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.2 1 TOLUMEL pV- vl ' J CITY OF'RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUftE 15, 1353. ' . ' ' ";- HI MM rUBLfSHED BY E AT b M'V DALIES, ' ? editor!aSd proprietor, .win ADVANCE ; OR $3 AT THE END ' ' OF THE YEAR. , . AT ,ttt Ihepihns of fair, delightful peace ; bn vartu rage, ta Hoc like brothers." unwr 1 r j. . ... SVTCftPAY JtORXIXO, JUNE 11, 1853. ! ! M0NTMEN C HENRY CLAY. Jos. B. 0- Koru ac, sq. has been appointed " nt tor t"ls lTI,ji . " iu uMinate Snts r the surrounding counties, 1 torWeive ubscriVions in behalf of the colossal Monument proposed to oe ereciea in L.exingion, r in honor ot liEXRY lat. it is ueMgnco. tluttfiif Monument; after the nature of that in Khington, to the Datnerot ms country, ihall be national in its character ; and, to that tnd agcts. or ireceiving contributions, have . been designated in every portion of the Lnion. . So Wf are sure thati our citizens, in common with a their fellow citizens every where , else in the : Montry, will be proud of an opportunity of throwing their mites into the vast treasury of utional gratitude to Henry Clay, for his emi nent services and devoted patriotism. FEDERAL COURT. This Tribuna jwas in session three days du- ring the presenj : week. Nothing of impor ither on the civil qr criminal tjnee was aon Docket. The Indictments against WoodSn and John- C r .i Ai iirjiKlivini. frt V) i f 1 1 r (r Ol Pnn. ' 90S, i, ior wiping y .1vtu....., lion Certificates; were not tried, owinj to new Bills having beep sent before the Grand Jury. villtiieks.be war YIT Mexico? The proAe lints of Santa Anna since his re turn to Mexico, the "Richmond Dispatch" tru ly observes, havQ been such as to produce a very general apprehension that he desires to recover ground and reputation by a fresh war with the United States. )Ve have therefore looked with considerable' interest to the .signs as developed it Washington, through means of the organ of Gen. Pierce's government. In last Sunday nwrning's issue,' we find an article, written ap parently with great care, in which the writer expresses the hope and belief that the couclu iion of the Republic, that the proceedings of Snt Anna present "all the preliminaries," "is pnjmature and without foundation." He says thit while the occupation of the Mesilla valley by Trias was a very foolish and a very insolent set, while, under the treaty, no line has been run which this Government can recognise, while it is n admitted fact that the Mesilla valley hat always been a part of New Mexico, yet Mexico, from her weakness and "distraction, is innopusition to provoke to ultimate measures the government of the United States. Ho ex. presses the hope, therefore, that the forbear uce of the United States will be received in the proper spirit by the Mexican government and people, the more especially as the question at issue is one of boundary under an existing treaty, and therefore peculiarly the subject of negotiation. The Union winds up its article m follows : "While, therefore, we do not look for a war with Mexico, it is yet proper to say that we by iwmean8 regard the seizure cl the Me.-:ina val ley by Trias as an admissible proceeding. We Jo not perceive how either the people or the government of the United State can submit to it a permanent disposition of that territory. It is true that the aueation has been complicated t the errors of the late administration. (Ah!) But, be this as it mav. we entertain no doubt, from all that has been announced of the foreign policy of this administration, that all suitable measures have nlready been taken, and will in future be taken, to place the whole question, Wth before the Mexican authorities and the Wple of the United States, in its proper posi- iioq. It is pretty evident, to our minds, that if we ft to depend upon the forbearance and discre tion Of Santa Anna, war is inevitable. He is Wl smarting under the wounds inflicted upon N military reputation at Buena Vista, and in m valley-of Mexico, and will not be apt to let '"pso fair an opportunity to wipe off the dis- fMe of his numerous defeats. He is, more- r"", stimulated by the alternate passions of IMtred and, fear. lie hates the American name. pwlhe fears that the progress of the American ponlt. will end in the entire extinction of Mex fttn nationality. Strange to say, if thef reports ffom Mexico are to he relied on. tlx nutlrm ia fe united than ever, and is, moreover, anx- to try another fall with its gigantic advgr- BrJ- After all, however, the Mexicans are given to .swaggering, and Santa Anna by )e: eans offers an exception to the general ancter of that nation, in his own person. It is somewhat significant, in this connection. pat Governor Martin, of New Hamnshirr in annual message to the Legislature, takes "lon t0 avow u,e Monroo doctrine in its m( utensice signification. 1 1'. S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. ' The "Wil a re able 80Urcp. tliaf. Ttr.KPBT P Tiirv nf Rnuno. N'. hag been appointed U. S. District Attor- Pey for the DUrript nf T AVe unders tand that the "Democracy" PCo. " puonc meeting, nave demanded nvention of the party for this District, in Ne; r t0 reCQne.ilo thn AnnflinHniF not! Tn f L .. .... MopJiailuuB UI F "M who are so anihit inns tn u,ri fkom i-r. JCo, - - , J kllblU IU Egress. It is rumored, however, that Mr Vrv.n,. 