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All Advertise mentinot. having thedesired number of inisertions marked on the margin, will be continued until forbid and cha'rged accordingly. Thos desiring to. advertise by the year can do so on the mait libeal terms-it being distinctly under stood thsat..corttrags for yearly advertising are con fined to the immediate, legitimate business of the firm or individual contracting. All communicationsof a personal character wili be charged as advertisements. . . . Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length will be charged for the overplus, qjNgular. rates. Announcing a Candidate. (pot. inserted until paid fur,) Five Dollars. For Advertising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. MR. EDITOR :-The longer I live, the more deep ly am I impressed with the belief that man is a mystery to himself. " Man is fearfully and won derfully na'e.". No wonder the Greeks.were ac customed to say, Know thyself. The man, who ktio*s and 'sees himself- aright,' is possessed of learning and wtiidom and'e9iietise -oswever that philosoplei has never iisted vh'o conld tell ho'wthemin-d.act'supoen the body. 'Let the most astute dialectician undertake to trace. the. opera tions of th4 mind home: -to-the brain and through the brain to the souliand' how soon is he lost in the mazes of metaphysical abstractions. The stomach is a laboratorg-of wonderful capacities. Whai 'rel'ous complicationis the human heart! The aspect of the skies , is not more variable than the mood of. the heart. At one time, gloom and despondency, like the low, lowering and leaden clouds -of a November's morning, make "every mound seem a tomb, and every sight a Gorgon;" afterwards come apathy and ennui, Which, like the whitish haze of a cold day in April, shut out the genial glow of cheerfulness and rational enjoyment. Now a storm of passion is raging at " the seat of life ;" then s.uceeds a holy calm, and anon the stars of hope arc peering down with tenderest re gard Into 4"hdeep valley of the soul." How of ten d oes it.happen that we are both gladdened and saddened on revisiting familiar scenes after a long absence. There is a'rush of joy, and yet there is a strarige'commingling of the sorrowful. To make otur feelings still more utudefinable, we seem to be walking in a dream; the present is forgotten, whilst the.past with its shadowy forms and half remnemberest indildents passes before us in rapid re view. These reflctions, for the most part, had their. orlgin in a .recent visit to Pickens Court House. I had .not seen the place since the au tunn of 1850. Having been a student there for several years under the kindly and efficient teach ings of the Rev. J. L. Kenntedy, I was extremely desirous to visit the school-boy haunts once more. The lofty hills, the glimpses of mountain scenery. the beautiful Keowee-:-along whose rocky shores I had often 'F paddled the'lightt. canoe "'-the flow cry dales, the deep sequestered ravines, and the fine old forests I found indeed the satne as in days of yore ; but all else how changed ! In the village, I could see only now and then a familiar face. Many of those, who were associated with me in the school-room for years, have " grown out of my knowledge ;" others alas ! are sleeping beneath the green turf. Within the last four or five years, manny of the older and more prominent citizens oi the place have gone to the spirit land. The little brick Church, whic-h was unfinished in 1850, has now its remeterye; and the wvhite tombs'-and te red graves tell a sad tale of mortality. And yet 1 do not believe there is a healthier spot ont the face of the earth thtan the village of Pickens. But a salubrious clitmate does not abrogate the necessity of dying. Not a great deal has been done the e in the way of building since 1 left the District in 1850. Three or, four lots itn the suburbs have been tastefully i proved. The knoll otn which the Court House was originally built has been removed, and a brick hasement supplies the place of the former founda tion of 61ay. The Court House is a wooden build ing, and it was formerly considered by good judges to be one of the most convenient edifices of its kind in the State, and I still think it prettier than somne of its more pretending rivals recently erected in the neighboring Districts. Under thme present regimec, a stranger can be very hospitably entertained at Pickens. But as progress is the order of the day, they have it in contempla tion to erect a first class Hotel there. If this were done, much of the old prejudice agaiinst the p~lae on accdutnt of its unfortuiiate location would pass away. Summer tourists would be attracted, and the many natural beauties with which the vicinity abounds, -would be brought into more general notice. Whilst in Pickens, I treated myself to a long chat with Robert -A. Thompson, of the "Keowee Courier." Thompson's paper Is immense ly popular in Pickens District, and its circulation is on a par with its popularity. In thtis case, mert finds its reward.. What Augusta is to Edgefield District, Wallnla is to Pickens District. Every body seems to take a pride and pleasure in visiting the place. Hardly any one from the lower part of this District ever goes up towards the 'mountains without making it convenient to drop ini at Hlolcomb's, Bieman'si or Bahntge's (called Bsnger,) all of whom under stand the art of making their guests realize the poetical idea of a "Happy Home" in the moun tains. Disliking to be odd, I too went to Walhalla before going to Pickens. The signs of continued improvement about this iew Town are p~alpable on every hand.. It is characteristicof the Germans to be inidustrious amid thrifty. If a German wants to stimulate a little, ho takes a drink sans ceremony, then goes right back to his work. Stepping int~o a very pretty store through mere curiosity, I wvas rather surprised to see. a middle-aged woman sit ting by the fire carding wool. Straws show which way the wind blows, and these little things show the bent of the German mnind. The custom of Aouse tearntingis rife among those Germans. And in a settlement like this where a tiew house is dedi cated to the domestic Lares every month or two, the people niust derive no little enjoyment from thme observance- of this time-hmonored customi. A niew house was pointed out to miue, in which a few nights previous, the old and thme young had joined in the merry dance, and kept it up with meh spirit from early eve till " broad day-lightt." Amnd this, in Etnglisht is called house-warming. (Don't imow what it is ealled in Dutch.) I dIned