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' 1 -J ,1 -r. -1 nt "i ..'- 1 4- , 1 CITY OF RALfelGH, WEDNESDAY ; MORNING, APRIL 27, 1853 . i WNfr j- iv hi ivy -. i t vv i jiv aw aw 'uuiii jii . n n - . i , mi iv . it n ii- ii i v j m y - ii ti nil . in ii-. tv t VOLUME LIVt, l THE UA BHll PUBLISHED BY eE;ATO INI QAILES, I EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, if 53 1 ADVANCE ; OR $3 AT THE END " OF THE YEAR. "Ours' are tlie plant of fab; delightful peace; Cawarped bj parig rage, (o lice hke brothers." " ralCn, c. SATUBDAY MORNING, APRIL 23 1853. nWATII OF TUB VICE 1'KKS1LJT. Vie but jirohiclo a long , anticipated event. irhen our statement is maae tnat vol. v illiam j j,sc departed thU W a Cahawba, on Mon dsj last. foW Lours after he reached that place, in Lis journey, towards Selma, which was his home, and only ten miles farther up tho Ala bama mer. Mr. King was . ft natire of North Carolina, nd was born in 1786. He was, consequently, ,tbout G7 years of age He entered public life before he had attained his 21st year, when ho vaa chosen by th'e people of Sampson county to represent thenvin the Legislature of his native State. At the age "of 24, in .110, he was elec ted by the people of the district of his residence to tho Twelfth ' Congress, which held its fiist icssion in the autumn of 1811. It was that Con-ress which declared war with Great Bri tain; and for that measure of, the Democratic or republican party, Mr. King voted, as well u for the various acta for carrying on the war with vior. lie was re-elected to Congress in isn &nd 1815. "remaining a member until a year after peace was restored. In 181G he re- j t( signed his seat in Congress, in consequence of i wM'ivinff the appointment of Secretary of Le gation to Mr. William Pickney,' Minister nf. both Naples and St. Petersburgh. During his two years' residence in Europe Mr. King be cstne well acquainted with the affairs of. the continental governments, and the condition and character of the people. ; Returning trom Europe, Mr. King soon after removed from North Carolina, to the territory of Alabama, in 1818, and assisted in the framing of its Constitution, previous to its admission into the Union as a State. lie was chosen by the Legislature one of the first Senators from Alal bama, (John AV. Walker being his colleagne.) and took his seat in the U. r. senate in IM'J. He Continued a member of that body for over twenty-four consecutive' vcars having been re elected in 1323, 1829, 1835, and 1841. lie re sicned his seat in the spring of 1844, in conse quence of bein,g offerod the mission of France' by l'rcsiuont lyier, wnicu appointment no ac cepted mainly with a view of preventing the joint protest of Franee and England against tho jlien-pendmg annexation fefr lexas. In November, 184a, Jlr. King, having obtain ed permission to resign his office of Ambassa dor, returned to the i nitea states, la i43 ne was again appointed United States Senator from Alabama, in place of Arthur Bsgby, sent to Rifesia ; and in 1349 he was elected by the Le gislature tor tho full term of six years. In 1830, Mr. Fillmore, the Vice President, having succeeded to the Presidency by the death of General Taylor, Mr. King was chosen by the Senate their President pro (tia. a place he had held in former years, from 1330 to 1841. Being compelled to leave the country for the benefit of his health, he resigned his seat in tho Sen ate during the late session. It is not important to- remark upon the suc- cetsion to the Vice Presidency. The President of the Senate, wo presume, in case of the de mise of the President of the United States, would, tz ojjkio, & his station, until an elee tioa could be held, according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of March 1, 1792. Ox beisg Cross. There are very many cross people in this world. The philosophy of sleep has been written, and so has the anatomy of melancholy; but who has ever attempted to write the philosophy of crossness, or to analyze this prevalent an most uncomfortable distem per? Whaifis crossness, and how is it produc ed? It is not anger ;' neither is it fretfulness : these are both excited by external provocations snd arc talkative, explosive, and violent in their feature. Not so with crossness. This is very generally inbred and ta;iturn Angef and, fretfulness would die away, if they could not get vent; but crossness (I. not care to sneak for the hour at a time ; and when it docs sneak it is in short and crusty mono?yll;ibles. Anger is generally short lived ; from live minutes to an hour, according tocireumstanoes, is sufficient for most men to got over a lit of anger: and few men fret moro than a day at a time ; but if you find one who is cross, you may expect him to keep so a week at least. J But, how is this same troublesome, cross dis temper generated ? We confess ourselves sad ly at a loss to answer. We eometinies think U chief seat and origin is the stomach ; then, gain, we aw of opiuiou that the toes contrib ute largely to produce the evil. Tho nerves, we know, generally are compelled to bear the blame; but thefnerves are very much abused members of the body. They are no more blame worthy for communicating uncomfortablo sen .sations, than aire magnetic wires for transmit- ting unwelcome intelligence ; they are but com mon carriers, and are only responsible fyr the afe delivery of whatever is intrusted to them, ow, then, if a man is cross, he need not' throw the blame on his nerves, much less on his neigh how ; but just take it to himself. If his nerves re disordered, and tbi Comes from the state of his stomach, he is to be blamed who has the re of the stomach ; or if his corns are the ter