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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-03-23
FIRE ia Wilmington. : RI. Irr.Il

that the JiHilery belonging TO Ne,.s. John Wooster
4 Co 10 the southern par, Of that town. was destroy.
Cd BY &c On The morning q FridSy 49,. Ta.,s we're
i've stills charged, containing shout 90 hasls 81 tur.
psntins and the loss estimated a. about $1,000.
The fac va. esusea hy the blowing 81 Of The cap Of
ono Of The stills.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-03-23
The London quarterly Review is on

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The London Quarterly Review is on
our table. It's contents are, l. lord Corvallis O. The
Works of William Shakespeare. 3. Consular Service
a. Plus VIII. and Gregory XVI. s. Patents. 8. Iodg-
ing, Food, and Dress Of Soldiers. 4 Life and Writings
Of johnson. 8. Bread. Q. Reform.
Published by Leonard Scott & Co. New York.
Price So per annum for any one Of the Reviews, or
Blackwood, or any two Of The works, IS; for Black
wood and the four Reviews, $40.
Extra SESSION OF CoNoREss.- An inyest-
CATION of the accounts OF the Post Office De-
partment reveals the fact that il is six mil
lion dollars in arrears After this disclosure
an extra session is absolutely indispensable.
BY no expedient whatever is ii possible to
sustain the service under such burden of
Indebtedness without an appropriation from
Congress. We repeat, an extra session is in
evitable, and at no distant day. Wash. States.
DEATm OF Mike WALsH.--Thc body OF the
Hon. Mike Walsh was found about Ave o.
clock on Thursday morning by policeman
at the foot OF the steps leading to the base.
ment of No. 1873 Eighth avenue, New York.
4 pool of blood marked where his head lay !;
his gold watch. chain, and diamond ring we're
missing. and the presumption at FIRST was
that he had been murdered. medical ex-
animation Of the body showed that the i'm
mediate cause Of death was congestion Of the
brain. and in the absence Of any external in
juries. beyond scalp wound, induced the
general belief that he fell down the steps
while intoxicated, and thus came to his
death.
Mr.. Walsh was many years ago one Of the
ablest members Of the State Assembly. lie
was subsequently elected to Congress from
the district composed Of the Five Points and
adjoining territory. and failed Of reelection
BY very small vote. being beaten by tie
present sheriff. Mr.. Kelley. He visited Eu-
rope after leaving Congress. and stopped
some time at the Crimea. Though very
radical in his Democratic opinions, and very
bold in their utterance. he possessed Wig.
orous native intellect, and mind which de-
tested political falsehood and dishonesty.
n y. Express.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-03-23

IN -
Aillstaruugh Rsfurher.
Union, the Constitution, and the Laws the Guar.
dams of our Liberties.
HILLsBoRoUGH, N. C.
wednesday, March 23, 1859.
PolitIcaI correspondence. 1t is wit

Political correspondence. - II is with
much pleasure that give to readers to-day let
ter written by the Hon. William A. Graham, Of this
State, addressed to the Wing General Committee OF
the city Of New York; and read at the last session Of
that association on the 4h instant. II breathes the
true conservative patriotic spirit which animated the
F." Old Guard +" in the days Of Clay and Webster, and
which, we trust. Is yet to do efficient service in main
tanning the integrity Of our institutions and restoring
the purity Of our government.
The letter as originally published in the New York
Express, contained important errors, which have
been copied into other papers These errors have been
corrected by the author Of the letter. in the copy we
publish to-day.
Accompanying this letter Of Mr.. Graham, we have
given letter from the Hon. d, d. Barnard, Of New
York, addressed to the same committee, which also de-
serves commentator for the conservative and patriotic
spirit which ii displays; and both of them we know
will be reed with pleasure, and we hope with profit, by
our old Wing friends.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-03-23

The Wayerly Noveis,-M.ss. r. D. Peter.
son 4 Bto,hefs. Philsislphi. ,rs publishing y.,y
eh.sp .disn d Id. popular Novels Of Sir wsl scott
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-08-12
General 1HtscelIanp.
A SINGULAR AFFAIR.
a SlNGUbAK AFFAIR
MAN FALLS IN LOVE WITH his own DAUGH-
TER--GRAND DENouEMENT.

