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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-12-08
The Newspaper, the Representative Of
the Age.

The Hon. Caleb Cushing, in speaking of
the progress of the age, says:
Take as exhibitor and, at tie same time,
as illustrative of this fact, hat familiar
thing, a newspaper, a rare luxury of the
rich once, now the necessary of universal
daily life, of the mental life Of men, as much
as food and drink are OF the physical life.
How various are the contents of that dur
nal sheet; how extensive is the knowledge
it imparts how vast is the field Of its ac-
ton and its usefulness Whatever wants
there may be in the human breast, it shows
how they may be satisfied. If it be, as
Cowper says 'the herald of noisy world"
with
News from all nations numbering at his
back"
so it is the silent monitor of the erring. the
%solace of the %sorrowful, the companion OF
the solitary, and the messenger to all Of
thought and of reflection. When Sbak.
speare, with not unlaudable estimation o
his own art, said of playing-"Whose end
both at fist and now, was, and is, to Eolc
as 'tWere the mirror up to nature, to shov
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-12-08

RAhgIGn e.. NC.
WEDNESDAY, DEcEMBER 8, 1858.
Special Notice.

The SPIRIT OF PHE AGE is conducted strict
y upon the CASH system. All papers are
discontinued at the expiration of the time for
which they have been paid Subscribers
will be notified FOUR WEEKS before their time
is out, by a CROSS MARK on their papers and
unless the subscription is ~renewedthe papers
will be discontinued. This is a rule from
which there will be no departure. Watch
for the CROSS MARE, andrenew your subscrip-
ton.
"a Subscribers desiring their papers
changed, must mention the Post Office, from.
as well as the one to, which they desire The
change to be made.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-12-08
Irish WIliskey.

Some of our c ,temporarics seem to bequite
grateful to the vendors of Irish Whiskey for
the present of a bottle of the stuff. 1t don't
pay. The vendors for so cents get a news
paper puff worth to them at least 50; while
the buffers get a brick in their hats, a rec
eye, and a Caudlc lecture in the bargain
Pure, unadulterated liquor is so scarce now
a-days, that when a little of it comes about,
it must be made a matter of special notifca
ton and wonder to the public. Fer cur
selves We admire an honest, industrious irish.
man, and can shake at his wit or his bulls
but the ID take his achishey and his 61qr
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-12-08
General Summary.

Hon. Henry Bedinger Of Va, and ex-Nin-
lister to Denmark, died suddenly On the goth
nit.
Go0d-At the Circuit Court in Augusta
Co. Va, a number of persons were convicted
OF betting on elections, and in each case the
winning party was fined to the full amount
OF the wager. Two losers were convicted and
fined SO.
Too Bcd.-A fellow, it is said, in Maine re-
Gently, while a watcher over the corpse Of =
friend, stole his coat, vest and hat, and worse
than all wore them the next Sabbath to church
and partook Of the sacrament. Doubted.
Bennstk The n~otrious editor Of the Y. Y.
Herald seems TO be seldom out of the clutches
Of the Sheriff Libel suits against him are
not quite as thick as ~blackberries, bat z;cL
nevertheless lie gave bail the other day
Tor his appearance, to answer to the charge
Of libel against one Mr.. Haskin.
CounteJeits. Spurious notes Of the Bank
Of Wilmington, ever and anon, are set aaoat
The engraving is said to be genuine but the
signatures arc spurious, being the notes lost
oy that bank a few years ago by an accident
on the Portsmouth Rail Road, no doubt. The
last we heard Of them, they were offered 10
the Norfolk merchants.
Suicides. The papers TEEN with accounts
Of suicides. What fools i world : III
enough in all conscience, but VIC opfac It Is
q perfect paradise, compared with the ono
to which they nave hurried the mseIves
The Gouldy family in New York str.nro
to say, from last accounts, weie IN a fair wsv
Of recovery.
The balance in the T. S. Treasure ,,s,
week was $1,000, 600. The amount !: Grad.
uallyreducing and the government like ever,
body else, is on the borrow.
1t is denied that Secretary Cobb has a.
cepted the post of Minister TO France.
The Charlestonians are memorializin n .,
). Z. Legislature to provide for the more q
@tectual drainage of that city, as a protectior
against the recurrence Of yellow fever.
Messrs. c. Irving and 0. Jennings Wiso
are amusing the public with a game at co,9.
] through the Virginia papers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-12-08
News Of the Day.
The Coal Fields Rail Road.