minus from which tho irritation begins, neither me corns nor the nerves aro to be cursed, nor o vn the poor shoemaker who made the boots which made the corns ; but the whole blame is to le laid at his door who had rather his foot would look, small than feel comfortable. So ma:b, this time, on being cross. If any one "M had more experience than we have had, and an do better justice to the subject, our col umns are open to him. It is stated by the Colonization Journal, t'lat the late Samuel S. Howland, of New York bequeathed to the Colonization Society ten nousand -dollars, to be expended in redeeming ' ""4 settling in Liberia, individuals and families '-- siavae. TIIE CONNECTION. The Railroad between Weldon and Gaston having boen completed, the first train of Cars from Portsmouth passed over it on Tuesday, and brought to the City of Oaks a crowd of vis itors from Norfolk and Portsmouth, They were met by a delegation of our citizens, upon the Gaston Road, nine miles from Raleigh, by whom they were escorted to the Depot, where they were formally received and addressed by the Mayor of the City, who welcomed them to our hospitalities. A very speedy fnrtemjaation then ensued,, and quarters were provided for our frie"hd3,botb at public and private houses, where, we doubt not, their entertainment was credita ble to our City. An elegant supper was given at night, at Yarbrough's Hotel, to which onr guests, and a large number of our citisens, sat down, at 8 o' clock. ' Ex-Gov. Manly presided, with Ex-President Tyler and Dr. Colons, the President of the Seaboard Road, on his right, and His Excellen cy, Gov. Reid, on his left. He was assisted by the Hon. Kenneth Rayner, Maj. C. L. Hinton, Hon. John H.Bryan, L. O'B. Branch, Esq., and Wm. D. Haywood, Esq , as Vice Presidents. Several gentlemen of the Army and Navy were among our guests. The utmost hilarity and good humor prevailed at he feast ; and we trust our friends carried Home with them a cheerful recollection of Ra leigh manners and hospitality. The absence of tho Editor confines our notice -to a mere statement of the occurrences of the occasion. There were toasts and speeches sayings and doings--whiuh is not in our power to record ; but which will probably appear in ur next. Our guem were accompanied home on Wed. j nesday by a large number of our citizens, who will doubtless receive first rate treatment and I -the best of good fare. They will give a good ' account of themselves on their return, and our j Editor shall have the satisfaction of telling the j story in his own good way. ; j We cannot, however, close this hasty and hn- j perfect notice, without expressing our gratifi cation at the consummation of this connection ! with Atlantic Virginia. In all of it, we think we see the signsof mutual prosperity a spring ing up an opening of a trade which shall benefit the whole section ef country connected by these roads to great commercial depots ; and we trust that the good feelings now entertained by the citizens, respectively, of Raleigh, Nor folk and Portsmouth, may continue, and pro duce an identity of interest calculated to pros per and build up the three cities. AIORE COPPER IN NORTH CAROLINA, We learn from the " Asheville Spectator,'' that new discoverios of Copper mines ir) "Chero kee couuty, in this State, have been made with' in a few days past, not far from Murphy, which are very rich, and supposed to be inexhaustible. The "Spectator" adds, that, great excitement prevails in Cherokee, in consequence of these discoveries. The " Charlotte Whig," we perceive, says that tho opinion that " the mines in Mecklen burg county, which have heretofore been so productive of gold, is already beginning to prevail that they will prove to be still more productive of copper. We wero shown a day or two since, by a gentleman in this place, skilled in mineralogy, a few samples of copper ore, taken from a mine in this county, which has been profitably worked for the last twenty- j five years as a-gold mine, w hich we are convinc ed will yield as large a per cent, of genuine copper as the best mines that have yet been discovered in the Southern country. We are convinced that the application of a little science on the subject will dovelope great results in this country ; and wo take this occasion to invito -investigation upon a subject that may lead to the hndstuiem of a large amount of capital, whose beneficial iullucnce will be felt in every department 6f business." CHOLERA. Seven deaths by cholera have occurred at Gaston, lately, caused by eating spoiled oys ters, sold by a man named Richard Hamlet. At a meeting of 5the citizens, some indignation was expressed against Hamlet, and he was ' most respectfully " requested to discontinue the sale of oysters for this season. He promis ed to comply with the request; and, of course, there will be no more cholera on the Roanoke until nex year. Mr. Gray, Editor of the Flaindeuler, has been appointed Postmaster at Cleveland Ohio ! Exchange. Is it possible, says the "Aug. Sentinel," that in so large a city as Cleveland, the President could not find a better man than the notorious Free-Soil Editor of the Pluindeaier, to confer the office of Postmaster on ? We merely ask for information, and hope some of the suppor ters of the Administration' at the South, who recently denounced Free-Soilism so vehemently, will offer some explanation. Especially if that and the appointment of Dix do not afford any evidence of the "Free-Soil tendencies" of the Administration. Speak out, gentlemen, we have been accustomed to Hear your violent philipics against Mr. Fi Lahore for his "Free-Soil tenden cies," and we think no instance can be adduced of his making