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W'i'i^KsBOMisay, Wovciiilbei' 1 "■ i-'ov till' Orphans’ Friend. . .i S'y ONCE MOEE. .. .'lYe left Oxford October 28tli, ffiid that night gave an entertain- ino'fit .is‘Jonesboro. Rev. W. S. Lacy prayed for the 3-oung. Tlie attendftnoe was large and tlas peo ple were so kind that it was iin- jxissible to be suffioiontly grate ful’ .Next inoriiing Cnpt. tfclver took us in carriages to C.nrtUago, . add-w'e had- a'good audience in 'itiVe‘'l'fefe%t(!ridn ;‘chrirch. . Leav ing 0artiiagK)(ia-tT2 .o’,clack, a. in. atf-t,Hffb5hornin|-train at San- TlI.iNKSCilVlNG DAY. As -will be seen b}^ the Procla mation of nis Excelloncy, Gov ernor Brogden, which ive publish in another column, he seconds the recommendation of the Presi dent in setting apart the 25111 of the present month as a day of public thanksgiving to Almighty God for his blessings upon us a people. Gf course this proclamation is in the character of a recommen dation and not a command. Un der our free institutions no execu tive officer has the power to com mand or enforce any' religious observance; so that, if -anj' citi zen'feels-'f hat he'has nothing to tliaiik.God for, either as an indi vidual or as a component.unit of tlie nation, ho can disregard the recommendation and thereby sig nify to God and man that he feels himself under no obligation to Divine Providence for ain-thing. Oil the contrarv, we think that all who feel that God lias been good to us as a people and as individu- ford." ’"C’apt-il&icivef had naviga- t^ -MiSitlri'osg'h so much darkness sju'cei’^ regrpt, ai.ul took th.e train for Ldokville, wtiero the comfort-' able stage 'met us and ive ivere soon in Pittsboro and comforta bly quartered. Messrs. Manning, London, Jfurke, b’cnshee, Mallo ry, Poo and others w'ould make an^'' place pleasant. Kev, Dodson opened our exercises with I als, ought, in a iiropei’ spirit and prav-or, and the large audience' ‘ ' seemed deeply' interested in the Orphan w’ork. Bo.sides the col lection, our stage fare was quiet- blessings to be thankful- for and to rejoice in the possession of; it is tlierefore beco.ming in us, as a- people, to'mbet'together on the; day set-apart by the autlioritiesj of the land and make a public ac knowledgment to 'Almighty God for all he has done for u's as a na tion and as individuals, and to de voutly implore the ‘foqutinuanco of llib mere}',, protection and blessing.” ..lypaid. ...On Monday night wo came-to ; Fayetteville and .the gheriff:,caught us at the depot. it wa-s a very kind catch. On ^ubsS-iily’-bveniun- Williams’ flail .VLwaB-f-ullViu .ft is a reinarkaljly hall aifd was offei-ed ' ‘ ffet)'*" of charge. Rev, Mr. Hill .•.s.i-({wi^a,-had-.snspquded his meeting fig,.order to attend) otfered pra\-cr for the yoinig. The people wore ''-'attentive, but they had fed the .l:::chi5ilfeu'.s'q high that tlieir pieces - ' were not' rendered .as v-ell as - in aome othea''places. . -- ■ .0« Wednesday we left th.e ex- " ■'oeilout people of Faj-ettevillo and took tlie .steamer “North btate,” nuder Oapt.. Greene, and had a ... yer^' pleasant ride doivn to Cedar ' Greek. ■ Ueiewe met a good con- *■'- .grqgaltiq'p .and. gave a short enter- -^';.taimnent;, .and alter, a-good dinner ''GAdfh'.Mr) & Sonps'bme on ‘,.laft(l aiid'some on water, we drop ped dow'ii to Gray’s Creek. Here .we had a' crowded house and a 'pleasant'time.. Uaslor Brunt yerj- , kindly ...came 'with, us and otlured prayer for, the young. On Thurs day we .boarded the steiuner “xf. ■ P. Hunt,” .and Cant, Worth (he was iWrf/f a great deal to us) gave iis a pleasant ri(!(!!',to Little butiar Loaf- and.w.e foun'd a cordial wel come witli'Mrl and Mrs. Robert Loo. Hero the jaded children secured the needed rest, and next da-y even in tlie rain ive had a small audience and gave a brief entertainment. There is no town at .Little:Sugar Loaf, but simply a .cluster of romarkabl}' clover '' pbdple, and now- we are on the sfo'amef “Murchison,” in charge of Capt' OiUTi.son. He is an old acquaintance and has a natural aifocf'ioh'for ■ children. We love our State better when wo feel that the steamers on our waters are in charge of such clever Com- niauders. The owners ol the steamers also wore \'ery kind in letting our imrly enjoy a pleasant ride free of eliarge. ,1. H. M. (To he C'linfiiiued.) (The aboS'c u'as intended for last week’s issue, b ut came too late.) Fidelit’y.