The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-09-17

seen why,-and yet no temaTall Wen
llmuH cone sD0a nov, l.sls ses' fea'
Enary 4. 1885. No, Woodbury. says,
= year returns iuF October. N0Een'bsF
and DseenteF haze Dot beea received,
ard .regFsls'a IL be don't 10 better he
shall Sc Under .Ihs dissgreesblo neces-
city" Of lsIling he President
thought he had slready told the Pre-
sident NO or three tines what naughty
boy Mr. Harris Vas. Well. what nexil
March 2s. 1896: "Again il becomes
ny unpleasant duty 10 complain. says
Mr.. Woodbury.. How much " Hpiea-
SAM duffy" he has 10 peElorml II this
letter be also says. " IL The usual state
msnis Tor The monlhs in srfear are not
received on ihe return Of The mail, shall
be under The disagreeable necessity Of
informing The President
Finding that the threat Of memorial did
not Tighten Mr. Harris. he resorts 10 ihe
threat Of telling the PresiderH 81 which
Mr.. Harris Is dreadfnliy frightened no
doubt What next June Q. 1886. Mr..
Woodbury. asks how it is that there Is .
balance OF sl2s. So "a in Mr.. Harris
hands. after he had so often ihfeaiened
10 tell ihe President Of him il he did not
fork upl Well. 10 save Mr.. Woodbury.
20 much 9 unpleasant duty" having got
snug limle sum in his pocket, and not
wishing 10 tell h0r he got u. ME-. Harris
il pleased 10 resign. and recommends
Gordon ID. Boyd IS bic successor. Ol
course. having been . faithful and trust.
sr0rihy public officer, true democrat. !"
snd . one Of The main pillars Of The de.
mocralie cause" his recommendation
was sufficient. and accordingly Gordon
ID. Boyd was appointed! And now
comes
Gordon ID. Bouts case-a defanlier
| s50.937 %.
CapiGs. You need not 60 any further.
Col. Richland, | have heard enough. and
more too.
| COL X. Oh. but there are some curious
things ia this case Of Mr.. Boyd-we had
better 60 through With il, for its very
ediiyinr-we shall see letter here lha,
is real curiosity.
CapiGs. Well, gn on.
Col. N. We will nni take The trouble
TO read Mr.. Wondbury's letters To Mr..
Boyd. but come 10 the cream af The case
al once. Remember, Mr.. Boyd was ap-
pointed sometime in the fall Of 1896. and
we shall see what an apt scholar and foot.
step follower Of his " ilIusirious preje.
cessor" he was by the following extraor.
binary Letter. BE good enough to read
iiyourself. Nj. Capias.
Cspias reads:
"The account Of the receiver. which
have made out. and transmit herewith.
presents against him a balance OF S55,
965 81. His own aceoun, makes il
S53,272 %. .
The man seems really peni,ent. and am
inclined 10 think. in common with his
friends. that he is honest. and has been
led away IRON his duty By the example
Of his predecessor. and certain looseReSs
in the code ol morality which here does
not move in so limited circle as it does
I with US a, home. Another receiver would
probably follow in the footsteps Of The
Two. You will not. therefore, be sur
i priael * 1 .ecammnnd his HANG ed
w ptrnre.e. - -...h.s srpeisiasnI: far
he has his hands foil now, and will no.
be disposed 10 speculate any more.
/ "Signed. v. M. GARECHE."
j Col X. There. sir. what think We oI
thai! "You will not be surprised if |
recommend his being retained" " FOR
HE HAS Ills HANDS FULL Now!
s.another t0Onid Joiiow in Lie footsteps
ofhe fIr0." They will all STEAL. bu,
BOYD HAS STOLEN AS MUCH AS
HE WANTS, therefore keep him 10!
Capias. | think il tho Secretary was
not " surprised" he could not be surpris.
ed at any degree Of bs.eaess and proa..
gscy.
! Col. n. "The man seems really peni.
tent" peniien'! Id be as pendent for
hat the money; "snd I am inclined 10
think. in common with his friends, iha.
he is honest" HONEST! lie who had,
IN ahnu, six months. stolen fifty or six.y
;housand dollars, honesg Aud yet, after
all this, Mr.. Woodbury. writes to Boyd
and says. IL am happy to hear Of the
frank aud honorable course proposed"
q" Hon0ra5te." such a fhiaf honorablel
what code Of honor or morals the Secre-
iary has been cunvPrsant with | cannot
imagine; snd. yet, il is said /" there is no.
nor among thieves" and suppose II
must be this kind of honor that Mr.. Boyd
exhibited. which pleased the Secretary
so much aud made him So /" happy"
But let Us 60 on With the cases of
Hawkins. Allen. Spencer, Stephenson,
Dickson. and other kindred spirits.
ur. Capias is satisfied.
Capias. No. Colonel. I have had G.
nough Of This; but with your permission
l will take the document home with me
and Look inin il more at my leisure.
COL Il. Certainly, aud would recon.
mend you 10 take the other documents
also that l have referrpd d, mr. rs,d FINN,