HILLSBOROUGH RECORDER.
Vol. I. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1820.
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HILLSBOROUGH, N. C.
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Ten DoWora He,waTt\.
RAX away from the st.bscrilier, on tlie
lUth of July last, a negro man named
SAM, twenty -four or twenty-five vears old,
near six feet high, stout made, of a black com
plcction, and very likely. It is s<ipi>os<d he
s lurking in the neighbourhood of Alexander
Iltirland, near HilUliorough, as lie has a wife
ti.err; or probably he may undertake to pass
as a free man, as he ha? been tr\ing <u pro
. ure a free pasi. The above rrward will be
given to anv pt-rson who may apprehend said
?irgro and deliver him to me, or confine him
rt jail so that 1 git lutn again, if taken in this
i utility, or twenty dulLr? if taken out of tlie
inuaty.
Lewis Hutcliins.
Orirgte countr, W.-**. Aug. 3 "7 ? tf
I or tale, at tl?c house formerly occupied as
the Rank, the follow ing
VALUABLE MEDICLXES,
*iz
IEK's KLIXlR. a sovereign remedy for
a co'.tl?, obstinate coughs, catarrhs, as'h
ma*, sore throats, and approaching consump
lions.
ASTHMATIC PILI.S, which give immed..
ate relief in all asthmas, difficulty of br<uAiL>
ill?f Jtc.
AKOMATIC HILLS, for female complaints.
IN Dl AS VKGET \HI.L SPK IFlC.an ex
vtlluit remedy for certain complaints
ntibdious Pills,
f?*rr and Ague limps.
Ere Water,
Tootii Powder,
Worm-destroying Ixizcnges,
Tooth ache limps,
Corn Plaister,
? Tooth-ache Pills,
*h
v "rllrstorativc Pills.
'' ' HUbUnufft, Aug. 9. 2.-? tf
wsxdil ^ aikdist?
v-;*v* MAUWYXU.
npilE subscriber has in complete opera
A Amn, at A. 1> Murph)*s mill*, on ilaw
ll.ver,' to ^his county, a pair of machines tor
rlt <W wool into rolls. The machines are
n<-W, and the cards of a superior quality
^t is necessary thaV ?uol brought ?o these
machines should be freed from burs and other
liard substances, as they injure the cards. It
should also be washed clean of dirt, and one
pound of clean gieuae should he added to
i itVy ten or twelve pound* o? wool A sutfi
crticy of tow or linen sheits (not woollen)
ilHiiikl be brought to put the roll* in.
Merino w?>ol ran be carded, if those who
luvr it will prepare it in tlie following m.in
w rr Take rain or river water, boil it, t'? which
add an equal quantity of cold unite; stir the
wool in this until the grease in extracted from
the Lftdyol'the wool and rises to the top, then
take ?t out, rinse it in clear water, dry it. an.1
it is rewly lur Carding The same pr.-para
l. on will do f ?r the next and Mit C-ed.ng par
?vlU. II the at* ive ?l.rvctio s c imut Ik; *>
tended to (*hu?li m he#'), wash the Wo->| well
ii a strong so ip suds. Work Cannot he well
dune unit. ss these directions are observed
I'iie advantage of a never f.olmg stream
v*. 1 1 1 enable me to j?cro!iif% ? I itf all who may
l.vonr me with tlie.r cuvoin (,'n?to;iu rs
fro ii a distance shall meet with ' qiatcli, anil
every exertion will be us< I to have the woik
well done and expeditiously.
Hamucl Clay tor.
w
Aug 2 J 6 ?
\ii\A i)V ^S\is\wu\,
NO I K 'it 'isnil ?>n Hubert Vaton and John
Kan.sfiK-, f?r the sum of twentv-thrce
tlolluri oi- tiief" about*, with llrnry Whitted
Viinru. Tl.c said iviiv H.i* draws twelve
month:. itficr date, and date 1 ?<me time itl
February, IHI'.) 1 tuvwain all persons from
trading fi#r s.itd not**, a% I have Itceivt d lull
?at ufiiclioit for tlie same front said Katun.
NEW POST OFFIC E.
