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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-04-12

FlRE.-A f:u broke Sunday night, At half past IL
o'clock in Tic Mr Samuel NLckoa Broad Street,
in Lyons Row, between Thitd and Fourth streets. The
stores Messts Fisher Bradley Nottingham Straus and
Rose oil much damaged By the fire. The loss We hear
10 in great covered by Insurance The houses be-
lonaed TO James LYONS, ESQ.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-04-12

SHOT, We learn that John Hail. VIader,) shot William
March, Sheriff Davc county, IN. C.,) few days
since In Of Morksve We have DO particulars
Marchs wounds supposed To be mortal, and Hall has
been arrested and Imprisoned The parties had been at va
rance for some lmo.-I Raleigh Standard.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-04-12
;ilrHMOND ENQUIRER.
nj ESD.y MORNING, APRIL IL, 1858.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING TONIGHT
AZ O'Cloc., at ahc CITY HnII'

.
oe.,i,o of the Demo party OF this cr, viii {:
h1I THIS EYENINC ruesd4y The l2th lnst al tho nouT
OF 8 o'cl ,ck u the Cy Halt
the ob,-ct o! this meeting will be TO organize The party
FIR me Spring elections and appoint
10 the convention held at Stanton on Inc "a Gay VI
Nav for rominaling candidate 10 be voted ioF 10 o0
missioner of the Board OF Public Works. ;. ST.;
Come TO inc work. you good and true Deulocia'e 49,
c''S' 'o1 ~ w. MANY DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN HENRlCo ~, CouS ali, I;
An edinnIned meeting Of the Democrats OF Henrico WIZ
hc held ~ thsr Cnur, House on Wednesday ne5t apr
18Th at IL o'clock full attendance Is earnestly ase
az candidate for the county is 10 be nomnaeu uu o
ou'ine'' y ""po''- NJ F. BOWE Chairman
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-04-12

SEA GRASS BAsKETs-Ws haze i%s .es' Trassia: ;:
80 ~ ,b,, most desirable article OF Laur, IN, .trH
mt, II is made of Sea Gtsas. ard i St - tsfs "
r. hat j. made aso The Palm Ls=i hISsI co
Inc sai.o.s &c found al No Is. M.a ';'f.'
AprIll
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LiIESE NEWS III TIE TEi.Et.i, l.,
Photographed ror ihe Richmond Enuut,,,

FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-04-12

The Telegraph very busy with the Caoihe' q" aS
Yesterday II demolished it, and put il together reae'
moshed ard &c. constructed il again. several times INC
result was VIC believe, that the Cabinet maintained ls
ground firmly AMI stood sunset very much as II $1,000 u
The aame hour on Saturday afternoon Monday Is a" I'M
probable day sudden determinations about Inc osso
lion or combinations of Caburs and we suppose tue next
time tbs Telegraph tries lis hand in the business II WIN
choose day IL week least late as "Wednesday.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-04-12

FINAL ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGlSLATuKE
The Legislature Virginia 6aal!y noJouncd last nlsn
after session exclusive IF the taken last summer OF
nine and A4'f months duration. The NUMBER Oh ohs
passed nj liz first session. IF ls52 was about ~ aho w
number passed the Session now Just closed Is over oo
making ALL Vi "pt eeveu hundred bis Inc Les'S''"''
now dissolved auugIe Ill that has been s"d 20 'uc co!
mas been working Legislature tho immense amount OF
h.,oess ds.pa,cd proves We congratulate the members
a. rho domination of their urduous and protracled labors
ana wsh them Joyous welcome their families and COG
inn
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-23
Stale!

Occasionally we come across among our
political exchanges, the old canting cry, that
wherever compulsory laws are enacted, that
infringe on the rights of individuals, or
change the settled usages of society, they
have a baneful effect on the morals and peace.
Of the community. 1t is a source of regret
that men who profess to be sincere friends Of
temperance, should be SO piously anxious
about herights Of the rumseIler, and too pu-
sillanimous to advocate their own. Have
hey forgotten, that all good and effective
laws are compulsory: and that the idea Of a
change from the settled usage of society de-
stroying the peace, &C., Of a community is, to
say the best of it, a nonsenical and ridiculous
conclusion. There are many towns and eom-
n~unities in cur State, who, if they were to
change Immediately their customs and settled
usages, would greatly promote their morals
and peace for there IS no one business on
Gods earth that so robs the law of its sane
tity, engenders the spirit Of resistance and
Iawlessness, as the liquor traffic.
What an awful business it would be to put
a stop by law to that internal traffic, which
consigns thirty thousand Of our citizens into
%lrunkards' graves, making thousands Of or
phans, filing the land with crimes, and crowd.
ingour towns and cities with beggary, wretch.
edness and paupers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-23
LADIES.

