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A NOBLEMAN OF NATURE.

Lord Brougham is nearly, if not quite an
octogenarian. During his long career he !
has been hard working man, has worked
from the necessities of his mind. For him
there has been no pleasure except in active
exertions. No grass has grown in the path
he has trod. He was never born to rust
out, but will first fill the destiny the poet
sung,
"And cease at once to work and live
In a recent address delivered by him at
Manchester, before Mechanics Institute,
he said "The first duty of man is to
provide for his own independence and do
that which it is his bounden duty as well
as his highest interest to do, work with his
own hands. And when | talk of working,
| am myself and have been all nv life, a
| working man, and as long as / am blessed
with health enough to continue, even at my
advanced time of life, | shall continue to
labor and | shall never, hereafter, partake
any more than have hitherto done, of any
relaxation, not even of gratifying my thirst
for knowledge, until have the right to do
so by having done my days work"
There can be no compromise with these
rules,-do one thing at time only never
put off till tomorrow what you can do to-
Eday always finish one thing before you
begin another. A very great and celebra-
ted man in Holland was once asked how it
Happened he got through so much business,
for he was not only great statesman and
minister, but also most eminent mathe-
matician and literary man and his answer
was, that it was by two rules which he al
ways observed-to do one thing only at a
time, and never to put off till tomorrow
what he could do to day, These were his
two rules.
4 The London Times. speaking of LORD
Brougham, remarks, that he has always beer
a working man, and saws: "On that grounc
no man has greater right to address th,
operatives of Manchester than he. Their,
is perhaps no man living of whom NOR,
Efeats of labor and triumphs over the frai
lphysigue of humanity are recorded than 0
Lord Brougham. Legends of this sort hay
gathered round him like Hercules. Their
8 is legend that he once worked six conse
: cutiye days, j. e. IA hours, without sleer
o that he then rushed down to his countr,
e lodgings slept all Saturday night, all Sun
s day, all Sunday night, and was walked b
4 his valet on Monday morning to resum
, the responsibilities of life and commenc
= the work of the next week"
. 1t IS related of Lord Brougham that h
q knows something on every subject, fror
'e the duties of a statesman to making strar
., broom; from the profoundest knowlede
d of law, to knowledge of how to max
friction matches; from the construction
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Genius of Energy.

There is no genius of life ike genius of
energy and industry You will learn that
all the traditions so current among every
young man-that certain great characters
have wrought their greatness by an inspi-
ration, as it were, grows out of sad mis-
take
Andyou will further find, when you come
to measure yourself with men, that there
are no rivals so formidable as those ear
nest, determined minds which reckon the
value of every hour and which achieve en-
inence by persistent application.
Literary ambition rRay infame you at
certain periods, and thought of some great
name will flash like spark into the mine
ofyour purpose you dream until midnight
over books; you set up shadows, and chase
them down-other shadows, and they fly.
Dreaming will never catch them. Moth
ing makes the scent lie well" in the hunt
after distinction, but labor.
And it is a glorious thing, when once
you are weary of the dissipation, and the
ennui of your own aimless thoughts, to take
up some glowing page of an earnest think
er, and read, deep and long, until you find
the metal of his thought clinking on your
brain, and striking out from your finty le-
thargy, flashes of ideas, that give the mind
light and heat. And away you 90 in the
chase of what the soul within is creating
on the instant, and you wonder at the fe-
cundity of what seemed so crude. The
gloW of toil wakes aN<s,, .sle-ss.---:------vsr-
of your teal capacities; yon feel sure that
they have taken a new step towards final
development. In such mood it is, that
one feels grateful to the musty tonnes, which
at other hours, stand like curiosity-makinp
mummies with no warmth and no vitality.
Now they grow into the affections like
new-found friends; and gain hold upon
the heart, and light fire in the brain, that
the years and the mould can not cover nor
quench--[ TX Marvel
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For the Spirit of the Age
JOTTINGS AND DOTTINGS.

