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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-09-22
TO SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
MASONS, ODD FELLOWS,
AND Ali OTHER ORDERS
A 6 D SO OlETlEs.

MCDONALD s LYONS, No I, Exchange
Ill Place, Richmond, Va, 2 doors from the
Post Office, manufacturers of u. S. Flags,
Regalia, Banners, Costumes, EmblemJ, jew
els, Marshal's Sashes and Hat Bands, Narshals
Batons, Gavels, Ballot Boxes, &C., &c. One
Of our firm has just returned from the North
ern cities with 4 large and splendid assortment
Of every kind of Trimming necessary for our
business in all its branches. Our stock has
been selected from the best importing houses
We are, therefore, prepared to manufacture ev
cry thing in our line at unusually low prices,
and warrant orr Regalia 10 give satisfaction in
style and quality.
EIectrotype Seals engraved at short notice
and forwarded to any State by mail.
Banners painted and trimmed in every va
riety Of style. from, $25 up to The most costly.
Gold and Silver Embroidery of any pattern
or design, executed in the best manner at short
%Eotice.
MCDONALD & LYONS,
No. 7 Exchange Place. Richmond, Va.
l. N. B.-Gold and Silver Laces. Stars, Bull
ion, Fringe, Tassels, Braid, Banner Silks,
Gilt Eagles, &C., &C., always on hand and for
sale low. Med. & Il.
A. NJ. G0RMAN, Agent for n. C.
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NOTICE

IS hereby given that application will be made
to the next General Assembly to have the
Charter OF the City Of Raleigh amended.
WM. DALLAS HAYWOOD,
aug ~, 1907. OFT. ATTENDANT.
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A handsome young girl stepped into a
store where a spruce young man, who had
long been enarnored, but dared not speak,
stood behind the counter, selling goods. In
order to remain as long as possible, she cheap
ened everything, and at last she sid:
Il believe you think Pm cheating YOU
ooh, no. said the youngster, to me you
are always fair
Well whispered the young lady, blushing
as she laid a Slight emphasis on the word, I
would not stay SO long, bargaining, if you
were not so dear.
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FURNITURE WARE House.

@HE Citizens of Edgecombe and the neigh
4 boring Counties are respectfully solicited to
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-09-22

1He lOlOWluS was taken from the ]Oufnal
Of a Revolutionary soldier:
A CURE FOR LovE-Take a grain of
sense half a grain of prudence, a dram of
understanding, one ounce of patience, a
pound of resolution, and a handful of dislike;
intermix them well, and fold them togeth-
er in the alembic Of your brain for twenty
four hours. Then set them on a slow fire
of hatred, and strain them clean from the
dregs of acknowledgements them with
forgetfulness, then put them into the bottle
Of your heart, stopping them down with the
cork ofsound Judgment let them stand IL
days in the water of cold affection. This
rightly made and properly applied, is the
most e%ffectuai remedy in the universe, anC
was never known to fail.
N. b. The ingredients can be found a
the House of Understanding in Constan
street, by going up the hill of selfdeniaI. i!
the town Of forgetfrlness, in the county G
LOVE NO MoRE.
WHAT Is ATOP "A Mr.. Stark, in a lee
ture before the Young Mems Association c
: Troy, N. Y, gave a definition Of the abov,
r The fop is a complete specimen of an GU
{ side philosopher. He is one-third collar
; one-sixth patent leather, one-fourth walkin
i stick, and the rest gloves and hair. AS t
his remote ancestry there is some doub
y but it is now well settled that he is the SO
I of a tailor's goose. He becomes e~cstatic
the smell Of new cloth. He is somewh;
nervous and to dream of a ~tailor's bill give
him the night mare. By his air one woul
judge he had been dipped like Achilles b,
9 it is evident that the goddess held him b
4 the head instead of the heels. Neverth,
, less such men are useful. If there were |
! tadpoles there would be no frogs. They al
h not so entirely to blame for being devoted
e%xternals. Paste diamonds must have
splendid setting to make them sell. On
it does seem a waste of material to put Fl
dollars worth of beaver on FIVE cents wor
of brains
Il. A YANKEE, pedlar, recommending a sa
said that one of the same kind of scyth
was so sharp, that they hung it on a tr,
e, in Kentucky, and its shadow cut a maj
leg off!
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CHINE.


