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The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13

The Little Rock Ark Gazette says :
In our commercial column meEtion has al
ready been made Of the fact that according
TO the October report Of The Department Of
Agriculture. Arkansas stands foremost Of
all the Southern States in the culture Of
cotton. In addition to this pleasing intel
ligcnce, our information places the number
of acres planted at onc-tlird less than last
year, and the proportion Of corn over last
year correspondingly increased. For one
year our farmers took common-sensc view
Of matters and the result is their cotton
will bring them as much as last ycar-the
decrease inthe number Of bales raised max
ing the demand greater, and thereby in
creasing the pricc--while our cribs are over
lowing with corn. Every farmer has his
barn full. aud il be was not to receive ono
cent for cotton, he is consoled with the re-
fection that he has plenty laid up 70 eat a.
mother year. 10 add to this gratifying
condition, parties who have travelled exten-
sively through the State report the mast
crop better than known for many years. IL.
il sufficient ofitself to fattcn al the hogs in
the country. and thero is a fair prospect of
pork being cheaper than any year sinee the
war;
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13

Old farmer Smith came home 10 milf
From bis field tho other day. R
While his sweet little wife, the pride Of
{ his life. AZ aa1
Ather wheel was spinning away.
And ever anon, gay little song
With the buzz Of her wheel kept time
And hiswrathful broWi Is clearing now, M
Under her cheerful rhyme. i4
Come. come, little Turk put away your
work, 's 81 ''6s is
And listen to what ! say:
What can | do but quarrel brew
With the man across the way2
II have builtmy fence, but be won't COM
inence
To lay single rail;
His cattle getin, aud the feed gets thin
lam tempted to make salel
why John, dear John, how you 20 on;
am afraid il wilfbe as they say.
no. no. little wife, have heard that
strife. q
In . lawyers hand don't pay
He is picking a flaw, to drive me TO law,
] am told that lie said he would;
And you know long ago, law wrongsd me,
| vowed that never should.
So what can do, that will not rue.
To the man across the wayr
'Ifthat's what Jon want. | can help you
haunt
That man with The spectre grsyl
Thirty dollars viii DO 70 carry itthrougb.
And then you have. gained ncighbor:.
Il would cost you more TO peep in the door
Ofa court. and much more labor
Just use good sense-let's build him 4
fence
And shar,e bad net out Of the fellow
They built up his part, and sent to his
heart
Loves dart, where the good thoughts
mellow.
That very same night. by the candle light.
They opened. with interest. letter,
Not a word was there, but three greenbacks
fair
Said the man was getting better.
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13


Report has il that the recent extensive
purchases and leases Of railroads in the
Southern States. which ara supposed 10
have becn effected BY parties connected
with the Pennsylvania Company. have turn
ed out 10 be the work Of an independent or
ganization, controlled by Baltipore capi-
tai. Among the parties concerned in the
enterprise are w. |. Walters. Alexander
Brown a. Sons. General o. DOnnel. Messrs.
Thomas g. jenkins. Horace Abbott. Thos.
Kenselt, George Bartlett and b. 4. New
colnber o. Baltimore; N X. Jesup 4 Go.
u. Willis james ard Roosevelt Il Son. Of
New York Drcxel 4 Co., =. A. 4 ~. Ses-
al. aud Whitney 4 Sons. Of Pennsylvania.
and D james. Of Liverpool. Over S7,-
600. 900 have already been expended ID ae-l
tual casL, and up 10 The present time. by
the purchase d stock and controlling naje-
rites 'in a Bumber Of the most important
IiDes " railroads. comprising in all Ll25
miles. hive been secured. Besides this
control has been obtained under a ica'e "
363 miles additional. The new compaay
now controls botllshe main lines south from
Richniond., the North Carolina roads, The
chief roads Of South Carolina, two main
roads ii Georgia. and the important lines
Of East Tennessee.
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13

