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the world admired, bat alas ! what availed the
quick perception, the keen sagacity, the profound
analysis, and all the varied stores of a
capacious mind t Tee mighty champion in
many fields of intellectual strife .stood powerless
here. The great destroyer respected not the
badges of his high distinction*, but seized h|pi as
another trophy of all conquering Death. .
The duty oTlhc preacher would be but partially
performed, if he withheld another lesson
which this occasion eminently suggests. One i
of the most appropriate duties which this bereavement
is calculated to impress upon the |
minds of the people of .this State, is, to place .
llicir trust less on mm and more on (ju t. Such j
was the honor ami veneration in which our de- j
pailed Senator was held?so proud were weofj
his genius, and his exalted v.oiih ? that we i
- - ? I .- I
were, i.i danger of iorgeils ig oar uopenui-ucc
ujkiu God, in our reliance on the wi?doui and
patriotism of man. "Cease f om man. w hose |
breath i.>inliis noat i's." is tiie command ol God ;
and "put not yo.tr tru-t in princes, imr in t!ie
son of man, in whom there is uo help.*' And
yet, though coasta i.!y aduioni-itoti of the frailty
of such suppc i, iiuvv j<: one arc we lo rely upon
the creature to lac neglect t?f the Creator.?
When one of our fellows whom Go.I has highly
endow ed, and taised up in ids ; o IJence for
some g: cat occasion, appears among u>, and is
the iiistrumeiit of oar dJiveraace?1 hen liis
councils are wire a id safe, and 'tis hnn.iessaud
courage eminently qualify l.im for our dclence,
and under Lis leadership we have been successful,
how* natural it is to us lo reposc on him in j
season of peril, and to conclude ihat all is well i
under bis vigilant supervi.-iou. i such views be j
only restrained within their p-opor limit, and
an hunilde (rust in God be cultivated?if we
* * ' ' '* 1 I !.. . I.,. 4?
tnitiK nor or iut':i more iiigmy i.i.m uu^ui iu j
think, but regard them a.- luc instruments of a j
superintending power; if we tumsfer not our I
faiiii from its object, Cod ? then is it hut an act
ofjustice and graliiude to honor those whose
services have benefitted or Sjived the common
wealth. JJut whenever we go beyond the proper
bound, and place that confidence iu man
which shou.d be put in hud alone, we lav the
foundation for future disappoinimciit; for it is
written?"Cursed be the man that trusted iu
in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose
heart deoarteth from the Lord.."
In the present embarrassed and threatening
position of our public ailui s. there is danger,
my b e.arei), Ie.->t we have been looking too
'much to an arm of flesh to save us, and too Ik
la trt \V tlilli ft|l? -m Ii;u 1 !.>? (] l-n
ViV IV VUI vvvi* V ??av . t. Ill Iitii W? ? .
ging we have pcrphaps, been sleeping quietly, |
because we had confidence in the skill of those [
to whom the national iulcaViS we; c entrusted, t
The removal from among us such amati, at such !
a time, siiouid awaken us all to the necessity of
calling upon God, and making him our trust, j
Our true secuiiiv lies in his protection and j
blessing; and our inward peace, amid the lu-1
mult which may rage around, will he proper- I
tinned to our faith in him. It may he well for!
us to consider how far such may he the purpose !
of God in our present affliction, if the trium- i
phaut genius of man could devise the 'way of!
our deliverance from the evils which now impend,
our natural proneness to rely 011 man !
might only he increased. But if we feel that
those in whom we trusted a.e taken away, shall
it not lead us to supplicate more earnestly the J
-? 1 _r / ?.i ?1 ?i.? ..e. 1..1
2UU Ol VlUll, illiu lu givi" HI*.- * ui 1HIIHIU.H.I:
to him who alone can effect it ?
Nor let us be forgetful of the experience of
the past. How many emergencies have arisen
in the history of our country, and in the history,
of all nations, when the timid and trembling
heart has looked around for an earthly deliverer,
and mourned that those on whom it was
accustomed to rely had been taken away?
And yet, with every such exigency has
Clod interposed, and either ia his providence
turned aside the ill, or raised up such men as
were suited to the times. Such remembrances
should tncoirage us to-day. When the devoted
band of Apostles had been removed from
the early church, (lod raised up " the noble army
of the martyrs." When a sepulchral gloom
again enshrouded her, he gave a great Reformer.
