Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-06-17
FDEPARIMENT.
.57n.y MORNING. JUNE II. 1853. {


=-Io,1u1xisan authorized Agent to pro
u5'Mr. .Gli aG.% to the Wheeling lnteIngeneer
70 MouxDsvlLLE-P oil
EHcuHs pr,,ows.-Y Yesterday morning at
THE oD about two hundred PERSONS Odd Fellows
Oco. .Ssrs left this city in an excursion train o.
and QUE IN the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, fol
four ca, .;Yrs About thirty min tes' very smooth
NouHu, Mousht us to that pleasant and now thirty
running along with its sister Elizabethtown,
ing low" o.ne of gene al animation was presented
~hete ss oh.rs OF the order and many others OF
BY inc H's ,,ho had assembled 10 witness the GER
bO'h ssA' ALout three hundred Old Fellows were
en'n'ss' .nI a, half past 10 o'clock the procession
PF'sfn ansI and after marching through the princ=
Tss O'., eulivenel by the music of Filters
pal s| e,n5 repaired TO the Methodist Church,
Bf'SS -. ceremonies were opened with an appro-
vice. "n1 impressive prayer by the Rev. W. L.
HIL'ND' .,,,,,,sv;IIe and Er;zaba,,to, NUN
~. rss,lyed to present ''Mound City Lodge" n
Na''1e +pei1 regard, had selected an elegant and
f0,s e.. nible, and chosen Miss ELIZA WOLFE to
cOS"' H.. nresentation, who per ormed her duty
,a;r,bly in the following address:
rvrs OF MOUND Cry LoDGE-
GENT 'LtL.;C of number of ladies OF Moundsville
IN ITSs:I"bs,tiown who have viewed with lively
and , The establishment Of Your Lodge i'll this
iaEsiI' have the honor to present you ti.is token
oiinsIn duty, may be permitted to say that
tas concentrate gift could not have been Selec-
amoET Sp laws gone by, the ladies have not been
led - in admiration of the deeds of the Steiner
Wan''Tr .;- hands have StTewn with flowers the
seA, ,-av of the victorious warrior, gentle voices
him ii his praises, and corSelet, and plume,
have ...ner have grown doubly bright beneath the
and osn"I sazr of Woman. A herolsm less tlaz-
aalh'ISS hi mo.e worthy, is that to which We
zhE,, ,soder homage. We rejoice that great
%o!,,,ked BY carnage and obstruction is fast Civ
mes oI.cs to Moral HerOism developed in the
Tug Ir,,csI duties OF life, aud i'll deeds OF gentle
sfection and charity. 1t is TO these refin-
;ny influences that our sex owes Whatever IS SUI
Ins in her condition now 10 that which she
Psa;sd when man was the exclusive '.lord of
",ronn and woman the AFFECT slave. 1t is
80 nrincipleS in your Order which command
~, attention and deserve our sympathy. Though
,srnitt.d to participate III your proceedings only
- a limited extent, we cannot believe that an in
s:;.n,,n whose motto is .'FTiendship, Lone aud
Tr,tb +" and whose deeds of charity and fraternal
5.r,t;5n are daily seen by the sentencing world,
csn he actuated by any but good motives. Be
I;srpy therefore, that your principles are designed
.. nr,mote the welfare 0i our race, to cultivate
mace and good will, to develope the gentle and
n6bIeSt affections of our misunderstanding that
yop DO relieve the distressed, minister 10 the
srE urotect tie orphan and the willow, and
S,ntbe with kindest offices the last moments
NJ a departing Brother as he "walkS through
,ba valley of the shadow of death,'' and embalm
his virtues in your memories when the green SpIig
xs softly on his breast, you hove enlisted our
syGplthieS in your Behalf. And believing that it
i The duty of our sex 10 encourage Virtue, Fidcl-
ty and Beneyolence, by an exhibition of their
lind regards, we present you this-The Book of
looks-the Oracle OF Truth, and tile fountain of
Ill good principles. May you study its sacred les
sons may you practice IFS matchlesS precepts, and
nlyy1u exhibit i'll your lives that the confidence
ofthe donors in your integrity and gratitude have
r9. been forgotten. May your Order do much
eood in our community, may all within the circle
d your influence have cause to bless you, and
uay your worthy deeds in the practice of Friend
ship, Love and Truth be in our midst as
"The gentle rain which falls from Heaven
Blessing him that gives and him thai taxes I'D
To which the Rev. HYLAND, Chaplain of the
Lodge, responded as follows:
IIeceiye. respected lady, on behalf oethe indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows composing Mound
City Lodge, this precious volume, as the highest
Evidence ofyour attachment TO the pure and holy
pHlcIeS Oh our o[ueT. luis, as you nave oeautl
fully said, the best Of gifls-the Book of books
From its pages draw the sacred lessons of our or
Ter, which incuIcate Friendship, Love and Truth.
Your sex have ever teen foremost in good works,
specially those OF kindness and charity, and we
hetefore esteem your sympathies in our benalf as
high tribute to our order. We shall cherish this
'recious gilt with pride and gratitude. We shall
ay Ii on the altar of our devotionS, and with its
'nnciplss engraven upon our hearts we shall en-
eavor 10 illustrate its "matchleSs precents'' n
ur lives.
lnthe name otthe Mound City Lodge, tender
you personally, and those whom you represent,
ur sincere thanss, and the assurance of our dis
lngushed regard.
The proceedings were closed with an Grafton by
be Rev. J. D. NrCABE, occupying about half an
'OuF. and marked by that condensed and forcible
lyle, chaste and elegant d;ction, and mastery ell
quence which has made this gentleman so deser.
elly popular as an orator among the order.
The proceedings throughout were highly favora-
Ne to the advancement Ct this young Lodge, and
;nsidering the extreme heat of the weather, ex-
IOed zeal which must ensure its continued
uccess.