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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-07-12
Some Striking Truths.

A Correspondent writing as from one OF the
Eastern Counties, alludes to the blighting in
fuence of the liquor traffic upon his commu-
nifty, and specially alludes to its deiiterious
effects upon the slave population in the
following forceful remarks, to which we call
the particular attention of all shareholders,
and especially the Planters of the country
Hear him:
"The pecuniary interests of the people are at stake
in this matter. 1t is too much the case that every
cross roads has its doggory and every coW-path
leads to a Y hiskey barrel-and to these are. earned
all the stolen property for miles around. The hon
est man, while resting after the fatigues of the days
labor, loses while asleep his hard-earned gains
which in some form or other (corn, pork, bacon and
even dried herrings) will go to the shop OF the IL
quor seller. The property Of the master is stolen
by his slave to procure liquor, the use of which ru-
ms the slave-so that he loses beth the stolen prop
erty and tie slave who steals it. The whiskey-
dealer thus saps the vitals of the neighborhood-
corrupting the morals of the people and robblng
them of their property. To prevent the contihu;
ance of this state of things, the sober-mlnded o.
community must rise in their might and suppress
the traffic. The subject addresses itself to all thu
benevolent, social, pecuniary and political interest
of society, and cannot longer be disregarded. N
man is excusable who gives it the go-by. To effec
the desired end, unremitted exertion and sleeples
vigilance will be required. But to it we mast come
Our interests, our lives, and the liberties and well
being of our country are involved in the issue"
in tn
ton in the breast Of every man. Let ever
reader ponder well on these things. Take
in connection with our remarks a few week
ago, relative to the depreciation of value i
slave property, occasioned by liquor. W
think all must be convinced that the large e
innate then made of fifteen millions a yea
loss, is rather below than above the true f.
ures-a sum large enough to build ever
Railroad now being constructed and taike
of in North Carolina.
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Fourth of Julv.

At day break, a National salute was fred,
and at sun rise there was Divine service at
the Presbyterian Church, accompanied by a
suitable Address from the Rev. Mr.. Nc
Dowell!
At 10o'clock, a Procession was formed at
the Coufs House, and marched to the Com
mons Hal, where the Farewell Address Of
Washinsto was read by James J. Iredell,
ESQ.,, ami Mr.. Cantwell delivered the Ora
ton, which we had not the pleasure of hear
ing, but which is universally spoken of as a
chaste and elegant composition.
In the afternoon, the children from the diff
ferent Sunday Schools Of the city met in thu
Presbyterian Church, and were addressed b.
A. M. Lewis, Esqa after which the scholars
from each denomination repaired to the pla
ces prepared for hem, and partook of MIC
things in profusim.
At night, Fayetteville street, the Sodtherl
front of the Capitd, and the Northern fron
of the Governors residence, were illuminc
ted, and there was a splendid display of fir
works, under the efficient and tasteful supe
vision Of Mr.. VIM. Fl. Thompson. The a
c%ension of a large balloon closed the obser
ances of the day.
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Hae FEARS are manifested by some that
the operations of a prohibitory law would OPP
press the agricultural interests of the State.
Predictions have been sent adrift by design
ing men that the .farme1 would be made to
suffer, all for the purpose of enlisting that
large and respectable class of our citizens
against this measure. The puerile argument
itself carries falsehood branded upon it.
The excessively high prices of grain not only
w~Ffoee-svaH-erfor fv-as one~or
the most favorable times for the law to begin
its benefcent course. Our regard for the
poor should weigh heavily with US in this
matter. Instead ofprotecting this large class
of sufferers, oppressed now more than ever
by the high price of breadstufs, it is taken
from them and made an instrument to en-
bitter their load of wants. The staff of life
is transformed into a poisoned shaft of death.