Turn, then, your eves to him who kindled that
light whose extinction you now deplore, and
learn to trust his goodness, as well as to fear
liis power.
It is a merciful ordination of Heaven, that
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oven our Heaviest amicuons may no saueuueu,
and the very events which we bewail as adversities
may be converted into blessings. Though
this be now lievond our comprehension, let oar
faith joy fully receive it. 44 We have heard with
. our ears, our fathers have told us, what work
God did in their days, in the time of ok!.'' Let
our reliance be en him. The God of our fathers
is oar God, ar.d he will still be our guide. I
Oh! if in this lime of our national distress audi
darkness, it shall p! ?ase him to cause the light of
his countenance to be lifted np upon us, the lowering
clouds shall become luminous with his
presence,
44 Anl sorrow, inuHieil !>y Mini. /row l.iiuhi.
With marc than rapttiiv'* ray,
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As uarkiic1* miow* ii> wurius ui ngm
We nevi-r saw l?y ilav.**
May we not already di*oorn the first gleam of
this Mossed light in the subduing and softening
inHuoiico which llio doatli of our t!i-liiigci>l;.i|
Statesman lias produced among his own com.
peers ( Who can turn liiseve to that touching
spectacle, presented in the Sonate of our coinitry,
wli'ui the announcement of his death was
made, and not |?e moved Upon the field of
political conflict the living Senator had found
ins foes. Tliey, too, were men of giant minds.
Tliev had entered that arena together in early
life. Tliev often met in warm debate, espousing
opposite opinions, and defending them
with nil their strength. They strove together
often for the mastery. I'ur when a mightier
than.t'n-y ha?l come, ami Death proclaim a!
himself the victor there, the survivors left the
traiisitoriiu'ss of human glorv, tliev dropped '
the tear >/f fraternal sorrow, and their genius
wove for the pale brow of their departed rival
the brightest garlands which lie ever wore, j
And who shall say but that even there, where i
the war of words and pas-iipis has been waged
most hotly, the animosities of party shall not
be forgotten in the deep-f* ft giiel o! evo.y heait,
and the pure patriotism of the mighty dead in.
fuse its spiiit in the souls of the liv iug '
And lu-w, my brethren, it only remains that
I conclude these remarks as I began them, by
exhorting you to an unwavering confidence in
the rectitude of the divine administration. Many
will be the trials ofnur faith, but they will
all be ordered in mercy. It is this heaven-appointed
principle alone that shall bear us up
under the manifold sorrows of life. But as it
has always conquered, so shall it prove, triumphant
to the last. Through many a scene of
perplexity and sorrow our path may lie; but
this shall lead us out into the land of light beyond.
When the fierce temptation shall assail
you to distrust the providence of God because
his hand is heavy, let your soul support itself
by those higher views to which the text invites
you. Should your possessions be spoiled, or
your children die?should your friends forsake
you, or your enemies for a while exult? 011 evnre
sih>1i np.iv-i.cit-in let fli<? I'nt: iareli's bllliruaire
be yours?"Shall not the Judge of all the earth
do right i" The uprightness of your heart and
the integrity of your life shall then support
your minds; and the infinite ami eternal merits
of our Lord Jesus Clnisi shall be your justification
and your glory: Unto whom, in the unity of
the Father and the Holy Ghost, let us unite in
ascibingall honor and power, nrght, majesty,
and blessing forever?Amiin.
Kcpcneit ior the lialiimore Snn.
Thirty-First Congress.?1st Session.
Washington, April 11, 1850.
Sknatr.
Mr Cass presented the resolutions nf the
Legislature of .Michigan rescinding the prior
resolutions its favor of the proviso. This was
a peace offering to the Union, and no portion of
the people of this country were more devoted
to the Union than the ciiizons of Michigan.?
Mr. Cass enlarged upon the glories and benefits
r il.^ ? ?!.! <n*Atvtli nil nf u-ltioli
<J1 UH* t iin'ii, ,i?:u in i ti Jiivt gt ?.??* i?i, mi vi tti.ivii
we had seen and in which we had participated.
In no country was it cv>r given to men to take
part in the earliest straggles for the establishment
of a free government, and to live to share
in its counsels after it became a great empire.
As we increased in numbers and extended
in space our devotion to the work of our fathers
was increased.
The resolutions wore read and ordered to be
printed,
Mr; Dicki nson called up the deficiency bill,
and Mr. Hcntnn called for the motion to take
up the California hill.