such an appointment as either of these'. Speak bat, or ytm may, perhaps, subject yourselves to the suspicion of insincerity, to use no harsher term, in the estimation of some of those whose good opinions you perchance value. '' , New York, April 18. We understand that Senator Douglas, of Illinois, Foote, of Vermont, and the late Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Corwin, contemplate a visit 'to Europe this Snrinf. Mr. Corwin has take, passage in the packet of the 28th of May, Douglas vrill proba bly leave at an earlier data. .air. Jfoote goes chiefly to attend- to the interest of a Ueorgia Rail road, of which be is President, and is ex pecting to leave immediately. " ' - ; A DEMOCRATIC TROUBLE. In the Wayne Congressional District, Mr. Wm. C. Loftin has thought proper to become a j Candidate, by self-nomination upon the stump, j the old fashioned way, which was pursued by the fathers of the nation Ions before Conven-1 v tions or caucusses were ever heard of. Now, 1 we have always found Democracy acoommoda-; , i ,; .t P . rr . ' M j course, throughout the party. If no one else j wanted to run, Mr. Loftin's stump nomination would be true Democracy, every man having the riirht to do as ha nW. Rat. the leaders i -rr,. . . : - ' . .. oi democracy, wno tase lrom the people the right of choosing for themsolves, and assume the privilege of tolling them Jiow to vote,- they have decided that Mr. Loftin 6hall not go to Congress and that Mr. Thomas Ruffin shcdl; and, therefore the Fay etteville Carolinian "hold" that no man can be the Democratic candidate, nnless he is the nominee of a Democratic Con vention and expresses the opinion, in advance, that Mr. Loftin wants "to foist himself upon the party against its wishes." If Democracy be lile ty, as is pretended, that apostle of liberty, the Editor of the Carolinian, it seems to us, chokes Mr. Loftin most unmercifully in the name of Democracy, From the Asheville Spectator. Hexdersonville, April Gth, 1853. Mr. Editor : The citizens of this county, in attendance at the term of the Superior Court, were favored with a discussion on Tuesday last between Messrs. Clingman and Gaither, in the opening of the canvass in the district fora seat ! iu the next Congress of tho United States, k Mr. Clingman opened the discussion by coin j plaining that Col. Gaither had become a candi j dato before his return to the district, that, j while the Star, the Raleigh Register, the Mes senger, ana other Whig papers had been ap plauding Col. Gaither, the Asheville Spectator had been warring upon him ; complained that Mr. Hyman had been brought into the district to oppose him. He attempted a justification of his political course, going on pretty much the stime grounds that he occupied two years : ago ; as well as a reiteration of the principal portions of his late address sent forth to the voters of the district, and concluded by declaring that if a"? PerS0" cnare?1,lum with betraying the charged him witli wiii onriy, or ami uuicr uurui, xie uruuuuuceu the charge false. When he concluded, Col. Gaither took tho stand and announced that ho had been a candi date for solicitor of this circuit and was beaten by a strict party vote ; that he believed that e lection did.not meet the approbation of a major ity of the voters in tho district, and that he had now become a candidate for Congress, as an ap peal to the people from the votes of a majority j of the Legislature; that although his name had j been announced some weeks as a candidate, j he had made no speeches in the absence of Mr. Clingman; that he had attended the courts' west j of this place and had foreborn to speak, purely because of Mr. Clingman 's absence, as he did j not desire to take any advantage of him ; but that now Mr. Clingman was present, and ho ! notified him that from this, until August, he I should employ the time in discussing the issues I that divided thin, in which he cxpeetcd to be ! able to show that Mr. Clingman was a full bloo.dod locofoco, and fur the last few years had i not co-operated with the Whig. Party. Col. Gaither said that it was true the whig papers i in the State had complimented him, for the rea- son he was known to them to be a whig good j and true, and regarded it as a fact that it was i rather o;nitiiousf that the Hon. Gentleman re ceived no such compliment ; that his (Mr. Clingmau's) praises come from the locofoco journals, ami tho South Carolina Secession States. Coh Gaither then read from Mr. Cling man's published address his allusion to a faith ful sentinel on tho watch tower, who, when he first saw danger approaching, gave tho alarm, &3. He then read from the same address tho statement that if voters of this district had known what he kucw, Gen. Scott would not have received five hundred votes iu this district ; he then culled upon Mr. Clingman to know why it was that he, occupying the position of senti nel, had not give the alarm ; but instead of an nouncing the approaching danger ; that it was not known until the eighth of October what course Mr. Clingman intended to take in the Presidential election, and not then until the de cision by the Legislature of the claim of Dr. Shaw showed a majority of two democrats,; ou joint ballot, in the Legislature So sooui as that was known, Mr. Clingman wrote a letter to Dr. Mills, iu which he took ground against (Jen. Scott. Col. Gaither read an extract from a speech of lion. A. Dockery, to slftjw that Mr. lockery, though a colleague ot Mr. t-lingman, serving in the same Uongress witn mm, did not know until that publication made its appear ance, what course he intended taking in the Presidential election. Col. Gaither then read from the published