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effectually and expeditiously performed
This duty must be discharged around the
family altar and at the fireside, where your
rule ofgentleness and love is not disputed.
And though the demons influence be great
and his power seemingly irresistible, yet if
you so determine, his power will be destroy
ed, his despotism will be overthrown and
your family, your friends and your coun-
try blessed.
Then teach thy darling boy, the image
of thy youthful love, to be temperate in all
things and despise the wine cup. Call him
to thy side as he is about to quit the pa
ternal roof and beseech him with a moth
er's eloquence to shun the sparkling bowl.
Teach thy daughters, in whose smiles low
ers bask, to prefer the temperate youth to
him who, seeks pleasure in the social glass
And warn, Oh! warn the pride of youl
country, her matchless daughters, never
to smile on him who drinks to her health
in fashionable wine. Use your influence
the powerful influence which you Justly
wiel6, and the reign of alcohol is near its
end; suddenly will the number of our suf
ferings diminish, and, mothers, yours shall
be the reward of an admiring world, a
thankful posterity and the approving smile.
of your Creator.
DATRT0T
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For the Spirit of the Age.
An Appeal to the Mothers Of N orth Caro-

| address you particularly, because to
States, is by destiny entrusted the future
welfare of our country. Your advice, your
example, your precepts and training, are to
form the characters of the future rulers of
this glorious confederacy. Long has our
good old State slumbered in shameful leth-
argy; too we'll has she deserved to be call
ed the Grip Van Winkle State" But to
her honor be it said she is at last awak-
ing. Yes, the bonds which have impeded
her progress in those advances her sister
States have made, are falling off, and daily
is the ''Old North State" advancing to oc-
cupy that station due her among the States
of this Union.
But if she progresses that progress is
slow. Still there clings fetter to her
heart that weakens every effort. Still a
blasting, bFghting tyrant fingers amid her
homes, her schools, her public assemblies
and her Legislative balls, destroying the
hopes of parents, -desolating the hearth
stones, weakening our councils, and tyran.
izing over society. He resels in the man,
sions of the sick and riots in the novels o
the poor. He debases the strong man ant
destroyes the youth. He is despot a
home and q sot abroad. His power i
known, his influence is sadly felt by ou
State, and his name is too familiar to b,
here repeated.
The duty of expelling this monster, d.
wolves on you; and by none can it be mol
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A PATRIOT.
For the Spirit of the Age.

