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®tie Halil! ®im£o & Sentinel.
BY LOMAX & ELLIS.]
Volume XVII.
■run I'iMES Sc SENTINEL
tjfiuSFLOMAX & ROSWELL ELLIS
editors and proprietors
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, ,hj!<Wi uvery Ti/SSOAY MoRMIJVtx.
o£cß oa Eaadolph Stroat, opposite the fast Office
i’EHMS:
r *!- /JiJ Cis/, Dullahs per iianunu, in idvncce.
1 /* * v per annum,in ad ranee.
tMitqncaoidsiy inserted it One Foil a*
’ „ 1. • ’rst insertionJaud fifty ;s£*raior ever;
p-r-ira - • >•
* 1 fii i. ii ; i• t>e .nade ter yearly ad rertfsamente
a*;,,. -mi i ‘) A Jministratw*v Execvlortand
G-ur-iim*’ ire re pared by Jaw to be held on tbe first Taetd**
tti3 u between the hours of ten in the tbreuonu au<
bi*jr >•>• j/'t■Ya sit-iate. 4 >tu*.9 j . •> these ?a!csuusn be Mvea li
P'tblfo ff&z?tte t rrtv days \ evn Hto the day of sale.
Alices for ihe sale ot i e tOnd property mast bo ivcn a
\eut • !>r?/j<nwdo ibt day oUutu*
< nicj lo ‘b’btor- und Creditors olan Lslatemust be public
V. dicition v 11 be mad vto thr • ‘onn ol OnUjiar
for leaf V YiiLvi-l >r Mogroes, must ;>e published eckiyfe:
* im ? *’ of Vlttinfotratlon v ist bo jiublfehe*
lUreyi-w* -*>■ i| - 4*.'. ission from Administration, n*nfkl 9 m
m ) tits ■*! ’: 1)
it il m>r ;r.. ‘ lori'4 , i_';: mtis< he published monthly
//• fhi- 4Mhh -£>< eitat?ifihi!i<d<t for tht full spat.-
•ftlrv! -f>” 1 npuUiax’dtios from i-lxccuiors or Adniir.
htritoVi. n 1 *- i>> i 1 has V>ou <ive:i by the deceased, f/ieftu
:u\ >)• vtli and v-iy.H be continued those*the
fe?al req:ire-n.mt,-.nless otherwise ■ rdered.
BUSINESS CARDS.
PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING.
HAVING connected with Oiir Printing Offfci . a full
ami complete assortment of Book Bidder's tools and
3 toc*. and also added to Oar Frit ting materials, we are now
prepared to execute,hi good style and with bespated,every
kindof work iu zither branch of the business, on tne bee
terms. . . , . ,
3!, VXK Vs ilfOK, of every detscr.ption, with or witn
out printing, made to order, in ire neatest manner.
WARM Uistiss: t'iti.VftN;;, Rece-pts, Drafts
Notes, Bills of Lading, See., See , elecuted neatly and
promptly, and bound in any desired stvfe.
ULK'>\ ANOKTE-VMno.-VF BJiA.\ Ks,
olal! kinds got up.with aceuracy ar.d ritspatch.
’ (iill fCoatls, ‘oirds, (liroulars. ‘fSfinrt
Posters, , &c.,Sic.,printed in tliesbor
lest notice and in the hast sty te- ,
llaatiae ansi Pamphlets py> up merery styleo
biudiug,
Book:- o ail kinds rebound strongiv tup. neatly.
LOMAX St ELLIS.
Columbus, Aprii 15,1854.
JQErJ V. HE&.RD.
attorney at law,
Colquitt, Miller Cos, Ga-
January 20, 1857 wly.
wrnmM w 7 ©djb'3, ‘ .
ATTORNEY AT 1 LAW,
PKESTON, Webster Coanty,Ga.
TT7 ILL practice in'tbe counties of Clay.Cliattahoochee,
VV Webster, Early, Randolph. Stewart and Sumter.
PartienUr attonrion niven to collecting and remitting.
January 27, 1857—wit. .
M. B. WF.LI.BORB• j'EKE.M. WILLIAMS.
WEuI3ORN & WILLIAMS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Cluytoci, Aiabnina.
Wild, give prompt attention to the colloftimi of 1! claims
eatruatecßto their care in Bar oar couiay. • ct 1 wtwßm
u \ Binv UEIHUN.E.
A TTO KN E Y A T L A U r ,
TATtBOTTCNT, Talbot County, Ga
October 84th. 1855. wtwtf.
PEYTON H. COLQ.UITT,
ATTt) 11 NEY A T LA W ,
COLUMBUS, GA.
Odice, up stairs, over Col. Holt’s office, Randolph st.
may 26,185.1 , wa-twit
W. S. JOHNSOIT,
ATTO RN E Y A T LA W .
CUSS E ‘l’ A,
Chattahoochee Comity, Ga.
Gives his entire attention to the practice in itSutnihoothoe
ml the adjoining counties. ep-ji.—wtwly*
ROBERT H. HOWARD,
ATTO RN E Y A T LAW,
CRAWPOS3, ALA.
September f 5 , 1535. -MwAwtf.
S. A. MTiEKDON,
ATTORNEY A T LA W,
Fart Gaines, Ga.
TTTILI. promptly attend *uv ail business entrusted to his
\v care—parliouErlv Collecting. novHwtwly
FRANCIS T. CULLENS,
AT xe&srxx AT lA\r,
FORT GAINES.
CIIAY COUNTY, GA.
August 15, 1956.—w1y
TURNIPSEED & BURTS,
ATT OK N EY S A T L A W,
CUSSETA, GA. ,
WILL promptly attend to ail business committed to
their charge.
K. A. TtIRXIPSEKD. D - tl. BURTS.
Cusseta, Nov. 27, 1855—wtf
HARRISON* & COX,
ATTORNEYS A T I. AW ,
LUMPKIN, GA.
I ITi LI. practice In the various brim -aes of their prop-sinn,
>V i„t}, e t ities of Muscogee,
Marion and Iy'iii diafoonee <>r’ f iie ♦'.vtitAiu)ocuee Circuit, and
Ri'id.lpb, Clay, Lee mil -blwUir, ol tbe South Vvesjern.
Tlicbi.slnes4 of uh.ddectingatui Ctmleyancingwoder the im
iu<.i,um,;‘,','-i:r.,: :.I . >L iu.n ‘ ; i.Mpirt-l(..j.r>.w,te
■'iccessfuily 0.1 l just • • ms for it.- .my Laud i'en&ion>, *tc.,
Diem wd!atallV'.n‘ 1 fount at their office. Prompt
lathelreorrespoodenre. punctual in iheirtiu3inc3?enga.ge
raents. the: rw Pole energies will lie devoted to the best In„ereste
of those vho m iy eutruAt Lliem with their o Tineas.
B. K. HARRISON. *’ M *
august 2
OUVER k CLEMEHTS,
ATTOR NEV’ S A T LA W,
BUENA VISTA,
MARION COUNTY,GA.
Wl M. *Tar\i ce 1 n the co a utirM:;r';oß, *'aco i, • lewait,
V;hat-Joochee, and-auy of tne
& ljoiniugcou:iLi' vyheu their sorvicus uiav o*-. mjuuvd.
Titbiivra ..I tv i’ it P* ‘ v * CLKMKKTB.
TH.\JKUB OLIVKR. f
September H.
RAMSEY & KING,
Attorneys at Law,
COLUMBUS AND HAMILTON.
James N. Ramsey, h * K . 1 . : 1 0 ’
Hamilton. Ga. Columbus, Oa.
October 21—w ly
BELLAMY & MARTIN,
ATTTORNEYS AT LA W,
CRAWFORD, ALA.
“’ill nractlcein the diflerent Courts ot the Ninth Judicia
Circuit, lebta—lwti
R. H. BELLAMY. L. W. MARTIN.
BAUGH & HARPER,
ATTORNEY S AT LAW,
COLUMBUS, GEOUGIA.
