The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-11-25

lconnection with the election OF General
Grant to the Presidency. and only second
TO it 10 point of interest, Is the promotion.
Of Mrs. Grant to the position ol = Lady Of
The White House," It gratifying to think
that The position is one which Mrs. Grant
will fll with the true simplicity Of an
American woman. There will be no at
tempt TO ape the grandeur Of regal court,
and no vulgar striving after mere sensation.
Mrs. Grant is lady who has maintained
through every event which has marked the
yieissltudes Of her husbands life a marked
Ipropriety of demeanor. She has been help
mateiusdays nf adversely. and has shared
his honors without being dazzled by the
posiiionarcontaminatedbyi blythe foolish adu-
lations Of those lwhc worship al the shrine
Of success.isattta adl Boston JosEaa.s !
wnraIw,SDx EA NAsaviILLr TENN, Ion
Sunday 4 brick church near Nashville,
Tenn, was entirely destroyed BY d whiri-
wind. During the morning sioleat gale
had been blowing, and many trees were
Frustrated. Finally gust of wind swept
alone, the road. catching up in its progress
every detached object in the way, and
ehirling them round like so may tops.
Fence rails. branches Of trees, clumps 81
earth, and even stones were thus carried
aloft. /, struck the church about four ieet
above the ground, ripped of The bricks and
mortar, and swept the whole upper part
away quite clean. A few bricks we're drop.
ped along the road for two or three hun
dred yards. but the main portion was TAX q
nearly half mile. and hnally dropped by
deta chments ID the bed Of creek.
The Smithsonian Institute has recently
received. and tho officers there are now en-
gagef in classifying. large number 81
skulls, idols. &C., found by explorers seni
ont by the Institute. and aho have been
engaged in opening mounds in Tennessee,
Missouri, and Indiana. il search Of antiqui.
ties. These skulls and ldnls are supposed
TO be Older than any that have hitherto beer
found in this country. and are believed I,
have belonged TO a race inferior TO the
Indians. The skulls are not so large a
those Indians. and are box shaped and al.
most square. III The same mounds were
also lcand prottery, implements, &c.. IN
like ans that have been hitherto discovered
These relics will be classified as quiekl.
as possible. when they will be exhibited a
are other articles in the Institute.
Washington Erpras.
! The Swedish Arctic Expedition. accord
ing TO letter received by The Presi,l, nj o
|; the RcysI Geographical Society Of Sweden
had reached. At the end Of August, 81 te
} grees g seconds latitude. when the steane
was stopped by the fields Of ice. A wee
j later The sea became clear. and the ekplor
D ing steamer. after taking 10 ! supply q
coal. started again for the North Pole
) The vessel which took out Tie coal las re
/. turned to Sweden, bringing 6ye Of The ex
: ploring party. and rich collections
1 geological. geological and botanical speci
/. mems.
: In Colorado the cattle require no care an
J expense. save that Of herding, the whol
i year round. During the summer month
4 the grass is rich and abundant. and is cor
n Irerted into hay by The mere action % IL
e elements, and remains good during q
z winter mon.hs. The very finest beef catt
IS that 20 into the Denver market are tho
i which have been out grazing The who
J year. and have never 10 their lives seen Il
inside d any shelter.
The great blast at Lime Point. near 81
,el Francisco, for which preparations had be-
j going IN Tor some months, was explod,
" October oath. Tae mine was eighty "
IL feet deep. with chambers one hundred a.
in eighiy.feei. Twelve toas Of gunposd
IL were used, and $4,000 tons oF rock We
in thrown down. 10000 of whish wen, into 4
se bay. II was the most completely success
ut fal engineering feat ever aiteRp,ed on d
y Pacific coast. IL is estimsted that il W
al take forty msn SIX months "a clear 4
% debris aud make ready for the fertile
In tons. stW u "
20 The Fesiee Islands are 81 present 4