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Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-03
NASHVILLE, TENN. THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1860.

TT'HIS G As is generated from Pure Coal Oil and
Il for elegance, economy, safety and simplicity
cannot be SURPASSED. The fixtures in the same
style as the ordinary Gas fixtures.
It's advantages thaa II is portable gas light,
unrivaIed for brilIiancy cheapness, ,cIeann and
is required 1t is easy to regulate, and requires no
triInmi ing, and for attention. whatever after light
ing. IL is perfectly safe and free from explosion,
and has Odor smell while burning. The light
can be made burn with any degree of brilliancy,
by turning screw aud be increased instantIne-
ousIy in volume from that Of a candle to ten
tWeI.ty, by turning a valve as in ordinary gas
The Vesper tsas flame aud fixtures precisely re-
sembe in form Hose Of coal gas, but IA brillaucy
aud purity OF light, IL posseSses declfed advan-
taze any coal gas. IL requires no chimney,
there is 10 need OF daily trimming of wick, and
the construction Of the fixtures is simple that it IS
not liable 10 get out of order, and child can man
age it readily. The gas burned in lhe Fesper Tx
ture is generated from pure coal oil, or ''Nesper
Oil,p (Which manufactured expressly for this bur-
uer } without any adInIxture of alcohol or other
foreign ingredients, and its supply IS unlimited
The fixtures themselves are adapted IN styles 10
suit all tastes, from the plaiu simple sight burner
to the most eeg ant aud costly ch tndeler. Each
hxture perfect IN itself there IS no outlay TO be
made for service pipes, meters, regulators, &c
The gas is generated in this burner, and all fixtures,
from the cheap single light to the expensive chan
delier, miniature gas works. are Ia themselves Itey
are sold prices which do not exceed the cost OF or
GnIry "a fixtures o. similar styles ana Ornamental
ton.
Churches, hotels public halls, stores, steamboats,
and private residences throughout the state
now be ittel 10 with tIsss eleZ ant and Convenient
chandeliers and other beautiful gas fixtures which
add so much to the appearance OF such places, and
10 tue comfort OF the home circle, and which, here
tofOre could be used only those favored districts
embraced within coal gas limits Of Large cities
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-03

From Seabnry Co., G,s Filters, Nashville.
The YesPcr Gas makes a brilliant aud beautiful
light, that Is cheap aud portable and perfectly safe
Il- cons tructun OF tIe Nesper Gas burUer aud tue
ret.rt Is 80 perfectly simple, thai cannot get out
uI u.dc., nor can o N.tu.e.
I4e management vt tl- burner is easily nads r
stool la4 r,4 rcs Out It.i- more aJrutiuL 40 Aerp
Z lean Iud la good order tntu ordinary gas fixtures
T., s.t produced by the Nyspcr Oas 80 cs.si,ter
raj, equal IA every rozPect, 10 aay other SuL o.
Gas hsuL
JOHN " SEA URY,
~ ss-ABJEA,
u. =. PLAOH.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-03
Home Testimonials.

Ffo-' tHe isoN- Z. > Is'''S ~ N@7i''4'iS.
NASHVILLE, Dec, II, 1859.
Col T. H. TAYLnR-Dear SIR have used for some
usle oue oI the Vesper Lamps ani beg leave to
exp css my obligations you IOr having introduced
II 10 ms notice. To persons living ~ tine country OF
in farts oil the city where gas cannot be hdd, or
wuu may desire II Igut much more economical than
.sS-lud at ,Ae same fully equal to u IA Itiuui
ttlHg pO~er-Ihis APPARATUS wIll prove uesiIera-
regard this the m st beautiful and most useful
Invention fOr procuring, at s'nall cost tue adyan
ttg,suI gas naut that / have ever z,en at the
sane time taaJ IS pelsetly slc-In explosion being
be-.nI Loops sim PIE la constitution
and m4aa ged with ease.
Very truly youts,
A. FALL
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-03

Prom y. ID. Crlss, Nashville

Prom y. D. Cross Nashville
NASHVILLE, r-.In-, beC- IL, 1889.
NrEsSsls T. IL. TAvLyE = Co: have had Tor
aba.t SIX ilJHtli pt-t, "au vi your NesprT Gas
I-,lIs gives srvst pleasure 10 -tate, That
regard Il lar leEor u aay other portable light
I nave lnlt SIG4-
IL simplicity o. arrl sesneut freedom tr0U danger
1. eAYls.5, c.-tllis-a stsa t.ar.-, aui purity o.
- ut. ar 44liLcz tIt IIss fecutnuI-nd u O. any
h, }stii a. u. 30 v-. q i,sut ~incu 90 me,
s-ul4s - Bs 81 Ia % aralcy l. tEe ordinary sas
il.I. Yer. as4e-tluliy
y. Cross.
"a sss are Only very trS o. tie trst-a I.ii lis We
lave. Ct4 a4I examine fsr yu-Ts-il, at No ~
C1ii IA Ie .s4l4-ag, Cherry street. y Ivs Team.
THOMAS IA. TAYLOR = %.
Jan1--u
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TESTIMONIALS.