address of Mr. Clingman, his complaint of the change of this Congres sional district, and desired to know, if Mr. Cling man was a whig, why he complained that Cleve land, a strong democratic county, had been ta ken off, and Wilkes and Watauga, two strong whig counties, had been added to the District, making it about fifteen hundred votes stronger whig than before. Do whigs, asked Col. Oai ther, dislike to be associated with whigs ? Col. Gaither concluded iu the happiest vein by de- claring himself a thorough whig a whig of 1840, ot 144, and JL4a a regular z.ip-coon whig ; that Mr. Clingman's whiggery was a little foxy. Mr. Clingman rose to rejoin : he said that he had told General Dockery and others he should j not support jren. Scott tor President,, rsiore tne adjournment of Congress. Mr. Clingman said he too, had been beaten by the Legislature.1 To which Col. Gaither replied that the differ ence between them was, that Mr. Clingman had been beaten by whigs, while ho (Gaither,) had been bcate&by democrats. - xne limited swnco allotted by xus nonor Hav ing expired, the discussion was closed by Col. Gaither in a few appropriate appeals to the whigs ot this county, to rally around nim as their candidate said he had run under disad vantages two years ago that did now exist, and that be anticipated a very different result, that he was now well trained and in good keeping, and that the result of this race would show, he was a racer of good blood, &c. J; buffer mo to add in conclusion, that Col. tai- j ther's friends are in high spirits as to the result in this county where democracy, j or anything having a leaning that way has never been in fa - vor. As you will have an onnortonitT ot hear . -ill ZL r l ing them at your Court, I wiu conclude this has ty sketch. , Hendjusox. : Sekator Athertos. The Philadelphia In quirer says the President, in the distribution of, patronage, has already made many Ditter ene mies. -Even bis friend Senator jJLthertoa- of New Hampshire, Vrho is regarded as his personal organ ft the Senate, left here it is said some days ago, declaring that hi, would never 'speak to him again. '.-r' vi':U; 1- ' .- l JV-'- p ' "' ' ' . ! " HAVANA- Editorial Correspondence ofte N. Y. Express. Havana, April , 1853. ; Just "in the nick of time,"! I am here to see; something of the Spanish pr Cuban Holidays. ican eyes, 1jut most of atl tho! incidents, which x , arounu me o, u x,ir ui.uy. ; came here on4he Sabbath, aad the Sunday lol- . . j . c n . 1 - T r 1 : 1 t lowing master ounuay. xua uay wore a uoi y- r - t i ! o j rm. j i. i qay appearance throughout. The harbor, after passing the Moro, whore our steamer had been signalized long before her coming, presented due of the most spirited scene's I had ever wit- "5wea- 1 b0 laaa 13 always aouDiy weicomea Mttti 'ter a voyage by sea, even thugh it be a short ; one, and the contrast of six days on the appear ance of land here and at Ney York, is most striking. There, I left bleak Iarch winds and remnants of the snows of wntor. But here, everything in the natural wold was blooming and beautiful. -As in Eden"jf old, "there is ev- ' ery tree that is pleasant for the sight and good i for food," and much of tfiis verdure developed ! itself in the noble palms and flowers and shrub bery as we entered the city. Iwo or three hundred ships were in the harbor, and two or three score of them were ljing in the stream. In the Cherokee we had had quite a little race with Her Britannic Majesty's steamship Buz zard, and the Buzzard was beaten handsomely, nptwithstanding she added sails to steam to push her onward. We entered the harbor be fore noon, and' the flags of all nations wero 1 floating from the mast-head of the numerous vessels. Showy yellow and red stripes of the Spanish flag, were conspicuous above all the rest, as a great majority of tbe craft were Span ish vessels. Next came, in greater number, arjd rnst welcome to my eyes, vessels with the American flag. We had pasned twenty or thir ty vessels coming into port, the largest aud fi nest of which wero New England ships, most of them from Maine, and very many of them drawn hither in pursuit of freights for Europe, which, until very recently, hae run very high. But all nations seemed to be represented among thp shipping. The English had more than one public vessel in port,iandare rever without sev eral here and on the coast whereas it is but very seldom we have-one, though more in j need : ofsa ship of war here than at almost any point j ui&n either continent. Tho stars and stripes ; orhome, the cross of England, the heavy purple and blue ground stamped wfch the Russian i cross, the long white flag, bordered with black, and bearing the black Austria! eagle, the cres cent of Turkey, the Roman anil Grecian cross, the double-headed eagles, the bright red and yellow of old Spain, all afloat peacefully, har moniously, and iu good neighborhood, side by side. Theso ships,bearing to and fro the trea sures of the world, the products of the tropics and of the north, the manufactured and mine ral, wealth of the world, crossing each other in errands of civilization and commerce, borne by thai same breezes, riding in safety under the same sun, and guided by the same compass and stars, upon the same seas and oceans, ought al so to bo typical of a common sentiment and sympathy among all the different and distant nations of the Earth. But amidst the jealous ies bf human power and despotism, they seem to be no winged messengers of peace, but ra tbei like mountains, to "I Interpose and make enemies of nations, Which had els 2, like kindred drops Been ming ed into oe." Nevertheless, the picture is a beautiful ono to look upon. And