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. [BR aqUEST.1 >Fromtire Charleston Merctr. RAILROAD-MAI*A-NO.XX[. Sth bead scarcelesyemoreo sho* ho' .m~achs power the Ba~nlisppossesses in - goa'tl alina,Cndhoutterly irrespon sible it a_ both to the people-and the Le gislrtur~e ip practice, whatever it-may be a thEday; f The truth is, that the only e cr hstre opleof South Carolina have fortIre-proper administration oiso large an am ntf Weir money,-'s in the: personal characters of he individ'ual officers nod diretors ofrthof other-Bankand bianches. We "see.-he. monihly antd^annual exhibite thjzanie, knd we .have ,o alternative1 I tt oalh-itifor ganted that they-are-all k&reish ompehion'gil adquaaidih fr;.otess fbitleme. -.. have noreason Lob~W~qhsIlyaon. Ortis .odi her - e endainghnL of th'em ri- e thau 11 niman nd will do his duty - f n wi.,the.ret of 111pj a11 inan"wfir go M_.D.WAa in'yerlog in Iastre at the President aj ~ ~-b herhBaiinid a ~"ishtre aso iy.-ifa e he ele'ttoniS con demoen s haveveliulfop pitIkowiun who they. are choos -ng-j P irectorshave bieen .elected for - M ;cessive yea:ui:-,who ultimatbly provebt-only dco-yletely insolvent, hut utTirlfb I-led- The-post is for the nthipiterj ought; ad not unfre - queitnferfdr . on needy men. It is als&Uaru liince 1839 the President has mal-tStitelIegislatiea prirate. report. oftie~ihbilitig, direct and Indirect, of the. oficetijnd-directors of the Bank-. .But wiait piate?!There are- powerful piibli reasons for making it public. For matlthe hestigatiog Gojaumittess je p 'ed thosf labiliies. -6182tthey were sta 000, and consid.red large.: They dmsiinis fiomt hat.time until 12 henhey atiouted to:3121,000. And-inuhe. Meport of that year the Com i itteethrough its Chairman,' the lo. Henry-Deas staied.--Tbat foi- the greater piiriion oftheiobid-which the Bank had Sncurred coulds b traded to (hi. facilities p Ihirectors, by their seat a f otaining for themselves and i-loans. which, under otber cir *M CDdpecuniary responsibility we aventtled themi.ef receive." Fp 13 -Frm.:that period rtal statements of these fentad; -a iace then r-akly-seporsed.. to tho ese reports-are, I+ pre h '" o be cobdotial but. session -awriter (r(in, te's-n Merier said cldi~o effor'of. thai .7 6 1 Peideqr If'Q~re Ziildureitoalfe Ban fibe fdibalo laid befr h pa atBank,it 'must-he -emeied, stand~od t differentotingdra -other -Baalksm'Its funds belou'g to the' people; Thry -belong -to -the State- Treasury, The Baril asinaiLthe Treasury. The Treas urers ~r .required annually.. to publish ever tem of their receipts and payments, A' andl z3ddition 1he Comptroller gives eey yeara list of the debtors of the Sitt, down to those owing even 9 cents, and-eracing defaulters in public otlice for the last.half century or naore. Why this par-iculah-iy -and want of delicacy ini one-branchv of our Treasury, where such small sums are concerned, and such pro "foun4 reserve .in. regard to an inastiiuiio whti holds the4great bulk of our collected treasure'~ idebtors and defaulters to our nominal treasury aire.