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1 c T E t I E H i 0 f T M ? B A fliC pricnjl 4 Temperance. Oftictvl Oriujt of tub Sofeeme Council, or rni Fjuesds of Temterasce. ALso, thebrgan of the State Councils of Vir ginia, Noifi Carolina, South Carolina' and Florida. . ' . " r .': '';' R. H- WHITAKER, Editor. - 7ES3. E. EILL, Associate Editor.1 ;;. Advertising Rates SPACE. 1 1 Mo.iSMs. 3 Ms 6 Ms 1 TV. One Sqoars, 2 60 4 00 5 50 "7 00 io oo 3 75 6 25 8 00 5 25 8 50 160 13 00 17 00 24 60 8 00! 1300! 16 60 19 50 25 001 50 go! 60 00 12 00 20 00 25 O0 30 00 36 00 70 00 100 00 Two Squares, Three J Four M 1 10 00 14 00 '11 00 3000 Fonrth Colu'n 16 60 Whole "U 24 00 36 00 Office three Square! East oJthe Capitol, on Newbern Avenue. ' ' JANUARY, - v i ; V 27, 1875. The American Sardine Go's Boneles? Sardines, ire much better, ami lesa than half fie coat oi imported Sir-. 1 dines. '-'"'. . ' " ; 1 ' RATid vrrtir Job "Work tor the . Fr.JEND of Temperance' Job Office. f Constitu tions, By-Laws and Rules of Order will be neatly and cheaply; printed. We solicit patronage. . The Cross (X) ,Iark is to remind you that ' your subscription has ex pired.. iLet all renew promptly" . -tit : V . . .. -U The Feend ..6V;, Temperance and Petersons Magazine for a jwhole year or only -$35. : J r - : . -Address ;:.-'h.':; ; . " T V. . R. H. WiIitakee; , . -! ; : , . Raleigh, N O. ' . Taxes. Mr. Joseph A. Haywood, the very, efficient'. Tax Collector 'for. Wake, .informs us -that the people are coming lip nobly and that the indica tions are that Wake ' county will soon pay herself put of debt. ; "Promote Yourself." We pleased to -observe . that our . are article published tyro weeks ago, under the above heading, is receiving the endorse ment of. some of our exchanges who are using it ditorially. ; -'- ' ' PERsraALV-l-Rrother John W. Gil liam of Barrs Council, in Moore coun ty, called in to see us last Monday and paid us forj a club of Subscribers. Brother Gilliam reported his , council as being in first rate condition, and thinks it will continue to improve. .We hope he wilrfcall again, i , "Ray of Hope." This is the title of a Temperanco paper : recently Started at Harrisonburg, Va., in the interest of the Good Templars. Samuel J. Price, Esq., is the t editor and . Dr. -W. J. Points is assciate. editor. The num ber , before us evinces considerable earnestness ajnd is redolent for the futur. r r ; J We trust jthat a year's with hope experience may not make them sick of the enter prise . We wish them abundant sue- cess. Knights cSf Pithias. The Grand Lodge cf N. J C, is in session in this city, and wo learn that quite a number of representatives arej in attendance. This evening Centre Lodge, No. 3, of this city entertains the Grand Lodge with a Banquet at the National Hotel. We return tfanks to the committee ' of arrangement for a "complimentary, and shall -dolour belf he pldasure to in attend any.; W ' ' FcNEBAXi lF MATOJt - HLIEN. The fuueral of tile late 'Mayor of this city, Hon. JosEnl W. .Holun, was by lar. the most inposing scene o itsciiarac t r that Rafeh h over witnessed ; aiid . a -s - we have rarfely. ever i sjeen a mora sol onin one. f Joe," as he was familiar ly called by all who knew him, thou he may have had bis-faults and com mitted his 'errors, had no real enemies at least fcono who owed him any ill will. He did have a genial nature a warm hear t and noble impulses, and these wcnhim hosts cf friends among' all clases. "His death ; is universally . regretted. S - " ;:J :J ,' 4 !- : . This is to be The Shelby AtiiORA,- . - . i.e name4f a new paper. which our fdend J. l. Babingtou, Esq,, proposes to start atfshelby,! N, C j on the 23rd just. Th Aurora will ' alvocate the pi inciples f 6i the Conservative party n tid will hi a live famiiv iurnal. We wish the epitor and his enterprise the isnst. abundant success Terms of the paper $2 l year " L ; ; . ' Since tle above was pu iu type we liar a rpOPVVP d the first ntimber of . the luroj-a. read the editor's very grace tul and sensible salutatory, examined its selections and general ake-upiand are ablel to vronouncej it a firs t- J. . class papejr. ; We are ;sorry to learn Carrawayftbat Rev. Paul Pastor of the ; Methodist from sister . Carrawhy, Church lin Charlottef has been quite pick, that he will Boon be up again. Hepe SUSPENSION OF PAPERS. 