Mr.. EDITOR: Since | last wrote yon,
| have abandoned ''the cloister of learning"
and am now for the first time to try the
"stern realities" Of life Of which we have
heard so much,-the fayorfte hobby of
commencement speakers and wishy-washy,
sentimental writers. Now, no doubt but
there are many ''stern realities" and rough
-individualities in this world; but it is not
half SO bad as an everlasting set of grun-
blers and croakers would have us believe.
They would have us think that happiness
is as scarce as upright politicians, and
thorns in our path as thick as Abolitionism
and every other kind of "'ism" in New
York that it is vale-of-tears sort of a
place. But this is mistake-it is non
sense; and such stale platitudes should be
excoriated-set aside. This is bright
happy world. At least this is my expert
ence and it would seem to be the expert
ence of many, considering the Senacity with
which they cling to it when they are about
to shuttle off this mortal coil" and try
the sstern realities of dread hereafter.
| have now time to read, write, or sit in
"pensive meditation and watch the ''bright
bow of many colors hung upon the tree
tops" rudely shaken off to form a carpet Of
''many colors" for mother Earth. | oeca-
sionaIly betake myself to the highway. tho
not "with blunderbuss in handn to IBID the
traveller stand," but With the wagon; anc
there is not more healthy OF contentet
man alive than the jolly WAGNER, whc
cracks his whip and cares not how th,
world wags on SO he can keep from stick
, ing in the mud. The first night when W,
camped, it was pouring down rain. Her
was fix; but began to whistle and sool
found change. in. my spirits, and so vii
f any one who tries it, On the evening 9
the second day we passed Steel Cree
! Church. Here are two very old and laro
: burying grounds, one entirely full, the 9th
! er nearly So. As we walked through tn
. grave yard reading the Inscriptions on tn
Itomhs and pondering on the scene befor
! fus, the beautiful words of GRAY came
O Emind:
If ssPerhaps in this neglected spot is laid
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fir
O Hands that the rod of empire might ha,
: swayed,
Or walked to ecstacy the living Tyre
., We plucked beautiful rose bud fro
le the head of grave and thought that De
ID ihaps the cold sleeper over whose grave t
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a Romance of Real Life.

A Pennsylvanian tells the following il. /
teresting story
In Dauphin county, Pa, some seven
years ago, lived wealthy farmer. who was
blessed with familg Of six children, fhe /
eldest Of whom was beautiful girl of sew I
enteen summers soung man IN theI
neighborhooI who was of as,6sI iansil<.
feigned attachments t6 her. Young aud !
|inexp pelieneed she fell III the snare Isl i0r
her. Shortly after her ruin was aeeaal-| !
plished, The Young nsan iearing the 1saih
of her fafI,ef sslleai he e1sees 81 ,is
7 ss,' fgls1i-
ed. The girI feeling her shame fled to
Harrisburg, flinging her bonnet into creek
which flowed through her fathers farm, in
order to make her friends believe she was
drowned. Shortly after hei supposed death,
her father, upon whose mind the event
weighed heavily, sold his farm and remov-
ed to Crawford county, Ohio.
In the meantime she had reached Har-
risburg, taken the cars west and in few
days found herself at the only tavern in a
secluded village in the interior of Michigan
The landlady was kindhearted woman,
and at that particular time was in need of
an assistant. She heard the story of the
Ipoor girl, sympathized with her and liked
her appearance, insisted upon her making
that her home. In this house she passed
SIX years in contentment Her hostess in
troduced her as awidow-she gained friends,
and received many advantageous offers of
marriage
One morning about six weeks ago, she
was in the sitting room when the stage
Edrove up. The windows of the coach were
down, and she could see most of the pas
sengers. Among them was face that
; seemed familiar to her. She looked again,
and with a shrek fell fainting on the floor.
1t was her seducer! The landlady soon
learned how matters stood, and determined
that justice should be done. She sought
him, told him the facts, and insisted, that
he should repair the injury he had inflicted,
,, by making her his wife. To this he al
once consented.
