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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-10-14
Financial Matters.

From all that we can gather by our ex-
changes, the. prospects at the North, ina
commercial point of view, are assuming a
more pleasant aspect, and we hope soon to
be able to record the restoration of public
confidence in the Banks and of the mercan-
tile establishments in one another in that
portion Of the Union.
We already observe that some stocks in
Philadelphia are looking up, and the &C
counts in other respects are favorable.
An extra session of the Pennsylvania Leg
~islature is in session, called by the Governor,
to take into consideration the Bank suspen-
sions in the State. By the-latest advices, we
learn that the House of Representatives pas
sed a resolution requiring the banks to re-
port at once a statement of their condition.
This is considered as an expression by the
House that it will pass no bill legalizing the
suspension this session.
The Senate amended their bill legalizing
the suspension, and fixing the resumption
for the 18th of February, 1859, by making it
February 1858.
We give under our news head, the latest
advices from the most important commercial
points.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-10-14
Whistle and I'll come to you.
Whistling girls and Growing hens
Always come to some bad end.

This is a Chinese proverb and it is an
injunction of their priesthood, and a care
fully observed custom among the people, to
kill every growing hen Immediately, as a
preventative of the mischief and misfortune
which the act, so unnatural in a hen, is SUM-
posed to indicate. The same superstition and
custom prevails, to some extent, in our own
country.
If the proverb be a true one throughout.
and if Growing hens are properly disposed
of to avert evil, why should not 'whistling
girls be likewise put aside in a prompt and
summary On the contrary thew
are held in high favor, as witnesseth the bon.
ular song-.whistle and I'll come to you.,-
, A 'whistling girl has music in her SOUL and
being always busy, it is, perhaps, the only
convenient way she has of expressing it and
the bad end she generally comes to is to
whistle herself into the cold, cheerless and
dreary chambers of some old frosty Bache.
lor's heart. A bad place enough in all con
science, but a spot into which hundreds of
unprotected females would gladly seek q
resting place-particularly if it was accom-
panied with a goodly bunch of quilts and
dividends to boot.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-10-14

Bar We must have more subscribers to
the Spirit of the Age. For the last six weeks
more names have been dropped, for the want
Of renewal, than new ones have come in
A good many more. And if this continues,
our list will run down very rapidly. The
efforts made by our friends a few months
ago, fully demonstrated what they could do
when they tried. We want them to try a
gain, and roll US up one thousand new names
by Christmas. And to induce every body
to subscribe, we offer the Age to all at s.
per annum, aohether they come singly or il
clubs. E@- This proposal is to last til
Christmas next and by that time we hop
to receive our wanted one thousandnew sub
scribers. Roll in the names, and send u
good current money. tt.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-10-14
Trials In Reform.

