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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-08-06
The nrouth.

The accounts of the drouth in various por-
tions of the country, are distressing. In
Amelia, Chesterfield, Prince George, Din
widdie, and indeed all Eastern Virginia,
there has been no good soaking rain for
months-the gardens and pastures are dried
up, and the crops we'll nigh entirely blasted
"The neat is still distressing, and all sorts of
vegetation in these parts are in the last stage
of suffering. This week will decide the fate
Of the corn crop in a large portion of Eas-
tern Virginia" This is true as to a large
portion of North Carolina thou b we learn
that the inhabitants of the Southern part of
the State have been blessed with good rains,
and that the corn crop from Wilmington to
Charlotte, embracing a belt of forty or fifty
miles, looks well, and gives promise OF a
full yield. We have heard no complaints
from Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Martin, Per.
quimans, and Chowan, and other portions of
the great corn-growing regions though we
have no doubt the crop is suffering there
also. Still, in that section of the State, and
on the Roanoke, from the nature of the soil,
the want of rain is not SO much felt as it is
in this high and dry region.
We hear that from Charlotte to this place,
the drouth is very serious; and that in Or
ange, Granville, and Warren both the corn
and tobacco crops are much blighted and re-
tarded. A good rain Just nOao, would save
half, or perhaps three fourths of a crop in
this vicinity but if it should not come within
a week, we can hardly expect more than
half a crop. The weather is now gerry warm,
with no signs Of rain.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-08-06
D~isgraceful Conduct of Americans in
Paris.

The title of American citizen $50 long a
passport to favor J now raises %prejudices
against one in court circles, In consequence
Of disgraceful scenes which stain that hon
ored name, and but few of which ever reach
the public ear in the United States, although
they are the gossip of all Europe. 1t has
not been long since four or five Americans
became beastly drunk at a ball in the Tuil-
%leries, and forced their way to the Emperor's
table at supper, making the greatest uproar,
and indulglng in liberties which might be
pardoned only at the penultimate hour Ot.a
political clambake. The a"scene"
would cause, and the fact that two of the par
ty were \ x = \ pre- vented them from
being extruded from the precincts of the pa
lace by the imperial menials. But the dis
gust and astonishment raised by their degra-
ded misconduct persuaded the court cham
berlains that there must be mistake some
where, they believed these brutes had sur
reptitiously obtained their tickets and uni
forms ; several detective police officers were
summoned and ordered to observe these per-
sons during the remaining period of the ball,
and to dog them home when they retired.
that they might ascertain if indeed these per-
sons were the people they represented them
selves to be. To the astonishment of the
French, the police discovered that there was
no manner of fraud. You will not be sur
priced. after this, when | tell you that these
persons regard the whole occurrence as a
good joke" and the circumstance of their
being attended home by the detective police,
as decidedly rich"
With the exception of a forcible entrance
into the Emperor supper saloon, disgusting
incidents of this nature occur whenever the
Emperor or the Project Of Seine gives a ball
Americans regard the invitation to these pal
aces as q cart blanche on which thew NAV
write any ''spree" they please. At the last
, ball givin at the Tuilleries, two Americans
went in full court costume from the nalace
to the Maison dor, where they exhibited
their state of beastly intoxication to the large
I throng until a late hour of the morning e
Drunkenness is a.vice which here is confin
: ed to the most degraded of the lowest classes
a American ministers fail to exert the infu
ence which belongs to them, and which. i
used, might altogether put an end to thes
. disreputable scenes.-Pdris Co. cfBostOn Al
las.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-08-06
CONGRESS-.

WASHINGTON, July %, 1856.--SENATE.-
To-day they refused to engross the bill for
appropriating $4,000 to test the practical
bility of an Atmospheric Telegraph. They
passed the Western harbor bills.
HoUE.--The army appropriation bill and
Mr.. Barbour's amendment, declaring the ter
%ritorial laws Of Kansas to be null and void
were rejected.
Mr.. Sherman's amendment that the mill
tary force be not employed to enforce the
laws in Kansas till Congress should decide
on their validity, &C., was concurred in.
They reconsidered the vote in a Commit
tee of the Whole to annul certain laws in
Kansas and adopted as an amendment to
the Army bill Il substitute to the former pro-
viding for the freedom of speech and of the
press, abolishing test oaths and dismissing
all political prosecutions of prisoners; also,
restoring the Missouri Compromise line.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-08-06
FITS /. WHY PROMINENT.

For a long time thkxs was a paragraph making
its regular weeklysz rance In our columns, with
the brief, but empkafc words q FITS Fits p sI4s
ways at the head, to some an offensive caption, but
not SO to the benevolent and humane, who could
y ~apathise in the sorrows of o~thers.-Some per-
sons are shocked at any indication ofdiseases, and
are even thrown into nervous excitement on wit
Messing a hearse or a coffin. Such are to be pitied.
We should always strive to look disease and even
death in the face with c~almness, and especially
take every opportunity for alternating disease
Viewed in this light, the advertisements of 5. :.
Hance, of 10e Baltimore street. Baltimore, Nd,
possess a certain interest, and those who know OF
any one suffering from Epilepsy, Spasms, or Fits
of any kind, should feel it a pleasure to cut out
his advertisement, or in some other way send word
to the afflicted of the great value of his remedies.
They car be sent to any part of the county ny mail.
Price, So per box. Two, S.. Twelve, S24.
DIR. Hance sends. his pills by mail, free ofpos-
tage, to all parts of the World, on the peceipt OF
a remittance. His prices are: one box, So two
S.; twelve, $24. We have given his address a
bove.
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AtrociOus Fraud on the Public
ARREST AND COMMITTALOF THE
PFRPETR ATOR

We learn from the Philadelphia press, that
Hollis who was charged with counterfeiting
so extensively the labels Of Holloway's Pills,
has been committed to Moyamensing Jail for
trial in default ofLbail. The examination
showed that the immense saleso Holloway's
Remedies in this country had long since excl
ted the c%upidity of a class of miscreants
known as medical counterfeiters." The
establishments of Professor Holloway, in
every city of the Union, had been closely
watched, the extent of their business as GER
tanned, and finally a system of counterfeiting
planned out which, in extent and magnitude,
has probably never been e~qualled in this or
any other county. We hope the fortunate
arrests of the chief conspirator. Hollis, will
tend to explode the whole scheme all the
materiel of the r~ascally combination is now
in the hands of the police. It is somewhat
difficult to counterfeit the remedies of Profess
sor Holloway with impunity. His agents
"cover the land, !" whose Argus eyes are ever
open to his interests and the interests of the
sick, which are in fact g one and inseparable."
Hollis and his gang forgot this independent
medical police, ever on the alert, all indirect
communication with the office in New York
They left out of their calculations the bound.
less pecuniary resources Of Professor Hollo-
way, and underestimate his zeal and liber.
atty when engaged in hunting Down the
double knavery that tempered with the pub
lie health while it sought to rob him of his
reputation. The timely discovery of this
scheme of wholesale rascality, will, we trust
be a warning to medical counterfeiters. >
The counterfeit plates, labels, &C., are all in
the hands of the authorities of Philadelphia
and the conspiracy is utterly crushed. Its
effect has been to exhibit in a more striking
light the unparalleled popularity of Holloway
Pills, for only against the leading medicine
ofthe age would such a scheme have beer
organized.
1t would be well for the trade to be OF
their guard against similar frauds for the flu
ture. One scheme of imposture is put Town
but the popularity of the medicines NAV Civ
rise to others.-N. Y. Nat. Pol. Gazette.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-08-06

