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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-06-20
Spirit Of tge 9ge, 8aleigg, gortB Carolina.

&c don't, Miss Harvey? then I
I'M sal fed, perfectly my aim is &C
compI he'd"
Metz started andturned pale. sCould
1t be E1mond who stood before her?
Yes he had been listening in some
hidde2 spot and he thought it best to
inter- upt her in the midst of her excla-
nations.
SMiss Harvey, my end is accom-
piished !"
"Your end pray tell me what you
mean p
I will be very plain with you. |
do not wish to hide anything whatever.
| have long desired to put your patience
to the test, for / doubted whether you
possessed that very important quality.
I thought once Of asking your hand,
but | find hat it would only cause me
to be miserable, and to such a life as
that, | would prefer death. Nettie.
adieu, we meet in future onlyas friends,
All, Nettie experienced now the truth
of her aunt's warning. She now real
lied the debt of impatience! She hat
proved her own betrayer-had lost by
her folly the affections of one whose low
was little short of alteration. But i
was now too late! Edmond was of
very determined mind, and he feared
marriage with Nettie, lest he Nigh
run a risk, or take a step which woul
cost him a life time Of repentance,
Nettie was more careful in future
and endeavored to obey the iniunctio
of her aunt, who day after day watche
with pleasant emotions the change, an
often expressed herself of the belle
that Edmond Laurie's test, was the OF
great good in the reformation Of h
neice.
Two years after this circumstanc
Nettle was married to one who appa
emily loved with a devotion equal
that of Laurie-but she never thinks
the manner in which she acted towar
Edmond Laurie, the evening of the e
gagement to ride, without blushing.
And now kind reader, the moral viii
, l wish to inculcate is
! BE YE PATIENT UNDER ALL CIRCU
| STANCES.
Norfolk City, Va.
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The lonely taper.

There is always something solemn in wit
Messing a lonely taper burning through the
silent hours Of night. When all is still as
silence and sleep, the lonely taper, shedding
it's feeble light through the cottage window
out upon the darkness, tells the traveller that
there is something within that cottage that
drives sleep away. The lonely taper keeps
company with some weary vigil perhaps
one by the sick bed, where lays the pain
racked form of a loved one, on which tear
dimmed eyes are looking the last sad look
In the quiet of the chamber so feebly lit by
the lonely taper, a spirit is about making exit
from the house of clay. The heart aches and
its beatings fall low and feeble, in the quiet
of the sick chamber! There is a great his
tory written in its cares, its hopes, and its
fears.
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To the Social Circle.

~ ~A~ SNS4NA |
Thank you, my dearest : Matte for the
kind and aFfeetionate welcome you gave me.
| am indeed grateful, and it has made me
feel sensibly my unworthiness, to be an in-
mate of such a sweet Circle My heart
already yearns toward you, and the FOld
Maid feels that she has made at least one
friend. Since | received your welcome l
have often pictured the appearance Of Mat
tie May'-those bright diamond eyes spark.
ling with delight, when she sees happiness
imprinted on the countenance Of a friend
then see that mischievous glance as she
quickly turns to play some innocent prank
on an u~nsuspecting person; but mark the
sudden change! as she sees the suferings of
some poor unfortunate human being-how
quick the bright tear g~listens 10 dim the
lustre of that eye, and the warm sympathet-
ic heart studies some kind word or act to
relieve the sufferer. Now, girls, perhaps
you would ike to know what kind Of look
ing creature this Aunt Maud is, that has in
troduced herselfin your midst. Imagine to
yourself a hearty old lady, about sixty, me-
dium size" with a keen grey eye, (~aiways
looks over a pair of small gold spectacles)
red head, long nose, and as neat as a pin.
Size has the reputation of being a cheerful,
kind hearted being, a little disposed to lee
ture the young folks when they are rude
bustles about the house, rushing off the
dust, and setting things to rights, and scarce
ly ever seen without her book or knitting in
hand though she is ugly and a little sim
pie; yet Aunt Maud is always received
amongst the neighbors with a glad smile
and a hearty good morning. Well,
reckon you often wonder why Aunt MAUD
lived an old maid? Was it from necessity
If she is ugly, it's strange no one never fan
cied her. But never mind; she will tel
you all about it one ofthese days; how he
generous, noble hearted lover went off to th
wars and never returned and she wa
left to pine aud grieve in secret over hi
untimely death, &C., &c. Now, Matte,
| never lecture girls for being cheerful, an,
having sometimes a little innocent fun /;
admire it very much there is no one VIII
dislikes to see the young eking out their earl
years in a sad, gloomy dream, more than
do; for youth is the happiest time; whe
age comes, it brings care and sorrow, and W
hav'nt time to think Of pleasure. Aun
Maud has been young once, and, she expect
just as rattle-headed as any Of you, an
knows how it is with young girls. But
she sees anything rude or boisterous, she
sure to tell them about it. There was or
sentence in your piece, l noticed immediate
ly-it was that pile of work in mother
room 1t did my heart good to know th;
the mothers Of Carolina are raising the
daughters to some purpose-making Dol
intellectual and domestic women of ther
I feel interested in Carolina, and like
hear of her Improvements, as her proud 81
ter States say she is at least ten years b
hind in every respect-but | can't belle
that-it's owing to her quiet nature; becau
she doesn't make a loud blast and proclai
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-06-20
Lies Changes.

