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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-10-29

A Coon 0SE.--There is distinguished
Democratic poiiticisn in Mississippi, SAYS
the Memphis Enquirer. remarkable Tor the
rsekle.snrss ~ bis assertions on Tho stump.
via is not unlrequenliy called "I'he We'll
Digger" The other day. 50 il Is reporlsd. an
old man, TrBnesscesn. WAS introduced to
him directly after me ofhis speeches IN The
State. WIN remarked
"well, Governor, think you are the man
who is sometimes called the /" Well Digger p
/" Yes" said the Governor, F" believe they
sometimes call me that but the truth is
never dug a well in my life."
81 thought So" said the old eountrymsr.
They say /" Truth lies at the bottom 81
WELL" aud from your speech to-day, saaH
Judge that you had nerer been Mere"
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presidential E,ec,Ion.--on T.aaey AR

and bse the next issue u paper. the Election Of
Presilen, Of the United staiesor the next four years
will be helJ therefore offer last word ofsrhorstion
% OUT friend 70 50 % he poils and for Fillmore and
Danslson. lie; none stsy away. upon the decisive
impression that w. Fillmore ssnis no chance Of elee
ton. THIS, 4 true. could have 20 siee, patriots
accustomed d Do their duty and leave consequences
to higher power. especially when voting fnr man
Who vs.. once elevated TO this high Office, and admin
iei is various dutic. with satisfaction TO al sections
and who, II be has snee lost popularity ., the North
sacrificed il By the justice and fidelity with which he
held the .Ess Of the Constitution the rights and
interests Of the Southern States. Absltionis,s and
dsunionis,s alike oppose hiH much stronger there
FORE is the motive for National American pstriO,s ID
sustain him.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-10-29

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. The follow
ing is a summary II the laws and constita-
tional requirements in the election Of a Pre-
sident aud Vice President:
/. Electors elected on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November.
Q. Electors meet on the first Wednesday
ia December and cast their votes. They then
sign three certfcates--send messenger
with one copy to the President Of the Senate
at Washington before the FIRST Wednesday ia
Januury--another by mail to the same person.
and the third deliver TO the United States
District Judge where electors meet.
s. Each State provides by law for filling
any vacancy in the Board Of Electors occs-
stoned BY absence, death. or resignation.
Such Of the electors as are present are gene
rally authorized to flly any vacancy.
4. The Governor gives notice 10 electors
of their election before the first "Wednesday
in December.
S. On the second Wednesday in February,
Congress shall be in session and open the re-
turns. The President Of the Senate shall,
in the presence Of the House Of Representa-
tiyes, open the certificates Of returns. and
count the votes. The -rson having the
greatest number Of vote Tor President. IL
such number be majority of the whole num-
Der Of electors. shall be the President
Q II no persoR has maturity as above.
the choice is to be made from the three high.
est returned. The members OF the Hous..
By States. form themselves into Electoral
Committees. and the majority determine
which is To be the choice Of the S;ate--each
Stale having only one vote.
Z. II neither Of the candidates get majori-
~ Of the States before the 9Th Of March, then
the Vice President shall act as President.
8. II the people do mt elect through their
Electors a. Vice President. then the Senate
ef the United States shall make the election
from the two highest candidates returned TO
them BY the electors.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-10-29

slblc and compsettnsiseligh, We Are cons,rainl
ed 10 believe Mr.. Fillmore's ehancesof sue
cess, even BY the people. vastly more enccutag-
Ing now Than they we're prior 10 HE recent Stale
elections. BAIT. Patriot.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-10-29
! aoop REPLY TO 4 CHALLENGE.

We arr no admirer Of the Heus John NJ.
R,su. af vreiaia. Ia, there i much 70 admire
10 Tho 3onrwng COIL and calm reply oth's % a
sAaIlenss ron he Rdilor Of he R'chmond En-.
aaissf - Fay. odssrssr.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-10-29
A GOOD REASON WHY ALL PsTRIoTs
SHOULD VOTE FoR FILLMORE.