A MAN FALLS IN LOVE WITH HIS own DAUGH-
TER--oRAND DENouEMENT
Some fifteen years ago, man named
George Bristol left this city for the shores of
the Pacific At the time he left. he had a
wife and one child, the latter only three years
old. They resided in the town of Westerly.
At that time his wife and child were living
with her father. Some two years after. the
father and mother Of the woman died, their
estate was disposed of to satisfy mortgages,
and Mrs. Bristol and her child were thrown
upon the cold charities Of the world for a
living. She was feeble in health and Of
course was unable to take care Of herself
The mother and child came to this city,
where they lived some five years. at the eX-
piration of which time the mother died, and
the girl was left alone in the world to do as
best she could Being now about ten years
old, and a smart, active, good-looking girl,
she soon found situation in a respectable
family. Here she remained till she was ff-
teen years old, when she bound herself out
TO a millincr She served three years at that
business, and had become mistress of her
profession Now, the strangcst portion of
this revelation is to be told The girl is now
over eighteen years old, and perfect model
Of her sex.
During this long interval it must be re-
mombcrcd that the girl had lost all track Of
her father. Her beauty attracted the atten-
ton and admiration Of a spruce looking gem
tlcman who met her ON Broadway. He was
O man of about 10 years, but his appearance
did not indicate that he had ever seen over
2j summers. An acquaintance was made
between her and the gentleman above alluded
TO. and final engagement entered into for
marriage The day was set, and all the
necessary arrangements made for the ccre-
mony.
On the appointed day, the pair, accompan-
led by their respective friends, met for the
purpose OF having the plighted ones joined
in wedlock just before the minister com
mouced the marriage rites, an old couple en-
tered They were formerly neighhors of the
Bristol family and had watched the -irl grow
up from infancy, and were now anxious to
sec the choice She had made In % partner for
lto. lmagina the arpriso OF all about whom
the old couple above referred TO recognized IN
Che "mau of the GIRLS heart her own legiti-
mate father.
For d moment all was amazemcnt and sad
ness. but on the state of things being fully
realized the scene turned TO one Of JOY. An
absent father bad recovered "a lost daughter,
and the assembled tbrong of friends were
highly delighted that the affair had resulted
as it did The love that had before burned
so brightly between the twain, had now be-
come a flame as inextingushabe as the fires
Of Vesuvius A queer world ALJdHy
Standard, Ju'y "A.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-08-12
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENTAL
CURIOUS EXPERIMENT.

Work being about to be renewed on the
Washington Monument at Washington, prep
aratious were made last week for commencing
operations. Only one rope was left by which
the top could be reached, but it was consid-
cred unsafe to attempt to ascend by this lest
it should prove 20 be rotton. and loss of life
ensue. 1t was therefore necessary to get a
new rope across the top To do this man
was produced who, standing upon the ground
outside the column, threw stone over it
more than one hundred and seventy feet in
height. Having ascertained that he could
perform this feat, small pack Of thread was
attached to the stone but the resistance of
the air to the thread prevented his casting the
stone more than half the height of the col
umn. Next an Indian bows and arrows we're
obtained. but the arrows with thread attached
would not rise above hundred feet. a rife
was next obtained, and experiments were
made inside the column by shooting the ram
rod, with pack of thread attached, upwards,
in the hope that it would fall across a partic-
ular brace. but sometimes the rod took a
wrong direction, and at others the thread was
burned of by the powder. and this plan failed.
At last pigeon, with pack of thread tied
to its leg was started on a flight upwards in
side the column, and by dint of shouting and
whooping by the persons below, the bird was
frightened into continuance of his flight,
and he rested on the very brace over which II
was desired to cast the thread. A pistol was
then fred to startle him from his perch and
he luckily descended upon the right side Of
the column. The pack thread was caught, a
heavier cord was attached and drawn up, then
heavier and stronger cords, until a rope of
sufficient size was secured over the brace to
enable the rggers to proceed with safety to
the work of refttng the machinery in COM
plete order for future operations y
Ece Post.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-08-12

