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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-22

confess it. And as you keep nothing secrs1
from each other, so, on the contrary, pre-
serve The privacics of your house, marfiase
state ard heart from father, mother sisteF'
brother. and all the world. You too' Win
Gods help. build your own quiet woriu.-
Every third or fourth one whom you dra"
into it with you, will form aparty, ana seano
between YOU two! That should never Dc
Promise this to each other. Renew the vow
at each temptation. You will find your ac-
count in it. Your souls will grow as II were
together, and at last will become as one.
All, if many a young pair had on t cir wed,
ding day known this simple secret, and
straightwly practieed it, how many marriages
were happier than, alas, they are
Louise kissed her aunts hand with ardor.
L feel that it must be so. Whels TINS conn
dence is absent, the married, even after "ed-
lock. are two strangers who do not know each
other. 1t should be so without tnls, there
can be no h~anpiness. Aud now, aunt, the
best preventative of female beauty?
Her aunt smiled and said we may not
conceal from ourselves that q handsome man
pleases us a hundred times more than an
Unlocking one, and the men are pleased witt
US when we are pretty. But what we cal
beautiful. what in the men p~leases us, anc
what in us pleases the men, is not ski
and hair. and shade and color, as in q pic
ture or a statue but it is the character, 1t l
the soul that is within these, which enchant
us by looks and words, earnestness, and JOY
and sorrow. The men admire US the NOR
they suppose those virtues OF the mind
exist in US which the outside promises; an
we think a malicious man disagreeable, how
: ever graceful and handsome he may be. u
r a young maiden, then, who would preserN
her beauty, preserve but that beauty OF sou
those sweet qualities of the mind, those VI
: : tues, in short, by which she first drew n
? lover to her feet. And the best presefvatl
: of virtue, to render it unchanging, and ke'
it ever young, is religion, that inward uni
with the DEITY and eternity. and faith
piety, that walking with God so pure,
:: peaceful, so benefcient to mortals.
: See, dear heart continued the au1
: these are virtues which arise out of mt
- experience. These grow old with time, a
-. alter, because, by change of circumstan
and inclination, prudence alters her mef
of action, and because her growth does
-, always keep pace with that OF our ye
~ and passions. But religious virtues can n
er change these remain e~ternally the sal
g because our God is always the same,
~ = that eternity the same, which we and tn
~ who love US are fastening to enter.
~ serve, then, a mind innocent and pure, II
- ing for everything from God thus will
beauty of soul remain for which thy br
:, groom to-day adores thee. l am no bl
,ue no fanatic; l am thy aunt Of seven
re- : twenty. I love all innocent and rats
'ns amusement. But for this very reason |
.1t to thee-be a dear, good Christian, and
~ nu' wilt as a mother, yes, as a grandmother
"' still beautiful
e Louise threw her arms about her neck,
~; wept in silence, and whispered, 1 Il
'pi thee, angel!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-22

DAVIDSON CoLLEGE.-We learn that several
new Professorships have been established by
the Trustees of this Institution. There are
now seven, with a salary of $1,000 and a house
attached to each. The Professorship of Bellies
Lettres has been rendered. to the Rev. Adam
Gilchrist of the Presbyterian Church in Fay
etteville.
With such additions to the corps of instruc-
tors and the Improvements placed in its reach
by Mr.. Chambers liberal endowments, the
college can scarcely fail to prosper greatly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-22

GU4No A PREVENTIVE OF YELLOW FEyER.-
A writer in one of the Norfolk papers advo-
Gates the use of guano as a disinfecting agent.
and in proof of the s~oundness of his position.
adduces the fact that during the awful raging
of yellow fever in Brazil, the crews of every
ship of war in the Rio were swept off by i.
save that Of U. S. ship st. Louis, and this ex.
ception was attributed by the commander.
Captain Cooke, of Surry, Va, who, having a
barrel of guano in the hold, spread it all over
the ship. The st. Louis did not lose a soul.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-22

