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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-10-19
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Headquarters "a Military District, Dep'tN.C.)
aud Southern Virginia, {

Headquarters "a Military District, DeptN.C.)
aud Southern Virginia,
Wilmington n. q. Aug. 80, 1864.
a TT, PERSONS, nen.residents Of Smithyillc, are.
q requested to refrain from applying al Hcaequar-
tiers for permission % visit the Forts or go Down the
river in tie Government Steamers. This is address
ed TO persons living At distance, especially adie.,
in the hope of preventing q Ruthless journey from
their homes. Upon consideration, for the present
Al least, will permission be given TO pass upon the
Government boats. When circumstances will admit
Of relaxation Of this rule due notice will be given.
Packages f,i soldiers al the different posts will be
deyeted 10 Capt. Granger. A. q. NJ. They should
bc suitably marked, and be viii be responsible for
their slfe delivery through bis agents.
Official: w. ii. C:WHITING,
Major General.
JANIS H. HILL,
Nib and A. A. General.
September Z. 6c-ew
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Educational Association Of CoatslerI
of America.

Educational Association Of NE CoatslerI
Of america.
The next Annual Meeting Of this body will be held
in Charlotte, N. c.. on Wednesday, tbs 9Th day II
November next Yielding 10 the suggestions OF some
Of is members, / recalled the appointment Tor lis
meeting st Atlanta, with The hope That . favorable
turn IN The affairs Of the Csnfedescy might soon or
fer more suspicious season for its assembling That
hope has failed. The war is still raging, with little
prospee, Of lis speedy abatement In the mean time
The interests OF the rising generation should not be
overlooked. therefore invite The friends Of educa
10 assemble in Charlotte.
The Committees appointed q, the meeting in Co.
luml.a WILL !, Is hoped, attend to The matters 4nirus.
ted 10 their charge.
The following article from the CONSTITUTION sci.
forth the terms Of membership:
Any male citizen Of the Confederate States. who
may BE- Engaged ia the profession Of teaching or who
has. IN any way, identified himself vhh the educa.
,onal interests Of ibe country, may become member
Of the Association. in the following manner, 10 Wit;
He must be nominated ct 40 Annual Meeting hy /
member Of this body elected By majority Of the vote.
then present, and sign this Constitution"
!. /. REYNOLDS,
President Of the Association.
Csiumbia. 8. c. Sept ~. 1861.
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MARRIED,

In this couuty, on Thursday the 18th instant, BY
Aler'r Dickson, Esq, Capt. HARVEY G. CLAY.
TOR 10 Miss MARY +. BREEZE. daughter oi M
Samuel II. breeze.
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Undertaking, at Hillsborough.

TyHE subscriber il prepored to furnish Mahogany
= C0FFlNS Of all sizes. Al ono or two hours no.
lice. They can be forwarded on the trains BY Rail-
road al one hours notice.
JOHN CHEEK. Agent.
September IA. 63-6m
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lmediately assume an important command.
The following pleasing anecdote is told Of
the veteran warrior, whose modsstyis as
proverbial as his courage and ability. One
Of his friends was csDgratulating him on
the world-wide reputation he had earned.
:" have some little reputation, it is true,"
he replied, but my men have won it for
me. Theya are the bravest set of fellows
that ever drew a ramrod caanst claim
anything myself" This is only equaled
in masnanlmity. by Gen. Lees noble re-
mark, after losing the battle Of Getty sburg:
1T was all my fault, it was all my fault |;
my men have done all that mortal valor
ceuid DO. Petersburg Erprrss.
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Hen. John r. Doruel died in this city
on Saturday msrning last. SiRce the fall
Of Newbern he has been residing here with
his daughter, and his health has been con.
staatlv declining. It's known that Judge
Denneil was for q number Of years one Of
orr Superior Court Judges. which position
ne filed with honor. Since he retired
from the bench he has remained Al his quiet
home in Nswbern, experimenting his large
estate and dsysting himself TO farming.
lie WAS pure man and good citizen,
sasdsst and retiring in bis manner. and re-
spected BY all. Few men have been more
steady and prompt in attending to his own
sGairs. Or more carefully eschewing all
disposition 10 meddls with other people.
In this respect he has been a pattern wor-
thy Of imitation. His health had been
feeble for some years. but the fell 81 New
sera and the ruin Of his own estate and
these Of ais fellow-citizens. by the rasages
Of the enemy, accelerated his disease and
brsught him 10 his cad. We presume
Judge Dsnnell was between 65 and 20
wears Of age. Ne died as he had lived for
Years, in connection with the Protestant
Episcopal Church. con.erraiipe.
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ENGLISH BAKING POWDER.

