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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-25

THE REPUBLIC or LIpERIA.~-Tbe establish ient
OF Liberia IL an object which must rcsult in the lni.
yersa freedom and elevation of the African race.
Including the Maryland colony ts territory extends
from the Shabac river on the north tneir the Fri.
tiEh colony OF Sierra Leone distance Of about six
hundred miles towards the south and east, between
the parallels Of ~ aud n degrees moth latitude.
Perpetual yerdnre covers the ground while tue lace
OF the country Is diversified with gentle BILLS aud
slorinR vaileys Says srhop Scott" The climate,
ia my opiuion IL healthy, much more 10 than that
of our (American) southern coast. | never saw
more vigorous and healthy people than the natives,
nor did ever zee the human form better developed.
The acrmnted coonists, too, enjoy excellent health.
40 To emigrant from another cline they must pass
through process OF accmation, whch will In
general be severe or otherwise, according 10 ther
own habits"
Between twenty and thirty Rivera flowing into
The Atlantic, watof the conntry--thc chief Of which
are tie II. Paula, Junk, 81 Johns Mechlin, Sinou
and the Cayally On the ST. Pauls several towns
lave been commenced, and its banks IRE studded
with many comfortable brick dwellings Upwards
Of four hundred farms are located % tiis river on
which reside more than three thousand cuiyatori.
Land Is sold ut $40 and $50 acre. IN 1852 b1ut
nine thouaand pounds OF sugar were made on the IT.
Pauls 1t ~ OF good quality, light IN color, and
wei grannlated as the best Porto Rico
BESIDES the great staples Of sugar aud coffee there
can tie raised to an Indefinite amount. rice cocoa
ginger, nrrowroot, pepper, ground nuts and indigo.
Nearly all cur garden vegetables and those peculiar
10 the tropics, may bc abundan'Iy cultivated. A
great variety Of fruits abound, among which may
ne iohha the banana, piuc apple, guava, lemon,
orange, tamarird and cocoa nat
There are immense forests Of woods suitable for
building and furniture The camw0oj IL sought
after In Europe and the United States az dye The
most common tree j. the nut bearing palm. from
which u extracted the palm ~ now most extern
sively exported 10 France Germany. England. and
America. Eight, Thousand tons were exported from
the African coast in 1862 and 1853. Education IL
enco uruged and cared for and the refining Hight ~
Christian truth difnscd throughout the length and
breadth OF The land. Where thirty years ago the
Jsfraded heather native built hi- hut aud offered
human victims r. his fllsc rods. or the tangled bush
oyerpfead the cattle, civilized nation dwells CON.
pising twenty towns aud villages tic happy alb do
Of ten thousand recmen. The public bBiaihgs the
schoolhouses and the churches cyInce the elements
a an enlightened Christian community destined 10
afford PEACE happiness and full manhood to ~
worthy dwellefs and truth aud civil and spiritual
life 10 oil Africa
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-25
MORMON COUNCIL OF HEALTH.


