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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-11-16
ALMOST A ROBBERY.

few years ago was going to New York
when friend prevailed upon me TO carry
for him considerable sum Of money, which
he owed 10 that great mart. took it with
fear and trembling. and determined TO do nv
share OF watching while had il 10 charge,
Al Memphis. obtained passage on no.
BILE steamer bound for Louisville, and was
fortunate enough to have state room all 10
myself. | rejoiced at this. for, a. all were
strangers to Inc, lpreicrred being alone when
| must sleep and could not watch.
The boat halted at Cairo, and great ma
nv additional passengers engaged berths.
The clerk informed me that must take a
partner. that the upper berth was engaged.
| had a strange presen;iment that was 10
be robbed and ruined. Bitterly did repent
that had accepted the money but all that
was unayai!lag, for | had it, and all was at
stake.
Bed.time rolled around, and retired ear.
", but would rot sleep. As yet did not
knos which Of the several hundred passen.
gers vas my room mate, my fears suggested
that lie was a rough looking customer, and a
regular river and steamboat ihiel.
The boat was making ine headway on the
bosom 81 Tie Ohio. The gorgeous cabin was
toll III life and gayety. There were three
or four tables IL which parties we're dealing
cards. losing and SHINING large sums 81 gold,
imbibing vine with no little freedom, and Ut.
tering blasphemies that..seemed to be enough
!. To turn The cheek .of dirkne. pale"
In another part were some engaged in the
may dance. aud thus the night wasted away,
until about eleven o'cloek. wss still awake,
wondering what kind Of man nv room. mate
was, anil why he did not make his appear.
ance. Suddenly the door opened. and there
he was. sure enough, about six feet one inch
10 stature. square built. with large whi,kers,
aud rather a rough exterior, just the man.
iboaghi |. TO straagle ne. when 20 TO sleep.
take the money have 10 my belt, and make
his escape at a woodward belore day.
isIgned TO be asleep. bat watched his move.
ments with suspicious eve. lie glanced at
~. for a moment. but concluding that was
asleep. he opened his trunk. aud was con.
siderable lime III exa mining it, contents. lie
then SLOWLY undressed, and when ready Tor
bed. TO nv surprise. he kneli down o. Nj.
trunk. with bis head mot eighteen inches from
mine, and 10 whisper which be Supposed
that none heard but Him tina, hears al things.
he committed bis soul and budy, health and
happiness. absent wife snd babes. to the keep.
ing Of the Gi,er Of all good. lie then arose,
elimbed into theupper berth. and sSOn heard
him snoring.
I va. hB lonEsr afraid of being robbed By
that man, but ny conscience smote me with
scorpion WHIP. because in the midst Of nv
watching had forgotten TO pray. thought
u hume aud loved ones, and remembered
That IL sas no reason why should neglect
10 pray because | was not al home, ar that |
"a. On a buat and among strangers. Reader.
10 soa pray when you are traselings
MsmEiis disocgis.
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ABscoNpINe snEmrrs.

