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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-10-16
rwo HuNpREp MILLroNs,

The y. Y. correspondent nf the London
Times deludes that paper With an idea thar
The North can pay 5000. 000, 900 year Of
taxes into The US. Treasury. aud the Times
raihrt admits that Il can though il saws that
the United States will. alter an existence Of
only eighty years, have TO establish ,ysrem
81 taxation a. complicated AID sll-rnbraeing
a. that IT England itself. the most heavily
bar,hrne,l country 10 The wnrlj. after an ex-
isience Of eight centuries.
II i probably true that the United States
cpdld have stond sub an .mnnnt IL taxation
wear or twn ago. Bat e. ,haw how little
the following from late New ORLEANS lee /:
II, IS entirely certain that. whatever
course the YAnkers may pursue. they have
areitv ea-ctaally involved themselves in
general bankruptcy. Tie newspaper. Of the
Martin .edaioasIy eouse,l The deplnrable ssi-
jsnre, Of this fact from the public eys. bot
r,rrY nav and ihena refugee iram tie Norih
furnishes affirmation rarrubnr,tise Of our
statement. A gentleman Of high character
and intelligence reached here DAY or Two
ago. having b.iilrl tie spies u the Yankee
Guyernnrnt. We lean through him sn,ne.
thing II tie state 81 affairs in New York.
UBi 81 some twn b0udrrd and fifiy first class
rerChanis--mea whO were regarded as in.
nnly thirteen have thus far met
ihrir obligations. AT the rest are bank.
rnpt. OF toe ,mali.ffy Who have failed, il
MAJ ~ sad Their name j. legion" few
lnOatl. Az a prominent bu.ines. FIN repied
4 10 ~ herni slofr 10 fashionable part IL
Braadaay 90 lease u tea Years 4, the rate
II $4,000 per annam--naI IN astonishing
prlce lYr ihp sitp4iisn aud the iimr.. IN tile
midst II tie EXISTING erisl, til. huu,r failed.
anil Toe lease became null. The ane e.iab.
li.hnrnt was quite recently taken. sfter
difficulty, by shaIes4le Grm
irsiroas VI selling % uieir stock al retail. I
Tar. lease - ior onr war. AID the sum a.
g-erd Il BE- pad is $4,000. Ia tie purlItus
II upper trnagm VIZ understand ihst splrn.
did man.ioas, erewhile The residences II tIle
apaleni and The gay. may aos be had Ear
ne iaarih lie ampsni y rent demanded =
half year go. Beggatl AID desiiiutian broo,I
pssr the Mighty ciy, aud l,s drnizrn. Ioo1
win iearinl anxiety e. the Coming sinlrr. I
when he pUor will be exposed la lie horrors
81 starvation.
We cannot az We feel much sarrow for
the actual or prospective snfsfinqs of the !
people 81 the North. They are the eense.
gusnees Of their own evils and excuses.
Had they not sought 70 opprss. The South.
lie Union would not have beea broken. Had
they not strised 10 maintain IL BY violence,
war. With al the shocking results 10 them, |
sould not have followed. They will undrr.
stand the lesson By experience. but. a. usual.
when il Is too late.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-10-16

