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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-06-06
Coynrrlox az rug Nroaors ~ Nsw Y,

CoSDrrIoS ~ THE NEoRoEs N Nsw YoRK.
The New York Heral,i publishes lengthy
account of the condition 81 the negro popu.
lation Of that CITY. from which We eondense
the following: The whole number Of this
class u persons is about 900. About
one.thIrd Of them are paupers, receiving
their subsistence from the public aud private
charities Of the city. and one.third live from
hand to mouth, By stealing and offering 10
a small way. The whole amount II taxable
property IN The hands Of the colofe,l popula.
in this city is about $500 .OOO. and !. owned
by about twenty persons Their social con.
diiion is Of the lowest type. Their religious
culture il sadly deficient. aud hence the pro.
portion Of crime among them IS very great.
The number ~ arrests fpr the last year was
me in eleven Tor the entire colored popula.
tion. But their crimes are generally Of
petty description. They are not chargeable
Of committing ouirages which require grea.
boldness Or great ingenuity. except IN rare
instances
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-06-06
nInsboroash Fem ale school II. .

eond session Of The school under the d s Misses
Nash and Ms. KaIlork came 70 close last week. We
were mol able TO attend the examinations bot lhe plea.
.an, and nor. sbe pen Of fisnd has supplied the de-
ieency.
The habit Of putting every hing and every hoiy
bring. the subjects o. .om.~ha. uncf suspicion but
q this ru. there are occasonaI exceptions.
On Friday evening II last week. sairee Musealc
~. gwen Il he Select Female School d I'M Misses
Nash AMI Mis-. keiock. which far from requiring
puff. would alhsr be injured ny such appanee.
When il ]. remembered That The school under is
present minsgemsni has heen 10 oPefs.ion only ten
months The proficiency q the par u inde'd remark.
able and no Ppren, OF guardian feel that his eor.
denes Was nnplsceI when be entfusie hs charge %
he care d the l.die. al The heal u iii. niu.ion.
The performance Of the young lad,s, On The piano
"a. highly creJable 10 hsm.sl,e. sDd ihsH ndsfaii.
gable Instructor. Mr. Bs.slr; their neat appearance
and orderly department, the best sneomum On lhs To-
die. wha pre.ide in the establishment.
The crowded audience had no, only The eradication
Or he s;rse ~ hsarnr bit M rye ai.o refreshed
by The beautiful work. q an ~hrh iasisiuly AZ
ranged or inspection on The walls Of the room. Tbs
Gteeln rlinlng., the Pastel. The ersyon penelings
and the msps, al showed how dligsnl must have been
The scholars, and how adequate % the performance d
their respective duties must have been tie teachers. {.
The eitilsns q iiIl.borough may congratulate them
.elye. On having Il their home school tof hsir dsugh
Of no ordinary ehaiaeer sni The stranger may b
assured Of literary home br hs chill ~here every -.
dyeensn, !, held out Tor maaG and nslIsetasl col.
iuts mol, however .. the expense q that bodily hssh
whch e,n son, b. impaired ~ regular anl ton.lsnl
exercise ia the open ar.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-06-06

CONGRESS- On Monday. May -, lhs senate
eoncurs 10 ihe report II The committee of eonsrens.
On the Military Aeadsmy appropriation BIZ, il.s Tsrs.
regimen, Of mounted volunteers being omiiiel. The
Pos, Office deficiency bill VS. resumed sai discussed
., length. An Executive session wis then hell.
On Tuesday, The Homestead bin vas discussed al
DAY.
On Wednesday. W.. sliiell reported bill is,o,sbie
70 The sequsilisu q Cuba, the overland mail and the
admission o. Ksnss, and Oregon The var deb bill
vas discussed abJ passed.
On THURSDAY. NJ. silsll miJe rpor on ire sbu.
Of The public printing Ast debate the subject wa.
postponed until lo.nouow. The remainder d The dsy
was devoted % Bteeuiise busines.
On Pfidly, NJ Hsls inirodos.i resolution Of in.
qniy concerning The naval Depa, u BrunswsI. Geo,
which W.. adopted. The Postal defei,ney bill was
then taken ~ and discussed great length. popo.
sion 10 restore he resmef Isabel 10 Der fOrnet roule
vas rejected. and The bill 90 amended % 10 sJ,er.
tse fot r,oposss iOr thu. route, wS pssd The re-.
ioralion Of the eursiIed msil Service provided or in
he lIous. Postal ds6eisney bill vas stricken oui ly
msjofity u .aes sbd ihus smendsd The bill p...ed.
The House Of Representatives. on Monday. NAV ~.
~as engaged u considering The Pseiae R.iltosi III,
and .dioa,p.a PsnJins n. ,msndm.n, "a .as,i,u,.
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II The proceedings Of the Opposition mee,ias at
Durhams did not come TO hand until our last weeks
paper wen, 10 press, and the Convention to which
delegate. were appointed has slready passed OIL i
would seem ou, Of date ao~ publish these proceed
ings,
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Fatal sieamboat E.plo.Ion. r