\\T I his practice law in Muscogee and the adioininucounties
’V of Georgia and Alabama. Office removed over Hank
*>f Columbus, Broad Street. aptl—twly
Robert baugii. p - °* harper-
Superior Writing and Copying Ink,
PREPARED BY
JAS. A. WHITESIDE,
AND FOR SALE BY
D/VNFORTH & NAGEL,
KIVLIN . THOMAS &. GO.
March26—twly. BROOKS Sc CHAPMAN.
NEW CO PARTNERSHIP.
rHH undersigned have entered into the GROCERY BUS:
NESS under the Arm and name of
Ridgway, Cleekley & Cos.
tVe will keep c.instaiitly on hand a iare Stock of Choic*
GROCERIES,
D. A. RIDGWAY,
A. D. CLECKLEY,
M. D. DONLY,
Jans —wtwtt H. M. CLECKLEY.
NI) TIIUSB indebted to the late llrm will flndtheb
• 1>• Accounts at the old sand. They arc requested
to call and settle immediately, as tne business must be closed,
anf.—wstiwir A. it. & no.
DISSOLUTION.
qUIE firm of BOOHER, HOWARD & CO., is thh
A day dissolved by mutual consent. All indebted to
the concern wilt please make immediate payment. Either
of iha partners are authorized to settle the outstanding
claims. O L. BOOHER,
WM. .1 HOWARD,
January 17,1857. E. CALHOUN.
Having sold out our interest in the Grocery business to
Mr. Booher, we take pleasure in recommending him to our
friends. WM. .1. HOWARD,
E. CALHOUN.
to thFpublic.
HAVING purchased of Mosers. Howard & Calhoun
their interest in the late tirin of Booher, Howard dt
Cos., [ hope, by close attention to business, to merit the
same liberal patronage bestowed upon the late firm.
Mr. Howard will continue with me lor the present, and
will be alad to wait upon any of his Iriends who will fa
vor him with a call. D. L. BOOIIER.
January 17, 1857. jan24 wlm tw3t.
THE LAST CALL!
MONEY WANTED.
HPHE subscriber having purchased the entire interest of
I V. R. TOMMEY,iu the Notes and accounts of the
I ate firm of J. EN NIS Al CO., (which firm was dissolved
on first Oct. 1855,} would earnestly solicit ail indebted
ro said linn, either by note or account, to call at the store,
of J. Ennis &, Cos., and settle the same, or they will find
their Notes and Accounts in the hands of an officer for
collection. J. lINNIS.
Columbus, Oct. 18, 1856. wtwtf
Bounty Land ! Bounty Land! Bounty Land
r YMII£ undersigned having associated tin-mselvet together for
i the purpose of procuring BOUNTY LAND under
the ecveral ae sos Gongross tiereioiore psssd, art- now prepared
to make application for ah who who are entitled
Persons who have heretofore received Bounty Land War
rants, arc, urnlei a recent act of Congress, entitled to an addi
tional Bounty of Land, and by calling at our office canget all
he iieccss-iry information.
We.are also prepared to prosecute Pension amt otherclaime
against the United States, r’roin our long experience and gen
rai success, we can with confidence say, that a ! ! claims entrus
;d to our care, willbepromptly andspeedilj adjusted
*3ne of the parti us being constant! >ln Washington city,will
give the business his personal attention there.
Officeover Gunby & Daniels’ Btore.Columbus.Georgia.
MICHAEL N. CLARK,
feb24..w&twtf. A. B. RAGAN.
JEWELRY,~WAT€H REPAIRING AND
ENGRAVING.
THE undersigned continue to
REPAIR WATCHES AND*IEWELRY, \
a', their old stand, next door to the Savanimhfa&*i!p
Hark. ALL WORK entrusted to us will be executed in
the best style and with promptne- s.
Our long experience in the business, and the guarantee of
all toe work wo do, has already secured for us a large amount
of patronage, which we truai is a sufficient recmntneuuaiioD.
A. INGMIRK.
LOUIS GUTOWSKY.
Colnmhus, Bept. 17—w&tw-fim.
FOR SALE.
rpHli Subscriber has on hand a few STILLS for red mitt tu-
I ring Peach Brandy or Whisky, which he will
sell very low . A LSO,
Tin, Sheet Iron and Japan Ware,
Os every description, which can be bought at the lowes rates.
Done on *borl noii*.: and on liberal terms
J u HICKS-Acrent.
j uiy 18 wtwtf Next door below ‘'Sana Bou cl” Rroad-st.
A. K. AYER,
General Agent, Auction, Commission, Re
ceiving, and Forwarding Merchant,
NO 131, WEST SIDE BROAD STREET.
I attention given to the keeping, pnr
chase and sale of Negroes. Administrator’s and Ex
editor’s Sales attended to on reasonable terms.
Columbus ,Ga,Oct. 13, 1855. twtf.
GRICE & WALLACE,
&Tir®ia!HßVß i\lT
BUTLER, GEORGIA.
-ixrit.r, Sive prompt attention . all business entrusted to
VV L.*GHICE. WM. S. VVAI.IiA,;Ii.
December 6 -wtf
S.S. STAFFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LA\ r ,
BLAKELY, EARLY COUNTY, GA.
ap2 ts.
R. J. MOSES & E. W. MOISE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW & SOLICITORS IN EQUITY.
OFFICE IN WARREN’S ARCADE,
COLUMBUS, GA.
Hours from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.
Columbus, Oct. 11, 1856—twlv
Great Bargains!
AM offering for sale in Pike Conn*
gj&Sjjral&P ty Ala., 9bo acres of good Oak ami Hickory land
interspersed with long leafed pine. There is
30acreaof cleared land. The place is in good
m -*- r condition, with two comfortable frame dwellings,
tvro store houses, (the storehouses form a portion of the vil
lage of Mon ticeilo) gin house, etc. I will sell all togethcror
in quantities to suit purchasers.
1 am also offering lor sale 240 acres ot the same quality of
land, three milesfrom Mouticello, about sixty acrescleared.
For particulars address me at Montlccllo, Ala.
septS—wtf B. J.VVF.ST.
SEED OATS.
aaa BUSHELS FINE SKEW OATS, for
Z,Uu'! site by ,[dec23wtt] BUHFHEUU & MOSS.
CORN! CORN!
10,000 BUSHELS OF CORN
For eale by SHEPHERD & MOSS,
dec23—wtf at Redd’s Old Corner.
FIEL.D PEAS
FOR SALE BY
Decß3—wtf. SHEPHERD & MOSS.
BACON, LARD,
BUTTER, POTATOES,
FOR ALE BY
Dec23—wtf SHEPHERD & MOSS.
KOBT. B HARRIS. W. B. KEEBLB.
BOBT B. IIARRTS & CO.,
WHOLESALE &, RET VIL GROCERS,
Keceiving, Forwarding & Commis
sion Merchants,
IARKINSVILLE, JACKSON COUNTY, ALA.
WILL abend promntlyto Buying and Selling (train, Cotton
and Produce generally. Orders lor Grain,&c., solicited.
August 12th, 1856. wly ’
Columbus Bank Stock.
“VTOTfCR is hereby given that I have this day sold to John
J\ w Brown ten shares of the above named Stock benig
the whole amount of which I am interested Hi said -
Nov. 8,1856.-w3m _ GLO. UINS.
BACON!BACON!
10,000 lbs. Choice Tennessee Bacon,
Just received and for sale by
JEFFERSON Sc HAMILTON.
September 2,1856 —wit
CIGAR MANUFACTORY",
CRAWFORD STREET,
gggy Two Doors below llanktn's Corner.
THE subscriber keeps constantly on hand the finest HA
VANA CIGARS, and oilers them for sale at the
lowest prices,by Wholesale and Retail. A good I°* °J
American Cigars. Also, every variety ot Chewing and
Smoking Tobacco, Pipes,Snufi, end all the articles usual
ly iound in an establishment of thiskind.
’ All ooods sold by me are warranted genuine and tree
from defects of any kind. Orders Irom the country care
fc&dlsSrA““” JAMES ESTEVEZ.
“the union of the states and the sovereignty of the states.”
COLUMBDS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1857.
LAND FOR SALE.
h THE Subscriber offers so; eale about 4000 acre?