Change is written upon the daisy in the
dell and upon the strong oak on the noun
tain-upon men and creeping things. The
world is like the passing scenes in a we'll ex-
ecuted panorama. Ten years empty the school
houses of their chattering occupants of TO-
day and convert them into sedate men and
women-fathers and matrons-make and
break fortunes-and bury the last generation
but one. Twenty years change infants into
blushing lovers, convert boys into the work
ing masses, decide fortunes and distintions,
make active men the drivelers in second
childhood, and transports the old of to-day
to the dark tomb cells as tenants until " the
last trump shall sound" Thirty years calls
up a generation that was not, blasts the beau
ties of the present with coming decay, makes
lovers grandfathers, and buries the old to
make room for those who come after them
Forty years, alas and all is changed. In
fant's heads are growing white again, youth
has gone away behind the clouds of life's
morning, names that were loved and rever-
enced are almost forgotten, and new schemes
and wonders have sprung into existence start
ling the drowsy sense. Fifty years why
should we desire to gaze on the moving pan
Drama of the world for an half century i? It
is to see a new world as it were, with new
scenes and new faces. The loves, the mem
cries and the wonders of the past have grown
old and, behold new ones have taken their
places. Lovers, husbands, wives, parents,
children, sisters and friends have gone to the
home in the grave, and the old mourner stands
over the tomb and kneels on the sod, among
flowers that other hands have planted and
weeps an old mans tears for the dead! 1t is
to behold the despotism Of the monarch Time
1t is to see life in its %vanities of display. L
t is to be an old mai and a stranger among
, strange people and grand children for The
playmates of youth have gone to the unknown
land beyond the great river!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-06-20
The Oak.

We stand at the foot of the great old oak,
and gaze up to its great height and wide
spread branches. We count the years it has
been rearing its head towards the sky against
the storms that have tried the strength of its
gnarled boughs. It's roots have penetrated
the solid earth and taken strong hold there.
The storms have given them a surer fasten-
ing in the solid clay. So with the man Of
honest heart and strong will-the storms of
adversely only establish him the frmer in a
pure faith. The oak is a noble emblem of
our glorious Republic. It shades the mil
lions, and protects those who recline under
its branches. There is no Upas poison drop
ping from its glossy leaves. 'Tis Liberty's
sacred tree, pointing its leafy fingers to Heav-
en-, ard stretching out its sturdy arms for the
protection of the sons of the soil.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-06-20

