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SOUTHERN TRIBUNE. EDITED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY WM. B . HARRISON. from the Charleston Courier. CALHOUN. by mrs. Wary s. whitaker. Heir hack uur nolilo dead— Tlie mighty and the wise Fallen the stately head. And closed the lightning eyes. Mule now the lips of fire , And lied the patriot soul That dared Oppression's ire And spumed our foes’ coulol. Dear back our noble chief, Lav him in Southern ground : Deep-felt and stern our grief. As slow we pile llie mound. His voice is in our ears His counsel in our heart; And, still unknowing fear, The South will act her part. Our banner o'er his grave Unfurl’d, shall flutter soon, Inscrib'd—behold it wave ! “Rights of the. South Calhoun!" I'loccotliiiKS in Congress. Washington, April 1, ISoO. Mr. Holmes announced to the House of Representatives the death of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, in the following elo quent manner. * * * 4 We the Representatives of our State, come to sorrow over our dead; but the virtue and the life arid the services of the deceased were not confined by metes and bounds ; but standingou tbe broad expanse of this Confederacy, he gave his genius to the States, and his heart to his entire * * He was born among a people who knew but few books, and over whose minds learning had not yet thrown its cfiulgcnce. But they bad the Bible; and with his pious parents, he gathered rich lore, which surpasses that of Creek or Roman. * * [Mr. Holmes then traced him through his youthful mcanderings up to his enter ing Congress at twenty-eight years of age, at which time a war was thiea'ened with Great Britain, which he advised and suc cessfully aided in carrying through to an honorable termination.J Mr. H. remarked Fortunately for the country Mr. Cal houn’s advice was taken, and then the great spirit of America, released front her shackles, burst up from her prostrate con dition, and made her bear ber incumbent, and stand erect before the people of the world, and shake her spear in bold defiance. In that war, bis counsels contributed as much, 1 am informed, as these of any man to its final success. At a period when our troops on the frontier, under the command of the Governor of New York, were about to retire from the line, and that Governor bad written to Mr. Madison that bo bad exhausted bis own credit, and the credit of all those whose resources lie could com mand, and his means were exhausted, and unless in a short period money was sent on to invigorate the troops, the war must end, and our country bow down to a vic torious foe ; sir, upon that occasion Mr. Madison became so disheartened, that he assembled bis counsellors, and asked for advice and aid, but advice and aid they bad not to give. At length Mr. Dallas, tbe Secretary of the Treasury, said to Mr. Madison, You are sick ; retire to your chamber; leave the rest to us. I will send to the Capitol for the youthful Hercules, who hitherto has borne the war upon his shoulders, and he will counsel us a reme dy. Mr. Calhouu came. He advised an appeal to the Stales for the loan of their credit. It seemed as it' anew light had burst upon His advice was taken. The States generously responded to the appeal. Those were times of fear ful import. We were engage*! in war with a nation whose resources were am ple, while ours were crippled. Our ships of-war, few in number, were compelled to go forth on the broad bosom of the deep, to encounter those fleets which had signali zed themselves at the battles of Abouker and Trafalgar, and annihilated the combin ed navies of France and Spain. Hut there was an inward strength—there was an un dying the hearts of a free people; ami they went forth to battle and to conquest. Sir, the clang of arms and the shouts of victory had scarcely died along the dark waters of the Niagara—the war upon the plains of Oi leans had just gone out with a blaze of glory—when all eyes were in stinctively turned to this youthful patriot, who had rescued his country in the dark hour of her peril. Mr. Monroe transferred him to his Cabinet; and upon that occa sion, so confused was tbo Department of War, so complicated and disordered, that Mr. Wm. Lowndes, a friend to Mr. Cal houn, advised him against risking the high honors he had achieved upon this floor, for the uncertain victories of an Execu tive position. But no man had pondered more throughly the depths of his own mind and the purposes of his own heart— none knew so well the undaunted resolu tion and energy that always characterized him ; ami he resolved to accept, and did. He related to me what was extremely char acteristic, he went into the Department, but became not of it for awhile. He gave m> directions—he