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Spirit of the age., 1863-10-26
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their use continues. Without putting, the = have
gained ground by their real vi.fe. = esore
than five hundred persons are knCTa 10 have
been otired by these Pills. -al
hisexcellent family niedicins is recommended
Liver. His correspondents s9ssS SAat they also
cure Billions rheumatism, sPneumoRia, Chills
and FeVers, Billions Fevers, Pfaes and Worms
They are perfectly safe medicine.
Peter Walden, Esq., of DiHwiddie County, Vir-
glnia, after describing remarkable cures in his
family OF Bilious rheumatism and Pleurisy
says: My Doctors bill has been heretofore
from SlI5 to $500 per year. have used tn M
Ithese plilsl for my family, which consists of
eighteen white and colored, and have not called in
Doctor. This is great saving. They certainly
are the best family medicine ever discovered !,
Rev. John w. Potter of Greene county, North
Carolina, bad suffered twelve years from diseas-
ed liver, Which the physicians had nor been able
to cure. lie says: 4 commenced taxing the
aepatlc Pills with no confidence in them They
acted IKE charm on me. From thathoslr have
improved. have persevered in their usc until
now, by Gods blessing, am well and hcartv-
L had anegro man who, as l believe, was saved
from death by dose of these Pills. My Doctors
bill was annually from Sl00 to 500, but have
had no use for physician SINCE
The great tax and the mmence increase in the
cost OF ingredients compels the proprietor to put
up the price, or stop the manufacture of the Pills
Ihey are no. more profitable now than when he
sold at onethird these rates.
Pr1ce-Sl50 box; $15 dozen. A still grea-
| ter deduction will be made To Druggists . For
SIS, dozen boxes win be sent to any part Of the
| Confederacy prepaid. Those who desire less than
| a dozen boxes Will apply to the Druggists. Cash
| must always accompany orders. Address
| 36-u GEO. w. DEEMS, Wilson, ~ G.
Spirit of the age., 1863-10-26

him down again. Sustained in this
hour of sore tria' by his sense of hon
or, which was stronger than his fear
of death, the old man replied that,con
vinced as ne was of his approaching
eud, yet be deemed death preferable
to dishonor, AMI that he was ready to
meet his fate. Again, and for the
third time, his aged frame quivered in
the agonics of death, and when he had
ceased to struggle they once more re-
leased him. Applying powerful stim-
ulants they succeeded in restoring him.
when, with determination worthy Of
the elder Brutus, be drew forth a knite
and attempted, by cutting his own
throat, to free himself of bis peFsecu-
tors. : By violence they forced his
knife from him, when, by mighty eff
fort, he, dashed the fends aside and
plunged into the boiling surf to drown
himself. With boat hooks they fshed
him up, and baffled by his unyieldipg
will they permitted him to 60 ashore
This is true statement of this infa.
nous transaction. Dempsey knight
still lives and plies his humble calling
as fisherman, and that he is one o
Gods neblemen, none will gainsay.
Spirit of the age., 1863-10-26

soldiers of - Regiment.are certain
ly very gentlemsnly in their behaviour.
In the afternoon some soldiers called
on US, among them Vas an old friend
whom We had not seen for many long
months. Monday morning "our friend"
awoke with scorebing fever; we thought
it necessary to call in a physician, and
Immediately sent for DR.. - Of
Regiment. He soon came and admin
istered to our friend such medicine as
he deemed necessary, and left US with
a promise to call again soon. "Our
f iend," with the skillful treatment oi
our Dr." and careful nursing, soon
legan to improve, and VIC began tc
'isit again; Of which we shall tell you
in CHAPTER SECOND.
Spirit of the age., 1863-10-26

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, CALDWELL
- County, in Equity, Fall, 1s63.-James Hsr-
per, Executor, Henry Sumpter, VS.. John Sud
derth, William Sudderth, Abram Sudderth, James
Sudderth, Thomas Suddcrth's heirs, Catharine
Tennessee, Mira ,Vanoy's heirs, A. s: Kent,
Niseman Loving, A. Alexander and wife Mahala,
Henry S. Taylor, Henry Taylor, William Ram.
sey, Isham Ramsey, Nathan Dehart and wife.
William Crisp and wife, Thomas Sumpter, de-
PENDANTS.
1t appearing to the satisfaction of the Court
that the defendants, William sudderth, W Sc
man Loving and wife, A. Alexander and wife
Mahala, Henry 8. Tayler, Henry Tayler, tsfam
Ramsey and wife, Nathan Dehart and wife and
Thomas Sumpter, are non-residents and live be-
yoad the limits of the State, SO that the ordinary
process Of Law cannot be served on them, it
is therefore ordered by Court that publication be
made for six weeks in the Spirit of the Age,
commanding them to be and appear at the next
term of this Court OF Equity to be held for the
County of Caldwell, at the Court House in Le-
noir, on the third Monday after the fourth Mon
day in September next, then and there to plead
answer, or demur to the plaintiffs bill, else
| judgment pro confesso will be takeL again st
! them.
Witness, William M. Puett, Clerk and Master
of our said Court of Equity for the County O
Caldwell, at office in Lenoir, the Sth Monday at
| ter the 4th Monday in Septempber A. D., 1862
| S-6w, w. M. PUE 1T c. M E.
Spirit of the age., 1863-10-26
A Hero Indeed.

