Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, May 03, 1850, Image 1
KEOWEE COURIER.
" TO TII1NE OWN SELF HE Tltt'Ey AND IT Ml'HT FOLLOW, AB U1K NIC.IIT UIK DAY, UIOU CAN'sT NOT 111LS UE FALSE lO ANY MAN."
VOL. 1. PICKENS COUltT IIOI SE, S. C., FRIDAY, ftlAY 3, 1850. "
the
KEOWEI2 OURIi:K, j
Pai.HtlCD AVI) rUBMSIIKD WEKKI.Y BY
V*\ II. TRIMMIER.
J. W XO'lRltf, Jit., )
E. M. iCRITU, \ KJltor9*
THIS ?IM.
CHo D^llnr nnl Fifrv Cent* fi r one yonr's
nnh-Mrlptimt when pni.l within three n.?.n'h?.
Two idllur? 'f niyiuent i< ilelaved to the clo^e
of the tiuh^cripHon venr.
AH 4iiS<Ariptiun<< not clenrlv HwllrJ, will he
con*i l<>ro 1 iu n>? '? f"" " '"e '
.... .ul Iivl'llllf iinio, nwi
co.itimu* I till a ti'continuance if* ordered and
all arrt>?rn'{C-? pai I.
A in-cr'ed at 75 cento per
square for the ftr?t in-sorf i?>n, nnd J17 1-2 etc. f< r
each co'itinucil insertion. Ijl'cral deduction* ,
nia le to tliojf aIverti-imr by the vc r.
AM Communication'^ should be a K!rc?<ed
to the Pnblisl er pn?t paid.
T ilO FLORIDA INDIANS.
The ste-uner Monmouth, f <>m lin'i n
River, F|o;i In, nnived ill our port onS'iturdiy
lint.. She brought n number < f
passenger*, i-leluding ??eveni| ofH.-.e'v of
the array in Kloiidn. W h?:\ rot oh
ti ieed much news l.y tl h nniv- I. I ut.
qilflflidont fn o?iii f>' ?
.? 111 (.-imiiu'cion u mi
news diert fiom Tampn, that I) ?? Imli- n*
havedet? rmined not tor move peuoahlv
Billy Bowh'i?* 1i:ih evaeuite<l I i- town
with hi- followers, un?l with Sim .lone.*,
has re: i ed into the southern extremity
oft.hu livoi'gl ii!?'where tl ev tire pe1fectlv
s<! "t v fro n the operations of the
urmv du i:i<j the summer.
We predicted this at the tiretnent
of the. war* We lr.d heen en??i jrh
<if the trend evy of the Jnt'i'ns to I elieve
them insincere in their profession.-; and
al houjh a few came in Jir.d iv.ti.
emigrate!, the movement* <?f Ciiptuin
Hi?ly ?avored *oo much offo mer profe
sions of the Indians, toiiuluc ns t?> cmf?Iit
the sunpo i ion *.lmt they would remove
peaceably. We refrain f.om sene e ienvirks
inasmuch as they might be roe,,
strued into disrespect to the at my. We
intend no disrespect w! *i? we suggested
that they are not tlte proper foice to operate
against Indians in the swmnps and
hammocks of Florida* Theie isnnui'c
efficit-nt force which c.n be easily obtained.
In the pl.in and open field,
whe; e efficient discipline can be enforced,
the American army is competent to engage
with the most veteran troop: of any
country. Our officers are bra\e ai d g;.llanf.
and the same pride and spi it arc
instilled in the soldiers under their commaud.
The war wi h J/exi.-o Im*
wremh?(! httsivls upon the laows of volunteers
and ifgulnrH in the .'fniewcan aririy.
whi 'h would wquire years of defeat
or disaster to tarnish or nemo\e.
We will add mi extret fomnte'ier
f oma gentlemnn in Klorid-i, well no*
quainted with the niovcmcnls ofthu Indians
and the nrmv, si ice the li,->t outbreak.
