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VOL III NO. 29.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1854.
WHOLE NO. 133.
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SELECT POETRY.
THE SUMMER'S CALL.
BY MRS. HEMAKS.
Come away! the sunny hours
. "Woo thee liar to founts and bowers! '
Q er the very wattrs now,
In their play,
Flowers are shedding beauty's glow
"," Come away.
"Where the lily's tender gleam
Quivers on the glancing stream
Come away.
' All the air is filled with sound,
Soft and sultry, and profound,
Murmurs through the shadowy grass
Lijhtly stray;
Faint winds whisper as they pass
Come away ;
"Where the bee't deep music swells
From the trembling foxglove bells
Come away.
In the skies the "sapphire blue
Now h;ith won its richest hue ;
In the wood- the breath of song
Night and day.
Floats witli leafy scents along-
, ' Come awi.y ;
"Where tlie boughs with dewy gloom
Darken e:ich thick bed of bloom
Come away.
In the deep heart of the rose.
Now' the crimson love-hue glows ;
Now the glow-worm's lamp by night
. Sheds a rny,
; Dreamy, htirry, greenly bright
Come away,
Where the fairy cup-moss lies,
: Wiih the wild-wood strawberries,
. Come away.
Now eachjree by summer crown'd,
Shed its own rich -twilight round,
Glancing there from sun to shade,
Bright wing play,
There the deer its couch hath made
Come away :
" "Where the smooth leaves of the lime
Glistin in their honey-time
2 Come jlway away.
DIPLOMATIC
From the New York Time9.
JAPAN OPENED.
Satisfactory Result of Com. Perry's Visit.
Three Porta Opened to American Commerce.
Agreement to furnish Coal to American
Steamers: Interesting Narrative. Detailed
'Account of Com. Perry's Second Visit.
The Susquehanna arrived at Hong Kong from
Japan on the 2d (April,) bringing the gratifying
intelligence that Commodore Perry had succeed
ed in the objects of his mission in a manner that
will confer .'..honor -on his country and enduring
fame on himself. - The precise terms of a Com
mercial .Treatv had not been definitively arrang
ed when the Susquehanna left the Yedo on the
'24th of March ; but enough had been done to
establish a friendly feeling between the two
countries. ; The opening of Three or more ports
to the Commerce of America, and he furnishing
of Coalsfor its Steatners, may be considered as
a matter settled, and Captain Adams held him
self in readiness to proceed in the Saratoga to
hear the intelligence to the Government at
, - CJ
"Washington.
' "We were enabled to furnish our readers with
a detailed narrative of the proceedings in Japan,
from which it will be seen that nothing could
h;ivfi been better or more fortunate than the
' course pursued by Commodore Perry. Indeed
we feel prettv certain that the most skillful di
, plomatist in Europe could rhot have brought
matters to so speedy, pacific and successful an
issue. Commodore Perry was known as a brave
as well as accomplished seaman, but it was
thought he had rather a propensity for fighting;
which iiirieed, with such means at his disposal,
and such people to deal with as the Japanese
were ignorantly presumed to.be, was deemed in-
evitable by most, people, though, as our pages
show, not by every one. Here, however, he has
disappointed the world ; and perhaps not a few
in his" squadron ; but he has done what we did
not do in China, and it was not expected any
-one could accomplish in Japan, lie has peace
fully and amicably opened it to the intercourse
of his countrymen, without firing a shot or
using an angry word.
Commodore Perry, in the Susquehanna, left the
- harbor of Hongkong on the, 14 th of January,
accompanied by the Powhatan and the Missis
sippi, the sailing vessels, Vandalia, Southamp
ton, Supply and Lexington, having some time
before proceeded to the rendezvous at Xapaki
ang in Loo Choo, where the Squadron met on
the 21st of January. Nothing of importance
occurred at Loo Choo beyond visiting the capi
tal, Shuidi, with the temples and forts, and ad
. miring, as others have done, the picturesque and
surpassingly beautiful scenery of thp island.