ENGLISH BAKING POWDER.
Oh pairs Whiimoro Ne. 10 Cotton CARDS,
ASE SO lbs BAKING PoWDER-.lry IL,
INDIGO and NADER,
$50 yds. N. q. CASHMERE,
For sale BY
II. N. BROWN & CO.
October ~. az
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P UPLIC SALE.

WILL be sold, on the Goth instant, at the resi-.
dence Of the late Harrison Parker, in Orange
county, Ten likely Negroes, two excellent Tanners
and good Blacksmith; aquantity Of Corn. Fodder
Wheat, Oats, &C.; FIVE head Of Horses, a ftslot of
Hogs, Cows and sheep. all the Farming Tools, two
good Wagons, Household and Kitchen Furniture and
many other articles too tedious to mention.
Nv. J. y. PARK Est'.
October Is. 6s--
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HOME GUARD ORANGE COUNTY.
COMMANDERS Of Companies in the lsth Bat
y TALON, Home Guard, are hereby ordered to have
their respective companies in Hsborsugh on Wednes-
day the 10Th inst This order is made under General
Orders No. "a from the Executive Department dated
October 4th, 1864.
JAMES s. LEATHERS,
Lieut. Col. 18th Bait H. @.
Octobsr 18th. 67-1t
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EMAlNlNG al ne Post Office at Hlllsborough
on The 18th Of October, 1864, which if not taken
out in three months will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office.
A D Allen, Mrs Mary A Jones,
Leah Bryan, M C Judd,
Betty Beasiy, Mary = Jeffries,
Mrs. II. blackwood, Charles Jones,
Phebe Brown, Franklin LASTLY,
John Burroughs, N Lewis,
Catharne Balm, G H 10y,
Bynum, Ellen Mitchell,
Hannibal N Bizzcl John Moore,
Rachel Beverly, Olivia A Newlin,
Sergt Brumly, w g Num-,
Il Cox, Matte Newton,
Martha E J Gates, Thomas Newman,
Mrs M E Clement, Ale,ha Mutt,
Mrs A A Cole, II G Parrot, g.
Allen Collins, Elizabeth Parton,
Susan Cole, Hawkins Riley,
Jennie Cole, Thomas Riley,
Samuel CLARK, Miss NJ M Rutledge,
Jacob B Chaplns, John T Ray,
Clemue Crabtree, Jennie Sparrow,
Lucinda q Dickie, !. Mary Stewart, (corD
Matlsia Day, Margaret p smith,
Msrgare, Dickcy, Gen X G Spruill,
Mary Davis, Fannie squires,
james Eppersen, A r Sykes,
Capt Emery, A Q NJ, John Thompson,
Rebeeca Faucet, J w Thompson,
Jarus Fort, Thomas Tate,
Mary Faulkner, John Tilly,2
Cattle Gill. Ben Wells,
Mrs Collision, Rob. G Westnore,
Thomas w Hart, Sarah Walker,
Lizzie Haskins, Termesa Wilkerssn,
Hardy Hern. Sarah Woods, Q
Pm Holly, James Webb,
Annie Hill, Oliver Williams,
Thomas tones, Susan Vaughan.
lB Persons calling for any Of the above letters
will please say they are advertised.
C. +. PARISH. p. N.
October IS. 6s-
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McCleilan's Peace Pokcy.-The Louis
vile Press says Chas. A. Wickliif. Of Ken
lucky, stated in Baltimore that Mcclellan
assured him two days in advance Of his
letter Of acceptance. that if he (McCIellan)
were elected, not gun should be fired al
the rebels after the 4th Of March.
More Beef for Hoods Army We have
reliable intelligence that drove Of three
thousand beef cattle from Texas were
driven safely across the Mississippi river,
at point not necessary TO mention. seve-
raj days since. and arc now on their way to
Hoods army.
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that Il 10 slss runorsd that Gen, Sherman himself
has been taken.
Bat how much ofthesc will be verified BY authentic
accounts the future must disclose. We are however,
willing to hope with the Wilmington Journal !" that
shOman's progress in Georgia has been stayed, and
that he will soon bo compelled 70 take the back
track"
No alteration Of consequence In affairs abou, Rich
nond and Petersburg In tho Valley the Confede.
rates appear to have obtained some advantages.
A dispatch from Gen. Lee states that On the 18th
Col. Mosby struck the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at
Dufied's, and destroyed mail train, consisting Of
locomotive and ten cars, securing twenty prisoners
and fifteen horses Among the prisoners arc two YAM
kse psymasters, and with Them Sl6s 900 in govern
mcnt funds.
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without hope; have made my peace with Jesus, and
am prepared, knowing in whom trust for whatever
may befall me-" Comm.
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LIST OF LETTERS.

