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Scrofula, or Kings Evil,

is a constitutional disease, a corruption of the
blood, by which this fluid becomes vitiated.
weak, and poor. Being in the circulation, it
pervades the whole body, and may burst out
in disease on any part of it. No organ is free
from its attacks, nor is there one which itsnay
not destroy. The scrofulous faint is variously
caused by mercurial disease, low living, dis
ordered or unhealthy food, impure air, filth
and filthy habits, the depressing vices, and,
above all, by the venereal Infection. What
ever be its origin, it is hereditary in the con-
s%titution, descending " from parents to children
unto the third and fourth generation " indeed,
it seems to be the rod of Him who says, 81
will visit the iniquities of the fathers upon
their children"
Its effects m by deposition from the
blood of corrupt or ulcerous matter, which, in
the lungs, liver, and internal organs, is termed
tubercles; in the glands, s~wellings; and on
the surface, eruptions or sores. This foul cor
ruption, which genders in the blood, depresses
the energies of life, so that scrofulous c~onstitu-
tons not only suffer from scrofulous COM
plants, but they have far less power to with
stand the attacks of other diseases; conse-
quently vast numbers perish by disorders
which, although not scrofulous in their nature,
are still rendered fatal by this faint in the
system. Most of the consumption which de-
climates the human family has its origin directly
in this scrofulous contamination; and many
destructive diseases of the liver, kidneys, brain,
and, indeed, of all the organs, arise from or
are aggravated by the same cause.
One quarter of all our people are scrofulous T;
their persons are invaded by this lurking in
fiction, and their health is undermined by it.
To cleanse it from the system we must renovate
the blood by an Alternative medicine, and IN
vigorate it by healthy food and exercise.
Such q medicine we supply in
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fuesloe8
FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.
THE BIBLE.

The Bible has been called 'the Book of
books" And it is-contrast it in whatever
light we may. In a merely literary point of
view, it is without n compeer. In it we
have history, poetry, allegory, applique, par
able, emiga. For beauty of language and
yet simplicity of style, the world has never
produced It's equal and there is a power,
n force, q pungency that language no where
else conveys. OF other works we may read
to repletion, to satIety-but the more we Pc
ruse the Bible new beauties arc brought to
yiew-we see and comprehend sublime truths
that had escaped us on previous readings.-
IL never grows old, or dull-and is of price
less value. The true Christian, however
humble or poor, would not exchange it for
oil the grandeur, all the wealth that earth
can give. 1t is the guiding star across the
stormy main Of life, and points to o heaven
where the storm-tossed soul shall forever be
at rest Above all, it contains the only true
revelation that God has made to man, and
and tells us Jesus died died to save sim
ners-and that through his atonement count
less millions have entered the new Jerusalem
the Eternal City-and chant the songs Of
the redeemed forever and everl Well NAV
we prize this sacred volume, andin full Joyous
gratitude exclaim-
'tHoly Bible! Book Divinel
Precious treasure, thou art mine"
WILL. WILLoWILL.
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AYERS
Compound Extract Of SarsapariIla,

the most ~effectual remedy which the medical
skill of our times can devise for this every
where prevailing and fatal malady. 1t is COM
bined from the most active remedials that have
been discovered for the expurgation of this foul
disorder from the blood, and the rescue of the
system from its destructive consequences.
Hence it should be employed for the cure OF
not only S~crofula, but also those other affec-
tons which arise from j., UGH as ERUPTIvE
and SKIN DISEASES, ST. ANTHoNY's FIRE,
ROSE, or ERYsIPELAs, PIMPLEs, PUsTULEs,
BLoTcHEs, BLAINs and BoILs, TUMoRs, letter
and SALT RHEuM, ScALD HEAD, RINGwoRM,
RHEUMATISM, SYPHILITIc and MERCURIALD Dis
EASES, DRoPsY, DYSPEPSIA, DEBILITY, and,
indeed, ALL COMPLAINTS ARISING PROM VITA
TED OR IMPURE Bloom. The popular belief
in "inp,Uity Of the bLood" is founded IN truth,
for s~crofula is a degeneration of the blood. The
particular purpose and virtue of this Sarsapa-
rilla is to purify and regenerate this vital fluid,
without which sound health is impossible in
contaminated constitutions.
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LIGHTE & BRiDBURYS'
ATENT INSULATED FULL IRON FRAME M
SCALE
Grand and Square Pisne Fortes.