The man who has contracted a habit of
indulging in the use of Intoxicating liquors,
generally finds it somewhat of a trial to aban-
don them. Not until he makes the attempt
to discontinue their use, does he become
aware of the power That the habit yields over
him. He has taken his drains perhaps for
years, with seeming impunity, and perhaps
has said hundreds Of times that he could stop
when he pleased but finally, when he puts
his good resolution to the test, he too often
finds himself powerless to resist the bewitch.
ing temptation. He then becomes conscious
of the danger to which he is exposed of dy'
ing a miserable drunkard, and sees, for the
first time, that to ensure his safety, he must
put in exercise every faculty Of his nature.
The man endeavoring to reform has many
trials, and merits the s~ympathies of his fell
low'men. He looks back with o shudder over
his past life he reviews his present position
with its threatning dangers all around him
he sees wife and children, whose happiness
and honor in future life depends upon his &C.
ton in this important matter, looking with
anxious eyes upon him /; he sees, in truth,
mountains of difficulties and trials which be
must scale ere he can breathe a pure air Of
freedom and bid defiance to ''the all perya
ding destroyer"
The man endeavoring to reform has many
temptations, and deserves the encouragement
OF his fellows. He may 60 about in the pros
ecution of his honorable business, and at ev
cry turn ne is met by the enchanting fume
OF his old enemy inviting him to come an,
taste and renew old friendships. He is temr
ted by the taunts of devils, in the shap
OF men, who Jeer him as being too weak t
drink when he pleases. He is tempted b
lmps, IN the likeness of men, who persuad
him that just a little can do no harm, an
besides it is not best to break off an old hal
1t too suddenly. He is beset by demou,
looking like men, all along,th straight an
narrow path of safety /; this one pluckin
him, and asking him to step aside from til
way he is going, 'and 1 will see you back
and that one doing the same thing on tt
other side, saying, 'just step out here wit
me and will show you a thing or twp
The poor man is beset with temptations o
every hand and needs the encouragement
all who wish him we'll. o! let a brotherl
sympathy hold up the hands of suehl
may be the last effort he will ever make
shake off his CALLING letters. Help him loo.
the accursed bands
Ye who drink, be warned by what yc
have seen. Remember! that the longer VI
indulge IN the %ruinous habit, the harder
Will be Tor you to reform and that the on
surety you have against filling a ~drunkard
grave and meeting the stormy terrors of
drunkard's doom, is to taste not the aceurst
thing. =
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-10-14
The Dead and the Living

The loss of loved friends-the sight of the
winding sheet and the shroud-are the Sc
verest affections of the human heart but
they exercise a salutary influence upon the
living. The pale, quiet features before us,
rigid in death,-there is q touching eloquence
in their silence. By them we learn how
frail is our mortal tenement, and how surely
that 'tAis is not our abiding place." And
tits then, when the heart is stricken, that the
spirit turns away and longs for the land
where sorrow is not, and where sickness and
death never come and we take courage,
that He who chasteneth will reward with
bliss.
There is a s%acredness in the funeral knell,
and a blessed wisdom that all would do well
to learn. We stand by the bedside of the
dying child, or patient, suffering wife, and
feel that the night of death glooms around.
Calm as an angel at rest, she slumbers. By
the broken altar, however, the lamp of Faith
and Hope kindles brightly up, and its steady
fame beams far out, to light the spirit across
the dark valley. And while looking upor
her-how few of us will reflect that, in
brief day at the longest, the throng will fol
low US to the threshold of the other land, an
look US their goodnight?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-10-14
Is he a Friend?

Can the man who sells liquor IN a town or
neighborhood, be justly re, arded as a friend
to the community in which he lives We
put the question in sober earnestness, to the
liquor seller himself, and also to all his neigh
bors, whether his patrons or not. 1t is well
known by the dealer, that in proportion as
his neighbors patronize his traffic, that just
in that proportion will their overthrow and
ruin be effected. He knows that his business
~scatters mildew and blight, suffering and
want, misery and degradation, and that the
legitimate fruits of his trade are a cruel, tor
turing death here, and eternal damnation in
the world to come! How else can he regard
himself then, than as the " orst enemy to his
race that disgraces and curses the earth
And his ~neighbors who are made drunken
themselves, or their friends who are led away
into dissipation, how can they look upon the
liquor dealer as a friend, or even a we'll
wisher to society, and the prosperity and
happiness of the community in which he
lives. They know that in proportion as he
fourishes, others must suffer. They know
that his successes are built upon the reverses
r of his neighbors. They see that every shin
gle that he adds to his house, is taken from
: the roof of another. They know that widows
O and orphans are made by him-that murders,
r suicides and all manner of crimes follow IL
his wake. And can he be a friend to any
& body but the devil and his own hellish cupid
q ity, who viii persist in such a traffic? LIE
each one answer for himself.
We have in our minds eye a Village not
,e thousand miles from this Capital of the goo'
7e old North State, which a few years ago wa
free from the liquor traffic. 1t was a thrifty
prosperous. happy community. Its literar
/, institutions fourished, temperance and relig
d. ion exercised their benign influence on al
and it was pronounced the model village of tn
State. But now, alas! the liquor seller ha
10 squatted there! Regular merchants ha,
Ks introduced whiskey, &c., as a part of thei
mt stock in trade-and what is the picture ?
Disgraceful scenes are enacted in that cor
es' munity-temperance and re~ligionlie bleedir
ne her literary institutions are languishin
LIS eking cut a starving continuance VIII
90 has brought about this change? Let t
d drunkenness in her streets answer. Let t
mes liquor sellers, whether in stores by the qua
titv or IN oroo SONS nv the drink resnond
9l the important in~terrogatory.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-10-14
ESTHER,
2 AVN
81 would not live Away,
I ask not to stay
Where storm after storm
Rises dark DER the way

