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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-05-23
One Idea Men"

The friends and advocates of the temper
ance reform are sneeringly accused of being
possessed by one idea only in the prosecu-
ton of the enterprise in which they are en-
gagged. Well, what if they be one idea men?
Is not the Importance of the reform sufi-
cient to absorb all minor considerations p
Yet WI deny the accusation-the friends of
the cause are not fanatical, yet seeing the
Importance of the enterprise they do press
its claims with a zeal that is quite unpala-
table to those whose hopes of gold and hon.
or are anchored in rum and the swill of the
grog-shop. The interests of the country, the
welfare of our fellowmen and the prayers of
feeble women and children combine to urge
on the temperance host in the advancement
of the reform. IT'S no time for hair split
ting philosophy when living men are being
slaughtered on runs affairs at the rate of
thirty thousand annually when the wall of
as many more widows and furnishing orphans
make day and night hideous and when the
shadow of the dungeon and the scaffo!d
darken the land. The nation groans under
the scourge of rum-let patriots be of one
idea till the hand of the plague is stayed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-05-23
xyAnKIN 1NsT1TuTE-TuE 6f

VADKIN INSTITUTE.-THE fifth Session Of
this School will commen &C 10Th of July, 1855.
The location is in the coustry. ten niles North OF
Yadkinville, Yadkin county, n. c.
J. K. SPEER, PRINCIPAL.
Miss C0RNELIA LAWRENCE, in charge of
the Female Department.
Tuition per Session Of fire months.
English Branches, from ........"...... 3 to $40
Latin and French, each 5
Music, with use of instrument, ......"..... IA
Needle N0rk, DC. 4
Board, including washing. per mouth, ..........5
The accommodations at this school. the cheap
ness of tuition, and the remarkably low price for
board, combined with the good morals of the sur
rounding country, temperance being the prevailing
habit, and the healthfulness of the place, perhaps
are not unequal to any Institution Of the kind
Extravaganza is guarded against in every respect,
Students can either board Immediately at the InsD
tute or in the country. The Principal can aceYr
modate ten or twelve girls. 1t is desired that - -
dents enter at the opening of the Session, ~ :, !;
better for them and the Teachers, as they g : :
ularly classed. For further inforInatiY
the Principal at Mount Nebo, Yadkn r
Or r. B. MCGUIRE, n
Nay 19, 1855. 90 az
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RECEIPTS FOR THE AGE

SINCE LAST IssUE.-S1 W.. B. Jones, Taylors-
Vile; L. L. Haswell, Franklinton C. J. Fleming,
Ridgeway; Mrs. P. Clendenin, Meadow Creek j.
r. Roane, John Morrow, franklin W.. T. Horn,
Whites Store; R. w. Hines, Maysville w. E.
Webb, Halifax Mrs. J. A. Spruill, Plymout tn w.
NJ. Bishop, Greenwood; G. $. Malloy, Stewards
Vile; J. T. Webb, Oak Hill Mrs. E. A. Mofitt,
Mofftts Mills; R.. E. Pearce, Suffolk Miss Ii. I.
Bannerman, Wahalak, Miss; Jordan Rayner, Pop
lar Branch Owen Fennell, Harrrells Store; B.
jackson, jr, Hawley's Store; W. Lockhart, A.
NcAlphin, Yanceyville J. D. Parham, Hunting
ton hrs. NJ. G. Tolson, Cartersvi lie W.. Howard,
Winton Jno. Lockhart, So. Lowell; 50 G.. T. Bell,
Indian Town 3 Rev. J. NJ. Gum. Mt Airy 3 ]. NJ.
Wooten, Kinston 9 Jas. murphy, Beaver Creek
8 w. Fl. Faison, Margarettsville; 3 Miss A. NJ. moore,
Summerville, Ga. a D. P. Evans, Harrellsville 6
R. G.. Staples, Portsmouth; j. L. Ingram, Byha-
liza 6 S. Smith, jr, Lilesville; 5 VIM. Newbouldi
Pasquotank 5 Wyatt Walker, Yanceyville 3 G.
W. MOSS, AlbemarIe IS E. NJ. Whisnant, Polksville
3 J. Curtis, Hominy Creek;
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-05-23
The Woods.

