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THE OKl’liAXS’ FKIENI). M'ecliioytluj. f^»c^is«:i3a*>cr X5, I^jJTTERS FKOM EBENTCRI. liDKNTON, iS'. 'J'tli, !B7;). Suii't. Orphan AaylvM—Iliar Hu-:—i.a- c,U)si!i) you will iiiiil'six ildllr.ra iiiul fifty fonts fnf the benefit of the Orlihnn Asybmi, the re sult Of'ii (Iluirtei-ly colleethm of the I'.ljjtreh nt lliK^kylHicH .laBt Su'i'fay' iiijs reeolutitut vt" ftihej up s lyabl.e ! eln (tu'it every quarterly ..cetiug on tla!..hitth the nreoeeds of whieh is to be appheo tor tho luui- ofit .)Xtho'Onihiina at Oxford. The-above tunoqqt being ftjo fi-yt taheh, I hope-tho next vvl'ii tie better. ■ yourstfatonniily, ■ •=. . JAS. I). bVEljil-- TUisletler' indicates a stop in the light difcction. If the othe various-ctiurches in tne Bt'Xt& woulcl.onhj give their congre gations a chance of centnJnihng lo 'mq.Ofphaii Amfwm, and simply take.tlifeii:- dftoiihgs.aiid foi-.Ytira thoiiip whiefi 'voulu not bo mtieli trouble, tlie institution vioujd ex- peiienco no such seasons of trial and perplexity as that tliroug.i which it has, for some v.-coks, been passing. There arc thous ands of good Christian people^^ot the .Staty wlio would estjtpin^ it, a privilege.as yvell as^a uuty-to con tribute to tho oiip^an, cause, if ,tne subject were presented to fhoni in a tangible forni-and th.o opportuni ty presented immediately to theni of sending forward their c6nt:i i- butions. Surely, the orplian work is not a subject of .such insigiiin- canoo as to bo unworthy tho at tention of good men, and espec ially of Christian ministers. Ma ny of them, wp .y-e happy to.say, have'Como up no.bly to tlio,.as- sistance of, .the orphans by bung ing tiieLr claims befoiu tlieir coiir gregatiwis.and forwaiyling *1 do nations received. M|iny ,othei;s t oftysoine cause, we knov/ not what, luiVie,.'neyor,s,oomcd to know :• the .fact .that there is such an or ganization as an Orphan Asylum in existence in the State. 1 o all smell wo commend the text, ‘ tor- .asiiiuch as yaj.id.it not to one of ' of tlieae ioy bretlu'en, ye did it not unto mo.” ' CHAFEE JHEE EHIVEtSSlTlA A5K1€U1.'T1'KAI-. STASiR. * Tlic time of lioldmg the Vo- torsliiivg Ainuiai Fair lias bocoi nxod iuiuiccUaioiy aitcr the Forth (liirolina State Fair, for t’lie pres ent year. It has been inraigura- tod under aiirspices favorable to complete ^success and no doubt; be a' season of graird joHb fication.to the-people of Virginia and tho Uoanoke section of our OAvn State. Petersburg and^ a larg’O section of North ‘Corolina are jtiined tot;,‘ether by an artery almost as vital as that avIucIi bound Chaitg- and Kugy and houce v.'heii the })eople oi both got tdg'eth.er at the Fair, they will 'hardly recopni/'ie tlio fact that a Stale'line divides thoin. ■ Py-the-way, wo laivc a good mind lO' call on I’etorshurg to g;et up another c.outributiou to the Orpluau Asylum at OAfoi’d,. but forbear, because wo know the, wlioie-souled merchants aud oth ers of that city so well, aud have such coufidcnco in their ■ good v/ill to North Carolina and her institutions, that wo believe they win do it witlio;ut a reiuludcr, us did Baltiniforo last winter.' POPEnAirsBNl'IMEM'ff. ' ■Society,' it socnis, is composed of numerous social .circles, cou- noctod by certain electric, invisi ble bonds, through which flow continuous currents of niutuai thoughts nnd syiupatliv, so fliat when a part of this s.c>cial king; dpin is ■ disturbed or . affecj:ed_' in, anyjRyajj the repulse ia, fapidly' conducted, to a.grcater dtless,ex- tent, thro,ugh the .whole, and the tendency is towards a common feeling tliroughout. And this common feeling or opimon, which is the aggregate of the individual opinions of the public, we teini public opinion or sentiment. Although public opinion is the_^ sum total of the individiial^Opin- ions, each individual does, by .mo I moan.a, contribute equally to the formatiou of this, popular senti ment. Wo notice in tho various social ranks tliore are certain lead To-day, Sop^enilier Iht’a, glorious day for our tinie Iteuored State Univonsity At ffihapei ilul, and no doubt' the bells 'will, to day, ring out' a joyous peel as many of its Alunun, the board ot Trustees and the Faculty niect upon its campAs to celebrate tliO beginning of its new career ot - usefulness. Something like its .