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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-10-31
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Dead Heads,

1t used to be customary for railroads and
other transporting corporations to chalk the
hats of that important class of persons
known as Editors, and send them whereso-
ever they "listed" free of charge. That
evil is now happily reformed in consequence
of the more general diffusion of light and
knowledge, and Editors are made to pay for
what they get like common publicans and
sinners. This is all right; for to pay for
what one gets makes a man wonderous indie
pendent. Under the old rule if a steamboat
leaked until it threatened to sink, or if its
captain was as sour and Grabbed as picked
possum if a railroad killed a dozen passen-
gers a month, lost every third mans baggage
and had a graduate cusser for conductor or
if the Hotel man fed US on raw rabbit and
onions without sauce, it was expected of the
dead head fraternity to crack up the steam
boat as a fairy palace and the captain a gen.
tleman puff the railroad to the skies and the
savage conductor to Heaven; and dub the
Hotel man as a genuine Boniface who fed
the hungry on the sweets of the land until
they grew so fat that their corpulency was a
burtken. But the evil in reformed-we pay
for what we get and are independent as 6
. loafer eating clam soup on a fish barrel Of
Sol. Carter smoking a long pennyl
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For the Spirit of the Age.
Kindness.

What a wonderful change would be mani
tested, were all actuated by the law of kind
ness. How it leads to the forgiveness of in
j%uries. 1t shuts up the lips that were just
opened to give an angry reply to some pre-
vious insult. 1t unclasps the hands that were
just ready todeaf a vindicating blow for some
real or fancied injury. It enters the sacred
family circle, and makes Us all peace and
harmony there. Who can estimate the good
it accomplishes? But few hearts are so cal
lous t~hatkindness has noinfuence over them.
Drop kind words as you pass along thro' life
by the way side-amid the city's din-and
the hearthstone of the suffering poor. What
tho you may be occasionally refused by a
seeming unkind reply we know that if &C
tuated by right motives, we shall not fail of
our reward. Our deeds of kindness will be
remembered. They will grow brighter with
age, and produce happy reflections for ever.
Christ has set us an example worthy of i'm
~itation. Kindness first prompted him ~toleave
his throne above, and stoop to the dignity OF
man, that those who justly deserved his dis
pleasure might be saved. We must feel as
he did towards our brethren. His kindness
was extended to all, Independent of what
their feeling might be towards Him. De
fects in character failed to ALLEVIATE Him. His
love was disinterested, intense and unchang
ing. SARAH A. BEARDSLEY.
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MECHANICS WIvEs-Speaking of the mid
die ranks of life, a good writer observes -
There we behold a woman in all her glory
not a doll to carry silks and jewels not a
puppet to be tiattered by profane alteration,
reverenced to-day, discarded tomorrow; al
ways jostled out of the place which nature and
society would assign her, by sensuality or by
6ontempt admired, but not respected-de-'
sired but not esteemed; ruling ty passion,
Rot affection; imparting her weakness, not
her %constaney, no sex she would exalt the
source and mirror of vanity. We see he has
a wife partaking the cares and cheering the
anxiety of a husband, dividing his tolls by
her diligence, spreading cheerfulness around
her for his sake, sharing the decent refine.
ments of the world without being vain of
them, placing all her joys and happiness in
the man she loves. As a mother, we find
her the affectionate, the ardent instructress
of the children whom she has tended since
their infancy, trained them up to thought
and virtue, to piety and benevolence; ad-
dressing them as rational beings, and prepar-
ing them to become men and women in their
turn. Mechanics daughters make the best
wives in the world
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Written for the Spirit of the Age
Our Circle is broken