The HUMAN HEART.-How pure and un-
sullied is a young girls first impression of
love. Aye, pure indeed is it, and unsullied
as the resplendent snow flakes that fall in
nvcoy I"ifts in the cleaning. The most fe-
lcltous moment of a mans life is when he is
blessed with the timid avowal of love from
the worshipped idol of his heart. Nothing
is purer than a woman's love nothing so
devoted and constant as her affection. Be it
for d lover, a husband, a child, or a parent,
it is the same pure fame, kindled by Goals
from the altar on high. Give her an assu-
rance of love in return-a promise of death
less affection, even if it be amid the cherries
gloom of poverty, or the darkness of death,
and the tender feelings of her heart will gush
forth as pure as the crystal wavelets that
spring from the mountain rock, despite bonds
and mercenary ties of fashion and pride
Her worshipped idol is love, and she makes
it the Mecca towards which she bends all her
| energies, a faithful pilgrim for life-a faculty
that absorbs her being, concentrates her
soul. TITS better to be the favored idol oil
one unsullied heart, than to sway the gilded
sceptre over empires and Kingdoms. The
impassioned devotion of one high souled and
noble woman is a more priceless gem thai
the sycophantic fawning of millions. Whose
hath this gem, let him preserve it with
| iealouS eve
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-10-14
ng-Lrr the heart be thankful that the

RrLEF the heart be thankful that the
purest and best pleasures Of life cannot be
bought and sold. The wild woodlands
wealth of glowing flowers cannot be yelled
and exhibited at a price. The dew-drops
cleaning in the carly sun with rainbow ra-
dance, cannot be gathered behind a curtain
The glories of the autumn sunset cannot Do
purchased. The blessed and life giving sun
light is free to all and cannot be divided INTO
shares and stocks to be retailed at an advance
to the wealthy. The welcoming smile ana
beaming eyes of affection as often fall to the
lot of the humble as the worldly great
Virtue and beauty do not receive their charms
from the hand of Mammon. The most de-
sirable and best of life's blessings are tree 70
all and can never be bought and sold. FOR
this let the heart be thankful and grumOlS
less at what may seem a burthensome ior'
tune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-10-14

