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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27
Charity.

We had intended to write out ahaIf column
Editorial on this blessed trait in the human
heart, and present it to our readers this week;
but the following sweet moroccan, from our
scrap-box, falling under our observation just
as we were about commencing, and it being
so much better than our humble pen could
afford, we resolved, at once, to give it entire.
1t has been published and republished before,
but, like the sweet Songs of Solomon, it will
repay another reading:
Night kissed the young rose, and it bent
softly to sleep. Stars shone, and pure dew
drops hung upon its blushing bosom, and
watched itssweet slumbers. Morning came,
with her dancing breezes, and they whisper
ed to the young rose, and it awOkejoyous and
smiling. Lightly it danced to and fro in all
the loneliness of health and youthful inno-
cence Then came the ardentsun-god, sweep
ing from the east, and he smote the young
rose with his scorching rays, and it tainted.
Deserted and almost heart-hroken, it dropped
to the dust in its loneliness and despair
Now, the gentle breeze, which had been
gamboling overthe sea, pushing on the home
bound bark, sweeping over hill and dale
by the neat cottage and the still brook-tur-
ming the old mill, tanning the fevered brow
of disease, and frisking the curls of innocent
childhood-came tripping along on her err
rands 0 fmercy and love and when she saw
the young rose, she FASTENED to kiss it, and
fondly bathed its forehead in cool, refreshing
showers, and the young rose revived, and
looked up and smiled in gratitude to the kind
breeze; but she hurried quickly away: her
generous task was performed, yet not without
reward for she soon perceived that a deli
cious fragrance had been poured on her wings
by the graceful rose and the kind breeze was
glad in heart, and went awaysingingthrougt
the trees. Thus true Charity, likethe breeze
gathers fragrance from tho dropping flower
itrefreshes, and unconsciously reapsa reward
t in the performance of its Offices Of kindness
which steals the heart like a rich perfume
to bless and to cheer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27
Temperance and the Church.

The following judicious and timely re-
marks are from the pen of the Rev. A. Ste
vens, editor of the National Magazine. MI.
Stevens is furnishing for the benefit of his
readers, an able and instructive series of arti-
cles on the " Christianity required by the
times" The article in the March number,
from which the following extract is taken, is
designed to point out the duty of the church
in reference to the benevolent and philan-
thropic movements Of the day.
"The Temperance Reform originated in
the church. The church conducted It's first
struggles with much energy. But a change
has interviewed, and the movement has, to no
small extent, passed into the hands of a new
class of agents, and rightly or worngly incur
red the suspicious of a large class of christ
ians. The great names of the land, which
were at first connected with it, are seldom
now associated with It's active operations
Hostility has not taken the place o ftheir first
interest but there is an unquestionable
change reaction of their original ZEAL
And is not this fact to be deplored?
"What if less dignifed agencies took hold
of the moyement-was this a reason for the
withdrawal of the better men-especially the
men whose offended responsibility was SO re-
quisite to give the reform influence among a
class which could hardly be reached by any
other appeal? 1t seems too, that the energy
ofthe church has s~lackened, in this cause,
just at the point where it was most needed,
when, in fact, the movement reached the
crisis of its success by t~akinghold ofthe law,
its most legitimate instrumentality in our
humble opinion. And now that it has got
thathold in some places, and is struggling
bravely for it in thers-preciselyno now should
standard, and force the public opinion
through the crisis. The religion of the coun-
try can do 1t. There is hardly a community
in these States where, if it took its rightfuI
stand, it could not command the public sen.
timent on this subject"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27
New Book.