Geo. w. Class. Sheriff Of Mcdowell conn.
", left home abaut the middle Of Septenser
last. osten.ibly TO visit Raleigh anJ .,,tls
b.. taxes With the Comptroller and Treasurer
Of State. At Salisbury. il is presumed. he
took the wrong end II the raiItor, anJ. -
lar a. We are informed, be has not since b,en
heard u N doabt Ne has ab.eondrJ. ca.
r!ing oif large amount pf nunry.
w. Glas. Ia. always been cpn.tdrrrd an
honorable. aprig, man and d god citizen.
W.. Hight has much surprised an ~ friend.
aud arqnaintances. and iur some time \ No..
supposed that he had been murdered on NJ.
way 70 Raleigh. hi, friends choosing "a tbipk
80, rather than that he had behaved NJ.
trust.
Last week The Magistrates II the county
elected James ". Neal TO Hll out the nm.
expired term Of Mr. Glass.
solomon Ray. the Sheriff of Ysneey eoun.,
" has also abseohded. lie cane To- Raleigh
10 due time and settled his tar account; bot
. lev weeks ago he left hone TO attend Court
10 MADISON county, and has not been heard
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Oiicer Allen last night arrested disiin-
gu,.hed man calling himself Mcdonald. lie
sdaiiIe,l lie was one u Browns ptrty at liar.
prr's Ferry aud bears marks ii shots on
his person. lie Is sbout FEET 8 niche. high
large black beard md !. s3 wears old. lie
Is now IN jail TO await Identification.
Gov. WISE la, been trlrgfsphrd 10 send TO
iIarpcr's Ferry for witnesses. aud TO inform
the President
Three servants, lately liberated by the sill
Of lht,r owner "a Madison county, Yrgini4.
not wishing TO avail themselves Of the terms
81 the will. and DESTROYS Of remaining unIer
the care and pfotettion 4 one Of the family
y their iur,ner master. recently made appli-
cation 70 the cnurtnt Madison 10 BE- reunited
accordingly. The Cnarl. alter giving them
time ~ reflect a. 70 their request. Tally
granted M and They will rem.in cpnlenied
10 their old home. with kind mister rather
than seek the benefits d Northern. abolition-
Ism. Air. Cas,Hs
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suspecting that their failure 70 receive simi-
lar replies arose in part at least. u not ems
tirely from the planness, not to say the
bluntness, of the manner in making their IN.
qurles. The correctness Of this charge, how
ever. they s,ur,lly denied, asserting that their
manner Of asking information was good
enough for those TO whom they addressed
themselves. Unable to convince them by
words of the truth Of my suspicious. pro-
posed to them the following simple and con
elusive experiment.
Let Us take walk Of two or three hours
in some Of the public streets Of our city.
You shall Yourselves designate 70 me the per-
SIMS to whom | shall propose questions and
the subject also 10 which the question shall
relate, and the only restriction imposed that
no question shall be proposei to one whu
shall appear to be greatly hurried, as'tated,
distressed. or in any other way deeply pre-
occupied in mind or body, and no one shall
speak to the person questioned but myself.
NV proposition being accepted. out we
sailed and To work we weat; AMI continued
my experiment until my young friends sur.
rendered at discretion. frankly acknowle'ig.
Il Ing that my opinion was right. and theirs o
course, wrong. and that, in our passage
through life, courtesy OF address and deport
neat may be made bath pleasant aud power
fal means TO attain our enls and crafty oul
wishes.
| put questions 10 more than twenty per
sans Of every rank. from the high bred gen
,leman TO the servent in livery. aud received
/ 10 each instance, courteous, and IN most in
stances. n satisfactory reply. If the infor
nation asked for was not impaired, the IN
diyidual addressed gave an assurance OF HI
regret at being unable To communicate 1t.
i What seemed most to surprise my frlen'
was. that the individual sccosted by me almos
uniformly initiated my own manner. II
uncovered, a. usually did in speaking TO
gentleman. or even TO man of ordinary ap
pesrance and breeding. he did the same i
his reply; and when | touched my hat to
Inverted coachman or waiting man. his LA
was Immediately under his arm. So MUG
may be done, and 50 much advantage gained
By simply avoiding coarseness and yuls4rity
and being veil brel and agreeable. Nor ca
the case be otherwise. For the founda,io
Of good breeding j. good natnre and gno
l-s.-~ 900 e t'tr must useful and indspenss
BILE attributes Of well constituted mino
Let il not be forgotten. however, that goo
breeding is not TO be regarded as identici
with paliteness--a mistake which is too frC
quently, il not generally committed. A pei
sun may be exceedingly polite without III
higher and more valuable accomplishment
good breeding.
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under our divorce laws was decided by Judge
Buckles, of that circuit. Briefly the case
was this: A Mr.. VIM. Hoffman, Of New
York city. came to Kokoma in April. 1887.
filed complaint, procured publication o.
notice to his wife Emma. and on the 9TH OF
June obtained decree of divorce. On the
esd of October, 1858, his divorced wife filed
a complaint demanding that the divorce be
annulled on the ground that i had been
fraudulently procured, her husband not being
d resident of Howard county, but Of New
York city, and that she had no information
Of the proceedings till long after the decree
was made. Mr.. O'Neal. OF this city, for the
lady. and C. ID. Murray and J. Robinson, OF
Kokoma. Tor the defendant, were the coun'
sci. After long examination Of testimony,
and very full and able argument, Judge
Buckles decided that Hoffman was not a
resident of the county at the time oil filing
his divorce complaint, and set aside the de.
cree granting il. Thus Mr.. Hoffman found
himself married man in unpleasanty short
metre. This case may give the public abroad
TO understand that divorces are not 50 easily
obtained in this State as they used TO be.
I Under the old law any one resident to com
mence a divorce suit and carry il through, as
in this case, without his wife ever knowing
il, had only to swear TO lie. that is to hls
bona tide residence here. Now the law re.
quires the applicant to be resident actually
and TO have been for year, before he car
begin 4 suit al all. onresident rebel'
against matrimonial laws will do well To cu
I this paragraph out and save themselves the
expense Of journey TO Indiana to get |
divorce. The good time for all that class o
people is over in this State.
indianapolis Journal.
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CONGRATULATIONS