April b.I I'D not intend 70 ssy another sofd sboui
the saints, male female bp' ~ss ierpt@i ysserdAy
70 attend meeting ~ the Council u Health AMI
fell 81 what and heard. that II viii - relief ~
give frsf seco1ns off hi. Council 81 Hssfb a. Il
called IL sort a. female socis s0me,hing Ike
nofcar societies, who-s menhers hsye mssngs W tab
their occasional various a.hss and rsAas snd 's
mode ~ There fsv Who esi the scls@s phy
,icsDs IN the place and they privileges y IA 10
this important sss~fnblAg~.
III. meeting In ~ tho -srd sch0olh9uses.
There we're from fory 20 Gf,y pressEt % EDd yoang
and judging from rbysngnouical ipfinoligns they al
9Th tvo three ercspiions b~l0agss u 10 lwest
eisss ~ sDorsnre There sssHs.5 20 b reissnins
Gua sitiss The elder essliiDte ~ n1os- mia
fEsd ard so,snsd feeling -hieh sfen form -uch AZ
agrssab. relief ~ "a sge The Fresssns sfs me sefs
n the vbtl~1 spissful bag lie of3er I'm RAJ eFitat
~ s fougt an fslcn'l~ss hso1 apos t1sm 10 r0ung
~ Foriion - me- 6Eryiaing more rrgsslfs siii
is,s yopfhful tivay n wrpeArsnee - fnkhbsr
Ihfy stupid asS Eensa-tty a@a s~slYrsd ~ Al
tufs v0nsaniy feelings.
III meeting casa order ~ ~. Rsssrls bnasy
nsessG ait sinret, plpse sts wstp anrlr4eahJ
an sihsd - isaild ycu = ~ os.g - tttent 4
hous--bat you n1st rrs isnsy ~ b. frsahitAsr
~ ass strange opeyins ~ Gg3seii - hstlit. ~
90 ihfy 10 the mA8e - tAnrtraus huFs~ taat
trbuf. b~evpr for fhs saints ~ iissfae - fttis
tpd tbsy wsre hot rgi ~ ee.gs hsg fitat ngn~i
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There loca cxpenses only those attendant on the
rating, stamping mailing sorting AM delivering letters
The work done In the Post Ocesaa I'd being unconnect
Cd with everything relating to transportation distances
length OF oue- must be nearly par asl II ,der the
sumo systsm, In the two countries We from this
that the local expenses in the United States Post oce
three times great in proportion TO the number Of let
ters mailed In Great Britain and there they
this time than -'ourth much they pre-
yous ~ the introduction of uniform u post lge
The actual difference too, Il much greater than these
ures represent system Of free letter delivery AMI
local receiving houses for mailing letters in AMI
ei,ies absorbs just abent one halt 81 the British
slocsi expenses.n The system Of letter delivery Is
much more universal, and consequently more ex-
pepsye In Great Britain than IL 1882 and this IL
large EN- ~ expense that do not have in Post
Office at III. Here the figures. In Gres. Britain
there are III letter carriers ana their annual salaries
amount 70 u 1906 a35. There sJ61 gubpost
and letter receivers who paid si53ssb II take
ore half Il this last the salaries Of the letter
esyer and add II the salaries ~ the letter carriers
II win rive US 81 ss2 6s2 and this deducted from the
nlocei expenses' Of the British Post Once will leave
81 5po5 or three dollars and hall for each thouaDd
letters independent Of the expense q carriers and re-
seiyers.
tmay 10 argued that, we hNye ~ 900 Post 0a :ss
While In Great Britain there only litfle over 600
The local expenses with "a, distributed over 70 many
iocali;ifr must necessarily be much greater than il
Great Britain. This may be admitted, and vii dedae
from our "ocsl expcnsep the sum Of g, iss,4'z being
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12
You are a Poor Man.

Take care of yourself; for you are nothing
but a poor man. What are you poor for p
Why amt you rich? God made an album
dance for all i; why did you not grab your
share of the worlds glittering dust and be
rich? Or if you had it why did you let it
slip through your fingers? Paid your hon
est debts with it, hey Well if you have
been fool enough to be honest, you need not
expect sympathy from anybody. You went
in debt for the comforts of life, did your
What right had you to think of comfort?-
You are a poor man: what right has a poor
man to know salmon from herring, cheese
from Johnny cake, or mush from plum pud-
ding?
{, youwantedto educate your son. What
has nature been such a fool as to lavish an
intellect on your son ? a poor boy with 6
anfnd I Prepostcrvus /! crush it in the bud
Intellect and poverty should be antipodes-
it is a dangerous spark, put it Quit nigh
rebel against poverty and kick up a dust
Your boy is proud and poor-he is too aspir
ing. Bring him down to a proper, povert,
level. Evil times are brewing when tn,
hewers of wood and drawers of water" begin
to look up for better days. Your son has
fine voice, has he? Then let him be a cour
crier, or sing "knives to grind" {" come bu
my OYSTERS" or "fne, fresh clans for
living. A fine fgure-let him perform i
the circus. A fine memory-let him kee
tally for the rollers at ten pins.
Your son raves learning, does he? l.
him crave it. Let him struggle. Let hil
hew wood and draw water. If he breaI
his proud spirit under it, let it break. Yo
are a poor man.
But Croesus is rich. HIS children mu
go to college as a matter of course. And
the master can't get ideas in their heads, ]
must put accomplishments in them som
where, if it is only in their heels. Heigh'
t fine feathers make fine BIRDS" but what
screeching voice and horrid feet the pro,
peafowl has after ALL X
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12
Envy.

