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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-02-09
Down and Up.

In the year of 1S49, young man. who
was rich and engaged IN a lucrative bust
ness in Cincinnati, became enamored of a
beautiful and amiable girl-thc daughter.
by the way, of wealthy parents-and after
brief courtship, married her. He loved
her dearly. She loved him dearly. A
fortune of happiness seemed in store for
them but evil days came, and after brief
but violent struggle with fortune, the
young man became bankrupt He was
left without dollar, but not without a
hope. The gold mines in California were
open to the adventurous AMI to the indus
trious. He would leave his beautiful wife
and seek its glittering shores, where he
would remain until his fallen fortune.
were retrieved. The resolution once taken
was soon executed. He came to Califor-
nla-but the cloud still hung over liiTn.s
He was active, enterprising and psrseycr-
ing vet, while others around him were
gathering the golden harvest in abundance.
his every project failed. For eight years
he continued thus. He became sick.
weary and disheartened, but his pride
would not allow him to write home for
assistance. He was at last reduced to sell
newspapers upon the street for a living.
a few weeks ago he was at Fulsom
street wharf upon the arrival of the NAL
steamer, and, among the passengers who
came ashore, he caught a glimpse Of 4
richly dressed lady, whom he thought be
knew. He followed her to hotel. got a
fair view, and recognized Ter as his wife,
whom he had not seen for eight years.
lie was poorly dressed, but his affection
conquered his pride, and he immediately
made himself known to her The rccog-
milton was followed by a beautiful exhibi-
tion of unabated and uutaIterine love.
The ladys parents had died, Leaving her
an heiress of great wealth. She hal not
heard Of her husband for eight wears. aud
fearing for his safety, she resolved to visit
the State, and make Inquiries for herself.
The lady closed her conversation with her
husband by putting her arms about hi-
neck, and saying, Nov, dear George, We
can 90 home and be happy, As W used
to be-" They did 90 home on the steam
er which left here last Monday. This sto-
ry is strictly California Spirit Of
The Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-02-09
RALEIGH, n ORTIZ CAROLI MA FEBRUARY 8,

less pit prepared for the devil and his imps
And think of how many spend fortunes
for it, and that is not half, lose their char
acter, which can never be regained. Then
they are driven from this depot to seek
as swiggers in the halfway house where
they can get their drains occasionally as
they get penny.
At the halfway house we suppose the
keeper is a more rugged and hard hearted
being, who is dealing damnation out by
the gill to those who have just arrived from
the first honse, and hurrying them to the
final depot, where they will have to give
what clothes they have left for their cursed
dram. All soon they will be cast out as
useless freight and be found dead from the
effects oftheir long journey and hard drink
ing. These keepers are agents of trust,
and will stick to their Office. Some one
may ask for who? but it has been said
the devil ; and they will decoy strangers
into their nets of destruction, by trying to
use the scriptures to prove that it is no sin.
Yet what pains has there been taken to
apologize for life contrary to the Bible.
Ahu SoOu AtdVCnS. NHdb punishment can
be too great, what mark of disgrace suffici-
emily signal for those Williams of talent, who
have employed their educations in compo-
sition Of rum songs, or pieces Of fine and
captivating writings in praise Of one of the
most odious and destructive vices in the
black catalogue Of human dcprayity.
Look in yon group Of intelligent anj
even clever ryonths, voluntarily pressing for
ward in this disgraccfnl habit, for the pur-
pose of making them appear manly, Of pow
er and might, and thereby have avoided
that state in which they might have lived
free and happy, just to become snowy slaves
of the rum bottle.
My young friends, I am young, though
we have looked at it in very different
way, yet you must be wrong by reason, and
tender you this as my advice, never make
start on that road, and if you have al
ready started, turn before it is too late
.! do turn and be sober and be happy
and the hope that these effects will, il
some degree, add to the happiness Of
Your humble friend,
DNALWOH.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-02-09

novels, where penury has taken up his
abode, and starvation has laid his iron
grasp upon their emaciated forms-thev
exhort US, they adjure US, to push forward
the great work of Reformation-to eman-
cipate them from beneath this Juggernaut
of Hell-to establish the Temperance
cause on sure foundation, where the
wrath of the Bacchanalian cannot prevail
against it.
The number of deaths by drunkenness,
throughout the world, is about three hun
dTed and fifty thousand annually: by in
vestigation we see that this is nearly one
thousand daily: one thousand drunkards
each day ushered into the presence of the
Living God Think of this! Think
what havoc Intemperance is causing in the
ranks of the human family, and for Heav-
ems sake, let US resolve unanimously to ex-
tricate ourselves, our fellow men and our
country, from the vile and pernicious in
fucnce Of the Intoxicating draught.
Lodge Institute, n. c..
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-02-09
CHAPTER XI.

