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ff' H 1: i" ": . 4 I - I v UtilON, THE CONSTITUTION AND T HE L A W S TH E GUARD I AN8 OF OUR LIBERTY. HILLSBOROUGH, N. C., FEBRUARY 12, 1862. No. 2130. X I I Mi l i W M Vol. XLIH. THE HILLSBOROUGH RECORDER '.' " . IS rt-BLUBEP WEKKLT f B V P EN XI S HBA RT T. , Term. Two DolU-s year, if paid in advance; Two Dollars and Ffiy Cents, if not paid withlo live raonths; or Three Dollars, if delayed uulil after the ipiration of the year. s ; ; ' - ! No piper will be discontinued until all arrearages re paid, unloos at thi option of the publisher. ; No paper will h enl to a new subscriber out of the Siate unl.-s payment i made in advance, or wine per on In the Sinte thatl become responsible. is Advertising Rate for thi Recorder. Advertisements not eaceeding fourteen lines, M dollar tot the first, end lwenty.fie cente lor each sub sequent insertion s longer piles in proportion.' Court advertisement twenty-five per cent, higher. A deduc tion of onothird will be made t ldvrtter by tho year. ,, u f-.M '.':-,.J';'" from the Southern Monthly.. 1 ; T W EN T Y M 1 LES A N HOUR. BY CHAE1ES HOWARD, OF HEW OjUKiNg. . It was several years ago that I knew the genial, whole souled, wsrm hearleil Harry Judon, a the baggage master on the New Orleans, Opelousaa and Great Western Rail road. It was when the line of that road was more of a wilderness than now, sparsely pop ulated as that region ol swamp Louisiana yet seems. Harry was a man a noble fellow, who seemed to be sent into the world that its beauties might be appreciated by at least i . . If.. I a ........ r.. II one ot us wnaoiiants. ms ucan was u iuu imairined it was annoying, and came to the conclusion that nothing in the world could be so provoking as such a pretty girl. Doubtless a very nice young woman," ar gued he to himself, and if I had only been able to take a fair view bf her I should have been perfectly satisfied and turned away never to have seen her, again. Certainly, this was all," he reasoned, " how could it have been anything more ? Of course not." But he could not help thinking about that witching glance ol artless ihanks that his eye had drunk in, and he foand himself at every turn drawing all sorts tf conjectures about the vision in the pine trees. At such mo- Select Boarding and J)ay School, lIli.UBOKOUGiI, N. C. THE Misses NASH and Mi.a KOLLOCK will re open their Hcho.il on th I7lh of January. ISo dsduction uisde f l-s then five weeks at iho com-menremer-t of the Cession December 17. 23-4w . JOHN V. GRAHAM, Attorney and Councilor at Law, Office one dor noith of Mr. J.jiictia Jewelry Stoie HILLMJOBOUGH, N.C ' Jan 37. 4-ly of sunshine thst the darkest shadow falling! ments he would strive sedulously to argue . . . . ii... i i u: . ..:.. aroumi u was soon iiispeucu, uu mi micij mutt have ctired a misanthrope of the blues. His eyes, brimming with benevolence and sparkling with natural homor, gave electric premonitions of te flashings of tun and mer riment tbat lound more tangible mterance from his lins. It is thus that I remember 'him, and the many happy hours of our social and intellectual converse are at green spots with himself in a cool and purely disinterest ed manner. So, on the return trip he dis covered himself wafchin; for that clump of pine trees, an I sighed to find he could not catch the leat' glimpse of a pink dress. Never mind," he argaed, " it is only some country eirl who came to enjov the novel sight of a railroad train, and having atified her curiosity has gone home, and will never again take the trouble to walk down'; to the rho tnn.frenuent aandv nlains in in? : tnemtTry.