The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-05-16
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BILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA BANKS.

meeting, resolved TO redeem its outstand-
ling bills in greenbacks at % cents in the
dollar. Wehave good authority for saying
| that this is their full value, or the extent
Of the ability Of the Bank to pay:at present,
Few who are acquainted with the affairs Of
the Bank believe that il will ever be able
to do more. We Judge, therefore, il is al
vissble. that holders oil the bills Of North
l Carolina Banks would do as well to present
the bills al the Banks as soon as possible,
or, il they prefer to risk it, they ran soon
deposit them with the several Commission
era, who may be appointed to settle their
affairs, and receive in the end the pro rata
value oil their claims. Raleigh Sentinel
WHAT KsrcHua is DoISG.-A New Fork
correspondent writes thus Of young Ketch-
UNI:
For the satisfaction of those who wish
special iniormatioa concerning This unfar-
tsnale young man, We state that he is SER
wing as book keeper in the shne shop az
Sing->ing State Prison that his behaviour
has won the good will OF all about him; tina,
he breakfasts in his cell, but is allowed To
cat dinner and supper N the workroom
with The foreman aud outside helpers, who
bring their dmners with them. al which
meal, he has the best pi fare; that his pa
rents and wife come often 10 see INN That
he receives aud answers many letters and
that the aspect Is thar he will come out
better III u for business than ever, and
thea have as revenge on Wall street. lie
Il nut confined u the rule OF silence gen
orally maintained in prisoR. but is allowed
every possible privilege, being looked on
y. iii. victim 81 circumstances rather than
asa ,tadied malelac,nr.
Judge Sharkey. formeriy Provisional Co.
vernon u Mississippi. Ia his recrnt lesil-
mnny before the Reconstruction C0mmt-
Ice. stated that there were niA ia that
STATE sr.. lutte over ogc.hall II many
freedmen =. there fnrmerls we're slaves.
lie sad Ihste ~as 10 way otrstimating Inc
mortality Ilai prevailed anang them; they
died ~ immense numbers. The mortality
among the enlsfvd people Of the South, e.
peeialis along the Mississippi river, during
the ptst five years. Is a.ll known. Ia 1860
there were 1866 h, .rors in Mississippi.
and BY Judge shafke,, statement. mnrr
than s0U.0U0 u lhem have died. I'M.
murtiln, shows euadpien Of ahars IN
The Southern States VI tie must drplofab!e
Character.
The new penal code u Alabama make.
ne distinction on aecolnI of color, oaly
marriages between white persons aud ne.
goes are prphibucd. |, iofbds whipping
and branding a. punishment iOr crime.
but ptU,,irs That cOnslcts may be put |.
W.sk up,n the ro1ds, OF hired nut TO coz
po,atlvns ~ individuals.
SAD 70 RGI.TE.-A negro woman EN-
ployrd % tie planI,linn Ut Nj. Welsh,
10 POhsoloe county. Mississippi. recently
turned W m,sslng. and upan searching her
residence the cerpses oi her aged maller
and luar u her chlldren.werc lound. The,
had starved 10 death. The fifth child was
Al iIle point u death. but with proper care
recovered. The maIher was arrested, and
turned nser n the Freedmen's Bureau.
She said she va. tired 81 supporting The
bials, and had taken this means to get rid
Ul them,
Tng FIR,r NEwsFsrER.--'r 24lh day
Of April will be the one hgndrcd aud sixty
second anniversary Of the frst publication
81 The hrst American newspaper--thc bos-
ten News Leiier--whieh appeared an April
9TH, 1904. Il was printed 10 large type
on very small sheet, and the hrst NUMBER
contained speech u Qleen Anne 70 the
British Parliament, some local items and
one advertisement. The News Letter had
| no rival in America until 1921.
BuaSISo CHuRcHrs. - Attempts were
made in Petersburg, on the night Of the
2nl inst, 10 fire four African Churches ~
hat place. Happily /, was prevented. eI.
cept in the case Of one Sabbath School
Room and The colOred Baptist Church, on
Harrison street. The white citizens dc.
nounce tbs yIllany. and The belief Is eI
messed that The incendiaries were not cit.