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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-02-18
A LAWSUIT GROWING OUT. OF
THE CHOLERA, ,sC0uRGE. .iasr

The following from Philadelphia Jour-
nal, will prove of some interest to Mem
phians. Ii viii be remembered that the
Dir. Afiick, referred to was. connected
with the jewelry establishment of +. a.
Clark & Co: Z fs1E alf
"A queer litigation, growing ont the
cholera scoarge ins Memphis last summer,
is now inlprVgess IN the District Court in
Washiogtop. i he complainant is Davis
Affiick, who seeks to recover possession Of
bis infant graud- daughter, who is sid 10
! be the sole heiress Of a large fortuna in
Memphis, coming to her from hers rsparents.
Ia May, last Affiick was suddenly called 10
Memphis BY the death Of his SOD. he, hav-
ipg fallen victim to the epidemic, which
had just then begun. Upon his srriyal
there, he found that his sou, his som swife
and twv daughters had likewise died dis.
tracted by this overwhelming calamity,
that had in three days taken every member
ofthe family but his babe. the cholera still
raging, all business suspended. and having
no opportunity to settle his son affairs,
no courts being in session, be placed the
babe in the hands ofa Mrs. Rogers, PROM
ising TO call for il in one month. Two
weekssubsequently, however. the respotid.
ent IN the case, relative Of the babe's
mother, went to Mrs. Rogers. and forcibly
took the child from her, in spite Of her re-
momonstrances and tears. and without any
authority brought it to Washington, where
he had changed the name OF Rebecca AZ
flick, and had announced bis intention Of
taking possession Of the property to which
the child had fallen heir. There is pros
pect vf long struggle between the rival
claimants. and il would not be surprising il
the entire property were devoured en- the
attempt to settle the question ss to wholns
the prior claim to the body Of the infapt
heiress.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-02-18


A young lad with mathematical turr, Of
n,i1d said 70 bis father .If the snox ali
melts OF the ground. what will be lsft 2
His father said. Nothing Of course Hope
ful spoke boldly out. Yes. sir mud The
boy IS going to the high school next term.
Andrew jackson was accused of had
spelling. but John Randolph defended him
by declaring that a man must be focl
who could not spell words more ways than
one.'
Quite number Of young men ip This
city are attending night school. where
Latin i taught. AT lasm We Judge va. a
we saw crowd the other evening who had
got as far as IIic.'
! slept in anediior's bed last night.
When noeditor Glanced to be nigh:
thought as | tumbIed that editor nest,
How easily editors he.
4 legal tender. "A lawyer mindiag h;s
baby. sA
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-02-18


. Ofcouse London i ringing With stories
Of the adventures which happened during
the fog, one Of which is worth quoting
An old gentleman who had some business
at Chariug Gross made bis way as far as
the Strand. but there completely lost him
self. lie erept slowly on and on. without
the least idea Of where he was going, until
be found himself descending some steps.
Do these steps be pumped against man
who was coming IN them. Halo. said
a he old gentleman, Halo. = said the
man. Can you tell me-, said tie old
gentleman, where | am going to 2 yes,'
said the man; IL you 60 straight on you
will walk into the fiver ;for I've just como
out Of t. s III .frussa siFv
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-02-18

ELEvsS DOLLAR BrLL.-0ne Of our
colored merchants doing business near the
Peoples Market received a two dollar bill
last Tuesday. which had It's value desigua-
ted upon one coruer by the Roman method.
viz: with Two capital Is which be the
merchant construed TO be figure Ia. The
purchaser got bis dozen eggs and si0.7j
change after which he Immediately left
the vicinity. Judge Of the merchants =
surprise when the Bank would receive bis
eleven dollar bill for only two dollars
Republic Courier.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-02-18

IMMroRATroS ron 1878. The report
Of the Commissioners Of Emieration for thC
year 1878 shows IN alien immigration into
the port q New York for that year Of 265,-
slS persons, being falling ofs7. T63 from
the returns for the year ending December
81. 1872. which vas an exceptional year
for immigration, showing the largest re.
turns since lS47. excepting two years--ls52
aud 1854. As TO Municipalities, England
has decreased 3.IiO. and Germany 2s,49i.
Ireland Is almost the same rs last year,
there being decrease Of i55 IN her i'm
migrstisns Scotland has decreased 6a2.
Sweden 2,ssS, and France S,99l. while
Norway has increased 1873.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-02-18