- But there was a strong unlercur-! track. Well, goo ! bye to her then, jorever, rent of tletper feeling that showed it strength4 a'"' w t0 businchs." even mon the ripples ( the surface, and he j So contradictory was he to his mentally who supposed the light exterior indicated a j expressed words, that the next morning he want ol the sterner virtues of the man beneath . f"Ud himelj tying up a neat package of pa- it, was greatly mUtaken and little versed i in reading tiuman natre. (Si 3l:!Ia5lL'3 : ' Mmj wa an independent; careless . - W )... f.. r,i,ni iKa t"it.:lllff. Ilf lilicif fel- Attorney Uttd tommtor l JiI,!w. free from the vas alag.f .ocieiy s .utioi nvj 1 - - ' chain as any bird of the a.r. W ith a qu.ck ; Z21ZHVS.VZ3i n. (U, Lception 8'fHl intellertual taste, he might Will prsctire in Orange and adjoining Couhtie. fV Partulsr at trillion patJ to the eollecliun of claim. Marehe.lSCO- 35 l?u March II. 47 have been " lave of the lamp" but for his per and placing them carefully in his coat pocket. It seemed to him the train never would leave that way elation, and as soon as it dnl he was at the car ttoor with the pack age in his hand, looking out almig the line of the road. Th clump of trees came in sight thev reared they passed in a flash and margin : of the papers and write opon the With the compliments of Harry Judson." There was the laughing, roguish looking wood nymph, with her fluttering, brown ringlets dancing to the music bf her eyes, and her merry glance of thanks and recogni tion overthrew the last stern resolve to" have a little common sense and net like a man." As he looked back and saw her pick up his trifling gift, Harry realized that he had a heart, and that it had proven vulnerable to one of Cupid's keenest shafts- At last, after having passed harmless through several t the earliest and most susceptibU years of manhood, and that in a city noted for its beautiful women, he had fallen captive to a merry, artless flower of the forest. And he no longer strove tu reason against himself or what seemed to be his destiny. He was satisfied in his reading of that face, and con tent in the certainty that only the truest of souls and the best of natures could beam through such eyes. After this not a dav of fair weather passed deep blush upon her cheek showed her dis covery of this betrayal of her feelings. Har ry was enrapured, and could lose no more time in the consummation of his scheme' for an interview. He applied for a week's leave of absence from his post, and thought the ' two days that elapsed before he received a favorable reply were at least two weeks. . He immediately indited a polite and sensi ble note to Nelly, asking her permission to gain an introduction to her family and pay her a visit.. He read the missive over and over again, but was satisfied with it as it stood, for it was worded naturally, simply and respectfully. - . . . Now that the moment approached for its delivery, he was swayed with trembling emotion, for he realized the fact that a cri sis would be reached that was to be fallowed by the dearest hopes or the rude dashing of them to the eartn. On that trip he could not let the note leave his grasp, but held it in his hand all the time, only to be parted from when it would fall at the feet of her to ;ff..r,... .Winn, that reSelled a?aint the1 were lost to view, but there was no ptnk dreariness of the tloset even as his spirit did ' dress in front of which to throw the package against thet of conventionalism. He had es-! of papers. Harry turned away from the o aved at one business and coquetted with , pen door ami tried to whistle. He seemed ..,,., k,.t .lii...H ti fcPtmeil to succeed ! to have forsotten every air. He tried to at evervtt.tnc his ready hand was turned to, hum, one, but he found himsell out of tune. he acquired a distaste, tor eacn, ann wncn Pshaw!" said he to biinelf, " 1 was a . . . . -.1.1 1 I . - . ! A a a ru rm opportunity accidentally threw mm in medium mr my pun, " i..n. wav of this hituation on the new railroad, he But I don't see why she need not take a pa accepted it in the spirit of adventure and 'per from me. I am sure it is nothing more found pleasure m its novelty. , than I do for many men I know along the . - . 