-to be annu Ily para ded' befere the world, anid not even the venerated memory ofGei Moultrie is he l spaleld, iliy' is such a sacred mystery to be preserved with regard to the debtors and defaulters of the -real Treasury? If it - issiid .that they whose. names. are thus ptialished are or .were PUBLic )FFTcEas, and that the principles of Rtepublicant U~o vernment- ieguire that the most rigid and p-iendurisg public scrutiny must be main: tained in-regard to the mtanagement of the State runds by the State officers, then I say tipi't the members of -the. Legislature,. and the officers antd dir'ectors of the Bank,. are' also b.TATE OFiCEas, -and all the utoney ln 'the Bank. STATE FUNDs.. The pe ple-have a right tu know, an'd ought to know, twhen they constitute these officers the-guardians of their treasury, how much eahoel appropriates out. of it to his- owan arse They il th'en be able to juldge if hat. * -. - confiInce they may properly place- in their stateinents-ad votes in reference- to * the Bank-. Ido not mean to impeach the Legislature or the Bank officers collective Ly or tndividually.. 1 have not the slight est grounds -fbr such impeachment. 1 -rg. pearI kd'oiw.nothing of .the-private trans; acuons. of th'e Bank. I s-peak on general grou~dse and. tle recorded experience of me~d We-do not allow a- man to les ify in his. own case, however trivial'It maybe;:eveton: oath, in public, and sub joct to'the strictet cross examination. He Is- abisolutely forbidden to testify at all, no anatibjotv pere and exalted his chariacter may be. The frailty - of human . ntatuire, the unconscious-.teanings of self-intererrt, areaoaeto be-trusted. In thiscate I do-not gojailfarks to say thartbe Bauk officer. ar -itP~~@their own case, nor mem bc~w ~L~slature,. who are indebted - - - to th e, le advocate a, vote for its- par-. -tics~ar mneasuresg:W I do say that the people, whose m~onaej, to an immense a -niendr, as astake,'iughe ta know preciself how m'udh tl~eofficera and iretmbers are intirstie nt~e remises,. ,The p&Iflicatozm i'n o tbneseaU c1iotes Woulbife0i-know a. mf u easaut af rair trwouild.giVnem pain. to see. it kii me piin-.to advocate itnowX' t he anicis- taitand 1-sea. noakernative. rhe highest ,iterests of.thd peopieja rnth and justice imperiously demand i. 'bere is no' sciity not-: merely fortbe public funds ihenselves,. but for our insti ltions and iyut liberties if -the 6ficers- of the Stat.e ear ndelir any "pretences what ioevp;.t oJtthir iands into the public redasry, and'kety theinelIes, widout the. ionsent, nay. without the knowledge, .of ha people.- - the'people:knew-to..what ixtent this was done it wduld certainly be oi h'iekr uponit But -I am far fiom thiking thait -wouldi be-a complete safe iidard. The only certain'remedy for the ,vil'is to aifthilate the fund, wbfchis-al ays a corrupting, one;.if we are to man-. tain -epublican: 1loiti'tions.-if we are to preserve the liberties wve- hold -so diar'i know of no political maxim to which-:tbe: peoplm"ust so rigldly'adhire at all-times uidntinder all circumstaoces, as tiat we: ihodld keep he' publie Treasury alays. poor. It'cat never overfiw' bit- .t the pens' of our dwia. puckets; and v.'ery follar not. dema-led by the wants of an conomicalkGovertmentis sure btoe used iusone'-form'orotherfor.corUPion. And fall-the engines of corruption ever devis d, ihat of a Bank- based uion the Treasu' ry, aid distributingthe' people's funds in ccorninddation loaiii to its owufavorites, s the most coimpleteia'nd powerful. 