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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-09-08

pEK!N As SEEN By An AMERICAN.

A correspondent Of the Philadelphia In
qaifer was at Pekin, the capital Of China, a
short time ago, and what he saw Of II, how II
impressed him, he thus describes:
:. On arriving at the capital Of the Chinese
empire SIC find city containing about two
millions 81 inhabitants. such il the estimate,
but doubtless the calculation Is made in the
usual spirit Of EASTERN exaggeration. BE
that as il may, the walls are fourteen miles
in circumference, tWenty.eight feet high,
twenty four feet thick al the base. and twelve
at the top. There are spacious towers all
around at seventy feet distant from each
other, and at tie gates are look out barracks
for the soldiers nine stories in height. The
metropolis Is divided into two parts, me
inhabited by TaFtars and the other by the
Chinese. In each there Is a street four
miles long aud one hundred aud twenty feet
wide. aud the Emperor palaces aud gardens
occupy two thirds Of the Tartar city and all
this besides the suburbs. which are nearly a.
populoas as the city proper.
Pekin il located siAty miles south u the
famnn, Chinese wall. and therefore much cx-
posed 10 northern aud hostile neighbors; vet
ts Notifications are strong. aud. until tie
vast machinery ui modern artillery was ~.
vented. lhe brother of the sun aud moon was
perfectly secure IN his palatial halls. the walls,
bastions. aud towers being impregnablc in
ancient tunes. Although the country about
Pekin il sandy and uniertile, vet provisions
abound, being brought b. canals from all the
great rivers end also with IT, commerce. the
merchants being paid 10 money, as the cap.
ital j, the chef recipient Of tie revenues Of
all China. I, has ever been regarded as a
yers exclusive place, the presence Of no
foreigner being permitted within is walls !;
but now the outside barbarans' are IN fair
way II overlapping The sacred boundaries /;
ani II !, probable that lhi. act, together with
the opening ~ Japan, NAV prove an impor-
tant step towards the Inauguration 81 Chris.
iianity among the millions who are now
benighted in Pagan idolstry and supersti.
ton"
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-09-08

Market Gardening near HRmingio n. n c.
"A gentleman residing here has We getable
garden not over a mile IRON town. In this
garden there are a number Of peach trees
growing, from the sale oi the fruit of hch
he has realized fully 81 800 this season, in
the Wilmington market. This is exclusive
Of other garden products. Now, we hear
elsewhere Of superior lanls, &C., bu. We
think this is the most substantial return from
peach trees growing around in garden spot.
that the State can show. Gardening aud
fruit raising in the neighborhood of Winning
ton is yet only in its infancy, bu, has made
remarkable progress since the Withdrawal
Of the steamboat line to Charleston, from
which place we used to be content to get most
d our vegetables, and indeed. neatly all Of
our early ones. Now our market is suppl
ed, not very abundantiy 10 be sure, but still
pretty fairly, with good articles Of home
grosl III, aud good profit is realized by the
raisers, which We are glad to see.
VII Journal.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-09-08

SYRuP.-A great number u persons have
been experimenting with the Chinese Sugar
Cane, this sesssn. and 80 Ear as we have learn
ed, with entire success. We have tasted a
very fine article, as thick as honey, from Mr..
Jacob Charles sugar field Of one acre he
expects TO realize about me hundred gallons
u syrup. Mr.. James Btendle presented Us
with a bottle d must excellent syrup; he ex.
poets 10 make about forty gallons; and Mr.
Joshua Bouer also remembered the printer,
during the time he was converting his sugar
cane into syrup. equal TO Mr.. Brendle's. Mr..
Bouer has also sumo forty.ur fifty gallons II
the genuine article. Salem Pfsss.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-09-08
Kansas Election :

Kansas Election = The Board Of Commits.
sioners appointed under the provisions Of the acl Of the
last session o. Congress called the English BILL for the
made ocia! publication Of The result Of The election
on the proposition submitted in accordance wI,h the
requirements Of the said act BY which it appears that
the proposition has been reeeied by majority o. 95ls.
The voles for acceptance ,7ss, against acceptance
ll,3GO The returns from Powhatan township were
rejected there being such township FOR, 2s against
Paris township rejected for want d judges certificate
i3saganst. Kansas Falls precinct rejected the judges
names being signed all in The same hsndwrtng--3i
against. These added would make the majority again,
acceptance 9,7C3.
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F.am b. P.lenbuts Ial.IIIs.neet.

