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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15

nlen. /
He is a hero, yet keep him an his place.
He is low born and poor, then why should
ne attempt to. rise /? Keep him down. He
is fighting the great battle of life with a war
rior's bravery. His eyes glow with the light
of intelligence, andhis brow CLOVIS with the
.unquenchable fire of thought-there is pow
er, will and purpose in the man, yet keep
ham IN Misplace, he has notthe birthright and.
the moneyright to rise. Keep him down.
bury him deep.in the dust with the iron heel
of seorn. He is the son ofthe poor, humble
parents and rs himself a mechanic. Bar the
doors of honor against him-shut; him out
keep him in has place! His arms are brave
and well strung with hardy muscles and his
hands are hard with honest toll. He is un-
polished in fashionable n therefore,
keep him in his place. "a mans a man
for a, that" says the, Scottish bard, but the
upper crust of the worlds pot pie does not
agree with the maxim. He must not rise
in the world" say the moneycrats, keep him
down like lead in 9,the Shiny understratum
His stout, bony frame was not made to re-
cline on downy cushions Of ease his stout
fingers were neversmade to touch the dainty
kid covered digits of lisping, simpering
drawing room belledom. Keep him in hn
place, therefore. Let him work for the drone.
in the worlds hire.
Letthe brave young man work with /
will +; let him put in merrymotion the invis
ible tools God has given him let him hop,
as he climbs the Hill of science despite tn,
wagging ofjeweled fingers and the Kisses o
~envious lips. Let the strong purpose in hi
bosom lift him higher and higher in the in
tellectual scale until he can look down .frof
an honorable position upon those who scorn
ed him. We have somewhere read that notf
ing can withstand the efforts of we'll direete
labor. If this maxim be true, and we hag
faith IN 1t, the young man struggling again'
the sarcastic hootings of an aristocratic, .minC
lettering populaee sho uld take courage an
resolve to achieve. He may yet defy all o
position, stand upon the topmost round
the great ladder Of letters and be gazed
by the. worthless deyotees ofluxury from Il
sloughs Of Ignorance, and they shall wond
the more and more why he. was not e
down in his place. ~
We have seen such elevationS and trr
we shall see many more. Struggle, man, |
the wreath of kno wledges-theS laurel of j
Srs! IT'S prouder fatSthan ever Rom
wore \
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15
Change.

Change is the holiday suit Time puts on
lest we grow weary and complains him.
We complain sometimes of chahge
the time. he is preparing some novelty Where
with to surprise us. 1t would be said of
many now, as of one of old, she went out
and hanged himself,'' were it not that change
turns life into a merry masquerade. ?
Sometimes Time comes as.a youth crowned
with a wreath of flowers; sometimes as a
chieftain proudpf the bloody ~laurels he has
won /; sometimes as a 1natronlin robes of
russell and gold sometimes as an old sage
with looks like sheayes of ripened corn =
sometimes his footsteps are Ike the chimes
of st. Peters bells and sometimes his SOL
emn football is like the knell Of Death.
We have all seen Time pictured as an old,
odd man wish sharpened features, long wings
hanging to his bony shoulders, a cruel scythe
in his iron hand, and hoary frost hanging
down-on his bosom. And when we see him
thus pictured we think of GOODNESS, of drift
ing SHOWS, of tOlIing bells, of graves, of
moufners, Of witkered leaves, and Of the
many sheaves he has reaped and Louad to-
gether for Gods great garner above the stars.
Time never sat for his Daguerreotype, and
the picture that has oft and oft frightened
our ehildishIancies.i is not ike him. Time
is not old but ever young as the last love
and the freshest hope. He is not so cruel
either for he lays soft moss over the inscrip-
ton, HE jacet," that would ever and ever
} remind US in bitterness of the loved and lost.
S Changes come SO gently and gradually
under the rule of Time that we scarcely no
/ tice them at all. How gradual and wonder.
full is the change when the curly headed
sehoolboy lays down his slate and satchel
E and bounds into the high walks of noble and
f responsible manhood, or that Of the little
$ heaven-eyed girl with golden curls, all song
all hope becomes the thoughtful wife and
o matron. -
Change is Times Sunday suit, and ever,
thing beneath Gods beautiful stars wear it
d exceptthose messengers escaped from Heayei
through its golden gates-true friends an,
~ehangeless hearts!
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"Take any other shape but that"

