The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-10-28
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i0ward exenlng ne rsh 0uts and son Is, at
the sgaaws turned into a dismal wailingg
md mourning cry Tor The dead. ,,One, ,.ut
themlwas heard 10, cry, q /" Ny rchildi.' The
next day q ,sklrmishing fire. was kept up,.
and The same thing the next day. but Ut this
time il Was evident that the main bady
had atsi', = and Y ,h..a small portion had rr,
edln the meah'ime, as their rations bal
given out, they had 70 live on horse Hesh.,
without salt or pepper. and when ffsaciIs.
ed Them, on The 125th. the meat had becane
putrid. Scveral of the men told me that
they were unable, for the last twenty .fourL
hours, TO keepit oa their stoInpehs. You
can imagins ihs delight they mssifssisd euI
the arrival pf DOR party Forsyth tSok ne
BY the hand and seemed quite slectedt
he tnld me that IL seemed fated thst .we
should meet IN places out Of the way an.b
far apart. He and two other badly wound.
ed f,,ea were lying id d square hole scsss.
ed out in the sand, within few feet nc
their dead hsrses, = ~hich LAP around i,i,ear
10 . semi- circle, and impregnatsd the ain
with terrible Strench. lia lo tafinHF haf sfh
adI'immedsatsiy selected applace near by,
and had several tents erected, the. wesn.f,
ed men carried over. aud the rest remov-
ed 70 more salubripus ali. Thee dead
Indians were buried by them. bur ever
thirty ,ptherswerr killed, and carried away
BY their comrades. snd shout, seventy
wopnhed. q, The savages were evidently
badly de,uuraiized. anl the fight is eonsid-
| cred to be one Of the most desperate Id the
annals Of our Iniiian wars. - .'''a''s f'so ~"
Bsnkhead arrived with his force twehtys
six hours after did, bringing with him
two companies OF the secoud cavalry, CON-
manded by 10 iess a person than oDr Old
frsend Brisbin. On ne 27th We tsrsed To
1 Fort Wsilsce, and arrived there on the sOth.
A 1s.9 IN" 9ia. -.--. :. 800 - .s@ ano Oh AZ
I, RATEs OF TAXATION in 1860 AND 1861
lt is stated that Director Delmar, Of the
bureau Of s.atistIes. is ispreparing a very in
teresIing liable showing the rate of taxation
in the, United States in 1860 compa red
with that 10 1868, The following are sumo
Of the statements contained in the table,
, given in round numbers. The statistics.
, when published. will give the exact6guress
-In 1866 the aggregate amounts Of federal
tax paid by the pcuple Of the United States
was 81, 600. 900; the amount Of State tax
was S24 .000, 900. and the amount of eauhs
lty, town. special and other taxes was about
S54 .000. 900. making a total Of sl3i, ,00o,-
900. or about 81 SO for each man. woman
and child. In 1868 the saount, of feder-
al tar vas $500 600, 900; the amoun, OF
State tar was SIS 900, 900, and the amount
, Of -conniy. town, special and uther hIes
was about s776, ,00O. 900. making a total Of
1851 900. .000,s or ,s2S for each man, wn-
man aud child in the United States. &c.,
SEcREr TRusrs.--ii'he United States Su-
preme Court has recently made ali 'iinpar-
, tant decision On the ubjsct Of the transfers
! Of land, protesting 10 be an absolute coz
: veyance. but accompanied with aconcealed
verbal sgreement between the parties, sr-
curing q benefit 70 the grantor atythe ex-
peDse Of his creditors. The court saysihst
. |, The Law will not permit debtor in isiling
circumstances 70 convey his lands BY deed
: without reservations. aud ye, oeenpv IL lor
limited time for hisosn bene6t.s Hence,
when debtor, in pursuance of private
understanding, retains possession, rent fre<,
tfor one year, of land sold by him. such con-
J, !, duct creates secret trust for his gbene6t
7 and renders The conveyance fraudulent as 70
creditors. and void. And il made no differ
|. ence. in the legal aspect Of the case before
] the court, that the interest resolved was MOI
: Of great value, and thatihe debtor did npt
intend to defrsud his creditufs ~ TX
!, lai lH asfarl tl>~@>~->-s~.ss~ Is.i!M saHt
iIMinnesota expects crup Of sbuut fii,ssn
rtmiIlion bsshels Of wheat ,hns sesson worth
ttwen,y million dollars. The siste ,is tea
I years aida sa haaabh dsre sasasst
! Some one Its ssid, d,bssib,sned sieis~-
al mrking machine that tsfhs eut one kusdred
pashsdisnd aay. - = s's@s -, ',sss, - isst