The sailing vessels were dispatched for Japan
on the last day of January, under command of
Captain Abdon, the steamships following on Tth
February, and, along with the sloop Saratoga
from Shanghae, joining the sailing vessel in the
waters of Japan on the 12th, without accident
beyond the temporary grounding of the Mace
donian, which was lightened, and speedily got
off. The whole squadron then proceeded and
anchored in the bay of Yedo, passing Uraga,
where last year the interview, and the delivery
of the President's letter took place. A few
famuitjBg;lettr '-twelve gun ealpreobouttfcadisYaDCe.
were observed, but made no hostile demonstra
tions. Boats were not allowed to come along
side until the vessels had taken their stations,
and then Government officers were directed to
the- Powhatan, (to which the Commodore's
flag had been removed,) where they had an in
terview on the 13th with the fleet Capt. Adams,
to whom, after the exchange of compliments,
ffie Japanese stated that in - a few days a special
high officer would be sent to Yedo to meet the
Commodore and arrange everything in a court
eous manner ; but they objected that the vessels
had come too far up, and recommended their
return to Uraga, where the Emperor desired
the meeting should be held as before ; and that
point they considered as of more importance
than talking about the weather, which subject
would seem to be the pis-aler of conversation
in Japan as in all the rest of the world.
We believe that this was nearly all that
passed during the first interview, and the depu
tation took leave in good humor, which grew to
merriment, upon Captain Adams suggesting
that instead of returning to Uraga, perhaps a
more favorable anchorage might be found high
er up, and nearer the capital, which waeuld also
be more convenient for the high officers to be
sent from Yedo, as well as in accordance with
the customs of other nations.
The following day (14th) another interview
was held on board the Powhatan, when the Ja
panese renewed their urgency about the meet
ing being held at Uraga, where on the previous
occasion everything had passed in so amicable
and pleasant a manner, and to which the Com
modore had said he would return. Finding that
Uraga was still objected to, they then proposed
Kamakura, where the Macedonian had got
asKore and which they held to be a much more
convenient place than Kanagawa, between the
present anchorage and Yedo, as suggested by
Dr, S. WfWilli ams. But after much talk on
the subject, the Japanese at length left it to the
Commodore to select a place for the interview.
Before taking leave, the deputation said if the
ships needed water or provisions, boats would
be sent with supplies; but they were told that
except water, nothing else was likely to be re
quired.
After mature consideration, Commodore Perry
decided to send Captain Adams in the Vandalia
to meet the Governor of the Province at Urao-a.
Captain Adams was there informed by the Gov
ernor that every, thing -was ready for consider
ing the terms of .a treaty between Japan and
the United States, and if the Commodore (or, as
he was termed, the Admiral) would come to
Uraga, it would be concluded before the going
dawn of the sun. It is supposed, however, that
what was here meant by a treaty, was a favora-
ble reply from the Emperor to the President's
letter on the subject. 'But Captain Adams reit
erated, that the Commodore would not come to
Uraga, where he had found the anchorage to be
indifferent, but would meet the Japanese Com
missioners at Yokohamo, off the present anchor
age of the flag-ship, ten or twenty miles from
Uraga. Captain Adams rejoined the squadron
on the 24th February, and tha following day
the Japanese officers visited the flag-ship to setc
tie the place of meeting, when the Commodore,
among other things, told them that, having been
entrusted with so many ships, which were seven
teen thousand miles from home, he was reasona
bly anxious about their safety, and experience
had proved to him that Uraga did not offer so
secure an anchorage as .-where they now lay.
Some discussion ensued, but finally it was ar
ranged that the meeting should be held at Yo
kohama. Eleven days afterwards the meeting took place
and in the interval entertainments were inter
changed by the American and Japanese officers.
At one of the two given by Capt. Buchanan, the
'Governor of Uraga, as we have seen in Kezing
md other high Chinese officials, at once fefl in
with foreign observances in toasting and speech
ifying. Captain Buchanan proposed the health
of the Emperor of Japan, which was drank
standing " with all honors," and was acknowl
edged by the Governor of Uraga, who in return
similarly proposed the! health of the President
of the United States. "The Japanese took their
liquor freely, especially the champagne and li
quors, greatly admiring the glass ware that
contained them ; and expressed a hope that the
time was at hand when they would be at liberty
to visit foreign countries in steamers and ships
of three masts.
