The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-03-08


no one can isil." wss seplisd. "A.
i said Ilai ne young man uss fsshd ~
ing npon ihr pssemeni. abaut nine e'rlaek
lasi evening. 1iih frighlful wound upon.
hIs brad male BY falling Dpan lie curb.
On examination, sf,er he was removed,
the skull proved la be hs.lly fractured.
Life appe1red 10 be Sxiinrt xlsfn be Was
taken up.' ~
. lie nav have ELLEN in g." suRgea.
rd Wiley. grsa'ly rrlirssd Nv learning The
fsci Ihai sunng Isnrffsld had heen taken
up iBsens,ble. Their Vas. consequently.
no evidence of hrs srlinn IL lie mailrr,
and 10 Vas possible thai eTen suspirian
mighi never rest upon bisn.
Il am rather inclined 10 doubt that"
was answered. sThe simple lall o. =
man nv his own grayilaiipn. - hardly suf-
hcieni IN lrsr,uTe ~. skull. Their must
have been some yinlenee in the rsse.-
Whal time dad yon leave yourolhce. Mr..
WIleyr"
Early in lhs evening"" replied The
lawy-x, promptly.
.T'hen. IL here had hesn renc0nhe
just here. you could Got have head ili'
aNo."
Relieved in mind. Nc. wilsy went in
10 lIis nfics. but he xss able 10 attend 10
very lnlls business during The day. The
,lsrad that. in some way. suspicion would
rest upon him. haunted him every mo-
menL ~
A Cnronsr's jury was called and an in
quest held over the Indy Of The young
man rsrly in the Morning. The verde,
rendered, cas- !. Death from violence by
The hands Of some person or persons un.
known" Wlrn the tenor Of this vefdicI
reached de lawyers ears. IL, IN M degrse.
added N his happiness. Bniiime PASSED.
and NOT The slightest Whisper OF a suspi-
cion against him was hreaihed upon The
air; nor could he breaihed, Tor young Por.
ierfield had mentioned 10 no one his de-
sign &C calling upon Wiley. lie had
stepped inio an eating house and called
for oysters end some brandy punch
While eating the oysters and drinking his
punch, he overheard The brnker. who had
bought up hls fathers paper Tor niley,
relating The circumstance 10 some one IN
an adjoining box, and commenting upon
the col,l.hearied manner in which Mr..
Por'er6eld had bsen ruined. lnhamed
by this intelligence, az well a. by the
strung glass RI liquor he had taken, The
Young man Instantly retired from the eel-
lar. and went direct 10 The lawyers office,
'Fhe r-Suis H. kn,wn. - - +---- --
The violent aud mysterious death &C
his son. WAS dreadful affection 10 Mr..
Por,erheld. and howrd him. FIR a time.
almost To- the Earth. But lie recovered
himself. forced inio activity nv The press.
ing wants Of his family. After he was
broken up, he made several attempts %
get into hnsiness again: hut. as heavy
claims still rested against him. he found
it impossible To get credit even from his
best business friends. No aiiemp, was
made TO gel full release from his credi-
tors, because il was deemed frniiless 10
make the effort. in consequence ofih ba-
lance siill unpaid 10 Wiley, and some two
or three others. from wham, after wha.
had passed, he could moi hope for any "a.
vor. fhe best thing that offered was tho
collection Of small accounts for newspa-
per establishment. which he undertook to
do. He fund il extremely fatigueing,
and The returns small I; in fact. inadequate
TO The maintenance &c his family. with
which h. had retired into = very humble
abode. dismissing all servants. and limit
ing every thing 70 the simple necessities
Of life. #s
Ito be concluded in our ne1t.) hs