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The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1857-11-28

AT AUCTION,
nN TU ESDAY, the 8th day of Deer.
~ 1851, on the premises, at IL o'clock, A.
NJ. | shall offer to the highest bidder, at
Public Auction, that excellent piece Of
TRUCK LAND.
Situated in Norfolk County, and lying on the
main road leading from Norfolk to the Great
Bridge, distance five miles, (yia the Draw
Bridge by land and about a by water; is
within halt mile of the Norfolk and Peters
barg K. Il. Bridge, over the South Branch
of the Elizabeth River, and bounded, as fol-
lows
On the East, by the Main Road leading
from Norfolk to the Great Bridge; South, by
the land of the Farm of Henry Godfrey,
deed, and line fence dividing it from said
Farm West by the land belonging to said
Godfrey's Estate; and North, by the land of
Mrs. Fanny Keeling. 1t contains 40 Acres.
and is all cleared but 3 or a, on which stands
a handsome Beach Grove. 1t isyery produc-
tive of Corn and other Grain.
TERMs-One half Cash, balance in 3, 6,
and months, from the day of sale, with in
terest X. n. w. KEELING.
nov 1S-dtO
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BRICK HOUSE AND LOT AT
AUCTION.

Located on Butte Street, second
door from Cafharine
Street No. 3.
SXTILL BE SOLD, to the highest bid
W. der at . = O'Clock, on the premises,
WEDN ESDAl, Dec. 9th, the comfortable
and nearly new brick house, No. 9, Butte
street, nearly opposite the residence of Jno.
r. Ludlow. Esq The house has two good
basement rooms. two on the cand floor and
two on the third floor; good kitchen, cistern,
smoke house and paved yard. The lot fronts
about 80 feet by 81 feet deep. Terms viii be
utadp as accommodating as the circumstances
will justify. -.-
no23 JAS. G. POLLARD, Auct'r.
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f r E S HI
Norfolk OYSTERS.

THE undersigned having commenced the
l. OYSTER BUSINESS in this city, and
designing to conduct it extensively and in
the best manner, desires to commend his
purpose to the attention of his friends and
the public.
He will prepare and keep constantly on
hand for transportation to any part of the
country
The Best Fresh Oysters,
Theoretically Sealed Spiced and Fried, put
up in Cans, that the Norfolk market can pro-
duce, Spiced upon an improved plan, impart-
ing to the Oyster the most delicate flavor,
and insuring their preservation in any eli
mate for a reasonable period IN their first ex-
cellence in every respect. Also, Fresh Oys-
tiers put in Cans, and in Kegs of to II gal
Ions.
Having had abundant experience in the
business, and perfected his plan with the ut
most success, he submits his enterprise to
the public, with confidence in his ability to
satisfy the most fastidious taste.
Orders from all parts of the count res
pectfully solicited and pre- mptly attended to.
VI ''' ~ HENRY FITZGERALD,
no l9-lm* Norfolk, Va.
A mother Arrival of Ladies Philadel-
n phia goods per Express.
so pairs Ladies j. l.. Tipede morocco Boots,
60 do do plain morocco Boots,
30 do do goat Boots,
30 do do thick Caters with very small
neat tips,
80 do Childs morocco Bootes,
30 do Misses morocco Bootes plain and
tipped.
Ladies all the above have just arrived from
one OF the best makers Ladies'. Please call
at No. 9, East Side Market Square.
M % l., T., BRICK HOUSE
NO. I, UNION STREET.
lust Received-Another lot of Family
y Extra Superfne Flour, in IS Id sacks,
from Getty Block Mills" The best, and
cheapest in Norfolk.
no 20 h. A. ABBOTT.
relatine-Cog's Gelatine, Shred lsin-
" glass, Russia lsinglass, French Gelatine,
Cooper's Isinglass
no % NJ. A. SANTOS.
A. Copy.)
LNancy Articles have just received
IL very large stock Hair Brushes. Tootl
Brushes, Nail Brushes, Puff Boxes, Frangi
PAM, Por Monnaies, all styles, Wallets, Pur
SEES, Coat Plaster, Pomades Hair Oils, &c.
no "a NJ. A. SANTOS.
4
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AT 1T AGAIN.
CHINA GLASS AND E,ABJ'HE1
TIN COPPER AND STOVE DEPOT
NO.6, Union Street.