1 1 . I l 1 . . . ......... or... II .If. ll'li I f. T I An . ri'JU.' II 1 )UUIH Ullli uuuci v.ii.uvu that I can see. Away out here in the cun rv a nerson michtat-wel! have such an en- he feha t.'U4on of pride and delight in this joymenta not, tf It ofieisfti tnem. i anouui mad Meed through fores s of mo-bung pine think she ought to be giml of getting it. I and oer swamp and trembling prairies, ; am surethere i no harm in her making my that no other among his fellow employees acquaintance while I fly past her at" twen rould sympathise with or appreciate. He :ty miles n hour." Wiih this he flung the lml truiii reduced his duties to such a svstem.' papers into one corner, but, on second it sor His awift coursinz mind seemed to real ize a peculiar and hitherto unknown exhila ration in the rapid motion of the train, and To tlie Ladies of Orange County. I A M rertJ by ths Gatcrntr of your Bute, to rat upon vou to furnkh for the soldiers in the army woolen eoek sod l Unk. u for their ettrafoH ani tieo daring the approaching winter. Eii-h 4 not will please aecumi any iter il by her name. Misll this call upon your .amotion, be made without a n ff re eponaS) oo your I'lrt! I nnoot hetiete that it will; I therefore r od iy then try. JuiiUte luuoo. ami -. j . inn i wunn in iiwiuv.ip-i ... ......... ..j... - - ..,,, . u k. iaaultdeaer.yurhonii.t.aiiinproi.!ed for; suffer one living along the line ot road with whom ed determination to cast tv more thought .... . . .... .. i . . . . .i i . . i . i . ..it.! . ..t r .. . pot your dvrenJers to i roti unrirriea ioinnj, business brou'ht htm in contact, ana wno ;up'n me suoject, ne uicoereu iiuuil-u i II upo you tj rome Mrwsrd wim your sin. i . .j iharsred them with uch hilelity, as to thuufht, picKert ttiem up careiuuy, as it sor bountifully U.oii the alter of ynurreun-i the ci.nfidence and eteem of his em- iry lor his hasty action. iheessmiiteof yir mothers ol ine revc-t -.i ..i.i.;. i ,.,h, A. n.t .l-snita th un. allow 0.4 the soldiers who have Uken up PlJ "..w ....e pui.ra..., ' 1 "" r T. J u t.r.7. t - i ... ... i ah.i iiitnnaiiirin niaiii inr nun a iriruii oi cerr imn tiuiurM l"1""! - inter ctwuiif Wssts. Lome, then, to meir iMi'tfre indebted to him for many little favors, .trig up another parkage ol papers, as neatly fur.i.h them w.tb tho nectary ari.Hrs to relieve . denying that Ha'rrv had an eye U before. Again he found himself leaning .nf; HeiouTdhavebeuntrueio of the do,,, looking ahead of the tra 1 am your bumble servant. his own nature if the smile of a pretty face Ah, there is the clump of pines, and, yes, tt. t. JONES. Sheriff, i nnt hatu sent a throb of pleasurable ' ves. there is a pink dress. It emerges from rv The f..lloinjfoth-m-a will Dlese receive and .mnii..n tnkia bri-ast. But the hisherttruns the trees 5 she is walking along a loot-patn forward lo me ariuiiw ftr the soldierss cords of hi heart had never vet been touched he had marked well. They approach at a W. VV. Allion. X. P. IIs!, Adin Msngum, M.. , h.i..l Vl.nt fimrira a Isncpil commensurate with his feelings. They AAf.,M,,h" -C''U"Vthtm- oa!rone were to awake such strains a. should piss, "but the package falls directly at her -'ptattlr fiim ov their strengtn ana oepm. ne .it-ei, ni imne ui suuun":i i"' CL'AITt'CTD tTtnv VTIrt., k..l ,.metine w.mdered to himself whether i by a similar stance, but one combining that mi,, , J V To !h , j h if t evef W1, , ne, it, !( pka,ed turtttMt fro,n a face suffused with TM,Ii Not filling it. he wu content u ... j blushes and then they are far apart. . ai.'.k- i-.i i I u...... ...i.. it.. i.iit.P t,f nature. anJ as he sat be-1 This time he marked her well, and every 11 tlHVliaii IHV viiua, MC-ifcvw nri J " " w " - - f ' a (ttlT f Ia silt Mraitnei hsavinaT stn lait.U. Inmiiilai Of hfaHlital l.ird f K lav n la liiilP ftf tltt ha-Tie car he ca- exnuts te line ol her lovely lace was last set menu, goods or rhstteis. right or credit, or any inier- ej Upnn a rapidly shifting panorama, never I upon the canvas of his heart. Was it real t therein, of or fr any ahen enemy of the t:enfrd.!.. ... J th.. invisible to crosser ! ly a woman, that graceful, young wood a, epeed.ly to inform me r-f Hi r.vmnh? Did those larjre and expressive and those classic features, that rat States of America asm, and to render so account Ibeteot, and so far as practicable, to put the sme in my xon, under the penalty or the law f ir iion-eoinpuanee. 