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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1850-10-04
FEMALE REPUTATION.

Brighter than polished silver, more valua-
be than Peruvian ore, more precious than
the pearls Of the sea, than the diamond in
the bowels Of the earth, or all the shining
treasures Of Potosi, is reputation to q woman.
As the time that Is past and gone forever,
as the word that escapes thy lips returneth
not again, 50 is the name Of a woman when
il eoeth from her.
Art thou as beautiful as the morning p
Art thou as comedy as the EVENING" Dc
strangers speak thy praise, and thy aequain'
tances pour their eneomiums upon thee =
Yet thy way Is = narrow path, from which i
thou ~sirayest thou wilt never more ind j
cut thy praises will be turned into revilings
and thy encOmiums into keen reproaches.
AT thou placed on an eminenee anon
the daughters of woman2 Do thou sit Q
the head ofthe boardi Do crowds of adm
rers bow down before thee with reverence
Yet, thou sittest on . slender pinnacle, froi
which the sudden breath Of indiscretion, {
the strong blast Of envy may east you down
% that thy fall be as that Of the falling m
teor, that shall be despised in the dust. an
gazed on high no more. WOuldst thou pr
serve this jewel Of high price? Let not Il
boaster, nor the prOfessed betrayer come ne
thy house. Encourage not q train Of adm
rers, lest their envy and jealousy Of each OF
er cast an odium upon thy conduct.
As the way of a man on the ridge Of
house, isthe path Of a among a crc'
offools. But the coquette is light Of hea
and daneeth long No wonder, thereto
she falleth yet affect not to despise ten
tations. The prude loOseth her good ma
BY the means she taketh to prevent it.
Keep, therefore, the appearance of evil a
distance ; forthe show Of 4 crime may be
fatal to thy reputation as the reality o
transgression.
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RocKrIsH v1LLAer, Sept. 26th, 1850.

RocKFIsH VILLAeE, Sept. Goth, 1850.
Bro. GoRMAN l take this opportunity Of
informing you, that on last evening I organ
ised American Eagle Division, No. 1888,
Sons Of Temperance. The Division was o
pened with IA members, and l am Of opinion
that it will do well. The following brothers
we're elected officers of the Division: VIM.
&. Gould, W. p, KinOn Phillips, W. A.,
Kineth A. Black, R. s., Daniel E. Lamon,
A. R. s., James R. Moore, F. S., David j,
Pridgeon, T., John w. Grimsly, c., JOIN
NJ. Morgan. A. c., Thomas Arnett, 1. s..
Archibald Reeves, o. s., james Cain ap
pointed P. W. P. for the ensuing quarter
Yours, in L. P. & F.
JAMES CAIN.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1850-10-04

A SERIOUS JoKE.-The Meredith
Bridge IN. H.) Democrat states that a
younr gentleman and young lady at Cen.
ire Harbor, not many days since, reques-
ted Squire Thompson, Of that place. 10
unite them ia marriage, with which de-
sire he forthwith compilations Of them
Il is said, agreeing to pay him FIVE dol
lars for the service, and the othor prom
Using an additional compensation Of q
bus6el Of beans. The parties now say
they preferred their request for marriage
merely in fun. But the Squire informs
them that they are tied fast, and can
back out-lhe marriage having been lie
eally recorded on the town books a 5
Verilable contract.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1850-10-04

BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.-"Iti is not in
a splendid goveramentsupported by pow
ertul monopolies and. aristocratical estab-
lishments, that the people will find their
happiness or liberties protected but in
a plain system void of all pomp-protec.
ting all and granting favors to nome
dispensing its blessings like the dew o
Heaven, unseen and unfelt save in thu
freshness and beauty they contribute II
pIoduce."- Jackson.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1850-10-04
PnrScn,s CnrrK. Sent. 20. 1s5O.


Bro. GoRMAS: Az / have never seen B.
ny communication in your valuable paper
from any member Of our Division, l take the
opportunity Of letting you know something Of
our progress. Our Division was opened the
10Th Of September, 1849, with fourteen
members /; at this time we number forty, and
are gaining faster than we possibly could ex-
pect from the strong opposition which We
have had to contend with. The z~ealodsness
Of u members, from the opening of our Di-
vision up to the present time, so strictly car
rying out the true principles Of our Order,
in Love, Purity and Fidelity, has a power
full influence on every age and sex. The
Ladies in our vicinity are taking bold of oul
good and glorious cause, and are welding
their benign influence in our success. Thu
good that our Order has done here, is indis
cribable ; it has had a good influence on tn
morals of sOciety-several of our member
have come out under the banner Of Christ
as well as that of temperance, and seem I
advocate the good and glorious cause of re
ligion with great 6rmness. We are rearin
up at this time a fine two story building tn
lower story to be dedicated to the worship
God, and the upper story viii be our Divisio
room, which will be large and airy.
Yours in L. p. & T.
A SON.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1850-10-04