ty they reached tho bottom of the mountain,
and obtaining a rude vehicle from some OF the
country people near, conveyed Edith to the
inn.
The acquaintance thus begun soon ripened
into n friendship. Mr.. Frazier and Edith
learned that Mr.. Hildreth was an American
from the city of New York. The letters of
introduction that he had with him proved
that be had a right to the best society in En-
gland, for which his polished manners and
uncommon conversational powers showed
that he was we'll fitted. He had been taking
an invalid aunt to the south Of France for the
benefit of the climate, he told them, and af-
ter seeing her comfortably established there,
he had taken advantage of a few months
leisure to travel wherever his fancy led him
lie readily accepted Mr.. Frazier'S invitation
to join him and his daughter in their tour
The similarity Of taste they had shown 81
singularly was a sufficient evidence. he said
one that any course the might take woulC
be equally agreeable to both parties.
The next six weeks, Edith thought, wer
the most delightful she had ever spent. No
where does the society of an agreeable an
intellectual person add more to the enjoy
ment Of the company than the travelling
Although grave and quiet, Mr., Hildreth wa
full Of thoughtfulness and observant care fc
the comfort of his fellow-travellers. Wher
ever he spoke to Edith, there was a gent
Difference in his manner that, from one of b
superior abilities, was irresistibly a~ttractiv
On his side, Mr.Hildreth was no less cha
med by those with whom he had been
strangely thrown. On the Sunday in whi'
he had first seen themAhe had been pleas
and I'm PRESSED by Mr.. Frazier's sermon, al
!, thought that he had never seen a face of mo
! ~artless and attractive loneliness than Ed
Frazier's. She reminded him of Chaucel
beauties Of a rose half opened and still W
with the morning dews, and Of all that W
:. most fresh and delicate in nature. Her mi
/ answered to the promise of her countenan'
{ Ignorant ofthe world and u~ncontaminated
: it, she walked in almost unconscious I'M
cence the simple path of duty. Her dis
5 %sition, naturally cheerful and bright, h
: already begun to recover its buoyancy, a
her happiness reacted on her graver comps
a. ions, who seemed to vie with each other as
/. which should add most to her pleasure.
d CONCLUSION NEXT WEEK.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-10-14
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To Correspondents.

The communication of ga CONTRIBUTOR"
was destroyed as soon as it was noticed no
name accompanied it. This is our usual dis
position of such communications. The wri-
ter has since given us his name and requested
its publication but we cannot comply for
the above reason.
Persons writing to us to change their pa
pers, aeust sfsF6 from what P. O. they are tC
be changed, or we annot comply with their
. request.
Many Correspondents are in the habit o
writing to US on matters Of the Order who
simply write-"Our Division" &c. Thi,
frequently perplexes us to know which i
sour Division" The name and No. of tn,
Division should aloays be given. We hav
a letter signed "John D. Williams, w. P.
Saml. Bailey, r. S."-but it has no date
and we are unable to make out the Postmark
Consequently we do not know where to at
dress them.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-10-14

B3rMr. Brown furnishes the Certificate
OF his ~neighbors, who have tested his RENE
dies for the cure of Bots in Horses, and they
unite in declaring it a speedy and positive
cure for this malady which has swept off SO
many noble animals. Mr.. Browns remedies
are no humbugs. Try them and be convinced.
See his advertisement in another column.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-10-14
The Story of the Battle Field.

A soldier was wounded in one of the bat
ties of the Crimea, and was carried out of the
field he felt that his wound was mortal
that life was quickly ebbing away-and he
said to his comrades who were carrying him !:
Put me down do not take the trouble to
carry nae any further I am dying
They then put him down and returned to
the field. A few minutes after an officer
saw the man weltering in his blood, and ask
ed him if he could do anything for him.
Nothing, thank you
Shall 1 get you a little water p said the
kind hearted officer.
No, thank you l am dying
is there nothing I can do for you Shall
I write to your friends? p
4 have no friends you can write to. But
there is one thing for which l would be much
obliged; in my knapsack you will find a tes
tament-will you open it at the 18th of John
and near the end of the chapter you will fine
a verse that begins with Peace Will yor
read itF
The officer did so, and read the words
Peace / leave with you, my peace 1 give I'm
to you. Let not your heart be troubled. nei
Their let it be afraid
Thank you SIR said the diving man {.
have that peace !; l am going to that Saviour
God is with me; I want no more and in
stantly expired.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-10-14

H9T We lern that the Postofice at Leach
burg Johnston county, has been discontinued
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-10-14

The JAIL.-It affords US pleasure to state
the jail OF Craven county is without a tenant.
We desire to rent a room in that commodious
building for our printing Office. But, joking
aside, this speaks well for the morals of Ora
ven county, and we sincerely hope she can
always boast of as much,-Neaobern Express.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-10-14

accompanying this we have $40 for as
many subscribers. And we are to have
double that number soon. We hope also to
enlist in behalf of the Age, the active and
enthusiastic aid of Miss M. A. B., whom our
gallant friend Smith extols so highly! o.
for more j. P. Smiths. Plenty of room for
more passengers. EDITOR.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-02-27

