Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-07-02

PROCEEDINGS OF Yesterdays MEETING -ADJoUR
MENr UNTIL SEPTEMBER.

PROCEEDINGS OF YESTERDAYS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
NTENT UNTIL sEPTEMBER.
[Report furnished for the Commerclal
The active temperance work of the Whining
ton Womens Union will cease for awhile, the
last meeting for this season being held yester-
day, when many of the members said goodbye
to each other before scattering to the summer
resorts.
A sufficient number, however. will be left at
home to look after the interests of the cause and
in the fall they expect to reorganize with greater
spirit than before, ready, with renewed strength,
to prosecute their work with more vgor. IL the
meantime, also it was hoped that public feeling
ON this subject would not be allowed to decline,
but that the matter should be kept before the
people, and. though tile meetings are given VI
for few weeks, yet that the opposition to in-
temperance and it's causes remain as strong as
ever.
The usual preliminary exercis ls were gone
through with, and the reports OF the committees
still at work were received.
The case of supposed Illegal selling which was
mentioned atslast meeting had been attended tt
when it was found by those visiting the place
| that the man had o license which did not expire
till the 29th ult., that, therefore, he had Tigh
under the law, to exercise his privilege. and he
seemed entirely disposed to do so, but that afte
nsS s%s Sacy faRqEs ssVs a
of work done by members of the Vigilance Com
nittee Some additional visits to saloons have
| been made with, it is hoped, some ground of ELI
| couragement, though in .one place, visited be
| fore, the ladies' met with resentful opposition
and determination to pursue the same evi
course.
| The Holly Treo Inn Company report ten adj
ditiona shares subscribed to the stock from
the First and Eighth Wards. Mrs Stevens, in
| accordance with an appointment TO prepare an
article for general distribution which should
| inform and interest the minds of people oil the
subject, read fitting and beautiful production
which was highly satisfactory to the meeting
This article setting forth the origin and user
| of Holly Tree Inns was ordered to be printed il
considerable numbers and with the statistical
circular already issued. be the company to be
freely distributed.
1t was also thought well to have it published
in the newspapers of the State, particularly tenn
perance papers.
Money was subscribed to defray the expense
| of the circulars, though their general circula-
ton, except through the newspapers, was to be
deferred till the meeting of the society in the
fall, when the work OF taking subscriptions will
be again actively prosecuted. Those who desire
TO take stock will, however, have their namei
aud subscriptions thankfully received at any
time by any of the officers of the association
and all persons are hereby invited to subscribe
without being called upon.
| Miss Anna S. Dudley, the missionary and
teacher among the freedmen of Virginia being
| present at the meeting, she was sinvited to speal
and did so very acceplably and interestingly tt
| the audience.
She had Just come from among temperance
work similar to this in New York and Brooklyn
where she had been greatly interested. The
work there is carried on in quiet way, but il
very effective.
Several touching incidents were related of the
rousing of temperance feeling in the minds O
women and children, heretofore unaccustomet
| to that mode of thought.
In Brooklyn, the ladies hold meeting from
three to four o'clock, then the gentlemen come
in and conduct the exercises for an hour, afte
| which numbers of those from the saloons come
in and speak and pray, and some most intere st
ing conversions have taken place, and importan
changes i'll life and feeling.
She also referred to the temperance worl
among the freedmen and of the great need there
was of the spread of such principles among botl
| white and black at the South.
The president thanked Miss Dudley for he
words of good cheer and wished her SUCCESS il
| her labors.
After some discussion it was agreed to adj jourl
the meetings till the first Wednesday in Septem
| ber the hour of prayer on every Thursday, n
8 o'clock to be observed still, and as way OPEN
| the cause of temperance to be advanced in al
suitable ways in the interim.
After singing GO Best be the tie that binds,
and solemn vocal and silent prayer, the meet
ing closed with singing the doxoogy.