Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-10-06
Reception of Concha at Havana.

The Cuban correspondent of the Charleston Stan
dard gives the following account OF the honors with
which the people of Havana received their new Cap
tain General:
At about FIVE minutes before three O'Clock the
Marquis de la PeZnea, in full uniform left the Pal
ace, accompanied by aid de-camp and followed
by the Mayors of the first, secon and third " cleo
tons in their splendid crimson velvet robes, and all
the members of the Ayuntamiento and numerous
retnue of officers to march to The wharf to receive
General Concha, upon his landing. Meanwhile the
gnns of the Francisco de Assis the Spanish steamer
which brought General Concha to this island,
n 1unced that he had entered the barge which con-
veyed him 10 the shore.
The Marquis de la Pezuela the wharf to
receive his successor whom he saluted upon his land
ing with a warmth that to me appeared hypocrltca,
considering that he recently styled him one OF the
lowest and worst of Spaniards.' A loud C" viva -
rent the air as Concha landed. The military bands
struck up national soul-srring air, and the two
Generals king side by side, followed by bril-
liant cortegs, marched to the Palace. General Con-
cha bore contempuous expression OF countenance,
which forbodes but little good to the inhabitants OF
this island, Cor | am much mistaken y he wore a
pair of long black boots and wide red sash, whilst
Pezuela wore blue sash and the walking uniform
of general! The conduct of the latter has been
all that is magnanimous and like the tn trough bred
gentleman He had splendid dinner prepared tor
Concha and his staff at the Palace, where, having
performed the duties of host for the last Time ne un-
osentatiously took his departure by the side, (Norh
entrace of the Palace in private carriage and went
TO his country residence, where he still remains. AT
the front of the Palace there stool splendid new
carriage with four beautiful American horses In ele-
CANT harness, and three servants in scarlet lveries
In this carriage, the heads OF the two leading hor-
ses of which were adorned with red and yellow feath
ers, General Concha accompanied by aid de-camp
was driven to the Real Audenca,' where, before
his drest enemy, Senior Olanea, he took the oath OF
office. Returning TO the Palace the crowd continued
crying out g viva Concha," until he made his ap-
pearance in the balcony and bowed repeatedly,
which apparently satisfied them. In the evening
scarcely house in the city but what ilIumna-
ted. The streets were light day Flags and
festOons of red and yellow calico, silk and ribbons
were decorating every doorway, and Chinese
crackers stunned the ear al every step From the
roof of the Palace numerous sky-rockets were dis
charged at night The band of the 9th regiment dis
coursed most eloquent music in the Plaza de Armes
until | o'clock. The Plaza crowded with la
dies and the masses, who, by their shouts of viva
Concha brought the General more than once to the
balcony He is accompanied to this island by his
wife, three children, four servants. and the following
named officers: Don Juan Sune, Secretary General
i Don Joaquin Manzano, Marshal of the Camp: Seno
res Br 5adiers Don Joaquin Morales de Radu and
Don Jose Ignacio Chevarri, Commandant OF Cavalry
Don Antonio de la Encina, Comnandante of En-
gineers: Don Antonio Palacios and the Graduated
Colonel, Don Francisco Alvear; also a sergeant and
one hundred and fifty infantry so diers
From the St. Louis Republican, September TO-
Lager Beer Exhausted in st. LOuis-Eighteen Mil
lion Glasses Consumed in about Six Months.
With last Sunday, September the 18th, the last
drop of lager beer in st. Louis went down to-pos-
J terity. 1t was, and is more During the past
extremely hot summer it must have been some sort
of qualification 10 our German population 10 have
resorled TO good ass of lager beer, and freely did
they make of ii. At places where, as we are
told the best of that article Was kept scarcely enou
hands could be procured to The daily increasing
number of consumers. But the extraordinary de.
mand, occasoned by the extraordinary heat soon ex
hausted the supply. One house after the other an.
nounced to its customers, that next day the last
barrel of lager heer :" would be tapped This dire
full news brought grief unto many, and not a few
were the persons Stopped at the street corners BY
inquisitive friends, with the often repeated query
:" Where is good lager beer yet to be had At last
two places only remained where the needful couls
be got-one spacious bar-room, was the Mecca
during the day; the other, being garden, in thu
evening. But days hurried on. The demand, hav
ing been concentrated TO these two, was too great fo
their supply, and, finally, the barroom gave out
Matters seemed to a gloomy appearance
3" MIR. k** has shut his house." sad tidings in
, deed However, one consolation remained. The de
lie fluid could yet be obtained at the garden ant
so it went on for a few days. But, alas only for {
few days One fine morning, as ii social COMPANY
were gathered under the beautiful acacia trees il
that garden, the otherwise very kind and affab
host, with one glass full of lager beer in his lief
'fst." advanced towards the company, and handing
ii to one of them, pronounced it to be positively
" the last drop out Of The last barel!'' Great con
2 sternation followed this announcement, because
then became evident that the DAYS of lager beer il
1 st. Louis for this summer numbered. But soo
S a report spread that Mr.. G. had two kegs O
the needu yet left for his particular friends. Ii di
not take long for that report TO make the round O
the particular friends Of this benevolent gentleman
numerous they are, but it embraced even foes, an
the two kegs had only bare existence, for soon at
g ter they tapped, deep, hollow sound, in an
swer to knock at the bottom, gave satisfactory ev
# dence that they were empty.
: In the afternoon OF that very same day it dis
Y coVered-how, we cannot tell-that at a certai
s brewery down town few barrels were still left
V satisfy tie wishes of our German community an
in pursuance OF This information, perfect migratio
y of our German citizens took place TO the popuIa
n spot. But there, Informed, the lager bee
is also gone and we have recorded 1.-The la
C days of lager beer in St. Louis.
5. However, We cannot close without giving GU
readers little satisfactory information of the amour
y OF lager beer that was consumed in city durn
the summer. ST. Louis has about t1Uenty- four brew
cries, and every of them had stored nearly twi
the quantity of " ale for this summer that had bee
made at any preceding one. AS we have been il
formed by one OF the largest dealers of this arcI
d. the quantity may be safely reckoned at forty MouSar
barrels of lager beer, and perhaps twenty ho,San
is barrels of common beer By an average count OIL
barrel of thirty gallons gives about three hundr
b. glasses thus we have about tyelUe millions of ga
ses of lager beer, and about SIR millions of commC
he beer ; i'll all eighteen million glasses heer drunk
St Louis, from the LIST of March last up the IL
Il OF September. the time the lager beer gave out
tn Common beer is sold at five dollars per barrel al
lager beer seven dollars. that is, at wholesale til
H. will make the amount received by the brewers Tor
b. ger beer, $290,000, and for common, $l00,00O-t
lie gelher say S39000O. The retailers, at five cents
la in Lon hoor al