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HILLSBOROUGH, N. p., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1868. ;; j:
No. 2459.
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8PAIM-HB PRESENT CONDITIOJI AND
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The prominent position eeorded toEs-,-pirtf
ro in the present Spanish insurrection,
'gives U a dignity which it doe not derive
S m ike uime ol fieoeral Prim, who. his no
sick political or military record, and who
-docs not command the confidence of the in
telligeot middle daasea of Spain. v, General
JCipirttio is bow sevcty-six yeais old, and
i what is called in our eountrr a self
raade rasat'"beioglhe ion of a wheelwright,
,and enlisting as a common soldier in the
laimy ia 4808. lie afterwards we&t to a
nilitarj school, and passed through the va
cioas gradra of the. service to the highest
-rank. He baa beea the original end most
ateadfart champion that Queen Isabella ever
had, and the away of abwlutism most have
, become intolerable which alienated such a
' jfriend and arrayed him against her govern
meat, it is, not, however, true, at seems
to be assumed b evme of the press, that
Eapartero is a republican. Ilia regency
was distinguished by hia opposition to the
extremes of that psrty, thwegb there is no
iubt of his moderate liberal tendencies.
Whils it is stilVUifScult to ascertain
what may be tlie designs of the present in
aurrectioasry movement Spaio, there is
o country of Europe whose national cha
racter combines more of the qualities which
are requisite for the success of free coaeti
totional irovernment. Hie intelligence and
culture of hef leading and upper middle
lasses, the priJe and dignity ol personal
chararter, esalted courage, and stern, un
yielding perseverance, common to the whole
nation, give hopeful augury of her future.
The past history of Span ia an attestation
of tlie sterling virtues of her people, which,
however she may be depressed fur the pres
ent, invests5 witft eneseal interest every
Struggle she WkefoJtoerit end natrrl
progress. Can Eegland itself show such
record of titality of race, and U stubborn
and eventually auccessful resistance to fb
rrirn iavasioo as Spain can exhibit r Far
from it. England eras auccessively over-1
run by Danes, Saiona,Normons; but Spaiu.l
invaded by the Moort in 711, despoiled of
her finest proviacas, her people enmpeuea
t find a refute in the mountains ol the Aa-
iurias, and her fugitive chiefa holding a
coencd in a cavern, kept up a war of reeie
Tiaee with but little iotermissiou till 1492.
Tie annala ! history eaay be searched in
ia for a contest as fen, as bitter and in
volving so many antagonistic elsmcata of
race, rrligiuntemperamtat and iatcrcat.
Vor seven hundred aad eighty one years
tinent, it ia reasonable, to conclude that'
there are elements of recuperation and res
cue in auch apeople which not only give fair
oromise or their caoacitv to sustain a con
stitutional government, but to regain mus h,
of their old military and commercial ascen
dency in Europe. v, .;' i y
: From the- Diavflfoltegutfr, .
Tliere just now seems to be a 'movement
in religious circles tliro'aghout Christen
doin. Whetheir it be" a periodic struggle
of human faith and reason after a purer and
brighter reality than that vouchsafed to
our present capscities, 'we do not under
take to conjecture; vet the' indication is
not without its signiheance. The human
race surely progresses, in spite ol the theory
f certain thinkers, that it moves in a circle.
And a the werld advances in Seience. art.
knowledge of nature, it also advances in
the Knowledge ol the infinite Author of na
ture himself. Wisdow enables us to dis
criminate between the true and tee fale,
whither it pertaina to the physical or the
spiritual. One gilt come comes through
science, the other though revelation; and
where is'the presumptuous, scholar, with
his feeble intellect, who will dare say these
cooflict that the teaching of scieuce con
tradict the truths revealed in Holy Writ ?
The Infidel relies on geotuggy t disprove
ine scriptures. This is a science yet in its
infancy. Probably if the vain pedmtcovld
kuuw all that is vet to he developed io that
science, and understood all that is spokm
10 sevclation, he might unite the two in one
harmonious accord.
