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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20
The Profit Of Reading.

We hope every youthful peruser of our
weekly sheet is a reader. Not simply a
reader of books and papers, but one who de-
sires to profit by his reading. First, it should
be your aim to read nell. This desirable ac-
complishment is not to be attained simply by
much reading. Many of the poorest readers
are to be found among those who devour ev-
cry thing. Much depends upon reading we'll,
in order to secure the profit of reading. The
rules by which one learns to read well, YOU
have studied in the books, but how few profit
by them. Exercise yourself frequently by
reading to yourself aloud,-listen attentively
to the best readers and initiate them without
attempting to mock them. In this way, YOU
will learn to get the full sense of the writer
yourself, and you will be able to make those
who hear you read, understand the writers
meaning fully and then you may be said to
read ceH, but not until then.
But from this standpoint, be sure to start
well. Avoid the common error of reading
everything. Let your books be few and care
fully selected for regular reading. Be sys
tematic. Take up but one book at a time
and master it before you lay it by. Ifyol
must do more than this, have specific hours
each day for particular studies. But thos
who have the time and the industry for il
will profit more by combining themselves t
one subject or one topic of study, until it j
accomplished.
Newspaper reading or what is termed ligh
reading, may employ hours of leisure and re
creation, but should never be allowed to tres
pass upon the hours for solid reading. L
this way much of the injurious tendency {
reading works of fiction may be avoided
The habit of flying from one thing to anott
er, like the butterfly, fills the mind with ust
less lumber and clogs its energies. If 20
possessed the rare power of the bee to extrat
the music from every flower, then it Nigh
be admissible; but this power is denied mos
if not all.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20
False Charge.

The writer of a communication which ap-
peared in the last No. of the Salisbury Ban
ner, over the signature of GA Route Agent"
does the Editor of this paper inirlstice. by OF
%trIbuting language to him he has not used.
He says we charged 'Route Agents and Post.
Office officials with negligence and r~aseaaty,"'
because sometimes some of our papers fail to-
reach our subscribers. If he will examine
our issue of the 3Oth March, he viii find that
we said-"We are not disposed to saddle Post
masters with wanton neglect or carelessnesg3-
Theirs is a perplexing and trying situat5on,,
and mistakes are sometimes unayoidabSs:-
AS a general thing we have fourd Them a.
mong our best friends, and we are indabteSs
to them for many favors. But there are
some offices where a little more care would
prevent mistakes" Surely the writer cam
not take offence at such a notice as this and
must see how u~njustly he has charged Us
AS to the venom and i'll humor INDUCED inr
he is welcome to a. monopoly of those con-
modities. We have none to r~etaliate with
If the other portions of his article are as un-
true as the one referred to, the statements
made are whoppers-but even if true, it is
t not our fault, if our papers are sent by the
wrong mails after they are put in the Post
Office. By the way, it is a little singular
that this Route Agent" should have selec-
n ted only two of the Raleigh papers upon
+: which to vent his petty, malignant spleen,
i when every paper in the City, and nearly
every one in the State, is complaining of the
irregularities of the mails in transmitting
ir their papers to subscribers Are all of then
lie to blame and "Route Agent" alone immacu
c late and infallible?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20
Raleigh, April, 1853

REMARKABLE ~SCENE.--The Washington
correspondent of the N. York Courier says:
A striking demonstration of female senti-
ment here took place last night, when Geo.
Sickles, father of the prisoner, was sur
prised by a visit at his hotel of some twenty
ladies, who came in a body to express their
Sympathy for his son, and to say that if he
thought it would give any comfort to the &C
cused, they would daily present themselves,
with many more, at the Court House. The
person at the head Of the deputation, was a
venerable woman Of some three score years
and she used the strongest expressions of
! commisseration for the prisoner. "We de-
mand his discharge" she said, "on behalfofour
sex. Let him be convicted, and the libertine
obtains new license. Let him be INDICATED
and virtue acquires nea guarantees"
Mr.. Sickles, ST., made a feeling acknowledg
ment in reply to this novel but touching dis
play Of good and ~virtuous sentiment by ladies
in this community. He said he would no
take upon himself the responsibility of an
swering their inquiry, but he would MAKE
known to his unfortunate son this spontane
Gus act Of sympathy by a band of noble We
men, and he was sure it would be most CRATE
full to his feelings.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20
OUR BOOK FABLE.

