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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-09

heaven: for Jesus said, "Suffer little children
to come unto me. and forbid them not: for
OF such is the kingdom of God" Con-.
At a meeting of Institute Division, Nc 233, g..
OF T., the following Preamble and Resolutio ms
were adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased our Almighty Father,
in the just and wise dispensstion of His Provi
dence, to remove from Us by the hand Of death,
our much loved sister, Mrs. A. E. Vestal, who de-
parted this life on Sabbath morning, August 23d,
1927, at i've O'Clock, we, visiting sisters of this
DIVISION, deeply deplore her loss and while we
DOW in humble submission to thiz affecting stroke,
her absence is felt in this room ; and her many
virtues as a Christian, ~neighbor and sister, we
Will hold in grateful remembrance and her ez-
emplary zeal IS a memberof this Iiyision we will
endeavor to initiate.
ResoAred, That the memory of her faithfal dis
charge of duty, of her untiring zeal in the Cause
oil temperance, be embalmed in our hearts.
Resotred, That we sincerely condole with her
husband and relatives in tn III bereavement and
ofer them our heart cit sympathy in their distress.
hesotced, That as a testimony of our regard
and esteem for our deceased sister, we wear the
usual badge of mourning for thirty days, and thai
a copy Of these resolutions be rendered the hus-
band of the departed, also q copy be forwarded tn
the Spirit of the Age and N. c Advocate for pub
LEGATION.
At a meeting of Rocky River Division, No 60, s.
OF l., the following Preamble and Resolutions
were adopted
WHEREAS, it has pleased an Advise Providence
to remove from among rs our beloved Brother
VIM league, on the 7th August, aged70 years and
10 months, having been a worthy member. of the
Baptist Church for twenty years therefore,
Resotred, That while we bow in humble sub.
mission to the Advise decree ofthe Great Patriarch
above, we deem it meet and proper to give expires
sion to the love we bore our departed Brother
while living, to bear testimony to the e lefty with
which he sustained all the principles of our be
nihcent order, and to his purity of character rs .
: christian and man of honor. VIM. league was
faithful example of what a son of temperate,
shonld be.
Resoired. That in obedience to that divine prin
ciple of our order, which bids us weep with those
that weep, we beg the melancholy privilege o.
mingling our tears with those of his bereayed fami
ly, in this hour of mourning, and of offering then
our heart. felt sympathy in this heavy affection.
R~esotued, That we wear the usual badge o
mourning for thirty days, and that a copy of thesI
resolutions be sent to the Spirit of the Age fo
publication.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-09
Education and b

We have been interested in the perusal Of
an Editorial in the Bulletin, published at
Asheboro', in this State. under the strongly
suggestive Quere-"Is Education inimical
to the pursuit of manuallabor at the South %
The arguments of the writer, in advocating
the affirmative of this question, are Of a high
ly practical character. and such as are cor
roborated by the observation of every dis
eliminating man. We quote the following.
and ask the careful attention of all the friends
Of the Educational and Industrial interests
Of the country:
Take the youth, who esteems is no disgrace
and delights to follow the pillow or drive the
jack-plane, before be is sent to college, and
educate hiu in one of our colleges, and forth
with he viii look with disdain on his former
occupation, and eschew the eompanionship
of his clodhopper acquaintance, who pursue
toll for q livelihood. He has no further use
for burrows" and " groove" -esteems hon
est toll for . living decidedly vulgar, and
seeks a profession, or a clerkship, that be
may live more easy and respectfully"
while therefore, We rejoice to see the cause
OF Education enlarging in ur borders, know
ing that enlightening the human mind con-
49, AN@Ay oACootuk5 ufuu Swiftly, we Ca0-OuG
deplore the injurious effect and tendency, in
the South, upon the industrial pursuits Of
this division of our hemisphere ; owing to
false n ations Of honor and respectability.-
From this cause. the number of working men
is growing smaller every year, in proportion
TO the ratio of population and TO this cause
may be traced the rapid increase Of crime in
our country, generally. People must live,
by crime, If THAT suits their tastes more, thar
honest labor and frugality, which they have
been educated to despise.
1t would seem that the educated, and those
who would wish to appear SO in particular
have an aversion to engage with their owu
hands in industrial employment-so essen.
tlal to life, health, and the enjoyment of hap
piness.
Such being the fruits of our Educational
system, at the South, the conviction has i'm.
pressed our mind, that il is replete with er.
ror, and needs reformation. A proper Educa
tional system, should incite to Industry, anc
to the ful6lment of Moral obligations-th,
hands and heart, as much as the brain, should
be cultivated Society has a rightt to demand
it of its members for its own welfare. The
plowman should be q linguist, and the disci
pie OF Virgil and Cicero q cobbler, q Joiner
or brickmasons There should be no incom
Peeoitttys m JuuiOting nrlcko anu mortal
with classic lore, or reciting the verses D
Homer and the o~rations of Demosthenes a
the forge. An oxdriver should be competen
70 defend either side of a question before
debating society-to write an essay on gov
eminent and the statesman, to drive biz
own team and chop his own frewood. PEG
pie should not object to labor because the,
are educated, nor neglect their education
because they toll in the fields, workshops o
elsewhere.
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81 9.
Charles Lamb.

