Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-06-03
For the Advertiser.

At preliminary meeting Of the citizens OF
Edecfcld held on Wednesday 9th May, 1857, the
Hon. JAMES P. CARROLL was called to tile Chair
Tie Chair announced that the Hon. ANDREW
pIcEEys BUTLER was no more. All hearts were
saddcncd by this public calamity, and as mark
of respect for the memory Of the distinguished
Senator the following proceedings were had
On motion of w. C. MoRAGSE, Esq., Committee
of five, to whom the Chairman of the meeting was
added as Chairman, was appointed to prepare rcso-
utions for meeting of the citizens Of the District
at large TO be held OH the Monday following. The
Committee consisted of the Hon. j. p. Carroll, W.
c. Moraenc Arthur Smkns, W. W. Adams and
T. p. Magrath On motion, the Chair appointed
tho following gentlemen Pal-Bcarcrs: Hon. F. ".
Pickcns, Gen. NJ L. Bonham, Hon. James p. Car
roll, George Addison E. J. Youngblood, S. Chris
tic, Arthur Simkns, Emmett Scbes,.E. Burt,
NJ. Frazier, S. F. Gooae, I. Watson, DR.. r. Il.
Minis, George Boswell, John Huiet, j. =. Griffin,
James Sheppard, F. Nj. Nicholas, S. w Nicholson,
Dr. Peter Moon, Lambert Jones, and s. S. Tomp-
kins.
On motion, it was resolved that at . o'clock, p.
NJ. that day the bells of the different churches bc
! tocd, when the citizens of the Town were to as
scmblc at the residence Of Mr., William P Butler,
where the deceased brcathed his last and take his
remains thence to Stonelands, his late residence,
there to remain Wednesday night.
On motion, it was resolved that guard Of hon
our be appointed to take charge of tho lc!nains
during tho night, and thcrcupon the Chair ap-
pointed the following gentlemen who acted in that
capacity; Emmet seibles, Esq, William Logue,
Johnson A. Bland, Whitfield B. Addison, Dr.. T. ].
league, William Brunson and W. s. Nicholson
At o'clock, P. NJ. large concoursc Of people as
sembled at the appointed place. Tie Pall-Bearers
having placed tile remains in the iearsc prepared
for the occasion, they were taken thence through
the principal street of Edgcfed to Stonclands, fol-
lowed by long procession Of citizens; the scene
was an imposing one as the heightened funeral cor
tcgc moved slowly along in silence broken only by
the deep and solemn sound of the bells which
were tolin2 the last requiem Of The departed states
man. On arriving at Stoncands the funeral ser
vice of the Episcopal Church was read by the Rev.
Edward E. Ford, Of Augusta, Ga, WHO, after clo-
sing the Church service made some touching re-
marks on the subject of his early intimacy with the
deceased, the pleasant "reminiscences of former
years when they were both practcing the legal pro-
fession at Edgefcld he spoke of the great success
in life of tho deceased and of his noble career as
scna or in Congress, and closed with an appropriate
benediction;
The Pall-Bearcrs then delivered tho body in
charge 10 the Guard of Honor. On Thursday
morning The Guard of Honor having performed
their duty re-devered the body to the Pall-Bcar
ers who with large number of citizens took the
remains to the Butler Burying Ground on saluda,
d miles from Edgclcld,C c. H., whire the deceascd
was born and where ropose tho remains of most of
the members Of this distinguished family A great
number of people had assembled at the burial place
on the arrival Of the funeral c"rtege to witness the
intermcnt Of him who had been their ncighbor,
their Lawyer, their Judge and lastly their faithful
and ncorruptible Senator, for whose pure and lofty
character they cherished the most profound regard
and vcncration The scene was one of deep solem-
nily rs the earth closed over the remains Of the
lamented dead, who for the space Of thirty years