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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-02-16

a Vqg1bOnd Becomes Il Sendt0r-Sh0toi,1
Holc q Coiored Ministsr, after Bei,e
Chased from One Church to Anotlser,
Finally Flares Jp IL d Rtze of Glory.
Most people have heard that for the first
time in the history Of the United States 4
colored senator has been returned to the
halls Of Washington, and they have conse-
qnently wondered who and what manner Of
man is Senator Hiram X. Revels. Every
/ ono does not know that he Is Learenworth
man, and that while here he was minister
|of such scandalpus procliyities that hisown
brethren aud Aock turned upon him and
forced him to seek other feIdsand pastures
new. The outlineso of his history we pro-,
ppset TO give in as brief a space as possible.
Mr., Hiram II. Reyels was born IN the
State, Of North Carolina. and We first hear
q him at st. Louis. whore he succeeded
his brotheri in the charge Of chach, and
where he became involved IN desperate
chuch riot, wherein he himself was Shocked
down with bottle, and in consequence Of
which about fifty arrests were mande. For
this be was dismissed from the chuch, and
took to school-teaching for living.
IN 1864 he was again admitted into the
cliuch, and came to Leaycnworth in 1865.
ln this city he speedily became, as pas
tor Of the African Methodist Episcopal
church, involved in dispute with the el-
defs u regard to some alleged misappro-
lrlution of the funds Of tho church. Ii
WIS at this time that Mr.. John Morris, the
barber, who now resides On Delaware street. |
and who is a man Of mnch talent, publish
I'd a pamphlet entitled "A Humbng," in
Which he made specific allegations that Rev
els had plundered the church Of the sum of
81, l50, and bringing forward proof Of the
SINE. For this Reyels il tie month Of |
june, 1867, brought an action against Nor
ris for libel, which hi lost, the jury being
convinced Of tic truth Of the allegation.
Reyels, being thus acknowledged as gull
3 by his own people, left LeaSenworth IN
.he fall Of 1867, and removed to Louisville,
KY. where, IN consequence Of pamphlet i
published in this place BY John Morris,
,alling attention to his misdeeds, lie remor-
a in the fall Of 1868 to Matches, Miss.
It must have been somewhere about this
Time thatwe hear Of him at Memphis, but
how long he remained there we know not.
While in that city, however. he assisted in
.he character ofexhcrter at the kAagingfa g
-,,la mas a~oen4na st7'
ainrdsiinga Captain Perry. N this, how
ssor he only anticipated Henry Ward
lSeechcr. Mrs Stowe, and other remarkable
who have a sanctimonioas relish
ior the horrible; and his instincts IN this
respect can hardly be deemed perverted,
but seem 70 flow in the Legitimate channel.
LeareHrOrth Duly Commercial.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-02-16
one Week from my DIaree.

MoNpAy-IIad suckers for breakfast.
suckers and sassidges are the 2 luxurys on
life; the other luxury is easy boots.
Tuesdsy-Awoke with a splendid hedake,
caused ~ drinking too much water the eve
ning preyiouslyand goin TO bed at nine o.
clock precisely. Breakfastcd on the butt
end Of a sassidge and felt like dorg.
Observation-Disclosures Of askinga man
IN Nissoory ifbeans was sure krop N his
parts. He said they wuz "az sertain as a
revolver" Relekted on the danger ofca
rying conceled wcepins. Rekolektcd agin
III boin ID Nj Hamshirc durin severe no
storm, and innoceu.ly enough remarked that
| never see ennything like il, and waz told
by one ov the barroom boardca that il
aarn't nothin he had seen X fall over a
thousand feet. "What n sed /, aathou-
sand feet on the leyelYr mo- sed he,
!. but thousand feet from on high" |
rcaeckted how envy il wax Fir sum folks 70
lii and tell The truth II the same time.
Thursday Rektlcktcd once more oy be-
IN on Red river. in Arkinslw, and seein a
largo piece Of frame work by the side Of
the road inquired ov private citizen who
was leadin blind mnl by oy bis ears,
what the frame work might Be. lie scd il
wns - big fdle, and took yok ov oxen
70 draw tie bow. and they had tn haw and
gee 10 change the tune" Reflected on
that passage in the poet which SEE "man
Is fcarfully and wonderfully made and
thort the remark might apply to fdles in
Arkinsaw without spiling the remark.
Friday--Y Yizitod ny wasiwoman and
blowed her Up for sewing ruales and tux,
on the bottom Of my drawers. She wa
thunderstruck al first, but explained the
mystery by saying she had sentme, BY mis-
take. pair chat belonged to----, blushed
| like billed HOLSTERS. and told her she mus
be more keerful about such things: Imight
have bin ruined for life.
Saturday--Writ this diafce for The weel
from memry, and am satisfied I've got |
good memry. Ileaekted upon the yanit,
Of human wishes, rcaekted how often +,
wished to be rich, and how seldom my wish
e. had bin grati6cd, Resolved in the fu
tnre not to wish for cnnyfhing until ha,
IL 8 weeks and see how ! liked it.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-02-16

