THE OKEIIANS’ ElUENI).
A?ssus« 2!$, l^7S.
COBKEC'JTION.
Extract from a letter from a friend
■ in Hertford comtty:
“I finl some wlio urge as ar.
objection to the Asylum that you
take only tlic, children of Masoiis
and of those who have once been
in affiuenco and are now bann-
nipt.”
Such an insinuation or charge
as is contained in the above cx-
' tract does great injustice to the
Asylum and its management, be
cause it is utterly unfounded. A
^ majority of the orphans in the
Asylum are the children of .those
who were not Masons, and a very
large majority the children of
■what are called the poorer class
of people. It is true wo have
here descendants of some of the
first families of the State in form
er times. There are hero the .or
phans of ministers of the go.spel,
of members of Congress; and ol
])d)'so‘iiS high .in. .social position.
Misfortune ovei'took them, their
^children wore left in destitute cir
cumstances and without friends to
take care of them, and they have
b^en sent here to be cared for. Is
it wrong to take tbeso friendless
boys and girls by the hand, lead
them to the Asylum, give them
a rudimontal education, siinply
"iiecause their parents once eiyoy-
etl affllfeucG’andihigh.social posi- '
tion t .We have, 'also; ■ many
whoso parents wore poor ; whoso
■ fathers fell in the late ciidlwar;
some n hose parents are unknown;
. .all bright,, intelligent, promising
children, but there is no distinc-
. tion made either' in their recep
tion orin.theirtreatment after they
get .here. Many are sent here
■who- can remember the time when
tliey had all that fond .parents,
hiessfid "'iW •means, could give
them. Others come who scarcely
..ever had a kind word spoken to
them, but whose experience, _be-
fore lhey came, consisted in kicks
and:culls, nakedness'and starva
tion. To both classes the sym
pathizing voice and fond caress
come like the gentle,, dew upon
■the withering flower. It would
'.lo -any one’s heart gpO’U to wit
now TO SEKB ASOXHS.
ilexes, sack's, barrels, bundles
and packages, intended for the
use of the. Orphans at' O.xford,
should be marked Oki’Iian Asy-
ia;M, Oxford, N. C., and there
should be no oilier marks to mis
lead. Inside of the box or pack
age should bo a list ol the articles
with the uaines of the' contriiid-
tors. If sent by railroad or
steamer, the I’ece'ipt ol fho freight
agent should be sent by mail.
Liglit and valuabio articles should
be sent by Expres.-’.
Articles intended for the Or
phans at Mars Hill should be
marked OiiFH.'ix Asylum, iilAR.s
Hill, N. C. If sent from the
West, they can- be easily for
warded from Asheville. If irom
the Ea.st, they sliould be sent by
Salisbury and Old Fort, and in
every case the receipt should bo
sent, by mail. ,
Those diroetion.s seem ' to .be
simjild;'but valuable conlriliu-
tioiis have been lost, because they
have not been observed. -'‘■
A CSIOKI.TS FBAYBB.
At some of the entertainments
recently given by nine orphans
from Oxford, tlie exercises wore
ojiened witli prayer, by some
minister who happened to^ be
present. Geiie'rally those prayers
were, excellent, axii],.. included all
the cliildreh in .ourdcbuntrv ; j but
on two occasions the. words Rein
ed to “hang. fire,”- arid lUtOrance
;wa3 difficult. PossiBi'y tlipso iniii.-
isters have not, formed the habit
of praying for the. children. At
least we are ronimded of an inci
dent in the early ' expoilence of a
now prominent minister. Rev. N,
B. Cobb was a lawyer in’ Gohls-
boro, when he was converted
and began to preach he wa.s very
sure that he cOiiM point out the
way of life to btlior lawyer^' arid
carefully wrote’ out a sermon for
their special benefit. But the
sermon failed to impress them as
the preacher expected, and he de
termined to try it on a less- culti
vated audience. An appointment
was sent to- the dark o.orner of
The da)'came.
AH EAllHEST CALL.
We must beg the friends of
the 'Orpliau ivork, .Comriiittees of
Lodg-os, ministers of the" gospel,
and. all others who dosiro tl'ie
success of the work, to exert
themselves in its h-elialf now. W e
are running sh.ort of the means to
provide comfortabiy fertile cnil-
(Iren a-Icoady here,and tilers ai’c mri-
ny a};plicatioiis:t',)r admission tlidt
ought to be rpspendod to favora-
iily if the prospect for taking
care of 'theiri -was better.