Scientific and others who have thoroughly
tested the merits OF the Vesper Gas Air Light,
pronounce the best and cheapest ight now kno~n
Numberless testimonials are being received daIy
from ali quarters vOuching for the excellence of this
light a few Of which gwen below.
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C. 5. NOREHEAD,
THOS. >. PAGE.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sep. 5, 1853


W. II. SETnE-Dear sir Atter having made a
thorough examination Of the Ecsper Gas - IN rela-
tiOn to illuminating pewer, chemical composition,
etc. L do not tate to recommend It as beng sl-
Ter and more economical as well as possessing great
er intensity Of illumination than any other material
no in use
In the laboratory it is superior to the alcohol as
means of obtaining heat, and Will be found OF in
valuable service the druggist well as the manu-
featuring chemist.
CHAS W. WRIGHT, NJ. d.
Prof. of Chemistry in the Ky, School of Medicine,
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From Rev. Stuart Robinson.

Prof of Chemistry in the Ky, school Of Medicine
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JaaI2tf
Spirit of the age., 1860-11-07
The Crv of Despair.

A man stands at the bar of justice charged
with the dreadful crime of murder, and that
upon one whom he had vowed to love and
cheriSh-his wife The act is clearly proven,
and he is pronounced to be guilty. He is
asked what re has to say, why the sentence
of death should not be passed upon him p
Listen, oh ye who deride our cause hear
his cry of despair with the gallows in pros
peet, and eternity before him, he cries to his
earthly judge, ''Oh, my Lord, have mercy
upon me; was drunk and didn't know /
did it." But the law is inexorable, and he
| is led away condemned criminal another
victim to Bacchus.
| Oh, fellow Christians, let this dying plea
be heard, and though it is now too late to
help this poor wretch, except by pointing
him to Jesus, and urging him to seek saliva
tion, yet there are hundreds yet fastening
to the same end, and will you look idly on ?
Say not, ''Why should give it up because
others misuse it ?" But hear the divine in
junction, "Take heed lest by any means this
liberty of yours become a stumbling block to
them that are weak" Il Cor. viii) "Al
things are lawful for me, but all things are
not expcdient; all things are lawful for me,
but all things edify not Let no man seek
his own, but every man another's wealth. u
Il. Cor. xi. %, 24) By the tears of thou
sands of broken hearted widows, by the cry
of thousands of helpless children, by the ago
2 nizing shrieks of thousands of poor drunk
ards now lifting up their eyes in torment
and cursing in burning words the day whel
they first were induced to taste the seducer
by the love you bear toward your lovin
Master, who said, ''Thou shalt love tn
neighbor as thyself," oh, Christian brett
ren abstain! For the sake of your fello-
creatures who are growing up into life, an
emboldened by your example, and, perhaI
by your solicitation, to take a little" al
launching their frail barks in those rapic
which have borne so many to destruction
for the sake of your children, for the sal
: IF your families, for the sake of your frien,
and for the sake of yourselves, oh Chri
tian brethren, abstain, abstain!
Spirit of the age., 1860-11-07
BuNcoMBr, N. c., Oct. 22d, 1860.


Mr.. EDITOR: You no doubt have come to
the conclusion that your old friend, ''Salie
of Ark" has forgotten her promise, or that
she has wandered so far from the Old North
State that she cares not for its "good Spirit"
But not so; am still at my post, and al
though have been slow, yet have not given
over BY the kind assistance of my better
half, am enabled to send you So 90, for
which we wish you to forward the Age to
the West. We still are in great need of it in
this part of the State, for almost daily we see
and hear of men making beasts of themselves
by the free use of alcohol We have the pro-
mise of few more names and the money too
You will perceive that one of our list lives in
Alabama he had never chanced to meet with
the ''good Spirit" until few weeks ago, when
on a visit to this State We hope he will
spread its bright pages before tire reading
community of his little town, and procure a
club soon, and large one at that.
am much pleased to see that some of our
Buncombe gentlemen are gallant enough to
contribute few dollars to the Editress.
think she richly merits our compliments and
some of our dollars too. | hope others viii
60 and do likewise. | hope we will hear
more flattering news from all the Division.
in the State, as the long winter evenings arr
approaching and tho time cannot be better
spent than for old and young to meet at tn,
Division room and discuss the glorious caus
of Temperance, and devise plans to snatch
the pvor inebriate from the hydra-heade,
monster. So come one, come all, and be Il
snd doing; spare no time until the last dro
of mean phiskey is banished from our happ
land, and we shall hear it echoed and re-echoe
that ''cold water is the best"
SALLIE OF ARK.
Spirit of the age., 1860-11-07
What Consistency |!