so, too, here aro strange sights to foreign eyes upon both sides of the harbor. The frowning Moro, crowned with its turrets, flags and sentinels, the steep, green hill that leads from tho water's edge to the sum mit, the faucy colored buildings of blue and yellow, green aud white, and the best of which are crowned at the cornys and at the centre of the sides with high fancy colored vases, the heaVy dark brown tiles that cover the buildings, most of them very low, and visible from on board ship, tho balconies of the houses, en closing literally in iron ease's the Spanish birds of Paradise, behind which, peeping through the loop-holes of retreat, are scon the sparkling eyes of the Spanish J&noritas, all this was my first view of Havana on land and water. Add to the picture, crowds of painted boats throng ingithe harbor, crowding ship and port, with rowi of Africans black as Erebus on shore, and Spaniards and Africans are in the thin dresses of our July and August, and add to this again the combined ringing of the old church bells, hardly one of which has a mod ern sgund ; the volublo and expressive words and gestures of Spaniard and Creole, the noisy clatter of the slaves and free blacks, (and of the latter there are 20,000 here, and some of them in very excellent business and condition,) and vou can see, in vour mind's eye, something of Cuba. We descend from the vessel's side, take our seat under the covered canopy of a pretty boat, land upon the dock, go to the Custom House withj- our trunks, and after a brief delay (with us without having to open a trunk) we are per mitted to pass on to our hotel. We have been delayed on (shipboard, however, for an hour and more. The pilot boat, manned by a dozen oarsmen, all neatly dressed in white linen and straw hats, and each in the same uniform, with a cigar in his mouth, boards us just outside of the Moro, and to a captain who understands his duty and the harbor, he is about as neces sary as two noses to a face, or a fifth wheel to a coach. The pilot knows hardly a word of English to begin with, but by the captain's help and somebody on board who knows Span ish, continues to cry out, "steady, "starboard, J and "larboard," and in ten or twenty minutes ! there is an end to his services. I he physician's j boat ipomes next, and being assured that there is no physical or political leprosy on board, we have his permission to land. Thanks for that I Th Government boat follows, and our pass ports are surrendered. We pay ten dollars for permission to land in the city, and it is necessa ry to have a new permit and to pay a new fee to goibeyond it, as it is nnany necessary 10 pay a heavy fee of six dollars and a quarter tor per- ' mission to leave the island. Not, to do this I may prohibit your future return, and subject the shin' ivou sail in to a fane on her return. fourth visit, and we may have the Captain Gen eral's permission to land. Thanks again for so much; consideration. But the Spaniard is just as much delayed, vexed, and perplexed as the foreigner, except that his landing permit costs him one dollar instead of two. And be it re membered, when we grumble at Spanish law and Spanish custom, that strangers here are treated no more rigorously and vexatiously than Spanish subjects, and foreigners ot an I countries are nut upon the same level. i 'Tia i Sunday. I have taken my first walk in 1 Havana. I find the stores open, and groups of t n Spaniards are in tho door-ways and at the, cor ners of the streets. -Here are one and another, and many parties, ' playing cards some the frame of whist, and others some other came. Here and there, thej are"pUyipg checkers and domjrios, all upon wide, spread tables,' parrel toDs. boxes. &c.. and either in open view in doors, or on the corners of .the "strete."; Tb.e players marvel more at my gaje of astonish ment, than I at their irreverence for., the S! bath. . They would call me bigotted and super stitious, and I call them heathenish, frivolous and unchristian. They are' both light-headed and light-hearted, but, nevertheless, very keen. at a bargain. But,- mind youj' mass has been said not the mass of an American Catholic Church, which, perchance, would occupy one or tw hours, and present, even to Protestant eyes, some points of true solemnity, but a mili tary mass, which lasts some twenty minutes, and a mass for tne peoplet which continues ten . , -t .f 4 . . v or twelve, lhere is supposed to be unction e- nough.in this service, with occasional confes sions made, and occasional indulgences pur chasedi, to last one for the day or week. But mot only are the stores opened, but mu sic and drinking, revel and frolic reign within. There are parties from three to a dozen sitting around the tables and drinking their bottles oi' red Cantalonian wines wines, by the way, ex cept i'a greater variety, which -make the fine breakfast and dinner beverage of all Havana hotels.; Coffee comes afterwards but the wine alwaysi goes before, and nearly everybody drinks "those tight wines, and seems to be re- fpgghg uy j, . . em",.while, of stronger drinks, I have seen none here, except in the decanters of what at home are called the bar-rooms and "groggpries" of the city. And among the many thousands of Spaniards, Creoles, Quad roons and Negroes I navo seen at the masked balls, the bull fights, and other festival gather ings, tliiere has not been one drunken man in the multitude of people. Apropos of the bull fights, I confess I have seen onie and the first and last, 1 hope. When in Rome, one is led to "do as the Romans do," and curiosity sometime obtains the mastery of conscience and scruples. The Bull Ring here is a very large amphi theatre with seats for