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For the Spirit of the age.
A SONNET.
Come share my Home, my gentle Bride

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Come share my Home, my gentle Bride
BY INVALID.
Come share my home my gentle bridei
The home I'd reared for thee
And hour on hour shall swiftly glide,
So happy shall we be.
All yes, we shall so happy be,
Within the homo I've reared for thee.
1t stands in yonder quiet vale,
Where the murmuring rill is heard,
Where fragrance comes on every gale,
And sings the joyous bird,
For the birds sing gay and the breeze blows
tree,
Around the home I've reared for thee.
I've trained a vine with patient care,
To Chamber Ger the door
Whose perfumed breath on the balmy air,
1t ceases not to pour:
While hard by stands a giant tree,
To guard the home I've reared for thee.
And humble though our cot may be,
No pageant to adorn
From blighting care we may be free
And sorrows cruel storm
And peace shall e'er an inmate be,
Within the home Pve reared for thee.
And we will rear to Love a shrine,
On which our gifts to lay:
And trusting Faith undimmed shall shine
Each doubt to chase away.
Yes, Love shall be the deity,
Within the home I've reared for thee.
Then come my love, and share my home,
My humble, woodland cot;
And from thy side I'll never roam,
Whatever be thy lot:
And ceaseless shall our union be,
Within the home I've reared for thee.
Elm Cottage, Va.
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e.. 10.
A word about Luck.

A great deal is said about good luck, and
bad luck Ifa person has prospered in the
gathering of riches he is said to have boa
good luck If he has been less fortunate
than some other, he is said to have had .b.d
luck If ne is sick, good or bad luck is said
to have been his portion, accordingly as bo
recovered or died. Or, if he enioyed health
In the midst of an epidemic, he has had good
luck while those who have been seized have
had bad luck
Now, to our mind, these habitual refer.
ences to luck, and a faith in such, are sbad-
ows bordering close upon Atheism. # ;s
Ignoring the majesty ola Divine Providence
which the Bible and christianity teaches us
rules and superrules the affairs of men
Chance is an underlined something at whose
shrine ignorance and superstition bow the
knee ard worship.
Young man, cast the word luck far from
you. Go out into the world with more RI.
tlonal hope of success. Let energy. skill
and perseverance be the ground work of YOUR
hope for in these the great secret of success
lies. 1t is worshiping at the shrine of luck
and chance that fans the flames of the thous-
and Lottery swindles and feeds the fires of the
gambling hells cursing the land.
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Raleigh Female Seminary.

The Fall session of this Institution will
commence on Monday the 10th inst. Rev.
Mr.. Pell, the President and his family are
here, and his assistants will be, at the open
ing of the session. He has been fortunate in
the selection of experienced and efficient
teachers. The premises are undergoing such
Improvements as will greatly promote the
comfort of the students.
From the experience and success of the
President, his ability as an instructor and
disciplinarian, and his practical sense, we an
cipate the best results in the proper training
of the students. We are sure, the Seminary
will merit a large patronage.
To our fellow citizens, the Seminary offers
the best facilities for the thorough education
of their daughters and we are assured by
the President, that while the best textbooks
only will be employed, a proper regard will
be had to the expenditures of the students;
changes in textbooks, &c., being made only
when absolutely required. He designs Civ
ing his personal attention to the instruction
of those engaged in the primary studies,-
regarding it of the greatest importance. thai
the foundation be well laid. Parents and
guardians will do wellto send in their daugh.
tiers and wards, at the commencement ofthe
session.
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I am a free man and will do as I please:

