The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-12-12
Pea i. Nsiioaal IaislEgenoer.
A Letter from MAJOR JACK Downing.
a..sa and Disonl. 50, 81 sali Riss'-

UcfotEr % 1879
Ny nrAR MR. RIcHIg: Tomorrow
a. ,rl I.sssaa. aar Delegate II Congress
iran this l'.rri.sry. starts for Washington:
sai. n hsni wui 20 you for some time.
4 ,l,onshi I would send a few lines by
him 10 lel snu knaW how matters are GEL
ing alang ~ here. We are talking pref
IS sharp aisIai forming State Govern
n,rnl. aud snms are co. doing i right of.
and sending Senators and !.fpreniaiiFss
L. this coagfess. Bui the majority vas
in itvnr Of only sending : Delegate now.
and " aIli q 10 see what Congress vii do
with The OH r Territories ihs. are sproui-
ing np round: lpr. = things now lonk.
zee ranldn'i seen 20 iell whether Stale
On Mason and Dixan's side Of the river
woslL &c sllawed 10 come IN. So we
c1lled meeting 10 choose Delegate.
and q m up The instructions Cor him TO
fllaw when he gets there.
Alter The meeting come 70 order. and
Col. Jones MAS appointed rheerman. I'm.
Gle Joshua got up and said The common
p aclice Of choosing a Representative or
Delegate 6rsl. and then tying his hands
afterwards with instructions. he didn't
think was hardly fair shake. lie thought
The instructions onghl 10 be agreed upon
hrsi; Then il the Representative had 4
mind 10 ne his own hands he cnuldn'i
bllmc nobody else for il. The meeting
seemed loiake the idea :, nnee. and agreed
q 90 right 10 wo X upon the instructions
irsi.
The Cheelman said, II was evident
from The newspapers. and the way things
looked al Washington, and all over the
cnnnuy. thai this was going 10 be hol
Congress. There was lrnnhle hrewin
about lie Nilmnl prosisn. and about al,
milling California IS State; and Then
ih,t monster. Notification, thai every ho'
DIV though, GmeIal Jackson had killed
wears and years ago. wasn't BY no means
dead vet. He seemed TO be more alive
Than ever. aud showed ten times n many
heads now as he did in Old Ilirkory's
slime. lie was hard animll 10 handle
then. as my worll y friend there on my
right can testify. for he had hand in il.
lilere the Cheern an pointed 10 me, and
made every holy look ii me. ! say,
says he. II oil IIirknrg and Mai,r Down
ing hal their hands full To master nullfi-
Gallon. when he was only young crilter
and hadn't hui one head. the country may
well iremhle and ask what is TO be done
With him now he has growed up 50 large
and uuiI. and shows 50 many heads.
Al that Bill Johnson jumped up, as
quick as flash. and says he, IN tell
you what. Mr. Chcerman. jest send old
Rough aud Ready arler him. and III ress
him il he had twenty heads. ihe wouldn't
sra,,er and run as fast as Santa Anna did at
Bnny Visit. Ill pay the toddy."
well" said The cheerman, "thstain'l
the question before the meeting. The
question is, What instructions shall we
give our Delegates about the Wilmot Pro,
sisn, aud the State Of California, and Nul.
liicalion, and such like troublesome con.
sarns. Gentlemen will please to speak
their minds on the subject"
When Col Jones sol dawn The whole
meeting iulned aud looked towards Uurlc
Joshua; for lhey think he knows more
about these matters than any body else III
The lcrrilpry; anil, besides. he's con-
siderable speaker when ynu once get him
started. They kept looking and noddins
10 HIM. aud al last uncle Joshua got up.
Mr.. Gbrerman." saws uncle Joshua,
saws he, Ill ynu know Jest how things
work III one ease, you can pretty common
H. Tell pretty near how them same things
will work in another case; fnr I've al.
WAYS ohsarved in my life time, that when
things worked Jest so in one ease. them
same things would most always work je>l
80 in another ease. Now. when | was
i hoy | knew case a good deal like this
re case you've been speakin about. And
if should toll you and this meeting how
things worked out in that case, maybe
You could lndue better how things will
work in this ere case. and Then son can
ins ruct Your Delegate accordingly. The
ease, Mr. Cheern all, was This: Old Mr..
Sam West, very clever respectable old
gentleman-eyeryhody used 10 call himun.
rle Sam; he was very stirrin. thrvin man,
and good farmer-he owned a very large
farm and pickedup good deal Of proper
". Ills oldest son, jonathan. lived on
the northern half Of the farm. and his
other son, John, lived on southern half /;
and they both Of en- had large families
s,nwing up around 'em before The old gem
ileman died. One day, sometime bel"re
lie died, lie spoke to his Two sons, and
said +" Bays. can't be with you much
lnnger. shall leave the farm and all
The property In YOU and your ochildren.
The farm is under good way now, and
there's plenty o! land fpr you and your
children, and your grandchildren. and
great grandchildren and charge Won 10
always keep the families together on the
farm, and live in peace, and help each
other along. There's no knowing what
sort of neigisors You may get round yols
therefore cling together and take care of
zach aiheE" The sons promised that
ihv would mind him, and wrote il down
IN book, sand showed il to The old gen
tleman, who said he was satisfied and