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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-03-06

BIBLE view OF SLAyERY.-We are in
debted to Mr.. Polneroy for a copy of a
neat little volume bearing this title, it being
a Sermon preached by Rev. j. Raphael, Jew
ish Rabbi Preacher, at the synagogue in
Green street, New York. 1t is a mastery
production, and though the writer disclaimed
being a friend to slavery in he abstract, yet
he said the teachings of the Bible were too
plain and explicit on the subject to admit of
a doubt as to slavery existing, with the
sanction of Heaven, from the earliest histo-
ry Of the Eorld. The learned Rabbi saws
the word servant in the English version
of the Bible, is improperly rendered-that
the original word employed in the Hebrew
scriptures means ';strre-not servant"
Some one reviewing the work, Justly SAYS
there is one portion of the sermon, given on
PIP. 81 50, which we think is justly liable
to objection. Speaking of the bible view
of slavery" he says: The slave is a person
IN whom the dignity of human nature is to
be respected: he has no rights. Whereas,
the heather vies of slavery which prevailed
at Rome, and which / am sorry to say, is
adopted IN the South, reduces the slave to a
thing, and a thing can have no rights" If
the learned and candid Dir. Raphael should
settle III the South and buy a dozen slaves,
and then deliberately shout down one of
these slaves along with his polnter dog, the
Constable, Grand-jury and Court Y ould very
soon tell him the difference between "a ~
son" and "a thing"
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weeks past, by the handsome influx of new
subscribers we have received, and by the re-
newal of old subscribers as their subscrip-
ton years would expire. What a stout
heart and strong nerves it gives an Editor to
labor on for the right, when he feels that his
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We are indebted to hundreds of friends
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Friends one and all, we thank you, from our
hearts, and promise to exert ourselves to make
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The vote on Convention IS given, in most
cases, in round numbers, in the absence Of
the official vote.
P. s.--As we go to press, we learn that
I over half the Counties in the State have been
heard from, which elect a large majority Of I.
Mon men, and give a majority against Con
~vention,
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TIE AMERICAN ALMANAC, AND REPosITo-
KY OF USEFUL Knowledge, FOR 1861.-We
are indebted to the Publishers, through w.
L. Pomeroy, Bookseller, Raleigh. for a copy
Of this really valuable and interesting a nu-
al. 1t contains the Calendar and Celestial
Phenomena for 1861 also instructive and
learned papers on ATTITUDES, and Longitudes,
Meterology, Pleuro Pneumonia, Towering
of Fruit Trees, &c. Beside these, it contains
a list of all the Officers, Civil, Military and
Naval, belonging to the United States govern.
ment, the Foreign Ministers-in a word a vast
fund Of statistical and historical information
no where else to be found. All Politicians
and Business men generally, should procure
a copy. Price 81 in paper bound copies 81
When ordered by mail l6 cents additions
must be sent, to cover postage. address
Crosby, Nichols, & Co., Boston, Mass. O
W. l. Pomeroy, Raleigh, n. C.
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H Events are rapidly closing around
US, which must decide what is to be the end
OF these exciting times. The Peace Conven-
ton has adjourned, upon whose conclusions
SO much was hoped. The result of its DELHI.
eratlons are before the Border Southern
States, and it remains to be seen whether the
People will De satisfied with the g adjust
ment' proposed Congress has adjourned
also, leaving behind some little promise of an
amicable settlement of affairs by its propo-
sitions. The black republican President has
been ~inaugurated, and his inaugural mot vet
to hand) will probably disclose the line of
policy he intends to pursue, and from it We
may infer whether by coercive measures, civ
il war and bloodshed are to be visited upon the
seeding States, and other Southern States
that may resist such measures. Verify, the
forthcoming few days or weeks are big with
momentous questions, upon the solution Of
which the peace, prosperity and perhaps
lives of millions depend. God grant us a
happy dellverance out of all our troubles.
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"a We hope our readers are perusing
the Original Story-"HALF-A-DozES'-as it
has appeared in successive Nos. of the Age.
1t is no ~love-sick, blood-and-thundtr Story,
nor is it a sensation Ghost Story, as some
might suppose from the second line of its til
tie. But it conveys startling truths, under
the similitude of an Allegorical Dream, as
to the mischiefs anh miseries entailed upon
the world by the Liquor Seller and Manu-
facturer. How truly and fearfully are they
brought to light, as the gaunt spectres O
Hatred, Want, and Suffering unroof The
houses of his victims and expose to thu
gaze of the guilty one who has caused it all
the legitimate effects of his traffic. We
may he tremble, and groan with unutterable
horror, as he sees his bloody work depicted be
fore his eyes. No wonder he hears alread.
Gods curserrN~1his guilty soul, as he gaze
upon his bloody work.
Liquor-seller read and abandon a trafh
cursed by God and man, before the horror
visited upon Abraham Snap fall also upo
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IMPORTANT ARREsT.-Messrs. j. C. Thomas
and Thomas Hall, of Isle of Wight County,
Va, passed through this city on Wednesda,
last, having in charge a man supposed TO be
James r. S. Chapman, who is charged with
numbering Martha Penix, in Guilford county.
four years since, and for whose arrest Gov.
Ellis had offered a reward of one thousand
dollars. He was seen footing it along thu Pc
tersburg and Norfolk Railroad for several
days, and being regarded as a suspicious char
acter ne was Intercepted, and giving a con,
fused and unsatisfactory account of himself.
he was arrested. The murder with which he
Is charged, If we remember Alright, was of a
most outrageous character. He is said to
have first seduced and then killed his victim.
Son arriving at Greensboro. there
was great difference of opinion as TO The iden-
tity of the prisoner-some declaring t was
Chapman, and others to the contrary. He was
finally released, however.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-03-06

BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.-For a week past
we have been enjoying the most delightful
balmy spring weather imaginable at this sea-
son of the year, investing all nature with Vi
vacity and beauty. The daisy and crocus are
opening their bea9ties to the genial influences
of the sun, and the trees are budding and
blossoming all around us. But we will not
grow poetic on this inspiring theme" lest
ere the ink be dry with which We express
our laudations, old Boreas should turn our
"balmy ~zephyrs" into keen northeasters,
and nip in the bud" the peeping fowrets
and opening blossoms of the trees. 1t i,
beautiful weather now, however, and We pre-
fer reveling in its charms, to anticipating {
sh.vering atmosphere that may come and ROT
us of its beantio@~
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/ ~ESsAature of North Carolih 8
adiournE SINE dc on the 2otn ulI, aItel

sssture Of North caro lllaa
being in session SO days. We give on our
first pageto-day, the Captions of the most
important Acts passed, the Revenue Act in
full, and brief explanation of the provisions
of severa! other Acts. A large number of
bills were left on the desks of the Speakers
of the tEo Houses-not having been reached
when the hour agreed upon for adjournment
arrived. We regret that among them were
several bills for prohibiting the sale Of intox-
eating liquors in certain localities named
The session ought to have been prolonged
a day ortwo more, for in that time all the
business before the two Houses might have
been disposed of.
Many persons believe that the condition
of things between the General Government
and this State, will require a reconvoca'iol
of the Legislature before many weeks o
months.
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The man who has never had a sister, is, at
his FIRST entrance into life, far more the slave
Of feminine captivations than he who has
been brought up in ahouse full of girls. He
who has had no sisters, has no experiences of
the behind scene life ofthe female wsrld; he
has never heard one syllable about the plans,
and schemes, aud devices by which hearts are
shared. He fancies Mary stuck that moss
rose in her hair in a moment ofchildish cap
rice that Kate ran after her little sister and
showed the p~rettiest Of anklesin doing it out
of the irTepressible gayety of her buOyant
spirits. In a word, he is one who only sees
the play when the.house is fully lighted and
the actors in their grand costume he has
never Witnessed arehearsal and has not the
very vaguest suspicion ole prompter.
To him, therefore, who has only expo.
t:ienced the rough companionship of brothers,
or worse still, has lived entirely alone, the
first mountaineering with the young lady
world is such a fascination as DO words can
describe. The gentle look, the graceful ges.
lures, the silvery voices, all the play anG
action Of natures so indefinitely more refined
Than any he has ever witnessed, are mex
pressib!y captivating. 1t is not alone the
occupations of their hours, light, graceful
and picturesque as they are, but all thei
topics,their thoughts seem to soar above tina
common place world he has lived in, an
rise to ideal realms Of poetry. Nothing S
truly Elysian in, life as our first, our yer
arst, experience of this kind.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-03-06