'I be levo that all. suchlBaiks in this country, dave our own,.have been either.broken by Jierplundering rapacity of those who have aad ihie management of them, or put down )y-the people. That- ours has. stood so long is a high but datigerous compliment to tbib purity of our public. chiracters and ihe biding donfidenc. of our peoPle in ihem. But in my humble judgment, we ive :nech ,too'long incurred the hazard o I , and.,ainnot-oo soon insure our safely 5jierzinating its exietalce. Wheneverbthe propoal to. wind.up the ankhas been nade,-it bas been met.by VWe. ofedttiqn I :,- that it: is ilen ' for he payment' of the publici dobi..-A.nt. Adly, hat it has liroved a' saf aind-ptiofitable in retment of.'ouruin ds'A'to'ejpaying lie public debil 1 have: *already sho; u after.wjat.fashi'on iti'a . h done thit-how t has increased coitnually:-instead of di ninishiog.it,,and how .it-ias forced, the State to borroum.in order to pay-. -.An. 9di. )us systetr', ever the forerunner of bank uptcy, and- sti-matield, .as ."kite -flying" imQug.commercialnen. .That. .-it co.uld wver have had th. .slightest inafucnce. i6 inducing capitalists to -purchase our- bonds, )r that any bondholder relies upon, the Bink.'topay- themi -are - utter absurdities, e'srs."Hambro & S6a"'to the contrary otwithstandiug. 'Te forn-bondholde os.know less-of.the- Bank than we dolere; ncfWiat ddii'e knbt of its solveneyliBut i'tjiStaie shohn -windup. the Baunti a.course'ot r0 pay, 'alIhe dab tiC'-prel ed, aiastas reattis. o&olde oul'd'o66tmanne th Carolina bonds in others, and if they did, --ecoice to take their money ~ufitconiplain'of lusing the col f~.IYof thiejadl.-Thtere is-no ofhiiatatifactory'arragemneuts 3tdd readily. li5 -made all rudd. The Banik itself must be 'of--this opinion, since this very year it lhas requested' the Legii lturo ro -propose to use bondholders' to accept'paymets at periods differitig from those of the original coutract. Bttt if pledging ih6 Bank for the .payment of the pulic debt'is to estop the State from li quidating it, then the re-chartering it in 1833 was all mockery, atid it stanids char tered, nt until 1856, according to that act but until 1870, when the last instalment of our debt falls due.-Was such a thing as this ever contemplated by onr Legisla ture o'r our people ? Is it possible that the Bank could 'have ever expected thus to parloin an exiensioni uf its charter 1 Are our hatnds to be tied up and the Bank sad ded on us forever by such crude and thoughtless Legislation as this ? Certainly Those bondholders who are aware that the Bank is pledhged to pay -them, and their number 1-will venture to s::y is very s-nal, ore bound to kntow the value ol their security, and to take notice that this Bank is the creature of the State, liable to e wound up at its pleasure. The real pledge made by the State was of the FUNDasin the BTank.- and when these are placed at the disposal 'of'her creditors, bet faith in that regard is' redeemed complete ly. It is clear, then, that this pledge con stitutes no substantial objection to liquida ting tbe Batik at any moment. The' other objection to it is equatly un tenable. How' safe our funds are i'n'the Batk, no one saveithe bank conicers d'o or can know, aid even-they may be mistaken. Somie test. fatr -more4 searching than any yet applied, must be undergone before we cantihave full assurance that they are safe. A 'ImaIf million is, we:kaowv, al'ready wvhole ly los. .How mnch 'more, catn orily by aseetainedl by realising all 'her assets. And it seems to me that'ordinary prudence aari from alt sort of suspicion,' demtands tbt at least once in thirty-fl-e years the exact financial. condition of the State should be ascertained beyond all doubt. Whether the Bank has proved a profitable