We have long been in love with the woods,
with the oak, the maple, and the blooming
bush. Their dark shades along the green
aisles recalls pleasant memories from the
realm of childhood and joy. The same leaves
seem to garnish the boughs now as then, and
b~lrdsonss, with the same chorus, ring out
from the tops of the glossy elm. Progress
makes improvement in this way and in that,
but no new patent has ever been granted for
birding notes, or the green garniture of the
sounding woods. Letters patent were issued
for them when "the morning stars sang to-
.gether," and no innovation has ever been at
tempted or improvement suggested. The
are so much like they were "long
time ago" that their sight always brings up
fond recollections from the hazy past, when
the old school house under the hill was a
wonderous place, and the old mill below the
willow meadow a sight worth seeing. The
sunshine! the thousand shaped fecks in the
woods, CLINT glimmeringly as in days 1" lang
syne," and it seems that the same v~iolets we
then gathered make purple stars in the wood
land green Of to-day. But no years have
flown the old school-house has fallen down :;
the mill wheel is sadly eaten by the green
water moss; the purple violets have died
and had many glorious resurrections, and
the leaves have withered and fallen away
Along the pathway from the schoolboy days
up to the MONDAY of life at the laboring oar,
how many hopes have withered. and fallen
like the leaves, and how many hopes have
had glorious resurrection like the purple vic.
let's that purple stars in the woodland green
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-05-23
Rum Murders.

The year, one thousand, eight hundred
aGd ffty foer, was rema. kable for the num-
Der Of murders i~nstigated by the demon ram.
Let a man with an honest soul in his bosom
look on the bloody record, and then defend
the rum fiend in his unholy work, with an
unblushing cheek, if he dare.
What a dark cloud of crime looms up
over a nation tolerating the curse! Men
have been transformed into devils and hu-
man hands stained with murdered blood
The forbearing people have tried the crimi-
nails, punished them with the penalties af-
fixed to broken laws and calmly footed the
bills of cost and we would ask what pub
lie benefits have accrued from this What
has been gained?
Fresh blood daily sends up an unholy in
cense from runs clotted and CORY altars.-
The gallows and the prison cell is fast be.
coming a peculiar institution of our boosted
country. The secluded hospital is not more
essential to the eastern Plague than the dun-
geon to Rum in glorious Columbia Heath.
ems, who have never heard of the Nazarene
and His Gospel, might plead an excuse for
customs as Internal as the law of rum but
Christians dds
Worse than all, Statesmen (God save the
mark stand in the lark shadow of gallows
and dungeon, and discourse vigorously about
" mans inalienable rights and the value in
gold of rum in !! The Wisdom oil
5 God teaches us that man is of more value tc
/; His kingdom than all the sparrows of the
forest and field. Demagogues argue Justify
to prove that rum is from the same pots thai
] held the vine of Cana, and dearer by far tt
man than the interests of this world and the
Z glory of the next. Home, hearts, human
J life, health and happiness must all be mowr
r down to feed the CONSUMING fires OF licensed
! bells above the turf!
But a star above the political horizon give
Q promise of a better day. Fiends in human
y shape shall not always gorge upon human
blood because they have a sworn to " mora
character" God speed the day when tn
Z sacrifcial affairs shall be broken!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-05-23