a man named Speight, calling himself
the lord jesus Christ, 4 arrived ii South.
ington. Ct., from Baltimore, having wife
and two children in the latter place. and
persuaded two females to 90 with him, they
believing him to be the being be rcpresen-
ted. lie made great deal OF disturbance
ID families in that and adjacent towns. and
finally was forced 70 leave 70 escape tic viz
tuous indignation of the people.
A day or two since he returned. and Oh
Monday evening committee waited on him
and taking him TO the centre Of the town,
rode him on rail. aud were about to ap-
ply coat Of Tar and feathers, when lie beg
gcd 80 hard that he was released upon pro-
misc to leave Immediately. lie was oscor.
ted to his team into which be packed him.
self and female chattols, and left amid the
jecrs, jibes and groans Of the assembled
people. One Of his misguided women has
since started after him. bag and baggage.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-02-16

a public lecturer recently argued that
religion was uscles because aman's exist
ence on the earth is momentary." Sci.
ence teaches us that in $500 years more a
grand deluge will end his race and make him
a fossil. You may think this an idle tale.
but il il not. Astronomy shows that tic
earth i oscillating in the angle II its axis
to the sun IN periods Of Fl, 600 years.
The zones are undergoing constant change.
Now. at the North Pole It is growing col
der each year. and at the South Pole warm
er. Thus an immense accumulation Of ela-
ciers or icebergs At the North Pole will re-
suit, while at the South they will not form
At all In G,300 years Tie glaciers will
have accumulated 20 much tlat they will
suddenly oyer-balance the earth. Then
the waters Of the sea viii rush from the
south tgthe north, and there will be do
luge." Stand from under.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-02-16

EDWARD PAYsoS HALL.-The indi-
yidnal whose name heads this article has
long been well known IN this community,
and for several years past his mind has been
thought bysome 10 be more or les impaired
Some two or three weeks since he suddenly
disappeared from his homo, and what be-
came of him was for some time mystery.
At length he turned up IN Pennsylvania,
of which State his mother WIS native.
and where, consequently, be has relatives.
lie wrote letter Immediately upon his ar-
rival there to some person Of distinction,
in which he related long fction about the
poreeutions which he underwent here On
accdaut q his political sentiments how be
was finally compelled to foe for bis life
how, after boing closely pursued By the Ku
Kltx Cor two days aud nights, and making
numerous hairbrcath escapes. he succeeded
in making his escape from the land Of hii
birth where he, wasno longer permitted 4
live.
We need not tell our readers how utterly
falso all his allegations ure--thcy know NJ
well awe do. Whether or not there b.
"hethod in his Madness" and he attcmp
Ted TO make money by working upon thl
ynpathies Of Tho Philadelphia Qunkers--
which Society he Processes TO bclong--w'
capnot say .e--OH North Siate.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-02-16
Negre suGrage.