1t is the Joyous first of May, and the
adopted daughter of Mrs. Wrightway has
invited that excellent lady and her whole
family, together with the Broomes, her
cousins, to a picknick under spread
ing oak, in the midst Of the garden.
That garden is now radiant with flow
ers; roses Of every shade and variety, hy
acnths, crocasses, vioIets, menemonies, ver
beuas and sweet minionette- besides a
goodly array of exotics, now freed from
their confinement in the little green house,
(Mary's winter solace,) were Frightening
and pcrfuming the air around the little
Grass plat beneath the oak. Birds were
chattcriug their vernal greetings and car
oIiing their songs Of praise and gratitude,
in the genial sunbeans. Joyous, happy,
melodious voices, minglc with those car
OILS; voices trained and tuned to sing the
praises Of their great Creator and Benetac-
tor and Giver Of al! good; from their ear
liest consciousness Of His goodness.
Happy children came bounding sport
lively through the mazes of flowers and
shrubbery SO protusely adjoining this cher
ished spot. Wreaths of flowers adorr
+ their brows and around their forms, anG
, fall in showers about them as they dance
merrily forward to the glorious old oak
under whose magnificent shade the rura
G rcpast is spread.
/ The prudent, careful little house-keepe
c had made all things ready before tn
y guests arrived, and now mingled, seeming
Y ", without theleast care, in all the delight
of the meeting, in all the joys and sport
r of the children. Her husband too he
loving, happy husband enters into all the
- mirthful pastimes; sits with his wife's e,
cellent friends awhile, conversing rationa
is y on the subject Of these blessings, an
o watching delightedly the gamboling OF tt
O little ones on the grassy slope; then wi
his baby boy on his shoulder chasing Il
- mischct-loving children about the garde
i'll I'VE are all here but poor Minerva, sa
va the eldest Miss Broomo with a deep Sie
- Il thought she was very rich,' exclaim
one of the children in surprise.
n Yes, rich she is called, and | suppC
MS she is rich-as far as this world is conce
ed, but poor for the next, l fear. She
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-02-09

PLEASANT INcIDENT.-The pastor of the
Congregational church of New Sharon,
Me-, communicates the following incident
of child's funeral in that place ''Thc
little one all beautifully robed for the
grave, was laid in the coffin on the morn
ING of its burial. The weeping friends
placed in its little hand small boquet Of
flowers, amoug which was an unopened
rosebud, of the Rose of Sharon The lid
was then placed upon the coffin and the
funeral services performed. When after
the lapse of not more than two or three
hours, the coffin was opened again, and
the friends gathered round to look upon it
for the last time, that bud hqi bscoHec q
fuU Howa rose, while in the cold hand oi
death. It seemed as though voice came
up from those beautiful sealed lips saying
weep not for me; though broken from
the parent stem, am blooming in tho
Paradise of God" Millions Of infant sollt
compose the family above.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-02-09
America in the Old World

y traveller walking along the strcct- Of
European cities will notice at the shop
windows, /" AaaHia.sIa--Qs=er-L y -,
:. Am II rcac the name athc Amer
lean Coincidence :" in the book stoics he
will meet Stowe, Hariand, WetheriIl Pres
colt, Barnes and Hodge; at the book stands.
Dwight, Williams, Cheever, SPrague and
Spring further on he passes "thc Amcri-
cam photograph Gallery. Hery Russell
draws crowds to hear him sing about Life
in America" On the hustings, Lord Pal
merston tells something borrowed from the
Americans In the churches, DR. Guthrie
extols the American educational system.
At meeting for the Irish missions, Prot
Miller and DR.. Cooke tell how the IRISH
flock over to America and learn indcpeu-
dcncc. Go to a missionary meeting and
Dr.Andrew Thompson culogizes American
missionaries, Eliot, Crainard and Grant
Go toatempcrance meeting and yonll lc
sure to hear the. Maine Law. Go to the
Free Church General Assembly and Won
hear them speaking Of the American Mis-
sions III Turkey, or of the great American
revival. Go to the procession of the Greens
Commissioner to the Established Assembly.
and you will find the Dragons trottiug off
to the American tune of "Od Folks at
Home" Go to the Glasgow Cemetery and
YOU will meet with funeral motto from
LongfeIlow. Go into private families and
you will hear the lady singing at the
Piano the American song Excelsior" and
the little girl calling her kitten q Topsy ~
and not to be tedious, if YOU 90 into the
London Times rooR4s von will find that
journal printing its ISLANDERS on the United
States upon Hoes American printing press.
lj0fgg-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-02-09
Position.