'th characteristic modesty deeming his claims r&mount, will not submit to the decision of Mention. nil V' li MEN AND THEIR DOINGS. KO. X. Washington, June 7, 1853. I have reason to believe, in truth, I know, th$,t General Pierce has become alarmed and nervous at the attacks upon his administration from every quarter, by his own partisan's, and both he and his cabinet are making strenuous efforts to rsilence them, and the complaints of th4 disappointed ' patriots " -who labored with So miich, and such disinterested zeal, to accom plish his election. But lie has few crumbs left with which to do this. Having disposed of his " five loaves and two fishes" of official patron- age, chiefly among his abolition friends at the North and tlie disuuionists at the South, he now directs his disciples not the " twelve," but the seven heads " of Departments to "gather up iriigiueiiis, wun a view or aistriuutinar them among the hungry, clamorous multitude who are n- t filled. But, lc 1 there are not twelve baskets left ;" nay, not a basket, and consequeuce is, he must send the multitude away, not only hungry, but in the wors't p&ssi- ble humor, since each one considers his case peculiarly hard?-and himself more meritorious than any other individual of the whole party. frightened is the President and Cabinet, that new band lias been sought to do the " organ work for them in the " Union," to come to their rescue, to silence the clamorous dmoiraey, to justify or deny, as the case maybe, the appoint- tnent of abolitionists . and fire-eaters, and to teach the people better manners than to poke their noses into State affairs, or to find fault with the doings of the President. How much more than his official salary this attorney of the adaiinistration is to receive for his labored and sophistical defence of them, I know not. But if he is not more successful in this undertaking than he was in an equally desperate one, that of procuring evidence against a lady in a cele brated case, he will not aequire much more honor or glory than he did in that" transaction ! Speaking of the appointments that have been made by General Pierce, a distinguished demo- t!it h!,tKti.uf p,iH !.v& k..-1 1 - n , , , OtO X fJ,C, lilt. A-1 IU I. I I.VUIU Ul lllklC OllUttll ) i4 V't C 1UIU1 IU I.UI.LUlt4 Vk CUULU ItlilU tlQ i other has, nor turned a colder shoulder upon x- i , i eerv union ucuiucrai, oriu aim ooutu : anu , , . ' as for Scott, he never would have appointed , . , r , , ,. , , I half the number of that class wlnen the present ! administration has." If Gen'l Pierce has not ! given " aid and comfof t," and most lavishly, J too, to those who were, in 1850, plotting moral j treason, by endeavoring to bring about a disso lution of the Union, I know nDt what to call it. Witness the appointment of De Leon, who came hjre in that year a dissolution whig, and who was one of the editors of the organ, here, of the disuniouists, as Consul to Alexandria, with a salary of $5000, and fees-perhaps $2000: Soule to France; I'avis, Secretary of War; Coleock, collector of the port of Charleston; Meade, to Sardinia ; Bodinger, to the Lord knows where, arid so'on. And,' then, on the other hand, to 1 6'et these, as it were, there is McClelland, freesoil or abolitionist, in the Cabinet; Dix, Sub-Treasurer in New York and Minister to Franco to. be ; Fowler, Postmaster in New York ; Cochrane, Sureyor of the port of New York. both rank abolitionists ; Sam. Medary, ditto, Minister save the mark! to Chili, while Gov. W ood, of the tame State, and a thousand times his superior, is L'oiimiI to Valparaiso, un der his jurisdiction ! 1 couhl swell this lUt, but it is unnecessary. A beautiful piece of tesse lated work it is ' a black spot here, and a brown one there. It seems I was mistaken in supposing that. Dr. Robt. M. Patterson had been again appoin ted Director of the Mint.- It is not he, but his r,' 1 . t .11 ... . C . I . T, 1 son. 1 ins is me unru generation 011 tne rai terson family which has held the office father, son, and now grand-son, in all about half .1 cen- i tury. Has it become hereditary in that family? j It would appear so. , t One -of the disappointed candidates for the 1 office of Marshal of this District, Beverly Tuck- j er, threatens to establish an independent demo- j craiic paper in this citv. Such a paper would 1 1 . e : 1.11. . ..1... ;.,:...:. .. . 7 1 , ' many reauers. The President and Cabinet have determined I to maintain a claim to the Mesilla valley, New Mexico. General Gariand has been ordered to take command there, and the Secretary of War has given orders, as I learn, to concentrate some two or three thousand troops in Western Texas, to be within call of General Garland, should he need them. This looks somewhat warlike, though I can hardly think anything very serious will grow out of it. Scientific men can very easily determine whether the valley falls within our territory or that of Mexico. I learn that the post of Commissioner to China has been tendered to Gov. Lowe, of Mary land. The new Minister from the Republic of Equador, Mr. Yiliamil, has arrived, and yester- . ,1 tl C . -X'L.'--!.