We ventured some months ago to affirm
that the Legislature could hardly be bold
enough, such is the extent of public %conyic-
ton in favor of its great utility and impor-
lance, to refuse lis aid to complete the Rail
Road from Fayetteville to the Coal Fields
We are happy to learn that this great enter
prise is daily growing in favor with our Leg
~islators and the public. But we fear so many
members, in order to secure place, have en-
couraged a spirit of complaint as to high tax
alton, to such a degree among the people, that
they will hardly give to the Road that real
and substantial assistance which its merits
and necessities demand. The friends of the
Road fearinga rebuke, witha modesty, which
they might well have dispensed with, ask too
little. Simply to tender the State as a seeu-
rity, in an enterprise which promises to the
commonwealth more real benefit than almost
all its public works put together, is too mea-
gre a favor, for the reputation of the State,
and too contemplate a benefit for the times
in which we live. Can we not hope that
IhSIC 10 lhtSIIISClOS, justice anu SSHN.
enough in the present lie gislature, to risk al
increase of the public debt to a half million
more, in order to invest it in this Road? Tn
additional item of $500, 600 to our indebted
ness could not be materially felt by our pee
pie, and we honestly believe that a full an
truthful exposition of the necessity, utilit
and justice of the measure, and the great Der
efts a~ccruing to the State, made to our pei
pie, would meet with universal approval frol
the mountains to the sea-board. More tina
sr1 millions Of ,dolfsrs7 sve already been il
vested in Railroads by the State, which a
though yielding at present but little incom
) have already more than quadrupled our alb
; ity to pay our debts. We believe AL O
Roads jadiciously managed by practical ,
: siness men, as they ought and must be, W
eventually return to the Treasury all til
e they have cost the State. But thisc nterpri
e unless there is no truth in facts and figur
o will refund to the Treasury in twenty yea
d every dollar invested in it, and will place
r State in a proud position among her siste
Let legislators reflect maturely upon it, 3
e take the responsibility for once, to do its
s. ty at the risk Of the clamors of those v
e. cannot see at present, the absolutely just
mand which the Road makes upon them.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-12-08

"Picciola," a charming creation of some
French or Italian brain, translated into our
tongue, reveals most beautifully the influence
OF flowers. a gay, handsome and accom-
plished Count, cast into prison during the
revolution that preceded Napoleon l., full
Of the philosophy Of chance, is converted
from inidelity and workmanship, by a sim
pie flower picciola) springing between two
stones in the prison-yard, which he beholds
from his prison cell. To chance. which the
Count had inscribed on the walls of his cell,
that silent and wonderful agent, as it unfolds
It's leaves and blossoms, added perhaps. The
world that lay hidden in its arteries and ne
tails, so adapted and answering to the world
Rround-so full Of design and grace-so
planted by Providence, which caused the Ay-
ing dove to drop a solitary seed in the prison
yard to solacc the human prisoner, wrought
a deeper work than all the books and tongues
OF men. Inspired by it from day to day the
Count could no longer resist-he erased from
the walls these words of skepticism and
doubt and wrote in their place-"I believe ,
In this p~rison-world, where humanity i,
chained by perverted passions and blind de
-sires, the "Pieciola," and many other gentl,
flowers, are softening and converting tn,
human heart. BY the wayside, in gardens
climbing rocks and cottage caves, sheddin,
light aud fragrance over every grade q
life, the flowers, like shadows of angels. cas-
forward to assure US, are among the mos
powerful and s~olacing teachers of a benef
cent God.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-12-08

GoDY'sLADY Us Z o 0 K.-Our copv
OF the December No. of Gody's Lady's Book
has been received, for which we return orr
thanks. 1t is a rich and beautiful No. con.
tanning ffly.one engrayings, sixty different
articles, one hundred pages, and seventeen
full length figures of Fashion. This No
closes the 9th volume of this Magazine. It's
liberal support by the intelligent and refined.
is strong evidence of its intrinsic worth. and
Is q better recommendation than any thing
we might say. We will take pleasure in
sending on for those of our friends who NAV
wish to subscribe for the Lady's Book for
1859. For $3.50 we will furnish the Lady.
Book and the Age for one year. Those who
desire our services in this matter will pleas,
let US hear from them before the 1st Of .Jon
uary, 1859.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-12-08
Common Schools.