The world recedes it disappears!
Heaven opens on my eyes my ears
With sounds seraphic ring:
Lend, lend your wings! l mount L fly
o grave! where is thy victory ?
o death where is thy sting?-PoPE.
A few brief months ago, it was propo sed
through the columns of this paper to form
an association of ladies for the purpose of
contributing articles of a social and literary
character for the benefit of the reading pub
lie and the mutual improvement of those en-
gagged in the enterprise. The proposition
met with general favor, and the :" Social
Circle widened until many were embraced
in it's acknowledged sisterhood. Dear ones
spoke up from the mountains, from the reb-
bly, sea-coast and the beautiful inlands of the
blessed "Old North State" from the hon
ored land that claims the Immortal WASH
INGToN for her best loved son from the
far north and from the Magnolia shades OF
the far South. twas a happy circle. Love,
friendship, affection and the ties of ~associa-
ton bound it together. If there was Joy in
the heart of a single member of the band,
Ll0 laws VI uAA MCAO IdNluub Will HdDDl1oSSs
If sorrow caused a pang in one heart, there
were in many hearts throbs of deep sympa-
thy. 1t was a loving circle. And there
were congratulations exchanged because there
was so little sorrow to mar its harmony. All
seemed like a blessed morning in June to us
when the skies seem so near the bright
Heaven On high, when the sun, in undimmed
brightness, lights the blue canopy with glory
and marks out ten thousand pathways o.
gold among the forest trees on the green and
fower-gemmed earth-pathways of gold o'el
which Angels might love to tread. But {
shadow fell in our midst.
One lovely evening" holy, quiet Sabbath
evening-when the breezes of Autumn hac
begun to tinge the green sheen of Summer
with gold and crimson, the cold, leaden fin
ger of Death was seen to be untethering tn,
mystic cords that bound us together: Deatl
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with his great reaping hook was seen to be
cutting up a flower that we all loved, to bind
it in his great sheaf for the garner on high.
Oh! how terrible it was to see our beloved
sister torn from us. How heart-crushing to
see the eye dim and the cheek blanch with
paleness! But, how comforting to see the
finger tremble as it pointed towards the
souls polar star beyond the stars that gem
our natural sky. The sound of the village
church bells calling christians to worship
God had died away the twittering of the
wren and linnets in the thornbush had ceased
and they slept; the shades of night had
closed up the brightness of the evening-ali
was quiet, calm, peaceful, solemn, holy, and
in such a fitting hour passed sweet "lNEz"
away. l little thought, a few months ago,
when the Spring flowers were blooming, that
in bidding Inez" adieu then, that | should
see her no more-see her no more! How like
the solemn tollings of a funeral bell these
words fall on the ear. See her no more. A
tear fingers in the thought. No; we shall
never see her more on earth. No more will
her beautiful inditings cheer our circle and
improve our minds. We shall see her nc
} more for down, down deep in the damp
earth she sleeps the long sleep with the cold
3 sod piled on the pulseless heart that once
: kthrobbed with generous emotions for our
: happiness and with the purest love for those
i she loved.
y Tho brown IQQVQG ara nlnSfnrIn1 n her
: grave-there is a SOLEMN r%ustlins among
d them as if mourning the loss of our best
; loved elder sister, and the bare boughs of the
trees that shelter her resting place sigh a
!, sad requiem for her departure. The pure,
cold SHOWS of the Winter will throw a man
tie of purity on her grave, but their GOODNESS
will not reach her for she is in that better
land, in that
" Thrice happy world, where gilded toys
No more disturb our thoughts, no more pollute GU
joys!
There light or shade succeed no more by turns.
There reigns tn eternal sun with an unclouded ray
nc There all is calm as night, yet all immortal day,
ne And truth forever shines, and love forever burns.
ed When the Springtime comes again, gree
a grass and the beautiful flowers will weave
ng carpet of green and gold DER the sacred spC
60 where she sleeps, and we thank God for tina
,Iv for it awakens the comforting hope and fait
be- that ~"INEz," the loved and gone before, wi
ed " tioe again"
op' SISTERS, our " circle" is broken, but v
-, now have a circle" commenced in HEAVIER
we And shall there come up bright links
Ids unite in that circle-a Circle that shall ne
err, never be broken-from the mountain
lov from the pebbly seacoast and the beautif
led inlands of the blessed Old North State
from the honoredland that claims the immc
SEQ tai WASHINGTON for her best loved son fre
her the balmy Maryland from the far mort
was and from the Magnolia shades of the
neo south
am God help US to link in a bright "Circl
L in Heaven ! FLORA FLAVILLE.
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condemned by the justice Of my master, the
Emperor, to death, if he ever sets foot in
Italy. He is in love with you; you have
wantcnly triAed with him, and he has been
mad enough to follow you here. But you
need not dread his annoying you any more
you will never see him again.
Never see him againP gasped the Ba.
rome, clasping her hands, then am l in
deed punished by AUST Heaven
The police have tracked him to my
house. l have received information from
them; have myself examined him, and
heard the whole history Of our wrongs to-
wards him. My duty forces me to be stern
and unfinching. l am bound to violate
the sanctity Of my own roofand arrest him
even here. At this very moment he ought
to be dead
A gun doomed in the distance, and the
unhappy Camilla tainted. When she re.
covered her consciousness, she saw the Count
kneeling by her side and chatting her hands.
fAye, weep said no in a tender voice,
ffor your cruelty hasalmost had its victim.
But | forgive you Camilla; we always
forgive those we love-
Cup, up, my children = cried the Aus
trian General enough Of looks, sighsan
tears. Make love far away from Milan a.
possible. / have risked my head, sir, Il
save yours, you shall thank me for it whcr
you are safe back again in France. Be Of
at once, and Heaven prosper you
tAnd my death warrant said the Count
81 must regret that l received it too lat
II can do no more!
fAnd to you my child said the General
as he pressed the repentaut ~coquette in hi
arms, : to you / would say, that the woma
who is a coquette deserves neither peace il
this world nor Joy hereafter. She has sepa
rated herself from all human s~ympathies
but a time must come when those who fat
ter now will leave her for a younger idc
and then she finishes her worthless life a
she began it, she will die as she lived-t
lone
But as Camilla had no wish for such
solitary fate, she did penance for her fault
and follies by taking upon herself tie vow
of obedience, and shining henceforward {
aduteous and loving wife.
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Written for the Spirit of the Age.
Too Late.-BY ONE