So may all men say in regard to a new
device ofthe devil whereby the taste for al
.eoholic liquors is implanted in the palate of
the young in the shape of candy drops filled
with a portion of sweetened liquor. These
are sold for a penny apiece. In this way
the rumseller. is secretly Spreading his poi
son among an unsuspecting community
This system is carried on to a greater extent
in those localities where the evil one has
been thwarted by the passage of a prohibit
tory law than in others. 1t has always been
thus in the history of the evil genius-when
assume some new shape whereby to deceive
and draw unsuspecting victims closer in his
foul embrace. lose"
These "candy Drops, drugged with the
vilest whiskey, rum or brandy, is sold so
cheap that a child with few peanies can
get his sup of brandy as readily as: the cid
topper can his glass Of gin-coek.tad.
The inventive faculties of the. rumsellel
are ever on the alert, ready to perfect new
devices to ~enslave their feHow-men ; there
fore, the moral portion of the commuuit]
should frown. them down insevery attempt t.
poison the fountains of society, especially. ii
Sowing the seeds of evil in the bosoms of tn
rising generation. Parents should keep
watchful eye over their. children and kee-
away from them these disguised potions G
sweetened rum, for when once the taste 9
..-. : II -. =,
that it is overcome that nine-tenths of til
victims close their wretehed career by lyin
down in the d~runkard's grave.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15

a. Politics has had the swayi in this State
for several months past, to such an extent
as almost to monopolize public attention.
It had its day, and we trust now the friends
of temperance will give oar great subject
that consideration which its Importance so
justly demands. Let all differences, Jealous
les and chickering's, growing out of the late
campaign, be forgotten and buried, and let
US labor with a hearty goodwill and earnest
determination to make the question of Pro
hi6ition the ruling principle of action in our
politics, untilfreedom from the liquor scourge
is secured. Let us not be deceived by side
issues and partisan fayoritisms into a be-
trayal of our cherished principles, and for
which we have battled so long and faithful
~. Let us go into cur Division rooms and
gather fresh inspiration and courage for the
noble strife, and then come out determined
to press forwards this cause, without turning
to the right or left to follow other issues, until
victory is ours. If the friends of Temperance
are faithful to the cause, they may dictate
terms to the politicians in the selection O
candidates Tor the next legislature. Steady
Be firm and courageous, and the day vii
yet be ours.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15

SANITARY MEAsUREs.-We call attention.
to the proceedings Of eur Corporate Author
tiles, and to the Mayors Proclamation, rel
.ative to the use Of sanatary measures for
keeping our city in its present excellent
state Of health. Some of our ssister Cities
are terribly scourged at this time, and it be-
comes as to avail ourselves of all p~reeaution-
airy and clearly means to keep it SO. The
City Authorities have provided lime and
copperas for the citizens use, and we hope
all will avail themselves of it and purify
their premises by the use of these d~isinfect.
ing agents. By dissolving half pound Of
copperas in a pail of hot water and throw
ing it into a sink or slop hole once a week
all offensive odors will be kept down.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15
Mixing Temperance With Politics.

AS a general thing, We believe, the tenn
perance men Of the. State refrained from ma
king temperance principles an issue in vo-
ting for candidates for Congress. They fol-
lowed the advice given by politicians athous-
and times-not to mix temperance with pol
itics. But some of the politicians them
selves, forgetting their sage advice to us, tried
very hard to make temperance operate to the
disadvantage of certain candidates--in other
words, they tried to mix temperance with
politics" If they are satisfied With their
efforts and the result, in this respect. we
surely are: Had the attempt been made a
little earlier in the campaign, We think a-few
hundred more would have been added to the
mammoth majority. We think the resul
clearly and unquestionably establishes tht
fact, thatsa candidate being a temperance
man does not ~disparage his chance for elee
tion-but quite the reverse. It is proye1
that an avowed, open temperance man, cal
be elected in North Carolina, by the larges
majority in the State.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15
Death by Lightning.

