The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-10-16
The late Col John Darrine,on.

in the ycar e0e. we copy the annexed notice
uf his death. which originally appeared in The
Mobile .Adrrrtiu", as there are doubtless many
anrny our readers who will rrco"ct him.
Tbs v-nriahlr and eminent man died ut his
rr>idcncc in Clark count, on the l2th instant,
in the 10Th year If his age. He b"re his pr"
,ractcd un! paiuI, illness with exemplary
paticnce and io:,tudr, expressing an entire
willing ur<s 10 mee, the stroke that awaited him.
He was surrounded by his family, his relatives
and friends, whose profound grief testified ho"
sincerely they drr"rcd his loss.
C,l Darlington was native of S"uth
Carolina H. WAS educatrd at Yale C"!lege.
and graduated with the highest honors Of his
class.
During several Of his collegiate years. he was
! the roulrl.mn,c and intimate companion IF MIR.
Calhoun. The friendship formed at this early
period continued through life, and their cores
pondence shows that this illustrious statesman
entertained u very high opiniun of his worth as 4
man as well as OF his intellectual endowments.
Ga leaving college he catered the Off c OF
Col. Blandng as law student in Camden,
South Carolina, where he continued about two
vears At this period \ war with Great Britain
was anticipated. General Snnpter, IN whose
vicinity, and nnder whose auspices he had heen
brought up, then member of Congress, obtain
ed for him Il captains commission, which he
nc. epted, and entered the army IN 1908, being
only q years otage.
The troops were stationed on the Mississippi
under the command of General Wilkins"n,
whi,kcr he repaired without delay. Here he
found Pike. Covinstun, Scott, Hamilton, ki"g
(BIackrock,) aud others, who were his conPan-
ions l., arms, while he remained i'll the servl'e
and who afterwards acquired so much dlstn'
ctipn on the Canada frontier.
He was the youngest man Of his grade in the
army. and lis finished education, his lofty MAR
tial bearing, his fue social qualities, gentleman
" department, and uncommon colloquial pow
ers. marked him As destined to ri,e to the
highest military rank.
Scott, then captain, WAS bitterly and rclcnt
lcsslv prosecuted hy the Commanding General,
!! and young Darlington, approaching the noble
traits Of his character, sustained him with u
cnnstancy and frmnr>s that never talthrrd.
4 friendship WAS established between Those
young officers that suffered no abatement by
time or separation.
After war WAS declared, and after the reverscs
sustained by the American forces under General
Hull, General Wilkinson WAS appointed to the
command Of the northern army, where liz was
Joined by Darlington and the officers before re-
fersd to- At this period he had been promoted
through Che grades of Major and Lieutenant
Colonel To the rank OF full Colonel and com.
maudrd thc-rcgimrut.
The want Of decision and energy in the COM
maudng General and the total inefiiciency Of the
War Department produced great dissatisfaction
and thcmo>t gloomy forrbuding> with the officers
They anticipated nothing better than defeat
and probable disgrace Many OF them resigned,
Col. Darlington among the rest, the example
being set by Gen. Hampton, TO whom the Col
oncl was much attached.
In 1917 Col. Darlington. with his ample for.
tune, removed 10 this State aud settled on the
Alabama river. Here, to the period OF his death
i" WAS occupied in suprintenling his plantations
in beautifying his grounds and attending to those
domestic avocatrns that were congenial to his
tastes His residence w;.@ clnphaticay y the home
Of his friends, t" whom nothing grattcd him
mnre thar to dispense the liberal and elegant
hospitality for which he MAS so much distinguish
ed.
In all the relations OF husband, l:arcnt, friend
and master, he WAS a model of excellence. whic!,
tie best amongst us might be ir"u. to imitat'.'
Rsv1vALs copy the following from
,lint Alexandria Sentinel OF Tuesday m"rning:
THE interesting revival Of religion heretofore