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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-12-15

Absolen Spencer, of the 1st Georgia
regiment, who was left sick at Murfrees-
boro', Tenn, after the fight there, went to
the house of Mr.. Brown, near there,
which, is in a "Union" neighborhood.
The Atlanta Contederacy, says:
AS had been anticipated, it was not long
before the alarm was given in the neigh
borhood. He attempted to escape, but
was overtaken at fence which he was try
ing to get over, and carried back to the
house. A pistol was presented at Mrs.
Brown, with demands and threats, which
she answered by stating that the man they
had taken was sick stranger who had
been stopping at her house. The soldier
then stated that he was a Confederate
soldier, naming his company and regi.
ment, and demanding the treatment OF
prisoner of war. At the suggestion of
we'll known citizen, Mr.. Israel Hill, the
the soldier was carried by the scouts to the
headquarters of Col. Stewart.
This gallant Yankee of the Union army
said -" Don't bring any more id rebel
bushwhackers to me, but shoot them down. u
He then ordered the prisoner to be tied
between two stumps, and for eighteen men
to FIRE at him. The first volley missed him
on which brutal Dutchman ran up, and
with the muzzle of his gun within few
feet of Spencer, shot him. through the stom.
ach. He died that night and was decent.
ly buried next day by the citizeEs. He told
Mr.. Hill, at whose house he died, that be
lived in Coweta county, Ga, and that be
was nephew of Bishop Andrew-that he
had two brothers, one living in Tennesse,
and the other in Tuscaloosa, Ala lie sale
he was an elder in the Methodist Episcopa
] Church.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-12-15

The MURDERED MAN CONE TO LIFE
The Memphs Appeal in noticing the recent
retaliatory order from President Davis to
Gen. Holmes says
"What makes the crime of this Federal
officer more deserving of punishment or
retaliation, as proposed, is the fact as an
nounced BY the St. Louis papers, copied
by US, that on the day after the murder of
the ten victims alluded to by the President,
the party whom they were suspected Of
having removed returned to his home, and
stated he had not been nolested, but had
been absent on q trip of the nature of which
he had not chosen to advise any one before
hand. If ell the circumstances to this case
do not warrant resort TO the rule of lee
talioais, it would be difficult to conceive
circumstances that would. We hope Gem
eral Holmes will obey his Instructions to
the letter"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-12-15

