The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-02-09
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ihiag like . panic. sought . temporary
rsifsai IN COR ofier. made bui brief stay
with rs. The charge 10 ihe paiiliral as
peel Of seorss. Prhguiring . ii-dOss
such glorious result 70 de campaign Of
isfs. seemed % infuse new life int dte
animal, ahd he At once determined 10
abandon his inactivity and indoIeaee. and
Ne weps forth in sudden haslr. NOT even
wsiling 20 bid rs .sGood bye The
following lsiier communicates ,hs frs
intelligence we have reraved from hin
since ms sxii from our Office.
To The edifor Of fLe Recorders
] lam rather iarliaed 70 think. my dear
old friend. that through your kind inter-
ference in my behalf. ne faiks about these
diggins have a. lengih found oul. lhas mis-
Coon has been IN exesediagly iIklreHexf
individual. might hayedisabused their
minds long since. sah regard 10 nv real
condition, but sovileiy had bbeen treated
BY Thomas Of me Standard, That I had
fully determined that nv nexsappearanee
before the public should be 10 an over
whelming onslaught spoa thzsremarka-
Bile Phenomenon. Indeed I am ss,onish
ed even now. the kindIiness of dispo-
si,ion whHhhas induced me 10 Mat Iran
with aIeaity so soixlly undeseryed. You
| know will give me full cfedi, sorsyery
forbesrance, when You think upon b.
vile ard slzntefs0s sstaeks on my charac-
Ter and disposition, and also on that mise
rabse earicalure upon The eoonish form
divine, h which he presends 70 delineaie
myself as wrilhing under his own malig-
nant fingers; whereas, as shrewdly sus-
pect, il is nothing more thaH the rude at
tempt Of some loa6ng liule Niger, who,
inspired BY the delights Of a sunny fence
side, hath ,hus attempted TO picture forth
on lockwood chip. one Of his own adj
ventures with his granny's cat. Such
conduct was exceedingly rude and illibe-
raj in Thomas, and so indignant was | al
first that | felt strongly inclined TO have
his likeness taken in dogwood too, and
fastened 10 The tail Of every sur that |
could catch mapping, in order that ]. might
have general and a genial circulation.
But the milk Of kindly feeling flows more
naturally through my heart, than the 6ery
and turbid waters ~ revenge, 80 that J
can look with a forgiving eye upon often.
ces as heinous even as those | have emu
meraied. Not that | could ever be In
duced TO take Thomas In kindness 10 my
bosom; but | can so far forget my irefui
feelings, ms 10 entertain no desire what
ever 10 return evil for evil. The creature
has some good In him, too, occasionally;
for which | am willing to give him full
credit. That Is, he now and then evin.
ces some traits cf humanity, some slight
bursts Of natural and manly feeling; for
instance, as when breaking the crust with
which partisan habit has covered over and
obscured all The finer and more generous
impulses of his nature, he b.ldly stond
up against those who, simply because for
once in his life he had spoken the words
Of truth and soberness, endeavored TO
thrust him without the sanctuary Of the
Party, as one tainted with the mammon
Of unrigh,eousness; in other words, as a
hank Advocate, Bank Serf, worthless
irredeemable Shin Plaster Rag Baron
The manner in which the old file de-
meaned himself on that occasion, and the
style in which he rasped of the inequa-
lilies of each as he preseu ed himself,
gained Cor him much and deserved appro.
baton. What nice box those boys were
in sure enough. Tommy Loring on one
side, and the Great Western on the 9th
err" par Mobile paunchorum." Tommy
LAYING perfectly bare the utter ridiculous
ness on their part of an attack upon him
self, and spiking their pop guns at every
flourish Of his pen. while the Mountain
Red.bird amused himself with shying
them off upon the sea Of popular observa-
ZION, with the ease Of a boy playing ducks
and geese with pebbles on pond. II
was a complete game at shuttlecock; and
one might almost have imagined an un-
dersianding between him Of the Standard
and the Western CHAMPIONSHIP "a fel
low fatness made them wondrous kind
and that Francis took the lash when
Tommy lost his wind. Well, it may be
very pleasant matter to be handled Of
ter that fashion; and 10 some doubtless il
is SO, there being those in the world who
fancy notoriety cheap at whatever price
purchased. But even Of that article |
should suppose that they had now laid in
a stock sufficient. and would think long
and well ere they laid their noses to the
grindstone again. How they did catch
il! now didn't they; brothers in misfor-
tune, their names will together grace the
historic page. Yea, the lille gentleman
from Cumberland, together with him from
Burke, Orange, Chatham. and last, but no,
least, the like to have been rival of Prince
Albert from Ganville, will doubtless be
medallioned on a civic chaplet, with
which Fame will delight to grace her