rol tuo OplIlt VI Lue age.
Gall levelled by the hand of death,
Lie sleeping in the tomb;
Till God in judgment call them forth,
To meet their final DOOM"
Yes, all leveled by the hand of death
Your path through life, fair young girl, has
not been strowed with flowers you have
not been reared amid wealth and surroun-
ded with all the comforts of life; you are
not one of the favored children of dame
fortune, but in extreme poverty You have
toiled on till you have come to almost wo-
manhood. And when you look upon the
young heiress who passes your humble
home daily, dressed in the extreme of fash
ion, adorned with all the fnery that is ne
cessary to make the costume Of a modern
belle complete, it's then that you become
weary of your lot, and stop your toll for a
moment and wonder why it is thus-why
you were born to such destiny, while the
lady just passed is surrounded by all that
wealth can buy ?-why such an unequal
division of the goods of this world! But,
fair one, be not cast down; envy not the
wealth of the heiress. Wealth does not
buy happiness. Seek ye first the kingdom
of heaven, and when you have found the
pearl of great price, you would not ex-
change it for all the wealth of this world
for then you have well founded hope thai
you have become child Of the Most High
God, and an heir Of that happy home be
toll and sorrow, and where the wealth o
this world is not needed. Death will con-.
to the rich as well as to the poor. Yes al
are levelled by the hand of death.
J. G. S.
| San Marcus Texas.
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we have associated and learned to love,
there is nothing which so reconciles us to
the cruel bereavement, as the precious hope
that zoe shall meet again. Agonizing in
deed would be the sad parting, were we
not cheered and solaced by the assurance
that it will be but for season Far away,
too, in stranger climes, there are loved ones
whose memories we delight to cherish, but
whose remotencss of residence precludes
the hope of a reunion upon the shores OF
time. Oh! how pleasant it is to contem-
plate, that we shall greet each other be-
yond the skies, and there renew the friend
ships of this lower world. There is one
dear friend, whose features [ have never
seen, and yet one whom, through the me-
dium of a pleasant correspondence, have
learned to love almost with a brothers
love. Like me she has long been pris-
oner in her little chamber, whose thresh-
hold she will never leave till she goes forth
clothed in a robe of Immortality. And
though scarcely week passes by without
our enjoying pleasant epistolary commu-
nion with each other, yet our in6rmities
forbid the hope OF ever greeting each 9TH
er face to face, till we shall have laid aside
these frail frames, and this mortal shall
have put On immortality. But we shall
meet by and by! Yes, blessed thought !!
when we have drank the bitter cup which
our Father has apportioned us, we shall
meet and recognise each other in that
white robed throng who have gone up
through much tribulation."
Precious hope! that we who loved each
other here, will rejoin each other and en-
JOY sweet communion through the never
ending ages of eternity Oh how ear
nestly then, should we strive so to live as
to secure our title to an inheritance in the
skies! INVALID.
Elm Cottage, Va.
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cling the iron in the fire till it was heated,
she drew it out and ran to the open room
where the bogsheads of liquor were placed,
she holds it first to the one and then to
the other, till in all the eight there is near
ly a hole, then waiting until the iron is
cold, with all her strength pushes the iron
through the half burEt holes, and with a
stiffied cry ofjoy she sees the liquid pour
ing out. Taking a shell she scrapes lit
tie channel, so that it can run of, fees to
her home and throwing herself into her
mothers arms, exclaims sobbing, '1've done
it, oh Pve done it." and that was all she
could say.
All +! little Nanseelc, what noble deed
you have done, its influence shall not stop
at your own home. Although you have
never heard Of the noble cause Of temper
ance, thou hast done worthy action.
1t was not discovered till the afternoon
of the next day, when Howe came to fill
some of his cans he saw what was done,
and, bowling with passion, he rams into the
other room and attempts, in vain, to utter
a single word, at last he took stick and
drove the inmates away, in perfect frenzy.
He knows that for another nine months he
can have no supply, and that he had sent
all his worth away, that the miserable pit
tance he had would not last but few days,
and then he must go to ruin, for all the ma
tives despised him in their sober moments.
He could not imagine who had done it,
and the village was in great commotion !;
those who had been regularly to the store
suffered much, but when it was impossible
for them to crafty their appetites, they be-
came stronger, and lived to mourn their
departure from virtue.
Howe subsisted round for several weeks.
and finally had recourse to stealing, but
being taken in the act of robbing temple,
which is considered holy, he was placed in
an open boat, carried far out to sea and
there left, and that is all that was ever
heard of the rumseller of Maize.
The little village is quiet and still now :;
missionary is there, and nearly all are
converted to Christ. Nanseeki is still
there, though she is old, but she will tell
you how she saved Maize from the dreadful
curse Of liquor, and will show you the
place where the store of Howe was, and
which is held in awe by the natives, who
carefully avoid it at night. My young
readers you have seen what little Hindoo
girl has done, will you not now resolve tc
try and help, althoughit it may not be much
in the noble, sacred cause of Temperance
SUSIE.
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ANECDOTES

A sprightly schoolgirl, who attends the
Central High School, where the teachers
have way Of melting the pupils to under
stand what they say to the class, was rea-
ding the "Last of the Huggermuggers :"
and stirred by the spirit of inquiry stinu-
lated by her teachers, if not BY natural
feminine curiosity, asked boy cousin of
hers the meaning of Huggermugger. John
looked thoughtful for moment and then-'
said: "rll show you!" and before the iri.e' ~
cipient woman had time to make any furth-
er remark, John had his arm around her
waist and subjected it to a gentle pressure
THAT'S hugger, and this (putting his
DER. stfaffeftiiae ia 11na=
displeased Sarah Ann, 1and this Is the lase'
of the huggermuggers; fer if you ever at.
tempt to give me such another definition,
I'll box your ears"
Brilliant thoughts are often slow in their
formation, like the diamond. Thomas
Moore was frequently otctpied tkrsg weeks"
in writing song. Theodore Hook often
took about the same to perpetrate an Sim
promptu :" and Sheridan was frequently
employed alp day in getting up joke,
which was SUPPOSED by some to be the in
spiration of the moment. And yet, with
these facts fAiie' established, nsny aspoor'
fellow is yellgd out, suddenly and uupee-
pared, after a. dinner, and laughed at for
making a Jtey of himself
Tomorrow is like aidgeser that deceiSes
US; quack that prets.fas 20 cure rs, and
thia ice that Will no.; bezf our wsight. II
is fruit beyond our grasp; giittering
bubble that bursts and vanishes away; a
will-o' -the-wisp that leads mary into the
mire, and rock that many mariners have
struck and suffered 5hipwreck. 1t is illu-
sion to all who neglect the present hour
and a reality to those only who improve
to-day.
There is a Jail in Arkansas, the inner
door Of which is tied with a tow string, and
the outer door fastened BY a fence raj
propped against it, with a. board driven II
the ground at the foot Of it. A prisoner
offered, a. reward of five dollars to any one
who woufd shell an ear of corn at the low
er end of tie rail, and leave the rest to the
bogs
.Madam," said cross-tempered physl
cian,. to a. patient, 'if women were admit
ted iht5 paradise, their tongues would scor
make it pnsgascry." "And some physi
clans, if allowed to practice there" replied
the lady, "would soon make it desert
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Dsbotss to Gemyeranee, gitefaiare Gbneatisn, 9gri
RALEIGH, NORTH CARROLL I
, belief that we shall be rewarded here

