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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1855-03-28

Ata public meeting 10 81. Louis on the
9th instant. The Hon. Thomas u. Benton
was nominated for The prcsidsres.
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THE HISTORY OF THE CORSET.

The corset had its origin in Italy, and
was introduced from that country into
France by Catharine de Medicis Mary
S-uard and Diane de Poitiers did not,
however. follow the fashion, but it was
at once admitted by all the ladies of the
French court that it was indispensable to
the beauty of the female figure, and was,
therefore, adopted by them. The corset
was, however, in those days in its infan-
cy, and it assumed mere of the rough
character of knights cuirass. The
frame was entirely formed of iron, and
the velvet which decorated the exterior
hid frightful and cumbersome machine.
This state of things, so detrimental to
health, and the cause of so much per-
sonal inconvenience, not to say torture,
could not last long and the artizans Of
those days contIived to give more plia-
bility and lightness to the metal, and pre-
pared the way by degrees for whalebone.
But as reformers are always slow, the
cold iron continued to clasp the warm
hearts of the fair wearers for long time
in its embrace, and even contrives to ex-
ist to the present day under the name Of
6usc-and who can blame its pertinacity?
The corset found favor in the eyes of
of Louis XIV. In the following reign,
however, the corset was threatned with
banishment from toilet. Fashion took
rural and simple turn, and was almost
guided by the taste of the painter of the
day, Boucher, in whose pictures many
of the court celebrities figured as shepard
and shepherdesses. Rut when the pain
tiers departed, fashion returned to the
eccentricilies of former times. During
the Revolution the corset was again for
gotten, and under the Directory it was
completely interdicted by the fashionable
world. The bellies of the day took a
classic turn, and aped the Roman dress
the toga, sandal &c. The empire de-
! thronged the classic fashion, but without
/ taking the corset in favor. High waists
were in favor, and Ia mode relelled in a
taste certainly the reverse of prudery.
Everything has its day and its fall, and
with the fall of tie empire fell also the
waist; and then came, which since that
time has continued uninterruptedly in ia.
yor.-London Court Journal.
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FAULT FINDING.

We generally find that those who are
most attentive to their own faults, are
most observant to the faults of others,
and most harsh in passing them. Is it
kind, is it right, is it just, to catch every
passing word spoken at random, or acts
right as to principle, if wrong as to ex-
pediency, color them highly, distort or
mangle them, and then hold them up to
the gaze of the world, as base, design
ing, deceptive, criminal? ? live did but
see the base motives by which our more
specious actions have been defined, we
should all blush and be confOunded
and like those who accused the sinful
woman before the Savior, would find
other employment than chat of casting
stones at our neighbors. Honesty and
fame are dear to Us as lie, and can we,
by smile, or a shrug. OF a false aud
wicked insinuation or word, deprive 9th
e-s Of that, in defence Of which VIC would
shed cur heart blool? some have no
heart, no sensibilily, none of the milk Of
human kindness. Better far be tiger,
for lis their nature to destroy, than be
in the shape of man with tigers
heart and propensitics. 81 much for
pas>in thous sh'- Oijg ia me-.
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WHOLE NO. 2O25.
"VIVE La HUMBUG" G"-BARNUMs
SHOW OF HANDSOME WOMEN"

What lady is MT handsome ? Bar
mum, the ungallant humbug, pretends
that some are not, and offers premium
of one thousand dollars, to be presented
to the handsomest woman in America !
Now, stop! don't go TO 'E6xing up"
those raven tresses. or slyly pseping into
the mirror, while you go to see whether
your hat will do to go to New York
Barnum do MT wart you there in person.
"Do MT want NE there How dive
think Barnum, or anybody else, can tell
whether am handsome or not, unless
he sees me 20
''He wants your daguerreotype only"
"Wen, and what then 90
''Why, you see, on or about the 18th
of October, Barnum will have commit
tee of excellent judges of beauty, to ex-
anime the daguerreotypes, and premi-
um of one thousand dollars will be
awarded the handsomest one, $500 to
the next, $500 TO the third, $50 to the
fourth, to the six next 500 eech, then
$50 each to the succeeding ninety, and
500 each 10 one hundred seventh-rate
beauties. Well, see by the smile on
your lip, and the brilliant glance from
your eye, that you intend to send your
daguerreotype; but bear one thing in
mind, send it under fictitious name"
Z" For what purpose > l have done
nothing at which Ineed blush.''
"You can't say that after you've sent
your daguerreotype !; besides, you dom
want to have everybody dodging around
/ your house after the 18th of October
trying to get sight of the handsomes
woman in America "-Gese. Leader.
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me, and her kind hand administered to

