Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-04-01
C~heeringsSiens.

The intelligence we have received from
our Corresponding during the past month,
is of a very cheering, hopeful character
foreshadowing, we honestly believe, a glori-
GUS revival of the Temperance cause in the
Old North State. We hail these omeus with
a heart buoyant with JOY, and hope the fol.
lowing accounts Of progress will be read in
those quarters where the pail of apathy vet
lowers, and induce the friends of the cause to
be up and doing there, assured, as we feel.
that an honest effort now made will result in
the revivifcation ofthe Order throughout our
entire borders.
1t will b. rem embered, that afew weeks
ago, we noticed in our columns that Bro. W
w. Greene, Temperance Lecturer of Virgin
la, was in our State, and proposed visiting
certain portions along the line of the Raleigh
and CASTOR Rail Road. Since that time he
has visited several places, where his labors
have been crowned with the most gratifying
results.
At Wake Forest College he succeeded in
r%eviving the Division, and started it again
under suspicious circumstances.
He next visited Rolesville. where there is
one of the most prosperous and useful Divis,
ions in the State, and lectured to the profit
and prosperity of the cause. Rolesville Di
vision has just completed an excellent Hall,
which is to be dedicated on the 9th inst
Bro. Greene is to be present on the occasion.
We will try and be there, and hope every
Son of Temperance, and indeed the public
generally,-friends and foes, (if there be any
of the latter ladies and gentlemen-who
can st all conveniently attend, will be pre-
sent, as we have no doubt the occasion will
be a very interesting one.
His g visit was to ~Franklinton. where
the once prosperous Division was in a state
of suspension. He succeeded in setting the
Division to work again, obtained several new
members, and at the following meeting of
the Division several ladies and gentlemen
were received. A brother of Frank linton,
who gives us these facts, writes I've be.
lieve and hope that the convictions of the
community are SO deep, that the banner of
Temperance may not again trail, nor the
zeal of its v~otaries grow cold. No copamu-
nifty or village is more exempt from dissipa.
lion than this, but as the tempter is always
on the Turk, and bis plans Of death are al,
ways set, it is best to be guarded at every
possible point. Bro. Greene is a jealous,
able Lecturer lsays our correspondent and
we hope he will have a welcome wherever he
goes in North Carolina"
At Leuisburg he delivered two lecturers
one general and the other to the Ladies'
which we learn from the Eagle" !" notwith-
standing the inclemency of the. weather,
were well attended and very successful, being
followed by a perfect rush of both sexes to
the Division ROOM"
his next visit was to Henderson, where the
Division had gone down altogether. Here he
leetured three times, organized a new Divis-
ION of some IL or Is gentlemen, and after.
wards initiated % ladies into the Order.
AT Oxford, Bro. Greene found a Char.
ter, issued short time since by the G. Scribe,
but the Division had not been instituted. lie
organized the Division and introduced Is la.
dies as visiting members. Bro. G writes us
-"The Division starts well here. Every
where have been in your State, my labors
have been blessed and bad I the chance, ]
have not q doubt I could revive every dor
mant Division in North Carolina
His next visit was to Nutbush Division
The d. G. ". P. writes us :-aBro. Greene.
visit has resulted in the addition of seyera'
ladies and gentIemehsoou Division. I viii
write more particularly in a few days.
In addition to Bro. Greene's labors. We
have the following frsm other quarters
The r. S. OF Lumberton Division writes
I've have lately had a considerable revi
val in Division at this place. Several
new members have been initiated, and the
old members seem to take great interest in
the cause.p
Bro. J. r. Alexander writes us that Hope,
well Division, in Mecklenburg county, is in.
creasing finely, and will be the last to surren.
der its character.
The K. s. of Philanthropic Division, in
FIT county, writes" Our Division has
moved It's place of meeting from Barretts
School house to Marlboro, a few miles dis
tant, where we have q very comfortable
han and | am now proud TO report our
Division in a Hourishing condition We have
had three limitations recently, and there are
other petitions before the Division. ou1
members are all interested, working men,
and l hope will very soon bring old Philanr
throplc Division up to the proud eminencs
she once occupied among the temperance
host"
Bro. B.. +. Guthrie, of Chatham, writes
Temperance is taking a bold stand in this
secfion Al TIA e-l nhaaan:an