The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1854-08-05

Mf ocovfl, the private secretary of Mr. Calhoun
has recently rfablished iIis recoilcetIons of a
scene IN the last hours of the dying Statesman
Mr. s. says: .sSg sf,1sssE ses
His country, the South, aAl5d its future was
al to him. He did not tAre about his own
future. It wss small matter in lis cyes, as
the following act will show. For tyo. days be-
fore he died. when it was generally Known in
cajled at the house Iisfhysician. DIR. Hall,
insisted, for his own comfort, that he should
see as few as possible. Mr. Calhoun acauiesced
and added, Mr. Scesa knows who aasiIf SEE
and who not" /, of course, went.t0 tife. front
deem eileser the<feqReats of sL4sc II x1Iish-
ed : = : g = 2 Z So fntfs| g -
Calhoun was very ill-''too i'll to see any one y
Mr. Butler replied:
THAT is the very reason why he should see
me. Will you have the goodness to announce
me, and tell him that | wish to converse with
hlm as a minister of God, in reference to his
situation"
1 hesitated an instant, and then remembering
that Mrs Calhoun was communicant in the
Episcopal church, of which Mr. Butler was pas
tor, | concluded, if wished to stand we'll in
her future regard, l had better foreso nv de-
termination Of sending off Mr. Butler, and so ]
said 'wait Il moment" and left him standing
at the front door while | returned to the bed
side of Mr. Calhoun.
God bless his glorious soul! ! see him now
as saw him then, his head propped up bv pil-
lows-his pale, emaciated, but stern and com
'mandlng eyes piercing as an eagles, and fixed
upon me as l entered the room He knew !
had been to see some who called
"Who is it 2" he asked.
"Mr Butler sir"
"Why do you not bring him in at once9 1t
is his right, as my colleague"
is for R,,flnr e;r
"Butler? l don't know any othcr-wLo is
he 2"
1T is the chaplain of the Senate sir, the
Rev. Mr. Butler''
"What does he want 20
Gle says he has heard you are very low, and
considers it his duty to come and talk to you
about serious matters ~
''Send him off about his business TO come
to talk to me his nonsense, and at such time
as this y
/. l went to the door, and Informed the chap
lain that Mr. c. was too ill to see him."
"You certainly must be mistaken. Docs he
know it is me ?'
cut the matter short with decided! eyes,
sir, he does; and he says he don't waut to sec
and '. L,-~,,s,fHs5 --:-
with your name J"
The Rev Mr. Butler left, and when return
ed to the room the impudence of the call was
still in his mind. His eyes were closed, but ]
for such a purpose" ouny man not half
grown!' Subject that [ have thought of all
my life"
From Travels i'll Armenia" recently pub
lished work by the Hon. Robert Curzon, we
extract the following =
"Ecua Kura Dcgni= -s'The Bad Black Sea. -
This is the character that stormy lake has ac-
ouired in the estimation of its neghbors at Con
stantinople Of 1000 Turkish vessels which
skiD1nver it's waters cverys year, 500 are so
to Be wrecked as a matter of course TtAokSfnd
sometimes will blow from all the four quarters
oilheavea within two hours time, agitati:g the
ter. Ike boiling caldron..Dense fogs OBJ
scdfe tpo0ir during the winter, by the ASSISTANCE
of which the Turkish vessels continually mistake
the entrance of "a valley called the False Bogaz
for Stixn eph rance Of the BospholRS, and are
wra there perpetualy. l l'dEt seen dead
bodies hoat ting about in that part of the sea
where first became acquainted with the fac
that the corpse Of woman floats Upon its back
while that of man floats upon its face. Ii
short,pt Constantinople they say that ever,
| thin g0that is bad comes from t0e Black Sea
| the plague the Russians, the fogs, and the cold
| all come from thence; and though this time W
had fine calm passage, / was glad enough t.
| arrive at the end of the voyage at Trebizond
| Before lan4ing, however, l must give passn
| tribute tQihe beauty of the scenery nQp TIL
| north coast of Asia Mmor.-Rocks and hill
are its usual character near the shore, wit
higher mountains inland. Between the Bos
phorus and Heraclea are boundless fields o
coal, which crop out the side of the hills, St
| that no mining would be required to get th
| coal; and besides this great facility in its pro
duction, the hills of such easy slope tha
stram-road would convey the coal-wagon
! down to the ships on the sea-coast without an,
difficulty. No nation but the Turks would de
lay to make use of such IA so,lrce of enormou
wealth as this coal would naturally supply, whel
| it can be had with such remarkable ease so nea
| to the great ..Martime city of COnstantinople
1t seems to be popularity in human natur
that those who are too stupid to undertake an
useful work are frequently jealous of the inter
ference of others who more able and wiliin!
than themselves, as the old fable Of the dog il
the manager e,empli6es.
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| A MIsTAKE.-The statement copied into th
Intelgcncer this morning, from the Elmir
] (Ohioj Republican, saying that at the rccen
| trial of MIR John \. Collier, late Collector
the port of San Francisco at Ne" IOrk OIL
| suit instituted lv the Government to recort
| the balance due from him, the sealed vcrdit
| rendered eNonerates him from all indebtedne.
, to the United States, and charges them with
ICDaIance Of S3I 600 due him. is in all probabi]
ty, wholly incorrect. The matter has to be d
cded by the United States circuit court for tI
southern district of New York in ninety da,
after the close of the trial, on a case stated
I No Judgment has yet been rendered by I'll
court to the knowledge of any Of the Cover
ment officers.
: Since Golfers arrest by the marshal