me, ana her KIND hanu aomlnlsIeTeu 10
my wants.
As soon as my strength was sufficient
ly recovered, fearing that seme enemy
might still be lurking near, | bade her
adieu with many thanks and tears, sought
the sea side, and embarked as a common
sailor on the first vessel that offered, and
have followed the sea ever since. Ny
fatal thirst has ever accompanied and
cursed me, in port and on deck this foe has
debased me, and keptmc from all chance
of promotion. Oh, how often have /, in
the depths of my heart, wished l had
died on the field OF Waterloo, or breath
ed out nv life in the arms of my gentle
preseryer. Six weeks ago 1 was wreck
ed in the packet ship Clyde, off the coast
of New Brunswick | have wandered
on foot through Canada and New Hamp
shire, singing for few pennies, or beg
ging for bread, till l met your sympathy
to-day. How do these college walls,
and this noble band of students recall
to recollection the scenes of former
years
The emotion of the stranger for a mo-
ment oyercame his voice, and when he
resumed the {. ars were still coursing
each other down his cheeks.
Il know not why God should direct
my steps hither but gentlemen, this
is the beginning of a new life in me, and
here in His presence, and in that of these
Witnesses, L swear, as l hope TO meet
you in Heaven, never TO taste a drop of
alcohol in any form again
Prolonged and deafening cheers fol-
lowed these words, and noticed many
a moist eye. A collection was immedi.
ately made, and more than fifty dollars
was put in his hands. As he ascended
to the coach to take lis departure, he
turned to the excited multitude that sur
rounded him, and said
1T is but justice that you should
know my name. am Lieutenant Lam
mes, a newphew of the great Marshall
Lannes. May God bless you all--fare-
well J
AS these youths thoughtfully returned
to th-ir accustomed pursuits not few
resolved in their deepest souls that tenn
perance and virtue should ever mark
their character, and that the soldiers
vow should be theirs.
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Gboite Mlistfllanpg,
THE SOLDIERS VOW.
A TRUE TALE .


One beautiful Indian Summer day, in
the autumn of 1874, stranger appear
ed in the streets of Hanover, n. H,
whose garb bespoke the utmost poverty
and destituiion. As he staggered along
he was surrounded by a crowd of village
boys, who amused themselves by insult
ing him with coarse jests and personal
indignities. He bore their abuse with
exemplary patience, and begged them
to wait till he felt little better and he
would sing them a fine song. His voice
was thica with unnatural excess, and he
was too weak to protect himself from
the rude jostlings of the crowd, yet he
smiled on the tormentors, and exhibited
no other sense of his helpless and forlorn
condition than a 'ook of grief and shame,
which despite his efforts and smiles,
would occasionally overspread his coun-
tenance.
Late in the afternoon, the writer, taeR
a student, passed him in company with
a friend, when our attention was arrest.
ed bv voice of unusual musical power
and beauty, singing the favorite national
air Of France, La Parisienne. As he
proceeded, great number Of students
from the college gathered aroun3 him,
and at the conclusion an involuntary
expression of delight broke from the en-
tire mass. He was enthusiastically en-
cored, and afterward the NarseilLaise
called for. The same rich, clear voice
rang out that wild melody in the very
words which are went to arouse the
spirit of the French soldier to frenzy
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ARISTOCRATIC THIEVLNG-CRIME
IN HIGH QUARTERS.