You pretty Gagged canaries of beautiful
feathers gilded with green and gold you
singing pets Of the parlor and ballroom /;
you, who have lolled in the pent up air of
your gorgeous homes, until you look as pale
and sickIy as a blanched celery-why, in the
name of reason and justice, don't you leap
from your dark cages, reeking with unwholc-
some air, futter, ike gay birds, as you arc,
in the balmy air. and reveI in warm sun
beams, like the butterfly v%ainly striving to
rival the gorgcousness Of your nature, and
paint your cheeks with the true yermillion
of health and give your steps elasticity and
vigor? Take to dropping your %eorsets, as
the best cough drops for you-brush the
morning dew from the flowers, or kiss the
pearly drops from tie petals and bid defiance
to the sleeping sun /; run up steep hills with
each other on wager Of the incest ysung man
in your acquaintance, and down for the fun.
Spend a portion of your time in running
through the fields, leaping the brooks, climb
ing high fences, and you viii ave less head.
ache, better appetite, better health, less signs
and your shop man will sell you less rouge
and rermiIii0n!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-23
Doing Good.

DR.. johnson used to have for n saying
F." lie who waits to do a great deal 0 fgood at
once, viii never do any," and common OBJ
servation fully proves the truthfulness of the
old Philosophers saying. \ man By doing
good with the money that fortune bcstows
upon him, stamps upon it, as it were, the inn
age of his Divine Maker, and makes it current
for the rich merchandise of the skies. 1t is
too often the case that men are too proud to
give n mite because they do not feel able to
make q munificent donation ; they forget the
blessing of the Saviour bestowed upon tho
poor widow for her " mite" How often do
we hear poor proud men prating about tho
wonderful things they would do if they were
able! IF.-How often do we hear rich men
prating about what they would do if they
had time! IF.-In waiting "to do a great
deal Of good at once" they do nothing. We
would not that any one should bestow gifts
Of charity in order to make a pompous boast
about it the injunction ofthc Biblei is to keep
the left hand in Ignorance of what the right
doeth but this is contrary to the modern
spirit of Philanthropy 4; for we constantly sec
fellows heading charitable lists and trumpet,
ing it in every crowd they happenin Char
liable, generous fellowsl But We intended
to say in the outset, that poor men arc too
proud to do good by %triles, and that thou.
sands Of those who are trying to thread nee
dies with high backed camels, are too stingy
To do good under theright impulses is nobl,
and worthy of Man, and ~mcasurably give
the soul a passport to immortal felicity. OLD
Dekkar wrote:
He that doeth good deeds here, waits at a table
Where angels are his fellow-serYitors."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-23
AYsox CorxrY. \. G. Feb,x.5 1879

A-fooN SoONA1s ~. -. TED y. ., 1000.
Mn. EDITOR | have been requested by a
number of respectable citizens of this County,
to ask you 10 correct an error that YOU and
several other Editors seem to have fallen in
to, in supposing Mr.. Tolson, late of the House
of Commons, was from Arson, when in fact
he was from Union. Although Mr.. Tolson,
through accident, became cur representative
and was quite a conspicuous member of tho
Legislature, yet Arson County is not am
bilious of honors that justly belong to an
other. JUSTICE.
I'VE give place to the above correction,
and congratulate our Arson friends Of their
happy radiance of such a Representative in
future while at the same time, we express
the belief that Union will never send the dis
tinguished individual to represent her in the
Councils of the State. Union county did no
bly, in forwarding signatures to the Memori-
al to our General Assembly, and they will
teach Mr.. FOLSOM, should he ask their suf-
frages, that he preached his own funeral at
Raleigh. and toued the bell himself over his
aspirations as a Legislator for the State Of
North Carolina. Ed. AGE.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-23
Ignorance o. Wilfnlness.