O. Now is the time to work and gather the
great moral harvest for the temperance cause:
Sons, Cadets, Daughters, Rechabites, old tenn
perance folks, Washingtonians, let us all take
hold. A long pull, a strong pull, and a pull al
together.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1850-10-04
I. O.. @. r.
MASONIC g SONS % TRMPHRANeH

MASONIC & SONS of TEMPERANCE
n-PREMIUM REGALlA DEP0T-n
TIBBS & SMITH, No. rs Baltimore St.
" Baltimore, Md, respectfully invite the al
tention of the Brethren Of the different Orders
throughout the Country to their extensive and
beautiful assortment OF
* REGALIAs, BANNERS, SAsHEs, Cos
TUNES, JEWELS, &c.-E5 All Of which are
got up under Their immediate inducements, and
comprises One OF the largest assOrlmens 70 be
found in the United States.
Members Of % E~NcAMPAEErs, ODD FEL-
Lows, MAsoNs, Sons OF TEMPERANCE, RED
MENs, and other Associations wishing to fur
nish their HALLS, or supply themselves lndivid
ually with REGALlA, will find our House oilers
great inducements, as we keep constantly on
hand ; large aud beautiful assortment II all
styles.
&C. ENcAMPMESrs, LopGEs, or DTvIsioNs Of
the Sons OF TEMPERANCE forwarding their
Orders may depend upon the articles being fur
nished in as good style and al as low prices as
If they were present 10 select.
BANNERs, FLAGS, PENNANrs, Sc. for the
different associations, made To order at the shor-
GIBBS s. SMITH,
Regalia & Banner Manufacturers.
No. rs BaluIpure ST., Baltimore.
Sept. 26, 1850.
% We are the largest Manufacturers Of Re
CALAIS s BANNERS in this State or Virginia
and viii vie with any other Establishment in
the US. Consequently we tan supply you sitE
any article in our line, as lqw as they can b
had ia this or any o;her Gity. G. Rs
Sly
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SHELBY DIVISION, No. II, .. Of 7.
22d Sent. 1850,

- HNPO' 1OOO' J
Bro. GoRMAS At the last meeting Of our
Division the following resolutions were unan-
imously adopted, viz:
ResoEued, That we believe that the next
meeting of the Grand Division should be held
west Of the Catawba River, as a right which
the members of the Order in the west arr
entitled to.
Resolced, By this Division that Lincoln
ton is the most suitable place for holding tbs
meeting.
Resohed, That the R. s. send a copy 0
the above to the Esprit Of the Age" a
Raleigh, for publication.
Yours, in L. P. &F.
H. DIX. CABANISS, r. S.
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Form of Application,
FOR A CHARTER FOR A SECTION OF
The Cadets Of Temperanee.

Date.1
The undersigned, youths 49, eliev-
ing the Order Of the Cadets Of Temperaaee to
be we'll calculated 10 extend the blessings of
Abstinence, and promote the general wei
fare of mankind, respectfully petition the Grand
Section Of the Stale Of North Carolina, to
grant them a Charter to open a new Section To
be, called the --S Section, No. -,
Cadets Of Temperance, Of the State Of North
Carolina, to be located in--,a and un-
der your jurisdiction.
We pledge ourselves, individually and coli
lectively, to be governed by all the rules and
usages os said Grand Section, and also by those
Of the National Section when formed.
Enclosed is the fee for Charter, R. Books, and
officers Cards, $500.
Il must also be stated whether the applicants
are members Of the Order or not; il they are,
Of what Section.
The application to be directed to John F.
Hewlett, e. w. P. Greensboro, N. G. 5rse Of
postage. To which must be appended the fol-
lowing certificate.
This is to certify that Bro.--.whose
name appears to the above as w. P. elect, is
now a Son Of Temperance in good standing in
-Division No. - S. Of L.
Signed by the w. P. Of the Division.
P.S. All kinds of Regalia tor the Cadets
of Temperance, for sale by the Grand Section.
Apply postpaid to the G. W.P.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1850-10-04

Awitty moralist used to say oil taverns,
that they we're places where men sold
madness BY the bottle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1850-10-04

only SO, but members coming IN and remain
ing for life, are deserving of a brighter
crown than if they were compelled to remain
or come out covered with infamy. There
fore we most solemnly and unequivocally
protest against any such alteration in our OBJ
legation,
II -RETI. ,
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J. J. E Z. h RzEEi ) CON,
CoIUMErA DIVISION s. OF 7. No. ISL.