three or four thousand people : and the bull fights have been continued for three or four evenings, in honor of the Eas ter season ! There are private and public box es, and one dollar and more costly entries, as your taste invites you to a high or low plaee in such a feast. The arena has a body of soldiers on tho outside, and many also are seen in their white uniforms within. Many women of the common order aro in the boxes. Below in the ring is the matador or maestro of the perform ance, lie has a sword by his side. There are also two players or directors on horseback, . . .., j, ,, : , A en spear or pole to keep and worry the bull in position. A dozen performers are in the ring, on foot, and th'ese are the bander litems. All the trcuspc are equipped like the circus riders, in fancy dresses. Each bandcrillero has his cloak or shawl of scarlet, in order to invite, tor--mcnt, or enrage the bull. They begin by pier cing his neck with darts, hung to which are gay flowers ; and it is deemed very skilful to throw these with celerity and effect. The poor victim is often worried half to death by these dozen persons who vex him beforo the real 'encounter begins ; and the attack often shows more cowardice on the part of the fighters than want ot courage in ttio beast. IN ay, more, as between: thebull and the killers, the beast is often the m"t of the man of the company. The former often leap the barriers to escape pursuit, or dodge behind enclosures projecting from tho barriers, in order to save themselves from a lunge from the horns of. the maddened animal. But tiere is nevertheless great skill, and may bo great mercy also in this sort of carnage. A man of true metal, like the famous Montes of Spain, "the first swnrd of Catalan," as he was called, who had grandees for his companions, and festivals and processions to welcome htm to Madrid, who prided himself on his book on Tauromagula, as Columbus prided himself on the discovery of a new world, was a true master in the ring. He met his appointed antagonist after a cool survey, with an unblanchcd check, and eyes that did not wink or blink the foe. In a circle of a dozen feet he would hold parley and battle, throw out his cloak, mock and defy. Often with folded aiaiis he would look the uor ccst bull out of countenance, until, the beast would tarn from his steady gaze cowed, aud frightenjd. And when the time of killing came, it was a single lunge with the sword, and an instant falling of the bull forward, and he lay calm aivl at the foot of his antagonist. Some thing of this there was in one of tho feats of the ring her?. The close and severe look of a ban derillcro turned away one of the animals from the bravijst of the band, aud he Was applauded to the echo, ,and the fiercest animal exhibited was killed almost instantly with a single thrust of the sword, and the crowd rose and shouted to do him honor, which he was slow to acknowl edge. What was left of life, the butcher, who is always provided for . the occasion, finished, and in the saving of torture, there is the only mercy of this infamous exhibition. The carcassj (which is immediately dragged from the ring by horses,) however goes to the poor, and a Spanish moralist will tell you that while he is providing pleasure for himself he is also provid ing meat for tho hungry. Half of the prescri bed bill of the play quite satisfied me with this species of holiday feat, and after, in the even- nig, 1 turned my way just beyond tue wans ot the city to another festival amusement, all, of course, in honor of Easter. The crowd had its morning pomp and procession, and wbj' should not tho pwple keep it up to the end? And so they did by a masked ball, the third in succes sion, including one on Sunday, but to describe which is not in my power. I attended the last of the series on Monday evening, i The space covered seemed as large as our city hall park, and around it were hundreds of booths and tables, such as we have on the fourth of July (always excepting the fire crack ers at home.) There was an enclosure within, some two hundred feet long and eighty wide, and all brilliantly lighted with gas. "Beneficia" was written over the main entrance and exit at both endsi of the buildings, and charity for the poor, which, we are told, cowrs a multitude of sins, wa at the bottom of this performance, too 1 Th play within was of the omnium gath erum kind, a species of singing in most passa ble voice and taste, and various feats of strength, agility, aid jugglery. The players were most grotesquely equipped, andnodoubtdid their work well enough ; but it was the audience and mas kers which amused me most, all also was as common as the plays of Chatham street and the Bowery. I fancy: there were but very few Spanish or Creole ladies there, and such as were present kept themselves in their own company, I have seen a Greenwich Fair in its full blaze of glory, and a Dutch fair in Holland, when alLjcAa high life below stairs, and above too. But so grofces- aue a scene as the masked ball here, with., so . i . j f mixed a company, sucu strange couipounus oi fat and thjn, kmg and short, big and little, of fiery red heat and the icy cold, I do not remem- . , , c ml . 