The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-02-28
Editor's logrcsuonelcnce.
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no adjournmel,tu 1T file Legislature the
occasion Of old tioe holiday; nothing but
\ parade OF the Raleigh Light Infantry
wlhveiy thin ranks 70 mark theilAtal
day OF one the whole land ones delighted
10 hunor. Yetiil tLcpresent siateof pub
lie feeling naennre more Willing 10 forget
than % recall memories 81 il time Illus
trious with really greatmeI,; oftnen who
retained III practice those principles upon
which the liberation OF America frnm the
British yoke was founded, frh-re are
many M duubt who cherish secret re-
sentimental Washington that be was borl,
nj all, 10 be the Instrument by which
American freedom was achieved. Better,
they think, that The country should have
plodtied along III dpcile Submission 10 the
mother country than being made free, Il
shnndhav shot upwards with such start
ling brilliaiicy, ~ SOON "a fade and perish
III the foul slough o. premature corruption.
The country lives. IN name The Republic
that Washington founded; 10 fact, a
miserable hybrid between desrorism and
an oligulcl,y, popularized 10y The greedy
crowd thut are permitted TO share the
plinder Of The public Golfers that a. show
ofsupport may appear to be given 70 these
traverteisof popular government.
Tie feeling OF our people Is TO make the
best Of the situation; To submit quietly 10
what they cannot prevent, TO turn their
attention 10 the Improvement ~ their
affairs, aud to abandon all fanclful hopes
Of the restoration Of The country % ~
better State. Politically. II l. ON the down
grade, with nothing. 10 avert is course.
But as men have tllriven, and even lave
been happy underall fasIliorspf govern
merit. there il nothing 10 prevent that
same passive happiness for the American
people. TIE days ofthat patriotic fervor
that would saciisiee life for liberty are
gone, aud there Is nothing thai can be
thrown into the scaleto outweigh the al
mighty dollar.
The Legislature IN the last fortnight OF
its duration il crowded with work il al
most seems in.pussiI,le To finish. fhe
Revenue lave has not yet passed the House,
and II siill II he considered ia the Senate.
The County Government bill. The great
work 0ftIle session. X not yrla law The
hill for acknowledgements inferior Cnnrts
I 4 yet TO lie considered by the Hnl.e. The
Public Dritquesl;on had norepprt from
ilm committee. The bills making appro-
priaiinns for Public charities sn'i Penal
4 Institutions have nat y.t been offered;
aud other things 81 greater or les moment
are yet to be done as Indispensable 10 the
I good Of the people aud the conduct ofthe
State government.
Among the items nf local news is The
temperatures ~ woo,lsan upon ihe
Raleigh, press I'll. has severed his con.
nerlion wiihihe Wilson Express q ar-
conc tie local editor ~ lie Obscrrr,
The OLserru needs local life. hut u
/ tile present local. Mr.. Roberts had time .
devote himself exclusively Ia those duties,
/ he would i,e without rival. Everybody
knows woodsnu. and we therefore add
noihiu- except that many will welcome
/ his rel ,lIe.uanre an ll,e ciIy press.
An old woman named Mary Watkins.
a vendrr Of klnlliDg waid, wa, shot
through The shoulder to-,lay by a man
who picked up pistol from street
candy stand and insiiei The trigger. ~:
knowi,g ihespistol was loaded. ThseId
woman II likely 20 Ne. The candy seller
ought ioLe punished Tor seeping dead y
wen.nn ins laace wtvvit Was lmndlcsl
4 every Ave nlinutes III tile day BY MI sorts
of idle people.
\ Inlenliun with grea. regret the death
orMiss Brtsey Haywood. the daughter 81
oil Treasurer Hay wOod. who died on We'd
tuesday night 1T tile aye 10. She passed
her liir ior mare tliaa hall u century i'l
tile old mansion 81 whit, spoke IL NJ.
lust. She wa,a laly ef fine miiid aud
was wonan Il marked characteristics
aud cninnlau,ci the uillIonll'le,l respeci
4 aud affection of all who knew her ! hay'
seen nothing ~ hnr fora nunler ar ysar-
hut will alaass cherish iIi memory ilI,
kindliucss extended 90 me Ia ~,
scllool log days when ~ her house. 4
then stranger III Tie ianh fhund suni,
compensation far yhe distant home
had left.
Sometime since we Published therumnI
Of The death u Mr. J. g. Marler, Senate
from Yadkin. which ruiuor We had ~
c.lsiou AUTOMATICALLY 10 rsfute, having
seen letter frum him speaking Of inl
prnving hpalll. Bat lie wasioa hopeful
, and II is now certain That he Is dead
having died early during the l'rcsen
week
III ann SON rssR INN rnxrry.