in the belief that We shall be rewarded here
after.
That man who makes god of the SEN
ses, and relies in their qualification for hap
piness, will be ever doomed to disappoint-
ment; but religion affords
/" What nothing earthly gives or can destroy,
The souls calm sunshine and the heartfelt
joy"
R. R. Springs, May, 1859.
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The following are some of the common
errors of the day:
"No man had ever less friends :" it should
be teaoer less refers to quantity.
"Be that as it aoiU :" it should be, abe
that as it may"
"The above DISCOURSE" it should bc, ''the
preceding discourse"
"The then ministry" it should be, the
ministry of that time"
"AU over the country" it should be.
" ouer all the country"
Provisions were plenty )" say, plentiful.
"I propose to visit them;'' 10 sei.~-il.l
purpose to visit them
81 leave town in the latter end of July !"
omit the word latter.
81 should have very much liked to
haze seen him !" it should be, to see him.
IA child cf four years DID," it should
be " a child four years old" or "aged four
years."
"The negligence of this leaves US expo
sed )" it ought to be, " the neglect of this, y
&C.; negligence implies habit; neglect ex-
presses an act.
"He plunged down into the water y
omit the word doDn.
ave must do this last of all; :" omit Of
all.
| "Where is it 2 says to him y it should
be, "said to him."
"This is sure preventative )" it should
I be, preventive.
i 81 hoped you Dould haze come;" il
should be, II hoped yeu would come"
'I rode in one-horse shay" it ough
to be, one-horse chaise there is no sucl
word as shay.
"He can write better than me )" say
"than l.
ORIGIN OF ODD FELLOWSHIP IN THE U. s.
On the 26th day of April, 1919, just fort
years ago, at the house of William Luptor
sign of the Seven Stars, Second street, Bait
more, Thomas Wildey, and four others, bein
the only five members of the Order who coul
be found in that city, met and formed then
selves into Lodge No. l. Very soon after thi
foreseeing the evils that would ensue, if
system of self-institution was continued, ths
applied to and obtained from competent /
gal authority-the Duke of York Lodge
Preston, England charter by which tn,
were legally constituted ard duly authorize
as the head of the Order, to grant charte
and exercise supreme authority within : Il
United States. From this humble commend
ment originated the Grand Lodge of the III
ted States, and the State Grand Lodges, al
: contributing members From SO small
germ has sprung that mighty tree whose bra
f ches have spread throughout every State
the Union.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-06-01

CURE FOR TAPE WoRN.-A correspondent
at Lyons, Wayne county, N. Y, sends us an
account of the successful use of the pumpkin
seed remedy in case of tape worm. There
is no doubt that this simple remedy is com.
pletely ef6cacious in treating this disagreeable
complaint
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-06-01