- I day called upon me occreuiry ot oiate, wuose coarse maimers and uncouth appearance some what surprised him. These are, I understand, the subject! of merry comment among the diplo matic corpp in this city, who find few compen sating trails in any one of the members of the cabinet. II do not'suppose it will be seriously or strenuously insisted on, by any friend o'' the cabinet, that either member of it is a Talley rand, a Coilnt O'Orsay, an Admirable Crichton, or a Chesterfield. But, what of that? Who cares for polished manners in thi? country? If our Cabinet Ministers cannot walk graceful lv. thev can make others dance to any tune they choose to fiddle ; and if foreign ministers- find lood tor iport in tneir ueportmeni, tney find something to respect in the power they wield : so that, if our national pride is a little kmortified in the one case, our national vanity is equally gratified in the other. Clerks now undergo an examination upon be ing appointed, and the course pursued excites aa much amusement as apprehension. They are put through a catechism, it is said, of Arith metic, Geography, Grammar, History, ancient and modern, and various other branches of knowledge, having as much to do with clerical duties as the "thirty-nine articles." Much of the duty of Clerks, which is as various and mul tiform as the business of a nation, is making put &nd entering papers, according to usage and established forms. Some are employed in car rying on correspondence, others in making com mercial statements from the retutna of Collec tors ; some in making out the receipts and ex penditures of the government, some in trans ferring, issuing, cancelling, and making out the interest on stocks ; some in keeping the accounts of the various officers, and the expenditures of the government, some in auditing accounts. &c &c. Now a man may be an excellent clerk without knowing any thing of history, or be may know history, arithmetic fcc., thoroughly, and be a very poor clerk. 'Again, one may under stand the branch of business he has been long engaged on, and be wholly ignorant of, and to tally unfit to tako another desk, even in the same Bureau. A watch-maker, thongh he works in metals, knows nothing of the art and mystery ot making pins or needles ; and a pro fessed gardener may be'entirely ignorant of cot dam." One of the belt and most important a T'0 Wnnt 5. tha decimation ; te, a qualifications of a clerk is, a disposition to labor j Lle I the senior orations very respectable ; and attentively and steadily during office hours, and ' the contributions on the part of the gentlemen, a pride in doing what he has to do, promptly, i who delivered the usual lectures and addresses, and in the best manner i l, , j ft ,. , . . ,,, Tt .0 , , , ,i , r i beyond all praise, ihe best Alumni Address : It was announced the other day, that Mr. i f Chase, the "private Secretary" of Mr. Douglass, ! one of the best addresses before the two Socie had been appointed to , an $1800 clerkship. ; ties; a ' magnificent lecture before the Histori "The private Secretary of Mr. Douglas. !" , cal Society of the University; an impressive, How Ions since it became necessarv for a Sena- ; ,-1- . , . , . c a a i . 0 : ,J e- affectionate, most eloquent V aledictory Sermon tor to have a private Secretary? Since Air. . ' H . . J Clay's death, I am sure; for I never heard of : the benior Clasa. are. in bnef. the character- his having one, though few men in public life istics of the Commencement of 1853. ever labored with greater zeal for the public I Dr. Hawks' Sermon Monday night was dis- good or carried on a more extensive corresnon-: f;-v, , c . , , . m. j T u t i i.i , i , i tinguisneu uv great torce and beauty, lho dence. Nor have I ever learned that Col. Ben- " . , , , c ton, who is another indefatigable laborer, ever Sreat charm was, that he did not forget he was enjoyed the luxury of a "private Secretary," or j in the pulpit. I know not how to express the asked the public to provide for him. But the , disgust I have sometimes felt to see upon such "Young Roguies," as Cave Johnson denomi.n- i oceaslons learned and devoted nlinisters risk , . r : . ti r epithet of "Old Fogies,"' are progressing in this ' as in other more important matters, at the peo pie's expense. Going among the crowd into the grounds of the White House, on Saturday last, where the Marine band discoursed pleasant music, I was struck with the change of faces that had taken place since last autumn. Though by no means a stranger here, there was not one countenance in fifty, probably, that; I could recognise. All were strangers, new comers. An old inhabi tant came up to me, and, remarking this change, said that mine was the second face he hid seen with which he was familiar. Such is the effect of this "spoils system," carried as it has been by the superintendants of the guillotine, and masters of the bow-string, to such extreme lengths for three months past. Wberu is this to end? What are to be its results ? are ques tions worthy your consideration, and that of the people. ; OBSKRVER. ' 4 : Ihe appaintraent of this lnaividual as Charge f, . . , I I trt Kiicniifl A vroa i wiirthv itt TYliir than n. Ttilrtft ,r mar i,it?r lla ir-iio m mornhpr tit l.fintrrpafl in , , ' , . n looO, when the Compromise measures were .. . , , , , , -11 pending in that bod v, and made a violttnt and , e .. ,x i . 1 bitter speech against the South, lie taunted c, . . , ,. . , Liie oouiucru peopi vuui uowiiiuice 111 tiic iiol war with Great Britain, and nroclaimed that they should not dissolve the Union. He said, in substance, that, whenever the attempt was made, Illinois would raise four times a.i many regiments as she sent to the Mexican war, and that he would march at their head to compel the South into submission. Many of onr readers will, no doubt, recollect something of Col. Bis sell's speech. It created much excitement at the time, and its author wis strongly denounced by the whole Southern press, without distinc tion of party. It would seem, however, that his appointment has given not the least offence or alarm to the locofoco. sentinels who watch over the rights and honor of the South ! DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. We arc