A good deal of intesest was felt a.
the time when the Confederate officers
prisoners on board tac Maple Leaf,
captured that. steamer and made their
escape to Currituck, iaNerth Carolina.
A correspondent of the Wilmington
Journal furnishes the following in
stance of heroism conhected with the
affair, the hero of which is"a poor
old man, bowed down with age and
poverty" The writer says:
A few days after their escape, a
squad of Federal cavalry, in securing
the country to arrest them, came upon
the subject of this notice-Dempsey
Knight by name-in the highway
A small tin bucket, which the old fish
erman was carrying in his hand, at
tracted their attention. They halted
and asked him if he had not been
feeding the escaped rehsl officers. Too
proud to utter falsehoed, he unhesi-
tatingly answered in the affirmative.
Whereupon they demanded of him to
reveal the place of their concealment,
and with threats and blows sought to
wrest it from him. But the principle
of honor was two strong in the old
mans bosom, and to ali their oppor-
tunities he yielded not-@their brutality
he could not resist. They swere they
would have the secret or at he should
die. With this intention they hurried
him aboard gunboat sid again ten
j dered him the alternative of death or
J of compliance with their wishes. He
, answered that he was convinced that
3 they intended to hang him, but that
2 he was resolved to die before he
: "would tell where those officers were.''
, Immediately they suspended him by
the neck, until life was nearly extinct
f They then cut him down, and, aftel
reviving him, they repeated the sam,
question and received the same an
i swer. Again his body hung in thu
e air, and, when his life vas far NOR,
= spent than before, they again unloos-
o ed the halter, receiving u before tn
e same firm denial. Exasperated to fu
e ry, they told him that this was hi
A last chance, and they would not Gu
Spirit of the age., 1863-10-26
S4OO REWARD

WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE APPREHEN-
w sion of my Negro Boy CHARLES, or CHAR
LEY. as he was commonly called, who abscond-
ed from this city about the last of July or first
Of August last. He is about Is or 10 years DID,
teeth, the upper ones quite black about the gums
about feet or inches high. He is supposed
to have left here in. company with a man mot d
said to be from about Noble, Ala. He stopped
in Petersburg, Va, two sr three daysafter leav-
ing here and said he was going to Richmond
He is supposed to be about Gen. Lees army or
the man who tock him has carried him out south
The above reward will be given for his delivery
to me, or for his arrest SO that can get him
Address P.J. STERNE, Raleigh n c.
Oct. 3, 1863. 1T
Spirit of the age., 1863-10-26
EXCHANGED GENOTICE, No. 6.
RICHMOND, Sept. IL, 1853.

THE FOLLOWING CONFEDERATE OFF,
- GERS and men, captured at Vicksburs Miss,
Juiy a, 1868, and subsequently paroled have been
duly exchanged, and are hereby so declared:
Ihe officers and men of Gen. c. l. Steven.
2: The officers and men Of Gen. Bowen's did
vision.
-, g. The officers and men of Brigadie1 General
4 The officers and men of the I'd Texas Regi-
ment. Ne-
.. The officers and men OF Waul's Legion.
q Also, all Confederate officers and men who
nave been delivered at City Point at any time
changed, and are hereby so declared
5-6t ROBT OIJiD AGENT of Exchonoo
Spirit of the age., 1863-10-26