WE would respectfully inform our ~,
w friends and the public generally .sa-1SA
that we have taken the Store No. 6, 't%-,:',,H
Union Street, and have on hand large aud
complete assortment OF all goods in our line,
such as plain and Japanned Tin Ware,
Brittania and Panished Ware, side and sus-
pending Camphine Lamps Glass and Brit
tania Fluid Lamps, Fluid and Camphine
Wicks, Plain and Fancy Coal Holds, Also
Stoves of every variety, of which we keep
constantly on hand large assortment ion
cooking or Warming purposes, which we
purchase of the best manufacturers in the
Country, and warrant to sell on as good
terms as any house in the State. Come aud
judge for yourselves.
Roofing Cutters and Pipes Tor buildings
and job Work of all kinds done in the most
substantial manner.
Copper Work for Steamboats,, Mills &c,
attended to with dispatch. Look out for
kEEFE d STORI'S.
Tin Copper and Stove Depot,
no IL No. G, Union Street.
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JNO. r. HATHAWAY, PsornlEroR.
THIS ESTA BLISH NTENT is now
l. in successful operation, having most of
the approved Presses and other facilities for
doing neat and expeditions
PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL.
JOB PRINTING,
and is daily turning out he finest specimens
of work, such as
PAMPHLETS, BANK CHECKS.
CATALOGUES, NOTES, POSTERS,
CIRCULARS, PROGRAMMES,
BILLS OF LADlNG, HANDBILLS, &c.
ne Particular attention given to fine
work for Banks, Public Offices, Insurance,
Railroad and transportation Companies, &c.
Printing in Gold and Silver Bronze, and
various colored Inks, executed in the highest
style of the art.
THE MAMMOTH FAST JOB PRESS
In use in the Day Book Office enables the
proprietor to supply large orders for large
sized lLandbils, Posters, &c, at a greatly re-
duced price.
ISN Job Printing done at n or h + IA
Prices. TERMS CASH. @sG&
mol Is
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Notice..

A PUBLICATION will be made at the
"A next session Of the Legislature ot Vir-
ginia, to charter a company to construct
Rail Road from the Harbour of Norfolk, to
some point in the County Of Camden OF Cur
rituck, N. G.;
no 20-Flm
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1857-11-28

Our DOMESTIC MARKET, this morning
presented a very fine appearance. But
little change to note in prices.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1857-11-28

LNancy Articles have just received
IL very large stock Hair Brushes. Tooth
Brushes, Nail Brushes, Puff Boxes, Frangi-
PAM, Por Monnaies, all styles, Wallets, Pur-
SEES, Coat Plaster, Pomades, Hair Oils, &c.
no "a NJ. A. SANTOS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30
What is whiskeY bringing q

So asked a dealer in the article. From
forty to fifty cents per gallon for single rec
tilted, says the commercial reports but it
brings more than that in the long run, as a
moments reflection will show:
1t is bringing that young man, once so
honorable and SO esteemed, down to a life Of
iniamy and shame. It bringing that Young
wife, once 50 gay and happy in the enjoyment
OF the pure love of a rOble husbands heart.
down from a blessed home of plenty TO n
wretched howell of poverty and want. It is
bringing that strong man down from a hiph
standard of health and intellectual yigor to
the misery Of a helpless and imbecile invalid
1t is bringing the gray hairs of mourning pa.
rents down to their last resting place. wet
with the bitter dews IF sorrow. 1t is brinr-
ing widows and orphans to freshly sodden
graves with every rising sun to mourn over
the early and hopelessly lost. 1t is bringing
men to the gallows. 1t is bringing sorrow
and calamities to thousands Of otherwise
happy homes all over this whiskey scourged
land. What that is etil, sinful and terrible,
is not whiskey bringing e~verywhere2
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30
Do it Well.

A noble saying is recorded of one of the
members of the British House of Commons,
Who. had gained that honorable position by
his own perseverance and industry. Aproud
STRIPPING of the aristocracy, attempted on one
occasion to taunt him upon his humble origin,
and remarked among other tbings.-'why /
remember well when you BACKED my fathers
boots !!
Indeed, sir, was the noble response. and
did 1 not do 1t WeUF'
This is the grand secret of success in every
station of life whatever is done, be it black
ing boots, making a plough, guiding a ship
or arranging a national treaty, let it be done
well. An old maxim, ard a good one, run
meth, whatsoever is worth doing at all, is
worth doing we'll.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30