A MODEL DEMoCRATIc OFFICE HoLnER.
The Administration has been unfortunate,
but characteristic, in the selection of its func-
tonaries in Michigan The Detroit Post
Master was detected in sending false vouch-
ers to Washington, pursuant to a system Of
"back maiI upon his clerks, which. it is
well understood, is not restricted either to
Detroit or to Post Offices Because of his
imagined political Douglas heresies, rather
than because of its knavery, the Post Master
was removed.
This piece of 'proscription' has provoked
further enquiry; and this enquiry has reveal
ed series Of facts strikingly suggestive Of
the quality of the material which the Admin
istration has selected to fill the very iattost
Offices in its gift.
1t is charged against the Collector Of the
Port of Detroit; /. That he admitted ono
lot Of railroad iron free, the duty upon which
would have amounted to Sl26,O00. For this
fraud upon the national treasury, he is said to
have received personal bonus of $4,000.
,. That he has sent vouchers to Washing
ton for money paid to clerks he never en-
ployed
8 That he has allowed Express Companies
&c, to bring in goods free, TO the amount Of
several thousand dollars year
H. That be has been in the habit Of taking
merchants notes lat usurious interest for
revenue dues and then returning the goods as
in bond, until the notes were paid
These are but few of multitude of SINH
lar charges brought against this model DEM
ocrat They have been before the proper au-
thorities at Washington for some time but
the Cabinet has not found it convenient to
act upon them. The delay is based, in sumo
way, upon promises having reference to the
character of the Delegates to be sent to
Charleston from that State. The Collector
may not find it difficult to hold his seat in the
saddle if he can persuade the President of his
ability to send men Of the fright stamp to
the National Convention albany Journal
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-08-12

SGcKLEs ON THE SrREEr.-The New York
correspondent Of the Baltimore Patriot writes
the following;
"Mr Sickles is Stunned here by his own
political associates. He walks Broadway,
and iastens upon every leading man to walk
with him. They cannot shake him off,
Sicklcs joined leading statesman in Broad
way, near Grace Church. one fine morning last
week AID walked by his side for about two
blocks, when the gentleman apologized to
Sickles for leaving him to buy book in
store. Sickles said he would wait. The
gentleman went into the New York Hotel
Sickes waited until he came out 1t was
OF no use. The gentleman stopping at Stew
arts to buy pair of gloves, and staid pur-
posely half an hour. 1t was with no success.
Sickles waited and walked down with the
other to Wall street. His political power
has gone, and his sole aim is to be recognized
as of old. 1t won't do His friends do not
wish to be seen with him, or to endorse him
ir any way. Mr. Sickles will never be heard
of again. lie will attempt to claim his seat
next December, but even that will fail him
Facts are against him. He was not fairly
elected, and his opponent, Mr.. WILLIAMSON,
will claim and will get the seat
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-08-12

~ A correspondent of the New York
Times, describing dinner given in London
in 1854, at which Kossuth, Garibaldi and
some other revolutionary leaders were guests,
says that in the course of the conversation,
Kossuth's eloquence became the theme OF
eulogy. At the close of his response Kos
suth exclaimed, with electric earnestness,
"Gentlemen, would you know what think
the most eloquent speech Of modern times y
He repeated in impressive tones the words
SOLDIERS for the love you bear your eoun-
try offer you war, hunger, thirst, cold and
death WHO accepts the terms let him fol-
low me = There is the orator : he said, way
ing his hand towards him whose intrepid i'm
petuosity now again rings through the world
Garibaldi, taken by surprise was for few in
stants quite overcome with emotion, but he
mastered himself, and made beautiful and
soldierly reply.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-08-12
WHOLE NO. 2756.

NO DfvoBcE.--ln South Carolina, there is
no divorce after marriage wed for life must
be the fact in law when an instance Of divorce
has never been known there Il has been
authoritatively settled that no judicial tribun-
al in the State has authority to declare de-
cree Of divorce for any cause whatever. If
the power exists at ALL it is in the Legislature,
which has hitherto never thought proper to
exercise the power. Further il has been de-
tcrmined by the courts of South Carolina.
that marriage solemnized in that State is
indissoluble by the sentence Of any court in
sister State so as to affect the rights or con-
ditions Of the parties in South Carolina 1t
will be seen then, that it is much easier to
tie the knot then to undo il. with rare ex-
ceptions' the ceremony Of marriage, is in fact.
performed by a clergyman but the indissolu-
bility Of the marriage contract is not only part
Of the law, but it is the fixed and habitual
sentiment Of the community on the subject
of divorce.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-08-12
From the jamestown (N. ~ Journal.
FROM A FUGITIVE SLAVE. TO HIS
MASTER.