MoTmER.--o, word Of undying beauty
Thine echoes sound along the walls of time
until they crum5le at the breath Of the Eter-
nal. In all the world there is not an inhab-
stable spot where the music of that hottest
word is not sounded. Ay, by the flow of
the river, by the crystal margin of the forest
tree, in the hut built of bamboo cane, in the
mud and matched cottage, by the peaks of
the kissing mountain, in the widespread
valley, on the blue ocean, in the changeless
desert, where the angel came down to give
the parched lips the sweet waters of the
wilderness, under the white tent of the
Arab. and in the bark coasrnsyifHHse Of
RRaS heart beat quick and warm, or
~aoataeebly along the current of failing life,
there is that sweet word spoken, like uni
VeTsal prayer-"Mother."
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Gahies' department.
Elegant Excerpts.

In nv estimation, the no Ao''or oil q
80 AZ one who writes Inc
No., ha, me one that makes the most judi.
- az sxoe,,ept extracts from books,
magazines and papers 70 ""'on nc Tor she)
80 hg,o access Such selections arc more
interesting to readers ooeHusc OF the variety
,,d soperioritv Of style Of composition Civ
an and Of the rich and fertile fields from
which literary fruits and flowers NAV be
CHILLED. Acting upon this conviction, I have
,.tb.red this week for my readers a most
~oxon;s;te BO,Eust, which / present TO them
81 4,oyo token" on the advent Of the
erst Spring month:
TnE ASGEis.-"hen we read the Scrip
,,rs history Of the Angels that have visited
the earth on missions Of mercy, we learn
lessons which shOSld make an indellible inn
preston upoa the memory. Their beauti-
Sal presence-Itheir benevolent attentions
their pure example, and their labors Of love
have contributed vastly 70 the sum Of human
happiness
On whatever ervands they come, they new.
er fail to sanction the laws of truth, and to
rebuke their violation. When the drunken
9s!s4saAEsssF5 Bass dad 4 fss wsstspSaoas song aIleG
the palace with revely, the armless ant
bloodless'hand Of IN N isible spirit wrot,
his epitaph in advance OF his death, anC
Daniel, who refused his luxuries, TRANSLATED
the lightning that blazed forth his DOOM
The heavenly messenger who visited Abra-
ham under the oak, manifested his respec
for the laws of nature by ~partaking of tn
mix offered blythe hospitality of the patri
arch and prophet. In the history of Haga
we find the unfortunate woman wanderiaI
IN q desert. Her child, faint with fatigu
and perishing with thirst, exeites her deep
est sympathy. She bows in prayer, and al
angel comes down on that stairway of sun
beams and leads her 10 a fountain Of wate
in the wilderness.
SC it Is fromfG Genesis TO Revelations, tn
angels are guests that never drink wir
never supply a vitiated taste with an
beverage that can intoxicate. Let woma
DC the angel Of the age in which We live
writing with q pen Of fame in her viii
hand her denunoiation Of intemperance
all its forms, withholding every dangcro
stimulant at the hospitable board, leadil
tho Loot and famished 10 the fountains
.living,water, and standing with a sword
fire in the path Of the false prophet, as t
angel did when Balaam was stopped in
.''mad career Of sin and folly"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-03-06

