Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-06-13

Irther count hogshead than man."
RANDOLPH
On the afternoon Of that day upon which
his happy meeting with Fauquer obtained
employment for Edmund Rowand, and on the
very same day that Alice was so brutally and
horribly confined by the metallic arms of the
mechanical chair, the stricken father strolled
out to breathe the untainted air of Heaven.
The day was unusually fine, and the merry
birds twitted in the serene azure, while the
refreshing breezes that swept across the un-
inhabited lots of the suburbs Of the great city,
were mammoth fans to drive all his cares and
sorrows away. Still, his heart was down.
cast, and his thoughts were directed to his
lost daughter
lie wandered from the busy and crowded
streets OF Southwark, through the denselv
inhabited portions of Moyamensing. until he
found himself upon the banks of the romantic
Schuylkill The river at what is termed
Greys Ferry, is strikingIy beautiful; and re-
clining under the shade of large tree, he
gazed upon the fairy scene, and meditated
upon that theme that was ever engrossing
his mind
This is the consummation Of long course
oil folly. have fallen victim to the wine
Acup, ana am now an almost helpless wreck,
pot only physically but mentally. And this
gAlling are the memories that am compelled
'0Abear; the days of my shame and degrada-
on, III intempcrance was penalty inflicted
1un criminals, how soon would man rise up
laenounce King Alcohol tyrant, and de-
fethe penalty not commensurate with the
aHd worthy only Of a felon's actions
q vase sinner se,s@' Do -+.i-' -, -
U0r bare mess M pottage, anc thst too
wvpppressed by hunger, what a terrible,
n ful sinner must that man be who will
wiW " sell his body and soul to the destroy
er moments qualification of an almost
insa e appetite. Yet men daily do, and
oh "A God be praised that have been re-
leas nom this fatal fanatcism; yes, man
daildo(s it, and will continue to do it,
and rren wake from their deep lethargy un-
Gil thcrackling and scorehing flames of hell
shall tIAhcm in emphatic tones that they
must I'd pay the penalty Of their bad deeds.
"Oh bow wine ruins man. Man drinks
with hifellow to maintain friendship, and
to mt tic more binding which holds
them tocAler in friendly union. But oh
how the sf,n is degraded 1t is worse thar
inimical ;hbw truly un.riendy to thus ruiz
a man. arl thus doom his boly to abjec
slavery at1then to endless torment re
member MA legend which I used to love t.
read when i my days Of happy childhood
that told Of rcmorseless monster, to sstiat
whose horl appetite Athens was compelle
annually to AIitice number OF its youth
and virgins, Aho, amid the hear.breaking il
mentatious ofparcnts and the cries OF thei
kindred, were led away trembling to her maz
labyrinth. Oh it is no longer fable; thi
monster now lives and instead Of his eightee
victims, yes, there are indeed eighteen thol
sand. Oh! that there was some way to ca
forth some undaunted champion to battle wit
him; that there was q way to startle fro
their supineness tue people, or of causing Il
minister from the pulpit and the magstra
from the bench, to draw the swords OF Il
spirit and the state to put down and annii
late this monster.
How apparent are the effects Of tn
modern Minotaurl We see daily in our mid
the victims who are being offered at the shr
of this once iabled, now real, monster; al
what we cannot sec we can fancy; but nevC
has man so much as lancicd-that man who h
not fallen victim to this enthrallment,-t
horrible extent and terrors of this evil;
cannot count the number of the short-ly
victims it causes to perish, drowning thC
beneath the sparkling crest of the ruby fot
nor can he imagine the astounding boldn,
with which this accursed trade is pursue
neither can he see the invisible network Il
is spread TO entangie the feet OF unsuspect
innocence; nor can he conlure In MS OF
the diabolcally ingenious methods which
practiccd to ensnare virtue; what hypocr
cal masks Of friendship are worn; what C
ming arts OF dissmulated kindness perform
all, that this vice may grapple with her
tuous victims and drag them to the low
hell.
"And oh, We who lounge on your couc
of velvet, and sport in your garments of $
who roll in your beautiful carriages, and
the courtcd and caressed of fashion, never
never can Won imagine the effects of this II
ern Mnotaur; you nevercan know what
unfinished hoor those nakedandtilthy
that begrimed and patched window, where
light struggling through is sickened itse
no We eauuo. tell what all these mean.
know not the anguish and terror of Il
ragged and hunger-bitten children, the
morse Of theinebliate himself as tossing I
his filthy bed Of straw, sobcred from
nights debauch, his eyes start from
sockets and hi3 brow burns with fury
never looked upon the wreck OF woman,
ye never saw the unshrouded and uncol
child, lying in the ghaStliness OF the deat
Casioned by the life it led. Oh ye yot
Of fashion how can We remain SO ind
when ye can see so many counten'
stamped with misery and wretchedne
if scared in them with branding irons y
yc can sec those drink. .palsied and drink-t
cd women, with their sallow infants p
away into q slow DEATH while they are N