This amiabIe, brilliant, and social genius
has been almost canonized by the universal
Partially of the literary world. To suggest
. fatal defect in his unregulated character,
an insxcusable waste in his trifing career, a
warning in his passion for sociable dissipa,
ton, or an insidions poison in his charming
but lax writings, would be held little short Of
sacrilege by most men Of feeling and of this
world. What editor Of his letters and frag.
ments has either withheld the Anacreontic
rhapsodies upon drinking and gourmandi-
Eing, or had the faithfulness to render like
wise the record of the penalty, and Of their
authors too late remorse and humiliation ?
We find in circulation, the following testi'
mony attributed to his pen:
The waters have gone over me. But out
Of the black depths, could / be heard, /
would cry out to all those who have but set
o foot in the perilous food. Could the youth
to whom the favor Of his first wine is deli
cious as the opening scenes of life, or the
entering upon some newly discovered para
disc, look into my desolation and be made to
understand what a dreary thing it is when a
man shall feel himself going down a precipice
with open eyes and a passive will-to see
his destruction and have no power to stop it,
and yet feel it all the way ~emanating from
himself; to see all goodness emptied out Of
him, and yet not be able to forget a time
wiea it was otherwise ; to bear about the
piteous spectacle Of his own ruir could he
see my fevered eye, feverish with last nights
drinking. and feverishly looking for to-
nights repetition of the folly could he but
feel the body of the death out Of which / cry
hourly, with feebler cutlery to be delivered
lit were enough to make him dash the
sparkling beverage to the earth in all the
pride Of its mantling temptation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-09

-THOAASVILAE, DAVIDSON CO.. N. c..
FIfHE Fall Session Of this Iustitusier- II CON-
mence on he Second Wednesday,. Of. etptcm-
Der. The managers have made arrangsnepts
for a eorps of Teachers which VIII be interior 10
none south of Philadklphief wiff Miss 2. Z. La
throp, a graduate Of W5omang seminary. Pa =
Lady whose scholarship, peso1atnp7snfaues q, age,
experience and ehristiaa ebasaetsr. nrs All that
could be desired, for prineipaI-
Board in the Institution, excIdsiSs Of washing
and lights, s. per month Taisioz per session foS
English branches, % 70 Is. Music on Fszno
Forte OF Guitar, $40, intending use Of instrument
French So. Painting IN Oil, SIS. Pahtfsr IN
Water e~olors, s.. All other ornanautsl vtrk IN
proportion. 81 per session for ipcidsnfals. AZ
the charges are very low one half must be raid n
advance-the balance at the end Of the ses on. a.
interest will be charged.
This Institution il located in one of the uost
healthy, moral and Industrious villages On the
North Carolina Rail Road. There was the last
Session, between 20 and 80 pupils epressnsingsf x
branches Of the Christian chnreh< All uorshiuinu
the Most High together in Christian love. The
new building is lafge ard reIl ventilated.
Pupils win be received at any time and CHARGED
from the time Of enxaaee but 1t i xsrT d ssirabIs
thataH should be present on the frsts day of liz
Session.
The Seminary is six miles from Normal College.
and a daily stage runs both ways. Parents err,
send theif sons and daughtsrs to ThomasvflIe . fhr
sons go on 10 Normal College.
No pnpii allowed-ts make accsuna ritiss ths
consent Of parent or gaardfaa.
For further particulars aidpess sf'
July 2 1851. 3I-s--1v
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MARRIED,

