The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-11-11

nc HighI came. brilralh The beam
stood Capt. Fudge, and he deposited
himself in the baker. High above him
Nas. The door Of hls flushed expectations,
standing half open and partially disclos-
in the figure Ut his cnnguerol and sic.
lim.' lie sasl upwards one Delightful
look, twilehed The rope. ard The basket
nounted. his q. The beam-ihere is but
step 10 The donr--he raises himself 10
iske il. bus The door is closed-she rope
i frml
Pom hnnor. mullered The captain. = il
il we're mol 6ne evening his would
be nDforiunslel | would not waIl-bul
| must, though. Cui it-no. nO--vhst
a iumble-ugh! Stay here all night
pom honori My dearl' he continued.
raising his voice 30 "a 10 Be heard 81 The
DOOR my dear. Just open The dor
you understand me. He stopped in The
basket % res, hImselL casting anxious
looks IN every direction. 70 devise some
escape. bui in vain.
A cloud came over the moon, and
brought oilers in lis trail. A few big
drops oi rain psI.ered On his basket. The
captain would have rescued his plume
from The misfortune Of being wet, but he
could not hide h, and il soon dropped a.
the rain began TO beat upon il aud upon
the unfortunate gallant whose curly head
il adMned
How i, does rsinr muilered the neigh.
bors, To themselves or 10 their spouses. as
! they lay on their beds and heard The reri-
wing sound. How i, does rain! thought
the unfortunate captain Well was il
fur hin that The basket had that excellent
qualify which The Irlshman in the canal
ascrihed tohis bools--that OF letting the
water out as fast as they let il in.'
II IL jusl morning and the topers are
| abroad, and they who rise earIs for BET.
ter reasons. 'l.oak therer cried one.
whats tial basket there for with fea
Their ~ iI!' The poor captain heard a
squad aud lifted up his head. What un-
der heaven SAID another. 10 that fellow
about up ainlt in basket this time dsy!'
A crowd is coilerled aboil him. and a.
length landlord RuggIes appears.
Landlord! YOU raseal!-whal did you
leave me here for! Butjusl get me down
again. and III nut har, y'u for it,. Hurt
| me- cried the landlord. onls think now
failing me a rascsl--a man strung up
IN basket alongside al house. black.
guarding! Forward. march. men!'
Upon this file uf soldiers belonging
/" the American detachment. wheeled
round the corner and surrounded The spo.
Capt. Fudge tremhled from head TO
loot. aud begged the landlord To get him
down. So h0!' said the landlord
Captain Fudge. who has shot twenty
one men, aud stabbed eleven, leaped four
six har':ences juss ahead OF bullet-run
a gauntlet along sharp FIRE of muskery
aud mounted Bucephalus al the head of
his gallant rompany--really afraid 10
jump down fifteen feel! But stand up on
YOUR feet, for you may as well come down
at once. had good hand al trigger
in The old Frrnch war; So saying. he
took gun from soldier. and the Tory
captain. as he was about 10 protest. was
cut short ny the crack of the musket: The
rope parted, and the basket and captain
bounced on the ground. 'Forwa Yard
march, cried the corporal as his men
formed around the gallant but crest fal
len captain, and he, our interesting hero.
was safely lodged prisoner in the Anne
rican camp.
a Dangerous P,incipls.--I, appears
TO US thai a principle, fearlully dangerous
to the legal institutions and more espe.
ciaily to those of Republic, has lately
been advoca. ed by portion Of our pub
lie press. with an unexampled perversion
of Judgment and srecklessness of feeling.
II is. that a real or pretended opinion Of
| The majority Of tbs People ssould be the
governing principle. EVEN THOUGH 1T BE
IN OPPOSITION TO THEIR own LAWS
This principle strikes at the roo. Of the
constitutional sovereignty of The people
themselves, as vested in their delegated
authorities. and is frighllul source oi
outrage, injustice, aud anarchy. We
cordially subscribe 10 The principle that
the opinion OF the numerical majority Of
the people ough. to govern. and with
our hearts blood would we defend il;
but only when this opinion IS collected
through the elective franchise, and ex-
pressed by the votes of constitutional as
semblies. Every other mode OF collect-
ing that opinion must be partial and un'
certain; andsno other mode of expressing
il is en,i.leds,o the respect OF a legal au'
thor,ty. TO contend for the reverse is II
advocate the reduction Of our beautifully
organized and orderly system OF demo
cracy down to the chaos Of formles'
and tlucmallng mobocracy. Destroy tn
obligations of government of laws, ant
the elements Of civilized society are ex
posed to far more dangerous liability q
| destructive couyulsion thag those of "a