To see Southern Newspapers declaiming
against Merchants, Tradesmen and others
patronizing the North, by going there for all
their supplies, and then in the next column
see these same Southern editors recommend
ing and advising their readers to send North
for literary papers and agricultural periodi-
calls, when just as good, and far better suited
to our people, and our soil and climate, can
be procured at home. And yet this is an in
consistency Gerry often met with in Southern
1 papers. Let the practice be abandoned al
! once and forever, as injurious to Southern
/ publishers themselves, and an imposition on
! their readers. The South has publications
/ of every cription-literary, religious, mo
! ral political, agricult ural-aIl kinds, far bet
ter adapted to Southern hearts, homes ant
practice and let Southern people patroniz.
their own enterprises in every department o
life
A Southern Farmer or Plan er patronisin,
an Agricultural paper, whose editor he ha
reason to believe is deadly enemy to his in
terests, is one of the most strange aud incon
sstcnt things on earth. And yet som
Southern Editors thoughtlessly advise then
to do so!
Spirit of the age., 1860-11-07

Mrs. john G. CALHoUN.--The Washing
ton correspondent of the Baltimore Sun has
the following concerning the distinguished
lady whose name heads this paragraph:
"Mrs John G. Calhoun, relict of the dis
tinguished Senator from South Carolina. has
been for some time on visit to her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Clemson, near Bladensburg She
leaves tomorrow for her Southern home
Mrs. Calhoun is now sixty-eight years OF
age, with an eye scarcely dimmed, cheerful
in conversation, and refers with pleasure to
her many valued associations during former
residences in Washington and Georgetown
The lady of the departed statesman does not
choose to trouble herself with politics, anc
within few weeks she has wrought anC
exhibits to her friends large and splendit
curtain of crochet-work, done with her owl
hands, and without the aid of glasses add
ing that this was but the first of ten whicl
she had untertaken.'
Spirit of the age., 1860-11-07

B9E- The display at the Eastern Central
Fair at Goldsboro' yesterday, would appear
from the Goldsboro' Rough Notes to have
been very fine We take it that the notice
in this mornings Notes must have been
tritten by the junior, who is, evidently shot
dlear through gone case. Just think Of
him revelling in descriptions of Ladies
whose eyes darted alternate tints oflight and
shadow whose lips were the emblems o.
purest love: whose checks were tinged with
bushes more modest than that of the rain
bow: and whose clustering hair outrivalleC
the ravens darkest plume"
He's in dangerous way. The broken
bone fever is less serious. Just think of hi
coming down in the same article to tall
about oxen trotting in double harness
Dailg Journal
Spirit of the age., 1860-11-07
FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.
f" Weep Not"

To Mr. and Mrs. Tomlinsen, Clayto n.
c., on the death of their little daughter, E.
Theodosia, who departed this life August II,
1850, aged one year and five days.
Weep not for thy darling, the sweet little one,
Who died ere her heart by sin was defiled;
Whose pilgrimage here was scarcely begun,
Ere Jesus called home the innocent child.
She's gone! but in heavens bright region afar,
She'll shine there in glory forever and aye!
Weep not for the flower, transplanted above,
To ever bloom sweetly on Canaans bright
shore;
Where nothing can blight its spring-time of
love,
And where it will wither and perish no
more:
But in that Elysian so pure and so fair,
To the glory Of God, it will ever bloom there.
Weep not for the angel that's vanished away,
From earthly pollutions, FROM sorrow and
woe;
Like the last wearied remnant of a bright
fading day,
Her spirit did linger in realms below.
Then when her body SO meekly did die,
! She flew to her home above in the sky.
Oh! parents weep not, though she that was
given,
Is quietly sleeping beneath the lone sod;
Our Saviour saw fit to call up to Heaven,
Her spirit to bless and sing praises to God
Yes! dry every tear, your child you will own
A seraph in glory, around the W White Throne
R. G.
CLAYTON, N. c., Oct, 1860
Spirit of the age., 1860-11-07
Last Gall !!