Love LETTERs.--Don't burn love letters.
says one of our contemporaries. A package
of love letters recently brought a man twenty
thousand dollars, in Bristol, England. His
first fame married another man, and he him.
self also married but retained the love letters
of his first love against an occasional remon-
STRANGE of his wife. After some years the
writer of the letters died a widow, leaving her
old lover twenty thousand dollars, and her let
tiers to him were essential to prove his identity
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-22

ne The Carolina Pennant." sthe name
of a new paper in this city, the first number
of which has been issued. 1t is devoted to
fun and amusement" independent in all
things, neutral in nothing" R. II. Whita-
ker, editor !; Miller & Keith publishers
price 81 ayear. May they have a "Gyelv
time of it" and plenty of rhino.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-22

naT Read the earnest and vel, ~
Appeal to Woman, in this paper, from the
pen of an intelligent Lady of Raleigh. We
hope to receive other contributions from tbs
same source.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-22

Mr.. Buchanan, our Minister at the Court
OF st. James, will leave London for the Uni.
ted States on the 81 of October.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-04

before he arrived at White Lake, in
Minnesota, during all Of which time he
had subsisted upon game, which he had
killed with his bow and arrow. He re-
mained there three days, and sold his
sccoutrements for clothing, and then
made his way for this State. He ar.
rived here in the cars.
Barney is a man of considerable in
telligence, and seems to have a vivid
recollection of nearly all that passed
during his captivity. He seems familiar
with Indian life, and gives many OF
their signs for determining courses,
cures of diseases, &c. He would like
to see his children again, but would
rather forego the pleasure than go back
and remain with the tribe. He was
married soon after he came to this coun-
try, and lived in Otsego county, New
York, where his wife died, after which
he was employed by the Fur Company.
He is SO years old, but still seems active
and hardy. He describes the country
where he has been, as being the hand
soonest he ever saw. Truly, he has
"seen the elephantP' and if his history
is correct, he can tell of more trials,
tribulations and adventures, than any
one now living.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-04

TIE MEoHAEIc.-If there is any
man in society upon whom we look with
esteem and admiration it is the honest
and industrious mechanic, who by his
own unsided exertions has established
for himself respectable station in socie-
ty; who, commencing in poverty, has,
by his skill and sssiduity, surmounted
every obstacle, overcome every preju-
dice, and succeeded in establishing for
himself reputation. whose value is en-
HANGED for those who come after him.
And let it ever be borne in mind by the
young mechanic just entering on the
stage of active life, let it ever live at
the foundation, and be the moving
spring Of all his efforts, that this situs-
ton be must strive to attain. It can be
attained by all. Untiring industry and
a yirtuous ambition, never fail Of their
reward. They never yet were exerted
in vain, and never will be, while homes
ty and justice are left in the human
heart.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-04

~ There was once an itinerant
preacher in West Tennessee who,
possessing considerable natural elo-
quence, had gradually become possessed
of the idea that he was also an extra
ordinary biblical scholar. Under this
delusion, he would very frequently. at
the close Of his sermons, ask any men,
Der Of his congregation who might have
a 'knotty text to unravel, to announce
it, and he would explain it at once, how
ever much it might have troubled less
distinguished divines.' On one occa-
sion, in large audience, he was particu-
lsrly pressing for some one to PROFOUND
a text, but no one presuming to do so,
he was about to sit down without any
opportunity of showing his learning
when chap back by the door an
nounced that he had Bible matter of
great 'concarn' which he desired TO be
enlightened upon. The preacher quite
animatedly, professed his willingness
and ability, and the congregation was in
great excitement. What / want to
know said the outsider, is whether
Jobs turkey was hen or gobbler?'
The 'expounder' looked confused, and
the congregation Uttered. as the ques-
toner capped the climax by exclaiming.
in loud voice, i fotched him down on
the fust question: From that time for
ward the practice of asking for difficult
passages ceased.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-04