1 . ber to nave gazed on oeiore. xne nssu were palpably inventions of Belzebub, and were they seen out of some such Belzebub kitchen as I was caught in on Monday night, they would frighten even la diable himself from his proprie ties, aiany well ana some eieganuy uressea persons were, however, present among the un masked 1 saw there a perfect picture . of the sublime and boundless Alboni, with her speak ing eyes, (expressive looks, style of dress, her jttnbontMai and alL and the lady, a stranger perhaps, was the admiration of the crowd. There wer and ara bnt few snob, female figures, however ; and the Spanish, women of humble life, sa far as I have seen - them, rather run into the other exreme of frail .formo pale rani cadaver rpus faces, dark but not expresive eyes, black but not flossy eyes. Brilliant, exceptions there ire here! and these are all that elegance of man ners, tasjte i arid refinement; of . dres.andthe graces of good nature could . make .agreeable. ; but the multitude rather remind ohr-of, the pe culiar diieases of the islandsmall 'Ook nd yellow fefver than thatofteaitaxidliappiaess so uesirauie to possess -ana. so pleasant . to be hold. The shrine of true beauty, in figure. and expression, one can see and worship here as elsewbery, if inclined to bow at thetemplei There was some brilliant dancingtoo in the Spanish etyle, and with the '-thermometeift above e;hty I found it at 84 in the shade here, and it has been at 86), there was more than ona woman f bo tired out her one and two' partners j in uninterruptea dances, lhe polka," maiurka and walti; made up the principal illoor -perform vaulters and jumpers, answoretl tboobk-par ium,to, uu u iiiusii;. wiuiiu Kerveu ir - uis pose of those who Were aetafs and I6ukera-on:f-'i-db-r- 'nl ..rj-:r J - . rw ' -. ' iMi ec uanus oj music were jtept at - constant work, anfl as one stopped another beganrand so the ervejning begun, and the night closed with in doors. I Spanish soldiers were employed in keeping rder without, but they allowed full scope to the poorer multitude of Spaniards and Creoles and Negroes, who could not , pay their dollar to get in. Not an Ethiopean was permit ted to cross the threshold of "Beneficia," though a whole band of public performers, and -many private parties, were disguised in black skins and black masks. Those without, however, had, their fiddle, and made night, hideous with their merrimeiit and noise. ; At one o'clock, A, and on fobt, I passed the Spanish guards at the city gate.sanswering their Spanish hail with an Ainericarf shrug, and was glad enough to-get to my home without feeling a stilletto or meet ing with in adventure. . E, B. ;-. MARRIED. By Thos. M. Moore, Esq., in Ashboro',, on the evening of the 13th inst., Mr.-Allen Lee to Mrs. Milibent Noe, all of Randolph. j, OHIERRY & BIGGS, '. J GENERAL - ; Cotmnission Merchants, CAROLINA WHARF TOWN POINT, N011F0LK, VA. ""r. April 22 1853. U PINEYj POINT LINE TO BALTIMORE On Monday of each WeekFare $5nly. fgHE public are hereby informed. H that the comfortable and expe ditious steimer POWHATAN, Captain' Churles H. Mitchell, having been entirely refitted enlarged, ahd improved in every respect, is now on the roue between Richmond and Bultimore, once weekly. , 1 Passengers bysSgrceable and economical line, will leave RloEmond by the morning train on Moudayjuf each week, at 7 o'clock, A. M., and reach Baltimore in the course of the night, proba bly by midaigbt, thus securing conuection with the different lines out of Baltimore, the following morning, in any direction. Returning, passen gers will le?ive Baltimore on the afternoon of Wed nesday of .ich week, at 3i o'clock, P. 11., and connest at the creek on the following morning with tne tfain of the Richmond. Fredericksbun and Potomac Railroad Coriipany, Richmond en Thursday, at 3 o'cle which arrives in lock. P. M. Pare io either direction, .$5 ; forward cabin pas sengers, (including meals,) $1 50. Fare for first class passengers between Balti mor and Philadelphia by the New Castle and Frjnchtowa line, $2 50. For second class do. $1 50. king the whole fare from Richmond to Philadelphia by tais agreeable line 7 50 only for first cnh p.-iaagers, and $6 for second class do. For further particulars, or through, tickets, ap ply at the office of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potjiaic Rai'road Company. J. B. WINSTON, Ticket ASent. Office R. J1, & P R R Richmond, March 2U, 1853. April 121, 18-33, 84 P. S. Through tickets Can be had in Petersburgj at the same-rates of fair, as from Richmond, on Application at the Office of the Richmond and Pe tersburg Rail Road Couipauy. KlNNIE'S KENT. HE most important parts of Kbit's Commen taries; reduced to Questions and Answers. By Asa KcKxik. One Volume: Second edition with an Indpx and Glossary. A work highly rec ommended 6y many of the most eminent Jurists in the Unitfd States. Extract of a '-Letter front the Late CriAJTCBtLOft ttxXT I to the Author. "1 am mtich pleased with the ability, fidelity and accuracy with which you have stated the An swers as drawn from the Text I approve of tho work and wish it success, for I think it is well cal culated to facilitate and promote the study and diffusion of he elementary principles of constitu tional and municipal law. embodied in the .com- meutarieSi James Kent. KENNIE S LAW COMPENDIUM. Questionsjand Answers on Law, Alphabetical ly arranged,! with References to the most approved authorities. By Asa Kixnik. One Volume. So cond Edition improved and enlarged. Extract of al Letter from the Hon. pas. B. Ikll madok, JuJye of the- Superior Court, A'eto York. . "The plaii of the-work will make it a useful and convenient book of reference, especially at nisipri us. The part of the work I have looked over most particularly is that entitled "Corporations," which appears to lite to be accurately digested." i DAN. B. TALLMADGB. f For sale by II? D. TURNER, N. C Book-Store. " Raleigh, April 22, 1853. 84 NEW GOODS AT HARDING'S. "T ECEIVED thjs day another Lot of those pret I tv Frtii-h Cloth h.ilf Sacks. China Sill Vests, for Snmmer a hgkt, Cool and beautiful article. R:ch "Cascade, Pattern," Marseilles Vest, white Marseilles Vest. Cheap, for Cash. I E., L. HARDING. Aprai9thj, 1853. 