The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-02-21


- Col. a. Asst Conner
Official dispatches received in Washing
ION assert that heavy reinforcements Of
French and Austrian troops have been sent
10 Matamoras aad BagdaJ, as o precaution
against further danger.
A gang Of horse thieves. seven in num-
Der, headed BY the notorious Bowly. were
recently caught. aud Immediately shot, in
SaltiIlo, mississippi.
The Legislature Of Mississippi have le-
We'd tax of so cents on dogs. except ny
one dog for every head Of family.
DIR. Louis VI. lights. formerly Of North
Carolina. died recently at Canton. Miss.
while walking in the garden with his
daughter.
THg FORTHCOMING CABINET CnAsoE.-
On the 4th Of March next, il is said, The
President will announce three new mem
beers al his Cabinet, one, ii not two, oil
whom will be irem across the line. Mean
while those gentlemen who are TO vacate
are announcing, in advance. that The action
will be- purely their own. and The cause.
The refusal Of the President 10 endorse the
measures Of the Radical party.
Negro tro#ps are being Mustered cot in
Georgia. and soon il is thought the state
will be free 81 thrw.
Gen. II. q. Cotton. OF Chatham County,
died at his home on Saturday last. lie
was an old man, soldier IN the war Of
1879. and sal,lier IN The late war. He
had represented Chatham repeatedly IN Tie
Legislature.
BuRsxp To DrATH.-Niss Milly Pritch.
Ell. an elderly maidra lady residing with
Mrs. Mclyer. in this town, Was badly
burned. ON Sunday morning last. by hri
clothing accidentally taking fiIr, from the
effects Of which she died on TUESDAY night.
Coen,bgso Psirsl.
Ngcso I.yscnkp Al kNoxviLLg. - We
were informed las, night. that scene %
great rxcitrmeDt occaurd al Knoxville
Trnnrssr, yesterday. \ sale 81 Govern
meat properly aas progressing. when a dit.
hcuity arose between an ex-Canfedrral,
ralonel and ealored suIdirr on guard, re
sulting in The sbnn,ing uf The former. I'll,
nrgfa randi. but was pursued by the CROWD
wha fired al him. aud pot iour balls int,
lin. The negro wss then Captured ano
summarily hung IN iron, Of the telegraph
nlhce. Rieknssd Reau5lic.
San Franei.co paper says can hunes'
rinor from California shoulderrd his KNAPP
sack one da, and struck not Tor Idaho. ~,
arrived there last spring. aud tool up
quartz claim. A lev da,s ago lie sold III
claim for 100000 10 gold.
BlsnoPs or rME MsTHopisr EPISCOPAL
f'auacn.--The Nsshsills Advocate give
the lsllo~ieg accoun, Of the Bishop, Of tn
Methodist Episcopal Church. South - Bish
op Snule was At N@shsills 90 the 5th inst
The sixty first anniversary &c his ltineran
ministry. lie was enjoying comfa, tabl
health. though aged eight, i've. lie reside
near Nashville.
bishop Andrew. now past his thre
scure aud ten," resides al Summerfeld
tlabama. aud retains /" considerable phys
zeal vigar."
Bishop Paine resides al Aberdeen, Mise.
j over sixty years Of ase, and enjoys I'm
health.
Bishop Pierce resides near Culsrttor
Ga. Tie - now about hity.6ye years q
age. Ills father. Or. La,ic Pierce, now i
advanced years. is still able to ",leli,e
two or three sermons On the Sabbath, an
eftentimes during the week.
Bishop Ka,anaugh's home ID Al Versatile,
ny. lie is said 10 be " in labors abundant.
THE HOMESTEAD LAW.