—Novel- fui-Hi Whou oiHtuHcis yiither uruuiul. falls upuii tlio 1 eurt, when nl dark aud ehe- U! a frioiul. when siokiioss the -ivorli! is ■less, is time toU-y true frie'.ul- Bhi{). The lioart that has liet'U louehed with true gold will rodouhle its etiiirts wlieu tlje frivnil is sad and in trouble. Adversity tries true, friemlsliip. 'I'.hey who run from the ecenos of liistress betray their liypocrisy and prove that interest only moves ihein. li you luive-a t'riond that loves yon, who has studied • you'-intere:t and imppiness, be sure to sus tain liiin in adversity. Let him Icei that bis love was not ihron n .nvoy. with becoming demonstratious, to join, on that day, in aoknou'l- edgment of these blessings and in thank-offerings to the great source whence they are received. In the hi.stojy of the Jewish nation, when their government was a theoci'ac_v, there were days sot apart by divine command tor public thanksgiving and for com memoration of the divine bless ings bestowed u[k>u them as a nation, and’ not only were these occasions, scrupulously observed, Inat e'xtraoruiiiaiy interpositions of divine providence were ac knowledged In’ extraordinary oc casions of rejoicing and'thanks giving. So long as the Jewish nation observed these occasions in tlie sjiirit and for th.e purpose for which they were designed, they were prosperous and invincible; ivheu they neglecteil or pervert ed them tlie)' ivere iepianed and punished, indeed (he history'of the dealings of God with all na tions, so far as ivo arc. able to triice it, warrai'its the conclusion that, so king as a )ieople'aqknowl- edg'O God as tlie supreme ruler ot all things and the dispenser of all good, they are iirotected by him and their blossing.s continued to them, and that when they become hauglity and proud and forget or deny Goil and refuse to acknowl edge him, their blessings are taken, from them and they are made to pass under the rod. Wo have hitherto boon pecu liarly blest, especialK' in the en joyment of civil and religious lib erty. I’erluips few of us bully realize aiid apiireciato the full ex tent to which wo aro blest in this resp'det. If we fail to acknov'l- edge tlie hand ot God in this tiling and refuse to offer him thanksgiving and tlie homage ot our hearts for this glorivius boon, is there not danger that he will withdraw it from us 1 xVro there, not, iiideod, already indications in some quarters of encroachments upon the religious liberties of the people ? Open demands are made to banish the Bible from the pub lic schools as a book not fit to be read by the cliildrou. T’liose things aro ominens, and they ut ter a voice of warning it wed be comes us as a people to heed and improve b\', if wo aro iuditt’er- ent to the liberty God has given us and cureless of its preserva tion, He may justly punish us for our sin in this respect !))■ impair ing it or taking it entirely from ns. We have thousands of other At. one tiiuCvtlio cc'Iclinvtod John BnnytiVi was ;v wagouer, aiul eui-jscd oiul swore iis any otlior vuigai'ian the highway. The se- (isel of his lU'o .w’e nued hot relate. T!io yioiia Jolm'Newton was ohi'c a iiivatw : ;uid .Hurrer, the volihev, wujj. eoiivcitcd’in a penitoutiary, I and'Ht'tovwavils'devoted Ms ilie to tlie (Jlivistian nuuistryi • ’ We-find, the above paragraph going the ro,umls of oiu’ exclian- ges. So far as Jolm Buiiyan and John Newton are .concerned, 'whn.t is said may be true, but there is a . mistalie in regard to Murrell. Murrell 'vvas sontoneqd tq the pen itentiary ot,- Tennessee for ten .years. T’owariks the close of Ins term ho ivas stricken with con sumption, and so evident was it that he was near his end that he was,pardoned out of the peniten tiary by the Executive of the State a few .months before the e.x- piration of his sentence. He went to a small -^dllago on the IMiir- freesborO:Tui-upike and opened a shop for repairing guns, pistols, &e., but lived there only a short time, dying before his term in the .peniteiitiai'y, >y.oul.d have expired. He had j>i-evjp.usly made -a iivofes- sioii of religion and many thought he was truly, a ..converted man, but lie was ucyor inducted into the luiinstry of aii)' 'xchurcli. There -.w-'ere,, requisitions on the ,. 