We will state further, that our
render* have seen srvei.il communications
from the strne gentleman last fall,
nnd, although sincu then, aff i.-s for it
time jppe ire.l to wear a favo ?-???...?
'" f*' "
if our reader will recur to t.ho*e commuideationsthey
will observe the predictions
then m .de. Our ft lend w ite*
tint*;
'Gen. Twiggs is first rate m m?hut
the Indians won't go. They ?rc making
fun of ili'o ge.Kfv sen" to remove them.
The Indians never intended to go; (hey
?>e strnrl, and are fooling the ainiv.
General Bowleg- Is noir . He hap got
clear of the trying widows of the grabbed
Indium aud a few oM grand d id*?
HI1111 l.Lf ?<?.?- - : 1
7 ......... ..w^., M-bi Ki-u a goou supply
of blankets?Jiut he einn>?* come in, fo
his 'child is bu-ru,' un'il it gets well.
A HOtail iecen I v sent to look after him
found hi* town de-erted (Jen, tf.mi
in the Iiiir 0 vpreHM, where regu1
<is ire not prepared ?n follow him. The
army will have to remain here thh Hummer,
rt^d -he 8t:ite will diive the Indir.ns
in to them next wintei.'
A y>'io Paper. ? Ww'n. Ehrtrt, proprintout
of one of ihel'i<w?r p:mer nvmufac'o
i?- in Ge> mnny, xiiunh-ri at NeuHtudt
Khe'swald, hiveiu.-t invented an
;??..?.u-.ii.u -
p;?per, wi)ioh is inh*n*
ded wpl"(1 My fur l'.ntiW"*. It in
de> InW t<? take the | l co of tiles, over
which it' nsiwftfttld mlv nil. n;e--. (hut it
n not fragile, nnd i-? ve y inexpensive. j
Pa?'e that in P<tstr.--. dhkiivc nn omuco
of ?dum innquurt of w:irm W.?U? ; when
* coM, > (!<! ??, mueh fl ur n?* will nf ike, it
the conplrtence of even r>; ?hen st?V>w hto
it 'is much pimdcitd >os-in n? will <tund
on n pi illirg, unci two or three cloves
t>oil it toh eon i?tcnee, Ktirring till the .
timer. It will keep f<>* twelve m ?nth?, I
*nd when dry roiiy bo softened with water.
HONOR 10 THE MEMORY OF MR.
OAUIOUN.
\V<? have Wi-n f.tvnre I with lh<> follow
ii-g fmm m member of tlie Committee
of Twenty-five, dated IY'lei>tuig, Apiil
'23, r>. p m.
we i-1 \V Islington yos'eidav m?v?
i ing ;-t eight ??V1 -ck. with the remains of
our illu nious Senato>\ The lunenl
eortege, composed oftle rehttives ofl,lie
di'ee i-?'d. tIn-Coniinitt' c of theSenate.
. Venal le of N? rth 0an?li:*j*. and the
South Carolina l)elegati< n in 0 ?ig ess,
were esrovted to the I emuifi.l fte n ei
Hidtimo'e. T' e tipper saloon was nppvopiin'ed
'otl el odv, and the Conimittoe?,
-ii d every part of the vessel was
uin r?>?i n Mnok.
IIV ! nded at Acjuii (? o?-k. and
wo ? > eorivcd I y tlit* K. edc ieksburif and
Riol mond Commit'" ? ?, nnd"a inili;mv
oomnanv, tlit* hjMid pi iviiii; u'di go. At
Fr?'de.ielisd u tr w e we e mot I \ a I irge
ennonut : e of ci'iz< ns, > nd I lit* li II- of tl e
el inches ?ill? d unil tliedopartu o ofihe
cars. Tin i mili'iuv wimp nv proceeded
) long w i: h us to Richmond. Ample
K f I treats vi' o p'ovidid to; uM'toiie
of the stations by ti e Richmond Commi
tee. i.nd tlio g'oa'e-t into est and reSln'Ct
\\o?? -
( ???\?41?? IIIU Villi V
line of (I.