EF0ln Tue EtNfs1niE WNiAsehEF8s
We have often wondered III the reckless
extreme. u which the negro question Ia.
led Tie rpntending p.rties. How either The
south Ur the North could be practically ben.
Gifted by solution Of it IN disunion, w
have been utterly unable to comprehend
but hos terribly they would both s1ii, from
such ! calamity We could very easily and
clearly pefcsye--and We haze taken Occa.
son heretofore u express our thoughts pfet.
II laIly upon tile latter branch II tie prupu.
.itian. We cannot contemplate the sJbser.
zion IT uut present systsm, without asso.
ciating with " the countless add vast evils
which would inevitably fullUw-eyiIs com.
pared with which the worst that nov exist.
even we're they thousand times more lfliet.
lte Tran tie m1ss heated IlstUutents make
them out to be. sOuld Be blessings. We
snesr 81 Tie south American and MsEicsn
republics for their miserable and impotent
Efforts al self.gnyernment. We laugh at the
ridiculous spectacle they have become, 10
consequence Df their isternai feuds aud dis.
fractions. They are 10 our eyes but poek
nati0naiities. iit only " be ruled over by the
military dsspUt. whe 80 rapidly succeed One
auOthsr--lhs spawn aud the victims ~ rsvolu.
tiobary Ostbrssks which are necessarily &C.
curing AMI winch carry no.hing but dssOatiOn
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-09-08

The IRON 90 Tnr ATLANTIC 1T has now
been satisfactorily asceftained BY Lieutenant
Maury. thar The basis u the Atlantic ocean j.
lung trough. separating the Old World from
tie New, aud extending from pple 10 pole.
From the top Of Chimborazo 10 the b"tiom 81
the ocean at the deepest place reached by
the pl0mmet in the Northern Atlantic. the
distance in 4 vertical line is nine miles. The
deepest part Of the Northern Atlantic Is pro.
baby some where between the Bermudas
and The Grand Banks. The waters Of the
Gulf 81 Mexico - held 10 basin shout q
mile deep in The deepest part There IS At
The button Of the sea between Cape Race 10
Newfoundland and Cape Clear in Ireland a
remarkable steppe, which i. already known
as the telrgrapbic plateau" The great
circle distance between these two shore lines
il sixteen hundred miles. and Tie sea along
this route i prob,bly nowhere more than tcn
thousand feet deep.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-09-08
The xembern Press. "a

The NcNbern Press. For some wear. the
newspapers printed - Ne~bern have made On unfa
sofabe appearance but We are nov grali6cd u See
that Tie completion 81 tie Railroad through tha,
town, o. some other moving power has infused new
enefy uto the profession aud much better taste has
begun TO prevail. and lhres new handsome establish
mrnis have been commenced.
InE NEwBEES GazIfTE is paper equal 10 .ire 10
any published 10 the Stale; i - iasisfuIy gotten 70.
and neatly printed. Tl,oma. X. Murray !. Editor NH
Proprietor. !, i published weekly. a 50 rer annun
10 advance.
THE Nrw ERI lSb cosurAerlt ApvrnrisEn. be.
gun We believe. semi.weskiy. bat sub.idsd into
"sesly,i' smother gooJ.Ioakins paper aud apparently
vel conducted.
Tan Daily PaosEa.s i ,msll sheet, bot very neat.
y printed. sid promises . he useful paper Itwitl
contain Toll report 81 Home and Fo,eign Markets,
carefully compiled and arranged. {, /. published II d
i. Pennington. at 80 per annun. in advance. Amer
The ift Of October. NJ Pennington propose. 10 pub
iish also Weekly Progress, on sheet Of the zane
size, At $3.50 per snhun.
should al these publications be esified on with The
energy with which they have been begun. |. will 10.
deed " new era ia he newspaper Iii,s ia New.
bern.
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AccIdcntarly shot.-Th. ch,rlou. D,