The bill for the relief of Mary Mcltea was
passed.
>? "mi.- <
.11 r. *1 U1KCT, Uf V? ISeollMII, lll.iur 0U1IIC VAplanalions
in regard to a bill for a port of entry
in Wisconsin. Mr. Dodge also explained
that the hiil was not tiie one which the .Secretary
of the Treasury had recommended, and it
had nut been reported.
Mr. Walker wished to know what had become
of his hill.
Mr. Davis, of Mass., explained. The matter
had been left by the committee of commerce to
the department.
The Senate took up Mr. Bell's resolutions
and the motion of Mr. Footc to refer the same
to a select committee of thirteen.
Mr. Benton rose and said, lie had the history
nf tlu? li-irisl.'ition <if the last sixtv voars before
him, ami should now endeavor to apply it to
the question of the admission of California. No
subject was more worthy of consideration. Mr.
B. commenced with the act for the admission
of Vermont as a State, and then reviewed the
manner in which each State had come into the
Union. He spplic briefly, and urged that the
Constitution, the Treaty, and the precedents for
sixty years all required the admission of California.
Mr. Clay replied briefly in favor of the measure
of reference, considering that California
will come into the Union, and he should concur
with those who are endeavoring to bring about
a compromise an 1 conciliation.
Mr. Benton rejoined, and argued that it was
unjust to connect California with other subordinate
measures.
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.?ir. L/;iytnii pjniiw 111 nvi|/in^
fornisi separate ; and in opposition to the r. fercnce
as :i log-rolling measure.
Mr. King said there wouKI not l>c :.s much
feeling for California, if her Constitution did not
exclude slavery. Last S'jssion, an effort t > give
her a territorial government wholly failed, and
was defeated by those who now urge her admission.
He assured when you act on this question
alone,you will see no division in the South.
Why not lie united to a man in opjo-itiou to
insult and injury?
Mr. Dickinson said we wore now in the fifth
month of the ses-ion, and instead of legi l iti ig
for ('.verity millions oi' people [white people said
.Mr. I'enton] talking about negroes who Irivc
never gone to California. lie should insist tomoiTovr
that the deficiency hill lie taken up.
Mr. Douglas-) spoke in favor of taking up the
California hill, and moved to lay the nioiion of
reference on the tahle.
Mr. Webster e\pl lined that sonic time ago
lie had said lie shoul d not oppose the raising of
this committee. Tins words?"a scheme of
compromise." which occur in the motion of
the Senator from Mississippi, (Mr. I'oote.) had
alarmed some Senators; because it might imply
that something was to he compromised away.
He was not inclined to let the comiriitlec he
appointed, lint he v mid not commit himself
to support any measure that would make the
admin-iou of California dependent on any other
measure.
The boundary of Texas would bring as much
discussion in (lie committee a.id in the Senate,
as would delay anv scheme. The mode of
proceeding was 1 . s important lliau liad been
supposed; because whoever liill bo allirmod,
other measures may be allixed to it or take from
it. Hut some good might come of the commit'
too. It mi_;!il laciliate an adjnstmonl.
.Mr. Foote was willing to strike out tbo word
"compromise," and let the motion read "a plan
of adjustment."
After further debate, Mr. Douglass moved to
lav tin1 motion of reference on the table.
Mr. 1'oote?This i> the test (piestiou.
Tiie (piestion being t iken, t'ae motion to lav
on I lie table was decided in (lie negative?yeas
??.">, nays "J7, as follows:
Yeas?Messrs. liable, in, Ilradbury, ( base
Clarke, Corwin, Da\is, of Mass., Dayton,
Dodge ofiowa. Dodge of Wisconsin, Douglas,
IVlcli, drove, Hale, Hamliii. Jones, Miller, Nor
ris, Phelps, Seward, Shields, Smith, Spruance,
Upliam, Wales, Waker?2.3.
Nays? Messrs. Badger, Bell,Borland, Bright
Butler, Cass, Clay, Clemens, Davis, of Miss.,
Dickinson, Downs, Foote, Hunter, King, Mangum,
Mason, Morton, Pierce, Pratt, Rusk. Sebastian,
Soule, Turner, Underwood, Webster,
Whitcomb, Yulcc?37.
The question recurred 011 the motion of Mr.
Baldwin to except California from the subjects
referred.
Mr. Benton made some remarks against the
agitation of certain slavery questions in Congress
and their reference to this committee. He
wanted the yeas and nays on each point proposed
to be referred.