At Richmond wo wo e received wish
ll e highest hono s h\* the Governor of
tl e State, and ti c oiizens. A ivic, and
mili-an pincesi-ion we* ormed ml we
proceeded to ll.e State House, whe e the
I odv. with much solemni v, w s delive
ed *o the ea.o -f the Gove mneiit, and
af'er eliuious se -*iee-?, was place.il u uler
ii miliiai v ifiiard. G'eut numt.e s of
loths- xes vi-i'fd the illl duin^'lie fte
noon ard evening. The Comn.i l? ??>*
w*> e rondue'ed to tie Exchange Hotel,
wlie'i' they r*f?e|\ed the intent ons of the
most dU'ingnNhe'l men of t'e State,
wl o had heen invited I v tl e Governor
fiomiill quniteisto t'o honor to the oeens-ion.
At dinper the IToi\ John ^ ,V.ison.
fo mi'?l\ ??f tlif Nrvv.pn's'hlwl.
In hom?' h it fii- d 'oucl i-Mjr rernuiks h<* <1liirlfd
to ti c mournful duty which luul
ciillt* ! us ?owp!]M"r nivl p opo*t*d ? 1??*
nrx-rrory of John (5. Calhoun.' Mr. R;ivf'Tv
I responded In h short hut highly ?1(kjv
enf spci-ch. 1: wns worthv ?>f the
of tunion, nrnl n model of it* kind. l!o.
nr innsh 4 !? ? \ 5?*t 1 *_*.1 ? ? II/..- t.i? ? *
, r *?l rr till.
Tlie company adjoin md at an enily
1 Oil**.
On Tiie-dnv morning wo were eorduc
ted to the State House, where a feeling
;>nd tuneful address wis mndi* hv his
Kxeellenev Gov. Flovd. on recommitting
tin- hodv lo our rli igo. 11 ? wis replied
to hv Senator Mieoii mid M". U >venelon
tlie part of the Onmmittew. Af
ter the perfo nviree of rel'^ion> M'txiees
we wore ocorted to the car* by a niililarv
and eivie prrirt<t?i*>n. Ti e utieetvjind
window- were thronged with ?poeti tors,
while minute tr'?nswe<e fi ed duing ouf
pii*??ge through the cltV.
We \ye?e cquvpvod in a speci 1 lvain
to /'etergburg, where we were received
hv the Mayo** > nd a huge body of citizens
and military. A pioeesvlon w?h
formed, the Committee in eurti <rey.. and
p'issi'd t trough ll?p piinnpi i st:pp'h, tie
sto-os hiding rlo fd, jtnd m nn* ofthpm
hnving IvidgpH of mouriii ijr. whije tho
sidowfiiks nnd windows w pre tVowdpd
wi'li t-ppctn'or*. 1 lining tpmrhp.i S'.
p.iul*> church, flu* hodv wm committed
to tin* ch njr?? of tlip hu ho i:m#-?. mid dppo-ilpd
the ? in( TIjp f\?mmii'pp then
pr eroded to ?l?i?v??* !* < Hot. I. wl'P'p we
will phi in un'il 0 oVIock this pvenirfif.
F oni our fl ( ntr.mi'c into Vi jfini.t
until ?hp p-pH-nt mom"H? we hnv?* ipr<-ivc?l
tin* mo-t Pxtrnvdiiuuv nviri'Wtitl'>ns
of re-pect nnd sympathy, mid tlu?
O'l u?i"Ortirtpl k'nlluprf^ and uttenion
f.om licr 1|(Mpi:ati(p foi>
Qeorgvt Sunar.?Wp hnvo on ourt-?
,, till' HlHtvn li mnl rirti-l?.
to ttf.-hy Afiehiel M.Mi
son, E o. of TnAtuj.ll ,1'oun'v. tin* produce,
of hi* own farm, for which wo retu-iiouf
th?>nl;a. So far a* we Hr?? a
iudge of,the article our opinion K that it.
i* a* ufofnl as biof n suifar ever get* to I e
whileothers who are judges, nnd have
H-en i', 8?*v...thai it compares hiVoral.lv
wi'h the very he?lt e\er biotight toour
market.