The memorial aglinst negro suffrage, pre-
lsoptoa by Mr.. Salisbury III the Senate
! qsl9tes the following interesting opinion d
eiIinopt statesmen Of ~ parties Abraham
Llcoln included, on the question oflnegrt
! equality John Adams said
| have never read reasoning moro absurd,
soilistry more gross than the subtle labors
off Helyetius and Rosseau to demonstrate
thl natural equality of mankind.
Navmas Jefferson said: NV
Nothing is more certainly written III the
bdlf of fate than that these people 1.-THE
Ind2roe' aret 10 be free, nor Is Il less GER
tain that the two races equally free cannot
live under the same government. ea
Daniel Webster said: " ias
If any gentleman from the South shall
propose ascheme, to be carried On BY this
government upon large scale for tie trans
portation Of the colored people to any col
ony or any place in the world, / should
be quite disposed to incur almost any de-
gree Of expense &c accomplish that object.
Henry Clay said.
Of the utility Of total separation Of
two incongruons races Of our population.
supposing It to bepraetieal, none have ey-
er doubted TIE mode Of accomplishing
that desisah!c object has alone divided pub
lie opie.on.
Stephen A. Douglass said:
absliere this government was made 81
aliite men for tho benefit of white men and
their pusterisy forever; and an III favor
oiI coafning citizenship 70 white men al
Edropem descent. instead Of confering Il |
updn negroes, Indians. and other infcrio
races.
Abraham Lincoln said:
Ipm not, and never have been, IN fsYor
0f inaking voters Or Jurors Of negroes, nor
of qualifying them 70 hold Office, nor to
with the whites; aid l viii say
farthjr, IN addition TO this, that there is
physical difference between the whito and
black races, which believe will forever
forbid the two races living on terms Of So
cial and political equality.
+
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-02-16

The Courier-Journal says The negroes of
that State have decreased from 2SG. Ig7 IN
1860 to 40, AS in 1869. and that the d.
doption Of thefifteenth amendment will not
make the slightest change in the political
status Of Kentucky. II estimates TIC ne
gro vote at $4,000, and says IL they vote
the Radical ticket en- masso Il will aearcely
alter the result even ii . single Legislative
district. The principal black vote will be
IN Louisville city and jefferson county.
$500; Fayctte 1000; Bourbon. 900;
Christian. 1, 700; Logan 1000; Madison
1000; Shelby, 1000. and Warren, 200.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-02-16

Il Is said that the members from the
Southern States who are known and dcnom-
mated q carpct-baggcrs" find the colorcd
Senator Rcycls particularly, objectionable,
and would like to find some good excuse
for opposing him.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-02-16

sIoNuuExr 70 sroSEwAIL JAcKsoS.
--Ex-Goyernor. Leleher. Of Virginia. an
nounees that tho admirers Of the virtues and
exalted character Of tho great Christian sol
der, Stonewall jackson, propose to cree. a
the Virginia Military Institute d memorial
chapel ITO testify the respect and honor
with which bis name is cherished, and "a
transmit to after generations the venoration
due 10 20 renowned a hero" Il isdesign.
ed to make Il a national monument, and i
Is said S., 900 have alrcsdy been subscribed
fof the purpose in philadelphia, S2O,O0t
guaranteed n New York, mud liberal sub.
scriptions made iu Ncw jersey ind Della
ware.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-02-16

TuE WHArHEB.--IIere are some Of the
effects Of tho recent wonderfully mild
weather: Horace Chase, Of Fair Haven, has
poa vines two feet high and nearly ready 10
blossom, lady III Meadow street picked
a bouquet Of pansios Friday; apples trees
are ready TO blossom in Westvillc lilac
buds arc swelling in several gardens in The
city. and snow birds wore warbling merry
notes on The green last week. The oldesl
inhabitant has been interviewed and he
Can rccollcct nothing like tho above.
New Hppen Conn PalLpiicm. Jan. 81,
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-02-16

A Snowman 1t Omaha exhibits one Of lis
eyes, preserved IN bottle, which he tells
the audience "was gouged out In a FREQ
fght IN the early days Of this yere tcwn.'hs
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-02-16

A younn Kcntuckian has distinguished
marrying his grahdmbilIcr'A ~
ter.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-02-16

Pass I1IM RoUSD.-A scamp BY the
name of w. II. II. Derwort, protesting to
bc 4 Mason, and who had been clerk in
soma Indian agency West, has imposed up-
on tie Masonic fraternity here. Hc ob-
tainei some money by giving draft Oh
gentleman Of Washington, d. G. The
draft was protested. and the gentleman up
on whom Il was drawn fully exposes him as
rogue, who bad been dischargcdfrom SER
vice over twelve months ago for his rogue
ries Tia il about thirty-six years of are,
rather spare built, Eve feet seven inches
high. sandy hair and wlliskes. aud of pre-
possessing appearance. The Masonic fratcr-
nifty and the community generally win take
duo notice thereof, and govern themselves
accordingly. --Harisonbury lHa.) Conn
nlOnpeuitk.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-02-16
Take hero. take her away u


