Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-11-20

in sais Issue az our paper s-this We viii endeSyor To
do in our nexs No. We shall therefore eonhae oar-
self 10 q few general remarks concerning thar meet
lug.
The nambar Of Representatives in sttendance nom
the vaaiaas Subordinate Divisions in the State. was
not ss large. Of course. az q. other times. when cur
country was peaceful and prosperous: but under the
circumstances and times OF its Gonyocaion, was more
nameroasly attended than We had expected, And
those who were present seemed to he fred with an
enthusiasm. D zeal and earasstness in the good cause.
worthy the palmy days of onr prosperity in the eiden
time. The proceedings were marked by 8 unanimitys
harmony and fervor that evinced that the true Ares of
Temperance still burns on the affairs OF our Order.
and that despite all discouragements and opposition.
our true.hesEted membership are determined TO prcss
forward in the prosecution of the coed work IN which
they have SO long and nithaaffy been engaged.
The Reports OF the Grand Officers exhibit q oonsid-
cradle decline in the numerical strength of tho Order,
but show that it is alone owing to so many hundreds.
we may say thousands, of our patriotic, tras-hearted
s. Soas" being absent from their Divisions, being in
the ranks Of the brave defenders OF our conatry. We
shall have moro to say of the patriotic devot on Of our
noble brotherhood hereafter.
The Grand Division Of North Carolina with great
solemnity' and entire unanimity, dissolved its connec-
ton from the old National Division, and took the
necessary steps FOR being represented in the proposed
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vision Of the Southern Confederaey.
Tho following officers of the Grand Division were
elected to serve till the annual session in 1853, viz II.
c. Hamilton, Of Lineolnton Division, G. W. p. Hen
ry F.. Ramsour, CT Jacobs Fork Division. Catawba
county, g. w A.; A. n. Goraan, Raleigh, G. Scribe
B. W. Alexander. OF Hopewell Division. Mecklenburg
county. G. Treasurer; Rev. D. 1. Dreher. Of Cold Wa
ter Division. Concord, g. Chaplain J. NJ. Alexander,
Of same Division, Concord, G.. Conductor ). B. Grfer,
of White Hall Division, Meeklenhurs. G. Sentinel.
The next annual session of the Grand Division was
ordered to BE- held in Groensh)ro', can ncncinS at 7
O'Clock F. NJ, Of Tuesday before the I'd Wednesday in
November, 1861.
The public exercises of the Order consisted in adj
dresses delivered by Prof. RiChid. Sterlinsand the Ed
itor OF this paper. The address Of the soxmer was
characterized by the ability, the fervor and enthusiasm
of his cultivated intellect and warm and ardent tenn
permanent. We have seldom heard a more elective
speech, or one that Was SO rapturously received by
the audience before which it was delivered. As a re-
suit, fifteen ladies aud three gentlemen were initiated
into the Order that evening, with q certainty Of many
more following them into the portals of our Total Abb
stinense Temple. Indeed, the whole community
seemed stirred up on the subject Of Temperance, and
we haze no doubt lasting good to that community will
be the result of the assembling Of the Grand Division
in its midst.
As the very best assurance of such a result, we re
cord with high qualification the universal sympathy
and cooperation of the ladies' of Concord with the
Temperance cause, 1t was indeed an inspiring sight
TO see some sixty or seventy of tine beauty and inteli !.
gence of the fair women of Concord assembled in the
DIVISION room, encouraging by their presence and
smiles, and aiding by their earnest participation, in
: the advancement Of the good cause. And the noble
1 Youth of that place have in large numbers united with
the Order there, which we regard as the most unfajl
, Ing assurance OF the perpetuity of Temperance rin.
: clpies, and OF the Order, in that community. The
t Mothers have united with the Order. and thew bay.
carried the hope OF the country there, their noble Bows
Aayfhey,h like the Grecian mother of old, when asked fo
l their Jewels, be able to point to their Sons in the Dt.
vision, andsa with pride and satisfati0n-these .thes,
are ourjewels. God bless the noble, beautiful Wom.,
,r OF Concord and their gallant sprightly sons.
4 Wehave more than occupied the space left for us fo
=. a notice al the y. ID. in this number of the Are. hp
we cannot deny onrself the qualification of bearin,
E. testimony to the warm-hearted, generous. and eleoan
s. inequalities extended by the citizens of Concord :
a, the Representatives of the Grand Diyision-a hosni
Id tihty that was only excelled in its generosity by tn
a grace and cordially with which it was extended :
III Long VIII the participants thereof remember thsi
ny brief solourn among the citizens of Concord asa greg
mt spotin memory's waste.
H. NG@ During our visit TO the south no.
se ton of the State recently, we saw several ci,ize,
n of South Carolina from the region of Beanie
,,a and tharieston, from whom we learned IN,
lea Beaufort had been abandoned hy the citizens
lev the place, but the yankee forces hal not land,
ion there in force. An attack on Charleston was a,
an, ~ticipated, and the women and children ware !
e inn ao.uo on n - ~ -.