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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-08-12
REIGN OF ANARCHY. LAwLEssNEss, AND
CRIME.

There is scarcely paper upon which we
cast our eyes that IS not more or less occu-
pied with accounts of murder, assassination,
burglary, robbery, assaults with intent TO
kill, and almost every other crime known to
the laws, as well as with statements OF re-
gistance to the constituted authorities, beat
ing and killing the officers whose duty il is
to execute the law and preserve the public
peace, by gangs Of ruiians and scoundreis
unwhipt Of justice, perhaps but lately IN
mates Of some penitentiary, or those who
ought to have been there years ago.
Is there any part Of the country where
the laws are enforced, crime properly pun
ished, and order preserved as they ought 70
be, and were in the "better days of the Re-
public ?" II so, we are not aware of 1t; on
the contrary, the spirit of lawlessness has
spread over the whole land and pervades
every part of the country-not cities alone,
those fostering sores Of State, but even the
rural districts.
Is this the result anticipated by our pa
triotic fathers who won our, independence
and established the right Of the people ia
govern themselves, believing them capable
of doing so wisely and eficientlys II II is,
then were they most wofully deceived as to
the intelligence Of the people Of this country
and their capability Of governing themselves
What true hearted American is there who
does not blush with shame at the light in
which we are now beheld by the moral, re-
ligious, and intelligent portion Of the people
Of all nations, through the doings OF oul
courts aud the columns Of our public press
Americans residing abroad suffer the great
est modification from the accounts witt
which our papers teen Of crime and anarchy
and their cheeks crimson at the comments
made by those around them and by the for
eign press. And this" say the latter, !" i
the boasted land of law and liberty Thei
law is the law Of the strongest-ot the mob
of the pistol, the bowie knife, and the rifle
and their liberty is licentiousness-the RICH
to do as they please, to set at defiance al
legal restraint, to respect no rights OF persoi
or property, to run riot in anarchy"
If the lawlessness which now peryades al
parts of the country, and which would be
disgrace to barbarians, is the legitimate re
suit Of the "great experiment our father
commenced, to see whether the people wer
capable Of self-goyernment, then II has bee
tried and found to be FAILURE.
Washington american
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-08-12

IpIoTs.--ldiotcy is arrested development.
There is, in all cases, deficiency of brain,
a low physical organization. The humane
and accomplished DIR. Wilbur says, that out
Of class Of twenty pupils only three could
count ten. Their almost universal fault was
gluttony. Their great fault is the want OF
attention. Many cannot talk; it often re-
quires two or three wears to enable them TO
utter single word distinctly. In almost all
cases home treatment only confirms the mai
adv. In three hundred aud fifty -nine cases,
all but four originated III parents who had
brought on some confirmed disease by the
violation Of the laws Of nature.
In every instance, the four excepted,
either one or bnth parents were either IN
healthy, scrolulous, disposed to insanity,
INDUCED in animal excesscs. or had married
blood relations. Let every reader commit
TO memory these five causes, for TO have an
idiot child how terrible the iniliction More
than one. fourth OF three hundred and fifty
nine idiots were the children Of drunkards
one out of every twenty was the child OF the
marriage Of near relations; in one such
family i've children out Of eight we're idiotic.
II, then, health, temperance and chastity are
not duties, then are we irresponsible.
haTs Jsnrnafef HsgLh.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-08-12

lapoarASr TO EVERYBODY. --lt is stated that
one pound II green eopperds costing seven
cents, dissolved IN one quart u water, and
poured down sink, will e1ectaally eoneen.
trate and destroy the foulest smells. For
water. clo.eis aboard ships aud steamboats,,
about hotels and uiher public places. there il
nothingso nice % cleanse places as simple
green eopperas dissolved under the bed. 10
any thing that will hold water, and thus render
hospital. or other place for the sick. free
frnm unpleasant smells. For butchers stalls,
i.h.marketa, slaughter.houses. sinks, aud
wherever there are offensive putrid gases.
dissolve eopperas and sprinkle il about, aud
in lew days the smell will pass away. La
cat, rat OF mouse dies sbout the house, and
sends forth an offensive gas, place s"me dis.
solved eopperas IN On open vessel near the
place where the nuissuee Is aud Il will soon
purify tie atmosphere.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-08-12