invest ment of our funds, wvill depend materially upn what it may exhibit after winding uap. But the reports of the Bank itself urnish srong grounds of apprehensiona on that score, It claims to have made an verage profit of more than 7' per cent rrom the beginning on all the funds intrust id to it. Let us- for a. moment scrutinirze t own calculation anadstatemnent of profits is exhiblied in-. its last annual report. it vent fully into operattion in 1815, ad it is at fair to commence an examitnation of ts profits with that year, 'and the follow og tables, made up from- the Bank's own xhibits,. wi show whait'its average- divi lend ave'been : From 1815 to 1821, 7 yearerdiveroger 0;n461i ngu. lihedi - SFrom l8ei po8j38 1g eeived -From-94.0'to 84 g e ao profits 7 589per cen, (In-,1840 Eire Loan realis' From. 18]54to1.831,6 . rage yrofits 738per'cent. (Preidetsititt'-ter oF F rom 1 .83 o . 8 4 0, . e .ag o piofits 7.53 p'r can. . (Prn80 tr oanrc ls~e'o From .1840 to$ 16 ea erag profits 5.89per cent. (PresidentElfinerm's to - From iie to i4,t 9ii d 1That every -accessio'n-o~ pro ifis 1 feII o cff T. hiio th . din each - sueesijd r'eidai nl . q d every term oao s tm o and from 5.8t9her cmenc thiejhey hnVe beenlco taa 1 Duriog the last eight o e -rofits have been-ff belot i in jerestu; andsifelugei" add 801rnaW hatmjif6:riouts diyi ~1r. sentY t yearis e uded, t Btu Of the last seven i tao only 5,51 per cent. No ling and not disposed to. imput an agement to iho.present ad o the Bank;and leaving ihc er out of the question,. '.t i whatevir-may have been' mer times, either from too gra se .f the capital- of this -Bank, king capital generally, or from an the'cours ofirede, tlie*iU . 6 Stii in bankin i li Tos fair profi, and isfiiued tive. The.,nfoo e on stq *.r bly less:tha-the -tfst reat er portion of our debt at d tthe lastyear. less than the a. ihe in teroit paid by the Bankob, le debi. It is therefdre ilosij bu hold -the apitl and owetbe..db onea sion ia irresistible, thi - Une is excfanged-for* e ollre twill he for the St'ate, even ifnoist idei ations than dollars and cen y AnIvolv: ed, it -is no argument t. ither Banks in the State d6n. - isfi true,. is a matteffor jthAi , consider. -It irenougbi for-u a the real s tockholders ir i State, to know thaton pr pable concern, and ra- Oti I havenow liown, j ~ sujs faction:of all chose who a* .1, dence to follow mhe attetient u .4ii dry snd cedifous ithough.l f aiAiothe.State a '.very shiort iis 6obre pay the ubic d.lebt, ab s... priated? o its own nst mount :-o no -G. as &a rou a-las viola r of the Legislatur .pn ;when pdhas .ean State bo, dsasinfcrChaseg~ i~sve r oefr, in not cancelliug ,O -' Firsosit -Bon is.Tpidesu and noio h-eld, 4. That irw donq po wrfo~nried-d greti of'll the other depaiirmentsofti e~doeila ment. 5. That alt h. -. ds be longto the people. it.is.w esmsponels ble to -them and to their otatives, and is in fact practically si9cil elto -D control whatever but its an' -wil. *6. That it is highly dangerodus tfe- best in' terests and even theoieri the peo pe. 7. That-it has becbm~a urofita -hle investment, And 8. Thatiere exists no legal impediment to w ~u t up.ai any moment. I might have illustrateddIp~e positions by mai~y facts and arguano: which, for the sake of brevity, I hate o 8.c But I will indulge the hope that ~tI have saki will aid. in spreading the c tion I have myself long and intenselyeruianed, aa putting an end- to the ,race of this