y Let those send now who have not sent before,
d And those who have sent now send the more.
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A few weeks since | alluded to the use Of
strong drink as being a barrier to the marital
relations, in this country. To-day | found
an extract in an exchange which goes 70 show
it is the case in France also. And as there is
Il large class OF highly respectable and intel
ligeut persons who are constantly talking of
the comparative sobriety Of wine countries,
and France is always cited as the leading ex-
ample; against their declarations, let the fol-
lowing observation OF the most acute mind in
Paris stand as perfect refutation. Says Niche
let, in a recent work, in accounting for the
decrease of marriages in France:
For Il century past, the increasing inva-
sion OF Spiritoaa" lt4uers "'rd naroUricS mas
been marching irreSistSbly, with results vary
ing according TO the popnlation-here obscur-
iHg the mind, hOpelessly depraying it-there
penetrating deeper into the physical econo-
my, reaching even the race itself-but every
where isolaung man, giving him even in his
home, a deploiablc preference tor solitary en-
joyment.'
And this in France, peculiarly the land of
the vine and of the wine press. Even there
the vice OF drinking is roofing out and de-
stroying home and family and Michelet,
like another jeremiah, pours out the lamen-
tation, people in France do not marry any
more"
Here is a somewhat novel idea. We have
long known that the use of Intoxicating
liquors destroyed home affections, and made
the relation Of husband and wife, and father
and child, a curse instead of a blessing. But
now it seems that it does something more
than this. 1t ~actually makes marriage-that
holy estate ordained of God, in the time OF
mans nnocency-distasteful and repellant,
and hun prevents even the attempt 10 form
the family. The Jamily is the type, symbol
and soul Of the Anglo-Saxon civilization
and as spirituous drinks degrade and destroy
that social arrangement, so are they found to
be antagonistic to that civilization of which
we justly boast.
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FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.
To 1. z. P.

Oh! when the dark, tumultuous tide
OF life is ebbing fast =
When every earthly hope has died,
Thy memory shall still abide
An Eden in the waste =
~ diamond in ti.c desert" where
y silver fountain sings,
And birds of Summer ill the air
With merry carolings =
n laad of beauty and of bloom
Whence ''zephyrs, freighted with perfume
On wings Of woven light convey
The sweets Of Paradise away !"
When all is drear and desolate =
When DER Inc waters dark,
like thistle.down before the blast,
Or dead leaves on a torrent cast,)
My soul a helmless ark,
Is ruddy-madly driven on
Before the dread EurOclydon
of nrelenting fate;
JbcH brighter than the sparkling bow
Whose sky-born splendors sat
Like gems upon the regal brow
OF rugged Arurat.
Over the dusky waves afar,
Loves scintillant unchanging star,
From the bright portal Of the past
y flood Of golden light shall cast,
To gid the gloomy twilight air
And shew engraycn everywhere
Thy NAmE,-Le 61St-tke last!
RAVA AVIS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-09-05
a visit from a Good Man.

While some of the politicians were reJoi-
c;ng over the visit of a distinguished states
man to our city last week, we had the pleas
ure of greeting a distinguished temperance
champion, and of welcoming to pm home one
who is heart and soul, body and purse, en-
gagged in promoting the glorious cause Oh
Temnerance. We allude to our beloved
BROTHER Rev. JOSEPH W. PENDER OF Mlssis-
sippi. We had long known him by CORES
,ondence and by notices of his successful
and laborious efforts In the great cause IN
the South and Southwest, so that when we
met. we met not as strangers-thouSh we
had never seen each other before-but as
life long friends and brothers, engaged to-
gether in endeayorlng to effect the greatest
moral reformation ever attempted oy man
namely, the overthrow of intemperance IN
he world. And during his two or three
days %sojourn with US, as our soul mingled
with his big soul, and our heart gathered
inspiration from his noble heart overflow
ing with enthusiasm and devotion to the
great work, we felt strengthened and encour-
aged to press forward, through all difficult
ties and d-iscouragements, to the consumma
ton Of entire freedom to a liquor-curst world.
Brother Fender is a native of BERTHE coun-
I ", in this State, but has been a resident OF
! Mississippi for some sixteen years. He has
many relations and friends in the eastern por-
ton of the State, to whom he has been pay.
ing a visit. But he was not forgetful O
his duties to the temperance cause, and a
various points labored ~effectually in its pro
motion. He is not a paid Lecturer or ennis
sary, but labors from the pure incentive of
love to do good. He has never been intern
perate himself, but has witnessed the awful
rayages of i~ntemperance on society. and hi
large philanthropic heart could no. resist tn
ing up from a liquor c%urst-world for help
He has been laboring for some years in Mi
sissippi and other States, as a Nation;
Deputy Of the Order of Good Templars, an
has been instrumental in the introduction
thousands into that beautiful and sublin
Order. He is also a Son of Temperance, an
is ready to assist in advancing the caus'
no matter by what name and under VIII;
Order it is called.
We had hoped that his efficient seryic,
would be given for a while to the cause
his own native State, but he was compell'
by pressing business to return sooner tia
he expected to his home. He left US c
Thursday last, with a promise to return
about two months and spend some time
North Carolina. We have never seen a m;
who SO completely won our hearts war;
!, est affection as a christian and temperan
laborer and we shall hail his return Wi
| joy, assured that his efforts in North Caro-
ma will result greatly to the adVanceme
3 of Temperance in the State.
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~" Bro. Mills, of the Good Yemplay.
writes -
The political struggle does not seem to
affect US much in Missouri. We have char
tered forty Lodges since the first Of April,
with but one lecturer in the field. We have
Two at work now, and shall soon commission
two more. We have a series of nine Good
Templars' Tracts in the printers hands and
expect to circulate, gratuitously, half a mil
lion pages this year. have no doubt but
our lecture system, will during the year, in
crease our number Of Lodges, membership
and available resources one hundred per cent
and this with a taxation on our Subordinate
lodges but little il any above most of our
sister GIahd Lodges"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-09-05

