Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-01
Gleanings from our Core pOndence.

in our humble efforts to advance the great
cause of mankind, our Division has great op-
position from those of whomg beteer things
should be looked for but, fGhank God, we
have prospered under the weight of their
opposition, ever since our Division was Or
ganized. And although WI scarcely had pc
t~itioners enough to commend operations with,
we now number upwards Of twenfy, AID have
not been working twelve Hhonthsp
~ "Hopewell Division, in this county,
writes a gentleman FROM Mecklenburgl has
ridden out the fierce storm of opposition
which it has so long encountered, and is now
safely moored in the haven of prosperity
We have some forty members as} good and
true as ever rallied under a Temperance
banner. Our country has had eno1gh casu-
%alties, ARRAYS and murders, occasioned by
liquor since Christmas, to cause every good
citizen to rise up in arms against tne traffic:
An unfortunate mar by the name of Robin
son, drank to ~intoxication in Charlotte, and
then took the road; while sleeping by a camp
fire that night he was burnt to death. Anoth-
Il man had his nose and face badly split open
in a drunken fray. A. man at Davidson Col
lege had his skull badly fractured. A negro
was murdered at Hopewell, occasioned by
the influence of liquor. . And so the chapter
proceeds, almost every week adding another
verse to the horrible details of the Liquor
Traffic! And yet all this is tamely, may l
not say basely submitted to by the descend
ants of the noble heroes of 1775! Shame!
Shame!! They will yet be aroused, howev-
er-it was the last feather that broke the
camePs back-ahd when once thg1@ornet's
Nest boys do rise, theinvaders of the peace
and happiness of soci0ty may fly for safety.
God speed the day of retribution."
BaP A gentleman who has been travelling
extensively through the State during the last
six months, writes "In my travels | have
come in contact extensively with men of all
political parties, many of them influential
men, and | was surprised to find so general
and strong a determination among the steady
yeomanry of the land, to vote for legislation
men for the Assembly, politics or no politics.
This is the position they maintain. They
have no design at all, one way or another,
with reference to any political party; their
only object is to exterminate the liquor
traffic in order to do that Law men must
be elected. If the several parties will nomi-
nate such men it is we'll, and the temperance
men will vote their several party tickets if
not-NoT, that's all and the political hacks,
whose trade is Off Northumberland who go
for any measure or against it, without refer
ence to the public good, but only as the one
course or the other may promote their own
interests, may understand precisely where
the temperance men sta2a sa6deayern them
selves accordingly.
Va The "W. P" writing from ElIisville, Bla-
den county, says:-"We have gone to work hero
determined to struggle on until we have rid Baden
county from the foul stain of imtemperance. We
have the OrOmiSa of frAuunnt 1eofuras from an oh1a
member ofthe Order, which will, I think, contrib
ute greatly to the spread Of our principles and the
increase of our Division. I have seen so many
horrible consequences from the use of Intoxicating
drinks, that [ I'm determined to war against them
while L live, for the establishment of a law to put
down the liquor traffic. We have the names of
three very respectable gentlemen to go before our
Div. next meeting. I send you six dollars for as
many subscribers to your best of family papers, and
hope to send you as many more very soon."
By the arrival of the Baltic we have three
days later intelligence from Europe, and we
can say Of a truth that the news is really Of
a startling character.
The British md French Ministers have beer
ordered to withdraw from the court of St
Petersburgh, and the Russian ambassadors
, have also withdrawn from the courts of st
James and Paris.
, England and France are now making gi
gantic preparations for a tremendous strug.
: gle-the greatest possible activity now char
a~cterizes every department of both Govern
t ments-and ten thousand men will leave
: England soon for the seat of war, and $4,000
= will be readytole leave France in q weeks time
: The Cunard line of steamers have been called
s into requisition by the English Government
Y to transport troops and munitions of war tt
5 Constantinople, and from the debates in Par
lament there can no longer be a doubt bu
q that England has fully resolved on war.
5 From the Seat Of Var. We learn that Oma
e Pasha had crossed the Danube at the head O
n $4,000 men, and has cut off all communica
Il ton between the Russian armies. This is
mostimportant movement and portends muc1
If bloOdshed.
The answer from the Russian Cabinet t
the last proposal for peace was considere,
by the Four Powers as entirely unsatisfactory
and was not deemed worthy e&fansmissiol
to Constantinople.