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ORPHANS’ FRIEND. W*JiiCMlay, Jiisie iS'ct, €ELEIiI£ATIO.\ OF TIIK VEKSAI6V OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. TLe Ladies of Oxford will give a varied and Attractive Enter tainment in the Chapel of the Orplian Asylum, on THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 21SI, at 8 o’clock, P. it. THE PniCE OE ABMtllSSIO:^ TO THIS ENTERTAliV. niEIVT WIEE BE 0]¥I.,Y SS CKTVTS. ON FRIDAY, JUNE 22, AT TEN O^CLOCIC, A. 11., GOVERNOR Z.B. VANCE will deliver an Address in the Chapel of the Orphan Asylum. There will also be other Ad dresses and exercises by the Or phans. AT 2 O’CLOCK P. there will be a DINNER & BARBECUE in the Asylum Grove. The Price of Dinner will be FIFFY CENTS. Kebekah will stand at Jacob’s well ready to dispense ice water and lemonade. The ladies will also give an other entertainment on Friday evening- with change of Pro gramme. GEW. CEINGMASI’S BOOK. Gen. Clingraan is now an old man, and has wdsely decided to become liis own literary executor. To this end he is having selec tions from his speeches and writ ings printed in one largo volume of six hundred pages. Mr. John Nichols is his printer and pub lisher ; but Gen. Clingman selects bis paper and his type, and has the notes arranged on his own plan. Mr. Nichols will do the work well; but the book will present a peculiar appearance, because the author has decided to please himself in its plan and ai'rangement. He reads his own proof and has very naturally overlooked some errors f but as a whole the book is remarkably correct. A man of Gen, Cling- mau’s age would hardly notice such an error as “ gasses.” But it will generally bo safer to em ploy an expert to rccvd the proof of a book. His Introduction states succinctly the reason for publish ing the book. Here is an extract: “ Tlic determiiiation to make (liis XniblieaUon was l,rouglit about by fre quent caU.s on me for one or another of tlie articles enibraeed in it. tioiiic- tinics a gentleman has written to me for a eon.y of an address or loeture, which lie wished to send to liis son in eollege. .Vnothcr pcrsoit would ask for an artielo on a sc.icntiiie sulijeel-, while uumy sought deseript ions of por tions of (he niounlaiiious regkMis of Xorth tlaioliiia. 1‘oJiticiaus e.xpresscd a desu-e (o have a copy of a ]iarticular speech which was remeiubcred as hav ing been made in one of Ibe Houses ot Congress. Xot being alile otborvrise to comply witli snelt wislies, I decided to put a number of the article.s sought lor in the form of a book.” The book(;>.pens with a lecture on ScUENTE AXi> CUKISTIANITY, UIkI ihe speaker iu how many very striking ways cliristianity accords witii common sense. We give one paragraph as an illustra tion : “ Bat flic Positive Pliilosoplicr asks if it is not unjust that men siioiikl be punished eternally for such oHenses as- they commit in this life. Ilis philoso* phy answers this question. Let him look to the material weiTd around him, the physical and organic laws of whieh he prides himself on knowing-. His arm is crushed otf and his eyes are put out. Will these injuries be periiia- iK.'iit ? In liis anguish lie asks, am 1 thus forever to be punished for one thoughtless act, the work of but a sin gle moment? “Yes,, yes, your arm is gone forever; never, nevermore will your eyes beliold the beantiful light.” if then the moral law should, iu like manner, intlict eternal punishment for crimes against it, is it not in exact harmony with the x>by«kal law, the luiifonnity which tiie philosopher boasts that ho has discovered ? If, however, it could be said to him, “Here is a remedy, which will give you back your right hand, and restore? your sight,” witli what a lioiiml would he not sxiring- forward to secure that reined^'! No human skill, no law of natuve will ever restore to him these members. But the Cliristiaii system, higher than the earthly law, holds out this remedy, tlirough its plan of atonc- imnit, ami by contrast with former sutfering, man’s enjoyment wiU be in creased a tliousaiid tbld.’^ The Address on l*opular Ora tors is exceedingly interesting. He dwells with rapture on Choate, Clay, Webster, Calhoun and others, and on the glory of the ancient republic. lie is not so i_>opeful as some in regard to our country, lie sat's : “ Already (Toes our young and vig orous ro])ui)lic sliow sucli prtuuonitory signs of demoralizatiou- as justly to alarm us for Hie future. AVe hear, witliout general condemnation, the startling proposition that dishonest incii are to be made upright by giving them abandaiiee of money; that ava rice can easily'be gorged and satished, and that the man who is hired to be honest to-day, will be lirm against temptation to-morrow. Instead of wolves b(iing killed or driven away, they are to be rendered harmless by letting them work their will on the sheci).” The address before the Literary Societies of Davidson College, was intended to cheer the de spondent who suiTposed that all was lost in the war. Here is a noble [paragraph: “ Tlio result of the late civil war does not of itself xTrove that we were, as a XTCOide, less worthy than our op ponents. The Philistines, who for forty years at a time made the Israel ites hewer.s of wood and drawers of watei', were not themselves less idola trous and wickel. No nuiii iu Eng land did so much to x>nm>ote 'the ref- ormatsou as Henry VHI, seiisuaj, bloody