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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-11-11
Ea0iss' 4tpartmtnt,
Zoe the spirit of the Age.

Mr.. EDrroR The following beautifully
touching little life scene, written by one Of
your gifted Lady Contributors, (now gone
to the blest spirit-land) and published in
the Spirit of the Age some years since, ac-
cidentally fell into my hands to-day, and /
was so charmed by its sweet simplicity, its
.chaste and eloquent composition, that | de-
termined to ask you to republish it, as
much for the benefit Of those who have
read it, as those who have not. Among
the many literary gems hat constantly
sparkle in your columns, remember none
ofsuperior merit to this. ].
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-11-11
fAge,
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER Il, 1857.
Special Notice.

The SPIRIT OF THE AGE is conducted strict
ly upon the CASH system. All papers are
discontinued at theexpiration of the time for
which they have been paid. Subscribers
viii be notified FOUR WEEKS before their time
is out, by a CROSS MARX on their papers and
unless the subscription is renewedthe papers
will be discontinued. This is a rule from
which there viii be no departure. Watch
for the CROSS MARX, andrenew your subscrip-
ton.
a Subscribers desiring their paper;
changed must mention the Post Office, from
as wei as the n to, which they desire tn.
change to be made.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-11-11

~ The spirit that can realize a pleasure
in domineering over and insulting the help
less and unfortunate, is ignoble and despica-
BILE in the last degree-Such is unworthy Of
a relationship to humanity, imperfect as it
may be. =
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-11-11

~ This is Norfolk Fair week. We
would have published the Communication
sent us, on the subject, had it reached us in
time for last week. 1t is too late to effect the
end designed by publishing it to-day.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-11-11

"a TFMPERANcEpeople are frequent bran
ded by sneering ~scoffers with such epithets
as fanatics and fools. By what term shall
we designate those who uphold a business
which fills homes and hearts with dead hopes
and the grave yard with dead men
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-11-11

To ALPHA.-We have no reason to believe
that UTnIrARIAN' has been guilty of the
plagiarism you suspect. The extract sent
in support of the supposition may have been
printed since, and taken from him. 1t would
therefore be premature, and perhaps unjust,
to publish your structures. We cannot give
you his name, or place, without his consent.
az The person sending US a Farewell
Sermon, addressed to a certain Church."
must furnish Us with his name before we can
take into consideration the propriety of its
publication. After perusing it, we can see
no good its publication would effect. Does
our correspondent know of any?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-11-11
GRAND DIVISION MEETING.

AS announced last week, the next annual
session of the Grand Division, Sons of Tenn
perance of North Carolina, is to convene in
the town of Louisburg, On the 1st day Of De-
cember, at II o'clock, A. NJ. Delegates can
reach ~Franklinton either by the Northern or
Southern train of the Raleigh and CASTOR
Railroad, that morning, in time to reach Lou
isburg, by hack or stage, before the hour ap-
pointed for opening-Louisburg being only
some eight or ten miles from the Railroad.
Since giving this notice last week, we have
had a visit from P. G. w. P. Daniel S. Hill,
of Louisburg, who informs us that the mem
bers of the Order there, and the citizens gen
orally, are anxiously looking forward to this
meeting, hoping it may be a very large as well
asvery useful assemblage. They are determin-
ed to entertain all Dko attend, in a manner
corresponding with, the well known hospital
ity of the people of Louisburg-and this is
saying enough to any who have ever partici
pated of their kindness and generosity: Bro
Hill says-s'Tell them all to come. W.
hope, if possible, to see every Division repre-
sented. We will take care of them. Oul
hearts and homes are large enough to hole
the whole Grand Division"
1t is suggested, that those who intend be
ing present at that session, should address
line to one of the members of the COMMITTEE
of Arrangements, at Louisburg; 50 that the.
may have all their places allotted to them be
fore their arrival. The Committee woul'
prefer such a course and a line addresses
to either of the following brethren viii be al
tended to, viz: Danl. S. Hill, Jos. j. Davis
Joel Thomas, W. K. Barham, and S. I. WILD
err.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-11-11

We copy the following piece Ver6atim ct
tterGtim, from the Raleigh, N. c., Spirit Of
the Age, of Oct. IA.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28

THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAsT.-Woman
may be said almost to enjoy the monopoly
Of personal beauty. A good-humored writer
thus defines her position in this respect, as
contrasted with the opposite sex: If you,
ladies, are much handsomer than We, it is
but just you should acknowledge that we
have helped you, by voluntarily making our
selves ugly. Your superiority in beauty is
made up of two things: first the care you
take to increase your charms; secondly, the
zeal which we have shown to heighten them
by the contrast of our finished ugliness- the
shadow which we supply to your sunshine.
Your long, plant, wavy tresses are all the
more beautiful because we cut our hair short;
your hands are all the whittier, smaller, and
more delicate, because We reserve to ourselves
those tolls and exercises which make the
hands large and hard. We have devoted
entirely to your use flowers, feathers, ribbons,
jewelry, silks, gold and silver embroidery.
Still more to increase the difference between
the sexes, which is your greatest charm, and
to give you the handsome share, We have
divided with you the hues of nature. To
you we have given the colors that are rich
and splendid, or soft and harmonious; for
ourselves we have kept those that are dark
and dead. We have given you sun and
light; we have kept night and darkness"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28

Pork FATTENED ON HUMAN BoDIEs.-
Let any person, says writer in late Cey-
lon paper, at daybreak start from the gate Of
Government House, Calcutta, and whether
his walk be on the bank of the river, or on
the banks Of the canals, which on three sides
surrounded the city, be will see pigs feeding
on the dead bodies of the natives that have
been thrown there during the night; during
the day the river police clear away and sink
all that remain of the bodies. Bad as is the
metropolis of India, it is nothing compared
to Patna. Hundreds upon hundreds of hu-
man corpses are there strewed along the
strand; and fattening Ghoule-like, upon
these, are droves upon droves Of swine
These swine are slaughtered, cut up and salt
ed into hams, bacon and picked pork, and
then dispatched to Calcutta. The great
market for this poisonous swine produce is
the Mauritius and Bourbon, where it is foist-
ed on the inhabitants rs the produce of Eu-
rope. Moreover, as these swine are sold in
Calcutta at three or four shillings for each
carcass, it is stated that the inferior class Of
homeward bound vessels are provisioned with
them, and thus this human fed pork is in
troduced into Europe and America.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28

LIoUoRs.-Dr. Hiram Cox, chemical in
spector of alcoholic liquors in Cincinnati,
states in an address to his fellow citizens,
that during two years he has made 249 iu-
spections of various kinds of liquors, and
has found more than nine e.tenths of them i'm
itations, and great portion of them poison
GUS coucoctions. Of brandy he does not be.
lieve there is one gallon pure in a hundred
gallons, the limitations having corn whiskey
for basis, and various poisonous acids for
the condiments. Of wines not a gallon in
thousand, purporting to sherry, port, sweet
Malaga, &c., is pure, but they are made of
water, sulphuric acid, alum, Guinea pepper,
horse radish, &c., and many of them without
single drop of alcoholic spirit Dr. Cox
warrants there are not ten gallons of genuine
port wine in Cincinnati. In his inspections
of whiskey he has found only from II to 20
per cent of alcoholic spirit, when it should
have As to so, and some of it contains sui
phuric acid enough in quart to eat a hole
through mans stomach.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28

WORKING MoTHERs-IDLE DAUGHTERS
1T is, says Mrs. Ellis, most painful spec
tacle in families where the mother is the
drudge, to see the daughters elegantly dress.
ed, reclining at their ease, with their draw
ing; their music, their fancy work and their
reading; beguiling themselves of the lapse
of hours, days and weeks, and never dream
ing of her responsibilities; but, as neces-
sary consequence Of the neglect of duty,
growing weary of their useless lives, laying
hold of every newly invented stimulant to
rouse their dropping energies, and blaming
their God, for having placed them where
they are.
These individuals will often tell you with
an air of affected compassiou--for who can
believe it real that "poor dear mama is
working herself to DEATH" Yet, no sooner
do we propose that they should assist her,
than they declare she is quite in her ele-
ment--in short, that she would never be
happy if she had only half as much to do.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28
, THURSDAY MAY 2S, 1857.