|mercan citizens more inthe spirit Of de-
string such outrages as pretext for seizing
Cuba than in the fear that they will take
Iplacc. And this desire for Cuba will as
some day, 10 the absence Of real ploroca-
tion, break through all restraints. and that
island will be annexed.
We have no sympathy with the GRANT
Administration in its scheme toaequirc 81.
Domingo Itwould be foul patch upon
the neither integuments Of the nation, and
take usone step lower in the eyes of the
world. But Cuba would be an acquisition
indeed.
Speculationg about the assumed iusta-
biiity ofthe present government Of Spain,
and its ineficiency, are INDUCED as grounds
lof hope that Cuba will exfoliate from the
mother country. That won't do for this
country. 1t must belong to Spain or the
United States. 1t cannot be left indepen-
dent with safety to the interests of this
country. Il has been long enough cam
Ger on the side Of the Union, fruitful Of
disturbance and political annoyance. II
must be annexed to avoid consequences.
For years it has been such cause Of irri-
tation. and its Irregularities have been so
serious and have occurred in such rapid
succession, that as question Of police. for
the preservation Of order upon waters
washing our own shores, the United States
Government should take hold on it.
With such incentives to public policy
and to action with reference 70 Cuba, il is
humiliatiDg to see our Government treat
ing with the giddy- -giddy-gouts of Hayti
and st. Domingo-holding parley with the
Parrots and the Lizards '--attempt-
ing to impress the world with the idea that
those poor creatures are endowed with
sense and dispositions that entitle them to
the dignity Of treaty-maktng nations. 1t
could be established in court flaw that
they are non compos, and that what we
might get from them we're as good as sto-
len. as we believe, indeed, It would be up
on the terms Of the put up job to which
the President lent the appreciation and au-
thority Of this great nation. May kind
Providence save us from such disgrace as
would be justly entailed upon us by any
such treaty with the poor ard semi-ciyilized
inhabitants ofthat island Of st. Domingo,
whose history carries with it a moral that
should sink deep into the minds of the peo-
Iple Of the United States.
We are uncompromisingly hostile to the
sncaking, GRANT policy in the West In
dies. and we are in favor of bold and
manly and rational diplomacy which shall
secure to US Cuba and insure peace in the
near Atlantic waters. This is what we
want. St. Domingo. indeedl We would
much better acquire the right to an island
Of monkeys, because they would be indeed
monkeys. aud no bar to the establishment
Of real civilization and the order and thrift
which intelligence and industry would fash
ion. .- Richmond Dispatch.
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13

respectfully recommend that an ar
preparation be made for new issue Of me-
tional bank notes. Those now in use are
much worn. and very successful counter
felt Of several denominations have appeared.
|--Secrefary Boui,peu.
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13

The Central Texan. Of the 18th, SAYS.
we have been shown BY Mr.. I. Levy
sample Of the Egyptian wool-cotton. and
are highly pleased with lis appearance. Il
is soft, white, and as fine as the best Meri-
no wool. and, in fact. can not be distin-
guished from II except By competent judges.
Il grows on a bush exactly like The cotton
plant; has seed like il. and is cultivated in
the same manner and at the same seasons
as cotton. II is no more trouble 10 raise
and j. equally as productive, whilea pound
of this fleece or wool IS worth several times
as much ash pound Of ordinary cott5n-lint.
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13

Bonds issued under acts
passed since the war for ia-
ternal Improvement 7ullos-
es.. not special tctr, Viz:
Under ordinance Of Con-
vennon of 1903 70 Chatham
Railroad Company,
To Wilmington and Tar
bOro Railroad Company.
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13

FOURTH:
Bonds issued during the
war for Internal Improve
ment purposes, but not mar
ketable. because Of the time
Of issue. &c.. viz:
Bonds issued under acts
passed before the war,
Bonds issued under acts
passed during the war,
Accrued interest,
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13

II is said that the very frst thing che
Grand Duke Alexis asked for on landing
in America was bottle Of Wintersmith's
Buohu. Ifthe gentleman who bet with us
that the Grand Dukes first call would be
for bottle Of Bourbon will come forward
and settle immediately. he win greatly
oblige us. ta Ssh
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13