with a friend at the "Oconee Station." la nlace is at the foot of the mountains about ix miles East oR runne Hnm .t ue scenery here is romantic and beautiful. The TamosseeKnob, Ocoiee M6untain, and oth&' heaven reacling emi nences are al. in full'.iew. It is-said'th'atle IO-~ dians used'foriperlY f6mogme ived from Aldbama te this yoint forthqrptf -of trifficking withthe pale-faces.' This .radQ abled the man whfirst ipened a sgore.heiei W aniaii great riches; 1nt he andtwo of his sisrs kiled themselves by drink lg quor and no*' thueir memories are coveted over with the slime of infamy. For a long time the Northern boundary of South Carolina did not extend beyond, the OconceSt1a& tion. Jnterior to.thielackndildgment 6f our In? dependence by the mother country, all that portion of South Carolina North of Due West in Abbeville, and West of the Saluda was owned and occupied in part, by the Cherokee Indians. Bit prelimina ries.of. peace had scarcely been concluded, before the Cherokees ceded to us a part of their hirinting grounds, and thus the limits of Abbeville were ex tended Northward to a line drawn directly from Sugalo river to thesalundaand. crossing. the.Keo wee at the mouth 'f Little River only a few mi'es below the presentLsip. of. Pickens Court House. (I have this inforiatiofnTrcnm one of the first set tlers of this country.) But this state of-'things ex isted only a year or two at the extreme. The boundary was extended still further Northward to the Oconee Station, and the whole region of coun try from that down to the present Abbeville line becamo Pendleton District. By special invitation of a friend at Tunnel Hill, I spent some time there in looking around at the works. The skill and energy of the present con tractor, George Collyer, is strikinigly displayed at every point. Near the Eastern approach you see a little stream arrested in its wild career down the mountain's side, and made to send fresh air by means of a water-blast, through a long tube to the operatives in the tunnel. This current of air not only affords relief to the toiling miners, but serves to drive out the smoke arising from the blasts. I could see that the cavern here had lengthened a great deal since my visit in February last. At shaft No. 1, there is an ingenious contrivance for bringing out the smoke, (the same thing is to be seen at shafts No. 2 and 4.) A long flue connec ted with the shaft terminates at the surface in a little house, which is made air-tight elcepb a small opening at the'top. At the propei time, a fire is kindle4iu this little house, and as flames can no more exist without air than animals, the conse quence is the air, together with the smoke, is drawn. up from the depths-of the shaft. The horse gin used here does not always perform as well as the steam engines. On one occasion, when'every thing was.in readiness 'for a blast, the man. at the bot tom of :the shaft gave the signal for being drawn up out of danger, and the horses were started round in a brisk trot as usual. When the bucket was about half. way up, one of the ponies tripped and fell to the ground. Meanwhile the explosion took place and the rocks made the bottom of the huge iron bucket rattle most frightfully. They say the man thus exposed who hallooed murder lustily, but fortunately be escaped without any greater in jury than his fright. They are tunnelling in No. 1, and about 70 feet of rock have been excavated. At shaft No. 2, the piles of fragmentary granite af ford proof positive that the work here is steadily progressing. But as this shaft has to be sunk 220 feet, it will probably not be brought down to grade before the latter part of this year. At No. 3, there is a steam engine thirty feet lung with a mining pump connected, and having capacity to drain two such shafts. But little was done here last winter on account of the unus~ual quantity of water, and the detention of the engine by ice and ship-wreck. They will soon be down to grade in No. 4. Not long since a reservoir was encountered here, which threw up the water with such force as to knock a heavy drill out of the workman's hand. Before the last man was drawn up, the water rose 3 ow4 feet in the shaft. But this collection of water has been exhausted, and it is now nothing more than an ordinary spring. A t the Western portal, I was pleased to see that some native labor -several whites and two darkies headed by an old Cornish miner-had been brought into the service. The operatives are making most excellent head way on this part of the work. A word as to the conditiop of those engines on the mountain. They are working with the utmost smoothness and regularity, and look as bright as any engine we ever see in a steamboat. The en ginemen in charge deserve great credit for their faithful performance of duty. It is a fact worthy of remark; that under the present " Administra tion " at Tunnell Hill, not a single fatal accident ha occiured. In contrast with this, a scientifle gentleman told mc that a death by violence had occurred, on an average, every two weeks on that department of the Baltimore & Ohio Road, where ie was formerly stationed. The hands at the Tun nel are prone to indulge in a jolh'fi cation, whenev er they get their money, which happens every two months. But last pay- day, as I was happy to learn, there was much less drinking aiid confusion, than on former occasions. There is now an effi cient Magistrate on " the Hill," and the owners of whiskey wagons will have to be very cautious how they deal out their vile stuff'. But I am multiplying words to a niost unreason able extent. If nothing happens, I will be more brief next time. E. K. For the Advertiser. THE CITY OF BRUNSWICE. Mit. EDITOn.:-Having heard a great deal about the City of Brunswick and its prospects, we made up our mind to pay it a visit, and accordingly we took our seat in the village coach for Augusta, vhere wve arrived in safety, after passing over fif teen miles of the worst plank road in Christendom. It is provokingly rough, and we think it punish ment enough-to ride over the road without the ex tra punishment of paying for It. Indeed we pity the unfortunate person who Is doomed to travel over the first fifteen miles of the Hamburg & Edgefield 1'lank Boad for lack of a better one. But Brunswick is our subject, and not the P'lank Road. At Augusta we took the Cars for Savannah, and landed there at 11 P. M. and tookup lodgings at the Marshall House. Next morning we went on board the Steamer, bound for Brunswick. After our ar rival we strolled out with our friend C. W. S., to see the sights, and as our eyes rested on