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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-10-01
CHAPTER. TT.


Colonel Samson was seated in his tent
enjoying his cigar; and to look at his face,
he seemed perfectly at ease with himself
and all the world. He was stationed with
Burgoyne's army, and he possessed the
confidence of that General. He was about
fifty years of age, very stout and extremely
savage looking, but on this night he looked
very pleasant.
He had fallen in a pleasant reverie, from
which he was aroused by hearing bis name
called he started up and saw a soldier at
the entrance of the tent. The soldier
made the usual sign of respect and handed
him a note.
h" So no ! I'm wanting am the Gen.
eral can't do without me 2" and smile of
satisfaction passed over his features
" Lead the way, I'll follow"
Following the soldier to Burgoyne's
quarters, he was received graciously.-
Having sent the soldier away, Burgoyne
took out some papers and showing them to
the Colonel, said: "WeIl, Colonel, here
have plan of Gates army their posi-
ton, defences and numbers are all down
here; that expert tory, Barry, furnished
them, and intend to make them of use
in the now inevitable battle, and I've sent
for you to ask you your opinion of them. I"
"Pm highly honored, General but I'm
sure that such an excellent General as you
have proved yourself to be, does not need
the opinion or advice of one like me, SO
far beneath you in military knowledge and
science"
Not at all, my dear Colonel. No fat
terry, if you please; confne yourself to the
truth"
"Well, General, / must say you have
an invaluable prize In these drawings and
explanations, and one, with which Gen.
eral like you, cannot fail to overwhelm the
pitiful army of rebels under Gates, who
have dared to face his msjesty's loyal troops
under my brave and gallant General"
" No fattery, l tell you again"
" AS true as Heaven, everything I've
said" After some other uninteresting
conversation, Colonel Samson said " Gen
eral, I've a request to make of you.
wish you would station me farther down
the river You know my corps is the bes
in the army, and could intercept any com
munioation with the enemy"
"I'll see about it, aud if any good car
result from the arrangement your wist
shall be granted.
They separated, little dreaming who hat
heard their conversation; that in defiance
of their supposed security they had beer
heard, and that too by their bitter enemy
Yes, Edwin had heard them. He wa
the soldier who had summoned the Colo
mel to Burgoyne and when ordered t.
leave them, he left, but came back anC
i overheard their conversation.
No doubt the reader is curious to know
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-10-01
@ 0riginaI gtsrp.
THE soLDrER.

Written for the Spirit Of the Age,
3 d w IN ELANEY:
M cHAs. =. W. popns.

Dearest Elmira, / must ee. Already
have l delayed too long. I must away to
Do battle among my suffering countrvmen:
alrtady have the hired Hessians split the
blond Of my country defenders, and / can
net remain longer inactive May the God
Of he oppressed protect you when I'm
gone
1. Edwin, what you have said Is too true.
s sassiss8 cs.s Is ui.s has proud Britain op-
pressed us so as to drive us to war, dread
war? But thy country needs and calls
thee, go and place thyself among the brave
and gallant band. Farewell, Edwin, fare.
we'll"
Edwin clasped her to his breast, one kiss
and he was away.
Edwin Delaney was twenty-five years of
age when we introduce him to the reader.
strongly built, medium height and what
we might call good looking. He now held
heutenants commission in the army of
his native land. His father had been
among the first to throw off the yoke of
oppression, and he had labored zealously
In the cause until his death, which hap
pened about one month previous to the
opening of our story. At his death our
hero had applied for, and obtained his COM
mission
Elmira Creecy was only seventeen years
OF age. She was handsome in feature,
possessed good figure, and more than
this, she had loving disposition and
christian department. She was an orphan
and living with a rich Uncle, who was
neither whig nor tory, but kind of neu-
tral in fact, he thought his stock of pork
and poultry quite too large to openly es-
pouse either party.
A different person was Elmira her
young heart knew not deceit, she.was heart
and soul with the colonists, although recrcd
in England, she had imbibed the spirit of
freedom with the first breath drawn on CO.
lumbia's land
Elmira sat for some time where Edwin
had left her buried in deep thought, but
recollecting her situation, she arose and
proceeded up the path leading to her un-
cle's house.
When she reached home, the trace of
tears were still visible on her cheeks, in
defiance of her endeavors to remain calm.
This was noticed by her uncle, who asked
the cause Elmira returned an evasive
answer and hastened to her room.
That girl thinks I'm fool Lituten
ant Edwin Delaney, in preference to his
Majesty's Colonel James Samson. He's
little old, but what of that? He's got the
gold, and that is all sufficient. She Aal
marry him." Saying which, Milton Barr
took his hat and left the house
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-10-01
The Stolen Note.
BY A RETIRED ATTORNEY.

