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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-04-29
The Chaprl IIIIl Gaxette.-ws

ceived the first number Of new paper, "The Chapel
Hill Weekly Gazette publishedby Mr.. J. NJ Hender-
son. recently editor and publisher Of the Concord Ga
zci,e. The paper is Of good size, is to be neutral IN
politics. and devoted to Literature, Science, Foreign
and Local Intelligence, the Markets, Agriculture &C..
Price So, to be paid in advance.
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THE TORIES.

Sabine estimates that as many az twenty
thousand Torres tOok up arms against the
Rebels during the war; and among their
leaders were the able General Timothy Rug
giles, of MASSACHUSETTS. William Stark. Of
New Hampshire. Sir John Johnson. Beserl,
Robinson, AID Oliver De Laucey, of New
York.
Alter The war some 81 the Legislatures con
tiHued their hostility 70 the banished forie,.
aud refused them their rights Of property /;
many were then forced TO settle and cultivate
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; and by
them Upper Canada was p,opled.
4 general amnesty would have been not
nnls graceful, but polite.
4 D ard Of commissioners was appointed
by Parliament, IN 1885, TO inquire IniD tie
circumstance. sc. ofihe bnyslists or Tnries.
Ii sat tall 1893; but before 1884 two thu
sand sixty Ihree claimants appeared. and their
claims amounted To over e. 900 900 start
ing.
The commission had awarded l20l. = 80
fur a5S4,7O5 claimed.
In lie end some so. 100000 we're claim.
~. aud sone fifteen and half m,iilons 81
dollars were paid ~ England to tie Laval.
lis of America. Pecunlarily. therefore. they
flrrd batter Than the Wigs, whose i"sses aud
sacrifices we're Us great. but VIM got ~
muney payment for them.
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CHINA AFPAIRs.-A despatch from Wash.
ngtnn saws: On Saturday last, the reply
prepared by the Secretary Of State. Gen.
lass. to the propositions advanced by The
British government concerning the Affairs OF
China, vas transmitted 10 the British Minis
ter, Lord Napier. Thisreply covers twelve
manuscript pages, and embodies, with great
clearness and precision. and with pers.dlns
spirit Of ,omliy, lie distinct views Of cur
government toneIing the present all.impor-
iant crisis in the affairs Oi The great flowcry
kingdom.
The substance nf il is, that the United
States Government declines the entangling
policy ii a military aud political alliance
with England aud France in Chinese affairs.
The reason. assigned By General tass in the
premises rest upon the established policy Of
the country. lie concurs 10 the opinion that
NJ measures within the reach d diplomacy
shouId be left unlrled to open the gates Of
China 10 the commercial and political inter-
course 81 the world; but he declines CO.
partnership il Chinese war. a. contingent
Il the French and English policy.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-04-29

Flre.--rhe dwelling house n Ma. Eissbs,h
Crabtree one story building susied IL The western
Pao this town. took Ere on Thursday afternoon LAST,
.sd w.. entirely ean,umsl. 9Th d. ~ esn,,u,.. ".
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-04-29
Cape rcnr and Deep T.iyer NayIga-

Cape Fear and Deep River Naviga-
ton Company.-The following gentlemen have
been appointed by the Board Of Internal Improvement
State Directors in the Cape Fear and Derp River
Navigation Company, viz; Hon. Abram Reneher and
DR.. r. X. Smith, Of Chatham, and N. N. Nixon, Of
Wilmington.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-04-29

No License.--The Hastings Court in Danylls,
va ., lis sitting recently, refused TO grant license to
any of the drinking houses in thai town. in con'e-
quence of which they have all been closed, Only the
hotels are allowed to retail liquors.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-04-29