It i a matter of -eat K-atifio 1 ion > n<1
pride to every true (ie.? yim, that, every
sueee- i?e vear developed some new fae?,
going to demonshate ti e p,-opo i'ion
that oar own flints - c"?1
in nnilM), Iwifl
within lirswl\ r?>>ou'ci's wMrh, if pio,%o
lytui nc.l til wvouni, will OiUnbli found
?t?oU'P her m>H di'fcnn*.
We have been undur iho imp'^snon
that tho mimjf>ic?u;o of u{j>u in (>?.'<?
gia was comparatively but a recent expc.iaunt,
and that even at tliepic^enl
<1 iv. it w is yet i i !i state (if expo imeni,
iiikI we (! surprised to le u n tint our
f ten , Mr. Mason, lists been sucoessrullv
engaged for the 1 uit tea years or ni<?.v,
mid hi < father for a looker pe iod of time
befoe him, i? r;d ing eane and m ntufiutu
ing the very host of Syrup, AI <1 wses
mid Sugar.? i'cit. Gear.
Hospital far Ca'a and Duff.?Henri
ill, in one >1 his I ite letters f om I'aiis,
st.ys the e is ji ImiiM-in tint city li tedup
for t u reception ( fc its. do rs. I i it
o ' ' " ' vvt*
wIhm itiackrd l?y cli ciim1, nnd who o
they m e nursed and physicked acco'dinjr
to iuh\ They have a el tSs of prae.:i ionera
who (-online themselves exclu ively
to the vu o of tho-e tit.im:.I , and fortunes
ate made in the way of bu^Liess,
by members of the piofe^iun.
An impi'iion .note has been add esstvl
by thellus-im government to (hut <t
i*i u>vion the subject oft c Sjlile iwijjf
ilotcnsli di-pu Af or I'liunU'riititt^
i ll the points at Usui1, the no c snv?:
'Then- iiu'mi many hicis, whi.-h t! o Kmpi'.n
cinno-. log iid wi.h iiiddfc/ence,
and fiom which lie e innol i:i <:on?cic!i< e
rclciscthc L'iII-m ii cnlinei.' file i nto
concludes by distinctly intim 'ting the d<*tc
miiiaiioii fthc Empc.o to employ de
v.-i-v nivmifv u ueeetsnry. 111 su purl
of thu 1) ini^'i si lv of lliu co itioversy.
A i"??s luplu e li.is oeeuivdlc
tw en tl.e (i?>vc? nn.iMits >f l'iuw i i ;?tid
Wuru'inliuig,in coiwqu?*iire of iln- 10:1c.
its umod by the i<> if -.ssuun-d by the.
King i>l IVuiM.t to tin*. I.itter country, ii
upi'i.inyf lln* e.baml.vrs. The (lovernnu'iit
ot' I'rus i; lms iiddie-:?d ; n??t** to
that ot' Wurtemhuig, roue .ed i i very
strong Unins-, ?'xpre>siug the astoni h1
litem i?f i lit* King's government at ih<?
. , ?ini mi: in ?si profound
i..?iign?ii<in, ll ?* i-u*>| ioini;.s mid mxu&itii>ns>
ii coal, in.-, : i <1 dec! irrs i Lcneatl)
is digiwy 'o ii-piv llit*;i* o, or to i omi:iue
llic diplomatic elation* with Wurteniliirg.
Tla* I'lUMiiiii Amtia^iidor lias
Lien n*u.ll??K
Lk-ilin is.it is s;u?l,-o Im? surrounded
will) itit;d Wruoks w1 icli have id.
1-- L
n-iiuv nt'i 'i tommenretl neiir ore of iho
giilivs ? f 11 * c*ii \. Tim (i01 man Pwliuiiu'Ht
iiKM-nibl* d nt Eifuil on the 20th
of Niaiili. v'd\i?ei? mi! vec? ived to the
2()th, i-t w I it h tiit.c* liti It* lu d lift n done
be\ ond o.ganizitig the vls-st nil I v.