It was during this interval that an officer of
the squadron approached Yedo, and if he did
not actually enter it, at least was near enough
to judge of its appearance, and to ascertain what,
however, we believe a surveying party had done
before, that close to the shore there is five fath
oms of water, so that it can be approached by
large ships. The city is in the form of a cres
cent, and stands on an extensive plain with a
magnificent background of the mountains and
wooded country ; but it seems to possess no
striking buildings, while the' dwelling houses
are 'generally of one story, and, therefore, present
nothing imposing in their appearance, except
their vast numbers, and space thev occupy.
The population of the capital has, however, been
greatly exaggerated, for though it is certainly
great, the Japanese officers themselves placed
Yedo third among the cities of the world, Lon
don, they, said, being the first, and Parisjthe sec
ond. On the 8th, the preparations were completed
fop the reception of the Commodore, who, by the
On, tftL.ZiL.i --kl.. "..V.
bye, insisted upon the removal 5f the screen
work which extended from the shore to the hall,
'and w hich shut out the public gaze. Between
11 and 12 o'clock, the marines having been
mustered byMaior Zellin, and the sailors by
Lieut. Pegrajna, the whole in twenty-nine boats
under command of Captain Biyehanan, who con
veyed, the cortege to the shone, jmd waited the
arrival- of the CommodorttHjdiit,consisting of
CaptairTAdams, the SecretaryMr. O. II, Perry,
and the interpreters, Dr.-. S. W. Williams and
Mr.'J. L. C. Portman, who landed about noon,
under a salute of seventeen guns from the Mac
edonian, the men in the boats standing up, and
the officers on shore being uncovered. The pro
cession then moved foTward, the band playing
" Hail Columbia," and the " President's March."
On entering the hall, the Commodore w as re
ceived by four Commissioners, appointed fur the
purpose. They were :
Fi.ifst Hay ashi, with the title ot Daigaku no -Kama, or
Priiuje Councillor! . ''
Second Ido, Prince of Tsus-sima, (the group of Islands
lyirtSS between Corea and Japan.) ,
Third Idzuma, Prince of Mimasaki, a Principality ly
ing west of Miaco.
Fourth Udono, second assistant of the Board of Rev
enue. The party being seated, the flag of Japan was
run j up on board. Jh e Powhatan, and saluted
witty twenty-one guns from the launches, after
which another salute of . seventeen guns was
given to the Japanese High Commissioner, who
through the interpreter presented his compli
ments and welcome to the Commodore and his
officers, and-particularly inquired about the
health of the former. At a sign given the ser
vants in attendance brought in laquery stands
with tea and saki, sweetmeats and other con
serves, and placed one beside each officer. The
regalement seems to have been much the same
as that which in China generally precedes the
transaction of. business with foreign officials;
and; while it was going on there was time to
take a note of the place of meeting. The hall,
which had been run tip with great celerity, was
about fifty feet long, ' forty wide, and twelve
high, and surrounded with magnificent japonieas,
some of them thirty feet in height, and in full
bloom. Seats and tables about two feet high,
covered" with red cloth, extended-the whole
length of the apartment.
The floor was covered with white mats, about
three feet long by two wide and the place was
heated by highly ornamented braziers placed
on beautiful Japan stands. The pillars' support
ing the erection were ornamented with rurple
crape, and the walls were richly adorned with
paintings of birds and flowers. The hall was
situated about five hundred yards from the
landing place, and was commanded by the ships,
which lay with their broadsides to it. Several
native artists were present taking sketches of the
strangers. .
The refreshments being over, the -Commodore
and his personal staff were conducted by the
Japanese Commissioners- into another room in
the rear, the entrance to which was covered
with purple crspe. The conference lasted three
hours, and was carried on through the Dutch
language, which the Japanese interpreters, Mats-ma-ki,
and Mich-i-taso, and Mr. Portman, the
Commodore's clerk, spoke fluently. A very
favorable answer was gioen to the President's
letter, which we presume was in terms a repeti
tion of President Fillmore's; and it is stated that
Commodore Perry was fully satisfied on all
points suggested by him, which, we again pre
sume, were in accordance with Mr. Secretary
Webster's letter to Commodore Aulick accom
panying the first letter to the Emperor.