whom [ now reject and so leave me to the
scorn Of men, still I say--ever shall say
love you, Lord Montressor! love you
and the consciousness of being unworthy Of
your love is the bitterest element in my pun
ishment," she said, in voice of such pro-
found misery, that Lord Montressor could
scarcely continue to believe her agitation un'
founded or exaggerated.
He dropped upon seat, and sitting still
and white as carved image of stone, gazed
upon her waiting her further communica'
tions.
The above is all of this beautiful and high
ly Interesting story that will be published in
our columns. We giYethis as sample. The
continuation of it can be found only in the
New York Ledger, the great family weekly
paper, for which the most popular writers in
the country contribute, and which can be
found at all the stores throughout the city
and country, where papers are sold. Remem.
Der to ask for the New York Ledger of May
80, and in ityou will get the continuation Of
the story from where it leaves off here. If
you cannot get copy at any news Office, the
publisher of the Ledger will mail you copy
on receipt of FIVE cents. Fanny Fern writes
only for the New York Ledger; Sylvanus
Cobb, Jr., writes only for it; Emerson Ben
nett writes only for it; and nearly all the
eminent writers in the country, such as Mrs.
Sigourney, Mrs. Emma D. E. N. South
worth and Alice Carey, contribute regularly
to its columns. Mrs. Southworth will write
for no other paper hereafter. Geo. D. Prem
tice, Esq, of the Louisville Journal, pre-
pares the Wit and Humor Department in
the Ledger 1t is mailed to subscribers at
50 year, or two copies for So. Address
Robert Bonner, publisher, a. Ann st., New
York. 1t is the handsomest and best family
paper in the country, elegantly illustrated,
and characterized by high moral tone.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28

LADY FREEDoMs.-We certainly would
tinker the world, here and there, if it were
commend. able-but particularly for the uses
of embarrassed young ladies. Says certain
otherwise anonymous "Ina" to us, at the end
of long communication :-"Once again I
ask, is it proper for young, lively and un-
protected female, to introduce herself to the
man whom of all others she most desires to
know, while at the same time she would rath-
er die than forfeit his good opinion; and
would the fact of her being widow make
the self.presentation any less proper?" To
which We say, businesquely, ego ahead" !"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28

NEAR-S1aHTEDNEss.-T Paris Medical
Gazette states that Of the 3,295, ,202 young
men examined in France, for military service
during nineteen years, 13,007 were exempt
ed for myopia. Some years since, regi-
ment of recruits, principally natives Of Lon
don, where they were enlisted, were taken
ont of the city to practice at q target. To
the surprise of the officers of charge, large
part OF rnem wcru tOtuiiii II uu.bIv ai
mark, although within the ordinary shooting
distance. This fact led to the discovery that
persons whose range of vision is limited by
brick walls, are near-sighted in far greater
numbers than. in the same number ofinhabi-
tants residing in the country. The eyes Of
sailors, in continued sea-service, become al.
most telescope. They discover objectssata
vast distance, which are not even >diseerna-
bic by other eyes. - -ss
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28

YEARLY FooD OF ONE MAN.-From the
army and navy diet scales of France and Eng.
land, which, of course, are based upon the
recognised necessities of large numbers of
men in active life it is inferred that about
two and one fourth pounds avoirdupois of
dry food, per day, are required for each in
dividual; for this about three-fourths are
vegetable, and the rest animal the close
of an entire year, the amount is upwards of
500 pounds. Enumerartug under the titiu
of water all the various drinks-cofee, tea,
alcohol, wine, &c.-its estimated quantity is
about $4,000 pounds per annum. That is
for the air received by breathing may be ia
ken at 800 pounds. With these figures be-.
fore US, says the Medical World, we are able
to see how the case stands. The food, wa
ter and air which man receives, amounts,
in the aggregate, to more than 5000 pounds
year thatis, to about ton and half, or
more than twenty times his weight. This
enormous quantity may we'll attract our at
tention to the expenditure Of material re-
quired for supporting life. A living being
is the result and representation Of change on
prodigious scale.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28

PAPERS AND BooKs.-W. G. Bryant,
the American poet, speaking Of newspapers,
said: "Books are the precious metals in
masses-newspapers coin them for general
use, putthem into the most convenient forms,
and pass them from hand to hand" "News-
papers," he said, care the ushers of books.
Who would know when a book is published
but for the friendly information of the news
paper?" He added, "that he had been
sometimes tempted to regret that the wise,
witty, or eloquent things which appeared in
these sfolios of four pages as they were
called by Cowper, should not be inscribed
on more durable tablets, instead fgoing the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28