The Standard of the Both ult., contains a
highly complimentary notice Of the efficiency
Of the present worthy Superintendent Of
Common Schools, and urges his continuance
in Office. That paper very justly deprecates
the mixing up Of party politics with the ap-
pointment Of officers connected with our
Common school system. We doubt if one
more efficient will be appointed, should the
Legislature determine for any cause to dis
place him.
Rev. Mr.. Wiley has since been re elected.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-12-08

- The South Carolina Son Of Temper
ance, after speaking of the Virginia Con
ductor' in a justly complimentary manner,
says
The first number Of the weekly has just
made its appearance, and we regard it an adj
mirable specimen tor its size. The only OBJ
]jections we have to it are that it is too small
and too cheap for the Organ of such a host Of
Sons as muster in the Old Diminion.
If this be true ofthat paper, land we hear.
tily endorse it, what should be said of the
Spirit of the Age, which is almost double
the size ofthe Conductor, end yeti published
at the same price?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-12-08

JAMES SLOAN, Greensborough, G. w. A.
A. NJ. GoRNAN, Raleigh, G. S.
W. K. MARTIN, franklin county, g. Tr.
Rev. 2. DoUB, D. D., \. c.. Con, G. Chap.
D. n. SHERWOOD, Greensborough, G. Con.
CHAs. 0vERNAN, Charlotte, G. Sentinel.
1t was resolved to keep up the interchange
of visits between this Grand Division and
that of South Carolina. P. G. ". P. Sterling
attended the South Carolina Grand Division
last week and Bro. Townsend reciprocated
by meeting with US this week and the fol-
lowing delegates were appointed as visitors
to the South Carolina Grand Division for the
ensuing year, viz. Bros. Sterling, Grier,
Nicholson, Doub, and Cummings, with the
understanding that any member of our Grand
Division would be considered as belonging to
the delegation who would attend. And Bro.
Townsend invited "dU to ccme," assuring
us Of a warm, fraternal reception by the
Grand Division of his State.
Wednesday night was devoted to public
exercises. G. W. P. Cummings was the ora
tor of the evening; and he acquitted himself
well, by the delivery of an address, chaste in
5 language and Astounding with forcible argu-
ment, deeply interesting incident, and strik-
, ing facts and figures. He was followed by
Bros. R. B. Vance, of Ashville, and Rev. w.
: j. Nicholson, of Me~cklenbnrg, who, being
loudly called for, volunteered extempora.
z neous speeches in behalf of the cause. And
they were just the thing. We have never
. heard better speeches, Lor any better calcu
lated to do good. The good impression mad,
will doubtless contribute greatly to the caus,
= in that community.
a WehaVe not time or room to extend thes,
remarks further in thississue. The proceed
ings will be given in full next week.
But we cannot close without remarkin
upon the hospitality and kindness manifesto
to the members Of the G.. ID. by the citizen
, of Greensboro generally. Large as was th
= number in attendance, every one was pr,
= vided with q nome among the families of til
town, where the most u%nremitting effor
were made to contribute to their comfor
y This kindness and attention will always |
are gratefully remembered by all who had Il
for good fortune to be the recipients.
ors A vote of thanks was also passed to Il
Railroad Companies, who so kindly pass'
NE the Representatives at half fare over the
nd Roads.
ers The semi-annual session for 1859, is to
on held at White Hall, in Mecklenburg, on t
Cd Wednesday in July and the annual Sc
Ten sion at Raleigh, on the 1st Wednesday in |
rip cember.
~ ~ We would take occasion to express o
sincere thanks for the interest manifested
'oan, the Spirit of tie Age, by the members of
the Grand Division. A considerable portion
the last evenings proceedings was devoted
considering ways and means for its advan
ment and success. Some hundreds of subs
bers names and pledges were handed in,
we oelle!e every one present determined
g Of scribers We hone that not onIv member
per the G. d., but every friend of the cause in
,ues- South, will give US their jealous aid in e;
est efforts to increase the list of subscrit
"SlJ to the paper.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-12-08
What Books proper to Ie read by We
men.

