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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12
Ynmber 2.
LADIRS' DEPARTMENT..
Written for the Spirit Of the Ago.

Mr.. EDITOR IL dare say that long ere
have wondered at my long silence. But
l have boon roaming, and but q few days
past returned to the brightest star Of a
travellers hope in his journeyings. Imean
my own dear home, where it is 50 quiet,
and so far off from the busy scenes of life.
But TO my trip, yet l cannot name the
place, for Thereby hangs a tale which
will not do for the world yet. / have
greeted many dear faces, some all buoyant
with life and happiness, others overshad-
owed by sorrow. I have passed many
hours in communing with kindred hearts,
and those conversations are engraved on
the tablets Of memory, as with a pen Of
iron. Some relates to the outer world, its
cares and sorrows but those | love best
TO recall, were when / could steal off from
the busy throng and think and speak upon
the inward workings of the mental powers,
with a congenial spirit. / have hung en-
raptured on the songs of the heart, and
listened to the soul-stirring melody, until
al tround was forgotten, and memory with
magic power, wreathed around my heart
the associations of other days. Not one
of these scenes can l ever forget, though
We are passing swiftly onward, and new
friends and new faces greet us daily, for
should we among the new, trace a simili-
tude to the old, how faithfully does mem
DRY gil her Office. It is said we never for
get any thing, but that at some moment
Of our existence, the past is recalled by
some circumstance, oftentimes trivial, and
which bears but a slight relation to the
present.
But Of my trip, which 1 had almost
forgotten. Had | written sooner, / would
have given a full description of the Wed-
ding, but Frank has told you much better
than | could have done; and / have been
waiting for a ch0rcodliag of the scene from
the Major, which he promised us, provided
Madame was willing. l believe it is 8
famous hobby with him, that the ladies
like to hold the reins, and will do so if i
is possible. However, has reins are il
good hands. l do not wonder at Franz
for saying he half lost his heart, for ht
was sorely tempted. 1 hope we will heal
from him again, and that he will chance
to be present at some more weddings
But it is late.
The sun is sinking in the West,
Gliding brightly the landscape DER,
And weary natare sinks to rest,
One day the less, one JOY the more.
And in this calm, this holy hour
/ turn me back to days of yore,
And DER my heart with magic power,
Memory sways rs ever more.
oh, Summer night, so calm, so still,
I've gazed upon thy star-lit sky,
Until my soul with rapture filed,
And tears, bright tears were in my eye.
I've gazed upon thy moon-lit scene,
When in my heart was grief and care,
But popping stars aud Luna's beams
Have made within MS bright, as fair.
MATTE MAY.
Elm Wood.
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SWaim's Justice-Revised.

We would call the especial attention of our
readers to the title page of a work now in
course of compilation by Edward Cantwell,
B., of this city, and which will be pub
lished early in the ensuing year by Henry D.
Turner, Esq, of the N. G. Book Store. We
doubt not the Editor and publisher will
make the work worthy of the patronage of
the Magistrates and people of North Carroll
ma. Weappend its title page, which gives
a better idea than we could otherwise convey
of the objects and contents of the work.
THE MAGISTRATES COMPLETE GUIDE.-A prac-
teal summary of the laws of the State of North
Carolina, and the decisions of the Supreme Court,
defining the duties and jurisdiction Of Justices of
of the Peace, out of Court, under the newly revised
code of 1854-55, together with all necessary forms
and presidents, by Edward C%antwell, LII. B.
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Written for the Spirit Of the Age.
To The Social Circle.

May virtues wreath your hearts entwine,
With gems Of purest lustre given,
Clustering around their precious shrine,
As brilliants on the brow Of heaven.
Pure and calm as infants slumbers,
May your lives thus sweetly glide,
As yon stars in brilliant numbers,
Or the moon in queenly pride.
Day and night may angels hover
Round your steps, where'er they stray,
AS pearly dew-drops round the flower,
Where the mOonbeams gently play.
Pure as those brilliant gems of even,
Which in silvery masses lie,
May Heavens blessing TO you be given,
As you are travelling TO the skies.
May life for you be one bright morn,
Like those in May, when singing birds
And richest flowers the earth adorn,
Oeraowing the heart with joyful words.
Then may you gather fruits most rare,
When Autumn brings her ample spread,
That when age comes with wintry air.
You may rejoice, though flowers are dead.
TULLIoLUs
Bethany Church, N. G., 1855.
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W0lmme I.
The Farmer.
How blest the farmere simple life
How pure the joy it yieldsi
Ear from the worlds tempestuous strife.
Frcc mid the scented Gnldr