\NKW rnsr OK KICK in established at
(jnctiranV* Kev.l, Orange comity. Nor.b
C , rutin*. l> ic attention will be paid to the
d.itus of the office by
\\ iii. II\ ndmnn, F, ,}[.
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N (I T I C K.
tJHlNf; my absence from tlic state, which
will be tor the apace of two or three
it'onth*. the duties of my office as I'miniy
Nurvi-w>r# for Orange county. N. (\ will be
a* ? ended to by Mr Joseph \ Wood*, o' llilU
'? rou^h, who i> authored to attend to the
W iii. \\ liittrri, si'H.
Julv 26.
flattie
lln-li Miilliull an.
O nnpe county, July ?1, lf<?0
ROBBERY.
ON my way from Petersburg home, on the
night at the 27th June last, my wagon
box ?u broken open, in the county of Oran
ville, seven miles below tioshen, and a Urge
red morocco pocket book taken out: had in it
eighteen dollars in money, one trn dollar note
and two of four; also two notes of hand, one
on Isaac Mitchell (near Petersburg for two
hundred and thirty dollar*, given about the
last of October or first of November, 1819,
am! one on Peyton Wood, of Granville, for sis
dollars, with a credit on it fur four dollars;
Mitchell's note had two credits, one for twen
ty-seven dollars, the other tor one hundred
dollars There was also taken at the same
time, a razor case, razors, box and brush; the
razors were small, and both liad white han
dles. I do hereby forewarn all persons from
trading for said notes, or the said Peyton
Wood or lsu.?e Mitchell from paving them to
any person except tmself, as I have never
traded or assigned the same away to any per
son. It is hoped that all good people will keep
a lo??k out, and any information will be thank
fully received.
Win, T). Ray.
* Orange county, July 4
( The editor of the Raleigh Register is
requested to insert theabme three time*, and
forward his account to ttiis office. It. ft. It.
?OYV> S.YLfc,
T? good .1 tlLCil COll'S, which were
raised in town.
Inquire of the Printer.
July 24. *
Tray e-Wer^s Inn.
A. MASON Sc Wm CLIFTON,
H AVING purchased that well known stai.d
in Hillsborough from Messrs llinton Si
llrame ol I'ctersburgh, formerly the property
of Mr Henry T hompsnn, inform their friends
and the public generally, that they are now
prepared to accommodate as many as may ho
nour them \?ith 'heir company They are pro
vided with good beds, liquors, See. and will
keep as good a table as the country will afford
They are also provided with good stables, and
will always keep the best of provender. They
solicit a share of the patronage of the public.
Mr-Clift n will always give his personal ser
vices, and pledges himself to the public, to do
all in lit* power to please and give entire sa
tisfaction.
Hillsborough, S C. \pr.l 10, 18?0. tf-10
?Wuson Hall Eagle Hotel.
A. MASON,
WISHES to inform his former customers
an<l the public t;encraUy, that he has
nearly finished Ins hous> , s? that he is now
able to accommodate as main as may honour
him with their company. 1 1 > s house is large,
having seven comfortable rooms which have
fire places in them, suitable for families, or
travelling gentlemen w ishing such. He has pro
vided good beds, liquors, &.c and will keep as
good a table as the neighbourhood will afford.
He is *l?o provided with good stables, and
will always keep the best provender. The
situation of the place i? pleasant, and very
heaUl.y. Gentlemen wishing to visit him with
their families, during the summer season, can
be accoininodatcd on moderate terms.
'I he keeper of this establishment pledges
himself to the public to do all in his power to
please ami give eniire satisfaction. Gentlemen
who call can amuse themselves in reading the
newspapers in his hall-room, where he keeps
hies of papers from almost evcr> part of the
L'mted States.
Masuti Hall, Orange county,
Feb. 28, 1820. ' J 4? 6m
I). IIEAIITT
Proposes publishing by subscription
THE
PROCEEDINGS AN 11 DEBATES
or THE
Convention of ?Yorth Carolina
On the adoption of the Constitution of the
United States;
TOGETHER WITH
Tir- Declaration ol Rights and Consti
tution of lite State.
TO WHICH IS PIlEKIXED
The Constitution ol inc United States.