ny After a long and alarming drought
we were blessed with genial showers, a fine
roinv season, last week, which was truly re-
rreshine to animal and vegetable life. The
crons have received that, the want of which
has so long kept them in a stunted, famish-
ing condition and with the blessing of
Providence, the hushandman may look for
ward for the reward of his tolls, in well-fll-
cd harms. We notice with pleasure, from
our South Carolina exchanges, that they have
been visited with fine rains, in some portions
Of that State, and the crops are most prom.
ising. But in other parts of that State, II
Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi
Florida and Texas, the most gloomy accounts
CONS 10 US, in some instances amounting tt
great privation and suffering. A private
letter informs us Tint -four was selling IL
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, at $50 per barrel, an
hard to get at that exorbitant price. w
hope, however, that the good seasons =.
have had, have been general, and that in a
the States fine crops and abundant harvest
may be the lot Of oil.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-05-23
PETERSBURG MARKET.

Tobacco, advance in prices Of Is to so cts. per
100 lbs cotton, the market is very active and we
quote sales at 81 cts a strictly prime lot would
bring a fraction more the stock is very light corn
in demand at SO cts. to 81; wheat. receipts very
light good lots readily command 81 So -four,
stock continues very light, with an active demand;
sales of country at III a S124 family s13 a IA;
bacon, this article has advanced we quote sides at
10 a l04 and shoulders at 9 a 93cts.; Va. hog round
at II a III cts; lard, Va, in kegs, IL cts, BALTIC,
in barrels, III oats, we note sales at 65 a 75c;
guano, demand active; peruvian $50, mexican $50
a s35, as in quality salt, fine s175 al 50 ground
81 40 a l so. Nay 10.
FAYErTEvILLE.-Bacon has improved and in
good demand at 10l to IL Gets per h.; beeswax is
lower; corn is scarce and wanted at 81 80 to l 40
from wagons; cotton in good demand, without any
change in prices -four. we alter quotations to cor
respond with sales; receipts light-prices tending
upwards, sales at $40 IS for super; spirits turpen-
tine 81 cts per gallon raw do. no change.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-05-23
Congressional Candidates.

Wilmington District-Warren Win slow,
dem David Reid, American.
Raleigh D~ist.-James B. Shepard, Amer;
L. OB. Branch, dem. We have not heard
whether the latter gentleman has decided to
accept.
Edenton Dist.-Dr. II. NJ. Shaw, dem.
Col. r. I. Paine, Amer.
Newbern Dist.--Thomas Ruffn, dem. w.
K. Lane, Amer.
Greensboro Dist.-John Kerr, whig Ed
win G. Reade, American.
Rockingham Dist.-Richard Puryear, whig;
we have heard of nc opposition to this gen
tleman.
Salisbury Dist.--Burton Craige, dem; we
have not heard his opponents name.
Asheville Dist.-Thos. L. Clingman, dem. /;
his opponent is not yet known.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-05-23
New Music.

We are under obligations to the enterprising
Music Publishers, Messrs. Miller & Beacham,
Baltimore, for copies of the following new
and popular pieces Of Music, viz:
l. Good Night-a ballad.
2. | gaze on thea beautiful Song.
3. Rainbow Polka.
4. Observation-Disclosures.
5. Brunette Polka.
6. Glen Anna Waltz.
We recommend Messrs. Miller & Beacham
to the patronage Of our numerous Lady
ing assured they will do as we'll by them as
any house in the country. See advertisement
in another column.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-05-23

MAINE LAW AND MATRIMoNY.-Resolved,
that we, the young ladies Of the Illinois In
%stitute, pledge ourselves not to keep compa-
ny, or Join in the sacred bonds of matrimony,
with any young gentleman who is not in ia
vor of the Maine Liquor Law, or some other
prohibitory law.
Would be glad to hear of the young ladies
everywhere resolving" in this way. If so,
and if the resolutions were rigidly adhered
to, it would not be long till the rum scourge
would be banished from the world. The la
dies hold the balance of power: for where
they are, there will the men be! God bless
'em: If they were all safe in Heaven and
could not come back over Jordan, Satan's
kingdom would soon come tumbling about
his iron ears for there would be no more
emigration to his torrid territory. Amen
and AMEN /!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-05-23
MAY g..
Labor and Rest.
" Two hands upon the breast, and labor is past.
RUSSIAN PRovERB.