HE above Is a common saying employed
by those who are reproved for some act of
theirs Inconsistent with moral integrity. The
man who habitually INDUCES in intoxicating
drinks, if warned of the danger to which he
is exposed, or reproved for the injurious ex-
ample he sets before those under his infu.
ence, is very apt to justify himself by asser-
ting his freedom and his resolution to do Just
as he pleases. 1t is a popular delusion for a
man to believe that he belongs to himself
Community is a compact, and a mutual de-
tendance exists between the integral por-
tions. No man can tear himself from the
compact and assert his individual indepen-
dence. He is a servant of the whole, a bonds
man to his wife, his children, his relations,
his fellows and to the community at large
10 all and each of these he is responsible for
the manner in which he conducts himself
For them he lives and for their happiness
and welfare he works, and the conditions Of
his serVitude kindly allow him a certain Dor
ton of his gains to administer to his own
personal comforts. The man is always q
servant.
The declaration that, I am a free man and
will do as | please is an assumption Of
rights not guaranteed to a mar by any mora
code. He can do as he pleases only SO fan
as to not iniure his fellow.men in word, OF
thought, or deed. His boosted freedom is
annulled the moment its exercises i~nfringes
upon the rights of others. A man, being
perfectly free, might swear to his hearts con.
tent at all times and places if it were not fol
its orr%uptinginfuenc upon those with whom
he associates. He might exercise his propen
sity to steal, being a free man, were it MOI
that it might injure his fellow-men. HI
might drink whiskey to drunkenness anC
exhibit his beastiality in respectable assem-
blies were it not for offending his brother OF
causing his brother to offend. He might q
where he listeth with his whiskey cart anC
sell his poisonous compounds at every corne,
with IMMUNITY were it not for infiicting iniu
ries upon society. A mans evil propensitiei
constantly urge him to commit various wick
ed deeds, but he has no right to sin lift would
in anywise injure his brother. If he graft
fes his evil propensity he usurps a libert,
not granted him and for which he is respon
sible. Il am a free mar and will do as
please is uttered again and again at tn
whiskey cart and around the Shiny bar as tn
poisonous, corrupting drau hts are swallow
ed, yet for all these the offender shall b
brought into judgement. We are bondsmel
all.
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For tina Spirit Of the Ace,
An error in sOoiety-The Ladies.

@AS -
Mr.. EDITOR - Public opinion is one of
tho great powers Of the age. Its authority
IL supreme, final and decisive. The truth Of
its assertions is never questioned, but what
aver IL asserts, Is so, because 1t is so.' 1t is
q power which directly concerns every man
who plays upon the stage Of action. 1t is the
lever by which the lowly and mock, but truly
meritorious, ascend to stations Of dignity and
honor. It can also pull down the mightiest
monarch Of earth, and pluck from his crown
ia brightest gems, and-stripped of his hard
earned laurels-s sink him into irretrievable
oblivion. Butpublic sentiment has its origin
In individuality should that be preiudiced
or biased in any way SO as to start q false
sentiment, il will, like the stone ~unimpeded,
keep its direction as it commenced, until its
rectpients will be legion. In this manner il
will often force upon a person a character
which is entirely foreign to his nature. For
instance Mr.. A. becomes acquainted with
Miss Is. at some public exhibition. A. is a
man Of social qualities--loves the company
of ladies, and enjoys himself whenever with
them.
He has a nice tsts-d tete with Miss B. anC
Rnds she is lively, witty and agreeable. III,
accompanies her home, and as her characte
Is revealed to him by acquaintance, he find
IL one to DO admired.
But ere this time. alas! the public, eve
Argus-eyed, have painted in glowing color
uuon the wing Of rumor, the advertisement
that Mr.. A. q Miss b. are engaged to b
married A, may have never had the reno
test idea of ever asking her to be his wife
This. Mr.. Editor, is Q bad feature in society
and one that should be gGrroted. 1t place
the Young man in o very disagreeable posi-
ton. and shows him in a bad light before tn
p,llio. In her presence he always feels en-
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For the Spirit of the Age.
An Appeal.