COLUMBIA DIVISION 3. OF !. NO. 1oA-
WHEREAS, This Division has heard with
unfeigned surprise and astonishment, Of the
action Of the National Division in the en-
actment Of the " ec post factO" law, inre-
latiOn to the words in this respect " in our
obligation 7; be it therefore
Resotved, That if the action Of the Ma
tiOnal Division be sustained by the Grand
Division Of the State, that this Division will
Immediately return their Charter, and fur
thermore they hereby enter their solemn pro
test against it.
JNO. A.. WARROCK,)
L. 8. RICE, ECOm.
B. A. SPRUILL,
Ordered that the above resolution be pub
lished in the Spirit of the Age.
ELISPRUILL, W. p.
B. A. SPRUILL, R. s.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1850-10-04

Water is natures tonic, and necessary
for coed health.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1850-10-04

Rum PAUPERlSM, N CRIME.-In
Scotland the discovery has been made
that, for some years there has been a
steady increase of taverns, and a cores
ponding increase Of public crimes, and
poor rates. Some shrewd people sus-
pect that the first of these is to be regar-
ded as the cause, and the two latter as
its effects. And as this suspicion has
spread very wide and taken deep hold of
peoples minds, a very general move
ment has been organized for reducing
the number of taverns. The trGde has
consequently taken alarm, and a~ssocia-
tions have been formed Of Brewers,
Distillers, Tavern keepers, Innkeepers,
Victuallers, Winners, GrocerS, ct hoe &c
nus Dune, to oppose the movement, I'M
der the plea, that %taverns, are neccessa-
~ to the public veal, and that TO ab:idge
t their number. would be to make an un-
} Just encroachment on the natural liber.
t ties Of the subject. 1t is the old CRY
, which Demetrious and his companion.
raised in Ephesus, but they have no
like him had the honesty to acknowledg,
o their motive. by this craft we have GU
|, wealth. &C Canada Temperance .Adrocate,
d THE DIFFERENcE.-The difference be
tween Prof. Webster and modern liquo
!, sellers is this:-he killed his victim, an
k when dead, cut his body to pieces
They cut their victims to pieces ALIvE
hewing off but an inch at a time, an
e then killing them. AT one process III
y community are horror stricken, and tn
rebel murderer expiates his crimes upo
the gallows. In the other, the exec,
ne TONERS are welcomed as good citizen
and petted by a discriminating comml
nifty. .Fs,s England Fountain,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-12-17
A Siberian Winter.


The traveller in Siberia, during the Win
ter, is so enveloped in furs that he can
scarcely move; and under the thick fur
hood, which is fastened to the bear skin col
lar and covers the whole face, one can onlv
draw in, as it were by stealth, little of the
external air, which is so keen that it causes
a very peculiar and painful feeling to the
throat and lungs Tho distance from one
halting place to another takes about ten
hours during which time the traveller must
always continue on horseback, as the cum
brous dress makes it insupportable to wade
through the snow. The poor horses suffer
at least as much as their riders for besides
the general effect of the cold, they are tor.
mented by ice forming in their nostrils and
stopping their breathing. When they init
mate this, by distressed snort and con
vulsive shaking Of the head, the drivers re-
lleve them 10y taking out the pieces OF ice, to
save him from being suilocaed. When the
icy ground is not covered by snow, their
hoofs often burst from the effect of the cold.
The caravan is always surrounded by thick
cloud Of yapor it is rot only living bodies
which produce this eilec., put even the sncw
smokes. These corporations are instantly
changed into millions of needles of ice,
which fill the air,and cause constant slight
roise resembling the sound Of torn satin or
silk Even the reindeer seeks the forest to
protect himself from the intensity of the
cold In the tundoas, where ;hero is no
shelter to be found, the whole herd crowd
together as close as possible TO gain little
warmth from each other, and may be seen
standing in this way quite molioness Only
the dark bird of Winter the raven, still
cleaves the icy air with slow and heavy wing,
leaving behind him long line of thin va
por, marking the track of his solitary night.
The influence of the cold extends even to
inanimate nature. The thickcst trunks of
trees are rent asunder with loud sound.
which, in these deserts, falls on the car like
a signal shot at sea; large masses of rocks
are torn from their ancient sites the ground
in the tundoas and in the rocky valleys,
forming wide yawning fssurcs from which
the waters, which were beneath the surface.
give off cloud of vapor, and become i'm
mediately changed into ice. The effect of
this degree Of cold extends even beyond the
earth. The beauty of the deep polar star,
so often and SO justly praised, disappears in
the dense atmosphere which the intensity OF
The cold produces, he stars still glisten
in the armament, but their brlliancy is dim
med.-1rdgeis in the North.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-12-17