The New York papers of Monday, have
the following particulars of a serious acci-
dent which occurred to the steamer Empire
State, Captain Brayton, which left Fall Xiv
Ell, Mass, for New York on Saturday even
ing:
The Empire State had on board 225 pas
sengers, including many ladies. She reach
ed Newport in due season, and started tor
New York city. When off Point judith,
about twenty miles from Newport, soon after
ten p. NJ, the starboard boiler collapsed a
hue. The steam escaped down through the
CRATE bars to the blowbox, which bursted,
whence the steam issued forth to the deck.
One of the fremen, named Wm. Mckee, who
was sitting in the fire room window, was
blown overheard and was not seen afterwards.
Between twenty and thirty others of the crew
and deck passengers inhaled the steam and
were scalded outwardly, and up to the close
of the last accounts IA were dead, and there
were hopes that the others would survive.
INTERESTING TO RAILROAD TRAVELLERS
A curious question Of law has been under
consideration by one of our Judges for some
time, and which presents some features OF
interest to travellers by railroads
The Erie Railroad has been in the habit of
charging an additional price for all tickets
not purchased at the ticket Office. Several
persons, ignorant of this rule, rendered their
pay to the conductor of the car as he passed
along and found themselves compelled to pay
this usurious interest. In june q Mr.. Aus
tin took his place in one of the cars of the
company without his ticket. The distance of
his trip was three miles-the price ten cents,
When the conductor came to him, he offered
the ten cents, but was asked for an extra
dime. Finding that this mode of travelling
would become expensive, he refused to pay,
and was shown the door. He brought an
action to recover damages !; Judgment was
rendered in his favor for S25 and costs, the
court deciding that the statute did net au-
thorize the company to demand more than
three cents per mile, and that all further
charge was illegal, and consequently that
they had no right to ask the sum in question
N Y. Times.
WASHINGTON, July 28.-Mr. Shannon
has been removed from the GovernorshiI
of Kansas, and Mr.. Jno. Geary, of Penn
sylvania, has been appointed in his place
CHARLESTON, S. c., July 28.--The lsabe
from Havana, with Fridays dates, arrived
yesterday. Sugars were slightly lower blu
firm THE present crop will be about on
fifth short.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-08-06
RECEIPTS FOR THE AGE.

SINCE LAST 1ssUE.-Sl @ Jackson, Con-
wayboro' j R Parker, John Nicholson,
Newly's Bridge; W F Beard, Ellisville A
D Stewart, S D Stewart, Moore JR Nal
lory, Oxford; w Gentry; Trion Ray, r M
Wright, R P Woodruff, Elkin Abner Davis,
Walnut Lane; Joshua Dobbins, Simon Caudle,
Mt Nebo S. W G Jones, Beaufort; SIS 7 H
Chance, McLemoresville G R King, Oar
denis Store; Miss Sarah Gulledge, Deep
Creek L Sinclair, Wadesboro' John w
Fore, Dupree's Stores J F Pegram, For
sythe ] B Barrett, Snow Hill W B Sab
iston, J B Dickerson, Beaufort; Henry Jones,
New Hill; Capt. j F Roberts, Elk Spur
Wm Mangum, Jos Woods, KNAPP of Reeds
E B Thomas, John P Lee, Murfreesboro'
John Hall, Centre W G Morisey, Everetts
vile S. Vernon Allen, Lanesboro'.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-08-06
YADKIN INSTITUTE,
Nall and Female Schools.
E. G.. HINSHAW, Principal.

E.. z. HINSHAW, Principal.
J. K. SPEER, Assistant and Instructor in the
Female Department.
Miss @, Assistant.
The scholastic year is divided into two Terms,
of twenty two weeks each. The Fall Term COM
mencing on Wednesday the 22d July, 1856. These
schools are now furnished with full sets of Philos-
optical and Astronomical charts, Maps, &c, and
under the present arrangement we feel confident
in saying that none shall leave our institution
without an advancement in useful knowledge
The situation is known and famed for its morals
and health. Should any wish to obtain an education
on time or otherwise, they would do we'll to. enter
this Institution. We ask a liberal patronage and
no effort shall be spared to impart more instruc-
ton for the same money than any other ~institu-
ton.
Tuition, $500 to $12, so per Term.
Board $3.50 to 500 per month.
For further particulars, address che Principal at
Mt. Nebo, Yadkin county, n. c.. 39-3m
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Another remarkable Cure of Dyspepsia;

BosToN, July 8, 1851. GentLemen,-Agreeably
to your suggestion, it gives me pleasure to state,
that some five weeks ago, l purchased two bottles
of your Orygendted Bitters, and commenced using
the same according to directions, and experienced
the happiest effects.
I had been troubled with dyspepsia about three
years. During the warm season, and at times,
obliged to give up all attention to business; and
although l lad the advice of many good physi-
clans, 1 was confined for six weeks to the house,
and continued to grow worse, until | took your
medicine; I nm now almost cured of every disa-
greeable symptom, and able to do business as usu-
al.
The whole credit of my restoration to health, is
due to the Orygenated Biters.
Your obedient servant. ABNER SMITH
Grocer, Central Square, East Boston.
Seth W. Fowle & Co., 12S Washington Street,
Boston, Proprietors. Sold by their agents every
where.
None genuine unless signed I. BUTTS on the
wrapper.
Extract of a letter received from Rev. B. c.
Thomas Tavoy.
Messrs. P. DAVIS & SoN-Dear Sirs The IA.
rens here, have become acquainted with your med
icine, and their demand for it is to me very sup
prising / have now by me orders for more than
fifty bottles I therefore wish you to send me a
quantity, and 1 will pay you through the Treasur-
er of the Missionary Union.-There is no medicine
which stands SO high in the estimation o the Karens
of these provinces as your Pain Killer, and feel
willing to crafty them, as I entertain a very high
opinion Of its worth.
Messrs. PERRY DAVIS & Son Il find it neces-
sary to address you again, as my most sanguine
expectations have been more than realized. The
call for your valuable medicine is increasing sc
very rapidly that I fear I shall soon be unable tt
keep pace with it. My object in writing now ii
to beg that on receipt of this you will kindly des-
patch another batch as ordered in my letter of June
last. I hope will not be entirely out before you
last shipmentreaches me, of which, however, Ihav,
not yet heard from you. Yours sincerely.
]. L. CARRAU, Calcutta.
The Pain Killer is soldby F. F. Pescud, Raleigh
Thos. J. Patrick, Greensboro; Lucas & Moore
Goldsboro'; George R. French, Wilmington, an
by Druggists, Grocers and Medicine Dealers ger
orally.
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WoRMS, WnRMsl

ne Various theories have been started relative
to the origin Of intersa9aal worms, and yet the ques-
ton is still a vexed enc among medical authori-
ties. o. o-e fact, hoWevor, all are Informed, and
in which all agree-the fatal nature of the infu-
ence they exert on children. At this season of the
year, the attacks of worms are most frequent as
well as most dangerous. We take great pleasure
in directing the attent on of parents to the v,rmi-
fuge of DR.. MLane. 1t is one of the most extra
ordinary medicines ever introduced to the public,
and has never failed Of success when tried.
rs Purchasers viii be careful to ask fer DIR.
M'Lane's Celebrated Veranifuge, manufactured by
Fleming Bros. of Pittsburg, Pa. All other Vermi-
fuge, in comparison are worthless. DR.. M'Lane's
genuine Vermifuge, also his celebrated Liver Pills,
can now be had at al respectable drug stores.
None genuine without the signature of
FLEMING BROS.
For sale by all the Druggists in Raleigh, Colds
boro,, and Throughout the State.
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High School at Olin. N C.