Accidentally shot.-fhe Charlotte Demoerai
contains sad account Of The death Of Sir. J. 4. Cor
nell. d New York, occasoncd ~ tile accidental dl..
charge 81 his gun. Tie accident happened al the
Reid Gold Mine. about "a miles from Concord, on
Wednesday, tie 2Slh ullimn. Mr. Cornell was found
lying in his room with the top part Of hi. head shot
III aud double barrel gun across his body No one
present when the accident happened bot !, Is sup
po.ed By the position in which he found By those
who visited his Immediately after the report ofthe
gun heard that be ID the 81 taking bis gun
from behind bedstead, leaning forward At Ihe time
when The hammer caught under the rail Of The led.
stead. dischsrgng the load Of one barrel into biz fore
head jus, above the eyes.
Mr. Cornell stput IS years DID, and had been
10 this part Of the State but lhree or four weeks lie
bfough, letter q introduction genlleman Of Char
ioe. which gave him good character. BY hi. Intel.
igenee and grBtensnIy department while here hs had
gained tie confidence and esteem u al who formed his
acquaintance.
The Democrat learn. that another gentlsman eau,e
losing bis lie 10 the same way with The same gun
Tie was showing how the accident might have hap.
pened when the remaining barrel wa. discharged, tie
shot passing bgii few inches above biz head
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HILLsBoRoUGH, N. c.
Wednesday, september 9. 1858.

LADIES' Fair.-The Ladies Of the Presbyterian
Benevolent Society Of Hillsboroush propose holding a
Fair at the Masonic Hall the evening Of Tuesday Of
he Superior Court. variety Of fancy articles manu-
faclursd by their ingenious fingers will be exhibited for
SALE and supper will be proyided and as the object
for which they desire to raise funds good one, ii is
hoped there will be large attendance.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-09-08
Town ConstabIe.-Atal

Town COnstabIe.-At meeting Of the Conn
day evening last, Mr.. Charles l.. Cooley elected
Town Constable for the remainder Of the year ending
the first Saturday in February nextin place Of Rich
erson Nckos, who has been prevented from serving by
prolracled sickness.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-09-08

A boat was found ahoat near Passport.
Me-. last week with no one on board. Il
was found to be held by fishing line. which
upon hauling in, was found attached BY one
hook TO halibut, and the other hook 10 the
wrist u man and il was supposed that the
halibut was hauled 10 the surface, when BY
accident the second hook caught IN the wrist
Of the man. who was carried over board BY
the weight Of the fish.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-09-08

Ngw BRAScm or COMMERCE.. The New
Orleans Picayune notices hunter OF Alliga-
tors, who has captured 400 in the swamps
near that city since May. lie goes into The
swamps az night with pan Of fire and shoots
them as they crowd around the light. The
skins are sold at rs cents each, and make
the very best boots. The oil, tusks and hides
o. these 400 captured animals have ns.ted the
esp.1r $3.50 in three months.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-09-08

.Tbe Democrats il the Minue,ota Legisla.
ture have been frustrated 10 their elTorts 10
elect United States Senator TO supply the
seat now occupied By Gen. Shields, whose
term Of service will expire on the 9TH Of
March ueIt. The Republicans opposed the
movement il The hops d having majority
Of tier osD pity ID The nsn LrgislatIrs..
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-09-08

IIaiL.--A terrible Hal Storn visited the
neighnorhocd o. Bethany, Iredell county. Oh
Wednesday afternoon last. doing much dam
age to Corn aud other crops. aud killing ponl-
Try. Hail l,ll and covered the ground 10
depth Of four to sIx inches. aud high wind
prevailed. Fortunately. the extent Of The
storm was circumscribed within lew miles.
IredeH Exprta
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The London quarterly Review. q