"HARRY MUIR a Story of Scottish life,"
by the author of " Merkland, &c" is the title
of a new work lately published by Appleton
& Co., of New York. The scene, during the
early part Of the story, is laid in Glasgow;
then, owing to the changed fortunes of the
principal actors, is transferred to the vicini-
ty Of Sterling. The plot is designedly simple.
Harry Muir, a clcrkina mercantile establish
ment in the first named city, is at once the
idol and the curse of the fond hearts of his
poor and patient sisters, the eldest Of whom,
Martha, standing in loco PARENTS to the rest
of the family, had learned in the early life of
Harry, to hope that the peculiar gifts of his
intellect, would at least, as they might have
done, elevate him toa proud and exalted posi-
ton; but unfortunately for her hopes and
for himself, Harry yields, time after time, tc
the temptations thrown around him, and il
Illustrates most forcibly, the necessity Of firm.
ness and decision of character, and the "Dy
mantle force" of evil habits, and his whole
career shows how much ruin and misery the
dissoluteness of one individual can bring up
on any family. The style in which this bool
is written seems hasty yeti it is very read
able, and is full of beautiful thought, otter
gracefully expressed, and many a wear,
heart will find in this work, the record o
griefs and sorrows, which they may hav
thought peculiar to themselves, but whicl
follow the footsteps to vice everywhere, an,
fall upon the innocent and virtuous, whe,
bound by the ties Of relationship, to thos
who fall into the depths of error. Some c
the characters are well drawn, and that c
Martha Muir, is a perfect picture in itself
and we learn to love her when viewing he
constant and lion-like devotion to the legit
mate object of her love, almost as well as sh
loved her "poor Harry" This work may i
read by the young with profit as well q
pleasure, &c.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27
CORNERS.

Have always been desirable to every one
since the play of "poor pussy want a cor
ner' came into vogue. Has anybody forgot
ten the chimney corner at home where we
used to sit and mediate, and laugh, and roast
chestnuts and pop corn? The cupboard cor
ner! alb! hav'nt we slipped like a cat round
there and filled our pockets with cakes from
its shelves? And then there is a corner
a snug one tom a will does anybody OBJ
ject to that? Besides, there is a corner in
the heart of a nice young lady of {" sweet six
teen" about which the Poets sing. Get there
if you can and the possessor will hardly gel
you out of the domain, unless she serves YOU
like an aching tooth-has you pulled outl-
And then there is a corner in the great Tenn.
pie of Fame! Springinto it, and live forever
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27
The last Word

1t is the most deadly to social and comm
bal happiness of all other " Internal mach
When husband and wife get into n
wordy warfare for it, they are struggling for
a burning bombshell that will explode and
blow their happiness to a place farther off
than China-even. Every one has a few
weak points, and married people should look
out for them in each other, as skaters do for
cracks In the ice. Men in counting call their
chosen an angel-after the honeymoon-a
shrew when they are neither the one or the
other; they have not been angels since Dame
Eve munched the apple, nor shrews since
the hood-at least only an occasional one
Wife, don't struggle for the last word with
your husband; you are the sun in the social
system of your homel unless you attract,
Mars will fly off at a tan gent and go to the
club or the tipping Shop. Husband, be len
lent to the broom and to the vexations of
washing day-they are both battles, butmore
smoke than shot. If husband and wife
be as happy as they were when they were
+" lowers" they must both have souls better
than frozen mud, and not quarrel about but
tons! If husband persists in asking friends
to dinner on wash day without notice, let him
bear in mind the liberty he has taken when
wife hints a new shawl, a new bonnet and
pin money. Thelast word is worse than cur
tain lectures the latter is forgotten after q
mutual nap, but the former win blow the par
ties to a place worse even than Irelandl
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27