pained to learn that a young man by the name of Llovo, brakeman, was thrown from his post on the train up the Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road, near Forestville, ou Wed nesday last, the train passing over him and injuring him so seriously, that he survived but a few hours. Bu The "Wilmington Herald" expresses the belief thatAVALTEB F. Leake, Esq., will he sustained by the mass of the people, in the New Hanover District, owing to the unqualified and bold stand he has taken in favor of securing to North Carolina her just share of the Public Domain! The great question submitted not only to the people of that District, but of the whole State, for decision, is : Mtixt North Car olina continue to bear her full share of all the J burdens, and vet be denied any starc or th. ben fts, of the common projerty ! , J5af The Hon. Daniel M. Barringer, our Minister in Spain, left Madrid on the 11th of May, with his wife and family, for the purpose of making a short journey into Andalusia, pre vious to his retirement from the Spanish penin Eula. After visiting Cordova, Seville, and Ca diz, he is to return to Madrid, where he will remain until the arrival of-; Mr. Soule, who is expected to reach there in the month of July. A Maine Woman Elected to Office. The Eastern District, in Lincoln county, Me., has chosen a lad; for Register of Deeds, in place of Hezekiah Coombs, deceased, over Sylvester, the regular Democratic candidate, and the re doubtable "Mr. Scattering." The returns show the election of Miss Olive Rose, of Thomaston, formerly an assistant of to ?Mr. Coombs. She received 409 votes, to 205 for Sylvester, and 40 scattering. One town to be heard from. It is stated that a woman who keeps a small grocery on the corner of Church and AVasren streets, in an old house for which she has an unexpired lease of two years, refuses to sell out her lease for les3 than twenty thousand dollars. The owner of the property who wants to pull the house down and put up a new building, has offered her ten thousand dollars ; but she re fuses to move for less than twenty thousand. K. Y. Tribune. . George Peabodt, Esq., the American banker in London, is said to be worth about five millions of dollars. He was born in Danvers, Mass., in 1795, and in 1827 went to Europe to reside, pre vious to which he carried on the mercantile: bu siness in Baltimore. In 1834 he commenced his present business in London. He formerly resided at Georgetown D. C., also, engaged first as a clerk in the dry 'goods business with his uncle. : In China they make queer use of second hand wearing apparel. When a paif of 'cassimeres are no longer fit for service, they stuff tho , legs ' with minced meat and sell them for eaasages. There's a use to put breeches to that the outside world has never yet thought of. Inventive too- pie, mosc growers oi xoung iiyson. well tney arc. i - FOB THE REGISTER. UNIVERSITY Otf NORTH CAROLINA. Mr. Editor : As the Commencement of 1847 is known as the Polk Commencement, so the one just past may be referred to hereafter as the Hawks' Commencement. The attendance has been large and of a good qualitv ; the weather, (barring the dust) unexceptionable ; the arv rangements by the Marshals much the best ever known: the dancin? abundant and orderlv : thf.ir l'stn?tive character in an attempt to give 1 literary air to their remarks. So did not Dr. Hawks. He did not forget that the highest aim of his 6acred office is to win sjuIs. No doubt uul u at .j, uomS tins, ne v. as gumeu uy nigner ; Rhetoric desire8 no such gpeech to be over considerations than any suggested by a regard ei ht miDUtes. Certainly that ought to be the for what 'was most suitable to his ; profession ; 0lft8;de , Let m commend to the next competi stil , apart from worthier reasons, it must sug- ! to the followng remarks of Macaulay for gest itself to every one, whether he be under re- their reading, marking and inward digestion. hg.ous feel.ug or not, that it is the best taste ; The paage aa, be found in bis history of for -a minister called upon to preach, to mag- Engl(nd . Soraers rose last. He spoke little n.fy his pecuhar office Dr. Hawks recollected j more than fiv0 raillutc9 . but every worJ wa3 that whether there be tongues, they shall cease ; , of wei;,htv latter anJ y,hoaJho sat down whether there be knowledue.it shall vanish 1 i:0 .,,,?;: .., 1 tt:(,;i away ; but charitv never faileth, and in the ex .. .y , . . ercise of the noblest charity, he pointed his audience to the niutives and the rewards of eternity. The discourse was able, it was elo quent, it was learned its greatest excellence, however, was, that it was a sermon. Upon Tuesday forenoon, the echoes around the University were wakened by the reading of the most finished composition, the utterance of which has ever disturbed their repose. "The Vindication of Sir Walter Raleigh" occupied two hours and twenty minutes in its delivery. It was a feature by Dr: Hawks before the His torical Society. From its pages, no grace of composition was absent. Had the matter been mediocre, the manner in which it was read would have made it a r;rre treat. It would not be easy to maintain that it partook, in any emi nent degree; of historic impartiality, in setting forth the defects in the character of Raleigh ; nor, indeed, does its title lead one to anticipate the cool impartiality of the Bench, so much as the eager- enthusiasm of the advocate. As, what lawyers understand by a defence, it was without fault. Every act of word-painting was successfully used to render, the hearers contem porary with