to the world all she does, they think she is
sleeping. Now, love my adopted State,
(Alabama) and think she is even with some
of her older sisters-yet Carolina, my dear
native State, I love far better. | was raised
there, right on the banks of the beautiful
Pee Dee. Since then | have travelled hun
creds of miles, aud crossed many rivers,
some that poets have lavished their praises
or, but never yet have / seen one to excel
1T in beauty. How often on a bright sum-
mers eve, in a light canoe, with some cher
ished friend, have / hoated down that placid
stream-not thinking but my own little bark
would float as smoothly down the broad
stream Of time. But, alas! how often has
it been dashed by some angry wave against
the rough shoals, and hurled again on the
quicksands of life; but when wearied nature
was almost ready to sink in despair, that
} bright polar star, 'Hope,' would burst forth
, with brilliance, and point to a brighter day
) in the future. and then with revived spirits,
I, l would paddle on again merrily. How oft
!. do L recall the scenes'of my childhood, those
. bright days flown forever; the old home
stead, with its majestic old oak in the back
n 1dlQ, NulGl LIDS Su6ItGEGu OtIC IIOUl a IUdUt
summers sun, the spring, the meadow. and
: . the mountain-its rugged sides, | would often
climb in St search Of wild flowers; and thou
= sands of loved spots which my infancy
d knew [ have ,stf3na ties Watv&bind my
a heart to home;' for there in that silent little
1T grave yard, surrounded by cedars, sleeps
ID quietly one OF the best Of fathers, with nc
trace left there to tell how dearly he loved
Q, and was loved, but a plain marble slab; ant
N there by his side, sleeping in calm repose, i
al a favorite brother, besides other loved one
ID resting there for a short season; my mine
e will revert 10 those senes with a pleasing, bu
- melancholy remembrance, and they ar
az sometimes recalled SO wildly to my mind,
u almost imagine myself a child again, ther
with the loved and lost, living over thos
by -gone days; but all! it is only for a me
lr- ment, and | awake to the stern realities
to life. 1t is sweet at a holy twilight hour, f
of one to reflect, and travel back to the days
DIS youth it reiines their grosser thoughts, an
m lets Us see the necessity Of a well-spel
youth.
Now, girls, don't begin to think I a
ungrateful, and have forgotten MIR. Staple
kind greeting in his Waits Of Fancy
M Oh, no, tender him my thanks, and hoJ
that his life may be a bright and hap
dream, with no cloud to darken his sky
and when he is consigned to his last re
ing place, may his soul soar to the realms
ter, eternal peace, there to enjoy a blissful ct
iful nifty. MAUD MILLER.
Way Magnolia, Ala, June s, 1855.
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Pulvis ct Umbra Sum

Respectfully inscribed to q Literary sister
who presented the Author with a beautiful
book-mark, bearing the inscription" Mag
HeaDen Protect Thee.."
BY R. C. STAPLES.
Yes, we are but dust and shade
Without Gods sovereign power,
All glory which the world bestows
Is leeting as the hour,
The fame which wreathes the warrior
brow,
Unless his soul is given
10 God, will never profit him,
Or lead him up to Heaven.
/" May heaUen protect thee! Until
LIES ftful scenes shall close,
And may His love q cordial p owe,
For all thy many woes;
And let US as we gather gems
From poesy's sweet bower;
Reflect upon hfe's changing scenes,
And Of the final hour. {
And sister mine, when life shall cease,
And fades the ideal from our page
l pray, like Christian in the dream,
We too may hymn Jehovah's praise.
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The Right Spirit.

A young Lady in Georgia to whom we are
indebted for several new subscribers, sends
US SIS for f re more, accompanied by a letter
breathing SO much of pure philanthropy and
christian trust and confidence, that we make
an extract therefrom. Will not our numer-
Gus Lady Correspondents and subscribers
initiate the good examples set by Miss NJ,
and exert themselves in procuring subscribers
and extending the circulation of the SPIRIT
OF H Aqf2 If we could enlist the esp-op-
GRAFTON of The Ladies in behalf the Age, we
feel confident our receipts would again show
that the friends of the cause were active and
energetic in disseminating temperance read
ing and principles among the people. But
to the extract of our fair friends letter:
I have been more successful than others
thought would be in procuring subscribers
to your paper; but the secret of my success
is because | leave it in the hands of God, and
ask His blessing upon it. When | confident
~ give any thing to God, and leave it entirely
with Him to manage, it is then | look for
success and know it will be a blessing. If /
were to.say or do a good thing, it would a.
vail nothing without the blessing Of God. !
have considered, and reconsidered what
charitable objects would be best for me tC
assist, and have finally concluded the pool
widows and their children, I should frs
i consider; and then the missionary and tenn
perance cause. So / will enclose a five dol
: lar bill for you to send papers to boys who
h fear will become drunkards, and to som
gentlemen who l think would be beneftte'
Il by reading the paper; and as l think the.
would not take the paper, for that reason
d will send it to them. | would send it to m Z
ny more, but | am poor, and have nothin
of this worlds goods.
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Carolina. = 9 Genperants ana family daeeklg gehs paper.