Societies composed of reformed drunkards,
and others associated with them for their aid
and encouragement, were called Washing
tOnidn societies. They carefully watched
over those who signed the pledge, furnished
them with food and clothing, for a time, if
necessary procured employmentfo for those who
needed it, and if any one violated his pledge,
they gathered around him, and encouraged
him to renew it. They were sent abroad to
lecture, and paid for their services. The at
t%ention they received inspired many adrunk-
ard with the hope of redeemingthis character,
and rising again to responsibility and iniu-
ence.
Too much Importance was given to these
labors. The former advocates of temperance
sat dOwn and listened to the Washingtonians,
who began to feel that nothing had been ac-
complished by the old and early advocates of
the cause. They ran well for a time; but
many of them, becoming proud of their sud
den elevation from the gutter to the rostrum,
where they were listened to by admiring crowds
said and did things disgusting to a consider
able portion of the community, and soon lost
their influence. Moses Grant, of Boston, a
gentleman Of wealth and character, has done
much to promote the cause Of temperance in
Boston and through the State. He was the
counsellor and friend ofthe Washingtonians,
and has done much to sustain and encourage
John B. Cough, the most fascinating and
popular lecturer that has ever addressed a
public assembly on that subject.
The American Temperance Union was or
2 ganizcd in 1897. Rev. John Marsh is its
secretary, and has devoted himself, from It's
organization to the present time, to the difu.
sion of information, and endeavors to induce
; all to abandon forever the use ofall intoxicat
! ing drinks as q beverage.
: During a few years past, the cause has
: languished, owing chiefly, | think, to the di
vision ofpublic opinion respecting the besr
. means of advancing the cause. Some have
. been in favor of moral ~suasion, and som O
: legal suasion. Some have been in favor 0
9 giving every man liberty to sell who pleased
with the hope that it would cease to be prot
e liable. Some have asked for new and sever
n laws against the traffic. Some have been il
favor of treating the subject seriously, AM
a connecting it more closely with religion, an
others for separating it from religion, q
a widely as a moral question can be. In con
IS sequence of these divisions Of opinion in re
I, gard to men and measures, the Temperance
'e cause has been shorn of much of its strength
ID We cannot expect to see it advance with rapi
strides till the friernls of the reformation ar
united in their opinions in regard to wha
re they ought to do.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27

E "Mecklenburg Division, writes a
friend) located at Charlotte, has done we'll
during the past Quarter; having initiated %
new members, and received two by Card
The character of the new members are such
as to give permanence and influence to the
Order, and will aid nightly in destroying the
liquor traffic in our Town. Liquor is at a
discount here, being sold at half the usual
price-and even at this reduction, very little
patronage is given the bars, except by per-
sons who arc not residents. If we continue
to prosper as we have done recently, all
Charlotte will be Sons of temperance"
Ba-We may here mention that a large
number of Divisions report fine progres du-
ring the past Quarter-of which we shall no
tic particularly when the Returns are all In
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27
"Laura Maitland"

This new Story, which we commence ITO
day from the N. Y. Organ, will be found one
Of the most useful, common sense and deep
ly interesting Stories we have yet offered
Daughters will find in it a beautiful lesson,
and mothers who think more ofthe show and
dissipation of fashion than they do of the
training Of their offspring, will find here a
powerful rebuke. The writer of this Tale is
a lady who has looked at the subject of do
nestle training with a thoughtful mind,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE.

On opening a letter postmarked Windsor,
N. Co." last Thursday, our eyes were greet
ed with a beautiful Twenty Dollar Bill, sent
us by our beloved brother, Rev. DAVID HAIR
RELI, for twenty new subscribers to the Age!
Words are inadequate to express our thanks
for this manifestation of appreciation by our
BERTHE friends, of our efforts to advance the
great Temperance Reform. This gives us a
list of some so subscribers at Windsor, and at
almost every other Post Office in the county,
we send goodly numbers of the Age. Nine
cheers, loud and'long, for good old BERTHE !
The premiums have been forwarded. To
whom next shall we be indebted for such an
other strengthener of the sinews of war ?
Room enough left for a hundred more like it
Press on the column.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27
The Maine Liouor law seems rotbor 70 h

The Maine Liquor Law seems rather to be
Carrying the day, except at its birth place,
Portland, where Neal Dow, its father, was
largely defeated for Mayor.-Nat. Intel
This latter statements another of the mis-
takes so common with the Press of the coun-
try. Neal Dow was not defeated for Mayor
of Portland, at the recent election, for he was
no candidate. Mr.. Cahoon, the successful
candidate for mayor, is an ardent supporter
of the law, and Mr.. Dow did all he could for
his election. 1t is true hereceived some votes
for Mayor, but he positively refused to be a
candidate against Mr.. Cahoon.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27