Near Sapling Ridge, in Chatham county, on
the 9th of August, by E H. Strsughan, Esq, Jo-
siah J. johnson, Esq, to Miss Isabella c., daugh-
ter of the late Thomas Wright, of Tennessee.
Also, near the same place, on the Esd August,
by E. Il. Straughan, Esq, Mr.. Alfred M. Self to
N3> Register, Standard and N. G.. Advocate
will please publish the above two marriages.
In this county, on Thursday evening last, the
Sd inst, by Rev. Thos. G. Whitaker, MI. John N.
Bunting, Editor of the Live GiraEe, to Miss Lois
s., only daughter of Thos. A. Crowder, Esq, all
of Wake county.
In Southampton county, Virginia, at the resi-
denee of Mills A Britt, by Rev. r. s. Barnes, Mr.,
John h. Curry to Miss Samantha A. Smith, both
Of Halifax county, N. G..
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WHO WANTS A HOME!

AFlNB FARM NDAREsIDENcE FOR SALE.
E'subscriber, wishing to move South. is de-
n sirous OF selling bis valuable FARM, situated
IN Wake County, IL miles south west Of Raleigh,
on Hiilsboro' road Said farm contains 4sS acres,
NO o which is strong bottom land. and The whole
adapted to the growth Of wheat, corr, oats or cot
ton. very comfortable dwelling is on the prem
ises. with all necessary outhousss-two wells Of
excellent water, and a fne orchard # fruit trees.
This plantation isina remarkably healthy loca-
ton, and Convenient to good schools, being three
miles of Holly Spring; 1 will also dispose OF a
Large and convenient Dwelling
in the village Of Holly Spring, which house is
nearly finished, pleasantly located, and suitable
for a physician's residence or a pleasant summer
seat. There lisa neat Office close to the premises,
The dwelling lot comprising one acre Of land, i,
neatly enclosed and contains all necessary out.
buildings besides a we'll Of tie very best water
fheaboTe property will be sold separately or to.
gether. at the option of tina purchaser.
Terms made easy on application TO the subsezi
Der at Holly Spring, or at the plantation.
e. W. BROWN.
September 4th, 1857. SIS
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THE FAN Session of this Institution will CON-
mence on Wednesday 2sd September next
The Directors are happy to inform the public.
that they have secured the services of Rev. Wi.
liam H Christian, late Of. Raleigh, NJ as Pres
iden5 who, with other Professors and Teacbe-.
Of the FIRST rank in their several departns1tz "a
presented 70 the patrons Of the ccIiezs AZ vorthv
OF their highest Confidence.
NGULTY
REV. W. II. CHRISTIAN, A. NJ. Rres:dsut
and Prof. Of Natural Science, Bellies Lettres, &c.
WILLIAMS T. DAVIS, A NJ.
Prof Of Ancient Languages and Mathematics.
ALEXANDRA POLICEMAN.
Prof. Of Modern Languages and Of Gn.tar.
l. FRED. WDLFE
Prof of Music and Drarine.
MAD'ME JOSEPHINE De BELEM.
Assistant in Music-Solfeggio.
MISS E. L. DAVIS,
Assistant in Latin.
Assistant in Mathematics -
MISS HARRIET COUPLING,
Assistant in English.
MISS e A. LACY,
Teacher of OIL and Greeian Painting. Drawing
Wax Fruit. and Flowers. <e-
BOARDING DEPARTMENT.
The Boarding house will be under the control OF
the President and his lady. The young ladies viii
be regarded IS members of the family, and win re-
ceive such attention, and be subject DO such disci-
pline as are proper to this relation.
Petersburg, Va, July 2. 1887. As 27-Smo.
P. s. Catalogues will be forwarded to any who
viii address n note to tho President, or Professor
Davis.
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PETERSBURG MARKET.
Carefully Corrected By

