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Mr. Arncld. I tell tou what it is, this
city life is what is going to kill us all
yet.' I cannot rest 'nights on account
of the heat in that little between bed
room, and I guess Jane don't get any
more rest than I do."
"No. J sm'wj I do not rest. . The hieat
is so oppressive and my thoughts still
more so," she added to herself.
"Wen, l thought you were an con
tented," said Mrs. Brawn, raising her
brows "Of course, that unfortunate af
fair about William might have'hapTjen-
ed in the country as well as here.
Mrs. Amold gave her sister a warn
ins look to kcer silent, for as yet his
father knew not the r.al case of Wil
liamVsudden departure.
)ne morning, Nina not coming down
to breakfast as usual, "Sirs.- Arnold went
lo her r6om aud called her to come
down, as it was breakfast-time.
"O mother! Iam so sick." v -"What
is the matter ?" asked her mo
ther in alarm. "Why, child, yott have
The sick girl looked at her aunt as if '(f U f rieilil Of CnnUCnUtC
uu uuujiji taienoeu ner iueiiiiiuii. I"-"
- . . .. - ...-
closed her "eyes wearily again.
But we will not linjier around the
Oh! please let
a burninjr fever !M
"I know ft, mother.
me stay m bed.
"You shall, my child." '
"And, mother, need I go to school
any more? It is so crowded there-;
and every time I go up those long
slairs my heart bea's, oh ! so fast ; and
inv Kead aches so that I can hardly
sick-room too long. Nina, with good
care, was soon convalescent. Her fa
ther hadpromised thatlihe, should go to
theold home as soon as she was ah le,
which greatly helped to increase her
strength., - . ;
"Well, Martha," said Mr. Arnold to
h'S fcistcr-ih-law, one day after Nina
had almost recovered, "I think we have
had enough "of citylife " Jane and ' T
have made up our, minds to go back to
the country again- v After all, the work
there is nothing to the trouble here "
"Hut, James," persisted Mr?. Brown,
"all this might have happened there.
One is not exempt From sickness; you
know, whether in conntry or city.
ul know that " said he. "But 1 am
satisfied-with city life. Let those who
lifce.it enjoy it if they can. And, as for
work, why, Jane never had the weary,
troubled look she wears now during
our whole life at the farm ; and I know,"
he said tenderly, "that her heart never
was so heavyas now." ?
""Ah !" sighed Mrs. Arnold, "I have
suffered more mental' anguish - during
j the lastsSix months than I ever thought
it possible to endure. If I only could
know where William js, I " should be
satisfied. Oh ! I know that "coming to
the city was the ruination. of that boy."
And-Mrs.' Arnold rocked herself to and
fro with her grief. "
" William never did like the farm,''
said Mrs. Browc. ; "and would havelett
it in a few years at the most.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1870.
LeUers containing money must
always be registered.
..CtTheJftea.-'iX joforiis ;you that
this is the last number for which you
have paid, and, respectfully asks yotfjto
renew. 7 -v?Vr:- -: v " " - - "
FAITH,
TEMPERANCE,
CHARITY.
The Temperance Work.
Another State Conncil.
see.
"No, my dear, you need not go to
school ; and I will send your father for
the doctor, for you are very ill."
Mr. Arnold liad not yet gone to the
shop, so he was soon on his way for - a
doctor.1
"Stop at Martha's, and she will tell
you who to call in. U dear ! what U l "But not in disgrace, Martha."
should call in a quack, and he should "Disgrace !" exclaimed Mr. Arnold,
kill my girl ! I do wish I could see old Yes, disgrace," said his wife. "You
Dr. Green. He would know just what ll0t fen-ow an about William,James ;
to do," and Mrs. Arnold wrung her nor can I ever tell you,"
hands in despair. Nina, pale and ghost like, entered
In a very short time Mr- Arnold re- ti,e voom nt i9 time, so the subiect of
turned, Drmgmg with mm Aunt iuar- Villiam's conduct wis dismissed,
tha and the doctor. JNma by this time : But Tames " said Mrs. Brown, "can
had Decomo aenrious, ana was running y0U pet y0ur farm
over ner lessons, mixing up aigeura auu soon 9"
By reference to brother Young's let
ter, it will be seen that the State Coun
cil ot Texas was organized, as announc
ed, on the 4th of July, and under the
most cheering circumstances,, having
ninety-two Subordinate Councils to be
gin with. Texas U the banner temper
ance State of the South. She basf7
more in tight months than North'CK
olina has done in four , years. . Hurra
for Texas ! "
We are crlad to learn that brother
Young has arrived at his home, in Vir
ginia, and is once . more , enjoying- the
sweets of the tamily circle. j
When he has rested, wehojie hemay
bo induced to make a visit to North
Catolina and stir our people up.