=" Two hands upon the breast, and labor is past"
RUSSIAN PRovERB.
Two hands upon the breast,
And labor's done
Two pale feet crossed in rest
The race is won:
Two eyes with coin. weights shut,
And all tears cease:
Two lips where grief is mute,
And wrath nj peace"
So pray we oftertimes, mourning our lot;
God In His kindness answereth not"
Aye, when life seems a burden too great to
be borne and when the sky of the soul is
dark, without q sun OF a star-when the pill
grim on life's highway feels ready to sink
down without ever gaining a glimpse Of the
dear Mecca the eye had hoped to see, and
when all friends seem to have forsakcn and
the ties Of nature seem torn asunder, then the
PRAYER goes up to Heaven, to take US away
from the earth and give peace and rest-"but
God in his kindness answereth not" 1t is a
part OF our being to murmur, mt times, and to
look upon all that surrounds with gloomy
~forebodings, as If all was indeed dark and it
is well perhaps for when hope dispels the
clouds the heart leaps with lively JOY and the
eye kindles at the glorious prospect that bends
above Of golden sunlight and skies of blue
How glorious is the dawning of the better
day that cheers after the dark night of the
mind! The pathway Of the pilgrim is eau-
tiful with sunshine and howerv hemmings-
there is a sweet music thrilling the harp Of
the heart and the distant Mecca glows with
n resplendant light from architrave to dome
that cheers the pilgrim on his way. We all
have a Mecca in view and we are all pilgrims
bending sometimes with weary steps to its
sacred shrine. 4
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-05-23
New Auction and Commission House.

WE BEG LEAVE TO ANNOUNCE TO OUR
w friends and the public generally that we
have associated ourselves together for the purpose
Of doing a general Auction, Commission and Agen-
cy Business, in this City, at the cornor fopherly
occupied by the late Z. B.. Smith, anS>hope by
strict personal attention to business TO merit . IL
beral patronage.
JAS. J. LITCHF0RDG WM. HENRY COOKE.
REFERENCES: c. Dewey, Esq, Cashier Bank
State, w. III. Jones, Esq, Cashier Bank Cape Fear,
E. B. Freeman, ESQ., Clerk Supreme Court, Heart
& Jones, Merchants, Raleigh A. NJ. McPheeters,
Norfolk, Va., Thomas Loring Esq, Wilmington,
n. c..
May II, 1855. SIT.
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D6y We see it stated upon reliable author
ity that in some of the States where the pro-
hibitory liquor law has been enacted and
enforced. that the prisons and warehouses;
have become So near tenantless that, in
stead OF furnishing a surplus revenue, they
have actually failed to meet their current
expenses. What a lamentable state of af-
fairs when penitentiaries fail to afford reve-
nue.!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-05-23