TIE SEoUEsTaaToN LAw.--In the Confed.
crate Court at Charleston. on Monday last.
Mr.. Jas. L. Pettigru, an eminent lawyer. in
reply to the writ Of garnishment served up
on him, with the view to ascertain whether
he had sequestrable property, aud what a.
mount. asked leave to die demurrer. con-
tending that said writ was not warranted by
any law, and was not in accordance with the
Con stiiution Of the State Of South Carolina.
He declared that the writ was most tyrran-
nical in lis feature. and reproduction Of the
court Of the Star Chamber and Spanish In
QUESTION. Mr.. William Whaley took q
similar position, likewise filing demurrer.
The proceeding caused quite a sensation.
The argument is fixed for Monday next.
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The SITUATION OF the WAR.--Unlike the
Herald, the Pittsburg Post Of Monday last
contends that the Coniederates have com
pletely closed the navigation Of the Potomac.
! says: There appears to be probability
OF serious engagement between the Union
and rebel forces in the vicinity of Washing
on beture many days. The rebels have un-
masked their batteries along The Virginia
side Of the Potomac, presenting powerful
from so as completely 10 have closed the
navigation Of thai highway 10 the capital.
These batteries are said to be placed at in
tervals Of little over two miles, all along
the shore from 0ccoquan creek to Matthias
Point. and military men declare the river to
be blockaded and rendered useless. Every
vessel that passes is fired on, and il is said
that al least ten thousand troops are located
along the rebel shores. with powerful farce
within a striking distance. II is also be-
i,esed that an attempt will be made by The
rebels 70 cross the Diver AZ two pn.nts-yiz
from Acquia Greek and opposite 70 General
Banks column. Whether the rebels are
ready Tor an open field fight is not actually
known, but. judging from the refusal 10 take
up the glove thrown down by Gen. Smith on
wednesday. il would appear they are not.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-29
Terrible Anathemas.

The man ,Dho ,Oon't pay the printer May
he be shod with lightning, and compelled
TO wander over gunpowder.
May every day Of his life be more des'
potic than the Dey Of Algiers.
May he never be permitted to kiss a
pretty woman.
May he be bored to death by boarding
school misses practicing their lessons in
music, without the privilege of seeing his
tormentors.
May 2:4o nightmares tro. quarter
races over his stomach every night.
May his boots leak. his gun hang FIRE.
and his fishing lines break.
May his coffee be swee,ened with flies,
and bis teacup seasoned with spiders.
May troop OF printers devils. lean,
lank and hungry, dog his heels each day,
aud a regiment OF cats caIterwaui under bic
window at night.
May the famine stricken ghost Of al
editor haunt his slumbers, and hiss
..Mardsr" in his dreaming ear.
In short, may bis business 60 TO ruin,
and he 60 to-Congress.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-29

BEAUTY OF SHADOWS Tho shadows all
day long play at silont games OF beauty
Everything is double, II it stands IN light.
The tree sees an unrovoalod and mufiicd
self lying darkly along tho ground. Tho
slender stems of flowers. golden rod, wayside
asters, meadow daises. aud rnro lilies, (rare
and yet abundant in every nice. level mead
ow,) cast forth dim and tronulous limo o.
shadow. that lies long all tho morning, short.
onng till noon, and creeping out again
from tho root all the afternoon, until tho
sun shoots it wcstsard in tho morning. A
million shadowy arrows such as these spring
from Appoilo's bow Of light at every step.
Flying in every direction. they cross inter
lacing each other in soft network of dim
lines.
Meanwhile the clouds drop shadow-lik
anchors that reach the ground, but will not
hold; every browsing creature, overy fitting
bird, ovcry moving team, ovcry unconscious
traveller. writes ilsolf along tho ground In
dim shadow.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-29
VOLUME XII. NO. l3.
The New Patent Law.