Oh that l had o pen of living fire, with
which to write on the subject Of Temper
ance. Were l qualified, how willingly
would I devote the whole of my future life
to so noble, so glorious a cause. But in my
feeble way, allow me to make a few efforts
in its behalf.
1t seems from some cause or other, that
the Order of "Sons'' are going down in
some places. Oil why is this are there
not enough every where, who will go for
ward in this good work? Have any SO
soon become weary in well doing. 1t must
not be let me beg of you, to 90 forward
never weary; and the blessings of heaven,
will ever rest upon you.
TO the drunkard, allow me to say a few
words. BY all the sweet and happy me-
mories Of u past lives by all your
hopes Of heaven, / beseech you to forsake
the ruby wine. Think of your poor old
father "whose gray hairs have been brought
down in sorrow to the grave;" think of
your noble hearted mother who so often in
childhood has prayed for and blessed you /;
and who even now agonizes at the throne
Of mercy for her erriug son. Think of
tnat DeautlIul GIRL WHoh you GauBuG ~
love you whom you have won to be your
bride. Sec the smiles of happiness and
hope fading away, and the rose tint of health
forsaking her cheeks and remember that
you mere he cause of And do not for
get the chamber Of death Think how
you felt when you gazed upon the lifeless
form Of her whom you once vowed to
"cLerisL aud protect" Look upon the no.
bic brow Of the broken hearted! and
while dim visions of the past are crowding
upon you, remember her long suffering,
and patient tenderness; her prayers, and
her e. .%reaties, and in the sight of heaven
declare, that you will never more 'touch,
taste, or handle" the poison of the SOUL
Throw of the shackles which have so long
bound you, and be free.
Join the cold water army, and the asso.
Citations connected with it will strengthen
you in your resolutions, and assist you in
keeping your vows yes, join the order o
"Sons." Not only ought drunkards to re
form and join them, but moderate drink
ers also. 1t is q noble cause, and lon.
may it weld its mighty influence over thu
world.
"And may the wreath il has won, never withel
Or tho star Of It's glory grow dim"
MINNIE Il. RAY.
Couwayboro', S. G.
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SERMoNs.-We are indebted to the Obser-
yer Office, Fayetteville, for copies of Sermons
-one, the Sermon delivered by the Rt. Rev.
Bishop Atkinson, in st. Luke's Church, Sal
isbury, OF Whitsunday, 1857, at the Ordina-
ton of the Rev. Messrs. Bronson, Wetmore,
Murphy and Haughton; and the other,
preached to the Students of the United Bap-
fist Institute, at TaylOrsville, NC. June A,
1857, by Rev. j. Mcdaniel, of Fayetteville.
The matter of these Sermons is such as might
have been expected from these worthy and
eminent aivines; while the typographical
execution of them is of a superior character
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gabits' 9epartmtnt.
For the Spirit Of the Age.
TO THE SOCIAL CIRCLE.

IL AAE oUC1A4
DEAR Circle: Many long days have pass
ed since last / set me down to ommun with
the dear friends of our happy circle. Since
last / glanced around our group, many chan
ges have taken place some have partially
donned their bonnets and bade us a final
adieu and gone forth perhaps to gladden. the
home Of some heretofore lonely lord, who
unlike Geems) thinks "a home is not home
without being adorned with woman
Then if my surmise be even so, to such l
would say-go hence and fulfill thy trus-
lovingly and faithfully and when you are
fairly seated in the matrimonial chair, with
your Jacob by your side'-just let US peep
into your wagon aud see If it's "a pleasant
ride You have embarked for a life's voy-
age-and, like dear Mollie and Lora, do ccme
again to our circle and tell us of your happy
homes far away from the paternal roof-and
Of your pleasant visits back to the home of
your childhood, &c.
While some have left us, others have been
welcomed, among whom | find my Friend
LEON who halls from the Lone Star State.
And now, Mr.. Leon, that you are fairly sea-
ted with our Gertie mot yours yeti by your
side, permit me to congratulate you, not only
on your admission into our happy circle, but
on the position you have taken by the side
Of the lovely Gertie, whoi not only Of q very
lively aud happy disposition herself. but has
the gift Of imparting It to others. ] bespeak
for you a happy time and now, take care,
don't talk too loud, or some of the unpretend-
ing little ones, like myself. who sits near you
unnoticed, might hear what you say and
that Is not all if you talk too loud you will
be called TO order by our good Spirit. But,
on the other hand if you play the dummy,
you know the consequences. Vtde Molle's
welcome.
/ was much panied to hear o fyour illness,
dear sister Mollie, and hope long since you
hago regained your health and usual glow
Of Spirits. That charming letter from our
gifted sister Lora TO you, while in the cham
Der Of afliction, is highly appreciated by me,
il has inspired me to write, for how could
remain silent when dear Lora asks for me.
Where are all our fair Contributors who
have remained silent so long and the young
gentlemen have they all done like Florence
Fay's Adonis-gone to Kansas2 Speak ou'
young gentlemen and young ladies, and LEI
as have a lively time again in our brightly
illuminated palace.
Whore young hearts beat
With pleasure sweet
Without the aid Of wine cup.
SALLIE, OF Texas.
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HARPER's MAGAZINE FOR AuGUsr.-We
are obliged to Mr.. Pomeroy for a copy. The
No opens with No. 4 of Porte Crayon,s
North Carolina Illustrated" and is a faith
full and interesting description of Gold Hill
of the mode of procuring the precious
ore-of the manner Of descending and ascen
ding the 1926 feet into the cavernous deem
and OF the characters he met there. His
May-day Picnic is good, but he forgot to in
vest the lady with numberless founces, with
the requisite quantity of hoops-a la mode.
Quere WAS this sketch made before boons
came in fashion? Who can tell ?-Harner
maybe. wheat and its Associations, Is
a highly entertaining paper. We were
much enlightened by reading "A Jaunt to
Java"-the costumes, manners and customs
of that singular people. Indeed the whole
No. is a highly interesting one. Send &c
Pomeroy and get a COPY,
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For the Spirit of the Age.
To the Stockholders of the Steam Shir
ChoWan.
VA R1W
York Collegiate Institute.