This passion is one of the worst that black
mon of the most fatal power over the human
soul a gilded serpent tinted SO bright with
false colors that few can detect its rancour
until too late for remedy. Her venom is
rarely suspected until, like the tabled basa-
lisk, a glance is shot from her fiery eye, most
fatal to the ties of love and friendship. The
den of this deadly serpent is in the dark cav
erns of the heart, yet the internal flames of
her snaky eyes CLEAN out now and then thro'
the windows of the soul with a fearful malig-
nifty. 1t is one of the poisonous tares WI
with childhood's goodly wheat, and woe to
the garden of the heart if it be not speedily
plucked up and cast out |! If it natures it
spreads its fatal seeds over the goodly soil, a
thousand deadly Upas trees spring up, whose
black and poisonous foliage reach up towards
the bright heavens, turning the bright light
thereof into gloom, and building a poisonous,
impossible barrier between the man and his
God. 1t is not only a suicide of ones hopes
but the deadly assassin of other prospects,
LII cometh upon the victim unsupported like
a thief in the night, and steals away the
pleasures of life. 1t is an iron shroud which
men weave around them, and they become
the living, walking dead. 1t is a passion
: kindled from the lake Of fire that scorcheth
the fair flowers of Paradise. It is the whis-
perings of the Prince of Night, that bids the
fratricide raise the blood-dripping blade, and
kindles in the bosom of the parricide the first
thoughts of crime. 1t grows quickly to a gi-
gantic monster like the crocodile a match for
the lions strength, but the feeble ichneumon
may destroy its germ. Let the man that
/ possesses it, blush for his own weakness, and
he who hath escaped its power, Danish its
, first approach as a fend of destruction, 70.
such it will prove in the end.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12
For the Spirit of the Age
The Matter-of-fact-man.
N. e.

al am what the old women call AN odd
Fish, / do nothing, under heaven, without
a motive-never. I attempt nothing unless
I think there is a probability of my succeed
ing. I ask no favors when / think they
won't be granted. I grant no favors when I
think they are not deserved, and finally, I
don't wait upon the girls when I think my
attentions would be disagreeable. I am in
fact a matter of -fact-man-I am. do things
serious. | once offered to attend a young
lady home-I did seriously that is, l meant
to wait on her home if she wanted me. She
accepted my offer. l went home with her
and it has ever since been an enigma to me
whether she wanted me or not. She took
nv arm and said not a word | babe her
good night and she said not a word. met
her next day, and I said not a word. | met
again and she gave d two hours talk. Il
struck me as curious. She feared | was of
Tended. she said, and couldn't for the life Of
her conceive why. She begged me to ex
plain, but didn't give me a chance to do t.
She said she hoped I wouldn't be offended
asked me to call and it has been a mystery
to me ever since whether she really wantet
me to or not.
l once saw a lady at her window.
thought / would call. I did. I inquire,
for the lady, and was told she was not a
: home. I expect she was, I went ava,
thinking SO. I rather think so still. I me
her again. She was offended-said l ha
not been neighborly.' She reproached IN
for my negligence ; said she thought I ha
been unkind. And I've since wondere
whether she was sorry or not.
A lady once said to me, that she woul
like to be married, if she could get a goo
congenial husband, one who would max
: her happy or at least try to. She was nj
difficult to please, she said. / said, Iwoul
. like to get married, too, if I could find a wi
that would try to made me happy. Sh
said, umph I and looked as if she meal
what she said. She did. For when I aske
her if she thought she could be persuade
to marry me, she said she'd rather be e
n cused. Iexcused her. | did. I've oftt
wondered achy ] excused her. Agreat mar
things of this character have happened
" me that are doubtful, wonderful, mysteriou
What, then, is it that causes doubt and my
terry to attend the ways of men? tt as
d acant Of fact.
This is a matter-of-fact world, and in {
D. der to act well in it, we must deal in matte
to of-fact." Yours in fact,
Of RHEUB.
P~fersbM0. Auqust 31st. 1855.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12
The Ministry of Woman.

