Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1864-02-15

49, pa
Heinz, the reputed ~ringleader, has al
ways been .ooked upon as a aiSIoyal man,
and his associates in treason are all pret-
II much Of his own character and social
standing.
1t Is possible that other arrests will
as the treason will be probed to
its depth, no matter whom it affects.
We found. a day or two since, while
loolgHg over a file of the Leisure Hour,
"a class literary Journal, which was
pc ID at Oxford n. C. a few years
be following beautiful production.
ltwTs written by Rev. Lewis K. Willie,
of Oxford, for the Richmond Christian
Advocate-in which paper it originally
appeared, and whence it was copied |
anonymouSty into the leading literary
periodicals of Europe and America. The
frequent republication of this elegant
=" waif on the sea of letters" a~ttests,
alike, the universally Of its application
and the power Of its pathos. We pro-
pose to day, by according to it a place in
oar columns, to contribute our mite to
this tacit, cumulative homage to it's
genuine worth and beauty. ~.
Once.
Did you ever attend the theatre ?
said a young man to Il bluc,eyed mtiden
who hung VI his arm as they prone
naded the streets of New York, one
mild evening in October.-The girls
cheek crimsohed, as she answered the
~interrogatory in the negative, and add
ed:
MY mother has taught me from
childhood that it is wrong to attend such
places
But your mother formed, perhaps,
Improper prejudices, from exaggerated
accounts Il Ell by others; for l have Of
ten heard her, say She never attended
one in her life
He spoke, efoquently Of the DRAMA.
comedy, and tragedy, and dwelt with
! pathos on the important lessons there to
be learned of human nature,
Go with me once said he, 'and
~iudge-for Yourself
Persuasion and curiosity triumphed
over maternal precept and example, as
she hesitatingly replied:
ss hla sg9 apa at 2ai if, s,r,svs,ueatr v es.artr
came over her like that which the SER
pent sent forth from his dove like eve
She went again and from that house OIL
) mirth and laughter she was led to one,
TURNED.
Around a comfortable where an as
trail lamp was shedding its mild light
sat three girls, one holding in her hand
!, a pack of cards. At the back of hel
chair stood a young man who for years
rad successfully resisted every effort
made by his companions to induce hin
, to learn the characters of cards.
Come, said she, we want one t.
make our game. Play with US once, i
yon never play again
a Her eve, cheek and lip conspired t.
form an eloquent battery, which sen
; forth its attacks upon the fortress o
: Q Cd resolutions, in whichhe had lon.
5 ood secure, until it fell like the wall.
) of IA ancient city when Jared by tn
fearful gathering ram. He learned tn
5, cards md played. 4 few weeks after
d yards | was passing his door at q lat
hoar, and Il candle was shedding it's din
e ligat nrouzh the via low. Since tina
tine. Is looking from>my chamber, near
iy eve y hour of the night, from tn
close of day till early morn, I have see
g the light family struggling through tn
curtains that screened the inmate IF tina
room from every eye, Save Ills VIII
n Seth alike in. darkness and MONDAY
q Gaming brought with it disease, an
death came just as he had numbered h
half Of his three score years and ten
n During his last hours | was sitting b
his bedside when he fixed on me a loo
| shall never forget, and babe me liste
Mt to his dying words.
nS 4 might have been a different ma
OF from what am but it is now too lat
4 hmconvinced that there is a state I
SCI beyond the grave; and when
b the retribution which avail
on bother world, 4 feel a horr,
ne anguage is inadequate to describ
Tn<DE were among the last words tn
he ever uttered.
We The junior class of a Southern co
ny le.e had assembled iva students roo
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