lot the machinery more on by its own impetus. In the mean time he gathered with that minuteness which characterized him, all the facts connected with the working of the machinery—wifli that power of generalization which was so romarkably combined together in one sys- i tom ; all the detached parts, instituted the! bureaus, imparting individual respmisibili- j ty to each, and requiring from them tha'. responsibility in turn, but uniting them all in beautiful harmony, and creating in the workings a perfect unity. And so com plete did that work come from his bands, that at this time there has been no change ) material in this department. It has pass ed through the ordeal of another war, and it still remains fresh, and without symp toms of decay. He knew that we should have the science to conduct them ; and he therefore directed his attention to West Point, which, fostered by his care, became the great school of tactics and of military discipline, the benefits of which have so ( lately been experienced in the Mexican campaign. But, sir, having finished this work, his mind instinctively looked for some other great object on which to exercise its pow ers. H e beheld the Indian tribes, broken down by tbe pressure and tbe advances of civilization, wasting away before the vices, and acquiring none of the virtues of tire while man. His heart expanded with a philanthropy as extensive as the human race. He immediately conceived the pro ject of collecting them into one nation, of transferring them to the other side of the great river, and freeing them at once from the temptations and the cupidity of the Christian man. Sir, he did not remain in office to ac complish this great object. But he haul laid its foundation so deep, he had spread out his plans so broad, that he has reared to himself, in the establishment of that peojde, a brighter monument, more glori ous trophies, than can bo plucked upon the plains of war. The triumphs of war are marked by desolated towns and con flagrated fields ; bis truinphs will be seen in the collection of the Indian tribes, con stitiitng a confederation among themselves, in tlio scltoolhouses in the valleys, in the churches that rise with their spires from the hill-top, in the clear sunshine of Hea ven. The music of that triumph is not heard in the clangor of the trumpet, and the rolling of the drum, but swells from the clang of the anvil, and (lie tones of the water-wheel, and the cadence of the mill-stream, that rolls dnvvti for the bene fit of the poor red man. Sir, he paused not in his career of use fulness ; ho was transferred, by (lie votes of a grateful people, to the chair of the second officer of ihe government. There he presided with a firmness, an impartiali ty, with a gentleness, with a dignity, that all admired. And yet it is not given unto man to pass unscathed the fiery furnace of this world. While presiding over that body of ambassadors from sovereign States while regulating their counticils, the tongue of calumny assailed him, awl accused him of official corruption in the Riprap contract. Indignantly lie left the chair, demanded of the Senators an im mediate investigation by a committee, and came out of the fire like gold refined in the furnace. From that time to the day that terminated his life, no man dared to breathe aught against the spotless purity ofhis character. But while in that chair, Mr. Calhoun perceived that there was arising a great and mighty influence to over-shadow a portion of this land. From a patriotic de votion to his country, lie consented on this floor, in ISI6, upon the reduction of the war duties, to a gradual diminution of the burdens, and thus saved the manufactu rers from annihilation. But that interest, then a mere stripling, weak, and requir ing nurture, fostered by this aliment, soon increased in strength, and became potent, growing with a giant’s growth, and attain ed a giant’s might, and was inclined ty- j rannously to Use it as a giant. He at once resigned his seat, gave up his dignified position, mingled in the strifes of the arena, sounded the tocsin of alarm, waked up the attention of the South, himself no less ac tive than those whom he thus aroused, anil at length advised his own State, heedless of danger, to throw herself into the breach for the protection of that sacred Constitu tion, whose every precept he had imbibed, whose eve™ condition he had admired.