CHARLESTON, April lSth.-Dade county
court house, at Trenton, Georgia, was burned
down on Friday last. The books of the clerks
of the Superior and Inferior Courts and all the
papers were consumed.
PRESIDENT PIERcE's HEALrH.-The Wash
ington correspondent of the Charleston STAN
dard says:
The Presidents health IS failing greatly,
his lungs being quite irritated. He worries
too much over conflicting claims for office; TAX
ing every such contest involving bitterness on
either side, greatly TO heart
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27

"a We understand a meeting of the State
Agricultural Society will be held in Raleigh,
on Wednesday, the 18th of May, prox. DR..
~Tompkins will be present, and will address
the meeting on the subject of holding an Ag-
ricultural Fair and Cattle Show at some eli
gible point in the State during the coming
Fall.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27

B Rev. Peter Doub will lecture on Tenn
perance at New Hope Meeting House, in
Wake County, 6 miles North of Raleigh. on
Saturday, the l4th of May. The members of
Knights Division, and all others who can do
so, are requested to be present. The public
generally are invited to attend.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27

@We invite attention to the sale of val
liable Real Estate, advertised in another col
umn. Maj. COLLINS disposes of his City
property, with the view of residing perma-
nently on his plantation, near Raleigh.
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q. G.
Wednesday, April q. 1853.
A Positive

Subscribers r~eceiring their papers nth a red mark,
are thereby notified that an tioar reeks from the re-
ceipt Of the fret number thus marked their subscrip-
tiOa years wiu expire and unless reneued ,Oithin
that time, the paper ,0iu be discontinued. This rule
WiU be inferibly adhered to.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27

MEDICAL SocIETY.-the Medical Society of
the State of North Carolina will hold their
Annual Meeting at Fayetteville, on Tuesday.
the 18th day ofMay next. Delegates, Mem
bers, and Members of the Professional in
good n regular standing, are invited to at
tand
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27

All the old licenses to sell liquor in Boston
expired OF Thursday week. The Revere House
closed it bars. New for the war!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27

pLThe Communication of alpha" is de-
clined. While the article is well written,
the subject is unworthy the space it would
occupy in our columns. The play is not
worth the candle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27
nesE We have received a full account. fro

RW% We have received a full account, from
" An Eye Witness" of scme most disgrace
full and outrageous proceedings in Pitt coun-
ty, on the 10Th inst, on the occasion of Phil
ip S. Whites Lecture there. Our columns
were full when the account was received, and
we are therefore compelled to defer it's publ
cation to next week. We blush with shame
to record such demoniac conduct on the
part of citizens of North Carolina-but they
are characteristic of the disciples of Bacchus
every where. We trust and believe the res
pectable portion of Pitt will see that full re-
tribution is meted out to the lawless often
ders, and thus save the character of the coun-
tryfrom the foul stain cast upon it. Let the
matter be carried to the Superior Court, that
the law may be sustained and therights of the
citizens indicated.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27

"a The Banner of the Union, an excel
lent Odd Fellow and Literary journal, has
been removedfrom Philadelphia to New York.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27

Col. Puryear has been nominated BY the
Wing Convention Of the 9th District rs the'F
candidate for Congress.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27

~Godey's Lady's Book for arrNha
been received. The Ladies will be glad to
learn that Cooley again furnishes colored
fashion plates.
No. Graham is ponderous with excellent
reading, and beautiful with splendid ~illustra-
tons.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27

p~ We regret the listof appointments for
P. S. White in Sampson county, did not
reach us last week until our paper, for that
section, had been worked off and mailed
It is too late to insert them this week.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27

Ba We surrender a large portion of our
columns to-day, to our Correspondents and
would again admonish all writer's for our col
umns to be as brief as possible.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-27

ma. The Address of Bro. S. w. Whiting,
on the occasion of the Dedication of Wake
Forest Division Hall, will appear next week.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-01-13
IPRICE ONE CENT.
1Oorcester Dailp spp.