The statistics Of crime form subject Of investigs-
ton. From the returns It appears that the whole
Der OF persons convicted Of crime In the United States
for the ending the rst day Of June 1859 about
$1,000 W these 1000 native and II, 600 forsign
born. The whole number In prison on the first day Of
june was about 6700, Of whom 200 were native and
400 foreign 1t will be borne In mind that the native
prisoners include coored oonvcts the number Of whom
1t Is impossible to state time has not suiced to admit
Of the more separation into classes other than
native ard foreign. Our criminal statistics when fully
understood will present many subjects for reflection and
open wide and interesting Geld for the study OF The
christian, moialist, and statesman.
Personal ESTATE.
Appended to report will be found table Of the
valuation Of real and personal estate owned by indivi
ouas in each Of the United States This table which
fixes the wealth Of citizens at more than 1873 mil
lions Of dollars Is made up from the official returns Of
property for the purposes Of taxation where the
ment has been made sum less than the intrinsic
worth the Assistant Marshas instructed to add the
necessary per cent:ge to bring it up to its true value
We Of opinion that the entire table falls short OF the
reality at least 20 per cent For the purposes Of taxa
ton especially on personal property the full amount in
value nogeneraly given in and in rural districts espe
ciay all kinds Of property are assessed at much less
than their worth The table does not represent stocks
bonds owned by the separate States by the general
government This return will be narrowly scrutnized,
and will furnish matter for many discussion poiti
cal economy. The value Of slaves Is included.
The following the valuation Of real and personal
tate Of the inhabitants Of the United States for the year
ending June l. 1861
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ANNUAL DEATHS PER CENT 1850
2.-ExPEcTAIIoN oF LEE.

The expectation OF life, expresses In AMI decimal
parts of year the future length of life be lived
an average, after attaining given age Thus ar
living ct the age Of thirty the average future lifetime
of males by the Massachusetts, table is thirty years
while ttat Of females is thirty five aad four tenths
The expectations for other and columns of the table
will readily be understood from in elton though
the analytic process Of deriving the values requires
collateral research aud professional experience As the
year is a natural unit Of time universally familiar, the
expectation is doubtless the pest method that could
be deved tor exhibiting at glance the changing value
OF life Viewed ss whole the general
both OF the ratios Of mortality and the leng Of
Life, from Independent sources sufficiently veraes their
accuracy
For general estimates adopting the current classdca
tion of the States the American census exhibits the
following ratios OF mortality, dsregardng the ages at
DEATH
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ductsns q agriculture well calculated n such an 90
count viii BE- 70 make people better aoq TAINTED With
NE I'm portanoe Of their productions recprocy and Lead
to moro general and perfect sympathy The subject il
ono worthy more abls Pen. and wovd shriuk from the
task conscious Of inability to do justice to the subject
aid 1 NOT suppose that this feeble effort may present
points OF practical value for establishment By those
better adapted for the duty.
IMPROVED
The statement under this head In tho agricultural
table shows that the average quantity OF improved
land, by which II meant only such - produce crops
or in some manner add to the productions OF ths
farmer In about seven and one third acres to
each inhsbitant but perhaps two ffths Of the
population live In towns and villages and engaged In
other pursuits than those OF agriculture the proportion
OF mproy land 10 be assigned 10 each occupying
working It may be assumed TO be not less than IL
acres In the New England States the average for the
whole population Is q little than acres to each
person. In New York and nsylvsnia p10 acres; in
portion Is about In South Carolina acres In
Kentucky IL acres and In Tennessee acres The cash
value of the farms In tho United states Is set down at
5 270,733,o93.
UNEMPLOYED
This return Is to be understood including the unim
proved land connected with belonging to those farms
from which productions returned. In the present
unsettled state of large portions OF the country this
classification Is OF less practical utility than it will be
to form calculations respecting the quantity OF land
brought into requisition annually for agricultural
poses The following table will exhibit the quantity and
value Of the improved and unmproved land belonging to
the farms and plantations Of the several States aud Of
II includes the value Of the buildings thereon.
Statement hoing the number Of Of Improved and
Improved land ia farms cash paine thereof and Average
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L
France with population Of more than thirty five mil
lions has increased in the number Of her people but lit
tie more than the two States OF New York and Pennsy
VIA with not than third her population in the
same period.
MORTALITY
In former report, the aggregate number OF deaths
In each State of the Union during the twelve months
prior to June 30th 1850 given together with the
ratio of deaths to the number living; and some con-
derations were adduced showing the feasible mode
of arriving at the law Of mortality The work Of conden
cling order of has been continued with such
determination the rature and value of the returns
seemed to require great diversity Of opinions 1t Is
well known, exists with respect to the salubry Of the
Northern and the Southern the maritime aud the inland
localities Of country and point perhaps could
reliable information be more reasonably desired 1t not
here proposed to discuss the inquiries which
this important branch Of stattios suggests how far it
shall confirm existing synions awaken an interest and
prepare the way for more full researches The returns
being the first Of their kind in the national may
to require mode Of veriacstion; and in this
view, the following investigations have been prepared
The great Of the white population Of this country
ID chiefly Of Teutonc origin with large admixture Of
Celtic. Located in temperate attitudes with climate
not greatly differing fom that Of Europe the presump
ton naturally crises that the laws Of life would
VAIL and to nearly an equal degree on both sides OF tbs
Atlantic In the absence Of any assguable and special
source of change the universal law Of self
and protection might be assumed to produce like results
upon either continent As has been truly observed "a
Of launched upon tide of existence have by
virtue of all the conditions, determined course to
which will make its way and fulfil its destiny
in accordance with system Of laws as unaerable and
without enumeiatiDg the conditions and circumstances
of vital Development the practical conclusion arises that
the values Of life for different branches Of the Teutonc
family Of nations In temperate climates will not greatly
differ And the ratios Of annual mortality, and the
pectations Of life in America should substantially
with the like values in European tables the general
respoDdepoe would afford many credentials Of ssasti
cal authority With respect to thu Northern United
States the Of Massachusetts have been selected
for comparison with those Of the national Of
land In applying the mode of verifcston to the
middle States the statistics OF Maryland have been taken
the table described in last being revised and
male and female lines distinguished The computa.o
have been executed by Mr.. L. w. Meeeh whose familiar
ity with the subject, and scientific qualifications afford
sufficient guaranty Of their accuracy In contrast with
these results get the expectations OF life in France
The proportion of deaths and the expectations of life at
its several periods may. then be compared as follows
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Total ..sooll case sss asi $50, n0,o3o So