— Sir, although fleets floated in our waters, and armies threatened our citigs, he quail ed not; and at length the pleasing realiza tion came to him and to the country, like halm to the wounded feelings, and by a generous compromise on all parts, the peo ple of the South were freed from onerous taxation, and the North yet left to enjoy the fruits ot her industry, and to progress in her glorious advancement in all that is virtuous in industry and elevated in senti ment. But he limited net his scope to our do mestic horizon, lie looked abroad at our relations with the nations. He saw our increase of strength. He measured our resources, and was willing at once to set tle all our difficulties with foreign powers onapeimanont basis. With Britain we had causes of contention, of deep and long standing. He resolved if the powers of intellect could avail ought before lie depar ted hence, that these questions should he settled fora nation’s honor and a nation’s safety. lie faltered not. I know (for 1 was present) thus when the Ashburton treaty was about to he made—when there were apprehensions in the cabinet that it would not he sanctioned by-the Senate—a member of that cabinet called to consult Mr. Calhoun, and to ask if he would give it his generous support. The reply of Mr. Calhoun at that moment was eminently satisfactory, and its annunciation to the cabinet gave assurance to tho distinguish ed Secretary of Slate, who so eminently had conducted this important, mootin'i «n He at once considered the work V,- fini-b ed; for it is the union of >• on in the in tellectual as in the ph at world that moves the spheres into h•inonv. " hen that treaty was before the Senate, it was considered in secret session; and I never shall forget, that sitting upon yon der side of the House, colleague of Mr. Calhoun—who at that time was not on social terms with him—my friend, the honorable Mr. Preston, whose heart throb bed w ith an enthusiastic love of all that is elevated—left his seat in the Senate, and come to my seat in the House, saying, 1 must give vent to my feelings : Mr. Cal houn has made a speech which has settled the question of the Northeastern bounda ry. All his friends—nay, all the Senators —have collected around to congratulate him, and l have come out to express my emotions, and declare that he lias covered himself with a mantle of glory.” Sir, after awhile he retired from Con gress, but the unfortunate accident on board the Princeton, which deprived Vir ginia of two of her most gifted sons, mem bers of the cabinet, immediately sugges ted the recall of Mr. Calhoun from his re tirement in private life, and the shades of his own domicil, to aid the country in a great exigency. His nominolion as Sec retary of State was sent to the Senate, without refeience to a Committee, was unanimously confirmed. Sir, when he st rived here, lie perceived that the Souther! country was in imminent peril, and that the arts and intrigues of Great Britain were about to wrest from us that imperial territory which is now the State of Tex#s. By his wisdom, and the exercise of his, great administrative talents, the intrigues of Great Britain were defeated, and that portion of the sunny South was scon an nexed to this Republic. With the commencement of \lr. Polk’s administration, he retired once more from public life, but he retired voluntarily.— Mr. Buchanan (for I might as well relate the fact) called upon me, took me to the embrasure of one of those window’s, and said : ”1 am to bq Secretary of State; the ! President appreciates the high talents of Mr. Calhoun, arid considers the country now encircled by danger upon the Oregon question. Goto Mr. Calhoun, and tender to him the mission to the Court of St. James—special or general, as he may de termine—with a transfer of the Oregol question eutirely to his charge.” Never can 1 forger how the muscles of his face became tense, how his great eye tolled as he reeieved the terms of the pro posal. “No, sir—no, (he replied.) If the embassies of all Europe were clustered into one, I would not take it at this time; my country is in danger; here ought to be the negotiation, and here will I stand.”— Sir, lie retired to his farm; but the Presi dent, in his inaugural, had indicated so strongly his assertion of the entirety of the Oregon treaty; had inspirited the people of the West almost to madness, and in , like manner had dispirited the merchants of the East, and of the North and South.! that a presentiment of great danger stile 1 over the hearts of the people, and a war seemed inevitable with the greatest naval power of the earth. Impelled by their ap prehensions, tbe merchants sent a nos- sage to Mr. Calhoun, and begged hima gaiti to return to the councils of the natijn. His predecessor generously resigned He came, and when became, though hie, he beheld dismay on the countenances of all. There was a triumphant majorityiu both parts of this Capitol of the Dcilo ciaiic party, who, with a few exceptions, were for carrying out the measures of if r. Polk. ’I he Whigs, finding that thep wire too