the beau tiful Promontory that is destined to- bte the great Emporium of South Westrnm Georgi~a, we involun tary asked the question, why did inan fajl to bin;ild up a place nature had so adplirably adaptedl for a City I It has harbor snuieiontly deep and spacious to be the Liverpool-of America, and a back conp try approaching Tropical fertility, producing the finest cotton in the world, as well as the most deli cums fruits. In May 181) there were two hundred inhabi tants, and now in May I, re are fifteen hun dred. the pedestrian can see on allsidss the hand of improvement and hear the harsh saw of thp Carpenter and din of the hammer continually ply ing on the countless houses in process of (urection ; nas the Brunswick Herald says, "not the temi perary corn-stalk frames so common to a new place, but buildings ample ini size, and with suffi dent architectural ornament not to offend the The Brunswick & Florida Rail Road is steadily progressing; the cars are now running thirty miles at, and by the first of September there will be twenty mihps luore ready for the Iron horse to galop over. And trp are credibly informed that the contemplated road between 3Macoan and Bruns-. NI.ITIR*, let nia you at I there . pr- t vent Brunswick from being a large commercial I City, with these Roads compldted, an' excellent c 1iarbor and a saltibri6us climate? " She is des- I tinbd to excell.' . EXCELSIOR. E - -"--.~_______- ______ - - lyj l stimr. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1857. .7 Rn.i the very intei-esting 'letter of our "E. K." in this issue. ENTIRELY EXCLUDED. Several notices and paragraphs editorial have been excluded by other matter to which we yield prece dence. Take our turn next week. By the way, will not " DArs " send in a continuation of her sketch. COURT OF EQUITY. - Our -Court-is in- session, Chancellor DAnOAX-presi ding. His Honor appears in fine health and spirits and we predict a pleasant time for his circuit. The business of the term for Edgefield will not occupy the ( entire week, although there are iore than a huindred r Causee docketed, to ay nothing of the Petitions. Among the legal gentlemen present from other Dis tricts, we aro pleased to be able to name LAxnaaT Jors, Esq., of Newherry, (en. S. McGowEN, of Ab heville,-and lion.-J. D. TRADwtm.., En71; BET, uarfrr Esq., and Jon B sus-, Esq., of Columbia. t MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. fr- TnE eitizens of Cheraw on the 22d inst., ten dereil Ron. L. M. Kr.LTr with a public dinner and 1 every 'lody had a fine time. Col. KErrT delivcred a powerful!sp.eel, followed by GCen. JA .uPos and others. .%d- Wondell Phillips, in speaking of our national i aptitude for polities. says that if you put an American baby six months old in his feet, he will immediately I say, "Mr. Chairman!" and call the next cradle to order. - Dred Scott's wife and two daughters have been manumitted by their owner. The whole of the t parties have been conveyed, by Mr. Chaffee, to Massa chusetts for that purpose. g -The proprietors of the Darlington FPamif Friend etfer forty dollars for the'best, and fifteen dol lars for the second best original tale, sent them by the t first of August next. 1 A medical man says tlat those ladies who make it n&business to trouble dry goods clerks and never buy' anything ought to be called counter irri tants. .Aff azarl the defaulting bank clerk, in Boston. t as it turn, out, has spent $79,000 in lottery tickets I and drawn prizes amounting to $120,000. 10- Two men -named Delvin and Harrison were rode on a rail out of Elba, Coffeo county, In Alabama, last week, for meddling with slaves. pl -WHY is a retired carpenter like a lecturer? Because he's an explainer. A- B. L. PosEr, Esq., formerly of South Caroli na, but now editor of the American at Marion, Ala &ama, proposes to write a history of the Palmetto Regiment. - r- In Williamson, Burnett, Bastrop and other western counties of Texas, many families are suffering for want of bread. Public meetings had been called for their relief. pigSimpson says the ladies do not set their caps for the gentlemen any more,'they spread their hoops. Jri WEM are pleased to learn from the Spartanburg E.rpreu, that H~on. Daniel Wallace has quite recovered from his recent illness. fr We have dates from Kansas to the 21st inst. Acting Governor Stanton has issued a proclamation, enling an election of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention on the third Monday in June. Returns from 19 of the 20 counties of the Territory, show 9,251 legal voters. fr Thirty thousand slaves weresold and removed from Virginia last year. For the Advertiser. MEETING OP THE MEMBERS OP THE BAE. At a meeting of the members of the Edgefield Bar, held on Wednesday the 27th of May, the ion. JAMras P. CARROtL was called to the Chair, and M. W. Giar and JonN E. BAeos' were ap pointed Secretaries. The Chairman announced the object of the meet ing to be to pay a tribute of respect to the memo ry of the ion. ANDnw PlCKENs BlcTLER. Whereupon the ion. P. WV. PICK ENS, moved that a cominitted of five be apptointed to prepare reso lutions expressive of their profound regret of his death. The Committee appointed consists of Messrs. F. W. PICKENs, M. L. BoNHAM, T. P. MIAGKAP1, JosErn! ABNEY and W. C. Mon.AGN~E. On motion( the Hion. M. L. Boxhuist,.as Solicitor, was req1uested( to present the resolutions prepared by said Comn mittee on the meeting of the Court of Equity on Monday 1st of June. In obedience to this request, the lIon. M. L.r Donst upon the imeeting of the Court arose andt said: I rise, may it please your Honor, to perform n melancholy duty,-to announce to the Court thea death of our Senator B-rLEa. ACDaEw PiceKEss BUTLEE was the foulrtlh son of} Gen. WIAM~~~ BU-rLE-a gallant Officer of the Revolution-and BEnIE-rI.AND BU-L.Ea, who also) has a Rlevolutionary history. Hie was nmemd fort Gen. AsunEwv PIUKENs, another distinguishied Ofi er of the Rlevolution, for whmoso eminent public services and private worth Gen. EuTLun entert~lil-r d the highest regard. Born on the waters of Saluda in this District, he received his elementary education at one of thme County Schools of that day, in which many of the foremost men in Amnerca.seeeived thir first teach- I ogs, H~e was prepared for College at Willington,e in Abbeville, by the Rei. MosEs. WADDEL.L, theJ Tutor of ao many of the prominent publie men of1 Georgia ad of'-South Carolina. in Dee. 1817, he graduated in the South Caroli- s na College, bearing off one of the highest honors I of his Class,.f in Dee. 1818, he was admitted to thte Bac, and tl soon