The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-12-02

Asse"o"pg Us you do FOR the Lublic ser.
vice from every election District IN the S,ni..
representing all professions and ocean,,
tons, you beaI with you. doubtless. . ,,r:,,,.
ful sense OF the present OIcs,,rus rnIr,r rj
by our citizens, OF health ana bounI!lu. hsy.
vests, aud will checrtuilv unite with IN. in
aspirations OF praise 10 The Almi.hty uvw
er, by whom aOnc they are bestowed In
view OF AL ne circumstances bv which We
are surrounded. our people cannot have too
scrupui"us regard TO ludiv rdua. inicur,ty
nor can we too strictly guard a,e.ipsJ ,n,.
1aIilngs which peculiarly uesrt us oS,ur.J
that practical life, which best itlu~,ruI,s Il,
due sense ot duty TO God aud our u.,.,r-
Dor, constitutes the most acceptable service
TO INN who orders The affairs OF m,u. and
whose eyes are upCn"us all
IL must needs Gc uai sickness and lrulb
'iet every cOinlhuihty, striking dunn the
Youthful and The aged. The Vigorous and u,.
1--WE, us well as the Innrm. Ii we have sc,.,
The energetic IuInd,, Industrious povrrs. and
GENEROUS impulses of friends and ruLI,,
SrrTsnts stliivd IN death, we have l,f t rs
tae lie Stlmabie Satisfaction OF kuov,u,, rL.,,
lhey met thc!r late with COURAGE in Iur i,.Ii
~ uuly. Slncc your last session Death has
deprived the deega.,." - t,,:i.res, tram
this State of two v0Iurd mvmbrIs l., ih,
month Of February, the non. Preston :
Brooks, while IN ;hr midst OF arIiy,. ruhli,.
duly, engaged III course of >erullr,s and
honor, aud winning 10y his manly ronducl
ana sterling worth the runiiarnCc and ,Ji,I
rnlon ol members, MAS removed To another
sphere. The only official inlimatiun / hu1
oi MIR. Brooks death, VAS communicated
on the 25th OF March, by one of our s,vuu.
tors, tEc lag Judge Butler. " iIhin Two
months from That dale he too Was Laid in
the silent grave b, side his gallant iciu,ive
ana IlieHu. EAcItaUIc and vUnscIvuiiuu, rs
lie Was, TIE labOrs OF the last Eonuruss hau
proved TOO much Tor linn. Honorable and
10r III despaIchlLg busness-,iyi!ant and
faithful IN his peculiar lrust-uincrnt. sulrl-
ted, ana able Ill disc hargimg it, his nervous
sensiOIIIiles were too highly wrought upon.
ahd the tension OF his meI.taI cnrruIys Too
lHcrssAht 10 be longer endured bv the phys-
lcaI frame. soon after reaching the cove
'eu quiet ol his own home, he sank into
INC arms OF deaih, universally regretted by
his associates IN life, mourucd aud lrncui.d
by his constItucnts-the people Of this
State.
The vacancy created in the Fourth Con-
gressioual District has been filled by ,b,.
e:ecIlon OF Gen. Mi,lcdge L. Bonhan, of
Edgcheld, who was commissioned in May
last
in place Of the Hon. A. u. Butler, have
made no temporary appointment You viii
uouplIess appreciate the impurlaucc Of sup
P!ying the Vacancy 10y JOINT ballot OF b"ln
Houses without delay, in order that the
new Senator may be enabled to take his
seat IN the next Congress at an carly date
OF the session. There is yet TO be men
uoneu the name OF another Venerable cIlI.
Zen, once intimately and prominently asSu.
cialed with the GoNernuouL Of both the
N~IItn 4 4 1f...t
'9'ate ana The United States, whose loss We
CcpIOre, and 10 whose brilliant CAREER of
early service may be permitted to a!lude
Erect and commanding in stature up 10
The day OF his last iiIn~ss Srn,. mad a....i
hed in department, wise IN council Eru.
fesoIute ana ialthiui IN the practice Oh his
profession and the duties Of Iiie-sucn was
Langdon Cheycs. Successful in life. fuli
OF honors, and PROSTATE only under the
weight OF Years, he his been laid in the.
grave by grateful cUuntrymcn ana weruinu
friends, with all the solemnitlcs ana Icspe,i-
ful oOservances due 10 such an uccaslOn.-
lie was the last OF the distinguished trio
VINO by lher ability, integrity, umd courage
rendered the South Carolina DclcuatIop IN
congress during Ihc val Of 1872, 50 dis
hngulshed ana influential. Tu"ether Iacy
labored molly anu efficiently i'm tuos,. 4 w.
OF fearful excitement aud trying difficulty,
Tor the welfare ana honor OF their country.
lhe Navy, Which II Was MIR. CLeIcs' pecI,-
lar care 10 dcvclope aud cherish the Ma
Wy, bearlnB lis Hug and leaving lis name lri.
umpnaht upon every sea, taugnt The proud
ZOE lesson OF justice, 10 Recognise Amer
lea as an equal among the nIIIuns of the
earth. The war aonurubiy closed and Il
peace establishment settled, lie retired from
the Speakers chair To serve his Slate i'm line
Judiciary Department, until called on by
fresldeut Monroe 10 adm!uistcr the Bank
OF The United STATES AUscut ten Years m.
retnrHed IN 1929, TO the .uIet Of his nnli\ e
mus, procIaimlnS To The SoutH the danger
which ne mad perceived .I:Ir of sI.muilune.
ousIy with his distinguished cOInprer IN lue
tendency Of Federal Legislation. B.yunJ
'occasional counsel, he declined All parliripa.
ton in pubic life, uuLIi tic year Is1U,-
Then ai the age Of seventy four, he appear
cd at Nashville as II nrmUcr or the S1uli-
ern Convention, intent 10 perform to the
last his part, By wa.LIug his. cuuutrymen
against the policy OF Il majority IN Con-
Bress, which, substituting cXpedlency for
PHhcIpie' Was gradually sapping The coLsLi
tu'Ioh' ana threatening ultimately tie rights
OF inc States. Ills last public act was SIM
ing the Ordinance of lS32-passcu by inc
State Convention OF which he was a mem
Der. Fast the aye OF four score Years, huy-
ing long survived his great co laborcrs aud
worthy colleagues, i.owudes anu Calhoun.
he too Is gone. Like them, he has left us
in his upright example in all public stations.
IN the IoftiDess, the purity, the simplicity OF
hls character, in the truth and power. and
grandeur OF his cioqueuce, Al legacy of
priceless worth.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA CoLLEGE.-Tnis
Institution, so deservcuy Cherished by the
people Of The State for It's Usefulness. os
well as It's fenOwn, has undergone, since
your adjournment, "a severe irIa!, owing TO
inc lndlscreiion Of youth, ana some mIsla-
Ken nouons OF hoaor, which have obtained
among the students, together with the want
OF aptitude and power to administer the
laws OF The College, which unhapplIy char
Rcterized the President, Il man distinguish.
ed tor science, aud Otherwise of practical
usefulness, who, as Professor of NJ. .,themat.
les, was emineDLIy competent, able and val.
liable. Called together atan extraordinary
meeting in the month of June, the Board Of