Three months after his fight from Penn
lsylvania, seized with remorse, he had star
ted back with the intention of marrying
her. On the way he had picked up a
newspaper, which contained an account oi
her tragieal death. Feeling that he was
the cause of her untimely end, heart-sicl
and sad, he turned back, changed ant
better man. He had settled down, accu
mulated Eraras.fs1-and WAS .. .sea.aa.s.f sr4.a-.A
e ing and influence. The JOY of the CIR
6 when she met with her repentant love
!, may be imagined. They were married
) that evening, and the next morning started
: for Pennsylvania. Ascertaining the ad
: dress of her father, they came on Bueyrus
Ohio, as fast as steam could carry them
= Words cannot paint the raptures of tn,
old man as he clasped to his bosom daugh
! ter he had mourned as dead for six Ions
= years. Explanations were made, all wa
! forgiven, and after passing few weeks o
unalloyed happiness at the residence of tn
: = girls father, they returned to their home
s In tho WacH
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beautifQl bud Was Just beginning to shed
It's beauty. lad been. Ike It, snafched away
By the hand Of Death ia all the pride and
beauty 81 ye IT..
Later IN + evening sse were oFertaken
bT q merry crowd q schoeI children
like to see them as they hasten along
hear their merry voices ard ringing laugh
ter and see their count nance beainiing with
intelligence and happsAless Presently =
genuine specimen of ] ssllng Alnerica came
along and said he vahtesl e ride If he
woulan't be too hast1,si sting glance at
bis feel. a. Ne went aIene. on1e AMER
/ Gen. Sumpter during the Revolution sta
ting also, IN proof of its antiquity, that
some workmen in repairing it had found
the date of l76-, but the other figure
could not be ertiRguiShed. And in the
course of his numerous remarks, stated that
his grandfather was married before he
Young America) was born Verify we
thought the youth was at just what he
ought to BEGGING to school.
This brings up question: Why is il
that SO many good people of the Old North
State will permit their children to remain
at home in idleness and ignorance, instead
of sending them to school? Ask their sons
anything about books, and they are dumb
Ask them where you can get something tC
drink,-where you can get fine dog or {
good game-cock, and they can tell you 0
every one in the county, and can talk flu
emily of feverything connected with the race
and chase. Ask their daughters of Hannal
More, Mrs. Sigourney or Mrs. Hemans, anC
they will be as ignorant as the young LADY
who was speaking. of going to some Femal,
College, and IN answer to my question a
to what English Grammer She had studied
replied she never studied English Gram
mer she studied Kirkham I Many vii
not send their children because they ar
unwilling to 90, or because their clothe
are not as fine as Mr.. AS, and for othe
such trivial reasons. Now, Sir, if / had
child (which have not, being a bachelor,
who was unwilling to attend school, Iwoul,
pursue plan similar to the old farmer VIII,
enticed an unruly bull away from his prem
ises with pitchtork-I would entice hin
with smart application of birch-some
thing that was always very efectual in il
ducing me to attend, when | felt disir
clined. "WALT."
Mt Tirza.
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For the Spirit of the Age.

For the Spirit of the Age.
SH1essfs. EDITORS Aware, as I am, of
your ardent attachment to the cause of
education in general. and especially female
education, beg leave, through the medium
of your excellent widely circulating paper,
to submit few remarks in behalf of Ok
ford Female College.
This fourishing institution is located in
the beautiful town of Oxford-one of the
most healthy and desirable places in North
Carolina. 1t has hitherto been literally.
patronized closed its last session under the
most pleasing and favorable circumstances,
and has bright prospect Of commencing
equally SO with the new year. Mr.. J. II.
Mills, the principal Of this school, graduated
at Wake Forest College few years since
with the highest honors, and is well known
to be ripe scholar and gentleman of
high order of talent From an intimate
association with him for the last six months,
| know him to be man of deep piety, great
intrinsic worth and unfinching nerve in dis
charge of his duty. And from these and
other requisites, there are, in my humble
Judgment but few men better qualified to
discharge the duties Of the high and I'M
portant position he occupies.
