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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-03-24
For the Spirit OF the Age.
MidnighS Musings.

IT'S night; night on the plain, night on
the mountain, in the valley and on the hill!
All around and above hoyers the night,
while all beneath is dark and mysterious.
Bright eyes have been dimmed only to
shine brighter on the morrow. The eye
that has wept all the day, is closed too
but only to open to weep, and still weep
II, The bright eye is dimmed, is closed,
never to open again. The morrow may
come, but not to the dead.
The morrow! O, the morrow day all
ways looked for, often longed fol, but, that
seldom comes. The schooI-boy, as he leap.
from the school house after the long week,
confinement, shouts tomorrow to-mor
row! Tomorrow I'll away to the hill
and the wood, the birds shall sing to me
and the chattering squirrel and | will tall
to each other" The morrow comes an,
10! pale and cold, the little boy lies wit
the sheeted dead.
"When will we be at home: HON
where my mother is" said the diving girl
and they told her, tomorrow /; but all M,
the morrow came, but e'er the morning
dawn, angels came and whispered to he
sister, come and now she is gone.
The young wife looked far out aero.
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CHILDREN.

Of all the flowers that brighten the earth,
the most loveable is a young child-its fair
brow unelouded by care, its bright eye un-
by sorrow, its pure heart unstained
by guile and passion. In word, look and ac-
ton it proves its innocence. Its endearments
its smiles, its confidence, its winning ways
bind you to it with a three fold cord of love.
Without the merry laugh, the bird like songs
and rollicking plays of childhood, how silent
and desolate the household Byron loved
children, if his lines reflect his heart:
"Look how he laughs, and stretches out his
arms,
And opens wide his blue eyes upon thine,
To hail his father while his little form
Flutters as wing'd with joy. Talk not of painl
The childless cherubs well might envy thee
The pleas ures of a parent!'
Some people affect to dislike children. If
they they are candid in their assertions, it
were well to regard them with suspicion
for there must be something wrong at heart.
A person is really to be pitied who has no
love for children-who frowns upon their
plays, and rebukes their endearing caresses.
True there are some children whom it would
prove a difficult task to love with any great
degree of ardor, such as as are graphicly des-
cribed by an old Poet:
q Crying, they creep among us like young
cats,
Cares and continual crosses keeping with
them,
They make one old to tend them"
Now these same "crying cats" might have
been playful as kittens, perhaps, if, instead of
always shouting "s-c-a-t .r' OF them, when
ever they CHANGED to bein the way, they had
been encouraged in playing with a string,
Or in chasing an imaginary tail round and
| round about Parents render their children
what they are-blessings or plaques. 1t is
for parents to determine whether their chill:
v dren shall fill their homes with sunshine, or
t raise q whirldwind and tempest therein
Sympathise with your ehildren-be kind tc
+ them-let them love you-give them YOU
!. confdence-and like flowers opening to tn,
sun they will open their hearts to you, ant
d their presence shall be like golden sunshin,
V gliding the evening of a gloomy day. Suffel
little children to come unto you, and forbic
them not, for there is a blessing in their com
h panionship, and a charm in their presence
which cheers the world tried heart, an,
IT smooths the broken places of life. A blessin
on the children
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the Young.

Teachers and parents are very apt, when
~instructing the young under their charge the
rudiments of learning, to become impatient
and vexed at what seems to be stupidity in
their pupils. Under such circumstances it
is we'll for the seniors to reflect that they
were once young and probably as stupid as
those of whom they are disposed to complain.
Let the parent or teacher look over their old
papers hid away in some box and covered
with dust. Let them search out that old
copy-book over which they worked, and drew
long breaths, and blotted, when they were first
attempting the photographic art. Look at
the heavy up-strokes, the crooked down
strokes, the left-hand slants, the grim per
pendiculars, the blots and the double Jennings
remember your pettish anger just INDUCED
and-be ashamed of yourself! This, rightly
considered, will cure you of your unreasona
Bile expectations, and render you more patien
and forbearing. In your intercourse witt
youth, remember you were once young, and
in rerroving their errors be reminded of you
own,
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To the Bows of Raleigh.

