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Written for the Spirit Of the Age.
Died of a Broken Heart.

4 young and blooming maiden stood at
hymen's golden altar. No fitting cloud of
sorrow had ever darkcned her noble brow
or cast an unwclcome shadow over her light
and Joyous heart. None but the fairest and
sweetest flowers had bloomed along the
path Of her innocent and lovely youth
IT'S true she had often wandered through
the bright aud blissful fields of fancy, and
had built many q splendid@ria palace, the
chief of whose blessed inhabitants was
herself. But now her most delightful dream
was about to be realized. There stood be-
side her q noble young man whose heart
and whose destiny were to be hers through
life. And as the ministers solemn tones
died away amid the happy congratulations
of her friends, she beheld nothing IA ut Reappeaq
hRttd through the fancy of mortal. Her
future was gilded By a bright bow Of prom
Use, harbingcr of a calm and stormlcss life.
But an how soon have all her visions ia
ded lie whom she loved with a devotion
too deep and pure for aught but heaven, is
cnsnarcd by the dram-seller's tiendish wiles.
His manly form, once so erect and proud,
now reels and staggers in the grasp Of the
giant rum. His powerful intellect totters
ON its throne, aad falls, a miserable wreck of
its former grandeur. His lovely wife be-
holds the dreadful ruin-sees all her hopes
of happiness melt away before the baletul
glare OF the terrible um-god-withers like
the autumn leaf and " dies Of a broken
heart"
A tender mother anxiously broke the
seal Of a letter from the president of a dis
tant college. 1t was about her darling
boy. She had sent him away with a thou
sand gentle kisses, morning, noon and night,
she had earnestly implorcd kind heaven to
protect and safely return him to her arms.
lie was her only child, and in him center
ed all her hopes of happiness on GARTH
He was to be her support and comfort in
life's declining years. But hear what she
reads " You sent me a noble youth, | re
turn him to you a pitiable wreck. Viciou,
companions have led him astray, aud he il
now so completely subject to the wine cups
fatal charm, that | despair of his reforma
ton" Thus did that mother see her las
ray Of hope blotted out forever. She sanl
beneath the mighty weight of anguish tina
oppressed her soul, and in a little Will
. died of a broken heart
And these are not merely fancy sketch
es. Their real types are occurring almos
every day, and all around us. Thousand
Of mothers, wives and sisters are CONSTANT
sinking into the grave on account of with
cred hopes. blasted prospects and trample
affections. And could we but ask of tn
departed why they arc in the tomb, a thou
sand voices would return a soul-harrowin
reply, whose echoes, sounding through a
the regions Of the dead, would be-"DIE
OF BROKEN HEARTS -
And thus will it continue to be, until til
strong arm of he idW shall arrest the pr
gress of that bane Of all human happinei
the accurscd liquor traffic. The gray
will be filed, not only with drunkards-
. but many an innocent and harmless beir
will sink into its cold, relentless embrac
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Worse than War, pestilence and Famine.

War has its periods of destruction. But
although the strife is terrible, it is soon sue
ceeded by a long and tranquil reign Of peace.
1t has also rules of honor. A flag of truce in
the hottest battle is a signal for a cessation of
hostilities. 1t is a mark of dishonor to des-
troy females or helpless infants and a cry
for quarter is the cry of hope.
PestileRce "walketh in darkness, and was
teth at MONDAY" sweeping its hundreds from
the stage of life as with the bosom of destruc-
ton. But the miasmatic cloud passes away,
and blooming health returns. And where a
few months before naught was seen but des-
~olation, and the black pail of death, now we
behold the busy hum of business.
Famine settles down upon a country, and
far as the eye can reach, from valley to
mo~untain-top, streaches one blasted withered
field. But again the rains descend upor
the thirsty earth, the mellow rays of the sun
succeed, and soon the whole face of nature il
changed. Flowers of a thousand diferen
hues clothe the landscape with beauty, the
mellow blushing fruit ravishes the most ex
quisite taste, and empty granaries once more
groan beneath the golden harvest.
But ram is ever destroying, without re
gard to truce, OF the cry of quarters, and fai
tens on the blood of females and helpless in
n~ocence. It's pestilential breath, like the fa
tai Bohon- Upas, is ever felt, and poisons a
with its reach and its withered fields ever il
crease in desolation. This rumplague is NJ
only diverse from other evils, but appear
to be the very embodiment Of all evil.
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I~nhumanity of a Rumseller.