JouRNALIsHIS FAYETTEVILLE, n. c.
The journalism Of Fayetteville in times gone
BY, was always thing Of which our town
had a right to feel grati6ed. No place from
the fact that the town for years was of the
track Of travel, has more right to elproud d
Of the illustrions names connected with It's
newspapers. First iu greatness ..iE this res
pect We mention the Hales now Of New
York. than whom no abler journalists
breathe. Next. WIN. j. Ystes, cfCharlofte.
Besides these many be mentioned Robt X.
Bryan. BENZ. Robinson. Bernard h. Fuller.
now living and unconnected With the local
press; and amorg The dead great host
Jno. A. Cameron. Wm. +. Wightman,
Thos. L. Hybart. Wm. r Strange, Wm.
H. Bayne. the lamented Potter, Jro. w.
Cameron. of tie ArgEs. the great wit and
orator, Archibald Banks and others, whose
names will not altogether perish from the
memories ofnen. Fayetteville Eagie.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-02-18

n En grave and an elegant sermon upon the
virtues of the deceased by the preacher.
There was q futtering of Grape badges
ard rolling Of csrriages. and--no tears.
They left the dead man and returned to
t& Palace where sorrow died. even as the
cy2pe was taken from the ,dnpr knob.
yAnds IN 'fke grave Tie dead hand Still
vtsbcbed.thc aoi.ar.a1 " @sw riig \
la Nsssssas ..---~s-s-s-.-4-i ,ssssga NJ
FvsBAENUM's, NEXT SENSATION
s.ss'syI q es4m -1-4.za tasg - sd To-
The greatest Snowman Of the day n once
M5iBin Lcndcss sompsstipsr yfepsHtivus
for the opening. Of the immense Hippo
irolne which he il erecting in New York.
He has leased from the Harlem Railway
Company property 10 the very centre Of the
city y.opposite Madison Park Fifth Avenue
Hotel. St.Jamesr Hotel. and other prin-
cipal building. The track of the Hippo
drome is to be one-sixth Of mile in length.
and some idea of the means which are be-
ing taken TO create sensation may be
derived from the following facts: Barnum
has not only sent agents 70 Spain aud Africa
to secure attractions but has himself yisi-
ted the Hippodrome In Paris. the Circus
ReEz Il Vienna, VI YER Circus at Dresden.
Sa,amonski and Carries Circus at Cologne,
the geological Gardens Of Hamburg. Ans
terdam, and other ceptinenta cities, se-
lecting and purchasing the choicest ami
mails procuratle. and engaging the most
talented artists. He has secured what
may fairly be called an endless variety of
lattmctions. from a.race horse TO q Roman
chariot. With the Msssrs .sSanger alone,
he has done business, to the tune Of flI,-
900. lie has already shipped to New York
elephants. camels. and horses, trained for
every species Of circus performance. On the
25tb further batch will be despatched,
sixteen os,riches,. ten Glands. ten zebras,
: team Of reindeer with Laplapd drivers,
i troupe Of performing dogs, goats. etc |;
etc. The armor and costume makers Of
London are TO be set to work Immediately
the pantonimes are off their hands. and
some portion Of the paraphernalia which is
to contribute to the gigantic w6ole. will be
shipped weekly. The hippodrome will be
opened IN April next. and 10 the prelim-
mary parade, We have no doubt the citi-
zehs VIII sag that their greatest and most
popular .showmas has Car dutstrippad all
his former efforts. We may add that the
New York enterprise will 10 no way inter-
fere With the famous tent show everywhere
known as Barnum's Great Museum.
Menagerie. Circus and Travelling Wolrd's S
Fair. '-LoadOa Era.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-02-18

Jadge JeIreys. pointing with bis cane At
prisoner before him, observed, There Is .
great rogue al the end Of this stick The
man replied, At which cnd. my lords'
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-02-18

( The void imp originally signi6ed
young man. Edward vi. is 50 styled 10 a
letter Of Cranmer. and young con of Dun
Icy. Earl Of Leicester. who was poisoned
BY his nurse, as issnpposed. Is described
Is an imp IN the inscription on bis tomb at
Warwick. Is
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-02-18
They brourh. bin i dollar.