GLIDING about si2s in Bank notes Mrs. cfsbsres
was at work in her garden close by, but the Gre was
not discovered until il burnt Of the roof too late to
save anything Just before going out, she swept up
the hearth, and set the broom in corner, which suii'
GENTLY accounts for the origin Of the fire.
We understand that subscription was taken up
on the spot and sum nearly sufficient TO rebuild the
house was promptly subscribed
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A sAFE HOUSE To SLEEP M LAWYER ni
high reputation, in the city OF Philadelphia,
was travelling in one Of the Southern States
and being belaied one evening, alter long
days ride. he was compelled 10 turn into a
house on a solitary plantation. aud ask ior
shelter and hospitality for the night. HIS
request was granted. In the coufse Of The
e, ening, he thought he observed something
reserved IN the master Ut the house, which
awakened his suspicious. He was at length
conducted Ia his chamber, which WIS aLjoin-
/ ing the family room. There he dwclt on the
/ circumstances which had alarmed him, till
mis- excited Imagination filled with thoughts
lot nightly robbery and assassination. lle
/ proceeded to barricade the room as well a. ht
could. He fastened dawn the Windows
against the doors he piled up tables, chairs
everything that was movable 10 the room
Whlle thu. engaged, words uttered ~ low
voice caught his ear, and increased his alarm
He placed his ear at the key, hnle. The mai
Of The house was engaged III PRAYER, ia family
PRAYER. Among the objects OF Iniercessi"n
lie was praying Tor the stranger whom tn
providence OF Gn,l had Unexpectedly brnugh
to lodge beneath their roui that night" WheI
he got through our Laseilng trend aros'
IRON his stopping posture. Imagine ID
change IL his ierlirg,. All his fears had van
i,hrd. Though no Christian himself, y
knew that the PRAYERS 81 Christians are Tx
guardian angels 10 the abnde ~ which the,
are offered up; and went 70 bed and slrp
saundly aud sweetiy. freilng that the hous
whe,. God was feared aud WIZ shipped, wa
a safe house 10 sleep IA. american Htseagcr.
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lie arrived al Cambridge. and took eom.

lie arrived al Cambridge. and took cnm
mand of the army ON the Cd Of July.
Washington was then forty three years
old. Born and raised in Virginia, where he
had been surveyor and land agent, and &C.
customed to frontier life, he was not new
to arms, for he had led various expeditions
against the Indians. and had saved the re.
mains Of Braddock's command,
lie was mastered an ample fortune tinheri-
ted from reative) and a large estate on the
banks of Potomac, at Mount Vernon was
well married, but chidless.
No man 10 America was externally better
able to fill the difficult and dangerous post
ton to which he had been elected.
How was he fitted for it by nature and
education?
His body was vigorous. accustomed to
hardship, his person was commanding,
aud he was trained to act with men and sol>
ders. With no brllliancy Of mind. with
trained impulses, instincts small, and SYM
pathies latent. as the master OF an estate IN
Virginia he would have excited no enthusiasm
when living. aud would have died universally
respected. lie was not the man TO seize the
moment, and By an inspiration, with single
blow, accomplish the work Of years. But in
the midst OF doubtful and discordant elements,
surrounded by strong, impetuous, or miliul
or iesponding men. beset BY conflicting opln.
ions, his calm, sound mind led him to con.
illusions which, IL slow, were sure. tie was
not man of Inspirations, but Of Judgments
As an executive man, through difficult and
trying crisis, he had no superior, and perhap:
no equal in America.
But his moral power was singularly great
aud deserves monument such as these Uni.
ted States ought 70 become. lie was lfe'
from self-seekmg, from vanity, aud Jealousy
and inspired all who came within his lnlu
ence with respect for his lofty character.
I This sound Judgment aud calm moral con
idence, united with his steady executi,,
talent. made him the man for the hour. Ill
went forward with his purpose, and no dan
ger nr difficulty Could discourage hun, no dis
aster exhaust his resources or shake his con
| tidence.
When his work was done, he was ready {
return to the people the sword they hal pu
into his hands, AID to become Que with then
/ in carving forward to grand future 4,
| principles ol human liberty and d seli.gos
ernmeut. lie Practscd what olh,rs hay
! preached. and proved that victorious com
! inander need not always brcome usnrpe
! AMI tyrant, and that general and statesna
, can De just as well IS great.
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I'll. vas Too nu.h &. s.. Matthew iiale.

