THE ORPHANS’ FRIEND.
WcdMCHday, November 3,
THE OHPnAN ASYLUMS*
As will he seen by a commn-
nication from Mr. Sams, Steward
of the Asylum at Mars Hill, he
has been visiting some oi the
towns of the mountains and has
met with some degree of success
in awakening an interest among
the good people of that region in
behalf of the Mars Hill institution,
and in raising contributions for
its support. But the people of
the mountains are not yet suffi
ciently alive to the importance of
the work they have undertaken
to keep up that institution, and
the necessity of prompt effort in
furnishing it with the necessaries
They need to be
of subsistence, .
thoroughly informed in regard to
it, and when this is done we have
no doubt they will come up no
bly to the discharge of their du
ty in the premises.
The health of the children at
Mars Hill is represented as good
.—c.ouldn’t well be otherwise there,
and the school is moving on
pleasantly and prosperously.
at oxford.
The health of the children
is good. Tivo of them, wiio have
been very sick, are nearly w'cll
and there are no new cases of a
serious character. The Teachers
are diligent in the discharge of
their duties and the progress of
the children in their studies satis
factory. Would that we could
speak as hopefully of affairs in
other respects, but rve cannot.
We stated some rveeks ago that
we were approaching the winter
season very much uiiiirepared in
many respects for its wants. This
state of things has not been im
proved. While the contributions
for the last si.v or eight iveeks
have enabled us to provide for
daily wants, they have not been
sufficient to meet the necessities
of wintei'. The cold evenings
and mornings are upon us, ami
we may reasonably expe’t still
more unpleasant and cold w eath-
er soon, yet man3i of the children
are compelled to ivear their sum
mer clothing for want of means
to procure for them more suitable
wear, and a large number are en
tirely without shoes. It rvould
make a henevoleiit heart sad to
witness the spectacle ot^ the little
ones limping over the sharj)
gravels of the yard on these cold
mornings to fetch water and in
attending to other necessary du
ties.
The friends of the caiise
throughout the State are certain
ly not aware of the pressing-
wants of the institution. If they
were we feel conlideut we should
be spared the anxiety and per
plexity now pressing upon the of
ficers in charge. To hring tho
matter to their notice and to urge
immediate action, is the object in
writing this article. Friends, let
us hear from v'on soon. We need
help and we need it at once, and
a good deal ot it, or sutfeiing
among the children hero will he
the result. But we have hopo^ in
God and hope in the Christian
people of the State that they will
make an earU' and liberal re
sponse to this appeal.
John Bunyan -was once asked
a question about heaven and
hereafter, -which ho ^va3 unable
to answer, for the reason that the
matter was not revealed in tho
Holy Scriptures; lie therefore
sinqdy advised the inquirer to live
a godly life, and thus go and see.
J)I5. «. -W. I^ANBIS.
We -feel that there is neither
impropriety nor indelicac}' in
making an allusion in the Or
phans’ Friend to tho gentleman
ivhose name stands at the head
of this paragraph, in a profession
al way, because of his unremit
ting, careful and successfal profes
sional services rendered to the
Orphan Asylum. Ail the physi
cians of Oxford respond promptly
to anv call made upon them for
theii- professional services, day or
night, hut because, perliaps, of
the fact that Dr. Landis is j'oung-
er than the others and can conse
quently stand more labor, it lias
devolved on him to attend to most
of our sick during the past sea
son. And this he has done cheer-
fullj' and very successfully. We
feel it to be the more eminently
due him to make this public ac
knowledgment of Ills invaluable
services, because all his labor has
been bestowed without compen
sation, and as tuis contribution
does not come in a shape to be
placed among our acknowledg
ments of “contributions in kind,”
we have thouglit it just and prop
er to make the acknowledgment
in tills way. Ho is destined to a
successful career as a yilij-sician.
The Grand Master of North
Carolina has recentlj’- issued the
following- circular to tho Jlasters
of subordinate Imdges in tire
State, to which we would direct
their special and immediate at
tention ;
Omen OF 'Grisij Master op 5Ia- >
faONS OF Noutu Cakolina. S
Wilson, N. C., 1875.-
To the W. M.,of. .Lodge, No....
