Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-07-01
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For the Spirit Of Che Age.

TUT ~ OplAlb Va hO GAROs
Ma. EDITOR The following is a copy,
verbatim ct literatim," of a letter receiv-
ed not long since by the p. NJ. at Clayton.
It is a rare specimen of originality and
freedom from scholastic rules, and is a fair
rejoinder to the love-letter that so borrow
ed the soul Of your correspondent some
weeks since. 1t is my intention, at some
future time, to hold forth on the impor-
lance Of juvenile devotion to Webster's
Elementary, or some other Spelling Book,
and until | am able to DO so. / hope you
will receive this bit of Psychological re-
nance. 1t may serve a double purpose,
viz that Of a warning to young people to
AVOID careless habits Of spelling, and it
may reach the eye of some of the /" airs"
The address of the letter is as follows:
Frank. Twcker or his airs or
the Post master coryaton North Carolina
Springfield May the IA 1857.
Dear uncler | serpose you are my uncler
tho l never saw you l have Leaned that l
had A uncler by the name Of frank twcker
now seek to heer from him or sum Of his
airs or connection in that cuntry l ander
stan thar is enesstate cunning los of we
.cowld fine it an | entend to try to fine it
eff it is too be fowud in thees united stats
/ want you to help me to fine it l am your
sisters chile elisabeth twcker who marrid
.georQ, W, carroll / am the oleest chile that
is Livin your sister is ded my Mother Died
when / was small | don't no what dat tho
il was shotly after we movd to tennessee
from Their uncler frank you serch in to that
matter and Let me hear from you or Let
cum of your ars serch in to it or any of the
connection that may be Living abowt Their
Seach for the will or for tho billy sale of
the negros that was Run of and Let me
.heer from you forth with 1 want to heer
from vow so nothin mowr at Present only
yowrs trwly John. A, Carroll.
Dyrect yOwr Letters to Liberty tennessee
The above letter may restore this person
to his kindred and bring him a forum,
which is rightfully his own. But the con
sequences Of misspelling are not always 8
fair. You may be familiar with the stor,
of the ship load Of monkeys, but will bea
with me for repeating it. A wealthy gen
tleman, desiring to procure two monkey
dor pets, wrote to a friend in S. A. to sen
them TO him at any price. Not hearin
IKUm buGm " hOhlb kluuGS uG udu uedTl
forgotten the whole matter when he rece
we'd from Rio Janerio aletter informing hi
that his muniicent order had been dull
and gratefully received, but that, althoug
the greatest endeavors had been made, the
were unable to procure the whole nunbe
but they had shipped, on such a date, 5
superior monkeys, and the remaining 5
would be sent as soon IA they could be oil
tanned.
The gentleman was as much at a loss VIII
to do with his cargo Of so monkeys as
account for this very unexpected invoiC
but on referring to the duplicate of
correspondence he found that he had WI
ten TOO for tco, and had neglected to crC
the I, which made it clearly 100. 1t
probable that this gentleman observed ey
after how many monkeys be ordered, or
other words he never failed to cross
letter I, and to spell correctly even lit
words. d. ". j,
Clayton, n. o., June II, 1857.
A Coop Acknowledging the in
g~uration Of Gen. Taylor at Washington,
O., March 4th, 1849, the police reg,
tons, as usual, required that after
speech Of the 2ew president had CONNIE
ed, the gates Of the Capitol grounds she
be closed, and no carriage Of any kind
lowed to pass until the speech was fin
ed, to prevent confusion.
The minister of all the Russias, M.
disco, was very late, and after the spt
had begun, drove up to the gate in e
haste, the horses covered with foam, "
the goodman shouted to the guart
0Open re gates, iv you please"
guard shook his head, and stood still
The footman next called out, evil
open 20 gate for re Russian Minister
The guard again shook his head wit
answering . word. Next, the grand
ister put his head out Of the carriage
dow, aud called to tho guard-"Ope