1-and,comprising 700 acres bottom laud, abou:
acres ferule hammock, 600 to OOOacres nov
m cul ivation, in good repair and well watered—tin
balance good oak, hickory and pine land, with an excellent
range tor stock.
Tne improvements are a good dwelling houseand all nec
essary buildings fur plantation purposes.
These lauds art- located on Pei Fiver, in Barbour r and Pil.t*
Counties, on tne Rond leading from LoiUHviU< to MonticelW
by ‘-Hobdy’s Bridge,” and willbesold LOW FOR CASH,an*:
iuqiuiUiiies to suit Purchasers. Aio the entire .stock of cat
tle, hogs and sheep, are ofl't red for
Persons wishing to purchase, can gain all information by
examining thopromises and consulting the subscriber.
Il* HOBDY,
Julyl—wt*’ Pike County, Ala.
FAGUERREAN AND PHOTOGRAPHIC
GALLERY.
s.-^.3cia^
BEE AT FIOTUEE GALLERY,
is at last completed, and vies with any place of the kind m
the Southern World.
r JHIIE undersigned has spent time and money in the ar-
JL rangement and completion of his Photographic de
partment. Has visited the North and taken instruction
under the most able Artists in the profession, and doesooi
intend his pictures shall be surpassed in the United States,
lias an entirely new plan for taking AMBROTYPES—
they are colored beautifully, and not reversed.
PHOTOGRAPHS
IN OIL. WATER OR PASTELL.
ALL, who wish nature’s perfect likeness to adorn a par j
lor wall, should have a painted Photograph. They have
superceded oil portraits in the United States and Europe.
Mr. R. has one ol the most proficient colorists in the coun
try to paint his pictures in the above styles.
They can he inserted iu Pi N Sand LOCK LI’S as beau
tiful iu effect, as an Ivoiy Miniature, but far superior in
point ot Likeness, and as large as desired. JbaGies and
Gentlemen visiting the city who wish Photographs must
call at the GALLfeiRY as soon as convenient, as it re
quires some time for the coloring. Those who live at a
distance that have small pictures they wish Photographed
and colored to life, can forward them Ly mail, giving col
or of hair and eyes. Lovers of nature and oi nature’s art,
and the public generally are invited to call.
GALLERY IN
JONES’ NEW BUILDING,
Over S. B. Purple’s Jewelry Store, corner Broad and Ran
dolph Streets, Columbus, Ga.
oct3l—twtf A. J RIDDLE, Proprietor.
FOR SALE.
ONE of tin-most dvtirahld residences in the
fjjililjS city, situated on the corner of Brvan and.Mc-
I*lniosh streeis, continuing j-ix rooms, all new,
juses •’>>* been recently completed. On the Jot
are a good Kitchen, Smokehouse, Carriage
house and stable. Also, aline Well ot water with Bath
house attached. A good young negro taken in part pay
ment For terms apply to A. B RAGAN, or
nov2B—twtf A. K. .tYER.
Physicians
fAND those In want of Medicine, aft er the usual hour
of closing at night, can be eerveu by calling at the back
room over our .Store, which is accessible by a flight of
stairs from tbe front.
February!— twtf BROOKS & CHAPMAN
TO RENT.
J*. A A Comfortable Dwelling Hou?e on Crawford
s£2b Street, between Jackson and Troup Street.*.
SfcS. Apply to R. J. MOSES,
Treas. Muscogee Build. &. Loan Asso’n.
Columbus, Dec. 31—twtf.
WATCH REPAIRING.
MY frieudsand patrons are hereby informed that I
have permanently with me two of ibe best
J l * & Watch-Makers in the Union. All work prompt-
VV• >, jcr■ ;• executed in the best niann. r.
All Kinds of Jewelry repaired*
Watches a <d Jewelry at reduced prices for cash.
Call and see A. 11. Die WITT,
Columbus, Ca.Nov.2B. twtf
MR- FTm EOFGE,
WOULD respectfully announce to the citi
zens of Culumbus and vicinity, that hehaslo
cated himeeil permanently tor the purpose ol
giving'instruciion on ilie
PIANO, GUITAR, VIOLIN AND FLUTE.
H iving had an experience of fifteen ye?irs, he trusts that
will be a sufficient guarantee for his capability.
He will take classes on the Violin or Flute.
Pianos tuned at the shortest notice.
Orders le!t at Messrs. Vandenßergor Carter’s Music Stores
will be promptly attended to. <aurß—twtf
DRS. SCHLEY & DAVIS.
OFFICE OVER ST. MARY'S BANK BUILDING
ocl27 —twtf UPSTAIRS.
QUPERIOR YARNS, Rope, Sewing Thread, Wrapping
O Twnie, Mattresses, and Pure Wool Kerse>s, I.insejs,Rolls
tec.,ire., lor ale at low cash prices.
mar2l—wtwtf AT WINTER FACTORY,
npnis iistonlfhin? and unequalled rreparation has never
1 railed to produce a growlhon Bald Heads, when used
according to the directions, aud turn hair back to its original
color, alter having become gray, and reinstate it in all its
original health, ius're, softness, rnd beauty, lten.oves at one
all scurf, and unpleasant itching, scrolula, eruptions, and
feverish heat from the scalp. It also prevents the hair from
becoming unhealthy and falling .off aud hence acts as a per
feet
Hair Invigorator ami Tome.
We annex a lew certificates, to corroborate our assertions:
State of Illinois, Carlisle, June 27, 1851.
I have used Prof. - > J. Wood’s Hair Restorative and have
admired its wonderful effect. My hair was becoming, a, I
thought,permanently Rta>, but by the tiseot the “lteriofa
tive,” it has resumed its original color, and I have uodouut,
permanently so. PIDNEY BRcIES!?,
Ex-Senator United States.
A gentleman in Boston writes to his friends in New Bedlord,
thus:
To your enquiries I would reply, that I first commenced
using*Professor Wood’s Hair Restorative, my hair was almost
white anti had been so for the last ten years; and it was ver -
thin on the top of mv head, and very loose, and pu;kd oi
freely; hut I iound that before i had used all the second bot
tle, (which was eight weeks,) my hair was entirely char,ed
lo its original color, (light brow n.) and is now tree Irorn dan
druff amt quPemoist. I hare had my haircut five or six tinu s
sinte the change, and have never seen anything like gray hair
starting from the roots; and it is uow as thick as it evor was
and doesnotcome out at all. It has prevailed in my case ail
that I could wish to ask. Yours, etc.
July J, 18.35.
Gardiner, Maine, June 22, 1854.
Dear Sir* T have used two hotties of Professor Wood's
Hair Restorative, and can truly say it is the greatest discove
ry of the age, for restoring nod .changing the hair. Before
using it. I was as gray as a man o= seventy. My hair has
now attained its original color. You can recommend itto the
wot Id, without the least liar, as my case was one of the wore,
kind. Yours, D. N. MURPHY.
St. Louis, March 7, 185-1.
PROFESSOR WOOD—
My hair commenced falling off some three or lour tears
since, and continued to uo to until 1 became quite bald. 1
tried all the popular medicines ot the day, hi.t to no (fleet.
At last I was induced to try your celebratc-d Hair Restora
tive and am happy to say it is doing wonders. I have now a
fine growth of young hair, and cheerfully recommend its use
to all Similarly afflicteuU WJLUAM3 m gecond AVeet _
Basin, Mich., August 2, 1855.
Thisis to certify, that'one yearago, I was quite gray and
my hair so thin upon thetop of my head, that 1 leared lts en
tire loss. In this condition, 1 applied lor and obtained a bot
tle ol Prof. Wood's Hair •‘Restorative,” and beic.ro I had used
one quart bottle, the gray hairs bad entirely disappeared and
It had thickened up, so as to lie as full as usual ~ar.d it assum
ed a glossy appearnnes, apparently more ‘beautiful than ever
It was before. 1 do therefore, cheerfully recommend it to
all those ladies who value a beautitul head of hair, i will al
so state that I use it now, occasionally, for its healthy and
beautifying effecia. SARAH J . bROW N.
Chicago, May 1,1854.