■’ old'life will be witnessed, and vis- ions of future prosperity and bou- or will loom up before many who lor a while had despaired oi its VoKtppalion among the liign places of learning in the land. fl'lih two Societies wi!p,o-day beTitliy reorganized, and the tonn open ‘w,ith .about seventy-nvo or eighty students, sdine tor caif wo learn from tlie haloigh pipois. The Kxocutiye Oommittee of the - .Board ii.ave been indefatigable lu their exertions to iiavo'ovcrytlung prepared for the day of re-opon- iim and their success has been •’sucii as to entitle them to tho ■thanks of,tho whole btatc. _ ■ The raopduing o.£ thp,,L;niycr- skv is calculated to onkiudfo- ii' the Tireast of every true Eorlli (Jarolinian, feelings somotliing akin to those he would expmicnce ill meeting a longab-seiitlneiidor tho recovery of a lost troasui e.^ May tho fair prospects wlncii to-day inaugurate continues to brighten until Oliapcl lid. s-'-p he again, what it once wasy t.ie pride and glory ot tlie Old Xoitli S.ato ers, or generating centers, who create apd give tone.to tho' sonti- meiit of" thcir 'refpectiv'e 'Circles, thG'iiYijhi-illhfofltey wcciying and rulopting tflej' 'opinibns 'Qf these leaders, Tlio >'«d thought float ing upon the great tide of populai Spntirnent is the' prodhet, »;ol of the masseSj but of comparatively few individuals. A few tkinh and set forth opinions, and the rest ac cent and propagate them ^ with as mucli apparent satisfaction and enthusiasm as if they had been orioinated through themselves. This is the. greatest hindoranco to the formation'of a correct pop ular sentiment. The majority of persons are too willing to receive and Iransiiiit iho current opimons without^istopping, to think whether tliey are right or .wrong*. But .great as is tho influence ivhioli in dividuals may exert on ^ popuiai sentifn'ent, tho power -which ^ppp- ular sentiment exerts on imuvid- uaks is infinitely greakr. Indeed, there is scarcely an action or an institution in the wliole social kingdom that it docs not atioct. _ -1 j." opinion is powerful alike for evil oi' f,>r good. , if it bo misdirected it will strengthen and qiorpetuate' cornurtiou an(Lai)usc; it it di rected arigdit it^ will ■terieiiteially remove eorniptions and correct abuses ivitii a power 'wincli no other power can withstand.” That popular sentiment does exert a powerful influence over the opinions and conduct of men ■needs no 'proof, but is sufficiently evident even to the casual ob server. d’heii it must bo equally clear that in. propotiou to the power is the necessity ot iiurity- iiig pcipular sentiinont, tliat tliis power" intty' be ai’i'ayed in tne cause of right. Iffirify public opinion ' and VQ'u will p'unty tne public. The question tlicir is now is this to, bo done? Much may be done b}' earnest iuui.vid- uak who despise', falsehood in all its, forms. But we tldnk fee first, and great thing is to edi(C«fe the peo ple, for a correct popular opinion, can not exist, except it be touiid- ed on a thinking intelligent peo ple. Teach people to Hunk for themselves and act for themselves, that tliev may learn to detect and correct ,the,vulgar ddusions ,ol papular sentiment. More , thsm chc-seveiith of- our ; population, five n-iillion six hundred and fifty- eight thousand, men, .wouioii and •children over ten years of age,.in those I’nited StaJ^s, cannot wiite^ their oivn names. \yUat. kind pi a foundation is this for an intelli gent popular opinion 1 .As a ina.t- ter of .economy can ,vo aliord this . coiulitioiil Can rye afford .to^ keep'-one-rseviuk.ho^.pudf P.peplopin, ignoraiicei land ■ poverty ? Other countrios'ha.ve answered this ques tion for themselves in the liega- tive.' ' , d ' In Germany mducatloii has': be come.a the very i.deii of life, andjto-day, the German luv tioii .stands, head and shoulders above all the other Ghriatian na tions ill Europe. Austria, fewit- zerland and Italy liayb,adopted tlie compulsory .systems of edu cation. Every child must be od/- .ucated, And wdiat is- the result I It. is that absolute illitera.cy is fast approaching a minimiun. ^ Our political interest, our social inter est, V'oa onrfiiturp existence as a nation, ai'O all closely' interwoven with the question of ecjuoatioii. Thpp let ouf; great country spread her foastspf. knowledge and in vite the people to cQnfo and par take, and if any make .