We learn from Washington that The in
structions Of Governor Cumming (of Utabl
are completed. They are brief lie il 70
see that the laws Of the United States are
faithfully executed. No man in Utah Is 20
be molcsted for his political or religious
opinion, but all are 10 be held responsible
for their conduct. Should the authorities
be unable to enforce the laws, military force
is then 20 be employed. While his powers
are ample for all practical purposes, much i
conhded 70 bis prudence and discretion.
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occurred after he had left the field and as
no two could agree in any one statement. the
king, struck with the difficulty, exclaimed \
|"What, then, Is history r. "Gise me my
liar" said Charles v, when he called for
volume of history; and certainly no one
can attentiyely examine any one impor'
tant period of cur annals without remarking
that almost every incident admits OF two
handles, almost every character Of two inter-
pretations, also. that by iudicious packing
Of facts. the historian may make his picture
assume nearly what form he pleases, without
any direct violation Of truth. :.
| But history does teen with falsehood and
peryersions. Take two instances in the
history Of England. as now taught in our
schools. We are positively told that Joan
OF Arc was burned BY the English at Rouen
] in 1881 when it has been incontroyertibly
established by ancient archives OF that city,
that on the LIST of August, 1889. the council
OF the city OF Rouen made her gift Of 80
Ilivres, for services rendered by her at the
siege Of the said city. So that the burning Of
Joan is a myth, invented by the French 70
blacken the English character. and transfers
red to our history as a fact by those authors
T who too credulously relied on French chron-
iclers.
4 Again, Richard iii has been held up to
universal execraton as a cr00ked-back mon
ster; whereas Stow. who was born forty years
, after Richards death, and hal conyersed
with many who had seen the king, declares
, "that he could find no such deformity IN
King Richard Ill as his historians commonly
relate on the contrary, he was OF b0dll
shape comedy enough, only low Of stature
In fact, all modern research has proved thai
Richard was neither that deformed persoI
! nor that monster Of cruelty aud lmpiety whicl
he has been represented; by our so-calle,
: historian. No character in English histOr.
| has been more misrepresented and could tn
/ shade of the last Plantagenet rise from It
grave, it would blush to find the name o
!. Richard Ill in the same book as those Of III
! stuarts and George Nv. But success oite
/ lays The foundation Of good reputation vii
] posterity.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-08-12

MoaguEap Cuy.--rhe above. We learn, il
to be the title Of the town 10 b. built At the
eastern terminus Of the Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad. The distinguished gen
tlrman whose name is given 10 the embryo
city deserved the hunor thus conferred.
May it, rspid growth justify the hopes u is
most sanguine friends, and may is advance
20 prosperity be commensurate with the
energy aud enterprise Of him whose name 1t
bears. beaufort JgnraaL
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-08-12

A Ngw ScrTHBRS SrarE.--S. Fuissp, a
Chocaw. and one 81 the mast prominent Of
his nation, PAID u visit Yesterday. Mr.
Foisom is 10 favor q having the Indian Ter.
ritory west of Arkansas. between the Red and
the Arkansas rivers, extending westward. to
the one hupdred,h degree Of west longitude.
organized into State aud admitted into the
Union. We think sacha step absolutely neees-
ssry for The protection of the South. The chuc-
taws aud cherkees are sls,eholdcrs, aud
would add another slascholding State 70 the
canlederaey. Mempkb Eegk.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-08-12

The Washington correspondent of the New
Ynrk fourier and Enquirer informs ~ that
Gen Cas- has had frequent interviews with
Iord Napier relative 10 The China gar. the
African Slave Trade, the SLAYER Panehita. and
the abolition 81 Priyateering. Upon all these
subjects, save the last. there IL substantial
agreement between the two governments.
and in relation 10 Prisateering, the United
States declines 20 limit ~ qualify Us right 70
use IL maritime militia in times of war 10 its
own best advantage.
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peath of q senalor.--New ollean.