Mr.. Mills is emphatically working man,
and all connected with him, both teachers
and pupils, are required to work also. In
regard to myself, | hope to be pardoned
for saying that thus far | have done and in
tend to continue to do all in my power to
advance the pupils in the department over
which preside, THAT of drawing and pain
ting and | feel persuaded that thus will
the other teachers do also. Much pains is
taken in this school to improve the health
and refine and polish the manners of the
pupils, and all that can be done is done tc
promote and secure their very best inter
ests.
| No sectarian influence whatever is exer
ted upon their minds, and they are permit
ted to attend public worship in the differ
ent churches in the town wherever preach
ing may chance to be.
Mr.. Mills has recently added to the Col
lege for the comfort and convenience of tn
school, by new and almost entire outfit @
furniture, &C., and in addition to this b
has secured the services of Mr.. William
Piper and his estimable lady to preside owe
the stewards department, whose good chez
and fatherly and motherly care for tn
young ladies can only be equalled by tn
piety and amiable disposition of these mos
excellent people.
Thus, Messrs. Editors, it viii be seen ths
this school possesses no ordinary advants
ges, and parents and guardians who woul
have their daughters and wards acquire
finished education cannot do, better, in m
humble judgment, than to send them /
Oxford Female College.
o, p. COPELAND.
December 26th.
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except the dissolution of soul and body
They are dead to every feeling Of humani-
ty--to every sense of moral rectitude.
With regard to their ssical existence
they are ike dead ba always in the
way until it is buried ont Of sight The
drunkard is IN the way when he lies by the
road side, in the court 7ard, or staggers
about in the streets, disturbing the public
peace, and is really Stunned By all the so-
Der and virtnous, ike amass Of animal naatT
terina putrid states And thus he passes on
to fiji a drunkard's grave
while darkness, shame. and long despair
Reign IN eternal silence there
Infernperauk e =. !
lEa Eaass lfffe 1ts = 4 eamnabie sFn IN it.
self. calling down Gods wrath and eternal
displeasure, it opens the way to the prac-
tice of every species of vice and immortality
1t holds its victims bound as it were in ada
mantine chains. And there is as little hope
of confirmed drunkard ever becoming de-
votedly pious and useful to society, as there
is Of the abandoned prostitute and guilty
murderer. Paul seems to have regarded i
III IuiS liSho, "AeH elIuilI0idGlIS IAc WoIN
of the flesh, (which he says, are these
adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciv
iousness, x < envying, murders
drunkenness, revellings and such like: o
the which tell you before, as | have alsc
told you in time past, that they which &
such things shall not inherit the kingdom
of God" Gal. 5: 10, 81. Here drunken
ness occupies conspicuous place in tina
black catalogue of crimes, on account Q
which Sodom was destroyed, Nineveh over
thrown and the Canaanites driven out
and can any society, whether political o
ecclesiastical, permitting the same corrup
tions to exist in their midst, expect to es
cape a similar destruction? j. ID.
Little River, N. G.
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Vsctoria's Children. The Queen 5

Victoria's Children. The Queen s
Children are rapidly growing up
The Princess Royal, who is about to
be married, is now aged II the
Prince of Wales is 16; the Princess
Alice, whose hand is to be demanded
in marriage by the Prince of Orange,
is IA +; and the Prince Alfred, whose
residence at Alverbank' his mamma
| lgraciously visited,is 13. Besides these
four eldest, the family includes Helena
al; Louisa, 8; Arthur 7, and Leopold
IA.
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Dor the spirit Of the Age.
December 2sth,. 1857.

In the second commandment, the divine
lawpiver IS represented as saying =" am
Jealous God, visiing the inquity of the
fathers upon the children unto the third
and fourth generation Of them that hate
me-" And in no way is this more obvi-
ously manifested than in the case Of drunk
enness. Every where we. see scenes OF
suffering and distress, poverty and wretch
edness. beyond the power Of language tc
describe; and could we trace their history
back a few generations, we would doubt
less find the origin in some intemperat'
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Rum and Missions. Archdeacon
Jeffrey, missionary in the East In
dies. states that for one really con-
verted Christian, as the fruit of mis-
sionary labor, the drinking practices OF
the English have made fully one thou
sand drunkards in India. Rather
hard report.