1t anything were wanting to prove the de-
Wish nature Of the rum traffic, we should
have the evidence in the terrible effects of the
business upon the rumseller himself. Moth
ing sooner hardens the heart, blunts the iudg-
ment, deadens the perceptive faculties and
destroys the moral character of a man, than
a long continued intimacy with the habits of
a dram-shop. In almost every other pursuit
even where the morality is doubtful-there
is a redeeming influence whichlifts the mind
from groveling ideas and sensual thoughts.
In the scenery and language of the play
house-though often, alas, the theatre a its
surroundings is but a hGt bed of vice-the
imagination is devoted to thoughts which may
summon a mans better angel to his rescue.
In the ball-room-eyen where the dissolute
meet-the charm of music and of beauty NAV
dispel even the syren charm of vice. Even
the organizations ofmen infamous in political
trickery, spur the intellect to action, and
arouse some better parts of manhood. But
IN the dram-shop, one redeemed hour from
the baleful effects of its poisonous air comes
not to startle or arouse the victim from the
horrid death which yawns in his short fu-
ture. 1t seems that Providence had set his
mark upon the traffic for the horrors which
the rumseller deals out to his victims and
their families, by a retribution which in its
certainty bears the seal of a Divine law, ac-
cumulate upon the household of the tempt
er, and to generations after him carry the
witness of the deadly sin in wrecked fortunes
and blasted hopes of sons and daughters.
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W0lmme I.

DEAR BROTHER GoRMAN Il regret
to learn by your paper of last week, that
we are not to be favored with the labors of
our distinguished brother and able cham
pion, Gen. Cary during the present spring
and ensuing summer. / am very sorry to
learn this; but, as you very justly remark,
instead of discouraging US, this should
stimulate to increased efforts with the
means We have at our command. | have,
therefore, a proposition to make to those
individuals and Divisions that responded
so nobly and literally for the support of
Gen. Cary, and it is this That the sums
offered to him, be employed in ordering
copies of the Spirit of the Age for gratuit-
Gus circulation. | verify believe, almost, if
not quite as much good, may be accom-
plished in this way, as any other in the
woodland you say your circulation mus
be increased somehow" Ten, twenty,
thirty, fifty or one hundred copies of the
Age, scattered promiscuously through any
county, would be compelled to accomplish
a great work-and it would hold up your
hands and i~nvigorate you with fresh zeal
and energy, to see the friends of the cause
rallying to your support, as in days gone
by. L do hope this suggestion will meet
with the prompt response and action which
| think it deserves Yours truly,
: REFORM.
We thank our friend for the practicable
and useful suggestion contained in his note.
=, We do need the sympathy and encouragement
with which we were once blest. We do need,
such substantial evidences that our labors are
appreciated and our efforts seconded by those
who are united with us in the great work of
reform. We once had them, and then we
were strong in faith and hope. We have
them not now, as then, and per consequence
: we labor with a heavy heart and under heav
! Ter embarassments. Oar paper is not sus
" tanned as at should be! If such encourage
ment as Reform" speaks of were given u
:, now, our sun would at once emerge from til
cloud, our embarassmeRts would be relieved
and we should no longer groan in "Spirit.
We appeal, earnestly then, for aid in bringir
our circulation up to what it once was
Reform tells one way how to do it. Adol
his plan, and let every friend to the eau,
exert himself Individually, also, in procurin
subscribers, and the work shall be done
ill Shall we appeal in vain ?-EDIToR.
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For the Spirit of the Asgs
TUT IAC NPAIIU Q NHO HS%
Music and its Charms.

How soothingIy and refreshing do the
sweet notes of music fall upon the ear IN
every circumstance and phase of exIsterne:
When wearied by the cares and vlclssll
tudes of life, the dulcet strains of melody
will calm the troubled spirit, causing it TO-
sink into quiet and repose. The invali'as
groans and complaints are hushed, to
e eGra Of n s WEE FaRl n ever Even on the e14
sanguined battle plain, amid the din ard;
strife of carnage, where the glittering.
sword is bathed in blood, and musketrY
and artillery, are ~"mowing down horse and
h~orsemen," even then, the "soul-stirrine.
drum and ear-piercing fife has mitigatedI
many a pang and caused the expiring pulse
to beat quicker under the inspiring strains
Of martial music. And under the inhu-
ence of its invgiorating strains, the warrior
dashes forward in the deadly strife regard
less Of peril and danger. In the sanctua-
ry-in the death-chamber-in halls of
merriment, to decrepid old g or baby
infancy !; music hath indeed its charms
Bless God for music-for the harmony of
sweet sounds, reminding us of the harmo-
nyof the spheres and of the nobler strains
which vibrate the chords of the golden
harps in the new Jerusalem. Let the
praises of the Saviour King be sung and
celebrated on earth, even as they are in
Heaven. MOUNTAIN BOY.
Yadkinsville, April 2, 1856.
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Work to Do.