I have used Professor Wood’s Hair , Restorative to deemed
advantage. It prevents the hair Irorn coming out, gives it a
gloss and softness very desirable. The lew gray hairs i had
have entirely die ppeared. Others of my lamily have used
it and concur with mo iu pronouncing il all it professes to be.
it, ana uo „ HENRY A. CLARK, Michigan Avenue.
St. Louis , Sept. 20,1853.
PROF. O.J. WOOD— „ . _
gin [ have used nearly three bottles of your Hair Restor
ative and have found Us effects very satisfactory. It has en
tirely destroyed all dandruff from my head, and restored my
hair to its original c lor, which had gray^^
KIVLIN THOM AS & rtO.,sole agents in Columbns.
Sold at 114 Market street , St. Louis, Missouri, SI6
Itroadway, New York, and by alt Druggists everywhere. AU
Liuds of tamu. patent me,Heines for sale,on the beet posibte
terme at Projeetar Woof. sstMislmsnt 114 Market street,
St. Louie. Veftu— wtetlfd”
Congressional Proceedings.
The Death and Funeral of Mr. Brooks, of
South Caroliua.
IN SENATE.
Washing ton, Jan. 29.
DEATH OF MR. BROOK?, OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Mr. Rusk observed that, in view of the solemn ceremo
nies in which they werere about to engage, it would not
perhaps be delicate to proceed to the consideration of leg
islative bqsiness, and he would, therefore, move that the
Chair be vacated until a communication was received from
the other House
Tne suggestion met with a unanimous response.
The President of the Senate tMr. Mason) announced
that the Chair would be considered vacant until the com
rnunication was received from the House.
At about half past ]2 a message was received from the
House of Representatives announcing the death of Mr
Brooks and the pioceeding9 had thereon ; when
Mr. Evans, of South Carolina, addressed the Senate as
follows:
The relation in which I stand to the deceased seems to
require that 1 should say something ou this iiielancnoly
occasion. I have known him for many years; and tiie
more that I have known and tne more that I have sen ol
him the higher has he risen in rny regard, and the deeper,
the deeper is tne distress and affliction which l feel for his
early death. Mr. President, I would that this tribu'e to
his memory could be paid by my worthy colleague, who
could do it so much better than I can hope to do. But his
grief lor the loss of a dear friend and relative is too over
wh ‘lining to allow him to give utterance to his feelings on
dais saa event.
When those who have lived out their time are gathered
to their fathers, it is an event in the history ot man which
makes but little impression ; hut when a man, in the prime
of life, in the midst of his hopes, is suddenly cut down,
surrounded by all the endearments of domestic life, w itn
the prospect ol great public utility before him, it is an
event which strikes deep into the human heart It teaches
us painfully the uncertainty ol human life, which has been
aptly compared to the grass of the field, which shoots forth
and flourishes to-day, but to-morrow is cut down and with
ers iu tiie evening sun.
Sir, my sympathy i3 painfully excited. My heart bleeds
when 1 think of the maddening grief, the desolation of all
the cherished hopes of the future which the nws of his
death will carry to iiis widow-mother, his devoted wife,
and his little children. All that we can do is to mingle
our grief with theirs, and te>ti!y our respect for the many
noble qualities of tho deceased sou, husband and father,
and patriot. Time, it has been said, will wear out the
traces of the deepest sorrow. God grant it may be so
wih them.
Preston S. Brooks descended from a stock which did
good service in the trying times of the Revolutionary war.
liis lather, Whitfield Brooks, was a man of science, of libe
ral education, and polished manners. His mother, who is
still alive, is one of Jhe moat estimable lames within the
circle of my acquaintance.
Their son, Preston S. Brook-, was born in 1819, and
was a little over thirty-seven at the time of his death. He
received a liberal education at the South Carolina t-ollegc
and was admitted lo'the practice of Jaw in 1843. In 1846
a call was made for volunteers fur the Mexican war. Jn
his native district of Edgefield he raised a company of oue
hundred men, of which he was unanimously elected cap
tain. He was mustered into the seruice of the United Slates
and marched to Mexico, where the Palmetto regiment, of
which bis company was a part, was distinguished through
out the war lor its bravery and for all those qualities which
eooble and dignity the soldier’s life.
When the war was ended lie returned to his native dis
trict and devoted himsflf to the planting inteiest. By the
introduction of that order arid system which is best learn
ed in the discipline of the camp he became a successful
planter.
Col. Brooks was elected in 1852, on Mr. Burt’s declin
ing a re-election, to the House of Representatives for the
Thirty-third Congress by a constituency who had never
been otherwise represented than by a man of note among
his fellow 8. Amonff these may be named R. Goodloe
Harper, John C. Calhoun, and George McDuffie. 1 select
these as most distinguished, without mention ot others who
in their day boie a high reputation for usefulness and
statesmanship.
The man who succeeded such men had an arduous duty
to perform to fulfil the expectations of those who sent him.
In the discharge of the dunes of his station he was modest
and unobtrusive , yet, when the occasion required, he spoke
his sentiments with eloquence, openness, candor, and sin
cerity, which won him the respect of all, even of those
who were not convinced by his argument. Tbe manli
ness of his’character, the urbanity ot tiis manners, that true
nofiter w hich is the offspring of benevolence, had made
him a general favorite, and many watm personal friends
over, among IliS political iqjpoUClltS at a lime of uiuuuul
party bitterness.
But I will say no more. Other Senators I presume de
sign to pay theft tribute of respect to the memory ot ttie
deceased. Nothing which we can do can restore him
to hi* family, h'S friends and his country. We must
bow in submission to the will ot our Almmhty Father,
who, we are taught to believe, does not afflict His chil
dren in vain.
1 beg leave, in conclusion, to offer the following resolu
tions :
Resilved, That the Senate has received with deep sen
sibility the message from the House of Representatives an
nouncing the death of the Hon. Preston S. Brooks, a Rep
resentative from the State ot South Carolina.
Resolved, That in token of respect for the memory of
the deceased, the Senate will attend his funeral at the hour
appointed by the House of Representatives, and will wear
the usual badge ot mourning for thirty days.
Mr. Hunter, of Virginia, said: I rise to second, with all
my In ait, the resolutions which the Senator irorn South
Carolina has offered as a token of respect to his deceased
colleague, whose character and high qualities he has por
trayed with so much of truth and feeling. As’ w'e gather
around the grave of a departed brother, not only is friend
ship eager to present the tribute of its affection, but even
enmity, if it be the enmity of a generous mind, is ready
to bm v with him its bitter recollections and animosities as
an offering to the common brotherhood of humanity.—
Who of us dues not lerl that when one has paid the last
debt of nature he has settled his accounts with man?
Who, too, could stand by the last resting place of a fellow
being, and deepen its gloom by casting upon it the darker
shadows of his mortal hate I Here, sir, at the thres
hold, as it were, ot these portals through which the spirit
of a brother has just passed from time to eternity, we bury
the recollections of the past in our contemplations of the
future, whose dark curtain hides from our eager scrutiny
the way which we ourselves so soon must tread. It is
upon such an occasion as this, and in contemplation of
such a journey, that we would divest ourselves of all those |
feelings which might prove evil companions by the way.
Mr. President, Preston S. Brooks has gone to his long
home, where no human voice can reach him more. De
traction has no shall that can touch him now, nor can
even flattery’s voice “soothe the dull cold ear of death.”
Lite’s fitful fever is o’er. Its passions lie hushed and still
in slumbers long and deep, nor can the storms ofathis world,
ot its cares, or its sorrows, ever disturb them again- May
a kindly spirit watch over and preserve the quiet of his deep
repose ; for his must have been a kindly spirit to have, drawn
to him, as with links ol steel, so large a circle of affection
ate friends. His love of his dependents, tho devotion of
his family, and tho warm attachment of his friends are evi
dences ot his high and generous qualities and of his genial
and attractive nature. He has served his country in war
and peace, and in all capacities he has won and retained
the confidence of his constituents.
But, Mr. President, it is not my purpose to deal in the
language of mere idle eulogy. Every human life is a his
tory. The events of his have been told by another. Let
that history speak for itself. Still less do I mean to intrude
upon the sacred privacy of domestic grief. Alas, sir, what
consolation could any man offer to a bereaved mother who
survives to mourn a much loved son, buried in an untimely
grave? or to the wife, upon whom the unexpected message
tell from the telegraphic wires as a thunderbolt from Hea
ven? or to those phildreifisome of whom rnay be old enough
to understand and appreciate their loss?’ He alone who deait
the blow can heal the wound.