-
They brought bin a dollar.
lie tool il and c.ptched Il 10 his long.
kinny fhgsr.. TIED iis soubd against the
be.ilpos,, q then 9,Eed on IL long and IN
,eafiy vi b bi, dali lcaden eyes.
That DAY. 10 the hurry Of business. death
b a struck bin, even IN the street. lie
was hurrying 10 collect the last months !
reht. and was on the verge of the misera-
ble court where his tenants herded like
b .a.ts ~ their kenuels--l,e was there with
the hand book in bis band. when death laid
hi icy hand upon him.
lie was carried home to bis splendid
mansion. Tie laid upon bed with . ~
tin coyerlct. The lawyer. the relstioos and
the preacher we're sent for. All day long
he lay sithoeFsfsech ,luoSing only bis
rigat hand. as though in the act Of count
Jog nIoneysnl ~ fVvr. FFfsr
Ataiaidpight he spoke. \ as5
lie asked for dollar, and they brought
lgasso hius AND. Ieaa ppa saupL besstur
10 bis bed and clutched i with the grip q
death. ~
A shaded lamp stood on table near the
silken. bed. Iis light fell, fpintly around
Etlie spleudid noin. where ebsir. sad car
pets. and mirrors. silken bed and Lofty cell.
ing. al said 'f'sld 1 n PiainlJ as human
lips can ny Il.
Ills hair and eyebrows wcre white, BIZ
cheeks suaken aud bis lips tllin and sur-
rounded By wrinkles that indicate the pat.
tern Of avarice. As be sat up 10 bed viii
bis neck barred and the silkeD coverlet wrap
ped about bis lean frame, his white haiI
aud eyebrows conirasted with bis wasted
and wrinkled faco--hc looked like ghost
And there his life was centered 10 the dol
lar which he gripped in his clenched 6st.
His wife. a pleasant faced. Inatronly wo
man, vas seated Al the foot Of tbe bed
His sou, young man Of twenty-one. dress
Cd inthe last touch Of fashion. sat b th.
lavyer. The lawyer sat BY the table. PEI
IA kAnd and gold spectacles on w ebse
There was a huge parchment spread befor'
him.
DO you think be- II make willi' asks'
the son.
Hardly compos menfis yeti vas III
whispered reply. 'Waitl He'll be iHci'
after 4 whilcf feEHAH
NY dear !, said the wifs, had l not bet
Tor send for 4 preacherY
/ She rcsc aud took her dying husband ,.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-02-18

A qusrrelsome couple we're discussing
the subject Of episaphs and ,ombssones. and
the husband said: MY dear, what kind
Of stone do you suppose they will give mo
when Idicf' Birthstone, my love- was
the aiEectioaats reply.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-02-18
From the National Magazine. naE
rHEDYING MANAND THEDoILAR

The writer of the following sketch il IN
his grave. re died. in inter Abandonment,
IN tie city Of PhIladelphia. some three years
ago. Those who knew George Lippart.
while they lament his fate aud drop tear
to his laemery, will read this sketch with
iiplerest; and. equally wiih those who knew
him not. may derive from i something
more. we trust. than simple amusement.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-13
Drinking for the Effects.

He said he didn't care anything about
liquor, only the effects He never liked
the taste of it, always made him gag
to drink it, and he made up an awful face
as he took it down. But it was the ef-
fects he was after. If it wasn't for the
effects he would never drink drop of
liquor in his life. He was a nice Dung
man when We first heard him say that
He had health, good loo5 3, property and
a respectable position in soaiety The
only perceptible effects of his rotations
then were the heightened color in his
cheeks, increased brillisncy of the eyes
and yivseity in conversation. He was
generous and liberal with his money,
too, and had "host of friends" Well,
he kept on drinking for the effects and
he got them, as every man will who keeps
at it long enough. The last time We
saw him he was that pitiful object hu
man wreck. He was standing ut a bar
pleading for a drink on time, his trembA
ling fingers being unable to find even q
solitary nickel in the pockets of bis rag,
ged apparel He had kept on gagging
over his whisky and drinking for the eff
fects until be hadn't any effects left, ex>
cept those painfully apparent ones, pov.
erty, disease, prIvation and vanished re
spectability. Verify, be got the effects
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-13
CONGRESS.