fntai heanbOat Etptoston.-lhe siea.
mer Kate MLaufin, q Oftila Daley hns On ihe
cipe ffn. on her Wsy Up. ssPlodsd On Tuesday
morning q last week. when abou, eight miles beIss
Elrsbelbio~n. C,pt William n Esan. snd lhre
bsni. la.t ,hsr i've. It.suprc.ed Capt Evan. W..
thrown .srn'y i've Or a hundred feet nm cane
brake. vhth beins osshossd 10 y. high state n ne
riyer he body could nol b. found.
Capt. Evan. hai been On the river . number ~
years. BY biz gsniIemsnly department be hal rained
a number q friend. vho will sincerely hm.pl ri.
death Iis VS. . nsti'e Of Fayetteville. shout 81
years II .s.. I'D unmarried
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-06-06
severe s,orm.-A ,hunder shower. .e.o~ge-

MED with heavy wind passed over this place about
sir o'clock on "Wednesday evening last. doing eonsid
er.bIs damage 10 the trees, Prosratns some Of them
mule belonging to Dr. Pride Jones killed By the
lightning. boy had taken two Of them 10 bfsneh
in tho Of the dwelling 70 wlisr ana was about to
return, when d,sh q lightning pro-,raled both mules
Killing instantly The one Which the boy vas seated;
the sker not seriously injured. but seemed some
What .iH "a ssrs The nert morning u va. very re.
markatls, that the boy seated The male tillsd felt
severe shock bui was not IN tbs slshlss, jesree in
jureJ
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-06-06

The New York Journal Of Commerce com.
plains Of the destruction Of fine buildings IN
that city II order 70 pot up palaces. IL thinks
hat this kind N Improvement 10 rather on
the /" fs.t order
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-06-06

Masonlc Address. Oxford Leisure Hour
announces, ,ha, BY request Of the Tusearon Lodge,
Henry X Nash. Esq, Of This place, has consented 10
deliver an Adie.. at ST. Johns College, in Oxford on
Monday the s5th Of Junc l,he 2iih bsins SUNDAY. IN
memory Of st. John the Baptist; and the menaefs Of
The Masonic fraternity generally invited to si,sad
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-06-06

or The lso,h Session Of Orange Presbytery will
commence in this place on Wednesday the 18Th day Of
June, at o'clock, p. NJ.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-10-18
Colors i'll Ladies' Dresses.

Incongruity may be frequently OBJ
served in the adoption of colors without
reference to their accordance with the
complexion or stature of the wearer. We
continually see light blue bonnet and
flowers surrounding sallow countenance,
OF pink opposed to one of a glowing
red a pale complexion associated with
canary or lemon yellow, or one Of deli
cate red and white rendered almost color
less by the vicinity of deep red. Now if
the lady with the sallow complexion had
worn a transparent white bonnet; OF if
the lady with the glowing red complexion
had lowered it by means Of bonnet Of
deeper red color; if the pale lady had
improved the. cadaverous hue of her coun-
tenance by surrounding it with pale
green, which, by contrast, would have
suffused it with a delicate pink hue /; or
had the face
Whose red and white
Natures own sweet and cunning hand laid on,
been arraycd in q light blue, or light
green, or in transparent white bonnet,
with blue or pink flowers on the inside
how different, and how much more agree
able would have been the impression on
the spectator. How frequently, again,
do we see the dimensions Of Il tall and
emDoapoint figure magnifed to almost
Brobdignagian proportions by white
dress, or Il small woman reduced to Lii
liputian size by black dress Now, as
the optical effect Of white is to enlarge
objects, and that of black to diminish
them, if the large woman had been dress
cd in black, the small woman in white,
the apparent size Of each would have ap-
preached the ordinary stature, and the
former would not have appeared giant
ess, or the latter dwarf-1Nrs. NenJ1eld
in ART Journal.
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John Hancock.