1 It,is stated in the Temperance Advo- cate tb at several Temperance papers have been compelled lo suspend re cently for want of patronage. InfaPct, we have observed for the past year or two that, with most of the temperance papers in the country, it was a hard struggle to keep up, while ever and anon one Las been compelled to sus pend. It is a sad spectacle to us, for it ar gues one of two things : either, that, the temperance cause has but few rea ders in its ranks, or, that the cause it self is weaker than we had believed it to be. . We know from personal experience, something of the difficulties attending the effort to publish a temperance pa- ner : and can testify to the fact thatn the people even those who profess to bo temperanco men and women-are not very. eager to subscribe for orzaal ous in the support of temperance pa pers. : " .. They are abundant in pood wishes, and are ever ready, on all suitable oc casions, to adopt cheering resolutions and deliver patriotic speeches in be- half of the temperance press ; but, f somehow or other, the great ' majority of these promises are forgotten when the occasion passes away. Friends of Temperance,' what are you doing to sustain your Organ ? Are you coming up like brothers and sisters should do, to strengthen the heart and quicken the pen of the Edi tor? Are you giving the paper all the eneouragenu nt you can, by sending subscriptions and contributing to its columiis? In short, are you doing as you would have ethers , do for you, were vou. instead of us, bearing: the great burden which we have been car rying for eight long years? Once for all, we say to Friends of Temperance, you must work far your paper, if you would see it and the Or der, which it represents, prosper; j 'PUBLIC BLOWERS.' A brother writing from Washington Council, near A.biugdon,-Va., says that his council has lost all of its "big gun members" who used to be, seemingly, such earnest temperance men ;but, that it does retain enough of the faith- ul ones "tried and true," to keep it alive and in working'order. j We expect to publish' the communi cation next week, but think it, not amiss to say, that we know of other Councils thatare in the same fix have lost their "big gun members." Some men join temperance societies it one reason, some for another, and still ojLjiers for another. ; Those who join for the purpose ,of doing good 0 aid their fellows ; in the work of reform and to banish the curse ct in- mperance from the land, will-be' apt to stick. Those who join to benefit them selves, only, to save themselves frcm ha drunkard's shame and grave, may stick, but they are so often discour aged by the, lukewarmness and indiffer ence -jf those who should be their friends, that many of them fall.' Those "who join because it is popular to ,do so? will be very zealon' so long as the cause is tirosoerous in their community, and will make very zeal ous members. . Under this head are to be found those "public blowers," spoken of by our correspondent. So long as tho temperance lever runs htrh in their neighborhood, they are putting thomselvea forward as the p&culiar champions and advocates of the order ; and cn all public occasions wear Ihe flashie&t sashes, andjoccupy the highest seats ia the synagogue. And if called out for a speech they literally burst themselves wide open with eloquence and wind up their windy harrangues by swearing 'eternal hatred to liquor.and eternal fidelity to the temperance cause. But, let adversities come ; let the cause jof temperance wane, and be come somewhat unpopular, and these gun menibers"-fthese "public blowers" are not to be found. , These .are not the men, brother Correspondent, that do the work. They are not the men; to reform the drink ing usages of society nor to rescue the fallen. They don't care a groat for temDerance. We have, seen scores and hundreds of just? such, during the past ten years ;-have met many o them in the State oounciis as well as in -the subordinate councils have heard them blow and gas, and them sitting in the high eeats alas I they blow no more ! seen -but We want earnest men iu this work, and tlie council that has a few earnest true men, is stronger by far than tha council which is filled to overflowing with big gun members who only blow on public occasions. ' A Sewing Machine Factory is to be erected in Shelby, N. C. Also a new Methodist church. And in addition to these a telegraph line is contempla ted. So says the