Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-11-01
A Mothers Love.

in the Indianapolis State Journal are truth
full and eloquent:
IF angels ever covet any sphere on
earth L believe that desire is for aInother's
holy Office. Her laws are the FIRST obeyed
and the last that are spurned IN down
ward course of evil and we wonder not,
because her laws are holy, just, and good,
that the utterer of Divine proverbs charged |
his son not to forsake the law of his moth
err for it was an ornament Of grace about
his neck.
Memory clings to nothing with such
strength as the reeollections of a mother
tendefncss, Eief noes tEIs heart tFessf rT In
pressiens so indeilibly as those received
from her affectionate admonitions. No
wonder, then, that the mother is the arbi-
ter Of the child's destiny She lives in his
heart, revives in his memory, and acts
through him after She has long been slum-
bering
"Where heaves the turf in many mouldering
heap"
She is always beautiful and, oh, no
speech 50 eloquent as that laden with blessings
on mothers name; no songs so sweet as
those which breathe mothers undying af
fection and touch the chords of soul-fe.t har-
mony which thrill the Bosom at the remem-
brance of the cherished being who bore,
nourished and instructed our wayward in
fancy and childhood and inspired our man
hood with the noblest principles of virtue
and religion!
Oh, she nay guardian and guide all the day
And the angel who watched around my bed;
Her voice in murmur of prayer died away
For blessings to rest on my head.
How often my bosom with rapture doth glow
As think of my home and my sire,
And the dearest Of mothers who rocked long ago
In the old easy chair by the fire"
WHTsKEY AND NEWsPAPERs.-Ag glass
of whiskey is manufactured from perhaps
dozen grains of mashed corn, the value OF
which is too small to be estimated. A pint
of this mixture sells at retail for one shill
ing, and if good brand, it is considered
by It's consumers we'll worth the money
It is drank off In minute or two-it fire.
the brain-rouses the passions-sharpen
the ppetite-deranges and weakens tn,
physical system: it is gone-and swollel
eyes, parched lips, and an aching head ar
its followers On the same sideboard upo
which this is served, lies newspaper, th
new white paper of which cost threefourth
of cent-the composition for the whol
edition costing from ten to fifteen dollar
Ter dog Es- -Ea covered with half a millin
of types, it brings intelligence from tt
four quarters of the globe-it has in i
clearly printed columns all that is strane
or new at home-it tells you the state I
the market-gives accounts of the la
elopement, the execution Of the last mu
derer-and the latest steamboat explosio
or railroad disaster-and yet for all thi
the newspaper costs less than the glass
grog-the juice of few grains Of corn.-
} 1t is no less St ange than true, that the
are large portion of the community wi
: think the corn juice cheap and the newsp
per dear, and the printer has hard work
, collect his dimes, when the liquor deale
: are paid cheerfully.
: How is this? Is the body better pa
, master than the head, and are things
: the moment more priced than things
eternity? Is the transient tickling of t
stomach of more consequence than the il
r proVement of the soul, and the informati
= that is essential to rational being!
: this had its value, would not the newsI
v per be worth many pints of whisky.
= FOreSt City.