Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-04-28

The nnInx 11lb@uh 0flxtnaliy written
Colquhon, tprunonnesd Coh0aa,l Add ssnanHled
from lhe Celtic highiands ~ Scosland. There
u something mere than = tradstion that the
Clan. Iying "a = dangerous coast "A that sea'
girt land, wsrc .killal wgsekers, and received
iheir namc ifom Frearh term ts.g pecsIlar
boat IN use nmOn1 thsm. Cglhonn ~ss the
mann.sof writing the hane soon after the ap-
peasance "A tho laaaily IA Aaa1gira, bat was
graaaally changed ~ calhoan, hsing ~ pro-
noaaced generally, esen cariy 10 the bayhood
VI the senator. Thsse ass some Old msa
among IA, ho~eses, whs siili sPeak u Cohoaa.
The Highland Clan ssans ~ have been ssry
Respectable, both in n1usi,ess and aslstsFy char.
actsr, according 10 The books u ilesshdsy, this
Bearberry lirtsUfas ara afsi. 90 10 haslls,
Byaoiieag Ran coA,l wAs honored a. their de-
vice or badge 0f Distinction. fheis taftan, a.
We learn from the same source. seema " have
been sufficiently magnlbccait the tvto~ing
were ia c0lox in the order ~ their arrange
ment: blue, black, blae, black. white, green,
red, green, white, black bl1e, black, blss.
fish has also been claimed by certain kne~ing
ones ot the family, as part Vt ~ sneiesi coal
OF arms, ia connection wilh uhish quite
Characteristic anecdo,e " told a the Sensation
illustrative Of his republican contsmrs Cor al
such silly relics Of darker age. femals
got this device 81 Inc Gshr aMhs IA il VERY
easily accounted icr," he replied, ain their old
haunts. they fell into the very bad habit u
stealing FISH, and have jadiciousIy placed me.
mento VI II on their escateheon.s
Patrick Calhoun, the father IL the Senator,
emigrated At the are Of ! = sometime between
the years l7a5 and l7lo, from Donegal co1nsy,
Ireland, 10 America, accom- panied by his mother
Catherine Calhoun, and several brothers.
His father had died previous 10 this event.
They settled first In Pennsylvania, bat hearing
of better lands in Virginia, the whole family
shortly after removed thithcr, and formed a.
settlement in Elizabeth county, western Var.
GINA. Here, Patrick having become ~ age,
married his FIRST wife, and lost her soon after-
wards by death. Overwhelmed with grief Mt
his unexpected misfortune, he resolved to seek
relief in exile from n scene IN which he could
no longer be happyi aud setting oai alone,
threaded his way 10 the wilds oil South Caroliua.
The Waxhaw settlement, on a creek Of the
same name, in the northern part Of the present
Lancaster District, had then been established,
and he found in il a convenient resting place.
Atth same period, the portion Of country now
known as Abbevil!e, was an unbroken wilder
ness, except the single settlement OF Old Ninety
six. whose village stood on the hill now crowned
with the interesting remains Of the old Star
fort of Revolutionary memory. IL had been
for ages the hunting ground OF the Indians,
and was recently become famous among the
adventurous hunters Of the nearest while settle
ments. Calhoun met with party OF these,
and received from them SO glowing an account
Of the Flatwoods, of the exceeding fertility Of
the soil, and abundance of game. that he de-
termined to visit it himself. The hunters had
scarcely exaggerated their description; he
found it the most desirable spot he had seen in
America, ADD being an excellent practical
surveyor, laid off large body of land, and
FASTENED back to Virginia to persuade, If pos
sible, the rest of the family to return, and oc-
cupy it with him. He was successfully all Of
them joined him, and they founded there 1856,
1.-THE present Calhoun settlement, just eight years
before the arrival in the same neighborhood Of
the French refugees from Abbevile on the
Soume.
For some time after fixing himself thus per.
nianently, it seems that he was much oftener
employed with his compass and staff in the
surrounding country than in the more quiet
work of farmer; and it was in one of these
expeditions that he first met, under somewhat
romantic circumstances, the young lady who
afterwards became his second wife, and the
mother of his lustrious son.
John Caldwell, citizen Of Charlotte county,
Virginia, and whose family origin and exodus
had, we believe, been similar to those Of the
Calhouns, found, about the same time with
them, a new home in South Carolina. Ex-
ploriag the country first in search Of an agree
able situation, he had settled with his wife on
Mill Creek, in Newbery District. Miss Martha
: Caldwell, his sister, was also an inmate Of his
family; she left pleasant residence in Vir.
GINA to cheer her sister-in-aw in the wilds Of
Carolina, the business of Mr.. Caldwell The, too,
being professed surveyor) OBTAINING him fire.
quenty, several days together, from his Preside.
This excellent family were living happily
on Mill Creek, when Patrick Calhoun, survey
ing on certain occasion in the forest Of New
berry, met John Caldwell engaged in the same
business. They were strangers, but congenial
in spirit and blood, short acquaintance ce-
mented friendship that lasted through life
Caldwell invited him to his house, and intro
duced him to his wife and sister, a circumstance
quite common in the free, unrestricted hosp-
tally Of the country, but which led in this in
stance to great results. He became enamored
with Miss Caldwell, perhaps on first sight; adj
dressing her soon after, they were married, and
settled on Calhoun Creek in Abbeville District.
Here, happy and respected, they lived through
the succeeding Indian wars, and the dark years
of the Revolution, he surviving till 1896, and
she to 1902
The father of Martha Caldwell was sol.
der in Braddock's war, and had been long dead I;
after him they named their first son, William.
James, the Second son, was named for vene-
rable uncle, the Rev. James Caldwell a chap
lain in the army of Washington, and who fell
at Elizabethtown, in New Jersey, martyr,
basely murdered by the enemies Of his country.
A thrilling account of this dastardly act ap.
.peared in the Banner some six months ago,
under the head Of Revolutionary Martyrs"
1t seem1 that he was singled out by the Roya-
lists as special victim, on account of his tai
ents, influence, and devotion to the cause of
liberty. The brutal soldier suborned to dis
patched him, suffered captally for the offence.
(See DR.. Murray's History of the Presbyterian
Church, Eizabethtown. Besides John Cald-
well, there we're three other brothers Of Mrs.
Calhoun, viz: William, James, and David.
Abbepile Banner.