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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-04-13

JHJa, the slave Of Isaac Griffilhs. con-
Sieicd at our last Superior Court Tor a
rape committed on young white woman,
was hung in This place on Friday The I3sh
instant, pursuant 10 sentence.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-04-13

a Athens. Tennessee. or whsseEes else
lhey may Be established.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-04-13

Democratic Reaction. The Van
Buren, party in Connecticut have met a
Waterloo defeat. The Wing candidate
for Governor tEllswor.h) has been elect.
cd by a majority Of 45l7 votes over both
the Van Buren, candidates. Ia the Sc
nate 90 Wings, and only ! Van Buren,;
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-04-13

STATE on NORTH.CARnLINA.


Orange County. d
court Of Pleas and Quarter Sessions,
February Term, 1888.
Durhsm & Clsuraoatl
y aliaias, AtsehmeRt.
Thomas a. Wsii
ST appearing 10 the satisfaction the Cont,
that the defendant in this case is nnl an
inhabiiant Of this Stale: II - then FIRE ard,red
that publication be made il tie Iiillrboroagh
Recorder. TOR six weeks suocessiseiy, HAT
uniess The said defendant appear ~ the next
Court &c Pleas and Qaariei Sessions, 4. be
held for the county Of Orange. al tie court
house in Hillsborauph on the fourih Monday
n May next, and plead. answer or demur,
judgment by default sIli be entered AGAINST
aim.
JOHN TAYLOR. Geek.
Price adv. 50 so. Is sw
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24
mis- G e l. L A NJ Y.
From the New-Yorker.
NIGHTS ON THE HUDSON.

Away away we are bound DER tho deep"
Twenty minutes to five O'Clock of
Saturday afternoon is pleasant epoch
in the midsummer life Of many New
Yorker. The capitalist has made his
last investment and realized his last
profit or met his last loss for the week
the merchant has paid his notes falling
due on Sunday, or given up the hope
less undertaking the banks are closed
and the shops OF the money-changers
deserted even dinner has been dis
cussed and the tho'ts of some hun
dreds if not thousands are now turned
10 families or friends in the country
The riverside re-echoes the clang oil
bells and the sharp Kissing OF steam !;
coaches, carts, and pedestrians are
hurrying thitherward in trepldation at
the thought Of being "too late for the
boat" and all is hustle /; eagerness and
anxiety. Ten minutes past the settled
hour of five, the clangor and the bis
sing have ceased, and a row of goodly
steamers are ploughing their way up
the channel of the majestic Hudson.
Anxiety and sadness have been shaken
from many a manly brow; business,
stock, markets, and discounts, have
vanished from the common mind, and
politics, social ties, the Springs, the
country, and the weather, are medlta-
ted and discussed by hundreds who
three hours since had no thought but
for merchandise, securities, losses, prof
its. and accommodations. A cluster
ofindiyiduals from dozen States ofthe
Union have accidentally forgather-
ed" on the deck of gallant steamer,
and they are now engaged in animated
discussion of things in general with the
same familiarity as If they were the
denzens of one common village, though
fully aware that they have so gathered
for the first and the last time, and that
the morning will see them scattered
over an area of two hundred miles,
But with the first motion of the potent
engine load has been lifted from ma
nv a heart, and hilarity is the spirit OF
the hour. Troubles are forgotten;
care cast to the winds, and the parent,
husband or brother looks forward with
rapture to welcoming smiles among
the Highlands, the Catskills, or the
thousand secluded hamlets and Gotta
ges which open the hospltable doors to
the wearied citizen if he can but find
time for an excursion to the "river
counties"
New York is said to be unlucky in
the character of the country surround
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24
Kten,s of Ar,Ds.

ATrgMrr TO MURDER GrN. ATKIN.
soN.--The Louisville Journal Of the
iih inst, says -" We are informed,
that, us Gen. Atkinson and his family
were returning to Jefferson Barracks,
from ST. Louis, where they had been
on visit, the carriage in which they
were riding was attacked by two ruff
fans, one ofwhom seized the reins of
the horses whilst The other placed him
self immediately in front to stop the
carriage until the arrival Of several ac-
completes who wete close at hand
The driver, who fortunately had pis.
toll, shot the person who held the reins.
and. putting whip TO his horses, sue
ceeded in extrcating the party from
further peril.
II will be rccollected, that, a few
weeks ago, Judge Dougheriy, one OF
ihe'mos, respectablacitiznns ofSt. Lou.
is, was murdered upon the same road,
and no doubt the General and his FAM.
ly were preserved from similar faie
by the presence Of mind Of his carriage
driver. A number ofthe citizens Of
ST. Louis visited the place Of attack
the next morning. but we've unnhle to
trace the ASSISTANTS. Considerable blood
was discovered upon the spot, but tho
accomplices, 10 avoid detection, had
carried away the boGy."
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24

