The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-07-09


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Upon in7Hiiy. llial his complain MS ~
no means > solitary nne--SesrEai eli vet
Grams AMI iussiias having made similar
EP7.irs'ia1 gilh NJ hesiei sSs-sss. take
= Pen. SAL lie king. " md write > new
petition "a lie minister - Iis- 'are Won
want" TIE sergeant dii as he Sas az.
desei. :. New al. cnnlinnei lie kins.
i. ,hsi We Cd soldiers are Of opininn lha,
your exceilraey does nnl Treat lie ssie-
rams II ule army 81 he King With ihe
Consideration dne 10 ikeir sr1sire, sh,i
merits. and iliAi. uuless iusiire Is slnne 10
ourselves and our comrades. We shalt ,sse
measures ~ procure your exeeliraey'-
removal. andshe appointment OF soHns "ne
vha will ueai Us better in your place. :
The old sergeant started and Son,ierei.
but obeyed oriers without a question.
Good" said lhe king: :. now sign your
name. and then give me The pen" Tie
sergeant signed. aud handed the pen 10
The King. who al once appended bis own
signature below lhalo The petitioner. anl!
sent The document 10 The minister. saying
with a smile. We old soldiers must
make common cause when The great folks
treat us III: lei Us see what The minister
will saw 10 illaI petitioner" !. is need
less % add lhsl ~ this case. as well a. IN
al of similar character. Ihere was M
longer any ground for complaint on the
score OF Inailenlion OF neglecl.
A corporal az the guard. whose gallant
~ in the field was onl, equalled by his
lore Of display upon parade. sporiei a
dlshing walrh-chain AMI bunch Of seals.
% woich. Tor want OF watch. lie attach
ed mnskei bullet. which he carried in
his fob. Fre.lerirk found IL out. .. Real
~. corporal said he TO him one day,
.yon must have been very economical Ia
have saved enough oni Of your pay Ia
buy a watch; what Time are you I'll am
just SIX" !. She" replied the corporal.
my watch says neither six nor seven :
MI il j. good Cor is 10 remind me TO be
ready al any hour 10 die FOR your msjes.
~" Here. my friend" returned the
King. handing the corporal i $ own watch,
which was enriched with diamonds.
.Iake this !: ifyon shoul,. be called upon
10 die FOR me. il will Indicate the hour
rather more exactly"
Equally mild and genlle was the King
10 his personal attendants and his huuse-
hold servants. lie seldom spoke 10 a to-
meslic or page without using some
kindly appeilaliun. as my Irlend." or
.my chiIi:" and IL. who were faithful
AMI deserving received from him the most
palernal treatment. Faults were frequent.
" Iorgircn Or o,eriooacd; and some
times when liberties. ahich IN mist RIVAL
households VOL! Lave been considered
objectionable. were taken with him, they
oaly elected some arch and good humoi
eireproaf. which. while II checked pre-.
sumption. inflicted no serious wound upon
the feelings. Passing ;;looking . lass one
day, lie observed one Of lis pages behind
his bark helping himself Ia a pinch from
the ROYAL snuii-baS, How do Won like
~" asked he King. turning quickly, and
addressing himself % The embarrassed at
tentlaHt. Confused and aGashed. The
Young man could not answer a word. IL
asked yon how You liked my snuff" re.
pea,ed the King, .aad ! expec. an an.
swer.' Forcea 10 reply, The culrril al
last slammerrd out il was very good.
" Pni the box in your pocke', lhen.' said
Frederick !; I'll is not large enough for
both OF us"
The freedom which, this absolute mon
arch accorded 10 the press was virtually
as great a. that which il enjoys under the
most liberal governments for. notwiih-
Standing his ministers wrung from him
an ordinance restricting II. under the pre-
text OF restraining lis RIGHTEOUSNESS. il was
powerless from The fact that the King III :
variably defeated lis enforcement by the
exercise afhis supreme prerogalivr. ANY
one prosecuted aud convicted under thus
law for political reasons had only 10 ap-
ply 10 The King. and his penalty was sure
10 be remlted-ihe words +" | wish the
press 10 be free" being usually arpen.
iled - The royal pardon. lis difficult 10
reconcile such an exercise of power with
orr ideas of despoiism and yet. if The
absolute and unlimited control and tiispn-
sal Of the lives and properly Of people
constitute a despolism. tie Prussian inon~
arciy in The lime of Frederick The Grea;
was mos; undoubtedly one. Had his lot
heen cast IN Ibis country. in the nine-
leeaih century. Frederick nigh. have
proved Jackson: had Jackson beea born
10 Tie eighteenth, 10 the throne of Prussia.
he would hive flied tie part Of Frederick
Ia perfeciinn. Seldom, in the whole
+ nge OF history. do We encounter so slrik-
Ing resemblance, mental. moral. or even
pigsical. between Two proninen, charac-
ters as is presented by glance 4, The Two
great personages we have just named.
II.
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.
We find in the last Abingdon Virginian
the following account of one Of the mnst