Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-03-27
NEWS OF hi DAY.

KEN%TUCKY.--0n the 18th, the advocates OF
Southern rights held an adjourned meeting,
when the resolutions presented on Friday
were unanimously passed. They recommend
the appointment of delegates to a mass con-
vention to be held at Frankfort on the 26th
instant Mr.. Simrall made an eloquent speech,
and perfect order prevailed.
James Guthrie addressed a Union meeting
the same night, and counseled moderation,
saying that Lincoln was honest in his inten-
tons, and that the North would ultimately
accord the just demands of the South.
REsIGSED.-We learn thatR ev.D D. P. Wills,
President of Wesleyan Female College, Muir
freesboro', N. c., has resigned his Office, to
take effect at the close of the present session.
The College is in very flourishing condition.
New ORLEANS, March 21.-The permanent
Constitution of the Confederate States was
ratified by the Convention of Louisiana to.
day by a vote of 101 to Z.
THE FUTURE CAPIroL.-A correspondent of
the Tuscaloosa Monitor, writing from Mobile.
IL q OOAifCICdliUH Will d gentleman,
a member of the Mississippi Convention. we
found that the far-famed city of oaks" our
" lovely Tuscaloosa, had been settled
upon by that Convention as the permanent
location of the Capitol OF the "Confed crate
States of America"
Mr.. Greiner, Of Ohio, editor of a paper in
Columbus, will probably be selected for the
Governorship of New Mexico, vice Rencher,
of North Carolina. Mr.. G. was the author Of
many of the songs in Tip and Ty, Taylor
and Fillmore and other political campaigns.
ANOTHER VIcr1M.-On Wednesday, the
9TH INST, a man named Gillian Gargis, took
a drink OF laudanum mixed with acetate q
lead from a bottle, in the house of Mr.. Shem
hearney, at FrankliDton, which killed hin
III a short time. The poison had been pre-.
pared for medical use; and Gargis, suppo
sing 1t to be ardent spirits, took it slyly anc
thus tell another victim to the love of stron.
T drink.-N G.. c. Adu.
PosTPoNED.-We learn that the trial O
Christmas, for kilinga negro in Warner
county, has been again postp mel. The of
fence was committed more than three year.
ago, and Christmas was once tried and con
demned, but the Supreme Court granite,
hIm a new trial. He removed his case I.
Orange county.
The Mission OF MAsoNRY.-It is to chccl
the rushing current that leads to ruin, an,
to convert it into the gentle and placid stream
of love, charity, and truth, that Masonry di
reefs It's highest aims. We cannot too full,
appreciate our position as Masons, nor to
scrupulously regard our obligations as such
These obligations are too solemn, and GU
positions too important, to be lightly consid
cred. MasonS, like Christians, are know
by the work. they do and the lives they lead
All the beneficial influences of the Orde,
all its claims to favor and adoption amongs
men, its evidences of healthful and benefc;a
influence, depend entirely upon the fruits Q
the Order, as developed IN the lives and &C
ions of the brotherhood. And as we low
Masonry, love to chronicle it's success, an
to contemplate its glorious results, let u
strictly live according to its precepts, an
square all our actions with all nell by tn
rules which it inculcates, thereby showing t
the world shat Masonry is what Masons cla.l
it to be.
aH@ DR.. j. P. Hodgdon, an eclectic ply:
clan of Boston, died last week of diptneri
He took the disease from a young man whol
he attended, and died after an illness of 81
days.
q have no faith in quack medicines."-N
have we, friendly reader, but that frier
of the sick man, the world removed Dav
Pain Killer, wilInever fail to relieve pain
applied according to directions, faith, or
filth. Sold by druggists generally throug
out the United States andin British Province
THE VERY BEsT!-No DOUBT OF IT !?
WHAT?-Why, Heimstreet's Inimitabh Ha
Restorative. Everybody who uses it reco
mcnds it.
Price SOC and Sl,OO per bottle; sold eve
where.
w. E. HAGAN, & CO., Troy, N. Y.