Representatives to the Grand Division, Sons
of Temperance of North Carolina, will please
bear in mind that the Grand Division meets
in Lincolnton, on Wednesday next the 14th
inst We can only repeat the hope that eve
ry Division in the State will be represented
Delegates from the portion of the State east
of Lincolnton, can pass up the n. c. Railroad,
in the Express train, on the afternoons of the
18th and 18th, stop at Salisbury over night, and
early next morning take the Western N. G.
Railroad cars to Newton, and from thence &C
to Lincolnton (some - or IA niles by Stage
or other conveyance. Mr.. Dunn, the Contrac
tor, has kindly agreed to carry Delegates tx
and from, for one fare.
Or, they may 60 on to Charlotte and re
main over night, and take Stage to Lincoln
ton next morning-the distance to L. from
Charlotte being some 80 miles. Mr.. Suther
ling, the Proprietor of the Stage line from
Charlotte to Lincolnton, has also agreed t
convey Delegates to and from those points
for one fare.
1t is advisable that some of the delegate
reach Newton and Charlotte on Tuesda
morning, the 18th, and others on Wednes
day the 14th, lest so many being present 6
once, might fail to find sufficient conveyane
to accommodate all. The stages leave Cha
lotte and Newton daily, during the week Of
the G. ID.
Spirit of the age., 1860-11-07

One Lady at the Princes ball in Cincin-
natl was distinguished from the rest of the
women, by wearing no jewelry Her name
is Groesback, and we would bet small sum
she was the best dressed woman of the lot.
Baron Renfrew observed that the lady was
barren of byouterie, and selected her as a
dancing partner on that account. Over dress
ing is the crying sin of our American wo-
men, and the lady who, on SO notable an oc.
casion had the courage, self reliance and
good taste to dress with elegant simplicity,
deserves immortal memory. Let Miss G. be
illustrious forever as the woman who danced
with the Prince, and didn't wear jewels.
Spirit of the age., 1860-11-07
A Weekly Family News paper.

down upon them, if they had it to lend
But present at their counters good 60 or go
days draft on New York for $4,000, and
would not the money be found in some way
Now we are the friend of the Banks We
wish them to be prosperous, but we want the
people so too. We are in favor of their ma
king money both by loaning and by buying
exchanges, but if the high price which they
charge for Northern funds depreciates their
own notes abroad, renders it good business
for the brokers to run upon them, and thus
subjects the people to the evil and injury of a
money pressure, and cuts off all hope of as
sistance from the Banks in time of need, we
doubt the policy, as we do the justice of the
principle.
| The Virginia and South Carolina Banks are
certainly not sounder or safer than the Banks
'r'h carolina. North Carolina State
9.Nea hlgher than those of any other
oo0'no' N,"'e ihe bank bills ofthose States
however, always stand HIGH -,
than those of North Carolina =, ''i0 WI :,
| MANY peOplf
have always been pestered to underst., P'Opi'
The obvious and principal reason is, tb,t ;,
exports of those States are greater than our,
land our people help to swell them) and henc
they always have a larger amount to the
credit at the North than North Carolina doc
And as this amount usually stands to t
credit of the Banks of these Statese-
course their bank bills, at the North, approa
nearer to their par value. All this IS W
enough and right enough. But we ha
thought that great source of the depree
ton of North Carolina money at the Nor
was owing to the high charge of per ce
made by our Banks for Northern funds
Banks of Virginia or South Carolina seld
charge over one-fourth per cent. 1t IS t
they always have surplus while ours hav
deficiency but the difference, it strikes
is too great, and is depreciating to our
rency
We have said more than we intended, e
to the exposure of our ignorance of bank
. affairs, but if what we have said, will d
! from wiser pen more light something n
= truthful and more vindicatory of the COZ
a of the Banks, we shall have attained
object.
Spirit of the age., 1860-11-07

Our HOPE Is IN THE CHILDREN.-It is said
that when Peter the Great of Russia desi-
rous of introducing English manners into his
kingdom, sent number of young men to
England, his jester called him fool. Peter
threatened to have him tossed in blanket, il
he did not make the assertion good The
jester called for sheet of paper, and folding
and rubbing it hard, desired Peter to remove
the impressions there made. His majesty
could not. "Why, then," said the Jester
"do you send young men already impressed
with Russian habits to England? Send chill
dren." The jester was right. The hope o
our missionaries depends much upon tn,
children they can educate.-And so does tn,
hope of the pastors at home. Train up
child' by teaching him the beautiful precept
of Jesus Save the young and you save all
Spirit of the age., 1860-11-07