fIHE Insulated iron frame preserves the original
i tone of the instrument u all its purity, securing
1t for all time against that most disagreeable tinny
quality of tone invariably found in all other Iron frame
Piano Fortes. 1t greatly strengthens the case and thus
keeps the PiaAAsFsrte n3c4 longer in tune. 1t gives
the instrument a much fuller richer and sweeter tone.
1t adapts the Piano to all -clinates and to all changes
of atmosphere, and in all RESPECTS it 10 pronounced by
our best : %artistes" the greatest improvement of the
age in Piano-Forte constructor: producing an instru-
ment acknowledged to be SUPERIOR to all others made
in this country or Europe.
FEW TESTIMONIALS IN RE6ARD TO THE SUPERIORITY
OF OUR NEW SCALE PATENT lsULATRD PLANO oRTEs,
have examined the Pano-Fortes of Lighte 81
BradDurys with entire satisfaction. l know not that
there are any others better, ither in our own country
or elsewhere. "-DR. LowKLIlMAsoN.
In clearness, richness andfolumc of tone, delicacy,
elasticity of touch, and fine repeating action. T haVe
never played upon their eplal A. WALLEN-
HAUPT.
I'm volume, richness, ~eyehess. and purity of tone.
ana In delcacy OF touch, th9 certainly excel and in
that beautiful singing qualita SO desirable vet SO sell
dom found MAaN.
:" nave never played uponso rich and heavy a tone
square flano-F orte- -ARTHHR NAPOLEON.
am astonlshed and delihted with the New Scale
Iron Frame Piano-Fortes mtle by Won. There must
be a splendid future for Lig4e IS Brsdburys' Piano
FOrtes."-GEo T. Roor.
Il have never played upon 10 fine an instrument ,,
GEo. F.. BRIsTow.
| Il consider them as to besJfy. richness FITNESS and
J equality of tone, as. we'll aAtheir agreeable. elastic
toucns equal II not Superior tdany Piano made in this
country or Europe."-KARL VEIs
In power, quality, and eaEaiity of tone. they GER
ta1nly excel; whnSfor that peculiar rich and singing
tone so invalna5ae as an accompaniment to the voice,
| nave never mel y q sausI Cts ss for : superior in.
tons M. SFRAKosH.
"areroon, 42l Broom Sired, a few doors East of
Broadway, Nee York.
s. SATISFACTORY GUARANTEE GIVEN. 81
=. 4 A. sso.] seor5T
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TAKE THE OTHER ROAD

A Traveller, arriving in his journey at
Q place where two roads met, was at a
loss to know which one to take, as both
bore evidence of having been recently
travelled.
While he was debating within himself.
ne noticed a sign post which stood at the
junction of the roads, on one side of which
he read shat way O." and on the re-
verse, Take the other road"
lie paused after reading the latter,
wondering what was the reason for avoiding
that road any more than the other.
As far as the eye could see, it was
equally as good, and in proof of the direction
on the sign post having been disregarded,
there were the footprints of hundreds and
thousands who had gone that way.
"Pd really like to know the difference
between the roads," be said to himself.
I'm inclined to walk some distance down
this left hand road Just to satisfy my curiosity.
SO he trudged along Notwithstanding
the admonition before his eyes that had
been placed there to warn travellers.
Presently his feet began to sink in the
mire, deeper and deeper, and when he
saw his danger and would have turned
back, a solemn voice sounded in his ears
'too late, too late !" and . wall of darkness
shut from his view the path by which ne haf
come.
How much curiosity has to do with tn
wrong doing of men |! Even though the way
Of salvation is so clearly pointed out t.
them, they persist in going the road tha
leads to death.
Do not stand debating in your W min
which road to take. If others go astray
must you follow?
Make for the Eternal City. Time is pre-
cious, and the work you have to do admit
ofno delay.
saved but he that is psrverse in his way
shall fall at once.
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Cherry Pectoral,
FOR THE RAPID CURE OF