Ch0Wan.
In the first place Danish doubts. It is one
of the finest and noblest characteristics of
the human mind, to be full of cheer and
hope. 10 be doubling and respondent is
both unnatura1 and unwise. Nothing is ev-
er gained by it; but on the contrary much is
oftentimes lost. The man who habitually
looks at the world through a cheerful. hope
full medium, is the happy man nothing ap-
pear to him repulsive or dark. He draws
comfort and pleasure, when others see moth
ing but gloom and misery. He is always
cheerful. Hope leads him onward to put
forth every effort to overcome all obstacles
and to obtain final success. He never hest
tates he never gives up in despair. Such
a man is ever buoyant, happy and eventu-
ally triumphant. But doubling and despon-
dent men experience a different life and a
different result. What says the great poet
"Our doubts are traitors, and make US loose
the good we oft might win by fearing to at
tempt" There was never any sentiment
truer than that, and how often have we seen
it exempli6ed in life.
Shakespeare could have uttered no express
sion more descriptive of the position of ma
ny OF our friends and the stockholders of the
Steamship, Chowan. Here is presented the
finest opportunity that ever was started in
this State, for making money. We see daily
other people are making money, and that
steam navigation must and will prevail =
still we hang back and say it is not time yet
We have the finest country in the United
States for steam navigation, but no we are
afraid to make the attempt. Depend upor
1t, my countrymen, if we do not do the
thing, others will. And mark my words, il
less than ten years, you will see more thar
one, two or three steam vessels running u,
and down this river. Our wants demand i
and they will prevail. You will also Sc
wharfs at every public landing, and ware
houses. If the steamer Chowan was ftte
out and properly managed, she would d.
this part of the State more good than a gol
or iron mine. You would see a diferen
face on this part of the country. There
no telling the advantage that the steame
ChoWan would be to this part of the State
Shall we never wake up to our interest ?
QUE SABA.
: 'Colerain, BERTHE co., July, 1857.
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Ia >. Nj. Grant, one of the great Mormon
nights has been put out by death. One of
their papers closes his obituary in the fol-
lowing strain He has gone now, leaving
seven dlsconsolate widows, and several chill
dren, four of whom are under four weeks of
age. to mourn their irreparable Ioss.'
we should think that his loss was their
inestimable GAIN May the seven never be
granted another one to husband them or their
resources
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If tke Age.
RALglGa,N.C G.
wgBagsDAg, Avsgsg 5.
A Positive Arrangement.