Pictures OF COUNTRY LIFE-by Alice Cary
Author of Clovernook, &c, Derby & Jack
son, New York.
We are indebted to the Publishers for a
copy Of this entertaining book, through Mr..
Pomeroy, Bookseller of this city, Mt whose
extensive establishment it may be procured.
II is not q dull, continuous work, but is COM
posed Of a series Of life characters, scenes and
incidents of a moral and instructive bearing.
We have been delighted with its perusal, and
commend it to the public, to whom the name
Of the writer has long been f~ayorably known.
Tar PoErIcAL Works OF FIrz GREENE HAL
LEcK. New Edition. d. Appleton & Co.,
New York.
A beautiful pocket edition of the works of
this distinguished Poet has been laid on our
table by the Publishers. The taste with
which the volume is gotten up, with its beau
tiful gilt edges, fine paper and clear print,
tempt hehOlders to dip into the limpid stream
rolling before them. So it was with us; and
as we quaffsd each nectared goblet, the re-
membrance Of its first inhibition was freshly
brought to mind, and we drank with increas.
ing zest. For sale at Pomeroy's.
THR MANUAL OF CHEss: Containing the Ele
mentary principles Of the Game llustra
ted with numerous Diagrams, &c. b,
Charles Kenny. ID. Appleton & Co., New
York.
We are not acquainted with the Game Q
which this little work treats, and canno
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20
Splrltof t9fAge.
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WEDNESDAY. APRIL 90, 1876
Special Notice.

The SPIRIT OF THE AGE is conducted strict
~ 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 LARK 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 MARK, andrenew your subscrip-
ton.
~ 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, 1859-04-20
For the Spirit Of the Ace.

" nv pm VI N"S
Mr.. EDITOR Almost every week your
welcomed paper brings to us precious tidings
of the prospects and progress Of our noble
order in different parts of this and other
States, but no one has had any thing to say
for old Trap Division recently, through your
columns. Judge not by her silence, that she
has been idle or despairing. Though silent,
she has been at work and as the spring is
the time to prune, she has endeavored so to
do, and to unfurl anew her banner to the
sweet breeze of spring, and invite the weary
traveller and victim of king alcohol to come
and take shelter with US, 'try our ways and
be assured of a hearty welcome without inju-
ry." To those who have left us, we would
say, think not by your present course to in
timidate OF impede our progress. stop and
think before you farther GO" The prudent
man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself
By not thinking, "some are foolish and there
fore pass on and are punished" Then re
turn, oh wanderer, return" and seek again
the hand of those who alone are your friends.
We are not held together by one or two MEN,
bers, neither can we be broken down by one
or two. Our expenses, though small, are not
to be borne by one or two but in one united
body we are to bear each one his portion,
: with a sure expectation of an equal distribu'
:, ton of a glorious triumph.
o And who would wish or ask for more at
!; the close of life, than the happy consolation
of not only saving himself, but helping t.
o save some others from q drunkard's grave
n or who would look at, OF think of the pitifu
It sum it costs to be a Son Of Temperance, whel
he thinks of a mother weeping over and pray
ing for a drunken companion of childrel
crying in.vain for sustenance, beggared by
drunken father? And who, | ask, would nc
o. resolve to spend a life time, however long o
{. short it may be, in earnestly tailoring for
a cause by which the fair damsels of our cour
= try are so often protected and caused to pas
d. a life of peace, which might otherwise
re dragged out in misery. They urge US OIL
ns ward tell US to be firm; and often when "
feel depressed on account of our enemies, the
. cheer US by presenting themselves at oil
an public meetings thus showing that they a
for US. And with them for us, We care n
who is against us. We will march triur
IN phantly onward. We feel deeply indebte
to the beloved ladies in this community f
10 what they have done and are vet doing f
"A our noble order and we believe if they we
to use their influence everywhere as they
here, king alcohol would ere long be banis
III ed from our country. Success to their pr
cious efforts, and a wish that they NAV 8
no US soon to bring to our fold again those W
,m have LETT US. ZEAL0T.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20
ted to TemSerancs. Literature and
A Name to Live.