fhis was too much e. s.. Matthew iiale.
who now interposed with the ejaculation,
/" Alas! pour woman" He then inquired
what was her husbands calling.
a thinker, please you. my lord SAID
his wife land because he is thinker and
poor man, he is desplsed. and cannot have
justice" -
Law is stronger than tears. The Lord
Chief Justice told her that her husband hau
broken il /; lie told her that there was nnly
one person in the realm who could pardon
her hqsband. and that persian IS the King.
But how was the broken hearted vile OF a
thinker to find her way to the footstool OF u
monarch? "Alas poor woman = said he,
81 am sorry for your pitiabe case"
Elizabeth now became convinced how vair
It was to expect justice and mercy from an
earthly tribunal, and with heroic glor,
whicl, can only be found in the annals OF the
I hristian faith, she pointed to her tears ~
she departed, and uttering words which ne
yer should die as long as the English Ian
guage exists:
..See these tears" said she but do no
weep for myself, weep for you. when
think what an account such po0r creatures a
you will have to give at the coming Of tn
Lord"
This scene took place, we will add. no
only before John Bunyan was known as III
author Of book. but before he had ever con
ceivcd the outline Of his prilgrim's Pro
sress." lie was Kept IN jail IN order that h
might not preach; but BY this persecution
he was enabled to write baos in his priso
cell. which has preached 10 England FIR man
generations, and which will edify and en-
. IIlghten tie world TO the reuaotest pr,atcrlty
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-06-24
Color of Cows.

A brown cow is supposed 10 give milk richer
in butter, while black one gives much milk
which Is poorer in butter. A white cow looks
larger than she really is, while black one looks
smaller According to he law of absorption
and radiation of heat, black COW will absorb
much solar heat in summer, and radiate, or throw
off, large amount of animal heat in the winter.
On the other hand, white cow will absorb
less heat in summer and radiate less in winter !;
and the practical result is, that the black cow
is too warm in summer and too cold in winter,
while the white one is cool in summer and warm
in winter. This is somewhat opposed to the
popular idea on the subject, which attributes q
cold appearance to a white animal in winter, and
the contrary to black one. The practical
conclusions deducible from the fact that COW
absorbs much heat in summer, and radiates
much in winter, are, first, she must be more
susceptible of, and more injured by, sudden at
mospheric changes than q white cow and Sec
ondly, in cold weather she will lose much heat
by radiation and hence must eat more food to
keep the animal heat at its proper temperature.
Again, in warm weather she will require less for
this purpose than white cow, but will be op-
pressed with heat and more liable to profuse
persprations. The result of these conditions on
the milking properties of the two animals will
be, that the black cow will be liable to have
her milk injured in quality by excess Of heat,
and consequent irritation of system, and profuse
perspiration in summer, while, on the other
hand, the cream or oily part of it will be di-
minished in quantity, in cold weather, by the
cow using more of the food she eats to keep up
the natural heat of her blood. This accounts
in some degree for the popular notion that the
milk of black cow is generally poorer in but
ter than that of white or mixed color.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-06-24
The Comet Excitement.

The comet. who has acted SO discourteously
faithfully promising to visit the earth on Satur
day last, and then failing to fulfill that promise
created a considerable degree of excitement a
bout Philadelphia. The Bulletin of that city
an sDterprisng paper, sparing neither pains nol
money in obtaining the last and most reliable
intelligence, received from its various agents in
the heavenly bodies and other places OF note
the following special dispatches all of which
appear in its issue of Saturday. If these des.
patches be reliable, it will be seen that his CON-
etship was rather badly used in an encounter
with the man in the moon. This may account
for the failure to reach our mundane sphere
But to the dispatches:
CONSTELLATION OF THE SOUTHERN Cross, June
| 13, 8 A. M.-The comet has just come across
the South pole. He looks as if he had had a
stroke of the sun.
SOUTH POLE, IA A. M.-The comets tail
came in contact with the pole and slightly
damaged it, besides deranging the wires. No
lives lost, and nobody to blame, as the accident
was unavoidable.
ORION, 10 A. M-The, equinoctiai> line i5 out
of order, so that we have no intelligence from
the comet
LEO, 1912 A. M-The comet has justpassed,
and announced that he is bound to strike some
one of the smaller planets of the solar system.
but whether Mercury, Venus, Mars, the Earth
or Uranus, it is impossible to say-most proba-
bly, the latter
WALL STREET, New York, II A. M.-Jacob
Little has Just received private despatch from
the Great Bear. who says the comet is sure to
strike. The consequence is great decline in
Erie and New York Central. Nothing heard
from Taurus, and the bulls are waiting anxious
ly.
LUNA, ID M.-The comet is coming near and
presents very striking appearance
LATER-The man in the moon has just been
struck. 1t feared that the moon cannot shine
along side of the comet
STILL LATER-The man has recovered and
struck back. Result doubtful.
LATER THAN EvER.-The comet is evidently
damaged. A writ de lunatic0 inquirendo will
have to be taken out
ARCTIC CIRCLE, l P. M-The North Pole has
been knocked down by the comet, and the line
is out of order. Send on a pole of some kind,
exiled, hoop or fishing, to repair damages.
WASHINGTON, Q P. M.-President Buchanan
has issued proclamation warning the comet off,
and threatening to send an expedition against
him. Gen. William Walker has been closeted
all morning with the President, and will proba-
bly, command the expedition. Of course the
comet will not dare to touch the earth, and no
more fears need be entertained.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-06-24