few to stem the current, refused tc breast themselves to the shock l|uc " hen Mr. Calhoun announced on the flier of the Senate, the day after his arrival, his firm determination to resist and save fbtr the riindness of thehour this great conntty, they immediately rallied, and soon jii friends in this House and in the Senkte gathered around him, and tho country Was safe. Reason triumphed, and the republic was relieved of t(je calamities of war,— J his was the last great work ho ever enu summated. But lie saw other evils : he beheld this republic about to lose its poise from a do rangement ol its weights grid levers ; In was anxious to adjust the balance, and t« restore the equilibrium; he exercised hit mind for that purpose; he loved this Union for I have often heard him breathe out tha love ; he loved the equality of the State!, because he knew that upon that equaliß rested the stability of the government; le admired that compact—the Constitutionof our fathers—and esteemed it as a great covenant between sovereign States, which if properly observed, would make us the chosen people of the world. At length the acting of the spir it chafed tho frail tenement of mortality, and to the eye of his friends, the tide of life began te ebb; but, sir, with an undying confidence in h’s powers—with a consciousness of the dangers which encircled his physical nature, but without regard to his own suf* ferings in the solitudes of disease, unabli in the midst of disease even to hold a peg, he dictated his last great speech. That speech has gone forth to the world, and the judgment of that world will now im partially be stamped upon it. Sir, when his health began gradually So recover, his spirit impelled him, against the advice of his friends, into the Senate chamber; and there, with a manliness of purpose, with a decision of tone, with a clearness of argument, with a rapidity of thought, he met and overthrew his antago nists one by one, as they came up to the attack. But, weakened by the strife, al though lie retired victorious and encircled with a laurel wreath, he fell exhausted by bis own efforts, and soon expired on the plains. And now where is he? Dead, dead, sir, lost to his country and his friends. “For him no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Nor wife nor children more shall he behold " nor sacred home. But lie shall shortly iest amid his own native hills, with no dirge but the winds, and, after awhile, no tears to moisten his grave but the dews of Heaven. But though dead, lie still liveth; lie liveth in the hearts of his friends, in the memory of his services, in the respect of the States, in the affections, the devoted affections of iliat hnushold he cherished. He will live in the tomes of Time, as they shall unfold their pages, rich with virtues, to the eyes of the yet unborn. He lives, and will continue to live, for countless ages, in the advance of that science to which, by his intellect, he so much contributed, in tbe disenthralment of man from the restric tions of government, in the freedom of in tercourse of nations, and kindreds, and tongues, which makes our common moth er earth throw from her lap her bounteous plenty unto all ber children. And it may be, that with the example set to other na tions, there shall arise a union of thought and sentiment, and that the strong ties of interest, and the silken cords of love, may unite the hearts of all, until, from the con tinents and the isles of the sea, there will come up the gratulations of voices, that shall mingle with the choral song of the angelic host —“Peace on earth; good will to all mankind.” Mr. Holmes then moved the adoption of :he customary resolutions, which were seconded by Mr. Winthrop, of Mass., who addressed the House in part as follows: * * The distinguished person whose death has been announced in the resolu tions of the Senate, belonged not, indeed, to ns. It is not ours to pronounce his eulogy. It is not ours, certainly to appropriate his fame. But it is ours to bear witness to his character, to do justice to his virtues, to unite in paying honor to his memory, and to offer our heartfelt sympathies—ns l now do—to those who have been called to sustain so great a bereavement. * * The loss of such a man creates a sensible gap in the public councils. Indeed, no one who has been ever so distant an observer of the course of pub lic affairs for a quarter of a century past, can fail to realize that a star of the first magnitude has been struck from our polit ical firmament. Let us hope, sir, that it ; his only been transferred to a higher and : p{irer sphere, where it may shine on with j u/idimmed brilliancy forever ! I Mr. Speaker, it is for others to enter | ilto tlic details of Mr. Calhoun’s