in her own house. Wealth poured upon
her its abundant stores-servants stood
around to execute her every wish-her
husband was all that is implied in that en-
dexring term-her beautiful boy was just
learning to lisp her name-her home was
still girdled around with love and affection.
Lucy was still happy.
Long years now elapsed My adven-
turous footstep had borne me far towards
the setting sun. Event had followed event
circumstance had crowded upon circum-
stance-until had we'll nigh forgotten
Lucy, the lovely maiden of other days.
Retaining through portion of the coun-
try bat sparsely settled one cloudy eve
ming, lost my way on the slope of a
mountain and night overlook me. Ivan
dered for hours in the wild woods, over
rugged rocks, and briars, when weary with
travel and hunger, il despair of reaching
human habitation, was preparing to lie
down on my overcoat and saddlebags at
the root of tree, when the glimmering
Of light arrested my eye. Hoping to
find resting place, l kept my eye upon
it, and was attracted in that direction.-
There was lowly hut, solitary and alone,
overhung by great mountain oaks, seeming
to be the retreat of mountain hunters and
not the home of civilized and lovely wc-
nan. A faint light was cleaning through
the cracks. | approached and saw wo-
man pale and sorrowful, sitting on wood
en- stool, holding in her lap child, wrap
ped in a ragged quilt. Twas Lucy Oh
how changed. Time and sorrow had made
her old-her beauty had departed-her
riches had taken winga--her children, save
this one, had been removed one after an
other to the spirit world, and naught was
left to her but her husband and this poor
child, that was moaning, and, in the delir-
ium of fever, calling for its father; but it
called in vain The father was not there
He was drunk at a neighboring grocery
The wine cup had estranged him from
home and all its enchantments He was
sofa very brute. He had beggared
his fond wife, broken her heart, and cover.
ed her nth rags Lucy was a drasakard's
wye!
! Before the sweet birds began to sing the
] advent Of morning, / assisted her to close
: the eyes of her last child, and, at an car
ly hour on the next day, sought out few
. neighbors, and with their aid a rude grav,
WAS prepared, and Lucy's babe was inter
;, red upon the brink of little stream
: Soon after Lucy herself was placed by it
side, and now after life's pilgrimage is over
4 she rests in silence, and sleeps in unbroke
= peace far away in western forest.
drunkard's wife Fearful words Reac
p er, art thou a young lady? Conside
well the import of this term, before yo
! consent to wed tippler. Think of poe
= Lucy's fate, and may happierlot be thine
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cy, it is the result. of the stern logic of
events. Poorly read in the history of
Government, and poor student of hu-
man nature, must he be who, in the face
of the warfare which the Black Repubh-
can party has been for years waging upon
the institutions of the South, could not
have foretold the disruption Of the Union,
and the disasters that might attend the
disruption.
Now that we have entered upon the
civil war, let those who would read the
story of the future appeal to that same
stern logic of events" What does it
teach +? We speak by its instruction.
1t teaches that, if Abraham Lincoln
shall persist in attempting to carry out
the policy indicsted in his reply to the
Virginia Commissioners, the fifteen slave
States, numbering more than 100000
OF people, will unite in a common cause of
defending their fresides and homes.
1t teaches that every man within their
limits capable of welding sword or level
ing rifle, will take the field, determined.
like their revolutionary fathers of old, to
repel the invader or die in the attempt
1t teaches, that, sooner or later, the fate
of every Northern army sent within their
borders will inevitably be that which over
took those of the British tyrant which
were landed on our coast to rivet on our
| forefathers the chains of slavery.
1t teaches that the armies of the North
may meet with occasional triumph NAV
burn few cities and devastate a few
fields; may rob the Southern mother aud
tender children of their peaceful and qui-
ct homes; may here and there incite ser.
vile insurrection; but successes like those
will only provoke the wrath of Heaven
and raise up armies"
1t teaches that at last, after enc, three
seven or ten years shall have passed away
, after our armies shall have vanished be
> fore the never failing aim of the Southerr
rifle, the irresistible charges of Southern
; cavalry, and the terrible ravages of
Southern climate after myriads Of North
:, ern homes have been made desolate, an,
: poverty and distress shall begin to stal
q abroad in the streets of our cities and vii
lagos, then the hearts Of our people wi
yearn for peace and the peace will com,
i 1t teaches that the independence of tn
i Confederate States will be recognized, an
o that the North will be compelled at La
4 to grant that which, in accordance wit
y the spirit of American liberty, it shoul
- promptly and cheerfuIly concede.
r. Such are the teachings of the ster
,r logic of events" We put them upon r
4 cord, and invite all who read this artic
,s to remember predictions founded upc
d them. The authority of the Federal Go
n ernment will never again be establshe
m within the limits of the seeded States
is The people Of these States will new
g, again recognize that authority voluntaril
n nor can they be compelled to do SO
force
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Sf(isteuarsoas,
FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.
Where is BE r.

Oh how manv times the sorrowful in
terrogstive remained unansw cred. The
lonely watcher listened in vain for the we'll
remembered footstep. Hours passed on
in their ceaseless mopotony, and still she
murmured-" Where is hei' Yet he
came not, and she who was keeping her
lonely vigil for him, never tired Of the
task, or allowed her eyes to close from
their silent watchings. "Where is he 81
He was uever in the habit of staying out
40 late. Oh! no; hat often lately his
eat at the fireside had been vacant, and
'fteu had lie spoken harshly to her whom
&c had promised at Gods altar to C. cher
N and protect"
The hands of the clock upon the man
i continued their round from figure to
gure Of the dial plate, and she was still
ting alone by the cherries hearth
Oh where is he!' Could she have
BOXED in yond& gin shop, she would have
cen the form, once SO manly, once so low
ing, now stupefed by beastly potations.-
Ere long, a few who have not drank so
freely take up the body of the drunkard,
and amid their coarse jests, enter the pres
ence of the young wife. All thou
knowest what bitter tears are now. How
little you thought when you pledged your
,th at the altar, that you would keep q
cary watch at the side Of a drunken hus-
and-that tears-bitter, heartfelt, una
aiIing tears-would fall without relief
"Where is he?' The mother lays
down her work, her only means of sub
sistence, presses her weary fingers to hel
throbbing temples, and then listens lis
tens in vain for the return of him, her on
ly boy. Silently she resumes her work
and the tears course down her cheeks
How many hopes she had of him How
bright the anticipations Of the future !
How carefully had she trained nim, and
INDUCED every wish when it was In be-
power-how pleasing was the thought tina
he would be in old age her comfort ant
support, and how high beat the hope tha
he would be useful aud intelligent mem
Der of soGetv. But change came sloy
at first, but none the less certain. All
thou hast known a mothers love. Tho
hast known what it is to twine your heart
affections around one who seems your or
ly prop-to watch with thrilling intere'
the opening germs of youth, and gaze wit
a mothers eye upon fair young form.-
And ou also hast known a mothers so
row Thou hast known what bitter an
guish it is to &nd, too late, you are deceived
Alas! the day he followed the temptel
All q! who can tell how slow the hours pa
now-how long that weary sleepless Wig
is kept, and yet his football greets NJ
your ear. A mothers earnest prayer f
his welfare is breathed; who can tell of
simple, heartfelt, trustfulness and piety.
Can that reeling step be his 7" " A
those maudlin accents changed from Il
once manly tonesi' We need not tell
the drunken curses that shook that lone
roof-of the heart-broken prayer of th
hopeless mother. In little while ma
row mound will mark her last resting pls
IN the village church yard.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-12-15