Among many excellent bits of sIpstiess,
rtisieJ 10 the sai0biugta phy II Dr.. CalJael.I
Is tie following lesson 10 esilitys-
made. 10 Lpndgn, 10 a SPIRIT II wager, 4
very decisive and satisfactory experiment 4.
% ihs rffec, ~ civil and colrte1l. manner.
on people Il various ranks and descriptions.
There ~ere n Ne place NJ nber II young
Americans. Sh0 oIien complained % ne u
tas neglect aud rHdensss experienced Nv them
frsm eitiLsHs to whn they spike ID Tie
streets. Tbsy asserted, ~ particular. that,
a. si,ea - ihey requested direction. 70 AM
point IN The city towards Shieb they we're
r-sceediHg. they either received an unttil
aud cyasi's answer. Or 10 answer at all.
told then that ny experience on the same
sobjeet had been exceedingly diHerent; that
had never failed 70 receive q civil reply TO
ny qusstiOn---oiteh communicating the ihlof.
lostion requested; and that ! could not help
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pgspI,IyG RIDIcrLg.

| know % 10 principle shich Il i " more
Importance % fr 10 tie minds ~ yopng PEG.
nlr. thsn u The mast determined resistance 10
ihs snctOaehmsnts Of ridieuls. Give % 70 the
sotld. AID 10 the ridieule with which the
world spIurcss its dominion. every tnfing
question Of m.nner and appearance; u IL to toss
courage aud hrnuess 10 the winds, to combat
upon such objects a. these. Bat learn from
the earliest TO insure your principles sgainst
the perils Of ridieule yor can 90 more ex.
efeise yog, reason " you live in the constant
dread Of death. n you think Il right % III.
fer from times, aud to take a gsse for ans
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Cumberland Fair.-It

received al the Cumberland Far Til. year. was Sssi
s7beins an increase Of s7s 81 over the amour, n.
eeised 81 the Far last year.
The address. which nas delivered ~ W. ". HI.
den, Esq q the standard. i spoken u 10 ssrs high
terms. 4 i characterized . rn.ibie. judirious.
practical et,r. marked hy close thought snd accurate
information md listened - With decided appoba.
lion By large sudienec.
Inc faH appear. % haze b,en decided sueee.
and The articles exhibited showed manifest improve.
msni
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RilIsbaraugb Aeturhsr.
Union, the Constitution and the Laws the Qua
dams Of our Liberties.
HILLsBoRoUGH. N. G.
HILLSBoRoUGH, N. G.
Wednesday. November 10. 1850.
Cane Fear ana Deep River NayIga

tiOn.--The editors Of the Wilmington Journal have
been favored with an extract from letter Of Eiwood
Morris, Esq, Chief Engineer Of the Cape Fear and
Deep River works. The letter is dated the 9TH Of No
vember, aud the extract says:
ave have raised joness Dam is inches, and wc
are now at work raising Red Rock, Haw Ridge, and
Green Rock Dams and shall accomplish all these, il
the weather fsvors Us this week only.
with these Dams raised we have Eve feet water
at once from Fayetteville to shArpGcis 30 miles; and
al our new works planned for that depth, though
at some extra cost.
"Your Exccllency cannot fail to perceive the vast
advantage in transportation, which the depth q I've
feet will give the three feet which found
in this navigation when we took Il In hand.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-11-16

THE NExr Cosoarss. croaksrs are
anticipating all kinds n trouble when The
next Congress meets. Uolrial pruphrs,es
are poured out, and II The, are IL be be.
liesed, nothing short u general smash up
81 The Federal Government will take place.
These prophets tell us VI conflicts between
Southern aud Northern members, that no
power can prevent. The very social fabric
sill come tumbling TO the ground. say they.
There's no escaping universal melee. which
must end in slaughter, II nothing worse
though We cant conceive Of ANYTHING much
worse. The IIarpcf's Ferry affair. IL is said.
will prove very volcano. when Congress
comes together. and the result will be an
eruption to which that Of Muna Liza will be
tribe.
Nov, We DO not share in these apprehcn.
sions. We have great reliance upon the
good sense ~ the members. and still greater
upon the scdati,e effect of UdcIe Sans vel
low dust. lying locked Up IL the columnar
west end strong box. That they will scOwl
and make faces al each ofhcr. We have not
the least doubt, but a. 10 carrying things 10
the extremity Of breaking up any thing en-.
eept the Treasury chest. We do not for mo.
ment believe. baltimore Patriot
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Ms.hins,en. Nov. ..

