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A G RIG ULT U R A L
Agriculture.

Senator Douglas in an address at o
fair, makes the following just remarks in
reference to agriculture: Agriculture in
this country is a highly respectable, and,
at the same time, q most attractive pur-
suit. 1t is not only resorted to as a means
Of acquiring an honest independence, but
as u diguifcd and pleasurable occupation
by men Of science aud letters, by states
men and warriors, merchants and naviga-
tors, in short by all who have gathered
wealth, honor and distinction in other pur-
suits Of life.
So long as agriculture was the exclusive
occupation Of an enslaved peasantry, it
produced little more than the necessaries
of life. 1t remained a mere slavish labor ;
consuming mems physical strength, and
descending, with little improvement, from
father to son, among those who were born
and bred to 1t. Happily for the progress
of mankind, the condition of the agricultu
raj laborer has changed in many parts o
the world, and it is no small source of prid,
and qualification for US to know that it il
the example of America which has wrough
the change and restored agriculture to it
original rank among the most honorabl
occupations Of men. 1t is now a professio
calling to its aid science aud the mechani
arts, and, n its every branch, the ~inventi,
genius OF men.
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School Advertisements.
Raleigh Female Seminary,

NHE next session of this Institution will open
Il on Monday the 10th of August, under the
control of Rev. WILLIAM e. PELL, as President,
assisted by a full corps of efficient instructors.
1t is the purpose of those interested in the
seminary, that its facilities for the education of
young ladies, in all respects, shall be ample /;
this, together with the central position of our city,
its social, moral and religious advantages, and
the fact, that during the past Is months a physi-
clan was not called to a student boarding in the
institution, strongly commend it to the public.
Under the charge of our excellent President,
the former patrons of the Seminary and his nu-
muerous friends in the State, have a sure guaran-
ty, that students committed to his care viii be
watched over with parental solieitude, and thai
every effort will be made to improve their man.
ners, their ~intellects ana their hearts.
The terms per session o; 81 weeks are as fol
lows: Board, lights, fuel, &C., exclusive of wash
ing, $50 per session.
TUITIoN.-In Primary Department $3.50 il
Academic Department $l5, per session, for Eng
fish course.
ExTRAs.-Music on Piano or Guitar $40
French $40 Latin or Greek S.; Oil Paintin
$50; Drawing 5 to $40; Embroidery, Wax-worh
&C., S. each; for use of Piano 50, and day stu
dents 81 for incidental expenses, per session.
Students will be charged from the time of Ell
tering Until the end ofthe session, except in case
of sickness protracted 2 weeks.
, Hereafter the sessions will commence in JAM
! airy and July. For further particulars, apply
the President.
By order of the Beard of DirsotoFs
. Secretary of Board Directors.
Raei0h lima On 1897 26-43-
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N0RTH CAROLINA MUTUAL LIFE IN
~ RANCE COMPANY, Raleigh, N. C.-The
Company insures the lives of individuals for one
year, a term of years, or for life, on the Mutual
Principle, the assured for life participating in al
the profits of the Company. For policies gran
ted for the whole term of life, when the premi
nm therefor amounts to $50, a note may be given
for one half the amount of the premium bearing in
terest at 6 per cent without guaranty.
The prompt manner in which all losses have been
paid by this Company, together with the low rates
of premium, present great inducements to such as
are disposed to insure.
Slaves are insured for a term of from one to fvt
wears, for two-thirds their value.
ALI losses are paid within 80 days after ~satisfae
tory proof is presented.
DIRECTORS.-Charles E. Johnson, VIM. Dial
las HAYWOOD, Jno. g. Williams, Quinton Busbee, I
W. Hustled, VIM. II. Mckee, Charles B. Root, Wm
w. Holden, VIM. D. Cooke,.R. FL. Battle, VIM. q
Jones, P. f. Pescud and Seaton Gales.
OFFICERS.-Dr. Charles 3. Johnson, President
VIM. D. HAYWOOD Vice President; John G. Wi
liams, Secretary VIM. 81. Jones, Treasurer Fl. v
Hustled, Attorney Drs. Charles E. johnson, Wn
H.. Mckee, and Richard B. Haywood, Medica
Board of Consultation R. II. Battle, VIM. Z
Mckee and Charles B. Root, Executive Committe
For further information, the public are referre
to the pamphlets, and forms of proposal, whit
may be obtained at the Office of the Company,
any of its Agencies.
Communications should be addressed, (post-pai
% R. II. BATTLE, Secretary.
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Picking Meat.