Bank would do more-than a~ one ting our State could. do for the paservation ol our present political instni ,and the prosperity of our people. Zt '[ do -not leak to see this done by ih'kslalure o1 its own motion. It canneti i~t noz'eope with thme Bank, unless hpldz Ihe. contest sod substantially by the yk.Great abuses have never been se d'o'dwithont their aid. Such reforms eoxoly-rarely been attempted but -at ibekitiperative command. - - ANMI-DE~BT. From the Hiambrg1 I~ w, H ONORS TO Til AD. It was generally knswiinThursday last, that the -~remains of ?jjrAdams, Sergants. Brooks- and Maiawore to come'up on the Rail Road al& sy. Loog before the ears arrived, -a Ja~ number ol citizens had-assembled at- th o,T wait ing in moturnful- suspense t'urrival, in order thiac they might pay ~3 respect to the remains of these" '~~tdyoung men. On arrival, the bodi~eioke taken by a large procession of m ijfriends. On Friday the remaies ofi - a4Wttsson was delivered to ihis frisnd te'e con* veyed to -lhe' -family- vaulk2dceAbbeville District,- there to bedepositerdln the soil of his nativity, under the irful -eyes of his family and- friends. The funeral- of Lieut. ~~tn place on Saturday, at an-early hitn the day the stoles and shops woer rly clse ant all business suispend. u ornful'ei lence seemed to reigta'i'-' .funiveisa1 sorrow. At one o'clock the *mins wvbre removed to-- the Bapiist Jch where the religious~ceremonmes conducted by the Rev.. ,r. iEvans.- --hs- never fallen to our lot to wituesstase:ose .solemn and impressive scene. -Whil^6-the large iudience lisee~ to the fetli- eloquence ofhe speaker chainedin liredlilass silence, all seemedtto- feelttie solgItbly of the mlacolly* occasion, and no doubc like ourselves - fek their miands- irreisietablyt t.ro.n.ac.k in contemamninn the sad ,chanpe one short h id'rughW abdui, -But htle imore thaaone short yer agot, 5o9ng Adams appeared before'. ushed bth noble.aspiraitioni, the brght fkidorof ardent patriotis!n burning-i .his breasi, prepariogjo eae his home. for ihe bittle field. ,WehenJbholdi a host of adinri.g friends clugtering around. him, some no doubt with silent prayers. Jfr his fiture wellfare,,butmet of them with sparkling. eyes, grasping his hand in delightful anti cipation of his future.greatness; But now alas bow, change ! Those that, mingleIl, around him then with, joyful hope, come now to weep around.his funeral bier and to join in paying.the last.-ad tribute ro his mortal rem ains, - The Church' service- being over, the corpse was placed in. the -hearse and the 'procession.forimed :in.the folliwin. order under the i'irectioit. of Cole Miitas . assisted by Lt. Col. Mills aicdAdj't. 4leIgs Jiamburg Company, Capt..Osborne, Edj;efield' Huzzars,.- Capt. Hammond, Calhoun Lodge,:No. 13, i. 0. 0..F. Miller Lodge, No.0,1. O. O.F. Washington Lodge, No. 7, 1. O. F. Pal Berers. Pall Hearers. B. C. Yancoy, 23, Levi Hill, . Subr,-. James Gardner, . Timmerman E, L. Feirey, " Lehmaier, B. Dart - Family, and Friends, Clergy,. Return members- of thePalmetto -Reg't, The Hon.