thereafter, upon the invitation of his brother k Maj. GaoaGE BUTLua, a gallant Onieer of the late War, but then a successful practitioner at this Bar, t he commenced his eareer as a Lawyer in his native ti District,-that District always foremost in his affee- . ions and always foremost in her attachment to her rr devoted son for whilst his patriotisnm knew no y bounds hut 'the-confines of our common coutntry, it E began first in his native District ;aye, at his native si spot. Two years after, GEORGE BUTLER died leay- gj ing his younger brothmer in the possession of a large i and lo,crative prgetice, whlich he retaed and im- yi proved, mntwithstanding hg had for his competitors ft some of the ablest advigeates apd laivyers t4 that it) day, among whom were Simnkin, Meiuffle, Bacop, S Glasseok, Wardlaw, Thompson, Brooks and others. b After a few years his Circuit practice also became extensive and lucrative, and sO continuedl as long el as he remainad at the Bar. In Dep. 1833, the Legislature of South Carolina, tI feeling that his abilitips were needed on another er theatre, elected him one of the Asociatp Judgyp re of the Court of Common Pleas-a place he acoept- Si ed, not without some regrets, for Ihe was devoted wi to his practice. th In Dec. 1646, lie was taken from his Judicial hi- ni bors, and sent to tho U. S. Senate to take his seat or along side of our great CALInouIE, between whom it and himself thtere existed the utmost confidenmce th and warmest regard. Ihere, alter a time, he was ar placed at the head of the Judiciary Committee, the ci arduous and delicate duties of whlich he performed at to the close of the last Session of Congress. At thme ni nanimously,) to the same~ place, notwithstanding e had announced his purpose to decline the honor in account of the physical exhaustions its labors ad brought upon him during the last regular Ses ion. Ile was however re-elee:ed as a mark of the igh appreciation of his services, enter!ained by hat body. During his brilliant career lie met with many lifieulties and sustained many domestic afilictions hat-would have broken the spirits of most men. 3ut his were ela.stic to the last. He was the soul if every circle of his professional brethren. Ile as gone down to the grave with a reputation for ruth, honor and integrity as a Lawyer-for up ightness, firmness anl impartiality .as a .Ju.lge. If my one trait of his noble character shone more irightly than another, it was his love of justice is abhorrence ofrinjustice. " A love of right, a scorn of wrong, Were .written in his manly eye, And on his manly brow.". Gen. BoatAx then submitted the following Reso utions: Resolved, 'iat we' ari profouidiy al'tcctc by he death of the Hdn. P BurTsnnwhose abili ies as an advocate and counsellor made him an irnament of the Bar, and whose juilicial attain. ents and high sense of justice il!ustrated the 3eech of South Carolina. Resolved, That by his bold and fearless advoca :y of the right, his high sense of professional pro >riety, his generous nature, his manly frankness Ld fairness in practice, whether in .the Courts of tis native State, or the more extended sphere.of he United States Courts, he won the lasting atrec ion and abiding confidence of the Bench and the Jar. Resolved, That in the honest and impartial ad inistration of justice whilst one of the Judiciary if the State, the erming bore no stain-and the lar and the Bench will ever cherish with fond re card the lofty virtues- with which his profession vas adorned. J' Resolved, That in every position in life which i was called on to fil, the illustrious dead was -ithout fear and without reproach. And whilst re mingle our regrets with the tears of his be ,eared family and relatives, we are proud of the ofty character which he has left us for our emula ion. Resolved, That as a sincere mark of respect for is memory, the Presiding Chancellor be requested t the opening of the Court this morning, to Order: hat these proceedings be entered upon the Min tes of the Court; that a blank leaf thereof be Lppropriated and the name of the deceased be in cribed thereon; and that the Court be inmedi tely adjourned for to-day. Resolved, That we will further manifest our re pect for his memory by wearing crape on the left rm for the space of thirty days. Resolved, That a copy of these proceedings be ransmitted to his immediate family and that they >e published in the Edgefield, Columbia and harleston papers, and in the Washington Union. Hon. 0, W. DARGAN, the Chancellor presiding, -esponded in the following appropriate and feeling -emarks. - " The sentiments embodied in the resolutions which have been submittsd find a warm response n my own heart, and doubtless an echo itt the bD om of every one present. Whether we regard fudge BuTLER, in the light of personal friendship, and he was the personal friend of many of us, who Lre here assembled,) or as one who has occupied igh judicial and political stations, his death must >e considered as a calamity, and as having occa tioned a vacuum in social and political relations, hat cannot be readily filled. The private life rhich he adorned, the public councils which he II umined and energised, alike call upon us to pay n sadness and sorrow to his memory, the tribute >f homage and veneration, which we are now tout to render." The resolutions aro accepted by the Court. It s ordered that they be entered upon the Minutes f the Court in the manner suggested in the reso utions, and that the Court now be adjourned, and tand adjourned until 10 o'clock, P. Mi. to-morrow norning. J. P. CARROLL, CUAIn. M. WV. GAaZY, Sec's. Jon E. BAcoN. For the Advertiser. PUBLIC MEETING. At a preliminary meeting of the citizens of Edgefleki held on Wednesday 2ith May, 1857, the ion. JAMEs P. CAnnOLL was called to the Chair. cue Chair announced that the Hion. AzonrEw .ctss BCTLEn. was no more. All hearts were addened by this public calamity, and as a maurk if respect for the memory of the distinguished senator, the following proceedings were had. )n motion of W. C. hionAoxe, Esq., a Committce if five, to whom the Chairman of the meeting was Ldded as Chtainman, was appiointedl to prepare reso utions far a meeting of the citizens of the District t large to be hlcd Ott the Monday following. The ;ommittee consisted of the Hon. 3. P. Carroll, W. 1. Moragne, Arthur Simkins, WV. W. Adams attd . P. Magrath. On motion, the Chair appointed. he following g'entlemenu Pall-Bearers : Hlon. F. WV. ~ickns, Gen. M. L. Blonham, Hion. James P. Car o~l, George A ddison, E. J. Youngblood, S. Chris i, Arthur Simukins, Emmuet Seibles,.E. Burt, I. Frazier, S. F. Goo&, T. Watson, Dr. Ri. 