lshrubbery for summer garniture. Amid
and still above them the fas-off stars
look down on our lonely course, and
are mirrored in the almost untathoma-
BILE waters. The last CLEANS ofdaylight
are fading in the West, whenever a
breach in the looming barrier permits
glance to approach the horizon ; a
few rent and Struggling clouds just tin
ged by the lingering twilight form the
drapery OF the heavens; and earth and
sky have blended in forming prospect
of wild. solemn, and impressive gran.
deur.
The Highlands are left behind !;
we emerge into moonlight the river
broadens TO lis ample measure, and
again we resume our arrowy course
to the north. Soon the thickly clus-
tering lights of Newburg are visible
ON the left. Again we call halt
while the work of debarkation and
embarkation is renewed, and greetings
are exchanged with the little crowd
collected on the wharf. A voyager
just escaped from the turmoil and dust
of the city espies special friend who
has already been rustica:ing for some
days, and whose lighter step and laugh
give token OF the benefit thence derived.
Where away?" is the eager challenge
from shore.
"To Saratoga-direct,"
81, too, as luck will have it. A week
of bread-and-millz and trout-fshIng is
an abundance. Here goes for society
and life again"
slump aboard, then, in a twinkling
the Rochester, Capt. st. John-as
fine a boat and Captain as ever fioa.
ted"
every like; but by appointment there
are ladies to my charge in the Swal-
low which skins the water just behind
you. We meet to breakfast at the
Eagle, and them" Good night"
And we are off again. After the
, Highlands, the open country appears
tame and unnvitng the night-nir
grows chilly and forbidding; we sink
to the cabin and berths, to be rocked 10
sleep by the stroke ofthe engine or lul-
led by the rushing of the water.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24

OLD Law OF CoURrsHIP.--OcT. 2S,
I647.-The general Court enact, 'that
if any young man dtiemp to address n
young woman without the consent OF
her parents or the County Court, he
shall be fined 81. for the first offence,
10i. for the second, and Imprisonment
for the third"
PuNIsHaENTs. ---SErT. IL, 16i9.--
Matthew Stanley was tried for drawing
the affections of John Tarbox's daugh-
ter, without the consent of her parents.
I" In the same month, three married
,comen were fined IS. piece for scot
ding. Query. What would, or should
have been the penalty for an unmarrl.
ed woman for the same offence.
lem Mass. Register.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24


Nh. STEPHENSON AND Mn. O'Cok.
MEL. Mr.. O'Connel in letter TO tho
London Morning Chronicle, dated at
Derrynano Abbey, 18th September
says Mr.. Stevenson gave garbled ac-
count Of the report Of his speech. He
adds, "no apology has hecn asked OF
madc"--,hat he was no duellst, and
was ready TO explain. lie asserts that
MIR. Stevenson, however, did make an
apology for him. He gives the real
passage in his speech at Birmingham,
thus -
"lt is inserted that their very ams
bassador here is a slave breeder !;
one Of those beings who rear up and
breed slaves merely for the purpose Of
traffic. Is it possible that America
would send n man here who traifics in
blood, and who, If he do, would be q
disgrace to human nature. hope the
assertion is untrue; but II is right to
speak out"
He thus reiteratcs the insult, and
heaps the grossest abuse also on Vir-
ginia, and says no STAKEHOLDER should
be received as a civilized bcing.-N.
y. Star.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24
ENCHANTED MouSrAIN.---l he FOL