life and | strrvices. It is fur others to illustrate and jtd vindicate his peculiar opinions aiul principals. It is for me to speak of him | oily as he was known to the country at j arge, and to all, without distinction of | /»arty, who have represented the country of late years, in either branch of Nation al Councils. And speaking thus, sir, I cannot hes itate to say, that, among what may be j cal edthe second generation of American I statesmen since the adoption of the Fed -1 tral Constitution, there has been no man of a more marked character, of more pronounced qualities, or of a wider and more deserved distinction. The mere length and variety of his pub lic service in almost every branch of the National Government, running through a continuous period of almost forty years— as a member of this House, as Secretary of War, as Y 7 ice President of the United States, as Secretary of Stare, and as a Senator from his own adored and adoring South Carolinia—would alone have se cured him a conspicuous and permanent [dace upon our public records. But be has left better titles to remem berance than any which mere office can bestow. There was an unsullied purity in his private life; there was an inflexible integ rity in his public conduct; there was an indiscribable fascination in bis familliar conversation ; there was a condensed en ergy in his formal discourse ; there was a quickness of perception, a vigor of de duction, a directness and a devotedness of purpose, in all that he said, or wrote, or did; there was a Roman dignity in his whole Senatorial deportment; which, to gether, made up a character which cannot fail to lie contemplated and admired to the latest posterity. Mr. Venable roseandsaid ; Mr. Speak er,in responding to the announcement just made by the gentleman from South Caro linia, (Mr. Holmes,) I perform a sad and melancholy office. Did 1 consult my feelings alone, l would be silent. In the other end of this building we have just beard the touching ‘eloquence of two venerable and distinguished Senators, his contemporaries and compatriots.— Their names belong to their country as well as Ins; and 1 thought while each was speaking, of the valiant warrior, cloth ed in armor, who, when passing the grave of one with whom he had broken lances and crossed weapons,dropped a tear upon his dust, and gave testimony to his skill, his valor, and his honor. He whose spir it has fled, needs noeffort of mine to place his name on the bright ’page of history, nor would any eulogy which I might pro nounce, swell the vast tide of praises which will flow perennially from a na tion's gratitude. The great American statesman who has fallen by the stroke of death, lias left the impress of his mind up on the generations among whom he lived —has given to posterity the mines of his recorded thoughts to reward their labor with intellectual wealth—wealth left an example of purity and patriotism on which the wearied eye may iesf. “And gazo upon the great, \\ here neither guilty glory grows, -Nor despicable state.'' I - or more than forty years his name is conspicuous in our history. Born at tho of revolutionary war, he was in full inatuiiiy to guide the councils of his coun try in our second contest with England.— Never unmindful of her claims upon him, he has devoted a long life to her service, and has closed it, like a gallant warri r, with his armor buckled on him. “Death made no conqest of this conqueror; for now he lives in fame, not in life.” The only fame, bir, which he ever coveted—an impulse to great and honorable deeds—a fame which none can despise who have not renounced the virtues which deserve it. It is at least some relief to our hearts, now’ heaving with sighs at this dispensa tion of Heaven, that he now belongs to bright, to enduring history; for his was one of “the few, the immortal names that were not born born to die.” Os his early history the gentleman who preceded me has spoken ; of his illustrious life I need not speak; it is known to millions now living, and will be familiar to tbe world in aftertimes. But, sir, I propose to say something of him in his last days. Early in the winter ot lb4S- 9 his failing health gave uneasi ness to his friends. A severe attack of btonchuis, complicated with an affection of the heart, disqualified him for the per formance of his senatorial duties with the punctuality which always distinguished mm. It was then that I became intimate ly acquainted with bis mind, and, above ail, with bis heart. Watching his beside, and during his recovery, I ceased to be astonished at the power which his master mind and elevated moral feelings had al ways excited upon those who wore in cluded within the circle of social inter course. It was a tribute paid