BP The Grand Scribe has forwarded the
Passwords for the ensuing Quarter, to all
Divisions who have forw arded Returns and
Per Centage for the previous Quarter. IF
any such Divisions have failed to receive
them, they will please notify the G. S. imme-
diately, so that anoth er copy may be for
warded. Some Divisions allow weeks to ex-
pire, and then write complaining letters
This is wrong. The G. S. cannot insure the
safe transmission of letters through the
mails, but will promptly furnish others when
their places of destination.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30

GLOOMY PRosPECT.-The New York Tri-
bune predicts that by the first or middle of
next December, at least one hundred thous-
and persons in the city of New York will be
out of employment and nearly out of means.
The ship-yards in New York are nearly idle,
the founderies but half working, and the
great clothing stores doing very little. 1t is
stated that women have recently come to
New York from places three hundred miles
away, in quest of work from the clothing
stores, only to be turned off with none and
compelled to beg their way home again. The
Tribune adds that places have looked for
servant girls for some time past soon SER
want girls will look earnestly for places, and
be very glad to find them. 1t is predicted
that soup houses for hungry laborers, who
can find no labor, will be wanted before Jan.
uary. The Journal Of Commerce is of opin-
ion that hardly, since 1887, has so gloomy a
prospect for winter lowered upon the labor
ing classes of New York.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30

I'M communion with one whose
PIKE a holier language than that
aey felt that she was no longer
Ind after wandering and speak
1ttie while, she was forgotten by
eyelries of pleasure.
she was no longer seen BIZ those
1 for her daily ministrations.-
5 vacant in the temple of God
her voice was no more heard In
False. On a lowly couch in her
b room, that young maiden was
Her face was paliid, and her eyes
mother was weeping over her.
: strewed upon her pillow, whose
stole lovingly over her faded
as the curtains of the windows
IN the night breeze, the moon
IN and kissed her wan brow.
heard no step, but she felt the
kthe couch, and looking up she
standing in white robes by her
de, with a face of such unearth.
she trembled as she gazed upon
aid she, 4 have come once more,
should meet again, and this is
hour. Does thy spirit welcome
Ashireted for thee,' answered
Sthe maiden, even as ths
Athe dew of the morning
Io,Ag thee now. for my feebl,
Y ionr over the threshold o
sfhe young roe on tn
ed the white-robed stran
Rnt on wings as the ed
over the couch, an
of the maiden. it
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30

THE LOST DAUGHTER is the title of another
volume of stories from the unpublished manu-
scripts of Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentz, published
by I. B. Peterson, Philadelphia, uniform
with the previous works by the same author.
Price in one volume bound in cloth, SIPS
in two volumes, paper cover, $l.00. Either
edition sent free of postage by remitting price
to the publisher. The work was issue ed the
9th Of this month.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30

FALL X WINTER GooDs.-The stocks of
Fall and Winter Goods arriving daily to our
merchants, exceed by far those of previous
years. We observe too, that they embrace
many novelties both useful and ornamental.
In our advertising columns FL. L. Evans
and Messrs. w. FL. & r. s. Tucker are
the first in the Dry Goods business to
announce their claims to public patronage,
and our old friend Alex. Creech is getting up
an advertisement of his large and excellent
stock.
W. II. Williams & Co., also advertise their
Fall and Winter stock ofReady Made Cloth
ng.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30

T.B. PETERSON, Philadelphia, will publish
on the 3rd October, Mrs. Hale's receipts for
the Miuion.' Mrs. Hale is a very accomplish
ed and talented lady, and no doubt this will
be an invaluable work for reference and in
formation on every subject. 1t contains 800
pages and gives more than $500 receipts,
facts and directions on every conceivable
subject. Price bound in cloth S1.25, and
sent free of postage by T.. B. Peterson, the
publisher, 800 Chestnut St. Philadeluhia.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30

pd16 hue cnuHEtu 70 thO " 49,,
and the hand which her mother held, turned
cold as IN icicle. At the same moment the
folds Of the strangers robe foated from
hershoulders, and wings of resplendent azure
softening into gold, futtered on the gaze
Divine perfumes filed the atmosphere, and
a low, sweet melody, like the silvery MUIR
muring of distant waters, echoed through
the chamber. Awe-struek and bewildered,
the mother turned from the breathless form
of her child, to the celestial figure of the
stranger, when she saw it gradually fading
from her sight, and encircled in its arms
there seemed another being of shadowy
brightness. with outspread wings and feecy
robes. and soft, glorious eyes fixed steadfast-
ly on her, till they melted away and were
seen no more. Then the mother bowed her
self in alteration, as we'll as submission for
she knew she had locked On one of these an
gel messengers who are sent to minister to
those who shall be heirs of salvation She
had seen, too, a vision of her daughters as
cending spirit, and she mourned not over the
dust she had left behind.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30

Ha~A young lady named Smith. residing
in Charles City county, Va, playfully snap
ped a gun at her lover. Samuel Threg, on
Wednesday last, supposing it to be empty
Unfortunately it happened to be loaded. and
when the trigger was pulled it exploded, de-
posting its contents in the side of young
hrog's head, killing him instantly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30
To Correspondents.