ENCHANTED MouNrAIN.--Ih he iol-
lowing account of natural curiosity
il from the Texas Telegraph +:
This singular mountain or hllfis SIT
uated on the head waters OF the Salley
Ia small tributary Of the Colorado,
about eighty miles from Basirop, in a
north. westerly direction. It is about
three hundred feet high, and appears
to be an enormous oval rock partly
imbedded in the earth. When the
sun shines, the light is reflected from
lis polished surface as from an immense
mirror, and the whole mountain glows
with such dazzling radiance, that the
beholder who views 1t, even from the
distance Of four or five miles, is unable
10 gaze upon it without experiencing a
painful sensation, similar to that which
IS felt when looking upon the rislng
sun. The ascent Of this hill is SO very
gradual, that persons can easily walk
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24

up to the top, hu: the rock is SO
smooth and slippery that those who
make tho attempt are compelled to
wear moccasins or stockings instead Of
shoes. THIS fact, together with the
name efihe place, Holy Mountain, re-
mind the visitani very forcibly of the
command made to Moses at Mount
Horeb, "Pui off thy shoes from of thy
feet" The Cumanches regard this
bill with religious venera,ion, and In
dian pilgrims frequently assemble from
the remotest borders of this tribe, to
perform their Puynim rites upon its sum-
NIT
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24
POE q e 0
From the New Yorker.
"GlvE NE FAME"

BY PARK BENJAMIN.
Give me Fame-give me Fame
What is Love? IT'S q name
III. written on water--a breath will dispel
Every trace, though as fair as the moon on the
sea;
And the hues it has left but a moment will dwell
In the heart, though as bright as the brightest
can be.
Give me Famc-give me Fame
What is Love? 'Tis a name
A aelus ion, created by Fancy, to bind
Ambition in jesses, that falcon like flew
With its eve on the sun and its wing on the WIND,
Till il scared and was lost in the distance OF
blue.
Give me Fame-give me Fame!
What is Love. IT'S a name
phantom that yields no substantial delight
4 shadow, q vapor, that passes away
The star spaugled mists Of beautiful night
The sun Furnished clouds Of beautiful day.
What is Love? IT'S name!
Give me Fame--give me Fame
Fame lives on the altar Of thought, like fire
Undimmed by misfortune, unquenched by
despair;
For. though shroudcd awhile, it will shoot up
When famed by the breath OF Adversity's air.
What is Love? IT'S same!
Give me Fame-giye me Fame!
In the hearts of the good and the true let me
know
That my memory lingers-my mind is i'm
pressed,
Then nobly I'll strive, though in sadness laid low,
And the pillows Of anguish encompass my
breast.
What is Love! IT'S name!
Give me Fame-give me Fame
loves flower that springs in the valley, too
frail
To survive when the sky darkens into a frown,
Fame's flower that blooms, though the noun
famous gale
From the Alp, where il grows, hurls the ava
Ianche down!
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24
From the Abingdon Statesman.
SUPERSTITION.

On Tuesday last, - Marsh, the
individual charged with shooting -
Yates, was examined upon this charge,
and committed for trial at the next Su-
perior Court. Mr.. Marsh is one Of the
many in this section OF country, who
believe in "spells" and charms. -
The testimony offered in his case, pro.
we'd that some curious notions upon the
subject of witchcraft" still prevail in
this morally benighted portion of our
State. 10 the estimation of many here,
charms and spells are now laid with as
much ease as they were in the days OF
Cotton Ma.her. One can scarcely
credit the fact, that in the nineteenth
century, there should be found portion
of the population of Virginia, so outra-
geously stupid, as 10 give full credence
| to all the nonsense and superstition
ever set anoat in reference to witch
craft. 1t is nevertheless true. We
have heard of many instances, in which
all the nonsense upon this subject is
received as Gospel truth by individuals
whose opportunities of acquiring inior-
nation should make them ashamed OF
themselves, for countenancing such RI
diculous absurdities. And although
these have not wreaked their ven
geance upon the supposed enchanter,
by imbruing their hands in human blood,
vet they are as completely the victims
I OF superstition as is Marsh, whose case
has elected these remarks. 1t is in
deed lamentable, that such ignorance
and superstition should find foothold
any where in Virginia. The fact
speaks trumpet tongued in favor Of
some common system Of education,
which shall embrace in its benefits, all
free, white children. While so man-
are cut off from the advantages Of cd
ucation, and left to gropc their way
through moral darkness, what else can
be expected than that crime, ignorance,
immortality, and superstition should con-
tinue to prevail to an alarming ex-
tent.
One Of the balls, with which Yates
was shot, was produced IN Court, and
bore upon its surface certain cross
marks, which we presume, were indis-
pensible, in order to make them take
effect and break that power Of enchant-
ment with which he was supposed TO
! be invested, and which he used with
out mercy, dealing out "spells" and
charms" not only upon human be-
ings, but upon "dumb critters" 1t
was proved too, that Marsh, according
to his own story, had, upon one or
more occasions, drawn the likeness oil
Yates with chickens blood, and having
prepared himself with bullets, into
which a small quantity of silver was
put, had taken it into the woods and f.
red at it under the impression that if he
could strike il with silver bullet, he
should forthwith knock all of Yates
conluring" powers into atoms, and
relieve himself from the charm under
! which he laborcd, and Which was de-
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24
MoRr INDIAN Relics. visite