Though many and great are the sins Of
omission which may be fairly laid at the
door Of the last session Of the Thirty. Sixth
Congress, yet one measure which was
passed seems TO meet with almost uni
versal appreciation. We allude to the
bill "To promote the progress Of the use.
ful arts" introduced tito the Senate, by
Mr.. Mallory, on the 92l OF December,
1850.
The most important provision Of this
bill, as finally passed, is that all patents
hereafter granted shall remain in force for
SereRteen years from the date Of issue, and
all extensions of such patents arc thereby
prohibited. This cuts oil the intrigue and
corruption incident to attempts to obtain
the extension OF valuable patents by the
Commissioner Of Patents. Though it
docs no, Of course bind Congress not TO
extend patents hereafter granted Its moral
effect will be to check the decentralization
Of the National Legislature consequent
upon the immense sums that have been
annually spent in lobbying TO extend the
large patent monopolies.
This point Of not extending patents be-
yond seventeen years was the last matter
submitted 10 the Committee OF Conference
on the bill. Messrs. Douglas. Cameron and
Fitch. Of the Senate, and Messrs. Cox,
Frank and Barr, OF the House, as the
Committee Of Conference, insisted on this
radical reform. and ii was passed on the
last session. The other provisions Of the
act are tn. following
1t provides, where extensions are now
applied for, in cases of existing patents
for compulsory process for Witnesses, in
order to make thorough investigation o.
the merits Of the case.
1t gives the Commissioner OF Patents
large SALARY, as il imposes additional du
ties and responsibilities.
| 1t provides for certain additional ex
aminers.
1t allows the Commissioner to refuse
TO recognize patent agents who have been
guilty of misconduct.
1t does not alter tie law as 10 payment
Of fees.
L, enlarges the right TO patents in rela
lion 10 moulding, casting, elecIrosyping
| &c.
1t cuts off all patents not prosecuted
within two years after filing.
II requires labels on patented articles
1t enables the Commissioner to dispose
of mode!s of rejected applications. and Il
dispense with models when he thinks th
design car be sufficiently represented by
drawing.
1t allows the Commissioner TO requir
the printing Of papers in certain cases.
An important part Of the bill repeal
the laws uow in force liking the rates O
the Patent. Office TO be paid, and discrin,
mating between the inhabitants of tn
United States and those OF o.her countries
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-29
A NEGRO BURNED ALIVE IN GEORGIA

A NEGRO BURNED ALIVE IN GEORGIA.
The Baltimore american says;
Another of those acts Of barbarism
which occasionally disgrace the South and
shock every sense Of humanity, was per.
petrated in Harris county, Georgia, early
last week A negro named George,
owned by Mr.. Abel Nelson, Sr., was sus.
Iected Of having committed a gross per-
sonal' outrage upon the wife OF Mr.. Isaac
N. Middlebrook, and upon that suspicion
was arrested and lodged in Jail. A night
or two afterwards, an infuriated mob,
overcoming The opposition of the Sheriff,
broke into prison, seized the negro, con.
veying him to the outskirts Of the town,
there chained him 10 tree, and despite
his earnest protastations OF innocence,
burnt him 10 death. Can rejecting
Southern men justly complain of,he bitter
hostility of the North 10 their "instiu
iions," when acts so revolving to civiliza
lion are not unfrequent incidents?
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-29

THE WAY To GET WEALTHY Never was
money so scarce. everybody tays,aDd every
body, wo believe. is justified in making tho
remark. Silver may DO plentiful in bank.
and gold may be plentiful in Fraser river,
but noiihor can bs picked up in tho streets
by men too indolent 10 work, or women too
eItravagant to study economy. They will
now discern that
""ris very good world that we live in,
To lend, or TO spend, or 10 give in;
But TO beg, or to borrow, or to get mans own;
IT'S the very worst world that ever was kncwn'
Tho provorb IS an old one, but just as ap.
plieablo TO our times as those Of our ances-
tors. Poverty has not much credit in bank
parlors, though wealth 10 frequently less re-
liable, unless accOmpRnisl by homes, princi-
Pile. The only thing to be depended upon
in theso days, is industry. That is the best
financial institution. IL mover fails. Alb
stomiousness and frugality arc indeed the
bost bankers. They allow a handsome in
ierest. and novor dshonor draft drawn on
them by their humblest customers. That's
our opinion of the mattor.--Oh JOnathdn.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-29
Another Fear fnl warning.