The long watchings, deep anxiety of mind,
and exposure, had already undermined the
constitution of Mrs. R. On the night after
the child was buried, she was taken very
III. For several days she remained very
much in~disposed, but no one thought that
the disease would prove fatal. After linger-
ing for about a week the disease assumed a
more acute type, and the hollow cough, the
hectic flush, and the anxious look, all de-
clared that death had marked her for his
speedy victim. The anxiety, attention and
flowing tears of her two sunny children
seemed sufficient to move the most unfeeling
heart, and for a time Mr.. r. did sympathize
with them; and it was thought some by that he
would reform. But this article is already
too long, we viii give the sequel in our next.
MONACHOS.
Jefferson, N. c., Aug. 27th, 1860.
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Blighted and Blasted.

There are mortals in this world whose life
from its earliest budding down to 1.-The sere
and yellow leaf" seems to be ever blighted
and blasted. Through every scene-at eve
ry stage-all seems dark and gloomy to them,
without single ray o fjoy to glimmer through
the darkness and gloom. How many, alas,
how many travel through paths where daisies
refuse to grow and where the only flower is
the piercing thistle.
Here is one whose race is well nigh run
whose course is almost finished. She has
suffered out her measure of grief and the
eye is closing to all earthly scenes. Come
and see. Deep lines of terrible anguish are
chiseled around the pale trembling lips, and
dark shadows of past trials have gathered
upon the cool brow of her so near the Dor.
ders of the spirit land The iron finger Of
death fails to wipe them cut. Thank God
her time is at hand-the eye brightens as it
now and then catches glimpses Of the delecta-
BILE hills of the promised Canaan-the exult-
ing soul clings by a frall tenure to the weary
body.
She was a drunkard's wifsi All how
that word chills and benumbs the blood in
the inner temple of ten thousand hearts! A
~drunkard's wife In the bright morning of
life she had given her heart and its first love
to whom she considered worthy of the boon.
In a little while she saw him begin to go
down the dark path that leads to the drunk.
ards grave. She trembled-sh plead with
him-she prayed for him-she earnestly en-.
treated the Great God to save him by a mir.
a%culous exhibition of His power. In vain.
alas in vain.
And then, there was her only son-her only
child-him DER whose cradle she had bent a
thousand times, tracing each well known
feature of the father in the child's face, anC
praying that with the features all resem
blance between the two might have an end
that be might be sober and ~virtuous and b,
a single daisy along the dark path she tray
eled. Alas. a fathers example is sometime,
stronger than a mothers counsel. The so,
sought the dram shop, and amid the terror
of a terrible mania induced by strong drink
he groaned, CRASHED his teeth and died. TIL,
father too died drunk. He persisted in
snow storm one winters night. A drunkel
father and a drunken son lie side by side il
the graveyard, hard by the messy roofe
church.
Is it a wonder that the poor wife and mo
ther is dying of grief? Enough sorrow Ia
been crowded in and pressed down upon he
poor heart to crush her, though she we're a
Atlas of granite. Like the beautiful fowe
and the tender grass before the ~glitterin
scythe of the mower, she has fallen and he
life is biighted and blasted
And all through this beautiful world
ours there are thousands of suffering wiye
and mothers, whose hearts are slowly breal
ing, whose tears arc ever flowing, whose sigf
are eyer upheaving-all caused by the il
fernal doings Of Rum, against whose majest
it is almost treason to speak. But we shs
; continue to denounce it while the arm NOV,
: and the Nerves obey the mandates of Il
!, brain-while there is human life for it
blight and blast. &
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-09-05