-Jatendant and .Wardens, -. Hamburg. Fire-jCqmpaoy, Citizens in-Carriages, . SCitizens' ..on. Horso Back. - In-this order the largest procession ever formed in Hamnburg. .moved with - solemn music to the family:, burying-ground at -Summerville, The I;0O.O.F. then per. Trmed t beir uiual ceremonies around the grave-in avery impressive manner. The militarv then went through the customary evolutions, and - deposited the remains of Lieut. Adaips .wiAh .miulitary honore. in their last sad resting place. We have witnessed many sad and mourn ful:scenes on-. funeral occasions, bt.the one,,the particulars of which we .have at teimpied to portray exceeded all in point ofrmeacholy interest. Not the -least heart rending ofwhich-was to witnoess the abat tered frames of several. of. the returned members of the Palmetto Regiment, lean .In on their crutches their- hoads bowed dogn,.with heaving bosoms and strceamin eyes. wee-ping -over iho remains of the falleacomrade, It was indeed a .toucbio ascpe..andalculated.to move the stoutest -heart and draw -teara from those unused to !erde. . -fett much graiified at the, Rauanr in whicb.our citizens discharged he.nou rnful dlety onI his, occasion. But onefeeling inafueoced the public mind, ll seened impreseed with. th magnituditof ilefiidljs.iu the early fall L onie so much. steemd by ihen, .andfiiendly mingled heiriar asihe . peruriedifie last d .pa nt. tomn. On Mouday .norning the remains 6f KSerint Biokswas conducted by the milit 4rruder Capt 0aborjns, ~th, ,amnb r a hqykq -a .. uge rta to s pase i-~ t geohorse Qos ..oa r t io w a Vi * EDGEFIELD C. Ii. WEDN~sDAY, FEBRaRan 9, 1848. Specek of the Hon. A. P. Butler.-W e devote a considerable portion of our papei to the Speech'of the Hon. A. P. Butler. ufithe U). S. Senate, on the " Ten Riegiment Bill.-' Mr. B. differs withm Mr. Polk on tho subject of the Mex ican war, but says, that we must go now to the Rio Grando. Hie does not say how mutch far ther. Hie expresses his views with earnestness Bad Wather.-On the 2d of the month the weather was stormy, and a fide rain fell nearly the entire day. .Thme weather did not clear up il some days afterwards.On TL'lursda~y night there was a heavy fall of rain, attended with thunder and lightning.. Funeral honors to. departed Volunters.-In Cuhammibia funeral honors of she most flatttering kind, wvere paid on Friday the 29th ult. to pri vates-Kennerly and Trezvant, mnembers of' the Ricland compiny. The remains of thcsc young men were broughit home to Colu-mnbia, and a large.coneonrse of citizenis attended theio to the Abbille funeral honors were' very re cntly paidf to Lieut. Jijhr, B3. Moragne, a-bro ther- of Win..C.. Morsgne, of the "96- Boys." A sermon suitable-to the occasion, was preach edbythe Rev; D. Macniel Turner. The cer.' emonies were of the mest imposiiig and solemn haracter. In Hamburg; on Saturday'the 29th nL, the, last sad rites of sepultuie were- paid to Liut. David Adams. of the Edigefield company. For'a particular description we refer our -rea ders to another portion ofour paper. For a fll, account of the funeral solemnities which transpired in-our ' lage, on the 2d of February, the reader is also Fferred to another column of the Advertiser. Lieutenant. Colonel Gladden.-W e are much pleased to'see, -the high estidisate which volun tees who have returned from Mexico, place upon the military skill and gallantry which:thmis oficer has so often displayed in thme actions- in the preseimt war, Ini hinm, the Palmettees have an efficient ctirriair~, and ii hier himndis, thne hnor of Snt Carolina is safe. Mrs. Gains.