Mr. Baldwin's motion to evrent California.
was alter some explanations from .Mr. Bradbury
about to be voted on, when Mr. Webster remarked.
that Mr. Benton's motion would embarrass
any action. It would be better, said
Mr. Webster to take up the bill than to discuss
| questions of reference for a fortnight.
Mr. Footc was not anxious that his instructions
should go to the committee. He would
agree to refer Mr. Bell's resolutions, and those
of Mr. Clay, to the select committee. He
j would make that motion. After that motion
had been put in this form, Mr. Benton moved
to except California.
'I'llis was rejected?yeas 2ii, nays 27.
Mr. Benton moved to amend the motion to
refer, so as to declare that the committee shall
not take into consideration any question rela
j tive to shivery referred to in the resolutions proI
posed to be referred.
I Mr. Morgan called upon the Senators who
had acted with liini to vote down these restrictions.
Mr. Clay moved to amend so as to insert
words?declaring that Congress has no power
to abolish slavery in the States, and none to
! abolish the slave trade lietwecn the States.
1 Mr. Cass hoped the Senator would with;
draw this motion.
Mr. Clay assented, but this amendment
would embarrass the Senator from Missouri.
| After remarks upon the question of order,
f?lr. lScnton urged Ins motion at length.
April 11?? P. M.
The Senate adjourned at half-past 5 o'clock.
No vote was taken on Mr. Footo's motion for
the appointment of a select committee,
j Housk ok 11 ki*rkskntattvns.?Mr. McWilj
lie reported a resolution in favor of printing
j 10,000 copies of the report of Thomas fiutler
! King upon California, which was agreed to,
hut after considerable discussion in relation the
delay in executing the contract for the public
1 printing, the discussion tended to breaking the
present system of doing the printing by con.
tract.
The census bill, passed by the Senate yes|
terday, was received in the House to-day, and,
I O ) the motion of Mr. Thompson, of Pa., referred
to the committee on the judiciary; to which
also, on his motion, was recommitted the House
bill on the same subject, which had been made
! tue special order, lor tne uay.
I _ Tism JOUMSfAILo
CAMDEN, S. C.
| TUESDAY EVENIXG, APRIL \n, 1850.
?5f?\Vr call particular attention to the adverj
tisemeut of Kent &. Mitchell of Charleston, to be
t bo found in this day's paper.
Mr. Calhoun's Book.
Wo are sorry to learn that we are to do without
this work for sometime yet. It was finished and
I
revised before the death of its immortal author.?
Tlie S/n/r. ive understand, will Dullish it. and it
j will eoiisequently-not come out until alter the
next session of the State Legislature. It will be
our political bible.
Death of R. O. P. Stewart, Esq.
We regret to announce the death of cur friend,
I Mr. Stewart, who died suddenly at Lancastervillc
1 on the 13th inst. We are not in possession of the
particulars, but learn that lie was taken sick 011
Saturday morning, and died the same evening.?
We are pained in hearing the sad intelligence, and
! in making this announcement. Mr. Stewart for
j several months prior to his admission to the Bar,
! resided amongst us while pursuing his studies,
j during which time, his uniform courtesey and
gentlemanly bearing won for him the respect and
J esteem of his friend# and acquaintances. After
, his admission to the Il.sr, he located at Lancaster\ille.
still pursuing the practice of the law with
| zeal and energy and with as much success as
was reasonable for a young lawyer to expect. His
death will he severely felt and deeply regretted by
| a large circle of friends and relations.
1 TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH.
THE ISSUE.
Wo are often met with tin? remark, that "the
aggre -sions of the North will he still forced upon
the South, and that the South will yield to them/'
In view of that assertion, we a.-k the South, Is it
* *?i ? tio A :?.i
irue: win vou yieiu i\ n'nuu wi n unn
of the history of our Confederacy is written, and
, 011 the glittering pages stand out many a glorious
incident, and many a remarkable fact?thrilling
I stories of the days when our fathers stood side by
, side on the battle field, and would have sacrificed
i a thousand lives before a brother should have
' been oppressed, each succeeding chapter rife with
the moral and political advancement of our com,
! mon country. But we have had our serpent too.
