the
garden) and planted corn and rice, which is growing nicely. They have
set out mulberry, peach, and apple trees, which are doing well; in the
middle of the garden, which is enclosed with a fence and ditch, they
have built a corn-house, a cabin in which to live, and a stable."
Another cabin, the first erected in the garden, had been burned in
January, at which time Mrs. Waschke was living in it, though she was
away when it caught fire, and returned too late to give an alarm and
save it. The farm four miles from town was proving unsatisfactory,
requiring much labor and yielding little return, and they had about
decided to stop cultivating it, and give all their effort to the garden,
which was paying well.

From the 14th to the 17th of August, Spangenberg busied himself with the
account between the Moravians and the Trustees. In addition to the bonds
signed by the first and second companies for their passage to Georgia,
and provisions to be delivered on arrival, it had been necessary to get
a great deal at the store on credit. On the other hand the men had done
a considerable amount of carpenter work and hauling for the Trustees and
for others. The account on the books at the Trustees' store was all
in confusion, and as everybody at the store claimed to be too busy to
unravel it, Spangenberg obtained permission to do it himself, and found
that in addition to the bonds, (60 Pounds and 226 Pounds 13 Shillings 9
Pence,) the Moravians had taken supplies to an amount which gave them
a total debt of some 500 Pounds ($2,400.00). Against this they had
a credit which entirely paid their current account at the store, and
reduced their debt to the Trustees to 121 Pounds 2 Shillings 9 Pence,
($580.80).

On the 19th, a Lovefeast was held in honor of Spangenberg and Eckstein,
and on the 21st of August the two visitors sailed for Pennsylvania,
landing there safely in due time.

A Closing Door.

With the month of September letters began to come from England and
Germany in response to Dober's report, and the communications sent by
Ingham, who presented the Moravian request to the Trustees, (receiving
"a sour answer",) and also sent a full account of their circumstances
to Count Zinzendorf. The Count had already written to his distressed
brethren, giving his advice on various points, and this letter, which
was the first to arrive, gave them little comfort. They had once hoped
for reinforcements, earnest men and women who would s