Tiie cold .season is a-pproaching
wlieii'■ we shall, need warmer
clothing, hats and shoos, and have
to nrocure, fuel.- The store room
is nearly, bare, of supplies and the
exchegiier at too low an ebb to
replenish it. Fire ha.rdest season
of'tho yofir,' in regard to coiitri-
butions, is now.upon us, acicord-
hig to ' past experience, and -ivc
are, really beginning to ' be ohi-
barrassed for moans to . procure
daily necessaries.
In view of' this state of affairs
we appeal to all . good ChriS;
tians and ., charitable ; riepple pf
-the state to make, a little extra
effort in behalf (of. fire' Asylum
and help it over ths‘pwc« betwio'en
now and the coming in of ;the
crops. , ,. ; .
( viiry ic(? will' luvcH !iU ; iiu-.i tVir |
iiKBT tluui tbct'f, every Cl'.ii.'rtiiHi bhouia Ibcl
it rt duty rtud-a pleaaimi to nid such uii
tution. Have you given nuythiu^ farClr.iei
in tbia work i If not yaQ shbuM du ko at
oiic.e,, or you iiniy missAi gratitnis opywrtunUy
to die-duirgc a tiuty (;oJ will reotuve. at your
hands. Hro. Mills is doing a groater work
fur North Car.diiui'-and iHimauit-y than any
man who has'cver lived m the Sta'.o. Ills
name is linked with h'-rn-in iHiidnoss. iovc
and charity for tito tige. Men fiiiall rise up 1o
call him biossyfi. But now, how iiaid and
thankifss is tho task to which Go'd has ealicii
‘him. Attiin.es all sc-;ui'to forget the good
they might u-i, au-d causeiAind iu;-titiUiuns,
eveu good and noble as tins Orphan wui'lc, iwc
to hvuguish. It should be a penua-
iiCDt charity.
Wo copy .the entire paragraph
without acratclung out any part
of it,, .with the explanation tiikt
Mr, Mills is ab.soiit in tho Mars
Hill section, r.nd tboreforo cannot
object to what is said of him in
the notice.
(lown frorii the pulpit a jilain old
citizen' walked up to him’and sai(i;
“You haiiit been at it lor-g, is
you ?” Mr. Cobb carried that
sermon homo and put it away. ,
Greene county.
'.eo any oiiB.B ueun gwu ... .... juid thofxari'to sermonwasrepea.t-
- ness,the moist eyes.and heaving ^yhon the preacher came
broa.sts. of ' the Httte friendless the pulpit a jilain old
waifs when, upon their arrival at - •- ■ ’’
;,.fftl.\e. Home.” they are made to
' heel that they', are. among friends
who feel for and sympathizo with
them. All are. received alike,
and all are treated alike as fai as
pos.sible.. Ko, ctuestion is asked
xvhethor the father was a Mason
or was ever rich. Tho only
(question is, does the child need
tlie protection and. assistance tlie
institution was dosigued to give.
Wo invito the closest scrutiny
' into the management of the in
stitution, by its friends,, (or its
onomios if it has any,) and will
alvvays furnish tho fullest infor
mation ill answer to inquiries in
regard to its operations.
A DAY OF AMUSUaHEK’n'S.
' ’ Our exchanges give account'of
throe public hangings in one day,
in Tennessee, Friday tho 13th
' rins-t.; John Webb, for murder, in
Kn6xvillo, -whose executiiiu was
’ witnessed, by, 12,000 people;
Wm. N. Berry, of liogersville, for
the murder of his wife,, where
, .5,000 “.dolighted sipoctators” wore
present, arid Annanias Hunnicutt,
at Taswell, whore G,000 were
present. .
This morbid curiosity to see
''njen liring is evidence that, as a
people, wo have several long,
strides to make yet before we en
tirely “get out of the wilderness”
of barbarism.
COHYEKSATEOSI. :
Among ,aK the “accomplish
ments" which our young ladies
tifd ;expo'e'{e'd, tq',-a,'c(|’4ire, '-itll, -to
be r^reit^ 'that th.efafi'qf. bon-
versathm'Is j'not tnelueled. i So
•gl'aea of gerpoii .pr ..ma.unevs,. can,
couipoiisato ' for- tiii.s. . In yputli'
the. conversation isi too apt tpi bo
trifling apd insipid ;. in middiejige
it is too, often- confined..to' bom-
plaints of 'health arid- the ricandal
of tho day.Lively conver-siatien
on instructive .and elevated topics
is.but little .fracticetl, but when
ever it is'(found it, gives a yharpa
tb.tlie„sQbio.ty of f@itik.leB: which
nolliing .else can. It trKiinphs
over., deformity arid ' old ag:e and
makes' ugliness itself agi'eeablo.
