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| TVi- * f _%?,..-v-aw^. J Mpr >1 J!!^! BMfcMnfl^^? *" ^*'. ..- ?rs j ^ WBWliCTpLkwaTt a w~i7a-r so, 1867. ^^^H^HjwafA to hi* long bonis, and Uu mourn about tka afreeU." Colonel OhtrlM J?me? Slford. 4 HHW'lwt week'a Knlsrprist, an HMHmkt j?nt(UO?r4INNM??f 'OuL-fiu i nd forybodinya of hia Men da V v?|^cloMl7 rftfitad. Ha aspired at hia 1 g lioma In thh T??n,'aii-8atardaf, iha S**h instant, at six minutes past 6 oVlook, A. M. The moral mod Intellectual eminence of Col. I ELroao, the enlarged neefulneee of bia life, hia varied talenta well applied, hia high position aa a lawyer, aa a working, active member of tilt Baptist Chnrel) in Greenville, hia unequalled success aa theSnperin-1 ' a?-> a -? - il.. - I 1 iviMinriw ui uuo vi ?uc uunua/ Schools in our country, which has, for so ' many years, prospered under his mannge- ' metd, his untiring energy and activity in I promoting every public interest, whether ' of a temporal kind, or pertaining to the 1 cause of religion, had endeared him to hosts 1 of friends and admirers, and makes them feci his loss to be indeed irreparable. It will require many hearts and hands to sue* tain the labors and the Work which he seemed capable singly to carry on. It is needless to slate that the death of such a man as C11 vr.i.xa J. Euroao has most profoundly impressed this entire community. His funeral services on Sundiy afternoon nt trnoted the sympathising presence of every household in the town of Greenville, sod of the congregations of every church. He was justly regarded as the friend of all U?e Sunday Schools, these and their teachers were present. All classes, white and blaek, from t lie highest to the lowest, manifested their respect and their sorrow. The immense area of the Baptist Church Building oould not contain the congregation, and so large n funeral procession was never s?an in Greenville. The discourse on the occasion, l>y Rev. W. D. Thomas, the pastor of the Church, was most able, happy and appropriate, and so Impressed all who heard it.? AVe hope it will be preserved by him for future publication. We will say lees of the character of Colonel Elfokd, tlf-n we would otherwise do, because our reader* will see so innch that is admirably and truthfully said of him in the addresses delivered at the meeting of the Greenville Bar, which are l ublished in this number of our runer. which doubtless will be reed end preserved. | ?3 they should be, hy many of our subscrib ' era. CnABtrs Jamks Ei*.Rr> was born in ' Charleston, 11th Mny, 18'2C, of respectable j parents. His father was an ed?eat< d E?g-1 lish gentleman, but not a man of fortune.? I lie was distinguished in his day for his' knowledge of M atheniatics and Navigation1 j of which he was sometime a teachor. Ho ' died whilst the subject of this notice was' yotn child, leaving a widow nnd s.-veial children in very reduced circumstances. A i few years after, the mother died also, nnd ' Charles was left ao orphan, and penniless lie found his wav to Spartanburg w hen I quite a boy, and after remaining there a i yaur or two, came to Orcenville, some thirty t or more years ago. lie was tirct employed in some business by Vabdrt McDkk, nn<luf tei wards became a elerk in tlie store of the Messrs. Mavj-umn, then merchants of this ; Town. Iluring tliis time, he united with the , Baptist Church. Ilis wonderful quickness j and business capacities rapidly developed themselves. Upon consulting a triond, he was advised to engage in readii g law, and was admitted to practice about twenty years ago. His great success is widely known, and has been already referred to. j Col. Ei.vonn had capacity and gifts, as is tin j i .1 . .. I ..,... .. . i j rum umers, in cxoei in iiiniom nuy oc ( eupntion lie undertook. He would have made a good geneinl. For a time during 1 lie late war, he commanded the 10th Itegi- j j rnent 8. C. troops as Colonel, and whilst j I he held that, office, he was surpassed by no ; J officer of his grade in tho discharge j. of the duties that were cast upon hi n. j So we might enumerate the catalogue (f' ' occupations common amongst men, and | j wherever industry and tas'e, talents and in-1 tegiity were useful, he could Le. Ilut il j j was in the eacre I precincts of If.me, w hich I | all liis virtues conspired to adorn and r.:*ke j j happy, that the true man and Christian gen- i , tleman shone to host advantage. " Our j i Home Duties," was the theme of or.c of the] ' best practical religious lectures we ever : J heard, and.which he delivered ut a prayer- I meeting the Sunday evening preceding the ' Sunday on which lie was seized with nior- | tal illness. It were idle to tender condo. \ lenre and sympathy on hchalf of this com ' infinity to ins Dereavea luroily, tliey know and feel that it is universal. OMaMMMMMMB Fuman University?Professor Edwards' Flaen Temporarily Supplied. Tier. Dr. B. Maxi.t, Jr., has consented for the presont to take charge of the Department in Furtnan University made vacant by | the death of Professor Eoward*. We concur with the AfnuntaSue/r na to the high f <jiia!ifi< ations of Dr. Mani.t. Our eotemporary truly aaya: "A gentleman inore endnently fitted to fill the position than Dr. Mani.t could not w^JI be found, and that i hia acceptance of the position, though only j foretime, will give universal satisfaction' to the friends of the Institution.'