~ We have to acknowledge the receipt
of only two clubs since our last-a club of 6
from our friend C. c. Goforth of Rutherford,
and from Bro. W. A. Moore of Louisburg.
We thank them as heartily however as
though they were in company with hun
dred others. We suppose the close proxim-
ity to the election absorbed all other consid-
erations. This all important event being
over, we trust our friends, everywhere, will
give US their aid in extending the circulation
of the Age.
Spirit of the age., 1860-11-07

AN ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF TEMPERANCE
Out of caravan of eighty-two persons, who
crossed the Great Desert from Algiers to Tim
buctoo, the present summer, all but fifteen
used wine and other liquors as preventive
against African diseases. Soen after reach
ing Timbuctoo, these all died, save one; while
| of the fifteen who abstained all survived.
Spirit of the age., 1860-11-07
Special Notice.

THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE is conducted strictly upon
the CASH system. All papers are discontinued at the
expiration of the time for which they have been paid
Subscribers viii be notified WEEKS before their
time is out by CROSS MARK on their papers; and
unless the subscription is renewed the papers will be
discontinued This is O rule from which there viii be
no departure Watch for the Cross MARK, and renew
your subscription.
~ Subscribers desiring their papers changed,
must mention the Post Office FROM, well the
to which they desire the change to be made.
Spirit of the age., 1860-11-07

1t is idle to talk of the vices as sister
hood. There may be association but no af-
fection. Knaves may be companions, but not
friends. The vain dislike the vain; the
proud hate the proud the covetous abhor
the covetous. But the virtues are never at
war. The just love the just; the chaste es
TEEN the chaste; the benevolent admire the
benevolent, In short all good things har
monize; all bad things are discordant both
with the good and with each other.
Spirit of the age., 1860-11-07
SPIRIT OF THE AGE.
Young Ladies in Homespun.

The Georgia Crusader says-A gay and
fashionable young lady attracted considera-
bic attention at the Georgia State Fair, be-
cause of most handsome, and neatly fitting
copperas homespun dress which she wore,
and of which she seemed justly proud. She
is said to be wealthy and of a fine family,
and for her dress, which really was among
the handsomest of any kind on the ground
she certainly deserves grand premium, and
we hope the Agricultural Society's awarded
her one. =
We heard number of ladies wish for a
dress like it but whether they wished it be-
cause of the style of goods, or because they
discovered it to be so popular, we viii not
say. But most assuredly we were delighted
to see this one Southern lady rugged out in
home made cloth, Southern manufacture, and
we predict that in short time it will be all
the GO The North will then learn that ouI
Southern ladies can dress neatly and look
sweetly without calling upon them for fins
silks and muslins or Northern MANUFACTURED
goods of any kind.
The Atlanta American, reporting the thirC
day of the Fair, says:
''Not the least attractive feature ofthe da,
was the appearance on the grounds of par
ty of twenty-seven ladies, teachers and pu
pills of the Spring Hill School, under the su
pervision of that gifted advocate of the devel
opement of Southern agriculture, and detuO
inaspendencS an the Union, Rev. G. w. How
ard, all attired in substantial Check Home
spun Dress, made fashionably full and flow
ing. When this spirit of independence seiz
es upon the minds of our daughters an
wives, divested of fanaticism, as manifesto
by the ster ner sex, we may look for goo
practical results The members ofthis schot
brought for exhibition, but not to contes
for Premiums, large number of very beal
tiful articles, such as tidys, embroidered slil
pers, and various articles of dress, and fanc
bead work for table mats, &c. Some ofthes
latter were very beautiful, crewel grour
being first wrought on canvas, and then IL
bead work done on the crewel. One It'd
done with crewel in Crochet, was decided
elegant, the colors, bright and varied, beir
blended with truly artistic effect. But teoe
ty-seuen blooming, bright-eyed Southern Ia
sizes, in cloth ofSouthern Manufacture, ofwhi
the staple was peculiar to their homes, W
indeed sight worth seeing on Southe
Fair Ground.
Spirit of the age., 1860-11-07

Witty PERvERsIoN. minister had a omar.
rel with one of his parishioners by the name
of Hardy, who showed considerable resent
ment. On the succeeding Sunday the divine
preached from the following text. which he
pronounced witlegreat emphasis, and a sig-
ni6cant look at Hardy, who was present .
"There is no fool like the fool-Hardy."