WOMAN As a FARxsm-We learn from q
Southern paper that the most extensive plant
alton in louisiana is msaaged by . woman
Mrs. A. E. Flint Curing the last year
she raised 1870 hogsheads Of noIasses and
400 bales Of cotton-ths largest crop pre-
duced on any plantation IN that State. II the
they do, when there is will,
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SIxpENoE DAY.-ALondoh PAPER fur
nishes US with the following interesting
anecdote, which we wish our young friends'
would read and think about. What Is
said about a sixpence spent daily fot one
thing that is useless or hurtful, (strohgs
drink, for example, may be said ofthe same
sum spent for other hur.ful or pernicious
things, tobacco for example.)
There is an old man in the aims hodsG'in1i'
Bristol, who states that for sixty years he
spent sixpence day in drink, bat was new
er intoxicated.
A gentlemen who heard tie statement,
was somewhat curious to ascertain how
much this sixpenee a day, put By every
year, at five per cent compound interest,"
would amount to In sixty years..
Taking out his pencil he began to calcu.-
late. Putting down the first years savings,
three hundred and sixty-6ve sixpences, nine
pound sterling. Eleven shilings and six
pence, he added the interesG. and thus went
on from year to year, until he found In the
sixtieth year the sixpence day reached
the startling sum of three thousand tko'
hundred and twenty-five pounds sterling,
nineteen shillings and sixpence..- More than
fifteen thousand dollars!
Judge the old mans surprise when told,
that had he saved his sixpence day, and
allowed it to accumulate at compound inter-
est, he might now have been worth the
above sum; SO that, instead of taking re-
fnge in an aims house, he might have com
forted himself in house of his own costing
three thousand dollars, and fifty acres OF
land worth two hundred and fifty dollars
an acre, and have left the legacy among his
children and grand children, or used tier
the welfare of his fellow men,
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Common Errors,

San Marcus, Texas.
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of tbe gag.
NO. 40,
lot, and then bidding him gooddss depss-

lot, and then bidding him gccddsy deps+.
ted.
The rabbit, faithful to bis purpose, con.
tinued his journey and his observations.-
He fell in successfully with the wolf, the
squirrel, the panther, &c.. and with his
usual adroitness he drew all their COM
versation to his favorite subject with6ns
giving them ground to SUSPECT hiS motives.
Each one with candor deelsfEdl his own
misfortune and his wish to conceal them
and to appear happy, adding. that the rab-;,
bit fox, bear, &C., were favored beyoIs'
measure. Having explored the sentiments
of so many far and near, the rzbbit with
feelings very different from those With
which he set out, returned home. Not be:
ing much of philosopher he, for soms
time, knew not what inference to draw
from what he had experienced; but- at last
concluded that since each one feighs> the
appearance of happiness without knowing
that others act in the same manner, each
one concludes that all others are truly hap
py; and that since for the most part eacH
one conceals his own Affections, but knows
not that others do the same, each one In.
fers that he alone is miserable,
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-03-24
MALL ARRANGEMENTS.

EAsTsRH NAIL Sunday exc'p'-d.) arrives daily
at \ N and 2 NJ closre at . n a'-o y NJ
wEsTEnN Man. arrives daily Sunday exc'ptsd)
4. 10 N aud 6 N closes At y ANA r M.
SouTasRN N III, from .. Louis anu souther rn Mis-
souri,, ara,ves daily (sunisys excepted) at N I;
closes at y r..
NonTuEnn MAIL via Dubuque snd Northern To-
wa arrives daily (sundays excepted) st6r Closes
at "A NJ.
NORTHERN NAIL, via Dewitt, naquoketa, &C.,
arrives Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at I r
NJ; closes Tuesdays, Thursdays and sundays at :
d..
NORTHERN MAIL, via LeClsre, Princeton and Ly
ous, arrives daily, (Jundsys excepted) AT y; clo-
AT
HICKORY GROVE NAIL, arrives Tuesdays and
Fridays at ~ n; cosss same time.
BLUk GRASS NAIL, arrives Tuesdays, Thursdays
AMI Saturdays, at 10 A n, closes same time.
WEsT BUFFALO MAIL, arrives Mondays and
Thursdays at g r N; t4Oses same days At 7 A NJ.
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PLUAER & VAN HOSRN,
plain!i6,a Att0rnevs
Legal Notice.

In County Court Of Scott County, In the natter or
the claim Of John Van kvera -. the administya-
trx ofthe goods &C., Of Luke Van Rvesa deceased.
Present, Hon Charles weston, County Judge.
January list, 1853.
vXTHRR0As the 10th day Of December A. D
w 1857, upon . hearing Of the parties above
named u Wss satisfactorily proven 10 tho Cosrt
( at the abov- nam-d John Van Evera was entitled
to resover from this adminisS above named tho
'u amount Of the claim heretofore niel Ia SAID
Court BY him, 70 Wit The cs three undred
dollars, with interest ther st he legal rate from
August 1855. snd the Ssid Court then snd thers
ordered I'd adminis' ratrix t0 Gay said John Van
Evera TIE said with interest Aforesaid which
the said admlnistrstiix, though more than year
has elapsed has utterly neglected and vefussd to DO
Nov on application Of the said John Van Hvera, n
II hereby orderJi that the said adminissrstix Jse
vaA Evera, and h = sur'tie James u. Graham.
GeoSge Washington KepneY, and willism wells, b
SUNNI onef t. b. and sppea, before the County
Court OF Scott county, ~ ths Court House In The
city Of Davenp r., on the 49, pnday Of Nay. A..
d 1863. att ocloek IN ths Ult56on 70 show csese
II any thty have, why the said admintstrstrix has
o"t paid the claim ordered TO DO psi' - afors
said.
Witness Charles weston, County Judge Of Scott
countv. II the Court House ia the city Of Dsvsu-
port, this twenty frat Day Of March. 1859.
CHARLES WESTON.
PLUnER VAN HossN, Att'ys. mch2S-dSv
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NUMBER 1876.