Yes, WE HAVE GOT TO WORK, and
the sooner We commence the better. What
we have to do, is to e~nlighten and look after
public opinion. By every means in our pow
er-by the words of our lips, by the free use
of our means, which a kind Providence has
put into our hands for this Uery purpose, by
the wide and plenteaus distribution Of Tenn
perance Newspapers and other publications.
Omit no opportunity to speak and write,
and let the winged messengers of the press
be scattered broadcast over the land. Letno
shade of doubt or despair cloud any brow.
Let confidence reign in the camp.
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Signs of Progress.

A new Division hal been organized at
Ashborough, bogipAie with 81 good and
loyal Sons. They have enlisted the talented
and influential to unite with them and the
Ladies (God bless them are also casting in
their lots, to aid in exarninating intemper-
ance from that community. May the efforts
of all be crowned w%ithiabundant success.
Charters for several new Divisions have
been issued recently. Warrenton Division
has again gone to work, as have also several
other Divisions that have not met before in
several months. The Returns from the Di-
visions are coming in more promptly than
for several Quarters previous, and most of
them show some gains
If proper efforts be made, our beloved Or
der will return again to its days of prosperity
and success. Let an earnest effort be every
where made.
The following letter gives information Of
the formation Of anothern new Division:
On Saturday, the 2eraA~ stimo, assisted by
several of the brethren of Jacobs Fork Di
vision, we organized Palm Tree Division, 10
Gated in the western part of Lincoln county
The Division numbers Twelve members. Th(
following are the Officers for the presen
quarter: S. L. Pryor W. p; S. Huffman
W. A.; Ii. Rhodes, RS; D. 2. Shuford, A
II. S.; D. Rhodes, L. S; S. Shuford, L.; A
Shuford, c.; JOS. Huffman, A. c.; E. Gross
1. S.; D. Haynes, O.S.; Rev. A. Stamey
Chaplain. These brethren have unfurled til
Temperance banner in a section of ountr
where comparatively little has been said o.
the subject; but we trast they feel the in
portance Of this greatwork, and by a stric
adherence to our principles they may wiel
a mighty influence in fa-orofou noble caust
Yours, in L. P. I F.,
IL. f. RAMSAUR, D. G. w. p.
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SS.
LADIES' DEPARTMENT..
Written for the Spirit Of the Age.
The Social Circle.

Ine ooClHl OITCle.
NY pen cannot express the thanks, dear
Girls, that my grateful heart would die
tate, for the kind and cordial welcome you
have extended to the timid girl, who a few
weeks since begged admittance to your
Circle. The kindness of heart which promp-
ted your answer, will ever endear you to
one loving heart. To think, too, of dear
"MATTIE" offering me the seat next her
own The stool at your feet, would have
been quite as much as l deserve. Oh!
but you have a warm Carolina heart,
"MATTIE;' a heart oyerlowing with kind
ness 70 the stranger, and which would en-
brace all within its portals. Thanks, for
that seat, Matte, and may l never dis
grace my gentle neighbor.
And what shall | sayto you " CARRIE"
you who have 50 sweetly welcomed me with
the first fowrets of spring. | have a clus-
ter Of pure white %yiolets, half buried in
green, wax-like leaves lying beside me as l
write. Their sweet fragrance breathes a
like on dH-the worthy and unworthy
reminding me of your own gentle charac-
ter. You love Flowers, do you not, Car
rie L know they have often whispered
sweet and holy thoughts to your young
heart. Sweet messengers of spring, they
have listened to many a g sweet confession"
Do you not agree with tho Poetess who
80 truly says:
1--WE never speak our deepest feelings,
Our hottest hopes have no revealings
Save in the CLEANS that light the face,
Or iancies that the pen may trace
Or when we use, like love, the flowers
Tomark our thoughts, like lie the hours"
Our Circle j can say our, now may be
compared TO a lovely wreath of flowers
shedding fragrance all around Mol
LIE is the Rose, queen of the flowers
May the good Spirit guard our rose
from the cold and chilling breath of the
world. "MfNNIE' is our Mountain Pink.
We feel her gentle influence with every
sweet messenger from her mountain home
We lore our sweet star like jassamine,-
MATTE May" "She attracts us witt
her gentle virtues, soft, beautiful andheav
enly,' And bright, laughing, merry-heart
ted KATE CARELEss;" we would com
pare to the graceful vine, emblem of JOY
For her We breath the Poets wish
"That no dark cloud of grief may rise
The pleasant gleam to shade;
But that pure stream Of joy gush on
The sunbeam never fade"
And LonA, FLORA, FLORENCE an
IoNE, are all sweet and lovely blossoms, i
the wreath. May they I'LL bloom bright
and freshly on earth giving sweetness an
light to many a happy home. May IL
chilling frost Of sorrow Hcrer east its bligh
ing and whitening influenced 'crtheiryour
hearts; but the genial rays of the sun
affection, warm themi into still richer blooI
Oh may not a bosom be blightcd, but
form a bright, unfading wreath in Heave
And will you not dear Girls,
Let my friendship, in the wreath,
Though but a but among the flowers,
Its sweet fragrance round you breath,
Twill serve to sooth your weary hours
MAGGIE GLENN.
The Valley, April, 1856.
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Premiums Premiums! /!