Instead of being used in the way designed
by Providence to cheer the poor mans home
with comfort, it is transformed into a liquid
virus to go burning through every artery of
the poor mans arm, blighting his strong
manhood and cursing his wife and little ones
with more bitter woes. Prayers daily and
nightly go up to Heaven from the ruins of a
thousand broken home-altars to give feeble
ones the protection from the curse that their
hel plessness demands.
God speed the Law!! \
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rangements we are proud of an opportunity
to vote for men who will set their faces
against a system fraught with the direst evils
that ever was inflicted upon a Nation.
1t now devolves upon the friends of Reform
to work for the success of the cause and the
election of this ticket. If we can send up to
our Legislative Halls such a noble set Of rep
r~escntatives froHa Metropolitan county
Of the State, it wiIlb an hdpor and renown
of which everycitizen may justly feel proud ;
but if we are defeated, it viii be in a cause
in which defeat is far preferable to success
in error and evil. RALLY now, for truth and
humanity.
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HORATIO KING,
First Assist. p. IL. Gen.

80 We are deeply panied to learn that
our highly esteemed Brother A. II. Richard
son, who has been lecturing with so much
accountability and success in some of the Wes-
tern counties, is at present confined to his
bed by a severe attack of illness, which, a
friend writes US, will in all probability pre-
vent his filling any more of his appointments
during this month. He has however, made
arrangements with proper persons to supply
his place in all the counties but Mecklenburg,
and as soon as possible will procure a sub
stitute there. We deeply regret that this in
defatigable laborer is thus withdrawn from
the field in which he was accomplishing so
much good, and sincerely hope he may be
speedily restored to health and ability to do
service in a cause to which he has shown SO
much devoted attachment.
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ing again, but the Great Spirit will heal it on
the brkQht tomorrow ]"
And1he old Indian fell across the green
mound and clasped it with his long arms,
with a groan that startled those who heard it.
The last beam Of the setting sun had crept
silently away, the darkening shades began to
fall from the trees in the dell, but the old In
dian moved not-he still clasped without a
sigh or a murmur that green, grassy mound
to his bosom. The old man Of the village
wentto the old cripple to raise him up and
take him away to the village, but Wyandot
had left his staff and crutch behind and had
flown away to the Great Spirit Land. Ills
sun had setl And the next day he was de-
Gently buried in the mound of his kindred.
Poor old Wyandotl the rum fend had
crushed the flowers along his humble path.
He had wandered away an exile from the land
of his fathers from fear of the Evil Spirit sci
down in their midst, and had returned an age
worn pilgrim 10 die on the dust Of those h'
loved so well.
His old heart was broken, but the Grea
Spirit, his untutored soul w~orshiped, healed
it on the "BRIGHT TOMORROW"
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He learned by some means that a
white woman almost starved, and destitute,
had passed through the village. he i'm
nediately offered a reward Of fifty dollars
to any one who would apprehend and deli
yer her to him alive and unframed.
Convinced from the unusual stir about
the village, that the Indians must be in
search Of her, Mrs. Crawley attempted to
reach a large swamp near the village, but
was discovered and caught just before she
entered it. The trader had her provided
for the best he could, conducted her to the
nearest white settlement, a little village
upon the frontier, where she rested for a
day or W meanwhile the villagers were
busy IN providing for her comfort, and in
furnishing her with a horse, bride and sad
die, and money to defray her expenses to
the amount of fifty or sixty dollars. A let
ter was addressed to her husband to set out
to meet her. They did meet but that
meeting I shall not attempt to describe ;
but God bless that trader, his spirit IS IN
Heaven.