1 a!o notify each and every ritixrn of the Contede rate Hiatee speedily to five information to me of any nd all lands, lenrments and hrredilamcniii, golds and chattels, rihte and rr.lits within the sd emintie. I w.ll attend the different enntee in a few dsys for eye. . "j "y" . i in .Is nn the down trin. when the train blue eves had just'regained it retular speed after rich brown hair, clustering in natural ring. 'cinnnntir'ai a wi station a few miles back. Met, and that romplexion of daz.lmg purity, Harry was Handing at the door of the bag- that foim d laulliess mould ana grace oi easre csr with a paper in hi hand that he easy iftotion. belong to a merecouniry girl? ui.hnui nri-unvinir a irw oi in leisure mo- lie was iiruiiimic una uucnuuu nun Mcnt Window Blinds. in . . '.' . -i a r . I ... I I.: h. i-Ki,fci i.m. 1U. n,.i, ..ll iments with. When he perceiveil tlie nutter oi tensity oi iiumjzui. vuai reiuiereu huh uucu.i teeivrn. la nmk skirt amonir a clump of tree iut sciou to the entrance of the conductor, who G. H. WILDER. Receiver. Ilual. and hi attention was Quickened, startled him rudely bv the exclamation: October . . 1 The next instant he shot past the spot, and Whf, Harry, what in creatiuu is the mat in another it wa lost to his sight. He Mood, tcr with your in his motion for a moment lookinc abstract- " Matter with me matter r" replied Har I fri iM..m,nt f.in,riaeto lnihi.e in ft P ,1C rff heJ fliuJ ft but TJ blushing and stuninering in hi confusion, ICreit Inprdftfflral-XoperiortlltljlhDSiarie. . - n.twhU hand. What was 'nothin the nutter with me-nothing at ' a nin u 1.1.1 u wnrn cioaen souk perircuy iig,in,ano keepsout all wet, dust, Insects, Ac. and entirely ei eludes the lijhl.snd make beautiful sppearanre on the outti le. H bis every advantag over the other kind and east but I rifle more. This Ulind wiirecomnen)itslf. Any on ran judge of ite superiority over the old style l nrsl sight. No pers.ni that has seen this Ulind will over order any other kind. The sub'criher will be hsppy to show mmlrl to any parson wishing to obtain Ulinds, and receive their or der, which will t promptly filled. J. D. DUKDICK, Kiuston, N, C. Mtyt. 41 STATE ARMS. A LL person in Orange county who have in their possession Arm belonging to ih Mate, are re- Jo anted to deliver them lo me at thi place, without elsy. By order of the AdjatKat General. R. (VI. JONES, Sheriff. Ion II. t. , ; , . 96 IJLAKKO he Salt tt thii OtoT7 but on the down trip Harry found his wood I whom it was directed. Apprehension found nymph embowered among the clump f pines, little room in his heart before the stronger unnoticed, perhaps unseen bv any but one presence of hope, for would she, could she upon the train. And as readily as Harry tli-1 callously spurn his respectful prayer after vined from that speaking face thattheir sin- j having shown, despite herself, by a thousand gular acquaintance was by no means dis-1 little indications that he was not of indifTer tasteful to her, he likewise read there the 'ence to her? frank and guileless nature ihat put no curb j The way station was passed, and the train of artificial modesty upon her demeanor, but i had just acquired full headway, when Hen betrayed her ino the acknowledgment ot an ry was aroused from a blissful re very by a impression by the constancy with which she j shrill, piercing cry that seem to come from kept their tryst at the pines. I beneath his very feet and curdled the blood Nor were they long without a means of in his veins. The next moment came the correspondence, aitho'igti it was one mat snarp signal irom tne steam wmsue to me would seem very unsatisfactory to most Iov ! rear platform of the baggage car. The . . .". i .i t . . f f , i in . i . ... ers. Harry tell naturally into tne naou ot Drake wneei new round uncier nis nervous writing a few lines upon the margin of his