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

The SoUL.-A writer who has the power
by the beauty and force Of his Ian guage, to
spread in panoramic. grandear the sublime
scenery Of which his pen discourses, pro-
pounds. the startling interrogatory-"What
makes the soul so valuable ?" And answers
with soul-stirring emphasis-ITs ~IMMoRTALI-
TY When endless- years have run on, the
soul will still exist? Amazing thought IL
Will it never tire Will the ETHEREAL pulsa-
tons of s~ublimated existence never grow
heavy? Will the wheel never be broken at
the cistern? Never /! The soul will endure
as long as the throne of God As heavens
wall shall gather no MOSES from age, neith-
or will the soul become decrepid in heaven
no one will be seen leaning on his staff for
very age. What. like angels, meyer grow
old to be always the same through endless
centuries as when first created But cannot
she annihilate herself? o no, the souls lit
eral suicide cannot be performed? No Judas
Iscariot can find sulphurous tree, or jutting
wall which in Gehenan's cavern, or burning
fields may afford him suspension between life
and death. The soul must live on.
Correspondence of the Spirit of the Age.
BEAUFoRT, June 26, 1857.
DEAR AGE Leaving your City on Mon
day the 18th, on, the cars of the Central Rail
Road, thee hoaAy ride ound me at "Gris-
would's Hotel" There is no other in Colds
boro'. II is quite a pretty little town, and
has some handsome residences. The Female
. Vii = Ia--o l-;IJ;~~ nnI bo-InoOnoI-
situated far from the hustle and noise of the
business portion of the village.
Tuesday morning found me on my way
to Newbern in a stage-coach with fifteen
: passengers. Tuesday, if you r~ecollect rightly,
was most prodigiously warm, so just phanzy
my pheelinx, plodding along at an average
of not more than three miles per hour over
] a sandy road, now and then stopping for
4 water which was more mud than anything
/. else, till | reached Kinston. Taking dinner
at Kinston in the new Hotel of Mr.. Pollock,
a (which by the way was very good) l again
q entered the stage, and a journey of six miles
: brought me to the Rail Road. Never was
. anything more gladly welcomed than the
: shrill whistle of the iron horse as it came
l waking up the echoes 10 these sleeping soil.
" tudes. / took o seat in the fine finished
coach, and soon we were rafting along at a
2:40 pace towards Newbern. They tell me
the road will not be completed for a goot
while yet, owing to a bridge which they viii
10 have to construct over Neuse river just be
low Kinston. The piece of road now com
plete, which is about 80 miles in length, il
one of the most pleasant | ever passed over.
Arriving at Newberne, l jumped in al
10 omnibus and soon found myself in the pres
IN ence of the gentlemanly proprietor of tn
q "Gaston House." For kindness of manner
!. and attention to guests, Il. L. Hall is iustl,
celebrated, and / may say that l never me
with a finer host on any occasion. One goot
a feature Of this House is, there is no Bar, o
rs at least | saw none.
1t After early breakfast on the morning G
the 18th, l took passage in the Stage for thi
= place, and four O'Clock, P. NJ, found me i
comfortable quarters at the seaside villa {
my friend N, enjoying a delightful breez
n from "Old Ocean" and watching her foar
A crested pillows leaping up to meet the las
- kiss of old SOILS departing glory.
II Yesterday l enjoyed a fine sail to Fol
Or Macon and the Light House, and spent quit
u a pleasant evening in bathing in the surf an
ID looking around the Fort at Uncle Sans
= d" iron-mouthed messengers"
III Beaufort is a delightful place to spend tn
en- summer months, and North Carolinians,
Ii. they desire to spend their money for healt
ri and pleasure, can find as pleasant breeze
" and as delightful bathing here, as they ca
find any where in the United States.
Truly yours, ION.