* or Ma. f> Calhovs Smith, who is known * in tbie place, recently arrested at Charleston for mutilating a United States Hag dur- " Utg the late Arenifln'e parade 'there, at the ? i evponse to a petition from the citisene of Charleston, hoe been ordered io be die J'" t'liarged by Ocn. Pimt.w p fait am O. 11 a rh is, ex Governor of ?' Tennessee, has established himself as a J(. 4. tntni'sit", merdiaut nf Litcrpo.d.. * s.'jle? * e May 28th, to adopt rnnlntloni rtUliv* to the death of Col. G. J. Elford. On motion of Hon. O. P. Townee, III MatiafOMOOM i ganlzed by calling Hon B. P. Perry to lb* Chai< aid requesting *T. <J to aeb-ns %ecnl^nrjr. L. * * The Chairman, upon taking his sent, made nit Whining niumm W Pf" f*m M? 1 " (7enf/rm<*n?"WVhae* "met to pay a trtbotn of respect, to lb* -memory of* distinguished momt>er of o?r Bar?our balovad brother. Charles J. El ford, who has reoentl v been taken from us; out down in the midst of his usefulness, and in the prima of his manhood. The ways yf God are inaoruta hie and mysterious to mortsl man. There was no one in this community more useful to society, and whose loss would have been more deeply mourned. lie waa, indeed, a most remarkable gentleman, and possessed a greater versatility of tah-nt than any one I have ever known. U insy, with truth, be said of him, that he was capable of excelling in anything he devoted his energies to, whether taw, medicine, theology, literature diU^hcok^UH, an<?*ruagon\Jpbiaii, ?Ould lh? IfoWtHcsrollnW newspaper Editors to v notice hit death ar.d character, might be somewhat surprised. A native of the State, a graduate of South Carolina College, a distinguished devotee pf learning, bqporml Wf belgved hfall ^iim kniMlnLM, no more attention!* paid' to hla memory by il the new* had reached thejbStMJofdrelfr of the mo?t obscure professor rn some col. lego In Jew Hampshire. And llua is Uta . oourse, strange to. say, o( a set off pop-engagi'd In a profession especially literary.? We note this as Indicative of the splflt 61 the limes, and the peculiarity of the Pros* in this t'tate. As a general rule, our District newspapers^ehlotn devote attention to' any matter, unlets the example is set by the Columbia or Charleston Treee. The Plum ii.r gave only a simple announcement of 1 lie leath of Professor E, Tbe Cbarleeton pafiers, wo believe, except the Couritr, did t>ut barely cbronicle the fact. The ( ouricr published an editorial, paying a brief but excellent and ju*t tribute to his character, which wo were gratified to sec. If mercy is " twice blessed," eo, also, wo think an appreciative tribute to excellence and merit is twice honored, honoring him that gives and him that receives. But of the country newspaper*, In (hia State, wc are gratified to observe an exoep tion in the AuociaU Reformed Pretbyttfian, of I>ue West. The Editor, Kev. J. 1. BosNra, devotee n respectable space in bis edito rial columns, in notice of Professor EowARna' death and character, republishing portions of comments from our Greenville Press.? The Editor truly says, "The lose of such a man is not confined to thatdenoininatlbn t" which he belonged, it is a public calamity." One might have supposed that tho South Carolina Papti?t. a paper of hM own defioniltion, would have republished some portions, if not in full, the commemorative notices from the Greenville newspapers, in regard to Professor EnwAnrs; not so however, and I the Editor seems to apologize tohia reader* for publhliing the li?tof names of the Bible I Class which passed resolutions in ro^ard to i tlic professor, yet the editor does appear I from a very brief editorial, to nitre sonic | true appreciation of hia character, and calls for some one to prepare an article relative to it. The Attorney Goneral's Opinion on the Iteconaiuction Act. The long expected ailiclo lias been published in Washington. We rcceiv I eel it too late lo give n summary in | this woekV paper. Wc regret thai the ^ Attorney General seems lo think that | all who wete members of the Legisla- i lure duiing tbo war awi thuso uhot bad been in tbo Convention 1>? fore the) war, are dlcfiancbisrd. He flows n- I j i|i-ci?lo that Cletk", Sheriffs and Dialiiet j Magistrates are db'rnnclibt-d. We . shall lav the opinions mote fully before ] our renders. Another