NEW ORLEANS, March 22-The steamer
Quaker City, with dates from California 10
the 5th inst. has arrived below.
The steamships Sonora aud Orixaba,
which sailed on the 9Th inst, took Il $780,
OcO IN treasure to Panama
Business at San Francisco was good pro-
visions active sugars had improved
grand volcanic eruption Of Manila,
Sandwich Islands, occurred on the 23d of
January last. A whole village was des-
troyed by the lava, but no lives were lost
lhe eruption was still active on the 18th
ult.
The Quaker City furnishes later intelli.
gence from Mexico but without date,
Miramn Was at Orssba. The defeat Of
portion OF his army by Lave is confirmed
DE Gslado was preparing to attack the
Capital.
There ls nothing more that IL reliable.
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Legal Notice.
District Coust Of Scott County.

In District Coust Of Scott County.
James Tnft, Vs klzabeth h Smith end John emith her
husband, 30 called because their real names are
unknown.
To said defendants:
NOU are hereby notiAed that on or before March
i 2Sth, 1863, there will be nle IN the o0loc oe
the Clerk Of the District court Of srott county pe
tition Of James ruft. csiming part OF los four ~
Ia block thirtytwo 1872 In the city Of Davenport,
Scott county, Iowa, and particularly described
- foows, TO Wit Commencing at the scot beast
corner of said lot running thence north about forty
about forty 0) feet thsno~ east eighty (eO) fss 10
the place Of beginning, because the purchase money
for said premises paid b. said plsintiR and ths
title thereto taken IN the name Of Martha J. ruft
without the consent Of said plsintin and ssid Mar
tha J. Tuh was merely q trustee for plaintiff: and
said Martha J. Tuft being dead. the ssh DIixabeth
her daughter and the said John, Whose nsDes ere
unknown are made parties dsfendsnt-she saia B,ix-
sbeth being the heir of said Martha, sad the saSd
John, husband Of the said elizabeth.
And unless you sppear st the n"xt tsrm oe the
District Court Of Scott couAty u BE- holden as tAs
Court House In Davenport, on the nrst Monday Of
Nay, 1889, st ten O'cieck In the foren0oo, and
IN wer sad petition. the same will be taken A. con-
fes-sd and decree made AZ PRAYED for In aaid 10.
titton
March %, 1859.
PLUHER & VAN HOSRN,
Plsinii6's Attorneys.
II being made 10 appea eaY to me, BY sndsvis, that
the above ramed defendants cannot be found in the
them and that they are proper parties 70 an artion
relating to real property In this Dtate-to which
said defendsots claim interest-it ordered that
the above notice be published for four weeks the
Da'lv Iowa State d .mocrat ard thst copy of sold
notice and petition be forth with deposited IN tho
Post Office, directed to said defendsnts, st thei, rec.
idence C8ARIES WESTON
mch23-Aw Co. Judge OF Scott %.
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River Items.

MARCH 23
u ARRIVED.
kcoKuK. Dodge, keokuk.
Was EAGLE, Gilbert, st. Louis.
FANNY HARRIS, Webb, Galena.
EDITOR, Dubuque.
DEPARTED.
kRokuK, Dodge. Keokuk
WAR EAGLE, Gilbert, Dubuque.
FANNY HARRIS, Webb.
EDITOR, -, st. Louis.
River rising fast. The Missouri and Hi,
roi' are both coming up; the Illinois being
higher than it has been for several years
past.
There was . very active business done
on the levee yesterday. All the boats that
left here took on large quantities Of
freight.
The Ben Campbell is the Keokuk packet
for this evening. She will leave promptly
at elk o'clock.