War- j
Lost snmobodv mav think! wc are
. - -i - i
about to siy something of ths war in
North Carolinn, we will set tlie matter
at rest by announcing the njelanclioly
fad, that on the 15th instant, the Corps
LecrhlatifT of France, ten '''minutes be
fore 2 o'clock, I M., formally'1 declared
wjr
against
CD
Prussia, and ancc
that
philosophy in a strange medley.
"O doctor! do yon think she will
die ?" said Mrs. Arnold in a voice of
distress.
"She certainly is very sick," replied
thedoctor. "But withgopd nursing I
think she wilhreeover."
'.'What is her disease?" inquired Mrs.
Brown.
"She is Buffering from nervous fever,
brought on, I think, by too close appli
cation to study and not enough physi
cal exercise," replied the doctor, and,
leaving some medicine and advice, he
departed. -
Mrs. Arnold was like some 'one al
most bereft of reason '-itself, fehe had
never. had much sickness in the family
back again so time war preparations have been vigor
ously made by the two Governments
"Yes. I only rented it for one year ; are SOOn to meet in sanguinary
and I have notified 3Ir. Kawlings that -
at the end of that time I am coming conlilc . . r . ' , I: . - . .
back, so there will bo no , trouble on A million of men on each side, it is
tvat rc r I( an Vuy stock and'fixtures, said, will be thrown to the front, and
and go back again into the old tracks." Xapolcon will lead in person the army
"We shall all bo so happy," said Ni- of France The difl5cnlty avi.es out of
"-'Yes, dear, if we can only bring back the fact that a German prince had been
the roses tovour cheeks," said her fath- nominated tor the throne ot bpain,
er. tenderly drawing her to him.
"And then if William would only
come back,"' slid Nina softly she al-
way spoke William s name in a whis
per "because," she.. said, "it roubjed
mother to mention him."
Ar.d so the time pissed n until the
vear had expired. Then came another
that called tor the services ot a physi- movinor:dav. "But as Mrs. Arnold
iian, and now her mind was so agitated sajc gomehow it scorned dilferent r
tnat:sne could ao noimng.ai an ror me James went about whistling m his old,
sick girl. Mrs. Brown kindly stayed to cheerlul way" she had not heard him
assist. . . whistle since Jie moved to the city
"Oh she exclaimed, "all this comes and e ver v thin went on all risht."
from moving lo this awful city. Why if the little woman only knew it, she
was I not content to remain where we
were all so happy ?" I wibh from my
Jieart we were all there again."
"So do I, mother," said Mr. Arnold
earnestly. "This year has ben enough
for me."
was happier herself 1 Not a cloud ob
scured her vision on this moving-day,
and there had been numerous clouds be
fore, . '- ' ".
At the farm all ' was iu uproar.
"James acted like a crazy boy " Mi
whose claims, however, hare been with
drawn since trouble is likely to come
upon him. J,
Ye are opposed to war and tlie liq
uor traflic, for the reasou that they de
stroy the good as well as the bad men
and bring suffering upon the innocent
as well as the guilty. If the vicious
and the ambitious were the only suffer
ers, we might be justified in saying to
the ambitious, fight on i and to the liqr
nor-sel!er. sell on! But as this cannot
be, w'e say : " let us have peace !"
Nina, in a moment of semi-cou?cious- piawiin2s said. But what cared James?
ness. had heard enough to know what
was going on, and gave her , parents
such a look of satisfaction ,that they
knew how to Interpret it.
"O mother!" she exclaimed, "do go
back to the old place."
Then her mind again wandered, and
she was roaming through the old weeds,
Was not father and mother moving
back? "Got enough of Mty life and
Aunt Martha's notions !" he exclaimed,
clapping his hands for joy.