The Hon. Preston s. Brooks, Of South Ca
rolina, in recent public speech, used the
following language:
Mr.. Fillmore is, privately. very res
pectable gentleman. lie made good Presi-
dent. and | believe sincerely that it elected
he would desert his own party, and, make
better President than we think. ~ But
that is the very thing | don't want. ! am
afraid Ne would do so well chat he would
throw back the prospects Of disunion." -83
Mr.. Brooks Is Democrat and an ayowed
Disunonist. But dose he not assign the
best reason in the world why all men Of all
parties who desire the preset yatinn OF the
Constitution and the Union, should support
the election OF Mr.. Fillmore. Why does Mr..
Brooks oppose MIR. Fillmore and sustain Buc.
hsnan He tells YOU frankly AMI bluntiy.
He tells YOU that he is ardeptly in favor OF
an immediate dissolution Of the Union.
and that lie fears his wishes and purposes in
E-is respect would be thwarted should MIR.
Fillmore be made President. Should not
this argument Of Mr.. Brooks against Dir.
Fillmore serve to impel all loyal and patriotic
citizens to stand by and sustain Willard Fill
more 10 the bitter ends
The very best reason whyMr. Brooks d,n'i
want Mr.. Film GRENADE President. . am
afraid saws Mr.. Brooks, " he would do Sc
well that he would throw back the prospects
Of disGnion !" Hear that. people OF Virginia
aud the South! l. not tllls the first time IN
the histnry Of the Government that any body,
election to any office. much less the presiden.
! cy. has been openly opposed upon the ground
1 that he would discharge his duties 100 trei
aud ZOO faithfully? Verify that is the high.
est compliment ever paid 20 the patriotism
integrity and wisdom Of any candidate for
public station and MIR. Fillmore Is the most
fortunate Of men is beng opposed for the
Presidency. and By his biiier enemies. ior !
reason like this.
We impIore the intelligent aud patriotic
people TO consider well Mr.. Brouk. objec.
4 tim to Mr.. Fillmore, sud then say whetheI
that objection is no. conclusive and over,
whelming argument WHY Mr.. Fiilmor,
should be elevated to the Presidency OF thu
great Republic. Weimpore them 10 cnn.id
Fl whether the elect,nn feiihrr Fremont u
Buchanan. would not almost certainly even
tuate in the violent disruption vi tiis ORR
Gus Unioa and in the frarll aud inlescrib.blt
horrors Of an intermiuable evil var. ~,
nnplore them to think ami % deliberate be-
fore they vote, and then, a patriots snt
good citizens, to vote for him who "wIll do
30 well that he will throw back the prospec {
1. OF disunion." In word. vote Tor Fillmore,
aud preserve the institutions aud the glOrle,
Of the Republic. Rich. wAig.
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s.uth Lowell ACADEMY

The Christian Advocate that The Rev. J. r Baghy has
resigned his position as Principal o. South Lowell Aes
deny. for the purpose Of removing 10 Virginia and
that NJ. Joseph n SPEED has been elected 70 o. the
vacancy. NJ. Speed admirably huedf bic Pfe.en,
posilion and the School will no doubt more Than msn
tain IL past reputation.
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Rasnxosn. oct lith. 1855.

srsaI w.s telaotaa, % meet your son, be.
esoss hsd proof tina. you had pu. him forward
~ fssea, insults winch you had no excuse 10
sh,f, n The shoulders nl another. Determined
10 ID ,rd Won M a,,oIocy for esading the issue
with myself. I consented 10 come down II a
lesI with yoar son. Having dlspo.ed Of hin,
| nov confront YOU. and dem,ad The ss,isfar-
zion which gen lsmei are always ready to rem
der those upon whom laey h,vainae,rd wrong
and insult.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-10-29

Our thanks are due 10 the Editors Or the North Caro-.
line standard Tor neatly printed copy Of an Grafton
delivered at Raleigh on the ah II July s. by W. W.
Holden, Esq.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-10-29

been restored, and entered uroA the duties ohA Office
on Sunday last Inthc House Of Bishops, the vac upon
his restoration was 81 in favor and against his resto
ration Bishop Atkinson Of this Stale, voted in the af
6rma,ve and Bishop Davis Of >. Carolina. in the ne.
gative.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-10-29

We learn from the Standard, thai Professor Hedriek
has been dismissed from his position in the University
Of North Carolina. by unanimous vote Of The En-
ecutiye Committee Of the Board Of Trustees.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-10-29

I, is stated in the Wilmington Herald, that when
the Steamer Tennessee leh San Juan, Col. Wheeler.
American Minister at Nicaragua, was i'll a. Granada
Of apoplexy.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-10-29

Penny wanna Efecll0n--The fni'fe ON.
cis rtoms Of the late election IN tho state Il Penn.
yltsnia have been received. and are ss follow
F.r csaal comm.,sioaer.
Scott, (Dem,erst,) 2iasss
Cochran. (Uaion.) 2iO.tI2


