Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-07-17

sEtluuasisi sHnaIi,
dant nation With millions Of people. and we
must as rapidly as possible, furnish ourselves
with the facilities and establishments which
our new positioa demands.
What shalt we do 7 How shall we pre-
coed Let every county establish a Bible
Society Il be auxiliary to the Bible Society
Of NORTH tfarosina. In each of these let a
collection be raised and deposited In the
hands of The Treasurer. Let The be a State
Convention at some accessible point at the
earliest practicable daF. E@t the f1iends Of
the old American Bible Society, and reprs
sentatives from the variOu Guilty Societies,
and from counties with or without societies,
be there. Thus. a State taet .e or
gained, and the plan car % Epwlv ex-
cuted. North Carolina sas sld1l
which She has nevers yct alfrsp1l. xB1t
she will not be alone in this glorious cause.
South Caralnl is already 1sboring for the
same great end--Why fnsy we not very
soon have agfand Southern Bible Society -
Let all be prompt AM pattiotic and cody,
and success viii soon be oars. 1t is the BIZ
BILE for which we pleadl Tier e is RIO time
TO be LOST We therefore, appoint Thursday
the 25th Of July. as the TIM and Salisbury
as the place for State Co svention of the
iTitHuS q nc cause.
S Fl. WILEY.
A. w MaNGUM.
Com. Of RoRaa Biol Soeisty.
y D. All the papers Of the Stase are re-
quested to copy.
The Standard raises the following brief
rallyins cry, which he hope will not be dis
regarded:
Tue war is not over. Lincoln and his
Congress will not give it up, as we have told
you. Are you ready? Is every man in
North Carolina ready? We fear not. Or
ganisa and arm. Let every mas in the State
go to drilling and arming. We must whip
Lincoln. We can do it, but We must do it
quickly.
Again we say to our Volunteers do not
dts6tnd. Keep up your organization, keep
drilling. You will be needed on cur sea
coast. You may be needed on the Tennessec
line to beat back the invaders whom Lincoln
sends to give aid to the traitors Of E ist Ten
ness e.
TUE ATTACK ON NoK. oLK.-a sa lor on
board the Harriet Lane, writing to his father
at Hartford, says,
l have no doubt that a move nent will sooI
be made IN Norfolk and may as well owl
up that /" hoover has the command at Norfolk
is a tip-top defender. The beach on boil
sides OF the bay is -br.stting with guns il
sand-bag batteries some are in single posi-
ZION, others IN battery. II shots take ne
Effect on them, while theirs tell with grea
power on any attacking ship.
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Tn FUTURE.-We observe that some @
our milk and u ter exchanges, publ she'd il
the Confederate States, evincc great pleasur
by expressing in lengthy editorials wheneve
they discover a straw in the political storr
Indicating, however small the sign, that reac
propositions are being arran sed at the No tn
looking to cessation Of hostilitie,, an a re
establishment of trade AMI commerce.
Tnese propositions arc MT h,iled wit
pleasure, nor are they ~re5tal.l worthy
consideration, by the brave ncn WHO hay
; gone forth to battle upon the pain for tn
Honor, Rights and Institutions of the peopl,
but they afford great comfort and are receive
as glad tidings by Shavecs-speculators
bonds and mortgages-shop keepers-threa
and tape seliers-nen who have never bucl
led on a Sword or shouldered a Musket
defence of their Country, and never will,
they can skulk from their duty.
What a good thing it will be" says tt
very brave speculltor in cloths and grocerie
rubbing his palms and smiling at the pros
pect OF driving a brisk trade as soon as pea,
is declared, "if the difficulties are soon Sc
tied and trade is revived, when we can ,rav
without encountering SO many difficulties al
~ruinous expenses"
1t will be we'll for the friends and relativ
of the Volunteers who have gone to war,
remember such characteas hereafter th.
will always be found at home.
But will trade be re-estabiished betwee
the people of the South and our Yankee en-
mics and invaders? Who will do it
We do most earnestly hope and pray til
the first Southern Merchant who attempts
} go North to purchase supplies for sale in Il
South may never live to- return, and all W
attempt to follow him may perish and stil
5 upon the wayside.
Let every Southern matron teach her ch
: dren TO despise, most heartily, the Yank
i, race, and regard as a Leper he who may
: tempt to reopen traffic or trade with the
| who invade our soil, fire our dwellings, {
: stfoy our subsistence, consume our stoC
: incArcerate our men and rdvish our daughte
5 mothers and sisters.
!. Trade with the relatives and friends
|, such peoplei God forbid it, and may be
|, forever cursed, who, at the South, attem,
i to re-cstabliSh trade with them.
= Charlotte Bulletin