Aurora. WHAT OUR FRIENDS SAY. Our Editorial brethren have compli mented the new Heading of onr paper, for which we tLank them, Itev. E. W. Thompson of Fayette ville, writes that ho likes it "very much." And Rev . T. P. Ricaud says "it is beautiful." We intend to make other improve ments ere long. We can t do all wish at once ; but, we do intend we to make the Friend not only as pretty as irik, type and good paper can make it ; but as good a family and temperance paper as any other mau in the South can famish for the same money, and we are willing for the public to be the judge. We return thank,, to the Press for fV,flfrrivffmrTinfiAa.. v The Raleigh Feiend of Temperance appears this week with a very hand some new head, Wilmington Jour nal. ', '. - . "', ;' - - The Raleigh Friexd of Tempebaxcb comes to us with a very attractive new heading. Goldsboro Messenger. The Feiexd of TEiiPERAycE, edited by Rev. Mr. and .Mrs. Whitaker, at 3aleigh, N, C, has. a new head, and is otherwise greatly improved in its appearance. Price two dollars a year. Every lover of Temperance ought to have this paper. Christian Sun, The Friend of Tfjipebance, Rev. R. H. Whitaker, Editor and Proprietor, came to us last week with a new and s triking "head" and improved in other respects. Bro. Whitaker has bought a power-press and now does his own press work to advantage. The paper bears marks of prosperity which we wish may be perpetual.- Raleigh Chris tian Advocate. - Journalistic. The Feiend of Tem perance comes to us this week with a bran new head and partially in a new dress. It presents a very neat . ap pearance, being considerably im proved by the change, and is now of the best and most attractive one tem- peranco papers published in the South. We' are pleased to witness this evi dence of prosperity on the part of Bro. Whitaker and extend to him "our best wishes for continued success. Daily I News. The Friend of. Temperance. This excellent paper CDmos to us this week unusually well filled, and much im- proyed by its; new heading. Brothers Whitaker and Hill are warm and able supporters in the great cause of tem perance, and .heir paper should be. taken by every one wtio desires to see that monster of iniquity, rum, rooted but frorh society. May it live a long and prosperous career of usefulness in -m t r our great ana glorious cause. xa Grange Videtle. The Feiend of Temperance, publish ed at Raleigh by our esteemed friend and brother Rev. R. H. Whitaker, cam6 to us last week with a "spanking new" head, which is very pretty and a ereat improvement. Tne Urlefd is o further "brought out" in appearance by doing its own press worn ai nome, . . .. i i i i a power press having been added to the office. iUH.i'juMuw uuD umu ued exchanges, and it affords us a real pleasure to note the various improve- ments at the beginning of the new year. As a champion of a noble cause may ix ever prosper. -uwcut u.. Ye notice with pleasure the spirit -i i irtforrj of enterprise and thrift alive in the printing establishment of the x riend of Temperance! It comes to us this week with s nicelv engraved heading, and bearing qther evidences of thrift and prosperity. The only editress in the State fa connected with the l airan, d- 1 and theu,uhgallant tars" of the State! press seem to nave . overiouneu imo 1 1 X At,: pL The 1 riend always sooers us up. It is pleasant and sociable ana never deals out "fiery thunderbolts oi aamna- tion" against "moderate .drinners. May the Friend continue to prosper, and its excellent and clever managers realize a full reward for their noble exertions in a good cause. Statesviile Landmark. Beecher Tilton Trial. We sup pose, the public know that the Beecher Tilton scandal is undergoing judicial investigation in the courts. This trial i l -.vr-,. ataV f zin lava nas oeen mprug Z rZv cessfully evaded, that they are abso rlnrincy most of which time Mr. Moul-1 . J o ton has been upon the witness stand. tuu , . , remaps no mau eve uu a trying examination as he has been made to pas through .; .ana we musi say, nenasDenaveanimaenweu, uux the circumstances. It is thought that the trial will last until March. Hookerton. To show that the peo ple of Hookerton and Carolina coun cils, in Greene county, are alive to their interests, we have only ,. to say that we send 27 papers to Hookerton I . , . T7 , P. O.. alone . Waynesboro, Ya. , ha"s heretofore been the banner town but