We may safely setitdown that the vending
Of intoxicating liquors is owing either to the
worst sort ignorance or the most guilty will
fullness on the part of the vender.
There is but little hope of reaching the ig-
norant man by moral s%uasion, because he viii
not com within the light and range Of the
truth; and as to those who knowingly and
wilfully pursue the traffic, they should be
dashed into what is right by the strong arm
Of the law.
The drunkard can tell you what it is t.
feel the iron grasp of the rum-fend, and how
far they viii go when thus enslaved to fire
their brains; they can tell you what ragins
fires burn within and consume the man bu
remove from him these horr;d spcctres anC
demons, and ensure him a safe return to so
berness by an abandonment of his idol OF b.
putting it beyond his reach, and then ask hin
if he will vote to close up these hells, and yor
viii see his parched and bleeding lips quive
and the big scalding tear Of contrition rol
down his cheeks as in broken, sobbing &C
cents, he cries out, gjre me a no license ticket
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-23
IDLEEESS.

lie who slumbers away the precious mo-
ments that God has given his creatures for
improvement, is nothing more than a moral
excresence on the body polite. There is an
endless routine of duties to perform-facul-
ties to enlarge-moral gardens to till-func-
tons to exercise-the evils of our fallen ma
ture to eorrect-an unceasing task of moral
culture to perform and immortal aspirations
to foster. But the sluggard folds his hands
on his bosom andcries, a little more sleep y
Arouse from your slumbers, idle drone thai
you are have you not, in the language of s
great writer, AL eternity to rest in ?"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-23
EXCELSIOR!

Brother pilgrim of life, let our caption be
your motto; let your eye be fixed upon it,
high and aspiring for distinction and moral
greatness. Struggle, struggle, though all
Earth oppose; push onward and upward,
though all fends roar in your path resolve
to be of memorable renown, and when you
have passed away let succeeding generations
point to your memory and say :-this was a
Man! Be not content with a trifing knowl-
edge of the world and its great system Of
letters energise every faculty of your soul
in grasping all wisdom that is truly desira-
BILE; despise the weakness of your nature
and aspire to be great, noble and god-ike;
battle in knowledge as an Ocean and live
forever in Fame. What should our motto
and watch word be, from where we lay grow
cling and striving with human weakness!-
Excelsior. Excelsior!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-23

for Plank roads obtained from the last
Legislature, give evidence that the spirit Of
improvement is abroad.
Our heart exults over this good news"
and we can with truth say, we wish every
enterprise and every section, the most album
liant returns on their investments, From
one extreme to the otherof the State, we want
t. see our full developed, and,
therefore, we shall never be content until we
see the Iron horse ploughing through the
bowels of the mountains of the West and
continuing It's onward course till sprinkled
with the spray from the foaming Atlantic
We long to see the day when we can noun
the fiery car" and in a few hours revel il
the cool breezes Of the heights of the Blue
Ridge and when they of the mountain.
heights can in a few hours ride, battle il
the invigorating surf Of old oceans tide ant
luxuriate in the many delicacies brought NJ
f,om Neptune's briny caves. In a word, ",
want to see the old North State =" one and in
dvisible"-bound, united, ccmented togethe
by the triple cord of fraternity, interest an
undying attachment. Then shall I" the vii
derness blossom as the rose" and sectionali
ties, jealousies and feuds be done away
then we shall be one people, prosperous, har
ry and free. And We stau soe it; ere fy
years shall roll around, al these grand r.
suits viii be accomplished.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-23
Manteo Paper Mills.

We clip the following remarks from the
Standard, concerning the extensive Paper
Mandatory near this City from which we
havealways received our paper:
We made a visit to this establishment on
Saturday last, and found every thing going
forwards in admirable style. The proprieters
-Messrs. James I. Jordan & Co.-haye re-
Gently made additions and improvements, by
which they are now enabled to run out from
sixteen hundred to two thousand pounds Of
paper per day, andthat too OF superior quality.
We have been using paper from this estab-
iishment ever since it went into operation, and
the article We get is better than tl'at we were
accustomedto receive from New York at tbs
same price. Consequently we obtain, in the
first placc, q superior article, and il the second
place, we save thefreight, which would be up
on th~eGuantity VIC use, an item ofsome impor
tance in the course Of year.
The worthy proprietors Of this establish
ment deserve ali the success which is crown
ing their efforts. Indeed, they have comma
ded success by their energy, patience, and Ia
borious attention TO business.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-23