Subscribers receiving their paper With a CROSS
MARK, are thereby notified that in four weeks
from the receipt of the first number thus marked,
their subscription years will expire; and unless
renewed within that time, the paper will be dis
continued. This rule will be infexibly adhered to.
HF The Editor, after preparing the Edi-
torials and most of the copy for this issue,
left for the West. He will be absent some two
or three weeks. Any errors detected during
his absence, must be attributed to the mex
p~erience of him whom the Editor has put in
charge during his absence.
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Sa- AN exchange paper in giving an ac-
count of a citizen being murdered in his bed
room for the purpose of rObbing the house,
OF a large amount of specie, closes the path
etc account as follows: fortunately the
murdered man had deposited all his money
in bank the day before ? How thankful the
man ought to bel He only lost his life after
all! lie had his money safe /! To the dogs
with the eggshell after the meat is scooped
outl
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s- The Roman forum is now a cow mar.
ket, the Tarpeian rock a cabbage garden.
ana the palace of the Caesars a rope-walk.-
y endeth human glory, and a few centuries
to come our great places, even our noble
Washington and its Congress Halls may be
a fish market.
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Hs- a New England Divine in eulogising
the negro character says, they can be more
safely trusted to keep secrets than white men.
We suppose he speaks more from exnerience
tnan observation, and if the position be a
true one it is probably upon the prevailing
disposition among the negroes to keep DARK
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Poisoned Liquor.

Inc Vliiainous compound now sold as Al
conollc beverages. is becoming TO be gener-
ally known, and is effecting a reformation
among some, upon whom other influences
have failed to have any effect at abstinence.
They were willing to risk the slow poison of
Alcohol itself, which kills after few years
using but to be summarily despatched in a
few weeks or months, by a dilution of
s~trychnine, arsenic, %cochineal, logwood, to-
bacco, &C., under the names of brandy and
whiskey is rather too strong a game for
them. Well, it is about time they should
begin to fear these poisons. And they may
safely put all down as of this class, from the
fact that at the present price of grain, the
prime cost of the raw material is more than
the amount of liquor it will distil, unless
foreign poisonous ingredients are intro
duced.
We notice the advertisement of a large
distillery, which says none of the liquors
made at it are adulterated. This cannot be,
IT what old distillers-those who made whis-
key out of the grain alone-tell us be true.
Corn at 81 and upwards per bushel, and
wheat, rye, &C., at 81 so. and more, will not
yield that amount of pure liquor. A bushel
of corn, we are told, viii make two gallons
of unadulterated whiskey. Corn whiskey
sells at IS and 40 cents per ~gallon-two gal
Ions would be worth say so cents. while the
corn cost Sl-to say nothing of the expense
and labor of distillation. We should like tc
see the arithmetieal calculation by which
such a business could be made to pay.
Liquor drinkers may well be alarmed fol
the safety of their stomachs, unless they ar,
poison proof. We heard an old topper say
few days ago that there were more blue dev
lis, red rats, delirium tremens, &C., in a gal
lon of whiskey nowadays, than there wa
in a barrel ten or twenty years ago. And
gentleman observed, who has always bee
opposed to a Prohibitory liquor law, tina
he believed society would require such
law in a short time, to protect itself frol
the murderous cupidity of liquor Makers
Well, stranger things have happened an
an All-wise Providence may so order th1
good will come out of evil and cause liqu,
sellers to contribute to the e~xtirpation of til
curse. The good time will come, when G.
shall so ordain. Of this we nave never h,
the shadow of a doubt.
Read the following:
DRINK AND DIE.-We see it stated up
good authority that one dollars worth of A
senic, cayene pepper, corrosive sublima
Prussic acid, s~trychnine and belladonna W
:. increase the potency Of a barrel of brandy
!, much that by the addition of water it can
converted into two barrels, and yet poss'
all the powerful charms of superior brand
: similar statements, we have met with in ne
ly all our exchanges. If these statements
! true, and the thing so universally practic
as recent investigations indicate then it
!, not at all strange that the consumers of br;
, dy should be deprived of their senses, becol
!. raving maniacs, and die.
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BGrMIND and body are harnessed togeth-
er for life's journey. Judgment is the
coachman, and a break down is the conse-
auence if he drives one faster than the other.