grasp until its chain was strained to its ut- papers, and found no difficulty in reading the most tension. Than, taking his place upon answer from her eves at the next day's meet- the lowest step, he was the first one to leap . n i ll l. C .. .I . "l. ? nig. Uu one occasion ne was uoiu enougn to ; torwaru to we grouna. vjuicniy recovering indite : " Will vou not give me that rose i from the momentum of the cars, he turned bud in rnur hair?" Willi a beating heart he and ran back along the track at the greatest waited" for their tneetinz on the following speed. A wild, indefinable terror rested day, his breast the scene ot conflicting hopes within his breast, and he dared not let him- - . . a li ,i I as Ilf f . a. J - and lears that maie the suspense seem almost sen tiunK. before ne naa gone iony varus uneoilurabie. Jiu: fortune was on nis sme, ne saw aneau oi mm, lying just, ouisiuc ma anJ as they psed she threw him, with a rail, and apparently with his head twisted merry laugh, what he distinctly recognized singularly around-, the form of a little boy. t be a rose-bml, with its. stem w rapped in His scarcely beating heart at once told him paper, and tied t a little stone. who it was Nelly Watson's little brother! But unluckily she was not skillful enough Oh God, that he could be mistaken! But in tosing the love token at a flying train, no, at every stride that he approached that and it "truck the side of the car", bouncing motionless form lie identified still surer the off upon the ground. She roost have seen clothes and every other means of recogni the look of bitter disappointment that man- tion, until sick at heart he closed his eyes tied Harry's face. Here arose an obstacle for a moment, although he still ran co in their mean of communication that he had ward. , not thought of before. From habit he had He was within three or four yards when acquired a dexterity in throwinz paper from he opened his eyes again and looked be the car that enabled him to send them almost fore him. Horror ! It was a headless into the hands of those he intended them for, trunk! but it did not appear possible that she could A sudden faintness came upon him. lie ever acquire such a skill. Henr-e he must be stopped and staggered back, with bis handa content with the simple langu.ge ot her clasped upon his eyes, scarcely able to sup e.. 1 port himself. A low moan broke from hi His calculations were at fault, and he lips, and it was the sound of his own voice found them next day, for if his wood nymph that suddenly aroused all the strength ot his was not dexterous enough to throw rose spirit and the courage of his heart. Again bud into the car door, she had a young he advanced and leaned over the little Nimrod in the little brother who ofte'n c corpse, while not a tear moutered his eye companied her to the clump of pines. He nor a muscle of his features quivered, ihea was beautiful, a most girlish looking boy ariaing, he walked further on until be saw of five or six years, the very counterpart of the severed head lying between the rat s, his sister, ami there was an evident bond of The clustering brown hair was dabbled in affection between them amounting almost to blood, and there was an expression of curi devoti m on her part. When the train piss-, ously mingled fear and pain upon the face ed again, the little fellow, with a true aim ; whife the eyes were open and glassy in the hi- .?:.-; ,.i.i ..,.; nr the .Mne.'stare of death. Carefully, oh ao tenderly with its rose bud attached. ri2ht into the . he carried the head to wliere its bdy Jay anna of Harry, who had just time to observe and wrapped them Dotn u .in om c the watchful girl waving her handkerchief in ( h.c 1. he took off for the pu pose. Thcn ..;..mK t... lifted the bundle in his arms and wall was precious t uarry, ami necainin. v .t..""T""a 't.