how true was the remark of a late celebra-
tea banker, to his young friends gathered
around him: MY friends, I have never yet
seeaa statue erected to the memory of a man,
Whoahas devoted his life to making money"
Heroes, poets, painters, sculptors, statesmen,
phihnthropists, wise, good and useful men,
have their deeds perpetuated in marble
#ther names live through all time, but the
mere money maker, however much he may
be courted and fattered in life, when he is
covered up. in the grave, now soon is his
name forgotten? Even his children to whom
he has left thousands of boarded treasure,
seem to make haste to wipe out the memory
OF hs nene, by extravaganza and profigacy.
he has lived for himself. No public charity,
no widowed or orphaned family, shared the
labor of his hands hence his name perishes
when death has done its work. The costly
urn oF'the chiseled slab may mark the rest
ing peceof his bones, but his friends dare
not have inscribed upon his tomb, ''here lies
the successful money maker" lest they should
provoke the scorn of the passer by.
! But what do most men live for in this age?
Is it not to make money and to add bag to
: hag2 And yet how few are permitted to en-
! joy eminent success in this hard-fought battle.
S Where n gathers, thousands scatter and
it is well. Men are destined to live after
death and God has kindly implanted in eve
ry bosom, a desire to be remembered after we
e are gone. The selfish, the worthless anG
n the vile, blot out this passion from theil
hearts, and seem to desire to be forgotten
The rich banker desires to perpetuate hi
name, but his selfish, useless life, forbids it
and he dies. The fact of his great wealth il
d chronicled and he is forgotten.
Young man, if you desire Immortality
l. name to live after you are dead-put fortl
y your energies to be good rather than rich-t
be useful to mankind, rather than hoard tn
treasures of earth.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20

TEMPERANCE AGGRESSIVE are indebted to-
the Author for a pamphlet copy of an "Ad-
dress delivered by Col. j. L. Henry, of Ashe-
vile, at a convocation of Asheville and three
other Divisions, Sons of Temperance" It is
written in strong nervous language, embel-
lished with the flowers of rhetoric and poetry,
SO that while it rouses on the one hand the
rigid hatred of the reader for the vile custom
of. dram drinking and it's natural consequent,
intemperance; on the other hand it charms
by its beautiful and fervid defence of the prin-
ciple of total abstinence and the sublime Or
der of the Sons of Temperance which it advo-
Gates. A few instances of false rhetoric mar,
in a measure, the otherwise beautiful image
ry of the Address, but do not detract from its
force and truthfulness.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20
The Winter of 1916.

The "oldest inhabitant' has certainly new
er passed such a winter as the past. More
rain and less snow nave fallen in North Car
DINA, than in any winter On record. Scarce
ly four days at a time have passed without
rain. Eastern C.rolina must be entirely de-
pendent on the North for ice. And now that
winter has been SO wet, every one is anticipa-
ing a dry summer. Better take it as it comes.
Wise representations or gloomy forebodings
will not change things a whit.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20

DEATH FROM SBIDLIrz PowDERs.-Miss Riley,
of Indiana, who was visiting in the family of
Hon. W. E. Niblack, of the same State, met
her death in a singular manner. She mixed
a Seidlitz powder in two different glasses, and
instead of pouring them together before drink
ing, drank them off separately when the eff.
fervescence occurred in the stomach, partial
ly ~strangling her. In the excitement a dose
of mustard was given, to make her vomit what
she had taken, and a physician sent for, but
before he arrived she was q corpse.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20
Greensboro Literary Festivals,

The Annual Sermon, before Greensboro,
Female College, is to be preached by Rev. L.
l.. Hendren, of the n. c.. Conference; and
the Hon, E. G. Reade is to deliver the Ad-
dress, We have not heard who the speakers are
for Edgeworth. but doubtless able selections
will be made. We know of no place whose
literary festivals are more attractive than
those of Greensboro.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20

SLICED CUcUMBERs AND ONIoNs.-The Edi
tor of the Salisbury Banner says-We were
pleased to notice on the table of Mr.. Mabry
at Lexington, last week, a dish of tempting
green cucumbers. On our expressing graft
fed surprise at that kind of vegetables 81
early, we were informed that they came iron
the garden of DIR. Holt, the best agriculturis
and ~horticulturist perhaps in the State.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20

Four MEN HANGED ON ONE ScAFFoLD-On
Fridaylast four young men were hanged at Bal
timore for murder. They all professed to
have made their peace with the world and
their Maker, and three of them admitted their
guilt. The fourth, a very young man, of re-
spectacle parentage and connections, admit
ted his having been one of the party of drunk
en- rowdies whom the police were endeavering
to arrest when the officer was shot for whom
he was about to be hanged but he denied
that he shot him and a great many believe
an innocent man was executed. He was in.
temperate, as were also all three OF the othe,
unfortunate men. Upon the gallows, they
attributed the position in which they then
: stood, to liquor and bad company.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20