A draft Treaty, in English, Dutch, Chinese,
and Japanese, was put into the hands of the Ja
panese Commissioners, who said that it would
receive due consideration ; but the old Emperor
had died since Commodore Perry was there last
year, and his successor was a young man, who
would require to consult his Counsel before com
ing to a determination ; and the Commodore
was reminded that Japanese did not act with
the same rapidity as Americans did ; which was
thus illustrated : Should several Japanese meet
together, desiring to visit the American ships,
one would say : " It is a beautiful morning !"
to which another would add, " IIo .v pleasant it
is !" Then a third would remark, " There is not
then a wave to be seen upon the water ;" at
length a fourth would suggest, " Come, let us
go and see the ships."
That the preliminaries of a treaty would be
settled during the present visit, was, however,
more than probable. Its leading provisions, it
is said, will bev the opening of three or more
ports of Japan to the commerce of the United
States, and securing supplies of coals for the
steamers of that country. In other respects,
the treaty, concluded or proposed, is understood
to be nearly a counterpart of that with China,
except, it is said, that the Japanese objected to a
clause adfnitling all otlier countries to the same
privileges as America ; not like the Chinese, by
whom, and not by Sir Henry Poftenger, as is
generally supposed, the privileges of the English
treaty, were extended to all foreign countries.
The Japanese would manifest more sagacity,
and save themselves from incalculable vexation,
were they to determine on allowing other na
tions to enjoy the same immunities as America,
and no other, modelling all future treaties on
precisely the same terms. But nothing can be
as vet certainly known on the subject, for the
Susquehannih, having been placed at the dis
posal of Mr. McLane, the Minister to China, and
being under orders to be in Hong Kong in the
! beorinninsr of April, was dispatched" on the
xc6xtsot'2iih M'mm vdsB.
conference was to have been held for the pur
pose of considering the treaty.
As most of our readers may have forgotten
the precise tenor of President Fillmore's letter
to the Emperor of Japan, and as it is not long,
we here insert it, appending an outline of Mr.
Secretary Webster's instruction to Commodore
Aulick, to whom the commission was originally
entrusted :
" I send you, by this letter, an envoy of my own ap
pointment, an officer of high rank in his counjtry, who is
no missionary of religion. lie goes by irfy command to
bear to you mT greeting and good wishes, and to pro
nioto friendship and commerce between the two countries.
" You know that the United States of America now ex
tend from sea to sea j that the greatt countries of Oregon
and California are parts of the United Sia'.es ; and that
from these countries, which are rich in gold and silver and
precious stones, our steamers can reach the shores of your
happy land in less than twenty days.
" Many of our ships will now pass in every year, and
some perhaps in every week, between California and
China. These ships must pass along the coast of your
empire ; storms and winds may cause them to be wrecked
on your shores, and we ask and expect from your friendship
and your greatness, kindness lor our men and protection
for our property. We ish that our people may be per
mitted to trade with your people ; bat we shall not author
ize them to break any law of your empire.
" Our objtct is friendly commercial intercourse, and no
thing more. You may have productions which we should
be glad to buy, and we have productions which might suit
your people.
" Your Empire contains a great abundance of coal ; this
is an article which our steamers In going irom CaIirornia
to China must use. They would be glad that a harbor in
your Empire should be appointed to which coal might be
brought, and where they might always be able to purchase
it.
" In many other respects commerce between your Em
pire and our country would be useful to both. Let us
consider well what new interests may arise from these re
cent events wJiich have brought our two countries so near
together, and what purposes of friendly amity and inter
course this ought to inspire in the hearts of those who
govern both countries."
The first half of Mr. Secretary Webster's in
structions is devoted to the subject of coals, that
being apparently the leading object of the mis
sion ; but Commodore Aulick was to avail him
self of any and every opportunity when brought
in contact with Japanese officials either in
treating about coals, or in delivering over cer
tain shipwrecked Japanese to impress upon
them "that the Government of the United
States does not possess power over the religion
of its own citizens, and there is therefore no
cause to apprehend it will interfere with the re
ligion of other countries." This point, not with
out reason, as afterwards appeared, was held to
be of the first importance, for even the question
of commercial intercourse was made subsidiary,
its success being regarded as unpromising; but
in order to provide for any "favorable contin
gency," the Commodore was invested with pow
er to negotiate a treaty, and was furnished with
copies of those of China, Muscat, and Siam, as
models, " the two latter containing guarantees
for the protection of American sailors and prop
erty which may be cast ashore," which "Webster
held to be more important than "opening one
or more of the ports of Japan." If, however,
the Commodore should succeed in effectinr a
treaty, Mr. Webster concludes by saying, "it
would be prudent to fix the period for exchang
ing: the ratifications at three rears."