-It is known to numbers ornur reders~ 'that the lady-of the veteran General Gaines, has fora coisuidsrabli time inast, pros ected lle claims to real estate in tne .oity~of FNew Orleans;'which was estimated to'be worii at least eight or ten millions--perhaps more. The~~~~ Wa aepii'I in the:. Bjtwj Court ~thehkiiied S&tits. That court 't letigth decddiforof tjclams ofGenerial Guidea-and his wire to the, property, wiich s h in heltedrorfher father DanieL Clarke. The ease went thiough-.all the Inior courts, for lhe last twalve years, with dp p osition-and suecess,, until it reached the-higbeat tribtunal of the coun try, wherojustice has finely been rendered. The deihuidints disputed the legitimacy of Mrs. Gaines, an'd used every effort to defeather. ''Fresk Shlad.-n.Frday lasi,- w e' were pre bented by,Mr. KE'rcaux, the gen'tlemanily pro prietor of the-" American H614" in Hamburg. foimnerly kept by Mr. James Hub'biard, with a pair of finefresk shad, rmnarkahly large *or the season, anil well'adapted to give wbeni hind:. somely served up, an appetile to asick man.in despite of an order from the doctor to the con trary,-dtwithtaiding.Oir freendItchutn has often made 'oir'1ieartgladby his faors, but hover more-ep. than' when we, afte /a tri vel over Hamburg and Augusta,.upon.buifness, reached his comfortable house, where:,we a ways found his table well ,spread*ith .Ji tpz luui'ies of life in- seasn, good fires upo'nibad days, comfortable rooms, waiin in winter, and cool and pleasant id stm'imer, atteritiveservanDt8 in fact, every thing that. a traveller cin- wish for to make him happy. When wd -'gain iIeit Hamburg, we shall certainly, in person, thank' Mr. K. for this'delicious present, and they have the gredit of being the "first in., tis markat," when we hope that we may be able to find he has a "few-moe-&ft of-tha same sort.' . Our frienids we hope will call and visit his establish ment, as we feel confident -they will be pleased with his fare,--as none but-thdse:who keep the beat of houses, ever thini ofthe Prnter. Fire ii Newbeiry.-dWe iogret td learn, (safy 'the Sou&ngarolinian,) that the dwelling house of MfijorThomas H.Pope of Ne*6e4ry, w10 consbmed on. thi 6th tit. The fire %vis dis covered about 10o'cloclcin the inornig.Anil originated from burning ont-the ciimney;hut altbough every effort was. made to arrest the Balnes, the house:.wai entirely consumed...Thi loss was-hieavy, and ive-are sorry to hear that a most -valuable miscellaneous ibiary'wade. itrodyed. The out buildings were saved"'*ith gre'at diffioulty. - For -W Adveiiize'., FUNERAL HONORS TO TH&-HEROIC "DE&D. "Bring home tie'dead-and lit iem be Whre friends dah dek lthegravesarho d ; A soldier's fate it is to die But not to rest on. bettle ground. The present vir . Ia h M ezio haaesn86 many lemandstp'-th e.'pablic spiiand' pOatrioism of' '6r.citii ns 'an'dwe'mlig safe l -say, tha t Ia f ostiesver f i tn ce 5thoo d e i and 4 in hateve ibae1 th e hve Geei presentai. halehee m in6t' Bu ina .occasidii h a ism'of iti citizns iiof thsaisi a-iere' pleasing A bs of Ftdr4" with - Thrmis smishioerd te c~g Toicheer, revive, anid blesi. Alhhuug the~ weatbesr. continuied uinfa vorable throughout rhe day, yet it damp-. ened not the patiitic ardour dof our cm-' eens, who voluntarily assembled :m large numbers, 'pll seemiog. anxious icy joIn iin paying some tribute to the 'deceased,' wo thy of Old Edgefield. Tfho Military, erribi-acing-the Cavalry Companies, Cap'. Hammond's Edlgefields H uzzars, andu Capi. -Talbort's 'Jefferson Nullifiers, under command of Cul. Thoe. W Lanihiam, and the Light Infantrycorps, Capt. H'ill's '-Spirit of '76," and- Captaiu Kreps' ''Washington Guards." inicluding