moment lowering over me and diHusing thro'
my soul the gentle thoughts that occunied It.
1t may have been a fancy, but if SO II vas 8.
sweet one, and | was unwilling to believe ii
a delusion. Then | thought of NV present
wife and children, their want and dearada-
ton, their trials and sufferings.RTSte d
that was yet young, with a Constitution
though much shattered by intemperance. not
wholly broken down, and whichEmight prob-
IDLY be repaired. My children were grow
ing up in. idlencss and ignorance. and woulc
be likely to be such as was their hther. This
was q painful thought to ME for alas /
knew the sufferings of such a lfe-its tor
ments, It's horrors. And there on the lonely
mountain, with the trees waving DYER me and
the cool winds tanning my hot blow, il the
sllentstillness of natures grandeur ard beau
ty, with those mysterious words. {" Sons OF
Temperance" still floating through my SOU
and by somestrange sympathy bleh ing with
every thought, L RESOLVED TO DRINK NO MORE,
and felt that was able to keep by resolu-
ton.
1t is strange and inexplicable to ne how and
why | should at that particular time have
formed the resolution / did, withous entreaty
without warning from any one, whenI hal 81
often disregarded both from those I loved ant
cherished III my Utmost heart. And it wal
strange, too, what effect those words, :" Son
OF Temperance" had upon me. [ knew no
what they were, except that they were ban
ded together to assist and to wateAayer an
another, all pledged to drink no ardent spir
its. l thought they must be happy, for
well knew the ~unhappinoss resulting fror
intemperance.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-23

May breath it with q calm unruf1ed soul,
And drink It's living waters, till his heart
Is pare and this is human happiness"
WILLIS.
| returned home that evening an altered
man. (! telta glow fjoy to which my bo-
som had long been q stranger. | felt that I
had taken q step towards regaining my po-
sltlon IN society and retrieving my character,
and | Was prGuder than if | had found =
vast treasure. told my wife ofmy resolve,
and she thanked God and wept upon nv bo-
som. mingled my tears with hers. andeven
our children seemed to weep tears of
ness, though unable to comprehend why thew
did so. 1t was one Of the happiest moments
Of my life. | felt restored in nv own esti-
nation, [ had regained my own selfrespect !:
and the future looked bright and a%llurine.
just before | fell in c0mrp1r7 0rlh- "a I
was thinking OF that time, and saying to my
self 1T was five years ago to-day. When |
met with you felt that it would do me good
to tell my story, and I have done so up to
that day OF ny resolve to renounce forever
al allegiance to the despot Alcohol, and to
war against him. Since that day not one
drop Of ardent spirits has gone down INV
throat. Now | have a snug farm, we'll stock
ed, and plenty to support inyself and family
comfortably.
It was morethan Q year after | quit drink
ing before q Division Of the Sons Of Temper
ancc was organized near cnought to me for me-
tojoln It. AS soon as [ had an opportunity
to join did SO; and then felt safe-c0nfrmed
strengthened, supported, established in tLt
Temperance Army. [ believe | could have
refrained from drinking without connectin.
: myself with the Order but / am not certain
Atany rate, 50 far from regrettfhg the act, i
5 Is one Of my chief sources of-pride and salts
) faction. | now have four children, three 0
them going TO school. My example has in
duced several ofmy old associates to attcmp
reformation. and some ofthem have been sue
c%essful, while others have lo~oked>back ate
putting their hands to the pillow, and are agai
I, the miserable creatures they were when [ wa
one of them.
"And your first wifc-is she still living ?
| enquired.
[ am told sheis, or was a short time sine.
She has never married again, though be
h wealth and personal charms have attracte
a many %suitoss. / do notthink she knows an
thing Of me-, or that she has heard from N
4 since [ left the county in which she reside
have tried to keep from her any knowledg
1t Of me, fer I knew it would only cause h,
r pain. Eew loves ard new ties have dimme
the brightness Of her picture on the tabl
OF memory, and the recollection Of her no
/, seems more Ike d sweet dream than q req
n ty. Hove to think Of her yet, and do not fe
that | transgress any law ofduty to my pre-
to ent wits by 50 doing.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-23
READTNG-FINE ARTS.

