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CULVER DESsERTIAND FRUIT KNIVES
y M. w. GAIT & BROTHER offer a hand
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Pickle Forks, Cream Ladies, &C., which, with a
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Silver warranted pure, and workmanship unsur-
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MosraxAL, May l4.-The steamer Geneva the
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, Department OF the Interior.

SEALED PROPOSALS for furnishing the sta
~ tionery OF this Department during the fiscal
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r ADY BIRD: . tale, BY Lady Georgana fol'
IL ierton, author Of" Grantley Manor
Teh7 FRANCK TAYLOR
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-10-12
Dedication Ceremonies.

The Wadesboro' Argus gives a graphic de-
scription of the Dedication Ceremonies at the
new Masonic Hall at Carolina Female Col
1ege, III Anson county. Ten lodges were
represented, and l40 members of the Fra
ternity appeared in the procession.
The procession, with appropriate music by
the Brass Band of Carolina, marched down
the street and then to the new and commodi-
Gus M. E. Church where a numerous au-
dience of female beauty, and lords of crea-
tion,' had assembled to near the Address and
witness the solemn, but to many novel, cere-
mony of dedication. There were the lodge
or flooring, the three lights, the pitchers,
with the corn, wine and oil, the Holy Bible,
the square and compass, with the charter,
book of constitution and bylaws.
After an appropriate prayer by President
Walsh, a we'll written and interesting Adj
dress on Education, and the duty Of Masons
in reference to this important subject, was
delivered by Luke Blackmer, r.. w. G. S. w.
Then followed a few intervening ceremonies;
after which the d. G.. NJ, assisted by his
proper officers, proceeded to the dedication,
agreeably to ancient FORM The Lodge
being uncovered, a procession moved in
solemn and slow march, accompanied By
music, around the aisle of the Church. Corn
was then strewed upon the Lodge, the ID. G..
NJ. saying at the same time the following -
"h the name Of the Great JehoUah, to ,ohom.
be all honor and glory, lido ~soLemnly dedicate
this Hall to Masonry"
A second procession took place: wine was
sprinkled, and the Lodge dedicated, as before,
to Virtue. Then a third procession: oil was
sprinkled, and the Lodge dedicated to Uni
cersaL BeneUoIence. At each dedication the
Grand Honors were given.
After a Benediction the Fraternity again
formed in procession and marched from the
Church to their new Hall.
The following are the officers of Carolina
Lodge, No. IA: Pro-. VIM. X. Blake, w.
NJ; Joseph Medley, S. W.; B. F. ingram. J.
w; v. S. Garret IT,; j. S. Kendall, Sec
w. S. Kendall, S. D.; T. L. Ingram, J. d.; G.
ID. Began and H.. ID. Clark, Stewards Geo
Dunlap, Chaplain; G.. A. Smith, Tyler. The
Lodge we learn is in a very fourishing con,
dition.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-10-12
Our Enlargement.

We present our readers to-day with our
enlarged sheet, which for n~eatness of appear
ance, at least, if in no other respect, is equal
to that of any of our respected contemporaries.
We trust it will convince our readers that
we are determined to keep up, indeed, with
the spirit Of the age, and that they in return
will also resolve to keep up with US. Such
a paper as ours is, at the low price of 81 a
year, to Clubs, is unparalleled in the history
ofPrinting in the South. Surely, every body
can take a paper at such a price. We hope
every one of our subscribers will show the
CAGE" round, and try and get us a few names.
The increase in matter and size of the paper,
of course involves considerable additional ex-
pense-but our friends have nobly sustained
us in every improvement we have heretofore
made, and we feel assured they will do it in
this. Send us Subscribers, Advertising and
Job Printing, and help US on in the good
cause. Remember, the more you do for us,
the more we will be able to do for our Pat
rons.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-10-12
More announcement.

Our very worthy and excellent friend, j.
j. YeatesEaAarrellsyille Hertfort county,
has laid us under renewed obligations for his
many favors, by sending US last week a club
of seven subscribers, with the promise of
more soon. We do not remember how many
Mr.. z. has sent US in all, but it cannot be
much short of some 40 or so. Such efforts in
the work of disseminating temperance infor-
nation among the people is worthy of all
praise and we tender our grateful acknowl-
edgments to our good brother for his repeat
ed acts of kindness towards ourself, and &C
tivity in the cause of benevolence and tenn
perance. Long may he live to enjoy the re-
wards of q good conscience.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-10-12

Definitions.

Unhappy Psople.-Allpersons afflicted with
govt and the ague. Old bachelors and old
maids and nearly two thirds of married peo-
pie.
Humble Psrsons.-The wife who blacks her
husbands boots at the dinner pot; the hus-
band who is + forced by " hen pecking" to do
the churning and other domestic chores, and
the man who says you do him too much honor.
Prosecuted Psople.-Wivesw who have drunk
en- husbands; the man who does his duty,
doctors, debtors and poor folks, by society
generally.
Ambitious PeopEe.-The scribbler who pays
the Publisher to insert and "puf9' his arti-
cles. The ~demagogue who forswears Party
because he gets no Office, and the lawyers
boy who thinks he will be the President.
TImid Psople.--The man in a duel who
does not wish to die; passengers on a steam
boat with a case of yellow fever on board,
and a lover in the act of popping the ques-
tion-the girl too!
Dignifed Peope.-A cit in a rural vii
lage, a school committee on exhibition day,
and the candidate who beat his opponent two
to one.
Unpopular Rople.-A ring eyed woman,
a tall man in a crowd, and a ia: man in a
crowded stage.
Genteel Psop6.-The ~consumptive female
who wears thin shoes, the Miss who lets her
mother do all the homework for fear Of ruin
ing her hands, the folks who starve them
selves to make a display at their party, and
the young fop who is ashamed of his father
Industrious People.-The young lady who
reads novels in bed, cold Scratch" the Ii
quor seller on training day, and the man whc
cannot find time to answer your letters.
Fine FeUows.-The man who never refu
ses to lend you money the man who adver
tises in our paper, and that duck of a fellow
worth fifty thousand who is counting you
sister.
Mean People.-The %reprobate who kick
folks when they are down, the grog selle
who turns a drunken man in the street afte
night, and the subscriber who won't pay al
Editor for his paper.
Pleasant Psople.-Girls of eightcen and tn
readers of the cage"
Sensible Psope.-(With a slap on you
shoulder, my reader,) you and |!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-10-12
The Prohibitorv Law.


In common parlance, all propositions COM
ing from Temperance Men, to prohibit the
traffic in spirituous liquors, are ~stigmatized
as the Maine Liquor Law. The faults of
that law, or the falsehoods told about the
provisions, or ineficiency, or the bad effects of
that law, are charged to the account of every
other proposition which bears in that direc-
ton. Now, while we believe that the Maine
Law has done a vast amount of good, and
while we believe the testimony of its friends
carrying out to a considerable extent the OBJ
ject of its originators, we have never advoca-
ted the passage of the Maine Law for North
Carolina. Many of its provisions are in ac-
cordance with our views, but we do not sane
ton all of them. We advocate the passage
of a prohibitory law to prevent the traffic in
spirituous liquors as a beverage, suited to the
meridian Of North Carolina. And, why?-
Not because the cause of Temperance is not
promoted by the agencies which have been
brought to bear upon it for the last ten or
fifteen years. Certainly not. Much has been
done by these agencies, and we rejoice at it,
and we expect much more to be done by
them, even without any prohibitory law
But after a careful review of the whole ques-
tioR-a close survey Of the entire field, we
are fully persuaded that in order to give to
moral %suasion its full force and potency, we
must bring legal suasion to its aid. Men
may be reasoned with, persuaded, convinced
of the danger of drinking to excess-they
may resolve and re-resolve to abandon it,
and yet, while the tempting potion is con-
stantly presented to them-while it is offered
in its varied tempting forms, in the avenues
of BUSINESS or the rounds of pleasure, in
deed, at every possible point of contact, there
will always be found many who cannot re-
sist the tempter. How many a noble hear
ted fellow, who long since has gone down to
the vile dust, and now sleeps in a drunkard's
grave, would have been above ground, a So
Der, honest specimen of human nature, but
for the fact, that some of his best friends,
perhaps, a father, a brother, an intimate COM
panion, kept the poison on sale at the store,
the shop, the coffee-house or the hotel?
Now, these are stubbon facts-no one can
contradict them-and yet, when we urge the
total humiliation of these promoters ofintem-
perance-these hot-beds in which the drunk
ard is Matched, why, we are told, you are too
rash-you injure your own cause, and such
like twaddle. But we beg to be excused, gen.
tlemen. The demon is among US. He must
be taken by the horns and cast out, or ruin
and overthrow must come upon our fair land.
And, to our mind, the only sure and %efectual
mode is to dam up the torrent-turn its
blighting, poisonous current away from us
i, by preventing the sale of it, only for medici-
nal, s%acramental and mechanical purposes
. But we want such a law as the moral sense
Of the people of North Carolina will sanction
! and enforce.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-10-12
Wake Superior Court.

Last week the Fall Term of this Court was
held, His Honor Judge M. E. Manly presi-
ding. The docket was pretty we'll filled with
" salt and 6atter' cases, the great majority
of which had their rise in liquor, and, of
course, in most cases the State had to foot
the bill. This is all right--if so respectable
q parsonage will become identified in busi-
ness with the liquor sellers and drinkers, it
is nothing but proper it should pay the debts
of the insolvent, graceless partners of the firm.
Innocent parties, however, are becoming tired
of /" paying their SHARE" and are calling lus-
tily for a dissolution Of the Co-partnership.
Well, it is about time-the sober, industri-
freely a long time, and now feel they have
enough of this. We venture, Wake County
has been taxed at least $500, for the liquor
ARRAYS tried at this Court. But hush, We
temperance manifestations dare you cry
out against the liberties of the grog-seller !
His is a sacred business, with which it is
treason in any to interfere.
Interesting and respectful proceedings
were held by the Court, relative to the death
of Perrin Busbee, Esq. late a member of the
Bar.
Samuel Parker Perry, who was tried at
the Spring Term of this Court for the MUIR
der of his wife, and found guilty, was brought
out on Wednesday, for sentence of death
the Supreme Court having refused his appli-
cation for a new trial. Judge Manly adj
dressed the Prisoner in a most feeling and
solemn Misunderstanding him against all
false hopes of release-and after admonishing
him to prepare for his solemn fate, he con-
cluded by saying" You will be taken hence
to the place Of confinement whence you came,
where you will remain till Friday, the 28th
of October instant-thence you will be taken
to the place of execution, where, between.
the hours of 10 in the forenoon and 3 in The
afternoon, you will be hung by the neck un
til you are dead!-And may God have mercy
on your SOUL"
The scene was a most solemn one, but thu
prisoner seemed unmoved amid its awful re
alities
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-10-12

FRETING.-He who wastes his time in re-
pining over the vicissitudes of life is an ass
of the most stupid peculiarities. Among the
most successful men that ever lived, failed in
their frst undertakings, and yet by constant
effort became the most brilliant lights in the
achievements of mind over matter. Their
indomitable will to gain the victory by try
ing again, was the secret of their success
DR.. johnson truly displayed the key of Dean
Swift ssuccessinlife Swift's Collegiate course
was a failure and obtained his degrees only
by the special favor of the faculty." as is
proved from the archives Of the College. He
bitterly regretted in his mature years that he
had thrown away seven years of his life, but his
regrets did not amount to despair: johnson
says Of him " that though he had thrown
away seven years of his life in idleness, he
was determined not to throw away the rest
in despair" The conviction that sit is new
or too late to try" made Swift the illustrious
parsonage he afterwards became.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-10-12
.~~N</%% <H%~rN-
After Dinner

We are dull, hot and sweating. What
ussEsv0~vzrv0
gang. Oh! for a good joke to shake our
sides, stir our face and give an impulse and
polish to our ideas. We have exhausted
Punch, Hood, Dickens, Major Jones' Court
ship and the Comic Almanacs, and still we
are hungry for a hearty gufaw. All! yes,
our Exchanges! surely they contain some
thing that will command a smile. "Class
in Grammar" Ridiculous that is STALE
The Texas Lawyer" pshaw! that is a
standing, threadbare joke. We can laugh
no more at that. All! here is a long column
Of Coon Hunt" Fustian! The fellow
has strained his mental machine to spin a
funny yarn and the thread snaps at the touch.
All here is the I" Pick and "Dutchman."
OF course, we will find a satisfactory joke
here. Vain delusion! Well, we may give
up to despair now, since they are dry. a.
plague upon Mrs. Partington's sayings by
repetition they have become intoIerable.-
We are in a desperate ix-our face looks
woe begone in yonder mirror against the
wall. What shall we do? All! here comes
a jolly, faS friend of ours, evidently swelled
with some glorious fun his rudy face is
laughing now. He says land we throw down
our pen to l%isten) l have heard to-day that
an action for slanderha been brought against
the spiritual rappers, (ha! haD The insul-
ted parties, a gentleman and his wife. They
visited a rapper to try his powers and to gain
some knowledge Of the spirit-world. Glow
many children have II" inquired the lady.
(ha ha! haD Give" was the reply in
raps. All this was true. And how many
have II" inquired the husband, who had
not made his relationship to the lady known
to the p Cone" was the rapping re-
spouse. (hal ha! haD "What" stormed
the Infatuated husband, edo you say that
my-my wife has five children and that only
one of them is mine. Who the i do the
others belong to, william ?" Cha! hal ha y
80, my! Scandalous!" exclaimed the blAsh-
ing half, Cha ha! haI and the believers
left the wife wiping her eyes and assuring
her grum lord that after all, the rappers were
either humbugs or malicious defamers! (ha
ha ha! ourself and friend together.) The
husband, with all his doubts, was forced to
acquiesce in the insulted lady's determinatior
to bring action for SANDER and agree to fee
the lawyer. Very good! ha! ha! ha! Rich
Truly wonderful revelation! Friend and our
self keep up the broadcast kind of a guffav
for several minutes, he retires laughing ant
! winking his little eyes, wedir our old steel il
:. the inkpot and resume our editorial labor
d strengthened and revived in Spirit.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-10-12
Temperance Dedication.

In the afternoon, the new Hall Of Hemby
Springs Division, Sons of Temperance, was
dedicated. At 3 o'clock a procession was
formed, composed of the members Of the Di-
vision, and brethers from MANY ~neighborinp
Divisions, and the Cadets of Temperance.
headed by the Band, and marched to the
Church, under the conduct of Col. Ingram.
marshal Of the day. After prayer by the
Rev. [. r. Walsh, the marshal announced
Mr.. George B. Wetmore, of Rockingham. as
the orator. Mr.. Wetmore rose and delivered
one of the most clear, forcible and argume
tative speeches. on the subject of Temperance
that we ever listened to. We have heard
many addresses on this subject, but neYer
have we heard one that pleased US better, in
matter or manner, than did this one.
After the address, the procession was re-
formed and marched back to the Hall. when
the dedicatOry ceremony was performed
The Grand Worthy Patriarch Of the Order,
Luke Blackmer, Esq, oficiated on the oc-
casion. The ceremony was beautiful and
impressive, and the new hall was duly con-
secrated to the trio Of noble virtues, Love,
Purity and Fidelity"
Atnighta Torch-light procession was form
ed under the direction of Col. Boggan. There
were some IS or so small transparencies and
two very large ones. On one of the latter
appeared in large letters, Froemen, Awake !
Now is the Day, and Now is the Hour
Down with the Liquor Traffic. The other
represented the Temperance men of the State
presenting their memorial to the members Of
the Legislature, and their response, Pm
Agin 1t !"
The whole closed with a brilliant display
! of Fireworks.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-10-12
The New Ritual-at last.

We learn that the first edition of five thou
sand copies of the new Ritual of the Order of
the Sons of Temperance, is now in the hands
of the book binder, and will be ready for de-
livery in a few days. The price of the new
B. B. and Cards will be 81. Every Division
ought to have two copies of the Ritual-S2
will get two copies of the Ritual, one set of
Cards, and prepay the postage on them when
sent to the Division. Every Division desir-
ing these, will send 50 to A. NJ. German,
G. s., and as soon as they are received they
will be forwarded, postage free. No books
or cards sent unless the cash accompanies
the order-and no Divisions supplied unless
the Ritual is sent for, with the money. This
is the arrangement by the National Division.
Send on your orders Immediately, so that the
Grand Scribe may know how many copies to
send for.