Concert. It gives us pleasure '.o announce thai the second 'Joncvit of Proft or DeCamp will i be given in the Lecture Room of tin* (iail- j lard School. Tlie ctrihuf ndniis? n issued for I lie first Concert, will 1 e good f.Y the second, Mu! may be had on application to the door kc. per. The Concert will commence at 8 o'clock ' on Tuesday next, 4tli June. rou hie MiTBtns tixTr.urnisK. Fvilivrer, S, C.. May 18th, ISit". fJililom?Perhu[.a your patrons will ! he gratif.cd to learn that the .prospect for nn ; at.Mutant linrvcat in the lower portion of the District is <|iiitc fluttering, (a this section, I including the upper edge or I,.uncus, the ens . erjry apparent is truly encouraging. Us and or.r boys " are endeavoring to make j a supply of the necessaries of life, such as corn, pcr.s, wheat, oats, potatoes an.l cotton, (oa/y a lillltt.) Froui n large anil poor old farm, wo have selected the hctlor spots to cultivate, or to "make like" we would cultivate Ihein. A word to the wise is snlficient ; judge | re, and allow your friends to unite with you. j VVo have, although oflun hindered, planted, i twenty four or nix selected patches in corn, of j iiifVeront varieties ; sewed tiino in outs, three in potatoes, two in cotton, and one in wheat. Possibly it would he ainueing to some to bear ' bow we distinguish ono from another ; anil | where any particular kirf.l of grain is sown or | planted. The largest Is divided into sections | und unmix rod .Nix. I, 2, 3. and a small pioee bo- i low ' the ditch." No. 1 in corn and peas alter- | [lately. gourd-seed and strawberry mixed in i lie drJl iv'. fott wide, (the Tory Peat) j No. 3 in cori., Dr. Andersonalia* Wore man's jrolifte, alias the L'.i'owln. In l'riuce'j nielm patch, com, extra ; a . resent from 1>. Ifoyd. [f it does well he will give ttic. 5 occiflc name ( "or it. In our ohl melon patch, corn, "Saxon | Hominy," pure whito flint. A lot below *' ?''< | log lane," on this side of the ditch, hero \ >re piamen exira sirawr-erry oh the guano, aa?l , lavo lout fully two-third* of tho need. lie- { rond the dit?h, in front of the " oh! tkop," wo ; lavo n good stand planted betide the guano, i , Hro speak o!' it picec of corn, common, in " the , irebtrd." / I so onehnck of the orchard ; anithcr below tho orchard fenoo. Tho now 1 > ground in corn. ' Uncle LouJy's brag ' :oru," which, by tho by, is a superior corn i 'or stock and whisky, weighing near 7A | ] lound* to the bushel, (bushel under tho old I idministration.) A small bit above the old pring, one by tho hoe tree; auothcr on this ido the branch, and still another in the fork | >ctween the branch and creek. This and 'ho ( tber side of tho old pond, below tbo dnm nu I ho other side the creek, on this side below tho 1 als, upon tho hdt near tho old honso, ( i lot o cut for green feed for stock.) The cove is n brag com ; (he pond, both sides, in ' Year- ( ;in corn," sinalf co7?, extra proline. In conclusion, allow ine to say that we 1 ro urged along tho pathway of a farmer From arinqs considerations: The flrst Is in quest of I eulll). Moderate exorcise in tho field aids in j ' lie important work of digestion, and afford I ' flr.H opportunity for llio proper development v f tbo lunsolen and energiea of iny boys. ! ti A grin, the times demand an extra effort of { s 10 whole pop-slat ion. We need help, and ho r ho would meet snccessfully his duly or en- ! J agemAnts must either hold or drito, I ^ Finally, the dignity of manual labor is fur r slow par, Kvery good roan should bo wil- I v ng to aid, in some laudable way, to elevate ' , >o standard; and, as far as possible, distil | ( to dangerous delusion which has so long and | lanicfulty influenced so many of our people to n i?ir hurt, expressed In these words: " I am " -hani'-'t to he "en at woik." I.ATF nKOIXNKR. * or me nns ann sciences. II? was a self, mad? roan, and had non? of thn advantaged of early education. But liia talents, en<rCV. industry and zoal, suirocuutvd evcry? thing. We have met lo mourn his loss as a lawyer and a roemhor of t hie Bar. Mia Church and Ills Sunday School will pay llielr Irib ute to hi? memory, aa a Christian and teacher. Aa n lawyer, in the preparation of his business, I do not know his equal. ? lie always came into Court weil prepared iu hie cases, mid argued them with great ability. I have never known any member of tha Bar who eonld do so mueh, and do it so well n* he did. As a companion, he was unsurpassed for his agreeable conver ?nt!on, pleasAnt nianneia, warm and cordial disposition lie was alwnja ? benefit I.and in good humor. He had read a great, deal in the w hole range of literature, and had a tno?t eulti vat< d t-<sle. lie spoke and wrote with great ability and effect. I hnve been on terms of great, intimacy with him for the Inst twenty-five yeoi 8. and 1 fed most, heavily hie low. We