'r. ims, George B3oswcll, John Hiuiet, J. B3. GIriflin, rmes Shepprard, F. hl. Nicholas, S. W. Nicholsot, r. Peter Moon, Lambert Jones, and S. S. Totmp-a :i~ns. (n motion, it was resolved that at 2 o'clock, P'. J. that day the bells of the dliflerenat churches he oled, wvhcn the citizens of the Town were to as emble at the residence of Mr. William P. Buttler, here the deceased breathed his last and take his etains thetnce to Stonelands, his late residence, here to remain Wednesday night. On motion, it iras resolved that a guard rof hon ur ho appointed to take chtarge 'of the iemtaints turing the ighit, and thuereupon the Chair apt oited the following gentlemen who acted in that apacity; Bmmet Seibles, Esq., William Logue, ohnson A. Bland, Whitileld B. Addison, Dr. T. J.1 'eague, William Brunsonm and W. S. Nicholson. Lt 2 o'clock, P. M. a large concourse of people as- I embled at the app~ointted place. T1he Pall-Bearers: aving placed thte remains in the Hearse prepared r the occasion, they were takein thence through< ie principal street of Edgefield to Stonelands, fol- I wed by a long procession of citizens; the scene -as an imposinig one as the lengthened funeral cor-< ge moved slowly alotig in silence broken only by< te deep and solemn sound of the hells which ere tolling the last requiem of the departed states-f man. On arriving at Stontelands, the funeral ser- 1 ice of the Episcopal Church was read by the Rev. :dward E. Ford, of Augusta, Ga., who, after clo ng tihe Church service, made some touching rc sarks otn the subject of his early itntimacy with time eceased, the pleasant reminescences of former ears whent they were both practicing the legal pro ission at Edgeficld; lie spoke of the great success( Slife of tho deceased and of his tnoble career as a enar in Coagress tnd closed with an appropriate meadicton., The Pall-Bearers then deliveredl tin body tp iargc to the Guard of Hotnor. Ott Thursday orning the Guard of Honor having performed( er duty re-delivered the body to the Pall-Dear- p s who with a large number of citizens took the r mains tothe.Butler huiryinig Ground on Raltuda, n iles from Edgeiel,C. H., whipre the dpepased l as born and where repose the retnalus of most ofh e teibers or this distinguished familly. A great h nber of people had assemnbl.:d at thme burial place ~ Sthe arrival of the funeral eartege to witness the ternent of him who had been their neighbor, eir Lawyer, their Judge and lastly their faihfuul c ud incorruptible Senator, for whose pure and lofty b utrater they cherished the most profound regard ad veneration. Thme scene was one of deep solem tas the earth elosed over the remains of the -. had held so fim a hold on the hearts of the pL'eople of his native District. On Monday Morning the first day of June, a large meeting of the peopile of the District was leld in the Court House pursuant to notice. The lion. F. W. Pickens was called to the Chair, and Col. A. Simkins and Emmet Scibles, Esq., were appointed Secretaries. Upon taking his seat, the Honorable Chairman introduced the subject-matter of the, meeting in a most feeling and eloquent adlress. We regret that we have been unable to obtain a copy of these re marks. From notia taken-at the time we presint the following iniperfeit sketch of them: Death, said he, is under all circumstances well calculated to awaken the deepest feelings of our na ture and to startle us from the repose of ordinary life. But when the avenging arrow falls upon one the most promir--nt amongst us, whether as to pos: lion, age or u. i!ness, upon one endeared to us by ll that can bind a man to his fellow men, then does the event indeed draw forth the most solemn emo tions of our nature.. Eminently is this the case in thedeath 4f,ANDREW PICKENs Bemeea The favorite on of old Edigefield, identified with her in feeling aud in intertst for the last forty years, is no more. lie is gone forever. If I know myself I desire to utter not a word of extravagant eulogy on this occasion. But I think I can most truly say that no man has ever lived and died in South Carolina who had more personal friends, more strong attatchments clustering around him, than the lam(ented dead whose memory we t6s div net to ionor ; And as far as the people ut: this l)Dstrict ae considered, I do not think there is a inc in it who did not look towards him with that kinid of love and respect which the members of every virtuous fanily feel for its most prominent representative. True, in that brilliancy of genius which dazzles fron its power and splendor others have ranked alove hin ; but in all that attaches to manly, vigorous intelleet-in every thing that belongs to a heart devoted to truth, justice and every social and public duty, there never lived his superior. - I knew hint well, intimately for many long years, having been idlentined with hin by marriage and thus brought into constant and close contact with himl, I assert that in all the relatious of domestic life, in all the tenderest ties of existeee, I never knew his superior. 1 cannt however trust myself t3 say more on -these sacred associations. It is in his public life t!at we find abundant ma terial for thought and for admiration. I think I may say, there is not a valley, not a hill-side in this State from which the sighs of a sorrowing people will not ascend, in view of his death, borne gently up by the breeze that itself seems fraught with melancioly: Ile was, and would have been in any aj a marked man. If he had been a Roman (and Roman he was in heart)-if he bad lived in that great crisis of Ro man power, when Cato and Cmsar, and their distin guished cotemporaries enacted their several great parts in the'tremendous drama of the day, lie would have been, even amongst them,a marked man ; and when I say this, I compare him with men who have chiselled out for themselves, high up on the granite column of Fame, names which all the circumstances of chance or change can never obliterate. It was the noble attributes of his moral nature, much more than his strong mental endowments, that placed the deceased in this elevated grade of humanity. What was it that made Brutus one of the most admired names of antiquity ? was it his eloquence, or any briliant manifestations of exalted intellect ? No, it was his heart, his moral power, heis devotion to right. What gave John Hlampden his high claim to immortality of famei Who was he ? A farmer -a plain man-with no pretensions to extraordinary mettal ability. But he loved the liberties of htis country-, and his soul was given up to their defence. Such as was