The above is a faithful narrative of facts,
as related to me by Camp CraWley, the ED
est son of John and Mrs. Crawley. Every
fact mentioned, is, | doubt not, substantial
!, " true. Here then is material, out O
which might be built a novel equal to tina
d of Clara Moreland, or Adventures IN tn
h far Southwest
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Ba The last Standard has an article,
warning the members Of its party to be-
ware of divisions" &C., which it has a per-
feet right to do as a party organ, and about
which we should not have hid a word to say,
had it not been for the intimation at its close
that Wing influences predominant and are
to be subserved by the temperance reform
movement. We can only speak for ourselves,
and so far as we understand them the mo-
tives and feelings of those with whom we CO.
operate and in all sincerity and honesty
we declare that no kind of party considera-
tons have influenced US or can influence us
in this movement. We are as ready to stand
by men of one political party as the other
who will promote this reform-and we pro-
nounce it untrue, when the declaration is
made by any one, that the object is to injure
the prospects of one, or aid the projects OF
the other party. And we have given ample
proof of this, by the strenuous efforts we
have made by trying to get one or both par
ties to give US an opportunity consistently to
vote for them. Failing to do this, we have
brought forward the names of gentlemen
whom we can conscientiously vote for, three
out of four of whom belong to the dominant
party in the county, and who if elected, will
doubtless be as true to party principles as
: regular nominees.
e We have no idea that the friends OF this
Y movement will allow themselves to be misled
s by exhortations to " disregard all these Re
l. form ~issues,'' knowing as they do that great
er and more important interests are involved
in them than in mere partisan considerations
n Let US resolve to stand by oar principles onc
our men, whether we can " gain the contro
of the Assembly" or not. It is principle VIZ
e. are contending for, and whether in the major
r ity or minority, let us maintain it with una
s bated zeal and uns Eerving fidelity.
" The large and enthusiastic meeting bel
here on the 4th, demonstrates that the friend
of Reform are alive to the emergency of th
crisis before them, and will do their dut.
he their whole duty, as become men, phllanthr
IN pists and patriots. Let us rally as one ma
lu- in defence of Truth and Right.
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Another Whiskey Murder.

A gentleman writing us from Yadkin coun-
tv, saws Another Of AlcohoPs victims fell
in our neighborhood a few days since, of de-
liriam tremens. Before having the fits, ne
called in a Physician who told him to let IL
ouor alone and he would recover. This coun-
sci he observed for a few days; but another
physician being consulted, he advised him to
cool off by taking a little of the stuff. He
commenced cooling off in this way, and on
the second or third day he was a corpseP-
What must be the feelings of the DR.. that
duped this poor inebriate into the commits
sion of self murder! "Thy brothers blood
crieth to me from the ground" is the en-
phatic language of Him who inculcated the
true principle that man shall do his neighbor
no harm.
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1851.
Mount Vernon.


Some patriotic Ladies in the South have
set on foot a project to raise BY voluntary
subscription, in small sums, a fund sufficient
to purchase Mount Vernon. the final resting
place of the immortal Washington. We are
of the opinion that Congress should purchase
the place and hold in perpetuity and adorn
it, so that it might be made a favOrite place
of resort where all our citizens might meet
and do homage over the revered ashes ofthe
Father Of bis Country. But as this seems to
be considered unconstitutional" we hope
the Ladies will put the patriotism Of these
~sstrict constructionists" to the blush, by
purchasing the same, long to remain as a
monument Of their devotion to country and
generation for the dead, which political pa
triots seem to be so utterly destitute of.
We learn Circulars have been sent to the
Ladies of North Carolina to cooperate in
this good work. We hope they will do SO
with an earnestness that viii command sue.
cess. Let them begin the work at once, and
: let it not be accomplished las we are sure j
f willy without the fair daughters of this Stat'
t having contributed their full share in tn
laudable and noble undertaking. We hop
to see some of the active enterprising Ladie
of Raleighsmoving in the project without d.
e lay. When shall a meeting be called for TIL
v purpose?
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Bg@ We understand Mr.. w. G. King has
openeda Hotel at Beaufort, calledthe Front
Street House." has erected Bathing houses
Tor the accommodation of his patrons, has
also good sailing Boats for their use, and am
pie accommodations for all who may give
him y call and beside, his establishment is
a Temperance House, thus giving assurance
to his Guests that they will be freed from
the %annoyances commonly attending Hotels
where Intoxicating drinks are sold. Beau
fort is henceforth to be a place of much in
terest and intercourse, and we hope our
friend King will be remembered by visitors
to our great Seaport, especially by temper
ance men. His house will be well kept and
they viii be sure to find an attentive and gen.