MoRE lNDrANRELIcs.-A visiter ft
the great Mammoth Cave ~ hentncky
thus writes TO the Louisville Literary
Register -" There is not shadow OF
doubt but that the cave was once the
habitation or the Indians. The ashes
Of their fires, and innumerable signs,
proclaim II once thickly populated. -
Canes partly burnt, are found nearly
over the whole explored Cave. Mum
mics have been found and removed. -
"A Giants bones rest near the mouth.
Last week pair Of moccaslns and q
reticule we're found two miles from the
mouth--all made of fine bark or grass,
and handsomely plated. The reticule
is very handsome, about eight inches
long, with tassels and draw strings. -
The moccasins are not fellows one is
about eight inches long, and no doubt
adorned and warmed the foot of a prln-
cess"
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24

SINGULAR ATTACHMENT "A cat a.
Don't mile from Richmond, (says tho
Compiler) lately found half grown
flying squirrel in the woods, which she
brought home and placed in a box COM
tanning straw and quantity Of other
soft materials. She watched Il with q
mothers care, und would only leave Il
when she went in search OF food. She
is as much attached to II as though il
had been her own offspring.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24

A DEAR kIss.--A curious trial was
recently held al Middlesex Sessions, in
England. Thomas Saverland, the
prosecutor, stated, that on the day after
Christmas he was in the tap room
where tho defendant, Caroline Newton,
and her sister, who had come from Bir-
mingham, we're present. The latter
jokingly Observed that she had promis-
ed her sweetheart that no man should
kiss her while absent. Ii being hnli-
day time, Saverland considered this
challenge, and caught hold of her and
kissed her. The young woman took
it as joke, but her sister, the deien.
dant, SAID she would like as little Of
that kind Of fun as he pleased. Saver
land told her, il she was angry, he
woulI kiss her also he then tried to
do il, and they fell TO the ground. On
rising, the woman struck him he again
tried to kiss her, and in the scuflie she
biz off his nose, which she spit out of
her mouth. The action was brought
to recover damages for the loss of the
nose. The defendant said he had no
business to kiss her; ii she wanted
kissing she had husband to kiss her,
better looking man than ever the
prosecutor was. The jury without hes
itation acquitted her and the chair
man said. that if any man attempted to
kiss woman against her will, she had
a right to bite Off his nose il she had a
fancy for SO doing.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24

Do NOT BE AvARICIoUs. 1t IS as
tonIshing to contemplate the evil and
dangerous results arising from spirit
of avance, and we see these dangers
amplifed in the case of Benjamin Raih-
bun, sent to the State Prison for the
crime of forgery. The West had no
citizen more en,erprising, but it was a
rash, injudcious, inexpedient enter
prise, which in striving TO grasp too
much lost every thing. Mr.. Rathbun
was ready for any sPeculatlon--buy lots
build houses--establish steam boats
run "a line ofstages, erect hotels, and
thus shackle himself with every kind
of operation in stocks, rail roads, ca
nails, manufactures, buildings, &c. DC.
Having originally but little capital
of his own--possessing, II is true, a
strong mind and active habits, he plum
ged into a vortex Of difficulties; the
panic found him short of money, and
he rcsorted to forgery, not from nat
ural viciousness Of character or love
of crime, but to sustain himself and his
credit, intending, there is no doubt, 10
take up these forged drafts when in
funds. 1t is thus that crime cngrai,s
itself insensibly on injudicious and un-
wise projects; men get excited by am
bition and spurred on by avarice, and
the issue frequently is that fraud IS
called in with the hope of avert'ng ca
lamity. Let us be content with our
lo,--contentment is a blessing, and let
every man confne himselfto the pur-
suit that education, habit, and inclIna-
ton have qualified him for. Try first
to get living, then to improve 1t, hnai-
ly TO make and lay by money. Let
no man suppose that fortunes can be
made in a day.-N. Y. Star.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24