the period treated of ; and when the genius of the sneaker had diaentnnilipd tlmsn , . : , TfH-i .n.t.t.f itiMm dr.i inn itt i- Ki. .1.1'.. I, nuu i,ivii in niti uiltuinui vtiuv,ii XWtlnJIJill w iia tfr principal figure, the more important part of his work, was done. Not even Macaulay when painting the trial of Hastings, or delineating the characters of the Lords whom the second James alienated from his throne many months before William sailed from Holland shows more inspiration than did Dr. Hawks in his sketches of Elizabeth, Burleigh, Robert Cecil, James, and others, with whom a connection with the principal figure of his sketch rendered it necessary that his audience should be ac quainted.. Nor were the felicitous quotations lrom Raleigh's writings any small part of the pleasure given by the Lecturer. Nothing could have been more happy : thoy were the apples of gold in pictures of silver. In fine, to my poor judgment, it seemed that there was no passion in the breast to which the various arts of oratory can appeal, that was not fully arous ed bv the 'Vindication. It is cause for regret that Dr. Hawks declines giving it to the public lor -the present, some consolation may he lound in his reason, that it makes a passage in some graver work now contemplated, and somewhat in progress. llie subject cnoson uy .ulgo .Nicholson tor bv Judrro Nicholson for ; ah address before the two Societies, was, " The ' Influenceof Lawyers." What the topic lacked in freshness, was amply atoned for in the man ner in which it was treated. The style was elegant and easy ; the thought very good ; the ranjre of discussion wide ; the tone of morality i r. " ,1 .!. a, .v. J . iohj , ..i.cj u.iau-cucuanu t"."u uuSc ...o... v "". ".-v.., o. u amiable and somewhat sedate countenance, up on whom the twenty-six years which have pass ed since he left Chapel Hill, have borne but lightly. He is evidently a gentleman of varied information, and of good natural parts ; one of the lew graduates who deserved and still deserve that' frequently ill-applied phrase, "probis mori bns, bona indole." Never mind his politics; it cannot be otherwise than well for the country that. he should fill high office, and exert great influence. Nothing but the fact that Dr. Hawks and Dr. Dickson were so happy in their efforts at Commencement, prevente the excellence of Judge Nicholson's address Jrfrom being all the tallcm Not once in ten years does the orator be foreur two Societies come; up to the standard of this last effort. s Very considerable anxiety was felt by some who did not know Dr. Dickson, lest he should not maintain the very high character that the exercisos up to Wednesday noon had given to this anniversary. Need I say that no appre hension could have been more groundless. Dr. Dickson had conceived a very high idea of what an Alumni Address should be, and well did he carry out his conception. The rudiments of education, long since received by the accom plished orator at Chapel Hill, have, in the 30 years since ie graduated, been well developed, and he returned to his Alma Mater with the happy impression that he could in no way bet ter evince" his respect for her early instruction, than by showing to what extent he had profited thereby. Perilous, indeed, were it for most Alumni to measure their devotion to the Uni versity Ipy so high a standard. Dr. Dickson was a bold man to attempt such a tribute to the memory of his early instructors in science. His theme was a resume of the advances of seience since he left Chapel Hill. And a capi tal address it was. Steering most skillfully between barren declamation, in vague terms, upon the marvels of the nineteenth century; up on the one side, anJ. the wearisomeness of petty details on the other, it was very creditable to its learned author, as it was a great honor M the liberal profession of which he is an ornament. A very pleasant passage in the exercises of the day arose from a handsome compliment, which Dr. Dickson, in mentioning the literati of this country, took occasion. to pay to the able author of a work on Egyptian Antiquities. After the applause, at the close of the address, had sub sided, Govi .Swain moved a return of the thanks of the association, and a lequestfora copy for publication. Thereupon, Dr. Hawks rose, and with muob feeling acknowledged the "raccful compliment that had been paid to bim . ' : r r-- -t 1 i by the orator, insisting (a point in which doubt less he spoke his own opinion, alone) that it was altogether i beyond his merits. He then complimented the speeches of the day, as was noticed in the ; Register of Saturday, and turn ing to the youtig gentlemen of the University, said, with solemnity, that, whatever of little dis tinction any of 1 the elder Alumni had acquired in the world; thy owed, under God, to the advan tages they had leceived at this venerable insti tution, adding, that greater distinction than had fallen to the loj,of those, who bad preceded the presefifctassea, was within the reach of these lat ter, anly let them improve their present oppor tunities to the full. So much for he addresses, the sermon and the lecture. With regard to the exercises of the young gentlemen, I do not find much to note. Among; the Freshmen who declaimed the best, were Messrs. Morrow and Brown. Of the Sophomores, Mr. Spruill was the most for-' tunate in the! selection of a speech, and in its delivery ; some others, also, did pretty well. 1 never feel more harrowod up by reflections on' the brevity of human life, than when sitting under a long ; declamation ; especially if it be upon