Make good use of thy time, if thou lov.
est eternity; yesterday. can not be re-
ealled-te-morrow oan not be securad-
to-day only is thine, which, if once lost,
10 lost forever.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-12-15

BRUTAL MURDER BIZ YANKEE SoLDIERs-Ws
are panied to learn that Mr. Solomon Shaw
proprietor of the Quincy Mills, Gibson coun-
ty, Tennessee, was inhumanly murdered in
his own house on the 22d of last September.
by two Federal soldiers in Disguise His
son Solomon was at the same time severely
wounded by blows inflicted on the head with
a pistol in the hands of one of the rufians.
after the cap had failed to explode when pre-
sented with the muzzle within few inches
of young Mr.. Shaw's head. Miss Asenath
Shaw being the only one armed about the
house, shot both the assassins with her re.
volver in time to save the life of her brother
and the report 10 that both has since died
Mr.. Shaw was prominent citizen, and unfal
tering in his devotion to the South, and hence
bis brutal murder at the hands of q marau-
ding soldiery.-Aemphis appeal
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-12-15

PRAYER.-An old author says: Prayer is
the rope In the belfrey-Re pull it, and it
rings the bell up in heaven-and 30 it is.
Keep that bell moving. Pull it well, and
though the bell is up 50 high that you can
not hear it ring, depend upon it, it can be
heard in the tower of heaven, and is ring
ing before the throne of God, who will
send answers of peace according to Jour
| faith.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-12-15

The yankees made a raid into Greenbrier
county, Va, few days since, and captured
100 Of jenkins cavalry and about 200 hor-
see, together with all their accoutrements.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-12-15
No. II.
Blessed are the Dead"

: Blessed are the early dead.
Sleeping in their narrow bed;
They are happier far than we.
Howsoever blcst we be-
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-15

cleveland, Feb. 10, 4. B. bss iSsSsssaA : aA'ss1asGs
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-15
William Bletoher, In Common Pleas Cuyaho-
vs.; "a Co, o. Attachment.
William s. Marsh. Actlon for Money nnlv.

William BIetOher, J In Common Pleas CuyahO-
VS.. "a Co. o. Attachment
William S. Marsh. Action for Money only. 3
THE SAID WILLIAM S. MARSH viii take
notice that on the 4th day February, 1852, the
said William Bletcher filed his petition and com
menced his action against the said William s.
Marsh, the object and prayer of which petition Is
70 recover from the said William s. Marsh the
sum of So ,6l9 9s, with interest thereon from Oe-
tober 1lth, 1851. and costs of suit which sum the
said William Blethcher claims the right to recoV-
eT on certain judgment for the said amount re-
covered at the date last aforesaid by the Bank OF
Upper Canada against said Marsh and William
Bletcher, which has been assigned by said Bank
to Stephen Bletcher, and the consideration tor
which transfer was advanced by Plaintiff, who
now Is by agreement with said Stephen, the law
tul owner and holder of said judgment and the
debt evidenced thereby, and for money paid upon
said Judgment to the use of said William s. Marsh
by said William Bletcher, no part of which judg-
ment haf ever been paid by the said William 5.
Marsh. Said defendant, William s. Marsh, will
appearin said Court and answer said petition on
or before the 5th day Of April, A. ID. is62 OF the
same will be taken as true and judgment render
ed accordingly.
RANNEY, BACKUS 4 NOBLE,
febES79 Plaintiffs Attorneys.
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WHEAT, CORN, COTTON. TOBACCO.

Peaches, Pears, Tomatoes, and every variety Of
fruit and vegetables is grown in great abundance,
from which Chicago and other Northern markets
are furnished from to weeks earlier than their
Immediate vicinity. Between the Terre Haute,
Alton st. Louis Railroad and the KankaEee
and Illinois rivers, e distance OF 115 miles on
the Branch, and 136 miles on the Main Trunk,
hes tn great Corn and Stock raising portion OF
the State
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-15

Adm'r'x Of Joseph ". Spaulding.
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CLIMATE

! Nowhere can the Industrious farmer secure
such immediate results from his labor as on these
deep, rich, loamy soils, cultivated with SO much
ease. Z The climate from the extreme southern
part Of the State TO the Terre Haute, Alton & St.
Louis Railroad, distance Of nearly 200 miles, Is
well adapted to Winter rr.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
NotIoo.