Scots majorty. 2.T71
FIR Attorney General, the Democrats majority was
s2O7 sni far Surveyor General s75e making syer.
.ge Democratic majority Of s.a3o-a small majority,
considering that the sesregas vote Of The State was
near $4,000; loo small majority 70 give sny GER
tain indication % how the election win 50 IN No.
ycnlber.
10 lhe Stale Senate the unioni.is have majority
n three and 10 ID, lower House the Demoersis have
majority Of sir. Democrats majority on joint bal.
lot three.
The Democrats have elected h.issn members Of Con.
gross the opposition TEN.
FIoridn.-The returns are now eomplaif. Perry,
Democrat, i elected Governor by 400 majority Ias.
kins, Dcmoersi, 70 Congress BY bout 800 majority.
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: Bishop 0ndedonk. Of the Diocese o. New York,
who for SONS twelve years hsd been Suspended, has
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-01-09

is impossible. The storm of phrensy an
faction must inevitably dash itself in vain
against the unshaken rock of the constitu-
ton. i shall never doubt it. I know
that the Union is stronger thous and
times than all the wild and chimerical
schemes of social change. which are gen
Grated, one after another, in the unstable
minds of visionary sophists and interest ted
apitators: rely confdentially on The
patriotism of the people, on the dignity
and self>respect of the States, on the Wis
dom of Congress. and above all, on the
continued gracious favoro Of Almighty God,
to maintain. against all enemies, whether
at home or abroad tho sanctity of the
constitution and theintegrity the Union.
FRANKLIN PIERCB.!3
WAsH1EaTos, December 81, 1856.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-01-09


The aggregate amouutlof public land
sold during the last fiscal year. located,
with military scrip or land warrants, ia
ken up under grants for roads, and seIec-
ted as swamp lands by States, is twenty
four million five hundred and fiftyoseyen
which the portion sold was fifteen million |
seven hundred and twenty-nine thousand |
five hundred and twenty-four acres,
yielding in recei pts the sum of eleven mil
lions four hundred and eighty five thou
sand three hundred and eighty dollars.
In the same period of time, eight million
seven hundred and twenty three thou
sand eight hundred and itty-four acres
have been surveyed but in considera-
ton Of the quantity already sub to
entry, no additional tracts have been
brought into market.
The peculiar relation of the general
government to the District Of Columbia
renders it proper to commend to your
care not only its material, but also its
moral interests, including education,
more especially in those parts of the dis
trlct outside Of the cities Of Washington
""G w., ueoI esG"H.
oil "o oS;t. u', I pPo"T9u ~ 'I,'S
ranlo oo w. 'N"S :? LIZ, ,3 DS' ta n"oo
lt'.L0 SUN p os'osS III INC Pe' 'oi II',':eO
o. tI'e'r '"SA' as 10 insure us o"pIe,'o"
III INC ''l1e P'cSc''oeo w VIC "c' o. WI"
s'ISI: ;o,
=, nU'lll"''"n mas recently Oec'l .e'e'' 49,
", rH"' inc peace o. UNe Se''le'I,v"'S IN INC
LsI IiI.' OF OFeS9n anu " "SnIn s!on
- "S,"! yea ny nos :''Ies W. '"o P"'s ~
VIZ inUI'"S' WIN Inu':"''I"S y. elN'eIls'Se {
ooulo!n"'lchS Oh Il i1o"Il'e cn"'"cNe' among
LHe uiOcS III LN"L uaTLeEI inc more serious
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-01-09

The PRESIDENTS MEssAoE.-We have
no apology to offer our readers, to-day,
Tor having surrendered nearly the whole
of our paper to the Presidents Message.
as we could not possibly give them more
valuable information or sounder senti.
ments than it contains. It's statement Of
the condition of the various branches Of
the public service, as we'll as of our for.
eign relations, is clear and concise, and
its remarks on the slavery question are
those of patriot and statesman. Taken
altogether. it is ope,of the best of the ma
ny excellent documents of the kind, that
have been placed before the country. All
join in its praise-even our Know-NOtb-
ing friends, who have never, heretofore.
been able to see anything creditable in
our Democratic President, are constrained
to say that it is upon the whole fair
specimen of that character OF State pa
pers." We commend its careful perusaI
to our readers.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-01-09