Durinir the conference on the 8th, Commo
dore Perry mentioned that one of the marines
had died, and he was desirous to have a piece
of ground pointed out where this man and any
others of the squadron that might die in Japan
could be buried. The Commissioners first sus:-
gested Xanasaki, and next Uraga, but on both
being objected to, a spot near the place of meet
ing was fixed upon. An account of the funeral
by Captain Slack, the officer commanding the
marines, is given in another column, and can
not fail to be read with interest. We have only
to add, that before the funeral took place, the
Japanese officials came on board to view the
body for which purpose the coffin was opened ;
and after the burial one of them remarked that,
according to the inscription on the lid, the man
was a native of Ireland, not of America ; but
the explanation that followed proved quite sat
isfactory. In the course of the arrangements for the fu
neral, the prudence of President Fillmore's and
Secretary Webster's assurance on the subject of
religion was shown. The Japanese said they
had observed it with pleasure, and quite under
stood the distinction between Protestant and
Roman Catholics.
Before the interview broke up the Commodore
mentioned that he proposed to give his officers
leave to go on shore for recreation. To this no
great objection was., made, and we believe that
within a few days afterwards several of the offi
cers were taking exercise on shore. Rev. E. C.
Bettinger, the Chaplain, made several excursions
among the villages and cornfields, w hich last he
found in high cultivation. The houses were
generally thatched, but those of the better sort
were covered with tiles, having yards and small
gardens within enclosures.
The following day, the same gentleman, find
ing the people neither unfriendly nor indisposed
to receive him, and having, obtained leave to go
on shore, determined to visit two large cities
some miles off, called Kanagawa and Kassacca,
and with that view crossed an arm of the bay,
which shortened the distance by several miles.
He then proceeded through Kanagawa, suppos
ed to contain from one to two hundred thousand
inhabitants ; and from the immense crowds that
poured out to see the stranger, there can be no
doubt of the population being very great. The
crowds however, caused no inconvenience or
impediment, for on a wave of the hand from the
Japanese officials who accompanied Mr. Bittin
gerj the peeple cleared a passage ; and after
w&rda, a njeesecger havJcg "teen sent Torwara
for the purpose, the people packed themselves
at the sides of the houses, and left the centre of
the streets clear for the stranger.
He entered some of the houses, which he
found primitive in their furniture and arrange-
ments ; but, compared with other Oriental dwel
lings of the same class, neat, clean and comfort
able. In some of them he observed clocks of
Japanese manafacture. He also visited several
temples which, though smaller than in China,
have more gilding on their walls and ornaments
on their 'idols, and generally are in better order.
The priests as well as the people were distin
guished for their courtesy. -The cities thus visi
ted were not; only very extensive, (estimated to
be six miles long,) but with wide, well-formed
streets. Kasacco is from fifteen to twenty miles
distant by land, from the ships ; and Mr. Bittin
ger being thus necessarily long absent, some
anxiety was felt about him. As he was return
ing, a Japanese officer put into his hands an or
der from the Commodore for all officers to re
turn on board, and shortly after a courier, mount
ed on a splendid black horse, delivered a similar
despatch, and finding it was understood and
acted on, turned round and galloped back again
to report the approach of the, American officer
who concluded his journey by torch-light, and
found on his arrival that every thing that had
occurred had been noted even to the number of
buttons on his Coat being recorded.
Four days after the interview, the presents
were interchanged, time having been required
to erect places for their recejjtion. Those
for the Emperor consisted of, among other
things
A railway with steam engine, an electric telegraph, a
surf boat, a life boat, a printing press, a fine lornette, a
set of Audubon's American Ornithology splendidly bound;
Plates of American Indians, Maps of different States ol
America ; Agricultural implements, with ail the modern
improvements; a piece ot loth, a bale of cotton, a stove,
Rifles, Pistols and Swords; Champagne, Cordials and
American Whiskey.