have spent together a gnr>1 portion of this long period in our offices, iu courts, on the circuit, and in travelling. The remembrance of his gentle and kind nature, his spaikling wit and humor, his charming conversation, and liis loving Christian virtues, will ever re main nrd dwell in my heart and mtnd. 1 am happy to see that every member of the Bar is present, and 1 hope some one will offer suitable resolution*, and that, each | tiimitit-r of the Kir will contrihi te hi* mite of respect In the memory of our friend niul brother, by an exp-essinn of ihnt fullness of t lie hi art which we nil have. Upon the conclusion of the#.? rentails*, Oen. IV. K Kaslev i-rcsented the following prcnmblo and resolutions: 1 \'ficrra*. The great Jn.lge of the Univerce, whose mandate all must obey, hatli j Miiuinoni il before Him one of our nuinbor ; mill, whereas, we desire to make known our appreciation of his virtues, and togivp expression to our semo of the loss which till; OoinuilUli'y ns well as ourselves have sustained liy hi* death; therefore, H xolvl, Tliat in '.lie death of C >1. Charles ?l. EHord, the State h is tost on? of Iter I w'S.-ei nnd most estltuable eit'itene, and the) Mar, one of its most useful member* and biightest ornaments; one whose learning' and probity illustinl d th.o dig tity, and1 wlio*e wit and eb-irneee nd rned the | ro j feasiou r.f the law. while his varied no I eofuidirhmcnta and Christian chnra.-t-r [ mtide him an honor to the C >urts. and an ' ornament to every circle in which lie | moved. Hcnolvrtl, That while we would not ob- j (rude upon I ha serious of It i w household,) si ir tudrly put n*i le the v.-il that shroud* their sacred g i.-f, we y.-t de*'r.> to convey to tiiein no expression of our pruf.uiiid sympathy with tho.n in their great ul'dsclioa. J(> trtlrtd, That illrso resolutions lie entored upon llic Journals of the Courts, u oopy he prosou'ed t'i the member* of his family, anil that they ha pi iutud in the ocwjp ipora of the j Tuwra. Rtlt lRKI or lloK G. r. ToW.N'K*. 11 >n. tJ. F, Towne* loss to second thn resoliitions, and paid nn earnest tribute to the! deceased, which it here only very partially I presented. lie tnid the romm Ir* r.f ti.el. Chairman nml the resolutions before the I ?11.*r-11 ni?, had expressed the MDlimfntx mid I feelings profoundly expel h-noed by nil be fore him Col Blford nml himself bn<l been long-r nml inoro n*arly and intlroaloly associated llun nnv oilier porrons presetii ; rl?-rpn?e<l bad studied law in bis office, be bad encouraged him to pursue Ilia profession, predicting for him a successful career; tbe prediction bad been more than realized, lie alluded, with deep feeling to tbe manv excellenu'kes of inind and heart, which distinguished Col, Rlfoid, bis wonderful energy and varied latent*, wbhdi had b< en so well spoken of by the Cbairinan. U? ranked his services to the cause of <lie Church and the Sunday School as of inestimable value. Indeed, lie might be said to have abounded in every good word nn 1 woik. A bright, light was extinguished forever; but bis example remains to stimulate the j youth of our country. IVc cannot benefit' liini by our eulogy ; nothing we can say i ;an rer.eh "the dull, cold ear of death." j ' limn mi? >, v-.i? "is memory orxi ma worm remain. What Charles J Klfor?l hod done will ?l ways speak hi* prnim and prolong Ida influence for good. Col. T. snM that he di l not fod able to ! r?y what he felt on this sad ocaa-don.? I'here wo a sympathy in grief sometime* most eloquently expressed by silence. lie ' knew there were other gentlemen present who w<>uld address the meeting. Different members of the B ir then ex , l>rer?ed their appreciation of the character t >f the deceased, and their regard for Ida > Tiomory, in the following manner: itEM&nKs or j. w. stones, esq. , Mr. Chairtnan?l rise to bea< my feeble i oetuiiony to the moral and intellectual i vorth of our deciated friend anil brother, ? iol. Charles J. Klford. lie is gone, And the t Miitals of the tomh havo closed forever up- t m the mortal remains of that gifted mem i er of the (Jreenville Bar, who sti.oj out d vitli remarkable prominence in Ihia eoninunitjr, eliciting, by his penitis, emioeut crvices, and rare virtue*, the admiration, aspect and confidence of hi* fellow citizens ? ilany of ur here, have witnessed, again and >' [ftin his eminent ability In the logical ar angement of his proofs and arguments ' vhteh secured the attention of the Jnry, 0 ho Bar, and the Court, with uubated in- ' erest Many of his speeches Were forensic lodcfc. and will ho remembered with ad- t' liration tor their wonderful display of in- s effectual power and profound legal re y sareU. He participated in many of the.t >o? during th^HHNHH^BHn|^H (h? initi)(n>iMHH^^^^^H| lng >ieaa aafl~tngenuitv^atfin^H^^^^^H^^H ytMUiui Indeed, hlHB H rang of hie profession In tTMHRSRBH "f* *"CTjrtniiid U)i\f*'*"*"" an^Mm tTon oflhe learned Jndgeepf oar Supreme Court, who always listened to him with 8*V4 r?