-excuses and sl-igh-tthe invitation, let her send out .into the Uglavays and hedges and compel them to came af and by this, means the masses will bocduie educated and ald.e to think and rtason tor themselves, and W.4?STE» 'I'llE KEWS A?il> «o'i' | ajifi -ivhile there ho was ir,- ■Tlic Toisnot Transcript msui, in order to roakg Ins iiapcv in teresting to Jiis readers, a-sked his friends to send him items of iieivs from tlieir respective neighbor hood's. In answer to the request, an enterprising amateur reporter sends him the following : ‘fox uxwkLCOii G15.ST.—A voung gentleman By the Name of Jerry parker visited the liou.so ot Mr. \ Mr, parkers intentions Was 11 Court the old mans Daugliter. Mr. parker Went to the oi-d^ gen tlemans liousc on last inday Eiiight aiid got a littiC Cnaiice at the g-irl; Mr. V Knew IVliat he was rq) too the old nnan fetep- ed iqi to p-arkor aud said lAliat are you Boing here you good for nolhlng long liaired Ifock ancle G-'.iCiuclis Scoundrel—leave here OI i Will give yo.u fits Mr. parker has not Bin .soon than' SiuCe.” 'i'ISE Ml’S'i’iC BI.4.SONIC TIE in the wilderness of Edom the hand of the children ot Isiimaoi is .still raised as c-f old aganist : every straingei;, ,but it spiipo Alasdn .of'this..-ci,ty we,i,'e,,,tq ineqt tfiese nuira'udiog sons o'f|the,deser,t, al fhp sigTiofaEoilon'-crait, every match lock would be instantly lowered ■' ' ' ’to a he would be vvolcoined aud received as. . It is popular sentiment tliat ere- ates'-tlio various customs and fash.- ions of society. The-style and manners which at first you IlO- test, it Gaelics VOVl to eiutiu’o, thefi to I’-vlniiro. It iniikos men regard one kind of labor as hon orable, and another us disgrace ful- Says Dymond in In-s essays on Moralitv, “in public liiciltuuoas from a village workhouse to t le roiistitutiou of a rtate, public popnilar sentiment, which is. the all-controlling force, aiiiong'st us, will bo eleya.ted and Borrocted, and will carry with it a moral qiowcf entirely unknown to uned- .ucatod natioiis. F'upular ,s6n.timeat will^ tlmn jitdeje what a man sav'S by the in- 'trinsic beauty or worth of tho ideas ho conye5's and not by the standing of the man. It will ap prove or condemn a deed accor.d- iim to its merit or demerit, and not according to who performs it. Then, tvG repeat it, the education of the 'masses is tho one and indi.s- pcfisahk means through which is to be wrought that elevatjou and purification of popular sentiment, which, when pLU'itiod, will bo tho iVistpowerful of all eanhly a;oiits in elevating the social coiiuition of the world. '- '* Povertv and shame shall 'eo to iiiiii that I'cfuiiotli iustructiou ; but ho that regai'detli reiiroof dial! be honored. their tents brotlier. •A .friend of .o.ur.S7—an ofijeer .of our itavy.ioiig siiicq doc,eased, ivaSfoUQeiwaudering about in the narrow lanes of and Eastern city, having lost Ids way in its. in extricable labyrinths. Suddenly ho was startled by .the frightful words, ;‘Chris.taiti .dogb, Gluis- tain dog !” He turned, aha be held approaching . him a cro-ivd of enra.gcd Mahouictaus, oaciiwith a large stone in his upliitqd hand. Thp Lieutenant saw no escape from the niost terrible of deaths ; for with the .exception of the mob now almost upon liim, ho could sGO no luiman being, save an old man sitting in his'door, and ap parently looking out tor tlie fun to begin of stoning a Cliristain to death. Luckily, the thought crossed the 'cifio'e-r’s mind tliat tho old man miglit be a Mason—lie made a sign, and instantly tho xirab rushed out, placed himself by tho side of tho “(Jliristairi dog,” drove ofi' liis would-be murderers, aud conducted him in safety to his ship. ■ Wo can cite another instance of the fidelity of an Eastern Mason to Ins duty. About nine- years ago an Aanerioan ■ifos's'ol was wrecked off the shores of one of the Asiatic islands. ' None wore saved from tho waves but the captain, who being a very expert * swimmqr, reached the land. ' The barbarous, natives carried iiim to tuoir Sultaii, When u-sherod into'tho presence of the despot, tho captain mmle himself known as a Mason._ , The Sultan immetliatoly met him on the square, received him as a brother, treated him as a brother, vvith great distinction, and prom.