Professor Requinesque denounced the
use OF saltpetre In brine intended for the
preservation of flesh to be kept for food
That part Of the saltpetre which is absor-
bed by the meat, he says, is nitric acid or
aquafortis, a deadly poison. Animal flesh,
previous to the condition Of pickle, consists
Of gelateneus and fbrous substances, the
former only possessing a nutritious virtue
that gelatine is destroyed by the chemical
action of the saltpetre, and, as the profess
sor remarks, the meat becomes as different
q substance from what it should be, asleath-
er is from the raw hide before it is subiec-
ted to the process Of tanning.
He ascribed to the pernicious effects of
the chemical change all the diseases which
are common to mariners and others who
subsist principally upon sailed meat,such as
scurvy, sore gums, decayedteeth, ulcers, &c.
and advises a total Abandonment of the
use of saltpetre in the making of pickle
for beet, pork, &C., the best substitute fol
which is, he says, sugar, a small quantity
rendering the meat sweeter, more whole
some, aud equally durable.
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VALUABLE BOOKS.

DURTON'S Anatomy of Melancholy, a new
ID edition, corrected and enriched by TRANSACTIONS
numerous classical extracts, from the London edi-
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Life Of Martin Luther, the German Reformer,
in fifty pictures, from designs by KONG, to which
is added a sketch Of the rise and progress of the
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Taylor's Statistics of Coal, I'd edition, revised,
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Gregg's Commerce of the Prairies, 2 vols. l2mo'
Imaps and plates,
Hahn's Hebrew Bible, 4th edition, improved,
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This work IS pronounced, by Prof MCiintock
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Walkers Manly Exercises, containing Rowing,
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The Koran, translated into English from the
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most approved commentators, by George Sale,
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Mrs. S. G.. Halls Sketches of Irish Character,
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The Prose Works of John Milton, with a Bio
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The works of Michael de Montaigne, compri.
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" and Germany, with notes from all the common
tators, Geographical and photographed Notices.
&C., L vol. 8vo. For sale by
Raleigh, April %, 1857. "a
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NEW BOOKS.

THE STAR CLOUDY A. S. Roe, Author of
I've been thinking-to Love and be Loved.
LENA RIVES-by Mrs. Mary J. Holms-Au-
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The Arctic Exploration and Discoveries during
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AUTUMNAL L~EAVES-being Tales & Sketch
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GRASSES " FORAGE PLANTS-A prac
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Gray's First Lessons in Botany.
Also a New Edition of Gray's Manual of Bota.
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RELIGIOUS TRUTHS-Illustrated from Sci
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The Bible in the Workshop-by Rev. John W.
Mears.
Also the Religion of Geology by DR.. Hitchcock.
Books recently published worth Reading.--Lit-
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Art Scenery in Europe, and other Papers, by
Horace Benny Wallace.
Mcintosh.
Chesterield's Letters to his Son, New Edition
John Halifax, Gentleman.
North Carolina Geological Survey, by Professor
Emmons, being the Report of the Geological s ur
vey of the Midland counties.
Price So. Postage when sent by mail 81 cents.
For sale by W L. POMEROY.
= Raleigh, April z, 1857. 80
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e A S T-B BEND SCH O L.
JOHN H. KINYoUN & JOS. R. CREEL,

TEACHERS AND P~ROPRIET0RS.
THIS School is located in as fine and healthy
a region as there is in our State, situated in the
bend of the Yadkin River, six miles south of the
Pilot Mountain.
The Scholastic year will be divided into two
terms of tWenty-one e0eeks each, commencing on the
first Monday in August of each year, and termin-
ating the first Thursday in June, having a recess
of some three weeks at Christmas.
Students will be received at any time during the
term and charged from the time of entering. No
deduction will be made unless in case of protrac-
ted illness.
TERMS.
Boarding, Washing, Fuel, Rooms and Fur
niture per month, exclusive of fights,) ~ w
TUITION.
ELEMENTARY CoURsE-Spelling, Read
ing, Writing, Arithmetic, per term of TWEEN
ty-One weeks, o w
ENGLISH CoURsE.-English Grammar Ar
ithmetic, Geography, History, per term,......1O 90
Philosophy and Chemistry, do ."....l2 5O
CLASSICAL CoURsE.-Latin, Greek, Alge-
bra and Geometry, per term,. ..."""."."..l5 w
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Surveying,
Heights and Distances, Roads and Rail Roads,
Construction of Bridges, Carpentry, &c.,....l7 VI
Modern Languages, Extra charge, perterm, D W
The Principal having made provision Tor the
accommodation of Students for next term, they
!; can hare boarding with him at the above rates.
r There is at this time an excellent opening for an.
person that wishes to go into Mercantile business
Z and also a very desirable location for opening
J, public house for entertainment.
JOHN H.KINYOUN, A. B., Principa
JOSEPH R. CREEL, Associate.
- July 18th, 1855. ID
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YAD KIN IN STITUTE
DAVIDSON COUNTY, N. G.