spontaine ously to wisdom, genius, truth, Patriotism, honesty of purpose, and purity of motive, rendered active by the energies of such an intellect as hardly ever falls to any man, gathered around him sincere admirers and devoted friends. That many have failed to apreciate the value of the* truths which he uttered, or to listen to the warn ings which he gave, is nothing new in the history ot minds. Bacon wrote for pos- terity, and men fit profound sogascity al ways think in advance of their generation. His body was sinking under tlie invasion of disease before 1 formed his acquaint ance, and he was passing from among us before I was honored with his friendship. I witnessed with astonishment the influ ence of his mighty mind over his weak physical structure. Like a powerful steam engine on a frail bark, every revolution of tbe wheel tried its capacity for endurance to the utmost. But yet his mind moved on, and, as if insensible to the decay of bodily strength, put forth, without stint, his uneqalied powers of thought and ana lysis, until Nature well-nigh sunk under the imposition. His intellect preserved its vigor while his body was sinking to de cay. Ihe menstruum retained its powers of solution, while the frail crucible which contained it was crumbling to atoms. During bis late illness which, with a short intermission, has continued since the com mencement of this session of Congress, there was no abatement of his intellectual' labors. They were directed as well to the momentous questions now agitating the public mind, as to the completion of a woik which embodies bis thoughts on the subject of government in gene red and out own Constitution in particular; thus dis tinguisihg his last days by the greatest ef fort of his mind, and bequeathing it as his richest legacy to posterity. Checiful in a sick chamber, none of the gloom which usually attends the progress of disease annoyed him ; severe in ascer taining the truth of conclusions, because unwilling to be deceived himself, he scorn ed to deceive others ; skilful in apprecia ting the past, and impartial in his judgment of the present, he looked to the future as dependant on existing causes and fearless ly gave utterance to his opinions of its nature and chatacter; the philosopher and the statesman, he discarded expedi ents by which men “construe the times to their necessities.” He loved the truth for the truth’s sake, and believed that to temporize is but to increase the evil w hich xve seek to remove. The approach of death brought no indication of impatience —no cloud upon his intellect. To a friend who spoke of the time and manner in which it was best to meet death, he re marked : “l have but little concern about either; I have an unshaken reliance upon the providence of God.” I saw him four days after his appear ance in the Senate efiambet, gradually sinking under the power of bis malady without one murmur at bis affliction, al ways anxious for the interest of his coun try, deeply absotbed in the great question which agitates the public mind, and earn estly desiring its honorable adjustment, unchanged in the opinions which he had held and uttered for many years, the ar dant friend of the Union and tho Consti tution, and seeking the perpetuity of our institutions, by inculcating the practice of justice and the duties of patriotism. Aggravated symptoms, on tho day be fore bis death, gave notice of his approach ing end. I left him late at night, with but faint hopes of amendment; and, on bcinc; summoned early the next morning,l found him sinking in tbo cold embrace ofdeath. Calm, collected, and conscious ofhis situa tion, but without any symptom of alarm, his face beaming with intelligence, with out one indication of suffering or of pain. I watched his countenance, and the lus tre of that bright eye remained unchanged, until tho silver cord was broken, and then it went out in instantaneous eclipse. When I removed my hand from closing bis eyes he seemed as one who had fallen into a sweet and refreshing slumber. Thus, sir, closed the days of John Caldyvk- l Cal houn tho illustrious American ..tatesman. llis lifo and services shall speak of the greatness of by gone days with undying testimony. Another jewel hasfallai from our crown ; an insctutable Providence has removed from among us one of the great lights of the age. But it is not extinguish, ed. From a bight to which the sjafts of malice or the darts of detraction never reach, to which envy cannot crawl, or jeal ousy approach, it will shine brighter and more gloriously sending its rays over a more extended horizon, and blessing man. kind by its illumination. The friend of constitutionol liberty will goto his wri tings for truth and to bis life for a model