FOR THE RAPID CURE OF
Coughs, Colds, Influenza, Hoarseness,
Group. Bronchitis, Incipient Consump-
ton, and for the relief of ~Consumptive
Patients in advanced stages of the
disease.
So wide is the field of its usefulness and so nu-
merous are the cases of its cures, that almost
every section of country abounds in persons pub
licly known, who have been restored from alarming
and even desperate diseases Of the lungs by its
use. When once tried, its superiority over every
other medicine of its kind is too apparent TO escape
observation, and where its virtues are known, the
public no longer hesitate what antidote to employ
for the distressing and dangerous affections of the
pulmonary organs that are incident to eur climate.
While many inferior remedies thrust upon the
community have failed and been discarded. thu
has gained friends by every trial, conferred benefT
on the afflicted they can never forget, and pro
duced cures too numerous and too remarkable to
ha c0~rox%on
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Ayers Cathartic Pills,
FOR ALL THE PURPOSES or A FAMILY pHYSlG,

are so composed that disease within the range of
their action can rarely withstand or eyade them.
their penetrating properties search, and cleanse,
and invigorate every portion of the human organ
ism, correcting its diseased action, and restoring
its healthy ~yitalities. As a consequence of these
properties, the invalid who is bowed down with
pain or physical debility is astonished to find his
health or energy restored by a remedy at once SO
simple and inviting.
Not only do they cure the everyday complaints
of every body, bat sleo many Formidable and
dangerous diseases. The agent below named is
pleased to furnish gratis my American Almanac,
for their use in the following complaints: Costice-
ness, Heartburn, Headache arising from diSordered
Stomach, Nausea, Indigestion, PAIN in and Morbid
Iraction Of the BoueL, FIatukncy, Loss Of Appe-
of its functions.
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FOR THE SPIRIT oB THE AGE.
OUR HOUSE"
WILL.

Mr.. Proprietor, do you ever think of the
misery and crime you are e%ntailing upon the
world by your death dealing businessY Did
your conscience never smite you on account
OF the souls you are sending to hell? Did
you never recoil, when your master the Dew
IL has patted you on the back, and whispered
his burning thanks into your ear for peopling
his domain so rapidly as you are ? Are
you an honest man, and yet hesitate not to
rob the stateaEaRcveff httfne preacher of his
grace, the farmer Of hi. land, the mechanic
OF bls tools, the wife of her husband. and
the children Of their bread Do YOU not
know II, aud yet you persist in your lemon.
lac course.
You have placed "a sign over your door.
that must have been suggested to you by
your ~sulphureous master himself--"Oup
HOUSE r-that is yours and the devils. He
Is by your side all the time, helping Won In
measure every gill, and sending telegrapbic
messages to his hellish domain, to make the
place he is preparing for you hotter and
hotter for whep he gets you, as he assuredlv
will, he will "giveyou a warm reception'h
be well assured. Let me picture your dark
abode for you:
1T is in a black and hollow vault
Where day Is never seen there shines no
sun,
But flaming horror Of consuming fires.
A lightless sulphur chok'd with smoky soo0
of an infected darkness-in this place thou
shalt dwell.
There burning oil down thy throat be
pour'd,
And be forced TO drink whole rauphts ~
molten gold
Which thou didst rob the drunkard of in
yonder world
And yet you shall neVsr del
But on racks Of burning steel shall live and
curse foreyeri'
And then the Devil will give a CHASTITY smile
nd say Tom, this is-"0UR HousE.S
NORMAN.
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NOTICE.

Co-partnership heretofore existing under the
firm of FOARD & HOOKER is this day dis
solved by mutual consent.
All persons having claims against Foard & Hooker.
and all due them. will be settled by Jno. T. Foard.
Newbern, n. c., Dec. 18th, 1860.
JNO. T. FOARD.
o. OOK
The undersigned having purchased the entire in
terest of o. Hooker in the goods, accounts and notes
OF the firm of Foard & Hooker, will continue the
former business at the same place, where all kinds Of
Produce VIII be sold on consignment, or taken for
goods. JNO. z. FOARD.
Newbern, N. c., Dec. 14th, 1860.
Dec. ~. fs-1m
~ n. c. C. Advocate, Salisbury Waterman. Ire
dell Express, High Point Reporter, copy one month
and forward aeconnt TO j. F. F., Newbsrn.
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flsOieal.