THE FALL session of this Institution will open
on Monday the 9th of July, 1857. The location
on the Danville and Lexington road, 8 miles from
Fulton, 9 from Lexington and II from Salisbury,
offers every inducement to those who value cheap
ness, health and freedom from all manner of dissi-
patton. We have five regular boarding houses on
the campus and can accommodate one hundred and
eighty boarders within one mile of the place.
Board Sc 90 per month. Tuition varies from s to Is
dollars per session of twenty one weeks, one dollar
matriculation fee. Tuition required at the close OF
the session. Books and stationary furnished at
the Institute. For additional information ad.
| dress. G. W. HEGE, Principal.
.Yadkin Institute, Davidson Co. N. c. At
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For the Spirit 70 the Age.
will you be mine 2"

Below | send you q specimen of poetry
which is too good to be lost and which you
can publish if you wish to. 1t was written
by q lady correspondent Of mine who lives
down east. The circumstances are as fol-
lows. She had just returned from her morn
ing ride, and found q beautiful bouquet OF
flowers awaiting her around which was tied a
piece Of paper with the question " will you
DO mine 7" written upon it. 1t was sent to
her by o young man who was doubtless pref
ty far gone. she replied to it Immediately
by sending him the following lines:
1 an thine in my gladnoss,
] am thine in my tears;
My love it can change not,
With absence or years.
Were q dungeon thy dwelling,
My home it should be,
For its gloom would be sunshine,
If / were with thee.
But life has no beauty,
OF thee love, bereft
/ am thine, and thine only;
Thine, " oUer tie left."
LIBERTY.
7 Petersburg, July 10th, 1857.
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PogT'S CORNER.
For the Spirit of the age.
The Prodigal's sOIilOquy.
BY INVALID.

BY INVALID.
Long. long l have wandered from the home
Unloyed, and unhonored, / have roamed Ger
the earth;
Not a friend near 10 cheer me when faint
and f%orlorn,
Not an arm to support me when weary and
worn.
The mother who nursed me on her warm
loving breast,
The sister who rocked me to slumber and
rest,
The father who called mehispride and hisjoy,
All, allhave forgotten their wild, maynard boy.
The blessings Of home to ne ore denied
The thrill of affection to rapture allied;
But homeless and friendless 'mong strangers
/ dwell,
Not q friend to confde in, my sorrows totell.
The friends Of my Loyhood by absence en-
dearod,
The loved ones whose memory my bosom
hath cheered-
Oh fain would / clasp them again to my heart,
And never, no never, again to depart.
Ny father my mother! thy prodigal child,
Whom the wiies Of the tempter from home
have beguiled,
Returneth once more to seek your embrace
Aud in death to conclude his devious race.
Oal God Of my father the wanderers guide
TO homo, the blest place where the loved ones
reside; -.
And grant, that encircled in the arms oftheil
love,
He may wander no more, till summoned
above.
Elm Cottage, Va.
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For the Spirit of the Age.


Through the columns of the Spirit of the
Age, l wish to write something for the glo-
rious cause of temperance. Though [
know nothing of intemperance by expert
ence, l am sorry to say that I know much
of the miseries and ruin of drunkenness by
observation. l knew an old gentleman, who
lived on the side of Nerth River Swamp,
where the lofty trees cast a solemn shadow
over the deep verdure of beautiful vales.-
In his youth he had by constant and en-
dearing attentions won the yoathful love
of a wealthy young lady. The first two
or three years of their union promised hap
piness ; he soon felt his elevated position
he thought he could drink a little with the
n abobs, they being associates, without dan
ger of being intoxicated but one glass gave
room for another, and soon he loved it and
so he pursued until he wasted his property,
and was compelled to live in a log cabin.
Not being used to the inside of a log cabin,
it presents but a cherries aspect; the eye
needs time to accustom itself to the rude
walls and floors, the absence Of glass win
dows, and doors loosely hung upou wooden
hinges, and boarded chimneys. Hedrank on
until it produced the dropsy. [ saw him
two years ago and he told me she hated
spirituous liquors ten times worse than he had
ever loved it." He had three sons which
partook of the poison, and the eldest being
under its influence several years ago, stab
bed a man, fed from justice, and never ha,
been heard from since. The other two ar,
still pursuing the same course. The OLE
man died a few months ago, and now sleep
the sleep Of death beneath the sod owe
which he has so often rambled with hi
bottle.
o! bullock at the widows and orphans th.
!, poisonous beverage has made 1t fills O,
! prisons, work houses, and streets with DIR
. fame drunkards. Young man, but vie
the state of that old man, and never /
YOUR case be like his. Let fatter hi
self that the dominion of vice is sudden
or easily broken. 1t may seem to rel
]. its grasp, and to slumber; but the Wet
who has long worn its chains, if he wol
utterly escape, and triumph at last, m,
do it speedily. Think before it is to la
or "Reserving woes for age, their prime tt
b, spend,
Then wretched. hopeless, in the evil days
With sorrow to the verge of life they ten
Grieved with the present, of the past ash
ed,
cal They live and are despised they die,
es- more are named"
mt Howland's Plantation, July, 1857.
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North Carolina Book & Stationary
STORE,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