But, instead ol opening a dUcussioh, we
only designed to mention that religious
mailers aeem to be coming prominently
forward in several nationalities, where the
people profess Christ a the. Messiah. ' In
the UniuJSuus. acountrj noted for Its
religion toleration,- observe taiiawwa)
spiritual a walening. I he church here is
not entangled with tha state in any way,
and the only wojk ahe has to do ia to re
claim the erring. We read of irvivele in
diflereit parte of tlie country. We have
iu our own tewa such a spectacle as was
ptobably hcver witnessed here before. In
other counties ot the State religious meet
ings have lately been held and numbers of
persona converted.
We go North and f nd something of the
same manifestation there. The press ul
the country heralds as an extraordinary
phenoueuoa the .turning of low dancing
broihela ia New York city tntn houses ol
w rhin. wherein the mot abandoned
" BERVED BIOS T.
Deacon W waa a tad indbonest
deacou in one of the interior towns of, New
York, who bad a vein of drv, caustic humor
in his composition. The deacon had a bov
of some dozen summers, who was inclined
to be a little ugly when not under the pa
rental eye. In school, especially, John was
sour ce'of constant annoyance to the teach-
n V.ne day the, teacher punished him lot
some mudemeauor and John went nome to
enter his complaint, and told his father that
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ine mistress naa wntppeu niui
What exclaimed the deacon, f levat
tsg his eyebrows, been whipped ?"
r-a-a-a," anbbed the boy.
V And did you let a woman whip ye?"
shouted the bid deacon.. '
- Y-a a-a. 1 couldn't heln it."
Now, John, you little rascal, you go to
school to-morrow, and if Miss- under
takes to whip you, don't let her if ye can
help it- Don't take any sticke to stria with,
but ye may strike, scratch, bite and kick aa
much as you have a mind to.
-. The next day the bo v went to school,
and. emboldened by the permission given
bv hi father, was aoon brought before the
triDunal o? viojateu ruies; l he teacher Un
dcrtouk to correct him, and he did as bis
father had told him. The result was that
John got ia mqst unmerciful trouncing, and
was thoroughly subdued. When he. went
hymv, he went to his father; crying:
l " Well; dad, 1 got an orful licking to
day." : k '
- Wbat jlsaid the old diaeon;iiaveToi
le that woman whip ye agaVi ?'' ' ' .
'. Y a-a-a,"-whimpered John. ' I kick-
ed her, and striick ber, an! Ht all 1 couldf
but ahe lammed me orfull v.1 '
, " Aha i"; chuckled, the humorous old
deacon i "vn,u 'tarnal little fool. I knew
she would ; and shell give yen a trouncing
Merj,timeht Jiadrukai iCjuadL'adfe
rou to behave vourselfia future.
John began to have some perception of
tits lathers motive and ever alter was
better and witer bo.
. O . ... 1 anifkci ttt tkd ttw mrm vhiirlcil And inn.
the'Spaaish natKin struggled to tir u.. r ltr ol
. a rranu eonionoun i , , . , . r
-t:A.i .v.. ...n;it,.r t! these brothels have timed month pieces of
ll.ioriih voke
hieh was accomplished ia that sairnificttt
reign ol Ferdinand and Isabella, tcsplen-l
-dent with the gioritsoftwo hemisphere.
Scarcely had Jbpaia ergid irom ta
4oog night of centuries, springing, like the
tropicaisuht suddenly and full-orbed from
the darkness, when ahe, who bad for long
period been coavuUcd in a Ufi ud death
-euuggte for bar awn existence, gave birth,
through It ealightened patronage of ttt
court to Christopher Calumbus, to a new
, world. The name of btr great captains,!
