The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-02-22
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The Legislature of Texas has passed
preempton bill over the veto Of Governor
Houston. In the Senate the vote was unani-
nous in the House ffty-nine to twenty
four.
The Rev. DIR. Hoge. Of the Brick Church,
New York, who was burnt out one day last
week, losing furniture to the value Of between
two and three thousand dollars, had a check
for $4,000 presented to him by his friends
within forty eight hours after the calamity,
STATE BoNus TO INDUSTRY. - A bill has
been introduced into the Alabama Legisa-
ture prnposing bonus Of $3.50 for the pur-
chase Of tools. TO be paid out Of the treasury.
10 every mechanic. qualified by FIVE years
apprenticeship. prohciencc. and good cha
racter.
Some trouble having recently occurred A.
mong the Abolitionists connected with the
Fugitive Slave Aid Society, at Syracuse, N.
y. suit was brought in which the plaintiff
was non.suited. on the ground Of being en-
gagged in an illegal bnsiness-the Judge stat
ing 10 his decision. that as the Constitution
requires the rendition Of fugitive slaves, any
Society which proposes 10 aid fugitiyes in
escaping. and thus Violating the law, is an
Illegal association. The case was carried to
the Supreme Court Of New York.
A newspaper has Just made its appearance
10 New Orleans under the name Of the /" State
Rights Louisianian." II places the name Of
Stephen A. Douglas at the head Of its edito-
rial columns a. its candidate for The next
Presidency.
The grand jury at Charlestown (va. have
found bills 81 indictment agains, Owen
Bro9n. Francis j. Merriam. and Jeremiah
Anderson, charging them with coaspiring
With slaves 10 create insurreetion. The per-
sons here named are a portion of John
Browns men who have thus Ear escaped ar
rest.
Judge Bell. the Senator from the Chester
and Delaware district, has introduced intn
the PENNSYLVANIA State Senate resolution
inviting the members Of the Virginia Lcgis.
lature 10 visit Pennsylvania.
The total emigration from all foreign coun-
tiles into the United States for the year en-.
ding Dec. 81, 1859, was 100 600. being about
ten per cent. gain on 1888.
DgArn REsuLTINo rRoa rHg ScRATcn or 4
PiS.-Ihr wife d Elisha iioImcs, of Holm.
del. Monmouth county. n. j., scratched one
of her thumbs with pin. few DAYS since,
and died with the lock jaw from the elects,
IN less than forty eight hours.
II il said that The debt Of Virginia has been
increased twenty millions of dollars since
1859. At that time her State debt was ten
millions Vi doIlars-now i is over thirty mil.
lions.
II il proposed that measures be taktn BY
American Astronomers, or the government.
10 unite with astronomers from Europe, il
observing the Total Eclipse Of The sun on The
18th Of July NEXT. Il viii be visible. as d
partial eclipse. throughout The United States.
The Senate d Mississippi has posed res.
oluti0ns recommending that convention of
the Southern States be held at Atlanta, Geo.
on the first Monday d June. 70 adopt meas
ures 20 be pursued 10 case Of the election Of
Black Republican President.
CapnaL PUNISHMENT in wseoSsls.-Tcn of
the fifteen survivors of Milwaukee county
have petitioned the Wisconsin Legislature |
10 re.snact the former law Of The State. pun.
ishing murder IN the FIRST degree with death.
scmooLs III FRAscT.-It is stated that The
whole II france-a nation Of thirty.six mil. |
lions 81 inhabitants-only appropriates as
much money 10 common schools as does The |
city Of New York alone--something like six
millions Of francs!
Mr.. James Clark. an aged and retired mer.
chant. while IN the Hall Of Representatives
AZ Boston. on Tuesday. listening 10 debate
then 10 progress. suddenly fell and expired
Of apoplcxy. The House al once adjourned.
EXPECTED ReArPEARIScE or rHE cosEr o.
ljJ6.-Pfoi. Lowering. in one Of his late A.
Economical lectures before The Lowell lnsti.
tatc. said that the great comet Of 1859, which
caused the abdisation Of Charles v. of Spain.
il confidently expected % reappear during
The present year, and French astronomers
are even now on the lookout for il. III
no error has been made in the revised cal.
eulation. IL will probably be seen Iron this
planet during The Fall Of 1850.
Boston Tidrtiier.
The Cincinnati . Commercial says that
the /" steamer Tccumseh yesterday took down
q family Of sir psrsons-mulattces--o their