chief part, tcom duties on imports, its
magnitude auurls gratifying evidence of
the prosperity, not only OF our COM
mercc, buL OF The other great interests up |
on which that depends
The principle that NIL moneys not re-
Quired TOT the current expenses Of the 60 !
vcrnmeuL should remain for active en-
ployment in the hands OF the people, and
the conspicuous fact that the annual reve-
nue. from all sources exceeds by many
millions of dollars, the amount needed for
aprudent and economical administration Of
public affairs, cannot fail to suggest the
propriely of an eArly revision and reduc@
ton Of the tariff OF duties on imports. 1t
is now so generally conceded that the
purpose Of revenue alone can Justify the
imposition Of duties on imports. that, in
readjusting the impost tables and sohed-
ules; which uuQucstionably require essen
,ial notifications, q departure from the
prinsipes Of the present tariff is not an
ticipated.
ARMY.
The army during the past year, has
been actively engaged in defending the
Indian frontier, the state Of the service
permirinS bUt few and small garrisons in
our perm tnenI fortitcHtians. Tho add
liOnai regiments authorized at the last
session ui Congress has been recruited
and OygNliizel, and Il large portion OF the
troops nave already been sVnttO the field.
Al the duties, which devoive on the mil
ilary establishment, have been satistnclo~
lily performed. and the dangers and pri-
walton incident to the character Of the ser.
vice required Of our troops, have furnish,
Cd an Auui!IUnal evidence Of their courage,
zeal, and capacity to meet any requlsltton,
which thrlr country may make upon
item. For the details uf the military
operations thc distribution OF the troops,
and additional provisions required for the
military ecrN ice. refer to the report Of
the Secretary Of War, and the aCcVmpa~
n5inE documents.
Experience gathered from events
WhichEAvo trauspircd since my last annu-
al message, has but served TO cons
firm the OPjnI2n, then expressed OF the
proprietyoi making provision, by retired
list, ior disabled oI.lters, aud Tor increAs
Cd CONF cHsatIJa TO lac officers retained
on tie list tor active duty. al thc reasons
which existed, when these measures were
rvconm, ntci ON former occasions, con
t.uuc without modification, except so far
rs c..cu:r>.;.1.cyv have given to some OF
Ihuo aG.j;ia3nl iulec.
The 1raan1nvui:.;ivu7 heretofore made
for p.usa4. r,oI4 III z..-ton OF TIE. nlny,
arc 49,. I, AKA. Iyih .ro.uh el.nlcn
taay ,..l.'.s..n. ~. To those ,.;.lcTs, " &C
t"nl;lc...: t...t; syT'icro "ith me ;ru,e
"i c"I.t 2 l.'D'.$ them, 20 = con slicT@,
I'VE tA-Hi.t, to frI,utm l':@ GEUcS OF every
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-01-09

Ew Hon. ]. s. Garlic made short
visit to his family a. this place. last week
He says the House is at dend lock, with
less prospects of an organization than
ever.
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Ikilling IIogs BIZ stenm.


in Wheeling. visited packing house
whore they almost literally kill hogs
by steam. The establishment is owned
by Michael Kerr of Baltimore, and uses
up $50 hogs and 100 cattle day. and as
we were informed, was not doing much
during tho holidays. In company with
couple Of friends, we were shown through
the establishment by Mr.. Sam'. Wirick,
though whose politeness we saw and hoard
much to make a greenhorn stare.
In the first places dozen or twenty hogs
were driven into a pen, when man with
double headcd sledge. hammer, common
ced knocking right and left until he had
the whole " hoored." He then common
ceI sticking them, which was done in a
more rapid manner than we imagined pos
sible. ThOy wero then hauled out on a
platform adjoinsd tho scalding apparatus.
This was large vat, the water in which
was heated by steam. They were pluu-
ged into this, stirred around little and
landed on a long platform at the other end.
Here they werc passed through about =
dozen hands, in which operation She briS-
ties were removed, and then plunged in
to another vat Of cold clean water to be
washed off. They were then hung up,
Quilted. carried away, and again hung up
to cool. This was an operation we'll cal
culated to astonish one who had only wit
messed the ordinary method Of doing the
business They were hung up with the
assistance of machinery which made il
very small job, and Quilted BY single
individual, Billy Malone. from Covington,
KY, who is quite celebrity in his way.
We were informed that he had stuck
and "gutted" 600 hogs a day, and no
person seeing him take out the iusidss Of
hog, with no other instrument than .
small butcher knife-cutting through
bones and all-would be disposed 10
doubt it. The hogs are taken about a
dozen yards to be hung up, and he keeps
two men going-each one taking a hog.
One Of these g carriers" we were told,
carried any sized hog. When we saw
him, he had not got over Christmas, and
could walk straight only with hog on
his back. He would shoulder and carry
off hog Weighing 300 lbs. with perfect
ease.
In cutting them up. ono blow with q
large cleaver, cuts off the head, another
the shoulders, third tho hams, two moro
splits the back bone, &C.. /; each part be-
ing taken charge Of by diffcrsn! persons.
The hams went one way, tho shoulders
another, and the middlings still another
Tho hams and shoulders Wsre trimmed
and packed in salt, and examined every
two days. The midd!ings are packed in
barrels. and after standing awhile are
rePacked in pickle. The lard is tried out
and put in barrels for market-the entrails
arc either cleaned for sausages or tried
out for soap fnt-everything is put to
some use.
Bat we cannot attempt to give a de-
scription of all we saw there, and have
said enough to give our readers an idea
Of the way things arc done whore $50
fellows get their souse taken" every day.
n.
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IpST OFFICE.