TNHE next Session Of this School New Insti-
Il tute School,) viii open on Wednesday the 23rd
Of July, in the spacious new brick building. Mr..
S. Lander, formerly Teacher at this place, an d
late Professor in Randolph Macon College, Viz
ginia, takes charge Of the School, assisted by
Messrs. VIII. Lilly and L. II. Carter. These gen.
tlemen need no fattering commentators from US.
Students attending this School viii have every adj
vantage for q thorough and high degree Of mental
cultivation The neighborhood is moral, and far
removed from scenes Of dissipation and tempta-
tons to vice.
The cost for board and tuition ranges from forty
five to fifty dollars per session of FIVE months
The tsitioa fees strictly IN Advance.
For further information, address s Lander, 0lin,
n. C By order of the Board af Trustees.
J. c. TURNER, Chm'n,
July 4. 27-A5-6A
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S ELECT MALE SCH DOL
RIDGEWAY WARREN CO.. N. O..

III exercises will be resumed on Wednesday,,
9th July, 1856, and close on Friday, 2Sth Nov.
following.
TERMs.-Board exclusive of lights which will
be furnished at cost and tuition for the session,
$75, payable half in advance, the other half at
the end of the term, with a contingent fee of fifty
cts, to defray the expenses of frewood, &C., at
the Academy. There are ample and comfortable
Accommodations for fifteen or eighteen boarders.
The location is healthy and easy of access, being
Immediately on the Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad,
and the terminus of the Roanoke Valley Rail
Road, and noted for its intelligence and moral
excellence. The subscriber pledges himself to
give every necessary attention to the health, NOR
ais and progress in learning of the pupils COM
mitted to bis charge. This school offers peculiar
inducements to the eastern section of n. C. and
Va, and those interested are respectfully solicited
to examine its claims to public patronage.
VIM. III. BASS, A. NJ,
Principal and Proprietor
June 18th, 1856. 43-2S-tf.n
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Houoaoay's Pills may be taken with perfect
safety by both sexes, and all ages, their eff
feet being mild yet positive their searching
properties renders them invaluable for the ex-
termination of every disease, particularly liv-
err and stomatch complaints bilious disor-
ders, and indigestion. AS a purifier of the
system, they are unequalled, and their vir-
tues in cases of termination of blood to the
head, and asthmatic complaints, cannot be
too highly commented on, in short by a per.
severance with these admirable Pills, there
are few complaints which can resist their ex-
traordinary influence.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-08-06
JONESVILLE
Male and Female Academies.

TIME twenty fourth session of this hourishing
institution will open with a full corps of CON-
petent teachers on the 9th of July.
Miss BErTIB CARTER has charge of the Female
Department. Our buildings are large and well loca-
ted in a beautiful grove alta suitable distance apart.
The principal has been at great expense IN FURNISH
inc a fine Apparatus, with globes, maps, &C., to IL
~lustrate the important sciences studied: There is
also a well selected Library to which all can have
access for twenty five cents.
TERMS PER SESSION.
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic commenced 1000
English Grammar, Geography and Arithmetic, 500
Philosophy, Astronomy, Chemistry d Ethics, l0Oo
pa;nt;nr in ol coIo1s. 10 90
Music on the Piano, SIT for use Of instrument, 8 %
Contingent fee for wood, DC. 5O
Those coming by public conveyance can getfrom
Salisbury to Jonesville, on every Monday and
Thursday. For further particulars address the
Principal at Jonesville, Yadkin county, N. c., and
catalogues will be sent free of charge.
w. l.. VAN EATON, Prin.
Jcnesville, n. C., june 9th. a4-4l-3,
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MARKET.