LcIIuih fiom ?>toe holm iinnounce
thul I y pcncm! older* tl e Swedish mivy
was put on ii war tootinj;. Tl.e object ol
theinciihUie is l ot known.
Tits Cow Tuek.?The Cow Tree
K'hwh near Lake Murni'itiho, nn-1 isnnoth
ur Irntiince of the ki iilne-s with which
nntu e houtjslies hi'r children. InriionsMie
made in the tiee and there
flow* f oni it iin id undanee t-f tiiitrk unci
ixumniy milk, if it bo rll<>wed lo *tin d
lor a few days. The natives so k ih? ir
cassava blend in i\ liaioti llumlohli
11?*?|U(*ii ly drank of it when in South
Ann* ion. 'Among tho nvinv v rious
phenomena that i beheld dmi'i? my
jomn?>y/ he fays, 'tlseuv was lia?'lv any
thai stitick .1 y imauin.iiion yo fttoeil ly as
tl v. Cow T ee. K\e:'\ il injf connected
>vitli n il ; and whh f %ii i.uvous food insjher?
lis wiili inie e.-t, and ren inds us
of our Ih-I( h'M Inf nry. Ancient and
modern nations h;.\e fell a rcli-i-ion*
cimion for gu in; and milk M*ems exc.lulively
an mutual product inn, Hitch I t'inj^
out li >t inip.c>siou?, I To miji ; c tliiit
M-ifces tl c mil'tl nt 11 e ? i_? lit of Mich 11 fee
is hut nutuuil. It l^rmvs on tlie tookv
?i<!e of it mountain, scvotlv i;t iiuiniinjr
its toots- i t ihu stone. For nvmy montl *
not ti shower of fall-* on its d;*vnnd
t'o irti ci'ouk lw<>vt*>, and the lin nches
Mi ni dry and de.id; hu? pierce thcniink,
11 nd a s\veet and nflu irtliin^ nulk flow.-.
At sit rise. tW? Vegetable sou ce i-> mo-it
nliundani; iIumi tlie I.I n-k i
. ... .imu nri' i *
reoj !e huny from a I pints, p'-o\i<h-d
\s it It jug",to cm! cli 1I1O m.lk, which tilths
yellow mid thich on the surface. So km
< 11ink it on the npo\ ami otho s cany it
to their children, till one might fairy
that a co'.vheid was di>t-ihudng to |>M
family *' ndlk ?f 11 .< Hock. A new
MilotHhce, called g laiiine, has l.een efctruoied
t.om tl.i< \ egel.:Llo milk,
i
St. Low--, Apiil 12.?The 0. lena Ad
wither lean ? that hand ol Hioux In
di-n>?, unde>* tl.eii CI iff Little Crow? h?d
uvemh ntti ehed a f .ml y of Chippcwas
at l'l.lls C't?tx, and n.uuhsed u>l?
Ton vi urn ftl city?A FrPnofi
per given an account of a very tieh
French gentleman and Mayor <>| a Cum
mune. who tei minuted i.i.s life Under peculiar
ci eunistai ees, lit' wan In love
w i h a beautiful gi I who nviproeated
who recipioeated his i flection; hut her
parents oppo <m1 objection* 10 their union.
After m. ny years oJ p:easing solicitation,
ho obtained the fat Lei's content and \\<a
miniid. On the inorninjuf nfter lh?'< o ?
I'monv, tin- report of a pi>to| was heard in
tin- iivi|>:i 1 ch>im!>?lr, Persona enteu'd
and found tin* hri b'groom prostrate and
dead /A* hud risen while his wife was
yet asleep and blown his brains out.
On tlir lid le wi s a l*?:t?*r In which ho
expl.-iied the n olives of his s-o.iion. lie
R .id In- bud reached the highest j oint of
human 1'clicitv tbut be unl.i i <> ?<? ' " '
not wUli lo dfM'Ciul tmr.i i.' He
could not 'c rtliu tl oiigl.t, dull the duv
\vi idd c? me, when he >hould low l?'ss
or l;c h'*?* lowd. lie hud tot strength
to anysiit il ' c?itiling of thai find moment.
*... v ((' olu.i<?ii to quit lift; ('te wrote) is
due 'o th'M'x *. .?f :
.. . ? ... .
Vo.y Krone!) and vorv t'uulUh!
; Punscorr, "in-: 1 Iisiokiav.-TI.^ Washingtuii
correspondent of Uiu Chat lotion
News, ?aj>:
"Proscott, t' e histmim, is- still l o o tocon
i.ig nil kinds of honors. lie I >oks a
good de I too well for an au'ho; hut lu?
is ont! of il e ft w who ni: nngo to diivo a
htud Ling: in wi li il.oir pul lisl oir. It is
s ctisloniaiy lo mo : n ; utlmr in ii seedy
con I i l d i I : ii of sl.al I y nn'ili v, that
i/ }. i\ os <11V syst? m <juii?* a si o? k to I eI
old a li ?'iii \ ttu.n llu-\eiV poisonifiration
of ^ood .i? -nd with a sinil" ol
! sch-saii: fact ? , tvh 't si'rms to say, "1
ha\i il.o dust . pi eke'." 1 vn woe
I i. to II I' nv.n ?.l...~ ' ' ?! >
ii I* pui ii i e:mt\ o
in their |iowe*\ Tl eie i- nothing (or him
but hi- pen, nil thai and !i ? an* wo n n
iho stump. With I ostnge for the future
u the ^1?ji| e of a w iff and ehildsen, lie
Mia* no income I ui that wliich can be
in do f:om week to wwk, The gi-t
m n>t I c g ound, and tin* wheel revolve,
'l'l' t-n ng tin, all the stru rglo<. all the toils,
i !l the w-aiiii'-HH .if hr ia.iu'ive and he .d,
\vl ieh a m ri a i Iu.'^-km in liis ? iree , are
impe eepti' le even to his f iend ?almost
> to hini. elf; he Ih.s no time to he sirk to
le lati^t et'; 1'is .ijhit lis ro 1? l.di } .
i A - .1
'-1'u (i us- r?*ii-ii\ ?t! tii (1 ii1 n?I. min
, ili.'it the b ei.k-up of tlii* constitution
i teems sudden iin m 1? ol.cd foi."
j
Corrayxnideiics of the South Car llniari.
Charleston, Ap i! 21, 1860.
Our city xutho i ie.s a e now husily en
gaged in liavi ig the necessary arrangemi-nts
completed lor tin* suit.ihie recep
t lion of the mortal remains of th it disiinirui-hed
stae?m >n, John C. Cullioun
\V|u?n completed tlicv will suip- ss any
thing of the kind eve witnessed in tin
country; and tit the same time only ue.-c.\c
Ily so, for as there wns only one Washington,
sotheie litis heen hut nim Ci.lhoun;
and our geneiati -n, nor r.Viiiy to come
he enfter, w ili never look upon his like
again. 1 hope 'hat many ofj??ur citizens,
a?- \v II as f om It e surrour.ding country,
w ill come to wi i.e.-s ti e lliouiniul eelehratioit
on K.idiv next?the iiiliocd fire
Inning heeh expiet*lv ie<!uctd for that
] >UI po.-e.
An o'd . nd imieh d>te^m(?il re.-idt'ni i?f
tl.i-* ei v. M . Elvvard Caievv, father lo
Col. John E. Caiew.of llie Mereuiy, died
nitl er sudilci.lv duiing F i.liiv night; lie
whs only ti.kt'ii ill on Thuixl.iv evei ing.