This is a difficult question perhaps to an
swer. To undertake to make a catalogue
would be a thankless, Improbable and un-
satisfactory task. A woman's own good
judgment must be her guide; she must exer-
else her own judgment-that judgment to be
guided when it is possible, by some other
mind the operations of which meet with her
approval. When this is done, it almost
amounts at last to the exercise of her own
judgment. But it will nevertheless be ne
cessary for her to have a friend to guide her,
or she will be compelled to explore for her
self, and consequently vicious and immoral
books will be read. One rule, however, we
would suggest with becoming modesty.-
Whenever a woman commences the perusal
of a work, without having previously been
directed by some judicious and thoughtful
friend, let her lay the book aside forever, the
moment her eye falls upon an impure thought,
however beautifully "bodied forth" She
may rely upon it, that the atmosphere the
author breathed was vitiated, and unsuitedfo fol-
her own pure respirations. These remarks
are not offered as very profound, but are sug
gestive. AS Mandy Pamby Willis woul'
phrase it, they are intended as a "topic t.
talk about."-Orford Leisure Hour.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-12-08


virtue her own feature, scorn his own inn
age, and the very acc and body of time its
form and presurc" how felicitously, though
unknowingly, did be not represent the uses
OF the newspaper press at the present time
Faults 1T has IN ample number and degree,
undoubtedly for whatever men do, in
their highest as welAas their lowest works,
testlles to their imperfections of our ma
ture; and the press, with its very short
comngs, is, indeed, the mirror of each
passing day, and, of course, with its wis
dom and its folly its virtues and its vices,
and all there is &C blended good and evil,
of Ormuzed and Of Ahriman, in the ways
Of the world. And how the steam engine
and the rail car, andsthe ocean ship, and
the telegraph, conspire 10 accumulate and
to dlffuse the mass intelligence in that
newspaper sheet Let US add, as another
sign of the advanced state of our society,
that the knowledge and scholarship mani,
tested in the colum1a Of the higher class Of
the newspaper pres whether in Europe
or America, are equal now to the famou.
literary authorship Of other times. VIVA
a reputation was attained by Junius on &C
count o. a few newspaper articles in thu
London Public Advertiser And vet ma
ny a leading column Of the better Journal
Of England, France, Germany, Spain, Ital,
and the United States, comes before u
day ht day, and passes off without gu
special note, and with no individual fam
to its author, though it be higher in con
position and purer in spirit than is any
thing from the hand Of Junius.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-12-08

A Correspondent signing himself IA
Common School Teacher" omits to give us
his name, and Of course his article cannot be
admitted, if there were no other barrier. His
critique is liable to the same deficiencies for
which he c~riticises another-bad grammar
and worse spelling.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-12-08

CHIEF JUSTICE NAsH.-We regret to learn
that Chief Justice Nash, of the Supreme
Court, is seriously i'll at his residence in HiTsl
borough, and that his life is despaired of
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-05-21
Bors.-ao to n.,on'., only SO per quarter.

IMPROVED STOCK IN MILLBURY.-We are i'd
formed that Messrs. A. Wood Sons and A. Q.
Cummins. of West Millbury, have recently pro
cured, at liberal expenditure, several fine ami
mails, Of the full-booded Durham short horn
stock. The Messrs. Wood have one fine import
ed COW, Lady Chesteriord," for which they paid
$3.50, heifer, ''Eyelina,' six months old, weigh
ing about $780, fol- which they paid Sl25. Both
Of these animals are toan colored, and of great
symmetry and beauty. Mr.. Cummins has fine
three-year-old hefer, Lady Sales, 5lh," strong
ly marked by the pure blood, for which
he paid 1880, with her bull calf, owned by
Messrs. Wood and Cummings Jointly for which
they paid $50. This calf our informant says is
the handsomest he ever saw, and he predicts he
will make his mark on the stock of that vicinity
Mr. Cummings has also another calf, ten months
odI which is about the size of a common two
year old. For this he paid Sl25.
Our informant predicts, although $500 may
seem a large sum to pay for so few animals, that,
it will, nevertheless, prove a sale investment and
one that will pay. We are always glad to chron.
icfe such efforts at agricultural improvement, and
to give due credi, to the enterprise that induces
them
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alAls,-ao to EAton'., only $40 per quarter.