~tlemanly Landlord.
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GENTEEL.-How supremely ridiculous some
people render themselves in trying to be gen
teet! A woman must not work-must not
darn her stockings, because such things are
not genteel. Another will not learn a trade,
because that would imply a necessity of per-
sonal labor to make a living, which would
be an objectionable breach of the rules of
gentility. A third will keep her mouth shut,
when she laughs or converses with you, be-
cause the rules require her not to laugh or
speak, excepting through the teeth. A fourth
will not be seen at Church unless she can
flourish as expensive a dress as her neighbor,
because it is not genteel to hear the Gospel
excepting one be arrayed in as fine a dress
and as extravagant shawl as anybody else
A fifth will not rise from bed until nearly
noon, because it is not genteel to be up with
the sun and the working vulgar, in this res
pect, to hear the birds sing, take the fresh
air and trip among the light grass and sweet
flowers.
We might fill a column about these genetel
foo-folks, but it would be Of no avail, be-
sides we have already said more than we will
ever get pay form thanks-from certain
quarters. Everybody knows the truth Of our
sentiments as we have written them, but few
have the courage to break off and declare
their independence of the laws Of the Auto
crat of Fashion. We have heard women
boast that they never cooked a dinner, stood
over a tub, or rinsed a towel!
What were women made for? IF the Good
Lord had not designed them to work, be
would have put gossamer wings upon them
instead of hands, and Adam would have
moved" they be called butterflies, and Noah
would have seconded" the resolution when
ne handed the delicate creatures into the
Ark. 4
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ggz We have received the first number Of
the South Carolina Temperance Standard,
published at Lexington, S. G., by Caugh-
man, Breare & Corley, at 81 a year. tt is
quite a neat little sheet, and promises to be
conducted with a vigor and ability that must
wake up the slumbering energies of our Pal
metto brethren in the great work of reform.
Success to the Standard, and may it be plan
ted in triumph upon the proud promontery
of Prohibition, waving its graceful folds there
forever.
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Shall the RumseTler alone be Protected !

II has been a thousand times argued that
a law prohibiting the traffic in Intoxicating
LIQUORS would be unjust, because certain men
have capital invested therein. There are IN
terests an hundred fold more sacred at stake
than the mere ~pecuniary interests ofthe rum
seller. Interests as solemn as the grave and
fearful as Eternity are involved in the issue
of this great question. An overwhelming
majority of interests, daily periled or de-
stroyed in the desolating march of the rum
plague, imperatively demand at the hands OF
the sovereigns an enactment which shall pro-
tect them from its rayages. No man, at this
time, would risk the reputation of his inteli-
gence by saying that the traffic is not the
fruitful source of the cheerlessness of want,
) the degradation of vice, or the blackness Of
4 crime or that it does not Cypress the people
5 with the burden of a grievous taxation. God
q has denounced the traffic, humanity has bowed
down and wept over it, and every hour of its
s damning history has burnt a fresh brand up
on it as being an unmitigated evil, yet with
d all this flood of testimony, it has braVed the
storm and sits to-day like an Accusing incu-
bus upon the energies of thousands of our
citizens. The threshold of the rich mans
palace and the poor mans cot is being slimed
"a over noU by the Internal reptile ravenous for
new victims. The sickening yapor rises up
in the morning from the hot blood of the rum
: shop butchery, and envenomed murder stalks
: forth at monday with its dripping blade
: The Internal engine of torture clanks in its
= joints night and day, and grooming victims
y are crowded beneath its blood stained wheels
The inquisition of the traffic is forever il
session and the martyrs of the rum dew
= throng the merciless tribunal. At this hour
= nou-happy homes are being suddenly trans
- formed into torturing bells, and lemons rec
- in the seats Of those once loved. DefenceIes
women and children, who never raised voic
he or hand against the rumseller, are being cru
:. ely stricken Town and sent to the gloom O
,or the grave with hearts riven in twain.
on And shall not a long injured people b
heard when they swear, to all these evils
;eo I" thus far and no farther shalt thou go ?"