We propose giving to all who forward us
Clubs of subscribers, the following Premi-
nms, viz:
For Clubs of fire, with five Dollars, 100 pa
ges of good Temperance Tract and Pamphlet
reading.
For Clubs of ten, and ten dollars, 125 pa
ges Of ditto.
For Clubs of twenty, and twenty dollars,
300 pages ditto; &C., &c.
By this means w4hope to increase our cir
culation, and also4e the means Of distribu-
tipg gapd tenana reaaing for gratnitoue
ejaculation. We vito all to avail themselves
of this way of doing good. Our list must b.
increased somehow. and we hope this vii
prove to be a good way to accomplish thi
end
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Gubernatorial Conventions.

The State Convention of the American"
party was held in Greensboro last week, at
which John A. Gilmer, Esq, of Greensboro
nominated for Governor. We have re-
ceiyed no farther particulars of its proceed
ings.
The Democratic" Convention meets in
this City to-day wednesday, at which it is
supposed as beyond doubt His Excellency
Gov. Bragg will be nominated for reelection.
Both candidates in the field, then comes the
tug Of war.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-04-16

OXFORD FEMALE CoLLEGE.-Wc learn from
the Biblical Recorder, THAI tie examination
of the pupils of this Insti u,ian for the pres
ent session will on Tuesday morn
ing, the 9th, and close on Thursday the 29th
Of May. At O'Clock p ". Of the latter dav,
Hon. John Kerr will deli. or the anniversary
Address before the Literary S,ciety Of this
Institution.
We understand from DR.. Wait, tie Presi-
dent, that the examination Of tie classes will
be conducted only during the mornings
The afternoons will lie devoted to Music.
Paintings, &c. Concerts will be in the after
Moons and not at night as heretofore.
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DaYie County.

The Grand Jury of Davie County, at the
recent Spring term of the Superior Court,
made presentation of the fact that, " having
had an unusual! amount of BUSINESS Lefore
US, do say to our fellow-citizens and tie pub
lie generally, that nine-tenths Of al tile eases
we have had under consideration, originated
directly or indirectly, in the use and trafEc Of
ardent spirits. Signed in the Grand Juror
room at the close of the 4th day Session"
And yet, this same "trasic" i Il law ap.
pointed institution!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-04-16

The nert Fesselt to Liberia willsail from
Baltimore about the 18th of May, and from
Savannah, Georgia, about the LIST of June.
The American Colonization Society expect
to send in the vessel two ready made
houses, of Burnetized wood, large and
commodious, for the occupancy of emf
grants during their first six months in Lii
IBERIA. The Rev. John Seyes, SO long and
favorably known as a missionary in Libe-
ria, has been engaged to go out in this
vessel to superintend the erection of the
receptacles, and also to make an explora-
ton of the interior, and select a suitable
situation for a new settlement, and make
preparations for a company of emigrants
to be sent out in the November expedition.
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april 1st 1856
Mr. German