UNIvERsALIsT CoNFERENcs.-A Universalist
conference meeting was held in Oxford, on Wed.
nesday. The meeting fully attended, and a
good degree of interest was manifest In the
forenoon Rev. J. g. Adams of this city delivered
an address on "The Religion of the Family"
The address was what might be expected from
such man; it was able, instructive, eloquent.
and thoroughly practical.
In the afternoon very able sermon was preach
cd by Rev. Mr.. Barker of Dudley, from the words
in Job xiii chap, Sd verse-"O that knew
where might find him." After the sermon a
most excellent conference meeting was had, in
which several clergymen took part, as well as
quite number Of laymen. 1t was a very spirit.
ed conference meeting every heart was imbued
with the love of Christ; and all. spoke with an
earnestness that touched all hearts.
In the evening excellent sermon was preach
ed by Rev. d. H. Plumb Of this city The ser.
from l. Corinthians, Ky. chap, '58t
Verse--"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye
steadfast, immovabe, always sbouhding in the
work Of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that
your labor is in vain in the Lord. After the ser.
mon conference meeting was held.
Thus ended one Of the best conference meet
ings ever held in that vicinity. The people Of
Oxford deserve the thanks of the people who
came from towns adjoining, for the abundance Of
refreshments for the physical man.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-05-21

FRENCH, VANITY.-The assurance with which
the French are wont to claim superiority over
others, sometimes becomes quite ludcrous. In
the invitation recently addressed to Professor
Agassiz, to take scientific appointment in
France. he was claimed as. a Frenchman by birth.
Ia his reply, however, he set the matter right. A
letter in the Boston Transcript says;
"At dinner party in Paris few weeks ago,
the famous moon hoax was alluded to as the best
modern instance OF successful narrative inven-
ton, and the ingenious ruSe and its eclat compla-
Gently claimed as the emanation of French ge-
MUS. In vain an American gentleman present as
sured the company that~the story originated with
enc of his countrymen, with whom he was we'll
acquainted, and who had been known for years as
the undoubted 9author. No less a person than
Victor Cousin, the philosopher, disputed the fact
and said he knew the real author we'll, before he
left Paris for America. So much for fame. What
will Locke say to this -
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-05-21

AMHERST CoLLEGR.-The two new college
buildings at Amherst we're dedicated on Wednes-
day. One Of them, Wolliston Hall, was erected
mainly through the liberalty Of Samuel Wollis-
ton Of Easthampton. at cost Of $4,000 He
has, also, provided chemical laboratory at an
expense Of from $4,000 to $4,000. The East Col
leee has been erected at an expense Of Sl4,OOO,
Of which 81, 500 is debtupon tAe college. The
new edifces supply all the present wants oil the
College in regard to room.
The exercises on Wednesday were commenced
by statement BY President Stearns of important
events in the history of the College. in which he
alluded to the donation of $4,000 by Samuel
Appleton, BY which Appleton Hall was built !;
the bequest Of its first President, DR.. Wood, Of
$1,000, to establish scholarships, which has now
become available; and a donation of 800 year
for four years. by Alpheus Hardy of Boston, to
be distributed in prizes for excellence in extern
poraneous speaking. The record Of the past four
years is hattering one for the President, and a
proud one for the college. A Characteristic ad
dress from Rev. Henry Ward Beecher followed
The proceedings were concluded by a collation. in
Wolliston Hall, followed by social season, in
which Rev President Stearns, 1tevsDr. WOrces-
ter Of Salem, Rev. Mr.. Beecher and others, took
part Every thing, says the Springfield RspubIi'
can, from whose report the above is condensed, is
bright and prosperous for Amherst College.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-05-21
EvrprpoDT, CHAT. got $40, go to Eaton'..

MILrARY.-The Worcester Light Infantry,
Capt. Lamb, having accepted an invitation from
the Light Infantry Of Milford, will visit that
town on Wednesday, May %. The Worcester
company will leave their armoIy, on Mechanic
street, at six o'clock in the morning, and reach
Milford about ten o'clock. In the forenoon, af
ter the reception. there will be grand military
and Hremen's procession, after which the military
will take dinner at Felton's Hotel. The after.
noon will be devoted to military parade, closing
by supper and ball in the evening. Agreat time
is anticipated. Joslyn's Cornet Band will ac-
company the military corps from this city.
The Worcester Light Infantry will also have .
street drill on Monday evening next, leaving the
armory at seven o'clock.