|peot etf? Aeu tutqreet. Ahd he r?Jb to tftie exalte! e|>lmnoe-from powtj*! vale, for lie began the world a poor orphan bor. without home and #lmost without SifiFw^wy^ftK summit of renown and wealths And liuall probability he oonhl have l>cqu-allied a large fortnne' to his family, at tne'frnita 61 hia toil And Ihduetry", had the laW dieaetrfonti war not reduced tie to a common1wealth of poor men. The n%atnees with which ho prepared hia papers, and hia bold, legible handwtitling will, of themselves, constitute an enduring monument to hie worth as a bualneea-mnn, arid an efficient lawyer- Mia homestead, hia library, hia lettere, bis legal documents, everything that he had, everything that lie made, and everything that he did, were, as far aa possible, fit, complete and perfrc*. Take him all In all. aa lawyer, superintendent of the Baptist Puuday School, leading member of the Baptist Church, an officer and Intendant of this Town, and sa a member of this community, " And search the land of living men, Where shall wo find hia like again t" Above all, he lived and died a Christian. and has gone borne to receive the Chiietian'a r?ward of everlsting life, close by the Throne of God. The dead fear no tyrant, the grave has no charms. May hia noble example inspire our haart# to imitate his \imiee, and serve our generation so cording to will of God. " Snd silent and deep be the tears that we plied} A? the night-dew that falls on tbegrnsao'er hia head. But the night-dew that falls though in silence it weep*. Shall brighten with verdure the grave win-re he sleeps. And the tears Mint we shed though in se cret it foils, Shall long keep his memory green In oor souls." rkm arks or jond* w. n. c.*Mrn*r.t. Judge Wtn. II. Cam pi ell spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman?I xlee'ire to offer my trlhnte. unwoithy though it be, to the memory of him whose death line caused us to assemble here to day with end thought* and heavy lienits I come oppiessed with priel for one whom 1 hud learned to 'love an n friend, a?d it is difficult for me to realize tho mournful truth, thnt wo shall no more greet hi- kindly f*oe ; no more hear 'lis eloquent voice within these walls; no more admire his able and ingenious argument', his readiness and tact in the management of causes; no more enjoy the advantage ol his wise counsel and prudent advica, and no more delight in liis g. nial humor nod sparkling wit. But It is a startling r<nlity, and tho solemn fact is again forced upon us, that all must dl", and that the Omniscient Mod, for ren'ons far beyond 'lie r-aeh of our corfipruhonsion, but which our deceased friend now understand*, often removes those whom w? can h n*t snare, and who arc laboring ino?c < ifu'cntly for the good of their fellow moi t ib. Mr. Chuiiniin, I li d known Col. Klfofd for many j < ara as n talented lawytr and useful ci'izra, but it has been only within the 'u !t year or t? o that I have been thrown into intimate relations with him and learned to appreciate, with the feeling* of friendship, the many virtues of his head and heal t. I have not arisen to eulogize the dead, but T will aiy here what I ha\'c often before said, nd which yon Mr Chairman, have much better paid, that I have never known one who possessed so many talents of a hicrh or lor, 8"cl> n versatility of genius, a capacity so extraordinarily filled for success in any profession or high calling in life, lie posse*<ed nil the mollifications of n finished law y er; knowle Tge of his profession ; great <* pericne , lact ami skill; industry, energy and zeal; extensive general information, anil a most renisiknhlc nptiltide for applying his learning and observation; great powars of analysis and eloquence, all of which, added io hla crowning Christian virtues. qualified him for success to a degree that I have never knotvn surpassed. His courtesy towards the profession was clisr icterist ic of Ihe true gen'lemnn, and his kindness and reaJy assistance to the junior members of the bar evinced the amiability and goodness of }iW nature, and en denred him to all who sought his advice and aid. Na one entered more fully into sympathy with the feelings and omotiona of his friends, nnd those who enjoyed .his friendship, w?rm nnd generous as it was, will long treasure his memory. Asa patriotic and public spirited citizen, evei zealous for the prosperity and welfare of the community, no one .excelled him.? The town of Greenville owes him mncli. for no ore lias done more to beautify and adorn it. it is pcrlin|>? no exaggeration to say, that no matter of general interest, in the way of improvement to the town, has been proposed, f.?r years past, of which he was not the