Death Of a Senaior.--New Orleans advices
from Texas state that the Hon. Thomas !. Rusk, ono
Of the United States senators from tina, state commit
ted suicide At his residence, tbs solh Of July. The
death Of his wife, which prayed sadly On bis feelings
aud disgraeefu conduct the part Of relative
suggested the PrebibIe melting cause Of the
rash act.
Mr. Rusk was in his third Senatorial tenn. having
represented the Stale from is FIRST admission into the
Union aud BY his talents aud character had acquired
degree u confidence and esteem enjoyed BY few q
his associates.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-08-12
New Ysrh July. ..

NICARAGUA TO Ms isvAprp AGAIS.-Gen.
Ilenning-en. and DR. BELL, his brother IN law.
left far The South this afternoon, 10 visit III
i alleged Gen. lis wife. ~hn j. nnw in
Georgia. Those best informed nf Walkers
movements, saw Henningsen's visit is FOR the
purpose II comforting With Gen. Walker re.
iatise to new expedition Tor the invasion 81
Nicaragua. Which Is 10 start from some point
near New Orleans. about the 18th ~ October.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-08-12
a tcARgp AFRICAN.

Tie brig Flora, Capt. Yates. u Newcastle.
Maine, arrived on Monday from Dir Cove,
West Coast Of Africa May 90. bringing
among her crew a native Kroomsp, who had
been taken On board az Dir Cove. $ tore.
mast hand. Tie fears u this native African
hand been excited vD the passage by the
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-08-12
LYNCH LAW IN IOWA.

The following account OF the lynching OF
wm. b. Thomas. at Montezuma, Iowa, -
taken from the 0skaloosa Herald;
"No sooner was the decision Of the Court,
granting the change Of venue, given, than a
regularly organized mob Of about two hun.
dred men proceeded to the old Court House,
where the prisoner was confined, and de-
nanded and BY force took Thomas IRON the
custody Of the Sheriff. amid the most helilsh
revilings Of the mob, carried him away to a
tree, which they had previously prepared IN
the suburbs of the town. Here, without even
adhering to the customs Of Lynch Law, or
abiding BY the honor Of mob force, they
placed the rope around the prisoners neck,
aud demanded a confession Of the crime.
The prisoner pleaded his innocence. The
rope was drawn over limb, aud the prisoner
swung into the air. After few struggles he
was let down and again ordered to make a
confession. Again he pleaded innocent OF
the crime, and again he was swung up, and a
fire kindled beneath his feet, the mob threat.
ening to burn him IL he did not confess the
murder. Again he was let down. From the
struglatiOns received he had lost his strength
aud voice. The prisoner, in the faintness Of
death, persisted that he was innocent. Again
he was hung up when he remained until he
was dead.
We also understand that our District Judge
and the Prosecuting Attorney, Mr.. Cuts
were threatened with mob violence. An un.
fortunate state Of affairs truly, in the once
fair city Of Montezlma. This Is the tenth
victim Of violence in Iowa since the first Of
April. Four in Jackson. FIVE IN Cedar, and
Que ia POweshiek.p
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-08-12

Tts YGARs MlssrSc.-The LYNN Mass
News state that Mr. James Thompson left
Lynn ten years since /" 70 To sea. and soon
after left the hip, and has not been heard 81
since hy his friends here. TIL they saw Ms
name reported in tie lit &c retained iilibas-
tiers Of Walker's army. lie is INV IL New
York sick, aud his father has sent for him To
return TO LYNN. His friends have for several
years supposed him TO be dead.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-08-12

Kentucky according % The ieIegraPhic d..
patches, The Democrats have male pretty clean
sweep w Kentucky, having elected eight or ten Con
grsssmen. majority Of the Legislature, and STATE
Treasurer. n the Ashland district. James D. Clay
icon q the late Henry clay,j the Democratic nomi
nee, has been elected by majority 81 100 Rogc
Hanson, lie candidate 81 The American party.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-08-12

