The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-09-15
NEWS ITEMS.

Wheeling lntelligencer, is said 10 be album
dant. The forests are said to be full of
chestnuts, acorns and other nuts. This will
in measure indemnify farmers for their
short crops Of corn, oats, &c.
II is said that Hon. John II. Wheeler, of
North Carolina, the Minister to Nicaragua
who recognized the Walker Government,
will be rendered the Mission TO Paraguay
Prof.. A. NJ. Ship, Of the North Carolina
University, has been elected President Of
the Female ollege at Columbia. 5. c.
REMARKABLE PHGSosESoS.-Rey. Jos. r.
Walker informs the editor OF the Christian
Advocate Of Memphis, that in Upton and
Shelby counties the white oak trees are
bearing on the outside OF the acorn hull
something in the shape Of wheat. upon which
the hogs are feeding and thriving finely.
BaiLfin.
The Louisville Courier notes the sale 81
one thousand hogs, delivered in that city, at
81 cents net.
John q. Barr, Of Alabama, lately appointed
L. ). Consul at Melbourne, died an his way
10 that station on the Sth Of May, IRON sun
strvke.
Sir VIM. Gore Ousley has been ordered TO
Central America by the British Government.
lie has already left Washington. and will
proceed TO Central America as soon as the
season Is sufficiently advanced 10 permit ul
has doing ~ with safety.
Twenty-Five thousand persons were pres.
ent At The opening IL tue great Agricultural
Far ~ ~. Lnul>, Nh, On tn 9th INST. The
dl,ply ol nurses aud cattle. II Is sad. was
unsurpassed by any pr.,lnas exhibition.
ukase has beer promulgated prohibiting
the teaching III the Lalln tongue IL ali the col.
ieses II the Russian empire. The hour, hitll
rrlo desuied 10 the study will be de,ntrd to
the positive scenes!
/ The old lads who believes every calamity
/ thai happens IL her.eli trial, snd every one
that oarpeus L. bet friends Judgment, Is not
yet dead.
! Oar mtllion acres oi land are advertised Ia
be- sold At aucii"n at Tallahassee, Florida, ON
the 7tll aud lill, Deecmber. belonging to the
r.llal,a..e Laad C"nran.. extending lroul
The II. Marks % the Apalaehicula rivers. IL
Middle Florlda.
/ Tie American Submarine Company at Sc.
bastnpul. have successfully raised irom the
hdrbur, setenty .iuur gun steamer. called
the Turk" Tier machinery Is almost il
perfect condition. Il i estimated that an
outlay Of i've per cent. will restore her To AZ.
must her original value.
F.p. Blair, jr.. the Republican candidate
for Congress IN II. Louis. has publicly an.
nounccd his determination 10 contest the
seat Of J. Richard Barrett. who received the
certificate OF election, and states in advance
/ the charges upon which he will make the
contest. The main charge is that Of illegal
voting.
| IMPORTATION ~ Scorcn GIRLs. - Sixty
Scotch girls have Just been imported directly
from scotland 10 work 10 the factories al
Ilulyoke. Massachusetts.
rnE Rg.crgD ArRlcASs.-The Government
aud the Colonization Society concluded a
contract yesterday in regard to the captured
Africans. The Society are 10 take charge
Of them after their arrival IN Liberia, sup.
port and educate them Tor one year, for
something less than $4,000.
A correspondent Of the Providence Jour.
nal SAYS that 10 ninety nine cases out ol every
hundred eranberries applied as poultice will
cIiectuaily cure the erysipelas. There is moi
an instance known where il has failed TO ef.
feet cure when faithfully applied before
the sufferer was in dying state. Two o.
three applications generally 10 the work.
The tobacco crop il the Connecticut val
/ lev has become great and growing interest
| IL is considered the most remuneratiye of all
the crops Il is stated that fifteen hundred
pounds per acre is the average yield.
An English prize fighter, who lately killed
his man IN fight. in the ring" has beer
tried. convicted Of manslaughtcr, aud senl
10 prison AZ hard labor.
oLp FoLKs.--0ne nf the subjects &c Pari
sian gossip just INV is rare case. latrl,
brought 10 light. II man one hundred aud
twenty years old. Four years ago he mar.
risd wife who was his junior by just hun.
,lred YEAR,. end By whom he has had three
children Fr-hisst pss,'