The Boston Daily Mil, OF June 21st,
has the following article
The daughter Of an eminent Southern
Senator has been for some time past Wis
iting at an aristocratic house on Beacon
street. The lady possesses rare beauty,
and has figured largely at balls and par
ties, where she has always received
marked attention. The position of the
gentleman at whose house she is solOurn.
ing, as we'll as her fathers rank, have of
course admitted her freely to the highest
social circles, and wherever she has
gone, it is stated that she always has
gained praise for her accomplishments
and winning manners. 1t has been no.
ticed that she wears very expensive Jew
elry, but nothing more, perhaps than her
station would justify. How some of that
iewelry was obtained, we will now inform
reader;
One day last week this young lady. m
company with the gentleman wife at
whose house she is stopping, visited a
large and we'll known establishment on
Washington street, and examined sever
al articles of costly jewelry. She re-
NAMED some time, but did not purchase
anything, promising, however, to call in
again.
After she had left, the clerk who had
waited upon the young ladies noticed
that a valuable diamond bracelet was
missing, and informed the proprietors Of
the fact. ....-
The same day the young ladies went
to the most extensive jewelry establish
ment in Boston, and the senatorial dam
sci exhibited this very bracelet to the
clerk in attendance and inquired its val
ue. He recognised the private mark o
the establishment from which it had beer
stolen; and thinking it suspicious cir
cumstance that the owner of so valuable
a bracelet did not know its worth, h'
shortly after gave infOi nation to the firm
from which it had been abstracted.
Here the fact of the theft became ap
parent; and it so happened that the es
tablishment which the fair thief visited
had short time previous missed dia
mond pin worth four hundred dollars
and it was thought possible that the sam'
lady might have stolen both articles
Accordingly a member from each estab
lshment repaired to the house on Beaeol
street at which she tarries, and desired
to see the young lady.
She appeared, and marvellous to relate
she had on her person the identical PiI
and Jraeelettka had disappeared! Their
was nothing to be said in explanation o
extenuation. There was the thief, ther
were the stolen goods in her possession
A palmer or more fragrant case coul,
not be imagined. The young lady wa
of course all tears and Mysteries and tn
other inmates of the house were a
amazement and regret. The genhema
of the house offered to pay any sum
money, no matter how large, in order t
have the affair settled. He was informe
that money was not what was wanted
All that was desired were the missin
articles, and these were Immediately ia
ken off and returned to the owner. Thu
ended the matter for present, and it wa
confidently hoped that this aristocrati
peccadillo would never see the light.
The names of the various parties ar
in our possession, but for certain reason
they are suppressed for the present.
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A funeral took place at Scottswood on
the 10th inst, attended with some pecu-
liarity. A man named Olcott, who had
a mill near that place, was buried on
that day f.; and the services were atten-
ded by two women, both claiming to be
the lawful wife of the deceased, and each
with a family of children. The specta-
Gle is said to have been as sad as it was
singular.
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VERY UNGALLANT.-An old-fashioned
naval captain stood up to go through a
country dance, with very line lady,
who was sh ocked to observe that his
huge and warm hands were moi covered
according to etiquette. g Captain" " said
his fair partner" ''you have not got
your gloves on "0h, never mind,
m Fam !'' answered the commander,
"nevermind, L can wash my hands when
we've done''
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-07-25

THERE is no country in the world" "
says a cotemporary, "where people are
so addicted to the medicine eating pro-
pensily as the United States. 1t has
grown to a perfect mania--a disease of
itself. The factis, Nature never design
ed the human body to be such receipt
acle of medicine. If men would but
study the laws of nature, diet properly
instead of excessively, be regular in their
habits, instead of regular in their doses,
use common sense and cold water free
ly. and the doctor as little as posi-
BILE, they would live longer, suffer less,
and pay little for the privilege"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-07-25

CHEWING ToBAcco.--C Consumers Of
the weed viii please "chaw" the follow
ing from the Worcester, Mass, Tran
script.
We noticed man about our streets,
collecting into a bag, old stumps Of ci-
gars. In our large cities, the collecting
of old cigars is made lucrative business
as they are readily purchased by tobac-
conists, and manufactured into fine cut
e5aseuUipg tobacco.
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JEFFERSON is said to have trembled for
his country when he remembered that
:. God is Justl' Ii he had lived Till this
time, he would have shook all over at
such a recollection.
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IT'S tflc fancy, not the reason of
things, that makes US so uneasy. Is is
not the place nor the condition. but the
mind alone, that can make anybody hap
DIV o. miserable.
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The editor of the Southern Democrat
says that he is acquiring flesh" If
he is, we expect that he steals it FROM
the butcher or some neighbor's meat
house. Prentice.
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A VERY TOUGH STORY.