ARKANSAS. The New Yorker Of
the 18th, says Our last Little Rock
paper asserts that Judge Cross the adj
ministralion candidate for Congress in
in that State had declared against the
Sub-Treasury project and in favor Of .
peculiar scheme ofSpecial Deposite.---
The IDEA ofexactng Specie for all pub.
liz dues hardly seems to take well in
the West. The operation OF the Cir
cular is too recent. "a at wM
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24

PRINCETON COLLEGE. The -four.
ishing condition OF this venerable insti-
tuition speaks highly for its Faculty
and lis administration. The late 80.
nior class Of sevcnty-six was the lar.
gesi that was ever before graduated az
one time; and we perceive, by cata
logue Of the College, that tho present
senior class is still larger--numberipR
eighty. one. Nat. Int.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24

SrNGULAR.-Mrs. Moss, wife OF Mr..
Reuben Moss, Of Raleigh, N. Z. was
killed by lightning on the night OF Sep
TENDER 20. She was in bed with her
husband and child, both Of whom, by q
remarkable Providence, escaped with
out injury.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24
From the New York Review.
GEN. wASHlNGToN's ADMINiSTRA.
TlDN

"A generation has passed away
since Washington closed his political
life and when we now review all
the acts Of his administration, the mea-
sures which he adopted, the principles
which he avowed, and the resolution
upon which he acted, to make the pat
ronage and offices subservient TO the
interests of the whole country, and not
to surrender them to the base and gro-
yelling and corrupting influences Of
party /; when we review these things,
we cannot but confess ourselves struck
with a reverental awe of his transcen.
dant purity and greatness. He loved
the constitution, and scofned TO become
the instrument of surrendering its pow
ers into the hands Of State sovereign.
ties, thereby to cripple its operations,
and endanger the existence of the uni.
on. lie gave no Office whatsoever,
except 10 merit and for meri,--to pri-
vate virtue, and for the public good.
He considered the patronage oi'the GO
vernment as a sacred trust, created Tor
the good Of the whole people, and to be
employed for the good of the whole.
Ii never entered into his head to con.
ceive, that the time could ever possi-
bly, arrive in this free land, in which
the patronage ofihe government should
be employed to bring down the people
to the lootstooI OF their rulers, or to in
limidate or corrupt or influence clcc-
tors. In the presence Of Washington,
the man who should have given utter
ance TO the suggestion oil such sys-
tenn, would have shrunk into absolute
nothingness BY whitening look, which
would have branded him as the foulesi
4 OF traitors to his country.
! There was pure atmosphere then
in the regions Of the. halls and official
residences Of the government. Men
breathed freely then, and thought and
acted as freemen, who held their libor-
ties IN their own hands, and not at the
mercy of rulers and the first attempt
10 trample upon them, would have
taught the usnrpers the lesson" who
would be free, themselves must strike
the blow" Let the young men of thu
present day read the history of the nd
mnistration of Washington, SO forciby
and so truly written out in the pages
Of Marshall 1T will purify them from
a thousand vague generalities. 1t vii
recall them to the great principles or
which the government. was originally
framed. 1t will teach them the utter
worthlessness Of all mere political the,
cries, and the invaluable authority o.
experience. II will teach them thai
no republic can be well or wisely 60
vcrned, except by men Of high intellect,
and comprehensive knowledge, incor-
ruptible integrity, and disnierested pat
riotism. 1t will teach them that the
demagogue is the worst enemy Of the
people, as his kindred character, the
courtier, is the worst enemy OF the
monarch. Ii will teach them that the
truest course Of ambition is 10 found its
favor and its hmors not upon the huz-
zas of the multitude, but upon the sol.
emn judgments OF the wise and good,
upon that distant praise whoscvoice
speaks from the hearts of millions, and
gives back from the tomb the deer
echoes of its own thanklulness.
/
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24

A YANKEE NoTIoN. An English
paper, contains, under the head Of
Is New American PATENT" the an
nouncement of Patent hydrophobia
water proof Hat, made of the skin Of a
Mad Dog, and warranted not tcstake
water"
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-24

The Banks in Georgia resumed spe.
Gle payments on the Isl inst. The Sa-
vannah Georgiansays:--" Everything
has passed off quietly. So far from
runs being made on the Banks, depos-
ties Of specie have been made--a fact
illustrative Of the abundance Of the pre-
cious article, and the confidence Of the
people in the Banks"