One bitter cold morning in midwinter, /
sat snugly ensconced in the cars. The shrill
whistle of the mighty iron horse, who was
all Impotence, rose loud and clear upon the
frosty air, warning all to get aboard. The
Conductor raised his hand and seized the
bell rope; stroke after stroke resounded
through the cars. just at that moment a
mother and child could be seen fastening
down the street towards US. She motioned
the engineer to stay while she ~quickened her
pace. But the Iron Horse" began slowly
to collect all his energies gradually we be-
gan to move. The Lady had now quickened
her pace into a run, she shouted to us to stop,
but the monster whose +" muscles were iron,
and whose sinews were BRASS" needed her
not. She stepped OF the platform as We
darted swiftly away. She wrung her hands
and exclaimed, Too late.'
Has he Gomez" said a mother to hel
daughter as her pale and emaciated orm lay
upon her death bed. ono mother" replied
the daughter but he will soon be- here
A smile lit up her war features as she, raiseo
her eyes to those of the beautiful girl. by he
side, and then closed them as if she wa
asleep. "Ellen do not Weep" ex elaine
the sufferer, but rather rejoice th at l al
about to depart for my heavenly home.
nm going. l see fair forms awaitin g me-
Ellen, good-bye-God bless and keep the
my beloved child. Tell Edgar / blesse
him." With closed eyes she pray 8. He
eyes again opened and a heavenl y smi
played upon her countenance. kiss m
Ellen" she said, and as that smile still play
upon her sad features, she slept. Alnomel
later the son entered the room as his ey
fell upon her still form he cried, "To , late,
"Will you sign the pledge now ?' ask
one friend of another. "Oh there is plen
of time for that" he replied "I al n in
danger, I only take a glass or two a day.,
"And in doing that" added his frien
"you are nursing in your bosom Il vip
whose bite is death, and who will sure
sting you. Fly then, my friend, and sh'
the coil that hangs over your head. Dea
may be the fruits of delay. For the mig
cometh when no man can work. Cast off
monster then for fear that night may col
upon YOU unawares. Come subscribe 70
name here and free yourself from a vice tt
is so odious and detestable that the l1e'
shrinks from it with instructive horror"
You color it too highly, too highly" ne
piled, "you make little, great, and VIII al
blameless criminal another time l will 81
it." That night, after a brutal ~debauch,
was seized with brain fever; succeeded.
delirium tremenS, which terminated his t.1
tence. As he was raving in the last age m
of dissolution, his iriend approached his b
side, when throwing aloft his hands a
partly raising himself, he shouted In ir
zied accents of despair-"To Late" 8
} fell back aud expired.
, Lilly Dale, Oct. '55.
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For the Spirit of the Age.
In Heaven there is Rest.
BY L. G. RIGGS.