DEATH OF DR.. KANE.-A telegraphic
despatch from New Orleans brings us
the intelligence Of the death of the dis
tinguished scientific traveller and Arctic
navigator, DR. Elisha X. Kane, an event
for which the public mind had become
prepared by the previous advices of his
serious illness. lie breathed his last at
Havana on the 10th inst, quietly and
peacefully, as the dispatch informs us.
We have thus to mourn the loss Of one of
our most respected and renowned coun-
trymen. DR.. Kane was born in Phila-
delphia in, 1922. He received his class
ical education at the University of Vir-
ginia, and his medical education of the
University of Pennsylvania, where he
graduated rs "a doctor of medicine in
1913, Soon after receiving his degree
he was appointed surgeon to the first
American mission to China. He tray
eled extensively in China, the East In
dian Archipelago, British India and
Egypt. After his return to the United
States from these adventures he next
sailed Cor the west coast Of Africa, and
visited the slave factories from Cape
Mount to the river Bonny. During the
war with Mexico in lS47 he visited that
country, and performed perilous SER
vice in bearing President Folks dis
patches to General Scott.
On the return of peace he was as
signed to the coast survey under Profess
sor Bache, and was at work in the Gull
Of Mexico when the liberality of Mr.
Grinnell stimulated the government of
the United States to send the first
American expedition in search of Sir
John Franklin. DR.. Kane Immediately
volunteered his services, and was ac-
cepted as the senior surgeon. His
Personal Narrative" of this cruise was
published in 1852. Before it was COM
pleted fer the press he had effected his
arrangements for the last Arctic expedi-
ton, appropriat:ng to this cherished OBJ
ject his own peeuniary resources. as well
as drawing largely on those of Mr.. Grin
nell ana several of the scientific institu-
tons Of this country. The history of
that expedition and the remarkable dis
covcries to which it led are now before
the country They constitute in them
selves an impcrishable monument to DR..
Kane's fame.
The remains of DIR. Kane have been
brought from Havana, with view to
their interment at Philadelphia, where
his father, Judge Kane, and family re-
side. The authorities of Cuba, it up
pears, manifested due consideration for
the melancholy vent.---Boh. SIN.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-02-27
PATENT medicines, oils & PAINT

I'm STORE: Rowands Tonic Mixture,
IL Bakers Premium Bitters,
Ayers Cherry Pectoral,
Shrlner's Cough Sirup,
Frey's Vermifuge,
Railways Ready Relief,
nelmbold's Sarsaparilla,
Gamers Pain Extractor,
Perry Davis Pain Killer.
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills,
Little's White OIL, for Horses;
Mexican Mustang Linament,
Robinson's Horse Powders,
Lewis's Pure White Lead,
Linseed Oil,
Winter Machine Oil,
Also lot Of Hubbard & Laws I'm
proved White Grease, for Wagons and
Machinery.
ALSO, "a lot of BRANDY and WINE,
for medicinal purposes, in Bottles Old
Cignette Brandy, bottled in 1915. Old
Cognac do, bottled in 1913. Port Wine,
bottled in 1885 and 1S4S.
All of which will be sold at the lowest
prices by the new firm Of
JONES & EDMONSTON,
dec G. Saloon Building.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-02-27

CHEsApEARE AND Ono CANAL. The
National Intclligenccr states that on Sat-
ariay last telegraphie despatch was re-
ceived from the president Of the canal
company. Mr.. Maulsby, stating that the
water would be admitted throughout the
canal on the 4th Of March. This is ear
lier than was anticipated. The two breaks
above Georgetown are being rapidly re-
paired. Yesterday twenty additional
horses and carts were to be set at work.
tits stated that two coal depots at George
town will change hands this season, aud
that the new company WIN snrge the re-
ceipt and shipment Of cQl there with re-
doubled energy The trade j. therefore
likely tobcputo nits bcstpractical footing.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-02-27
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