LAGER BEER.-We understand that this
beverage has become quite a ~favorite drink
among the 'fmbibers" of our city: and we
have heard it contended that '1ager' was not
intoxicating. But it is said that a chemical
analysis has made it apparent that two quarts
of lager contains about one half pint of genu-
inc whiskey. Taking the above for truth,
there can be no doubt that the person who
swallows twelve glasses in an hour, as some
have been known to do, should feel slightly
exhilarated.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20

- A Correspondent, writing from Will
liamsburg District, South Carolina, says-"I
I'm well acquainted with a man who is the
father of seven sons, neither of whom has ev-
er been known to taste intoxicating drinks
The father is a consistent Son of Temperance,
and has always been an a~bstainer, and no
doubt his influence has done much towards
establishing his sons in the ways of virtue
and sohrietV.n
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20

DEATH FROM LIQuoR-The Petersburg Ex-
press of Thursday last, says a jury of inquest
was held in that city on the previous after
noon, over the body of Albert T. Gorrell, a
native of Greensboro, N. c., about thirty
three years of age, who had arrived in that
city Oh Tuesday evening, stopping at Jar
rats Hotel, and was on yesterday morning
suddenly attacked with a fit, from the effects
of intemperance, and died under peculiar cir
cumstances a few hours afterwards.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20

TENNEssEE--A gentleman who sends US
three subscribers from Nashville, Tennessee,
informs US that the cause of Temperance is
on the increase in that City. The several
Divisions of the Sons are earnestly at work ;
the Temple of Honor is very strong, and the
Good Templars are doing a vast amount of
good:-the latter number over 600 in the
City, and from three to FIVE thousand in the
State
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20

H We are indebted to Editors Pres6yte-
rian, Fayetteville, for a copy of Minutes of
the Convention of Elders and Deacons of the
Synod of North Carolina. The Presbyteri-
ans of this State are actively engaged for the
advancement and promotion of their denomi-
national interests and in doing SO, are con-
tributing greatly to the diffusion of our ON
mon Christianity. Success to every move
ment calculated to spread the glad tidings of
the gospel of peace among the children of men.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20

~ We are in receipt of a catalogue of
Holston Conference Female College, Ashe-
vile, N. c., from january 1858 to January
1852" The Institution has a full and able
Faculty, consisting of President and twelve
Professors and Tutors. Total No. of Stu
dents for the year, 281. The fine College
buildings, superior location, excellent charac-
ter and objects of the school, &C., together
with the low rates of tuition, have heretofore
given, and will continue to give it an extern
sive patronage. And from a personal knowl
edge of the College and many connected witt
it, we have no hesitation in p~ronouncing i
inferior to none in the State or out of it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20

PLAGIARIsM.-A Correspondent in whom
we have entire confidence, refers us to a GER
tain article which appeared in our columns
as a communication recently, which he pro-
nouncesa vile plagiarism He does not send the
paper from which he says it was taken, and
delicacy therefore prevents US from publish
ing his expose, lest there might be some mis-
take about it. We could not suppose w
capable of such a literary theft but still NV.
j. F." may be right. He AYERS that he
tread the article almost verbatim, if not en-
tirely SC, perhaps a year since, in the Colder
Prize, published in New York" He say
the quotation from Young, with which tn
article is prefaced in the Age, was not in tn
Prize. Stealing, as well as ''nurder, vii
out; p and those who attempt it are almos
sure to be exposed. Let plagiarists beware
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20

~ Whenever we receive a Communica-
ton, and the writer fails to give us privately
(not for publication his real name, we at.
once destroy the article. We cannot publish
it without violating our rule, and we cannot
attempt to take care of such. How long be-
fore Correspondents will learn this thing?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20

w See Mr.. Browns notice of his Horse
Remedies. They have long been before the
public, have been well tested, and experience
has verified their value.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20

y-Our thanks are due to NJ. A. Bledose,
Esq, of Wake, for q copy of his speech deliv-
cred in the North Carolina Senate, January
18th, 1859, on the bill to alter the General
Assembly to equalize taxation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20

DESPERATE STREET FIGHr.-A fight occur
red a few days ago in Marion, Lauderdale
county, Miss, between Hon. Con Rea, and
Judge Hancock, which resulted in Mr. Rea
being killed, and of Judge Hancock being
dangerously, if not fatally wounded.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20

Two LADIES DROWNED IN STANLY COUNTY.
Two young ladies, the Misses Little were
drowned on the Sd instant, in attempting to
cross Rocky River in a boat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20

speak as to its merits. We therefore leave
to chess players and those desiring to learn,
the privilege of testing it in this respect. 1t
may be had of Mr.. Pomeroy.