TIIK former edition of this work having
become so scarce as to render it difficult
to procure a cop) , it has been suggested to
the publisher that n new edition would be
acceptable to the puhhci lie lias accordingly
submitted the proposal f>?r their patronage,
and will commence the publication as soon as
the number of subscribers .shall be such as to
justify the undertaking. The debates of the
Nordi Carolina convention on the adoption of
the constitution of the United Stales, must
certainly excite sufficient interest to prevent
their becoming c&tinct; it is therefore pre
sumed that the proposed edition will be ex
tensively patronised throughout the state.
UONDl HONS.
The w ork w ill he comprised in a duodecimo
volume of about three hundred pages, neatly
printed on fine paper.
The price to subscribers w ill l>c one dollar
and fifty ccnts, handsomely bound and let
tercd
It w ill be put to press ss soon as three hun
dred subscribers are obtained.
Subscriptions received at this office, and at
most of the post-offices in the state.
N O T I C E.
VI.L persons indebted to .lames 8 Smith
? t.O. or to Janus S smith, are rccpiest
f?, to ?<*ttlc their accounts, as he can give nn
further indulgence.
J. 8. Smith.
Hillsborough, June 2 'J, 2*'? tf
From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
MEMOIR OF THE QUEEN OF
ENGLAND.
Having disposed of the most of our
foreign intelligence, and as there are but
few domestic occurrences of command
ing interest, we have thought it would
gratify our readers to lay before them a
biographical sketch of the present queen
of England, wh<#g although she does not
live in the days dT chivalry, and is no he
roine of romance, has not been without
a knight to break a lance in dcfencc of
her honor, or without incident in her
life to form a novel ? we should be much
gratified if we could add ? u to point a
moral or adorn a talc."
Caroline, consort of king George
IV. and his first cousin, is now in
the 52d year of her age. She was
born on the 17th May, 1768.
Her father, the late duke nf Bruns
wick, well known for the famous ma
nifesto issued against the republicans
of France at the commencement of
the revolution, was married to the
sister of George III. Alter the old
duke of Brunswick's death, his wi
dow went to England, and died in
the iiouse of her daughter, the pre
sent queen, when she was princess
of Wales.
Little is known as to the early pe
riod of the life of the queen Caroline,
excepting that she received her edu
cation at the court, noted like all the
other royal courts of Europe, for in
trigue and gallantry. It is stated in
the London papers, that at the age
of 15, Caroline, while residing at
Wolfenbuttle, her father's residence
in Germany, formed an attachment
to an Irish officer, who had distin
guished himself in battle, and who,
on that account, had been promoted
by the duke, and appointed one of his
aids-dc-cainp. This attachment was
displeasing to the father, but, as ob
served by the writer of the story, it
? was strengthened by subsequent
circumstances of a romantic nature,"
of which, however, lie has not fur
nished us with any detail. The se
quel of this *' romantic" affair is
thus narrated: ? " Suffice it to say,
that after the lapse of several years,
and on the eve of the princess being
brought to this country to be marri
ed to his present majesty, (then priucc
of Wales) a wild and desperate at
tempt was made by the gentleman
in question, aided by an Irish noble
man. This was defeated by the vi
gilance of her father. The princess
was rescued from the danger by
which she w as threatened, and safe
ly conveycd to our shores. The au
thors of the intended outrage were
for some time confined in prison, but
eventually escaped. The one was
subsequently reported to have been
killed at the battle of Hohcn-Linden,
and the other fell a victim to certain
visionary schemes into which lie had
entered with regard to his own
country."
The princess Caroline was marri
ed in London on the 8th of April*
1793, to the present king. The cc
remony was performed in presence
of George ill. his queen, and all the
persons of elevated rank in the king
dom. The nation testified their sa
tisfaction upon the occasion, by pour
ing in addresses, in which the happy
couple were congratulated on their
union; and the newspapers, and
other journals of the day, vied w ith
earli other in giving eclat to the
splendid ceremony of marriage, and
in lavishing their praises on the beau
ty and accomplishments of the prin
cess. >Vhat added to the felicity of
the married pair, was the payment,,
by the nation, of the debts of the
prince, then amounting to 639,800/.
sterling, and raising his annual in
come, which was formerly 60,000/.
a year, to 100,000/. besides advanc
ing 27,000/. to pay the preparations
for the marriage; 28,000 /. for jew
els and plate, and 26,000/. for fur
nishing Carlton- house.