We learn that Mr.. Samuel Ward, an es-
Unable citizen of Iredell county, was killed
by lightning on the evening of the 25th of
July. Mr.. W. was lying on his bed when
the lightning struck a tree close to the house;
fracturing the building considerably, strik-
ing Mr.. ". on the head, following his body
to the foot of the bed, thence down the bed
post to-the floor. Are feathers a prevent
i've against the effects of lightning +?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15

R@ Undoubtedly, Bro. Johnson, and we
congratulate you. Have we not always con-
tended for this? But it is a singular fact
that our lady subscribers seem to have a fac
ulty of getting husbands quickly. There
must be something in the Book"
Gody's Lady's Book for august.
Thank you, Brother Godey-thanks OF
course you have married more couples than
the fat Squire of Gretna Green. There is
8 something in the Book-you make your
lady subscribers happy triee. We are pos
tive there is something in our f%avorite, the
Spirit We made a score of Bachelors
happy in one year by inducing them to
send the Age to their chosen ones
Fact 1t is a general opinion too, friend
Cooley, that our lady subscribers, that is to
say, yours and ours, make most excel
lent wives Bachelors should paste this
fact in their hats We are at all times ready
to send the Age and the : Lady's Book to
any address one year for So so in advance.
We want to make somebody happy. We
dreamed we did, the other night. Somebody
make our dream com true. 4
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15

Hea We very much fear the friends of the
Temperance Reform are lying on their arms
content with the good they have done in
ameliorating the condition of our race. Re-
member /! the rum deril as not asleep, but ev-
er on the alert to e~nslave the souls and fetter
the hands of men, Let the campfres be re-
kindled, and the bugle blast call the veterans
in thefeld again. The war must be prose-
cuted to the bitter end. The present and
eternal hopes of thousands rest on the great
issue.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15

saA Some writer, we don't know who,
remarking upon.the present aspect Of affairs,
saYs-"There are evils infesting society like
foul cancers preying upon mortal flesh. So
ciety behold them, but they have become so
common il not fashionable, that no effort is
made to eradicate them. We have laws to
crush them, but the executors of the law pass
them by unheeded, and in some cases wink
at them. The foul harlot erects her dark
den of prostitution in the very heart Of a
town, and if the. law does not say let her
alone, the people do. We rail against the
abolitionists and amalgamationists of the
North. without once observing the rapid
strides Of the latter in the South. Look
around you. Look at your law-it's a dead
letter upon the, statute book. Men'grow rich
by a system of rascality and fraud, and
instantly refined society clasps them to her
bosom.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15
THE DEATH OF A DEAR CHILD.

When the water lilies foated
On the brook, within the dell,
With a mothers love | doated
On my little Isabel.
Like the lily's grateful fragrance,
Was the sphere around the child ;
And her soft and gentle cadence
Won the hearts, however wild.
Scarcely were the blossoms whittier
Than her little brow and hands ;
And their motion was not lighter
Than her footprints in the sand.
Oft l thought the heavens were nearer
Brought within our humble dome /;
While the sunshine was not dearer
Than her presence to our home.
Now | weep so deep my sorrow,
None, save mothers lips can tell:
They will make her grave tomorrow,
By the brook within the dell.
Yet the sphere remains unbroken
Though apparent change of place,
Truly hath the word been spoken
r Angels, know not time or space.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15
THE VOICE OF CREATION.
From the German, BY MRS. soULE.

When God formed the rose, he said,
Thou shalt flourish and shall shed thy per-
fume" when he babe the sun issue from
chaos he added, Thou shalt brighten and
warm the EARTH when he gave life to the
lark, he instructed it to soar upward, warb-
ling near to the clouds and, finally, when
he created man, he babe him LOVE.
And while b%eholding the sun giving light,
while inhaling the fragrance of the rose, and
listening to the sweet notes of the sky bird,
shall or can NAN refrain from loving ?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15
tut tWt DPuWIU Uto Hye'
Early Memories.
BY L. G.. RIGGS.

How strange the power Of that mystic link
That binds remembrance to the past,
And causes our minds impromptu to shrink
From scenes it has outward cast.
How strange, that should wake again
Like an echo with renewed power
Early memories, thatbring thoughts and pain
To shadow our pleasant hours.
Early memories-how strangely they steal
Ger our souls. with visions of delight
That portraits their glimpses reveal,
And how quickly they take their flight.
Like the vivid hue of the rainbow's beam,
Soon their dazzling light is DER,
And we awake from our joyful dream
And find our sweet vision "gone before
Bridgeport, Conn.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15

SUPERIOR CoURTs.-The Judges of the SUI
perior Courts of this State win ride the Cir
cults the ensuing Fall as follows: Edenton,
Judge Saunders; Newbern, Judge Person;
Raleigh, Judge Dick ; Hilisborough. Judge
Caldwell Fayetteville. Judge Ellis; Sails
bury, Judge Bailey; Morganton, Judge
Manly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15