Boards AND SMOOTH CHINs.-Dr. Dixon of
the "Scalpel" has rather renchant way OF ex-
pressing his views of men and matters, but he
''hits home" as the carpenters say, now and
then. His last number thus graphically presents
the recprocities of Boards and Smooth Chins:-
"Why do you allow your beard to grove" said
a smoothly shaved gentleman, with q pair OF
light blue ewes, and beautiful red cheeks, and q
light blue cravat, and sneer on his lip, to q
dark eyed swarthy, and bronzed young man,
with a glorious beard and superb moustache, the
eve of a falcon and the nostril of war-horse
a hard worker at bis trade-that of printer
and the father of two children. "To improve
nv appearance, said he: ''to avoid catarrhs, to
please nv wife, and to save time. And why dc
Won shaver, because it is the CUSTOM" re,
plied he. 81 think you are mistaken z" replied
the printer; "do you not shave because you fan.
CIV it improves your appearance "Why, yes,
replied the shayen gentleman; "that too, o
course. is part of the reason" The printer, like
most truly elegant men, was natural gentle
man. and made no further reply; but he might
have said, with truth-you have told two false
hoods, and you are vain man, coward, sau'
cy man, an ignorant man, and 1901. :,
"You shave because your beard is light col.
or. and you dare not wear it; you are q vain
man, because you shave to make yourself look
better-therefore you have told two lies; you
are an ignorant man, because the color of youl
beard harmonizes with that of your eyes, lips
and skin and no other color would, and you
know it; and you are q saucy man, because you
are ignorant. and sneered at me. You are an
indolent man, because you waste a half-houl
thrice week patting your face and contempla
ting its beauties, whilst am at work. You are
continually shutting with catarrh in your nose
and you look like baby with your face just
washed by your mamma"
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WAsH1NeroN's FAREwELL.-The following e1

WAsH1NaToN's FAREwELL-The following ex
tract is from letter written by lady upwards
of eighty years old, residing in Philadelphia, to
her grandson in Washington
''When General Washington delivered his
Farewell Address, in the room at the southeast
corner of Chestnut and Sixth streets, | sat i'm
mediately in front OF him. 1t was in the room
the Congress occupied. The table of the Speak
er was between the two windows on Sixth street.
The daughter of DR.. c., of Alexandria, the
physician and intimate friend of Washington
Mrs. H, whose husband was the author, was
very dear friend of mine. Her brother, Wash
ington, was one of tile secretaries of General
Washington Young cambridge, nephew. OF
Mrs. Washington, was the other. was lnclud-
ed in Mrs. H-'s party to witness the august,
the solemn scene. N H declined going
with Mrs. H, who had determined to go so
early as to secure the front bench. 1t was for
tunate for N c. afterwards Mrs. L)
that she would not trust herself to be SO near
her honored grandfather. My dear father stood
very near her; ; she was terribly agitated. There
was q narrow passage from the door OF entrance
to the room, which was on the east, dividing the
rows of benches. Gen. Washington stopped at
the end to let Mr.. Adams pass to the chair
The latter always wore full suit OF bright drab,
with slash, or rather loose cuff5. he also wore
wrist ruff1es. He had not changed his fashions.
He was short man, with good head. With
his family he attended our church twice day.
General Washington's dress was full suit
of black. His military hat had the black cock
ade. There stood the Father of his Country,
acknowledged by nations ''the first in war, first
in peace, first in the hearts Of his countrymen. y
No marshals, with gold colored scarfs; no cheer,
ing. The most profound stiffness greeted him,
as if that great assembly desired to hear him
breathe and catch his breath-the homage Of
the heart. Mr.. Adams covered his face with
both his hands, The sleeve of his coat and his
hands were covered with tears. Every now and
then there was suppressed sob. | cannot de-
scribe Washngton's appearance as felt it-per,
fecty composed and self possessed till the close
of his address. Then, when strong mems sobs
broke loose, when tears covered their faces, then
the great man was shaken | never took my
eyes from his face. Large drops came from his
ewes He looked to the grateful children who
were parting with their father, their friend, as
if his heart was with them and would be to the
end.-Nat Intel.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-06-24