and brutal tyrant as he was. The locusts that came out of the bot tomless i)it to punivsli wicked men for five months, were themselves but the subjects of Apollyon, and returned again to his domiiiioii. The ivays of Provideuee arc xmst findingout, and are wiser than tlie imaginations of men.” It will be for us by our actions hereafter to show whether we are bet ter or worse than our late oxHToiients. There should be no hesitation on our part, in conceding to the Northern men the same sincerity and xTublic s]>irit we claim for ourselves. It is evident from the debates in tlic convention which formed the Constitution of the United States, that there were certain great questions at issse, on which no agTeement tould be effected, and they wore, therefore, by common consent, left to talvc the chances for settlement in the future. While coustiUitioiial guarantees, and iirescnt x>ccimiary and social iuteresls Avero largely on our side, the general feeling of the civil ized world, ignoring the distinction of races, was iu favor of iiersoiuil liberty, and thus against lus. Hence, wlien the war was. begun, it was but natural and x>i‘0]>er tluit each cilizeii siiould stand witli the coiiiiminity in which lie lived, as when a war occurs between soxiarate nations. }’or the great war itslf Nortli Carol iua was not, as a state, iu>r were her sons vesxionsible. Soon afUir its close, in Dt'cembtT, 18Gr>, L met the ])resont Vice-President (d'the United States in Washington, and he said to me, “ I am gJail the war is over; it could not have been avoided; the people of the North were determined to abolish slavery, and you, iu the South, had too groat ail iiitei'i'st in it to give it ux) without a light- ’ Then follow ^Tapers on ]Me- teors, Water Spouts, Volcanoes, and Agriculture and Politics. These are generally interesting and the book will be found upon tlie whole remarkably entertain- irfg and instructive. PERFEFTFY ItlGIIT. Wc attended’ divine service in a villasfe and heard three sermons and six prayei’s m one day. Not a singlo petition could be construed to take the Orphans in. That was riglit. The pastor had never helped the Orphans, neither had his church, nor his lodge, and he had no right to bog the Lord to make others do what he was not willing- to do hiraselt. But there was something wrong—he did not pray for any children, and so the young people are growing up—well, Jtlio son of pious paroi.ti has a giogshop on the corner. ATSSWEK YOEE OW.\ PliAYERS. Our peirplo kave often prayed for tlie orphans. Kow the Lord lias sent t.Iicin abundant ero])s, in order that they may answer their own iirayers. AVill tliey do so ? Sunday, the 2-ftli of .Tune, will be a good time to make a colloetion. Please stoi) in-ayiiig- for the orphans, unless you intend to help them. A EONTR.AST. On la.st Friday, rvc attended the fu neral of Mr. Cliarle.s M. lanes, of Thom- asville. He was a model man, re markable for rigid lionesty, nnolitru- sive charity, and practical biusiness sense. The large church w-as packed; but in its mothers lap, on a back seat, sat a little cheeerfnl, chirping, laugh ing infant. The large audience was very sad in the loss of a friend and father in Israel; but the babe rvas ir repressible. So “ One generation pass- etii away and another generation Com eth; but the eiu'th abide th forever.” DON’T BELIEVE IT. Some years ago Gov. Bram- lette, of Kentucky, sold the use of bis name to a lottery company for one hundred thousand dollars. Ho was advertised as manager wlieii lie Iiad no other connection with tlio concern. Now a lottery company is ad vert!,sing- Gen. Beauregard as su pervising its drawings. We don't believe it. When a Confederate General comes down to a lottery manager, as Artemus Ward says, “ho falls bevy and fur.” Wo are tired of the rail-road humbug, and tired of answering those who ask us if the rail-road to Oxford is finished. Wo state explicitly that there is not now, and never has been, the slightest probability that a rail-road would come to Oxford from any direc tion whatsoever. Wo need loss gas about our rail-road, and more work on our dirt roads. .4 PLEA EDK TEACHERS. Tlie irrepressible “ Prof. Eppy- netious,” as he calls hinisolf, has been humbugging those clever people on Lake Mattamuskeet. lie is entitled to a ducking. The National Teachers' Monlhli/y in its last number, has .some very severe articles on incompetent teachers. No doubt the severity is justly deserved ; for in no vo cation is carelessness and incom- petenoy more criminal; yet in many things, much may be said in extenuation. Most ot this censure is heaped upon lady teachers; indeed both the Teach ers’ Monthly, and the New Yorh School Journal, apply the feminine pronoun whenever a teacher is referred to, as if no other sex pursued that calling. One of the charges preferred is: they do not provide them selves with the necessary books and papers to fit them for their work, w'hilo they spend their money lavishly on dress. In some communities dress is tlie standard of respectability; the respect paid to a teacher, even by her pupils, depends, in a great degree, upon her appearance. If she dresses plainly and out of style, she will be designated as theschool marm” and snubbed accordingly. She may spend half her salary on books and per iodicals, and devote all her ener gies and leisure time to prepara tion for her class-room ; she may bo acknowledged