A LoNG ABSENCE. John Gilman, a citizen
of Dexter, Jefferson county, N. Y, who had
been. one of the unfortunate "sympathizers"
in the Canadian ~revoltin 1888, taken prisoner
and sent to a British penal colony, returned
to his family on the Goth ult, after the alb
sence of IT years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15

The statement that Alex. Campbell, of
Bethany, (Va.,) is dead, which has attained
a wide circulation through the press, is not
correct. The mistake arose by ~confounding
him with Alexander Campbell, M. D., of
New Orleans, who died more than a month
since of heart disease.
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For the Spirit Of the Age.

FOR the spirit OF the age. !
DEAR CIRCLE Who would have thought
it, that |, the wild, ~thoughtless, funloving
Kate, who has ever been the tease at home,
and fNost incorrigible torment at school,
sheulA become 9 member pf1Aour fair and
gif--- band lean searost5E talize it and
wnen u read denr Mo1If9s n$E welcome, 4
fairly danced for Joy and felt like embracing
her heartily for it for though, dear Mollie,
l amarude and frolicksome sometimes, and
there is danger of disturbing the refined
circle with my wild-eoltish way, l have re.
ally a warm heart and already love you dear
ly. As | danced over the old house and down
the green lawn, in my wild glee, plucking
the bright roses and wreathing them in my
loose ~tresses, Ringwood, my beautiful grey
hound, which by-the-by was a present from
$ somebody came prancing playfully around
me as if to share. my joy. Some of you
would have smiled. to have seen me that eve
ming as | went bounding merrily among a
party Of laughing school girls, bearing aloft
the precious paper, like some herald Of 10Y;
and all gathered eagerly around, exclaiming,
What is it Kate ?" 'Ewhat is it Kate ?'' as
/ pointed ont. the paragraph containing dear
Mollie's kind welcome. I have had a. much
better opinion of myself ever since. / &C
rambling about over the. garden and down
the shady dell, where the cool spring come,
bubbling up from its bed of mess, singing
merrily like some freed bird, for / never
could endure suspense of any kind.
But as / write, soft stars peeping GU
brightly from the azure sky above, and tn,
low voiced winds Of night are singing around
warning me it is time to return to the house
for | am writing in my little bower, coverel
with clambering vines and roses, arrange
to my own taste, with.s carpet of soft gree
mingled with starry flowers which trembl
in the night breeze. If ever I am still, it
in this calm hour, when all nature seem
hushed into a dreamy silence. But wit
much love to every member of the Cirel
adieu. KATE CARELESS.
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A Positive Arrangement,

s"bscri5eysyecei0 ing theirpqperstoith a redanqTk
are thereby notified that in four ,oeeks from the re-
eeipt Of the first number thus married., their sub-
CRYPTIC" yeare aoiH expire; and unless reneaoea
'0ithin that time, the paper lsfH be discontinued.-
This rule soiU be inferibly adhered to.
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sE- There is a calm, quiet beauty about
the following poem, that finds its way to a
mothers heart, and brings up recollections
of other and halcyon days, when the de-
parted was the pride and pet of the Home
circle, but who now sleeps by the brook with
in the dell.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15

s- IF either of the political parties was
to declare itself the a~nti-temperance party,
it would meet with overwhelming aefeat.-
And yet sitter election, both prove them
selves SO. Whose fault is it that such men
are elected?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15

; YELLOW FEVER AT PORTSMOUTH AND Nor
FoLK.-The latest new is that the disease is
not abating, and the alarm continues. The
deaths thus far in Portsmouth have been
about 90-the wife of Commodore Barron,
Of the Navy had died, and the Commodore
himself was ILL Thousands Of persons had
left the two Cities-the places Of business
have been geRerally closed, the telegraph
operators had left, and much anxiety and
distress prevailed.
The report of the Board Of Health of Nor
folk, for the 9Th, gives three deaths and nine
cases in the City. The reports for Portsmouth
same day, gives seventeen new cases and
nine Deaths
NORFOLK, Aug. 9.-The fever has appeared
in different parts of this city. There is also
no abatement of the disease at Portsmouth.
The towns in eastern North Carolina, near
the .VirginiaAine, have adopted quarantine
| regulations Passengers coming South ON
the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad are re-
quired to stoP.at Garysburg. 8 miles distant
from Weldon, for examination. A stage
load of passengers from Norfolk to ElizabetH
city, n. c., was met by the authorities Of
the latter place and turned back. The great
est excitement prevails in the infected dis.
%tricts.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15