. And those of the Empress, (presuming there
is one :)
A telescope, a lorgenette in a gilded case, a lady's toilet
box, gilded ; a scarlet velvet dress ; a changeable silk
dress, flowered ; a splendid robe, Audubon's illtrsTrated
works, a har.dsome set of china, a mantelpiece clock, a
parlor stove, a box of fine wines, a box of perfumery, a
box of fancy soaps.
Of the other presents, perhaps the one most
valued was a copy of Webster's complete Die
tionary to one of the Imperial interpreters. To
the high officers were given books, rifles, pistols, '
swords, wines, cloths, maps, stoves, clocks, and
cordials, the last of which they fully apprecia
ted ; and, as regards clocks, when it was propos
ed to bring an engineer from shipboard to set
them going, the Japanese said there was no ne
cessity for that, as they had clock makers at
l Yedo who Understood them perfectly. They
were curious to know, however, about Ericsson's
caloric engine, of which they had heard, but,
from the Commodore at any rate, we suspect
they would not receive a very favorable opinion
of its practical utility.
Whatever may be thought of some of the
other presents, the Railway and Telegraph, at
which the world at the time was disposed to
laugh, were happy hits. The Rail is only about
three hundred yards in all, but being formed in
a circle, the carriage can be driven at the rate
of forty miles or more. Just at first the Japa
nese were chary of venturing into the car, but
after a single trial there was much good humor
ed competition for places. The Telegraph still
more astonished them, but they will speedily un
derstand it, and may possibly by this time be
laying down the wires for themselves.
CHRISTIAN BURIAL IX JAFAX.
One of the standing opinions about the Japa
nese, destined to be throw n down by Commo
dore Perry, has been, that they were invincibly
intollerant of Christianity in any form. Indeed,
this has generally been assigned as the main
reason for their exclusiveness. To the emblem
of the cross they still object, but the story of the
expelled Portugese, that every Christian landing
in Japan was required to trample on it, or on a
representation of the Yirgin and Savior, must,
if true, have been almost entirely confined to
themselves and their coreligionists. More re
cent writers, who have been able to deny that
such is now the custom, tell us, that 'the prac
tice of religious rights is prohibited by irrevoca
ble Japanese laws ;" but the following narrative
of the funeral of a marine of the United States
squadron shows that there is as little foundation
for the one statement as the other :
On the 9th of March, the day following the
first meeting bet ween Commodore Perry and the
Imperial Commissioner from Yedo, to negotiate
the terms of a commercial treaty, a soldier's and
a Christian burial was given to a Marine, Robert
Williams, who had died a few days beforeon
board the steamer Mississippi. The party de
tailed for this purpose consisted of several offi
cers, one of them the Captain in his gown, an
escotl of eight marines in charge of a corporal,
and four marines as bearers of the corpse. Two
boats left the ship ; one containing the officers,
and the other the body and escort. Upon reach
ing Ihe shore, the party was met by several Ja
panese officials, ready to conduct them to the
grave. The escort landed first, and received the
body with the usual honors. The little proces
sion was then formed ; first the escort, followed
by the music, (drum and fife ;) next the body
borne on the shoulders fjf four messmates ; and
then the Chaplain with the other officers, and a
few sailors from the boats bringing up the rear.
In this order, with the music playing a Dead
March, the party moved to the grave, winding
through the "streets of a villagea disiance of
nearly half a caile. On either eidd of the rdac
and on the surrounding hills, at the foot of one ;
of which the grave had leen made, thousands of
-people, men, women and children, could be seen,
all manifesting eager curiosity to witness a sight
so entirely novel in their land.
I could not but think as "we passed along,
how strange, not only the procession, but each ..
of us individually, must .appear to that eager
throng, not one of whom probably had ever be-"
fore looked upon the face of a stranger from a
foreign country ; and yet there was no undue
noise made, or apparent alarm on the part of any
of them, only intense interest in observing what
was passing before them. As we neared the
grave (which occupied a very pretty spot) the
voice of the Chaplain could be heard, " I am
the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord; he
that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet
shall he live ; and whosoever liveth and believeth
in me, shall never die.''
