Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-12-08
WILMINGTON.

commercial emporium of our State. More :,
than thirteen years have elapsed since we :
stood upon its wharves and looked with pro-
spective pride and pleasure to its rising great :
ness ; and though we had heard and read
much of the increased wealth, population and t
enterprise of Wilmington, we were not pre- t
pared to witness such a large, fourishing and
commercial city, as really presented itself
before US. Her crowded docks with snow
white sails and putting stea1nboats-her rich
Iy laden wharYes, busy Railroad depots and
stirring streets, all betokened business, life
and energy. We were rejoiced to find one
place II our State that seemed to have some
of the Ago-aheaditiveness necessary to the
buildingNp Up of a great and prosperous COM
mercial mart. We hope, when the Central
Road shall have been completed, and the two
necessary wings built, tapping the rich noun
tains in the Vest, and e~xtendingto the great
ocean in the East, to see Wilmington, New
products of the former, and sending to our
Western brethren the necessaries and luxu-
ries which the latter will be so well prepared
to furnish them in return. Weare thorough
y North Carolinian in our sentiments, and
duty, as well as State pride, in our opinion,
should impel US to build up our own'Towns,
instead Of continuing the suicidal course of
allowing our %neighbors to draw the life-blood
from every artery in our body. Let there
be a generous, neighborly rivalry with our
own Towns to bring the trade of the State
into their respective ports-but let it not ex-
tend to a willingness to destroy the one, for
fear Of its being able to outstrip the other.
The Sons and Rechabites had a public turn
f out on Thursday night, and at their request,
: we had the honor Of addressing them on the
+ great subject Of Temperance and the object
of the Memorial now in circulation through
out the State. We vo@o pleased to leave the
friends Of reform in that community fully
. alive TO the importance Of the question,
: and were actively engaged in securing
signers and en@listing public sentiment in be
half Of the enterprise. We were assured
Wilmington would do her whole duty in thi'
. great philanthropic work, as would also tn
entire County of New Hanover.
: We regretted that our business was ofsucl
e q nature IS to prevent US visiting our numer
- Gus friends on Long Greek, Black River
g South Washington, HarrelPs, &C., but a
!. we shall have that pleasure in the ensuin
Spring, we shall look with pleasing anticipa
: tions to that contemplated visit.
Awaiting ourself of the first opportunit
we had ever had, we were initiated into tn
Order Of Rechabites-an Order devoted I
/. the extirpation Of the evil Of intemperane
: and the building up Of the true principles
total abstinence throughout the world. "
are always ready to cooperate and uni
re- with every enterprise devoted to the accor
rip plishment Of these ends and we rejoice
Ain say that we found in the "Tents Of Rechal
rae many warm hearted friends and whole-soul,
~ Temperance men. The forms and cerem
MES of the Order are strikingly beautiful al
impressive-its obligations pure and solem
she and its entire workings grand and imposin
l d W~efoundthem actively engaged with the So
or in endeayoring to secure the ends contempt
ted by our Memorial-Sons, Cadets and Rec
abites vieing with each other in the emulo
~ strife Of procuring the greatest number
for signatures. So may it ever be with the
noble kindred Orders. Let Love, Purity a
hrst Fidelity SO be blended with "Temperar
taIe Fortiedde and Justice by the golden chs
Dill Of /" Temperance Benevolence and Brother
uo'- Love" that the relationship may be indis
o. d luble, and all work together and rejoice
SSeu gether over our land freed from the thrald,
of Intemperance and the accursed liqt
traffic.
pre.-Qf course, we paid a visit TO the Sanctu
= Of our brothers Of the Quill. Our old frie
the LoRING, of the Commercial, with his aid
k to manic proportions and honest smile of g
Al humor and welcome, was looking himE
| cit quite, undisturbed by petty annoyances,
file" joying a good conscience and, ace hope,
have rich rewards of honest, untiring industry.
nply In calling to see our brother of the Her;
d to we felt a little s~qeamish. We had never S
com BURR, but had been told he was q rare on
e cit a fair set off for cur friend GENES, of
the Asheville News-known in Bunkum as
Mr.. Mountain Kangaroo-but as Z" sharp
the briar" aud something like a sharp-ed
e re- tool-dangerous to handle; and as we
meas seen his age noted in History, we felt a L
and afraid to confront our venerable compeer-
xpla- he was not IL when we called, and had t
Judi satisfied with a look at him on the side-w
watch afterwards, without an introduction
rea- Judge of our establishment when we 70
f the him to be almost as young as ourself
tkl==7 nearly as good looking. We felt like P
!" but melting Wheeler for soaring US into fits a
whom the antiquity Of our junior. We were
the least Altered Of his hoary locks and '
I that kled brow, Fifty years old! why, Whe
nd IN you ought to be ridiculous! Why man a
I;c;tor our friend Burr was not out Of his swadC
rs are clothes when you were introducing J
J. SEN Castor to the General Assembly of n
Treas- Carolina How these old fogies wan
Tpdoe lay us Young Americas in the shade.