ASANSs
Amen, a hearty Amenl to the sentiment.
Honored be the stalwart farmers of our fruit
full land they are indeed the great staple of
the body polite.
Too many young men, in these latter, pro-
g~ressive days, turn away from the toll and
the slow pay of the farm, to engage in the
uncertain lottery of mercantile and similar
speculative pursuits, and in too many instan-
ces they learn when it is too late that they
have been mistaken in forsaking the soil.
We nave thought the only really indepen-
dent man in the world was the American
ploughman. True he tolls, and his brow is
often believed with heavy sweat-drops, but
his toll is healthy and ~invigorating. Mrs.
Osgood has beautifully sung:
I" Labor is life it's the still water faileth
Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth;
Keep the watch wound, or the dark rust assaileth.
8 =
Labor is rest from the sorrows that greet us,
Rest from all petty vexations that meet us;
Rest from s~in-promptings that ever entreat us,
Rest from world syrens, that lure us to i'll.
Labor is health. Lol the husbandman reaping,
How through his veins goes the life-current ~leaping;
How his strong arm, in its stalwart pride sweeping,
True as a sunbeam the swift sickle guides"
You never hear the farmer complain, like
some city l~oafers, that he is "dying of the
blues y nor does he /" go to the Springs" to
} spend money and skill time" His wealth
lies in the broad acres around his homestead,
and he knows it is a Bank that never sus-
? ponds payment. Long centuries ago, God
" Al - 49, - - I----L I--tI
not fail and relying on that promise, he
e faithfully sows and reaps. He cares little
for the scarcity of money in the great Cities;
if railroad managers issue fraudulent stock
and repudiate, it little reeks with him-he is
e is independent. He may, and no doubt does,
feel a pang of sorrow when he reads of poor
families sutferingfor bread, but hefeels, come
. fair weather or foul, he will "make a good
living" and perhaps some to spare. If a
young man courts his daughter, the best
hand in his dairy, the first inquiry the " ole
man. makes is whether or not the laddie'
: can "make a living" He cares nothing fo
n high rents for the old homestead's mossy
ur roof gives him shelter. What cares he fo
be the exorbitant prices of food He has plen
it ty in his tight gamers. With all his toll tn
farmer is a happy man.
va "God speed the plowl"
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gqirit of the 9gs,
RALglGA. N. G.
W2DH28DAg, ggpgaMgaa a.
A Positive Arrangement.

Subscribers receiving their papers with a CROSS
MARK, are thereby notified that in four weeks from
the receipt Of the first number thus marked, their
subscription years will expire; and unless renewed
within that time, the paper will be discontinued
This rule will be infexibly adhered to.
DF Don't forget the Public Temperance
Meeting, in Temperance Hall, tonight Tues
day. Several Addresses may be expected,
and we doubt not all will be pleased who
may attend. We hope to see a large number
of the Ladies and Gentlemen of the City
present.
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1Hc moon looks calmly uoWn Nneh LnAh " AAo
The earth still holds her way
Flowers breathe their perfume, and the winds keep
signing;
Naught seems to pause, or stay.
Aye; men die and fall as the leaves do fall,
and the living scarcely mark their exit from
the world. How swiftly they pass away J
Here is a corpse in this house, now IN that
and now in the other. Cold hands are clasp
ed ON the still breast-their life's work is
done dim ewes are closed-they have no
more tears in the fountain the damp locks
on the brow are nicely parted-there is no
more ~thrObbing pain there now. The ear is
closed to the lutte like song of love and the
harsh grating of calumny.
Did he pass away without giving you his
blessing Obi if in that cold, feshy heart
you planted a thorn if from that closed eye
you turned coldly away and if your tell
tale glance of penitence and clasping hand,
have come-an hour too late-then God help
you to bear it! No frown gathers on that
cold brow now-no scorn curls the chiseled
ip-no flush of feeling swells the blue veins
of the cold temples now. No, the blood has
flown back to- It's still fountain in the heart,
and you are u~nforgiyenl God be with you !
You too viii pass away but oh, let nc
rancorings against thy brother be in the
heart as the footsteps press the sand of the
dark, dark river. Your eye will inger OF
the brow of the sunny earth-your clammy
hands will cling to the flowers that drool
over the brink of the rolling food. Leav'
none behind you unforgiven; for from tn
grave your voice annot be heard-frcm tn
other shore your love-glance cannot be seen
There is a deathly silence in the grave
: They pass away and no voice of welcom
is heard from the tomb sleepers to the ne
conner. No words of welcome from the dea
sisters dusty lips. No love lit glance frol
the dead wife's hollow eye. No fond embrac
from the dead mothers rigid arms.
AU is silent as the craze!
They pass away and the places that kne
them knoweth them no more forever.
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The SPIRIT OF THE AGE.-This excellent
paper closed its sixth volume with the last
number. The first number of the seventh
volume will make its appearance in an entire
new dress and otherwise improved. The
" Age is one of the best Temperance and
literary papers published in the South, and
should receive an extensive patronage.
We thank our cotemporary of the New
bern Journal for the handsome compliment
he pays to our paper. We will try and de-
serve in the future, what he awards to us
in the past. May the Journal be well sus-
tanned and be a source of profit to its gentle
manly Publisher.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12