tag There is thrilling music these MORN
ings in Spring. From the restless realm of
roll and roar, up to the blue mountains with
feecy shrouds, there is bursting forth a glad
dening song of welcome. Each bough and
towering bush is vocal with 81 '.ngtime mer-
riment, and God is praised a. birds, breeze
and bush, more than by men. The mind
wanders back across the realm Of years bye
gone, and the Birding notes Of life's spring
lime come upon us on memory's floating
tide. If we remember Alright, there was
more music O. mornings then than now-but
it may be that as life Gibbs away the notes
grow more faint and feeble, till the coast of
life sinks away behind the blue forever, and
the exploration of the great sea commences.
But the blue bird, the linnet, the mocker,
the sparrow and the Robin have not forgot
ten the songs the old birds taught them, andin
the same boughs where hung the last years.
nests they swing in the breeze and make
merry music. While we write, a little fellow
in the glossiest coat, sits overhead and pours
out from a swelling throat a glorious tide Of
song. We lay Town the pen to listen to him
and try to set his notes to words, but we can
only make out God be praised-te wheel;
for sun and shade-for grass and seed-te
wheel la skeet-my lady's a bird-a singing
bird-kiss her if you can-get bit if you
do-berries in the meadow red as a pink
sweeter than sap by jung! and the saucy
fellow was off on glittering wing, and would
not be encored. 4
B@ Politicians have a secret dread of the
rum power. This is exemplifed in the ac-
tons of many of those who gain seats in the
legislative halls. 1t is not the love they bear
for rum that ties their hands and seals their
lips when a proposition is made to stay the
tide of the curse but it is because they have
fears OF the power that they have reason tC
believe would be brought against them in the
event they done anything that might be con.
strued into favoring the reform. In thi:
way they are the vilest slaves-their bondage
is Of the basest kind. Few men, who have
political ambition, are willing to risk tn
right. They fear that the legion Of the traf
fc will doom them to the shades of obscurit7
should they venture upon the grounds of tn
reform. We would rejoice to see brave men
men who cared not for the clamor of drunk
en- rabies and rowdies, but in the face O
opposition, proclaim the right without fear 0
favor. And it must eventually come to thi
before the sweep of the curse is stayed
The black tide will never be dyked by me
who fear their fortunes will be swept ava
by it's force. Fame and fortune must b
thrown in the breach and the assault m
with a strong arm, a steady eye and a stor
heart. Temperance men must keep IN ey
single to the triumphs of the cause in whic
they are engaged, and cast their votes fc
such men only as are willing to dea. just
with all, without cringing fear of the minior
of rum. Then, and not till then, will tt
feelings even Of temperance men be respe
ted. Let the frown of freemen rest upon IL
cowardly lickspittles who whine for Office.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-05-23
MARKET -
Forwarded 6y A. M. McPHEETEFS T. "a

Flour, the stock in market is smaY and the de-
mand good we quote s;fRfa III; extra III
and Va, hoground q -: hams 10 a Isl, ives
tern sides lO3, houlders 81 cotton, very little
arriving anlcommand ready sale at 9 a % ac-
cordlng quality the market is steady but not
a2tye; corn, we note sales mixed and white at Oh
"a l 05, yellow ! 90; slaves. r. o. hid dull at S27 a
%; W. o. hid $50, pipes $50, heading $50 hay,
cargo sales at 81 40 a l so, store 81 81 a | IS lime,
thomaston, scarce at l Is a l 20 fish, N. C. gross
behring's S54 a 81. no cut or family roe in market
peruvian guano 46 a 4S3 per ton 1000 pounds.
Nav 10 1858.
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ISrENDANr's OFFICE,

hdtclyH, May sIn, IoJS.J
TIME INTENDANT RESPECTFULLY n
Il VITES the cooperation of the citizens with the
City Authorities in promoting the health Of the
City during the coming summer, and cleanliness Of
the streets He particularly requests the tenants,
lessees, or owners of lots on both sides of Fayette-
vile Street from the Cape Fear Bank to the Capt.
toll Wilmington Street from Davie to Hargett
Streets Hargett Street from Wilmington to Fay
ettevihe Streets, to sweep the dirt and ofal from
their lots and stores in piles to and at the middle
of the street. A cart will be sent every Saturday
morning hereafter, until the LIST Of November, to
remove the same.
By order of the Board,
WIN. DALLAS HAYWOOD, LatendaHt.
AInn IL 1Qhn 9T-0k
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MARRIED,

In this city, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. n.
F. Reid. Mr.. A. J. Partin. of Petersburg. Va, to
Miss Elizabeth Balm, daughter of William 7.
Balm, of this city.
At Chapel Hill, on the 18th inst, by the Rev.
Mr.. Doub, Rev. Alexander D.. Belts, of Harnett, a
member of the Graduating Class, to Miss Mary
Davis, of Richmond, Va.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-05-23
WILMINGTON MARKET.

