L
(;}!!!.DiJi'.V'K KUIEXI).
: 'ilie procfsdiiji^s ot the (ire.ru!
f r 1874 arc liO’.r aliom
ready for diatribiituni. Tlic dix.
ijiiient is printed ivltii clear type
('ll oxcel!or,t yajicr. h'tvelvo iiciv
Ijfxigea had been established and
ft'.ii' iiad (Hod. Among tlio latter
is the venerable Moniit Moriah
of St,'ttenv!llo. She has ii noble
record ; but alas, site died just as
Maaoiiry in Xorlh Carolina could
beet ailbrd to live.
Dimilted and dismdinbered ma-
eocs are not named. They relin
qaish their clainis oil &0 0.raft,
fHid die Craft gives thcan notiung
but the privilege of applying for
meniboifdiiD. Each Lodge now
pays the Grand Lodge (not five
pounds ss formerly, but) 50 eonte
for oacii inoinbor ri'ported.
The Grand Lodge commended
& very kind projiosition from the
Bitigltam School, iuid also the
Life and Benuons of the late TJr.
N; F. Keid, published to raise
funds for the education of his
younjfor children.
■ The school named is wortliy of
the libcra.l patronage it receives,
and the volume conmiendod is ex-
ceedinglv' interesting oven to
tljose who dissent from some of
the opinions advanced.
E*H«eMss, no. e.
In 1812, Robert V/illiains. wa.s
Grand Master of tiio Ora.nd Lodge
of Masons. In ids annual address^
he gave information concoming
the state of the order.
Tdie following jjaragiaph is
charaotoristio:
“ Brother General William
'Watt’s Jones reports that he \ds-
itod Plicenix Lodge, No. 8, Fay
etteville, that they are. in a nour
ishing situation ; that.tliey luive
a Lodge room of , the best con-
Btniction, with all the tools and
emblems of masonry, provided in
the most elegant manner; tiiey
are nmnerou.s and work in due
fonn according to the amdent us
ages of masonr)', and tliat this
laalge is we.».!t!iy and iiighly
spoctalilo.”
Now, in 1875, this same Lodge
is still in a .flourisliing condition
Mid ticalous and liberal in the or-
phiii; work.
TOO MCCsFKMTEKi'mSE.
- 'IVo are very grateful to tlio
])aper3 of the t?tato for their kind
ness to the orj^ihaus, and for their
valuable aid in eanying on the
oroiian work ; but we once more
»i!c tboin not to publisli contribu
tions in advance, or in excess of
our receipte. Hold the officers of
tlte Asylum reaponsiblo for every
cent they receive; but do not ae-
rttso thoui of receiving any more
than tiioy get It hi mifeir.
'file following pai-agraph is
iMiw going over the State:
“The ladies of Elizalieth City
held'it' feast libit week in aid of
the Oxford Orphan Asylum, and
netted. 8150.00.”
A few weeks ago the ministor
of a church, nnnouncod that he
wdiiid, in a short time, ask for a
.Gollection for the oiphans. Tlio
words had hardly escaped his lips
before several jiaper-s amionnced
that the collection was made on a
ceirtain day, and one paper stated
the exact stini collected. The
iniuister now says ho will talio
the collection in a few iveeks.
Itoui hunterii have too much on-
toqirise.
In 1810, Ilirain Lodge, No.
40. of Raleigh, had loss than
tid'.'ty mambers and SCOO in its
trciiisury. IVo have known some
I.odgds v.'it1i more nienihers lo
hav;- h'.(s niencv  n hand.
I't*-
fcC.it itOTmLiS.
(e'ON'TLSi.-im)
\¥ihningtoii L'oaats of the Tur
i^-ll iioufio, a very stylish cstab-
hshment. (.las, crockery and sil-
'.■ U'-waro attract altentioii, and the
waitoiB make you wait even wlic-n
you are in a luiiTj'. If you liavo
i plenty of imaioy and jilt n*y oi'
lime, the Furcell iiiniso will give
you “pomp and circumstance.”
The National Hotel displays a
portly landlord, and gives good
iiiro with very little ])arado. The
Manning House is a quiet, pleas
ant plate, and makes a traveler
feel at home. Wilmington has
also a large number of excellent
jirivate boarding houses.
Nowl'eni is proud of tlio Gas
ton House, p.nd generally it ha.s
been veiy well kejit. j’eaufvirt
is always attractive, till you are
satisfied with fish. I'lio ocean is
always grand, sometimes sublime
'J'ho liotols and boarding liouse.s
and rail boats have lively compe
tition every summer.
I:i Edenton, Mr. Bond giv'-s
you good fare and a beautiful
view of the Bay. At this season
also shad, herrings, &o., are vei-y
abundaut; but the beat breakfast
dish is fresh shad roe.
in Murfi-cesboro, Mr. G. W.