th Militia Bear Companies of Captains Covar and H'arrison, arid also a 'detach meut of Cornmissioned Officers. under the command of' Col. Clary of the 10th Reg'., was formed in line at 1-2 'clock, M., by Cl. Giles D. Minms of the- 7tibRegt., as sisted by Adjt. Meigs, of the 7th, arid Pay master A nderson of the 9th Regiment.' Maj. Thos.. G. Bacon, acted as Chief Marhall After the receptino of the remains of' Liut. WuiarPII.D BUTr.ER BRooKs, and: of private Josarn GassawaY,'the proc-s sion moved from the residence of Colonel Whifield Brooks to the Public Square-in the following order, viz: Band of Music. Captain Lotuis Covar's Compnuny. ' Stuart Harrison's Company. " Krapt Washington Guards. " Hill's Spirit of'76: _ NTalbert's-Nullifiers. "Hammiondi's Huzzars. The. Reverend the Clergy. Pail Bearers. ),,. - (PauL Bearers. J A. Bland, l'.S~ W. H.I Atkinson, . C. Smyley, . l'I S. B. Giitlin, Jts. A. Williams. )M.' Jos. A. Addision, Wn. H~uger,-. -l~ Radcliffe Wilson, J. B. Sullivan, Is~ - rsamus .Aleis, L. S. Johnson.. Je~h Benj.'F. Maya. Family of Lieut. Brooks, and other relatives. Paul Bearers.. p~ - 'Pail Bedrers. Edwd. T. Davis,11 John.L. Doby Wesley Legg, -g William Riddle, C.-L. Refo, -lg --.I Markee; Thos. Mulligan, ..J.ot . Ilsaac Branch. Returned Volunteers, from Mexico, as niourners. Palmetto Fire Engine Company. Starte Senator and Representatives. Intendant and Wardens of Edgelield. Commisioned Offiders ofrthe District in. Uni -form. a . Citizens generally. " - Theslow movement of-the Procession, the steady tramp, of thre soldiery, the good order which characterized the whole, and particularly the respect paid by -our busi ness community, could not but create in the breast of-each arid everyone, a spirit of thankfulness, that the opiortunity' had been afforded of joining in honoring th6 Ila menteddead,.' it em arrival. of the Procession on Pai r"qdrt the-lMilhary s'd f3 4 I atj close column iiniediatoly in froaseiLh.,. 1a large ..Cocourse of -Cizeg.. bu46ft Bacon as, Ciarnia of tm.Cmite-~~' Ariangementog then-introduced to '-the-doftAt ie Mbled autl 'CgtaN w, ComB. vho7 had, been elc t lk~i Vk Eulogy upon hg alylf!n c imracteC,. of Liem. Bg* 6xs'-A nd-t is pesUbialLr-' to rehrkthaitheoltougist.h Iap~~e*J~ ~ his addreis 4vmh pa.teil refe * only 'the 'day.previous," tothe'r flreaams~ f ties for enlagInjtpO tegeraeac"z. ter of Mr. QA~sw were.-ery imitcaf' and t-iioie: pa cvirlj-xt*.o(roim AW-Yi-f 1that 'MrW. -.i %'Asiv'b~i hwrn. e,1ooli ad entirely unlfiiwai~h~elg~~t t he -ma ner W'~ M6c46:spmkeR acsad& questsfo n&j.pspmmaiiW but oe ~x~,roii~tgud d o spoke, A% .. !lsi ~e~'p~fa hais 'bel 6ve&-fr ic iil# -bto M ie iii whtc tad'. rked bisearLy,4i '1 ly, rrends,-i .! e~nry i tdd-,i deptctad',bythe:.pOikeir 'in 76 i andt enthusiahiierms$, as to callF W.ii~ liveliest-. feelinge' o.f--sorroIWtng-!svWipIt ATitki -hts be.Yreaved -lamily. -Di V~ (V brief bin touching 7noticeL.6f-Yonv 7*~ way, wbfiojalthOugh he*fall'buie, Amq' diseasej, wag 'nOMI the Jas~i, ed Ktii u warmest syi ,atbielg $~r h hig'lifi. upon the; 'atarof uthi bautI~ ld1 b'iaomt pty."iatol q erehgI"-Afi 4~ mu ist-say tibthi).*Iiad.AfbC 'of listeniin tideivery,'iai ly criditiblet hb ..young-amlii anwas .again* put,.-pon ihd, " thereanbre otea.aII place. *Tharsola mizad Vi Q' servsceof the;.EPtaicopia -G~ the cereies i.'-,ottbeAy A - ?rders-k wb icbokAMpr of the day, weiviiotvi.Pa%~ speak 4at preV We -iiiiii QuO6 pswtrb- i" tlI -M 59C"