Washington, or in these later days, upon Clay, or Webster, Secession, and the Union. Oh I my life ! this young man has, with evil gestures and am emphasis most singularly fall ing on every wrong word in the piece, been ramping about for fourteen long minutes, when, by a calculation upou which I have been busy for the last tea minutes,.I find that, if a man should live tobf three-score and ten, he would not have much over six hundred thousand quar ters of an hour to live. And here has gone one of them. I understand that the Professor of ma ic uuiaiiuu an wi uiuiui ivnu a uuuoLiiuiivniiu lawyer was established. rive minutes is a plaguey long time on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. The Senior Orations on Thursday, I listened to only here and there, and heard but little of from such as listened faithfully. Of those I heard, Mr.' Merritt's and the Salutatory were best delivered. Mr. Merritt's was a sensible speech to boot ; 'whether or not the Latin was, I do not say. Those wh) heard Mr. Pool and Mr. Woods, spoke favorably of their speeches. You being a friend of mine, Mr. Editor, I ought to tell you how nearjy I became involved in a scrape about thei Salutatory. You recollect that in that speech set expres sions may be fo)nd ; for instance, the curatores are spectatissunilsin expression somewhat rude, when one reflects that to wear spectacles is scarcely to be avoided as one approaches sixty; the President .is quoniam huic memlranoe a(jix imus, et ut etliis appareat Carolincc Unreal is, or something Ur tl.at purpose ; then the young ladies are pwllcef,; more rarely, as grammarians say, lumina tuvndi, with or without the prefix pulcherritna. Now, it is a well known custom at Chapel Hill- or was rather that at this TtiiHf oil flirt c -it Jl clifittlil nrtl.tml Tt9 tn f, , . .', c , mis ena, 11 was expecteu mat tnc oaiutaionan '. . ' . chit, ,lil should advist the Freshman and Sophomores as to the meaning $f the words, and should like wise give a peculiar wink or gesture when he came thereunto.iin order to refresh their classi cal recollections; whereupon, instant was the appreciation of the sentiment, and astounding the applause. Now, upon this last occasion, whether Mr. White neglected to meet with the under-gradu ttes, and give them the key to his language on thisi head, whether he failed to give them the wink when he had reached the point to be applauded ; for what cause, indeed, I krfnw not, so: it :was, the students did not ap plaud. Poor I, however, who have not "forgot ten the meaning of imcllce since Cuthhert's day, in 1838, seized . my cane, and struck two or three abortive notes of commendation. Immediately-, throe ypung ladies turned indignant countenances upon their unlucky admirer, and I saw the Marshals pricking up their ears .to detect the cause of disturbance. Most discrect- lv did I cause my face to declino iipon the j bench Lcfore me, and not a 8inle word more of Latin di(1 j comprehend. I did not think, p to that day hat t knew enough Latin to ! hurt anvbodv; but alas! I came very near ; finding out how small a modicum of classical taste and acquirement may prove of serious in convenience to ifs possessor. Justsuppose, my friend, that two Marshals had collared ine, and conducted me to' the most immediate opening into out-doors ! i. ' r' - : nothing could have been more complete than i their management. This time the young gen tlemen did not appropriate the best seats in the Chapel to their own use, and the beaux and belles did not sit together, whereby it came to pass, that behold! in thoso days there was a con siderable silence during the speaking, through out all the middle benches, showing conclusive ly, to my weak mind as the ladies still occu pied those seats that it was the young men who did the talking so much complained of in times of yore. Of the Managers, in person, I can make no report. Being under a sort of implied promise to my old dancing-master never to practise the poetry oj motion, at least not to connect his name with any thing I might do in that line, I did not frequent the dancing. I heard the ar rangements highly praised, however. I have not been able to procure an abstract of the report for your columns. The Graduat ing Class in number 57 was of unusual merit as regards scholarship and deportment. The first scholars in the Class, were: Messrs. Black, ' Moore : .Lawrence, Haleigh ; Mclver, Moore ; Merritt, Tennessee ; Moorehead, Greensboro' ; Spencer, Alabama ; and White, Bladen. In the Junior, tlietra are : Messrs. Alexan der, Badham, Battle, Graves, Jackson and Wet more. In the Sophomore : Messrs. Colton, Gilliam and Puttick. i In the Freshman : Messrs. Bryan, Merritt, Morrow, Sessions and White. The Honorary Degree of L. L. D. was con ferred upon Walker Anderson of Florida, and upon Judges Nash, Pearson and Battle ; that of D. D upon Bishop Davis, of South Carolina, and the Rev. Messrs. Cross and Cyrus John ston, i Tery trnlyr&c. OFFICIAL REPORT OF DEGREES, -DISTINCTIONS, &c., CONFERRED. FRESHMAN CLASS. . I. Scholarship. The First Distinction was assigned to Messrs. Bryan, Lawrence, Merritt, Morrow, Sessions and White. The Second Messrs. Cowper, Cramp, Dowd, Hines, Johnson, Owens, Slade, Springs, Steven son, Waddell and N. S. Yarborough. , The Third4-Messrs. Barney, Doss, Drake, Hilliard and Irwin. - - i II. Deportment. Seven members of this class were absent from no duty during the year, viY: "Messrs. Crump, Hilliard, Hines; Merrit, Rudisill, Slade and Waddell. It- SOPHOMORE CLASS L SCHOLAESHIF ' ' -s. . The First Distinction Messrs.' Golton, E. W, G illiam and Puttick. , . , The Second Messrs. Betts, Davis, Gaines, Gatling, Hall, McDougald, Wharton and WhiH aker. The Third Messrt. Brearfy. tUaxopbell,' Gra ham, Lewis, Mclver, McNairJdontgiJuifiryatid W bitfield, f - j. . :i,HB. 9piltw& n. , II. Deportment. , ; IT There are 55 regular members ; of these 19 or more than one third have been absenttrom no duty during the year ; these are Messrs. Boyden, Colton, Davis, Gatling, J. B. Gilliam, Hadly, Hall, J. R. Hogan, Irion, James, Lewis, McNair, R. McNair, McNeill, Puttick," Slade, Turner, Wharton and Whitfield. v JUNIOR CLASS. I. Scholarship. First Distinction Messrs. Alexander, Bad ham, Battle, Graves, Jackson, and VVetmore. Second Messrs. Bullock, Galloway, John ston, Long, Merritt, Rand, Robeson, Rutin, W. L. Scott, Vann, and J. II. Wright. t Third Messrs. 