! GEo. D. PRENTICE ON DuELLISG.-
During the late visit Of Mr.. Prentice t
Arkansas, he had occasion to max
some structures on the writings of Mr.
Hewson, of Little Rock, whereupol
that gentleman demanded a retractior
by Mr.. P. of the assertions made, in
such a manner as to leave no doubt o
his (Hewson's) intention of sending
him challenge. The following is ar
extract from Mr.. Prentice's reply-in'
fnitely more honorable and noble thar
to have been the victor on q score o.
"6elds of honor"
Presuming that your notes are writ.
ten to me with a view to a duel, may
as well say here, that l have not the
least thought of accepting challenge
from you. I consider my structures
upon your writings entirely legitimate,
and, at any rate the disclaimer that
have made ought to satisfy you.
came here from distant State be-
cause many believe 1 could do some
thing to promote great and important
enterprise, and, as I have no reason to
think that my labors are not altogether
in vain, 1 do not intend to let myself be
diverted from them. There are some
persons, and perhaps many. to whom
my life is valuable, and. however little
or much value l may attach to it on my
own account, / do not see fit at present
to put it up voluntarily against yours.
l am no believer in the duelling code.
l would not call man to the field un-
less he had done me such a deadly
wrong that / desired to kill him, and
would not obey his call to the field un-
less I had done him so mortal an injury
as to entitle him, in my opinion, to de-
mand an opportunity of taking my life.
/ have not the least desire to Kill you or
to harm hair on your head, and am
not conscious of having done anything
to entitle you to kill me. I do not want
your blood upon my hands, and l do
not want my own upon anybody's. !
might yield much to the demands of a
strong public sentiment, but there is no
public sentiment. nor even any disinter-
ested individual sentiment that either
requires me to meet you or would justi-
fly me in doing SO.
l look upon the miserable code that
is said to require two men to go out and
shoot at each other for what one of
them may consider a violation OF eti-
quette or punctillo in the rSe of language
with scorn equal to that which is get
ting to be felt for it, by the whole civil
lized world of mankind.
/ am not afraid to express such views
in the enlightened capital of Arkansas
or any where else. l am not so coward
ly as to stand in dread of any imputa-
ton on my courage. l have always
had courage enough to defend my honor
and myself and presume l always
shall have.
Your very obedient servant,
GEO. D. PRENTICE.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-04
N. Butt Hewson, Esq.

The MENTAL FAcULTIEs.-i. The
Perceptivs faculties are those by which
we become acquainted with the exist
ence and qualities of the external
world.
2. Consciousness is the faculty BY
which we become cognizant of the oper-
ations of our own minds.
5. Original Suggestion is the faculty
which gives rise to original ideas, occa-
stoned by the perceptive faculties or
consciousness.
4. abstraction is the faculty by
which, from conceptions of individuals,
we form conceptions of general and
species, or, in general, of classes.
5. Memory is the faculty by which
we retain and recall our knowledge of
the past.
s. Reason is that faculty by which,
from the use of the knowledge obtained
by the other faculties, we are enabled
to proceed to other and original knowl-
edge.
7. Imagination is that faculty by
which, from materials already existing
in our mind, we form complicated con-
ceptions or mental images, according to
our own will.
8. Taste is that sensibility by which
we recognize the beauties and deformi-
ties of nature or art, deriving pleasure
from the one, and suffering pain from
the other.--Dr. Wayland.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-04
THE wRETogED FAMILY.
BIZ MRS. LYDIA JANE PrEasoS.


Wretched and ragged, and dirty and poor,
A man sneaks along to the rumsellers door,
Bloated and livid, with red rheumy eyes,
An object that all people shun and desPise;
AbjectIy trembling. he begs for dram,
Which the half sobered landlord denies with a
damn,
Mrithing with anguish, he turns to depart,
With a curse on his lips, and despair in his
heart.
Wasted and weary, and hungry and poor,
A woman creeps up to the grocery door;
Languid and pallid, her eyes dim with tears,
Wretched and friendless, the trembler appears,
Now she imploreth with voice sadly sweet
Trust me to something my children can eat.
Mol says the grocer, you never will pay,
And the heart broken woman turns sobbing
away.
Ragged and famished, and barefoot and poor,
A little boy goes to rich neighbours door:
Please ma am, he blushing and faltering plead,
Lend my poor mother half loaf of brean.
Lendl cries the woman, why don't you say,
give?
'Tis pity such poor, worthless wretches
should live;
The children beg bread, and the father begs
rum,
1t is not my duty-Away with you home.
Home went the hungry child. weeping and
slow,
Wondering why Providence orders things SO?
That he, with his little heart gushing with
love,
Who asked daily bread of his father above,
Must be poor outcast, despised and forlorn,
Hated and taunted, and treated with scom;
He lifts his small hand with desclate "My
Father in Heavenl Oh, let Charley Gie"
Home comes the woman with faltering feet,
And nothing to give her poor babies to eat;
Round her they cling with wall of despair.
And she in her darkness, finds no place for
prayer,
WHY am Tthus3 Is her agonized cry,
While women no better, no worthier than ],
Squander their gold in luxuriant ease,
Godl are their children more precious than
these?
Home comes the man, mad with anger and
pain,
The fire of the rum fever scorching his brain;
Home-which to his guilty spirit is hell,
Where famine and sorrow in hideousness
dwell;
He glared on his tremblers with tiger like eyes,
"Cryingl foreverl God d-n youl" he cries;
Here veil the picture, too painful TO view,
Oh, it is dreadful, and dreadfully true.
Is there no hope for this home of despair?
No hand to bind up the hearts bleeding there?
No one to lead the lost drunkard to see
Salvation's pure waters flow plenteOus and
free3
No one to say TO that woman of grief,
God has not forgotten; he sends you relief?
No one to say to those children, look up,
And thank your creator with gladness and
hope?
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-04