.REMAINING at the Post Office at Hilsborough
on The 18th Of October, 1864, which if not taken
out in three months, will be sent to the Dead Letter
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-04-27
Man Originates Nothing.

That mau has the power of originating
truth and goodness is one of the illusions
of his own pride. Ilo no more originates
them than the plant originates the sunshine
in whcl, il warns and expands. Like the
plant, which il an organism to receive the
light and. the heat of tho solar beams, and
through them to bc clothed in glorics more
rich and varied than those of the robes of
Solomon, 80 the human soul Is an organism
to receive divine light aud influence, aud
through that to grow into all tho graccs
aud glOries of Christian excellence. II the
light were put out in tho heavens, all the
beauty would vanish from tho many.colorod
landscape, aud darkness fall upon the fields
Hike pail. So it at any moment human
nature were cut off from the Eternal Light
al the excellenccs and graces which make
up the scenery of the moral world would
vanish in uniform night
We distinguish, then, between all original
capacity for goodness and original goodness
itself; between the power of originating
truth aud tho capacity of receiving truth
and being formed thereby into its resplend.
ont image. If we start with the former
conviction, all culture will start from sell
aud center round ii and have sclf-oxaltation
for its object. Tho human soul will seem
TO itscll portion of the Divinity, and suf-
fcient unto itself for all progress aud cul.
ture. That which is God.
given, man claims rs his own, and turns
to his own private uses. lie steals the
eternal fires. The virtues are hi own; they
come not from hourly acknowledgement
and seli.surrendcr.
In contrast with these ideas, and the cul-
ture which grows out of them, we put for
rl Il :,
though imminent in man, is rot II part OF
man, not q separate faculty OF his own. lie
may not appropriate tho ompyrcan light aud
claim it az his, for then tho light being
shut in becomes darkness, aud the divine
voice, being confoundod with his own in
stincts, is changed into bablcments and lies
Gu the other hand the source of this Light
must be prIoundly acknowledged, and our
daily dependence upon it. Then it stands
apart in its awful sanctity and authority
we dare not steal it and appropriate it, but
we bow before it in lowly surrender. Not
self, but God then becomes the radiant cen
ter OF our thoughts.
Conscience is not now self.moying
power, but % capacity through which u
Power which is out Of us and above us
sends its eternal uttcranocs into our inmost
boiug, slowing our own corruptiuns in
mournIul contrast with the Absolute Parity
and Excellence.
God did not create the human machinery
and leave il to work out its own results
lie creates us always in the present time
He works within ia to will and to do of his
own good pleasure, on'@-' single condition
of Selt-surrendcr Tins apprehension of
mans relation to tho Highest is calculated
to hCmpt in him that sweet sense of hourly
dependence by which alono he is truly eX.
alied, that scItabasemcnt which comes
Ct scltrevelation, that state of hourly
prayer whence rises to God the souls UNI
coasing hymn. n.-EfimUltd H. Sears.
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farm and atullsthoId.
Top-TpressTnp DTendOvys.