Nor do I intend to pursue the dead with vain regrets.—
It is true that death’s blow is most startling when it strikes
down the young in the flush and prime of manhood and
in mid career We feel as if the bo>k of file had been
closed whilst half its tale remained untold The order of
nature appears to be reversed when those who, in its usual
course, ought to have led the way, follow him to the tomb.
It been said that, in the death ot the young, life’s year
is robbed ofils snnqg. A-ncj yet, sir, had ihtjt year railed
on who can say how weary might Kaye been its suiqmer,
< r how much sadder still its autumn and its close ? Who
knows ih'ti suchm ght not have been the case in which
u rhe wfger mind
Mourns less f< r what Time ta'res away
Tuan what it leaves behind?”
We may estimate, in part at least, fwhat is lost by the
death of a friend? but none can tell what is saved to him
selt unless he can read the secrets of human destiny, t whose
book is sealed and put away from our view.
But w-hilst I will not presume to question the purposes
of Providence, the heart may find relief in performing the
last offices of friendship; and we may feel that to respect
the dead is to honor humanity itself. We, foo, may gath
er from the thrilling event which has occurred in ourjnidst
some lesson of useful instruction to ourselves. We may
be thus admonished of the slender thread by which wo
hold to life —so slender that even the wiods of heaven may
snap it should they visit it top roughly. We may be more
impressed,too, wjih the necessity of turning to the best ao
count those golden opportunities which are by
the wasting sands of life —sands which cappor he many,
and may be very lew, according to the will of Him whose
purposes are unknown to us. I commend, then, that cus
tom of the Senate, honored alike by time and experience ;
by which, upon such occasions as this, it suspends its usu
al business to afford a season to its members in which they
may turn aside from their daily pursuits, their worldly
schemes and machinations, to pause by the grave of a
brother,and take to heart the sad lesson of mortality
which his death may teach us. Happier it will be for us
ail should we return from such contemplations with a kind>
lier spirit to each other, and a deeper sense of the duties
which we owe to the great brotherhood of humanity, and
to Him who rule? the issues of our destiny.
Mr. Toombs,.of Ga , said: ,Mr. President, in thisafilict
ing dispensation of Divine Providence we are again re
minded “whai shadows we are and what shadows we pur
sue.” Death has come in our midstand claimed a vie
tint. The victim was not selected from those who, after
a long career of usefulness and honor, after .drinking life’s
cup to the dregs, in the course of a kindly nature arc ri-
pened for the grave; here death in the midst of its grief is
not without its consolations. Nor was he selected from
those who had been warned by disease, pain and long sul
fering, and shattered constitutions of the approach ot the
great enemy of mankind; here, too, he is often disarmed,
and inflicts no pang upon the dying, except the tempered
sorrows ofSurviving Iriends. Nor yet from those who,
having passed life’s meridian with firm and unfaltering
-tep and undiminished faculties, are still treading the
downward road to the grave. But it has gatheied man
hood in its early vigor, almost liugeriug on the lap of
youth. Here he is truly the King of Terrors, strewing his
pathway wiih mournings which will not be comforted,
with blasted hopes, with broken hearts.
It is not sot me to enter into the hallo wed precincts ot
domestic grief, not even at this moment, devoted to thi
memory and friends ot the dead. It is not in the endear
ing relations of domestic life,’ over .which our friend cast
joy and gladness, J feel privileged to enter. In him many
of ur- have lost a friend, the country a patriot statesman —
a pa’riot having high hereditary claim* upon the gratitude
of that country, doubly fortified by hi3 own too briet yet
faithful services to her, both in her legislative halls and on
her battle fields. It is as the true man, the patriot states
man, that I would contemplate him. Asa man he pos
sessed those high qualities of head and heart which surely
win and keep confidence, e-teem and friendship. Truth,
sincerity, kindnesss, courage and courtesy were stamped
upon his moral nature. Though quick to resent an insult,
he was generous, kind, and even gentle in .his nature; and
it gave him more pleasure to repair a wrong done by
himv It than to right one inflicted on him by another. He
was distinguished bv vigor and sprightltuess of intellect,
which was cultivated, stiengthened and adorned by large
educational attainments. At an early ago lie entered the
<egal profession, where his promising success was soon in
terrupted by a call from his country to the battle fields of
Mexico. A captain m the Palmetto Regiment, it is suf
ficient for his fame to say that he shared the perils and hon
ors of that distinguished corps. Having returned from
Mexico, he resumed the pursuits of private life, but was
soon called by tbe people of the Ninety six district to re
present them in the Congress of the United States “It was
the home of himself and ol his ancestors, an 1 the lathers
of those who called him into their service had served
sfe ulder to shoulder with those dhcestors in our revolu
tionary struggle, a >d had given one of them the same ev
idence of their confidence and regard. To this district,
wiih its many other historic claims to distinction, besides
the other true patriots and statesmen whom it had given
to the public councils, both living and dead, the country is
indebted for those distinguished statesmen and patriots,
Harper, Calhoun and .McDuffie, uow no more, but w ho are
already enrolled among those “lew’ immortal names that
were not born to die.”
Mr. Brooks came among us in troublesome times. The
genius of discord brooded over our national councils.—
Sectional strife had driven concord and fraternity from our
legislative halls and reigned supreme .States, statesmen,
and principles, loved, honored, and revered, garnered up
in the heait of hearts of one portion of the people, were
objects ol the bitterest vituperation and invective by the
representatives of another. Entering Congress in this cri
sis, he threw himself into the conflict with characteristic
decision and firmness, on the side of and ity of his convic
tions, of his country, and wiih distinguished ability and el
oquence, sustained the rights and honor of that constitu
ency who had so many claims upon his affectionate de
votion.
He retained, what he justly merited, the undiminished
confidence of his constituents; who had returned him witii
singular unanimity to the next Congress; and hut few men
of his years gave better promise of a long and useful and
honorable earner. But the fiat ot an overruling Providence
is issued, and he is numbered with the early dead, leaving
to friendship to miticam its sorrows with the pleasant
memory of his many virtues, and the yet sterner consola*
tion that it may truthfully write upon his tomb, “This was
a man.”
The resolutions were unanimously adopted.
The Senate then returned to the House of Representa
tives to attend the funeral services, and having returned to
the Senate chamber,
On motion of Mr. Toombs, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Rev. Daniel Waldo, chaplain to the House, offered ap
propriate prayer, when the Journal of yesterday was read.
Mr. K< itt, of South Carolina, then rose and addressed
the House as follows :
Mr. Speaker, it. is my mournal duty to officially an
nounce to the House the death of the Hon. Preston S.
Brooks, one of its members from the Stale of South Caro
lina.
Mr. Brooks died at his residence in this ci!y on Tuesday
evening, the 27th instant, at 7 o’clock. His disease was
acute mHamation of the throat; and so swiftly fatal was it
Mat not even his medical advisers believed him to be in
danger until within the briefest possible period before his
ttuience availed not; skill availed not; delicate
assiduous attentions availed uot. Yonder vacant seat,
badges of mourning, and sorrowing Iriends attest that he is
gone from among us.
Mr. Brooks was born in Edgefield District, South Caro
lina, iu August, 1819. His tather was Whitfield Bricks, a
son of Z. W. Brooks, who had gone through the suffering s
and gathered some of the honors of our Revolutionary
stiuggle. His mother wos Miss Mary P. Cat roll.
Ho was educated at the South Carolina College, which
he left in 1839, receiving one ot its distinctions. Jn May,
1813, he was admitted tons bar, and iu November, 1844,
was elected to the General Assembly of tho State. In
1846, when troops were called tor by the Federal Govern
ment to repel the invasion of Mexico upon our soil, his na
tive dLti for (Edgefield) furnished a company to tho Palmet
to Regiment, ol which he was unanimously elected cap
tain, and was mustered into the service in December of that
year. He shared the earlier and later events of the cam
paign between Vera Cruz and the City of Mexico, having
in the mean time been recalled hontu by a severe and ex
hausting attack ot illness.