"Alen should not marry" it Is common
ly said, ''unless they can not only maintain
for themselves the social position to which
they have been accustomed, blt extend
the benefits Of that position to their wives
and children. A woman who marries j.
entitled to be kept in the same rank AMI
position in which she was reared"
We entirely disavow these doctrines
1t should be the aim of every married
couple to make their own fortunes. No
son and daughter, who become mtn and
wife, are entitled to rely on their ,,,trimo-
nv, but should willingly commence life at
"A lower step in the social ladder than that
occupied by their parents, 50 that they may
have the merit and happiness Of rising, if
possible to the top. Imagine the ease ot
couple, who, by great perseverance, have
acquired possession Ofimmense wealth, aud
are living in a style of ease anI sp'enl "
which is no more than the reward of ja-
dustry. Will anybody say that the CHI
dren Of such "olI folks" should live in the
same grandeur As THAR parents!
The idea is prcposterous. They have
no right to such luxury, they have done
nothing to deserve it; and if their parents
are honest in dividing their property amoug
them, they can have no means Of supper
tigo it. Yet marriages are contracted o.
the principle that the married couple sha.
be able to keep up the rank to which the
have been accustomed under the patcrnal
roof. 1t IS such notions as this, engender-
ed by Malthusian philosophers and foster
ed by lady pride, that are filling our ceun-
try with spoor old maids" coqnettish young
ladies, with nice cigar smoking. good foI
nothing men, and our colonies, alas, with
most miserable and barbarous old b2che
| lors.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-02-09
For the Spirit of the Age.
Halfway House.

As we were walking through the streets
OF certain town in the western part Of this
State, several months ago, we passed
small and neat looking building with this
inscriptions, Half Way" and just below
was painted bottle and glass, apparently
half filled with the poisonous liquor which
was kept within. These were all that was
on sign board, which was suspended from
that house, and it's not being met with
every day, we stopped to think where it
could be halfway to. And where do you
suppose we fixed for the end? Why at
the final depot Of drunkenness and ruin.
Now as there is halfway, there must
be beginning and ending, as to every thing
else.
We will speak a few words about the
beginning. We imagine that there is a
much finer building in the same town, and
kept by genteel looking man, where the
young men can take their glasses without
being suspected; we think there is COM
pany of Intelligent and wealthy youths sit
ting around table filled With wines and
other weaker Hquors,a as iscommon to tempt
with that which is not so apt to form dis
taste at first, and also create thirst fol
stronger; but soon they form love fol
the more common, such as gin, rum and
whiskey, which is enough to burn theil
throats and destroy their mind at once
(as it did poor fellow in the east da,
ago, who after procuring half a gallon IL
. anchored his canoe and laid down until til
l spirits had lost its healing effects and the
was frozen to death.) What conditio
r to leave this world and face an injure
f Judge at his tribunal bar on high. VIII
n could there be worse hell! than to stan
s before such Holy Being and hear Il
: words, depart ye drunkard into the bottoI
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-02-09
REGULATIONS.

The down train leaves Cideryilc at
\. NJ, Porterville at a. H., Beertown at
s A. NJ, Winevillc at 0 A. NJ, Brandy bor-
ough at 10 A. NJ, and whisky city at II NJ.
The speed of the train will be greatly
increased as it proceeds; stopping, how
ever, to land passengers at Poorhouseville,
Hospitaltown, Prsonburg, Gallowsvillc,
etc.
On Sunday, cars will be ready as usual
especially for way passengers, until further
notice.
n. BAH baggage at the risk of the
owners, and widows and orphans are par
ticularly requested not to inquire after per
sons or property at Ruin depot, as in NJ
case shall the Directors hold thcmseIve
liable for accidents to passengers.
WM. WHOLESALE, Prcs't.
ROBERT RETAIL, Vice Prcs't.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-02-09

Thus in the infinite mercy and patient
ong- suffering of God, this brand was pluck
ed from the burning: and his grace impair
ted IN infant Baptism, made efectual to
the saving Of her immortal soul.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-02-09
Des truction Railroad.