Dear Bko The Grand Lodge has by a
series of resolutions required you aud every
other Master in the State to appoint a special
coinmittee to raise funds for the support of
the Orphan Asylum. Yoiir atteutiou has
been heretofore pointedly called to the pro
visions of tlufso reeolutiims. To fall to obey
them in any particular is violative of the ob
lj->-a,tipn yon are nuder as a Master Mason and
as a Master of the Lodge.
Sluuy have obeyed nohly, jirompfly, gdner-
onsly- yon {lerhaps among the number. To
such all praise is awarded.
That 1 may know to what extent these res-
olations have lieeu obeyed, I now reciuiro that
you answer by the loth of Muvcinbor, 1875,
the following questions:
1. Have you or have you not a Special
Coininittoo as provided for in rosolulious above
referred to f
2. Do you require that Committae to make
a report at every regular meeting of your
Lodge and forward the sinno with tho funds
or other contributions to the Suporiritcndont
of tho Asylum f
8. State what auionnt in theaggregate, has
been contributed through your Lodge since
December, 1874?
4. Wliat is the feeling of your Lodge to
ward the Orphan Asylum, cordial or lake
warm? G. V/. BLOUNT,
Grand Muster.
OFF AOAIN.
The Supeniitendent left liere
last week with a chaptei- of nine
orphans, on a concert tour of,
perhaps, several weeks in the
southern and eastern parts of the
state, to bring the oriihan work
again to the notice of the good
people in those sections and to
raise means to provide for the
iiumodiate wants of the Asylum.
We hojie he will meet with such
success as to' obviate tho necessitj-
of rejieating- the trip far a long
time to come.
OCT IVITI! TIIK CiIII.t>EEW.
Nine children left the Orphan
Aayliiin at Mars Hill on tho dth
of October, 187,5, for the purpose
of giving- entertainments in behalf
of said institution.
Marshall was the first point.
We reached that place in the eve;
uing and were most kindly re
ceived. Gave an entertainment
in tho court house, winch was
well near full of people. Gen. II.
B. Vance being present spoke for
the orphans, after which H. A.
Giidger, Esq., called on the peo
ple for contributions. S16.80 was
immediately raised. Next morn
ing Maj.RS. Gage swelled Re
collection to $30, $1.50 of winch
was turned over by the Oriental
Order of Huii.llity of Marshall.
Tuesday evening, the 5th of Oc
tober, we reached Leicester. The
people entertained the children
very pleasantly. Gave an enter-
tainmsnt in the Academy. Col
lection amounted to $4.15. Next
morning several pairs of shoes,
stockings, dress -patterns, &c..
were presented to the children.
Waynesville was approached on
the evening of the Gth. The
weather being very inclement not
a great man\- people were out.
The Baptist church' was chosen
as the- place to give an entertam-
meut. $6.95 was collected by
the committee of the - Lodge.
Webster was gained on the 7th,
where tho children again enter
tained a large audience. $7.01
was the colleofio-a, (f.arvvm in
multo.) Though thanks to the
pliojilo for their kind hospitality
toward the children. 'Franklin, a
lovely town and lovely people,
was the next appointment. We
were more than kiudlj^ received.
The court house was ero-ivded
with people. All seemed to en-
jo\' the presence of the children.
Mr. Jones proposed a collection
which amounted to $15.GO. Next
morning belbre leaving over 100
j'ai-ds of useful goods, shoes, &c:,
were sent to me. Mr. 'Wallace
kindly offered to mend the springs
of .the vehicle which had been
broken, and charged nothing.
The pieople' were all kind, and 1
will jiot'forgot the assistance-’ren
dered by Ml-; James Robitison, on
who-m honor -is conferred where
honor is deserved, and a v-oung
friond, Mr. Hood. Holly Spring's,
4 miles 'oflj wits' visited on the 9th,'
where we rested with Mr. James
Franks till Monday fhorning, and
instead of charging ns for lodg
ing, he handbd ni6 $2 when we
left. On the llth we passed back
through IVebster, and took lodg
ing with Mr. Dainol Brv'son, to
svliom I jiahl the first and only
bill while out with the children.