The CouNTRY PREss.-A city naner
discourses thus Interestingly on the country
press:
What tells US 50 nearly the standard of q
town or city as the appearance Of its papor?
And its youth or age can be as well defined
by the observing as by personal notice
The enterprise Of its citizens Is depicted by
the looks Of the paper. Take your home
paper above all cthers--it stands up for
your rights aud your interest; YOU ALWAYS
hlrA .--~---- z2s--.
those who stand up for you should certain
u - -.'vfi s,srtsrinur- Is your DUTY to
sustain il. Your interests are kindred and
equal, and you must rise Or fall together.
Therefore, il is to your interest to support
your home paper, not grudgingly, but in 4
liberal spirit, not as disagreeable duty,
but as an investment that amply repays
the expenditure.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-02-16


OFrIeR HuSTiSG.-The Richmond
Dispatch has sensible and forcible edito-
rial article on Office hunting. from which
We ass,9es ne following. commanding the
same sssAe notice and approval, Of such of
cur friends as may " II danger of being
drawn into the restless. trcachcr0us and
stormy sea, Of political ambition. The
Dispa,ea says:
Hox much better it IS for man 10 de-
pend upon his own enterprise and energy.
This business Of looking q the Government
has blasted the hopes and been the ruin II
many capable aad good men. II il tie
s0urse II partisan strife and rancvr. the
way 10 disappointment and misfortune.
Happy the man who never looks to public
Office for occupation or support, or who, il
be eter fills public trust, has Il thrust
upon him on account Of hismerits. Among
tie greatest evils that can befall man IN
this country il 70 become the victim of lust
for oiiiee-to be prey to the yicisitudcs Of
party.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-02-16

AWHoLE FAMILY FRozEN TO DEATn.
We have learned the particulars Of one
of the narrowing among the many cases Of
suffering BY the recent snow storm. The
facts are about as follows: a man named
Dowi. with Biz family. lately took home
stead on the ycrmilli0n river. about four
miles north Of Ycrmillion City. d. +. ON
last Sunday. while the snow storm was at
its height. the shanty in which the settler
and lis family lived was y open as 10 ex-
pose it, occupants 70 the fury il the storm.
There being no signs 81 sbatemcnt of the
storm Nj. Duwd, accompanied By his wife
and three children, the latter aged respec-
lively III. 3, 6 years aud started for a
neighbor's house, about forty rods distant.
Ne. DoNd, with the six year old child in
his arms, started ii advance, his wife and
othar two children following On the way
Tie father. with one u the children IN his
arms, got seysratod from his wife and the
other children. After Mr. Dowd reached
the house ofhis neighbor, be looked around,
aud not seeing his wife aud children, i'm
msdiately gave the alarn. The occupants
81 the house started out ii search Of the
missing members. Every eTlrt was used
to discover the whereabouts of The lpst ones.
81. proved unavailing. The next morning
Monday the frozen bodies of mother and
two children were found about Is rods frou
The house. They had lost their way, and
the density of the flying snow kept the un-
fortunate mother and children from bcipp
able % find the house. .---Sior Cit, Times.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-02-16
--Old Series, Vol. 50.


The New York Democrat makes the fal-
loving startling statement:
The once robust man went to h;s avn
death, though the particulars Of his demise
are as yet fully public. enough IS known to
prove that in aft Of terror, when he trem-
| bled like a leaf shaken by the storm at Inc
ghost of the murdered woman, who stood
before his vison. he cuthis throat. and died
to escape his great dread.
| For years he has lived the life &c 4 can
science--stricken wretch. We personally
know that he has told gentleman n this
Icity--a gentleman high IN judicial position.
and who is known as the soul Of truth and
honor--thst since the murder Of Mrs S,,r.
raft he, Stanton, had not known one hour
|of peace.
Sad he, when speaking Of this matter -
Judge, il is terrible! That woman was
murdered to appease the wrath Of j party,
And was the coward that struck the blow
tor those that demanded this woman But
! have sufiered-0 God how have srf.
i,erca--how do suffer. Every hour Of the
day see her and her innocent face. Every
night see her on the scaffold--swinging
N the -bound--struggling diving
" Every night Of my life i stand face to
face with her-I hear her daughter pray
ers for justice--I see her in her cofin.I
see s the Court which sentenced her dancing
ike devils n hell and saying to me:
You! ioui You DID III You Ed
WIN n Stanton--Edwin Maalerer Stanton
compelled Us to murder your victim, ana
we win murder g0ut''
Those who knew him from the murder Of
Mrs. Surratt till the day Of his death kao,o
how he suffered. lie would waken from
sleep and cry out ike child for some one
To-
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1870-02-16
A Isonaparte Domestic Account OF the Az