34. Hf ATTINGS 4-4 and 5-4 WUte India Mat- VI tine. I 4-4 Checked India Matting, White Cotton Fringes. For sale by J. BROWN. I $10 Reward. ' '. - I EFT on the 20th of March, ALFRED, acop j per-colored bor, 18 or 19 years old, well erown.- 5 feet, 6 or eight inches high, talks on the end of his tongue, --j-had on a wool hat, badly, worn, and yarn clothing. . He carried off a cloth cap, bine cloth coat, aad a blanket. v ... ALFRED has relations in, Raleigh, and also at William Turner's in Johnston Co. '' V The subscriber's Post Office is at Raleigh. . 4 , ' . .CASWELL. POWELL .Wake Co.,! March 22, 1853. ' 25 tf m f"OCHA)FFE.packagessaprior Mocha 1 I Coffee jn store, for sale by - ; ' 1 i - - vs PEEBLES & WHITZ. Pet. April 22.1 853.1 , ... 34 Successor 'to Jt W- Iftno ' 7 I V TJ-iMngWlLt " th"MBt4f t fSf'f $40,000! te s of .$1,000 r. 05 s WV State vor JOelaware, v ' Toe 6viw at Wilm V SPLENDID SCHEME. -1 ,- ...saf ! it-.'.-IJE 20,000 13,: do 1 I 1 day -u F- $0 Prises of.... , , 609 Ticketst SlO-Halves.-raa--Onr 2LSA ;-l I. .' Certfsof PkgVof 25 whL tickets, $l90uK't : 25iquarter do S2'GO $50,000 ! 1 .-sr:ii-.4- v-i $25,ooo$20,ooq. ""jA' VJ )WU1 -wo IBT VA ' amwWTM Am-attaM . '-s-:- Vip..?rF!iitiviT1 tarn 1855 - :r-r. 4 s viass -ui ror ioa.i vis; To bdrwjik yahungtoni 4Del.y) on Satwdar . ; 78 No... 1 3. Dirawn Ballots. ' Prize of.....'t,i....;;'.;f".. r 950,000! 20,000 000 10,000 r ioo Trbes oci.::r;v.i,oooS 180 do..vc:.x r.i-A i - . Tickets 60-Qrs. $S 76. 1- . : : : Eigkts,-$1 87i 4;:j,: sf CerUficatea. of packages of 26 Whol tickets 200.0-lo.t- --C7--do.Cof2aHalfi4f-10l(')- ,D .--- -1, doi of iSQuarterdo Do - ... do of 26 Eighth ido-"" 2S DO ' Orders for Tickets and shares and1fjertincaMf'' Packages in the above spendid Lotteries will.riv the most prompt -attention, and an accootis:f each drawing will '-Jse; sent immediately aftsr U is oyer to. all who order from Tme, . jr ' . Address ' - P. J. BUCKEr, Agent, J j- ' Wilmington, Delaware. , NEW BACON. 10 hogsheads prime Sides as jShoulders in store, for sale by -- - - J ' ; - PEEBLES & WfilTB j Tet April 22, 1853. ; . : , M ; ui 1 UO)jfM,aiiM ... Notice. '. NEWOODS! NErinGottU!:i JJ. BIGGS & CO.. take pleasure in announj. ''V-:': ing to, their frTnds and the public irt gener al, that they are bow res jiving their Spring a&d -Suujmer goods consisting of a fine lot of Frenck : : ana rjignsu Uloths, C assimeres and Testings of the latest style. A beautifui lot of of white Silk aad Satin vestings, and Cravats for Balls and Parties. White Linen Drilling and Navy Duck, for Summer Pants. . . ' ' . -f..'.;". -.1, '-. .v.',, " -i AH kinds ef Ready made Nothing, both of their own and of Northern Manufacture, very fine and cheap. Also, Youths and Boys Clothing, and dress ing gowns. - ; ,. (;-,.'..',. Fine Moleskin and Beater, black and Drab Bats of th very best manufacture. -r t. - : . The latest style dress Shirts of tho most approv ed cut Gauze Silk and Merino nndersbirts aad Drawers for Spring and Summer! Gloves, CoUars, Pocket Handkerchiefs Cravats and Stocks, in great varieties. " Their stock will be constant! j supplied, with the latest arrivals. The very finest assortment of Tailor's trimmings on hand. All orders thankfully received and promptly ex ecuted. All garments made to order warranted to fit. - Call at No. tO, f ayettoville St Raleigh, K. O. April 8, 1853. w4w-S0 SILK BONNETS AND ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS SPRING TRADE, 1853. R. T. WILDE, 40 Joan Street, New York, Importer, Manufacturer and Dealer in every de scription of "SH1RED SILK, SILK aad LACS, CRAPE and LACK, and every imaginary style of LADIES' BONNETS, and FRENCH ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, received by every Steamer from FRANCE, comprising one of the largest stocks ia the City, to which the attention of those wishing to purchase, by the CASE or DOZEN, is respect fully solicited. - : MILLINERS Are particularly invited to call and examine the great variety of PATTERN BONNETS which wifl be sold at lower prices than they have been aeens tomed to paying, - - i - -. - - ' ; Dec. 28, 1852. . .; r. 4ml 10 j ; UNPARALLELED DISPATCH. a; - . . Daily Xiine! THE Undersigned informs the public tha hels now running a daily Une of light draft Steamers on the Cape Fear River, consisting of the following boats! New Steamer Zephyr, Major wm. Barnett, 18 inches draft. Fanny Lutterloh, 14 " r Rowan. One of these boats will leave Fayetteville everr i morning (Sundays excepted) at 7 o'clock; and WUr mimrton Cverr day I Sandavs excentodl clock, landing goods and passengers ia Fayetteville in uieeD uuurs im ere alter. Goods intendedfor these boats should be sent to the care of J. & D. MoRae & Co., or E. J, Lutterlohj Wilmington, who will forward at the usual rate of . commissions. The Steamers Zephyr and Major 1. Wjn. Barnett are elegantly tarnished forth acconiT modation of passengers. Passage to or from Wil-& mington, $3. ' T. S. LUTTERLOH, Agent, 1 Fayettevaie, Feb. 10, 1858. , 14 3m State Day Changed. IN obedience to the Order of Wake County Coirt. made at its last session, notice is hereby given to Suitors aad Witnesses, that the State Docket wi t hereafter be .taken op on Thursday, Witnesses and 8aitors en the Civil Docket will attend en Tuesday those on the State Docket on Thardsj.' JAMES T. MARRIOTT, Clerk of Wake County Cenrt ' ' April 1, 1853. 28. wtC ; O ALMON. LOBSTER, HALLIBUT.Jnit rcJ 1 n oeived a small lot of the abova, put up hi tia ;-po aaa: rmner prepared and ready for the table. fi. .- . - JAMES McKIMMON. .Jarch29, 1858, 27 r. "Si -: .v mi
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