The following is good thing from Fsk's
Family journal. Young man, arc you tick
eted through on that road We have in
\. G. thirty-fve hundred Directors of this
road, and our State government is deeply
interested in the stock =
The Directors take pleasure in rcassu-
ring their numerous friends and patrons
that the Road to Ruin is now in good or
der. Within the last three months it has
carried more than three hHndred thousand
passengers clear through from the town Of
Temperance to the city of Destruction.
while the number Of way passengers is en-
couraging. An enorrsous amount of freight,
such as mechanics tools, household furni-
ture, and even whole farms, have cone for
ward; and the receipts of the wear have
been so large that the Directors have re
solved to declare dividend of 500 per
cent. The track has been much improved,
and relaid with Messrs. Diabolus 4, Co.
patent rail. The grades are reduced to a
dead level, and the switches brought to
such perfection along the route as to Jerk
the cars in n moment from the main track.
to avoid collision with the Total Absti-
nence engine and the Temperance trains
which recently occasioned so much trouble
In short, we have spared no expense to
make it superior to any other Road to Ruin
ever established. 1t gives lis great pleas
ure to call he attention of the public tc
tue improvements in our engines and cars
fire-chamber OF douUIe- -caT1,7;u1rIr, s1trrc
patent driving wheels, after The fashion O
old Juggernaut. Our wine-cars are model,
Of luxurious conveyance, after the pattern.
of the far-famed London gin-palaces, where
ladies and gentlemen of the first water car
have all attention. To keep up with the
spirit of the times, our whiskey, rum anC
brandy cars have been greatly enlarged
and are reduced to half price. Our cider
porter and beer cars are exciting great at
tcntion among the children. Our expert
cnced engineer, Mr.. Belial, and our polite
and gentlemanly conductor, Mr. Mix, hav,
been too long known to the travelling pub
lie to need any commcnlation. Indeed
so swift and sparkling are our trains, tha
some have called it 'The flying artillery o
hell let loose on the earth" Tickets mus
be obtained of Mr. Mix, at the drinker'
Hotel, where You may see the following
extract from our charter from government
Licensed to make strong man weak;
Licensed to lay wise man low;
Licensed wife's fond heart to break.
And make her chiidIen's tears to flow.
J Licensed to DO thy ncigbor harm
Licensed TO hate and sri ife
Licensed to nerve the robbers arm;
Licensed to whet the murderer's knife.
Licensed where peace am quiet dwell,
To bring disease and want and woe;
a Licensed to make this wOr a hell,
And fl man for q hell Glow"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-02-09
For the Spirit of the Age.
Intemperance.
BY RANSOM.

''Who drinks, alas but to forget, nor sees
That melancholy s!oth, severe disease
Memory confused and interrupted thoughts,
Deaths harbingers lie latent in the draught
And in the flowers that wreath the sparklin
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-08-25

CONFLICT WITH A CATAMoUNT.--The
Franklin (La.) Banner gives in detail an
account of a terrible conflict between a
catamount and some negroes on the
plantation of Mr.. Thomas S. Bisland, of
st. Mary. The animal, having pursued
the negroes into the house, calmly seat
ed himself on the front piazza scrutini-
zing some dozen or more negroes who
were arriving from the sugar house.
The Banner concludes the story as fol-
lows: Satisfied with the scrutiny, he
entered the parlor or sitting room and
took formal possession, and when the door
was opened by a negro man he flew al
him and seized him by the throat. The
negro was powerful man, and after
being severely lacerated got him under
his feet when four balls were fired into
his head from revolver in the hand OF
a bystander. The overseer who had
now reached the spot, dceming him dead,
ordered the negro to remove his feet,
when, to the amazemcnt of all present,
he sprang upon third negro, but was
finally Killed Wi with a load Of buckshot from
n gun opportuncly brought by the over
seer"