ToBAcoo.-The following article by one of
the ablest physicians and surgeons DR.. John c.
Warren, is Of much interest 70 the public, and
we would hope may be beneE:a 10 the commu-
nifty.
An application having been made to me for an
opinion on the properties Of The various forms of
Tobacco. have undertaken TO express the same
IN the hope that it may be OF some use in pre-
venting the further extension of its use.
Tobacco is well known to be powerful veg
etable poison; few drops of the essential oil will
extngulsh lle IN man land many animals; iftakeu
IN The stomach IN substance, very small por-
ton OF the leaf Is sufficient 10 bring on nausea,
vomiting, accompanied with great weakness, and
a cold, death-like sweat; many persons have nc
tually been killed by an ncautous employment
of i for medicinal purposes.
When taken into the nostrils in the form Of
snuff, portion OF II enters the sonorous cavities
of the face and gradually mpairs the functions of
the voice; have frequently known snuff takers
to lose the power of public speaking in an audible
manner.
The most common and fashionable mode of
using the noxous weed is in smoking; the smoke
OF verdant tobacco penetrating the innumerabe
ar cells of The lungs, heals and irrtatts and be-
ing absorbed from them by the blood, causes
head ache, weakness, soreness Of the ewes, and
brings out pimples on the skin. feel confident,
also, that 1t occasionally produces that cancer Of
the lip, so frequent subject of surgical opera
tons, and sometimes terminating in death.
The most mischievous of the forms in which
tobacco is used, is the taking it into the mouth
and mpregnatipg the saliva with lis acrid princi-
pie, which compels the expulsion Of the saliva
thus impregnated Some persons are so unwise
as to believe they may avoid The baneful infu-
ence arising from the loss of saliva, by swallow
ing this liquid; in this way they introduce into
the system large amount Of deeterious princ-
pie. In whichever mode the operation is accom-
plished, It's consequences pernicious; The tone
OF the stomach is impaired, and indigestion and
lis train of evils is the consequence. In many
persons the nervous system is affected, and the
individual becomes tremulous, feeble, emacialed
and sallow; in short, tobacco, used in the way of
mastlcaton, is a regular slow poison, which if it
We're administered by another person, would de-
serve and receive reribution from the laws of the
land. will only add that these statements are
not exaggerated, but the result of many years ex-
perience and observation, so that when Young
man applies TO me for a cure pain in the chest
and symptoms Of dyspepsia, | feel 1t my first du-
ty to inquire whether he smokes or chews tobac.
CO. Christian Register.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-01-13
REAL ESTATE
MnTICE-


FENHE subscribers having formed connection in Bush
L ness, under the name and firm Of E. +. ABBOTT
& CO., aud taken the centrally located Office over
Leonard q G0odhus Hat Store, entrance No. $50 Main
sreei-dresty opposite Elm street would tender their
services as
Real Estate Brokers,
TO persons having landed Estates which they wish
to dispose Of
They also prepared to exchange city property for
;iFT5;iEg Gnds upon The favorable ems nego
ate the sale of properly in adjacent towns and would
respectfully solicit the attention of purchasers TO the
following Schedule of Property which they offer
FOB SALE.
Two valuable Houses the Corner of fremont and
Mechanic streets
Two large new Houses Chestnut street.
One House on Irving street, ar two on Pleasant
street.
Five Houses in Pine Meadow quarter.
Also, number ofsmall Farms of aboutI250 acres
rying from five to fifty miles dirtait from this city.
Also, 100 house lots parts OF the city,
of which are upon the "Wheeler FARM plat, and are
not exceled for loo lton by any III the vicinity.
The above property viii ali be sold low. For Terms,
inquire of e. e. ABBOTT & co.
We would also tender our services as Auctioneers, to
all persons having property be disposed of by Auc
ton, either in the city, or adjoining towns.
E. E, ABBOTT & CO., Main street.
worcester, July l6, 1852. div
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For Sale OF Exchange

# OF II o U e In W orc ST er.
A WOOD lot of 80 acres in sntton Also house and
1 five of land in Sutton.
Also, house at Whitin's village also, house lots
near the Worcester Academy
Also house lots on street leading from King street
to Chandler; also, house lois at the corner of
Chandler and Queen street.
For further particulars enquire Of
GUSTAVUS ELLIOTT,
Corner of Chandler and Queen st.
X Worcesfer. Nov. Is, 1852. diff