A RAcE Win a PAETHER. --Jn Penn
slyyahia. % few days ago. q bcy Of fourteen
years. living in Rockton. Clearheld county,
made a narrow escape from panther.
While on his way % the tunnel, on an or
rand. In Union township, be was startled BY
low and heavy erowl nearly overhead.
Upon looking up be saw panther perched
on tree, about thirty feet from the ground,
which was wagging is tail, IN anticipation
Of sprihging upon is prey. No sooner did
the boys eyes meet the panther than i
gave loud and very piercing yell, and
leaped to the ground. The sudden, bold
and noisy demonstration on the part Of the
panther frightened the colt which the boy
was riding, and ID took to fight a. full
speed---the panther keeping close 70 its sido
and about the neck TO neck. giving an oc-
casional 6erce sell. which seemed TO add
speed 70 the colts feet. After running IN
this manner for about forty rods tho pam,
therg gave up the chase. s,i ll
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13
EXTRACT FROM COWS MESSAGE.


The most important subject which will
demand your attention at this session is the
debt and finances Of the State.
The report Of the Public Treasurer exhi-
bits the condition Of the debt An analy-
sis Of il will show that the debt consists Of
thalfoIlowing classes
M ~ FIRST:
'old, or 'ante-war debt
1888. .045 held by s's
.slic Board Of Education
whiss ii In the form Of 4
csrfhftaYe issucd inA}ieu ol
old bonds. IS, 761.2l5
Accrued interest, 1.588,5l5
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13

a. HoRnrBbs ArrArR. -Welearn that
on Friday morning last negro man and
his wife, whose names We could not atccr-
tain. residing few miles from the city, IN
Campbell county. left home before day.
ligbtto visit Lynchburg. leaving their three
children. the eldest about nine years Of
are, asleep n the house. They also left q
bright Are burning in che Fireplace. from
which they apprehendod no danger. On
returning late in the afternoon they found
their cabin heap o. smouldering ruins,
and The remains Of their three children
barely visible in the ashes. II Is supposed
that log Of wood'rollc out Of the fire.
place and set the house on re.--Lynch-
burg Rspa'sieen.
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13

SIXTH.
Special Tax Bonds. issu-
ed under acts passed 10
iSGS-G9, and since repeal
ed By act Of 9Th Of March,
1870, via:
Bonds TO Eastern Division
of Western North Carolina
Railroad Company.
"A es,ern Division Of n.
Carolina Railroad Co.
Western Railroad Co.,
Wilmington. Charlotte &
Rutherford hAiIroad Co..
iYiIliamston q Tarboro
Railroad uonipauys
Atlantic. Tennessee aud
Ohio kailroad Company,
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13
10 oNaTHE reHa M as
DRUG STORE CORNER.

HAyING rented the old and well known siAhh
Ill formerly occupied BY Capt, y. y. Whttted.
a. q Drug store. lam ready aid Inuy pInjatea 70
serve me publlr ~ Aucfi0neer. Commission McT-
chant, tir0cer, &c. .1
Ifyon want your prodnce sold for good prices,
hiring Il 70 The corner hDust. il s8ti
ffyoa sant good Gr0cefies cnne 10 lhe corner
holef. -. 81 - ssfffeiI L.4s4 -
Ifyou want Dry Goods, conc the eaFtler
Il0flec. ~ - - sIiiINIflli5it .'s.5 .fil
Ifyou want Notions, Tobacco. Cigars and Con-
fections. come f0 The corner hsfisf.
IfyOu want good Cutlery Or Hardware, call Il
ifssn want ..aod Meat, sall or Fish, eail pt The
In word ifyou want anything a tII call n the
corner ha,isr where you win he politely walted on
and Il have ilft what you want I9l tell you
ehere Il cal, IL had AL right. Having elbow
room mean t6 work, aud 90 work % some piir-
pose. II j, d. sWILBUN.
Hillsboro', Aug. IT. 1SI
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13
Accrued intcle.s

W tENkNIfI:
Bonds pronounced uueoh-
lti,ulional p5 supreme Court
viz.
lIonds issued 70 Chatham
Ra,lIpad Company, Dow out
standing.
peultenliafy On Deep Ri
sen-
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13

srNMAnY oF pEnT.