AGRICULTURE.
agriculture IL branch Of industry coeva with the
history OF mankind its connection with the general vel
rare OF the Iaon 20 intimate is reciprocal on
manufAc lures Immediate both ae mitted to form the
Dsse OF prosperity aud power Of the people IL il
brsncb OF science the prosperity Of which In all It's re-
sources affects individuals Of every order and without
which there could be IL has seemed proper
whe exhibiting the a,tua condition Of agrcult In
dosry IN the middle Of the century 10 present
necion Herewith history OF the character intro
oucton and increase Ct the most Of the agri
cultural productions Of country and their former
ava present commercisl consequence to Ourselves and
other governments Realizing that all human life IA de-
pncert upon IL and that the earth woul1 be de-
populated by years failure. neatly al tue nations Of
Inc car nom the remotes period have In
stituoDs prominently calculated Tor tho promotion OF
agriculture bonoriug busbandry and encouraging the
advance mept u the science
Agriculture Is fotersd by the nstons OF tho cou.
tp,nt OF Europe IL publicly eught in institutions
tepo or THE special purpose and 10 OF their coll
hets; ana the result has been that as formery while
te apciens encouraged agriculture aud IL received the
NJ tnon Of orators aud ts praises and precepts
oHtd ny the bsrds and sung b. the poets
luiicpatt in ite lsbors learning AVID sg,itutc
osnu 10 hand 20 that the greatest gousss Of the age
ueb'ln'd thtmftlVes with It's pronotieu ia these
later yeers where properly fosered and encouraged II
me received the stenton u OF The greatest intel
e's ara tcboors who have strisen to thros ligt
upon this ''gfand art II rendering mankind happy,
xeslby and powerful
In view Of what has been don by other usons The
tbt OF our country, aso 10 vies Of ths fact that
possess TO regularly organized ofsc Tor the desc nina
uoV c s3r'cuitorsl Information although such cxssb
hthneDt wss urged by Washington aud IN any Of bs
the devotion this subject than .ba nseei
iof mere 'shc OF figures repescntug products of
sPicuiture will DC tolerated and that you viii approve
tht fbot history attempted for each Of great pro
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presents the fact that The bind and Insane ere much
moro numerous snsng foreign population, which he
attributes TO honssichnsa change Of clim.ss ana the
strong influence In inducing insanity and, perhaps,
blindness.
INSANE AND IDIoTIc
The number of insane persons In the United States II
given at whom Is 1863 whites 32l free color
ed and 291 slaves. The number Of idiots returned u
ed 1885, slaves. 040 Total insane and dio.ic 81 474.
Total whites 1885, total blacks 208s by the census
Of 1910 these two classes Of returned to-
gether (although mot generally understood and pre-
septed the following numbers-White insane and idotc,
14506; coloFed insane and idiotc Q 926-tota II 434
The returns make it appear that with the white populn
tion in the United States there exists insane
for each $50 individually among the free coored one to
each 1888; and among the slaves one to each olo
With respect to diocy the white population presents
each 1874 PERSONS the free colored to zach 0S5
and among the slaves, one to each o8s
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Total. .6,010 POT 800 1888, 500 72S
In New Jersey the real estate only returned the
above Is partly estimated.
Only thirteen counties in California are returned.

In New Jersey the real estate only was returned the
Only thirteen counties in California are returned.
CHURCHES
The Assistant Marshals required to give an ac
count of churehes including halls and chapes stately
used places Of public worship belonging to oil
there SO OIL churches in the States and 2o
In the District OF Columbia and the Territories. The
churches in California and the Territories not fully
returned but the religious denominations in those places
buildings The halls school houses which used Ia
Of the thiny settled portions Of the country and in
cities by societies which unable to build houses Of
worship for their own use not included. By the
total number Of seats for individuals in the churches
Under the value OF church property included the
value Of each Of the churches and property owned by the
different religious societies.
BY the annexed tables 1t will be that the total
value OF church property In the United States Is
o30 Of which half Is owned in New York. Massachu
sets and Pennsylvania In the table specify the
principal cut of than hundred denominations
returned, although between Of these there b
slight shades Of difference In sentiment form Of church
government. About thirty returned az African
thirty as Independent, and twenty a. Protestant"
without distinguishing them particularly. These,
and all the churches not properly cassed under the
heads given, arc included In Minor Sects." All the
varieties Of Bapts Methodists ana Presbyterisns
included under their general heads except where dis
tiDctly specified
There is one church for every 55 free inhabitants or
for every 646 of the entire population
The average number the churches will accommodate Is
1884 and the average value So AGO.
Churches are more numerous in proportion to the
population in Indiana Florida Delaware and Ohio and
Less numerous in Califo, mia Louisiana and Iowa.
Those in Massachusetts, are the largest and have the
The following tables present Is respect
ing the relative value and ~iso Of tho churches In
several states, and those OF different denominations
They also show the number Of churches to the total
population in each State:-
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By the table annexed it will be seen that the number
OF persons In the United States who destitute sight
1902 OF which 9g7 white and los colored of
which latter LII slaves BY the 1910 the
nun Der Of white blind in the United States was
returned ut $780, the ooored do 899 Tbs same error
respecting the cclored blind existed with the last census
as has been shown to exist respecting the and dumb
we present table giving the numbers and proportions
OF the deaf and dumb blind inaaue and Idle tic among
the white free coored and slaves respectively From
this table IL will be that muteness and insanity are
moIe prevalent among the whites and blindness and
idiocy among the coored Among the white popula lion
there appears to be blind person for each 24a5
scne among the free coored to each $780, and among
thu slaves one q on .h
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1t will DO that the values for the three middle diyi-
sions sikney sgree with the average for the nited
States . whole, representing one death TO SEVENTY
three living and this substantially the ratio st ated by
Webster fer interior towns In 1sO5:-"The annus
seatns" ne Observed amount only to Ia seventy
or seveny.6ve Of the population The ipouiry might
arise In exam lining the preceding abstract why the rate
OF deaths In the Northwestern States should be mach
lower than In the Middle Statee, and especially New
England In reply the ratios of mortality are moi
concuye upon the question OF relative longevity With.
out taking into account the proportions Of young and
aged ard the INCREASE of population without attemnt
Ing fun oypaDaticn Of the difference r..
Tered 10 undoubtedly hes IN the youthful character Of
The popuation OF the States aui the com
absence u aged who In the older states
OF the Union. The influence Of ibis emigration will be
undeiso God by table l. where from the age OF i've TO
thirty the deaths are Only from one. hall 10 one per
cent; While above the nge fifty FIVE the rats Of ,ths
Dcreaes from two TO thirty five per cent. Wisconsin,
and other Northwestern States bngrewly settled by
persons chiefly In the prime Of life in the comparative
ssepce OF cider persons tue ncntaee % deaths should
be less as is indeed given by thu cenus This d.snc
lion VIII uno, Ia IA conidersbe degree to rec oncile
apparent differences IN The returns
From the year 1910 to 1850 the puaiop of the
was usm.nd ron ecven'esn millions ~ twenty
three millions, the Increase biog six tni Ions la ten
years az the rate OF annual mortality above stated
the total deaths, dori the period we're from Nv,
and belt to three milons being nearly sqnsl 70 half
the iesiduai ircrsa'e 10y births and e0israon rhns
and IN vbrions other which tpaca hero nrecl,ds
TO smey staisiica ~ The persisterce o. lfs poiniog
ultimately 10 the removal 81 spccis OF morsitV,
are essentially rel,ted 20 national aplnees aut al
varccu ebt
With resrect to the longevity aud vial Characteristics
OF slaves and The free coocd TIE following eptoae of
life ssbs is Given fer three ccai i. elected rron the
Nofthtrp. Middle. an Southern States The values for
New ErRlard detucca from tbs general Gems u.s. em
bracrg ~ 020 co'ord residents. that of MARYLAND Is
fpDdtd upon the total returns Of 90 3S slaves and tina,
of Leusna upon the aggregate Of 2ti7s6 slaves and
7637 Zee coored taken collectively rha relative pre-
pond.raoce OF female Afcsp life Is remarkable wnilc
the prevalent opinion 81 The greater morality Of male
slave. In Louisiana st'.iesy coaarmsd rhs liable
possesses higher Interest," not DOLLY from the denits aud
oomprebs n.ye Inform son contained being the
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ing human beings and not indicating such structure
- the term usually signifies.


- the term usually signifies.
BELoIUM-PoPULATIoN AND HoysEs.
ans popaAuo ~ Of belgium, on the slst Dec, ls4S,
In the cities Of Belgium the houses inhabited smouu.
eommunes, the inhabited houses number e2s Sos; the
1ninhsbitsd 20 ALL Total number Of inhabited houses
sent had but one bssemsnt story Is 81 per
OF two stories including the basement and per cent
rers Of three or more stories including the basement
against FIRE for the average amount OF oS!l francs
One fourth Of the Belgian population found enclosed
rural copmunss or the number Of dwelling houses in
cities 79407 had but one room for family; 6546l had
two rooms; and loo 402 had three for
family In the rural commHnes 81 DAT houses had but
one room family; 1884 had rooms and $50 925
he'd three OF more rooms for = family.
For the first time the Prussian government has ads
provision for the publication Of their statistics in an
tended form Their taken at the close OF the
year lS40 of which portion Of the results have been
published In one large quarto volume to be followed by
iwo others under the direction 81 Ditrce Director Of
the Statistical Bureau The subjects embraced and the
divisions included, public buildings enumerated as
churches and houses fora school houses orphan
public affairs Justice customs 80 buildings for soo a.
sastical and communal magistrates, military and hosp
sal buildings private dwelling houses factories mills &c.
ages OF s. IA 10 TO- "a SO 49, As and Goth year and
those over 90. They enumerated also according to
Catholics Greek Christians Menopites and jews The
deaf and dumb are returned as to age and sex, emu
Iyev and TIM blind arg y ok the
eyes of 10. &c. and over 30. respectively They
merate their horses mules cattle hogs sheep and
goats, dividing the sheep into three ola BY their
census 1880, the population OF Prussia amounts to-
MALES. ioSS0o
Total 1881, 1877
Nnmbsr o. ismes c,... d oss,ya
Number Of churches 1851: school houses, as ss4: