OUR CHURCHES.
Clinton Chapel, (ZionJ services at II
p. ni.,3 p. in. and tt p. m. Sunday School
at I. p. nt. Rbv. J. A. Tyler,
Pastor.
I’r. sbyterian Church. corner 7th aud
Tulleue stieetsj services at 3 p. in. and
8 p in. Sunday School at 10a. m.
|{kv. K P. Wthir, Pastor.
•St. Michael (I*. JE) Church, Mint St.,
services aidp. in. Sunday rcluml at 4
p. in. Hkv. Quixx, Pastor.
M. K. Church, soulli Graliaru street,
services at 11 a. in., 3 p. in. and 8 p. ui.
Sunday Sclnail at Siam.
Rev. G. W. Price, Pastor.
First Baptist Church, south Church
street, services at II a. m, 3 p. m. and
8 p. m. Rev. E. Eagles, Pastor.
Second Baptist Church, east 4th St,
services at 11 a. m, 3p. m. and Bp. m.
Sunday School at 1 p. m.
Rev. Z. Hauohtox, Pastor.
SOCIETIES.
Masonic —Paul Drayton Lodge, Xo.
7, meets lirst and third Monday nights
in each month. G. T. Toole,
W m. Smith, Secretary. W. 1 L
O. N, O. of O. F.-Rising Star, No.
1655, meets bi-weekly, Thursday night.
Odd Fellows Hall.
J. W. Hunter, N. G.
J.P. Smith, P.&
Star of Hope, No. 2,923. meets bi
weekly, Tuesday night. Odd Fellows
Hall. G. W. Grier, N. G.
T. X. Davidson, P. S.
Pride of Sharon, Xo. 2.923, meets bi
weekly, Friday night Odd Fellows
Hall. Sandy McKee, N. G.
T. J. Weddington. P. S.
LOCALS.
Wutcr was turned into the stand
pipe last Tuesday.
Our country friends will do well
to bring in their butter and chick
ens, as these articles are very scarce
just now and bring good prices.
The colored firemen are to have
a grand time here on the 4th of
July, and visiting firemen are ex
jrected from all ports of the State,
For ice-cold soda-water, go to A-
W. Calvin’s, and there you will get
the best in the city.
Only fifteen or twenty young
men went over from Charlotte to
the Scotia commencement, but quite
it crowd wfi 8 qt the <tep<4 to see the
girls pass on Thursday afternoon.
The Good Samaritans meet in
Grand Lodge session in this city on
Tuesday next. Extensive prepara
tions have been made and a large
number of visitors is expected.
On the evening flf Me dth inst.,
about fifty Hepublicans met in the
3rd Ward and organized a Repub
lican campaign club, with R. T.
Weddington, President, W. M.
Hagler, Secretary.
Big time next week with the Sa
maritans. They claim 196 lodges
in Mp State and wpwt delegates
HSUt each. They will parade the
streets on Thursday and be ad
dressed by Col. George T. Wassom,
of the Goldsboro Star, at Zion
Church.
Judgo R. P. Dick, has been hold
ing Vpiled State ß Ponrt hew this
Week- Attorney Boyd was A'umhu
and Mr. J. X. Staples acted as At
torney for the government.
Clinton Chapel has one of the
largest Sabbath Schools in the State,
among the colored people. Miss
Sarah F. Young, the delegate to the
ftabtartb School Ponventlw in Wil
mington, on the 20th of May, didn’t
get her report in till last Sunday.
She reports a large Lumber of dele
gates present from the East, but
'few from the West, we suppose on
accoqpt of the distance,
- The Industrial Fair is to come
sometime in October. We put
'ourself down as one of its friends,
and will, sometime in future, try to
show the people of this section why
they should patronise it. We hope
to see special trains run from Char-
IpHp pn both the roads to Raleigh
to the Pair in October- Look up,
Johnnie, we mean to coma .
The next issue of the Messenger
will appear Saturday, July Ist, after
which it will be issued every Sat
urday.
The District Grand Lodge of>
North Carolina, Grand United Or
der of Odd Fellows, meets in Char
lotte August the Ist.
Colored men still hanker after
Congressional honors. Besides col
ored aspirants iu Eastern North
Carolina, we hear of them looming
up in Virginia and Kansas.
This issue of the Messenger is
sent to a number of our friends, and
it is hoped that each of them will
subscribe and induce their friends
to do so.
The colored graded schools of the
city closed yesterday. The schools
have proven a success under the
efficient Principal, Mr. J. E. Rattley.
The other teachers were Mr. J. T.
Williams, Misses Mary Lynch, Sal
lie Hall, Sarah Johnson and Mary
Hayes. Os these teachers, the
principal is a graduate from Biddle;
Mr. Williams from the State Nor
mal at Fayetteville; the ladies all
from Scotia. There wore enrolled
350 scholars.
The following is a list of the rep
resentatives to the Grand Lodge
from the Charlotte Lodges. The
Grand Lodge meets here nevt Tues
day.
Excelsior Lodge, No. 26. —Greene
H. Henderson, Rufus T. Wedding
ton, P. C. Hail, Virgil Johnston and
James Smith.
Queen Grandee Lodge, No. 27.
Mary Maho, Hannah Walker, Vio
let Jones, Amanda Mosely, Harriet
Pemberton.
Bell View Lodge, No. 88.—Sarah
Bethel, Julia White, Phcßbe Tor
rente, Lucinda Sparrow, Jcnaie
Sumner.
Prince of Peace Lodge, No. 47.—-
Kelly Low, Jesse Walker, .Caroline
Thompson, Eliza Bland. . •
We suggest to Dr. Mattoou 6 Ini
Sfr. Dorlqnd, the propriety of mak
ing special arrangements with the
railroad company to have the young
ladies baggage checked from Con
cord, and if possible, havo passed
over the roads at reduced rates. It
is very inconvenient for fifty or
more ladies to rush out of the cars
to have their baggage checked aud
transferred from one car to another
with only five or ten minutes to
find, check and transfer it. We
think it would save much worry to
both passenger and company to in
form the agent at Concord with the
number going to each point, and let
him have the checks op hand. We
witnessed the oonftision at the de
pot last Thursday when the train
was about three hours late, hurry
ing to make np time.
Commencement at Scotia.
We were unable to attend the
commencement exeroises at Sootm
last Wednesday, but learn from
friends who were present that there
was a large number of visitors in
attendance, and ail enjoyed the ex
ercises far beyond their anticipa
tions. There were two graduates
from the higher course and seven
teen from the teachers course; nine
teen in all.
The number ftf graduates made
the programme necessarily long,
but the excellency of rendition stole
away all desire for the end of it.
We are glad to know that the in
fluence of this institution is still
growing. The exercises are earlier
this year than usual on account of
the work to be done upon the bnild
ing. Large additions are to be
made, and it ib hoped to complete
them before time for school to take
up in fail.
The recitations were well deliv
ered, the essays well written and
well read, and the music exosllent,
The programme is too W»g for our
little Kwkoii to -deliver this
time. ’ \ »
Personals.
Bishop J. W. Hood, is away up in
Massachusetts holding conference in
his new field.
Bishop T. it. Lomax, has taken
charge of his new field and is now
traveling in South Carolina.
Dr. Mott is again chairman oftho
Republican State Executive Com
mittee.
J udgo Dan. Russell was tempora
ry chairman, and Judge W. A.
Moore permanent chairman of the
late Republican Convention.
Mr. William Hall represented the
colored firemen of this city in the
State Convention of firemen which
met in Raleigh last Wednesday.
Henry McDuffie has 'sold the
Laurinburg Enterprise, to a com
pany that will publish a Liberal
paper, to be edited by J. C. Troy.
Both these young men are from
Fayetteville.
Lisbon P. Berry, Esq., of Fay
etteville, is in our city, the guest of
Mr. J. E. Rattley. Mr. B. is a for
mer student of Biddle, but during
his stay in Fayetteville, has road
law, and at the sitting of the Su
preme Court in January, he was li
censed to practice law. Ho has
been urged upon to “hang out his
shingle” in Charlotte, but has green
er pastures in view. He went to
the commencement at Scotia, of
course. He was a delegate to the
General Assembly in Springfield,
111. Success to him.
Mr. Samuel N. Hill, one of the
quill-drivers of the Wilson News, is
in our city in the interest of his pa
per, also as a delegate to the Good
Samaritan Grand Lodge. He re
ports the News in a flourishing con
dition. We are proud to see the
colored press of the State represent
ed by such able young men. Among
other representatives of the press
expected, is Col. Wassom, of the
Goldsboro Star, G. A. Mebane, of
the Enterprise, and A. S, Richard
son, of Star of Xo*.
Commencement at Biddle University.
Commencement exercises came off
at Biddle Univorsity on Wednes
day tho 7th. A large number of
our citizens were out and all were
well pleased with the exercises of
the day which consisted of speeches
from the graduates of the collegiate
department, and an address from
Rev. Dr. Nelson, of Geneva, N. Y.
There were four graduates from
the college department and two
from the theological department,
but in consequenoe of their absence
from school for a week or so they
were excused from speaking. The
theological .graduates are, D. R.
Stokes, North Carolina, and Adam
Frayer, South Carolina. The col
lege graduates are, David Brown,
Salisbury, N. C., R. Milton Alexan
der, Concord, N, C„ Jno. F. K.
Simpson, County, K. B. Craig,
Piokeos, S. C.
The valedictory washy Mr. Craij,'
All the speakers acquitted them
selves creditably. Mr. David Brown,
a typical African, seems to bo one oil
those born orators, and is calculated
to distinguish himself anywhere.
Dr. Nelson delivered an able ad
dress ot an hour and ten minutes,
which was listened to with marked
interest. Ho dwelt at some length
upon “True eloquence, and how to
obtain it”
The diplomas were then delivered
by Dr. Mattoon, after which, bene
diotion was announced by Dr.
.Woods, of the city.
Upon the platform we noticed
Revs. Woods, Price and Wyeho, of
the city ; Revs. Dorland, Rainey,
Saunders, Superintendent Waller,
Messrs. Wittkowsky, Berwanger
and others. All left well pleased
with the exercises of the day.
By special invitation from onr
young friend, J. 9. Williams, of
Spartanburg, we dined at Mrs. Phi
fer's with him, where we met sever
al young ladies who were out to see
the last of the boys for a season.
It Is a custom with our Presbyte
rian friends to give an entertain
ment on the night aftor commence
ment for the students. Upon this
occasion a dimo reading was given
in the Presbyterian Church and a
fair in tho yard. We arc pleusod to
say this proved to ho much more
interesting und successful than the
ordinary festival. Much is due Mr.
W. H. Coleman for the success of
this entertainmont. Success to Bid
dle.
USEFUL INDUSTRY CONSIDERED AS A
MORAL DUTY.
BY REV. J. W. SMITH.
The fourth commandment in the
sacred decalogue lays upon us two
distinct obligations : it imposes la
bor no less expressly than in enjoins
a holy rest. "Six days shalt thou
labor and do all thy work." Hence,
it is a just and fair inference, that a
life of voluntary idleness is a life of
disobedience to the law and will of
Heaven. If qf your own choice,
you spend the six working days idly
you are as verily a transgressor of
the moral law as you would be in
disregarding the day that is conse
crated. And besides, we are the
better fitted for the duties of the
sabbath by means of our industry
in “providing things honest" during
the rest of tho week ; while on the
other hand, he that idles away the
six days of labor, is very ill pre
pared for the sacred day of rest.
The idle body, who, nevertheless,
appears occasionally devout, sepa
rates what God hath joined together;
for he that said, “Remember the
day to keep it holy,” hath also said,
“Six days shalt thou labor.” Well
directed industry is a moral and
Christian duty, a scriptural duty,
which none that arc capable of it
can dispense with and he guiltless.
Neither wealth, nor rank, nor sex,
can excuse a person in good health,
and of competent faculties, from all
and every kind of useful labor,
either of body or mind, or both.
Mere amusement is for little chil
dren. Employment, useful employ
ment, is for men and women. And,
indeed, as little is there granted us
the liberty of doing no good with
our faculties, as of employing them
in doing evil and mischief. Labor
is either mental, or bodily, or mixed.
There are none whose labor is a
greater “weariness of the flesh,” as
well as of the nobler part of human
ity, than men of close and remittees
study; and there are none whose
industry is more useful to mankind.
The man of talent, who in solitude,
and perhaps in neglocted poverty,
employs discreetly the faeultios of
his mind, to enlighten and instruct
his fellow beings in their immortal,
or even thoir mortal interests, is a
benefactor to a community rath
er than a burden. Nevertheless,
even he errs woefully, if he neg
lects to exercise his body. It is
lamentable to see how many men of
study, how many promising youths
wasty away their strength, impair
constitutions, and bring upon
incurable 'Bseases and
premature death, solely tor 'Want ot
a proper mixture of bodily exercise
with the. strenuous labors of their
minds. In the proud and fastidious
times in whieh we live, manual la
bor of the useful kind is accounted
a thing too vulgar for those of the
better sort. Many a young gentle
man would feel himself dishonored
by doißg anything called work; and
many n young indy would blush to
be found employed in.an occupation
really usefUl; even though in cir
cumstances imperatively demanding
their industry. In this respect, tho
manners of society have suffered n
deplorable change. The time has
been when labor was held in honor
among even the rich and the noble ;
when even ladies oi the highost for*
tune and rank thought it not bo
nenth them to work occasionally
with their hands. Queen Mnry, of
England, “used frequently” as his
tory informs us, “to employ some
part of her time in neodle work.”
The man, who pf all the American
worthies was “first in. war, first in
peace, and first in the hearts 6t his
countrymen,” was no loss retnarka
bio for industry than for his wisdom
and integrity. Happy wore it if
tho youths of America would, in
this respect, copy after the examplo
of one whose memory they so de
light to honor.
Few things are impossible to in
dustry skillfully directed. By it
men of but middling talents rise
sometimes to deserved eminence;
by it the man of “small things” ex
pands himself by little and little,
'till he comes at last to- occupy a
respectable space in society; and by
it the face of the living world is il
lumined and gladdened. What dif
ficulties have been overcome, what
wonders have been wrought, and
what immenso benefits have been
procured by the industrious appli
cation of the mental and corporeal
powers of man I On the other band
no gifts of nature, or of fortune, can
supersede the necessity for industry.
Sloth is a rust, that eats up the fin
est ingredients of genius and mars
and consumes the greatest of for
tunes. He that is slothful of mind,
loseth bis mind ; instead of enlarg
ing, it contracts and diminishes as
he increases in years. He that is
slothful in business, will at last have
neither business to do, nor anything
to sustain his declining age. In
short, a downright slug, whether in
high life or low, vegetates rather than
lives. Habitual indolence is one of
the worst of symptoms in youth ; a
fever is less hopeloss than a leth
argy.
County Line, N. C.
A Story with a Moral.
Sometimes a short story will con
tain more meaning than a long ser
mon. It all depends on what the
story is about. Here, for instance,
is a brief story, but tho moral is
healthy:
A goat, which was noted for ito
eombatatrveness, was walking <m 8
pond last winter in a neighboring
town, when he came to a hole in the
ice made by some fishermen, and
espied his face in the wator,
Thinking that he saw one of bis
fellows, he concluded that this was
an opportunity not to be lost, and
at once prepared for his usual at
tack. Drawing back a few feet, be
lowered his head, shook his caudal
appendage spasmodically, and at a
tremendous pace rushed upon his
shadow. But tho old fellow went
into the hole out of sight under the
ice in a twinkling, nor has he since
been seen.
Moral. —Never rush into anything
without giving the subject due con
sideration.
It is said that the evictions of Irish
tenants average one thousand ner
week.
Ex-Gov, Dennison Dead.
Columbus, Ohio, June 15.— Ex-Gov.
Wm. Dennison, war governor of Ohio,
died this morning. Aged 67 years.
Failure of New Orleans Cottoa Factory.
New York, June 18. —The morning
papen report that Keiffer & Gardner,
ootton factors at New Orleans, have
made an assignment. The liabilities
are reported at 5152300; assets §160,-
975.
The Senate yrsferdiy uoafit ued d'Gi
Burnett postmaster st Henderson, Tor.
and A J Cropeey, postmaster at Terrsll,
Tex.
RepnMtcaa Congressional Nesalnullsus
Marietta, Ohio, June 15,-Gen. U.
R- Dawes wae re-nominated in the fif
teenth district by the Republican con
vention.
Cedar Batsssi lowa, June Mh-The
Republicans of tbs fifth district nomi
nated James Wilson for Gonorew yes
terday.
The Society for the Prevention of
Crueltfty to Children had five miserable,
drunken women, with nineteen starv
ing, half-dad children before n justice's
oourt In Brooklyn,N. Y., on Wednesday.
The children were sent to different
institutions and the women were sent
to the penitentiary for aix months'
each.
In the Malley-Cramer murder trial as
New Haven. Conn., yesterday, D. Pliny
A. Jewett, for the defence, denied that
Jennie Cramer’s ease presented any
symptoms of ureuical poisoning.
Babon Dickerson, of Danville, N. J.,
who was bitten by a rabid dog about
six weqks ago, died Wednesday of
hydrophobia. The wound hod healed
and it was supposed he was esttirdy
well.