Show OPENING WORK IN MARY LA upper marlboro md aug 14 isaf prince george county is located the southern part of maryland IN dering on the east of the district columbia and lies between Patu tant and potomac rivers soil is sandy and not of the r quality the farms are mostly large and before the war were under cultivation by slave hol nearly one half the population to la ored and the labor falls mostly this class the principal crops in the BOW so part of the county are tobacco corn but nearer washington t th considerable gardening also th ing of sweet potatoes the roadsides woods and field lined with dewberries dew berries black bla and huckleberries huckle berries which grow gi in abundance and just now aez wez living high on them the catholics have the majori majoria church membership among both ored and whites the episcope Epi the leading protestant church also find a few methodists 1 the population of the county ta was although this Is the ty seat it has only a few hund dundr habitants while laurel the 1 town in the county has nearly nearh thousand there are no other of any size in the county our first work in this county 1 visit the town commissioners commissioner d out their feelings in reg regard tw oc mission they had no 0 objections j I 1 our spreading the gospel and do the good we could but they admi ess approve of our holding meet meetings U the street corners we then commenced a houft house canvas interceding inter ceding for a to preach called on the editor local paper who gave us a f fa introduction to the people W 0 visited the pastor rev sontag sonta had a pleasant conversation wital wit but could not obtain the use ol of church we next asked for the hall but not for less than 18 1 the reply we were also ref refused courthouse not being able to obtain abt a free and not having ten tei cen made a complete house canvass canvas leat them all tracts and our te testimony stimon after obtaining a place to leave valises and tracts started tor for a aa southward in our two weeks i in the southern part of the county held only four public meet meetings n these were not well attended farmers were overcrowded with we returned to marlboro tol new supply of tracts and fo found had a home any time at mr ben 1 who is a fine man we held at halls station where we had crowd and made many fri friend si house will be open for us at the people seem anxious to hear we we spent a few days visiting the 1 and other p places laces of interest in 49 agton and took a trip to mt II 11 where we spent one day visit V f uia mg the home of the father of our country we first visited the tomb met edwin parkers parker a colored laere xe we farm before the war and ave slave of the after the he war living t the only one returned to the farm and was given abarge of the tomb which occupation tie be lias kas held ever since he is very free 1 information to visitors te ia giving inside the double iron door in gran e rests the remains of tyvne caskets 7 george and martha and s vault are placed the of the ta in the rear of forty of their relatives mr bodies the last body parker helped to place the door was locked there in 1856 1855 when the keyhole seale dand the key thrown john river by a into the potomac impton to washington we return on our president H T robertson and met thomas during the evening s bathan listened to W A coddy speak on war at the close of his street corner r ourselves to introduced address we had been all san and found he preaching I 1 had had utah through of hearing him in the abe pleasure leasure tabernacle he depre church and is preaching a no jno doctrine he gave us per peculiar the corner as he had it to use t charge that night he then intro t and stated to le alfted us to the deop people adaa that he be had been among us and that would only people us the how an all denominations to use our not afraid of hes that we were members being led astray and we to turn out to people t here the greatest invited the r meeting me etine he ever met he to us attention crowd to pay aime boke woke first for a short time and addressed robertson tea president KW and 12 found us still an taur questions pertaining to the s faith we supplied them all toon 11 tracts tract s and sold all the books we there ind and went to our room feel r we elm had done some good in the way abing ading the gospel as tracts went nn fitt there bere to all parts of the city abort rt time ago we visited the of mr who was hanged implicated in the assassins or being goa af president lincoln this chis is the where booth stopped for his ishisa while trying to make his escape we have met several men who have bee to attah and also some who are kaam with the leaders of the r church we took supper with E T obenton 2 n jr who was private secretary iaL rolia scaine TC aine al also so acquainted with niters from utah had a pleasant talk yifan uhn he spoke in highest terms etab as all should do we are trying in our weak way to the gospel seed in this field and we there are some that will re 3 it in time we are meeting some on also which helps to renew e and strengthen our fsr in the gospel y miss so the news as we ed either the herald or news ce 0 o our changed they 3 and us now at upper marlboro i and we will vill P patiently look for W hereafter they are surely the ersi friend G W PARRISH H D HOGAN |