Except that he INDUCED too freely in
the use of the intoxicating cup, John Wal
lace was an honest, high minded and ex-
emplary man. His one great fault hung
like dark shadow over his many virtues.
He meant well, and when he was sober he
did we'll. i.-
He was halter by trade, and by his in
dustry and thrift had acquired money
enough to buy the house in which he lived
He had purchased it several years before
for three thousand dollars, paying one thou
sand down, and securing the balance by
mortgage to the seller.
The mortgage note was almost due at the
time when the circumstances made me ac-
quainted with the affairs of the family.
But Wallace was ready for the day he had
saved the money, there seemed no posi-
bility of an accident.
was we'll acquainted with Wallace, hav-
ing done some little collecting and drawn
up some legal documents for him.
One day his daughter Annie came to my
Office in great distress, declaring that her
father was ruined, and that they should be
turned out of the house in which they liv-
ed.
"Perhaps not, Miss Wallace" I said
trying to console her and give the affair,
whatever it was, a brighter aspect. "Wha
has happened 2"
"My father" she replied, chad the mon
ey all ready to pay the mortgage on tn
house in which we live-but it is all gon,
now"
HAS he lost it ?"
&c I don't know; [ suppose SO. Las
week he drew out the two thousand dollar
from the bank, and lent it to Mr.. Bryc
for ten days"
Who is Mr.. Bryce p
" He is broker My father got az
quainted with him throug George Chanc
Ter, who boards with US, and who is Nj
Bryce's clerk"
"Does Mr.. Bryce refuse to pay it?"
"He says he has paid it"
"Well, what is the trouble then p
Father says he has not paid it."
"Indeed but the note will be eviden(
that he has not paid it. Of course yo
have the note p
"No, Mr.. Bryce has it."
"Then of course he has paid i"
Il suppose he has, or he could not ha,
had the note"
What does your father say p
"He is positive he never received Il
money.-The mortgage must be paid t
! morrow"
every singular. Was your father
hesitated to use that unpleasant wo
which must have grated harshly on the e
of the devoted girl.
Mr.. Bryce says my father was not ju
! right when he paid him, though not We
bad"
:" will see your father"
+" He is coming here in few minute
| thought | would see you and tell you t
facts before he came"
do not see how Bryce could have Q
tanned the note, unless he paid the none
Where did your father keepit?"
"He gave it to me, and / put it in /
secretary in the front ROOM"
Who were in the room when YOU =
it in the secretary"
"Mr. Bryce. George Chandler, my fa
+ er and myself"
The conversation was here interrup;
by the entrance Of Wallace. He look
pale and haggard, as much from the effe
II of anxiety as from the debauch from VIII
e he was just recovering.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-10-01

INFIDELITY AND CHRISTIANITY In a grave
yard in England may be found the following
on tombstone over four infants:
"Bold Infdelity, turn pale and die;
Beneath this stone four sleeping infants lie +;
Say, are they lost or saved?
If death s by sin, they sinned, for they are
here;
If heaven IS by work, in heaven they can't
appear.
Alb, reason, how depraved!
Revere the sacred page, the knots united
They died, for Adam sinned they live, for
Jesus died"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-10-01

You say" said the judge, "the
Squire who married you to the first wife
authorized you to take sixteen? What
do you mean by that ?" WELL" said
Hans, che dold me dat I should have
four peter, four vorser, four richer, four
boorer-and in our coundry four dimes
four always make sixteen"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-10-01