as though all the cherished, social and polit-
ical institutions of the country were about
to be overturned, and anarchy and confusion
turned loose upon us.
But, thanks to an enlightened public senti-
ment, this inexplicable infatuation is doomed
ore looking upon this evil in its hideous
enormity-the foundations of the great deep
of public feeling is being stirred, and soon
a voice like seyen-fold thunder will be heard
from one extremity to the other of the good
old North State, demanding the application
of the only true and efectual remedy-total
and entire Prohibition of the Liquor Traffic
within our bordersl 1t is the only hope for
freedom from the curse of intemperance.
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R~ We are in receipt of a large number
of Communications, which shall be disposed
of as rapidly as possible. Some of them
ought to have appeared in this No, but our
paper was full when they came to hand
We will simply remark that notices of schools
ought to be as brief as possible. We have
enough to fill several columns, on various In,
situations, IF they appear, the writer's must
not complain if they find them condensed
considerably.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-06-20
A Misunderstanding Corrected.

We find that many misunderstood the pri-
ces for the Degree Books and Fixtures. The
price of the Books, alone, and the prepayment
of postage, is ST. The price of the Fixtures,
one Regalia of each Degree, as samples, and
the prepayment of freight, is S8-making
SIS in all of which the G. D. does not re.
alize one cent profit, the articles being put al
actual cost and charges of freight. The Fix.
lures cannot be sent by mail.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-06-20

: 1@e We learn from the Guardian, that at
a recent Convention in Northampton coun-
ty, it was unanimously in favor of nomina-
ting an independent Temperance candidate
for Governor, if the political parties oppose
our measure We have not received the
proceedings of such a Convention for publ
cation. When was it held ?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-06-20

ra- We are in receipt of the Catalogue of
the New Institute School, in Iredell county,
under the charge of that excellent Scholar
end P~receptor, Rev. B. Clegg; from which
we learn there are 100 pupils in the male,
and IS in the female departments. No
School in the State is more entitled to the
confidence and patronage of the public
See Advertisement.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-06-20

G@ We are in receipt of S. from Monroe
Division, Union county, for the Picked Rod
publication. Also 81 from a gentleman at
New Hill, Wake; S. from Person Division,
Woodsdale, and IS from sundry gentlemen
in the vicinity SIS from several gentlemen
of Northampton,
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age.
RALEIGH, q. G.
Wednesday, June 30, 1855,
A Positive Advancement.

S"bscribersrecei0ingthei rpapers With a red mark,
are thereby notified th@t an four toeehs from the re
ceipt Of the first number thus marked, their sub
,cription gears eoiH expire; and un{ess renewed
'~oithtn that time, theSpoper ptH be distoatinued.-
This rule ,ciU be inferib1y adhered to.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-06-20

BW~ 1t will be seen by advertisements in
this paper, that the Concert and Commence
ment exercises Of Glen Anna Female Semi
nary, an interesting literary institution near
Thomasville, in Davidson county, are to take
place On the 10th and 18th July. It will
also be seen that ample accommodations are
prepared in the vicinity FOR visitors.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-06-20

B~ We are requested to state, that the
Chesapeake Female College, at Hampton, Va.
opened on the LIST of June, and that notwith-
standing the unfinished state of the main edi-
flee, comfortable provisions for the young Ia
dies is made in the two buildings now on the
premises.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-06-20

gg~ To those persons who have written
US concerning the Ritual for the admission
of females into Divisions, we would state
that we shall have a supply on hand soon, of
which due notice will be given. Price 20
comics for 81
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The American Advocate.

