The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-12-23
Correspondence Of Recortses


week, but Il u necessarily SO. and apolo-
giles would beuseless.
Outside Of Legislation, there has been
little Of Interest to stir the general public
this week. A wonderful quiet rclgns in
tile world Of amusement, ana do not re-
member ever 20 have seen Raleigh ut
snSh time so entirely free fnm the sue
ccssive swarms tiiat IN turn nmuse, cheat
81 deludea pleasure seeking crowd; one
might add, pleasure needing crowd,
for most o. the members are without so-
clal connections here, and gladly fluid re-
lief from labor or from solitude ~ the ex-
cltements 81 the theatfear the concert.
This week there has been nothing OF the
kind. set not aIiugethera lack OF amuse-
nent in other ways. On Tuesday night
IL was my good fortune TO hear q lecture
delivered Ia the common's Hall by Pro-
fesscr Kerr, PARTLY geological, partly lis
tofcal, but aiI in tlle highest degree full
~ rare and valuable Information, and 81
the utmost interest to every North Caro~
llnian. The speaker canldnoi layefound
anywhere 50 appropriate nm auditory,
slncs his bearers were representative
men, leslslating upon the Interests Of
their native State. and 10 whom the lessons
conveyed In tie lecture We're most yalua-
he aud instructive. How few OF them,
for instance, had been aware % the din
cultIes which bad surrounded the exact
definition &c the limits of the Stale? How
many % them knew that from want Of
skin. or Ignorance IN neutrality-suspicious.
the Northern line hal eticroached ppon
tie domain OF Virginia, much 20 tie dis
comfort Of tile old moiherof States? That
The Southern boundary. run with the
same degree Of ignorance, 10 which was
su,@radded much Of ludoieisce, good
den; ~ caprice, S,.d sometimes ayieldlas
n pleasant teuiptHtion, had lost this State
many fair acre nov covered Nv the 10.
lniaion az south Carolina. That lie
Southwestern corner was prematurely
Topped offandcr the seductive Influences
Of an old coffee pet o. whiskey, and the
rich copper mines u Duckbwn yielded
up To the control Of tlle greedy daughter
Of North Carolina, the then young aud
thrifty state % TENNESSEE
We 10 MT know how many Joined
with ne Iii ms concintinnr. but hing he-
fore he speaker hml.firsshc,I, was firmly
axed IL my belief an oid one BY the
wayi that North cniolina was tile best
State in the Union. tho most blest region
IL ihe universe. one that embraced such
Wide extremes OF climate, such inhaiie
varieties Of productions. such prususion in
vegetable, animal and mineral wealth.
such incxhanstible water power, such
magnificent mountains aud such bound,
les risins, that il might seem that the
treasures of the east and the west, Of the
north and Tie south Ind been hcapcd up.
on Us, to make IL the most prosperous
and Tie most envied people on the globe,
u src only kaeic hor % ltse our adcdstagcs
And this Il one % the lessons that may
be drawn from the lecture. am sure in,
telllgeni Interest was excited, aud much
Wa. beard and much was learned that
viii bring ioIth ils fruits 10 due season.
Tile usual bill ~ resolution fuF the abol'
iilon n Tie once II Ssats lieoIoght i be-
fore tile Legislature, II meet, hope, the
fate os az rs predecessors. Depressed A.
North Carolina Is. and a Ear behind her
sister States rs she d IN sDme respects, it
j. her boast nevertheless. llIatsiie Is ahead
Of most of them In this one particular.
There Is Too much intelligence IN the
Legislature 10 yield 60 an idle clamor fof
econnmy. W to the cries Of local dlsap
pointment. LISA work 81 time, aud time
will eventually demonstrate that the
money spent Oh this office will hc the
best spent monsyof the state, for 4 u
through The workings d this Office thai
foreign population 10 llll up our unoc.
cuplesi territory, aud degenerate oar worn
out lands Is TO he drawn into the State.
but enough ofthis lor tie present The
various schools Ia Raleigh during this
week have been vying with each o,lic- Ia
their attentions 20 The Legislature Last
night there wns most attractive en-
terialnmcntatth Peace institute, which
was largely attended ~ membcs q both
Houses. II was a most bfilliau. en-
ler,ainment of lis Kind, enlivened With
excellent music, dramatic reclIa.lons SC
and made amusing by the rather novel
ealll-thcnic exercises Of the young ladies
who have reached degree Of perfection
ia their peculiar manual that would cx-
cite tie envy of West Point.
To nIght tho baptist female school gives
Az exhibition 81 their proficiency u music
40, aud after that tile pupils ofthe Deaf
Dumb and Blind viii carry ouia very
attractive programme. Theirs Is something
very touching Ia the CHEEKY enjoyment
these poor uDfouunales have In these ex-
hlblilonA The closing up of one or the
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