I!i> Min, U'-to,'tuniuely, being iibM'iit a
01 oof the comn.i tee on bis usi)* to Wa-bingon,
will not he able lo return in time
lo view il e lemi iiih of bis venerable par
ni, ah tl.e buiii.l takes pi.tee ibid af ernooni
For the henefr of ourlxlv tenders, we
rnpv , fr^rn in Kaste.n pn|er, the following
eetije for pie.-e< vir.g the beauty of
giiilx ted :
"Pioeure a 11 >t di-li of por'-fl: in, into
wl.ifh jii ur wiisei; j I ee uj o.i It i? v.?cof
flowers, and over t e van* a I ell glass,
with I s im in tlio water. The air thiit
tunounds the tl.?we s heing confined l>ene.-tli
that I ell glass, inconstantly moist
wi ll water, th t ri-es into it in the form
of vapor. A s fast as the water become*
condemed it luna doivri the i-ido of the
I ?*U gl Ik- into the dish; nnd if means ho
taken lo h'-lo: c the water on the outside
o! the In II glass, t-o as to prevent itevapO'liting
into the air of the fitting room,
the it moopheiO around the flowers Is continually
damp. The pi in is de iirnnted
> ll.e "llopean Apparatus." The experiment
may 1e 11i?t<) ti a Hif.il! s?idrt by inte.'iing
? nimbler orer a ro<e bud in a
saucer of wilier."
Titu Rratm. o out ov CllL'rotl Cask.
! In the Supreme .ludiei .1 Court at Boston
I o'i Kri lay, an opinion wis delivered in tlic
case of Jon is Fariisworth and wife v. Rev.
Ilichaid S. Sion*. for lindrr. The idleged
bl inder was the reading of a no1 ice
f <<m the ptdpi', averring tlmt Mn?. Fransworth
had been excommunicated forhavI
ing \iolitel the seventh rnmm sndnient.
The tfou it* held that, undo,* the ?i rumstances,
iLc conimut.haiion wus p.i.ilcgod.
I\U ^
John t\ calhoun an agriculturist.
It i* im puinofi#- of ours to prmounce
anytliinj; worthy to lioonlluri an t-uWium
on the 'ifpnnd fharactpr of such n man as
John ('. Calhoun. As wpil mi^l t wo
attempt a dcMviption of (ho sun, or nn
cstim ?c f the vnlue of light. Of his
CPnins, pu'itv, md p:it;ioi.-m, lis nolle
pomp?p;s of tl?p Si-n'itp chamlcr have
>pol??n, the world has read j\nd responded
in n nv nncr fignifionnt of ti p profouw'est
ndmirn ion. lnd<ingthi? iley
li >" 1 ut yielded obedience in thp natu;
ral impulses of thp heart, with no hope
of ;id(linLr fin hour's duration io hi? mrm^
! rv, inspi intr ii single new sentiment of
[ respect. in tl e lo-nmof r.ny ore. His
fine is now I e\ ond 11contiol of n itn;
1 I lit tin* eon ertipl.ition of his excellernief?>
11:0 m i I of his many Vi tin's, may not
l.o unp'i fi ahleto those who are li'fl yet
ii livle wliiV behind. It mny then I e fit
in i,s 'o vpi'?k of hint us we have known
and ,-e n him nn ag1.irultinist nt homo
A I'd lieie us el owheie 1 e o\inced hi8
sr*<v t. \ipi"':o'ity over ti e most of wnnf
Kit d. In his enilv \eins, thovgh li ed
J wi'li nolile nspi: nt ions to shar? in tl.elon,
ok of State nfTiiirs, he found tin"e lo in*
. dulge his t'is(o ni\d inclinations for uni t
j pin>uit?. In the year 1815, together
I willi illut*. "1 0'-"
I 1. .VI III iir*t 1 iwuo II Ull Wl llir O 111 1 C
I devo'cd t?? agriculture. he was nuide nn
j hono-i?r_v member of the Pendleton Fnrimer.>'
Society. For sov ml yearn p'e^
ions to that petiod, iloiigh a loident of
AM>ovi!lo distiict he spent much of 1 is
j time wlirn out of public bus ncss in tV.is
iu*iu[hlorhood. From tl is time till the
clo.-e of Afr. Sonn e's administration, bin
atontion was wholy cut <11* ftnm agiicul
u'al piesui's. In tin* beginning; of the
venr 1 ft2/s. Iv.virg purchased a | lanta'ion
now well known by the n- me of Fort t.'i'l*
I c di ie> niined to make it bis permntumt
evidence and indulge himself in ti e ngneablc
occupation of cultivating tl e toil. It
-oon becotrt* ?o him the beloved spot of
earth. Ah?*ndv it was fi-mous for its 1 is;
i v ?
