The enquirer southerner., 1874-05-22

pal Of the school, in an eloquent and wei
conceived speech, to which Maj. Englehar'
responded on the part Of the Press, afte
which Judge Gaston's patriotic poem
''The Old North State, was sung by Ms
Bryce, Of Charlotte, accompanied by {
full chorus, which awakened the warmes
enthusiasm After listening TO .other mu
sic, which did credit to the accomplished
instructor as swell as the young ladies, and
viewing the buildings and grounds, one Of
the loveliest spots fora female school in
/ the State, the train of carriages resumed
! its march for visit to the
RALEIGH FEMALE SEMINARY.
Here, as at every other place, the Con
vention was most Hospitality received, Rev.
DR.. Pitchard, Chairman of the Board of
Directors, making the welcome speech.
/ The Editor of this paper responded on the
I5part of the Press. The Raleigh Female
Seminary is a Baptist institution under the
charge of Mr. F. p Hobgood, a gentlemen
apparently fully qualified for the impor-
tant position he holds. 1t is barely two
years old, hut its full corps Of competent
professors and the large patronage ii has
received show that it has already estab-
lished itself as one of the permanent insti-
tutions of our State. A special musical
programme had been prepared for the oc
casion under the direction of Prof. Won My
efhoff, the most attractive and novel piece
being one called "The history Of the
United States, composed by the Professor
himself. When the music arrived to thai
portion of our history representing the ''late
unpleasantness, " in which one half of the
crowd of girls would sing "Dixie " and
the other half Yankee Doodle" the en-
thusi;.sm of the audience bust forth in the
widest applause. From this school the
line of march was directed to
PEACE INSTITUTE,
a Presbyterian school, deriving its name
from an ola citizen of Raleigh who con-
tributed most literally towards the erection
of the building. The location of this
school is excellent, and the building the
largest and best arranged Of ali similar es-
tablishments in North Carolina Its Prin-
cipals, Rev. r. Burwell s. Son, have had
long experience and are we'll known as
first among the educators of our State
Here too the editors were most cordially
received and entertained The music by
the young ladies' was much appreciated, as
was demonstrated by repeated encores
The most pleasing feature at this school,
new and strikingly beautiful, was the sys-
tenn of Calisthenics which the young ladies
audience. Space forbids more than mere
mention of this exercise, suffice it to say,
it was beautiful, graceful and health-giv
ing From Peace Institute the Convention
visited the
COLoRED DEAF AND DUMB AND BLIND GNSFl-
"a TUITION,
which is under the immediate charge Of
Jim. Harris, eolored, but subject to the
sdirection of the Superintendent Of the
white institution. Here everything seemed
web conducted but from the press of time,
it being then nearly 9 o'clock p. NJ, the
stay was short. The songs of the blind
children were splendidly executed. From
here the Editors visited the last point for
the day,
THE WHITE DEAF AND DUNE AND BLIND IN
sTITUToN,
where for half an hour they were enter
tanned by the remarkable advancements in
the acquisition of knowledge made by the
mute and sightless. Mr.. John Nichols is
superintendent of this institution as we'll as
the supervisor Oh the colored school,
About 10 O'Clock the Convention, whose
members had been feasted and stuffed so
frequently throughout the day that it SEEM
ed impossible to stand more, arrived at the
Yarboro House, just in time for
THE GRAND BANQUET
given in its honor by the Raleigh Board of
Trade. We will not attempt full partc-
ulars of this feast. 1t was certainly one
of the most elegant ever spread upon
North Carolina table, and was graced by
gifted sons of our State of nearly all pro-
fessions and callings. Among the COM
pany was North Carolina's historian, Col.
J. H. Wheeler, who is now in Raleigh en-
gagged in the publication of his new work,
North Carolina Hand Book. There is no
man in our State better qualified for this
task and we hope him success.
On Thursday almost the entire Conven-
ton went on an excursion to Haw river,
stopping an hour at the thrifty town of
Durham visiting the extensive mills of
Messsrs. Holt Sc Moore, and dipnlng with
Col T. NJ Holt, President of the \. c. Ag-
ricultural Society. ....
The entire occasion of the Ind annual
utctlHH Oh luE N. -. L IcSS dsSOCLdtlOH W dS
one of pleasure, and its thanks are due to
the hospitality and courtesy of the Raleigh
Press, Board of Trade, DIR. Blacknall, of
the Yarboro, and Col Brown OF the
National Hotels, and citizens generally
We have cause to feel proud of our capi-
tai city. In ten years it has nearly
doubled its population, it strikes travellers
as one of the most enterprising cities in the
South, its public charities are points of
interest and its hospitality, as demonstra-
ted on this occasion, is unboundcd.
Just received a fine assortment of Chill
dren's, Misses, Ladies' and Mems City
made Shoes, at Heilbroner & Bros.
TIE GRAND LODGE OF l. 0. 0. F.-The
following are the officers elected Greens