After the close of the war ho withdrew from the bar,
and devoted himself diligently to the pursuits of agricul
ture. Asa planter he was eminently successful. While
engager! on lus plantation, Mr. Burt, the then Representa
tive of the “ninety-sixth district,” voluntarily retired from
the trust, and Mr. Brooks was elected his successor in Feb
ruary, 1853.
He came here the Representative of a proud and gal
lant constituency—a constituency whose history had been
iliu-trated by the virtues, the statesmanship, and the elo
quence ot Robert Goodloe Harper, John C. Calhoun, and
George McDuffie.
I w ill not speak of his services here. In the archives of
tbe country are the monuments of his reputation ;in the
hearts of those who served with him upon this floor are tiie
testimonies to hi- character
lu fancy, Mr. Brooks was chaste, and in judgment, solid
and discriminating ; in diction, he was simple, and in tas:e
relined. No indirection marked him either mentally or
morally.
In Ins bearing lie w r as manly, and in intercourse, gene
rous : in dispute he w'as sincere, and in friendship, tenacious.
Failings he had, tor they are the allotment ol humanity ;
but long may the country mourn ere it mourn $ better pa
triot or a uobler spirit.
Mr. speaker, had lie fallen in the evening of life, or had
he even sunk down under the gradual inroads of disease, I
could have realized his extinction in death. But for his sun
to set while in its noonday blaze, it is hard to feel that it will
rise no more. For years we have been on terms ol extreme
intimacy, and he is still to me a presence Even now the
living man, in the glory of his intellect and manhood, and
the dead man in his dreary shroud, struggle tor the mastery.
Alas ! the struggle can be but a brief one ; for death has its
victims, and, though its stings may be taken away,on earth
it hao no conqueror.
Sharp, howeve'r, as may be our pang?,sharper far will be
the pangs in yonder sheltered home. There a str.cken wife
and four orphan children will be smitten with the awful tid
ings to-day announced. Within the sanctities of that home
I will not intrude, but I supplicate Heaven for balm to their
crushed and bleeding hearts.
Mr. Speaker, let there be reverence to the memory and
peace to the ashes ol the dead, and let us mingle oqr trib
utes with the funeral offerings whiph others will pour around
sos grayo, A confiding constiuency wiil sob over it, and a
State which honored him will be choked wiih sorrow,
lor earth has ne’er pillowed upon her bosom a truer
son, nor Heaven opened wide its gates to receive a manlier
spirit.
In conclusion, Mr. Koitt submitted the following resolu
tions:
Resolved, That this House has received with deep sen
sibility the announcement of the death of Hon. Pre?ton S.
Brooks,a member ot this House from tfi@ State of South
Carolina.
Resolved, That this Hou : e lender to the family of the de
ceased the expression of ns sympathy on this affecting event;
and as a testimony of respect tot his memory, the members
gild oflicers of this House will wear ike usual badge of
mourning for thirty days. ,
Resolved, That the Senate be invited to attend the fune
ral ol the deceased iliis day, at 1 o’clock P. M.
Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be directed to
communicate a copy of these proceedings to the family of
the deceased.
Mr. Quitman, of Mississippi, said : I cannot permit this
sad occasion to pass without adding a few words to the
eloquent, just, and appropriate tribute which has been
paid to ‘he memory ol the lamented deceased by his friend
and colleague
lie whose sudden and untimely death we now mourn
was also my Irietid. Years ago, when the first down oi
manhood was upon his cheeks, 1 knew him. 1 had seen
him at Vera Cruz, sharing with his men the privations,
the dangers, and the tjtumphs of that famous siege
Whether marching through tiie scorching sands of a tropi
cal shore or traversing the frosty mountain passes, ho ever
exhibited the Bereue, eheertul, and determined bearing of
the soldier and gentleman In sunshine and in rain, by
day and by night, when pinched by hunger and thirst, as
we!! as when sutrounded with plenty, he well periormed
his duty.
lie was an officer ol that gallant Palmetto regiment,
which on a bright day in March, formed its line ol one
thousand men on the beach at Vera Cruz, and which,
when, 6 mouths afterwards, its flag, soiled by the smoke ol
battle, was planted on the gates of Mexico, could mu ter
but three‘hundred men fit for duty. Its brave and ac
complished commander. Colonel Fierce Butler, who fell
on the gory fi'-ld of Churubusco, was the blood kinsman
of the deceased. Its second field officer, Lieut. Colonel
Dickenson, having fallen in the same field, and its Major,
Gladden, severely wounded at the Belen Gate, the com
mand devolved on Capt. Dunovant, the brother in-law of
the deceased
On every battle field on which the standard of that regi
ment floated, though bathed in Carolina's iwat blood,”it
was ever borpp (0 victory. Such was my confidence in
tho officers and men of that regiment that, had it ever
been mv lot to see that proud flag laid low upon the
bloody field, I would have looked to find beneath its tat
e.vd folds the corpse of the last survivor ol that gallant
bind.
Five of the relatives of the late Capt. Preston S. Brooks
fell in the last battles of tbe valley of Mexico. He himself
had been compelled by severe illness, to return home, and
•did not rejoin his fegement until after the capture of the im
perial city.
At the commencement of this Congress, after years oi
separation, l again met my former comrade on this floor,
and n ceived daily evidences of his gentle and kind man
ner towards his friends. His soul was the abode of integ
rity and honor His intercourse with his.follow -men was
distinguished for simplicty, candor, and truth ; and all
will admit that he has left, sboit as his career has been,
upon our records repeated evidences of his talents and
abilities.
Mr. Campbell,of Ohio, said : Mr. Speaker, thodispen
sation which has deprived a Slate of one ot its members,
makes this a most solemn meeting ot the House ot Repre
sentatives The circumstances surrounding this sad and
sudden decease of a fellow member, when in the prime
of life and vigor of manhood, would justify the remark
that “He whodoeth all things welt’ ha? again repealed to
U3 with emphasis his warning, “In the midst ol life ye are
in death.”
Pivsion S. Brooks was elected three a member ol
this House by the people of South Carolina. He merited
their -confidence because he was the faithful advocate of
tneir political sentiment? and the jealous guardian of their
rights, their interests and their honor. My personal rela
lations with Mr. Brook- here were of such a nature as to
enable me to know and appreciate his virtues. He was a
man of kind heart and the mo.-t tender susceptibilities
His colleague (Mr. Keitt,) has well said that his friend
ship was of extraordinary tenacity. If these elements,
which are among the highest characteristics of true man
hood, ever led him to acts which our judgments would de
cide to be wrong, let us remember that “to err is human,
tc forgive divine.”
During his Congressional career, Mr. Brooks always
commanded friends and admirers in social life. He stood
by the bedside of his sick fellow member from your State,
Mr. Speaker, ministering to his wants through the weary
hours of night. Again, he was ready to peril his life in
defence of a member from Ohio whom he regarded as in
personal danger, incidents such as these within my own
knowledge, the records of the War Department, showing
that he responded promptly to the call ol our common
country, and the statement-just made by the gallant gen
tleman from Mis.-isj.ippi (Mr. Quitman) as to his valor on
the battle,field, are facts which will vindicate the state
ment that Preston S. Brooks was both .generous aud
bravo
1 will only add, Mr. Speaker, that for these reason?, and
cherishing a sympathy lor the iajnilyand friends thus terri
bly smitten, which t have no words to express, I support
cordially the resolutions.
Mr. Ulingman, of North Carolina, enid: Mr. Speaker,
coming a- 1 do from’ the same section of country to which
Mr Brooks belonged, [ hope the House will indulge me
for a few moments. A? his Stale and mine are contigu
ous, our district? were so near each other, and such was
the intercourse bnween our constituents that he was w< li
known and highly honored among those whom 1 represent.
Os the incidents of his life, both political ar.d military, the
gentlemen who preceded rue have so appropriately spoken
that nothing i- left for me to add.