1 - X.. .. j-y,. Oiil-Tiiiie Cis.ston«s.' .. in the fourteenth century it was the fa.shion to. carry tooth picks of silver, wdiich were sus pended round the neck by a chain, sometimes together 'with the seal. The seal ivas a -very important article in days when letters were fastened together with wax, and the seal of a docu ment was regarded a.s oven more essential than the signature. A j man could seal when ho could not ivrito. The xVrab slieil-ts ot the present day etu-ry about with them a , signet-ring, cai-efully wrapped up. in a piece of rag. In the same century it was also the fashion to deooralo gloves with gold and silver. In the in ventory of effects b.jlongi.ig to the Bishop of .Loudon are a pair of gloves, decorated witli gold smith’s work and enamel, worth five pomids, which is eipiiyalent to three hundred dollars at tlie pre.sei:t time. In Venice there was a curious custom respecting the wonieii. TTiev were obliged wlieiievor they went out into the street to wear pattens two feet high. 'When a foreign ambassador once ro- inarkod that in other countries low slippers were tound^ more yuuug and too sincere in my gri-'f convenient, an austere Bemitor '" leplied, “i'«r ffoppp commodi”— Chaimiu^^ tlic Nest. I can reinemljer an incident in inv cliiidliood, says Clianning, which has given a turn to my whole life and chai aytor. I fo.md a nest of birds in my father's ti'jld, which held four young ones. They had no down when I first discovered them, dhi'ey opened their little inoiitli.s as ifthoy’wero liungry/and t gave them sogio crumbs wliich Were in my pock et. • Every day 1 returned o fee I them. As soon as .seliool was done, 1 would run home for soma bread, :ind sit by the nest to see them eat for an hour at a tim-.-. They were now feathered and al most ready to fly. When I came one.morning 1 found tliem all cut u}) into quarters. The gravs. around the nest \vas red witli blood. Their little limbs were iMw and bloody. Their mother was- on the tree and tlie tamer w’as on the Avail, mourning for their young. I c led mysi if fbr i was a cliild. i though% too, that the parents looked on me as the author of their miseries, and, this made mo still more unhappy. ' I AVanted to undeceive tliOGi. When l.lcft the field they folloo'; e l mo Aviih tiioir eyes and witii- moLirnfui rcp}'roaclies. I Ava.s (jovernor, frbm other i States him, after the exi)iration of hi.-' sentence in .d^e’/mbssee, but tliey were not-pro.ssed on-, account of, liii:coi!'ditian. . - Wo copy the,'.fulloAviug from the Masonic. Journal of last week and endorse its suggestion : SraJi5l X>ilS'e. ' Tlivoo wee'lcs from next Moji.dny the Grand Lo’dge of Nm’th Car olina'ivill ioett in''Raleigh. -01- course e'vei-y silbo'rdinate Lodge will bo rejiresonted by one or more, as this.will bo one of the most iinportimt sessions, in main' particulars, that has been held since the war. Wo have 1 wo suggostions which we desire to offer hero. First, Brother Mills'will be there, and let - every Lodge in the State gladden his heart, and th-i do'ir little orphans lylioni ho represents, by sending hin'i a contribution by tile liepresetatives. This will be an act in keeping with the spirit and principles'of our (.Irdor. Second, wd‘ eiirnestly request every Master, Warden and Rep- resontative who, may attend, to make an earnest eff'prt in Ins Lodge in beliall of. tlie Masonic Journal and oai'i')' us a good List of subsciribers to Raleigh. This is a voluntary enterprise for tlie good of the Craft, and depend ing mainly upon the Masons in North Carolina for its success. ! It has received the a unan'iuouseu- dorsement of the Press of the whole country and the enthusi astic commendation of our Grand Master, and we do liope.aud be lieve that the Fraternity in the .State will give it a handsome sup- liort. It has already received flattering encouragement, but is not yet self-sustaining, and we hope all will come promptly to our aid in , making it the best M.isoxic W'e.khly in the United States. only too convenient. Tliis custom had - the effect in tended, of keep-iug the ladies very mueU at home. It was too much trouble for them to gad about for gossip on sucli unwieldly pattens, and consequently they h.ul notli- ing to do but sjt in the balconii s of their houses and bleacii their hair by.wotting it and thou ex posing it 1'o the sun. For tins purpose they would sit' still for iumvs,' wearing hat.