KITE FLYING ExTRAoRDINARY.-The Chinese
kitehyers at Sacramento have been astonishing
the people there. of late, with strange figures in
the heavens. The Union mentions one kite
which was in the form OF an immense centipede
and which represented truly unique appear
ance when floating in the upper air. The Age
says Of another:
1t was made on the snilitude of some Orien-
tai monster-fsh, fowl, or beast, we could not
tell which-with great eyes, which were made
to "bat" by revolving wheel. At first the
winking apparatus in one of the eyes refused to
work, and the aerial creation made scandalous
faces at tile people below. 1t was hauled down,
re arranged, and sent up again with bow and
strings attached, forming sort of Eolian harp
which could be heard great distance.
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The ssThunders,, of Mont Blanc.

The following is an extract from the account
of recent ascent of Mont Blanc, by Lieutenant
Murray, of the British navy. He says: "We
have successfully advanced, Notwithstanding in.
cessant storms of hail and snow which beat
full in our faces, nearly to the summit of the
Rochers Rouges, when suddenly an awful cre-
vase burst open before us with the crash OF
thunder. Our advanced guide at the same mo-
ment disappeared, and we all feared the poor
fellow was lost, when to our joy we heard him
cry out, and succeeded in rescuing him by
throwing down our rope, which happily just
reached him on the jagged fragment of ice to
which he clung-a narrow escape, for on either
side of him yawned perpendicular chasm Of
some $50 feet in depth.
We still kept on notwithstanding, with undi-
minished ardor, in spite of the constantly in
creasing fury of the storms of wind and hail un-
til we finally managed to reach small rock
Just above the Petits Mulets under which the
tempest now compelled US to creep for shelter,
absolutely forcing US to cling to it with all our
strength. to prevent our being blown away. All
the difficulties of the ascent were now overcome
and half an hour more would have brought us
with ease to the summit, which, had the storm
ceased, child might with ease have surmount-
ed. It was tantalising to be so near, after en-
during so much without being able to attain
the absolute summit: but Jean Ssirraz assured
me that it was impossible to proceed without
the loss of all our lives, as the wind would in
falliby blow us over the adjoining precipice did
we attempt it,
Without giving second thought, under such
circumstances, to the further ascent, we decided
on descending without loss of time, every mo-
ment of which was now becoming doubly pre-
cious. Throwing ourselves at full length on
the snow, and crawling to the edge of the de-
cent we Slid down in few minutes what had
taken US more than an hour to surmount. Then
commenced the labor of our descent, as the
snow had fallen to such depth that we were
half buried at every step. Worn out with fa-
tigue, we finally reached the Grand Mulets,
where we were to spend the night; and such
q night came on-I would not have lost it for
worlds. Even now it thrills through me- far
surprising in grandeur all would ever have
conceived.
The fearful hurricanes of wind, the falling av-
alanches, the opening crevasses, the crash OF
thunder, the fierce lightning, irving in vivid
flashes the dark clouds yelling the summit Of
Mont Blanc, all combined to form scene which
the absolute nothngness of man must truly see
and feel to conceive Of When looked upon
it from our lonely and desolate resting spot, far
above the sweet village of Chamodnix, it seemed
as though the mountainous worlds around us
were warning with an angry heaven. The next
when looked in search of our upward
route, it was impossible to distinguish vestige
of it, from the changes that had taken place du-
ring the night.
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A BEAUTIFUL IDEA.-Away among the Allie
ghanies there is spring, so small that single
OK, in summers day, could drain it dry. 1t
steals its unobstrutive way among the hills, till
it spreads out in the beautiful Ohio. Thence it
stretches away thousand miles, leaving on its
banks more than hundred villages and cities
and many cultivated farm, and bearing on its
bosom more than half thousand steamboats,
Then joining the Mississippi, it stretches away
and away some twelve hundred miles or more,
till it falls into the great emblem ofeternity. 1t
is one of the great tributaries of the ocean, which,
obedent only to God shall roll and roar till the
angel, with one foot on the sea and the other
on the land, shall lift up his hand to heaven, and
swear that time shall be no longer. So with
moral influence, 1t is a rill-a rivulet-a river
an ocean, boundless and fathomless as eterni-
ty.-Southern Illinoisan.