Below We give the political complex
ion of the 43d-present-and 44th Con-
gress Of the United States
43D CoNGREss-SENATE.
Republicans 40; Democrats 10; Lib
erals ). Total opposition "A. Republic
can majority IS.
44TR CoNGREss-SENATE:
Republicans 40; Democrats 81; Inde-
pendents 8 Total opposition 81. Re,
publican majority 6. A Democratic
gain Of 10 Senators.
43D CoEGREss-HsUsR:
Republicans 1873: Democrats SO;
Liberals B. Total Opposition 90. Repub-
lican majority LOG.
44TH CoHGREss-HoCsE:
Democrats l72, Republicans SO Lib
erals 5. Total opposition lit. Demo
cratic majority 70. Seventeen members
of the 44th Congress are yet to be
chosen, and it is reasonable to suppose
that the majority of them will be Demo-
cratic, as the Tidal Wave sets that way.
Already the Democratic gain is 81. Car
~ the news TO the man who takes 30
much delight in bull pups, fast horses,
old brandy and magnificent presents
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-13
Grant Finds his Dignity and the
New York Herald Talks About It

The following extract from the y. Y.
Herald on Grant is too good to be lost.
Read it.
GRANTS DIaEITY. General Grant has
! discovered that there are acts incOnsis-
! tent with the dignity of bis ofics-scts
which, if they may be committed by
common men, should a. least not be COM
mitted by the President of the United
States Our joy at learning that the
President has made this discovery Is
shai0Wed only by faint regret that he
did not make it earlier An earlier per
ceptiou on his part of the fact that some~
thing is due to the dignity of his Office
would have spared Us many scandals.
Il must have prevented acts which the
nation has seen with a sense of general
humiliation acts at which the people
have been indignant, and others ct which
they have been covered with patriotic
shame, TO see the chief magistracy of the
country fallen so low 1t is even posi-
BILE that if General Grant had thought
OF this dignity only within year or two
past the Republican party might not
now be paying at the polls the peaalty
of his ofenses. He might have reflect
ed that as even Andy johnson, poor old
sadly berated Andy Johnson, refused the
gift of a carriage while President. and
as John Tyler returned q horse that an
Ofee>seeker had the impertinence to
send him in the face Of such examples
be might have remembered that it be-
came the greater dignity of a greater
man to refuse numerous and far greater
gifts and so his dignity would have pres
vented the establish ment of the prece-
dent that any Office in the gift of the
President may be bought if the buyer
will only adopt the thin device Of call
ing the price a gift If the President
had thought of his dignity earlier, We
should Lave been spared the story of
Casey at New Orleans and the whole
train of disgraceful consequences up TO
the Federal assassination Of sovereign
State. Nearly the whole story of recon
struction might have been written diff
ferentiy; for the support and retention
in Office of bands of men fit only for the
galleys is not dignified in q President.
There are several nominations for the
Office of chief justice of the United States
which would not have been made, and a
Spanish cruis er would not have pulled
down our flag at sea, In fact, as the
fate of the world might have been diff
ferent If (leopstras nose had been sboIt>
er, our recent history might have been
far more respectable il General Grant
had discovered earlier that the pinch Of
dignity which now inclines him to hold
his peace regarding the third term. ALL
though we are naturally rejoiced that
General Grant now regards his Office as
one which requires some dignity in the
incumbent, we arg sorry to find that his
notions of dignity are neither Ameri'
can nor intelligent.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-13
OUR LEGISLATURE.

The next Legislature of our State
will stand as follows:
Senate Democrats to . Republi-
cara. Lower House--6S Democrats 70
Republicans. Last year the Senate
stood II Democrats to Republic
Now We will have a majority of 81 on
joint ballot. This immense power should
move with caution and mature deliber.
alton, doing nothing hastily, bat work
in good fellowship for the interests Of
all the people. Above everything else
they should do nothing to cause q split
in the Democratic ranks DOR enact a sin
gle measure calculated to work an in
jury to the smallest or most insight,
cant in the land. let them occupy broad
and comprehensive grounds fret, last,
and all the time.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-13
NOn-Resident Notice.