n<or
sl,a9 Rssh.asl;sa sl;,t s,,a- isas;ne shs
4, tbe ;t and J;ahle t v;ole,,t der
Il, less aes;rahle bon,iace and when told ~ |
the resnlt of their moral eorar1i;ces- thevl
yery patheticalIy saw. Poor 10 =, and excuI |
rate themselves hv saving Snake not.
sap;ng m not sin . ca;.s,sf The child ~ Thav
lnoxv e fall we'll fhat tRev m;cht as we'll saw
II the hunorv wolf thaf Ia <srorline abosif |
the fold f5a not s;r, a0ainst the sheen p and
then. when the hest of the .fock are killed /
saw. II could mt haln Il for leefured the
wolf a., the cr.,altv of KILLING sheen Those
who have licenses are men of { eood moral
character, and do their wort of death ID the
name and nv the a,,thoritv nf law They
are morally and LEGALLY al in,IStsnt IS those
who support the license system. 8;<her bv j |
direct vote. Or .bv their iudifferen}se oh the
subject. Thew can take every one ~ the
hard who il TO busy. or Tod careles$ ~
loves AIS party SO wei "a xrfs no license
or who votes for legislators who viii support
drunkard- making by passing laws that viii
not punish liquor-sellers, and they can affec-
tionately say, Come, brother Reuben, here
is your share of the money we got for Jo.'
Little do they care for your hypocritical tears.
Little do they regard your Poor 10! while
you uphold them in their business, and pock-
C1, DIS yOu uo, III yOul Souhoy1 " Vo"h, VI
city treasury, the price of your brother
Those who sell without license are law
less gang-as lawless as if they followed
stealing, or counterfeiting, or murder, or
highway robbery and though the penalty
is so trifling as to be wholly disregarded,
they follow business as much more mis-
chievous than any of all these, as it is worse
to be cursed with drunken son or husband
than to be deprived, by theft, of any possible
amount of mere earthly goods. The thief
can not steal husbands affections and ten
derness. He cannot rob him of his reputa-
ton and moral character, the dearest jewels
man owns, and those which, above all other
things he wishes to leave, an untarnished
legacy to his family. The murderer himself
can not stain the inner man by the shedding
of blood. But the liouor-seller does all these
and more too. The unlicensed man does it
in violation of law, because so many Reu-
bens rely upon their merely saying, DO not
sin against the child Will YOU tell me that
the man who sees his victim reeline daily.
or rather. nightly to his wretched family :
that the man who knows the poverty and
sickness that such a family suffers from his
, business that the man who has seen scores
, and nerhans hundreds of drunkards of his
| own making fall into the disbonored grave
f that such man can be restrained by moral
suasion-by tamely saving. DO not sin a.
sainst the child p Yon know better if Won
ever gave the subject an hours THOUGHT.
: But what shall we do? What are YOU do
y o.. rAa6prf pttn0tlVQ
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-10-01

High Price for Tobacco. The Lynch
burg Virginian states that a lot of North
Carolina Tobacco was sold at Martin 8
Ware House, in that city, Thursday,
at 1915 per cwt. This is the highest
price ever paid in that city for tobacco.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-10-01

A GooD WIFE.-In the eighty fourth
year of his age, DR.. Calvin Chaplin
wrote of his wife: "My domestic en-
joyments have been, perhaps, as near
perfection as the human condition per-
mits. She made my home the pleas
antest spot on earth to me. And now
that she is gone, my worldly loss is per
feet.
How many poor fellow would be
saved from suicide, from the peniten-
tiary and the gallows every year, had
he been blessed with such wife.
"She made home the pleasantest
spot to me on earth.
What grand tribute to that wo
mans love, and piety, and common
sense! Rather different was the testi
mony of an old man some three years
ago, just before he was hung in tn,
Tomb's yard of this city: "I didn'
intend to kill my wife, but she was
very aggravating woman. "-HaW
Journal of Health.
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Destructive Fire In Louisville, Ky


The flames originated In Briner Porter's painting ~
Enlistment Bgln street. IRON furnace in the cellar
used for sisnns glass They communicated % Mcdonald
sons refrigerator factory on the south, and then 70
Capt. l. s. hoorhsad's warehouse, and an unoccupied
warehouse adjoining the north both OF which front
ed on Wall street, and were Immediately In tho OF
Brirer Porter and Mcdonald Sons houses The wall
OF Capt Mo0rhoads house then fell against the large
proof warehouse Of Newcomb Bro. crushing one s,de
a II and setting this building fire. which was totally
Destroyed, as also the building its Built street
belonging and occupied by Ncssrs. n Bro Inc total
number Of buildings destroyed ~ SIX.
Messrs. Newcomb 4 Bro are the heaviest losers.
Their stock, fortunately, was not large. The precise
smourt cannot be asccrtaned as most Of their books
been had. Their stock estimated at 200 hhds sugar.
leoo bags coffee, several hundred barrels sugar quan
uiy Of sheetng and batting and other articles. aud
valued At a.out so 600 which they had
OF ron seoOoo 70 $4,000 including $40 900 in the agen
cy o. ,he iondon and Liverpool once, AMI y 900 IN the
the Fails City an the remainder Eastern Offices Mr..
n " Newcomb also owned the house occupied By Capt.
Moorhead on which he had an insurance Of $1,000 In the
Capt. Moorbead had q large quantity OF consigned
goods, but they were mostly stored bis other ware
houses The goods destroyed 10 his house consisted o,
i've 70 SIX hundred pieces baggng owned by Mr. Mack.
lin and Watson Co, Of Frankfort and believed n 10
insured there lot Of bacon belonging 70 Smith Russell
Co. insured in the Franklin for 81 600 several iife
boats and lot OF furr iture belonging 10 Mr. o. Runysn
which was not insured. Mr. Moorhead's books and ma
pers we're got out Of his vault this morning
The unoccupied house adjoining Capt. Moorhead had
recently been purchased ~ Mr. Courtney and had jus,
undergone repair He insured fo % In the Go
monveaIth Office Of Harrisburg. Toe houses occupied
by Porter Brner and Mcdonald Son, belore ed 20 Mr.
Hanna OF Frankfort. They not insured here.
Porter Briner had large quantity % stee nboa work
finished Their loss at least ~ 900, and they had not
= cent Of insurance.
Mcfonaid sons loss r. 81 500 Their policy expired
last week ard they neglected ~ II The ware.
house Mesgrs Richardson Bro BuIlHi street. and
ne coutens were damaged 20 the amount OF probably
~ 600 NJ Cromeys warehouse and contents also sus.
tanned s1rn' Gemsge by water aud removal aud several
other buHdihgs were signify irfnred
The ou,iro luss b ia irc will 10. fall much short Of
ft25,oC0
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Port OF New York, October O, 1856


