The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1865-03-29

sual sympathy. The last words Of the ser.
vice having been uttesee. the procession
reformed in the same order. with the ad-
dtiun Of the female relatives and several
ladies--iriends OF the deceased--all in
deep mourning, and passed out Of the
church, whence they proceeded 10 Green
wood cemetery, where, pending the remov-
al Of his remains 10 the South, they were
deposited. The coffin was Of highly polish
ed rosewood, ,silver-mounted, the follow
ing inscription being on the breastplate !:
Major Generell w. H. G. Whiting, C. s.
A., bern in the State Of Mississippi. died
on Governors Island. New York harbor,
March 10. 1865. aged forty years, eleven
nonths and eighteen days." 6af )
On the coffin we're placed two handsome
crosses. composed Of pure white camelas !;
aud while It was passing up the aisle a.
young lady placed . number Of flowers,
with white ribbon, on the lid.
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Some cf the Northern journals are maxi
iHg an effort tnridicnle the military charac-
ter cf Gen. I,eaureyard. Fort Sumter. is
an evidence Of the engineering skill OF that
General. that. after having wilhslosd four
wears OF war cannot be blswn away BY a
newspsper paragraph. lie was General
enough to take il from the farces Of the
United States in tweaty -four hours. and
he is such an engineer thathe made il
impregnable. The candid confession Of the
New York Herald's correspondent that
Fort Sumisrwas stronger when the United
States recaser@l il than when thew fred
ihe'fr.t gun ~ il, j. testimony eusugh, 81
the genius 81 Beaui rgsrd.
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An ExAMpLs WaKrHy or lalvArInS. --Ai
Tenct,'. aectinD sale Yesterday. um elegant
new blanket was Dd' up Ia he sold, which
the auc,ianeer stated belonged 10 lady,
who was Iorce,l 10 part With IL to procure
MONEY to bds foad. lie askrti ihr crun d
10 bid libera,ly, stating tina, he intended Ia
charge su COMMISSION iar making The sale
II Wa started q, SIS aud ,rrs rapidly senl
Or 10 SEQ. ~ wliri price Il was knocked
Lrwn 10 we'll known citizen. mhu pait
fhe amount aud directed The anctioneer I,
send The blanket back tou,elads.
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VOLCANIC ERrPBisSs --Eina and Y-su,io,
are bath ina sfst- of yioent eruption. A
letter from Mes,na, dated February 5
saws:
During Ihr lat Few ,lays a fresh erup.
iion Of Muent Ems iias taken place. Ii he.
-
ins an extraordinary spectacle. aud Pile.
nomcnon pnlg repeated ii laag ,Airfssls,
went 10 the msnnta,s II the first receipt .
ihr news, ah,I stayed there ,wp das-, mt.
with-iaRding The rxtrssnrl, bal weather,
The lava j. not sbundani II is source. aud
Immediately divides l,.elt into f.a prluei
pal branches; neither are the iwn lortr n,
vrr, wide. That ~hich hsv. seen, an,
the largest. wa, about klleen metrs hi.
aud Of width OF t~o hundred aud hty "a
three hundred metres. Tissues on The cas-
snie ~ Etns, aud hardly ,eacl.es the -her
Jcrat rbercal,isated tine districts bur !
la. overwhelmed iso cottages. and if :
continues i will probably drarnv the vii
lagos - Mascali apa PIeni,nunse az leas,
il il l,ksly 10 take thai directions, tur IL j
impossible % csiablisa The Lass bv whicl
these enormous masses Of red-hot liqui'
matter are gamrd. The niher branch iun
dom the nOrghern side, aud threatens th
village Of I.,nRUsgro-sa. This - the-snall
er t"rrenl. and u is already subdiyided in
10 several notifications. which tend 10 tax
a course in the direction af the uncultivat
ed rrginn.a
The Neapoiitsn Journal. announce tina
the eruption 81 Maant vesusius is incrsas
ing. Up 70 ,ite present time, however.
has done 10 damsee.
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