The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-03-22
GEN. DocKERy.

This week we place at our mast
head the name OF General Alfred Dock.
cry. Of Richmond County. as a candi.
date for the Office Of Governor OF the
State Of North Carolina. We need not
state that we do so with pleasure. We
haye already stated that We regarded
his nasc as bearing With it the prestige
OF certain victory, and We repeat die
assertion The condueror Of every field
I on which he has drawn his good blade
for the Wing cause, he will not iaIter
nor suffer defeat in the coming great
contest.
b. early life Gen. Bockers ENJOYED
slch opportunities Of EDUCATION as the
country schools around him afforded !;
ana these were scanty enough at that
time. His DAYS and considerable part
of his nights ton were sedulously deyo-
ted 10 the labors Of his farm--wisile At
leisure moments he read his Bible and
picked up snch miscellaneous inferma-
tion as came in his way. Az an early
age he married and took upon himself
the cares Of family. These, however,
were no impediment to his success.
The bread Of idleness he never tasted;
and in few years he was not only in
comfortable circumstances, so far as
worldly goods were concerned, bu. Ire
was fnusd 10 be, in reality, one Or the
best informed men Of the community
in which he resided. Solicited by his
neighbours to become a candidate when
delegates were TO be chosen to revise
the State Constitution in 1885, he con-
scented To do so, aud was returned over
men Of marked talent and standing in
the county. lie served in the Conren.
tion with en.irc aeceptability TO his
constituents; and after the adoption
ofthe constitution in its amended form,
he Was chosen tn represent the Senate
rial District composed Of the counties
of Richmond and Rubeson--which he
id for five successive sessions, We be.
liere. lie was tAen elected to the
United States. House Of Representa-.
tives, from the Congressional District
IN which he resided, and throughout
the whole Of his term he was found at
his past attending to the interests Of
his constituents. with an eve that ne
yer winked aud an energy that never
tired.
At the end Of this term Of his public
service, the State was e.istrieted,
and he was thrown into the same dis
trict with Hon. Daniel vi. Barringrr.
lie gave way to Mr. BarrHger and re-
turned 10 has pursuits-engaged in
which he remained until the Spring Of
1851. when il was thought crisis had
arrscd in the political affairs nf North
Carolina. The Compromise measures
Of 1850 had passed the Congress Of the
United States; the Democratic party
Of this State took grounds against
them; Secession was proclaimed az
the safety-valve Of the Union; AMI
Green w. Caldwell, of Mecklenburg,
the Ajax lebanon of llemncracv in
his district, was brought nut as the
candidate Of his party for Congress-.
In this emergency every eve was turn>
ed to Gen. Dackery, He was every
where solicited to become the Wing
candidate. He yielded to the siicitas
ton, and strangled his opponent and
the faction which surrounded him "as
easily as the infant Hercules smothers
ed the serpent Python"
Gen. Dockery is now at home, en-
gagged in the management Of his do
nestle concerns-a plain, unpretending
citizen, a skillful planter, a kind neigh.
Dor and gond Christian. The nomina-
ton which has been conferred upon him
he has not sought; and we are sure he
will nat decline il. Let his friends do
their duty, and they may rest assured
he will do his. Were we to call him
peoples man, We should, do him inius>
tee, He is one ofthe people themselves,
appreciating all their wants and sym.
with them in all their feel
lngs and on the first Thursday Of Au.
Just next, they will indicate their
nwn dignity by electing him To the
Chief Magistraey Of the State of North
Carolina. Fay. dygus.
PUNISHMENT or GAMBLlSa.--The Sc.
nate Of Georgia has passed bill to
punish the keeping Of iarp or other
tables or establishments, with
imprisonment in the rani,entiary from
me Eve ,cafs..