b1 L.. G. R1GGS.
When loves choice and CHERISHED flower,
Is flch'd from out the hearts pure bow'r
Then are we deep distressed;
But ever in the darkest hour,
Hope whispers with a soothing pow'r-
In Heaven there Is Rest!
When darkness, upon sable wings,
Its potion DER our life lamp filings,
Then doth Hopes fading crest,
Find a holy and calm relief.
Thro' faith which leads us to believe,
In Heaven there is Rest!
When our hearts are sad and weary
And earth is but lone and dreary,
When nothing tends to bless
Then sadness only-grief and gloom,
Doth mark u pathway to the tomb,
We know, in Heav'n there's Rest.
When joyous Hope the God of life,
Resigns u soul to earthly strife,
Oh, then it is with zest,
That we renounce all earthly things,
The carnal joys existence brings,
And look to Heav'n for Rest.
Bridgeport, Conn.
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New Posi- OFFIcEs.-Anew Post Office has
been established in Beaufort county, N. c.,
by the name of Fork Swamp, William w.
Walters, Postmaster. Also a new Office in
Columbus county, N. c., by the name of
Green Swamp-James Freshwater, P. M.
A new Post Office has also been establish
ed at Bush Fork, Person county, n. c.
w. A. Bradsher, P. M.
The P. Office in Person, known as Gordon
ton. has been discontinued.
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n- Some time since, we had the pleasur

H- Some time since, we had the pleasure
of hearing a Reverend gentleman, in the
course of his sermon, boldly and fearlessly
d~enounce, not only drunkenness, but, also,
liquor making and selling, as a san for which
the offender would be brought into judge
ment at the great day. His whitening rebuke
fell like hot Sebastopol shot among some of
his hearers. Some bore it good manneredly,
while an old d%istiller, and one or two young
tops, the hopeful sons of other distillers, a
rose and with prince like dignity walked
spiritually away! But the preaching rent on
Just as If they had remained. Don't make
fools of yourselves, gentlemen. We didn't
see that your absence effected anything. =
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nEa. Miss Clara Hask;r

nsA Miss Clara Haskins, a young lady
residing a few miles from Natchez, Miss, on
the eve of her marriage-some two hours be-
fore the performance of the ceremony-was
found dead in her chamber on the Cd inst.
After being dressed by her bridesmaids, she
requested them to retire for a short time,
and when they returned, they found her ly-
ing liteless upon her couch, with an empty
plhial OF prussic acid still clasped in her hand.
The tragedy created a great excitement in
the vicinity of it's occurrence. and it is be-
lieved that she sought death by her w
hands, rather h wed the man her parents
had determined she should espouse. She
possessed a highly cultivated mind and many
loveable qualities. the consciousness of which
renders her fate doubly mournful to her sor-
rowing friends. RasseAspiUe Herald.
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RETURN OF THE GREAT CoMEr.-The emf
e astronomer, NJ. Babinet, member of the
Academy of Sciences, and NJ. BONNIE, of
Middleburg, Holland, have been making
some interesting Investigations in respect to
the return of the great comet which appear
ed in the years 104, 800, $50, 675, 1864, and
1856. NJ. BONNIE has gone over all the pre-
vious calculations, and made a new estimate
of the separate and combined action of all
the planets upon this comet of three hundred
years, the result of which severe labor gives
the arrival of this rare visitor in August, 10
So, with an uncertainty Of two years, more
or less.
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VULTUREs.-A letter from the Crimea tells
the following tale "Vultures are very nu-
merous in the Crimea. They smell the pow
der and await the coming of the fight to
throw themselves on their victims. After
one of the recent combats, an English officer
was found on the battle field, who had just
expired, pressing in both his arms one of
these birds Of prey, dead, like himself, and
which he had doubtless crushed in a last eff
fort of agony"
What images of horror does that short
paragraph call up!
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Written for the Spirit of the Ago.
To the Social Circle.