Wranirlinc and discord, fanaticism and licentious
| oppression, ham entered the paradise of our mui
tual rights, and no longer is the sacred guerdon
of our liberties regarded, nor the righisola potent
minority respected. It has gathered, like the
j storm of a summer's eve, in fearful haste; and
I we are left with but one shelter?"the reserved
' rights of every individual Slate." It has been that
| nations, with all that was necessary to salvation in
j their possession, have become the colonies of oth|
ers,?that a part of a nation has been the duped
I slave of the part more seductive; hut never while
{ it held in its own hands the repulsive power, un1
less by a train of seductive and insidious inea
sure.-?. The North is at present, as must be evi-1
dent to every observing mind, acting under this
proposition. The regular train of aggressions on
the part of the North, lately so ably portrayed in
the speech of him who is now no more, has reached
its culminating point as a bold series of aggressions
r\ the rights of the South. They have seen
that 10 place their battel y in a more effectual position
to rake our fortress, it must be masked. They
first threw over it the "Executive Proviso," and
under that mask they have got California to her
present position. Next came the speech cf Webster,
with all its insidious hos^of propositions "tn
! favor of the South," and just behind it, "sink the
j WitM'rt Proviso, but California m ust be cdmill d"
! comes. Now, there is not a single shade of differ!
etice, as could easily be proven, (had wo space,)
j in the admission of California wilh her present
I Constitution, and passing, by a definite act, the
j Wilniot Proviso over her territory. The continual
I action of Northern members on the question, their
I repeated declarations of prohibiting slavery in the
| Territories, forbade emigration from the South,
but encouraged it from the North, until there was
a sufficient number (according to their own count)
to lorm a Constitution. Abolition emigrants, following
the course of their insidious leaders, sent
to the Convention which formed the Constitution,
a majority of so-called Southern men?such
Sou/hem nun as Benton and Clay,?who, of course,
although Southern men, voted for the expulsionj
of-slavery clause. Tljen the prime movers at the
helm, in the halls of Congress, say " well, we will
I drop the Wilinot Proviso;?let it die a natuia'
i ueam;?uui you musi aumii uaniornia wiui tier
j Constitution: Southern men voted for that clause."
They also charge the South with disunionism if
she talks of not yielding to it, after they have so
very magnanimously abandoned the Wilmol Proviso:
and strange to say the dupes this stratng< m
has in the South. Will the South yield to this
monstrous species of aggressive power ? Will she
not see the ears of the braying animal protruding?
Will she allow herself by such insidious and aggressive
measures to be forever excluded from a
single port on the Pacific, (as she will be by the
admission of California,) which will deprive her
(the natural receptacle) of all the trade ofEastern
; Asia, the Indian Isles, the Pacific gem-bounded
continent?.?which would surpass all, all that an
Arabian Genii could conjure up in a cycle of agr s?
Agree to the admission of California, or.d the
question is answered?fatally answered for the
South. Now is the time to make the issue?now
is the time to assert your rights, or dastardly yield
to a traitorous majority. Now, we repeat, is the
time to make the issue. Remember the words of
the Revolutionary patriot: "When will you he
stronger? Will it be to-day,or to-niorrow? Will
it be when a British guard is stationed at your
door?" &c. &c. Tut the question to yourselves.
When will you be stronger? Every day you are
less able to meet the tide which every day grows
more swelling. For the purpose of' saving the
South, the Southern Convention has been brought
about. Lot !h? South then meet, and lay down a
fmnlc. 1 Say to the North, if you urge the ndm'ssion
of California, we will leave you; fir in that,
you not only rob us of our rights in that territory,
but lay a precedent for the same course of action
relative to the rest. Make the issue?now?or you
need never attempt it. An issue is what is wanting.
The North know this; and will try to slide
round the point, as they have relative to California.
Let them do it?li t them pass any of the
I contested measures now before them?fir exj
ample, the suppression of the slave trade in the
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' -Lfisiriki, or, more cspecieiiy, me aunii sum u v^nlifornia?and
tlie South has yielded?emplialieall/
yielded. We have no arguments for those who
fkau a dissolution of tiie Union, or who would
have any fear of aught else, if either of those measures
pass. We only ask them, are they the sous
of revolutionary sires? or were they born in the
land where Washington (the illustrious Southron)
lived ? lie loved his fatherland; for many a rich
memory was linked with "merrie England;" but
he never learned the lesson of submitting to oppression,
and knew no union with political degradation.