RG- The liquor dealers of New York City,
are making strenuous efforts to establish a
daily paper in that city, devoted to the liquor
interest, and to be called The Age! Hope
they will not succeed but if they do may
they choose some other name. \
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12

la We shall hereafter use a Cross Mark
with Ink or black pencil, to give the usual
notice to subscribers whose terms of sub
scrlption is about to expire, instead of the
red mark used heretofore. n1- Please no.
tice this.
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b- Mrs. Jane E. Brand, of Greene coun-
ty' IN this State, gathered recently from her
garden a seed Cucumber, which measured
i5& inches in length, the same in circumfer.
ence' and weighing 81 poundsi Who car
! beat that
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12

ErI In one of our exchanges we notice an
advertisement of a liquor shop to sell, togeth-
er with its "good WILL" The good wiIp'
of a liquor shop. Ball. just as if the shou
or its i'll natured, red eyed tender ever had
any good win towards God or mani =
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12

e0r The legislature of Nebraska, at its
session a few months since passed a law pro-
hibiting the sale or manufacture Of i~ntoxica-
ting drinks to be used as a beverage, which
went into effect on the first of April. The
Nebraskian says there is not an establish
ment in that territory where intoxicating IL
quor is sold.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12

The FAIR AT HENDERsoN-We learn that
John S. Dancy, Esq, Of Edgecombe, will de-
liver the agricultural address at the Union
Fair, which is to be held at Henderson, Gran
vile Co., on the 10th, 18th, and 18th of Oc-
tober next.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12

b9r About one thousand dollars have been
contributed by the citizens of Raleigh and
vicinity, for the relief of cur stricken sister
Towns, Norfolk and Portsmouth.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12

Elizabeth city, in this State, is said to be
rapidly improving. Vacant lots have been
adorned with new and handsome dwellings,
while old dilapidated buildings have teen
thoroughly repaired.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12

RF We are all prone to regard life as a
c~unningly wrought fairy tale, in which every
good and p~raiseworthy action must be openly
rewarded by a visible wonder.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12

No MATERIAL elderly gentleman, a few
evenings since, ventured to kiss a young Ia
dy's " snowy brow" and by the ~imprudenee
caught a severe cold which is likely to settle
in his breast. No telling what the conse-
quences will be. No matter though; he had
no business to expose himself so. We COM
mend him to the use of catRip tea. K
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TIE HIDDEN PArH.-By Marion Harland,
author of Alone J. G. Derby, Publisher,
New York.
We are indebted to the courtesy of w. l..
PoMERoY, Esq, for a copy Of the Hidden Path,
by Marion Harland. We emphatically en-
dorse what is SO well said by the Petersburg
Democrat as to the merits of this work
!" It is gotten up-in fine taste by Derby of New
York, and reflects great credit on the enterprising
publisher. Those who have read " Alone" will
welcome this, the second effort of Marion Harland
with a heartiness sincere and undissembled. The
history of no author in America or Europe, furnish.
es an example of such sudden and well merited lit
erary elevation as that of the gifted authoress O
Alone" Scarcely has public excitement on thu
merits of this book subsidized, before another pro
duction from the same prolific pen is issued from
the press. Of the merits of the Hidden Path W
are unprepared at present confidently to speak,
The reputation which the first effort Of our Virgin
la authoress secured for her, affords, however,
most fattering indication of the success with whicl
the last will be likely to meet"
The work may be had at Mr.. Pomeroy's
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The STATE FAIR.-On the 10th of October
the third annual Fair Of the N. G. State Ag-
ricultural Society will be held in this city.
What preparations are the people at a dis
lance making for this great occasion? 1t is
time for them to be making their arrange
ments ahead, so that when the day is near,
they may he ready to make a proud demon
%stration of their agricultural skill. We hope
our immediat, fellow citizens will be prepar-
pared to receive them with an enthusiastic
greeting. Let not apathy or unreasonable
misgivings operate to detain any at home
who may have an opportunity to come. The
cause of agricultural improvement is wor
thy of our most earnest devotion, and should
command quite as much zeal as party poll
tics. Remember the day, and be sure t
come.
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We follow her to the grave, bearing the
appropriate emblems of sorrow and affection !;
but the deep sigh, the heavy groan, the burn
ing tear attest more fully than outward signs
the deep anguish that wrings our heart in
that sad hour of bereavement and separation.
But amid it all a halo of light breaks forth,
enabling us to sing:
She has gone to the grave, but 'twere wrong to de-
plore her,
Since God was her ransom, her guardian and guide
He gave her-and took her, and again will restore
her,
Where death has no sting since the Saviour has died
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The Loss Of a Wife.