Gathering inspiration and hopes from the
very appropriate and kind advice Of the
faithful Editor Of the good Spirit" we
would, as one Of the It's occasional contribu-
tors-in pursuance Of that advice, contrib
ute ESQ far as our poor abilities will
permit us) to the improvement of %ourself
and those who may casually read our pro-
d%uctions. This is our desire, and we will try
not to be triaing for we are Ndmonished to
" aim high" But may we not aim too high
and oyershoot the markH May we not at
tempt that which We cannot accomplish.
We're It not better to contemplate the top
most cliff and its rugged ascent ere we at
tempt to gain its dizzy height? Is it not
prudent in the attainment Of that position to
which the ambitious mind cliugs with such
tenacity, to be imbued with n due and up
propriate sense Of it's difficulties, its honors
and its rewardsY We cannot be impressed
with such az appreciation il we are impa.
tiont or hurried, nor can its last summet be
gained, IL we grasp unprepared its trembling
verge. Then gradually, step by step, we
must advance, and rs each successive step is
won be- sure that one is secured. The
mind must DO prepared, and the idea must
be clothed with efficient expression to give
tone and authority TO n " high " and exalted
theme. And not the less so must tho physi-
cal abilities be prepared, for tho they be
separate and distinct, nevertheless they are
dependent the one upon the other. True,
"Thought is free!
Chainless as tho unfathomed sea,
BuOyant as the breath Of heaven,
Rapid MS the cleaning levin;
IL was born before the light,
And viii last beyond the night"
Yet without some physical agency, it must
over remain " unwept, unhonored and un.
sung" And we may say Of the physical
abilities. they are destroyed, powerless, with
out the motive power, the mind-the will
Thus in the " calm sweet sleep " of health
the one is no longer in subsection to the 9th
or, but are inactive agents Of their state Of
being.
IL may be commended that the mind = thu
willing power-is never in a perfect state O.
rest however true this theory may be. the
practicability and soundness of the arru
ment may be questioned. All things. ami
4 mate and inanimate, so far as observation
w goes to prove, have their stated periods fol
Test which are proportional to the amour
OF exertlon or excitement they undergo.
80, the mind that is overtaxed cannot pro
perry meet the demands its functions re
quire. Hence, the necessity of n prone
training Of the thOughts-of a gradual seal
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Monroe, Conn.

Ohwhy should Friendships chainb broke.
If those who have already ordered the above
song, will send their address to box 157 P.
O., Portsmouth Va, when I reach that city,
| will begin mailing it. Those who may
still wish it, can enclose 25cents to the same
address, and the Song will be mailed them
as early as possible.
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nag The Editor was absent from his post
last week, in attendance ON the Grand Diyis-
ion at Charlotte, and has been unable to
furnish Editorials for this issue. He sur
renders his columns to his most excellent
Associate and Corresponding Editors, and to
his talented and entertaining Correspondents.
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Thanksgiving Day.

Thursday last, the day set apart by the
Governor of this State, for solemn and public
Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for his many
and manifold blessings, was, we believe, very
generally observed in this City. Religious
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DISTRESSING OCcURRENcE.-A fire in State
street this morning caused the death of two
women and three children, who, being un-
able to escape, persisted in the flames. An
other leaped from the window and was much
injured. Another was rescued and carried
the hospital in a dying condition.
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MATRIMoNIAL.-After an unusualdearth of
matrimonial news, this department of the
newspaper business is looking up We think
it indicates a general improvement in all the
affairs of life. Prices easy and supplies a.
bundant.
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THE ROCKINGHAM DEMocRAT.-We have
received the first number of a new paper.
published at Madison, N. c., by SMITH &
BAYNEs, bearing the above title.
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Some point in Meckenburg county towards Co.
lumbia, S. c., on Friday, the 23d Nov.
Gen. G. then visits the G.. d. of South Carolina,
at Columbia after which he will return to this
State. Further particulars next week.
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MONSTER ONIoNs.-Two immense onions,
raised in California are now on exhibition at
the Crystal Palace. One O them weighs two
pounds seven ounces, and measures nineteen
and a half inches in circumference.
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There was adisgraceful election riotin Bal
timore on Wednesday. Aman named George
KONG was dangerously wounded, and sever
al others were more or less injured. Pistols
were freely used.
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Gen. CarY's Amendments.

Just as we were ready for the Press, we received
a letter from Gen. Cary, announcing positively the
time of his visit to this State. We therefore make
the following appointments in rather hurried way.
Next week we will give farther particulars.