Reported for The Sp1rat q he Age, 6y
A. M. McPHEETERS & Co.,
WHOLESALE GRoCERs & COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
WILLS WHARF, NORFOLK, VA.
Flour, receipts have been larger since our last
and our market is now well supplied with old and
new We quote old 5 F. ST., a u. extra s, fami-
ly 81, new S F u, extra 81 to 81, family 9 a 81 F.;
bacon, market bare and prices advancing, we quote
western shoulders l2c, sides 134, Va. hoground,
l43, hams lie; groceries, market poorly supplied,
and prices continue to rule high sugar, N. O.. 81
a 81, P none on the market, Ia, II, crush
ed IA, loaf I43 molasses, N. o. So a so, P R SIS a
Sc, Cuba % a "a coffee, rio liz a II, lag. l3 a
134, Java l53 a Is rice 81 a 81 salt, G A $13 a
L., blown II a Il; cotton, III a II wheat, arri.
walls of new and quick sales, red l 50, white 81 81,
at which sales were mado to-day. August 2.
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Excelsior. -Perhaps no preparation, or to-
mic, for the restoration and preservation of
the hair, has ever been used with success
equal to that of "Prof. Woods Hair Resto-
~rative." In the production of this great rem
edy, Prof. Wood has materially benefited the
human family, while he has added addition
al IaureIs to his already worldwide reputa-
ton. 1t never fails to restore hair to the
prematureIy bald, and cause the silvery locks
Of the horary-headed to resume their origi-
nal color. To be had at la Harket street.
TS. Louis MorninQ Herald.
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PETERSBURG MARKET.
Carefully Corrected by
B RO n l. E Y 6 HICK S.

Grocers and Commission Merchants.-
ToBAcco-The market this morning was very
active, and prices for Tugs and common to fair leaf
considerably higher than ten days ago, say from
81 a II for good, and very good we think from rs
a ST.
WHEAT-This article not SO brisk, we quote sales
at SO a 60 for prime red, and white, medium
grades quite dull.
BAcoN-Thisa article still continues brisk at II
a l23 for shoulders IL a 49, for sides.
MAcKEREL-No. 3. Boston inspection, 81 a 81.
CoTToN-The market continues brisk at I2s l21.
GBANo-This article continues firm at S55.
CoRN-Ther is little doing we quote small
sales to-day at Csc. per bushel.
LARD-Va. in kegs Is a Is, western in Dbl. 123
a Is.
HERRINGs--N. c. cut are scarce, and No. l we
quote 81, No. 2, Rse 81 a 81.
SUGARs-Prices of all kinds are some higher,
and the market very firm here, and in the north
we qoote coffee sugar l03 a I24, crushed and pow
de ed very scarce and higher.
WORCESTERSHIRE A a As, w. I. in hhds. 4s q
SO, N. 0. in bbls. 60c.
CoFFEE-This article without change.
NAILs--4 a 5 as to quality.
IRoN-Swedes very scarce and high, many sizes
not to be had. August 2.
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ROWLAND & BROS,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
NORFOLK. "a.

c. Fl. ROWLAND, T. B. ROWLAND, G. ". ROWLAND.
Deal extensively in Flour.
Sell for and Beterto
ORANGE COUNTY, w Carr, J 7 Hogan,
d Co., John F Lyon, Alex Dickson, Henry Whit
ted. James Webb, j c Turrentine & Son, Latimer
& Brown, Webb & Douglass, E 6 Mangum & Co.,
P c Cameron, W IA & ] A Murray, w ] Bing-
ham, w w Guess, j A McMannen, Geo w Jones,
Thos D Oldham, Shields & Nelson.
ALAMANCE.-John Newlin, Hon Thos Rufin,
W r Albright, DR. P A Holt, Thompson Mebane
& Co., D W Kerr, W M Johnson, TrOllinger and
Montgomery.
RANDOLPH.-John Long.
PERSON-Barnett, Williams & Co., Edwin
G Reade, VIM Baird, VIM Daniels.
CHATHAM Ii Haaghton, A FL Lindley, NJ
D Williams.
GRANVILLE.-J NJ Bullock, John Barry.
CASWELL.-GeoA Smith, Jos Simpson, J G
Pinnix.
Norfolk, Va, July 18th, 1856. IL