Curran, speaking of Madame de
Btml, who was by no moans a
handsonio, wom-an, but a splendid
conversationist, said, “she had
the power of tal’K-ing herself into
beauty.” Ladies should think of
this... " Beauty lies in other things
than .fine foaturoa and cosmetics.
TEae OrpUasE Asyliaaaa ai SSars
“This little infantile institution,
unless constantly fostered by’tlie
good p-3ople of tho West, will
.certainty fail.' IVill wo-in the
West h'ayo ’it'Said that iv'o are not'
■generous enough to support fifty
littlo orphans f' Will wo withhold
our means and destroy a home
perhaps for our own children or
graud-chiklren I Or will ,we
make it a succoss'l' It is in our
power to. . do ..either. Notwith
standing there is a good deal
pledged for its support, tho wai
ter lias, not a .single dime to buy
a pound of ifieat 6r' coffee for the
G,hi!dre,n'l. Wlte will send, us" a
fe5V ..-d’imeS't' A.v little 'foom all
arid , the .work is doriej and every
bodviwill feel .Q-ood about it
’j\-'ll ni3 winit you want, and I
can most probably do it for you.”
But tho Lcishman shook his
head walked slowly away, mut
tering, “Sure, it's the'clergyman
iiiinself that I’m afther.”
In anotlior case, a young-look
ing, fair-haired clergyman was
working in his garden in some-'
■..vlmt siniih'U' attire, when a cartor
with a load of wood came to the
gate and called out, “I say, Bob
by, go in and ask your father
nliere' I .sliall put this wood.” ,,
In another instance, two Eng
lish ladies vvent to pay a visit to
tho garden of Alphonse Karr, tho
wellki o-rtui French author, who
h;is of late turned his attention to
hortioultui'e in' the south, of
Franco. On ringing at the gate,
the gardener pfe'sonted himsell at
the ..yrafo (grating; and on hear-
inv tl'iei.r reipiest, admitted them.
"lie conducted them round the
garden, showed them the roses
aiidthis qupntirius 11 coiisfrut,
ivith all of which they w’ere miicii
delighted. But they were not
•tistied, and said to
.er,'
OKPHAKS
A'SSOCI.A-
TISE eOMVEMTSOIK.
The people have elected mem
bers of a Convention to r.svlse our
Constitution, and have disappoint
ed both political parties, in_ fail
ing to give a decided majority to
either,. , Hut . the body elected
w'ill bo the ablest that has assem
bled in our capitoi since the war.
Among the able Republicans are
Gens. Baniiigor and Bryan,
Judges Tourgoo, Buxton and
Albertson, Cols. Hockory and
Young, and a number of able
lawyers, such as Messrs. Fair-
cloth, Badger, Boyd, Diila and
Lehman. The Democrats have
sent Gen. Clingman and Gov.
Reid'; Gbk. Bennett, Coleman,'
Withers, McCorkle and Cumiing-
ham; among their distinguished
lawyers are, Blessffi. Manning,
■Sliober, Henderson,..Bunn, Jarvis,
Darliain, Withbrs, Greon and
Avery. The Democrats also send
two distinguished ministers,Messrs
Hassell mid Stallings. Upon
the whole we pronouiico the Goii-
vention cpiiipoteiit to make a good
constitution, even after fhe loss oi-
the groat and noble Governor
Gr-uliani.
The .Flat River Baptist Associ
ation w:a3.held this year at Mt.
Zion Church, Granville county,
commencing August lOlh. By
invitation the Superintendent oi
tho Orphaii' Asylum took out
some eight or ton of tho children
to the Association on the second
day, who gave a concert highly
pleasingito the audience present.
The re])orter of the Biblical Re
corder speaks of the occasion as
follows :
■ The Assv.diat’CB aljonraed to hear the Or-
v/hans sing, all ruir.ir to the. and
Usteu to a v-h;iu statement of the work of the
Asylum by Suporiatendoiit Mills.; The lifwe
inontiou of the work i3 enough to touch the
lieart and appeal to tho aympathios of the
hardest and most soliish. Wo are all deeply
impressed with tlie blessedness of the work of
'caving Ibr the poor little Orjfhaiisof our State.
Some of them are from tho bumbl'est walks of
poverty; others aro-tho childrou of parents
who were eiice blessed with wealth, while-
among them may bb found .the littlo boys and
■girls’ of once useful muiistorB of Christ.
The little creatures in all the; accfints and
.simplicity (d. childhood sing for us, and ren
der the music iu the highest stylo of the a>’t.