HA-Blaek River Chapel Division, No: I73,
5. of L, will celebrate its Anniversary at
Black River Chapel, New Hanover county,
on Wednesday, August 29ths 1855. The
neighboring Divisions and the public gener-
ally are respectfully invited to attend.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-08-15

The ARAToR.-The August No. of this
excellent Agricultural Periodical is filed
with practical useful information to every.
tiller of the soil, and especially adapted to the
farming interest of North Carolina. Every
one who cultivates an acre of corn, wheat,
cotton, tobacco or anything else, ought to
take it--for surely all can afford 81 a year
for so valuable and instructive a companion.
Thatsenterprising and liberal spirited gen.
tleman, G. w. Blacknall, ESQ.,, of Henderson,
proposes, we see, that every County Agricul-
tural Society subscribe for fifty copies, and
the State Society for a much larger number,
for g~ratuous circulation. This is the way
to rouse up the dormant energies of the
planting interest. Send 81 to I. J. Lemay,
Esq, Raleigh, and get the Arator.
The Premiums advertised for the Union
Fair, to be held at Henderson on the 10th,
18th, and 18th of October next, are diversi-
fed and liberal. By the-way, we would adj
wise all who can do so to. attend the Fair.
They-will not only meet with most hospita-
BILE entertainment, but they will see some Of
Il Uu0 IlCnCSU, UIlSAueSI anu llOSI sGuSOuFdglng
specimens of Agricultural industry and i'm
provement, Mechanical ingenuity and per-
~fection-and by farnot the least, the taste,
skill and ingenuity, as well as beauty, of the
Fair Daughters of Franklin, Granville ..and
Warren. =
n The CAROLINA PENNANF.-This is the
title of a paper proposed to be published in
this City, by Messrs. John F. Miller and L.
n. Keith. It is to be independent in all
things-neutral-in nothing" Wit, humor,
: fun and amusement are to be it's special
. objects. The Pennant is to be published
weekly on a super-royal sheet at 81 a year if
Il paid in advance, 81 SO if paid in six months,
L Or So at the end Of the year. The first
y numberis to be issued on the 10th inst
We wish our young friends all success.
The CAROLINA C~ULTIvATeR, for August,
II has an interesting and valuable table of Con-
tents, especially adapted to our soil and eli.
mate, and from which much information may
be gathered. W. D: Cooke, Raleigh, 81 q
N year.
N. c.. UNIVERSITY MAGAzINE.-The new
70 corps Editorial, consisting of FL. r. Bryan,
a. Clement Dowd, j. B. Killebrew, Jas. A
- Mcqueen, A. II. Merritt, and Coleman SEES
: sions, have made their obeisance to the pub
lie; and have now enrolled their names
- among the I" brethren of the quill"
90 The August number compares favorabl,
de with its predecessors. In one particular
De- this number excels.
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Political Gambling.

Some species Of gambling is prohibited by
law. Political gambling, however, is carried
on extensively and winked at on all Sides
We. allnde to the infamous practice of betting
on elections, new hats, &C., are freely pledged
on the final result. It is UNANIMOUSLY wrong
in principle; for it corrupts the ballot box.
tt is wrong in logic too. Why should A. buy
B. a new hat simply because the man A..
despises gets into office? Instead of A. buy
ing a beaver for B., B. should buy a lifetime
| Of hats and give them to A. to make up for
his disappointment. Tt is wrong every way,
and a virtuous Community should frown the
custom down as one dangerous to-the. purity
and permanency of our free Institutions
Newspapers too that encourage the custom
by throwing out hints that money might be
safely staked upon a pending election, and
by giving false coloring to the prospects of
~faqorite candidate, and thus induce men tc
stake money or what not on the issue, should
be discountenanced by all men as %incendiary
sheets-incendiary to the genius Of our gov
eminent and harmony of the Republic. X
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HIM IN HIS PLACE

Such is the ediet of the proud and high
born who would crush out the noble aspira-
tions of that young man who is struggling
EitR ali the energies otis soul to rise. from
|" to Ah2aaGs epesiti'p among