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- ~ ~ 1tssN<sz - - - 49, Z
aas lost, and that Aally
Friends Of h,ssssI exert your intiu-
enee tor the eala n 81 the temperance
cause lsIlske sire efforts to rescue the
fallen and rer.af moderate drinker.
3ssu haze talents sIsd to YouF eare,
isis 3 ansible. oIlf
s 5siSi7 - ssssssiI
deavor to exert al shaence for good. II
you reclaim one poor drunkard, your re-
ward shall be great. But if yon live in the
world careless and unconcerned, whether
you benefit mankind or not, you cannot
expect to escape the wrath of an impartial
God. Therefore act well your part in life;
exert your influence in the heaven-born
cause of rescuing the fallen and restoring
them to the favor of their friends and their
God Then they may well exclaim in the
language Of the following stirring lines =
Tell me HATE the how'll
Hate is feeble word,
| LoATHE-ABHOR-8ay Uery sout
With strong disgust IS stirr'd
Whene'er see, or hear, or tell
Of the dark BEVERAGE OF HE'LL!
Those lines were written by one who had
felt the pangs and miseries produced by in
temperance.
You who have escaped the miseries Of
intemperance, be diligent in your mission
here on earth-it is high and noble one,
and crown-of glory awaits you, if you are
successful in saving the inebriate from the
dreadful .burnings of hell.
Thousands of drunkards are daily tend
ing towards eternity as fast as the wheels
OF time can carry them, and thousands more
will follow, unless the rum-scourge be stay
ed. How heart-rending to see so many
continually fastening to the prisons of
eternal night, there in the caverns of hell
to endure the pangs Of the sulphurous
flames forever and ever.
1t is indeed task not easily accomplish
ed to paint in true characters the miseries
occasioned by the sin of fintemperance. So
dreadful in their nature that they are shock
ing beyond comparison. The drunkard's
abode can give faint idea of the wo, mis-
cry and degradation that attend the drunk
ard as he passed his days in the downward
/ course that leads to eternal destruction.
| would call loudly to the moderate
.ldrinlerSte t. fersalrc bowl aI1E
swear eternal enInity against it, ere he be
i becomes SO confirmed in the use of ''the
dark beverage of help that he cannot aban
don its use. And to the confirmed inebri
ate, would say, retrace your steps seel
the company of temperance men; sweal
eternal yengence, against the rum-god ant
resolve never more to touch the tempting
cup, but to dash it to the ground, resolved
with firm resolution not to be deceived
, again by its deceptive influence.
Leave, oh leave the tempting bowl,
Nor drink the madd'ning poison up;
By all thy youthful dreams of life,
Be warned and shun the fatal cup.
, They say that on its brim hangs joy,
l And in its depths there's bliss divine
They little know how deep curse
Is hidden in a cup cfpine"
/ THEOPHILUS.
/. Mt. Pleasant, n G.
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itentiaries crowd
houses, sent thous-
llIy, there to dwell
misery whilst eter
ess rounds.
turn, from the
j Seek an interest
unless ou 90, you
ally
exert your infis1-
lt . the temperance
forts to rescue the
Moderate drinker.
I'D TO your care,
"a. allf
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jail houses, furni
ca asEluns and
ands raYiIg mad s
ID unspea able r
nifty shall roll her
Delnded man
destructive ways n
ii the blood Of ca
ana lost, AID that
Frieuds Of h.
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| fallen and rea
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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-05-12
Answer to an Enigma of last week-s'The
second rice is lying, the first is running into debt

EXTENSIVE MoNoPoLY--Colt, the inventor
of patent firearms, is one of the fortunate in
dividuals occasionally met with. He has al
ready received from the government at Wash
ington, for furnishing revolvers, four hundred
and fifty thousand dollars and the present
administration has contracted for, or ordered,
from him, three thousand additional, at eigh-
teen dollars each. This monopoly is one Of
the greatest in existence at the present time,
and has not been equalled since the expiration
of the Woodworth planning machine patent
Strenuous efforts have been made by several
parties, at different fines, to break down Colt:
influence with the departments at Washington
but they have all signally failed.