y The Franco, Of Paris, to hand in Ireland,
quotes from the Journal de Nice lette.
written BY some lncmher of Prince Pierre
Bonaparte' J family, which gives an account
Of the circumstances which attended The
shootingof NJ. Noir. II says: at
About one or two o'clock, after lunch,
the Prince was sitting with his wife blythe
FIRE in the drawing room. lie was in his
dressing gown, hayinga bad cold, and was
expecting hourly to hear from M Roche
fort. lie said to his wife, II shall be sor-
rysi if.any ono comes to-day, for with this
cold On me il is not pleasant. =
A servant came IN and handed two cards
to the Princess, who recognized the names
from having seen them in the radical pa
The Prince gave look, as mnch as to
say. are those the visitors | expect: His
wife nodded afiirnatiyely.
The Prince said: ..Haye them shown inI
here while Idress.'' The Princess herself
gave directions that these gentlemeRshouldI
be introduced, aud withdrew to her own
room, which is on the other side Of the bill
Hard room and servants staircase. Size
was there with her children, little dreamine
what turn the interview was about TO take
when she fancied she heard shot aud a
noise Of voices on the stairs. She fancied
the Prince had been shot, and was 50 agi-
tated that she could not stir nor speak a
word. Suddenly she hears the voice of her
husband, plucks up courage and goes to
seek him, when She throws herself into His
arms; he treasures her and Immediately
relates things as they had happened. WbenI
on going out Of the apartment he had ent-
cred the drawing room; the two persons
who had been waiting for him stepped up
and handed him letsoE The Prince hp-
preached the windowto read il, but afte.
having east his eyeSosl the signature he said
..iSnt this Is not fom VI. RochafortY' VI
Victor upon tliayTadyanced towards him and
said, in an isyient tone, s'Read it tGlI'the
same"
The PrDco, crumping up the letter. an
swered .sfs III read. ! am ready 10 ligllt
Rocheeft rot bis cards. "
lVthese words ". Victor NOR gave him
s<fap ii the face. while N. Alric dc Fon-
yieile. who kept further oif. was lcyelling
a revolver al him. probably to keep The
Prince at bay and prevent his returning the
blow. Under tb3 impression of This blayI
and this threat lie Prince pulled 7Iiis reTsolsi
ver out IT lis pocket and tired one shot at |
the iirst 81 lis adyerprios.
There the letter ends.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-10-08
Mixed Cotton.

The Macon GA. Telegraph and Mes
senger, ola late date, says Of mixed cot
ton:
We hear considerable complaint
among our cotton buyers in regard to
the mixed cotton which is now being
received at this point. IF planters do
not know it, we will kindly inform them
that mixed cotton is losing business
to them, as they do not get as much
for such cotton as if packed separately.
When good and inferior cotton is found
- the same bale, it sells only for what
the inferior cotton would bring if in
bale by itself, while the good cotton is
bound to lose heavily in price by being
reduced to a lower grade than it really
49, Again: The mixing of cotton pro-
duces much confusion among cotton
buyers and those for whom they buy,
and not unfrequently produces hard
feelings, for when the cotton is shipped
as middling, for instance, and it is dis
covered that it is mixed, the buyer ut
a distance Immediately thinks he has
been .defrauded; and ne has, because
the cotton is not such as he thought he
was buying. Of course the fraud, de-
ception, or whatever you are a mind to
call it, is not intentional on anybody's
part, but the result of haste or careless
ness in packing. We have been reques-
ted to call the attention of planters to
this matter, as an unusual amount of
mixed cotton is coming in, and we do
80 in kind and respectful terms, and
with. the hope that it will have the de-
sired effect