But there were men then, even as now,
who cried "peace, peace!" What a pity that their
sudden destruction was not near. What can we
lose by disunion ? We can lose nothing, but gain
! nil Our fnnritivfi slaves will then be returned to
us;?from tl.e fact that the North will be a nation
with which we will negotiate, and not a separate
body of States, each one independent of the Government
at large, as regards their local laws ;?at
least that is the relation she will bear to us as a
separate nation. A six months war with us after
a dissolution, would almost depopulate the Nor h,
while the South would scarcely feel it. They
therefore, would studiously avoid the least occurrence
which might, call down upon them the ire of
the South. As for blockading our ports, it is fudge.
England cannot possibly stop her regular importation
of cotton from this country; and all we
would have to do would be to tell England to clear
our ports of Yankee crafts, and in one month there
j could not be found a single "wooden-nutmeg" vonj
der upon our shores. But does some one say,
j "then England would turn upon us." When you
' can persuade England to work against her own
intrant, then she might, hut never before. It ii
most essential to England's welfare that wo remain
as wo now are, and that we retain our slaves,
as a perusal of the late English journals on Clingman's
speech, will abundantly show. But suppose
she did attempt to conquer us. In the days of'76
we had but three millions of inhabitants, many tones
among them; now the South has eight milJ
lions, with resources sufficient to carry on an eigh|
ty-years' war. We have nothing to tear. Earth
j combined could never conquer us, until, like Homer's
giants, they plucked from their seats our
1 own eternal mountains, and hurled them confusedly
into our ranks. Why, we have a thousand
ThermopyliB with each a Lconidas and
Hand, after all our Marathons are lost. But to
I those who go for "submitting" to indignities now
ottered, we say, go and take handfuls of dirt from
the ditches and mud pools, emblems of Persian
servitude, and rub it upon your faces, crouched
i before those vou will own as masters.
Mr. Calhoun's Grave. HH
. We hope the suggestions made by his Excellency
Gov. Seabrook, in ihe following communication HI
relative to the final interment of the remains o
| Mr. Calhoun will be adopted. No place is more
appropriate than the Capital of the State. We
j hop^Cdumljla. tyjjlJjg. honored iritl>. lliw^emaina Bj
ofhim , . t B
" Whom dtrfy dared not hate-f- ( } / *
W'licre neiihe^giilltj- glorj-jrlowR,.,.rsm
Nor (le?pif'alitc state." B
Exrtcl'TIVR DcTMRTStKNT, B
Charleston, April 10, 1850.
Stit: Having been invited by a resolution of
the body over which you preside, to co-operate
with it in requesting Mrs. Calhoun to permit the
remains of her late husband and our illustrious
Statesman to "respose" in Charleston, I hog
, U>itr.i vuennotfnl 11* fn eon fliof cl?Anl^ flin fonillif
[ ivinu J tojjci/uunj u/ ouT^ vuuu Qiiuuivi iiiiv ntuiiij
i of the deceased submit the whole matter to the ^Hj
i decision of the people of South Carolina, I, as
i their representative, would, in such an event, BB
; decline to accede to the wish of the civil authori
ities of the city, mainly because it is not in ac- BB
i cordance with the public feeling of the State.
All that pertains to Mr. Calhoun is the propertv
of the Comm.onwealth, and where his body ^B
i shall permanently lie, ought to be a question for ^B
its constituted authorities to settle. ^B
A fter h full and free conversation with the ^B
members of the family now in this city, I am ^B
warranted in assuring you, that wherever his ^B
remains shall be deposited on their arrival, there BB
will be their final resting place. To disinter ^B
them for another removal, in my and their judg- MBj
ment, would create feelings of a painful char- ^B
acter. To the Capital, therefore, let them be >^B
.conveyed. As Columbia i3 the seat of tlie Le- ^B
gislaiivc Assembly of South Carolina and its BB
College, it is peculiarly appropriate that the fra- ^B
I mers of our laws and the youth of the State ^B
I Jmnlil It? micn.iffintrlv reminded of thoir rosnec
tive duties by tl.e elevat'd associations which ^fl
the grave of him, who is ever to be so much re- ^B
vered (or his virtue and wisdom, would be so ^B
well calculated to inspire. ^B
1 am lully aware of tl.e deep attachment of ^B
the peoj lc of Charleston to our late Senator, ^B
and of t!ie many cogent reasons in favor of their
proposal that his body should be entombed, at
least temporarily, in the metropolis of the State.
j (:i the expression of an adverse opinion, my regret
is mitigated by the conviction that 1 am
governed by a high sense ol duty. Respectful- fl|
ly, your obedient servant,
WlllTKMARSIl B. SBABH IOK. IB
Hon. T. L. Hutchinson.
gr'J'he Second Congressional District has
elected Delegates to the Nashville Convention?