~ We have repeatedly called tho attention
Of the reaiers Of the Ge8essee Fdrne, to
the gfeat benefits derived from top.dross.
ing ola meadows, clovcr folds Sc. II Is
gratifying TO sec the iucrcased attontion
paid to this sul,ioct. Wo know of no i'm.
provemeit that ia SC well calculated 10 in
crease the prolncis of cur agriculture. II
we increase the yioii Of wheat in a givcn
instance, the wheat is sold Of The farm. and
that is the end Of il. With grass and clo-
vor, however, tho case is very different.
Any increase i'm tho grass or clover crop
enables us 10 make more manure, aud we
reap tho hencit of il for years TO come.
Manure your green crops is the English
motto Ono Of the best farmcrs in Shrop.
shire once rctntrkcd TO the writer: "ln.
sure me good crop Of tnrnips, and will
iuspre you good crop of everything else
II is so with clover aud grass. The more
clover aud grass we grow, and feed ont on
tho farm, tho more manure we can mako
and the richer will our land become.
The editor of The 1Lssoch usetis PiOwD,aA
recently alluded to the "wonderful effects
of oven slight dressing of a compost of
dried muck and manurc. on fields exhausted
by repeated cropping" aud says:
"Wo know that there are many who do
not appreciate tho fact that it il possible
TO double the yield Of tho State in ten years,
by more generous application of those
fcrtilizing materials which lie upon almost
every farm, the boarding Of ages Of vcgeta.
ole growth aud decay, aIul which only need
TO be removed from swamps and meadows
TO tho uplauds, aud mingled with the
manure from the barnyard, toadd Immensely
to the produclivcness of their fields"
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TnE SUNSET or LIFE.--Whcn, toward
the close of of somo long summer day. we
come suddenly, and, rs we think, before
his time, upon tho broad sun, "Sinkmg
down in his tranquility" into the uuclouded
west, we can not keep our eyes from the
great spectacle; and when ho is gone. the
shadow ot him haunts our sight; we see
everywhere, upon the spotlcss heavens
upon the distant mountains upon the fields
and upon the road at our feet, that dim
strange, changcrul image; and if our eyes
shut to recover themselves. we = till find in
them, like dying flame, or like CLEAN in
q dark place, the mmistakablo phantom of
the mighty orb that has set and were we
to sit down, as we have often done, and try
to record, by pencil or by pen, our impros.
sion of that supreme hour, still would il be
there. We must have patience with our
eye, II would not let tho impression go;
that spot ON which the radiant disc was
impressed is insensible to all other outward
things for time; its best relief is to lot the
eye wander vaguely over sky and earth.
and rcpose itself ON the mild shadowy
distance. So il is whch great, good, and
beloved man departs, set, it may be. sud.
denly, and TO us. who know not the times
and the seasons, too soon. We gaze ea.
gerly at his last hours, aud when he is gone
never to rise again in our sight, we SEQ his
image wherever we go, and in whatsoever
we are engaged and if wo try to record
by words our wonder, our sorrow, and our
affection, we can not SEQ to do it, for the
idea of his life" is forever coming into
our study of imagination" into all our
thoughts, and we can do little else than let
our mind, in wise pasSivoness, hush itself
10 rcst--JOhg Br0Wa, w. n.
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Ercn without attacking any Thought Of
religion to the sight of the heavens, there
is something meXpressihly exciting to the
mind in thus losing ones self in The inGn
lty ot space; it at once takes away from
life its little cares and desires, and from
reality it's otherwise oppre ssivo weight.
As surely as the knowledge of man is tho
FIRST aud woightiest concern in !he affairs
nt men, so surely ON tho other hand. is
there nothing more narrowing to the mind
than the perpemaly Keeping our eyes fixed
on tho small circle of human bcngs by
whom we are hemmed in, We must return
often to the contemplation ana feeling of u
higher power ruling in human affairs, as ",
see II IN nature, ere we can safely come
back TO the fettcrs Of society.
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ing effective be taken by the oldest person or
youngest child.
Madame ZndOc POrter,s Curative
HalsunI Is no new and untried medicine, bat has
been used by the public for the past % years m
paraeled success, and has acquired its present
tensiye and largely Increasing sale SIMPLY by being
recommended by those who have used it to their ar
heted friends and others.
III You have "a COlds II ever so slight, Go not
fail to give the Basam trial the very how price at
which il 10 sold brings in the reach OF every
that they may always Seepit convenient for use. The
timely Il Percent bottle will Often prove to be
worth one hundred times its cost.
Do not be put oil with any other. Ash fof Mad :
Rnlc ZodOo POrter's Cough Balsam, in
sis ON having Il, and take other II your Druggist
does not have il, have him send and get II for you
NJ sold by all Druggists AT 20 and so
Cents per BOttie.
NEST & TRUAX, Toledo. Wholesale Agents.
Sold by PECK a HAMILTON, Perrysburg.
HAIL RUCKLE, Pronrietors,
29z4 2lS Greenwich street, New York.
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Sabbath Asadima.
"AT THE LAsTn
Man goeth forth unto bis work,
And 10 his labor, until the evening