GEO. II. KELLEY, Grocer and Com. Merchant.
Turpentine, 50 20 for soft, l 20 for hard spirits
turpentine 4lc.; rosin l 45 to | SO for common,
l 81 for no. l tar active, So - Dbl corn 20 end
scarce corn meal, 200 bushels sold at l 80 to 1s !;
bacon, hog round be, hams Is; oats S5e.; cotton
81 to Toe, and advanced; lime, a cargo sold at
I Is, retailing at ls molasses 25c, by hid lard,
by Dbl I3c, kegs I4c.; -four scarce, III, retailing at
$12 p bbl.; coffee, III to III rice, cleaned, &c
p hundred by cask butter scarce, 30 to 4Oc; pork
20 to $21 sack salt II to II from store sugar
firm at 81 to Z N. O., P. R. Z to u. May 10.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-05-23

1t is a fact established and we'll known that the
Arabians attained a height in tho knowledge of
medicine which caused the whole world to wonder
and admire. With them the science of chemistry
had its birth, and il is, therefore, not at all strange
that a people so eminently successful in the heal
in art, and so persevering and daring in charac-
ter, should by actual and untiring experiment,
discover remedies far surprising in efficacy all
others, for the cure of these diseases incident to
them from their mode of life. The greater part of
their time being spent in hazardous and bloody
warfare with the different tribes, they were subject
to the most violent attacks of rheumatism, paraly-
sis, neuralgia pains, and various ~infammatory dis
eases, as also the most horrid wounds, sprains,
bruises, tumors, swellings, diseases of the joints,
etc., etc. All these diseases they were so surpri-
singly efficient in curing, that the initiated looked
with wonder and attributed their skill to the pow
ers of magic. Fl. G. Farrelrs Arabian Liniment is
a composition of balsams and oils, from rare plants
peculiar to this country, and it was by the use of
the articles composing the great remedy that not
only their physicians, but even the wild Arabs of
the desert were enabled to perform such miracu-
lous cures. The Arab steed is world renowned for
his beautiful symmetry of form, his unsurpassed
speed and agility, and the incredible fatigue he is
capable of enduring. Why is it? Because from
the time of his birth his limbs are carefully watch.
ed, and upon the first appearance Of disease the
magic lotion is applied, and such things as con-
irmed sweeny, poll-evil, ~fstula, ~ringbone. scratch
es, SPAWN. lamen ess, ETC., ETC., are unknown. The
same result will follow in all cases where III G.
Farrell's Genuine arabian Liniment is used in
time. Therefore delay not in procuring a good
supply of it, for every dollar spent in it will save
you twenty, and a great deal of suffering, if moi
your life.
LOOK OUT FOR COUNTERFETTS!
The public are cautioned against another eouR
terfeit, which has lately made its appearance, call
ed W.. B. FarrelRs Arabian Eminent, the mos
dangerous of all the cOunterfeits, because his hav
ing the name of Farrell, many will buy it in gooC
faith, without the knowledge that a counterfeit ex
lists, and they will perhaps only discover their erro
!, when the spurious mixture has wrought its evi
effects.
, The genuine article is manufactured only by II
!. G. Farrell, sole inventor and proprietor, and whole
. sale druggist, No. II, Main street, Peoria, Illinois
: to whom all applications for Agencies must be ad
!, dressed. Be sure you get it with the letters II. G
:. before Farrelrs,-thus II. G. FARRELL'S-an
his signature on the wrapper; all others are cour
terfeits.
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GoLDSBOR0 FEMALE COLLEGE.

The annual Examination of this Institution will
on the 25th of Nay, and continue from
day to day till the End day of June.
The Commencement Sermon will be preached on
Sunday, the 18th, by Rev. Turner NJ. Jones, Pres
ident OF Greensboro Female College. The annual
Address will be delivered on Monday, the 14th.-
The session closes Monday evening with a Concert.
JAS. II. BRENT, President.