Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1858-04-07
The Black Hawk Stock.

in this City They still here, and many Of our
enterprising citizens are avaing themselves OF so
good an opportunity for securing this valuable and
celebrated blood We desire again to call the atten-
ton of the Executive Committee of our State Agr.
cultural Society to the matter, and hope at their
meeting this week they will take seriously into
sideraton the propriety of purchasing Goldinder,"
with view of introducing his superior blood into
our State.
"Gold6nder" is q beautiful jet black-a perpect |
model of a horse for symmetry and beauty; near
ly six years old, 154 hands high has great speed,
power and endurance, very muscular and large bone.
His ancestry is pure being sired by the old Vermont
Black Hawk out of Messenger" mare He is |
claimed to be the beauty and pride of all the Black
Hawks His speed as trotter, may be judged from
his exercising our State Fair track, when he was
timed by some Of our citizens who were looking on
He turned the track in So seconds-distance one
third of mile and 20 feet. He is halfbrother to
the fastest trotting Stallion IN the world-Ethan
Allen.
The Morgan Stock is celebrated for all practical
purposes, Except running horse) for beauty, style
action, draft and speed-very healthy and hardy
and with eye that no other horse has. No one
can fail to notice to admiration th' eve of Gold
finder it is yellow. with deep blue sight-being
emphatically the " Hawks eye.'
Mr.. Derrick, the owner of these Horses, has sold
several Stations in this State for several years past
all of which are living and doing well, and have
| proved valuable investments.
| The Groom with Goldfnder" " can be retain
| ed, if the purchaser should desire.
We hope all who have opportunity will call and
take a look at these noble Horses.-North Carolina
| Planter.
| We concur with our friend of the Planter in his
opinion with regard to this horse Goldfnder is in
deed " model Of horse for symmetry and beauty"
The infusion of his superior blood into stock of
horses is much to be desired and we hope that by
some means, which will be satisfactory to his pres
ent enterprising owner he may be kept in the State
Col. Benton.
One of the Washington correspondents ofthe New
York Times says:
"Col. Benton is about closing his long and event.
full He is almost the last OF the old veterans
the men who were in the height of their glory DUR
ing the days of Jackson, and who then made the
whole country ring with tine echo of their conendng
blows He has been confined to his room for the
last few weeks In the pleasant weather OF February
he often to be riding slowly, upon his sp!cn
did black horse, along the Avenue, keeping near
enough to the sidewalk enable him to recognize and
return the courteous sauations of the many irend
q he was sure to meet But he became too fee
BILE for this, and scarcely out Of his chain
ber Now he is confined to his bed almost entirely
: suffering great deal of pain but bearing 1t Will
characteristic fortitude, and in spite OF all, working
v necessarily at what he styles his magnum opus, tn
>. abrdgment of the Congressional Debates. lie la
~ completed the work nearly to 1885, and says he on
ly hopes to live long enough to bring it down TO III
a present time. H,s familiarity with the more RI
n cent discussions of Congress renders the labor com
paratively easy, and three or four months OF con
" parative health would e ,able him to bring it to
OF close But it is very doubtful whether this will
IN vouchsafed to him. He suffers from an intern
IN cancer, ard it may end his life almost at any mi
90 ment. He is cheerful, reso!ute as ever, and esp
:. cially glad to his friends. His indomitabe cou
age is conspicuous in the incessant vgor with whie
be he continues to sork. His review of the Dred SEQ
he decision written under intense suffering, and
or spite of pain he persisted in having every proc
-, sheet ready for the mail by which his pubishe
:" would expect it,"