Sixty yoke of red bulls, according to
to the Frontier Neacs, were seen last
week, by an old lady in Kansas, hitched
to an empty wagon, which was mired in
the streets of this city. The team reach
ed entirely from hill to hill, across
one of our valleys, vulgarly called CUTS.
The wagon being very tight in the mud,
refused to move the consequence was,
when that portion of the team on the
lead, over on the other hill, spread them
selves in strong pull, and Strengthened
the chains, that twenty seven yoke Of
the bulls in the centre were suspended
in the air. by their necks, something
less than fifty feet above ground We
did not sec it, but understand that pro
file view was taken on the spot for the
Neacs office.-Kansas City Enterprise.
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A GOLDEN THOUGHT.


We know not the author of the follow
ing, but it is pretty: 7fs
Nature will be rerorted. All things
are engaged in writing her history. The
planet, the pebble goes attended by its
shadow. The rolling rock leaves its
scratches on the mountain, the river its
channel in the soil, and the animal its
bones in the stratum /; the fern and leaf
their modest ePitaph in the coal The
falling crop makes its sculpture in sand
or ST. ne; not a fOotstep in the snow, or
along the ground but prints in characters
more or less lasting, a map of its march;
every act of the man inscribes itself on
the memories of its face. The air is full
of sounds, the sky of tokens /; the ground
is all memoranda and Signatures. and
every object is covered over with hints,
which speak to the intelligent.
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BLESSINGS which we have slighted
when in our possession, are more highly
priced when there is danger of our being
deprived of them; and our hearts are
more keenly touched by the anticipa-
tions of loss than by the fullness of enjoy
mani
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Those who excel in strength are not
the most likely to show contempt OF
weakness. A man does not depise the
weakness of child.
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MORAL CaARACrER.-There is nothing
W iich adds 50 much to the beauty and
power of man as good character. 1t
dignifes him in every station, exalts him
in every period of life. Such charae-
ter is more to be desired chan everything
else ON earth. No serviIe fool, no crouch.
ing sycopha 1t, no trea,'herous honor
seeker, ever bore such character ; the
pure joys of righteousness never spring
in such a person. If young mrn but
knew how much a good character would
dignity and exalt hem, how glorious it
would make their pros ,1ects even n this
life never should we fad them yielding
to the groveling and base-rOrn purpose
of human nature.
If thy hear. is in the Highlands It Is
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LOVE the moon, for she shines in the
night, to give US light in the dark, where
as the sun only shines in the day time,
where there is plenty of light, and his
assistance is not wanted. Such is the
difference between real and false charity.
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"Mother, I'm afraid fever would 60
hard with me"
"Why my son %
"'Cause you see, mother I'm so small
that there wouldn't be room for it to
turn
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Solomon knew several things, allow
ing for his age, but could teach HIM
a few o;hcrS.--PaRck.
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Sa4Othgg.
IKtum the Journal Of cOmmerce.l
2ABIE BE L.
~ 4. n. ALDEIcT

~. rs.m Of a Liitle Life tha: '0as bat three
.aPriIs long.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-19

Mr. Webster once asked where be should 90,
and the same question ia now extensively dis
cus,ed with regard to Gov. Seymour. That be
must desire 70 go some where after his recent de-
feat 81 the champion Of the Five points Grog-
chops and the candidate Of the Bung hole Democ-
racy, l. generally admitted but whether he VIII
seek repose and rehabilitation asa foreign En-
bassndor or q abinet Minister, Ia the Interesting
theme that occupies all minis. With regard to
tb. momentum, problem we disclaim any special
information, and openly avow that In attempting
lts solution, we are guided only by the light Of
ubiver, al scirnce and the cilcuu. Of probabilities.
In the frat place. then, 1t ia probable tina. the
Governor will prefer safe absence in foreign
pats to tho tolls AID dangers that environ aud
best the Administrator OF the present illastri-
ous Presidrnt; bcadcs tho nausesting fumes OF
the lato election cannot 40 easily bo forgotten in
Washington az 10 Europe. NcIt. II is probable
that be- will go to London, because that Embassy
IL tho reward originally promised by the
Executive 10 persuade him 10 stand nc tho
I,ups hole candidate. and as mn indemnity for hia
defeat in that capacity. Tho Paris Mission no
cant have. because that must DO icpt In reserve
for Mr. Wiso. the Administration candidate for
Go,efnsr in yifsinis. whois on tho cvo Of being
defeated by the Know So.hinrs. n Wise could
possibly answer A London. Gov. Seymour
might have bic choice. but unfortunately the yir.
sinisa. though we'll furnished with brsips. 10
poorly on fss discretios. lilo may flourish n tho
Css,t Of Napoleon. but will never DO fsr thai Of
vistssis Accordingly aus late 0oversor will.
in dus Sms. get bic eemmssos tss H. Jsmss's
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hereditary faint Of scrofus to triumph over sweak
bodily constitution. If anybody doubts this,
let him look a. the Singular and sudden rsvige
which Know KIOttineism has m,de among
our Msssscbu.etts D.igbbors. Afsfr al ta.s
hss been ssid TO explain the Sudden sPriog-
ing up there Of this hollow ghost OF par
". which Ike Phsrsohs lesn kins. sSs'-
lows up everything, and yet remains leaner. IT
possible. ID before, the matter It'll clutioues
mystery. There is but one reason that We are
aware Of that full and satisfactorily explains
Row this tremendous outcrop Of Knox NOsniog'
i'm happened to burst forth IN M,'.achu'e''', OF
All the States in the Union; and rsst reason Is
III, hereditary faint of bigoty with which our. in
20 many other respects, eIceileptaud mefirorlou'
ueigbbor, is so un'ortun ,teiy afflicted.
That the bssis-the fundamental idea Of the
Know Nothing movements bigotg-nOthlng
more DOR le's-nobody can dispute. IL is a
bigotsd sntipsthy to the Catholic religion that
has carried so many clerical gentlemen in'o the
Know. Nothing lodges, and mas ornanented tle
benches Of the Massachusetts, Legislature with
20 many white cravats. We know very we'll
that an abundance of politicians have rushed
into the Order merely to q la. with the current
persons " no. SO lar from being gosed, can hard
y be said to have any principles or opidions at
all-at least none which they casnot throw over
board at moments notice with perfect nonchs-
lance. We are ready TO believe some good
patriots have also gone into the Order, in the
hope-too confident and too resunptuous, we
fesI--of being able to direct that turbid current
into beneficial channels. But knowing SIS We
do, the ignobe principle which alone gives to
the party any union or vitality, we must say, not.
withdrawing some favorable indications which it
may have given, that We have no expectations
Of any substantial good to be derived from il.
even in Massachusetts.
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WEATHER REPORTS.

BOsTOs, Thur day, Jan. IL, 1913.
One of the most severe rain. storms Of the season
has continued all day and there are no indications
its clearing up this evaping .
WOODSTOCK Thursday, Jan. ls,-ll A. NJ.
Ii commenced showing here At o'clock last even
ipg. The snow has reached the cepth OF nine inches,
and the storm st ooutinues.
BRArrLEpoRo Thursday, jan Is, 1855.
IL has been ing here all the morning, sndns
snow is already four inches deep. =,
ST IoHSsBuRY, VI Jan. I'LL A. NJ.
Itbss been showing bers since last evening. Tie
snow is now eight inches ceep.
UANoyER Toursdsy, Jan. ISL IN.
Snow commenced falling here last night and IN
continued ever siuce IL is no" about inenes assp
SpRIsGrIELp. Mas, Thursday, Jan. IL, 1855.
Rsir ing heavily ali The forenoon.
OswEGo Tbarsday, Jan. Is, 1855
The propeller st. Nicholas cleared from this Pd
this morning at o'clock for rorooto. Weather f'a
No snow.
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UNITED STATES SUPREME Court

tsHiNUfpN, 'tlr'faI, ia, II lsSS
No. -. Feriin ,ni CLARK Bsoisna &. CI.,h
ct a. Appeal from me Circuit couft. ID ..,re, Of ~,
lnmbis Ju.tice Ca'ron delivered the o,isioa At a.,
Court sruing the decree u the Circai, Coar, wa,
cOsts.
No 81. WIN. Footain ". Wn. Rtvend. A,p.x
from the Ci,cui. Court of the Eastern Dstr,e, a,
PeDpsylvanis Justice Mclean delivered the % :.
ion II the Court atirnin. ihe decree Of the Cf,q.
Ccur', with costs.
No l. The tied States w. Dsai-l ". C,Sa ct
al Appeal from the District C"1f' o. ina ,sssra
District OF Louri.nA Chief Justice r,ney delivered
the opinion ~ the Court reversing the decree u Ia
District Court, reu an5inS the c1use, VITA dirsc.sas
10 isdiss the petition
No 49, John Fishers Administrator, Appels,,
rs. Moses Wanzer et al. Argument CONCLUDED sy
MIR. Philips for tae appellant