In the County Court of Hardeman
County, Tennessee.
TilInan F. Pulliam ct ais rs The heirs
Of Silas Pulliam, deceased. Petition to
sell Land, No. 500, X. d.
1t appearing from affidavit to petition
in this cause that defendants Pearson
Ussery and wife Ailcey UsseFy, are non
residents of the State of Tennessee. 1t
is therefore ordered that they make their
appearance herein at the Court house in
Bolivar on the 6rst Monday in December
1874, and plead, answer or demur to the
petition in this cause, by or within the
first three days of December County
Court, 1874, or the same will be taken
for confessed as to them, and set for
hearing expsrte, and that copy of this
order be published once week for fuur
consecutive weeks in the bolivar Bulle
tin" A copy attest.
October Is, 1874.
VIC. DORIOS, e 4 n
Wood & McNeal Soils. for petits.
oct Is WI pf. IS 90
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-13
The Colored People.

For ten years the colored people as q
olass, have done the bidding ofthe carpet
Dagger and scslawsg, not only in this
county and State, but throughout the
entire South. Blinded by false promis~
es and insensed by evil teachings they
arrayed themselves on all occasions, with
few exceptions, against their former
masters and -effectually worked out the
deplorab'e condition to which most Of
the Southern States are DOW in. The pos
litical knaves who led them by the
nose into excuses can no longer give
them assurance of 80 acres of land, cols
onisstion or anything else, for they have
been beaten from Maine to Texas-from
New York to California, and the colOred
man is left to muse over the downfall OF
his former patron saints. and to seek in
the real, active life of human individual
ity, some way to atone for the gFieVous
errors of the past Nov let them turn
their attention to labor and the fruits Of
that labor will bring them what they have
not had tor ten Years-peace ana plenty.
If not now, sooner CT later they must
know thst politics is not their supply of
= rat and Tread. Let them turn deaf
ear to the wandering political Migrants
who they have served too long and es-
pouss the cause Of the people among
whom they have lived all their lives
and where they are destined to remain.
Let them he patient, industrious and
economical; watching with sense Of
solemn duty before them every good ex-
ample set by the intelligence ofthe eoun>
try, and they will never regret the Cay
that the Radical party was overthrow
On the other hand, let the party about
to assume control of National affairs
treat them fairly and hOnsstIy-let them
DO protected in their rights--let the same
laws protect aud guard them that pro-
tects and guards the white race, and We
do not hesitate to predict that in a few
years the colored voters in the South
viii take pleasure in voting with our
landholders on all important questions
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-13
An Exploded FalsehOod.

Chief among many reasons why the
,colored people did not vote with the
Democratic party was the one belief that
they would be remandei back to slavery
if that party should ever come in power.
They have been told this by carpetbag
gers and scalawaes from the day of their
freedom down to the last election, and it
had most powerful effect upon them.
They will now see how corrupt and given
TO falsehood are the men for whom they
have voted for nine years in direct OPP
position to those who struggled to break
the chains which bound the suffering
South. That political blood~suckers
might fAtten of the miseries of an un~
fortunate people this unmit;gated lie,
foul and slanderous in the extreme, was
Kissed into the negro's ear even by men
who claimed to responsibility, and the
colored people do not deny it Now
thank goodness, the Democracy will soon
be in power and the greatest of all lies
having been exposed, there will be a
more kindly feeling entertained in the
bosom Of the black man for the white
man in the South, and he will not be so
unruly 10 the future. AS race, they
had no confidence in the people of the
South, when the question of their frees
dom was involved. Now they will learn
better aud do better. The Democratic
party never dreamed of putting them IN
slavery again. They are free people
and must remain so.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-11-13
Hon Lewis Bond.

] n the election of this distinguished
gentleman to a se.t in the Legislature.
Hay wood county is redeemed for the
first time since the war from the domi>
nation of the radical party. AS he is
the fir to lead the lparty to victory in
this county, We deem it but just trib-
ute to his gallantry, to claim that he is
entitled to the Speakership of the House.
His talents and superior education make
him pre~emiuently fitted for the posi-
ton. We hope bis claims will receive
due attention when the Legislature
meets Brownsville States
We fully intended to suggest in due
time the name of Capt. Bond in con-
neetion with the SpeakershIp of the lows
er House, bot it appears that the States
is slightly ahead of US.
We now take pleasure in seconding
his nomination and take occasion to say
that be would give eminent satisfaction
in the responsible position of Speaker
Of the House.