april lst 1896
Mr. German
Enclosed you do not find one Dollar
for the age altho in favor of temperance /
can Read Enough about patient medicines
in thir gratis almanacs with which the coun-
try is filled yours again when the age has
Returned to its original, theme and devoted
less to the purses Of Patent medicine vendors
april LIST 1856
We received the above, postmarked Mt.
Nebo, in Yadkin County, N. c., and give it
just as we find it, without alteration or
amendment. Perhaps the writer intended,
by giving the "April fool' date toice to his
brief note, to indicate that all the fools are
not dead yet. However, we will not "answer
a fool according to his folly" but if the wri-
ter of so illiberal a note has any knowledge
of such a thing, we will reason a little
with him.
The Spirit Of the Age is as large as mostof
the papers in North Carolina. They are
published at two, three and four dollars a
year-the Age for only one dollar. On re-
ceiving this little note, we turned to our State
papers lying on our table at the time, and
we found two So papers containing II and Is
columns of advertisements two 50 papers
with IL columns Of advertisements two 81
papers with IA and 16 columns Of advertise
ments, and all of them containing more or
less of patent medicines- And then We turned
to the Age, and find it contains between 8
and 9 columns of advertisements, while it has
near 20 columns Of reading matter-as much
as any, and more than most of the 50, So
and 81 papers Of the State. And yet this
"April fool" picayune, who is prudently
ashamed to subscribe his NAME, is unwilling
to pay 81 for it. We do not want the money
: of any such poor, stingy soul.
" We will make this agreement: If all our
;; subscribers will pay US 50 a year-the price
: of other weekly papers in the State-we will
eject every advertisement from our columns.
But at 81 year, if we take no advertisements
the Age would stop in six months. 1t could
not support itself. We charge higher fol-
> patent medicine advertisements, and we in.
sert them to pay expenses. These are oul
reasons-this our defence. And we leave i
to all reasonable, liberal men to say, if they
do not get their moneys worth of good read
y ing in the Age. If they do not, they can dis
continue when they please.
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The Indiana Womea as. Free Whiskey.
In Princeton, Gibson county, Indiana, on
Saturday last, the women took the law
into their own hands and "cleaned out
every doggery in the town. They had
previously given the liquor sellers ten
days notice to quit the liquor traffic
They numbered some two hundred. All
the liquor they could find, including the
bottles, demijohns, and barrels in which it
was found, was destroyed. Six doggeries
were visited, and it was thought that pro-
perty to the amount of $1,000 was des-
troyed.-LouisuiWe Journal.
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IA THE Presbyterian Magazine" is the
title of a neat Periodical published at Phila-
delphia, at 81 a year. 1t occasionally gives
Portraits of eminent Divines belonging to
that Church. tits, no doubt, a good denomi-
national work, and certainly very cheap.
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The Political World.

The great political cauldron begins to boil
and bubble, famed by the conflicting views
OF differing sections and parties. This is the
year for e~lecting a President of the United
States for the ensuing four years, and parti-
sans are beginning to move heaven and earth,
in order to secure the nomination and elec-
ton of their respective favorites.
Already has one of the great parties brought
forth its champion, but sectional fanaticism,
even in its own ranks, do not accept him,
but are making arrangements to set him
aside, or place one more congenial to their
sentiments in his stead.
Black Republicanism is raising its hideous
front in the North, in the hope of placing the
election in the hands of the House of Repre-
sentatives, presuming upon the success that
has given them a sectional Speaker, also to
give a f~anatical sectionalist for President.
With the other party are arising jealousies
and ordinations between the friends of the
several aspirants for Presidential honors,
that may distract the harmony of its counsels.
We are no politicians, but we feel an ear
nest interest in the welfare and perpetuity of
our beloved Union, and can but entertain
anxiety that the developments of this year,
big with momentous consequences, may re-
dound to the maintenance Of the constitution
: al rights and privileges of each portion of the
! confederacy, and to the united harmony and
) interests of the whole. We love our whole
country-we love our glorious Union, cemen
ted by the blood of our forefathers, and W,
love, Oh! how we love, the "sunny south,
our home-''the land of the cypress anc
pine" It's rights, its interests and institu
tions-"they must be preserved"
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s2% The April number of Graham's Mag
azine, though a little behind time, is an ex-
cellent one. The Engraving "PEAcE," is a
beautiful, suggestive picture and the col
ored Fashion Plate in the highest style ofthe
art. The reading is good-gay and lively,
humorous and sedate. For So so we send
the Age and Graham for a year.