'rUK OHILDUEN’S FKiKSi).
Wetlwestlsiy, ffCarcSj Sa,
KAE-ElOli.
The Lcgislatiii-e has atljounied;
but its inoiiibers, during their
stay at tlie Oiujital, conducted
themselves with propriety and de
corum. ■ (Jccasionally one was
seen drunk and disorderlj-; but
a.s a general rule they made a
good impression in favor of hour
eaty and morality. Some of them,
by attending Sunday school and
prayer-meetings, exerted an influ
ence in favor of religion. At the
same time Dr. Rosser preached at
Kdohto’n Street Methodist Church
what be termed a cbaln of ser
mons, by -ivLieh many were c.;m-
verted, and many others -were so
deeply impressed tliat tliey re
solved to reform tlieir manner of
living. Then Rev. Mr. Jurney
lield a meeting at the Second
Methodist Ohurch, and Rev. Mr.
Jordan has been preaching for
four weeks at Swain Street Bap
tist Church to immense' throngs
of -people. At the same time Drs.
Wilson and Skinner have assisted
Dr. Pritchard in a meeting. Bish
op Lyman has also confirmed a
large number at St. Mary’s School.
Dr. Marshall’s oongregations liave
been large and very liberal in
theii' contributions to benevolent
])Tirpose3. The clumcli of the
Good Shepherd, of which Rev.
Mr. Rich is Rector, entered its
now house of ■worship last Sun
day, and tlie oollectimis of the
day amounted to more than a
tliousand dollars. The inclina
tion to do good is the simest proof
of a pure religion. One deed of
charity is worth more than a
doiion glory-hallolujahs. Reli
gion is a theme of conversation in
Raleigh, and nearly all the
clmrchos have found it necessary
to increase their accommodations.
Such influences at the Capital
will bo felt in other parts of the
State.
■FIIE ASYI.'SJM.
Many of the friends of this in
stitution would, perhaps, like to
know something of how wo are
getting on liero and what the
pro.spects are for continuing the
enterprise.
The building, formerly St.
John’s College, is siiuatel in tlie
outskirts of the torvii of Cxford.
It is one of the most beautiful sit
uations in the State. The building
occupies a position upon a gentle
acclivity, in the midst of a pic-
ture.squo gi-oVe of healthy, vigor
ous white oaks. In many, indeed
in most, re,sjrocts it is well adapt
ed to the purpose for which it is
used. The ventillation is good,
but the means of lioating inigbt
bo improved. I'he ivater is ex
cellent, and tbo twenty acres of
land attached to the jireniises
would produce an ample supply
of vegetaldes, rvith the labor of
the boys, but the land is poor and
tlie. means for the purchase of fer
tilizers too limited to improve it
ns it .sliould be. Tliero is want of
out-building room also, that can
not bo reinedieil for the same roa-
Bou^—want of means.
The number of inmates at jircs-
ent is seventy-live boys and iifty-
cight girls, mnlciug a total of one
hundred and thirty-three. These
are insmicted by five lady teach
ers, of slvill a.nd ex])erienco in
teaching. They are divided into
five schools or “.Forms,” each oc
cupying a separate school-room,
tiie schools or Ibnns being ar
ranged according to flio advance
ment of the children, and it is a
motive to study, with the children
(u the lower l\>rm.s, to so awjuit
theinsolves as to be- promoted to
the next high.or. 'Plu; progress of
the children in the branches
tiwight is, in most cases, very sat
isfactory.
In oair gardening operations,
owing to the unfavorable season,
are rather backward, though
probably up with mo.st of our
neighbors. Vfe have planteil
Irish potatoes, sown cabbage
seed, mustard, lettuce, radisli and
kale. Our peas (the early crop)
are coming up very prettily, and
w'e hope to have a mess from the
vines about the firet of May. We
have also a large area in onions,
set out last Fall, growing beauti
fully.
We are not getting much milk
—barely enough for coffee and
for the sick—owing to the fact
that we cannot procure the neces
sary nutritive 'feed for the coivs,
of wliich three are nominally in
iuilk. The prospect is good,
however, for a better supply after
a while.
While tlie contributions, in
cash and in kind, have been lib
eral, yet they bare not been suf
ficiently large to enable us to do
all that is desirable in. providing
ooiiveniences and comforts for the
inmates. The children have not
suffered for food or clothing, but
incoiiveuience has been exjrer-
ienced for ivaiit of tools to work
with and, as intimated above, for
out-liouse room for storing and
taking proper cai’e of tools and
other things.
But wo will not pursue the sub
ject fm-tber this week. We may
revert to it again hereafter, as oc
casion may suggest. W'e tvill
state, ill closing, tliat the health
of the children, at present, is
good.
HOHItS AT I.AST.
The dozen orphans from Ox
ford, after visiting the places men
tioned in the last rejiort, visited
Thomasvilla where ail the citi
zens received them kindly. Rev.
Mr. Herman, Rev. Sir. Sharpe
and Dr. I'honias, Master of tlis
Lodge, gave their lisart'w cooper
ation. At .Lexington Rev. Messrs.
Fliillips, Johnson and I'iumpass
and ail the citizon.s extended a
hearty welcome, and packed the
splendid Court House to lieartho
orphans. Their kindness can not
be forgotten. Mebanoville is a
small place ; but g'ave us a full
house, and good order. Tlie Sii-
periutendent had the pleasure of
hearing' some recitations in tlie
Bingliaiu School He foimdjMa-
jor l Uiighaiu and the other teach
ers lull of learning, full of zeal,
and full of life. Deifoct quiet
prevails in the baiTacks, and
tiiore is nothing to do but study.
Rev. Mr. I’enick, a devoted friend
of the orplians, was confined to
his bed by sickness.
From Mebanoville, we went to
Loui.sbnrg. liev. F. L Reid, the
Ghaphiin of the Grand Lodge,
Messrs. Baker, Cooko and others
had jirepared the way before us.
Mr. Reid prayed for the oiphans,
and for those rvlio have tliem in
charge. We were g]a.d to see that
this young and gifted divine has
secured the coufidence of all the
])00plo. His illustrious fatlier and
devoted gi'and father have lived
and labored iu the ’ same field.
The son is loved and lioiiored for
his own sake tsiid for tlio sake of
those ivlio have gone before him.
'Fhe audiciico was large and very
attentive and the eoliectiou speaks
for itself. On tlie sixteenth day
after their deparfuro, the ehiidreu
returned with sound bodies and
in good liealth to tho Asv'liim in
Oxford, and are now reciting as
usual. J. II. M.
X. C., M.iroli .i uh, Ib/'o.
J, II. Mills, Esq.—liy acci
dent, saw u fow days aince a co-oy ol' Thd
Childukn's I'^iilENi) containiug a letter ovci'
your sij^uaturc addr.-ssctl to me, ami 1 icel it
my duty to ajtprise yon of some oi tlie errors
tliat s-iiiddatler - contained, which I hope you
will correct through the same medium that
you made them.
iu the hegiauiug of your letter you nay lh;it
you tkdiberately and rospoclfully de^nt! to ac
cept the five hundred dollars whiai I oiler
ihrough the Citizen's Matioual HuD-k of Ral
eigh, to tlie Orphan Asyimn, ae a cmitrihu-
tiim from the Gri«id Gift Coucert of Wilson.
In this yon aiti mistaken, as I have oever of
fered money tlirongh tho Citizou’a IS^alional
Bank to the Orphan Asylum, I did, tni the
2;drd day of February last, at the request of
the committee, scud a chcok of five hundred
dollars ou the Bank of Wilson to W. E. An-
doTSim, Treatmror of tlie Grand Lodge,
i»sk.ai liiiu to plaoo it to the credit of the (>!•-
phan huid, und notify tlie SvijH-rint^'udeatthat
tlic amount wue tJiore ft.vr the benefit of the
Asylafo. Mr. Anderson returned tliO check
In a few days, staling that yiaj had decla^J
to aoci-ijTt tlie amc-Hat for reasisis wlikih would
l)e explioaod by you iii The Childkks’b
ERraND, which I preeumc jk’O set fortli in
your letter to me.
You are again mistaken in tridugto convey
the idea that only five hundred doUai-s for the
orphans WiW realized, from the Conm.'rt,-a3 up
on reference to my letter to Mr. Anvierson, ft
will be seen tdiat the cheok was iu part of the
fund.
The amount realized would hare been sent
dir^ictly to you, had the committee not kuoM-n
from your card in tlm AVws, yonr n‘port to the
Grand Lodge, an editorial in tho AgticuUitreJ
J&umcd ^writteu by yon, and other artielot'-
auppesod to hayo been v-Tilten by you, that
you were opposed to the enterprise.
It was quite a- surprise to the committee to
sec your persistent ojqKwition to tho enterprise,
knowing that you had received contributions
of money realized from similar i8>uroii3--jtt oue
tliuo soveuteea doliare and fifty cents from cit
izens of my own town, which they had drawn
at a lottery in Norfolk, and at another time an
amount from an .a^eut iu Raleigh, 'who held a
ticket in ft Norfolk lottery for the benefit of
tbo Asylum. Rut bedieviiig, after seeing your
opposition, that you were conscieuiiously op
posed to the Wilson Concert, they deemed it
best to send the money, us they did, to the
Treasurer of the Grand Lodge and not to you.
The projector.^ bf this scheme to raise money
for tho Orphaue were all friends and contribu
tors to the Asylirra, and did it In good fiiith
and with feelings, of iHuievolonce, ae they
inew that the Asylum w.as iu great need of
iiK’.ney, and they feel tliat tlieir onterpri.'jo
would have been a complete success but fur
your opposition.
As your leuer to mo was made jmblic
through the culumus of The CHii.i'jiKNris
Fp.ikxd, I hope you will b* .tiud enough to
publisli this. A. BARNE.S, Sec.
Remarks.—1. It is .alway.s a
pleasure to aTi honest man. to
have his mistakes corrected. Mr.
Barnes is -svelcome to all th.e satis
faction he finds in the nice dis-
linctions made in his first correc
tion.
2. I did not “try to eoiivoy the
idea that only five hundred dol
lars for the orphans was realized
from the Concert.” ' It was first
announced that 40 percent of tlm
receipts -.vould be given, and it
■vvas estnnated that this would
amount to al'oist BI 0.500. So
Lodges, churche.s and individuals
stopped their contributions with
the
w
he expectation-that the lottery
vould support tho Asylum, ’j.’lnis
serious injir.y' was dona to tno
orjihaip work.
3. Mr. Bafnes' admits that lie
attempted to' dodgo my opposi
tion to the lottery by sending his
$500 to tho Treasurer of the
Grand Lodge. This excellent of
ficer is with mo on tho lottery
question. But if his views had
differed from mine, he could not
have overruled me, for, tho Grand
Lodge ha.s decided’ that “tlie Su-
perintondent shall control the in
stitution.”
4. So far as I know, I have
never written “an editorial in the
Agricultural Journal.’' I do' not
siippo.so th.at I ■ ever saw the
“other articles” whicJi Jlr. Barnes
attributes to me. He is certainly
mistaken if he siqiposes that 1
sta.ud afono iu oppo.siliou to lotte
ries. Tlio general sentiment of
our peoj.'le is decidedly against
tJiorn
5. Mr. Barnes know rny views
of lotterie.s, read ni)’ report to|t]!e
Grand jjodgo, and-'vet tin,light
my opposition would notbe'qier-
sisteut” wiien the' time came to
receii'C the moiie}'. In other
words, it was ex]>cc'ied that opin
ion,s honestly entertained would
be modified at tho prospect of
money. Comment is needless.
C. Mr. Barnes fails to see that
I can consistently receive money
from other lottery men and re
fuse tiiat sent by liici. I,et me
illustrate. ' A man eame out of a'
grog-shop and handed me SlO. I
used the money for tlio orphans.
Now suppose that ho had paid
editors and job printers witli
brandy to advertise that his grog
shop would bo ran every Satur
day ii.ir tlie benefit of tlio Orphan
Asylum. Suppose these adver
tisements had contained appeals
for the orjihaiis and called on all
mankind to come and drink for
their benefit. I should certainly
Isave refused to cooperate -vt'ith
that man ; but orilinarily when
ladies and gentlemen send con
tributions, I receive tliem and
ask no questions.
7. Mr. Barnes says the mana
gers of the lottery -were friends of
the Asylum. This is true, so far
a.3 I kno-w them. Those, who
know Mr. Barnes inform me that
he is a gentleman in every way
worthy of the high esteem in
which he is held. But I think
tlie Wilson Lottery was a sad
mistake, in sjiite of the good in
tentions and high chai'acter of the
parties oo'inected with it.
J. H, Mills.
Tiiere, has never been a time
in the history of thi.s country
when the demand and necessity
for true Christian integrity and
fidelity were- greater th.an at the
present, because tliero lias never
been a time wlien the ■ iirfluences
of jiseudo-pliilosophy and scepti
cal science, supplemented by the
natural demoralization gro'.ving
cut of our civil war, were so bold
in their attacks rqion the receiv
ed doctrines of the Bilde. Tho
Darwin tluiory and tends of
Tyndail and others of his school,
have had a tondaucy to unfix the
faith in the divine authenticity of
the Bible of many in liigli stand
ing in letters and social position,
and their in'fliience Ims been felt
in nearly every grade of society,
through the instrumenlality of the
newsp.aper and periodical litei'a-
ture of the day. The natural re
sult f>f these attacks u[)bu the re
ceived truth,s of divine revelation
is to unsettle tho faith of many
who are not oxperimenlally'
groriiided in tho trutiis of that
revelation, .and to load to scepti
cism. Then tho demoralization of
the times, growing out of the
moral volcano produced by the
wai', comes in as an ally to infi
del philosophy, arraying a force
against Christi-an morality and
Christian truth -wliich camuot be
resisted but by the aid of divine
power.
The outcroppings of this state
of affairs are seen all around, ns
in tlie daily developraentof frauds,
defalcations and peculations of
men in high positions, hitherto
considered upright and honest;
ill the almost univer,sal strflggle
for the hasty accumulation of
wrealth, and the general indiffer
ence to tho means employed for
tlio accomplishment of that ob
ject, and especially are they seen
in the disgusting rovciatious of
crime in a large professedly
Christian coinmaniftq and tlift
avidity with W'hich the details O'f
these di.sgu.sting .rcvolatioils are
sought and devoured by young-
and old, male and female, througii-
out the country.
But it is not our puqiose to
write a lecture or a sermon on
tliis snljject, but merely to allude
to facts, as we believe they exist,
that all who desire to clog the
wlieels of iiindelity and immoral
ity, now rolling so rapidly over
society, may stand firm in the de
fense of trutli and virtue by indi
vidual as well as united effort. It
may be the time prophesied of,
when, “because iniquity shall
abound, the love of many shall
wax cold,” and lienee it behooves
every lover of virtue, morality
and religion, to ponder and deter
mine on which side his individual
iiifluoneo is exerted.
.rtlS.
AN EASTSK SONG,
D('ar Lord, I hiivo do Easter iiowers
No roaes fresh, uor lilies dewy sweet,
But still one offering I may gladly beftr,
Aiid lay, rejoicing, at Thy dearest feet.
Enfold my weary love hi Thy sweet Will,
And keep it closely to Thy pierced side,
9o aha’l I rest, nor sa-l and helnl'-ss inom-a,
While safe iu Thoc my love and I abido.-
—0. Broolic\_
Were wo to strip our sufforings of all llio
.aggravations which our over-busy imagin-J
tions heap upon thorn, or all that our impa^
tiecoe and wilfulncss embitter in them, of ail
that a morbid craving for sympathy induce*
us to display to others, they would shrink to
less than half their bulk ; aud what remained
would be comparatively easy to support.—
Julius Hare.
Tha dial
Receives many slmdos, aud eaeh points to the-
sun.
The shatiows are many, the sunlight i» on'b. '
Life’s sorrows still liuctuate: God’s-,love-does^ •
not,
Aud His love is unchanged, when it ebaiigoa
our lot.—Ou'en Meredith.
One may live as a conquorer, of a king, or
a magi-stratc ; but he must die a man. Tlio
bod of death brings every human being to Ids-,
pure individuality, to the iuteuse coutemj)l»§ ■
tiou.of that deepest and ino.st solemn of ail rcg
iatifiiis between the creature and the Creators
— ~\VchJcr.
Lot e.-wh man think hiin.Holf an act of G.od,
ills mind a thouglit, liis life a br.catli »f God ;
Aud lot each try by great tlioughls nnd good
df-eds,
To show the most of Heaven lie hath in liirn.
God has fixed upon tho earth two gates
which lead U) heaven. ]fo has placed them
at tl'.e two extremities of life ; one at its be
ginning ; tlie other at it.s .imd. 'I'he first is-
that of innoeenoo, the second, that of rej>on-
lance—i^aint Bicrre.
There is no loss but change-, no deatli Imt sin,.
No parting, save tlve corrnpting jiiiiu
Of siuidered faith tliat never lives again'.
—Miss 'MuideJu-
Moniiity without religion is unly a kind of
deiul reckoning—an endeavor to navigate a
cloudy soa by moasuruig tho distance we have-
to run, but without ol.«ervatioQ of the hca^
Ycnly bodies.—Loyigfellow.
The Imsiest of living agents are certain dead
moil’s tliouglits.—iiorec.
AisasliJtliS i(i«!!fiS8gU5«S.
Eg.yptain raunruiifoN a.-e too common, by far;,
to give a now sensation :o lUe average .sight
seer. But, mummies fn-ai our ai-o-jo •te.rrito-
ry may stimulate even the jaded norvers of
of tho.sO who are iiovcr habpy unle.AS^ gf.zing
upon soinoth3.ug, new A schOoucr n om Ala-
ka lately arrived at San Francisco, in whose
as.sorted caigo wore included tho preserved
bodies of an old cbiof, liis wife aud his children..
Ail of them were wrapped in soa-grasB mat
ting, skins and furs, bound together with tho
sineu's of sea-lions. The paternal ropresen
tativea of those eleven dried remains was-
known when lie wulked by tho long resuimd-
iiig name Karkhiiyaloueback. That’s a tak--
iug. naiao for a show’-bill, though not-attrac
tive to AmcrU?an lips,'and when tho days '
come on wLIsih
‘Tlie band begins to play.
The olepinuit goes round aud round/'
wc may expect to- see Mr. and .Mrs. Karkaya -
loiuduiek and. nine little Ivarkhayaloueliacks-
staring at us' from brick walls aud wooden •
fences.
A rich,, but iiarsiimmious old gentleman, on
being taken to task for his uncliaritableness,
said: ‘True, I don’t give niueh, but if you
only knew how it htiri.s when 1 give anythiug
you wouldn’t wonder ’ •