The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-05-20


Malaga, &c., is pure. but they are made Of
water, sulphurc acid, alum, Guinea pc pper,
horse raddish, &c., aud many Of them with
out single drop 81 alcoholic spirit. DR..
Cox warrants there is not ten gallons Of
genuine port wine in Cincinnati. III his in.
inspection Of whiskey he has found only
IRON Il to 20 per cent. Of alcoholic spirit.
when il should have been As 10 so, and some
Of i contains enough sulphuric acid IN a
quart to eat hole through mans stomach.
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The Board Of Directors II the Western
Lunatic Asylum at Staunton, Va. have
presented DR.. +. i. Stribing, the Supern-
tendcnt, with silver vase and salyer, in to-
ken Of their appreciation Of his service.
VIM. Grigg, Of $. c., last season nctted
"a 900 from Peaches, sent to the New York
market. from thirty acres.
farmer estimates that 1900 head Of
cattlehaye died in Marion and Rails counties.
Mo. during the last winter from the effects Of
the cold, and the want 81 food.
The Dutch Catholic Bishops Of Harlem.
Utrecht, and other diuceses, have issued
pastoral instructions protesting against the
doctrine Of the immaculate conception Of the
Virgin Mary.
Washington letter saws that samples Of
sugar from the Chinese cane, and alcohol dis
titled from tile juice. have been shown at the
agricultural bureau Of the Patent Office, which
places the question Of its capabiity Of crys.
tallzation beyond doubt.
CURIOUS PuNIsnMENT.-Amann named Daily,
Tor attempting 10 commit suicide in Hen
bricks county. Ind, has been sentenced TO
the penitentiary Tor three years and disfran-
chised for ten years.
AT church in Southwark, there was
christening. After the ceremony, and while
the minister was making out The certificate,
he happened To say. Let me see. this is
the SOth." "Thirtieth I" exclaimed the
indignant mother. Indeed it is only tile
Iirteenth' The minister was abiding to
the day Of the month.
In New ORLEANS, few DAYS since, young
man % years Of age, lost s41 900 al roulette.
tie paid u next morning and left the city a
ruined man.
The scouts in Florida have found Indian
traces enough to make il apparent that the
Seminoles are divided into very small bands.
and that they have nothing to subsist on but
game and wild cabbage.
Tie New York Scientific American states
that bale u Sea Island cotton, fruln Charles.
ton, South Carolina, recently sold in that
city for 81 25 per pound. IL was purchased
70 20 10 Brussels, for the manufacture of lace.
Ii is stated to be the finest cotton ever raised
and capable Of making yarl. as fine as No.
9OO.
About two hundred and fifty bushels Of
the Chinese sugar cane seed have been dis
/ tributed BY the Patent Office this season. I,
is thought BY many that this cane is destined
to be cultivated as extensively in the United
States as Indian corn, yielding as il does. al
the same time, sugar for man aud proscnder
and grain for beast.
New Orleans papers Of The 2l inst, contain
Galveston dates 10 the 28th ult. There was
almost famine for Breadstuifs in the coun-
ties above Bastrop. and $500 was demanded
for buslei 0f Gnrn. A meeting Of the citi.
zens II Bastrnp was 70 be held toprucure aid
for The sufferers.
The bill Tor the sale uf the main line ~
public works, has passed both houses Of Tie
Pennsylvania Legislature, and been sent 10
the Governor for bis signature.
| The Emperor and Empress Of France are
said to have become thorough converts 70
spiritualism.
Gerald Massey, the rising poet Of England
i the son 81 canal-boatinan, now earning
the wages " ten shillings day.
Old Circle, Of Columbia county, Wisconsin,
il, according to the note Of bis baptism on
tie church records u Montreal $50 years old,
and he distinctly remembers period 81 | l.
years. lie married at New Orleans hun.
dred years ago, and il now living with i
grandchild upwards Of 90 years old. lie !.
stll hale aud hearty. and dues not appear 10
DC over 20.
The Emperor Of Japan intends 10 have The
mines Of his realm worked in scientific way,
aud 70 that end has requested the Dutch
, government 10 india TO send him atrustworihy
European engineer. IL consequence Of ihi.
request. Herr Otto Iiugdenin. 4 pupil u the
academy u Delft, has set out, with princcly
pomp, for Jeddo.
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