De Leon and De Cordova, and ol her tuus-
(lions statesmen. Mcas'axa and Xiaenei,
A. eindissolubly Jinked with that brilliant
)eriia ot ner nisiory,ana giTfuipii
. to mat career-ci greacaept wniui maue ur
for two centuries the first country f En-
, rope. Notwithstanding the aubitsent di;
iline of Spain In material strength, her ia
surrectioo against French rele in 1603,
. wheo half a million of .combataati pattd ft
. fietce guerilla parfer .for 'our years sainal
itia asurpert, ind .iliesjrated th'eir.heroiam
. by the immoruldeleaie of SaragosM, lie
rooa, Cadix,TaT-joca and Yaleocia, de-
. cuviittrated that the loltt cousge,' and in
Ivtihla purpose of the cpasiih jnatsre had
urtlved the decsdence of its political pow-
" tc. rVith a raati&ill character that has
math of the ra,veausterityi pride and per
sevtranee of the.Rotnans, modified in some
degree b the pvcific ind practical tendeo
eiei.of tha age, with one of the finest cli
vnatelind most fruitful countries in Eu
rope, and consequent physical develop-,
a rut tot inrpaiftd by any race on the con-
the Word. Such men as John Allen, John
Slocum and Tom Madden, of Water street,
(he wickedeet of the wicked, are now said
to be, more realoea in the cause than the
emiaent divines) who preach to aristocratic
audience from the pulpits of Plymouth
Church, Trinity, St. Albans and the other
plcndtd tabernacUa which adorn thateity.
Does it mean something or no'.aiog f For
the boor John Allen isecli psiug in the pab-
lie eye Henry Hard Heechtr.
When we cruse over to Europe the ques
tion prvscnt itself in a 'different shape.
In aeveral of the leading Europeo nations
I tha Church U reeivuig shock of sons
On. 11 IS DOl wrtitnicj io uuiuuvii vi
its inSacnece ovt r the" human mind, but
in itrconnection with the Sute. I e say
nethine of France and .fJermatijr, we may
notice the war upon the Irish Church in
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. At jhe great canned gnodf establishaisit
at keyport,r. J-, tou.WJ Diuaaiaei tta
loaa ue earned yaarlr., Recently 60 000
pioesDplea were landed there, c t up, iteam-
ef ana ctaneu.
Fortv-fenr trains daily paiiow the Chisa
go, Durlingten aid Qnncy railroad be
tweift Chicago and Aurora.. r
i The potatt erop ef the State tf New York,
it is staled, amounts taaboat 413,000,000
boihela. .,
A negro man, convicted of stealing water
melons, in Newbern, died in jail on Tuesday..
? -THB INDIAN WAK.
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LtotcBooi Sckxk in Chcbch. An ased
clerevman, speak'ng of the solemnity at
tached to the ministerial office, said that
during the whole term of forty years that
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ae naa oiaciatea taeretn, nia gravity naa
never been but once disturbed in the pulpit.
On that occasion, he noticed a man direct
ly in front of him leaning over the railing f
me. gauery, wun eomemmg in nis nanu,
which he alterwardi discovered to be a big
chew uf tobacco, juat taken from hia mouth
Directly below seta man fast asleep with
his head thrown back and his month wide
open. The asan in the gallery wa intent" v
engaged in raiting and lowering his'hand,
taking an exact observation, till, at list,
having got it right, be let fall the quid, aad
it went plump into the mouth of the sleeper
below ! The whole scene was so decidedly
ladicrous that, for the first and Ust. time in
the pulpit, an involuntary smile lorced it
self upon the eountenaaee of the preacher.
Tea Riv Aon oi tbb CATaamut.--The
subjoined extract ia taken from a letter
written by a prominent and auccessful
plantar of many yeara'.experience io South
Carolina:
. Edisto Island, Sept U-The destruc
tion ol our crop by the caterpillar far ex
teed anything we bare ever experieased
or iinagiaed. The caterpillar baa become
one w the institetions or our country t we
may look for bis enhael visita aa regularly
as Saratoga looks for New York city. We
will not make es much aa last year. One
tenth of aa avs rare, crop U all that wa can
poitibty make. t Yne plare was eaten' oat
one snornisf lor breakfast. Mr Island
plantation, where the worm tcareely was
when I lait iw.tS crop, was swept ia two
days I aad iaatcad of forty of fifty bales there
I will barely jet sevee.'
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: iieiL: iw..;;j:iwVi;.,'ot Yori, us
ernle a dotation of treaty thouunddolhrt
to theTilden Ladies' fit.ro iory st Welt
Lebanon, Wsw litre pVife.