I " n-m irumiiM-cin va ui muian wmjuh*.
I'lie {f d of mituvo fcchis in l?nvi? formed
I if or its noble pmpiic'or. frotuiepque
and beautiful will' i's flowing .SVneea, its
fertile vhW, its rotllmtc Viii.h at id sequester<*d
grovea, if was n fi* rpirt'al from tin* t<>ii
and cxHtrtru nt of juiMic lift1 A>r such a
ffiiit ?s 1 .is. To i s tiatUnd Keuuiy he
added eiu*rvthing that art cbiild lifhtow
oimptove if. fruiing the ihtei Vjil of tl e
sest-iohs ??f f'ohp'csf, re wis not lejs (Vv
nlrwl In ll\n In?ovoi>* wf I.2.- --
I ,w I..1 III VHJ* Ml III?* |' 14111V 1 l? VI
i 'linn to pul lie business wheii hffote Mm.
j lie ente-cd in'O i ll I e minute details of
:usb; nd'y with the sjihie leal and enfl ui
siushi 'hut he nddresfwl n listening ?en1
H'e. Enriiestres uh?n pint bf 1 is natuie.
J In him wis united ti e skill of experience!
; nid M-ienei* in rooommbn tll'JJh p. When
I hi I nme. ti e plow mid I oe moved under
j hi- o\\ n eye. When ill sent, eveiy thine'
I was conducted l y wri ?en di-eelions i rd
reported with scupulous minutitr. 1I?*
I whs truly n model PI. titer, imd ackrowlj
edged li e great led of n community
'embracing some of the left Planter* iri
| I In* South. In the art of preserving the
! soil, in the me of gimrd-dmins, with
i which, hi< rolling lands Hie literally lihled,
in feriilizinir crops he was a hcacon light
which we all liitve followed.
For mo*e than I\vi ntv-five yenrs 1 e append
li'd wi'.h the Kiirmfii* of l! is irninn
j annually, s mii-riMii'lly, nnd qnarteily in
'?' Km hums' Hull, N>w clothed in the
habilimrn's of grief for tlie death of i'6
venerated pat on; Kor mitny year* l,o
Ju'flsthe pv^idirp officer of tin.* Sot-iffy#
niid infused info its members a lespectfor
f('?* dignity of (he emplovment of tnc
Planter, and an ; ml itfon, fruitful of hrppy
.vsiilivi to p omote tl e advancement
f?f ii}?'i ulfiird 7hr?>ugh this soutce,
ppppirtgdown I'oin hi - position of 8upelioijiy
to ?i level \vi:li tlits humblest, he
endeared himeelf to his neighbors who,
soJbnt; tis man is just to himself, will hold
in gro itful reir.emberento a Lenefnct6r
thai is no more.
Oihe'-tj'v.'lio^p peculiar province it is to
nccovd to him the higher eminence aft a
statesman. we pay hom; for 1 is deV6lion
to ng> iriihuiA not for the w'.ke of tta
dend, but of the living.
ylno'l'cr \?evk, nml I ho list KOIcrmt
vi't-s of sejuihu c will ])< pevTovmcd, nftd
iho rcnvti'w <>f >iH thrtf is mortal of Mr
fiiiMul will have passed to their cltftfnfei
of fimil repose. Ilencefrrth, come whftt
siorms and change* m?y. Fort Hill rtftd
the name of John C. Ciilhoim will be ln?
sope ruble, mid h tour thlthor will be ?t fit
piliji im.ige far the patriot nnd the #giieultuiist.
[Fahner di d Planter.
The report of flie AfnMflchutoHH ?^tnto
p-i on fur 1810 shov s (he uoceiteU)' of i.n
| euhtrgafocnt of thcpiibon.