Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-06-13
Gleanings from u Correspondence.
Extract of a letter dated.

AAVA uSb VI a. lcbt6T udUeu,
NEWBERNE, June 4th, 1855.
You will please find enclosed Twenty five
Dollars, as our contribution to the publica-
ton of Picked Rods Letters and Waugh's
report Five dollars of which comes from
the Newberne Division, No. 81, S. of T., and
twenty from different individuals of our town.
The spirit of Reformation is working nigh
lily in this community. On Saturday last one
OF the tipling shops, kept open in defiance of
law and ordor, was closed by the strong arm
OF Municipal power to day another has
fallen an old establishment that has been a
hell agency for near one fourth of a century
has also been closed by a fifty dollar fine ;"
and another was arraigned before the bar of
Justice, but for want of important evidence
was postponed. Thus you see there is q
mighty under current burbling up which
threatens ere long to engulf this diabolical
traffic and undermine the foundation Of king
alcohoPs entire Provinces.
Bsg~ A letter from Enfield, says 1.-THE
good which Gen. Cary has done here is i'm
mense. We have added some forty new
member to our Div. this Quarter, a majority
of whom we owe to the Generals speech.
Extract of a letter from Buncombe county
Our Division at Reems Creek is doing we'll F.:
we have had the pleasure of adding to our
Division, since the 22nd of Feb. last, some
70 new members, principally young men of
~frstrate characters, such as will do to depend
on to keep up our cause with enthusiasm
and energy, until we shall have q prohibi,
tory law passed, which shall put down the
abominable traffic in ardent spirits, within
the limits of North Carolina.
3 Extract of q letter from Newborn:
As | wrote you some time since, the minds
of the majority of our people in this firm old
Town had been very generally prepared to
receive the arguments and appeals expected
/ from the addresses of Gen. s. F. Cary. of
p Ohio; but the result has far exceeded nv
most sanguine expectations. The finest
' feelings OF decision as regards the action
. required to secure a 'Prohibitory Liquor
J, Law now occupy the minds of many of our
d prominent citizens whowere heretofore either
! opposed to, or undecided on the subject, and
: they now look upon it as the most important
Z before the American People, and more par
c t~icularly the people of the good Old North
{ State
| had the high qualification of meeting
Gen. Cary at Kinston, and listening to his
l very powerful appeals addressed, as they
g were, to the largest assemblage Of the people
c ever convenedfo fer such an object in the county
Of Lenolr. L have since learned that an
appeal made by Mr.. Dibble, after the address,
q in favor of reviving the Division in Kinston,
was promptly responded to by 40 individuals
who expressed a desire to join this Temper
ance organization, which was a speaking
evidence of the success of this very p~ractica
n and stirring address. | found Bro. Cary
n accompanied by his most charming anC
% accomplished lady, WHO'S a helpmate indeed
being untiringly engaged with him in hi
philanthropic labors, supporting and encour
aging him in his hours of physical weakness
when almost worn down with his almos
n superhuman efforts of speaking and travelling
l. to meet his appointments.
W Letter from Mr.. .Soule,-The ~followin,
he letter of Mr.. Soule, the late Minister to Spain
ct is copied from the National Intelligencer.-
l. By the way, it will be seen by an official motto
: we copy from the Union, that Mr.. Perry ha
q been removed from the Office he held in tn
U. S. Legation in Spain.
h New ORLEANS, May 20, 1855.
N To MeSSrS. Gales & Sedt0n, Eds. Nat. I'M
GENTLEMEN | do not intend at present t
notice the letter published over the name {
j. Horatio j. Perry in your number of the %
instant otherwise than by stating that
contains not a cord of truth. The basenes
and ~impudence of the writer are only equalle
of by his hypocrisy and cowardice. Indeed
h. this last production of his sweats the Jesu.
no and the felon all over.
l shall take occasion to draw up a pictur
of the gentleman's doings during my missio
to Spain in the history which l I'm preparin
ed OF 1t for the press AMI, whilst unsealing tn
ak secret of his treachery, give a clue to tn
las Encouragement and support which it hs
I'm scared him in the State Department
ing Washington.
Your Obedient servant,
PIERRE SoULE.
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