11. Bradford, Morrison, Shaw and B. Whitfield. ,v. II. Deportment. s Ten of the 61 regular members of this class have been absent from no duty during the year, viz -. Messrs. Andrews, Battle, Bullock, Graves, Nichols, W. L. Scott, Vann, Wetmore, B. Whit field and T. Whitfield, and 4 of the ten, viz v Messrs. Andrews, Battle, Bullock and Graves, have never been absent during the three years they have been members of the Institution. SENIOR CLASS. I. Scholarship. First Distinction Messrs. Black, Lawrence, Mclver, Merritt, Morehead, Spencer and White. The Second Messrs. Allen, Chambers, B. F. Green, Harrington, Livingston, Pool, Powell, Woods and Worth. The Third Messrs. Battle, Bullock, Dis mukes, Fcrtboe, Peebles, N. E. Scales, J. I. Scales. The next best scholars were Messrs. Cutlar, Stickney and J. T. Taylor. II. Deportmkxt. The attendances required of eachstudent upon Morning and Evening Prayers, Divine Worship on the Sabbath, and at recitations, are 1200 each year or 4S00 during the four Collegiate term of four years. Of the 57 regular membetsof this class, 4, viz: Messrs. Bullock, Ferebee, D. McN. McKay, and N. E. Scales were absent from no duty during four years. Mr. Spencer was twice absent from Prayers, twice from Recitation and once from Divine Worship during the Sophomore year; Mr. Lamp 12 times from Prayers and 8 from Recitation during the Freshman year, all on account of sickness, and neither was absent in any other instance during four years. Mr. Pool was not absent during the three first years, and but once unavoidably during the Senior year. Messrs. B. T. Green, J. T. Taylor and White, were rarely and never voluntarily absent during four years. Mr. Livingston entered Freshman half ad vanced, and was never absent a dag during three years and a half. Mr. J. McKay entered Sophomore, and was never absent during 3 years. Mr. Dismukes en tered at the same time, and was never absent when able to attend. Messrs. Black and Merritt enterqd Sophomore half advanced and were never absent, and Mr. Mclver but once (from Morning Prayers) dur ing two years and a half. Mr. Stickney entered Junior half advanced and was never absent. The next most pmctual we're Messrs. Worth, Battle, J. J. Scales, Peebles, Powell, Chambers, Harrington and LawagTice. Messrs. Alren and Morehead lost considera ble time from sever? sickness, but neither was ever voluntarily absent, and the latter never ab sent from my cause when upon the Hill during the full collegiate term of four years. The degree of A. M. in regular course was conferred upon the following gentlemen: William A. Hiftk M. D., Luinberton. . Raleigh. - Greensboroogh. Duplin. - Chapel Hill, Seaton Gales, -Julius Gorrell, -William E. Hill, -Richard Hines, William II. Johnston, Malcom McNair, John Pool, - -William G. Pool, M. D., R. Lawrence Smith, Clement G. Wright, - Tarbo rough. Robeson. ; Elizabeth City. Scotland Neck. Fayetteville. The Honorary Degree of D. D. was conferred upon the Rev. Joseph Cross, of Charleston, S. C, the Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Davis, Bishop of the Pro. Ep. Church of South Carolina, and the Rev. Cyrus Johnson of Charlotte. The Honorary Degree of LL. D. was conferr ed upon the Honorable Walker Anderson, Chief Justice of the State of Florida, the Hon. Frede ric Nash, Chief Justice, and the Hon. William II. Battle and Richard M. Pearson, Judges of J the Supremo Court of North Carolina. Tobacco. A Ilhd. of line leaf tobacco from Warren countv, N. C. was received here on Saturday, by Messrs. John P. Leigh & Sm. Norfolk Beacon, 6lh. ' Fun and Fact. "Those sewing machines are great inventions," said a friend to Qld Roger. "Yes sir," said the little man readily, "sow it seanu." It appeared to be the opinion all round. Boston I'ost. Intelligent Voting The Fredericksburg Herald says : We understand that a poll was opened in a Stafford precinct, for Armstrong, for the Board of Public Works. The Democra cy had the pleasure of voting for a man running in another section. FOR SALE A first-rate ; Buggy. Enquire at this office. Jane 10, 185S. 48 tf WANTED A good Nurse, for the balance of the year. Enquire at this office. June 10, 1853 i 48 tf Strayed, ON the 22d May, a light Bat Make Mplb, black mane and tail, with a small black streak I across her withers. Any person taking up said Mule, bo that 1 get her again, will oe suitably re warded, by applying to CASWELL A. SMITH, St Mary's District, 9 miles South of Raleigh. June 10, 1853: - ' - - ' 48 wtf CASTALIA HIGH JJCHQOL. " ME. AND MBS. P. 8, HICHIlDSOIi, PanKSPAia. THE Summer Term ii the male and female de partments will commence ou Tuesday morning, the 6th of July. - Circulars furnished on application to the Principal.! : -!; V , 48 4t Castalia, Nash co., N. Ci Jttn H, 1853. ' gg-Standard, Post, Recorder and Spirit of the Age (Raleigh) please cop; and charge D. S. R AvT.URNER&CO'S MENAG ERIE ANp: CIRC US COMBINED. G OBTAINING some, of the most splendid Ani mals in the world. v, v Manytif which were trained and Exhibited "by the celebrated Van Amburg through the VprWpal ?sfEjWP 1 America - vJae Equestrian Troupe iauwithout its superior among which is tb at celebrated six horse rider. N B.,.Tubmer, also "VVabd, Lipkas, DeLact Masters Thomas Edwis, .