How beautifully and truthfullyis Woman's
mission expressed by the N. Y. Peoples Or
gan, when it says-Not equal toman in rude
strength of bone and muscle-not equal in
steady grasp of the intelleet-but in fneness
of tact-in the capacity of quiet endurance,
and accomplishing suffering, how much his
superior! She has not, she cannot write a
poem like Milton, but she can live out, as
Lady Franklindid an epicof nobler elevation
than any painted pictures of imagination
She cannot paint such as manly genius car
do, but she can, all unobseryed of the greai
world, paint upon her soul the immortal viz
tues of faith and piety, and have a purer Ma
donna than Raphael ever painted, impressed
upon her heart. Which is greater? The on
who expresses what others have done, or tn
one who does it herself?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12
tBs 9gs, 8sleigg, Uortg-Gsr0lina

even high noon, throw their different lights
and shadows on this world of waters. Then
too the sombre sky and dark leaden clouds
by which we first saw them, gave them a
wild and peculiar sort of beauty. While he
stood on the narrow ledge of the precipice,
known as Table Rock, sprinkled with the
spray, and almost able to touch the vast
mass of water hat was making its angry
leap, the sun struggled through the clouds,
bringing out the deeply, darkly and beauti-
fully green tint of the waters in striking
contrast to columns of white foam which
hecked its front. We stand and gaze en-
raptured. The water does not form an angle
when it falls over the cliff, but makes a great
curve conveying the idea of immense guam
tity. depth and force. After a descent of
160 feet, it dashes itself on the rocks below,
and is broken into vast volumes of mist and
spray, which almost entirely ~conceals the
hollow of the horseshoe, leaving a gap for
the bewildered imagination to fill up. So
you are constantly impressed with the idea
that it will exhaust itself. and you can scarce
" take in the thought, that this avalanche
has been pouring its masses eyer since the
creation. This view Of the Canada Fallfrom
Table Rock is the most grand and complete !;
that Of the American Fall from Goat Island
the most picturesque and beautiful. The
miniature steamer, MAID of the MIST
ploughs its way up TO the foot Of the Falls,
enveloped in the spray, there with a grace
full curve, turns, and is borne by the current
back to her station. The rapids are not
among the least Of the attractions of this
magnificent locality. The descent is very
perceptible for nearly a mile up the stream,
! you look up almost as if you were looking
out to sea. The rocks and impediments are
! concealed what meets your gaze is the an,
gered waters, boiling andfretting themselves
! into foam, like breakers in a stormy ocean
c then as if nerved up by this excitement, i
u plunges in its mad leap.
d But time would fail to exhaust this fertile
. subject, and we must stop unfinished. TIL
- last view we caught of the Falls was tn
vapor, wreathing itself in its graceful folds
. gilded with the golden sunset. The earl.
> morning light varied the view again. TIL
Is western sky was darkly blue, the easter
L rosy with the approach of the sun, and thes
" vast volumes of mist were tipped with Au
9 rora's delicate fingers in tints and shade
I most exquisitely beautiful.
r There are other amusing things and int
I'D esting localities. the Burning and the Miners
Spring, the Whirlpool, 'Lundy's Lane tt
~ observatories, the Hermit's residence an
H. quantities of Indian embroidery which
~ exhibited wherever visitors frequent, ar
~ would occupy your attention at any 9th
ne time, but as s~ubsequents to Niagara the
up lose all interest.
q With many wishes that you may some d.
Oh (f you have not already witness this ma
10 nifcent work of nature, I shall bring my
NC dious letter to a close. B.
En1TeTd, ". T..
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12
ny- We give in other columns, account

n We give in other columns, accounts
of the progress Of the pestilence in Norfolk
and Portsmouth, from which it will be seen
it is f~earfully on the increase. The number
Of deaths in the two places is from fifty to
seventy a day, for the last week. Many have
had to be buried without collins, and several
side by side in a rude box together! Both the
Methodist Ministers have fallen-Revs. Mes
srs. Dibrell and Withstand several other
Clergymen are down with the fever.
We deeply regret to have noticed among
the victims Of the disease, the name of Mr..
SELDEN ALLEN, Conductor on the Seaboard
Railroad. He was a noble specimen of a
man-a kinder heart ne'er throbbed in hui
man bosom. A heart so full of the milk of
human kindness as was his, can but be at
rest in Heaven. Long shall we cherish his
memory for his kindly attentions to one who
with him has now passed into the spirit land.
Peace to his ashes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12

