Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-10-20
For the Spirit of the Age.


DEAR SPIRIT When but an idle boy,
| occasionally contributed few inklings
to the columns of your valuable paper
You were kind enough to give them a
showing; and now after a long and unin-
terrupted silence, | again attempt to write
you line which You may dispose Of as
suits your better judgment
And first, cannot proceed farther with
out enquiring how fare the few and favored
members of the "Social Circle 2" Now
that am hundreds and almost thousands |
Of miles in the distant southwest. do not
forget the happy hours | passed listening
to the ju d'esprit and bon neotS of the Cir
cle's cherished members often do | roll
back the billowy tide of time to muse upon
those halcyon days where, in my Mountain
home, ! weekly received visit from the
"Spirit," the medium through which | held
converse with "- of MARYLAND"
"- near Wilmington" and all those
kind and welcome members of the Circle
1t is true, many day has passed since |
have listened to the chit-chat of the favor
ites,' (you know | always listened and nev-
er talked) yet | have not forgotten the
many members and pleasant subjects dis
cussed. believe when | left crusty old
Bachelor" had been admitted, (why was
he not ck-balled 2? and was sermonzing
his hearers on the beauties (?) of single
blessedness. How did he succeed and what
became of him?
But am depressing. | was going to
tell you that in my rambings out in these
, western wiles, far away from kindred, tho
= not from friends, | accidentally stumbled
upon copy of the Spirit, and without 60
ing through any preliminaries did accor-
!. dinghy pocket it. What else could have
a donel 1t was neatly folded and l inag-
: ined unread, SO | was unwilling to ask the
fair one for it. did not want to deprive
her Of it, or force her into refusal: so with
"malice aforethought" cabbagedit! Come
dear Spirit, entire nous, if she blames yor
i for not sending it-why write an editoria
# on the remissness of our male matters
/ When / went home, dismissed care, drew
L up chair to my little window, opened tht
e Spirit, and read every word in it Di,
y you ever, while travelling in distant lands
IS happen to meet up with an old favorit,
ID friend to whom you are bound indissolubly
D by the silken cords of early friendship Q
y You have It's needless then to attempt
description of the emotions VIII ca swelle,
a my bosom ms read the Spirit Of the Ag
G that favorite style peculiar to your edito
lg rals, that host Of witty contributors VIII
= have welded their pens to your columns
ce whereof the memory of man runneth nc
an not to the contrary" and that indefatig;
IN ble zeal for the cause Of temperance, a
es make the Spirit OF to-day fac Sinile {
es what it was during the Temperance times
"a of Carolina, save improvement which eve
rs attends perseverance. But the Social Ci
,st Gle is non est what has become of it?
at was an indispensable Institution, and hov
. ever valuable your paper is, cannot bl
lr- add, the breaking up of that Circle Ii;
at severed the cord which has hitherto bour
)r- many admirers. Do not think | am di
at pleased-yours is still the paper of IL
er State, and am glad to see it penetratr
le- these southwestern wilds.
Ter And now | would give YOU descriptiC
re, Of this beautiful and fertile country, but
ire notice so many letters going the rounds
cir the Atlantic press minutcly describing ev
no ry portion of the State, and sometim
ful truthfully, that infer you are tolerst
ra- we'll posted up, and therefore will refra
- However Texas is great State, and {
Of long will be the empire of the Soath. S
can, and will at no very Distant day, 81