Hookerton is about to get ahead of her. he Social ircle. WHITAEES, Editress, Regalia for District Vic Pres ident's and Iodge Deputies can be had at this Office at from $5 to $8 each. ' i.si- MMnVliitt amiA ?trftil14 rft wellt. Wv to this Office. We will fill or- I -cc-- . . ders fur a7 tumosr ana n reasraaoie rates. We can famish, setts in velvet cr deiaiae. Floweb Bbackets. One of the neat est, handiest articles we have seen is Vick's flower brackets to hold flower pots.' They can be had at fiom -80 els. to $2 50, acccrdicg to number of pots, sending to James Vick, Rochester, New York. CAPT. W. T. R. BELIi. I The Editress takes great pleasure announcing the tact that the,gentle man whose name heads this article, will become a regular contributor to the columns of her department. Capt. Bell is a thorough temperance man, a polished gentleman and a graceful, fluent and pungent writer. His gentlemanly deportment, his learning and eloquence have not only placed him in the foremost rank of Senators, but attracted the favorable attention of the whole State. Capt, Bell is a Virginian by birtb, but a North Carolinian by adoption, and i3 now the Honorable Senator from Carteret a,nd Jones counties in the General Assembly. The Landmark. The Editress makes her lowest bow to the gallant editor of the Statesviile Landmark, for his kind iallusion to her editorial life. It is true that the only editress in the State; is connected with the Friend, and it must be true also, as you say, that the " ungallant tars" had forgot ten ii ; for, one of them, not long ago, clipped an article from these colums, written by us, about his own city, and credited it to another paper. We did not complain of the unsrallant jact, for j a the reason that we were raised m that city,: and disliked to own that there ; were any ungallant people there THRILLING APPEAL TO THE WOMEN. , Wp present below a most capital address which Sister B. W. Berry of Wilmington, read before Mt. Olivet Council, on the evening of tho 8fch insij iUbeing the occasion of the in stallation of officers. J . It is hot only a capital essay upon the subject of temperance, but, it is an earnest and touching appeal to the wives, mothers and daughters of i the land, to aid in' the great , temperance work ; and, if they would only heed it and follow the advice so well given, what a world of sin and sorrow might be avoided. 4 I We sincerely hope that we shall have many similar articles from Sister Berry's pen : that she will consent to beCAme a re2ular contributor to the columns of tue Social Circle," where in she will find many congenial' 8pir" its. who, like her, are more than as- toni!8hed at the indifference manifest e so manv of their gex witb re lis, wno, uwiiw, uxe uiuie uiuu us- A to matter that so vitallv affects tbei happiness. " i i. i - But, we will not longer teep our readers from a perusal of the address which they will hnd below. Editress. INTEMPERANCE. BY MBS. B. Vi. BEREV. Why so many persons will drink to I ! .1 1 1 L - excess tu ere Dy maKiog. Drutes oi themselves is one of tne great, my s- tenous problems of Mature, wnich, perhaps, can not be explained never fully solved. But there are many, oi the large class of inebriates, whom - I believo could be entirely broken of the naoit, or aisease, u. lueru - wer uui u many among all classes of society who encourage rather than res train the use of liquor, a irst the taw cas no prohibitary measures which can be maae eneciuai. .icii mo iw nmu apphes to minors, and the Sunday prohibition can be so easily and sue utely toorlhiess. -f , . , Merchants treat their customeis . -z.- that thev can . . , , n encQ q j. gpend all tbe m inance men vuv mo uuuci wa iujjlu , . - ftbout them foften for things they neither need.nor wish) whlA flipir famines at home suffer for the commonest necessities of life- indeed there seems to be a liquor frdud in almost all kinds of pusiness. Grocery stores with but few excep tions are Bar Rooms. Tempting fniita and housekeeping wares are placed conspicuously at the door, and the first ladies of the landthose who would be horrified were it said of them that they had been into a Bar will not hesitate to go in and encourage the proprietors of these establisb- them their they would family snppHfs. Ah ! if just step back to the rear of this "Family Grocery" they would see where their husbands and sons learn to be drunkards. Many men will drink in a "Grocery" who at first would not go to a Bar to drink--but after the habifof drinkiirg i3 acquired they be come hardened and indifferent, and Wlil u' tt"v-' "n- "" Men who drink 2 themselves are not satisfied with the sorrow and suffering, they cause their own families but will exert their in fluence to induce men who are in clined to be sober to drink with them until they loo, learn ths evil and their families know all the trials and horrors it entails. Men who call themselves honorable, respectable go into the liquor trafic to get rich and they succeed yes, riches they gain by bringing other men to untimely graves, and reducing tbeir families to penury and want I What can such men promise themselves when they, have to fae God and be judged? Many men who preach God's holy word of all denominations sanc tion the use of spirituous liquors for, (to their shame be it said) even they, too, like their toddy in the morning or a little strengthening wine at din ner! ' '. ' - The, Doctors too, see how caselessly they prescrsbe brandy, gin or wine to their patients many of whom from that time date their Jove of spirits. With such a rich and varied Materia Medica as they have at their command at this period thero can be no plea lot their, wholesale presciiption of liquor. I belke that their vast Materia Medi ca will richly supply strengthening stimulants sufficient wrhich would not intoxicate and; yet prove equally efficacious astheir favorite. T pause must I sy it? yes, I must even-the fair women encourage drinking and it has been loudly whis pered that some of them actually drink loo much themselves. Oh, women! noble, beautiful women ! How can you be so careless of what should be near est and dearest to you? Can there be woman in this land who' has not 1 seen some poor mother who has sor rowfttlly carried t0 a drunkard's grave the son who was so precious to her heart and for whom she cherished so many bright hopes during his boy hood? C an there be one who has not known some pooV heart-broken wife tolling, sorrowing, striving to bear up under the thousand and one trials which mate up the daily life of the drunkard's wife f Oh, woman ! woman 1 it is you, and you alone who can save if you will it is you who can frown down liquor and its use. Tho lady who hospitably entertains her friends and offers them brandy and wine because it is done by others can she feel that she has not aided in making a sot of some one among the number? Mothers ! toives ! you who ;haye wine served at dinner, or pass around bran- died fruit egg-nog, &c, after tea 'or at lunch dot you ever think that perhaps your husbands, and (too fast) your dear Uttla sons are learning to love the drink vou first put to their Hps? Young girls fresh and bloom- :nf,ailv Tnn sin afc hftlls or imrf;fiS. b O . J lr ' I. the sparkling wine offered by the lover who perhaps will soma day be hus- . -, uauu stop pause think are you not sowing tnat which you may ex pect to reap ? If vou sanction drink- ing now iu the lover can you hope to prevent it hereafter in the husband? Ah ! it is women who suffer most from intemperance and to women I appeal now to frown it dawn. One woman can not do it but let all wo men join in one vast sisterhood and they can, and will be conquerers. Let nothing daunt you persevere be brave be firm, discountenance liquor in all possible ways -rout it from the hand let it Hide itself in shame per- jt no longer to reign as respecta Die -Womenl women I let your frown 0f displeasure rest upon all who use or deal jn epiritnous liquors. Cast from TOur society all who dnat it or handle it let men know that women w:n nnt rfiCOrTniza inebriates as wor y 0 tneir reSpct-T-or notice (love impossible ) persist and you will be vifitorions. incouraire no mau m. a business way who is in any form a liquor seller let neither your influ ence nor your patronage piomote the person who is helping to swell the vast list of "poor weak drinking men. Women 1 1 appeal to vou knowing nr Rt.renfrth do vou not owe it to " 1 " a ar J,UUi00i' w . . ;ut,. that which can be done by no means ? Women 1 youc mission xs great one wiU you enter upon it once and will you perform it faith fully? WrLMTNGTON, N. C; Jan. 6th, 1875. Henry Sheilds died in New York last March having a wile and rune children and a large estate. And now lvn. who has five children has sued for for the social circle. J LATE ACTION OF THE METHO DIST CONFERENCES ON THE LIQUOR QUES- TION. ! Mrs. Editress An article on the above, by Rev. R. L. Abernethy in the Social Circle of January 13th, is, I think, liable to do injustice and injury to one of the largest churches in this country one that has wielded the strongest influence in favor of the Temperance Reform one whoso min isters present, almost, an unbroken phalanx in the temperance army. Please allow me space to present to your read trs another view of this sub ject: I wish I could relieve the gloo my fears of your correspondent, f;r I certainly do ret think thoy are well founded. . " I will state that the Methodist Epis copal Church, South, has the follow intr amonsr its " General Rules," as a prohibitory Rule : ' Drunkenness, or drinking spirituous liquors unless -in cases of necessity.'' This Rule can only be changed by the concurrence of two thirds of the members of the Gen eral Conference, present and voting, and three fourths of all the members of the several Annual Conferences, present and voting. ' The last General Conference recom mended the change of this Rule'as fol lows : f Strike out the entire Rule, and substitute the following : " Making, buying, selling, or using as a bever age, intoxicating liquors." The subject was fully discussed in the. Church papers, and the several Annual Conferences tailed to give the three fourths; necessary to make the change. Many learned and pious men believed the change would be for the interest of the Church, while many, quite as learned and pious, and quite as earnest temperance men, believed the old Rule sufficient. Upon a careful comparison of the two Rules it will appear that the pro posed Rule has no prohibition against drinking even to drunkenness, if it is not used as a beverage. The old Rule stands against drunk enness, although it may be on liquors used bv medical prescription. Also that the old Rule is quite as strong as an abstinence pledge. " Drinking spirituous liquors unless in cases of necessity.' ' Th6 use of ii as a beverage is certainly prohibited. The proposed Rule prohibits " making, buying; selling as a beverage.' But does it not carry the implication that one may for other purposes " make, buy or sell it?" Suppose the Rule had been adopted, and some brother had procured a whiskey still, and declared to his brethren an intention to make whis key for medical and mechanical pur poses had labelled every barrel ac cordingly. And suppose another brother had declared hi3 intention to buy and sell whiskey only for medical and mechanical purposes, and had bnue-ht all that was made bv the dis- tiller, and shipped it, and sold it ac o " cordingly,' could not both these have shown a license of the Church to do so? And further, suppose some one of his invalid brethren had obtained a certificate from a doctor that whiskey was necessary for his health, and had visited the still often and bought and used his liquor until drunkenness was the result, would there have been any Rule against it? I think there would have been none, as the proposed Rule is only against its use as a beverage. Our Bishops hold that the present Rule is sufficient for the arraignment and expulsion of offenders. The Church has found but little trouble in unchurching liauor dealers, and dis tillers wherever a new Rule could be administered. How is it then, that this action has created such mischief as is represent ed in the following ghostly picture : : But resulting as it has, the Meth odist p.eople have been: disappointed t the status of Methodism in the Sonth has been lowered, confidence in the moral purity of the Methodist minis try has suffered, the- great Temper ance Reformation haa been thrown back half a century, and a wide door of ingress has been opened for a host of evils into oar beloved Zion." I cannot understand the foregoing any more than the following : " It is that of a man, by the act of progression becoming more manly in development and intensity of being mi . . 1 i 1-3 J-ne status oi vice ana virtue occupieu by the individuals of the race, keeping ' ;.ni Mt pace with the intellectual and moral advancements of the day, rise higher at iU V1 - mouuBWW:iuS' i xapiu improvement tuau jj. xxai- win s theory only was correct,, l tninir, according to this development that " yearling,' would soon be as nearly onmiacient as our esteemed friend Ab ernethy, who asserts that, " Had the question for ratificaUon or rejection of the "New Rule been submitted to the .eutiro merubersffip of the Church South, j:n overwhelming majority would havu been given for it." And who affirms in the face of the Bishops' decision flint the " Old 'Rule can Church uo man for distilling, if he sells h is I iq uors to a sober man." Those ;new distillers about Happy Home (il they are there) will - please consult other authorities, on the sub ject, and not be governed by Rev. R. L. Abernethy's article. Oar esteemed brethren of other Churches will please hot take tho gloo my picture given therein, as a reality. P. J. Carraway. Written expressly for the Friend. jemima tfovsion. BY SILVIA. CHAPTER XVII. 'Halloo, Mr. Reb I Where are you riding to, this beautiful morning? Got your sweetheart with you. Had a pleasant ride, haven't ye ? Seen any yaukees whar you come i from, eh ?' Such questions fts these greeted the overpowered troop, who found them selves disarmed and .prisqners. Some of them returned sharp answers, and accepting the situation, began a spor tive display of rude wit, which called forth shouts of merriment, and with the. merriment offers of kindness, while others, crestfallen and mad, bore, with stoical indifference, the jeers of the captors. Jerry kept his place at Jemima's side, and ' Captain Moiley, having given his sword to the officer in command, dismounted and stood at her other side, . This lady,' he said; 'is a .friend of mine, whom I was conducting to her heme and friends.. You are a gentle man, and as sho is a non combatant, I hope you will see that she has prop er escort tb her home.' ; The officer bowed gracefully to Je mima's nod. j 5 ' I assure you, . sir, she shall find safety and protection at my hands. I will speak to my superior officer about the escort.' Richard was about ( to lead her horse to, a fallen tree that she might dismount, when the officer de w terred him. . I 'Stav. I will send her with a cruard '4T- to a farm house just back of us, where are our head quarters. You will find better accommodations thero, lady.' Jemima looked at her friends anx iously, and then to tho gentlemanly officer. . . ! I would prefer to remain with . my . friends. Don t separate me from them . Let me share their fate.' . ' Is the lady your wife ?' 1 She is not. She is Richard t was about to give her name, but con cluded she would be safer unknown, checked himself! time enough to add my friend.' I will have your friends sent with . mi I. 2 t ' . you . mey can- be conuneu in a room in the same house.' 1 4 Thank you, sir.' She ,knew she ? must be content with this, and rodo s away, Jerry and Richard , walking one . on either side -of her.- i. ' Miss Royston, you will have to ; summon all your fortitude, for I am afraid, lest some of your enomies will j recognize you. Don't tell your. name. If you can keep from recognition, I i- think you will be unmolested. r ' And you and Jerry v' j ' Muet languish and pine in a yah' V j: kee prieon until exchanged, that i3, . if V we are recognized as soldiers. i , 'Is there any doubt?' ! I 'We have lately executed some j- murderers and traitors of our own ar- r my, taken in the ranks of the enemy, i and we may be held f oretaliatio'n .' ' You are cool about it. r ' I am a soldier, and a prisoner.' ' And bear your privations and mis fortunes like a philosopher.' ' I try. to boar them as becomes Aa man and a christian.' !. They had, up to this time, . been a little apart from the guard who now came up and enclosed them. Know ing now they must speak nothing dis agreeable to yankee ears, they fell into silence which was not broken till they reached the farm bouse, j Here a room was ordered to be made ready for Jo- t - l: rp1.:. mimas accommoaauou. xA.iug sad leave of Richard and Jerry, she retired to the solitude of that prison room, andthough surrounded by al most an army of yankees, slept soundr 1 until called by the landlady to par take of a supper she had served upon a waiter. , ; She asked af ter her companions in misfortune, and learned they were be ing treated well, and were not neglec ted by the mistr83 of the household, who openly boasted that she had ' three sons among the t rebs; please God.' , ". , Are you a reb ? asked Jemima, smiling. - i; ' It I was not before, I would be
Spirit of the Age [1873-1???] (Raleigh, NC)
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