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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-08-23
THE FATHER or SECESSION.

Tommy Settle, ex-Confrlcric Captain
cx- Judge, cx minister, scarcely cx .pcct-
ing To- be GovrrImr, cutsau ex ns AIRED
inouthcd seccssIonist.
In ihcjUirnnl nf the Legislature ofis1l
IS. D 50, we happened 10 stumble uponihe
following Llood aud thunder resolutions,
offered by Tie valian Captain Settle They
Say iiat the tip of Tnmnly's handsome
Nose turns white when his angry Isas-ious
risci We can inIagineh how white Il must
have been, aud how his manly breast
must have hcavesi. when he Offered these
resolutions. particularly when lic canle
over such beautifully rounded pcri@is.
and such charming hut fiery alliterstinlls.
as infuriated fanatics ~ the NORTH
Read, aud wllo see fathercd the monster
child, Seccssiol. The italics are ours,
Mr.. Settle introduced the following re-
solutions.
Resolved. LIT. That the attempt on the
part II some uf the Statcrof tie North, To
Interfere with slavery III the South, isa
aagrnnt violaiianof The Constitution of
United State and frsuglit with incalclila.
bio mischief to the pcoplc of tl,is Slate
Resolved. That the prcscrvaiinn oftl'e
rights 0f this State IN The peaceful cnjDy-
n,cs,t ofihe domestic institution ~ slavery
paTamount sluiy.
Resolved That much praise u ,luc 10 tie
nairi0iic men who have boldly maintain
c,l the comprmIssn of the eonsiiiutionin
To- tie midst ~ the infirialcd fanalicism
ol the Nmfl,.
Re-olyed, That tIlis State Is deter.nIned
to resist any further encuachmcIits upon
her constitutional rights.
lscn0've,l, That ln tile event the Fc,lcri,
Government reppaIs nr impalr the cf-
iieicney 81 the provisionsof tho fugitive
slave law, or refuses 10 enforce ~ execu-
lion 90 good faith. that Il viii amount to n
virtual dissolution ~ the Unioii. mud that
Il will bccDnie tile duty ofthcSiaic 10 take
such measures ns may bc required forlcf
safety aud security.
Resolved, Tl,at " either ~ ille contln-
genccs contemplated In the foregoing r.
solutions nlionIsi arise during the recess of
il,c Uenrrai Assembly, that the Governor
be requested 10 convene that body 10 The
end thai the rights of the Btatc may be
maintnincsi'
Resolved, That n copy be iransmllte'l to
cacIi senator aud Representative in Con.
gress and 10 illc Governor leach State.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-08-23

W. aw lnosqni,o work abont ten ssa.
nics yesterday. tyingio geI bis bill ,kroueh
The skih ura man whc owes Us two years
subscriptions. Ilow vc hsghcd nj that
dcmoralizcd little insect as. with n look ~
disgasl. be folded mp his little bill. placed
!, ~ his Pockc,. aud wcut IOr another sic,.
thu. '
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-08-23

A suit toeS laee the e,hvs.,lsy in, wlIicrs
n prin,er erssnesliclvcy wp~ witness The
case WAS aSs.altaad kitlcry that oazss or
between sue nsa. i.saed l;rcwa ls.@acr..
son.
Mr. kelscy.. ti,a Jon witness. the al,ir.
rcfcrTcl 10.
Yes sir.
We'll. what l'nso yeu 10 ny abeus sa
That u Was thu besl picoe Of pap-Is,a-
ticn haso.sacn for aorno time. Why.
That lirown dotted opo Of llet.lsr4ss + eyes.
ior which iIsndsnon pii, a period 10 Browns a
breathing ser about bali ninnis.
Tho eonlt cuinprchendca The lasstsr sA
cneo aud lined the defendant ten asllsrs.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-08-23

A hook agent who stnricd oni 70 canvas
fs Tie rrIbnIatiuns ~ the Martyrs, wns
Kicked out or five offices The nrst 'lay aud
n.s,sIy acaIdci 70 ,leatlf by an irntc wo.
man whom lie interrupted IL her culinary
duties, Vow he swears that the trlbuIa-
lions of the martyrs amount j'Irt inNliinE
compared 10 his 0sn an'i 30 wa'hs l''S
nnl,r mLIe,I totl,e Iist wirn Il new edition,
~ he book Il wilnai
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-08-23

The Ccntcmial display IL agricultural
products boeh,s September lst.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02
Resumption.
HsOouuHptEOHs
To the Editor of the Press.

To the Editor of the Press:
In your issue of the 28th find the follow
ing item:
1t seems as though the first step toward re-
sumption, after the withdrawal of fractional
currency and the substitute therefor of silver,
should be the withdrawal of small notes, as
the ones and twos, and perhaps hves. Silver
coin can take the place of the two lower de-
nominations, and gold of the fves.
If the smaller notes should be Withdrawn
from circulation an immense quantity of gold
must be shipped to take their place Specie is
not needed in circulation; the only thing want
ed is a currency equal in value to specie, and
convertible into it at any time without trouble
or cost. The currency we now have-except
the smaller fractional-is so good that nothing
could be better it it could only be converted
into gold at the pleasure of the holder.
No one would want gold dollars, or two's or
three's or ives if he could have the bills of ex-
actly equal value always and everywhere. In
such case specie would never be wanted ex-
cept for remission abroad. The suppression of
the smaller bills would immensely increase the
difficulties of resumption and complicate the
financial situation. If the smaller bills are to
be suppressed it should only be done after re-
sumption shall be an accomplished fact
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02
The Towers Of Silence.

The prince of Wales and some of his suite
were allowed to visit the famous "Towers of
Silence" near Bombay, where the bodies of
the dead are exposed to be devoured by vul-
lures. They were the first Europeans who
have ever been permitted to enter the gloomy
portals of this strange place of sepulture. The
towers are five in number, are circular, and
are so we'll built that the Oldest has stood for
two hundred years without requiring to be re-
paired. They are formed Of huge stone slabs,
well cemented together, and the largest cost
e3O,OOO. Ifit may be assumed that the four
other towers cost on an average 100000 each,
we should have tenth Of a million invested
in these buildings alone. Add that Sir jam
shidje gave one hundred thousand square
yards of land and betrayed the expenses of
road, and some idea may be formed OF the cost
of the whole cemetery. They are ander charge
Of the Parsee sect, who are noted for their
rigid exclusiveness, and it was something of q
surprise to the natives as we'll as foreigners
that the permission was granted. The origin
of this singular method of disposal of the dead
is due, no doubt, to the veneration with which
the Parsees regard the elements. Fire is too
pure to be polluted by committing corpses to
the flames; water is almost equally venerated.
and SO is mother earth. Hence this strange
custom has been adopted, by which il thought
none of the impurities can pollute the ee-
meptS.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02
Buddhism.

According to the best Oriental scholars, Sid
dhartha, the son of the Suddhodana, king of
large territory on the confines of Dude and Ne
paul, was born about the beginning Of the sixth
tentury B. G. Up to the age of thirty be lived
pretty much as described above; then, escsp-
ing from his fathers kingdom, he became re-
ligious mendicant, and diligently studied the
lore of the Brahmans. Finding this unsatis-
factory, he took refuge in rigid asceticism, and
for many years occupied himself in endeavor-
ing to discover the causes of things. Having at
last as he thought, succeed, he devoted the
rest or his life to preaching the new gospel
whereby the world was to be led to a knowl-
edge of the truth. His converts were many
and influential, several royal families becoming
earnest aud devoted propagandists He is sup
posed to have died at Kusmagara, in Oude at
the age of eighty in the year 543 B. O. Bud
dhism, which has now existed for 2,46O years.
must be regarded as the prevailing religion in
the world. Though almost extinct in Hindu
stan, the land of its birth. it holds undivided
sway in Ceylon, and over the whole Eastern
chinese with the systems OF Confucius and
Lao-tse, claiming perhaps two thirds of the
population. 1t also prevails to a larga extent
IN Japan and in Central ASH, reaching to the
extreme north of Siberia, and even into Swed.
lsh Lapland. According to the Hassel, the
numerical value of the various important re-
ligions of the world may be estimated thus
Christians of all denominations, 1000. 900:
jews, nearly 100000; Mohammedans, 252.-
100000; followers of the Brahman religion.
1l1,OOO000; Buddhists, 3l5, 900, 006.-Belgrduia
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02
Current Notes,

The World says Ohio is sure to 60 Repub-
lican under any ticket that may be made up
at Cincinnati, and Gov. Hayes in recent
interview says the same thing. So we need
not worry about the Buckeye state.
The indianapolis Sentinel. a Hendricks
organ, looks upon the Connecticut Demo-
cratic platform as indicating that the Eastern
democracy are weakening on their resump.
tion prociivities.
Blaine men seem to be plenty out in Michi-
gan also. A canvass of the state officers and
employees at Lansing shows SO for Blaine q
for Bristow, for Morton, 2 for Conklipe.
The officers are all for Blaine.
The Republican Executive Committee have
extended an invitation to all survivors of
Andersonville prison to send to the office of
the Republic, Washington, D. c., statements
OF their experiences in that pen of horrors.
The subject is not so much partisan as his
torlcal. The ex-Confederates have attempted
to discredit what has been said in regard 10
the character OF the prison, and the COM
mlttee are desirous of having the testimony
OF the thousands of witnesses who cannot
be impeached.
The Indian Republicans are advancing.
Two years ago they declared explicitly for in
fation. Now they content themselves with
asking for the repeal of the resumption act,
and then propose to leave the currency alone.
AT the same time they recognize currency
convertible into coin as the only true cur
rency. They concede the duty of returning
TO specie payments, and only advocate the re-
peal OF the resumption act upon the ground
that 1t will not insure resumption in 1879.
But even in this modified position they are at
variance with the Republican party of the
country. Instead of repeating the resumption
act, the Republican party would supplement
and complete it with such further legislation
as may be needed to make 1t fully effective.
we can take 10 step backward.-Albany
Journal.
The Liberal Democrats of New Hamp-
shire, reports the Nashua Telegraph, are going
to vote en- masse for Governor Cheney. Aud
it says: They have had enough of the policy
which foists npon them year after year can
ddates of the mos t obnoxious Bourbon type.
They see that the leaders always manage to
put in nomin alton for Governor the most in
veterate and relentless anti-war Democrat
that they can find. This year their candi-
date is exceedingly distastetul in this respect,
He never gave vote for the war or for hu-
manity during his whole term in Congress,
and the only speech he made was written for
him by an open and avowed sympathizer
with the South all through the contest. He
voted to condemn President Lincoln's eman-
cpation proclamation. He voted against the
repeal OF the odious fugitive slave law. He
voted 10 make peace at any price, and in fact
never gave a,vote for any measure that would
hurt the rebels ofshelp the loyal cause.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02
PROFESSOR SUMNER delivered alecture in

PROFESSOR SUMNER delivered alecture in
New Haven the other night, on the finances,
in which he rapidly disposed of the various
objections to resumption. The most COM
mon objection he dealt with in this manner:
We are told that we cannot resume when
there is larger interest to be paid abroad in
gold, but the interest has always been paid in
wheat, cotton, tobacco and petroleum, and gold,
so far as gold is product and export of the
country The interest on the debt is only one
item of great account. If we use paper for
our money gold will be one of our superfiuites.
1t will be cheaper here than elsewhere aud will
be exported. If we resume the use of it for
money, it will be profitable import until we
get as much of it as we need, and the interest
on the debt will be paid in other things. The
best citizens who are most interested in this
matter are in danger of allowing their most
important interests to be sacrificed by being
Indifferent and negligent, while persons with
special and interested motives are hard at
work. We are not yet at the end of this mat
of the zeal and energy of our opponents. If
they get their way no man who has anything
to-day will know what he will have tomorrow.
No man who finds his strength failing aud his
end approaching can feel any certainty that the
provision he has made for his widow and chill
dren will remain in their hands for five wears
or suffice to keep them from want No man
whose capital is engaged in business will know
how much of it he can ever save. No man on
salary can look forward to anything but dis
tress and poverty, increasing year by year. No
man who works for wages can expect any,
thing except to become pauper. This is not
my assertion. 1t is the rreversible verdict of
history, and the clear teaching of science in re-
gard to depreciating and irredeemabe naper
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02
Republican National Convention.
1875.

The next Cniou Republican National Convention
vlce.President of the United States will be held in
the city OF Cincinnati, Wednesday, the fourteenth
day OF June, 1876 at IL O'Clock noon and will consist
OF delegates from each State equal to twice the
ber OF its Senators and Representatives in Congress
and OF two delegates from each organized Territory
and the district of Columbia.
In calling the conventions for the election of dele
g1tes the committees of the several States are re-
commended to invite all Republican electors, and all
other voters, without regard to past political dit
1egences or previous party affiliations, who are
opposed to reviving sectional issues, and desire to
promote friendly feeling and permanent harmony
throughout the country by maintaining and enforcing
all the constitutional rights of every CITIZEN incud-
ing the full and free exercise OF the right of suffrage
without intimidation and without fraud; who are in
1avor Of the continued prosecution and punishment
OF ail official dishonesty and an economical admins
tration of the Government by honest faithful and
forms in government experience may from time to
time suggest; who are opposed to impairng the cred
1t OF the nation by deprecang any of its obligations.
and in favor Of sustaining in every way the national
faith and financial honor; who hold that the common
school system is the nursery of American liberty and
should be MAINTAIN absolutely free from sectaran
control; who believe that for the promotion of these
ends, the direction of the Government should con-
tnue to be conded to those who adhere the prin-
the Constitution and the laws and who are in tavor
of recognizing and Strengthening the fundamental
principle of National Unity in this Centennial An
niversary Of the birth of the Republic.
e. D. MORGAN Chairman,
VIM. E. CHANDLER, Secretary,
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
Washington, January 13, 1876.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02
News and Other Items.

A New York pawnbroker reports taking in
22O family Bibles since February, 1875.
Gothamites are RECALLING themselves on Flori.
da strawberries at $3.50 per quart.
Prince Edward Island built last year SO ves-
sells, including 2 steamers the aggregate tom
mage being 1888.
Montreal claims to have in process Of cree.
tion the largest cotton mill in America. The
capacity of the mill will be six million yards
per year.
1t is stated that the North Pacific Railroad is
Transforming the Winnipeg colony into an
American rather than British Dependence
The freight from Moorhead, Minn., to Mauito.
ba increased from barely 14OO in 1874 to more
than $500 in 1875.
The Brooklyn Argus says Mr.. Geo. w. Childs
has contributed pair of boots worn BY Mar.
quis Lafayette, for exhibition at the Centennial
show and he has generously offered to have
them half-soled at his expense if the committee
decide that they are too much worn,
In his little French lesson to the House the
other day, the Hon. S, s. Cox translated fer
cherdt into ''an iron horse" Mr.. Cox has been
promptly aud extensively advised that, al
though fer means iron" and checdl "horse,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02
Stupid.


Gen. essenden is brave soldier en- unassuminp
and most estimable gentleman; but he is entirely
without experience in city affairs, and indeed has
had very little to do with business affairs of any kind
He would, therefore, be an entire novice IN the posi-
tion.-Argus.
We are aware that the editor of the Arqus
does not reside in the city of Portland but
cannot imagine how he can be so unfa-
miliar with its affairs the past eight years as
to assert that Gen. Fessenden sis entirelv
acithout experience iu city qfairs'' when by
turning to his paper of March oath 1868, he
might have known that the gentleman in
question was member of the Board of Alder
men of that year and served on the commit
tees on Streets and Judicial Proceedings and
Claims! A Democrat who will doubtless
vote for Mr.. Richardson remarked Yesterday
that Gen. Fessenden was "mighty good
Alderman" 1t may be added that the Street
Committee on which Gen. Fessenden served
only expended s69,255.1s, while that of
which Mayor Richardson was paid for acting
as chairman will expend $4,000 during the
year. Don't close all of your one hundred
eyes, Mr.. argus.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02
The Caucuses Tonight.

The attention of Republicans is called to
the ward caucuses tbs even ing at u o'clock.
There should be general attendance and
complete arrangements should there be made
for systematic work on Monday. BY all
means let the judicious action of Monday
night which placed GEN. FRANCIS FEssEN-
DEN at the head of the ticket be supplement-
ed by ward nominations as wise and discreet.
Despite the loud-mouthed assertions of our
foes, everything promises success; and care,
concession and harmony tonight will do
much to help on the good work. From all
parts of the city come the most cheering
assurances. Our friends at work with zeal
and fervor that has not been Witnessed since
1854 and 1868.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02

THE majority of the Old South Society are
kind enough to say that they will preserve
the building in its present shape if they can
get its appraised value, and toward that sum
they will contribute $4,000. They suggest
that twenty five cents each from the people
of Massachusetts will make up the 'remaind-
er. As this estimate gives them about $780,
600, their liberality cannot be called astonish-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02

The disgraceful record made by the De-
mocracy wherever it has gained power, and
its utter failure to accomplish anything in
the present Congress, ought to give Connec-
ticut to the Republicans, though they have
5000 majority to overcome. The Republican
nominations are excellent; the platform out
spoken on that vital point, hard money, and
the people of Connecticut are beginning to
fear that if the Democratic party gets con-
troll of the government it will reverse all that
the war accomplished.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02

The delightful egotism of youth finds ex-
preston in letter from Amherst in which
the statement is made that ''one of the
notable features of the religious ferment of
the time is the establishment at Amherst
college of an association of free thinking
students" The callow youngster who-fur.
nishes this important bit of information evil
IDENTITY labors under the impression that the
whole religious world will trem Bile at the
pawc
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02
"ThOughtIeSS Bows"

Ihoughtless boys and selfish, ambitious dema-
pooh-pooh the idea of economy in the city govern
ment, but every thoughtful citizen cannot but feel
that thls is no time for flying political kites and
tIlnlng with burdens that beaI heavily upou ALL and
especially upon those not favored with fat salaries
from the public treasury.-Aryus.
The out-ottown editor of the argus has
SO out-grown ex-Mayor Mcclellan, ex-Mayor
Thomas, Hon S. E. Spring and large num-
ber OF gentlemnn of that respectable class of
business men who were ardent advocates of
the nomination of Gen. Fessenden from the
first, that he calls them 'thoughtless boys' !
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02

THE Argus complains that it took the AL.
dermen all day Tuesday to add about sixty
names. 1t is the fault of your people, Mr..
argus; if your ward workers had taken time
to teach their fraudulent applicants for the
ballot an entire list of answers so that they
would not contradict themselves or equivo-
cate on the third or fourth question, the AL
dermen would get along much faster. Sci
up an evening school for the instruction of
that portion of your applicants who give
different residence and date for every quest
ion
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02

THAT always consistent Democrat, Hon.
Ben Hill M. c. of Georgia taunted New Eng
land Republicans the other day about the
Hartford Convention and the blue-light fed
eralists of 1872 1t is rather venerable charge
against ones father and grandfather, but
since Mr.. Hill has set the example. will it be
out OF order to inquire of the political status
OF Gen. Richardson at the time his opponent,
Gen. Fessenden, was on the ''git edged help
of battle? Perhaps his personal organ will
afford the information.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02

The hard-money Democrats are in very
hard place. They find that the infationists
in their party are in dead earnest, and they
must either bolt or surrender. They have
already pushed compromise to its extreme
limit, and still the soft-money men are not
satisfied. That the Democratic resumption
lists will bolt is not at all probable. Judgin g
from their past they will prefer an absolute
surrender. The vote on Mr.. Holman's reso-
luton shows that he is backed by nearly two
thirds of the Democrats. The others will
scarcely dare to stand out.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02
TO LET.
House to Let

TNRONT Room, 5651 Congress St over the Misses
IL Simonton's. Inquire at room or of MAT
TOCKS s. FOX, 314 Exchange st. feb22d2w*
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02

DIDN'T some Democrat say something not
long since about burying dead issues? And
now Democratic leader digs up the Hart.
ford convention and parades the skeleton
before the eyes of men. 1t may be expected
that the next Democratic platform will con.
tain a plank derouncing the ''blue.light''
Federalists.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02

EVERYWHERE the argus sees the hand of
Blaine. Its latest discovery is that Gen. Fes.
senden's nomination is at Mr.. Blaine's dcta-
tior. 1t has not yet heard that the ex-
Speaker has sent on list of the men he
desires to go on the board of school COM
mittee. The fear of Mr.. Blaine entertained
by the Maine Democrats is very ludicrous.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-03-02

HVUSC 10 HlCI.
HOUSE 25 Paris St., containing ten rooms. In
III quire of W. H NEAL,
feb1Sdtf At Lord q Haskells, 1876 Middle st.