Among the remarkable men whose
names will forever stand part and parcel
Of " Declaration of Independence, Han
cock, whose bold signature strikes the
eye, was, perhaps, all things considered,
one Of the most remarkable. lie put
most to risk, so far as fortune and its ap-
plances were concerned, for he was the
richest man in the country. He inherited
the business and fortune of a millionaire
merchant uncle When he was first cleo
ted to the provincial Legislature, Adams
said to friend, Boston has done q wise
thing to-day-shes made that young
mans fortune her own and the prophecy
was literally fulfilled, for it was all devo-
ted to her public use.
The contrast between him and Adams
was very great; Adams was poor, and
held in great contempt the style and show
of fortune. Hancock kept magnificent
eouipage, such as is not known in Ameri-
ca: his apparel was. embroidered with
gold and silver he rode with six beauti-
full bays-he was fond of dancing, music,
routs, parties, rich wine, dinners, and all
that class of things, called elegant plea
sures.
How he estimated the goods Of fortune
and their concomitants, in comparison
with the cause of liberty, is illustrated by
the following anecdote:
Daring the siege of Boston, Gen Wash
ington consulted Congress as to the pro-
priety ofbombarding the town. Hancock
was President, and, after the reading of
Washingtons letter, a motion was made
to 90 into committee of the whole, to en-
able Nh. Hancock to give his opinion, as
he was deeply interested-allhis property
being in houses and real estate. He left
the chair, and addressed the Chairman as
follows: "It is true: sir, that nearly all |
have in the world is in the town Of Bos-
ton; but if the expulsion of the British
troops and the liberties of my country,
demand that they be burned to ashes, is
sue the order, and let the canon Dla-e
away."
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HAR1rs ORA MAN OF BUsINEss.-A S

HABITS OF "A MAN OF BUSINESS sa-
cred regard to the principles Of justice
forms the basis of every transaction, and
regulates the conduct Of the upright man
of business. He is strict in keeping his
engagements; docs nothing carelessly or
III hurry; employs nobody to do what
he can as easily do himself; keeps every
thing in its proper place; leaves nothing
undone which ought to be done, and.
which circumstances permit him to do;
keeps his designs and business from the
view of others ) is prompt and decisive
with his customer, and does not overtrade
for his capital; prefers short credit to
long ones, and cash to credit transactions,
at all times when they can be advanta-
geously made, either in buying on selling,
and small profits with little risk, to the
chance of better gains with more hazard.
He is clear and explicit in all his bargains;
leaves nothing to the memory which can,
and onght to be, committed to writing;
keeps copies of all important letters
which he sends away, and has every let
ter ard invoice belonging to his business
titled, classcd and put away. He never
suffers his desk to be confused by many
papers lying upon it; is always at the
head of his business, we'll knowing, if he
leaves it, it will leave him holds it as a
maxim that he whose credit is suspected
is net safe to be trusted, and is constantly
examining his book, and sees through all
his affairs as far as care and attention en-
able him; balances. regularly at stated
times, and then makes out and transmits
all his accounts current to his customers
and constituents, both at home and
abroad; avoids, as much as possible, all
sorts of accommodations in money mat
tcrs and law suits, where there is the
least hazard is economical in his expen-
diturcs. always living within his income;
keeps memorandum book, with q pen
ell in his pocket, in which he writes every
little particular relative to appointments,
addresses, and petty cash matters; is
cautious how he becomes security for any
person, and is generous only when urged
by motives of humanity.
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" Great is truth, and it will prevail"

A notorious thief, beginning to be tired
of his life, confessed the robbery he was
charged with. The Judge hereupon di-
rected the jury to find him guilty upon
his own confession. The jury having
laid their heads together, brought him in
not guilty. The judge bid them consider
it again; but they still brought it in not
guilty. The judge asked the reason.
The foreman replied. "thcre is reason
enough. for we all know him to be one of
the greatest liars in the world"
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AFather's Advice to his Son.
BY GOETHE.