Hlampden, such as was lirutus, such was ANDREw PleKEss BUTLER. lie would have met any event, or have faced any array of difficul ties ini the path of patriotic duty, like a mani. I speak within the bounds of strict trth. And here let me say that his character was formed under the sinple, stern teachiags of revolutionary integrity. Ie was blessed with a mother, thani whom a truer, tirmer, pmurer, better woman never lived. To tht mother lee yielded a degree of fii piety seldom equalled andonag mien From her hce received the early impress of thcat high virtue which guarded and guided his. pth1 thro ugh life. And I know that, to her last days, hec obeyed lher as never son obeyed a parent. Thtere are indeed pecutiar circumastatnces about this reniarkable family, whcich we are seldom per mitted to see in life. Thtere was a matron, with our children around her, all of thcem (at neatrly the same tie) in the most prominetnt public cornnee tions: One of them, the illustrious man whose death convenes us to-day, in the Senate of the Inited States : A nother, Governcor of South Car alna, and socon after covered with glory on thc atal field of Chaurubuseo : A thcird, thce representa tive in Congress froam the Mlountain District of our State: And the fourth (a daughter) the wife of one who leaa also represented the State itn Cocegress and was afterwards our iiister to Mexico. And now lay are all, all gone, entered the portals of a purer life. len the fatmily burial-ground where we thec ther cday deposited th remains of the lacst survivor f thce four, two of the three brothcers are now eeping togetheer, their bodies hidden frome us in hec tomb but thecir virtues still livitng amongst us nd ever to be remenmbered. Let thec fathers or imilies in old Edgelield seicd thaeir sons to thcese Iraves to leaern thelcsesons of honor aend oflcigh-soutl 4 devotion to truth.. Then inee-d will thecir less >resnt a rich return of good to eour people, wlheb ,vill continuc to bear fruits years and years after heir bodies shcall have moulderedl iinto duast. in conclusionu I ca n onaly say once menre : AN )REW PlecKEs 13Uri is forever gone. He met he last struggle, as such mnen always do, firmly and olletedly ; he fell upon the neck of hais mother. e State, and died as he had lived, true to huimself nd to heis good narne. Cot. J. P. CannIoLLr then rose to offer resecdutions if respect andl prefacedh them wiih a speech of tusual beauty atnd proapriety. The secretaries re ret thtat they hcave been unable to procure a copy f this speech, as it woiuld have been a prized part f the record-of this occasion. They heepe that its uthorr will yet prepare it for publication, anad theae re abstaini froru usitag the meagre notes bieore hem They would aild, thant in reporting the re narks of Hon. .F. W. PaeKass, they are well ware that they leave fallen far sheirt of his elho ence and deep feeling. Yet it was conesiderced ae to thco occasion that at least a sketch of his bsrvatioans be chronicled. Thec following are the Resolutionts introduced by ol. CaantoeLt: . Resolved, Tlant thae State of Southa Carolina ourns as a be-reatved another refusinag to be comn rted, over thec dc-ath of her illustrious on the lon. Asasw PrecE-NS BUTL.ER. 2. Resotred, TIhmt throughiout his distinguished areer of pubclic service ie the Councils of the :on feceracy. were alwatys exhibited in corruptible atr iotism, wise moderation, vigorous intellect, lnly firaamiecs, and high-souled honor. 3. Resol-ed, Thuattlhis sound, sagacious judgmaeat -his symapathey with the weak and thec Injure is intohernenee- of wropg and oppression-and tiis eve of truth aiad justice, adornaed and dignified the igh jtadioial poitnon he for yeaers so worthily 4. Resolved. Theat while we recur with haigh and ratified pride to hais disting~uie'laed public services, e delight to remember him ase a unitive eitizeaa of ar Distrit-as a mate-as one warma and kind of art, generous, brave and siaaere-with a noble isdain oef thce mean and the sordid-witht a judig ment and wiedoam that imprearwed all ninds--and a ocial frankness aid cordiality that won all hearts: - qualities chat rendered him "c the Representative . nr f Soth Carolina." ' 5. Resolved, That his death has filled his native District with emotions of inexpressible sorrow. 6. Reeolved, That the people of ,Edgefield, his native )istriet, will peculiarly feel his loss, both as a friend and as a neighbour. and as being for many years. in early life, their Representative in both branches of the Legislature, in all which relations he made himself deeply endeared by noble quali tit 8, well calculated to induce them to cherish his memory in fondaffeetion. 7. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the daughter of the lamented de cesed Mr. A BnEY then rose and made the following re nark in support of the Resolutions, a copy of which he haw kindly furnished us. - MR. CIAIT1AN: The Honorable'AoRxaw PtcXr EXs BUTLER is dead. A glorious spirit has gone, to rest with his Fathers, in the abodes of the blessed. A light in our Firmament, such as sel dom appears, has been utterly extinguished. A well tried patriot is no more forever. A statesman indeed has fallen. An Orator, a wise counsellor, and a courageous heart has sunk into the grave. As a citizen, devoted to his country, Judge BUTLER had no superior, for patriotism In him was a hereditary trait, derived froth " Fathers of war-proof," intensified by study and reflection, and exemplified by a life singly devoted to the service of the Republic. In illustration of his whole character, an example can scarcely be found among the greatest, and best, and purest States men of modern times. His virtues were of a type seen only among the ancient Greeks and Romans, in the healthy and palmy days of those mighty Republics. His heart and soul was all for his people. As a common acquaintance, he was at tractive, courteous and afflable; as a neighbor, he was open-hearted, liberal and obliging; as a friend and companion, he was kind, he was engag' ng, he was bounteous, and he was forever sincere, ardent, and faithful; as a master, he was watchful, indul gent, and forgiving; as a husband, he was loving devoted and true; as a parent he was af'ectionate solicitous and tender; as an enemy he was frank, and placable, and bold; as a relative he was feel ing, upright, accommodating, and as generous as the sun of Heaven-distributing his fa.v.ors around without stint or reserve, smiling upon all, encour aging all, helping -all, and blessing all; and In all the various relations. of life, whethet- they were toward or untoward, promising