CLEARED.
Steamship Tennessee, stodiard, san Jgsn-C Whitney.
Steamship Illinois, Boggs, Aspinwall-M Roberts,
steamship Philadelphia, Mcowan, Havana and New Or.
Ship Erie, snow LIverpool-R Y Buck 4 Co.
hp n p new oy2mos Lyysrpqoleregaa 40
BARK Edward Jones Mobile--N n Brigham
BARK Seneca, feetagen, Batimore-Maier, Lori Que
Brig Cy nhia Rakeman Ilsbon-Payenstedt schumacher
Brig Lucy Ring fnur.ow. op9rto-lircu SON 20;
ss SoS ba wST1TsT Lsu1yP1 Sa s
Brig Isascr drl Mcclellan Pogo MI whi;aey Co.
rris Erie, Peters Bosor-i d eager
schr Fanny stewart Wallace, Horson, Ns-Dewoin Starr
schr Hawkins Griffin. charlcslon-Nccrcady. Not 4
SER I s,opsy Lynch, chariesou-D ollner Potter
rchr Add FL kadcr, Cornelius, GeoTEetowpC II Pie
sehr W Mcrsbon, Graham. wnmingon-Mecreaiy, Mott
schr Rudderow. Eldrdga washIng;on-Bs,etnan a
ssr F FcSnoad HsrI s,
Steamer Tacony Wilson, Pblsiepha-J Briggs.
ARRIVED
Steamship James Adgcr Turner Charleston 90 hours with
mdse and passengers % spofiord reon co Fh met Y
nc IIarkawY bound IN and At s ship supposed 70 BE-
Keysone STATE bound south AMI Pm assed s,samsb
steamship Roanoke skinner, Norfolk, with mdse, to Lud
SIN EmeIsla Ise Cornish, Liverpool, Sep, T. with mdse
shp hmsrsan cOnsres. Naiher, London 3 days with
Had births and dss1 on he passage ESpeiieucsd light
shlP. yolssurs; neeAss, New orean. sep, T. and "
leans fo isvre sspi ~ NH II ssrBuct chm oacer q
the " died aged ~ years and native ~ Nantucket
died. w. = u.s.
ship rar West Weber New Orleans 10 days. with ndse
BARK Ger,rude @: BahD Goodwin Antwerp 81 DAYS. with
mdse ard - passengers 70 Layton ilurlbdt.
Brig Baear Fihhta Iampoo, Sept with hides, skins,
aa JAZZ Y sa POKE SS@ nrs Gs.. wan and Rs
Brig Martha Kendall ~ Addson Plumer tayes Sept
~ with loswood to Vose Livingston Co. vessel 70 Peck
sig Hesperu. Cram, 81 Jago de Cuba Sept A. with sugar
Brig Ida Rogers Rogers Philadelphia days with IRON
scIr WIN Il Jenklns Peterson, Wilmington NC, days.
schr wide World, Dickenson Wilmington, EC, days
scir Mssuga Midget Wilningion, Nc, days
scbr NIsEerson. Goodwin, wmnaon, NC.
schr u h Martin, Martin, Washington, Nc,
schr Eagie, wiicts Pantego, Nc. days.
scir @ Balwin. Cooper virginia
sssT lien. sSrr h french S WgsienS Ae.
schr Johnson Lockwood from schr Washington ashore
SER May Eapsdon. = Roshlsnd.
s schT n ssSs Mise se% Crooked RosRaud
scbr Mercy Tayor Nlckerson, Boston.
s sssr EosO' i Slis@ Boston boston.
sioop Harvest, Corwn, Providence
Steamer ysSsson M Bsssr B1s%Sre Ssay
steamer Sarah, Jones' Philadelphia.
Steamer Jersey Blue lgi Kelly plcr NsnineSet
ship Ellen Austin, Garrick from Liverpool Sept 4-By
BTiT barren tof warren. 80 days from Rochelle.
sATInD
Steamships ILLINOIS,, Aspnwa Tennessee, san Juan Phi.
hdelphla Havana ard kes Orleans.
Wind durine TIE day ~
Tsi.rrh. .nic Marine Getort.
BOSTON OctG-Au Oues Cltharnr Ncbels and Besa.
rere nom ----- seamtr tiy of New tVSS, Paatepna.
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City Intelligence.