My personal acquaintance with him began with the
commencement of iusseivice in this House; aud the fact
that we represented adjoining States and those who were
united by many ties, both in the past and the pre.-ent, to
gether with great similarity in our political feelings and
views, at once made u? intimate friends. Even now, while
I attempt to speak, so many recollections crowd on me of
incidents that were interesting and touching in our personal
mtorcouce, that it is difficult for me to avoid the expression
of feel ngs that might seem out of place here.
1 he presence ol death, always painful, is doubly appal
ling when it comes suddenly and fulls on oue in the vigor
of manhood, with bright prospects before him. No one
among us,can look to the future with]moro confidence than
lie might well have done. With hi? own immediate con
stituents his popularity was unbounded. He had, too, the
confidence of his native State—a ‘State eminently distin
tinguished for the generosity with which she appreciates
merit in her son.?. He had already likewise acquired dis
tinction in the national councils. If to ensure success iu
statesmanship it were indeed necessary, as some have sup
posed, that one should he an adept in the arts of deception
and hypocrisy, then only woulu lie have been unfitted for
s ;ch a theatre; for he was pre-eminently frank and manly.
Sooner than harbor a thought requiring concealment, he
would have thrown it away, aseomething unworthy to be
retained.
He usually followed hi? impulses because, he never
doubted their innocence and propriety. While Jprornpt to
meet what ho regarded a? an injury or as insult, ho was
ever more prompt to make amends for any unintentional
wrong to another. liis generosity in this respect was un
surpassed. lie carried it sometimes to the extent ot jeop
arding his own rights rather than fall short of all that was
due to another. Possessed of the highest order of courage,
he retained with it all the kindness and amiability of child
hood. So endowed, it i? not strange that he had a large
circle oi warm and ardent personal friends. Favorite as hu
was of South Carolina, the sudden termination of hi? ca
reer will produce a profound melancholy throughout her
entire length and breadth. The truthfulness and directness
of his chaiactor, not less than his intellectual qualities,
have endeared him to thousands in a State whose citizens
aie distinguished lor the ardor of their attachments and
the generosity of their emotions. ;lt will be long before
his name can be there pronounced without calling up sen
sation? of the deepest sorrow.
These painful and saddening occurrences are resting pla
ces in the struggles of life; but all of us have duties and
some have hopes to carry the mind forward, and we should
ever have present the idea that while life itself will fade,
the recollection of great and noble acts gives it even here
upon earth a sort ol immortality.
Mr. Savage, of Tennessee,Said: Mr. Speaker, ldo not
approve of so much talk at any time, yet i should not well
represent my constituency or do justice to my own feel
ing? by remaining wholly silent on thi? sad occasion. The
mighty has fallen in the bright day of his glory; but it i?
not in accordance with my tenets to lament any man’s
death because his life has b< en short. Few men five or
die as they desire. To five long i? of but litile importance
to the true man; to die nobly is file’s chief concern. His
tory records but one Thermopylffi; tlu-re ought to have
been another, and that one for Preston S. Brooks. Brave,
patriotic and unselfish, if he had been permitted to choose
his own death, I fee! confident he would have fallen in
some great battle for the public weal. But that mighty
Power which controls and governs all things, from an at
om to the universe, has decided otherwise; and it is riot
my will nor habit to question the will or ways of Omnipo
tence
1 was liis friend; that I should speak as such is to be ex
pected; but throughout this broad land the bosom of man
hood wili heave with sorrow and the eye of beauty be wet
in tears for the departure of this gallant spirit. Yet all
these things are powerless to bung him back again Death
heeds not the voice of friends, the weeping of nations, the
shouts oi battle, the trumpet’s clangor, nor the cannon’s
roar.
The question v\ as then taken on the resolutions, and they
were unanimously agreed to.
And, on motion ol Mr. Orr, of South [Carolina, a recess
was taken lor three quarters ol an hour.
The House re a-sernbled'at a quarter to 2 o’clock, Soon
after which the Hon. James Buchanan, President elect,
entered the hall, and was conducted to a seat by the prop
er officer.
The Supreme Court of the United States was then an
nounced, and shortly alter the committee of arrangements
appeared with the body.
The door keeper next announced the President of the
United States and the heads of the departments, and after a
briet interval the Semite ol the Un.ted States entered, pre
ceded by its officers.
The Rev. Daniel Waldo then addressed the Throne of
Grace in prayer, and delivered an appropiiate and impres
sive discourse from ihe words, “Today shall thou be with
me in Paradise” --Luke 23d c 43d v.
After prayer by the Kev. Stephen P. Hill, Chaplain to
the Senate, the funeral cortege moved from the Halt of the
House of Representatives to the Congressional Cemetery,
according to the order of proceedings as published yester
day.
At the conclusion of the funeral ceremonies, tho House
returned to its chamber and adjourned.
A Puzzle) ' —The M Hvaukie Sentinel having placed
on its bulletin board an announr. merit of the Pacific's
arrival, on which was written’, ‘‘War in statu quo,” too
men frn the country walked up to the board, and afttf
reading very demurely, “War in statu quo,” said one
of them, “where iu thunder’s that f” “i du*t know,”
said the other, “it’ll spread all over the world, yet.”—
“Shouldn’t wonder if it did,*’ said the first. This reminds
us of an anefliuto of a person who aflected profound
inform diou upon every subject, and w ho, while listening
wiih a crowd -4’ companions t> tho reading of “the latest
rom France,” hearing the words, “tho French have
taken uinbr-tge,” and wishing to show hia superior kaov.l.
edge, broke in >vi h,“;\h, indeed !; taken XJmbrnge. have
they ? I knew they*d beet) hesetging it for some time.”
The Christian Advocate proposes as a remedy for sui
cides the enactment ol a law consigning to the schools of
anatomy tho body of evety individual, of whatever rank
in life, whota a coroner’s jury. hould declare to have com
mitted felo de se.
Herodism in Turkey. —A writer from Constantino.,
pie tays:
Bytheouslom of the Ottoman Government, the sis
ters and mother sos the Sultan are allowed to rear only
their female offspring, the miles being strangled at their
birth. This is a strange policy, dating back to the reign
of some of the earlier Sulians. Its design is to prevent
the claims of ex'ra pretenders when the throne bteoinea
vacant. The sisters of the present Sultan have no sons.
The wife of the late Halil Pasha drew from her father
a solemn promise that her first child, if a boy, should be
allowed to live. It was a boy, and lived several days,
when, by order- of the timid Sultan, it was stranghd by
attendant eunuchs. Tfe shock to the mother was so
great that she soon followed her boy, frantically denoun
cing her father, the Sultan, for his cruelty.
[TERMS, $2 00 IN ADVANCE
From the Chronicle Sentinel.
Colporteur Convention.
Mr. Editor:— l promised to give you some report of
Mr. Cross’address on Thursday nignt. He entered on
the woik of Colportage in the service cl the American
Tract Society, in Virginia, oa the Ist of November, 1814,
and soon toued that thousands In the State weie living un
reached by any moral or leligious advantages, and pious
laymen could he employed successfully in the woik of
evangelization where ministers could not he obtained. By
the close ot the first year he ’had three nu n employed in
the northwestern part ol the State; at the end of the second
seven; at the close of the third year he had extended tho
w'oik down"'the Ohio to the line ot Kentucky, and had
thirteen men employed. By ti e end ot the fourth year he
had explored nearly ail that vast region between the Alle
ghany mountains and the Ohio river, and had 17 efficient
men at work. By the end of the tilth year he hud on the
same ground twenty-seven men. In the tall of 1849 he
had extended the woik in eastern Virginia, and had thirty
seven men at work, lu 1850 be had forty-one; in 1851 he
had fitly seven at work; in 1852 he had r -eyenty, 12 ol the
number students, during their vacations, and every year
since some have been employed. In 1853 the work was
extended into North Carolina, and had eight men employ
ed there and seventy two in Virginia. Jn 1854, tweuiy
foiir in North Carolina and sixty one in Virginia. In 1855
thirty in North Carolina aud sixty three in Vugiuia. In
1856 forty one in North Carolina and sixty in Virginia,and
at the present tune forty six in Noith Carolina and .-ixty
four in Virginia. The usual salary of a Colporteur is $l5O
per annum lor their service?, and SSO lor tne u.-e ot horse
and carriage, and thoir t:avHiug expenses paid.