In comparison with the loss of a WIFE, all
other bereayements are trifing. The WIFE!
she who busted hera6f SO unweariedly for
ham who was the light of her eye, the pride
of her heart, and for whom the souls pure
affections flowed in unrestrained exuberanee.
Bitter, bitter is the tear that falls upon her
cold clay ! We stand beside her coffin and
think of the past. 1t seems an amber-colored
pathway, where the sun shone upon beauti-
full flowers, or the stars glittered over head.
Fain would the soul linger there. No thorns
are remembered, save any our hands may
unwillingly have planted. Her noble, tender
heart is open to our inmost sight. We think
of her now as all gentleness, all beauty, all
purity. But she IS dead! The dear head
that laid upon our bosom rests in the still
darkness, upon a pillow ofelay! The hands
that have ministered SO untiringly, are folded
white and cold beneath the gloomy portal
The heart whose every beat measured an
eternity of love, lies chill and WITHHOLDING
under foot. The flowers she bent over with
smiles, bend now above her in tears, shaking
the dew from their petals that the verdure
around her may be kept green and beautiful
There is SO strange a hash in every room
No light footstep passing around. No smil
to greet us at the dark ~nightfall. And tn
clock on the mantel ticks, and strikes an
ticks-it was music when she could hear it
but now it seems a knell on the hours through
which we watched the shadows of death gath
ering upon her lovely face. And every da
the clock repeats that old story. Many anotl
er tale it telleth too-of those beautiful, sou
inspiring words-"M me IN Heaoen pan
pointing to the skies, of how her Angel
Spirit passed from the troubles of earth 10th
glories of the Paradise of God forever. Ar
we think of the solemn VOW registered
heaven, to try and meet her there-and Il
hope, and faith, and confidence of the Gosp
sheds a radiance round the tomb assuring
that the grave cannot keep her there-She
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They Pass Away.

!" The moon looks calmly down when man is dying,
The earth still holds her way;
Flowers breathe their perfume, and the winds keep
signing;
Naught seems to nause. or stay"
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o
left to see Albany and Troy, at the latter Of
which, we rested for the nigt, actually over.
come with lassitude, gazing at such an ex.
cess Of loveliness.
The next day was spent in travelling or
the Central Road, through Schenectady,
Utica, Rome, Rochester and reached Niagara
Falls quite late. We were a little chagrined
though at the idea, that the first sights and
sounds that greeted our eyes and ears, SHOULD
be those of the viol, flute and mary dance
We did not pause to listen, but mounted t.
our third story rooms, where the sounds o
revelry were hushed in the tremendous roa
of the Cataract.
Niagarais grand, whatever may be the time
place or circumstances in which YOU ar
proach it. A moonless night had enshroud
ed all the beauties in its sable folds bu
that incessant pouring of the mighty torrent
during this solemn hour, was a fit anteceden
of what the morrow would develope-an
that morrow amply gratifed our expecta
tions. What a day it is to look back to !
How much of the grand and lovely has cor
centrated in one short period, and how i,
teresting now to analyze: each view SCENE
in itself perfect. Contemplate the Fal
from whatever position you please, eac
picture seems unique and matchless, ',
each grand and lovely in the extreme, al
not only the different points of view, b
the different states of the weather, and Il
different hours of the day, give anoth
agreeable variety to its phases, sunset al
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-30

Denmark, like frightened bird. Zee TO the bosom
Of the Western Alliance for protection serious diff
hculties may difficulties which many think
sre only the shad0ws Of state OF things long pre-
pairing In America, and which viii induce her to
take fsr mere promiasnt part in European afrairs
than she has hitherto done. Whist with the state Of
the kingdom ci the Tsso Siciles where an outbsssk
may be expected shy hour, when England and
France arr even now ready 10 interfere-whHt With
the state Of Span which Ii that Ola child sIeebing
on the edge OF vocano-and WI with ths high
tone adopted by the United States 70 DenmAyk, we
80 long predicted but which still psuses b the wsS
as II reluctant TO cast that flaming brand whose II
milton no man may count the end Of. know th{s
In high places great fean arc entertained. The vioS
tories OF Taktir and Sweabourg are found TO be
still more important than at first imagined but ns-
tional securities do not spring. aud English states
men -ecialIy look full df care. nssarrE.
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THE VERY LATEST.


LoxDos, ssgt 15 1853.
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