HsOuVH Fudffcfty HttfeW, IUf
July, has been received. IL contents sre l. Admiral
Blake. 2. History Of Civilization 10 England. Iron
Bridges. Z. Life Of wyeliae. 8. Professor Blunt and
hs Works 2. sbipNmeLa q British Museum. 9.
British India.
iiackwood's Edinburgh Magazine,
Tor August q also On our table Il contains, l. Glad.
stones Homer ?. cireuaion o. The Blood IL Course
and History. .. Whites Eighteen Centuries. Z. Lon.
don Exhibitions and London Critics. s. The Byw.ys
Of biisfsiufe. 8. King.leys Andfonsda. T. wha,
will be 10 with iii-By Pissirstus Csitin--Pnt Ky.
Published b. Leonard seoll a Co. New Yors.
Piics 50 ger snnum 81 any one Of lhs Reviews, o.
BlacaroOi iof any Two 81 10 works. S5 fos pli-k.
vto4 ,ni n. fur Rsis,I, SO.
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split upon the rock Of dlsunon. we would be.
come equally contemplate in the eyes of the
worl,l for we would be divided into multitude
Of petty. feeble republics, every one Of which
would be prey to the very same Intestine
comm0tlons and commissions which destroy
ed the grand original fabric Of 1888. We
need not extend our reflections upon this mo.
mentous subject, and will close by referring
our readers 10 the following just and excel
lent remarks, which we extract from that
talented aud sound Southern journal, the
Richmond Dispatch
"Andrew Jackson gave one OF the best rea-
sons that was ever addressed to those who
90 for dissolution Of the Union on the
ground Of expedency. He said that the
same spirit Of discord and discomfort would
be at work in a new contederacy as in the
old, and that division would be followed by
sub. division, until we become split up into
twenty or thirty independent soyereigntlps
like the petty republics ct South America.
We see already manifestation OF what Dis.
union would bring. IN the effort in the MINT
gomery Convention 70 rule Virginia and -four
or five Southern States nut Of the ranks OF
the South, aud to enrol them upon the black
/ list OF distrusted States. Ii any one will
recur to the debates oil the Virginia Conven.
ton OF 1929. or even those Of the last Reform
Convention IN this city, he will see abundant
evidence Of 9 sectional antagonism in Virginia
thai, III the event of Dsunian, might threaten
the division 81 our own Commonwealth. Let
the experiment be tried oi grand southern
t'onlederacy, composed Of hail at 4 c"untry
which Is just becoming Power among the
! Nations, aud we shall see the "a ne causes al
work. the same principle OF decay aud disc.
tuition, which menaces our present organlIa.
Itinn. 1t i not slavery which endanger, the
4 Gni0n, but The selfish ambition IT d,ma-
gogues, who use that subject for Political and
personal purposes. aud mha. i thai were out
/ ut the WAY, would, like tie dtma2ngues Ut
sneient Republics. soon fad some other,
equally suited to their objects, and just as
mlschey0us.
/ ihi- joureal is connected with no party,
and is entirely indrpcndel,i in the expression
Of il opinluns, but il has a. snoa right as
any nther 10 speak Tor thu people 81 THIS part
OF Virginia. an,i thus speaking, we aNer that
ninety out Ut every hundred Of them are
loyaI To the Union, aud have M favor for
/ dissolution aud no expectations of il. We be-
lieNe that this i true OF the MhUle papuld-
tinn nt Eastern Virginia, and as for Wr,iera
i Virginia there never Ma> llnlr when II
dreamed II tlisunion. There j. probabl, ~
1 part 0i the lInitpd States where the JIri0n
has such stern aud sturdy adhersnts a. IN
! Western Virginia. men WIN lnteHd 10 >tind
bv u a. long as thrir mountains stand ppm
{ taasr Iaft Ian M
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sun Compromised = y

Suit Compromised. = We learn from lie
Standard hat tn civil sui, for dsmsg. commenced IL
Won Bfie.en against Tslbo, snd Elias Lyon for ~
outrageous assault, made upon him. an account q which
Ne published in the Recorder soma week. sso, has
bren COMPROMISED, they paying 4im 81 200.
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Ms Fieh fatl "
Efnm n fnn ha.r ~ ,o.lI ..

OF cnnIs-, Virginia Is not gnlng to leave the
United States, Nor >onr hal IL zen other
Commonwealth, which follow hrr banner.
Wiz, j. The u.r, rhril, u taking sbnur Di,un.
ion: The people arr Disguised witt The
very sound If a. TOR t,,es kanw 1t - 4" all
SQUAD and Jury. sIS"il, ing nothing.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1858-09-08
Majority 6r Ellis.

Aggregate vote 96,l71; less by csGl than the vote
! for Bragg aud GiImer in 1866.
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rhe VOC FOR Go,ernor.-we enpr l.,

The Vote for GOvern0r.-We copy to-day
from the STANDARD table giving The entire vote Of the
Stale the late election for Governor. The returns
all official except those from Burke, chowan Che.
rakee, Dave, Franklin, Madison, Polk, Rowan, Rich.
mond, Surry aud waauga-e eleven countless and they.
il Is believed, correct, nearly to vary lit.
tie from the final result As summed up by the Stand.
ard the vote stand. thus:
For John w. Ellis 56,2l2
Duncan X N,R4e 40 q65
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-25
READ AND REFLECT
DIR. G. III. TOzer's Card to the Afflicted.

quick Cures and L01O Prices at the Established
06ice, Sirth street, Jettceen j and K streets
hR. TOLkR returns his thanks to his numerous pa
~ tients for their patronage, and would embrace
consult on those difficult cases of VENEREAL which
nave baiied the skill of some of the celebrated
physicians OF the age, ami upon which he has NeUer
Fdted to Perform q RddicdJ Cure
DR.. Tozei s reputation as a physician stands une-
9ualed His exclusive attention to diseases of the
Gento Urinary Organs for So many years renders b,n
perfect master of Syphitc diseases.
DR.. Tozer has, II is well known taken patiens from
the very vrrr" Of the grave and Restored them to
PeJect Hcdttt lie further states that he deems il
sufficient to attract the attention of those who might
need the services of physician in ALL cases not mar
tcularly those enumerated in tie advertisements ex-
pectng they would test my merits as a prat titioper
and the result my practice has been thus far satsfac
tory 10 my patients and myself. Nor do | deem IT
necessary to I'LL columns of newspapers with llsome
emplrc and bombastic advertisements protesting NV
abilty to heal all diseases flesh heir to- for to do
hat must De something more than man. but to give
those that are afflicted with Venereal, Chronic and
other diseases, to understand from long experience
am fully competent to treat them successluilv
oller no genuine or fraudulent certificates or puiTs
oi my superior qualifications as a practitioner nei
mer u0 assume the medical honors to which am en-
uueu but merely ask those who are diseased to read
the different advertisements relating to the cure of
private diseases, and judge for themselves where 4,
apply for relief. my rooms are so arranged that l
can DC consulted IN private at all hours Of the day.
from o'clock A. M. until P.M)
eB Persons with Chronic Diarrhna Dvsenterv
Nervous Debility, Low Spirits, Lassitude, Weakness
OF the limbs and back, Indspostion Loss Of Man,or,
aversion to Society, Love of Solitude, Timldity Self
astrust Dizziness, Headache pain in the side ec.
other lnhrmites in Man, &c, will find it important To
consult DR.. CHAS. H. TOzE3 at his office, Sixth 81
between and X, Sacramento. '
nov4-yr CHAs. II. TozER, NJ. D.
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-25
Probate Notice.

~ Office is hereby given to all persons interested
~ that 5. G. Tompkins, Executor of the estate of
John Adams, deceased, has filed his petition in the
Probate Court in and for Yuba county, praying for
order Of said Court authorizing him to sell the Real
Property in said petition set forth and described as
the Northeast quarter Of Lot five, (5) Block FIVE so
Range A. Also, the North half of the South half OF
the West half Of Lot five (5) Block five, () Range A.
Also, the East half Of Lot eight, () Block five, (5)
Range A. and that said petition will be heard at the
Office of the County Clerk of Yuba county, We'd
nesday, the Sth day Of December A. ID. 1858, at 10
O'Clock a. NJ and you are hereby further notified To
be and appear before the said Court at the aforesaid
appointed time TO show cause if any you can, why
the praS er Of said petitioner should not be granted
by order Of the Hon S. NJ Bliss Probate Judge.
...... Given under my hand and the seal of the
u. s.: Probate Court, this 9th day of November
'''''' A. d. 1858. VIM. SHARKEY,
Clerk Probate Court.
nOvIu By NJ DOBB. DISs, ID equity
Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-25
NOtice tO CredifOrs.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
CnrNrY OLE SI1rrER 20

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF SUFFER-,
In the matter of the application OF f. A. Bentz, to be
discharged from his debts, &c.
N pursuance of an order of the Hon. r. .. Sher-
Il rard, County Judge IN and for said county, notice
is hereby given to all the creditors of said insulvent
debtor be and appear before the said County Judge
at chambers, at the Court House in Yuba City Suter
county, within thirty days from the publication of this
notice. namely, on the nth day OF December, A. d
1888, at IL o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause II
any they can, why the prayer Of the sal insolveni
should not be granted and the said insolvent have
leave to make assignment of his Estate and be dis
charged from his debts.
80. Witness my hand, with the seal of our said
Il. s.: Court hereto affixed, at Yuba City, this 10th
'-'.'' day of November A. d. 1858.
G. +. WILCOXuN, County Clerk
S. II. MILFORD, Atty for petitioner. novt7-30