H- A gentleman writing to the Editor Of
this paper from Waxahachie, Texas, says
I'VE are literally burned up in this section.
| have never seen such dry times or felt such
hot weather. For the last month or two the
thermometer has been from 1O3 to 10 de-
gress in the coolest portions of houses in his
place. Many of the settlers think of going
back to the old States. Two families started
lar Tennessee yesterday.
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Spirit oftBBeAge
O~
RALEIGH, n. c..
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1850
PUBLISHED Z WEDNESDAY, By
ALEXANDER N. COR II A n =
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

TERMS:
Single Subscribers, 81 so per annum. |
To clubs of6 and upwards, 81 90 each;
W INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. -1
No paper will be sent longer than the time for which
it has been paid and mo paper sent unless the cash
accompanies the order.
Advertisements inserted at the usual rates of adyer-
iSinn
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~ The Marriage notices sent from
"Jonesboro,' Greene county n. c." are not
published, for the reason that no responsible
name is sent to the Editor as a voucher for
the correctness Of the notices.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-09-05
CHAPTER II.

"How excellent is woman, when she gives
To the fine pulses of her spirit way;
Her virtues blossom daily, and pour out
A fragrance upon all who in her path
Have a blest fellowship" VII
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the right of

SPECIFICATIONS concerning the RICH of
Ct 70 dc Ms's RB. sSSo DOWN
said Meiarie Road e the Bayou 81. John Bridge.
Canal street feet from The curbones bordering mem
ra e At RanPar aha Ennag down
the Of said Metairie Road down The Bayou St John
At feet lrsm The enrhslones bordering M ground
line aeaitie Road from thence lonr eeI the center
Of said Melarie Road dosn to the Bs,,o4 Bridge.
through the above streets. within the lime hereinafter
liked double TRACK railroads The tracks Mil be d i've feet
s1 T .hs
which can he seen 10 the Sur seyors office
hest auay shall have the Ing dihensiors to1wt
sssss % efe ss b
cypress Psa or 81, yellow pine five by eight inches
as The Smelling Of the street where Tho SHIELDED shall be
sbhs By the City Surveyor and shan receive layer Of aar
nshfs # aSsaoP a;a r Sah shall b. web
ct distances Of two feet apar the Of
he shall b placed a Sa a ne meb ss
than 70 lbs TO the yard The paving of the shall
reaid by the contractor Nest wokmanke
and 70 the saaeiion Of the dry surveyor
wherever the streets are lot paved the lines of said
werkmanlke manner and to the entire satisfaction City
be of the same as those used in the
CITY Of Philadelphia and of such dimensions al will thirty
The shall drawn by horses or mules md more Than
abreast The shl be often day night the
contractor may deem proper greater
intervals than every fifteen minutes from Daylight 10
O'Clock M and every i " minutes from 10 o'clock p
mill midnight The speed of the shall x miles
per hour. All cars that may be railroads. between
and shall provided good and annie
head light placed conspicuous position on ihe
outside of the cars and for the violation his Chase or any
ordinance existing that may hereafter be enncied on
the part of officer epiose said roai the
or sNAi oe nee 70 tine len dollars for each and
every eense hssises all damages arising therdfron.
The contractor shall bonpl 10 keea in nna
repair and condition during continuance al their
s paved am hnpaSed stree through which The said
pa Us wen as All Inc bridges said streets should the
contractor neglect 10 keen said streets
and bridges in cd der and condition. the civ Shall have The
st 10 cause I'D rests and bridges be repaired The
pese sad eotrarto and in the of their
refusal to for the same amount shall
city. - - -
Hsfthehsern track shHfi exclusively
ming from The 81 Bayou Bige Lhe southwestern
track for running from the giyei BRIGGS the city.
The tracks shall be commenced simultaneously Rampant
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ron THE CONTRA

SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CONTRACTS
cutters both sides Of First street. from
NADER s ssa ss Sn 81
Pauline and Jeanne streets .crs
First eonirncThe sidewalks both sides IF First
from Water to Apollo b ten feet width ~
cuRnsTosRs.Hewed dressed cnrbstones shall line the
sidewalks OF North river blue stones other stones Of equally
Is s II S a s s o * s 5 s
to thirty inches wide AID four inches thick They shall BE
with nicely through The where required
er drsan lets They shall be duty n Length,
lewis which given BY the surveyor and
e. Il hsyS q
pc ss s a sfsa Ii ~
from IN this respect and no less than four
,Ssa inches below he upper surface Of The sdoaas gutter
sawm press twelve inches wide by four inches thick in
ssss ct m sa Sa' s
the Snng s asrs y every s d -
ches in diameter driven through suitable holes in the
he na Sc to on other Of
sds edge I have nolshs Of inches osg By inches
ct nG les IT s G9 eight wide and
drmiy driven down spiked gat1sr al
least three Of se inch spikes to each BRACE and this
BY Two md half inches thick wei nailed to the plank
6 o @ II as b e lhs sa sss
ne pds driven The top edge 4 The facng boa shall
aud the latter sh4li be laid with Inch
cnrbstones. Wooden cutters draining shall
ha by the CONTRACTOR They shall be four aees vide by
press plank the sides and bottom. with by four inches
cosspece the keep tho sides from being displaced,
and said CUTTERS shall through the whole width of The side
walk,
BRICK PayrxEST.-Tle walk psvemcn, shall be laid with
sand other sand Of equally quality with
ashes generally called blue billy Thu Joints between The
bricks shall be- well filed with sharp sand and coating Of
half inch thick spread the whole urace Of the bEicking
Prior to laying the bricks the earth or ronnt shall be cut np
broken and well snme and made level and graded snoet
with clisiiy slope toward The GU line of one aif inch
per foot The ground where low shall be Oiled by the
onIRctor at his and well faniied unit com
peeiy solid There shah beadns anea inch Of
sharp sand blue billy under the bricks and said bricks
shall be properly bedied therein herrnsbHne regularly
close PAINTS any rugged hollow pant
at tho pavement will bear straight edge otherwise il shall be
gsEsete5.
GENERAL clsrsThe whole work SHAH be executed 70 tie
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CpEcIFIcAT1oNs ron THE coNTRAo1

> for he coasilctioa Of Brick Sidewalks boersd y curb
s Gns he Bayou osd side Of fe
WIDTH Of THE sInEwiKsThe sidewalks shall be twelve
CuRBsTosfsHewed dressed curtsones shall line the
viii beeled dressed 81 e 0p es q q sausy
M slope n nc sides from three iee long fon sixteen
well ~ IN good Joints and in manner and shall
ol nn rhsy s BE- u as II ns q
from three to s Feet hr9agon The work according 10 The
ssg sSrss9s shall hsv e., seps
prevent and sinking Of bricks usually expsrensed
81 inches shorter haa three tse Ind sns e Nc ene
,han III T. nsss se h, upper surface VI s adjoining
3 ts. Viii y n% s 4 s as
e It, IT, es s Ms Sssp r s Where
jennings pinned there every iniermeiaie space 81
hys ss % not sas aa Ss a s ne
s % ss { i 3 f ss s es o &
M Il ssy s a s s s & s n ss
w aa & , hs gs ssa II MI sa Che
with n least three II yeich spikes each brace
ss @ { ss9 y s
cutter plank aoEssd win Nns sa spkss The gutter
idy bsded 1sfsrs he pins driven Te edge
s & 9it s s ssd aas s 5 s s a
slope Of one incl carsone Waoesn boxed Eut
i s aS nAss
e Gns a b fa e eos pae ek N @ ss a
Ies tspIneed and outrays
throti sln Wiais %ith II he si,e,,ls ss sn'a fun
RpffF PAvyNrSr The yyH,k nayeraant sb. te .,d .b
Of the hest quality ii herring bone on bed of iake
ase veneraliy eae abie bIy HE amt " w o III
hrck, sha,i H. veil sed win sfarn sana 5d ,; iie
half An inch tIck snead over tfe woe surface az he
Prior to laying The bricks lie earth OF ground si be- cut B
viii eeliyy a. slone ,wnris In on,iins of @ i
ner foot mn pond ,,hero too law sba Ia Gd III
nnructor III m o,pr mi ,n,I r,r,d mi, u
sod There shal IL q bcding d af III mn ~ a
sond ~ nina iii undar th h,icts mi ii s;aI &
nrnnprIx Iefeti t,nre,, n, a;a IN
nnts nn,,t any r,rnd ~ hnlay niacs x ha ~ 800
nn viii hear sragh r,.e Il aiI u pSNe
S,EsyR4t n susFsThe whoe aor stalI b .i
hs sn;rs saefsc,jon ~ he Ty Srvnyar m M; w W
sole ndpe If the ana,itv of the "o WIN NC 'o
he materials shall he If The hes. and III n, A
pjhed by be CONTRACTOR well as tle abo ana w De iur
d, ,h W. vp ~ ." pe1 me wok IN me ten