b Il Y w N LIZ & s..
Grocers and Commission Merchants.
WHEAT-The accounts from European anG
Northern markets continue unfavorable, and ppi
ces are still declining, prime white is to day iii
perfectly dry and in good order) worth 1 40 tc
l 4s; damp I 30 to l IS: Red l Is to 1'35 dry
the quantity Of damp wheat coming in has a very
depressing effect.
ToBAoco-The receipts still continue very
small, there was more animation however to-day
and an advan ee Of Z g neral. We quote Lugs 8
to l13; Leaf IL to l34 common fine sample,
t3a to 20.
CorToN-Very little in market and an increased
demand at IA to l53 for prime.
BAcoN.--Market active and prices firm, we gu t.
good sides Is shoulders Ia.
LARD-Va is scarce at 10 to 20cts, Northern in
Bbls l6cts, kegs IL to IScts.
FLoUR-DuI and declining superfne and extra
$50 to 91-New family 81 to 10.
COMBS to ! 90 bushel.
GUNNr BAGGISe.-Inereasing demand and D ice.
advancing. We quote Is to Ice.
sALT-Stock large and of prime quality 1 IS from
wharf and l as from store.
HAY-Dull at l Is to Is.
GRocERIEs.-Cofe is quiet and tending up
wards. Sugar rather tending down without quo.
table decline.
FIsH.-Mackerel 10Y to IA; Cut Herrings Z,
GUANo-0wing to the Peruvian Government ad
-vanced holdens are asking So to $6s per ton
Ichaboe 424, Manipulated SO.
No 3, lO1 mol, Halifax Herrings II to $Ss NJ
1, Roe, 81 to 81.
MoLAssEs--N IS a 90; Syrup 55cts.
CoFFEE.-Rio III to IL; La. Ia to LA; Java lee
~SUGARs-Crushed 144 to 154 loaf l6 to le1.
RICE. 5 to Gets.
LINE. ThOmaston l 40 a 1 As.
LEAD. u to Sets.
IRON. Sweed / Is Ton. Eng. rs; refined, 90
American l 90. Sheet n.
GUNpowDER.-sporting 8 blasting a.
GRINDsToNEs. II to Gets.
PEAS AND BEAEs.-But few in market, sch reA.
Oily at l 20 a s. bushel.
BUTTER.-Goshen 2S a Scots.
CHEEsE.-12 to IA.
cANDLEs.-Adamantine 27 to 81; sperm IS to
40.
NAILS. Al to 5.
PLASTER. Lump per Ton II to 81; ground Il.
PorAroEs. Irish II per busheh
GRAss.-54 to Sc.
SOAR. u to 81.
SHor. "a to 81.
!Gapf (
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8vtrtt . N< Is<8&1 ds@, 81. s.