or'ginator or most active agent in car tying through to completion. This buildimr is a monument of liis public spirit, erergy nn 1 us luir.eis, and yonder beautiful temple of the living God, whose graceful 8] ire points to the present happy home t f our departed friend, is a memor al not only of his public spirit and uscfuloesa, hut of his devotion to his church and the cause of religion. But i more lnsting memorial of his worth will exist in the thousand mourning hearts llmt follows 1 him to his last retting place, and who w ill constitute a connecting lii k in cominnnicating his good influence* Hi rough all coming time ; and the tears of the many who lovrd liim ere a more touching Iribut-, and one far more to be envied, than my that we ran pay. Wo mourn for him liere, but he is happy in that better land where there are no tearful eyes and no sor rowing hearts. His life was erowucd wiih jr-ofulness: let us endeavor to draw from ills death a useful Bason ; to warned of the uncertainty of life and the awful certainty >f death, and prepare ourselves, with the issistanei of God's lfoiy Spirit, as oar fri< nd irns prepared, to meet the summons that, looncr or later, shall call us from lime to if ernlty, with the earns Christian calmness tnd resignation, the same unwavering trust n the glorious promises of otir groat Re leemer which he so clearly exhibited. - skmarks or *. r. stokks, no. Mr. Chairman?I may, perhaps, be deem<1 presuu.piuoui by some, for on* of my ears to attempt to eulogise the deed ; but * I have made it a rut* of life to shrink rom no duly, however mournful be it* heracter, I rise to utter a lew brief son iine.ila on this occasion. We have met, Mr, Chairman, and genlemen of the Bar, to pay a tribute of repeat to the memory of Col. C. J. Btford, i*lio has been summoned to stand lu-fore he b#r of GoJ, |ty this end dispensation ' I an ipf k#i to this feet, ergv. by which he reeehlSHRn^^^^^^H IlVyir, will)Out >uVflni<i|(WMB hia usefulness in hie Church, fNPSH^HH and zeal ns a Sundsv School SuperinfNHH| leave tu.uuidh.ta admire and emulate^ luH ne emulate these ble many virtue*. Col." 1 Elford, however, wwanet peff-ett,1- ho wae mortal. Lie made, perhaps, many mistaken ' .in life ; but where is the man woo bae bo fault?, and where the man whohaa not, and dose not every day make mistakes T (JentUtma of tb# Bar, you who heve not ee yet declared jourselves to be on the side of the Lord, allow me to impress upon you the wisdom, the importance the useeseity of becoming avowed Chriatiaua. It has frequently been raid, that to bee Christian wns something incompatible with being a good lawyer. There never wae a greater m:atake. If there was a doubt upon my niuid with regard to this nittltr, 1 would abandon the profession without a memeo'/s hesitation. 1 should seek another field of labor ; I should dig elsewhere for my daily bread. God being my helper, I shall permit no earthly object to come between ine and my. Ood. Wealth or even honor obtained at the sacrifice of Chi islian principles, and religious duty, is a dear bought posae?iieu ? Such wealth and honor have no oharma for me. Brethren of the Bar, let ?s not fail to bo exorcised by this sad diepanantion of God's Providence. Let others do as they may, hut a* for us and ear houses, let tie servo the Lord. If we do this, we need have no feArt when wo coma to be judged nt the bar of Uod. If wa but retain Him aow ee our Advooate, wo aliall escape all eoncbmsaiiun on the day of judgment. We ehall I beu "eater Into that i est which re luuinsth to people of Ood." rf.varki or t. q. noxAinsox. JWr. CAmrmaa?I hnd not Intended to say anything on this occasion ; nor can I, hope to add Anything to whnt liss already been said, nnd so well said, by my brethren who linve preceded me; hut I cannot i efrnltr from offering a slight tribute, grude and imperfect though it be, to the memory of one, with whom in lifo I wns more ?r leas intimately Associated for many years. My opportunl tiea lor knnwiftg t'ol ElfoOp, have perhaps, been more favorable than those of most persona in this community. lie was one of the fir^t, if not the very first, pereon whose acquaintance I formed when I came to Green \ille to live. I entered Ms law office, as a student, about the first of March 1853, and read law under bis direction, until I was admitted to the liar. Por five years after wards, we practiced together. During lids entire periol, our relations to each other were of the most agreeable nature, and, so far as I now remcmliee im!ni?...?i..i i? any unpleasantness or misunderstanding.? As a business mm. in the proper sense of . that term. I iliink it was understooi by the community, and generally conceded by bis brethren, that lie had not an equal ?t the Greenville l)i\r. lie *m the readiest man I ever knew, lie seemed to cotnprehend the meat complicated