Notwithstanding this concurrencc
of happy circumstances, a few months
scarcely elapsed when it was pretty
generally whispered that the roya!
pair did not live together on the best
possible terms. It was no difficult
matter to divine the cause of this;
and the English newspapers, even
now that the prince fills the throne,
after complimenting him on the ele
gance of his person, that '? he was
alike the idol of his own and the soft
er sex*' ? unreservedly state, that he
bud ** bccomc entangled in those
snares which were constantly pre
pared for him by those enchanting
Circes who flitteil about the court of
St. James."
The plain English of the matter
is, George had formed other and pre
vious attachments, not of a secret
nature, but openly and avowed. He
had not seen Caroline, except in mi
niature, till she landed in England.
He married her as a matter of court
policy, and after enjoying her com
pany for a few weeks, his predilec
tions for other objects revived, and
thus occasioned a dislike for a wo
man to whom he had never been at
tached, and as to whom he had not
even condesccnded to consult his own
prior feelings. ? In the end, a sepa
ration took place, although the par
ties still lived under the same roof;
and the breach became wider and ir
reparable, at a short time afterwards,
in consequence of the following cir
cumstance: ? A clergyman, who had
been appointed one of the chaplains
to the late queen, being advised for
his health to try tho waters of Ba
den; previously to his setting out,
waited upon the princess of Wales
at Carleton-house, and expressed
his willingness to execute any com
mission she might be disposed to en
trust to his charge, cither in convey
ing letters to her mother, the duchess
oi urunswtck, or otherwise. The
princess accepted his proffered ser
vice, and desired that lie would call
the next day for Iter commands. He
called accordingly, and received from
her hands certain letters which he
was charged to deliver safily into i
the hands of the duchess of Bruns
wick. He promised compliance, and
sef out from London. No sooner had I
he reached the port from whence he
was about to embark, than he re
ceived an express announcing to him
the dangerous indisposition of his
wife. He returned to town without
delay, and with some degree of in
caution delivered the dispatches en
trusted to his care by the princess
to a person by whom their contents
w?re betrayed. It has been rumour
ed, that these letters contained mat
ter calculated to excite displeasure
in the mind of the deceased queen*
to whom the prince of Wales was
wont to pay implicit obedience, and
that a feeling of dislike never after
wards eradicated, took immediate 1
possession of her soul. In such a
state of things, the chances of re
newed affettion became every day
still more remote. A veil of myste
ry was thrown over the whole affair,
which has never been completely re- I
moved, and in the end. the princess,
after being delivered of her late la
mented daughter, became the inlia- I
bitant of a separate establishment on
niarkhcath. This final separation
took place in April, 1796, twelve
months after the marriage, and three
months after the birth of the princess
Charlotte of Wales. It was preceded
by some negotiation, in which lord
and lady Cholinondeley took part, by
conveying to his royal highness a
desire on the part of the princes, to
know the terms on which they u?itc
to live. This produced the following
letter from the prince: ?
Windsor Cuttle , Afiril 30, 17'JG.