or perplexing, he filled the measure of a perfect man. The lamented deceased, commenced his career right at this spot, won his first laurels, in the great battle of life, as a member of this Bar, rose by his assiduity, learning and skill to a seat on the Bench, then adorned by the first minds of the age, and as a Judge, his conduct to the 1-rofession was so marked by patience, amenity and forbear ance, and his decisions and administration-of law were so characterized, by wisdom, impartiality, and justice, that the Legislature of South Caro lina, at a period of difficulty and alarm, summon ed him to the highest post, within the gift of the people, and reposed in him the highest trust, that could be devolved upon a freeman. As a Senator in the national Legislature. he gained nothing but honor, and he conferred glory and renown, upon his State and his whole country. The strongest evidence of the Senate's apprecia tion of his talents, integrity. and splendid legal *ttainments, is furnished in the fact of his having received, and retained through a great portion of his term of service, the appointment of Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, a Committee demand ing, besides indefatigablc industry, thme best and most varied acquiremenits of the nation. How faithfully he fought the battles of the South, how eloquently he advocated the cause of the Com monwealth, and how happily he illustrated the dignity of a Senator, and a friend to the , ights of man, it is for the lpen of thme future bistorian of his country to wrte.-. ihis whole course of life, from his entrance uport the study and practice of the law through his dis ciplinary training in the science of Government, in the Legislature of the State, to his accession to the Bench, and from the Bench, to his elevation tioni to thec Senate of the United States, and even down to his honored grave, is an imperishable legacy, not only to) this Bar, of which he was the pride and ornament, and to his State and his coun-, try, but to his fund and deeply afilieted family, which he loved with intensest aflfection, thtus ailbrd ing them, one mnore of many bright and heroie exanles, to teach them how to live for their country, to labor for their country, and to die for their country. I must say therefore before I conclude, that, in the death of the lion. A. P. BUTL.ER, the profes sion of the law has lost, a worthy disciple, and iti exalted science, anl able, jutdicious, and faithful expounder, whose place can never be supplied. South Carolina mn urns over the grave of one of her noblest sons, of the most steadlast defender of her rights, fallen in the heat of confliet-his war-harness reeking with the dust and sweat gr the field ; and of a mamn, whose innate attachiment to her cause, amnd whose hereditary virtues and in elinations made it a labor of love for him to guar. the interests &nd honor of her citizens, as he would defend the spotless purity of his own household. The South has hast ani able exponent of hI principles, a moet wary, skillful, and gallant leade' in her strug:;les for independence and equality in the Union, and one, whose whole history from erly manhood, has been a ceaseless effort to brnighm ten and burnish her fair escutcheon. The Republicdhas been bereft of a pillar of the Constitutiot, and hiinanity, of a friend to ir an, and honor, of her most chosen Knight. " Ne'er to the chamubers where the mi;;hlty rest, Since their foundatio.n cenme a nob!er guest,. Aand ne'er tu the beowers of bliss were conveyed, A happcier spirit, or a more welcome shade." Ma. Ciz.sanst.s : If our departed Senator, could not claim, altogether as high argumientive ltent, or as close powers of reason and snalysis, as lhis first colleague in the Senate, the late .JonN C. CAL. notin, or the matchless eloquence of GEORGE MC )Frir., his imnmediate predecessor, take him all in l, anid I am unwilling to concede that he was in ferior to either of these immortal men. As a prac tical Stateanm, cnlculated to promote the interests of his peop'e, and to disseminate the views of his immediate constituents, and to vindicate the mea sres of the Seuth, lhe stoud without a superior or rival. Trho Soth can never know or estimate the ebt of love and gratitude she owes him. Entering Congress at a perilous crisis, and at a period when Mr. CAxlnous's uny ielding character md uncomnpromising nature had rendered it im ossible for him to accomplish his own great de signs ;and to the shame of the leading spirits of the cuntry be it spoken, when the jealousy and anor engendered by the many contests and strug gles in which that great personage lhad been en aged in the latter part of hisi life, lead shormn him f his proper weight and infiuence in tile Senate and in the country, Judge )ulUira at once be ame the chamnpion of his section, and the bulwark f that Constitutional party, whicht was contending o strenuous'y for the safety of' our peop~le and for be protecttion of that institution, which is as dlear o us as the apple of our eye, or the beat blood of qr liearts. The deceased ha-i all the elements of sleader-boldness, i ntrepidity, cnution, sagacity, uvity of manner, conciliation, truth, goodness of heart, and withal, an integrity of purpose that ould have ranked him with a Sydney or a llamip den. Carrying these qualities with him in the Sente, he was a lion among the truckling politicians i the day. llis voice was aunhieded bynone. IIe llayedh petty strife., healed old aninouities, and ned the South, an d before God, I beliove saved the country. his death, at precisely the juncture when~ abolition ism had received its mobt signal cheek, and when the patriotic party of the country had gained, partly through efforts of his own, a triumph destined to be memorab'e in the annals of our Government, was as happy as his heroic brother's, who fell in the very moment of victory, and after having covered hii little band of warriors, and his devoted State with unfading laurels and bright renown, and breath ed his last amid shouts of triumph, which winged his soul into the Paradise of God. Finally, Mr. CHAII AN, pardon ono remark of a personal nature. The deceased and mysdf were bora ind ralied in tle iame section of the Distriac) Saluds. Our rathers were playmates at School, and comrades in the hard struggle of Independence. I had no other claims upon him. When I commenced my career here, possessed of but little means, and for a dark season, animated by no hope for. the fa ture,-then it was that the noble dead first taught me to love and admire him most-not by hollow professions of friendaip-not