DIsoBRDIENcE TO PARENTS. Young man, is
that your father2 How could you make use
of language so disrespectful7 You don't
carel You will talk as you please, no mat
ter who hears youl If We were in want Of
a clerk, and there was another young man
within ten hundred miles that we could en-
gage, we would not consent "a bbv who Is
We shOaaab-kis parents, whs shows so little
respect for his father. A boy who was so
saucy TO his parents we never knew to turn
out well. He respects nobody. Ifyour faith
or is in the wrong. and you are certain of it,
that is no excuse for such language. No
one will respect you for It. Everybody win
condemn you. a parent should be treated
with respect by his children, no matter how
poor ne may be, or how large his family may
have grown.
There is little respect paid to parental au-
thority at the present day. 1t is grievous to
go into many families, and hear the language
daily used by the children. Twill i won't,
Il don't care its none Of your business: i
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-03-06
WASHINGTON, Feb, 28th, 1861.

The Peace Congress concluded its labors a.
noon yesterday by adopting the propositions
following in effect, viz: re-establishing the
Missouri Compromise, and the present status
Of slavery South of it is unchanged. There
shall be no new acquisitions of territory ex-
cept for naval and commercial depots, and
transit routes without the concurrence Of a
majority of the Senators from the Slave States
and a majority of Senator's from the Free
States. Congress shall have no power to
legislate in regard to slavery in any State
where it exists nor in the territories where
it is recognized. The slave trade in the Dis
trict of Columbia, the foreign slave trade, and
Coolie importation are prohibited. When a
fugitive is rescued from the Marshal the
Government is to pay his value and the for
mer owner to have no fuI Their claim to his
services.
: Last, that Congress shall provide a law
; securing to citizens of each State privileges
and immunities in the several States. The
: various sections were voted on Separately
The votes varied on each. Virginia and
principal propositions, which were carried by
I a bare majority.
' The LATEST IsTELLIGENcE.-Ex-Governo
Reid, one Of the Peace Commissioners from
North Carolina, was in our City on Thursday
: last. We have not heard what opinion he ex-
pressed with regard to the adjustment" pro.
> posed. Judge Ruffin and Gov. Morehead
= voted for, and Gov. Reid, Hon. D. NJ. Barrin.
ger and George Davis against it. Of the Vir-
% GINA delegation, Messrs. Rives and Summers
:, voted for, and Messrs. Tyler, Seldom and
Brockenbrough against it. All the New En-
gland states voted in the negative exccpt
" Rhode Island.
The great struggle was on the 1st section
in relation to slavery in the territories. Thi
= was passed by a vote of ayes 8, nays g.
&c New York being divided, Indiana declining
to vote, Kansas and Missouri being divided
and Virginia and North Carolina votin:
II against it. Thus, had not Indiana declined
. to vote, and New York and Kansas lost thei
:" done to allow it to pass-it would have beel
II defeated.
nc Messrs. VIM. G.. Rives and Summers, Q
Virginia, protested against the vote of tina
State being cast against the compromise, bu
st were oyerruled by their secession colleagues
Judge Ruffin and Gen. Morehead, of Mort
a Carolina, also entered a strong protest agains
/ the vote of that State being cast against tn
re proposition.
eS After the whole plan of compromise ha
been passed, a statement was drawn up
lo' accompany its presentation to Congress-
EST This statement sets forth that the c~onferenc
7SS having adopted "the following propose
III amendments to the Constitution, 'reconnment
- them to the immediate action of Congress
calculated to restore peace and harmony
q the country. A vote being taken on th
re- recommendation to Congress, it was adopt
q unanimously, and thus it goes to Congre
TOO with the sanction of the entire Conventio
A COMMITTEES was then appointed to cow
it direct to Congress, when the Conventi
adjourned sine die.
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THOMAS BRAGG,
L. L. CLINGMAN,
BURTON CkAIGE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 81, 1861.
'Crittenden's proposition defeated in every
form. A plan has been adopted (the Frank
lin plan) against the votes of North Carolina
and Virginia. No further territory to be &C
quired. Slavery is to be prohibited north OF
SO degrees 80 minutes and not to be protect
ed south of that line-with other radical OBJ
~iections. Peace Conference adjourned sine
de- DAVID S. REID.
DANIEL M. BARRINGER.
Messrs. Reid and Bar1inger were delegates
to the Peace Conference.
Territorial articles passed Convention by a
majority of one. North Carolina and Virgin
ia voted against every article but one.
GEORGE DAVIS,
Il Member Of the Peace Conye1 ehce.
Amendment prohibiting abolition, by Con-
gress, in the States, rejected.
L. OBJ. BRANCH.
The following dispatch to the Wilmington
Herald, is more full and explicit than any we
have seen;
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-03-06