MASTER.
"FuouivEs HONE" Sandwich. G. W.
March is. 1850.
Mr.. WILLIAM RILEY, Springfield, Ky.,-
Sir: ! take this opportunity to dictate few
lines to YOU, supposing you might be curious
TO know my whereabouts ! am happy to
inform you that oma in Canada, in good
health, and have been here several days. Per-
haps, by this time, you have concluded that
robbing woman Of her husband, and chill
dren of their father, does not pay, at least in
your case and ! thought, while lying in Jail
by your direction, that if you had no rcmorsc
of conscience that would make you feel for a
poor, broken-heartcd man, and his worse than
murdered wife and children, and could not be
made to feel for others as you would have
others feel for you, and could not by any en-
treaty or persuasion be induced 20 do as you
promised YOU would. which was Co let me go
with my family for S80O-but contcndcd for
$1,000, when you had promised to take the
same you gave for me (Which was 5000 nt
the time you bought me, and lct me go with
my dear wife and caildrcn-but instead would
render me miserable and lie 90 me and %
your ncighbors, NOW, If words mean any
thing. what / say is so,l and whom you was
at Louisville trying TO sell me-theu thought
it was time 10 make my feet feel for Canada,
and lct your conscience feel in your pocket.
Now. you cannot sag but that did all that
was honorable and right while / was with
yon, although ] was a slave. pretended all
the time that ! thought YOU, or some one else,
had befter rigbt 10 me than had 70 my
SELF which Won know is rather hard thinking.
Ycu know. too. that vou proved traitor to
mo I'm the time of need aud when in tho most
bitter distress that the soul t. experiencing /;
aud could Won have carried out your purposes.
there would have been no relcf But re-
ioice 10 saw tbat an unseen. kind spirit ap-
peared for tba onnressed and bade me take
up nv bed and walk-the result of which is
that am victorious and Won are defeated
I ann comfortably situated In Canada. work
inc for George Harris. one of tine persons that
act part i'm ..I'ucle Toms Cabin" lie was
slave a few years ago in Kcntccsy. and now
owns r,rm So level that there are NOT bulls
enough TO hide a dog. vet go large that / got
lost In il the other dav. Hc says chat may
be the means of belpins poor m.itiycs. and
doing them as much GOOD as he docs. in time.
This country is not what it has been rop-
resented go me and others to- be lu place Of
its being cold and barren. it has a beautiful,
comfortable climate. and fertile soil 1t is
much more desirable in these respects than
onv part of Kentucky that | ever saw. There
Is ONLY one thing to prevent me from being
entirely happy here. and that is the want OF
INV dear wife and children. and YOU to see US
ENJOYING ourselves together here / wish
Won could realize the contrast between free
dom and slavery. but it is not likely that VIC
shall ever meet again on this earth. But if
YOU want TO 20 TO the next world, and meet
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-08-12
THE FROZEN WELL.

A correspondent Of the Boston Journal
writing from Rutland. VT. gives the follow
ing account Of visit to the frozen we'll at
Brandon
"a visit to the frozen we'll at Brandon.
seventeen miles distant and the tertiary de-
posit OF brown coal in which fossil fruit is
found, will reward one for the trouble Iron
ore Of excellent quality remarkably white
and pure pipe clay. and bed of manganese.
make together with the brown coal. a com
bination Of deposit curious and valuable. The
frozen well is dug on the casterly side. near
the foot Of high gravelly knoll, probably
glacial moraine, through which the road has
been cut, showing beds Of clay Of three or
four feet thickness intorsporsed among the
gravel. The well was dug in November last,
through twenty-five feet of gravel and fifteen
feet Of frozen earth. when water was found.
The well was then stoned up and has been
frozen ever since. Last winter it was neces-
sary to descend and cut with hatchet a pas
sage for the bucket to the water beneath the
ice. BY the aid of a mirror. the sun light
can be thrown into the WE'LL and about three
feet from the bottom q rim of ice, at least six
or eight inches thick can be seen projecting
from the sides. leaving barely room for the
bucket to pass through The stones for six
or eight feet are encrusted with frost and ice.
Occasionally current Of air can be felt, cold
as a snow bank, which may como from below,
or may be the outer air suddenly cooled.
The water is oxceiient--romarkably pure,
and of course icy cold This we'll is 'puz-
zlcr to the sayans. some Of whom, at Bur
lington, have appropriated $500 TO investigate
the phenomenon, and propose TO sink one or
more wells in the vicinity, to see if the same
result follows. Whether this ice is formed
by chemical combinations in the earth, wheth-
err it is caused by currents of air passing over
water, producing rapid evaporation and con-
sequont refrigeration. or whether an iceberg
stranded there long ages ago and was covered
subsequently by accumulatons Of clay and
gravel, being thus preserved from melting
away-who knows
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-08-12