As we gathered round the grave, aud .the '
reading of the beauthful and touching burial
service proceeded, the scene was one of unusual
interest ; for the time, and . place, and circum
stances, all conspired to make it, as an incident,
honorable to our short sojourn in a land where
for centuries, it is said the svmbol of our relig
ion has been trodden under foot. The church
burial service ended, the escort fired three vol
leys over the grave. I had expected that on
this there would have been some commotion
among the crowd, but I noticed only, at the first
discbarge, for a moment there was a slight
movement as of surprise, and then all were again
quiet and attentive observers.
Having now committed to the earth, with all
due honor, the remains of our deceased shipmate,
the procession was re-formed, and with music to
the front, again passed through the village and
the thousands of spectators, to our boats on the
beach. Here we took leave of the officials, who
throughout the entire ceremony had conducted
themselves with great propriety, and extended
to us every civility ; and returned to the ship,
pleased with the consciousness of not only hav
ing witnessed, but assisted in giving such hon
ors, in such a place, to a deceased brother.
W. B. S.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE MISSING STEAMER CITY OF GLAS
GOWAN AFFECTING STORY.
The Jersey Blue has the following affecting
story :
During the latter part of our career in the
Philadelphia post-office, we became acquainted,
among the mass of human beings whose faces ap
peared daily at the " General Delivery Window"
where we were stationed, with an intelligent,
happy looking Englishman, of about forty-five
years of age, who came frequently to inquire
for letters from home. He was a man of pleas
ing manners, and evidently had been well edu
cated and accustomed to the refinements and
elegancies of really good society. Being a
stranger on our shores, he was glad to avail him
self of an opportunity of conversing with us,
and spoke freely of his past and of his hoped-for
future. He had come over to Philadelphia,
bringing with him a little son, apparently about
twelve years of age, to select a residence for the
rest of his family which he had left in England,
and to make all the arrangements necessary to
their comfort when thev should arrive. He had
accomplished this had taken and furnished a"
house in Philadelphia, and was expecting letters
from his wife, informing him of her sailingwith
their other children in the steamer City of Man
chester. We handed him a letter it spoke of her
expectation to sail in that steamer, and went away
with such glad anticipations as might be sup-
posed to fill the heart of a husband and father j rers ot tne present age, who have attracted
long absent from the wife and children whom much attention in certain sections of our,ounj
he soon expected to meet and embrace again. j trTi may properly mention Prof. Bracket,
A few days passed, and another foreign mail
arrived, and with it a letter to our friend from
his wife, saving that she had not been able to
make her arrangements in time to sail in the
Manchester, but (hat she should certainly sail in
the Glasgow. Some time after this, letters came,
which she had mailed at the time of embarking
in this ship, and now he was unspeakably happy
with the almost certainty of seeing his wife and
children in a very few davs, for the New York
mail steamers generally make the passage but a
few days sooner than our screw steamers. Soon
he, with many others, commenced going down
every day to Queen street wharf to look for the
incoming steamer.
But who shall speak of the horrors to come ?
Day after day did he, with the many others on
that sad walk, go down to the wharf and strain
his vision to descry among the vessels down the
river, the anxiously expected steamer. We saw
him when the vessel had been some thirty days
out, and were startled at his appearance. The
plump, happy-seeming face of one month before,
was haggard as the face of death, the eyes that
so shortly before we had seen dance in the light
of inward joy, were blood-shot, wild and glaring
upon us with a maniac expression. He walked
mopingly away, but his face haunted us still. A
few days after this, a steamer arrived bringing
the report that a vessel somewhat resembling
the Glasgow had been seen off the Bahamas ;
this report brought him to us again. Oh, how
that false hope had brightened his countenance !
His eves had regained their expression of intel
ligence, and he clung to his baseless hope, as a ,
drowning man to a straw. . ,
We" left the post-office a few days after this.
Yerday wb Inqoired coacerluog t&s wT6teed"
man, and was told that he had been for some
time in; the Lunatic Asylum, a raving maniac.
May God reward him in eternity!