On the night os September 3. 1868, as wo
learn from tho .Americdn Sun aud other
papers of Baltimore, a colored man named
William King was stabbed and killed, in an
allay near his rcsidoucc.
On the 27th of that month,a colored man
named John Stephens, alias Cyphus, was
arrested Tor tho murder, tiiod and convicted,
on rather strong. direct and circumstaDta
evidence A colorcd girl, known as "Topsy."
Of bad character aud regarded as simple
or insane, tcstficd on the trial, most posi-.
tiyoIy, that sho was present and saw the
party who committed tho murder. and that
IL was not Cyphus. but another, black man,
heavily built" Her montal weakness and
bnd character caused tho court and Jury to
givo little or no weight TO the evidence, aud
Cyphus was convicted. Subsequently per-
sous who doubted tho guilt Of Cyphus OBJ
taincd three successive rcprioves from tho
Governor, but tho poor fellow was finally
hanged. on tho 7th day Of April, lS59-aIl
tho whiIo earnestly averring innocence Of
tho crime.
On Monday night last, q colorcd man
named George 0wUn, not unlike Cyphus in
appearance, diod in the samo alley, near
whore tho murder occurred. and as he found
death approaching. called some friends
around him. und confessed that he was the
murderer of King--had quarrolcd with him
while in his employ as u sollor of oysters
through the city. deliberately planned the
tho murdor-linally stabbed him to tho
heart with butchor's knfo. Ho also con
tossed having first pointed to Cyphus as the
murderer. Both have gone before tho God
of Justice now, and tho law of "blood fol
blood, life" is Vindicatcd.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-29
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NEN EN DEBlLIIA1 ES.
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with confidence in all the diseases for which it is
recommended
1t has cured ousandsl:s within the last years,
who hod given up allI9 hopes Of relief as the
numerous, unsohcitedl-- certificates i'll my pos
session show
II o d o S Q must b : adapted to the temper.
ament OF the Individually taking il, and used in
such quantities MS TO acIIS gently on the bowels.
Let the dictates Of = your Judgment guide
you in the use OF the ILIVER lNVIGOR-
ATOk, and il will cure Liver e o m :
plaints, Billions Al acks, Dyspepsia
Chronic DiarrhOea.l : summer com plants
Dysentery, Dropsy Sour Stomach, IIa.
bituat COstivcnes>. ChOlic, Cholera,
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ORDINARY FAMILY MEDICINE ltwil
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ut commencement OF attack.
| All who use it are giving their testimony in il
| favor.
9cJ-Mix water in the mouth with INVlGORA
TOR. aud swallow both together.
Price One Dollar per Bottle.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-29

WHAT GRANT TnoRBURN SAYS OF HIM
sELF.-That excelent old man, Grant Thor
burn, writos to the Obserrer. under date of
February IS: This day | onter on my
eighty.ninth year. Mine eyes, ears and
limbs fail, otherwise my health is good.
ably as did twenty years ago. am asked
how have lived. ! answer. ] never was
drunk in my lifo, never sto enough since
l709; have worn white flannel noxt 10
my skin. from my neck to my ankle, summer
and winter. Hence, nevor felt rheu.
matte pain, nor headache |; l hayo felt the
toothache and some twingos of tho heart
among tho bonnie Yankee lasses, to remind
mo that was yet in the body"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-29

ALEXANDER Observation-Disclosures Ham
ilton was once applied TO as counsel by u
man having the guardianship of several or
phnns. These infants would, on thoir COM
ing of ago, succeed to largo and valuable
estate, of which thOre was somo material de-
feet in tho tito docds, This fact, and the
manner in which It happened, was known
! only TO tho guardian, who wished to employ
Hamilton as counsel to vest in himsolf the
titlo of the estate. He related tho whole af
fair circumstantially, and was requested by
his lavyor to call again before he would
venture to givo his advice in q matter of sc
much Importance. On his second visi
Hamilton read over to him the minutes q
their previous con versation that ho had re
duced to writing, and asked If tho statemen
was correct. On receiving on answer in thu
affirmative. Hamilton replied: you arr
now completely in my power, and ! lool
upon myself rs tho future guardian of ih'
unhappy infants. Take my advice setil,
with thom honorably to the last cent, or
will hunt you from your skin like hare" -
1t is proper to add that his advice was scru
pulousiy followed.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-29
SA FORD'S
Family talharlic Pills,
COMPOUNDED FROM

Pare Vegetable Extracts, and put ap in Glass
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The FAMILY CATHARTIC PILL is gen.
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used in his practice for more than twenty years
The constantly in-lx }creasing demand from
those who have long {used tho PILLS. and the
satisfaction which a }express in regard to
their use, has induced p }me TO place them with
in the reach OF all. ~
The Profession wei q know that different
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The FAMILY C A., ,33THARTIC PILL
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fact, been compounded = from a variety OF the
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The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-29