Home again ! For the past year, all
had seemed so new and strange, that
our friends had seemed as though they
were some other persons in somebody
Hook Notices-
The Kroonstrccted Farmer for Ju
ly is upon our 'table, containing its usual
amount and variety of "reading matter
valuable to the farmer. Published at
TarboroVN. C, by Jas. R. Thigpen
listening to the wild bird's sonjr,' callincr hrtmn l.ntnnwf hprA was nr. nnes
them by their own names, and begging lion about it. They were i actually in
each one not to let her go to school np their own home. Mr. Arnold partook
those lo. stairs anymore then she 0f James's joy, and laughed, and whis-
would be dabbling her hands in the Ll.J ;ntr vVprvwPlllcnown
clear brook, and attempting to jump in- phrcc, and declared he felt ; ten years
to its cool waters. 'I am so warm and youngcr: MrSm Arnold move 1 abo it in a
tired she would say. - silent, quiet manner, but the old light
My poor birdie," said her father,
"you shall go back to the country as
. soon as you are able."
"Yes," said Mrs. Browif, "I think it
she was out of the city during the sum
mer months it would do her good. I
would letter go as soon as she is well
enough."
, "Yes, we will all go," said Mr Arnold
firmly. "
Nina grew worse day by day. One
in her eye was gone, and in its place
was a shade such as always follows days
and months of mental anxiety. She was
always looking with an anxious expres
sion toward the road, as though she ex
pectcd some one to come, and the table
was never set without the plate for the
absent one beinn placed noon it. "I
.1- .
and John S. Pancy, at $2 per annum.
t
We have received from the Christian
Board of Publication, Suffolk, Va., a
neatly printed pamphlet of the pro
ceedings of the General Convention of
the Christian Church, including the
sessions of"186G, 1867 and I STO, with
an address 'by Kev. W. B. Wllons,
President." Besides a very neat job, it
is a very valuable pamphlet to the mem
bership, as well as the friends of the
Christian Church, as it contains a histo
ry of the rise and p-ogres. of that
church, its present condition, &c.'
Authors Home Magazine for Au
(;UrtT.Among the Ladies' Magazines,
this is fast taking the load, not only for
tKo l.Krli r-lnrn(er of its reading, ! . but
for the beauty ol its
I Rev. W. B. Wellons, " Secretary of
the Supreme Council, sums np as. fol
lows, the progress which the temper
ance cause is making in the Southern
States : . .
I How is the ciuse of Temperance pro
gressing? is a question often propound
ed to us. The answer surprises many.
We are prepared to assure all, that the
friends of the cause have much ,to en
courage them, and the cause is doing
well. ....... .
The Friends of Temperance, the larg
est Temperance organization in the
South, is spreading out over our whole
Sunny Land. One hundred and twenty-seven
Councils have been chartered
in Vinrinia, and about one hundred of
them are working well. In North
Carolina about ei:hty-nine Conncils
have been organized, and most of them
are doing well. liev. ill. Jl Whitaker,
Ithe Secretary of the State Council, and
editor of the Friend of Ivmpcrance,
speaks most hopefully of the prospects
of tlie Order in his State.
In Texas where llev. Jas. Young has
been spending several months as Gen
eral Lecturer, the cause has taken deep
root. Nearly, or quite one hundred
subordinate Councils have boon organ
ized, and a State Council was to be
organized on the 4th, from which we
have yet learned nothing. '
In Mississippi. the Order is increasing,
and a State Council is to be organized
at an early day. A charter was issued
this week for a new Council at Liberty,
Ami-tie Co., Number 12:
In West Virginia, the cause has taken
a lirm hold,.' and' in South Carolina,
Georgia, lennessee and Louisiana
Couneils have been organized. Mary
land and Kentucky, with Missouri, are
arranging to fall into line, and thus the
good work ofUhe Order progresses.
In Richmond, the old Order of Sons
of Temperance have been doing good
work in the temperance cause. A few
Divisions also exist in Loudon county,
and one in the city ot Portsmouth. v
In Kaleigh, N. C, a new organiza
tion has commenced among the colored
people, called "Sons of the Soil." fhls
organization is destined to uo micn
good among the colored people. And
in Richmond some other organization
has come into existence for the benefit
of the colored people.
Bands of Hope, for boys, is a large
organization in more Southern States.
Thus the work is progressing in eve-
-.1 1 . A !
ry mate:
There are some things which go to
discourage ihe earnest workers iirthis
cause, tlie chief of which is the disposi
tion ot a largo number of ministers of
the gospel to stand aloof from the Tem
perance wovk, and as a natural conse
quence, many old and influential church
members, pursue the same unwise
course. This, more than every -other,
cause hinders our good work. But we
arc continually making conquests among
the ministry, and in the States farther
South, the ministry have been coming
forward in large numbers, and enlisting
; under our banner, recently.
We arc fairly out on the ocean in our
work for the good of others, our colors
are nailed fist to the mast-head of our
barque, and we have determined never
to surrender while intemperance has a
votary, greed a god,- and neutrals stand
around us. , '
Will return in September or October
to resume labor in that" interesting
field. Write me to Staunton, Yirginia
Left everything very promising ;.and
prosperous in Texas. The finest crops
I ever saw grow out of ground." Corn,
cotton and wheat all looked fine plen
ty of rain, jn some portions too mnch
and if ii continues seasonable, a most
abundant yield may be expected. The
State is decidedly prosperous, and,
that is needed is mure people to culti
vate those broad acres. Let the thou
sand needing homes, get to Texas and
work, and lV' -m but do we!!.
It i now the best temperance Stat,'
in all lli; South, and will soon be fir on
the lead; ovr 200 Coilncils will be in
full operation in lo's than 12 months
-
more. .;' .-
Yours as ever,
T James Young.
VIRGINIA.
Suffolk Couxcil. We clip the fol-
lowing very cheering item frorj, the
Christian Sun :
The interest in the TemptVance,.work
is steady and heallhv in Suffolk. The
Suffolk, Ya., July 18, 1S70. .
Bko. WiirrAKEn ir In your issue rf
last week, I find an articleover the sif.
nature of D. V. P., containing strictures
upon the action . ot the Supreme Coun
cil, In 'reference to the price of Char
ters for the organization of Subordinate
Councils and Rituals', which is calcula
ted to do mischief, by producing dis
satisfaction and disCoutent,and making
the impression uj on uninformed minds
that our good Order is simply a money
making scheme. And this communica
tion receives, to my surprise, your edi
tori:d cndorsiUion.
D. V. P. may have been three years'
a member of the Or:b'r, and for the
s.ime length of time "aware of the evil
of intemperance," and he may havo'
organized many Councils, but he hag":
not been with the Order in its slrtfg;'
gles to establish itself, and lay a foun
dation fur, its permanent continumce.
Ile has never been a member of the
Supreme Cotmcil, .'find, of tho State
Council of Virginia. He does not un
derstand the workings of the Order,
and he does not know how difficult it
has been to carry forward our work,
meetings of Stiff lk Council Xo. 8, are
regularly held, and the number attend-! an j )0W we jiave jeen retarded in our
ing much the sahie from week to week, t work foi. t10 want cf m0neV. lie is
Every Monday night nearly the same ignorant Gf what he writes, and is cvi
familiar faces greet us - in the Temper-1 tfentiv a bad financier. This. I say
ance Hall. Last 3Icnday night, every
officer was in his placeyand die meeting
was quite interesting. t One Associate
member,ra promising !;idr was received.
Next Monday niMit the Lndv Associate
members will bo out in lare numbers.
The Council is 'arranging f.r new
Regalia, and new interest will be ex
cited. Those gentlemen and ht Ties
who have beeir saving to us all the time,
go ahe;d, but have not joined our Or
der, waiting perhaps to see whether
we could succeed or not, may now
come along. Our Council is a perma
nent fixture. " Bettie has whipped the
TEXAS.
illustrations,
and
O I J l.i l J .....it;-vf fnctiinn
feelWre he will eome someday, -vbe.Ue ininess ana m
HIKl HCCUlCWV'i i in.un"".1ii-P
. it t it
Townsena s new story, - jacqueune,
would say
One evening, a few: months after their
day the fever (which had gone to the return to the farm,they; were all sittinc
brain) had reached its cnsis. Nina slept beside the open fire, for the weathrr
the anxious slecp which so many have w.ls vet coo1j quietly' talking about the
watched, and waited in an agonizing affa;,ts of lhe rm Mrs. Arnold sud
Ptato of suspense. The house was as fipiv Rtftmin,f fnru-ar.l in n i;Ktoninr Wt.-
niiu ucnui.1 mi ill iiyiu sat uu uue 1 tiinl
j. .r.L. L..1 ...1 :i. r. a...u . uiiiut.
fiuo 01 ujo.ubu, wiuie Air. nnioui ana ii, tl,t 1,0 WlKr i; U
i he doctor, the latter with N ina s pulse, tU lheyheard a knock at the outer
neath his fingers and his watch m his i :
band, sat at the other side. Deep and
recular came the breathings from the
BufFerer,5 until at last came one (long,
deep breath, as though the sick ; girl
were Ukmg.a new hold on life, and
then she slowly opened her eyes. A
gentle moisture was perceptible - about
the. In
increases in interest with every number ;
while the admirable series ot articles
on " Woman's Work and Roman's
Wages,'' show a breadth and common
senslj in their treatment of - a ' difficult
The family were soaccustomcd subject, wormy m : v i. - -
ishers.ot tins elegant peripmcai, are
untiring in their efforts to make it the
leading Lady's Magazine pt the coun
trv. Pricel 2 a year. -
; The CitiLDKEs's "Hour, published by
T S Arthur & Sons of Philadelphia,
comes to our table for August as pure,
and frpsb: and beautiful as ever. To
tM - - ,
Letter From tho State Lecturer of
I Texas. . ' ',
;CnAnj,OTiESViLLE, Ya., July.l4, 1870
nit.vr. lino' Whitaker:- loir see
from caption, that I have reached Vir-
crinia aorain. all sate, ana m une neaiuj.
i
Left Waco Tuesdav. 5th inst.'
The State Council for Texas was or
ganized, by the adoption of the Con
stitution, and election of Mhe following
officers : ,
Prudent T?evi Dr. B. T. Kava
V.W-"
nnurdi. of Houston.
Associate, Uev. JJr. it. jmriescn
of W aco
Chaplain, Rev. Dr. V m. Carey
Crane, of Independence. '
' - wf
State Lecturer, Kev. James Young.
door.
"I will go," said Mr. Arnold. ; . -He.
took up a lamp, aid proceeded to
open the door. A rnau in a sailor's cos
tume stood before him. '
- "May I have lodging here, sir?". he
inquired.
intellect.
VShe will live !" said the doctor in a
subdued voice. "But she will need
them
The
A m m I VXVa V -A-l-LS j: i. 1 IllIll l.ll 1 1 T ilLl U I " ' -
brow, an.l mstead ot the va- ii a Wj " .-uLua nr rwdcrs we would ay, take as
caut stare that for days had dwelt m Qmed-I knew he would corned many mags-zmes for, your children as
her eyes, there was the light of a clear t-:ik... w .. t nfTord : but whether you take
It was indeed the absent one return f one or live, oe sure iu.iu l""
ed after s6 manv months of silence. have " The Children s Hour.
Rut. wAwiU ciraxv a mil nivofA nrii is onlv Si. "25" a year,, and your
jjn.aiu.nc. uappmess wanis io spectators.
Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Arnold , could Our story is ended ia a few words. The
speak. Their hearts Were too full of uant after that night of dissipation,hadbeen
Now that the suspense was over, tfJtJl
M - X U&U. A.U UU-VA ; ICS U V-
more distastef nl than city life, so had return-
children should have it if it cost twice
as much. - ' '
their own nerves were unbent, and both
left the room in' tears. : Mrs. Brown
and the doctor remained.
u Where am I ?" said Nina, as she en
deavored to turn her head to look about :
her. :, --r
ioa are home, dear," said her aunt.
"Your father and mother are in the next
room, and 1 am with ' you. But you.
must not think nor talk, for vou are still i
verv.weat. '
Two " Early Hose" potatoes, planted
In Winston, produced .11 1 potatoes.
He went immediately to his Aunt Mar- Exchange. 'iiiU '- i - -
A nrettvv fair vield. But from two
of the Landreth Early Rose, planted in
bur garden, about the 15th of March,
and du about the 1 5th ofTnlywe dug
nearly three pecks of the finest potatoes
we have seen this season. Try again.
ed.
tha's, and found that his parents had removed
to the country, and as quick as he could travel
he had come to them. - " tKi R
i "I.will never leave the farm again, mother.
It 13, after all, the happiest and best-place."
" Yes, William ; and I have proved that men
tal trouble tells more on the constitution than
physicar labor." ' v ' ' .
"Dear mother, how you have suffered," he
replied, as he kissed away a tear that had fal
len on her cheek.
Bi:i;iiyville, July, 13lh, 1S70. :
Dkau' Jno. .Whitaker: I have
been so occupit d of late that I have
had but little time for epistolary corre
spondence. But, "as 1 see nothing in
the Friend from Berry ville,'I will just
droj) you a few hasty lines, to lot you
know that we are si ill alive. We have
lately pissed through what is, to u8,
the most critical, seas' n of the., year ; I
mean the time of harvest. 8nne per
sons lalnr under the strange Men, that,
they -cannot ret -along in harvest, with
out whiskey-; as if tho hot, sun, with
out, is not eoooqdi, lnt they innst havo
liquil tire within. We have nu t witli
some losses, but we- have about he.d
our 'go'und, having made some inroads
upon the enemy in the meantime. Our
ofticers'fbr the current term have all
icon installed, and we are n'w in ;ood
woi'Ning oruer. j ney cnsisi oi iue
following hi others : r ,.
President, liev. T. F. M-irtiu; Asso-
ciate, 31 1. I1 rycr ; t liajlain, I.
Lancaster; S cretary. S. S.. Moore ; Fi.
Secretary, Jas. F.-' Mi!t"n ; Treasurer,
J. T. Crow; 'ouduetor, Jno. Shackle-
ford; Asst. Conductor,: Jos. Kiiby;
Tn Sentinel. J. T.dlflmilton ; Out. Sen
tinel,- Tl Nicewarner; '. Ex'-Prcsident,
Georire Glnss.
Brother'Iartm hesitated a little at
tirst, but when reminded of the crisis
and how much depended upon him, he
cheerfully, consented ..to- serve another
term. This Council owes him a debt
of gratitude For the zeal and self-acn
ficim spirit he has manifested in behalf
of our glorious eanse ; unshoeing ms
third term; as presiding officer. We
hope, through the Board ot cupervi
sors, soon to close the dirty doggeries
that infest our town, and arc so annoy
ing to every -friend of good order.
Our greatest difficulty now is the
scarcity of money, and consequent de
linquency on the part of many of - our
members. But we have men among
us who arc not terrified at small things,
and who; will, with the blessing of
Providence, still press on to victory.
Ilr.ping for better times, and for abun
dant success to our noble Order, I re
main yours in
FT. and C ,
NORTH CAROLINA,
Lake Landing, Hyde. county," X. C,
?;'-i- "' - : - July Oth, 18"0.
Bro WiiiTAKEK : Yon will sec bv
Secretary, Capt. J. E. Foster, of pur rep0rt f,iia"t Iattamuskeet Council
is probably behind no, other Council in
the. State, of the same age. Having
been in operation only ' about one and
one half quarters ; we now number fif
ty active and twenty associate mem-
bei,' making a total of seventy in all
with 4 applications for aclive and 3 for
associate members We would like to
hear from the Council that can beat
ilitc "m nnnntrV rtlneiV 'like ours. 'Be-
sides,lattarauskeet Council is in a very
healthy as well - as progressive &iaie ,
we have. not had single rejection, bus
pension, expulsion, ior. violation of the
pledge or. any' secreU?;oC. il 9 0 rder, as
will be seen 1y the returns herewith
Rpnt. r ' ' ri,'-fT--' '-.
BroRaven hasjmt the Uall n
tion in iliis section an i t 1seertai nly
No room for editorial this week.
H u-tou.
Treasurer, A. J. Burke, of Houston.
Conductor, John II. Hockermith, of
Tvder. "-;-;-' ' " : - ' 'v'
"Sentinel, James Ramsey, of Gonza
les. .. . .U'-v --:-rr -r :
I Had a pleasant meeting, aud did up
the business with despatch. You will
see a detailed account in some of the
Texas papers. f ,
Ninety-two Councils were organized,
and three or four more were, doubtless
formed, but not" . reported in ; time-
Sixty Bands of Hope, making, accord
mv fstimnte. 1G.000 in that
branch of the cold water army' which I
: km forming in Texas
! The most cheering "accounts vJere
brought un.fi-om various parts of the
coo Rma fpw Councils -have done
Kndlv. But many of them are the
pride of the towns where Jocaled, and
doing great, great good. I am rejoiced
tr trot, borne and find all well. I am
d how sweet to rest af-
r months in the most laborious and
fatiguing canvass I ever performed.
den'tly
without the most remote idea cf who
he is.
Let me say that our Order commenced
its work with onlv $29.25 in the Treas
ury, and at a time when the whole
Southern country, "in which it was main
ly to operate, was pecuniarily prostrate.
Several hundred dollars was actually
necessary to get out the first edition of
tha Uit'.ul, Chm lers, Blanks, &c. 1 ho
first Secretary of the Stale Council ot
Virginia had to shoulder the responsi
bility, and work -not on his own
means, but on his credit and good name
in the community, and the only .way he
could have been screened from loss was
to put the privilege of organizing a
Subordinate Council, at a price that
would command funds to meet the ex
penses of our .work. And this noiQsi-
ty has continued, and every year thi
!o C .... I'., 1! I,
oCei eiai y oi inu )Mm i nit- viun..ii u-m
had to itursue the same, course, o:' else
our good work would have stood still
and ceased. its operations long ago.
The ni h:e of 1 tituals and C harters is
not too high is not higher -than they
ouht to be and must bj to go on witli
our work. D. V. P. says the Supremo
Council at its last session was in a
r,,od financial condition, having. money
in the Treasury. But'it would have
,had none, if just such .persons. as I). Ar.
P. had been listened to and their'- ad
vice heeded.
Soon after the-. meeting cf the Su
preme Council at Louisdmrg adjourned,
an edition of 1000 of the Bitual w as
printed' and bound, and nearly the
whole edition has been exhausted in
the tip; l of the Lecturer, who has
accomplished so much rood for the-
Order. But for the profits, above
actual cost o! pnnliii'j: the Ritual
Vh.'i tei r. urn' Bi o. Young could
have been started on his work mi
L'inia, and he could not have prosecu
ted his w ork wiih such success in Mis
sissippi, Alabama and Texas. The
profits on the Bitual anl Charters havo
kept him in the field, and given him the
success which he has attained.
And let me say, that a community
that cannot raise $10 to com nenc; a
Counci', will not main .ain a Council al
ter it is organized, and it is ah injury
to the cause to organize Councils madc.c
up of men, eight of whom cannot raise
$10 to commence with. Such men will
never be able to keen Ul) a Councib if
the liituals and Charters should be giv
en them. .
No, sir, follow the advice of V,
P., and our good work will die for the
want of funds to do Us work. Y o
have not money enongh in our Treasu
ry to do halt what ought to bb done
now, and we are kept benina in our
work, for want ol" finds;, and if such
complaints are encouraged, and receive
the editorial endorsation of the editor
of the organ of our Older, then adieu
to ourj!PB8 of permanently., establish-,
ing our Order in the country.
I write thus earnestly, because I have
been with the Order from the com
mencement of its existence have been
t; behind the curtain," and' have been
intimately acquainted with its workings
all the time. We cannot go forward
without money, and the Order cannot
maintain itself if forced to sell its most
valuable Literature at less profit than
is usually received by private PublisU
ers, which would be the case if put at
the price suggested.
Yours in F.T. and C,
W. B. Wellons,
the
and
not,
Vir-
Suicide. We learn from a corres
pondent that a man by the name cf
Wm. Carter, residing at . Teaguetow7n,
Davidson Co., was found hanging, on
the 11th inst., about two miles from .
that place. . s .
He had, not been, missed, but had ,
evidently been hanging about eight,:-'
days; was only identified ly his cloth
ing. We did not leai n the cause of the. .
rash' act. Gretnshord . Patriot. .V v
creat
movimr oivi rani dy1aid? -doing
'l' 'Ann Ul trrntpl'lil
HO
t o our God and Bro . Raven Mor the
pri vil eges we ;enj oy in th esc Temper
ance organizations. . ?
Yours iu F. T.- and C,
Important Oudek Fiibsr THEP;JtO "
Detaktment. The Postmaster Gen-:-eral
has issued strict order t?
rious: Postmasters not tpiyerany v
paper, pamphlet or. other. printed mat. '.-.v":
ter on which the postage Jiaif6t been ; ;f-J
pre-paid at least three months in ad-
vanee.r All such matter tvilbc thrown
in the wateb3gAi not attendtd; t:
Bt , President.-.! promptly Y those interested
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