The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-07-08

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,Aas a. the 6rsi u July the Htskiy edition viii
L. enlarged - twice H. pre-rni sre; the slb~rril-
,ion prize - pr annum.
| The Daily anl Td.wrekiy irsesisrnoss viii h.
enlarged N sise ba wihoaa any iarHeA-r NJ priv.
The r,lilars promise that double slrrt Cof eight
Paess in-,eaI of four) will BE- thrown or wheney-
or the pres If public documents, PrOrceding. ana
dela,es in Congress, " u adyeniss0Sslts, shall
"quire il.
Charles y. Ingersoii and the WAR.
The IIeu. Charles ]. IRseS.all has wrii,ea a
hitter 10 the editors Of the Nalionll TnsiIisen-
Get Ea Puhraiion, ia which, after correcting what
he terms total ni.sPPrchsn-iou" Of the ell
tors' inputed To Ihe Report q the cOmlAiisee IN
Fasvisa AlLairs eulsrrinnls the MeXiran war, " he
GiIPan,ls discusses the Ltn.fts II war, and, in
conclusion. triumphant. asks the editors to - tell
u riaf harm this oae does" The editors Of
the Inlrllgssres make lhe following answer to
this appeal:
There is one appeal TO US which we
cannua pass hy III siIenee :. and that is, 10
tell him " what haraI this war does" n
is difficult To frame an answer 10 ques-
lion the mere statement OF whirh is a
mnckery Of all humanity, morality, aud
religion. Perhaps il will be better an
: sweied by other questions. What harm
is there in wholesale murder, in IemorSe.
less cruelty, anil in fell des.rueliyeaess
VIVA, harm IN peopling the territories Of
. two Republics with tlcsOiale widows and
orphan children. What harm is there in
, laliening The soil of Mexico with the blood
and the i,eties of our brave fellow-citizens,
as vel Of the army proper as of those en-
,iced to volunteer in the war by the falsest
of prctcnces. What harm in the demorali.
r zalion OF the public sentiment OF our own
rouniry. Ut which il were difficult To give
nmre striking evidence than the shock
ing leviiy with which gentleman OF Mr..
lngersolI's birth, education, and station
speaks oil the horrors which cannot fail TO
attend war. even when necessary. and
much more such needless, wanlon, viii
fol war as that in which we are now en-
: gagged.
I'VE have too murh regard for the CON-
l. mon sense cf our readers, and OF the great
e body OF the American people, 10 doubt
4 what waulh be their reply 10 these ques.
f. TONS. Nay, we wonld notidoub, Mr.. In>
!. gersull's own. were his natural sensibili.
4. ties no. blun,ed aud hardened by his long
l, land we dare say painfuD service in the
;. l.ocofoco school Of politics. And even
!: vet, we should think, there is one argu-
ment against this war, which, though steel.
;. cd by bad aud bitter prejudice against con-
:, si,lcrations addressed To his reason. even
- he could he made 10 feel the lolce Of
u His gallant sou, who is equally an honor
O' To his sire aud an ornament to the public
ii service--had he, the pride Of that father:
Is heart, laid down his lilc-we will not say
in battle, and in necessary war, for IL
" lha, case pride would to some extent Off
to set gricf--bui, operating on the land il
&c Mexico, had he sunk victim TO diseas,
in its most hopeless form. as thousands %
=. equally behaved sons have done, in sucl
- war as this, would the thought Of the
blessings of this war, aud the World d
- - good IL is doing, or of the share which ht
;" has himself had in producing it, reconcile
!" him to his loss, or assuage for moment
v his real grief of heart! We know tina
II would not" 49,
Id Fatal Accident. On Saturday morn
II ing, Both inst, Jesse Edwin, (about fou
lis years old,) son of John Bullock, esq. o
to. Williamsboro', Granville comfy, was il
he the porch with his mother and some o
H. his little brothers. when he fell over tn
l.. bani,ter and broke his neck, which cause'
"a immediate death. Register.
IN TIE GOLD NORTH FOREVER!
,,'' A North Carolina Volunteer, wri,in
y" from Camargo, under date Of May 26, +
''S the Wilmington Commercial, says:
ID Pine term OF service Of several Vu
nc unteer Regiments has just expired. an
pie within the last ten days the kentack
'ly Cavalry. The l.. Mississippi Riffs, an
the Il, Ohio Infantry. have all passe
'ys llhroagh this pace oTthe,r way homewart
Ter I They all did distinguished service in I'll
81, la,e Bloody talt'e at .Baeha Vista, and III
as \n,st reckless character aud most har