Dock wheat. Is an excellent crop b Cen
tral h ew York lh' acason.'
Fort Wallace, ttnsaS, 8cptember;2T.
Chief Scout Ii. L. Horn, who it just from
Colonel Forsythe'a camp, on the Delaware
oTit ot t&e Worth fork of tbTepnblin
fiver, reports that.ColorjeTCarpenter, who
Started Irom near Cheyenne VU on tbo
mornins of the 24th. reaehed Colonel For-
aythe on tbe morning pfjht &3.$, ,0f waa
no tnuians on. me way going," otner thin
the bodiea of eight or more warnorst evi-.
dently killed ,m a fight, nearly twwtr
miles awayf , , ;,.
v Thf command wliieh left here on the 34tb,
under Cotonel Bmkliead, with provisions,
su ppliel Lc., arrived soon after Colonel
Carpenter. They were attacked on the
waj by a party of Indians who wanted
their stock, but not ret any of it. Colonel
Fori; the lost five killed and twelve wound
ed, and all ' hia horses. The Indian loss
was aboet eighty killed and wounded, be
ides a larse ouantitv of stock.- The fiiht
on .tbe first day is described as being the
most desperate that has ever taken place pn
the Plains, the Indians making charge af
ter charge, and sometimes coming within
fifty feet of the men.' The island on which
the troops were containeonly a few bpghea
and a small amount of grass, and they were
almost entirely exposed, their only defence
oeing oreasiworaa oi sanu. aney were
thrown up with their hands, the men' hav
ing no entrenching tools. The party were
frequently obliged to suspend their work
to resist the attacks of the - Indians, who
made several charges snd rode' around
their breast-works. ;3The Indians"' were
Sioux, Uherennes, and Arspahoes.' Tbey
nambered from 600 to 700, and were well
armed with Spencer carbines and Henry
rifles. It is estimated that they fired 10,
000 rounds of rifle shots, besides discharg
ing a great quantity at arrows, aa the ground
. Jtkjj&iaitj Jf thickly strewn witb!the
latter. r
' But little flghtin was done on the sec
ond day after that, though a portion of the
Indians remained in the vicinity, until the
last three days, but no attack was made by
them. .
The New York Journal of Commerce, a
highly temperate and able paper, holds the
following opinions on tbe subject of negro
suffrage:
" No law in creation can fix negro saf
frage into a permanency. - It ia' but an ex
periment. t If it works well, contrary to the
experience of maakiad up to this date, it
will .remain ineorpotttel Jo tbe cocstttu
tions ol the Southern States. If it proves
to be a lamentable failure, degrading ia its
elect upon whites end. blacks alike, tbe:
sturdy good sense of the Saxon race will'
throw it off, like any other fetter which
hinders its progress. No law .of .Congress,
no Constitution of any State, no amendment
to the Constitution tf tke-United States,
unrepeatable. Congress bas already ahown
to mankind with what facility the mot
sacred charters, tbe most solemn compacts,
may be rent to pieces, when party interest
require it. At some time not far distant,
perhsps, the Conservatives may have the
supremo power, aa the. Radicals now have
it. It will be their duty te revise and cor
rect errors of Radical legislation. One' of
h first questions that will come before
them will be that of the repeal of all , negro
suTraie enactments arid provisos. Unouali
fied negro suffrage will then have been tried
apoa its merits, on the large scale If, on
the whole, it ia a good thiog, it will not be
molested. But if itAis a clearly apparent
evil and nuisance, nothing caa save it from,
bsiog sponged oot of existence." '
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Car. Davis Bacon, of Kentucky, who
left Greenfield, Mass., forty-eight years
age, returned last week, and found only
ealy one man in town whom he remembec'
ed, aad be waa in the poor house.
The case of Sarah Rachel levefson, bet
ter known as Madame Rachel, whohabbeea.
on 'trial here for a lonzlibe for censpiriag
to defraud lira. Mary Tucker Barrodale ol
a large sum of money ,hs been", determin
ed., ie judge sentenced .Madante Rachel
f,ili ye.irs,ifflpt4soneat tt bardjabor.