Man goeth forth unto bis work, a
And 10 his labor, until the evening.
The stream IL ealmcst when IL ncars the tide,
The ilowcrs are sweetest at cycntide
Aud birds most musical at close of day,
And saints duncst whcn they pass away.
Morning Is lovely. but heller charm
Lies folded close In Evenings robe of balm;
And weary mnn must ever love her best
For morning calls to toll, but night to rest.
She comes fryn heaven, and on her wings dotl
bear
\ holy fragrance, like the breath Of prayer;
Footsteps Of angels follow in her trace,
To shut the weary eyes Of day in peace.
All things arc hushed before her, ms she throws
O'cr earth and sky her mantle of rcpose
There is \ calrl, a beauty and power
That morning knows not, In the evening hour.
"thtil the evening" we must weep and toll,
Plough lilc's stern furrow, dig the wecdy soil,
Tread with sad feet our rough and thorny way,
And bear the heat and burden of the day.
Oh | when our sun is setting may we glide,
Like summer evening, down the golden tide
And leave behind us, as we pass away,
Sweet, starry twilight round our sleeping day.
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LlrE's puAsgs,--" 4 Chrishiu's life Ia
laid IN the loom of time to a pattern which
he loes not see, but God does and his
heart is shuttle. On one side of the loom
is sorrow, aud on tho other side Joy and
the shuttle, struck alternately by each
nies back aud forth carrying the thread
which is white or black, as the pattcrn
needs and in the end, when God sllall hrt
up the finished garment, and all its chang,
ing hues shall glance out, il will then an
pear that the deep and dark colors wcro as
needfol to beauty as the bright aud higl
colors."
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G,s~TAR FOR roSrs,-'lhis application is
far better than the old mode of chauing,
and is much more easily applied, Charring
only effects the outside admitting moisture
into the interior and rotting it. The tar, il
applied hot to we'll seasoned posts entirely
eSciuths moisture. 5. p. Wormloy, OF
Michigan, states, in the C0uAtry Geniien,aa
that seven years ago he built mile OF
board fence, placing the posts, for one min
ute, in a large kettle of hot gas.tar. SO as to
coat them six inches inches above the sun,
face. They now appear to be as sound as
when set The posts of another fence, set
about the Same time, without tarring, arc
about half decayed.
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Legal Notice.

John S. Daily, Plaintiff,
against Wood Common Pleas.
David s. Daily, Defendnnt
FENlGE Defendant, David ). Daily, will take no.
| tcc that ON the Sth day of March, A. ID. 1861,
the Plaintiff, John = Daily, filed his certain Petit
tion agalust said Defendant, in the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Wood County, Ohio, in which said
Petition said Plaintiff sets up, that ON the Sd day of
October, 1850, said Defendant executed and deliv-
cred TO said Plaintiff, his agreement in writing
wherein he promised to convey to said Plaintiff, in
fec simple, by warranty deed, the south three
fuurhs of the southeast quarter of section No. one
~, township No. five 81, OF range No ten (l0)
east, in Wood County, Ono, containing one hun drcd
and fifteen ll5) acres of land, or less in con-
sdcraton Of the suis Of twenty hundred dol
lars S2IO0) to be paid bY said Plaintiffs follows
100000 cash in hand: $4,000 on the Ist of Nav,
1861 5000. 90 on the lst of May, 1862; $500 90 on
the LIST of May, 1853; 5000 90 on the lst of Nav
1864 $4,000 on the lst of MAY, 1865 $500 90 ON
the lst of May, 1856, AMI $3.50 90 ON the lst Of
May, 1867; deferred payments to bear interest
that upon the payment by SAID Plaintiff of the said
sum of $4,000, due May lst, 1868, ss:l Denlcn-
dant promised to make ont and devrr To said
III miit good anl sufficient warranv deed for
said described premises that said Ptint" has
paid said sum of S200.O0 due May LIST, 1863 aud all
other sums due under the stipulatons of said writ
ten agreement up to the time this action was COM
notes and mortgage, as stipulated in said written
agreement, and has in all respects Conurned with
the provisions of said written agreement: that said
Plaintiff has requested said Defendant to make and
execute a warranty deed, conveying to said Plain
tin the premises aforesaid described, as Defendant
has expressly agreed to do in his written grccment
as aforesaid, but that Defendant has refused anil
continues To refuse to make out and deliver to said
Plaintiff the warranty decd, stipulated to be exc
cuted in said Defendants written agreement Is
aforesaid. The said Plaintiff pnys in his said Pc
titun for judgment, that said Defendant convey to
Plaintiff the premises described as aforesaid, in
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