The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-05-07

No. IEr.


TO he Edifar ef lhe histaTpagA heraTduf
SfR: IN relating the events and cirrum-
s,snres in the life af an individual who
has acquired distinction hy The exerrise
Of superior laruliies. i is proper IN notice
every particular whirh has an influence
on the progress nf The mind.
The "a igue Of attending 10 The prasiiee
OF ihe law j.. in our hays. considered ex-
ressise. When Mr. Hooper came 10 il.e
bar. and fnr several years afer. IL was m
fniifly grraier. Then The luxury ol car
riarrs for travelling was mol common. I,
Mr. Hooper attended The en:iniy ronrts
of Rowan. and olhrf counties in The back
rouniry. al least one hundred and eighty
miles di.iani from wilming,nn; and he
iIav,llrd ON hnrsc back. Such fatigue
was too great for constitution naturally
delicate.
The manners and customs of The peo-
pie az Cape Fear. Al Thai period. were mol
more favorable 10 a proficiency in legal
science, than was The orgsnizaiion of The
courts. Hospitality carried TO an extreme.
and an excessive fondncss foI eovivialiiy. I
were The CHARACTERISTICS ol ihnse DAYS. In !,
fact, every class Of soririy became infect. !
ed by The example; and numbers Of old
! families, now reduced TO comparative 20. |
veriy. have reason to rue The prodigal u
bersiiiy OF their ancestors. Hospitality
is indeed virtue, with travellers and
geographisis. who have attempted 10 des-
cribe North Carolina. very generally VI
low 10 her. hnwever penurious their praise
may be in oIher respects.
The British governor Martin, on visit
10 Wilmington. having oreasion TO reply
10 an address nf The inhabitants. presented
hv Mr.. Hooper. styled il .ihe region oil
pnIileness and hospitality The conf
merce of Wilmington was then Improving,
and derived great advantage from hnnnly
on naval stores. Many OF The families re-
siding in il we're possessed Of fortunes. and
all o. them in respectable stations. obtain
ed subsistence without painful exeriion.
Bnt the dissipation, which arose out
OF an excess Of hospitality. exhibited a
more animated pieiuic in The surrounding
country. Whole families. and frequently
/ several families together, we're in The prac-
!. ,ice Of making visits; and like the tents
Of the Arabs, seemed continually in mo-
q linn. The number Of visiianis. The naise
!. and hustle Of arrivals and greetings. The
d cries of the poultry yard. and The blealings
: of the pasture, require some sounding po-
,f lysyllable 10 convey on idea OF The JOY
8 nus uprnar; some new coined word 10
q distinguish their caravan approaches, from
q ordinary visits or formal isilaiions. Eve
r ry visit was sorl Of jubilee. Festive
Il entertainment, halls. every species oil a
3 musement which sony and dance could
i afford, was resorled 10. The neighlng
3 rourser and The echoing horn. the sports
OF the turf and The pleasure Of The chase
were alternately The objects Of eager pnr,
: suit. Every where, on the eastern and
western branches of The river Cape Fear,
!. were men nf fortune, related BY blood OF
!. connected by marriage, whose seiil, menis
!. extended almost AS far as The then lowly
: hamlet of Cross Creek. since digniie! by
!, The name Of Fayetteville, and now swoller
j into importance by numerous pnpula'
!, lion.
: This general case and prosperity. va
!. highly favorable 10 lie cultivation oil po
i lie literature. and 10 The ,levelopement Q
: : talents of certain kind. The stale Q
= = manners tended 10 awaken spirit Of I'M
: proyemenr. which pervadcd the Who'll
: !, community. Every family possessed
:. collection of The best English Authors
! besides which there was public library
: ! supported by a sncielv Of gentlemen. an
= styled .,he Cape Fear Library" W
:, and hnmor, music and poetry. were draw
:, into acllon. in social and convivial inter
course. Conversation was cultivated 4
= high degree. Emanating from letter
!. > or science. or rising out Of the busy scene
: = nf life, il always teemed with insirnclin
=, :, and impaired delight. The point Of hr
= nor was UNDERSTOOD and recognized. an
- The slightest approach 10 intiigniiy resent
- = ed. In this exercise Of rolloquial talen
:, The ladies participated and heightened IL
y pleasures. Then they we're mol, as nov
81 . early instructed, or perhaps were not u
NJ ~ struced a, all, in The rudimenis Of know
-, 80 ledge hnl they derived from reading, al
- - imhibed from an ASSOCIATION with emlne
:" persons Of The opposite sex. linc'are
!. lasle and elegance, and they had sollnes
s. n.imeni. grace, intelligence. - evei
"a. quality which in The female sex can !
Of spre and exalt the enthusiasm Of roma
the tic passion.
in In The hospilable convirialiiv Of tho
me times, alluremenls 10 dissipation we
ace greater Than social life usually present
J Of The actors were far above the cast OF Q
se; binary bon vivans. ! once hoped 10
for able 10 present biographical sketch
ent each Of them; bur my cares and ayoc
wo lions have compelled me to rellnauIsh Y
ars. task. Among these there was Eusiace
re- The correspondent of Stern, who INIT
ely viii and genius and learning and scienc'
10 Harnei,f who could boast genius
1e' Doctor John Eustace.
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