TEST OF LovE.-As a woman was walking.
a man lookedat her and followed her. why
said she, do you follow me?' Because l
have fallen in love with you Why so?--
Ny sister, who is coming after, is much hand.
somer than | am, go and make love to her.
The man turned back, and saw a woman with
an ugly face, and being greatly displeased,
turned and said, Why did you tell me a sto-
ryT The woman answered, Neither did
you tell me the truth. If you are in love
with me, why did youlook for another wo-
manp
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-03-06

EVIL RUXoRs.-Good people are often
made the butt o ftattlers, who retail reports
to their injury. A writer in the Presbyter
thus hits them off: When Sanballat sen,
word to Nehemiah that there were certain
reports in circulation concerning him of ar
unfavorabie character, Nehemiah replied
There are no such things done as thou say
est, but thou feignest of them to thine owr
heart How truly do these words describe
much Of the evil Surmising there is in tn,
world SanbalIat judged Nehemiah b,
what he would have been himself in Ne
hemiah's position. A drunken man ofteI
thinks every body else is drunk. Whirl our
self around on your heel until your brain /
Keeling, and all the world will seem to b
Ehirling around you. Just SO a corrup
mind. thinks everybody else is corrupt"
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Important News frem Washington.

The following Telographio dispatches We're
in an Extra from the State Journal Of
this city on Thursday last, and produced
quite e sensation; and as they come from
members Of Congress and Of the Peace Con-
yention from this State, they ought to be reli-
able. They communicate the startling intel
hgenco that the Peace Conference had ad-
journed without adopting any compromise sat
lsfaetory to North Carolina, Virginia or Mis-
souri, . majority of the Delegates from all three
Of those States having voted against the Frank
lin Proposition which was adopted by tho
Convention! Mr.. Crittenden's resolutions
were defeated in every form, and the propo-
sition to hold a National Convention was yo.
ted down. They prohibit slavery in the
North, and refuse to protect it in the South
and also nave refused to declare against Con
gress abolishing it in the States. At leas
these are the statements given in the fele
grams below, which eur readers can see 70
themselves:
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WAsuISGToN, Feb. q, 1861

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 1851.
The Force Bill has been postponed till to-
morrow, Thursday,O it is SAID to at ct the
North Carolina election. The House to-day
rejected C~rittenden's Proposition BY thirty
three majority. The House also rejected the
Proposition for a National Conven ion.
The Peace Conference adopted Franklin's
substitute, for t e Guthrie proposition by a
bare na4jorify, and ADJOURNED SINE dc. a
majority of the North Carolina, Missouri and
Virginia delegates voted against it.
THOMAS BRAGG,
L. L. CLINGMAN,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-13

1xyU WARD DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN, WARD
Il Commit All the organization q tho a,"ve ssscca
c- the fniIovirr namd ger unanir
"a onos year 1891 .chairnsn. Vim !. Coery
rtsary, I'm. II, Rscey; Treasurer Fred. Burns.
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GARDENER, or FARMER, COMBINEp--wASTEp ny
" married native Of scotland whose wife would
objections 20 manage dairy hes had years
practical experience and rive onabe tcsno
hInh Apply personally By note, to H. NJ OF Isaac
Buchanan florist, qwsst nth st.. \ \.
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THE TRADHs,

4 GARDENER, wIfH SMALL FAMILY, WANTS
"A situations has long experience In thu business and has
years in this counr understands the OF
arr graptry. and thorough working garden
er well reco mmendnd from his last emp vera l.
Menand norst and nnrseryman, and w g. Ourant troy
road, albany Can be seen for week At Mr. Thorburns
John rtIeef, NJ Y. y. FLANEKa.
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