The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-05-03

: y in the columns Of your Justly eele
: brated magazine.
: | returned to my own, my nativ
: land. fundless. and perhaps sonewha
seedy in appearance. and run for Is
Lieut.. in distinguished militia com
pany. but was unfortunately beaten b
the lass oi one vote. BY my worth
competitor.
La the year of our lord lS49, nv IL
lusirioss friend Thos. ID. Condv, CAV,
nae the oliice of Assistant deputy U
S. Marshal for the District of Barnwell
and while taking the Census, L kille,
cne horse, and another ran away anc
broke my buggy. upon which occasion
rode my horse bare back IA miles il
40 minutes. of which fact Col. b. ii
Brown is a living witness.
After had concluded this herculear
undertaking, a man calling himself
sc. Frank Powell" wrote me froa
Washington that il | would forward
a certain amount Of money to him, hs
would prosecute my claims for an in.
crease Of pay sufficient to cover thes,
immense disasters, but grieve to say
that from the time | sent the money,
have not heard word from the afore.
said and never to be forgotten G. Frank
Powell. he probably having gone to
parts unknown. However, | still en-
terrain strong hopes Of seeing his dis
tinguished name and fac simile in your
widely circulated magazine.
Last year ran for Tax Collector
in this important Township, and was
beaten SO badly by base combination.
of which | was wholly unconscious un-
I'll a few minutes before the closing ol
the polls. that have not since entirely
recovered my egpanimity. Asa salyo,
however. TO this disaster, and just at
this crisis, my distinguished but be-
nightcd friend, the Hon. James Camp-
bell, Post Master General. gave me the
Post Office at this place, the duties Of
which may without vanity say, have
discharged to the complete and entire
satisfaction of. the whoie community.
NV friends, anxious to secure for nae
the distinguished honor you have so po-
litcly rendered, and as reward for my
various and arduous services, are now
-busily engaged in raising subscription
for the purpose Of defying the expenses
attendant upon this momentous affair.
Iallude | to the engraving Of my portrait.
They have already appointed a COM
mittee to secure the services of COM
petent artist for the all absorbing oc-
casion, and as soon as the picture is
completed, will forward il to your all
dress.
Permit me to express the hope that
you will delay the publication Of the
next number Of your magazine until it
makes its advent.
laval myself of this opportunity to
assure you Of the distinguished consi-
deration with which remain,
Dear Sir, your grateful and ob't SER
want, e. 4. TOBlN, Postmaster,
At Barnwell Z. H., s. &.
John Lisingston, Esq, Isl Broadway, N. Y.
The RESOURCES OF INDIA.-At re-
cent meeting of the London Society
Of Arts, DIR. Buist Of Bombay, read an
interesting paper on some Of the un-
developed resources of India. AS ex-
amples of what could be accomplished
in that country, he referred to the arti-
cles Of indigo, cotton, and gutta percha.
The culture of indigo in Bengal hardly
covered its own expenses in 1873, and
now the annual value exported was
a1 III, 1888. In 1888 cotton was first
imported into this country from India,
and in 1914, when the company's mo-
nopoly was relaxed, the supply sent to
us thence was 1000, 900 pounds, where.
as, now, it averaged from l60,0O0,000
to l7O. 100000 pounds per annum, for
the cultivation of which an area of s,
600 square miles was required. The
demand Tor gutta percha had only ari-
sen in l847 yet it had already increas-
ed to such an extent as to threaten in
few years to extinguish the supply, un-
less new sources for obtaining it were
opened up. With reference to the pre-
sent state of the paper market, from
the scarcity Of rags, DIR. Buist points
out that in India short staple flax and
cotton, almost worthless for the pur>
pose Of ordinary manufacture, exist
to any amount, with cheap, ncathanded,
and ingenious workmen, abundance Of
pure water, smokeless skies, and sun
shine OF unsurpassable brightness-all
the means. in short, of supplying the
world with paper, If the art Of making
it was once introduced.
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newspaper, and yet, comparatively
speaking, nothing is esteemed of SO
little value. Every one who will make
a fair trial, and observe the influence of