II will be perceived by the report OF
tiIc POSTMASTER General, that the gross
expenditure OF the department Tor the last
hsc.! year WAS Fine luI!iIuns pine hundred
"II SIN y>cIght thousand three hundred
and iOrty~twO dollars. and the gross re-
Ccipts seven million three hundred and
'OIty-two thousand one hundred and thir-
1y-siN dollars, making IN excess of cx-
VcndItUlo over receipts .Oi TWO million
~ LnAncd and t"cnIy-siX thousand
w" hu!~.e4 and s;x dollars; and that
tGe Cos, =, !aiII UaEs Corlatjun during that
l.eAr W.s sjN hundred and s.vyn;y-louv
thousand A,ne hundred and Fifty two dol>
lars SIca;'r tUan the previous wear.
Much o. iIe heavy expenditures to which
The Treasury IS thua subjecled, is to be
"sScnbed 20 The large quantity OF printed
matter conveyed by The maiis. either;
ranked, Or Liable to no postge By law, /
or TO very low rates OF postage COMPARED !
with that charged on letters and TO The
great cost Email service on railroads and .
by ocean steamers. HE suggestions OF
The Postmaster General on the subject de
serve the consideration OF Congress.
INTERIOR.
a1he report of the Secretary Of the In
,erIor wilt engage your attention, rs wei,
or useful suggestions it contains, rs for
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INTERIOR.

The report of the Secretary of the In
teTlor wilt engage your attention, rs we'll
Tor useful suggestions it contains, rs tor
the interest and importance Of the subject
to which they refer.
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not dlHcrent States be compelled respec-
lively to meet extremes with extremes Z?
And, if either extreme carry its point.
what is that SO far forth but the dissolu-
ton of the Union ? II a new State, form
ed from the territory of the United States.
be absolutely excluded from admission
therein, that fact Of itself constitutes the
disruption of union between it and the
other States. But the process Of dissolu-
ton could not stop there. Would rot "A
sectional decision, producing such result
by majority of votes, either northern or
southern, of necessity drive out the op,
pressed and grieved minority and place
In presence OF each other. two irreconcilc.
ably hostile considerations ?
It is necessary to speak thus plainly Of
projects, the offspring of that sectional
agitation now prevailing in some of The
States, which are as impracticable as they
are unconstitutional, and which, il pcrse-
veled in, must and will end calamitously.
1t is either disunion and civil war, or !, is
mere angry, idle, aimIess disturbance Of
public peace and tranquility. DisuDion
for what? If the passionate rage Of ia
naticism and parlizan spirit did not force
the fact upon our attention, it would be
difficult to believe, that any considerable
portion of the people OF this enlightened
country could have SO surrendered them
selves to ianatical devotion TO the sun
posed interests Of the relatively few Aft
cans in the United States, as totally to
abandon and disregard the interests of the
twenty-five millions Of Americans,-to
trample under foot the injunctions of NOR.
al and constitutional obligation and to
engage in plans of vindictive hostility
against those who are associated with them
in the enjoyment of the common heritage
of our national institutions.
Nor is it hostility against their fellow
citizens OF one section of tie Union alone.
The interests, the honor the duty, the
peace. and the prosperity of the people
of all sections are equally involved and
lmPerilled in this question. And are pa
triotie men in any part of the Union pre-
pared, on such an issue, thus madly to in
Eite all the consequences of the forfeiture
Of their constitutional engagements {? IL