N@N -
IREDELL BROTHERS
4 RE now in receipt of their new supply of
IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, %CBEMfCAjs
ANTS. OILS, DYE STUFFS. VARNISHlt
BRUSHES, PEkFUMERY, SOAPS, FAM
ARTICLES, &c. To which they would call atten.
ton.
The medicines were selected solely with regard
to their purity, and will, at all times, be compoun.
ded BY a competent Apothecary.
Physicians orders will be carefully and nromnt.
~ filled at a small advance on wholesale prices.
They keep constantly on hand every article to be
found in a first class Drug Store.
SOAPS of all qualities.
SILVER SOAP for cleaning Silver Ware, Glass
Paint. &c.-an excellent article Just out.
RIMMEL's CELEBRATED ENGLISH
for the Toilet.
PERFUMERY-a superior assortment.
TOILET BOTTLES, POWDER BOXES, PORT
MONNAES, &c.
P0MADES, HAIR DYES AND INyIGbRA.
TORS in great variety.
BRUSHES cf all kind and qualities.
CASTOR OIL without taste or smolI.
CIGARS, CHEWING AND SMOKING TORac
co of the finest kinds
MERSCHAUM PIPES AND TUBES. war.
ranted genuine. IREDELL BROTERS,
Druggists, Raleigh N. C.
oct 22st 1859. Of
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ALI who need Articles in the Drug Line
Id +. PESCUD is again at his post, after an
i . absence of several weeks in New York and
other northern cities, where he has been making
his purchases for the Fall trade, and it gives him
pleasure to be able to assure his old friends and
the public generally, that he is now better pre-
pared thalever to supply all they require in his
line OF business at unprecedcntedly low prices
His Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stafs, Perfume
~, Toilet Articles, Brushes, Window Glass, C-
gars, Tobacco, Condiments, Spices, are Of the
most superb quality, and the prices and terms TO
cash or prompt dealers, will be salts acto,y in
every respect. His long experience in business.
aud his knowledge of the wants of his customers
give him superior advantages, and he hopes all
his old friends, and many new ones, will call or
send him their orders when in need of any articles.
1t is needless to enumerate his stock he will on
~ add that it is complete and much larger thas
ever ana viii be repienished by weekly arrivals
from time to time.
foods put up neatly, packed carefully. and for
warded with the utmost dispatch to any part OF
the country N this State and Virginia.
Raleigh, Sept. 9, 1859. s--tf
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FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.

ron THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.
.DTuvx -uuurUySUu 10 MISS w. I.
WRITTEN mr. A. y. GALLOWAY, FOR A FRIEND.
Bright golden rays from soL descend,
To glalden this fair earth:
And make our eyes with joy look out
Upon the scenes Of mirth.
Palo LUNA sheds a silyery light,
That soon dispels the gloom;
And makes our weary hearts forget
The silence OF the tomb.
Those t~winkiing stars that stud the sky,
Emit but feeble light,
And yet they mitigate the gloom
or many a sable night.
Those little sonssters Of the grove,
That chirp a merry lay
Divest our thoughts from earthly cares,
And make us love to pray.
Red roses dot the fruitful fields,
And lilies, o, how fart
Unite In sending out perfumes,
So fragrant, rich and rare.
But which OF these will dare compete
With one whose auburn hair,
Waves gently round q snowy neck,
And wreathes a face so fair.
The roses bloom upon thy cheek,
Thine eyes are soft and blue;
Thy form Is graceful rs the roe,
And far more graceful too.
always thought that Cupid's dart
should never pierce my breast;
But, o, I'm smitten with thy charms,
so deep ! annot rest.
Thou haunt'st me In my slumbers,
Thou haunt'st me in my waking,
Thou haunt'st me in my rambles,
o, how my heart Is aching.
WHVU--a
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THE AID vALOREM BANNER,
AND WEEKLY

DAILY AND WEEKLY
A short time since I issued a prospectus for a Week
ly newspaper, to be called the AID VALOREM BAN
NER, to be published in the City of Raleigh, N. c.
The encouragement l have received, far exceeding my
most ~sanguine hopes, induces me to issue this pros
pectus, the object of which is to inform the public
that i will, on the LIST OF January, 1861, commence the
publication of the Banner, not only Weekly, but also
Daily.
SO far as the Banner takes sides with political par
ties, it will be Democratic but with regard to Inter
nal Improvements, a change in our system Of Taxa
tion, and the preservation Of a Constitutional Union,
1t will know no party, but will be the Jealous advocate
of all these, repudiating secret caucuees, (where the
spirit of the Constitution is often ~violated,) packed
and partial Conventions, and the scheming of would
be political demagogues and tricksters. l shall be
Just and fear not.
TERMS OF THE BANNER
One copy ! year, in advance, S., Five copies $s
TERMS OF HI WEEKLY BANNER:
One copy / year in advance, 50, Six copies 1 year, $1(
Ten copies / year $50. Address
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BETHEL ACADEMY.