- ised to send him to Calcutta by tlie first opportunity.—The cli mate was, however, so pestilential that our captain soon fell sick with the jungle fever. Tho sul tan nursed him through all the illncs; enfertained him like a prince till he recovered, funnslied him with abundance of money, and sent ifini to Calcutta, whence iiG rotiimcu to Ai-iiici'iCti. V.'e 'iviil give yet another^ ex ample, for ■wliich wo are iiidi-b'k-d lo .an officer of tlie British Navy, lie had been siatioiied iu Austra- foritied -of thi following facts wliicli be coiiiiiuinicated to i s] A p-irty of wliite men attempted to cross that continent, but tliey all perished by thirst an 1 s arva- tiori but one man. This man s strength at last gave out, raid l.e laid himself down in tlie jiarched desert to die. He had not been lying there long before'?, tribe of Australian savages ciime up, and would in a few seconds have kill ed him, had ho not inado that sign wliich i.'S never made in vain. The chief was. a Mason : lie threiv himself along 'side of the English man and rcstri’diied his followers from murdering him. lie gave liim food and drink, kept him fill re.stored to stroiigth., and tlieti 'escorted.him to the nearest white' settlement.—Norfolk Landmark: C'SXWiBlO .r'EOPEU. Ye'-i, wliat a fine thing it is ; birt>. one can’t be candid .iil'vvaysc-foli': ■ would bo, to say the leapt,fofi'con- ■- ■ veniant A on wouldli’t li-ke it your.self. People .v,'OuM bo inore Interesting than they now are,' it wo started out to be -candid,, but how horrible impolity we should be ;and we in-ust be civil, -at all risks: For i-nstaiicd, at thap.pivr- 'ty the ether day,- Mr Dance*, said to you ,‘T p;-! sUme you are eh. • joying yourself very inueh-j’’ ami ■ you said, ‘O, ve ry lunch .indeed ! ■ vV-hat a lovely waltz !’ and^ 1 e siaiibdnnd you smiled. . ..-Wfoat would ■ candor have-- donel, ---It would have made liim say, ‘Well, hero YOU are jilaying whlbflo'K'ars, and, 'wliat’a stn[)id.tfi'air tliis'-is, to by sure,” and you would'h'tye-re- ■ plied, “it is perfectly dreadlu!.-.T ; : wish if was tinie to g'b lionitfo'citiwl why do you show - all yotfroioetii ' at mo that wai' I I hal - isn’t' a ■ smile, P.nd. }'ou dout tePi a bit -ill-"'. dined to smilo-either; you know you don't! How true it 'wo-uld have been, yet my auditors'Wttuhl lirme I'iought you both mad. When Mrs, Frlsdec calls.oiv you, . or you on her, a.iid .one of .you ask the sterootypol.. (juestioii, Whv haven’t you iieon to. see mo before ?” if the other *ltoiild ro- ply , “Weil, becivuse I don’t want tb come, mid only come now be cause it is the .c'uston’i,. tp -nnake tliose routine ciSils, and becau.se you are'-ono of the p'oop'lo -it i.s- well to kiiow. Yoitifo.e.'aa well aware as i am that yoa.can’t.love me, nor I, You, eAo bifci’.’-fo-t-hat would be frightful, wouldn’t it? —Still, vou know it ,i.s, sJl tho same—both of you. Again, you of the sterner sex, who have made up your mind*: to mau'y,:..where would your chances bo if ycu were to say to rich Miss, Money bag, ‘ I hear that you have a snug little income. , iL -doii’t like you as well as I do 'sknne. other girls, but I ofve a lot of debts and afii in a: lot of scrapes, and-1-think if you marry me lyoifiil’.h'eip me out of them ; 'and- So I ..offer my hand'and a.ll •that is , loft .of my heart, which' certainly, is not much; and I honestly ■ believe that my charms and. graces and facinatioiis—for I’m a fellow all the women are in love-with— will be interest for the use of your hard cash ?” Of course you have no chance at all, but with those thought's in your heart yo'ur say something sweet to her, and talk about being liS^'py to gether, aud so win her, poor girl. No, can dor wouldn’t do for you. Don’t vou foe! glad It Is-not tho fashion ? for you must follow the fashion or die. - Ho that walketh with wise men shfiU be'rt'iso : but a companion of fools slia.il be de.stroyeu.
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