PuLPIr Wir.-ln Pennsylvania there is a
clergyman almost as remarkable for oloquence
and eccentricity as Lorenzo Dow himself On
charity occasions his pathos, wit, and some
times bittcr satire. are sure 10 win more bank
notes and gold coin 10 the State than the de-
corous eloquencc Of half dozen other men,
On late occasion DE was preaching a tenn
perance sermon. which produced unsual ef-
feet on the audience. Among other things,
he assorted, as result Of his own obserya-
ton, that conlessedly "modeIate drinker'
was sure to become a confirmed inebriate
within five years after he reached that stage
of indulgence.
He was interrupted here by man in the
audience, who started up in great excitement,
proclaiming himself moderate drnkor of
ten years standing, and one on whom the
habit made no progress.
The clergyman stopped short, leaned over
the pulpit, and when the man had ceased
speaking called out;
~ say friend, stand up here and let me
have a look at you
The man made an effort to brave the host
ofeyes turned upon him. aud stood his ground
"Nearor, man." cried the minister, beck
oning with his long finger. "Hold a light
up To this brothers face some OF you. step
up on tho bench, and give us a good look
The moderate drinker was not to be looked
down or talked down, and not only mounted
the bench but allowed lamp to be held close
TO his face.
The minister bent over his cushion, and
gave the face a long survey.
"That will do" said he, drawing back,
''that will do, my friend, and now say if
owed the devil debt Of hundred drunk
ards, and had paid him ninety nine, and he
wouldn't take you in full payment at the end
Of five years, would never pay him !"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-08-12

DEATH OF AN EooESrRIc MAN.--Jesse
Bennett Esq, an old resident of the city of
Oswego, n. Y, died there very suddenly on
Saturday night, of the heart disease. About
ten years ago Mr.. Bennett caused stone
coffin to be made for himself, which he kept
in his house, and which was consumed in the
great conhagration there a few years ago.
His original inteuuon was to be enclosed in
this stone marble coffin after his death, and
be sunk in the depths OF Lake Ontario, but
this intention was afterwards abandoned by
him. When the coffin was destroyed by fire,
he remarked if it could not stand such heat
as that it would not answer his purpose He
then procured another one, in which he was
finally buried ltused to be the old mans de-
light to visit the room in which the coffin lay,
and inspect its beauties. 1t is said that he
frequently lay down to ser how his body fitted
its final receptacle. This summer he erected
an iron railing around his cemetery lot 1t
was completed the day before he died, and
when in apparent good health, he exhibited
the key TO IT, saying This is the key to my
homestead little thinking, at the time, that
he was so soon to occupy that Homestead.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-08-12

A CUuRCH SEIZED With y BILIOUS Ar
rAcK.-Last sabbath was Quarterly Meeting
Of the NJ. f. Church. and as usual on such
occasions, the Sacrament was administered.
Aiter the meeting adjourned, and members
went thcir several ways, some to dine with
friends ia town, some to their homes in the
country. In about an hour the doctors were
in rcquistion witch a simultaneous "billious
attack, and the demand for remedial agents
was general The first smell of the sumptu-
GUS dinners prepared provoked sudden and in
voluntary eructation on the part of all the
orthodox members Of the respective families.
The venerable Peter Cartwright, Presiding
Elder, for whom extra preparations had, Of
course. been made. retired from the prospect
as dinner came on, little bent over, with
both hands placed below his vest buttons, de-
claring that 'he didn't feel like eating. -
One brother is said to have made for his
house, half pent, aud with a groan, tumbed
on to the bed. and in reply to his wife's
Whats the matter;' exclaimed in despair
ing tone, "Oh I've got the cholera The
epidemic spread all through the country, ex-
citing considerable alarm, and ocoasioning
general casting up ofaccounts. But the panic
subsided when it was ascertained that anti
moBidl l0iHe had been, by mistake, administer
ed TO the whole communicants We under
stand that "Uncle Peter" said ''it was the
first time he ever knew an attempt to vomit
the devil out of the church" Although it
was a serious matter, the sinners owing to
the hardness of their hearts, did laugh
Winchester AH) Chronicle, July l6.