T. j. HORNER, PRINCIPAL.
TINE SPRING SESSION OF THIS SCHOOL
u opens the 2nd Monday in January. Board and
tuition is sixty dollars per session of twenty-one
weeks. For particulars address the Principal at
Woodsdale, Person county, n. G.
Elder j. 4. MONTAGUE,
j. K. NEAL
r. d. BUMPASS, SCom.
ID. A. HARRIS
w. u. LAWSON
Dec. Is, 1860. lit.
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SANFORD'S FAMILY
PILLS.
COMPOUNDED FROM

Pure Vegetable Extracts, and put IN in GLASS
CASES, air tight, and will keep in any climate
The Family Cathar tic Pill is a gentle bnt
ACTIVE ~atnartlc which the proprietor
has used in his prac- tice more than twenty
years. o
Ihe constantly in "a creasing demand from
tho-o VINO nave long used the PILLS and
INC saeisiaetion winch all express in regard
10 their use, has ln> dueed u g to place
them within the reach ~ Of all.
The Profession well know that d;Far.,+
Cathartlcs act on dit ferent portions Of,
bowels. -
The Family Cathar- = tic Pill has. with
reference to this well e established fact, o,,n
compounded from a variety of the purest
vegetable Extracts, which act alike On ev-
cry part of the ali q mentarv canal "a
are good and safe in & ali cases wbera r..
thartic is needed, such - Deranpements of H.
stomach, oleeplness, Pains in the Back and
L o i s, CostiYeness, = Pain and Soranas.
over the whole body, from u d a Ia
which frequently, if neglected. end ~
long course Of Fever. loss of appetite o-oo
sensation of cold over the body, restlessnass 80
ache, or weight in he head, all ~nfammatorr a.
eases, worms in children or adults, Rbeumat;sm
great purifier of the blood and manv diseases -
which flesh is heir, too numerous to menrina~
this advertisement. Dose. { . 8. Price Th,a.
Dimes.
The Liver Invigorator and Family rotb.rs.
Pills are retailed by Druggists generally and .aIS
wholesale by the Trade in all the LARGE to-na" o'
S.T.W SANFORD, M. D..
manuiaeturer and Proprietor.
as Broadway, New York.
May $. 1860. 37-Iy
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A Law Dictionary And Glossary. Containing
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embracing, also, all the principal. co-rmon an5
ciVl law maxims, by Alexander M. Burrill.
new and enlarged edition. For sale bv
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NEW BOOKS.

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Misteuaneous
A CURE FOR III PILES.

HAVING been afflicted for 26 years with this
IL terrifying disease, and finding no relief, l
finally discovered a VEGETABLE OINTMENT,
which 1 believe is unparalleled in its efficacy, and
now offer this remedy to the public, as the most
~efeetual and speedy cure, ever discovered. The
Ingredients Of this Ointment are PURELY VEG
kTABLE, AMI one Lox, if used according to di-
rections, will effect q cure.
This ointmsnt is sold only by myself and John
Myatt, and by sending 81, and 9 cents in postage
stamps box will be sent any wherein the United
States. Address NEAL BROWN,
Raleigh. n. C.
Raleigh, April 81, 1850. 35...ly
CERTIFICATE.
I could add a large number of Certificates, as
to the efficacy of my Ointment, but the one sub
joined, from a well known citizen of Raleigh, vol
unfairly handed to me, will probably suffice
RALEIGH, April IL, 1860.
MR. NEAL BRowE-Deor 81 :-Having been
grisvously afflicted with the Piles for a number of
years, L determined, after failing with many other
SO called remedies, to try your Ointment; and it
affords me pleasure to say, that by its use, ! am
entirely relieved from that affection.
Yours respectfully, SILAS BURNS.
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MILITARY TACTICS.

CHOPPERS MACoMB'S TACTICS. A concise
/, System of instructions and regulations fer the
Militia and Volunteers of the United States, COM
pretending the exercises and movements of the
Infantry, Light Infantry and Rifemen, Cavalry
and Artillery.
SCOTS Infantry Tactics in 3 volumes.
For sale at POMEROY'S.
Ra leigh, Feb, 1860. 81