Spencer feeds you on siipjdies
from all the inarkota of the W'orld;
but bis own lean visage is against
his liotel. Ho ought to fatten
him.s(if.
In Weldon one hotel enjoys a
monojioiy. But Woldon needs
milk and butter, fresh fish and
fowls. If it only had those its
hotel would ho excollont; for its
desert is delightful and its cook
ing is very good.
And now wo conclinie by crU-
ing attention to Norwood’s Hotel
in Warrentoii. Mr. and Mrs.
Norw'ood have renovated their
house and they understand their
business. Every thing is clean
and comfoi-table, and the faro is
good enough for Epicunis him
self. The sea-coast }>oo!il0 riin-
niiigf from chilis and inu.S(p]it003
will find a pleasant home in War-
rimton. Gtlicr hotels wo shall
moutiou horoaftor, as wo find
tliom.
The otTuTora of the Pointentiary
report SH! illiterate Convicts. By
great ccononn^ they pme each sup-
jiorted and gum-ded at a cost of
42 cents a day. These illiterates
thorofora cost tlio state $398.1.60
a raoiitli. ITiis sum wall food
clothe and educate 6’G3 ehililj-aa.
I'ha cost of the Penitentiary
buUdirm wUl exceed that of the
.school-hcusea raquisoti Now
which, are cheaper, publio aohoolu,
or pitb-Iic prisons I
■ESi®. ttJHt'i'ia.iSiSEBy.
"Will the laigislature .appropri
ate 87,500 a year to reopen, and
support the University, or refund
8135,000 to the Federal Qover-
ment ? That is the question now
presented. Wo needtheinfluoiice
of the University said tlio ques
tion lu its present shape admits
of only one answer.
3SAHV.
'W'e know a rimnbor of school-
houses vacant for want of tesich-
ors, and a iimltitudo of toacliora
idle for want of ouiploymont. We
also know many newspapers in
need of advortisemouts. Now it
would 1)0 to easy for these jjartios
to help each other, if persons want
ing teachers and teacliors wanting' j
situ itious, would only adverti.se.!
It is imjiosaibio for the Orphan |
('v-sylum TO employ .ail who apply,
and many letters remain uiian-
f,,,. ,,r
r. TUiiUN oi't.
’'lUe ware present in the Hal! of
the House of licj'resentatlveH, and
iioard J. I'/’. Thorne, a inisrej.ro-
sentative from V/arren eouuty,
vote in fiivi.ir of hiiuling ivln'le
children to negroes. Now a
righteous retribution has over
taken Iiim. Hanson Hughes, of
Gi aiiviilo, a man of the color that
d hoiTie preferred, has moved and
coiTieJ Lis ctiuilBion from the
ilaliS of hrgislalion. Here is the
resolution ;
“VfiiEREAs, .1 W. Tliorno, the
member from Warren county, has
advcycatod aiid pronuilgratod a
most blasphemous doctrine, snb-
verBiTo of tJie principlos of the
CoiiBtitutifin of North Cai-olina
and of sound morality ; therefore,
Besolt’ed, That the .said J. W.
niome bo and ho is hereby ex
pelled from a seat on tills "floor.”
Thome soorus to have read tlio
Bible without comprehending, a
single lesson contained in it. He
has attempted to jiliilosophizo
without knowing the alphabet of
philosojuiy. lie came south to
show how' easily a fortune can bo
made, and his jrroperty is adver
tised for sale. In short, he is the
most impious man, and the most
disastrous failiu-e ever soon in the
State.
TKIG (QKAlSIft i.OIMJi; PSK-
M-ESiTY.
In Maroli, 1818, the N. 0. Bap
tist Society for Foro'gn Missions
mot at Gross Roads, in Wake
county'. Very libera! collections
were reported. Rev. Jease Read
rej.iorted “27 dollars from the
Grand Lodge of Masons.” Our
curiosity was excited by this cu
rious stateinent, and wo turned to
the proceedings of the Grand
Lodge' for the communication
held u few montlia before. Mfo
found that Rev. Jesse Road had,
in his great enthusiasm for the
oxinverKion of the heathen, writ
ten to the Grand Ixidgo of Ma
sons, asking an approjiriation of
finid.s to aid in sending the gosiiel
to nations dwelling in darkness.
For the information of the body,
Mr. Read’s letter .and the eonsti-
futioii and circular address of the
North C.kiTolina Baptist Society
for Foroitpi Missions wore read
and attentively heard. Mr. Read
iva« held in high osteein. The
Grand Lodge was ready to help
every' good worl:. Kemp Plum-
mo-, J. G. W. advocated a liberal
approprkition. The members ware
in groat perplexity-. The Grixnd
■Lodge must not refuse to hel]) a
good cause, nor show any- par
tiality for one religious denomin
ation. )(Yhat could tiioy- do ? It
finally occui-red to them that as
indiviJaals they could give their
own moEoy, though not at liberty-
to appropriate tiie funds of the
Oi-and Lodge. A liberal eolleo-
tion ivaa promptly made, and the
Grand Master u-as requested to
write Mr, Read a letter of expla
nation, This iettcar win) read and
approver! in open Lodge and sent
with tlie nmnay to Mr. Read.
Hero is the letter:
Halekifi, DecoTiilter Ifith, 58'IC.
Jk-^pected Brother:—I dn myaolf thw j'loas-
nrf! to ackiiti\vlolj?o that the Grtind Lodge of
Korth Caroliiia have rocoived an application
fi'ora you for jtrocuring aid hi Bnp]>ortiiig tnU-
sioFiarioH for the purjiOBO of tr.inislating the
ScriiituroH, preaching the gosjicl and gather
ing eliurolios in lieathon and idolatrous parts
of the world, and tliat they have conaidored
the subject with nil the attention due to its iti-
iutrinsio impoitance, to your own long-tried
Worth, and nitachiiient to our order; and let ins
hort'he pcnnitttsl to a^hl, with an aiixioiis wish
that they might percoivo a solid and satisfac
tory ground, on which they could rtHamcilo a
compliance with your apjdiciition to tho im-
inntahlo principles of their society.
But, sir. they find it inscril>cd in tho inati-
(iiiO of their order, that, as .a colleetivo lodge,
t’'.ey ftre to l>oliev8 in the eteninl Gfxl, to »d-
irt fc ti. t’lecc grand ossen'd.tl-^ of reli^rioii. in
•'.•hich all L'jc’u agri>.’, and leave {-ach hr.iih--i'
to Lis own piivato judH-iiiWit, as to ]''U'ticalar
modes find, lunns. They need not iiifonii yon,
liiiit a lodge is, jxTiiaj'S, the only asylum leit
upon earth, wiicro the l/cnes oleut foeliugs
a‘rvc. aa a p 'nciuie of n. i a amt ng men f
dhiereut religions and poiitic.a ; and if
'•outests njwjn thesie auhjerttsj which umrt* than
all (Miier? sharpoji the mind of mar, ngaiust his
hi'otlu'r, were introduceil, it would wase to he
a refuge fr.mi i>:iin.hil coufiicla'vrhich ag
itato the world.
Tho Grand Lodge could not promofo tho
i.'tn.lable design, in -whifih you arc engagol, in
holialf of OTiO sect of Christians,-witliout ondaii-
Moring tho hannony of the craft and roinoviag
tho anc.ifiit landmarhs of their order.
To a brother less euiightenoJ than rotirm-lf
it might he neceg-sary to enter more partlculjir-
ly into an esplication (,f the principie.s or,
which they feel that ibey can not accede to
your wiahoe, in onler to guard against any in
ference that Ma.«onry and religion .are incou!-
p.-itil>Je with each other. On such an occasion,
I slu'uld fool it iny duty to say th.at the Indis-
pen,sable oliligationg of Free Mason,8 aro to
cultiv.at© good ■will towards mon, to improve
thf-ir c».)nditIon, and to woi's'iip tho only true
and living God, in fervency ami Iruth : that,
as humanity springs from true religion, every
religious sect, who a-chnowledge the Siijircine
Keiug, are equally reapcctcd by tho !rdev:
that tho great worV of nntnro is revealed to
onr eyes, and the univerfijil religion of her
God, is whiit ’we profess as Free Masons. I
hog loaA'o hero to add, in confinnation of the
purity of tlie motives which govern tho delib
erations of the Grand Lodge on this subject,
that tho iridividmils composing It, spontaiieoua-
ly o.ontribnted the sum wliich you will Lore
with receive, that each perioii might horohy
mark his high cense of the heneroient cause,
In vdiich your nro engaged.
(Bighed) JOHN X>. TAYBOR, •>
(h'and
O.xroRiT, N. C., )
Ma-rcii ,3r(l, 1875. j
A. B.4RHES—Dear Sir .—I
Me,
hereby deliberate!}- ar.d respoct-
fiilly decline to accept tho five
hundred dollars whicli you offor,
through the Citizen’s National
Bank of Raleigh, to the Oiy.lum
-ksylurn, as a cnntribiindii from
the “Grand Gift Coneeri,” of
Wilson.
1. Masonr}' te,a.clies me to in
voke the bki.ssing of Deity upon
evoi-y important enterprise in
whicii I may be engaged It is
my duty to jjray for the suceesg
of the orfihaii work. Now I be
lieve tliat ail lotteries necessitate
a violation of the Tenth Com
mandment. It would be bia.s-
jiliemous in me to ask God’s bless
ing on that which iie has, witli
diviiio emphasis, positively for
bidden.
Masonry also teaches me to
obey the laws of the land in
wliich I live, and our courts have
iuvariabl}- decided against the
legality of lotterio.s. The Su
preme Court confirmed Judge
Gantwoli’!i decision that the Leg
islature could not ehartor a lotte
ry. Now whaVover may be
my conduct in other respects,
Masonry requires ms to be just
Slid upright towards isstuv-
kind and towards my country.
Though the Orphan Asylum in
now in distressing need of money,
I oaa not, as tho servant of the
Grand Lodge, violate the plainest
priiiciplas of Masonry in order to
secure it
2. In my report to the Grand
Lodge, for 1874, I stated, in full,
my rea.sons for not cooperating
with lotteries, even when con
ducted for the benefit of the Or
phan A,sylum. At. the suggestion
of a very able committee, the
Grand Lodge endorsed my views
and commended them “to tiie
favorable consideration of the
bretlu-en.” Prominent Masons in
different parts of tiie Sfcite have
also urged ino not to soil the
lamb-skin of I.fosonry witii tiie
mortar of a lottery.
3. Many of the oiqjlians, re
ceived at O.xiord, liavo been
found extremely fond of games of
chance, by which tliey could win
tho money, dr projierty of their
fellows, 1 liavc fried to teach them
ihai they were entitled to whut
tliey have houestiy eanieil, and
ro what tiieii' fiieiiils, through fa
vor or affection, gave tlieoi, a.nd
to nothing more. Giir faithful
teachers have endeavored to su].)-
presB every tendency towards
gambling. How' can we now re
verse our own in.structions by
svipjiortiiig them on the proceetfs
of a lottery I
4. When I first moved in the
Grand Lodge to opoii the Asy
him for indigent and proinising
orphans, I announced ray convic
tion that the benevolent people
of the Stiite would support the in
stitution, if |>ropar!y conducted.
Now jiien ami woinen of every
class and creed have harmonious-
ly and generously supported the
work, even in its pr.esGnt vast pro
portions. Should I sl.mdar their
8i>oatanoon3 libereiity by resort
ing to .a lottery for assistance ? If
I should turn my back upon ou?
generous contributors, and enter
a jiartnership with lotteries, every
apjieal for help would hereafter
bo answered with the advice to
start another lottery.
It may be well to notice muio .
of the arguments of the advooitea
of lotteries:
1. “You are not responsible for
the lottery.” Idiis is true. 'Die
name of the OrjihaTi Asylum was
used in spite of my protest. But
the advertisements appoalel to
the people to buy tickets in o.-der
to help tho poor and fatherless.
If I should now receive your of
fering, many would always be
lieve that I secretly tolerated
(and perliaps endoraod) the lotte
ry. In fact, I should almost feel
so myself.
2. “Many good peoj)!e bought
tickef s in order to benefit the or-
jJmns.” This sfcitement levies a
iio.avy t.ax on human eredality.
Those who wish to benefit the
orphans-shoald send their money
to the Orj)haa Asylum, and not
to a lottery wheel If tiiose who
bouglit tickets will carefilliy
sound their own motives, they
-.riil discover that tliey really de-
•sirud to draw prizes. One man,
in Miirfrees’ooro, first asserted that
he bouglit £11.4 ticket to btme.fi.t the
orjihans ; but. when closely quen-
tionod, he admitted that he cher
ished some hoiie of drarriug a
town lot in Wilson, But supiioso
the luiyors of tickets bought tiiom
with motives purely benevolent;
it .seems to me that they have
been deceived, if not betrayed.
The first promise was forty j)er
cent of the sales. At tlis drawing
the i!iai!a.gers reduced the jier
-lent to twont}-, and this w'onld
have been 8750. But two weeks
after tho drawing, a check for
$500 was offered. This is just
or.e-tliird of what was promised ;
for forty per cent on the sales
would bo 81.500. I am now se
verely blamed by some who drew
blanks, because I did not desert
the oridiaits and vrork for the lot
tery. If I should accept the of
fered check, I would then bo
blamed for not demanding the re
mainder of the promised forty
per cent
I now lay the responsibility of
the orphan work on the benevo
lent people of the State, and ask
them to help us carry it on.
Many liavo been waiting to see
what the lottery would do for tha
orphans. I beg them to wait no
longer. Our funds are very low
and many needy orphans are ap-
plying for adiuissiou. I hopio
that evon the advocates of lotte
ries will unite with otiiors in for
warding contributions. We differ
in regard to moans. 'We all agree
or. tho imjwrtauce of the work.
J. II, Miurt,
S^ipcrintendeni.