The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-03-27

lreiary OF state, on account oil the refusal OF
those iunctonaries to appear before the Con.
vention 10 take the oath of allegiance to the
Confederate States. Lieut.. Governor Clark
was authorized immediately to assume the
powers Of Governor, and the Secretary Of
State was directed 10 hand over the seal OF
office and the official marks.
The Legislature met on the 18th, but it
was not known what Houston would do.
The 800 offered by the Rhode Island
Medical Society. for the best essay on Diph.
iberia. has been awarded to DR.. ID. D. Slade,
Of Boston.
A reckless fellow, smoking cigar while
making cartridges, at Jackson, (Miss.) on
the 18Th ultlmo, dropped the ashes into an
open key of gunpowder, which exploded,
blew him and the place Up, and nearly killed
four other men.
NEw ORLEANS, March ls.--Forts Brown
and Ringgold. and the barracks at Brazos
and Santiago, have been virtually surrender
ed to the Texas authorities. The entire
evacuation by the federal troops will take
place on the Goth instant. Possession will
then be taken by the Texas troops, who have
enlisted for six months.
A resolution has been unanimously adopt
ed by the Texas Convention, rendering their
thanks to Gen. Twiggs.
CosT OF THE AGrrATIoS.-The Salem (.Ala.)
Register thinks there is not public work,
single branch OF business Of any kind, single
department Of human enterprise 10 this coun.
| Try or one single individual in il. but has suf
lered more or less by the present agitation.
The loss 10 the country can scarcely be less
than thousand millions Of dollars.
SECESSION OF a RlyER.-The New Orleans
Delta snys the communication between the
Red river and the Mississippi is being grad
ually cut Oft. The formrr is taking itself Oh
To the Gulf by way of Atchalaaya into Der.
wick's Bay. Unless something is dune TO
prevent the Red river from secedlpg, New
Orleans will lose large amount Of valuable
traffic. A company is talked 81 to keep The
channel open. Il is thought ii will eosl ~.
900. 600.
LorrgRY poLIciEs ~ New YoRK-It Is
stated that the yender. of lottery pnicies ia
New York draw from the poor ol that city
over s2oo.OOO per annnm. Philadelphia, il
IS thought, spends nearly as much ~ pulley
gambling.
PRoeREss Of RoNAS CATHOLICISM il THE
/ USIED Statistics Of Tie Roman
Catholic Church. from 1908. prove lis steady
1 progress IN the United States. During the
I last year the foundations ol So new churches
we're commenced. In 1908, there we're 0nly
Is priests. so churches. and 2 bishops III liz
United States. Ia 1860 there we're PISS
priests, 10 bishops. aud 238. churches.
! NuSSERIgs IN MExICo.-The Juarrz gov
ernment Is suppessing nunnrries IN the CITY
81 Mexico, having clusrd bakers dozen Of
those establishments, and canfscated then
property.
FRon fEIAs-NEw 0RLFaxs. March rs =
/ Galveston dates 70 the 18Th insian: State HAT
\ frt Biuwn was evacuated on The I2iIl-
blnnlless. The government forces there EN-.
bark j Tor Key West ON the steamer Daniel
Webst,r.
LouisASa--The Louisiana Convention
has befnrr il an ordinance submitting tie
Permanent Constitution uf thr Southern Con.
ledrracy 10 a vote 81 the people. Il meets
with much opposition. there being an appa.
rent unwlllingness to trust the matter TO the !,
decision u the people.
P.s Tie Convention has DECIDED. about
. TO !. mol 70 submit il to the people
Texas will 10, be much the gamer by TAX.
ing p0ssessinn II The United States property |
on the frontier. The United States Gesetn. |
nent cSprnIs aboat $4,000. 600 annally IL
keeping up IL military hefences III that State.
This expense Texas will nov have upon her
avn treasury.
In the Missouri Convention last week a I
resolution ~ thanks 10 senators crittrnden
ard Dunslas VI. unanimously adopted. Tie
Committee IN Federal Relations have report. |
sd against Secession.
The President aud Government IL IIundu. |
ras, having bern accommodated by the VI. /
car general VI the metropolitan dincesr, inr
introducing hcresy BY the treaty of ees.inn .
Of the Bas Islands, which GUARANTEES liberty
q conscience % all. tie President has retail. /
lated by drprising tie vicar general - his |
functions, and blni.hing him. Tor melting re.
bellinn.
II : saih that German chemist has dis. |
covered method by which he produces sirr. /
ling silver NJ cost of about seventy i've /
cents per ounce aud that d company i I
forming 20 work The discovery % profits.
BILE scale. The appliances required are Ger.
tain chemical preparations aud a galtanic
apparatus 81 Sufficient power To act on them.
should the experiment succeed on a large j
scale, tie profits will be handsome, aud add.
tlonal weight will attach 10 Tie 0piuion that
all metals are receivable into two Or three
elements.
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CATTLE on RaILR0ADs.-An important de-.
eision. involving the rights and liabilities Of
railway companies and the owners Of cattle
killed By trains when on the track, has lust
been made By Chief Justice Gilpin of The
State Of Delaware. -Four main points we're
made by The learned Judge. and we're eslab.
lished by his decision as the law Of his mar.
ticular Jurisdiction. to wit:
!. That . railroad company, legally char.