Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-05-04
JUDGE ELLIS-THE CELEBRATION Al Ne"
BERN, &C.

BERN SCs
CORRESPONDENCE of IN. South Side Democrat
Tvs, DOS, n. c., May ], 1853.
Hon. John w. Ellis passed th'ohgh III. Pi"Ie .es
tnrday, and will ommenc the Iuoefnn''Hn ~.
uaign at Monroe. in Union county on ine II snEt
lie rendered his resignation az Judge 10 Gov; bragg
Immediately on sdiourning Northampton Cnnrt on
Thursday last. The resignation Was u '"Noe : V"
liz receipt by the Governor. j..
The Newbern celebration OF the coinpiet'oh vi tne
Atlantic and North Carolina railroad from Newnern
TO Goldsboroueh, is over, and by the aid OF a kind
friend, ! am enabled TO give you inc ioioW.hE tens
A train left Goldsboro, al 4 p. NJ, on WEDNESDAY,
crowded and jammed, and having on ooaIu lne osA
City Guards, Capt. Rufus 5. Tucker, hhu "un ,ne
Richmond Armory Band for they hsu ehpio5eu ~
band for the oCcasion) IA the tram noseu on, 'ne
band struck up, and was answered D! '"e oahu ~
the United States ship Pennsylvania from rus
portico Of the Griswold Hotel, just opposi's' lhs
road being smooth and straight the tram ihaue Srou
time, and arriS ed Mt Newborn al about ! o c,"eh. lhe
town WAS full, both hotels overlooking WIN sues'T'
md nearly every private house in the same STRATUM
My friend was SO fortunate as to meet Aio"Lo l oeh.
kins, Esq, by whom he was so kindly anu nosp.aoiy
entertained as to be perfectly Ut his ease all .ne tNhe;
He il lsyiab in his ~ncomium on the hospitality oil
MIR. j., and his excellent lady. =,
Several amusing incidents occurred, Which l sha'I
reserve for q future letter.
An amateur theatrical troupe, belonging to the
town, performed on Wednesday night 10 a crowneo
house, for the benefit of the Mssons out lhe lhealIe
WAS very small and not Il great many coulo ootan
admittance.
On Thursday morning. the Shanghais opened the
ball by Growing, Growing. Growing, aS II me "oriu
was on Gre and they shut up In Il coop enjoying tht
general cOnfagratiOn. This was intermingied WIN
the ringing OF bells and the firing OF cannon so tha'
il was not at all difficult to imhglne that something
unusual w8s on hand.
Before nine O'Clock the Trains began 10 arrive anu
in a few moments the military formed in front oi d
board fence. The spectators formed on the fence
the fence broke down, and the crowd rallied on Int
ruins, determined to zee it out.
The following military were In attendance:
Oak City Guards; Fayetteville Independent Ligh
Infantry; Lafayette Light Infantry Wilmington Llgh
Infantry; PamliCo Sound Guards; Salisbury Guards
Orange Guards; German Volunteers; Rowan k'nes
Newborn Light Infantry and Wilmington Cadets.
Marshal Henry j. b. Clark, then formed the pro
cession and marched 10 the hotel to receive His TX
cellency, the Governor, the speakers and other "bis
guns" and thence proceeded 10 Academy Green.-
Here, Hon. John X. Donnell opened the proceeding
with u few appropriate remarks, alter which ne intro
duced Rev. MIR. Haughton who read a prayer .lu'
eleven minutes long. Rev. Francis l.. Hawks wa
then introduced, and delivered an address nifty sever
minutes long, after which the Old North state wa
sung. Hon. Henry w. Miller was introduced. ant
addressed the assemblage about forty minutes. Bott
Of these addresses were we'll received. but there wtr'
many who did not hear them at all, owing to the vas
concourse of people assembled on the occaslon. q
benediction wac then pronounced by Rev. A. Weaver
After the conclusion of these eIerciaes the GROVE
turned their attention towards the depot, where din
ner was spread.
While our friend was sitting in q car, taking notes
a mellon individual asked him TO take down his nam'
as he wanted to go back on the train, and proposed
TO pay his fare. but on: friend didn't charge him any
thing, whereupon he volunteered to %enlighten GU
friend by informing him that he, the aforesaid lndivi
dual. could make rs good a cart wheel as any maj
living" Our friend advised him TO 'stick TO It,
which he promised 10 do, whereupon they parted.
The tables, of which three were 600 feet in length
were spread in the engine house. Although the GROVE
was about three thick all around, there was sucl
an abundance OF food that after all had eaten, ther'
was food enough left to feed "a many more.
A ball was given, at night, at which the ATTENDANT,
was so large that it was utterly impossible for one'htti
of them to even zee what was going on, and as 70
participating in the dance, nine tenths of those Wit
wished to dance were crowded out by those who dt
not. The ball was a grand affair, however, and tn
only objection to it was the size of the crowd.
The crowd in Newbern was variously estimated a
from ten to fifteen thousand, and yet in The whole as
~semblage there were not twenty drunken men. Tn
whole affair Was highly creditsble to the cl'izenH q
Newbern, the Railroad companies and the vast aud
eDce assembled OH the occasion.
All agree that Newb bern is one Of the most beantl
full towns in the State. If | had space | would give
discription of il, OuILIBET.