The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-04-26

be Nisd0m enough IN the 1nnsenti0n Judiciousi.
10 weigh an these things. and whatever rlse may
PFOPsry hear upon the SUBJECT and present 10 the
rauniTs q candidate Who viii draw around him
the undivided support Of the whig psHy-and
whether i be clsy or Tss lOr, or any O,hsr sound
whig. we shall yield him cheerful support
as every true Wing should.
A litter from friend in Tennessee. received
by the last mail, shows b.S much the memory
Of Henry Clay is cherished throughout, The eOun-
try. The letter says: 81 Politically We are much
split up. We viii vote for Taylor BAT die for
old cla,."
4 Correction.-The editor u The Raioon
being . stranger here, Is no, perhaps aware that
the people Of Orange are . truth-O,ing people.
snd that IL he sccus,oms himself 10 make random
and inconsidersie assertions he will ere long lose
the confidence Of his readers. We hint at this
thus early, no, doubling tina. he will hereafter he
more guarded. and We thereby relieved from the
trouble Of correcting errors.
The matter we shall refer to now concerns the
editor Of the Register more than US; bus we copy
from the Register sometimes, and therefore desire
that il should maintain respectable standing; ut
any rate We wonlJ have il sppear that the editor
&C .n- p-s:-.~s -..a;a- s-fiieeni ability to s'osk
on, sum in Long Division" with tolerable cor
rectness.
Our remarks in the present connection have
been elected by short paragraph in the last
Raioon relative to the late Democratic State Con-
vention. in which the editor attempts to correct
statement made in the Raleigh Register. The
Ra,oon SAYS, there are but So counties in the
siale, and that &c were represented in the Con-
sen,ion, and therefore when the Raleigh Register
sass u not one third Of the counties in the state
were represented" ID displays an ignorance Of
" the rules Of Long Division"
Now il the editor Of the RatoOn will take liz
lie pains he will discover that there are II coun'
ties in the state. instead Of only 6s; and accord
ing to the sisiemsnt Of the Democratic editor o.
the North Carolinisn, who was himself q mem
Der Of the Convention. there were but IS coun
tics represented. According 10 the "rules" lait
down in Dilwor,h, which were in vogue in ou
school.boy days, IS will go into II three times
and leave two over; showing that the Register i
right and the Ra,oon wrong.
No doubt the editor Of the Ratosn fell into tn
error through inadyetence; and in this instanc'
the error was Of but little importance. But th'
same insdver,ence, IL INDUCED in, may again, an'
frequently, lead him into error, and sometimes,
may he, into errors Of importance; TO save hin
, from which We give this friendly caution.
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Spencer s Ree~s, found guilty at the fal
. term Of Guilford Superior Court Of the murder o
} his sister, and which judgment was affirmed b,
the Supreme Court, was last week brought beior
the Court sitting at Greensborough, Judge Pear
son presiding, and received sentence Of death
: which is to be carried into execution on Frlda
. the 9Th day Of May next.
MIR. Clay I'm New York.-The Viii
), members of the Legislature Of New York met i
c convention at Albany on the 5th instant, and .
j almost an unanimous vote passed the followin
e resolution:
+ Resolved, That Henry Clay is the first chOic
/. Of the Wings of the State Of New York, an
that they can give, and will give, to him, or an
other reliable Wing, who may be nominated
the National Convention for the Presidency, III
,hirty-six electoral votes Of that state"
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Graham's Magazine.-The numb
for May contains handsomely engraved portra
of Major General Worth, the second of the scri
of Portraits of gallant Officers preparing for tn
Magazine. This number has also fine engra
inc Of" Clara Harland," an illustration OF a ia
by G. d. Foster; and well executed Fashie
Plate. The literary contributions, Of course, a
:. always good. W
G0dey's Lady's BOOk.-The numb
y Of this work for May is embcllishcd in quite
~ new styie--a beautiful engraving of" the Que'
Of May" printed in eoiors. The other engra
ings arc Spring Flower, Fashion Plate, Mod
gu Cottages, Ladies' Work Patterns, &c. The Iii
&c rary contributions, as usual, well written al
,oricJ