The North Carolinian

Padre Vigil.--The New Orleans Delta gives a somewhat romantic sketch of the life and antecedents of Padre Vijil, the new Minister from Nicaragua. The Padre has the character of possessing the energy, experience and capacity to qualify him for the post to which he has been appointed. Indeed, the Delta regards him as a remarkable man, who enjoys a greater reputation, as a thinker and a scholar, than most of his countrymen. He is now in the maturity of life, being about fifty years of age; of a pleasing person, and agreeable manners. He has travelled extensively, and been a keen observer of men and things. In many respects, his career has been an adventurous and romantic one.

The Padre was at one time a lawyer, and enjoyed a high reputation in his profession. He became involved in the political movements which have periodically agitated Nicaragua and the neighboring States, and his zeal carried him into difficulties, the consequence of which was death or exile--Choosing the latter alternative, he left Central America, and as he was prohibited from returning in the character of lawyer, soldier or politician, he resolved to become a priest, so that he might again reside in his native land, under the protection of the church.

In his new capacity, (says the Delta), the Padre won many friends and rapidly rose to distinction in the ecclesiastical world, securing universal respect by his charity, his talents, and his unquestionable virtues. There is no safer profession than that of a priest, and as far as our experience goes, none so profitable. So the Padre found that he was secure under his surplice, and that one who cannot love his country as a lawyer with impunity, can afford to worship her as a priest. In diplomacy he soon distinguished himself as much as in theology, and we see the practical result of his sagacity and energy in the recent appointment which he has received from the revolutionary government of Nicaragua.

Personally, the Padre is a very accomplished individual, with splendid physical as well as mental organization. He is said to be one of the handsomest men in Nicaragua. With his fine well-balanced head, his stately bearing, his polished manners, his insinuating eloquence, he is likely to overtop by a head (if we may use the significant phrase of old Homer) all the diplomatists, foreign and domestic, assembled at Washington.