WOMAN IN CHINA.-Rev. Mr.. Vrooman,
of Canton, as the result of several missien.
airy tours into the interior of the "Ceiestial
Empire" pronounces the following high eu-
logium upon the fair sex tilt is believed
that no where else in the world, is there so
much Of the finest material for making gen.
uine ladies, and that no where else is that
material SO much wasted as in China. These
females are virtuous, chaste, modest, and
gentle, so far as circumstances permit; and
it is the vein Of pure womanhood, cropping
out amidst the debris Of oppression which
give hope Of mine beneath" "-e
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28

The GREATEST C1TY.-London is now
the greatest city in the world, and far sur
passes all the great cities Of antiquity. Ae-
cording to Gibbon, the population1of ancient
Rome, in the height Of its magnifcence, was
2, 100000. Ninevah is estimated to have
had 600, 900, and DR.. Medhurst supposes
the population of Pekin is about {, 2,000, 600.
The population of London, according to re-
cent statistics, amount to 2,500, ,600-404,-
622 having been added to it during thelast
ten years. The census shows that it con-
tains 3O7, ,722 inhabited, and l6,3s9 unip-
habited houses.
Paris proper has increased 200, 900 in pop
ulation since Louis Napoleon first assumed
sway. .. --..ss .- ....
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28

The TURKEY.-This fowl is native Of
Peru. It received its name from the follow.
ing incident King james /, chartered s
company of merchants, with exclusive priyi.
lege to trade with Turkey. Aferwsrd,
however, they diverted a portion Of their
capital to the Pacific coast Of South AmeIf-
ca, and established trading posts in Peru
Here they found the Turkey native, and
they imported it to Europe, where it recei.
we'd its name from the "Turkey Trading
Company" :
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28
S{M(tsteua11eons &eaomg
THE LAST SERMON ON HOOPS.

THE LAST SERMON ON AOOPS.
A "wife and mother" writes to the New
York Tribune, more practical sermon about
hoops than we have yet seen. The ques-
tion may be considered settled. She says !:
During the cooking controversy which has
especially ragged in The Weekly Tribune, I
have kept 81 Mt and learned all that could
from you and the various individuals who
have contributed their views and experiences
to that important subject. But in the Trib-
une, February 2l, subject of equal impor-
tance is mentioned in a manner not to be
patiently borne by womauly nature-I al
lude to "hoops" You do not like them /;
very well; you do not wear them, I suppose,
consequently you know nothing of their con-
venience. If I tell you that a hoop-skirt re-
lieves the hips and body of a load which
would be necessary in its absence, you will
say, why necessary either with or without
hoops? In reply, I would ask you how
would you like to see the streets ofNew York
City ornamented with women in pantaloons?
And do you not think that the pantaloons,
of course) would be quite as becoming as
drapcry which shows the figure with every
movement?
No woman ventures, unless compelled by
necessity, into the street when the wind
blows, if scant drapery be the reigning fash
ion. No true man would make remarks
about the flying skirts, but there are plenty
of miserable wretches who would; and but
few high minded women have independence
enough to brave the jeers of such creatures.
A person can walk with much greater case
with hoop even if the same amount of clo-
thing be worn; there is buoyance in the
balloon like structure which is great relief
to all who are unfortunate enough to wear
skirts You say that the Empress Eugene,
for purposes Of "her own," first started the,
to you, "terrible fashion," Pray, do let the
Empress Eugene's and your wife's, if you
have one, and your neighbor's and every
body's purpose alone. If women are foolish
enough to get married, do please let their
dress alone. If they contrive to appear in
public one-fourth of year at time, do let
them do so
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28

TOTAL ABsTINENCE.-Because DR.. Frank.
lin drank nothing but water, he was nick
named the "American Aquatic" Sir Walter
Raleigh wrote: "Except thou desire to has,
ten thine end, take this for a general rule {:
that thou never add any artificial heat to thy
body by wine or spice until thou find that
time hath decayed thy natural heart !; and
the sooner thou dost begin to help nature,
the sooner she will fofsake thee, and leave
thee to trust altogether to ar" ~
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28