Cen John Whitner and II. C. Young, Esq. These
gentlemen have accepted.
Editorial Gleanings.
Eo<tox, April 8.?Mrs. Webster and her throe
daughters paid a visit to Governor Briggs, at ti e
Adams House yesterday. The interview lasted
about an hour. It is said to have been painfujly
interesting. Their pleadings for mercy towards
die unfortunate husband were intense and affecting.
It is supposed they have made a deep impression
upon the Governor.?TeL Cur. Ball. I un
Sr. I/O vis, April 8.?The steamer Commodore
Perrv is hard aground at Island i\o. 8. one w. I
probably remain there all summ ?r.?Ibid.
Baton Rouge, April 7.?The New Orleuis papers
of the 3d instant, says the cholera has a -sunieil
an epidemic form.?/bid
Louisville, April 5.?An earthquake was sensibly
ft-It l.e.e and at NVw. Albany and as far at
heard from, at a littln aftt r 8 o'clock last night.?
Gen. Houston arrived at Nashville on Wednesday.
All the papers south-west complain of very he&vy
fros'.?Ibid.
Louisville, April 8.?The steamer Clipper was
sunk in the Cumberland river on Wednesday last
?boat and cargo total loss.?Ibid.
Tie family ol Doctor Parkman paid on SafurV
* I . A _ T ./ I 1 A _ _ i*AA,?ik
any last, voiuniarny 10 i^uueneia, me sum 01 auou
dollars, offered by them for the discovery of the remains
of the late Doctor Parkman.
The Convention for revising the State Constitution
of Ohio will be Democratic .by a considereble
majority.
At Berlin,lately, Dr. Wehsemeyer is said to have
cured ihe Duchess of Dessau of paralysis by pouring
several bucket fulls of water on her head.
A Trctii for the Times.?-It is a curious fa?t,
in the grammar of politics, that when statesmen
ir.it intn nlopo tVu.v hf>rnme nfiptt nhliviniia nf ftipir
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antecedent?, but are seldom forgetful cf their relatives.?Punch.
Gen. Cass has presented to the Senate, the joint
resolution of the Michigan Legislature, rescinding
the resolution instructing her Senators to vote for
.he Wiimot Proviso.?Char. Courier.
Mrs. Bessy Moore, the wife of Tom Moore, the
poet, has reci ivo.l a pension of ?100 a year from
the royal bounty, in consideration of the literary
m 'fits of her husband and his infirm state of
health.
The to.vcr at Dover for a telegraph to France
is nearly completed, and the insulated wires were
expected to be sunk across the channel in the
| course of the mont^ of April.
1\IV Plifftrrl nttArp.PV rTPiiPrnl in flip Wphster 1
I *"? vhww.u, ; r> - ?
I case, made a singular error in stating that Dr. Dodd 1
I was hanged Ibr murder. Dr. Dodd was executed 1
for forgery?a forgery committed upon the earl 1
of Che teriicld for a bond of jE6,0U0.
St. I/iuis, April 6. ?!
The Arkansas State Penitentiary was burnt
! down o*i the night of the 25th ult. 'The convicts
j were all saved. The building is supposed to have
; been set on tire by one of the prisoners.
Ball. American.
! C.w.nocN on the Constitution?A corrcspon|
dent of the Pensylvanian at Washington, says that
Mr. Calhoun's work on the Constitution of the
Un 'ed States, uion which has been engaged
| lbr three or four years, is quite completed.. \vi!)
lie issued from the press without Ions of time. It
! is said to be an able exposition of the principles of
the Constitution.
Extension of the Elective Franchise in Ireland
?The London correspondent of the Nhtional Intelligencer
says:
"Ministers have brought in a bill fbr the extension
of the elective franchise in Ireland, which will
1 have the effect of raising the number of electors
| i.i Ireland from 30,000 to more than 300,000.
Return of a Comet.?Lieut. 31. F. Maury
j communicates to the National Intelligencer
i some interesting astronomical news. He states
i that a letter from the Rev. Mr. Jenkins, of
Georgetown College, who sailed from Rio in
October last, contains the following item:
j " On November 28, at 7 1-4 p. in., we saw