/ Ba~ The report of Mrs. Susan L. Pellet,
corresponding Secretary of the Ladies' Mount
Vernon Association, shows the following re-
ceipts since its organization: South CARROLL
ma. S2.45l,25; Georgia, $l,057 (; Virginia,
$2,324,83 the Everett fund, $l,556. One
contributor, Mrs. Emily Tulman, a native of
Virginia now residing in Augusta, Ca, gave
S30O-the largest SUBSCRIPTION named.
The amount contributed in this State has
not yet been made known.
A SIGNIFICANT FAcT.-The recent census
of the State of New York, gives 1,706, 283
males and l,7l4,653 females. The widowers
number 35,397, the widows 5,l82, Nearly
an equal number of males and females, but
$1,000 more widows than widowersl An
exchange paper says-'This great disparity
proves most conelusively and strikingly, af-
ter the manner of the fable, that whatever
amusement marriage may afford women, it
is death to the men =
NEW ScHooE PRESBYTERIAN CONVENTION.
"A convention, composed of misisterial aud
lay delegates from such Synods and Presby-
terriers as are dissatisfied with the action of
the last General assembly of the n. S. Pres
byterlan Church upon the subject of slavery,
has been in session in Richmond for several
uays past AS yet they have arrived at no
conclusion as to what course them will pur-
sue, or what plan they will adopt, to remedy
the evils of which they complain-whether
to re-unite with the old School, or to form
a new organization, excluding the question
of slavery from their councils.
The resolutions adopted by the New School
Presbyterian Convention recently in session
in Richmond comprise withdrawal from the
New School General Assembly an afirma-
tion of the principle that the subject Of sla-
very cannot be discussed in the highest ju-
dicatory Of the churches the calling Of a
Convention, to meet at Knoxville. Tenn, on
the LIST Thursday in April, to form a New
School Synod Of the United States, and the
appointment by that Synod of a committee to
confer with the Old School upon a union with
that body.
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z. BAUDER; Fort Royal.
- Caroline Co., Va
Rare chance for Physicians.

A Physician intending to embark in other bus
IN mess will dispose of his property IN a thri-
wing and pspulous village, togsther with his
practice in the vi lage and surrounding country.
The practice is good, and constantly increasing
and will pay $4,000 per year.
Communication addressed TO. "CBLSUS," caro-
of Mr.. A. NJ. German, Spirit of the Age Office,
will receive prompt attention.
July 11th, 1857. 4~7..eowfor9m
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NORFOLK MARKET.

Reported for the Spirit of the Age, b.
A. NJ. MoPHETERS & CO,
WHOLESALE GRocERs & COMMISSION MERCHANTS
WILLS WHARF, NORFOLK, VA.
F~LouR-Comes in rather more freely and con.
tinues in good demand. S. z. IS as4; Extra 81
a9; Family 9 a 81; Wheat is rather lower, and
we quote White | SIS a Z so; Red / so a l 55, for
lots in order. Corn dull at 81 a IS, for all kinds.
Corros.-Quie with light stocks in Market
Last sales at 144.
NAVAL SFoREs-kre very dull. Spts Turpt. in
light demand at A a Is : Tar l 40a / so; no Ro-
sin of consequence In market.
SAIL. P. 1 gu a i65 G. A. LIS L 20.
LIME.-Thomaston 81 10; ". C. 1 80.
GUANo.-Peruvian has been advanced to. $50
and will probably be higher still Kittlewells
Manipulated No. ], $50, No.2, Al.
GRocERIEs-Sugars are firm at the advance
P R. Sugar III to III; "A.""TB." & {. 1871
Rio Coffee Ia 124; Lag ID a II; Java II a Is
LARD-1S a t84.
SrAvBs-R. o: HID IS a So; W. o. HID. 46 a
At w. o. Pipe $40; W. o: Heading As a As.
HAr.-FM supply 81 Is to l IS.
Sept. 5.
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GIFTS GIFTsll GIFTstff
. Prize to every Purchaser,