- witlidut a ei'Own. The ligiic yel low'luiir-tlius ..produced was vary much admired, aii'I nuqy be seen depicted in Tltiaii’s pictures ot the beauties of his time. C»tchj5i!| Frenchmen must be in.u!ti])ly- ing in fliis country, or o'.ir citizens must bo .-adopting French habits. Frogs are fast coming to be an important article of diet, and frog-catcliiug is far more profita ble than •fishing. A writer in the Froy Press says: 1 was out driving on Saturday, and a few' miles from hora found two men in a swamp by tlio side of the road, w'lio seemed to be crazy, to judge' from their move ments, I walclied t'uein frcmi the carriage some time, and finally made ui) my mind that they w'ere fishing ; but hoiv they could find water enough to fish in, 1 could not imagine. Finally ,I called out to them,— ‘What arc you doing there ?’ ‘Come and -see,’ one of them ' shouted back. I hitched my horse, and pick ; ed my way over the bogs to them. They were catching frogs. They would strike them with clubs wherever they could reach them, but the most of them the)' caught with a wire “snare.” They had a largo basketful,—more tlian one liundrod pounds, they said, and I guess they told the truth. One of them said he had made a good deal of money catching frogs for the. New York market. He said that in one month last season he liad cauglit 1600 pounds of dressed frogs, for w’hicli lie got thirty cents a pound, mak ing 8-180 for his months w’ork. Part of the time lie had two boys to lielpTunil to make any apostroplies. lint I can never forget niy feeling.s. The impression will never bo worn away, nor can I cease to abhor every species of iidiuinani- ty towai'd inferior animals. Di4liB-t 'fl'IiiiiK We often do and say unwise and sinful things thoiightlessl)-. Wo do not moan to be w'iekod, but wo are thoughtless. Wlieii exposulated with, or reproved, onr apology is, “I didn’t thi'ukl” Little folks and big folks, 'men and women, young men and. iiia.- deus, Christians and si ijiers, all excuse manv faults and bhin-' ders b)' the' [ilea of “I di-ln’t thii k.” They think that an ex cuse, and oUglif to be satisfac'.or f as an apolog)’.—But, praj', wlnt have our minds been given to us for, unless it be to think 1 And w'liy have we been endo'ved, with ability to think, unless it be that wo should use the ability ? It dosesn’t answer for us to say, ‘'L didn’t think.” Wo were macl.) to. tliink. It is onr business to thiu'x. —Selected. Slick U}! a c.inlo- It has been said that no man is so poor that he need have' iii.s pig-troiigh at the front door ; and I may ad I that no farm-.-r am mg us is so poor that he cannot nave, not only a pleasant house' but pleasant surronnding.s, v'i'.n a neatly kopt dooryard or lawn, with shade trees and- fruit, tree-i and flowers—a.iid finally such altr.ictions as well as conve li nco.s alo-ut homo that farmers’ daugl;- ters need not resolve tliat t'.ioy will never be farmers wives. X WAltXIXti TO F.VR.Ml-tK.S’- BoV.S-. —A little boy, eleven years of age, in Iowa, a fo'v days since- led a liovse to water, and tied the halter strap’around his arm. The liorse took fright, ran away and dragged and kicked the little fel low until he died. It is never safe to place one’s self in a posi tion where, if even a very im probable accident should occur, serious results are almost certain. Don’t tie yourself to a horse or cow ; don’t stand in front of a reaper or a mower ; don’t leave the traces ifntil tlio last in taking horses from a wagon ; don’t trust too much to the quiet diSpcsitioii of a bull.
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