Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-06-22

men, who are guilty of the habit of drinking
intoxicating liquors, because of their mimi
neht danger and the intense sympathy we
have for them.
we nave repeatedly, within the last year.
- the attention of our readers, to the alar-
ming growth of intemperance among the
young Men ofthe nation, and especially among
'iiae portion of them, who have passed or are
no" passing through our Colleges. The alar-
ming TACT is becoming patent to every careful
observer, and demands the closest scrutiny
ana the most wakeful vigilance on the part
OF educators, parents and guardians
IL is mentioned in our exchanges, that
AeV. DR.. Hooper, in his excellent address at
'ie iaIe commencement at our University. as
serted with much confidence, but with the
ueepest regret no doubt, that th~ree-fourths of
II young men Of the nation who graduated
al our Colleges, are partially if not entirely
ruined by lntoxication! Such an announce
ment coming from SO responsible a source.
ought to send a thrill of emotion through the
land and cal forth the most rigid scrutiny
into the causes which foster and produce this
horrible result.
we are not disposed to endorse DR.. Hoop
er's statement, to its fullest extent We
Judge the DIR. is a man of intense sympathies
ne holds no compromise with crime and
that he is prone to look on the dark side Of
things. But his statement must not be taken
Tor the mere ebullition of passion or the ex-
cltement OF an alarmist. He may have fixed
ms figures too high, but the real facts of the
case, and he is an old and practised observer
bear him out, that drunkenness is a f~earfully
progressive crime, among our educated Young
men.
But why is this? We presume there is
not a College in the United States, whose
laws do not regard and punish drunkenness
as a crime. Perhaps, among the same num-
Der OF men, a more sober, chaste and moral,
if not religious, class of gentlemen are not to
be found, than are the Professors and Tutors
OF our Colleges and Universities. The Leg
i%slatures of the different States have almost
given them plenary powers, to drive the
monster beyond the limits of each corpora
ton, and in many cases, positively prohibit
the sale of spirituous liquors within three
miles of the Colleges and yet College stu
dents are known to have access to every spe-
cies of intoxicating liquors and many of them
drink to drunkenness. Many a sober, intel
igent, noble youth leaves his fathers roof
for College, to return a bloated, besotted
drunkard. Thus high hopes are blighted-
the gray hairs of parents are brought down
to the grave with sorrow, and noble, promi-
sing boys are lost to the country and consign-
ed early to a ~drunkards grave. There must
be a cause for this, and it must be ferreted
out and removed, or our Colleges and Uni
VerSltles are to become a curse and a blot and
a reproach to the country.
The Princess and the Physician.
Few foreigners who were sojourning in
Rome during the Autumn of 18-can fail to
remember the violent illness of the beautiful
Princess c., which suddenly withdrew
from the brilliant social circles of that city
InGT IdITcSL OTIlduIChbs Ii AAAOak1o ~ "hlOL
that illustrious lady was restored to health,
when given over by all the faculty in Rome,
is not however so generally known. She
owes her life, and is ever prompt to acknowl-
edge the obligation, to the most distin.
guished physician of the age, DR.. Thomas
Holloway. That extraordinary man hap
pened to arrive in the ."S%even-hilled City,
lust at the crisis of her disorder, and was
Immediately summoned to her palace. He
found the Princess in a sad condition. Du
ring an evening drive through the Cam,
pagna she had been smitten, by the fearful
malaria which sometimes arises in poisonou!
clouds from the adjacent marshes. The con
sequence was a violent bilious attack termi
mating in iaundice. The lovely face which
has dazzled all eyes, and eclipsed all rivalry
at ball and banquet, was yellow as saffron
g and the eyes which had kindled love and ad
miration in a thousand hearts were dulle
q than lead. In a feeble voice she inquired O
: the doctor what could be done for her at tn
same time protesting that ifthe hue that nov
tinged her skin were to remain after the re
covery she would rather die han live. Smi
ling at pardonable vanity of one whose queen
ly beauty was the theme of every travcle
c who visited Rome, he told her cheerfully tina
her life and her loneliness were both SAFE
His prediction proved true. Under the Unfit
/" ence of his irresistible Pills, the yellow sufft
l. sion began to pass off; and day by day, lik
a a star bursting through a cloud, her beaut
n was re-developed. Within six weeks it W;
+ announced that the Princess would soon gla,
den the eyes of her admirers at an evenin
festival to take place at her chateau at Two
in honor of her recovery.
n 1t may we'll be supposed that the Prince
would willingly have displayed her gratituC
" on a magnificent scale but this DR.. H. wou
"a not permit. He refused to receive anythin
20 save a mere souvenir; and she present.
him with almost appropriate one. 1t W
a double miniature, set In emeralds and
v amends, one case representing the Prince
:. as she Law upon her sick bed, despoiled
III disease Of all her charms, and the other &C
IS, tanning her likeness as she appeared at t
of- fete in the full bloom of restored health a
beauty. The memento was accompanied
a note in which were these words, "When,
ever you look at the two pictures, imagi
if you can, my boundless gratitude 1t m
we we'll be supposed that DR.. Holloway tire
ures this delicate tribute to his skill, amo
~ his choicest Souvenirs "Couricr Del Poi
Ia" Rome.
The EDUCATIONAL The C
nc. last evening brought about $50 passengt
mostly delegates to the Educational Cow
t;on and among them a large number OF