CmEn-EyerIsH CmcKETERs vs. AMERICAS cRicRr.
rRs.-This interesting match commenced yesterday Al
IIoboken Ilis between eleven Enesbmen and eighteen
Americans. The Americans were unfortunately short az
their number three OF their best being absent from
the bat but they took three substitutes for them in Tho
ned and the sbsentees viii be the ground 10 da
when the play will be resumed at ton O'Clock The same
stands at presentFor the Americans (who went In rs)
rs innings, % runs for the English, FIRST innings III
runs
NEW YoRK HISTORICAL socIrrY.-The members If this
society will be granled with the announcement tina.
Judge Macdonald, Of Flushing s TO give them rAper
10 night the Battle OF White Plans Mr. Macdonald s
verv feicitous In his illustrations of our
history, and his papers are full Of interest.
srramHoAr Aeon Kyr.-The steamer J. r. Smith burst
her steam chimney iavcrstraw yesterday morning
and severely scaded two Of the rernem Zone of vpo
-, since ded), and slightly injured the engineer T5e
sccdcni vas caused by defect in The Iron.
1rRup GvtRDTn giving the list q prizes pre,ss,aa
an won By the ABOVE Guard the following lnai vert
emily omitted Gold sea- ring presented ~ Deputy he.
rtf John J Jackson, nnd won by Andrew acGorab
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More About the Charleston Duel.
STATEMENT AE r. n nARR0II

FROM Int CnarleStOn COURIER Oof. a..
Substantially, the statements Of Judge Magrath and Dr.
Furman agree. When DIR. Furman delivered Mr.. Rheu
message TO him. in Aiken one Of judge Magraths family
critically Ill nor could he leave her. To arrest the
duel between Mr. Taber and his brother he despatched
to the city the following letter.
DEAR wn1IAM-Dr Furman today handed me a chal-
lenge from Mr.. Edmund Rhett Jr which contains the
inormstion that Edward has challenged Taber.
have written TO Carroll to stop tor stay -unti I
get down. On NO account let it proceed.
will be down In the tomorrow.
DO send the ncosed note 70 Carroll as soon as you get
II. Yours, A. G. NJ.
The above letter was directed to "Mr VIM J. Magrath,
Charleston, c. :, with the superscrlpton "Pease deli
Inclosed in the above note was the following directed
to "R. B. Carroll, Esq., with the superscripon, Sin
haste"
AIKEN Sunday.
DEAR CARROLL have Just received through the hands
Of Dr. Furman, Q note from Mr.. Edmund Rhett, Jr ,
Mercury.-that Edward has challenged Taber-invites
me 70 meet him, with the usual ceremonies Of Q cha
lepge.
am grateful TO Edward but sorry tina. he challenged
Let that matter be stopped stayed until reach
shall come down In the Of Monday-so that VIII
reach the city at O'Clock p NJ. My wife will have to
bring with me for cannot leave her here. Send word
to my house to have fire In any chamber that is
carpetcd. Verify, these gentlemen seem disposed to
kr. VIM. J. Magrath delivered me the above
Monday morning. In conformance with the instructions
the Of the parties concerned the duel
made known Judge Migrants wishes several OF the
friends OF the gentlemen engaged In the duel and dis
covered that the time, place and circum OF
same were already known throughout the city Magis
knew Them conservators OF the peace know them
quanted with ali the facts as the parties interested
Accompanied by few friends attended at the rail
road TO meet Judge hagrath on his arrival n the after
noon. His brother Edward and Mr.. Taber had met be-
he reached the city and not long after taking Judge
MaRrsh TO my house. We learned the fatal issue Of the
duel.
In justice TO all the parties concerned, have felt my.
self called upon 70 publish this card B. r. CARROLL