BRF We hear of a number of church mem
bers industriously engaged at this time in
manufacturing Intoxicating liquors. From the
sanctuary, where they have been responding
devout " Amens" to the prayers of the Pas
tor, they go into their sooty distilleries and
kindle afresh the fires, and watch with eager
eyes thedrippingso fthe poisonous compounds,
the only effects of which is to damn to present
and eternal infamy their fellow-men. They
do this, not that they love their brethren
less, but because they love 'mammon' more.
Heaven has blest the earth this year abund-
antlywith fruits, and re suppose these liquor
christians are determined to make the most
of it to the end that the good gifts of God
be not sacrificed Of all men, it does seem to
us, that church members should be the last
to engage in the d~istillation of intoxicating
liquors; they can but see that the use of il
is one of the greatest obstacles to the progress
of the Church of Christ, and yet they pray
Thy Kingdom Comet When and how shall
this great evil be remedied?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12

FRIENDs.--We suppose everybody has one
or more friends. 1t seems strange too how
some men could have a friend, but rogues
have comrades and we don't see why Williams
should not be friendly villains. If we tho't
we had no friend at all in this great world,
we should push a bullet through the place
where our brains ought to be, if we were not
afraid of getting hurt; but a true friend is
like a diamond, not to be picked up in every
square yard of dirt. We might go delving
through the hills and vallies of earth half a
lifetime and not find more than one and
then again we might find a half a dozen in
the same patch of sunshine. When you find
a true friend, reader, tie a string around him !
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12
Elm Wood.
Written for the Spirit of the Age.
Kindred Spirits.
mr. MISSIE.

How often in our wanderings upon earth,
do we meet with those whom to see is to
love, kindred spirits straying across our
path, bright birds Of passage after whom
we gaze with sadly mournful eyes, as they
wing their way over the horizon of life,
far and forever from our view. Few
hearts but have felt this mysterious union
of kindred spirits, this golden link which
binds soul to soul upon this "leaf-clad
orb Of ours- Often, one glance upon a
passing strangers face, will awaken a feel
ing of regard, and with lingering glance
we have sighed, when the hurrying throng
has shut them from our view, upon the
crowded street. For an evening we have
sat by a strangers side, and unconsciously
mingled the sympathizing thoughts of our
kindred hearts. And who does not re-
member that sharp pang of panied regret,
as the parting hour like widening waves
Of some mighty stream has swept us asun
der forever. "We may negcr meet again y
how sadly those words fall upon the heart.
With quivering lips the last "good Bye
is spoken, and we have turned away to the
great world again. But even the "great
world" nor time, nor change, can chase
away the memory Of a calm, blue eye,
which haunts the heart even tho we smile
and strive to shake it off as a childish
weakness. Ia vain still an echo of the
strangers voice sounds like a knell to tel
how two linked spirits were loved. All
the golden links break not without
grieved, sad feeling at the heart, and
haunting remembrance, as Of some brief
beautiful dream. How sweet is the belle
that we will know each other in heaven
that tho severed and wandering earthwar
now, in that cloudless home each twin sou
will meet again, and amid the spirits of th
"just made perfect" the long parted one
shall recognise each other. ANGELS, il
nocent and untried," must smile mo-
sweetly as one after another of the raj
somed meet again, and pass those cryst
bars, and pearly gates after being exile
and separated so long. All and Nv
may never meet again" grows less s.
when eyes, in heaven steals like no
music upon the ear.
Hartford Co., Nd, Aug. "a.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-09-12
Petersburg, August 31st, 1855.

FAYETTEVILLE FEMALE HIGH ScHooL.-It
will be seen by advertisement, that the Trus-
tees of this Institution have elected the Rev.
VIM. E. Peli as Principal, and that the ex.
~ercises will on Monday the 18th
of October. The selection of Principal is
considered a good one, as Mr.. Pell possesses
those qualities which are requisite for the
successful management of a School of this
kind. He now has charge of the Methodist
congregation in this place, and stands deser
vingly high with our citizens. 1t is contem
plated, we believe, to have four denomina
tons represented in the faculty, in order tina
no sectarian ealously may be created. Ever.
exertion, we feel assured, will be used t.
make the Institution worthy of an extensiv
patronage and a benefit to the community a
large.-FdyetteciWe Car.