A I the Quaker City Publishing House Of Dr.
IA ANE RULIS0N, Philadelphia. By buying
a book for 81, or more, you are at once presented
with-a prize, worth from rs cents TO 800, con-
sisting Of Fine Gold Jewelry, Watches, &c. All
orders BY, mail will be promptly filed, and the
prize or prizes will accompany the books. Our
list contains all Of the most popular books Of the
day, and will be sold at the usual retail prices,
many of them for less. Persons wishing any
particular book can order at once, audit viii be
forwarded with q gift A. catalogue giving fun
information, with a list Of books and gifts, WILDE
sent postpaid, by addressing
Duane RBLIsoN,
No. SO s. Third Street, PhiIa.
Agents wanted. 2-smpd
WATSoN's IMPROVED TWELVE DOL
Va LAR SEWING MACHINE.-0HN H.
DAVIS, of Halifax. Sole Purchaser and Proprie-
tor for the State Of North Carolina.
The citizens Of Raleigh, and the neighboring
country, are respectfully inyitsd to call at our
Rooms, Nj. 0. P. COPELANDS DAGUERREAN
ROOMS, over the Post-ofice, to witness the op.
Grafton Of
WATSoN's CELEBRATED TWELVE DOLLAR
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE,
which will be on exhibition, at the above place.
afording a fine opportunity for all the citizens to
see it and test its particular worth for family use.
This Machine is admirably adapted to all kinds
OF Family Sewing it is simple in its construc-
ton, easily operated, not liable to get out of or
der and will do as much work in a single day as
the most expert seamstress can doin ten, with her
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TWELVE DOLLARS.
Any one who, upon seeing it operate, should
wish to procure a Machine, may leave their order.
With the assurance Of receiving, in a few days,
one equal in every.respect to the sample on exhi.
bition. I. r. POISAL, Agent.
Raleigh, Sept. s, 1857. p
g- State and County Rights for sale by ap-
plying to us in person or by letter.
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There are occasions when even the healthiest
people need medicine. the changes of diet, of
weather, and hundreds of other causes, produce a
laxity In the system that needs correcting, or in
other words, the liver becomes slightly deranged,
and needs a stimulator. If all who find themselves
in this situation will try DIR. Sanford's Invigora-
tor, they may be sure of relief, as we can testify
to its efficacy in curing Headache, Indigestion,
Sour Stomach, and other ills SO common in a fam.
lily. 1t acts, as a medicine, easier and better than
any dose of pills we ever swallowed, and is so
mild that the smallest infant can take it. See
Advertisement.
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500 Agents Wanted
A HOMESTEAD FOR S10i
THIRD DIVISION.
$4,000 oerth Of Farms and Build
ina Tofs.


In the Gold Region of Culpeper county, Va,
TO be divided amongst 10000 subscribers on the
It'll of December, 1857, Subscriptions only ten
dollars down; or $l5 enc half down, the rest on
delivery Of the DEED. Every subscriber will get
= Building Lot or a EARN, ranging in value from
$40 to $4,000. These Farm and Lots are sold
s. cheap to induce settlements, q sufficient num-
ber being reserved, the increase in the value Of
which viii compensate for the apparent low price
now asked. Upwards of 1850 lots and farms are
already sold and a company of settlers, cglled
The PIONEER ASSOCIATIONS" is
now forming and will soon commence q settlement.
Ample security will be given for the faithful per-
formanse Of contracts and promises. Nearly
$1,000 acres of land, in different parts of Virgin
ia now at command, and will be sold to settlers at
from 81 up to $3.50 per acre, anqaestionabe titles
seiH in all cases be given. Farmers, Coepers and
other mechanics are wanted, and 500 Agents to
obtain subscribers, to whom the most liberal in
dueenents viii be given. Some Agents write
that they are making $500 per month. For full
particulars, Subscriptions, Agencies, &c.
Apply to
E. BAUDER; Fort Royal,
r. Garolina Co VI
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DEATHS.

John DIN, only child of Rev. G. N. Pen.
per of the N. G. Conference, and Fannie A.
Pepper, his wife, died on the oath inst, in
the 18th month of his age.
The afflicted parents feel deeply their loss;
bnt, the ties of earth broken, are formed for