NOtloes .
caSaSoss aS Sssts q 9oGatS oalS oOu of Common Pleas
Frederick N. BaOkus, Pltf, For Money only,
vs..
Ralph Walker, Defendant. In Attachment.
RALPH WALKER, a anon.Tesident Of the State
OF Ohio, will take notice that Frederick n. Back
1s. OF the county of Cuyahoga, IN the State Of
OHIO, did, on the nth day OF January, AID. 1882,
hle mis- petition in the Court Of Common Pleas
within and for the County of CuyahOga, In tho
state Of Ohio, against the said Ralph Walker
defendant, setting forth that the said Ralbh
Walker, Justly indebted to Howe, Backus Cb1
on the 10th day of May, A. D. 1851 and nov Is
IN the sum OF Five Hundred and Forty-thTee Dol
lars and torty-hve cents, with interest thereon
IRON May lbthi 1851, on account Tor divers
goods and merchandise by said Howe Backus 4
CO., sold and delivered to said Ralph Walker at
his special instance AMI request, that said ao-
count has been assigned to said Frederick NJ
Baokus, who Is the real owner OF the same, and
praying for Judgment against the said Ralph
Walker for the sum claimed to be due, with in.
terest irom the date aforesaid, and the said Ralph
Walker Is notified that he is required to appear
IN said Court and answer said petition on or be-
fore the 9th day of April, 1862, or said petition
will be taken rs true and Judgment rendered ac-
cordingly. FREDERICK NJ. BACKUS, -
By Ranney, Backus Noble,
feb7319 His Attorneys.
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$, in Farms Of 40, go I2O 100 Acres, and upwards,
LIMOS, the Garden State Of fAmeFea.
ILLINOIS

Is about equal in extent to England with a pop
ulation Of l, T23, Gee, and soil capable Of sup
porting 20, 900, COO No State In the Valley Of
the Mississippi offers 90 great an inducement TO
the settler as the State Of Illinois. There Is no
part Of the world where ell the conditions Of eli
mate and soil 50 admirably combine 70 produce
those two great staples, CoRE and WHEAT.
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..EEGAE,N0TleES,
NEAsTRRls sALE-PURhUANT

IWH @-0 - CAAAAAA a - - ~ AN 4
.4lA p The eqpmeEd Of third pluEtes doeFs;al
1iRy ehQgn. .opunty, Ohio az the silis Of dsmuil o.
BLOCKS and Edwin W. Brooks against Horati0 n.
1etest Della y. Gats8, Augusta q . MittleberRer
Edmnld e. ?, tllebergorl VILLAIN Mittlebergpr,
gom ulefoiAl Mutual inBufaneo 20 ThOmaa M.
Howe, JoaiahT King and Wiliiam shinn, executors
e. 4ea ezpeae tor sale, al public ahctf1u, a tho
door OF the Court House Ia the City Of Cleveadd,
on ms lbth day Of Aprllg l662, at two o 6lO5E n
M . u said day. the following described niecaa 0r
RAroel Oi land 70 Wit situate Va the tOWnshfb Of
hEeg Y klIn, being pq4.beE sfYe4 70 the ihirtsqith
99lKe Ia the sats Of Ohio hud which is sls7 Ia ths
county Of UuyahOga, and Is known by parcel OF Inhd
on west side OF Cuyahoga River, nov In Oftg on
Uloyelands aud is BOUNDED as follows: eastsrly b.
CuyRhOga HiVori nOrtherlY BY land heretofore con-
yeyei to judah Colt BY John 81. Woolsey; west 81
RlvtF strost. called; and southefiy by 'iaiid fG
merry owned BY fred y illiams, and being ninety
nine iOet vide on CuyRhOqn h,yef. and tTtondi1g
&c right angles with River street, and said River 70
Rver at Get, about one hundred aDo forty feet b.
ing tns same land conveyed to said Edmunu d. p
mlttleberger, By the Ohio Life Insurance and Trubt
O0mpahy, BY deed recorded in UufaEoFa Cotpiy
kecord1s vol A. pages ~ and l5. Aud alao another
parcel OF land on said BiVtr, next sucthpr'V pf
above and bounded nOrtheriy BY said parcel of land
above Described; easterly by CuyAhoRa River; west
eEiy oy said River street; and aOuthsry BY a line
parallel with the 0ortherlF hpe, ana ysnty-OHs
iest distant thereifem, extending from saif kiveT
70 said River street. being part ef the Alfred WI
lians lot, so called, making in all hundred and
twenty feet front on said hiVer, and the EleYHtor
Building, machinery, and fixtures on said premises
be the same more less, but subject 20 all legal
highways Appraised a. 5000.
Adams q Canasld, Master gOmmissioasr.
Pitts AttTB. mArlb3S3
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NTASTRR'S SALE-PURsUANF