Anecdote of Parson Brownlow. We
once heard an anecdote told of the Parson,
which, if true, clearly shows that what he thinks
is right, ; he will endeavor to maintain. - It is
said that he was once notified by one of the
greatest pugilists and bragadocias in Tennessee,
that if ho attempted to preach again at a certain
place, he would be taken from th pulpit and
publicly whipt in the presence of his congrega
tion. The persons present knowing the man
who had thus threatened the parson to be a des
perate fellow, advised him not to preach. They
were requested not to give themselves any troub
le as he would attend to the matter himself.
Sunday morning came, and so did the parson
at the appointed time and took his place in tha
pulpit. Upon looking around he Bawthe fellow
who had threatened him, -ith a number of his
friends, occupying a portion of the church near
the pulpit He began the usual exercises by
opening the Bible which lay upon the desk
he then ienioved from his right coat-pocket a
revolver and placed it at the right of the word
of truth -then another to his left he then drew
from his bosom a large and heavy bowie-knife,
and laid it across the leaverto prevent the wind
from turning them. This was an argument
which forebodied certain results. His opponents
were so perfectly amazed with the beginning of
the sermon, that they concluded it best not to
interfere with him and it is said that no set of!
men ever got sueh a scorching as did some of
his congregation upon that occasion.
"Execition of a Fraudulent B a nkrcpt."
A late number of the London Despatch gives
the following account of an occurrence which
took place in Hamburg. A similar ceremony
performed " once in a while " 'here, might have
a beneficial effect on the community.
.At noon, just as the Exchange, crowded with
merchants, presented its busiest aspect, two
drummers in the civic uniform came up, rolled
their drums for the space of ten minutes, caus
ing a great commotion both within and withoutl
the Bourse. While this was going on, work
men were seen over the principal gateway of thej
building elevating a black board, on which was
painted in w hite letters the name of a merchant
of the city who had lately suspended paymeni
and absconded with all his assets. When the
name had been, fairly set up, a bell called the
" shandglocke," or the shame bell, only rung ori
such occasions, was sounded for two hours from
a tower of the Bourse. The penalty of disgrace
called the "execution of a fraudulent bant
rupt," was ordained by a law which can ba
traced to the fourteenth century, when the Han
seatic league was at the height .of its greatnessL
At that period, however, the bankrupt's patent
of citizenship and his certificate a3 a merchant
were also burnt by the hangman.
The Goldsboro' Female College, situated on
the AYilmington and Raleigh Railroad is de
scribed to us in a letter of a friend as being onf
of the finest of the Female Schools South.
We are glad to learn this, and sincerely hop
our friend B. will, as he has promised, write u
a lengthy description of the same.
i. Many of the daughters of Tennessee and
Arkansas are yearly sent to the North, and we
have long thought it was time to look to th
South for education
Let us remember too, good Old North Caroi
lina. J
We Bhall allude to this subject again. Wen-
i tern Enguirer.
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! Prof- C IL Brackette. Among the lecti
who has recently delivered a course of lectures
at many of the schools of our State, as -well as
in other States. j J
Professor B.'s lectures have universally been
received with real interest, and those compd-
tent to form a correct judgment have invariabl
mentioned not only his lectures, bit the Pro!
himself in very favorable terms. j
Our acquaintance with him has beeB most
i pleasant, and we shall always regard him as a
true gentleman, and worthy of what he invani-
ably receives patronage and fair consideration
His lectures at our Fmale College have given .
full satisfaction, and we hope he will deliver a
public course of two or three weeks in the auj
tumn. Goldsboro' Republican. J
' The Retort Oblique. A lady took umbrage,
at the use, by a gentleman, of a very commoi -
word, of which the primary and most obvioui -sense
was unexceptionable, while its most re T
mote and unusual signification was indelicate.
" I beg; pardon," said the offender, apologetical
ly, " I certainly did not mean what you wer:r
thinking of!" a retort which was as philosophic
cal as it was just and severe. , ;
A Geologist Nonvlcsed : An old bachelor""
geologist was boasting that every rock was as fa
miliar to him as the alphabet A lady who waii.
present declared she knew a rock of which bo'
was wholly ignorant. . ,
"Name it madais," cried Coelebs, in a rage. .
"It is rock the cradle sir", replied the lady. , , .
Coelebs evaporated. -: :-.;.t
Great principles are ait .the bottom at all 1
things ; but to apply' them to daily life'many
little rulee,' precautions' aol uifflgW ire aeec!ev
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