blazing cloud, that zone could lpok mp
Cd, served as a veil to bid His
awful brow. From its midst, as some
bright orb in the far depths of Heaven,
beamed, with lustre whitening and
intense, 'The great ALL Seeing Eye
which scanned the ranks successive as
they knelt. The Seraphims, who bow
forever round the eternal Throne, veil
cd with their sparkling wings their
prying eyes snd done low reverence.
Cherubic legions, too, had left the
"golden battlements of Heaven" to
worship here on earth. Archangel
bands no more made bare their glitter
ing swords in distant worlds, but sped
In peaceful garb to Join thc rest. And
angels, too, left for an hour their en-
bassies of peace, to worship here before
Man, pure and jast.' Princes and
mighty powers : birds, beasts, and
creeping things; all that-the hand Of
God had made in earth, or sea, or sky,
were summoned here to witness mans
first act of fealty in. keeping Gods first
Jaw.
Hour after hour rolled on, and still
the voice of praise assembled, and the
( gush Of song broke from the innumer-
able host that knelt in humble worship
there, till, as the sun rased his chariot
on the western hills, the "still small
voice" of the Eternal King babe the
two last creatures he hsa made stand
forth y
Oh it would need an angels pen to
paint how grandly awful and sublime the
scene that made our parents one They
laid not down their offering on an al
tar built by man, bat aI the footstool
of the Throne ITSELF No temple rear
ed its sculptured roof above them, but
the deep arch of Heavens blue deme
was their gorgeous ceiling! No hu-
man friends stood round the wedding
robes, but the wide hosts of the On
pipotent, clad in the royal livery of
, Heaven !! No feeble worm pronounced
them man and wife, but the voice Of
Him, whose gentlest whisper. shakes
the Universe, declared the two one
, flesh - and all his armies answered
t "Yea, Amen! p .
5 Gorgeously did the sun draw: the
5 crimson curtains of his couch, as be
flung himself to rest thereon. Ten
derly did the angels sing their evening
t parting hymn, as they bade adieu te
, the bright earth. TRANQUILITY did tht
first star of evening pour its mellow
! beam upon violet bed of two fair beings
= as they lay folded in each others arms
$
l Another evening came. There wa
S thorns in the pillow iof. Adam, and th
: flaming sword of the Gherubim flashe
g between his sIeepless eyes and his one
n loved Eden. The serpent be had ca
ressed had stung him and sin, ingrat
is tude and death were. mans sole heri-
Spirit of the age., 1863-10-26
FOR THE SPIRIT ST THE AGE.
LINES

)n the death of WILLIE S. WILSON, for,
noerly of CorUilIe, Pitt csunty,-I- c.
BY ERATo.
And is it true that thou hast past
. From death to meet thy doom
Or have they told me falseof him,
1LOVED IN GIRLHoOD'S RLooM!
They tell me that at Gettysburg,
Thy noble spirit fled
That on the CORY field of death
You number 'mong the dead!
I'd rather think that thou vast with
The angels up on high,
Than know that thou shouldst suffer here,
AS long, as deep as l.
But still within my heart feel
A longing wish for thee
And wish lain to see thy face
In happiness and glee!
On msmory's tablet thy sweet name
Is deeply written too,
And ever IN re in grief or glee
I'll fondly think of you.
And when my journey here is past,
My sorrows all are DER,
HOPE TO MEET THEE UPON HIGH,
WHERE WE SHALL PART NO MORE!
Fav4ttpyille N
Spirit of the age., 1863-10-26
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Spirit of the age., 1863-10-26

Another evening came. There was
thorns in the pillow of Adam, and the
flaming sword of the Gherubim flashed
between his sIeepless eyes and his once
loved Eden. The serpent he had ca
ressed had stung him and sin, ingrat.
tude and death were. mans sole heri-
tage
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-06-03

ed the heights OF Fredericksburg, and
drove Sedgwick across the river, with the
loss Of one third of his force. Thus Lee,
with one great army beat tive snaller ar
mics in detail.
A. The battles Of Saturday and Sunday
were indispuiabie rebel victories, as the
eneny's attack upon Sedgwick on Monday.
proved. The latter was defeated almost
before Hooker's eyes, and the latter could
not even make a. diversion, to save him.
Lee and Jackson, drove our army steadily
from point to point until it was crowded.
back Upon the south bank Of the river. Our
artillery-which, according to the rebel.
accounts, was splondidly served-no doubt
saved what remained of the army.
5. The retreat across the river according
to Lees dispatch to JEFF. Davis, commence
ed on Sunday night. and was in csnse-
quence Of his signal victory. The Ad-
ninistration's statement is that it was.
commenced on Tuesday night, siHply as
matter of precastion on account Of the
storm and the rising stream. Lees ac-
count has all the known facts and proba-
biliiies on its side. The Union cores
pondents' all agree that the stores and bag
gage were moved to the north bank on
Monday, leaving nothing but the artillery
and infantry to cross on Tuesday. The
fierce storm of that day probably saved the.
bulk Of our army which was passed at
night.
6. General Hooker's statement of his
losses reads, as if it was made by General
Wadswarth. He says his total loss in kill
ed, wouRded and missing, will not be more
than ten thousand men. IL this be true,
there are several circumstances that need
explaining badly. General Sedgwick alone.
all the accounts agree, lost oRe.third his
force, or about six thousand men. But
call il Ave thousand. The capture of
Fredericksburg, and the storming Of the
heights in its rear on Sunday, lost useight
hundred men in killed and wounded. This
would leave but little over four thousand to
have been killed, wounded and captured
in the treAendous battles Of Saturday and
Sunday, when at the very least one hum
dred and fifty thousand men met in dead
ly conflict. II Hooker and Lee command.
ed Chinese armies this might have been
possible, but as they we're Americans on
both sides, it is simply incredible. The
rost Of the Eleventh Corps, and the driv-
ing back Of our whole lines for two days in
succession, must have cost us-we will not
say how many men, but certainly more
than four thousand. Judged by the other
k.,.ia, nr al. .,ar AL. G.h. .unht a bav.
put twenty five thousand men hors du
combat. General Hooker may be right in
his estimate, but il he is, the fighting on
both sides was disgracsful.
But the theme is too painful to dwell
upon. The whole management Of the cam
paign shows painful lack both Of capacity
and true courage, OF mental force and
high sense Of honor. Our rulers are alike
incapable and unyeracious.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-06-03