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nab CnoEn.-a Genpnanes no tfnnlg aahsGr pen. paper.

M Politicians, whose only hopes are
anchored in the bar room, will join hands and
purse with dealers against the Right. The s
great lever of political demagogueism will 6
not be relinquished without a sworn resis- I
tance. AS the strife thickens, alliances, that
have for ages cheated the American citizen
out Of his sufrages, put to the blush public
decency, corrupted public morals, and DIS
graced our annual elections, will be renewed
with more binding oaths, while kindred IN
terests will be woven more firmly for a des-
perate struggle. Efforts never before equal
led will be made, by combining elements the
most reckless of honor and Inscriptions OF
| Justice. Dealers, in connection with an IN
famous class of characters ever recreant to
honor when their personal or political aims
are at stake, will join league to dam up the
current of public enthusiasm that is destined
to sweep away this most affective curse. By
gross and dishonest misrepresentation, by
appealing to the sympathies of the people,
their passions and prejudices, and by a con-
tinual iteration of the injustice of an enforce
ment of the law, all the available elements OF
oppositionwillb earoused and enlisted against
it; but the Cause will move onward and on
ward to a glorious triumph, while itspolltical
enemies will strangle in the ruins of an in
fernal system fast crumbling away. The
glory of such men is unenviable. As one by
one declare their hostility to the Cause, the
host in the grog shop weave chaplets for the
brow of the new Champion and welcome
him with a drooling huzza. His words art
~oracles with the gibbering horde and they
swear their allegiance to him as the man TO
the lines. If he is daring enough to make
speech against the reform, the dealers homo
: him with a supper, burn bonfres, illumInat
: rumholes and fire cannon in honor of the elC
ouence of their hero. IF he be a member
a Legislature, and by vote and voice Oppose
s the measure there, the rum pits belch U
e their darkest dregs in honor of the act.-
Brothels, gambling bells and drunkerles SCI
up from one altar their unhallowed incen
n of praise. Bestial songs of a threatened t
umpE roll from the livid lips of Keeling so
and ~ulcerous threats groan out the intern
huzza. In the darkest bells affecting Co
green earth, where a lost humanity shines
II promiscuous iniquity and where sober dev
would blush to be seen, the names of 81
j. men are belched with drunken vomit FIR
drooling lI2s. The oloch's altar-aame bur
from the bloody shrine with a more infer
glow and in a thousand Aceldamas of BIZ
- where l~egalized v~ultures grow fat with a S
Ia felt of life and hopes, there is a treble cho
of ~jingling dimes and glasses and hell
dulges in a boistrous reyelry in Wow of
trlPenins oU
= praise!!
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pE There is a tide that comes out of the
depths of human conviction like the tide that
comes up from the depths of the sea. 1t is
slow, but it is sure, and will sweep awav
every landmarkof error and falsehood which
corruption and bigotry has left upon the
shores of time and among the FIRST to be de.
stroyed is the odious protection which law
affords to the destructive liquor traffic.
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nA The G. S. has just had printed an
edition of the Constitution of Subordinate Dr.
visions, embracing all the recent changes
made which he will furnish at the rate of
81 per hundred, or so cents per dozen. They
will be ready for delivery in a few days
Orders now on hand will be filled with the
new edition.
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REDUCTION OF BOARD AT SOUTH Lowell A
cADEMY.-We are requested to state that the
citizens Of South Lowell have decided that
Board in private families will be furnished
students at S. a month, including every
thing, except lights.
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DE Correspondent gives us a cheering
account OF the progress of the new Division
near Eilisville, in Bladen county. Bro. Dun
can Billiards. efforts are highly spoken of,
and he is accomplishing much good in the
cause.