PEARLS OF PRAYER.-a0ur Father
Thou knowest that through the week we 60
down into the valleys of care and shadow.
Grant that our Sabbatbs may be hills Of light
and joy in Thy presence; and so, as time
rolls by, may we go on from mountain-top to
mountain..op, till at last we catch the glory
of the gate, and enter in, to go no more out
forever"
GAS prisoners in castles look ont Of their
grated windows at the smiling landscape,
where the sun comes and goes, SO we from
this life, as from dungeon bars, look forth to
the heavenly land, and are refreshed with
sweet visions of the home that shall be ours
when we are free"
awe thank Thee for all those budding
promises which are yetto burst into flowers"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28
From the New York Ledger.
LINES.

LINES.
BY c. D. STUART.
As distant lands beyond the sea,
When friends go thence, draw nigh,
So Heaven, when friends have thither gone,
Draws nearer from the sky. .-
And as those lands the dearer grow,
When friends are long away,
So Heaven itself. through loved ones dead,
Grows dearer day by day.
Heaven is not far from those who see .
With the pure spirits sight,
But near, in the very hearts
OF those who see aright.
January, 1857.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28

NATURE OF HAIR.-The hair, when na.
turally white, or Of very light aaxeu, as is
often the case in the children, and in some
adults, contains phosphate of fmagnesia, which
ultimately disappears in children, when their
hair gradually darkens as they advance in
age. The coloring oil of black hair is Of q
dark green, which becomes lighter, nathe
different shades from black to light brown.
The coloriug principle of red is red. that Of
yellow hair modification of red, that Of au-
burn hair mixture of red and dark green
that of white and faxen hair is almost With
out color. ..--g.
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Criminal 4oettg.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
THOUGHTS OF THEE CAME DER ME.

THOUGHTS OF THEE CAME DER ME-
BY MRS. NJ. ". sTRATToN.
A lighted hall-a merry dance
5 A gay throng moved before me,
When ell ct once, dream, or trance
Absorb ngiy came Ger me.
The veil of time was drawn aside,
The past lay all before me,
Life seemed happy, peaceful tide,
= As thoughts of thee came o'er me.
saw thee in thy youthful days,
Ere pleasures chain had bound thee,
Or mad ambitions binding rays
Had scorched the freshness round thee.
Ere time had touched thy graceful form,
Or dimmed thy beauty's splendor-
Or changed the heart once true and warm
The voice low, sweet, and tender.
When every look and every tone,
My heart laid up forever
When lightest words were made my own,
To be forgotten, never.
And yet if word of mine could bring
Thy time-changed form before me,
1t were unsaid, thy wreck would fling
But deeper sadness DER me.
The music changed louder strain
Broke up the spell which bound me,
My spirit woke, seemed again
One of the crowd around me.
I would those visions of the past
Could never rise before me;
Yetit were sad to know the last
Thoughts of thee had come Ger me.
Oh, when life's journeys nearly done,
And only death before me,
OF faces dear, thine riN be one
Thoughts of thee aciU come Ger me.
Columbia, May 18th, 1857.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28

~ why Siah I'm astonishe J. said a
worthy deacon, didn't We take you into the
Church short time since p ,-.-...
Il believe 50, hiccupped Slab, s'aad be-
tween you and me and the gate-post, it was
the d-dest 'take in you ever seed or heard
of,
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NO. 81.

next morning to wrap parcels or ightkitch.
en- fires; but he was fully satisfied with their
fate, when he reflected that they had first
been read by thousands, and whatever was
good in them had passed into the general
mind" ....-..-.. ~
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28

my dear madam? Fixed etiquettes are fen.
ces to keep fools from doing what wise men
wish exclusively to have the doing.of, and
most male human nature dearly loves ro-
mance.-Honae Journal
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28

CooUETTE.-A young lady with more
beauty than sense-more accomplishments
than learning; more charms of person than
graces of mind-more admirers than friends
more fools than wise men for attendants.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-05-28

DANDY.-A thing in pantaloons, with
body and two arms head without brains
tight boots--a cane-a white handker-
chief-two brooches, and ring on his little
finger ... .. .r- H.. ...-.