A BREACH OF PROMISE CASE AND IT'S
REsuLrs.-About a year since, for q
breach Of promise of marriage, young
lady from Washington, obtained ver-
dict of $4,000 damages against VIM.
K. Hall, of New York. Since that time
he applied for the benefit of the insoI.
vent act, submitted to imprisonment in
the Hudson county Jail. and recently
obtained discharge from bis debts--
by means of which he escapes the pens
atty and leaves the young lady to take
care Of herself.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-04
From the Waverly Magazine.l
THE WANDERER.
BY MARY 4. CLARK.


BY MARY n. CLARK.
Shadows dark are gathering round me
In distant wild l roam
Cold and chill the winds are blowing;
o, that was safe at home.
Fast and thick the snow is falling
Everything looks cold and white,
Like a spectre, and>the shadows,
That are deep'ningSntoaight.' =.
o, my home, would could reach thee
There my loved ones watch and pray
But they never more will see me-
shall perish far away
o, my home, l never priced it,
Ne'er before knew half its worth;
Now, it seems to me the dearest,
Loveliest spot on all the earth.
All, what's that 1 see a cleaning
In the distance, Of light
And / hear familiar voices,
But my strength is failing quite.
He has sunk upon the cold snow
But his dangers all are Ger;
For his loved ones are around him
He is safe at home once more.
Thus, with life, dark shadows gather,
Cold storms beat and hoarse winds blow,
And now light beams on our pathway
All seems dark above, below.
But we had a blest assurance,
Clouds will pass and sunshine come;
Trust in God and he will guide us
Safe, to heaven, our happy home,
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-04

DEATH OF ONE OF MARIoS's TRooP.-
We learn from the Cynthians Harrison
co. NslOs Of the 9TH that on the 10Th
inst, Phillip Roberts, aged about go
years, one of "Marion's Merry Men"
died near that place. The NstCs says he
was soldier in the Marion war, in
South Carolina, and a soldier Of the
Cross in the Methodist Church over
sixty years, and died in full triumph Of
the faith of the Gospel.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-04

QUEER SrArIsT1cs.--For hardening
the heart politics are nearly as bad as
law. We saw the other day member
of the General COMMITTEES figuring up
the effect of the cholera on the fall elec-
tons. He struck a large balance in
favor of the wings, thus
Out of every hundred who die of the
cholera, 85 are Irish. Now, eight.
tenths of the Irish are democrsts-ergo,
every time 100 men die of the cholera,
the whig party makes a clear gain of 7e
votes. Who but politician would ever
have entered into such a calculation?
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-04
REVELATIONS OF THz BARoxErEn-