Statistics in Virginia. —'l he amount of work done
would .have taken oue niau 203 years 9 month? and 3 days
to have performed. Amount ot sales amount
of grants to the poor and destitute $21,288x9; number of
meetings held 13,635; number oi families destitute ot ail
religious books except ihe Bible 22,130, number of families
destitue of the Bible 11,572; Roman Catholic families vis
ited 4,405; number of famines habitually neglecting to at
tend evangelical preaching 17,122; number oi families
prayed and conversed wiih upon tlo subject of pel sou a 1
religion 13 ),614; whole number of families vi.-ited by this
agency 223,927; total cost of the w ork 860,915 94; whole
number of lanuiies supplied with Bibles 8,349; number of
children gathered in baobab) Schools 35,000.
In North Carolina. —Tune ol service of one man 40
years; amount of sales ol books $18,018.90; amount of
grantss4,6l7.96; number.of meetings held 2,842; number
of tarnilies destitute ol the Bible 4,108; rimnfor of families
destitute ot all religious books except the Bible 9,938; num
ber of families supplied with the Biole 3,391; number of
Roman Catholic families visited 6gy; number ot families
habitually neglecting evangelical preaching 4,950; number
of families conversed and prayed wan 3i,602; whole num
ber ol tarnilies visited 57,309. Total co t of tue work
5511,696.22.
These figures tell a moral story, and let the citizen who
wishes well to his country ponder them; and .ask himself
cau’l 1 do something lor Mich an enterprise ?
Colportage in Georgia. —Time ol service It would
have taken one man 78 years, 4 months and nine days;
sales of books 840 982 00; gran's 7,650 01; number ol pun
lie meetings held 4,901; number ol families destitute ui all
religious books except the Bible 10,568: number oi Roman
Catholic families viMted BT6; number ot lanuiies habitual
ly neglecting evangelical preaching 6,402; number of tam
ilies conversed and prayed with 51,289; whole number of
families visited 98,858; number ot tami'ies destitute of the
Bible 4,751; cost ot tlio work $31,898.16.
The colportage work wa* commenced in this State in
December, 1843, and one k man was employed, Rev. Mr.
Safiord, the present iudelatigable General Agent pt the
State. In 1840 there were 8 men; in 1?47, 12; in 1848,f21;
in 1849,29, in 1850,27; in 1851,24; in 1852,43; in 1853,
23; in 1854,26; in 1855, 24: in 1856,20.
CoLi’oKTAGB in South Carolina, —Until within the
last four years but little or no interest was felt in South
Carolina in the operations of the American Traci Socie
ty. Indeed it was doubted whether such an organization
was needed in that Stale. Subsequent facts have removed
all doubts in regard to the matter, and it is now admitted
that this society is doing a work in the State w ich can
not be done by any other orgauizdUou in reference to the
work of this Society iu four years. It would have taken
one man 24 years and two months. Value of grants to
the poor and destitute $2,042. Number of families desti
tute of all religious books except the Bible 2,586; number
of public meetings addressed 872; number (of tarnilies des
titute of the Bible 1,145; number of tarnilies habitually neg
lecting evangelical preaching 1,722; number of tarnilies
conversed and prajed with 12,463; whole number ot fam
ilies visited 32 718; whole number of Colporteur's employ
ed 61; tliecost ol the work tor two years $3,200.
Cannot Be. —We find the lolfowiug going the rounds
of our exchanges. There must be s.mie ncM .ke about
it—the story has, dome h >w or another, obtained a wrong
location. Akin fothe words oSedijy th'e marchant, were
those employed once by no less a personage than Cole
ridge, and they therefore, have an almost c!a>ie origin
wo presume. We are fold that CuJuidge, during one of
his intermiuuble table-talks, said to Charles Lamb,
“Charley, did you ever hear ms preach ?” “I never
heard you do anything else*,” was the piompt and witty
reply, which has since become a by-word.— Carolina
Times.
“We ‘Aint got Anything Else.” —An honest back
woodsman, unacquainted with the sbing terms of the
day, recently went to a store at Columbia/S. C’., to pur
ch ;se a bill of groceries. Stepping up to the keeper of
tbe store, lie began wi;h—
“Have you got any sugar 1”
“We aiut gut anything else, 57 was the reply.
“Wtll, put me up 150 pounds and make out your bill.
I’ll call and settle, and get the sugar, in an hour or so.”
In an hour or two alter ibis, the gentleman called,
paid his bdl, and gut the sugar. As usual, the shopkeeper
sad
“Want anything else ?”
“I did want some three or four b'tgs of coffee, some
rice, spices, oil but I got them at another store.—
You told me you hadn’t anything else.”
Rock the Cradle , Ency. W e cull the following bonne
louche , from the poe.ic parterre of the New Yotk Daily
News, for the especial gratification of the yotmg papas
arid mammas, with their fits; babelet, for that£> the prop
er, as well as endearing, s .briquet of the first little one.
To call it babe would be too inagtfifequeut tor tb wee
thing ; to call it baby would .be too prosaic, for the p,>eliy
of thongbt, incarnated in, and the sanctity of feeling
that clusters about the first child, the bnd oj being, cling,
ing, with infant tenacity, to the parent stem—bab. let is
the word—the idea, the impersonation of ;1 i that is win
ning in infancy, hallowed in ? ffecifon. and touching in
tendrrneßs~ and tl ns it is sung, in appropriate ami be
witching strains, by M>me unknown bard :
Sonnet to a Babslet
Oh ! babelet, why that teal let,
A--gleaming in thine eyelet,
Thy hearth t—babelet—deaf let !
It should never know a sighfet.
A sinilct, on thy lipfet,
Sh aid glisten, little i velct 1
Os joy’s cup take ?i sipfe*..
Don’t cry, my pretty cfovtleL
A Poor Rbi.e that Wont Work Both Wats A
countryman once went into an Ordinary’s Office, and en
quired it that was the “place w here people go licenses to
git married.” Upon being answered in the affirmative, he
said he’d “take one.” Alter “taking one,” tie enquired
the price. The obliging official said: “Well, tho legai
(e is one dollar and fitly .-ix cents, but gentlemen gener
ally sice irhaleeer they please.” “Wai,” says the o.en
try man, “that's kind bv you,” at the same time throwing
down a quarter. Thai ordinary was ‘sold.’
Why is a shoemaker like an honest lover!
Because he is faithful to the last
An out west chap walking with a lady stumbled and
fell. The lady thinking to commissernte his mishap, un
solved that site regretted hisanluoky “faux pus.”
1 didn't hurt my lore paws, replied he, it was uiy knee.
uflow is it the husbandman and seamstress follow a sim
ilar occupation?
Because one gathers what he sows, and the other sews
what she gathers.
Why does a blacksmith seem the most dissatisfied of ail
mechanics!
Because he is always striking for wages.
Some person was asked why B. stood before C.
Because, was the answer, a man must B before lie can C.
A woman advertising lor a husba.id, wants him uot only
to be sit icily religious, but ot good character.
AJ Vice TO THE RISING GENERATION.
lii going to parties just mind what your'eat.
Beware ot your head, and lake care of your hat,
Lest you find that a iavorue ton ol your mother
Has an ache in die one and a brick iu the other.
f Boston Post.
ADVICE TO THE RE t 111 ING GENERATION.
In coming from parlies, too, tuiud what your'e at,
Keep pockets close buttoned—don’t walk like a “flat,”
Lest you find that an unlucky son of your mother
Gets his pockets well picked, while they “yarutte” the ot Aim.
[South Side Democrat, i a.
ADVICE TO THE IIONTINGTON GENERATION.
Iu dealing on Wall street, just mind what youi’e at,
Trust no other head titan the one iu your hat,
Lest you find thata.venturesome son ol your “ Ma”
Is “jugged” by his “pals,” like a used up “eat’s paw
[Aeio York Citizen.
ADVICE TO THE MARK TING GENERATION.
In going to marry, pray, mind what your’e at,
Idecure well the “tin” and the hair in jour hat’,
Lest you you find that a genuine son it! his dad,
Gets all “nix” for tiie one, ar.d the other pull’d bad !
[Abu Georgian.
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