Madam ? As lord Cholmondeley in
forms me that you wish I would define,
in writing, the terms upon which we arc
to live, T. shall endeavour to explain my
self upon that head with as much clear
ness, and with as much propriety, as the
nature of the subject will admit. Our
inclinations are not in our power; nor
should either of us be held answerable
for the other, because nature has not
made us suitable to each other. Tran
quil and comfortable society is, howe
ver, in our power; let our intercourse
therefore be restricted to that; and 1
will distinctly subscribe to the condi
tion which you required through lady
Cholmondeley, that even in the event of
any accident happening to my daughter,
which, I trust, Providence will in its
mercy avert, I shall not infringe the
terms of the restriction, by proposing
at any period, a connection of a more
particular nature.-? I shall now finally
close this disagrcable correspondence;
trusting that, as wc have completely ex
plained ourselves to each other, the rest
of our lives will be passed in uninter
rupted tranquility. 1 am, madam, with
great truth, very sincerely your's,
(Signed) * GliORClli, P.*
To this letter her royal highness
returned the following answer:
' The avowel of your conversation
with lord Cholmondeley neither surpris
es nor offends mc. It merely confirmed '
what you tacitly insinuated for this
twelve month. But afier this, it would
be a want of delicacy, or rather an un
worthy meanness in me, were I to com
plain of those conditions which you im
pose upon yourself. I should have re
turned no answer to your letter, if it had
not been conccivcd in terms to make it
doubtful whether this arrangement pro
ceeds from you or from me; and you
are aware that the credit of it belongs
to you alone. The letter which you an
nounce to me as the last, obliges me to
communicate to the king, as to my so
vereign and my father, both your avow
al and my answer. You will find en
closed the copy of my letter to the kir.g.
? I apprise you of it, that I may not in
cur the slightest reproach of duplicity
from you. As I have at this moment no
protector but his majrsty, I refer my
sell entirely to him on this subject, and
if my conduct meet his approbation, I
shall be in some degree at least consol
ed. I retain every sentiment of grati
tude for the situation in which I find
myself, as Princess of Wales, enabled
by your means to indulge in the free
exercise of a virtue dear to my heart?
I mean charity. It will be my duty
likewise to act upon another motive,
that of giving an example of patience
and resignation under every trial. Do
me the justice to believe, that I shall
never cease to pray for your happiness,
and to be your most devoted
CAROLINE.'
M i ' -
iuajr oin, i / yo.
After the exchange of letters be
twixt the prime and princess, the
latter went to reside in Montague*
house, Blackheath, about four miles
from London. There, in 1301, she
became accidcntly acquainted with
lady Douglas, the wife of sir John
Douglas, an officer in the marine ser
vice. These persons soon became
very intimate with the princess; but,
in 1804, in consequence of some mis
understanding that took place, her
royal highness dismissed lady Doug
las from her society. This proceed
ing so exasperated sir John Douglas
and his lady, that they immediately
set to work to do the princess all the
injury in their power, or which re
venge could dictate. Sir John, in
particular, waited upon the dukes of
Kent and Sussex, brothers to the
present king, and informed them of
some circumstances, connected with
the conduct of the princess, injurious
to her reputation. On investigating
the matter, however, at that period,
the royal brothers concluded not to
mention any of the circumstances to
the prince of Wales, as they con
ceived them to " rest entirely on the
misapprehension of both jwriies."
Notwithstanding this resolution on
the part of the. two brothers, mea
sures were taken, by soifce one, to
make the prince acquainted with the
stories w hich had been told about his
wife; for, in November, 1805, an
investigation of the matter was gone
into by his authority. In December
following, lady Douglas and her hus
band gave in, as she stated, in con
sequence of commands to t!?at pur
pose from the prince of Wales, a
written statement of facts, relative
to the lariguagcand behaviour of his
w ife, and particularly relative to the
birth of a child, which she asserted
the princess to have brought into the
world in 1S02.
Thus in possession of an assertion
of his wife's criminality, tlie prince
lost but little time in laying the state
ment before his father, who, on the
20th May, tfi06, issued a warrant to
the four lords, Erskine, Spencer,
Grenville, anil Ellenborough, to ex
amine into the matter. The four
lords having thus got their authority
for acting, assembled, and railed such
persons as they chose, in order to
examine them on oath, touching the
matters alleged against the princess;
and when they had gone through the
examination, beginning with thoae of
lady and sir John Douglas, they
made, agreable to the warrant under
which they acted, report thereof to
the king.
In this report, which w as of great
length, they stated as the result of
their inquiries, and as their ?? per
fect conviction, that there is no foun
dation whatever for believing that
the child now with the princess istho
child of her royal highness, or that
she wan delivered of any child in tho
year I 802; nor has any thing appear
ed to us which would warrant tlio
belief that site was pregnant in that
year, or at any other period within
the com pas of our inquiries." lie
sides the specific charge of crimina
lity brought ngainit the princess, of