The following snecdole is from The late
Mr. a. q. Oils. Mr.. Otis met very worthy
gentleman, WHO appeared ID be excessively az.
Cry and upon inquiring Cor the cause. ascer.
tanned that the gentleman bad lent General
Knox two thousand dollars. a month before, lor
a lev days only, and had not been able to get a
dollar repaid. j" am hunting for him nov, :
said be, "and. IL Can only meet him. III give
him such piece d my mind ~ will prevent
him from ever applying 70 ne again" Pph,
poh, said Sir. Oils. I" you'll do no such thing
as sure az you trust yourself within the per.
sgnas influence Of Mr.. Knor you'll lend him
more money.' Meeting this gentleman l
few weeks alter" Well" said Mr.. Otis
odd you get your two thousand dollars d
Tie General;" mo, didn't" be replied
!" am ashamed 10 cOnlcss il, lent him an
other thousand"
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-08-12

Missouri. - Thiny-sight counties heard from
give Rollins the American candidate i.l5O majority.
CLARK, Democrat, i elected 10 coagrsss rom the
third district. 10 place d lame. 7. Gfecn, elected 70
The United States senate.
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HILLsB0RoUGH, N. g.
wednesday, August II. 1857.

~. Richerson Nichols, Esq, is our authorized
agent in the county Of Orange, to collect anearage'
due for subscriptions to the Recorder and for adye
tising.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-08-12

PlaTnAS HpIosY.-A king Of France. al.
ref battle IN which he was wounded, called
bis generals u Bis bedside, u hear what had
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-08-12
~~Nr>r~r~~-e-S-S>

A SAP MISTAKE. THE Glasgow Chronicle
aieoiions that man wbo vas, sis years ago.
hung 10 that city for murder, has turned out
not 10 have been guilty.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-08-12
pIsGRAcEPuL SCENE.

The fugitive slave rase Tor rather the res
cue IL fugitive slaves 10 Green county, Ohlnl,
is pending belore the United States Cnmmi..
sinner ID Cincinnati. The Commercial, il
its report Of Saturday proceedings. sketches
the following scene:
Mr.. Matthews claimed that, as represen-
,atise aud officer ufthe United States 6o,ern-
ment, il was his right aud duty toyindieaIe 4
from an aspersion-, come tiny from what
ever source they might. The npppsing cnun.
.el Judge caIdwell) had seriously snl I'M
lastly reflected upon the Federal Govern.
ment BY asserting that " an opininn has some.
how got To prevail that the United States
GoverBment was organized chiefly Tor the
purpose Of catching runaway negroes. aud
that in such cases only j. Il deemed necessary
that al powers IL tic Government must be
called into requisiiinn, that fugitive negro
be returned tahi. muster" lie Judge Mat.
thews) was constrained to ,lenUunce the az.
sertion as an Infamous libel
! Judge calwell. who was sitting II his right,
near the "bench,' aud a few iert d'siant
IRON Mr.. Matthews, instantly sprang % hIs
feet, his eyes Indignantly blazing, and De.
handed ilhe Mr.. Matthew'S meant to apply
such language TO him :
Mr.. Mathews" I meant just what
said!"
Judge Caldsell.--'' Do you say have Ut.
tered an infamous libel n
Judge Matthew'S mean t. say that the
assertion made By yuu that The AdmInistra.
/ lion considers il It's exclusive duty to catch
runaway negroes Is An Infamous libel !"
Judge Calwell instantly approached him,
and, 6ercely exelaiming You are bar.
/ raised his est and was about 20 strike, Mr
/ Matthews forming 4, meet The assault with
unblenching lrunl, when United States Mar.
hal Sitford, who stuod near, quietly slipped
10 betveen the blligcrenis, aud gently taking
Judge CaldselI conducted him to bis seat.
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The DISADVANTAGES OF OFFICE There
are few officers in the gift of the general gov.
eminent, whose emoluments will pay the nece-
sary expences Of the holder. And yet how
many seek them and envy those whohold them.
In a letter from Washington to the Journal
Of Commerce, we find the two following
cases.
Among the vacant consuates about to be
filed, are those for Paris. Liverpool, Beirut
and Shanghie. Mr.. McRae, Of y. c., late
consul at Paris, has returned his commission
The salary Of the Office is five thousand dol.
lars and the allowance for Office rent five
hundred dollars. Mr.. McRae filled the placs
very acceptably for nearly four years, but
not at all for his own benefit, the expenses
Of the situation being greatly in excess o
the salary.
1.-THE Consul for Beirut has, in like man
ner, returned and resigned, for the reason
that the salary-of two thousand dollars
would not support him. The same t"ct ha
been previously stated in regard to the Con
suIate at Shanghie, and various others. Still
there are many applicants who are eager Z
take the places, hoping that something VII
turn up to render them mole valuable
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-08-12