matters of business as if by intuition ; added to this, he wrote with great fnc llt v, km! his handwilting was reinat kuble for neatness and legihility. With reference to his efforts hefote the Court', other?hnvespoken. It wonld notbeprojier, in the few retnail.s wlilch I propose to make, to attempt any thing like a portraiture of our friend's charnc'cr. That he was perfect, I will not pretend to say. None of us are. Evru David, who is said to have been a man after God's own heart, was not free from faults. But whilst our deceased brother may have had some of the frailties to which human nature is sub ject, he pos wwd very many traits of character which justly claims onr admiration and respect,? lie WHsanmphan. Fie came to Greenville ,])ia'ric* when n to-r- boy, without money, without friends, and wi'hout education; , and if he Ind died then, tl.erc would have been few to shed a tear of affection over his J grave, and, in all probability his nam# and memory woo'd linve perished from the earth. Bat ho was preserved, and by Ida own exertions, under the blessings of God, unaided by the adventitious circumstances which sometimes open up the way to sue cess, lie tnsde himself what he wn??a power in the land. The unusual concourse of evcry class of our citizens which followed his remains to their last resting place, on Sunday Ins', is sufficient evidence of the general sorrow which has been occasioned by Ida de-ith. His life shows how mueh may he achieved liy energy and perseveirthce, even under the most adverse circumstances. lf? lin? left " footprints on the aandaof time. Foe t-prints which perhaps another Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, may take heart again." rkmarkft or coi.. i. d. GOODr.ktt. * Col. S. D. Oootflett rote and eaid that he could not let thia opportunity pass. without expressing a few words, and adding hia testimony to the worth and character ot Col. j Klford; that he deeply sympathised with | the family of the deceased, the community I j At large, and the members of the Bar, In the I Iom ot such an estimable citizen. Au iuiitnate friendship had existed bet tweeo Col. E. and himself, aiuce 1808, and as a friend, he was ever ready and willing to give assisUnoe, and kind advioe; and to the junior meinberaof the Bar, waa ever ready to aid by suggestions in their efforts to reach the true merits their carea. * Klford needed no monument to perpetuate Ms memory it was enshrined iu It lis heait* of hundrtds of the youths of the country, who had heen meuibers of the Sab bath School, and, that i" rears to some, hia lofluence will be felt. When the boy of toI dnv srowi into ? ? -'"l . ..... ,w., nuu ucrri Wtin temptations, the words of *drie* given him our deceased friend, will e?at? him to pause snd r. fleet, and turn him btok into thn paths of virtu* and rectitude. His influence on the yonng, in the labors of tli*Sabbath School, had produced results, for good, probably far b?yond many Miuiaters of th? Coepel, whoa* who!* Urn* and energies hav* been devoted to the interest of Christianity. He served hi* day and generation w*11, and l>as left an example worthy the Imitation of the surviving member* of th* Bnr. asiiABKs or cart. e. o. wslu Copt. O. O. Walls arose and aald : Mr. Chairman?It perhana it] become* me, the jnnlor member of this Bar, to maka any remarks upon an oeeasion like till*, especially after listening to thasplemid culogics which have already been pronounced I But I feel that I cannot leav* litis house | to day without preventing sons* testimony, ! however feeble, to th* mtinoty of on* whom 1 I loved and lonor?d?of on* of the truest I 1 friends ihaf mm ever had. 1 * * u ? y# invariable eiapjHB^^^^n whenever c o u MrM^QHBnSflH^H^H|^H0] lure to asesrt that ilint I spent in bis offiefir^E^JffHH^nMHH wss brought to him whete eoa?EHEMMHHH^B com promise were poe?)bt?,-in WtnwqHw^^SSH^^H not advias that course. Where irfjji find such aftdther record I where WMP ^19HH toother mm T Ah t I fear that, tehsn mBJB . -fftSB in nil, we sbnll not look upon his llkdignln;::vyl REMARKS or OSN. W, K. BAUJKT. ~^vt Mr. Chairman?Fueling how isperfotly I ^ hall express ihe emotions which overcome me upon this sad occasion, I did not intend to add a word te what haa been so wail and SHroperly said by my brethren of the finr.? Hut, sir, when so man/ hare spoken, perhaps it may seem like a want of due appreciation on my part, of tha oharAfter of the deceased, should I fail to lay my hnmbla offering also upon his grave. ,?l When one in the fullness of years, having lived out man's allotted time, having performed his work and accomplished his mission, leaning upon his grand-children, gently sinks into the grave, we feel that there is a fitnssa in such a death, and contemplate saeh a departure with (|nlet resignation " When bis weak hand grew palsied, and his Dark with the mist of age, it was time to die.