We, too, should be instructed by his ex perience, while his presages for the future should infuse caution into our counsels and prudence into our actions. His voice' now no more heard in the Senate, will speak most potentially from the grave Personal opposition has died with his death The aspiring cannot fear him, nor the am bitious dread his elevation. His fife j, aa become history, and bis thoughts the pro perly ofhis couutrymen. Sir, w hile w-e weep over his grave, let us be consoled by tbe assurance that “hon or decks the turf that wraps his clay.” He was our own, and his fame is also ours. Let us imitate his great example, in pre ferring truth and duty to the approbation of men, or the triumphs of party. ]} e willing to stayd alone for the right, nor surrender independence fur any induce ment. He was brought up in the society of the men of the Revolution, saw the work our Constitution since its formation, was profoundly skilled in constructing its mean ing, and sought by his wisdom and integ rity to give permanency to the Govern merit which it created. If such high pur poses be outs, then our sun, like his, will go down serenely, and we shall have secu red “a peace above all other dignities— a calm and quiet conscience.” The question was then taken on the resolutions offered by Mr. Holmes, and they were unanimously agreed to. And thereupon the House adjourned. Washington, April 3. In the Senate to-day on motion of Mr. Mason, of \ irginia, a committee was ap pointed to convey the remains of Mr. Cal houn to South Carolina as soon as intelli gence is received from his family. The Committee consists of Messrs. Mason, of Ya. Webster, of Mass. Berrien, of Ga. I).\ vis, of Mississippi, Dickinson, of New York, Dodge of lowa. Mr. Cass submitted a resolution that the proceedings of the Senate in relation to the death of Mr. Calaocn, be printed ill pamphlet form. 1 ributes of Respect. —The tokens of public mourning and respect paid to the memory of Mr. Calhoun meet our view on every side, and from every quarter of the Union. Ihe New \ ork Express says: “ 1 he city authoities, with a due respect for the public feeling, bung out the flags of the city over the City Hall, where they were displayed at half-mast during the day. Ihe same tokens of respect also distinguiihcd the several public places of the city, as well as the shipping gene rally.” Mr. Calhoun’s death was feelingly intro, diiced nt the meeting of the N. Y. Histori cal Socity on I uesday evening by Dr. Stevens, who was his classmate at Yale.— Among other things he said : Asa medical man, 1 take liberty to sug gest ibis opinion. Mr. Calhoun’s death—l speak not of the occasion but of the cause, was an intellectual death ; an overworked mind, dwelling too long, too anxiously on one object. Hisonc th uglit was for his country, the strength of his intellectwas ever running in one narrow channel,which deepened itself until its hanks coved in. Rev. Dr. Dewitt said, the great states man was born of religious parents,and was early brought up to a knowledge of the Bible. He also was a of religion, and from this fact he accounted for his great purity of life, rectitude of purpose, and integrity of principle, which had won for him the confidence and respect of all parties. Gov. Fish communicated the death of Mr. Calhoun to the N. Y. Legislature on 1 uesday, by special message, and appro priate Resolutions were passed. OCuEx. Gov. Hammond and Dr. R- Henry, will deliver Eulogies on Mr. Cal houn, at Charleston and Columbia. The Galpiiin Claim. —ln the House of Representatives Mr. Cobb laid before the members the following letter from the Secretary of War. Washington, April 2, 1850; Sir: My official connection with the Government authorizes me, in my judg ment, to ask and have accorded to me by tho House over which you preside, a prampt and full investigation, in such man ner as it may thidk proper, of my conduit and relation to the claim of the represen tatives of George Galdhin; which elaim has been adjudicated aud paid at one of the Departments of the Goveanment, and is now attracting public altentiod. I have the honor to be, &c., GEORGE W. CRAWFORD lion. Ilowcll Cobh, Speaker, 4'c- On moliou of Mr. Toombs, ivho decline& serving, a Committee of nine was appointe to investigate the matter, and report upon* 1 - Father Mathew. — The labors ojFn thcr Mathew in the sacred cause of tt»p cr ' avee have been up to this period, crOU ”L with signal success. Upwards of have already taken the total abstinence pledge in New Orleans. ITe will contin !l ‘ to attend at St. Teresa's Church until e> a urday afternoon, when he is to remove to 1 church of St. Joseph, Commons!., where ' will be the guest of the Her. Mr. and U ml —N. O. Crcs'c. t, Vhinst.