IMMENSE CLocK.-A New York establish
ment has lately completed the largest church
clock ever built ia the United States, and
equal IN capacity to that in the great clock
tower Of the English House Of Parliament.
II is designed for St. Georges church, and
will indicate the time by eight dials ON two
towers. four Of them being regulated at
distance Of seventy feet. The wheels, the
largest Of which is three feet in diameter, are
composed Of bell-metal. The pendulum. 2
compensatlng one, constructed on newpr'n,,
ciple, is twenty.one feet in length. and
weighs seven hundred pounds. The weights
are suspended by wire ropes, which bend
readily over the cylinder. and will ware fo'
an indefinite period. A very. simple con
triyance gives retaining motive power. =
the clock Of about twenty minutes while u Y
being wound up, 50 that no time can be los
during the operation.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-03-26
WYANDOT PIONEER.
puhIish ed everv Thursday,

fuDLlSned every AhuTsuuy,
Office in Ayres' new fire-proof brick, corner oi
-. Sandusky and Wyandot Avenues.
The PIONEER will be devoted to Local and
Foreign News, Agriculture, Amusement, Edu-
cation, and everything that tends to promote
social virtues and intellectual progress, and to
preserve theintegrity of Liberty and Fraternity
in our Republic.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
One dollar and half per annum. il
paid in Advance, and Two Dollars if not
paid in advance.
- ~ RATES OF ADvERTISING:
Ten lines, or less, this type, counts square
One square, 3 weeks or less. .$l ,0O
One square, each additional insertion,.... 25
Permanent Advertisers, by special agreement,
at the following rates, payable quarterly:
One square, 3 months, without change. So, SO
Two squares months, without change, 400
Three squares months, without change, 5,00
Four squares months, without change. 6,OO
Each additional square, per quarter,..... l,0O
Notice of the final settlement OF Estates. 81
cents each.
Business Cards, of lines or less, per quarter,
L dollar tN
Announcing candidates (for Offices of every
description) dollar, in advance:
All advertisements must be paid in advance.
Attorneys will be holden for the price of insert
ing legal notices handed in by them. Publish
ers not accountable for the accuracy of legal
advertisements beyond the amount charged for
their publication.
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The South with its six millions, has
had over MreeJyths, and the North with
thirteen millions, less than two .ftihs of
the aggregate time filled by the above i'm
portant offices.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has now majority from the Slave
States.
In order to show how the South have
been wronged in the distribution of the
Offices and places in the different Depart
ments in Washington. have compiled
from the ''Blue Book the following ia
ble, giving the number ofclerks and EN-.
ployees in each Department, and the sec
tons Of the country from which they have
been taken:
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-03-26
.247 BOG AL

Taking the ratio of population, which is
fair basis, and of the l,247 persons en-
ployed in the different Departments at
Washington, the Free States are entitled
to more than t,oo-tAirds, while they have
only about onefourth. Here are the
facts. Now let the House and country
Judge for themselves Of the justice or rea-
sonableness Of this cry Of inequality Of
States" which is now going up from the
s. nth.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-03-26

CONCLUDED.
But to another inquiry, have the South
been unfairly dealt ty in the distribution
Of the offices? Let facts decide the ques-
ton.
From the official records I have pre-
pared the following table, which shows
how some of the principal offices have
been divided between the two sections OF
the country since the organization of the
General Government to the present time:
Years filed Years filled Difference
OFFICES. from Slave from Free in favor oi
-. States. States. South