** Bat when manhood Is smitten down in the vigor of its strength, in mid career, with its work all unfinished, we feel that kindly nas ' tare has done violonce to herself, aad look with 'ear upon tho wrack she has wrought. But an is the character .four ?arthlr " 1.TWh oomcs Id the morning, or at the boob, as Weil m In tbi ivMitif of life, " Leaves bavo (heir time to fall, And flowers to wither at the North win4*1 breath, *" And stars io set, bat all. Thou hast all seasons for thine own, 0, Death ! We know when moons ahall wane, When summer blrda frOto far ahall Ul'dei the 1 ?*, When autumn hues ahall tinge the goldea grain, But who ahall toaeh ua when to look for thee !** < But yesterdey, he waain our mldet, hale and atrong, and bnsy with the toil* nnd earee whleh perplex ua atill. Now, the man we ao lately knew, has passed forever away from the eight and sympathr of men; tho form eo lately Instinct with life and activity, ia pale and atill In the bouso of Death, and tbat voice, wboae eloquent touca but' yesterday ran tbroagh this ball, instructing Juries and delighting toe multitude, is silent forever-more. It ia neodleas for mo to apeak now of bis virtues, they will be long and gratefully remembered by ibis community. Yon can acarce tu/n to a quarter of this Town in which you will not find some memorial of Ms public spirit, of hia active, but; mind. It is true tbat he did not occupy auy prominent place in publio affairs, . and that the Held of hts usefulness was not, therefore, so broad as it might havo been* hut no man, perhape, ever more completely Ailed tho orb in which he moved ; ever accomplished more good within the sphere of his action, or mado himself more useful to the people with whom be becamo connected. It I* impossible to estimate the good ha baa accomplished. Since be attained to manhood, bis hand has been seen In every work whleh bad for its object the good of this people.?- , But eminent a> he was In his profession, and eminently useful in every particular as a eltUen, his great success was as a manager of tbat noble tnftitutlon, the Sunday School, For this work, hia large benevoionoe, hia loVo for children, and hia eu* and graceful eloquence, most happily filled him. To it ho was singularly devoted, and In it ho attaint unusual sucrose. Sabbath after Sabbath, for p<u>v iuhii iwrniy years, we bare seas him gathering hie neighbors' children about him, teaching them lesson* of morality and religion, and seeking to lift tholr thoughts and aspimtions up towards God Upon how many tonder minds has he.not .oft the impress of bit own elevated naturei How many character* has he not moulded t. How many tottering r steps has he not prevented from stumbling Into sin ? His work has not died with blm, and years and year* hence, when many ol them be taught in his Sunday School bar# wandered away beyond the sound of tha Cbnrclf-betl, by which he used to assemble these, and in the midst of a thoughtless career may seem to hate forgotten the lessons of their youth, now and then with the memory of ehildbeod his image will rise np before them, and hin words again fall with a softening influence upon their hearts, " startling conscience where site lurks wiihin her lonely seat." Now, be has gone to his reward. He will lead litUn children no more, or lead them by the " sapphire founts and crisped brooks " of wbkfli be hoped and belie red. Contemplating snob characters, bow much nobler do we Isd it to be to devot* onr anergics to the good tf onr kind than to merely setflsfa uses! The motion for the adoption of tbn preamble and resolutions being then put, they were unanimously agreed to. On motion of Jamas P. Moore, fcq . K was unanimously JteuUved, That a copy of the pre am Wo and resolution* just adopted, be presented | to the Chancellor at th* next term nf the Court of Equity, and that they ba entered upon the Journal of that Court, Upon motion, the m ruling then adjoorned, B. F. PERRY, Chairmen. T. Q. ComAlmoh, Secretary. Mayor IIbath, of New Orleans, hen issued a proclamation, bared on the opinion or ibe City Attorney, announcing ihat be ha* instructed the police of the city to prevent alt peraone from intruding into any alore, shop or other plaee of business conducted by private individual*, againat the wiah of the owner* or keepers thereof. A t?lkg*am has been received it the. Slate Department, from Hear Orleans, the 26th, transmitting an official letter from Juarea, dated Ban Lois Potoei, 15th, stating that Queretard had fatten' by force of arms, at B o'eleek'ffils rooming. Maximilian, Iftjll, Castillo ad Mirstnon ire prisoners. ^ " Kenan? Rajr, who died recently in Scotland, waa one hqndred end eight years old. He waa given to telling stories of events Which happened in hia cfiltibovl, 'tc trnndicd years ago.