&c &c, and . that Clown of mil ClownsrMrvGAaEXEB, whose daring act of turn ing a Somerset over 16 men, 10 horses' and tie El ephant, the largest in the United States, i' an as tonishingly incredible performance. - eiaiore at Kaieigu, Wednesday and Thurs- commence will bs ziven foV'the;ia666mihcMfiitinii -nf v:i: . .and children, commencing at 2 J'eldck p."nC 5 Admission 50 cents ; children and servants half P. S. The same will be exhibited , fc Sc4nli)i Monday the 20thiand Earpsboro,? Tueday Ui 21st of June,, in, the afternoon, ato'clocC.-'. , i . ti one j um, j ooi..- wtw-48 HENDERSON MALE ACADEMY. - - - v-BENDERSON Na' "V . ' ;" L;SPERRY,' rEiJrcipA.. THE nexVSess)on of this Institution will com mence on the first Monday in.July next. ; Tu ition for Elementary. English branches, $10 'per Session," Wgher English -branches $12,50, Latin and Greek $15.' lioard can be obtained on very fair terms id the 'Village and its vicinity. Boys will be received at any period of the Session, and charged from1 time of entrance ; though it is -very desirable that they commence at the beginning ' of the Session.-v If o deduction made for absence only in cases of protracted sickness. '- ' - ' D. E. YOUNG,f4 Y ... ltOBT. P. HUGHES - x , : JNO. D. HAWKINS .Trust. . JNO. B. DEBNAM, k P. A JONES,,, u J June 10th, 18o3. . . 48-4fr F a yett'evi lleHoteh' A j iiiuu ana zaa oi June, Tor '2, days only vpiiu. iu i, p.m. i enormance i ; ana on TfrnrsdaV. the :23d.' a JOHN BARMAN- 5 MRespectfuUy informs hie friends and the pub lic that be has "removed from the Hotel at the foot of Haymouni to the larger and, more -commodious Hotel in the Centre of the. Town, re- -'- i cently occupied by Mrs. Brown, and well known aa- S -the Fayetteville Hotel, where he will be tippy to- i accomodate Travellers and Boarders. No exertions ' of himself and family will be spared to render those'' ! comfortable who may favor him with their company. FayetteviUe, N, C, June 10, 1853. w 48 . ' Female School! MISS H. W. Merrill and Mrs. Blood will open a school, at the rooms of the Masonic Lodge, '' on the 6th of July next, for the instruction of Young Ladies and Misses in the various branches pertaining to a thorough and accomplished educa tion. " .r , ,v, .j'... Terms of Taitioa for the English branches, $15 French Language....... w5 Latin.. ... w5 Pencil and fine Crayon drawing , 10 Oil Painting .20 Music on the Piano and Guitar ...20 Instruction in vocal music gratis. Lessons in embroidery and needle-work given, if desired. ' :? Raleigh, June 10, 1853." 2mos 43 ADAMS & CO'S NEW YORK, VIRGINIA, & N. CAROLINA, STEAMSHIP EXPRESS. Per U. STATES MAIL STEAMERS, Roanoke and Jamestown, Seaboard and Roanoke and Raleigh and Gaston Rail , ROADS. THE undersigned would respectfully inform the Merchants and other citiiens. of Raleigh, and all other towns in the vicinity, that we have effected arrangements with the New York and -Virginia Steamship Companies for exclusive ex press privileges on that route, and having a per manent connection with tire Seaboard and Roanoke and Raleigh and Gaston Rail Roads, ' we are now prepared to forward to and from New York, Mer chandise and packages of every description and size with dispatch, and at greatly reduced rates. Our express will leave New Tork every Wednes day and Saturday, by the splendid steamships Ro anoke and Jamestown, alternately. Goods will be received at our New York office, 59 Broadway, until half past 9 o'clock, on the day of sailing. Merchants and others ordering goods from New York are requested to ordqr by Adam $ Co' Steamship Express. ',' Our Inland Express, for the rapid conveyance of Merchandise, Package, Jewelry, Specie, Bank Notes, and all other valuables, will leave New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore daily, in charge of special Mettengsr, going through with mail speed. ' f ADAMS & CO., Fayetteville St. Saxcbl E. Phillivs, Agent. ' NOTICE. Express packages for Norfolk, Petersburg and . Richmond iutended for shipment, Per Steamships R a mke and Jamestown, will hereafter be receiv ed by Messrs. Adams & Co., 69 Broadway, who are the only authorixed agents for Express privi- leges by those Steamships. LUDLAM & PLEASANTS, 32 Broadway, New York. June 10, 1853. 6t 48 Summer Arrangement, BETWEEN NORFOLK AND NEW YORK. PASflAOSAKDrAas (state-room included) only $8. THE swift and elegant steamship JAMESTOWN and ROANOKE, being fitted in every respect, accord- ine to the act of Congress, will leave Norfolk for New York every Wednesday and Saturday mornings; -at 11 o'clock, with ihe United States Mail, arriving in New York early the next day. ' - - -i . v."- .. ' - Btm-ning, they will leave New York every Tuesday and Saturday Afternoons, and arrive at Norfolk the fouowmg day M - . 4 : For passage,' apply on board, or to ; ' . i - , . i . - J. M. SMITH & BRO., Norfolk. - June 10, 1853. . 48-m TIHE NEXT SESSION OF THE SUBSCRI , hex's School will commence the 7th of Jul next. The class which goes to College leaves room for a few boys. , ALEX. WILSON. Melville, Alamance co., June 10, 1868. 48--w8w