MovE ON.---If you are ever to be any
hing, you must make beginning, and must
make it yourself. The world is getting too
practical to help droncs, and push them a
long, when there is a busy hive of workers,
who, if anything, live too fast You must
lift up your own feet, and if you have clogs
on which clatter about your heels, they will
soon oe worn off and left behind on the
dusky pathway. Mark out the line which
you prefer, let truth be the object glass
honesty the surveying chain-and eminence
the level with which you lay out your field ;
and thus prepared, with prudence on one
arm and perseverance on the other, you
need fear no obstacle. Do not be afraid to
lakc the first step. Boldness will beret as
surance, and the first step will bring you so
much nearer the second. But if our first
step break down, try again. 1t will be surer
and safer, by tho trial. Besides, if you new
er move, YOU will never know your own
power. a man standing still and declaring
his inability to walk, without making an eff.
fort, would be general laughing stock
and so, morally, is tho man, in our opinion
who will no. test his own moral and intel.
ectual power, and then gravely assure u.
that he has " no genius" or no talent" OF
/" no capacity" a man with seeing eye.
keeping them shut, and complaining that
he cannot see, is the trumpe.er of his own
inability.
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Want Of Courage.

Sydney Smith, in his work on moral phil
osophy, speaks in this wise OF what men lose
for want Of q little brass, as it is termed:
"a great deal of talent is lost to the
world for want of a little courage. Every
day sends 10 their graves number of OBJ
scure men who have only remained in OBJ
security because their timdity has prevented
them from making first effort, and who, if
they could only have been induced to begin,
would, in all probability, have gone great
lengths in the career of fame, The fact is,
in order to do anything in this world worth
doing, we must not stand shiyerirg on the
bank, and thinking of the cold and danger,
but jump in and scramble through as well
as we can. 1t will not do to be perpetualy
calculating risks, and adjusting nice chances
it did very well before the flood, when a
man could consult his friends upon an in.
tended publication for hundred and fifty
years, and then live 10 see its success for six
or seven centuries afterwards; but at pres
ent man waits, and doubts. and hesitates.
and consults his brother, and his uncle, and
his first cousins and his particular friends,
till one day he finds lie is sixty,fvc years of
ag"-ihat he has lost so much time in con-
sulting first cousins and particular friends,
that he has no more time left TO follow their
advice. There is such little time loI over
squeamishness at present, the opportunity
so easily slips away, the very period of life
at which man chooses to venture, if ever,
is so confined that it is no badrule to preach
up the necessity, in such instances, OF lit
lie violence done to the feelings, and of ei-
forts made in defiance of strict and sober
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-12-17
Law of Newspapers.