- ,.m tin with him the paper front around the stem, cneu eeveio. -r . coat. he walkeu a wrappeu 'hat wi there the word: " Fiom .Nelly Watson." j lence an Nell Watson! That name rang in hi predion ears and filled his thoughts. wrappeu tne paiii-r uum aiuuuu vie .; , ,r) .,i , li .prn !. ivuvs r , ... . . ., resMon a rebuke to meir, iuic uiwhj hich at once hushed them into an abashed h thiiiLinir nl and what had he seen in that all. Uut his looks cntradictea ins asser i.r;.rt,.rrirl nl time? S tion. "and o the conductor thought. There He was trying to recall what he had aeen, termed to be a cloud before Harry'eyes the but hi ideas were confused, and it was al- balance of that day, and lie never found his most in vain that lie mughi U analyze the duties so perplexing and arduous. He put impreinn that had flashed upon hi retina out an old woman's trunk at the wrong sta and disappeared in the same second. He tion, and carried a gentleman's valise be could secure but t fragmentary recollection ymid hi stopping place. He became annoy, of the scene. There was a quantity of brown ed and vexed, Tost his usual good nature, ringlets that thook sportively around a pret and surprised every jme by hi changed ty face i there was one- of the neatest of manner. On the return trip he watched for fnims, in front of which the newspaper had two miles before he reached thnt clump of fallen, and what was more than all, and pines, and then hs eye searched amonf them prominent abve every other impression, in vain for the brown ringlet and the pink there waa a distinct recollection of t smile dress. ..Lit t. id pleasure and surprise, a modest glance oft The succeeding day he had another pack grateful recognition, that had sped, like an 'age ready j but this tune, with an apprecia arrow from the bow, right Into hi Inmost tion of a woman taste, he added ta the soul. A motion t pick up the paper, and ; newspapers a few choice literary journal, thit wis all. It was so little and sti unsat- W'hile standing at the car door, awaiting his iifactorr It puwled him so much and approach to the clump ol pines, a audden dvttt ao eonitsntly In his thoughts, that h impulse caused him te open the folds of ont I he steam-cn- Sine whistled only " Nelly Watson," and upon every box and trunk he read that mag ic name. !le recalled every feminine title he had ever heard or read of", to. try and dis cover a sweeter one, but that of Nelly appear ed beyond comparison above them all. And in tlio innocence of her trusting soul ahe hd given him her name, unasked lor unless by his eye. Harry was truly a happy man, and catles of prospective love and joy built them selves gtandir in his fancy, where Nelly Watson was always by his aide. Now where the instantaneous glances from the flying car a'l the stationary pines too ahorl a bli for him, and he felt'that the lip could express even tunic than the eyes. And thus he came to the determination of seek, lug a formal acquaintance with his wood nymph. Whenever he parsed the clump of tree he wore the rose-bud in his bosom and held the slip of paper, that bore her prized signature, in his hand. Once she caught in her hands the package of papers he threw her, and, unconsciously, they were pressed to her heart, although at the same instint a wi muteness. . , " Back the train down to the station, ne said to the conductor and it was done, while all the time he sat sternly, immovably silent in the baggage car, with that feartul bundle clasped in hi arms. t At the station he got out before a crowd of people, who had rapidly assembled to di. cover the cause of such an unexpected return of the train. He freed them and enquired: Does any one here know a little boy nam cd Watson, who live a few tniles alonj the. r""Ls," quickly responded an old farmer, who had been eyeing the buodle with trace apprehension, I know him wall, and hi old ftner ni 'ster Nelly. They live only half a mile from my house. But that is not him job. have in jour arms i" . . ' , . . It is," responded Uarry in a quick tone and with a voice that was rapidly growing huskv; "he was run over and killed. If you have a spark of compassion, ray friend, take rhsr.e of ths body and try to break thit
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