REVELATIONS OF TIE BARoNxrxa-
TIE SPIRITUAL TELEeRApH supER.
sEDED.-The following interesting com,
munication was recently addressed tc
the French Minister of War by N. L.
Maout, q chemist of st. Briene:
Sr. BRrxNE, Oct. a7, 1854.
MONSIEUR LIE MrS1srRE: / have oc
cupied myself, since the commencement
of the Eastern war, with a series Of OBJ
servations on the notifications which
the atmosphere experiences from the
cannonades that take place. Those OBJ.
servations are made every three hours,
/ have collected, on the effects oi
cannon, facts of the highest interest,
which render ineligible upon paper
by the aid of figures, specimen of
which send you. extracted hastily
from the results of my observations,
and which represent the comparative
effects of the cannonsdes of Odessa, of
the battle of Alma, of the day Of the
9th of October (cannon fred at the In
valids, of the opening of the lombard
ment of Sevastopol, and of the day of
the e5th of October.
/ hope to be able to establish that the
barometer is not, as is commonly
thought an instrument merely intended
to indicate rain and fine weather, but a
mobile apparatus, excessively sensitive,
which places US in communication with
all great atmospherical phenomena.
What is remarkable in this instru-
ment is, that, at from 500 to 300
leagues distance, an impression is pro-
duced in few hours by the discharge
of cannon. Observed with care and
intelligence, it cannot fail, in certain cir
cumstances, to become of the highest
utility in time of war.
The object to which l venture to d.
rect your attention is this:
/ have no occasion to apprise you of
the commencement of the bombardment
of Sevastopol, as you have already re-
ceived the news Of it officially, but 1
can announce to you with certainty
which will not be belied by the facts
that the day before yesterday a cannon
ade such as has not taken place during
the year which is about TO elapse, even
those of the siege of Sillis-
tria and of the bombardment of Odes
sa, commenced in the morning before
Sevastopol.
Be good enough to cast your eye over
he table, that l send you. You will !
see that in 48 hours the barometer arose
80 millimetres, and that the figure
which represents this rise, comparative
y to those produced by the other bonn
is almost vertical, an index,
with the other signs by which it is ac-
of the intensity of the ac-
lion of the cannonade.
In few days, you will receive from
Sevastopol news of the 25th, which
will give you full information of what
on that day, which has proved,
have no doubt, one of the most mem
orable of the whole campaign.
In the mean while, remain. &C.,
CHI. LIE MAOUT.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-04

A GENTLEMAN.-Did you ever see
gentleman! We have seen two or three
in our day, but real gentlemen are very
rare. A gentleman is one who treats
every body with respect, whether black
or white. low or high, poor or rich.-
He does not bow to wealth, scrape his
knees to honor, nor hold his tongue
when he sees wickedness in high places.
You always receive from him civil
answer to your inquiry, and he kindly
imparts to you any information in bis
power. He will not say a word to in.
jure your feelings. or allude to subject
to pain your heart. Whatever may be
done he will not manifest angry feelings,
or use unbecoming language. He uses
no profane or indecent language,
smokes no cigars in your presence, nor
spits tobacco juice on your floors. He
is the same kind and accommodating in.
dividval, from one weeks end to snoth'
american.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-04

EDr. P, who is attached to a
Partisan theatre in the quality of ply
sician, expressed his astonishment that
a man and woman we're not created at
the same time, instead of the latter
springing from the rib of our first
parent. A Young actress standing by.
remarkable for the graceful turn which
she ever gives to the expression of her
ideas, said: '.Was it not natural. sir.
that the flower should come after the
stem?"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-04


RULEs.-First, never lose any time;
do not think that lost which Is spent In
amusement or recreation, sometime
every day: but always be in the habit
of being employed. Second, never err
the least in truth, Third, never say sn
i'll thing of any person. when you can
say q good thing of them; not only
speak c6sritably, but feel so. Fourth.
never be irritable or ankind to any body,
Fifth, never indulge yourself in Injuries
that are not necessary. Sixth. do al
things with consideration. and when
your path to act Alright Is more dificuls,
feel confidence in that power alons
which is able to assist you, and exeyt
your own powers a. far - they 20.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-04

The Losr STEAMER.-The Belfast
(Ireland) Northern Wing, publishes the
following paragraph. 1t is the first
trace that has yet been discovered Of
the lost steamship City of Glasgow,
and probably the last that will ever be
found:
Wreck Of tie City Of 6zasgoy.-A
correspondent of the Mail, at Gamble
ton, states that on Saturday last, while a
herd-boy was walking along the shore at
Bellochgair, he picked up portion of the
bow Of svessel. which bears every mark
of having belonged to the ilI-fated
steamer. 1t has on it in large gilded
characters, not much defaced-"City of
Glasgow" and. in the corner, LET
Glasgow Flourish"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-04

E The lion called the sheep to ask
if his breath smelt. She said, yes
He bit her head off for q fool. He
called the wolf and asked him. He
said nay He tore him to pieces for q
hatterer. At last he called for the fox
and asked him. Truly said he, i
have got cold, and cannot SMELL
MoRAI-Wise men say nothing in
dangerous times.