What a wealth of eloiiionco and what a ro-
sUtless appeal to our hearts. We thank God
fur Christian sympathy—for all tho ties that
bind our hearts to bumanity. ^^^o Ihmik Him
iW this charity, ihOr.noblest dud; most unsol-
bsh iu our laiul. Every man and woman in
lyovill feel good abon
,. Yours truly,
, , . John "R. Sams.
' ‘ ’ StB'.vard.”
, . tYe.clip flic ' above from tho
.Aslib’yille Clfizen of, last week.
Will ,the good people of that sec
tion of the St'ato allow tiie neces-
■gity for,such, appeals to continue '
.burexperieiico'waiTfints.usin say
ing, that the people are alu'ays
ready to contribute to the orphan
work when tho subject is presen
tod foimodiatsly' to'.their, atten
tion ; ail that is no'cessary is, triat
some active friends of the orphans
put themselves to the 'trouble to
bring the claims of the orphan
A-Svium to the notice of the peo
ple' and receive their contribu
tions., We call upon tho officers
and coa'miittees of the Masonic
Lodges, ministers of tho Gospel
and othei'benevolent people ofth-e
West, especially trie ladies, to do
this and relieve the Mara .Hill
anch of the Orphan Asylum
of its perplexities.
the ga:d-jn|
“Ls tiiare no way by which W'e
can satisfy our curiosity: to 8(io
the distinguished owner of this
mrrden, JI. Karr himSalfl”
‘O, yes,” said the gardener;
“come with me." rind he took
the'in, to their great astoriishmont
into tho parlor of the house,
where ho made a bow to them
and said, “Allow mo with my
right hand, as gardener, to intri^-
duce you to my loft as M. Kai-r."
It was the author,himself whom
they had mistaken for the ‘'gard
ener. ...They soon, hWever, recov
ered from their 'eitibafi-tSsmont,
and were invited to, sit.down to a
collation of the-spiondid and deli
cious fruits; they had already seen
growing.
It ismot ail mistakes that end
so happily. ■ ■.■• ': .‘.'i
(From'tbo L'lmpcko (Cab) Hon^W.)
. .€a6^fOB^ia''8 S,-‘3i’sS. Femsal® Pio
neer.
Al?p«^R>’aK?ic?s
The proverb that appearances
are .often deceitful, is one tliat^is
continually verified in daily'life,
esiiecially wlmn the effort is made
to^ judge of poopio by thoir
clothes. . Rogues will know tne
effoot, of fine raiment, and there
fore generally contrive to bo wmil
dressed. On tho other hand, per
sons are sometimes treated with
disrespect hecaiiso they ha|>pien
to be in their w'orking attire.
A clergyman was working in
his garden .before his house, and
as it was vvarm, he was in has
shirt-Bloovos, when an Irishman
came along, and, looking over the
fence, inquired, “Plaze, sir, can
yes tel! mo whore the clergy
lives I”
“1 am the clergyman of the
parish, and I live hero. IVhat
can I do for you?”
“Och,” said the man, looking
at tho shirt-sleeves, “;t is tne
cleigvman I’m waatuig.’’
•We!!. I’m the clergt'man.
, ^3 have residing at Lomiioo,
Mrs. Nancy Kelsey the first wo
man who crossed the plains to Cal
ifornia.. The company consisted
of thirty-three men and this lady,
her husband being one i of the
company. The trail loft indopen-
dsiice iylissouri, in April, 1841,
and arrived at tho residence of
Dr. Marsh (who was murdered
ill Contra -00.314 county some
years ago), at Marsh Landinp,
on tho 4t!i of October of tho same
year. From there the Kelseys
vvent to Suttor’.s Fort. There
being no profitable occupation
for settiere at that early day, this
company lived rather a nomade
life until the discovery of gold in
1847. From that time every one
■was infused with a new life, and
Mr, Kelsey discovered and estab
lished the famous Kelsey diggings
from which millions of dollars of
d'dst were taken. Mr. Kelsey
and two brothers employed twen
ty-live Indians in these digging?,
and their labor' yielded SlOO m
dust to tho man per day. In
1859 the family loft California
O'cerland for Texas, and on their
return to the coast, two years la-
tor, they were attacked by the
Oomanclios and robbed of every
thing, barely escaping vyith their
live.s.. A daughter thirteen years
old was captured and scalpe(’i
aud receiving seventeen lanec-
cuts was left for dead, but was
atterivard recovered and brought
back to California. From pover
ty tho family had riseri to comf
parative ease; but a series of
iiiisFortmies has reduced these
aged pipuoers to a condition net
altogether a,greeable to old age.