The time draws nigh, dear John. that
I must go the way from which none re-
turns. / Icannot take thee with me, and
leave thee in world where good counsel
is not superabundant. No one is born
wise. Time and experience teach us to
separate the grain from the chaff. L have
seen more of the world than thou. 1t is
not all gold, dear son, that glitters. L
have secn-many astar from heaven fall,
and many staff on which men have
leaned break. Therefore give thee this
advice, the result of my experience:
Attach not thy heart to any transito1y
thing. The truth comes not to us, dear
son; we must seek for it. That which
you see scrutinize carefully; and with re-
gard to things unseen and eternal rely
on the word of God Search no one so
closely as thyself Within lis dwells the
judge who never deceives, and whose
voice is more to us than the applause OF
the world, and more than all the wisdom
of the Egyptians AID Greeks. Resolve,
my son, to do nothing to which thisvoice
is opposed When you think and pro-
ject strike on your forehead and ask for
his counsel. He speaks at first low, and
lisps rs an innocent child; but if you
honor his innocence he gradually loosens
his tongue and speaks more distinctly.
Despise not any religion; it is easy to
despise, but it is much better to under
stand. Uphold truth when thou canst,
and be willing for her sake to be hated (;
but know that thy individual cause is not
the cause of truth, and beware that they
are not confounded. Do good for thy
own satisfaction, and care not what. fol-
lows. Cause no gray hairs to any one !;
nevertheless, for the right even gray
hairs are to be disregarded. Help and
give willingly when thou hast, and think
no more of thysclf for it, and if thou mast
nothing let thy hands be ready with Il
drink of cold water, and esteem thyself
for that no less. Say not always what
thou knowest, but know always what
thou ,sayest. Not the apparent devout,
but the truly devout man respect, and go
in his ways. A man who has the fear of
God in his heart is like the sun that shines
and warns, though it does not speak.
Do that which is worthy Of recompensc,
and ask mono. Reflect daily upon death,
and seek the life which is beyond with a
cheerful courage; and. further, go not out
of the world without having testified by
some good deed thy love and respect for
the Author of Christianity.
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Con WITH THE RIGHr.-We have one
cnnobling idea Of Gods presence, and
that is, in his sustaining the right, and
making it triumphant. Here is lesson
to man in all time. Gods cheering pres
ence is with the right, while his frown
and his judgement await the wrong. No
matter what the world may say; no mat
ter what its opinion, custom, fashion, or
law may be to-day, tomorrow, next
week, Or next ycar;-if these shall clash
with the truth, and give countenance to
the wrong, Gods blessing shall be upon
all righteous opposition to them. Here
is the brightest ray Of encouragement
that shines upon the path of true retormer
from the sun of the upper heaven! Long
since. De world, with all its error, recelv-
ed dconviction enough Of its power to adopt,
at least in word, that we'll known max
i'm
~ r.,t g irntL md If will prevail"
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HABITS OF TIE NICE. YoUNG MAS.-At-
tends evening parties-and hands the
mullins round. Smiles il he burns his fin
gers with the kettle. Plays the flute.
Sings DO you love me now as then :!
Parts his hair in the middle. Takes an
umbrella with him to an evening party.
Wears goloshcs after dask. Has Sc
cret passion for Cruel. Writes acrostics,
and contributes to Ladies Albums carIs
his whislzers. Is the Hon. Sec to the
Ladies' Benevolent Manglc Distribution
Society" Keeps Il cat, and regular ac-
count of his daiiy5 expenses. greet G
est pleasure is to attend a meeting at Ex-
eter Hall, and his next greatest pleasure
is to have his name mentioned "among
those whom we observed on theplatform, -"
&c. &c. His fondest tie, next to IN aged
gradmothcr, is that of his white neck
cloth. Can hum the overture to Der
Freisciut=. Carries pincushion, and ac-
cidulated drops about with him and is
never unprovided with scent bottle, for
fear of accidents Goes out in the rain
to fetch cab Doesn't smoke. Helps
Mammals shawl on with the grace Of one
of Holmes shopmen. Has his hair and
handkerchief full of scents, and it's pity
the same cannot be said of his head.
Holds skein of silk with exemplary pa
ticnce-turls over the leaves Of music
with great digital sllill-reads novels in a
clear secretary-lil<c voice-laughs G6ect1-
oso-lisps moderato-jokes with the old
maids aUcgrO-quotes poetry penScroso-
runs ladies errands prestlss'mo-and
makes himself generalto usefdo. Such
arc the habits of the Nice Young Man
Punch.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-10-18

A Touch OF THE SuBL1ME.-A Turk
ish paper says a soul-animating rose
bush, bud and blossom yielding, in the
happy Imperial Rose-garden, has exhibi-
ted signs of vegetation" Which, in plain
English prose, means, the Sultan is about
to be blest with young one.
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Your BABIES NOT NY BABIEs-About
thrty-tive years ago. there resided in the
town of lIcbrcn. in this county, acertain
Dr. T., who became very much enamored
of a beautiful young lady. who resided i'll
the same town. In due course OF time
they were to be married The doctor was
Il strong and decided Presbyterian, and
his lady love was strong and decided
Baptist They were sitting together one
evening talking Of their approaching nup-
tials, when the doctor remarked
Il am thinking my dear of two events
which L shall number amongst the hap
piest Of my life
And pray what may that be, Dr.?
remarked the lady.
"One is the hour when l shall call you
wife for the first time"
"And the other?"
q IT is when1cc SHAFT present -or'r- first
born for baptism"
What, sprinlslcd."
9 Yes, my dear. sprinklcd.'
Never shall child of mine be sprin-
lllcd
Every child of mine shall be spr'n-
kled.7
They shall be, ha ;"
eyes, my love-"
"Well, sir, can tell You then, that
your babies won't be my babies. So, good
night sir"
The lady left the room, and the doctor
left the house. The sequel to this true
story was, that the doctor never married,
and the lady is an old maid
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INVENTION OF SUSPENSION BRI"cEs BY
THE CHINESE 1000 YEARS -AGo.-The
most remarkable evidence Of the mechan-
ical science and skill of the Chinese at
this early period is to be found in their
suspended bridges, the invention of the
Han dynasty. According to the concur
rent testimony of their historical and
geographical writer's, Shang-leang, the
commandcr-in-chief of the army under
Keoutson, the first of the Hans, under
took and completed the formation of
roads through the mountainous province
Shenise to the west Of the capital. Hith-
erto its lofty hills and deep valleys had
rendered communication difficult and cir
cuitous With body of 100000 labor
ers he cutpassagcs over the mountains,
throwing the removed soil into the val
lcys, and where this WAS not sufficient to
raise the road to the required height, he
constructed bridges which rested on pill
lars or abutmcnts In other places he
conceived and accomplished the daring
project of suspcnding a bridge from one
mountain to another across q deep
chasm. These bridges which are called
by the Chinese writers, very appropriate
ly, flying bridges, and represented to be
numerous at the present day, are some
times so high that they cannot be travcr-
sed without alarm One still existing in
Shenise stretched 400 feet from mountain
to mountain, over u chasm OF 500 feet.
Most of these flying bridges are so wide,
that four horsemen can ride OH them
abreast, and balustrades are placed on
each side to protect travellers. 1t is by
no means improbable Gas M. Pauthiersug-
gests) that as the missionaries in China
made known the fact, more than centu-
ry and half ago, that the Chinese had
suspended bridges, and that many OF
them were made of iron, the hint may
have been taken from thence for similar
constructions by European engineers
HiStorp of China.
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THE ALLEGED SLAVE PLor.-The excite
ment in Princess Anne and Norfolk Coun-
ties, Va, growing out of the late alleged
insurrectionary plot, is subsiding. Dick
Ryan, the suspected leader, has been ar
rested, together with eighteen or twenty
other slaves, and white man is said to be
implicated in the manufacture Of pixies for
the slaves.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-10-18

WHY is THE OCEAN SALT ?-Thc salt
ness of the Ocean has usually been re-
garded as special provision OF nature to
Guard against certain incoveniences which
might otherwise have resulted. The
presence of much saline matter in solu-
ton depresses the freezing point3of the
water many degrees, thereby diminishing
the dangerous facility with which fields
of ice arc produced in the polar regions.
# has been said that the salt is useful in
checking evaporation, and also that it aids
in preventing corruption of the water by
the accumulation of animal and vegetable
remains Without for moment ques-
tioning the incidental benefits from the
circumstances under discussion, and which
in one case at least, are quite obvious, it
NAV be considered more as an inevitable
result of the present disposition OF things,
than special arrangement expressly in
tended to fulfil certain object.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-10-18

Bishop Burnett, once preaching before
Charles II, was much warmed by his sub
iect, and, uttering a religious truth in
very earnest manner, with great vehem-
ence, struck his clenched hand upon the
desk. and cried out: "Who dares deny
this ?" "Faith," observed the king, in
key not quite so loud as the preacher
anobody, I should think, that is within
reach Of that great fist of yours"
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A little girl asked her sister, "What
was chaos, that papa reads about?" The
older child replied, "Why, it is a great
pile of nothing. and no place to put it in"