MASTERS SALE-PURSUANF
lNl to the command Of q dscretal order OF sale
IRON Lhe Court of Common Pleas Of OuyAhOga ooun-
ty, at the suit OF John sherman, against John
Sprague and others, TO me directed, shall expose
Tor sale ut pablo Gncton at the door OF the Court
House. in tho city Of Cleveland, the twenty eighth
day of March, 1862, at three O'Clock p. M, the
following described premises situate in the town.
ship of Mayheld, in the county Of 0uyahga, and
State of Ohio and known by lot No. fifteen, IN tract
No. three, and bounded follows; Essts vest, north
and south by lot lines, and containing cne hundred
and forty six and one third acres Of Land 20 the
same more less, but subject 70 all legal highways,
and excepting thererom thirteen acres IN tho north
west corner thereof, set on to John Sprague for
homestead, bounded as followB: commencing ct q
point in the west line Of said lot nine chains Is links
northerly from the southwest corner Of said lot )
thence running north on said west line SIX chains
Is links the northwest corner OF Baid lot; thence
the nOrIh line twea ~ ohainA 50 links; thence
south parallel with the west line six chains % links;
thence west twenty chains 80 links 20 the place Of
beginning. Appraised at $500.
HENRY g. ABBEY,
L, PrentisB, Master Oomm,r.
PLt'dsa Aft'V f9b25.s7o
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NHAN0RRY sALR.-PuRsuANr

NHANOERY SALE.--PURsUANT
~ to the command Of decretAl order Of sale
from the Circuit Court OF the United States for the
Northern district Of Ohis at the suit OF Charlotte
Herendeen against 0eeTgs v. ShumEay and othsrB,
to directed, shall expose for sale at public euo
tion at the door Of the Federal Court Building, IN
the city Of Cleveland, on the thiIty-frst- day Of
March, 1862, at three O'Clock p. M the following de-
scribed estate, stnate In the township Of Nun
son, IN the county Of Geauga, and state Of ohio,
known by the north Part OF lot No. one tract No.
two and south part Of lot No. four east division Of
tract NO. ono, and bounded folioWB Beginning in
the centre OF the state road leading from ChardOn
SQUARE to Rayenna at the north h-eaBt corner OF q
piece Of land in lot no. one, tract NO two, formerly
owned by MehiLable heWcomb. and since by RalZa
Spencer, thence west forty-fOuF chaips and forty.
eight links to stake and stones in the West limo Of
lot No. one, tIact No. two; thence north thirteen
chains and eIghty links to stake and stones at the
northwest corner Of lot No one, tract NO. two;
thence west one chain and BeVenty-BeVen links;
thence north thirteen chains and twenty live links
to stake and stones; thence east fOrtY-two chains
and eigbty-Eeven links to the centre OF the State
road; thence south So, east tWentT-seFen chains
and forty-six Inks to the place OF beginning con
tanning one hungred and eighteen and 70-lO0 acres;
sixty scIes of which is IN lot one, tract two, and
nifty eight 70-I0O in south part of lot four IN
east division Of tract one, a. per George Smiths
Sun vey, made October, 1858; beng the same la1d
CONVEYED 10 George q. ShunWaY BY HsIsoa Peck
and wife. Appraised st SSy300-
HENRY G. ABBEY,
Master Commissioner In OhancerY,
H..
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L, PRENrIss, Flaintins Attorney.
February 25, lS63=saO

The State of Ohio In Court Of Common
Cuyahoga County IS Pleas of said Co.
Julia Ann Smith, Plf.
vs. SNOtice.
Joseph R. Smith, Deft.
The Defendant will take notice that on the 9Th
day of February. A. D., 1852, the Plaintiff fled
her petition in the Clerks Office of said Court,
charging said defendant therein with willful
absence from plaintiff for more than three years
prior TO the filing of said petition, and praying
for dissolution of the marriage contract, ali
mOny, and for other proper relief Said action
viii be for hearing six weeks after the first pub
location OF this notice.
ALBERT T. SLADE,
gohT.QTn A4fJv for I1IH