While the Cabinet were in session yester.
day, the President received despatch show.
ing pressing necessity for military ASS.
lance Il Brownsville, Tsxss; aud The Sec.
Rotary Of War. within half an aour thereaf.
ter, issued Instructions 10 Capt. Ricketts,.
commanding the Artillery Company al ia.
ton Rouge. TO place his men in readiness fur
q march. and, at the same time, The Quarter
ms.ter AZ New Orleans was ;elcgraphed 10
maAe arrangements for transporting the
troops y Point isabel. 10 which place they
are now probably on their Ny.
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chariss,own, Nov. 10.

CoxucTIos OF CarrAls eooK.-rhe jury
brought in a verdict 10 day against JON y.
Cook Of guilty Of murder in the first degree
and melting slaves TO in.urrection. The
court Immediately sentenced Cnnk and all
the uther con,icls trlrd since Brown was
convicted 10 be- hung os the 10Th Of DrCem-
Der. Il is supposed the Governor will re-.
spite Brown % that day. and hang all al the
sane time. The court adjourned for the
tsrm.
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The Atlantic Railroad

the standard that The Commissioners appointed q 10.
,esss,e the Affairs Of the Atlantic Railroad. held
meeting recently IN the city II Raleigh. and orssnils
By appointing RUFUS 5. Bariager, ESQ., Chairman aud
Col psafssli. Of Dupiin. Secretary. The conni,.
.oasn adjourned 10 NEE, in Nswbrrn on Wednesday
the 7ih Of December. when and where they vii pro.
csed to the discharge Of the dulies.
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Railroad surYeY-Me L

vile News thai MAJ. Turner. Enginesr In Chef Of the
Western North .carolina Railroad, has organized 4
corps Of Engineers % survey route Tor the proposed
Western Extension from A.bevilie TO Duck Town in
Tennessee. Several members o. the corps were il
Ashesille last week route 70 Duck Town. and Msj
Turner, !, understood. would be alang ia day o.
two. This surrey. i viii y remembered, va. ordered
81 tie Legislature
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RrssAs paooag.s.--lt j. astonishing 10
see huw modern Russia takes the lead u
liberalism IN old Europe. Russia formerly
was the bggbear d every people. the night.
mare smothering every dream o. freedom,
the support Of all despotieal governments,
the refuge Of all tyants. But since the En-.
peror Aiexander's accession, the tables have
turned completely. Besides hi, grand scheme
Of emancipating the bondsmen. which al.
though progressing but slowly on account Of
the great obstacles to surmnunt, will succeed
ultimately, Emperor Alexander is doing his
beat 10 reform oil branches Of government
and 10 educate the people 10 freedom. The
freedom Of the press IS a, present greater in
kussia than in Germany. Austria % France.
FOR Cor. Jour. Com.
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aerrIt smith. Germ smi.A h. -. -, :

derrit smith Geffii smilh Ia, ben .en, %
The Lunaiie Asylum >, Utica lie j. seriously de-.
ranged. Il Is sald that be hs. Lost iis appetite !.
greatly reduced in Ash, his mind Is perp,,o.Ily b.r
rass,d 9Th dreadful fea aud bis whole nef,ou, ,,.
ten horribly excited. lie !. indeed in piii.bls con.
d'en. lie J, continually watched. undsr an sppre.
hsa,Ioa lh,t be viii commit .aIell..
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DrELLlso. - AT tbe funeral ceremnnics II
Senator Frederick, al oratiun was delivered
BY Col. I. u Baker. il which j. contained
the following paragraph on duelling
One year ago performed duty. such a.
perform to-day, over the remains Of Sena.
tor Ferguson, who died as Broderirk died,
tangled IN the meshes Of the code Of honor.
10 day there is another and more eminent
sacrifice. To-day renew my protest; to.
day ! utter yours. The code Of. .honor is a
deluslOn aud snare il palters with the
hope 0i true courage and binds il az the
feet Of crafty aud crasI skill Il surround.
It's victim with the pomp and grace u the
procession but leaves him bleeding gu the
altar. II Substitutes cold and delicate pre-.
paraton for courageous and manly impulse,
and arms the one q dislrm the other Il my
prevent fraud between practicvd duelisls wbo
sh1uld be forever without its pale, but Il
makes The mere 4 trick IL The weapon " 80.
periOr % the MODEST cause and tie true,t
courage. its preiencc of equality Il i lie
4 - equal in all the form, il u unjust in All
The substance. The hsbitude Of arms, the
early training. the frontier life, the border
war, the sectional custom, the lie Of leisure,
all these are advantages which no negotia.
ton can neuiralize aud which no courage
can overcome.
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HonnmLv MraDEk. --James Beatty, resid.
ing . short distance from this place, was
founl dead ii Lis yard On Friday morning
last, having been murdered sometime during
The night ~ THURSDAY. Ills skull was broken
10 several places. and lis face terribly man.
Eled. Forty dollars. whirh he was known
to have IN bis possession, was missing. His
siie wasasiesp 10 The house, and Processes
TO be ignorant Of the whole affair. not know.
ing even when her husband arose TO 90 out.
The Coroner summarized a Jury and con.
sidered the matter. but no clue could be oh.
tanned IS 70 The perpetraior of the crime.
and the verdict was shout the substance OF
the shove statemeant Charlotte Democrat
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PRoFEssoR LOWS Bro BALLOON. POW The
great muslin globe at the Crystal Palace
square now contains abnut &c 900 feet Of gas,
or little mnre than one tenth OF It's entire
capacity. The gas already admitted has a
lifting power Of more than ton and a halt.
and the tendency Of the huge bag to soar
aloft ON an independent voy ,se BY itself. is
counterac;ed by great numbrr OF heavy
sand bags which are attached to the netting
by hooks. their position beng changed as the
balloon swells under the inward How OF gas.
Every slight breeze SWANS the vast dome
now more than 80 feet high and IS feet
crossl 10 and fro, and threatens 10 whisk II
away; but the ppaderous sand bags keep il
steadily to is moorlngs. But for the t,ick.
ness aud strength OF the canvas. il would be
torn BY the con-tant Tapping 70 which i j.
subjected. II il difficult q understand how
Professor howe will manage this bulky bal
lunn when il Is half OF three quarters uil. A
heavy Wind would blow il TO pieces, aud
nothing but the conjunction OF two lair day.
will enable the Professor TO Gil up aud get
away 10 safety. The last admission OF the
gas. preparatory to the ascension, will Oceg.
py about IS hours. The public will be slre
Of one days notice Of the time when I'M,
grand erial fight will take place. Mean.
while the balloon and it, eqpi pneRt. are ub-
jects Of great Interest, aud are visited by
thousands Of people daily.
journal Of Commerce
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The \. Carolina unl,er.l,y u,sa,,,e

iof November eoniiin. handsome steel engraved Iks.
ness q Chief Justice Henderson. mud Memoir az n.
Life from The pom II The Him. William l.. Banl,. w.
haze been much pfasei q notice ihs great improve.
ineni which has BEEN male % Tie spprnancs 81 this
M'sifine under The management u he p,c.cn, pub.
fishers.
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CONNECTION OF CONSCIENCE.

AMI they Which heard t. briag convicted BY then
own conscience, weni o1t by ono. john VII. 0.
Afew years ago man travelling ii Ireland.
being henigiird. opened cabin door and re-
qHrsfed permission tpipdge there, which vas
granted. Tie rnur man who inhabited the
horse was, according ID his usual rusiotn
read.ng chapter 81 he Bible % III. family.
Wien the stranger was seated he resumed
lis reading. aud having prayed. the family
retired T. resi-. In the morning the sane
thing again took place, which seemed TO ex.
cite the attention Of the stranger On rising
from Their knees tie sltaagrr thanked h.,
kind hast isr b., hospitality, and informed
him that he hal Travelled into that part Of the
cpuntry 10 order to attend far, far the
wicked purpose Of passing bad money that
he brought with hin bIse coin TO the amount
Of iour pounds that this was the first time
be had taken up such practice. but that
what he heard 10 the cabin had made such an
impression on his mud that he hal resolved
i slpuld be the last. lie then touk nut Of
his picket snail bag containing tie com.
terteits, and threw il into the FIRE.
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1t i. stated ,h., Archbishop Hughes. Of New York.
ha. accepted invitation 10 preach tho Graduating
Sermon at Chapel Hill at The next Annual Commence
msn. aud thai John Pool, Esq.. of Pasquo,,nk, will
deliver the Annual address.