as an excellent teacher, yet must submit fo see her more fashionable colleague, who spends all her time and money upon her wardrobe, pre ferred to her. Teachers often find it hard to have their pupils supplied ivith necessary books. Of what use is it, then, to prepare themselves on new text-books, when it is im possible to introduce them in their schools? Yet some of their pat rons do not hesitate to spend five dollars for a pair white boots or any' other expensive parapher nalia for a concert or exhibition, when their daughters ask for it. No wonder those teachers do not subscribe to school-journals. Principals and school-commit- tees too often actuated by un worthy motives employ those whom they know to bo unfit for the position passing over others, who have proved themselves successful teachers. Deeply mor tified at seeing the priiession they love and honor degraded by unworthy incumbents; or humil iated by being forced to claim as colleagues those who have no qualification for their work, good teachers often seek other employ ment, or else take up as a burden what was once to them a labor of love. Wo do not defend this. The most entliusia.stic teacher finds much to dampen her ardor, but she should still toil on though others less deserving are more rapidly promoted. She should be content with the reward that soon or late is given to those who are faithinl to the end. know the succession of the sover eigns of Europe, cannot tell who fill many of the thrones at present. The war between Turkey and Russia furnishes an important lesson in history which teachers should impi-ove. Every school room should be furnished with a map of the scat of war, which should be diligoutly .studied. The hard names will soou become familiar, and the great pow’or and e.xtent of both empires will bo better realixed. As the geo graphical knowledge of these countries Di'ogrosses, an Interest will he aw’akonetl in their former history, and the monotony of the school-room will bo relieved bv substituting new and living realities for dead pages of the annals of by-gone days. ’—For the sake of the young in Monroe, wo are glad the peo ple voted to prohibit the sale of iiitoxicatiug liquors. The Commissioners in Forsythe refuse to license any grog-shop. The same is time of-Surry, but the Legislature licensed one in the county—by special legisla tion. —In the la.st number of Zion's Landmark, Elder J. S. Danieron, of Wbitmell, Va., gives a very interesting statement of his ehris- tiiui experience. EOMTEMPOKAUY lUSTOKY. —Mr. John T. Womblo of Durham, sends us this week quite a number of subscribers from his vicinity and oksewhero. Those wishing to aid the orphan work, can do so in no way, more ac ceptable than by increasing the circulation of Tub OiiruANs’ FitIUND. —The New North State advises all who are not willing to live in a dry, sober town to move to Raleigh. John Wade, alias Johnnie Bar ker, alias John Anderson, of Hor.- ry county, Va., has been to Cha;* lotte swindling the people. He is a fraud. The iinkindest thing you can do for him is to feed him, or give him money. The kind est thing that can bo done for him is to give him work. CARELESS WRITERS. It is a little curlorts that the number of careless blunders in the direction of letters averages about the s.ame every year. Tliree millions of letters go annually to the dead letter office in Washing ton, simply because the -writers are careless in directing them. Last year 68,000 of them had no name of county or State to guide the postmaster; and 3,000 were wholly blank, having no name whatever. Over four hun dred thousand had no stamps on them, and most of these went to Washington and were returned to their -writers. These letters con tained over two million dollars, which might have been lost unless the clerks in the dead letter office had been honest Every one needs to look a second time at the letters he mails to see that nothing is wanting.—Youth’s Com panion. AN ORIGINAL FABLE. During the Franco-German war, in a school where special attention was paid to history, not one in a largo class could give an intelligent account of the loading events of the war. The children said they could not spare time from their les,sons to read the newspapers, and their teacher did not consider the school room the place for discussing the news of the day. Thus it happens that the majority of school-boys and girls are more ignorant of the events that are transpiring now, than they are of the minor details of things tliat took place during the Dark Ages. Children who would cousideritdisgraceful not to “ What miserable ground 1” crieil the farmer; running to waste trulyand he looked in angry discontent on the rushes that grew in tlie furrows, and the nettles and docks that crowned the ridges of his new field. “What does he m«an?” mur mured the rushes; “wo wouldn’t wish better ground ! so nice and marshy; see how we flourish. “Ami we,” cried the nettles and docks; “here we are, as fine a.s can be, rejoicing in the high and dry.’ I’m sure we make a won derful show. Wg are perfectly sat isfied with things as they aie; but some people are never con tent ! “Ay, a\,” cawed the old crow, “no doubt you are satisfied, ni-y fine fellow; ill weeds thrive in bad ground; it’s not likely you’ll go in for improvement of the soil that is to get rid of you !”—The Leis ure Ilour.
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