TIE principal of the en- sf
tire debt Is so. 900. .015
Tho total amount 0f ac-
October /, 1871, L I.9s7.4I9 IS
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13

A CossEcTfcuT lady who couldn't puT-
suade her husband TO get her a patent
clothes.dryer. took tho pole out from hcr
old fashioned lmothc other evening, and
crouchiug down by tho fence screamed
.mm derr Ia an instant her rstartlsd lord
came flying out Of Tho house. was caught
across the throat by the clothes line, and
before he could recover himself il bad near
IL sawed bis head oH. The next morning
a sombre- looking chap. with bis neck all
dSnc up, was seen putting up a patent
olothos-drycr in the yard.
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13
ssh.ssI.4el45.

The only securities held by the state
from which sbe derives any income, are the
$500. 900 stock ii the North Catiliua X.
X. Company, on which six per cent disi-
6ends have lately bcen realized which a.
sidcndh. by decree "a the Circuit Court
Of The United States, for the District Of
North Carolina, have been subjected 70 the
payment Of interest due on The bonds Of the
State issned to pay ios said stock.
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13

slisOND:
Bonds issued since the
war under acts passed be-
fore, ii aid of Internal Im-
proyements.
Accrued interest,
The Hillsborough recorder., 1871-12-13
THIRD

THIRD:
Bonds issued since the
var to fund accrued interest
and past due bonds. viz:
Under act Of 1866,
:. 1868,
Accrued interest,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-06-17
What Real Lovo is.

Many women suppose they love their hus-
bands, when, unfortunately, they have not
the beginning Of an idea what love is. Low
ing to be admired by man, loving to bc pet
ted by Lin, and loving to be praised by him,
is not loving him. All these may be, when
woman has no power Of loving at all; they
may be, simply Because she loves herself, aud
loves to be flattcred, praised, caressed, coaxcd,
as a cat likes to be coaxed and stroked, and fed
with cream, aud have warm corner.
But all this is not love. 1t may exist, to be
sure, where there is love; It generally does
Love is self-sacriGce it is life out Of self and
in another. It's very essence is the prcicrrinS
Of the comfort, the ease, the wishes Of another
to ones own, FOR the love we bear them. Love
is giving and not receiving. Love is not
sheet of blOtting paper or a sponge sucking in
everything to itself; it is an out springing
fountain, giving from itself. Loves motto has
been dropped in this world as chance gem Of
great price, by the lovliest and fairest, the
purest, the strongest oil Lovers that ever trod
this mortal earth, Of whom it is recorded that
he said, =" 1t is more blessed to give than re-
ceive."
Now, in love, there are ten receivers TO one
giver. There are ten persons in this world
who like To he loved, whero there is one who
knows how TO love. That is a notler attain
ment than all your French, and music and
dancing. You may lose the very power Of it
by smothering it under load Of early self
indulgence. BY living Just as you are all
wanting to live-living to be petted, 10 be fat
tered, to be admired, 10 be praised, to havo
your own way, and TO do only that which is
easy and agreeablc-you may lose the power
Of self-denial and self-sacrifce you may lose
the power Of loving nobly and worthily, and
become mere sheet Of blotting paper all your
life.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-06-17
Horrible Crime---A Boy Whipped to
Death.