THE WISDOM OF WAR.--A certain king, it is
said, sen, TO another king, saying 'Send me a
blue pig with black tail, or else--." The
other in high dudgeon ni the presumed insult,
replied, Il have not got one, md il had
On which weshty cause they went to war for
many years, After n safety of glories and mis-
cries, they finally behought them TINT, as their
armies and resources were exhausted and their
kingdoms mutually laid waste, it might be well
enough to consult about the preliminaries o
peace; but befo re this could be concluded, n d
plomatic explanation was frs, needed Of the in
sulting language which had formed the ground o
The quarrel. "What could you mean," asked III,
second king OF the first, "by saying send me
blue pig with a black tnil, orelse ---f'"-
"Why," said the other, ~ meant blue pig witt
black tnil, or else some other color" "But," re
toried he, "what could you mean by saying :
have not got one, and IL had ---r" "Why, @
course, II had should haze send az" an explain
alton which was entirely satisfactory, and peac
was concluded accordingly.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-29
Memory Of the Elephant.

A female elephant, belonging 10 gen.
teman at Calcutta, who was ordered from
the upper country to Chi,tagong, in the
route .hither, broke loose from her keeper,
and, making her way 10 the woods, was
lost. The keeper made every excuse to
vindicate himself, which the master of
the animal would not listen 10, but branded
The man with carelessness, or something
worse, for il was instantly supposed tha:
he had sold the elephant. He was tried
for it, and condemned 10 work on the
roads for lie, and his wife and children
were sold for slaves. About twelve years
afterwards, this man. who was well known
to be acquainted with breaking elephants,
was sent into the country with party TO
assist in catching wild ones. They came
upon n herd, and this man fancied he saw
amongst the group his long'lost elephant,
for which he had been condemned. He
resolved TO approach it-nor could the
strongest remoEstrances of the party dis
suade him from the attempt. Having
reached the animal, he spoke to her. when
she Immediately recognized his voice
she waved her trunk in the air as a token
of salu,ation, and spontaneously knel
do n, and allowed him 10 mount her neck
She afterwards assisted in taking othel
elephants, and decoyed three young ones
to which she had given birth in her alb
sence, The keeper returned, and thu
singular circumstances attending the re
covery being told, lie regained his char
acter; and, as recomponse for his un
merited suiferings, had pension setiloC
on him !or life. This elephant was after
wards in possession Of Warren Hastings
the Governor General Of Hindostan.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-29

FEVER AND AeuE REMEDy.-In reading
tho Oihor day, wo came ncrOss tho following
us remedy for the aguo. Us formerly prac'
tised by tho Indians:-Tako of the inner
bark of tho root of tho sumach, roast aud
reduce to powder. givo a toaspoonfui be-
tween tho chill and succeeding fOycr.-
William Coke, Esq. in his work on Frui,s
published in in 1917, says. that be produced
an eniiro cure of foyer and aguo by causing
the patient to drink freely of good, pure
crab apple cidor, just before tho approach
OF q parOxysm.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-29

ENJoYrNa LlFE.--I must pity that
young man, who, with little fnery Of
dress and recklessness Of manner, with
his coarse passions all daguerreolyped
upon his face, goes whooping through the
streets. driving an animal much nobler in
its conduct than himself, swaggers into
some haunt Of shame and calls it "enjoy-
ing life !" He thinks he is astonishing
the thinking part Of it, who are astonished
that he is rot astonished al himself. Fol
look at The compound of flesh and impu
dence, and say il on all this earth there il
anything more pitiable He know any
thing Of the true joy Of life? As well sa,
that the beauty and immensily OF the uni
verse were all enclosed in The field wher,
the prodigal lay among the husks ant
swine.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-29

The degrees Of crime are thus de6ned;
He who steals million is only 6nancicr.
Who steals half million is only delaul-
Ter. Who steals hundred thousand is a
rogue. Who steals fifty thousand is q
knave. But he who steals pair OF boots
or loaf Of bread. is scoundrel OF the
deepest dye and deserves 10 be lynched.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-03-29

TnE money gambled away annually a,
Baden, Germany amounts 10 $40. 900, 600.