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

country Du1 !AI up the articles OF Drllng necessity, Ia (
order to speculate thereon aad demand exhorbitant
prices for The same. This IL striking at the root Of
The evil at once, and in a most eGeetual way. Men
have no more regard for their fellow beings than
to thus take advantage Of the wants and necessities Of
the women and children. and the soldiers who are
dghtlng the battles Of their country are inhNman mon-
sters and enemies TO their country. and have no right to
anything else than that the government will
como to the rescae OF the weak against the oppres-
siops Of the strong. This Is one Of the great funda.
mental principles of government, and there never was
y time when patriotism, justice and mercy required
its exercise at tho hands of the representatives of the
people. more than now, Let us. then, with one &C.
cord. call upon our delegates in Convention, and upon
the Confederate Congress. for protection from the
hesrtless men who are thus taking advantage of the
necessities of the people.
RAILROAD AocIpRNT-A serious accid emit occurred
81 the Charlotte and Statesville Railroad, somewhere
LIAR DAWSON College. on Thursday last. The passen.
g,r train came In collision with some loaded platform
ears which were standing on the track. The conduc.
tor, Mr.. Faulkner, had one leg smashed so badly that
ampatstion was necessary. and a Mr.. McNeely, a pas.
senger who was standing on the platform. was SO Sc.
rously injured that he died soon after the accident
occurred. No one else was injured.
gY- An accident occurred on the N. C. Road on
Saturday night, near CHARLOTTE, by which two passen-
ger cars were thrown from the track. 1t Is supposed
that the brake fell upon thetrack causing the accident
TO the two hindlnost cars. Several were slightly bruis-
ed, but none seriously injured.
SOUTHERN INK.-We have received (says the Peters.
burg Express) from Mrs. Smallwood, of Halifax Co.,
N. c., . bottle Of very Superior writing ink, Of her
own manufacture. We have pointed our fine quill pen
to try it, and find 1t Of better quality than any we
have used for some months past. Mrs. S. will greatly
favor the pensmen Of the South, If she win bring her
manufacture to their notice. We understand she
makes both the blue and the black, but cannot pro.
cure the ordinary ink bottles in which to enclose it.
We advise our readers should they stand in need of an
excellent writing fluid to address Mrs. s~mallwood at
Weldon. Let us encourage our Southern manufacture
ers-especially when they are deserving Of encour-
agement.
HARD TIMEs.-No wonder when our people are SO
neglectful of the appeals to be economisiIg. In war
times, like the. present, but little manufacturing is
done, and unless great economy is used, our present
supply OF manufactured goods will be exhausted and
we be able to look to no source for more. BE econo-
missing then in eyerything-in eating, drinking and
wearing.
Drink no wine,
Touch not the unclean thing"
II you wish to get drunk; and PROSTATE yourse + in
the mire with the swine, wait, for conscience sake
wait until the war Is over. 1t Is no time now to bs
getting drunk. We say, fellows wait until the war il
oyer.-Hendersonville Times.
DESCENT UPON THE GAMBLERs.-On Saturday nigh
the 9th inst, q descent was made says the Examiner,
upon the gamblers in Richmond, and q number O
their dens broken up, temporarily, at least, by the ar
rest OF the proprietors and their gambling furniture
The community will be generally rejoiced to lear
that steps have at last been taken to cleanse Richmon,
OF these vile habitations, and to relieve the communi
ty Of one of its worst moral pests. We are sorry
however, to find that the city authorities have been t
the last derelict in any steps to break up the gamblin
establishments in Richmond, as we understand ths
the vigorous measures of Saturday night were onl
undertaken by the Mayor and police at the urgent il
stance of the authorities of the Government. TIL
circumstance is an unfortunate commentary on on
municipal rule and the da wdling police, who do notl
ing but hunt belated negroes without passes and han
about the bar-rooms as impecunious vagabonds.-
Assuredly the Mayor of richmond must have bee
aware Of the existence of gambling establishments
this city; for months the evil has been growing opel
ly and ~dehantly before his eyes and that. at last, tn
Government residing here should, from its own cor
siderations of respect and decency, have had to ure
the clea nsing of the city by instancing the municip
authorities to do their duty, is q circumstance app
rently so discreditahle to the people of Richmond tn
justice to them requires that it should be referred
official neglect and omission of duty, rather than ir
puted to any corrupt moral sense in the communit
ey- The following members of Congress have bee
elected from this State: -.
1st. District w. N. II. Smith.
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