Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-01-30

THE CHOLERA AND THE METHoDIsT.-Now
that we are down in that region, we are TENN
ted to tell the story of Dutchman who made
his entry into New Orleans last summer
while the cholera was raging there, and was
greatly troubled in finding boarding house,
lie inquired of the first one he saw if they had
the cholera In the house, and learning that
they had, he went to another, and another.
determined not to stop at any house where
the disease was doing its work of death. :At
last after a long and weary search, he found
one where there was no cholera, ard he took
up his quarters there.
The master Of the house was a ,4ious man.
and had family worship every nigSt. As ali
were assembled for that purpose, and the
master was offering prayer and groaned with
some fierce and fervor, when the ,ADrtcEmap
iztsar -ap. ssiA cried bus.-=..-~.R -
y, Lort! vct ish ter matter p -
Nothing said the host !; keep still,'will
you, and behave YOURSELF
In short time he groaned again, and the
Dutchman started, with his eyes staring like
saucers, and exclaimed,-
Oh, mine Got! dere is something ter matter
NIT youp
No, there aint,' said the host; and then.
to calm his boarder's apprehensions, he ad
ded-'l am methodist, and it is the habit
OF the members to groan during their deyo-
ton. and that is my way
Ihls was enough for the Dutehman. who
rushed into the street, asked -for alsctor,
found one, and begged HIM to run to the
house on the corner. ;,
What is the matter p said the doctor
have they got the cholera?'
No. no-worser, da ha got der MettO9is.
Runt-runt! der man will die NIT it before
you don't get dere, if you don't runt fastv
Mynheer thought it was high time to va
cate the premises himself, and bolted on
board the first boat ready for up stream.
A MAIDEN's FIRST LovE.-Human
nature has no essence. more pure-the
world knows nothing more chaste-heaven
has endowed the mortal heart with no feel
ing moro holy, than the nascent affection
OF young virgins soul. The warmest
language of the sunny south is too cold to
shadow forth even faint outline of that
enthusiastic sentiment. And God has
made the richest language poor in that same
respect, because the depths of hearts that
thrill with Loves emotions are too sacred
for the common contemplation. The mu-
steal voice of Love stirs the source of the
sweetest thought within the human breast,
and steals into the most profoun drecesses
of the soul, touching chords which never
vibrated before, and calling into gentle
companionship delicious hopes till then
unknown.
Yes-the light of young maiden's first
love breaks dimly but beautifully upon her,
as the silyerlustre of a stakglimmers through
a thicklywoven bower; and the first blush
that mantles her cheek, as she feels the
primal influence, is faint and pure as that
which rose-leaf might east upon marble.
But how rapidly does that light grow stron-
ger, and that flush deeper-until the pow
erful efful gence of the one irradiates eyery
corner of her heart, and the crimson glow
of the other suffuses every feature of her
countenance.-Mysteries Of London.
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The YEAR 1856.-The year Just commen-
ced is the latter part of the eightieth and be-
ginning of the eighty-frst year of the indie
pendence of the United States the 6569th
year of the Julian period the latter part ot
the 56l6th and beginning of the 56l7 yeal
since the creation of the world according tc
the Jews; the 2609th year since the founda
tion of Rome according to Varro; the 2632d
year of the Olympiads the latter part of the
l272d and beginning of the 1273d year O
the twelve lunations since the Hegira ol
flight of Mahomet, which took place on tn,
10th of July, A. d. 600.
| The Alphonsine tables make this year tn,
| 7O89th from the creation; the Greek church
the 6362d, and some eastern churches date
it sixteen years later than the Greek church
The Chinese adopt the Sexagenary cycle, O
which sixty cycles have now elapsed, Their
era commencing 200 B. c., SO they nov
deem themselves in the year 1866. The Tai
mud makes this year 200; the Septuagen
! 1857 and the Samaritan Pentateuch 6565.
Amid all the abstruse and painful calcula
tions which have been made relative to tn,
chronological progress ofthe world, the Chris
tian era is undoubtedly the most correct anC
authentic. According to that the world wa
created $3.50 years ago, the deluge swept tn
earth 3511 years ago, and 2348 years befor
Christ; and we are now living in the yea
1856, dating from the Christian era.
Albany Argus.
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