We hail with pleasure the dawning of the
day il the which North Carolina begins to
awake from her lethargy, and to feel that she
is truly behind her sister States in Literary
a~ttainments. 1t is awell founded axiom that
no people can be truly great while they neg
lect the culture Of the finer arts. And it is
a lamcntable fact that our beloved State has
hitherto been negligent and careless about
reading even the periodicals published with
in her borders, much less given that atten-
ton to the fine arts that other States pride
themselves upon, and which is the criterion
of their intellectual endowment. We are
unwilling to believe, indeed we viii not agree
that there is less natural genius slumbering
in North Carolina than in her sister States
like the hidden wealth Of her rich mines
it lies concealed, awaiting the developing
force of her industrious sons and daughters
Let the spirit Of intellectual Improvement be
come the talisman Of each and every one
and the day is not far distant when it viii b
seen Of the world that North Carolinians ar
indeed men and women of like gifts wit
other people Of the Anglo Saxon race. 4
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-23
CHAPTER V.
Sleep, little baby !! sleep !
Not in thy cradle bed.
~ -.

Not on thy mothers breast
But with the quiet dead"
Mas. SoUTHEY.
q part with thee
As wretches that are doubtful of hereafter
Part with their lives, unwilling, loath and fearful,
And trembling al futurity." Rowe.
I will hurry on. Two years passed, and
child sickenod and died. So l heard, for
/ never saw it but the one time l spoke Of
NV wife had continued to write to me, and |
frequently wrote to her. But when our child
died. the link that united us seemed severed.
Her p%atience was exhausted and her hope of
NV reformation almost gone. One more eff
fort, and tho last, she determined to make to
save mo.
Her father had long ondeavored to obtain
her consent for him to institute legal proceed
ings for q divorce and at last she gave tina
consent. She did so as n last resort to en-
deayor 10 arouse me to n determination TO re
form. Pending the suit for n divorce shI
wrote to me for the last time. In this lette
ahe told me- abe still loved me, that sho ha,
1sluetandy yisll2l her consent to the impoy
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-23
AnALGAuArIoy!zTs FonEp.-One

AIALGAuATIoSIsGs FonEp.-One of the
colored Professors in the McGrawville College
Western New York, IAN Institution in which
both black and White persons are admitted pro-
miscuously was roughly treated on Saturday
week, in the neighborlood OF FuIton. As the
story goes, the Professor was about to be
married TO Il young white lady, formerly Il pu-
pill in the College, residing near Fulton. Some
persons being informed Of the intended nup-
tuals, resolved not only to pat = stop to the
affair, but to castigate the offending lover.
They proceeded to the dwelling OF the girls
flthcr and broke into the house, bat the object
of their vengeance had escaped. The father
was entirely opposed TO the match, now that
the 'amalgamation' theory had been brought
home to him, and did everything to dissuadt
her from the step, but she was memorable til
the offended populace brought her TO her sen
SpS
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-23

BGF We notice, in the last Spirit Of the
Age, a communication to the editor, signed
II. NJ. L., on the duty of s~elf-cuIture in It's
relationto teaching" This communication,
which purports to be original, is an extract
from IL {" prize essay" published in the " Mas
sachusetts Teacher" for January. Such liter
airy p%iracies ought to be punished, and we
hope friend German will read his correspon-
dent an appropriate lecture.
G0tdstoro' New Era.
1.-THE "pilferer" has received as he deserved
the reward Of wrong doing. Stolen goods arr
difficult to conceal, especially j of6ered in tn,
market, though it be under a new name.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-23
CONFUSION

Here ended the interesting story Of my
temporary companion. We soon after parted,
and | thanked him and shook his hand warm
ly ana heartily. Should this mee$~kis eye
he will pardon me orwriting it, remember
ing that nydesign in SO doing is to place his
example before others. that those who are
young and have not fallen into Incorporate
habits may lie warned, and that those who
have fallen into such habits may take cour-
age and strive toreform.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-02-23
RAlE10H, q. Q.
Wednesday, February %, 1858.
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