On the evening of the 12th we
again reached Waynesville, where
wo u-ere mosf cordially received
by Mr. McElroy, iirovislon hav
ing been made bj- tho Irndg-e for
pur entortarnnleut there, and if
jieople want to faro well when
they visit this little towm, g-ive
Mr. M, a trial. The children were
again conducted to the Baptist
church and gave an entertaiu-
ment. $17.55 -was the amount of
collection, w-hich w-as taken at the
close of an able address in behalf
of the Orphap, Asylum, by his
Honor Judge Henry. On th.e
morning- of the 13th Mrs. Robert
and Mrs. Welch each handed us
$5.00. A good deal of cloth and
other useful ai-ticles -were placed
in the wagons as we passed out
of town. All the w-estern to-wns
exjiressed a -warm feeling for the
institution, and jiledged their
hearty coiiperation in its support.
Hominy, ill Buncombe, rras reach
ed on the evening of the 13th.
We w-ere kindly treated at Mr.
Samuel Gudgev’s, Mr. Wolfe and
other kind friends. An entertain
ment was given in the church
near Mr. Gudgers. A large at
tendance. Lecture by Judge
Heni-j'. Collection $6.20. Tho
room was sjilendidly decorated
bj' the ladies, the list of whom I
have missplaced. I think from
memory it -ivas principally done
by Miss Sidlio Jones, Miss
Gudger, Mrs. Stakeleather and
others. Handsome boqnets w-ere
presented the children as evidence
of tho appreciation of their per
formance.
"We reached the Asylum the
night of the 14th, being out 11
days w-ith t-vvo mules, myself and
nine children, and only paid $2
for our trouble. This seemed
like the people had hearts instead
of q'tzzards. Maj- God bless them
is our closing sentiment.
John R. S.ims,
Steward.
A Letter Fi’oisa Sir* Com-
eeniisig tSae Fro2>T>seil 221s£o5*y ©f
NoriSi Caroiiina—His aSeasoaas for
Not SsacSwilijag tla-e War Fersod.
Mr. T. B Kingsbury, of Oxford,
in a recent letter to tlie'VVilming-
ton Star relative to his intention
to prepare a “History of North
Carolina for Schools and 1 ami-
lies,” says;
At the earliest practicable mo
ment, I expect to begin to write
an elaborate history of our State,
covering the same period con
templated in the more compendi
ous work, which 1 hope to com
plete in four or five years, if mj'
life should be spared, Wo^ need
a full, elaborate, reliable historj-
covoring the first three hundred
years of om- career as a people—
a his'toi-y that shall be in all res
pects adapted to the wants of the
student, the uum of learning, the
intelligeiit and cultured reader—
a history for the fireside and the
libraj-v. In two compact volumes
of 500 pages each, 'vvitli illuslra-
tious, maps, index notes, such a
work can be contained. It will
be impossilde to condense the his
tory of North Carolina for three
hundred years within compass,
without making- it too compoiuU-
ous. ■ I'or mj- school historj- i
luive in mind the werk et Green
to which you referred—tlie very
bost work in our language. Bin
we need a more exteinied work
for libri-tries ; tiot too volumuiixns,
and yet full enough to allow
thorough treatment of tiiose part,
of history which are so i-e-pler.,
vritli mtCL-est .and worthy of s u.ly
Massachusetts has sueti a work in
two volumes w'hich is a model ol
its kind.
My reason for not ifieludiim
the war period in the plan ot tin:
-A'ork is that 1 do not think tne
time has come for a fair, truthful
and thorough history ol tlie State
during those tro-ublous times
How-ever pains-taking, candid anil
conscientious, the hislorian would
inevitably offend many person.s
who w-ere active participauts in
the stirring scenes. It w'ill not
.do to treat of historic events un
til tlio makers of history have
passed aw-ay. Besides, the ^ four
years of the war of the States
.vei-e so pregnant w-ith gi-eat re
sults and grand events, that an
independent work w-ould he re
quired to fittingly tell the story.