They 1.-THE hoops) are just the things to keep
all such incorrigibles at a respectful DIS
lance, and we've no doubt, could they 1.-THE
ladies, we mean read your piece, they would
send you after your old namesake, a MUNICH
ing grass. Can't stand it, MEL In the
first place you have made yourtiradet too long,
altogether; and in the next place, we can't see
any fun in it. You have been weighed in
the balances and found sCantiag!
THE FUGITIVE by j. W. Give do not
wish to employ you to write Stories for the
Age, and therefore decline the one sent. We
might give several reasons, but it is unneces-
sary. We will return the manuscript, if the
! writer will send us stamps to prepay the
postage. One little question, if you please !:
Is the Fugitive original, with you? Strikes
us we have seen something very much like it,
before reading your Ms.
'ALPHA.'-Your Lines, to Miss M. M
are not quite up to the standard. Try again,
and we think you can remedy the Imperfect
tions. We are very much disposed to oblige
you, but think we are doing you a greater
favor by Withholding them, as they are a
present, than we would do by publishing
them. You will understand and appreciat,
our course, we trust.
'OMEGA'-Your lines are accepted an
shall appear soon.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30
But, says the News /:

What is a newspaper if it is not a sheet giving
the neUs of the day--a messenger bearing to its
readers every item of interest and information,
which may interest and instruct--a herald to ap.
plaud and eulogise worth, and excellen re, and
denounce crime and sin 1t is essential to the
success of the minister of the gospel that be deal
out to his congregation in vivid colors the enormi-
ty of un godIiness, and its awful consequences, and
then present as a contrast the happiness of the
righteous and the reward of the honest, otherwise
the incentive for Truth aGd virtue would not be
half so strong. So likewise is it the duty of a
10 urnalist to present the dark as we'll as the bright
side of the picture, that the contrast between good
and evil may be the greater.
Is it necessary, in order to give "the Rens
of the day." that a newspaper should give all
the disgusting and revolving details of crimes
committed? If the News afirms, we beg
leave to demur. But if not, We cannot sc,
how it can take issue with us against th,
grossly immoral tone of the northern press
With these remarks we are content to leav
a virtuous reading community to decide be
tween us.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30

B6rMr. Pomeroy with his accustomed reg
has lain Harper for October on our
table. With the exception of one or two
articles, we think the No. rather below medi-
ocrity. The illustrations are fair, except the
funny p'cters at the close. Stupidity person
flied.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30
For the Spirit of the age.
ATT GON r nv ION

ALL CON E.-BY ION.
All gone are the dreams that childhood Sove,
When my heart was light and free
When the flowers of love grew round llfe's
path,
II all their purity;
All gone, and the futures untrodden shore,
Looks black as the clouds that have passed
before.
All gone are the hopes, to which life chung,
All gone are the fancies bright,
That cleaned awhile in my childhood's morn
Then left me alone with the night
Ali gone, and Times still speeding wing,
Bears not one trace of it's whispering.
All gone, ard yet tits sweet to hope,
That as life barque speeds on,
That some of the dreams our boyhood wove
May yet again be born
And CLEAN awhile thwart life's dull way,
As the beacon star Of the mariner.
Thatch Cottage, Sept. q, 81.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30

IA We take pleasure in calling attention
to the Advertisement of J. w. johnson. ESQ.
Attorney at Law, and General Agent. b.
siness entrusted to his ARE will be faithfully
and promptly attended to.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30

ne For the information of young Ladie.
desiring situations as Teachers, we state that
we have an application for a Female Teach
er, to take charge of a private family school
with seven or eight pupils, in Alabama
Salary $500 a year and board. She must
teach Music, and all the branches preparato-
~ to entering College French included
Further particulars given to applications ad-
dressed TO the Editor of this paper.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30
little harmless baonage, remarks-