TIENRY D.. TURNER would respectfully in
IL form thecitizens of Raleigh, and of the sur
rounding country, that he has the largest and best
stock ofBooks and Stationary ever offered for sale
in the city of Raleigh.
Believing that the wants and taste of every COM
munity required one establishment similar to those
found in the large Northern cities, where a full
and general assortment Of Books can be obtained,
the subscriber has been induced, during a recent
visit to Philadelphia, New York and Boston, to
purchase from the principal publishers, and atthe
great "Trade Sale" q superior stock of School,
Classical, Law, Medical, theological, Religious and
Miscellaneous BOOKS, which will, upon exami-
nation, compare with any tt be found in the South
ern or Northern country.
Ny stock of Foreign and American Stationary
is very large and complete. 1t has been selected
with great care, and embraces every article requir-
ed for the School and Counting room.
My stock has been Dough upon the best terms
y and a large portion for cash, which will enable me
r to sell my goods at prices far below former rates.
Booksellers in adjacent towns and country Mer-
chants will find it greatly to their advantage to ex-
anime my stock before going North.
Colleges, Schools and Teachers will be supplied
at Northern prices.
: By special arrangements with the principa.
houses North, I shall receive their new Books al
they are issued from the Press, and will supply
le any or all of their publications at their prices.
lie Orders from the country will meet with promp
al attention, directed to II. D. TURNER,
Raleigh, N. c., Jan. 81. 21-
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Life Preserved By Hoops. A lady resi-
ding in New York was saved from the bite
of a mad dog a few days since by-a hoop.
While passing along Twelfth street from
Broadway the cry of mad dog was raised,
and before she could step aside, a huge bull
dog, with every mark ofmadness, was upon
her, and as is the custom with those ami.
mails, he attempted to bite and snap while
passing. Fortunately, she wore a large
hoop, Of which the dog took a mouthfu,
aud passed on, and was shortly afterward.
killed.
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For the Spirit of the Age.
To r. J. L.

To dearest " Jennie" l must write
A verse or two in season
/ hope she will forgive a sprite,
And not cry " treason, treason"
Maid Of beauty, in whose eye,
Dwell founts Of never failing love,
/ cannot think without a sigh
OF days recorded oft above.
Maid Of beauty in whose air,
A thousand graces hover;
Kindly f%airiesl can a girl so fair,
Live long without.a lover
So beautiful in form and face,
Perfect in every gentle grace,
Your high inheritance, Gods love-
May angels guard you from above.
MINNIE L. RAY.
C~onwayboro', S. @.
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Patent EnameHed Collars.

NEW STYLE
TTNHE Enamelled Collar sarpasses every other
4 style in point of neatness, comfort and econo-
my. Being cut and shaped upon scientific princi-
pies they cannot fit otherwise than with beauty
and ease.
Being highly polished, they will not hold dust,
as does the linen Collar, but will keep clean and
retain their shape. This advantage with the lo1
price Qess than the cost of washing the ordinary
Collar renders them far cheaper than any other
style made. No one who designs travelling should
be without a full supply.
10000 just received. Having the sole agency
will make deduction for dealers.
W. FL. WILLIAMS & CO.
Juno O 1877 Al
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GREAT ATTRACTION AT A.
CREECH'S STORE.

H Subscriber is now receiving a superior
stock of rich and fashionable Spring and Summer
dry goods, No. 81, Fayetteville St., to which he
invites the attention of his friends, customers, and
the public generally. He fatters himself that he
can and will offer them at prices so low as to as
tonish all who give him a call. Ladies and Gus
toners generally, who wish to secure great bar
gains, should not fail to examine his large and
attractive assortment of Staple and Fancy Dry
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ESQ pieces of the newest style Prints 100 pieces of
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Linen and Gotten goods for men and boys wear, of
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Now, customer, allow me to say one or TIVE
words. You talk about this New Store selling
goods cheap, and that Old Store,-young folks anc
old folks. Why, customer what are you thinking
about? Why, 1 will sell you goods just as cheap al
you can buy them of any honest man that intends
paying for his goods, in this City, County, or State
/ ask you to call and examine my stock, and if tn,
styles, prices, and quality do not suit you, pas
them. You will find me always ready at my pos
ready and willing to serve my customers, and II
give them them the worth of their money.
I return them my grateful thanks for the liberia
. patronage they have bestowed, and I hope to meri
a continuance ofthe same. A. CREECH.
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