The magazine with w-hich I am
editorially connected, and w-hich
j-ou have so often noticed favor-
ablj- and earnostlj-, is doing a
w-ork that w-ill be of much advan
tage to the w-riters who shall
hereafter treat oi our own times.
Evei-v w-ai- incident, every histo
rical 01- biographical sketch, eve
ry personal anecdote, will furnish
material for him who shall essaj-
to tell future generations of ^ the
great deeds of North Carolmlans
in one of the most tremendous
contests of the world.
I have the honor to romaiii.
Yours gratefully and truly,
T. B. KiNasiujEY.
Clwdi’s ILove.
I can measure parental love—
how broad, how long, and strong,
and deep it is ; it is a sea—a deep
sea, w-hich parents onlj- can fath
om. But the love dteplayed on
vonder hill and , bloody cross,
where God’s own son is perishing
for us, no man nor angel has line
to measure. The circumference
of the earth, and altitude of the
sun, the distances of the planets
—the.ie have been determined ;
but the height, breadth, and
length of the love ot God pass
our knowledge. Such is tho
Father against whom all of us
have sinned a thousand times!
Walk the shore where the ocean -
sleeps in the summer calm, or,
lashed into fm-y by the winter’s
te-mpest, is thundering on her
sands ; and when j’ou have nmn
bered the drops of her waves, the
sand on her rounding beach, j’oii
iiave numhered God’s mercies and
your sins. Well, therefore, may
we go to him with the contrition
of the jirodigal in our hearts, and
his confe.ssion on our lips : Father,
I have sinned against heaven and
in thy sight. The spirit of God
helping us to go to God, be as
sured that the father who, seeing
his son afar off, ran to meet liim,
fell on his neck and kissed him,
was but an imag-e of him, who
not sparing his own son, but giv
ing him up to death that w-e
might live, invites and now- awaits
our coming.
Truth is the shortest and near
est way to oiu- end, carrying us
thither in a straight lino.
A charactori.stic story is told of
the Grand Dulce Alexis, who is in
tiie naval service. A v'earor two
igo, wiieii holiiing tho rank of
midshipman, the (lagsh p in whleii
iie was si.-rviug w-;ei wrecked on
the coast o ' Denmark. The ,ad-
m i-al ordered the liic-boat Ui.he
:owei-ed, and directed ikloxis to
lake ciim-ge ot ti.e first,, hrsit.
'i’iie rovai miJ..h!pmau declined
M obey tiie m-iler. it was per-
e'.iq;toril\- i-ep,‘atrid': “1, t-our
conim ti ding oiU.-.er, order -you
into t'le Itoat.”
“Atlmiral, 1 cm not obey you,”,
said the \-onng priio-. . “it would
not becomo tiie -on ot the
emnevor to he the first to leave
tlie ship. I shall renmiii -.vitli
jm-a to tho last.”
“But I shall p-Jt you under lu-rest
for disobedience of ord-er.s ms soim
a.s cireumstaiicos will allow me .to
do so.”
“1 mean no di.sohodionce, but
I can not obej',” was the reply.
Four or five of t'u-e cr© w perisa-
ed ill tho transit fi-iini siii|) to
slioi-e, and ihe admiral irnd ;\h-xii
w-ere the la-1 to laud. In hastil
constructed tents the rigid di-
cipline ot ship-life -a-as pi-oniptl -
resuinetl. The \-ouiig prince w- a
placed itudei- arrest for dis'ob -
dience of orders. The Riis.si m
minister at Copenhagen was in
formed of tho facts, and telegi-ap i-
ed them to the emperor, from
whom he received the following
reply-. “I approve the act of
the admiral ih placing the mid
shipman under arrest for disobe
dience of orders, and I bless and
kiss my- son for disobeying them.”
Two persons were once disput
ing so loudly on the subject of
religion that they- aiy-oke a big
dog, yvhich had been sleeping on
the hearth before them, and forth
with barked most furiously-. An
old divine presont, yvlio had been
qiiietlj- sipping his tea while the
disputants w-ere talking, gave the
dog a kick, and exclaimed.; “Hold
your tongue, yiU sillj- brute!
vou know no more about it liiau
they- do!”