~ We have received the FIRST number of a
paper with this title, published at Kinston, Lenoir,
by Walter Dunn, Esq. 1t is neatly printed, and
its Editorials well written.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-06-20

HENDERSON, N. ", June 10.
My DEAR SIR Your last appeal in the
Spirit, has caused me to use a little e~xertion
extra, in enlarging~ your list of subscribers,
and in half an hours time l have procured
you seven, and am in hopes of getting more
in a few days. Each subscriber mi hit get
two or three new ones, and by this means
the paper, which is well worth double or
triple the money, could be handsomely sup
ported.
l consider it indispensable, and would not
be deprived of it for any small consideration.
Send the seven papers next week, and | will
endeayor to get three more by that time, and
remit you ten dollars. Also reserve me enc
dollars worth of Pickled-Rod's replies.
/ should be much pleased to think that we
could procure the able s~revices of Gen. Cary,
to canvass the State. All who heard him at
this place were perfectly delighted with his
argument. You shall hear again from me
next week. Truly yours, G.. w. B.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-07-05
phcniX Bank.

AT the Annual Meeting of the Stockhold-
ers Of this Bank, holden at their banking
ouse, on the I'd inst, the following named
gentlemen were elected Directors for the
year ensuing, viz: Rowse Babcock, VIM. d.
Wells, Stephen Wilcox, Lyndon Taylor, Ed
ward W. Babcock, VIM. c. Peddeton, Jo-
seph Potter, Welcome A. Hoxie, Joshua
Thompson, Jr., Edwin Babeock, and Or.
lando Smith.
AT mcetin. Of the Board of Directors,
subsequently holden on the same day,
Eowse BabcocE was chosen President ofthc
Institution. ETHAN FOSTER, Cashier:
Westerly, July 5, 1856.
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Sheri6''s Sale.

WILL be sold at Public Auction, in the
town of South Kingstown, ON Thursday,
June 90, 1856, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, on the
premises, all the right, title ana interest
that Henry Maichant, now, or late OF FRO
yideuce, had on the 9th day OF April,
1853, at 9 o'clock in the afternoon, in ana
to the following described Real Estate,
certain tract Of land situated in South
Kingstown, containing by estimation, one
hundred and eleven acres, with dwelling
house, and other buildings thereon, bound,
ed north on a highway, easterly on land
of John q. Clarke, southerly ON land Oh
Samuel Hoxie, westerly on the Usquepaug
river. Also, lot of land containing sixty
nine acres, bounded northerly on land
Of Samuel Hoxsie, easterly on Sycanza
Brook, westerly on the said Usquepaug
river. Also, lot of land containing
nine acres, bounded northerly on land late
Of Silas Brown, easterly ON land OF John
Brown and partly on driitway, southerly
partly on land of Robert Brown, deceased,
and partly on land of Robert IL. Sherman,
westel ly on land of William Marchant, Jr.,
known as the Babcock Farm.
Also, one other lot Of land, containing
sixty-two acres, more or less, bounded
northerly on land of Rowland Braman'
easterly partly on land Of George Gardner
and partly on land Of Jabez Perkins, or
however otherwise the same may be bound
ed. The aforesaid lots will be soid 70
satisfy two executions levied thereon feD-
ruary II, 1865, one in favor OF Daniei r
Stone, against Henry Marchant, and the
other, the Rockingham Bank against Henry
Ma acchant, if sufficient Sales to commence
at the dwelling house on tie first described
lot and followed up until all, or SO much
thereof is sold as will pay said executions
and expenses.
BERIAH II. LAWTON, Sheriff.
South Kingstown, May u, 1855.
The above sale is adjou ned until Thurs
day. the 10Th day Of July, 1853, at ~
o'clock, A. NJ, theu to take place at the
places and in the order above named.
GEO. ii. OLNEY, Sheriff.
South Kingstown; June %, 1865.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-07-05
ly G.. F. Nichols, Kingston, and Drug
gists through the States.

Holloway's PiUs.-Wonderful cure
of a diseased liver. Emily Burton, aged
"a, of Fulton Street, Brooklyn, L. l.. ,
was for long time in very precarious
state of health, owing to her liver being
diseased the medical faculty prescribed
for her in vain, and every remedy she
thought likely to benefit her she made
use of with the like i'll success. About
two months ago, she commenced using
-olloway's Pills, and complied with the
printed directions, which quickly pro-
luced very pleasing change, in five
weeks, the bloom of health was again
upon her cheeks, being perfectly cured,
to the agreeable surprise of her friends.
These Pills are also infallible in all dis
eases of the stomach and bowels.