by an idle show of kindness, to impress the vulgar, with sentimentb.e did feel, but by a genuine active synpathy and sup port, whichibrotight me troops of (iendi, introduced me into the'world and the wdys of men, and in troduced me into business and sustained me there. It would be sinful in me, on this solemn occasion, not to make these frank acknowledgements. And when, after the campaign in Mexico, I returned to my home, shattered by disease, broken in spirit and oppressed with grief for the loss of a parent I adored, Judge BUTLER threw open his doors to me, offered his bounty to my acceptance-his house for my home, his books for my library, and his sage advice fur the man of my counsel. Afterwards too, when we became separated in polit'eal opinion, his good offices never eansed to be exercised in my be half, and he continued my warmest advocate, when many faithless, who were under obligations to me, had deserted me, and meditated my destruction. How great, therefore, Mr. CHAIRMAN, is my reason for mourning such a friend, and.bewailing my own and the irreparable 1oss of m Statep my country and of humanity itself.-,, "The bridegrooin-mpyty fo'get tridd, Was made hii wedded*'*e11) este The monarch may forget th'efo- 'h That on his head an hour has been; The mother may forget thchild That smiles sae sweetlyon her knee, But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me!" The Resolutions were unanimously adopted, and on motion of H. R. SPAN, Esq , it was - - Resolved, That the papers throughout the State Be requested to publish the proceedings of this 'meeting. .. . The meeting then adjourned. F. W. PICKENS, Chair. ARTnUR Simxs, See R. SsE . . For the Advertiser. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. At a called meeting of the Town Council of Edge field Village, held this morning at the Carolina Io tel, the following Resolutions were unanimously adopted: Resolred Ist, That all business be suspended and all doors closed during the procession which is to convey the remains of our venerable and lamented Senator A. P. BTra, through our village to his late residence at Stonelands. Resolved 2nd, That the the Church bells of the Village be tolled at the same time. By order of the Council. F. M. NICHOLAS, Intendant. H. T. Wright, Secretary. m Wednesday, May 27, 1857. From the South CarolinIan. PUBLIC KEETING. A meeting of the citizens of Columbia and Riclhuand district, was held at the City H'all, on the evening of the 29th instant, to pay a tribute Lf..,espect to the memory of the- late.Senator Butler. On-motion, Hon. WV. F. DeSaussure was call ed to thc Chair, and J. M. Allen appointed Set retary. The Chairman, in a few appropriate and ium pressive remarks, after stating the object of' the meeting, paid a just and feeling eulogy to the memory of the deceased. Dr. R. W. Gibbes then rose and o00'ered the following p~reamble and resolutions, which he p~refaced with a few naproprate, remiarks, and which, on motion of Dr. Allen .T. GJreen, were tnanimousily adopted: A faithful and distinguished public servant has fallen in the service of the State, andm~ of the people-one who lhas long enjoyed the rich possession of' the conlidence and respect of his fellow-citizens-who has been their representa tive in making laws and expounding them-con spicuou~s in the coutncils of' the State and of' the confederacy, with a )ppularity derived fromi merit rarel'y possessed by a publie man, uniting the admira'tion of all parties, and thme highest consideration of the coutry. Andrew Pickens Butler, the Legislator, the Judge, the Senator, is no more. 'Ihe hand of disease, under the inscrutab~le wisdom of Providencei, has taken hinm away from the scene of his usefulness 'and earthly honor's. The State mocurs his loss, the people feel thte sad biereavement. In view of his exalted character anud enminent public servi ces, the peoplle of. Columbia and of Richland District ofl'er their tribute of respect to his me mnory. Resc~ole'ed, That the loss of Andrew Pickens Butler is a putblie calamity to South Carolitna, and to the Confederacy, and that as a-portion of his constituents, we here record ottr expres sioni of simncere regret at the mournful dispensa tion which has depriv'ed us of his noble, patri otic, and eflicient setrvices. Resolr'ed, That the people of Columbia and of Richland district, deeply sympathise with the affieted family of their late esteemed.Senator, and that a copy of these proceedings be forward ed to his bereaved daughter. On motion of Dr. R. W. Gibbes, it was or dered that these proceedings be published -itt the papers of the city. On motion, the meeting then adourned." W..F. DESAUSSURE, Chairmaun. J. M. ALLEN, Secretary. DEATE OF TEE HON. A. P. EUTLER. Again arc the people of South Carolina called upon to mourn the loss of one of her best, most iiithful and gallant sons, by the death of the Hon. Andrew Pickens B'utler. But a short period had elapsed after the death of the illustrious Calhoun, who was called hence at the most eritical period of our National Af fairs, when, stricken as we were by the hand of God1 and bereitof our brightest jewel, mourning the irreparable loss, we were called again to la ment the departure of another beloved and no ble spirit. Franklin H. Elmore. But a short period and again another of our best and truest friends, the lamented Preston S. Brooks, was snatched from our temple, and in a few months he is followed by the venerable, noble and faith ful Bntler.- Truly may-it be said " these things are against us," and it becomes the people of the State to ponder over these great calamities and learn, it' possible, why it is that our State, more than all others, has so frequently been called upon to mourn the loss of those to whom her honor, her rights and her welltere have been ommitted. We are not prepared, were we qualifmed, to penn a biography of the venerable dead; our imple object is to announce his departure and all upomp the people of the State to how in ham-i be submission to the affieting dispensstions which have been meted out by a miysterious bit wvise Providence.-Colutmbia Times. EseAPE OF WALKCEa,-The telegraph informed s Tuesday night that Gen. Walker had arrived t New Orleans in the Emnpire City with 230 of' is men on boatrd, havitg capittulated to Captain avis of the U. S. ship of war St. Marys. The prpose, we suppose, of' the surrender of Walker o the commander of a United States vessel of ar 'was to ensure protection of himself and followers from capture or molestation by any aval force of his enemies or those in alliane with his enemies Aarneaton News