"While we hope for the good cause which the
Age so ably and earnestly contends for, we appre-
bend that he will find dific lilies in the way to
surmount, which will probably cast him back in
utter discontinue like lion hearted Richard with
his crusade for the holy sepulchre. The first OBJ
Stacle that the Age will have to encounter, rising
up as high "a heaven, is the Bible. he must de-
nounce this book for its descriptions of theft, pros
titution, murder aud war. He must then COM
mence with ancient history and obliterate its
ture before the world, and showing up the authors
as miserable vulgarity- recalling scavengers."
He must then refute the immortal Shakespeare
and Byron, and sink into oblivion the finest
writer's of truth and fiction that have figured on the
tide of time. After this the Age may write homliys
for the press of the civilized world, and convince
journalists of the fatal error of Exposing crime
We were reprobating the practice OF north
ern journals publishing the ''sicken'ng ana
demoralizing details of the seductions, and
other crimes, with which those papers abound
Is the News" prepared to defend such de
moralizing literature? If SO, we have N
controversy with it, for it places itself unde
the ban of our criticism, and therefore beyont
orr notice. When it shall instance that tn
Bible is acknowledging" then it may fn'
apology for placing it alongside of the New
York Herald, Ned Buntline's Own, the Ne1
York Tribune, ct id omne genus; and not be
fore.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30

The Editor Of this paper Ia neat and pub
lie spirited hebdomadal. by the wayl takes
execution to our remarks made a few weeks
since. deprecating the p~rurient details of
crime, as published in the papers Of the
Northern Cities. He either greatly misun-
derstands our position, or is very unfortunate
in joining issue with us upon a point on which
all respectable Southern journals are agreed.
In the article in the Spirit of the Age criti-
cised by the News, we spoke of the increase
of crime, and of the probable cause of this
alarming state of things. We used the fol-
lowing language:
Many reasons are assigned. prominent among
which Is the disgusting practice with many iourn
ais, of spreading before their readers the sickenino
and demoratizing details of the murders, the sui,
cldes, the Sc iuctions, the elopenents. &C., that
are constantly occurring, until ithas come to pass
that a modest woman can scarcely pick up one OF
our city dailies, without having the blush sufTuse
her cheek at the prurient details that meet her eve,
And to this cause is alleged the reason why manly
honor and womahly virtue sell so cheaply. and
seem to be valued SO lightly. If so where lies the
remedy! How shall this state Fittings be corrected2
To our mind the only remedy is in the hands
of the people themselves. If every moral. upright
c~itizen-every head of a family-would refuse tn
support or encourage every paper that publishes
articles which 1t would not allow q visitor around
tnelr social circle to discourse upon, these misera-
pie, Vuigarity' retailing scavengtrs WORLD shrink
from before the virtuous public, as darknAss haf,ra
the light of day. ~
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-09-30
The Terrible Shipwreck.

We give on our first page lengthy accounts,
mer Central America, during the terrible
storm which swept along our coast on the
18th and 18th instant, which carries weep
ing and mourning to many ia miles in the
land.
The papers continue to be filled with par
ticulars of the wreck, all assuming interest
and importance from their connection with
the appalling tragedy. 1t is said to have
been definitely ascertained in New York, on
good authority, that the number Of passen-
gers and crew were as follows: Passengers
1872; crew l0l left at Havana 6 leaving
on board 587; of this number l49 are known
to have been saved !; leaving 436 missing
Among the latter we find the names of Mr..
Do bbin, late Purser in the U. S. Navy, and
brother OF the late Secretary of the Navy, Hon.
j. C. Dobbin and Charles Tayloe, of Wa h.
ington, n. G. The noble commander, Capt.
Herndon, it is feared is lost, though there
are some hopesh he may have been rescued by
some passing vessel. But, as a cOntempora-
ry has observed, if it should prove that he
persisted in the catastrophe, let his name and
fame be perpetuated by a monument, the gift
of the mothers, wives and daughters Of
America just tribute to the gallant soul
that lost his life in a calamity in which, by
his frmness and heroism, eUery aooman and
child a0ds Saged.
The Chief Engineer, who is charged with
gross dereliction of duty and with saving his
own life at the sacrifice Of others, arrived at
Norfolk. and is out in a card, proclaiming
bis innocence of these allegations. He says
after depositing a boat load on the ship
Marine, he could get no one to accompany
him to the i'll fated vessel after another load
Of passengers.