|. Subscribers who do not give express no.
ticc to the contrary, arc considered as wishing
to continue their subscription.
3. If subscribers order the disconiinuance Of
their papers, the publisher may continue to send
them till all that is due he paid.
g. If subscribers neglect or refuse TO take
their papers from the Office TO which they arc
directed they arc held responsible till they
have settled their bills and ordered their papers
discontinued.
4. If subscribers move to other places, with
ont informing the publisher, and the paper is
sent to the former direction, they are held re.
sponsihle.
>. The courts have decided that refusing to
axe paper from the office. or removing and
caving 1t uncalled for, is prima iaca evidence
of intentional fraud.
6. A Postmaster neglccting TO inform pub.
Usher when his paper is not taken from the Of.
flee, makes himself liable for his subscription
price.
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The OLD SpIRIT.-Col. s., of Yer
mont was an officer in the war OF lSl2,a1d
did good service on the Canadian frontier
during that memorable struggle. He was
small in stature, but of heroic spirit, and,
without being blustercr, wa, us brave as
Caesar. Moreover, according to the fashion
Of the day, he wa: something Of pugilist.
and rather formidable antagonist at fisti-
cuffs. A better natrred man never lived,
but wlen he was provoked by intentional
insult, which was not often, the offender
rarely escaped chastisement. Soon after the
close o. the war, the Colonel joined the
Methodist church. Meeting one day Squire
Il, a fat, lubbcrly lawyer Of great size,
and an old enemy, the latter, designing to
take advantage Of the colonel's profession of
religion, began to ridicule and insult him
with unmannerly jokes AT all these the
Colonel only laughed, till the squire, an
cry at his equanimity, told him that ho
was " coward, and his father before him. "
The Colonel could stand it no longer, and
with all the spirit Of the soldier, he retorted
thus :" It's not much matter what am, sir,
but my Jdtler was brave man and an hon
est one, and should be ashamed of the re-
ligion profess, if could allow his name to
be insulted by scoundrel Now, SIR" said
the Colonel, squaring up to the squire, "you
must swallow your words or your teeth -
The squire chose the former alternative,
and did not again venture to insult an old
soldier because he was Methodist Boston
Past
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Dr"This animal" said an itinerant
Snowman, 6" is the royal African hyena,
measuring fourteen feet from the up OF
his nose to the end Of his tail, aud the
same distance back again, making in all
twent, eight feet. He cries in the woods
in the night season, like human being
in distress, aud then dcsuuIs all 'h"Se
who come to his assistance; a sad IN
stance Of the depravity of human ma
ture,"
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o. An extensive bed of bitumlnous
coal has lately been discovered in Chat>
ham County, North Carolina, on the
Cape Fear river, which is navigable for
vessels Of from $50 to 300 tons burthen,
to within 80 or 40 miles Of the coal bed
where navigation is interrupted by raP>
ids. A company, formed for the pur-
pose of mining the coal. intend con-
s,ructing canal around the rapids OF
sufIicien, depth to float barges of large
tonnage and towards the proposed work
the State has already made liberal ap'
propriation. The coal is said TO burn
freely, and to be entirely clear oil sui
phur; and the company anticipate
handsome profit from their enterprise.
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BARNUM's FIRST OpERArIoV.-A few
years ago. a small drove of Buffaloes
were driven east Tor exhibition, but the
speculation proving failure, they were
sold in Utica, N. Y, to pay expenses.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer says:
Barnum, hearing of this, lost no time
in buying the BulIaloes, getting them
cheap. lie took them to Hoboken,
where he hired them to keep, saying
nothing 10 anybody. lie next went TO all
the ferrymen nn the river and asked a
bout what their daily receipts were. AS
certaining that, he proposed TO charter
their services for single day, paying
them slight sum above ordinary re-
cepts. To this they assenied, and he
bound the bargains hy advancing por-
ton of the pay Next appeared barn
door bills in flaming capitals posted all
over New York, that on such day there
would be grand Buffalo Chase at Ho>
boken; eighteen live Bufuloes fresh
from the praries, aud wild Indians
mounted on native chargers to chase
them, &c Sc, all to be seen free gratis
and for nothing New York turned out
as it never had before. The ferryboats
ran from early light till . o'clock the
next morning loaded to their guards with
passengers. The net proceeds of the
whole operation amounted to S5O00,
aud this was the beginning of Barnnm s
success and his subsequent fortune.
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o. In the following passage from a
modern love letter to a young lady, we
recognize a somewhat unusual delicacy
of compliment How | wish, my dear
Adeline, my engagements would permit
me To leave town aud go TO see you. it
would be like visiting some old ruin
hallowed Ivy time, and lraughl with a
thousand pleasing reeolleclions =
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A Valentine.
by GRACE GREENWOOD.

We never met yet to my soul,
Thy name hath been voice OF singing
And ever to thy glorious lays
The echoes Of my heart are ringing
We never metz yet is thy face,
Thy pictured face, before me now,
Strangely, like life, almost see
The dark curls wave upon thy brow!
This face reveals that poet life,
Still deepening, still rising higher,
A breathing from thy soul of song,
A glow from out thy heart of fire
And yet, unlike thy portraiture,
l would thy liring face might be,
For ever, as gaze on his,
Thine eyes are turned array from me-.
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in state Of siege-thc Imperial troops had
been rcpulsed with loss; and tho Governor
of the district had fled in dismay 10 Pekin
The effects of these rcverses upon trade
we're most serious. An embargo had been
placed upon the traffic Of the West River
and a regular black mail was levied upon
all teas passing through the tracts occupied
by the insurgent force.