UhG. Gen. Mcclellan says of Sonevan
Jaek,on.-In a conversation recently in
Washington city. Gen, Mcclellan express
ed himself msch grieved at the death Ok
Stonewsll Jackson, and said Of him:
NO one can help admiring a man like
Jackson. He was sincere, and true, and
valiant. Yet no one has disappointed me
more than he has. Jackson was one OF mf
classmates, and al college never promised
to be the man he has proved himself. He
was always very slow, and acquired les
son only after great labor. And yet his
determination was so great that he never
gave ANYTHING up until he succeeded. His
character seems to have changed since, for
he has exhibited great CELEBRITY in all his
movements, while in cOmmsnd Of rebel
forces. Lee is perhaps the most able COM
mander the rebels have. and Jackson was
their best executive s6ieer."
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-06-03
The Eject Of Hooker's Dsfeat In the
North.

The New York Horld has scathins re-
view Of the record Of the history OF the
weeks fighting on the RapPahabnock. II
is severe but Just, and 10 al once graphic
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-06-03

Corros DESTROYED D.-Savannah, Ga. May
a6.-A train Of cotton, property Of the Con.
federate States, was destroyed accidentally
by fire, at Boston, on the Gulf Railroad,
to.day.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-01-21
General Commanding.
PorSrrp pREAcu1Sc.-Father Moody Tas

POINTED PREAcHISc.-Fathcr M%2@y 40"
'an.excentric men, IL had in hls e9nsres"-
LON t. uyl.' iinssahnn a wealthy farmer, who
had kept back his large stock of corn from
the market in hope Of raising the price. The
pastor heard of it, and resolved to make a
public attack upon the transgress22;:. One
Sabbath he yeai for hia te1', = lie ths' with
helleth the cY+n, th' people shall curse hln
but blessings shalrbe upon the head Of him
that selle,h it, Prov. &c. Col. lnSral am
could not but know to whGm reference Ta6
made, but he held up Lis lead and faced bis
pastor with look Of s,olid Inconsistencies.
Father Moody went On With very strong re-
marks, became sill warmer and touched tile
Colonel still more closely, who, however, still
held up his head. apparently determined not
to feel. A. last the preacher lost al patience,
and cried out, "Col. Ingraham, you know
,hst mean you why don. IA! aaaan;i e2*n
vour heed ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-01-21
A Conscript Regiment.

4 gentleman from Yicksburg tells ns that
in one,of the late fights around that city, a
regiment composed of conscripts, and lot
considered very reliable as raw leries, was
posfe'lin q pnsiticn where il was supposed
they would. rot he exposed to a very severe
ordeal. 1t turned out that their position be-
came the hottest part ofthe field. They we're
singled out for a charge by a heavy column
ut the enemy. Their Colonel, wLo tells the
story, states that whenthe Yankees made
thei- appearance in front, and came up in
splendid line, the conscrpts showed evident
signs Of LreaSineSs. lie saw the heads of
bis men turning every which way, 10 the
right. lef; and rear, and from all the indica-
tiuns Of uns:radimp.s. he expected every mo.
lnent 10 see them break and run. lie found
i; necessary 10 use all his GOODNESS and judg-
ment TO restore confidence. Riding along
their lines, With 3 steady men," wait for
orders" "'ion't fire anlil give he word.
lie managed to keep them i'll lite Until tie
Yankees got up within point .llatl range
when he gave the word lire Says tl
Colonel, it seemed TO ME that every soldier
in lie regiment picked out lis nun in th.
encmy's ranks, and that one well, down for
cvery trigger Fullci.'' The fire threw the
Yankees into confusion, seeing which the
Colonel of the eonscrlpts gaye,lhc command
to charge, and with wild krrIa the fresh
lcvie,' rushed forward like . pack Of devils
just uncaged from Tartasus, and drove the
enemy from the Ge!i. Since that day, no Of.
ticer makes any distinction between rolun-
teers, regulars and conscriIts in the Y;cks
burg army.-Mobie Register.