We learn that, a few weeks since, boy by
the name of Trollinger, from North Carolina,
was so severely whipped by Harry WysOr,
near Dublin, Pulaski County, that he has since
died of his injuries. The Christianburg Mes-
senger says: From the Statements made to
us, it seems that Trollinger, who was living
with Wysor, went to the post-office at Dublin
for the mail, and received from the postmaster
a letter for himself and one for Wysor. On
the way home be inadvertently opened Wysor's
letter, mistaking it for his own. According 10
one account he took the letter to his employer
and explained the mistake by which he opened
it. Another statement is, that on discovering
that lie had broken the seal Of the wrong let
ter, he threw it away and said nothing to the
owner about the matter, and that some one
found the letter and gave it to Wysor. BE this
as it may, Wysor, on discovering what had
been done, told the boy that be could take his
choice between arrest and Imprisonment: for
breaking open the letter, or whipping from
him. The boy chose the latter; whercupon
Wysor took him to the woods, stripped him to
the shirt, and hit him seven hundred lashes /;
literally cutting the shirt from his back in
ribbons.
"Trollinger, on being released, started for
his home in North Carolina, but is reported to
have died OIL the way. Wysor has been indict-
eL FOX the offence"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1871-06-17
Miss Tweed's Wedding Presents
and Dresses.

A reporter Of the New York Times, in his
description Of the Maginnis-Twccd wedding in
that city, on Wednesdaywcek, says;
The presents were chief centre Of attrac-
ton to the guests. They filled an entire room
when crowded close There were forty silver
sets. any one of which would have attracted
crowd If placed in jewelers. window, and one
single one contained two hundred and forty
separate pieces. Mr. James Fisk, Jr., sent
frosted silver contrivance, representing all ice
berg, evidently intended to hold ice cream or
some equally frigd substance. The assOcia-
ton was beautifully sustained by the presence
Of Arctic Bears reposins on the icicle handles
Of the bowl and climbing up the spoons. Sing
ularly enough, Mr.. Fisk displayed the same
taste as Superintendent Kelso, and their offer
ings were exact duplicates. Among the
names on the silver were Shandley, Norton,
Williams, Carnochran, Maginnis and many
others. There were forty pieces of jowelry, of
which fifteen were diamond sets. a single
one of the latter is known to have cost S45,0 600.
1T contained diamonds as big as ibcrts. A
cross Of eleven diamonds, pea size, bore the
name Of Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Gent, as donors.
A pin of sixty diamonds, representing a
sickle and sheaves Of wheat, was the gift OF
j. II. Ingersol. Peter B. Swecnys card APP
peared on diamonds Of fabulous magnihcenee.
Cornelous Corson gave a ring with tiny
watch as the seal. Bronzes, thread lace,
Cashmere shawls, rare pictures, everything
that could be conceived Of which is rich and
costly filed the room with splcndor.
The trousseau of the BRIDE which was de-
signed and cut by Mrs. Eustace Roberts, was
superb, the materials being of the finest quail
ty, and obtained from a leading Broadway
dry goods house. They are Of the most cost
ly description, and the labor in preparing
them has consumed nearly two months. Tho
dresses are models Of elegance and the most
refined taste, and carte blanche was given
the maker, with the simple injunction that
the outfit should bo the richest ever produc-
ed and fit for Princess"
The wcdding-drcss was composed Of white
gross grain, with train three and half yards
in length, and was trimmed with real point
lace, costing near $4,000 The front of the
skirt was cut with a deep scollop, and the
overskirt consisted of lace ornamented with
orange flowers. The price Of the material and
labor required in making aud trimming this
dress was 81 900, making with tho lace total
cost of IS 900.
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Grand Lodge Of West Virginia.

From the report Of Bro. T. G. Steele Grand
Secretary Of the Grand Lodge Of West Yir-
ginia, we take the following:
The limitations during the preceding year
were 1856; admissions by card 80; rcinstate-
ments, SG-total, COZ. Against this thero
were expelled 7 /; suspended, 3 withdrawn by
card, 90 deaths, 20 dropped, 274-gain, 100.
The last preceding report showed member
ship Of S,46O; so at the close Of this year it
had increased to 1850.
Six lew lodges were added during the year
and one resuscitated, making the present mum
Der Of lodges IS.
No less than Sl0,421,20 was paid during
the year for the benevolent objects Of the Or
der. The items are as follows: