The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-02-02
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CONGRESS.
The Centennial bill, apPropriating 81
800. 900 % The pait6f DE government to
aid imcarryins soutshe. plans eftsha under
taking, passed the ncnsa lsstlwesk uhya
vote 0f Il4st6il80 bOfthe North Darogl
lima delegation. Robbins. wad,leif and lIy.l
man voted l, fSr il, ana Messrs, Ashe, Davis
Scales. Vance and Teates against it, The
deposition tolhc bill swas partly onlsloasti-l
tuition grouoas?sthe question being araissd,
aud argued whettefa Congress had the right
vote away The peoples money purely
sepnt'mepnts5, ohjset and much opposition,
was also aE9useda bsills. demonstration, &c
uuhrotherly feeling betrayed iagshe discuss
sionlon lthe Amnesty bill totally At war
with tie idea Of a'natioasls jubilee. on the
tfOundaiioh 81 uiiiyersel aharnory. Taaisre.
fore the majority ffor The bill vas smaller
than its friends expected p!lcertainly small
ler,thsn If Tbs. amnesty discussion bad moi
taken so hfortunateaiturn.si hiia sssdtlt
Little else ofgaerappablic interest has
tbsen acted upon. definitely o. ~ Congress
Yin its Legislative character, But much
matter fer discussion has been reported up
ibonby Committees. Among these are the
cu,1ing down of diplomatic Salaries BY
(which many thousands are saved.n also arell
lpOrt recommending reduction Of the pay
ofmetabers Of Congress from Eve thousand
to four thousand dollars year, and the p,
fduction Of pay to Clerks &c.a WHICH, alter
gssbsr viii Affects saving VI shalf,a usilliOml
Tbe@ork Of retrcuchment has began.iH !.
Tie Soathern Pacific Rail Rbad Bill Is
i'exeifing much Interest and Discussions before
the Committee on Raj Roads attract As
iinuch attention. rs the proceedings of Corr
gress.itself. This measure Is Of immebse
i importance to the whole South if Invested
! Of the controlling influence Of Tom Scott,
the Pehhsylyonia Rail Road King. Ifitis
built as a Southern Road with its ternli-
nous in The South then every Southern,
State will be benefited, because our sys.
ten, Of rail roads would be part and parcel
Of the great trims continental route, and
North Carolina would sl,nre with the rest.
/ @n e asts mFaIaenE
AdEices from China state that the Chi.
uese are meditsting liostilities against the
English, and an outbreak may be expected
at any time. This i greatly to be deplor-.
led. The Ebinese have, never been fully
reeoneiled 70 their enforced presence inihe
| family Of nations. They have civilization
q their own. very different from The Euro.
Peah standard They boast their own lu-,
Periority. and though in the, opium. arsiu
lS4s, and once subsequently. the British
enforced At the caprou' mouth entry iito
their ports, aud secured b treaty access
for the ships Of all nations 70 cpmmercjsl
cities before closed to fOfeign ships, ilp
Cbiaese have Berer loved their old enemies.
And tie tfeatuiest Of Chinese e,nigrants 10
Australia md IN California hsve not ipercas.
ed their love Or respect FOR Christian ma.
tions. They are willing 1t any time tore.
turn TO their exclusiyeneis. Prey are not
dependent upon foreign trade for their pros
Periiy. Iley take little else froal Earope
" America but their silver com. They DC
not want. much less need. the manufactures
Of The .oytride barbariar,ss., they eauiiss
and flourish without Is,
II Perhaps they arc better able to defend
themselves tlIau they were when, last At.
tackled They are brave. and tlfey are nj.
neroas. aud. sincs,tbeir former diseom6tures,
they have been actively and inielligently
adopting al The improved ircthcis Of mo.
dem warfsss, under fossigns ibHr6tlions.
They make good dght, add il they DO,
they viii then shut theuseiys. AZ bennett.
eally as was Japan from tIe begisoiss IL
the 18th century until the bars we're broken
BY COmalodOrs Pafryin 1884, China can
do better without Us than We without them,
and European and american habits would
receive shock By the sudden closing 81
the soures q supply from which lOzufies,
nov groaa Into necessities. are drawn.
Yet ~ hope China will Keep the peace ~,
4 A New York temperanes lecturer says
Zone Of The Chief cnuses Of de present snhn.
cial depression il alcoholic indulgence.
The Post asks, Does be mean to sDy thai
money i tight. 49, aRI
& "a $3.50 Eaz=sf-.a s#z5s.. -.