Can we not get enough of the Boys of Raj
eigh, to revive the Section of Cadets of Tenn
perance here? We look upon many of the
noble little fellows growing up in our midst
exposed to temptation-to a most alluring
insidious vice-and our heart stirs within us
to have their minds impressed with the beau
ties and safety of ~intemperance, and with the
alarming dangers of ~intemperance. Weknow
of no better way to do this, than to inculcate
the lessons taught in the Section room, and
in the beautiful Ritual of the Cadets of Tenn
perance.
We might expatiatc at much length as to
the benefits such an organization is caleula
ted to bestow upon the youth of our City
but such is not our purpose at present. W.
simply call the attention of the Boys to thG
subject, and desire all who wish to unite witt
such organization, to leave their names viii
us during the present week.
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Sputof tge9ge.
RALR1GH .E.C.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH "a, 1858.
Special Notice.

The SPIRIT OF THE AGE is conducted strict
ly upon the CASH system. All papers are
dis continued 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 MARX, andrenew your subscrip-
ton.
H@ 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.
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rolling tide, to catch sight, if she could,
of the ship that had borne her sailor hus-
band away to some distant land. She
watched and waited until night, but he
not then she turned away with a
sigh, but..cheerily sang, Tomorrow, to-mor-
row." The morning came, and with it
came storm and tempest, and while the
breakers leaped high against the shore,
and the maddened steeds of the wild sea
god shook their foaming names as they
hurried on, she looked on and wept. Poor
wife! look not for the lost one long since
has the sea-guil tapped his wings Ger his
blackened corse, and the choristers of the
deep have cha9nted his dying requiem.
Many sum had risen and set, before that
army hat climbed ~therugged ascent of the
Alps rested their weary eyes upon the i'm
perial city of the North and as they has
tened on with defiant tread and e%xultant
air, the o~onqneror proclaimed, "to-morrow
Moscow will be ours !" The morning came,
and the glare of the burning city greeted
the waiting Monarch's eyes. That day he
was conqneror Of a hill Of smoking ruins.
The cmbattling Losts stood upon the
field Of blood and carnage the mighty
|, leader, as he looked over bis proud and
gallant army, thought and said "to-mor
row Waterloo will be won" The morrow
came; andstill the battle ofcloud rolled on
The morning came, the battle was Tough
E and Waterloo was LOST. Far away they'v,
, borne the royal captive and bound him OF
t a clone barren isle.n The morning came
= and that little band of faithful follower
e buried their chief beneath the droopin.
a willow, while the whispering winds an,
the rolling sea sang his funeral dirge.
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For the Spirit of the Age.
A COMMENTED SPIRIT.

The possession Oft spirit of csntentment
is the greatest blessing with which an in
dividual can be favored without it, no one
can be happy. To be contcuted requires
us to c0nfne our wants strictly to what we
have, without murmuring or wishing ar
IDENTIFY for more. 1t stands opposed to av-
arice, pride and ambition to anxiety of
mind, to complaints and repinings.
To be contented does not imply %uncon-
Germ about our welfare, or that we should
not have any uneasy or distressing feelings;
neither does it give any encouragement to
idieness or prevent dfiigent .endeavors to
better our circumstances: but itdoes imply
that our desire for worldly goods be mod
crate; that wedonot indulge unnecessary
care, or use dishonest efforts to better our
seves but that we submit to and make the
best of o u condition, however humble it
may be. This noble spirit arises o from
q mans outward condition, but from his
inward disposition and is the genuine off
spring of humanity, attended with a fixed,
habitual sense of the Supreme Beings par
ticular proyidence: the recollection of past
mercies and a Just estimate Of the true ma
ture of earthly things.
Motives to contcntment present them
selves whenever we reflect upon the wisdom
and justice of the divine government. The
surest and best way to be contented is to
dwell upon those circumstances which pre-
sent the most pleasing aspectsto the mind.
and call off the mind from dwelling on dis
agreeable objects, and thus derive happi'
ness from what surrounds US. True con
tentment is of q retiring nature, and ena
bles us to find sources Of enjoyment wher
alone, isolated from all the busy throng.-
Indeed home is where its sweetest influence
is shown to the greatest advantage.
Every n is capable Of acquiring a Ger
tain amount of contentment which no cir
cumstaRces can alter but alas how few Q
US can boast of this spiritl And thos
that do, in what a small degree! 1t come
not from riches for one person may b
as happy in his humble cottage, as anothe
in his stately palace. We often see III
old maxim verified g that the more a ma
has the more he aOishes to have" If he b
rich, he wishes to be richer; but if he /
poor, he has but little time to trouble h
mind about wealth.
1t is an easy matter to be happy Will
every thing goes well with us; but whe
misfortunes come, We are apt to murm'
and lose sight of the thousands of blessing
a kind father IS continually showering u
!, on us.
! Contentment must spring from tnemin
, and he who seeks happiness in any 9th
way, than by changing his disposition, W
waste his life in %fruitless efforts, and increa
: the sorrows andtroubles which he purpos
to remove.
! Contentment does not require US to
J absolutely destitute of passions, but tt
we should learn to govern them, instead
permitting them to rule as.
4 1t is the duty of every one to be cont'
= ted with his lot, remembering that a CT
. tented mind is a perpetual feast, and wi
y out it all the treasures of earth cannot p
J chase happiness, or the wisdom of Nine
find the paths of peace. B. P. T
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Correspondence of the Spirit of the Age.
ORANGE srR1ses, E. Fla, Feb,y. u, '5s


Mr.. EDITOR This is quite a nice little
situated on a pine sand ridge, near
the 0clawaha river, 20 miles southwest of
Pilatka. 1t is notable for its health, its So
ciety and sobriety-a place without a grog-
shop. Preaching every Sabbath from minis
tiers of different denominations, and the con-
gregations tolerably good. There is a school
here at one time it was quite fl%ourishing,
but has gone down from some cause, to quite
a small school but it is one of the best
openings for a large school that / know of; and
if a young man and lady would come here
and keep a good school, it would pay them
well, and-cause the town to build up. Can't
you Sent US a good teacher ? If tome of your
teachers in North Carolina wish a good To-
cation for himself and lady, if they would
come here, they would do well.
This place took its name from the Orange
tree, which grows spontaneously in this
country, and a large Sulphur Spring near
the Hotel! The spring is a great curiosity,
as well as beautiful, the smell tho not quite
so agreeable and were it in the old North
State it would be visited by thousands,
whereas it is now visited by but few. 1t is
surrounded by a natural growth of Palmetto
trees, which add greatly to its grandeur
The spring is 80 feet vide and Is feet deep !;
the water is warm, 76 degrees, which makes
it quite pleasant for bathing. The medicin-
al properties are good for Rheumatism, Liver
complaint, Kidney affections and diseases of
the skin. / would advise your readers who
are seeking for health, if they should take a
notion to come South, to visit this place. 1t
is a pleasant, healthy place, easy of access,
boats running four or five times a week from
Charleston and Savannah, to Pilatka, and from
2 there Mr.. Hart, who is very accommodating,
5 and has the best of teams and the most care
: full drivers, will send all passengers to this
r place in a few hours. ~Consumptives would
e do well to visit this place, as it is high ant
n dry, the atmosphere much better for them t.
inhale than that on the water courses.
{ The accommodations are good at the Hote
g and the charges quite moderate. And fan.
person wishes the advice Of a physician, h
is here, and always ready to give advice.
it do not wish to weary the patience of you
n numerous readers, therefore l will close thi
If by promising that you shall hear from m
again. Yours respectfully, d.. S.. II.
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gag- We are in receipt of a letter, signed
JANE E. HAYNE,n ordering the continuance
of her paper. The letter is without date,
Except the day of the month"; and we cannot
make out the Post-mark We have hunted
our books over and can find 10 such name.
We are therefore at a loss to know qcAere to
send the paper. We hope the writer may
see this notice and give us her Post Office.
To ". Ii. j. oontoaybor0,-We cannot
give the information sought after, without
looking over several hundred names, and We
have not time for that. Putting writer
slips into newspapers is an indictable offence
and we cannot agree to cheat the P. Ode
partment out of three cents. Hence this pub
lie notice. Send a three stamp in your lette
the next time you write upon business whol
ly your own. .
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of North Carolina, we ask the question. And
may not the same causes to which we alluded
above in reference to other Roads, lie in the
way of the success of the Central? Do its
managers labor to make it a public necessity
What inducements do they offer to travel and
freight? What conveniences do they afford
to secure way travel? These and other ques-
tons might be asked, and if properly answer
ed might result in good.
But perhaps, our duty does not end here.
We have heard frequent complaints from re-
spectacle sources in reference to the Road,
which we beg kindly and respectfully to pre-
sent to the notice of those having the care of
this great interest. We pass over the occa-
sional suggestions which have been dropped
by way of complaint, as to the want of uni
necessary detentions at some of the Depots-
insufficient speed-unv illingness to stop for ,
way travel except at DEPICTS, &C., because
these may be the result of uncomfortable cir
eumstances; but excessive charges upon
: freight and travel-no inducements to take
return anu ueidy Vi
| freight, exorbitant charges upon certain arti-
$ cles, are legitimate subjects of complaint
Hundreds Of persons living on the Road,
who would gladly embrace the opportunity
of going to a ncighboring town and return in
S the evening, are kept at rome by the heavy
If charges. A return ticket at half price would
secure the travel. Farmers, lumber-men and
turpentine dealers living within 20 miles of q
market, haul their produce, rather than pay
is the excessive charges. Planters in parts Of
Wayne, johnson n Wake, cannot import
is Guano by the way of Wilmington, for the
n reason that while they pay 81 per ton freight
n from Wilmington to Goldsboro', they have
to pay 81 per ton from Goldsboro', to Boon
e. Hill, Mitchener's, Clayton and Raleigh Ar
~ ticles started from Wilmington frequently fail
i'd to reach their destination. Now, il these
I'M things are so, need we be surprised at these
nd complaints; nor docs it astonish any one il
-or the business of the Road suffers. But va
10. forbear further remarks. We throw on
he these remarks hastily, in order to direct tn
;s attention of those Immediately Interested Il
ms our Roads, hoping that good may be The n
us. suit.
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exert the greatest or best influence. We
see enough every day, to remind us that
the very humblest of all Gods creatures
may WELD an influence, that may stamp
an immortal soul for time and eternity
How carefully, then, should we guard each
word and action, when we remember what
tremendous results may flow from them.
But, dear Mollie, I must intruderon your
time and patience no longer than just to
say, how earnestly / too, join with "Loraa
and yourself, in the wish that the members
of our wandering Circle, may "give their
wanderings DER" and again greet us with
smiling faces, and cheerful words, as in the
days of yore. And so Mr.. "Sambon thinks
mGtrimony must be the cause of this long
silence? | am afraid "Sambo" has studied
cause and effect to little purpose, if that is
his conclusion. l have known matrimony
to have quite a different effect on the fair
sex; hav'nt you? ] am firmly convinced
that the tongue is the very first and last
implement of war and subjugation," to
Which ladies resort in that case. That
where "Sambo' and l differ. What ha;
become of Will o. the Wisp? His pre-
sumption, learned from ~dear Maggi,
Glenn" seems to have met an u%ntiaael,
end. He seems to be buried in "hushe,
profundity::' Perhaps he has committee
matrimony, too.
To Miss ~Abbie," ! would extend e cor
dial Welcome into our Circle. We hav
quite room enough for her and "Charlie.
That last would occupy no gery greo
space, Pin srre.) Come then. Miss ~Ai
bic" and tell us your adventures IN tn
Metropolitan City. We promise you
true southern welcome and the most al
sorbed attention, while you amuse, ente
tain and instruct, that is, if you are intf
least fond of talking and think, hay
avague "%notion," that you are. Dear Molli
do not you think "Sambo's" silencer won
be a blessing to MAGGIE GLENN.
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HoRRID AFFAIR.-A Correspondent, wri-
ting from Pleasant Grove, Alamance county,
informs us that on the night of the I'd inst,
the neighbors in that vicinity hearing the
screams ofa woman proceeding from the house
of one Joseph Wilkins, hurried to the spot
and found the lifeless body of the wife of said
Wilkins lying near the house, literally burnt
to a crisp Her drunken husband was quietly
reposingin bed unconscious of the tragic scene
enacting around him. The woman had been
a respectable, pious woman, but corrupted
by a drunken husband she fell a victim to
the vice in the awful name above related.
AND YET ANOTHER THE same Correspon-
dent tells US that a few miles from the above
scene, the body of Henry Faucet was found
stark and cold in death, with a portion of
his destroyer in his pocket.
AND YET MoRE.-A letter from Wadesboro',
says:
The temperance cause is not Furnishing in
old Arson as it did some time back, but we
have som of the right grit. Three men in
this county have recently died from the effect
of bad whiskey and a brother in-law of one
of them has just started a distillery. An old
man, Of Stanly, went to ALTERNATE court last
, week, and got intoxicated, and died before
he got home. fl was able to write | could
tell you a great deal for | have seen sights
I suppose Chesterfield C. H., in South Caro-
lima, is the greatest place to see drunken PEG
= pie. When will drunkenness cease?
: Great God ? how long is hell to be peoplet
by the law-established houses of Christian
America
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Says the Albany Knickerbocker: Things
are queerly linked together. The attempt of
a few crazy men to assassinate the Emperor
of France will probably lead to a war that
will extend from St. Petersburgh to Paris
This will lead to dull times in Manchester,
and add two cents to the price of every loaf of
bread baked in the United States. Who
would think that a plug-muss in France could,
by any possibility, be made to effect the price
of every doughnut made between Maine and
California! Queer world, this
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DEATH OF HoN. JouN LoNG.-We regret to
to hear of the death of this excellent citizen,
who departed this life at his rcsidece in Ran
dolph county, on the 18th inst. We will
publish in our next, the retolutions passed
by Pleasant Hill Temperance Society, on the
character of the deceased. They reached us
at too late an hour for this issue.
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Lockheart, Texas.
Correspondence Of the Spirit of the Age.
GArEsvnLE, N. c., March Doth, 1858.

Editor Spirit Of the Age:-I look upon
your paper as being one of the best in exis-
tence at this time. 1t has done a great deal
of good to the community at large, and very
much in the vicinity of this village. A great
many persons who were very Incorporate
have reformed after having taken and read
the Age, Soon the subscription of many
that take the paper here will expire, when |
intend getting up another club for you. l
wish you success in the great work.
J. F. C.
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A WAIF.

. The rain had fallen the noet aros
He passed by the town and o.
street;
ngnt vino rom Ine ga1es 2
And h. ) him down n ! lonely :
And chanted a melody loud and
That made the wild swan pause in
and the lark drop down at ms 4
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Ode Cards.

The Grand Scribe has now on hand a sup
ply of Ode Cards for the new Ritual, gotten
up in elegant style which he offers to Di-
visions at 70 cents per dozen, postage prepaid.
Send on your orders soon, before the supply
is exhausted. BIT.
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~ A Correspondent in Onslow, says
:" have the pleasure Of informing you that
our Court ofPleas and Quarter Session, which
has been in Session this week, refused to
grant license for retailing Ardent Spirits
Something very remarkable for our Court
Justices"
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RALEIGH. March 10.

EDITOR AGE:-In your last issue there is a
piece of verse, entitled 1.-The Fisherman"
published as an original contribution to your
columns. By reference to a volume of poems
published by one Jno. G. SAKE, you will lind
the original. 1t is true that your contribu-
tor has i~nterposed a uerse or taoo Of has oUn,
and made a few slight alterations in the text.
Ifyou know the name of this rogue, please be
so kind as to publish his name in your next.
L. II. II.
We have mislaid the letter giving the name
of the protested Author of the Verses referred
to, or we would give it. 1t is to be hoped
however, that this just rebuke will be a warn
ing to him in future, how he commits literary
theft.-ED. AGE