The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-01-13


mFnl II Vera elaE. sod wlll HemIin !.
runmsnd nniil lie srrissl ii Rsn. Jss.ss
Gsn. i. wiil ihsn 60 hoas 20 Qs.r,t,.
massa GrneEsi.
We sndFasaahd shaI tsen. pisrrr MI
Sssiga be eeRmassi0n IN he army, 4,
sson 80 be sssises - he Nniiso Sls,s.
nn The 27lh inst. Gen. Lane. .nh ,
dsiashmsnL i0nghI ihe Msxieans Al
Plsrs named MaI.morOss whipped De-
ard deiirsrrd sssersl prisoners. n
hsss 20 EsgT.l Ne loss az I.issL Rldssl.v
81 The ArnlIsr,. aid Asst ADJ. Gensi.l
70 Gen. J.sns.
From The FIRE k0sTissn Of de IA
ne learn that Gsn. T.iEss suissd Il
Vera Cruz The psssiass dsy. add .lso q =
lIsin Which lie somaaaded. A sr,,
many wounded sfsirers and susdlsn w,r.
Ia he Esin, We usks de loIlop,ns
extracts iron shs ssms pspss.
L.esi. Gordon, of the Rife RsRintn,
~as shot Day bsiars yesterday. nsar S,n
Juan del RIO. Although t.ies s.tusl b.
The snsay's balls. he 10 10 fair way o.
FseessEy.
TIE officers stationed u PueLls h,,.
IssOlHsd 10 prssehss medal 10 6s1. L.n.
90 one aide Of IL 10 10 be The Gsnsr,l,
likeness. and 90 he other aide he villa
represented sssnng The city nj Pvshla.
The medal 10 70 cost one thousand Dol.
lars.
Geo. Twigss. ws Lean. sonnsne,d
his du.iss a. Governor Of Vera Cruz On
the 9Th in.L Col. Bankhs,d va. %
leave ismsdis.sly Tor The cir Of Mexico,
20 join Gen. SesiL Col Wilson. lss
6ossrnar Of Ysrs CIuI. w,s TO leave %
The 26lh inst. on The u. =. chip German.
iown. for the North. The Nsw-O,lssn,
brsugh, over large nuabsr Of passsn.
gers.
.RPccial Correspondence Of N. Picayune.
ciiy Of MEXICO. Dee. ., Is47.
Gen. Peterson srri'rd here day before
. yesterday. end ,hs lasi Of his comm,nd
resehsd here To-day. lie has brought
With him about $500 men. 40 soon 40
| Gen. Boiler srrisns. he or Gen. Psuer.
son will be sent TO San Polo,i, 10 open
the communication between there snd
Tsppleo. and The other Of the sbors
named Generals w,ll be sent 70 Zscsl.e,s,
- lake possession Of ihs country around.
Qusrslafo will no, be disturbed iusl nov.
Vera cruI, Dec. -, Is47.
The steamer New Orleans ~lIl leave
in Ihe morning far your city. with . very
large numSsr VI hose wounded 81 lhs
l.Is bsnles IN The valley Of Mexico; and
siIbough they present . uslsnsholy pie
iurs, with Whist JOY will they piece IhsS
isei upon Freedon's coil ohss more, and
what happy remrn 10 their fsndsl
Although The road from ihis 10 Mesiso
10 nov lined with troops, end every 3D..
ssn'sesous point permanently ssrrisonet,
gvs'rlleros eonnsus TO n,ke their o..
ps.'.... -.s..ioa-liy, aud y.ssrdsy rhsy
not only ~oundsd Lirut. Gordon. Of ,hs
Rifle ReglDeni. in too places. bvl cap
tufsd sbou. hundred pack mules, .hish
were . Short dIsIsncs behind .he com
mand, end we're .hs properly Of MeIi-
esEs.
!, hs nov bsenns pretty eeri.in. 90 |
learn from many who cane with the uain.
that Iiu,, O'Solls,se. WIN wss promoIsd
for h. sshsnry 81 Ps!o Alto. snd dislin-
eui'hed h'm,eIi hy K's asli,nay in The
last bs,.le' before Ms1so. sksr ihro sing
up his commission. joined fhs Meiiesbr.
aud has received an appointment Of TO-
lionel in the Msx,esn army; ,l,housh 10
gallant and brave nan % ever lived, DO
dIsg'sesd himself on many occasions, by
which he lnsl The respect OF oil HE sssosi.
aIts. and may no. fgh, % hard ssains,
'hs Alnss'esn Gag - hs has fought for il.
Trick Of Tradc.-Ths August nom
Der OF The Merchants Mssszine has On
interesting memoir Of The lave Gideon
Lee. snong several anecdotes in which
70 The follo~ ing illustration oil his owp
lair dealing. and The ususl results OF trick.
cry in trade:
No man more ,horoo ghly despissd dis.
honesty than Mr.. Lee, and he used TO re-
marx. "no trade can be sound that 10 not
beneficial to both parties; 10 the buyer
and seller. A man may obtain tempo
rsry advantage BY selling an article Er
more than It is worth. but The very 81
feet Of such operations mus, recoil ppon
hun in The shape Of bad debn and IN.
o'essed rex. A person with whom he
had some transactions. once boosted ihsi
be had on one occasion ob.slnsd On sd-
vantage over such . nsighbo,; "snd 10
day." ssld he, u haze ob,a,ned one over
YOU" Well" said Mr.. Lee. that
may be; but if you ~'ll promise never to
enter my Office sga'n. will gi,s you shsi
bundle OF goat SKINS" The man made
the promise and took Them. FII,een
yea's afterwards. he walked into NJ.
Lees office. Al ,he instan,, on seeing
him, he exclaimed "you hare ,iol,'sd
your word psy me for The goa, skins!
"Oh y said The msn. 4" am quite poor.
and have been vesv unfortunate since |
sv you." Yes" sa,d Mr.. Lee, "snd